tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post7111623419553931220..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-86600617856759503082008-04-19T02:13:00.000-04:002008-04-19T02:13:00.000-04:00Not quite yet, LL. There are a number of slanders...Not quite yet, LL. There are a number of slanders I've let go over the years in the name of "civility."<BR/><BR/>They're coming home to roost right now. This is all too amusing to let go just now.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-38903708937993971552008-04-18T20:38:00.000-04:002008-04-18T20:38:00.000-04:00Sure, 'bye. Don't let the door hit you on the...Sure, 'bye. Don't let the door hit you on the...lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-75248546011624265162008-04-18T18:23:00.000-04:002008-04-18T18:23:00.000-04:00Wrong again, LL.http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?i...Wrong again, LL.<BR/><BR/>http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2682730<BR/><BR/>Do you have any more slanders, or can I go now?Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-5687800007900495382008-04-17T21:58:00.000-04:002008-04-17T21:58:00.000-04:00Thanks, TVD, I knew you'd help out just in case I ...Thanks, TVD, I knew you'd help out just in case I wasn't kidding. <BR/><BR/>If you were to substitute 'conservative' for 'liberal', you then have to take 'able' out (twice) and add in the appropriate indefinite articles.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-72259832816480136212008-04-17T18:47:00.000-04:002008-04-17T18:47:00.000-04:00Hard to say if you're miserable because you're lib...Hard to say if you're miserable because you're liberal, or a liberal because you're miserable.<BR/><BR/>http://lifetwo.com/production/node/20080402-the-politics-happiness-conservatives-vs-liberals-are-parents-happierTom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-90452649777724732772008-04-17T09:25:00.000-04:002008-04-17T09:25:00.000-04:00Sorry! I was feeling so good from the beautiful s...Sorry! I was feeling so good from the beautiful spring day here in New England that I needed someone from the blissy sweet online world to tell me that <I>liberalism</I> makes me miserable, someone to bring me back to my normal destined self. But they let down again!lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-68987666696840272062008-04-16T22:54:00.000-04:002008-04-16T22:54:00.000-04:00You feedin' the trolls again LL?You feedin' the trolls again LL?Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-84150628403108594952008-04-16T19:15:00.000-04:002008-04-16T19:15:00.000-04:00I'm not being disingenuous. The snideness toward H...I'm not being disingenuous. The snideness toward Hillary among Democrats is only because Obama's gonna win.<BR/><BR/>And the way the Hillary supporters got driven off Daily Kos is more of the same viciousness. It's creepy and it's scary.<BR/><BR/>And for the record, I thought Letterman on McCain was quite funny:<BR/><BR/>"He looks like the guy at the hardware store who makes the keys … He looks Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-17838216654449266452008-04-16T19:05:00.000-04:002008-04-16T19:05:00.000-04:00So, TVD, wouldn't that imply that you should be la...So, TVD, wouldn't that imply that you should be laughing at John McCain?<BR/><BR/>Really, is laughter the standard? 'Cause <I>I'm</I> laughing at McCain, and he's definitely not my guy.<BR/><BR/>There are, however, alternatives who would make me choose McCain. Romney. Huckabee. Boehner. <I>Cheney!</I><BR/><BR/>Politics is about choosing, and that often involves as much nose-holding as I havelovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-32136334904942068812008-04-16T16:47:00.000-04:002008-04-16T16:47:00.000-04:00If Hillary were the nominee, nobody here would be ...If Hillary were the nominee, nobody here would be laughing.<BR/><BR/>That's what's funny, and you know it's so.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-55652137844879037332008-04-16T02:12:00.000-04:002008-04-16T02:12:00.000-04:00Never is a long time to evade head-Rush's insults....Never is a long time to evade <A HREF="http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/2537.html" REL="nofollow">head-Rush's insults</A>.lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-75427279664390570722008-04-15T21:01:00.000-04:002008-04-15T21:01:00.000-04:00Scratch that.What I should've said follows:"Well, ...Scratch that.<BR/><BR/>What I should've said follows:<BR/><BR/>"Well, Tom, I guess if there's an underlying rancor, that makes you...Jabba the Hutt."<BR/><BR/>Although, I fully suspect Tom would be entirely susceptible to Jedi mind tricks. Jabba was a badass in that sort of way.The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-3946778847493476982008-04-15T21:00:00.000-04:002008-04-15T21:00:00.000-04:00Maybe if Luke Skywalker were here, he could defeat...Maybe if Luke Skywalker were here, he could defeat the underlying Rancor...The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-51894358294755628242008-04-15T17:40:00.000-04:002008-04-15T17:40:00.000-04:00Yes, Michelle, I got that it was designed to be fu...Yes, Michelle, I got that it was designed to be funny. The underlying rancor was even more remarkable, though.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-76122206351977560962008-04-15T13:49:00.000-04:002008-04-15T13:49:00.000-04:00Michelle,Of course Tom has an acquaintance with a ...Michelle,<BR/><BR/>Of course Tom has an acquaintance with a sense of humor. He called John McCain a 'mellow fellow', didn't he?:<BR/><BR/>http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-19860061861243384022008-04-15T10:23:00.000-04:002008-04-15T10:23:00.000-04:00Tom,Have you had even passing acquaintance with a ...Tom,<BR/><BR/>Have you had even passing acquaintance with a thing called a sense of humor?Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-76598098727934720402008-04-15T09:11:00.000-04:002008-04-15T09:11:00.000-04:00LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL<BR/><BR/>OMFG, A, that's a certified coffee-spewer.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-33295364542437571592008-04-15T03:07:00.000-04:002008-04-15T03:07:00.000-04:00Wow, Anonymous. Half the Demo Party seems to hate...Wow, Anonymous. Half the Demo Party seems to hate Hillary's guts totally and thoroughly. <BR/><BR/>If you're any indication, and I suspect you are.<BR/><BR/>But if she were the party's nominee, I also suspect you'd hate the GOP nominee even more, even if he were a mellow fellow like Sen. McCain.<BR/><BR/>Even Rush Limbaugh, who disagrees with McCain 49% of the time, never dissed him like this.<Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-75095833363174083102008-04-15T01:51:00.000-04:002008-04-15T01:51:00.000-04:00Yes, outside behind the cottage where Alistair, wh...Yes, outside behind the cottage where Alistair, whose pleasant manner and crisp tongue should define every butler, had placed a lunceon for father and me of foie gras imbibed with a caper finish through the character of its unique gavage. At the end of our jaunty, playful duel I thought of the ladies in the servant's quarters. My connection to them felt stronger than ever before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com