Comments on: Presidential Birthplaces

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:02:25 +0000

Too fast on the post key, too slow on the proofreading.

I meant “If it’s a good barbecue joint next to Clinton’s birthplace, it is, by definition, _not_ fast food.”

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:00:09 +0000

Hey! If it’s a good barbecue joint next to Clinton’s birthplace, it is, by definition, fast food.

A little respect, please, for the ancient and honorable tradition of “low and slow.”

By: mikeb302000

mikeb302000 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:38:26 +0000

Sebastian, I’m glad to hear you’re not a birther or a climate change denier, that you just consider there’s another explanation to the latter.

One alarming prediction I’ve heard lately is that in sub-Sahara Africa, the emergency food needs will double in the next 10 years. Now, to me that sounds even more like “the sky is falling” than when the gun control folks talk about the future. As a result, even if the gun control debate continues to be viable, this climate change one should either fizzle out or become clear to everyone. Time will tell.

By: Weer'd Beard

Weer'd Beard — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:27:13 +0000

Do you think he actually cares?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:33:50 +0000

MikeB:

I am not a Birther or a climate change denier. Pretty much what Countertop said, except I believe there is at least a plausible theory for AGW, but it’s just a theory.

By: countertop

countertop — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:17:11 +0000

MikeB,

Sebastian can answer for himself, but as for me, I got no idea about where Obama was born. But i’m pretty darn certain that the theory of Anthropogenic Climate Change is complete and utter bullshit. Climate Change on the other hand – well, the climate is always changing. It goes up, and it goes down.

As for climate gate – let me say (having known and worked with all involved) that few who know Michael Mann are really surprised by this.

By: Weer'd Beard

Weer'd Beard — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:35:29 +0000

MikeB how can we tell if you ever give a damn about an answer when you ask a question?

By: mikeb302000

mikeb302000 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:42:02 +0000

Sebastian, does this, “the Barack “We Swear He Was Born Here” Obama Memorial Hospital in Honolulu” mean that you subscribe to the “birther” theory as will as the “climate-change-is-bogus” one?

By: Charlie Foxtrot

Charlie Foxtrot — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:55:53 +0000

Well, I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one ever tempted to leave a urine stained comment. In my travels, I’ve happened upon the birthplaces of Jimah Carter and Karl Marx. The urge to void my bladder in each case was almost irresistible. It was only the presence of guards that prevented that chemical graffiti. ;^)’

By: Chris from AK

Chris from AK — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:38:46 +0000

Whoops, meant AR for Arkansas… Sorry to sully AK’s fine postal abbreviation…

By: Chris from AK

Chris from AK — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:37:29 +0000

I must say that is the only reason I stopped at the Hope, AK KFC… Unfortunately I think Hope is part of a dry county in AK which kind of puts a damper on opening up a strip joint.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:25:54 +0000

Of all the people I know, I’m the only one who was delivered at home, other than my siblings. And that was only because my parents had eccentric worldviews.