Regarding football, I can’t believe the Arizona Cardinals finally won a playoff game after I’d given up on them (after they moved to the West division). Arrggggh.

I know mar knows my reaction to Bennet, living in the same house as me.

I just need to throw my two cents out there.

I am a student (or at least was) of DPS and just the name Michael Bennet makes me grit my teeth. DPS is rapidly declining, schools are closing, and even our arts school is swiftly becoming standardized, thanks, in no small part to that man.

I am absolutely appalled that he will even for a second, even for a year, represent my state in the senate.

Thats all.

Just a reminder - tomorrow is the voting for 2008 Weblog Awards.

Just a reminder - tomorrow is the voting for 2008 Weblog Awards.

And, in case it wasn’t obvious, vote for Rumproast for Best Small Blog!  Thanks, Glix!

kc - to be fair - DPS has been in a decline for a while.  And Bennet has made some pretty good reforms.  The teacher’s union hates him but that could be a good thing.

mar-
name one good one.

honestly.

and tell me why he deserves to be senator over hick.

Just a reminder - tomorrow is the voting for 2008 Weblog Awards.

I didn’t really check out the competition until now.  It’s mostly cookie-cutter wingnut blogs (like the one Riverchucky and myiq1/2u endorsed) and then there’s Chatting at the Sky:

I am a house-loving, bargain-hunting mother of 3 little ones who secretly wishes I were a dancer. I love creamy coffee, my good-smelling man, a clean kitchen and a nicely painted wall. I am sometimes tricked into believing that I have to be amazing and perfect while saving the world. I am learning what it means to trust Jesus to be Himself in and through me. I delight in finding the holy moments in the midst of everyday life.

Never bet against Jeebus.  She’s going to clean up.

OMG! pumapac.org is down! It must be kevin k’s fault, he took it down with the help of the googles and nobama!!  If you see middle aged white women wandering the streets aimlessly today, that is why.

#####—Darragh’s site will remain down for some time, I’m afraid. I’ve been running a few tests on something I picked up at Haxxor Depot.

marindenver—More demeaning woman pictures, please—especially anything else you have with a leering, fully-dressed male grabbing someone’s butt. Thx in advance.

“I am a house-loving, bargain-hunting mother of 3 little ones who secretly wishes I were a dancer”

that’s not a blog, it’s the first line of a personals ad.

O.M.G.

Those women actually have ... curves. That’s all silicon implants, right?

gimmeabreak—What can I say? I only intended to reset all their passwords and hotlink their home page to RudePundit, but I seem to have tripped some kind of cycling buffer overflow and I can’t disengage from the port, even if I shut down completely. That should never happen, unless they’re running the whole shebang off a Commodore64.

I guess this is why you should never buy warez from 15-year-olds online. I’m just no good at this.

oh yeah Rudie would be a wonderful addition to their heart attacks!

Have you ever seen him in person?  I nearly pissed myself when I did.

gimmeabreak—No, although I’ve often been tempted to buy the DVD. The man is a genre unto himself.

Hey, is that Dick Vitale in that pic?  He must all be like:

Those jugs are just awesome, baby!!!  They can only belong to a real PTP-er, baby!!!

Don’t worry Strange, they’re becoming veritable computer experts over there.

I finally figured this out you click on ctrl and F at the same time and a box come’s up on the right of the post’s and you type in a word from the post you are looking for and that post pops up.

They’ll soon ha’ve a’l'l of the problem’s sor’te’d out.

that’s not a blog, it’s the first line of a personals ad.

Comment of the day!

Pumalicious—Whoever he is, his in total male control, and he’s forcing one woman to MEASURE the other one’s bustline!

It’s just a damn good thing I can type wearing a zippered leather hood and a red bubber ball-gag, ‘cause that image has me ready to scream out my “safe word.”

Did I type “bubber”? That can’t be right.

Remember, they fell for the Patrick Fitzgerald blog, so I’m sure some of them will believe that Strange really did hack their site.

Kevin K.—Paranois is the best part of a healthy breakfast.

