May 27, 2013

BOMBSHELL: White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler Wears Shoes
— JohnE.

***MUST CREDIT THE WASHINGTON POST***

It may say more about Washington than White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler that sheÂ’s known in the West Wing for her fabulous shoes.

Ruemmler first attracted attention for her glam heels as a Justice Department prosecutor trying Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling in 2006, when she sported what The Wall Street Journal described as “stunning 4-inch bright pink stiletto spikes.”

A legal affairs blog “Above The Law,” called her a “star litigatrix” as a result. ”Litigatrix indeed,” the blog wrote. “Just because you work for the DOJ doesn’t mean you have to shop at DSW.”

Be sure to read the whole thing. We're through the looking glass here, folks.

Posted by: JohnE. at 09:15 AM | Comments (255)
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1 Pink stiletto spike heels... or FMPs?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/b][/i][/s] at May 27, 2013 09:16 AM (bcA4R)

2 Come on man, don't cry wolf, this is no bombshell.  It's not even funny.

Posted by: Steve at May 27, 2013 09:18 AM (s9LaU)

3 cement .

Posted by: alec at May 27, 2013 09:18 AM (usWYv)

4 Well, why not do what the Iraqi's do and throw them at the current president? Sheesh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 27, 2013 09:18 AM (+98Gb)

5 How and why are her shoes important?

Posted by: Deathknyte at May 27, 2013 09:18 AM (KgrHM)

6 It looks like Dang could have had a field day with this thread...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/b][/i][/s] at May 27, 2013 09:18 AM (bcA4R)

7 Flaming Shoes?

Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 27, 2013 09:18 AM (ndlFj)

8

I,  for one, welcome  our New Fashionista Overlords.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 27, 2013 09:19 AM (0HooB)

9

the WaPo article is meaningless without pictures of the shoes. Obviously the White House agreed because they didn't provide pictures of her shoes. Which just shows how stupid the article was. What ding-a-ling OK'd it to run?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 27, 2013 09:19 AM (RZ8pf)

10 LOL. They are starting to get back to basics. Investigative journalism is HARD when it needs to be done against a Democrat administration!

Posted by: NWConservative at May 27, 2013 09:20 AM (M1gmo)

11 ATC would kick her ass

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at May 27, 2013 09:20 AM (R8hU8)

12 I could tell you all about some shoes.

Posted by: Imelda Marcos at May 27, 2013 09:21 AM (/izg2)

13

I could tell you all about some shoes.

 

He he he, so could I!

Posted by: Bozo T. Clown at May 27, 2013 09:22 AM (0HooB)

14 Its all part of the potemkin village charade that is the obama administration

Posted by: reality seldom interferes at May 27, 2013 09:23 AM (mFPBb)

15 Gen-u-ine skwerl -skin shoes!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 27, 2013 09:23 AM (jz0+s)

16 Gaze through the Looking Glass slipper darkly

Posted by: Waldo at May 27, 2013 09:24 AM (I88Jc)

17

The  "It  must  be  the  shoes"  defense  of  Spike  Lee,  Esq.  

 

If the shoes don't fit...    

Posted by: Beagle at May 27, 2013 09:24 AM (sOtz/)

18 I seem to recall mockery from the Left about Sarah Palin's wardrobe in 2008. Photos of shoes, that sort of thing.

Posted by: "Nemesis" at May 27, 2013 09:25 AM (7cSmf)

19 No kidding, even the headline is about her shoes.  I hovered my mouse.     This  is  like  something  to  distract  the  squirrel.   

Posted by: Beagle at May 27, 2013 09:26 AM (sOtz/)

20

Tory Birch?

Heard of her, are you kidding, her shoes are fabulous...

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at May 27, 2013 09:26 AM (Pr6hk)

21 How smashing  we'll all look in the reeducation camps, Dah-link!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 27, 2013 09:26 AM (0HooB)

22 Your tax payer dollars at workÂ…. It's sick - the salaries these wankers makeÂ… And bonuses? What the hell? Bonuses to bone the Tea PartyÂ…..

Posted by: redguy at May 27, 2013 09:27 AM (oqvI4)

23 Mr. Nixon, Mr. Nixon!! Are those your Allen Edmonds or your Johnston Murphys??

Posted by: intrepid reporter [/i] [/b] at May 27, 2013 09:28 AM (dwArK)

24 National serious switch:

Epoxied in the off position with a sixteen penny nail through the middle, just to make sure.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 27, 2013 09:28 AM (7ItWM)

25 Ok, so some of the commenters on that article are saying it's some sort of code, or allegory, or metaphor, or whatever. I'm just a Moron and don't get it. What the fuck is the article supposed to be getting at?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 27, 2013 09:29 AM (NcPjb)

26 Didn't we already jump this looking-glass with David Brooks' ecstasies over Barky's well-ironed pants?

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 27, 2013 09:30 AM (irlNU)

27

We're through the looking glass here, folks.

 

 

One  small contention: it's they who are on the other  side.

 

The rest of  us here in   the real world are all going, "WTF?  Shoes?"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 27, 2013 09:30 AM (0HooB)

28

no no, this is good

if I can get into office next year, when my scandals start I can always be like "yeah, I stole 200 million bucks but check out the heels my wife is rocking"

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 27, 2013 09:30 AM (vT+KP)

29 Excellent investigative reporting here! *slaps forehead*. Madeleine Albright had her pins, Hilary Clinton has her pantsuits, and Kathryn Ruemmler has her shoes.

Posted by: Thrawn at May 27, 2013 09:30 AM (JqnAE)

30 Now this is the kind of post from Senior Coblogger, John E that I've been waiting for. Better than lemurs.

Posted by: Liberty Lover at May 27, 2013 09:32 AM (XKQR5)

31 Someone at WaPo confused "scandals" with "sandals" during an editorial meeting. 

Posted by: muzjik at May 27, 2013 09:32 AM (aHzTv)

32 Come on man, don't cry wolf, this is no bombshell. It's not even funny. Posted by: Steve

Indeed, gentlemen. There will be no joking in the AoSHQ!  On a 3-day weekend, no less.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 27, 2013 09:32 AM (dwArK)

33

Do they make pumps in a size 20?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 27, 2013 09:33 AM (jz0+s)

34

Madeleine Albright had her pins, Hilary Clinton has her pantsuits, and Kathryn Ruemmler has her shoes.

 

...Debbie Whasshername Schlitz has  her broom and Nazi Pelosi has her flying monkeys.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 27, 2013 09:33 AM (0HooB)

35 if this chick had hot legs to go with some stilettos I would give the aticle a pass but alas she doesnt

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 27, 2013 09:35 AM (vT+KP)

36 And TFG is probably sleeping with her boyfriend.

Posted by: sTevo at May 27, 2013 09:36 AM (VMcEw)

37 In related news on that page, apparently Bob Dole is unhappy with the Republican party. For all the reasons you'd expect.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 27, 2013 09:36 AM (NcPjb)

38 “Just because you work for the DOJ doesn’t mean you have to shop at DSW.” Yeah, lawyers -- especially government lawyers -- pleading poverty... (a) They make more money than people who have degrees in a field involving some complicated ideas that are difficult for a lawyer to grasp, like computer science or underwater basketweaving. (b) Those student loans? Part of the package for DOJ employees is a generous loan repayment program. (c) This woman makes over $170,000 in salary ALONE to pretend she doesn't tell the president important information. That's not to mention the vast array of benefits she gets and the corrupt K-street job that she'll get in a few years. I guess the WaPo is deciding to go with the Daily Mail model. Here's the thing: The Daily Mail actually has news among its silly celebrity gossip.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 09:37 AM (xSegX)

39 So she wears the ruby slippers that ooze blood?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 09:37 AM (HdtPo)

40 Going off-thread for a moment.
Brothers-in-Arms. They never got to be husbands, or fathers, they didn't get to finish their schooling, or enjoy grandchildren. They didn't want to be there, but by dint of choice or selection, they were, and they did their very best to do their job. I remember them all as young men, not much more than boys. Can't say more then that, except that I won't ever forget them. Crap..., it gets to me.
-----------------
CRAIG PHILIP AVERILL

 
CPL - E4 - Army - Regular
101st Airborne Division

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jun 12, 1967
Casualty was on Mar 26, 1968
In THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
------------------------


RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELL

 
SGT - E5 - Army - Selective Service
9th Infantry Division

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Apr 2, 1968
Casualty was on May 7, 1968
In GIA DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was recovered
-----------------------


JOE WOFFORD EUBANKS

 
CAPT - O3 - Army - Regular
1st AVN BDE

His tour began on Nov 13, 1971
Casualty was on Jun 2, 1972
In PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
---------------------


GLENN BRANSON HAINES JR

 
PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
18th Eng Bde

Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Nov 26, 1968
Casualty was on Mar 6, 1969
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, GROUND CASUALTY
ACCIDENTAL SELF-DESTRUCTION
Body was recovered
---------------------


LLOYD WHITFIELD MOORE

 
HN - E3 - Navy - Regular

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jan 15, 1968
Casualty was on Feb 25, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
--------------------


ROBERT NELSON MORDEN

 
PFC - E2 - Marine Corps - Regular

Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Dec 19, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 8, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
--------------------------------------------------

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 27, 2013 09:37 AM (aDwsi)

41 I really enjoyed this article. More please!

Posted by: Dick Morris at May 27, 2013 09:38 AM (oiiqn)

42 4 inch pink stilettos? Just screams trailer park trash.

