Thursday, October 28, 2010
The line is open
Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:11 PM
Sorry, I've been distracted most of the day by other stuff. Take it away. Odds and ends:
* Mike Huckabee has apologized for a radio interview dissing Karl Rove, Rove says. Wrong guy for a presidential candidate to be poking.
* The conservative Judicial Watch still hasn't gotten through harassing Bill Clinton. It's sued for the tapes author Taylor Branch made of conversations with Clinton during his White House years. Clinton kept the tapes; Branch wrote a book based on his notes. The National Archives says the tapes don't constitute presidential records. Judicial Watch believes there's dirt there.
* Secretary of State Charlie Daniels announced results of a student mock election. Democrats won them all — Senate, Congress, statewide — save for one nut who has the same name as a famous race car driver. Yes, even Blanche Lincoln won. So pass the salt. Or give thanks that the younger generation holds hope for the future.
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Does the name Jerrod Hankins ring a bell? Likely not.
Jerrod Hankins was the Washington County bailiff who locked a Hispanic woman in
a holding tank and forgot about her for a few days. The woman almost died.
Jerrod is up to no-good again. This time Jerrod Hankins is sending false, anti-Obama emails out to dozens of county employees. The emails are marked as coming from Judge Storey's office. The judge has no one to blame but him self.
Ozarks Unbound has the story, below...
http://www.ozarksunbound.com/court-briefs-…
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Yeah . . . R-right! I'm sure that Huckabee will receive a large hunk of the donations Rove is garnering for Republican campaigns because the Huckabeen said, "I'm sorry!"
Amazing the power that Karl Rove has. He could probably get North Korea and Vietnam to apologize to us for all the trouble they caused us in the 50s and 60s.
It might be a good idea to check Huckabee's back and see how many lash marks are on it. Also check his knees for carpet burns. And what might a talk with his proctologist tell us. Huck probably took a lot of drilling by Rove before he offered up this apology.
Paging Janet B. Carson, if you're out here...
On my evening walks for the last week or so I have gotten occasional wafts of a lovely aroma that I can't identify. It's as if some shrub has recently come into bloom, and I smell it here, then I smell it there, but it's not everywhere. Seems like the wrong time of year for this sort of thing.
It smells a lot like a variety of dianthus ("pinks") that I had at one time, but of course it's not that. It's sort of a spicy/flowery smell...strong like gardenia is strong, but it doesn't smell like gardenia. If that makes sense.
Anybody know? (It's liable to be a new brand of laundry/dryer sheets, for all I know.)
Amazing that those old, grey pharts at Judicial Watch can keep a hard-on for anything this long.
They sure didn't keep a hard-on for Dick Cheney very long. When their official paper server went to the V-P's place to serve papers The Dick had them thrown out of the office by Capital guards and threatened them with arrest for "threatening" of some type. So much for Richard Mellon Scaife's money buying direct access to democracy.
Hope someone can dig up that story of Cheney having their warrant server thrown out. It's a lesson to future V-Ps and Presidents on how to handle Judicial Watch. Their case against Cheney's secret Energy Task Force
was thrown out of court.
Founder of Judicial Watch, Larry Klayman went on to lose his bid for U.S. Senator in Florida. You gotta love it when the RightWing Watchers start eating each other as this Slate article points out....
http://www.slate.com/id/2140567/entry/0/
Hugh, could it be Sweet Autumn Clematis? I drive by some of this every day when out deer hunting, and I love the smell when I go by...
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Garde…
I don't know why 'Knucklebee'/Karl Rove made me think of this..."you can call me Ray..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egr3HFB7hc4…
“Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you call me Ray J, or RJ, or RJJ, or RJJ Jr., but you don’t hasta call me Mr. Johnson!”
Re: The New and Improvement entrance to War Memorial.
It looks like that are building a nice garden and entrance archway.
But RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the entrance sidewalk, they have a huge silver electrical box, a pole for a traffic signal, and a big wooden utility pole.
I mean you have this $200,000 entrance and they already have huge obstacles right in the middle. Planning?
Looks like Joyce's union friends have indoctrinated well.
So looking forward to putting my kid in private school.
