AlexandriaCynic's Comments (65)

“Not that I would ever attribute antisocial motives to CStreeters and Dominionists like Coburn but...I worry at times like these whenever a Democrat gets in a private plane. Just sayin'...”

“So Teabaggers and republicans can hold office but not non-theists? So much for the Flynn effect. Average IQ must be headed for room temperature...”

“The Post does, indeed, run OpEds from many well known fools but at least most of those fools write their own material. I read Palins OpEd this morning (in the highly appropriate place) and couldn't help but notice that the person changed from time to time. Someone with an hour or so to spare should look for the breaks, compare them to her Facebook Post, and Google the parts that start with WE to see if the words have been published before. Bet they have. They are far more detailed if not more accurate than her typical rants.”

“This selective allowable-taxpayer-funded program logic is totally untenable. I, for one, don't want my tax money to go towards torture, preemptive war, health insurance company profits, lobbying by anyone, or any religion or tax exemption for any religion other than my own. How much of a tax cut do I get? Or can I pay the same taxes and get to poke at things I don't approve of. I'm OK either way.
If everyone could be selective like this, we wouldn't have a society anymore. Don't any of the proponents of this legislation get it? (OK, I understand that some of them are just paying the bill for their campaign contributions, but still...)”

“I was going to say something about these "interesting" FMPs but I decided it would be impossible.”

“I'd be delighted to withhold fodd to make it easier for her to keep her fast going. I'd gladly take off say--a year to make really sure she fasted for long enough.”

“It will be hard for me to hire anyone educated in Texas. Not that they can't be smart and good workers but that they will have to overcome such ignorance. Will I be able to trust that their thinking processes haven't been permanently clouded? It's sad.”

“All of this sounds right. I would add that payers must have an incentive to promote the long-term health of their insureds (like the VA which must care about a patient now AND five or ten or fifteen years from now.) With the current status quo, insurers don't have to care about whether they help or hurt the patient in the long term. So preventative medicine and early diagnosis are drags on their bottom lines.”

“I love it when critics who either didn't see the film, ignored what was in the film, or have lower-than-room-temperature IQs and don't understand the plot lines and scenarios presented in the film. Every part of his first paragraph is wrong. Saul ought to see Star Trek before making any more incipid comments.”

“I now have a TOTALLY different take on PETA. I always knew it stood for People Eating Tasty Animals but I had the context all wrong. Come on, NBC... run the ad!”

“Hooray for Chuck Todd! The best political analyst by a mile. Gregory is a lghtweight who has been overly hard on Dems since Clinton (when he was vicious) and soft on Republicans. He was right-leaning this cycle even if you (as I don't) forgive him for dancing with Rove. Here's hoping he flubs quickly enough for MTP to survive until Todd can claim the reins he deserved far more than DG. And good luck to David Shuster -- one of the ost solid reporters in DC for a long while.”

“That comment is just plain ignorant. Liberalism has nothing whatsoever to do with greed and graft which, by the way, have been much more associated with conservatives of late -- coincidental, but worth mentioning when idiots like Pinkmarbles suggest that being liberal equals all that is bad in the world.”

“Don't forget how much David (the Rove dance partner) Gregory hated Bill Clinton in the late '90s. He did ask some decent questions of W when everyone else refused to, but he's a democrat hater at heart.”

“Became isn't the right word. Gregory was one of the most vicious anti-Clinton reporters on the White House beat in the late '90s. What a ridiculously bad choice.”

“Erm...I don't think Bible Spice had any intent to bamboozle us. She doesn't know enough about the subject matter. If you look-up "ignorant" in Wikipedia, you'll see Sarah's picture. She isn't manipulative so much as she just doesn't have a clue. Didn't they teach Civics in any of the schools she attended? Unbelievable...”

“Best cold open ever! Alec was right, she is hot. But we aren't voting for hot, we're voting for the leadership of the free world. So the skit was funny without being lame, insulting without being dishonest. I loved it even if it will draw a few pity or "good sport" votes to the GOP. The average voter (and at least half of all voters are average or above) will see how below average the reublicans are nowadays.”

“Couldn't be more right, The only tactic left to the republicans is to smear as viciously as they can (and with Atwater/Rove/Schmidt they have decades of practice!) They have to force Obama's negatives as high as they can and will accuse him of anything and everything. Most will be by way of push polls and email smears, but they'll certainly get some 527s to blast the airwaves with lies, distortions, and slander. Anybody who loves America needs to give lots and give often so Obama can affor to push back against the lies.”

“Just in case you haven't looked at the menu of the restaurant John (NOT ELITE) McCain dined ast while everybody else was working on solving the financial meltdown...

"Appetizers included a lovely "carpaccio" of thinly sliced red and gold beets accented with sake-marinated scallops, the sweetness of all the ingredients in harmony. Earlier in the summer, a half dozen raw oysters were served in Chinese porcelain spoons, each with a different topping--caviar, cucumber, tomato--that worked beautifully with the salinity of the oysters. Wontons of shrimp and broccoli are complemented by a lobster broth with lemongrass. Tuna tartare with foie gras, ponzu sauce, ginger, and scallions is a wonderful combination of flavors. Sometimes modernizations of traditional Asian dishes miss. The Still Life of Peaches, a trio of white-peach sorbet, peach salad, and white-peach foam, was so subtle as to be nearly tasteless. The Crispy Spring Roll filled with crabmeat, cabbage, and mushrooms was not crisp and not enhanced by its honey-truffle sauce.

The real treats among the main courses have been the fish dishes. Sautéed black cod with miso, thin slices of kumquats, and pomegranate-lemon sauce was very good. The beautifully fried crispy whole fish would have been even better if the accompanying spicy bean sauce had been as good as that found in almost any Chinatown restaurant. Crisp-skinned striped sea bass was nicely accompanied by stir-fried vegetables and an intriguing carrot-coconut sauce."

I'd eat there but I'm aN elite...”

“I've seen one page of comments and I'm about 99.9% sure that Frieda44 is the paid Troll of the Night. Did I miss anything?”

“Well...you'd have to be a daily reader of the Washington Post Op-Ed page to understand. Cohen isn't a Rush Limbaugh or George Will but he does write long and often on pro-republican positions. He is either a conservative I could live with or a very incipid liberal.”

“Looks like the troll paymasters got their funding...wdw is going to get rich! Great for us...totally ineffectual AND the paymasters have less money to spend on their smarter trolls.”

“Yup, yup.. A republican is saying she's 5 months pregnant? OK, so we know it isn't 5. Might be six, might be 4, but it sure isn't 5. maybe she isn't pregnant at all. They have been known to just, you know, MAKE THINGS UP. They don't know how to tell the truth. And though I hate to disagree with ReasonIsMyReligion, I have to in this case. I don't think she'll deliver 7 months from now, I suspect she'll have a really unfortunate and completely unexpected miscarriage a couple of days after the election. (That way, we'll never know how pregnant she was...or even if she was pregnant this time. And no, I'm not suggesting they would make a truly pregnant girl have a miscarriage, just that they would fake a pregnancy to get votes.)”

“I'm ready for the Veep debate. Order the popcorn! It doesn't matter who Grumpy McWarmonger picks, his nickname will be MINCEMEAT! nobody knows more or can articulate it in a polite but devastating manner than Joe Biden in a one-on-one debate.”

“Erm...accidently so everyone at all the affiliates could tape it and cut the distribution costs to $0? Sounds like an awfully convenient "accident."”

“Am I the only person who thinks trolls who call Obama "Barry" though he doesn't go by that name are about as stupid-sounding as the idiots who talk about the "Democrat" Party? Damn, they are lame.”