November 19, 2007
November 15, 2007
Who Knew that Olympia
. . . was such a
hotbed of activism? I'm gonna grab my tie-dye and go!
Hat-tip to Ace's crew.
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Stopping shipments through the port to Fort Lewis--kids as human shields.
http://videos.theolympian.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=1562999
And they are demanding taxpayer-funded counseling for the trauma they suffered. Yep, The Left Coast, indeed.
Posted by: Darrell at November 16, 2007 03:05 PM (J805E)
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November 14, 2007
Camille Paglia Is a Stud/God.
(Hey! What did I say? Stop
looking at me like that!)
Her latest bitchfest in Salon is incredible. On Hillary Clinton:
Hillary seems to have acolytes rather than friends -- hardly a reassuring trait for a potential president whose paranoia has already been called Nixonian. Isolated monarchs never hear the bad news until the people riot and the lynch mob is at the door.
And on the paucity of good female candidates for President:
I have repeatedly said that Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California should have been the first woman president. With all due respect to Salon's perspicacious Glenn Greenwald, whose hard-hitting columns on Feinstein as a Beltway politician have been must-reads, Feinstein's statewide and national popularity are mainly due to her unflappable performances on television as a shrewd, steady, articulate public servant, deeply informed about military matters. She handles and deflects media queries with silky ease. Exuding both authority and compassion, she has true gravitas -- a rare quality in women. Dianne Feinstein, not Hillary Clinton, has already created the paradigm for a female commander in chief.
Well, except for that whole "I want to ban guns that look scary" campaign. And the "here, Mr. Serial Killer! We know what your tennis shoes look like, so you might want to dump them in the Bay!" escapade. And, of course, that awkward moment during the Milk murder. Other than those itty bitty problems, Feinstein is just terrific. I would definitely nominate her for Gun-Grabber in Chief, or Investigation Botcher in Chief, if we had such titles.
As far as I'm concerned, the archtypal female CiC remains Condi Rice. Hillary might have been fine in terms of her presentation skills (which, of course, is a big stumbling block for Paglia), but my problem is that ever since she got her face botoxed Hillary can't really show emotion (except by popping her eyes out), and I want someone in the Oval Office who's going to scare the shit out of our enemies. (Yup. We have 'em. Sorry to break it to you.) I don't care so much whether it's a man, or a woman, or . . . what was that other sex? I'm getting very absent-minded in my old age.
We've had some bitchin' female heads of state throughout history. It's simply an accident that we haven't had one in this particular country quite yet. But there's no rush, for it will certainly happen at some point.
And here's Camille on the environment:
This facile attribution of climate change to human agency is an act of hubris. Good stewardship of the environment is an ethical imperative for every nation. But breast-beating hysteria merely betrays impious tunnel vision. Thousands of factors, minute and grand, are at work in cyclic climate change, whose long-term outcomes we cannot possibly predict. Nature should inspire us with awe, not pity.
I probably don't read Paglia enough, because 1) her blindness about the War on Terror is irritating, given that this is the primary challenge we face today, and 2) I have an old-fashioned feminist streak in me that once in a while gets hit crosswise with her swashbuckling PI rhetoric.
But the important thing about Paglia is this: she writes what she thinks, notwithstanding how her homies are going to feel about it. Truth trumps diplomacy, every time.
It's an enchanting quality, and a rare one. It's the same reason I adore Christopher Hitchens, with whom I agree on very little.
Read Paglia's whole essay, though: as a special bonus, she wrote silly apologetics about the morally/intellectually bankrupt Norman Mailer, and they made me giggle.
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her blindness about the War on Terror is irritating, given that this is the primary challenge we face today
You really believe that?
I rather think the collapsing dollar, soaring energy, food and commodity prices, an acute housing market crisis, a credit crisis that is largely being papered over by the Fed, a southern border being overrun by illegals, all rank a tad higher in terms of the total number of Americans potentially adversely affected, than the chances of another third-world camel-humper crashing another plane into a building and killing a few people.
