Tim Blair

"...sweating like Margo Kingston at a spelling bee..."

LOL! You da man, Tim!

Have fun in NYC. We're looking forward to your reports.

"My name is John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty!"

Oh, thank you, thank you, Senator! Who does this guy think he is, Churchill?

I came here looking for a discussion of hamsters.

Obviously I came to the wrong place.

No oars here either. Re conventions. Are political conventions exluded from the truth in advertising laws? Just asking.

"My name is John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty!"

OK John, you fall in with that platoon over there,
George will be your platoon commander. I understand
that your last tour was cut a bit short, not in this
platoon mister, all tours are one full year. No
more, no less. Now go get your 782 gear, on the
double

"sweating like Margo Kingston at a spelling bee"

Sigh. Point proven, again.

Aside from aesthetics, it is a rare occasion when Blair actually takes Margo on intellectually. His gripes are usually to do with the spelling, grammar and readability of her pieces as opposed to what she actually has to say. Though I sometimes find Margo a bit much, at least she has something to contribute.

"Reporting for duty" Does a "winter soldier" salute? Hey, I'm just asking. Oh, that's right. Just flags flown upside down. Of course.

Has he ever reported for duty at his current position? You know, reading senate intelligence reports and such, voting on matters of national importance, etc.?

Well, if he's reporting for duty, there's nothing to worry about... He'll be out of here in about six weeks.

Hey GAW. You forgot advanced and jump school. He could be here quite awhile!

"....a rare occasion....Margot intellectually"
So says Darp Hau.
OK, it is written in code, but when you know the key the final translation (see above precis)is an accurate portrayal.

Darp, someone's already tried the "I'm going to cross post stuff about Tim from my blog in his comments because no one reads anything I do" angle.

It didn't fly then, either.

Will someone please click on Drab's blog? I just feel sorry for anyone that has to spam sites that they hate, just for the links.

Of course, that pity doesn't extend so far to make me want to click on it.

By the way, Harp, if the whole point of your "blog" is to criticize someone else's, don't expect too much success. Check out timbliar.blogspot.com for an example.

I both heard and saw parts of Kerry's speach.
I think he is far better on radio than T.V. somehow more credible.
Maybe I just can't get that image of Herman Munster outta my head from Jib Jab, but he just doesn't look the goods to me.
Over and out Captain.

Will someone please click on Drab's blog?

WTF, man? I wouldn't send trained professionals into that shit! The moment I saw the World According to Darp call Israel's security fence an "apartheid wall" every comment attached to his name has been filed in the lunatic asshole bin; with all the rabid anti-semities that attacked the last Margo thread. Keeping bombers away from civilians is apartheid? Bah.

Note that I'm not calling Darp anti-semitic per se, I'm just sayin' that I won't ever take him seriously. 'Cause I know he's not a Jew-hater because he likes to rant about his Jewish grandmama... so even though he seems hell-bent on protecting Margo "fundamentalist Zionist lobby controls the world" Kingston on her spelling errors, one need not assume that he's, you know, ambivilent about the lives of Jews or anything. Especially not ones who piss off Palestinians by existing and discriminating against suicide bombers.

Drab who?

Oh yeah, we're talking about Kerry's duty status- Very Drab Indeed.

"Will someone please click on Drab's blog? I just feel sorry for anyone that has to spam sites that they hate, just for the links." (david)

OK. I visited. It's OK, but not very interesting.

Quick glance at the first page:
He expands on his dislike of Tim. (Has various examples of why.)

He has picture (of himself, I assume) with a sign that tells the viewer that he shaves his balls AND he votes. The coupling of those two tidbits (shaving AND voting) makes no sense. Why would a politician care about shaved balls? (I think it's probably a parody of various "I do X and I vote" signs others have.)

I found some of his statements to be misleading, at best.
For example: "The Tim Blair brand of humour is primarily based on the propagation of negative ethnic minority stereotypes. His favourite targets are those pesky towel-headed Arabs/Muslims."

I don't believe I've ever seen Tim use the term "towel-heads". It's Darp's interpretation of what Tim has said.

Anyway .. I did visit so he won't feel neglected.

I think he'd have more visitors if he didn't bore people to death about why he dislikes Tim. I suggest he tell people who he admires and why, for a start. Be positive and not negative.

