Patting the wrists, rolling the eyes.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
) the GOP is spoiling for a fight with Democrats so that they can have an excuse for the impending failure of Social Security "reform." So get ready for the death of the filibuster.

Well, you at least have to compliment the GOP on a rather cunning strategy: raise the filibuster issue in 2001, shortly after it becomes a problem, keep pushing the question for four years, all for use as a cover in 2005, after Bush gets reelected, and proposes a program that is less popular than anticipated. Brilliant!

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Well, you at least have to compliment the GOP on a rather cunning strategy: raise the filibuster issue in 2001, shortly after it becomes a problem, keep pushing the question for four years, all for use as a cover in 2005, after Bush gets reelected, and proposes a program that is less popular than anticipated. Brilliant!

We are long-term-goal oriented, aren't we?.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Spanky
Do they really think I can do anything to help.......

FG's in the middle of a huge publicity push right now, and this letter fits in well. Last time I was in a major eastern city, they had their booths and their placards and their banners spread over a four-block area, educating and taking donations. I even see them here in the placid midwest.

But, seriously, a couple hundred letters from (gulp!) lawyers in the US will likely make those lovably whacko chinese leaders rethink their ways, no?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Well, you at least have to compliment the GOP on a rather cunning strategy: raise the filibuster issue in 2001, shortly after it becomes a problem, keep pushing the question for four years, all for use as a cover in 2005, after Bush gets reelected, and proposes a program that is less popular than anticipated. Brilliant!

You realize the Bush guys roadmapped invading Iraq in about 95-96, right? They really had little left to do early 1st term other than sort out this wrecking the Senate thing.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Spanky
If you don't know, you are a lucky person. No reason to go to Bakersfield.

But, a dry riverbed runs through it. And they have a mean coffee shop near the Ramada Inn.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
So, how soon will our gas prices go down?

Here's a hint. It will be at least 7-10 years before the first drop of crude is pumped from a wellhead. On the bright side, perhaps between now and then, the industry will have increased its refining capacity, since, at present, they don't have enough refineries to process the crude we use now.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If I wore my party dress, I'm not sure the Republican Party would let me in.

If you wore your party dress, they could hold the celebration underneath.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by bilmore
But, seriously, a couple hundred letters from (gulp!) lawyers in the US will likely make those lovably whacko chinese leaders rethink their ways, no?

You never know. The Economist just did an obit (apropos of nothing, I love their obits) of the guy who founded Amnesty International. Their letter writing has been credited with freeing political prisoners in places that would seem more resistent to worries about Western opinion than China is. (Not that I think the Chinese give much of a damn about our opinions, but if they thought it might hurt their export economy....)

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Well, you at least have to compliment the GOP on a rather cunning strategy: raise the filibuster issue in 2001, shortly after it becomes a problem, keep pushing the question for four years, all for use as a cover in 2005, after Bush gets reelected, and proposes a program that is less popular than anticipated. Brilliant!

In the ordinary course, the threat that the Dems would shut the Senate down would be at least something of a deterrent. Here, it might serve a larger purpose.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
So, how soon will our gas prices go down?

When the Chinese economy contracts.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Spanky
ftr - I know this should be posted on the fashion board, but the fashion board bores me to tears so I will be brief. If anyone ever thought that I had an ounce of culture or taste, this should prove I am a vacuum in both those areas. I just rented Alien v. Predator and loved every second of this cheesy predictable film. Whoever thought of putting these two film series together is a genius. I would take this movie over "Guernica" any day.

I, for one, thank you. Having been heartsore that Dawn of the Dead was not, in fact, a parable of America's increasing sense of isolation in a hostile world, I am anxious to see if this, in fact, is a sly commentary on US/EU diplomatic point-scoring in the context of global islamist terrorism.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by bilmore
FG's in the middle of a huge publicity push right now, and this letter fits in well. Last time I was in a major eastern city, they had their booths and their placards and their banners spread over a four-block area, educating and taking donations. I even see them here in the placid midwest.

But, seriously, a couple hundred letters from (gulp!) lawyers in the US will likely make those lovably whacko chinese leaders rethink their ways, no?

The Amnesty International campaigns sometimes have a beneficial effect -- and it seems like this guy might be worth a letter.

I think, though, that their solicitation of Spanky had as much or more to do with the "Republican League" connection than the lawyer connection.

It is rather admirable that he is "lucky he's not in a concentration camp."

S_A_M

FG has a permanent display/demonstration going outside the Chinese embassy here in DC.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Here's a hint. It will be at least 7-10 years before the first drop of crude is pumped from a wellhead. On the bright side, perhaps between now and then, the industry will have increased its refining capacity, since, at present, they don't have enough refineries to process the crude we use now.

Someone in the Texas legislature recently pointed out that it's been since the 70s that we've had a new refinery built here. He was trying to argue that property tax rates had something to do with it, but I was shocked that it's been so long. There are so many between around here, I guess I sorta figured that they keep on building them.

[Hank Chinaski]

yesterday I posted an anology between the Passover story and the current mideast situation. I then followed with a claim that this was the best post ever on PB.

In fact I was trolling for historians- the basic post had been made by another on the old board. I was trying to see how long people's memories were- I had hoped to be called a plagerist, but instead I was simply seen as egotistic. Alas, these words we pen have short half lives it seems.

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
yesterday I posted an anology between the Passover story and the current mideast situation. I then followed with a claim that this was the best post ever on PB.

In fact I was trolling for historians- the basic post had been made by another on the old board. I was trying to see how long people's memories were- I had hoped to be called a plagerist, but instead I was simply seen as egotistic. Alas, these words we pen have short half lives it seems.

I remember Sheila E. and her trips to Spy, and Cosmogirl before she left for Africa, but I don't remember that particular earlier post. But they were about three boards ago.