Anyway, you ought to know you can't win a War on Terror any more than you can win a War on Poverty or a War on Drugs or any other war on an abstract notion. You win wars against Germans or Japanese or Viet-Cong (had we the balls to see it through) or Baathist madmen or even Al Qaida cells.
Terrorism is a method. The "War on Terror" is a war on a method, which is absurd, and as doomed to failure as the "War on Poverty" (war on a human condition) or the "War on Drugs" (which is really a war on the citizenry).
Not that this bothers those pushing this line of absurdity any. Because this and the other wars on abstractions serve to turn decent freedom loving conservatives into authoritarian party-liners. And I've decided I've had quite enough of that.
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 15, 2007 08:19 PM (DIr0W)
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1) Okay: War on Islamo-fascists. Better? Or do you need for me to list specific state sponsors?
2) One other little point: the events of 9/11 did not help the U.S. economy. Not even a little.
3) And I have seen higher energy prices--I was around in the 1970s.
4) Sell me on the "credit crisis." It seems to me that fewer people will become homeowners in the most popular areas of the country, and more people will be paying cash for a lot of their purchases--which might not be a bad thing.
I mean, your point is taken about the potential reach of the "camel-humpers," on a certain level. But some of 'em have computers, now, and they are constantly finding new ways to reach out and decapitate someone . . . so, yeah. I think the economy can sort itself out if we keep taxes low--but bright, creative guys with Saudi dollars, twisted morals, a death wish, and plenty of time on their hands make me nervous.
Posted by: Attila Girl at November 15, 2007 10:08 PM (aywD+)
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Funny when we have a war on terror, or a war on fascism, or a war on piracy we can find targets to put in our sights. If Bush would have said "War on al Qaeda." critics would have said "What about..."
Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
Abu Sayyaf
Aden-Abyan Islamic Army (Yemen)
The Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
Adolat - Uzbekistan
Akromiya - Uzbekistan
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
Abu Nidal[2]
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades[2]
Black Hand (Palestine)[2]
Black September (group)[2]
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)[2]
Fatah Hawks
Force 17
Hamas -
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
Popular Resistance Committees
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement
Palestine Liberation Front
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front (FPMR)
Babbar Khalsa
Bhinderanwala Tiger Force of Khalistan
International Sikh Youth Federation
Dashmesh Regiment
Khalistan Commando Force
Khalistan Liberation Force
Khalistan Liberation Front
Khalistan National Army
Khalistan Zindabad Force
Saheed Khalsa Force
Al-Barakaat (Al-Qaida front)
Al-Wafa Humanitarian Organization (Al-Qaida front)
Benevolence International Foundation (Al-Qaida front)
Global Relief Foundation (Al-Qaida front)
Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (Hamas)
Konsojaya Trading Company (Jemaah Islamiyah front)
God's Army
Nagaland Rebels
National Democratic Front of Bodoland
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish Republican Army
Ulster Volunteer Force
Ulster Defence Association
Barisan Merah Putih
Laskar Jihad
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Anti-State Justice
Black Star
Conscientious Arsonists
The Angry Brigade
New Revolutionary Alternative
Squamish Five
Shining Path
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA)
Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
Environmental Life Force
and hundreds more.
"War on Terror" makes the point.
Posted by: Darrell at November 16, 2007 10:37 AM (J805E)
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So are we at war against all of those organizations who happen to be using terrorism as one of their tactics? Do we have troops in the field confronting all of them?
Is it really our job to be the world's policeman?
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 16, 2007 11:01 AM (B2X7i)
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I've got more
here, since my previous post was rejected.
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 16, 2007 11:03 AM (B2X7i)
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Yes. We are at war with all terrorists groups and those governments that fund, supply, shelter, and direct these groups for their own surrogate interests. We must to protect US interests and US citizens wherever they may be found. Our nation said "enough is enough" shortly after 9/11.
NINJA loans. . . No income, no job, no assets, no problem! Who could have guessed they would ever be a problem? Who encouraged such programs and held the simitar of prosecution over those who wouldn't? Hmmm. Count me in to help all those involved in those transactions.
And ditto helping those that were flipping houses to make a profit. As soon as I get help for all my bad investments/decisions I ever made(Wanna buy a Nagel serigraph, anyone?). The market will work it out, it always does. Something tells me that people will need houses in the years to come.
