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The Patient Ox (aka Hénock Gugsa)

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A personal blog with diverse topicality and multiple interests!


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Friday, July 5, 2013

A Mini Saga at Slate - by TPO


graphics by Henock  (click to enlarge)

[Kentucky Politics ... a battle is brewing!]
Mitch McConnell Has a Challenger—and She Could Win !
(by Mark Joseph Stern) *
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McConnell's office congratulated Grimes on her announcement with a hilariously backhanded jab:
Accepting the invitation from countless Washington liberals to become President Obama’s Kentucky candidate was a courageous decision by Alison Lundergan Grimes, and I look forward to a respectful exchange of ideas.
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A sampling of Slate readers' comments ...

GG1000:
Countless?
     Vampa:
     Did you mean chinless?
Enkidu:
Oh yes, Mitch McConnell. That's the self-righteous prig who put the whole country through 2 years of total BS over Monica Lewinski. That head would look better sitting on a pole.
Ray - Cleveland:
Unfortunately for the nation another mean and absolutely hateful man has made a mark. Let's hope she wins. This man, or this saggy faced sad sack, has those saggy, and awful looking cheeks because he spends his time thinking of how to make life nasty for citizens. Why don't we put him, Boehner, and Scalia in an elevator for 3 days and see how badly they claw each other before getting out.
PatIowa:
Good for her....! McConnell's ONLY goal was to make Obama a one term President...and the country be damned! He failed at one, and is succeeding in dragging the country down the tubes. Hope they vote him out in 2014.
     Max:
     Our goal should be to send this lying polecat back to his hunting lodge  
     with his tail between his legs. Alison Grimes will get a donation from 
     me.
     a chouette:
     This gives polecats a bad name.
CU:
"Kentucky Woman" isn't just a Neil Diamond song. Maybe they'll wake up enough - in enough numbers - to explain it to Mitch McConnell - one of the few remaining artifacts of congress not yet recognized by anthropologists studying the "era of, just say no to the negro in the white house."
Joel:
Hopefully the left pours millions into Kentucky to support Secretary Grimes. Otherwise she doesn't stand a chance.
Atreus:
Mitch McConnell looks like the Ogre form Pan's labyrinth... does he eat children? :P
     Ddnn:
     The number of people making fun of McConnell's looks is really
     something to be proud of.
     Atreus:
     I have no idea what you mean by that; but he DOES look like the Ogre   
     from Pan's labyrinth nevertheless Smile... Does he eat vegetables?
     Snotboogie:
     Pelosi gets it at least twice as bad. Sh!t on him.
     Ddnn:
     We need to double down then! Woohoooo!!!!!
     GG1000:
     "At age 50, every man has the face he deserves."
Vampa:
He is a chinless wonder.
Harold:
A lipless wonder!
     Ddnn:
     I am convinced! I will vote for the Dem.
     Joel:
     Republicans never vote based on appearance.
     Ddnn:
     When they do, they should be mocked.
     PatIowa:
     Really Joel...is that why they support Palin and Bachman...other then  
     looks there really isn't much else to vote for!
          Ddnn:
          You need to work on which of us are being sarcastic and which are
          being defensive.
          Joel:
          To be fair, I fall for Internet sarcasm all the time.
          la chouette:
          Alas, even without lips, he talks too much.
marcos509:
Then there was that unfortunate "transcript of a court martial" that went missing as well as most all the records of Mitch's 6 months in the military during Viet Nam.
marcos509:
http://www.30yearsistoolong.com/
http://campaignmoney.org/mcconnell/filibuster
la chouette:
You go, Goshawk.
MRL:
"... and I look forward to a respectful exchange of ideas." Considering the first part of his statement, my comment to the senator would be, "Too Late".... and....if that's his idea of "respectful", I would be happy to place a dump truck full of respect on his front lawn.
     Ddnn:
     You are a clever one. Maybe you should run her campaign.
     Doh!:
     Oh, is this where you argue that Mitch's comment really was 
     "respectful"?
     Ddnn:
     No, the comment was kind of funny (as the author says). It also made a
     political point. I see it as a comment well within the norms of a 
     campaign, no?
Bill in NH:
We need to get rid of the old fossil! 
     Doh!:
     Do you mean Mitch specifically or the GOP in general?
          Ddnn:
          More jokes about old people. This is awesome!
     Brian Mellblom:
     Yes.
LD Splitter:
Campaign ad of the year would be just to show Mitch proudly proclaiming that his 1 priority would be to make Obama a 1 term President, followed by footage of Obama's re-election, and then a big CAPS lock FAILURE over a still shot of McConnell.
Kentucky won't vote for a Democrat, but they can't enthusiastically support a failed republican either. Got to make them want to stay home on election day.
     Matt Watterson:
     I would just go with a looped recording of Mitch McConnell defiantly 
     filibustering Mitch McConnell, myself.
          LD Splitter:
          Oh wow I forgot about that. Man, that was just incredible.
               Matt Watterson:
               I'm surprised it doesn't get mentioned more often. It was like  
               watching a liberal's straw man interpretation of Mitch McConnell 
               brought to life, like Pinocchio.
Steve Rogers:
Tortuga Man sounds a little worried.
Felonious Monk:
Would it be in bad taste to serve turtle soup at fundraisers?
Nihilicious:
What a lovely, non-turtle-faced woman. The best of luck to Alison.
John:
I can't stand his ugly mug. What a tool.
Guy Lafleur:
I'm pretty sure my 92 year old Mom could kick Mitch's butt, she's good to go but is concerned he's got a little Zimmerman in him........
     Michael Strickland:
     All she has to do is get in close enough to flip him over onto his back.  
     Have a nice day, Senator Turtleman.
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Thursday, July 4, 2013

The Dictates of His Nature - by "The Doryman of Prescott, WI"


The Dictates of His Nature
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by The Doryman of Prescott, Wisconsin
(St. Paul Pioneer Press - Bulletin Board, 7/3/13)

I'm sitting on the deck this fine summer day with Buzz the cat.

We are suddenly joined by a pair of newly minted mourning doves that flutter to a perch nearby. My docile pet becomes a panther. The jungle-beast software in his little brain clicks on, and he crouches down and creeps closer in his most stealthy fashion. His tail becomes a bull whip, and he chirps and chatters with the voice of his ancestral brethren who roamed the earth eons before Purina Cat Chow. Only the birds' departure closes the thread and he's instantly Buzz again.

I wonder if this ancient program will ever be deleted in our little domesticated buddies.