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Civil War in Lebanon?
What’s par for the course doesn’t mean a return to 1975-1990.
Since the recent assassination of the head of intelligence — Wissam al-Hassan, who was known to be aligned with the anti-Syrian March 14 alliance in Lebanese politics — in Beirut, there has been much speculation that the internal conflict in Syria could re-ignite civil war in Lebanon.
Such a line of thought has been raised vis-à-vis Iraq too. Indeed, just as Shi’ite militants from Hezbollah, which is aligned with the pro-Syrian March 8 alliance in government, have been fighting to assist the Assad regime in Syria, so too have Shi’ite militants from Iraq’s Badr Brigades and the Iranian-backed ‘Special Groups’ been heading across the border to fight against the rebels.
However, I posit that civil war is unlikely, for the following reasons:
Assassinations as the status quo: The fact remains that the killing of al-Hassan is simply part of a long line of political assassinations in Lebanon that stretches back decades in the country’s history. The most recent trend was apparent with the killing of the anti-Syrian Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, the assassination of the anti-Syrian communist George Hawi in June 2005, and the murder in November 2006 of Pierre Amin Gemayel, who was a key member and MP for the Kataeb Party, which is a nationalist and predominantly Maronite Christian political organization that forms a part of the March 14 alliance.
The Kataeb Party wields much less influence than in the days of the Lebanese Civil War, but stands in contrast with the Free Patriotic Movement — another predominantly Christian party — that is aligned with the March 8 alliance. In September 2007, another member of the Kataeb Party and MP — Antoine Ghanem — was killed in a bomb attack in Beirut.
What is apparent is that — as in Iraq today — these political killings flare up from time-to-time, but they do not necessarily indicate a trend towards renewed civil war.
A similar problem in analysis can be observed as regards the question of violence in Iraq, where a given wave of bomb attacks in a particular month is too often taken as a sign of a renewed Sunni-Shi’a crisis with the possibility of tensions spilling out into outright civil war.
On the contrary, these attacks — perpetrated almost entirely by hardline Sunni insurgents — simply represent the status quo for violence in Iraq today that has stabilized at levels that still lead to hundreds of casualties a month. In any case, there is no phenomenon in Lebanon along these lines.
Small-scale protests and clashes: The assassination of Rafiq Hariri in 2005 brought out crowds of hundreds of thousands of demonstrators that eventually culminated in the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. Nothing comparable is to be observed in the aftermath of al-Hassan’s assassination. Media outlets were quick to note the clashes between police and protesters angered by the assassination and demanding that the March 8-led government under Najib Mikati resign, but such incidents are only to be expected, and did not bring about further wide-scale rioting.
One might wish to draw attention to the outbreaks of violence that have emerged in the city of Tripoli between Alawites backing the Assad regime and Sunnis opposed to the Syrian government, but these clashes are no more than sporadic in nature. It is not as though sectarian militias are freely roaming the streets, extorting money from their respective communities to perpetrate acts of mass ethnic cleansing.
The outbreaks of violence in Tripoli are predictable in light of the strong influence of Sunni Islamism (recall the burning of the KFC restaurant there in protest at the “Innocence of Muslims” movie) that arouses much rage in solidarity with the opposition to the Assad regime.
Further, the Alawites in the city — as an essentially outsider “diaspora” community relative to their co-religionists in Syria — are naturally prone to viewing the Syrian civil war as an all-out sectarian Sunni-Alawite conflict. Accordingly, many of them will have no qualms about openly expressing support for the Assad regime. Note that there is a similar phenomenon of solid backing for Assad among Alawites in Turkey.
The assessment to be drawn here is that violence in Lebanon pertaining to the Syrian conflict is still very much a localized phenomenon, occurring at pinpoints of tension rather than in large areas throughout the whole country.
Undoubtedly, the weakening or fall of the Assad regime translates to a weakening of Hezbollah’s position in Lebanon, and it is notable how muted the group’s response has been to the al-Hassan affair, which indicates that the organization certainly does feel under pressure over the growing perception of its role as a pro-Assad partisan force in Syria.
It also seems that there are — at least in the civilian ranks of Hezbollah — signs of increasing internal disagreement about whether to maintain ties with Damascus, something that may be reflected in the cancellation of the party’s convention that is supposed to be held every three years.
About the Author
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi is a Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum, and a student at Brasenose College, Oxford University. His website is http://www.aymennjawad.org.
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Pecos Pete| 10.30.12 @ 7:11AM
Except for nuclear weapons or other forms of WMD, if the middle east was left on their own they will remain in chaos forever.
The danger, barring WMD use, is allowing them to immigrate. As they arrive in western countries they bring with them their tribal hatreds and religious beliefs. Their religious beliefs are contrary to western concepts of freedom. They become a fatal cancer killing freedom.
Alej| 10.30.12 @ 9:46AM
Alawites. Hezbollah. Sunnis.
Keep them all out of America. Keep America out of their primitive business, and let them kill each other off.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 9:24AM
Welcome everyone, to the latest installment of The Mystery Science Theatre Contest for the Habitually Friendless, for a Variety of Reasons. All of them justified.
I think that we all know the Rules but I will go through them one more time.
I will pick a News Story out from the ether, and make of it, an Analogy. It can be a Movie. A Book. A Cartoon. A Poem. A Hymn. A Not Gay rendition of a totally Gay Musical, or a Rendition of a Regular Song that the guy in the Airport Men's Room Stall, next to you, probably isn't tapping his toe to.
You can enter as many times as you like, as I need Big Numbers if I'm ever gonna be considered for a Razzie.
Let's do this.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 9:34AM
I remember, years ago, when the Japanese scoffed at us because we spend so much time kissing the asses of our Minorities. We have gone from Bull Connor, to a Black President, in the blink of an eye, and yet, they still Hate Us.
We have given them Affirmative Action, Set Asides, Extra Points at College Admissions just for the Colour of their Skin, and what has it gotten us?
While we have made so many strides in one direction, they have gone down a different road. They have become what we used to be.
Gone is the White Racist's Bullhorn. Gone are the Rallies of White Southerners Protesting Segregation. Gone are the Lynchings and the Beatings of Blacks.
Now it is Al Sharpton with the Bullhorn, screaming out Threats to "White Interlopers" who would do business in a Black Neighborhood. It's the Black Panthers in the streets, Protesting against "Crackers" with threats of Violence and Murder. Now it is White People who are being Viscously Attacked and Beaten and Raped and Murdered by these ANIMALS, because of the Colour of their skin.
We are living in a Hell, at the end of a Road paved with our Good Intentions. We have a Creature in the White House who Hates Us, Hates this Country, and Hates everything that we believe in. And he got where he is because we "Spend so much time kissing the asses of our Minorities".
Think - Planet of the Apes. Not the Old One. The New One.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 9:58AM
Think - I Robot.
Think about that guy who was living with the Grizzlies, right up until they Ate him.
Think about JESUS CHRIST, who came to Save the world, and was rewarded with Crucifixion for his troubles.
This could be a difficult one. But then that's what I think about all of them, and then you guys knock it outta the Park.
The Prizes are as follows - The Winners will receive all of the empty Hand Lotion Bottles that Chris Mathews goes through, covering the Election on Election Night.
The Losers (and you know who you are) will be getting the pile of Wet Tissues, scattered about the floor under his table.
Good luck, and be safe out there.
Bob Grant| 11.2.12 @ 12:09PM
If I understand the parameters of this week's game, you want use to come up with some analogy that illustrates the placating-nature of race relations in our country and it's unintended consequences?
The only analogy that would work would be a biblical one because per the rules of race relations in America as dictated by African American Intellectuals and advanced by their white peers, it is based on the Original Sin of Slavery.
This is a tough one. I'll get back with you.
Al Adab| 11.2.12 @ 3:51PM
Biblical analogy?
How about The Ten Commandments? Moses leads the people out of tyranny into freedom and they proclaim "We were better off in Egypt" (as slaves) since we had food. Then they set up an idol (the state) and worship it claiming it provides their sustenance.
We can never rest for tyranny never rests while liberty exists. Many will choose a bowl of pottage over their birthright of freedom, but we who cherish freedom above all else must remain alert and oppose the threat. Always the Beast of tyranny raises his head.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 3:53PM
I loke that one.
See?
I knew you could do it.
I smell empty Hand Lotion Bottles.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 5:22PM
I LIKE that one.
Damn these spelling errors!
Bob Grant| 11.2.12 @ 8:44PM
Yep T,
I never thought Biblical analogies could be associated with Hand Lotion Bottles.
Only at the greatest analogy game on the net!
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:12AM
I think you mean - The greatest Anology game on the PLAnet. Right?
Of course you did.
Bob Grant| 11.3.12 @ 9:13AM
Sure TLP,
Perhaps it's the greatest Anology game on the planet. Who could argue?
But in fact it's the best analogy game on the net.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 2:07PM
I think you mean - The greatest Anology game on the PLAnet. Right?
Of course you did.