Posted by: Darrell at November 16, 2007 02:07 PM (J805E)
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Or scimitars of of prosecution, even!
Posted by: Darrell at November 16, 2007 02:55 PM (J805E)
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Well count on me to write what I think too then. BTW I have a couple of economic indicator charts posted in reply to #2.
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 16, 2007 07:45 PM (DIr0W)
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In re: your comment about offshore manufacturing, I'm all for letting natural market forces sort out the cheapest way to produce products.
But my specific comment was in regards to the Chinese practice of pegging their currency to the dollar. That is an *artificial* constraint that gives their economy a decided advantage against the US economy for those production decisions. And that isn't the only thing they do. They heavily subsidize their shipping industry by way of a banking trick that underwrites the construction of shipping containers by overvaluing the empty containers stacking up on US shores. Somehow their "cost" for producing a shipping container is no more than the *scrap value of the steel* it is composed of! Highly dubious.
And there are doubtless more such cards up their sleeve that all add up to unfair trade practices.
I'm all for free trade. But for free trade to work properly, this sort of gaming can't be part of the market equation.
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 16, 2007 08:13 PM (DIr0W)
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It sounds like you're talking about the Canadians WRT the entertainment industry.
Posted by: Attila Girl at November 16, 2007 09:29 PM (ADTKa)
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No income, no job, no assets, no problem! Who could have guessed they would ever be a problem? Who encouraged such programs and held the simitar of prosecution over those who wouldn't? Hmmm. Count me in to help all those involved in those transactions.
You're already in, whether you want to be or not, thanks to the Fed. They've decided to inflate their way out of this mess, and that affects everyone, not just the stupid mortgage companies and stupid homebuyers at fault.
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 18, 2007 08:40 PM (DIr0W)
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Yes. We are at war with all terrorists groups and those governments that fund, supply, shelter, and direct these groups for their own surrogate interests.
Tell me then Darrell, where does the US stack up in that list when were funding and supplying the Mujahideen fighting their guerilla/terrorist war against the Soviets in Afghanistan? Or how about when we encouraged the Shiites and Kurds to rise up against Saddam? What was the Bay of Pigs about? Or for that matter the installation of Salvador Allende in Chile or the Shah in Iran?
But of course! You see it's all perfectly okay when the good ole US does it to protect our own interests, isn't it? (And I'm not saying there weren't good reasons for many of the above actions.) It seems to me that other groups, peoples and nations might see it similarly. And that an awful lot of hubris can be masked by such a Righteous and Noble War.
It is worth examining what is really going on and in whose interests it really is.
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 18, 2007 10:32 PM (DIr0W)
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*urk* I mean the *deposition* of Allende.
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 18, 2007 10:34 PM (DIr0W)
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Um . . . Kitty. Don't you think you're engaging in a little bit of moral equivalence, here? I mean, in (e.g.) Afghanistan, our mistake was withdrawing too abruptly and creating a power vacuum--to be filled with some of the young Islamic activists we'd empowered, among others.
But the guys we were fighting used to disguise land mines as toys, so that children would pick them up and be blown up. I'm not so sure that, in fighting the Soviet monster, we became anything quite so monstrous ourselves . . .
Posted by: Attila Girl at November 19, 2007 12:24 AM (aywD+)
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Don't you think you're engaging in a little bit of moral equivalence, here?
Missed this part maybe:
And I'm not saying there weren't good reasons for many of the above actions.
No, I don't think so. I'm not trying to anyway. But you see how easy it is to sweep even the US up in such a broad generalization? What I'm saying is we need to be more specific and targeted in what we proclaim ourselves to be fighting, lest we find fingers pointing back at ourselves.
Because if, in fact we wish to keep open the possibility of a "Cold War" type struggle against Islamic extremism, then we ought to be cautious about taking things off the table that could be construed to be hypocritical if we employ them (funding resistance movements for example).
