It’s funny how inspiring it can be to read the news — sometimes from stories that at first glance seem unrelated. For instance, you might pick up the paper or tune in CNN, and see that Sen. Joe Lieberman (AKA Sen. Droopy Dog) continues to be a pest of biblical proportions. This time, the former Democrat has in effect sunken attempts at real health care reform by opposing the “Medicare starting at 55” compromise worked out last weekend by Dem leaders in the Senate. And then, you may turn the page, or switch channels, and see a story about Italian President Silvio “Babe Magnet” Berlusconi having his nose broken and his teeth knocked out by a man wielding a metal model of a cathedral. “Hmmm,” you might say, “I thought America was supposed to be the violent country, not Italy. Now, what could be done to uphold our reputation? Hmmm.” Then you might look back at the story about Lieberman. And then the Berlusconi story again. Hmmm. Hey, no harm meant; I’m just saying …
This article appears in Dec 15-21, 2009.
Griffin, why don’t you just sit back, relax, and drink a big hot cup of shut the fuck up?
First of all, Lieberman is a useless, corrupt weasel the world would be better off without. And he’s not “one of my own,” or did you forget Lil’ Joe is an independent now?
Your cliched views of liberals as peace and love mongers are pretty damned out of date. Note that this is my favorite quote from a Woody Allen movie: “An op-ed in the Times is one thing, but with Nazis, I figure baseball bats really get the point across.” — Manhattan, 1979.
And on a final note, what would an ass-backward, by-the-book, Fox talking points parroting, rightwing nut like you know about what’s cool and what’s not? Your whole way of looking at things makes you inherently uncool, so keep your friggin racist, sexist, libertarian (i.e., utterly fantasy-based) opinions inside your own rancid brain for a change.
And it’s “toe the line,” not “tow,” you semi-literate jackass.
“To the non-biased observer Frank 2 Grooms 0.”
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!! That might be the funniest statement ever written on the clog. More like:
To the non-biased observer, CL writers 1,000 Frank 0.
John Grooms, it’s about time you told Frank where to go. It’s disturbing to read his daily comments. Is he stalking you, or what?
What?
No, not stalking in the classic sense, he apparently just doesn’t have much else to do. Kind of pitiful, really.
Are your reading skills as bad as your spelling? I specifically said you *weren’t* stalking me. You can get pissy all you want, but the fact is that it’s obvious to anyone who bothers to read these posts of yours that you *are* pitiful. I’m certainly not the only who thinks so. No one normal becomes so obsessed with one website that he comments on nearly everything on it. I suggest you start taking meds for OCD, and lots of ’em.
I’m also really impressed by your ability to tell how much money others make without even knowing them personally (like someone even gives a shit, in any case, or that it’s relevant to anything at all being discussed).
I see. If anyone agrees with Grooms they’re always “echo chamber liberals” but if they agree with you then they’re always smart and understanding. You’re a sad little man, Frank, a hero only in your own obsessed mind. The fact that you don’t think you post a lot on these boards (at least 10 posts to every normal person’s 1 post) says a lot about how clueless and insulated you are. People on both the left and right like reading intelligent conversations, but your posts are like the yippy little chihuahua that’s always nipping like a nuisance at the grownup’s heels. If you wrote smartly instead of the usual “dumb liberals this” and “dumb liberals that” then you would be taken more seriously by everyone. As it stands, you’re basically little more than a web troll. I’m not even a liberal (I’ve voted fr both parties) and even I’m tired and bored by your endless repetitive posts that stand in the way of others having real conversations.