Joellen| 11.4.12 @ 5:47AM
Think "Last of the Mohicans". I am back folks, missed you all, your wit, your determination and your love for our country. So, what better way to end our contest before D day than with this great classic. Good guys are the early colonialist Americans and their Militia led by John Cameron. Of course that would be us now. We have the last two Mohicans and their white brother through "adoption" (tell that to the feminist/liberals & marxist who wish to abort those who dont meet their requirements); The Monroe family, which includes the Colonial & his two daughters. Both daughters have been saved by Hawkeye, Chingachgook & Uncas as they are making their way to their fathers camp. They were being led by the swarmy British Major Duncan Howard (think Axelrod; Clinton, Gibbs, etc.) and the Huron Warrior Magua who is actually set on a vengence to destroy Munroe, his daughters and any chance of future posterity for the Munroe family. HELLO, IF THIS MOVIE DOESNT DEPICT Obama/Soros/Clintons, etc. trying to destroy America and our future Posterity to the TEEE!
Joellen| 11.4.12 @ 6:03AM
The evil Magua and his army (Obama & his marxist buddies) kills Major Munroe (our spirit); but Hawkeye, Chingachgook & Uncas (the American Patriots) fight to retrieve the daughers (our Country). At one point Hawkeye & his Father & Brother must abandon the girls & Duuncan to come back and fight smarter and stronger - but he demands that Cora "STAY ALIVE - YOU DO EVERYTHING TO STAY ALIVE"! Our three heroes catch up and the battle is fierce between Uncas & Magua. Unfortuantely Magua beats Uncas/we might not win all the battles in the races. The young Monroe girl, Alice rather than be a slave to Magua/Obama takes her life/Americans who give in and dont fight, accepts govtmt dependence, not anything I would advocate - I say FIGHT). Hawkey/Patriots catches up and battles Magua/Obama and WINS (Nov 6th election day). Chingchgook, Hawkeye and Jill have lost their love ones/American soliders but a new day is dawn and they survived. No matter what happens this Tuesday, we MUST STAY ALIVE and fight for our future Posterity. For we all know that evil never dies; and to be indifferent to evil is just as evil.
Joellen| 11.4.12 @ 6:48AM
That's Cora, not Jill. Am tired folks, but will get it right.
KennesawJack| 11.4.12 @ 8:29AM
Well done, Joellen. Hope all is well with you and yours in NJ.
Joellen| 11.4.12 @ 2:32PM
Thanks Jack.
mike 3/505| 11.4.12 @ 6:48PM
Hang in there Jo!
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 3:54PM
Because of the Storm?
The Contest will be held over until SUNDAY, 3pm.
Joellen| 11.4.12 @ 6:22AM
Hi again folks, many of you know I live at the Jersey Shore. Thanks Tim & Albert for your prayers, for it is pretty bad here. But for all the destruction, many miracles have I witnessed. I have not seen any windows broken. Think of that, it has been very cold here and yet GOD spare us in that regard, to keep the cold out. Many trees fell, but away from homes. I have seen neighbors helping neighbors. We got the brooms out, soap & water and just put our sholder to the grind. No complaining, just doing. I've seen certain Church groups organize and go to their parishoneers homes to help clean. Rotary,The Boys scouts have orgainzed to assist in anyway. I have not heard one person say they were waiting for Obama to show up and help them - in fact, we spit in his eye and say "THIS IS HOW TO GET ER DONE". The Amercian Spirit is not dead folks, I am witnessing it every day. I do ask for you to continue to pray, for many have lost everything. Worse of all lives have been lost, and there is nothing to say to that except PRAY and ask that GOD have mercy and get these poor families through their grief. Stay strong in your faith through these times TAS readers and remember HE is with us.
Joellen| 11.4.12 @ 6:45AM
Couple of more comments: Bloomberg - the idiot who doesnt want you to drink too much soda, but who cant understand why a marathon that was to be held today throughout NYC IS NOT A GOOD IDEA! This FOOL, doesnt understand that people are cold, homeless, hungry and scared and he thinks a race would be good for morale. He and his HOLLYWEIRD hypocrits who had a party on Holloween, using generators, spent how much money on costumes and food, these HYPOCRITS always telling us how we need to care for the poor, yet cant see below their phoney noses those suffering down the street from where they party is held in their penthouse. Read Andrea Pysers column in the NY Post Friday, and you'll understand my contempt and disdain for Bloomberg & his cronies. BTW, Bloomberg endorsed Obama because "although Romney is the man who could get the ecomomy back, Obama will fight global warming". Well STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES!
Allow me to vent these next couple of days.
CJW| 11.4.12 @ 10:36AM
Glad to see you are safe and sound. Where are you on the Jersey shore. We go to Avalon, Stone Harbor, Cape May, Ocean City, and the Wildwoods, but mostly Avalaon.
Joellen| 11.4.12 @ 2:30PM
Let me know when you're in town - we'll toast the new Admin in the White House.
CJW| 11.5.12 @ 8:09AM
OK, probably July or August.
mike 3/505| 11.2.12 @ 6:19PM
Farnham's Freehold, by Robert Heinlein. Dystopian future world, where the blacks have taken over as the dominant culture and enslaved the whites. Not only are the whites enslaved, but are also a meat source for the blacks.
mike 3/505| 11.2.12 @ 6:41PM
Although men are "in charge" of the society, inheritance, monetary and authoritarian, is thru the female line.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 7:08PM
Kinda like The Black Family, now.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 6:44PM
I already used that one.
Planet Of The Apes.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 6:45PM
How ya doing, Colonel?
How are those Shirts?
mike 3/505| 11.2.12 @ 7:03PM
I'm doing good. Doc says I'm most likely gonna live...For a while anyhow. Love the shirts.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 7:22PM
Love long, and Prosper.
mike 3/505| 11.2.12 @ 7:04PM
You gotta read FF. Great libertarian book.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:13AM
LIVE Long and Prosper.
DAMNIT!
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:15AM
Actually, I just got finished telling Navritil to go FF himself.
Isn't that wierd?
mike 3/505| 11.3.12 @ 10:08AM
Issues, Tim. Serious issues. :-)
gene| 11.2.12 @ 10:19AM
There is sooooo much to choose from and the great obscenity is that they are NOT analogies.
They are our present realities.
"1984" ?
We have Big Brother. We have historical revisionism. We have hate speech, thoughtcrime, etc. we can type examples all day.
"Network" Paddy Chayefsky 's black comedy on television? Today, it is a living reality and a nightmare. "Brave New World" is still Quasi-Science Fiction, but the technology to make it a reality exists as we type these words.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 11:38AM
Well done, Gene.
And for being the first Contestant, Today?
You will recieve the Home Version of Chris Mathew's Wet Pantleg.
Congratulations.
gene| 11.2.12 @ 12:24PM
Chris Matthews?
I get this tingling thrill up my leg whenever I hear his ................... no wait.
That's just my Arthritis.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 2:24PM
Somewhere, Gary8 is looking over his shoulder, wondering about Gary9.
gene| 11.2.12 @ 3:10PM
?
I may not be long for this planet! 0:-D
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 5:23PM
Are you having a stroke?
gene| 11.2.12 @ 6:02PM
Of course not. But according to Albert I may have a "Gary9" stalking my hindquarters and ready to take my place by "Termination with Extreme Prejudice".
I never should have let the cat out of the bag concerning cutting and pasting "Weird News of the Week" as my weekly reports on Human Culture to the Mother Ship. Laziness can be a real drag and I always hated that stupid paperwork.
gene| 11.2.12 @ 6:40PM
Hey Mr. TLP guy.
What do you know about this "Albert" fellow?
Any chance he could be a "Gary9"?
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 6:47PM
He's Gary 10.
Watch your back.
I'm just sayin.
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 11:55AM
An entry into this week's contest is a bit more difficult to come up with than most weeks. In 5 short days we will make a decision in what is, arguably, one of the most important elections in our history. There is, before us, a clear choice as to direction. Early in the last century, Robert Frost wrote what is widely regarded as the most popular poem ever written by an American poet. All of us who were educated in American schools learned it (that would exclude you-know-who). It,too, addressed the notion of choices and was called "Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood". It was written in Iambic Tetrameter with one extra syllable per line (I mention that because I know it's important to Tim) with 4 stanzas. My version, below, is written, well, superbly (it's so hard to be humble, but I try) and has one extra stanza, the last being almost, but not quite, entirely in Mr. Frost's words. To wit:
John II| 11.2.12 @ 11:46PM
Actually, Kennie, it's arguably THE most important election, but indisputably ONE of the most important.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:19AM
It's the most biggest Vote in America.
No more fake Hope in America.
Too many Dopes in America.
I have him in my SCOPE in America.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 2:09PM
Ummmmmm - West Side Story.
KennesawJack| 11.3.12 @ 9:27AM
You academics are such show-offs.
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 11:55AM
“Two Roads There Are”
Two roads there are, to our destiny
and I’ve stood and looked, at length, down both.
To my left, the way seems wide and free
And, seeming safe, softly beckons me.
But the right is dense with undergrowth.