A disappointing site. Darp is riddled with envy.
Anything purely anti- something else will always fail.
And ditch the "I Shave" sign. It's so undergrad.

Will someone please click on Drab's blog?

I did, and was sad to find out he fucked up the link. Okay, I know how to fix it in order to get there anyway, but I kinda doubt his target audience does...what a shame, that's gonna cost him at least 30% of his potential visitor count for the day (i.e., about 4 people). Andrea, show the mercy you're known and admired for around these parts, and fix Darp's post. ;-) People NEED to know how mean Tim Blair is!

What I find funny is that Darp's first few comments here were mostly reasonable...unfortunately the security wall thread came right afterwards, and he just hasn't been the same ever since. Another promising young mind destroyed by the Jooooooos.

Why would a politician care about shaved balls?

Latham might...

Cool -

Well, it's not about garnering more hits, it's more or less about the fact that this blog is Australia's most read (apparently). I don't feel that is a good thing and I think that the regular readers of this site could do with having a look at Tim Blair from a different angle.

That's all I'm doing here people.

Thus far I'm yet to recieve a solid rebuttal to this piece, only scoffing and tut-tutting. I invite you to challenge me on the points that:

*Tim is the "cut and paste, add a smarmy comment" master. Where's the creativity and original thought in that?

*Tim has made a habit of basing much of his humour on derogatory racial stereotypes.

*Tim can't draw breath without commenting on what a "stunner" Margo is.

YES - the "towel head" bit is 100% litterary liscence. I have never seen, nor ever heard of Tim Blair using the term "towel head" with relation to Muslims or Bishin Bedi, India's best ever fast bowler.

With regard to Margo, I've made it clear in my article that I'm not a huge fan of hers. I'll go one step further and say that there ARE certain areas, ie Zionism, that she really should just shut the fuck up about as she hasn't had enough first hand experience regarding the topic, nor has she delved into the great wealth of litterature surrounding it.

The amount of shit you lot dished up to her on that case was ...like Margo, a bit much ...but I can see how she asked for it with such an ill thought out throwaway comment.

The shave balls thing? It's my own John Tingle shtick:

I shoot and I vote
I 4WD and I vote
I fish and I vote

..well I shave my balls and I vote.

At the same time? Make sure to clean the clippings out of the booth.

“My name is John Kerry, and I abandoned my four-man Vietnam command after 16 weeks and let someone else finish the fighting. But I made some cool home movies of my heroics and wrote myself recommendations for lots of shiny medals. After accomplishing nothing as a Senator in 19 years, I want to be President because I have neat initials (JFK for those who haven’t heard). Did I mention I was born in the west wing?"

Matt; Lol. See, some of you guys have a sense of humour. (A bit undergrad, but okay.)

Darp's site isn't always about Tim Bliar. It's just a theme for the week, reflecting on how unfortunate it is that some may see Bliar as a good example of Australian political thought. And that would be a tragedy.

Oh, and that people think that Bliar's site is a thriving community debating issues etc, when really it's a self-congratulatory love-in with right-wing hacks masturbating each other, and with their protector Andrea Harris banning those who actually try to debate with them. (Which she's entitled to do, and we're entitled to publicise.)

John Kerry "Reporting For Duty"

I say, it's about time. He's been one of my state's senators for 20 or so years and I can't tell you what he's done. Say what you want about Kennedy, at least he does things.

Kerry is a different story. He's been like a non-entity as far as his duty as senator goes. I'm not questioning his attendance or anything. I'm stating that I still can't tell you what he really supports. He's been like the 'Invisible Man' of the US Senate.

Has Kerry mentioned his senate record as he's been stumping for president? Has he listed ALL the legislation he's championed and pushed through?

Why is Kerry dwelling so much on a four month tour of duty in Vietnam? Granted, he managed to squeeze in quite a bit during those four months. He won 4 purple hearts. He also managed to take home movies as he was heroically winning those medals.

Beyond being a purple heart-winning star of his own home movies, what else has he done? What does he stand for? What are his core values?

Reading all these self-indulgent "Tim Bliar is a poopyhead and everybody here is just involved in a right-wing circle jerk" type of posts from Jeremy really makes me yearn for a return of Big Hawk.

