And What Does That Mean Exactly?

 

The actor who played Riff, leader of the Jets in West Side Story, put us all on notice:

Okay. I recently rewatched West Side Story, and was reminded how good he was, particularly in the dance-at-the-gym scene. He was hilarious in the third season of Twin Peaks, broadcasting madman diatribes from a trailer in the woods, and his long, crazy, irrelevant story had a sweet ending. It’s still maddening that Twin Peaks also featured Richard Beymer, and the third season didn’t find a way to bring them together, if only to look at each other and grin and snap their fingers.

He’s 85. This is Asner-level bluster. But:

Nothing?

Assassination?

Well no obviously that’s not on the table

Okay so some things are off the table. What, then, remains on the table? Burning down cities in protest? Unchecked riots? How about a strategic bombing of the Senate to get everyone’s attention?

Well no those are extreme measures

So what do you mean? Would it be too much to ask what, exactly, can be found on your table?

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  1. Arahant Member
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    James Lileks: The actor who played Riff, leader of the Jets in West Side Story, put us all on notice:

    Gideon from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. He’s still alive?

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  2. JamesSalerno Inactive
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    The left’s answer to everything is violence. Violence on the right is almost non-existent, for good reason. The left would be stomped out real quick if the right retaliated.

    Until then, they’ll burn down their own leftist slums. More of the same.

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  3. Architectus Coolidge
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    Assassination?  They have already tried that at the softball practice in WDC. Burning down cities and relentless rioting? Done and done (and still in progress).  Leaving town to prevent a quorum for voting?  Check!  Not sure that there are any unused radical arrows in their quiver. 

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  4. Arahant Member
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    James Lileks:

    Nothing?

    Assassination? 

    Well no obviously that’s not on the table

    Okay so some things are off the table. What, then, remains on the table? Burning down cities in protest? Unchecked riots? How about a strategic bombing of the Senate to get everyone’s attention?

    Well no those are extreme measures

    So what do you mean? Would it be too much to ask what, exactly, can be found on your table?

    Have you asked Blumenthal this and gotten replies? I’d like to see him say that assassination and bombings are off the table?

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  5. Gary McVey Contributor
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    Don’t be too tough on the guy. He and I had the same dentist for a decade or so. 

    Yes, in Hollywood, that’s a good enough reason. 

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  6. Arahant Member
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    Gary McVey (View Comment):

    Don’t be too tough on the guy. He and I had the same dentist for a decade or so.

    Yes, in Hollywood, that’s a good enough reason.

    Tamblyn or Blumenthal?

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  7. Gary McVey Contributor
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    Arahant (View Comment):

    Gary McVey (View Comment):

    Don’t be too tough on the guy. He and I had the same dentist for a decade or so.

    Yes, in Hollywood, that’s a good enough reason.

    Tamblyn or Blumenthal?

    Tamblyn. I saw two files lying out: Tamblyn, Russell and Tamblyn, Amber. 

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  8. Gossamer Cat Coolidge
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    JamesSalerno (View Comment):

    The left’s answer to everything is violence. Violence on the right is almost non-existent, for good reason. The left would be stomped out real quick if the right retaliated.

    Until then, they’ll burn down their own leftist slums. More of the same.

    But the left claims that the violence is all on the right.  Have you seen Biden’s latest ad?  My liberal friends have the same view.   All of the violence in the cities are due to white supremacists.  At best, they say there is violence from both sides.  I just received a group email from one claiming that she fears violence if Trump gets elected.  But no one fears violence if Biden gets elected, not even her.  Yet still they persist in saying that violence is a problem of the right.   

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  9. JamesSalerno Inactive
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    Gossamer Cat (View Comment):

    JamesSalerno (View Comment):

    The left’s answer to everything is violence. Violence on the right is almost non-existent, for good reason. The left would be stomped out real quick if the right retaliated.

