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My two cents are: Don't having to have the breast lopped off yet is good news.
Glint
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 23:52:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Biopsy? Negative? Congrats. We should all be so lucky.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 23:11:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, the biopsy came back negative. No cancer this time. Maybe I'll get a pack of butts to celebrate.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 22:55:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Fuck you, hoale bitch!
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 22:17:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: I know what it's like to be a despised minority, and it is not half as tough as these Negroes make it out to be.
Pete�
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 21:50:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Born and raised in Detroit, Dyson was a married man, father and ordained Baptist preacher by the time he was 18. He got divorced at 21, and attended Carson Newman College in Tennessee while preaching at various churches in the area. He went on to attend and graduate from Princeton University with a PhD in Religion. Since then, the 41-year-old hip hop-quoting Baptist minister and professor at DePaul University has written insightful books on race, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and hip hop. Last year, Dyson�s book I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr., sparked controversy in black circles by comparing the slain civil rights leader to the late rapper Tupac Shakur. Black clergy members, civil rights leaders and other critics attacked Dyson. One of King�s former confidants, civil rights activist and US Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), dismissed Dyson�s scholarship as �a fad.� �I think he does this to get attention,� said Lewis. �I heard him on C-SPAN comparing Dr. King to one of these rappers, Doggy Doggy or somebody. I think it is a disgrace. It�s shameful for him to put Dr. King on that level.�
sounds like a oreo cookie to me
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 21:48:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Any more info on that fellow Michael Eric Dyson, professor of religious studies at DePaul University in Chicago? I'd like to hear the details of how Klintoon employed the rituals of black culture to exploit the Negroes. He must have given some examples. Any idea where I can find more, troglodyte poster? Is the full text of Dyson's talk anywhere on the net?
R, T-bone Washington, Jr.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 21:42:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Mirkin is correct about intergenerational sex being normal in many cultures. What whoever posted that missed, however, is that he is talking about heterosexual relations between persons past puberty. There may be some cultures where chicken-hawk sex is the norm, but I haven't heard any believable reports of them. Glint qualifies as sick in the absolute sense because of his fascination with hermaphroditism. If the object of his desire were a young girl with developed juices, then there would be nothing amiss as far as nature is concerned.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 21:36:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: In 1999, Dr. Harris Mirkin published an article in an obscure academic journal likening the "moral panic" surrounding pedophilia to the outrage of previous generations over feminism and homosexuality. Now, Dr. Mirkin, the chairman of the political science department at the University of Missouri's Kansas City campus, finds the panic swirling around him. .... He said he resented that teachers were leery of hugging children for fear they might be accused of abuse. He imagines, he said, most adolescent males have fantasies similar to his, as a 12-year-old delivery boy, of being seduced by a female customer, and he wondered whether it would have been so bad had it come true. In the article, an 18-page essay with 38 footnotes published in the Journal of Homosexuality, Dr. Mirkin argued that the notion of the innocent child was a social construct, that all intergenerational sex should not be lumped into one ugly pile and that the panic over pedophilia fit a pattern of public response to female sexuality and homosexuality, both of which were once considered deviant. "Though Americans consider intergenerational sex to be evil, it has been permissible or obligatory in many cultures and periods of history," he wrote. Dr. Mirkin, who grew up on the West Side of Manhattan and earned his Ph.D. at Princeton, has taught here since 1966. "I don't think it's something where we should just clamp our heads in horror," he said of pedophilia. "In 1900, everybody assumed that masturbation had grave physical consequences; that didn't make it true." "These things that you're sure of," he added, "you really ought to check out and test."
go doc go!
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 18:35:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: "He knew the rituals of black culture."
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 18:27:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: They dragged a 3-month-old llama named Willie Wonka under a fence. It struggled to get away but was clubbed, kicked and punched. Its left eye was gouged out. When an adult female llama named Monopoly approached, they turned their attack on it. Monopoly died a few hours later on the way to a hospital. A necropsy found that the llama had been sodomized and suffered 50 to 100 blows, mostly around its reproductive organs.
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- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 18:23:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Professor tells fund-raiser Clinton 'exploited' blacks" By Steve Miller - President Clinton, once dubbed the "first black president," "exploited" blacks, said an activist at a meeting of leaders gathered in Detroit for a fund-raiser for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "He exploited black sentiment because he knew the rituals of black culture," said Michael Eric Dyson, a professor of religious studies at DePaul University in Chicago. "Bill Clinton exploited us like no president before him." Among those taking part in the meeting were Democratic Reps. John Conyers Jr. and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, both of Michigan; Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, a Democrat; the Rev. Al Sharpton; and Johnnie Cochran, a lawyer. The national office of the NAACP did not return calls.
tell us something about klintoon we didn't know
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 18:08:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Members of a Wake Forest University fraternity were charged with animal cruelty and abandonment after a drunk, dehydrated and sunburned pig was found unconscious in a park....developing...
that's no way to talk about deedee myers
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 17:59:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's an Enron?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 17:54:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Guy who "committed suicide." This administration*'s Vince Foster.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 17:53:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Who's Clifford Baxter?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 17:38:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: Pete who?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 17:22:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: A Chinese opthamologist got elected in Nebraska??????
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 16:40:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's GW doing here in Cali stumping for Simon when he should be busy stomping on Arab terrorists.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 16:25:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Pete knows Dr. Tom. Or should I say Rep. Dr. Tom (R-NE).
Glint
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 15:14:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: Chinese opthamologist from Omaha.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 15:03:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: Who the fuck is Dr. Tom? Sounds Chinese.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 14:32:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: What about Dr. Tom? He stayed around, yet he has left too, I guess. Dr. Tom goes to Washington.
Glint
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 14:10:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: So, what Glint's saying is only the inbreeds actually STAY in Nebraska? Otherwise it's the classic great place to be FROM.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 13:59:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Clifford Baxter is dead!....Decaying...
Enron News Flash! <MediaSluts.com>
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 13:49:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: How about some REAL Enron news? Enough of this worthless shit from mediasluts.com.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 13:29:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'll bet that Glint would go on Crossfire, because Glint has balls, not like you nancy-boys.
WILL-YUM
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 11:32:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Problem for the GOP is that lying doesn't look good when someone points out that you're lying. They should stay on Fox.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 11:27:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: Crossfire is run from the Kremlin. GOP should boycott.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 11:26:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: CROSSFIRE BOYCOTT BACKFIRES G.O.P.Wimps Embarrass White House New Bush Directive: Go On Crossfire Let's Get It On!! U.S. News & World Report is reporting that the White House, deeply embarrassed by the Republic leadership's wussy boycott of Crossfire with Begala & Carville, has told Trent Lott, Marc Racicot, and the others to quit whining and join the fray. "We're looking like a bunch of wimps with all this stuff about refusing to go on Crossfire," says one Bush aide. But that leaves the G.O.P. with a dilemma -- either send the formidable Mary Matalin, a tragic political case, onto every single Crossfire show or face an inevitable trouncing by Curly and Meadowlark. U.S. News carried no comment from the White House about Tucker Carlson's recent lies on Crossfire about David Brock. Let's get it on!!
Lick Bush!
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 11:21:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: If the connections between Enron and the administration of George|I were tight, the connections between Enron and the "Duh-bya'' Administration are so close that it is difficult to tell where one begins and the other ends. The Bush Administration's two nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) were approved in advance by Enron; the pair, former Texas Public Utilities Commissioner Pat Wood III, and former Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell, are both close to Enron. Wood, a former Baker & Botts attorney, was appointed to his Texas position by then-Gov. George W. Bush, while Brownell (who some prognosticators have dubbed "Nora Mead Brownout'') helped Enron move into Pennsylvania. Needless to say, both Texas and Pennsylvania are deregulated states. Wood has been slated by the Bush Administration to become the next chairman of FERC, replacing current chairman Curt Hebert. Hebert, a deregulation zealot and prot�g� of Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), told the {New York Times} that a few weeks after Bush had appointed him as FERC chairman, he received a call from Enron's Lay, offering to support his chairmanship, if Hebert would support Enron's campaign to further deregulate and force states and utilities to open up their electricity transmission lines to Enron and its fellow marketers. Ultimately, Enron swung its weight behind Wood, to replace Hebert. (Behind the Wood-Hebert fight, according to rumor, is a battle between Enron and Southern Co. over coal. Enron wants stricter environmental regulations on coal, to boost its business selling coal-pollution credits, while Southern, a big supporter of Lott, wants looser coal regulations, to boost its generating profits. Southern, through its Southern Energy/Mirant spin-off, is also a major player in the non-utility electricity market.) Even without Wood and Brownell, FERC has proven to be a disaster. Part of its mandate, from FDR's PUHCA, is to enforce "just and reasonable rates'' for electricity, but FERC has been hard-pressed to find, much less correct, any price gouging in California. After all, as Enron President Jeffrey Skilling likes to ask, who's to say what "just and reasonable'' means? Skilling asked that very question on the June 5 edition of PBS's "Frontline,'' and then answered it by claiming that under the old regulatory system rates were way too high, and that under deregulation, rates would fall. Even more impressive, he said it with a straight face.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 09:45:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: A trail of bodies, reminiscent of the hundreds of mysterious deaths that occurred around the Clintons...
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 09:35:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: The experts found several things highly unusual. First the peculiar ammunition: not regular bullets but something called "rat-shot". "This kind of ammunition cannot be easily or readily traced back to the gun from which it was fired," explained Wecht. "It's not as frequently used by people for any reason. It's not the type of ammunition one finds in guns - it has a specific purpose: shooting at snakes and rodents in order to get a distribution pattern of the small pellets contained within the nose portion of the bullet. It's not something that a person is likely to have and to use if they intended to kill themselves," said Wecht. Other unanswered questions include mysterious wounds on one hand and unexplained shards of glass in Baxter's shirt. All reasons to look deeper to rule out murder. But Wagner says glaring police errors may make it harder to close the books on the Baxter case. First, nobody wrapped the hands to preserve evidence. "When the body did finally arrive for the autopsy, the hands hadn't even been bagged," said Wagner. "I'm just amazed frankly that the hands were not bagged," Wecht said. "From what I've seen looking at the vehicle, it doesn't appear they even fingerprinted it," continued Wagner. "The police narrative is vague for this type of investigation. It's important to get a timeline of the events that took place through the course of investigation - that appears to be lacking in the original report from the crime scene. Without that, without being able to piece together what was done when, it's very difficult to understand the events that took place and how they unfolded from that report," said Wagner. The gun and other evidence were moved before photos were taken. The body was moved as well. There's a puzzling mention of blood outside the car from someone laying Baxter on the ground. Wagner says that only should have happened if rescuers pulled him out to revive him. But even that scenario doesn't add up - the body is back in the car when the funeral home arrives "and that's something that is not explained in the police reports," said Wagner. "I think there were some very important things omitted from the original investigation report that should have been included in it. I would like to have known what were the first couple things the Fire Department did to treat the victim allegedly as he was sitting in the car and from that point how did they change the initial crime scene. What was moved? Did they remove the body from the vehicle? It's actually unclear how they treated the actual scene," Wagner said. Incredibly, even though an autopsy is required by law, none was ordered. By the time that decision was reversed, Baxter's body was being processed at a funeral home. The coroner says police still won't tell her exactly who handled and who saw the body before it finally reached her and won't even give her routine information. The official finding on Baxter's death may well end up being suicide, but for now his death certificate remains unsigned. And at least one provocative question is left permanently unanswered: what, exactly, Cliff Baxter would have told investigators about the biggest corporate scandal in history.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 09:21:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: We win heap big, kill plenty enemy warrior...
Body Count
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 08:59:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: U.S.-led special forces kill up to four suspected al-Qaida terrorists in two fire fights, commander says... Developing...
they've finally brought back the Body Count
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 08:58:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Don't say "Snifford." Please.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 08:24:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: More knee-slappin' wit from the smut-sniffer Clifford, peering in bloomers to look fer his laughs.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 08:18:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, maybe the Mortician will send you flowers. Fer Pete's sake, you are a bunch of droll people, peddling smut. I'd probably laugh at what you got in your bloomers. Just because I am "Thet-A-Way", I don't have to worry about dirty diapers, and that really gripes your one-track mind.
CLIFFORD
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 02:22:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: When you think about it, it was obvious all along. Didn't really need this Clifford stuff.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 02:03:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's pretty obvious by now that Pete's a queer.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 02:02:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hilarious.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 02:01:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: I had to go for my annual check-up. My doctor had retired and a young M.D. from Taiwan took over his practice. His nurse also from Taiwan had to interpret for him. It was hilarious!!!! He played with my knees, and rubbed my back, trying to get me to say ahh. Then it came time, to drop my drawers. He taught me how to say-----AAAHHHHHHHHHH
CLIFFORD
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 01:05:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Porn Star to Woo Voters Again" Mon Apr 29,10:53 AM ET By Luke Baker ROME (Reuters) - Pulses are set to race next month as X-rated former porn queen Ilona Staller, better known as "Cicciolina," makes a showy return to the never-dull world of Italian politics in a run for local elections. Famed for a fondness for baring her breasts during a successful campaign for the national parliament in 1987, Cicciolina, or "Cuddles," is back and putting her assets to the test in a run for mayor of the northern city of Monza. "Monza is going to be a more exciting city," she told Reuters on Monday, adding that her goals were to turn one of the city's landmarks into a casino and its park into a Disneyland. "I'm going to put Monza on the world map. Everyone knows my name and so people will come to Monza to see me because I am famous and that will bring lots of money to the city," declared the blonde, Hungarian-born porn star.
let's pray that this doesn't give hillary any ideas
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:49:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: (I should point out that I'm talking about two different Paul Willaimses here. The Cornhusker Paul is still alive. The other poor dumb bastard is busy pulling the roots down.)
Glint
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:32:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: "It was mid August of 1973, The Temptations were in New York attending the wedding of group member Damon Harris and his bride Tina, when Richard Street called with the news. Former group member Paul Williams, apparantly so beseiged by health and emotional problems, had found it necessary to take his own life. He was found dead, lying in the street, near Fourteenth and West Grand, not far from the Hitsville building. The official cause of death was a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. On August 24th, one week later, Paul's funeral was held at the Tried Stone Baptist Church. Over 2,500 people viewed his body at The Cole Funeral Home in the days before. The church was filled with friends and family, his wife Mary and their children, people from Motown, and as many fans as could get in. Eddie, David, Dennis, Melvin, Otis, and Cornelius Grant (the groups guitarist often labeled the sixth Temptation) were pallbearers. During the service, David sang "The Impossible Dream", but was so overcome by grief partway through that he couldn't continue and the others walked to the front of the church to help him finish. They couldn't make it through either, and returned to their pews, in tears. After the service, they carried Paul's coffin to the hearse and took that last ride with him to the cemetary. At the gravesite, they opened the casket again, and Eddie bent down to give his long-time childhood friend, a kiss goodbye."
self-inflicted gunshot wound? that last kiss must have been rather icky! <[email protected]>
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:30:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Anyone remember Paul Williams? Another true Nebraskan, like Marlon Brando. Malcolm X, what a disappointment.
Glint
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:24:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Dick Cavett, now there's your true Nebraskan. The young Dick Cheney too - and Henry Fonda. Jane. What a disappointment.
Glint
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:21:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Carson couldn't carry Jack Parr's joke book.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:14:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Funny how Drudge can "develop" a story that is nothing but a summary of another guy's interview.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:12:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: Knew Johnny's dad "Kit" Carson when I was a kid. My father worked with the elder Carson. Johnny. What a disappointment.
Glint
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:12:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'd like to read that Johnny Carson piece, but I never read a story while it's still developing. I like to get the whole enchilada, start to finish. Besides, Carson always struck me as being a twitchy little freak with nothing on his mind but his next vacation. The guy was a walking nervous tic.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:11:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: Right, Glint, you explained about the "most Nebraskans" before. Typical Nebraskans, that is, like the retired banker and the old fart who remembers the pumpkin papers.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:06:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: The divorcee from our old neightborhood's dog died over the weekend. Diagnosed with lyme disease. Don't discount those little ticks too quickly.
Glint
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:05:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: As long as I can remember, the alert status has been in the yellow to orange range. It sure would be nice to have a green day every now and then and kick back, relax. I'm really tired of video-taping swarthy dudes on the streets of America.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:04:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Did you see the Drudge piece on Johnny Carson's "breaking silence?" Lived my last year in high school living in a house about mile from where Mr. Carson once lived. His views are not the typical Nebraskan's view. Most were upset when Clinton decided to visit the state during his last month as president. Spoiled what would have been a perfect eight year record!
Glint
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:02:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lee Hannland (not Les) is sort of like a tick without any gripper teeth. The poor tick keeps dropping out of the bush onto the dog, but lacking teeth can never maintain a grip on the dog, rolls off the dog's back, and has to climb back up on the bush. The dog usually doesn't even bother to give the poor tick even a scratch or two with the paw. Sometimes gives it one swipe just to acknowledge its effort, just by way of being a polite, if not itchy dog. Yep, that's pretty much the sad story of Lee Hannland. The Little Tick That Couldn't.
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 00:01:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Lying only counts if you admit that you're lying." Or if there's DNA available you don't have to say anything. Except of course unless you want to lie about sex.
Lee Hannland
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 23:54:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ridge: Alert System May Be Adjusted
No more red, yellow and green? geesh.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 22:43:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Dick Nixon never admitted lying. 'Nuff said. End of story. Sad, really. It gets worse.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 22:27:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: In other words, lying only counts if you're honest enough to admit you lied. That's when your old pals brand you as an "admitted" liar. It's grounds for removal from the Liar's Club, the first by-law of which states, "Always lie, never admit it."
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 21:25:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lying only counts if you admit that you're lying.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 20:37:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: He also sounds like a tree-frog when singing the Eagle song.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 20:35:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Look, traitor, not one of them, not Ashcroft, not Cheney, not Rumsfeld, certainly not Snippy, has ever admitted to lying. Let's roll.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 20:32:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: No. Rumsfield is the one who looks like Nick Nolte. Ashcroft is the one who looks like a tree-frog. A particularly dyspeptic tree-frog, not to say a downright mean and nasty tree-frog. God really played a joke on the Holy Rollers when he made their great Son Amongst the Worldlings look like a tree-frog. Still, it's hard to feel humorous when you look at the guy and realize that he's the top law-enforcement officer in the land, and has already kicked the slats out from under Tom Ridge. This guy has the tapes on everybody. He knows that Glint's been lusting after the neighbor's child. People are talking him up for Vice-President if Dick Cheney, perish the thought, has some sort of medical problem that keeps him from running. If I were Glint, I'd be trembling in my perverted boots.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 20:11:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is it true that Rumsfield's Office of Strategic Lying said there would be no Office of Strategic Lying? Who's asking Rumsfield if he's a tree frog?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 20:03:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: funny as a crutch
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 19:53:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Thou acne-pocked stained-dressers theenkst a couple blowjobs such beeg deal? Fools! Having deep personal relationship weeth a hundred thousand camels in full heat--ha, ha, THAT, my female-deprived infidel friend, THAT is Jizhad!
Mullah Nasruddin
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 18:47:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: In the sexual revolution Bill Clinton attempted to wage jizhad against the Constitution of the United States.
Sorkle
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 17:51:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Whenever I sexually harrass, I always sign my name so someone can find it. I never asked if that hair on Anita's coke can was a pubic hair. I'm not some Repubican, heh heh. I'm no "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" wanker. Really.
Clarence "Long Dong Silver" Thomas, Laughing Stalk
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 17:51:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Fortune 500 companies fake their accounts and fictionalize their profits, then go into bankruptcy. Top accounting firms rubber-stamp phony reports and dispose of incriminating evidence, in return for enormous consulting fees. Star investment analysts unload "garbage" equities on unsuspecting investors, while saving lucrative deals for favored clients. Insider trading and executive self-dealing are rampant, from top corporate management to the chieftains of the labor movement. The stock market remains in poor shape even while the broader economy seems to be recovering. And yet, conservatives still say we should entrust America's retirement savings to the honor of Wall Street. ... With the market exposed to an unflattering spotlight, the public feels vulnerable. Recent polls also suggest that voters are worried about the future of Social Security in the hands of a Republican administration. So congressional Democrats are planning to address that sense of insecurity in the mid-term election, warning that if the GOP continues to control the House and recaptures the Senate, the Bush privatization plans may prevail. Republican leaders scoff at Democrats' "scare tactics," but in fact the chairman of the House Republican campaign committee has privately pleaded with the White House to postpone any push to privatize until after next November. The scandals roiling the markets have probably made the Republicans even less eager to debate the issue.
Retchies Sell Chumps Brooklyn Bridge Oil Futures, Dump Socialsit Security
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 17:43:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's idiotic. He obviously isn't a tree frog.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 17:24:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'd ask him, "Are you a tree frog?"
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 17:13:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: When a liar becomes an admitted liar, is he somehow worse than a liar who doesn't admit to lying? In fact, if a liar says he's a liar, how are we to know that's true? If you came to a fork in the road and at the end of one fork was a town of people who always told the truth and, at the end of the other fork, a town of people who always lied and you saw a man coming toward you, what question would you ask him so you'd know which town he was coming from?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 17:12:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Anonymous, don't be so nasty. You know as well as the rest of us that there is nothing more irritating than to be motivated by a hysterical, irrational hatred of Bill Clinton, and hear people saying you are motivated by prudery. These people were not really blue-noses. Hell, you could tell that from all their extra-marital affairs and illegitimate children and abortion histories. These guys were just folks who were out to get Clinton and found that they couldn't do it in an election, so they had to try to entrap and smear him out. Not many prudes can do THAT sort of thing, sport.
Oggie
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 16:04:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: One third? Are there really that many blue-noses in the USA? I could believe a third in some hick state like, say, Nebraska, but in the country at large? Something is wrong with the numbers here.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:30:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Actually, Lee, one third of the people said "Geesh!" The other two said "hilarious" and then they said "who cares?"
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:28:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Drip, drip, drip.
the sound of Enron jism on the GOP
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:27:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Physical evidence of sex? You mean like babies or something?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:27:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: SACRAMENTO -- Republican legislative leaders solicited tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from Enron Corp. even as the state government was investigating the company and other producers suspected of price gouging and market manipulation during last year's energy crisis, according to internal Enron documents. As state investigators probed Enron's business dealings, Sen. Jim Brulte and Assemblyman Dave Cox, the two GOP floor leaders, appealed to the company for contributions and were rewarded with checks, said the confidential company records obtained by The Times. "Enron gave $50K to the Rep party at Brulte and Cox's request," wrote Enron's Sacramento lobbyist in an October 2001 memo. State records disclose that the funds arrived in August as lawmakers were wrapping up their energy legislation. Although the party reported the contributions as required by law, the documents detail a relationship between Republican leaders and the now-failed energy giant that neither the company nor the state GOP has ever publicly acknowledged. Indeed, during this spring's primary campaign, the Republican candidates for governor all criticized Gov. Gray Davis for accepting campaign contributions from Enron. A memo to managers at Enron's landmark skyscraper headquarters in Houston said the donations given at Cox and Brulte's request would entitle company executives to a place at the table of an Oct. 29 luncheon that the generator industry planned for the two Californians. "Expect Brulte and Cox to push us for another 75K," the internal Enron memo warned.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:23:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Physical evidence! That's where the jism comes in! Hah! Gotcha!
Gleam Dully
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:19:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: There you go again. Debating whether of not this person or that would tell the truth or not about sex. You poor deluded little grey ladies. Haven't you realized yet that everyone lies about sex? It's not because they want to but because it's expected. When Tripp said Lewinsky was drinking at the presiential milk tap, what did people say? A third of them said, why that Lewinsky girl is full of crap. Telling lies about having sex with the president is rediculous. She ought to be locked away. Another third said, why that Linda Tripp is full of crap. Telling lies about her best friend having sex with the president. Who would believe that, she ought to be locked up! Yet another third listened to the president as he cracked his finger like a whip and said, I didn't have sex with that fat intern, whatshername. They said why that man is full of crap. Telling lies about not having sex with a fat slut is rediculous. Who could believe it, he ought to be locked up! 100% of the people knew that someone somewhere was lying about sex. Very difficult to prove who was lying. Rare is the case where allegations regarding sex can be proved without physical evidence.
Lee Hannland
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:10:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Women are yours to take, legitimately. God made them yours. Why don't you enslave women? Why don't you wage jihad? Why don't you pillage them?"
crown prince abdullah
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:08:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Really, the fact the repubies have nothing more than this is a reflection of their insanity. I think y'al are nuts.
Mary
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:06:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh, come on, people. Glint is just a confused blue-nose with the fire down below. Leave him be. His only relevance to the argument is that the argument could not be made if there were no blue-noses. A blue-nosed argument requires a blue-nose, so stop picking at poor Glint's scabs. He's liable to retreat and turn into a reclusive peeping tom instead of a public blue-nose. And then where would we be?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 15:02:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm disgusted, not only because Monica sucked off Clinton's penis but lied about it. Worse yet, she didn't swallow. She deserved to have her life ruined,to be made a laughing stock, to have her morality dragged thru the REpublican mudslime,to be made an example of in front of all the world. Too bad we outlawed stoning women for adultery. Clinton's lying was just as bad, how dare he not tell all to the Government of the United States. That bastard thought he was above the law, but we showed him. No one, not one person, not even the president of the United States can get a blowjob and deny it, if the Government wants to know about it. That is criminal beyond anything I've ever seen, High crimes and misdemeanors, not bordering on Treason, It was treason. And to prove it CLINTON WAS IMPEACHED! Ha ha, we are watching all of you. IF CLinton did it, who knows what politician may follow. Thank God for Ashcroft,that holy man. We can clean up the morals in this country once and for all.
Mary
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 14:59:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: If we are not discussing Glint's jism, how can you say that Glint would be proud to put his jism on the line before a grand jury, Oggie? In my opinion, Glint has been pretty cagey about his jism, and not forthcoming at all. Notice that he has always described his jizzling episodes as occuring "before marriage." Has he made that claim under oath? I am not prepared to believe Glint's claims about his jism until he makes them under oath, to a duly constituted legal authority such as a judge hearing a frivolous lawsuit. Let's get this out in the open once and for all!
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 14:55:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'd like to give a testimonial about Glint. I think that he has been entirely forthcoming about his jism and the history of his jism, on fornigate at least. I don't think that there is any reason to doubt that if he were questioned about his jism before a grand jury, he would be only too happy, proud even as a citizen, to tell the truth. Those of you who claim that Glint's jism is on trial here just have it dead wrong, and you should stow it. It is Clinton's jism we are discussing here, not Glint's jism.
Oggie
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 14:50:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't get it. Where was the jism evidence used and what was it determined to show? Did a judge somewhere look at the jism and determine that Paula Jones was harrassed when she gazed those long seconds at the schlong? Is there a crime here (excepting lying about jism, if that's illegal)? Why isn't the lip-biting jismizer in jail? This is a double standard worse than the Nixon pardon. Any private citizen who lied about jism would by now have been reduced to a skid-row ex-jailbird! Clinton, on the other hand, is out reaping millions a spewing jism like the fountain at Lourdes! What is wrong with this picture?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 14:45:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: He deserved the punishment he received, but he deserved yet more than mere ranting by the House Managers and other House lunatics. In purposely misleading the court and the American People as to where his jism had spurted, and where the residue yet lay, Clinton undermined the cause of jism-tracking everywhere. How is Ashcroft going to track Glint's jism if the ejaculator-in-chief gets off with a mere chorus of approbation and whining from the lunatic right wing? Who is going to scrape Glint's residues off Brenda's backside and forward them to the FBI? Whos is going to analyze the Linda Tripp pinups lining the observatory? The whole system has been weakened by the failure of the system to convict Clinton. We have been reduced to dependence on the Arkansas bar to settle the most formidable challenge to American security in the past 100 years. But is disbarrment in Arkansas enough? Has the prospect of disbarrment in Arkansas deterred Glint from jizzling the observatory walls? Let's be realistic here, and admit what Clinton has done to us all. In a word, he has jizzled on our dresses.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 14:38:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lewinsky lied under oath in her affidavit. Clinton lied under oath saying the affidavit was true. Lewinsky lied. Clinton lied. But polywogs don't. Clinton's own lawyer helped tug up the circus tent on that one: <(Court TV) ....Clinton lawyer Robert Bennett admitted that Monica Lewinsky's affidavit in the Jones case was a lie, contradicting President Clinton's testimony in the Jones deposition and Kenneth Starr's grand jury....Bennett wrote Judge Wright a letter last week saying that he had an "ethical obligation" to tell her that Lewinsky's affidavit was not true. He told the judge not to rely on Lewinsky's sworn deposition or his previous remark that the affidavit proved that there was absolutely no sex between the former White House intern and the president...While Bennett's letter does not accuse the president of lying, it further undermines his credibility. During his deposition in the Jones case and his testimony before Starr's grand jury in August, President Clinton denied having sex with Lewinsky and said that her denial of their alleged sexual relationship was "absolutely true."> By the way, why don't you guys talk about Enron any more? 8->
Glint
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 14:28:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Okay, so he didn't specifically deny spewing his jism on a dress. Aren't we splitting hairs, though? The court asked him if he had had sexual relations with Monica and he said no, possibly because he thought such an answer was correct in keeping with the definition of sexual relations the lawyers and judge hammered out. Nevertheless, what the court really wanted to know, indeed what the public demanded to know was, where the president's jism landed and when. Was this too much to ask? What the bastard did was, admittedly mislead the court and by extension, Glint. He deserved the punishment he recieved. End of story. 'Nuff said!
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 14:08:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: You miss the point entirely, anonymous. Clinton was President! An elected President! The President is the leader of America, not just a citizen protected from bizarre legal machinations, and the judicial branch deserves to know where his jism is. And, as Glimp points out, the Supreme Court struck down the brick-wall argument that submitting to a frivolous lawsuit would disrupt the business of the presidency. Motion denied! The court said the president had plenty of time for the case. How in the world could an intelligent supreme court fall for the phoney argument that the Jones frivolous lawsuit would disrupt the business of the presidency and should wait a couple of years?! That would be as bad as accepting the results of a presidential election if they gave the nod so a former associate of a jizzler, and a potential jizzler himself! Listen to Glimp. The guy has a clear eye and a keen mind. A totally rational and unbiased dude. Not many buns like him in the oven.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 13:58:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Does the FBI test a lot of dresses for jism in frivolous sexual harrassment cases? Is that the wide net that swept Clinton up, along with the less famous dress-jizzlers?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 13:49:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: How does the evidence prove Clinton a liar about jism on dresses? Did he ever say that he didn't jismize any blue dresses? Did he ever come into the living rooms and home-entertainment nooks of America and wag his finger about dress-jism? Where is the lie?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 13:46:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sure, as Carville demonstrates, Thomas and Olsen lied, but he certainly did not demonstrate that they lied about jism! There is no way to work in any lines about their pollywogs! So what if they lied? Did they lie about their jism? Nope! What did Thomas lie about? Hair on a coke can? What did Olsen lie about? Participating in a campaign to bring down the jizzler-in-chief? This is akin to jism-lying? And tell me, where is the DNA? Does a special prosecutor have samples of Thomas's or Olsen's DNA? I rest my case, I rest it on jism.
Glimpse Dimly
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 13:41:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Knowing who the truth-teller about the blowjobs is what this case turned on. Monica Lewinsky was willing to tell her friend, Linda, about the blowjobs because Linda could be trusted with such personal information. Monica Lewinsky was then subpoenaed and told a group of strangers representing the government about blowjobs she had given. Clinton refused to tell about the blowjobs he received even going so far as to say he had never screwed Monica Lewinsky. He forgot about the tell-tale jism on the blue dress. Thus was Clinton proven a liar, not necessarily about blowjobs or screwing, but at least about jism on dresses. The lesson, of course, is to kiss and tell. Or blow and tell. Or screw and tell. Or spew and tell. Saves a lot of grief in the end, not to mention the millions the government would otherwise have to spend to get to the truth.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 13:31:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: I wants this Glimp for MY church, Jesse. You be keep yo hands off. The rube got indignation enough for ten of you and maybe five-six of me. The rube understand jizzlin.
Rev. Al Sharpton
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 13:29:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey Glint, will you come and join my church? We need some righteous deacons, dude, some rictual upstanders for the faith! The congregation has lost its capacity for indignance ever since this Clinton misleader sapped the country of its virtue. You da man!
Jesse Jackson
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 12:26:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: I like the part about poor deluded Monica. But she wasn't so deluded when her beagle eye spotted the court-misleading bastard jisming the sink! She wasn't so poor when the Tripp gentlewoman deluded her about who her friend was! Guess it goes to show that the collateral damage from jism-spouting blow-jobism can be telling.
.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 12:24:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: Geesh, Glint, it sounds like the true People's Magazine! Was it really that awful? I remember it as being awful, sure, but it just seems to get awfuler and awfuler in retrospect, when you can see it in the big picture! And, ultimately, the proof in the pudding: disbarred in Arkansas! This is truly a wound, Glint, and a fitting end to the whole, sordid, highly criminal affair. Guess it just shows you what a blow job will get you. Let that be a lesson to us all.
Ogden Slivovitz
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 12:21:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: It wasn't about the falling of the jizzle. That was merely the vehicle whereby the evidence was presented which in turn was used to determine who was the truth teller in the whold miserable affair. Clinton's polywogs were more reliable than a polygraph in revealing who the truth teller was. More effective than the 9-0 Supreme Court decisions striking down brick wall after brick wall the Clinton hacks hoisted into place in their doomed desperate move to block Janet Reno's just investigation. The draft dodger shamelessly hiding behind laws designed to protect the men and women in service from certain legal actions. Motion Denied! More effective than the smearing of poor deluded star struck Monica Mitty who we were told was lost in her daydream of having a relationship with the Big HE. And who did it turn out was the big finger wagging liar in the middle once all the veils were pulled back and tent flaps pulled up? Ask Judge Webber. Ask the AK bar. Read the Clinton admission signed at the last minute before becoming private citizen. He admitted to deliberately misleading the court - a.k.a. he lied. Another admitted liar for your Clinton rehabilitation TV viewing pleasure on Carville's side show.
Glint
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 12:07:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Of course it was about the jism. When the jism was discovered, and scientifically identified with the latest forensic techniques, it was all over but conviction by the Senate. The Republic was saved when the jism was identified. If it weren't for the jism, Al "I Invented the Internet" Gore would have been permitted to receive the votes cast for him in Florida, and thousands and thousands of dead Afgan camels would still be alive, and a few terrorists, too. If it weren't for the jism, America would probably never have apologized to China for landing on their island, and every swinging dick in America would have missed his $300 last summer. The statue of Justice at the meeting hall would still be flapping a tit in public. Thank god for jism.
Glimpse Dimly
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 11:45:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Didn't anyone read Glint's clarifying statement last week that anyone who think's it's about the blow-jobs is ignorant of the big picture? How many times does he have to repeat that before you dims will understand? It was not about the blow jobs. It was about something else. Jism, maybe.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 11:36:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: That is disgusting, anonymous. You are as bad as Lee Hannland. What you advocate is tantamount to lying about sex. If Catholic priests lied about sex, alter boys would be getting corn-holed right and left, don't you understand? Fortunately, nobody lies about sex but bill Clinton, and he left office in the shameful condition of being dislike by Bob Barr and a whole organized conspiracy of right-wing lunatics. These are the facts that you and Hannland seem to miss, every time you try to excuse your leader for his imprudent crimes against decorum.
Hortense Beegum
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 11:29:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think the falsity of the fake names used is a red herring. The real question here is the one brought out by the crynic's realization that it wasn't the blow jobs but the bad judgement in trying to keep the blow-jobs from the public eye that proved Bill Clinton inadequate to the presidency. The reality is so easy and stark when you finally see it,finally make the necessary jump of logic, following the crynic and Glint and the others. It wasn't about blow jobs. There is nothing wrong with blow jobs per se, especially blow jobs that the crynic and Glint receive per se. What is wrong is an attempt to keep one's blow jobs private when the government wants them thrust into the glare of public scrutiny. Asked by a bureaucrat such as Kenneth Starr to describe and explain their blow-jobs to the public at large the crynic would be the first to stand and testify, and Glint would be pushing at the gate, impatient to spill his guts for the greater good. If the crynic had a wife instead of just a hot young girlfriend, he would happily describe the blow jobs he gets at the office to her, just the same as he would proudly describe them to his mother and grandmother. There is a double standard when the average citizen is willing to reveal the secrets of his schlong, and an elected official hides behind the cloak of privacy.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 11:24:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: I agree with Meat. People should cease with the use of false fake names immediately and commence with the use of true fake names.
false fake name witheld by request
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 10:41:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nice of you to say it, but, the standard I have tried to set is merely one of forthright honesty and rigorous adherence to a system of genuine false names. I do not feel that my efforts have been notable successful, however, since only Glint and I have consistently used our real monikers. And sometimes I suspect that Glint has hidden some of his more shameful posts behind cowardly anonymity. Although it is difficult to imagine what could be more shameful than his recent posts on Brock (unless, of course, we are to believe that the posts by the sick individual who carries on about "Brenda" is really Glint-- that would be more shameful). In the same way that with Clinton it was not about the blow jobs, but about the bad judgement in trying to hide the blow jobs from the voting public, fornigate's tragedy is not about the false fake names, but about the cowardice that the use of false fake names reveals. As William has pointed out, it takes balls to publicly claim that Clarence Thomas is a worthwhile human being, and if all our troglodytes lose the gumption to sign their own monikers to their work, who will have the gumption to keep pretending that Thomas is a functional supreme court justice? Who will have the balls to keep pretending that Bill Clinton was somehow censured or humilated in office by right-thinking men and women? Surely the right wing is not counting on Glint to carry the whole charade!
House of Meat
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 01:21:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: How can you say Glint is a knee-jerk guy? If he for a second could rationally suppose that there is any possibility of Brock's telling the truth, he would be writing it down right here. The fact that Brock is taking potshots at the lunatic right wing has nothing to do with Glint's disapproval. Glint just wants everyone, no matter what their creed, to live up to his own high standards of evidence.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 00:38:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why does that William character think Glint's got balls? What did he do that showed balls? It that just a shortcut way of saying he agrees with William? How does a stuttering attack on some loonball who went honest qualify as balls? I don't see a ball on him. To me, he looks like your basic numb-nuts, maybe even no-nuts. No, the one who really has balls is the one who pretends to be William, and pretends to be those other people, too. A no-talent person like that, willing to at least try to post some interesting fake posts, has a lot more balls than a fellow like Glint who just comes on to jerk his knee when he doesn't come on to release his homosexual obsessions.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 00:31:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ol' Glint, he's a rare one. Remember how he used to cum about the pumpkin papers and the admitted liar Whittiker Chambers?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 00:22:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Gosh, this Brock thing really has the Glint feller bobbing and weaving! He sure does feel the need to defend against Brock, whoever Brock is. What was this? Does Carrville have a television show?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 29, 2002 at 00:20:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yes, but WHOSE balls?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 23:53:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: I kinda like that Glint feller-----He's got balls, something you tweetie-birds don't have.
WILL-YUM
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 23:26:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: David Brock said he lied about Anita Hill? My guess is that would make him an admitted liar. You have to wonder about a program that brings on an admitted liar to make a point. Sounds like they're approaching the problem from a position of significant weakness. Any way you look at it, Brock's not a reliable source. Impeached himself, brother. Impeached I tell you! :-D
Glint
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 23:15:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: The fastest way to get rid of Anti-Semitism is to get rid of the Anti-Semites. How does one do that? *hmmmmmmm* *hmmmmmm* You gather up all the Anti-Semites and send them to a train and off to camp they go. Now the purpose of this camp is not to get rid of "ADD aka Attention Deficit Disorder" but to shoot the first person who makes an Anti-Semitic comment. All the other person in camp must watch this person die. One such person may grasp his bullet wound, wobble around and grab his hair and cry to deaf heaven for justice but will he get justice? Another may just die in peace. But all the other persons in camp must bury this person. Of course, people will whistle and whistle and try to pretend that no one is dead or that the person did not really deserve death but sooner or later, they must bury the poor fellow.
Steven
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 23:04:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: I agree, he is a treasure. Kind of your rightwing nutcase varieties all wrapped up in one package. The Bible-thumper. The pedophile. The hick. The blue nose. The fetus flogger. the dissembler. The liar.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 20:45:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Don't drive Glint away. He's the only one left to poke with sticks. This page used to be teeming with loonballs. Forest, MK, Jeremiah, Pete. Now it's down to the likes of Glint. If he goes, so will all the fun.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 20:41:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, by seniority, it's still St. Wolf's page but Meat has set a new standard.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 20:29:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: Only Davud Brock says he lied about Anita Hill. Where's the proof?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 20:16:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's right, Glint. You tell 'em! Remind them of the jism! We should never forget that, when the government decides to, it can unleash it's full power, spare no expense and catch a citizen lying about his schlong and where it's been. We are a richer nation for that experience, by gum!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 20:15:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Those "lies" about Clinton had hard evidence, bucko. Hard, crusty evidence. Evidence that despite your earlier denials your side was forced to swallow. So far, I don't see anything worth getting excited over with this Brock thing. End of story. Come back when you have something solid.
Glint
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 20:11:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: This is House of Meat's board now anyway. Scram!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 20:09:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: You're obviously lost in a spin world. As each of your illusions crumbles away, you get ever more desperate. Like the kid with his finger in the dike. It's as if you see your job to be Chief Beadle of Jism, willing to believe any lie about Clinton and refusing to accept the corruptness of his persecutors. You were fine with David Brock when he was riding point with the Arkansas Project. Now he's no to be trusted because he's telling the truth. You know Clarence Thomas lied. Everybody knows he did. But you'd rather believe the lies Brock told about Anita Hill at the behest of his sick puppet masters. Put on the cigar suit, clown. You're as deep as a postage stamp and a sick pervert who preys on kids. Get lost. Your act grew old years ago.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 20:04:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: If he's really an "eye witness" then it should be easy for him to produce some tangible evidence. A document signed by Thomas. He's obviously infatuated with Thomas and living in a world of delusion. Brock's obviously lost in a dreamworld.
Glint
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:54:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ifs? Coulds? Nah, Brock was in on the planning, Spin-Boy. An eye witness. geesh.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:33:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bill Press needs to return to Crossfire.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:32:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: "... things President Gore said..." ???
BWAHAAHAHAAAA
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:29:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Brock. Sounds like a lot of 'ifs' and 'coulds'. Evidence, please? That is, besides the cross talk of the hideous two headed Carville-Carlson snake beast thing. Brock's gone to the dark side. Sometimes I feel that way too...
Glint
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:21:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38069-2002Apr24.html
this one is just for fun
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:15:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: Mr. Sullivan, In regard to your "retraction" of your smear against David Brock, there are only three words to describe it: lame, lame, lame. (And the same applies to Tim Noah's pathetic attempt in Slate to make excuses for the smear.) You state: "If you listen very closely to the tape rather than the transcript, across chatter and under cross-talk, you can just about hear Brock say in a near-whisper 'on prime-time.' No-one on the show seemed to notice. Tucker Carlson said he couldn't hear it. The transcriber didn't hear it. But it's there." If you actually watched the program, you'd see that Mr. Brock used the same mild-mannered, soft-spoken tone throughout the interview. And on the audio tape, you can hear that the entire sentence in question is spoken at the same level; it's not Mr. Brock's fault that someone attempted to interrupt him after he got half his sentence out. And no wonder Tucker Carlson couldn't hear Mr. Brock's full answer -- he's the one doing the interrupting! (There were only 3 voices on that tape, and since it's clearly evident the interrupter is not Carville -- a completely different tone, with no Cajun drawl -- it has to be Carlson.) You know, Mr. Brock must be mighty clever to arrange to have himself interrupted by Tucker Carlson at just that point, thereby "gulling CNN's transcriber," as you accuse him of doing. Mr. Brock is not the one playing "gotcha" -- it's you and Tim Noah and David Horowitz. You are playing the same dishonest game of "gotcha" the Republicans and their lackeys in the so-called "liberal media" played during the 2000 campaign when they grossly distorted, wildly misrepresented and outright lied about things President Gore said in order to smear him as a liar. Which reminds me: In case you don't already know, David Horowitz's smear against Mr. Brock -- claiming that Brock lied when he said that Horowitz used an anti-gay slur in front of an editor Horowitz didn't know was gay -- just blew up in his face. Media Whores Online has published a letter from Chad Conway, the editor in question, debunking the smear. Mr. Conway states, "For the record, I don't think Horowitz is anti-gay and I always enjoyed him. But, yes, he did, before he knew I was gay, make an anti-gay slander to me and Brock was quite right to use it as an example of the sorts of things said when 'we', the homos, are not in the room." IIRC, you promoted this smear on your website. If you did, you now owe Mr. Brock a double apology. But I won't hold my breath. After all, being a right-winger means never saying you're sorry -- even when, by any civilized code of conduct, you should be down on your knees, begging for forgiveness. Thank you for your time. Robert Harris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The wingnut pundits get something laughably wrong because a bunch of Freepers hyperventilated, and Noah argues Brock should have guessed they'd do that in advance and amplified his voice to prevent poor Andy Sullivan from stepping on his own ass. Something he does at least twice a day on his website.
Freeper Liars Pants On Fire
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:09:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: CARVILLE: Justice Thomas voted to select George Bush as president. BROCK: That's correct. Right. CARVILLE: Could there be a payback maybe? BROCK: Absolutely. They have him over a barrel. CARLSON: You're so deep in all... CARVILLE: So you're saying that our -- oh, I see. BROCK: The same people who put him on the court who led the Clinton campaign, who wrote to Ken Starr, they were the same people who decided the last. ------------------- BROCK: There are a lot of other people who can back up what I said about Ted Olson. If they had a real investigation, you would've been found out that there were other people from "The Spectator" who would've said the same thing. Because he's a Republican, they make him a lead lawyer in the land. CARLSON: Right. BROCK: If he was a Democrat, he'd be in jail. -------------------- CARLSON: Boy, you've got a lot of brass, David Brock. --------------------- CARVILLE: What's been filling the newspapers is CROSSFIRE's now become the most talked about show on television. And there's supposedly boycott being led against CROSSFIRE because of the tough questioners on here. One of the people reported behind this boycott is Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi. The former old Miss cheerleader apparently doesn't like CROSSFIRE and is urging other Republicans to do this. However, today on "INSIDE POLITICS," it's reported that Senator Don Nickles of Oklahoma will be challenging Lott for leadership of the Republican party. I know Senator Nickles. I disagree with him, but he is a perfectly agreeable man. And you, Senator Nickles, are welcome on CROSSFIRE, as are you, Senator Lott or anybody else. But When you come on here, we're going to be guns a smoking away.
The Liars are Thomas, Olson, and the Rest of the Rabids
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:06:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ooh, an ADMITTED liar. Not under oath, Jism-Boy. Not like Ted Olson and Clarence Thomas, Jism-Boy.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:04:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: As long as he was lying for the right, he was AOK. Now that he's decided to tell the truth, he's a dirty faggot traitor!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 19:03:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: David Brock's an admitted liar. Could that be one reason why reputable news outlets, sans CNN, tend to overlook him? Sounds like a safe bet to me.
Glint
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 18:45:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: CARVILLE: Let me show you something that I know that...because we're going to post it on the much ballyhooed grand web site MediaWhoresOnline.com. And this is what they had to say. [MWO] is what everybody in Washington reads. You need to check it out. "Conservative media outlets...have tried to ignore Brock's truthful revelations, putting him on what looks like a blacklist, refusing to review his book, refusing to have him appear on their broadcasts, hoping that he and his book will just GO AWAY." Does that ring true to you, David? *So everybody in Washington is reading MWO, are they? Hey Karl and Ari: Tell your boss to get out of Al Gore's house. Props to all MWO'ers! The plug was but one highlight in Thursday's show. The Main Event featured David "20/20" Brock vs Tucker "the Bow Tie" Carlson. Bow tie gave it his best shot, but he was unable to defend the Cult of the Soulless exposed in Mr. Brock's book. He attempted to nitpick his way through the interview, pointing to tired and discredited misreporting by Mr. Brock's detractors, but it was obvious his heart (or whatever they have) wasn't in it, and ultimately he was forced to concede that his right-wing associates are as bad as "Blinded by the Right" portrays them to be. More Crossfire highlights: BROCK: They put Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court, knowing about his past and covering that up. They spent more than $2 million to smear the Clintons as part of the Arkansas project, which Tucker, you wrote about in "New York" magazine. You know that happened. You know it was a smear campaign. CARLSON: I'm not exactly sure. But let me just mention... BROCK: You're not exactly sure. You wrote about it. I read what you wrote. You don't even remember what you wrote? ---------------- CARVILLE: But let me ask you about -- this is something that -- a mockery here all the time is you have to be truthful under oath. BROCK: Yes. CARVILLE: Ted Olson, under oath, replying to Senator Leahy, said that it has been alleged that I was somehow involved in the so-called project, the Arkansas project, referring to. "I was not involved in the project in its origin or its management. As I understand it what that was, was a contribution by the foundation to conduct journalism and investigative journalism." Did Mr. Olson tell the truth under oath? BROCK: He did not. He was up to his ears in the Arkansas... CARVILLE: So wait, he is the current -- so listen, he lied under oath? BROCK: He did. CARVILLE: Clarence Thomas, you wrote a book about Anita Hill. Did Clarence Thomas tell the truth under oath? BROCK: No. When I found out two years later that he had done many of the things that Anita alleged... CARVILLE: [What we gonna tell the children]? We have a man on the Supreme Court that lied under oath? BROCK: That's right. CARVILLE: What are little cowgirls and cowboys going to do about -- what am I going to tell the children, Mr. Brock? I think we got a pack of liars out there, Mr. Brock. BROCK: That's right. That's right.
Thomas and Olson, Oath-Liars in Office
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 18:21:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: My prection is that the Carroll County Times will be running another astronomy column next Sunday.
Glint
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 17:51:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Wasn't that the open letter where Pete� got so excited because the guy at the freep said he might make it "essay of the week"?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 17:23:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Then there was the time Pete� went off on his tourist safari and Glint pointed to his "open letter" about tax policy to the 40 troglodyte pundits as evidence that he wasn't an idiot.
Great Moments in Fornigate
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 17:22:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Earth to Earth!
Pete�
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 17:09:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: The most critical issue to Carroll County, of course, being all these city coons been movin' in and lowerin' the property values. CC be Bed-Stuy befo' we dip de chitterlins.
Mayor Perry L. Jones, Jr.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 16:53:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Was it the same chick mayor Perry L. Jones, Jr., had locked up in the basement of his gas stations for three years?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 16:50:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yesterday's Times shocked readers with a color photograph of a totally nude woman above the fold on p.1. "...Kate stands 5 feet, 7 inches, and weighs around 145 pounds. She jogs and lifts weights several times a week, and she is a vegan for animal rights reasons...." She quacks like a Liberal too.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3973052&BRD=1289&PAG=461&dept_id=156627&rfi=6 <instant CC Times registration required>
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 16:12:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: "I believe the Republican party best matches my vision to bring leadership and experience to the critical issues of Carroll County."
Union Bridge, Maryland Mayor Perry L. Jones Jr. (Dem.) <go red counties!>
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 16:03:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: This is a pretty cool article about a local Mayor - an American-African Democrat. The Mrs. was surprised to discover that he was a Democrat. She said he had always seemed so decent. Think she meant he tended to business in his gas station and didn't chase after white women?
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3964617&BRD=1289&PAG=461&dept_id=156627&rfi=8 <instant CC Times registration required>
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 16:00:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Try to remember that your name is Lee Hannland, not Les Hannland. There is no Les Hannland. Lee Hannland is the one who has lying about sex figured out, sort of, not Les. Again, Les does not exist. Lee, that's the one with the suction-cup darts. The one with the whiffle bat. Lee, not Les.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 15:55:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Little too much of that "hind sight" going on. Watch out for your friend's Dad, Brandon.
Sukey Tawdry
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 15:45:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Brecht on Weil on Morrison on Maryland hermaphrodisiac.
Mahagonny
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 15:28:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, show him the way To the next hermaphrodite. Oh, don't ask why! Oh, don't ask why! Show him the way To the next hermaphrodite. Oh, don't ask why! Oh, don't ask why! For if he can't find The next hermaphrodite, I tell you he must die. I tell you he must die. I tell you, I tell you I tell you he must die! Oh, moon of Alabama Oh, moon flooding my garden We now must say goodbye We've lost our good old hardon And must have winky, oh, you now why...
Jim on tuba and the boys
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 15:08:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: I see that there is quite the curious bunch here. Seeking questions that are none of their business. Must be a bunch of old ladies in their 40s or 50s on this board. And what makes you think that this Glint fellow would give you an honest answer one way or another? Everybody lies about sex so it's pointless asking questions about it. Especially when you're questions aren't under oath. Sure, you can put the poor bloke under oath, but would you really expect an honest answer even then?
Les Hannland
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 14:49:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Can you at least lie about wanting a blow job? Can you morally and legally say you didn't want one even if you did want one? I'm talking about under oath here.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 14:37:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint better check the sinks afterward.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 14:35:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: He'll probably come into Glint's living room and wag his finger and say he did not get a blow job. That is, if Glint asks. Somebody has to ask about your blow jobs before you can lie about your blow jobs.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 14:34:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: If he's really a liberal, he'll probably get one, in the hallway, and then lie about it, the immoral bastard.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 14:33:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: If Brandon's dad really is a liberal, he probably wants a blow job.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 14:28:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think between Glint ogling Brandon's crotch and Brandon's dad ogling Glint's daughter's crotch, Brandon's dad got the better end of the deal. Just my opinion, man.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 14:26:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: He had liberal parents, anonymous. Good Republican parents would have forbidden him to choose faggotry.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 14:24:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: 1) A fag hag isn't physically attracted to the fag, she just hangs around with them, probably because she has some hangup about men. 2) So why did Brandon choose first to play child roles and then to be queer?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 14:23:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm not sure I follow. I don't know that I'd call Brenda a fag, if that's what your comment is in reference too. I would call Brenda more of a changeling. Besides, I don't believe there is any physical attraction between Brenda and Poe. None that she has expressed. Her comments about the changes Brenda is going through are matter of fact, made with an aire of resignation. Besides, when they started going to school together the only indication of what lay ahead was that Brandon was drawn to child roles in community theatre productions. In hindsight, and based on what I've learned here from adults with theatre experience in their backgrounds <ahem!> it should have been obvious in hindsight.
Glint
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 13:53:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: So glint, how exactly did you manage to raise a fag hag out there in Carroll County???
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 12:38:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: I remember that ticker-tape Khruschev parade. People were dancing in the streets and roller-skating in the parks. In commie New York. The Commie Apple. Filled with Jews and Ukraines and Puerto Ricans and other commies, the Irish, the Italians. Out in Cali, they knew the name treason and they didn't let Khruschev go to Disneyland. It was Mayor Yorty, Sam Yorty, who refused to let him go to Disneyland, even though Disneyland is in Anaheim, and Yorty was mayor of Los Angeles. Either way, was Eisenhower pissed? He was so pissed he kicked Dick Nixon in the ass with his pointy shoes. Nixon said later, in his autobiography, "Six Crises", that it hurt like hell. The old man had been a quarterback at West Point, back in the day when there were no special teams and the quarterback punted. They may have toilet-papered Khruschev in New York, as the pitiful witless wimp says, but they treated him like the totalitarian dictator he was, out in Cali. Only it wasn't called "Cali" yet then. It was still "Calif."
Phoebe Bluntz
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 12:30:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh, I got class alright, I threw a roll of toliet tissue at Kruschev, when they gave him a ticker-tape parade down Broadway in NYC. Long before they invented computers. Even wined and dined diplomats at the Waldorf-Astoria. I should have invested in toliet paper. Heh Heh.
WILL-YUM
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 05:19:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Gary is the one I miss. Garry was slick.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 04:24:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hannland may rock, but only will-yum is will-yum. Hannland will never replace will-yum in the hall of fame, whatever you doofuses think. Will-yum has class. All Hannland has is a tired wheeze about lying about sex.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 04:21:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hannland rocks, man.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 04:19:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why does everybody disrespect Lee Hannland? I think Hannland is hep, and brings a lot of philosophical sophistication to the board. Particularly on the topic of lying about sex, Hannland has obviously done the homework. Throughout history, statecraft has been inextricably interwound with sex, and the question of whether it should be lied about. We may not all agree with Hannland's take on this important question, but we can all certainly respect the work that Hannland has put into it, and listen politely as Hannland presents the results. I, for one, hope than Hannland keeps posting the Hannland musings on the topic and continues to enlighten us all. You go, Hannland.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 04:17:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lee Hannland, what can one say? Lee is just not a human being. It's sad, really. Thinks its OK to pretend you didn't have sex when you did. And maybe that it's OK to pretend that you did have sex when you didn't. This is just totally disgusting. Lee Hannland is a totally disgusting person. I wish Hannland would go away. This board had some moral value before Hannland came around. Now it is virtueless. End of story.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 03:35:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Does Lee Hannland really think that lying about sex excuses the act of sex? What kind of twisted libertine is this person? What sort of lust-pit did this sex fiend crawl out of? There is no excuse for sex, and that includes lying about it. What you don't know WILL hurt you.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 03:22:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: Shouldn't you be watching Arnold Schwartzenegger movies?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 02:49:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: I was born in the middle ages. Heh Heh. I view sex with children disgusting. I never had sex wih anyone unless they were 21. Of course now the legal age is 18, but still, they can't drink, and frolic in the woods, like I could. Anyway, I think those Catholic Priests should be held accountable.
WILL-YUM
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 01:27:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sex is frivilous.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 01:23:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: You hit the nail on the head. These so-called "hostile work environment" sex lawsuits are all frivilous. Nothing wrong with lying in one of those. All cases involving sex are frivilous. The priest thing for instance. Everybody lies about sex. If it was o.k. for Clinton then it's o.k. for Father Pedipoke.
Les Hannland
- Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 00:50:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Saw the retired banker today at a reception sponsored by the town tree committee. His wife asked me to come videotape the Mayor's speech. Remembered the name of that other steak restraunt on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:29:49 . Lone Star. Went to a sea food place tonight. Except I had the porterhouse. The porterhouse and four glasses of red ale, of course. Tree committee planted a seedling from the Wye Oak this morning. If you don't know what that is feel free to give Google a goose ore two. I'd probably barf if I didn't know the banker's wife was a conservative. She's got a deep green side. Hard to turn a spade full of dirt without her standing over the hole reciting some damn poetry.
Glint
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 22:41:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Does Glint really think that John Ashcroft doesn't have net 'bots that seek out casual chit-chat about underage hermaphrodites and records them in the permanent file? Does he really believe the JOD isn't out there right now, triangulating him like a Russian submarine and adjusting the depth-charge fuses? He'd better have a damn good alibi prepared if one of the neighbor children comes home and tells mommy that a strange man showed him his ding-dong.
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- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 21:15:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Voice-activated moonlight.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 21:11:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: No, that would not be heaven, the one with the moonlit flooded garden and the high table with Fess Parker at Denny's, and everyone pretends he's a professional whether he is or not, and pretends that he knows philosophy and football and politics, and generally lies and misrepresents himself and hates himself and is a crazy loonball. The one with the flooded garden, that's Hell.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 20:38:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: But will there be a moonlit flooded garden.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 19:24:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: For Glint, there will be herds of hermaphrodites. Gaggles of them. Veritable tribes of them. And all under fourteen years old. Why do you think they call it heaven?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 18:00:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Think again, T-bone, you no-count. Only "productive" people like the crynic and Pete, guys who can keep the paper flowing and who have good keyboarding skills, and who know about trickle-down theory, are going to catch a break in heaven. To many dark-skinned people and trailer-park cowboys have decided that they can slack off in this world and they will be coddled in the next, but it ain't going to be that way. If you don't have a palm and a cell and a Benz and copper rain-gutters in this world, you ain't going to have them in the next. Only the guy who gets up every morning like the crynic, and drives in to town and sits in a chair all day and then drives home, only those "knights in blue serge" are going to get the high pie in the sky. Learn to live with it.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 17:57:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: A house with lots of square feet, and a huge lawn, and a real tractor. But will there be any hermaphrodites.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 17:53:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think that in heaven I deserve, at the least, some loose shoes, tight pussy, and a warm place to shit. I believe that in heaven I will shine no man's shoes but my own.
Rastus "T-Bone" Washington Jr.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 16:31:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: You think in heaven that people who don't deserve stuff will do better than guys like the crynic and Glint who DO deserve stuff? I doubt it. I think that the people who don't deserve stuff here on earth won't deserve stuff in heaven either. Guys like the crynic will continue to deserve stuff. In heaven, the crynic will have a hot young girlfriend and a portfolio. In heaven, Glint will have a house with lots of square feet, and a huge lawn, and he'll finally get that real tractor he's deserved all along. But the Negro, in heaven, will still deserve no more than maybe a shoe-shine stand or a broom. And that's good, because the crynic and Glint will deserve to have their shoes shined up there, same as they deserve it down here.
House of Meat
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 16:28:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: More than a few theologians preaching that the end times are upon us. Even so they are attempting to raise beaucoups of money for their churches. Maybe they plan on taking it with them. I don't know what for, Heaven sounds rather socialistic.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 15:25:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, you have to consider the possibility that the "virgin birth" story was just a cover-up for Mary's sluttish behavior, her round-heeled willingness to ball any Nazarene who would give her an apple. "Saint" Mary's could be the dress-staining, cigar-wetting, DNA-splashing capital of Maryland.
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- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 15:03:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: I have only sired male whelps, so I can't really comment.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 13:35:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: A girl can't go wrong at a school called St. Mary's.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 13:33:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint always said that the college years were proper for exploration and experimentation and, after graduation was the time to return to biblical mandates. Collegiate lesbianism is encouraged and expected.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 13:31:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Back when I went to school, that's where the hicks learned how to tie a Windsor knot and fold their handkerchief. Nowadays they learn how to strap on a dildo. I'm not sure how much of an advance this is, but you know, the world is always changing and why fight it? I can see the attraction in a modest dildo on a young maiden. One thing I think I'll never learn to appreciate, however, is that music that consists of semi-rhythmic nasty-inflected talking over a sort of techno monotonous beat, where the singer holds his hand about head high with the thumb and forefinger extended and shakes it up and down spasmodically. I can never understand what those guys are saying, except for some of the swear words.
House of Meat
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 13:29:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Unless you major in it.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 13:27:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yes, there is pounding itself. For Glint's kid, a girl after all, this will probably be expedited by the Sisters of Sappho clubs that now thrive on most college campuses. Unfortunately for dad's personal excitation, actual gender transmogrification is rare.
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- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 13:25:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Getting pounded is only part of the college experience.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 13:06:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: There are probably some kind of urban schools in Baltimore, small affairs with decent reps. University of MD. also not a bad choice.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 12:59:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 12:51:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: I figure atSt. mary's she'll probably get pounded by half the guys at the Patuxent Naval Air Station. maybe two-thirds.
Glint
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 12:49:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds mad if you ask me.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 12:15:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: The answer to that is obviously because where she lives now is outside the bubble. If she was sent off to Minnesota or Connecticut or New Orleans or Seattle she would be going right into an on-campus bubble. Strange to say, but the only way to guarantee that she stays outside the bubble is to keep her close to home.
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- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 11:22:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's kind of sad is how this school attracts kids from far away states and yet it's only a possibility for Glint's poor child because of its relative proximity to Glint's Leyland Cypress line. Why do all the choices have to be within a couple hours drive from all of her sources of teenage angst?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 11:11:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Never thought of that. So the whole head of hair, every hair, has to be long enough to go into the braid, huh? It makes sense. I've always maintained that you could get a good education anywhere, even one of these Cali JC's that are like two-year continuation high schools and anyone can get it, but not necessarily stay in. The education comes from the inside. Studying Durkheim, of Huckleberry Finn, I never learned hardly anything in some pretty classy schools with famous professors. But something like chemistry or the linear algebra or geomorphology it doesn't really matter where you go, because it's more butt-power than brain-power that drives it. I guess you could maybe have an advantage in the job market if you can say you went to Harvard or Stanford or some expensive place like that, or a small but supposedly rigorous place like Reed or Carlton, but who really gives a shit about the job market, au fond? The only real difference I've noticed, going to some high-end schools and some not so high, is the quality of the students. You get dumber students in the shittier schools, and that's sort of important, because you tend to hone yourself off your fellow students. Of course, you're hearing that from someone who has wasted quite a bit of time "honing" himself on dipshits like Pete and the crynic. For a daughter, it may matter, because what she's mainly going to do in college is get laid a lot, and it might as well be by boys who have a chance at getting in the better golf clubs.
House of Meat
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 10:44:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 09:17:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: well most of the ponytail fits into a braid now, all except the very front bangs which at least go well behind the ears.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 09:06:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: what kind of grades does the kid have? is she a poet or a sliderule? SAT's??? I still think GW might be a good option depending. I'd definitley avoid all those weirdo virginia little schools, george mason or something, lots of them and they all suck.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 09:05:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: From where youre at there in the appalachians glint, st marys is damn near another state, arent you closer to nyack?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 09:03:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Resteraunt bar called the happy harbour in Deale, pretty good eats. forget what creek its on. built a tikibar outback. biker gang called the tribes used to hang there.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 09:02:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Spent quite a few summers down around there on various boats swilling heinekin and hofbrau oktoberfest, snorting long rails of white powder and coaching various maidens into the candlelit v-berths. You can do alot with vberths, very conducive.
Borg 19 of 22
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 08:56:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Evans Seafood HOuse, thats it. Out on St. George's Island. Used to be great. of course having to drive through such curfew ridden martial law towns such as Waldorf, LaPlata etc. is kind of a bummer. Kid will probably come back pregnant and married to a seaman from the patuxent naval air station.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 08:54:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lets see, that would be St. Mary's eh Glint? One of the oldest US colleges yes??? Thought that might be a tad out of price range for you, but of course clinton did guarantee every kid two years of some funding now didnt he.... Do have a strong lib arts program from what I remember and its sort of a feeder school for hopkins too. Maryland is iteresting down there, Whats that big seafood resteraunt, ummm
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 08:51:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, it's a tough one for any history book that tries to be sympathetic to Snippy. It's a definite turd in the punchbowl, "axis of evil." In a textbook of American history, not much after the story of the real Axis is told. Hughes, in putting that bolus in the Snipper's snout, has really fucked him in history, really made it impossible to present him as much more than a third-rater. So it's back to Texas, before she does even more harm. Anyone want to start a pool on how long Cheney lets Rove stay around?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:23:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: Peggy Noonan, she's been ruminating about Karen Hughes, about how Karen Hughes has been shot and has to get away from the probability of having been shot, or something. She doesn't understand that Karen Hughes wrote the line about the "axis of evil", so Cheney has decreed that it's time for her to go back to the bush leagues of Texas. That "axis of evil" line has rubbed the whole world's nose in Snippy's fundamental inadequacy, and forced Cheney to do quite a bit of extra time kissing hairy Arab asses that he never should have even looked at. Snippy loved her, and she was his alter ego, but shit, "axis of evil"? Iran, Iraq, and North Korea? Even Noonan is too much of a pro to have put that much of a turd in Reagan's mouth, but if she had, she would have been back in Poughkeepsie quick, just the way Hughes is going back to Austin.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:20:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: I feel a s general sense of relaxation ever since Homeland came up with the red, yellow, green warning system. We've gotten fat, complacent and overconfident as the yellow days pile up. The feeling is, you can live with yellow. Yellow aint bad. It's probably been a yellow day for years and years when you think about it. Our guard may be down. Just a thought, my brothers.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 02:41:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: i think some people are beginning to doubt we've all been shot. I wish Aunt Peggy Noonan would pour some hot coffee so we could all hunker down and remind us. I long for an udate on how the "my brother" euphoria is going. How about a refresher column on videotaping people who look at highrises.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 02:36:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: When a man puts his own dick before, or at least alongside, all the other stuff a president has to do, yes, his dick IS important!
Outraged in Duarte!
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 02:31:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't understand how people who have all been shot can even express anything but remorse for even pretending to consider the thought that Clinton's dick was important in some moral or legal sense. Let's roll.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 02:27:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't plan on lying to Hannland. I believe total honesty is required even situations where not being honest would make more sense and serve everyone best.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 02:23:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Check out the latest pictures from my neighbors' bedrooms! http://members.fortunecity.com/mrpeepers/neighbors
Glimpse
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 02:15:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm not sure that our citizens have a right to know, anonymous. But I AM sure that our Department of Justice has a right to know. The eagle must soar.
.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 02:06:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: If you lie to your government bureaucrats about where your dick has been, and any other sexual activities you have engage in, how will Glint know whether to wear the cigar suit or the blue dress? Be realistic. Our citizens have a right to know what their neighbors are up to in the nation's bedrooms.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 02:05:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh, right, just don't tell! What do you do if the government demands to know? Suppose it's a question of national security? Not telling isn't an option. Not telling could perpetrate outrages such as Paula Jones's right to a fair frivolous lawsuit. No, I think when the duly appointed bureaucrats of your government demand to know where your dick has been, you better spill the beans. If you don't, the terrorists may well win.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 02:03:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe if she's lucky, all those blue state kids will be such tough competition that she'll flunk in to Parsons Bible College. Why don't you force her to go there in the first place? How about Baylor? MK got a good education at Baylor, particularly strong in demanding to see the evidence upon encountering something like evolution. Also he developed a good head for public administration. Assuming MK wasn't lying about Baylor the same way he was lying about his polyps.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 01:59:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: You don't have to lie about it, Lee. Just don't tell. Unless you lie and tell the other person how great they were even if they weren't.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 01:58:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lee, if your legs were bodies of water, would the place where the Ohio meets the Missippii be a good place for me to erect my dome?
Glint
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 01:56:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lee, are you a woman? What's your e-mail address?
Pete�
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 01:54:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: You don't have to lie if you are finicky about it. Just tell Hannland that you don't care to discuss it. Point out the nearest porn shop to Hannland, and ask to be remembered to Kenneth Starr if he should be shopping there.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 01:47:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lying to Lee Hannland, when that unfortunate person comes to grill you about your sexual activities, is highly recommended. The less Hannland hears about, the less Hannland will have to wring hands and bellyache about.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 01:45:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nice to have you back, Tom. I agree with you 100% and more!
Harlan St. Wolf
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 01:20:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's with all the Abba-Dabbas uglying up the Texas countryside? Men with dresses and scarves on their heads. Think about it. I don't have to tell you that it ain't right by far. Guess they couldn't stand the stink of the cow shit and had to hop back onto their magic carpets after a few hours. Good riddance to those hucka-lucka jibber jabbers. Just hope Bush wasn't dumb enough to fall for the old left handed shake.
Tom
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 01:01:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: It would have been o.k. As long as you lie about it you can do whatever or whoever you want.
Lee Hannland
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 00:31:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: Poor Neil, bad enough he didn't have the smarts to be a competent fiscal watchdog at Silverado, he was even thrown out of a tennis tournament in '91 for cheating. Well, maybe not cheating. Just breaking the rules.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 00:25:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Who cares what sort of perverted things may or may not be going on behind closed doors. Be they behind the door of the oval office, a priest and an alter boy behind a synagogue door, or a dacshund in an observatory, as long as it's consentual nobody should care one way or another. If they get caught it's o.k. that they had sex, just as long as they lie about because everybody lies, is supposed to lie, and is expected to lie, about sex.
Lee Hannland
- Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 00:14:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't need a spell checker. I need a faster keyboard that can keep up with my quick mind. Spent about three hours tractoring about this evening. Perfectly clear. Nearly full moon rising just as the sun was setting. Since we've moved in the Peabodys have bought a Deere, Gourdon had bought a Deere, and Rosanne has bought a Deere. Of course theirs are simply the little gasoline buring garden variety of mowing machine. Guess they're doing their best to keep up.
Glint
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 23:58:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: This week's jorney was to a college that is, to mix metaphors with a discription given in the Washinton Times, a bucolic bubble located at a place in which, if bodies of water were legs, it would be at the asshole where the Potomac R. and Chesapeake Bay playfully spread apart. In our little tour group I was surprised how many kids came there from out of state. They came from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and one from Oregon. All from blue states, including my two and another kid from their church choir who just happened to be there on the same day. These three, and one girl from Ydog's home planet of Potomac deep in the heart of a blue county, were the only ones from Maryland. The kids at this college looked different than at other colleges. Sort of like Simon and Garfunkel fan rejects. Nice campus, near the water and spread out. Kid who showed us around didn't know if there was a planetarium or an observatory on campus. Typical liberal artiste.
Glint
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 23:31:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Neal? Isn't he the guy who was mixed up in the S&L scam? Was he ever indicted, or did his dad get him off?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 21:36:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Karen Hughes, Mary Matelin, they may pull out, but Katy Harris will never ditch the poor bandy-legged little guy, no matter how bad the going gets. And she won't ditch Jeb either. And if Neal wants to be part of the sandwich, dive on in, bro'. She'll do them all without losing an eyelash or a nail. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 21:30:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: if you drink enough of that wild turkey you'll share visions too....
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 20:08:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Fortunately, that's all behind us now that Snippy and Crown Prince Abdullah have looked into one anothers' eyes and realized that they were the same simple farmers under the skin, deep in their hearts, and that they will forever share the mutual delight they felt in spotting that wild turkey by the roadside.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 19:45:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: The AIPAC convention had few such public displays of hostility - the lobby's leaders repeatedly spoke of their members' "greater political sophistication" - but the mood was undeniably militant. On Tuesday, the last day of the conference, the delegates fanned out over Capitol Hill for hundreds of meetings with senators and representatives, clutching talking points calling for "additional defense assistance for Israel" and new, tough sanctions legislation against Syria and the Palestinian Authority. The hawkish president of the Zionist Organization of America, Morton Klein, scored a telling victory when the AIPAC executive committee approved three of his four proposed amendments to the lobby's annual "Action Agenda," including one calling on the administration to refer to the occupied territories as "disputed territories." And Netanyahu received one standing ovation after another in an impassioned speech that called for worldwide U.S. military action to impose democracy on nations "infected with the disease" of "militant Islam."
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 19:33:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.forward.com/issues/2002/02.04.26/news1.html
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 19:31:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Absolutely amazing.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 19:19:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: What I'm simply amazed at is how much Clinton keeps getting. Doesn't that guy ever run out of steam? He's like a kid in a candy store. Loves every minute of adulation he gets. Amazing.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 18:45:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Isn't it simply amazing what dimowits will try to distort and dodge for an angle? Amazing.
Pete�
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 18:29:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: Listen, punk. We've practically got Saudi, Russia, and the Trashcanistans in our pocket because of George's strong bonds with their leaders. If George and Abdullah go on a hay-ride and weenie-roast together, Iran will be as good as ours.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 18:27:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: The crown prince figured it would be wholesome to do a little farming while he was waiting around for his old man to die. He especially like the way it would help him understand the land. For example, if he would ever go to Texas his farm-owning experience would put him in tune with the land their, so he could sort of "meld" with it, you know, the way an Arab farmer does with his patch of sand and his camel manure. And George Bush the younger saw all this with his keen eye for the underlying currents of interpersonal relationships, which has helped him so famously in developing our strong relationships with other countries.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 18:24:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe when bonding with the Crown Prince they discussed how the failed Clinton peace effort led to what President Bush calls the "Infitada".
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 17:44:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Mr. Bush told me the names of the local cactus," said Crown Prince Abdulla. "As a man who had his real estate agent buy him a ranch two years ago, he understands the land" added the Crown Prince, who has a camel farm near Riyadh.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:55:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: Enough to develop a strong personal bond with an Arab prince. Mr. Bush talked about his family, his wife and two daughters, and Mr. Abdullah talked about his family, his 62 wives and concubines and his 342 sons and daughters and 4,373 grandchildren. Mr. Bush explained Texas botany to the fascinated prince.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:51:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: How much Wild Turkey do you think he saw before the price arrived?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:44:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Saudi Arabia made it clear, and has made it clear publicly, that they will not use oil as a weapon," the president said. "I appreciate that, respect that and expect that to be the case." Although Mr. Bush originally was expected to spend only three hours with the crown prince, the talks "went on quite awhile, because there was a lot to discuss," he explained. At one point, he gave the prince a tour of his 1,600-acre ranch, pointing out the local flora and fauna. "As a man who's got a farm, he understands the land," Mr. Bush said. "I really took great delight in being able to drive him around in a pickup truck and show him the trees and my favorite spots. And we saw a wild turkey, which was good." Prince Abdullah is first in line to the Saudi throne and is the kingdom's de facto day-to-day ruler because of the illness of King Fahd. "One of the really positive things out of this meeting was the fact that the crown prince and I established a strong, personal bond," Mr. Bush said. "We spent a lot of time alone, discussing our respective visions, talking about our families. "I was most interested in learning about how he thought about things," he said. "I am convinced that the stronger our personal bond is, the more likely it is relations between our countries will be strong."
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:39:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: His plan is to unleash Cheney and smite the Arab in Iraq. Unfortunately, nobody else is interested, and the Saudi says he'll take his oil and go home if that happens. Oh, sure, we'd still have Quatar and Kuwait on our side. For a week, maybe, and it shouldn't take that long to topple Saddam.
snippy is a subtle, wiley operator
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:37:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Clearly, his plan is to get everyone as confused as he is and then to pounce without warning. Or something like that.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:32:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Did he say, "I really mean it this time" to distinguish it from the last time he ordered Sharon to pull out? Did he order Arafat to stop the suicide bombers again?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:29:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: Having his coke and snorting it too.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:28:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: "I made it clear to him that I expected Israel to withdraw, just like I've made it clear to Israel - and we expect them to be finished," Mr. Bush said after the prince departed. "As to where we head from now, one of the things that I think is important for the crown prince to have heard is we're interested in his advice," the president said. "We're interested in his counsel. We share a vision."
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:27:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Urged by Saudi Arabia to temper support for Israel, President Bush said Friday his message to the Arab world is unequivocal: "We will not allow Israel to be crushed." On the same day that Israeli troops re-entered a Palestinian town in the West Bank and fired upon protesters in Ramallah, Bush bluntly told Israel, "It's now time to quit it altogether."
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 16:13:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey! Let's cut taxes some more!
Whattagoodidea
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 14:59:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: The crynic is kind of his own fist despite what perver says if you see what I mean, we just happen to notice.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 14:28:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Congressional Budget Office earlier had predicted a deficit of $46 billion for the 2002 fiscal year, after taking into account the slowing economy, the president's tax cut and recently passed legislation to boost the economy. But individual tax receipts are running $40 billion below projections, and when all the receipts are collected, the projected deficit could be $30 billion to $70 billion higher, experts said. Congress also is considering the president's request for a $27 billion supplemental spending bill, though only $10 billion to $15 billion would be spent in this fiscal year, probably bringing the overall deficit above $100 billion. That compares with a surplus of $127 billion in the previous fiscal year.
fiscal conservatism
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 14:17:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: What you talking. Surf's up on the Caspian Sea.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:55:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's a funny-sounding phrase, "off the coast of Kazakhstan." Sort of like saying "off the coast of Utah" in a way.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:52:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Little George looked deep into Crown Prince Abdullah's eyes and saw a man he could trust.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:48:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Or maybe even in the last twenty days!
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:46:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: A consortium of Western oil companies has found a vast petroleum reserve in the northern Caspian Sea off the coast of Kazakhstan that may well be the largest oil discovery anywhere in the world in the past 20 years, according to U.S. officials and industry sources.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:39:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Cheney needs permission from the Saudis to take a leak. Cheney needs the Saudis more than the Saudis need Cheney. Russia doesn't have that much oil, no matter how hard Cheney has bandy-legs suck up to Putin.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:32:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Cheney needs permission from the Saudis to topple Saddam?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:30:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Saudis won't give Cheney permission to topple Saddam.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:25:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Train wreck. For some reason Cheney feels the need to topple Saddam, and he's going to blow it. It's the Snip who will take the heat for screwing everything up royal.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:19:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Have to wait and see if the President is a master at Bondo-ing with the top Russian, Saudi guys or is just a little jar of toxic putty.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 13:02:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: No one our own size ever shows up, Hortense. This site is visited only by weak, masochistic conservatives.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 11:12:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, your cruelty to the crynic disgusts me. What you people do to him is like throwing billiard balls at a blind man. Why don't you pick on someone your own size?
Hortense Beegum
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 11:10:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: I hope the crynic comes back today. He was fun. Dumb guys are always fun, if you don't mind a little cruelty.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 10:44:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Figure 179 degrees plus or minus a degree, and all Ashcroft has to search is 168 feet at 2 miles. Glint is pinned like a butterfly. Or a cockroach.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 10:42:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ashcroft will want to know what the spread is at the head of an arrow two miles long, azimuth 178 plus or minus a degree. That's backward from a Krispy Kreme on the greater Baltimore urban statistical area.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 10:09:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Internet comedian or criminal pedophile? You be the judge. Better yet, let Ashcroft be the judge when he reads the tapes.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 10:06:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: The thing about Dacshunds is that their snouts are unusally long. Slender snouts, tapered at one end and wide at the base. Good for sniffing down rabbit burrows and other foul holes. The back of the miniature Dacshund's head fits perfectly in the palm. Easy to guide as it gently slides. You may have noticed before that it's impossible for a person to make use of one's own fist. The body's just not built that way. It's uncanny, but the miniature Dacshund's head is almost the exact same size as a child's fist. Just some interesting facts worth sharing. <> Alabama song. Jim and the Doors sure knew how to toot the tuba.
Glint
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 09:32:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lots of fun with Carville skewering Snippy on air, plus Brock skewering the guy in the silly pink shirt and all his rabid-rightist cronies. Bwa ha.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 09:17:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: How lite-hearted can a guy be with a dachshund in that "special" place? Does the dachshund take those "special" pictures?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 09:13:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: I knew a guy in college, Bill Ohm, who as a high-school kid had accepted a blow job from a Mexican with a bristly chin at the YMCA, thinking that the guys he admired were always talking about how great blow jobs were, but not understanding that they were talking about those administered by young women. Turned out that about half-way to the consummation he realized that he didn't much like the YMCA blow job and he shoved the Mec away. So there might be a the decision point that the crynic seeks. It bothered Bill Ohm forever after, or at least as long as I knew him, and gave him what he called a "queer fear", which was a fear that he himself might be queer. Sure it was bad judgement that led Bill Ohm to accept the blow job, but bad judgement is what the teenage years are for. Clinton, on the other hand, was dealing with a soft-chinned young woman or considerable experience and suction, if the stories are true, so his judgement was sound, as much as judgement might be thought to have entered into it. As far as his subsequent judgement, he successfully finished out two presidential terms with wild popularity, and is currently having the time of his life, and probably getting as many blow jobs as his aging body can respond to. What the hell is the crynic talking about, anyway?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 26, 2002 at 02:02:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh shit, I tought we were talking about the guy with dachsund between his legs!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 23:25:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh, now I see, I thought you meant the "Glint" that created the cybermorgue of John and the Fired Asians.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 23:22:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: No, not that "Glint", the one who explained about school cafaterium being profit centers.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 23:21:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh yeah, that Glint, lite-hearted Glint. The one that posts the necro-links.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 23:18:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: WHen it comes right down to it, as a rational reductionist, you may be able to consider only two states of being, getting a bj and not getting a bj. It's sort of like Levi-Strauss and the binary structure of the brain and atom.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 22:33:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: He seemed pissed, as if he takes the Clinton gossip/impeachment thing seriously. But we know he was lighthearted enough to dress up like a cigar about it. To Glint, it was all in fun. He was never one of these brooding disturbed fellows like Pete or H-Man. He always fastened on the more ridiculous troglodyte complaints, funning with them. The cigar, the laughable impeachment attempt, the humorous claim that Paula Jones's "rights" had somehow been violated. The jocular rape claims. The tongue-in-cheek tale about masterbating improbably into a sink with a willing intern standing by dry-mouthed. No, Glint was never serious about fornigate. He even did an impression of someone who admired Linda Tripp from time to time. It was his show-stopper.
House of Meat
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 22:21:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Perhaps there is no merit at all to this discussion of "judgement" about blw***jbs. I mean what, exactly is the decision point? "Oh look I'm about to get a bj...gee I wonder if I should refuse..." Yeah like we get THAT thought!!!!! I don't think I've ever declined a bj (dont go there). Why decline a bj? Ever? It just dosen't make sense.
Borg 7 of 22
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 22:19:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Doesn't appear to have a hare lip. Might have a small goiter. Hard to tell.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 22:14:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint said "adieu." Isn't that what you say when it's goodbye for good? Is he out? Is he going to hurl himself off a bridge like Pete? Or was it that crack about the goiter and the harelip? Does glint have a goiter or a harelip? Both?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 21:48:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: I would have dressed up as one of these guys who watch their neighbors' children through their telescopes, trying to see some high thigh.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 21:44:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: I would have dressed up as moral decay and rap music. That's what really made him a two bit hack.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 21:43:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Not me. It was more than the cigar. I would have dressed up as one of the pardons. Maybe the one that Big George gave the Miami mafia guy in exchange for helping Jeb.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 21:42:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think what really sealed his fate as a two bit pardon selling hack was the cigar. I would have dressed up in a cigar suit when that came down, if I had one.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 21:41:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: The blow jobs were just the tip of the iceberg. What about Kathleen Willy's cat?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 21:40:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Exactly right, Glint. It was the judgement BEHIND the blow jobs, the way the crynic explained.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 21:36:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: If you think it's just the blow jobs that seals Clinton's fate as a two bit pardon selling hack then you are royally deluding yourself. Adieu.
Glint
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 21:13:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: How's this? Good judgement is owning a Buick Opal, burning out your brain with drugs, and voting for a wimp because he is the son of a wimp with a better resume.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 20:24:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good judgement is going on an internet yap board where your natural enemies the hated liberals are obviously twice as smart as you are, and infinitely more lucid, and bragging to them about your hot young girlfriend and your portfolio.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 20:22:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good judgement is following Omar's advice and buying those IPO's on the bounce, and then being surprised that you weren't suddenly rich.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 20:21:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good judgement is turning over the old lady's butter and egg money to the care of Omar, a Cook Islands "financial consultant" with a goiter and a hare-lip and a straw mat to sleep on.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 20:20:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, in addition to the bad judgement of the blow job, there were also Vince Foster and all those other murders. We didn't want to give our votes to a known murderer and rapist.
the right-wingers
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 20:17:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint, the pineapple, the crynic, Bob Barr, Henry Hyde, Ken Starr-- all of them would have voted for Clinton or supported him enthusiastically as President if only his judgement wasn't so poor that he followed the thong. The troglodytes TRIED to treat Clinton with the respect due an elected President, but he just made it impossible through his failures of judgement. Anyone who judges it prudent to accept a freely-offered casual knob polishing just can't be trusted with the helm of this great republic, and must be ejected from office. It's all about judgement.
.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 20:09:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 20:09:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: It was poor judgement to let a potential Clinton voter like the crynic hear that the man appreciated the occasional blow job. See, then Clinton would lose the vote of a man who thought it was poor judgement to let him know it. Or something. Other than that, why is it poor judgement to accept a quick blow job from a plump young intern if one is offered? Is your judgement that poor, the crynic? Mine certainly is, I hope. Are you worried that her tonsils might have had children?
i
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 20:02:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint and his catamite?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 18:24:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Which other genders are here periodically?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 18:19:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: The crynic is on to something. It's not the blow job. It's the poor judgement. Which equals a "liberal web of hypocrisy" that "the public" has somehow seen through. Same public that supported Big Bill and voted Gore into the presidency before it was shanghaied by the supreme court majority on the theory that the Bush sense of entitlement was protected by the constitution even if he couldn't get the most votes. And how can anyone defend the lunacy of a politician's being beaten in Tennessee? Even though it happens like clockwork, so that it almost seems as if someone loses every Tennessee election, there are morons who defend this lunacy. Good, the crynic. You are working your way up the evolutionary scale, and have reached the status of the sponge family. Keep working that head-bone and you will some day think as well as the sea cucumber.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 18:12:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: LOL Other genders here periodically.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 16:59:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: 15:25:00 - Your wife hasn't complained yet.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 16:45:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: n the final days of the Gore recount battle, some of his senior staffers hatched a Doomsday Plan that would go into effect if Gore lost: They would mount a "We Wuz Robbed" ticket in 2004, using the anger over the recount to stage a Gore/Lieberman rerun-and they would run in the primaries as a team! It would be without precedent. And even though the Democratic Party is hardly kind to its losers-Adlai Stevenson in 1956 was the last person to be nominated again after losing-the Gore/Lieberman team would simply squelch opposition. The plan was so audacious that the Gore people were almost giddy. "It was going to be 'The Rumble in the Jungle II,' " one Gore staffer joked. "We were going to get Don King to promote it." But after September 11, anger over the recount seemed a trivial issue and some in the campaign assumed the secret plan was dead.
after 911 a blow job will never be the same either
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 15:57:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Furr buckets? How cute from one who's probably a pencil in a tin can.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 15:25:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: The man can stand sanctimony. Got it?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 14:37:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sorry. I meant to say sanctimonious furr buckets.
the crynic
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 14:30:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Faux Glint@13:55:36 does not necessarily reflect views of Glint.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 14:10:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Former Vice-President Al Gore told reporters in Knoxville, Tennessee today that he regretted an incident last week in which he breakdanced at a Democratic rally in Miami. Mr. Gore's attempt at breakdancing was the latest in a string of attempts to add zest to his staid image - a personal odyssey that has included growing and shaving off a beard to see if anyone cared. But Mr. Gore's breakdancing display only drew gasps of horror from the astonished Democratic faithful assembled at the Miami rally. "He's really lost it this time," said Brad Deakins, a Miami Beach hotel clerk. "If he thinks he's going to get anyone to vote for him by spinning around on his back, I'd like to know what weed he's been smoking, because it must be bodacious." Mr. Gore also regretted wearing a so-called "belly shirt" that exposed the shockingly white mid-section of the former Vice-President. "Upon reflection, that shirt was unflattering, and the slogan on it, 'I'M A SEXY BEAST,' was inappropriate," Mr. Gore said today. "I take full responsibility for wearing it and apologize to the hundreds of Democrats present who said they were repelled by seeing me in it." Mr. Gore's attempts to spice up his image have made little dent in the polls, with just 1% of likely Democratic voters now saying they want him to run for President again in 2004.
AlGore regrets breakdancing incident
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 14:07:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: I agree with you, crynic, but you ought to refrain from such colorful expletives as 'sanctimonious c*nts.' You're not helping me make my case with the webmaster.
Glint
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:55:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Isn't it simply amazing what dimowits will try to distort and dodge for an angle? Amazing.
Pete�
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:51:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Parental Advisory: This Column Discusses �Speech' Universal Press Syndicate | April 25, 2002 By Ann Coulter WHENEVER A SUPREME COURT OPINION IS BRISTLING with references to Renaissance paintings, classical mythology, and "art and literature throughout the ages," you know the court is about to invoke the First Amendment to protect "Bisexual Schoolgirls' Porn Pictures." Writing for the court, Justice Anthony Kennedy struck down a perfectly sensible federal child porn law last week. Though you might think the attorney general was preparing to rip "War and Peace" off the shelves, the law simply extended the reach of the federal child pornography laws to computer-generated "virtual" images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Without this law, it will be impossible, in practice, to prosecute any child pornography cases. In order to prohibit, say, "Youngest Teen Sluts in the World!" while leaving the Federalist Papers unmolested, the law carefully defined "sexually explicit" conduct as: "actual or simulated ... sexual intercourse ... bestiality ... masturbation ... sadistic or masochistic abuse ... or lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person." In response to this law, Justice Kennedy expounded on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" - "the most famous pair of teen-age lovers." He continued: "The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and ... speech is the beginning of thought." Oh, cut it out. The last smut prosecutions for works with any redeeming value whatsoever took place almost four decades ago. Since then, pornographers have been running amok, producing the most degrading pornography imaginable - and then running to the Supreme Court to whine about threats to Shakespeare and "Lady Chatterley's Lover." Some of the more respectable titles taken off the Internet include: "Preteen Pedophilia XXX," "Kiddie Pix," "Mary's Pictures of Young Nude Girls," "Lolita Angels," "Preteen Nudist Camp," "Naked Little School Girls," "Kiddie Porn Lolitas," "Rape Lolita," "Preteen Incest Rape." Remember: I'm not the one who says "Preteen Sluts" is protected by the Constitution. Pornography defenders always insist on describing this particular constitutional right in vague euphemisms, such as "material dealing frankly with sex" and "sexually themed material." If I have to endure Justice Kennedy's pompous platitudes when we're talking about "Lolita Angels," then I'm not politely avoiding the topic. The nation is swimming in pornography. You can't turn on TV without seeing simulated sex scenes. And Kennedy is worried that a law banning computer-generated photos of children engaging in sexually explicit acts will put Shakespeare at risk? If judges pretended to be this confused when interpreting other laws, there could be no laws about anything. Indeed, Depends undergarments would be a necessity on the high court, as justices struggled with whether that feeling in their bellies meant they had to go to the bathroom or needed to burp. Is it "Othello" or is it "Kiddie Pix"? In addition to Shakespeare, Kennedy claims that if Congress were permitted to outlaw virtual images of children in explicit sex scenes, movies like "Traffic" and "American Beauty" might be made differently. "[L]egitimate movie producers," Kennedy anxiously warns, might not "risk distributing images in or near the uncertain reach of this law." Justice William Rehnquist points out in his dissent that both "American Beauty" and "Traffic" were made (and given awards) while this precise child porno law was on the books. Not only that, but during that time, four of five federal appeals courts were upholding the law. As Rehnquist says: "The chill felt by the court ... has apparently never been felt by those who actually make movies." Moreover, the actress who played a teen-age girl in the crucially important simulated sex scene in "Traffic" was not, in fact, a minor. (Why does no one ever say, "'Casablanca' was a good movie - but what it really needed was simulated sex scenes with kids"?) Even high-priced lawyers for the porno industry couldn't come up with more than one "legitimate" Hollywood movie that might possibly - theoretically - fall under the virtual child porn law. Here is a description, courtesy of an Internet rating service, of just some of the sex scenes from "American Beauty": "a couple has sex with thrusting, her legs up in the air ... a man is seen from behind masturbating in the shower ... a man masturbates next to his sleeping wife in bed ... a girl stands in front of boy, then takes her bra off and we see her breasts ... a man thinks a male couple is performing fellatio (they are not) ... a father kisses his daughter's teen-age friend, caresses her clothed breasts and pulls off her jeans until she's down to her underwear, and opens her shirt, exposing her bare breasts ... a man has several daydreams of a girl in a bathtub with rose petals covering her; he reaches his hand under the water at her crotch level as she puts her head back and moans." So Congress can't ban virtual kiddie porn because the law might make producers think twice before making movies with scenes like that? This is the doomsday scenario? A little chilling might lead to "virtual" watchable movies.
go anne go
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:51:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: "U.S. Units Attacking Al Qaeda in Pakistan" (The Washington Post, by Dana Priest and Thomas E. Ricks) Covert U.S. military units have been conducting reconnaissance operations in Pakistan in recent weeks and participated in attacks on suspected al Qaeda hide-outs there, opening a new front in a shadowy war being waged by the United States along the mountainous Afghan-Pakistan border, according to U.S. military officials. U.S. Special Operations troops based on the Afghanistan side of the frontier have been attacked several times a week over the last month and have been in several firefights with al Qaeda militants, these officials said. The Americans have suffered some casualties, though no American has been killed, officials said.
Bush continues making good on promise to fight terror
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:46:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:45:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: you're - spelling error. Come on boys, hop on it.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:28:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's not the blowjobs. It's the poor judgement. The public has finally seen through the liberal web of hypocrisy. Clinton was disbarred in his home state and left office with a big ole asterisk next to his name. Your #2 man, Gore, couldn't even carry his home state in the biggest election in the nation. And you morons defend this lunacy? Tells me your nothing more than a bunch of misguided sanctimonious cunts.
the crynic
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:23:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: The crynic didn't have to say it. Dude, you already knew.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:15:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Note that crynic didn't use 'fuckface' this time 'round. He must have been the one banned.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:00:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Meat's right. Enron is where it belongs, in the back room out of the limelight. Just keep your pants on because pretty soon our televisions sets will be showing us a rooms filled with lawyers on every channel but the shopping ones, using their freshly sharpened pencils to give lots of new assholes to some clueless clucking Enron bean counter. Then it will be up to us political types, who use a bong and never wasted precious time rolling the papers tight and smooth, to spin it up so that it leaps off the table and into Cheney's lap. Then the true beauty of Enron will be beheld by the voters, and they'll be fleeing from the Repiblican party so fast the door will never hit them on the way.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 12:36:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: By great fear you mean the Republicans are afraid that the voting public may learn what Republicanism is, and turn them out of office wholesale? Is it really possible to smear Republicanism by associating it with criminal business practice? I don't think we are necessarily dealing with "smear" here, but with fear of discovery. The Democrats, of course, have the advantage, because their limiting foible is that they participate in clean, male-female sex when offered the opportunity. The Republicans, who screw others not with their dicks as with their undemocratic political principles, are much more vulnerable to discovery. The Republican impeachment fiasco proved that the great majority of Americans is tolerant of a man's getting his rocks off and a young woman's offering to participate. It remains to be seen if the majority of Americans are willing to be corn-holed by another corrupt Bush administration.
House of Meat
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 12:24:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: To fornigate's gruff conservatives, anonymous, politics is about how badly you can smear the other guy in the eyes of the average television-watching yokel. When we were learning about public policy they were strung out on kid-drugs and perfecting the doobie-rolling skills they are still proud of. Their whole awareness of civics and politics starts with their envy of a president who had the good fortune to be offered oral sex by a White House intern. I'm afraid that this philosophy has become the unwritten platform of the Republican party and the great fear of the Republican party, so it is going to be with us for a long time. Adjust to it.
.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 12:16:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Right, except that the blow-job story was just irrelevant gossip, while the decay of the American economic structure from within has some relatively important content. You seem to be hung up on what the Enquirer headlines say, and care little for policy debate. That is fine, but there are a number of very good gossip sites on the internet, and you would be happier if you can find your niche in one of them.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 12:09:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why is it whenever someone mentions Enron that one guy goes off the deep end with a buch of jabberwocki about blow jobs and the Clintons haveing sex? Why does it always have to be about the Clintons? Why can't Republicans get caught in their own scandalous web for once? Sure the lawyers are off sharpening their pencils somewhere, getting ready to use them for jabing Enron up into the witness box. But nobody cares about that. Ken Starr and his buddies did the same secret things behind the leather doors. Who knew what was going back in the crime lab. For all we know they were drinking cognac and smoking stogies after carefully measuring the diameter of each with a tape measure and scribbling it onto a yellow pad. The point is the scandal stayed in the public view. Even when the GJ was quietly mulling over the testimony the scandal remained on page one. Why? Because it involved certain persons on the public dime, living in the housing project at 1600 Penn Ave. But Enron doesn't have any of that going for it. It needs to find a blue dress quick by golly! It had so much potential and it was fun talking about way back when but now it's just rotting on the vine. I'm afraid that the public is losing interest, and fast. It looks like no blow and no go whereas Monicagate was just the opposite.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 12:04:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: Pete left? You mean the liberals won after all?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 12:00:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Pete quit the site long ago. Gone. Never to return. There is no need to drag his memory across the discussion like a dead rat on a string. Let bygones be bygones. The man is not here.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 11:45:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think it's a lot less significant than you guys do. For me, the Glints and crynics are just another side of American prudery. Even though they themselves have done things that the preacher would object to, that their parents would find obscene, they still retain a totally separate capacity for prudishness. It's fascinating how libertines can manage to carry on the great tradition of American puritanism, sexual denial, and terminal small-mindedness while still doing everything that is required to scratch their own hormonal itches. There isn't really anything political about it. It's just sheer hypocrisy.
Oggie
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 11:43:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Quit crying already. Whitewater didn't stink? Monicagate? Pardongate? Obstruction of justice? Gore caught trying to steal an election? Let's not forget Vince Foster or the dozens of mysterious disappearances related to your beloved Clitons. Get a clue you pathetic pinheaded simpleton. the crynic is pete
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 11:36:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't think it's a generational thing, anonymous. Every generation has its quotient of lunatics, and if there's a difference at this particular point in history it's that a greater than average number of the lunatics have focused themselves on certain manufactured political scandals. It's really not much different than the people who spent a lot of time and energy on Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory, or those folks who see evidence of the government building secret facilities on the dark side of the moon. I used to discount yellow dog's references to nuts wearing tinfoil hats to protect themselves from the alien thought-rays, but this recent bleat from the crynic makes me realize that he was right-- that is the sort of people we're dealing with here. This poor crynic is not so much a funny pinata as he is a pitiable nut. Takes some of the fun out of it.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 11:36:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: What is it that makes these cats spin off into hysteria about somebody else's blow job? As long as I live, I don't think I'll ever be able to understand it. Was it the dope they took as kids, they couldn't handle it or it damaged some center of rational thought in the brain? Was it the booze or maybe a failue somewhere in the education system? Did they learn it from bitter parents, or otherwise pick it out of the social environment somewhere? What damaged these people, and what can we do so that it doesn't happen to future generations?
.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 11:30:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ah, the crynic. What a great impersonator! Pretending to actually be concerned about a blow-job in a hallway! Huff, gruff, Monicagate didn't stink? Obstruction of Justice? Along with the dozens of mysterious back-swamp killings? Crynic, you are one of a kind. Rich Little got nothing on you. Frank Gorshin. You the man, gruff guy.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 11:27:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's probably the stress, Meat, of being a traitor when all the other right-wingers are wrapping themselves in the flag. A right-wing loon-ball without a country is a sad thing. What is fun about being one if you can't feel the pain of seeing your country, your flag, your Constitution peed on by the commie socialists? What pain is there when all you stand for is tied up in a Cook Islands investment scam? I feel for the poor, sick yahoo, don't you?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 11:23:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the crynic has become more than an impersonation of a gruff conservative, traitor, and tax cheat. Sounds like he's become a full-blown right-wing fringe lunatic. "The dozens of mysterious disappearances?" Yeah, the crynic, your head is screwed on tight.
House of Meat
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 11:20:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Quit crying already. Whitewater didn't stink? Monicagate? Pardongate? Obstruction of justice? Gore caught trying to steal an election? Let's not forget Vince Foster or the dozens of mysterious disappearances related to your beloved Clitons. Get a clue you pathetic pinheaded simpleton.
the crynic
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 10:56:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Wag the Enron? Nah, you don't wag Enron. If anything, Enron wags you. What's up with Enron right now is the people who make careers out of this sort of thing, the lawyers, the prosecutors, are getting Arthur Anderson out of the way so they can drill into Enron without complications. Enron is not so important as a blow-job in a hallway might seem to be to a self-deluding right-winger, but it has a number of important parts, not the least of which is merely its existence. Politically, re Geo Bush, you might look at its effects in the ongoing shaving of approval points, although the effect is of course more directly related to Bush's general insufficiency. Otherwise, Glint, consider that not everything is important primarily because of its utility as a way to smear a politician. For some of us, blow jobs are important in themselves, and for some of us a generalized corruption in American corporate practices, aided and abetted by a political party and by persons supposed to be working on behalf of the country and its citizens, is important in itself. In other words, Glint, Enron is important not so much because it's an example of Bushism, but because it stinks. Think about it, young man, on your long commute. Discuss it over free beer with the chinamen. Gaze into it as if it were a far-off galaxy you were trying to understand. Some day it may come to you, as clear as the knowledge that the banker's neighbors are shits because he doesn't think they take good care of their building.
House of Meat
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 10:30:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: And furthermore, whatever happened with this wag the Enron thing? It seemed like such a sure thing, like a club to beat the reichies over the noggin with. Maybe even conspiracy to commit murder charges against Cheney. That would have been sweeeeet. But last I hear about Enron news is that Playboy is trying to hustle up some broads from the accounting dept. to spread their saggy gourds across the pages of the magazine. What's going on? Is there an October surprise buried in Enron somewhere?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 10:06:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: The right-wing has no morality. They have serial stupidity, bluster, bombast, and an overabundance of personality disorders.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 09:07:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: The rightwing has always been sort of hog-tied by it's own linear morality.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 08:04:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, the pmsa musings are related to living in a rural community and commuting in to a pmsa. Alot of economic policy revolves around whether a given strategy will work in an urban or rural area so its sort of work related as well. As to the midlife, well sure, fighting the forties , I can cop to that. Also has a health kick component to it, having quit cigs for 3 months now and keeping up with the weight loss etc.. Thanks for asking but I don't think I'm "Glinting" on this one, at least not yet.
zerk
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 08:03:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. Appears Ann is wearing a big one.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 03:13:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: I predict that Coulter's column this week is going to be a calm and well reasoned consideration of heavy-handed Big Government trying to restrict the pleasure Glint gets from looking at pictures of underage hermaphrodites. It may even take on the porn movier "American Beauty" in some jocular fashion. Can't wait for the morning Washinton Times to see if I am right!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 02:19:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sure. The Clintons were given a bad time for anything. Thery were given a bad time for having sex, for christ's sake. It was weird, the right wing whipping itself up into a frenzy of envy and rage. This is different... it's just Little George grubbing for money to increase the comfort of the comfortable. Nothing out of the ordinary. It's the GOP.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 00:14:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe so, but weren't the Clintons given a bad time for doing the same.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 23:40:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Any president, bandy-legged or not, elected or not, is bound to be a good fund-raiser. He pretty much has the usual givers by the nuts. He's the big enchilada. This is part of the reason Little George was installed, obviously, so that the court majority's friends would have more money to support their cause of controlling the aspirations of the hoi polloi. So that people could sit comfortably in the country clubs and bitch about their neighbors' manutention, building maintenance, what have you. So that fat comfortable people could be sheltered against the harsh winds of nature, of fate and history. Bozo the clown would be a good fund-raiser if the usurpation of the electoral process had resulted in his installation instead of the bandy-legged guy's.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 23:15:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sort of odd musings, all the same. You're not going off the deep end, are you? Mid-life crisis? The zircon, the working out, the change in vehicles? The orange chair and the ponytail? Now may be a good time to work out on the sphincter muscle. Hunker up. Endure.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 23:09:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: anyway, it was just musings, nothing intense,
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 21:59:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: The little bandy legged one is quite a fund raiser, no?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 21:50:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: In fact, as Austin boomed, I noted many of the newly developed residential areas had no grocery stores, no gas stations to speak of, basically no infrastructure capable of supporting the residential boom. The residential portion had outpaced the infrastructure, it was pmsa sprawl. These areas are still short on true amenities and while billed as upscale or at least moderate, still have only a crammed piggly wiggly grocery store or maybe a newer larger and cleaner chain, but just one.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 21:43:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, the pmsa's the smsa etc. were about intuitive demographics. Triangulating or possibly even tracking in a sense something more subtle than county lines. Identifying that the reason heroin creeps into carroll county is it's proximity to the Baltimore pmsa and the fact that a county line means squat to a pmsa to begin with. For instance heding south from here, I can now spot the true demarcation of the Austin-san marcos msa as it bleeds off either side of the Interstate 35 DFW San antonio corridor. These are real tangible measurements that have their own related on-ground realities. Most of you have probably entered and left the true boundaries of a PMSA without realizing it. See, the DQ is a good example, Carroll is considered a paret of the Baltimore PMSA, yet DQ has a subtler marketing identification that seems to suss out the redneck nebraskan element of the county. Sure it's lumped in, but it should really be in the "adjacent "category. Not for long though, I understand that big zoning change on the ag and conservation land is about to send housing density thru the roof. You may be living in East Baltimore soon Glint.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 21:38:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think Von Hoffman is a little harsh. I sort of get a kick out of Donald Rumsfeld doing smartass vaudeville at his daily press briefings.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 20:31:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.observer.com/pages/observer.asp
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 20:01:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Jean-Marie Le Pen n'est pas un homme politique comme un autre. Il a pris la responsabilit� de renier les valeurs universalistes qui font l'honneur de notre d�mocratie. C'est son choix. Il doit aujourd'hui l'assumer et ne doit pas s'�tonner de n'�tre pas trait� sur le m�me pied que les autres acteurs de notre d�mocratie C'est ensuite une question d'opportunit�. Accepter ce d�bat t�l�vis� �tait prendre le risque d'un �change indigne, au ras des poubelles, tant Jean-Marie Le Pen est avide de r�gler un compte personnel avec Jacques Chirac. Ce d�bat eut donn� au pays comme au monde une image bien triste de notre vie politique. C'est enfin une question de libert�. Rien n'oblige dans notre constitution les deux finalistes d'une �lection pr�sidentielle � s'affronter sur les antennes quand bien m�me la tradition s'est-elle install�e dans notre pays depuis trois d�cennies. Jacques Chirac a fait le choix de rompre cette tradition � ses risques et p�rils. Il va d�cevoir les t�l�spectateurs que nous sommes. Mais, se faisant, il manifeste un plus grand respect envers les �lecteurs que nous sommes aussi.
I couldn't have said it better myself
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 19:48:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Who's spread around? How about this guy having an off of body experience?
http://coke.rotten.com/head-of-terrorist/
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 18:23:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://allafrica.com/stories/200001140224.html
her uncle drove a caravan
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 18:02:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Who's scattered where? Well, to start off with you have the three sandiggers at 12:57.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 17:59:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Enough of this who's buried where. How about who's scattered where.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 17:51:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: "2nd Leak Of Anthrax Found at Army Lab Delay in Reporting Release Is Criticized " By Rick Weiss and David Snyder Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, April 24, 2002; Page B01 For the second time this month, Army officials have found evidence of an accidental release of anthrax spores in an Army biodefense research building in Frederick, this one involving a different and relatively benign strain of the microbe.....
Great. Just great. <[email protected]>
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 17:46:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: "This was is not over..."
was? is? which is it?
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 17:34:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: "We're fighting terrorism, but the enemy's not a person, it's an idea. How do you do that? "This was is not over, it's far from over." http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_1106457,00.html
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 17:24:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Stop! It's too much! Oh ho ho ho oh! You're killing me! Stop it!
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 17:21:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hoss' dirt bag's in De Kalb, Texas.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 17:21:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Blacky, you will find your war hero Sgt. Chip Saunders resting peacefully beneath the roots at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, Culver City, CA. The Telephone number in case you want to leave him a message is 310-641-0707. I don't know how soon he might return your call, however. He's not in the best of health you realize. If you ever pay him a visit, you might also want to look in on several other heros lying nearby. Who, you ask? Well, Ben Cartright for one. Father of Hoss and Little Joe - who have also left their containers. In fact Little Joe's container is planted right there too. Others lolling about nearby include Uncle Miltie (is he cold yet?) and Mammy's boy, Al J. With such a high percentage of dead people residing there you might be surprised to learn that there is a doctor in the house. Dr. Richard Kimbal had been charged with murdering his wife but the charges were dropped when the one armed man plunged to his death from the water tower in an amusement park somewhere.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 16:55:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's been a while since I have posted here. Definitely not since 911. Scrolling back I see that there is the feeling that we've all been shot. Another sentiment expressed is the phrase, "let's roll!" It's as though we are fighting together in a great battle of good versus evil. I have my own war hero that I hold with high regard. Although he was killed in a helicopter crash in 1982, Sgt. Chip Saunders was a brave hero. In the time we spent together he was wounded many many times in the big one, WWII as that old swab John would have called it. Here is a list of the times that old Sarge was shot and the battle he was in at the time. He had other wounds that I will list if there is sufficient interest. Here are Sgt. Sunders' bullet wounds received in the line of duty: 1. Right thigh (inner thigh?) [Rear Echelon Commandos] 2. Left abdomen [Reunion] 3. Left foot, in the heel [Duel] 4. Left leg, outside, just above knee [The Walking Wounded] 5. Left leg, outside, just above knee [Main Event] 6. Left leg, outside, just above knee [Masquerade] 7. Left leg, outside, just above knee [Barrage] 8. Left leg, inside, just above knee [Conflict] 9. Left leg, just above knee [The Celebrity] 10. Left shoulder, flesh wound [Encounter] 11. Left shoulder [More Than A Soldier] 12. Left heel [The Duel] 13. Right temple, rifle shot [The Leader] 14. Right abdomen, machine gun [The Gantlet] 15. Right leg, just above the knee [Ollie Joe] 16. Right thigh, just above the knee [The Letter] 17. Right thigh, upper [The Letter] 18. Right thigh, high, outside [The Hostages]
Blacky
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 16:31:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Palistinians are murderers and kidnappers.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 16:19:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Of course the CC stands up for Israel. They know the big guy in the sky is a key issue. He'll get them if they don't.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:50:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: Where is it illegal to keep cats dead?
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:49:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: PAPER: MINUTE-BY-MINUTE ACCOUNT OF HOW BLAKE DID IT & THE MAN WHO TURNED HIM IN........Hitting racks Friday.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:47:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Jewish Voters Gravitating Toward GOP" Wednesday, April 24, 2002 LOS ANGELES - Jewish Americans make up only 2.5 percent of the U.S. population but they vote in higher percentages than any other minority group in the country. Typically, they are known as staunch Democrats, but as more of the traditional left of the Democratic Party gravitate toward the Palestinian cause, American Jews are indicating that they place more trust in the party of George W. Bush. "Prior to Sept. 11 on my radio show, a lot of people would call and say, ?Rabbi, how dare you support a Republican,?" offered Rabbi Chaim Mentz, a Los Angeles radio talk show host. "Now, all of a sudden, after Sept. 11, they notice there is a moral clarity which America never showed, which is an alliance with our brethren that may be living in Israel," he added. At a recent pro-Israel festival in Los Angeles, Jewish American voters signed up to support the Republican Party. "I want to be a Republican. Why? Because I'm disappointed in Democrats," said Claire Shpayer, a Jewish voter. "The Republican leadership has been standing up for Israel. The Christian Coalition, which is part of the Republican Party, stands up constantly for Israel," said another Jewish voter, Bennett Zimmerman. "I think it's a matter of saying that on many key issues I agree with them."
Oy!
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:40:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: For myself, I'd much rather keep a dead cat than a live one.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:38:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why is it illegal to keep dead cats?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:38:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Chrysler won't drive on an azimuth? Jeez, this gridline stuff is complicated.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:36:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Or maybe they had a side business that provided suture material.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:33:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe they weren't eating the cats. Maybe they were practicing cat cloning. Maybe they were calico cats.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:29:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Make that 2 miles as the crow files. Four miles as the Chrysler drives.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:23:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: There's a Krunchy Krispy Kreme (KKK) just four miles from the gourd patch at azimuth 178. Oops, too much info! <> I wasn't kidding about the Chinese place getting closed due to the cat cadavers. Astronomy club used to eat there before the meetings. When the management changed we stopped going because the food quality plummeted. Now we know why.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:20:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: I can't find a single "restaurant" in the whole central coast area that serves a decent Nebraska hot dish.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:19:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's wrong with the White Castle burger? Where do you even get one any more? That good old White Castle burger was good enough for grandpa Breightly and it should be good enough for the younger generations. Bring it back and you won't need Krispy Kreme or those other gourmet lard parlors.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 15:17:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: Back in the day, Baltimore was famous for great food, especially seafood from the bay. Of course, that probably didn't extend out into the boonies, and all the rubes moving in after the federal government got so big, to snap at the crumbs dropping from the table, probably brought tastes down to a mid-western common denominator. Next stop is marshmallows in the salad at Texas Road House.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 14:33:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: My favorite is still North China No Cats (yuk, yuk, that's a old Nebraska joke about the Chinese eating cats). I especially like the chop suey and the fortune cookie.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 14:31:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm still intrigued by that nameless Mexican restaurant. Is that the one that sells the faux-Mexican diluted rainwater called Sol? What else do they have? Genuine Betty Crocker Mexican Chile Omelets and Tamale Pie?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 14:24:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Right. A gallon tub of Crisco and plastic soup spoons for the whole family.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 14:22:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Take a tub of Crisco in case there aren't any Krispy Kremes.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 14:21:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: This week's bubble tour takes us to Maryland's deep south. This will be a weekday tour.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 13:48:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Liberal site. That's what's the deal. We can hold it in.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 13:41:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's the deal here, where's the daily barf alerts? It's past 9 o'clock already. Is someone sleeping at the switch?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 13:31:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'll bet the people who own Frisco Pub are real nickle nosers about maintenance.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 13:22:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: If Glint weren't such a hard-ass with waitresses, nurserymen, cops, and other underlings maybe there wouldn't be so much saliva in his salad. The poor guy assumes that everyone in the world of commerce is out to screw him, and it makes him so unwholesome that he is naturally loathed by service personnel. Guess you can take the boy out of suspicious, small-minded, uptight Nebraska, but you can't take suspicious, small-minded, uptight Nebraska out of the boy.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 13:20:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's another thing about Texas Road House and my other franchise favorites-- strict controls on spitting in the food and glinting in the sinks. Outside the bubble, there's pretty much a glob of loogie in every cesar salad, so the B. family don't go out much. Mom's spit is OK with us.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 13:17:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Three Palestinians killed in Gaza blast" Reuters, by Staff Writer - Three Palestinians, at least two of them known militants, were killed on Wednesday in an explosion in a house in Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, witnesses said. Palestinian police opened an investigation. The Popular Resistance Committees, a militant coalition of Palestinian factions, said two of its members were killed in the blast which wrecked a three-room house and damaged three nearby homes.
spontaneous human combustion? <doubt it!>
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:57:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: ctually, we don't eat out too often. The wife works in a kitchen for goodness sakes so why go out when we have a cook and a kitchen right here? Besides, food's safer. No Jesse Jacksons to spit in our salads or Bill Clintons to desanitize the food sink.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:53:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: A couple years ago Frisco Pub rented out the strip mall slot used by the Hallmark Card store, blew a hole in the wall, and turned it into a crab house. Delish.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:49:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: You, too, can own a Bob Evans franchise. People will flock to the magic name, a name that says "good eats" in any language. If nobody comes, just hand out free meal-tickets to every freeloader at the astronomy club, and let them taste the Evansburger. They'll be back.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:29:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: I used to live in a town up north that had a Frisco Deli. Does that count as a hip place, and does it enrage the Caliban as much as the pub does? It was in Cali, but not in Frisco.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:27:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: I like "Frisco Pub" myself. Reminds me of the stout old beefeaters of Frisco, sipping their Gin and It. The madam drawing the warm beer and passing out the lager and lime to the young chaps. The neighborhood constable dropping in on his bicycle rounds. If I'm ever in the Greater Baltimore Area or southeaster Pennsylvania, I'm going to the Frisco Pub for sure.
.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:25:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: There's a restaurant called Bob Evans? Catchy little name.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:22:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: I guess the Texas Road House and Ruby Tuesdays spread enough shame on the Breightly family that managing to stay away from the rest of them hardly counts.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:20:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: Someone is bitching about the name 'Frisco? 'Frisco is my home town, man, and that's really shitty that someone should dis its very name. Named after St. Francis of Assisi, butthead, and proud of it. I don't like that "pub" part, though. We have lots of bars in 'Frisco, a bar on every corner, but no pubs. Pubs are in England. Short for "public 'ouse." In 'Frisco we drink in bars.
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Cali - Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:18:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Seems I impled that those restaurants listed were actually frequented by the Breightlies. With the exception of the Texas Road House and Ruby Tuesday's I have never eaten at any of the others. O.K. - we went to Olive Garden to exhaust a gift certificate received at Christmas. Oh, and Bob Evans once: The manager - an amateur astronomer who had just moved in from Illinois - came to a star party and handed out family passes good for anything on the menu; so we tried the place out once. The places we normally go are local only so I didn't bother mentioning them. But I will now. There's The Frisco Pub (I love that name because the Fiscan Calibanese hate it so), Park's Landing, K&B Korner (yes, with K instead of C), Johansonns (with on-site microbrewery), Wagner's, some Mexican place, North China (no cats), and others. Not that it makes it any difference, but it seems that there is a genuine interest in our choices among some of you. There's also a Dunkin' Donuts, but who needs it when Krispy Kreme is now available.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 12:02:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: East of Omaha or west of Las Vegas. What the hell Glint, that sounds like something Pete would dream up, musing on the gridlines. Look again at that Earth-at-night chart and figure the arc-seconds between lights. Science, man. Remember the example set by HW Armstrong.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:48:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Carroll County doesn't have an American Joes but I saw one in Boston last week. Right along the harbor. Unfortunately, it was too early for dinner, too late for lunch, and too early to start drinking.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:48:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: I like to post pix of teen boys, too. I like to call it hebephilia, like the other guys on the 700 Club do.
Father Mullaley
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:45:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ah, retired. No wonder he's so insightful. Plenty of time to monitor the foibles of modern society, including the maintenance devoted to his neighbors' business establishments.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:45:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: What kind of family man obsesses about gay teen boys?
Father Mullaley
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:43:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm not sure what the point was of the diatribe about the primary SMSA's and the secondary PMSA's and what they have to do with me. What's the point? There aren't any truly rural areas left east of Omaha or west of Las Vegas. Look at one of those earth at night photos if you don't belive me.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:43:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: "As he appears now." Now? Herb Armstrong? Have they stuffed him?
curious Titicaca taxidermist
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:42:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, and at Blimpies there aren't any gross surprises in the menu. You know the mayonnaise is pasturized and the Citrus Hill lemonade has USP-quality aspartame in it.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:41:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Give him some credit, anonymous. He's a family man, and if you go into a one-of-a-kind joint you've got a good chance of getting hassled or punched out by the motorcycle gang members that hang out there.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:40:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: I like that, they have a Texas Roadhouse but not an Outback. But they do have two steakhouses, including the onion-loaf one, and a Blimpies. What more could a dude ask for, outside the bubble?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:39:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: While investigating the Israel-English-USA link theory for you all yesterday I discovered something rather startling. The retired banker, who helped to celebrate BLT day, is the spittin' image of Herbert W. Armstrong. Not as HWA appears now, but when he was still alive.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:38:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Do they have that kind inside the bubble?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:37:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: It sounds, though, like you've got quite a wide selection of third-rate franchise eateries. Be content with what you have and don't pine for a "Cracker Barrel", wishing your life away. Have you ever been to a restaurant without a mass-produced and trade-marked neon sign out front?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:36:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Did used to frequent the dunkin donuts on gude dr." - Anonymous-21:56:33. When I was living in Monkey County, the ONLY place we'd get donuts was at Montgomery Donut on 355. I think there might have been another store elsewhere. As far as DQ goes, there's finally one in Westminster out near the airport. It's in with an Exxon station and a Blimpies. Place puts out a bajillion Watts of photons. Fortunately, it's covered, but there's lights beyond the awnings as well. Westminster has a new Friendlies, an Olive Grove, Bob Evans, Dennys, Ruby Tuesday, Applebees(sp?), Texas Roadhouse, another steak house (not Outback - the other one with the large onion loafs). When we moved in there was one Chinese restaurant, now there are about a half dozen or so. (One was recently closed by the health department when cat carcases were discovered in the store's fridge.) The point I'm trying to make here, is that there is no Cracker Barrel.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:29:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Okay, so I knew it wasn't pretzels he was choking on."
Karen Hughes (Retired)
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:27:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Apres le deluge, Le Pen!"
M. DeFarge
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:26:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sorry, is the Resident* "handling" the middle east? I thought he was just trying to wish it all away.
A Snubbed Powell
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:24:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: He did it by lusting after Kathleen Harris too openly, fool.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:23:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Of course we're pro Le Pen, goober. Chirac is a traitor and an EnEmy of France
Anonymous. <our fornigate fascists>
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:22:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: How did Snippy manage to drive his famously loyal "counselor" all the way back to Texas?
say, what's that on that thar coke, Karen?
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:21:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Does this mean our fornigate fascists are pro-Le Pen? Out of the closet at last?
bwa ha ha
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 11:20:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: By making common cause with the moderate right against Mr Le Pen, the re-election of Mr Chirac for a new five-year mandate looked even more certain on Monday.
good to see all the european liberals shitting drizzle like the disgusting weasels they all are
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 10:37:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: While views about the President's job performance declines, voters are more encouraged (63% positive, 35% negative), about the President's handling of the crisis in the Middle East. Two weeks ago, voters gave Bush a 54% positive, 44% negative rating, for his handling of the Middle East conflict.
a ray of hope for the little dude
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 10:33:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Wag the dog?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 10:28:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: Only the Arab can keep the numbers high. Not even John Walker Lindh can keep the numbers as high as the Arab can.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 10:26:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bandy legs and phrase mangling can only take you so far. They can't keep the numbers high.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 09:55:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bill Clinton is too busy to wish anything "like the dickens", as our loony observer below puts it. Too busy exercising his body parts before they get to old to be effective. A man doesn't spend too much time wishing "like the dickens" about transitory poll numbers that might have transited, when Father Time is creeping up behind him with the scythe. As Little George Bush will discover as his positives dip below the horizon, in the words of the Preacher, all is vanity under the sun. He will long for the good old days with a twelve-pak of Colt .45, a close game to cheerlead, and a hot sorority dame waiting in the Crown Victoria. He will wonder where it all went, the booze, the games, and the dame, and ruefully hold up his post-terror poll results like a dead parrot. The poor bandy-legged little appointed president/wimp.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 03:28:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: I refuse to take medication.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at 02:40:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: I once got a whole tube of penecillin for a pair of used nine-dollar socks.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 23:37:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: The place where I live is so primitive you don't even have to sign for your prescriptions. You just give the medicine man whatever you have, a few cobs of corn or maybe a piglet, and leave it go at that.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 23:35:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: geez, I had no idea carroll county borders pennsylvannia. also further from Baltimore than I thought, Carroll is part of the baltimore pmsa, not the dc one.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 23:34:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Of course, I used to live in the SCUR (south central urban region).
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 23:32:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: Out where I live, the only boundaries are what a man carves out for himself with his lawn tractor.
Oggie
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 23:31:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: County lines? I don't got to show you no steenking county lines!
EmKay
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 23:17:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush Fils = Le Pen
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 22:07:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: So I'm starting to notice little things that indicate you may not really live in a pmsa, (primary metropolitan statistical area) Theory is there should be enough marketing and other data leaving footprints so you don't have to check with the census bureau. Having a dairy queen is certainly on the list. Shipleys may be similar. I mean Dairy Queen flat will not build in a PMSA. I saw a lady sign for her prescription with an "x" at the pharmacy the other day. I guess the field of goats next to the Taco Bell counts. Having to pass a tractor on your way to the office, could be a sign....anyway, the whole point, if there is a point, is to be able to identify the real boundaries of the PMSA;s and SMSA's (secondaries) plus, the "adjacent" categories. This is all done at the county level mostly, but I believe there are other boundaries - real boundaries, the county lines are a matter of convenience that's all.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 22:05:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: It does sound like he may have let the beltline get a little past the 'rotund little gnome" stage.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 21:58:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm partial to Shipley's of late, as far as donuts go. They make a devilsfood donut filled with chocolate fudge and topped with chocolate frosting, a bonafide 3x. Shipleys may be local, dont know. Did used to frequent the dunkin donuts on gude dr.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 21:56:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: I agree, the kk donut is a fad, but it does go back to defining fatboy, I mean here's a guy that spends upward of 3 hours a day at the helm of the minivan with a box of KK's. pretty soon, it will be the am box and the pm box. Guy is almost a cop, was a security guard.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 21:53:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: His numbers are coming down faster than American flags.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 21:12:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: The way Snippy keeps saying we're all going to get shot again, it's almost like he's hoping for it so he can get the numbers back up.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 21:08:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, rube, that's called an "approval rating." It's sinking like a rock in water. It represents an unbelievable drop from the low 90s in, what, a few months. Keep your eyes on the numbers. By the time this poor little half-wit is done, he'll set records for disapproval. Drip, drip, drip. Anyway, why should a rightwing kook like Glint care? Snippy has betrayed the right.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 20:33:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Zogby: a liberal democrat palestinian arab. End of story.
Pete�
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 20:26:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: What is it with Neandethal Sean being so intrigued by Gore's sweat stained shirt.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 19:57:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: You wouldn't perhaps be cobbling that figure together by summing the 34.4% Excellent rating with Bush's 34.6% good rating (34.4 + 34.6 = 69.0), would you? That would be a rather dishonest way to spin some rather high poll numbers. How many apples and oranges am I holding up?
Glint
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 19:26:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bet Clinton wishes like the dickens he could have ever claimed a "drop" to 69%.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 19:12:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush job performance rating drops to 69%; Gore soars into strong lead for 2004 Democratic nomination; Democrats take lead in 2002 race for Congress; 58% say Israel should leave occupied Palestinian territories; 83% believe Mideast bloodshed will spread to other nations, Latest Zogby America Poll reveals
Zogby
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 18:30:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm into squashing gourds, myself.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 17:45:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Herbert Armstrong, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, pederasty, George Bush-- these are a few of my favorite things.
Glute
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 17:10:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Eating a KK "doughnut" is not a sin, it's just foolish health hazard, like riding a motorcycle without leathers or drinking motor oil and mustard. Sure, at one time people ate dirt and swallowed tapeworms for weight reduction, but we should be past those days. You are what you eat, and if you want to be a tub of semi-molten Crisco go right ahead and patronize Krispy Kreme.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 17:08:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: What did his daughter look like?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 17:04:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: ...Herbert Armstrong carried himself with an air of regal sophistication. Always well groomed, he wore the finest handmade suits, many purchased in Hong Kong. He stressed the need to dress well among his ministry. Dressing in the finest quality one could afford would command respect from worldly sophisticated moguls as well as the struggling tithe-payers in his congregations....As the rank and file membership of the Radio Church of God began to grow, incredulous former acquaintances were shocked at Armstrong's ability to turn those who were once familiar to them into distrusting strangers. Strict legalism grew unchecked. Because church teachings on Mosaic laws and ordinances were stressed, a prudish holier-than-thou attitude could not be avoided among members who tried to outdo one another in their obedience to Old Testament mandates. Not only were Leviticus 11 dietary laws being called health laws, members became obsessed with diet in general. Many expanded food laws to include processed foods such as white flour and sugar. It then grew to be, by implication, that to eat a donut was somehow to sin.....
http://www.wwcg.info/Bab_16.htm
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 16:29:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: MANY OF YOU WHO ARE ABLE AND OUGHT TO PLEDGE HAVE FAILED OR REFUSED! by Herbert W. Armstong (1/15/62) Brethren, do you realize this is the work of ALMIGHTY GOD? Do you realize HE is holding you accountable, according to your ability? It is not yet too late-but if you become a spiritual slacker, there is a Lake of Fire looming ahead, and I say to you in all sincerity and love, and by authority of Jesus Christ, you had better begin to fear and TREMBLE! This is EXPECTED of you, and if we donut[sic] do MORE than expected, we are UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS, and Jesus Christ says that the unprofitable servants are to be thrown into the Lake of Fire! I did not decree that-CHRIST DID!
freudian slip?
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 16:21:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.krispykreme.com/storelocator.html
Glint
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 16:14:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: People eat Krispy Kreme doughnuts because they don't know any better. It's the same principle as a dog eating a horse turd.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 15:31:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think it's the fad for "comfort food", stuff like pork chops and potatoes, that you can feel in your gut. A normal doughnut is sort of light, with lots of air in it like a baked product. This is achieved by fast cooking in oil heated to a high temperature. The Krispy Kreme doughnut, on the other hand, stews in luke-warm oil, soaking up a few ounces of it and creating a much more meaty product. The American consumer can feel this Krispy Kreme sinker in the gut like a brick dropped off a fire-escape, and is happy knowing he's prepared in case the terrorists hit again and food service is disrupted. At least that's my theory about why anyone would eat a Krispy Kreme doughnut.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 15:25:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, actually, anonymous, one time a dude brought in a box from Krispy Kreme and there were several varieties. For example, one that was sort of a blob of grease-soaked dough with industrial-strength Kool-Whip inside, and one covered with a chocolate-like substance. I think the Krispy Kreme phenomenon is an example of mass hypnosis. They opened one up down the street here about two years ago and there were traffic jams in front of it until 10:00 pm for two or three weeks after the opening. Thing was, it was right next to a real doughnut shop selling actual doughnuts unstead of grease blobs. Go figure.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 15:19:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Used to soak that ditch in embalming fluid, then sprinkle it with angel dust and opium. Throw in a little DMT and -WOWZA! Nothing like ditch, man!
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 15:19:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Okay, they have 12 kinds of donuts. But they all suck! Apple cinnamon and sour cream? Please! Disgusting.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 15:17:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: If you spiked an ounce of that Nebraska Ditch with a tabs of Owsley dissolved in fingernail polish, it gave you a pretty good hit. Mixing in a little crystal didn't hurt either, but it was sort of a jangley high, either from the meth or the ditch, I never figured it out.
Pop Eye
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 15:15:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: Krispy Kremes suck!!! They have one type of doughnut, and it's average at best. Dunkin Donuts has 52 freaking varieties and they are awesome. The best doughnuts in the world. Dunkin Donuts are so much better than Krispy Kreme it's not even funny, yet people prefer those hot, sticky, slimy pieces of crap.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 15:14:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: Man, we used to drive hours just to harvest the roadside ditches of Nebraska. It took days but we'd usually leave with about 10 pounds of Nebraska Ditch. We'd sell it to our friends back in Cali for $50 an ounce. Sure, it was tough putting up with all the derision from the Nebraska hipsters but the money was worth the abuse we took.
Cali Boy
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:47:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's because you could never get weed in Cali.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:38:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Everybody from Cali goes to Nebras to collect ditch weed.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:31:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Drudge Puts On Funny Hat. Gossip monger Matt Drudge today wore a stupid-looking faux fedora from Hats "R" Us.... developing...
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:30:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nebraska is the largest producer of popcorn. Take that to the theatre and smoke it.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:25:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Corn Still King: Many Nebraska farmers expressed an intention to plant "at least some" corn this season, and almost 75% of farmers have corn seed "squirreled away" according to poll results released early Monday by the Office of Agriculture.... developing....
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:15:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nothing Happens in Nebraska. In Nebraska, a spokesman for the State Office of Information said that "nothing happened again" in Nebraska today. However, the governor's press secretary, Judis D. Dudly, said "with the planting season upon us, Nebraskans will soon have the opportunity to wait for the corn to sprout." He went on to say that subsequently there would be opportunities to watch the corn "grow.".... developing....
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:12:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Family's roof collapses 'under weight of pigeon droppings' - A Chilean family narrowly escaped being crushed as their roof collapsed under the weight of 15 years of pigeon droppings....developing!
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:07:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Assomm�s, les partis de gauche se sont r�solus, lundi, � appeler � voter Jacques Chirac pour "faire barrage" au FN. "Nous savons que Jacques Chirac est notre adversaire dans le cercle de la d�mocratie, mais que Jean-Marie Le Pen est un danger pour la R�publique", a d�clar� le premier secr�taire du PS, Fran�ois Hollande. La m�me position a �t� adopt�e par Les Verts apr�s que leur secr�taire nationale, Dominique Voynet, eut plaid� pour ne pas "renvoyer dos � dos l'extr�miste et le pourri". La secr�taire nationale du PCF, Marie-Georges Buffet, s'est d�clar�e pr�te � envisager la pr�sence d'un candidat unique de la gauche "partout o� ce se sera utile" pour les l�gislatives.
How it really went down, Squat, chez le frog
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:06:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Funeral parlour offers coffins in unfair dismissal claim - A Brazilian funeral parlour wants to pay compensation to an unfairly-dismissed employee in coffins....developing!
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:06:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Patient having op on backside breaks wind, causing fire - A Danish man having surgery on his backside broke wind and set his genitals alight....developing!
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 14:01:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Exploding cactus shock for owner - A plant-lover has been left shocked after a cactus exploded in his house, setting fire to other plants....developing
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:59:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Teenagers squirt French PM's face with tomato ketchup - Two teenagers have squirted the French prime minister in the face with tomato ketchup....developing
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:58:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: Right. Marginalized because a nut profits from a split field. Nope. Chirac gets stronger, but with a socialist government, or "cohabitation" as the frogs say. Le Pen got what, 15% as a protest vote? Your typical hysterical lemming news coverage, and hysterical lemming squat response amongst the great unwashed. It always hands me a laugh when a French election gets its fifteen minutes of fame in the American news. In France, the big story is that Le Pen, like all other candidates, promises an amnesty on traffic and parking fines if elected, so the whole country continues to break every traffic and parking law there is, and the result is a huge dangerous snarl. Huger and dangerouser than usual.
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:50:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: "France can't write off politics of Le Pen" WASHINGTON - Le Pen proved mightier than the swords of virtually every mainstream French political figure in an electoral surprise that could reshape France, scramble alliances across the continent and alter the tone of Europe's relations with the United States. Jean-Marie Le Pen, a one-time paratrooper long considered a fringe figure of French nationalism, emerged from Sunday's first round of voting as one of two men still standing with a chance to become president of France in the May 5 runoff. Among those he bested were a clutch of 10 leftists and far-left contenders in the 16-candidate field, including Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. The political fallout came swiftly yesterday as Mr. Jospin announced he would retire from politics and even leading left-wing politicians rushed to endorse conservative President Jacques Chirac against Mr. Le Pen. Followers of Mr. Le Pen's National Front took to the streets in celebration yesterday, while there were scattered protests around the country against the party's showing. "For the United States, [the French election] could rate as a positive outcome," said Simon Serfaty, director of the European Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "France will be marginalized by this election and you could have a Europe that tends to be more cooperative than confrontational with Washington as a result."
sounds like win-win
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:37:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: A wave of conservativism is sweeping Europe? And our little in-breed trogs are applauding this turn of events? Do they have any idea what European "conservativism" means? This could be Snippy's worst nightmare. Sharon's too.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:33:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: My bet is that Ann blames the whole thing on Clinton on Thursday.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:12:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Your surprise? Are you sure you're using the right thesaurus?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:10:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Le Pen vote alarms Africa: A worrying prospect for many in Africa" By the BBC's Elizabeth Blunt The press in France's former African colonies has expressed dismay at the success of the far-right National Front in the first round of the presidential election. Its candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen, told a Senegalese newspaper that while he opposed "massive immigration", he was all in favour of maintaining strong Franco-African relations. But that cuts little ice with commentators in Senegal. Le Matin newspaper says Mr Le Pen remains a racist extremist, even if he has appeared more moderate in this last campaign. Another Senegalese newspaper, Le Soleil, asks: "Have the French gone crazy?" ...
my bet is that ann mentions FRANCE on thursday
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:09:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: When you had the wet dream about the Christian Democrats in Germany, I figured you didn't know that Stoiber is just a poor man's Schroeder. When he was governor of Bavaria he was the functional equivalent of Schroeder, and there is no reason to believe he would be any different as Chancellor. You are making the troglodyte ignoramus mistake of seeing the skeleton of a country's politics as told by the wire services as equivalent to your own Nebraska or Alabama county-wide school board elections. Ain't the same thing, Squat, ain't the same ideas or traditions or shoe sizes or tableware settings. Best stick with the Omaha dog-catcher results, and leave the great beyond to wiser and more broadly-experienced people.
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:06:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Admiration? You interpret my surprise as admiration? Yes, it was your mistake.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 13:02:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yo, I figured when you expressed your admiration of Le Pen you didn't know he was a shitty little Nazi. My mistake.
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 12:51:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: "The entire book of Hosea carries a blistering message and warning to the BRITISH PEOPLE TODAY!"
HWA
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 12:18:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Looks like the Frogs and Krauts are turning around. Jeesh, even the communists did better in Germany than the Socialists. Guess these clueless newspapers like the NYT just don't understand European politics as well as Hose of Meat.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 12:01:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Q: Who is the idiot who chooses to display his absolute ignorance of German and French politics here?
A: House of Meat?
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 11:48:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: Who is the idiot who chooses to display his absolute ignorance of German and French politics here? Quite wise to post anonymously, squat boy.
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 11:10:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Conservatives Surge in German State Elections By DESMOND BUTLER - New York Times - ERLIN, April 21 - Voters in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt delivered a jolt to Chancellor Gerhard Schr�der's political fortunes today, as his governing Social Democrats fell to third place in state elections, according to surveys of voters leaving the polls. The vote was the last major test of voter sentiment before national elections set for Sept. 22 and appears to be a resounding win for the opposition Christian Democrats, with the former Communists coming in second. Surveys done by television stations as voters left the polls gave the Christian Democrats 37.4 percent of the vote, the Party of Democratic Socialism - the former Communists - 20.3 percent and the Social Democrats, 20 percent.
more good news <another wake up call in europe>
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 10:49:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Rightist's Showing in French Election Deplored Across Europe" The New York Times, by WARREN HOGE LONDON, April 22 - Europeans of widely varying political persuasions today deplored the rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen and his National Front in France and said that although he stood little chance of becoming president in the runoff next month, his preliminary success was cause for concern across the Continent. "I am extremely worried by certain stances that might involve a racist or xenophobic element," said Josep Piqu�, foreign minister of Spain's center-right government....
it's nice to see the lefties all shook up and hysterical
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 10:29:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Complaint accuses NEA of misusing funds to aid DNC" The National Education Association concealed its use of millions of dollars in tax-exempt teachers' dues and fees for political activities, primarily for Democratic candidates and causes, according to a complaint filed yesterday by the Landmark Legal Foundation. In its complaint to the Labor Department, the foundation claims the NEA - the country's largest labor union - did not report to its 2.7 million members tax-exempt revenue it spent to recruit and support candidates running for local, state and federal elective office since at least 1994. Most of the expenditures were coordinated with the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Party campaign organizations, the AFL-CIO and Emily's List, the nationwide network of political donors helping to elect Democratic pro-choice women, the complaint said. "The NEA obviously doesn't want America's teachers, parents and taxpayers to know how it is using tax-exempt membership dues and fees," said Mark Levin, the foundation's president. "But federal labor reporting laws require the union to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about its political activities and expenditures." Mr. Levin said the action violates a federal law that requires labor unions to report their revenues and expenditures annually to the Labor Department. Unions must report their financial activities in enough detail to accurately reflect the union's operations, they say.
go mark go!
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 10:26:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Armstrong? Yeah, I remember him. Had a lot of good ideas, knew a lot about science, too. That's rare in a preacher. He wrote books that really laid it all out, whether you agree with it or not. Took you all the way from Jehosephat to Koresh. And you know, the books were free. Anyone who hands out his stuff for free is A-OK in my book, and probably right about most things. Hard to doubt a guy who gives out free literature, any more than it's hard not to grab free meal-tickets off the bums' bench.
Glute
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 03:37:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: There's no way for Glint to fade the Armstrong thing. Armstrong was always a nut, and so was his son. Garner Ted was the original "narrow tie narrow mind" preacher. His own man was just a raving loon-ball jealous of his son. This was a deviant sect from the get-go, a sick warping of whatever rational or religious content organized christianity permits, and anyone who watched it with his jaw hanging slack was a purebred rube. There are preachers, even radio and television preachers, who know their Greek and Hebrew and interpret the Bible intelligently and in a way that catches the essential and simple teaching of Jesus. Armstrong wasn't one of them, any more than John the Evangelist was. The stuttering idiocies of apocalyptic christianity are handed down in a straight line from John to Herbert Armstrong, that is the only real geneology in the whole mess. A couple of loonballs on either end of about two thousand years worth of moronic mewlings.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 23:57:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: There are plenty of red-blooded American patriotic counties here in Cali that won't ban gun shows. We got it all in Cali, from desert to fog forest, from blue-nosed anti-gun whiners to beef-eating real Americans. Jeremiah doesn't need to worry.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 23:48:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ya gotta read this guy, Mary!
Glimpse
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 21:17:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Do I detect a note of ironic disdain in Glint's posts today? Is he putting a little distance between himself and the late, Incestuous Prophet*? Not a bad idea given the eery similarities between Jism-Boy and Rev. Daughter Fucker. I mean this important exposure of just who Brother Dildo says is really the Whore of Babylon is a wry joke, right? Posted with a curled lip and a slightly raised right eyebrow, right? Okay, that's funny. What's not funny is, Hermaphro-Dude actually studied the written word of the totally, permanently "marginalized," Preacher Wanker. What's up with THAT?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 21:06:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: SAN FRANCISCO -- Counties and cities in California may ban gun shows on their fairgrounds and other government properties, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 6-1 decision upholds the hotly contested banning of weapons at flea markets in Los Angeles and Alameda counties. The ordinances were passed there in 1999 among concerns that gun shows tarred the image of the counties and promoted violence. The decision is expected to set off an avalanche of similar ordinances across the state. In briefs filed to the court, representatives from at least 20 cities and counties urged the justices to grant them such powers.
please, Jeremiah, your comments
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 20:49:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: In response to Gore's criticism, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer (news - web sites) said: "I think that has more to do with internal Democratic posturing than it does with any serious assessment of the president's environmental record. After all, (Gore) in an era of peace and prosperity made the same charges in the campaign and the voters elected President Bush."
they did???????????
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 20:47:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's always how you grasp the axe that shows if you know what you're doing. Choking up on the sucker, index finger genteely extended, works for me.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 20:44:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's a nice ensemble he's wearing. Looks like he's getting ready to chop a pretzel into bite-size pieces.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 20:42:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good picture of Snippy on Drudge, with the splitting maul and Duxbak coat. Looks like Karen Hughes got him to turn in the bright orange work gloves for a more subdued, blue-striped work/gardening variety from Tru-ValU. Some say it's an outrage that our president should take time off from affairs of state to indulge his favorite chore of splitting bisquit-wood for the stove. But I say, if it relaxes him, and takes him back to his carefree barefoot childhood in Bush Holler, then let the poor bandy-legged little guy do it. Just make sure he wears a pair of bright new gloves so he doesn't get blisters that would interfere with his official work.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 20:29:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint = Bozo
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 20:19:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: When I used to sit on my stool in front of the TV, zonked on purple haze and drinking apple jack, Herbert W. Armstrong made a lot of sense. I remember him as having some really solid ideas about history and the geneology of the Queen of England. The most amazing this was, the guy didn't ask for a nickel, unlike the Baptist church where the deacon is always passing the popcorn-popper spoon down the pews. It was a perfect religion for somebody going it alone outside the bubble, and having to learn how to open his own can of beans and heat it on the stove. That's when you need a "common sense" religion that doesn't keep hassling you for dough, the way the scientologists do.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 19:11:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint = Lunatic
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 19:06:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: A failed salesman in Oregon can take those dusty old geneologies, which are about as trustworty as the Volcano God of Papeete, and make a whole excited life out of them, as if it means something that the Oregon loonball thinks Mussolini is the anti-christ. If you have a taste for that kind of stuff, you can always find it on a street-corner down on skid row or hear it from some tongue-talking Pentacostal floor roller on the week-end. On the other hand, it's luck for Israel that christianity seems to spawn so many nut-cases, or that so many of them changed their minds about term limits once the Gingrich Revolution petered out in squawking about someone else's blow jobs.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 19:04:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yes, all cafeteria women born and raised on the east coast are direct descendants of Esau.
Glint
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 19:01:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Esau? Was he the one who was an hairy man?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 18:56:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: If England is Jerusalem, then who are those guys in the middle east? Descended from I'apriph through Fess Parker? No, at the end of time the Israelite will be in Jerusalem, thus sayeth the prophet, not that the Limey will be in Brighton. If it weren't so, we could wash our hands of the whole mess.
Bill Graham
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 18:44:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: Note: I skipped a generation at 18:25:17. After Isaac beat his older half brother Ishmael to the birthright, his own younger son Jacob stole it from his older sibling Esau. Jacob's blessing for Joseph skipped over him and was delivered directly to his two sons, E'phraim would and Manas'seh.
Glint
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 18:39:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: So, the birthright of the Whore of Babylon went to St. Peter? But what about the bar code? Surely it is possible to write 666 in a bar code, but every bar code? And is it on the forehead of the Beast? Devil is in the details, guy.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 18:38:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Mary, here's another interesting link on the connection between Israel and the west: http://www.israelite.info/Source_Documents/MainpageSourceDocuments.htm Don't miss clicking on the links entitled "Geneological Chart" parts one and two. It depicts a view showing the geneology from King David down through King Zedekiah's daughter, Tea Tephi, on down through Queen Mary and King George V with hard to read charts scanned from Rev. W.H. Milner's work, "The Royal House of Britain, An Enduring Dynasty." (hint to Googlers: A new character has just been introduced here - Milner.)
Glint
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 18:35:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: From recollection this is a nutshell book report. The birthright of the Jews was not always passed down from father to first born son. Abraham's birthright went to Isaac, who was born after Ismael. Issac's birthright bypassed each of his 12 sons. It was delivered in two parts and shared between the sons of his youngest son, Joseph. The birthright was stated in such a way that the youngest brother E'phraim would rise up and be greater than the older Manas'seh. Joseph assumed that his Father had made a mistake and when he protested Jacob rebuked him saying, "I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations." All of the sons founded tribes, and after the dispersion the tribes went on to be assimilated into the various nations of the world. Armstrong's theory is that the crown of David, which passed through, eventually found its way through intermarriage among the world's royalty to the English Isles where the birthright has continued on through the British Monarchy, thus explaining Prince Charles' schnoz. I don't recall the exact geneology - that's left as an exercise for the reader. The point is the line has many bumps and turns. Entire male lines of families are murdered with a daughter that escapes to carry on the line - that sort of thing. A lost tribe turns up being either the U.S. or Great Britain - I forgot which one. Oh, by the way, here's another interesting link that I believe covers similar ground with a slightly different slant: http://www.geocities.com/regkeith/linkholidaysBirth.htm.
Glint
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 18:25:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: I would think such a low batting average would also cast doubt on his claims that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon and the bar-code is the mark of the Beast. Any thoughts on this?
Harlan St. Wolf
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 17:59:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Another thing I found out during my research on Armstrong was that he WAS NOT a prophet by any measurable standard. Apparently, the rules state that even one wrong prophesy disqualifies you from prophet-hood. That seems a tad harsh, but that's the rule. Armstrong was wrong over 100 times and therefore doesn't even come close.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 17:53:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think it's pretty important to spend the time required to read what a guy like Armstrong thinks.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 17:48:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Still, the man does have a lot of important lessons to impart about our shared heritage, and a vision of the future through prophesy. Mary could chose a less well-credentialed guru by far.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 17:16:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Only if said bar code is on your forhead.
duh!
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 17:08:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yes, and the bar-code is the beast's mark?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 16:31:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: So, the European Union is the beast?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 16:28:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Except for that bar-code thing. By the way, Glint, what do YOU believe is the Whore of Babylon?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 16:18:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: His name has been cleared.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 15:15:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: So, Mr. or Ms. cut and paste, consider your source besmirching the good name of HWA to have been impeached. We're good that, you know.
VRWC
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 15:12:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: All right, I looked it up. Just as I expected the cut and paste writer got it wrong when they said that According to Amstrong the great whore mentioned in Revelation was the European Union. The correct answer is that the great biblical whore, according to Armstrong, is the Roman Catholic Church leading people astray. The European Union -- or when the book was written the organization referred to as the "European Monetary System" or "Common Market" -- is the beast, not the whore, mentioned in Revelation. So get it straight! Here is a snippet from one of Amstrong's on-line books. Granted, he does have a tendency to shout with sudden outbursts of cap-locks, but here you go >>> In prophecy a woman, or a daughter, means a CHURCH - a religious organization. This particular "lady" of this prophecy is pictured as a lewd harlot and "a lady of kingdoms." That is, a great CHURCH ruling over nations. This same modern "female" Babylon is pictured also in the 17th chapter of Revelation - there called a "great whore," sitting on or ruling over "many waters," which are interpreted in verse 15 as "peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." Her name is there given as "mystery religion - the same religion of the ancient Babylon - but now grown GREAT and ruling over many nations of different languages. Her KINGDOMS over which she ruled were called "The Holy Roman Empire" of A.D. 554 to 1814, briefly revived by Mussolini and SOON to have a last and final "resurrection" by a political-military union of ten nations in Europe (Rev. 17:8-14). And the TIME of this "great whore" sitting astride the political-military "beast," they shall fight in war against the glorified CHRIST at His second coming (Rev. 17:14). .....That YOKE of SLAVERY without mercy is to be laid on the U.S. and Britain by the coming united nations of Europe! It has started already, through the economic Common Market and the recently implemented EMS (European Monetary System). Its leaders talk continually of POLITICAL union - which means, also, military. So far they have been unable to bring about full political union. This will be made possible by the "good offices" of the Vatican, who alone can be the symbol of unity to which they can look. Two popes already have offered their "good offices" toward such union. The prophecy does not literally say so, but in all probability, by present indications, the head of this new WORLD POWER will be in central Europe. And it will precipitate World War III. - HWA
Glint
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 15:02:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Dorothy's story as related to Ted and others was that Herbert had begun fondling and heavy petting her in 1933 when she was thirteen years old - around the same time that HWA now claims God was using him to found the modem era of the only true church. But he did not begin to go "all the way" with her until three years later. One day Dorothy returned home from a date with a young bank teller to inform her father that she had just been "half-raped." To her surprise, Herbert was actually "elated" over the news. Herbert decided it was time to show her how it was really done. From then on Herbert went "all the way." The year was 1936; Dorothy was 16 years old. Strangely, Dorothy has claimed that Herbert later went on to become a good friend of the bank teller. The incestuous relationship went on for years, but it was apparently not mutually enjoyable. Dorothy has related to friends how on one occasion in a hotel room she so strongly protested Herbert's abuse that the manager knocked on the door and asked what the reason was for all the noise. Herbert was quick to inform him that his "young bride" was a bit uncooperative due to inexperience. Satisfied with the alibi the manager left. Dorothy has claimed that Herbert then overpowered her, and after tying her to the bed and gagging her, proceeded to rape her. It's a pity Herbert neglected to include this incident in his book God Speaks Out on the New Morality. During those years, besides taking her on supposedly church or ministry-related business trips, it was not uncommon for Herbert to take Dorothy out dancing on Friday nights. On one such occasion she asked him if he ever worried that one of his church members would see them. He told her no, because, in effect, they were too stupid to be out dancing on Friday night and that he had them well-trained (in keeping the Friday sunset to Saturday sunset Sabbath). These incidents were but a part of the awful truth Dorothy related to Garner Ted and others. In spite of church upheavals, arguments with his father, personal emotional problems and considerable notoriety about his own sins, Ted said nothing about his father's shameful past. Not until 1978.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:55:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Incest is a terrible and unnatural crime, an extreme perversity. That is why I was shocked beyond measure to hear that Herbert Armstrong was, himself, guilty of this vile sin. I learned of this in the summer of 1979 from members of his own family. The story, sordid beyond imagination, was told in awful detail. One family source was Garner Ted Armstrong. Last summer, as HWA attacked his own son in such savage fury, his son was in the depths of despair. His emotional mix included anger and deep hurt. In such a state he told family secrets that otherwise would have been locked within him forever. He said he had learned in 1971 of his father's incredible conduct during the '30s and '40s. The story came directly to him in lurid detail, but he kept it sealed in his own consciousness for all those years. But, in the spring of 1978 while in his father's house for the last time, his father had threatened to "destroy him." Ted, in response, replied, "Dad, I will destroy you. I know about you and -----." (He was speaking of the younger of his two sisters.) His father had been on a high-handed autocratic binge. But at that comment he sat down quietly and responded, "Well, Ted, there have been times when I have been very far away from God." (Admittedly, this was a strange turn of events in the relationship of the two whom HWA had likened to God the Father and Jesus Christ!) Ted has told many people that there was a look in his father's eyes he had never seen before. Ted knew his father was now determined to totally destroy any credibility he might have... None who have objectively heard the incest story in its awful detail doubt it. This is a vital chapter left out of HWA's autobiography. This sin occured over a long span of years, a decade after his ordination to the ministry, according to his own family members... Many of us have wondered why HWA was so forceful in covering up Ted's sins for so many years. Ted then seemed to be an extension of himself in his own mind and was not even a separate entity. It was like covering for himself. But when finally he knew he must cut his son off, he had to go all the way. It was either destroy or be destroyed... ... thousands who look to HWA, idolizing him as if he were God himself, must come to understand how dangerous such a view is. Thousands around the world have been hurt by blindly following this man. Now people must be given enough information to make an intelligent decision on whether this is the man who is going to lead them to safety during the "crisis at the close"...
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:53:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's comforting to know, Glint.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:50:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: "The Worldwide Church of God, founded by one Herbert W. Armstrong, believed in an imminent Apocalypse (of course), but also that the European Union is the Whore Babylon of Revelations..." It's been a couple of decades since I read any of his books. Still, according to my recollection the above statment is patently wrong, at least as it pertains to the Armstrong writings in circulation at the time. I can't remember which book it was, and perhaps I'll try to check my recollection against Google if anyone is interested, but I am quite certain that Armstrong considered the great whore in Revelation to be none other than the Roman Catholic Church. Again, I could be wrong. However, I don't think so.
Glint
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:48:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: "This, from a man who routinely and unrepentantly practiced the most repulsive and unimaginable forms of sexual child abuse imaginable." ..Evidence??? "That must have been how he started out abusing his own daughter." ..Evidence???
Where's the jism?
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:43:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Worldwide Church of God, founded by one Herbert W. Armstrong, believed in an imminent Apocalypse (of course), but also that the European Union is the Whore Babylon of Revelations, bar-codes are the Mark of the Beast and Anglo-Saxons are the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel and the true Choosen People. They promulgated these doctrines in a magazine called Plain Truth, which you could get free in the Washington, D.C. subways.
bar-codes?
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:42:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Children of God (renamed Family of Love) gained notoriety by practising what it called flirty fishing. Cult members, particularly young women, would use sex to attract people to the cult. Incest, homosexuality and even paedophilia were seen as valid tools of evangelism.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:34:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: He was even more obsessed with condemning teenagers or adult singles from as much as touching the finger of their (single) girl friends. This, from a man who routinely and unrepentantly practiced the most repulsive and unimaginable forms of sexual child abuse imaginable. Why was he so obsessed about the harmless act of touching one's boy, or girl, friend? That must have been how he started out abusing his own daughter. A touch here and a touch there, slowly escalating his crimes over the years, always pushing the envelope, always trying to see how much further he could go.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:32:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: From Charles Bremner in Paris TELEVISION cameras and reporters were thrown out of the campaign headquarters of Lionel Jospin, the French Prime Minister and Socialist candidate for the presidency, last night as staff wept in near-silence over the defeat of their chief. The Socialists just did not want the nation to see their grief. The �Workshop�, as M Jospin had called the red-draped one-time theatre[sic], entered a state between shock and disbelief after word filtered through earlier in the evening that the Prime Minister had been eclipsed by Jean-Marie Le Pen. �This isn�t happening. This isn�t happening,� Cecile Pernod, one of the young campaign staff, said as the news sank in. Others hugged each other, knocking plastic coffee cups off their working tables. The television announcement of the Socialist defeat at 8pm triggered a gasp of ... A crowd of several hundred supporters gathered outside in the street, on the Right Bank, not far from the Pompidou Centre. The anger was palpable as many vowed �revenge� on the far Right in the parliamentary elections next month...More than two hours after the polls closed the cameras came on again and M Jospin appeared on the stage, at the podium behind his slogan �Pr�sider Autrement (A different presidency)�. Trembling and looking even greyer than usual...
"Socialists weep behind closed doors as scale of humiliation sinks in" <lovet that title!>
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:28:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: To be fair, Armstrong did disprove the Theory of Relativity. He was quite the armchair scientist.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:28:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: He was no Sun Myung Moon.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:26:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: We don't even want to get into Walker's admitted plagiarism. Glint's not here to defend his fellow traveler.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:19:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: ANCHORAGE -- While the Bush administration appears to have lost its bid to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, the Interior Department is preparing to allow oil leasing on an even larger tract of pristine coastal land on the other side of Alaska's North Slope. Unlike the refuge, the 9.6 million acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, west of the Prudhoe Bay oil field, would not require further congressional approval before oil and gas exploration could expand in 2004. Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton has ordered federal land managers to move quickly to expand leasing within the reserve, where the oil industry found potentially significant deposits during an initial lease sale on 4.6 million acres opened for exploration in 1999.
ANWR? Fuggit aboudit!
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:19:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: If I were a betting man, I'd bet that Glint lays low until this one blows over. Just a hunch.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:16:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Herbert Armstrong, a Chicago advertising and marketing man had experienced an economic downturn in the early 1920's. Armstrong had moved his family to Oregon, in search of greener pastures. There, among a group of seventh-day sabbatarians, he became convinced that the Anglo-Saxon people were part of the descendants of the "Lost Ten Tribes of the House of Israel." A high-school dropout with no formal theological education, Armstrong thought he had discovered the heretofore lost key to all biblical prophecy, and that the Tribulation spoken of in the book of Revelation would shortly fall on the United States and the nations of the British Commonwealth. Not unlike many evangelical preachers of the early 1930's, Armstrong adopted a dispensationalist paradigm, with a pre-millennialist, literal interpretation of the apocalyptic sections of scripture -- albeit with his own particular spin. The Bible, he taught, predicted imminent worldwide calamities, followed by the return of Christ and a happy Millennium, followed by the destruction of the wicked, followed by the advent of new heavens and earth. As he began his ministry in Eugene, Oregon, Armstrong was convinced God had chosen him to bring a warning message to the world. In fact, he gradually became deluded into thinking he was the only true messenger of God in this age... As Armstrong's following grew, so did the threat of a second world war. He believed this was it -- the Beast, the Antichrist, and the whole end-time enchilada. (Monte Wolverton, Wolverton's Worldview) While a lot of people suffered under his imperious doctrines, the church grew anyway. Armstrong's authoritarian style, however, caused some to think twice. Among the casualties was his first "headquarters church". Our failure to have realized this [need to purge members who continued to associate with ex-members] in the mother Church at Eugene, Oregon years ago, did split that Church. It resulted, finally, in half the former members, embittered, soured, in a wrong spirit instead of that of God's Holy Spirit, being disfellowshipped - no longer members of GOD'S CHURCH, no longer participants in HIS WORK, no longer knowing the JOY of His salvation, but only the dregs of bitterness, jealousy and hate. (Armstrong writing in The Good News, July 1955) Like a bad soap opera, this scenario was to be played out time and time again. Herbert Armstrong had zero tolerance for dissent. Following World War II, Armstrong cut the losses from his operation in Oregon and relocated to Pasadena, California, establishing Ambassador College to train suitably compliant ministers. In 1968 the church was renamed the Worldwide Church of God. Its magazine, The Plain Truth, and broadcast, The World Tomorrow, aggressively promoted the church around the world. Herbert W. Armstrong's troubled personal life was well hidden, and for good reason. Incest and alcoholism are two of the charges that have been leveled at the man who proclaimed himself "God's Apostle". The double standard which the Apostle practiced in areas such as medical treatment and divorce demonstrated his ongoing contempt for those who financed his religious empire, people he referred to as "the dumb sheep".
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:15:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Mr. Armstrong is somewhat of a tragic figure... motivated by strong passions, and is perhaps one of the most naturally selfish men to have walked the earth, ever." Jack Kessler, 1981
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:11:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: It doesn't seem odd to me. Obviously, if you want to study a politician's career in the cold clear light of dispassionate reason you don't want the guy to show up. Particularly one as mesmerizing as Clinton. I doubt that they invited Bob Barr, either, or Linda Tripp, or the Pope.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:04:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Banged his heel on the corner of a table?" Come on, lady, don't take us for saps. It is obvious that Cheney has the Dick Morris disease, only instead of doing things to her feet he has her do stuff to his feet. Republican = Pervert.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:01:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's rather odd to think Clinton would even want to show up for this soiree.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 14:01:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why was it "rather odd", and what's a "hometown school"?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 13:57:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney was on crutches Monday as he made the fund-raising rounds in Florida with an inflamed Achilles tendon. Spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise said Cheney banged his heel on the corner of a table at the vice presidential residence on Saturday. After walking around on it all day, he asked his military doctor about lingering discomfort in his foot, Millerwise said.
First the ticker, then the face, now the foot
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 13:51:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bill Clinton's hometown school, the University of Arkansas, is hosting a June symposium on his presidency. Lots of scholars want to attend, but they've made the rather odd request that Clinton stay away, an assurance the school has given. Seems some feared Bubba's presence would inhibit their "frank critique" of him.
Banning Clinton
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 13:47:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 12:41:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 12:41:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: He did not describe them, but prosecutors said in court papers that Moussaoui, a French citizen, kept food in his cell until it hardened, considered a health hazard. Moussaoui's violation was costly for the moment: Prosecutors said it will keep him - for now - in the small high-security cell he wants to trade for larger quarters.
Those French citizens! Always with the hardened food!
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 11:11:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: It reminds me of the fact that when Ben Nighthorse Campbell switched parties the balance of power was not in jeapordy. When Jeffords switched, the it shifted the pendulum to the opposite side. Of course what else can you expect from LIEbal dimboCRAPS? Puke alert.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 11:03:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: This is rich. Someone who defends the Clinton rape, who defends a man who cruelly tells his victim to put ice on the fat eye he just gave her, beating her to force sex, seems to be willing to convict Herbert W. Armstrong solely on the basis of a few police reports, eyewitness accounts, polygraph tests, repeated statements to newspaper reporters and officers of the court by the violated daughter, and articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Where is the balance? It reminds me of the fact that although quite a few Republicans voted not to impeach very few Democrats voted to impeach! Oh, perfidy, thy name is Clinton defense.
Glimpse
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 11:00:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: Way to stick to your guns, Glint. M.K. would be proud.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 10:37:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Koresh had the sexual perversion angle down pat. But he couldn't frame a scientific hypothesis to save his life. In the end, this killed him.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 10:06:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: I say the bonus is the kinky sex. Sure, it's great the man was an armchair scientist in addition to being a whizbang prophet, but what sets this guy apart from L. Ron Hubbard is the dildoes.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 10:02:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Theism? No way.
Buddha
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 09:28:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Monotheism? No way.
Shiva
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 09:28:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Monotheism? No way.
Brahma
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 09:27:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Monotheism? No way.
Vishnu
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 09:25:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: You mean Fred? There's just one of Him?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 03:48:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Amazing...all those religions..and only one God.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 02:02:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: There are at least ten thousand religions, sects, cults, etc and the list is growing. It's why I find myself a skeptic to all religions. Just invent a name, claim a revelation, call yourself a preacher, take a tax exemption and your on your way. Did you know WICCA is the fast growing "religion" in America today? I have no idea what WICCA really is, I think its just another tax exemption scam. For me, I will follow simply and only the words of Jesus Christ, as I interpret them. Which, of course, leaves me out of any religious denomination because self interpretation is not allowed in most religions. I just try to follow His commandment to love one another. That alone keeps me so busy, I haven't much time to dwell on doctrine beyond that first step.
Mary
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 02:01:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think it is only reasonable that Glint, after his close brush with death by earthquake, should turn to God and to God's modern prophets, L. Ron Hubbard and Herbie Armstrong. It is good that he had a guru to fall back on in his time of need, who could explain the common future predicted in prophecy. It is only a sideline or bonus characteristic that the dude is a regular Mr. Wizard and knows all about modern science.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 22, 2002 at 00:24:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Just lay off of L. Ron Hubbard, you Clitonistas!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:42:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Look, the time to bring these charges of strangeness up has long passed. You all had your shot when Armstrong was alive. Now that he can't defend himself, everybody is piling on. During his long lifetime, he was entirely credible. Lay off!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:39:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is incest illegal in some counties in Nebraska?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:36:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is rightwing kook redundant?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:32:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Scroll it and weep, Anonymous. Or laugh ruefully.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:29:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Of course it took weeks. This kind of compulsion is not something you just turn on and off like one of Armstrong's dildos.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:29:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: What did I miss!!!!!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:27:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: I look at the content of one's writings, and then try to find opposing viewpoints from both sides to determine the merit of what I read. I do take into account the personal life of those who preach, I can't help it. Preaching is about changed lives, holy lives, living for God. The life they live is a testimony to the words they say they believe. I will take into account that Armstrong never lived to defend himself. Why should I believe hearsay. I don't. To me, if I wasn't there its just gossip. Nothing more than slander and I discount it. I'll read this man with an open mind, what people say about him isn't as important as his fruit. From his track record (21:18:41) I'm skeptical already. Perhaps it will explain more on the connection of what people believe about Israel, America, and biblical prophecy. That is the link I am looking at. Trying to understand why passions run so high on this conflict in the Middle East.I never saw this with Rwanda.
Mary
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:27:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, it took weeks!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:26:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: The ped-hermaphro thing was pretty bad, but I find the stirring defense of incest more troubling.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:26:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: There are no authors.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:25:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: He's not a fool. He can feel the heat.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:25:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Still, it's pretty good glint is ducking the transvestite pedo-thing. Low profile... much to be said for that and all. For a while there it was truly frightening, like the guy was unhinged, adrift with fantasy. As if he saw nothing errant in his behavior. Hide your love away Glint.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:23:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint is far more complex and scary than he seems. Be warned.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:23:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: Armstrong was an Old Spice man.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:22:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Another feast of interesting writing with strange characters as the authors.
thank you, Mary
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:21:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: All in all, the old spice story carried the day.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:20:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Not for those of us who hold out hope that Rotarians exist in other solar systems!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:20:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Could it be that "prophecy" is just a pile of shit?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:19:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: The walls are closing in on Glint again. I think it's that thing about "Israel" meaning the USA to Armstrong that threw him off. The incest and dildos are one thing, as is batting .000 on prophecies, but what Glint was banking on was the "vision of a shared heritage, future, and vision through prophecy (being) a broadly shared belief." That's back when he thought Armstrong meant Israel when he said Israel. Ah, such innocence!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:17:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Armstrong never lived to defend himself against the charge of being strange, Mary. The crazy thing is, I didn't know Armstrong from Shinola when I posted there is a big pervert segment of the fundamentalist hordes. Only after that did I Google, "Herbert W. Armstrong biography" and hit the mother lode. I must be a prophet too!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:08:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Let's see. It's apparent you can't support Clinton without supporting Armstrong, The Incestuous Prophet. And yet the obverse does not apply.
I get it
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:04:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Gosh. You guys are so funny. LOL. Knowing my track record I will probably like the way Armstrong writes and read him alongside Executive Intelligence Review by Lyndon Larouche and Your Two Cents on Fornigate. Another feast of interesting writing with strange characters as the authors.
Mary
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:01:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Every year in Israel's Holy City, a handful of Christian tourists are suddenly transformed from seemingly healthy, normal people to street preaching, psalm singing Bible characters often garbed in nothing more than a hotel bed sheet. Psychiatrists have a name for this sudden onset of delusion, the Jerusalem Syndrome, which was first diagnosed by Dr. Heinz Herman in the 1930's. Those who are affected by the Jerusalem Syndrome begin vigorously bathing to purify themselves, dress in robes or sheets, and begin preaching in the streets believing they are Moses, John the Baptist, or Jesus Christ, among others, who were sent on a "divine mission". The Jerusalem Syndrome is usually benign; however, those affected by it have been known to cause trouble. Such was the case with Australian tourist Dennis Rohan in 1969. Claiming to be on a mission from God, Rohan set fire to the Al Aqsa Mosque, which lead to citywide riots. Since this incident, doctors and law enforcement treat the bizarre behaviour of the Jerusalem Syndrome with caution. As the year 2000 approached, the number of tourists anticipating the coming apocalypse grew drastically, leading to an increase of strange Biblical figures roaming the streets of Jerusalem. It was estimated that as many as 50 people a week would require hospitalization, a startling increase from the average of 20 each year. Although the Jerusalem Syndrome affects many that have a history of psychiatric problems, many who experience the same delusions are sane, healthy and successful businessmen, teachers, and professionals. The Syndrome usually affects Protestant Christians, but it has also been reported in religious Jews and in rare cases, Catholics. Usually lasting about a week, most can be brought back to reality (with help) and have no memory of their short-lived Biblical persona. The most obvious cause of the Jerusalem Syndrome is religious fanaticism. The fact that it only affects Christians and some Jews suggests that subjects are prone to feeling a desire to be "called of God" and may interpret impressions and feelings that they get from touring the city as an actual Godly summons. One of the more controversial theories suggests that the Jerusalem Syndrome has been around before Christianity, and may have actually contributed to the founding of the religion. This theory suggest that historical Bible figures such as John the Baptist, the apostles, and even Jesus Christ were affected by the syndrome. This, however, does not provide an explanation as to the origins of such phenomenon. The Jerusalem Syndrome is not entirely exclusive to Jerusalem. All over the world, many people forsake otherwise ordinary lives to live out a Bible-hero persona.
geesh
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 23:00:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: Israel.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:59:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint mined HWA long ago. It is now Mary's turn. Glint is merely passing on research info on how to dope out the future of .
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:59:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint mined HWA long ago. It is now Mary's turn. Glint is merely passing on research info on how to dope out the future .
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:59:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: Are these the same folks who once said "they'll never be able to prove that [Clinton stuck his pork pipe into Lewinsky]" people? Just to set the record straight, so we're not talking about somebody who knew someone who heard someone say something, nobody ever proved that Clinton stuck his pork pipe into Lewisnsky, and it is not claimed in the official Starr pornography. Come on, Glint, those who would want to beadle the world should be careful that they are not beadled in turn! Let's keep to them strict rules of evidence, and not invent imaginary transgressions even worse that blow jobs, if that's possible.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:58:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yes, Glint, it really IS time to quit. Time to move on to the next outrage. I think you've mined all the gold you can out of Herbert W. Armstrong.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:53:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Herbert, by his own admission in his autobiography, showed all the classic symptoms of extreme manic depressive disease. He was also a sociopath, a documented compulsive liar and suffered acute, egomaniacal narcissistic disorders. And he was a lifelong sufferer from an extreme case of Jerusalem Syndrome the psychiatric disorder in which insecure, unstable individuals believe they are prominent figures in the Bible and that all of creation revolves around their activities and (mis)adventures.
not to ignore the message, but geesh!
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:52:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Guess I'd better quit while I'm still coming up from behind then.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:51:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good question, Anonymous. Why IS Glint so touchy about this charlatan porking his own daughter? Why DID Glint adopt a girl?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:49:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: This is getting good. Glint is winning the day and rehabilitating his reputation!
go glint go
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:48:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: The subject? You mean that Mussolini is the beast? That subject? Ot the one about how France and Germany will soon form a new alliance to guarantee peace in Europe? Rabid foxes, squirrels, muskrats will attack our children? Be specific, Cornhole!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:46:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: So let's see now. Some writer heard it from William Dankenbring, who heard it from a friend, who knew Vern Mattson, who had married Herbert Armstrong's younger daughter. And that's good enough for the poster. At least Linda Tripp heard it straight from the cow's own mouth, but did they believe her? So, why is should we believe the cut 'n' paster who quotes a guy quoting Dankenbring taking about his friend that talked to Mattson, who married the Armstrong girl? What's happening to our strong standards of evidence? Are these the same folks who once said "they'll never be able to prove that [Clinton stuck his pork pipe into Lewinsky]" people?
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:45:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why is Glint so touchy about HWA's porking his daughter?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:32:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Go ahead, attack the person. Ignore the subject.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:30:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: If the Bible isn't a coded book answering all the paramount mysteries confronting all humanity, what the hell is it?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:29:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: A year before his death Herbert W. Armstrong told his followers that he found the Bible to be a coded book with all the paramount mysteries confronting all humanity.
And Glint listened!
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:23:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: I remember watching Garner Ted back in the day. Just your typical televangelist. Wasn't the old man the guy who built the huge tabernacle somewhere around LA? To be fair, Glint never suggest that "HWA" was a guy you'd seek guidance from on whether or not to rape your daughter. What he suggested was that Mary should read some the writings of the late Herbert W. Armstrong if she'd like to see our "shared heritage" and future all laid out beginning with Jacob. Also, the man was quite the amateur scientist, and could even get green mold to grow on bread. The world has not seen many like him. And you thought Bible thumping made you a bad dancer, with your daughter on the Sabbath!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:22:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey, the guy never spewed into a sink! And he was a fucking great prophet. A supporter of Israel (America.) If you can't trust a pedhermaphrophile on this, who can you trust? Armstrong rules the cornfields!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:22:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: 43) Rasputin's idea of a good time with his friends was to get drunk in bars. Herbert's idea of a good time was to talk about masturbation, gross sexual acts and bowel movements at dinner parties with teenage girl students at Ambassador College. (Interesting "true" values being recaptured there all right). 44) Rasputin took no money, titles, land or jewels from the absolute monarchs of the largest and oldest global empire in existence, even though they would have given him anything. Herbert was relentlessly greedy for every title, honor, and fragment of fame or glory he could lay his lustful little claws on. 45) Rasputin never preached against the evils of education and he never claimed he was a "doctor", teacher or "educator" either. Herbert ruined the lives of hundreds of thousands by convincing them that all higher education was stupid, useless, futile and evil. But that didn't stop him buying and bribing every "honorary" Ph.D. or other title for himself that he could. The Philippines was a particularly favorite source for such goodies when it was run by Ferdinand Marcos. He even rivaled Herbert in his greed and incompetence and impoverished even more people. No wonder Herbert adored him so much. In the 1970s, he wrote rapturous appreciations of Marcos's greatness as cover stories in "The Plain Truth." 46) Rasputin had an endless appetite for regular sex. Herbert had a relentless appetite for perverted sex. 47) Rasputin never showed any symptoms of mental illness. Herbert, by his own admission in his autobiography, showed all the classic symptoms of extreme manic depressive disease. He was also a sociopath, a documented compulsive liar and suffered acute, egomaniacal narcissistic disorders. And he was a lifelong sufferer from an extreme case of Jerusalem Syndrome the psychiatric disorder in which insecure, unstable individuals believe they are prominent figures in the Bible and that all of creation revolves around their activities and (mis)adventures. 48) Rasputin was loyal to his country's rulers to the day he died. Herbert was filled with treasonous venom, contempt and hate for most of his country's rulers. He especially hated the three greatest presidents of this century: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. 49) Rasputin was falsely accused of being a German sympathizer and spy during World War I. Herbert in the 1970s tried to flatter and fawn over German politician Franz Josef Strauss precisely because he was convinced that Strauss would become a neoNazi dictator who would slaughter hundreds of millions of Americans and Britons with nuclear weapons. There can, therefore, be no doubt that Herbert would have licked Hitler's ass personally if given the chance to do so. 50) Rasputin was a genuinely modest man. In Herbert's case, he didn't know the meaning of the word, did he? 51) Rasputin's death was followed by the terrible catastrophe he had warned against and tried to avert: the collapse of Imperial Russian Orthodox Christian civilization and the cruel, untimely deaths of scores of millions. Herbert's death was followed by the easing and lifting of many of the cruel and ludicrous burdens he had inflicted on his followers. The American domestic economy boomed; the United States recovered dramatically against Japanese and European competition; communism collapsed; Iraq was defeated; Israel defied the Palestinian intifada; the U.S. competitive advantage over Western Europe grew; and the Mets won their second World Series.
Replay shows Rasputin by three lengths!
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:19:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: 1) Rasputin was not mad. Herbert must have been, if he believed only one percent of what he preached about, himself. 2) Rasputin was never a monk, and never claimed to be. Herbert certainly never acted like a monk. 3) Rasputin only made a few prophecies in his career, but they all came true. Herbert made literally hundreds and every one of them was false. (All this documented in our sister presentation on Ed 's site: "Herbie: The False Prophet") 4) Rasputin was wildly promiscuous, but never raped anyone. Herbert raped his own daughter. 5) Rasputin, only had sex with consenting adult ladies. Herbert, for 10 years, and by his admission according to numerous witnesses and her own later testimony, committed incest with his own daughter Dorothy. 6) Rasputin, never bathed, always stank, had greasy hair and his beard was filled with food stains, but women found him irresistible. Herbert, was exceptionally vain about his personal appearance and spent scores of thousands of dollars tithed by his duped followers on his own suits, but women all his life found him loathsome. 7) Rasputin's wife knew all about his infidelities but took them in her stride and repeatedly boasted, "My husband is too much man for any one woman." Herbert's first wife Loma appears to have been too stupid to ever have realized that her husband was committing incest with their daughter. 8) Rasputin loved his wife and only spoke about her in the most glowing terms. Herbert repeatedly claimed according to numerous witnesses that his first wife Loma was frigid in bed and claimed this as an excuse for carrying out incest with their daughter. 9) Rasputin literally did return from the dead - twice. In 1916 he was murdered by Russian aristocrats led by Prince Yusupov. First, they filled him with cyanide poison and then shot him repeatedly. Then, when they were discussing what to do with the body, it got up and started chasing them. Then, they repeatedly shot him and then clubbed him to death and threw his body into the ice-filled River Neva. But later forensic examination showed he was still alive and managed to get to the surface before finally succumbing. By contrast, every year on Jan. 16, the anniversary of herbert's death, some of his truest believers would assemble every year by his graveside in the hope that THIS would be THE YEAR when all the skeptics would be confounded. So far, no such luck, but perhaps the Pasadena Star News, The Ambassador Report or some public-spirited citizens can be on hand next time to record the occasion. 10) Rasputin was proud of coming from peasant stock and loved the poor peasants of Russia. Herbert loathed the ordinary rural people who were the backbone of his support and privately repeatedly referred to them as drones. He often in his 1950s and 1960s sermons screamed at them that they were "hicks." 11) Rasputin was suspected of being a member of the Khlysty sect, which taught that the more you sinned, the more you needed God's forgiveness and the more you repented so the closer you ended up to God. Therefore it was better to sin a lot - and often - in the first place. An interesting theology. Herbert by contrast taught sin was evil but expanded the definition ludicrously to deny his followers everything from medical treatment by doctors, nurses and medicines to college education to touching single members of the opposite sex on dates. Needless to say, unlike Rasputin, he never practiced what he preached himself. And since he never showed the slightest sign of repenting of any of his own deeds to the day he died at the age of 94, he couldn't even have qualified for membership in the Khlysty, let alone any kind of mainstream Christianity. Rasputin would have thrown him out as unclean and of too low a moral standard to associate with. 12) Rasputin never had any need for artificial sexual aids. (According to some eyewitnesses, he had a huge wart on his penis which drove his partners wild. I am not making this up, see the work by Figes, the acclaimed Cambridge University historian). Herbert, by his own admission and the observation of many witnesses, regularly used a "dildo"or artificial penis prosthetic to boost his performance. 13) Rasputin worked hard for a decade to ease the burdens of taxes and oppression on ordinary Russian peasants. Herbert crippled 100,000+ families or more with his endless greedy financial demands. 14) Rasputin worked hard to bring economic relief to some of the poorest most economically miserable people on earth under the great oppressive system of the Russian Empire. Herbert inflicted utterly needless hardship and destitution on scores of thousands of people in the most prosperous, most tolerant and most free society in the history of the world. 15) Rasputin correctly prophesied that the Russian Imperial family would retain power and be safe as long as he was alive and close to them. After Herbert met many world leaders such as President Pinochet of Chile, President Sadat of Egypt, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India, the Shah of Iran, President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines and the Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, they were either murdered or ignominiously deposed or both. 16) Rasputin gave his followers and friends immense wealth. Herbert impoverished his followers and supporters in order to amass immense wealth himself. 17) Rasputin saved the lives of probably hundreds of children, including the Tsarevich, the young heir to the throne of Russia, who had hemophilia. Herbert sentenced hundreds, possibly thousands of young children to needless deaths by convincing their parents it was evil and worthy of eternal damnation to go to doctors and use modern medicines, though he always used them himself. 18) Rasputin really did have extraordinary healing powers, which he believed came from God and which he never used for any personal gain whatsoever. Herbert had no such powers but claimed them through Jesus Christ for his church. There is no evidence of any miraculous healings whatsoever compared to Rasputin. Nevertheless, Herbert and his ministers had no hesitation ever in accusing Rasputin of being a tool of the devil while claiming they were doing God's work, even while they were claiming healing powers and gifts they didn't have and impoverishing their followers in the process. So, readers, who really WERE the servants of Satan? By their works, you can know them all right. 19) Rasputin was personally incorruptible. He gave money away as fast he was given it. Herbert's greed made Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos look like Mother Teresa by comparison. 20) Rasputin could have had his pick of all the gold and jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs in the Imperial Winter's palace, but was never interested in a single one of them. Herbert spent literal millions of dollars to buy for himself Faberge eggs and other useless, tastelessly gaudy and monstrously expensive "trinkets' from Harrods store of London with the tithe money scores of thousands sacrificed and sweated to send him. 21) Rasputin never even bothered to buy any special property for himself. He lived modestly with his family in a rented apartment. Herbert lived in the lap of ludicrous luxury on the Ambassador College campus in Pasadena, Texas and England. 22) Rasputin traveled privately on public Russian trains without any bodyguards or particular fuss. Herbert insisted on having his own multi million dollar executive luxury private jets. 23) Rasputin was fearless in insulting and condemning the wealthy and the powerful nobility of Russia for not using their huge wealth to ease the sufferings of the poor. That was the main reason they hated him so much. Herbert cravenly flattered and licked the ass of the mighty and powerful he craved audience with and never dared to mention the very name of Jesus Christ to virtually all of them as repeated video and taped evidence and the testimony of scores of eyewitnesses confirms. 24) Rasputin's daughter Maria loved him and wrote a book of memoirs in which she was convinced that all the allegations of drunken orgies must be lies because he was such a sweet, loving guy at home. Herbert's daughter Dorothy testified in legal documents that he had repeatedly committed incest with her until she was bought off by literally millions of dollars. (In this respect, at least, she was her father's daughter). 25) Rasputin in his teachings, whatever the Khlysty sect rumors, remained entirely loyal to and supportive of the Russian Orthodox Christian Church and its traditional teachings. Herbert was guilty of repeated heresy even against the obscure little Church of God Seventh Day offshoot he angled his way into the 1920s and 1930s, insisting their immediately adopt all the bizarre and crackpot "new truths" he was repeatedly coming up with. 26) Rasputin not only was never a monk, he never claimed to be any kind of priest or minister. His preferred title was "Starets" or "holy man." Herbert let himself be proclaimed as apostle and prophet, and claimed virtually all the main figures in the Bible were just prototypes to prepare the way for him. 27) Although Rasputin had a genuine, extraordinary healing gift, he never withheld it from anyone who had sought regular medical health and never taught going to a doctor was wrong in any way. He never preached against getting regular medical attention in any way. In all of this, he was entirely consistent with the record of the Gospels and book of Acts about the teaching of Jesus and the Apostles, including Paul. Herbert, who had no healing gift at all, ranted, raved and filled his followers with terror about going to any doctor. 28) Rasputin never preached or taught any hatred, contempt or distrust for any other Christian church, sect or group. He never condemned a single soul to death or hell for believing some different Christian creed. Herbert insisted that all the Christians of every stripe who had every lived were doomed to be burned in the Lake of Fire unless they accepted his, Herbert's authority unconditionally as, Herbert repeatedly claimed, that was the one and only way to reach Christ was through him. (If you think this is an exaggeration in any way, go and chase up copies of the Worldwide News articles of 1978 and 1979 by Herbert himself on "God's Principles of Church Government." They were even published with diagrams in which the only way to Christ is through Herbert as the one and only end-time apostle of the one true church. Ready to speak out on THAT, Joe Tkach (Little Joe) Jnr? Still waiting. Can't hear you.) 29) Rasputin opposed racial discrimination and race hate against oppressed minorities such as Jews and Muslims. This was a courageous and unpopular position to take amid the racial hatreds of the Russian Empire at that time. Herbert never raised a word of protest against racial segregation but repeatedly denounced Dr. Martin Luther King and the entire non-violent Civil Rights movement. To the day he died, he banned any kind of interracial marriage in the Worldwide Church of God. 30) Rasputin never presumed to compare himself to Biblical figure in either the Old or New Testaments. He would have regarded it as blasphemous. Herbert, with his cheerleaders Herman Hoeh and Gerald Waterhouse (literally "House of Piss" or "Gerald Water-Closet" after all, "God CALLS people WHAT THEY ARE!!!!! Doesn't He????) regularly, indeed monotonously, compared himself to Moses, Elijah, John the Baptist, Ezekiel, Malachi and many others, always to the discredit of the Biblical originals. 31) Rasputin liked to sleep with ladies, both married and single. But he never tried to break up any marriages. Herbert, with his diabolical teaching that all divorces were invalid and that all first marriages were binding on to death, was directly responsible for breaking up certainly hundreds and probably thousands of happy marriages. 32) Rasputin faced assassination attempts that were always by jealous lovers he had either dumped or scorned. In 1914 he was stabbed by a woman who was jealous because he had dropped her. Prince Yusupov's motive for murdering Rasputin was jealousy at Rasputin's refusal to have a homosexual affair with him. Rasputin may have been a sex-crazed slob, but he had surprisingly conventional, albeit enormous, sexual tastes. Prince Yusupov, who lived another half century, was a flamboyant cross-dressing transvestite. Herbert was in terror from at least 2 reported death threats. The first was when his son-in-law Vern, Dorothy's husband, discovered he was still committing incest with her and threatened to shoot him. The second was when a grief-stricken father was talked out of shooting him by church officials after his two children had died through lack of medical attention because he followed herbert's false teachings. 33) Rasputin correctly predicted his own death, saying he would be murdered by either peasants or imperial aristocrats related to the Tsar. Herbert blasphemously claimed he would live forever without death, being taken to the Place of Safety in Petra and being changed into a God Being when Jesus came back to earth. 34) Both Rasputin and Herbert celebrated the date of January 7 every year. Rasputin did so because it is the date of Christmas, the birthdate of Jesus, according to the traditional Eastern Orthodox Christian calendar which is almost two weeks behind the Gregorian calendar followed by both virtually all Protestant denominations and the Catholic Church in the West. Herbert screamed abuse at any celebration of Christmas, especially at the idea of any people giving gifts of love and affection to each other instead of to him to buy more monkey-gland sexual injections, artificial penis enhancers or Faberge jewel-encrusted eggs. He celebrated January 7 because he claimed historic dates in his life always came then. The old fool was too abysmally ignorant from Jan. 7, 1934, when he claimed his regular "World Tomorrow" radio broadcast began, to his death 52 years later, to ever realize the date he glorified was also the date of Christmas to 300 million Christians around the world. 35) Rasputin never tried to create his own church. Herbert insisted on founding his and then claimed every other Christian in the world who rejected his authority was doomed to be destroyed in hell fire. 36) Rasputin only hypnotized a handful of people including the Empress, or Tsarina, Alexandra. Herbert successfully hypnotized more than 100,000 people over 40 years to impoverish themselves and give him all their money. 37) Rasputin, a peasant by background, was a sensible shrewd farmer who gave simple worthwhile advice on how to work the land. Herbert who had never dirtied his hands with farming all his life and despised those who did in the 1960s preached hysterically against any use of nitrate fertilizer. Thousands of poor dupes who believed him and went cold turkey on their use of nitrates immediately ruined their land and were ruined for life. 38) Rasputin never asked for a penny from the ordinary Russian people. Herbert bled dry every ordinary American he could reach and dupe. 39) Rasputin dressed like a slob but was an imposing figure of a man, broad shouldered and over six feet tall with dark piercing eyes. Herbert who ranted all the time about wimps and real manhood was less than 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighed 250 pounds for decades at a time, had a breast-like wimpy chest and round shoulders. 40) Rasputin strongly argued that world war with Germany was avoidable and should be avoided. Had his advice been taken, Russia would have been saved from the catastrophes of World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Russian Civil War and the mass starvation and Great Terror exterminations under Josef Stalin. Herbert, falsely claimed world war with Germany was inevitable and that Britain and America would be totally destroyed in it. 41) Rasputin tried to spare the Russian people the horrors and terror of World War I. Herbert put the British and American people in terror of his totally false and fictitious predictions about World War III. 42) Rasputin said the revolution that imposed communism on Russia could and should be avoided. Herbert falsely claimed that communism would survive Britain and America and even survive beyond the Second Coming of Christ. (See his "Middle East in Prophecy" article and goofy interpretations of Ezekiel 38 and 39.).
Rasputin by two lengths!
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:18:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: This Armstrong dude sounds like the second coming. Of Linda Tripp.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:16:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Using slick media campaigns throughout the seventies and eighties, the Worldwide Church of God under the godhead of Herbert W. Armstrong seduced many thousands of Canadians to devote their lives, families, money, and often careers, to the preparation for the Final Judgement. The inherent violence and abuse knitted into the fabric of tyrannical and dictatorial doctrination began to surface upon the leader�s death; many women's histories have fallen through the cracks of silence in the aftermath of this dissolution as new splinter groups construct histories that attempt to justify and/or erase the past.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:12:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: For a time back in the 1970's, Garner Ted Armstrong eclipsed his father as the public face of Ambassador College and the Worldwide Church of God. A gifted communicator, the younger Armstrong fronted The World Tomorrow on television and radio, wrote the lead editorial in the church's newspaper, and carried out the day to day administration of the various corporations while his father, Herbert W. Armstrong, concentrated on the heady business of wangling invitations to meet world leaders. "Society is utterly sick. Our homes and marriages are sick. Our children are sick. Our social institutions, including government and churches, are sick." Garner Ted Armstrong Ted's radio and television persona broke the stereotype for American evangelists. His off the cuff manner, easy charm and wry humor, combined with a huge investment in buying airtime, made him a household name. Unfortunately for him, controversy dogged his personal life. Ted was accused of "philandering", and suspended from the ministry twice. TIME magazine covered his falls from grace in 1972 and again in 1974. ... those were also the days of the revelations concerning Garner Ted Armstrong's ubiquitous sexual escapades and rampant immorality. He had been exiled and disfellowshipped twice, once to Colorado, largely over his infatuation with a young woman stewardess on his Falcon jet. They flew off together, cavorting at a cabin at Lake Tahoe, and Ted had a thing for gambling, apparently losing some $50,000 one time in Las Vegas, and had to wire headquarters for money to pay his tab! (William F. Dankenbring, The True Story Behind Triumph) Dissident publication Ambassador Report documented the charges of unethical sexual behavior involving female students at Ambassador College. Former AC student Pat Boehnhardt, now a best-selling author writing as Ellen Hart, recounts the following: I applied and was accepted at Ambassador College, in Pasadena, California, earning a B.A. in Theology in the early seventies. When the Vice Chancellor of the college [GTA] impregnated a friend of mine (a young college student, like myself) and sent her back home to have the baby, my fundamentalist beliefs were understandably shaken. Ted addresses the infamous 1974 ministerial conference in the newly opened Ambassador Auditorium In 1978 his track record was used against him with devastating effect in a power struggle between conservative and moderate elements in the church. The hard-liners won, and Garner Ted Armstrong was removed for the final time. Herbert W. Armstrong took back the reins, and a "cultural revolution" took place: a series of purges to remove liberal influences. Ted, realizing there was little hope of reconciliation, wasted no time in launching his own breakaway group, The Church of God, International, based in Tyler, Texas. Initially there was momentum behind the new structure as an assortment of leading ministers began to fall in behind him (Ron Dart, Wayne Cole, David Antion. Even Al Portune was coaxed out of exile to preach in Tyler), and he was quickly back on the air armed with a new glossy magazine, Twentieth Century Watch, to put up against The Plain Truth. The honeymoon did not last long, however, with Wayne Cole and others walking away in disgust. CGI never really recovered, and failed to become a significant threat to the parent body. Garner Ted would suffer further indignity when The Church of God, International removed him from ministerial responsibilities following an incident involving massage "therapy" in 1995. The incident got national coverage in the US with video footage shown on television. Ted's longtime sidekick, Ron Dart, finally jumped ship around this time to establish his own ministry. Apparently unfazed, GTA simply switched to a new corporation, The Intercontinental Church of God, and started up again! The scale of each new organization he has founded has, however, been a shadow of the former one. Most activities are carried out under the name Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association, presumably insurance against another dumping. GTA's last known affair was with a young woman less than half his age... She had almost become his daughter-in-law, but after GTA's son David broke off his relationship with her, GTA started seeing her. The affair lasted several years... In addition, GTA has been observed over the years in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, and Reno gambling for high stakes and drinking. (Exit and Support Network) Today "Armstrongism" (The Worldwide Church of God) is completely Armstrong-free. The Church of God, International still struggles on, recently selling off the facility it owned during the GTA/Dart years. (However Dart's new ministry, CEM, appears to be thriving.) The woefully misnamed Intercontinental Church of God resembles a down-sized cottage industry more than a denomination, farming enough income to provide for Ted and various family members.
teach your children well
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:10:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Doesn't it seem odd to you that someone who once defended the lies and denials of Bill Clinton, including those made under oath, would point the finger of guilt at a man because he has not denied the accusations made against him. I thought that we had obtained a higher level of proof. That's the Clinton legacy. Where is the crusty drip of DNA? Are we to settle for idle rumors as evidence now that Clinton has moved on? I think not.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:05:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nice try, Glint. Birds of a feather, eh?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 22:00:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: "It is most remarkable, however, that in attempting to block distribution of the Robinson book, never once was it asserted that the incest allegation was untrue." As if HWA's refusual to deny the relationship proves guilt in some way, shape, or form. That particular idiot's leap of logic is as stupid as those who believed that Clinton's denial of the Lewinsky affair was proof of his innocence. Suckers of a feather.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:41:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Funny how brave they get when the guy's no longer around to defend himself. I have no idea if the rumors are true. However, he did have an interesting, provocative television program 20-some years ago. It often featured discussions of the latest advances in science. Armstrong appeared to be, among other things, quite the arm chair scientist. It was a unique program and contributions were never solicited. That alone made it an unusual theological broadcast. It was an a couple of orders of magnitude more cerebral than the average evangelical television broadcast.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:31:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Rabid foxes, squirrels, muskrats will attack our children"
What, no calico cats?
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:21:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint, thanks for sharing.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:20:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Herbert Armstrong's Incredible Track Record (compiled by John Trechak from The Plain Truth) Soon after 1936 will come the heavenly signs and the day of the Lord (June-July '34, p. 5). The Great Tribulation started in 1929 (June-July '34, p. 4). Mussolini is the beast (Feb. '38, p. 3). France and Germany will soon form a new alliance to guarantee peace in Europe (Mar. '38, p. 6). Mussolini's armies will enter into Palestine and capture half of Jerusalem (Mar. '38, p. 8). Mussolini will emerge as the # 1 leader over Hitler (Jan. '39, p. 4). War leading to Christ's return may start in six weeks (Aug. '39, p. 6). The U.S. and Britain will soon be invaded and conquered (Nov.-Dec. '40, p. 7). Hitler will be the victor in the Russian invasion (Sept.-Oct. '41, p. 7). Plagues are coming in about 2 years. "Rabid foxes, squirrels, muskrats will attack our children" (Apr. '56, p. 22).
this guy is goood!
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:18:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'd read Koresh instead, Mary. Or Jim Jones.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:16:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: it seems incredible that at one time some 100,000 people belonged to the church that Herbert built. Since the inception of his ministry in the 1930's more than half a million presumably sane people are believed to have adopted - at least for a time - the Armstrong belief system. This writer was included among them in his "salad days". Herbert Armstrong, jowls shaking. spoke with authority and certainty. He knew the answers to almost every question! Such people exercise a good deal of charisma, whether they wear the garb of American fundamentalism or the robes of an Eastern guru. He also had a rare talent of cobbling together Biblical "proof texts" in a way that lent credibility to unusual teachings like British-Israelism and Old Testament Holy Day observance. His followers were flattered with the suggestion that they were part of a very small elite to whom the truth of scripture was revealed through a latter-day Apostle, and that they alone were the elect, destined to rule the Earth under Jesus Christ in the Millennial Kingdom of God. Armstrong's Kingdom of God ("The World Tomorrow") was supposedly like a huge one-world fascist super-state. Obedience would be enforced! Every knee would indeed bow, even if it meant breaking kneecaps first! God's "government", like the Church, had no interest in concepts like democracy or accountability. The members of the Church would ultimately reign as virtual God-beings. This, however scary it might sound, is not all that much different from scores of other millenarian sects. Indeed, Herbert Armstrong was rarely original. Once convinced of a Biblicist argument, no matter its source, he would regard it as "new truth" especially revealed to him. His book The United States and British Commonwealth in Prophecy (1967) was an unsubtle rewrite of a much earlier (1903) British-Israelite volume, J. H. Allen's Judah's Scepter and Joseph's Birthright. His booklet Has Time Been Lost was copied, almost word for word including the title, from an earlier Church of God (Seventh Day) publication (it was this body that ordained HWA prior to his breakaway to found the Radio Church of God). The God Family doctrine was probably sourced from Mormon splinter groups that were active in the same communities that Church of God groups flourished in during the 1920's and '30's. Even the Worldwide Church of God seal, a variation on The Peaceable Kingdom theme showing a small child alongside a lion and a lamb, was lifted from the seal of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now known as The Community of Christ). It is also likely that the church's Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena was inspired by the distinctive RLDS auditorium in Independence, MO. Australian columnist Phillip Adams noted that Herbert Armstrong died within days of another kindred spirit, L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology. While the two movements at first seem to have little in common, they both specialized in control techniques over their members, and elevated their founders to idolatrous heights. Adams noted that, with their passing, the world was a better, cleaner place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like many sects, the Worldwide Church of God delighted in its very own "insider vocabulary", usually composed of abbreviations. Herbert Armstrong was referred to as "HWA", Garner Ted Armstrong as "GTA". The "WCG" published the "GN" (Good News) as well as the "PT". Pasadena was home to "AC" (although the Ambassador Auditorium was never referred to as the "AA"!). The church celebrated the "FOT" (Feast of Tabernacles) and so on. "Israel" particularly referred to the United States and Commonwealth countries, not the Jewish nation. The church was "The Work", the rank and file members were "the brethren", and the wider culture beyond the church was "the world".
Israel = USA...according to this creep
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:16:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Worldwide Church of God during the Armstrong years had an extremely permissive attitude toward alcohol quite out of place among other Adventist sects. There was no precedent for this in the Church of God (Seventh Day), the group from which Herbert Armstrong split in the 1930's. Yet conspicuous consumption of alcohol was a definite feature of the WCG's Feast of Tabernacles celebration. Those who preferred not to imbibe were regarded as "weak in faith". The sad reality was, however, that many of the WCG's leading ministers had alcohol problems. Herbert W. Armstrong was no exception. Holly Ruiz, wife of Enrique Ruiz, the church's office manager in Mexico, made this statement about HWA when asked by Mary Jones of Ambassador Report whether she'd ever seen him drunk: I've never seen Herbert Armstrong sober after 8:00 at night. I used to notice this when I stayed in his home during conferences and on trips. He would fall asleep in his chair, and (Stanley) Rader would have to take him to bed. His daughter (Beverly) once told me never to call Herbert after 8:00 because he was always in a stupor by then. John Tuit, writing in 1981, quoted Herbert Armstrong's grandson Mark: "His liver is pretty bad, you know. He's got whatever it is you get from drinking too much wine and cognac. Boy, that's a real problem with him. He tells the Church people to drink in moderation, and for years he's been getting himself smashed just about every night... I've even helped carry him to his bed when he was just plain wiped out from too much booze." Al Carrozzo, a minister who left in 1974, quoted Garner Ted Armstrong: "They have to pour my dad into bed every night." He stated: "I have seen him drunk on many occasions" (William Hinson. Broadway to Armageddon, p. 96). David Robinson, writing in 1980, told of Armstrong's slurred speech over a bottle of fortified wine (Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web, p. 76). Armstrong himself admitted to excessive drinking as a young man, but "not at all even the fraction of the volume of an alcoholic" (Autobiography, p. 240). Commenting on this, a writer for the Exit and Support Network noted that his statement is typical of an alcoholic in denial. In Tangled Web, Robinson relates how HWA pressured him to name "liberal ministers" so he could fire them. By this stage of the conversation the "Apostle" had begun to slur his speech slightly because of the Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry. "To name names in this context over a bottle of wine", wrote Robinson with a droll sense of humor, "seemed at the time to be injudicious" (pp. 75-76). He remained tight lipped. Robinson commented on HWA later in his book: "Solace and sleep, such as it was, had to be induced by drinking much wine."
drinks are on the perv!
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:14:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: William Dankenbring relates: A friend of mine, when he learned of these allegations years ago, went directly to Mr. Vern Mattson, who had married Herbert Armstrong's younger daughter. He was a golfing buddy and friend of Mattson, so he asked him point-blank if the accusations and rumors were true. Mr. Mattson sadly informed him that they indeed were factual. In fact, when Mr. Mattson himself learned of the truth of Herbert having had sex with the woman who later became Mattson's wife, he was furious, and in a rage took a pistol, and burst into Herbert Armstrong's private office, waving the pistol around. Herbert, shaking like a leaf, apologized profusely and promised to never do such a thing again.
oh boy
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:13:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Many readers will recall that when David Robinson's book appeared in 1980 it contained numerous allegations shocking to even some of HWA's longtime critics. No accusation was more startling than that found in the book's last chapter. There Robinson charged that HWA had maintained an intimate sexual relationship with the younger of his two daughters for a period of approximately one decade beginning in the early 1930s. The Armstrong organization, through surrogates, attempted to use the courts to block distribution of the Robinson book, but failed miserably (Ambassador Report, Sept. 1980). It is most remarkable, however, that in attempting to block distribution of the Robinson book, never once was it asserted that the incest allegation was untrue. Nor did Dorothy Mattson, HWA's younger daughter, ever come forth to deny the incest story (and she has repeatedly refused to respond to queries from the Report regarding the matter). In spite of all this, it seems there are still some who prefer to believe that the incest story was fabricated. Let us briefly review the facts. In 1971 Garner Ted Armstrong paid a visit to his younger sister Dorothy. He had long been suspicious of the kind of relationship his father and sister maintained during his youth. They chatted over a few drinks and then Ted told her bluntly of his suspicions. She did more than admit the allegations. With candor she related detail after shocking detail. For a number of years GTA kept the information to himself. But Dorothy did not. She divulged the same information to many others including David Antion (GTA's brother-in-law) and Lois Chapman (who had been married to the late Richard Armstrong, Ted's older brother). Dorothy's story as related to Ted and others was that Herbert had begun fondling and heavy petting her in 1933 when she was thirteen years old - around the same time that HWA now claims God was using him to found the modem era of the only true church. But he did not begin to go "all the way" with her until three years later. One day Dorothy returned home from a date with a young bank teller to inform her father that she had just been "half-raped." To her surprise, Herbert was actually "elated" over the news. Herbert decided it was time to show her how it was really done. From then on Herbert went "all the way." The year was 1936; Dorothy was 16 years old. Strangely, Dorothy has claimed that Herbert later went on to become a good friend of the bank teller. The incestuous relationship went on for years, but it was apparently not mutually enjoyable. Dorothy has related to friends how on one occasion in a hotel room she so strongly protested Herbert's abuse that the manager knocked on the door and asked what the reason was for all the noise. Herbert was quick to inform him that his "young bride" was a bit uncooperative due to inexperience. Satisfied with the alibi the manager left. Dorothy has claimed that Herbert then overpowered her, and after tying her to the bed and gagging her, proceeded to rape her. It's a pity Herbert neglected to include this incident in his book God Speaks Out on the New Morality. During those years, besides taking her on supposedly church or ministry-related business trips, it was not uncommon for Herbert to take Dorothy out dancing on Friday nights. On one such occasion she asked him if he ever worried that one of his church members would see them. He told her no, because, in effect, they were too stupid to be out dancing on Friday night and that he had them well-trained (in keeping the Friday sunset to Saturday sunset Sabbath). These incidents were but a part of the awful truth Dorothy related to Garner Ted and others. In spite of church upheavals, arguments with his father, personal emotional problems and considerable notoriety about his own sins, Ted said nothing about his father's shameful past. Not until 1978. That year, during a heated argument between GTA and his father, HWA threatened to "destroy" Ted through making public certain information about his personal life. But Ted responded in kind saying he could destroy HWA with the information he had. Ted charged his father in no uncertain terms, yelling: "You fucked my sister!" Herbert, shocked at Ted's knowledge of the incestuous relationship, could only reply, "Well there have been times in my life when I have gotten far away from God." The conversation - overheard by GTA associate Benny Sharp - was the last face to face meeting between the two men. And Ted has since related how the hateful look he saw in his father's eye made him suspect they would never see each other again. As was covered in great detail in our 1977 issue, during the early '70s Garner Ted Armstrong became highly infatuated with an Ambassador College coed. The resulting affair caused great confusion in the higher echelons of the WCG. Former WCG evangelist David Antion recalls how, at the time, he discussed the problem with HWA. Antion was for years perplexed by the almost Freudian analysis offered. HWA told Antion that Ted was simply fantasizing the younger woman as being his own daughter. The statement made no sense to Antion until years later. (As an aside, it is interesting how Ramona [HWA's second wife] has claimed that HWA has been, over the years, very jealous of GTA's supposed sexual prowess.) The last meeting between GTA and his father in 1978 was not the only time HWA confessed to the incest allegation. In 1980 Henry Cornwall, then an aide to HWA, read the Robinson book soon after it appeared and asked HWA directly if the chapter on incest was accurate. HWA told him it was. He then instructed Cornwall that his wife Ramona was not to see the book or learn of the incest story. Unfortunately for Herbert, Ramona already had a copy of the book and was in the next room listening to the Cornwall-HWA discussion. Shortly thereafter, she too confronted HWA about the incest allegation. And once again, Herbert admitted it was true, but begged and pleaded with Ramona not to let this fact get in the way of their marriage. The cause of the problem, he said, had been Loma, his first wife. Considering the perversity of Herbert's past, is it any wonder Ramona's love would begin to wane? One can only speculate on how much Herbert's first wife Loma knew of what had transpired for ten years between her husband and her younger daughter. but some individuals who were then close to the Armstrong family did notice that toward the end of her life Loma was not on good speaking terms with Dorothy and that during the last year or so of her life she appeared to have lost almost all will to live. She died in 1967 after an illness that many say could have been cured by medical science, had she availed herself of that help. It is interesting to note also that HWA's great preoccupation with world touring began right around that time. Ramona has reported to friends how the Robinson allegations preoccupied HWA's mind for a considerable period. She has also reported seeing a typed statement intended for Dorothy's signature. It stated that she (Dorothy) had never had a sexual relationship with her father. The document was, and we'd be willing to bet still is, unsigned. Dorothy undoubtedly knows that to sign such a statement would prove financially costly, removing any leverage she still possesses over her father. (On a recent trip to Big Sandy, Texas, HWA was quoted as saying his daughters show him very little affection and care only for his money.) Dorothy has stated that her sexual relationship with her father continued into the early forties. In 1943 Herbert officiated at the ceremony in which Dorothy was married to Vern Mattson, who soon afterward was to serve overseas in the U.S. Marines. We have no information that the incestuous relationship continued beyond that point. However, Dorothy has related to friends how, around the time of her engagement, Herbert told her that her marriage need not put an end to their own special relationship. Shortly after Vern's discharge from the military, Herbert was able to provide him with employment within his growing organization. Although Dorothy drifted away from her father's church by around 1951, Vern continued his association. He was the organization's business manager before the Albert Portune era.
chariming
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:12:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Interesting guy, Glint. You sicko.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:11:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Herbert W. Armstrong's troubled personal life was well hidden, and for good reason. Incest and alcoholism are two of the charges that have been leveled at the man who proclaimed himself "God's Apostle". The double standard which the Apostle practiced in areas such as medical treatment and divorce demonstrated his ongoing contempt for those who financed his religious empire, people he referred to as "the dumb sheep". A Dallas Morning News story by Scott Parks (April 2, 2000) included the following comments: Herbert Armstrong, a failed salesman, founded the church in 1933 as a radio ministry in Oregon. He eventually moved to Pasadena, Calif., and built a sumptuous 48-acre world headquarters. Mr. Armstrong created church laws mandating worship on Saturday, dietary restrictions and prohibitions against seeking medical treatment. Church members eventually found out he broke most of those rules while traveling all over the world on a private jet. Mr. Armstrong also was forced to admit an incestuous relationship with his daughter. Despite these things, he was still revered by most church members when he died in 1986 at age 92. "We neither deify nor vilify him," said Dr. Bernie Schnippert, the church's chief financial officer. "We respect that we are descended from his efforts." In the 1990s, church leaders began moving away from Mr. Armstrong's legalistic teachings and began espousing a more orthodox theology centered around salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. The change in theology created a schism in the church. Membership dropped from a high of 90,000 registered members in the United States to a current enrollment of 30,000, Dr. Schnippert said. Herbert Armstrong's son, Garner Ted Armstrong, was at first earmarked to follow him as head of the family firm. But he made the mistake of standing up to his father at the same time his own moral indiscretions became a liability. When Herbert Armstrong died in 1986, his church began a process of dramatic change. Arguably for the better. Joseph Tkach Sr., HWA's hand picked successor, led the sect along unexpected pathways. Long held beliefs and practices were abandoned. But there were many members who "longed for the fleshpots of Egypt", and the security that comes with a cultic mindset. While Herbert Armstrong has been toppled from his pedestal in the Worldwide Church of God (which no longer publishes his material), he is still regarded with idolatrous awe among some of the schisms that formed after his death. Today Herbert's spiritual inheritors include not only the Worldwide Church of God, now led by Joe Tkach Junior, but the United Church of God (one of the more balanced breakaways), the Living Church of God (led by long-standing Armstrong lieutenant Rod Meredith), the bizarre Philadelphia Church of God, and the Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association. The full list is much longer than this. In addition, many former members have completely disassociated themselves from the church and its myriad splinters.
surprise surprise
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:08:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Mary, here's another site that seems to be along the same line: http://www.british-israel.ca/
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:07:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sexual perversion is traditional to a certain stripe of "Christian" fundamentalists as well as many Catholic priests. A window to the tortured psyche of John "Hairshirt" Ashcroft would reveal an oily tangle of writhing pink flesh and calico cat vivisection. Armstrong is lucky he didn't live to ponder such things.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 21:04:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Looks like some of Armstrong's books are on line. He used to have a Sunday morning broadcast. If you called an 800 number he'd send a copy of his book. I got and read several and was never pestered to contribute. He apparently had either deep pockets or his sponsors did. http://reluctant-messenger.com/HWA/USandBritian/
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 20:58:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: ...Staring up at the roots.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 20:47:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nothing. He's dead.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 20:41:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: What does Armstrong say about Bible-thumping poseurs with a hard-on for teenage transvestites?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 20:37:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hi, guys. I've never read Herbert Armstrong, I'll look into Glint. I'm dizzy trying to make sense of this Middle East quandry but I do find it to be another black hole like computers. The more I search, the more I find, the more lost I get. LOL. Anyway latest on cancelling his words out, after President Bush said that the siege on Arafat's compound is justified, Powell says today on NBC that Arafat should be let loose to exercise his authority. No wonder I'm dizzy! :)
Mary
