Tim Blair

You're in New York? What the hell are you doing here?

"first of several secure locations"?

Did you grab an exclusive interview with Dick Cheney or something?!

If I were less intoxicated, I'd post something more insightful. For now, I'll just say that Australia's beer prices are far too high.

Why not Boston?

Hey Tim, I sent you an email, let me know if you'd like to have a beer or something. I might be able to round up a few local LGF fans as well.

Let me be the first to insist that you go to a small cafe sixty blocks from where you are now, because they have the most incredible black-bean soup, and if you don't go there you're a moron uninterested in the *real* New York, man. Go enjoy your Disneyfied Times Square. Go on.

By “secure,” Tim may mean “air-conditioned.” In the heat & humidity that we’ve been having, it’s hard to think of another reasonable interpretation.

Tim,

Any other locations to be visited in the US? If you come to DC let me know I will be happy to try and get together.

Bart

Tim is enjoying New York before the Islamofacists nuke it.

Tim,

Abandon ship immediately.
Your presence is required urgently in Oz.

Dennis Lillee is standing for the executive committee of the WACA, proposed and supported by Graeme Wood (sometime brewery worker, former opening batsman for Oz and WA)

Seppo elections pale into unimportance in the face of this crisis.

Come home, vote early & vote often in the true spirit of democracy.

Let the tribal chant "Lillee-Lillee-Lillee" be heard once more throughout the land.

Where's my Vegemite?

God-damn it Tim, you can't watch the riots from New York.

Get your arse up to Boston right now so you can get onto the floor and be the first journalist punched out at a convention since Dan Rather at Chicago in '68. What are a few teeth for an exclusive - not to mention the settlement - that'll make you really wealthy? Them Democrats are loaded.

Nah - in Boston, Tim would have to pay up for having scratched some fat union thug's knuckles with his teeth.

Thy're right. The riots are in Boston this weekend. Yankees at Red Sox.

Hi Tim Blair

I am new to your web site here. So far I gathered that you are a journalist from the same place I am, Australia. What I want to know is who do you work for? Or are you a freelance journalist?

Hey welcome to the states! If you're in DC I'll buy you a round. Let me know!

Adam

Hey Tim- if you all go out for a drink in NY would love to join you and others.

Tim-
I'd be glad to buy you a cold one if you are going to be in NYC through the weekend. Thanks for all you do...

TB, stop fiddling, Rome's burning. Oh...your in Rome...
ok......at least poke fun of them then

Adam & Bart:

Draft Tim for a draft in DC! The Dubliner O.K.?

It's pronounced "noo yawk", Tim.

Hope it helps.

CB,

Tim doesn't actually work, mostly he does lunch.

Tim:

So, how's the chicken teriyaki? Pretty good, eh? Hey, check out that babe in the blue dress. They know how to dress in this town, anyway. So, anyway, I told the guy, "Not the red one, this one!" Ha! That's the last time I'll ever go there... HEY! What the hell!?!. WATCH OUT, TIM, IT'S AL GORE WITH A CHAINSAW!!! aaarrgggg!!! 631n12;sn9pxn9s=_

CB;

As J F Beck said. But the real reason is that Tim doesn't work for the Man, he is the Man.

If you've ever wondered how all of those world wide conspiracies co-exist, Tim is the answer. All the putative "regulars" here are really just his minions controlling various "independent" organizations -- Zionists, neo-Nazis, The Fourth International, Reuters, the Tri-Lateral Commission, vegemite distributors, etc. It's all in code, of course, to appear like it's just a bunch of rabid right wing nutjobs. I can't reveal anymore, but take it from me - if you see the word "felching" in any post or comment, get the heck out of any urban area.

I'm in for buying Tim a beer in DC too.

You're fooling no-one. We're already watching Welch's house for your arrival.

Trust no-one.

Tim, the Nelson burnt down ! Nah, just jokin'...

A.O.G.:

Hey, man, don't spill the frijoles!

Look out your window. Have the black SUVs shown up yet?

