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Sep. 24th, 2008 01:09 amOh, that's just awesome right there. Aw, that ending. Yay for Olli and Christian!
Sep. 24th, 2008
Oh, that's just awesome right there. Aw, that ending. Yay for Olli and Christian!
Spotted on TWoP ...
Sep. 24th, 2008 10:26 am... in Jeff's recap of last week's Project Runway:
Fine, [Terri] had some attitude with Keith, but it had been popularly acknowledged that Keith was difficult. She may be a bitch, but her not getting along with Keith is not the proof. Nor is Jerell talking smack about her when we never saw her say even a word to him. Either she's just really good at unleashing her attitude when the cameras aren't around or BULLSHIT.
Okay, look, I agree with Jeff, like, 90% of the time when it comes to this show, but I do have to point out two things --
1. Wesley and Daniel managed to have a MAJOR flirtation for two whole episodes and the cameras caught none of it. God knows I checked.
2. We've been bitching and moaning for five seasons now when contestants act like assholes that it's not like they don't know that there's cameras around and why the hell are they doing it?! So if one contestant managed to figure out how to behave when the cameras are around (saving her bad attitude for when they went off for a coffee break or whatever), I'd be impressed that it finally sunk in.
I'm not sure I believe that Terri was as hardcore a bitch as the other contestants made her out to be, either, but then again they have to live with her while she's there, not me. (Of course, I think the one-note complaints were bullshit. Lots of people on this show are one-note, some of them make that one note really well, and a lot of them make it to the finals. Keep your eyes on your own damn papers, dingbats.)
Fine, [Terri] had some attitude with Keith, but it had been popularly acknowledged that Keith was difficult. She may be a bitch, but her not getting along with Keith is not the proof. Nor is Jerell talking smack about her when we never saw her say even a word to him. Either she's just really good at unleashing her attitude when the cameras aren't around or BULLSHIT.
Okay, look, I agree with Jeff, like, 90% of the time when it comes to this show, but I do have to point out two things --
1. Wesley and Daniel managed to have a MAJOR flirtation for two whole episodes and the cameras caught none of it. God knows I checked.
2. We've been bitching and moaning for five seasons now when contestants act like assholes that it's not like they don't know that there's cameras around and why the hell are they doing it?! So if one contestant managed to figure out how to behave when the cameras are around (saving her bad attitude for when they went off for a coffee break or whatever), I'd be impressed that it finally sunk in.
I'm not sure I believe that Terri was as hardcore a bitch as the other contestants made her out to be, either, but then again they have to live with her while she's there, not me. (Of course, I think the one-note complaints were bullshit. Lots of people on this show are one-note, some of them make that one note really well, and a lot of them make it to the finals. Keep your eyes on your own damn papers, dingbats.)
YES, THIS. God.
Look, I don't like her. I think we all know that at this point. But this bullshit about keeping her away from reporters and keeping them away from her is ridiculous. If the other three candidates in this election have to deal with it, sorry, but so does she. Oh, she might get asked about personal and family issues? So do all of the other candidates. Obama knew he was going to get asked about his family background. McCain knew he was going to get asked about his marriages. Biden knew he was going to be asked about his missteps in the past. Learn to deal.
The longer the campaign keeps her and the media in separate corners, the lower my estimation of her abilities drops. Granted, they didn't start out very high to begin with, but still. This sort of decision-making by the campaign comes at the same time that they requested that the VP debates be altered due to her inexperience with debating, and at the same time that they had her meet with foreign leaders due to her inexperience with foreign affairs (admittedly, this is not a new concept for elections on either side by any stretch of the imagination). But taken together, the McCain/Palin campaign seems like they're almost admitting that they want a politician with very little experience with the media, foreign affairs, and debating -- three major arenas a presidential or VP candidate should do well in -- to be a heartbeat away for the presidency.
Bitch, please.
Sep. 24th, 2008 05:40 pmJohn McCain suspends his presidential campaign due to the current economic crisis, suggests Obama do the same.
