Comments on: Is Our Senators Learning?? http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:33:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: American Citizen http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-222240 American Citizen Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:03:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-222240 I guess the nice thing about being a senator is that he didn't have to make any fundraising calls during his history lesson. I guess the nice thing about being a senator is that he didn’t have to make any fundraising calls during his history lesson.

]]> By: Danielle Day http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-222044 Danielle Day Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:41:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-222044 @14, 18 & 23 In kindergarten, a girlfriend told me that all who are not Catholic must eat worms (now? in hell?). Anyway, she went on to become a nun. @14, 18 & 23
In kindergarten, a girlfriend told me that all who are not Catholic must eat worms (now? in hell?). Anyway, she went on to become a nun.

]]> By: NSG http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221935 NSG Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:12:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221935 It was Al D'Amato, wasn't it? Trachtenberg's home state senator, never the smartest guy in the room, etc. It was Al D’Amato, wasn’t it? Trachtenberg’s home state senator, never the smartest guy in the room, etc.

]]> By: Warren Terra http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221832 Warren Terra Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:21:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221832 Re #25: He's the second 'George Bush', but in fact Dubya <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">is our George III</a>. Which makes the bookkeeping easier, in a way. In case you're wondering, the most common first name for U.S. Presidents is 'James', by a wide margin. No Jimmies running this year, that I can recall (Gilmore was one, briefly). Also, #22 is right. Chris Y (#17) wins. Re #25: He’s the second ‘George Bush’, but in fact Dubya is our George III. Which makes the bookkeeping easier, in a way.

In case you’re wondering, the most common first name for U.S. Presidents is ‘James’, by a wide margin. No Jimmies running this year, that I can recall (Gilmore was one, briefly).

Also, #22 is right. Chris Y (#17) wins.

]]> By: A. Y. Mous http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221827 A. Y. Mous Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:53:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221827 Yeah! There's something weird about being George and chief executive at the same time. And it gets worse over time. George the third was just mad, but George the second seems to be fucking insane. Yeah! There’s something weird about being George and chief executive at the same time. And it gets worse over time. George the third was just mad, but George the second seems to be fucking insane.

]]> By: W.Kim, the Learned http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221817 W.Kim, the Learned Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:15:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221817 I don't know who the president of the the U.K. is, but the prime minister of the U.S. is King George II. Boy, I must be having the same wine the senator had. I don’t know who the president of the the U.K. is, but the prime minister of the U.S. is King George II. Boy, I must be having the same wine the senator had.

]]> By: Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221784 Jim Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:55:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221784 <i>the Diet of Worms?</i> I thought the Diet of Worms was a torture from the Tower of London that Duncan Hunter wanted to replace the Lemon Chicken and Rice Pilaf Menu at Gitmo. (and that anonymous Senator deserves to be outed... for the good of the country.) the Diet of Worms?

I thought the Diet of Worms was a torture from the Tower of London that Duncan Hunter wanted to replace the Lemon Chicken and Rice Pilaf Menu at Gitmo.

(and that anonymous Senator deserves to be outed… for the good of the country.)

]]> By: freshlysqueezedcynic http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221765 freshlysqueezedcynic Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:10:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221765 "The correct term is Lord Protector. The office is currently in abeyance due to temporary constitutional difficulties." Chris y wins. “The correct term is Lord Protector. The office is currently in abeyance due to temporary constitutional difficulties.”

Chris y wins.

]]> By: Alex http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221763 Alex Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:01:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221763 The office of the Presidency has been vacant for some years, ever since the then incumbent went out to lunch and never returned. There has been considerable debate as to whether his disappearance is permanent, or whether he will one day return; so a sign reading "Missing, presumed fed" has been placed on his desk. The office of the Presidency has been vacant for some years, ever since the then incumbent went out to lunch and never returned. There has been considerable debate as to whether his disappearance is permanent, or whether he will one day return; so a sign reading “Missing, presumed fed” has been placed on his desk.

]]> By: Jonathan Edelstein http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221759 Jonathan Edelstein Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:02:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221759 <i>Isn’t it properly the President of the U.K.?</i> For pete's sake, surely you know that the UK has a Supreme Potentate and each of its autonomous component parts has a President. It was only last month that the President of Cornwall and all his interpreters visited this country; have you forgotten already? Isn’t it properly the President of the U.K.?

For pete’s sake, surely you know that the UK has a Supreme Potentate and each of its autonomous component parts has a President. It was only last month that the President of Cornwall and all his interpreters visited this country; have you forgotten already?

]]> By: Michael Bérubé http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221757 Michael Bérubé Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:59:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221757 Weird coincidence. Wasn't Hamlet the President of Denmark? Weird coincidence. Wasn’t Hamlet the President of Denmark?

]]> By: rea http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221744 rea Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:21:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221744 <i>the Diet of Worms</i> KING CLAUDIUS: Now, Hamlet, where's Polonius? HAMLET: At supper. KING CLAUDIUS: At supper! where? HAMLET: Not where he eats, but where he is eaten: a certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. the Diet of Worms

KING CLAUDIUS: Now, Hamlet, where’s Polonius?

HAMLET: At supper.

KING CLAUDIUS: At supper! where?

HAMLET: Not where he eats, but where he is eaten: a certain convocation of politic worms are e’en at him.

]]> By: chris y http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221739 chris y Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:32:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221739 The correct term is Lord Protector. The office is currently in abeyance due to temporary constitutional difficulties. The correct term is Lord Protector. The office is currently in abeyance due to temporary constitutional difficulties.

]]> By: djw http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221717 djw Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:57:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221717 In grad school (Political Science), a beginning of the year wine and cheese event for the dept, welcoming new students and faculty. I few grad students chatting in the corner, hotshot new assistant prof. introduces himself. Gets around to asking what we study. A friend of mine says "I study Indonesia." Hotshot asst Prof: "Fascinating. Which one?" my friend, after a brief moment of stunned silence: "The big one." Asst Prof nods knowingly and toddles off. In grad school (Political Science), a beginning of the year wine and cheese event for the dept, welcoming new students and faculty. I few grad students chatting in the corner, hotshot new assistant prof. introduces himself. Gets around to asking what we study. A friend of mine says “I study Indonesia.” Hotshot asst Prof: “Fascinating. Which one?” my friend, after a brief moment of stunned silence: “The big one.” Asst Prof nods knowingly and toddles off.

]]> By: Henry (not the famous one) http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-221695 Henry (not the famous one) Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:33:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/14/is-our-senators-learning/#comment-221695 Good time for everyone to brush up their knowledge of Black Rod, Gold Stick and Silver Stick, and all the other ceremonial posts. That might be your Senator! By the way, does anyone have any records which Senators were speaking at the Cosmos Club a few years ago? Inquiring minds . . . Good time for everyone to brush up their knowledge of Black Rod, Gold Stick and Silver Stick, and all the other ceremonial posts. That might be your Senator!

By the way, does anyone have any records which Senators were speaking at the Cosmos Club a few years ago? Inquiring minds . . .

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