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|September 15 2012, 04:48 PM
Location: Beyond the Darkness
What if... ETERNAL TIDE SPOILERS
I think I'd have still loved it to bits. It's one of my all-time favourites. Although I'm defintely more excited to see the next book with Janeway than I would have been the next one with Captain Eden.
|September 15 2012, 05:33 PM
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I also don't think Kirk's death in Generations was unworthy. Okay, so he was on a bridge that fell down, it wasn't some big spectacular epic, but why the hell should that matter? He sacrificed himself to save lives. He placed doing his job over his personal safety, just as he always had, and that's exactly how I would've expected him to go out. It shouldn't have been glamorous or melodramatic, because that's not who Jim Kirk was, despite the myths that have grown up around him. He was just a soldier doing his duty, putting himself on the line to protect other people, even people he'd never met. And that's exactly how he went out, and it was exactly right for who he was. I think bringing him back just to give him some more melodramatic, larger-than-life sacrifice would've served his character badly, diminished his death rather than "improving" it.
So if you give a character a do-over on how they died, there's no guarantee the audience will all agree on which was the "better" death. I think Janeway's demise in Before Dishonor was very heroic -- despite having been assimilated, her consciousness held on to the bitter end, and in a critical moment, motivated by her deep bond of love to Seven of Nine, she reasserted herself and resisted the Borg's control, thereby saving not only Seven but the entire Earth. That sounds like a very classic heroic sacrifice to me. I don't see what's "unworthy" about it, or what would constitute a "better" death. Certainly there are elements of the surrounding plot that I can understand readers being dissatisfied with, but that particular aspect of the book was one of my favorite parts.
|September 15 2012, 06:01 PM
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Amanda Rogers would still have been brought back with a few lines only to die ignominiously.
Eden's mystery origins would have still had an abrupt and horrible end(I thought everything about the o-continuum silly)
The reason for janeway's [brief] return would still have been poor, and the way (with kes) would still have felt hammy.
The characters I've enjoyed reading in the previous books would still have been little more then bit parts here(and I know I often have the reverse opinion when it comes to the enterprise e, but I actually like the original voy characters, in point of fact moreso then any tv voy character save the doctor. * le shrug*).
Although I hate the character Janeway became after eps like tuvix & endgame, I'd pretty much steeled myself for her return here - the problem was I didn't really like the rest of the book anyway
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|September 15 2012, 11:17 PM
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To be honest, I think the plot detail you describe would have been irritating to most readers, regardless of where they stand on the issue of Janeway and her resurrection.
While I do recall some discussion about whether Janeway's death was a "worthy" one - as well as protests from some fans that the death wasn't handled in a manner they thought did justice to the character - the main issue always seemed to be the fact that she died at all. Had The Eternal Tide been the final adventure of Janeway, those who disagreed with the move to kill her would be saying "you brought her back briefly only to throw it away and kill her again. She's still dead, so what's the point?" Maybe they would indeed find the new death "worthier" or more in keeping with how they wanted to see the character handled - and maybe they'd find some satisfaction in that - but I think any concerns over the nature of her death were only ever a secondary layer of irritation; the main sore point was the death itself. So I assume that those fans who disagreed with the decision to kill Janeway would find her "better" death a pointless exercise - if you're going to give the impression that a "mistake" was made and Janeway's death needed "fixing" (because that's what it would look like to many readers), the quesion some fans would ask is "why fix the manner of her death and not fix her death" - which was the point they had issue with.
Meanwhile, those who had no issue with the death but weren't strongly opposed to resurrection either would perhaps be thinking "well, that was pointless. She's back and gone again". It might even look more amusing than dramatic - "oh my god, they killed Kathryn!" - or else the very act of giving her a second shot at death might be seen to diminish any point to the original. I don't really see even these "neutral" readers being too impressed. That's just me of course, I could be wrong.
As for those fans who think resurrection diminishes the emotional realities of death and how we cope with it, and so reduces the power and impact of the fiction, they might well be even more displeased with "returning for a supposedly better death" than the "returning to life" story we got. My own opinion...well, I very much liked The Eternal Tide, as anyone who read my review of it knows, and I thought highly of the sensitive way in which Beyer handled the resurrection. Personally, though, if it were up to me, resurrection would be a no-no regardless of the character. Even if I thought a death was handled poorly, it just doesn't sit right with me to "undo" it. However, that's just me - the decision was of course not mine and I'm grateful that the resurrection was handled well and tackled by an author who knows what she's doing. Great care was taken by Beyer not to diminish the pain, loss and growth experienced by the Voyager characters since they lost Janeway, so it was, as resurrections go, a far less "damaging" one than I might have feared; not truly a reset button emotionally, thank Q. And I would indeed rather have a living Janeway than a dead one - I just wouldn't violate my "no resurrections" rule over her (or any character).
However, the idea of bringing her back just for a second shot at death, I would have found much harder to swallow. If you can shout 'take two!' and keep trying until you get the death you want...well, I see that as considerably more dangerous to my personal tastes regarding death in fiction than a clean resurrection. At least a resurrection like the one Janeway got is rooted in a desire to have the character live again - it's cheating the realities of death, yes, but death isn't truly the issue there. Making the manner of death the important thing...I wouldn't be very impressed with that, to be honest.
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|September 16 2012, 12:41 AM
Location: A distant corner of the Zeta Quadrant...
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Even though I was not impressed by the manner of her death in the first place, I am by no means an advocate for the "take two" idea when it comes to character deaths. If a character is dead and someone plans to bring them back, bring them back for good (i.e. the rest of their natural lifespan) or don't do it at all.
I honestly wouldn't be satisfied with simply "fixing" the manner of death, and as you said, why not fix her death entirely?
In this instance it should be that the character is brought back or not at all. There really isn't a middle ground.
"It's never easy, but if we turn our backs on our principles we stop being human." - Kathryn Janeway, "Equinox Part 1".
|September 16 2012, 01:57 PM
Location: Beyond the Darkness
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It's been years since I read BD. With the aftermath so well fleshed out in Full Circle et cetera, perhaps I should have a re-read.
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|September 16 2012, 08:19 PM
Location: BC, Canada
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|September 17 2012, 04:55 PM
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
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|September 17 2012, 06:27 PM
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|September 17 2012, 06:31 PM
Location: Orange County, CA
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|September 17 2012, 09:47 PM
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|September 17 2012, 10:12 PM
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And Kirk himself was the last person who would've defined himself as some grand, larger-than-life hero. As far as he was concerned, he was just a man dedicated to doing his duty. As long as he made a difference, that was all that mattered to him. And so that's what matters to me. I don't give a fig about spectacle or pandering to the audience; what matters to me is whether the character is effectively served. To me, the most telling moment in Kirk's final battle is when Picard has just pulled him off the rickety bridge that almost killed him... and without a second's hesitation, he climbs right back onto it! He's just been rescued from the jaws of death and leaps right back in without pause, because he's still got a job to do. It's the very casualness of that self-sacrifice, the lack of hoopla surrounding that critical moment of decision, that made it such a powerful statement of who James Kirk was. Not some larger-than-life cosmic hero, but just a man who unhesitatingly put others before himself. That simple devotion to helping others is, to me, infinitely more spectacular than all the grand space battles and explosions you could possibly throw into a movie.
|September 17 2012, 10:34 PM
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I say that I want it to be grander, because I feel that it would have been more meaningful to see Kirk dying to protect the Federation or something of that nature. Something that has more meaning to the character, I think that makes for better story-telling. It is why Khan was a great villain, it was personal to Kirk and that made the story all the richer.
Now Chris, you have been on the boards a long time. I think you have a problem trying to be right all the time and not respecting people's opinions. I respect your opinion on Kirk's death and I think that you bring up some great points; but I still disagree. I do not think that makes you right and me wrong or anything in-between. When it comes to the arts and films, judging them is subjective and personal and that is okay because it is about taste and personality and the perspective we bring to it. So I ask that you respect that I can disagree and that be okay, because you are not right and I am not right it is opinion and with something like Trek, that is what makes it fun.
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|September 18 2012, 12:40 AM
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Location: UK
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I guess that's actually a complement, that the death written about in Star Trek books can do that to me.
Christopher, I'm sorry for your loss.
|September 18 2012, 01:40 AM
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
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It is a chilling 911 call detailing the moments after a man was shot and killed in Corbin.
It happened Monday. Police say Bill Cox shot his daughter's boyfriend, Ryan Abner.
During the call, Cox admits to shooting Abner and says he expects to go to prison.
Bill Cox called 911 around 1:45 Monday afternoon.
"What's going on?" asked the dispatcher.
"I shot a guy," Cox answered.
"You just shot the guy? What did you shoot him for?" said the dispatcher.
"He said he was going to kill me. I was sitting up here waiting on him," Cox answered.
Cox was describing what happened on Forest Circle Drive, where he lived.
Cox told 911 dispatchers he shot and killed his 15-year-old daughter's boyfriend, 21-year-old Ryan Abner.
