Their shit don't stink and their kids don't bleed.
Blessid Union of Souls: Hey Leonardo
Gotta die with money 'cause I wasn't born with it.
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Dude, Zengerle, psychoanalytical gobbledygook isn't good political journalism. Gail Collins is no more qualified a mind reader than any other armchair pundit. Clever writing doesn't make it relevant.
Wow, the Guardian on Jonathan Richman: "The Bostonians." I'm makin' it Katrina (y'all drizzle).
OK, I want them to get on with it, too, but I hate finding out that things I thought I knew just ain't so. Remember that anti-flag-burning measure that Hillary supported in what was supposedly a pander? Richard Cohen at the Washington Post just based a column on it two years later, using it to show how Clinton would do anything to win. Somehow, he didn't know (and I definitely didn't know) that the measure was a defensive move to give red-state pols cover while also evading a constitutional amendment. More importantly, Obama supports it, too! Cohen had to issue a correction. Bob Somerby has the scoop:
COHEN (2/12/08): My Feb. 5 column was critical of Hillary Clinton for supporting a bill to make flag burning illegal. I have since learned from a reader that Barack Obama also supported that bill.
Then again, dumber:
Earlier in the campaign, questions were raised as to whether Barack Obama was raised as a Muslim as a child. Obama seemed to have put the questions to rest by stating unequivocally that he has always been a Christian and was never raised as a Muslim. Daniel Pipes collects a substantial amount of evidence that Barack has been less than forthcoming on this issue
These are the alpha dogs of the week.
Teenage Fanclub: Hang On
Shorter James Kirchick: People who think the Iraq war was doomed from the start are just like Osama Bin Laden. Key quote: "[Matthew Yglesias] echoes Osama bin Laden when he argues that Islamist anger against the West is a justified response to foreign powers that 'occupy Muslim land.'"
Well, QED: If Bin Laden said something, then it's clearly false. I'm pretty sure Bin Laden believes in a monotheistic god, too, but whatever.
Funnier:
Chris Matthews: Let’s bring on Tim Russert here. Tim, don’t you think this election is just like a great FOOTBALL GAME?
Tim Russert: You said it. A real barnburner, Chris.
Howard Fineman: Jesus.
Tim: You know, it reminds me a lot of when my dad, BIG RUSS, and I watched Bills games together. Just one of those real back-and-forth games. You had Jim Kelly, the great, All-pro quarterback. And you had Thurman Thomas, the wonderful running back. Those were real competitions. And that’s what we have here. A REAL competition. With Barack Obama, whose this sort of great, unpolished talent. Very much like Vince Young, the quarterback down in Tennessee.
Chris: I agree. I think he’s just like Vince Young, right down to the gay throwing motion. This REALLY is astounding. I’ve always said politics is just like football, and it’s showing here.
Tim: Actually Chris, you have deviated from that platform on occasion. I have a quote here that YOU gave to MSNBC just two months earlier where you said, quote: “I think this election is just like a GREAT HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING MATCH,” unquote. So you said boxing match back then, and now you’re saying football. How do you reconcile those two positions?
Chris: HA! That’s amazing, Tim! God, you’re just like a GREAT TENNIS PLAYER! Always volleying back and forth with all kinds of moves. It’s amazing! Let’s bring on Senator Clinton here for a moment. Senator Clinton, don’t you think you’re just like BILL BELICHICK?
just got back from London-- well, like, more than a week ago! british library (magna carta!), british museum (rosetta stone! like, the headless parts of the parthenon!), the tower of london, the national gallery, the national portrait gallery, the tate modern, hyde park... saw but didn't pay to really do: westminster abbey, st. paul's, the globe theater, buckingham palace. went to all manner of pubs, gastropubs, and indian restaurants. rough trade east. more pubs. some not good but perfect english guitar band. boris and growing within walking distance of our first accommodations, in bloomsbury. junior boys and morgan geist and kelley polar (and metronomy...) at the former millennium dome, the "indie" building next to the venue prince played, a mall-like place that's indoors but feels like it's outdoors like (i'm told) las vegas, dinner and pints with friends, out to oxford one day, the bird pooping on us right away but the day turning out awesome with stops at a great little sandwich shop and the pub where clinton didn't inhale and the pub where tolkien and lewis must've walked around making people call them by their initials and the guy from bristol who told his oxford law student gf "i've picked up some tourists!" and saw can live in 1973 even though he looked way too young but on the other hand he didn't seem to realize how cool that was.
was going to say, sorry this is so short, but jeez. i would like to thank my non-guest, rain!
