But you left out the profound, EXTREMELY VALID resentment every conservative shares regarding the improper handling and securing of email communications by female presidential candidates. Surely you did not deliberately mean to omit a condemnation of behavior that posed the gravest of threats to our democracy.
Up here in the Adirondacks we're countin' the Trump '24 bumper stickers and flags(!) not just to document the comparative political identities of the locals but also to see of which biker bar to steer clear...because in this little town-ish outpost there is precious little in the form of other accommodations and/or services...even the kayak launch sites are abandoned due to the drought.
So I'll reconnoiter the bar and maybe steal some peanuts to keep us going til we drag ourselves back to what we laughingly refer to as civilization.
I’m trying to understand the purpose of these poorly argued right wing op-eds in the NYT. Do the editors want to expose the tired both-sideism of a Rich Lowry? Or are they hoping this will convince their readers that Democrats are as bad as Republicans? The comments show no one is fooled by Lowry’s sophistry; the refutations of his argument are detailed and thorough. Whatever the editors’ intention, Mr. Tingle Down My Leg has another reason to believe they’ll buy any stupid crap in their quest to seem balanced.
I didn't read Lowry's piece in the Times so I'm grateful (🙏🏻) that Roy reprinted it today.
But seriously... I'd love to know how this came to be published by the Times -- not the "reason" for public consumption but the rationale(s) that led to its publication. I mean, I get the idea of exposing a variety of opinions and all this but even given that, the Lowry piece seemed let's say questionable.
History-wise, though, an influential, or at least armed and violent anarchism is baked into the nation's founding. Starts with a commercial elite that wants no gummint inference in their efforts to accumulate wealth so you get the Articles of Confederation which is so weak that it doesn't create enough of a central state to pay off Revolutionary War debts to creditors. So that's corrected by the Constitution which still provides minimal central government but at least the war creditors can get paid (troops not so much for reasons I'm too tired to go into; see, too, Shay's Rebellion).
But the tell is in the nation's name, United States -- states like mini-nations that want their independence including from a central government. You know, emphasis on "States", with "United" being ignored as best as possible and soon after the Constitution gets passed and a central government formed, we get the Whiskey Rebellion.
In other words, such violent tendencies as referenced in Roy's post today have, like, an excess of actual heritage and stuff.
And for those who've bothered to read this rant, two treats.
The search warrant application and affidavit for that lawless FBI Deep State raid of Trump's home, redacted:
The headline of op ed is easy to answer: Yes, I can imagine what it would look like if the FBI investigated a Democrat. In fact, I don’t have imagine it, I only have to cast my memory back to 2016. Even more recently, former Dem Rep TJ Cox was indicted on several counts of fraud. AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY TOOK TO THE STREETS!!! Right? Didn’t they?
I remember how after 9-11, one of the first Bush-Cheney responses was to get a bunch of lawyers together to come up with a justification for torture.
Do they talk about this shit at the meetings of the local Republican klaverns?
" Okay, Tim's going to have the schedule for everyone working the booth at the County Fair this year and Betty, you're going to talk to John down at the Derby Diner about having our Fall prayer breakfast there again this year. You tell him to make sure he's got plenty of that sausage gravy ready! Ray is going to go ahead and order the commemorative bricks for the sidewalk at the Veterans Park downtown and John , you were going to call all the elementary school teachers and threaten to rape and kill their children. I think that's it for this month's meeting. There's Kool-Aid and cupcakes in the kitchen! everybody!
Look, when a guy's simultaneously the target of an election-fixing investigation in Georgia, a tax-fraud case in New York and an espionage case on Florida, there's just GOT to be a conspiracy against him, right? Are we really supposed to believe that ONE MAN could be engaged in such a wide range of criminal activities, all at the same time? Unpossible!
Aug 23, 2022·edited Aug 23, 2022Liked by Roy Edroso
On the other hand... Jamelle Bouie reminds us that, back in the 1870's, the Times editors were firmly on the side of "I'm sure if we just overlook Klan terrorism and let rampaging White mobs have their way, things will eventually settle down and everything will be OK."
> rioters who destroyed all American cities with a population of 500,000
…, yet that is where you godless, grooming, hook-nosed elitists continue exclusively to live! Yes, you live in places THAT DO NOT EXIST, either Satanic magic is at work (many savage shaman were CROSS-DRESSERS) or you are not real people…but the latter was obvious all along, anyway, and we'll get to dispelling the ILLUSION that you live, by-and-by.
"by Susan Collins"
Another banger, Roy.
But you left out the profound, EXTREMELY VALID resentment every conservative shares regarding the improper handling and securing of email communications by female presidential candidates. Surely you did not deliberately mean to omit a condemnation of behavior that posed the gravest of threats to our democracy.
scarily accurate right-wing-think.
Up here in the Adirondacks we're countin' the Trump '24 bumper stickers and flags(!) not just to document the comparative political identities of the locals but also to see of which biker bar to steer clear...because in this little town-ish outpost there is precious little in the form of other accommodations and/or services...even the kayak launch sites are abandoned due to the drought.
