Comments on: This is the modern world that I’ve learnt about http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:22:57 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: pseudonymousinnc http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11419 pseudonymousinnc Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:31:18 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11419 <p>Ah, John Armor, who’s a Freeper with an Assrocket resemblence, but can be quite pleasant for a wingnut: he regularly primaried against the long-term GOP not-quite-a-crook multi-millionaire deforester and part-time Russian oligarch congresscritter, until the job was taken by Blue Dog Dumbass Heath Shuler.</p> <p>I have no fucking idea why it was worth the NYT’s interest, unless he pulled a few favours out of the bag. Highlands is pretty much <i>Deliverance</i> country.</p> Ah, John Armor, who’s a Freeper with an Assrocket resemblence, but can be quite pleasant for a wingnut: he regularly primaried against the long-term GOP not-quite-a-crook multi-millionaire deforester and part-time Russian oligarch congresscritter, until the job was taken by Blue Dog Dumbass Heath Shuler.

I have no fucking idea why it was worth the NYT’s interest, unless he pulled a few favours out of the bag. Highlands is pretty much Deliverance country.

]]> By: Ruthie http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11415 Ruthie Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:47:52 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11415 <p>The guys’ names all read like graduates of Phillips Exeter–or perhaps Hogwarts.</p> The guys’ names all read like graduates of Phillips Exeter–or perhaps Hogwarts.

]]> By: TheRealityBasedDave http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11400 TheRealityBasedDave Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:47:18 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11400 <p>Leave your perversions out of this!<br /> Me & my box-turtle are having a wonderful honeymoon.</p> Leave your perversions out of this!
Me & my box-turtle are having a wonderful honeymoon.

]]> By: HalloweenJack http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11399 HalloweenJack Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:57:29 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11399 <p>Cats and dogs, living together… mass hysteria!</p> Cats and dogs, living together… mass hysteria!

]]> By: BerkeleyMom http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11383 BerkeleyMom Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:44:55 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11383 <p>The first one you mentioned (Mead-Armor) made me crazy when I read it this am. The writer states that this couple “met cute 36 years ago”. I didn’t find it cute that the groom was the lawyer for the bride’s soon-to-be ex-husband who she was in court accusing of assault and battery. The abused young wife and the lawyer were smitten in the courtroom and he asked her out on a date! Five spouses (and divorces) later the two are now married. And they say gay couples are demeaning marriage. Barf NY Times.</p> The first one you mentioned (Mead-Armor) made me crazy when I read it this am. The writer states that this couple “met cute 36 years ago”. I didn’t find it cute that the groom was the lawyer for the bride’s soon-to-be ex-husband who she was in court accusing of assault and battery. The abused young wife and the lawyer were smitten in the courtroom and he asked her out on a date! Five spouses (and divorces) later the two are now married. And they say gay couples are demeaning marriage. Barf NY Times.

]]> By: HeywoodJ http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11377 HeywoodJ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:14:22 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11377 <p>Lewis and Clark. Cool.</p> Lewis and Clark. Cool.

]]> By: moondancer http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11371 moondancer Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:55:45 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11371 <p>Re: Mead-Armor. I saw that story on the Love Boat.</p> Re: Mead-Armor. I saw that story on the Love Boat.

]]> By: DrDick http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11370 DrDick Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:14:51 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11370 <p>This is not the America I grew up in! Thank God.</p> This is not the America I grew up in! Thank God.

]]> By: GWPDA http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11369 GWPDA Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:50:07 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11369 <p>May I merely say that the pretentious self-involvement of the NYT ‘celebrations’ page makes me itch like Fenway found in the briar patch. I can’t decide if it’s some horrid east coast ghastliness, somehow typifying the Villagers altogether, or the premise.</p> <p>It is perhaps even more frightening that people wish their names and circumstances to be presented in these pages, presumably to indicate their attested status.</p> <p>I can haz Doggies please now?</p> May I merely say that the pretentious self-involvement of the NYT ‘celebrations’ page makes me itch like Fenway found in the briar patch. I can’t decide if it’s some horrid east coast ghastliness, somehow typifying the Villagers altogether, or the premise.

It is perhaps even more frightening that people wish their names and circumstances to be presented in these pages, presumably to indicate their attested status.

I can haz Doggies please now?

]]> By: drip http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11368 drip Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:09:19 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/06/22/this-is-the-modern-world-that-ive-learnt-about/#comment-11368 <p>A quick heads up from a lurker. Tracey Gordy’s dad, Clifton Gordy, is a retired Baltimore City Circuit Court judge who is widely considered to be a) a good judge and b) black. I do not know how Ms. Gordy presents herself and here in the Land of Pleasant Living, mixed race marriages are not such a big deal, but the implication from the post is that this is mixed race marriage. It is, but perhaps not of the type a casual reader could know of. If anything, it may even sharpen your point.</p> A quick heads up from a lurker. Tracey Gordy’s dad, Clifton Gordy, is a retired Baltimore City Circuit Court judge who is widely considered to be a) a good judge and b) black. I do not know how Ms. Gordy presents herself and here in the Land of Pleasant Living, mixed race marriages are not such a big deal, but the implication from the post is that this is mixed race marriage. It is, but perhaps not of the type a casual reader could know of. If anything, it may even sharpen your point.

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