Open Thread (6/27/2008)

THE PIED PIPER OF ILLINOIS

The pied piper is in town. He is playing the tune of 'change.' Black America is dancing... Young America is dancing...

Why aren't women dancing yet pied piper?

Pied Piper:  They have begun to! They were going through a bit of mourning phase, lamenting. Can't blame them, such an opportunity missed! Now they have begun to dance and will continue do so, in hoards.  How can they resist the charm of the Pied Piper!  But many are still hoping that you will nominate Hillary as your running mate.They might go for McCain if you dont.  P P:  No way! They simply can't go for that pro-life old fool. They have no choice, like Hillary herself. She has begun dancing too!  How else can she expect to repay her twenty million dollar debt? She has to dance if she wants me to ease her burden.  So you are not going to nominate her?  P P:  I feel sorry for that woman you know. She offered me the same job during the campaign and I blew it on her face! And now she is begging me for it! 
But she still has many devoted supporters. Aren't you worried that they -
P P:   You don't know women, they change their minds faster than their clothes! And this is 'change' season, everybody is changing. They have already begun to forget Hillary. It's only a matter of time, the remaining will begun dancing too... the way the Alpha Male will make them dance!   That sounded so sexist! Is it the same you who heaped praises on Hillary and the women who supported her in that congratulatory speech of yours?

P P:  I change too Sweetie.

What about blue collar America? White I mean. Can you make them dance too?

P P:  It'll be difficult. But do they have a choice really? The war is hurting and old McCain is not going to pull the troops out. He is not going to spend the tax dollars on them either. And surely he is not going to create jobs for them.

Are you?

P P:  Sure.

How?

P P:  By passing a new energy policy that makes corporations pay for their pollutions and oil companies invest their record profits in a clean energy future, on a energy policy that creates millions of jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced. That's the change we need Minnesota - oops!

Really pied piper? You will stop outsourcing? You will force the oil companies -

P P:  Are you doubting my intent?

Let's talk about the war. The surge is working isn't it? McCain's is taking credit for that.

P P:  He is an old idiot! Incapable of reading the pulse. Does it matter now whether the surge is working or not? Americans just don't care anymore. They simply want the troops out. And I have promised to do just that.

How soon? Hillary said she would within sixty days.

P P:  That was a gimmick! Is it possible to undertake such a massive operation in just sixty days?

You mean it will take longer?

P P:  Sure.

How long?

P P:  Can't say now. Will have to discuss with the generals.

Three months? Six months? One year?

P P:  Can't say now. Will have to discuss with the generals.

What if they want to stay longer?

P P:  I am going to be careful in ending this war just as Bush was careless in starting it.

So no fixed time table?

P P:  There is.

And what is that?

P P:  Surely not another hundred years.

But won't there be a bloodbath if we pull out of Iraq now?

P P:  Americans doesn't care.

There will be a civil war... What will happen to the Kurds?

P P:  It is high time the Iraqi government takes charge of its responsibilities.

Iran will take control if we leave...

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Won't you be talking to Iran?

P P:  Unless I am absolutely sure it is in the interest of America.

Will you talk to Ahmedinijad?

P P:  Not unless it is absolutely necessary. That too on my own terms.

But earlier you said you would talk to him without conditions! P P:  I made some changes on my intent.

Is it because McCain flayed you for that earlier intent of yours?

P P:  An old fool he is! Living in a bygone era... Times are changing! You need to be flexible! You just can't stick to old positions and let thing pass by... We need to talk! We need to change our frozen mindsets... our attitudes...

But do you really believe you can change anything by talking to Ahmedinijad or any other Irani officials? Can you stop Iran from meddling in Iraq by talking to him? Can you stop him from developing nukes?

P P:  We must let diplomacy talk. Hard diplomacy that is. From a position of strength. But we must also remain open to change.

What about this change - a nuclear Iran?

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Will you be talking to Hamas? Like old Carter?
 
P P:  Won't that be too much of a change...?
Is it possible that the U.S. voting for and not vetoing any U.N. resolution against Israel under you?

P P:  That will be too much of a change!

Talking about change... Black America is expecting a lot from you.

P P:  That I will be the first black man to rule from the White House isn't that change enough?

Can they expect a little less of Rodney King like cases?

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Can they expect those white police officers who beat up blacks to be punished even if they are not caught red handed on camera?

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Justice in Jena? A change of heart among white jurors if indeed you become the most powerful man in the country?

P P:  Let's talk climate change. It's getting hotter...

Will you sign the Kyoto protocol?

P P:  Can't we change the topic... My wife is going to have a complete change over you know, before she moves into the White House. You'll see a new Michelle. More charming... More sexy...

What about you?

P P:  I am thinking of writing a new tune once I get there. This 'change' tune is getting a bit boring... isn't it? END I am Anirban Ghosh from Kolkata, India. Freelance writer, Graphic Designer. Regards.

Try lifting the moratorium and see what happens. Trolls are usually hit and run and maybe have run on.

Anyway, why do you feel the need to protect others? Are you their protector? Why bother deleting duplicate comments, are you running out of electrons? Most of us can tell when a duplicate post is a duplicate, it ain't that tough to scroll past it. Most of us know a troll when we see one and choose to ignore. If a troll vs troll thread begins let it run its course, it's at least entertaining if not informative.

Does anyone really care what the opinion is of Dunn, or cheesypoofs, or run4cvrlib, or redstatewannabe, or glock21, or Farney, or Dykstra, or even IP?  No, it's entertainment, not some ancient Grecian scene of well thought out debate.

You take this blog too seriously.

There, your request has been met. A suggestion has been made.

Well there you have it. IP pays the bills. Correctly, it's his blog. Sadly, the door was swung open, then shut. That's the problem with having had a once popular blog, people, messy things that they are, want to look at it sometimes, especially when it's about local news and happenings.

IP reminds me of the Judge who once said, "If it wasn't for the lawyers and the litigants and all this paper, this would be a pretty good job".

Darn those people, wanting to say stuff and everything. My third grade teacher was like that. If you made the class laugh, or even questioned the teacher so other kids would ask tough questions, you were sent to the principal. Mrs. Robinson was her name, I knew her well. Now, one is simply silenced, "moderated", deleted out of existence a la Orwell's 1984.

Guess what, IP, sometimes the Emperor truly has no clothes.

And IMHO, you have waaaaay too many "me"s in your last comment, as if "me, me, me" is a good measure of comportment. Edit: it was 4 "me"s, not 3. And one ws italicized.

The only intolerable part is that you suddenly took on the role of mother hen.  If grown adults get their feelings hurt based on something that someone who they've never even met says, they need to find a new hobby.  Maybe knitting...

quit being such a crybaby