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Legitimate Rape and Paul Ryan
Author: Raine
Date: 08/20/2012 13:37:42
That's what Missouri GOP candidate for Senate said. here is the statement:
I find it amazing and infuriating that anyone would consider rape at ALL legitimate and even more astounded that someone would push such a line of bullshit about women and their bodies. This man is an embarrassment to all men. Worse than that, he is dangerous not to just uninformed people but to the nation.Can it get any worse?
Yes, yes it can. That is Todd Akin behind VP candidate Paul Ryan.
Mother Jones reports just how much worse it can get. Got that? Paul Ryan co-sponsored that bill with this congressperson --- who is now running for Senate. The vice-presidential candidate is also trying to redefine rape. No apology in the world can ever be enough.
The Romney campaign issued a statement: No denouncement in the world can undo what the GOP has done. Romney and the rest of the GOP can run as fast and as far from Todd Akin as they want, but they are joined forever by this horrible statement, and their previous cooperation on the rape definition bill. That - they cannot run from.
and 
Raine
“First of all, from what I understand from doctors, (pregnancy from rape) is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in a clip posted to YouTube by the Democratic super PAC American Bridge. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
Akin added: “But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.”
Akin issued a statement Sunday afternoon saying he misspoke.
I find it amazing and infuriating that anyone would consider rape at ALL legitimate and even more astounded that someone would push such a line of bullshit about women and their bodies. This man is an embarrassment to all men. Worse than that, he is dangerous not to just uninformed people but to the nation.Can it get any worse?
Mother Jones reports just how much worse it can get.
This isn't the first time Akin has expressed fringe views about rape in the context of the abortion debate. Last year, Akin, vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), and most of the House GOP co-sponsored a bill that would have narrowed the already-narrow exceptions to the laws banning federal funding for abortion—from all cases of rape to cases of "forcible rape."
The Romney campaign issued a statement:
“Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan disagree with Mr. Akin’s statement, and a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape,’’ a Romney campaign spokeswoman, Amanda Henneberg, wrote.
Although Mr. Romney has stated this position before, Mr. Ryan, a seven-term congressman from Wisconsin, has opposed abortion in the case of rape. During his first run for the seat in 1998, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that he opposed abortions in all cases except to save the life of the mother.
More recently, Mr. Ryan was a co-sponsor of a House bill last year defining human life as beginning with fertilization and granting “personhood’’ rights to embryos, a movement that supporters say will outlaw abortions in all cases, and may also restrict some forms of birth control.
and Raine
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 08/20/2012 13:03:48
wickedpam on 08/20/2012 13:03:48
Morning 
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 13:05:04
Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 13:05:04
Morning! my fav story of the weekend? Why the Tom Morello - Paul Ryan "spat" of course. Ryan's favorite band is Rage Against the Machine? Are you trying to reach out to the anachro-syndcalist vote there Paul buddy?
Comment by 
trojanrabbit on 08/20/2012 13:14:05
trojanrabbit on 08/20/2012 13:14:05
Morning all
I've got 'em too.
Got up at 2AM with a hacking cough, after a an hour or so I was able to get back to sleep, only to be wakened by Sophie wanting to be fed.
Got to work and the coffee machine isn't working, at least I can walk across the building to the other machine.
I was happily surprised to get my "out for repair" test equipment back late Friday, so I get to spend today swapping my loaner out (Thank you Rohde & Schwarz). But my receiver doesn't seem to want to accept all the new configuration files I made with the loaner. Don't know if it's a Windows XP Embedded thing (really stripped down version of XP), I suppose it's a good thing I told the group I'd be down all day. Here's hoping everything checks out.....
Oh.....Rep Akin is an ass.
I've got 'em too.
Got up at 2AM with a hacking cough, after a an hour or so I was able to get back to sleep, only to be wakened by
Sophie wanting to be fed.Got to work and the coffee machine isn't working, at least I can walk across the building to the other machine.
I was happily surprised to get my "out for repair" test equipment back late Friday, so I get to spend today swapping my loaner out (Thank you Rohde & Schwarz). But my receiver doesn't seem to want to accept all the new configuration files I made with the loaner. Don't know if it's a Windows XP Embedded thing (really stripped down version of XP), I suppose it's a good thing I told the group I'd be down all day. Here's hoping everything checks out.....