Yes, because I'm sure what Congress is really desperately in need of to solve this problem is for two senators who've spent the last year running for president to show up. That's what they've been missing. Not a more detailed plan, something vaguely resembling actual oversight, and maybe more than ten fucking minutes before the session ends to figure out what the hell to do.
EDIT: "It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess," Obama said in a news conference in Clearwater, Fla. "It's going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once."
YES, THIS. I want a president who's not only willing but able to multi-task. I don't think I'm asking for anything too complicated here.
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Last night at the fair I won a Beanie Baby fox. I just took it out of the bag it was in and threw it in Otis's direction, fully expecting him to ignore me and it.
He's just spent the past fifteen minutes attacking it as if it insulted his mother.
Yes, because I'm sure what Congress is really desperately in need of to solve this problem is for two senators who've spent the last year running for president to show up. That's what they've been missing. Not a more detailed plan, something vaguely resembling actual oversight, and maybe more than ten fucking minutes before the session ends to figure out what the hell to do.
EDIT: "It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess," Obama said in a news conference in Clearwater, Fla. "It's going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once."
YES, THIS. I want a president who's not only willing but able to multi-task. I don't think I'm asking for anything too complicated here.
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Last night at the fair I won a Beanie Baby fox. I just took it out of the bag it was in and threw it in Otis's direction, fully expecting him to ignore me and it.
He's just spent the past fifteen minutes attacking it as if it insulted his mother.
... so I can post about something else today, damn it.
From here, a quote from Governor Palin's interview with Katie Couric:
COURIC: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?
PALIN: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie--that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.
COURIC: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.
PALIN: He's also known as the maverick though. Taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about--the need to reform government.
COURIC: I'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?
PALIN: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.
... yeah, you do that.
EDIT: And now there's this: "Okay, so you're against postponing the presidential debate? What do you think about postponing the vice-presidential debates? Would that be okay?"
Well, speaking for myself, considering Palin has nothing to do with dealing with the bailout and Biden would probably pass on postponing the debates, and therefore this seems like yet another attempt by the McCain/Palin camp to save Palin from public humiliation ... no. Get stuffed. And while you're at it, figure out why the hell a woman who has a Bachelors of Science in communication-journalism can't fucking talk to reporters.
From here, a quote from Governor Palin's interview with Katie Couric:
COURIC: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?
PALIN: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie--that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.
COURIC: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.
PALIN: He's also known as the maverick though. Taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about--the need to reform government.
COURIC: I'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?
PALIN: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.
... yeah, you do that.
EDIT: And now there's this: "Okay, so you're against postponing the presidential debate? What do you think about postponing the vice-presidential debates? Would that be okay?"
Well, speaking for myself, considering Palin has nothing to do with dealing with the bailout and Biden would probably pass on postponing the debates, and therefore this seems like yet another attempt by the McCain/Palin camp to save Palin from public humiliation ... no. Get stuffed. And while you're at it, figure out why the hell a woman who has a Bachelors of Science in communication-journalism can't fucking talk to reporters.
Hey, look, more politics.
Sep. 24th, 2008 10:29 pmPresident Bush has asked both Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama to join him for a meeting at the White House Thursday afternoon to discuss the economic bailout plan, a White House officials said.
Strangely enough, I think it's a good idea. It fulfills what they both want and does so -- hopefully -- in a way that won't end in any of the debates being postponed or cancelled.
Granted, at this point I think talking to Bush about bailing out Wall Street is a wee bit like talking to the kid who nailed your mailbox with a baseball bat about why you should invest in a P.O. box now.
Strangely enough, I think it's a good idea. It fulfills what they both want and does so -- hopefully -- in a way that won't end in any of the debates being postponed or cancelled.
Granted, at this point I think talking to Bush about bailing out Wall Street is a wee bit like talking to the kid who nailed your mailbox with a baseball bat about why you should invest in a P.O. box now.