I tried to watch Georgie and Johnny Mack but every second sentence was Georgie give John the right answer or correcting what he had just said. Reminds me of my Aunt Mildred trying to convince Uncle Herb that Jello is a fruit and he should eat it. Uncle Herb's grasp on reality lacked any reality.
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
and let us not forget that ketchup is a vegetable, too!
ron071
· 1 year ago
lynchie: " Georgie" has now lost any respect as a journalist if he ever had any. Rmember his stacked perfformance at the primary debate lead by ABC? That was the nail in his journalistic coffin.
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
Oh pweez oh pweez pick Pretty Mitty in the Magic Underwear!!!! Pweez Pweez! There will so many spilled brain matters and blood in the streets down here from exploding Baptist heads, they will need huge back hoes to clean up the mess! There ain't nuthin' worse than a faggot...except for a Mormon! Pweez pick Pretty Mitty!
scooter in brooklyn
· 1 year ago
the general feeling that the games preempt politics is pushed heavily by ge/nbc. ummmm, don't they have quite a motive to push that line?
good morning :)
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
cha ching! you got it.
lauren1959
· 1 year ago
Tragedy in Knoxville and still a lot of confusion, even by the media, as to what Unitarian-Universalism is. NBC reports that the shooter had a problem with Christianity (UU's are not considered Christian), and it sounds like this will ultimately be determined to have been a hate crime against a liberal group.
scooter in brooklyn
· 1 year ago
i read something this morning at the nytimes that indicated the shooter had yelled something when he started shooting. the woman they quoted said it was hateful, but wouldn't repeat it.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
He probably called the "FAGGOTS!"
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
About eight years ago, the Secretary of State in Texas, told the Unitarian Universalists that they would be losing their tax exempt status because she felt that they are not a REAL religion with a set of doctrine. It was appalling and eventually the whole thing fell out of the news. I wrote her a long letter about how I was forming the Church of Saint Priapus, a phallic worship religion, with a REAL set of doctrine garnered from ancient Greek writings...this is no joke...there really was such a religion. We had some lovely tomb art from that era with incredibly large phalluses in all sorts of fun renderings.
There was some debate as to whether Viagra tablets would be used as communion wafers.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
Sounds great! Send a missionary ASAP!
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
Oh our Church of St Priapus has PLENTY of missionaries....missionary positions
Jim Olson
· 1 year ago
Its even more complicated than that, given the congregational polity that the UUA holds...this particular congregation may have thought of itself as marginally Christian, but not all are. (King's Chapel in Boston among others is.) My UU husband happens to be a goddess-worshipping pagan (his description).
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
You just know Adkisson was an aggrieved Dittohead; it's becoming clear he was on a vendetta against "the Liberal movement" and had staked out this church for at least a week before the attack.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
who is this Pawlenty person being floated as McCoot's vp? i know, i know i could do the google and find out, but what i mean is, who's ever heard of him?
what kind of buzz will THAT be...more like buzz kill.
Sage24
· 1 year ago
Obama has a nine point lead in the Gallup poll. At least his trip was a huge success, and it shows. John King on CNN said that the attacks and smears usually start in August and September, so this huge bounce Obama got, will most probably go down, when the naive and brainwashed buy into the lies. I still don't see the Obama camp disproving any of McPain's dirty ads accusing Obama of not having judgment etc. Why are they letting this pass?
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
And isn't it so interesting that telephone polling data is probably way off base. I have not owned a landline in ten years. Anyone else? The only people who own landlines are usually over 70 or live in the middle of nowhere. Polling data is bullshit in 2008.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
I have a landline and get regular calls from Barbara Bush thanking me for my loyalty. The Obama people also phone as do the telemarketers who claim to be representing the Florida State Police and I even get an occasional click-buzz on the line while talking liberal politics with friends. We make a point of telling the illegal wiretapper that he should go tell his boss that we're absolutely against George W. Bush and his enablers. Landlines can be fun. Oh, polling! Yeah, I get polling. When I tell them I always vote straight Democrat, they tell me that my profile group is already filled, thanks for my time, good-bye. Yeah . . .