Regarding the Mujahideen, I am referring back to the 1980s when we funded, supplied, and directed that group for our own surrogate interests against the Soviets. "We" weren't technically in there at all, so I'm left wondering which sudden withdrawal you might be referring to. The Soviets ultimately withdrew. The Mujahideen--who we were supporting--were the ones disguising land mines as toys and employing the kind of tactics we claim to abhor. We weren't fighting *them* at the time.
It seems you may be suggesting that we share some of that monstrosity then? Yeah, war sucks, and we sometimes have supported terrorists in our bid to win it. I think that kind of plays into my point though. The Mujahideen were terrorists, no doubt. But they were *our* terrorists.
Yes. We are at war with all terrorists groups and those governments that fund, supply, shelter, and direct these groups for their own surrogate interests. We must to protect US interests and US citizens wherever they may be found. Our nation said "enough is enough" shortly after 9/11.
Fingers pointing back...
It seems to me that other groups, peoples and nations might see it similarly. And that an awful lot of hubris can be masked by such a Righteous and Noble War.
Are we the only ones who can protect our own interests?
Just saying.
More info here
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 19, 2007 07:03 PM (DIr0W)
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Look, the bottom line is we need to focus on goals not tactics. We're opposed by the Islamic extremists because they want to drive us out of the Middle East and establish an Islamic Caliphate. We have substantial national interests invested in our presence in the Middle East and need to defend them. As I see it, *that's* the focus and the bottom line. What are our national interests? What is essential for us to defend? Is what we're doing legitimately advancing our national interests? (And the $64,000 question: just what constitutes our national interest?)
All the rest of this yadda yadda moral posturing and pontificating about "terrrrror" is largely bullshit and smokescreen. We do not, in fact, have our military deployed around the world facing down that laundry list of terrorist organizations that Darrell posted. And for good reason. Most of them do not impact our national interests to the degree that Al Qaeda has.
Posted by: Desert Cat at November 19, 2007 07:33 PM (DIr0W)
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Ok, I am mistaken on one point. In reviewing some of the history I see that both the Soviets and the Mujahideen made heavy use of land mines. The Soviets did in fact deploy the "butterfly" landmines which resembled toys. The Mujahideen also used children in some of their tactics against the Soviets, including the tactic of hiding behind civilian populations.
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June 12, 2007
"And When I Get Out, There's No Doubt"
. . . "I'll be
sex-offensive to you."
Is there anything better than early Blondie? I mean, other than premium gin?
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Thanks,
That was great. Then I went on to find Rapture. Alright!
Posted by: Chuck at June 12, 2007 08:52 PM (H4W1a)
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Do you want me to make a list?
Okay:
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti
Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime
Extreme's Pornograffiti
King's X's Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
Yes' 90125
Big Head Todd and the Monsters' Sister Sweetly
Sugar's Copper Blue
And Guinness.
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Ah, so
Blondie is in the top ten, and Beefeater's Wet is in the top two.
Good to know . . .
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June 07, 2007
Anyone Want To Place This Quote?
Any way, we cut a hit and we toured a bit
With a song he said he couldn't use.
And now he calls, and begs and crawls
—It's telephone deja vu!
We've got percentage points, some lousy joints
And all the glitter we can use, Mama,
So—huh—don't call us now. We'll call you.
Translation: I just got a major client. It dropped out of the sky, more or less.
So. You know.
But can someone just a few years older tell me whether that Beatles riff is, indeed, from "Day Tripper"? I totally missed that in the 70s, due to certain deficiencies in my education that I really don't want to discuss right now.
Please continue to send me money and gin. Because I like gin. And money.
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"Don't Call Us". . .by SUGARLOAF
. .."Listen kid, you pay for the call
You ain't bad, but we 've heard it all before
Yeah, it sounds like John, Paul and George."
Don't call us...we'll call you.
Don't call us...we'll call you.
Maybe you heard their other big song, "Green-Eyed Lady"?
Fun Fact: The touchtone sounds you hear in the recording are the number at CBS Records and the White House. They did sample the guitar riff of The Beatles' "I Feel Fine" on the record. So you're close...
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June 02, 2007
More on Traditional Male Skills.