Posted by: mpfs, it's deja shoes all over again at May 27, 2013 09:39 AM (TCy/B)

43 Another Imelda Marcos. And, we know how that ended... Let's exile Ruemmler.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 27, 2013 09:40 AM (XYSwB)

44 4-inch pink stilettos scream 'look at me!  I want attention!' and nothing about 'I am a professional person doing serious work.'

Now these little gems with their 5" heel say something else entirely, like 'don't ever mess with me.'
http://www.shoebuy.com/highest-heel-handgun-11/306395/654411

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 09:42 AM (HdtPo)

45 Code?

If the shoe is on the other foot...
Walk a mile in my shoes...
I will meet you at the Prada shoe store at 8PM. Bring cash.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 27, 2013 09:43 AM (GoIUi)

46 Madeleine Albright had her pins, Hilary Clinton has her pantsuits, and Kathryn Ruemmler has her shoes.

You hoo, don't forget me and my leather and latex.

Posted by: Helen Thomas at May 27, 2013 09:43 AM (6TB1Z)

47

Yes, I have a question for Ms. Ruemmler.  

Where did you get those super fabulous shoes.

Posted by: Bwarney Fwank at May 27, 2013 09:44 AM (Pr6hk)

48 I'm just a Moron and don't get it. What the fuck is the article supposed to be getting at?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 27, 2013 01:29 PM (NcPjb)

 

----- ---- ---- ----

Given the fact she was just offered up as a potential scapegoat in more than one scandal, either humanizing her,  tenderizing the meat,  or just  the WaPo  trying  to  write  about  anything  but a  scandal. 

 

Three guesses which could all be wrong.  But I am handicapped by not actually reading the article yet. 

Sigh...  

Posted by: Beagle at May 27, 2013 09:45 AM (sOtz/)

49

 

"Another Imelda Marcos.

And, we know how that ended... "

 

 

Look again.

 

"The race for the House was even more of a family affair. Toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ widow was expected to keep her seat as a representative for Ilocos Norte province, her husband’s birthplace, where the locals kept electing the Marcoses despite allegations of corruption and abuse during their long rule. Imelda Marcos’ daughter Imee was seeking re-election as governor and her son, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., is already a senator."

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 27, 2013 09:45 AM (jz0+s)

50

The Shoes 


My audience wants to know about those shoes.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at May 27, 2013 09:46 AM (Pr6hk)

51 The saddest part is that someone was paid good money to write that and there are people reading it who actually think its important.

Posted by: Adam at May 27, 2013 09:46 AM (Aif/5)

52

44 Madeleine Albright had her pins, Hilary Clinton has her pantsuits, and Kathryn Ruemmler has her shoes.

 

 

 

Want to see my....smart phone?

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at May 27, 2013 09:47 AM (jz0+s)

53

It really is an article about her shoes just plunked down without any statement of why we should know or care who she is or about her shoes.

 

Ah...   Maybe a coded message to a foreign intelligence service?

 

That's all I got other than the first three guesses.  

Posted by: Beagle at May 27, 2013 09:47 AM (sOtz/)

54 BongBong???   Nothing screams banana republic more than a Senator named either Jar Jar or BongBong.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 09:47 AM (HdtPo)

55

36  whoa there bronco

my wife is a government lawyer

she busted her ass to get through school and busts her ass everyday in her job

does she gets some serious perks for it? sure but she earns it

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 27, 2013 09:48 AM (vT+KP)

56

What a backhanded insult. The Rumbler is a lawyer, White House counsel no less, and the salient, comment-worthy thing about her is her shoes??

 

Yow. Not her intellect, nor her legal skills, nor her judgment, her fucking shoes??

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 27, 2013 09:48 AM (IDSI7)

57 Do you now, or have you ever worn Christian Laboutin shoes?

Posted by: House Unamerican Shoe Committee at May 27, 2013 09:50 AM (ByVVh)

58 Just in case anyone missed it, the article is in Politics, not Lifestyle.

Posted by: pep at May 27, 2013 09:50 AM (6TB1Z)

59

4 inch pink stilettos?

Just screams trailer park trash

 

 

Yeah. Most women who wear that sort of thing use a pole at work.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 27, 2013 09:50 AM (IDSI7)

60 Well, of course, any woman who would wear a dress, three inches above her knee, to a WH briefing WOULD wear 4-inch hot pink stiletto pumps to her job. The fact that she is lauded as having style just makes it that much worse.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 09:51 AM (piMMO)

61 Yeah. Most women who wear that sort of thing use a pole at work. NTTAWWT

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 09:52 AM (ByVVh)

62 4-inch pink stilettos would be pretty in the right setting... say, at a nightclub, but not in the office and, particularly, NOT when that office is the WH.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 09:53 AM (piMMO)

63 Cool fact: "Legally Blonde" was based on Kathryn Ruemmler's law school career.

Posted by: Andy at May 27, 2013 09:53 AM (li+aS)

64

Yeah. Most women who wear that sort of thing use a pole at work.

NTTAWWT

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 01:52 PM (ByVVh)

 

Absolutely not.

 

It just doesn't go together with "White House counsel," that's all.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 27, 2013 09:54 AM (IDSI7)

65 Ooh! I like shoes! Kathy Ruemmler's Just. Like. Me. I bet she likes Appletinis and getting hogged while bent over a hot dog stand too!

Posted by: Typical LiV Progtarded "Sex in the City" Watcher at May 27, 2013 09:54 AM (ZR4Xh)

66 I seem to recall mockery from the Left about Sarah Palin's wardrobe in 2008. Photos of shoes, that sort of thing. *** Which, BTW, was a fantastic wardrobe.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 09:54 AM (piMMO)

67 56 Just in case anyone missed it, the article is in Politics, not Lifestyle. That's what marks the WaPo as fundamentally unserious. But this piece is how we know she's the guilty POS in most of these scandals. Because now they're trying to "humanize" her.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 09:54 AM (ByVVh)

68 So, WaPo, how are those circulation figures, hmm?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 27, 2013 09:55 AM (IDSI7)

69 Just think the people writing about these shoes are probably the same ones who think Michelle has good fashion sense.

Sycophants always laud and grovel for the ones in power that they want to be noticed and rewarded by.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 09:55 AM (HdtPo)

70 I'm still trying to figure out how this article is supposed to be "highly ironic" and "subtle".

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 27, 2013 09:56 AM (NcPjb)

71 It really is an article about her shoes just plunked down without any statement of why we should know or care who she is or about her shoes. The MSM does this a lot. They report on the aftermath of a scandal before the scandal itself. MSM readers are very ill-informed people.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 09:56 AM (xSegX)

72 I hate everyone in this whole fucking administration.Starting with the fuck at the top,who can't keep his shoes off the desk(in the 10 minutes a day or photo op when he is actually behind a desk,but mostly photo ops).

Posted by: steevy at May 27, 2013 09:56 AM (9XBK2)

73 67 Just think the people writing about these shoes are probably the same ones who think Michelle has good fashion sense. That is also the opinion of most upholsterers.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 09:56 AM (ByVVh)

74 Because now they're trying to "humanize" her.

Either that or they're setting her up as a lightweight who was in over her head, and so didn't realize that she should tell Obama what was going on.  Because he was totally in  the dark, you see.

Posted by: pep at May 27, 2013 09:57 AM (6TB1Z)

75 The only sho I want to hear about in regards to this scrunt is the one lodged in her ass on her way out.

Posted by: That Guy at May 27, 2013 09:57 AM (vj51i)

76 Flaming Skull stuff. I found it entertaining to go to the article and leave comments bashing the MFM. To log in, get a username and password from bugmenot.com.

Posted by: Valiant at May 27, 2013 09:58 AM (aFxlY)

77 53 36 whoa there bronco my wife is a government lawyer she busted her ass to get through school and busts her ass everyday in her job does she gets some serious perks for it? sure but she earns it Posted by: navycopjoe at May 27, 2013 01:48 PM (vT+KP) Come on, NCJ, you know I'm an infamous anti-lawyer. I just think law school is too easy: (1) What was the most advanced math class she took in law school? (2) What was the title of her dissertation? (3) How many foreign-educated students did she compete against to get her degree?

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 09:58 AM (xSegX)

78 I'm still trying to figure out how this article is supposed to be "highly ironic" and "subtle".

Oh, for pete's sake.  Do we have to explain everything to you?

