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April 02, 2012

Confirmed: Arlen Specter Is A Cranky, Nasty Entitled Old Bastard
— Ace

Snarlen Arlen -- voted several times as among the nastiest people in Congress, by the staffers and those who work with Congress.

He's mad he had to sit through commercial breaks to do the radio interview.

Has he ever heard radio?

Posted by: Ace at 04:01 PM | Comments (236)
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Has he ever heard radio?

Posted by: Ace

NPR doesn't have commercials.

Posted by: mugiwara at April 02, 2012 04:02 PM (KI/Ch)

2 Someone wake up the en fuego guy .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at April 02, 2012 04:03 PM (npr0X)

3 An old man who long ago outlived his usefulness and importance. Yesterday's News. Stick him in the corner somewhere at the Texas Book Depository and dust him off every week.

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 02, 2012 04:04 PM (eCnLg)

4 So he hates Capitalism, then?

Posted by: Y-not at April 02, 2012 04:04 PM (5H6zj)

5 Arlen Quisling, professional piece of shit.

Posted by: Cicero at April 02, 2012 04:05 PM (QKKT0)

6 He may have just blew an opportunity to sell another two or three books.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 02, 2012 04:05 PM (GZitp)

7 Pathetic old man who is desperately trying to convince himself that he's still relevant - which he is most definitely not. Judas Tool - is Arlen. Thinkin his book needs some "proper" reviews, on Amazon...

Posted by: Rocky at April 02, 2012 04:05 PM (GOq3t)

8 1 - NPR doesn't have commercials.

Technically - it depends on how you define "commercials." They have spots where they call out national and local sponsors and thank them, and they also have spots for what's coming up next.

Posted by: Where's my pressie? at April 02, 2012 04:05 PM (X5Hwz)

9 Arlen do us all a favor and die already.

Posted by: mpfs at April 02, 2012 04:06 PM (CEb/l)

10 So he hates Capitalism, then?
Posted by: Y-not at April 02, 2012 08:04 PM (5H6zj)

Did he vote for ObamaCare?

Posted by: mugiwara at April 02, 2012 04:06 PM (KI/Ch)

11 Aw, poor baby. I guess he's never attended a pro-sports event, either.

Posted by: soulpile at April 02, 2012 04:06 PM (Mk/IQ)

12 Arlen refers to it as 'the wireless'

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 02, 2012 04:07 PM (8sCoq)

13 at least he didn't get stuffed into his client's trunk. diaf specter.

Posted by: X at April 02, 2012 04:08 PM (8Yc/9)

14 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 04:09 PM (7W3wI)

15 As predicted, Specter's book is 3,066th on Amazon.com. Arlen, nobody cares about you.

Posted by: pep at April 02, 2012 04:09 PM (6TB1Z)

16 Quick OT thought

If not-Obamas were more cynical they would happy Obama and the media have overreached on this "White-Hispanic" issue. Imagine if he had handled it well? Americans growing weary of him might have rekindled the "hope" they once had that he was the "lightworker" that he himself and the media portrayed him as.

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 02, 2012 04:10 PM (RfvTE)

17 I will not wait around while Jack Benny sells Oldsmobile!

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:11 PM (KNvk+)

18 Then if he had that ability he would have adapted after the 2010 elections and made the mature decisions to get the country financially and energy stable. His mind knows only how to swim in the lake of academic and radical leftism. He has no idea, like say Bill Clinton, how to walk on the ground with the rest of us.

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 02, 2012 04:11 PM (RfvTE)

19 Scottish law dictates that Arlen is an asshole

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 04:13 PM (Oq7br)

He'd not a Republican turned Democrat. Actually he's a Democrat turned Republican turned Democrat. The wind doesn't always blow from the west in Pennsylvania.

Posted by: canoedad at April 02, 2012 04:13 PM (L76Lq)

21 That's Ex-U.S. Senator and likely Depends wearer Arlen Specter to you, Ace.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2012 04:13 PM (7utQ2)

22
He's the angry leprechaun. You want to follow the happy one to get to the pot of gold.

Posted by: Wodeshed at April 02, 2012 04:14 PM (LEcV+)

23 Maybe he and Chevy Chase could star together in a remake of Grumpy Old Men.

Posted by: Hummingbird at April 02, 2012 04:15 PM (R5yLq)

24 Arlen, you're not in the senate any more. They gave you an opportunity to hawk your book, you didn't give them the opportunity to speak to the great Arlen Specter.

Posted by: Heorot at April 02, 2012 04:15 PM (Y06m6)

25 Under Scottish law, he is a flaming, egotistical, whoring asshole.

Posted by: eureka! at April 02, 2012 04:15 PM (LQIyD)

26 "Confirmed: Arlen Specter Is A Cranky, Nasty Entitled Old Bastard" Walking, talking advertisement for term limits (and birth control).

Posted by: RomneyBot since 2007 at April 02, 2012 04:16 PM (BB0/w)

27 You know, they make Depends with soothing lotion.... maybe that would help?

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at April 02, 2012 04:16 PM (pVvkk)

28 Do you wingnuts have any idea how agonizing it is to sit through multiple commercials in wet Depends?

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:17 PM (QKKT0)

29 Will lonesome change Arlen's diaper...he so damn cranky lately, must be that bad case of diaper rash he gets when he thinks about his days in the Senate.

Posted by: Satan's Barbed WeeWee at April 02, 2012 04:17 PM (Jls4P)

30 His polling numbers look pretty good, he's a shoe in for re-election, trust me.

Posted by: Greg at April 02, 2012 04:18 PM (GZitp)

31 Arlen who?

Posted by: Senator Pat Toomey at April 02, 2012 04:18 PM (9F2c1)

32 You know, they make Depends with soothing lotion.... maybe that would help?

****

Pretty sure his gold-plated Senate healthcare package includes having his ass powdered 3x daily.

Posted by: Wodeshed at April 02, 2012 04:18 PM (LEcV+)

33 Respect mah authoritah!

Posted by: His Majesty Snarlin Arlen at April 02, 2012 04:18 PM (ndI4l)

34 You should have heard Michael Berry interview him here in Houston. Berry told Spector he was the most arrogant person he's ever spoken to and said he did not deserve the honor of being called "Senator".