"He'd been hitting my daughter; see he got a kid by my daughter. He's been hitting her, beating her up. I just got tired of it," Cox told the dispatcher.
Police say Abner was in his SUV on the street. He was shot several times.
"Can you still see him?" asked the dispatcher.
"No, he's dead. I shot him good, made sure he's dead," said Cox.
"He's dead?" asked the dispatcher.
"Yeah, I may go to prison over it, but he's gotta stop beating on my daughter and stuff," Cox said.
Then Cox's daughter can be heard on the 911 call.
"You killed him! You killed him!" she screamed.
"I know honey. I meant to," Cox said. "I'm glad he's dead by God. Won't have to worry about nobody else."
Cox told dispatchers Abner threatened his life before the shooting.
"I tell you what. I might go to prison over this but it's worth it," Cox told the dispatcher.
He remained on the phone with dispatch until police arrived, then he surrendered.
Ryan Abner's mother denies the allegations her son beat Cox's daughter.
Cox pleaded not guilty to murder and wanton endangerment charges. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on August 28th. Bond is set at $250,000.


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The Detroit-born violist Kim Kashkashian took home a Grammy Award Sunday for best classical instrumental solo. But her win apparently led to confusion backstage as members of the pop music media and assorted publicists thought the prize went to reality TV celebrity Kim Kardashian.
The only thing Kashkashian, one of the worlds great violists, and the cello-shaped Kardashian have in common is their Armenian heritage. Kashkashian won for her album Kurtag/Ligeti: Music for Viola (ECM), which features music for unaccompanied viola by two contemporary Hungarian composers that she has long championed, György Kurtág and György Ligeti.


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"Extra, extra! Read all about it!" shrieks an eager eyed, grubby faced Victorian paperboy, clutching a freshly pressed newspaper on a dismal, smoke-filled London street corner.
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This was how papers were originally sold to the masses. Sales of newspapers depended upon a child's lung capacity – and of course a juicy headline.
For as long as there has been media, through the ages of censorship, educational reforms and technological advances, a headline has always been the key ingredient to secure engagement and sales.
I'm going to tell you why they continue to be THE most important factor for content that gets you conversions. And how to write headlines that get shared.
Why have headlines always been important?
A headline encapsulates a story. It's at the top of the page, or emboldened on the cover of a magazine to pique yours and my interest. Formatted like a textual teaser, the short line of copy stands between a consumer's cash and your information.
But you got to make it snappy. Humans have always been busy. We're skim readers, and we'll never change. If a headline doesn't sum up a story in less than 10 words then the proceeding words are going to go unseen – and they could be the greatest words ever written. Think of what a travesty that would be! Worse still, you've wasted your time, you haven't made a sale and that isn't good business sense.
But even with the rise of social media, the proliferation of browsing devices and the overall immediacy and accessibility of media, you shouldn't neglect the power a headline wields in selling a story.
In rapidly technologically evolving times, the headline should still be a top priority, even more so now in the age of social media, as you need to stand head and shoulders above the sea of dross. So I'm going to help you make the most of your online headlines.
Why should headlines online be even more powerful?
Well, we're still trying to achieve the same things. But people buy and convert in different ways. There isn't the simple exchange of hand-held printed media anymore, there's the internet, and even the way that we use the World Wide Web has developed in such a way that was unimaginable in the digital dark ages.
Social sharing
The internet has become enslaved by a culture of sharers. This isn't a criticism, I hold my hands up, I share too – a lot in fact – but only something that's worthy of a share.
Social media users have notoriously short attention spans, so if it isn't snappy, witty or useful I'm not going to share something with my followers.
Algorithm bots
We're not only targeting those human sharers, we need to schmooze algorithm bots. Finding the delicate balance between an enticing headline that's littered with targeted keywords can be tricky, but overall very rewarding if it gets picked up frequently in search.
Thirdly, a well optimized headline can attract visitors for years to come, which is a long time in the digital industry.
This statistic sums up your audiences attitudes to headlines, so take note:
"On average, 8 out of 10 people will read headline copy, but only 2 out of 10 will read the rest"*Brian Clark, Copyblogger
So if you keep in mind these following tips when crafting your headlines, you should see the biggest return on YOUR content marketing efforts.
Relevance – Put yourself in the position of a search engine spider: how does a spider retrieve results for a search query – it reads the headline elements to determine the context of your piece to get the most relevant results for a searcher. So, bear in mind the overriding context of your piece and make sure your headline summarises that.
Keywords – One of my top tips for crafting a headline for a search is to take keywords out of the text that could formulate a potential search query by a consumer and put them into the headline.
This may mean that a witty title will go out of the window, but first and foremost you want to be discoverable. Incorporating keywords that are likely to be typed into a search engine could spell the difference between the long tail success of a piece of content, or the words going unread. People generally use Google to look for solutions so write your headline in the style of an answer to a typical problem.
For example, I want to find out different ways of building links to my content that will yield the most traffic, so I type into Google: "best traffic driving link building methods", and low and behold, my colleague's article appears at number 1:
It does exactly what it says on the tin, so I'm more likely to click it.
Pro tips- I practice unique, relevant and engaging titles when updating Twitter, writing EBay item titles and Instagram picture titles. We all update statuses for attention, so use your skills that are already there.
Sometimes, I'll even run a search through the Adwords keyword tool, or into Google itself to see how well my topic ranks as well as social shares.
#2 Social Media
Social Media has become an increasingly key audience. However, just as readers skim newspaper headlines, so do users on social networks to see if something is worth sharing.
Analyse your headline in shareable terms – is it unique and engaging? Will people want to share it via their own profile? If you think about the psychology of sharing, people will only share something that makes them look good.
If your headline is original, it may get noticed and shared a lot via social networks or other popular article based sites like reddit, BuzzFeed, Sick Chirpse and you'll see a surge in traffic to your website.
Also, a lot of likes and shares equates to a lot of referring traffic. Nowadays you can get a lot of referral traffic via social media promotion.
Can I stress how much of a quick traffic win social shares are! Google takes weeks to crawl a site, think of the immediate gains from social.
#3 Word Count
I'm guilty of putting a few lengthy titles out into the ether. They look terrible as URLs so make sure you shorten the URL before you publish a piece. Constructing an acceptable URL in line with best practice SEO can help you shorten a headline too.
Again, consider social networks: mainly the Twitter character constraint. Make sure the most appealing, engaging words can fit in that small box – If you want a re-tweet, it needs to convey a strong message within the limit and take into consideration the obligatory "RT @"yourusername" if you want exposure.
I want to share my colleague James' recent article about how to spot if you've been hit by Penguin 2.0
The headline is pretty self-explanatory and rather humorous to pique my friends' interests – who know nothing about Google algorithmic penalties – to click on and read.
However, generally when I re-tweet an article, I like to help a brother out and tweet @ them, so if I put in @JLNewhouse87, that's another 12 less characters that I've got to promote the article. Imagine if James had stuck with his original title "That burning red slap on your face, yes, that's from Google's latest algorithm update". There wouldn't be any room left to credit him!
Also, think back to traditional media – social media readers also scan headlines, they scroll through thousands upon thousands of Tweets and +1s – you need to make your headline separate your content from the rest in as small a space as possible.
#4 A standalone headline
Again, to reference social media optimization, if you think about the articles, pictures and videos that are shared, a headline for each item is viewed in isolation. So, in terms of social media, does the headline make sense on its own? Does it capture the context of the piece?
When editing, ask yourself: Is it strong enough on its own? Is it a compelling summary that will hook a reader? Does it spring forth from the vast quantities of other headlines vying for our attention?
Pro tip: Keep a "working" title in mind, but write a title last, or pick from a list of ten.
#5 Imagery
As the cliché goes "a picture says a thousand words" and for your online headline, you really need it to. Think about the stacks of shared articles in a feed, the accompanying thumbnail can help a headline stand out from the rest so choose images wisely; images that convey a message and bolster your headline.
Below shows a screen grab from my very own Facebook newsfeed of shared articles on Monday 10 June, 2013:
As you can see, the differing subject matter will mean that some imagery will be more dramatic and thus engaging for certain headlines (namely the top article) but some rather rhetorical headlines are made more exciting with a picture, so don't under estimate the power of pictures to equally grab your audience firmly by the eyeballs.
#6 Discussion
Nowadays, readers expect to be able to be participate. From the Guardian online to an illustrator's design blog, they all have comment functionality to encourage open dialogue.
If it suits the content – write a headline that encourages debate – it will open up the lines of communication. The easier it is for someone to get involved with your content – and headlines encourage this initially – the more air time a piece will receive.
Take a look at these discursive headlines:
Image courtesy: www.guardian.co.uk
This article is from the Guardian Online and look how many comments it's generated. It's a political subject, and one that continues to be a hot topic, so it is complementary on this ocassion to title the content with a question.
Below is a screen grab from a-n.co.uk's news section. A quote has been included from Peter Heslip, Director of Visual Arts at the Arts Council, England, as if to provoke readers to comment upon whether they agree or disagree:
image courtesy: http://new.a-n.co.uk/news
The value of art in times of recession is a contentious issue. A headline including personal insight from a senior figure is going to be hard-hitting, so consider the boundaries of debate when writing your headlines.