Most fellow travelers pause, then veer
to the path that surely is the main
thoroughfare to their safety, and clear,
as they can see, no hazards to fear.
But the right, to them, seems not so tame.
A few hesitate, then choose the right.
As if some sweet siren calls their name.
‘Mongst the growth there is a fearsome fight,
but pressing on, ‘fore long, fade from sight.
They’ve persevered, and they’ve earned their gain.
Those who chose to take the smoother way
arrive at last at their final fate.
For the easy life, a price to pay
and forever they are made to stay
in bondage to the Oligarch’s State.
I shall be telling this with a sigh.
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
To roads diverged and there did I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 2:17PM
As they use to say on In Living Color: Men on Poetry: "Five Snaps and a circle!".
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 3:56PM
You and your snaps.
Albert Constantine Jr.
My Rock.
Pecos Pete| 11.2.12 @ 1:00PM
I won't try to compete with KennesawJack
I'm too far back
With intelligence I lack
So I stole mine to return to the sack.
So, for my early entry.....based on something done by Odiah.
Good Old Obama
I once knew a man
Who was known as Obama
A name to which few lay claim
It's hidden you know
Within an African talk show
As found in a duck’s quack
That dirty ole Obama
So sneaky in fact
He stole the best blessings of bro
Seems he did take aim
At winning the game
When other meanings they lack
Yep, he'd set them up
And then watch them grow
For a fall of God's Holy Name
I do wonder still
What is in God's Will
As for one Obama and his wits?
Ask NOT what your country can do for you
Ask what you can do for your country.
Wow, even in The African bro
That must have hit low
Maybe ‘twas the grits
Or the EPA’s lack of permits?
...and now I'm off to the hills for the cutting of firewood ... to heat my home and food ... see you tomorrow
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 2:23PM
Best of Luck
Friend Pecos Pete
for if you don't work
you won't eat
so chop the wood
and feed the fire
you've penned the poem
about the Liar
so we will take
the game from here
but for the break
we take for beer.
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 2:31PM
Whoooo Hoooo! Impressive, Big Al!
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 2:33PM
Sometimes spontaneity works.
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 2:43PM
It's Friday afternoon + I work for myself = that beer break you were talking about. You know, there's no such thing as a bad Yuengling.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 3:59PM
I'm a Fosters man, myself.
Where would I be without you guys?
Jack. Are you a Vet?
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 4:31PM
Yes. 'Nam '67 and '68.
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 4:38PM
KJack
How about the victory party at Pottsville, Pa, home of Yuengling beer, oldest brewery in the country? We could get Yuengling to donate given all the free publicity we give them and will give them.
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 5:03PM
I'll be coming up to Lancaster to this summer to visit family so, if you want to meet up there and hoist a draught or two, count me in. Probably be in late June or early July.
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 5:05PM
Ok, KJack. Let me know when, and I will send you my email. Maybe we can round up a few more.
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 5:07PM
Al lives in Delaware and, from what Tim tells me, will drive a long way if the beer's free.
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 6:08PM
I believe Von Mises is in NJ, and Anthony in Connecticut.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 9:14PM
I enjoy Lancaster, and I enjoy beer. I also enjoy Yuengling, so I can attempt whatever needs to be done in this regard.
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 9:22PM
I think JoEllen said she is from Jersey, has she checked in?
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 9:31PM
I think Joellen is currently limited in her participation as a result of Hurrican Sandy. I think VMJ's posting has also been similarly limited.
chuck| 11.3.12 @ 9:03AM
I grew up in Lancaster, beautiful place in May and June. Winters suck there though. I still have family there, mainly Aunts, Uncles, and cousins, at least those who didn't leave for warmer climates, like the rest of us "damned Yankees".
KennesawJack| 11.3.12 @ 9:29AM
And you live in Acworth or Woodstock now, right?
chuck| 11.3.12 @ 12:51PM
Just off Kellogg Creek Rd, off Hwy 92.
mike 3/505| 11.4.12 @ 5:00PM
Brenda Lane, off of 92 just North of Hiram
chuck| 11.4.12 @ 10:08PM
I've done some work in the area near there, over in Dallas, and further up 92.
We need to get together with KJ and celebrate the new president.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 5:31PM
tpennell4@comcast.net
Call me, and I will send you nice things, for free.
I make Great Vet Shirts, and I want you to have some.
I've already sent them to SUBVET, that Drunk - Colonel mike 3/505, and I'm sending some out to Albert.
Email me, Give me your Mailing Address, your Shirt Size (They're Cotton, and will shrink if you put them in the Dryer, and won't Shrink, if you just hang them up) so specify Dryer or Hanger.
They come in Red, White, or Blue.
I used to sell them at Motorcycle Shows, and State Fairs, but now, for some reason, nobody has any money, so I have a lot of them in Boxes.
Call Me.
You won't be disappointed.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 5:32PM
This is for KennasawJack.
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 5:43PM
Thanks, Tim. Just sent you an email. Let me know if you get it.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 6:49PM
I got it.
I need your Mailing Address.
John II| 11.2.12 @ 6:26PM
Terrific, Al! How come you get to be a poet without being called a faggot by Timmy?
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 6:53PM
Because I don't use that kind of language.
I prefer to call him an English "Cigarette".
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:22AM
You had me until the very last line - Cutting Firewood to heat your house? That doesn't even rhyme.
I don't get it.
John II| 11.2.12 @ 1:21PM
Damn. Hard acts to follow. Anyhow, Timmy's description of the contest touches on the very essence of the Left's project: gang-banging a half-informed electorate. So we're back to West Side Story (1961)--albeit not for much longer: I'm running out of the flick's 12 songs. To the tune of "Jet Song":
When you're a Lib,
You're a Lib all the way
From your first legal fib
To your outing as gay.
When you're a Lib,
If the crap hits the fan,
You got media support,
You're a company man!
You're never without,
You're never stuck in right field.
You're ready to shout
At something unexpected,
You're well protected!
Then you get pissed
With your capital L --
And everyone's a racist,
'Til you make a hell
For those who thought
You can't be bought!
CHORUS
Oh, when the left falls down at the ballot polls,
We'll have our lawyers ready with the trolls!
And when the dopes and the dead and the crooks
Are counted, we're gonna get it all in our hooks!
Here come the Libs
Like a bat out of hell.
Someone gets in our way,
Someone don't feel so well.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 2:14PM
My fingers are snapping on this one, too, not in the manner of the coffee house, but in the way that was somehow supposed to intimidate the Sharks half a century ago.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 4:01PM
Why do I think that Pecos Pete writes these things, dressed like Natalie Wood?
Wig, and all.
John II| 11.2.12 @ 6:30PM
She only had a wig in "The Searchers" (1956), when she played an orphan abducted by Comanches. But she didn't have a voice in West Side Story (1961)--the songs were dubbed by Marni Nixon.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 6:55PM
Why do I think that Pecos Pete writes these things, dressed like Marni Nixon?
Wig, and all.
John II| 11.2.12 @ 9:20PM
That's better.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 4:02PM
The Contest will remain open until SUNDAY, 3pm.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 2:08PM
Poems, musicals, all gems.
I will start today with film.
I’m thinking of the 1987 John Sayles film about the coalfield wars of the 1920s,“Matewan”, depicting the struggle of Red labor organizer Joe Kenehan and striking coal miners and their families; pitted against the mine owners, management and the detective agency hired to protect their interests.
While the story is quite one-sided, and understates the true nature of the level of socialist and communist infiltration of labor unions in the US and elsewhere, for the purposes of the rules of today's contest, I want to reverse the roles of who one might traditionally identify with in a film by a noted Obama supporter.
Think of the Romney as the idealistic organizer Joe Kenehan. Think of the West Virginia native miners as base conservatives, the Italian miners as social conservatives, the black miners as economic conservatives, and the hill people who make a brief appearance as Ron Paul supporters. With the support of the steely eyed town sheriff Sid Hatfield (Paul Ryan), they make a stand against the entrenched empowered mining company (Obama & Biden).
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 2:09PM
Baldwin-Felts detective Hickey is David Axelrod, and Plouffe is Griggs. First, they infiltrate the miner’s camp with undercover agent-provocateur C.E. Lively (the late Arlen Spector). Then, they try a smear against Kenehan with a false accusation of rape (the Obama campaign’s attempt to demonize Romney as giving people cancer, etc.). When that is unsuccessful, they send for reinforcements to help evict the striking miners.
The media are the new hired detectives (or gun thugs, if you prefer), riding in on the train, alternately cynical and naïve about what lies ahead, and the job they’re going to need to do to earn their money.
They form up and try to confront the forces protecting the miners, waving about phony writs and warrants (the phonied up numbers) to the Sheriff and Mayor.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 2:09PM
SPOILER ALERT
Those who have seen the movie know a great shoot out follows after the visiting team makes the wrong move, and the gun thugs put up a fight and inflict damage, but are ultimately massacred by the better prepared miners.