Posted by: halfastro at April 02, 2012 04:18 PM (oPGWT)

35 The Jason Lewis show is one of my favorites. I was surprised Jason was giving Arlen a platform to sell his book. At first I figured Arlen should be persona non gratis, but this result is pretty excellent. The radio talkers should book Specter and then hammer him on his anti-Tea party BS.

Posted by: California Red at April 02, 2012 04:18 PM (DXTKe)

36 MAGIC BULLET THEORY Author: Arlen Specter

Posted by: Killjoy at April 02, 2012 04:19 PM (ETgqz)

37 It's OK Senator, you can come on my show and I'll kiss your ass while you tell us the world according to Arlen Spector

But you have to finish before Karl THE ARCHITECT Rove comes here. I'll bump Beckel for you though

Who's on the line, Flipper?

Posted by: HANNITY!!! at April 02, 2012 04:19 PM (Y+DPZ)

38 Hey, he's old. Every minute matters!

Posted by: Tonic Dog at April 02, 2012 04:19 PM (X/+QT)

39 Elected Piece of Shit #3452

Posted by: USS Diversity at April 02, 2012 04:19 PM (vpe0k)

40 Maybe we can talk one of the moronettes into doing the nasty with Arlen? Might give him a whole new outlook.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 04:21 PM (niZvt)

41 Arlen's days of chasing young punks off the Capitol lawn are gone forever.

Posted by: Cicero at April 02, 2012 04:22 PM (QKKT0)

42 You should have heard Michael Berry interview him here in Houston. ----------------------------------- Isn't Michael Berry living a lie? You put him in a room with the Chippendale Dancers and I think he might cave under the pressure.

Posted by: Killjoy at April 02, 2012 04:22 PM (ETgqz)

43 Posted by: HANNITY!!! at April 02, 2012 08:19 PM

Turn that hillbilly shitkickin' racket off Hannity! I had to smile through that crap enough every six years while I had to pretend I gave a shit about those inbred hicks in Shippensburg!

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:23 PM (Y+DPZ)

44 Maybe we can talk one of the moronettes into doing the nasty with Arlen? Might give him a whole new outlook.

I think we'd have better luck convincing Greg

Posted by: RightWingProf at April 02, 2012 04:23 PM (ndI4l)

45 CoolCzech, you are going to get hurt.

And an updated list of things that I will never do in rank order:

2,456: Eat dog.
2,457: Read a book written by Arlen Specter.
2,458: Intentional slam my groin with a ballpeen hammer.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2012 04:23 PM (7utQ2)

46 Maybe we can talk one of the moronettes into doing the nasty with Arlen? Might give him a whole new outlook.

I like the guy's politics. None of that extreme craziness you see on the far right. Would there be a dinner involved?

Posted by: Meghan McCain at April 02, 2012 04:24 PM (QKKT0)

47 Then he asked me to show my pride
He said he'd always be on my side
I felt so happy that I almost cried
And then he dissed me

Posted by: Arlen Specter's Wall of Sound at April 02, 2012 04:24 PM (Y+DPZ)

Turn that hillbilly shitkickin' racket off Hannity! I had to smile through that crap enough every six years while I had to pretend I gave a shit about those inbred hicks in Shippensburg!

Who the hell knows about Shippensburg?

Posted by: USS Diversity at April 02, 2012 04:24 PM (vpe0k)

49 NPR doesn't have commercials.Posted by: mugiwara[i/]

Yes, they do. They're just called sponsors or patrons. Lexus, VISA, etc.

NPR execs have admitted that if they weren't allowed to get money from them, NPR would fold.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at April 02, 2012 04:25 PM (JEpGb)

50 It took Arlen Specter to make John McCain look like a principled conservative.

Posted by: Cicero at April 02, 2012 04:27 PM (QKKT0)

51
Would there be a dinner involved?

***

Allow me to familiarize you with my corndogs for cornholes initiative...

Posted by: Snarlin' Arlen at April 02, 2012 04:27 PM (LEcV+)

52 I like the guy's politics. None of that extreme craziness you see on the far right. Would there be a dinner involved?

Buffet at the Golden Corral baby.

Posted by: Arlen at April 02, 2012 04:27 PM (Y06m6)

53 It's not my party
and I'll switch if I want to,
Switch if I want to,
Switch if I want to,
You would switch too,
If it happened to you

Posted by: Arlen Specter's Wall of Sound at April 02, 2012 04:27 PM (Y+DPZ)

54 I told that I-tye bastard Marconi that he'd never get anywhere and I was right!

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:28 PM (MMC8r)

55 Buffet at the Golden Corral baby.

4PM for the early bird.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2012 04:28 PM (7utQ2)

56 Jello
Grape Nut Cereal
Lucky Strike
.
.
.
Oldsmobile?

Posted by: Gerry at April 02, 2012 04:29 PM (hSr7H)

57 Fucking Specter only remembers that when he first did interviews on the wireless, there were no breaks for commercials. The Colgate Girls just sang a quick little ragtime ditty while the host and Arlen smoked a Chesterfield.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 02, 2012 04:29 PM (JDIKC)

58

Do I love it, my oh my
Shit is Deep, Piled High

Posted by: Arlen Specter's Wall of Sound at April 02, 2012 04:29 PM (Y+DPZ)

59
Arlen gives all white hairs a bad name. I wish Arlen a life of flaccid penis', projectile diarrhea, and hemorrhoids the size of Rosie O'Donnell's nipples.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at April 02, 2012 04:30 PM (TkGkA)

60 He was my Senator since 1980, and I hate the sanctimonious, unprincipled fuck. Good riddance to bad rubbish

Posted by: Ombudsman at April 02, 2012 04:30 PM (AxHOT)

He was on the phone to the show, to promote and sell his book.....so he was doing it for 'commercial' reasons. ....And he gets all pissy because he had to listen to some commercials?

Nothing worse than a pissy, crusty old Sphincter.

Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2012 04:30 PM (+5U+B)

62 Buffet at the Golden Corral baby.

4PM for the early bird.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)

Last time I ate at Golden Corral, I got the chocolate fountain to go. Two days.

Posted by: Dang at April 02, 2012 04:32 PM (BbX1b)

63 That upstart Walter Winchell won't ever go the distance, either! The important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time.

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:32 PM (MMC8r)

64 "...crusty old Sphincter." There's a mental image for you!