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 19:14:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: The vision of a shared heritage, future, and vision through prophecy is a broadly shared belief, Mary. You should read some the writings of the late Herbert W. Armstrong if you'd like to see it all laid out beginning with Jacob. Interesting reading no matter what your take is on the subject.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 18:25:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Could be that Bush's "deep religious faith" is about as deep as his connection to ranching in Crawford, Texas. Letting Israel disappear wouldn't set well with the fanatic bible-thumpers, though, because the revelations call for the Jews in Israel. In English, crusade just means a principled military campaign, no religion necessary. The thing to worry about is not whether he can keep his religion, such as it might be, out of the presidency, but whether he can keep his ineptitude and record of screwing things up out of it.
.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 17:55:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: I also think Pete was correct. We are heading for or are already engaged in a Holy War.
Mary
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 17:08:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: The reason why I asked about Bush and Zionism, is because of the role of the Christian Coalition in his politics. From what I have read Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell and their followers believe in a connection of Israel, America and prophecy. Bush says he believes he was called by God to be President. He refused to let US attend the UN council on racism, if they were "going to pick on Israel." Those words are rather telling, his use of the word "crusade" is also a sign of his religious bias. My concern is will he be able to separate his deep religious faith from his role as President? Others asked the same question of Kennedy and his Catholicism. I think this is a legitimate question.
Mary
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 16:59:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020421/ap_on_re_eu/france_election He sounds like a Nazi. Anyone know anything about this fascist?
Mary
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 16:49:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good think Clinton was impeached before he could abolish elections and install his wooden puppet Gore.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 16:32:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Started raining while mowing so have been downloading Neil Young mp3s and balancing the checkbook. Another benefit of spreading the mowing out across a number of days is that every night I can end the routine by doing a couple rounds down around Gourdon's back yard. He's an early to get kind of guy. Has to rise early and start hammering in those shingles or whatever. So it's high beams and triple blades whirling at bedtime. Of course the old way used to work pretty well. On a Saturday or Sunday during the 7 hour mowing session. Making at least 3 or 4 passes each hour down between the Leyland hedge and the fence.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 15:56:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh happy day.
Pete�
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 15:40:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: GEORGE LUCAS WARNS: 'All democracies turn into dictatorships-- but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator...'
speaking of sophisticated, this guy could trade open letters with Pete
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 15:18:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Which states are outside the bubble anyway? And which ones are inside? Can a whole state be outside the bubble? A whole region? Is it still possible, in the day of cable television and the palm pilot? There may be Nebraska honyockers just as sophisticated as a ticket-taker in Duluth. You never know any more.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 15:14:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Touch� with the "those who can't" line! That bone-eared bastard will probably be licking his wounds for a long time. My take is I think he spent a semester not to learn how to teach, but to experiment with life outside the bubble, but not too far outside. To be really outside the bubble, you've got to go to some hick town in Nebraska where they don't have such a wide selection of gourmet frozen dinners, and the tomatoes come in shrink-wrap packages during the winter. I call them the Tide Washday Miracle burgs, because people there, even people outside the bubble, have never gone beyond Tide as a washday detergent product. You go to the Laundromat outside the bubble, and the only lever you can pull is the Tide lever, because every slot has what in it? You got it, it has Tide in it. That's really outside the bubble, man. Primitive. Where you got to roll with it, play it as it lays. Out amongst the great unwashed. Out in the blue states, man. Or is it the red states?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 15:11:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Some semeester.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 14:53:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Interesting advice. You're right about the former "teacher's college" tag. They still appear to be geared to producing teachers - those who can't. No wonder you spent a semeester there.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 14:03:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: As long as the school is close to home, the communistic teachings can be checked and never take hold. The idea is to be kind of outside the bubble, live off-campus, but with mom and dad able to do surveillance with a high-powered telescope.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 13:59:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:21:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's what outside the bubble is all about, dork. It's all about risk. By God, she'll learn how to cook her own TV dinners just the way dad did, and how to take her DNA-spattered sheets down to the laundry room, just like dad. No coddling for the breightly girls, even if they are only just girls. Everybody goes outside the bubble, for at least a semester, just like dad.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:14:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: State college, private college, makes no difference. The key word is "college." Suggest that learning might be part of the curriculum. You let a girl start learning, she may learn. Break out of the troglodyte strait-jacket. She might come home arguing that evolution may be real, God's way of creation, since seven days can be however long God wants them to be. Might come home burning her bra, or dragging a Negro or an Italian boyfriend along. Or worse, a Jewish girlfriend with a big nose and clit the size of a salami. Why risk it?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:11:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: Isn't Bob Jones somewhere around there?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:06:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: A girl can always get work at Super Cuts. Or X-ray technician. Always work for an X-ray technician. Didn't he read the bleat from Horowitz about most of the teachers in the liberal arts being liberal? Who wants to expose a young girl to that? No, I think taxidermy school may be the answer. Small engine repair. Teach the girl to fish, and she will always eat. Or send her to a college full of predatory Romance Poetry professors with huge dicks. Aren't there any good schools in Nebraska? Nebraska Bible Academy, something like that?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:05:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Actually, Frostburg is a state college, the bottom of the barrel, but a state college. It used to be the state "teachers" college.
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:04:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: i'll probably get haute later, after a few beers. I think it's against the law to wash your truck without a beer.
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:02:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: everything is sort of danish modern retro. very haute. very.
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:01:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: XC skiing. No bunnies. Organic types. Probably recycle the turds in the garden. Carry them back in a hemp sack. Fatboy, huh? I picture him as sort of squat and stout, not really fat. More of a gnome than a whale. The kind of guy who would steal meal-tickets set out for the poor, and stake thirty trees because one or two weak ones might get pushed out of plumb. The kind of dude who would send his daughter to a third-rate private college in Maryland. What's wrong with beauty college?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:00:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: my current favorite album is jethro tull's heavy horses album. very trance like
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 12:00:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: got this totally retro orange vinyl lowback chair for the astral projection lounge, looks pretty cool next to the retro 3way B and O speakers.
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:58:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm gonna catch some rays washing the silverado and detailing the chrome today. Also going to wash the zx2 and probably take a cruise someplace in it.
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:55:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe fatboy could make us all a fornigate screensaver. the tombstone, the fired asians.....
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:54:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'd go skiing, you might catch a shot of a ski bunny taking a crap.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:51:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Pic needs some fired asians. Australopithecus robustus is fatboy.
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:49:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: It wasn't vulgar and it wasn't smut, it was haute satire.
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:48:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: I had to check out the damned picture, and what's so fancy about it? I see no backlight effect. Looks like a straightforard picture of a rock to me. You mean the white around the edges? That's sunlight, isn't it? What you been smoking, bro? Kodak Brownie, no extra buttons. Who's Fatboy?
Grolo Tchobe
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:47:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: I can't believe they are still doing the mealticket thing. We used to do that when I went there too. See, the whole area is so freaking poor that we used to leave meal tickets outside the cafeteria so the workers kids or other people could come in and eat. It was sort of a tradition. Coal mining freaking povertyville. There's an abandoned train tunnel there somewhere, snows alot, recall it not melting off until spring.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:46:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh, btw I did a lost semester at Frostburg once. At the time, Frostburg had more bars per capita than just about anywhere. Is the Democrat Club still open on the main drag? Most of the barts were really just a keg and a jukebox in someone's basement where you got a flimsy 8 oz plastic cup of beer for 35 cents, sometimes a quarter.
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:42:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: I was talking about the sun around the edges.
zerk
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:40:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Morning fatboy. things are ging pretty well here, Had a nice dinner party yesterday, smoked some huge sirloins.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:39:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why don't you do like me and work on a care bundle for the Maryland earthquake victims? I'm sure that SOMETHING must have fallen off the shelf, and if it has, a lot of people could have went head over heels if they stepped on it. I'm putting blankets and my old vinyl tarps in the package, also an old shovel, some animal crackers, and a half-used tube of Super Glue. Hey, 4,000 hours, dude.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:38:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Can't decide whether to go skiing or sailing today. One of those cusp days. Maybe just stay home, take it easy?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:35:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: One died, but I'll bet none were windthrown. Not with those massive stakes. I'll bet they didn't even feel the Quake of '02.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:29:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh, that's just zerk with the smut. Old bone-in-the-ear. He goes both ways on the topic of vulgarity.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:28:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'd grow a redwood. Somebody with a penchant for 15-watt porch lights might move in.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:26:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Nature needs no fancy buttons to create the effect, and man needs none in order to appreciate or capture what nature provides."
Glint explains his hermaphrodite obsession
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 11:01:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: I for one am utterly disgusted by the plethora of sexual deviances and subculture practices that are being articulated on this page. You should be ashamed for abusing chocolate pudding in such a vulgar way.
Betty Crocker
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 10:34:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: So how are things in Austin? Cloudy and cool here. Probably get to finish cuting the grass this afternoon if it doesn't rain. I've shifted my mowing schedule from the weekend to the weeknights. By distributing it across the week I avoid having to set aside an entire afternoon to complete the job. Worked on it for an hour or two on Wed, Thu, and Sat. Probably about 3 hours worth remaining. It hasn't rained much here lately, but the grass and Leylands are still growing. It sprinkles and clouds up, but for the most part it is a dry April. One Leyland died over the winter. One at the far eastern edge of the Peabody Hedge. It was the next to last tree. It's between us and the old widow woman, so I'm not concerned at this point. Her yard light is 7 Watts, according to her daughter in law. She switched bulbs in deference to the observatory. Why hedge her off, you ask? Well, someday she'll be staring up at the roots with John and then who knows who'll move in.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 10:12:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't need no stinking backlight button to produce photos like that. The only cameras I have owned with them are CCD or vidicon devices. Which effect are you saying was accidental? The fact that you could read the letters in shadow, or the halo effect around the edge of the marble? Obviously the former was intentional and I've already explained the scientific explanation for the latter. In case you forgot, at the corner edges of the stone, the marble is thin enough for it to become translucent. Nature needs no fancy buttons to create the effect, and man needs none in order to appreciate or capture what nature provides.
Glint
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 10:04:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: One night still burned horribly in her memory. It was the night he'd made her wear the strap-on while he knelt in front of her masturbating on the wingtips and licking chocolate pudding off it.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 09:55:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 09:53:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 09:47:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: And if all this wasn't bad enough, there was the strap-on. Yes, he made her wear a strap-on for these encounters. It drove him wild to reach around front and grab it. He usually saved that part for near the end, spiting on his hand so it felt lubricated while he stroked it. God she'd married one sick bastard.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 09:41:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 09:28:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey, no need to get snippy about the idea for the cemetary pic. Actually I was thinking you could maybe crop in some of the fired asians as well. I also surmise from your petulant tone that you know little about backlighting if anything at all. The effect must have been an accidental one in that photo.
Borg 7 of 22.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 09:17:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: It was always like this. After he'd snorted back half a dozen fingers of the glynnfyddych. It made her feel sick, but it was her place to please him. She hated the smell of Old Spice but slathered it all over her face and neck. For him. Next were the dress pants, a pair of grey wool slacks. The wingtips and an oxford shirt and tie completed the outfit. His grossness was sitting in the recliner when she returned to the living room. She knew what he wanted, what he anted to hear. And with that, she leaned over and whispered "do me like you would another man" and then she dropped the slacks around her ankles as she leaned over forward across the arm of the couch. "Call me Dean" he said, "Please".
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 09:02:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: One way to cut down on gas consumption and reduce our dependence on foreign oil would be to put a Krispy Kreme next to every trailer park.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 21, 2002 at 02:52:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: 5.1? So, why was it in the paper?
George
Cali - Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 23:52:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Had some of those krispy kreme doughnuts. People occasionally bring them for treats at meetings or if they get a promotion. They're OK, but awfully rich. Sort of feels like drinking a cup of Mazola or Mr. Peanut oil. How do they manage to get so much grease into those things? They must cook the nuts at substantially lower temperature than real doughnut shops, so the Crisco can soak into the dough.
House of Meat
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 23:50:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: 5.1 MAG QUAKE FELT MAINE TO MARYLAND
devlop this, a**hole! <[email protected]>
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 19:03:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: So we're standing in the shortest food line in the cafeteria. Then we discover the reason why - it's the breakfast line. That's o.k. we can load up with scrambled eggs, hash browns, and ham and swing back around for the linguini. So I turn the Mrs. and ask what she thinks of the food service facility at the college and she gives me the thumb up. When I look up I come face to face with some sort of bearded woman behind the counter. I turn to the family and said, "Try to pretend you don't see that woman's beard and mustache." Poe says, "It's the sterotypical caffeteria lady, Mom." I told Poe it's too bad that her mother is such a freak without any of the fat and hair you come to expect behind the counter. Sort of like the niece in the Munsters TV show. -- Got to go take Poe to work!
Glint
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 17:52:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Today's bubble of higher education was in the Maryland panhandle. Not a bad school. Another one with a new science building getting built, plus a planetarium on campus. The guide didn't know whether or not the new science building would feature a newer larger planetarium. Plenty of donuts to stuff the face with. Wouldn't have needed the krispy kreme stop on the way over. Didn't serve lunch, but they did offer some disounted meal tickets. I was dealing with the issue of whether to take the family for lunch at yet another school cafeteria, or take them out for some real food - like at the Texas Road House or the Cracker Barrel. Raised my concern the the almighty, prayed for resolution. As I was walking up to a trash can to toss in a wax paper donut wrap I found five meal tickets laying on top. The Lord doth provide for those who ask in His name.
Glint
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 17:46:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is Bush a Christian Zionist?
Mary
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 17:24:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Naked Fat Smelly Man Attacks Women In Hawaii Sub Shop... Developing...
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 16:23:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Great, Harlan. Thanks for scaring Marvin away.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 16:10:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nice of you to drop by, Marvin.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 13:41:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
marvin chua <[email protected]>
Davao City, ..... philippines - Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 13:34:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: It comes with the job.
Father Mike
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 13:13:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why is it that so many pervs are able to quote scripture?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 12:52:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Which remains on Glint's permanent record.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 10:16:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: So, the one who supports posting pictures of sexually ambivalent underage boys initially supported non-banning re the original Pete postings, only now to trumpet the brief banning of re-postings? Hoo ha?
Cathar Gerund Heretic Audience
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 10:13:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: 21.03
lest we forget
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 10:02:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: We don't care that Enron/Exxon made Snippy dump Robert Watson as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change! Ha!
Acid Rain vs. owsley acid
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 10:01:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: He didn't look too good when speaking to the Canadians today. In the words of Will Rogers, "If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 02:47:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: I voted for Bush, and supported him thoroughly until last week. Now I'm afraid his moral clarity has been compromised, and he can no longer lead. It is time to think impeachment.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 02:26:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Forget the grass, soon they'll be making gas out of raisins.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 22:11:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Man, are YOU ever asleep at the switch, dude.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 21:56:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Alaskan oil scam wasn't about lasting or making us oil independent, it was about making some Pioneers richer. This country sits atop about 3% of the world's oil reserves but uses about 25% of the world's oil. Currently about half the oil we use comes from abroad. In 20 years, that number should reach about 65%. There is no way American can ever work oil reserves from the supply side. We just don't have enough and we never, ever will. Where we CAN have an effect is on the demand side. That's why Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and the other screaming ninnies of the right are full of shit. Yeah, building SUVs to get 30 mpg IS a fine idea, Ann. It's actuall doable, unlike trying to squeeze blood out of a turnip or oil out caribou-ville.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 21:50:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Watch out, you can get banned for quoting Pete.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 21:42:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: And he wasn't even banned from this Church of the Fornigators.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 21:20:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: How long is Artic oil supposed to last us? Hi,. Pup's doing great, a real cutie.
Mary
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 21:19:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Overheard in church.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 21:07:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: My two cents are: You wish, wench. More like your fetish for Long Dong SilvEr. We know you like dark tunnels and long rods. You bait us for it daily. You love it, don't you ya sick twisted scrEw. Wait, I got a big one coming your way. Hold on now. Open up.... Pete� - Friday, February 16, 2001 at 20:07:59 (EST) Oh, I see its pussed over and sewn shut. It's OK, your foul mouth will do fine. Open Wide. POW!!! Pete� - Friday, February 16, 2001 at 20:03:11 (EST) My two cents are: OK, open your twat, cuntE. I big one cumming your way. POW!!! Pete� - Friday, February 16, 2001 at 20:02:07 (EST) Kiss my arse you set up pig. You are the biggest foul mouthed bitch on this place. Go to hell. Socialsits better watch out what they wish for. Pete� - Friday, February 16, 2001 at 20:43:45 (EST) ... ShE* was crushed and wimpered out with some dodge about foul things that actually emanated from her own vile* hole .... Pete� - Saturday, May 12, 2001 at 15:50:52 (EDT)
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 21:03:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Does this mean we're going to have to read Glint's warning about a permanent mark on our records again, too?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 20:56:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: 9 Out of 10 Caribou Support Drilling FrontPageMagazine.com | April 18, 2002 HAVING WEARIED OF OPPOSING THE WAR ON TERRORISM, Democrats are now trying to sabotage the country's energy policy. A better idea, they think, is to continue sending large amounts of money to countries that nurture homicidal Muslims intent on destroying America. George Bush has proposed drilling in a tiny, desolate portion of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR. According a leading Democratic opponent of the plan, lying is the key to defeating ANWR. ABC-NBC-CBS have been accompanying discussions of ANWR with picturesque footage of caribou frolicking in lush, fertile fields - all of which happens to be nowhere near the site of the proposed drilling. ANWR is 19 million acres - larger than Massachusetts, New Jersey, Hawaii, Connecticut and Delaware combined. If oil is found, less than 2,000 acres would be directly affected. The area targeted for drilling looks a little like the moon, but less inviting. Consequently, Gale Norton, the secretary of the interior, responded to the campaign of lies by unveiling actual film footage of the area at issue. She sent a true and accurate film of the proposed drilling site to the networks and also posted the footage on the department's website. Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts (D, needless to say) claims this underhanded dissemination of the truth is illegal. Telling the truth is not merely contrary to the principles of the Democratic Party, now it's a violation of law. As Markey explains, the law prohibits agencies from promoting any "film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress." It was bad enough when Democrats just lied a lot themselves, purported not to know what "is" means and claimed that "everybody" lied, perjured themselves and suborned the perjury of others. Markey has staked out a more aggressive position by announcing that Republicans who tell the truth are breaking the law. At least we have Markey on the record admitting that a truthful video of the proposed drilling site in ANWR would persuade Congress to support drilling. ANWR exploration is overwhelmingly supported by Alaskans, Eskimos, Teamsters and caribou. It is opposed by Northeastern liberals who would never set foot anyplace near ANWR and haven't the first idea what it looks like. The word "wildlife" in ANWR's title, for example, is somewhat misleading. The coastal plain - where the drilling would occur - is in total darkness half the year and reaches temperatures of 50 below. Most of the year it is uninhabited and uninhabitable by wildlife. Indeed, the only living things in the vicinity of the coastal plain - Eskimos and caribou - enthusiastically support drilling. When oil exploration began in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay 30 years ago, environmentalists claimed it would yield only a "few months' supply" of oil and would wreck the ecosystem. Prudhoe Bay turned out to be the largest deposit of oil ever found in North America. Caribou frolic and play by the pipeline. In 20 years, the caribou population has skyrocketed, from 3,000 to almost 27,100. The Teamsters have been huge supporters of drilling in ANWR, but Democrats treat union members like they treat the blacks. They expect union money and endorsements, but when the prospect of half a million high-paying jobs comes along, the Democrats tell workers it's only "one issue." Ed "The Truth Is Illegal" Markey responded to Teamster support for ANWR by dismissively sniffing, it was only "one issue." Luckily, the Democrats have all those other issues dear to the heart of the average blue-collar worker: abortion on demand, gay marriage and taxpayer-funded crucifixes submerged in urine. So much for "everyone" sacrificing for the war on terrorism. Little old ladies get strip-searched at airports, but the environmentalists won't budge on an uninhabitable wasteland at the continent's edge. The Democrats' idea of sacrifice is for Sen. Teddy Kennedy to stop getting drunk and groping stewardesses. When not jetting around the country on his private plane, paid for by the deceased husband of his second wife, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has emerged as a leading opponent of ANWR. Developing new sources of energy, Kerry says, is "old thinking." The Democrats' innovative new idea is for the little people to wear sweaters and drive smaller cars. That's a bold stroke: We'll delay starvation by eating a little less every day. The illogic of it confounds reason. Everyone is against waste - except Northeastern liberals telling the rest of us to conserve. (How about they practice by conserving our money?) We need more energy. Postponing death is not an energy policy. Markey has similarly "innovative" ideas. He proposes that we "bring OPEC to its knees" by "our technological superiority." What he means by "technological superiority" is this: "Let's make SUVs get 30 miles a gallon"! How about we make cars and airplanes that run on grass? Or hot air, and run a pipeline from the Capitol? There is not a thinking man's Democrat in the country. If only caribou voted instead of Democrats, the country would finally have a serious energy policy. Ann Coulter is a bestselling author and syndicated columnist. Her latest book is High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 20:51:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Damn the twerpedoes, full speed ahead!
Garhane
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 20:45:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Twerpedoes? That's a good one!
Harlan St. Wolf
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 20:31:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 20:02:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Perhaps it's similar to the thrill men get when looking at pictures of cars they can't afford. Or probably more like the thrill car thieves must get when looking at cars they'd like to steal. Or it might just be like ordering a big steak and washing it down with a ton of ale. Actually, I don't think there was an illustrated guide book issued with the decision. If so, you might be able to find for sale on on Ebay, or in the back of Sky and Telescope.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 19:34:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Spoke to soon.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 19:30:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Okay, I've got to admit I've often thought maybe Glint is just joshing about the hard-on he has for the poor kid. Still, you can't be too sure of anything these days and he doesn't help his own case by yammering about this over and over and over. I became concerned when he revealed his need to take pictures of Brenda. Given his little spasm of posting pix of Asian hermaphros, the whole thing began to stink to high heaven. Lately, though, he seems to have cooled down a bit. Perhaps he panicked and has gone underground. Who knows?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 19:29:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Last night I was riding on the John Deere harvesting the grass when I spot someone walking along a tractor trail in a neighboring wheat field. It looked like the dog walker, but the guy was too far away to tell for sure. Something was walking along beside him and it looked like either a dog or a small child. I made a swath around the base of the hill and came up on the other side. As I was riding up the hill I saw the man standing near the observatory. Two small boys were running circles around the building. I stopped, turned off the motor and got off. The oldest of the two boys, both blonde haired with bright eyes and very creamy complexions, jumped up on the tractor, stuck out his hand and said, "Hi, my name is Hunter, what's your name." He was soon followed by his younger brother who also climbed up and joined his brother in my lap. They grabbed the steering wheel and turned it to and fro, squriming their bottoms against my thighs as they did so. It was very heart warming and their innocent friendliness just made me tingle. Pretty soon the younger one, who couldn't have been older than two, said they needed to be going. It was almost bath time. Their grandfather smiled knowingly and off they went.
name witheld by request
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 19:27:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: It sounds intriguing. I mean the substitution of pictures for a thing when doing something else. Would you mind elaborating on what you mean?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 19:19:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe it all falls under the 'virtual child porn' category, which, as we all now know, is legal. The Supreme Court said so, and they've never been wrong.
$$$
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 19:14:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Apparently the banned perp remains banned. Haven't seen the convulsive invective spews of the past. Perhaps they've changed identity, or ISPs, and gone anonymous. Either way, Adam's action achieved the intended result.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 19:07:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: When you think about it, we don't really have proof that Glint has raped, murdered and buried a bunch of soft-skinned boys out under the Leyland cypress. Maybe he's one of these guys who gets all the thrill he needs out of his picture collection, spy-glassing the neighbor children, and occasionally putting on the cigar suit. Let's not fly off half-cocked with this pedophile thing.
.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:57:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Permanent record!!??? Oh no! You mean it's going right next to chewing gum in line, giving Billy Finkelstein a wedgie and lusting after the underage neighborhood hermaphrodite?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:54:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'd like to state, for the record, that I am the pineapple's enemy. Everybody else gets at least some slack. Sometimes even the pederast.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:52:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Under 18 or over 18. People change.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:50:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: When you look at it that way, anonymous, it seems as though any one of us could be the banned guy. Or none of us. Twilight Zone, man. How can you tell who's who? Who are your friends and who are your enemies? Good afternoon, Mary. How's the pup?
.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:49:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's stuff like that which drives away the gentry. On the other topic, if the banned and shamed guy is anything like me, he's switched ISP's four or five times since the banning. Since he was banned merely as an ISP, is he still banned? Or does he still have the same Port 110 albatross around his neck? Are we assigned our "Port 110" at birth and carry it with us like Banquo's chains? Did Banquo even have chains? Who was Banquo, anyway? Anyone with a good Cliff's Notes library here? Pineapple?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:47:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.dancingmonica.com/powerwalkrear.htm
makes you wonder how bill was able to stiffen up the meat
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:42:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hermaphrodite or transvestite. People change. Just look at what happened to Bucwheat.
Glint
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:25:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Mighty fine of the local pedophile to make things perfectly clear.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:21:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: I meant what I said and I said what I meant ...an elephant is faithful one hundred per cent! GW - a faithful "I meant what I said" Horton or a barking chihuahua?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:14:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: They don't call you Hall Monitor for nothing, Glint. (For that matter, they don't call you Asshole for nothing, either).
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 18:06:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: The ban may have been lifted, but the decision to ban was never vacated. It's remaining his permanent record in other words. Just trying make things perfectly clear.
Glint
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 17:45:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: White House Seeks to Reassure Arabs Fri Apr 19, 3:09 PM ET By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -" The Bush administration assured the Arab world on Friday that it would keep working with Yasser Arafat on a pathway to peace." // So much for my analysis of Bush's foreign policy. :)
M
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 17:15:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Banned? H*ck, you can't even get banned from this site for saying "twerpedo."
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 17:11:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: If you can't be banned from this site for lusting after underage hermaphrodites, you can't be banned for garden variety vulgarity.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 16:36:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Isolationism,Anon?
M
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 16:07:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: and of course nothing is leaked in Bush's administration, he demands loyalty so anything said is cleared with Bush.It's his voice regardless who is speaking.
M
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 16:05:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: The rest of the world can bite it.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 16:04:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush's policy where it comes to Israel is to say one thing while simultaneously saying something to cancel it out. His press said that Bush would be silent while Powell was negotiating, but he sends out Wolfowitz. He asks Israel to withdraw without delay, but calls Sharon a man of peace while Jenin is happening. The U.S. is embarassingly silent on Jenin, I guess we accept Israel's version as complete. The rest of the world is demanding an investigation. As far as I know we haven't said anything at all. I can't figure the Bush administration out, it's cloaked in so much secrecy.
M
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 16:02:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 15:54:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: I have to admit it appears that way, anon. I'm stumped tring to figure it out. WE say one thing while simultaneously doing or saying something that cancels it out.
mary
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 15:47:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/2002/0419/165795110FR19HOROVITZ.html
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 15:42:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush has no foreign policy and the troglodytes are turning on the bandy-legged little guy.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 15:17:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Snippy said Arafat is no terrorist and that settles it.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 15:09:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: I've been thinking about Bush's foreign policy. I now think that Bush's strategy all along was the U.S. working alongside Sharon to force Arafat out. The U.S. has said we won't negotiate with terrorists. Suicide bombings as a matter of policy is terrorism. I agree with Bush. No way should we give the impression that the suicide bombings worked. The world has to know that it was a failed policy, that Arafat and anyone else that supported the bombings did nothing more but cause Palestine's loss of support.
Mary
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 14:58:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Somebody got banned? Somebody from the Caliban hills? How long did the "ban" last? Did it happen at all? Is Glint just showing is never-ending rube-osity?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 14:26:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: According to the editors of National Review, toppling Saddam will pretty much lay the golden egg! What the hell are we waiting for? Let's get a-toppling. Every problem will be solved and even the waffles will taste better. I sure hope Little George recovers some of that moral clarity and sends the B-52's to Baghdad.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 14:03:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: He's getting defensive! Touch�, somebody!
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 14:00:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: One that only you can imagine.
Glint
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 13:27:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint is very accommodating. He must have quite a collection.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 12:44:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Whatever turns you on, 12:20.
Glint
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 12:35:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why not just graft John's head onto one of the bodies from your transvestite collection, Glint?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 12:20:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: The pussed-over twatrettes "syndrom" or the sewn-shut twatrettes "syndrom"?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 12:19:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: "...Why just today I saw more of the vulgarity..." Anonymous@23:13. Can't be. Adam banned the vulgar mouth from the Caliban hills who suffered from the twatrettes syndrom. <> "Can you get a pic maybe of John standing next to his tombstone by putting the two together?" - Borg 7. Interesting idea. Maybe you'd like me to find a pic of a guy taking a crap on the can, put that one on the stone, and then graft on John's head? Would you prefer the Olympus or the FTb?
Glint
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 12:15:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lost -- A disastrous policy. By National Review Editors, from the May 6, 2002, issue of National Review The idea that the Bush administration should restrain Israel from a full-frontal war on Palestinian terrorism has always been defensible as a theoretical matter. If it would actually buy Arab support for eventual action against Iraq, it would be a worthwhile tactical move in furtherance of an important strategic goal. Yes, it would be inconsistent (preventing Israel from acting on the Bush Doctrine the way the U.S. has), but high state policy sometimes is. The Bush administration's three-week foray into peace-processing, however, has only made the prospect of an Iraqi invasion seem all the more distant. The administration has leaked away prestige and credibility with nearly every new statement, and has bent to the logic of the Arab world, which is that nothing can ever be done in the Middle East without bullying Israel first. It is exactly this linkage that the first Bush administration successfully resisted in the run-up to the Persian Gulf War. If it had not, Saddam Hussein would still be in Kuwait City - or maybe Riyadh - today. So there has been no tactical up-side to countervail the considerable disadvantages of Bush's position: The administration has retroactively vindicated the critics who maintained that the Bush Doctrine was too "simple-minded." It has tried to prevent Israel from killing and arresting terrorists. It has established that Arab street protests can alter American policy. It has deliberately ignored evidence of Saudi complicity in stoking suicide bombings, in order to puff up the Saudi "peace plan." It has seemed adrift, confused, and weak, emboldening Democratic foes who wouldn't have been so critical even on domestic matters three weeks ago. In other words, the Bush policy has been a disaster, and it can't be laid at the feet of anyone - including Colin Powell - but the president himself. During the fight in Afghanistan, pundits argued that any president would have carried out the war there, that the immediate military reaction to Sept. 11 was in some sense inevitable. But nothing in politics is inevitable; it always depends on will and leadership. This is why it can't be taken as a given that the war on terrorism will be won. Indeed, on some days recently, it has been possible to imagine the unthinkable: that the war on terrorism might have already seen its greatest success and will gradually peter out in a series of far-flung military-advising missions (the Philippines, Georgia, etc.), while the main event - transforming the Middle East - founders on Arab opposition. We continue to consider this prospect unthinkable because of the moral commitment and toughness of President Bush, who does not seem to have wavered in his determination to oust Saddam Hussein. One of Bush's best qualities is that he reverses mistakes quickly, and there are signs that, in this case, the reversing may have already begun. In a speech at the Virginia Military Institute, Bush repeated his "axis of evil" phrase, starkly demanded that Arab states end their incitement of suicide bombing, and - in a pregnant hint of things to come - said that the Taliban was "the first regime to fall in the war on terrorism." This is all encouraging. But so far there has been only one definite bright spot in the Middle East over the last few weeks: the resounding victory that the Israeli Defense Force has won over the soldiers and terrorists of Fatah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. You don't have to sign off on every last detail of Ariel Sharon's ultimate vision for the West Bank or condone every tactic of the IDF (for instance, using Palestinian civilians as human shields) to recognize that in its fight against Palestinian terrorism, the Israelis are fighting another front in our war. The connection between the two is unmistakable. Not only are the Iranians and the Iraqis - charter members of the axis of evil - arming and funding the Palestinians, the intifada seems to be a strategic ploy meant to distract the United States from taking on Iraq. This is why the administration loses in so many ways when it bows to the idea that it must resolve the Mideast crisis by pressuring Israel: It risks letting Iranian- and Iraqi-supported militants off the hook, diverts our attention from Iraq, and creates the incentive for yet more Palestinian violence - because the hotter the conflict burns, the more "engaged" the administration will have to be. A sound policy in the region must begin with a fundamental fact: Israel, despite what "moderate" Arab states say, is not the problem in the Middle East. Instead, the region's violence and instability emanates chiefly from three major countries, which represent three distinct ideologies with which the United States is, broadly speaking, at war: the Baathist fascism of Iraq; the Shiite radicalism of Iran; and the Sunni radicalism of Saudi Arabia. All these regimes (along with Syria, Iraq's junior partner in Baathism) must be confronted, although in different ways. Only Iraq is amenable to an immediate military solution. The U.S. has already partially dismembered the country and is formally still in a state of war against it. Ousting Saddam and replacing him with a pro-Western reformer will, in turn, make pressuring the other two countries easier: emboldening the reformers in Iran and lessening American dependence on the Saudis. American assertiveness in the region will also presumably make the Palestinians more responsive, since it will enhance U.S. prestige and constitute a blow to Arab radicalism generally. Victory in the Persian Gulf War, after all, set the predicate for the initially promising "peace process" that now lies in ruins. But to move on Iraq, the administration needs a clean break from its current path. The Israeli-Palestinian dispute will not be soluble until Palestinian society as a whole eschews terrorism. Only then can the legitimate grievances of the Palestinians be usefully addressed. That may be a long process, possibly involving more Israeli incursions and the construction of a security perimeter until a new Palestinian politics arrives. There is no clever plan or negotiating gambit that the Bush administration can come up with to short-circuit this process - the real peace process. Secretary Powell's mission can still be redeemed if the administration makes clear that Arafat, having been given innumerable last chances, has finally exhausted those chances. And that until the Palestinians create and support a respectable leadership, the U.S. will not expend political energy trying to save them from the disastrous consequences of their terrorism. If the administration takes this stance, the last three weeks will begin to seem only an unfortunate interlude in the broader war, and in fact may make it easier for the administration to make the case to the world that it tried its best to redeem the unredeemable Arafat. Then the U.S. can begin to concentrate again on a benefit to the region that it actually has the power to deliver - the fall of the Baathist regime in Iraq.
Damn LIE-bral rag editors!
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 12:07:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, me too. I wouldn't care to hear more about eating-disordered-Ann's so-called "latte slurping." Heck, she baits us for it daily. Enough's enough. Geesh.
borg 4 or 5 of 22
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 11:44:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: He is not a twit.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 11:28:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey! No more vulgarity or else Zerk will take another leave of absence, the tw*t.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 11:27:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Caribou park?
coubt it
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 11:26:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why not drill for oil in the caribou park? It's just a cold old moonscape where Ann Coulter wouldn't care to slurp her latte. A little cable splicing would fix the place up just fine.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 11:26:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: SAN FRANCISCO -- It's not nice to call someone a "chicken butt" on the air - but it's not slanderous either, a court ruled.
Where was that? Oh, yeah, Cali.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 11:23:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: More than 200 rabbits found in California home... developing...
Cali, Cali, Cali.... where will it end?
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 11:21:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, the bandy-legged little guy is right. It was a mistake to think it would either go away or you could handle it by one trip of an underling. What's next, Little Bush?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 11:17:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Washington -- President Bush, whose clarity in responding to foreign policy crises propelled him to unprecedented popularity, is watching global events overtake his black-and-white view of the world. In recent days, Bush has been asked to explain how the United States can condemn terrorism, yet negotiate with Yasser Arafat; how it can demand that Israel withdraw from the West Bank, yet stand by it when it refuses; how it can espouse democracy, yet remain silent when the freely elected president of Venezuela is ousted by coup. Now, as Bush tries to determine the next course on his signature anti- terror campaign, he finds his influence questioned by allies and his moral fiber attacked by his conservative base. "Will the George W. Bush we once knew please stand up?" demands the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, typically an unwavering defender of the president. "Suddenly, the president who soared by standing on principle seems to have been replaced by an impostor who's lost his foreign-policy bearings." There is no evidence that Bush's standing with the American public has been hurt. A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center released yesterday found that 7 in 10 Americans approve of Bush's international policies, and almost 8 in 10 approve of his recent attempts to bring peace to the Middle East. Yet for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Bush's vaunted global outlook -- aides proudly call it the Bush Doctrine -- is being openly challenged. "At the time, the country needed clarity and 'evil and good' had its place, " said Bruce Jentleson, a Duke University public policy professor and a foreign policy adviser to the Democrats in 2000. "But black and white doesn't fit reality. The world is more complex than that. Nuance is being realistic about the way the world is, not the way we'd like it to be." Bush has invited the criticism by dancing around such bold pronouncements as "those who harbor terrorists are the same as terrorists" and Osama bin Laden must be taken "dead or alive." Now, the White House carefully explains that Arafat presents a unique situation -- very different from bin Laden -- because he has been a party to a peace process. Bin Laden's capture, Bush explained last month, is no longer critical because his effectiveness has been neutralized. And Bush is defending his administration -- to domestic critics and Latin American allies -- over reports the United State may have aided the attempted ouster of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The toughest criticism has come from the political right. The conservative National Review published two editorials this week. The first, on Bush's Mideast policy, was entitled: "Lost. A disastrous policy." A second editorial, looking at the broader Bush agenda, was entitled: "Sophomore Slump. The president is drifting." Another conservative magazine, the Weekly Standard, published a biting parody of Bush's Jan. 20, 2001, address to Congress -- widely regarded as his finest speech ever -- to take into account his demand that Israel withdraw from the West Bank. Overseas, Bush has been assailed for hypocrisy, and for Secretary of State Colin Powell's failure to secure a cease-fire on his recent Mideast trip. The same Pew poll that found Americans supportive of Bush found that only 4 in 10 surveyed in Great Britain shared the view, while only one-third of French and German respondents said they approved of Bush's international policies. Bush's Democratic opponents in Congress have remained mostly muted in their foreign policy criticism of the president. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, the only House member to vote against providing Bush with wide-ranging war powers in September, praised the president for his efforts over the past few weeks in the Middle East. Yet signs of dissension are appearing. At a gathering of potential Democratic presidential contenders in Florida last week, Sens. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and John Kerry of Massachusetts both spoke in sharp tones that would have been unthinkable six months ago. "I'm sorry to say, the Bush administration has recently muddied our moral clarity," Lieberman said. "The Bush administration has publicly and persistently pressured Israel not to do exactly what we ourselves have done to fight terror in Afghanistan. In pursuing this policy, the president risks losing the moral high ground and compromising our own war on terrorism." Bush, who seemed the most reluctant of foreign policy presidents, emerged yesterday to try again to assert his priorities. "This is the calling of our time -- to fight terror," Bush said from the Oval Office, seated beside Powell. Bush told reporters that Powell's trip had made progress, and both sides now knew where America stood. "The situation prior to the secretary's arrival was at a boiling point," Bush said, implying now it is something less. At the same time, as Bush approaches his 500th day in office, he acknowledged the limits to his powers. "Presidents and secretaries of state have sat here for a long time, trying to figure out how to reduce violence and bring peace to the Middle East," he said. "This is a part of the world where killing had been going on for a long, long time. And one trip by the secretary of state is not going to prevent that from happening."
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 10:04:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Media whores real stuck spinning odd failure of middle eastern countries to obey commands from empty sweater. Geesh.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 09:29:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: Media whores busily trying to suppress the un-President's oil-dependence defeat. Geesh.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 09:21:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Saeb Erekat, a top adviser to Arafat who took part in two meetings with Powell in the past week, noted that Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz had taken part in a pro-Israel rally in Washington as Powell was trying to broker a cease-fire. ''When I saw Wolfowitz stand in Washington and say 'I support Sharon' when we were meeting with Secretary of State Powell, that told me something,'' Erekat says. ''We don't have neon signs saying 'stupid' on our foreheads.''
Mary
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 02:12:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Don't know, anonymous. Know what bad it has done.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 01:40:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush was the right man for the job, back when the job was to say to the Evil Doers, "you's going to get a good whuppin'!" Now that the job is to kiss Arafat's hairy ass so the Saudis will let him attack Iraq, he's maybe not so good.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 01:34:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Religion, theology, unknowable... it's all a crock. What good has it ever done?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 01:29:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think that little Bush has lost his moral clarity and is no longer fit to cheerlead.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 01:27:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 01:27:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/1288/8812031.htm
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 01:03:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe the Israelis won't listen to GW because they think the nut doesn't fall too far from the tree. And some of them think Bush I administration interfered in Israeli domestic politics, refused Israel vital military intelligence during the Gulf War, and attempted to bring down Israel's democratically elected government.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 00:56:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: You saw vulgarity? On this site?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 19, 2002 at 00:38:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: nd btw, the socialist ideology and agenda are alive in borgville. Some of us just stopped wasting time with the vulgarity here. I agree its a little like learning to step around the sheepshit in the streets of kuala lumpur, but hey, why. Its not like this is the only site on the net. Why just today I saw more of the vulgarity and asked myself if I should perhaps take another year's leave of absence.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 23:13:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: So Glint, did the olympus have the backlight feature as a button setting? My thinking is that it adjusts the autofocus lightsensor apparatus, screening out part of the field of view. Do you know? Can you get a pic maybe of John standing next to his tombstone by putting the two together, that raincoat pic he sent?????
Borg 7 of 22
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 23:11:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Some rabid conservatives want this country to go in and take over every oil field in the Arab countries. According to them we have every right because we built the refineries.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 22:45:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Clinton's problem was he wanted to fight terrorism. The Republican congress wasn't going to buy into that unless it could be tied to American interests - oil. Why spend money blowing up Afghanistan unless there's a goal of laying out an oil pipeline through it from central Asia? How would any of this benefit the top producers of Texas?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 21:52:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Although Clinton did off about 10 Al Qaeda-ites at once when he foolishly bombed that aspirin factory. Beginner's luck. Any kid can get lucky once in awhile. It takes an adult to understand how tough this really is.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 21:18:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Clinton was asleep at the switch on energy. That's why we're in the midst of this acute energy crisis. What energy policy? Asleep at the switch, and now look at the pickle we're in, energy-wise.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 21:10:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'll tell you what, though. George Bush has killed a whole lot more camels than Clinton ever did. And he caught Taliban John. Clinton never caught a fish as big as Taliban John.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 21:07:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think the Bush legacy will not be about being an unpopular president, but about being a bad one. Some of your worst presidents were popular-- for example Zachary Taylor, and the Republicans through the whole second half of the 19th century, after Lincoln, who were all second-raters. Harding was well-liked, and people didn't really harbor hatred for Calvin Coolidge. So unpopularity has never been the hallmark of a bad president. Bush may well serve out his term with numbers above 50.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 21:04:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's strange is it looks like Bush was weak and is now covering it up by supporting Sharon's siege at the church, and his pace at withdrawing. Because the appearance is that Bush had no clout over Sharon, and the only way to cover that up is to say that whatever Israel does we support that measure. On the other hand, it may have been his strategy all along and Bush was just buying time. Powell never went there with the idea of brokering peace in the first place. And Cheney as well. I get the impression the entire Bush mideast policy is about Iraq. He will do whatever he has to do to pull this off.
Mary
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 20:44:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: At least, when this guy becomes the least popular president* in history, he'll be able to say he once had some big numbers.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 20:35:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: I feel sorry for him, but only because his dad's friends pushed him in over his head. The poor little guy is screwing everything up bad, and if history is kind to him it will blame the politicians around him rather than the poor little empty sweater himself. The poor little bandy-legged sap can't even speak english, never had any interest in anything but easy times and good hooch, never worked a day in his life, and they're expecting him to perform in a fairly demanding job. Sure I feel sorry for him.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 20:24:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey, why is Osama running around free? If presidents were allowed a third term, the Republican National Committee would be running the Osama Clock in Times Square and counting the days he has been loose. Why does Bush get a pass on his inability to chase down one bad guy? Does everyone still feel sorry for the bandy-legged little cheerleader?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 20:20:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Get with the program, lady. We're the bull gooses in the barnyard. When we honk, they flap. Bush's problem in the middle east is not that he would or wouldn't support Israel. It's that he figured trying to keep the lid on and force a solution between the Palestinians and Israel was Clintonism. He wasn't interested, and still isn't interested. He sends his boy Powell, when you got to grab them by the neck yourself. It has messed up his dream of invading Iraq, or whatever he wants to do there. The way he has managed to work things out, if he goes into Iraq there is probably an oil embargo, and ten or twenty years of Nixon-Ford style "stagflation" and a swing to concern for the citizen and individual rather than the corporation and totalitarianism and Republicanism goes down the tubes again. All because George is a featherweight and everyone knows it, real people like Arafat and Sharon know that Bush is a featherweight and won't force his hand. It's all good, especially the oil embargo part, which leaves Ann Coulter high and dry in her SUV, just so long as we keep the nukes out of it and Osama bin, who is running around free, doesn't blindside us.
.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 19:58:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: invade Iraq,
mary
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 19:55:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Did anyone think for a second Bush would not come out and support Israel? America needs Israel, and I believe this was all strategy pre-empting our invasion of Iran. Politically speaking Israel is an important tool in keeping tabs for us in the Middle East. What position would we be in without all that Israel is doing for the U.S. in intelligence? Of course, if I'm wrong, just tell me. I'm just using my own observations in this, not research. I'm not interested in doing any research on the history of the Middle East. I don't think America can trust anyone else int he Middle East. We have to support Israel,and of course, Arafat makes it easy to do that. What I fail to understand is the role that Europe is taking in all this? I also wonder if we have given up all hope for negotiating peace? If that is the case, why is Bush meeting with Abdullah on April 25th? Bush must have something planned, and is going to make it clear that he wants Arafat removed. He is also going to move on Hussein, so peace is really not an issue. How can a country at war demand that another country at war choose peace? How can we talk about stopping the violence,when we are about to embark on our own road of military action?
Mary
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 19:27:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Otherwise it sounds like a fine plan.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 19:26:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: None of this, of course, addresses Ann Coulter's personal needs.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 19:26:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: As long as it's all done on a local level, I have no problem with it. If a neighboring community wished to exact additional punishment on Shays, they too could get together and do so in the manner they deem appropriate. Even if another community wished to honor him as a pantywaist, it would be their right. Shays could be passed around from neighborhood to neighborhood and subjected to various punishments and honors. If he didn't like it, he could of course seek an arbiter that would be acceptable to all parties. Perhaps he would take flight. That too would be fine.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 19:24:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: In a libertarian society, people interested in punishing Shays would get together and start a privately-owned punishment corporation to hound him and his family, kidnap and torture his children, and finally beat him up with his own shoes and tie him to a barbed-wire fence naked as a jaybird. If anyone was disatisfied with the punishment, they could hire a different punisher.
M.K. <[email protected]>
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 19:14:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: It punishes the innocent, the public. Why doesn't she just rape Shays?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 19:07:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ann running for office is punishment enough.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 18:31:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm not sure how Ann Coulter running for office would exact any punishment on Shays. Please explain.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 18:12:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Isn't being a pantywaist punishment enough?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:51:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: She thought she was going to punish Shays?
goofy bimbo
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:50:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: Coulter had approached the Connecticut LP in mid-2000, saying she wanted to run for Congress as a Libertarian in the state's 4th District to punish incumbent Republican Chris Shays -- a "pantywaist" who didn't vote to impeach President Clinton. Libertarians don't cotton to one who preaches forcing those of Islamic faith to convert to Christianity.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:47:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: I resent when they take away my leetle box cutter. Ha Ha, she just a little thing, not machete.
Wustafa Habib
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:45:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ann, Ann, Ann. A twat wide open and a mind pussed over and sewn shut.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:24:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm not as worried as Ann is that the liberals have wearied of opposing the war on terrorism. What worries me is that Ann has wearied of opposing airport security.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:23:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Man, what I resent is when they pull my machete out of my duffel bag and pass it around.
Juan Orlando
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:18:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: What she's saying, traitor, is, they'll make an airplane than runs on gas before they ever make an SUV that gets 30 mpg. Duh!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:17:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: I notice that Ann doesn't appear to be particularly tolerant of viewpoints other than her own.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:16:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, I'm no little old lady but I did resent having my pocket knife picked and passed around the security goons at Logan even if it did make the utility belt a few ounces lighter.
Glint
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:16:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: South of the Border, Democracy Works by Joe Conason It was a good week for democracy in Latin America, and not such a good week for democracy in Washington and New York. Beyond those immediate observations, we know far less at the moment than we need to know about the events leading up to the coup and countercoup in Venezuela. Who was killed in the violent street demonstrations of April 11? Who did the shooting? When did the State Department learn that a coup was imminent? What did our diplomats (and military attach�s) say to the plotters? Why did the White House and the National Security Council ignore our treaty obligations to oppose the unlawful overthrow of an elected President? These are not rhetorical questions. The establishment of democratic institutions, civil society and human rights in the nations of Central and South America is by no means assured. Continuing conflict over the region�s extreme disparities of wealth-and the reluctance of powerful interests to surrender their political privileges-continue to threaten the development of freedom and constitutional order. In theory, at least, U.S. policy seeks to encourage that development, and to discourage the recrudescence of dictatorship and despotism. Yet the wind from Caracas carried a pungent, unwholesome aroma of earlier military interventions against elected governments-and the traditional complicity of the United States and the mainstream media in those criminal conspiracies. That smell intensified with the release of comments from the Bush White House, where press secretary Ari Fleischer seemed to welcome the forcible removal of the twice-elected Hugo Ch�vez and the installation of a "transitional civilian government" which "has promised early elections." As Mr. Fleischer uttered those words, Pedro Carmona, the oilman anointed as "dictator for a day," was attempting to dismiss the National Assembly and the Supreme Court so that he could rule by decree. Only a sudden mass uprising by Ch�vez supporters and the turnabout of the military rank-and-file frustrated the schemers. There was something surreal about the official U.S. response to this chaotic situation, coming as it did from an administration that had actually lost the popular vote in the last election here and only attained power by judicial intervention. Of course, no one is supposed to dwell on the 2000 election and its disputed aftermath anymore, irresistible as such comparisons may be. Anyway, there were plenty of other ironies in the American response to the coup attempt. Among the most notable was Mr. Bush�s proclamation of "Pan-American Day" and "Pan-American Week" on April 12-the very same day that his administration was failing so miserably in its responsibilities to its southern neighbors. His proclamation was intended to honor the growing hemispheric commitment to those shared values, and so on. In glowing terms, it describes the strong response of the Latin democracies to the terrorist assault on the Twin Towers last September. Coincidentally, on Sept. 11, 2001, all those liberty-loving friends of the United States were in Lima, Peru, with Secretary of State Colin Powell for an important ceremony. They were there to approve the Inter-American Democratic Charter, a document meant to strengthen the multilateral commitment to protecting constitutional democracy in the hemisphere. Last week, on the very first occasion that the new charter was invoked, the U.S. was not merely unsupportive but actively obstructive, according to an excellent account by Karen DeYoung in The Washington Post on April 16. The nations that rallied behind us when we were attacked are disgusted, to put it very mildly. That they helped to undo the coup in Venezuela without Washington�s assistance only emphasizes the poor performance of the Bush administration. Once again, the supposed masters of foreign policy serving Mr. Bush have displayed their own arrogance and incompetence. In this episode, they proved that they believe in multilateral diplomacy only when it serves the interests of the United States, and that they honor constitutional processes only so long as those processes produce the desired result. A single day�s duplicity has revived every ugly memory of the U.S. role in Latin America during the Cold War. Those memories encompass the conduct of the mainstream press during that era, when newspapers often behaved as propaganda adjuncts of the Central Intelligence Agency. When The New York Times published an editorial endorsing the Venezuelan coup on April 13, the paper of record sounded weirdly anachronistic. It was as if the editors had forgotten everything they ought to have learned in the last four or five decades. The Times grudgingly acknowledged its error on April 16, in an editorial that denounced Mr. Ch�vez as "autocractic." The editors confessed that in their enthusiasm, they had "overlooked the undemocratic manner in which he was removed." North Americans often regard themselves as paternal teachers of democratic values to the underdeveloped countries. But evidently it is our elites who have much to learn about liberty from the people of Latin America.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:16:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: Cars that get 30 mpg = airplanes that run on grass? Sure, obviously, but shouldn't guys who know how to splice a cable be able to make airplanes run on grass?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 17:16:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's "energy policy*."
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 16:41:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yup, and what about them sky charts?
Pete�
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 16:34:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: 9 Out of 10 Caribou Support Drilling Universal Press Syndicate | April 18, 2002 By Ann Coulter HAVING WEARIED OF OPPOSING THE WAR ON TERRORISM, Democrats are now trying to sabotage the country's energy policy. A better idea, they think, is to continue sending large amounts of money to countries that nurture homicidal Muslims intent on destroying America. George Bush has proposed drilling in a tiny, desolate portion of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR. According a leading Democratic opponent of the plan, lying is the key to defeating ANWR. ABC-NBC-CBS have been accompanying discussions of ANWR with picturesque footage of caribou frolicking in lush, fertile fields - all of which happens to be nowhere near the site of the proposed drilling. ANWR is 19 million acres - larger than Massachusetts, New Jersey, Hawaii, Connecticut and Delaware combined. If oil is found, less than 2,000 acres would be directly affected. The area targeted for drilling looks a little like the moon, but less inviting. Consequently, Gale Norton, the secretary of the interior, responded to the campaign of lies by unveiling actual film footage of the area at issue. She sent a true and accurate film of the proposed drilling site to the networks and also posted the footage on the department's website. Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts (D, needless to say) claims this underhanded dissemination of the truth is illegal. Telling the truth is not merely contrary to the principles of the Democratic Party, now it's a violation of law. As Markey explains, the law prohibits agencies from promoting any "film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress." It was bad enough when Democrats just lied a lot themselves, purported not to know what "is" means and claimed that "everybody" lied, perjured themselves and suborned the perjury of others. Markey has staked out a more aggressive position by announcing that Republicans who tell the truth are breaking the law. At least we have Markey on the record admitting that a truthful video of the proposed drilling site in ANWR would persuade Congress to support drilling. ANWR exploration is overwhelmingly supported by Alaskans, Eskimos, Teamsters and caribou. It is opposed by Northeastern liberals who would never set foot anyplace near ANWR and haven't the first idea what it looks like. The word "wildlife" in ANWR's title, for example, is somewhat misleading. The coastal plain - where the drilling would occur - is in total darkness half the year and reaches temperatures of 50 below. Most of the year it is uninhabited and uninhabitable by wildlife. Indeed, the only living things in the vicinity of the coastal plain - Eskimos and caribou - enthusiastically support drilling. When oil exploration began in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay 30 years ago, environmentalists claimed it would yield only a "few months' supply" of oil and would wreck the ecosystem. Prudhoe Bay turned out to be the largest deposit of oil ever found in North America. Caribou frolic and play by the pipeline. In 20 years, the caribou population has skyrocketed, from 3,000 to almost 27,100. The Teamsters have been huge supporters of drilling in ANWR, but Democrats treat union members like they treat the blacks. They expect union money and endorsements, but when the prospect of half a million high-paying jobs comes along, the Democrats tell workers it's only "one issue." Ed "The Truth Is Illegal" Markey responded to Teamster support for ANWR by dismissively sniffing, it was only "one issue." Luckily, the Democrats have all those other issues dear to the heart of the average blue-collar worker: abortion on demand, gay marriage and taxpayer-funded crucifixes submerged in urine. So much for "everyone" sacrificing for the war on terrorism. Little old ladies get strip-searched at airports, but the environmentalists won't budge on an uninhabitable wasteland at the continent's edge. The Democrats' idea of sacrifice is for Sen. Teddy Kennedy to stop getting drunk and groping stewardesses. When not jetting around the country on his private plane, paid for by the deceased husband of his second wife, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has emerged as a leading opponent of ANWR. Developing new sources of energy, Kerry says, is "old thinking." The Democrats' innovative new idea is for the little people to wear sweaters and drive smaller cars. That's a bold stroke: We'll delay starvation by eating a little less every day. The illogic of it confounds reason. Everyone is against waste - except Northeastern liberals telling the rest of us to conserve. (How about they practice by conserving our money?) We need more energy. Postponing death is not an energy policy. Markey has similarly "innovative" ideas. He proposes that we "bring OPEC to its knees" by "our technological superiority." What he means by "technological superiority" is this: "Let's make SUVs get 30 miles a gallon"! How about we make cars and airplanes that run on grass? Or hot air, and run a pipeline from the Capitol? There is not a thinking man's Democrat in the country. If only caribou voted instead of Democrats, the country would finally have a serious energy policy
go anne go
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 16:34:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: My two cents are: About twenty years ago I worked as a production assistant for sears advertising regional headquarters in D.C. We produced things called "flexies", those 5-20 page ad inserts that come in the newspaper. Two a week. Did all kinds of layout, paste-up and copy editing. We had an item then, it was called the "sailors knit sock". Was made of nylon I think but woven so as to be sort of fluffy and not slick. I later learned it was taken off the market because it didn't wear out. thefool - Saturday, November 18, 2000 at 07:49:59 (EST)
history of the fool and his $9 socks
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 16:31:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Supreme Court had to balance out the effect of the liberal media, which announced Gore the winner ten minutes before the polls closed and cut off a last-minute horde of Republicans who were descending on the polling stations.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:50:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Since you put it that way, anonymous, I realize why the Court ordered that the votes shouldn't be counted. If Gore had got more of them than Bush, and the Electoral College had to give more votes to Gore along with the actual voters, it would really have undermined president* Bush's ability to conduct foreign affairs or push top-end tax breaks and other forms of welfare for the rich through Congress. Thank goodness that evil possibility was kept inside the ballot box where it belonged.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:46:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Geesh. The Supreme Court majority was absolutely right in stating that Gore's winning the election would "cast a cloud" on Bush's presidency, and was therefore illegal. Why can't these DimboCRAPS see constitutional questions clearly?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:37:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's Glint's way of getting past it.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:17:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Supreme Court helping the guy who won? What have you been smoking?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:16:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: He's like a dog, question mark. Every now and then he just has to roll around in his shit.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:12:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: ???
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- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:11:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: My two cents are: I'm wondering who's going to be going to jail for having "redesigned" the ballots that were to be given to the elderly Jewish voters in Palm Beach. Will the contested ballots be awarded to Gore by the Supreme Court? Hm. Will Gore win in January? E - Wednesday, November 08, 2000 at 14:48:24 (EST)
of course if the supreme court were to help gore then the DEMwits are all for it!
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:06:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's not so bad. I'm in good company. Everybody's been shot, my brother.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:06:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Happy birthday. Sorry you have to celebrate it shot.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 15:03:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: One year ago? That was my birthday! Geesh!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:57:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: My two cents are: Party time in Austin! The fat lady's beltin' out the blues in Memphis. Tipper needs to call the seed man in the morning. Looks like it's all over except the shouting. So, in that regard, back to you Ydog, E, and John! Good night Gnat. Goodnight, Sisyphus, say goodbye to your rock. Glint - Wednesday, November 08, 2000 at 03:29:49 (EST)
http://web.archive.org/web/20001119172500/http://www.bangkok.com/fornigate/gb.shtml
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:55:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: You. Me. Mr. Stradburn down at the A & P. All of us. We've been shot.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:51:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: My brother? I like that! Think I'll say it to a Negro on the Metro.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:51:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: One year ago today is irrelevant. This year, we've all been shot, my brother. Everybody's been shot, so grab the wheel of the HumVee and drive, dickweed.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:50:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's as if he waved the flag and yelled "follow me", and halway across he turned around and the Glints of the world were sitting there grumpily watching their wide-screen television sets and listening to the 6000-watt surround-sound home entertainment systems and chasing down 18-ounce New York strips with buckets of red ale. Get up every now and then and put on the physical exertion togs and take a ride on the lawnmower. Whip Inflation Now!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:45:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: My two cents are: What is this, about day 50 of the Great Liberal Retreat from Fornigate? Seems that most of the them, or at least the most liberal of them, checked out about the same time John did. Maybe they joined him, ala "Heavens Gate". Glint - Wednesday, April 18, 2001 at 13:19:37 (EDT) My two cents are: Seriously, Glint, do you really think they are gone? My intelligence sources say that two of them check in here regularly and about two others sporadically. They are biding their time like the loser Al Gore. They think they are making a statement but their cowardice is very evident. They have no Hitlerian central figure to run thier PolitiKal Party. Soon, their rants will congeal into more inanities and lying thievery, but Bush has them so stumped with knowing their tactics and defusing them that they have all been defrocked momentarilly. Of course, now that the Central Komintern of Klinton is gone, they are really lost. Sure, there are loads of excuses, but they always have excuses. They never let the truth get in the way of their thieving agenda. Nosiree. Have a lovely... Pete? - Wednesday, April 18, 2001 at 13:25:35 (EDT) My two cents are: Hi crynic. Yes, victory is sweet. As for Glint's wondering about the former fornigators, all I can say is that Ho-hum has apaprently turned into a conservative. Alexander Hamilton has been placed in gulag limbo because there is no other hope for him. E* was looking for any excuse to escape and found some fragile twig to snap for whatever air play she could get. Wahtever is still lurking, but busy and probably bored. gnat is seething away in snitty silence. They all think they are on some moral crusade, but in truth, it is nothing but an admission that their ideology was and is wrong. There can be no other explanation. So, enjoy the gloat, a whole new horde of mis-thinkers will likely descend shortly. Such sweet victories.... Pete? - Wednesday, April 18, 2001 at 23:23:05 (EDT) My two cents are: Hey, Glint and Pete. Hope all is well on your end. / / / I think the liberal cowards still monitor the site, but they HAVE NOTHING TO SAY!!. It's over. We've successfully taken the country back from the thieves, whores, and liars. The lippy liberals have buried their collective head in the sand once again. But as sure as George W. Bush is good for America, these parasitic leeches will rise from the dead and attempt havoc on our country sooner or later. Hopefully later - much later. / / / Cold in Maryland today. Hope the frost tonite doesn't kill off all the landscaping I did last weekend. Take care and keep pushing the rock. Later. the crynic - Wednesday, April 18, 2001 at 14:46:17 (EDT)
...one year ago today
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:43:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Speaking of AmeriCorps, how is that whole 4,000 hours of service thing going? Haven't heard much about massive troglodyte migrations into the corps. Is that why we haven't heard from Pete? He jumped for one of those AmeriCorps paralegal slots to get his 4,000 hours? Is Snippy's 4,000 hours going to turn out to be the WIN button of the new millenium?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:42:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: There's a difference between brown-nosing and coddling, asshole!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:41:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Isn't he coddling the Saudis and the Yemonoids and the United Arab Emiridians and the Syrians and quite a few others? The Russians, isn't he coddling the Russians? How about the Chinese? The ones he bought back the airplane from? The Pakistani, is there any coddling there? If he absorbed any lesson from the skyscraper attacks it was that you've got to coddle just about everybody, so long as he's not free, white, and 21.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:37:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: This is an "F."
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:14:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Snippy. The Nation-Building, AmeriCorps-Pimping, Education-Funding, Phrase-Mangling, Bandy-Legged, Non-coddling president*!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:13:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: This is a test [posted from http://web.archive.org/web/20001119172500/www.bangkok.com/fornigate/gb.shtml]
Glint
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:13:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's called Cold Shoulder Diplomacy, traitor!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 14:02:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Clinton got an agreement that Arafat wouldn't sign off on, though Barak would. Powell got bupkus. Nada. Zilch.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:58:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: What was in Powell's hands, then? In what way was he not running on empty? Did he enjoy getting cold-shouldered in Cairo?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:58:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: No, I don't object to your using "Merovingian" in a sentence.
Cathar Gerund Heretic Audience
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:56:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Adults don't coddle.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:56:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: The lie-bral press would have you believe Powell came away empty handed. They fail to mention the lack of coddling or Arafat. Powell traveled thousands of miles and met with Arafat just to show the world how a no-coddling policy works.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:55:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm not Irishman, I'm just using "Meroviningian" in a sentence. Using "Merovingian" in a sentence--say, we still tracking gerunds?
Saucy Merovingian
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:53:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Now that the adults are running American policy in the middle east, everything is working out well there. Pretty soon the lights will go out on this Arafat clown and things will be hunky-dory. The Saudi Arabians will like us again, and we can do whatever it is adults do to Saddam Hussein. Scare the bejesus out of him, maybe.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:51:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: There can be no reparations for the effects of the policies or incompetence of a democratically elected president, or one appointed by a brance of the US government operating under a cloak of halfway-convincing supra-constitutional gobble-de-gook.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:42:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sorry. Drill in the ugly moonscape that would be aesthetically improved by oil rigs and is inhabited only in the summertime and then by nothing but black-flies and caribou, which love the stench of crude, and would be only too happy to help us cast off the yoke of foreign oil dependence and create jobs jobs jobs.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:37:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: You already got your reparations. $300 if you are single, or $600 per couple. True, it was the Democrats who forced it through, but isn't that always the way with reparations?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:34:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: So YOU'RE Irishman? I wouldn't believe it unless the clues were lying there as plain as day. Why?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:33:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Say, if *some* people qualify get reparations for the Eisenhower years, when's Snippy cutting my reparation check for loss of Clintonian peace and prosperity?
Saucy Merovingian
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:30:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Drill in the "park"?
doubt it
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:26:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ya think?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:26:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: True. His competence diminishes rapidly once he gets away from middle east policy.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:21:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: He's just basically confused. The post means nothing. It is confusion about something he heard on E!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:20:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: Or is he concerned about how long it takes for statutes of limitation to run out on "certain activities"?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 13:14:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is he referring to the fact that Polanski's still in France?
Pas de jail time
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:40:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Talk about adult policy, when are we going to start drilling in the park? How the hell are we going to lube our Boxters? Let's get on with it.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:40:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: We call it the "bazooka the polack navy" foreign policy. The adults are in charge of things now, so lock and load.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:36:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Right, Carter. Isn't he the sub-adult who forced Egypt and Israel to stop killing each others' citizens thirty years ago and picked up a lousy thirty years of peace across the Sinai? Another example of kindergarten foreign policy. Let's get the adults in there to bounce this "Oogo" Chavez clown and install the head of the Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce. We need somebody there who hates Castro as much as the average Miami Cuban voter.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:34:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glad to know that the guy from Yonkers thinks that the Bush mid-east policy is a great triumph.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:29:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: THE NEW BUSH COUP BUSH PLOTTERS HIDING ROLES WHO WAS INVOLVED? FROM FLORIDA TO VENEZUELA: SAME METHODS SPOTLIGHT ON US MEDIA WILL "GUARDIANS OF DEMOCRACY" ASSIST IN YET ANOTHER COUP? An MWO Commentary It has now been established that the Bush administration was deeply involved in encouraging the coup in Venezuela. The Bush participation in overthrowing a democratically elected government, whatever its policies, has aroused outrage throughout Latin America and beyond. Bush officials have shown total contempt for democracy and a belief that Latins don't deserve and can't be trusted with democracy. The entire Western Hemisphere has seen the Bush administration regress to the worst abuses of US policy in the past. From Mexico to Argentina--and in the Organization of American States--Bush stands accused, alone and condemned. Who are the coup plotters? They are the same cast of dirty characters who were involved in the Iran-contra scandal. Assistant Secretary of State Otto Reich, the Bush administration's chief man on Latin America, was the mastermind of disinformation at the Contra end of the I-c affair, working hand-in-glove with Oliver North. Reich's reputation as an Iran-contra conspirator and right-wing op is so bad that the Senate refused to confirm him to his current post. Instead, Bush arrogantly rammed him down the throats of the American people with a recess appointment. The others? MWO will bet a thousand barrels of Venezuelan oil that they include Elliott Abrams, now on the National Security Council and the Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America during the first Bush administration. Abrams pled guilty to lying to Congress and involvement in transferring funds illegally raised from the Sultan of Brunei, but was pardoned by Bush I. Will the media press the administration for answers about Reich's, Abrams's and other Iran-contra conspirators' involvement in the Venezuela coup? Did Reich speak with Abrams about Venezuela before the coup? With anyone else? What did Condi know and when did she know it? The methods of the coup ought to be familiar to us. Remember?: Staged riots, intimidation campaigns, lies eagerly broadcast by conservative media. That's right: Florida, 2000. Those techniques of destabilization were earlier perfected in Latin countries in the bad old days -- in coups throughout Latin America, from Argentina to Chile. US policy changed first under President Carter and, after the Iran-contra scandal, when Republicans broke US law against aiding terrorism, democracy in Latin America found its champion in President Clinton. When a military coup was being staged in Bolivia, the Clinton administration sent stern words to the plotters to return to democratic rule. And they did. President Clinton traveled extensively throughout Latin America calling for support for the "democratic revolution." But now the coup plotters are back -- with Bush as their gringo amigo. It's Bush versus democracy in the Western Hemisphere. Not so different from Florida. Will the media whores defend democracy, demand answers from the stonewalling coup plotters in the administration, or will they betray their brave journalistic colleagues in Latin America, who risk imprisonment, injury, and death to tell the truth about democracy? Yes, the whole world is watching, whores.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:28:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Guess that means Glint will never be able to rape his hermaphrodite grandchild.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:28:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Still, I'm not sure you can impregnate a hermaphrodite, underage or not.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:27:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: ..Of course if it had been you or me, they would have thrown the book at us.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:25:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: And not only that, 11:52:04, but it looks as though Roman Polanski won't be serving any jail time for raping the 13 year old, who is now 38.
Glint
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:18:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: "ARAFAT'S ACT DOESN'T WORK WITH POWELL" By DEBORAH ORIN April 18, 2002 -- IN THE end, Yasser Arafat got nothing. Secretary of State Colin Powell ended his Mideast mission by stressing America's "unshakable commitment to Israel's security and well-being" - and pointedly saying he's "disappointed" with Arafat. "In my meetings with Chairman Arafat, I made it clear that he and the Palestinian Authority could no longer equivocate. They must decide, as the rest of the world has decided, that terrorism must end," Powell said. More than ever before, Bush and Powell are now saying anti-Israel terror is exactly the same as terror against America - Arafat gets no special exemption and all human bombs are "homicide bombings." No wonder Arafat looked bitter yesterday as he complained that despite two meetings with Powell, he's still trapped in his Ramallah headquarters, fuming: "Who can accept this?" Arafat got nowhere by trying to use his weakness as an asset and pleading (as he has so many times before) that he's helpless to stop terror and thus shouldn't be held accountable. In the end, some pro-Israel lawmakers who'd been worrying about Powell's decision to meet Arafat - like Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) - felt reassured. "Maybe this was all to the good if the Bush administration realizes what the Clinton administration realized after it was over for them - that you can't rely on Arafat to get to peace," Schumer said. "I thought the president two weeks ago laid out an exquisitely well-thought out [Mideast] blueprint . . . Now he's getting back to the blueprint. I have faith in Bush. I think his world view is the right world view." But perhaps the most intriguing theory is that Bush, playing by Mideast rules, knew perfectly well that Arafat would remain totally defiant but Israel would start pulling back - and he wanted to show that to the world.
crybaby Arafat put in place now that the adults are in charge! <even the "putz head" Schumer agrees>
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 12:14:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: 75-year-old man charged with impregnating 10-year-old... developing...
so there IS something for Glint to look forward to
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 11:52:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Always with the blarney, eh, Irishman? I will happily credit you for what you know, but I am afraid no credit will be given for what you don't know and merely click your mouse a few times for. OK, you do get credit for bothering to try to appear erudite, and for making the effort to gather a few factoids to sprinkle about. Irish guy, the razor-edge rescue of European civilization is not an obscure part of history, and any real Irish would have learned about it in school. I deem you to be a product of the Montessori system, however, or the Southern Baptist Racial Purity Academy, possibly with some knowledge of the cavalry tactics of Bedford Forrest, or how Stonewall Jackson rolled up Hooker's right at Chancellorsville, but very little in the way of the traditional trivium. But carry on-- your attemts are easily as fascinating as watching a potato whither.
House of Meat
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 11:44:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: No surfing, House of Meat, however it was pushing my knowledege on that particular subject close to its edge, I pride myself on knowing a little of everything and everything about things which are important to me or are of particular interest at a specific time. It is an obscure part of history for someone from an anglo-phone country, and you wouldnt even credit me on what I knew.
Irishman
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 09:23:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits. That's what we need to do down my way.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 02:26:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Errant US Bomb Kills Canadian Troops Thu Apr 18,12:36 AM ET WASHINGTON - An American fighter jet accidentally dropped at least one laser-guided bomb on Canadian forces in Afghanistan (news - web sites) Wednesday night, causing some casualties, the U.S. military said. The Canadian Press reported that four Canadian soldiers were killed and eight injured. The U.S. Central Command confirmed there were dead and injured, but said it didn't know how many. Navy Commander Frank Merriman, spokesman for Central Command in Tampa, Fla., said an Air National Guard F-16 dropped one or two 500-pound bombs near Kandahar, a former Taliban stronghold. He said no further information was immediately available about what caused the error. An investigation was under way. The Canadian Press report, citing an unidentified Canadian Defense Department official, said the Canadians were on an exercise about 10 miles south of their Kandahar base when two bombs were dropped. Two of the wounded were in critical condition while one was classified as serious, the news agency reported. Arrangements were being made to transfer the dead and wounded out of the area. Prime Minister Jean Chretien said President Bush (news - web sites) had called to offer his condolences and pledged to cooperate with a Canadian investigation. "As to the circumstances of what appears to have been a terrible accident, clearly there are many questions that the families, and all Canadians, expect to answered," Chretien said in a statement. Canadian forces are fighting alongside U.S. and European troops seeking to hunt down remnants of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s terrorist organization and holdouts from Afghanistan's former ruling Taliban militia.
If we can finish of the Taliban in two months, we should be able to take out Canada in about two weeks
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 01:51:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yes, the daily rum ration in the Navy was a gill, which I believe is a half-pint. Eventually, however, Nebraska was settled by beagle-eyed old women in hair-nets, and the modern Republican blue-nose was born. This put the kibosh on both the military rum ration nation-wide and doggy-style fornication throughout Nebraska and the adjacent counties of neighboring states. If Jesus didn't do it, said the prune-lipped mothers of Nebraska, then nobody should do it.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 01:07:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Most of the booze went to the Indians, who sucked it down like grape juice. The pioneers were a sober lot, who dunked anyone who turned up drunk. It was also used in lieu of kerosene, for the lamps.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 23:21:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: not the oil, the profits.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 22:41:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: as far as the noble pioneers go, between about 1650 and 1750 bills of lading indicate that enough rum was imported during those 100 years to account for a complete fifth per day, for every man, woman, and child in north america. The pioneers were smashed!!!
Borg 3 of 22
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 22:37:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: It has been a stunning success. Is today yellow or red?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 22:35:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm happy with his success in Afghanistan. The Taliban is greatly reduced, four or five percent of Al Quaida has been liquidated, Taliban John is in custody, and Osama is smoked out and on the run, maybe. And we OWN the Khyber Pass. At least the paved part.
Schlub Fan
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 22:25:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's the oil, stupid.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 22:25:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Or Venezuela?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 21:12:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: Any more pithy comments on Bush's great success in the Middle East?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 21:10:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: What other GOOD excuse, I mean.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 20:33:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Thank the lord for business travel. What other excuse is there to choke down a pound or so of fatback and get shit-faced?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 20:32:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Somewhat of an exaggeration, but not an outright exaggeration? Whew.... Drudge maintains his record for truth-posting.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 19:27:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: I would say "tightly clustered" planets is somewhat of an exaggeration. They are pretty much clustered in the western sky today, from about the zenith to near the horizon, so let's call it "clustered" by no less than 60 degrees or so of apparent separation. A pretty sight nevertheless. When I weaved out of that bar last night after eating the 18 oz New York strip washed down with an entire pitcher of red ale (on business travel, you know) it was a pretty sight in the clear blue twilight. I recommend seeing it.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 19:14:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Doesn't it bother Rush fans that their man has mean little pig eyes?
curious Tampa grandmother
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 19:06:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: I would like to respectfully request reparations for the Eisenhower years. If you weren't here during the Eisenhower years you can't understand, but those of us who were here certainly deserve some sort of compensation. The Texaco ads alone should be worth five or six thousand. We didn't even have color back then, or FM radio. White kids weren't allowed to have sex. Disneyland was nothing but a set of crude mechanical hippos, and Fullerton teenagers dressed up like Goofy. It was brutal.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 19:04:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: If you had stayed at home, you'd be working in an axle factory, bub. Be happy with the opportunities that America has given you, including the opportunity to listen to a fat schlub bitch about how bad everything is that doesn't pop out of the pinch-brained hallucinations of a repressed and compulsive Baptist deacon. At least your ancestors got to come over in a steamer. The actual slaves had to come in sailing ships, and had to get out and row through the Horse Latitudes, fool.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 18:43:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: That would be quite a sight, if only I could get my telescope to stop wavering in the breeze.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 18:39:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Can I get reparations too? My ancestors came over here in a steamer against my will. If they'd stayed home I might have been a Lord or something by now. Just like the descendants of the black planter of white rice I had no choice in the matter and deserve to be compensated for winding up in this fool country.
Talbot Ernst
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 18:29:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Five planets line up in rare celestial array By ANDREW BRIDGES AP Science Writer - (Published April 17, 2002) LOS ANGELES (AP) - The five brightest planets visible from Earth have lined up in plain sight to form a spectacular celestial array that won't be seen again until 2040. Through the next four weeks, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Venus will appear tightly clustered in the western sky, forming a knot of planets that can be viewed in the evening despite the glow of light-soaked cities. "The five naked-eye planets are converging in one part of the sky and from now until mid-May you can see all five at one glance, which is pretty unusual," said John Mosley, an astronomer at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Each evening, the alignment will assume different shapes, as the five planets continue on the orbital paths that take them around the sun. The planets orbit in the same plane, like grooves in a phonograph record, only at different distances. Each planet also varies in the amount of time it takes to orbit the sun: Mercury zips around once every 88 days; Saturn takes more than 29 years; other three fall in between. At times the planets appear to cluster together. Similar bunchings occur every 20 years or so, although they are not always visible. The last they were this visible was in 1940. In May 2000, the five planets formed a tighter bunch, but were so close to the sun that they were washed out by its glare. In 2004, they will appear together again in the night sky, but will be spread over a much wider area, said J. Kelly Beatty, executive editor of Sky & Telescope magazine. They won't be as easy to spy at a single glance again until 2040. "This is the nature of the clockwork of the solar system," Beatty said. "We like to think of it as a way to remind people there is a simple beauty in the heavens that doesn't require any special training to appreciate." Astronomers stress there is no astronomical significance to the pileup. It is, Beatty said, just a "pretty coincidence." That hasn't stopped doomsayers in the past. In the months before the May 2000 lineup, some thought it foretold widespread catastrophe. No such disaster happened. In February 1954 B.C., a similar alignment led the Chinese to restart their calendar at year 0, Mosley said. To view the planetary alignment, find a dark area and look west as twilight ends. Binoculars or a telescope are not needed. The planets already are appearing together nightly, although they will be at their closest on May 14, when Jupiter will be high and bright in the sky. Below it, Venus will be paired with the crescent moon. Mars will lie below it, and Saturn below it. Farther down and to the right, Mercury will hug the horizon. ---
Pete�
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 18:18:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: O.K. I will stop now :-)
Irishman
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 18:02:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: As I came home one Wednesday night, as drunk as drunk can be........................................................................................................UP THE IRISH, OLE.
Irishman
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 18:01:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Up the R.O.I. lads, rock on you Isle of Emerald Green, we are gona distroy all that stand in our path, fear the reaper. Ole, Ole Ole Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole Ole Ole Ole, Ole, Ole. Ireland............
Irishman
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 17:56:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm afraid the piano is still missing, anonymous. If they put as much effort into finding it as they do into finding the Titanic or the Bismark or any number of ships, then it would be safely in Cooperstown by now.
Whelp Greenlee
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 17:52:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: My forebears were in the pipe business. Briar and Meershscaum. Before that the tradition is that they were harness-bell makers, but who knows? Not much humorous about either line, really. They were pretty grim people, if the old stories are true.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 17:48:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: They're o.k. I guess. Although I don't have anything against them I am not a real big fan of the scarlet leggings hard ball team.
Heather O'Leary
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 17:42:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm hoping that the curse is broken since they found that piano the Bambino hurled into the pond. They did find it, didn't they? They were right on the edge when we finally caught Taliban John and I lost track in the excitement.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 17:40:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: How are the sox doing, Harlan? Haven't had time for the sports sheets with all this middle east stuff to keep up with. Who won the super bowl?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 17:37:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: How about those Red Sox, Heather!
Harlan St. Wolf
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 17:04:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: I am a Boston social worker who has been reading this page with interest lately since the topic has turned to African reunifiation. It would be a marvelous cultural experience for the young people too. Once the batteries in the ghetto blasters are dead they'll be cutting their lips and ears and slipping the CDs in using them as modern day spools. Before you know it, the'll discover hollow logs and ankle twanking rythms that a pair of zebra bones can produce. Return to Eden, except with a tan this time.
Heather O'Leary
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 16:48:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: There are some hilarious family stories about this as you well might imagine.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 16:42:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: My people were not slaves. They made leggings.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 16:39:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'll gladly hold the gang plank for them. Make sure there are plenty of buses waiting at the docks to haul them all back into the jungle where they can shake ankle and eat tree bark or even each other if they prefer to their heart's content. It's a win-win situation for all. Do we have a deal, Mr. Jackson?
great great....great grandson of civil war veteran
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 16:39:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Instead of money, why not try and truly repair the fabric which was rent when the jiggers dragged one other out of the lush forest to the ship which conveyed them to their current melancholic existence? Offer each one a free one-way ticket for a boat ride back to Niger? Either take the free pass and get out of our faces with it, or can the lip smacking jive. Either load up or shut up I'd tell them by cracky!
Serf
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 16:29:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Was Tora Bora already "last year?" Man, the time flies. And we still haven't smoked Osama out of his hole? What's holding up the show? The Khyber Pass that everyone was predicting would be a big stumbling block, or did we fail to take out the Afghan railroad system in time and go in OVER the mud while the enemy was bogged down IN the mud? Any military dudes out there with some answers?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 16:29:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Pete quit long ago, and no longer even lurks here. If you see anyone using the name, he's a fraud. Probably Aaron or Gary. Maybe even Trish.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 16:25:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why is Pete angling for reparations for the descendants of indentured servants? Did the ex finally take him to the cleaners? I thought a good para-legal could find work anywhere. Why not just work two shifts, like MK?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 16:24:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's wrong with reparations for the former slave? The whole minority was ripped from its jungle home, plucked like so many ripe bananas and sent off to suffer in Babylon. The indentured servant sold his own booty, and worked himself free in seven years. Sure, he could be whipped, but what white man can't take a whippin' with a snarling defiant horselaugh? The Negro deserves a hand out as well as a hand up, so let's give him both. I am happy to forward Glint's and Pete's and Gary's taxes to the mistreated descendant of mistreated Negroes. I'm hoping I can locate a little African in my own genetic woodpile, and get in on the action, although fat chance, Lord Beeston will find more inferior genes in his DNA than I will, I'm afraid. It's all just another reason to intelligently shelter your ghelt, people. Take a tip and buy holsteins, you'll never have to pay another dime and you can quit whining. What a relief it will be, to everyone but the descendant of slaves expecting more free cheese.
Gary Loogie
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 16:20:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nothing wrong with being descended from the European underclass. One such as this should be proud to be a European-American. What has the so-called Afroed-American ever done for this country except to cause a Civil War? A Civil War that had to be fought among and subsequently won by the European-Americans. In the aftermath the Afriggin-American was set free. What sort of gratitude do they have for that? Ask for reparations, that's what. Another handout, their own version of 'welfare reform.'
Mason Williams
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:54:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: I thought this guy was pure-bred Beeston. Now he tells me he comes from chamber-pot-thief stock. Slowly but surely the truth comes out. Is everything he told us about himself going to be a lie? The ability to lose ten pounds during one game of half-court basketball? The 16-inch ankles? Dunster House? The two Mercos and the copper gutters? The poem about the moonlight and the garden? The Plato scholarship? All lies? You could knock me over with a feather if you told me that.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:41:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: It seems to me that the evil liberals on this site are trying to goad Pete into frothing at the mouth again rather than hiding behind false fake names and pretending to be an improbably reasonable cast of yokels. Don't fall for it, Pete! Aaron is your only hope! And Gary! Stick with the newbies.
Association of Descendants of Indentured Servants
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:35:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: If you want a man of principle, try John Walker Lindh. More principle in his left nut than the fat boy Rush has in his whole life history. I hope he becomes the star of his own television show, after Ashcroft screws up his prosecution.
Nikki from Marin
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:30:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Actually, Clinton wasn't a draft-dodger like Rush. He was a draft resistor, which is a different kettle of fish, a principled thing to be rather than just yellow like the fat boy. You chuckle-headed wet-behind-the-ears youngsters will never get that straight, will you? I feel great sorrow for anyone who hasn't been able to figure this out.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:26:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Respect for a guy like Pete-Gary-Aaron-Trish is an ephemeral thing. It can evaporate with one earnest explanation of how Kiliminjaro has no sunny side, or one episode of uncontrolled rhetorical vulgarity. Maybe he figures he might as well be Pete-- at least then he doesn't have to try to spell correctly.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:20:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bring back Aaron.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:17:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Pete's a descendant of indentured servants? Were they the ones who sold their booties to the planters or the ones who got sent there for stealing chamber pots? Indentured servants may have been essentially slaves, but they sure couldn't grow rice like the slaves could. So what good were they? It was the rice-wizard, the West African, who made this country great, not the honkey indentured servant taking a gander at who did what to whom. Once again, Pete is way out in the Mr. Bumble zone, not fit to simonize Gary's Chrysler. Why does he come back as himself, anyway? He gets much more respect as these other rubes.
Oggle
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:12:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Bush administration has concluded that Osama bin Laden was present during the battle for Tora Bora late last year and that failure to commit U.S. ground troops to hunt him was its gravest error in the war against al Qaeda, according to civilian and military officials with first-hand knowledge.
geesh!
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:02:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: America was made honest by way of supporting South American military coups against elected governments.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 15:00:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: How's the wife?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 14:49:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Clinton went on to serve his country as governor of Arkansas and the last elected President of the USA. Limbaugh has yet to serve anything but his advertisors.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 14:49:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: America was also made by honest hard working pioneers. And their descendants. And the backs of indentured servants (essentially slaves) of which I am descended. Look at the full picture and weed out the virtueless criminals and then lets take a gander at who did what to whom back when.
Pete�
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 14:47:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't know how a cowardly anon has the nerve to even ask such a question after defending the liar pervert draft dodger traitor Cliton.
Pete�
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 14:42:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: I donh't understand how a Vietnam veteran and retired soldier like Gary can stand to listen to a draft-dodger like Limbaugh. How many confirmed kills did you have, Gar?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 14:12:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: Gary, I say you define Limbaugh's demographic. You're a close-minded, aging, fat suburban schlub. I also know that Aaron first said he was a black man, then said he wasn't a black man. I say he's a self-loathing black man who aspires to white schlubhood.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 14:02:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Moormans are good people who take care of their own. They are a brilliant point of light, right out there in the middle of the desert. And they vote Republican, and tell all their wives to vote Republican. Remember George Romney? If he had won, we wouldn't have any of these problems now besetting us. Our retired military heroes like Gary would be content instead of bitter. Why do the good always go down to defeat? Life is a tough town.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 13:27:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: I am a Pentacostal, Gary, and don't even shuffle my feet in time with a rousing brass band or accordion recital. Although I do talk in tongues, and jerk spasmodically at prayer-meet. Those who say that this country is brought down by over-churchification are probably de-horned Mormons who have been let out of the firey pit to sow trouble among the generations of man. I am a better Limaughist than any idolizing gold-plate Mormon could ever be. Rush teaches that sin is sin, and if bigamy is not a sin then I haven't been reading my 2nd Timothy right. The answer to Mormonism is more jails and more dunking chairs. I don't drink or smoke of chaw or take tea either, but I don't need no false prophet to tell me not to. One look at Rush tells you what overindulgence can do. The man looks like a sack of turnips, as quick-minded as he may be. But he is my hero, and the hero of every right-thinking American, except for Mormon slime.
Perry
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 13:22:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: what's a mormon doing on a page like this
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 13:08:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: who does the arab live in peace with
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 13:06:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: It is evident to me that you don't listen to Rush, and are therefore unable to comment on anything he says with any degree of credibility. Let go of your predjudices, pre-conceived notions and the liberal shackles that bind you down and be free. Bask in the light of truth, and breathe the rarified air of liberty. BTW, I am a Mormon, I don't even drink coffee.
Gary
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 13:03:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yasir Arafat, now there's a great statesman. Holds the record for signing agreements and then sending children out to break them with dynamite strapped to their ass. Send children out to throw rocks at soldiers while the older dArabs snipe at them from high windows, hoping the kids will get caught in the crossfire and become good PR for ignorant Bostonians. Has Arafat ever done anything besides blow things up and uglify the human race?
Ogger
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:52:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: The big mistake the Palestinians made was they all left town when Isreal became a state, figuring that they'd come back when the mighty Arab hordes pushed the Jew into the sea. Never happened, though. They bet on the wrong horse. They bet on themselves and the other Arabs. And they keep making the same mistake, attacking Israel and losing ground, having to spend the next twenty years watching the Jew move in and turn it into a land of milk and honey. Make the desert bloom. It must be damned rankling to be a camel-shit sorter and see the Jew come in and do twenty times better than you could in fifteen centuries, with the same piece of ground. The Arab, you've got to love him, but you've got to feel sorry for the poor asshole at the same time.
Oggie
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:48:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yesterday was mostly clear along the coast. On the way up I was able to peer down into the gaping maw of ground zero from 27,000 feet as the airplane passed along just east of Manhattan. Even from that altitude it's easy to recognize individual buildings. On the return trip the plane passed west of Manhattan and was lower at 24,000. However, its linear distance was greater than the morning flyover.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:45:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lined-up eggs are the only way to go. I can tell you that from bitter experience. No need to go into detail.
Perry
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:43:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Heard an interesting expression at yesterday's meeting. This one guy, with PhD on his business card, said that we "need to get all our eggs lined up in one basket."
Glint
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:39:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: "...gaze upon the countenance of someone who denies himself a mind-expanding opportunity by refusing to tune into Rush."
Sounds like Gary's had one mind-expanding experience too many.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:39:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good morning, Coppertone. Say, I was in Beantown yesterday. Was at a meeting over on Farnsworth Street, near the new Court House. Do you know the area? toa walk around the north end to see the U.S.S. Constitution across the river. Took a water taxi across Boston Harbor from the Boston Harbor Hotel to the airport. A better way to travel and cheaper than a cab too. Ssecurity's pretty tight at Logan. They got my favorite pocket knife! Got on with in Baltimore with no problem.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 12:03:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: And what's up with the Rush Limbaugh worship? I mean, of all people to look up to, Rush? OK, it's really great that he lost 200 pounds or whatever. I'm happy for him. And if he were selling Slim-Fast on the Home Shopping Network, I might not change the channel for a whole 15 seconds. But this windbag hasn't been north of the Mason-Dixon line his whole life, and you want to base your life on HIS teachings? Sheesh.
Whatever
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 11:40:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well hi. Great job on the John page, Glint. Really wish you had gotten some more shots of the funeral, but that's OK. I went to the other links too. Anyway, I know y'all got wind of Arafat's lip quaking and shaking when asked about his feelings of Sharon bombing his palace. I'm sure y'all have also heard about how Powell's coming back disappointed, and FINALLY realizing that Sharon may not be the "peacemaker" they previously thought, and just maybe, these Palestinians have a right to be pissed off. Told you. It's sad that some of you guys think that it's "unAmerican" to even consider that the Palestinians have a point and a right to be pissed. I mean, I know America was founded on the backs and with the blood of oppressed people, and it did take some 400 years for folks to finally get it through their thick skulls that slavery is not good, but I was hoping that we, as a people, evolved a little bit since then.
Whatever
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 11:36:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: It was not Charles Martell or his knights who beat back the Arabs, it was the 347 varieties of cheese then available in the environs. How can you expect an Arab, far away from his desert home, with a thousand words for sand but none for foie gras, defeat such a full gamut of cheeses? He was like a fish out of water, or Little George Bush in foreign policy.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 11:20:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: That "freep" guy is a ringer. The purpose of a Puke Alert is to make you want to read some horribly liberal statement made by somebody like Janet Reno or maybe a queer psychologist in San Francisco. Whoever issued the Puke Alert below is pretending that right-wingers are interested in AVOIDING a good puking, rather than actively seeking one out. Talk about frauds.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 11:12:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey, it's fine you're flaunting your fine classical educations, gentlemen, so long as you keep them big ole down-home pinata whacks a-commin.' (As it were).
Cathar Heretic Audience
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 11:08:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: !!PUKE ALERT!! Don't scroll back! It will make you puke and double-puke!
visitor from the freep
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 11:07:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Amazing! I haven't seen a church-key in decades! Are you a collector, Perry?
Harlan St. Wolf
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 11:04:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't wear Bermuda shorts either, Gary, I wear those neat Spandex bicycle shorts with the padding under the asshole, and I'm not afraid to say that at 48 1/2 I still look pretty trim in them, and my legs are as smooth as a dolphin and not bumpy the way some old guys get, the ones who let themselves go to seed. I haven't raised any kids, but without any villagers helping I raise tropical fish, and sell them to high-schools for biology experiments. On Saturday nights, Gary, I like to have a Manhattan or two and look in the mirror, full in the mirror, Gary, and sing "I Did it My Way." I don't see a pathetic wimp in that mirror, Gary, I see a hard dude who can bend church-keys in half with one hand. Gary, I am something of an expert on Rush Limbaugh, quite the ditto-head in fact, and I am confident that I have forgotten more of his philosophy than you ever knew. Stick that in your "pipe", gary, and smoke it, you fraud!
Perry
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 11:01:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good surfing, Paddy! You need any more key words? "Charles Martell" is used up, why don't we try "Bozo the Clown"? If you use Google you might zoom right in on a few paragraphs about Bozo on his "arrow-hop", Bozo Visits the Birds. Try to strip out any references to "grandfather" if they will look odd in your post.
House of Meat
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 10:53:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: His name is House of Meat, not House of Spam. Behave yourself, Irishman.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 10:52:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: House of Spam; You forgot his Merovingian Knights, Charles Martell may have been a man of steal, but he hardly faced down the mounted legions of Islam alone. Of course he is related to the founder of the most significant country since the fall of Rome, grandfather I think of the great Charlamaigne. In case you are confused we are talking History ya Tan NOT geography. As for Geography why should I care what they do in the Pale I am from the glorious privence of Connaught. With its great ancient and historical leaders, Queen Maeve, King Conor(the Unifier), the DeBurgos, Grannuaile the Pirate Queen, General Humbert(sounds great with the French accent Zhen-er-al Humm-bare), President Jhon Moore, Michael Davitt etc.)
Irishman
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 10:42:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Tuesday, April 16, 2002; Page A17 Last Tuesday was one for the presidential blooper reel. At a speech in Bridgeport, Conn., President Bush declared that he wanted each American to volunteer for "4,000 years," a variation of his usual call for "4,000 hours" that produced guffaws in the audience. Later, at a fundraiser, Bush bestowed a new name on Connecticut's lieutenant governor, Jodi Rell. "I appreciate Lieutenant Governor Judi Kell for being here," he said. "Great to see you again, Judi." Whatever, says Cathleen Hinsch, a spokeswoman for Rell. "You don't correct the president." But the White House does. Both goofs, and accompanying laughter, were stricken from the record -- deus ex machina -- in the official White House transcripts. A similar sanitizing occurred the day before, in Knoxville, Tenn., when Bush was interrupted by hecklers shouting about Enron and the counterterrorism campaign -- an unusual occurrence noted in news accounts of the speech. Federal News Service, a private organization, transcribed the boos, shouts and cheers, along with the president's struggle to deliver his lines: [PRESIDENT BUSH]: I've come to highlight what works, so others around the country, if they're interested in -- MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE: (Chanting.) (Inaudible.) PRESIDENT BUSH: -- if you're interested -- MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE: (Chanting.) (Inaudible.) PRESIDENT BUSH: -- if you're interested in doing what is right to encourage your citizens to become involved -- (chanting continues from the audience) -- and so I want to thank the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, for showing Americans -- (chanting continues from the audience) -- for showing Americans how best to help their communities. (Cheers, applause.) The official White House transcript made no mention of the hecklers or Bush's false starts. The opposition sees a Soviet-style move to airbrush infelicitous phrases. "These transcripts are done for near-term history as well as long-term history and it's a real problem if they start rewriting them," said Joe Lockhart, a former press secretary for President Bill Clinton. "The White House is rewriting history." Lockhart said the Clinton administration never cleaned up transcripts except to correct spelling, but veteran correspondents recall the practice occurring in both Democratic and GOP administrations. Lockhart's predecessor, Mike McCurry, said he gave White House stenographers "some leeway" to repair verbal abuses, including the task of "restoring 'g' to the English language" when Clinton's accent deleted the sound. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers routinely "revise and extend" their remarks in the Congressional Record. Still, lawmakers do not benefit from the sort of real-time foot-noting available to a president. In Missouri last month, Bush expressed his desire for "making the death tax permanent." The White House transcript placed an asterisk next to the blooper and a footnote saying "should read 'death tax repeal.' " In February, Bush baffled some listeners when he said he had spoken with the Japanese prime minister about "the devaluation issue" and told Japan's parliament the United States and Japan had been allies "for a century and a half." Asterisks in the official transcript indicated Bush meant to say "deflation" and "half a century." The most public allegation of transcript sanitizing was last September, when White House press secretary Ari Fleischer warned that Americans "need to watch what they say." The phrase did not at first appear in the White House transcript. The White House stenographers are respected professionals employed by a private contractor. Marshall Jorpeland of the National Court Reporters Association said the stenographers would not independently veer from verbatim. "When people hire us they expect a word-for-word account," he said. "In terms of cleaning it up on their own, I don't think they'd do that without that being the guidance." So are Bush aides providing "guidance"? White House spokeswoman Anne Womack noted that the transcripts have at times included hecklers and Bush-coined words such as "misunderestimated." "We view the transcripts as a historical record of the presidency," she said. "We expect accuracy and commend the stenographers for their excellent work." Cleaning quotes can be hazardous. Recently, a White House transcript had Bush talking about stock options that "earn the money," when in fact the president had correctly used the Wall Street jargon "in the money." The confusion prompted an incorrect news report that Bush was shifting policy. In this case, Bush was better left unscrubbed.
Bush Licks Bush
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 10:29:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: I value your sadness, Gary. Thanks, bro.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 09:57:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: Anonymous, you have so much to learn. I am 50 years old, a Vietnam Veteran, and retired soldier. I don't wear Bermuda shorts, and I am still in good shape. I work night shift at my place of employment, I have been married to the same woman for 27 years and we, with very little help from the village, have raised 4 great kids. I listen to Rush every day, I subscribe to his newsletter, and I have read both of his books. By any measure you would care to look at, I could say that I am successful, and not pathetic at all. If you want to see something that's really pathetic, go look in a mirror and gaze upon the countenance of someone who denies himself a mind-expanding opportunity by refusing to tune into Rush. I am sad for you.
Gary
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 09:09:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why don't the right-wingers on this site ever issue "puke alerts" the way they do over on the freep?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 03:23:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is Aaron Negro? He sounds like he may be Negro. A conservative Negro, like Clarence Thomas or that guy Thomas Sowell. Hey, Aaron, found any hairs on your Coke can lately, bro?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 03:17:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: You know, I've always felt there was something wrong when critics said the problem with America was too much religion. And so many critics have said that! I can't name any off hand, but it's one of those things you hear over and over, especially in the liberal media. If some fat guy would come on the radio in mid-morning to bitch and whine about it, I sure would buy whatever products he plugs. Because a guy like that would really be using the old head-bone.
Elverta G�ber
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 03:11:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe Aaron wouldn't be so bitter, anonymous, if people didn't always call him a goober. Maybe if people would cut him some slack, give him some credit, maybe then he would be more pleasant to be around.
.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 02:58:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: When is Aaron going to get into some of the deep, strong analysis he claims he is capable of? He is such a goober! Why can't he be more like Irishman? Why can't he be a happy-go-lucky chucklehead, instead of the bitter, brooding kind? He sounds like somebody who has been wedgied all his life and resents it.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 02:56:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey, Aaron, I thought it was dependent fat stupid slobs that made this country great. What's this bullshit about rugged individualists?
Rash
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 02:29:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's right, Aaron. I remember when they used to love the sound of the blender.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 00:42:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: ell, you would likely be suprised that Rush's pathetic demographics add up to the highest rated talk radio show in the nation. 20 million people tune into it, and you are correct, that's not drive time. The pathetic American takes time out of his day and listens to the Rush Limbaugh Show while at work. If you want a shallow, weak analysis, try reading a few of your own posts sometime.
Aaron
- Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 00:22:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Not going anywhere in particular, Aaron. It's just that Rush's demographic is mainly guys like the poor, pathetic asshole I was walking behind. Keep in mind, Limbaugh's radio show is on at noon in the east, no earlier than 9 anywhere in real America. This is not drive time/ Who listens to the radio then, Aaron? That's right. Fat, stupid white guys who wear ugly T-shirts. You've probably already noted how shallow Rush is, how weak his analysis is. Well, that's what his hairball audience feeds on. Don't get sucked into it, Aaron.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 23:02:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: "You are stupider, Aaron..." Wow, did you think of that one all by yourself? I would play this petty game with you, but I'd just as soon implement some sort of genuine thinking ability. Some day, you may get the hang of it, rather then doing nothing but spouting sarcastic one-liners and meaningless garbage.
Aaron
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 22:58:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: I wasn't planning to. Were you going somewhere with this?
Aaron
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 22:55:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Aaron, you're a young man so I'm inclined to excuse your devotion to a low-brow radion hack like Rush Limbaugh. However, the other day I found myself walking behind a man of about 40. He was soft and pudgy, wore bermuda shorts, knee socks and very white Nikes. He also wore a T-shirt that depicted another soft, flabby man riding a green tractor. The inscription on this T-shirt said, "Real Men Listen to Rush Limbaugh." Believe me, Aaron, this was an ugly sight. You don't want to become that dumb looking fat guy when you're 40.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 22:38:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Rush Limbaugh's 35 Undeniable Truths Aaron===>Read them, Learn them, Live them. 1)There is a distinct singular American culture - rugged individualism and self-reliance - which made America great. 2)The vast majority of the rich in this country did not inherit their wealth; they earned it. They are the country's achievers, producers, and job creators. 3)No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity. 4)Evidence refutes liberalism. 5)There is no such thing as a New Democrat. 6)The Earth's eco-system is not fragile. 7)Character matters; leadership decends from character. 8)The most beautiful thing about a tree is what you do with it after you cut it down. 9)Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the twentieth century. 10)The 1980s was not a decade of greed but a decade of prosperity; it was the longest period of peacetime growth in American history. 11)Abstinence prevents sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy - every time it's tried. 12)Condoms only work during the school year. 13)Poverty is not the root ("rut") cause of crime. 14)There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not. 15)If you commit a crime, you are guilty. 16)Women should not be allowed on juries where the accused is a stud. 17)The way to improve our schools is not more money, but the reintroduction of moral and spiritual values, as well as the four "R's": reading, 'riting, 'rithmatic, and Rush. 18)I am not arrogant. 19)My first 35 Undeniable Truths are still undeniably true. 20)There is a God. 21)There is something wrong when critics say the problem with America is too much religion. 22)Morality is not defined by individual choice. 23)The only way liberals win national elections is by pretending they're not liberals. 24)Feminism was established as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society. 25)Follow the money. When somebody says, "It's not the money," it's always the money. 26)Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box. 27)Using federal dollars as a measure, our cities have not been neglected, but poisoned with welfare dependency funds. 28)Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth. 29)Liberals measure compassion by how many people are given welfare. Conservatives measure compassion by how many people no longer need it. 30)Compassion is no substitute for justice. 31)The culture war is between the winners and those who think they're losers who want to become winners. The losers think the only way they can become winners is by banding together all the losers and then empowering a leader of the losers to make things right for them. 32)The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters. 33)You could afford your house without your government - if it weren't for your government. 34)Words mean things. 35)Too many Americans can't laugh at themselves anymore.
Aaron
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 22:29:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why shouldn't Glint have a chance at cornholing the neighbor kid? It would be quite a score for Glint to bung the kid before the operation and then go back when the front side is surgically opened up. After all, the adolescent in question is immoral enough to want to be a girl, and needs to be punished by a stern neighborhood Father figure. Glint has proved with the gourds and the threats to sue the dog-walkers that he is up to the task.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 21:08:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint should be damned appreciative about this Supreme Court decision that child pornography is OK so long as it's computer-generated. This will make it that much easier to generate some pictures to lure the sexually-confused neighborhood adolescents into the Breightly sack.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 20:49:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: You are stupider, Aaron, but I don't think you can blame it on overhearing someone else's argument.
Oggie
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 20:33:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: The real danger are the posts that make him feel smarter.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 20:21:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: I agree. Anything that makes Aaron feel stupider is dangerous.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 20:10:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Enough already, HOM and Irish. This sounds like a pre-adolecent punk argument and I feel stupider for reading it.
Aaron
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 20:06:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: That is truth about the cornhusker.
Pete�
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 19:43:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: Beasts? I thought we already mentioned the Irish.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 17:45:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Not to mention the actual beasts.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 16:55:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Practitioners of bestiality. He was also offensive to the bestiality people.
Oggie
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 16:50:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Your average cornhusker is not easily offended, mick.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 16:10:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Forgot to sign me post.
Irishman
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 16:01:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: Trish, his post must have been offensive to Black, Arab, French, Spanish, European, Whiteman and Nebraskan all in 3 lines.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 16:01:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: A bit of a spat here? Isn't the quality and grace of one's dancing open to interpretation? I think this little Muppet (H of M) insulted almost everyone with his/her little diatribe, don't you, Irishman?
Trish
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 15:15:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Irishman doesn't worry me, Anonymous. As I told Trish, I can handle the Irishman, and may have to. What scares me is a slick guy like Gary, who has both the blarney of the Irishman and the exquisite sense of humor of a Will-yum. Those multi-talented boys are the ones to watch out for.
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 15:14:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Right, mick, next you're going to say it was someone with a goofy name like Charles Martell at some bogus place like Poitiers. Enough of it paddy, you are as dumb as a cairn-stone and the blarney couldn't save you, and your geography doesn't extend south of the Liffey
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 15:06:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: Never mind the Irishman, Meat. You know how they are when they get into their cups.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 15:06:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: Meathouse, I know about the Berber(to be more accurate) under the command of the Arabs(you twat)occupation of Iberia(Spain AND Portugal you momma). In fact the armies of Islam did cross into France, where they where defeated by the French. Obviously you dont realise I am a European and only live a few hundred miles from where you speak, I have been in Arabic & Berber ruins & buildings still in use in my visits to Spain, Potrugal & Morrocco. Racial sterotyping has nothing to do with if a person can dance or not, it is purely an evironmental influence, you reject from hell. Geography is not a subject you can challenge me on you redneck hick, unless of course your going to ask me where Uncle Jedros Moonshine is hid, huck, youse all come back ya ere.
Irishman
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 14:44:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: I agree with Peggy Noonan. There is no other hope for Israel and Palestine than prayer. They hate each other, only prayer can overcome that kind of hate. I'll join her in prayer.
Mary
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 14:35:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, so we have this frat boy installed as a favor to the Chamber of Commerce. Like in Venezuela, there's this bullshit babble about democracy, but we real patriots don't really believe in it. It's a cover story. You know how it is.
Lo Siento Mucho Salvador
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 10:33:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: YO, 13:32:31, we are bombing Iraq off and on and have been since peace broke out there after we liberated Kuwait and brought sweet freedom to that bastion of democracy.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 03:39:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: No kidding, these Venezualan generals kicked out the elected president and installed the freaking president of the Chamber of Commerce to run the country. It's as if some shady outfit in America kicked out the duly-elected president and installed somebody like Donald Trump or George Bush Junior... wait a minute!
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 01:02:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: So what's with the dude in Venezuela? What kind of bogus country is that? Oldest operating democracy in the hemisphere my ass. The Bush administration* was pretty satisfied that they ran that commie president out, and installed the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Cardoza, who dissolved the legislature and the supreme court. Just think what wonders we could work in this country if we could get the head Rotarian to take over! But what the hell? Even with all his great reforms, the Chamber of Commerce dude lasts about a day, and then he's out on his ass and the commie is back in the palace, taking names. Condaleeza Rice is still stunned, thought they had the commie on the run to Cuba. How can this hemisphere survive with a liberal in the driver's seat in Caracas? That sort of shit may have been OK before 9/11, but not any more. South America is full of terrorist universities, as any college professor who used to advise President Ford knows. We've got to keep that continent on the short leash. Where the fuck is the CIA?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 00:58:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, I could of bought a piece of that outfit when it was at 14. Oh well. Enough of this chitchat. Haven't you heard there's a war on? If you can't march, if you got flat feet, there's always AmeriCorps. Let's roll.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 00:51:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Or digital. I heard about this thing, about the size of a business card, that takes photos, 40 minutes of video and all kinds of other things. It think it will wipe your ass if you program it right.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 00:30:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Of course, if you go Polaroid, you don't have to wait a week for the pix.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 00:09:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Kodak. Your Kodak is the way to go.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 00:08:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Been mulling over buying a small point and shoot, possibly with a mild zoom.Who's making the decent lenses? Still canon above all others?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 23:27:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: So what kind of olympus 35? I've got an xa1, pretty neat. Hey, what physically happens with a backlight mode? You really did a great job with that one!!
Borg 11 of 22
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 23:23:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Reagan wasn't a kiss and tell guy. If he got some broad to put out for him, he didn't brag about it in the locker room. This held true even if he had to slap her around a little.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 22:37:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: At least Reagan's cluelessness was honest. Once the unfortunate question of the starlet rapes was settled, Reagan told the truth, mostly.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 22:36:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: And what's up with that? Reagan can't possibly look more clueless than he did when he was President. What does Nancy think she's hiding?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 21:20:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Okay, I guess I can see that. It's Clinton that shouldn't get any face time. Ronald Reagan doesn't.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 21:07:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Face time is what it's all about. Remember when the crazy dudes flew the airplanes into the World Trade Center, and President* Bush ran and hid in the SAC bunker? And Rudi Giuliani got all the face time by going out and standing on the ramparts, as it were? Bush didn't start coming out of this until it was safe to come out of his hole and he start grabbing a chunk of prime time, and sent Cheney off the bunker so he'd stop hogging the glory. So why should Gore not try to muscle in on some of the action? He's in the same business as the Snip, isn't he?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 18:59:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey, Irishman. Guess you didn't know that Spain used to be occupied by the Arab, who is close cousin to the Negro. That is why Spaniards are so swart. That is why your flamenco dude can ankle up a storm. Nobody in France can dance, you fool. You might as well look for hoofers in Nebraska. See if you can distract them from their goats and sheep. Do your homework before you start spouting off about geography.
House of Meat
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 17:57:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think Ann is a fine piece of meat, and am not afraid to say it, even though John Ashcroft owns the internet and can pin it on me if it comes down to it. Why do you boys dwell on the fact that she's skinny? I know a lot of Arab guys, and not one of them messes with a white chick unless she can hump like a camel. That's why they come here, because they can drink and chaw and hump, without defiling the yurt. They are all as rich as oil barons, and have their pick of the nookie. If Ann Coulter can keep Mustafa coming back for what, two or three months now, then there is nothing wrong with her pudendum. Cut her some slack.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 17:52:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Tomorrow's column? Is it the one about the bazooka guy? The dude who keeps putting bombs everywhere, and takes a pot-shot at a Polack ship with an anti-tank rocket? The fellow Big Bush pardoned because Jeb wanted to run for governor of Florida and needed credits with the Cuban Mafia? Is there a coherent explanation anywhere of the bazooka attack? Has somebody figured out why a Cuban anti-Castro nut would try to whack a Polack ship with a shaped charge? There has to be a pretty good story behind that. If Ann was a reporter instead of the weekly screech of outrage, she could have found out and told it. Instead we get another bleat about Clinton and the New York Times. I didn't notice any cracks about airport security, though. That's progress of a sort. Or maybe regression. Hard to tell with Ann.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 17:47:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: What the hell is going on in the middle east, is what I want to know. Snippy told BOTH those guys, in no uncertain terms, to cut out the bullshit, and they both thumbed their nostrils at him. Arafat keeps sending in the suicide goons to blow up the school-children, and Sharon keeps tank-dozing the Arab hootches on the West Bank, sometimes with the Arabs still in them. It looks like the guy yelling at his dogs to come here and the one dog keeps pissing on the hydrant while the other dog keeps scratching fleas, except these dogs are going at one another asshole and elbow. This Bush boy isn't much of a dog-trainer, is what it looks like to me. At least Clinton made them come to camp David and do the shake-hand, and made the Jews offer the Arab everything but their wives' twats pussed over. True, he couldn't make Arafat accept it, but he made him do the shake-hand. You got to be firm with these characters, but Little Bush went soft to try to get the Arabs to sign on to humiliating the bull-goose Arab of Iraq, sure, nice try Little Bush. Why doesn't he try to learn to play golf, or get interested in Space, maybe be the First President* in Space, or become the Education President? Instead he wants to be the Kicked Arab Ass President. A loosing game, for a Bush, if you ask me.
Carl Blogg, Jr.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 17:35:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Coulter did one on the Oscars? I missed it! Was it on FrontPage? Was it reposted on Fornigate? How the hell does this kind of thing happen!!! Who was asleep at the switch? Where was go ann go? What does Peggy Noonan, my sister, say? Let's try to get a grip, try to get control of this thing.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 17:25:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, Ann O. Rexia's a great broad, for a skinny witless racist one.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 17:09:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: I heard Coulter on the radio this morning. She says tomorrow's column is really good. She also praised here one about the Oscars.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 16:50:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nah, Glint plays the game pretty deep. He knows the difference between a brown nose and a coddle.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 16:48:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Just remember, all those Republicans who voted to go into Iraq for Poppy were NOT whores. Each and every one of them knew they could vote either way and Poppy couldn't have cared less.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 16:47:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: War fever is sweeping the nation! Glint has it bad. Let's roll.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 16:46:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Come on, let's get this over with so we can go in and topple Saddam with full Arab support. Iraq is the real target. Everybody says we're going in, topple the chump, the spinning spindle of the Axis of Evil. If little Bush has to hold his nostrils shut and lip Arafat's nethers, probe that tongue deep, let him get on with it and stop monkeying around with Powell. Powell is a warrior not a lover, we got to send the bandy-legged guy to Arafat, nothing less. Let's get it over with and topple Saddam, the way Little George would have if the spunky little dude had been Big George. 92.7% of American armchair generals can't be wrong about this, can they?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 16:20:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: How could you coddle a guy that ugly? With Arafat, brown-nosing is the easy way out. Which end of Arafat would YOU rather kiss? Assuming your name is Bush and you have to kiss him?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 16:13:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: He would never do what Clinton did - negotiate. At least not until there was no choice.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 16:11:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: He may be brown-nosing Arafat but he's not coddling him.
Glimpse
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 16:07:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush would never brown-nose with Arafat just to keep the Saudis happy, any more than his dad would. Any more than Dick Cheney would. Who needs the Saudi Arabians? Not the Bush family. The Bush family would be thriving if it had never known that Saudi Arabia existed. Same with Cheney. Same with the whole dang oil industry. Bush will brown-nose Arafat only because Arafat needs some brown-nosing, as the leader of the free Palestinians. Let the chips fall where they may.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 15:51:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's all this stuff about a Bush mideast policy? I thought he was brown-nosing Arafat because he was afraid the Saudis would jump ship from the "coalition." Now you tell me he's NOT brown-nosing Arafat, just sent his boy for a courtesy visit?
???
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 15:43:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Gore the Whore.
Jumpin' Jack Splat
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 15:13:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Al Gore's Gulf War vote put politics over principle Detroit News Tuesday, September 5, 2000 By Alan Simpson, former Republican Senator from Wyoming Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore's new campaign ad is running in your state and says he is "fighting for us." But the true story of his Gulf War vote says he is usually fighting for Al. The seriousness of the situation called for open, honest debate. No deal-making. No politics. Just an honest discussion, followed by an honest vote of conscience by each senator. The night before this monumental debate, I sat in the Republican cloakroom with Sen. Dole discussing the debate schedule for the next day. Then a senator walked in and asked to speak to us. It surprised Bob and me because he was a Democrat coming to ask for a favor. He was Tennessee Sen. Al Gore Jr. Sen. Gore got right to the point: "How much time will you give me if I support the president?" In layman's terms, Gore was asking how much debate time we would be willing to give him to speak on the floor if he voted with us. Gore played hard to get. He had received his time. But now he wanted prime time. And Dole and I knew it. After Gore left, Dole asked Republican Senate Secretary Howard Greene to call Gore's office and promise that he would try to schedule Gore's 20 minutes during prime time, thus ensuring plenty of coverage in the news cycle. Later that night, Gore called Greene and asked if Dole had him in a prime-time speaking slot. When Green said nothing had been finalized yet, Gore erupted: "Damn it, Howard! If I don't get 20 minutes tomorrow, I'm going to vote the other way."
http://www.NotOurAl.com/character0905.asp
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 14:17:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: IF THE DEFINITION of madness is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result, Secretary of State Powell's mission to the Middle East is crazy.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 14:13:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Stick to jism, pedophile.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 14:12:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Wrong, rube. Clinton was negotiating and both sides had agreed, in principle, to the Mitchell Plan. Now Bush and Powell are crowing about trying to implement the Mitchell Plan after over a year of a disastrous hands-off non-plan. You are an idiot. Bush has also backtracked on his bullshit posturing about the "war" on terrorism by saying Arafat is different even though he harbors terrorists
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 14:12:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Not at all the same as Clinton's plan. Bush has refused to coddle Arafat like the Clintons did. Bush learned from Clinton, who was so transparent when it came to his selfish schemes of legacy builing -- including the way he would thrust his hamster cheeks between Sharon and Arafat during the photo ops. Bush is playing it wiser, calling for an international council including members from Arab states. Clinton never wanted to "share the credit" and his "peace process" exploded in his lap. (As if the dynobelt wrapped around Willard exploding during the Lewinsky crisis didn't provide him enough of a legacy. :-)
Glint
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 14:01:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: THE ISSUES/ Taxes and Spending Front Elections The Issues Campaign Finance Education Social Security Stem Cell Research Taxes and Spending Biotech Food America at War Federal Page Post Series Polls Columns - Cartoons Live Online Photo Galleries Politics Where You Live Go Enter ZIP code or state abbreviation. PARTNERS By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 15, 2002; Page A01 The Bush administration is poised to complete the biggest increase in government spending since the 1960s' "Great Society," the result of conducting the war on terrorism while substantially boosting the education and transportation budgets, according to a detailed analysis of government spending patterns. Spending on government programs will increase by 22 percent from 1999 to 2003 in inflation-adjusted dollars, according to the analysis by The Washington Post and vetted by budget experts in both parties. The president's 2003 budget proposals, combined with spending approved in the first year of his administration and the last two years of the Clinton administration, dwarf the spending increase from any four-year period since President Lyndon Johnson fought the Vietnam War while launching a war on poverty. Other periods of substantial increases in domestic spending, including the Nixon and Carter administrations, were accompanied by cuts in military spending. President Ronald Reagan boosted money for the mili- tary while trimming the domestic budget. In the short term, the latest spending hike is one factor helping to pull the nation out of recession. But over the long run, some experts say, most of the spending will be a drag on the economy, heighten the risk of sustained budget deficits and limit the maneuvering room of policymakers when, 10 years from now, the government must help fund the baby boomers' health care and retirement needs. "We should be very concerned," said John Cogan, a budget expert at the Hoover Institution who advised the Bush campaign. "Clearly, the defense and national security increases are warranted. The failure to offset those increases with reductions should be a source of concern. The wrong thing to do is not confront those choices." President Bush has regularly warned against the perils of federal spending, declaring last year that "excessive federal spending threatens economic vitality." Although administration officials vow to control spending once the current emergency has passed, many experts believe that will be difficult, if not impossible. Last year's tax cut and the recent recession may result in the first back-to-back years of falling revenue since the late 1950s. Now, the military is slated to get the biggest increase in two decades, matching the previous Bush administration's budget when adjusted for inflation. Homeland security needs dominate the nonmilitary budget in 2003, but nonmilitary spending had already risen dramatically in recent years as the nation briefly enjoyed budget surpluses. Measured another way, federal spending, minus interest costs on the debt, will have grown by nearly 2 percentage points of the overall U.S. economy from 1999 to 2003 -- from 16.6 percent to 18.5 percent. The total for the 2003 budget likely will go higher as pressure builds in Congress to add to the administration's budget requests in this election year and to enact new benefits such as a prescription drug plan for Medicare recipients. The calculations also do not include the effect of the administration's recent $27 billion supplemental spending request for fiscal 2002. Bush administration officials say that they tried to clamp down on spending -- and intend to take a hard line in the future -- but that now they are focusing on ensuring the safety of Americans. Spending on annually funded programs, in inflation-adjusted dollars, rose about 9 percent in the last two years of the Clinton administration and is scheduled to grow nearly 15 percent in the first two years of the Bush administration. "This is an important phenomenon that needs to be closely watched," Office of Management and Budget Director Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. said after reviewing The Post research. "We cannot make the 'guns and butter' mistake" of the 1960s, he said, referring to simultaneous spending hikes for military and domestic items. Daniels said he believed much of the homeland security spending would be one-time expenses, such as building a vaccine stockpile, and thus would not be built into future spending. He said the administration has tried to slow the growth in other spending. For example, after approving last year a substantial increase in education spending -- which has risen nearly 50 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars since 1999 -- the administration has proposed essentially to freeze education spending until 2007. The White House says that if homeland security and Sept. 11 emergency spending is excluded, nondefense spending rose by 3.3 percent in 2002 and is slated to decline by 0.4 percent in 2003. In a meeting with congressional leaders last week, Bush vowed to veto spending bills that exceeded his spending targets, a White House official said. "If we are not prepared to roll back spending" once the current crisis is over, Daniels said, "we will make a fundamental mistake." That may be difficult. Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute and a former director of the Congressional Budget Office, noted that only once during the 1990s, when the government struggled to get the deficit under control, did the spending on annually funded domestic programs decline after inflation is taken into account. "Congress didn't really show a great ability to hold down nondefense discretionary spending," Reischauer said. Kevin Hassett, a budget expert at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute, said the emergence of budget surpluses led directly to the spending growth. "It is really obvious that when there is money around, they will spend it, even if they are Republicans," he said. Hassett noted that the administration last year pushed for a tax cut by arguing it would restrain spending. "They said it would starve the beast," he said. "But we have a hungry beast who is somehow finding food anyway. . . . You've got to wonder how fiscally conservative the Bush guys are. Granted, you could say there are a lot of priorities. But shucks, couldn't we find other things to cut?" Peter Orszag, a former Clinton economic aide and now fellow at the liberal Brookings Institution, said much of the spending growth could be attributed to pent-up demands after a period of frugality. "These are significant increases, but from very low levels," Orszag said. "Discretionary spending as a share of the gross domestic product had fallen to low levels. There were needs and demands that had been built up and needed to be addressed." Orszag said the revenue loss from the Bush tax cut in future years will begin to dwarf the spending increases in the recent past. Thomas Kahn, Democratic staff director of the House Budget Committee, noted that the calculations do not include the huge defense buildup that the administration plans beyond 2003. "The story is even more troubling than these numbers suggest," he said. "Republican rhetoric suggests they are fiscally tight. But they are big spenders as long as it is on programs they want to spend money on." Reischauer said that despite the recent emergence of deficits, the overall fiscal picture is still bright, in part because the deficit this year will be relatively small. "We are not in deep doo-doo by the standards of the 1980s and 1990s at all," he said. But he added, "the pressures for additional spending are going to be very strong. Institutionally, the restraints are crumbling. The political environment is not auspicious" given the narrowly divided Congress. "The administration doesn't want to lose the House, and it is mindful of the fallout of any discipline they impose on their election chances," Reischauer said. "They can talk the talk. Can they walk the walk?" � 2002 The Washington Post Company
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 13:56:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: That Gallup Poll of a few months ago showed Kuwait as the country with the highest anti-USA sentiment. About 91% as I recall.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 13:55:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: Gore voted to send the troops. For all the good it did.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 13:54:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's a good thing Gore's nowhere neat the control room as we contemplate what to do about Sadam. Wasn't Gore a Senator during the last Gulf War? And didn't he veto sending troops to defend Kuwait when it was invaded by its neighbor-agressor? He's an ass whose hole should be sitting atop a very sharp stick!
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 13:52:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: And yet Bush continues with the Clinton policy.
and the bathroom policy too
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 13:49:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: IF THE DEFINITION of madness is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result, Secretary of State Powell's mission to the Middle East is crazy. ''However long the Israeli incursions continue,'' he said on Thursday, ''the problem will still be there. We will still need to go to a negotiating process that will lead to peace.'' Even for Powell, with his long history of strategic misjudgments, this is insane. How can Powell still imagine that a ''negotiating process'' with Yasser Arafat can ever lead to peace? For Arafat and his Palestinian Authority, negotiations are a tool of war - a mechanism for harvesting their gains from terror and violence. They don't seek negotiations in order to stop the killing, they kill in order to make their negotiations more fruitful. After eight years of a ''peace process'' that has slaughtered more Israelis than the 1967 war did, it should be clear even to Powell that negotiating with Arafat leads only to bloodshed. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/104/oped/Let_Israel_fight_its_way_to_peace+.shtml
More about Clinton's "peace process" legacy <his best results were in the bathroom>
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 13:44:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Let's just bomb Iraq and get it overwith. Meanwhile, while the media focus is on the toppling Sadam, Sharon can take care of his unfinished business.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 13:32:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Palestinians vow to keep using suicide bombers THE WASHINGTON TIMES, by Paul Martin Original Article Posted By:cooter, 4/15/2002 6:54:21 AM LONDON - There is "no hope" of reconciliation with Israel, and Palestinians will continue using human bombs as their leading weapon, the official news agency of the Palestinian Authority says.
let's hope they use them _all_ up -- and soon
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 13:27:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: I will reveal the trick of the trade, but only since you are a fellow FTb owner. I'm afraid that I have a confession to make. The image was taken using a 35mm Olympus. I purchased it at the Sharper Image store at the White Flint Mall in Rockville last Summer using my accumulated bonus points prior to boarding a TWA flight bound for Lincoln.
Glint
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 13:03:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Just curious, how does Mother's day comm? Is that wireless, or did you mean to say cumming? If the latter, then one must wonder what sort of home life any person who uses "Mother's Day" and "cumming" in the same sentence must have endured.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 12:59:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: MOTHER'S DAY is comming up. Invite a suicide bomber. It should be a blast, you and your guests will never forget!!
WILL-YUM
- Monday, April 15, 2002 at 07:19:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh my.
Pete�
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 23:55:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Get rid of the minivan. Get a hearse.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 23:01:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's as natural as making fun of an ambisexual adolescent, trying to Judy Garland him just a little. Next, I'll be showing him where he can find Barbra Streisand and Debbie Reynolds websites, you know, those very special ones. It's a kind of friendship, it's not unnatural. I swear. At least I'm not a priest. Not now anyhow. Hey, no biggie, it's a free country.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 21:39:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: My relationship with death is different from my relationship with the dead. I don't have one with death, but I can have one with dead people. Actually, its more like having a relationship with their pictures, or in some cases, pictures of their tombstones. I don't think it's morbid by the way. It's as natural as whacking off into a sink, or putting on a cigar suit. Putting on a potato suit, for that matter. It's a free country.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 21:36:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: I agree Glint, the backlighting is an exceptional effect. Not one the ftb offers asa mode I recall. What manner of lens and aperture and exposure produced this magnificence????
Borg f-stop of 22.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 21:08:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: ...I also like the way that the stone is backlit. There was plenty of ambient light to make the markings on the stone readable although they were in shadow - especially with the black paint in the engraved letters. Notice the way the reverse sun angle shing through the thin marble edge gives the tombstone a glowing edge along the top and left side. Sort of like a halo, don't you think?
Glint
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 19:56:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: What do you think about the pic of John's new digs? I like the way his rank and service is spelled out, followed by each war he participated in -- World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The current tombstone has replaced the original one which had his wife's name and entrance and exit dates. Now, her vitals are on the reverse side of the stone. The picture of John's was the last one on the roll, so I didn't get one of his wife so that I could post them side by side. Sorry, but I was just too lazy to walk to the car, get another roll of film, and come back. I'll do it some other time though.
Glint
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 19:48:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: At least I told him it was soy sauce. What, you think I should have told the truth about THAT? Bodily funciton - epecially disfunction - is a very private matter.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 19:28:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Office party today in Northern Virginia. Actually, more of an office barbecue at one of the other manager's pads. Took the eldest daughter, let her drive. With me safety is a priority. I wanted to make sure that I had a designated driver available after I got drunk and spilled the soy sauce on the boss's shoes.
Glint
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 19:19:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Spoken like a true patriot. Anyone who doesn't believe in exterminating all Palestinians should be drawn and quartered. But only after being peltered with eggs, rocks, tomatoes.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 15:31:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hee Hee, the Mortician loves me,because he sends me flowers.
CLIFFORD
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 13:38:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Are the necrophiliacs in Maryland organized, or do they just arise spontaneously? Do the cemeteries have a plan? Shouldn't someone be worried? About this kind of prurient interest?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 12:20:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: When we left office, we had trillions of dollars of surplus projected into the future. In just 15 months under Bush, the surplus has all but evaporated and we're back in deficit. Incidentally, where did that surplus go? economy 1.unemployment has gone up 2.education - bragged about it but decided not to fund it (it conflicted with higher priorities like the tax cut for the wealthy and for special interests) 3.healthcare - no plan to help anyone... no help for seniors - they promised prescription drug care help to all seniors. Their plan would leave behind 2/3 of all seniors. The difference between all and 1/3... well we should have Arthur Anderson do the accounting... By their fruits, ye shall know them ... Unemployment going up. What do you believe is important? I have to ask what kind of values who lead this adm. to dismantle the medical privacy of it's citizens while they insist of their right to privacy to have SECRET meetings on public policy in the White House. Whose values are they using and following when they permit phar. companies to take info from private medical file when they defy the GAO to keep official files secret from Congress and Amer. people. They need to put you first, not themselves. Values: why is it that they tell us that there is such shortage of money in the budget they have to cut funds for maternal and child grants, newborn and infant hearing, uninsured, etc. substance abuse, youth opportunity, they don't have money for those. But when the biggest corporate polluters come into the WH and complain all of a sudden there are plenty of taxpayer dollars to clean up the polluters mess at taxpayers expense. Policies have in common - each and every time there is a dispute between the well-heeled and well-worn the little guy loses out in this crowd. We'll fight to get the right priorities in this country. They are consistent. They think they're so clever at hiding the ball. People are starting to see through it. Dismantle every policy that helps the little guy. Instead of saving Social Security first - leave SS forlast. Stop politicians from dipping into SS, their own budget will raid Social Security . I've got this Never-been-used lockbox, I'll show you how to get one. Must be hot as hell in there He's sweating bullets "We're the party of tomorrow land, they're the party of fantasy land." "It's good that the GOP likes the past so much...because they are history!" This year we are going to show america that our party stands for making the future brighter... we are going to take our message and show people the truth about the republican record. We are the party of tomorrow land... they are the party of fantasy land. We are the party of mainstreet usa... they are the party of the Pirates of Enron. But america is not an amusement park... Over and over the repubs have tried to turn back the clock on progress... Let's win in Florida. Let's make sure that in these 2002 elections we have checks and balances by making Gephardt the Speaker and increasing Daschle's margin in the Senate. I hope you will work harder than ever for the Democrats. Stand up for a brighter stronger safer America. We support an America that supports civil rights for ALL. WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE IS NEVER TAKEN AWAY. OUR FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN STAND UP FOR AMERICA WHERE THEY KNOW THEIR VOTE COUNTS. WE ARE GOING TO COUNT EVERY VOTE. NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP. GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS FLORIDA AND GOD BLESS AMERICA
Nostalgia for Clinton/Gore Peace and Prosperity
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 12:17:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: so the weird thing here is watching glint pick a college based on the campus lawn and cafeteria criteria. Academics might come into play, but more importantly is what the kid is going to bring home for thanksgiving. Could be a hayseed from Morgantown or Elkins or perhaps a negro from the eastern shore. SOunds like Glint's leaning toward the negro.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 10:35:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh, I thought we were talking about john's photo op.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 10:27:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: POOR, POOR, PALESTINIANS. Well, they don't give a damn about anybody. Otherwise, they wouldn't be doing what they are doing. Arafat and his hench-men are getting money from the Arab nations, to prolong this terrorism, and all you ANONS, ought to take your American flags off your cars and off your houses. Fly theirs. Maybe someone will throw rocks at you, or rotten tomatoes and eggs. If, you want to suck up to MOOSLIME. go ahead!!!!!
WILL-YUM
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 03:42:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: How can he meet with him. He's having too many photo ops.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 02:11:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: N E W * C O N T E N T * O N * J O H N ? * M E M O R I A L * P A G E **** Photograph of John?'s headstone at Arlington National Cemetery.
http://members.fortunecity.com/fornigate/john/ <[email protected]>
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 00:49:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Powell will not meet with Arafat.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 00:15:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Don't forget the Leylands, gourds, and the observatory, 23:29. Peaceful, green, no traffic or smog. A daily retreat from the bubble in the belly button of the world.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:58:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: Best stay away from Krispy Kremes or you'll be residing in one of your favorite haunts.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:57:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Right next to Pluto? Wouldn't that be Chiron, Anonymous@23:27:08. However, it doesn't have rings like Neptune's.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:49:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: That reminds me, Anonymous@23:26, I also got pictures back from the going away lunch for my report that was organized by the Red Borg. Want I should post any? Just let me know, and I'll get to it eventually. Eldest daughter is busy right now on the Mac with the scanner attached so...
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:44:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good thing I brewed a pot of coffee and brought it along and that we stopped and picked up a box of Crispy Kreme crullers on the way to West Virginia because they didn't have coffee or donuts at the open house. I have a sense for these things and woke up before the alarm went off and started the pot brewing. But, unlike the eastern shore college, this one did provide lunch which was a good thing, except that it was in the school cafeteria with all the grease ball rolliing out of bed at Noon citizens of the bubble. The cafateria was like one you'd see in a high school. Mrs. was quite put off by it since the staff and service was far below her high standards. We were in West Virginia but it certainly wasn't lunch at the Greenbrier. On the other hand the cafeteria on the eastern shore was new and swanky. I'd say that restarurant wise, it was three star with rather elegant dining rooms and a cafeteria itself set up like a food court with at least a half dozen choices. That school also had a recreation center that was like a modern health club. Unfortunately, none of us were impressed by what we saw. The Mrs. and the cafeteria; the kids and the funny smell in the residence hall they visited; and myself and the brochure of Bill Clinton dashing across campus to the nearest sink.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:40:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: In alot of ways, Carroll County isn't really considered any more a part of Maryland than are the Cook Islands. It has no inner harbour, no Annapolis, I don't think it even has it'sown community college, but why would it, what being populated by the sixfingers and all.
Borg 3 of 22.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:34:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Carroll County is sort of where you went if you didnt want to build your VA brick house in Baltimore. A few acres of hardpan and a riding mower. Curvy gravel driveway and a lawn jockey off a state road someplace.
Borg 19 of 22
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:29:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: And which planet besides saturn is sposed to have rings neptune or uranus, and which one is next to pluto, neptune right???
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:27:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: You do know the asians at the office call you "bigneck" don't you??
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:26:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey fatman, how ya been?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:25:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Faux Glints at 23:14:00, 23:14:37, 23:15. And a the crynic fake to boot?
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:24:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, the news for the day is this new wax called zymol I put on the ignition switch today. A natural wax, carnuba, almond, other natural oils. smells like suntan lotion, which is really pretty nice because your hands smell good and lotioned after waxing the car. Pricey though, 14 buck for 12 oz.
zerk
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:23:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: At least Powell has leveraged a condemnation of terror from Arafat. It's the next stumbling step for seeking peace. The first step was cleaning house at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. (I'm not talking about cleaning out the furniture and pictures off the walls either.) Powell's got an important job to do tomorrow. If the homocide bombers stop shoving sticks of TNT where the sun doesn't shine, then a cease fire and Israeli withdrawl will be scheduled. It will be interesting to see if any timetables will come out of Powell's efforts.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:18:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's not a corpse, it's a pinata.
the crynic
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:15:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's not an underage transvestite, it's a corpse.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:15:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's not a lectern, it's an underage transvestite.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:14:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's not a stake, it's a lectern.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:14:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: Jesus Glint, it's like there is this big wooden stake in the middle of your cognitive universe. It's called Bill Clinton. The rest of your universe is entirely defined in relationship to this big wooden penis, revolves around it. Trembles, faintly...aquiver.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:13:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's not like Glint really lives in Maryland. He's pretty much so far out he's probably closer to Pennsylvania than Silver Spring. Rockville, now that's MD, so's Bethesda, Potomac, Cabin John, Twinbrook, even hady Grove and Gaithersburg. But nigh on past Germantown 40 or 50 miles and you're only 20 minutes from nowhere'sville Pennsylvania, maybe Jonestown if it ever got rebuilt after the floods. I was throough there then, in Brautigans old Plynouth wagon. Even the Woolworth's was abandoned downtown. Nothing left but whatever was on the second stories.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:10:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: What Clinton peace plan? Where are the sound bytes and the video snippets of Arafat and Clinton mugging with cigars and eyebrows heaving like Mora in cheap immitations of Groucho Marx? Clinton pulled the rug out from under Israel giving everything the Palestinians asked for. Perhaps it was a brilliant stroke by Bubba, calling Arafat's bluff and proving the the world that the Palestinians were as violent and virulent as ever, thus leading the current administration to treat Arafat the way he deserves to be treated - like a pariah.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 23:08:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Mr Powell emphasised his close "personal friendship" with Mr Sharon as the Israeli leader glowed with satisfaction beside him. When the nervous Hebrew translator inadvertently referred to the "United States of Israel", there were knowing smiles all round."
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 22:42:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good thing Bush didn't use Bill Clinton's Mid-east policy until now. If he'd picked up the ball a year ago, that whole area might be in turmoil.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 19:11:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: The brunette looks looks pretty hot for a blonde, grandmother that is. She must have had that kid right away. Last I saw her I don't think she was married yet - only engaged. Must have been about 19 at the time. Must have had a kid by the time she was 20, and the kid must have got knocked up in her teens. While I was still dating the blonde one of my future groomsmen was also bottom knocking with the brunette.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 19:11:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: Still with the spelling, are you? The Brunette sent a newspaper clipping of herself. She was feeding her pet sloth. The article said that in 1985 she was forced to leave Lincoln by the Lincoln Animal Control. Now the divorced granny owns a 20 acre farm elsewhere. And get this, the newspaper describes the Brunette as a "thin-framed blonde-haired woman" when discussing mealtime for her Hamadryas baboon. Said she's traveled to New York and has been a guest on Maury Povich. But don't you see the problem? The blonde's best, the brunette, is now a blonde too. So should I continue to refer to her as the brunette, or as blonde #2?
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 19:00:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh, I don't know about Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton being rapists, but one thing is for sure. Bill Clinton was and is a liar. End of story
Gary
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 18:47:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: For not or. Now if I can just find an antibiotic for typos.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 18:16:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is there an antibiotic or cemeteryitis?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 18:04:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: You want to talk about George Bush. Speaking of chopper landing pads he touched down at my kids old middle school when he and Laura stopped here after 911. Visited the inport/export center run by the Church of the Brethren which was putting together care packages for the people of Afghanistan from those $1 bills sent in by each and every child. Packages had coats for the kids, blankets for the men, burqas for the women, and food for the entire family. Unlike the liberal arts college I've never heard their middle school claime that Bush came to the school to help the Afghani people, like the college that claimed Clinton came to their college and made peace in the Middle East. No, just a temporary landing zone for chopper 1. My kids only go to schools visited by Republican presidential choppers, by golly.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 17:41:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: I want to talk about the guy who got fewer votes than Al Gore, and his name is George W. Bush. Because we both know, on September 11th -- on September 11th, he gained 30 popularity points, but not 30 IQ points. And that's why the Republican National Committee is preparing us. He was no better after nine months in office than he was on the day he stole the election, and you and I both know that popularity is actually Osama bin Laden's unpopularity.
why can't Johnny spell?
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 17:32:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Boy, do I feel dumb today. Got a letter from the blonde's best friend, the brunette. She informed me that the nibbling "Mexican girl" at that party I mentioned earlier was actually Oglalla Sioux. From the Pine Ridge reservation in SD, in fact. Took the family through there about four years ago. Didn't see the girl though. At least I probably would't have recognized her after 18 years, it would have been then. She also said the blonde raises Dacshunds now. Can you imagine that?
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 17:30:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: I miss the balanced budget. Clinton's balanced budget. Sa
patriotic American
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 17:24:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush "Moral Clarity" exposed as Arrogant Confusion The Bush Doctrine, R.I.P. Frank Rich As a statement of principle set forth by an American chief executive, the now defunct Bush Doctrine may have had a shelf life even shorter than Kenny Boy's Enron code of ethics. As a statement of presidential intent, it may land in the history books alongside such magisterial moments as Lyndon Johnson's 1964 pledge not to send American boys to Vietnam and Richard Nixon's 1968 promise to "bring us together." It was in September that the president told Congress that "from this day forward any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime." It was in November that he told the United Nations that "there is no such thing as a good terrorist." Now the president is being assailed even within his own political camp for not only refusing to label Yasir Arafat a terrorist but judging him good enough to be a potential partner in our desperate effort to tamp down the flames of the Middle East. Yet the administration's double standard for Mr. Arafat is hardly the first, or only, breach of the Bush Doctrine. As Tina Fey explained with only faint comic exaggeration on "Saturday Night Live" last weekend, the U.S. also does business of state with nations that both "fund all the terrorism in the world" (Saudi Arabia, where the royal family on Thursday joined in a telethon supporting Palestinian "martyrs") and are "100 percent with the terrorists except for one little guy in charge" (Pakistan). President Bush, who once spoke of rigid lines drawn between "good" men and "evildoers," has now been so overrun by fresh hellish events and situational geopolitical bargaining that his old formulations - "either you are with us or you are with the terrorists" - have been rendered meaningless. But even as he fudges his good/evil categorizations when it comes to Mr. Arafat and other players he suddenly may need in the Middle East, it's not clear that Mr. Bush knows that he can no longer look at the world as if it were Major League Baseball, with every team clearly delineated in its particular division. "Look, my job isn't to try to nuance," he told a British interviewer a week after the Passover massacre in Netanya. "My job is to tell people what I think. . . . I think moral clarity is important." ... The ensuing mess should be a wake-up call for Mr. Bush to examine his own failings and those of his administration rather than try (as he did a week ago) to shift the blame to Bill Clinton's failed Camp David summit talks (and then backpedal after being called on it). While the conventional wisdom has always had it that this president can be bailed out of foreign-policy jams by his seasoned brain trust, the competing axes of power in the left (State) and right (Defense) halves of that surrogate brain have instead sent him bouncing between conflicting policies like a yo-yo, sometimes within the same day....
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 17:23:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm not sure whether I miss peace more or general prosperity more. The only ones who don't miss peace and prosperity are the neo-fascists. But that's okay. For them, he's still the president.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 17:20:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: True. The Clinton years. Eight years of peace and prosperity. Geesh.
the way we were
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 17:19:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Clinton years. Eight years of peace and prosperity.
How far in the red is the Neo-Fascist admin*?
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 17:16:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Photos I took of Brenda, dressed up like a character out of CATS at the chorus program, didn't turn out. Sorry. Do have a recent pic of John's place though. I'll let you know once it's been posted. I noticed that the engraved lettering on his headstone is highlighted with black paint. Not many in the cemetery have that. Looked around at a few and only the newest farm owners have them. Makes the lettering really stand out well. Reminds me of old 18th and 19th century family tombstones in photos my parents took while on their Vermont cemetery expedition. Only in their photos the head stones were highlighted in white -- not black -- lettering. When asked about it they said it was an old trick they had learned in geneology class. You spray on shaving cream and then wipe it off with a stiff card. The letters are left with a nice creamy filling that shows up good in photographs. It sounded curious to me and I asked them if their activities ever managed to attract a crowd or the attention of the local donut munching professionals. They said no, it all of their acts were performed in a rural setting.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 17:00:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: Today's bubble shopping journey took the Caravan across South Mountain and past the Antietam battlefield - America's bloodiest day - to a little West Virginian college set along the bank of the Potomac River. This place was more run down looking and dumpier than last week's destination. In the presentation for parents and prospective students held in their large auditoriums these colleges like to toot the horns of former alumni who have achieved awards and fame, or they who have helped to make the world better in some way, perhaps by playing a major role in the war on terror for example. In today's presentation we learned that the grandfather of Mary Tyler Moore once owned a home in the town. That's it! Didn't even say whether he lived in or not, simply that he once, somwhere way back in time, owned a home on some local street. I got a bad feeling during the Q&A. I asked about the percentage of students enrolled on merit scholarships. Once he was done laughing and had his tears choked back the guy said he had no clue. However, it was a great college and he had enjoyed his five years as a student there. There was one other claim to fame. Clinton & Co. came there in 2000 for a middle east peace conference between Egypt and Syria. Sure enough, there in the brochure was a photograph of the old BJ, slithering across the lawn on campus. I couldn't help asking if the academics at the college are a reflection of Clinton's failed mideast policies. It was great being that great auditorium and seeing the guy suddenly distance himself from Clinton, saying that actually the peace talks were held off-campus and that the college simply served as the landing pad for the Clinton chopper. Gotta keep those Liberal college types honest. Pete was right, it never ends.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 16:41:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Netanyahu has plans to be top man in Israel.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 16:14:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush is not without a plan. He is setting it up for Powell to fail. It's clear in his rhetoric. After Sharon defies him and masscares the refugees in Jenin, Bush calls Sharon a man of peace. Cheney meets with Netanyahu and the meeting with Arafat and Powell is postponed. However Powell does meet with Sharon. Powell shifts the burden of peace back to Arafat once again. There is a pro-Israel strategy here, who can miss it?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 16:00:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is it tit for tat that half of the Palestinians live in abject poverty as refugees, packed together in camps where families exist on less than $2,000 a year per capita income. That their homes lie within sight of settlements that Israel has constructed on land seized from the Palestinians. That water is restricted, sometimes denied while grass grows green in the Israeli settlements. Their land seized, houses demolished, olive orchards uprooted at the whim of Israel. Hunting for terrorists vs suicide bombings - a circle going nowhere.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 15:24:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Democrat Implies Sept. 11 Administration Plot - That's what.
Gary
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 15:11:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good point, Gary. What the hell are you talking about?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 14:58:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: This just shows how desperate the liberal democRATs are. They have no ideas, no agenda, and no issues. I love it, when they make A**es of themselves.
Gary
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 12:56:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nothing new about that, Trish. Prove your innocence or pay the price. Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were rapists. End of story.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 12:13:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Evidence of the validity of a charge is apparently unnecessary these days.
Trish
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 12:03:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Democrat Implies Sept. 11 Administration Plot By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 12, 2002; Page A16 Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) is calling for an investigation into whether President Bush and other government officials had advance notice of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 but did nothing to prevent them. She added that "persons close to this administration are poised to make huge profits off America's new war." In a recent interview with a Berkeley, Calif., radio station, McKinney said: "We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come on September 11th. . . . What did this administration know and when did it know it, about the events of September 11th? Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? . . . What do they have to hide?" McKinney declined to be interviewed yesterday, but she issued a statement saying: "I am not aware of any evidence showing that President Bush or members of his administration have personally profited from the attacks of 9-11. A complete investigation might reveal that to be the case." Bush spokesman Scott McLellan dismissed McKinney's comments. "The American people know the facts, and they dismiss such ludicrous, baseless views," he said. "The fact that she questions the president's legitimacy shows a partisan mind-set beyond all reason." In the radio conversation, McKinney delivered a stinging attack on the administration. In 2000, she charged, Bush forces "stole from America our most precious right of all, the right to free and fair elections." With the September attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, McKinney said, "an administration of questionable legitimacy has been given unprecedented power." She suggested that the administration was serving the interests of a Washington-based investment firm, the Carlyle Group, which employs a number of high-ranking former government officials from both parties. Former president George H.W. Bush - - the current president's father -- is an adviser to the firm. McKinney said the war on terrorism has enriched Carlyle Group investors by enhancing the value of a military contractor partly owned by the firm. Carlyle Group spokesman Chris Ullman asked: "Did she say these things while standing on a grassy knoll in Roswell, New Mexico?" During her five terms in office, McKinney has often given voice to radical critiques of U.S. policy, especially in the Middle East. She defied the State Department to investigate assertions that international sanctions are brutalizing innocent Iraqis. With her comments concerning Sept. 11, McKinney, 47, seems to have tapped into a web of conspiracy theories circulating during the past six months among people who believe that the government is partially -- or entirely -- to blame for last year's attacks, which killed more than 3,000 people. "What is undeniable is that corporations close to the administration have directly benefited from the increased defense spending arising from the aftermath of September 11th," McKinney charged. "America's credibility, both with the world and with her own people, rests upon securing credible answers to these questions." None of McKinney's colleagues has embraced her allegations, but a few said they are familiar with the theories. "I've heard a number of people say it," said Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.), who quickly added, "I can't say that it would be a widely held view" among lawmakers. Some lawmakers have a less charitable view of McKinney's penchant for publicity. Rep. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said McKinney is simply trying to impress her constituents. "She's demonstrated at home an ability to win," he said, "and she's demonstrated in Washington a total lack of responsibility in her statements." Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a friend of McKinney's, said the Georgia Democrat is adept at seizing on "red-meat" issues that resonate with her political base and have helped her fend off a series of GOP challengers. "She's not as random as people think," Kingston said. "People always want to hear a political conspiracy theory." Staff writer David Von Drehle contributed to this report. � 2002 The Washington Post Company
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 12:02:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Will-yum has PMS. Exclamation point hysteria. Low orthography.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 09:32:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush practices policy of "strategic incoherence" - politics "so fundamentally immature" President Bush has reached the limit of his abilities 'The President has no real ideas of his own. Instincts are a poor substitute for strategic intelligence' Fergal Keane That was until the Middle East blew up in his face. Now there is a whiff of those Carter years once again. George Bush looks like a bumbler. Challenged with formulating a policy instead of responding to a national mood he has looked like a chump. Ironically it took a leading light of the bumbling Carter administration to point out the truth. The White House was hobbled by "strategic incoherence" said Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of the architects of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in the late 1970s. There were signs of Mr Bush's weakness long before the 11 September crisis. The hesitancy of his initial response when the Chinese seized a US spy plane in the early months of the administration was an example. That incident was resolved because the wiser minds in the administration, like Colin Powell, persuaded Mr. Bush to ignore the hard right which seeks to turn every encounter with the Chinese into the opening battle of a new Cold War. But the bogeymen of the right were not defeated. The likes of Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz bided their time. In the wake of 11 September they have become an increasingly powerful force in the White House. The sorry fact is that most of this bunch haven't had an original political idea since Nixon sat in the White House. And they are dealing with a President who has no real ideas of his own. Certainly he has instincts but they are a poor substitute for strategic intelligence. The President's politics are so fundamentally immature that when confronted with a real world of hard choices he is floundering. So George Bush ends up caught in the crossfire between the wise - Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice - and the dangerous - Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 09:31:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: I Love that ol' Ariel Sharon!!! He can kick butt, when he wants to. Those Palenstinian are getting a taste of their own medicine. Tit for Tat!!! As one Jewish guy said, "One Jewish fingernail, is not worth 10,000 Arabs." They don't want peace, so blow the camel-humpers to bits, and their hovels too!!!
WILL-YUM
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 08:24:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: What I've been wondering is how come the crynic never tells us about his boat? I mean a pinata of the sea like the crynic surely must have a yacht or two or three. Some way to get home to the Cook Islands.
Borg 7 of 22
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 07:57:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: I believed that rat bastard, Pete, when he said this was a ten day operation with Osama What's-His-Name's head on a platter and that we would level the mountains, seal of the caves and destroy the gridlines and subway stations. Here we are six months later, still there. Why? What's the exit strategy? Why aren't we in Israel? What's a terrorist? I thought Sharon was our bitch? Now he's calling the shots? Arafat too? These guys are soaring in popularity for their fighting while we're still doing whatever in primitive land. I'm disgusted. Welcome, Aaron.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 03:18:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: When you say "battles," Glint, what exactly do you mean? Hand to hand? Jet to jet? Bomb to goat? Are you impressed that the USA can keep fighting Afghans for six months? A year? 5 years? Are our buildings safe? Is it a green day? What's your conclusiion after watching the tube?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 02:57:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: What happened to the Caliban? Did the big one finally crack off the coastline? Run out of Geritol? Flat on the face and sloppy drunk?
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 02:15:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Does NAMBLA cater to the young hormonoaprodite?
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 01:57:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hoping someone can help me out here. Heard a song the other day by a female blues artist. I think the name was "Your man's been cheatin' on us." The singer's last name was White, but I don't know the first name. Can someone help? Even better, how about a link to a site with an MP3 of that tune?
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 01:56:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: Correction...make that the Learning Channel. Got a fortress full of dead decaying Al Queda.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 00:39:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Discovery Channel's been running a good program on the war in Afghanistan. Details on some of the major battles is beginning to gel and come into focus. Even a cameo shot of a thermobaric bunker buster.
Glint
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 00:35:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: You do? Wow, I'm impressed!
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 13, 2002 at 00:16:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: I notice Doonesbury portrays Snip as an empty ten gallon hat over and asterisk*.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 22:22:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: First you've got to smoke the bastard out.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 22:09:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: I do affirm it. It would be helpful if Cheney* would.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 22:09:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nothing wrong with Cheney's daughter being a carpet-muncher as long as it's understood that she's a fucking freak who made an immoral, sick lifestyle choice that sinful in the eyes of God and spits on societal norms. I can only assume Vice-President* Cheney believes this and is in accordance with Republican morality. However, it would be helpful if I affirmed this in public. I would call upon him to voluntarily come forward, but subpoenas may be necessary.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 22:08:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Accept that some days one is the pigeon, some days the statue.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 20:39:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's wrong with being a Lesbian, rube? Your eye's so square onto other's moral posturing that you're stumbling headlong over your own. Lighten up and stop being such a prude.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 19:41:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: I can't stand the conservative yahoos and rubes who largely populate the "red states" of the south and the midwest. They are a bunch of uninformed and ignorant morons who's naivate makes them ripe for manipulation by the politicians in D.C., especially those of the Republican stripe. BTW, isn't interesting that Cheney's daughter is an "out of the closet" lesbian? I find that interesting, and wonder what kind of familial dysfunction led to that state of events. I also find it interesting that for all his "Christian" and religious right "moral" posturing, Bush has never come completely clean on his prior coke abuse. Plus, consistent with his admitted past alcohol problems, I think it is interesting that Bush has two daughters who are public drunks. Hell, if it had been Clinton (not that I am any great fan of 'ole Bubba) or the Clinton family at issue, the right wing and media would have ripped them apart.
Troublemaker <[email protected]>
Nashville, tn Davidson - Friday, April 12, 2002 at 16:19:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ann's hatred of clinton has been a detriment to her journalism. She is nothing more than a harasser, just short of a stalker. She has lost all objectivity and her sickness is growing. Her editors have no ethics to give her an outlet for her vendetta. It is only feeding her insanity.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 16:17:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Bosch's only known violent crime - admittedly not proved with DNA evidence and a score of witnesses, but found by a jury nevertheless - was to fire a rifle at a Polish ship docked off of Miami in 1968."
it was a bazooka rifle, ann, like the ones at Walmart
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 15:49:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Justice Department wanted to deport Bosch because, according to the FBI, he had "repeatedly expressed and demonstrated a willingness to cause indiscriminate injury and death." Freeing Bosch at a time when Washington was condemning terrorism abroad would obviously be hard to explain -- had someone asked. But Miami's leading Republican contributors and politicians persistently lobbied Bush to free Bosch, insisting that the former pediatrician was really a noble freedom fighter. And in 1990, when Bosch was eventually released and permitted to reside in Florida under an extraordinary deal with the Bush Justice Department, much of the credit went to the alleged mass murderer's best-connected White House lobbyist -- a budding local politician named Jeb Bush. The Bush son who would be elected governor of Florida eight years later had, by 1990, already become wealthy in real estate and other deals with the same Cuban exile businessmen who wanted Bosch to be freed. Among Jeb's business partners active in the Cuban-American National Foundation, the institutional advocate for Bosch, was one Armando Codina, also a regular GOP donor and activist. (Codina, however, tells Salon that he neither supported the release of Bosch, nor ever lobbied his business partner, Bush, on the issue.) According to the administration's spokesmen, however, all those personal and financial ties were just a set of happy coincidences. Anyway, nobody in the mainstream media or on Capitol Hill got upset because the president's son had opened prison doors for an unrepentant terrorist. Flash forward to the very end of Poppy's presidency, a few weeks after his Christmas Eve 1992 pardons of Weinberger and the other Iran-Contra defendants. On Jan. 18, 1993, the soon-to-be-former president signed a clemency order freeing Aslam Adam from Butner federal prison in North Carolina. A Pakistani national, Adam had by then served eight years of a 55-year sentence for smuggling $1.5 million worth of heroin into the United States. He wouldn't have been eligible for parole for another two years. Stunning as the commutation of Adam's sentence was, even more bewildering was the lack of press interest or congressional concern about his case. It was mentioned in a single paragraph on an inside page of the Washington Post; the New York Times didn't cover it at all; and nobody except the Charlotte Observer asked why. There was no further investigation until 1994, when Eric Nadler examined the Adam matter for Rolling Stone. All that Nadler could establish for certain was that Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., a stalwart friend of the Pakistani military regime and its domestic lobbyists, had interceded on Adam's behalf with the Justice Department and prison officials. It was worth mentioning, of course, that Bush, a former CIA director, may have had his own occult foreign policy or national security reasons for releasing Adam -- but none ever came to light. And no one in Congress or the media ever demanded that Bush explain why he had freed a narcotics trafficker. Adam was sent home to Karachi, where his mother reportedly exclaimed, "God bless Bush! God bless Bush!" Aside from Weinberger and company, Bush's few pardons attracted little notice, but several of those he gave were as questionable as the most controversial Clinton pardons: a Watergate felon who donated huge amounts of money to the president and hired well-connected GOP lawyers; a Cuban exile terrorist whose case was advocated by the president's son and the son's business partners; and a Pakistani heroin dealer befriended by Jesse Helms. So if and when Bill Clinton goes up to the Hill to testify on the subject of pardons, then perhaps his predecessor should be invited to discuss the same sore topic. The political influence of money and access is always troubling -- but that influence isn't much different in the pardon process now than when George H.W. Bush exercised those powers. The difference is that today, for reasons that have nothing to do with morality, we are suddenly paying attention.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 15:46:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sharon is a man of peace? Bosch led a good life? What Orwellian spin is next?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 15:46:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: FEW terrorists in history have achieved as high a level of criminal activity as Orlando Bosch. September 11, 1980: Murder of F�lix Garc�a Rodr�guez, Cuban diplomat to the United Nations In 1968, his fame was so great that, while under arrest for a bazooka attack on a Polish freighter, the city of Miami proclaimed Orlando Bosch Day, in support of that "exemplary" anti-Castro fighter. The pace of the attacks he carried out consisted of a campaign of terror aimed at scaring the Miami community, and raising money for "the cause" - including, of course, the terrorist leader�s bank account. Unfortunately, his fellow Miami Cuban Otto Reich, now the White House�s top man in Latin America - who helped Bosch escape from Venezuelan justice and find refuge in the United States - seems to have lost his memory. He declared at a Senate hearing, with apparent candidness, that he was unaware of his friend Orlando Bosch�s terrorist past. That declaration notwithstanding, dozens and dozens of terrorist attacks are attributed to Orlando Bosch and the gangs he led. Perhaps this "black list" will refresh the memory of George W. Bush�s close collaborator. January 8, 1968: A bomb explodes in a suitcase in Havana January 25, 1968: Bombs placed in various commercial establishments in the United States February 1, 1968: Mexican Consulate in Miami bombed February 2, 1968: Bomb placed in British consul�s house in Miami March 12, 1968: Bomb placed in restaurant belonging to Cuban immigrants in the United States March 13, 1968: Bomb placed in Chilean Consulate in the United States April 2, 1968: Bomb placed in pharmaceutical company in United States April 22, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Consulate, United States April 22, 1968: Bomb placed in Spanish Tourism Office in the United States May 5, 1968: British ship Greenwood bombed in the United States May 25, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Japanese ship Aroka Maru in the United States June 21, 1968: Bomb placed in Spanish Tourism Office in the United States June 23, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States June 27, 1968: Bomb explodes in the garage of Mexican consul to the United States July 4, 1968: Bomb placed in Cuban Consulate in Canada July 4, 1968: Bomb placed in Canadian Tourism Office in United States July 7, 1968: Bomb placed in Japanese Tourism Office in the United States July 11, 1968: Bomb explodes near Cuban Mission to the UN, causing damage to the Yugoslavian mission July 11, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Japanese ship Michagesan Maru in Mexico July 14, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States July 15, 1968: Bomb discovered in a French government office in the United States July 16, 1968: Bomb discovered in the Mexican Consulate, United States July 17, 1968: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomat�s home in the United States July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in French Tourism Office in the United States July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in Shell Petroleum Company building in England July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in Japanese travel agency in the United States July 26, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States July 31, 1968: Bomb placed in British Consulate in United States August 3, 1968: Bomb placed in British bank in the United States August 5, 1968: Bomb placed in offices of the Communist Party in the United States August 7, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Bahamas ship Caribbean Venture in the United States August 9, 1968: Mexican representatives in the United States bombed August 9, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican consul�s home in Miami September 11, 1968: Bomb placed aboard British ship in Mexico September 16, 1968: Bomb explodes aboard the Spanish ship Satrustegui in Puerto Rico September 16, 1968: Bazooka attack on Polish ship in Miami September 17, 1968: Bomb placed aboard Mexican airplane in United States September 19, 1968: Bomb placed in home of Mexican consul to the United States October 18, 1968: Bomb placed in Canadian travel agency October 20, 1968: Gas bomb placed in a theater where a Cuban actress was performing October 24, 1968: Attempts to assassinate Cuban ambassador to the UN July 26, 1969: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States August 6, 1969: Bomb placed in British-owned Shell Oil offices in the United States August 6, 1969: Bomb placed in Air France offices in the United States In 1972, Bosch traveled to Chile with his friend Guillermo Novo Sampol and puts himself at the disposal of General Augusto Pinochet�s fascist junta. He subsequently participated in a series of attacks on prominent Chileans in exile. In 1974, Bosch created the terrorist organization called Cuban Action, with the support of the Chilean junta and Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza�s secret police. January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Canada January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Argentina January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Peru January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban embassy in Mexico February 13, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban embassy in Madrid April 4, 1974: Prensa Latina representatives bombed in Mexico October 1, 1974: Bomb placed in Panamanian embassy in Caracas October 30, 1974: Bomb placed in Venezuelan-Cuban Friendship Institute in Venezuela November 11, 1974: Bomb placed in hotel where Cuban officials were staying in the United States March 19, 1974: Assassination of General Carlos Prats, former officer of the Chilean Armed Forces, and his wife, in Argentina May 10, 1975: Attempt in Rome to kill Bernardo Leighton, vice president of the Chilean Democratic Party in exile, and his wife July 1975: Shots fired on the resident of a Cuban official in the United States August 3, 1975: Assassination attempt on Cuban Ambassador Emilio Aragon�s, in Argentina November 17, 1975: Bomb placed in Venezuelan tourism company, in Venezuela November 30, 1975: Bomb placed in USSR commercial office in Mexico March 1976: Bosch is arrested by Costa Rican police for suspicion of trying to assassinate exiled Chilean leader Andr�s Pascal Allende September 21, 1976: Assassination of Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, and his secretary Ronnie Moffitt In 1976, Bosch founded the Command of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU), most of whose members had worked for the CIA. He ordered another series of attacks. June 6, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic mission at the UN July 1, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban-Costa Rican cultural center in Costa Rica July 8, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban mission in Spain September 7, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviaci�n warehouse in Kingston, Jamaica July 10, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviaci�n office in Barbados July 11, 1976: Bomb placed in Air Panama offices in Colombia July 23, 1976: Attempt to kidnap Cuban consul in M�rida, Mexico, resulting in the death of Cuban fishing technician D�Artagnan D�az D�az September 8, 1976: Kidnapping of two Cuban diplomats in Argentina September 9, 1976: Bomb placed in Guyanese embassy in Trinidad and Tobago September 18, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviaci�n office in Panama October 6, 1976: Mid-flight explosion of a Cubana de Aviaci�n passenger plane, causing the deaths of all 73 persons on board As a result of the plane bombing, Bosch was arrested in Venezuela and accused of masterminding the horrible crime. Nevertheless, from his cell he continued to dream up and order other attacks, against Venezuelan targets, in order to pressure the Venezuelan justice system to let him go. March 30, 1977: Bomb placed in Venezuelan Consulate in Puerto Rico August 30, 1977: Bomb placed aboard a Venezuelan airplane in Miami December 23, 1977: Bomb placed in Viasa airline office, United States December 30, 1977: Bomb placed in Venezuelan Consulate in Puerto Rico In 1978, also from his cell, he ordered attacks on Mexican interests, in response to the measures taken by that government following the death of Cuban fishing technician D�Artagnan D�az D�az. February 7, 1978: Bomb placed in Mexican Consulate in the United States February 7, 1978: Bomb placed aboard the Mexican ship Azteca, resulting in two deaths and seven injuries Later, still from his cell, he directed and maintained the actions of Omega-7, consisting of a long chain of terrorist attacks. September 9, 1978: Bomb placed in Cuban mission at the UN October 5, 1978: Bomb placed across from Madison Square Garden, where Cuban boxers were supposed to fight October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of Girasol tourism company, belonging to the Socialist Party of Puerto Rico October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of Antillana tourism company of Puerto Rico October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of the Record Public Service company, owned by a Cuban immigrant in Puerto Rico October 23, 1978: Bomb placed in La Prensa newspaper in the United States November 18, 1978: Bomb threats made against TWA, due to its flights to Cuba December 28, 1978: Bomb placed in office of Varadero Travel in Puerto Rico December 29, 1978: Bomb placed in Cuban mission at the UN December 29, 1978: Bomb placed in Lincoln Center, New York March 26, 1979: Bomb placed in TWA offices at New York�s JFK Airport March 26, 1979: Bomb placed in office of Weehawken company of New Jersey, headed by Cuban Eulalio J. Negr�n, a member of the Committee of 75, which was negotiating with Cuba April 4, 1979: Murder of Carlos Mu�oz Varela, member of the Antonio Maceo Brigade and director of Varadero Travel in Puerto Rico November 25, 1979: Eulalio J. Negr�n murdered September 11, 1980: Murder of F�lix Garc�a Rodr�guez, Cuban diplomat to the United Nations In 1987, thanks to Otto Reich, Bosch was freed and entered the United States, where he was granted asylum and even a presidential pardon. By the start of the 1980s, the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) was in existence, and its leader, Jorge Mas Canosa, directed counterrevolutionary and terrorist attacks. Once he took refuge in the United States, Bosch continued advising the most fanatical elements of the Miami mafia. Even within the terrorist gang directed by Luis Posada Carriles that planned to assassinate Fidel Castro in Panama, there are several of the old terrorist�s friends. Gaspar Jim�nez Escobedo, Pedro Rem�n and Guillermo Novo Sampol were guilty of numerous terrorist actions against Cuba and other countries, among them the machine-gunning of F�lix Garc�a Rodr�guez in New York; the killing of Cuban fishing technician D�Artagnan D�az D�az by terrorist Gaspar Jim�nez Escobedo; and the kidnapping of two diplomats in Argentina.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 15:39:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: Go Anna Go you are a stupid dummy telling all those lies.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 15:27:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Lovely day. In Spain."
not if you're in it
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 15:18:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Bosch's only known violent crime - admittedly not proved with DNA evidence and a score of witnesses, but found by a jury nevertheless - was to fire a rifle at a Polish ship docked off of Miami in 1968. No one was hurt, and the ship was only slightly damaged, making it a more successful operation than John F. Kennedy's Bay of Pigs invasion."
Bosch Rehabiltiation Project
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 15:17:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lovely day. In Spain. Oh well.
Pete�
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 15:04:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Clinton Rehab Project, Part 2 Universal Press Syndicate | April 11, 2002 By Ann Coulter YOU KNOW YOU'VE LIVED A GOOD LIFE WHEN both Fidel Castro and Bill Clinton mutter your name in disgust. If Vlad the Impaler knew about Orlando Bosch, he'd have belched out Bosch's name, too. Just a few months ago, Fidel Castro was regaling an audience in Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion with tales of Bosch's perfidy. In the sort of crisp, punchy speaking style that draws millions to hear him (nearly as much as the threat of execution), Castro compared Bosch to the Sept. 11 terrorists. Bosch, Castro said, was the perpetrator of a "monstrous terrorist act." Similarly, Clinton invoked Bosch's name recently while being interviewed for Newsweek's Clinton Rehabilitation Project. Angrily describing the ruckus over his fire sale on presidential pardons, Clinton sneered: "I swore I wouldn't answer questions about Marc Rich until (former president) Bush answered about Orlando Bosch." (Note that Clinton's position is that the Rich pardon "wasn't worth the damage to my reputation" - which was unblemished until then. Rich deserved a pardon, but if he had to do it over again, Clinton would have withheld the pardon solely to protect his own reputation.) In the honest reporting Americans have come to expect from the mainstream media, Newsweek went on to explain that Bosch - quote - "blew up an airliner in 1976, killing 73, and was freed from jail in 1990 by then-President Bush under pressure from his son Jeb and Cuban exiles." On the basis of the Newsweek account, one might think that Bosch blew up an airliner in 1976, killing 73, and was freed from jail in 1990 by then-President Bush under pressure from his son Jeb and Cuban exiles. In fact, Bosch was cleared of any connection to the airline bombing. Twice. In Venezuelan courts. When not trying to rehabilitate Clinton, liberals wail that Venezuelan courts are human-rights violators more malignant than Ken Starr. Yet it was Venezuela's criminal justice system that produced two acquittals for Bosch - in both civilian and military courts. It took DNA evidence and a score of witnesses for liberals to stop shouting "allegedly" about Clinton's crimes. But an anti-Castro Cuban is deemed guilty even of the crimes of which he has been formally acquitted. Twice. In Venezuela. Bosch's only known violent crime - admittedly not proved with DNA evidence and a score of witnesses, but found by a jury nevertheless - was to fire a rifle at a Polish ship docked off of Miami in 1968. No one was hurt, and the ship was only slightly damaged, making it a more successful operation than John F. Kennedy's Bay of Pigs invasion. But, inexplicably, it is a crime to fire a rifle at communist freighters headed to Cuba. For his one crime - taking a shot at the Polish ship - The New York Times labeled Bosch "one of the hemisphere's most notorious terrorists." (The other being Ken Starr.) Liberals so love Castro's Cuba, the last Great White Hope for a socialist paradise, they sometimes forget that being an anti-communist is not generally regarded as a terrorist act. Bosch was paroled in 1974 but soon violated his parole by fleeing rather than testifying against a fellow anti-Castro Cuban. When Linda Tripp made a different choice about testifying against a friend, the Times didn't like that either. You can't win with these liberals. After being held in Venezuelan jails for a decade while being (repeatedly) found innocent by Venezuelan courts, Bosch flew to Miami, turned himself in and served three months in prison for his earlier parole violation. But instead of releasing him, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh decided to deport Bosch to make room for Muslim terrorists interested in attending flight school. Surprisingly enough, the only country itching to admit Bosch was Cuba. So in 1990, when Bosch was in his 60s, the Bush Justice Department released him from a deportation holding cell with the proviso that he renounce violence and wear an electronic ankle bracelet for monitoring by federal agents. The New York Times hysterically denounced the decision to release Bosch, claiming that Bosch was "known" for bombings. With slightly more plausibility, Bill Clinton is "known" for murdering Vince Foster. The Times also accused Bosch of being "a hero in the anti-Castro communities." If liberals hated homicidal Muslim fanatics half as much as they hate anti-communist Cubans, all of America would finally be behind the war on terrorism. After Clinton skulked out of the White House with the silverware and pardon bribe money in his pocket, there were a dozen articles written by Clinton's most devoted media pets citing the dread case of Orlando Bosch, Terrorist. Bosch should probably be happy the Clinton Rehabilitation Project isn't calling him a stalker.
go anne go
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 15:03:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Here is the latest advice from the management training course entitled, "How to ride your people like a mule": Employees will always do what you inspect, not what you expect.
A Little Free Advice <worth every penny>
[email protected], - Friday, April 12, 2002 at 14:28:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Has Cheney proven he didn't have the guy hit?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 14:16:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: NOONAN: It's easier to fight than to pray. So let's pray...
poor pathetic woman
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 14:15:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: Didn't you hear? The Dims' latest gambit is to classify the Enron Exec's death a suicide and then frame it around Dick Cheney. They've got a game plan going, so try not to be so cocky about it. They've got their eye on the brass ring.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 14:11:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint, you typify today's instant gratification society. A story breaks in October and you expect it to be wrapped up by April. When that scenario doesn't pan out, you leap to some self-soothing conclusion that there's no fire amid all the smoke. It wasn't always so. You showed remarkable patience with the Whitewater non-scandal. You fully supported a six year, $60 million investigation that ultimately reveled nothing but a few blowjobs and an opportunity for you to dress up as an organic sex toy. Just hold your fire, Jism-Boy. Enrongate has hardly even begun. Drip, drip, drip.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 14:10:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think these Enron investigations are a good thing, sure. More power to the DoJ and all that. Let's have a speedy and thorough investigation, etc. But wasn't this thing supposed to blow up like suicide pinata and kill everyone in the Executive Branch? <> If a suicide bomber straps on a dud dyobelt, does anyone ever know? Are there reports of Mecca bobbers screaming out "Alla Akbar!" in a crowded market, followed by a stupid look?
Glint
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 14:01:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Meatless Friday?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 12:54:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Moreover, despite all the public controversy that has swelled in recent weeks around the government's decision to indict Andersen, that criminal case remains something of a sideshow to what is the main attraction: the investigation and possible prosecution of potential wrongdoing at Enron. "Andersen is not the endgame strategy, it is merely a means to develop a case against Enron," Mr. Mintz said. "The government did not want to see the Enron case delayed by a lengthy trial against Andersen." By cutting a deal now, legal experts said, prosecutors are enhancing their ability to focus on Enron while simultaneously improving their ability to both investigate and prosecute any potential crimes. Andersen's employees - particularly Mr. Duncan - are almost certain to be witnesses in any prosecution involving fraud at Enron. Without a settlement of the Andersen case, the government may have found itself in the uncomfortable position of having to impeach the credibility of witnesses in the Andersen trial who would later be needed as government witnesses in the bigger case. "Andersen employees that would testify about giving advice to Enron will now be able to testify with a clean slate," said John J. Fahy, a former federal prosecutor and accountant in New Jersey. "They will not have been witnesses at an Andersen trial and their credibility will not have been attacked at previous testimony." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nyt/20020412/bs_nyt/easing_off_andersen_to_focus_on_enron&e=1&ncid=
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 12:08:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20020412/ts_usatoday/4023737
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 12:03:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: Which investigation? There are about 15 of them going on. Drip, drip, drip.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 12:02:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: Wasn't Anderson a book-keeping or auditors for Enron??
WILL-YUM
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 11:42:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Well, let me spell it out to you, Percy. Maybe Snippy would want this man dead. Maybe Cheney." - Anonymous@22:10:12. That reminds me. Are the Democrats still trying to make an issue out of Enron. Can't tell from the news. Last thing I heard some lacky at Anderson plead guilty to tearing up some paper. Said he'll be a witness against Anderson. Anderson, what does that have to do with Enron? And where's this big investigation heading? How many years was it again we'll have to wait? What a shame that the Dims killed the OIC.
Glint
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 10:10:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: I just read the post on Ronald Reagain being "pig Irish." For the record, I'm not black. It is quite hard to read sarcasm if you meant it that way, so this is possibly unnecessary. The post I made was just to show how much a person's position changes when they find they are arguing with a black person. I never intended to give the impression that I was black, but rather to point out that the argument would be different if I was.
Aaron
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 09:04:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday called Ariel Sharon a "man of peace," rejecting a report that U.S. support for the Israeli prime minister was eroding due to his failure to fully withdraw Israeli forces from Palestinian areas. "The president has, does and will continue to work directly with Ariel Sharon to achieve peace in the region," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters. "The president believes that Ariel Sharon is a man of peace." Fleischer made the statement of support in response to a Washington Post report saying Sharon's backing in the White House was ebbing as a result of his defiance of President Bush's call for a withdrawal. The Post quoted an unnamed official as questioning Sharon's long-term ability to make peace and said some in the White House had begun making a distinction between support for Israel and support for Sharon. Without specifically mentioning the Middle East, Bush on Thursday expressed optimism over U.S. peacemaking efforts. "I believe that if we're patient and resolved and united that out of this evil will come lasting peace -- peace in regions of the world that might appear now that cannot be peaceful," Bush said. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=8&u=/nm/20020411/ts_nm/mideast_usa_dc_78
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 02:48:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: "We can all remember when the Mideast was not a crisis but rather an unanswered question: How will they find peace? It was a place that in our lifetimes had not achieved amity and accord but was not always at war, at least not always in full, hot war. But now everyone--literally everyone you read, hear, speak to--has the sense that events are accelerating toward some unknown outcome. And no one--no one--believes the outcome will be good. We are out of optimists and optimism." Peggy Noonan http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=105001914
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 02:43:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: That makes Cheney Suspect Number One, I'd say. Drip, drip, drip.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 12, 2002 at 00:11:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://whatreallyhappened.com/baxterautopsy.html
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 23:34:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.captimes.com/opinion/column/nichols/23771.php
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 22:54:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: And what guy might that be? As if we didn't know.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 22:22:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Or the guy that wrote the anthrax letters.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 22:10:39 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, let me spell it out to you, Percy. Maybe Snippy would want this man dead. Maybe Cheney. Maybe fellow Enron execs. As far as I know none of these suspects has yet proven they DIDN'T kill the man.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 22:10:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: As hard as it is to believe a successful Enron executive would take his own life, it's even harder to imagine why anyone would murder such an individual. What would be the motive? Geesh.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 22:08:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Murder victims.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 21:35:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Who writes a suicide note in block letters?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 21:00:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like a crime scene, Jism-Boy, a bad crime scene. Rubble. Body parts. Bad scene, like Oklahoma City. Too bad you have no idea what a war is like. Pervert.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 20:27:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: It was God's will that led a middle-aged man with a fetish for underage transexuals to dress up like a cigar and petition his government. Let's roll.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 20:13:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: They sound like your typical garden variety uppity former slaves. They want promises and land. Promised land, 40 acres each. And a mule or a donkey, whichever.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 18:10:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Baxter wrote in crisp, block letters on stationery imprinted with "J. Clifford Baxter."
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 18:05:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yes, the Jews had their marching orders and failed to follow them. God had a plan. To eliminate every trace of they who occupied the promised land. For one reason or another they didn't follow through. It may be been through pity, or greed, or misperceived duty. But they let the scaliwags off the hook by permitting them to assimilate into the culture. The sleepers have awakened and it's pretty now that God was right after all. The question is this: Can we say that that it was God's will that the Jews didn't follow God's will?
Glint
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 17:55:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: I was cleaning out my in basket and found the following, which should be serve as a reminder that there is a war against terrorism, and that it is and will be ongoing: "My deployment to the Pentagon is becoming much more organized and routine. My dog & I are currently assigned the grim task of sifting through rubble and separating human remains from aircraft parts, personal effects, classified military property and building material...we are making great progress finding those lost so they can be returned to their families in a timely fashion. We have also recovered a significant amount of evidence to help the ATF, FBI and DoD investigators better understand exactly who perpetrated this terrible crime...."
Glint
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 17:41:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Who should have rolled? The Israelis?
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 17:32:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Enron Exec Cites Lost Pride in Suicide Note Thu Apr 11, 4:12 PM ET By C. Bryson Hull SUGAR LAND, Texas (Reuters) - A former Enron Corp. executive who killed himself in January wrote in a suicide note released on Thursday that he had lost his pride, though he never cited the company's ruin as the source of pain. The note by former Enron Vice Chairman J. Clifford Baxter to his wife, Carol, illuminates little about what motivated the wealthy early retiree to shoot himself. Early speculation was that Baxter, 43, despaired over the financial scandal that led the once-giant Enron into a record bankruptcy and triggered investigations sure to envelop his former colleagues. "I am so sorry for this. I feel I just can't go on. I've always tried to do the right thing, but where there was once great pride now it's gone," Baxter wrote in crisp, block letters on stationery imprinted with "J. Clifford Baxter." "I love you and the children so much. I just can't be any good to you or myself. The pain is overwhelming. Please try to forgive me," read the note, signed "Cliff." The Sugar Land Police Department released the note after the Texas Attorney General's office ruled state public information laws required its disclosure. Baxter's family had tried to keep the note secret, citing their right to privacy. Police said Baxter shot himself once in the head early on the morning of Jan. 25, while parked in his black Mercedes in the affluent Houston suburb where he lived with his wife and two children. The Harris County Medical Examiner has ruled the death a suicide, but Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace Jim Richard said he has not signed the death certificate because he is awaiting final test results from police investigators. Baxter's suicide came a day after congressional hearings into the Enron scandal began in Washington, giving rise to speculation the two were related. Congressional investigators had sought to interview Baxter the previous week while they were in Houston looking into the scandal surrounding the once-giant energy trader.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 17:31:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: The lesson is, they should have rolled when they had the chance. Now look where they are. America should pay attention to that lession when dealing with the dictators who harbor terrorists.
Glint
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 16:56:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: By the way, Aaron sounds a lot like MK. I guess he's the MK of the new millenium?
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 15:39:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Actually, you are right. It's history repeating itself, although this time, I don't think even God can save them. I don't even know if even softening their stance towards the Palestinians will help, because I think those folks are beyond talk. And what's worse is that they're blaming Arafat. Arafat can't do shit to stop the bombings. Folks have taken matters into their own hands. It's Israel's fault. I feel like the FBI is going to come to my house and snuff me out for saying that, because there's this whole conspiracy thing surrounding the relationship between Israel and the US. It's like Israel's our bitch or something.
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 15:35:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey Glint. Well, there's gotta be a reason why, under Sharon's leadership, the suicide bombings have escalated to once every day. I'd say it's because of the audacity of his lack of respect for the Palestinian people. However, I did say before that Sharon is much more representative of Israeli sentiment towards Palestinians, and the Israeli people did elect him, so I suppose your theory is right.
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 15:31:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: Jeeze. Sounds like the Israelites had balls ages before Snippy's balls were a sticky drop in Pappy's balls.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 15:29:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: I dunno. Some days, I'm a Sharon guy, other days I'm a Arafat guy. Depends on what mood I'm in.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 15:25:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hi Coppertone, nice to have you back. I must respectfully disagree that Sharon's to blame. This thing has been going on for far too many centuries to be laid at the foot of a single contemporary individual. I will say however, that the Jews are to blame. Their own Torah documents the many times they deviated from the instructions as given to them by God through Moses. When they disobeyed, they suffered, indeed even to the nth generation. For example, when they left Egypt and began tromping on their way to the promised land they were encouraged by the Lord who coached them thusly, "'You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces.'" - Exodus 23:24. With certain persons in charge, the Jews rolled. For instance, For the most part, the Jews obeyed. For example, see Deuteronomy 3:6: "'We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women and children of every city.'" Joshua 6:21: "They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword." Joshua 10:28: "Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Thus he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho." Joshua 10:35,37,39: "They captured it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; and he utterly destroyed that day every person who was in it, according to all that he had done to Lachish....They captured it and struck it and its king and all its cities and all the persons who were in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it...he captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Just as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had also done to Libnah and its king." Joshua 11:11: "They struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire." Eventually the Jews asked for and got a king. Along came a line of spineless bleeding heart Liberal types on whose deaf ears fell the commands of the Most High: "'Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" - 1 Samuel 15:3. But Saul disobeyed, "He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed." 1 Samuel 15:8-9. Naturally, this enraged God who moaned, "'I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands." And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all night.'" - 1 Samuel 15:11. Even wise Solomon failed to follow through. Instead of destroying the inhabitants of the land, he enslaved and married them: "... from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this day." - 2 Chronicles 8:8 God had a plan, but his chosen people the Jews disobeyed, and that leads us to today. They were lazy in the mop-up and left survivors who were assimilated, intermarried, introduced their own gods, and eventually weakened the very fabric of Jewish society. This led to the the splitting of the kingdom, and being divided it wasn't long before the inevitable dispersion was upon them. Here, let Samuel explain how things went wrong: "But Samuel said, 'What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?' Saul said, 'They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed.' Then Samuel said to Saul, 'Wait, and let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.' And he said to him, 'Speak!' Samuel said, 'Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel, and the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, "Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated." Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD ?' Then Saul said to Samuel, 'I did obey the voice of the LORD, and went on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal.' Samuel said, 'Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king.' Then Saul said to Samuel, 'I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice. Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me, that I may worship the LORD.' But Samuel said to Saul, 'I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.' As Samuel turned to go, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. So Samuel said to him, 'The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you. 'Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.' Then he said, 'I have sinned; but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God.' So Samuel went back following Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD. Then Samuel said, 'Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites.' And Agag came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, 'Surely the bitterness of death is past.' But Samuel said, 'As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.' And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal." - 1 Samuel 15:14-33
Too Little Too Late <[email protected]>
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 15:17:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Just 21 years ago today, my mother experienced the most pain she had ever felt with the possible exception of my older brother. Since then, I have brought only happiness and joy to all I encounter. I don't drink, but its nice to know I can if I wanted to. I know what its like to be a minority, me being a conservative college student that doesn't drink and all. Who knows, I may be eligible for reparations some day.
Aaron
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 15:14:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: BAMIYAN, Afghanistan (Thursday, April 11, 2002) - Watching his country's turmoil from exile for two decades, Afghan sculptor Amanulah Haiderzad always worried about two soaring statues of Buddha hewn into this barren valley's towering cunt-like sandstone clefts. The ancient monuments escaped damage throughout the 10-year Soviet invasion and Afghanistan's civil war in the 1990s. But they were demolished last year by the former Taliban regime, which said the Buddhas violated Islamic bans on human images and idolatry. Now Haiderzad is back in Afghanistan to organize reconstruction of the statues. ``I had dees dream to coom bick and veesit, but not like dees,'' the 62-year-old sculptor said on a plateau overlooking the orifices where the majestic statues once stood. Carved into a mountainside above the central city of Bamiyan in the 3rd and 5th centuries, the Buddhas were considered clitoral treasures. The larger of the two, at 175 feet high, is thought to have been the world's best hung standing Buddha. The other statue featured a somewhat smaller though still impressive stone pecker.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 14:24:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Aaron, on second thought, The Limbaugh Letter is the better option.
Gary
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 14:14:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, and I assume the other Arab countries are totally in Arafat's corner, and they'd be idiots not to be. I don't think Colin Powell can do the job. He's a general, a man of war, a tactician, not a peacemaker. One false move, just one, and we can quite easily have WWIII on our hands. Ain't this some scary shit? The worst part about it is you have Sharon, who's a cowboy/pit bull and Snippy who's a cowboy/poodle, and you have these rich Arab countries, some of which have been smiling in our faces and plotting our demise behind our backs, some of which haven't been smiling at all. I'm scared that Snippy was elected again.
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 13:37:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: Well, that would be cool with me, if they got rid of Sharon. I thought that Netanyahu was a pit bull? Sheesh!! Anyway, I'm not so sure it will happen, because he's representative of the way Israelis view Palestinians, for real. I think they want a Sharon who doesn't get their countrymen killed in a horrible blast just about every day.
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 13:26:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't think so. I think Sharon will be unemployed soon.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 13:14:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Anyway, at least we agree that Sharon's the dick in this whole thing. I mean, the guy got distracted when meeting with Condy because of her nice legs? YeahOK. That's beside the point, though, because Sharon's the warmonger. I think the reason why they elected Sharon is that he represents the feelings of most Israelis, who thumb their noses at Palestinians. Most Israelis don't consider Bethlehem and other territories Palestinians territories. The Palestinians have no land and don't deserve any, as far as they're concerned. At least, the ones I've talked to.
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 13:11:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: If the Palestinians were supposed to have Jordan, why aren't they fighting with the Jordanians now? Part of the whole conflict started when Sharon or whoever ordered settlers to settle in disputed territory, you know.
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 13:06:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: HEBRON, West Bank - A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was killed Thursday when the explosives he was wearing blew up in this West Bank city, apparently by accident.
Ha! Ha!
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:59:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like Glint's been hitting the urine jar pretty hard.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:57:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Whatever Sharon wants, Sharon gets.
Ozzy
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:55:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: The New Bush Doctrine: "See You Next Week" Filed April 8, 2002 Did you catch the following through-the-looking-glass exchange regarding President Bush�s appeal to the Israelis to withdraw immediately from the West Bank? �I don�t think that he meant exactly to say, �Just get out,�� said Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer on ABC this Sunday. �But he said �without delay,�� replied an incredulous George Stephanopoulos. �Yes, but I don�t think that he meant that,� insisted Ben Eliezer. This stunning refusal to take the president of the United States at his word prompted National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, on her own round of the Sunday talk shows, to admonish the world �not to parse the president�s words.� But that�s precisely what the world is doing -- and with good reason. The president, after all, has been building quite a record of full-blooded rhetoric and anemic follow-through. One might even say it�s starting to become his MO. For instance, after urgently declaring last Thursday that �The world finds itself at a critical moment,� �the storms of violence cannot go on� and �enough is enough,� he announced that he would be sending Secretary of State Colin Powell to the region sometime �next week.� I could have sworn I heard him add �or whenever he can get around to it.� Next week? Why wasn't a helicopter waiting on the South Lawn to immediately whisk Powell off to start his peace-keeping mission? Was Air Force One all booked up? Or did Powell have more important plans for the weekend? Dinner and a movie with the Mrs., perhaps? Indeed, Powell is scheduled to make stops in Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, and Spain -- Spain? -- before finally heading to Jerusalem toward the end of this week. The lackadaisical pace of Powell's departure was all the more unfortunate considering that what the president really needed was not Air Force One, but a time machine at the ready to send Powell to the Middle East of a year ago, when he might have stood a fighting chance of heading off the grisly horrors of the moment. Is the president hoping that the Israeli army kicks it into high gear and rounds up all the Palestinian bad guys before Powell touches down? Maybe the Secretary can buy Mr. Sharon's forces a little extra time when he checks into his hotel -- y'know, throw some water on his face, check out the cable channels, the snacks in the mini-bar, that kind of thing. Despite the efforts of his inner circle to paint the post-9/11 president as the rough riding, straight shooting, second coming of Teddy Roosevelt, the events of the last six months have actually revealed him to be the anti-Teddy -- a politician who speaks very loudly while, more often than not, carrying a very small stick. Or having someone else carry it sometime �next week.� Take the Bush Doctrine, that marvel of philosophic and moral precision that has now been amended, parsed, redacted and clarified into a murky mush. The thing now has more footnotes than an annotated version of "Remembrance of Things Past," more clauses than a Donald Trump prenup, and more exceptions than the desperate girl's edition of �The Rules.� "Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists," said Bush on Sept. 20. And as recently as two weeks ago, he reiterated the importance of sending an unambiguous message to the world: "I said that if you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist; if you feed one or hide one, you're just as guilty as those who came and murdered thousands of innocent Americans." But then he kneecapped himself by giving Yasser Arafat a "get-off-our-terrorist-list-free" card. According to the president, even though the Palestinian leader has done considerably more than feed or hide terrorists, he isn't one himself because, along with his involvement in numerous terrorist assaults -- including the 1983 bombing in Beirut that killed 241 Marines -- he had "negotiated with parties as to how to achieve peace." Oh, that changes everything. Powell had a simpler explanation for the moral gymnastics: "It would not serve our purpose right now to brand him individually as a terrorist." So much for the black and white clarity of "with us or against us". It doesn't get much grayer than that realpolitik rationale -- although Condi Rice sure tried. "There are different approaches you have to take," she said. "But what is very clear is the president believes terrorism is wrong." Glad she cleared that up for us. Bush's "follow-through gap" is made even more noticeable by the melodramatic nature of his pronouncements. If you whip out something as powerful as "the axis of evil," you've got to do more than just wag your finger at Iran, Iraq and North Korea. The same goes for his famed "Dead or Alive" vow: it raised certain expectations. His muscular language made it clear that winning the war on terror included the capture or killing of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar. Now we're being asked to settle for the trials of John Walker Lindh and Zacarias Moussaoui. We've gone from the original Broadway cast to the community theater production. And while the president has repeatedly promised "to make sure Americans are more secure and more safe than ever before," are we really safer than we were on Sept. 10? Are our borders more secure? Are we more prepared to face biological warfare or dirty nukes? And how much better are our new and improved airports screeners, who are still failing to detect guns, knives and bombs at an alarming rate? The president is also matching strong words with ineffectual action when it comes to the most elementary exercise of his power: failing to order the disparate agencies responsible for homeland security to end their petty turf wars and work together under one regulatory umbrella. Yet the president's approval rating shows that he is not being held accountable for his actions, he's simply being given credit for his words. When it comes to the war on terror, the world is divided into those who believe that the worst is behind us and those who think the worst is yet to come. The president is similarly torn: he talks like the worst is ahead but acts like it's behind. "It's an important part of any foreign policy," said the president before his hairpin turn on the Middle East, "to do what you say you're going to do, and we did." If only that were true. Maybe it will be soon. Sometime next week.
go ariana go
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:55:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh-oh. This latest news calls for action, Jism-Boy. Break out the cigar suit and dance in front of the White House. Tell Snippy to let Sharon be Sharon.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:52:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: When it comes to defending the interests of America and it's allies the bandy legged fellow comes off as quite a hawk. Taiwan ROC for instance has suffered from eight years of kow towing and technology pushes to China PROC. Bush's recognition of the former has caused irritation among the latter. Talking with the remaining elements of the Red Borg here there is an undercurrent of fear wrt job security. Those who are on work visas would be on shakey ground if they didn't have work and are fearful of deportation back to the dictatorship of their birth. The only ones I've seen who speak fondly of home are they who have either been green carded or nationalized here. Still, Bush's position will no doubt lead to criticism and attempted undermining by the left. It's tough being the leader of the free world and keeping the pants zipped up at the same time. We have seen others that have have failed before and the stain that was left on the presidential porcelain was not a pretty sight.
Glint
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:51:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: By Mike Allen and John Lancaster Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, April 11, 2002; Page A01 Israel's continued defiance of President Bush's demand for an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian cities and towns is eroding support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon inside the White House, administration sources said yesterday. After months of steadfast backing of Sharon by the Bush administration, senior White House aides are beginning to express doubts about whether the Israeli leader can be a long-term partner in achieving the administration's goals in the Middle East.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:50:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Look, the Palestinians were supposed to have Jordan. That was Palestine. Except, the midget king didn't like the idea. As for Sharon, he's an idiot. An in-your-face bully who is responsible for unleashing fucked up A-rabs on a civilian population by creating 20 new settlements a month in the West Bank and short-circuiting any peace process. This is similar to Reagan bankrupting the treasury when he couldn't win the argument about social programs.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:47:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: So, Glint believes we're in some war against terrorism, eh? That we will root out the terrorists wherever they may be. He believes Arafat is a terrorist and qualifies for rooting out. He's probably right but don't tell this to Snippy. The Snippy Doctrine changes daily.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:42:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh yeah, what I was saying is that, in the 50 years, I think, since Israel as a modern nation has existed, the Palestinians have had their homeland stripped from them, have been relegated to the shittiest pieces of land the Israelis could toss to them, they're given limited access to Israel, barely any good food, water, health care, etc., and on top of it, have been called every name in the book, from terrorists to savages, and are now the most hated minority group in the world. That's some shit, people!! What do we expect?
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:35:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hi guys and hi Glint!! Anyway, the problem that the Palestinians have is that you can only be crapped on for so long. Then, you get to the place where you can't take it anymore and you're willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to be heard and to get some respect, including your own life. In, what, 50 or so years, they've had their ancient homeland stripped from them by these so-called "victims." I say "so-called," because, yes, the Holocaust was truly a deplorable point in the course of human history, but for goodness sake, they're not the only ethnic or racial group in history who have been oppressed, singled out and brutally murdered, but they just "happen" to be the only ethnic or racial group who took someone else's country (with the help of their superpower friends, the US) and made their own country. Now, why do you suppose they had it like that? Let's think about it. You have the whole Middle East, predominantly Arab, which controls the largest portion of the Earth's oil. As the adage goes, "whoever controls the oil controls the world." Now, do you really think that the United States, a country that was built on the backs of millions of oppressed people, is trying to have the world's most precious resource controlled by a bunch of sand niggers, without having some sort of "outpost," populated by "people like us," to whom we can give weapons and money, and from where we can send spies and diplomats? Come on. So, let's face facts, Israel has no balls of its own. They pretty much ride on our balls. And they use those balls to oppress others who were busy praying to Allah and never so concerned with the art of war as White people have been, to build their country and protect their own interests. Sound familiar? It should. The thing is that I'm not even sure giving them back the land would even make a difference anymore, because the Palestinians are pissed off and they're not taking this shit anymore. I think peace offerings may be too late. I sure hope not. Anyway, the only hope of resolving this conflict is to give the Palestinians the respect and the land they deserve. Anything less, and we will NEVER see the end of these suicide bombers, either in Israel or here.
Whatever
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:31:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yes, I do believe that the PLO are harboring terrorists. Terrorists target civilians and that is what those morons who sneak into Israel with a stick of dynamite up the kazoo are doing. As far as expelling the organization, I don't agree with that. They'll just go to France and eat cheese where they can manipulate the terrorist puppets in safety. No, they should be forced to implode by strapping on a dynobelt. I th ink that Israel is doing the right thing and have no other choice but to get down and dirty in trying to root out the terrorists.
Glint
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 12:11:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Are you saying Jeremiah was a kook? Please! And MK? how about Glint? Pete? Gary? Harlan? Sorry, it just won't wash!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 11:29:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: Although this page has been graced by very few rightwingers, each one in his/her own distinct manner has helped define the term, "rightwing kook." Congratulations, ladies and gents. You have represented you ilk well!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 11:14:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey! Easy on Husker-Boy. He may be ignorant, but at least he wore a cigar suit when his country called.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 11:05:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: I feel much better. Thanks, Glint, for synthesizing the issue so perfectly. By the way, how do you know Al Qaeda ISN'T in urban areas? I thought the guys who flew the planes into the buidings were all chilling in the cities right up to the end. Where are the sleepers? In the mountains of Peru? Thank goodness!
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 11:03:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: Whew! Now that Glint has pointed out Al-Qaeda missed its chance to mass in urban areas, thereby depriving all the terrorist sympathizers would be crowing about...something.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 11:00:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 10:54:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Asked about critics who say the Bush administration has erred by not identifying Arafat as a terrorist, and by being reluctant to apply the Bush doctrine of "you are either with us or you are with the terrorists" to the PA, the former president described the views of many Arab leaders. "And some in other parts of the world feel it is not applying to Mr. Sharon," he said.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 10:44:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Do you think the U.S. should declare the PLO a terrorist organization withdraw their visas and kick out their representatives, Glint?
Gary
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 10:43:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Most Americans view the Palestinians as terrorists rather than warriors and the Israelis as warriors rather than terrorists. If there were terrorists bombing targets in America I'm 100% sure that the American people would want the military sent in to whereever the terrorists were being harbored to mop them up. Fortunately, for us the Taliban's guests were mostly in the relatively unpopulated mountainous regions. Unfortunately Isreael the Palestinian miscreants are ensconched in urban settlements with little care for the safety of innocent people be they Israelie or Palestinian. Sneak in and blow up a bus and then hide out using women and children as shields. I think we were lucky that the Al-Queda didn't mass in the cities any more than they did, otherwise the loony apologists for the terrorists would have used it to condemn the war on terror.
Glint
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 10:40:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: While there can be no doubt Snippy appreciates such blind support, he would much rather Glint lend his talents to AmeriCorps and leave the spin to the professional spin doctors.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 10:33:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: He's just interested in propping up Snippy no matter how liberal the bandy-legged phony gets.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 10:15:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint likes to imagine all kinds of drama. It was he who reminded us all that "our boys" "over there" were about 21 years old, just like Caliban John and that we shouldn't fall for all the pro-Caliban John propoganda he figured was being spewed somewhere. Glint's vigilance is legendery. Comes with the territory when you have your own telescope.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 10:05:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nobody said that, Glint. We all put our money on the guys with the hardware beating the guys with the goats. Calm down, whacko.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 10:01:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Mr. Bush's petty mind is now setting us up for a war with Iraq, a war that will cost thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of lives." Wow, where did you find this? In a 1990 NYT opinion spewt? Sounds like the scrawlings of the same twerps who said we'd get wedgied in the Kyber.
Glint
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 09:16:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: If it is as simple as just giving the Palestinians the West Bank and that would be it, you'd think that the Palestinians would in turn agree to stop pushing for the destructin of Israel. They won't do that so why give them something for nothing? They can't even cease fire. If they wanted their own land so bad one would think they could stop throwing rocks and turning themselves into hamburger.
Glint
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 09:06:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Learn to spell, asshole, right after you begin enjoying John Ashcroft today officially charging someone not unlike you with hate crimes--against dykes. John "Oil Me" Ashcroft. The new lie-bral. Bwa ha ha.
Gerund Noir
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 09:06:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: House of Meat, Argentinians are not Black, they are European in origion, more so than the U.S, maybe even more than Canada. Ethnically it is probably the most ethnically European country in the Americas, just because they are of Spanish descent, that doesnt make them black, have a look on an atlas, Spain is close to Africa, BUT would you believe, it is in Europe. House of Meat, when you talk of dumb as a flagstone, you must be confusing me with a tan. Well sorry my man, if thats what you call yourself, the Spaniards can dance, the Portugeese too, my reference to the French and Italians was to show they had a higher proportion who could dance. House of Meat, you are just jealous that you come from a nation of no culture. Rock on washerwoman, or whatever you called it.
Irishman
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 08:36:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: What kind of name is House of Meat? It sounds like the set of a German Gay Porn movie.
Irishman
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 08:29:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Neanderthal man Sean Hannity, one of the chosen 100.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 03:04:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: POLL SHOWS SUPPORT FOR ATTACKING IRAQ-------Of the 100 people asked 57 Alzsheimers said yes. 28 comatose said no, and 15 dead guys don't know.
WILL-YUM
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 00:54:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Look on the bright side for a change. Lets move to Overland Park, Kansas and get naked. No law against it. Hee Hee
CLIFFORD
- Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 00:41:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Way to go, Harley. You and Church of the Holy Donut Bernie Ward appear to be in the minority.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 23:59:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: Triple Threat To Peace -- Arafat, Sharon And Bush Harley Sorensen, Special to SF Gate Monday, April 8, 2002 �2002 SF Gate URL: - It's a depressing world these days. Overseas, we have Americans fighting wars in so many places our government doesn't even tell us about them all. In the Middle East, we have the well-equipped and well-trained Israeli army smashing the ragtag Palestinians, who retaliate with suicide bombers who destroy the lives of innocent people going about their daily business. And in the Bay Area, we have a rash of suicide fathers and mothers, who obliterate their families before killing themselves. In Washington, we have a somnolent president who still can't believe how easily he went from barroom drunk to Leader of the Free World. It occurred to him Thursday that perhaps he ought to take the Israeli-Palestinian crisis seriously, so he's finally (and far too late) dispatching the one reasonable man he knows to try to get people to talk to one another. Colin Powell will not succeed. It's far too late for that. If there was any hope for a peaceful resolution to the Middle East crisis, it rested on the shoulders of an ex-president, one William Jefferson Clinton, but George W. Bush has too stingy an outlook on life to even consider using Clinton's skills as negotiator. (An Israeli once told me: "In the Middle East, Clinton walks on water.") Mr. Bush's petty mind is now setting us up for a war with Iraq, a war that will cost thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of lives. And what will be the purpose of that war? To kill Saddam Hussein, not because Saddam is a bad man (which he is), but to impress his father, the bumbling president who bungled us into our first Gulf War. Of course, you and I will be told that our sons and daughters will be fighting in Iraq because Saddam has suddenly unlocked the secrets of weapons of mass destruction and is about to blackmail the world. It is totally depressing to me to look at some of the main characters in the Israeli-Palestinian disaster. Look at Yassar Arafat, a snake if ever there was one, an aging thug who rose to power without a scrap of concern for the people he supposedly represents. And, on the other side, Ariel Sharon, a sadistic man skilled only at killing and destroying, a man who believes the road to peace is to kill everyone who stands in his way. Why oh why did the Israelis elect such a man as their prime minister? Sharon started the current escalated round of violence way back in September 2000, when he made his deliberately provocative appearance in Jerusalem's Temple Mount, as the Jews call it, or Haram al Sharif, to the Palestinians. At the time, Sharon was merely aspiring to political office, but he wanted to impress his followers by thumbing his nose at the Palestinians, which he did. That gave him new prominence, and the resultant violence perhaps frightened the Israelis into electing him last year, because he promised peace and stability through power and force. If you turn on your television or pick up any newspaper or news magazine, you can see what kind of peace Sharon brought to Israel. The man's character, hardly in doubt, was made clear again recently, on March 4. On that day, after Israeli security forces killed 17 Palestinians (including five children), Sharon urged his troops to "increase the number of Palestinian casualties" to "teach them a lesson." The quotes are from an article in the currrent edition of In These Times, written by Neve Gordon, who teaches politics at Ben-Gurion University. The quote in the March 5 New York Times is slightly different: "If the Palestinians are not being beaten, there will be no negotiations. The aim is to increase the number of losses on the other side. Only after they've been battered, will we be able to conduct talks." Sharon's penchant for violence has never been a secret. His history is laid out in great detail in the "Biography of Ariel Sharon" on the Web. Uriya Shavit, writing three weeks before Sharon's election as prime minister, predicts tragedy. "If the polls prove accurate," Uriya wrote, "Ariel Sharon will be elected prime minister of Israel in three weeks. Twenty years ago, as defense minister to a weakened government, he also promised peace, but embarked on what proved to be a long and costly war. History, they say, repeats itself: once as tragedy and once as farce." So now we enduring the farce in the Middle East. And soon, in Iraq, we'll be repeating history again, when the Bush "This is for you, Papa" farce kicks in. With people like Bush, Arafat and Sharon running the show, I despair of any peaceful resolutions. I fear escalations. The world is in trouble, big trouble.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 23:13:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good job, Gary!
Gary's friends
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 21:45:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Our freedoms are in danger! The NRA is fighting for the free speech of holding companies named after Star Wars characters. They are fighting this abominable campaing finance reform that the president signed into law. I'll be back with the facts later. Gotta hit the books.
Gary
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 21:44:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Aaron, what you should do is send $300.00 to the NRA for a life membership. They are the only thing standing between you and Charles Schummer and Dian Feinstine. See the Ruling today on the Concealed Carry Rule in Ohio.
Gary
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 21:28:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: Who are you Gary
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 20:51:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hello to my friends. I'm doing just fine! I'm just about ready for the debates!
Gary
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 20:24:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Stop trying to pick a fight, Aaron. You're just a tourist around here anyway.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 20:09:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Wife, my ass. There never was a wife. Just naked Cook Island wahanis.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 20:08:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Gosh, that crynic sure is a tattle-tale. Went crying to Whatever. Guess it ain't easy, being the pi�ata. But maybe it's OK for just a little while to let the crynic pretend he's one of the guests. The poor bastard has had it hard since his "wife" left, or "passed away."
.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 19:26:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: It depends on how you help ski bunnies out of their funk. Wierdos watching them go to the potty may not be included, as I recall. How's the clapping seal on the newly paved road?
Pete�
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 19:24:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why do you think I should flush it? Do you think the 2nd ammendment is unnecessary or it is not in danger of being repealled? Or is it something else? All perspectives are important. This is my 25 bucks we're talking about.
Aaron
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 19:00:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's up, crynic? I'm OK. Still engaged, not married yet. It's all gravy over here. I suppose that when papi died, it was too much for me. Glint emailed me the other day, and I'd been saying to myself how I should drop by anyway, so I did. Seems like it's only those Cali guys left. We'll see what we can do to inject some life into the place, but not until tomorrow, because it's quitting time and Miss Skibunny's PMSing and I have to help her out of her funk. That's what good girlfriends do for each other. Take care. :-)
Whatever
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 18:16:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Toine shows up occasionally, but it's most likely one of the Cali pricks trying to creat diversion. Even Pete got fed up with the fuzzy rhetoric. Glint's still here and most of the sicko demonrats are too.
the crynic
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 18:11:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Whatever, hey girl how are ya? This page has sorely missed you. After John's departure, you were the only intelligent life left on the left. Your liberal comrades are clueless. All fluff. If you come back, you will be THE liberal heavyweight on the page. Just watch what pathetic posts are fired off by these slithering hypocrites. It's disturbing.
the crynic
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 18:08:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: They're all Pete pretending not to be Pete. Every last one of them. Sad but true. The only old-timer left is Harlan St. Wolf.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 18:08:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: So, who's this Aaron weakling?
Whatever
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:55:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Where's Aaron when you need the boy?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:43:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: By the way, was that 'Toine, disguised as Famous Amos, who said that? Hi, 'Toine!! Long time, no see!! How's life living under that rock? Must have been cold this past winter, unless you live in the desert. You should think about insulating. Let's play "Slap The Stupid Honky Upside His Pointy Head" today!!
Whatever
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:40:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: And by the way, there are no honkeys in Watermelon Weekly because they're too busy trying not to choke on the big Black anaconda they have in their mouths to pose for pretty pictures.
Whatever
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:37:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hi hi hi!! Guess who? It is I, Captain Vegetable, otherwise known as Whatever. How's every little thing? Anyway, my whole thing about the situation in the Middle East is that I can't believe how much pro-Israel propaganda we American sheep are spoon-fed. It just sucks. Just go to fucking Israel and see the bullshit those Palestinians have to put up with from the Israelis. I went in '99. Bethlehem and Jerusalem are right next to each other, and the difference is like night and day. In Bethlehem, which is Palestinian territory, there are boulders in the jacked up roads and the whole place looks like it had gotten bombed out 5 years ago. Jerusalem, on the other hand, is totally beautiful, whitewashed buildings, palm trees, beautiful roads, all that. The fact of the matter is that the Israelis, backed by America (which is the key reason why the Israelis have half the balls they have to call the Palestinians "savages,") stepped up in the place and claimed land that wasn't theirs, straight up stole the Palestinian's ancestral homeland, because they're such victims boo hoo, and then they have the nerve to get mad when the Palestinians want thir land back!! It's ridiculous!! This whole dumb ass conflict would be resolved if Israel would just give the Palestinians the West Bank, give them their own slice of the country and call it a day, and would withdraw from the disputed territories instead of sending settlers to settle in land that ISN'T THEIRS, but noooo, that would be too easy. We'll just let all our countrymen be smashed to smithereens by bombs and crush the tourist industry and the whole region into utter turmoil than to surrender land they shouldn't even have. What a bunch of dicks.
Whatever
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:35:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sports Illustrated is about as conkey as rags come. Full of colored pictos of your mellon munching descendants of slave bulls and slave she bulls and blond white women in bikinis. Not much a self respecting honky can do about it except to monitor the thing by keeping the subscription up.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:34:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Flush it down the toilet, Aaron. Same difference.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:25:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Actually, Aaron, nobody gives a rat's ass what you decide to throw your money away on. Why not buy a decent bottle of wine with it, or a couple grams of righteous pot?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:22:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'd go for spending the money on the lobbying group, Aaron. The periodicals you mention are quite lame and do nothing except make you feel you aren't alone, which of course you are.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:19:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: I have just recieved my annual membership application to the National Rifle Association. Should I join, or rather keep my $25 and stick with my subscription to the Limbaugh Letter and National Review? Input is appreciated from both sides of the table.
Aaron
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:14:14 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's a cookie.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 17:02:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: whats an oreo
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 16:24:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's for the oreos who read our magazines.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 15:58:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why are there negroes smoking KOOLS in white magazines but no honkys in Jet or Watermelon Weekly?
Famous Amos
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 15:37:00 (EDT)