Spend more than five minutes north of 24th Street and you have no soul. Or money. Besides, nobody downtown cares who you are, as long as you get your name in The Post.

If you need a tourguide let me know. If your ultimate destination is Boston, I feel sorry for the DNC.

The Dubliner could work - or Capitol City Brewing Company. Of course since they're across the street from each other... [ http://www.capcitybrew.com/ ] [ http://www.phoenixparkhotel.com/dining.htm ] And of course the famous Brickskeller with its 1001 varieties of beer [ http://www.thebrickskeller.com/ ] although it’s on the other side of town.

So here's the deal – Tim, you come down to DC and all of his will get your first few rounds. Just try to smuggle in some VB and Tooheys New next time you make a trip to the states... all we can seem to get around here with an Aussie label slapped on it is Fosters!

What the hell? I thought I had those border cops trained....

I'm sure most of these estabilishments will be very "secure" . As for being a journalist even that humble aspiration is beyond Timmie . Freelance in reverse .

Hey all you DC Blair blogheads... let's go get a beer anyway ... we can bring a picture of him or a stuffed kangaroo or something ...

Hey all you DC Blair blogheads... let's go get a beer anyway ... we can bring a picture of Tim or a stuffed kangaroo or something ...

My sources in Washington tell me that Blair and Lileks will be named Director and Assistant Director of the CIA. Mebbe' the other way around.

Great move by Dubya. It's called thinking outside of the box.

Okay, so Blair/Lileks don't know what the hell they're doing in terms of intelligence gathering (ahem) but you gotta' admit the CIA press releases will kick ass.

Tim, pass this one on to Lileks: the swan flys at midnight when the moon is blue.

SMG

no no no! 'the fish are spawning'!

Are you stopping by Michael Moore's apartment?

(P.S. - I'd be in for buying you a beer as well)

Judging by the offers, Tim won't have a sober moment between now and the end of the GOP convention.

I'm in Brisbane! More information soon, but I don't think anybody will give a toss.

As my Japanese girlfriend says in her usual sarcastic way: 'Brizvegas... the city that never sleeps!'

Anyway if Tim is in NYC because the NYT have appointed him ombudsman, I'll run naked around the Brisbane CBD with an emu feather in my ass.

Tim may be found checking the condition of the Elvis Bar at Le Cirque.

Mmmm...An Austrailan in New York...possibilities for a "Major Motion Picture" abound...perhaps a "fish out of water" theme. Has this ever been done before???

Welcome Tim!

That's not a LUNCH, this is a LUNCH!

I'm showing signs of addiction.No new posts yesterday so I started posting previous days issues.I didn't realise interactive politics was so much fun.Come to think of it I didn't realise this type of thing existed.Thats what you get for reading the SMH and listening to ABC .Anyway that's my cover story and I'm not felching.

Uh oh.

you all are great people,and i am learning alot!!
good luck TIM in your adventure. did you make
down to ground zero,or have you been there before?
i'd buy you a couple of beers also,cheers!!!!

"Tim may be found checking the condition of the Elvis Bar at Le Cirque."

As long he isn't found to be dipping into the Cirque du Soleil, the evil French-Canuckistani circus.

I'll be flying into New York Wednesday, but, uh, Syracuse, New York, not New York, New York. Who's buying me a beer? *crickets*

PJ, I think they actually based "Crocodile Dundee" on Tim. I saw him once on one of his American tours. He was wearing a snakeskin vest. Crocodile teeth necklace. No shirt. (No pants, come to think of it. He said it was due to "national security concerns". It wasn't until Sandy Berger that I understood.)

If Tim doesn't head to DC so you guys can buy him a beer, you're welcome to buy one for me. It's the least I can do.

To anyone coming to Boston for the DNC .. welcome. Hope you enjoy it here!

I'm taking the week off and getting as far away from Boston as possible. The upcoming week is very popular for vacations in many companies near the DNC. We're all getting out of town while we can!!

