ryyannon

Given enough power, anyone is dangerous. As to GWB's intelligence (or lack thereof), here's a long essay on just that - along with a multitude of other subjects. Worth reading if you enjoy good writing - even if you disagree with the author's judgement: http://www.ejectejecteject.com/archives/000136.html If you don't want to read the whole thing, scroll down the page a bit to "The War of the Bumper Stickers" - that's the part about Bush. An excerpt: "What George W. Bush is, however, is inarticulate. English is his second language. From what I can see he does not have a first language. Abraham Lincoln spoke in simple frontier language in an age of rhetorical flourish. Like Bush, he was considered a bumpkin and an idiot, and like Bush, he realized that there were times when having people misunderestimate you repeatedly was a real advantage. That's goal-oriented. That's playing the deep game. That's cunning."

Who's yo' Daddy? Earth Day Special: Jay Leno's Tank Car Tricked out with Banks Turbos:

Well, there are 'cars' and then there are cars:

Don't get involved! It's both risky and unethical! If you want a sure deal, I've got this magnificent bridge in Manhattan that I'm selling for pennies on the dollar....

When you live with a pigeon you begin to notice all kinds of things you never saw before...

The poor dear is jiggling and juggling so frenetically that she's lost the birthmark on her right thigh! Unless it's something else whizzing past.... Thanks for posting this fascinating enigma, Vicky!

Dear little Stephen...not as much sport as my regretted King Salmon, but I certainly made him see the moon and the stars!

I have the same model, but powered by an Asian Automatic! The rotor has since fallen off, but I'm counting that as a mod. This fabulous watch was actually handled by the legendary Jay of Silex, and has transited successfully across many continents, numerous time-zones and the greedy hands of untold customs agents. Given the time during which I sweated it out waiting for it to arrive, the unique rotor modification and the customs risks associated with getting it into my paws, I'm letting this little puppy go for only two hundred dollars more than the $45.00 I originally paid for it. Please note that all shipping (not included) outside of Paris and its suburbs is at the risk of the buyer. Newbies will be given preference over cheap-a$$, established members. Deal with it, you killjoys.

There's nothing to be ashamed of: in the eyes of God (and Pugwash), we're all idiots.

To be perfectly honest, there are tons of names I don't recognize....for instance, who's the Benedict the-sixteenth-in-his-line dude? As if Benny Jr. wouldn't be good enough? Surely some pompous SOB. Among the names I do recognize, there are several, given their notorious intellectual dishonesty, that I'm not at all happy to see. Honi soit qui mal y pense....

Baudrillard was so far ahead of the curve that he might as well be alive. Personally, I like the way the bloggers I mentioned think: which qualifies them as intellectuals in my book. Anywho, I find that FP's list smells a bit of formaldehyde, if you know what I mean....

In no particular order: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Dave Burge, blogger: Iowahawk (write-in) Jean Baudrillard: recently deceased but still one of the very best (write-in) David Petraeus: because he can Charles Johnson, blogger: Little Green Footballs (write-in) Pat Sanety, blogger: Dr. Sanity (write-in) Poopzilla the Pigeon: my nest-mate (write-in)

Yep, once you find their G-Spot, it's spec-tac-ular!

Always easier to say than to do, Pugs. Mostly outraged bluster. And we needed a collective catharsis. We always do. Few of us are as happy as we try to appear here: Supereps are no substitute the real thing. Somewhere, that dog is us. Down deep, we're all starving. Anyway, it's part of being what we are: imperfect, hormone-driven little monkeys with one eye on our neighbor's Rolex (or his wife, car or dog) and the other on the stars... Cope.

Got Reindeer?

You said it, bro.

Yikes! You're way over my stupid American head with that one: can't make heads or tails out of it. 'Scuze me while I chug a pitcher of Bud Lite and try to ponder the meaning.... Yowza! Hold the presses! I think I get it! It's like it's 1938 all over again, except this time it's the United States that are the evil Nazis, while civilized nations in Europe just look on impotently (ahem...once again) as the made-in-U.S.A darkness creeps unchecked and unabated across the planet! That's it, right?

You got it! American colonialism! Bringing on the Third World War! If only we had the intelligence to leave things well enough alone, like....like.... Europe in 1938! That really worked out well for you guys, didn't it?

I totally agree! Just look at the twentieth century: what contribution did the average U.S. Joe make as Europe and Asia leaped ahead and developed Spanish Francism, Genocidal and Imperialistic German National Socialism, French Collaborism, Italian Fascism, Soviet Stalinism, the Eastern European satellite-State, Japanese Expansionism, North Korean-style Communism, Chinese Maoism, Cambodian Clusterfugism, (ryyannon's mind begins to cloud over with the effort of finding tags for Iran, Iraq, Rwanda, and dozens of other miserable little $hitholes all over the planet....) Answer: none whatsoever! While the rest of the world was (and is) busy doing all of the above, all the U.S. could think of was to invent indoor plumbing, jazz, rock 'n roll, post-European modern art, blockbuster films, fast food, cool clothing, car culture, upward social mobility, a solid middle class, a concerted effort to eliminate racial discrimination, the most powerful economy in the history of the world, skateboards, in-line roller-blades and frisbies for everyone, The Marx Brothers, Bob Dylan, the two-car garage, many of the finest universities in the world along with the highest number of Nobel prize-winners, the goddam Internet, the very concept of fun, which prevents me from spending even more of my energy on this endless list, except to say: God, what a bunch ignornant, useless asses! And now that the twenty-first century is blossoming with such promissing beauty, (Darfur, Chetchenia, Kosovo, the Balkans, Zimbabwe, The Middle East) once again the stupid Yankees are doing nothing except fanning the flames of discord in an otherwise peaceful world while quibbling over presidential candidates incapable of successfully running a paper-route let alone a (admittedly third-rate) country like the United States. Really makes you wonder where things are headed....

Gas everyone and everything. Screw the pooches. NO IRISH NEED APPLY! Eye Nadine:

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF BEING CALM! DO YOU HEAR ME? ENOUGH!!!

C'mon Pugs...give me a break: I know how to read dates. Went to school 'n everything....