Infinite Monkeys
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Infinite MonkeysDo Rev. Wright and Rev. Sharpton want to stop Obama?
Well, look at it this way:
1 - Obama's nomination would fundamentally change the dynamic that to be a leader of the black community you need to follow the MLK model and have that "Rev." before your name.
2 - Obama's election to the presidency would do serious damage to the animating myth of these reverends--that the United States is a fundamentally racist country, looking to do violence (economic and physical) to blacks at every opportunity.
3 - Worst of all, a President Obama would mean that the structure where there are many people who could claim leadership of the "black community" (whatever that actually means) would be shattered. There would be only one real leader, and he would be the leader of the whole country, not just a range of skin tones.
So what do you think the Reverends really want?
The Atomizer misunderstands the Summer of Gin:
Atomizer Sez: What?! Alcohol has seasons now??!! Nonsense, I declare!!!! Drink what you like when you like...period.The point, of course, is not to dictate that only gin could be imbibed (how un-American!) but to suggest that this summer, gin would be an excellent choice--and if you haven't been drinking it (not a problem for a gin-soaked boozer like the Atomizer) you should try it...
I think he's just bitter that it's still 42 degrees in Minnesota. I suggest a nice aged rum by the fire...
The Atomizer misunderstands the Summer of Gin:
Atomizer Sez: What?! Alcohol has seasons now??!! Nonsense, I declare!!!! Drink what you like when you like...period.The point, of course, is not to dictate that only gin could be imbibed (how un-American!) but to suggest that this summer, gin would be an excellent choice--and if you haven't been drinking it (not a problem for a gin-soaked boozer like the Atomizer) you should try it...
I think he's just bitter that it's still 42 degrees in Minnesota. I suggest a nice aged rum by the fire...
Here's your assignment for this weekend, to prepare for the Summer of Gin (it's 80 degrees in Long Beach today, so I'm starting summer already):
Make a French 75. Despite its name (which comes from a piece of French artillery, so maybe I should say as its name suggests) this drink is not a knockout, but a great balance of flavors.
If Hillary is smart, she'll exit on a high note, saying that even though she just had a big win, she's stepping aside for the good of the party, etc...
And, knowing Hillary, with a deal with Obama...for VP, if she wants it, or other promises--but primarily to position herself for 2012, since I think she honestly doesn't believe Obama can win.
Chad the Elder is raving about a new drink called the Ten Thyme Smash. It's not clear where this drink came from, although it is certainly part of the gin comeback.
The recipe is indeed hard to track down, although I believe it can be found in this book (which I have not read).
A few years ago, Monkey Ben declared the Summer of Rum. Out of sheer laziness, and inebriation, every summer since has been the summer of rum. And it's been lovely.
But now I'm declaring Summer 2008 the Summer of Gin. A gin primer and recipes to follow, no doubt with the same results as Ben's rum posts...
(Oh, what the heck, here's a good gin primer.)
I wanted to post my own tribute to Mr. Heston, meaningless as it might be. Among his great body of work (and I highly recommend his autobiography, In the Arena), was an early comedy, The Private War of Major Benson." Filmed in 1955 at St. Catherine's Military School in Anaheim, Heston played a Major in the U.S. Army who was sent to St. Catherine's in a last ditch effort to save his volatile military career (can't say much for the premise, I'll admit). The actual commandant, Major Schmidt, was if I recll correctly, a technical advisor on the film. The students shown (except the stars) where the actual students at the school.
When I went to St. Catherine's, we were shown the film every year. Naturally, we didn't appreciate it as much. Hell, we were there watching a movie about being in a military bording school. Who wants to watch that? Years later, of course, I still watch it, though my reaction is noticably different. No I find it more difficult to watch as I get older. Oh well.
(Tradition also has it that the school chaplain at the time of the filming, Captain William Maguire, was the chaplain at Pearl Harbor who said "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.")
RIP, Mr. Heston. And say Hi to Major Schmidt and Captain Maguire when you see them.
I just wanna know. Where the F**k where all these whinny punks crying about Tibet during the Cold War? What, all of a sudden, the Commies are bad people? Mona Charen was right. Useful Idiots.
I'm glad I got a chance to shake his hand once.
He's in a better place, of that I have no doubt.