Posted by: Hipsters who wear hats and drink PBR ironically at May 27, 2013 09:58 AM (6TB1Z)

79 Either that or they're setting her up as a lightweight who was in over her head, and so didn't realize that she should tell Obama what was going on. Because he was totally in the dark, you see Another very plausible explanation.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 09:58 AM (ByVVh)

80 When does the Capital begin the lottery for one boy and one girl from each of the conservative districts?

Posted by: Katniss at May 27, 2013 09:58 AM (jz0+s)

81 73 She'll go out the door,right to a high paid consulting gig for a Dem crony.

Posted by: steevy at May 27, 2013 09:58 AM (9XBK2)

82

Hmm, "Katy  Ruemmler's Shoes" just doesn't quite roll off the tongue as well as "John Bolton's Mustache" or "Dick Cheney's Mighty Warcock."

 

Jus'   sayin'...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 27, 2013 09:59 AM (0HooB)

83 >> Cool fact: "Legally Blonde" was based on Kathryn Ruemmler's law school career.
 
Andy, this story definitely made me think of that movie..... so it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
 
Now I can wonder whether Ms. Ruemmler will take a better mugshot than Ms. Witherspoon. We should have that answer, directly.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 27, 2013 10:01 AM (cHZB7)

84 ”Litigatrix"? Now that could have been an awesome Skinemax movie if one of the Shannons of the 90's was in the lead role, .

Posted by: Thrawn at May 27, 2013 10:01 AM (JqnAE)

85 Shoelitzer Prize?

Posted by: ChampionCapua at May 27, 2013 10:01 AM (KZi9D)

86 Thank God we don't have to be subjected to Mooch wearing 4 inch "fuck me"stillettoes.They don't come in 22 extra wide.

Posted by: steevy at May 27, 2013 10:01 AM (9XBK2)

87 Either that or they're setting her up as a lightweight who was in over her head, and so didn't realize that she should tell Obama what was going on. Because he was totally in the dark, you see. Bingo. Bimbo lawyer. And I think they're trying to use the Legally Blonde model because, I guess LIVs can relate.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 10:02 AM (xSegX)

88 Translation A: First time she testifies, feature the shoes, speculate on cost, mention that Palin wears mukluks, and then add that her answers sounded real sincere. Translation B: Mention that the woman is a clothes-horse, i.e., a ditz, so it is quite believable she forgot to tell Obama whateverthefuck Issa is rolling his eyes about her not telling him.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 27, 2013 10:02 AM (qIFL7)

89 It just doesn't go together with "White House counsel," that's all. True. But then again, one would not have found the word "humidor" in the job description for "White House Intern" until very recently either.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 10:03 AM (ByVVh)

90 55 Do you now, or have you ever worn Christian Laboutin shoes? Posted by: House Unamerican Shoe Committee
--------------------

"I do not recall."

Posted by: Katy Ruemmler at May 27, 2013 10:03 AM (aDwsi)

91 Oh. My. God. She's been touched by the angel of death. Here is a HuffPo article written about her: http://tinyurl.com/ovnbplp It has extensive quotes praising her from...wait for it... Jamie Gorelick.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 10:03 AM (xSegX)

92 Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 01:58 PM (xSegX) Any infantry corporal busts his ass and risks infinitely more than any gubmint lawyer, but you don't hear them talking about how hard their job is and what they deserve.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 27, 2013 10:03 AM (NcPjb)

93

75  I can answer most of these

1.  not sure but since she also has degrees in computers and business she took some courses

2.  not sure of the title but the subject was about why Miranda is constitutional wrong

3.  she went to U of Hawaii, many forgieners

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 27, 2013 10:04 AM (vT+KP)

94 All Kathryn Ruemmler needs now is boot up her ass.

Posted by: CraigPoe at May 27, 2013 10:06 AM (BVkEs)

95 So it's ditzy lightweight who couldn';t handle a high powered position? And yet they will beat the Republican War on Women™ drum in the next article.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 27, 2013 10:06 AM (NcPjb)

96 "It really is an article about her shoes just plunked down without any statement of why we should know or care who she is or about her shoes." It's to show that members of TFG's administration are teh cool. Doesn't take much to impress the liberals now, does it?

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 27, 2013 10:06 AM (1nIUJ)

97

Three and a half more years, people.  Three and a half more years.  And if Baraka's work is not done, then even that is no garauntee.

Posted by: Soona at May 27, 2013 10:07 AM (m0NNN)

98 a boot, maybe two.

Posted by: CraigPoe at May 27, 2013 10:07 AM (BVkEs)

99 Hmm, "Katy Ruemmler's Shoes" just doesn't quite roll off the tongue as well as "John Bolton's Mustache" or "Dick Cheney's Mighty Warcock." Jus' sayin'... Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 27, 2013 01:59 PM (0HooB) No but if you remember that scene from I think Single White Female, a women's pointy heal fits quite well in the eye of an unsuspecting guy and can also be fatal.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 27, 2013 10:08 AM (jE38p)

100 Doesn't take much to impress the liberals now, does it? That's not a bad thing, God love 'em!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 27, 2013 10:08 AM (ByVVh)

101 Mike Hammer -- I only know one veteran and no one that has died in service of our country. I'll pray for those names and their families you listed above today. I'm glad you included them.

Posted by: L, elle at May 27, 2013 10:10 AM (0PiQ4)

102 This article proves that the whole shoe fetish thing is now officially over.

Posted by: PJ at May 27, 2013 10:10 AM (ZWaLo)

103 1. not sure but since she also has degrees in computers and business she took some courses But in law school. I'm thinking Real Analysis or a proof-based course. Even vector calculus will do. Something with a high failure rate. 2. not sure of the title but the subject was about why Miranda is constitutional wrong Trick question. There is no such thing as a dissertation from law school. 3. she went to U of Hawaii, many forgieners Foreign-educated. I know the STEM fields are chock-a-block with people who had fully-subsidized, highly-competitive undergraduate educations, but the English language is usually a barrier to entry for law school.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 10:10 AM (xSegX)

104 "Because he was totally in the dark, you see." Jesus, why is my fucking dog going fucking nuts?!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 27, 2013 10:11 AM (qIFL7)

105 It could be a multi-prong attack.  To humanize her and to perhaps paint her as merely saintly incompetent, above her pay grade. 

Chavez would do this with people who no longer of service and instead an anchor.  He would huff and puff while proclaiming to the people how his trust was betrayed by these incompetents.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 10:11 AM (HdtPo)

106 Mostly lurker, daily reader here. AmishDude hates lawyers. Seems like he always has, certainly since several years ago when I first started reading here. I figure he got dumped by one, screwed over by one, or didn't get into law school. There's clearly something more at work here than the generally-accepted idea that many lawyers are not very good at being human. Apparently, if you're not a mathematician, you're nobody. If you ever forget it, he'll remind you. Incessantly.

Posted by: Long time reader, making a very obvious observation at May 27, 2013 10:11 AM (vbceH)

107 I only know one verteran...Posted by: L, elle at May 27, 2013 02:10 PM (0PiQ4) You don't know what you're missing!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 10:11 AM (ByVVh)

108 'many foreigners' --- here, ladies and gentlemen, is nearly every graduate program in nearly every university in America.


In Texas, it was Nigerians, Iranians, Gulf Arabs, and Iraqis


the Nigerians split up into tribal groups right away; harsh words were often exchanged.  Gulf Arabs didn't like the Iraqis, who didn't like the Iranians

Posted by: Haley Joe Ozboy at May 27, 2013 10:12 AM (omBWL)

109 As I sit here I'm watching an Obama voter vacuum the floor, holding the suction hose out from being plugged into the bottom thingy that lets it suck stuff up from the floor.

Posted by: That Guy at May 27, 2013 10:12 AM (vj51i)

110 Bob Dole is unhappy with Bob Dole. As is most everyone else. Stupidity was ugly then and senility is ugly now.

Posted by: Jack at May 27, 2013 10:13 AM (Zv1QB)

111 "Now, she wears Manolo Blahniks and Christian Louboutins into the Oval Office."




The rest of you mofo's can just go to Payless.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 27, 2013 10:13 AM (X6akg)

112 As I sit here I'm watching an Obama voter vacuum the floor, holding the suction hose out from being plugged into the bottom thingy that lets it suck stuff up from the floor. Posted by: That Guy

She's trying.  I'll give her that, because it's more than you can say about many in the FSA.

Posted by: pep at May 27, 2013 10:13 AM (6TB1Z)

113 Finally! We now have an Imelda Marcos to go with Obama's Banana Republic.

Posted by: Somewhat Sorry To Offend You at May 27, 2013 10:14 AM (ZR4Xh)

114 4 inch pink stilettos? Just screams trailer park trash Yeah. Most women who wear that sort of thing use a pole at work. Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 27, 2013 01:50 PM (IDSI7) Pole maybe, trailer park? My 300 lb. lesbian by necessity Karaoke star half sister does the clear heels thing. I offered her $20 to aerate my yard.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:14 AM (XIxXP)

115 This article (I wonder if it was actually printed in the paper or is just an online thing) is a prime example of why the Post's circulation has declined significantly in the past few years.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 27, 2013 10:15 AM (uL0u2)

116 AmishDude hates lawyers. Seems like he always has, certainly since several years ago when I first started reading here. I figure he got dumped by one, screwed over by one, or didn't get into law school. There's clearly something more at work here than the generally-accepted idea that many lawyers are not very good at being human.