WDemDem
· 1 year ago
Indeed, why ARE they letting these attacks pass? Kerry sat back and look what happened. If Obama thinks staying above the fray will win votes, he is sorely mistaken, especially with the media love affair of McSame. Trying to get through the news on CNN this morning and Kieren Chetry says nothing to challenge the McSame rep, but when the Obam rep is on she argues with everyone he says. Sheesh!
flashcard
· 1 year ago
This is where having a VP that is not afraid to get down and dirty with the Republicans smear merchants would help. I hope that Obama will not sit by and let McCains attacks pass without a word. We can't have another Kerry.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
That would be Hillary.
WDemDem
· 1 year ago
Exactly
Jim Olson
· 1 year ago
Absolutely not.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Breakfast TV chitchat on 24/7 cable news: That bump in the Gallup Poll for Obama is just a one-day outlier; in any case, why can't he break 50%? Especially since "the media" love him so much? Aren't those people in West Virginia and central Pennsylvania, those honest, hard-working white blue-collar voters (the only constituency and region that matter) going to hate Obama for not visiting the wounded soldiers?
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
KarenMLR, thank you for watching so we don't have to... you are providing an invaluable service.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Doocey and Scarborough are especially hard to take in the morning...
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
gack. clearly, you have mastered your gag reflex. :)
ron071
· 1 year ago
Karen: Who controls channel selection on your tv?
ron071
· 1 year ago
Mrs. Richards: How do you know that the Gallop results are a "one day outlier"? How many visits to the wounded soldiers do you require of any candidate? It seems you are getting desperate as McSame implodes and so you are R E A C H I N G for anything that will calm you.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Karen is paraphrasing the crap she hears spewed on Breakfast TV; she is using a rhetorical device called "free indirect discourse."
ron071
· 1 year ago
Karen: I'm sorry you have not responded at all to my insights regarding the way the public can get rid of the " crap " on tv.
What would happen if NO ONE clicked on Maureen Dowd's column at the NY Times online? (I stopped months ago.) What would happen if NO BLOGGERS mentioned her existence, let alone commented on her scribblings? What would happen if EVERYONE with a subscription to the NY Times and who finds Dowd disgusting cancelled their subscription and cited her as the reason? The Times prints her garbage because it thinks she brings in money. Give them a contrary message and see what they do. And why stop with Dowd? How about shunning Kristol, Brooks, and Little Tommy Friedman too? I have long refused to read their crap as well. Life is too short, and I already know my enemies.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
Amen! (In the non-denominational sense)
scooter in brooklyn
· 1 year ago
and seconded. i stopped reading all of them months ago, though i still subscribe.
ron071
· 1 year ago
texasbob: This, it seems, is the free press just as you are free to read or ignore those whose work you don't like. Why not write to the NYT about your displeaure? You are a reader and or a subscriber and I'm sure they will consider your vote.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
What does the week have in store? It's a rough week coming up with the potential for confrontation and the making of fresh enemies. Lunassagh, the first of the three harvest festivals will be on Friday, August 1, accompanied by a total eclipse of the sun. Intense. Anyone who needs new enemies, wants to start a fight that won't end soon, or is feeling generally quarrelsome will have a great week. Put peace on hold, this is not the time to lie about things like that.
tduffy2
· 1 year ago
I just read this Ben Stein quote from CNN:
"Mr. McCain is running the absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen in my whole life," Stein said in his unmistakable monotone delivery. "His campaign is just heartbreakingly pathetic. He is a very impressive guy. He is a brave guy, but he is running the most lackluster campaign I have ever seen in my entire life. I would have thought Bob Dole's campaign would have set a record for poor campaigns, but this one is even worse. I mean it is shocking."
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
yes, and Stein's solution? Rove.
you're late, Stein.
tduffy2
· 1 year ago
And THAT will surely distance McBush from Bush...