However, I’m beginnging to think I may rue the day I began teasing them, now that The Confluence has released the Kraken:

Women MUST STOP IT NOW. We must NOT allow one demeaning word, one slap, one pinch, one hit, one rape, one death to pass without RETRIBUTION. However, this means TAKING RESPONSIBILITY for our role in this fiasco–we must STOP PORNOGRAPHY (this means how we conduct ourselves sexually too), we must STOP BUYING INTO THE FASHION NAZIS (clothes, shoes, mags, underwear–the WHOLE MESS), we must EDUCATE ourselves and our daughters, we must GET POWER, we must CONDUCT THIS WAR on our culture if we are to survive. It must start NOW, it must start with YOU, and it must not STOP until we have won….

No need to cite the author, I’m sure.

“Paranoia”—I’m really getting sloppy here.

Anyone here a fan of Ed Hale at PlainsRadio, Home of the Kenyan Birth Certificate? A poster at YTD dug up this old Art Bell on-air exchange with a familiar Kansas voice who claims to have murdered a pair of Bigfoot in cold blood:

“Regarding football, I can’t believe the Arizona Cardinals finally won a playoff game after I’d given up on them (after they moved to the West division). Arrggggh.”

As the AP story on the game pointed out, this was their first home playoff win since the Truman administration.

Ah, for the days of Elmer Angsman.

“Paranoia”—I’m really getting sloppy here.

Ask your top to untie one hand.

However, this means TAKING RESPONSIBILITY for our role in this fiasco–we must STOP PORNOGRAPHY

we must STOP BUYING INTO THE FASHION NAZIS (clothes, shoes, mags, underwear–the WHOLE MESS)

For gods sake, do not ANYONE let jenniforh stop wearing underwear!!!!!

Strange - the Bathing Beauties were just for you!

Helen Thomas doesn’t need this shit. Oh, hell—NOBODY does.:

we must STOP BUYING INTO THE FASHION NAZIS (clothes, shoes, mags, underwear–the WHOLE MESS)

I guess the PUMAs will be cancelling their subscriptions to Vogue.

Women MUST STOP IT NOW. We must NOT allow one demeaning word, one slap, one pinch, one hit, one rape, one death to pass without RETRIBUTION. However, this means TAKING RESPONSIBILITY for our role in this fiasco–we must STOP PORNOGRAPHY (this means how we conduct ourselves sexually too), we must STOP BUYING INTO THE FASHION NAZIS (clothes, shoes, mags, underwear–the WHOLE MESS), we must EDUCATE ourselves and our daughters, we must GET POWER, we must CONDUCT THIS WAR on our culture if we are to survive. It must start NOW, it must start with YOU, and it must not STOP until we have won….

See, it’s fresh ideas like this that will change the World.  Next thing you know, they’ll have stamped out the evils of alcohol and above-the-ankle hemlines.

Seriously, though, while I support the cause of Women’s Rights, as one part of the broader civil rights issue we face, I don’t understand why PUMA thinks they have some newly discovered grasp on things.  Women have been fighting for their rights, along with every other minority for theirs, for decades now.  But PUMA seems to have forgotten about the female experience in American society, pre-Hillary Clinton.  Or maybe I’m misreading their post-election enthusiasm for a worthy fight. 

And, again seriously, I appreciate their sentiments, for the most part.  Men have no business groping women or demeaning them in the workplace or paying them less - we don’t, that should be a given.  However, PUMA seems to be lumping all men together as a bunch of woman-beating, porno-producing, rape-addicted pigs - and that’s just not the case.

Women have been fighting for their rights, along with every other minority for theirs

Actually I think we’re a majority :-) but I get your sentiments.  And I totally agree with you, Rip, on the PUMA man hating thing.  It’s pretty pathetic.  I think the stats I posted a few days ago about actual percentages of men beating, raping and killing women told the real story.

Helen Thomas doesn’t need this shit. Oh, hell—NOBODY does.

No, not from PUMAs and especially not jforh.  On the other hand that actually was kind of a sad article - a little doddering and rambling.  May be time for Helen to think about hanging up the keypad. Or does she always write that way?

Or does she always write that way?

I always like her spunk in the WH press room, but Helen was never a great writer.

Now is your chance to get some shots in at Jenniforhillary over at the helen thomas article. Should be fun, come join me strangeapp!

