Nobody 669
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Nobody # 669
Nobody Asked Me But:
“I don't have to show you any stinking badges!!"
I wish I was back teaching at Hale, but only so I could have the chance to use the actually quote, rather than the popular misquote, from “The Treasure of Sierra Madre.” You’ve got it. Even at my old school, security is king and freedom a mere memory. The teachers and staff now have to wear identification badges around their necks at all times, except while sleeping. At least the
sleeping part gives some teachers a break every period. Can you imagine the internal battle I would fight – paycheck or rebellion?<<<
Lead to a currant on-line story in Sports Illustrated: • FLASHBACK: Lolich leads Cards to 1968 title. Ah, guys, left-hander Micky Lolich pitched for the Tigers and led them to their World Series victory over the Cards. Editor, anyone?
And by-the-way, my Tigers are going to repeat history this year – even after last night.<<<
LA Times headline: Bush Signs Tough Rules on Detainees. If the Prez, who obviously slept during those parts of his civics classes that dealt with American values, principles and civil liberties, wants to continue his tough love on mere detainees, imagine what he has in store for suspects.<<<
And I was thrilled that House speaker J. Dennis Hastert jumped to his
President’s defense by slapping the hypocrisy label on all those Democrats who voted no on the bill.
“The Democrats want to pamper terrorists who plan to destroy innocent lives,” Hastert said, “ but they get all indignant with us for pampering page-molesters.”<<<
Crazy Howard called me last week. No, not Howard Stern, Howard Dean. He wants the Democrats to get behind the best candidate now so that we can concentrate on electing him/her in two years, and he needs my input. Being “the decider,” I gave him the name of our next president – Barrack Obama.
Obama is perfect. He is a liberal with brains and balance – probably more balance that I – but
that is not a bad thing for someone who heads the government of a nation most comfortable in the middle. He is also a politician who seems less so than most. That is also very good thing.
He assails Bush and his Republican followers for the “misguided” war in Iraq and for promoting an “ownership society” based on a “winner-take-all” economy. But he also calls Democrats to task for being “the party of reaction” and absolute opposition, i.e. - a bad war means that all military actions are wrong or the administration’s misuse of the free market means that it should not be used at all.
He is multi-racial and multi-ethnic which, as it would with a woman candidate, provokes the phrase – it’s about time! AND HE LISTENS!
In other words, he is the anti-Bush as you can see from my debate with a Bush supporter.
Me: Obama is a man of action.
BS: Bush is a man of action.
Me: Obama is a thinker.
BS: Bush is a man of action.
Me: Obama really cares about the people.
BS: Bush is a man of action.<<<
Even the conservative NY Times columnist David Brooks (left) listens to me:
“It m
ay not be personally convenient for him, but the times will never again so completely require the gifts that he possesses. Whether you’re liberal or conservative, you should hope Barack Obama runs for president.”
SAD BUT TRUE
A recent survey shows that more people think that they get a straighter story from Jon Stewart's satirical news reports than from traditional outlets. The sad part is that they are probably correct.<<<
SAD BUT TRUE - II and III
When Indiana Pacer forward Stephen Jackson was arrested for discharging his gun into the air, the police found that two teammates with him also had handguns.
Perhaps my anti-gun campaign is too broad. An SC ruling that the Second Amendment does not apply to professional athletes would be an important first step in solving our gun proliferation problem.
And
As Scott Ostler opines in the San Francisco Chronicle: “What you should never say in the Indiana Pacers' locker room is: ‘Just shoot me.’"<<<
Staying with sports for a one more round, here’s a man who had had an early take on baseball’s steroid problem:
In the early 1970s, when asked about players suspected of taking greenies, Philadelphia Phillies manager Danny Ozark said, "What are they using, those illegal amphibians?"<<<
Below is a delightful look at a great diplomat who, when taking on the dogs of Congress, was far from diplomatic. It is taken from Robert Beisner’s new biography, “Dean Acheson, A Life in the Cold War.”