Hugh Mann, I think you're likely smelling either eleagnus or sweet olive, both of which are now blooming and both of which are very fragrant. If you're smelling this by any chance near the corner of Kavanaugh and Ridgeway, on the south side of Kavanaugh, there's a hedge of sweet olive there which has been very fragrant of late. I walk past it on my afternoon walk most days, and find it wonderful.
Sweet olive did not use to grow well in Little Rock. It is a semi-tropical shrub or small tree that dies in cold winters. I have a sweet olive that is now a tree, however, planted on the south side of my house, and it has over-wintered for more than 10 years now, and is intensely fragrant right now. The scent is very much like the essence of apricot distilled.
hugh, the dssw says Arkyhog could be correct, but that it could also be small clusters of sweet olive plants/shrubs you’re smelling. Some grow to small-tree size. She says they’re blooming in parts of town now. Hers peaked about 10 days ago. They may be hard to see, but look for very small white and/or orange blooms.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/2567372…
OMG!!! They are turning them kids into socialist mooslims in the public schools!!!111!!!
I Had a One-Night Stand With Christine O'Donnell
"Three years ago this week, an intoxicated Christine O'Donnell showed up at the apartment of a 25-year-old Philadelphian and ended up spending the night in his bed. Here's his story—and photos—of his escapade with the would-be Delaware senator.
http://gawker.com/5674353/i-had-a-one+nigh…
Gawker? You have to be kidding. A trasy story, written by a Villiage Voice idiot. You seemed above that eLwood. Shame on you. "And she didn't sleep with my roommate either". So what was the purpose of this story, other than to further trash this woman you don't know? Just hate her politics enough to further degrade a Witch? And so close to Halloween.
Backgammon, I think the point to that story is that carpet ain't in these days. I however am a fan of the carpet.....if I wanted an 8 year old girl I'd go to Pleasant Plains and find one. And all this time I thought Witches had steel wool down there.....I'll swan.
Henry Reid wins and GOP to accuse him of cheating...
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/gop-acc…
Q: What do you get if you cross a sorceress with a millionaire?
A: A very witch person !
Q: What should you do if you find a witch in your bed?
A: Run !
I just report the story....you decide
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If you've ever wondered why no matter how successfully you feel you've argued a political point with your best friend she never can seem to give into your point of view, it may not be a simple difference of opinion. Researchers now believe our political leanings may be in our genes ... at least in part.
According to a preliminary study led by Dr. James H. Fowler, professor of medical genetics and political science at the University of California, San Diego, a specific variant in the DRD4 gene may make those who have it more likely to be liberal. But that variant only leads to liberal leanings if the person in question has an active social life during his or her adolescent years.
The study was published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Politics and followed 2,000 subjects from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The DRD4 variant is already known as "the novelty-seeking gene," so Fowler told AOL Health it really wasn't a surprise to discover that those who carry it might exhibit a more liberal mindset since they're already people who are naturally more open to new ideas and often people who seek out interaction with a variety of social norms and lifestyles.
"Political scientists have been studying liberalism and conservatism for a very long time," Fowler says, pointing out that the long-held belief that our environment shapes our politics may not hold water. "We bring to the table our own personality, which is influenced by differences in our genes," he adds.
Interestingly enough, however, those with the DRD4 variant who don't have a lot of friends tend to be conservative. Fowler says this points to the fact that "environment is always primary in some sense" in shaping ideology.
Why does it matter though if our genes are "liberal" or "conservative?" Fowler says his study begins to address a much larger issue. "We've spent decades with our heads in the sand over biology's role in social behaviors," he says. "The main message for me is that it's okay to disagree."
Fowler believes that our differing genes set us up to disagree and to bring different viewpoints to the table, ultimately for the purpose of problem solving in the world. Sometimes, he says, a liberal viewpoint might offer the answer, while at other times a conservative approach might be best. "This is a fundamental evolutionary message that differing points of view are essential," he says.
Fowler is quick to caution against reading too much into this initial research. He hopes to see his results replicated but, at the very least, expects his work will lead to further study of humans' complex social behavior, particularly as it relates to politics.
DBI, This here is indeed an informative and educational blog. I think the reason witches have regular old carpet is so they can hide spiders and newts and whatnot in it. You can't get a newt to hide in steel wool, you know. But Im not a witch so thats just a guess. I did probably see every episode of "Bewitched" when I was a kid, though.