My two cents are: I thought the white magazines were all the ones not called Ebony or Jet.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 14:04:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: Send in the troops. Also send the AG for troop entertaining. He'll demonstrate how to roll with his rendition of LET THE EAGLES SOAR. Send a few calico cats and maybe he could even demonstrate frog in a blender dancing with the devil.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 13:20:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Send the Marines into Israel and the occupied territories and convert them all, Jews and Islamers to Christianity! Burn their matza and whatever it is the Ishmaelites are fond of chomping on.
the ann plan
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 12:53:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: You are right 18:37:09, I don't have any difficulty figuring out the situation in the USA. The problem is you liberal dunderheads can't see reality through your rose colored specs. No hidden accounts, full disclosure, compliance with ALL tax laws. What's your problem, fuckface? And yes, I would like fries with that.
the crynic
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 12:50:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yes, William, the are a few things the government isn't telling us. For example, they aren't telling us that the mission of the Bush administration* is to line the pockets of the rich parasite with free money. Another thing they're not divulging is who they are holding in jail, where, for how long, and for what. They are not telling us why we don't see calico cats any more. What happened to all the calico cats? Does it have anything to do with the gunshots and squealing in the night? And they aren't telling us that they OWN port 110, and can read everything you think or even josh about. And, finally, they are not admitting how many co-eds George Bush raped when they refused to put out even though he was a cheerleader, when they tried to hold out for someone on the team itself. We are told none of these secrets. And a good thing, because if we can't fight them with every tool we have, the terrorists will win.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 08:56:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Check. All the Arabs will go back to riding their camels and their magic carpets, turn in the Volvo, turn in the dishwasher and the tropical fish tank. No more dollars for the ragheads, no sir, not with the USA playing footsy with Israel. Your average Arab really feels the brotherhood with the Palestinian who straps the TNT belt on and blows himself up at the sock hop. Even if they don't strap on their own belts and blow themselves up, they can give up the Volvo and the fish tank, go back to the beloved camel. The only mystery is whether the Egyptians are still indignantly squealing that the pilot who flew the plane into the ocean couldn't have done it on purpose because it is culturally impossible for a Muslim to commit suicide.
.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 08:50:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is there something the Government isn't telling us?? Iraq is not going to sell us there oil. Why would they they anyway, after the Gulf War. Now, the Arab Nations say they may shut down sales to the U.S too, if we keep playing footsy with Israel. Right now the Afgannies want the U.S. out of their country, so they can go back to being arab warlards. Too many lies are being told.
WILL-YUM
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 03:56:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Still tickin...
Pete�
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 02:59:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: White guys shouldn't be so hostile just because most of them look like a frog in a blender while dancing.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 01:20:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Sky and Telescope." There's a magazine for white guys.
.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 00:30:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: I say that the crynic is right, how dare they publish a magazine called "Ebony"!!! Where are the magazines for white guys? Double standards NEVER work, bro. Not anywhere, not any time.
.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 00:27:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Reagan was pig Irish. Pronounced his name "Ree Gun", the pig-Irish way. You could listen to the old "GE Theatre" kinescopes and hear it, "I'm Ronald Ree Gun." Nancy made him change the pronunciation to "Ray Gun." Evidently she felt that this was either the lace-curtain way to say the hated Irish name, or it fit in better with the astrological theme. Irishman is a foine fellow, but he doesn't understand negritude. It takes a black guy, Aaron perhaps, to understand. Irishman should keep to his spinnin' o' the blarney and his leprachaun folk, and go with Fergus, but he should keep his nose out of "rap" and "conk-jobs" and "wine spo-de-o-dee", because he doesn't have a chance of understanding them in the deep dark drum-beating soul the way they have to be understood if we are ever to have peace between the "mickey boyos" and the "licorice whips."
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 00:15:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Rumsfeld Notes Lack Of Communications From Bin Laden... Developing...
does this make tomorrow a green day?
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 23:17:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ronald "Dutch" Reagan (the rapist) was Irish.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 23:08:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ted Bundy was Irish. John Wayne Gacy - Irish. Sure, they were witty, intelligent and fun, but hey!
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 23:06:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: The Irish I have met have been wonderful- witty, intelligent and fun. Sorry, Meat.
Trish
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 21:54:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe there's a hidden mastery in the Bush plan. It could work like this. Step 1) Destroy the economy. Step 2) Destroy it again. Step 3) Loot social security and retirement plans. Step 4) Stash the money in the Cook Islands (ask Neal how) Step 5)Promote rabid evangelical puritan-based religion and put those limits on free speech. Step 6) Continue increasing our prison population. Step 7) Implement national ID cards. Step 8) Implement a national language. Step 9) Ban the othert languages. Step 10) Raise the Taliban Flag and declare victory.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 21:52:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: You're right, someone is right. It is amazing how much Bush has Fckd up in a year. And they haven't even told us we're at war with Iraq again yet. Anybody count how many suicide bombings went on before they put Powell on the plane? Laisse Faire leadership may sound good in theory, but in praxis, it's an absence of the same. You see, voodoo supply-side economics and bogus tax-cuts just doesn't address religious fanaticism very well. Neither does requiring the tencommandments be scrawled on the wall of every public school.
Borg 17 of 22
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 21:46:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe Top quit posting on the Brillo pads and took up anonymously posting knee-slappers like the Bill and Sue tall tale below.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 21:30:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: Tom was the only one worth a loaf.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 21:22:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: Two couples were playing cards one evening. John accidentally dropped some cards on the floor. When he bent down under the table to pick them up, he noticed that Bill's wife Sue, legs spread wide, wasn't wearing any underwear! Shocked by this, John upon trying to sit back up again, hit his head on the table and emerged red-faced. Later, John went to the kitchen to get some refreshments. Bill's wife followed and asked, "Did you see anything that you liked under there?" Surprised by her boldness, John courageously admitted that, well, indeed he did. She said, "Well, you can have it but it will cost you $500." After taking a minute or two to assess the financial as well as the moral costs of this offer, John indicates that he is indeed interested. She tells him that since her husband, Bill, works Friday afternoons and John doesn't, that John should be at her house around 2:00 Friday afternoon. When Friday rolled around, John showed up at Bill's house for the planned time with Sue at 2:00 PM sharp and after paying her the agreed sum of $500, they went to the bedroom and closed their sexual transaction as Sue had promised. Afterwards, John quickly dressed and left. As usual, Bill came home from work at 6:00 PM and upon entering the house, asked his wife abruptly, "Did John come by the house this afternoon?" A little worried, Bill's wife answered, "Why yes, he did stop by for a few minutes this afternoon." Her heart nearly skipped a beat when her husband curtly asked, "And did he give you $500?" In terror, she assumed that somehow he had found out, and after mustering up her best poker face, replied, "Well, yes, in fact he did give me $500." Bill, with a satisfied look on his face, surprised his wife by saying, "Good, I was hoping he did. John came by the office this morning and borrowed $500 from me. He promised me he'd stop by our house this afternoon on his way home and pay me back."
good poker player
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 21:20:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Whatever happened to Tom?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 20:47:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Trish. Sue. Will-yum. Clifford. Gary. Aaron. Irishman. The new wave.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 20:23:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Trish has known Irishman for a while. They usually hang out at a different watering hole, though. Lord knows how they found their way in here. I wonder if they even know they're here?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 19:17:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Since when has Trish been so cozy with Irishman?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 19:07:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Trish-- don't need any help, I can handle the Irishman on my own, but thanks.
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 19:05:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: House of Meat, re: your post to Irishman -- Get help. Now.
Trish
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 18:54:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Donkeys Unlimited.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 18:46:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: Democratic Underground- Free Republic in the mirror.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 18:44:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: Crynic, how would you like it if we sat here and sneered at past leaders of the Cook Islands? Let's go a little easier on our respective countries' leaders. We doubt that we will ever understand Cook Island affairs, and doubt that you would have equal difficulty trying to figure out the situation in the USA.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 18:37:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: DU = Ducks Unlimited?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 18:33:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush bash on Free Republic puts DU to shame.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 18:20:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yep, you've got to hand it to the bandy-legged little guy. Lost the World Trade Center, the bin Laden manhunt, and peace in the mideast just by being asleep at every switch but the one you flip to put dough in your friends' pockets. Clinton looks better and better, but Ghengis Khan would look better if he was followed by this little bozo.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:50:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: You're pretty weird there, anonymous. Mr. Bush the younger let the Palestine thing go, remember? Strutted in with the hands-off no nation-building no middle east involvement no international cop, and gosh-a-roonie, look what happened! Now he's got to step up to the plate and pig out with the boys at Camp David, plus he's having a hard time being an international cop with his friends the Arab kings bitching and complaining about his letting this happen. You'd think the little guy's advisors would have seen this coming-- but wait! They are tough strutting little guys, too! Amazing, isn't it, how Bush managed to fuck this thing up so bad in just over a year?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:47:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why doesn't Bush just try adopting the tried and true Clinton plan? Fly Sharon and Arafat to a Maryland photo op either in the mountains or near the shore and pig out, drink, and discuss the many uses for the cigar. They might pose for pictures holding the door open for each other, smiling and refusing to show each other their backs. Thanks to Clinton you hardly ever hear about sand fleas blasting themselves and others to smithereens in Isreali pizza parlors any more.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:38:28 (EDT)

