Oversize wrinkly preserved fruit-men are not neat. It's true I come to neatorama to see grotesque, disturbing imagery, but this is really crossing the line. Thanks for ruining my day.
I've never seen the "thanks for ruining my day" people on other blogs. It's really bizarre. If reality is so unbearable, stick to unicornsandstardust.com or whatever. It's really ridiculous.
@ Scooter: Weird good, maybe. It's always a little uncomfortable at first when people really go for it, whatever "it" is, but they were all smiling pretty much uncontrollably. The final verdict is usually that it's neat when people do something all the way and stop worrying about being cool.
The ghost of John McCain is simply not a person who can help this country. I'm surprised that people feel, after Bush, that a man who essentially represents the same policies is a good idea. It really defies logic. His temperament is also profoundly ill-suited to the job that needs to be done now: repairing the damage collectively by bringing people together, thinking outside the box, and taking an organized, thoughtful approach to cleaning up the world-class shit platter we have on our hands.
Barack Obama is very, very smart, has worked his whole life to help people, is intellectually curious and willing to seek guidance, and is shockingly lifelike as presidential candidates go. I also take no small measure of joy in the fact that tomorrow, we will have a president who breaks open the greatest shame of our country (slavery and racism) and, by his very presence and excellence, deals a huge blow to the vile chords of same that still run rampant through our society.
Tomorrow will be a great, great day. Thanks to all of you who are helping to make it happen.
I'm confused. The Welsh sent for a Welsh translation? Wasn't there someone around the office that might have been able to do it, or at least catch the error? Something's missing.
No problem Mooncake. I was just indulging, in my post, a gut reaction to random anti-Obama non sequitors. I know I'm not neutral; I just had a moment when I let my yawn part override my diplomacy part.
It's never that I think Obama's some perfect answer or perfect person. It's just that the absurd contentions of the opposition sometimes get too ridiculous to ignore. I actually, while acknowledging my in-the-tankness for Obama, think that's fair.
@Jean: whatever facts are you referring to? That Obama doesn't know how many states there are? If so...um...okay. Good night and best wishes.
I'm not arguing the philosophical merits of your position. I'm just giving a nearly identical case and legal findings as a counterpoint to it. You seemed, in your original post, to state unequivocally that the zoo in these situations is responsible. I have no problem with your arguing that the zoo SHOULD be responsible, but there is legal precedent for the opposite.
I'll be here all week.
Also, stay classy, Ted.
Barack Obama is very, very smart, has worked his whole life to help people, is intellectually curious and willing to seek guidance, and is shockingly lifelike as presidential candidates go. I also take no small measure of joy in the fact that tomorrow, we will have a president who breaks open the greatest shame of our country (slavery and racism) and, by his very presence and excellence, deals a huge blow to the vile chords of same that still run rampant through our society.
Tomorrow will be a great, great day. Thanks to all of you who are helping to make it happen.
It's never that I think Obama's some perfect answer or perfect person. It's just that the absurd contentions of the opposition sometimes get too ridiculous to ignore. I actually, while acknowledging my in-the-tankness for Obama, think that's fair.
@Jean: whatever facts are you referring to? That Obama doesn't know how many states there are? If so...um...okay. Good night and best wishes.
I'm not arguing the philosophical merits of your position. I'm just giving a nearly identical case and legal findings as a counterpoint to it. You seemed, in your original post, to state unequivocally that the zoo in these situations is responsible. I have no problem with your arguing that the zoo SHOULD be responsible, but there is legal precedent for the opposite.