tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post8008057702139378854..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: The Times Paywall Is Not Nearly High EnoughJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-27762591748302157262011-04-21T10:59:02.637-04:002011-04-21T10:59:02.637-04:00"C'mon, Dave. If you want to write a colu..."C'mon, Dave. If you want to write a column worth reading..."<br /><br />Gosh; "reading" is a funny word for "getting paid for"!Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-58407299469087420972011-04-21T09:46:49.554-04:002011-04-21T09:46:49.554-04:00George Soros wrote a wildly popular book?
Huh.
I...George Soros wrote a wildly popular book?<br /><br />Huh.<br /><br />I can't recall the title. Little help?Julia Greynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-61604619125514147542011-04-20T00:57:15.174-04:002011-04-20T00:57:15.174-04:00...he wasn't a Republican, he was a conservati...<i>...he wasn't a Republican, he was a conservative. </i><br /><br />Otter: Take it easy, I'm pre-med.<br />Boon: I thought you were pre-law.<br />Otter: What's the difference?freq flagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-3660220747022943902011-04-20T00:12:23.553-04:002011-04-20T00:12:23.553-04:00If you want to write a column worth reading, try e...<i>If you want to write a column worth reading, try explaining why someone as thoughtful as yourself is still a Republican if mass stupidity offends you so.</i><br /><br />On a recent episode of Real Time, Maher asked Brooks to explain just that, and Brooks replied that he wasn't a Republican, he was a conservative. <br /><br />Yeah, I know.Mr. Ziffelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-73080590170362779042011-04-19T22:39:45.784-04:002011-04-19T22:39:45.784-04:00I kinda sorta get the main point Brooksie begins w...I kinda sorta get the main point Brooksie begins with, but the inclusion of <i>SOROS!</i> in his little list of obnoxious boys is laughably transparent bullshit. It's as if someone's desperation is exceeding its normal bounds.M. Krebsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-72427292746917498182011-04-19T22:32:53.352-04:002011-04-19T22:32:53.352-04:00George Soros? Aw, hell, I probably don't make ...George Soros? Aw, hell, I probably don't make a tenth of what Bobo does, and even I know Michael Moore is the 8 to that 2, 4, 6.<br /><br />Awhile back Brooks's alma mater (and mine) mag published one of his "humor" columns from the student paper, in which he made fun of the faculty and grad students for being loser academics (ie "thanks for the degree, assholes!"). Hewhetstonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-27326663108836973422011-04-19T17:45:51.359-04:002011-04-19T17:45:51.359-04:00"...could reverse its decline if only a strai...<i>"...could reverse its decline if only a straight-talking, obnoxious blowhard would take control."</i><br /><br />Maybe we should ask the Germans how well that worked out for them.ErgoDannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-35771530690817248132011-04-19T15:14:54.836-04:002011-04-19T15:14:54.836-04:00Repugs have been pushing unqualified morons since ...Repugs have been pushing unqualified morons since Regan; Bush II was their biggest success, if Palin had become VP <i>She'd</i> have been the epitome of Repug Presidential Blowhard Idiots. <br /><br />Now their acting -and maybe they're genuinely- amazed that an Outsider Idiot Blowhard is taking advantage of their decades of careful preparations. Trump has swooped in and grabbed their Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-46539187224527617942011-04-19T14:45:22.521-04:002011-04-19T14:45:22.521-04:00The other, just because he will wear it like a Kic...<i>The other, just because he will wear it like a Kick Me sign, forever...</i><br /><br />And deservedly so.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com