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This is a hoot. Obama is trying to get cozy with NASCAR fans, and guess what he told them? “We can’t keep on going in the same direction we’ve been going in.” I guess he’s expecting NASCAR drivers to start making right turns instead of left ones.
Okay, one more. I didn’t make this one up, so I’ll give appropriate credit to Don Surber.
As one of my correspondents noted: “The Democrats have suddenly developed a keen sense of morality. John Edwards has been banned from making a speech at the democratic convention for having an affair and lying about it. Bill Clinton will be speaking in his place.”
(It’s) striking how unqualified Obama is and how this whole thing came about within the Democrat Party. I think it really goes back to the fact that nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy.
I think this is a classic illustration here where affirmative action has reared its ugly head against them. It’s the reverse of it. They’ve, they’ve ended up nominating and placing at the top of their ticket somebody who’s not qualified, who has not earned it. […]
It’s perfect affirmative action. And because of all this guilt and the historic nature of things, nobody had the guts to say, well, wait a minute, do we really want to do this?
Published in July’s Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, the study claims that people could guess fairly accurately (”better than chance”) whether men were gay or straight by looking at photos of their faces.
The researchers found that subjects could accurately determine in 50 milliseconds — one-twentieth of a second — whether the men were gay or straight about 60 percent of the time. Rule says all the subjects were accurate 55 percent to 70 percent of the time.
In the study, the researchers consider the possibility that the ability to suss out the sexual orientation of others serves an evolutionary purpose….
When I looked at this photo, I knew immediately that this guy was gay.
I guess if Marc tossed out more open threads, we’d have more practice, and we would be better at it, and we wouldn’t be sitting ducks here, target practice for Woody’s cornball brand of humor.
Maybe qdpsteve has the right idea: near future science fiction about an Obama presidency. Maybe we should a parallel universe version. The premise occurred to me when I noticed that with Obama we have the second presidential candidacy of somebody who could be called Barry — and who, in the case of Barry (was “Baron”?) Goldwater (”Goldwasser” on his father’s side originally) actually WAS called Barry.
Presidential candidate Barack Goldwasser, born of a Jewish father and a Kenyan mother …. oh hell, I don’t know where I’m going with this, so somebody please take me there ….
>The researchers found that subjects
>could accurately determine in
>50 milliseconds — one-twentieth
>of a second — whether the men
>were gay or straight about 60
>percent of the time
Assuming Woody’s summary is correct, the reporter here didn’t have a clue about statistics. That’s typical, but what is laughable is that about five seconds’ thought would tell you that, based on the reporter’s mangled account of the results, on the face of it, these numbers show that people are apparently more likely to guess wrongly than they would by chance. If you looked at a set of photos of the faces of a representative sample of men and guessed that they were all straight, you’d be right about 95% of the time.
Stu, I saw “Project Runway” the other night. The designers were making outfits for drag queens. I’m pretty sure that I sized up those who were gay (all of them), except for the guys who fooled me into thinking that they were women.
qdpsteve, that’s a funny article from The Village Voice. But, now that I know that you read that publication, I’m going to have to fine tune my own gaydar on you.
The problem with Mr. Obama’s fiscal plans is not that that they lack vision. On the contrary, the vision is plain enough: a larger welfare state paid for by higher taxes. The problem is not even that they imply change. The problem is that his plans are statist.
While the candidate is sending a fiscal “Ich bin ein Berliner” message to Americans, European critics of his call for greater spending on defense are the canary in the coal mine for what lies ahead with his vision for the United States.
How does Dean Hubbard manage to keep his job at Columbia University?
In Marc’s absence I’m going to link to his old colleague David Corn, who out’s McCain as a, shall we say, challenged in the truth-telling department. It’s about one of McCain’s awesome, incredibly straight-talking answers at Saddleback. Turns out McCain is a shameless liar. Maybe it’s a trait he picked up out of necessity as a POW. Who knows. Anyway, Corn looks at McCain’s “3 wisest people you’d consult as President” answer and it turns out to be a crock. Not just a crock, but an exploitation by the trustworthy old POW of another man’s heroism and physical courage - all to buff McCain’s own political image. McCain routinely lies and he lies on the cheap. It’s as simple as that.