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 04:32 PM (niZvt)

65 And if you say you love me,
I'll make you so proud of me,
I'll make them raise their asses,
Just you wait and see,

So won't you be,
Be my, be my peasant

Posted by: Arlen Specter's Wall of Sound at April 02, 2012 04:33 PM (Y+DPZ)

66 I didn't like hearing those commercials for erectile dysfunction because I thought they said 'electoral dysfunction.'

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:33 PM (MMC8r)

67 Do you know who I am? I'm Arlen Specter! I was making earmarks while you were still parking cars !!!!!!

Posted by: Arlen "Moe" Specter at April 02, 2012 04:35 PM (Y+DPZ)

68 When I heard Arlen had formed a "Presidential Exploratory Committe," I didn't realize he had Obama's anus in mind.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 04:36 PM (niZvt)

69
Arlen worked on the Warren Commission and was supportive of the single bullet theory that killed JFK and wounded John Connelly.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at April 02, 2012 04:36 PM (TkGkA)

70 I didn't yield my time to The Men from Texaco and I'm not getting bumped for no goddamn Sleep Number Beds!

I'm Arlen Fuckin' Specter!!!

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:38 PM (Y+DPZ)

71 Well at least Arlen followed through on his promise to vote for quality conservative Supreme Court justices. Kagan and Sotomayor, for instance.

Posted by: Rick Santorum at April 02, 2012 04:38 PM (KI/Ch)

72
I'm Arlen Specter and your not!

Posted by: Senator Arlen Specter, Gregarious Gadfly at April 02, 2012 04:39 PM (TkGkA)

73 The only way to listen to Arlen Specter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U4ULfj4BIs

Posted by: nickless at April 02, 2012 04:40 PM (MMC8r)

74 Snarlin' Arlen would have been retired in 1992 if his Dem opponent hadn't been so far to the left that she made Babbles Boxer look like Phyllis Schlafly

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:40 PM (Y+DPZ)

75 To bad Glenn Beck with Pat and Stu are off this week they will keep this in the hopper until they get back to spent an hour laughing at it.

Posted by: Tjexcite at April 02, 2012 04:42 PM (ovjF+)

76 #24

Ding! Ding! Ding!

I can't -stand- talk radio for that reason. Recently, while waiting for one of the tax deductions at piano practice I tuned into Hannity, and spent five minutes listening to commercials, then a brief statement by Hannity on what to expect during the second half of his show, then another five minutes of commercials.

That's not an exaggeration.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 02, 2012 04:42 PM (L7hol)

77 I'm firmly behind Arlen.

Posted by: Satan's Barbed Cock at April 02, 2012 04:42 PM (QKKT0)

78 Isn't Michael Berry living a lie? You put him in a room with the Chippendale Dancers and I think he might cave under the pressure. Posted by: Killjoy at April 02, 2012 08:22 PM (ETgqz) Ummm...do tell?

Posted by: RomneyBot since 2007 at April 02, 2012 04:43 PM (BB0/w)

79 The guy's 82 y/o, been out of office for over a year and has no chance of regaining any office again, and he's worth 30 million bucks. Time for him to stfu.

Posted by: Hezbollah at April 02, 2012 04:44 PM (s6QDI)

80
Hey wingnuts, at least I wasn't at Chappaquiddick, and the more I studied at the knee of Ted Kennedy, I'm convinced it was a tragic error and not a booty call.

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:45 PM (TkGkA)

81 We would just like to remind Americans tonight that the start time for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship is 9:23 pm. Our exhaustive analysis, with multiple experts in their respective fields, have determined that this is the EXACT time Trayvon Martin would have returned home with Skittles and Root Beer had that racist and violent George Zimmerman not gunned that little boy down in cold blood. Enjoy the game.

Posted by: ABCNews at April 02, 2012 04:45 PM (ETgqz)

82 Gotta go with mpfs, just die already.

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 04:45 PM (CMM9V)

83 What, was he late for Matlock?

Posted by: OregonMuse at April 02, 2012 04:45 PM (XfuJf)

84 Root Beer? What kinda unda cover hoodie brutha drinks root beer?

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 04:46 PM (CMM9V)

What else do you expect from

BENEDICT ARLON SPHINCTER ?

Posted by: joe at April 02, 2012 04:46 PM (bBjHO)

86 Well... ya know... back when he was a Kid... they didn't have this new fangled Radio thing...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2012 04:47 PM (lZBBB)

87 Beck did a segment about Arlen's creepy book. Especially the 'sharing a hottub with Ted Kennedy' section.

Posted by: nickless at April 02, 2012 04:47 PM (MMC8r)

88 Why would anybody publish his book? Who in the world gives a damn what he has to say about anything?

Posted by: Heorot at April 02, 2012 04:48 PM (Y06m6)

89 Didn't he say Kennedy looked like a walrus naked or a naked walrus?

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 04:48 PM (CMM9V)

90 If this is the state of radiophonigrams today then I'll just take my perambulatory device and charleston dance my way out of this one horse town. - Arlen Specter

Posted by: Kevin at April 02, 2012 04:48 PM (3o64G)

91
Don't any of you reprehensible conservatives suggest Arlen Specter join me under the tracks of a Caterpillar.

Posted by: Zombie Rachel Corrie at April 02, 2012 04:48 PM (TkGkA)

92 Fill the tank with petroleum distillate, boy. And vulcanize these tires.

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:50 PM (GTbGH)

93 As for Michael Berry, whether or not he sucks dick is between him and his family; I'm just glad he didn't suck Specter's

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 04:50 PM (QTHTd)

94 Root Beer? What kinda unda cover hoodie brutha drinks root beer? ------------------------------------- Ok you caught us! Again! The actual drink was orange soda, but we felt reporting that would reinforce negative stereotypes.

Posted by: ABCNews at April 02, 2012 04:50 PM (ETgqz)

The sheer volume of commercials on talk radio has indeed become intolerable. I'm all for making a buck the American way, but this has ruined the medium.

Hear hear. One morning on the local right wing guy I counted that he actually spoke 10 non-consecutive minutes out of one half hour.