While the comparison breaks apart in the epilogue, should Romney prevail on Tuesday, it will represent a critical victory, but only one important battle won in a long war ahead (though it gives one solace to think of the media metaphorically ambushed along with their fellow traveling Obama supporters).
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 4:04PM
People!
You're missing the Obvious ones.
Skynet.
The Matrix.
C'mon!
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 4:36PM
I am sluggish today, long deposition yesterday, and just wasted brain cells reading and responding to vtwin, london, and assorted purps. What are we trying to do? Help!
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 9:56PM
Speaking of miner movies, did you see Sean Connery in the Molly McGuires about the Irish miners in Pa? Great movie, partly true story.
Al Adab| 11.2.12 @ 7:03PM
Poems?
Limerick: The Perils of Perestroika
Once a young commisar Tasha
defected and abandoned her dacha.
The reason for it
they discuss not a bit,
for she now runs a bank in Osaka.
Or if you prefer Haiku:
Any moron
can write Haiku
Just stop
at the seventeenth sylab...
In re this election:
Forsan et haec olim, meminisse iuvabit.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 7:25PM
And you said it was too hard.
You're a Natural.
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 7:42PM
We won't be crying come Wednesday, Al.
John II| 11.2.12 @ 9:26PM
Forsan et haec olim, meminisse iuvabit.
I sure as hell hope so.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 10:22PM
Auf Englisch, who could disagree.
:
John II| 11.3.12 @ 12:29AM
Oh. Sorry. It's rather a famous line from Book 1 of the Aeneid. Aeneas and his men are suddenly shipwrecked on the Libyan coast of Africa, and Aeneas, himself pretty much in extremis, summons enough energy to deliver a pep talk to his men:
O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque finem.
Vos et Scyllaeam rabiem penitusque sonantis
accestis scopulos, vos et Cyclopia saxa
experti: revocate animos maestumque timorem
mittite; forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.
Late-night translation:
"Dudes, we've been through worse, and some god will put an end to this crap as well. Hey, you've put up with Scylla's rage and her roaring cliffs, and you've been through a stoning from the Cyclops. Buck up and cool it with the mournful whimpering; maybe someday it'll be a pleasant thing to remember all this."
CJW| 11.3.12 @ 8:48AM
I thought Aenas said, see you guys later, I'm outta here, got a fundraiser in Naples, then a late night shot at the Colosseum.
John II| 11.3.12 @ 11:23AM
That sounds suspiciously like the kind of answer I can always expect on at least one of the essay questions in a final.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.3.12 @ 9:01AM
Actually, I tried to post it in Thai, but apparently there's a limit on how many characters in other than the Roman alphabet that we are able to post.
Al Adab| 11.3.12 @ 2:17PM
A C Jr.:
Sawadee krup.
Al Adab| 11.3.12 @ 2:15PM
John II:
Am I impressed. While you might need to converse with Fagles about the translation, it might actually serve to make our current crop of undergrads find the Aeneid more interesting. Should I wait for the screenplay and movie?
See if this fits your fancy:
The skywide glare of the hazy sun
Bakes down the works of man.
Its endless power assails the ground
Til all is dust again.
So tary not sojourner as you wend along your way
This timeless world will mark you not
The morning past today.
John II| 11.3.12 @ 3:40PM
Okay! Reminds me of Shelley's "Ozymandias."
Here's an apocalyptic quickie from Robert Frost:
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Al Adab| 11.3.12 @ 9:28PM
"Look on my works ye mighty and despair."
"not with a bang but a whimper."
Wow! We could really work ourselves into a blue funk here. How about "Morning in America".
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 4:05PM
The Contest will remain open until SUNDAY, 3pm.
That is all.
John II| 11.3.12 @ 3:47PM
That is all? What about "over and out"? One must adhere to certain conventions in the world of electronic communication.
Warrior| 11.2.12 @ 5:48PM
Joe Biden took his daughter to the Gynecologist, The doctor walked in and asked Joe what are we here for today? Joe said "to get my daughter on birth control." The doctor then asked Joe, "so is your daughter sexually active?" Joe said "no, she just lays there like her mother."
I can change the slant of my thinking towards races or ethnic groups if will help me do better than last week.
Warrior| 11.2.12 @ 6:05PM
If you prefer, you can insert BHO in every instance I have put Joe Biden and it still works the same.
TLP| 11.2.12 @ 6:57PM
You're doing just fine.
KennesawJack| 11.2.12 @ 7:44PM
Actually, he's doing very, very well.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 9:10PM
As a Delaware resident, I love it, Warrior (though feel free to add BHO where ever appropriate).
chuck| 11.3.12 @ 3:01PM
As a Delaware resident, you must be most proud of our esteemed VP from your home state.
Or not.
John Navratil| 11.2.12 @ 8:32PM
Being a radically chic kind of guy, I've got to recall Leonard and Felicia Bernstein raising $10,000 for the "Panther 21." Let's call it the "Nightmare on 42nd Street".
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 9:58PM
John,
How about Jane Fonda in her Hanoi Jane days marrying Tom Hayden, founder of SDS? Then she went for the money with Ted Turner.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:38AM
She was Hot. The whole Package. She had the Boobalas, the Gams, the Hams, and the Glam.
Then she hooked up with the Left, and they did to her what they do to EVERYTHING they come in contact with.
They Ruined Her.
That one Boob on display in Barbarella, through that little plastic Port Hole in her outfit.
It's like The Kennedy Assassination - You always remember where you were that day.
John II| 11.3.12 @ 1:13PM
Her jaw was slightly too prominent, Timmy, like her dad's. Now that she's an old lady, her jaw is WAY too prominent. I mean, she has always looked as if she had too much of a set in her jaw, not just when she was posing with the heavy machine gun and her North Vietnamese pals.
Her dad has that same set in his jaw when, in "Grapes of Wrath" (1939) as Tom Joad he stares off into the middle distance and intones: "Reds, Reds . . . I keep hearin' about Reds . . . who ARE these Reds, anyway?"
That kind of set-in-the-jaw requires a quick slap upside of the head.
Just sayin'.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 7:17PM
Picky, picky, picky.
mike 3/505| 11.4.12 @ 5:03PM
Her father was totally different than she...All he had going for him was talent & common sense.
chuck| 11.3.12 @ 8:35PM
I can never think of the traitorous bitch without wondering how many of our boys never came home from Vietnam because of the aid and comfort she gave the enemy.
Remember our soldiers. Fuck you,Jane Fonda!
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 10:21PM
Entry One.
Movie: Patton, (of course)
Scene: the 101 Airborne Division is trapped at Bastogne. They refuse to surrender, and will probably be decimated. Gen Bradley asks his generals how to rescue them. Patton volunteers and says they can get there with a forced march.
They do it. They do not ask what if we fail. They act to help their fellow Americans.
Now compare that to the weasel Panetta, Mrs Bubba, and Barack "Vegas" Obama doing nothing to provide additional security when requested by our people in Libya, and worse doing NOTHING during the 7 hour battle, and letting four Americans die. And then Obama jets off to Vegas to campaign, and spends two weeks on Letterman, Leno, the View, John Liebowitz Daily Show, the UN, always blaming a video for the attack.
How could anyone vote for Obama.
R Martin| 11.3.12 @ 9:25AM
Panetta's weasellyness is underestimated. He and the sec. state are an analogy for the competence of Obama's staff.
BTW, I live in DE and will join that victory party wherever it may be held. Or we could do it here. I live on 59 acres in the Brandywine Valley, there are no neighbors to annoy and the nearest ones would probably join the party anyway.
KennesawJack| 11.3.12 @ 9:34AM
No really on topic, but in line (a bit) with your post. I wonder if anyone has asked Colin Powell since Obamarx left our guys hanging out to dry, whether he still supports the Marxist, Muslim-in-Chief.
R. Will let you know if we decide to get together. Probably be late June or early July before I can get up to PA. Sure hope it's a victory celebration and not a "tear in my beer" event.
CJW| 11.3.12 @ 12:31PM
It will be a victory celebration at the Martin estate!!
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 7:22PM
Is The Muslim still Black?
If he is?
Then you have your answer.
And, yes, that is exactly on Topic.
In fact, it was so On Topic, that I'm sending you the Home Version of Chris Mathew's Wet Pantleg, as well.
KennesawJack| 11.3.12 @ 9:57PM
I will send them along to the South Florida Chapter of the Center for Recovering Jewish Obamarx Supporters to use in their fundraisers. Last I heard, all of the prizes I sent to them has raised $1.47 for which they are most grateful.
KennesawJack| 11.3.12 @ 9:58PM
Jeez. " all of the prizes I sent them HAVE raised".
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 10:27PM
Entry Two:
Movie: Wild Bunch.
Scene: William Holden, Borgnine, Sam Johnson, and the rest put on their guns, finish their whiskey, say let's go. They go to the Mexican general, ask him to release their friend, the general kills their friend. You know the rest.
Holden and his guys did not debate and blame the capture of their friend on anything. They went in to help, and if they did not get him out, they planned to kill everyone there, which they did.
