tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post3557436666006018370..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Friday Reiterative Redundancy BloggingJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-12794034002170538162008-05-27T18:36:00.000-04:002008-05-27T18:36:00.000-04:00I'll let you off the commander in chief comment.Si...I'll let you off the commander in chief comment.<BR/><BR/>Simply put, nostalgia sells.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-48041899129131105802008-05-26T13:19:00.000-04:002008-05-26T13:19:00.000-04:00...too cheesy to qualify as cheese food...I believ...<I>...too cheesy to qualify as cheese food...</I><BR/><BR/>I believe the technical term you seek is <I>cheese food product</I>.Kiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652157502257079776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-27162382450448430182008-05-24T08:01:00.000-04:002008-05-24T08:01:00.000-04:00A long time ago I blogged about the subtle distinc...A long time ago I blogged about the subtle distinctions between <A HREF="http://livebythefoma.blogspot.com/2006/04/i-am-such.html" REL="nofollow">Nerds, Geeks, and Dorks</A>. David Brooks, I believe, is all three.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-31896064174939419472008-05-24T03:34:00.000-04:002008-05-24T03:34:00.000-04:00Clustering, here too late and too drugged to even ...Clustering, here too late and too drugged to even do what normally passes, when people are generous, for witty. But re: 1) your wife is a lucky woman. Even post-op pain makes you riotously entertaining in a way that makes me want to demand "snark" be retired and "trenchant satire" be resurrected as the description du jour for bloggers. <BR/><BR/>Re 2) reading about republicans is certain to make D. Sidhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810866162936064310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-50795825853786654802008-05-24T02:24:00.000-04:002008-05-24T02:24:00.000-04:00As you well know, I turn here when Brooks bellows ...As you well know, I turn here when Brooks bellows forth just to read you set him straight. But I must respectfully disagree. But just this once.<BR/><BR/>The president is commander in chief 24/7 whether at war, at peace or at police action. It never stops. And I don't know how it was possible that the founders ever thought it would since the British and the French and the Indians were at us Jaye Ramsey Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866341038412407027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-88045686421957743242008-05-23T23:56:00.000-04:002008-05-23T23:56:00.000-04:00To be fair to David Brooks, it doesn't sound like ...To be fair to David Brooks, it doesn't sound like he said it was history that flew out his ass at age eight. It was nurds that flew out his ass. And calypso singers flew out after, laughing at them while fishermen held flowers.<BR/><BR/>This stuff about John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, and commander-in-chief, well, maybe. The presidents I sort of remember, starting with Truman, never made any big Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-54499776919476117912008-05-23T15:52:00.000-04:002008-05-23T15:52:00.000-04:00I wonder if McCain (who's name gives me visions of...I wonder if McCain (who's name gives me visions of McDonald's: McMansions and so on)is askeered that the updated GI bill will cause a lot more people to JOIN the military, thereby rendering Blackwater (major Repug Pals) un-needed, and destroying all that sweet sweet graft and bribery. Not to mention the pleasing notion of imposing "Martial Law" on the entire U.S. fading away, as few Military folkKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-80178013791436961362008-05-23T15:36:00.000-04:002008-05-23T15:36:00.000-04:00I think McCain should get his wish and be named to...I think McCain should get his wish and be named to the Most Exalted Office of Commanderissimo in Chief, <A HREF="http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7074/idimccainfn9.jpg" REL="nofollow">so he can wear the really big medals just like other junta leaders</A>. (I believe the one just to the left of his navel is the <I>Order of the Cranky Sun</I>, for Meritorious Tantrums in the Service of the Party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-84868487980128879642008-05-23T15:24:00.000-04:002008-05-23T15:24:00.000-04:00And BTW can't some clever Geppetto make a howdy-do...And BTW can't some clever Geppetto make a howdy-doody marionette out of Brooks's puppet-smile face? It calls out for it so plaintively. Where is that Drew Carey these days?<BR/><BR/>His damMark agin<BR/>(X)<BR/>p.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-52042526891176159982008-05-23T15:16:00.000-04:002008-05-23T15:16:00.000-04:00Mr Riley -- Your cudgel may be poor, but it is gra...Mr Riley -- Your cudgel may be poor, but it is grandissimo eloquent. Surely a turn on the "eBay" will raise its value. <BR/><BR/>You realize the revealing palindrome "leg-duck cudgel" seems strangely a-propos in these circumstances. As may be "Yer ill, Riley" if only yer name was Lirey. Shure now.<BR/><BR/>His marq-de-combat<BR/>(X)<BR/>pookapookaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-39859142560663558162008-05-23T14:32:00.000-04:002008-05-23T14:32:00.000-04:00...des that so obviously haunt him still....des that so obviously haunt him still.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-89212819717258483942008-05-23T14:31:00.000-04:002008-05-23T14:31:00.000-04:00I wish those war vets would quit whining and marry...I wish those war vets would quit whining and marry their own goddam rich broads.<BR/><BR/>More importantly, I really wish Bobo would finally regale us with stories of those swirlie episoheydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-5350258078569956852008-05-23T14:29:00.000-04:002008-05-23T14:29:00.000-04:00Of all of your brilliant topics, "English. It Mak...Of all of your brilliant topics, "English. It Makes a Poor Cudgel." is by far my favorite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-40549996577464519112008-05-23T12:45:00.000-04:002008-05-23T12:45:00.000-04:00Riley writes: The President is Commander-in-Chief ...Riley writes: <I>The President is Commander-in-Chief in time of war, Senator,...</I><BR/><BR/>Well, actually, he's Commander-in-Chief any old time, but more importantly, he's Commander-in-Chief <B>of the armed forces</B>, not the whole dag-nab United States.<BR/><BR/>It's an important distinction, and one that is lost on Dubya as well.<BR/><BR/>I often wonder, given McCain's animosity to care andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com