Interesting overview in “The Week” over the problem that Bill Clinton presents to Hillary. When he goes out with her on the campaign trail and basically introduces her to the crowds, the crowds absolutely love him. He gets them incredibly stoked. Then Hillary comes out and basically puts them to sleep with her combination of policy wonk attitudes, canned speeches, and an inability to project any sort of warmth or true connection with the audience. So the question becomes, is he doing her more harm than good?
I dunno: At least people remember the “getting stoked” part, so that’s something. Memory can be a tricky thing: Later on they might just recall the warm feeling that suffused them from Bill and attribute it to the entire proceeding, rather than focusing on the fact that Bill was jazz and Hillary was Muzak.
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Not to be too much of a smartass (yeah, right), but there’s actually a bit in the Old Testament (or the Torah, to you really old-school types) about it actually being a stoning offense to eat Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab claws, or in fact any part of any crab or lobster…
…so much for the types who claim they “follow every word of the Bible” before heading over to Red Lobster, hey?
What!?!?
YOUR Bible must have a typo. A good and kind creator would never…
Oh. Ðámņ. There it is on that page right there.
Weelllllll… Who knows what those guys doing the translating were smoking? An more obvious case of mistranslation I’ve never seen. Or at least an error of omission. It must have been originally meant to read that it was a stoning offense to eat any crabs other then Chesapeake Bay Blue Clay Crabs. Only the truly insane would believe otherwi…
Why is that thundercloud forming over my head?
What, would you prefer it if it disolved into a zombie thread again?
Oh, like that’s such a bad thing…
An more obvious case of mistranslation I’ve never seen. Or at least an error of omission. It must have been originally meant to read that it was a stoning offense to eat any crabs other then Chesapeake Bay Blue Clay Crabs.
No, they meant Chesapeake Bay Blue Clay Crabs. But consider the times. Think of how long it took for someone to build an ark, travel across the ocean blue to uncharted waters, harvest the crab and get them back. Ice? Refridgeration? You’d have a boat full of rotting crustaceans, with a smell bad enough to knock a buzzard off a šhìŧ wagon and more pathogens per square inch than Paris Hilton’s dirty laundry.
God knew that Chesapeake Bay Blue Clay Crabs were irresistable. He’s God! He knew that only the threat of the pain of hëll would deter this potential plaguefest.
He also saw to it that we invented faster boats and ways to keep seafood fresh and healthy. Proof, as Ben Franklin said about beer, that He loves us and wants us to be happy.
(41 hours without a response. An anxious nation holds its breath…)
Ok, either you just did copy and paste lots of times to save time or to see how many times it took for me to catch my screw up and to tweek me over a really silly typo from a post where I grumble about a typo.
Yes, they’re known as Chesapeake Bay Blue Claw Crabs and not Chesapeake Bay Blue Clay Crabs. I’m not sure that I’d want to eat a Blue Clay crab.
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“(41 hours without a response. An anxious nation holds its breath…)”
Huh?
“(41 hours without a response. An anxious nation holds its breath…)”
Huh?
Sorry, Mike’s doing an “America Held Hostage, Day 12” kind of thing while he waits for you to pay attention to him, dammit! I was going to keep udating it with him (“Pareants Ask: How Will This Affect the Children”; “Local Politicians Weigh In”; “Women and Minorities Hit Hardest”; that kind of thing. But gee, if nobody is even reading him any more where’s the fun?
Yeah, I was just cutting and pasting. Blue Claw, blue Clay, as long as they’re tasty you can call them Musky Sewer Roach for all I care. In fact, I wish they would, there’s be less people eating them and the price would drop.
In an unrelated topic but you’ll thank me for it, tonight could be excellent for seeing meteors. Saw a few last night driving back to NC–nice big fat ones too. they seemed to be coming from the North sky. No moon tonight so if the clouds stay away it should be sweet.
I don’t consider the issue open, as you portray it. You apparently feel the need to update your qualifications as King of the Strawmen.™
As always, feel free to not respond to anything I say.
As always, feel free to not respond to anything I say.
Oh thank you! Thank you! (choke) THANK YOU!
Your munificence should serve as an inspiration to all.
“48 Hours and Counting; Authorities Urge Calm”
You’re welcome.
“48 Hours and Counting; Authorities Urge Calm”
Don’t forget: violence in the middle east is escalating in response to…
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At least now I know the real causes to the Civil War (cooking), and why the South lost (too much fat, too many carbohydrates, too much cholesterol, etc.)