Again compare this to the weasel Panetta, Mrs. Bubba, and Vegas Obama as stated above in Patton.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.2.12 @ 10:41PM
For the guidelines of today's contest, I think you're on to something. For its purposes, as they contemplate the reasons to rescue their compadre, instead of asking "Why Not", the question (in an Obama administration) cecomes "Why?".
CJW| 11.2.12 @ 10:56PM
BTW, Colonel Mike 3/505 helped me. I am channeling his thoughts.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:29AM
So, you're saying that you're pie eyed, sh*t faced, and almost outta beer?
Is that what you're saying?
CJW| 11.3.12 @ 8:50AM
Almost outta is not outta. You a mindreader, buying a case for tonite's party after my two hours at the gym.
Bob Grant| 11.2.12 @ 11:16PM
White Man's Burden, Logan's Run, or Doberman Gang?
Man, I need help before I dive in this thing.
Bob Grant| 11.2.12 @ 11:35PM
I can post my limerick about Purp as an appetizer before my main course.
I hope it's not too amateurish. The competition is brutal here:
there once was a man named Purp
by all indications a twerp
he loves his barack
'cause he's one of the flock
'til there's no liberty left to usurp!
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:31AM
I liked you better on the Radio.
Bob Grant| 11.3.12 @ 9:50AM
Get off my phone you big dummy!!!
Bob Grant| 11.3.12 @ 11:01PM
I nailed my Bob Grant impersonation!
chuck| 11.3.12 @ 8:58AM
"The Terminator"
In the movie, man creates machines (government) to help him progress. As the machine become more and more powerful, and start doing more things that men used to do, humans start to build them with artificial intelligence(Joe BiteMe Biden). It reaches a point that machines can exist without humans, and set upon destroying human life(freedom, liberty).
Along comes one man (Romney) to rally the surviving humans, and defeat the machines(big government) that are trying to wipe humanity off the face of the earth.
So they send "The Terminator" (the empty chair) out, stopping at nothing to destroy the savior of humanity(Romney) and his supporters(all of us).
We are 4 days away from the final show down! Which side will win? The side of liberty, freedom, and humanity, or the forces of darkness, socialism, Islamism, decline, and poverty?
Stay tuned!
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.3.12 @ 9:10AM
Come to think of it, I did see Obama wearing a leather jacket yesterday. I just didn't realize he was en route to Tech Noir to find Sarah Connor.
Bob Grant| 11.3.12 @ 9:40AM
and his robot-like qualities.
Bob Grant| 11.3.12 @ 9:48AM
Who else but Sarah Palin for that role?
chuck| 11.3.12 @ 4:32PM
I bet Sarah is hot carrying a gun!
Bob Grant| 11.3.12 @ 6:32PM
Or not.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 7:41PM
And, Obama can play an additional role, as the Black Scientist responsible for creating the Software (His Policies) that enable the Robot Controlled Defence Machinery - SKYNET - (His 2nd Term) to Decimate the Human Race (Us) and ends up Blowing Up in his Lab (This Election), thus preventing the Alternative Future (America becoming a Banana Republic) from ever happening.
The End.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 7:42PM
You're Lucky that I'm not allowed to win.
Lucky, indeed.
chuck| 11.3.12 @ 8:40PM
Oh, if only Bamster had the balls to do the right thing! If only he had the integrity to sacrifice himself to destroy the monster he created.
If only he was the load his whore-momma swallowed!
Bob Grant| 11.3.12 @ 10:46PM
welcome to the world of obama
whose problems are rooted in mamma
oh why was she stanley
when clearly not manly
....
Ok, I'm stuck here. Someone help me out.
R Martin| 11.4.12 @ 7:52AM
her kid's got the brains of a llama.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.4.12 @ 2:18PM
I like that, but as an additional selection:
Now our country's caught up in their drama.
Bob Grant| 11.4.12 @ 5:00PM
"her kid's got the brains of a llama."
which could have also nabbed osama...
Bob Grant| 11.4.12 @ 9:27AM
In addition he could also play one of the many street thug extras.
gene| 11.3.12 @ 9:23AM
The best entry (so far) that demonstrates where we are right now is "Patton" and the "Battle of the Bulge". Thousands of troops pull out of a winter battle. Go on a forced march of a hundred miles. No hot food, no sleep. Go into battle. Entire divisions.
Now? Seven hours of fighting and we (The Administration we elected) left these people to die. This is devastating.
On that note, I keep hearing how "close" this race is?
No.
This is going to be a landslide. Even with massive fraudulent voting by Democrats, this will still be a landslide.
P.S. I would give second place to "The Wild Bunch". Even after Angel is killed and the General is killed, they could have still walked out of there alive. Instead, William Holden's character stands up straight and shoots the German officer knowing that this will be the end of them.
"Let's Go".
Says it all.
CJW| 11.3.12 @ 12:29PM
Federal judge Raymond A. Jackson dismissed piracy charges against six Somalis who fired on U.S. naval warships on the Indian Ocean because the attacks failed to ravage our vessels — the Somalis were captured and brought to Judge Jackson’s civilian court in Virginia. According to Judge Jackson (appointed to the bench by President Clinton in 1993), to be prosecuted for piracy (under Section 1651 of the federal penal code), pirates have to succeed in carrying out a robbery on the high seas. If they try but we capture them, they can’t be charged. -- Andy McCarthy
The rejection of the piracy charges shows again how the Obama administration confuses the nature of war with crime. Compare Obama with Teddy Roosevelt.
In 1904, New Jersey native Perdicaris was taken hostage by Moroccan bandits led by Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli. Roosevelt's response : "This government wants Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!"
The president ordered seven battleships and a contingent of Marines to Morocco. That is how American presidents used to respond to pirates.
Likewise with Jefferson. In 1801, Thomas Jefferson ended the payment of tribute to the Barbary pirates, who preyed on American shipping in the Mediterranean and enslaved U.S. sailors. He sent a naval squadron against the pirates with orders to "chastise their insolence" by "sinking, burning, or destroying their ships & vessels wherever you shall find them.
from an article by John Yoo, 8/22/12, Ricochet.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.3.12 @ 5:46PM
The kidnapping and TR's response are the basis of the film "The Wind & the Lion",
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 7:46PM
I believe that he buried the dead Muslims, upside down, and wrapped in Blankets soaked in Pig's Blood.
Sounds like a Plan, of you ask me.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 7:47PM
IF you ask me.
SONOFABITCH!
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.3.12 @ 8:31PM
I think it was Black Jack Pershing who cooked up that cure during the Moro Insurrection in the Philippines, but TR would have been his Commander -in- Chief for some of that. (The same skirmish was the impetus for the Colt 1911 .45, as the .38 revolvers previously used didn't kill them dead enough quick enough).
R Martin| 11.3.12 @ 9:26AM
Is the parable of the Good Samaritan too obvious here?
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.3.12 @ 9:55AM
I don't think you can ever go wrong with a Biblical reference.
gene| 11.3.12 @ 10:15AM
I will not argue that point.
At least not with someone who might be a Gary10.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.3.12 @ 10:20AM
Have no fear. I'm looking over my shoulder for Gary11.
CJW| 11.3.12 @ 12:02PM
I don't understand the Gary 10,11 stuff, what is it?
gene| 11.3.12 @ 2:21PM
I made an entry concerning Gary Seven(Robert Lansing). A character in the original Star Trek. A human who is taken off world and trained by an alien civilization and then sent back to Earth (In this one it is the 1960's) to assist earthlings. The comedic part was my entry saying I was Gary8 who killed the whoosy Gary7 and that we should just take over. I made vague references to Obama and suspicions raised about birth certificates and birth locations (Hmmm?) Albert made a reference to a Gary8 looking over his shoulder for a Gary9. More postings and TLP warned me that Albert is a Gary10 and I should watch my back.
CJW| 11.3.12 @ 3:16PM
gene
thanks. I may be the only person that did not watch Star Trek or Star Wars. Just could not watch science fiction or read it.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 7:55PM
Then you don't know what you're missing.
Go Rent "Event Horizon".
Go Rent "Alien".
Go Rent "2001 A Space Odyssey, and 2010".
I'm begging you!
Warrior| 11.3.12 @ 11:23AM
I object to Biblical references. I'm going all out to offend as many people as possible and you are going all conservative on me. I believe we should send free birth control to your entire neighborhood.
Q: What do you call (insert any race or ethnicity you deem appropriate) using birth control?
A: A crime solver.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.3.12 @ 11:28AM
How about we insert Democrat for the sake of accuracy and fairness.
Warrior| 11.3.12 @ 11:45AM
I am trying to keep a contraceptive theme going. Democrat does work with many of these. I was going to change topics, what do you think:
Q: What do you call a few illegal aliens in a field?
A: Farm equipment.
Q: What's the difference between a dead deer and a dead liberal on a road?
A: The deer has skid marks leading up to it.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 7:57PM
I think that we might be swerving off the road, here.