I might also point out since Woody made an issue of Obama’s half-brother, at least he acknowledges him. More’s the pity that Cindy McCain doesn’t appear to acknowledge her half-sister.
reg, John Lewis used to be my representative in Congress (as was Newt Gingrich.) In fact, I talked to Rep. Lewis on an April 15th in the main Atlanta post office. I asked him if he was there to thank the many taxpayers who were standing in lines to pay their taxes. He wasn’t. I guess that liberal politicians also feel entitled to the money of working families without being grateful.
If I had been McCain, I wouldn’t have asked Lewis for advice either. John Lewis voted in step with commie rep. Cynthia McKinney?
Rob, McCain doesn’t own “his” houses personally, his wife does–and, you can be sure of one thing–he didn’t give Obama buddy Tony Rezko special political favors to buy them far below market.
“How does Dean Hubbard manage to keep his job at Columbia University?”
Oh, that’s easy:
(1) With his connections, he’s a huge asset to Columbia University, and particularly its B-school.
(2) If, by “his job”, you also mean his being a professor there, that’s also easy, Woody: it’s called academic freedom.
The better question might be: why didn’t Hubbard want to keep working for Dubya?
Maybe because he didn’t like the intellectual straitjacket, the groupthink? Maybe because he’d like to weigh in on topics like global warming, from an economist’s perspective, instead of having to keep his mouth shut about things that aren’t on his policy turf as a government official?
For an economist, the problem of selling your soul to some politician is that the people you really respect — other economists at your own level — start losing respect for you. Having worked for Dubya’s dad, Hubbard was probably pretty familiar with those risks.
Oh. It’s his wife’s property. I see. The spouse on the title affects one’s ability to count….Kinda seems like a distinction without difference, no? Not knowing how many houses are in a ‘household’ must be a common ailment amongst the rich and powerful.
But then I’m a few G’s short of $5 million. So what would I know?
McCain - in the forum that you claim he “won” - said that Lewis was one of the three key people whose advice he would seek as President. McCain is obviosly a liar. I know that’s not a problem with you - right down your alley. But McCain has an excuse. As a POW it’s absolutely essential to develop the habit of lying in order to survive. That this follows him in civilian life - especially having chosen a career in politics - is understandable.
Rob: The spouse on the title affects one’s ability to count…
Do you think that John Kerry kept up with all of Teresa’s homes and real estate investments? Even I can’t even figure out where my wife spends the money. Given the wealth of McCain’s wife and the far reach of her finances, that’s not unusual to require time to reflect on what she owns. Why, even after taking time to research it, Obama came up with seven houses rather than the correct eight. It’s harder than you think, or Obama’s more stupid that we suspect.
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MT, I’m not surprised tht Hubbard pretends to buy in to global warming, seeing that crack-pot James Hansen, also at Columbia, is one of the most outspoken proponents of the matter. But, Hubbard’s words in the article that you linked are carefully chosen and crafted to pretend to buy-in without actually doing so–and, he falls far, far short of Hansen’s nutty proposal to try fossil fuel CEOs For ‘high crimes against humanity.’ So, Hubbard isn’t selling his soul to radical leftism, either.
BTW, academic freedom is a term used to protect crazed professors like Ward Churchill, not conservatives, and the way it’s applied is anti-intellectual.
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reg, Christians aren’t perfect. They are forgiven. I suspect that you are neither perfect nor forgiven.
qdpsteve, that’s a funny article from The Village Voice. But, now that I know that you read that publication, I’m going to have to fine tune my own gaydar on you.
Oh behave Woody!
Since you mention it, I am NOT a regular reader of the Village Voice. However, I’ve found I do enjoy its subsidiary SoCal publication, the OCWeekly. Anyone else here familiar with Gustavo Arellano?
The Village Voice is not a gay publication. Indeed, the same company also publishes LA Weekly, for which our esteemed blog host writes.
If one were to actually read the Voice, one would not that there are several ad pages devoted to heterosexual escort and dating services, hardly a gay demographic. The price, in any event is right for those who get it in New York: free.
Gosh, thanks for clearing that up, Woody. It’s relieving to know that Sen. McCain’s inability to count or correctly know how many houses he really owns is attributable to his wife’s ‘far reach’ of her vast wealth. So it really is an ailment of being rich. Who knew?! Thus no one should confuse Sen. McCain’s answers on ‘what is rich’ or ‘how many houses do you and your wife own’ as merely symbolic examples of him being out of touch. According to you, McCain really is afflicted. Surely the tax cuts McCain favors for the upper-crust are actually just part of his health care plan. Glad to see the rich finally getting something. They’ve really had such a hard time…
Rob, McCain is no more affilcted with a “rich ailment” than your last candidate, John Kerry–husband of Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira Heinz (Kerry). McCain had a better chance of guessing the number of houses that Cindy owns than Kerry does the number of names that his wife has.