Need help writing your headlines?
And these are the areas that you should consider when writing a headline for today's audiences. I'll be writing another post about awesome headline styles that hook readers everytime.
I must credit Nick Usborne and his remarkably common sense approaches iterated in his ebook "Killer Headlines for Web Content" of which I took a great deal of inspiration. Please read the full version of the book for more ideas!
But in the meantime if you need help with your website's copy, or require my copywriting skills to make sure your headlines are grabbing people by the eyeballs, get in touch today!


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As some of you know, I have been traveling for the past two weeks. As my wife and I were driving from San Francisco to Eugene, Oregon, she turned to me and asked the question I am posting today:
How does ventriloquism/throwing your voice work?
1. First you need to learn to breathe through your nostrils. Sounds obvious? It's not that easy.
2. Deep and sustained breathing is vital to learning how to throw your voice, since you may have to talk for up to 90 seconds between breaths. Work on holding your breath for as long as you can for a set period each day, making it a routine and practicing it until your lung capacity increases.
3. Practice making a sound akin to a bee drone. Place your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth. Now, push the sound upward from your abdomen through your larynx towards the roof of your mouth. This technique produces an effect similar to a sounding board. If performed correctly, it can fool listeners into believing that the sound comes from a height or a distance. This is known as the "roof voice."
4. Repeat the process without trying to force the sound to the top of your mouth. Instead, curl your tongue against the back of your teeth. This effect, the "level voice", can make your voice sound level to you, though still at a distance to others.
5. Repeat the process again with your chin thrust forward and your larynx contracted as much as possible. This appears to move the bee drone sound to a lower physical level, near the floor. It's called the "ground voice."
6. Practice switching between these "voices".
7. Once you have mastered the auditory effect, you must add the visual trick of looking in the direction you want your audience to believe the voice originated from.
The combination of visual and auditory cues will lead your audience to believe they are actually hearing you throw your voice.
Check out Ventriloquism in a Month for more tips on being the big hit at the bar mitzvah!
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So I've been thinking about all the bad things that would happen to America if President Obama loses in November. And I could only come up with one. We would no longer have Joe Biden to kick around. Admit it: when Joe opens his mouth, you feel a lot smarter than you did right before he opened his mouth.
Take his latest gems.
Cranking it up at a roaring campaign rally, Biden says: "With you we can win North Carolina."
He was in Virginia at the time.
Earlier, he told the crowd, ""Romney wants to, he said in the first 100 days, he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. Unchain Wall Street."
Then slipping into a southern accent, he finished with, "They're going to put y'all back in chains."
Nice move, Joe … except the many black folks in the crowd weren't laughing.
A day later on the campaign trail he tells supporters: "Folks, where's it written we cannot lead the world in the 20th century in making automobiles?
Okay, so the guy doesn't know what century we're in? He can't know everything!
And bless his heart, remember when Joe, at a rally in Washington, had those nice things to say about the guy's dead mother.
"His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And- although, she's- wait- your mom's still- your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul."
Make fun of him if you will … but Joe Biden is the kind of guy who acknowledges the little people in the crowd …
"Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya."
He was referring to Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham – who is in a wheelchair.
Hey, anybody can make a mistake. At least Joe cares about the middle class. In Athens, Ohio, campaigning in 2008, he got the faithful going with a shot at John McCain …
"Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs."
Yes, Joe, and 2 plus 2 equal 6,000.
Speaking to the House Democratic Caucus, at a retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia, Biden channeled his inner Yogi Berra and said, "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong."
Maybe, but what are the chances that he's going to get the name of the guy who put him on the ticket wrong.
"A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States – Barack America!"
Asked about Biden's flubs on a cable TV show, Rudy Giuliani, said "I mean, this guy just isn't bright. He's never been bright. He isn't bright. People think well, he just talks a little bit too much. Actually, he's just not very smart."
Really? Why? Just because he doesn't know what century we're living in?
I don't know about you, but I'm hoping we get the opportunity to miss Joe Biden.
Biden is a genius when compared to Reagan's ignorance. "TO ERR IS REAGAN" [Mark Green] , should convince any skeptic.
Hans Bethe stated "Pres.Reagan was the most ignorant person elected to that high office within living memory". Bethe lived to ninety-nine, [1906-2005.
Obama and Biden SUCK
Biden is very unique. Actually, quite amazing. The guy spews out the …goof… stupi…dum…. I can't find a word or words. I give up. The reason being that, when this man on the left speaks his literal nonsense, I am unable to counter with the typical "if someone on the right had said….." . I have been perplexed since the day I woke up, turned on the T.V. and there he was, giving the Eulogy at Strom Thurman's funeral.
You know, I have to say – Yes, a gaffe machine like Joe may make us cringe. I have thought many times in the past: Joe Biden as VP? A heartbeat away from the Presidency??
But I have to say now – if I had to pick between the two of them – Biden does not scare me half as much as Obama. Biden would govern as a [moderate?] left-wing Democrat. Obama governs as a Marxist/communist/socialist intent on helping out other countries (but not his brother George Obama in Kenya) by bringing down and bankrupting America, as well as weakening our national security. Biden is not the sharpest knife in the drawer – There he goes again! – but I believe he loves America and wants it to succeed. I have no delusions of that with Mr. Obama.
I just heard Obama say it again, he will put the unemployed back to work by using the money that we were spending on the war to pay back our debtor, the only thing about that is, we borrowed all that money from China, so Mr President, how were you going to pay off the deficit? I am starting to believe that our president really believe we are the dumbest people in the world. Everything Obama said last night, was like a bunch of clouds, but no rain in them, EMPTINESS.
Aboma the father of lies.
If we stopped buying newspapers and watching ABC.CBS.NBC.CNN.MSNBC or supporting their sponors would the Media go away. If one group has to be responsible for ruining this Country is not the stupid Politicans but the MEDIA we can never forget that.
It's all Nancy's fault … she has all those old f……kers like Joe and Harry likcking her raunchy P…..y and their brains are wasted .. just ask Ozzie
Yogi is smarter – no contest. He didn't insult people when he said funny stuff. Also, Yogi made money from a book of his quotes. Any chance that Biden will make money from his quotes? Nope. Any chance he ends up in a home before he hurts himself? Yes, in January.
So why is Biden such a lousy politician? Because politics is 90% mental and the other half involves common sense. Biden has neither.
What is it about Delaware that it could produce that I-am-not-a-witch chick AND Joseph Biden?
The country is ready for a little R&R…Romney and Ryan
Bernie, the Sierra Club recently too a public stance as being against trapping. It was a long step for Sierra but it was without full regard for what they would be doing were they to get the wish they expressed: trapping is essential to and as a management practice in the world of the out-of-doors, including good even for song birds. I do not comprehend how you could allow a Sierra Club advertisement ~ especially one of this nature ~ on your webpage.
Please: What am I missing or misunderstanding?
I think Obama picked Biden to show the contrast between someone really stupid and himself…I must say he didn't set the bar very high.
Now I know why you are not unloading on Obama's forged birth certificate, his forged selective service registration and his fraudulent SS#, it would leave us with Joe Biden. You may have a point but there is no excuse for allowing a man to have access to the nuclear football who is a fraud, a criminal and a usurper is nightmarish! You can make fun of Joe Biden but he is none of the above, plus the Republicans would win 48 of the 50 states if Joe was the Democrat nomination. I still believe Obama will not be on the ballot in November, he has too many substantial "October surprises" ahead of him.
Ah, but as long as he's not a Republican (Dan Quale, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan), the media just chuckles and tells us how much smarter he is that that dummy Sarah Palin.
It is an insult to Yogi to draw any comparison to Biden. How dare you!
Yogi knew what he was saying.
But Obama can make no other choice! Obama, like many of the liberal crowd, HAS to be the smartest gut in the room. Biden is his guy. Says a lot about our President's judgement, doesn't it?
The Lame Stream Media would have crucified Palin for these kind of mistakes. If she didn't make any, they'd make them up for her.
Now we know why Biden was chosen VP; he makes Obama look smart!!
Really funny! I particularly liked…" He can't know everything!"
That's quite a list there, but all of Biden's lapsus linguae pale against Michele Bachmann last year wishing Elvis Presley a "happy birthday" on the anniversary of his death.
Obviously Yogi Berra! He made much more sense.
It's like Cliff Claven, but without the logic, ability to reason or situational awareness.
Sure am glad R & R jumped back at O&B on the medicare debate; good decision! Now about the snake oil comment; if anybody was ever a snake-in-the-grass tag-team, it is O&B for sure with their sleezy politics.
Romney-Ryan should release one 30-second ad of his videotaped flubs (black & white, grainy and a little out of focus, of course.). 😉 You KNOW this stuff is NOT getting out via the lamestream media.