Oh.....Rep Akin is an ass.
Comment by 
velveeta jones on 08/20/2012 13:18:51
velveeta jones on 08/20/2012 13:18:51
I got the mondays x2! Does that make it a Tuesday? 
Comment by wickedpam on 08/20/2012 13:20:13
wickedpam on 08/20/2012 13:20:13
ugh - its not even 9:30 and I've already finished my travel mug o'coffee. Time to crank up the tea pot
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 13:26:56
Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 13:26:56
Most appalling story is "Legitimate Rape" Akin. Where does the GOP find these clowns?
Comment by 
TriSec on 08/20/2012 13:28:26
TriSec on 08/20/2012 13:28:26
Morning, gang.
Yeesh...just listening to the bit from Friday (Fox & Fools via right-wing-world) about how Obamacare is going to kill people. (Death panel redux.)
Did I not just write a blog about how I think it saved my life?
Asshats.
Yeesh...just listening to the bit from Friday (Fox & Fools via right-wing-world) about how Obamacare is going to kill people. (Death panel redux.)
Did I not just write a blog about how I think it saved my life?
Asshats.
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 13:30:07
Tri, didn't you get the memo? Obamacare is a government take over of your healthcare! Nameless, faceless bereaucrats with be telling your doctor how to treat you! :foams at mouth:
Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 13:30:07
Quote by TriSec:
Morning, gang.
Yeesh...just listening to the bit from Friday (Fox & Fools via right-wing-world) about how Obamacare is going to kill people. (Death panel redux.)
Did I not just write a blog about how I think it saved my life?
Asshats.
Tri, didn't you get the memo? Obamacare is a government take over of your healthcare! Nameless, faceless bereaucrats with be telling your doctor how to treat you! :foams at mouth:
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/20/2012 13:32:07
Sounds like "flyover country" is infested with these types.
At least in the Rep's case he COULD be repeatedly "legitimately raped" and his body will make sure he doesn't get pregnant.
trojanrabbit on 08/20/2012 13:32:07
Quote by Mondobubba:
Most appalling story is "Legitimate Rape" Akin. Where does the GOP find these clowns?
Sounds like "flyover country" is infested with these types.
At least in the Rep's case he COULD be repeatedly "legitimately raped" and his body will make sure he doesn't get pregnant.
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 13:35:11
I'm not in flyover country. They are thick on the ground here.
Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 13:35:11
Quote by trojanrabbit:Quote by Mondobubba:
Most appalling story is "Legitimate Rape" Akin. Where does the GOP find these clowns?
Sounds like "flyover country" is infested with these types.
At least in the Rep's case he COULD be repeatedly "legitimately raped" and his body will make sure he doesn't get pregnant.
I'm not in flyover country. They are thick on the ground here.
Comment by 
BobR on 08/20/2012 13:37:05
twosday?
BobR on 08/20/2012 13:37:05
Quote by velveeta jones:
I got the mondays x2! Does that make it a Tuesday?
twosday?
Comment by TriSec on 08/20/2012 13:40:01
Grumble, grunt, rant, rave.
The only time the beurocrats intruded on my care was at the very beginning. My Doc wasn't sure he could get an auth for a CAT scan on short notice late in the day, but we had a workaround; If I admitted through the ER, I wouldn't need one and he could order any test he pleased.
I got the auth in under 30 minutes, and the rest is history.
TriSec on 08/20/2012 13:40:01
Quote by Mondobubba:
Tri, didn't you get the memo? Obamacare is a government take over of your healthcare! Nameless, faceless bereaucrats with be telling your doctor how to treat you! :foams at mouth:
Grumble, grunt, rant, rave.
The only time the beurocrats intruded on my care was at the very beginning. My Doc wasn't sure he could get an auth for a CAT scan on short notice late in the day, but we had a workaround; If I admitted through the ER, I wouldn't need one and he could order any test he pleased.
I got the auth in under 30 minutes, and the rest is history.