Further, the McCain’s have a prenuptial agreement keeping most of the wife’s family assets in her name. They have kept their finances apart, and they file their taxes as married-filing separately.
McCain, is more versed on issues of national importance than his personal finances. That’s where I want his attention.
If you think about it, that was a planted question which had no merit on the issues, but was merely asked to stir up wealth envy. Obama doesn’t live in a shoddy house himself, but he sure panders to envy and makes people unhappy who shouldn’t be.
reg, admit it. You think that John McCain is a baby killer, just like you do about our troops in Iraq.
For McCain’s black friend, I vote for Pvt. Benjamin Buford ‘Bubba’ Blue. Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it.
A much better pick than Rev. Wright, whom another person chose.
The positions and values of Senator Obama stand mightily against those espoused, and what’s more, practiced, by Martin Luther King Jr. Based on all these considerations, I think it is quite probable that King, were he alive today, would not vote for Barack Obama.
Research by a Washington State University linguist found that people who tell bad jokes often endure an astonishing outpouring of hostility from the listeners.
“These were basically attacks intended to result in the social exclusion or humiliation of the speaker, punctuated on occasion with profanity, a nasty glare or even a solid punch to the arm,” said researcher Nancy Bell.
My first clue about how people might react to my points and jokes was when I was in school and took part in a debate on stage in front of the class. After I made my presentation, the guy who had presented the other side walked across the stage towards me. Rather than extending his hand, he punched me right in the stomach. I believe that the judges gave him extra points for that. True story. I’m glad that this blog isn’t interactive and that you guys don’t know where I live.
Woody, that woman who wrote the MLK/Obama article is so stupid that if you go to her website and scroll down to her “Pajamas Media Obama Memo” post, it’s obvious she reprinted and made comments on a blatant parody and didn’t even know it. You’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for any annoying shit. You look, as always, like a total fucking idiot.
“My first clue about how people might react to my points and jokes was when I was in school ….”
Oh, so this problem of being an asshole with a very off-key sense of humor goes way back with you, Woody? I suppose I could’ve guessed.
But that’s neither here nor there. What I’m waiting for is your explanation for why John McCain is not a “radical leftist”, despite being an announced believer in anthropogenic global warming. Why would he hew to such a ridiculous position when he’s not even employed by Columbia University, where (by your account) James Hansen rules the roost on such matters, and could order McCain beheaded for heresy.
Or, wait a minute, maybe McCain is also just pretending he believes in AGW, because George W. Bush has also said he thinks human beings are a factor in global warming, and McCain is McSame. But then, wait, we’ve still got a problem: you’ve got to explain why Bush himself is not a radical leftist. It could only be that Bush has been similarly intimidated somehow, but the problem with that is the same as with McCain: Bush doesn’t work at Columbia, and James Hansen’s talons can’t be so long.
But is that right? Could it be that James Hansen’s reach is much longer than any of us realize? Ah, I’ve got it: Hansen is affiliated with NASA. So obviously, he has figured out a way to crash the Space Shuttle into any target he chooses: the White House, that ranch in Crawford, any of McCain’s seven residences …. Well, it may seem implausible, but as Sherlock Holmes said, once you’ve eliminated all other hypotheses, the one that remains must be the truth, no matter how gobsmackingly paranoid it sounds. And I know I’d sure toe the line of the crazed enviro-Stalinists if I thought I was in crosshairs like those.
Except, wait a minute … James Inhofe, who has called AGW a “hoax” (exposing the conspiracy for what it is) wanders around freely on the surface of the Earth, rather than cowering in a network of bunkers. Why hasn’t he been targeted for assassination with the Space Shuttle? Ah, I’ve got it: we’re running out of Shuttles! There’s one left for Bush, and one left for McCain. The enviro-Stalinists will, with limited ammo, naturally prioritize the high-value targets. This must be why America is retiring the Shuttle program: NASA is infested with radical leftists determined to keep their powder dry. They can’t afford to lose any more Shuttles.
reg: The question of how many babies John McCain killed….
So, you admit that you consider McCain a baby killer. I knew it. I wonder how God feels about those candidates and people who support abortion.
