Comments on: It Matters http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Sam http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67422 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:36:01 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67422 America would never elect a gay black woman with drug-addled relatives, they like their non-white middle class male candidates to display their blackness or their womanness or their mormonness as a fashion accessory, something palatable that makes them feel like they're being all melting pot and accepting. It's like the big deal John Major always used to make about being a comprehensive school lad, no university education, etc, etc. He was still a ponce in a suit. America would never elect a gay black woman with drug-addled relatives, they like their non-white middle class male candidates to display their blackness or their womanness or their mormonness as a fashion accessory, something palatable that makes them feel like they’re being all melting pot and accepting. It’s like the big deal John Major always used to make about being a comprehensive school lad, no university education, etc, etc. He was still a ponce in a suit.

]]> by: writer's moll http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67380 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:38:07 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67380 I could say so much about why this is such a great post - well actually I can't, which is why I'll have to settle for great post Cliff. I could say so much about why this is such a great post - well actually I can’t, which is why I’ll have to settle for great post Cliff.

]]> by: ed r http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67215 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:54:40 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67215 Uuuuummmmm..... I got nuthin'. The political machines are as fractured as the public and it's clearly showing. They canLt even hold preliminaries without everyone and everything getting all ticked off. Imagine a political party suing a state because that state scheduled a caucus for a date that does not provide the biggest advantage to the party. It's ludicrous to think that the political parties think they can alter the Electoral College. But they're both trying, really hard. I should like very much to go to sleep this evening and not wake up until this time next year. Whatever passes for my spiritual well-being cannot handle a very dirty, ugly, nasty, mean, fraudulent election. Seriously, another election like 2000 or 2004 and I will have suffered serious damage to my faith in mankind. I'm not talking about the outcome but rather the deportment of those involved, thiose commenting, those running, those reporting, and those who think they run the show. WOW. Sorrry bout the rant, Cliff. Maybe I should consider cryogenics.... Uuuuummmmm…..
I got nuthin’.

The political machines are as fractured as the public and it’s clearly showing. They canLt even hold preliminaries without everyone and everything getting all ticked off. Imagine a political party suing a state because that state scheduled a caucus for a date that does not provide the biggest advantage to the party. It’s ludicrous to think that the political parties think they can alter the Electoral College. But they’re both trying, really hard.
I should like very much to go to sleep this evening and not wake up until this time next year. Whatever passes for my spiritual well-being cannot handle a very dirty, ugly, nasty, mean, fraudulent election. Seriously, another election like 2000 or 2004 and I will have suffered serious damage to my faith in mankind. I’m not talking about the outcome but rather the deportment of those involved, thiose commenting, those running, those reporting, and those who think they run the show.

WOW. Sorrry bout the rant, Cliff.

Maybe I should consider cryogenics….

]]> by: peach http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67198 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:09:27 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67198 yeah it sure matters. pity he's not a gay black woman with a speech impediment and adpoted drug addicted kids yeah it sure matters. pity he’s not a gay black woman with a speech impediment and adpoted drug addicted kids

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67197 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:09:12 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67197 Out of respect for the line, I can't do that. <i>all-cay me on the elephone-tay</i> ;) Out of respect for the line, I can’t do that.

all-cay me on the elephone-tay ;)

]]> by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67180 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:36:15 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67180 Cliff - you got lucky with that line? That sounds like an interesting story. Do tell! And Jonners - what Cliff said. Not the best friends/presidents thing. Cliff - you got lucky with that line? That sounds like an interesting story. Do tell!

And Jonners - what Cliff said. Not the best friends/presidents thing.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67169 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:07:59 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67169 Sam - Rubbish. Have you thought about Minister of Defence? Jonners - Also rubbish. But thanks. You write because you have to, same with me. Should we all have a big vote about who writes the best blog and then we all stop writing? Hell the fuck no. I hate to piss on your burning blog, but I got lucky with that line. Besides which, you write very well and you've got one of the best banners I've seen. Sam - Rubbish. Have you thought about Minister of Defence?

Jonners - Also rubbish. But thanks. You write because you have to, same with me. Should we all have a big vote about who writes the best blog and then we all stop writing? Hell the fuck no. I hate to piss on your burning blog, but I got lucky with that line. Besides which, you write very well and you’ve got one of the best banners I’ve seen.

]]> by: Jonners http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67164 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:56:14 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67164 Cliff wrote: "Some of my best friends are running for president." ker-ching! Another line (amongst many) that convinces me to burn my blog just out of sheer inadequacy. Of course, I would need to print it out and burn the facsimile of it, but it would be tantamount to doing the same thing in my own little mind. Gah (as I believe it was trendy to say some time ago as a expression of disappointment or frustration). Gah. Ga. /ga. Cliff wrote: “Some of my best friends are running for president.”

ker-ching! Another line (amongst many) that convinces me to burn my blog just out of sheer inadequacy. Of course, I would need to print it out and burn the facsimile of it, but it would be tantamount to doing the same thing in my own little mind. Gah (as I believe it was trendy to say some time ago as a expression of disappointment or frustration).

