My vote for Quote of the Day goes to commentor Beltane:
Remember back in the ‘80s that cult in Oregon that tried to suppress voter turnout by infecting all the salad bars in town with salmonella? That’s what the GOP is doing on a large scale with the teabaggers: spreading disease so everyone stays home on election day hurling into the toilet.
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And a big thank-you to… a commentor whose name I’ve misplaced (Steeplejack? AWS?) for this version of Splendid Isolation, theme song for the 2010 elections:
(Not to mention the afterbanter: “You take up the guitar in the first place because you’re an inarticulate person, and then you go out and talk eight hours a day about it.” I miss Warren Zevon… )
ETA: Commentor Calvin Jones & the 13th Apostle gets the credit for the link. Again, thanks!
beltane
I am honored.
Speaking of salmonella, the TV ads in NY-23 have begun in earnest. Tonight I just learned that a vote for our favorite candidate ever, Doug Hoffman, is a vote for Nancy Pelosi and her evil liberal agenda. The right-wing noise machine is doing a splendid job of convincing sane people that we are surrounded by sociopaths, ghouls, and zombies.
Yutsano
@beltane: It’s about that time to start investing in popcorn futures. Of course the election happens near the end of my training period, but I’ll still be voting and paying as much attention as possible.
General Stuck
Outreach? convert or fuck off Muslims.
Ah but ain’t that America for you and me
Ain’t that America somethin’ to see baby
Ain’t that America home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses for you and me
oh yeah for you and me/sarcasm.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
@Yutsano:
*grumble*
Good luck.
beltane
@General Stuck: This just adds credence to the argument that the rise of Christianity led to the decline of the Roman Empire. I hope the counter-protesters at this event do us proud.
ChrisB
Thanks for the bit of Warren. And it was fun to see the vinyl album.
Many years ago I played in a softball league that had a team in it called the Excitable Boys. Always wanted to play with those guys.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
Gee, it’s the Arlington Cowboys vs. the Chesapeake Drainage Basin Racist Nicknames. Why don’t hurricanes come through when you really need them?
MattR
@That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN): Hurricanes cause too much collateral damage. How about a tornado instead?
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
@MattR: They’re not playing in tornado country. A hurricane is about the only natural disaster that could have spared us from this nightmare. So, I feel sorry about the collateral damage, but they were probably CDBRN fans anyway.
geg6
@General Stuck:
It was originally written as sarcastic so you don’t really need to put a sarcasm tag on it. Though, much like with “Born in the USA,” I’m sure wingnuts will never get it.
Ed in NJ
Is anyone else having as much trouble getting through the day knowing that Obama has lost the support of Maureen Dowd’s sister Peggy?
@Dogsdoingthings
Dogs reading about vote suppression in the latest issue of Death Cult Monthly.
MattR
@That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN): Good point, but tornados can appear in that area. And the other problem with hurricanes is that they give too much advanced warning, another point in favor of the tornado.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: You. It’s the virtual couch for you tonight. Harrumph.
Never heard this song before. I’m digging it.
DougJ
@beltane:
Where in NY-23 do you live? I’m from Madison County on the south edge of the district, originally.
JWL
Did Zevon think himself inarticulate?
That’s hard to believe.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: :: hides in corner ::
In my defense, I did say this was gonna happen. It’s just that time for it to go forward. I’m not letting this go for anything.
beltane
@DougJ: I live in Vermont but our local news is out of Plattsburgh/Burlington. The best thing about these Republican on Republican ads is they spare no effort to bring out Hoffman’s creepy child-molester-in-the-playground look. The Democrats never do stuff like that.
Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle
Anne Laurie:
That was me!! ;-) I posted that link in the Zevon thread the other day. Zevon is sorely missed.
SiubhanDuinne
@Ed in NJ #11: I know I was *crushed* by the horrible tidings. “Woe is I,” I wailed, “whatever shall I do to ease this pain?” From on high came a voice: “Go shopping. And drink heavily. All is well and all will be exceeding well.” Suck on it, Peggy.
SiubhanDuinne
Is one who loves Peggy Dowd a PeDoPhile?
Ramona
@Ed in NJ:
Funny you should ask. Peggy was at my house today.
asiangrrlMN
@SiubhanDuinne: I love this remark so hard.
SiubhanDuinne
@asiangrrlMN: Thanks :-)
Nately's Whore's Kid Sister
@beltane: Indeed, who would know better than they?
bcw
Tom Lehrer:
…one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days in books,and plays,and movies on, is the inability of people to communicate with the people they love. Husbands and wives who can’t communicate; children who can’t communicate with their parents, and so on. And the characters in these books, and plays, and so on, and in real life, I might add, spend hours bemoaning the fact that they can’t communicate. I feel that if a person can’t communicate the very least he can do is to shut up.