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reg, I never heard Martin Luther King talk in such an un-Christian manner as Rev. Wright, Obama’s pastor for twenty years.
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MT, I’m not going to get into another global warming debate with you. But, I keep waiting for the world to end, as Al Gore and Hansen are predictinig, and it’s not happening. Rather, the Earth is getting cooler. I’m staying far enough south to keep the coming ice sheet at arm’s length.
Of course a guy who dropped bombs on Vietnam killed children. George McGovern was a “baby killer” in WWII, as anyone who lives in the real world understands. The difference is between the tragedy of doing things that inevitably have evil consequences in a just war where the alternatives don’t exist and doing it in a war like Vietnam that was for naught, except to cause unnecessary horror.
Talking to you reminds me of talking to a not-particularly-bright child. With ADD.
“MT, I’m not going to get into another global warming debate with you.”
Yeah, I wouldn’t if I were you. How many straight losses have you suffered? Any wins?
“But, I keep waiting for the world to end, as Al Gore and Hansen are predictinig, and it’s not happening.”
Neither of them are predicting the end of the world; both are predicting serious consequences of AGW, but on timescales your gnat-like attention span apparently can’t quite cover. Besides, if you actually knew anything about Hansen, you’d know his account doesn’t necessarily agree with Gore’s — Hansen has actually proposed that … oh, wait a minute: this is where the discussion flies about ten miles over your head. Sorry. I was treating you like someone who could actually have a scientific interest in the question. Forget it.
“Rather, the Earth is getting cooler.”
Typical denialist bias: where the generally rising temperature record is flat, or falling, that “disproves” AGW. Where it’s increasing, it’s just “natural variation.” On such reasoning, people headed inexorably toward bankruptcy could argue that they weren’t. Whenever their debt levels leveled off or declined, it would be “proof” everything was OK. Whenever their debt increased, it would be just “natural fluctuation”! Point them at the overall trend and … they can just sharply change the subject … maybe just insult somebody, about something unrelated. Or, a typical Woodyism, simply duck out of the discussion.
reg, from Ann Coulter’s ‘How To Talk To A Liberal (If You Must)’ ….
“If you can somehow force a liberal into a point-counterpoint argument, his retorts will bear no relation to what you’ve said — unless you were in fact talking about your looks, your age, your weight, your personal obsessions, or whether you are a fascist. In the famous liberal two-step, they leap from one idiotic point to the next, so you can never nail them. It’s like arguing with someone with Attention Deficit Disorder.”
I’m not a liberal.
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MT, a site made with you in mind….GREENIE WATCH, and this quote….
George Orwell: “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
I call myself a skeptic, but Al Gore considers me a rebel.
Since we’re quoting Orwell, I’ll bring this up again:
“To admit that an opponent might be both honest and intelligent is felt to be intolerable. It is more immediately satisfying to shout that he is a fool or a scoundrel.”
I’m not here insulting you. You have been baiting me for several days and I have told you that I’m not going to jump in the sewer with you. Take your insults to someone it will get a rise out of.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:10 am
[...] On Break [...]
August 21st, 2008 at 6:06 am
This is a hoot. Obama is trying to get cozy with NASCAR fans, and guess what he told them? “We can’t keep on going in the same direction we’ve been going in.” I guess he’s expecting NASCAR drivers to start making right turns instead of left ones.
August 21st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I suppose that’s why there are so many crashes at Watkins Glen.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I see Obama has a nifty new ad that caters to losers affilicted with wealth envy–as though Obama doesn’t make enough himself.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Randy Paul, if okay with you, I gave you credit as being the inspiration for my latest post at G.M.’s.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Okay, one more. I didn’t make this one up, so I’ll give appropriate credit to Don Surber.
As one of my correspondents noted: “The Democrats have suddenly developed a keen sense of morality. John Edwards has been banned from making a speech at the democratic convention for having an affair and lying about it. Bill Clinton will be speaking in his place.”
August 21st, 2008 at 4:26 pm
OK, Woody, that’s 4 hooks you’ve bailted and the lines are still dangling in the water. Care to make it 5?
August 21st, 2008 at 4:33 pm
They’re eating the worms, but the hook doesn’t set. So, here’s another…McCain has a response to the Obama housing and wealth envy ad.