Comment by 
Raine on 08/20/2012 13:49:14
New Blog is up.
The GOP has a lot more of thoes asshats than you think.
Raine on 08/20/2012 13:49:14
Quote by Mondobubba:
Most appalling story is "Legitimate Rape" Akin. Where does the GOP find these clowns?
The GOP has a lot more of thoes asshats than you think.
Comment by TriSec on 08/20/2012 13:57:21
TriSec on 08/20/2012 13:57:21
Oh, speaking of pregnancy and such, our differently-winged friends up here at Red Mass Group have been posting a bunch of pro-life videos about how "My mother chose life!" from various Christian "celebrities".
I don't belong to said website, but I almost joined this weekend just to post this:
"I rather think you've missed the point. Shouldn't it have been your MOTHER'S choice instead of the Government?"
But I digress.
I don't belong to said website, but I almost joined this weekend just to post this:
"I rather think you've missed the point. Shouldn't it have been your MOTHER'S choice instead of the Government?"
But I digress.
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 14:11:14
Raine on 08/20/2012 14:11:14
Compare and contrast...I wanted to put this in the blog...
“rape: an affront to our shared humanity†-- President Barack Obama, July 2010
“rape: an affront to our shared humanity†-- President Barack Obama, July 2010
July 2012 marked the two-year anniversary of the enactment of the Tribal Law and Order Act …. Lisa Iyotte, a Lakota woman, a survivor, shared her personal story of her brutal rape that occurred in her home on a reservation as her young daughters watched. The man who raped her was never prosecuted for his crimes against her.
As President Obama put it:
“When one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetimes, that is an assault on our national conscience; it is an affront to our shared humanity; it is something that we cannot allow to continue.â€
The President wasn’t meant to appear until Lisa Iyotte introduced him, but while speaking for every victim of rape (because, needless to say, it’s not just the native American community that suffers from this horror), she was overcome, so he came out early to comfort her.
It was what ‘Romney/Ryan/Legitimate Rape 2012′ would never recognize:
Humanity.
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 14:21:29
Read it. Excellent. The GOP has a woman problem.
Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 14:21:29
Quote by Raine:New Blog is up.Quote by Mondobubba:
Most appalling story is "Legitimate Rape" Akin. Where does the GOP find these clowns?
The GOP has a lot more of thoes asshats than you think.
Read it. Excellent. The GOP has a woman problem.
Comment by 
Will in Chicago on 08/20/2012 14:36:49
Will in Chicago on 08/20/2012 14:36:49
Good morning, bloggers!! Thanks for a great blog on an awful topic.
I am outraged by Akins. I can find a high school student who completed a sex education course who can explain why Akins was factually wrong. As for morally wrong, Akins is a man who believes that he has the right to have others submit to his beliefs. In his attitudes towards women, Akins is little different from the Taliban, a party that he would not wish to associate with.
Add in voter suppression, here is a story that shows the GOP also has a lot of explaining to do.
Many in the GOP are showing their true colors. I have to ask if they separate the white sheets from the brown shirts.
I am outraged by Akins. I can find a high school student who completed a sex education course who can explain why Akins was factually wrong. As for morally wrong, Akins is a man who believes that he has the right to have others submit to his beliefs. In his attitudes towards women, Akins is little different from the Taliban, a party that he would not wish to associate with.
Add in voter suppression, here is a story that shows the GOP also has a lot of explaining to do.
Doug Priesse: Ohio Early Voting Process Should Not Accommodate Black Voters
The Huffington Post | By Luke Johnson Posted: 08/19/2012 3:54 pm
An Ohio GOP election official who voted against the weekend voting rules that enabled thousands to cast ballots in the 2008 election said Sunday that he did not think that the state's early voting procedures should accommodate African-Americans.
"I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban -- read African-American -- voter-turnout machine," Doug Priesse said in an email to the Columbus Dispatch Sunday. "Let's be fair and reasonable."
Priesse is a member of the board of elections for Franklin County, which includes Columbus, and chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, on Wednesday ordered all 88 counties in Ohio to allow early voting Monday through Friday, until 7 p.m., during the final two weeks before the election. Weekend voting, however, will not be allowed.
