tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post6777855180944846505..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.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-1391481104320684392018-02-05T10:22:29.405-06:002018-02-05T10:22:29.405-06:00That is, in point of fact, what I thought your wer...<br />That is, in point of fact, what I thought your were trying to say, but every time I read it - it made my brain hurt so I thought I'd ask.<br /><br />Willie would be proud that you have quoted him here.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-19894237699369954032018-02-05T10:18:59.429-06:002018-02-05T10:18:59.429-06:00Oh, THAT sentence.
"Strike that. Reverse ...Oh, <i>THAT</i> sentence. <br /><br />"Strike that. Reverse it. Thank you." (Willie Wonka)<br /><br />It should read "When Americans decide they care more about their children than their guns, things will change. Until then, no."<br /><br />We already care more about our guns than our kids today, as a culture, and look where it's gotten us.<br /><br />Nice catch - I've read that half a dozen times and missed it each time. Sigh.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-318110131603702432018-02-05T10:04:53.273-06:002018-02-05T10:04:53.273-06:00Not that sentence, THIS one:
"When Americans...Not <i>that sentence</i>, THIS one:<br /><br />"When Americans decide they care more about their guns than they do about their children, things will change. Until then, no."<br /><br />I've re-read that several times. Does not compute.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-30582413909005855552018-02-04T19:23:46.255-06:002018-02-04T19:23:46.255-06:00@Lucy - No, it's what I meant. Jim will never...@Lucy - No, it's what I meant. Jim will never run out of material (word fodder) because we'll apparently never do anything about how many children we shoot in this country (cannon fodder).<br /><br />@James - Well, that's high praise indeed. Thanks!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-83421294695144820352018-02-04T18:30:57.280-06:002018-02-04T18:30:57.280-06:00I look forward to these posts above all others exc...I look forward to these posts above all others except perhaps XKCD webcomics.James A. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580984579089010427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-77444475601974745252018-02-04T17:29:23.178-06:002018-02-04T17:29:23.178-06:0019. Well, now, doesn't that bring to mind a pi...19. Well, now, doesn't that bring to mind a picture no-one would care to see ...<br /><br />23. See above.<br /><br />Out of order, but 16/17 - is it just me, or is there something wrong with that last sentence?<br /><br />Eagles by 11 - Touchdown and a field goal is not enough. (I'm not really very good at handicapping. I had the Bengals by 2 in XXIII.)<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-10298075278209755002018-02-04T16:59:20.549-06:002018-02-04T16:59:20.549-06:00Hi Lucy! Back in town and ready to write! Even m...Hi Lucy! Back in town and ready to write! Even made it home before kickoff... :)<br /><br />12 - I'd support that. Don't know if Jim would, but I would.<br /><br />14 - Don't underestimate people who live below sea level right next to the sea. They beat the ocean. They can beat you.<br /><br />16/17 - I've long maintained that Americans would rather have their guns than their children because guns are craftsmanship but children can be manufactured by unskilled labor. And I've loved the Bang Bang Sanity series since Jim started writing them. He'll never run out of word fodder, because we'll never run out of cannon fodder.<br /><br />When Americans decide they care more about their guns than they do about their children, things will change. Until then, no.<br /><br />19 - Well, I suppose when your clothes get too dirty you'll have to buy new ones. Or you'll go naked and support our burgeoning prison industry. Either way.<br /><br />21 - It is a very long list. Rats. Sinking ship. Etc.<br /><br />22 - "The truth shall make ye fret." (Terry Pratchett)<br /><br />23 - Pics!!<br /><br />29 - Fair point. :)<br /><br />34 - Also fair point.<br /><br />Grammar - it's a trap!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-85686456435323253162018-02-03T12:51:28.808-06:002018-02-03T12:51:28.808-06:001. Popcorn? Hell, this is going to require 3 bowls...1. Popcorn? Hell, this is going to require 3 bowls of Cheerios and 2 cans of spinach.<br /><br />12. I believe Jim Wright should be named “Honored Custodian of Our Nation’s Moral High Ground”.<br /><br />14. So the whole “Little Dutch Boy with a finger in the dyke” wasn’t just a fairy tale after all?<br /><br />16. Kids are easy & inexpensive to replace using unskilled labor and a decent insurance plan. Once Obama comes for my guns - Oh, wait …<br /><br />17. Nevada? Really? How dare you impugn the reputation of my chosen home state? Nobody is supposed to know how many guns I (don’t) have! And I don’t have 50% less (fewer?) guns than my neighbors! And if they found that out I’d be less safe. And guns do make you safer! Let me tell ya … once you blow off a body part or kill someone you get yerself some serious safety! I think it may be something like a button or switch or sometin’. Also, since you brought The Chief into this whole post thingy, take a look at THIS:<br />http://www.stonekettle.com/2015/06/bang-bang-sanity.html<br /><br />Should be enshrined in law. Just sayin’. Oh yeah, and almost forgot this: [/sarcasm]<br /><br />18. ? <<<< that key is Shift / (EDIT: never mind. I read that last sentence as a question, not a request … silly brain, Trix are for wabbits. )<br /><br />19. The 30% tariff has also been tacked on to Large Imported Washing Machines. Really? Solar Panels and <i><b>Large Washing Machines</b></i>??? Where is the fucking logic in <i>that</i>?!!!??!??! We went down to buy Mama her Brandspanking New LG Washer Machine Christmas Present (it’s a very long story) and the damn thing is $137.68 more expensive this week than last week! Someone please explain to me how my <b>not</b> buying that washer helps the economy.<br /><br />20. And American Icon Harley-Davidson is closing one of it’t US assembly plants and moving the operation to India.<br /><br />21. And Rachel Maddow is keeping track of just how many of the Rump officials that <i>were</i> appointed have been fired, quit in disgust, or were forced to resign in disgrace. It's a very long list.<br /><br />22. And the truth will set you free. Or something. (I don't know ... just felt like I needed to say something to acknowledge this!)<br /><br />23. And I can’t wait to receive and start wearing my MANEA hat.<br /><br />29. Used Car Salespeople are not idiots. They are unscrupulous, highly trained experts at convincing you to buy more car than you can afford with the money you don’t have the ability to earn, but everything they do is up front, open, and legal. The very fact that you acknowledge the truth that you know they are not above lying is evidence of this. Please do not compare them to Rump in such an insulting innuendo like this. [/snark] :)<br /><br />34. “Kerr uses actual evidence and citations to prove his point, too, which is more than Nunes does.” [If I may, please allow me to edit for you: “<i>… which is more than Nunes has the intellect to do.</i>” ]<br /><br />37. And for that, I will actually break out the hot air popcorn machine. <br /><br />And, I can't believe how many sentences in my not exactly democratic response this post I have begun with the grammatically inappropriate and nearly verboten word 'and'.<br /><br /> I feel like such a dangling participle.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.com