I like watching and listening to people like JB..they make me feel REALLY smart
It's been a fun read, both article and comment-wise. Of course, no one has even bothered to ponder which of them would be remembered longer, or would have a more lasting impact on American culture. Yogi Berra is a beloved American icon, a sports legend. Biden will be immediately and mercifully forgotten a year after he's out of office.
Ryan, speaking at a rally at Walsh University in North Canton Ohio –
"It's great to be here in North Canton, or as Joe Biden might say, it's great to be here in Nevada."
Contrary to some postings Joe is absolutely clueless about everyting. After years in the Senate I still wonder if he knows where the mens room is located. I believe it is too early for Republicans to go after "Good OLD Joe" but they should hammer the Obama-Biden
team starting inearly October. The key question should be "Whom would you prefer to be a heart beat away from the presidenency:"Good OLD Joe" Biden or a brilliant young Paul Ryan?
And here is why there is no hope for democrats. I recently met someone who works for the same company I do. They used to be big in democratic national politics. He has met Biden many times. When asked he told me Biden was a really smart guy.
Probably he thought Biden was smart because Biden always holds very liberal views (and we all know that the very act of being "liberal" makes one smart).
Good to hear Adolph Giuliani is still properly obnoxious….maybe someone can ask him why he ran the worst presidential campaign in recent history…..Remember Biden's great quote " Guiliani's campaign consists of a noun , a verb and 9/11″…..
Adolph Giuliani? Did you come up with that yourself? If so, I congratulate you. It's hilarious (even though I don't agree with the implication).
Thank you for the compliment…He's been called Adolph by New Yorkers since he first became Mayor….Authoritarian and obnoxious…You should have heard what he called those who disagreed with him….
Joe Biden may appear dumb and entertaining to you, but he's still more intelligent, smarter and string lots of sentences together than George W Bush ever did and will ever do.
"Joe Biden may appear dumb and entertaining to you, but he's still more intelligent, smarter and string lots of sentences together than George W Bush ever did and will ever do." Wow, he's more intelligent, AND smarter? Compared to President Bush, Biden's about as smart as a doughnut hole.
"When you get to a fork in the road, remember who put y'all in chains."
– Yogi Biden
Yogi Biden? This is getting better all the time. 😉
Some posters have reminded us of Bernie's notion that Joe could be pushed out for Hillary. Here's the risk, though-Joe's "medical condition" forces him to step down, BUT Hillary declines! What then, Obama could find his best chance is to pick the prisoner in W. Va. who got 42%?!
Poor old Joe. He would probably say "Line up in alphabetical oeder, according to height, weight, and party affiliation
Yogi was stupidly SMART,,,,, Joe is just stupid,
Amazing how you know who is stupid….Have you ever met Joe Biden? Ever talked to Joe Biden?
"Amazing how you know who is stupid….Have you ever met Joe Biden? Ever talked to Joe Biden?"
That's fair logic. I'm curious how much time you spent talking with Governor Palin.
Anyone who would attend a Joe Biden event (except for the pure entertainment value) has to be dumber then Joe if that's even possible. Rudy also said, "There's a real fear if, God forbid, he ever had to be entrusted with the presidency, whether he really has the mental capacity to handle it." That on its face ought to scare the American electorate half to death even if you're a Democrat!
Mark Levin recently said this, "Want a guaranteed Romney victory. Have Mitt schedule 10 debates between Ryan and Biden."
My take… you would only need one.
If Joe Biden leaves the stage the only person who will miss him is Cathy of Cathy' s Diner fame whom Sheriff Joe quoted as his source from the "common man' diner where he gets his information, sadly Cathy's had closed 20 years before Joe was aware of the closure , did he not know of the closure or is he simply stupid. After many such gaffs I opt for Joe's stupidity as Rudy Giuliani did. Joe, the common man, is a millionaire many times over and if OWS knew this they would protest his house[s].
Another frivolous, nonsensical Goldberg special. Should we go down the list of wierdo statements from intelligent people? have you ever listed those of lady Sarah?
Your mentor, Big Bill, makes the dumbest statements I have ever heard.
Bernie must spend at least 10 or 20 minutes writing this nonsense……….His appearances on O'Reilly are embarrassing and they sound like two old guys telling war stories in an old age home…
Guaranteed, they are more popular, smarter, more accurate and richer than you are or ever will be.
"Bernie must spend at least 10 or 20 minutes writing this nonsense……….His appearances on O'Reilly are embarrassing and they sound like two old guys telling war stories in an old age home…"
Awww, you poor little fella, being forced to watch such unpleasant stuff all the time.
Oh, don't like it when the shoe is on the other foot? Biden is and has always been the dithering idiot he appears to be, Bernie is just calling them like he sees them.
Still waiting for the SNL skit ridiculing this guy for being such a dimwit. Nah, not gonna happen. For liberals, Biden is the elephant in the room. Ryan at 42 is too young to be president? Maybe. But I'm positive Biden is too stupid. And Obama makes two.
Uh, they have done several skits featuring Biden on SNL. Jason Sudeikis, the actor that does the impersonation, plays him as a smiling dimwit.
Then I stand corrected. I honestly gave up on SNL once Belusi, Akroyd, Murray and the rest moved on and only went back for a short time when Dennis Miller did weekend update. Watching it now requires having to listen to liberal drivel. I guess Biden is too easy of a target for them to pass up.
But I betcha you haven't seen any skits where Obama is ridiculed as the clueless fool that he is. How about a skit where they all wet their pants laughing when Obama says we're going to turn our economy around with green jobs or that paying for Obamacare by slashing Medicare isn't going to mean we're rationing the elderly's healthcare.
Perhaps you should stop living in the past and get over your bitterness…how sad
SNL's political humor (and humor in general) is terrible right now. They esentially have a guy in blackface playing Obama and they only play up Romney as a boring guy. All political sketches only go for the obvious.
They no longer do any biting political satire and they are slanted a bit to the left but do poke fun at the President during Weekend Update frequently.
I do think that the shine is off Obama and little by little they losing their awe.
"Still waiting for the SNL skit ridiculing this guy for being such a dimwit."
" I honestly gave up on SNL once Belusi, Akroyd, Murray and the rest moved on and only went back for a short time when Dennis Miller did weekend update. "
Huh??????? Who's the dimwit?
hasn't Obama been President for four years? Did you think his getting/engaging of the Seals to get BL was the action of a dummy? ending the War in Iraq ahead of schedule. Getting thru the bipartisan HC reform bill? Implementing the TARP and helping Gm to be back at number one? credit carde reform? DA-DT? 29 months of uparrow job creation? 17 instances of tax relief for the small employer? HAIL JOHN BIRCH!!!
You are not sure yourself after adding 5 trillion dollars to the deficit, Man, you must be smoking some good stuff!!!
Ordering the SEALS to get Bin Laden? A junior officer could have made that call. A bipartisan Health Care Bill……You have got to be kidding me. It was barely passed through reconciliation; it was a totally partisan bill, you dolt. TARP? Oh yeah, a near trillion dollar payoff to Obama's cronies that amounted to nothing but a loss to the American people. Job Creation? You have got to be high; 8.3% reported unemployment with the real figure closer to 13%. I mean this in the nicest way possible; you're not too smart!
The bottom line is this:
Obama's 4 year tenure represents 1.6% of America's history and 33% of America's debt. Period! (Thanks to Eric Bolling)
You lost me at "passed a bipartisan HC bill". Are you joking. When did that happen? Am I losing my mind or was it pushed through the Senate on an obscure procedure and after buying off the few democrat holdouts. Don't you need BOTH parties voting yes to have something termed bipartisan. I don't have the #'s but about 98% of republicans voted no and every poll then and since show the majority don't want it.
Please tell me your post was tongue-in-cheek.
I'm not up on stats, but I think Yogi still holds the record for most home runs by a catcher.
Biden's "greatest" accomplishment is being picked as the insurance policy against an assassination attempt on his boss, an "honor" which I suppose he deserved after being known as the dumbest man in Washington for all those years.
Typical liberal whiner, demanding that a source of authority make the world in their image. If you don't like the comments here, get back to whichever Soros-funded organization you work for, and leave the debate to the grownups who can take criticism.
Keep you Biden loving panties in a bunch there Phil.
Better check your stats…Oh I forgot you'd have figure out how Google works…too much info for most Republicans…
Biden is the gift that keeps on giving. Trot him out every single day and let him talk all he wants.
And lay off Yogi – I loved that guy when I was a kid. He was part of one of the best Yankee teams ever – Mantle, Maris, Howard, Ford, Martin, and Yogi among others and he was pretty successful as a manager, too.
These comments make me think that Biden is mistake-prone – rather impulsive & verbally clumsy, not necessarily stupid. What's ridiculous, however, is the way people tend to handle these mistakes. Any error like these from Sarah Palin (which, face it, they have happened) is an automatic condemnation to the Idiot hall of fame. Biden, though? An innocent mistake.
Pretty sure Joe the Clown was brain damage when his aneurysm burst. Wonder if we can get a copy of his brain MRI with a FOIA request.