My two cents are: That CNN article on LP came out a few days ago, Anonymous@15:30. I voted in the on-line poll which asked what the greatest threat was pollution wise. Choices were things like 1) car exhaust, 2) second hand smoke, 3) light pollution, etc. LP was in the lead with 90% when I cast my vote. Is the follwing site green enough for you? Maryland we have this green site: http://www.enlightenmaryland.org/
Glint
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:30:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bet the Bush twins and Chelsa all have better pussy than Sue
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:21:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: Former US president George Bush on Friday spoke out on behalf of Arab leaders, many of whom still maintain relations with him. Asked about the seeming embrace of Iraq by Arab states at the Beirut summit last month, Bush told NBC's Today show: "I don't think they support Saddam Hussein. I think if that was the interpretation, it's totally erroneous. I know Crown Prince Abdullah very, very well, and he doesn't like Saddam Hussein." Asked about critics who say the Bush administration has erred by not identifying Arafat as a terrorist, and by being reluctant to apply the Bush doctrine of "you are either with us or you are with the terrorists" to the PA, the former president described the views of many Arab leaders. "And some in other parts of the world feel it is not applying to Mr. Sharon," he said.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:13:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Don't kid yourself. Just another ploy to milk our coffers. Begin and Sadat played ole Jimmy boy like a cheap fiddle. From peacemaker to piecetaker in a few short poorly run admins. Your liberal leaders reach new lows at every turn. Damn the piecetakers too. Criminal, really.
the crynic
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:09:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Seems that nothing America accomplishes is good enough for the crynic. All nay-saying and pessimism and complaining, while real Americans roll up their sleeves and try to get things done. I say good riddance to the dude, we're fortunate that he changed his citizenship, and we shucked him off like the bitter whining drag he was. Now maybe we can move foreward, since we don't have to coddle his sorry ass any more.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:07:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Peace is a contoversial word today. Primary schools are suspending their peace programs.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:06:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Uh, I think the words are: Blessed are the peacemakers.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:02:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's just the crynic, guys. War don't confront him unless the Seychelles ally themselves with Curacao and they invade the Cook Islands. That's when he'll profess to wish he was young enough to help defend the home sod.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:01:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: Were also still paying of the debt the old dummy Reagen and his fifty cent piece run up. Carters was peanuts compared to his.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 17:01:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Seems to me they'd had a war and the Isrealis were occupying the Sinai. Are those two back at war again, the crynic? I haven't been keeping as close tabs as you, evidently.
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- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:59:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: Damned are the peacemakers!
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:59:12 (EDT)

