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Good Old Neon

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  1. Ok, but you - a potential disease carrier - pose more of a risk to my survival than 99.9% of the other life forms on this planet, and yet, if we were to meet, I would, somehow, find it within myself to allow you to go right on existing – unless, of course, you’re really fucking annoying. Though, even if you were or are, you know, annoying, rather than drop an anvil on your head, I’d probably just think mean thoughts about you.
  2. Why do you do it, what makes a person go out of their way to kill an insect (or anything for that matter) that poses absolutely no threat? Example, I was just walking down the hallway at work, my manager was walking ahead of me, he passed a spider crawling across the floor, rather than just continue on, he stopped, walked back ten paces, and before I could protest, stepped on it, which, WTF? Why? Maybe I’m being overly sensitive here, but we - along with every other creature we share this planet with, fuck, even more than that, existence its very self - only get one shot at this whole life thi
  3. I think the following passage from Clive Cook is probably about the best possible reply to these sorts of posts: How to deal with Chappaquiddick has been a problem for many commentators and obituarists. Many decided, I think, that decency requires a veil to be drawn and euphemisms deployed, such as Wilentz's in that snippet. I disagree. I think you have to look at it unflinchingly, because you cannot understand the miracle of Kennedy's redemption otherwise. What he did was terrible. He survived as a politician only because of his name--a disgusting thing. But it changed him, and see what he
  4. I’m willing to forgive Andrew’s hyperbolic trespasses because, a.) I respect his passionate embrace of topics I consider important and worthy of discussion, and b.) because he is one among a handful of conservatives willing to write critically of his (supposed) peers. I think we’d be in a much more beneficial place, as a country, if the conservative movement looked to him, and others like him for leadership, rather than the irredeemable dipshits that have been allowed to hijack the party. Though I do not always agree with his views or the conservative philosophy more generally (conservative
  5. Though you could certainly accuse him of using hyperbole to emphasize his point, there does exist a troubling connection between one’s willingness to accept the use of torture, and one’s religious beliefs – as indicated by the accompanying poll. I should add that Andrew Sullivan is a devout catholic – lest he be accused of practicing militant atheism. On a list of “evil”, immoral behavior, personally, I’d put torture right up there near the very top along side rape and murder.
  6. From Salon - the article from which this was pulled contains the video. Emotional Biden remembers Kennedy Wednesday morning, Vice President Biden was at the Department of Energy, where he was supposed to give a speech about energy policy. The death of Sen. Ted Kennedy changed that, however, as an emotional Biden instead spoke about the loss of his friend and colleague, and what the senator had meant to him. "We lost a truly remarkable man," Biden said. "To paraphrase Shakespeare, I don't think we shall ever see his like again." The vice president seemed to be speaking off the cuff, a h
  7. I can’t speak for the rest of the band, but Jeff and I are going to spend the intervening months and years honing our yodeling skills. Oops – did I just ruin the surprise?
  8. We Massachusetts folk just love the murder and the gays and the fornicating and the buggery and the Kennedys – in that order. Don’t you know that by now?
  9. Andrew Sullivan: The American Way of Torture Greg Sargent notes another document secured by the ACLU. (Yes, Greenwald is right that it's bizarre the media in this country are second to the ACLU in demanding information from the government.) This document gives a detailed account of the torture techniques used by the Bush-Cheney administration in the elite CIA program. This is the most professional version of the widespread torture authorized by Bush and conducted in every theater of combat, by every branch of the armed forces, directed that all prisoners could be potential terrorists and t
  10. Ok and so I just hung up with Tweedy, he and I had a long conversation regarding the merits of your music, and, unfortunately for you, he said, I quote – “it’s tacky and I hate it.” Sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, anyways, he and I are weekending at Speilberg’s place on the Hamptons. And so...ta ta.
  11. Tragically, he was one among a dwindling pool of “adults” still practicing within the political sphere – love him or hate him, his (more often than not) sensible, sober (yes, I know, a word not often associated with Ted) style of stewardship could have helped steer the ridiculous circus that now surrounds health care reform in a saner, more practical direction. Me, I liked him – though, as a Massachusetts native, I think a fondness for the Kennedys is encoded in my DNA.
  12. "Fat" - Archers of Loaf "Slack Motherfucker" - Superchunk
  13. You're welcome. Here's a long (video) interview with German Television. http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/823228?inPopup=true
  14. She probably mistook Rhode Island for “Road” Island, and that Road Island is an island unconnected to the motherland, in need of a bridge – i.e. - a road to somewhere. Plus, her close proximity to the ocean would pretty much make her a marine biologist, just in case this whole career politician thing goes bust.
  15. Though it was nice to see Wilco (or, as others have pointed out, Jeff) receiving some much deserved attention, by and large, the piece was very broad and shallow. As an introduction to the band (Jeff Tweedy), it served its purpose, but on the whole, it was pretty much little more than fluff. I wasn’t expecting an in-depth biography, but I was expecting a bit more than an Entertainment Tonight-like drive-by. I was hoping the band (Jeff Tweedy) would be interviewed by Bill Flanagan, Sunday Morning’s usual music contributor, but instead, we got a life-like approximation of a Mary Heart-esque robo
  16. The only similarities I see between these guys, and Springsteen, Petty, etc, is that they use some of the same instruments, guitars, drums, etc. I listened to the song “Strut” on their Myspace page, and it sounds like the sort of stuff our local “country” music channel plays - for a minute, I thought it may have appeared on the Footloose soundtrack. Edit: I think I found the problem: The Elms formed in 1995 by brothers Owen and Christopher Thomas, primarily as a praise and worship outfit, and until early 1999, was identified by the group name, Just Visiting. Because of personnel changes an
  17. Gorgeous gorgeous stunning gorgeous and just beautiful - best album of the year for me by far, so far.
  18. Am I just old and jaded, or do these fellas sound (and maybe even look) like Rascal Flatts?
  19. Wisconsin Public Radio has posted some fantastic interviews with Wallace, his sister, Amy, DT Max, author of The New Yorker piece, his editor, Michael Pietsch, David Lipsky, he of the Rolling Stone piece, and several other contributors. There is also a clip of Wallace giving the Kenyon College address, now known as, This is Water. The site includes some of the best stuff I've come across yet - it's also terribly, terribly sad - especially the interview with his sister. The link - http://www.wpr.org/book/davidfosterwallace/
  20. Point taken - though I still find it ironic. In other news, it looks as though the apple fell from a nut tree - from Salon: John Voight asks, "Is President Obama creating a civil war?" Actor Jon Voight is on his way to Cincinnati, and Atlanta, in order to participate in Fox News host Sean Hannity's latest "Freedom Concerts." But first, he paused long enough to share some extra nuttiness with the Washington Times: "There's a real question at stake now. Is President Obama creating a civil war in our own country?" Voight said in an interview with the paper. He continued: We are witness
  21. It’s probably the most underappreciated 90 minutes on network television – and some of the best.
  22. The error is this. On the purely voluntary end of life consultations in the House bill, Hentoff writes: "To me, 'purely voluntary' means 'not unless the patient requests one.'" But Obamas' doctors will initiate these chats. No, no, a thousand times no. The House version of the bill ensures the Medicare will cover up to one consultation every five years, but it makes no stipulation that "Obama's doctors" (whatever the hell that means) will "initiate these chats."
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