Whatever happened to dissent that was at least entertaining? Instead we get high-school level whining galore now. (And the "Bliar" play on Tim's name that stopped being funny about 3,000 usages ago.) Hell, give me carlos over this any day.

Jeremy:
"Darp's site isn't always about Tim Bliar. It's just a theme for the week, reflecting on how unfortunate it is that some may see Bliar as a good example of Australian political thought. And that would be a tragedy."

1. Why would anyone assume that ONE PERSON'S opinion represents anything except that ONE PERSON'S OPINION?

2. The links, supplied by Tim and others, often point to opinions that oppose Tim's. So, right here on this blog we can see there are differing political thoughts in Australia.

3. Unless Australians have been secretly replaced by POD PEOPLE, I would expect Australians, like all other human beings, to hold a wide range of political thoughts and opinions.

"Oh, and that people think that Bliar's site is a thriving community debating issues etc, when really it's a self-congratulatory love-in with right-wing hacks masturbating each other, and with their protector Andrea Harris banning those who actually try to debate with them. (Which she's entitled to do, and we're entitled to publicise.)"

1. Not everyone who visits this site and thinks it's a good one is a "right wing hack". I find this site interesting. I'm not right wing anything.

2. I'm assuming if you keep it clean (language), don't drone on and on on (Zzz), don't hijack threads, don't abuse people, and don't write abusive emails that you won't be banned. But, you always have Darp's site to post to if you are.

Web sites are very un-democratic. They are more like a dictatorship than anything else. But with all the sites and all the viewpoints, the net does work just fine. Don't like it one place? Go to another.

3. What I appreciate most about this site is that Tim is a professional journalist who seems to understand the problems the 'great unwashed' have with some in his profession. There are others on the web like him. They seem to understand how sick many of us are at having agendas shoved down our throats by our media.

Hi, Darp,

I like your wishing on space hardware bit. Keep the ball-shaving-voting thing; it suits the site.

On your three points:
"*Tim is the "cut and paste, add a smarmy comment" master. Where's the creativity and original thought in that?"

Tim does things the way he wants to, and a lot of people seem to like that. I'm not knocking you, but I don't really see a lot of creativity or originality on your site, or on most other blogs. Probably the most creative site I visit is Evil Pundit of Doom, which has good Photoshop work on a fairly regular basis. I'm sure there are art blogs out there that are highly original and creative, but that's not what I look for after a hard day's work. I want news, commentary, and humor. Tim provides it.

"*Tim has made a habit of basing much of his humour on derogatory racial stereotypes." [Your claim being that he does this with Arabs in particular.]

At the same time that he fully respects and supports the Iraqi people and their attempts to rebuild their nation. Maybe it isn't THE Arabs, but WHICH Arabs, like the terrorist kind, that he pokes fun at. Which would not be racial.

"*Tim can't draw breath without commenting on what a "stunner" Margo is."

Haven't seen much of that. Even his 2 recent posts about Margo don't mention her looks at all.

"My name is John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty!"

IT'S "REPORTING FOR DUTY, SIR!!!!" AND YOU SHALL REFER TO YOUR UGLY SNIVELLING SELF AS "THE RECRUIT" YOU GODDAM RETARD NOW DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY YOU LOUSY SACK OF SHIT CHOCOLATE SOLDIER STRAIGHTEN THAT CHEST AND GET A HAIRCUT AND SHAVE THAT UGLY FACE YOU'RE NOT IN GODDAM SAN FRANCISCO GETTING YOUR PANTIHOSE FITTED BY MOMMY!!!!!!!

2. I'm assuming if you keep it clean (language), don't drone on and on on (Zzz), don't hijack threads, don't abuse people, and don't write abusive emails that you won't be banned. But, you always have Darp's site to post to if you are.
Well, I'm afraid you'd be assuming wrong there Chris.

Web sites are very un-democratic. They are more like a dictatorship than anything else. But with all the sites and all the viewpoints, the net does work just fine. Don't like it one place? Go to another.
I don't, and I do. I didn't start this recent stoush. But I feel just as qualified to comment on it as anyone else.

As an example of a good polical blog, go to Tim Dunlop's Road to Surfdom. There's debate from all sides there, and I haven't seen anyone banned yet.