From
Glenn, who mentions once again the
Popular Mechanics work on
recapturing handiness for males (and interested females), and points out that even
Rush Limbaugh is aware of the trend toward males being Distinctly Unhandy.
I've been wanting to get The Dangerous Book for Boys for one of my nephews. But the very title could get me kicked out of my family: my sister-in-law is a safety nut—to a pathological degree. I'm not sure either of my nephews has ever skinned a knee.
The loophole: I could get it for my brother, their father. You know—as an Item of Cultural Interest.
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Just buy the book, already! Give them the book, the consequences be damned. Oh, and don't worry.... a trend is only that. There are still plenty of us (well, I can only speak for me, I reckon) that are quite handy. But, maybe if I was only 23 I might not be, but I am 50 and grew up when boys were boys. Lucky me... Interesting site you have....
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May 31, 2007
Overheard, 7
"It turns out that Ritalin is the missing link: the Prozac made me sleepy in the afternoons. But if I have a little Ritalin in the morning, and then a bit more with lunch, I can get some work done."
"So you're getting into the Judy Garland lifestyle."
"Hey! It's not like I'm waking up and doing a line every day . . . . no offense."
"Now that was low."
I love L.A.
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"Hey, it's not like I'm washing down the Amb*en with wine ..."
-b
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So. Those Big, Black Earrings Twenty-Something Guys Are Wearing.
You know the ones I'm talking about: they aren't posts, but rather very large pieces of something-or-other that will definitely leave these young men with loops in their earlobes.
I know they all think they'll be fine with loops in their ears, and I understand that the Beagle look is popular in African tribal society.
And yet I still suspect the whole thing is a plot by some plastic surgeons' guild.
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May 30, 2007
The Lost Skill Sets of the Anasazi
Glenn
suggests mandatory shop
and mandatory home ec. For both sexes.
Yes. Faster, please.
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Or parents can start both sexes off on the right foot. like they've always done in some families. Everyone involved in every project around the home, from the beginning. Even everyday chores. Kids start off watching, holding the light, fetching tools(learning the names), etc. before actually getting to try things themselves--under supervision. Eventually. they do it themselves. If they mess up, it can always be fixed--and they can see where they went wrong. If they say their friends don't do such things, express sympathy. And let the friends join in, sometimes. Farmers did this from the beginning of time. This isn't just theory. I've done it with all my female cousins and every child of every woman I've dated. I never met one that expressed regret over knowing how to do something.
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March 21, 2007
Oooh, oooh!
I want a print of
this poster.
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With only a few minor changes, this poster would fit right in at the typical moonbat-fest.
Posted by: david foster at March 21, 2007 06:45 AM (/Z304)
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The propaganda of WWII is a rather interesting area to study. From what I've seen, Goebbels appears to have lived in a nest so feathered with his ideas that he could not clearly perceive the outside world.
Posted by: John at March 22, 2007 07:43 PM (fptav)
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March 04, 2007
I'm Not Sure
. . . that I needed to know about
this.
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February 28, 2007
Can You Say
"
Witch Hunt"? I knew you could.
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February 25, 2007
It Wasn't All Legs and Free Drinks.
They were also
nice to you. Pictures from the Golden Age of Air Travel—when, as
Glenn put it, "flying didn't suck."
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And today? Neither legs nor free drinks. Not an improvement.
Posted by: CGHill at February 26, 2007 07:07 PM (y55Mw)
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Plus, one is apparently not supposed to bring one's own legs aboard . . .
A friend who doesn't fly much tells me air travel is too cheap: that it *ought* to cost more, and if it did quality would go up.
I dunno: right now I'm pinching pennies, but I wasn't always. And flying has been awful for a good number of years.
Posted by: Attila Girl at February 26, 2007 11:04 PM (0CbUL)
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Maybe if the government bailed them out again service would approve.
HAHA! right...
Posted by: Mark at February 27, 2007 07:05 PM (UAyuI)
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When people start holding chickens on their laps, it's time to hitch a ride on Nancy Pelosi I.
Posted by: Darrell at February 28, 2007 09:57 AM (UjNor)
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Nancy! Why didn't I think of her? SAVE US, O EGALITARIAN ONE!