If you're gonna be in the Chicago area, let us know! I'm more than willing to drive into town and buy you a beer!!!

(even if the vegemite hasn't arrived yet...)

Just in time for monsoon season. Welcome.

Enjoy all those big LUNCHES with expensive Californian WINE Tim!

It is a pity you are not here because:

Mark Latham has confessed to smoking pot!!! He didn't just puff away he inhaled as well!!! Afterwards no doubt he got the munchies and had LUNCH. Wish you were here.

Mark Latham has confessed to smoking pot!!! He didn't just puff away he inhaled as well!!!

Thus proving himself more intelligent than Bill Clinton, who couldn't operate a joint properly.

Afterwards no doubt he got the munchies and had LUNCH.

That explains the manboobs!

We have your Blogger.

Send us one million dollars (that's four million of your toy money) or we send him to a sports bar in Staten Island...

We have to pay for continuing crisis now? Whats up with THAT?!

New York is great. Wish I was there. Let me know when you're around Detroit, I'll get you a drink.

'bout bed time soon I think. I might head out to the beer festival in Ypsilanti in the morning.

Where's NewYawk, and can you felch standing up?

Some interesting reading to go on with -- see blog.

BEYOND SYMPATHY, BENEATH CONTEMPT

Theodore Dalrymple, a sometime prison doctor, argues that violent criminals are rotten to the core, and rarely repent.

(The Spectator, November 1990)

Coming soon: The Lies They Teach Our Children, Greg Sheridan, The Weekend Australian, 1985.

If you're bored by Tim's lamentable absence - or his imprisonment by the Sopranos somewhere in Noo Joisy - check out the Gnu Hunter's killings.

Walter:

Enjoyable and enlightening. Didn't know you blogged. Me stupid.

i wanna bask in tim's aussiesque limelight as well! will someone buy me booze when i'm in the states next week? please? i'll even pretend i like your beer!!

I think the DC mob has something of a quorum - we should just get together anyway - (How about Scotland Yard on the north side of Union Station)
We could make a sign saying "Friends of Tim B."!

Anyone up for the idea - with or without Tim (who is a walking party all by his bad self), drop me an e-mail.

Delete the capitalized "NOSPAMs" in my address.

regards to one and all,
Joe

You wimps! Old Dominion is the best DC area beer place!

Hey, let's go to all these places and just...sample each to, you know, decide which is best in a completely democratic (not Democratic) manner.

CurrencyLad — Oh, no, pencilneck, youse ain't blamin' Staten Island on us!

welcome to ny tim!

how much beer do you want?

You're in NEW YOURK, Tim?? Oh, the horror of it all!

The weather in the Pacific Northwest is much nicer, especially in Seattle. Eastern Washington is hot, but not humid. And the beer is just as good, if not better. And we also have air conditioning! Too bad you didn't come here.

I guess you're suffering through the East Coast Weather because the RNC and DNC decided to hold their conventions there. I just hope you write Some Good Stuff to compensate for your many sacrifices.

In the meantime, I'll drink a beer in salute to your crossing the equator!

Tim, don't forget you promised to introduce me to the Australian mafia when you got to New York.

Waiting to buy you a beer!

Well, welcome to our fair city. Stay away from the East Village - it's infested with NYU students. That's my only advice. Oh, and don't lick the poles on the subway.

"Oh, and don't lick the poles on the subway."

"I was born with no taste buds!"

And Tim, you gotta watch out for those Brooklyn "yutes". They're rough.

NYC? I would've been happy to buy Tim a round. Oh well, maybe your next trip, eh?

Allah is in New York, I believe. If'n you're in Tim withdrawl like me you can watch a wonk from the Village Voice get his ass kicked over there with the help of Wind Rider. Pure gold.

Oh, isn't this lovely: Tim is in the States, and the Mouth of Sauron is issuing threats against OZ:

An online statement by a group representing itself as al-Qaida's European branch threatened Saturday to turn Australia into "pools of blood" if it doesn't withdraw its troops from Iraq

"We call upon you to leave Iraq before your country turns to pools of blood," the statement warned the Australian government.