Many in the GOP are showing their true colors. I have to ask if they separate the white sheets from the brown shirts.
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 14:43:27
I almost went with that story this morning, Will.
It's almost as if they aren't even trying to hide their hatred for things not white, christian and male.
Raine on 08/20/2012 14:43:27
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Good morning, bloggers!! Thanks for a great blog on an awful topic.
I am outraged by Akins. I can find a high school student who completed a sex education course who can explain why Akins was factually wrong. As for morally wrong, Akins is a man who believes that he has the right to have others submit to his beliefs. In his attitudes towards women, Akins is little different from the Taliban, a party that he would not wish to associate with.
Add in voter suppression, here is a story that shows the GOP also has a lot of explaining to do.Doug Priesse: Ohio Early Voting Process Should Not Accommodate Black Voters
The Huffington Post | By Luke Johnson Posted: 08/19/2012 3:54 pm
An Ohio GOP election official who voted against the weekend voting rules that enabled thousands to cast ballots in the 2008 election said Sunday that he did not think that the state's early voting procedures should accommodate African-Americans.
"I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban -- read African-American -- voter-turnout machine," Doug Priesse said in an email to the Columbus Dispatch Sunday. "Let's be fair and reasonable."
Priesse is a member of the board of elections for Franklin County, which includes Columbus, and chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, on Wednesday ordered all 88 counties in Ohio to allow early voting Monday through Friday, until 7 p.m., during the final two weeks before the election. Weekend voting, however, will not be allowed.
Many in the GOP are showing their true colors. I have to ask if they separate the white sheets from the brown shirts.
It's almost as if they aren't even trying to hide their hatred for things not white, christian and male.
Comment by TriSec on 08/20/2012 14:47:08
TriSec on 08/20/2012 14:47:08
White, Christian, and Male.
Doesn't the rest of the national demographic (re: all else) far outweigh that numerically?
Realistically, we're talking Women, Black, and Hispanic, but those 3 alone are surely more than white males? The question is how to mobilize, and of course how to overcome all the roadblocks to voting the GOP keeps throwing out.
No offence to white Christian males is intended by this comment.
Doesn't the rest of the national demographic (re: all else) far outweigh that numerically?
Realistically, we're talking Women, Black, and Hispanic, but those 3 alone are surely more than white males? The question is how to mobilize, and of course how to overcome all the roadblocks to voting the GOP keeps throwing out.
No offence to white Christian males is intended by this comment.
Comment by wickedpam on 08/20/2012 14:53:15
wickedpam on 08/20/2012 14:53:15
idiot caller 
Comment by Will in Chicago on 08/20/2012 14:54:18
TriSec, the demographic make up of this country is changing. It will likely continue to change. So, I must question the wisdom of the GOP's approach.
Raine, I fear that the GOP is desperate. They know that they are going to be in big trouble as this country changes.
Will in Chicago on 08/20/2012 14:54:18
Quote by TriSec:
White, Christian, and Male.
Doesn't the rest of the national demographic (re: all else) far outweigh that numerically?
Realistically, we're talking Women, Black, and Hispanic, but those 3 alone are surely more than white males? The question is how to mobilize, and of course how to overcome all the roadblocks to voting the GOP keeps throwing out.
No offence to white Christian males is intended by this comment.
TriSec, the demographic make up of this country is changing. It will likely continue to change. So, I must question the wisdom of the GOP's approach.
Raine, I fear that the GOP is desperate. They know that they are going to be in big trouble as this country changes.
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 14:54:46
This is why I tell people that as much as we make progress, there is still a very big power hold in that particular demographic of this country.
That isn't a slam at all White male Cristians -- It's not. That said, take a look at the power holders of the GOP.
Raine on 08/20/2012 14:54:46
Quote by TriSec:
White, Christian, and Male.
Doesn't the rest of the national demographic (re: all else) far outweigh that numerically?
Realistically, we're talking Women, Black, and Hispanic, but those 3 alone are surely more than white males? The question is how to mobilize, and of course how to overcome all the roadblocks to voting the GOP keeps throwing out.