Posted by: USS Diversity at April 02, 2012 04:50 PM (vpe0k)

96 Didn't some group once hold a Rachel Corrie Memorial thingy at an IHOP?

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 02, 2012 04:50 PM (L7hol)

97 The best thing Specter ever did was take down Anita Hill. It was stupendous. Other than that, I got nothin'.

Posted by: JoAnne still voting for Newt Panda so fuck off at April 02, 2012 04:51 PM (GCsZz)

98 Arlen's so old I would think he'd be familiar with the concept of radio, since he was probably born before the gramophone was invented. What an ass.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 02, 2012 04:52 PM (CA2NO)

99 88 Beck did a segment about Arlen's creepy book. Especially the 'sharing a hottub with Ted Kennedy' section. Posted by: nickless at April 02, 2012 08:47 PM

Well, I was going to go for a soak but that's too much image

Posted by: Arlen Specter at April 02, 2012 04:52 PM (Y+DPZ)

100 Taking the devils advocate side - DJ can't walk and chew gum or what? Keep recording while the commercials are playing.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 02, 2012 04:54 PM (vj51i)

101 Something I just thought of, I bet the first seven minutes of the interview was about the Supreme Court and Obamacare, you know getting the great legal mind of Specter to pontificate on constitutionality of it. One of the most important decisions the court will make in the past forty years.
And Arlen was pissed he didn't have enough time to talk about his book.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 02, 2012 04:54 PM (GZitp)

102 @41, I wouldn't do him with the SCOAMT's lady bits.

Posted by: Palandine at April 02, 2012 04:55 PM (g7D8V)

103 #88 Absolutely worth listening to. Really hilarious reading of disturbing parts of Spector's books, including at least 3 descriptions involving naked senators. Go to the link to The Blaze about the Arlen Spector cranky old man post. Near the bottom you can play the youtube of Glen Beck. They read the parts, impersonating Spector's voice.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 02, 2012 04:55 PM (P7ufZ)

104 Speaking of snotty arrogant legends in their own minds;

Matt Lauer to Palin: Are you reading any newspapers to prepare for tomorrow?

http://tinyurl.com/8xvvmug

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2012 04:55 PM (Y+DPZ)

105 Soap MacTavish: I'll take your word that Specter has a point about those commercials (I haven't listened to talk radio since the 90s). If it is a problem then I agree with you. If Specter were a (serving) Senator, complaints about private industry - like talk radio - would be a threat. Now that he's a private citizen, he has the right to complain about it. At the extreme, he can say "I would love to come on your show, but I have a problem with the volume of commercials; address this, and then we can talk".

And the radio station would then have the right to tell him to pound sand. That's how bargaining is done out here in the private sector.

I suspect, though, that Specter would be a net turnoff to the audience. That means the radio HAS TO run that volume of commercials to pick up the slack. In which case, Specter should accept his place and remember that he is not a Government agent anymore.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 04:55 PM (QTHTd)

106 And the fact that Spector included those passages in his book is pretty much proof that the old man is senile or just demented.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 02, 2012 04:56 PM (P7ufZ)

107 Matt Lauer to Palin: Are you reading any newspapers to prepare for tomorrow?

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2012 08:55 PM

You betcha Matt! Then I'm reading Breitbart to find out what's going on in the real world !!!

Posted by: Sarahcuda at April 02, 2012 04:56 PM (Y+DPZ)

108 Remember when he told Michelle Bachmann to "act like a lady"? She dared to question his opinion on a matter, when together on a talk radio show.

Posted by: Deli LLama at April 02, 2012 04:57 PM (uv9eO)

109 What was Specter doing on a "conservative radio show" in the first place? He's a creepy old man.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 02, 2012 04:58 PM (CA2NO)

110 The official Al Qaeda website is down. We are performing upgrades and routine maintenance. Thank you for your patience.

Posted by: CIA at April 02, 2012 04:58 PM (ETgqz)

111 103 "...SCOAMT's lady bits." I felt my manhood recede in fear all the way to my bellybutton when I read that.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 04:58 PM (niZvt)

112 Being evil makes a person cranky.

Posted by: Uncle Screwtape at April 02, 2012 04:59 PM (RVjEq)

113 45 Maybe we can talk one of the moronettes into doing the nasty with Arlen? Might give him a whole new outlook.

Is that you, Joey B.? Make sure to keep your helmet on at all times, not just for walking around.

Ya old bastard.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:00 PM (UOM48)

114 Matt Lauer to Palin: Are you reading any newspapers to prepare for tomorrow?

Newspapers? How very quaint. Should I look at the ticker tape in case there are any economic issues that come up?

Posted by: Sarah at April 02, 2012 05:00 PM (Y06m6)

115 lowandslo: if Specter's book had argued more for his legal opinions, instead of gossiping about Ted Kennedy's weight - then maybe the book would have segued better into current events.

Kennedy is dead and so that part of Specter's book is USELESS.

Specter seems not to be down with that whole "future time orientation" thing. But if he had more of a clue he'd still be a Senator.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 05:01 PM (QTHTd)

116 Link to Glen Beck ridicule of Spector's book. Laugh out loud funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePH-enP9FE

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 02, 2012 05:01 PM (P7ufZ)

117 OMG Barbara Eden is now doing Reverse Mortgage commercials. Shoot me.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 05:01 PM (niZvt)

118 110 Pimping his book.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 05:01 PM (7W3wI)

119 Actually... How about Snarlin Arlen doing reverse mortgage commercials... Making little old ladies cry right thru the TV screen...

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 05:02 PM (niZvt)

120 111 The official Al Qaeda website is down.

We are performing upgrades and routine maintenance.

Thank you for your patience. Posted by: CIA at April 02, 2012 08:58 PM

When jihadi websites go down, that's usually when agents assholes start puckering.