Remember the Republican's 11th commandment. Just got to figure out who is calling the shots for this party.
Give me a break. When you make a statement that disagrees with someone then you have to walk it back, what kind of big tent is that?
My way or the highway? Is that any way to run a country as big and diverse as America has become? No wonder we're losing our place as a "superpower."
We got people who won't work with others and paralyze our government with their quest for power.
Viper, lifter, and all you other DF's, enjoy the next two years. And let's see if Timmeh G is his own man or somebody's biatch.
Please let's not tease Christine O'Donnell too much.
Sure, she's an easy target. Irish, Catholic, dumb, attention-deficited, OCD, pretentious, still dumb, still Catholic and still Irish. But I'm worried about her.
No, no. Seriously.
Christine is convinced God's got her back in this election, when you and I both know the deity is setting her up for a fall and a FAIL so she's down on her knees obviously supplicating the wrong one.
God made her run, Christine swears, and plays a direct role in her campaign, demanding prayers from all her fans and followers so she wins.
"You gave me this desire of my heart [she tells God here on video, verbatim] to serve the people of Delaware to go in there and be your voice in Congress," Christine says.
That's God's voice in Congress, Razorbabies, God's telling her he wants her to be.
Like God tells so many bloggers here he wants them to be his voice. (God is still a "he," I'm assuming, since the whole feminist projection "she" thingie's never really taken off. And still white, of course.)
Witness for yourselves oblivious Christine's chipper descent into madness.
http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/…
"I know that God called me to do this." Christine affirms, nearly breaking your heart, Razorbabies. "God will give you the desires of your heart." She's so certain. "God will give you what you want."
Because how will Christine react when God screws her over and she loses?
AGAIN.
Consider with me, now, the following.
I hope somebody's there to catch Christine on election night, because of her -- you know -- past. She dabbled, she's admitted.
I'm truly afraid this time her defeat at the polls will prove the straw of rejection that breaks the camel's back, to coin a Mesopotamian existential metaphor from antiquity, and sends Christine reeling down the tragic path of slutty occultism.
Plus the rent's due again and no more campaign contributions to illegally appease her landlord so we all know where THAT old story can so easily leads.
Especially for unwed dabbling dumb Irish Catholic libidos, we're sorry to say.
Hugh,
There are fragrant varieties of camelias that bloom at this period, also paperwhite narcissus and osmanthus (aka sweet olive or sweet oliver) ". . . fragrance is the spirit. It can be described as sweet, holidy aroma, exotic, intoxicated or any thing you want for your imagination."
Norma, hopefully the voters in somes states are more aware of who they do not want to send to Congress. Unfortunately, Arkansas is not one of them.
I wish I had an explanation for this affliction.
Today the Bulgarian military ended its longstanding ban and will now allow women to serve as submariners. The Bulgarian Parliament also voted--to put Bulgaria's only submarine out of commission.
McCance video with Anderson Cooper up. Apologizes and says he'll resign from the school board. Apology seems to be more about the style of what he said rather than the substance.
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/10/28…
Mr. McCance told Anderson Cooper on CNN that he plans to resign. Here's hoping he follows through (and doesn't run again).
Congratulations to children in the Midland School District, gay and straight, who now know that bullying and hatred are not okay, and that there are people who care and want to protect them from those evils.
Kudos as well to everyone who did something -- anything -- to get the message across. All played a role. Special tip of the hat to you, Max. Proud to be one of your followers.
Now on to the work of educating the "McCances" out there who are too smart to post their hate online.
Are we sure that Gawker letter was not supposed to begin with "Dear Penthouse, I never thought I would write you a letter, but..."
I gotta say that I don't think there has ever been an election where a candidate's pubes have been discussed.
And that was a good thing.
Fuck you Gawker for making me feel sympathy for Christine.
Oh, I had a wonderful day....until the last part.
Cam, Gus and Gene flew up on the Auburn plane to treat me to a dinner at the Capital Hotel. (Yes, Tap & Durango, I'm aware this is an NCAA violation, but please don't tell).
Cam looked especially handsome in his suit. I'm telling you, he calls constantly and wants to be by my side at all times after I sent him the ultrasound pics of Lil' Cam.
Well, wouldn't you know it, HHW just shows up out of nowhere. (She was by herself, HHH was nowhere to be found).
