"immigrant = in (combining form) + migrant. one who has migrated into a country. migrate = (in this context) cross a border. now go look up perversion and you're all set"
- Christian Crumlish
"having your flunky meet someone offsite is going to them on their knees? please... Bush got everything he wanted? You mean like Social Security privatization? I'd love to hear more about how Obama can "dominate" Ryan and "make it so Ryan feels it's advantageous to him to do what Obama wants." I'm sure Obama would love to hear your negotiating tips too."
- Christian Crumlish
"that's not what the polls show. Democrats (whatever you think the liberal base is) have been strongly supportive of Obama throughout."
- Christian Crumlish
"everyone says the cinnamon girl solo is at 2:54 but listening now it appears to come in just after 2:00. are people talking about a different take from the one on Everybody Knows This is Nowhere?"
- Christian Crumlish
"sort of orwellian that "stovepiping" is actually how rumsfeld and cheney handled raw intelligence (kind of like raw sewage) to drum up their phony war"
- Christian Crumlish
"she almost stumbled onto a worthwhile topic while mumbling a out crony capitalism till she decided Obama was the source of same."
- Christian Crumlish
"Part of the problem with that ass-kicking concept (besides the majorities LBJ had) is that it involves ear-marks, back room dealing, and -- to some extent - corruption and blackmail. (See also Lincoln.) Given that we have asked for and basically required that Obama run a squeaky-clean administration (and, of course, as the first black president he really cannot afford to get entangled in any sort of corruption scandal), we've kind of tied the guy's hands, at least -- again -- by the older standards of the past."
- Christian Crumlish