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Thursday, October 30. 2008

Thursday morning links

Florida Cubans: Obama is communismo

Whats the real difference between pro- and anti-Palin conservatives?

Non-profit, non-partisan ACORN is part of the Obama campaign. I do not think that is legal.

Hidin' Biden

Why do anti-capitalists always love money so much? I wonder about that often.

Sarkozy: Obama utterly immature on Iran

More trust McCain than Obama on the economy. That's a change.

Snow blankets London for global warming debate. Snow wins the debate?

Guardian tut-tutting about James Bond. Too masculine. No, it's not intended as satire.

How much is the govt willing to pay to soak the rich? McArdle

Khalidi update: His appointment at Columbia University. His entry at Discover the Networks.

Rick is as hopeless as most of the polls

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:08 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Beautiful picture NJ.

Dear Abby, I mean Meta vixen/ Mother of the year. I read your blog yesterday about your daughter, and what you would do if she voted for Obama. I have three children, ages 23, 21, and 20. I have threatened all three with physical violence,will shave their heads while they sleep, and destroy their cars. My wife prefers to talk to them in a loving, kind way.( She also edits papers too, Whats up with that? ) Which way is correct? Am I really an abusive, controlling, passive/agressive father?

Your friend, The Lowly Shepard. You big Lucy wanabe : )
#1 jappy on 2008-10-30 08:10 (Reply)
Daddy,

hahahahaha............ okay. Let me start over.

Jappy,

I think I'll second Marianne's words. She's right. You have to get their attention. When both of mine were home, they'd walk in the door and dump their shoes and just leave them all over. They had lots of pairs so didn't bother to hunt down yesterday's pair in the need to have their feet bedecked the next day. I griped and griped and nothing. One day I gathered them all up and threw them off the back deck way out into the back yard. Truth be told: I really really loved doing it. That took care of that problem. And yes, they were mad, but they're not allowed to talk back and skulked out to pick them up. Score 1 for Mom. :)
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#1.1 Meta on 2008-10-30 22:02 (Reply)
NJ:

"Rick is as hopeless as most of the polls"

Fixed that for you.

It must be fun to be a fly on the wall in the back rooms of the AGW meet in London. (And Al Gore wasn't within miles of the place when it snowed -- I think the old guy's losing his touch.) Half of them are probably just dying to equate the snowfall with AGW because of its unusuality, while the other half recognize that it might (might!) actually be some of that funny "weather" stuff you read so much about.

The proper response to the latter, of course, is "So what! We've got a point to make!", and, admittedly, that makes a good point. You don't know the snow isn't AGW-related, right? It could be related, right? We could be 38 hours from a "Day After Tomorrow" scenario and the end of mankind's existence...right? Well, there ya go!

Personally, ever since reading that the methane from cow farts is much more destructive than mere CO2, I've been doing my part to combat AGW by eating as many hamburgers as possible.
#2 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2008-10-30 09:32 (Reply)
jappy, dear ... You're an alpha male parent, that's all. As the old joke goes, about the farmer hitting the mule over the head with a 2 X 4. "First, you have to get their attention."

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2008-10-30 14:34 (Reply)

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