Comments on: Something rotten http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 18:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Firebug http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96847 Firebug Wed, 07 Sep 2005 01:24:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96847 It shouldn't be necessary, but it probably is: I am not seriously arguing for regicide in the U.S. I'm saying that I now have a greater understanding as to why the French and Russian revolutionaries did what they did - that it was not merely mindless barbarity, but the culmination of a long process of evil and incompetence emanating from the ruling family. I would just as soon not see the guillotines wheeled out here, and if things start to get that bad, I'm going to Canada. I would settle for a Constitutional amendment saying that no one from the Bush family can ever again hold any office or public trust, as they have shown themselves utterly incapable of discharging such offices. BTW, if someone thinks that my statements are too much, then they better have attacked John Derbyshire when he urged the <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshire/derbyshire021501.shtml" rel="nofollow">murder of Chelsea Clinton</a> or they are fucking hypocrites. It shouldn’t be necessary, but it probably is: I am not seriously arguing for regicide in the U.S. I’m saying that I now have a greater understanding as to why the French and Russian revolutionaries did what they did – that it was not merely mindless barbarity, but the culmination of a long process of evil and incompetence emanating from the ruling family. I would just as soon not see the guillotines wheeled out here, and if things start to get that bad, I’m going to Canada.

I would settle for a Constitutional amendment saying that no one from the Bush family can ever again hold any office or public trust, as they have shown themselves utterly incapable of discharging such offices.

BTW, if someone thinks that my statements are too much, then they better have attacked John Derbyshire when he urged the murder of Chelsea Clinton or they are fucking hypocrites.

]]> By: Firebug http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96846 Firebug Wed, 07 Sep 2005 01:17:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96846 You know, I always considered the idea of wiping out an entire royal house to be needless barbarity. When Lenin had all of the Romanovs - even the children - executed, I thought it was merely a symbol of the Soviet regime's lack of contempt for human life. Now, for the first time in my life, I am beginning to have some understanding of the forces that make people want to commit regicide. Wouldn't the world be a better place without the Bush clan? You know, I always considered the idea of wiping out an entire royal house to be needless barbarity. When Lenin had all of the Romanovs – even the children – executed, I thought it was merely a symbol of the Soviet regime’s lack of contempt for human life.

Now, for the first time in my life, I am beginning to have some understanding of the forces that make people want to commit regicide.

Wouldn’t the world be a better place without the Bush clan?

]]> By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96651 Matt Weiner Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:31:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96651 Jet, the reason you're my favorite CT conservative is that you know when to admit I'm right. ;-) Jet, the reason you’re my favorite CT conservative is that you know when to admit I’m right. ;-)

]]> By: jet http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96646 jet Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:11:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96646 Okay, fair enough. Okay, fair enough.

]]> By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96622 Matt Weiner Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:23:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96622 Jet, one thing we know is that no one named Barbara is currently the first lady. You're really making a quite nasty accusation against the president, when you think about it. OK, OK, cheap shot. And I'd be happy to nominate Mother Barb for the title "fist lady," whatever that means. Cheap shot again! Sorry, nitpicking is one of my main pleasures. Seriously, the "underprivileged anyway, so this—this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them” quote is extraordinarily callous and I think justifies an uncharitable interpretation of the rest of it. Jet, one thing we know is that no one named Barbara is currently the first lady. You’re really making a quite nasty accusation against the president, when you think about it.

OK, OK, cheap shot. And I’d be happy to nominate Mother Barb for the title “fist lady,” whatever that means. Cheap shot again! Sorry, nitpicking is one of my main pleasures.

Seriously, the “underprivileged anyway, so this—this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them” quote is extraordinarily callous and I think justifies an uncharitable interpretation of the rest of it.