I hope one day your grandkids mock you for misspeaking…what moronic talk….
Why is it moronic? You libs have been screaming for Romney's tax records. Why shouldn't we see the health records of the man who may have his finger on the button if anything were to happen to Obama? I don't think it's moronic at all.
Because false tax returns subject individuals and corporations to criminal charges….What relevance do health records have to the job of POTUS?
They have a lot of relevance if the person in question has been brain-damaged and then had to decide whether to go to war, etc. People who have suffered "trauma," as you call it. While they may deserve compassion and a chance to make the most of their life, they do not necessarily deserve the job of Commander in Chief.
Don't you think that it should be left to voters to determine who deserves the job? Are you talking about physical or menatl trauma?
The man that you fell in love, won again so can we see his college transcripts yet??? What about his application(college) where he used the name Barry- I'm sure he simply misspelled. The duel citizen prez and apparently born in two states.
brain damage? no…just a trauma situation based upon a family tragedy. hasn't hurt his work in DC. He tends to gaffe alot. Is that a big deal?
Apparently it was a big deal whenever Bush made them. Maybe your compassion only extends to those with whom you agree.
Yes, Phil, like you, Biden is the gift that keeps on giving with his humorous non-sequiters.
That settles it. Mr Biden should immediately resign & take his immediate supervisor with him.
Really? Well, we'll see if Obama voter suppression actually works. then we can overturn ACA along with Romneycare, change Medicar into a voucher system, andkiss what's left of the middle class goodbye to support the new 25% top tax rate.
I'll take the voucher anytime over the govt. system & find my own insurance. Anything the govt. touches turns to crap.
Voter suppression? You mean not allowing dead people to "vote"? I'm sure the Democrats will have enough "walking around money" to load up the vans with all the deadbeats and riffraff on the streets and get them to the polls.
Phil, what are you smoking and can I get it free with Obamacare????
Biden has an airtight excuse for all the gaffes. They weren't his. He plagiarized them.
Hilarious stuff, Bernie. But please, you need to work on your headlines. I almost skipped reading the column because the answer was just so obvious.
Hilarious. Terrific. Mock a guy with an obvious trauma condition…which has not hurt his work at all.
Right, he still does "foot in mouth" flawlessly.
I'm not sure I'd say it hasn't affected his work if he can't get out more than a couple of simple sentences without coming across as a blithering idiot, Phil. Do we really want someone this gaffe-prone just a heartbeat away from the Presidency? Personality and ethics aside (where I'm sure you'd like them, in Biden's case), wherever stupid comes from, it probably shouldn't be encouraged to take up residence in the White House.
Despite your contention to the contrary, I don't think Biden's shortcomings have anything to do with the aneurysms he suffered. I'd seen a fair amount of him in 1987 and earlier; enough to know that the arrogance, inarticulateness, and ethical lapses didn't suddenly come on post-surgery. But perhaps you and I have different standards. Perhaps he should be given a pass on everything because of his medical condition.
Now that I think about it, I do seem to recall you. Weren't you the guy that used to hang around street corners in the mid-1980s criticizing the left-wing attacks on President Reagan's age and perceived decline in cognitive abilities? Weren't you the guy making the rounds on talk shows a few years ago slamming Democrats for attacking President Bush as dim-witted and stupid, and then John McCain as too old to be President? And haven't you done a lot of work with Liberals for Increased Ethics and Civility in Political Discourse (although I guess you guys are probably better known by your acronym, OXYMORON)? So yeah, I stand corrected.
Your compassion for Biden is about as sincere as your moral outrage about Governor Romney's alleged tax transgressions.
You failed to pull out the race card. Either you're slipping or it's stuck in there.
Just proves the media is in the tank for Obama.
Well then the media must have been in the tank for Bush also…..How did an incompetent like George W. Bush win twice?
How did Bush win twice? Look at who he was running against! Question answered.
And who was MccAin running against? As you didn't vote for Obama and have hated him since January 21, 2009 who cares about your vote? You would vote for Nixon if he was running again?
Funny, especially being that I DID vote for Obama in 2008. I'm still quite embarrassed about that gaffe. I won't be making that mistake again this year!
Depending on what State you live in it won't matter much. If you are embarrassed by your votes I have to assume you didn't vote for Bush…
Bush didn't run in 2008. It's a term-limits thing. Presidents can only serve two terms in office. However I did vote for Bush both times.
He won against Gore after getting much less of the popular viote and by the action of the Scalia court to stop a recount. See Vincent Bugliosi book. He won in 2004 because Foxnews "swiftboated" a decent guy out of contention.
Per the Constitution, George W. Bush was president despite Gore getting a LITTLE more of the popular vote. Also per the Constitution, SCOTUS' ruling was correct.
You must hate the Constitution and the military. Gore tried to leave certain votes out of the recount process (which SCOTUS said was a no-no), and succeeded in having the ballots cast by overseas service members disallowed.
On Kerry: if by "decent" you mean "gold-digging, opportunistic, and phony", I agree with you.
Gore tried to steal the race as will Obummer. Swiftboat Kerry lost because the truth came out about his "heroic service" during 4 months in Viet Nam.
Please, Phil, go take a nap, before you mommy gives you a spanking.
He won despite a Demoncrat run media that actively supported the Demoncrats. Just because the media is in the Demoncrats pocket does not automatically mean the Demoncrats win.
And your point is what? The media is only important to those who work in the media and those who are looking for an excuse as to why their candidate lost…Based upon what you're saying the Dems should never lose an election because they have the media behind them…
Government service is working for your country….Biden could have made alot more money in the law business than he made as Senator or VP….
Or as one of the Three Stooges.
yes, esp. Newscorp, Limbaugh, NRA, Jerome Corsi, Alex Jones, Drudge, Gaffney, Beck, hannity, O'Reilly, Coulter, InGraham.
No, Phil, you just named the handful of columnists and commentators that are not carrying water for Obummer.
This pathetic CLOWN was defeated by the Peter Principle years ago! No wonder he wound up in the U S Government! The dumb bas tard couldn't qualify for any other job.
3 gaffes in 3 days? Isn't that some kind of record?
Ya gotta wonder who's writing his speeches or if it's a deliberate to distract from Obumble's disaster of an economy.
I'm thinking Joe will fall conveniently ill just before his debate with Ryan, and Obumble will step in. That'd still be a hoot since Ryan can hold his own!
In that case, I'll have my pencil and paper ready to count the "ums", "uhs", "ahs" and countless dumb looks from obaMAO.
Nah. For Joe Biden, three gaffes in three days is just warming up!
lady palin has the Guinness on that.
I think we need to give Joe at least 3 do over answers during the debate with Ryan. If not, I am afraid Joe will break down weeping after the first five minutes. Either that or he may ask somebody in audience to come take his place…
I think I know why Obama has not had attempts at his life……it has been the thought that Biden would then become POTUS! God! can you imagine that possibilty…that Biden would become POTUS
Whom would you have a heart beat away from being a president ? Joe Biden vs Paul Ryan http://shar.es/vPiFC
Without a doubt, Paul Ryan. The man has the moral "center" (honesty, integrity, duty, etc.) and the intellect needed to deal with critical issues on our behalf.
You would rather have Eddie Munster…why because you loved a moron like Sarah Palin?
Governor Palin is smarter than Biden, but being smarter than Biden isn't exactly a major achievement.
Moreover, she is smarter than Obama, just not slick enough to satisfy the shallow masses.
Obviously Sarah Palin is smarter than you…I'm amazed at your thought process…perhaps you just like arguing….
And there is ample proof here that I am vastly smarter than you. There'd be even more proof if you didn't flee whenever things got too challenging for you.
You ought to stop being so hateful, though. It doesn't make you appear smart, just liberal.
Really? Smarter?Biden did not quit his post because it was too detailed.
You are repeating a falsehood. Check your facts next time.
If you think Biden is anything more than a blathering simpleton, check your cognitive skills.
I agree with your assesment of Biden.
It's one thing to misspeak and commit a harmless gaffe like saying "strategery" when the proper word is strategy, or like saying "corpseman" when the proper word is corpsman. It's another thing entirely to blame the death of a man's wife on the head of a corporation that laid off its employees before going out of business, especially when the facts don't bear out the complaint. It's another thing entirely to suggest that someone who suggests needed Medicare reforms is going to push an old lady in a wheelchair over a cliff. And it's really despicable to suggest to a largely black audience that the Republican presidental candidate wants to bring back slavery.
"Biden is a careless and foolish man. He is not morally qualified to be the Vice President. But then again, neither is his boss.
And you a re a judge of someone else's morality based upon what? Your vast experience in government service? Your knowledge of the legal world? Your wtching too much Fox News?
Why in hell would you think "vast experience in government service" equates to an ability to judge another's morality? Your comment is a prime example of the idiocy of the Left. You worship government as if it were a god. You should move to a country where communism still plays a role. You'll do well there.
Your share gadget SUCKS…. I want to e-mail a friend…How do I do it with that unfriendly tool???????
The Biden/Ryan debates are sure to please.
