Comments on: First as Tragedy, etc http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jawbone http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173845 jawbone Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:57:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173845 Tuesday's IM release seems to indicate Rep. Foley did indeed "stroke in Congress," as he left the House floor during a vote to IM one of his young friends. It seems they reached some sort of climax during their messaging.... Not on the floor of the House, but defintely within the halls or cloakroom of the House. Instant Messaging--or Instant Massaging? Tuesday’s IM release seems to indicate Rep. Foley did indeed “stroke in Congress,” as he left the House floor during a vote to IM one of his young friends. It seems they reached some sort of climax during their messaging…. Not on the floor of the House, but defintely within the halls or cloakroom of the House.

Instant Messaging—or Instant Massaging?

]]> By: Jon H http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173807 Jon H Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:21:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173807 But... it was merely a historical document. But… it was merely a historical document.

]]> By: thompsaj http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173796 thompsaj Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:54:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173796 I think the republican spinners should run with it. My thought is if they want us to be seen as Athens fighting Sparta, the whole thing should be a source of pride. I think the republican spinners should run with it. My thought is if they want us to be seen as Athens fighting Sparta, the whole thing should be a source of pride.

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173793 Ken Houghton Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:30:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173793 ABC News (via Mr. Black) decided to run with <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2006/10/boehner_points_.html" rel="nofollow">Boehner Points Finger at the Speaker</a>, which might have been better without the "finger," but has to be a contender for multiple-entendre headline of the day. ABC News (via Mr. Black) decided to run with Boehner Points Finger at the Speaker, which might have been better without the “finger,” but has to be a contender for multiple-entendre headline of the day.

]]> By: lemuel pitkin http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173761 lemuel pitkin Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:15:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173761 Or the Poorman's version, Mark Foley Determined to Strike in High-Schooler's Pants. Or that old chestnut, why doesn't Mark Foley use bookmarks? Or the Poorman’s version, Mark Foley Determined to Strike in High-Schooler’s Pants.

Or that old chestnut, why doesn’t Mark Foley use bookmarks?

]]> By: bad Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173735 bad Jim Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:29:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173735 Congressman hard on teenagers "Paging Congressman Foley" Representative pays lip service to sexual repression, sponsors sexual predator bill Congressman hard on teenagers

“Paging Congressman Foley”

Representative pays lip service to sexual repression, sponsors sexual predator bill

]]> By: lalala http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173716 lalala Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:27:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173716 Either that, or you're secretly a writer for the Daily Show. Either that, or you’re secretly a writer for the Daily Show.

]]> By: Kieran Healy http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173712 Kieran Healy Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:07:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173712 Clearly I missed my calling. Clearly I missed my calling.

]]> By: DonBoy http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173709 DonBoy Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:34:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173709 In a cross-media, cross-time cross-post, The Daily Show rendered this idea 2 hours later as a memo headed "Mark Foley determined to strike inside 15-year-old". In a cross-media, cross-time cross-post, The Daily Show rendered this idea 2 hours later as a memo headed “Mark Foley determined to strike inside 15-year-old”.

]]> By: pau; http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-173699 pau; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:02:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/02/first-as-tragedy-etc/#comment-173699 Ahh a snark of perfection. I appreciate that. Ahh a snark of perfection. I appreciate that.

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