Intermarkets' Privacy Policy Support
Donate to Ace of Spades HQ! Recent Entries
Saturday Evening Movie Thread 09/07/2024 [TheJamesMadison]
Hobby Thread - Sept 7, 2024 [TRex] Ace of Spades Pet Thread, September 7 Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Sept. 7 The "rules-based international order" vs. free speech? The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival Daily Tech News 7 September 2024 The Bric, The Brac, The Craic & All, Lets Call It An ONT TGIF Cafe The Week In Woke Absent Friends
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024 Captain Hate 2023 moon_over_vermont 2023 westminsterdogshow 2023 Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022 Dave In Texas 2022 Jesse in D.C. 2022 OregonMuse 2022 redc1c4 2021 Tami 2021 Chavez the Hugo 2020 Ibguy 2020 Rickl 2019 Joffen 2014 AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published.
Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups
|
« Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Democrat And Supporter Of Law School Senior Lecturer Barack Obama) Pleads Guilty Will Resign |
Main
| Democrats Double Down On Palin Is Stupid Meme »
September 04, 2008
Reaction to "The Speech" from Flyover CountryEven though Iowa gets to be on Centerstage for a little while at the beginning of the process, we're still considered to be "the sticks". We don't have much gang activity, an 1100 square foot ranch home doesn't cost you $1,000,000 or more depending on the schools in that neighborhood, and you still can't order Chinese food at 3am (after a trip to Dallas a few years ago, I decided that the "Chinese Food Test" was the best way to determine if you're in a "Real City" or if you're still in Hicksville.) So I guess I still qualify as a "bitter, religious gun-clinger". My impression? Obama should maybe put some antiseptic ointment on the burns he got last night. The last time I saw someone take that much abuse on my TV screen, Stealer's Wheel was singing "Stuck In The Middle With You" in the background. That was DEFINITELY a nice introduction to The Big Show for "The Thrilla from Wasilla". Plus, you've GOT to love The Powers That Be bringing up Bristol's fiance to stand with the family. It's like Sarah Palin is Lucy VanPelt, and she's just sitting there with the football, waiting for Charlie "Big Media" Brown to come along and try to kick it one more time. "Oh Noes, Br'er Big Media. Pleeze a-don't throws me back into the briar patch again! Iahsa can't STAND anotha five point bounce in mahysa poll numbas!" She introduced herself, made some good policy points, and managed to land a few rounds on target while she was at it. The only things she didn't do up there were kill a caribou with a sharp stick, field dress the carcass on stage, prepare a wonderfully tasty pate out of it's liver for her kids to snack on at the post-speech parties, tan the beast's hide with a mixture of oak leaves and the caribou's own brain matter and make a stylish caribou-leather wedding dress for Bristol to wear during her upcoming White House wedding. Other than those minor details, she pretty much covered it for me. A solid speech that met expectations, even with the sky-high level of expectations the base had for her. Yeah, I get it. The whole "Cool Facts About" phenomenon is sort of dorky and makes us all look like a bunch of drooling fanboys. So what's your point? Look, playful exaggeration is what you do with friends, and those you want to be friends with. Admittedly, you see some sarcasm with the "Cool Facts About Fred Baron" or "Cool Fact About Joe Biden" (Joe likes to sing an acapella version of Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" in the shower every morning!), but those are obviously parody. It's a reflection of how the Republican base finally thinks that we've got ONE OF US in the spotlight. She's someone we have in our own families, someone we go bowling with on Tuesday nights, or even someone you see at your 20-year high school reunion and say to yourself "DAMN! How the hell did I let THAT get away?" It's always nice to see your prospective leaders and think to yourself "Hey, she's just like me" without being totally clueless. She might not be the head of the ticket, but she'll be able to get up to speed for a good portion of her first term as VP, unless you think that the Secret Service protective detail is gonna let Johnny Mac walk in front of a bus this December. And while we're talking about inexperience in politics, I just can't figure out what kind of idiot it would take to nominate someone in the middle of their first term in an important office to be their presidential candidate? Wow, you'd have to be a total spaz to think that America would support someone with the metaphorical training wheels still on their bike having control of America's Executive Branch. Could that even HAPPEN here? | Recent Comments
Reforger:
"1950's construction techniques are a world away fr ..."
screaming in digital : "And I gotta watch that Matchbox car vid. As a kid ..." Notsothoreau: "I am supposed to get a portion of my aunt & uncle' ..." Smell the Glove: "Thx T.Rex. I collected sports cards as a kid and I ..." screaming in digital : "I'm very late, but in response to sharon.... I ..." Mike Hammer, etc., etc.: "Whatever 'collections' I have are pretty modest. A ..." Kindltot: "Iris, once you learn the lingo, you can research a ..." rhennigantx: "210 I guess I collect books as well, actually took ..." Skip : "I guess I collect books as well, actually took 1 b ..." Blanco Basura - Z28.310 [/i] [/b] [/u] [/s]: "[i]I have 2 corneas that cost about 67,000.[/i] ..." exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT: "The meme is correct. We got started young. ..." rhennigantx: "205 rhennigan. I think you call that an investment ..." Recent Entries
Saturday Evening Movie Thread 09/07/2024 [TheJamesMadison]
Hobby Thread - Sept 7, 2024 [TRex] Ace of Spades Pet Thread, September 7 Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Sept. 7 The "rules-based international order" vs. free speech? The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival Daily Tech News 7 September 2024 The Bric, The Brac, The Craic & All, Lets Call It An ONT TGIF Cafe The Week In Woke Search
Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Primary Document: The Audio
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings) George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer Top Top Tens
Democratic Forays into Erotica New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party" Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?" Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance Collective Names for Groups of People John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive" Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments John Edwards Campaign Excuses John Kerry Pick-Up Lines Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney Torments in Dog-Hell Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny More Margaret Cho Abuse Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed" Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means Wonkette's Stand-Up Act Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report! Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet The House of Love: Paul Krugman A Michael Moore Mystery (TM) The Dowd-O-Matic! Liberal Consistency and Other Myths Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate "Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long) The Donkey ("The Raven" parody) |