Government Sucks

I've always been a believer in the power for good that is a government's reason for existence. We need roads, schools, a really good single payer health care system, clean water, clean air, etc. etc. But sometimes I have to agree with the ReThugs, government doesn't use you money wisely, as in the case of the salary of one Mr. Paulinson, who, by reason of an advanced educmacation of some kind, has determined that FEMA will no longer provide ice to the victims of hurricanes. I have never experienced a hurricane, but once a tornado was reported to have touched down over in Sec. 14, but, seriously, WTF? A NOLA blog, Suspect Device, has answers. Here's the best one, IMHO.

Ice, Mr. Paulinson, is what we put the bodies on.

My emphasis.

Up here in Northern Wisco, like other places north of the 45th parallel, we used to get our summer ice this way. The ice, thick cork insulation, & lots of sawdust.

Another Great Reason For A 60

This clueless bastard was the Democratic Party's Vice-Presidential nominee 8 years ago. I do blame Al Gore for this. It's only one thing Al, don't get all zuzu on me. How Joementum could even think about appearing at the fat fascist's gathering is beyond me. Didn't Hagee say Hitler hunted Jews in order to drive them back to Israel so the Apocalypse would begin & his stupid family would be jettisoned off to somewhere? Yes, I believe he did say that & yet observant Joe Lieberman is going to give Hagee a big old kiss on the mouth for that. Jeez Louise, the Dems need to do a much better job of vetting their candidates.

Relatively Stooopid Local News, Well, If You Consider Duluth, MN, Local, Which I Do So Sue Me

Jeffrey Ely's 1997 Honda Civic, weight 1045 kg vs. Miniature Pinscher Fester, weight 13 lbs.

1997 Honda Civic

Miniature Pincher

For those of you who are wondering, since the pictures show a certain parity in size between car & dog, 1045 kg equals 2299 lbs. 13 lbs. equals 13 lbs. I guess you can figure out who won. Go read the story, however, to find out just how sensitive a 1997 Honda Civic can be.

Kevin Drum Is An Idiot

Here's the background from Roger Ailes, the Good. Mr. Drum, DLC coothead that he is, disabled the comments for his really dumbass post. Luckily, I wasn't the only one to figure out that we could comment on another post Mr. Drum saw fit to print. Example:

You spend your time reading National Review to learn about the opinions of crackpots? Or do you have a staff of masochist interns who pore over their Web site while you lightly flick them with a cat o' nine tails?
Posted by: Anon on April 16, 2008 at 7:42 PM | PERMALINK

Oh, sorry. Here it is:

But comments aren't disabled on this post. Megan McArdle is an upper-middle class "libertarian" (read pro-big-business) twit. I can't believe you think she's serious. This is disturbing, Kevin.
Posted by: Walter Crockett on April 16, 2008 at 10:55 PM | PERMALINK

Here's the comment I left on the same thread:

Mr. Drum:
As Roger Ailes, the Good, suggests, I am sending you a copy of a blog post I am thinking about posting on my blog. I would appreciate if you would let me know if it is a sexist attack on Ms. McArdle. Here's the post:

Megan McArdle just loves Ayn Rand & Atlas Shrugs. I thought most people read that book when they were 16 years old & thought it would be really cool to have a whole bunch of money with which to impress other kids? These kids normally grew the hell up, realized just how awful Randian thinking is & became Democrats. Ms. McArdle apparently forgot about the growing up part. Stoooopid girl.

Thank you for your time & attention to this potential post. I eagerly await your thoughts.

Best:

coldH2Owi

I am a bad person, I didn't wait for Kevin Drum to give me the go-ahead to post, I just did it. Oh, well.

UPDATE: More here.

UPDATE #2: More from Drum's comments on this post:

Hey check out this kewl website:

http://firemeganmcardle.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Joan Gout on April 17, 2008 at 12:21 AM | PERMALINK
(This is where I got the link for UPDATE #1.)


Joan Gout, per your comment, including Kevin acting like a conservative blogger (yes, that's deliberate snark) and turning off comments in advance of publishing his post, here’s my thought, including McArdle and Amy Sullivan being blog-twit twins separated at birth.

That’s why Kevin turned off comments, because he knows its true. (Read the post for what I’d like to do to both McArdle and Sullivan, together.)

And, Kevin, if you have a post that you’re afraid to accept comments on, instead of being a conservative blogger, don’t post it in the first place.
Posted by: SocraticGadfly on April 17, 2008 at 12:31 AM | PERMALINK