tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post7605302972778670355..comments2024-03-28T00:02:35.850-05:00Comments on driftglass: Today In Both Sides Do It: O Tempora! O Mores!driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-645581314548241362015-08-05T18:38:46.105-05:002015-08-05T18:38:46.105-05:00"Oh, tempura! Oh, morays!"
--Lament of a..."Oh, tempura! Oh, morays!"<br />--Lament of a Japanese chefJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630222099564418320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-8763341481447445602015-08-04T17:59:14.772-05:002015-08-04T17:59:14.772-05:00To select one small point among many, why the fuck...To select one small point among many, why the fuck, if you are qualified, if you think you have the stuff and the will to do the job and you think you could win (if, say, the press turns the ephemera of mails into an albatross so heavy even Hillary can't dislodge it), would you not run for president for the ``sake'' of your ``reputation?'' Just what the fuck is he on about?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300961605043014522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19188823556885173502015-08-04T14:39:53.695-05:002015-08-04T14:39:53.695-05:00I read the first third of the Books column before ...I read the first third of the Books column before I succumbed to Brooksian Overload. I was hoping someone else would tod the hard work and Lo and behold, Driftglas to the rescue. Thanks. Thanks for reading the whole thing so I don't have to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-24433493033115007572015-08-04T13:43:44.356-05:002015-08-04T13:43:44.356-05:00 It looks like Dr. K went full Driftglass again la... It looks like Dr. K went full Driftglass again last night. Maybe you two should have tea some time...<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-8472118550261967222015-08-04T13:38:55.812-05:002015-08-04T13:38:55.812-05:00Brooks is running dangerously low on reactor coola...Brooks is running dangerously low on reactor coolant. Or maybe someone stole the cooling rods. In any event, the outcome is entirely predictable: torches and pitchforks.chautauquahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425429571246989512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-24041407548791716832015-08-04T12:21:25.317-05:002015-08-04T12:21:25.317-05:00Poor BoBo. The pressure of keeping his alternate ...Poor BoBo. The pressure of keeping his alternate reality current is obviously getting to him. I won't read the whole column and am relying on dg's excerpting talents here, but it appears as though Brooks was unable to fit in his standard "blahblah both sides blahblah, <i>but really it's all the damn Hippies' fault</i>" coup de grace. I mean, I'm sure, somehow, the Trump phenomenon can be directly traced to Ted Kennedy's tirade against Bork, right? Or something Abbie Hoffman said 40 years ago? Come on Bobo, you're slipping.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368238520998130967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-34518963796825624132015-08-04T10:56:28.718-05:002015-08-04T10:56:28.718-05:00O tempora! O mores!
Senatus haec intelligit. couns...O tempora! O mores!<br />Senatus haec intelligit. counsul vidit.<br />Sed vivit! Vivit?<br /><br />And hey, that's from memory in high school 60 years ago.<br />bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-57952969876071305942015-08-04T08:52:47.315-05:002015-08-04T08:52:47.315-05:00The Right must use apocalyptic redemption stories ...The Right <i>must</i> use apocalyptic redemption stories rather than reasoned arguments, because reason would tell us non-elite palefaces that the vast majority of us will never be rich, and so our best interests lie in the establishment and maintenance of a Scandinavian-style social welfare state for the common citizen--which, of course, the rich (with a handful of sensible exceptions) do not want, even though it would make the rich far safer, if slightly less rich.<br /><br />However, giving up a little money to establish that welfare state would mean giving up Power, and Power makes heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and orgasm all look like pale placebos.<br /><br />(Insert Drifty's wordplay about "WOWGASM scrimshawing a new Prime Directive on the inside of the skull" here)<br /><br />NOTE: I say "welfare state for the common citizen" because the USA maintains an obscenely generous welfare state <i>for the rich</i>, most of it disguised as "War On Crime" (aka "War On *some* Drugs"), and "War On Terror" (aka "War On Uppity Brown Furriners Who Won't Let Our Rich Enslave Them Without A Fight, Even Though Our Rich Are Ordained By Either Divine Will Or Superior Darwinian Fitness To Use All The Rest Of Us As Slaves").Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-22435748758042164252015-08-04T08:27:52.056-05:002015-08-04T08:27:52.056-05:00The official Village talking point (based on what ...The official Village talking point (based on what Shuck Todd told Matt Lauer on the Today Show this morning) appears to be that Donald Trump is "tapping in" to "anti Washington" sentiment. Both Shuck and BoBo obviously got the memo.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141640791663745884noreply@blogger.com