tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post7745317332309724960..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: NOBODY GOES THERE, IT'S TOO CROWDED.roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-26326574756646754962013-11-18T22:03:47.874-05:002013-11-18T22:03:47.874-05:00Nah. What he is talking about is the dipshits who...Nah. What he is talking about is the dipshits who are solving such epic FirstWorld problems as the terrible chore of pulling a credit card out of one's wallet. Our new industrialists now are making a "fortune" by allowing people to vaguely wave a cell phone towards the cashier. Another software mogul was eagerly solving the horrific crisis created when one calls a telephone and has to listen to rings! Well they can now listen to snippets of music! San Francisco is now FULL of theese moderne day Andrew Carnegies solving true epic problems!basenjibriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-29562566843326331692013-11-18T22:00:51.753-05:002013-11-18T22:00:51.753-05:00Fwoar. Two years in Knoxville was more than enoug...Fwoar. Two years in Knoxville was more than enough*. I went back once 16 years later...and absolutely nothing had improved. <br />* I do live in one of the less posh inland suburbs are others are dissing. But in a half hour, I am in Napa Valley. So, it is fine. :) Plus, the weather even inland still beats glorious North Dakota!basenjibriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-16827435220051783332013-11-10T00:25:47.175-05:002013-11-10T00:25:47.175-05:00Translation: "Al Gore is a fat hypocrite, be...Translation: "Al Gore is a fat hypocrite, because I said so."redoubtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-79181452831053656272013-11-09T17:27:39.141-05:002013-11-09T17:27:39.141-05:00Hey! We've got more than enough right-wingers...Hey! We've got more than enough right-wingers here in South Dakota already. Can't we create a floating libertarian paradise instead, and set them all adrift on it?mgmonklewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-46362560832900100632013-11-09T16:36:40.826-05:002013-11-09T16:36:40.826-05:00You know we're goin' to Serf City, gonna h...You know we're goin' to Serf City, gonna have some fun...DocAmazingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-22856395252936838342013-11-09T14:17:23.983-05:002013-11-09T14:17:23.983-05:00But it also means the effective end of the Califor...<i>But it also means the effective end of the California dream that brought<br /> multitudes to our state, but who now may have to choose between <br />permanent serfdom or leaving for less ideal, but more promising, <br />pastures.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_%281978%29" rel="nofollow">history, how does that work?</a>dexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-71930022450866464032013-11-09T14:03:55.901-05:002013-11-09T14:03:55.901-05:00It's always on their minds.It's always on their minds.jcricketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-41538500543414721512013-11-09T11:27:41.044-05:002013-11-09T11:27:41.044-05:00"Lower...family formation?" Green-ness t..."Lower...family formation?" Green-ness takes the blame for the crushing burden imposed on young people by a cratered economy?Aimaihttp://aimaiameye.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-41893999577809496412013-11-09T11:26:05.470-05:002013-11-09T11:26:05.470-05:00I think to him "Green" policies are &quo...I think to him "Green" policies are "greens" policies--i.e. some kind of gated community for the wealthiest where absurdities like clean and green cleansers take the place of carbolic acid or we are encouraged to use rags instead of paper goods. Instead of overall regulations and policies that make it possible for more people to live safely and healthily in smaller spaces with wider natural/shared spaces.Aimaihttp://aimaiameye.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-63463495867172920522013-11-09T11:20:33.532-05:002013-11-09T11:20:33.532-05:00I read that as "My sympathy level: negative T...I read that as "My sympathy level: negative TAN."Aimaihttp://aimaiameye.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-72825715334087826862013-11-09T06:56:59.470-05:002013-11-09T06:56:59.470-05:00I voted for de Blasio but to hell with mitigating ...I voted for de Blasio but to hell with mitigating obscene inequality or creating affordable housing or any of that. Now I just want him to push whatever color policies it takes to get vast numbers of right-wing Republicans and libertarian dweebs to move to a Dakota, any Dakota. I won't even mind the clean air and other green stuff if it gets them leave en masse. Kotkin did, right?mortimer2000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-48632569476329212742013-11-09T01:06:55.524-05:002013-11-09T01:06:55.524-05:00Still gasping for breath. Tell it to me again. A...Still gasping for breath. Tell it to me again. A wingnut typist is WARNING us about some Democrat leading us into "permanent serfdom?"