No one likes to see retard beatings.
Your use of the word 'retard' makes you look more of a fool than Biden.
Mental retardation (MR) is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors.The terms used to describe this condition are subject to a process called the euphemism treadmill. This means that whatever term is chosen for this condition, it eventually becomes perceived as an insult. The terms mental retardation and mentally retarded were invented in the middle of the 20th century to replace the previous set of terms, which were deemed to have become offensive. By the end of the 20th century, these terms themselves have come to be widely seen as disparaging and politically incorrect and in need of replacement.[2] The term intellectual disability or intellectually challenged is now preferred by most advocates in most English-speaking countries. Clinically, however, mental retardation is a subtype of intellectual disability, which is a broader concept and includes intellectual deficits that are too mild to properly qualify as mental retardation, too specific (as in specific learning disability), or acquired later in life, through acquired brain injuries or neurodegenerative diseases like dementia. Intellectual disabilities may appear at any age. Developmental disability is any disability that is due to problems with growth and development. This term encompasses many congenital medical conditions that have no mental or intellectual components, although it, too, is sometimes used as a euphemism for MR.[3] Because of its specificity and lack of confusion with other conditions, mental retardation is still the term most widely used and recommended for use in professional medical settings, such as formal scientific research and health insurance paperwork. Who da fool now, beach?
Saying someone has mental retardation (in a clinical sense) and refering to someone as a retard are two completely different things. I don't believe the post above had anything to do with a diagnosis. The poster was being derogatory and I do not find it appropriate.
Actually, in Biden's case, it is indeed an accurate diagnosis.
I suppose a reference to special olympics bowling is more appealing to your tastes.
"No one likes to see retard beatings."
That is a disgusting comment.
The terms used to describe this condition are subject to a process called the euphemism treadmill. This means that whatever term is chosen for this condition, it eventually becomes perceived as an insult. So whatever pc term you are currently using, will eventually become an insult, so you are the one using a "disgusting comment," as it is merely a matter of timing.
We do some interesting things with language, Iowa48. One of the most interesting is the way we choose to take offense at certain words.
I remember when I started out in mental health, about twenty years ago, there was a big debate going on among enlightened MH workers as to whether we should continue to refer to those we served as "clients". Many felt the term was somehow demeaning. They thought we should refer to our customers as "consumers".
Somewhere in the process a large group of our customers got together for one of their support group meetings and were asked whether or not we should call them "clients" or "consumers". The overwhelming majority said they were perfectly happy to be referred to as "clients", so of course we started calling them "consumers". I don't know how the customers felt about this, but apparently it made some of us who worked in the field feel better about ourselves.
Who is the retard Eddie Munster Ryan?
I think we all know that Yogi is much more accomplished than Joe. Yogi was always funny, Joe is a buffoon.
"Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the
number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack
says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs."
I just about died laughing at this one!
Uh, I think Government Motors IS making 20th century automobiles, that's why nobody wants them
With Obama campaign go low, that's the kind of answer Romney needs
Biden is twice as smart by half as anyone who voted for him. Same goes for his boss.
I agree. The key phrase there is "anyone who voted for him."
Effective leaders surround themselves with the most effective team they can in order to succeed. Obama surrounds himself with fools so he can pretend to succeed.
In 2008, Obama/Biden ran on Hope and Change. In 2012, they're running on Anger and Envy. And based on what I'm hearing, it's working. How sad.
Shame on you for bringing an innocent to this party. You owe Berra an apology.
Biden's world is full of old racial stereotypes. He is uninformed. He is lazy. He can barely carry a thought beyond one sentence. He craves attention, and he thinks the way to get it is to use tag lines.
Do you think Biden would have been offended if someone had told him after the speech, 'that's mighty white of you Joe'? I think not.
There it is, and it isn't pretty.
Let's put Biden on Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader? That would be really interesting to see Joe once again make a fool of himself!!!
Noun:A ridiculous but amusing person; a clown.Synonyms:clown – jester – zany – harlequin – fool – merry-andrew – Joe Biden
What I get a kick out of is someone like Bill Mahre who calls Paul Ryan an idiot just like Palin, but you could bet your house he'd call Joe brilliant.
No one would call Biden brilliant.
I've been blessed to have spent many hours with Yogi and not once did he ever ask me what state he's in and he's doesn't get lost with forks in the road
To refer to Yogi ( Larry) in the same sentence with Biden is to do disservice to Mr. Berra. After all Yogi could hit a pitch out of the strike zone, Biden doesn't know where the strike zone is, and perhaps thinks it is where the AFL-CIO headquarters is located.
We could all empathize with Berra. In many cases, he just canonized the obvious (as he perceived it). With Biden we can't be sure – from 'BFD' (so vice presidential) to "chains" to "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong."
Perhaps he could have thought through and said we might not be successful. Articulating fallacy, rather than reducing the clarity between "right" and/or "wrong".
The word out "in the street" at lease far as my neighbor goes, Paul Ryan is a religious right winger religious zealot. She doesn't know whom to vote for but a lot of us are afraid of religious folk who try to push their own agenda on some of us who do not share their opinion or beliefs. On the other hand he seems more practical about about the economy. I'd would have voted for Yogi Berra anytime . Joe Biden from my overall impression had been rather neutral in the scheme of things.
The street is also where whores and drug dealers and other assorted criminal trash hang out. Your information about Paul Ryan is just as reliable. Do your own research, and think for yourself.
We have abundant reason to rejoice, that, in this land, the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. In this enlightened age, & in this land of equal liberty, it is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining & holding the highest offices that are known in the United States. Part of a letter George Washington wrote, I guess according to your neighbor most men elected to president wouldn't have.
Both Biden and Ryan are Catholics….there is no 'degree' of Catholicism. There are none more "radical" than others. You either are Catholic or you aren't. John F Kennedy was a Catholic. You need to relax, no one is going to push their religious beliefs on you. First and foremost, they can't. It's against the Constitution. You should know this.
Ask your neighbor when was the last time he saw Ryan holding a Bible on a pulpet, preaching the word of God. Ryan may have his own religious beliefs as many of us do, but what piece of legislation has Paul Ryan proposeded that pushed his religious beliefs (if indeed he has any) on the rest of us? Has your neighbor given you a concrete example of Paul Ryan's religious zealotry?
Joe Biden is a catholic coward, but he is NOT NEUTRAL. Just one example is enough-he supports a health care bill pushing a left-wing zealot position (free birth control and abortion pills) on employers. As Drew says below, what's Paul Ryan done to use gov't to push his religious views on others? If Ryan is a right wing religious zealot, you would not know it from his record. You and your neighbor ought to be afraid of zealots who try to push their agenda on you, and if you keep your ears open, you'll discover a fear of democrats.
On it goes Bernie. The Dems are ahead but they are ahead with polls polling bigger samples of Dems and they are depending on stupid comments to lure the……stupid. How many Indies, Reagan Dems, Libertarians , TEAS think that the Pub duo is going to chain blacks or shackle the economy?? If anybody has put people in eco. chains , it is the last 3.8 yrs. of Obamacare, debt, deficit, taxes, regs and spending hikes. Smears seem to work on the uninformed and bitter. We shall see if there are more takers than makers and producers over non-producers. If the takers win, the Republic is done.
Yogi Berra caught a perfect game. In a World Series.
I can't remember which commentator called Joe Biden the Presidents life insurance.
That's all good Bernie, but it's kinda surfacy stuff easily attributable to poor public speaking skills. I'd like to see him caught in more lies and dirty fear mongering.
To mention anything about Joe Biden really could result in bad karma . . . . one in which Hillary could be introduced as Obama's choice for VP.
Chicago politics is what it is: unAmerican . . . and for the Saul Alinsky statists.
"The Next President of the United States–Paul Ryan!!!!"
Let me introduce to you the next President — the next Vice
President of the United States of America, Joe Biden.
On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line
of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here
today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.
I've now been in 57 states — I think one left to go.
In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas.
Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.
My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history
of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change
Do I need to continue??
It finally hit me. Joe actually plagiarized Yogi! To answer your question, Yogi is smarter because there always was an element of truth to those funny things he said, like, "Nobody goes there any more because it's too crowded." Think for a moment. How many times have you decided not to go to a particular restaurant because it's too crowded?!
Unfortunately most voters don't get to see the "real" Biden, nor Obama for that matter. The Left-wing media is still a powerful and open advocate for Obama/Biden.
It's time for some R and R or R & R!
The VP debates will be like Mario Andretti debating Rainman on who is the better driver. No offense to Rainman.
This just shows you how unimportant a VP is when the President is young and healthy. Look at how many people were afraid of Palin as a VP – McCain was not young and healthy. So, we all will be asking ourselves why so many are afraid of Ryan as a VP when Romney is young and healthy – and actually smart too.
Be afraid Obama / Biden supporters – be very afraid.
You don't realize the problem. Joe has to open his mouth to change feet.
Looks like a hate fest today from all of Bernie's older white neighbors….How great the haters have a place to congregate….