]]> By: jet http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96590 jet Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:55:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96590 Last I heard there were over 200,000 refugees in Texas. The governor of Texas said that his state could absorb about 100,000. So if she was saying it was "sort of scary" that 200,000 people wanted to stay there, perhaps it has something to do with Texas not being able to take care of them and not the evile motivations Henry attributes? But who'm I kidding. You are all vastly smarter than I and possess ESPN and can read the fist lady's mind. So I guess there's no fooling you, she's a big racist and was scared all those New Orleans people would stay in her WASP state (which is one of the few states where whites are a minority). Last I heard there were over 200,000 refugees in Texas. The governor of Texas said that his state could absorb about 100,000. So if she was saying it was “sort of scary” that 200,000 people wanted to stay there, perhaps it has something to do with Texas not being able to take care of them and not the evile motivations Henry attributes?

But who’m I kidding. You are all vastly smarter than I and possess ESPN and can read the fist lady’s mind. So I guess there’s no fooling you, she’s a big racist and was scared all those New Orleans people would stay in her WASP state (which is one of the few states where whites are a minority).

]]> By: Doug http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96586 Doug Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:13:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96586 And Tricky Dick knew a thing or two about the subject. And Tricky Dick knew a thing or two about the subject.

]]> By: nick http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96535 nick Tue, 06 Sep 2005 09:23:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96535 "That is a woman who knows how to hate." --Richard Nixon on Barbara Bush “That is a woman who knows how to hate.”
—Richard Nixon on Barbara Bush

]]> By: Keith M Ellis http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96419 Keith M Ellis Tue, 06 Sep 2005 05:15:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96419 Reminiscent of the WSJ's <a href="http://www.salon.com/comics/boll/2003/06/12/boll/index1.html" rel="nofollow">Lucky Duckies</a>. Reminiscent of the WSJ’s Lucky Duckies.

]]> By: MaryCh http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96417 MaryCh Tue, 06 Sep 2005 05:08:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96417 Thanks for sharing the workings of a beautiful mind. Her string of pearls is a long one, dating at least from her take on VP Candidate Geraldine Ferraro, running against George H.W. Bush in 1984: 'rhymes with witch.' Thanks for sharing the workings of a beautiful mind.

Her string of pearls is a long one, dating at least from her take on VP Candidate Geraldine Ferraro, running against George H.W. Bush in 1984: ‘rhymes with witch.’

]]> By: Sven http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96407 Sven Tue, 06 Sep 2005 03:35:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96407 How can the announcer continue on in NPR-speak after her Mrs. Drysdale sniff, like nothing happened? Can't he at least slip in a Grouchoism, like "Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse." How can the announcer continue on in NPR-speak after her Mrs. Drysdale sniff, like nothing happened? Can’t he at least slip in a Grouchoism, like “Why, I’d horse-whip you if I had a horse.”

]]> By: Toadmonster http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96401 Toadmonster Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:53:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96401 Let them eat butt. Let them eat butt.

]]> By: Claire Bowern http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96399 Claire Bowern Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:46:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96399 Houston. It's worth it. Houston. It’s worth it.

]]> By: P O'Neill http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96398 P O'Neill Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:42:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96398 Many on the Right came to view 9/11 as beneficial, an Epiphany, because it was necessary to awaken Americans to the evils of terrorism. Babs seeing New Orleans under water as beneficial for its people is in the same mind set. It's both a rationalisation of failure and a willingness to make a judgement about the relative value of different lives (once they're outside the womb, of course). Many on the Right came to view 9/11 as beneficial, an Epiphany, because it was necessary to awaken Americans to the evils of terrorism. Babs seeing New Orleans under water as beneficial for its people is in the same mind set. It’s both a rationalisation of failure and a willingness to make a judgement about the relative value of different lives (once they’re outside the womb, of course).

]]> By: Stephen M (Ethesis) http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/comment-page-1/#comment-96396 Stephen M (Ethesis) Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:40:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark/#comment-96396 Well ... "They were soon to be Texas-bound. "And I don't even like Texas," she said." Well …

“They were soon to be Texas-bound. “And I don’t even like Texas,” she said.”

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