beige inside

Already? I keep forgetting when it is and missing it.

(Not responsible for this, but Kudos to whomever is.)

“Becker said she is anti-Obama because she feels he does not respect the Constitution. ‘I have never heard him say the word freedom,’ she said.”

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from “Tea Partiers Came With 2010 Warnings,” by Christina Bellantoni at Talking Points Memo.

I’m only guessing here, but that might be because the serious connotation of that word was destroyed rapidly over an eight-year period beginning in 2001. Today it has the baggage of a failed presidency and a couple of wars in addition to vague complaints about restrictions on liberty that the current administration is accused of enacting. It’s practically a one-word punchline thanks to people like you and the demagogues you support, Ms. Becker. So that might be why you haven’t heard it. Or maybe it’s because you’re too busy getting scared and angry to pay attention.

Sigh.

poeks:

Birthday pillow

OH MY GOD IT’S HUGE. The picture I saw from Twitter did not do that thing justice.

insooutso:

Hahahahaha I’ll never own you. Never ever never. But a boy can drool.

[…]

Frauscher Boats 717 GT 2

I’ll take a ‘54 Jag instead.

My mind went, “Last Crusade?” I know it’s different, I know. But still.

Fort Greene Park last weekend. Probably a little over-processed.

(via me)

insooutso:

Dear Sam’s Club: FINALLY!!!!

What’s the Stella doing there? Is that a joke? Did you photoshop that onto the box?

vmarinelli:

By the time we get to the front of this swine flu vaccine line, I fear we may actually contract swine flu.

Free H1N1 vaccine with every nature hike? What the hell?

Seriously, please explain. My city-dwelling brain is lost here.

Strolling along through Brooklyn on an overcast and so far relatively quiet Halloween just as the younger kids are trick-or-treating, before the buffoons come out and inundate the city.

(via me)

Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Watching The Wire Wednesday, “Fuck did I do?” Edition.

(Reasonable concept for a picture, but poor execution. Wait… zing?)

May it be the first of many defeats

I’m pleased with the results of the special election in upstate NY,* especially because the guy who lost was being heralded by the brightest stars of America’s most ignorantly hate-filled. I was reading about the results in the NY Times this morning and I came across this from far right-wing pet project Douglas L. Hoffman’s concession speech:

“The challenges that we face are not Democratic or Republican,” he said. “They are not liberal or conservative. They’re challenges that Americans face and that we will overcome with American resolve.”

Well, that doesn’t sound so bad. There are issues that we, as a nation, must pull together to overcome. Sure, sure. Good to hear we’re on the same page there.

But then I kept reading. After only one paragraph, I come across this gem (emphasis mine):

“Thank you to every single person out there that joined my team and fought back for America,” Mr. Hoffman said. “This one was worth the fight. And it’s only one fight in the battle, and we have to keep fighting.”

Oh, you were fighting back for America. I see. Because your challenger was doing what, fighting against America? But, yea, let’s work together on these problems that are “not Democratic or Republican…not liberal or conservative”.

That’s some pretty good talking-out-of-both-sides-of-your-mouth shit right there. Offer some seemingly reasonable platitudes to lightly sugar coat how you really feel.

Stay classy, GOP.

*Note: “Upstate NY” = Not NYC in my lexicon