I'm always polite because I'm southern and I said, "Hey, HHW, come join us if you're a single. This is Gene Chizik, Gus Malzahn and Cameron Newton.''
She took a seat immediately, right by Cam. She actually wedged her seat rudely between Cam and me.
"So, you fellows into football?'' HHW said while applying lip gloss and fluffing her hair. "I know quite a bit.''
At this point, I thought she was drunk. HHW knows nothing about football.
Gene and Gus appeared uncomfortable, while Cam was staring down HHW's low-cut blouse. I intervened.
"HHW, dear, this is a private party. Are you here for a reason?'' I asked innocently.
"You invited me to sit down, bitch. You're not the belle of the ball at this table,'' HHW screamed, while grabbing the butter knife.
It was on, and it wasn't pretty. Gene and Gus grabbed Cam and they were out door, en route to the airport. I managed to knock out HHW's two front teeth before she got me in a choke hold and ruptured my larynx.
Luckily, we were transported to the ER in the same ambulance. We made made up and apologized.
I saw the error of my ways, as did she. We're the best of friends again.
Love ya, HHW. Just don't come on to Cam again.
I'm glad Sharon Angle is here to save us.
http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/10/sha…
Get used to it, stj.
And prepare yourself for four or five years from now, when the first wave of giggling girls and boys blows up your telephone with calls for Lil Cam.
"Oh, Ms. Stj . . . Can Cam come over to play and stay for dinner? Puh-Leeeese? Mom says you and your WBW would prolly enjoy a night at the movies....Pretty Please?"
Just one more from colorlines.com: Seven Racists Costumes to Avoid this Halloween --
Really, the "terrorist" and the "Mexican" can't really be actual costumes.
Can they?
http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/10/7_r…
Yeth, Thister, I'm tho glad we're able to be friendthh again. I think it wath a bad reacthion to thumthin' I had at dinner. 'Courth it coulda been thothe cat tranquilithers I took with the wine.
But you can't really blame me for flirtin'. Cam is juth thoooo cute! And I get tho lonely when HHH ith out of town.
Anyway, I'm tho glad you underthand and forgive me. I juth hope that the dentith can thee me firth thing in the morning.
Happy October 28th!
Don't I know it, Tap. I'm not looking forward to those times. But, I guess it'll all be worth it in the long run:) Who knows, maybe Lil' Cam will lead Vandy to their first National Championship?
Nah, he's going to Auburn.
Oh, HHW...so what? A couple of teeth? It's hard for me to drink large quantities of beer at this point because of the damage you did to me.
BTW, Cam called and asked about you. I immediately hung up. Are you texting him? I thought we had an agreement????
So STJ, why wasn't I invited to this fabulous party? I would have been happy to celebrate with you and meet the father of your child, even if I am not a football fan. And HHW in a low cut blouse and wearing lip gloss makes me know that Cam must be worth meeting and drooling over. But I hope HHH isn't reading the blog tonight because he might get jealous when he hears that HHW was running around on him.
I'm glad to hear that both of you survived the spat and are speaking again though it sounds like HHW will have to have dental implants soon. I hope her insurance covers it or she'll be hitting you up for some of your football winnings in order to buy herself some new teeth.
I miss out on all of the fun :-(
Thanks for all the suggestions as to the source of that nice aroma I've noticed. I'll have to take a walk in the light of day this weekend to see if I can pinpoint it.
Hey, stj. I got a call from an old high school teammate of mine who is now coaching college football. He wants to know if he can get your cell phone number and call you about Lil Cam. Is it okay? He says to mention Durango's name if you're at all hesitant.
In an interview with the British newspaper The Telegraph, Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's so-called "brain," offered a few thoughts about Sarah Palin. Essentially, Rove argues that Palin, who left office midway through her first term in office as governor of Alaska, doesn't have what it takes to be elected president.
http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk-election…
Phew! Someone dumped a stinking sexist load of Gawker in here. How can you folks stand the smell?
From the Rove interview at eL's link:
"There are high standards that the American people have for it [the presidency] and they require a certain level of gravitas," Rove said, "and they want to look at the candidate and say, 'That candidate is doing things that gives me confidence that they are up to the most demanding job in the world.' "
Just remember. We elected W. twice. "Gravitas" and "George W. Bush" won't inhabit the same sentence.
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