What I objected to about being banned by Andrea all those weeks ago was the inconsistency:
1. From Andrea - Yoo-hoo! Jeremy! Hey! Jer!
Jer?
(Psst. Guys: I think he must have been grounded from the computer. Bet his ma caught him making poo pictures on the living room wall again, or molesting her chihuahua.)
2. From me - And you guys are the civilised world, eh? :rollseyes:

Charming messages above. (Andrea, you're clearly a filthy-minded moron.) You know what? I work, and don't check blog message boards constantly.
3. From Andrea - And in any case -- I scanned for my "foul" messages. Hmm... are we a little sensitive to mentions of chihuahua-molesting? Does that Taco Bell commercial make you all funny in the underpants? I meant only to jest -- I had no idea you had an actual problem.

However, I do notice that you called me a "moron." Excuse me, I pay for and administer this website, and I don't permit people to waste my bandwidth calling me names.
And then she banned me.

Seems a bit - well actually extremely - hypocritical to me. Especially considering the other language on that thread.

Whatever. Anyway, until she bans me again, I'll feel free to call her on her hypocrisy and to highlight the pointless nature of the Bliar site (oops, there's that typo again, PW).

"political" I mean.

Anyway, until she bans me again, I'll feel free to call her on her hypocrisy and to highlight the pointless nature of the Bliar site

In other words, you'll continue to hijack threads with your whining about Andrea's 'fascist oppression'. (Or, once you're banned again, you'll continue helping people like Darp do the same.) Do you really have nothing better to do with your time than your pathetic personal reinterpretation of "speaking truth to power"? Ah, those lefties, always engaged in the truly pressing issues of our day. Traffic must be light currently at all the other blogs you read, I guess.

Seems rather pointless to continue talking to you - enjoy your little crusade, mate, hope it helps you get over your obvious inferiority complex. I'll switch to Ignore Mode now.

Oh, heck, one parting shot: The reason nobody takes you seriously, Jeremy, is that your entire 'critique' of this blog is based on style, not substance. Boohoo, Tim makes smartassed comments, Andrea employs a hardline stance in keeping the blog readable, commenters agree too much with one another, yadda yadda. If you actually had a worthwhile rebuttal you'd a) take issue with the content of Tim's opinions, rather than with the way he phrases them, and b) post it on your own blog and trust that your shining intellect and sophisticated opinions would rise to the top of the marketplace, as such things usually do.

Instead, you'd rather keep whining about style issues here. It betrays your utter lack of seriousness, your high-pitched protestations ("nobody here will engage me on the issues!") notwithstanding. Ignore mode back on.

"I shave my head and I don't vote" -- Peter Garrett

The. Best. Ever.

Sorry to interrupt the Democrat Convention (yawn)and jerks like 'Jeremy' polluting online space - but Essendon team captain Matthew Lloyd's one-handed mark (that's a catch of the ball) in the last quarter of the game with Port Adelaide was possibly the greatest catch of the ball ever seen.

It has to be seen - but I'm sorry. It's not online.

Yet.

(As you were - continue discussing whatever you dickhead lefties were discussing - and WHY IS IT that you take front row seats at a right wing blog for your Saturday entertainment, like totally go and take Yoga lessons or something, I don't know ... I mean, seriously!)

Jeremy and Darp seem to be on a crusade to save the INTERNET from the right wing masturbators. But I can't figure out how shaving their balls has anything to do with that. Wouldn't that make them stand out when they enter the VRWC Zone (TM)?

Jeremy and Darp seem to be on a crusade to save the INTERNET from the right wing masturbators.

Nah, just a couple of minnow's trying desperately trying to get a rise out of a big fish.

I invite you to challenge me on the points that:

Oh Good Lord, he thinks someone is taking him seriously!! How cute...
(anyone else picturing Darp Hau as Monty Python's Black Night at this point?)

"YES - the "towel head" bit is 100% litterary liscence. I have never seen, nor ever heard of Tim Blair using the term "towel head" with relation to Muslims or Bishin Bedi, India's best ever fast bowler.

With regard to Margo, I've made it clear in my article that I'm not a huge fan of hers. I'll go one step further and say that there ARE certain areas, ie Zionism, that she really should just shut the fuck up about as she hasn't had enough first hand experience regarding the topic, nor has she delved into the great wealth of litterature surrounding it." - Darp Hau

Geez, genius-boy, if you're going to have your very own widdle bloggie-woggie-woo, LEARN TO SPELL. No wonder you defend Margo so much...

