tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post2140691951524167353..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Ice Cream, Mandrake?James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-90467913452806434772012-03-12T01:30:05.410-04:002012-03-12T01:30:05.410-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Moe Nawazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02251125784181022181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-49331349687216757882012-02-28T11:18:32.258-05:002012-02-28T11:18:32.258-05:00I often drive from the east coast to Indiana, wher...I often drive from the east coast to Indiana, where I'm from, and sometimes pass through Pittsburgh. Actually, describing it as a kind of Gateway to the midwest based on it being the birthplace of the Ohio strikes me as not unreasonable.<br /><br />I agree with everything else you write though.chucklinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473875845484427801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-38179345675973542332012-02-26T20:58:13.806-05:002012-02-26T20:58:13.806-05:00Lord this shit gets old. You fucks didn't have...<i>Lord this shit gets old. You fucks didn't have the political courage to eliminate the Department of Education (according to your sacred "principles"), then the Bush II administration doubled Federal involvement in public education. Go fuck yourselves.</i><br /><br />Heh. They don't call him "Georg F'ing Will" fer nothin'.freq flagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-24406047528390813782012-02-25T09:44:52.079-05:002012-02-25T09:44:52.079-05:00“Giving up witchcraft is, in effect, giving up the...“Giving up witchcraft is, in effect, giving up the Bible” -- John Wesley<br /><br />This is the man we need to prevent social regression?Dean Boothhttp://comicbooth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-78093446958786344422012-02-24T14:29:33.814-05:002012-02-24T14:29:33.814-05:00"When the medieval invention of distilling wa..."When the medieval invention of distilling was combined with Britain’s 18th-century surplus of grain, the result was cheap gin — and appalling pockets of social regression. The most effective response to which was not this or that government policy, it was John Wesley — Methodism."<br /><br />1. I assume it was whiskey instead of gin.<br />2. I assume that the appalling pockets of prairie curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-58742541455055949862012-02-24T12:21:43.982-05:002012-02-24T12:21:43.982-05:00"Pittsburgh fueled the Whiskey Rebellion of 1..."Pittsburgh fueled the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, an early eruption of Western resentment of the overbearing East"<br /><br />Erm, I admit I have trouble keeping up, but wasn't the "overbearing East" of the Whiskey Rebellion summed up in the person of George Washington, Founding Father Who Really Truly Prayed on His Knees in the Snow at Valley Forge? While it would be mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-17307164731255602812012-02-24T08:34:58.225-05:002012-02-24T08:34:58.225-05:00Riley, this one's a gem.Riley, this one's a gem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1247172073403616312012-02-24T06:53:52.148-05:002012-02-24T06:53:52.148-05:00I do agree that it's quite unlikely that the v...I do agree that it's quite unlikely that the voting public will pick either of the R's in play over a man who is obviously rational, clear-headed, conservative in the ordinary sense of the word, a capable diplomat, etc. This is why the states controlled by Republicans are working on stopping many eligible voters from actually voting.Fiddlin Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083633111240927563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-63292471294685910302012-02-23T23:10:48.744-05:002012-02-23T23:10:48.744-05:00"now they have to who're". Wow. Punc..."now they have to who're". Wow. Punctuational double-entendre. Very impressive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-37094658778210365872012-02-23T21:22:45.598-05:002012-02-23T21:22:45.598-05:00"...combined with Britain’s 18th-century surp..."...combined with Britain’s 18th-century surplus of grain, the result was cheap gin...the most effective response was not government policy, it was John Wesley — Methodism"<br /><br />Sure. Taxing alcohol and regulating consumption by law is pointless and stupid and effects neither supply or demand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-9795618582622631072012-02-23T20:09:35.578-05:002012-02-23T20:09:35.578-05:00Christ on a bicycle. The complete upheaval of the...Christ on a bicycle. The complete upheaval of the agrarian way of life and being paid bare-survival wages had nothing to do with "appalling pockets of social regression" in 18th C. Britain. And a few gazillion single mothers including me no longer believe that we need permission from men, or a man, to have babies or not as we see fit.Rugosahttp://dzikaroza.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-65547997284771263822012-02-23T19:22:33.235-05:002012-02-23T19:22:33.235-05:00Evil or stupid?
Yes.<i>Evil or stupid?</i><br /><br />Yes.Taj Mahalonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-87917728984778970862012-02-23T15:52:46.883-05:002012-02-23T15:52:46.883-05:00"The use of prenatal testing for search-and-d..."The use of prenatal testing for search-and-destroy missions against Down syndrome and other handicapped babies is barbaric."<br /><br />Evil or stupid? Your call.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827236343578670299noreply@blogger.com