Gah. Ga. /ga.

]]> by: Sam http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67158 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:35:37 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67158 I can't run for president any more, it upsets me that I'm going to lose the grandest title I may ever have in 6 months. I can’t run for president any more, it upsets me that I’m going to lose the grandest title I may ever have in 6 months.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67146 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:55:10 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67146 Thanks Aimee, nice of you to take the time to say so and stop by. I agree with you about the double standards of racism, and was worried about being accused of the same. But honestly it makes no difference to me. Some of my best friends are running for president. Again with the jokes. Welcome all the same. Thanks Aimee, nice of you to take the time to say so and stop by. I agree with you about the double standards of racism, and was worried about being accused of the same.

But honestly it makes no difference to me. Some of my best friends are running for president. Again with the jokes. Welcome all the same.

]]> by: Aimee http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67138 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:32:43 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67138 Of course it matters. He's giving a speech in Harlem's Apollo Theather. Because it matters. Because the black vote matters. Because the poor vote matters. Because all the Dems who hate Hillary and need the next fake for-the-people-by-the-people talking-head matters. And when Obama gets questioned about being black enough and answers "well, I arrived for this speech late enough, didn't I," when a white man who says the same line to gets construed at racist it matters. All these politicans who stand there at the podium promising whatever you want to hear with their family standing proudly behind them, the families that gets ignored during those endness nights campaigning so that daddy/mommy can "save the country" which is really code for "have my name in the paper so that the public can remember me and i in turn can control them all the other $shit that is beyond controll" well, that matters. Excellent post, btw. Love your writing style Of course it matters. He’s giving a speech in Harlem’s Apollo Theather. Because it matters. Because the black vote matters. Because the poor vote matters. Because all the Dems who hate Hillary and need the next fake for-the-people-by-the-people talking-head matters.

And when Obama gets questioned about being black enough and answers “well, I arrived for this speech late enough, didn’t I,” when a white man who says the same line to gets construed at racist it matters.

All these politicans who stand there at the podium promising whatever you want to hear with their family standing proudly behind them, the families that gets ignored during those endness nights campaigning so that daddy/mommy can “save the country” which is really code for “have my name in the paper so that the public can remember me and i in turn can control them all the other $shit that is beyond controll” well, that matters.

Excellent post, btw. Love your writing style

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67136 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:24:22 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67136 Thanks Wendy. Mighty flattering. Thanks Scary. Flighty mattering. Sam - Didn't Teary Escapades play for Chelsea? BANG! Still got it. <i>Tomorrow: Serious retorts to funny posts.</i> Thanks Wendy. Mighty flattering.

Thanks Scary. Flighty mattering.

Sam - Didn’t Teary Escapades play for Chelsea?

BANG! Still got it.

Tomorrow: Serious retorts to funny posts.

]]> by: Sam http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67124 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:55:21 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67124 It does matter, as much as it mattered that Ming Campbell was of a certain age. It gets complicated when these things are tried to be diminished (Gordon Brown's inherent dullness) or played on (Hillary Clinton's teary escapades - wow, that's going to come back and bite her on the arse). Obama's camp are doing well at the moment neither to play on the black thing nor to ignore it. Can't say the same for his wife, but there you go. It does matter, as much as it mattered that Ming Campbell was of a certain age. It gets complicated when these things are tried to be diminished (Gordon Brown’s inherent dullness) or played on (Hillary Clinton’s teary escapades - wow, that’s going to come back and bite her on the arse). Obama’s camp are doing well at the moment neither to play on the black thing nor to ignore it. Can’t say the same for his wife, but there you go.

]]> by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67085 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:56:48 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-67085 I came here all prepared to be serious and compliment you on your versatility. Your posts consistently make me laugh, you introduce me to great concepts (the one I'm thinking of is "aware" http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/01/13/cleaning-up/), sometimes you make me feel a bit sad (but in a nice way) and now political commentary. But then Scaryduck got here before me and all I can think about is what the fuck Gordon Brown does with his glass eye. Shudder. Great post. I came here all prepared to be serious and compliment you on your versatility. Your posts consistently make me laugh, you introduce me to great concepts (the one I’m thinking of is “aware” http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/01/13/cleaning-up/), sometimes you make me feel a bit sad (but in a nice way) and now political commentary.

But then Scaryduck got here before me and all I can think about is what the fuck Gordon Brown does with his glass eye. Shudder.

Great post.

]]> by: Scaryduck http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-66974 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:12:51 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/17/it-matters/#comment-66974 It matters over here too. People refused to vote for Michael Foot's donkey jacket and Neil Kinnock's bald head. If people knew what Gordon Brown got up to with his glass eye after hours, they wouldn't vote for him either. It matters over here too. People refused to vote for Michael Foot’s donkey jacket and Neil Kinnock’s bald head.

If people knew what Gordon Brown got up to with his glass eye after hours, they wouldn’t vote for him either.

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