JEREMY. Quit being such a cry baby.

"reporting for duty" - that would be a switch from the unmentioned 20 year Senate career. Are we to interpret this as a promise of a better attendance record?

"go vist Darp's site" - screw that.

"Jeremy" - go away and play with yourself kid, probably be more productive.

yeah, I'm cranky. Problem with that?

Jeremy's been banned, guys. Now he can go whine to Darp Hau about it. (That won't be hard to do; from the similarity of their IP addresses I am guessing they are room- or dorm-mates.)

I like this one for VP.

from, not for.

John Kerry has reported for Duty, so we can expect to see him around for about three months.

Andrea, these trolls. Last post they were funny. Now they're tedious. I couldn't finish the thread.

I'd like to make a suggestion. These trolls discredit themselves, and responding derails the thread. Why not try deleting most of the responses rather than deleting or banning the troll's posts? Then you don't have to deal with the "Dissent crusher" kneejerk reactions. Just a little note that you have deleted and will delete replies to these idiots. Interrupt their supply lines instead of concentrating on their half-assed attacks.

HELLO, SAILOR!
Kerry reports for duty, bothers Marines

July 31, 2004 -- SCRANTON, Pa. — John Kerry's heavily hyped cross-country bus tour stumbled out of the blocks yesterday, as a group of Marines publicly dissed the Vietnam War hero in the middle of a crowded restaurant.

Kerry was treating running mate Sen. John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, to a Wendy's lunch in Newburgh, N.Y., for their 27th wedding anniversary — an Edwards family tradition — when the candidate approached four Marines and asked them questions.

The Marines — two in uniform and two off-duty — were polite but curt while chatting with Kerry, answering most of his questions with a "yes, sir" or "no, sir." . . .

"He imposed on us and I disagree with him coming over here shaking our hands," one Marine said, adding, "I'm 100 percent against [him]."

A sergeant with 10 years of service under his belt said, "I speak for all of us. We think that we are doing the right thing in Iraq," before saying he is to be deployed there in a few weeks and is "eager" to go and serve.

Hey now ilibcc, wait just a minute. Don't go dissing yoga! I know it has its share of crunchy granola, new age types, but there are us regular folks who practice it so our bodies don't fall apart completely.

As an aside, how is Essendon doing this year? I've been a bit distracted and haven't been able to follow. (I have the team screen saver on my monitor at work, and everyone thinks it's a rugby team!)

Kerry's sort of got the idea, but he's a little behind the times. Even as GW and the nation are turning the corner, Kerry is scrambling to get up to the starting line. The President is a man of his word, whose strength and resolve have already made America a shining beacon to those -- like our New Europe Coalition-of-the-Willing partners and the newly-free citizens of Afghan and Iraq -- who have known political darkness in their lifetimes and now see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Hype is on the way

Sorry, guys, I didn't mean for anyone to actually read Darp's site. My apologies for not making that clearer.

Seriously, the problem is that the dissenting viewpoints from typical lefty sites are marred by all of the same mistakes, everywhere you go. "Bush stole the election," "No blood for oil," "Bush = Hitler," et al. When you (Darp, Jeremy) have something that's actually worth posting, it's ignored because no one wants to wade through the crap you've already posted. So when Darp gets jealous of Tim's success as a journalist and a web logger, he deciedes to read a few of Tim's posts and write a critique of Tim's posting style on his own blog. NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY TIM DOES THINGS. If you want to be successful as a blogger, left or right, you need to post things people will actually read.

Theresa Heinz Kerry in Cookiegate Scandal

Courtesy of Instapundit.

Good lord, is it any reason Hollywood celebrities love these people?

Why doesn't Jeremy give Garp the full Brazilian wax then everyone would be happy.

"My name is John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty!"
By the way Mr.No-Days-In-The-Hospital 3 Purple Hearts-I'm-Outta-Here man, I don't believe Navy and Marine Corps personnel perform hand salutes when indoors and uncovered (unless he's packing a sidearm I don't know about).