Ripley—With the election over, the PUMAs are desperate for any sort of unifying, actionable issue that they can retrofit onto their existing rage-engine…but they’re finding it difficult to replace personal animus with devotion to abstract principles. What started out as Hillary-worship has devolved into a generalized grab-bag of militant feminism, while pinpoint Obama-hatred has metastasized into the criminalization of manhood.

You can tell it’s not quite working when you find them embracing “creeping Obamaism” on their own site:

I get that we have tobe what we envision, BE the change we are looking for.

...or producing occasional gems of magical thinking, e.g.:

It’s quite clear that the Patriarchy has outlived it’s usefulness and is dying off.

It’s a very unsettled moment over there. And the weirdest part, as you note, is that they seem to be resetting the clock to 1972, so that they can re-fight the battles of the First Wave Feminists, whom they despise.

Quite the rabbit hole.

marindenver—No, Helen didn’t draft a particularly compelling argument for Caroline Kennedy. I’d just be gratified if jforh would occasional dial-back the froth and maybe listen to a woman who’s been walking the walk for 60 years.

Oh, hell. I seem to have disengaged the PUMApac server again.

Nice Job SA8, Nice Job! hehehe

Somebody named Rumproastbeeyatch gave j4h a little hell over there.  Must be an imposter because I don’t think we have any beeyatchs here do we?

Whoa, gang. I saw the sign-up form for the SeattlePI and decided it wasn’t worth the keystrokes. Don’t thank me for another citizen’s labors.

kcindenver—“mar- name one good one.”  Yow!  I can picture you two sitting across the dinner table from each other, typing madly into your laptops when not menacing each other with forks.

Donna—Yes.  A personal add that screams “run away!” with every pixel of its being.

HTP—“They’ll soon ha’ve a’l’l of the problem’s sor’te’d out.”  I liked the one who complained about not understanding these “jpg” and “pdf” thingies earlier.

STOP BUYING INTO THE FASHION NAZIS (clothes, shoes, mags, underwear–the WHOLE MESS)

Does this mean naked women everywhere, or just the death of my Eva Braun fetish?

sean, actually she’s typing madly into my laptop then handing it to me triumphantly!

marindenver—What kind of way is *that* to instill the unthinking, unflinching conformity our evil Roastafarian movement demands?

all—In case you want to sound off on the Thomas piece without the registration dance, user: “mmm-toasty”, password without the “mmm-”.  Mailinator is a beautiful thing.

sean—Thanks, but I was shamed into filling out the form and posting a comment at SeattlePI. I just hope to God I unchecked all the email opt-ins.

And, again seriously, I appreciate their sentiments, for the most part.  Men have no business groping women or demeaning them in the workplace or paying them less - we don’t, that should be a given.

I should add ‘raping, hitting, and/or any other form of mistreatment’ to the list, just in case someone misconstrues my intent with that particular sentence and thinks I’m advocating acceptance of physical or sexual abuse.  I’m not that guy, kids.

I’d just be gratified if jforh would occasional dial-back the froth and maybe listen to a woman who’s been walking the walk for 60 years.

^ Win

“I am a house-loving, bargain-hunting mother of 3 little ones who secretly wishes I were a dancer”

that’s not a blog, it’s the first line of a personals ad.”

Welcome to half the personals on Craigslist….

Patrick—Speaking as one who briefly trod that fallow ground, maybe half of the 20% who aren’t copy-and-paste spammers (use teh Google) qualify for “run away!” status.

I don’t understand why PUMA thinks they have some newly discovered grasp on things.

They are both pig ignorant and vain. Ignorance allowed them to snooze through every mention of key events in American history. Vanity allows them to think they’re the first to discover sexism.

Seriously, it is so like listening to some of my radical friends in college that I wince when read JforH’s diatribes. Then I realize that my college years are nearly 20 years back that away and I start to laugh. I mean, I get the impression the average PUMA is my age or older.

Where. The. Fuck. Were. They?

Ironically, it sounds like the PUMA fashion ideal would be the burka.

Too bad they hate the Mooslims.

What kind of way is *that* to instill the unthinking, unflinching conformity our evil Roastafarian movement demands?

Actually she is a more than willing participant in PUMA harassing which I consider to be our main mission.  It’s just some of those local issues that mom and daughter have to hash out . . . :)

Thanks, but I was shamed into filling out the form and posting a comment at SeattlePI

Good one too!  What did you think of min. . er. . that beeyatch’s?