So I'll reconnoiter the bar and maybe steal some peanuts to keep us going til we drag ourselves back to what we laughingly refer to as civilization.
At least we got 5g...
I’m trying to understand the purpose of these poorly argued right wing op-eds in the NYT. Do the editors want to expose the tired both-sideism of a Rich Lowry? Or are they hoping this will convince their readers that Democrats are as bad as Republicans? The comments show no one is fooled by Lowry’s sophistry; the refutations of his argument are detailed and thorough. Whatever the editors’ intention, Mr. Tingle Down My Leg has another reason to believe they’ll buy any stupid crap in their quest to seem balanced.
I didn't read Lowry's piece in the Times so I'm grateful (🙏🏻) that Roy reprinted it today.
But seriously... I'd love to know how this came to be published by the Times -- not the "reason" for public consumption but the rationale(s) that led to its publication. I mean, I get the idea of exposing a variety of opinions and all this but even given that, the Lowry piece seemed let's say questionable.
History-wise, though, an influential, or at least armed and violent anarchism is baked into the nation's founding. Starts with a commercial elite that wants no gummint inference in their efforts to accumulate wealth so you get the Articles of Confederation which is so weak that it doesn't create enough of a central state to pay off Revolutionary War debts to creditors. So that's corrected by the Constitution which still provides minimal central government but at least the war creditors can get paid (troops not so much for reasons I'm too tired to go into; see, too, Shay's Rebellion).
But the tell is in the nation's name, United States -- states like mini-nations that want their independence including from a central government. You know, emphasis on "States", with "United" being ignored as best as possible and soon after the Constitution gets passed and a central government formed, we get the Whiskey Rebellion.
In other words, such violent tendencies as referenced in Roy's post today have, like, an excess of actual heritage and stuff.
And for those who've bothered to read this rant, two treats.
The search warrant application and affidavit for that lawless FBI Deep State raid of Trump's home, redacted:
https://scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/300264499_628143325551610_492056857910277885_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_s750x750_sh0.08&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=Gx08KpKVkVIAX9eZzkL&edm=ALQROFkBAAAA&ccb=7-5&ig_cache_key=MjkxMDE1MDAwNjU1MzU3NDc3OQ%3D%3D.2-ccb7-5&oh=00_AT_heZ85HL-rL8idgAp4s8_aHthttlZqB_bxoDnHzNjU2A&oe=630B3D50&_nc_sid=30a2ef
And not speaking of Tucker Carlson, this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU83uKgW610
The headline of op ed is easy to answer: Yes, I can imagine what it would look like if the FBI investigated a Democrat. In fact, I don’t have imagine it, I only have to cast my memory back to 2016. Even more recently, former Dem Rep TJ Cox was indicted on several counts of fraud. AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY TOOK TO THE STREETS!!! Right? Didn’t they?
Well, they would have if the
lamestream media had reported it.
Snuffy Smith erasure in the first paragraph!
Strong stuff. Nicely done.
I remember how after 9-11, one of the first Bush-Cheney responses was to get a bunch of lawyers together to come up with a justification for torture.
Do they talk about this shit at the meetings of the local Republican klaverns?
" Okay, Tim's going to have the schedule for everyone working the booth at the County Fair this year and Betty, you're going to talk to John down at the Derby Diner about having our Fall prayer breakfast there again this year. You tell him to make sure he's got plenty of that sausage gravy ready! Ray is going to go ahead and order the commemorative bricks for the sidewalk at the Veterans Park downtown and John , you were going to call all the elementary school teachers and threaten to rape and kill their children. I think that's it for this month's meeting. There's Kool-Aid and cupcakes in the kitchen! everybody!
Look, when a guy's simultaneously the target of an election-fixing investigation in Georgia, a tax-fraud case in New York and an espionage case on Florida, there's just GOT to be a conspiracy against him, right? Are we really supposed to believe that ONE MAN could be engaged in such a wide range of criminal activities, all at the same time? Unpossible!
On the other hand... Jamelle Bouie reminds us that, back in the 1870's, the Times editors were firmly on the side of "I'm sure if we just overlook Klan terrorism and let rampaging White mobs have their way, things will eventually settle down and everything will be OK."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/opinion/trump-mar-a-lago-indictment.html
Shorter GOP: "Now look what you MADE us do!"
> rioters who destroyed all American cities with a population of 500,000
…, yet that is where you godless, grooming, hook-nosed elitists continue exclusively to live! Yes, you live in places THAT DO NOT EXIST, either Satanic magic is at work (many savage shaman were CROSS-DRESSERS) or you are not real people…but the latter was obvious all along, anyway, and we'll get to dispelling the ILLUSION that you live, by-and-by.
How did you get your hands on his first draft?
"the rioters who destroyed all American cities with a population of 500,000 or more"
I guess destroying cities and their evil inhabitants is a pleasure reserved for Republicans?