Jeez, you’d think these clowns would know better than to start ripping on each other over what, to this observer, seems to be trivial, irrelevant, bullshit bones of contention, in the grand scheme of things.
That said, PASS THE POPCORN!
Geraghty v. Hewitt
Preston v. Riehl














“…seems to be trivial, irrelevant, bullshit bones of contention, in the grand scheme of things…”
Not really.
It is true that each Republican presidential candidate has at least one fatal flaw that renders them unsuitable for the office of president, and it is true that those flaws have a bizarre element to them that set them poles apart from previous presidential elections.
In other words, they’re a bunch of freakin’ nutjobs, and the conservatives know this.
It’s also true that the failed philosophy of conservatism (particularly its neoconservative variant) is coming apart at the seams, and the voters that believed it offered solutions for a “post-9/11 world” are having to come to grips with the fact that they based their opinions and their worldview-for YEARS-on an incredible web of misconceptions and flat-out delusions.
And you don’t think it’s natural for these frustrations to erupt into in-house argument? The same thing is happening in my circles as well, only over impeachment as the lynchpin.
The machlokes is not ALL over immigration on the right. That’s just the ostensible reason. The pure fact of the matter is, a sizable number of Americans who identify with the term “conservative” have ALWAYS had deep-seated reservations over not just the radicalism and excessives of extremist righties in recent years, but the core values of the Republican Party.
It’s just that they were willing to go along with the program, as long as it kept taxes down and the dreaded niggers at bay.
“The machlokes”?
Okay, you frickin’ lost me.
machlokes=battle
Incidentally, be aware that there is a nutjob running around Port Richmond in Staten Island, who has shot at least one dog in its own backyard.
Murmers about this… doubt he’ll come near me. Gotta shoot three and flee before I shoot back, and they don’t let anyone within “passing on the sidewalk” distance without bitching out loud. He can’t sneak up on us.
But thanks for the heads-up.
http://gothamist.com/2007/07/07/did_someone_sho.php
I’m looking into that, now that it’s on my radar.
Maybe put one of the nasties in their yard; sit a block away with Bertha and the other two.
I feel badly for those people. They seem pleasant enough.
Dogs become almost like children, in your heart.
And, trust me on this, first they start offing your pets, and the human residents are never far behind.