The real housing problem
August 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Randy Paul, if okay with you, I gave you credit as being the inspiration for my latest post at G.M.’s.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
August 21st, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Besides, Woody…it looks nothing like Randy.
Now, Bush’s fishing partner, maybe…
August 21st, 2008 at 6:48 pm
I like the way this thread is shaping up. Sort of a “quiet desperation that won’t shut up” flavor.
August 21st, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I thought it was a “no one has an answer” flavor.
Something to think about, by Rush Limbaugh:
August 21st, 2008 at 7:32 pm
How good is your “gaydar?”
When I looked at this photo, I knew immediately that this guy was gay.
Goodnight.
August 21st, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Something new for Reg and Woody to have fun with and/or argue about, courtesy of the Village Voice:
The Harrowing Adventures of President Obama.
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:39 am
I guess if Marc tossed out more open threads, we’d have more practice, and we would be better at it, and we wouldn’t be sitting ducks here, target practice for Woody’s cornball brand of humor.
Maybe qdpsteve has the right idea: near future science fiction about an Obama presidency. Maybe we should a parallel universe version. The premise occurred to me when I noticed that with Obama we have the second presidential candidacy of somebody who could be called Barry — and who, in the case of Barry (was “Baron”?) Goldwater (”Goldwasser” on his father’s side originally) actually WAS called Barry.
Presidential candidate Barack Goldwasser, born of a Jewish father and a Kenyan mother …. oh hell, I don’t know where I’m going with this, so somebody please take me there ….
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:40 am
Michael,
Make it Barcuh, not Barack as that is Obama’s name in Hebrew.
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:41 am
Damn typos! That’s Baruch. I’ve known three Baruchs in my life and they all went by the nickname Barry.
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:10 am
>The researchers found that subjects
>could accurately determine in
>50 milliseconds — one-twentieth
>of a second — whether the men
>were gay or straight about 60
>percent of the time
Assuming Woody’s summary is correct, the reporter here didn’t have a clue about statistics. That’s typical, but what is laughable is that about five seconds’ thought would tell you that, based on the reporter’s mangled account of the results, on the face of it, these numbers show that people are apparently more likely to guess wrongly than they would by chance. If you looked at a set of photos of the faces of a representative sample of men and guessed that they were all straight, you’d be right about 95% of the time.
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:19 am
Stu, I saw “Project Runway” the other night. The designers were making outfits for drag queens. I’m pretty sure that I sized up those who were gay (all of them), except for the guys who fooled me into thinking that they were women.
qdpsteve, that’s a funny article from The Village Voice. But, now that I know that you read that publication, I’m going to have to fine tune my own gaydar on you.
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
Want to talk about something of substance? How about Obama and his tax plans? Here’s something to help you get started.
We Can’t Tax Our Way Out of the Entitlement Crisis
By R. GLENN HUBBARD, dean of Columbia University Business School
How does Dean Hubbard manage to keep his job at Columbia University?
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:44 am
In Marc’s absence I’m going to link to his old colleague David Corn, who out’s McCain as a, shall we say, challenged in the truth-telling department. It’s about one of McCain’s awesome, incredibly straight-talking answers at Saddleback. Turns out McCain is a shameless liar. Maybe it’s a trait he picked up out of necessity as a POW. Who knows. Anyway, Corn looks at McCain’s “3 wisest people you’d consult as President” answer and it turns out to be a crock. Not just a crock, but an exploitation by the trustworthy old POW of another man’s heroism and physical courage - all to buff McCain’s own political image. McCain routinely lies and he lies on the cheap. It’s as simple as that.
Here’s the link:
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/2008/08/mccain-john-lewis-fetish.html
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:24 am
I might also point out since Woody made an issue of Obama’s half-brother, at least he acknowledges him. More’s the pity that Cindy McCain doesn’t appear to acknowledge her half-sister.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:50 am
From the activities of Obama’s potential V.P.’s, it looks as if VA Gov. Kaine is the pick–but, who cares?
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Barack Obama’s real name is Barry Soetoro and he has Indonesian citizenship. It’s true. It’s on the internet.
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Don’t take a swig of beer every time that you hear a lie at the Democratic Convention. It would be expensive and dangerous for your health.
Don’t believe a word you hear in Denver next week.
