http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/08/three-ponies-and-youre-out/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:06:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/08/three-ponies-and-youre-out/comment-page-1/#comment-251390 Melissa Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:15:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7660#comment-251390 Did you catch the following sentence? "...trial judge's saddling of Strahan." I'm waiting for "harness the whatever," "reign in the X, Y, Z" & " spur him on." Did you catch the following sentence? “…trial judge’s saddling of Strahan.”
I’m waiting for “harness the whatever,” “reign in the X, Y, Z” & ” spur him on.”

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/08/three-ponies-and-youre-out/comment-page-1/#comment-251351 Chris Ashley Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:12:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7660#comment-251351 You're not the only prophet here, Holbo. It seems the court has uncovered, not only one of the subjects of Kanye West's hit single "Gold Digger", but West's predictive powers. You could indeed "see [Strahan] on TV any given Sunday" at the time it was recorded, but it was over two years until he "won the Super Bowl and drove off in a Hyundai". You’re not the only prophet here, Holbo. It seems the court has uncovered, not only one of the subjects of Kanye West’s hit single “Gold Digger”, but West’s predictive powers. You could indeed “see [Strahan] on TV any given Sunday” at the time it was recorded, but it was over two years until he “won the Super Bowl and drove off in a Hyundai”.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/08/three-ponies-and-youre-out/comment-page-1/#comment-251348 John Holbo Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:45:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7660#comment-251348 It was a damn fine post, whether or not the court recognizes it. It was a damn fine post, whether or not the court recognizes it.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/08/three-ponies-and-youre-out/comment-page-1/#comment-251344 David in NY Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:23:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7660#comment-251344 Didn't the "pony" post get some award (or come clost to one) for "best blog post ever?" Anyway, regardless of the actual origin of the concept, it's the first extended application of the "pony" concept to current politics (to which it so often applies), no? Didn’t the “pony” post get some award (or come clost to one) for “best blog post ever?” Anyway, regardless of the actual origin of the concept, it’s the first extended application of the “pony” concept to current politics (to which it so often applies), no?

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/08/three-ponies-and-youre-out/comment-page-1/#comment-251340 jholbo Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:05:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7660#comment-251340 I know. I know. (I was being modest. But thanks for pointing that out, SJ.) I know. I know. (I was being modest. But thanks for pointing that out, SJ.)

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2008/09/08/three-ponies-and-youre-out/comment-page-1/#comment-251336 SJ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:29:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7660#comment-251336 You can tell that something is really, really, big when its influence reaches back in time to affect events 8 years previously. You can tell that something is really, really, big when its influence reaches back in time to affect events 8 years previously.

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