    Until then, they’ll burn down their own leftist slums. More of the same.

    But the left claims that the violence is all on the right. Have you seen Biden’s latest ad? My liberal friends have the same view. All of the violence in the cities are due to white supremacists. At best, they say there is violence from both sides. I just received a group email from one claiming that she fears violence if Trump gets elected. But no one fears violence if Biden gets elected, not even her. Yet still they persist in saying that violence is a problem of the right.

    You should turn that back on your friends by asking them if they think that 7% of Tea Party or pro-life protests turning violent would be acceptable. Because these “mostly peaceful” protests we are seeing now are only peaceful 93% of the time based on the data. 7% violence is very high when you consider that there have been over 10,000 of these protests since May.

    The percentage of right-wing protests that turn violent is negligible.

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  10. Skyler Coolidge
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    James Lileks: The actor who played Riff, leader of the Jets in West Side Story, put us all on notice:

    Well, it’s a good thing he doesn’t have an army.

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  11. James Lileks Contributor
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    Gary McVey (View Comment):

    Don’t be too tough on the guy. He and I had the same dentist for a decade or so.

    Yes, in Hollywood, that’s a good enough reason.

    I don’t care what he tweets, he did some great work. Work over HERE and political rants over THERE. The man has talent, and let’s all enjoy that.

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  12. Gary McVey Contributor
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    Skyler (View Comment):

    James Lileks: The actor who played Riff, leader of the Jets in West Side Story, put us all on notice:

    Well, it’s a good thing he doesn’t have an army.

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    The PIT is in gear, our cylinders are clickin’

    This year is a drear, ’cause all our politicians

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  13. Ray Gunner Coolidge
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    Gossamer Cat (View Comment):
    I just received a group email from one claiming that she fears violence if Trump gets elected. But no one fears violence if Biden gets elected, not even her. Yet still they persist in saying that violence is a problem of the right.

    She says that because when the right wins, leftists get violent.  So I guess it is our problem. 

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  14. RufusRJones Member
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  15. Hartmann von Aue Member
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    Gossamer Cat (View Comment):

    JamesSalerno (View Comment):

    The left’s answer to everything is violence. Violence on the right is almost non-existent, for good reason. The left would be stomped out real quick if the right retaliated.

    Until then, they’ll burn down their own leftist slums. More of the same.

    But the left claims that the violence is all on the right. Have you seen Biden’s latest ad? My liberal friends have the same view. All of the violence in the cities are due to white supremacists. At best, they say there is violence from both sides. I just received a group email from one claiming that she fears violence if Trump gets elected. But no one fears violence if Biden gets elected, not even her. Yet still they persist in saying that violence is a problem of the right.

    What? They are actually saying this? Not just on  psycho Twitter feeds but on TV ads? 

     

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  16. Gary Robbins Member
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    I predict that if there is a vote before the election which is only 45 days away, the Dems will wipe out the legislative filibuster, expand the Supreme Court, and admit DC and Puerto Rico as states.  I also predict that we will lose the Senate.

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  17. Vince Guerra Inactive
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    So, by war do they mean that they go out with their guns and we go out with our guns and see who wins? Seemed like a forgone conclusion. 

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  18. RufusRJones Member
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    I predict that if there is a vote before the election which is only 45 days away, the Dems will wipe out the legislative filibuster, expand the Supreme Court, and admit DC and Puerto Rico as states. I also predict that we will lose the Senate.

    You have to take ground that can be kept. The Democrats are much better at this. I don’t see a better alternative.

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  19. RufusRJones Member
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  20. RufusRJones Member
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    “…Democrats and Joe Biden have made clear they intend to challenge this election, they intend to fight the legitimacy of the election. As you know, Hillary Clinton has told Joe Biden: Under no circumstance should you concede, you should challenge this election. And we cannot have Election Day come and go with a 4-4 Court. A 4-4 Court that is equally divided cannot decide anything,” said Cruz, adding: “And I think we risk a constitutional crisis if we do not have a 9-Justice Supreme Court, particularly when there is such a risk of a contested litigation, and a contested election.”