Does anyone else find it the least bit ironic that Darp and Jeremy get to waste so much space dissenting about their crushed dissent? I mean, it's like they refute themselves everytime they post. Then Andrea symbolically bounces them out the door and poof! Two days later they're back in, bitching about how awful it is that they're surely going to get bounced again for their constant bitchitude.

But let's be clear, I have never mistaken the thriving community of this blog to be one based on discussing issues, not so much as it is a forum for discussing the idiocy of the left. That is a deep and never-ending spring of comedy to draw from. Refreshing!

Plus, the troll hunting is plentiful and easy.

Tim, he was trying to bitch-slap GWB, playing the Bush was a deserter game.

Here's my theory on Kerry's speech. Before the speech, Kerry sent out the message that people were to make nice ... everyone obeyed but Sharpton. Kerry knew if all the other speakers threw red meat to the baying Democrat packs that when it was his turn to speak, he'd have nothing to say, and America would write him off as the humorless indecisive dullard that he is.

Since the rest of the howlers in the pack followed the order, 'cept for Sharpton, Kerry was left as the feeder of the pack. He threw red meat in his acceptance 'speech' as though it was feeding time at the zoo. He got the crowd going -- something he'd never have been able to do if he hadn't sent down a be nice order.

Thus, it was his ability to throw red meat, without being compared unfavorably to other red meat throwers, that enable the Dems to have any kind of post-Convention bounce.

Therefore, I call the 4% bounce, the "red-meat bounce." It was all bark, no bite, and the unreflecting masses scarfed it up.

BTW, Germany has bitch-slapped (dag, same word twice) Kerry big time. They've said it doesn't matter who's in the WH, we ain't sendin' no damn stinkin' soldiers to freakin' I-RAQ, and get that in your damn head, sojer!!!!

Eh I thought of deleting the responses too but by that time I had a cramp in my right arm from clicking the mouse button so many times. I'll just pass on a message here: guys, if it looks like the troll has started to repeat himself (that is, if it's the usual sort of troll) simply don't respond.

In any case, I'll be changing this blog to one that requires registration for commenters. I have simply had it with the trolls and the spam and the shizzle. I have a full-time job that I take three buses to get back and forth to (an hour-and-a-half trip in the morning and a two-and-a-half-hour trip home), I am going to be moving next month (hopefully to this place in walking distance from my job), and I have a lot of other worries that take up my time, and quite frankly I would rather use what tiny amount of free time I have writing my own blog, not to mention all the other writing that I've put off the back burner, than keeping this website free of immature lardheads. There's a point where trollbaiting stops being fun, and I think that when Jewhaters (on the post about Margo whatserface's antisemitic comment) and mamma's boys who can't stand not being the center of everyone's concern (such as Jeremy and Darp) start infesting this place this is that point. Don't worry, I'll give plenty of warning before the changeover is due.

hehehehe....sweating like Margo Kingston at a spelling bee....

that's hilarious!

"Plus, the troll hunting is plentiful and easy."

Unless Earth First! (or maybe PETA?) steps in protect them in their natural habitat.

Yeah, well, fuck Earth First! and PETA.

The black knight?

Tis but a scratch.

For the record, Jeremy is the "Melbourne Lefty" ..and I'm presently looking out onto the intersection of Kent and Market st's in Sydney.

So ..roomies? Hmmm..don't think so.

Anyway ...the only solid rebuttal I've gotten from my article is that Tim Blair only bases his ethnically geared humour on those Arabs who are terrorists. If you read "Mosque See TV" ..he appears to think all Palestinians are terrorists.

Oh well..

Andrea, seriously - getting people to register to make comments, all well and good. But making judgement calls as to who can post and who can't ...that's a bit wussy-arsed.

You'd better get your comments in quick, shit-for-brains. You won't be allowed to post comments on the new blog; you're already on The List. (There, that should cause Dorf hours of anxious restore-my-self-esteem wanking. "I'm on a List! Fascists! Waaaahhh!")

Polly

Yoga comment retracted. Essendon, in danger of missing finals, needed a big win last night and got it without James Hird and a couple others on the park.

Still going to be tight run into the finals.

"Yeah, well, fuck Earth First! and PETA."

I think that hunting trolls, Earth First!, and PETA would even better......more targets!!!

