December 11, 2007
What's That You Say?
Last week's comment section was full of goodness (and a technical glitch, sorry). From schools to traffic to illegal second timeouts, there was plenty to go around. The comment of the week comes from G Lover Park (who also narrowly missed the coveted best username of the week award). G Lover had a brilliant theory:
Yet more evidence of vast Supermarket Industrial Complex, more casually referred to as the Perishable Triangle.
The major brands get together with the supermarkets and the media to whip everyone into buying frenzy so that the stores look like scenes from 24 Days Later.
Then, regardless of whether it actually snows (see, Historic Trace Preciptation of 2000, generally), it's back to trying to make news out of kiddie car thieves running people over, WMATA bus drivers running people over, and the OTR scandal numbers that seemingly double every two weeks. You know, the kind of infotainment that allows steady sales of toothpaste, adult diapers and hand cream, although to a lesser extent than the promise of frozen Armageddon that lends itself to poor driving condition (not so funny) and snowmen/snowwomen posed in compromising situations (ALWAYS funny).
After the jump, Gibbs a plenty, squirrels, closing D.C. schools and more.
Keep those comments coming, and why not go ahead and replace that panda avatar with something else?
Photo by rockcreek
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Like clockwork, Monkeyrotica strikes.
As a native son of DC, I've never been more proud of our criminal class! Why, I'm as giddy as a callgirl! This is just the sort of grand larceny that makes Donald Trump soil his Depends in envy.
The fact that a few DC Public School graduates managed to master the black art of double-entry bookkeeping shows that there's still hope for kids in DC to get a quality education AND stick it to The Man. No more of this penny ante parking ticket fixes, licensing grifts, or manhole cover traffiking for today's DC bureautard! DC has raised the embezzlement bar for everyone; this is Enron-level burglary. Surely, another Silverado savings and loan debacle looms in DC's future?
I only wonder how many Bothans died to bring us this information.
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meeg doesn't like the weather
Brrr... chilly wind.
Also, I swear that last night as I was walking down the street the wind blew my right foot into my left leg. It's like old man winter was saying "why're you kicking yourself?"
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Rusty breaks down the Skins (after the time out loss, not the Thursday win)
Gibbs seems to be getting a free pass from the local media regarding the time out gaffe. I can't even pretend to understand what it's like to oversee 53 men and a dozen coaches who have lost someone near and dear to them. But that doesn't excuse Gibbs from the simple unassailable fact that he doesn't know the rules of football.
I am sick of people apologizing for a shitty coach. He's one small step above Norv Turner. That's damning him with the faintest praise imaginable.
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sharonc likes Mayor Fenty's school closing proposal:
Fenty approached school closing the correct way. I just hope that he really has the political will to actually close them. Since 1954, this city has had these angry thogs screaming "dont close MY wonderful school" Enough already. It's time to listen to professionals and let them do the job that we hire them to do. Close the schools, and get on with the next round of closings.
Hillman likes it too
I'm with Fenty on the schools thing. So many DC schools are huge, block-long giant-ass buildings, yet they warehouse only a few actual students.
DCPS is sitting on a ton of $$ in the form of these school properties. The real reason DCPS will be opposed is because their real job is providing eternal job security for countless Maryland residents.
It'd suck if you were a parent and your child was in a convenient school that you didn't want closed. But at some point the parents have to suck it up and do what's best for the city overall.
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The anti-gay film comment thread is pretty entertaining.
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Monkeyrotica continues his Star Wars theme this week with regards to squirrels:
You know what that squirrel is thinking? He's thinking: "I can kill you with this from where I'm standing. You better watch yourself. I have the death sentence on 12 systems."
ag demurs:
No he's not. He's thinking "I am soo cute!"
P.S. I love Squirrels.
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The redneck honky sandwich post had some good responses.
"See honky never had that because AA were unable to inflict anything serious due to lack of weapons/power."
While I've never actually been called a "honky" by American Airlines, they have subjected me to the systematic denial of rights, human dignity, and wealth.
As a native of Fort Wayne, I can attest that it is the beach on which break the waves of Lake Redneck Honkey.
You could drive into Fort Wayne trailing a toasted cheese sandwich and drive out followed by a thundering horde of men wearing polyester pants and Walmart shoes.
Mark Souder is Redneck Honkey.
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Some folks comisserate over broken crosswalk signals.
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Good stuff on the I.M.P. post.
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And there was a lot to say about Metro's new cars and the Council-Mayoral grouchfest
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The best commenter name of the week goes to Ballsdudeballs, which sounds like a reference to something but is funny anyway. He (we assume) also wins the best avatar award for the picture of George Allen's crying kids after Allen lost the Virginia Senate race. Sort of goes with the balls idea too, considering what Mr. Allen used to carry around all the time Rick Santorum and his crying kids after he lost the Pennsylvania Senate race.
A close runner-up for avatar is Mainland for the random Harvey Danger album cover.
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Thats not Allen's kids, thats Santorum's (PA) after he lost; but I fully expect that was the reaction in the Allen household, plus there was a football.
Thanks, I stand corrected.
Huzzah!