<br /><br />Pardon my internal record scratching noise, but wasn't this idea the central campaign promise, i.e., the new shining city on the hill, circa Romney/Ryan 2012?bjkeefenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-38966519789065424552013-11-08T19:39:08.314-05:002013-11-08T19:39:08.314-05:00When air literally becomes a private holding that ...When air literally becomes a private holding that you have to pay to breathe, he'll be all for it.AGoodQuestionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-64119495946571945242013-11-08T19:38:17.478-05:002013-11-08T19:38:17.478-05:00Don'tcha love how the men who would eradicate ...Don'tcha love how the men who would eradicate the middle class are always warning us that it's their opponents who will reduce us to "serfdom"?Tognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-47275749133711965262013-11-08T17:12:52.349-05:002013-11-08T17:12:52.349-05:00I'm pretty sure that Gov Brown OK'd fracki...I'm pretty sure that Gov Brown OK'd fracking in CA. Why? I think he's running for president in '16.KatWillownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-52696072770650977112013-11-08T16:03:43.695-05:002013-11-08T16:03:43.695-05:00What, you don't want to move to the stunning m...What, you don't want to move to the stunning metropolis that is Knoxville, Tennessee? Heh indoodily!David Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-25756413858006789472013-11-08T15:20:12.229-05:002013-11-08T15:20:12.229-05:00If I remember correctly, that's a big part of ...If I remember correctly, that's a big part of the Old Perfesser's routine - gleefully citing stories about people being driven out of NYC because of the crushingly high cost of living as proof that New York is dying before our eyes, without quite figuring out that NYC has skyrocketing costs of living because so many people WANT to live there and are willing to pay $2000/mo to live in an unheated half-closet.FMgurunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-43851374296417149842013-11-08T15:12:46.123-05:002013-11-08T15:12:46.123-05:00An git yore filthy beaner hands off'n that cha...An git yore filthy beaner hands off'n that chain saw!!11satchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-25100182819105788952013-11-08T15:08:22.781-05:002013-11-08T15:08:22.781-05:00And what good is good health, anyway, iff'n y&...And what good is good health, anyway, iff'n y'all don't have a job down at the refinery.satchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-49992023794702623982013-11-08T15:06:09.647-05:002013-11-08T15:06:09.647-05:00He's trying so hard to do class consciousness,...He's trying so hard to do class consciousness, but all he can muster is patent absurdities like, "Yeah well, clean air is great and all, <i>for those who can afford to breathe it.</i>"Triplanetaryhttp://www.metagalacticllamas.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-77745740025815336772013-11-08T15:04:24.339-05:002013-11-08T15:04:24.339-05:00The problem is that it's all in the form of sh...The problem is that it's all in the form of shoddily constructed houses <br />built in brand-new developments on the outer ring of terrible inland <br />cities, with no amenities and a zillion miles from the jobs<br /><br /><br />I used to work in a downtown(ish) Atlanta office. Many of my coworkers bought houses way the fuck out in the suburbs (because urban Atlanta is full of neg-ahem, unsavory characters, donchaknow) and then spent every day whining about their 90-minute-one-way commute. My sympathy level: negative ten.Triplanetaryhttp://www.metagalacticllamas.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-23860406932712435732013-11-08T15:00:54.311-05:002013-11-08T15:00:54.311-05:00However, the idea that dipshits chasing The Next T...However, the idea that dipshits chasing The Next Thing That Will Make Us All Rich won't be coming to California does give me a warm feeling.<br /><br /><br />Said dipshits appeared to be converging in droves on Arizona prior to the real estate bubble burst, chasing those large swaths of land that they could turn into exurban hellholes. I remember reading a sob story in the NYT about a dude who invested heavily in the Arizona real estate grab and was now sitting on a bunch of land that nobody wanted, and feeling a marked lack of sympathy.<br /><br /><br /><br />What are those kind of folk up to these days?Triplanetaryhttp://www.metagalacticllamas.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-62532206528667075812013-11-08T14:57:33.181-05:002013-11-08T14:57:33.181-05:00God dammit, I was in a pretty good mood until you ...God dammit, I was in a pretty good mood until you reminded me that Camille Paglia exists.Triplanetaryhttp://www.metagalacticllamas.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-10747850752260503982013-11-08T14:54:10.784-05:002013-11-08T14:54:10.784-05:00The lack of safety regulations governing that plan...The lack of safety regulations governing that plant mean you're FREE.Triplanetaryhttp://www.metagalacticllamas.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-83544057892791830032013-11-08T14:49:04.238-05:002013-11-08T14:49:04.238-05:00progressivism has morphed into a political movemen...<i>progressivism has morphed into a political movement that, more often <br />than not, effectively squelches the aspirations of the majority, in <br />large part to serve the interests of the wealthiest</i><br /><br /><br />Thank God environmental degradation never affects poor folks.tigrismusnoreply@blogger.com