They tend to "go quiet" before they do something big

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2012 05:02 PM (Y+DPZ)

121 Beck (pretend ampersand) Co. do a brilliant Arlen.

They were goofing on the idea of having him on for an interview, while asking questions in an Arlen voice. That would be Comedy Gold.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:03 PM (UOM48)

122 Many years ago a lady worked for me whose daughter was a deputy assistant something or other for Specter. She said he was a total asshole and couldn't wait to get the hell out. So, yeah.. he's pretty much been an asshole his whole life.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:03 PM (Z71Vg)

123 I remember hearing Arlen scold Laura Ingraham on live radio. "Act like a lady!!!!!!"

Dayum. Laura, to her credit, was classy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:05 PM (UOM48)

124 Stop the Madness. May Kansas win, with no ensuing violence.

Posted by: S Daniel at April 02, 2012 05:05 PM (BVkEs)

125 Under Scottish law, those commercial breaks are illegal.

Posted by: navybrat at April 02, 2012 05:06 PM (inygR)

126 If Arlen had been re-elected, I would be alive today.

Posted by: Trayvon at April 02, 2012 05:06 PM (WUWb9)

127 Who would win in a fight of Capitol Hill's Worst Bosses? Sheila Jackson "Mars Landing" Lee, or Snarlin' Arlen Specter (retired)? Sheila's got the youth on her side, but Arlen's a wiry old bastard.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 02, 2012 05:06 PM (CA2NO)

128 Didn't Specter have cancer at one point? He's too full of venom to go that easy, I guess.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 05:06 PM (niZvt)

129 129 Didn't Specter have cancer at one point? He's too full of venom to go that easy, I guess.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 09:06 PM (niZvt)

Yes he did. When I think of all the family and friends I've lost to cancer over the years, who were good people, young and old, it makes me wonder why an evil old bastard like that gets a second chance.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:08 PM (UOM48)

130 127 If Arlen had been re-elected, I would be alive today.

Posted by: Trayvon at April 02, 2012 09:06 PM (WUWb9)

I laughed. And I refuse to denounce myself for it.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 02, 2012 05:08 PM (CA2NO)

131 Yes, he did Czech.. can't remember what kind though.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:08 PM (Z71Vg)

132 jewells, it's been a non-secret for years that Specter is about as nice to have around as a rectal polyp. National Review called him America's worst Senator back in 2004.
http://old.nationalreview.com/ flashback/miller200411050930.asp

To the KI/Ch sock above: that was the point at which Santorum disqualified himself from running a nationwide race.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 05:08 PM (QTHTd)

133 I told Michelle Bachmann to 'act like a lady'. I called Laura Ingraham 'little lady'.

Posted by: Snarlin' Arlen at April 02, 2012 05:09 PM (RVjEq)

134 D'oh just returned from the Masters practice round.

He hit the gift shop for shit for himself and our boy, and bought me a fugly shirt.

Men. *sigh*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:10 PM (UOM48)

135 Wow! American Country Music Awards attack Tebow and Republican candidates. Story @ DailyCaller.com Which is odd because most country music fans I know aren't exactly Liberals.

Posted by: Infiltrated at April 02, 2012 05:12 PM (ETgqz)

136 lol Jane.. he doesn't read this blog does he?

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:12 PM (Z71Vg)

137 Specter is like Mr Smithers. All his diseases balance out and keep him alive

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 05:13 PM (CMM9V)

138 jane....yikes.....i hate that......i tried to train him early....but every once in a while something makes its way home that i have to pretend to like for a while until it disappears.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:14 PM (Ho2rs)

139 135 D'oh just returned from the Masters practice round.

He hit the gift shop for shit for himself and our boy, and bought me a fugly shirt.

Men. *sigh*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 09:10 PM (UOM4

If I had been shopping with D'oh, I would have made sure you got a real nice hoody (and maybe some skittles).

Posted by: Trayvon at April 02, 2012 05:14 PM (WUWb9)

140 The television show Basketball Wives is worse than useless. Watching it actually makes you stupider as well as meaner.

Posted by: Truman North at April 02, 2012 05:15 PM (I2LwF)

141 jane, many years ago I admired a flannel shirt on some brawny type guy (not the actual one). That christmas all my presents were women's flannel shirts. "You said you liked them." he said. Ugh.

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 05:16 PM (CMM9V)

142 truman.... you haven't watched baseball wives yet have you?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:16 PM (Ho2rs)

143 Dagny... Sorry if I came on too strong a few days ago. Didn't mean to offend you.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 05:17 PM (niZvt)

144 lol.. my husband learned a long time ago to never buy me any type of clothing. He sticks to perfume (I only wear one kind) and money.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:18 PM (Z71Vg)

145 143 dagny lol

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:18 PM (Ho2rs)

146 139 jane....yikes.....i hate that......i tried to train him early....but every once in a while something makes its way home that i have to pretend to like for a while until it disappears.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 09:14 PM (Ho2rs)

God love 'im. He's got a generous heart of gold, but has no taste at all in women's clothes.

I always ask him to allow me to shop for myself. He has, however, done pretty well with jewelery.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:18 PM (UOM48)

147 The television show Basketball Wives is worse than useless. Watching it actually makes you stupider as well as meaner. ------------------------------------------ So true! But the spinoff, Crack Whore Cousins, is fantastic!

Posted by: Killjoy at April 02, 2012 05:18 PM (ETgqz)

148 Holy shit. Anyone listening to the Fray sing the National Anthem? Jeebus. Kill me now.

My husband is about to lose it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:19 PM (UOM48)

149 Cool Czech.. you offend everybody.. what was different this time?

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:19 PM (Z71Vg)

150 Another One Bites the Dust;

World's Largest Solar Plant, With Second Largest Ever Department of Energy Loan Guarantee, Files For Bankruptcy

http://tinyurl.com/7mv36bq

Solyndra was just the appetizer. Earlier today, in what will come as a surprise only to members of the administration, the company which proudly held the rights to the world's largest solar power project, the hilariously named Solar Trust of America ("STA"), filed for bankruptcy.

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2012 05:20 PM (Y+DPZ)

151 Anyone have a good home remedy for a cough? My son has had a cough since before he came home Friday and it's not letting up. I've tried OTC stuff, Neti pot, tea, tea w/ honey, a spoonful of honey & lemon juice. I'm running out of ideas. He says he doesn't feel congested or anything, just coughing.

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 05:20 PM (X6akg)

152 shot of whiskey?.....wait...he's too young......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:21 PM (Ho2rs)

153 Could it be allergies Tami?

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:21 PM (Z71Vg)

154
Arlen Specter auditioned for the Mr. Whipple role for Charmin toilet tissue, but was rejected for being an asshole.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at April 02, 2012 05:21 PM (TkGkA)

155 I suppose jewells but he had it in Germany too.

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 05:22 PM (X6akg)

156 cough drops?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:22 PM (Ho2rs)

157 Yep, have tried all manner of cough drops....nada.

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 05:22 PM (X6akg)

158 Tami, I had a cough for two months this winter. The only thing that slightly helped was cider vinegar, hot water, and honey. Key: all the cider vinegar you can stand.

