These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.

Jayne ,'The Train Job'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Nov 23, 2010 8:35:08 am PST #7002 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Does anything think she isn't running in 2012?

I think in the last few months, most of the remaining doubters now think she's gonna run.

Still, Obama should kick her ass, unless the economy goes completely to hell. Also, more conservatives are attacking her, as she's outlived her usefulness to them


Sue - Nov 23, 2010 8:35:56 am PST #7003 of 30001
hip deep in pie

My boss sent a guideline out for comments. He has now sent all the various comments to me without any directive in how to synthesize them all. Of the probably 10 pages of comments I have, I'd say 10% are about the substance of the guideline, the rest are all wordsmithing.

One commenter says it needs some "grammer" fixes, and tells me it needs to be more concise, while also suggesting we add several other points to it.


zuisa - Nov 23, 2010 8:37:40 am PST #7004 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

I have no doubt that she's going to run, but I am clinging to the hope that there are enough smart people left in America to not let her get elected.


tommyrot - Nov 23, 2010 8:39:39 am PST #7005 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

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tommyrot - Nov 23, 2010 8:42:30 am PST #7006 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Re: Palin - at the moment I'm more worried about whether Republicans will refuse to raise the debt ceiling, which could push the US into default. Also, will they refuse to ratify the START treaty with Russia. Both of these are things Republicans have always supported, but they may fuck things up for everyone just to make Obama look bad.


§ ita § - Nov 23, 2010 8:42:45 am PST #7007 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Happy? You crazy.


tommyrot - Nov 23, 2010 8:43:48 am PST #7008 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Ha! I'm not crazy!

Well, I'm sure I'm crazy in other ways....


Polter-Cow - Nov 23, 2010 8:53:22 am PST #7009 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

We have a president, perhaps for the first time since the founding of our republic, who expresses his belief that America is not the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known

Oh noes, a leader who doesn't use hyperbole. WHAT WILL WE DO.


tommyrot - Nov 23, 2010 8:56:41 am PST #7010 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

OK, she's complaining that Obama doesn't accept American exceptionalism. When in fact he does.

Frankly, I hate the idea of American exceptionalism. So many people think, "Well, if we do stuff like torture people, it's OK because we're good."


zuisa - Nov 23, 2010 8:56:41 am PST #7011 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

Oh noes, a leader who doesn't use hyperbole. WHAT WILL WE DO.

SOMEONE SOUND THE ALARM.

Seriously, though, I so enjoy Obama's lack of hyperbole. The whole image of America as the be all-end all saviour of the free world has always driven me crazy. The idea that we somehow MUST be the greatest nation on earth has always irked me. Why can't we just strive for OUR best, instead of THE best?