Apparently, if you're not a mathematician, you're nobody. If you ever forget it, he'll remind you. Incessantly.

Posted by: Long time reader, making a very obvious observation at May 27, 2013 02:11 PM (vbceH)

 

 

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Perhaps he's like me.  I don't view individual lawyers with any disrespect, but I do recognize that this nation is overly infested with  them.  One can't swing a dead cat without hitting a  lawyer.

Posted by: Soona at May 27, 2013 10:15 AM (m0NNN)

117 When they start to talk about the wardrobe you know she's toast.

Posted by: Jack at May 27, 2013 10:15 AM (Zv1QB)

118 Why the hell are morons attacking the spouses of other morons? WTF is that all about?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 10:16 AM (piMMO)

119 "Now, she wears Manolo Blahniks and Christian Louboutins into the Oval Office." The rest of you mofo's can just go to Payless. Posted by: Tami at May 27, 2013 02:13 PM (X6akg) You think she writes them off on her taxes? I know Gilfoyle does.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:16 AM (XIxXP)

120

Pole maybe, trailer park? My 300 lb. lesbian by necessity Karaoke star half sister does the clear heels thing. I offered her $20 to aerate my yard.

 

Thanks, just spewed beer all over the monitor.

Posted by: Infidel [/i] at May 27, 2013 10:17 AM (gqEUi)

121 Pole maybe, trailer park? My 300 lb. lesbian by necessity Karaoke star half sister does the clear heels thing. I offered her $20 to aerate my yard. In her case that would defeat the purpose. The heels would aerate and her copuous tonnage would compact it. Come to think of it....sounds sorta like union work.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 10:17 AM (ByVVh)

122 Why the hell are morons attacking the spouses of other morons? WTF is that all about? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 02:16 PM (piMMO) Where is that happening?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:17 AM (XIxXP)

123 So OSP is related to Roseanne Bar?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 10:18 AM (HdtPo)

124   Now these little gems with their 5" heel say something else entirely, like 'don't ever mess with me.' http://www.shoebuy.com/highest-heel-handgun-11/306395/654411 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 01:42 PM (HdtPo)


Only if functional.  

Huh.   How would you aim and shoot one?  

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 27, 2013 10:18 AM (A4irB)

125 Where is that happening? *** Where one moron is having to defend the credentials of his spouse against, ahem, trick questions.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 10:18 AM (piMMO)

126 I recall with Frances Townsend, they gave very close attention to her Jimmy Choos, (sic), and we know what they did with Condi's boots.

Posted by: Admiral Marcus at May 27, 2013 10:18 AM (Jsiw/)

127 So OSP is related to Roseanne Bar? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 02:18 PM (HdtPo) No I'm not a jew, yet.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:18 AM (XIxXP)

128 I'm wearing pink stilletos at this moment. How serendipitous.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 27, 2013 10:18 AM (qkv/i)

129 is that article racist or sexist, I cant keep up

Posted by: Jean at May 27, 2013 10:19 AM (CMlD4)

130 Shoes, schmooose . . .


I want to know if she has toned arms. I mean, how can we survive without information like this.

Posted by: dissent555 at May 27, 2013 10:19 AM (yR6A1)

131

Well, that's cleaned up.

 

Amish Dude and navycopjoe disagreeing about attys.

Posted by: Infidel [/i] at May 27, 2013 10:19 AM (gqEUi)

132

Perhaps he's like me. I don't view individual lawyers with any disrespect, but I do recognize that this nation is overly infested with them. One can't swing a dead cat without hitting a lawyer.

 

 

No, he pretty much holds anything that isn't math in disdain. Lawyers just happen to be is his  most common target.

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 27, 2013 10:20 AM (LZkKt)

133 *FACEPALM*

Oh for crying...

WaPo is already trying to wind its way back down the rabbit hole into Bammy's good graces again.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at May 27, 2013 10:20 AM (CA2NO)

134 4-inch pink stilettos scream 'look at me! I want attention!' stripper shoes

FIFM

Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at May 27, 2013 10:20 AM (kxSZr)

135 Where one moron is having to defend the credentials of his spouse against, ahem, trick questions. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 02:18 PM (piMMO) If said poster brings spouse into the arena, well thats fair game as long as it is respectful. If it is personal and uneccessarily debasing, well, thats a no no.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:20 AM (XIxXP)

136 I think navycopjoe and Amish Dude are play fighting, right?

Posted by: L, elle at May 27, 2013 10:20 AM (0PiQ4)

137 More evidence that reporters now are all Teh Ghey. Just listen for all the lisps on NPR. I kid you not.

Posted by: Arms Merchant at May 27, 2013 10:21 AM (+XVQe)

138 How goes the writing OSP?

Conservative Monster, use game physics.  Bayonetta. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 10:21 AM (HdtPo)

139 How goes the writing OSP? Conservative Monster, use game physics. Bayonetta. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 02:21 PM (HdtPo) Pretty good, rewriting old book and a letter to send to Barnes and Noble. Trying to get in some big stores.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:22 AM (XIxXP)

140 One can't swing a dead cat without hitting a lawyer.

Posted by: Soona at May 27, 2013 02:15 PM (m0NNN)


On the bright side, this   DOES give    you the opportunity to hit   a   lawyer with a dead cat.  I call that a    bonus.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at May 27, 2013 10:22 AM (CA2NO)

141 I think navycopjoe and Amish Dude are play fighting, right? Posted by: L, elle at May 27, 2013 02:20 PM (0PiQ4) Did you say slap fighting?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:22 AM (XIxXP)

142 Good lawyers are expensive because of simple supply and demand. There are so few of them. My brother's a lawyer, and a good one. I help him out with administrative shit sometimes, as he's a sole practitioner. You wouldn't believe how simple-fucking-minded most lawyers are, given some of the crap he has to deal with from opposing counsel.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 27, 2013 10:23 AM (qkv/i)

143 I understand the disdain for attys, I've worked for them for almost 20 yrs.  Most are quite arrogant and feel entitled. 

Posted by: Infidel [/i] at May 27, 2013 10:23 AM (gqEUi)

144 Toonces the Dead Cat vs Toonces the Laywer?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 10:23 AM (HdtPo)

145 Toonces the Dead Cat vs Toonces the Laywer?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 02:23 PM (HdtPo)



In a battle of wits, the cat'd     win     9 times out of 10.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at May 27, 2013 10:24 AM (CA2NO)

146 Herr, there are a few good ones.  Far and few between.

Posted by: Infidel [/i] at May 27, 2013 10:24 AM (gqEUi)

147 this DOES give you the opportunity to hit a lawyer with a dead cat

It helps if you really didn't like the cat.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 27, 2013 10:24 AM (QTHTd)

148 More evidence that reporters now are all Teh Ghey.

Just listen for all the lisps on NPR. I kid you not.

Posted by: Arms Merchant at May 27, 2013 02:21 PM (+XVQe)

 

 

-----------------------------------------------

 

 

I've been noticing that for years.  And it's not just reporters.  It's pretty much  that  everyone sounds ghey on NPR.  Always the soft toned whispery voices.  

Posted by: Soona at May 27, 2013 10:25 AM (m0NNN)

149 Going to port Amy Lynn for the Nook?

Still want to know the specifics of the complaint that person had about the cover art.  Not high enough DPI? 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 10:25 AM (HdtPo)

150 I understand that most people feel there are too many lawyers - I'm one of them. But his constant expression of hatred for them borders on some sort of mental disorder. And it's fucking boring. I think that's the worst part. Anyone who's read here a while can tell when something is going to set AD off, I've seen others say as much. Just mention lawyers. BOOM. Off he goes. Now he's disrespecting another commenter's wife. How is that ok? He doesn't know her, or the work she does. Only her profession. Unfortunately, we mostly only hear about the real jackasses because those are the ones who make news. What about the rest who do good work? I've known several, the best of which got my children back from my ex who had kidnapped them. I have a slightly different outlook on them that doesn't let me paint with such a broad hate-brush.

Posted by: Long time reader, making a very obvious observation at May 27, 2013 10:25 AM (vbceH)

151

Not reading any of that.

 

Especially today.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 27, 2013 10:25 AM (1Y+hH)

152 It helps if you really didn't like the cat. Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 27, 2013 02:24 PM (QTHTd) I don't care for cats, I'd stuff them in a T-shirt gun and head to a Bar Association meeting.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:25 AM (XIxXP)

153 Not all lawyers are scumbags, but enough are that they taint (huh huh) the entire profession.  Just like politicians.