And give your boy a big smack on the cheek and tell him it's from me!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:22 PM (UOM48)

159 Today Cavuto ended his Fox show with a speech about how Obama and Romney are human beings and we should not hate over politics or some shit.Even though it's HHoly Week I couldn't help but curse Obama.I denounce him as a worthless human being.I don't care if it's a sin.Fuck him and fuck his fat ass wife and fuck his kids even.I've had it.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 05:23 PM (7W3wI)

160 American Country Music Awards attack Tebow and Republican candidates.

Story @ DailyCaller.com

Which is odd because most country music fans I know aren't exactly Liberals. Posted by: Infiltrated at April 02, 2012 09:12 PM

Tell us about that!

Posted by: The Dixie Chicks at April 02, 2012 05:23 PM (Y+DPZ)

161 gargle with whiskey or vodka and then swallow....he's old enough!!!! (((((tami's boy)))))

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:23 PM (Ho2rs)

162 Please vote on whose voice is heard screaming on the 911 tape: http://goo.gl/S6yRm

Posted by: Hezbollah at April 02, 2012 05:24 PM (s6QDI)

163 Arlen Specter auditioned for the Mr. Whipple role for Charmin toilet tissue, but was rejected for being an asshole.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at April 02, 2012 09:21 PM

Ohhhhh, that's cold!

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2012 05:24 PM (Y+DPZ)

164 153 Cool Czech.. you offend everybody.. what was different this time? Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 09:19 PM (Z71Vg) it was indirectly about religion, which is never a good idea.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 05:24 PM (niZvt)

165 Our boy used to actually ask for "that nasty cider vinegar stuff" when he was young and had a sore throat.

Cider vinegar has amazing healing properties.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:25 PM (UOM48)

166 I'll try that jane....and thank you!!

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 05:25 PM (X6akg)

167 steevy.. my sentiments exactly.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:25 PM (Z71Vg)

168
Today Cavuto ended his Fox show with a speech

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 09:23 PM (7W3wI)

Cavuto will receive a lot of mail about his "lets all get along" speech. I called BS on it, and sent the big head Cavuto a nastygram.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at April 02, 2012 05:26 PM (TkGkA)

169 Cool Czech.. you DO know I was kidding, right?

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:26 PM (Z71Vg)

170 155 Anyone have a good home remedy for a cough? My son has had a cough since before he came home Friday and it's not letting up. I've tried OTC stuff, Neti pot, tea, tea w/ honey, a spoonful of honey lemon juice. I'm running out of ideas. He says he doesn't feel congested or anything, just coughing.

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 09:20 PM (X6akg)

Mentioned this on Friday night for the croup. Soak a wool sock in vinegar, ring it out and warm the sock (warm, not hot). Place around your son's neck and secure with a safety pin. We used it a lot when the children we young and had great results every time. Someone here mentioned the straight vinegar might be irritating to skin so you might want to cut it 50/50 with water. We never diluted and the kiddos never experienced irritation.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at April 02, 2012 05:26 PM (WUWb9)

171 162 Today Cavuto ended his Fox show with a speech about how Obama and Romney are human beings and we should not hate over politics or some shit.Even though it's HHoly Week I couldn't help but curse Obama.I denounce him as a worthless human being.I don't care if it's a sin.Fuck him and fuck his fat ass wife and fuck his kids even.I've had it. Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 09:23 PM

When the muzzie in chief and his queen decide to bring back the Easter Egg hunt and stop worrying about offending atheists and muzzies, I'll give him a break on a Holy Holiday

Since they haven't, fuck 'em

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2012 05:27 PM (Y+DPZ)

172 OT watching Valkyrie.If some Germans had successfully assassinated Hitler would world opinion of the German people been improved a lot?A little?

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 05:27 PM (7W3wI)

173
Anyone have a good home remedy for a cough?

Sure...hang a couple of opened garlic cloves around the childs neck. The smell will be so strong he won't think about coughing. Also, it will keep away VooDoo spirits.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at April 02, 2012 05:28 PM (TkGkA)

174 who's the sock or is it a troll?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:28 PM (Ho2rs)

175 If Obama was trully just an incompetent I wouldn't hate him nearly as much.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 05:29 PM (7W3wI)

176 >>> Jello Grape Nut Cereal Lucky Strike . . . Oldsmobile? Posted by: Gerry at April 02, 2012 08:29 PM (hSr7H) Not quite the same ring as "Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet".

Posted by: Dinah at April 02, 2012 05:29 PM (3sZO1)

177 When celebrities and rent seeking CEO's start doing their income taxes on a simple 1040A form, then I'll listen to their verbal diarrhea about spending and taxes

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2012 05:30 PM (Y+DPZ)

178 Talk, kids Mucinex or kids Claratin (or both). magical shit

Posted by: Jean at April 02, 2012 05:30 PM (+oKKW)

179 @172: oh, right... Well, I AM sort of an Equal Opportunity Offender

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 05:32 PM (niZvt)

180 Ok, he's sipping the hot water, cider vinegar and honey. I'll hold up on the sock around his neck. Earlier today I read to put Vicks on your feet and put socks on to stop the cough....so I told him to do it. Later he said, "It didn't help and I feel all the more stupid for having tried it."

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 05:32 PM (X6akg)

181 #182 That's ok, we love you anyway

Posted by: Hummingbird at April 02, 2012 05:32 PM (R5yLq)

182 177 who's the sock or is it a troll?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 09:28 PM (Ho2rs)

Hard to tell. Seems trollish.

Speaking of intolerable trolls, where is She Who Lives in NYC? It's been rather pleasant around her today.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:32 PM (UOM48)

183 Not quite the same ring as "Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet". Posted by: Dinah at April 02, 2012 09:29 PM

Dinah Shore - See the USA in Your Chevrolet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkzGqzRLq4g

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2012 05:33 PM (Y+DPZ)

184 Tami: Rub his feet with vaporub and put socks on them. Alternatively find someone with a nebulizer and get him a treatment.