“That senior officials must remain blandly obliging while their veracity or honor is being systematically challenged was never part of the Acheson code. This explains the scene, unimaginable today, when Acheson, at a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, admonished Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska not to shake his dirty finger in his face. When Wherry persisted, Acheson rose and launched a roundhouse swing at the senatorial gadfly, which was stopped at the last moment because Adrian Fisher, the legal adviser of the State Department, wrapped his arms around Acheson and pulled him down into his seat.”
The following is from an interview with Warren Beatty in a recent edition of the NY Times Magazine. I have added comments to the last two.
Q - You yourself, as a left-leaning activist, have been mentioned as a possible political candidate for decades.
A – “Rather than run for public office, I would prefer to eat my own knee.”
Q – (On a project that he is considering:) You don’t want to talk about it?
A - “I’ve never talked about movies that I am planning or thinking about, because I find if I talk about them I don’t do them.” (I obviously lack Mr. Beatty’s writing talent, but we do have this in common. Looking back upon a life of starts, stops and flops in my early attempts at writing, I remember that invariably when I shared an exciting idea for a project with someone else, the excitement vanished – as did the project.)
Q - Do you have any thoughts on aging?
A – “I’m very much against it.” (Me too!)<<<
Eating their own: I love the way the Mark Foley mess has split the religious right in two. There now is the moral religious right who condemn Foley and all who took part in the cover-up. Then there is the immoral moral religious right who says overlook the whole thing and just win, baby win.<<<
Steve Lyons, fired by Fox for on-air comments the network deemed inappropriate, will keep his job as a part-time television commentator for the Dodgers.
The team, in a statement issued Monday, said Lyons would undergo diversity training.
Diversity training? Give me a break!
“What is going to be your college major son?”
“Dad, I’m going to be a diversity trainer.”<<<
Last week, a WSJ's poll revealed nothing but bad news for the GOP. Less than three weeks before the election, approval of Congress has fallen to 16. That’s 16 people.<<<
Nobody # 669
Nobody Asked Me But:
“I don't have to show you any stinking badges!!"
I wish I was back teaching at Hale, but only so I could have the chance to use the actually quote, rather than the popular misquote, from “The Treasure of Sierra Madre.” You’ve got it. Even at my old school, security is king and freedom a mere memory. The teachers and staff now have to wear identification badges around their necks at all times, except while sleeping. At least the
sleeping part gives some teachers a break every period. Can you imagine the internal battle I would fight – paycheck or rebellion?<<< Lead to a currant on-line story in Sports Illustrated: • FLASHBACK: Lolich leads Cards to 1968 title. Ah, guys, left-hander Micky Lolich pitched for the Tigers and led them to their World Series victory over the Cards. Editor, anyone?
And by-the-way, my Tigers are going to repeat history this year – even after last night.<<<
LA Times headline: Bush Signs Tough Rules on Detainees. If the Prez, who obviously slept during those parts of his civics classes that dealt with American values, principles and civil liberties, wants to continue his tough love on mere detainees, imagine what he has in store for suspects.<<<
And I was thrilled that House speaker J. Dennis Hastert jumped to his
President’s defense by slapping the hypocrisy label on all those Democrats who voted no on the bill. “The Democrats want to pamper terrorists who plan to destroy innocent lives,” Hastert said, “ but they get all indignant with us for pampering page-molesters.”<<<
Crazy Howard called me last week. No, not Howard Stern, Howard Dean. He wants the Democrats to get behind the best candidate now so that we can concentrate on electing him/her in two years, and he needs my input. Being “the decider,” I gave him the name of our next president – Barrack Obama.
Obama is perfect. He is a liberal with brains and balance – probably more balance that I – but
that is not a bad thing for someone who heads the government of a nation most comfortable in the middle. He is also a politician who seems less so than most. That is also very good thing.He assails Bush and his Republican followers for the “misguided” war in Iraq and for promoting an “ownership society” based on a “winner-take-all” economy. But he also calls Democrats to task for being “the party of reaction” and absolute opposition, i.e. - a bad war means that all military actions are wrong or the administration’s misuse of the free market means that it should not be used at all.
