tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post5857998801129095535..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: A rationale for Sarah PalinZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-36232975527158116692008-10-03T12:24:00.000-07:002008-10-03T12:24:00.000-07:00When she started going off on that weird stuff abo...When she started going off on that weird stuff about her reward is in heaven, doncha know, or whatever, it occurred to me how cool it would have been to see her go all the way over into speaking in tongues.<BR/><BR/>Or I would have just settled for Biden's remarking that if teachers' rewards are in heaven, perhaps that explains Palin's support for McCain's votes against funding Head Start here on Earth. But I guess that would have been too much snarkiness to ask for.thalarctoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360100320986472145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-77185952357080004982008-10-02T11:05:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:05:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comment, David. I considered writi...Thanks for your comment, David. I considered writing "a <I>supposedly</I> dried-out alcoholic" but decided it was off my main point. Now I wish I had put it in.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-72954412838706763922008-10-02T07:05:00.000-07:002008-10-02T07:05:00.000-07:00George, a dried-out alcoholicWhy do people keep re...<I>George, a dried-out alcoholic</I><BR/><BR/>Why do people keep repeating that he's dry? What evidence do we have for that -- except for Captain Unelected's own word?<BR/><BR/>The evidence to the contrary speaks for itself.<BR/><BR/><I>(No cleverness is helpful here,)<BR/>(that I see clearly:)<BR/>(Here the fool's help)<BR/>(comes from ignorance alone!)</I><BR/><BR/>That presumably fits the verse, but it's not very exact. Let me try:<BR/><BR/>Here no smart one can help, that I see clearly; here stupidity alone helps the stupid one!<BR/><BR/>And concerning the election, have a look <A HREF="http://www.electoral-vote.com" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-29972492799311372362008-10-02T06:50:00.000-07:002008-10-02T06:50:00.000-07:00Oddly (ie. since I'm a furriner), I knew all that ...Oddly (ie. since I'm a furriner), I knew all that (not that I'm at all averse to reading your take-down ;-).<BR/>Data points linked from (blatant blog-plug) <A HREF="http://thinkingforfree.blogspot.com/2008/09/aww-give-sarah-break.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. The linked blogger is an American ex-pat living in my neighbourhood.Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-47942062932608202242008-10-01T23:18:00.000-07:002008-10-01T23:18:00.000-07:00Thanks, now you're going to give me nightmares ton...Thanks, now you're going to give me nightmares tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com