Coolczech: Don't sweat it. I'm hard to offend and probably offend others regularly. I think I piss off CharlieBrown once a week but he seems to recover. I'm still a little offended by Garrett's roast beef sandwich though. Remember, I've converted twice so I know how people see stuff from the other side. I also teach a class where many are there to please a spouse or girlfriend/boyfriend and are a little hostile. My own beloved dad would never have agreed with me on this...

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 05:33 PM (CMM9V)

185 jane don't know....don't care....it is lovely when it disappears.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:34 PM (Ho2rs)

186 Tami, make sure there's a LOT of cider vinegar. Almost unbearable vinegary. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:34 PM (UOM48)

187 Tami, make sure there's a LOT of cider vinegar. Almost unbearable vinegary. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 09:34 PM (UOM4

Well, he just yelled down the hallway, "This taste like shit!....like a 4th grade science experiment."

Think I put enough in?

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 05:35 PM (X6akg)

188 Tami, ur doin it rt.

Tell him to man up, and then run like hell!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:36 PM (UOM48)

189 Woman next door cured her reflux with cider vinigar.

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 05:36 PM (CMM9V)

190 lol

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:36 PM (Ho2rs)

191 >>>OT watching Valkyrie.If some Germans had successfully assassinated Hitler would world opinion of the German people been improved a lot?A little? Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 09:27 PM (7W3wI) I'm not sure, Steevy. From our perspective, von Stauffenberg and his crew were a brave bunch of men trying to end a tyranny at it's worst. From the German perspective- not just the Nazis- they were a bunch of traitorous slimeballs who got exactly what they deserved. The problem is we have no real way of knowing just what type of government they were to set up, what excesses they were going to halt, and just how they were going to get the then-government to operate in their framework. I do know they wanted to continue the war in the East and come to a seperate peace with the Western Allies.

Posted by: Dinah at April 02, 2012 05:37 PM (3sZO1)

192 Damn sock......

Posted by: BillH at April 02, 2012 05:37 PM (3sZO1)

193 Love Mucinex. I swear by the stuff.

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 05:37 PM (CMM9V)

194 I need to get back on my daily regimen of a tablespoon of cider vinegar a day. There was a doctor on Fox or somewhere talking about how it benefits most major organs in the body.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:38 PM (UOM48)

195 Tried Mucinex....first thing. Didn't work. The pills, right?

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 05:38 PM (X6akg)

196 i've started using "orega sinu" or "sinu orega" it's nasal spray with oil of oregano in it.....you want to clear up your sinus's it is awesome....burns but you will drain.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:39 PM (Ho2rs)

197 Has anyone seen The Hunger Games yet? Opinions? I saw it Sunday.. loved it.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:39 PM (Z71Vg)

198 I was so sick this past winter, that even Mucinex barely helped.

It is damned good though, better than nothing.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:39 PM (UOM48)

199 195 Which the Western allies would never do.Despite the fact that the Soviets would have had no difficulty screwing us if it came down to it.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 05:40 PM (7W3wI)

200 198 Tried Mucinex....first thing. Didn't work. The pills, right?

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 09:38 PM (X6akg)

Tami, I took the liquid with the cough suppressant. It did help.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:40 PM (UOM48)

201 The only stuff that works for me is Delsym for a really bad cough.

Posted by: Hummingbird at April 02, 2012 05:41 PM (R5yLq)

202 185 I think she checked in on the thread below.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 05:41 PM (7W3wI)

203 jewells i saw it yesterday with the kids and we all liked it.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:42 PM (Ho2rs)

204 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Assassination_attempts_on_Adolf_Hitler

Up to 1937, if Hitler was killed and replaced by a true fascist (like Mussolini) or - better - a reactionary general (Franco): there was an opportunity there for a German leader to make the case for a united front against Stalin. In such an event, World War I would have been remembered for the suicidal folly it was and the German people would have rehabilitated themselves. And maybe we'd have been rid of Communism to boot.

After 1938, it may have been too late.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 05:42 PM (QTHTd)

205 206 steevy hope you barred the door so it doesn't come up here.......God it's so annoying......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:42 PM (Ho2rs)

206 Tami, I took the liquid with the cough suppressant. It did help.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 09:40 PM (UOM4

Ok, off to CVS....again.

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 05:42 PM (X6akg)

207 The pills and they have a powder for kids for a bazillion dollars. He made need some albuterol in an inhaler. My littlest one sometimes just coughs. It's mild allergies. I would have to take him in for a nebulizer treatment and that would stop it. I talked them into letting me buy a nebulizer a year ago and since I have had it, he hasn't needed it but I feel better. Wish you were close by. My nurse friend just told me about the Vic's on the souls of your feet with socks cutting the cough. Weird, but she says it works.

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 05:43 PM (CMM9V)

208 Tami, I just checked the bottle, it was Mucinex Fast Act Severe Congestion and Cough.

It helped. I ended up having bad bronchitis....twice.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 05:43 PM (UOM48)

209 I liked The Hunger Games, Jewells. Needed a bit of editing, though. Not for length; more for introducing important plot elements earlier on.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 05:43 PM (QTHTd)

210 >>>175 OT watching Valkyrie.If some Germans had successfully assassinated Hitler would world opinion of the German people been improved a lot?A little? I just watched that last week. Great cast but it did not convey, in my opinion, the tension they must have all been feeling for so long. People had to be climbing the walls. Nebe is an interesting character. He was played by Branaugh. He was also a character in the films/play Wansee Conference. He was the guy upset about killing the half jews and was also head of one of the Eizengruppen killing squads. Yet, he was part of the resistance from the very beginning.

Posted by: Hezbollah at April 02, 2012 05:43 PM (s6QDI)

211 phoenixgirl.. don't want to spoil for anyone.. but the scene after Rue, do you remember? I was bawling.. it seemed like something that could so easily happen here.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:43 PM (Z71Vg)

212 same jewells

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 02, 2012 05:44 PM (Ho2rs)

213 Since people are advising me to get the kid's version of medicine, I guess I've left the impression that my son is young. Uh...he's almost 26.