The Clinton-Obama display of unity will make the Nazi-Soviet Pact look like an event rooted in profound principle.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 am
Breaking News: Woody has sex with pigs. Male pigs. It’s true…
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:05 am
reg, John Lewis used to be my representative in Congress (as was Newt Gingrich.) In fact, I talked to Rep. Lewis on an April 15th in the main Atlanta post office. I asked him if he was there to thank the many taxpayers who were standing in lines to pay their taxes. He wasn’t. I guess that liberal politicians also feel entitled to the money of working families without being grateful.
If I had been McCain, I wouldn’t have asked Lewis for advice either. John Lewis voted in step with commie rep. Cynthia McKinney?
Maybe McCain meant Jerry Lewis.
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:12 am
reg, if I did, those pigs, at least, would be red, white, and blue American–unlike Obama, who is slopping at the trough of American taxpayers.
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:13 am
Marc: I’m jealous. Hope you enjoy a little break.
I gotta work through this weekend. I tried to tell my supervisor that I needed some time off so I could count up all the houses I own. No luck….
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:22 am
Obama smugly mocks the Bible.
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:34 am
Rob, McCain doesn’t own “his” houses personally, his wife does–and, you can be sure of one thing–he didn’t give Obama buddy Tony Rezko special political favors to buy them far below market.
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:38 am
“How does Dean Hubbard manage to keep his job at Columbia University?”
Oh, that’s easy:
(1) With his connections, he’s a huge asset to Columbia University, and particularly its B-school.
(2) If, by “his job”, you also mean his being a professor there, that’s also easy, Woody: it’s called academic freedom.
The better question might be: why didn’t Hubbard want to keep working for Dubya?
Maybe because he didn’t like the intellectual straitjacket, the groupthink? Maybe because he’d like to weigh in on topics like global warming, from an economist’s perspective, instead of having to keep his mouth shut about things that aren’t on his policy turf as a government official?
For an economist, the problem of selling your soul to some politician is that the people you really respect — other economists at your own level — start losing respect for you. Having worked for Dubya’s dad, Hubbard was probably pretty familiar with those risks.
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Oh. It’s his wife’s property. I see. The spouse on the title affects one’s ability to count….Kinda seems like a distinction without difference, no? Not knowing how many houses are in a ‘household’ must be a common ailment amongst the rich and powerful.
But then I’m a few G’s short of $5 million. So what would I know?
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am
In any event, the question was “How many houses do you and your wife own.”
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:09 am
This just in: Insane rightwing sleaze-merchant Woody mocks Jesus by purporting to be one of his followers. Video coming at 11:00.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
“I wouldn’t have asked Lewis for advice either”
McCain - in the forum that you claim he “won” - said that Lewis was one of the three key people whose advice he would seek as President. McCain is obviosly a liar. I know that’s not a problem with you - right down your alley. But McCain has an excuse. As a POW it’s absolutely essential to develop the habit of lying in order to survive. That this follows him in civilian life - especially having chosen a career in politics - is understandable.
What’s your excuse ?
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
Rob: The spouse on the title affects one’s ability to count…
Do you think that John Kerry kept up with all of Teresa’s homes and real estate investments? Even I can’t even figure out where my wife spends the money. Given the wealth of McCain’s wife and the far reach of her finances, that’s not unusual to require time to reflect on what she owns. Why, even after taking time to research it, Obama came up with seven houses rather than the correct eight. It’s harder than you think, or Obama’s more stupid that we suspect.
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MT, I’m not surprised tht Hubbard pretends to buy in to global warming, seeing that crack-pot James Hansen, also at Columbia, is one of the most outspoken proponents of the matter. But, Hubbard’s words in the article that you linked are carefully chosen and crafted to pretend to buy-in without actually doing so–and, he falls far, far short of Hansen’s nutty proposal to try fossil fuel CEOs For ‘high crimes against humanity.’ So, Hubbard isn’t selling his soul to radical leftism, either.
BTW, academic freedom is a term used to protect crazed professors like Ward Churchill, not conservatives, and the way it’s applied is anti-intellectual.
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reg, Christians aren’t perfect. They are forgiven. I suspect that you are neither perfect nor forgiven.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 am
reg: What’s your excuse (for lying)?
I’ll let you know if I ever do it.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 am
qdpsteve, that’s a funny article from The Village Voice. But, now that I know that you read that publication, I’m going to have to fine tune my own gaydar on you.
Oh behave Woody!
Since you mention it, I am NOT a regular reader of the Village Voice. However, I’ve found I do enjoy its subsidiary SoCal publication, the OCWeekly. Anyone else here familiar with Gustavo Arellano?
