Elephant Appreciation Day Open Thread
Have you hugged a pachyderm today?
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September 22nd is Elephant Appreciation Day. It's a wonderful holiday in honor of a very special animal, which in 1874 became the symbol of the Republican party. While the GOP elephant's entry into the political realm was not terribly auspiscious, the mascot stuck because elephants are loyal, intelligent, stalwart and fearsome when provoked. The jackass, on the other hand, well, this is a post about elephants so we will leave that topic for another day. It's happy hour, folks--so raise a glass to all the brave and true pachyderms of the world.
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I mixed tequila
with food coloring, again -
lime-green elephants!
Thank you, I'm here all week. Try the veal!
Moe
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC.
There once was a drink called tequila
As tasty as bile, it would deal ya
So nasty a blow
That if you were name Moe
You'd do beer bongs and let John Kerry feel ya!
Thank you, thank you. Try the veal, and tip the waitress -- she's underpaid.
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Evil men hide from the truth, but good men stand upon it.
He has sold his Hummers. I certainly hope whoever he sold them to has promised never to drive them, or wouldn't they contribute more to CO2 emissions than they did when they were parked in his garage? If he was really concerned about the environmental impact, shouldn't he have recycled them into tin cans?
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"I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
...Bill Lockyer has a plan that will make buying cars in California so expensive that we'll all be riding bikes.
Of course, it won't do a thing for global warming (the key word being "global" which includes several billion people outside of California), but it will stimulate car sales in neighboring states.
"Your audience, which will clap at apparently anything, is frivolous." - Hitchens to Maher
Wednesday, SEPT 20:
BREAKING NEWS: KENNEDY CAMPAIGN TO HAVE PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT SENIOR KLOBUCHAR STAFFER FIRED FOR VIEWING LEAKED KENNEDY AD
[...]
NOAH KUNIN...
"At a hastily called press conference late Wednesday, Noah Kunin, [...] revealed that he uncovered the ad. He said he was at the Web site of Kennedy media consultant Scott Howell, looking for previously aired examples of his work. Kunin said he typed the word 'Allen' into a field at the site, seeking the ads of Howell client U.S. Sen. George Allen, which led to several more links that ultimately brought up the Kennedy ad."
Source: Associated Press, September 21, 2006
Friday, SEPT 22:
...KUNIN MADE 18 ATTEMPTS TO GAIN ACCESS TO WEBSITE
http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2006/09/22/star-tribune-kunin-m...
"Was it a password or a speed bump?
A criminal investigation into the leak of a political ad that forced the resignation of a top aide to U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar might hinge on how authorities interpret those bits of Web jargon.
Logs of Internet traffic show that blogger Noah Kunin made 18 attempts to gain access to an ad agency's website containing an unreleased ad for Mark Kennedy, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, a spokesman for the agency said Thursday.
The blogger's aggressive attempts to penetrate the website might be criminal hacking or they simply might be routine antics in the new world of Internet-based politics, where computer geeks delight in discovering the undiscovered, and where pushing the envelope is part of the game.
Kunin last week sent Klobuchar communications director Tara McGuinness a Web link to an unaired TV ad for Kennedy. Klobuchar, the DFL Senate nominee, learned of the episode over the weekend. On Wednesday, Klobuchar's campaign apologized and announced that McGuinness had resigned.
Kunin said he typed the word 'Allen' into a field at the site
That field he alludes to was the password field. Whether he guessed the password on the 1st or 150th try, or obtained it through some other means, I can't think of a case where he could use someone else's password to gain access to someone's system without their authorization and be in the clear.
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"I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
Several reasons:
1. You get to see Elizabeth Taylor
2. Story has happy, family-values ending as Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Finch work out their post-honeymoon problems.
3. Story has happy, green-friendly ending as rampaging elephants take back the plantation, thus showing cross cultural appeal of Republican party symbol in global setting
Well, I guess it is all about context and as noted this is about "Phants".
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
Actually that word is cleared for use when referring to a donkey.
"I'm kind of old-fashioned. I like to engage my brain before my mouth." Donald Rumsfeld
There once was an elephant from academia
With knowledge akin to an encyclopedia
She sparred with the jackass
Whose opines were too crass
O’ How we do care for the combat
If you do not like it, blame the 75’ Chianti (and continual reference to Noam Chomsky as an intellectual)
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
The '75 chianti is probably pretty interesting. We're trying a very young shiraz at the moment but I'm hoping or something better. Either beats Chomsky...although I must say, the now permanent link between him and Chavez makes me giggle. It's like an Oprah book club moment for petty dictators and thugs.
"I'm kind of old-fashioned. I like to engage my brain before my mouth." Donald Rumsfeld
Chavez, Ahmadinejad, and Castro should really start a book club.
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"I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
I think the telling comparison is that George Bush reads Natan Sharansky. Hugo Chavez reads Noam Chomsky. 'Nuff said.
"I'm kind of old-fashioned. I like to engage my brain before my mouth." Donald Rumsfeld
I am trying to think of a date and location for the Chomsky- Chavez book signing.
How about May day at Charlie Rangels office?
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
Go over to hotair.com and watch Clinton flip out when Chris Wallace asks him about Osama. Bill, you can run but you cannot hide.
rather, I was surfing the net, and heard the outburst begin on the tv behind me and turned around wide-eyed. flip out is the right description.
being as tough as...see link
http://devine-gamecock.townhall.com/Default.aspx
http://devine-gamecock.townhall.com
www.race42008.com
"If they attack us, it means we're winning." - Rush Limbaugh
...but I'd really like to hear his answer to #15.
"Your audience, which will clap at apparently anything, is frivolous." - Hitchens to Maher
of a statement they would deem unpatriotic and none, and I asked scores on this site, have been able to do it.
http://devine-gamecock.townhall.com
www.race42008.com
"If they attack us, it means we're winning." - Rush Limbaugh
Someone sent me this link today and I thought it was pretty funny, so I thought I'd share it on this rainy Friday. It's only about a minute and a half long.
***WARNING: The king of all naughty words appears at the end of this video, so please click at your own discretion***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwsOz1a9hT8
***WARNING: The king of all naughty words appears at the end of this video, so please click at your own discretion***
Don't forget that September 22 is also Bilbo & Frodo Baggins's birthday! :-)
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Member of the Surreality-Based Community
[Not without major surgery on AE's part. Doesn't anybody do oppo research first any more? - Moe Lane]
[As per Jeff, we're tossing the Operation Yellow Elephant link. On the one hand, I'd obviously let it stick around; on the other hand, why give them the traffic... and on the gripping hand, if I'd delete an imposed link to a pedophilia or neo-Nazi site I probably should do it here, too. - Moe Lane]
we can appreciate, it's you AE.
Thanks for making us all a little wiser, with every post.
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Evil men hide from the truth, but good men stand upon it.