My two cents are: Right. Remember the liberal go-to-guy Jimmy Carter. We're still paying off the Egyptians for the alledged and temporary peace peanut man bought at Camp David. You have a short memory.
the crynic
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:34:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nice spin, the crynic.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:20:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Be thankful, crynic. You need all the help you can get.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:19:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bet Powell wishes he wasn't a liberal right about now. The liberal is always to go-to guy for the tough jobs, like trying to make peace in the middle east. If only he had chosen troglodytism, he could be scheming to drill for oil in Arlington National Cemetery or bring back the 54-hour work week and the orphan train like the rest of the administration.
.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:17:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Faux crynic at 16:11:40, but it's probably not too far off.
the crynic
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:15:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Terry, it's time to stop playing with mom's computer and get back on that paper route right now. Now run along like a nice little pussy.
the crynic
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:11:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Mrs. Clinton backs Palestinian state Hillary Rodham Clinton May 7, 1998 Remember the outrage on the right over this?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:07:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: "When asked if Washington considered Arafat to be the sole, legitimate representative of the Palestinians, Powell replied: "The United States recognizes that the Palestinian people view chairman Arafat as their leader. "It's up to the Palestinian people to decide who their leader will be, whether elected or otherwise," Powell said, standing by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher who insists Arafat has no substitute. "And as a leader of the Palestinian people, he has many obligations," which will be raised in Powell's talks with Arafat in a bid to secure a ceasefire and resume political talks central to the peace process, Powell said. Powell said Israelis and Palestinians could only achieve the US vision of peace -- a Palestinian state living next to Israel - was by linking the "security and a political process together so people can see not just the ceasefire." http://asia.news.yahoo.com/020409/afp/020409164926top.html
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 16:03:19 (EDT)