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
The Village Voice is not a gay publication. Indeed, the same company also publishes LA Weekly, for which our esteemed blog host writes.
If one were to actually read the Voice, one would not that there are several ad pages devoted to heterosexual escort and dating services, hardly a gay demographic. The price, in any event is right for those who get it in New York: free.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
Gosh, thanks for clearing that up, Woody. It’s relieving to know that Sen. McCain’s inability to count or correctly know how many houses he really owns is attributable to his wife’s ‘far reach’ of her vast wealth. So it really is an ailment of being rich. Who knew?! Thus no one should confuse Sen. McCain’s answers on ‘what is rich’ or ‘how many houses do you and your wife own’ as merely symbolic examples of him being out of touch. According to you, McCain really is afflicted. Surely the tax cuts McCain favors for the upper-crust are actually just part of his health care plan. Glad to see the rich finally getting something. They’ve really had such a hard time…
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:49 am
John Lewis is obviously McCain’s Imaginary Black Friend. I think he’d be on firmer ground if he relied on Sgt. Lincoln Osiris.
Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pxOzSpUXtg
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:55 am
Reg,
I vote for Lando Calrissian.
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Rob, McCain is no more affilcted with a “rich ailment” than your last candidate, John Kerry–husband of Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira Heinz (Kerry). McCain had a better chance of guessing the number of houses that Cindy owns than Kerry does the number of names that his wife has.
Further, the McCain’s have a prenuptial agreement keeping most of the wife’s family assets in her name. They have kept their finances apart, and they file their taxes as married-filing separately.
McCain, is more versed on issues of national importance than his personal finances. That’s where I want his attention.
If you think about it, that was a planted question which had no merit on the issues, but was merely asked to stir up wealth envy. Obama doesn’t live in a shoddy house himself, but he sure panders to envy and makes people unhappy who shouldn’t be.
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
reg, admit it. You think that John McCain is a baby killer, just like you do about our troops in Iraq.
For McCain’s black friend, I vote for Pvt. Benjamin Buford ‘Bubba’ Blue.
Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it.
A much better pick than Rev. Wright, whom another person chose.
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Just because your pastor is named “Bubba,” Woody, doesn’t mean everyone’s must be.
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 pm
What Would MLK Do?
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Why not to tell jokes to liberals with no sense of humor….
My first clue about how people might react to my points and jokes was when I was in school and took part in a debate on stage in front of the class. After I made my presentation, the guy who had presented the other side walked across the stage towards me. Rather than extending his hand, he punched me right in the stomach. I believe that the judges gave him extra points for that. True story. I’m glad that this blog isn’t interactive and that you guys don’t know where I live.
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
The question of how many babies John McCain killed in his bombing runs over Vietnam is between him and his God.
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Woody, that woman who wrote the MLK/Obama article is so stupid that if you go to her website and scroll down to her “Pajamas Media Obama Memo” post, it’s obvious she reprinted and made comments on a blatant parody and didn’t even know it. You’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for any annoying shit. You look, as always, like a total fucking idiot.
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
“More evidence that Martin Luther King wouldn’t have voted for Obama” :
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/058.html
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
“My first clue about how people might react to my points and jokes was when I was in school ….”
Oh, so this problem of being an asshole with a very off-key sense of humor goes way back with you, Woody? I suppose I could’ve guessed.
But that’s neither here nor there. What I’m waiting for is your explanation for why John McCain is not a “radical leftist”, despite being an announced believer in anthropogenic global warming. Why would he hew to such a ridiculous position when he’s not even employed by Columbia University, where (by your account) James Hansen rules the roost on such matters, and could order McCain beheaded for heresy.
Or, wait a minute, maybe McCain is also just pretending he believes in AGW, because George W. Bush has also said he thinks human beings are a factor in global warming, and McCain is McSame. But then, wait, we’ve still got a problem: you’ve got to explain why Bush himself is not a radical leftist. It could only be that Bush has been similarly intimidated somehow, but the problem with that is the same as with McCain: Bush doesn’t work at Columbia, and James Hansen’s talons can’t be so long.