Posted by: cool arrow at May 27, 2013 10:26 AM (WMsq+)

154 AmishDude speaks from on high....in the ivory towers of academia....yelling 'Vector Calculus', like it's SPARTA!

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 27, 2013 10:26 AM (X6akg)

155 AmishDude hates lawyers. Seems like he always has, certainly since several years ago when I first started reading here. I figure he got dumped by one, screwed over by one, or didn't get into law school. In 2008, a man named Barack Obama ran for president. His credential -- his sole credential -- was having graduated from Harvard Law School and having been elected president of the Harvard Law Review, a job for which he apparently had no duties. I was astounded at how deferential people were to this credential. I knew law school graduates. Even went to high school with a future HLS grad (an ordinary public school, BTW). I was not impressed. I remember that Hillary Clinton was not derided as an imbecile after she'd said that math was too hard for her. If anyone were to say that about any other major field of study, he or she would be rightly derided as intellectually lacking. Then I began to discover that lawyers were all throughout our government, holding positions for which a law degree would not be any serious credential except that it provides enough contacts and connections to get somewhere. Witness Jamie Gorelick's job with Fannie Mae. She had absolutely no knowledge or experience with finance, but there she was, partially running the place. The elite law schools are, to me, the cause of the problem that Ace has talked about (but he has not blamed the law schools) and that is one of an American elite class. They form a clique in which they know each other, support each other and increasingly exclude non-lawyers by their stranglehold on a full third of government. If you want an example, look at how Andrew J. McCarthy, a stalwart on Islamic terror and generally a warrior of the Right, bent over backwards in his deference of the corrupt prosecutor -- his friend -- Patrick Fitzgerald. I am also concerned at the legalistic view of politics and public policy. "A judge said..." as if that settles the issue. Reams and reams of laws that do nothing more than make rich lawyers richer. I don't mind if lawyers know their place and realize that if we have a system in which having a "good lawyer" is important, then justice is not being served. Lawyerbot 3000 should be sufficient to ensure justice is done, instead it's about loopholes and special perks -- all provided by our legions of lawyer-legislators. Apparently, if you're not a mathematician, you're nobody. I reject the idea of universal credentials in the modern era of exponentially-growing information, but if we must have a universal credential, if we must have a philosopher-king...well, he should at least have proven that he can write a proof.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 10:26 AM (xSegX)

156 It helps if you really didn't like the cat.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 27, 2013 02:24 PM (QTHTd)



Absolutely.     A beloved cat should    only   be used to hit a politician    or a bureaucrat.


Unless you loved the cat    dearly    and the cat had expressed in life an absolute hatred of lawyers.  Then swing away.



Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at May 27, 2013 10:27 AM (CA2NO)

157 This is VECTOR CALCULUS!

Posted by: Leonidas at May 27, 2013 10:27 AM (WMsq+)

158 Going to port Amy Lynn for the Nook? Still want to know the specifics of the complaint that person had about the cover art. Not high enough DPI? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 02:25 PM (HdtPo) Yeah, I took my pictures with an Ipad. When I sent them they pixlated. Thats all I know. What do you mean "Going to port for the nook?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:27 AM (XIxXP)

159 Jethro Bodine double-naught spy shoes come with built-in transistor radio.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 27, 2013 10:28 AM (Quyce)

160 The Nook is Barnes and Nobles answer to the Kindle.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 10:28 AM (HdtPo)

161

 Â“Just because you work for the DOJ doesnÂ’t mean you have to shop at DSW.”

 

Now that's just plain rude.  I can't even afford to shop at DSW.  Snobby elite retards.

Posted by: Middle Class America at May 27, 2013 10:28 AM (Cjcon)

162 Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 02:26 PM (xSegX) I'm a math major and I do not feel special. I look at it as a tool in my OSP tool box.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:29 AM (XIxXP)

163 The Nook is Barnes and Nobles answer to the Kindle. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 02:28 PM (HdtPo) Oh, yep, gonna give her a shot.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:30 AM (XIxXP)

164 I'm going to port for the nookie!

Posted by: some horny bosun after three months at sea at May 27, 2013 10:30 AM (irlNU)

165 I don't like mathematicians. Hodge Conjecture, motherfuckers.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 27, 2013 10:31 AM (qkv/i)

166 Well, I still have chores before I light the grill. Love you guys and gals, later.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:31 AM (XIxXP)

167 Dont set the new house afire when you light the grill OSP.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 10:32 AM (HdtPo)

168

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 02:26 PM (xSegX)

 

Oh my.  That was good.  Very, very good.

Posted by: Middle Class America at May 27, 2013 10:32 AM (Cjcon)

169 Dont set the new house afire when you light the grill OSP. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 27, 2013 02:32 PM (HdtPo) I'm a vereran of many burnt flesh expeditions. I will overcome.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:32 AM (XIxXP)

170 Well, I still have chores before I light the grill. Love you guys and gals, later. ** Sure, you have to warm up the hair dryer before lighting the grill.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 10:33 AM (piMMO)

171 but if we must have a universal credential, if we must have a philosopher-king...well, he should at least have proven that he can write a proof AD, I agree with about 99% of what you post. But lawyers have always been your blind spot. We all have a fatal blind spot - that one is yours. The belief that everyone (especially lawyers) who isn't a mathematician is somehow intellectually deficient is where you're coming down. Lawyers happen to be a fat target, but you're pretty much saying that if you don't have an advanced degree in math or physics, you're not all that bright. A position, which I note, is amazingly self-flattering. I personally know 3 PhD mathematicians. Two of the three are social misfits who can't write a coherrent paragraph. Should I be making some general assumptions from that too? Oh, and I'm not a lawyer, not do I play one on TV.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 10:33 AM (ByVVh)

172

I understand that most people feel there are too many lawyers - I'm one of them. But his constant expression of hatred for them borders on some sort of mental disorder.

 

I think AD might, just possibly, be mildly autistic.

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 27, 2013 10:33 AM (LZkKt)

173 One can't swing a dead cat without hitting a lawyer. That's why i keep so many dead cats around! I consider it a sport.

Posted by: shredded chi at May 27, 2013 10:35 AM (jfUum)

174 Sure, you have to warm up the hair dryer before lighting the grill. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 02:33 PM (piMMO) Actually, today I mowed the lawn, picked up dog poop, installed bicycle hangers in the garage, cleaned my weight set, road 10 miles on my bicycle and now I have one towel bar and three hooks to go.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:35 AM (XIxXP)

175 "I understand that most people feel there are too many lawyers - I'm one of them. But his constant expression of hatred for them borders on some sort of mental disorder."

But they bring it upon themselves.  Just like politicians.

Posted by: cool arrow at May 27, 2013 10:35 AM (WMsq+)

176 >>>Actually, today I mowed the lawn, picked up dog poop, installed bicycle hangers in the garage, cleaned my weight set, road 10 miles on my bicycle and now I have one towel bar and three hooks to go. See? No math.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 27, 2013 10:36 AM (qkv/i)

177 AD, I think we can all say, with a few notable exceptions, that we all hate lawyers-turned-politicians. But lawyers are a lot like guns, just as the only thing that will effectively deal with a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, the only way to deal with bad laws and lawyers is with GOOD lawyers. And they do exist.

Posted by: Long time reader, making a very obvious observation at May 27, 2013 10:36 AM (vbceH)

178 See? No math. Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 27, 2013 02:36 PM (qkv/i) A tape measure was used as well as a stud finder and a drill, a #7 bit for 1/4 20 screw. Yep, there was math.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 10:37 AM (XIxXP)

179 Wife and I did our annual trip to the Cemetery to pay my respects to LT. COL. Nevergiveup my dad. Let him know I caught him in rank. Then to visit my mom in assisted living and then to the supermarket to buy shrimp, steak, and chicken to pig out on and feed the children as they come home. I think the kids missed the shrimp, but such is life

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 27, 2013 10:39 AM (jE38p)

180 But his constant expression of hatred for them borders on some sort of mental disorder. Possibly. Mental disorders are a feature, not a bug, in my field. Now he's disrespecting another commenter's wife. How is that ok? He doesn't know her, or the work she does. Only her profession. I didn't bring her up. I'm sure she does fine work but to me, it's akin to a CPA. What about the rest who do good work? They don't get to work for Fannie Mae. The problem isn't lawyers themselves, but (a) the elevated status that elite lawyers give themselves -- they're not a big deal; (b) the extreme litigiousness of our society -- look on Twitchy for "Proposition 65, USS Iowa" for a typical example; and (c) the use of the law degree as a universal credential. Look, you'd have the right to bitch about mathematicians if our government were made of the Legislative, Executive and Mathematical branches. We don't even get intellectual property protection. I've known several, the best of which got my children back from my ex who had kidnapped them. And, yet, why did you need your lawyer? Because there was another lawyer (at least one) in the picture against whom you were fighting.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 10:40 AM (xSegX)

181 Damn. MWR beat me to it by a long shot.

Posted by: shredded chi at May 27, 2013 10:41 AM (jfUum)

182 The problem with lawyers is    the    same    problem with teachers:   there are too damn many of them, and a significant number of them aren't worth a damn.  