My two cents are: Do people really do that, shelter money in bogus countries, and still call themselves Americans? That's about the most disgusting thing I've ever heard of. I sincerely hope the practice is limited to a few bottom-feeders that can be easily hosed out when the time comes to clean house.
Terry Stott
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:40:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: What does a Paki immigrant need with a comet? All he wants is a bowl of curry and a plate for the white man to carry his loaf. If they all went back home it wouldn't be too soon. They aren't much better than the native born who treasonously keep secret accounts in the Cook Islands to avoid paying their patriotic share of America's costs.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:37:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Glint's the one hugging the tree, here, the crynic. Pussy. If he had his way all the lighthouses would be snuffed out and you sailormen would die like oiled gulls on the rocky coasts. If he had his way the Ford agency couldn't light up the lot so people could scope out the new T-birds after work. Turn off your lights, America, Glint and the other astronomy club geeks want to look at their pussy comet.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:33:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/03/29/dark.skies/
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:30:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Time to institute a "light pollution tax".
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:26:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Turn it up a notch already. You're boring. Let's spin that liberal tree hugger shit you guys do so well. Pussies.
the crynic
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:25:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: How about Paki sneaks like the crynic, living off the fat of America but avoiding American taxes? Is that a hyena, or what?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:08:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: Vampire bats.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:06:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: What about hyenas? Light pollution would play hob with hyenas.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:06:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: It might be environmentally dangerous to things that slither in the night, and need the cover of darkness to capture and kill the newly-born young of other beasts.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 15:04:48 (EDT)