"We will shake the earth under your feet as we did in Indonesia, and lines of car bombs will not cease, God willing," the statement said, referring to the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people, many of them Australian tourists.

Good luck with that unbiased report on the Deocratic National convention Tim, I'm looking forward to reading your objective, factual and non partisan report of events.

As always, you are a beacon of hope for humanity. Go and do Rupert proud, son.

First Latham now Abbott has admitted to smoking pot - but wait for it - he didn't inhale. Who's next?

Mind you I dont think that either him or Peter should get the top jobs of PM and treasurer - I mean Abbott and Costello? You Americans will think we've gone nuts.

Mr Tony Abbott as PM would be the greatest thing that could happen to Australia (post John Howard, should he choose to retire) - he is absolutely what the world needs now - an unreconstructed social conservative.

On the other hand, Mr Peter Costello is yet to make his mind up where he stands on some issues.

Getting a bit late in the day, Mr Deputy Prime Minister.

Oh Mr. Blair how we love thee...

OK so you can't sing, can't dance, can you at least reply?

Somehow, after reading this, we understand why you have gone nuts, Tim.

Hmm, looks like the trolls are getting bored and restless. Tim, hurry up and post something...do it for the children!

Democrats committed to free speech at Convention

Tim goes to New York and the NY Times ombudsman admits that the publication is a liberal newspaper:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?pagewanted=all&position

Coincidence?

I think not.

SMG

Tim: "Now, this is a knife!"

Okrent: "Aieee! I'll talk! I'll talk!"

Appropos of nothing, I offer this report.

John Kerry claims that he goes deer hunting with a "trusty" 12 gauge shotgun:

He was asked in the interview Sunday what kind of hunting he preferred.

"Probably I'd have to say deer. It's tough, depending on where you are," said Kerry.

"I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach. I track and move and decoy and play games and try to outsmart them. You know, you kind of play the wind. That's hunting," said Kerry, whose manner was relaxed as he spoke on the final day of an excursion along the scenic upper Mississippi that he seemed to take some relish in.

He's a f*cking liar.

hey, it takes a real leader to baffle a deer with nuance

Maybe Kerry learned to enjoy hunting like that in Vietnam. He was there, didn't you know?

So many things about that quote, where to begin... (psst! DrZin! drop us a link so we can read the rest of it and mock it some more!)

Anyway, to continue:

"I... crawl around on my stomach..."

You crawl around on your stomach to hunt deer? Well what do I know. Maybe he hunts the ground-dwelling mole-deer...

"...and try to outsmart them."

Kerry: Sometimes Smarter Than a Deer.

Full story here, I think.

(Hmm, my hometown newspaper for the next year...anybody from the area care to assess how the Journal-Sentinel ranks on the Left-O-Meter?)

From PW's link:

Asked by a reporter in the interview how a "Boston lawyer" was going to do better in rural America than Tennessee's Al Gore, the Democratic Party's last nominee, Kerry said: "People don't judge things like that. It's too stereotyped. People judge your character and judge what you're fighting for." (Emphasis is mine)

If John Kerry is betting on his character (i.e., none) and his position (highly variable), he is going to lose.

Hmmmmmmmm.......Deja vu! Remember Dukakis during his presidential campaign, riding around on a tank, like some kid on a toy? Think Kerry on a tractor, or stalking a deer!

'Tis to laugh!

Joe from DC, your link/email link sends me to a Diana West article. If you are interested in getting together with others send me an e-mail.
I have never been to Scotland Yard. You say it is north of Union Station, I did not know anything was there. I will be happy to check it out.

Bart

DC Crew,

Never heard of Scotland Yard (the bar in DC) either - sounds interesting though. Since Congress just went into recess I've got a much more flexible schedule for the next several weeks; so if you do all want to get together let me know when. Wonder what Tim will think when he sees that his blog has become a venue for organizing DC happy hours!