No offence to white Christian males is intended by this comment.
That isn't a slam at all White male Cristians -- It's not. That said, take a look at the power holders of the GOP.
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 14:55:14
Raine on 08/20/2012 14:55:14
?Did I hear that caller correctly???? 
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 14:56:00
How about that? WE gals like Trans vaginal probes! 
Raine on 08/20/2012 14:56:00
Quote by wickedpam:
idiot caller
Comment by wickedpam on 08/20/2012 14:58:30
oh yeah - I don't know why suddenly people feel its okay to verbalize things like that.
Had someone tell us at the Dem booth at the fair that he would prefer a "white president" cause the pres should reflect the majority. Told him in that case our pres should be Hispanic. He said maybe in a few years
Another guy told me that I couldn't be pro-choice and pro-life
wickedpam on 08/20/2012 14:58:30
Quote by Raine:
?Did I hear that caller correctly????
oh yeah - I don't know why suddenly people feel its okay to verbalize things like that.
Had someone tell us at the Dem booth at the fair that he would prefer a "white president" cause the pres should reflect the majority. Told him in that case our pres should be Hispanic. He said maybe in a few years
Another guy told me that I couldn't be pro-choice and pro-life
Comment by wickedpam on 08/20/2012 14:59:06
These are the people that get my blood to literally boiling
wickedpam on 08/20/2012 14:59:06
Quote by Raine:How about that? WE gals like Trans vaginal probes!Quote by wickedpam:
idiot caller
These are the people that get my blood to literally boiling
Comment by BobR on 08/20/2012 15:05:30
If the president should reflect the majority, then the president should be a woman.
BobR on 08/20/2012 15:05:30
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
?Did I hear that caller correctly????
oh yeah - I don't know why suddenly people feel its okay to verbalize things like that.
Had someone tell us at the Dem booth at the fair that he would prefer a "white president" cause the pres should reflect the majority. Told him in that case our pres should be Hispanic. He said maybe in a few years
Another guy told me that I couldn't be pro-choice and pro-life
If the president should reflect the majority, then the president should be a woman.
Comment by BobR on 08/20/2012 15:06:34
Women alone outnumber white males. If you add blacks and hispanics, it's a complete washout (but not a whitewash
)
BobR on 08/20/2012 15:06:34
Quote by TriSec:
White, Christian, and Male.
Doesn't the rest of the national demographic (re: all else) far outweigh that numerically?
Realistically, we're talking Women, Black, and Hispanic, but those 3 alone are surely more than white males? The question is how to mobilize, and of course how to overcome all the roadblocks to voting the GOP keeps throwing out.
No offence to white Christian males is intended by this comment.
Women alone outnumber white males. If you add blacks and hispanics, it's a complete washout (but not a whitewash
)
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 15:11:16
^^---THIS--^^
Raine on 08/20/2012 15:11:16
Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
?Did I hear that caller correctly????
oh yeah - I don't know why suddenly people feel its okay to verbalize things like that.
Had someone tell us at the Dem booth at the fair that he would prefer a "white president" cause the pres should reflect the majority. Told him in that case our pres should be Hispanic. He said maybe in a few years
Another guy told me that I couldn't be pro-choice and pro-life
If the president should reflect the majority, then the president should be a woman.
^^---THIS--^^
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 15:12:46
You are not alone.
I am grateful we have so many wonderful Feminists on this blog.
Raine on 08/20/2012 15:12:46
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:How about that? WE gals like Trans vaginal probes!Quote by wickedpam:
idiot caller
These are the people that get my blood to literally boiling
I am grateful we have so many wonderful Feminists on this blog.
Comment by wickedpam on 08/20/2012 15:12:52
Exactly!
wickedpam on 08/20/2012 15:12:52
Quote by Raine:Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
?Did I hear that caller correctly????
oh yeah - I don't know why suddenly people feel its okay to verbalize things like that.
Had someone tell us at the Dem booth at the fair that he would prefer a "white president" cause the pres should reflect the majority. Told him in that case our pres should be Hispanic. He said maybe in a few years
Another guy told me that I couldn't be pro-choice and pro-life
If the president should reflect the majority, then the president should be a woman.
