tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post3304761210976896550..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Continued Stray Thoughts on the Current Political ClimateDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-38092408392587704372017-10-22T12:44:35.992-05:002017-10-22T12:44:35.992-05:00Hi Lucy -
Sorry for taking so long to get back to...Hi Lucy -<br /><br />Sorry for taking so long to get back to you! Out of town the last few days - look for a post about it soon. :)<br /><br />Sturm - hah! I can only wish I'd been that literate. :) The real story of course is that it's just a backformation from the Nazi Storm Troopers ("sturmabteilung") - the SA that aided Hitler's rise to power and enforced Nazi policy in the streets. Sometimes just called "Brownshirts." Given der Sturmtrumper's affinity for and open endorsement by every neo-Nazi scumbag organization in America, it seemed appropriate.<br /><br />1. Nobody really uses the phrase "high dudgeon" anymore, alas. And nobody ever used the phrase "low dudgeon." <br /><br />8. Bob Corker has a future in punditry, yes he does.<br /><br />12. I need to watch <i>Dr. Strangelove</i> again. We're trying to get our Atomic Bomb course approved for next summer. Someday I'd like to put together a sequel course that would focus on the bomb in American culture after the war and down to the present. I know I read enough of those novels, anyway.<br /><br />33. You're welcome! It's nice to have hard numbers, I find. Not that the modern GOP really cares about facts, but even so.<br /><br />I think a two-car clown car parade would be a nightmare to organize, myself. All those clowns! You'd have to Tetris them inside and then figure out how to get them out. Plus, clowns: creepy. Oy. :)<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-58990409468106622782017-10-20T06:18:30.245-05:002017-10-20T06:18:30.245-05:00”My God! it’s full of stars …”
I have wondered fr...<i>”My God! it’s full of stars …”</i><br /><br />I have wondered from where you derived “Der Sturmtrumper” since your first installment of these entertaining posts. <b>Sturmtrumper</b> - operative portion being <i><b>Sturm</b></i> Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm_(novella) You sly little devil you!<br /><br />Okay. On with the show:<br /><br />1. And he starts by sending me back to the dictionary right of the bat! I won’t tell you how many times my brain interpreted that word as Dungeon. That would be somewhat em-bare-ass-ing. And it wasn’t a dime. Oh, I see you fixed that in the next paragraph.<br /><br />7. HEAR, Hear!<br /><br />8. The adult daycare thing is something I wish I’d thought of. Had me laughing so hard I think I broke a rib.<br /><br />12. Here in lies the sub-title for <i>Dr. Strangelove</i><br /><br />13. SQUIRREL!<br /><br />18. ‘Nuther SQUIRREL! Whiplash is a wonderful writing tool. <br /><br />32. Sandoval is only the third republican I have ever voted for, instead of against. Clout? In the GOP? SQUIRREL!<br /><br />33. Thank you for this. People have, for years, been trying to convince me that I was just imagining all of that.<br /><br />And, What Eric Said, bless his pee-pickin’ giant midgets [NOT a typo] … <br /><br />And, David, that should be two-CLOWN-car parade.<br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />P.S.: separate note to Eric - for what ever it may be worth - condolences RE: feline.<br /><br />LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-33635460727970363152017-10-17T18:54:42.828-05:002017-10-17T18:54:42.828-05:00No argument from me on that score.No argument from me on that score.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-73812534664956361292017-10-17T18:42:36.944-05:002017-10-17T18:42:36.944-05:00I know, and you're right.
But it's frustr...I know, and you're right.<br /><br />But it's frustrating and infuriating as hell.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-69897101556836883392017-10-17T17:56:48.062-05:002017-10-17T17:56:48.062-05:00At the moment I will take whatever cracks in the s...At the moment I will take whatever cracks in the solid armor of GOP nonsense I can find. <br /><br />The bottom line is two fold. First, the Democrats are not going to be the ones to rein in this rogue president. They couldn't organize a two-car parade, and they're already pretty united against the regime for all the good it does. And second, conversely, the only thing that will rein in this rogue president are Republicans who are willing to break ranks. It starts small - even the "waste of air" you claim is a difficult thing for a political figure to do in the current climate. But it has to start somewhere. <br /><br />I say welcome, and now let's build on those words.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-41234980059973001522017-10-17T17:40:12.882-05:002017-10-17T17:40:12.882-05:00I really, really don't want to knife in the ba...I really, really don't want to knife in the back the Congressional Republicans who are coming around on Trump. But the problem is that I ultimately don't care what they're saying to the press. Yes, it's great that Corker is aware that Trump is awful, but as the sitting chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for him to say he thinks Trump is a threat to American interests and to do nothing but complain about it to a journalist? If he believes everything he's saying, why isn't he holding hearings? Why isn't he sponsoring legislation to pressure Trump into filling State Department positions or to tighten purse strings or curtail Trump's military authority within the limits set out in Articles I and II (e.g. limiting whatever AUMAs are currently in effect)?<br /><br />To be clear, we're not even talking about something fantastical like impeachment. If Bob Corker sincerely believes the President is leading the country to war, Corker is in charge of one of the primary committees with oversight over that, in the branch of government specifically and expressly designed to check the Executive's war making and diplomatic powers.<br /><br />(And for crying out loud, he's announced his retirement: he can't even call upon the cowardly and treasonous excuse that he's afraid of the political repercussions of challenging a President of his own party. Agh!)<br /><br />One has to conclude that either Corker didn't believe what he said, or that he's a complete waste of air.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.com