We are just giving back a little of the enormous amount of this "treatement", received from the other side. Looks like they do not like the taste of their own medicine!
It's good to see that you use the collective "we are just giving back"….good therapy and safer than watching Fox News….LOL
Get back in line before you miss your next government handout. 😉
I accept all government handouts I qualify for as well as all tax deductions I qualify for…..Dont' you?
What;s the matter ? Race card not working anymore ? Start using "The Haters". Any time a Lib wants to Criticize a rule of law or another persons opinion and can't think of an intelligent comment they use "racist or the Haters". what a bunch of garbage. Don't agree with me , you are a "Hater". Don't believe in ignoring immigration law ? You are a "Racist". Get an opinion , don't just sit there and call people names like a 5 year old. It doesn't work anymore.
Few Republicans are racists.. They are just prejudiced against anyone or anything they are not familiar with like minorities, gays and educated people…
"Few Republicans are racists.. They are just prejudiced against anyone or anything they are not familiar with like minorities, gays and educated people…"
Said the chronic conservative/Republican/FNC basher A*s**l*.
I am prejudiced against hateful and ignorant people….unless they are my relatives….then I have lots of tolerance…..LOL
Are you kidding or what? Obama has divided this country on race so bad it's not funny.
Are your Black and Latino neighbors and friends not talking to you because Obama is POTUS? Have your minority friends stopped inviting over for dinner? Do you have contact with any minorities other than those who cut your grass? This country is "more divided"? Based on wha? The race baiters on FOX NEWS?
I never got an answer from you: let's make a bet, where Harry Reid either backs up his infamous claim that Governor Romney failed to pay taxes (upon which I agree to vocally support and vote for Obama) or fails to back it up (upon which you agree to vocally support and vote for Mitt Romney).
Man up, sonny.
In the litigation world that's called "proving a negative"…Harry Reid siad someone told him…The someone is supposedly John Huntsman Sr… If he doesn't show his returns we'll never know the facts…
You're not copping out this time.
This is so simple even you should understand it. It's not Governor Romney's responsibility to prove his accuser wrong. It's his accuser's responsibility to prove himself right. If you still don't get it, have someone close to you explain it again using less syllables or visual aids.
This isn't about Romney showing us anything so we'll know the facts. This is about Reid showing us whether he actually knows what he claims, or he is a lying scum.
So, you still gonna take the coward route?
That's not how it works in the court of public opinion or in civil litigation…You have no clue what you are talking about but if Romney would rather lose the election than show his returns I'm OK with it…
Damn, copping out is a regular hobby for you.
Enjoy the coward route, hope it has lovely scenery.
Absurd bet………I will bet you $100 to the charity of your choice that Obama wins…
Is there the slightest possibility that Joe's senility will reach a point soon that Obama will declare him brain-dead and choose Hilary to be his VP mate?
"It ain't over til it's over" Stranger things have happened in the bottom of the 9th.
The question should be who's smarter Bernie Goldberg or Yogi Berra…… Biden and Berra have had great accomplishments and have served their country…What's Bernie and his boss O'Reilly ever done for anyone but themselves?
By asking the question, it seems that the answer can confuse you more.
Perhaps….LOL ..Bernie's greatest accomplishment is being able to maintain his fine head of hair at his age….
Watch Bernie's work on 48 Hours and Real Sports on HBO. Its excellent stuff and not usually involving politics so you cant use that against him with those shows. If you do, then you my friend, are the biased one.
Now who sounds like the hatemonger…if you hate Bernie don't come back to this website, get a life. I left the schoolyard many years ago, how about you? You can disagree with Bernie's politics without resorting to personal attacks.
Bernie had the balls to stand up to the Democratic Media Monolith and walk away from his long tenure at CBS, I'm sure it was not something hid did lightly. I'm sure it would have been far easier for him to keep his mouth shut, collect a big paycheck from CBS and keep the cocktail party invitations coming, but he chose to quit CBS, write the book "Bias" and sound the alarm about the liberal monopoly over the news media in America. Know one cares if you are a liberal thinker, the news media from Murrow/Cronkite/Brokaw/Rather/Jennings and so many others deliver the news from the same POV and refuse to take any responsibility for their own bias. Bill O'Reilly, Fox News and all the bloggers on the net are a response to a 40 year monopoly on the message. Liberals are pissed because they no longer control the message.
You want to disagree with politics, fine go right ahead. You can make a substantive argument without schoolyard bullying. If you hate Bernie, don't come back here….he doesn't have to keep this forum open…it's his website, he can shut down this forum if he wants…he is gracious enough to allow bullies like you to air your opinions. If you hate Fox, don't watch. But you don't have the right to control the message or bully and personally attack those with whom you disagree.
Wow…You sound angry and victimized…playing the victim seems to be a common theme among Goldberg followers….if you don't like the message attack the messenger..
Wow..if that's not the pot calling the kettle black! At least I'm not hiding behind an anonymous comment…the MO of a liberal bully.
Bernie's won Emmys at CBS and HBO and has tried to discuss about bias in the mainstream media for the purpose of making it more trustworthy that people would believe them and explain what exactly that bias is. What have you done is my question?
Who are you Bernie Goldberg's publicist? Bernie has had a nice career and was a respected journalist before he became O'Reilly's butt boy….Bernie has become a an Archie Bunker type charachter..What's unfortunate is that his only agenda is too make money form other old white folks..
Berra served his country. Biden's been in politics his entire life.
Bernie and O'Reilly have offered those of us who refused to drink the Left's Kool-Aid an alternative source of information and analysis. In a democracy, that is a valuable service.
How did Biden ever get elected to office? What a buffoon, I think most of America has higher IQ's than this idiot!
Same way Obummer got elected – a very ignorant electorate.
Check out #GuessBidensNextGaffe on Twitter, some of those comments are hilarious.
Well, Bernie,
I don't know about you, but I'll miss Yogi Berra more than Joe Biden. Yogi had a way of stumbling upon the truth and leaving us laughing after he tripped up. Those were the good old days when a nickel was worth a dime.
Sue Nolan
Lima, Peru
Even Yogi Bear is smarter than Joe Biden. I don't know how they get away with these racist comments. Do you remember during the 2008 campaign, Joe said you can't go into a 7/11 and not here people speaking funny English? Of course he was referring to the people from India, who happen to work for a living and don't come to this country relying on welfare, like a lot of our own people do.
Conservatives are pounding the drum about Biden's gaffes…but will the liberal media? A few weeks ago they HAMMERED Mitt Romney in London for a pseudo-gaffe…but will Biden get a pass…(MEDIA BIAS 101) Not to think like a conspiracy theorist but the Biden buffoonery could be a calculated measure by Team Obama….Obama would have to choose the nuclear option, dump Biden and put Hillary on the ticket. Yet that would seem desperate and pathetic, wouldn't it?
What politician gets a pass on a gaffe? It's what cable news is all about….stop whining and playing the victim…Romney is a pathetic politician who runs on Fox every day to whine and play victim….
Stop denying the mainstream media has a liberal bias in the way it covers or doesn't cover newsstories. And stop acting like Fox is some fire-breathing monster ready to devour liberals. You're just simply a leftist with an agenda and your type of people is what's ruining America.
Who is the mainstream media? Anyone who doesn't agree with you? Stop whining…there is plenty of media for all of us to read..if you can read?
I'm ruining America? Your blaming me for your problems? Look in the mirror….
If you hate whiners, why are you such a loyal supporter of Obama, and why do you keep coming here and whining?
My loyalty is not to Obama its to the people who make this country a great place to live..America is unique because we have the higher percentage of middle class families than other countries. Republicans don't give a damn about workers or their families..They all practice one religion….GREED..
"Republicans don't give a damn about workers or their families..They all practice one religion….GREED.."
Say that if you please, but you have no right to call others bigots then.
Webster Dictionary definition of bigot—a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
You need to stop drinking the kool-aid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I prefer Diet Pepsi…..Kool Aid is what Republican millionaires feed their minions …I'm sure if Romney wins he'll find a war to start to get the public to forget their problems and rally around the flag…Also Fox News loves wars….
Why is it that liberals like you always bring up RACE?
When did I bring up RACE?
The reason is that the left takes Romney seriously and nobody takes Biden seriously.
Let's just hope he's unemployed come November!!!!!
Who? Me? Miss Joe Biden? I hope that my laughter can be heard echoing all through what passes for Mr. Gaffe-a-Minute's cranial corridors.;)
What an absolute moron. What worries us more is that this guy was re-elected to the US Senate, how many times? Scary!
His jobs comment is asinine. Reminds us of a Canadian politician, when responding to the then Premier of a province, who was touting about all the "jobs…… that's J-O-B-S…." he was and would be creating said, "I don't have a problem with the J-O, it's the B-S that worries me".
Why hasn't the main stream media jumped on his "chains" comment? The innuendo is unmistakable. Had a Republican candidate made a like comment, they'd have been down on him faster than a duck on a June bug.
We've never witnessed a Presidential campaign with the degree of viciousness being waged by one side of the equation. We believe it is unprecedented in the electoral history of the United States.
