Yes, he is right.  Sexual libertinism is now the opiate of the masses.

At dinner in DC with a bunch of  Dem legislative aides on the evening of President Clinton's first inauguration.  (I was new in town and didn't have many friends.)  Castro had just been "re-elected" president of Cuba.  I made joking reference to the ridiculousness of his 90% plus vote margin, never imagining that anyone could take issue with such an obvious observation.  But a guy across the table from me narrowed his eyes, looked at me with pure hatred, and called me a c*nt.  Seriously.  I got up and left; three other people called me the next day to apologize for his behavior.

Side note, my boss was the chairman of the California Club, and this same guy kept trying to join.  Gee, I wonder what happened to his numerous applications?

Try to stay on track.

This might be the best post I ever read on Ricochet.

Belated happy birthday, Red Feline!

Damn straight.  Stupid podcast - I'm 3 hours in and 400 posts to go.

Word.  And I hate you for your cleverness.

I feel like such a fool for thinking this thing could have topped out at 1400 comments!   Soft bigotry of low expectations of haters. 

I love the title of this post.

I'm a girl.

(I wouldn't even bother to point this out, but the OCD in me needs the comments to total EXACTLY 1400, so we need just a few more.  I will permanently hate anyone who goes over.)

Okay, I did and made a fool of myself by double-posting and can't figure out how to delete duplicate. Thanks a lot!  Now everyone hates me!

I hate you all because I cannot distinguish among you or figure out how you know so much about each other's world views and personal lives (even though I've been a member longer than most of you - btw who the heck is "Kenneth"?) and can't keep up with the inside jokes.  I only like Charlotte.  (And I'm a not a libertarian.)

I hate you all because I cannot distinguish among you or figure out how you know so much about each other's world views and personal lives (even though I've been a member longer than most of you - btw who the heck is "Kenneth"?) and can't keep up with the inside jokes.  I only like Charlotte.  (And I'm a not a libertarian.)

Okay, one more. My nephew (about 8 at the time) was visiting some neighbors who had a houseguest from Jamaica. He lost a toy, and she wanted to help him find it. So she asked him, in a very strong Jamaican accent, where he had last seen it. He tried to figure out what she had said for a few moments, and then finally responded, "I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish."

So in our family, when you don't understand the point someone is trying to make, the response is: "I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish."

Another sister coined "dulett" for "adult."

Our family, too.  As in, "Hand me that Barbie clo."

One sister just learning to talk said "course of" (quite indignantly) when she meant "of course."   Course of, that's how we say it in our family to this day.