Warrior| 11.3.12 @ 8:36PM
Sorry, let's try and keep this on a political context:
It is rumored that Chelsea Clinton once asked President Bill Clinton to describe government. He answered, "I am the President and leader of the government, your mother can represent the people, the staff are the workers, and the young baby staying in the Lincoln bedroom is the future." Chelsea had a restless night, got out of bed at 3 AM and walked around the White House. She went to her mothers room and she was sleeping with her hand on a red phone and a smile. She went into the Oval office and found her father having hot sweaty sex with an intern (I believe a cigar a clown and three midgets were also at hand, but I digress). She went to the Lincoln bedroom and saw the baby restless and checked the diaper only to find it filthy.
The next morning Chelsea told her father, "Daddy I understand the government now, while the people are sleeping the government is f*&^ing (Firetruck) the workers and the future is full of shit."
TLP| 11.5.12 @ 7:30AM
Well, I'll be a Son of a Bitch.
A Joke.
And a Good Joke, at that.
Well done, Warrior.
Al Adab| 11.3.12 @ 2:24PM
How about Koranic references? Try Sura 16 verse 85
"When the pagans behold their idols, they will say, "Lord these are the idols to whom we prayed." But their idols will retort, "You are liars all!" They shall proffer submission on that day, and the gods of their own creation will forsake them"
Have we no created idols of our politicians and a Faith of statism and tyranny? Will that Faith not forsake us in our hour of need?
R Martin| 11.3.12 @ 3:28PM
Are the judges bright enough to understand how good this entry is?
John II| 11.3.12 @ 5:29PM
They would be if Timmy would let me be a judge. I never get to have any fun.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:01PM
This, from the guy with West Side Story posters plastered all over his Bedroom Walls.
Don't worry, little Rickey.
The Big Judge understands, and he agrees.
Nicely Done, Al.
Al Adab| 11.3.12 @ 8:33PM
Gentlemen:
I am humbled by your comments. Thank you.
R Martin| 11.4.12 @ 11:33AM
Mr. P, envy can be so ugly. Don't worry, when we have the victory party I'll let you look at the posters. And yes, you can have some time alone with them.
Kwan| 11.3.12 @ 12:45PM
Movie: Alien
The commercial hauling ship Nostromo is returning to earth hauling a refinery and twenty million tons of mineral ore. Upon receiving a transmission from a nearby planetoid the ship's computer awakens the crew who were in statis. They are required to investigate the nature of the transmission and detach the Nostromo from it's cargo and land on the planetoid. Three crew members exit the ship and eventually come upon a derelict alien spacecraft. Upon entering the spacecraft crew member Kane discovers a vast chamber containing numerous eggs. One of the eggs ejects a creature that attaches itself to the face of Kane's breathing helmet and implant's an egg in Kane's chest. The Nostromo leaves the planetoid and reconnects with it's cargo and prepares to return to earth. Kane appears to be recovered but while having a meal before re-entering statis he starts to choke and convulse until an alien creature bursts from his chest. Engineer Parker attempts to kill the creature but Science Officer Ash stops him and the creature escapes into the ship. The creature quickly grows into a 7-foot plus killing machine and begins stalking and killing the remaining crew members. Warrant Officer Ripley discovers that the corporation that has employed them has declared that the crew members are expendable and that Ash is an android programmed to protect the creature which the corporation wants to study for military purposes.
Kwan| 11.3.12 @ 12:47PM
Analogy: The Alien Creature is the left's "Social Justice" shuck-n-jive hustle that is nothing more than a repackaged version of slavery-reparations. This "Social Justice" insanity will eventually kill the economy with trillions of dollars of debt, and due to a negative-growth economy force a large percentage of the population to become dependent upon the government. The left can then declare that free enterprise/capitalism has failed the American people and that the implementation of a Soviet-style command and control economy is the only way to save the nation.
Ash is Obama, the left, and the MSM, the protectors of the agenda to fundamentally transform the United States into a Totalitarian Socialist State in order to bring about “Social Justice”.
Bob Grant| 11.3.12 @ 2:37PM
And so black intellectuals (arbiters of so-called "social justice") have no choice but to graft themselves onto a socialist form of government in order for slavery reparations to be executed.
An unholy alliance if there ever was one.
Here's the problem: Because White America has committed "Original Sin" against the African Nation, Ben Bernanke can't print enough money to settle the score.
Original Sin, in this instance, doesn't work that way. White America, enslaved with guilt, will be forever in debt - as per dictated by African American Intellectuals.
As though sacrificing hundreds of thousands of lives in a bloody civil war and trying one's damnedest to live up to Martin Luther Kings words aren't enough.
I say SCREW IT and treat everyone as individuals while at the same time defend the constitution AS INTENDED by the framers.
That's the cure to racism.
AND THAT'S ALL YOUR GONNA GET FROM ME!!!
BTW, a very good analogy. And you followed this weeks' rules tabut.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.3.12 @ 5:43PM
Ironic, as Nick used the sequel "Aliens" a few weeks back, and the original works quite well today.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:06PM
Indeed.
Once again, the mysterious Mr. Kwan has Struck Gold.
Was there ever any doubt?
Eduardo| 11.3.12 @ 7:17PM
So the contest theme is what happens when decent people kiss the asses of our (potential and actual) enemies. Analogy: The Guns of Navorone. The Scene: Mallory (Gregory Peck) tells Franklin that when the war is over, Andrea Stavro (Anthony Quinn) will kill Mallory. WHY? Because Mallory had previously given some Nazi troops a free passage out of a scrape, and once they got it, the Germans killed Andrea's entire family. Andrea doesn't blame the Germans, but instead blames Mallory and his "stupid sense of Anglo Saxon decency". MORAL: when you have a savage dog at your feet, keep your heel on it's throat. If you let up and are nice to it, it will soon be at YOUR throat. I'm all for decency.......up to a point. But where has it gotten us lately?
Adios, amigos. Over and out.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:12PM
Bravissimo, Eduardo.
I smell Empty Hand Lotion Bottles.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.3.12 @ 8:26PM
In the same vein, we all might recall "Predator". After Arnold defeats the alien creature and has it pinned to the ground, he takes pity on it, and lifts the log off of its chest. It uses the display of kindness to activate its self-destruct personal nuke, and almost takes out Arnold in the process.
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:51PM
Also, EXCELLENT!
That's what I'm talking about.
Pecos Pete| 11.3.12 @ 8:27PM
Back from the hills, firewood galore, now time for today's prose.
Our Cemeteries
there are fields
here and over there
where lie patriots beneath their shields
in rows and rows and rows
for them a prayer
their sacrifice yields
here and over there
life, liberty and freedom for all
we shall oppose and expose
lies and treachery, our souls we bare
you in your fields
here and over there
shall not have died for your heirs
that BHO should impose
failure, loss and hollow air
there are fields
here and over there
our fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers
all family for us to honor in our throes
BHO shall fail for we declare
your gift is ours, we will never yield
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:36PM
In a sane world, having the following comments out in print via Obama’s racist books would have knocked him out of the running for president of the United States.(they would have crucified a white candidate for far less)
From Dreams from My Father,“ I FOUND A SOLACE IN NURSING A PERVASIVE SENSE OF GRIEVANCE AND ANIMOSITY AGAINST MY MOTHER’S RACE”. Barack Hussein Obama
From ‘Dreams from my Father’,The emotion between the races could never be pure, even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, THE OTHER RACE (WHITE) WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN JUST THAT: MENACING, ALIEN, AND APART.” Barack Hussein Obama
From Dreams from My Father:“THAT HATE HADN’T GONE” he wrote, BLAMING “WHITE PEOPLE — some CRUEL, some IGNORANT, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives.” Barack Hussein Obama
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:43PM
From ‘Dreams from My Father’,“There were enough of us on campus to constitute a tribe, and when it came to hanging out many of us chose to function like a tribe, staying close together, traveling in packs,” he wrote.“It remained necessary to prove which side you were on,to show your LOYALTY TO THE BLACK MASSES, TO STRIKE OUT and name names” Barack Hussein Obama
“Dreams From My Father,” page 101 (paperback, ISBN 978-1-4000-8277-3)
Dreams From My Father: To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists“Dreams From My Father,” pages 99-100
Then there is his love of Islam:
Quote from Barack Obama’s book, Dreams Of My Father:
“THE PERSON WHO MADE ME PROUDEST OF ALL, THOUGH, WAS MY [half brother], ROY..HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM”.
From ‘Dreams of my Father’,“IN INDONESIA, I SPEND TWO YEARS AT A MUSLIM SCHOOL”“..I STUDIED THE KORAN..”
From ‘Audacity of Hope:“LOLO (Obama’s step father) FOLLOWED ISLAM....”I LOOKED TO LOLO FOR GUIDANCE”.
From ‘The Audacity Of Hope,“I WILL STAND WITH THEM (MUSLIMS) SHOULD THE POLITICAL WINDS OF WAR SHIFT IN AN UGLY DIRECTION..”.From The Audacity Of Hope,“WE ARE NO LONGER JUST A CHRISTIAN NATION, we are also a Jewish nation, a MUSLIM NATION, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.”