     

    As The Daily Wire previously reported, 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton told Jennifer Palmieri, her former campaign communications director, during an interview that Biden shouldn’t concede “under any circumstances” because she believes the election will drag on. She also mentioned that Democrats will need a “massive legal operation.”

     

    Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Biden campaign was establishing a major legal operation with hundreds of lawyers, a move that senior Biden officials told the Times was necessary to protect the integrity of the election

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  21. RufusRJones Member
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  22. Aaron Miller Inactive
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    Lame duck sessions effectively violate the Constitution by refusing elected representatives their full terms in office. We elect politicians to serve from election to election, not from season to season. 

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  23. Doctor Robert Member
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    Vince Guerra (View Comment):

    So, by war do they mean that they go out with their guns and we go out with our guns and see who wins? Seemed like a forgone conclusion.

    We on the right keep saying this, but it’s bullsh*t.  When has there ever been a serious right wing effort to stop leftist violence with our own violence?

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  24. OmegaPaladin Moderator
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    Doctor Robert (View Comment):

    Vince Guerra (View Comment):

    So, by war do they mean that they go out with their guns and we go out with our guns and see who wins? Seemed like a forgone conclusion.

    We on the right keep saying this, but it’s bullsh*t. When has there ever been a serious right wing effort to stop leftist violence with our own violence?

    Once you start, it is hard to stop. 

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  25. Instugator Thatcher
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    Aaron Miller (View Comment):

    Lame duck sessions effectively violate the Constitution by refusing elected representatives their full terms in office. We elect politicians to serve from election to election, not from season to season.

    No we don’t. They are sworn in in January and leave in January. Elections are the choosing process, not the serving process

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  26. David Carroll Thatcher
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    Vince Guerra (View Comment):

    So, by war do they mean that they go out with their guns and we go out with our guns and see who wins? Seemed like a forgone conclusion.

    Bad time for an ammo shortage in this country.

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  27. Arahant Member
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    Instugator (View Comment):

    Aaron Miller (View Comment):

    Lame duck sessions effectively violate the Constitution by refusing elected representatives their full terms in office. We elect politicians to serve from election to election, not from season to season.

    No we don’t. They are sworn in in January and leave in January. Elections are the choosing process, not the serving process

    While he mis-stated that part slightly, his point still stands. The current PotUS and Congress are all in office until next January. Saying they can’t act during those months has nothing to do with legality.

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  28. David Carroll Thatcher
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    Arahant (View Comment):

    Instugator (View Comment):

    Aaron Miller (View Comment):

    Lame duck sessions effectively violate the Constitution by refusing elected representatives their full terms in office. We elect politicians to serve from election to election, not from season to season.

    No we don’t. They are sworn in in January and leave in January. Elections are the choosing process, not the serving process

    While he mis-stated that part slightly, his point still stands. The current PotUS and Congress are all in office until next January. Saying they can’t act during those months has nothing to do with legality.

    Without paper ballots and with modern technology, there is no reason why we could not have a much shorter time between election day and the newly elected taking office severely reducing the lame duck possibilities.  It just takes appropriate legislation.

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  29. Arahant Member
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    David Carroll (View Comment):
    Without paper ballots and with modern technology, there is no reason why we could not have a much sorter time between election day and the newly elected taking office severely reducing the lame duck possibilities. It just takes appropriate legislation.

    First, my city still uses paper, and we like having them to verify things. Second, wasn’t there an election in New York that took months to count the ballots? Third, what about lawfare, as happened in Florida in 2000, among other times and places?

    Yes, as you say, it can easily be done. But do we have the will and inclination to change the law and to follow through with it?

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  30. Basil Fawlty Member
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    A Thumb in the eye of the Constitution.

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