Posted by: Attila Girl at February 28, 2007 07:46 PM (Zi15r)
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Maybe on the way back. Don't forget your chicken!
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February 24, 2007
Gagdad Bob
On the history of mankind:
Part I, and
Part II.
The thrust of the second installment is how marriage began as an institution for the protection of women and children, as Bob-my-sparring partner likes to point out.
Discuss amongst yourselves; I'll be engaged in Productive Activity today. Not my favorite thing to do, but it's sometimes necessary.
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Slow around here lately.
Anyway, in spite of his light-hearted presentation, _I_ thought
Gagdad's story was (quite literally) killer stuff.
Murder or marriage may not seem much of a choice to us
today, but that would be an anachronistic interpretation
of the situation.
In the comments he suggests that marriage is what made
culture(s) even possible.
-Bob
Posted by: Bob at February 24, 2007 09:28 PM (2tBSJ)
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Are we supposed to comment or just discuss among ourselves? I did do the assigned reading even though it is a weekend, by the way. That should count for something.
Posted by: Darrell at February 25, 2007 08:29 AM (pAgVv)
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You have to comment here, so I can monitor the quality of the discussion. This will bear on your "work habits" and "cooperation" marks.
Posted by: Attila Girl at February 25, 2007 02:36 PM (0CbUL)
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Just as we need you, AG, to provide context, etc. to the discussion, I think people really do better with religion when they have priests/rabbis to do likewise. Imagine where we would be otherwise with devoid-of-context quotes like "Suffer the little children".
I'd lose the "coons" scattered throughout the otherwise serious discussion, if I were the author. I learned that the hard way many years ago. I think Al Gore needs to add a few "coons" if anyone is to take him seriously, though. Academy-Award-winner Al Gore, that is!
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February 20, 2007
November 08, 2006
Are There Any
. . . bad Tom Petty songs? Just askin'.
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Only the ones he tries to sing on...
Posted by: John at November 09, 2006 02:05 PM (thwhK)
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There are only three types of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers songs: Good, Better, and Best.
Repeat after me: Good, Better, Best, Good, Better, Best, Good, Better, Best, Good, Better, Best...repeat as needed.
Posted by: mikola at November 09, 2006 02:14 PM (G5HHO)
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I would prefer to say "sucky, suckier, and suckiest," but that's me.
Posted by: John at November 10, 2006 02:09 PM (5oGXq)
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You Got Lucky Babe and of course the ever dreadful Stop Draggin' Stevie Nicks Around
Posted by: yazoota at November 10, 2006 02:26 PM (iB1Au)
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Ah, yes--forgot "Lucky Babe" and "Spot the Magic Dragon" or whatever it was. Those are bad.
Posted by: Attila Girl at November 10, 2006 11:56 PM (LEEsJ)
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"Free Fallin'" Yuck!
"American Girl" mediocre.
"Learning to Fly" fantastic.
Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at November 11, 2006 08:53 PM (4N9K6)
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Right--"Free Falling" and "American Girl" aren't really up to par. I have mixed emotions about "Don't Come Around Here No More."
"But Running Down a Dream" is amazing, as is "I Won't Back Down." And I love "Refugee." "The Last DJ" is terrific. Even "Even the Losers" is great.
Posted by: Attila Girl at November 12, 2006 01:30 AM (LEEsJ)
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The man is even a worse singer than Bob Dylan, and there are some awful songs in his catalog [cough.."Freefallin'"..cough]/
But "Refugee" is one of the all-time greats.
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October 25, 2006
Great (Primarily) Instrumentals from the 1970s.
Off the top of my head, I'd say "Frankenstein," "Cut the Cake," and "Pick Up the Pieces."
What am I forgetting?
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ELO had "First Movement," "Daybreaker," "Fire on High," and "The Whale."
Genesis delivered "After the Ordeal."
Pink Floyd's "One of These Days," which is not technically an instrumental, but the words are spoken, not sung, and are very brief.
Alan Parsons delievered "The Fall of the House of Usher," "I, Robot" and "In the Lap of the Gods."
