“After reading Krugman’s repugnant piece on 9/11, I canceled my subscription to the New York Times this AM.”

Hey that’s great Donny! With the money you save you could buy some coffee and donuts and choke to death on them, Mass Murderer.

The first comments on that piece at Politico are as appalling as Rumsfeld himself.
And there’s a quote from Rumsfeld’s current “chief of staff.” Tell me, why the hell d oes this guy still have a chief of staff? He’s not in office anymore.
As old as he is, I assumed he was finally retired, and we were safe from him.

I have no doubt that there is someone who anxiously opens their paper every morning desperate to see what happens next in Mary Worth….

Ahem.

http://www.joshreads.com

The same people who try every Heloise hint the very day they “appear” in her column, no doubt.

His chief of staff handles the mundane day-to-day matters such as cancelling newspaper subscripti…

What? Never mind….

Nylon netting works, mang….

Heh. Maybe the dementia is really kicking in badly now, and he just forgot to fire the dude when he was out of office. More likely, I think “chief of staff” is an entrenched technocrat’s euphemism for butler/man servant. After all, when a guy is busy covering his ass after years of committing war crimes, he needs a helping hand now and then.

Rumsfeld probably got his office slave from the same agency where Kissinger shops…

Scary part is, even a long running comic strip about a judgey old busybody in which little, if anything, (other than old people sitting there) ever happened is STILL more interesting than the headlines above.

I never miss my Mr. Tweedy. And for real, gripping, bated-breath excitement, give me Mark Trail any time.

Someone has to sit next to Donnie’s lazy-boy and wipe the sweat off his brow and spittle from his chin when he wakes up from his afternoon nap screaming after another nightmare where he is burning in hell for all eternity.

I think that Mary Worth has rather more fans.

Jindal to endorse Perry

This is actually wonderful news. I look forward to Booby’s exorcism of Social Security from our possessed Body Politic. Live on Channel 666 for only $49.95. Sunday Sunday Sunday!!!

Hey, I’d like to know what’s going on in Mary Worth too, but the Comics Curmudgeon has been offline for three days. It’s killing me!

At least Mary Worth, besides being brain-numbingly dull, is harmless and Heloise has *useful tips* sometimes. Way more than can be said for those other villains (with apologies to villians everywhere).

Yeah, villains are generally at least reasonably intelligent (it helps with the nefarious, sneaky plotting and stuff). These clowns? Uh, not so much.

Josh has thrown the Comics Curmudgeon to the commenters for a couple of days (see his note at the post). Hey, we’re all over the Mary Worth story! The real low-down is that nothing is happening. Gina just keeps looking at web pages or something. Lots of interest in her unearthly pony tail. Anyway, Josh is about due back.

I’ll see your “Donald Rumsfeld Cancels New York Times Subscription” and raise you an “Albright Attends Vera Wang’s Fashion Show.”

Amazing how I get by without reading Politico every day!

Also, too also: Apparently it is simply hilarious when our President uses a standard grade paper clip to keep papers from scattering all over the place. Mary Worth’s retirement community is officially more exciting than Fox News. And busybody Mary Worth is apparently notably cooler and more interesting than Steve Douchetard.

Going to see Yo La Tengo a week from tomorrow. Thanks for reminding me.

And I just found out Tom Perrotta is coming to campus next spring….

yeah, I live in a backwater section of Massachusetts, but every now and again I feel like I’m part of the human race.

Donald Rumsfeld cancels New York Times subscription

Hey, that reminds me of the time I “cancelled” my friendship with a person who’d decided Rumsfeld’s gibberish-speak was brilliant.

…why the hell does this guy still have a chief of staff?

Rumsfield’s ass isn’t going to wipe itself, now is it?

Oh, honey, don’t say stuff like that.

Reminds me of the time I was walking to lunch in Oklahoma City (in town that day from my teensy western Okla. village) with a colleague who asked how I ended up in Oklahoma direct from law school in Boston.
When I said I didn’t want to stay in Baltimore ’cause it was such a “small town” he just about doubled over laughing.

Karma’s a bitch.

Oh, I love it here, mostly. But it is a bit, uh, remote from some of the bigger cultural events that I used to enjoy during my southern California days. At least we had that earthquake a few weeks ago…

Just remember, (I also thought Worcester was too much of a backwater for me, the city girl) — you can drive to most anywhere a cool concert or art exhibit or whatever might be in a day – (it took me 7 to 8 hours to Baltimore from Boston at the time…I-95 wasn’t quite finished yet). It would take me three days from here….