tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8034272957302016286..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-53458560910691961422014-05-02T22:57:16.269-04:002014-05-02T22:57:16.269-04:00Noonan inadvertently illustrates one reason why th...Noonan inadvertently illustrates one reason why the US is not held in very high regard in many corners of the globe (I'm not in Europe, but I'm not in America either). It's nothing to do with the quality of presidential leadership on offer; it's the fact that the president has assumed such a quasi-monarchical role where the elected legislators spend most of their time preening for the cameras and manoeuvring for their next election (or celebrity job). And when we see the 2016 presidential contest shaping up as feasibly between the wife of one recent president and the brother and son of another, we tend to wonder what happened to government by the people. In short, we shake our heads and wonder how such a damaged political economy and culture of unaccountability can manage to even make the country function, let alone do anything for anyone else.Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-30418907939899752432014-05-02T15:29:59.076-04:002014-05-02T15:29:59.076-04:00We used to keep our embarrassments under wraps; th...We used to keep our embarrassments under wraps; then, the Wall Street Journal started publishing Pegaloon online.<br /><br />Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803231988989969133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-53542965991921148302014-05-02T15:25:42.183-04:002014-05-02T15:25:42.183-04:00becoming a great energy-producing nation -- all th...<i>becoming a great energy-producing nation -- all the new technologies and jobs, all the rebound they'd bring. </i><br /><br />Isn't American oil production at an all time high right now? <br /><br />Also, too, Pegs might want to check on why the President's Jobs Bill didn't pass.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-71180235069220609832014-05-02T13:17:19.798-04:002014-05-02T13:17:19.798-04:00I met a vodka-soaked barroom hag in The Greenroom....I met a vodka-soaked barroom hag in The Greenroom...<br />Doo-do-roo!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-92196612650485090682014-05-02T13:00:00.565-04:002014-05-02T13:00:00.565-04:00You guys maybe did not see the new Grey Goose ad? ...You guys maybe did not see the new Grey Goose ad? Peggy Nooney-tunes saying "I dont drink that often except every day and I always drink Grey Goose when I dream of St.Ronnie. Now give me my drink". Popshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642698995394616344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-19111329187311103692014-05-02T09:08:57.669-04:002014-05-02T09:08:57.669-04:00The people of old Europe thought we were great not...<i>The people of old Europe thought we were great not only because we were wealthy but because we were good.</i><br /><br />Oh, horseshit. Drinking scotch and vodka doesn't make you one with 'the people of old Europe', Dame Peggington.LitttlePighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01814070218995855339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-15890101656674741532014-05-02T08:08:06.768-04:002014-05-02T08:08:06.768-04:00Someone please explain to me how pundits like Noon...Someone please explain to me how pundits like Noonan and Dowd are allowed to turn in the same damn column every frigging week and continue in their jobs. It's just embarrassing now.<br />We get it, ladies; you don't approve of Obama, because he's not "manly", like W, and he's not "strong" like Reagan.<br />Doesn't Obama understand that you're not a "real" president until you have some big-time scandals and prosecutions of your WH staff? What a piker...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812221895719217031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-37999148846430814882014-05-02T08:00:44.904-04:002014-05-02T08:00:44.904-04:00I hope that after Piggy broke into The Pope's ...I hope that after Piggy broke into The Pope's sacramental wine closet, that she left enough for the next Mass.<br /><br />If she drinks a liter or two of Grey Goose a day, she could probably easily knock back a case of wine or two in one sitting/leaning/lying on the floor.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-78089248548591181222014-05-02T07:26:37.588-04:002014-05-02T07:26:37.588-04:00Sometimes an oil derrick is just an oil derrick, b...Sometimes an oil derrick is just an oil derrick, but methinks Ms. Peggy has some unresolved issues...Mustang Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06953564926706598987noreply@blogger.com