I fully expect an October surprise from The Chosen One's campaign.With the Joe Biden gaffe machine on permanent display, an "unanticipated medical concern" could occur, paving the way for Hillary as VP. Gov. Palin mentioned it in passing last night on Greta(which I think was an "oops" moment), but it may be all Obama has left…
Glad that he is campaigning in all 57 States!
These "Biden" moments have to be deliberate, no human being could make such howlers by accident!
Joe Biden's the kind of
Here's the scariest part- when Joe Biden was put on the ticket in '08, his long Senate career would give the needed "gravitas". Which is too say, Obama had less "gravitas" than Biden. And despite these hilarious, chronic malaprops by old Joe, it's true-he has more gravitas than Obama, who has none.
The Hair Club may be harvesting too deeply into the back of his head! He reminds me of car salesmen I've met over the years.
Awh, come on!
Give the poor guy a break will ya. I don't think he's ever got his own name wrong yet, or has he?
Anyway it's probably quite a challenge for the guy just to get dressed every day so have some compassion will ya:)
I still love him telling everyhone how FDR got on TV after the stock market crash. No tv and he wasn't president at the time but hey, like every democrat, never let a fact get in the way of a good soundbite.
Thanks for reminding me of one of the funniest of his numerous Ignorant Rants! I had forgotten about that one. lol!
You're going to get a lot of complaints from Yogi fans.
Nah! Yogi fans are as lighthearted as he was. They know a joke is coming way before anyone else does
I'd bet getting Yogi to stick to the script was the biggest problem when he shot the Aflac commercial.
My comment was meant lightheartedly as well. Meanwhile, I've been in a good mood all day just because we're talking about Yogi!
And dont' forget what he said about Obama being "clean and articulate" and his 7-11, Indians comments. Can you imagine if he were a Republican? He'd be called stupid and racist. Classic media bias.
Now we all know what would have happened if HE were elected president and Obama the vice….it is so scary to think about it. Dumb and dumber !
Every time I see Biden on TV I feel my IQ growing…
Biden has the mouth that keeps on giving! Love the free entertainment. By the way, Yogi is a genius!
At least Yogi knew what he was doing
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A few weeks ago, Dover Fire Capt. Mike Mossor was approached with an unusual idea. A local resident told him about a grant geared toward providing oxygen masks specifically for cats and dogs.
A few weeks ago, Dover Fire Capt. Mike Mossor was approached with an unusual idea. A local resident told him about a grant geared toward providing oxygen masks specifically for cats and dogs.
Mossor liked the idea. He knew from experience how attached people are to their pets, even in the chaos and aftermath of a fire.
"If they have pets, most of the time, folks are pretty emotional," he said.
While the Dover firefighters have been known to use oxygen masks to save man's best friends, Mossor recognized an opportunity to improve pet-rescue efforts.
So he applied for a grant, and within two weeks, the Dover Fire Department owned two pet oxygen-mask kits from Invisible Fence of Canton.
The company, according to owner Rob Myers, has established "Project Breathe" with the goal of equipping every fire station in America and Canada with pet oxygen masks.
The purpose of the donations is to allow firefighters to administer oxygen to pets suffering from smoke inhalation when rescued from fires.
"We realize that humans are the first priority, but, in many cases, pets can be saved if firefighters have the right equipment," said Myers. "Project Breathe is simply a way of giving firefighters the tools necessary to save pets' lives."
Each kit contains a set of three sizes of oxygen masks for dogs and cats, Mossor said. He noted that one set is on the ladder truck, which is the first truck taken to fires within the city, and the other is on Engine 201, the first truck taken to fires in Dover Township.
Mossor was quick to emphasize that firefighters don't typically respond to animal calls. The masks are "simply a tool we can use if we come across an animal that has been overcome by smoke in a fire."
When they do, they'll be better equipped to help pets rather than use human masks that simply don't fit.
"It's amazing," he said. "You put some oxygen on a dog (or a cat), and it perks them right up."
Mossor said cats and dogs react differently in fires. "Cats are funny creatures. They'll usually hide," he said. "Dogs will get out, if they can."
Mossor said there are a lot of animal lovers in the fire department, so it was a great opportunity to win the grant. "I like dogs a lot. Most of the guys I work with do," he said, referring to his black lab, Silas.
Mossor has been able to do a few demonstrations for pet rescues on his dog.
"He is a goofball. He just thought it was a game," he said.
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I walked into the best Halloween party of my life just as
Talking Heads started burning down the house.
The first thing I saw was that famous roach, Gregor Samsa,
dancing with the pallid Ophelia. Somebody else was dolled
up like Edith Wharton. Somebody else was John the Baptist,
a blood-spattered cardboard platter cut to fit around his
neck. There were a couple of the witches from MacBeth. And
Lolita, prepubescent of course.
I was dressed as Madeline. A classmate in a nuns habit could
have passed as Miss Clavell.
Theres nothing like the schizophrenic blend of English graduate
students buttoned-up teaching assistants, lit. crit. snobs
and bloodthirsty budding writersat a Halloween party.
That might not sound like fun to you, but since, these days,
the only Halloween parties Ive gone to have been for kids.
Little girls dressed up like Ariel and Belle and Britney Spears.
Boys dressed up like Chucky and Jason or Keanu Reeves. Its
not my idea of the high life.
Halloween is pretty much a bust if youre an adult. You get
up and down to answer the doorbell 50 times between 6 and
9, handing out candy to kids you know dont brush their teeth
properly. And then you go to bed praying your car wont get
egged. What kind of fun is that?
Not much.
I think its time to reappropriate trick or treat. Trick or
treat for grownups.
Remember Amelie from the movie Amelie? I know that
shes a bit of a goody-two-shoesshe goes around spreading
all kinds of sweetness and good cheer where its deservedbut
shes also got a shadow side. For all the random and sundry
bad guys who people her world, she creates clever little punishments.
Anonymous ones, of course.
Im thinking thats what Id like to do.
Put a whole new spin on trick or treat.
I bet Im not alone in knowing people whose cars Id like
to egg or whose mailboxes Id like to fill with shaving cream.
Not that Id do it, of course. Fine upstanding citizen that
I am, it would never do to have the local Lutheran pastor
in town court pleading guilty to smashing pumpkins.
But it sure cant hurt to figure out just who Id give my
treats to and who would end up with tricks.
For the most part, treats are easier. I can think of a half-dozen
people right off the top of my head who deserve something
For my mortgage broker and my financial planner who, between
the two of them, have answered more stupid questions from
me than from most of their clients combined, a carton of Pay
Day bars. Or lots of those mesh bags of foil-wrapped coins.
My hairdresser, who dispenses advice about life while dispensing
volumizing products into my hair (to give my hair what she
calls boo-vee-voo-vay), already keeps stashes of candy around
the salon. She should have a boa. Im sure she already has
a oneor maybe several. But you can never have too many boas.
And my dentist. Well, my dentist defies categorization. I
usually just tell people hes nuts. But thats shorthand for
all of the many things he isdriven, compassionate, funny,
blunt, outrageous. Hes too good for candy. Plus, theres
the tooth-decay thing. So maybe a copy of Frank Zappa singing,
Moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon.
But theres nothing interesting in hearing about treats, right?
Its the tricks that are more fascinating.
So I would happily deposit a bunch of Sour Patch Kids on the
doorstep of a Volvo dealer who sold a car out from under me.
For the plumber who installed a disposal named Bonecrusher
in my sink, then proceeded to tell me I needed a new $900
pipe to go along with it, Id send a carton of Lemonheads.
For the wandering raker who promised to rake my lawn, then
proceeded to bilk me and a bunch of my neighbors for cash,
Id send bubble gum. Chewed already. Stuck to the soles of
his shoes to slow him down a bit.
You know, Im not fundamentally a vengeful person, but I think
I could get into this. Unwrapped York Peppermint Patties left
on the seats of coworkers you didnt like. Packages of Sugar
Babies sent anonymously to deadbeat dads. Curses spelled out
in candy corn. Gummy worms coated in vegetable oil and slipped
into the pockets of people you were mad at.
And there is probably a whole language of candy out there
to be applied to elected officials, both sweet and sour.
This could be a whole new Halloween tradition.
For now, though, Ill keep on handing out treats to those
who treat me well: Godiva chocolates for the woman who drives
my daughter to her job each time Im too busy; Bob the Builder
suckers for my car-shopping coach; Butterfingers for my massage
therapist; Swedish fish for the Norwegian who installed my
stove; chocolate Ice Cubes for the ones behind the counter
at Starbucks who remember my face and my order, Jelly Bellys
for anybody with a belly laugh.
I know, its all kind of tame. Tomorrow is Halloween and all
I can think of is cute tricks and treacle-y treats. Maybe
Im losing my edge. Maybe its time I put on a nightgown and
a circlet of flowers, powder my face rice-paper white and
run off in search of the madly dancing Gregor Samsa.
can contact Jo Page at firstname.lastname@example.com.