A good lawyer, like a good teacher, is worth his or her weight in gold.   The problem with lawyers today is that,   for years,    the symbol of wealth and success has been    the legal profession.   In movies,   on TV, in books, the quickest way to identify a character as smart and successful is to mention that he or she received a     JD,  preferably from Harvard or Yale.      The instant image this conjures in the average audience member's mind is of a well-dressed individual with a large house or a swanky uptown Manhattan apartment, who drives a Mercedes or a Porsche, and makes six figures a year, starting at $200K and moving up    the pay scale from there.


"Want to get rich," the average audience member internalizes, "become a lawyer."


This is    one reason     why law schools are running into so much difficulty these days.  EVERYONE who wants a shot at the ivory tower has had it beaten into their skulls that the easiest (for a given level of easy) way to get there is to become a lawyer.  It doesn't involve any math like rocket science, and there's no blood like brain surgery, and anyone who's ever had to go through a lawyer for ANYTHING knows that they    charge-by-the-hour,   and that those bills pile up fast.    Couple that with everyone's tendency to be an armchair attorney -- "Of COURSE that guy's guilty!  Just look at his face!" -- and you've got a pretty potent mix of self-delusion and dreams of grandeur.


Then you throw in the lowered standards that law schools have introduced in recent years, in order to bring in more students and thus more tuition money, and... well...   You end up with what we've got now.


I always    mention    that     I remember the posters tacked up around my high school and all over the guidance office:   "Touch the future - be a teacher!"   or  "Teachers make tomorrow."   Kids     got it in their heads that   becoming a teacher meant instant   employment, and how hard could it really be?   So you get a bunch of teachers who became teachers solely     for the paycheck,    and who hate their jobs with a passion.   But who's going to give up a union-secure job with great benefits?  No one, that's who.   And thus the teaching pool is degraded.


The same goes for lawyers.   Those who actually managed to get through law school and pass the bar are going to find themselves in a saturated market, trying to navigate the labyrinth of ever-changing laws, and more often than not fucking things up royally.   So they hate their job, but they dropped so much money on the education that they have to keep working at it just to pay down their loan debt.   And thus the lawyer pool is degraded.


Except for those lawyers who go on to politics.   THOSE lawyers    are an entirely different story.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at May 27, 2013 10:41 AM (CA2NO)

183

Absolutely. A beloved cat should only be used to hit a politician or a bureaucrat.

Unless you loved the cat dearly and the cat had expressed in life an absolute hatred of lawyers. Then swing away.

 

Cat, or bat? I have a beloved 34" Louisville Slugger that would be perfect.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 27, 2013 10:43 AM (IDSI7)

184 >>>A tape measure was used Tape measures lie. My method? Measure once, cut twice, throw the shit through the window and head back to the lumberyard and the carry-out.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 27, 2013 10:43 AM (qkv/i)

185 Actually, today I mowed the lawn, picked up dog poop, installed bicycle hangers in the garage, cleaned my weight set, road 10 miles on my bicycle and now I have one towel bar and three hooks to go *** Ahhh. You must not have been here yesterday for the hair-dryer story. One of the morons told us of watching his neighbor spend 30 minutes trying to light his charcoal grill using a hair dryer.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 10:43 AM (piMMO)

186 Republican senator John McCain visits Syria, meets with rebels Published: 05.27.13, 21:39 / Israel News Republican Senator John McCain entered Syrian territory and met with rebel forces in the country. During the visit, McCain called the US President Barack Obama to launch a military intervention against President Bashar Assad. McCain, who lost the elections to Obama in 2008, became the highest-ranking US official to enter Syria since the bloody civil war there began more than two years ago, The Daily Beast has learned. (Yitzhak Benhorin, Washington) Sucking up to the islamists? Someone has to lock that senile bastard up

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 27, 2013 10:44 AM (jE38p)

187
Cat, or bat? I have a beloved 34" Louisville Slugger that would be perfect.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 27, 2013 02:43 PM (IDSI7)


In the absence of a cat, a bat is more than sufficient.   For many it would be preferred, since the reusability is higher.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at May 27, 2013 10:44 AM (CA2NO)

188 >>>watching his neighbor spend 30 minutes trying to light his charcoal grill using a hair dryer. Hair dryers are for the bathtub.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 27, 2013 10:44 AM (qkv/i)

189 Watching the "Hurt Locker".   I do like this movie.  It always reminds me that as far as the military is concerned, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Posted by: Soona at May 27, 2013 10:45 AM (m0NNN)

190 >>>Republican Senator John McCain entered Syrian territory and met with rebel forces in the country. --"Arizona Senator Meets with Al-Qaeda" >>>During the visit, McCain called the US President Barack Obama to launch a military intervention against President Bashar Assad. --"Arizona Senator opposes border security, calls for AZ National Guard troops in Middle East" >>>McCain, who lost the elections to Obama in 2008 --"Republicans represented by known loser"

Posted by: Morgenholz Gazette Headlines for today at May 27, 2013 10:48 AM (qkv/i)

191 Actually, the time my ex kidnapped the kids, there was no other lawyer involved. It was just him being a dick. It was only after he proved that he was not willing to work through the divorce and custody agreement in good faith that I obtained a lawyer. I simply did not want to go it alone with so much at stake. Btw, this was in California. They seem to be really into fathers' rights, even if the father is abusive (which he became over the TWO YEARS it took to get things settled). I never would have had to go so far in a state like Texas. He would've been in jail for non-payment of support before he could've caused so much trouble. And yes, I do realize that much of California's problems are due to lawyers. I did not say they were all good or useful, just that some of them are.

Posted by: Long time reader, making a very obvious observation at May 27, 2013 10:49 AM (vbceH)

192 Gotta admit, did not see Lawyers v. Mathematicians breaking out in a post mocking a ridiculous WaPo puff piece on shoes.

Posted by: JohnE. at May 27, 2013 10:50 AM (zGLW8)

193 Gotta admit, did not see Lawyers v. Mathematicians breaking out in a post mocking a ridiculous WaPo puff piece on shoes. *** The moronosphere keeps us all on our toes.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 10:51 AM (piMMO)

194 Heh. I mention my wife's profession once in a while just because it's a helluva lot more interesting than mine. She's a dreaded " Liberal Arts Academic", but I could not care less about any ill-informed broadsides against Professors as a Class. I've watched her work circles around many of her colleagues from all disciplines. And I'd put her reasoning skills up against most any lawyer. The " people must Love my job the most! I'm the most important! I don't get enough respect!" routine is so fucking old. Judge people by what they do, not the stupid projections you attach to their professional titles.

Posted by: lincolntf at May 27, 2013 10:52 AM (ZshNr)

195 "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." (Orwell -- 1984)

"If you want a vision of the future, imagine stunning 4-inch bright pink stiletto spikes stamping on a human face - forever." (Mallfly -- 2013)


Posted by: mallfly at May 27, 2013 10:52 AM (bJm7W)

196 Lawyers happen to be a fat target, but you're pretty much saying that if you don't have an advanced degree in math or physics, you're not all that bright. No, it's just that you wouldn't be able to tell. A position, which I note, is amazingly self-flattering. Well, sure, whom else would I flatter? I'm just doing what our elite class does. There's a bit of tongue-in-cheek and irony with what I do. I personally know 3 PhD mathematicians. Two of the three are social misfits who can't write a coherrent paragraph. Would it be rude to add the [sic] at this point? I'm sorry, I am laughing a little. It's the iron rule of the Internet, you forgive all grammar except in a critique of grammar. Funny, though. I spend almost all of my time writing. I regard it as a waste of my time, like doing my taxes or paying bills. Oh, and I'm not a lawyer, not do I play one on TV. Well, I'm not Amish, but I do play one on TV. Which is a sin.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 10:53 AM (xSegX)

197 re 188 -- by the way, stop calling him McShitty! He's a US Senator, for pete's sake. In the future, show him proper respect and call Sen. McShitty. Thank you.

Posted by: mallfly, Opinion Maker Pro Tem at May 27, 2013 10:55 AM (bJm7W)

198 Would it be rude to add the [sic] at this point? I'm sorry, I am laughing a little. It's the iron rule of the Internet, you forgive all grammar [sic] except in a critique of grammar.

"Coherrent" is a spelling error, not a grammar error. :^)

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 27, 2013 10:56 AM (QTHTd)

199

 "If you want a vision of the future, imagine stunning 4-inch bright pink stiletto spikes stamping on a human face - forever." (Mallfly -- 2013)


Posted by: mallfly at May 27, 2013 02:52 PM (bJm7W)

 

 

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Will my hands be free to fap?