^^---THIS--^^
Exactly!
Comment by 
Scoopster on 08/20/2012 15:20:26
Scoopster on 08/20/2012 15:20:26
Mornin' all & Happy Mondee! 
Just makin' a quick stop-in.. Very short day at the office because of this appointment with the doc so I'm crunched for time!
Just makin' a quick stop-in.. Very short day at the office because of this appointment with the doc so I'm crunched for time!
Comment by wickedpam on 08/20/2012 15:20:51
wickedpam on 08/20/2012 15:20:51
Comment by Will in Chicago on 08/20/2012 15:22:17
Will in Chicago on 08/20/2012 15:22:17
Well, I will say that Akins has hurt his candidacy and is drawing a lot of attention on Romney and Ryan.
Comment by Scoopster on 08/20/2012 15:24:11
Scoopster on 08/20/2012 15:24:11
I'm in!
Comment by Will in Chicago on 08/20/2012 15:28:42
Will in Chicago on 08/20/2012 15:28:42
I have to start getting ready to go as I have a half day sub assignment. I hope to get some interviews soon from Massachusetts. Otherwise, I will have to go to back up plans and perhaps consider teaching a career that might have been.
We have serious problems in our country -- from our education to infrastructure to poverty -- and we have too many politicians who are knaves and fools.
We have serious problems in our country -- from our education to infrastructure to poverty -- and we have too many politicians who are knaves and fools.
Comment by TriSec on 08/20/2012 15:32:32
TriSec on 08/20/2012 15:32:32
Say folks, I had a cycle last week. Some new side effects to report...
Lactose intolerance.
I thought it was coffee, but maybe not. (I put whole cream in it.) I switched to black tea with no ill effect. (Curiously, I rarely drink black coffee.)
Saturday, I cautiously tried a bowl of shredded wheat for breakfast. I sniffed at the milk and licked at it with no immediate problems, but there was some debate if breakfast was going to stay contained for the morning. So, now I have moved on to oatmeal.
Looks like day 4 and 5 are going to be the hard days, but fortunately the way my cycle is, it's the weekend. Feeling much better today.
Lactose intolerance.
I thought it was coffee, but maybe not. (I put whole cream in it.) I switched to black tea with no ill effect. (Curiously, I rarely drink black coffee.)
Saturday, I cautiously tried a bowl of shredded wheat for breakfast. I sniffed at the milk and licked at it with no immediate problems, but there was some debate if breakfast was going to stay contained for the morning. So, now I have moved on to oatmeal.
Looks like day 4 and 5 are going to be the hard days, but fortunately the way my cycle is, it's the weekend. Feeling much better today.
Comment by TriSec on 08/20/2012 15:35:42
You have no idea how much this annoys me.
Will....if you were a sports coach, you'd have a job already.
My whole run for school committee was because the first budget cut they made in Waltham was the Fine Arts director, and of course the damn football coach is sacred. Two of my relatives are teachers, but both fairly recently retired. Both are young - there was considerable burnout.
TriSec on 08/20/2012 15:35:42
Quote by Will in Chicago:
I have to start getting ready to go as I have a half day sub assignment. I hope to get some interviews soon from Massachusetts. Otherwise, I will have to go to back up plans and perhaps consider teaching a career that might have been.
We have serious problems in our country -- from our education to infrastructure to poverty -- and we have too many politicians who are knaves and fools.
You have no idea how much this annoys me.
Will....if you were a sports coach, you'd have a job already.
My whole run for school committee was because the first budget cut they made in Waltham was the Fine Arts director, and of course the damn football coach is sacred. Two of my relatives are teachers, but both fairly recently retired. Both are young - there was considerable burnout.
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 15:41:34
Raine on 08/20/2012 15:41:34
RIP Tony Scott.
Comment by TriSec on 08/20/2012 15:43:26
Ah, no offence, but I think I shall remain in league with the likes of FDR and Ford.
"The Three-Martini lunch is the epitome of American Efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyfull, and a snootful at the same time?" - President Ford.
TriSec on 08/20/2012 15:43:26
Quote by Raine:
Please Sign and Share along?
