tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6294932341164578058..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Are they looking for a hill to die on?Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91277650042934780712010-03-10T16:22:00.848-05:002010-03-10T16:22:00.848-05:00Yep, they figure to be back in power right quick.Yep, they figure to be back in power right quick.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74044149672566641232010-03-10T13:43:47.837-05:002010-03-10T13:43:47.837-05:00... but even if we get a new Congress out of it, o...<i>... but even if we get a new Congress out of it, odds are we keep the cards.</i><br /><br />Now, Jenny, ye of little faith, remember the glory days when Ronaldus Magnus eliminated the departments of Education and Energy...<br /><br />...uh...<br /><br />Perzackly. That's why they figure to ram it through, even if it's a suicide mission.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45913251060818805882010-03-10T12:49:40.100-05:002010-03-10T12:49:40.100-05:00... but even if we get a new Congress out of it, o...... but even if we get a new Congress out of it, odds are we keep the cards.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682072668997410668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71463893053574700782010-03-10T09:55:27.047-05:002010-03-10T09:55:27.047-05:00Oh and in one of the later ones Lou Gosset Jr. had...Oh and in one of the later ones Lou Gosset Jr. had an honest-to-god Glock 7!Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16220720115169521562010-03-10T09:54:20.955-05:002010-03-10T09:54:20.955-05:00Hey, I'm a Left Behind fan! All the Urban Wast...Hey, I'm a Left Behind fan! All the Urban Wasteland of Mad Max, plus the spawn of Satan as the head of the UN! That's fucking PORN to me!<br /><br />And just like real porn, I in no way believe that if I get pulled over for running a red light on my way to work, I'll be detained by a busty Officer in an ill-fitting uniform who might just let me off if I full-fill a certain need of hers....oh and her equally buxom partner.<br /><br />heh.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57026737087897612962010-03-10T07:43:13.159-05:002010-03-10T07:43:13.159-05:00National ID... The fastest way to get an all new ...National ID... The fastest way to get an all new congressJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200736126653935817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48266612743734414052010-03-09T21:31:55.071-05:002010-03-09T21:31:55.071-05:00Ya know, "immanentize the Eschaton" is n...Ya know, "immanentize the Eschaton" is not a dance craze, nor a cutesy-poo reference to some transgressive sex act.<br /><br />...well, I suppose it could come to mean the latter, if these clowns keep going the way they're going.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34479748590809593792010-03-09T19:00:10.389-05:002010-03-09T19:00:10.389-05:00Who is going to play Sam Lowry and who will be Har...Who is going to play Sam Lowry and who will be Harry tuttle?Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34599119280127905732010-03-09T18:44:03.833-05:002010-03-09T18:44:03.833-05:00absurdist fiction for Biblical illiterates
Naile...<i>absurdist fiction for Biblical illiterates</i> <br /><br />Nailed it. <br /><br />My mom tells the story of how she was in line somewhere (may have been the post office) the morning of 9/11; the woman behind her was all excited and babbling about how "It's just like the Left Behind books!" And then they wonder why the secular world doesn't take them seriously. *massages temples*Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46989001600999183912010-03-09T17:55:51.255-05:002010-03-09T17:55:51.255-05:00Of course we all carry a bunch of biometric ID car...Of course we all carry a bunch of biometric ID cards already.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29058980429323227422010-03-09T16:43:04.358-05:002010-03-09T16:43:04.358-05:00One obvious problem being that one needn't be ...<i>One obvious problem being that one needn't be an Evangelical </i>anything<i> to be creeped out by this.</i><br /><br />That's for sure. And I'm living proof.<br /><br />The only "strong encryption" that ought to be going on around here is taking the people pushing this and burying them alive.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43130892608047396052010-03-09T16:23:17.598-05:002010-03-09T16:23:17.598-05:00There's probably a good bit of 'screw the ...There's probably a good bit of 'screw the bible thumpers, they don't vote for us anyway' in play here.<br /><br />One obvious problem being that one needn't be an Evangelical <i>anything</i> to be creeped out by this.jbrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300144776575465111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22784316833505272010-03-09T15:46:12.394-05:002010-03-09T15:46:12.394-05:00I am as against it now as I was when the other sid...I am as against it now as I was when the other side was pushing biometric driver's licenses ("REAL ID").Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61274113317454927472010-03-09T15:25:00.100-05:002010-03-09T15:25:00.100-05:00Err, arms, whatever.
wv: pharcher if the pharaoh...Err, arms, whatever.<br /><br />wv: pharcher if the pharaoh is an archer . . .Hunsdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188706369004532171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24225355983705551052010-03-09T15:24:09.663-05:002010-03-09T15:24:09.663-05:00I'm no Reaganaut, but isn't there an old a...I'm no Reaganaut, but isn't there an old anecdote about Reagan and national ID? Something about, "Just tattoo it on their wrists?"Hunsdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188706369004532171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86288024245455403422010-03-09T15:08:01.809-05:002010-03-09T15:08:01.809-05:00If Barry is first in line to get one, and it conta...If Barry is first in line to get one, and it contains the sort of personal information heretofore thought to be unimportant to HIS employers, then I'll see if it changes my mind.Fitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771111574666741468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46123602588001799532010-03-09T14:52:37.897-05:002010-03-09T14:52:37.897-05:00Forget Left Behind, it's absurdist fiction for...Forget <i>Left Behind</i>, it's absurdist fiction for Biblical illiterates. Just compare this proposal at face value with the actual Biblical text -- it isn't an exact match, but it shares the functional theme. Hard to buy and sell without an income.<br /><br />The problem with biometric ID cards is that they can be forged. Without strong encryption, this is folly. With strong encryption this is tyranny.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14885339153790993024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69556869069246564582010-03-09T14:43:49.354-05:002010-03-09T14:43:49.354-05:00Even the BRITISH rejected this one.Even the BRITISH rejected this one.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-583641177807598652010-03-09T14:23:45.484-05:002010-03-09T14:23:45.484-05:00For career politicians, these people sure do have ...For career politicians, these people sure do have tin ears for public-policy opinion, don't they?<br /><br />Tam, I don't think " . . . a plurality . . . " covers it -- unless the Kollective deranged Left <i>still</i> can manage to find ways to excuse every utterance of Teh Won. If there's anyone on the Right who thinks it's a good idea I'd certainly question their ideology, and the Wookie Suiters will be positively rabid. <br /><br />'BergMark B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11949822667629542452010-03-09T13:59:11.770-05:002010-03-09T13:59:11.770-05:00Oh, God, Left Behind. Don't get me started.
...Oh, God, <i>Left Behind</i>. Don't get me started. <br /><br /><i>You forgot we are playing Chicago rules.</i> <br /><br />Gotta love the ol' "Heads I win, tails you lose." Which, if prolonged, leads to "Heads I win, tails you punch me in the face and take my wallet 'cause you're tired of putting up with my crap." Not that <i>I</i> would ever do such a thing, of course ... *looks over shoulder, covers ass*Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39495764461439728312010-03-09T13:55:23.548-05:002010-03-09T13:55:23.548-05:00Ummmm bad idea!! May cause someone to get hurt in ...Ummmm bad idea!! May cause someone to get hurt in ways they will not like!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69469876867692321572010-03-09T13:30:46.560-05:002010-03-09T13:30:46.560-05:00You forgot we are playing Chicago rules.
What the...You forgot we are playing Chicago rules.<br /><br />What the minority thinks does not matter.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com