http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:07:19 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:07:19 [b][font color="darkblue"]A few quotes from Bradford's journals (which I have edited some of the antique spellings for easier reading):[/font][/b]

[i](Criticism) 5. All men are not of one condition. (Answer) A. If by condition you mean wealth, you are mistaken; if you mean by condition, qualitie... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/207 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:46:01 George Carlin:

Perhaps the worst thing that can happen is to reach into the refrigerator and come out with something that you cannot identify at all. You literally do not know what it is. Could be meat, could be cake.

Usually, at a time like that, I'll bluff.

"Honey, is this good?"
"Well,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/206 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:32:36 Chocolate is the classic, but vanilla's pretty good, too.

U-Bet syrup is still in the supermarkets. YUM.

There was a great little scene in The West Wing on the Egg Cream:

CUT TO: INT. THE PRESIDENT’S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Bartlet is sitting in his chair going over some papers. Toby enters after ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/205 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:39:39 "An Irish Country Doctor" by Patrick Taylor, MD

A friend loaned it to me on Sunday morning, and I finished it in two sit-downs - one Monday night, and the other last night. I just could Not put it down. :)

Here's a brief line on it from Publishers Weekly: "Barry Laverty is fresh out of school ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/203 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:04:55 from 0 in nearly unattainable to 1 in nearly unattainable. That's a Huge Leap. :)

I feel the same way; I'd love to win, but haven't made a habit of buying tickets. I buy them only sporadically.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/196 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:04:10 Tommy Thompson is a joke; Fred Thompson isn't.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=500672&mesg_id=500865... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/185 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:32:34 Fourteen years ago I was faced with a similar phone call (actually, a short series of them), and as the people calling me were "friends", and I was literally the only person who knew what they needed to know I helped them out for a little while. In my case, it paid off, as a few were looking out for... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/186 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:26:21 He's not just an actor turned Senator turned actor. He has a long history in politics.

He was one of the counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee; you'll see him in archival footage that was used in the film "JFK". He also asked one of the key questions during those hearings: "Mr. Butterfield, ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/183 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:40:36 started. It put me Back out on the streets, something I hadn't done since the Vietnam War. BushCo and the "Patriot" Act is what got me to join the ACLU. My anger led me back to participatory politics, to the DraftClark movement, to DU, and to seek public office myself. (I lost, but hey, at least I t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/184 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:52:04 :rofl:

And, it was inspirational:

You'll wonder where the logic went
When the White House has the Pretzeldent!
Pretzeldent!
Pretzeldent!

(Tune borrowed from an old Pepsodent commercial.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsodent


... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/182 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:06:16 It's the health care plan(s) for the [b]rest of us[/b] that's totally fucked.

x(... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/202 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:59:40 Sounds like a compliment, until you consider I was born and raised here, and quite well-educated to boot. He, OTOH, was neither born here, nor was English his first language. I managed to conceal my true reaction.

He was a first-time manager in over his head. Way over his head. The department got... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/195 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:01:14 A Stretch H2 -- seen 'em before, saw one again on 57th & 7th Avenue in NYC Saturday night.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/mcscajun/H2_stretch.jpg
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/193 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:59:56 ...let "the War on Equinox" begin! :evilgrin:
[div class="excerpt"][b]Area Pagan Dreading Big Family Vernal Equinox Celebration[/b]

MEDFORD, OR — Despite evidence that the planets are aligned in his favor, local pagan Jeff Birch, 27, said Monday that he would "rather have a peaceful weekend at h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/194 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:54:13 the former was coined by another DUer some time ago, and it inspired me to give the name form:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/mcscajun/SpongeBush.jpg

the latter I first saw in a Garrison Keillor column, and I like it because it implies he's a squatter in Our White House, and also that ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/188 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:47:12 "taking responsiblity" and "accountable" are pleasant pabulum words and phrases they trot out to Pretend they are the adults they'd claimed to be when they took office way back when. They lack all conviction and/or meaning, and may as well be written on wet sand at low tide.

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/181 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:44:24 No, not [link:www.imdb.com/title/tt0377107/|*that*] "Proof"...[link:www.imdb.com/title/tt0102721/|this one] The tagline: [i]"Before love comes trust. Before trust comes proof."[/i] Hugo Weaving, Russell Crowe and Geneviève Picot star. This was an Australian film from 1991.

[link:www.imdb.com/tit... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/192 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:40:58 "You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There [b]are[/b] no nations. There [b]are[/b] no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no third worlds. There is no West.

There is [b]only[/b] one holistic system of systems; one vast and immane, interwoven, i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/200 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:06:07 Damn, damn, damn, DAMN!
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[div class="excerpt"]ASSOCIATED PRESS

12:14 p.m. March 11, 2007

WEST HOLLYWOOD – Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds and was a regular on the “Tonight Show,” died from a gunshot wound in an appa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/201 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:07:56 He was one of the counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee; you'll see him in archival footage that was used in the film "JFK". He also asked one of the key questions during those hearings: "Mr. Butterfield, were you aware of the existence of any listening devices in the Oval Office of the Presiden... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/180 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:53:46 I'd prefer Standard Time all the time, or DST all the time. Pick one, damnit!

Personally, I loathe getting up in the dark, and we were JUST about out of that, and now we get thrust back into it for another span of time. :grr:... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/191 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:04:49 "But in a report released to Congress yesterday, the space agency said it does not have the funds to do the precautionary work, called for in its 2005 authorization bill."

"Well, our object collison budget's about a million dollars. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and beggin' your pa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/199 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:55:17 Thompson can be seen on the archival footage of the Watergate Hearings in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991). He was one of the active lawyers on the Watergate commitee during the trial.

Worked as a shoe salesman, truck driver, and even a factory worker prior to becoming a lawyer.

When he joined the ca... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/187 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:03:04 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/mcscajun/dilbert20070309.gif

On edit: Corrected error in subject.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/189 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:48:45 (I came, I saw, I locked.)

Robb is still a dingbat.

No film at 11.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mcscajun/190 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:52:02