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:46PM
Case Closed.
I know that this has nothing to do with The Contest, but I saw it on the Comment Feed of The Telegraph, in England, and I just wanted to share it with you.
Pecos Pete| 11.3.12 @ 8:41PM
Tim’s Wig
I wear it proudly, Tim’s wig
I’ll even dance a jig
If I’m not Albert’s pig
You can’t put me in the brig
Cause I own a drilling rig
Or hide my Keystone dig
I’ll enjoy the beer I swig
And proudly wear Tim’s wig
Cause Obama lost his gig
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:42PM
From ‘Dreams from My Father’,“There were enough of us on campus to constitute a tribe, and when it came to hanging out many of us chose to function like a tribe, staying close together, traveling in packs,” he wrote.“It remained necessary to prove which side you were on,to show your LOYALTY TO THE BLACK MASSES, TO STRIKE OUT and name names” Barack Hussein Obama
“Dreams From My Father,” page 101 (paperback, ISBN 978-1-4000-8277-3)
Dreams From My Father: To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists“Dreams From My Father,” pages 99-100
Then there is his love of Islam:
Quote from Barack Obama’s book, Dreams Of My Father:
“THE PERSON WHO MADE ME PROUDEST OF ALL, THOUGH, WAS MY [half brother], ROY..HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM”.
From ‘Dreams of my Father’,“IN INDONESIA, I SPEND TWO YEARS AT A MUSLIM SCHOOL”“..I STUDIED THE KORAN..”
From ‘Audacity of Hope:“LOLO (Obama’s step father) FOLLOWED ISLAM....”I LOOKED TO LOLO FOR GUIDANCE”.
From ‘The Audacity Of Hope,“I WILL STAND WITH THEM (MUSLIMS) SHOULD THE POLITICAL WINDS OF WAR SHIFT IN AN UGLY DIRECTION..”.From The Audacity Of Hope,“WE ARE NO LONGER JUST A CHRISTIAN NATION, we are also a Jewish nation, a MUSLIM NATION, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.”
TLP| 11.3.12 @ 8:50PM
Sorry about the last comment, but YOU KNOW WHO, got in there before I could finish my thought.
I wouldn't wanna be him, right now.
He's got Wet Tissues written all over him.
Bob Grant| 11.3.12 @ 10:59PM
Timmy,
You DO know you can keep one of those empty bottles if you feel you won.
Treat yourself. Afterall, the holiday season is fast approaching.
Oh, and bye the way, those empty lotion bottles are never REALLY empty.
Enjoy!
TLP| 11.4.12 @ 5:57PM
Actually, I have a Full Bottle of Hand Lotion, for when Romney WINS!
Bob Grant| 11.4.12 @ 8:00PM
You'll give a whole new meaning to phrase "popping the cork".
I'll FedEx over a box of tissue if he wins!
BL in AK| 11.4.12 @ 2:33AM
TLP-
Not sure how this will go over with the judges with regards to maintaining on topic for the contest. My entry is the 1969 version of "True Grit" with John Wayne aka Rooster Cogburn aka Mitt R., Kim Darby aka Mattie Ross aka us conservatives, Robert Duvall aka Lucky Red Pepper aka the MSM, and Jeff Corey aka Tom Chaney aka BHO. Tom Chaney (BHO) kills Mattie's dad (the Constitution) and Mattie sets out to find BHO and make sure justice is served. After tracking Red Pepper's gang (all the MSM affiliates), Rooster (MR) takes on Red and his gang and takes them down. Tom Chaney (BHO) escapes and grabs Mattie (us) but Mattie fights back and eventually shoots BHO, but woefully falls into a pit from the kick of her Dad's pistol. Rooster (MR) lowers himself into the pit to rescue Mattie and in doing so she gets bit by a rattlesnake. The snakebite represents the Affirmative Action process we have had to endure through the BHO Administration.
BL in AK| 11.4.12 @ 2:51AM
Mattie and Rooster are lifted out of the pit by Glenn Campbell, the dying Texas Ranger (GWBush) who had just been knocked on the head with a fatal blow from the MSM. Rooster gallops off with Mattie desperate to reach a Doc to treat her snakebite. Mattie survives the snakebite and Rooster gets his reward from Mattie's lawyer plus the reward for BHO killing of a senator (Ambassodor Stevens and the 2 SEALs). Rooster (Mitt) accepts Mattie's Dad's pistol (the upcoming win on 6Nov12) and rides off and starts his own administration.
Kinda convuluted but hoping the judges will take into consideration. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep All!
cheerz
BL
John II| 11.4.12 @ 10:31AM
Well, a LITTLE convoluted.
1. Robert Duvall plays Lucky NED Pepper, but since he can do anything as a great actor, I guess it's okay for his character and his gang to represent the MSM, even though Duvall himself is a conservative.
2. La Boeuf (the Texas Ranger played by Campbell) is knocked on the head by Tom Chaney, whom you've already identified (and subsequently identify again, since Chaney had also killed the senator) as the Professor. Lucky Ned Pepper would never do such a thing, and Chaney is a hanger-on and not really part of the Pepper gang, whom you've identified collectively (and plausibly) as the MSM.
But pay no attention to what I have to say. Timmy won't let me be a judge.
BL in AK| 11.4.12 @ 1:24PM
JohnII-
Thanks for the clarifications on my convulutednessies. The characters weren't so much my intent, more so the snakebite being AffAction manifested as the BHO Admin we have been poisoned by these last 4 yrs.
Anywaze, enjoy the weekend, just asking for judges consideration here. Just sayin'.
cheerz
BL
gene| 11.4.12 @ 1:52PM
How can anyone refer to "True Grit" without mentioning some of the greatest dialog uttered in film history?
Luck Ned Pepper: "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man."
Rooster Cogburn: "Fill your hand you son of a B**ch!"
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.4.12 @ 2:34PM
It is probably an even better entry if you recall that in the opening, Mattie's father took Cheney in, gave him work, and was trying to rescue him from trouble in town originating from his own drunkenness when Cheney kills him.
TLP| 11.4.12 @ 5:59PM
Beautiful, Albert.
BL in AK| 11.4.12 @ 2:47PM
gene- agreed. contemplated such but didn't materialize. You film critics are tough. I don't track actors or their political affiliations (like John II-who reminds me of a drama teacher in high school and thankfully never had to take one of his classes). I prefer old westerns because of the scenery mostly. I prefer mountains and rivers over the artsy fartsy stuff. That is why I moved to AK from the Peoples Republic of California.
Have a nice day.
cheerz
BL
John II| 11.4.12 @ 2:51PM
Whoa. Contest time is running out, and the election's only two days away. Here's a wrap-up, to the tune of "Ya Got Trouble," from THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
SCENE: Main Street USA on the edge of the town square. Tall thin man with white goatee and stars-and-stripes top hat appears and gathers a crowd (the Chorus) as he sings/recites:
Wellllll, either you're closing your eyes
To a situation you do not wish to acknowledge
Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated
By the presence of a Fool in your White House!
Ya got trouble, my friends, right here,
I say, trouble right here in the U S of A.
Why sure, I'm a patriot too
Certainly mighty proud I say
I'm always mighty proud to say it.
I consider that the hours I spend
With a flag in my hand are golden.
Helps you cultivate horse sense
And a cool head and a keen eye.
Ever take and try to give
An iron-clad leave to yourself
From a three-year military stint?
John II| 11.4.12 @ 2:52PM
But just as I say,
It takes judgment, brains, and maturity to be
The man in charge.
I say that any boob kin take
And shove some graft in his pocket.
And they call that sloth.
The first big step on the road
To the depths of deg-ra-DAY-
I say, first, community organizin', see,
Then turn up the throttle
An' the next thing ya know,
The fool is playin' for keeps
In a run for the Senate
And talkin' to some big out-a-town cronies
Hearin' him tell about presidential runs!
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!
But a race where they lie and cheat and steal!
Like to see some stuck-up Chicago boy
Sittin' on the White House lawn?
Make your blood boil?
Wellllll, I should say.
Friends, lemme tell ya what I mean:
We've had one, two, three, four years altogether
That mark up the diff'rence
Between a gentleman and a bum,
With a capital "B"
And that earns an F, and that stands for Fool!
CHORUS
Trouble! Oh we got trouble,
Right here in the U S of A!
With a capital "T"
That earns an "F"
And that stands for Fool.
That stands for Fool.
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in the U S of A --
Right here!
Gotta figure out a way
To keep the young ones moral and able to be
The best they can be in a great country!
Gotta vote for the Ryan an' the Mitt Romney!
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble . . .
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.4.12 @ 3:50PM
With a capital "G" that rhymes with "D" that stands for GOOD!
TLP| 11.4.12 @ 6:04PM
And, Obama is nothing, if he isn't The Music Man.
The results of this weekend's Contest will be registered TOMORROW, on this site, as I just got back from Golf, and I am totally Pie Eyed.
I apologize for my weakness, but I don't get to go Golfing that much.