My two cents are: No, I think it is the result of diving in WITH the customary polls and focus groups. "Pollution" is the buzzword, the hook. It co-opts the word and applies it to something that is not environmentally dangerous. Pretty clever, if you ask me.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 14:33:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Why do the crazies call it light 'pollution?' ... If a streetlight burns out, is the result 'dark pollution?'" - Anonymous@13:43:57. That's pretty good. Yet another sample of a well thought out query. Actually, even among astronomers there is debate about what phrase should be used. If the air is polluted with smog, it is called 'air pollution.' If a river or lake is polluted with pinched loaves riding in on a river of urine it is called 'water pollution.' So, wouldn't it be better when the natural beauty of the dark sky at night is polluted with wasted photons to call it "dark pollution?" However, the phrase has been minted and we're stuck with it. Guess that's what happened when you dive in without the customary polls and focus groups.
Glint
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 14:00:51 (EDT)

My two cents are: Black guys with no soul? It's like sayin' there's monkeys without tails or you can pinch a loaf that don't stink. Ain't nobody can do the funky chicken like a brother wearin' a big old hat that's grippin the velcro patch for dear life.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 13:54:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: Is that his name? I would think it was something like Mukerjee or Heebob, good Pakistanee. Interesting how these guys aren't comfortable in their own skins.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 13:45:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why do the crazies call it light "pollution?" It doesn't really pollute or poison anything. It doesn't threaten the public health. It's just light. If a streetlight burns out, is the result "dark pollution?" It seems to me, this whole "light pollution" concept is being cynically foisted on us by selfish elitists.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 13:43:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: Did you say something, Abdul?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 13:43:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: For a mean spirited imbecile you have quite the vivid imagintation. Whack away if it quells the pain of your pathetic empty essence. I'm always pleased to help the unfortunates among us. Fire away dude.
the crynic
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 13:24:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Does the sun count as light pollution?" - Anonymous@20:09:20. An excellent question. The sun is after all the brightest object in the heavens at mag. -27. However, the answer to your question is no. The notion of light pollution is concerned with non-natural sources of wasted outdoor illumination.
Glint
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 13:22:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Oh, right, the profile. Well, there are Black guys with no soul. Just because I'm one of them doesn't mean you can strip me of my heritage and make me Hairy Ainu.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 13:03:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: No, Aaron, it wouldn't help. I could possibly believe you to be Phillipino, or Lapplander, or maybe Hairy Ainu. Black, though, you don't fit the profile.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 13:01:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: I don't suppose it would make any difference if I were to tell you I was Black now, would it?
Aaron
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 12:56:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: So, the crynic is actually a Pakistani with an inherited portfolio and a fat curry-smelling wife with a diamond in the middle of her forehead? I suspected he was a wog all along. The man is just too uncool to be an American.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 12:31:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Irishman, black is not a variation of the integument, but rather a state of mind or soul. The Argentinian can tango like a "bonito diablo" because he THINKS black, from the liver outward, as if he too were born in the deep jungle. If you had ever seen a Frenchman dance, you would retract your silly statement and stop thinking that any sort of pure-bred European can bust a decent move, unless he has trained in the ballet and is queer, or is one of those half-Arab, quarter-black Spanish flamenco wizards. Maybe you have confused the Irish washerwoman "jig" with boogie mambo madness? Don't be ashamed of yourself, for it is reasonable for a Mick to be ignorant and as dumb as a flagstone. Just think how awful it would be to be like the crynic, a rich Pakistani trying to pass for white yet whose whole knowledge of the world comes from the Playboy Advisor. At least you admit what you are, and have not made a twisted pi�ata of yourself.
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 11:24:06 (EDT)

My two cents are: Wrong, Argentina is the most European Country in the Americas, more so than the U.S. even, however it might be a draw with Canada. I think you may have ment Brazil. Whites can dance, they all seem to live in Spain, Portugal and Italy, maybe parts of France too, but they are all posers.
Irishman
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 10:37:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: "...With any luck, we can build a residence project for those who have not adapted to our climate or shaken off the psychic shackles of slavery,..."House of Meat - Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 02:58:22 (EDT) - - Drunk again, huh meat? Not even you can be that naive and stupid. Or can you?
the crynic
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 10:27:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Christ, thats f'ing retarded, that you want to cal someone n***er, I nearly got the shit kicked out of me thursday night, outside a takeaway after the night club. Some bucko was calling 3 of the black employees that he was trying to get to serve him n***ers, then start shouting chinks and slimballs etc. at the Oriental and Spainish/Italian people behind the counter, he start going on about "is their no f***en Irish working here at all, he start shouting crap like "all even the f'en white c**ts are f'en English b****rds, I was let me say slightly ineberated and lost my cool, I started on about his mother, "ya redneck peado" etc. As I was drunk I forgot all about the instance until I wandered out of the chipper on my own, leaving my friends inside, unaware that the racist f**k had followed me out with several of his friends, just in the knick of time my friends found me, outnumbering tham and it went no further. Being tall, yet not all that strong & a pasifist I would have beewn in for a serious beating, but it would have been worth it because I made a t*t of that A-hole on front of loads of people.
Irishman
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 10:26:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: what a sick fuck.
LeRoy Johnson
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 10:05:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: No, Aaron, the black man of America is estranged from his ancestral jungle home, and will stay here. With any luck, we can build a residence project for those who have not adapted to our climate or shaken off the psychic shackles of slavery, next door to your gated community, or ungated mobile home park, whichever you have attained. Unfortunately, it is so far impossible to tell whether you are rich or not rich, since you haven't bragged about your portfolio like the crynic or shat bricks about how the minimum wage holds you back, like MK. The key to my support of the claims of the Negro is that I will support the claims so long as it is taken out of your supposedly pure-bred caucasian though suspiciously swarthy hide. I myself owe nothing, never having advocated slavery and not having a racist bone in my body. I don't see why you, as a card-darrying bigot, are so averse to the idea of paying both our shares. Would it make it go down any easier if you got to appear on Jerry Springer and whine about it to the nation?
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 09, 2002 at 02:58:22 (EDT)

My two cents are: Special Order Remarks of Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jet Magazine November 15, 2001 Today, we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jet Magazine, and congratulate Mr. John H. Johnson and the Jet Magazine family on 50 outstanding years of covering African-American life. Both Ebony and Jet Magazine have meant a lot to African-Americans; it was a way for us to be connected as a community, at a time when there were few publications of widespread circulation devoted to African-American life. Many of us can remember the first time we glimpsed Jet and Ebony in our family homes, and learned about current events, and the lives and achievements of our fellow African-Americans. The success and longevity of Ebony and Jet Magazine are due to the vision, hard work and perseverance of John H. Johnson, the publisher, chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Publishing Company. John Johnson began with a vision and an idea. When he was in his early 20's, he worked for the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, then the largest African-American owned business in the North. One of John Johnson�s jobs was to comb African-American newspapers and magazines from around the country, in order to brief the President of Supreme Liberty Life. John Johnson soon discovered that African-Americans were hungry for news of their own community -- news that was broader than what was reported in the predominantly white media of the time, and news that was not, as Mr. Johnson remarked, "only in connection with a crime." So in 1942 John Johnson founded Negro Digest. However, due to his humble roots, Mr. Johnson did not have the financial support necessary to support his new publication. At the time, mainstream banks did not commonly make loans to African-Americans, so John Johnson ended up borrowing $500 at the Citizens Loan Corporation, using his mother�s furniture for collateral. The magazine quickly became successful. In 1945, John Johnson launched Ebony, modeling it after Life and Look magazines. Ebony started as a magazine about achievement and success. John Johnson realized the importance of African-Americans feeling good about themselves, and of their achievements in the context of American society. In his book, Succeeding Against the Odds, Mr. Johnson wrote that at the time, "There was no consistent coverage of the human dimension of black Americans in Northern newspapers and magazines. It�s hard to make people realize this, but blacks didn�t get married on the society pages of major American dailies until the late sixties." Jet Magazine followed in 1951, and continued John Johnson�s vision of reporting about the people, history and current events of the African-American community. For example, Jet Magazine�s Ticker Tape column, authored by Simeon Booker, has been a consistent source of information about current events, and governmental and legislative decisions. Over the years, John Johnson has helped to present the news and interests of people of color virtually around the world. Today we salute him, and one of his flagship publications - Jet Magazine -- for being part of our lives for 50 years. All of us look forward to another 50 years of success, and of Ebony and Jet Magazine continuing to bring the news not only to all of us, but also to future generations.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 23:51:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Don't think you can slip one by the crynic, anonymouses. Sure, he's tough on the lazy and unemployed, but he sees all sides of the story. It was he who called David Duke a racist pig fucker right here on this board.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 23:44:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: Wasn't that Sue claiming to be the victim?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 23:40:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: Thanks for you input, House of Meat. Thanks for your input. If you wish to subsidize the sloth of unemployed blacks with slavery reparations, go ahead. Don't expect me to chip in. There is no reason anybody should fail to make money in America. If you want to send the "black man" to "the bosum of his native jungle" go ahead. You would be so lucky to get him to leave the bosum of his native Philly. Would you take Bill Cosby? or maybe Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson? Those two guys have made too much money from the failure of the black population to want to leave now. Good luck getting the likes of Walter Williams and Larry Elder to leave America. They are not only successful and happily American, but often called "Uncle Toms" by their own black peers. Like it or not, America has no reason to apologize to any of her citizens, especially not those who are unemployed, living on tax dollars, and still claiming to be the victim.
Aaron
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 23:22:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Crynic's always had a rough time here. At least since the pinata incident.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 22:46:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 22:45:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hey Anonymous, don't bait him with techno wizardry. You know what'll happen. He'll tell us some McGyver bullshit story how he powers his home made tape deck with solar panels tied into the batteries in his Barbie Corvette and transfers the power somehow via the old ringer washing machine just off the portapotty/bomb shelter out back next to the 57 Buick. Guaranteed.
the crynic
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:50:34 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ah, flaunt it. How else is anyone supposed to know you're loaded, man?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:45:02 (EDT)

My two cents are: Don't need to flaunt it, but don't be ashamed of it either.
the crynic
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:43:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: And since you brought it up, why is it ok to publish a rag mag called "Ebony" or broadcast the Black Entertainment Channel, or market FUBU? What happens with a publication called Whitey, or White Actors Entertainment, or clothes for whites only? Ok, I'll back up on the clothes, I forgot about RL Polo. Double standards don't work - anywhere, anytime, period.
the crynic
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:41:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: If you got it, flaunt it.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:37:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Better to be new money than no money, eh crynic?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:36:05 (EDT)

My two cents are: Good one about betamax, crynic. I'll bet the fucker still has 8 track too. Required at the trailer park, eh?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:35:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: So your definition of "Old Money" is holding the encumbered title to the trailer so long it's tires are long since flat and dry rotted? So much for upwardly mobile.
the crynic
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:34:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yo bro Meathead, perhaps you've watched your beta tapes of "Roots" one too many times. Diversify dude, get down wit "Don't be a menace while you're drinking your juice in the hood" or maybe even Rush Hour. Two minorities for the price of one.
the crynic
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:28:47 (EDT)

My two cents are: Cali led the way. Cali ALWAYS leads the way.
Marin hot-tub owner and proud of it
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:01:25 (EDT)

My two cents are: It was Elvis Presley who made race a thing of the past. He taught the white teenager how to do the "shimmy she-wobble" and broke down the cultural barriers. Chubby Checker sealed the fate of racism with the "Twist", not to mention Carol Doda and the "Swim." When white girls started dancing as good as black guys, it was all over. The white guys still haven't caught up, except in Argentina, and those guys are half black to begin with. Where will it all end? It would take a thinker of the mental capacity of Sue or the crynic to figure it out.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 21:00:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: You can call him anything you want, rube, you just have to be ready to back it up with your hands. Go ahead and say what you yearn to say. He doubtless yearns to razor your pasty white throat, the damn "spade cat."
.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 20:56:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: What irks me is how blacks can call eachother nigger and we can't. What's up with that? I hate having to bite my tongue. I yearn to call a black man nigger.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 20:51:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: yeah, there you go again parap-hrasing Adolph Coors
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 20:45:45 (EDT)

My two cents are: It behooves the white man to learn Ebonics, and by the way, I don't like it when you capitalize Black and White. It's not good Ebonics OR good English. For too long, the white man has had his ass greased by Old Money, and slid into the cushy situations on both sides of the bubble. That is, except for a few Nebraska nurdlets and sailormen who worked their way up from the fo'c's'l'e, who made it on pure merit, who had their ass greased by nothing but the hard-driven sweat of their gluteal lobes. We call those types New Money, and hope they learn some manners and stop disgracing the white race with their rube attitudes. We of the Old Money are perfectly happy to pay back the black man for the services he has rendered since we first took him from the bosum of his native jungle, and brought him to weep and wail in Babylon. I am personally willing to support him with every dime the IRS can squeeze out of the crynic and Glint and Glint's daughters. Being Old Money, I have my shekel collection sheltered where the moon don't shine, so not to worry. I like to see you rubes running around trying to shelter your paltry earnings in the Cook Islands, when all you need is a soybean farm and eight or nine Holsteins.
House of Meat
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 20:40:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Does the sun count as light pollution?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 20:09:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: The white man can't catch a break in this country.
Harlan St. Wolf
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 18:48:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sue's right. Why should I not be allowed to criticize or state my opinion about other ethnicities. it is that "don't talk down about minorities" that got them all into the predicament they are in now. For so many years we couldn't blame the troubles inflicting the Black community on the black people who caused them. If those of different origins can't speak english, they will have a hard time getting a job. When they can't get a job, they get a check from the government at taxpayers' expense. There is nothing wrong with learning English if you want to live in this country. I don't have a problem with Black Pride, or even White pride for that matter, but when you have the double standard of James Byrd and Ken Tillery, then I have a problem.
Aaron
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 18:33:55 (EDT)

My two cents are: Breathing makes me swell with pride!
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 17:50:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: I'm proud of my arms.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 17:49:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: What makes you so proud of you lack of pigmentation, twat?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 17:40:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: You're a complaining disgrace, Sue. Self-pitying bitch.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 17:27:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: To the person at 12:14:52 I say this: Bite me. I should not be proud of who I am? Then are you telling blacks, hispanics etc etc they should not be proud of their ethnic origins etc as well?
Sue
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 17:06:07 (EDT)

My two cents are: Look who's whining now.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 17:00:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Now I know what the term "deaf and dumb" means.
the crynic
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 16:13:15 (EDT)

My two cents are: The crynic is good man. Pays bill on time. With this, I buy many fish, and some palm trees.
Omar Bydr, Financial Consultant
Cook Islands, - Monday, April 08, 2002 at 16:08:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: What? What did you say?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 16:05:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: Lesbians: We made our baby deaf on purpose by James Langton in New York A deaf lesbian couple have admitted deliberately creating what are believed to be the world's first designer handicapped babies. The two women tracked down a deaf sperm donor to ensure that their daughter, who is now five, would inherit the same inherited hearing disabilty that they both share. The couple were so pleased with the result that they have just had a second child, called Gauvin, using the same technique. Doctors who examined the boy say he is completely deaf in one ear and has only partial hearing in the other. In an interview with the Washington Post, the women - Sharon Duchesneau, who gave birth, and Candace McCullough, her lesbian lover - say that they believe deafness is "an identity not a medical affliction that needs to be fixed". They were so desperate to have children who share their handicap that the women asked their local sperm bank to provide a deaf donor, but were told congential hearing loss immediately disqualifies candidates. Instead they turned to a deaf male friend for help, producing what they call their first "perfect baby" - their five-year-old daughter Jehanne. Before their son was born, the women said: "A hearing baby would be a blessing; a deaf baby would be a special blessing.'' Both women, who are in their mid thirties, belong to a radical school of thought that believes deafness is a "cultural identity" not a handicap. They want their children to share the same "experiences" including learning, sign language and going to special schools for the deaf. They also consulted a "genetic counsellor" before getting pregnant who told them that with Miss Duchesneau's background, that includes four generations of deafness on her mother's side, any child conceived with a deaf sperm donor would have a 50 per cent chance of having the same handicap. After their daughter's first hearing test, the couple wrote happily in her baby book: "Oct 11, 1996 - no response at 95 decibels - DEAF!'' Their daughter attends a special kindergarten for children with hearing problems. After tests on their baby son showed he also had severe problems, they decided against giving him a deaf aid in the one ear that still has some hearing, saying they will leave the decision to him when he is older. The couple's behaviour has appalled children's rights groups in the United States. The conservative Family Research Council said their decision to "intentionally give a child a disability" was "incredibly selfish". The council's spokesman, Fred Connor, said: "These women are taking the idea of creating so-called designer babies to a horrible new level.'' Even a leading member of the American National Association for the Deaf, Nancy Rarus, said she "can't understand why anyone would want to bring a disabled child into the world".
more perverted liberal insanity
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 14:51:57 (EDT)

My two cents are: So I guess we now have a boy named Sue that some false Pete prophet lieks to toy with. Oh well.
Pete�
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 14:45:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: Thanks for the support, Mr. Crynic. I know; they can't face the truth. If you want a good resource to back up our views, I would suggest visiting this site: http://www.stormfront.org There are a lot of helpful folks there who think the same way we do.
Sue
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 13:46:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Be careful what you say, Sue. All these feel gooders here get upset with the truth. They just can't help it. But give them a few minutes and they'll spin it into a version they can deal with. These fragile misguided liberal sheep make me want to puke. Most of them talk a good story, but there's no substance. Bunch of socialist hypocrites. Spin away moronic robots.
the crynic
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 13:30:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: At least 10-15 credit points in Bush's long lived and high ranking poll numbers must be attributed to the BIC factor. Bush isn't Clinton!
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 13:27:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: Anyone ever watch that show with the two-headed snake on CNN? You know, the one hoste by the reptillian Paul Begala and James Carville?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 12:29:59 (EDT)

My two cents are: Bush Has 82% Favorability Rating.....developing quite nicely
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 12:28:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sue, night by night the moonlight floods my garden. I can teach you about poetry, and lots of other things. I like Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase." Where do the gridlines meet? Out on the edge of the universe where God vibrates to the complex numbers? Yes, I'm deep. What's your e-mail?
Pete�
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 12:22:40 (EDT)

My two cents are: Hold that thought, Sue!
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 12:17:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: You bring shame on the entire causcasian population, Sue. You make me embarrassed to be white.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 12:14:52 (EDT)

My two cents are: Cry me a river, you whining twat.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 12:12:26 (EDT)

My two cents are: Blacks are far better off then they were in the 60's. I'd say they have it made these days and should! I'd go so far to say that they have it much better then whites. Hispanics have a lot of opportunities as well. Whites aren't holding these people back for crying out loud. If there's a problem within their race it's themselves that is holding them back, not whites. If you don't get educated, you can't get very far...Everyone has an opportunity here in the United States of America to attend schools. Here in California whites are the minority now. Were you aware of that? No one is looking out for me. No civil rights group etc... I have no beef with any group that is here in AMerica working hard, speaking English and assimilating. Do I think the blacks deserve reparations? Hell no. Why am I responsible for something that happened years and years ago? Wheres my reparation? My family came from Poland and as far as I know, some may have been killed in the Nazi Death Camps. Do I deserve reparation? Whites are descriminated against as well. You don't always here the stories but they are. We are also discriminated against because of our age. Baby Boomers are having a tough time out in the workforce these days. I hear it everyday from my clients. I am sick and tired of hearing all the whining about racism. It's such a convenient way to justify something. "Oh well, that person is a racist". You guys throw that word around too damn loosely. Because I don't like the Vietnamese language, I'm a racist now? It's the most annoying foreign language out there. I'm sorry! Again, blacks are not held back- I can name several black people who have a lot of money in the Sports World and in Entertainment ...If you have the talent, then by gosh you should be hired on that MERIT and that merit only! Not because of the color of your skin. There are some great black journalists...I say, more power to them if they are intelligent, smart and know the business then they should get the job. I respect "people" who do not look for hand outs and think everyone owes them a living. As far as Latinos go, come to the United States but come here legally!!!! Actually that goes for the millions who come to America illegally. It's a slap in the face to all the others who wait months and sometimes years to come to America legally after going through all the red tape etc. They are law abiding citizens who respect the U.S. and its laws. By the way, there are more Whites on "Death Row" then blacks...More whites have been executed then blacks. Now if you will excuse me, I need to make some coffee. Then I need to start working...yes, I work. I work very hard and do not expect a handout. I'm also White and damn proud of it. What do you think of that? Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Good Day!
Sue
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 11:46:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Content?
???
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 11:11:20 (EDT)

My two cents are: "I'm surprised that the fishwrap editor didn't catch that, or did she?" Anon@13:37:35. You're right. That was an unedited version. The final cut gets "smartened up" by those with degrees in english and journalism. You know what they say, thos who can't add content edit them that do. Well, someone somewhere surely has said that at one time or form or another.
Glint
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 10:39:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: After reading Friday's post at 17:15:38 I may need to reevaluate my opinion of the Caliban. There's apparently some, such as Timothy A. Chichester, who are worth saving simply on account of their eloquence.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 10:03:09 (EDT)

My two cents are: Caliban. Good name for anana. Who's Prospero?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 09:20:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: The cat guy got the polyps. Probably died of them. The hula man realized that everyone in America is a traitor and decided he didn't want to be an American if that's the way it is. Snuck off to Turks and Caicos where they treat paralegals like Kings. Never heard of no Forest. No women ever came to this site. What are you thinking of?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 01:51:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: 'Oil slick' of jelly fishlike creatures hovers off North California Coast... Developing...
typical liberal Caliban treason
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 01:48:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: I may not agree with making a kid drink the water he's carrying for a school project, but I'll fight for the airport guard's right to make the kid drink it. If we lose all the little things, the big things will go away as well, and the terrorists will have won.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 08, 2002 at 01:41:37 (EDT)

My two cents are: Boy says he got sick after airport guard made him drink water he carried for school project... Developing...
neighbor's urine jar?
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 19:15:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Speaking of Jeremiah, what happened to all the kooks on this site? Used to be the racist dude lived here. You know, the one hated the Jews and loved the ragheads. Then there was the little guy from Texas, guy who killed a pet cat. There was some hula-hula clown, alays seemed bitter and confused. Forest, wasn't there a jughead named Forest? Couple of fascist chicks too. Where'd they all crawl off to?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 19:12:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sue=Jeremiah.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 17:57:50 (EDT)

My two cents are: That's a relief!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 17:25:13 (EDT)

My two cents are: Nah, just another asshole.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 17:21:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's the point of having your cake if you can't eat it too? Doesn't seem like too much to ask for. When somebody offers me cake, I take it so that I CAN eat it. Am I being selfish?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 17:17:58 (EDT)

My two cents are: Light pollution, to my mind, is a bummer. However, 99.999% of the earth's surface area experiences negligible light pollution, so there are many, many options for avoiding it. Guess Glint is whining because he can't have his cake and eat it too. If he was serious, he'd move out to the country where there are no hermaphrodite children to watch during the daytime.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 16:57:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: Been playing beach here today, swimsuit on, straw hat, going to build a Tiki bar on the patio out back. Found out its about 90-odd crowflys miles to the salt and we are technically in the Coastal Plains parks region. There s really not a hill between here and the Golfo.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 16:55:03 (EDT)

My two cents are: Ahh, university officials are always bitch bitch bitch about students going to tropical island hideaways and fulfilling themselves sexually on the beach at night as naked as reef squid, again and again and again before the sun comes up and the plane leaves for midterm city. At least that has been my experience.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 16:53:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Perhaps he began to hate light pollution before he became an astronomer. Like it was some weird cornhusker germano-genetic thing of like wanting to be in the dark like a potato in the root cellar. The astronomy was just a cover, a reason to hate the light, The light of reason. The light of day blazing across the cemetaries. And piercing the darkness now as well, this man-made incandescent outrage!.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 16:51:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: In a way, it's like the comet becomes incidental to the light pollution rant
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 16:46:23 (EDT)

My two cents are: I myself am just as infuriated by this globe-trotting as the officials of Oxford University are reported to be.
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- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 16:44:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: You got a rack, Sue?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 16:32:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: That picture confirms Chelsea's hotatory looks. Ball's in your court, Sue. Post a pic, baby.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 16:17:01 (EDT)

My two cents are: Go on, Sue.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 16:14:17 (EDT)

My two cents are: http://www.ctnow.com/features/lifestyle/style/ny-chelseagallery0122.photogallery?coll=hc%2Dutility%2Dstyle&index=4
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 15:50:46 (EDT)

My two cents are: I think she's pretty hot, Sue. Nice tight buttocks and full lips. Decent rack. How about you, Sue? Is your twat pussed over or sewn shut? If so, your foul mouth will do just fine.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 15:18:11 (EDT)

My two cents are: Let's go further..why can't this gal go get some face surgery? She looks like a flippin "Chipmunk" or like "Howdy Doody"...At least the Bush twins are cute. (laughing)
Sue
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 15:14:16 (EDT)

My two cents are: How come she can't just get shit-faced on margaritas like everybody else?
Jenna
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 14:59:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: What's this? Another member of the Clinton family having fun? After what they did? Shame!
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 14:58:30 (EDT)

My two cents are: Chelsea The Scholar NY Post Posted on 4/7/02 7:31 AM Pacific by GnuHere CHELSEA & BEAU STUDY RESORTS By Clemente Lisi April 7, 2002 -- Looks like Chelsea Clinton is aiming for a degree in vacationing. The globetrotting former first daughter was recently spotted on vacation in the Dominican Republic with boyfriend Ian Klaus, reportedly further infuriating officials at Oxford University. Clinton and Klaus, both 22 and Oxford students, have seemed to be on world tour ever since they began dating in November. Oxford has a strict rule that students must reside on campus for at least six weeks of the 11-week term. Chelsea seems to be straining the policy. The couple was spotted last week at the Punta Cana Resort, an exotic beach paradise located 125 miles east of Santo Domingo. Clinton made headlines last month after she was seen in Venice with her mop-haired hunk kissing up a storm at various public places. And in January, she was spotted decked out in an eye-popping halter dress and chatting with Madonna during Paris Fashion Week.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 14:45:04 (EDT)

My two cents are: I agree with Glint that light pollution is best handled on the local level, like mosquito abatement. What better way to control it than with posses of hooded vigilantes roaming the byways on the lookout for porch lights and tiki torches? The proper answer to light pollution is not a bigger federal police force, but a home-grown Molotov cocktail hurled anonymously from amongst the local parishioners. Keep up the good work, and continue fomenting on the local level.
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- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 14:17:42 (EDT)

My two cents are: If the federal government would only take light pollution seriously and set up an enforcement agency, this would be a non-issue. I guess it's okay to send jack-booted storm troopers to wrench a little boy from the loving arms of a Florida houseboy while backyard illumination is treated as a god-given right.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 13:54:43 (EDT)

My two cents are: Almost sunds like MK wrote the piece.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 13:54:33 (EDT)

My two cents are: yeah, the neighbor he stalks with the jar full of urine.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 13:52:31 (EDT)

My two cents are: "That neighbor's light aimed at your back yard may very well prevent you and your family from seeing this wonderful spectacle of nature. If necessary, kindly ask your neighbor to turn off their light. Invite them out to join you." Seems like this guy just can't quit grinding the axe. Whole comet story was nothing but an excuse, a vehicle for this kind of viscious axe-grinding.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 13:50:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: If you want to see the moonrise without light pollution, leave town, preferably toward the east. If you want to see the moon set, hustle to the west as fast as you can to get a seat up close.
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- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 13:41:41 (EDT)

My two cents are: No, she did not make that catchatary observation.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 13:39:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: Cometary discovery? That's, like, discovering a comet? You're really outside the box when you come to wordatory usage, Glint. I like the part about "if necessary travel outside of town, to the northwest preferably." That not only gets you outside of town, it gets you that much closer to the comet! You don't have to capitalize "spring", dude. In fact, you'd be wordatorily correct to not capitalize it. I'm surprised that the fishwrap editor didn't catch that, or did she?
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- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 13:37:35 (EDT)

My two cents are: Yeah, and if dad came to visit her at NYU, he'd probably find a thriving transexual student scene. We cal this a win-win.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 13:18:54 (EDT)

My two cents are: the goth is probably really tired of black. once she gets to nyu, she could rediscover the rest of the spectrum. 'ray.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 12:49:08 (EDT)

My two cents are: Maybe the girls want to go to San Diego State or NYU, get really outside the soul-killing mom and dad bubble. Shouldn't they be allowed the chance? Must they always stay so close to daddy's favorite cemeteries?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 11:38:27 (EDT)

My two cents are: rationale, that is
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 11:16:21 (EDT)

My two cents are: In mature mice and primates the experience enriched environments and novelty initiate IEG cascades leading to the formation of new proteins and 15% more granule cell neurons along with increased synapses and dendrites in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus that encode memory and learning (Kempermann et al., 1997; Gould et al., 1998). When combined with voluntary exercise such as running the number of newborn cells is doubled (Van Praag et al., 1999). Neurogenesis (the growth of new neurons) is now documented as taking place in the adult human hippocampus (Eriksson et al., 1998; Gould et al., 1999) as well. The significance of such experimental findings is that it provides an urgent rational for our new psychobiological paradigm to investigate the therapeutic applications of hypnosis in facilitating neurogenesis in the hippocampus of the human brain as well as mind-body healing at the cellular-genetic-protein level throughout the body. This implies a more general hypothesis about the role of IEGs in the positive experiences of arousal in high phase hypnosis and the placebo response.
fun with neurons
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 11:10:38 (EDT)

My two cents are: "Beautiful well manicured campus and a good racial diversity ratio. Different than the diversity in the surrounding neighborhood where I took the family on a little safari to. Friendly people in the surrounding land, not your funky chicken type." translation: the darkies do a good job mowing the grounds since we unchaned them from the plantation, plus they still call me massah. These aren't the kind of negroes that scare Glint.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:43:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: I bet the banker's kid goes to Georgetowne
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:36:32 (EDT)

My two cents are: whats that stupid our lady of the highways place out on 270 glint???
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:31:53 (EDT)

My two cents are: Why not try Howard, or GW
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:30:49 (EDT)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:29:18 (EDT)

My two cents are: Where's Brenda going to school? Yale?
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:26:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: Of course if you choose western maryland, the grandkids will probably end up with six fingers, you're call, bubblemeister.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:23:56 (EDT)

My two cents are: Besides, you send the kid to Salisbury and you're going to have black grandchildren.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:22:36 (EDT)

My two cents are: So you're shopping cheap for the kids education eh glint? not as cheap as comunity college I guess although MC probably beats both salisbury and frostburg in academics. they're both c student schools anyway. can pretty much kiss an advanced degree goodbye after 4 years at either one.
Anonymous.
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:20:10 (EDT)

My two cents are: Salisbury State College? did you raise a retard? I thought Salisbury State was where you went if you were too stupid to farm - much as western md. college is where you go if you're too stupid to mine coal.
ydog
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 10:11:44 (EDT)

My two cents are: Once again we have a decent Spring comet in our evening sky. Although it's not going to put on a show anything like Comet Hyakutake in 1996 or Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997, Comet Ikeya-Zhang is a beautiful site in a simple pair of binoculars. Later in this article we'll discuss how to find the comet in the night sky and where you can go to for more information. As the name suggests Comet Ikeya-Zhang was co-discovered by Japanese and Chinese observers that were first to see the comet on February 1. Kaoru Ikeya of Japan is a veteran comet hunter best known for his 1965 discovery of the bright sungrazer Comet Ikeya- Seki. This latest comet was the sixth cometary discovery for the 58 year old. This was Daqing Zhang's first comet. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at Cambridge, MA has concluded that Comet Ikeya-Zhang is a returning comet first discovered on February 3, 1661, only 50-odd years following the invention of the telescope. The astronomer Hevelius described the comet of 1661 as having "multiple structure in the nucleus" According to "Comets: A Descriptive Catalog" by Gary W. Kronk. I've been able to view the bright head of the comet as it reached naked eye brightness. In 10x50 binoculars it has a very straight pearly colored tail. In a telescope with a mirror 0.5 meters in diameter (20 inches) the head and its surrounding coma region had a distinctive greenish tint. The comet is visible low in the northwest in deepening twilight. If you remembered to set your clock ahead, the comet should be about 11 degrees above the northwest horizon around 08:00 p.m. EDT. this evening. The width across the knuckles of your fist at the end of an outstretched hand is about 10 degrees. The first step to finding the comet is to go somewhere that it is dark and with no obstructions to the northwest. It is at times like these that it can suddenly dawn on you what astronomers mean when they are talking about "light pollution." That neighbor's light aimed at your back yard may very well prevent you and your family from seeing this wonderful spectacle of nature. If necessary, kindly ask your neighbor to turn off their light. Invite them out to join you. If necessary travel outside of town, to the northwest preferably. Once you've found a good site it's time to start looking for the comet. The best way to find it without a star chart is to begin slowly sweeping along the horizon from one side to another with your binoculars while facing northwest. Then raise them about half a field width and slowly scan back the other way keeping them parallel to the horizon. As you sweep you'll notice stars moving through the field. Eventually though you'll find one that looks different than the others because it has a tail. That is the comet. Luckily, the comet is also becoming visible in the morning sky! Early risers up at 05:30 a.m. will see the comet at an altitude of 16 degrees in the northeast. Just face northeast and repeat the binocular directions given above for locating the comet. If you have a tripod adapter for your binoculars you might want to use it. That way once you have found it you can share your "discovery" with others. If you would like to see a finder chart and have web access, try this page at Sky & Telescope magazine's web site: http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/comets/article_477_1.asp. The web site also has celestial coordinates for every other day if you are interested in plotting the comet's course on a star chart. At mid month the comet continues getting lower in the evening sky each night while the sky stays brighter longer. By 08:45 p.m. EDT on April 15 the comet has moved to the north-northwest sky and only about eight degrees up. You'll have more luck and better viewing catching it in the morning sky. At 5:00 a.m. EDT the comet is up a whopping 30 degrees in the northeast. By 5:30 a.m. it has climbed to 35 degrees, however the twilight sky will be rapidly brightening. Drop me an e-mail if you see it. I would enjoy reading about your observation.
"Another Spring Comet for Sky Watchers"
Carroll County, Times - Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 04:44:29 (EDT)