Posted by: John at October 25, 2006 05:12 PM (8HGhx)
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History of Rock and Roll (part 2)
Posted by: maggie katzen at October 25, 2006 06:26 PM (wIQcY)
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"Hocus Pocus" by Focus...
"Jessica" by the Allman Bros Band
"Popcorn" - Hot Butter
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" - Deodato
"Apricot Brandy" - Rhinoceros
"Quadrophenia" - The Who
Posted by: Darrell at October 25, 2006 07:43 PM (cLA8C)
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"On the Run" and "Great Gig in the Sky" both from Pink Floyd's
Dark Side of the Moon
Posted by: Zendo Deb at October 27, 2006 09:32 AM (CeZF7)
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"Overture" and "Underture" from Tommy by The Who
"Grazing in the Grass", the version with all the cowbell.
Posted by: Sonar at October 28, 2006 09:34 PM (pf/tu)
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August 10, 2006
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how do I get - how do I get to sleep?
Please let me sleep.
po-po-poetry. That'll work
Come sweet slumber, enshroud me in thy purple cloak.
hm. Doesn't even rhyme.
Oh, Prof. Purkinje: you tried so hard to enlighten me, and I remain such a nerd. To this very day.
Note to self: No Red Bull after lunchtime. Ever.
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Ms. Attila: Here's a guaranteed method to go to sleep, which worked on me every time I needed it. I bought a book on the economics of the Weimar Republic of Germany in the early 1920's. Read it. Guarantee you won't be awake after five pages. I never finished the FIRST chapter. Book was worth every dime.
zzzzzzzzzzzz
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heh heh! I used to do exactly the same thing with an eco textbook! Macro, I think. Can't remember.
Posted by: k at August 10, 2006 06:40 PM (Ffvoi)
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It was Max Headroom in that Art of Noise song... now what the heck was it called?
Nice to know I'm not the only person in the world filling up crucial mental space with obscure trivia.
Posted by: Hiraethin at August 11, 2006 05:35 PM (hnFlP)
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Ah! It was 'Paranoimia'. Thank you, Google and Wikipedia. Where would I be without being able to instantly answer almost any question of fact?
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Paranomia. As I recall, they recorded it without Max, and then added him later. Supposedly there are tons of versions of that thing out there.
It spoke to insomniacs
Posted by: Attila Girl at August 11, 2006 05:38 PM (10HYf)
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I don't remember the exact title, but ANY book on the Weimar Republic's economics would do the trick. Or, just go whole hog and get a copy of the Congressional Record from any year. Line-for-line verbiage from the floor of Congress will but the most sleep-deprived into a coma in a heartbeat.
Posted by: clyde at August 12, 2006 03:10 AM (6m+7s)
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"put" the most sleep-deprived, not "but" the most sleep deprived. Hell, its' early here. Back to bed. zzzzzzzzzz
Posted by: clyde at August 12, 2006 03:11 AM (6m+7s)
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May 21, 2006
"Will the excess of fat on your American bones . . ."
"cushion the impact as you sink like a stone?"
Whatever, by the way, happened to Crowded House?
I loved that song: after all, Americans do run to excess on many matters. I maintain that we are amateurs when it comes to drinking (our Skid Row bums, for example, cannot out-drink Europeans, Aussies or Kiwis), but other than that we're exuberant bundles of excess.
We overeat, overwork and overplan.
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April 16, 2006
Molly Ivans
. . . thinks Jeff Harrell is
provincial.
I mean, if he were discussing what it's like to smoke dope, she might have a point, if she's put in time as a stoner or whatever. But he was talking about a rally that he attended—one she covered from thousands of miles away. His observations were experiential, and he's from a freakin' border state.
The whole thing is rather hilarious.
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Left-leaning? I heard the "thud" long ago...Heck, the last I looked, she wasn't visible above ground anymore, just an impression in the Earth. And by the way, save your money, Jeff. Molly's opinions wouldn't be any different if she attended the event in question. Pick up a copy of the Left's playbook if you want to know what she will think. Better yet, steal one.
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Even when someone was
trying to be a liberal & had a Nation subscription, he couldn't stomach Molly Ivins
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