It's called Operation Brewbama
Ah, no offence, but I think I shall remain in league with the likes of FDR and Ford.
"The Three-Martini lunch is the epitome of American Efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyfull, and a snootful at the same time?" - President Ford.
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 15:50:11
Psst... From the petition:
Raine on 08/20/2012 15:50:11
Quote by TriSec:Quote by Raine:
Please Sign and Share along?
It's called Operation Brewbama
Ah, no offence, but I think I shall remain in league with the likes of FDR and Ford.
"The Three-Martini lunch is the epitome of American Efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyfull, and a snootful at the same time?" - President Ford.
"I think it’s time for beer†-Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 12, 1933)
Comment by 
livingonli on 08/20/2012 15:52:58
livingonli on 08/20/2012 15:52:58
Good morning, everybody. Last night was a little crazy thanks to the 2 and a half hour rain delay on the Mets-Nats game and the train wreck that was the late edition of Geico SportsNite which was full of fixes and refeeds and the flaven but I finished at 2 AM.
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 15:58:29
Raine on 08/20/2012 15:58:29
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/20/2012 16:01:33
trojanrabbit on 08/20/2012 16:01:33
Meanwhile at the Weather Underground.....
Just in time for the convention.
If there was a way that only power and communications to the convention sites was cut off because of this, I'd be all for it.
Just in time for the convention.
If there was a way that only power and communications to the convention sites was cut off because of this, I'd be all for it.
Comment by Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 16:02:57
Could be worse.
Mondobubba on 08/20/2012 16:02:57
Quote by TriSec:
Say folks, I had a cycle last week. Some new side effects to report...
Lactose intolerance.
I thought it was coffee, but maybe not. (I put whole cream in it.) I switched to black tea with no ill effect. (Curiously, I rarely drink black coffee.)
Saturday, I cautiously tried a bowl of shredded wheat for breakfast. I sniffed at the milk and licked at it with no immediate problems, but there was some debate if breakfast was going to stay contained for the morning. So, now I have moved on to oatmeal.
Looks like day 4 and 5 are going to be the hard days, but fortunately the way my cycle is, it's the weekend. Feeling much better today.
Could be worse.
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 16:35:49
YOU know, this happened 4 years ago as well... They truncated that convention.....
Raine on 08/20/2012 16:35:49
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Meanwhile at the Weather Underground.....
Just in time for the convention.
If there was a way that only power and communications to the convention sites was cut off because of this, I'd be all for it.
Comment by Raine on 08/20/2012 16:38:37
Raine on 08/20/2012 16:38:37
Hurricane Gustav -- which was no where NEAR Minnesota...
Scheduled speeches by U.S. President George W. Bush, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman were canceled because of Hurricane Gustav. An abbreviated meeting was scheduled for late afternoon to conduct business required under party rules. The remainder of the convention schedule was determined day by day depending on the nature of the storm
Comment by livingonli on 08/20/2012 16:40:18
4 years ago, they were in Minneapolis. Although I guess if a hurricane were to hit the GOP convention, Pat Robertson would not be calling that an example of God's judgement.
livingonli on 08/20/2012 16:40:18
Quote by Raine:YOU know, this happened 4 years ago as well... They truncated that convention.....Quote by trojanrabbit:
Meanwhile at the Weather Underground.....
Just in time for the convention.
If there was a way that only power and communications to the convention sites was cut off because of this, I'd be all for it.
4 years ago, they were in Minneapolis. Although I guess if a hurricane were to hit the GOP convention, Pat Robertson would not be calling that an example of God's judgement.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/20/2012 16:45:09
Had forgotten all about that. Memories of botching Katrina certainly caused the Rethugs to tread lightly.
trojanrabbit on 08/20/2012 16:45:09
Quote by Raine:YOU know, this happened 4 years ago as well... They truncated that convention.....Quote by trojanrabbit:
Meanwhile at the Weather Underground.....
Just in time for the convention.
If there was a way that only power and communications to the convention sites was cut off because of this, I'd be all for it.
Had forgotten all about that. Memories of botching Katrina certainly caused the Rethugs to tread lightly.