As usual, you guys ARE the Show.
We are thisclose to getting our own Slot on TAS.
BL in AK| 11.4.12 @ 7:54PM
Albert-Thanks. You seem to catch all the details that matter. Are you an editor of some sort?
I owe you a beer or 2, or 3, or 4!
cheerz
BL
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.4.12 @ 8:25PM
Not an editor, but a part of my work day is spent reviewing and approving the reports of my staff, so it has honed my skills of recognizing what someone is trying to communicate, and finding additional ways to express it.
While it has been a while since I've passed through Alaska (Reagan was still President last time I saw the polar bear at Anchorage International), I will be glad to take you up on it next time.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.4.12 @ 8:32PM
While we watch to see what color smoke is issuing from the Judges' chimney, and we await the announcement by TLP as to who will receive the many coveted prizes, I'd like to use this lull in the action to thank everyone for this week's festival.
Of course, once again, kudos to the host, Mr. Pennell, for this week's get-together. Another tip of the cap to Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, for lending us the uncrowded thread, (and given the subject matter of the original article, fortunately Hezbollah didn't try to tax us for using it).
Another week of the contest, and the creativity continues on parade. Songs, poetry of many varieties, films, jokes and the intrusion of the news. While the science fiction genre continues to dominate, it hasn’t crowded out the others.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.4.12 @ 8:33PM
It is an honor to compete with so many distinguished contestants. While I was out on Friday witnessing in real life what TLP was establishing as Friday’s contest guidelines, the entries began to trickle in. Gene got to work early, followed quickly by KJ, Bob Grant and Al Adab. Despite the difference in the time zones, Pecos Pete came rhyming in.
John II kept the gang fight going musical, and augmented with dead languages and more music. R Martin and Al Adab brought in the New Testament and the Koran (though I doubt Keith Ellison will get sworn in on Al’s copy now that he’s brought up the false idolatry of politicians).
Once court was adjourned, CJW came marching in, bringing Patton and the Wild Bunch. Chuck got the Terminator, Kwan the Alien creature, and Eduardo kept the battle going with “The Guns of Navarone”. BL defrosted long enough to resurrect the Duke, and Warrior metaphorically bayoneted the wounded Biden, Obama and other Leftist combatants. Mike swooped in briefly, as did JN. Most importantly, Joellen was also able to toss her tomahawk into the ring.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.4.12 @ 8:36PM
Whatever decision is announced by TLP, I have enjoyed the fellowship of all of you. Hopefully, with the help of God and several million motivated voters, our ship will be righted this Tuesday, and next Friday's contest will be on a much more joyous topic.
Bob Grant| 11.4.12 @ 9:10PM
"Another tip of the cap to Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, for lending us the uncrowded thread"
Heh, heh.
I sure hope we haven't violated some sharia law by trespassing the dormant, sleeping thread.
Let's make sure we leave it as we found it.
And don't forget, the last person should turn out the lights.
BL in AK| 11.4.12 @ 10:28PM
TLP and Albert-
In honor of our tragically departed "Uncle Ted" Stevens, Anchorage Intl Airport is now Ted Stevens AIA and the polar bear has some friends. You probably wouldn't recognize it. It would be an honor to share a cold one, or two, or three, or four with you. Thanks again for your independent reviews, your are able to fix my dyslexia.
A special thanks to Joellen in NJ with the update there. My wife's uncle and cousin are on the Jersey Shore. She has heard from her uncle in Asbury Park, but not her cousin in Point Pleasant. Hopefully she will get through to them soon with alls well.
God Bless everyone and lets pray for our country and all the Vets this coming Veterans Day because we wouldn't have the opportunity to wage in on our believes with a vote on Tuesday if it wasn't our Veterans who have sacrificed so much. Thank You to all Vets!
Signing off from Anchorage.
cheerz
BL
TLP| 11.5.12 @ 7:20AM
First off, let me apologize for my impersonation of mike 3/505, and drinking way too many of whatever that Stupid English Beer was, yesterday at the Golf Course. "Boddingtons". It has a a thing in the can, like Guinness, except that I think that this one is for keeping the Beer - Piss Warm.
(The Colonel couldn't be with us this weekend, as he is attending some sort of All Male Sadie Hawkins Soirée, or some such thing.)
It won't happen, again.
Let's all give a big hand to Albert for graciously picking up my slack. If you're ever in Wilmongton? I understand that Albert has quite the Thai Cuisine Establishment going on. And if you guy's think that Thai is nice? Wait til you eat their Fur.
Tomorrow is the day. Our long descent in to the Abyss, is almost at an end. Four years of Unrelenting Attacks on everything that we hold dear, from a Creature that I can only identify as, a Human Pestilence. He, and his Minions.
The Country he took over from his Predecessor, may have been Down, but it was not Out. It may have been Financially Weak at the time, but it was still Strong in its underpinnings of Freedom, Liberty, Righteousness, and the Rule of Law. We were still the United States of America, and the world knew it. He has Fundamentally Changed us in to something Unrecognizable. Something out of Jules Vern's - TIME MACHINE.
It's time to put the Lie to the old meme: You can't go home, again. We can go home, again. We must.
TLP| 11.5.12 @ 8:16AM
Remember, just because your name isn't called out, doesn't mean that you have No Value, where The Contest is concerned. It just means that you have No Value for other reasons.
As I'm sure you know, seeing as how Colonel mike couldn't make it - All of the Entries that he DIDN'T write, were excellent. I know that I have, on at least one occasion, handed out Winners Prizes to the whole sorry lot of you, but I think it's best for the Integrity of this Event, and in the best interest of fostering that Competitive Edge, that there be no Wholesale Distribution of Empty Hand Lotion Bottles.
The "Winners" so to speak, are as follows - Warrior, for his Joke. It wasn't exactly what the Judges were looking for, this time out, but it made me laugh, and it was definately appropriate to what we go through everytime we lose our minds and pull the Lever for The Jackass Party.
Al Adab will be getting some Empty Lotion Bottles for his rendition of The Satanic Verses, and for Blazing the Trail at the Contest possibilities, just Outside the Envelope.
Joellen is a Winner just for Showing Up, as well as Little Rickey Martin. While Joellen was Incommunicado there for a while, Little Rickey claims that he was Feeding Survivors of Hurricane Sandy, although I have heard rumors of a Pee Wee Hermanesque incident at a local Bijou, at a Screening of "Sandy Does The East Coast."
TLP| 11.5.12 @ 8:49AM
Honourable Mentions - Those entries that reside in between Winner and Loser are as follows - they are Everyone that does not fall in to either of the Catagories that I have just rattled off.
If you don't find your name on one of those two lists?
Expect a Home Version of Chris Mathews' Wet Pantleg in your Mailbox.
And now, Last and Least, allow me to go through the List of this Week's LOSERS - Albert Constantine Jr. For Correcting me, AGAIN - on the whole Wrapping dead Muslims in Pig Blood Soaked Blankets, with their Asses pointed up. (I know you mean well, but some of these people think that I am a God. Remember what happened to Columbus' Men, once the Natives saw that they could BLEED.)
Ricky Martin for questioning my Ability at determining the Sponge Worthyness of certain oblique Entries, and for his failure to comprehend that is was JOHN II, and not him, who has the West Side Story posters all over his Bedroom Walls, as well as Marni Nixon's Wig Collection.
CJW - For not leaving his Apertment for the last 40 Years to go see a Science Fiction Movie, even once in his life. If he had, he would understand, even more so, the Evil that the rest of us KNOW, resides inside the THING in the Oval Office.
And, last but not least - To Bl in Ak for thinking that any of us would be stupid enough to traipse on over to Alaska to have something Cold to drink with him, and his Alcoholic Cabin Fevered Friends.
TLP| 11.5.12 @ 8:55AM
That's a wrap.
As usual, YOU have made all of this, another resounding Success. It was a Lesson in: Even though disasters strike - be they Natural or Electoral - they may knock us down, but they will never knock us out.
Have a Great Monday, and get out there and Vote like a Democrat.
EARLY and OFTEN.
And, on a side note - Albert?
Are you sure that Cheney killed Mattie's Father on purpose? Is it possible that they were just Quail Hunting?
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.5.12 @ 9:01AM
Had he just dropped the body sealed in the back of a wagon off a bridge in Massachusetts, he could have been elected Senator there, instead of being wanted for killing one in Texas.
CJW| 11.5.12 @ 9:13AM
Tim and Albert
Great job again with the analyis and post game wrap.
I went to see 2001 Star wars, whatever, and fell asleep. My wife made me watch Poltergeist, I bought all the Lord of Rings/Hobbit/Twilight, etc books and DVD's for my kids, but am unable to view or read. Maybe I will go see a shrink if is is approved under Obamacare.
TLP| 11.5.12 @ 9:59AM
I believe that Occam's Tool is our Resident Shrink.
TLP| 11.5.12 @ 10:06AM
And, Albert is our Resident Thai Cuisine Connoisseur.
And, you guys who Love Thai?
Wait til you Eat their Fur.
I'm just sayin.