My two cents are: It's under an hour to the beach, about 45 minutes. I tell you though, I wouldn't want them any closer than that. We're going to look at some bubble zones further inland, in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Just got back from observing with a couple of M.D.s Well, actually one's a physical therapist in private practice but the other one specializes in internal medicine. Helped them find galaxies in Leo with their Questars and they gave advice on what sort of gas the kids should breath from which bubbles to get the right balance, biologically speaking. Time to crack open the observatory and take a look at Comet Ikeya-Zhang while it rises. Time to wake up the Dachshund and stuff him in the insulated coveralls for warmth and then waddle up the hill. By the way, what follows is a piece from the Times, so recent that it's due to start hitting doorsteps within the next half hour........
Glint
- Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 04:43:24 (EDT)

My two cents are: An hour seems like a rather long time to drive to get to the beach. I'd worry about sending young girls to any school that has a biology department. They're liable to teach evolution as if it is more than just a theory, and the first-aid nurse probably hands out French ticklers.
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- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 21:25:11 (EST)

My two cents are: There's a canned blues station called "Something Else" out of Biloxi, they send the tapes to the NPR stations who are too cheap to pay for Marion McPartland on Saturday night and River Walk on Sunday. They hired six Omaha Boy Scouts and Ex-Boy Scouts, being careful to pick ones wearing Ful-Vue glasses and box-cut sport jackets and stick-pins in their ties and the handkerchief carefully folded into seven points just the same as ol' Johnny use to do before Hef clued him in. Hired these six guys to pick the songs-- good boogie woogie and riff blues from the nation's teacher colleges and veterinary schools. We're glad you like it.
the promotion dept.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 21:22:16 (EST)

My two cents are: Been shopping the bubble zones to send the kids to when they get out of high school. Found one today that was a pleasant surprise, out on Maryland's eastern shore. Sure, there's a liberal arts core, but in general it looks like a well run institution. Brand new biological sciences building under construction. Shook hands with the bioterrorism expert who did the security planning for the Super Bowl, and washed my hands afterwards just in case he was carrying his work around with him. Less than an hour's drive from the beach. Beautiful well manicured campus and a good racial diversity ratio. Different than the diversity in the surrounding neighborhood where I took the family on a little safari to. Friendly people in the surrounding land, not your funky chicken type. After driving about a 1/2 hour the Mrs. got tired and pulled over to cat nap for about an hour. Found a top notch blues station in the NPR band of the dial broadcasting from another college in the area. Might need to find out more about that one and pay it a visit too - see what kind of donuts they hand out to parents. Found a second blues station on the eastern shore, but it was nowhere near as good. Some boss jock's jaw jivin' like a cracked mellon over top of the music. But that first station was something else.
Glint
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 18:34:13 (EST)

My two cents are: Good line about snippy pushing the turnip to Riyadh, too. // Who's been watching South Park and the Osbournes? Hands?
Appreciative G. Samsa
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 18:24:32 (EST)

My two cents are: The problem is how to set enforceable limits. Government officials lie all the time. And while it is a crime to lie to Congress and to commit perjury, these acts are prosecuted in such a haphazard and nakedly political fashion that they can hardly serve as much of a deterrent. Lawrence Walsh's legitimate prosecutions of Reagan Administration officials who lied about matters of state were mocked by allegedly high-minded pundits like David Broder and George Will and overturned in a cowardly fashion by defeated President George H.W. Bush after the 1992 election. Meanwhile, a fanatical cabal inside the Republican Party and Kenneth Starr's office manipulated these same laws to impeach President Clinton and disarm his popular agenda over a private lie not about a matter of state but a routine case of almost adultery. Given that hundreds of thousands if not millions of Americans have told this same type of lie to protect their families (or themselves) from humiliation, they saw this partisan gambit for what it was, punishing its perpetrators in the 1998 election. But the self-righteous pooh-bahs of the punditocracy--many of whom celebrated the Reagan-era liars and quite a few of whom told their share of adulterous lies--
Hyde the Salami
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 18:12:44 (EST)

My two cents are: How so? One reason we side with Israel is because most people in this country think God will get us if we don't.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 16:13:46 (EST)

My two cents are: Israel will always be our worry, might as well face it. We are Israel in a sense.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 14:57:45 (EST)

My two cents are: http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,2763,679229,00.html
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 14:18:30 (EST)

My two cents are: Seems it's more than fighting over territory. It's fighting over religious territory. Appears to be the fault of the Savior who hasn't appeared plus the two who did. Mankind manufactured religion, a pox on the world.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 12:56:19 (EST)

My two cents are: Kind of a late start for you, isn't it Sue?
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 12:53:31 (EST)

My two cents are: Palestinians and Israelies? Maybe they will blow each other up and we won't have to worry about them anymore. Quite frankly, I'm more damn concerned about putting food on my table here and tired of worrying about a bunch of "Idgets" who run around like they still live in the stone ages. If my flippin neighbor doesn't quit flappin her mouth in Vietnamese I'm going to send her back to Da Nang by way of a rocket. Damn it, she sounds like she is fighting with someone and I swear to GOD it makes me a nervous wreck. One reason why I quit visiting the nail mills here in Southern California..I could not stand their language. Go ahead, call me a meany..call me a flippin racist. See if I care :} I'll just flip you off!!! (Big Grin) Arghhhhhh. I think the U.S. should start concentrating on the U.S. and let all those idiots deal with their own problems. BOY! they sure like our money don't they? Love to talk crap about America but love our money. Well, here's the middle finger to all of you boneheadiouses. (laughing) I just had three glasses of wine and I'm feeling pretty spunky. :}
Sue
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 12:24:56 (EST)

My two cents are: All this may be true, but you're developing a real problem with the apostrophes, at least as far as such things can be problems. You're going both ways now, AC-DC, putting bad ones in in and taking good ones out. You should consider slowing down and reflecting on the apostrophe, figure out how you're going to deal with it. Petit � petit, l'oiseau fait son nid. Get the little things right and the big things fall into place.
Evander P. Hurlbert
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 11:21:18 (EST)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 09:21:11 (EST)

My two cents are: Rube Goldberg did tose inventions in the smithsonian.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 09:11:04 (EST)

My two cents are: ok, an ethnography is a descriptive piece, you can almost think of it as descriptive statistics what people worship, farm, eat, kinship structures and social and political systems. you would do this to say describe the lifestyles of to kuma napa of southern new guinea. In it's purest form, you would be able to do this observation without interfering with it although that is subject to debate as becoming integrated in the culture is another tack. Bateson attempted the former by just setting up a camera and letting it roll unattended thru a balinese ritual. Anyway, ethnology, from logos as opposed to graphos is a study as oppposed to a picture. an ethnology would be comparative of a certain thing across systems, the crow-omaha kinship system in 19th century america and australia for example. or religious systems. So yeah, durkheim was befuddled in trying to apply Lewis Henry Morgan's armchair evolution to religious systems, but it was important to be wrong in a way.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 09:08:55 (EST)

My two cents are: Now Snippy is holding his nose and pursing his improbable lips and kissing Yasir Arafat's ass. Shit, this guy would push a turnip through Riyadh with his nose if it put gasoline futures in his friends' portfolios. This character is turning out to be further left than Muammer Khadafi.
Anonymous.
- Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 03:03:56 (EST)

My two cents are: So, i took that 96K, sunk 58K into another house, pocketing the rest. Sold that 58K house for 150K 5 years later. Bought this joint for 180K. It's worth about 600K now. I feel like such a rube. I figure, in a few years I'll sell out for about 750K, buy the town on Lincoln, Nebraska, let the local talent polish my knob while I watch the corn grow.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 21:43:28 (EST)

My two cents are: Ann's columns are a cry for relevance. Forget about her troubled past, her Arabs, her bulimia, her flings with Lesbianism and bestiality. What she needs now is a topic. Complaining about impolite cops in airports doesn't seem to be cutting it, Clinton is running around enjoying himself and piling up huge wads of money, Snippy has turned liberal but she can't complain or it would give aid and comfort to the other liberals. What a poor bleached bean-pole supposed to do?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 17:50:26 (EST)

My two cents are: That's a great phrase, "the very essence of scatologicaly centered sterility in which one man pretends to be a woman while another pretends that it is so." It is the first open statement of what riles the bible-thumpers so about homosexual unions, which is the back to belly part. "Scatalogicaly centered sterility!" It isn't much of a war cry, unless you understand it and are of the opinion that anal sex is unclean, which it surely is, make no mistake. Yet, I still don't understand why queers shouldn't have some sort of sanctioned union if they want it. Is there a logical explanation from some sharp dude like, oh, for example, the crynic or Glint?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 17:38:52 (EST)

My two cents are: Catholic Family Association of America, Inc. PRESS RELEASE: CFAA calls for denial of sacraments to Governor Gray Davis CONTACT: Timothy A. Chichester President 518-392-2886 REFERENCEs: 1) Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons http://www.cathfam.org/Hitems/CSees.html 2) Article : Spiritual Frankensteins http://www.cathfam.org/Frankenteins.html Austerlitz, NY - April 4, 2002 - In an article titled Spiritual Frankensteins published April 3, the Catholic Family Association of America (CFAA) called upon Bishop William K. Weigand, of the Diocese of Sacramento to publicly deny California Gov. Gray Davis reception of all sacraments but that of repentance, and to excommunicate him from the Catholic Church if Davis persists in public scandal. Stating that Davis' creation of a task force to advise him on how to bring Vermont-style homosexual "civil unions" to California was the last step in "...placing the fuel about his person for the spiritual self-immolation he apparently seeks", Timothy A. Chichester, President of CFAA, went on to say that "The Culture of Death so ardently supported by Davis, as witnessed by his many anti-life actions, is back-lighted by his mindless advocacy of homosexual marriages, disguised as "civil unions", the very essence of scatologicaly centered sterility in which one man pretends to be a woman while another pretends that it is so." The CFAA holds that in the face of such effrontery by Catholic Davis, Bishop Weigand needs to take a publicly active leadership role lest his response be interpreted as acquiescence to evil, a failure to protect his flock. Chichester cited a Vatican 'Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons' which states "The church has the responsibility to promote family life and the public morality of the entire civil society on the basis of fundamental moral values, not simply to protect herself from the application of harmful laws." Chichester noted "It is the CFAA position that the failure of bishops to consistently and loudly teach that it is a grave sin to knowingly vote for pro-abortion politicians has resulted in their nurturing spiritual Frankensteins such as Davis." He went on to say "Indeed, as the realization grows that one present crisis in the Catholic Church is the inability of homosexuals to live an ordered life in the presence of the strictest moral code in the world, it is incumbent on all the bishops of California, and the nation, to loudly and publicly condemn the civic institutionalization of this grave disorder as a public good."
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 17:15:38 (EST)

My two cents are: It's a pity Ann's cup is so empty. I think her columns are a cry for help.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 16:59:35 (EST)

My two cents are: It's fun watching Clinton getting the rightwing so riled up, he's not even President anymore. Ann is the best thing that since Newt.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 16:52:37 (EST)

My two cents are: I don't think even Glint or the crynic is this dumb. Well, maybe the crynic. But could this be the return of H-man?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:56:33 (EST)

My two cents are: A smart guy would never sell at $680,000. The only logical thing to do is hold out for $1,360,000.
Omar Bydr, CPA
Cook Islands, - Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:52:02 (EST)

My two cents are: I'll make it easy. The suitcase is really a large purse, and the airplane is the space shuttle just before takeoff.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:49:46 (EST)

My two cents are: Politcial advice?
Gore in four
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:47:01 (EST)

My two cents are: Financial advice?
dont sell your $34000 house until it's worth $680000.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:46:09 (EST)

My two cents are: There are actually two independent groups, other than the Beamer family, trying to trade-mark the phrase "Let's Roll�." Try not to use it until this gets settled, OK, and we know where to send the royalty checks?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:45:23 (EST)

My two cents are: Need military advice?
dont join the taliban
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:44:48 (EST)

My two cents are: How big is the suitcase? Carry on or one of those oldtime steamers? The plane - Cessna or 747?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:43:53 (EST)

My two cents are: We'd go with the suitcase nuke. Next question.
Glint and the crynic
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:40:44 (EST)

My two cents are: That reminds me. There used to be a lot more chuckles on this site before heavy hitters like Glint and the crynic took it over. We used to get military and financial advice from the peanut shed, and questions about whether a suitcase nuclear bomb would unleash as much destructive energy as an airliner full of kerosene.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:36:24 (EST)

My two cents are: Kill the Arabs. Kill the Jews. Kill em all. Let's Roll.
Guess who
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:35:09 (EST)

My two cents are: We should send in special SEAL teams to destroy the escalators in Abu Dabai.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:34:09 (EST)

My two cents are: Sue, you are a foolish, naive little liberal. We have to nuke Mecca if we are to survive. We have to take out the transportation infrastructure, every railroad round-house from Yemen to the Gobi Desert. It's World War III.
tick tock tick tock
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:32:06 (EST)

My two cents are: Acne doesn't cum all over a young boy's face until he's about 12 or 13 years old.
Splash me father for I . . .
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:05:21 (EST)

My two cents are: Do you guys have any idea who Rube Goldberg was? Coulter doesn't, but you are the know-it-all dudes from Mary, and should understand that it doesn't apply.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 15:00:23 (EST)

My two cents are: I can see the high finance experts are here. Best to hide out while the hot info flows
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 14:58:08 (EST)

My two cents are: Bought a house in 1972 for $34,000 and sold it in 1977 for $100,000. That house just went for $680,000. geesh. Anonymous. - Friday, April 05, 2002 at 14:11:49 (EST) - I'd say you fucked up big time. And, rube, you are calling names?
hello? hello? YOU are the idiot.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 14:30:38 (EST)

My two cents are: I wish the U.S. would just stay out of everyones business. If they want to kill each other...let 'em do it. Shoot, they have been fighting over there for how many years now? I think it is time the U.S. starts taking care of the U.S.
Sue
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 14:28:11 (EST)

My two cents are: I don't think so, Sparky. He's talking about the actual bay Area and the attendent tech bust and it's devastating effect on the price of donuts.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 14:28:08 (EST)

My two cents are: He's talking about some bogus eastern "bay", Jasper. Try to remember, this is Glint you're talking to, not some hayseed from the lone prairie.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 14:25:09 (EST)

My two cents are: Look, rube, the only time in the last 30 years property has gone down in value in the Bay Area was a couple years during the George Bush recession of the early 90s. This "tech bust" theory doesn't pan out. Property has gone up about 7% in the past year. The only difference is, it takes a month to sell a house instead of a weekend. And, oh, you don't hear too much about people bidding $50,000. over asking price. Bought a house in 1972 for $34,000 and sold it in 1977 for $100,000. That house just went for $680,000. geesh.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 14:11:49 (EST)

My two cents are: whats the difference between acne and a catholic priest?
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 13:59:33 (EST)

My two cents are: Who's complex? Eat cheeseburgers and whine about taxes, that's all the complexity this life takes.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 13:45:04 (EST)

My two cents are: Only liberals would discern stunning complexity in such an infinitely small man driven by no greater impulse than his "little head."
go anne go
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 13:36:25 (EST)

My two cents are: This could turn out to be a good thing. The Crawford Coffee Shop will make money selling cheeseburgers. Even whining liberals have to eat sometime.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 13:35:53 (EST)

My two cents are: Our hearts go out to you in this woeful month, crynic. It must be hard for you.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 13:30:13 (EST)

My two cents are: Tell me how to: Buy a subscription Buy a print ad Buy an online ad Reach newsroom Reach web staff Write to the editor Set my homepage Protesters plan to rally in Crawford against U.S. strike vs. Iraq By JASON EMBRY Tribune-Herald staff writer Organizers say they expect a couple thousand people to rally in Crawford Saturday against possible U.S. military strikes on Iraq. President Bush will host British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his ranch near Crawford this weekend. The two leaders have stood close in response to the Sept. 11 attacks, and Iraq is expected to be among the issues they discuss after Blair arrives today. While the Crawford-bound demonstrators believe Iraq should not be the next step in the war on terrorism, plans to voice that message may have hit a snag. Crawford Police Chief Donny Tidmore said Thursday he has not yet decided whether to issue a permit for the Saturday afternoon rally. Last year, the Crawford City Council passed an ordinance requiring a city permit for anyone wanting to have a procession, parade or demonstration in town. The ordinance says a demonstrator must request a permit 15 working days in advance and pay a $25 application fee. Tidmore said he received permit applications from three groups this week, each wanting to participate in Saturday's event. He said he's likely to decide today whether to issue the permits, and added that the size of the event could weigh in his decision. The Crawford police force consists of Tidmore and one other full-time officer. The McLennan County Sheriff's Department also stations officers in Crawford during Bush visits. Sheriff's Chief Deputy Randy Plemons said Thursday he had not heard of any groups planning to rally there this weekend. If Tidmore does not grant a permit but the groups go ahead with their event Saturday, participants could be ticketed or jailed for violating the ordinance, the chief said. Skip Londos, who plans to attend Saturday's event, said it would be difficult to call it off on such late notice. "At this point there's so much momentum and there are so many people coming from all over the state that it's too late to put the brakes on it," he said. "There's no way we could get a hold of more than 20 percent at most and say, 'don't come, we're not officially sanctioned.'"
me wonder if candycane man is going
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 13:28:07 (EST)

My two cents are: Good point on the B'more mayor situation. You're quite right. O'Malley's not much but he's a genuine savior compared to Schaeffer and Schmoke. If it must be a dumbocrat gov, I'd rather have O'Malley than the corrupt Kennedy clan. Ya gotta love those big rimmed glasses on pretty girls back in the day. Your story jogged my memory of a torrid adventure with a big rimmed lady. Turns out she had a PhD. in Theology and taught at a small school down south. It was just a week in Ft. Lauderdale in the winter time, but what a scorcher. / / / "...rusty hinges of your heart..." - Anon, that is rich. Thanks for the kind words. Your compassion will get me through another day.
the crynic
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 13:21:16 (EST)

My two cents are: The Rube Goldberg Clinton Rehabilitation Project Universal Press Syndicate | April 4, 2002 By Ann Coulter I THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO "MOVE ON." But now that all the statutes of limitations have expired, liberals won't shut up about Bill Clinton. To little evident success, they have been desperately trying to launch their lumbering Rube Goldberg of a Clinton Rehabilitation Project for months now. It's striking how the many testaments to Clinton's vaunted accomplishments follow a precise script, invoking the exact same talking points. The single most important talking point is to smear conservatives as "obsessed" and "Clinton-haters." Clinton-lovers want to be able to drone on about his "legacy" without contradiction. Thus, CNN host Aaron Brown wonders aloud, "What is it about Clinton? I've asked this question on this program about five different times to five different people." Have we been cryptic? Right-wingers said Clinton was a lying, unscrupulous traveling salesman. It turned out he was a lying, unscrupulous traveling salesman. Now liberals scratch their heads demanding to know: So what was it about him you didn't like? Newsweek calls Clinton a "punching bag" for the right. Reviewing Joe Klein's book about Clinton for the New York Times, some guy Clinton took to Ireland ruefully remarks that Clinton had "given a sword to those who hated what he'd stood for." Inasmuch as liberals insist that conservatives had some secret reason for disliking a president who lied constantly, smeared women, obstructed justice, perjured himself and tampered with evidence, it's striking that even the Rehabilitation Project is hard-pressed to come up with anything Clinton "stood for." The Times book review proudly crows: "Clinton had also promised welfare reform and in his second term he got some." Actually, welfare reform came in his first term. It just seemed like a second term because it was after Republicans swept Congress and Clinton became irrelevant; Republicans simply called Clinton's bluff on welfare reform. Indeed, engineering the first Republican Congress in half a century was Clinton's only genuine accomplishment. After masterfully ending the Democrats' 50-year hegemony of Congress, Clinton's genius political initiatives were all bite-sized, irrelevant gestures, such as class uniforms and tax credits for college tuition. Consequently, the Clinton Rehabilitation Project invariably falls back on a series of meaningless platitudes about Clinton's greatness. According to the guy Clinton took to Ireland: "Clinton's immense talents might have made him a great president." Hillary aide Maggie Williams cites Clinton's "convening power" as his "greatest asset." Klein says his "strongest character trait" was "persistence." Does it occur to anyone else that these sound like the vague adjectives of a tabloid horoscope? The Clinton Rehabilitation Project insistently claims the traveling salesman was a complex man, citing the "duality, triality, quadrality of Bill Clinton's nature." Klein says Clinton was "larger-than-life." Only liberals would discern stunning complexity in such an infinitely small man driven by no greater impulse than his "little head." We are also endlessly informed that Clinton was, as Monica-replacement Klein puts it: "charming, mesmerizing and wickedly smart. A bit too smart, at times." Not only are there no actual facts to support such encomiums, but that precise statement - "wickedly smart," "too smart" - happens to refer to Clinton's performance before the grand jury. Yes, that grand jury. The one that famously laughed out loud listening to Clinton's "wickedly smart" answers. Also, without any supporting evidence, Newsweek calls Clinton "the major strategist in his party." It did not raise any flags at Newsweek that despite Clinton's desire to "stump this fall for Democrats," there are evidently no Democrats willing to accept Clinton's offer. At least one Democrat, Erskine Bowles, has openly refused Clinton's "help." However, Clinton's services are being eagerly sought by game shows in Italy and England. When the only people who will be seen with you after your presidency are Hollywood liberals and foreigners looking for a game show host, you might want to drop the "love of the American people" as a talking point. Still, the Clinton Rehabilitation Project preposterously insists: "The electorate would have gleefully voted him a third term if only it had been legal." Actually, we have data on that. Just as George Herbert Walker Bush's landslide victory in 1988 was a tribute to Ronald Reagan, Al Gore's historic loss in 2000 was a tribute to Clinton. Thanks to Clinton, Gore became the only incumbent to lose in peacetime and a good economy for more than 100 years. Following the advice of every single one of his pollsters, Gore would not allow Clinton within 10 miles of his campaign. For his running mate, Gore pointedly chose the Democrat who had most harshly criticized Clinton's behavior with Monica Lewinsky. Still, Gore could not escape Clinton's stain and he lost. Even before the Lewinsky scandal, Clinton himself never conned as much as half the country into voting for him - and, let's be honest, he was not exactly facing stiff competition. But don't cite any facts questioning the claims of the Clinton Rehabilitation Project! By responding, you will only prove that you are an obsessed Clinton-hater. � 2002 Universal Press Syndicate
Pete� <[email protected]?>
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 13:16:23 (EST)

My two cents are: Me, I see two sturdy yeomen striding forth to tell the soil to feed us, and work ores and leathers and other raw materials up into useful items for us all. Without these two productive citizens we would all be up shit creek.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 12:55:37 (EST)

My two cents are: I picture glint going through life with a permanent expression of astonished disgust, while the crynic has the expression of a woebegone third-grader whose all-day sucker has just been snatched by the priest and stuffed into the poor-box.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 12:52:30 (EST)

My two cents are: Hope things are going well for you and the hot young girl friend, crynic. I got a letter this week from the best friend of an old tender hot young fling. Haven't seen either one for at least 21 years. Said they still keep in touch. Hmmm. Of course that was back in the days when I didn't have a penny in the portfolio and all we had was each other and our physical needs. Anyway, she said the hot young thing is now an accountant. I wonder if she still wears those big rimmed glasses. Looked pretty hot in them back then even she was in the 18-19 age range. And when they came off she had the prettiest eyes underneath. Oops, I'm digressing. Anyhow, the cost of living is sufficiently high here, as you have pointed out. Not as high as it used to be in the Bay area - before the tech bust, of course! Sent in my tax forms today. We all get money back, even the two kids.
Glint
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 12:49:46 (EST)

My two cents are: Taxes hurtiing, the crynic? Cry me a river. Whine like the rusty hinges of your heart you poor mistreated fellow! It's sad to see a guy like you, who life has handed the shit deal, and not weep with compassion and pity. Just please don't die of your broken heart, the world cannot afford to lose you and your might contribution.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 12:49:40 (EST)

My two cents are: good morning, Crynic. Baltimore mayors have a way of easing into the governor's chair. Probably the worst of the bunch was William Donald Schaeffer. Face looked like a barnacle covered butt, or at least what I would imagine one to look like, if I were to every try imagining such a thing. Looks like Mayor O'Malley's thinking of making a run for it. I don't know enough about Baltimore politics to consider this a good thing or not. I see that some Liberal minority groups in Baltimore Liberals are already lining up against him, which tells me perhaps he's o.k. for a Dim.
Glint
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 12:37:42 (EST)

My two cents are: The Maryland burbs are pricey compared to the national average. Especially near DC and Annapolis. And we're taxed to the max by the socialist government running the Maryland Socialist State. MD. government gives new meaning to your favorite term, "tax and spend". It's more like "tax and waste and tax some more". But there is hope. Glendenning will soon be gone and the current Lt. Gov. Kathleen Townsend Kennedy has the personality of a pair of $9 socks. Unfortunately, she has some curb appeal, but it's all fluff. Historically, Md. voters can't or won't get past that fluff. / / / Morning Glint. / / / Sorry Anon. No room at the beachouse.
the crynic
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 12:08:38 (EST)

My two cents are: Who would name a goose after a barnacle? I can see naming a sailor after a barnacle, but not a goose. Are you sure you don't mean the goose barnacle? I can almost see naming a barnacle after a goose. Moving up the evolutionary tree, as it were.
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- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 11:25:48 (EST)

My two cents are: OK, I'm confused. What's the difference between ethnology and ethnography. I know that enology is the study of wine and wine grapes and other wine-related matters. I can cobble up a definition for ecology and ebonics. Is ethnology learning the ethnos and ethnography is graphing it? Help me out here. Was Durk the dude who said that people started out primitive and got more fancy, religion-wise, as they progressed toward Jimmy Swaggart?
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- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 11:23:36 (EST)

My two cents are: Durkheim's Elementary Form's of Religious Life was probably most interesting when viewed as a first attempt at ethnology as opposed to ethnography. It may indeed have been the first ever ethnological work published. Given that, it is permissible to ignore the stupid linear model of religious evolution he proposed. I mean the guy could have been a biologist espousing the virtues of the barnacle goose theory for all that matters!
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 08:53:31 (EST)

My two cents are: problem is it's those damned sociologists that keep pointing out we have the infant mortality rate of a third world country, and the income disarity to match.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 08:48:44 (EST)

My two cents are: Good line about the socks.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 08:29:42 (EST)

My two cents are: Hey, guy, settle down, that was just a bit o' bwa ha ha noir.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 08:28:59 (EST)

My two cents are: Bwahah my ass. That fuzzy Snippy math is fuzzy on purpose. The idea is to scam the voter into putting a totalitarian rotarian in office, and then break the social contract by busting the budget. You break the citizenry back to where you want them, hungry and willing to work for a dime. Somebody else will buy the stuff you sell, maybe the shoeshine boy or the guy who cleans out the toilets. It's the Republican plan for prosperity. Prosperity means never having to pay taxes. It's all about being so naive you don't know where the edge of the bubble is. Somewhere between the big-screen television set and the 400-watt surround-sound system. The edge of the bubble must be there. Between dinner picked off the cafeteria line at the dorm and having to boil your own spaghetti. The edge of the bubble. You haven't experienced Life until you've ventured outside that bub, bub. Until you've put yourself in a position where nobody rolls up your socks for you and puts them in the top drawer. A walk on the wild side does any young man good, before he settles down at the computer console.
Anonymous.
- Friday, April 05, 2002 at 03:16:06 (EST)

My two cents are: Does Ann mention the horror of Bill Clinton balancing the budget, as so many Republicans had sworn to do? That's the real horror, discovering that Bill was conservative to the very core. Bwa ha ha. The peace and prosperity for all, part, well, hell, that's just Democrat stuff. Bwa ha ha. Eight years. Bwa ha ha. Pissed away in four months of fuzzy snippy math.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 23:30:54 (EST)

My two cents are: Today's great Coulter piece might make you feel better about it, even as it drives home the fact that you could never satisfy her with your sociologist's lot in life. She attacks Bill Clinton. Gosh, it's brutal. She cuts him no slack at all, gives him no quarter. In her mind, he is little more than a lying skunk. That's Ann for you. Always managing to mine more gold from the mother lode. Never giving up. Doing the leg-work, getting the goods. A reporter's reporter and a pundit's pundette. She has discovered that the liberal media are somehow implicated in attempts to say that Clinton is no more than a lying scumbag. The only thing she gets bassackwards is that she says he was the reason for Gore's "loss" at the polls. He may actually be the reason for Al's win, but certainly not the fact that he is not working as President. That we can attribute to Al himself, and to Judge Scalia.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 19:53:25 (EST)

My two cents are: Looks like you've got the equivalent of about two and a half inches, Glint. Tumescent. The crynic will never speak to you again.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 19:27:03 (EST)

My two cents are: Use to buy the cocos on the beach at Fortaleza. Gnarly little man would lop off one end. Then he'd lop a slice of the soft coconut husk, a thin oblong piece, and you'd use it to scoop out the goo after you drank the milk. Never liked coconut much in, like, a Peter Paul Mounds or on the outside of a cookie, but those fresh ones on the beach are great. Better with a little rum or whiskey. Coco got a lotta iron, make you strong like a lion.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 19:02:30 (EST)

My two cents are: May be time to move the whole family in behind the crynic's palapa on the beach in the Cook Islands. Not only do you get the fish and free coconuts, but it's a great tax shelter as well, if you can pay the brokerage fees.
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- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 18:57:24 (EST)

My two cents are: Who says I'm getting by?
Glint
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 18:28:21 (EST)

My two cents are: Pretty paltry, I've got to admit. But take heart in the fact that Maryland, at least in the exurbs, is propbably a pretty cheap place to live, on the national average. It would have to be to get by on that salary, wouldn't it?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 18:24:36 (EST)

My two cents are: Here's what your average bubble pusher is expeted to make in the People's Republic of Maryland, without a PhD in Sociapathy. http://netscape.salary.com/salarywizard/layoutscripts/swzl_compresult.asp?metrocode=13&narrowcode=IT07&geo=Maryland+--+Baltimore&jobcode=IT10000093&jobtitle=Product+Manager+-+Web&image1.x=20&image1.y=19
Glint
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 16:01:25 (EST)

My two cents are: "Have pity on the kids in college who take their politics from the new conservative leadership in the reign of Bush. To them, conservatism will be synonymous with the uncritical celebration of war, power, and violence. Forget about reading Edmund Burke or Eric Voegelin. To flex your conservative muscle, call for more government consolidation and shout down anyone who has doubts about US global hegemony. Power, control, coercion: these are the new watchwords of American conservatism 2002." http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/outofthelight.html
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 15:34:08 (EST)

My two cents are: I used to be a frotteurist until I rubbed somebody the wrong way.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 15:12:03 (EST)

My two cents are: Fine little page you got here. Can anyone participate or is it reserved for sex offenders?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 14:47:23 (EST)

My two cents are: Is a necrophiliac addicted to negroes or what?
Uncle Tom
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 14:47:13 (EST)

My two cents are: Especially cherry!

- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 14:45:36 (EST)

My two cents are: As a necrophiliac, have you ever filled that pussed over twat with jello? It sort of stinks when you pour it in, but tastes really really good after it sets up.

- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 14:44:49 (EST)

My two cents are: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/r.rodham/vertualtv.jpg
virtual reality television
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 14:26:17 (EST)

My two cents are: I used to be a necrophiliac until some rotton cunt split on me!

- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 14:18:22 (EST)

My two cents are: I once banged a chick from behind while her tits were pressed into an open sociology textbook. She said "sociology and a big crank really turn me on".
Mark Bates
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 13:57:44 (EST)

My two cents are: HA HA------It finally dawned on me why you guys are hung up on toliets. It is the Glory Holes, ain't it?????
CLIFFORD
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 13:20:39 (EST)

My two cents are: I took a Sociology course once. On the first day of class the instructor stood before the class and announced "I am pleased to be here with you at the University of Washington." Only problem was that she was standing in the University of Nebraska, at Lincoln. Sociology appears to attract your dimmer bulbs into the profession.
Glint
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 13:19:23 (EST)

My two cents are: I majored in Sociology and find it quite useful in trivia competitions.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 13:12:49 (EST)

My two cents are: The world would be a lugubrious place without baskets.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 12:22:02 (EST)

My two cents are: PhD in Sociology = Advanced Basket Weaving
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 12:07:37 (EST)

My two cents are: For the sociologists, its the predictive value I think. no, its 80k for a phd. probably 60 for a MA and 40 for a ba. but you dont really call yourself a sociologist unless you have the phd.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 11:38:36 (EST)

My two cents are: Opening at a theater near you TODAY: "THE ROOKIE," Starring George W. "Snippy" Bush.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 10:49:58 (EST)

My two cents are: Has the shadow residency* gotten us into World War III yet?
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 09:36:00 (EST)

My two cents are: In my opinion, sociology bites. I wouldn't give you a nickel for the whole crew of them.
Anonymous.
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 02:44:41 (EST)

My two cents are: Sociologists seem to have a great affection for parametric statistics. Why is that, Zirc? A lot of biologists seem to like that shit too, for some reason I've never figured out, except that I suspect it makes them feel more scientific about what they do.
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- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 02:43:59 (EST)

My two cents are: $80K to start? You mean fresh out of college with a BA degree?
doubt it
- Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 00:13:26 (EST)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 21:55:11 (EST)

My two cents are: Too late for me.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 21:54:41 (EST)

My two cents are: Oddly enough, the market for Sociologists is booming. Decent Sociologist with some writing and a stat background is doing at least 80k to start at some of the big three non part thinktanks.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 21:49:32 (EST)

My two cents are: It has never been proved that Bush didn't go AWOL because it's been proved that he did go AWOL. Although he did politic for his dad while AWOL, the real reasons he went AWOL were lack of patriotism and the rumor that the guard units were going to start testing pilots for cocaine use. The oil company and the baseball club were given to him not courtesy of the proceeds of various Bush family scams, but as gifts from friends of his dad.
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- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 20:28:57 (EST)

My two cents are: Why would anyone doubt that the crynic character is supposed to be neo-Nazi? It's obviously the intent of the gal who created it.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 19:56:16 (EST)

My two cents are: The Enron thing should be completely gone in about 3 years.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 17:54:58 (EST)

My two cents are: Tony Blair may have stood shoulder to shoulder with GW after the WTC attack but appears he's not too keen about standing gun-hip to gun-hip with him in regards to Iraq.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 17:48:19 (EST)

My two cents are: Before the Enron things goes away we should be able to get rid of half the assholes in Washington D. C.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 17:47:56 (EST)

My two cents are: It has never been proved that Bush didnt go AWOL from the Air Force to work on republican campaigns. And that the Bush family money didnt come from the Silverado Saveing and Loan after all a Billion and a half is a lot of loot. Bet you could start a oil co. and buy The Texas Rangers Ball Club.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 17:34:04 (EST)

My two cents are: Neo-Nazi?
doubt it
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 17:00:13 (EST)

My two cents are: Neo-nazi?
that's rich <The Crynic>
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 16:19:08 (EST)

My two cents are: "Faux crynic" is redundant since the "actual" crynic doesn't exist. "the crynic" is a gruff neo-nazi character dreamed up by a creative writing major at an eastern community college.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 16:07:41 (EST)

My two cents are: Maybe that wasn't faux crynic, fuckface.
the crynic
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 15:58:03 (EST)

My two cents are: When you do a faux crynic, you're supposed to capitalize Crynic. Gets the troglodytes squawking and flapping at the "clue."
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:58:26 (EST)

My two cents are: Name of the game is Coalition, man. This is a Bush. We need those Arabs. Big time.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:54:59 (EST)

My two cents are: All this talk about keeping an eye on the johns reminds me of kindergarten. Each classroom had its own bathroom, a unisex one seater. There were a number of duties the teacher assigned the kids. Milk monitor, to make sure each kid put in their two cents; nap monitor, to make sure everyone kept their eyes closed and didn't fold back the two corners of their pallet to make an "airplane"; and bathroom monitor, to make sure that order was maintained and that kids didn't leave a mess in the bathroom. I got in some trouble that was worth a trip to the principal's office. The problem? I liked to monitor the girl kindergarteners with the door open.
name redacted
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:52:49 (EST)

My two cents are: Granny was pretty young back then but she recalls that on Independence Day John Hancock and Charles Thomson were giddy with delight. Her mother gave her a penny to throw into the fountain but the nickel-nosed Ben Franklin reached in and pinched it.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:46:45 (EST)

My two cents are: So let's get this straight. Arafat isn't lumped in with the regular terrorists because he signed some papers. Got it. But what about Saddam? He signed some papers in 1991, which are just about as worthless as the papers Arafat signed. Does that mean it's hands off him, too? Or is he the exception to the exception?
It's hard to stay one step ahead when the ones you're following are two steps behind
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:36:15 (EST)

My two cents are: Oh, they knew how to celebrate the 4th! They lit off a bunch of "fireworks."
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:35:26 (EST)

My two cents are: That's a good idea. Let me pull the cell phone off my belt and give Granny a call right now.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:34:03 (EST)

My two cents are: Really did have an outhouse! Well shet my mouf! Maybe you can get them to tell you how they celebrated 4th of July back in them olden days.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:31:59 (EST)

My two cents are: Still, those catalogs were next to useless when you think back about it. For instance, you go to look up "socks" in the Sears catalog index only to discover that thost flimsy tissue-like index pages have all been torn away.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:09:27 (EST)

My two cents are: I come from a long line of multi-taskers myself. Why I can still remember that my grandparents kept Wards and Sears catalogs stacked up in the outhouse so they could do their shopping while "online". And yes, they really did have an outhouse, and no, this is not faux Glint.
Glint
Rockville, MD - Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:07:40 (EST)

My two cents are: Now that's satire!
the crynic
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:06:15 (EST)

My two cents are: My opinion is that 21:46:36, far from being a parasite, is the embodiment of America's entrepreneurial spirit and Can Do It attitude. The guy is multi-tasking his squat time, rather than contemplating his navel like the crynic does when he is glorying in the pinching of a loaf. The young go-getter who chokes down his Joe and pares his nails on the commode is going to have that much more time in the cubicle with his nose to the grindstone, working everyday miracles for the company. He's the kind of guy who is going to end up with a fat portfolio and a slim, hot young girlfriend. If America had twenty million more like him, our biggest companies wouldn't self-destruct so often in piles of worthless stock certificates.
Go, Zirc go!
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:01:42 (EST)

My two cents are: Oprah is getting flack for turning down Bush administration. Remember these words? "I had better things to do in the 60s than fight in Vietnam," Richard Cheney.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:00:59 (EST)

My two cents are: Have you ever been in a stall when the person one stall over is talking on a cell phone? Pretty disconcerting until it dawns on you why he's talking to you. Fortunately, I've never had the nerve to answer back. That would be mighty embarassing indeed.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 14:00:26 (EST)

My two cents are: Hey, ydog, have they installed the cancams yet at pothaole? You know, they might need an experienced person to watch all 100 screens, someone familiar with who belongs where. Good job with the nail clipping, you know I try to multitask too, save time. Sitting down is a good time to check emails on the blackberry, prior to wiping of course so that bacteria and its host substance is not as likely to become wedged between the keys. The metal walls probibit any transmitting of emails however, thus I'm unable to rule my employees from the throne, as it were. Don't think I haven't tried.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 13:58:23 (EST)

My two cents are: The guy didn't have a grip. He also had on his desk a matchbox collection of a couple of hundred cars, and another of airplanes. Besides the obvious threat of theft it's probably not a good idea to display your hobbies at work. I'd make exception for a nicely framed astrophoto or two. (I heard he was once seen going into the restroom on 3rd floor, but don't tell anyone I told you so.)
Glint
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 13:46:44 (EST)

My two cents are: I believe whatever it is I'm incapable of articulating.
snippy
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 13:46:34 (EST)

My two cents are: 21:43:36 - It's freeloaders like you that give socialists a worse rap then they deserve. Pathetic loser. Hanging out in corporate shithouses. Now there's a real accomplishment. Suggest you stick your parasitic square head in the capitalist provided toilet and flush repeatedly. You're the type who would nearly drown in the bowl, then file a workmen's comp claim. Leech.
the crynic
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 13:38:02 (EST)

My two cents are: Different web weenie. The guy was outside the box.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 12:33:36 (EST)

My two cents are: What are you going to do with your extra refrigerator and two ovens, Glint, now that you've lost your cube?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 12:32:54 (EST)

My two cents are: Brock's book is a great read on several levels. It is, first, the fascinating tale of a young liberal who becomes a conservative -- sucked into engineering thepersonal attacks against liberals. When Brock stunned his conservative friends by writing an objective book about Hillary Clinton -- instead of trashing her, like they expected him to -- they turned on him. It is also the sad odyssey of a gay man whose sexual orientation was no big deal for his conservative friends -- as long as he sang their song. Once he began challenging their ideology and methodology, they condemned him, like every other gay or lesbian, as a pervert. But Brock's book is important, most of all, as an insider's expose of the hypocrisy and immorality of the right wing. Sparing no one, he relates how Gingrich and company steered the Republican party from fiscal conservatism to moral absolutism. How, knowing they could not defeat Clinton's policies, they determined to go after his personal life. How they manipulated the mainstream media into spreading lies, sleaze and ugly rumors. How they reversed their belief in constitutional protection of the presidency to launch a campaign to impeach Clinton. And, how, long before anyone ever heard of Monica Lewinsky, they designed the Paula Jones lawsuit as a trap to catch Clinton in a lie about consensual sex -- thereby creating a crime that, otherwise, might never have been committed.
RepubLies
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 12:12:52 (EST)

My two cents are: "I believe what I inarticulate."
Snippy
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 12:07:55 (EST)

My two cents are: That's about the only thing that is clear.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 11:23:41 (EST)

My two cents are: But what if 'n the paper pusher ain't wearin' no socks? How can they 'dentify 'im without those socks from the Boys Dept. at Sears?
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 11:23:39 (EST)

My two cents are: ''I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe-I believe what I believe is right." - George W Bush./// "But what's very clear is the president believes terrorism is wrong."
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 11:22:51 (EST)

My two cents are: The good folks getting dripped on by the cryin' statues down Mississippi way know a paper pusher when they see one.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 11:01:27 (EST)

My two cents are: Did their bathroom habits play any part in their demise. I am aware that there are some bean counter types that are keenly aware whenever an employee pays a visit to an unauthorized head.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 10:58:37 (EST)

My two cents are: More layoffs in Blue County yesterday. This round of cuts nabbed a web weenie, a Chinese, and two Indians including Vaghina Pusbukeet. The web weenie should have gone months ago. In his cube was a refrigerator, a toaster oven, and a microwave oven. Enough said.
Glint
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 10:30:58 (EST)

My two cents are: Used to be you could take typing, filing skills, other secretarial courses. Nursing is a little tough, since you have to pass algebra and chemistry. French would be a good bet, or art history. I'd check out sociology as well, and pre-school education.
Jagel's Cafe
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 10:25:55 (EST)

My two cents are: Never have liked this Arafat. Looks like a danged catfish.
Billy Bub Gormley
Car Wash, OK - Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 10:22:23 (EST)

My two cents are: "preventive diplomacy?"
???
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 10:21:21 (EST)

My two cents are: WASHINGTON -- President Bush now admits that the one-size-fits-all "Bush doctrine" on terrorism in fact doesn't fit Yasser Arafat. Bush said Monday that the Palestinian leader's past as a peace negotiator exempts Arafat from the post-Sept. 11 U.S. policy that a country or entity that harbors terrorists will be dealt with as terrorists. It is a loophole the president was wise to create for Arafat, analysts say, since a reality-based edit of Bush's edict was inevitable anyway. "This is the problem with terrorism. Terrorism is applied by all kinds of different people for all different reasons," said Ken Pollack, director of national security studies for the Council on Foreign Relations. "The administration is certainly figuring out that is the case with the Palestinians; that treating them the way you would treat al-Qaida is simply not the way you would handle them." What is likely to happen, Pollack said, is that other countries or groups will seek similar exceptions, and Bush will be forced to address them on a case-by-case basis. "They have created the impression that this is how all terrorists will be treated. That is the critical flaw. You may not want to treat all of them the same way," Pollack said. Even as Bush leaned on Arafat to call a halt to the suicide bomb attacks that have rocked Israel in recent days, he also gave Arafat an out because "he has negotiated with parties as to how to achieve peace." Or, as Secretary of State Colin Powell put it Tuesday on CBS' "The Early Show": "It would not serve our purpose right now to brand him individually as a terrorist." The White House carefully drew distinctions between how the United States approaches Arafat - or, really, any Palestinian organization - and al-Qaida, the terrorist network that was sheltered by Afghanistan's now-toppled government of the Taliban militia. "The situation in the Middle East is, indeed, different," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. He noted that Arafat signed the 1993 Oslo accords, under which the Palestinian movement for first time recognized Israel's right to exist. That set the stage for a series of Israeli pullbacks on the West Bank and subsequent agreement on day-to-day security arrangements with Israel and a process for returning to peace negotiations. "That was not, is not, the case with al-Qaida. And I understand you want to compare them, but that's not a comparison that the president accepts," Fleischer said. By exempting Arafat, Bush also made clear to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that he will not allow Israel to manipulate the Bush doctrine at will, said Joe Montville, director of the preventive diplomacy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "He implies that Arafat is not running the terrorist initiatives like a guy sitting at the Wurlitzer, controlling the movements," Montville said. "He is telling Sharon ... for better or worse, Yasser Arafat is the symbol of the Palestinian nation, and we have to deal with him. Sharon can call Arafat the enemy of all mankind. And it simply won't work." The Middle East is not the only area where administration officials see they must create wiggle room in the Bush doctrine. They see a need for nuance even in Afghanistan, the only case so far where the Bush doctrine was applied. "There are different approaches that you have to take, given the circumstances that you find on the ground," Bush's national security adviser Condoleezza Rice told reporters last month while en route to Peru, scene of a terrorist car bombing just days before Bush visited there. For example, Rice said, the eye-for-an-eye aspects of the Bush doctrine wouldn't apply to Yemen and the Philippines, because the governments are cooperating with the United States "to improve their capability to go after terrorists in their midst." "So clearly (each) approach is different," Rice said. "But what's very clear is the president believes terrorism is wrong."
i see. kind of like the income tax. loopholes.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 09:44:24 (EST)

My two cents are: Lets' see: Billy Graham and Tricky Dick thought that the Jews controlled America, and Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussain think so, too.
bird of a feather
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 09:27:30 (EST)

My two cents are: Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that . . . I want to tell you something very clear: Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it." - Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001.
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 03:04:21 (EST)

My two cents are: The day we bail on the Jews is the day we fall. The troops inside Arafat's compound need to loop a good rope around his neck, elevate the gun barrel and see how well he dances. Too many innocents being killed by the blood thirsty Arafat and his ilk. One way to stop evil is to eliminate it, immediately! They should have let the Jews go after the crazies years ago. Like during Desert Storm maybe a missle could have went stray.
Jeremiah
United States of America - Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 02:34:22 (EST)

My two cents are: He probably has, which is what keeps him coming back. 15-20 bathrooms with 4 or 5 stalls each is what, on the order of 100 stalls total. Chances are he's bound to catch someone in the act sooner or later. The trick is to remain vigilant. And tenacity too. Stick with it. Either follow the same guy around until he milks the monkey or camp out in the center stall with a hand mirror in each palm. Sooner or later you're bound to get lucky. Good luck rubber neck!
Anonymous.
- Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 00:59:07 (EST)

My two cents are: Have you ever seen anyone jerking off while they're in the can?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:53:43 (EST)

My two cents are: "One day I actually saw him reading the instructions for one of those hallway firehose boxes." You mean while he was sittin' on the can? Do you carry around a little step stool with you or do you just stand up on the seat? Or are you the type who bends down and looks up under the wall, or perhaps with the help of a small mirror?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:51:41 (EST)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:45:59 (EST)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:43:04 (EST)

My two cents are: So what is the President's policy in regards to Israel. If he agrees with dad's Secretary of State comment it will be: "Israel, call us when you're serious about peace." Behind closed doors, Baker reportedly blurted, "Fuck the Jews.")
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:41:02 (EST)

My two cents are: One day I actually saw him reading the instructions for one of those hallway firehose boxes.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:37:19 (EST)

My two cents are: Nah, its more than one data point. I dont know where the guy comes from but over the past few weeks, I've seen him going in to a bunch of the bathrooms, all different floors in 3 of the 5 buildings.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:36:29 (EST)

My two cents are: Nursing Tom, that'd be the way to go.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:34:49 (EST)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:32:58 (EST)

My two cents are: So based on one data point, a guy going into th bathroom one day, he obviously is spening time in 15 or 20 bathrooms a day. Guess it's more believable than the rumor that John Lennon could walk on water but still it's a bit of a stretch. Why don't you stake out a different can each day and sit within eyeball range. If you see him going in, make note. Then go another restroom and repeat the process for 8 hours or until you see him go in, whichever comes first. Do you see where this is going or do you need more teachings on fundamental empericalism? Maybe Caliban Tom the college boy can help educate you.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 23:20:33 (EST)

My two cents are: Best not hang out here then.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 22:54:21 (EST)

My two cents are: Hello there yellow man how are things shaking over in Texas. Been too busy to post but I lurk here once in a while to see how things are hanging out. Been taking classes at Bakersfield College. Haven't declared a major yet but I'm leaning toward something with lots of women in it.
Tom
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 22:39:38 (EST)

My two cents are: hiyall, been doing some work on this bathroom thing, we've got a dweller at pothaole alright, guy is a pro. saw him going in the other day. I think he haunts every one of pothaoles 15 or 20 bathrooms at some point during the day. Anyway, based on glints sage counsel, I now make individual trips for coffee as well as to whiz. plus, today, I cut my fingernails in the stall for something to do. My socialist goal is to transfer as much personal care to the capitalist dime as possible.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 21:43:36 (EST)

My two cents are: not me
ydog
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 21:22:04 (EST)

My two cents are: "Congress passed new anti-terrorist legislation. It gives police more power to see booksellers' records, and it prohibits the sellers from telling anyone about the search request. Finan says he doesn't believe the law bans booksellers from calling lawyers. But he said they can't necessarily get their cause before a judge, because the legislation puts such issues before special "spy courts," not open to the public -- and not open even to the owners. "And of course it's all justified as necessary to protect us from terrorists," Finan said."
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 19:37:59 (EST)

My two cents are: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_1061730,00.html
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 19:34:06 (EST)

My two cents are: I certainly hope Mr. and Mrs. America learn about that, no matter how hard Mr. Novak tries to hide it from them.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 19:11:24 (EST)

My two cents are: Snippy disengaged from the middle east? Is that why they're going ape-shit over there? You mean the only thing that was keeping the peace was the good old USA, god bless her? Snippy ought to be ashamed of himself for disengaging. Look at what it brought down on our heads, maybe. Has the man no sense of patriotism whatsoever, except to the oil patch? It is time to get someone who knows the difference between the middle east and the middle west.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 18:40:02 (EST)

My two cents are: Does anyone know if we're on yellow alert or on red alert? What color are we today?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 18:35:35 (EST)

My two cents are: Of course the pres* is rudderless. He IS the rudder. Clueless is tougher to excuse him from, but he's got his dad's friends to help, and some of them know about more than selling oil.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 17:54:37 (EST)

My two cents are: So what? He's not a foreign policy guy. He's a tax-cut guy. A character guy. A clean out the stables guy. A bandy-legged little guy. Cut him some slack. I'm disgusted.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 17:51:06 (EST)

My two cents are: There's a hell of a difference between failure and success and the difference is measured in blood. Right now, our policy in the Middle East has been an abject failure. Our president is rudderless and clueless. He doesn't know the Middle East from the Midwest
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 17:16:32 (EST)

My two cents are: NOVAK: If you mind if I speak while you're interrupting. I can't tell you how disgusted I am with you and James making a very serious question into a political issue, lionizing Bill Clinton, attacking George W. Bush. This is too serious for this. And the question is is the United States in the right posture in supporting Israel? Has nothing to do with partisan politics. And I think you ought to really look at yourself and seeing whether you're just playing cheap party politics with a very serious international question. CARLSON: You know, I agree with Bob. I think you need to repent. BEGALA: There's a hell of a difference between failure and success and the difference is measured in blood. Right now, our policy in the Middle East has been an abject failure. Our president is rudderless and clueless. He doesn't know the Middle East from the Midwest... NOVAK: There you go again. There you go again. BEGALA: ... and we ought to get somebody in there who knows what the hell they're doing. CARLSON: That's totally outrageous. If I can inject a serious note into the kind of ludicrous soliloquy you just delivered? This president is not in control of every car bombing or every nuance... BEGALA: He ought to be in control of his mouth... -------------- CARVILLE: Let me apologize to Mr. Novak because, my goodness, we attacked President Bush and defended Bill Clinton. You know what? I'm happy that he's disgusted that we are telling the American people what happened. CARLSON: You are not telling the American people anything. CARVILLE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) like every other Democrat does, you're not going to get that. (CROSSTALK) I'm going to stand up there and tell the truth. This president, according to the "Washington Post", made an error of historic proportions when he disengaged from the Middle East and he ought to be held accountable for it and I'm going to do it.
Snippy ought to be in control of well, something . . .
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 16:07:25 (EST)

My two cents are: Where would the Boy Scouts be without a Boy Scout Oath? The Cubs, where would they be? Where would you guys be as men if you hadn't taken and adhered to those oaths?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 15:48:10 (EST)

My two cents are: Is it classless to believe that a country or a man is only as good as its oath? I think not.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 15:33:12 (EST)

My two cents are: Candycane Man = ydog.
It Figures
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 15:16:09 (EST)

My two cents are: 13:39:05 Classless moron.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 14:40:51 (EST)

My two cents are: In Austin, Texas, neighbors were shocked to learn that a "nice man" named Mark Bates was the founder and promoter of the Candycane Man Web site. As a teen-ager, he had been convicted of abusing five boys under the age of 11 and had admitted to abusing more than 100 other children. The heavily trafficked Web site featured photos and videos of children - including toddlers - in sexually explicit poses.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 14:04:23 (EST)

My two cents are: The crynic ain't too bright, is he?
House of Meat
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 13:40:59 (EST)

My two cents are: It's that old bugaboo "oath" again! Oath, it always comes around and bites you in the ass. Fortunately, Bush wasn't under oath when he lied about the drugs. Whew! Like the oath the crynic took when he married that woman he ditched when she got scrawny and started to smell foul.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 13:39:05 (EST)

My two cents are: Clinton made quite the family business out of the pardons. It wasn't his fault, someone made him sign them. The DoJ recommended the pardons be granted. At least the brown nose and everything else Eric Holder. Guy must have been swimming in Clinton's crack.
Glint
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 13:38:24 (EST)

My two cents are: How about the 17-year-old high school senior who wanted to know the difference between President Clinton's parsing of the word 'is' and Bush's refusal to say flat-out that he had never done drugs. Anonymous. - Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 01:19:18 (EST)- The diff is simple. Cliton was under oath. Similar to the oath he took on inauguration day. You know, the oath to uphold the law and not work it, or circumvent it, or subvert it. / / / Hey Glint, the Terps looked horrible but survived. Should have been a blow out of 30+ points. But what the hey. #1 is #1, depending on, of course, what the meaning of "is" is. / / / Clinton says his mass pardons were bad politics? Funny he didn't mention how lucrative those pardons were to him and his hillbilly cohorts.
the crynic
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 13:25:27 (EST)

My two cents are: We're so fortunate to now have a president who "gets" it. One who understands that "the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region."
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 12:46:58 (EST)

My two cents are: April 2, 2002 -- Bill Clinton never really got it. He still doesn't. In his first post-presidency interview, with Newsweek's Jonathan Alter, Clinton insists the only problem with the raft of last-minute pardons - 176 in all - that he issued in his last hours in office was that it was "terrible politics." Indeed, Clinton uses a "Ken Starr made me do it" defense, portraying the recipients of his clemency largesse as the victims of government persecution: "I was very sensitive to prosecutorial abuse because I had seen it." Hmm. Sensitive in the case of Susan Rosenberg? A member of the radical Weather Underground who was appropriately sent up the river for 58 years after being caught with more than 700 pounds of explosives and weapons in 1984? (She was also linked to the 1981 Brink's robbery that left two cops and a security guard dead.) And when it comes to the notorious pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, Clinton's story not only strains credulity, it also flat-out contradicts the facts. "The Justice Department said they were no longer opposed and they were really for it," says the ex-prez. Nonsense. Then-U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White, whose office was prosecuting Rich, was livid when she learned of the pardon. The U.S. pardon attorney, who is supposed to have oversight in this area, said he heard nothing about it until hours before it was issued. And Clinton's own deputy attorney general testified that he was "out of the loop" when the decision was forwarded. That's because Rich's ex-wife - a major Democratic Party fund-raiser and Clinton Library donor - bypassed the normal pardons procedure and went straight to Clinton, in person. Just to drag in another party to blame, Clinton insists he pardoned Rich because he'd "received a request from the government of Israel" and "wanted to do something to support the peace process." So that's the way to bring peace to the Middle East! Why hasn't the Bush administration thought of that? Clearly, Bill Clinton hasn't changed. That is, he and the truth remain strangers - and they likely always will.
still lying after all these years
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 12:01:55 (EST)

My two cents are: ...including any mayhem as well?
Glint
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 11:37:41 (EST)

My two cents are: Congraulations on the UM victory last night, crynic, wherever you are. Did you have a chance to participate in the post-victory mayham?
Glint
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 11:14:10 (EST)

My two cents are: Took the words right out of my mouth.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 09:55:49 (EST)

My two cents are: Bare Treess. got that vinyl plus a tape I made.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 08:31:25 (EST)

My two cents are: Isn't it about time for the pineapple to jump in with a squawk about demonrat liberals bending the rules? Or does he have to be formally triggered?
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 01:04:02 (EST)

My two cents are: It sounds real to me. I suspect that it's been festering for quite some time. Maybe it's true, what they say about those hick lads and sheep. Could be what turns a boy from the true path.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 00:58:51 (EST)

My two cents are: If it walks like M.K. and talks like M.K., then maybe it is M.K. What was wrong with that fellow anyway? He claimed to have an education degree from Baylor, which is actually a place where you can learn a few things in spite of its Baptist cult orientation. I always figured it was where he picked up his tolerant attitude toward evolution, his willingness to review the evidence or lack of evidence in the fossil record. Was he lying about that, too? You'd think he could pick up something a little better than back-to-back minimum-wage shifts in a packaging plant. That's two guy who imploded on this site, a sad history, three if you count the crynic and four if Glint's recently-announced perversion is for real.
Anonymous.
- Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 00:47:21 (EST)

My two cents are: Don't worry about it Anonymous. That was probably the real M.K. The only reason that dummy says only a moron would think so is because he's trying to be bold, trying to make it off campus, outside the bubble.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 23:16:21 (EST)

My two cents are: Perhaps I am an absolute and utter moron, but I'd be interested in hearing just what distinguishes the "faux" M.K. post from the real McCoy. Yes, the "faux" M.K. does seem a tad mellower than the "original," but maybe M.K. has matured. Yeah, I know that's farfetched but you never know. Maybe the polyps have simmered the lad down. Or maybe hurtling towards 40 has.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 22:42:57 (EST)

My two cents are: In case the reader is an absolute and utter moron, a Faux M.K. post has been spotted at 22:25:51.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 22:29:14 (EST)

My two cents are: Just downloaded the mp3 of Fleetwood Mac's "Dust" (from the "Bare Trees" album). A haunting melodious piece with exquisite lyrics.
Glint
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 22:26:47 (EST)

My two cents are: I spent Easter as I usually do. At the mall. There is a large food court and it is heavily traffiked enough that I can often sit for five or six hours without anyone noticing I am not a customer. Not that one has to be a customer to sit in the hard plastic booths, tired shoppers may also avail themselves. In anycase, Sherril has left me. My parents refuse to let me get anouth cat.
M.K.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 22:25:51 (EST)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 22:16:00 (EST)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 22:07:58 (EST)

My two cents are: Sounds like the coals aren't hot enough to sear the meat..
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 21:53:07 (EST)

My two cents are: So glint, has ms bunnyfucker put that pedophile sign in your front yard yet?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 21:36:49 (EST)

My two cents are: matsa. As in whatsa matsa wits u?
Glint
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 17:39:02 (EST)

My two cents are: Do you mean masa? As in masa harina? If not, what is maza? Does it go well with beans? How about ham?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 17:25:05 (EST)

My two cents are: EMBATTLED ENRON IS FIFTH ON FORTUNE 500 LIST
developing
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 16:33:11 (EST)

My two cents are: Very interesting discussion here regarding Christianity. At this time however I am chomping on some maza. Tastes good crumbled up in a nice bowl of bean 'n' ham soup.
Glint
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 16:29:29 (EST)

My two cents are: My bicycle is getting rusty.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 15:56:27 (EST)

My two cents are: I'd like to throw my hat in the ring, with a guess between 33 and 43 CE.
Billy Bub Graham
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 15:26:35 (EST)

My two cents are: And Bertram de Bezier, Arch-Prelate at the Dome de Byzance, offers a yet broader range, from 250 CE to ca. 600 CE.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 15:22:47 (EST)

My two cents are: The source for 14:29 was, "The Complete Gospels" edited by Robert J. Miller. A timeline by Burton Mack, a professor at the School of Theology at Claremont, California, offers a broader range of years for Paul's letters extending from approx. 50 to 80 c.e.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 14:33:16 (EST)

My two cents are: Just wanted to check in and say hi. The battle continues. Aloha.
Pete�
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 14:29:51 (EST)

My two cents are: The letters or epistles of Paul of Tarsus, chief founder of gentile Christianity, were written about 50-60 c.e.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 14:29:30 (EST)

My two cents are: It is possible that Mark had at least second-hand knowledge of Jesus, assuming he existed. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke were enlarged from the Gospel of Mark, as Mark knows nothing of the virgin birth, of the Sermon on the Mount, of the Lord's prayer, or of other important facts of the supposed life of Christ. These features were added by Matthew and Luke. But the Gospel of Mark, as we have it, is not the original Mark. In the same way that the writers of Matthew and Luke copied and enlarged the Gospel of Mark, Mark copied and enlarged an earlier document which is called the "original Mark." This original source perished in the early age of the Church. What it was, who wrote it, where it was written, nobody knows. The Gospel of John is admitted by Christian scholars to be an unhistorical document. They acknowledge that it is not a life of Christ, but an interpretation of him; that it gives us an idealized and spiritualized picture of what Christ is supposed to have been, and that it is largely composed of the speculations of Greek philosophy. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, which are called the "Synoptic Gospels," on the one hand, and the Gospel of John, on the other, stand at opposite extremes of thought. So complete is the difference between the teaching of the first three Gospels and that of the fourth, that every critic admits that if Jesus taught as the Synoptics relate, he could not possibly have taught as John declares. Indeed, in the first three Gospels and in the fourth, we meet with two entirely different Christs. Did I say two? It should be three; for, according to Mark, Christ was a man; according to Matthew and Luke, he was a demigod; while John insists that he was God himself.
Dr. Milton T. Eisentower
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 14:20:42 (EST)

My two cents are: Correct, anonymous. It is very telling that the earliest Christian documents, the Epistles attributed to "Paul," never discuss a historical background of Jesus but deal exclusively with a spiritual being who was known to all gnostic sects for hundreds to thousands of years. The few "historical" references to an actual life of Jesus cited in the Epistles are demonstrably interpolations and forgeries, as are, according to Wheless, the Epistles themselves, as they were not written by "Paul." Aside from the brief reference to Pontius Pilate at 1 Timothy 6:13, an epistle dated ben Yehoshua to 144 CE and thus not written by Paul, the Pauline literature (as pointed out by Edouard Dujardin) "does not refer to Pilate, or the Romans, or Caiaphas, or the Sanhedrin, or Herod, or Judas, or the holy women, or any person in the gospel account of the Passion, and that it also never makes any allusion to them; lastly, that it mentions absolutely none of the events of the Passion, either directly or by way of allusion." Dujardin additionally relates that other early "Christian" writings such as Revelation do not mention any historical details or drama. Mangasarian notes that "Paul" also never quotes from Jesus's purported sermons and speeches, parables and prayers, nor does he mention Jesus's supernatural birth or any of his alleged wonders and miracles, all which one would presume would be very important to his followers, had such exploits and sayings been known prior to "Paul."
Dr. Milton T. Eisentower
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 13:59:20 (EST)

My two cents are: Most of Paul's letters were written many years after Paul was dead and gone. No Bishops "believed to have been" in existence, ordained or not, between 61-63 CE. Hell, the miter hadn't even been invented, and there were no priests to bishopize. You fundamentalists are funny. Tell me about manure recycling on Noah's ark.
BBG
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 13:49:09 (EST)

My two cents are: Who said "evangelizing"? I thought the topic was bishops?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 12:52:53 (EST)

My two cents are: I meant to say, give or take a few decades.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 12:39:30 (EST)

My two cents are: The Timothean epistles are believed to have been scribed between 61-63 of the common era, whereas the crucifiction of the Jewish Messiah is placed at about the 36th year. Contrary to an opinion expressed at 11:35:24 the evangelizing of the early Christian church did not occur "in the time of Jesus himself."
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 12:17:50 (EST)

My two cents are: You can't judge a whole religion by one or two bad apples. The Pope, for instance, has never stared at twats. Billy Graham doesn't even know what a twat is.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 11:44:25 (EST)

My two cents are: If Jesus is Lord, how come Jimmy Swaggart spends so much time staring at twats?
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 11:41:25 (EST)

My two cents are: Right. I can't imagine a church without bishops, particularly in the time of Jesus himself. They had cardinals and a pope too, didn't they?
Bible Boy Grunt
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 11:35:24 (EST)

My two cents are: Clinton's claim that he is enjoying himself rings false as well. How can a man enjoy himself when he is reeking with the foetid stink and shame of having got blow-jobs? The whole world knowing he got blow-jobs? No, the sweet taste of mellowing age is denied him. He will go to his grave knowing he got blow-jobs. And worse, that he didn't decscribe the blow-jobs to the government when the government demanded to hear about them. Not only a receiver of blow-jobs, but a traitor who refuses to divulge the details to the duly-constituted authorities of his own central government bureaucracy.
Goober
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 11:33:41 (EST)

My two cents are: Clifford is just one of the many festering sores on a sick pineapple.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 10:52:37 (EST)

My two cents are: "Is it Paul's letter to Timothy where he talks about the appropriate comportment of bishops? Bishops? You poor, gullible saps." - Auntie. Paul's second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.
imagine that - a bishop. so what?
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 10:51:49 (EST)

My two cents are: Sounds as if Anita failed biology.
Anonymous.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 04:06:08 (EST)

My two cents are: HEE HEE, I don't want your finger on it......I don't know where your finger has been.
CLIFFORD
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 03:47:59 (EST)

My two cents are: Somehow, I can't quite put my finger on it, but somehow Clifford doesn't quite come across as convincing. For some unfathomable reason I get the feeling that Cliff is just the repressed garbage in some poor third-rater's brain somewhere. Maybe getting ready for alt.queers.society. Getting ready to take the big jump, and trying it out here first.
.
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 03:24:09 (EST)

My two cents are: REMEMBERING ANITA-------"As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; Therefore, they must recruit our children." -- ANITA BRIANT --1977-------------If gays are granted rights, next we will have to give rights to prostitutes, and to people who sleep with St. Bernards, and to nailbiters. ANITA BRIANT. ------------------Well Anita, how does it feel to do without your your orange juice??? (Like a day without Sunshine??)
CLIFFORD
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 02:51:43 (EST)

My two cents are: A COUPLE MORE: The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals, and 362 admonishments to hetrosexuals. That doesn't mean God doesn't love hetrosexuals, its just that they need more supervision. LYNN LAVNER ---- Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich were shaking hands, congratulating themselves on the introduction of a anti-gay bill in Congress. If it passes, they won't be able to shake hands, because it would be illegal for a Prick to touch a Ass-Hole. -----JUDY CARTER
CLIFFORD
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 02:29:46 (EST)

My two cents are: A couple of quotes for you. -- Why is it that, as a culture, we are more confortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ERNEST GAINES ---- "Why can't they have gay people in the Army"? "Personally, I think they are afraid of a thousand guys with M16s saying "Who'd you call a faggot"? JON STEWART
CLIFFORD
- Monday, April 01, 2002 at 02:06:20 (EST)

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