But is that right? Could it be that James Hansen’s reach is much longer than any of us realize? Ah, I’ve got it: Hansen is affiliated with NASA. So obviously, he has figured out a way to crash the Space Shuttle into any target he chooses: the White House, that ranch in Crawford, any of McCain’s seven residences …. Well, it may seem implausible, but as Sherlock Holmes said, once you’ve eliminated all other hypotheses, the one that remains must be the truth, no matter how gobsmackingly paranoid it sounds. And I know I’d sure toe the line of the crazed enviro-Stalinists if I thought I was in crosshairs like those.
Except, wait a minute … James Inhofe, who has called AGW a “hoax” (exposing the conspiracy for what it is) wanders around freely on the surface of the Earth, rather than cowering in a network of bunkers. Why hasn’t he been targeted for assassination with the Space Shuttle? Ah, I’ve got it: we’re running out of Shuttles! There’s one left for Bush, and one left for McCain. The enviro-Stalinists will, with limited ammo, naturally prioritize the high-value targets. This must be why America is retiring the Shuttle program: NASA is infested with radical leftists determined to keep their powder dry. They can’t afford to lose any more Shuttles.
*Wew* … my wordview is safe again.
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:17 am
reg: The question of how many babies John McCain killed….
So, you admit that you consider McCain a baby killer. I knew it. I wonder how God feels about those candidates and people who support abortion.
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reg, I never heard Martin Luther King talk in such an un-Christian manner as Rev. Wright, Obama’s pastor for twenty years.
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MT, I’m not going to get into another global warming debate with you. But, I keep waiting for the world to end, as Al Gore and Hansen are predictinig, and it’s not happening. Rather, the Earth is getting cooler. I’m staying far enough south to keep the coming ice sheet at arm’s length.
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Of course a guy who dropped bombs on Vietnam killed children. George McGovern was a “baby killer” in WWII, as anyone who lives in the real world understands. The difference is between the tragedy of doing things that inevitably have evil consequences in a just war where the alternatives don’t exist and doing it in a war like Vietnam that was for naught, except to cause unnecessary horror.
Talking to you reminds me of talking to a not-particularly-bright child. With ADD.
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Your “gotchas” generally signal that you’ve “gotchya” head up your ass.
August 24th, 2008 at 6:06 am
“MT, I’m not going to get into another global warming debate with you.”
Yeah, I wouldn’t if I were you. How many straight losses have you suffered? Any wins?
“But, I keep waiting for the world to end, as Al Gore and Hansen are predictinig, and it’s not happening.”
Neither of them are predicting the end of the world; both are predicting serious consequences of AGW, but on timescales your gnat-like attention span apparently can’t quite cover. Besides, if you actually knew anything about Hansen, you’d know his account doesn’t necessarily agree with Gore’s — Hansen has actually proposed that … oh, wait a minute: this is where the discussion flies about ten miles over your head. Sorry. I was treating you like someone who could actually have a scientific interest in the question. Forget it.
“Rather, the Earth is getting cooler.”
Typical denialist bias: where the generally rising temperature record is flat, or falling, that “disproves” AGW. Where it’s increasing, it’s just “natural variation.” On such reasoning, people headed inexorably toward bankruptcy could argue that they weren’t. Whenever their debt levels leveled off or declined, it would be “proof” everything was OK. Whenever their debt increased, it would be just “natural fluctuation”! Point them at the overall trend and … they can just sharply change the subject … maybe just insult somebody, about something unrelated. Or, a typical Woodyism, simply duck out of the discussion.
August 24th, 2008 at 10:46 am
reg, from Ann Coulter’s ‘How To Talk To A Liberal (If You Must)’ ….
“If you can somehow force a liberal into a point-counterpoint argument, his retorts will bear no relation to what you’ve said — unless you were in fact talking about your looks, your age, your weight, your personal obsessions, or whether you are a fascist. In the famous liberal two-step, they leap from one idiotic point to the next, so you can never nail them. It’s like arguing with someone with Attention Deficit Disorder.”
I’m not a liberal.
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MT, a site made with you in mind….GREENIE WATCH, and this quote….
George Orwell: “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
I call myself a skeptic, but Al Gore considers me a rebel.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:30 am
“reg, from Ann Coulter’s…”
I’ve cut my word count for Woody back to 4 for obvious reasons.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Since we’re quoting Orwell, I’ll bring this up again:
August 25th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Randy, that clears up where you learned your tactics.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Woody,
I’m not here insulting you. You have been baiting me for several days and I have told you that I’m not going to jump in the sewer with you. Take your insults to someone it will get a rise out of.
I’ll gladly counter you on substance.