Adam

A quick fisk —

"I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel" OK

A 12-gauge isn't actually a bad choice for deer in close country, but you don't use buckshot (scatters in brush), you use solid slugs. And you don't use slugs in a double unless one or both barrels are "cylinder" bored, and most shotguns are bored "improved cylinder" and "modified" which means the "chokes" or muzzles are constricted too much for safe use of slugs.

"…crawl around on my stomach."

Are you kidding? I've hunted deer. I know a lot of deer hunters. You don't crawl. Crawling in second-growth brush, you can see maybe 30 feet in front of you. Also, you're just a lump crawling in the brush, other hunters will fire you up. You stand and walk, so you can look around you, or you set up in a ground or tree stand...

"I track and move and decoy and play games and try to outsmart them. You know, you kind of play the wind. That's hunting," said Kerry...

Excuse me Senator, but Charlie don't graze. What it this decoy and play games crap? You find a well-used track or a watering spot and you follow it or wait for the deer to come along.

Or you do it Kerry's way, with native beaters driving the game towards you and maybe you shoot the occasional peasant once in awhile... you know, the way of a man of the people hunts...

By the way, is there any record of Kerry ever taking out a Massachusetts hunting permit? Or in any other state?

Tim whatever you do - DON"T FEED THE DENIZENS OF THE
FREE SPEECH ZONE - they were put there for a reason.
You can take pictures, but don't get too close, they
throw stuff...come to think of it, the guys outside
of the zone throw stuff too. Oh well.

Oh, and if you're going to hunt deer with a shotgun, you use a pump or a semi-auto so you can mount a sight on it, not a la-dee-dah double...

Q: Senator Kerry, why is it that such a large percentage of the American voters consider you a so-called "flip-flopper?"

Kerry: I track and move and decoy and play games . . .

Q: That does seem to be the case. But how does a politician find himself shifting so frequently and dramatically? Do you base your policy positions solely on voter opinion polls?

Kerry: You know, you kind of play the wind.

Q: That's certainly what we suspected, sir. Finally, can you tell me how you plan to win votes from a justifiably skeptical electorate?

Kerry: [T]ry to outsmart them.

Q: Good luck. That would be your best bet, Senator. Senator, we appreciate your candor. Thank you for providing us such insight today.

Never hunted deer myself, but I grew up around deer hunters. I know they walked through the brush until they found a nice place to hunker down and wait for deer to come along. If they were lucky, they'd finally spy a deer that they knew for sure wasn't another hunter, and then they either shot it... or they didn't. They never ever crawled! That is, until they'd been back in camp for a few hours and polished off a six-pack or four.

Rebecca — In Georgia, they hunt from tree stands. A typical Georgia hunting party consists of a Georgia cracker, his deer gun, and a bottle of Wild Turkey. Cracker climbs the tree, drinks the bottle, then either falls out of the tree, shoots himself by accident, or falls out of the tree and shoots himself when he hits the ground.

We'd be out in the woods in Benning, playing soldier with our M16's full of blanks, and you'd hear it off in the distance, "crackle, crunch, thud BOOM"...

The local media had a special name for it, "tree-related injuries" (weren't gonna piss off the NRA or their likker-selling advertisers). They used to just treat it as a joke, well, haha, look what Bubba did again, but it happened so often that one day someone stood up in the editorial office and said, "Wait a minute, this ain't funny, this is a statistic!" so they had to come up with a fancy name for it...

Nice, DrZin, unfortunately it is too funny to get on the Daily Show. :)

Maybe JFK didn't want to offend the deer hunters or the duck hunters, so he tried to have it both ways? He's not above taking both sides of an issue, is he?

And Tim, add me to the masses that would be willing to buy you a beer in NYC.

Don't neglect to drive a monster American SUV, man. With all these kind folks offering to buy you brews, you can afford the gas money.

Brizvegas??? Is that Brisbane's new hot spot?

Mitchy Mob, QLD