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
How about Stein comparing Obama to Hitler for holding his convention speech at a stadium in Denver? Yep, that should work for the "pathetic" McCain campaign too, especially those Jewish voters down in Florida who might have voted for him.
ron071
· 1 year ago
Attntion Ben Stein fans: Why is McCain a " very impressive guy'? What in his history has been "impressive"? Was it his career at the Naval Academy? Was it his record as a Naval aviator? Was it that he was shot down, captured, and imprisoned? Was it his treatment of the women in his life? Was it his constant changing of positions to suit the Bush administration? Was it his selection of Phil Gramm as his chief economics adviser? Is it the campaign you call " pathetic"?
Tell us Mr. Ben Stein just why you call him " an impressive guy"? Please do.
Dianne_in_DC
· 1 year ago
That's probably true. Our former minister (now at the Rockville church) was the Sr Minister at TVUUC and they were very active as a welcoming congregation, with a good number of members from the GLBT community.
dad
· 1 year ago
same. old. john mccain.
jr
· 1 year ago
"John McCain doesn't need facts. He wasa POW"-cable news
lynchie
· 1 year ago
After watching the Morning shows my faith in the American media has been restored. I thought they might dwell on the McCain attacks on Obama, the growing hardships of Americans, the record deficit for 2008 ($500 billion), the increased violence in Baghdad, the bombings in India, the terrorist attacks in Turkey, Obama dissing the injured troops. No sireee, the main story this morning was that Donald Trump does not use hair gel, no he uses hair spray to control his combover. Holy Shit, AquaNet gets a nice morning plug, Trump knocks the news of the world off the tv and the talking heads can actually now talk about something they know---Hair Technology. They know the ins and outs of hair spray, what works in wet conditions, how much gel, when to lay off the hair spray, how to pooof your hair to give more volume, yes these are things Charlie Gibson, Matt Lauer (though with his skull showing through not so much) can relate to and besides The Donald is a successful guy, no one talks about his tax breaks, his multiple brushes with bankruptcy, his failed airline, and the fact that he was bankrupt in 1990 and then went chapter 11 in 1994, but it is all about the hair. I can now have my morning nap.
ron071
· 1 year ago
lynchie: You are, of course, quite correct about the news that's fit to broadcast by the MSM. However, you will make your point resonate by changing the channel. When their ratings plummet they will look in the mirror and not until then. Remember, follow the $$$$$$$$$$
GrMtGirl
· 1 year ago
He'll have to come up with some big fabrication or announcment . . . Obama is really hogging the media. Not fair, not fair I say . . . . I am a war hero, I was a POW . . . the presidency is mine . . . mine!
interlude
· 1 year ago
American terrorism attacks children in the name of homophobia
The events of this campaign indicate that the Republicans ought to oust McCain before his campaign ruins any last chance for a Republican victory. He is making a fool of himself every day. How does this add up to any chance of victory? Pathetic is the best way to describe McBush, 2008.
Dianne_in_DC
· 1 year ago
My former minister was the minister at the Knoxville church. She had indicated that there were members from the gay and transgendered community who were active in the church when she left in 1999. According to Pam's blog, the church had just put up a sign as a welcoming congregation. There will be a prayer vigil tonight at the Rockville UU Church if you are in the area and want to attend (7:30 pm)
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good morning :)
There was some debate as to whether Viagra tablets would be used as communion wafers.
i know, i know i could do the google and find out, but what i mean is, who's ever heard of him?
what kind of buzz will THAT be...more like buzz kill.
I still don't see the Obama camp disproving any of McPain's dirty ads accusing Obama of not having judgment etc. Why are they letting this pass?
you are providing an invaluable service.
clearly, you have mastered your gag reflex. :)
way the public can get rid of the " crap " on tv.
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"Mr. McCain is running the absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen in my whole life," Stein said in his unmistakable monotone delivery. "His campaign is just heartbreakingly pathetic. He is a very impressive guy. He is a brave guy, but he is running the most lackluster campaign I have ever seen in my entire life. I would have thought Bob Dole's campaign would have set a record for poor campaigns, but this one is even worse. I mean it is shocking."
Rove.
you're late, Stein.
Tell us Mr. Ben Stein just why you call him " an impressive guy"? Please do.
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diar...