tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post1379903714775957413..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Look, Don't Do Me Any Favors. Fucking Shut Up As A Favor To Yourself.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-58106823337614213542013-02-09T14:57:10.863-05:002013-02-09T14:57:10.863-05:00It's the title "economist" I was obj...It's the title "economist" I was objecting to, Interrobang.<br /><br />She's not one by training, and her work since reveals her to be a propagandist who writes lies about economics.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-80329934173272936812013-02-06T10:55:32.364-05:002013-02-06T10:55:32.364-05:00Hi, I nominated Bats Left/Throws Right for the Lie...Hi, I nominated Bats Left/Throws Right for the Liebster award. Please visit<br />http://www.theaccidentalenvironmentalist.comMistressmybaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040035582367431567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-38139688179243972892013-02-06T08:11:21.454-05:002013-02-06T08:11:21.454-05:00Google spells it S-h-l-a-e-s. Though the c might c...Google spells it S-h-l-a-e-s. Though the c might creep in once one is plastered enough to enjoy listening to her. <br /><br />And anyway I saw she had a nice smile. Always good for selling books to a certain demo.<br /><br />Very entertaining post, as usual, Riley. Though how you were able to take verbatim notes that fast is a wonderment. The extra effort for the sake of your readers is much Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-66765308223379234512013-02-06T07:45:58.909-05:002013-02-06T07:45:58.909-05:00"Amity Schlaes, best-selling economist."..."Amity Schlaes, best-selling economist."<br /><br />Yes... she's been bought and sold so often she should have a bar code on her ass.satchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-17829537084879525752013-02-05T19:47:52.465-05:002013-02-05T19:47:52.465-05:00Just because a person can write English, and even ...Just because a person can write English, and even write a thesis in it and have said thesis accepted by the powers in the Dept., don't mean shit about whether said person can talk <i>extempore</i> in English.<br /><br />Loved the thing about foreign visitors having their pictures taken by the Bush Ctr. for Intelligence. I'm too frightened, though, to look up the Bush Institute.<br /><br /Li'l Innocenthttp://ladysmantle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-53079981232919327232013-02-05T17:06:42.785-05:002013-02-05T17:06:42.785-05:00If boredom is creeping in, may I recommend you per...If boredom is creeping in, may I recommend you peruse the following:<br /><br />http://www.indystar.com/article/20130203/NEWS05/302030343/Bills-take-federal-government-highlight-political-split-Indiana?nclick_check=1<br /><br />Additional confirmation, if such is needed, that our state legislature contains significant numbers of complete fucking morons. Did these guys somehow miss that history Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-18595124678877530502013-02-05T10:57:58.204-05:002013-02-05T10:57:58.204-05:00Not all English majors are that stupid or ill-spok...Not all English majors are that stupid or ill-spoken, and it's not an automatic ticket to a wingnut welfare sinecure, either.<br /><br />Signed, the grumpy tech writerInterrobangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-43202179620439653942013-02-05T01:59:41.386-05:002013-02-05T01:59:41.386-05:00No, really. There's a George W. Bush Institut...<i>No, really. There's a George W. Bush Institute.</i><br /><br />The CIA complex in Langley is named (after GHW, the former Director) "The Bush Center For Intelligence". During the eight long years of junior's misrule, it was a regular stop for foreign tourists in the DC area to have their picture taken by the road sign pointing to possibly the most ironically named building Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-70543513859106744792013-02-04T23:03:33.873-05:002013-02-04T23:03:33.873-05:00Well, this was a great read, Riley, and thanks!
&...Well, this was a great read, Riley, and thanks!<br /><br />"She unvaryingly pronounces it Roe-za-velt. " Is this necessarily wrong? I looked it up, and it seems pretty correct, the way that family said it, and the proper Dutch way to say it. Maybe in the day a lot of Americans said ROO-sevelt, But they themselves (the Roosevelts) didn't, it appears. Link to a debate about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-39541302213659807092013-02-04T19:26:06.561-05:002013-02-04T19:26:06.561-05:00I listened to her Coolidge talk (Well, about two m...I listened to her Coolidge talk (Well, about two minutes was all I could stand).<br /><br />Yikes. Sort of like running a harpy across a chalkboard.ErgoDannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-17690425944157957632013-02-04T19:06:50.507-05:002013-02-04T19:06:50.507-05:00Amity Schlaes, the noted historian and best-sellin...<i>Amity Schlaes, the noted historian and best-selling economist.</i><br /><br />English major, dammit.<br /><br />She graduated a year after I did. I'm more of an economist! (Econ. B.A., you see.)<br /><br />I should have learned to tell lies for the right people, apparently.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-71032648118799668312013-02-04T18:48:08.558-05:002013-02-04T18:48:08.558-05:00I watched that, and every time Ms. Schlaes was spe...I watched that, and every time Ms. Schlaes was speaking I kept wondering, "Who is this dunce?".Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111717103765815148noreply@blogger.com