Posted by: Soona at May 27, 2013 10:57 AM (m0NNN)

200 I don't like mathematicians. Neither do I, but I really don't like academicians in general. I do like mathematics, though, so I suffer.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 10:57 AM (xSegX)

201 I'd venture that a surprising number of the morons here don't even have a degree and have succeeded in life through hard work, common sense, and more than a dab of intelligence. I count myself among them. Sure, it took 70-hour weeks, years on end, to achieve success, leaving little time to pursue a degree, but I took great pride in the quality of my work and in my reputation among my peers. There are assholes and idiots in every field and, frankly, the quality of and dedication to, ones work is a far greater predictor of success in life than any particular degree.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 10:57 AM (piMMO)

202 The mathematician wrote the 3-D modelling software to make the shoes extra fabulous!

The lawyer then sued the software writer for infringing a patent his client bought . . .

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 27, 2013 10:57 AM (QTHTd)

203 "If you want a vision of the future, imagine stunning 4-inch bright pink stiletto spikes stamping on a human face - forever." I like that.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 10:57 AM (xSegX)

204
"The race for the House was even more of a family affair. Toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ widow was expected to keep her seat as a representative for Ilocos Norte province, her husband’s birthplace, where the locals kept electing the Marcoses despite allegations of corruption and abuse during their long rule. Imelda Marcos’ daughter Imee was seeking re-election as governor and her son, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., is already a senator."

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 27, 2013 01:45 PM (jz0+s)



Speaking of crazy times.  I had a family member that was part of the State Dept crew that took an accounting of the Marcos' possessions.  And brought back some really funny stories about Bongbong.  Good times.

Posted by: NC Ref at May 27, 2013 11:00 AM (/izg2)

205 There are assholes and idiots in every field and, frankly, the quality of and dedication to, ones work is a far greater predictor of success in life than any particular degree.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 02:57 PM (piMMO)

 

 

------------------------------------------------------

 

 

If one enjoys his occupation and finds fulfillment and usefulness with it, he's  one  of the richest people on earth.

Posted by: Soona at May 27, 2013 11:00 AM (m0NNN)

206 new Memorial Day thread up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 11:02 AM (piMMO)

207 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at May 27, 2013 02:41 PM (CA2NO) Wow, that's VERY well-said.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 11:03 AM (xSegX)

208 One of the morons told us of watching his neighbor spend 30 minutes trying to light his charcoal grill using a hair dryer. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 02:43 PM (piMMO) Wow, just wow.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 27, 2013 11:03 AM (XIxXP)

209

Well shoot!  After reading this in depth, hard hitting piece of journalism from TWP, I am convinced that Ms. Ruemmler is eminently qualified to be WH Counsel.  Nothing screams smart and capable like 4" Jimmy Choo stiletto heels paired with a sensible pantsuit. 

 

In other news, rumor has it Scarlett Johanssen is being slated to portray Hillary Clinton in the upcoming Clinton biopic.  With this kind of casting, I'm sure everything in the movie will be true and factual. 

Posted by: runningrn at May 27, 2013 11:04 AM (PLOz8)

210 I'd venture that a surprising number of the morons here don't even have a degree and have succeeded in life through hard work, common sense, and more than a dab of intelligence. I should point out that neither of my parents went to college or were very "successful". I was born in 1973 and I really don't know of anybody my age in a STEM field who can say the same. I have a lot of respect for people who do real work for a living.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 11:05 AM (xSegX)

211

"Speaking of crazy times. I had a family member that was part of the State Dept crew that took an accounting of the Marcos' possessions. And brought back some really funny stories about Bongbong. Good times."

 

 

If Bongbong is anything like BungaBunga, please give me a call!

Posted by: Silvio Berlusconi at May 27, 2013 11:05 AM (PLOz8)

212

I have a lot of respect for people who do real work for a living.

 

 

Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs had a great video that was posted here a while back about the benefits about people who do real work for a living on TED.

Posted by: Silvio Berlusconi at May 27, 2013 11:08 AM (PLOz8)

213 Of course one mustn't look drab on the govt dime. DOJ, perhaps she used her position to allow ss numbers for Illegals so the manufacturer could pay less in labor and send her shoes as bennies for their working together to make things fair for those poor bedraggled, frayed -cuffed DOJ workforce.

Posted by: willow at May 27, 2013 11:09 AM (nqBYe)

214 163 I don't like mathematicians.

Hodge Conjecture, motherfuckers.
---------------

Pussy.

Posted by: Bernhard Riemann at May 27, 2013 11:10 AM (aDwsi)

215 Gotta admit, did not see Lawyers v. Mathematicians breaking out in a post mocking a ridiculous WaPo puff piece on shoes. Well, I had to explain myself. Maybe it's unpopular and hurts peoples' feelings, but I think there's an important point to be made about how the country is going in the direction it is. We are doing our kids a disservice by not demanding high-standards in education and the brain-training and objectivity that is usually only found in mathematics. We are doing ourselves a disservice by elevating a single profession so far above all others. That's not the way a republic is done.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 11:11 AM (xSegX)

216 meow's at myself.. let her enjoy her shoes. i'm sure she earned em.
with an ending pfsst

Posted by: willow at May 27, 2013 11:11 AM (nqBYe)

217 "Coherrent" is a spelling error, not a grammar error. :^) Point weel taken.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 11:12 AM (xSegX)

218

you're pretty much saying that if you don't have an advanced degree in math or physics, you're not all that bright.

No, it's just that you wouldn't be able to tell.

 

Ahem.  My advanced degree is in English.  The only undergrad math course in which I did not get an A was Multivariable Calculus--I got a C+ in that, and that was only because my Physics for Science Majors prof (in whose classes I got a B+ and an A, respectively) explained the concepts better than my bitterly-nearing-retirement calculus prof, who would not teach.  I took comfort in knowing that my grandfather the aerospace engineer had gotten a D in Partial Differential Equations (in which I went on to get an A).

All an advanced STEM degree means is that you're willing to put up with a PhD Comics kind of world long enough to get the piece of paper.

Posted by: Rose Bexar at May 27, 2013 11:12 AM (Mt8eo)

219 Days ago when Ace did the Reummler article I researched her and put a lot of links in that article and then referenced the article again. 

She\s known for the pink stilettos she wore during enron.

Geez, the press is getting their ideas from Ace's blog now?  No wonder he wins all his awards.

Posted by: caustic at May 27, 2013 11:12 AM (/b8+5)

220 They say, "No bread? Let them eat cake." I say, let them lick spike heels.

Posted by: Cretin, a high-grade moron at May 27, 2013 11:13 AM (jYZuY)

221 Geez, the press is getting their ideas from Ace's blog now? No wonder he wins all his awards. *** Would it really surprise you?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 11:14 AM (piMMO)

222 The " people must Love my job the most! I'm the most important! I don't get enough respect!" routine is so fucking old. Yeah, I get that. I do. In my own defense, my subfield is easier than most and even professionally I recognize the need for a solid background in the more traditional areas. I just write about what I know.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 11:15 AM (xSegX)

223 I see on The Telegraph site that the RAF Bombers Monument and the Animals at War monument were vandalized.

Red paint with Arabic writing and the word "ISLAM" in big red letters written over the Animals at War monument,  which is my FAVORITE piece of public sculpture in London except for the King Richard the Lion Heart statue (which they had better guard as those Muslims hat him as a Crusader).

Daggone it!  This just infuriates me!  Plus the vandalism isn't labeled as done by Muslims when it is obvious.

I am just about to spit nails!!

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 27, 2013 11:18 AM (GoIUi)

224 I sure hope my wireless subwoofer doesn't go off-script today.

Posted by: TOTUS National Speechify'n System at May 27, 2013 11:18 AM (2iU3x)

225 kinda off topic but saw this on Yahoo news and wanted to share. Speaking of a boot to the butt:


According to a survey of George Washington University professors, some 30 percent generally endorse the eventual addition of President Barack ObamaÂ’s face to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

The survey, conducted and reported by The College Fix, is hampered by an extremely limited sample size. Nonetheless, the results are fascinating. Of the 10 history and political science profs queried, three suggested that Obama may eventually be added to the huge sculpture of four enormous presidential heads carved into the granite face of a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Professor Paul Wahlbeck, who chairs the political science department at GW, apparently believes that Obama could become some sort of affirmative-action addition to the monument.

“History undoubtedly will accord President Obama a special place by virtue of being the first African-American President,” Wahlbeck told The College Fix via email.

(By the way, 30 percent of ten people asked. This is like those bits you heard about "97 percent of climate scientists agree...")

Posted by: mallfly, Opinion Maker Pro Tem at May 27, 2013 11:19 AM (bJm7W)

226 208 I'd venture that a surprising number of the morons here don't even have a degree and have succeeded in life through hard work, common sense, and more than a dab of intelligence.
--------------------------------------

My grandfather had an eighth grade education. All 10 of his grandchildren received better-than-average educations, 2 or 3 with Phd.'s  None....., *none*..., achieved the success that he did. He just started a little construction company in the Oklahoma Territory, and wasn't afraid of hard work.

Posted by: Bernhard Riemann at May 27, 2013 11:19 AM (aDwsi)

227 John McCain is going to Syria. I am reminded of what J.P. Morgan said when T.R. went on African safari once: "Let every lion do his duty".