He is multi-racial and multi-ethnic which, as it would with a woman candidate, provokes the phrase – it’s about time! AND HE LISTENS!
In other words, he is the anti-Bush as you can see from my debate with a Bush supporter.
Me: Obama is a man of action.
BS: Bush is a man of action.
Me: Obama is a thinker.
BS: Bush is a man of action.
Me: Obama really cares about the people.
BS: Bush is a man of action.<<<
Even the conservative NY Times columnist David Brooks (left) listens to me:
“It m
ay not be personally convenient for him, but the times will never again so completely require the gifts that he possesses. Whether you’re liberal or conservative, you should hope Barack Obama runs for president.”SAD BUT TRUE
A recent survey shows that more people think that they get a straighter story from Jon Stewart's satirical news reports than from traditional outlets. The sad part is that they are probably correct.<<<
SAD BUT TRUE - II and III
When Indiana Pacer forward Stephen Jackson was arrested for discharging his gun into the air, the police found that two teammates with him also had handguns.
Perhaps my anti-gun campaign is too broad. An SC ruling that the Second Amendment does not apply to professional athletes would be an important first step in solving our gun proliferation problem.
And
As Scott Ostler opines in the San Francisco Chronicle: “What you should never say in the Indiana Pacers' locker room is: ‘Just shoot me.’"<<<
Staying with sports for a one more round, here’s a man who had had an early take on baseball’s steroid problem:
In the early 1970s, when asked about players suspected of taking greenies, Philadelphia Phillies manager Danny Ozark said, "What are they using, those illegal amphibians?"<<<
Below is a delightful look at a great diplomat who, when taking on the dogs of Congress, was far from diplomatic. It is taken from Robert Beisner’s new biography, “Dean Acheson, A Life in the Cold War.”
“That senior officials must remain blandly obliging while their veracity or honor is being systematically challenged was never part of the Acheson code. This explains the scene, unimaginable today, when Acheson, at a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, admonished Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska not to shake his dirty finger in his face. When Wherry persisted, Acheson rose and launched a roundhouse swing at the senatorial gadfly, which was stopped at the last moment because Adrian Fisher, the legal adviser of the State Department, wrapped his arms around Acheson and pulled him down into his seat.”
The following is from an interview with Warren Beatty in a recent edition of the NY Times Magazine. I have added comments to the last two.
Q - You yourself, as a left-leaning activist, have been mentioned as a possible political candidate for decades.
A – “Rather than run for public office, I would prefer to eat my own knee.”
Q – (On a project that he is considering:) You don’t want to talk about it?
A - “I’ve never talked about movies that I am planning or thinking about, because I find if I talk about them I don’t do them.” (I obviously lack Mr. Beatty’s writing talent, but we do have this in common. Looking back upon a life of starts, stops and flops in my early attempts at writing, I remember that invariably when I shared an exciting idea for a project with someone else, the excitement vanished – as did the project.)
Q - Do you have any thoughts on aging?
A – “I’m very much against it.” (Me too!)<<<
Eating their own: I love the way the Mark Foley mess has split the religious right in two. There now is the moral religious right who condemn Foley and all who took part in the cover-up. Then there is the immoral moral religious right who says overlook the whole thing and just win, baby win.<<<
Steve Lyons, fired by Fox for on-air comments the network deemed inappropriate, will keep his job as a part-time television commentator for the Dodgers.
The team, in a statement issued Monday, said Lyons would undergo diversity training.
Diversity training? Give me a break!
“What is going to be your college major son?”
“Dad, I’m going to be a diversity trainer.”<<<
Last week, a WSJ's poll revealed nothing but bad news for the GOP. Less than three weeks before the election, approval of Congress has fallen to 16. That’s 16 people.<<<
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