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 05:46 PM (X6akg)

214 Hah, I thought Harrelson was awesome as Haymitch

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 05:47 PM (QTHTd)

215

I took my son and he kept looking over at me and asking if I was okay.. he didn't know why I was crying, thought it was because of the previous scene (which it was) but then that next scene just got to me even more.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:47 PM (Z71Vg)

216 213 Must have been tough for a patriotic German to know the right thing,especially if they weren't completely aware of the extent of the Nazi crimes.We tend to act like it was simple,imagine if you were a French soldier when Petain surrendered France.One newly minted General calling for resistance or follow your government?DeGaulle.like him or not,did a remarkable thing by keeping the idea of French resistance alive until it became reality.Ironiaclly,French commies sabotaged the war effort because Hitler was still Stalin's ally.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 05:48 PM (7W3wI)

217 Tami, we all assumed YOU were 26. /pander, heh

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 05:48 PM (QTHTd)

218 Same here Boulder.. I know he's a douche in real life.. but I thought he was good in it. Not what I pictured when I read the book, but he did a great job.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:48 PM (Z71Vg)

219 #216 I haven't seen it yet. I'm not sure if I really want to see it. I mean it is about kids killing other kids right?

Posted by: Hummingbird at April 02, 2012 05:49 PM (R5yLq)

220 Must have been tough for a patriotic German to know the right thing,especially if they weren't completely aware of the extent of the Nazi crimes.

Similar in Korea under the Japanese.

According to B R Myers, "The Cleanest Race": The most patriotic organisations in Korea under the Japanese were PRO-Japanese. The Japanese held themselves out as the protectors of Korea - Japan against the inferior races, starting with the Chinese.

Sure, some Korean women were taken off to amuse Japanese soldiers abroad... okay, maybe a LOT, and maybe some would have rather stayed home... but most Koreans kept mum about it all. There was no full-on "Rape of Inchon", for instance, like there was a Rape of Nanjing; the Japanese wouldn't have considered it. The Japanese thought of Koreans as little siblings. And patriotic Koreans went along with that.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 05:54 PM (QTHTd)

221 >>>One newly minted General calling for resistance or follow your government? If we were invaded and obammy sued for peace, what would you do? I think the bind the french were in was that they had lost so many people in WWI and were sick of war.

Posted by: Hezbollah at April 02, 2012 05:54 PM (s6QDI)

222 Rue should have been more elfin like

She was dark-skinned in the book. West Africans don't do "elfin" well. Maybe if the casters'd looked to east Africans or south Indians.

Thresh was fine, IMO.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 05:59 PM (QTHTd)

223 Hummingbird... well yes it is and I did have a hard time watching a few parts of it.. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet so I will stop there. Still a good movie though.. really gives you pause.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 05:59 PM (Z71Vg)

224 From the book, I pictured Rue a little younger and smaller but the little gal that played her did a great job.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 02, 2012 06:00 PM (Z71Vg)

225 My post above was about the Korean homefront because that's what I read about. I have no idea about what the average Japanese thought about their generals' campaign of world-conquest. I assume they were for it given the fanaticism by which they defended Okinawa et al.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 06:01 PM (QTHTd)

226 The mini series Hiroshima, has Suzuiki mocking the fanaticism at the general's meetings. Because of his age they sort of let it pass. It is a very good series and the actors who played the Japs were grreat.

Posted by: mike at April 02, 2012 06:04 PM (s6QDI)

227 226 Yeah but Petain sold it as there being no occupation(at first for most of the country there wasn't)and the British betrayed them anyway.Different situation but the BEF in WW1 didn't run to the ports to be evacuated,they fought to practicalkly the last man.Definately the massive losses of WW1 were a factor.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 06:07 PM (7W3wI)

228 Tami, LOL. Yeah. For him mucinex and a lot of saline nasal/neti etc. My 20 yr old is a mouth breather and hacks up some gross shit every morning.

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 06:07 PM (CMM9V)

229 Ya'll, I've been at Ace's b-ball thread.

FYI, SCOAMF is going to appear and say a few words during half time.

Be forewarned.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 06:10 PM (UOM48)

230 235 I knew that fucker would involve himself.He can't help himself,he thinks people WANT to see him.

Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 06:12 PM (7W3wI)

231 Tami, we all assumed YOU were 26. /pander, heh

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 02, 2012 09:48 PM (QTHTd)

You're my new best friend.

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 06:13 PM (X6akg)

232 Tami, LOL. Yeah. For him mucinex and a lot of saline nasal/neti etc. My 20 yr old is a mouth breather and hacks up some gross shit every morning.

Posted by: dagny at April 02, 2012 10:07 PM (CMM9V)

He says his nose isn't clogged and when he coughs, nothing comes up. He just keeps coughing.

I hope he didn't catch something in Asscrapistan.

Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 06:16 PM (X6akg)

233 >>>I think the bind the french were in was that they had lost so many people in WWI and were sick of war. Posted by: Hezbollah at April 02, 2012 09:54 PM (s6QDI) Very much had a lot to do with French resignation to fate. You need to remember, virtually all of the western 1/2 of WW1 took place in France and Belgium. Germany and Austria came out with relatively little physical damage, and hadn't lost nearly as many civilians.

Posted by: BillH at April 02, 2012 07:47 PM (3sZO1)

234 When Specter ran for his final term, in '05 (?), he had no problem getting the Philly Dems to print up "Rendell/Specter" leaflets (Rendell was running for Gov as a D, Specter was still nominally an R). these were passed out at poliing places until the Rendell people found out and stopped it. Specter, as an old-time Philly hack, knew who to grease. But nothing could save him last time, after he jumped parties everyone hated him.

The morning guys of the local sports talker, WIP, have a strange fascination with Specter. They bring him on once a week to get his views on the local sports scene, for some unknown reason,. The way the hosts of the show slobber over him is just ridiculous.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at April 02, 2012 09:54 PM (fiXQh)

235 Steevy, #220:

"Ironically, French commies sabotaged the war effort because Hitler was still Stalin's ally."

I didn't know that, but I remember skimming the memoir of an OSS officer who dropped into France to work with the resistance. He alleged, and I find this easy to believe, that late in the war some communist resistance cells would betray non-communist resistance cells to the Nazis. By then they knew the Nazis were going to lose, and wanted to strengthen their own position within the overall resistance for after the war.

Posted by: JPS at April 03, 2012 08:30 AM (qTOd6)

236 I am not kidding about this: I honestly thought he was dead. I guess he was to me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky: ABO 2012 at April 03, 2012 08:45 AM (baL2B)

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