Posted by: "Grumpicus" at May 27, 2013 11:20 AM (7cSmf)

228 My grandfather had an eighth grade education. All 10 of his grandchildren received better-than-average educations, 2 or 3 with Phd.'s None....., *none*..., achieved the success that he did. He just started a little construction company in the Oklahoma Territory, and wasn't afraid of hard work. *** that's the way it's done! Hard work and determination.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 11:22 AM (piMMO)

229

This is a funny conversation. I'm in agri-business (and yes, we have our detractors - mostly lawyers!) But most people enjoy not starving, so there is that.

Posted by: Liberty Lover at May 27, 2013 11:22 AM (iMCK9)

230 Posted by: mallfly, Opinion Maker Pro Tem at May 27, 2013 03:19 PM (bJm7W *** I doubt it would ever happen (is there even room for it?) but, if it did, there might be an awful lot of people willing to blow it away.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 11:24 AM (piMMO)

231 The only undergrad math course in which I did not get an A was Multivariable Calculus But you mention that as if it's a fairly significant credential. It's pretty good. How many of your colleagues can say the same? I took comfort in knowing that my grandfather the aerospace engineer had gotten a D in Partial Differential Equations (in which I went on to get an A). Again, a significant achievement and you recognize it as such. You made it through a gauntlet (although you should have taken a proof course, will change your whole perspective) and it's one that someone who would consider themselves educated ought to do. Unfortunately, in American higher education, one is often discouraged -- explicitly or implicitly -- from doing so. All an advanced STEM degree means is that you're willing to put up with a PhD Comics kind of world long enough to get the piece of paper. Not really. The fail and drop rate is pretty high for both courses and the major. You can find individual examples at individual schools in which there's a difficult curriculum in other areas, but I think it's a useful generalization.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 11:25 AM (xSegX)

232 This is a funny conversation. I'm in agri-business (and yes, we have our detractors - mostly lawyers!) But most people enjoy not starving, so there is that.

Posted by: Liberty Lover at May 27, 2013 03:22 PM (iMCK9)

 

 

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My dad  owned a grocery store.  He  always told me that no matter how hard times get, he'd always be in business.  People gotta eat.

Posted by: Soona at May 27, 2013 11:25 AM (m0NNN)

233 My dad owned a grocery store. He always told me that no matter how hard times get, he'd always be in business. People gotta eat. *** I worked for a railroad for nearly 20 years and one of the sayings there was "Chickens' gotta eat". Even when the economy is down, people still eat chicken and eggs, and those chickens need grain. It's a good line of business.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 11:29 AM (piMMO)

234 God, I hated DifEQ. I found MultiD so much easier.

Posted by: JohnE. at May 27, 2013 11:31 AM (zGLW8)

235 that's the way it's done! Hard work and determination. We need a society, though, that respects hard work and permits one to use the fruits of ones' labor. The path to success shouldn't be rent-seeking but it increasingly is.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 11:32 AM (xSegX)

236 God, I hated DifEQ. I found MultiD so much easier. You're probably really good at visualization.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 11:33 AM (xSegX)

237 I worked for a railroad for nearly 20 years and one of the sayings there was "Chickens' gotta eat".

Even when the economy is down, people still eat chicken and eggs, and those chickens need grain. It's a good line of business.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 03:29 PM (piMMO)

 

 

-------------------------------------------------

 

 

Strange.  My uncle (dad's brother) was a locomotive engineer for  Santa Fe for 40 years.  Tried to get me to join the railroad when I got back from Vietnam.  I wish I had now.  I love  everything about railroads.

 

BUT, at the time,  I was young and  had other aspirations.

Posted by: Soona at May 27, 2013 11:34 AM (m0NNN)

238 >>> You're probably really good at visualization. Heh. Good call.

Posted by: JohnE. at May 27, 2013 11:35 AM (zGLW8)

239 Strange. My uncle (dad's brother) was a locomotive engineer for Santa Fe for 40 years. Tried to get me to join the railroad when I got back from Vietnam. I wish I had now. I love everything about railroads. BUT, at the time, I was young and had other aspirations. *** It's a fantastic industry and even the office work is interesting but they are very big business and, as with all big businesses, they are overrun with assholes and ass-kissers. Being in the field is probably a bit better but it is tough to navigate. Fortunately, they pay really well and have terrific benefits in exchange for the B.S.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 27, 2013 11:38 AM (piMMO)

240 Heh. Good call. Not hard. If you can picture things in 3D (and draw them) then multivariable calculus is pretty easy if you've internalized the previous work. DiffEq is algebraic and rather formulaic, so if you're good at algebra, you'll find that to be easier. The thing that kills most students is sequences and series, which I could never relate to.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 11:39 AM (xSegX)

241 The press fiddles. Along with TFG.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at May 27, 2013 11:40 AM (/djtm)

242 Would it be rude to add the [sic] at this point? I'm sorry, I am laughing a little. It's the iron rule of the Internet, you forgive all grammar except in a critique of grammar. No, you'd be a dick. Because I wasn't critiquing your grammar.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 27, 2013 11:41 AM (OnvC3)

243 Well, now we know who wears the leather in the White House ... and it ain't Michelle...

Posted by: Mel Brooks at May 27, 2013 11:52 AM (e8kgV)

244 While a Senate report detailing AppleÂ’s aggressive tax sheltering of billions of dollars of overseas income grabbed headlines this week, Â…the American drug maker Actavis announced that it would spend $5 billion to acquire Warner Chilcott, an Irish pharmaceuticals company less than half its size. Buried in the fifth paragraph of the release was the curious tidbit that the new company would be incorporated in Ireland, even though the far larger acquirer was based in Parsippany, N.J. The reason? By escaping American shores, Actavis expects to reduce its effective tax rate from about 28 percent to 17 percent, a potential savings of tens of millions of dollars per year for the company and a still larger hit to the United States Treasury.

... and who says Apple doesn't still have a leadership position ?

Posted by: Hannibal Lecter, M.D. at May 27, 2013 11:56 AM (e8kgV)

245 Shoegate is a pedestrian tale.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at May 27, 2013 12:00 PM (5fSr7)

246 No, you'd be a dick. Because I wasn't critiquing your grammar. Eh, I think I'm on safe non-dick ground in this particular case. Which is a nice change.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 27, 2013 12:03 PM (xSegX)

247 193 "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." (Orwell -- 1984) "If you want a vision of the future, imagine stunning 4-inch bright pink stiletto spikes stamping on a human face - forever." (Mallfly -- 2013) Gotta admit I never considered the female shoe angle.

Posted by: George Orwell know you never wear white shoes after Labor Day at May 27, 2013 12:17 PM (xw77v)

248 Benghazi, IRS, Fast and Furious, SQUIRREL!!!!!!!, ooooooh nice shoes.

Posted by: harleycowboy at May 27, 2013 12:25 PM (+9AX9)

249 Trust me to be late to the lawyer-fight. Lawyers write the laws, enforce the laws in court, judge the cases, and get to charge both sides in almost every dispute. The only reason there aren't daily exposes of billionaire lawyers is because you'd get sued if you did it. Society has become one vast wealth transfer from everyone else to lawyers. And the only reason lawyers get the money they do is because other lawyers can destroy your life and take everything you have with little or no notice. Dead serious, I think dueling would be less damaging to society. Still terrible, though, just less.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 27, 2013 12:37 PM (qyfb5)

250

Its reciprocal Alinsky. 

They are trying to personalize her.

Their strategy is to take an attractive youngish woman, who is photogenic and make her the target. So her attackers will look like wolves attacking a helpwess wittle wamb in faaaabulish shoes.

THUS the LIV's will be confused, and minimize the damage to democrats in next elections. QED.

Posted by: simpleton at May 27, 2013 01:04 PM (NGsLN)

251 Wut?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/b][/i][/s] at May 27, 2013 01:08 PM (89ILT)

252 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at May 27, 2013 04:37 PM (qyfb5) Your description sounds like the IRS. Fortunately, most times people can choose who their attorney will be. I wonder if the founding fathers could ever have envisioned such corrupt systems both fiscally and morally. They assumed a nation under God would have individuals who had a moral compass and were God fearing and would do the right thing. They never could have imagined that character, integrity, honesty and just doing right by another human being would ever stop being prized in this country. They aren't just turning over in their graves, by this point, they must literally be spinning.

Posted by: Snarky the Bear at May 27, 2013 01:48 PM (/b8+5)

253 Seriously, you guys. Shoos.

Posted by: mojo at May 27, 2013 03:18 PM (B/weO)

254 Shows TFGs ability to hire.

Posted by: sprocket at May 27, 2013 07:48 PM (l5fCd)

255 I especially like the caption on the accompanying photo. It ensures there is no doubt as to which of the seven men and one woman in the photo is the one into expensive high heels.

That's what I call "Journalism."

Posted by: Rick at May 28, 2013 12:30 PM (O7l6D)

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