BTW, kc reports that the PUMAPacs seem to have gone to a full password system.  Hmmmm.  Going to need some ingenuity going forward.

To correct - the main blog still can be accessed without a password but nobody is there anymore.  They’re all on the team ERA forum now which requires a password to get in. (Thanks, kc).  Anyone knowing and sharing the password will receive a free miniature PINK dog from kc.

marindenver—I thought the comment ahead of mine was a marvel of epigrammatic efficiency and death-dealing elegance.

Not sure about the “password protection.” The Action Center requires a ket, but the “private working groups” are actually publicly available under the “Forums” tab.

“the action center requires a KEY.” Aaargh.

Apologies—I was unaware of these stealthier links.

You knew they were going to go underground eventually. However, there are any number of reasons why this, too, may backfire.

And why did I never detect the subtle parallelism in the nicks “marindenver” and “kcindenver”?

I used to be better at pattern-detection.

I used to be better at writing, too.

If the PUMAs redirected their energies towards the ERA it might actually be a good thing, if they manage to leave behind the mutilation fantasies.

Speaking of J4H, I registered so that I could say a few choice things to her, and I noted some other beeyotch covered it very neatly.

Check out this article I found documenting Darr ughhs money grabbing ways posted by an ex puma

If the PUMAs redirected their energies towards the ERA it might actually be a good thing, if they manage to leave behind the mutilation fantasies.

Agreed, but you’ve seen what the “movement” is left with. These nutters have been feeding on 24/7 Obama Hatred for months.  Trying to get them to focus on an admirable goal in a mature, productive fashion would be like trying to get soccer hooligans to become monks.

Or something like that.

If the PUMAs redirected their energies towards the ERA it might actually be a good thing, if they manage to leave behind the mutilation fantasies.

And if pigs had wings ...

Even minus the scissors and shotguns I can’t imagine the damage those clowns would do if they became the face of womens’ rights. They’re still disorganized, vindictive and stupid. It would like having Michael Rogers be the face of the gay rights movement. [shudder]

I noted some other beeyotch covered it very neatly

*blush* Why thank you!

I know, I know.  I’ve been trying to work up a post on PUMAs for my poor neglected blog (neglected because it’s much more fun playing here) and have been plunged in the cattery for way too long. The first meeting of any of the ERA groups who have worked on this issue for decades ought to be a sketch when the Palinist PUMAs roll in looking to implement the bright ideas they’ve dreamed up, like pickety sign thingys and outrage-soaked spamming.

But perhaps some of them might see how the grown-ups have been working. I’m not saying J4H is going to reconsider her dreams of female world domination and mass male mutilation. And come to think of it, PUMAPAC’s last interaction with a feminist group whose goals differed a teeny tiny itty bitty smidgen from PUMA’s, (The New Agenda not demanding Favreau’s head on a pike) didn’t go awfully well.

I just continue to hope that some of the women who needed support and found it in the companionship of this weird cult of Obama hatred might be drawn away into something more positive.

Mar: It would need to be a mighty powerful bottle of Flit needed to shoo the likes of J4H—but if you have a formula for PUMA-B-GON, you might have a recession-proof business. ;^)

Who does JenniIcepickVoice mean by “Ms. Hearst?” Is she talking about Helen Thomas, who writes for a Hearst newspaper? (“Hearst” appears in the email address at the bottom of the column, so of course it’s an honest mistake—I’m sure Maureen Dowd is always getting called “Ms. NYTIMES.” The Internets are deliberate instruments of woman-confusing!)

Or is she possibly talking about Patty Hearst? I’d guess the latter, if only because I’m sure she thinks of Hillary as the equivalent of Patty, held hostage in a closet, er, caucus, and repeatedly brutalized and raped by Cinque, er, Obama!

That dumbass piece of shit can’t get anything right, ever. Hint for PUMAS: That little thing above columns and articles that starts with the word “by?” It’s known as the “byline.” And it tells you who wrote the article, or if you will, who the story is “by!” I know it’s tricky high-tech real-professional media-type lingo, but you can catch on! Any group of women “18 million strong” who delivered that awesome landslide victory to President Sarah Palin in November can do anything!

And yes, I did go to the PI site and post a similar comment. Because I’m bad that way.