The game against Port Adelaide sounded great . . . I think. I know that article was in English, but I'll be damned if I could figure out what that writer was saying. I understood the *brutal best*, and my favorite sentence was *The Essendon brains trust went into the game heavy on experimentation and it paid off.* I'll just have to try to catch the game on cable.

JeffS: I suppose, mostly I just really wanted to say "fuck Earth First! and PETA".

That's understandable, Sortelli. I guess I'm just a sporting fellow! ;-)

I believe in Earth First!

We'll log the other planets later.

Jeremy-Right wing masturbators?
Whats that?
Is it like Rimming or felching?
And why are these things so common with leftwing dissenters?
Sorry Andrea

Jeff & Mike - LOL!

Polly

It's actually written in code. Phrases like 'not only threw away a chance to push ahead of close rival Brisbane, but will sweat on reports to key smalls' if written in actual English would betray secrets to aliens from other planets.

That's nothing, you should hear Coach Sheedy talk. He has the gift of the gab, being of Irish extraction, yet no-one has understoof a thing he has said for the twenty-three years he's been coach. If anyone asks him to explain, he just points to the Premiership cups he's won.

Sortelli, forgot where you're from. JeffS, Seatle,Org, or Tex. Damn my short term memory. Anyway, e-mail me some time.

I's from Arizona, and hoping I can keep it a red state this year, why?

From what I've read, the whole "SALUTE" thingy was unscripted. So Kerryesque...he KNOWS what he's doing, much better than the drones managing his campaign...and of course falls flat on his face (and that's gotta hurt, that's a lotta face to fall on!)

Andrea wrote:
l'll be changing this blog to one that requires registration for commenters.

Excellent idea. Though couldn't there be a faux-mirror site (excuse my French) so that we could play with the trolls? Sort of a blog petting zoo.

"The black knight?
Tis but a scratch."

A scratch? Your arm's off!

heh...
O.K. so maybe he does have at least one redeeming quality.
(a working knowledge of the black night)

I'd plug my blog here, but I don't want to bore people with posts on movies, my hate of fanboys, car crashes and the Australian Greens.

I shave my the centre of my monobrow...and I vote.

i would shave my head, but since the shit's all falling out on its own i don't need too...

"to", i mean

gawddammit, i need coffee

The shave balls thing? It's my own John Tingle shtick:

I shoot and I vote
I 4WD and I vote
I fish and I vote

..well I shave my balls and I vote.

Those slogans are from the Outdoor Recreation Party, not John Tingle's Shooter's Party.

Your Margo-like penchant for the truth is showing again, Darp.

Yo, Aaron! Washington State, which we hope stays green, not red.

Timothy Lang: sounds tempting. Maybe I'll set one up on Blogspot (thus giving my hosting service a rest). They have comments now. I could call it something like "Tim Blair Fansite." That would bring the loser trolls in droves. You know they secretly are all in love with Tim!

And the troll hunting would be superb! Like shooting fish in a barrel.

We could try visiting Pandagon, then we'd be the trolls.

Well yeah, but then I'd get a wicked case of carpal tunnel.

I have a name for this "Tim Blair Fansite" Timothy Lang suggested........[drum roll]:

"Trolling for Tim Blair"

Considering the trolls' apparent aversion to calling Tim, well, Tim, I'd like to suggest a slightly different name:

"Trolling for Timbo"

Now that's gonna really draw 'em in.

You shave your balls..........are you real Darp? I cannot believe anyone would even think of making a statement like that for others to read.

May I suggest that shaving your posterior would be a better option, as it would allow the gerbal to find its way out!

As for Kerry reporting for duty. Please tell me that no-one truly believes in that sort of theatrics.

I only wish blousey boy would do a similar thing here by knocking on the front door of the Liverpool City Council and saying..."I'm Mark Latham and I'm reporting for duty." There'd be knuckles flying everywhere.

As for the footy, go the mighty Dees!

A good thought, PW! One could also consider Timbo's Trolls, Trolls For Timbo,or perhaps Troll Time.

Early in the comments, Drab refers to a great Indian cricketer by the name of Bishen Bedi. However Drab seems to have either his facts wrong, he is talking about someone else or he thinks really weird things.

Bishen Bedi was one of India's best ever LEFT ARM ORTHODOX FINGER SPINNERS. He was not a quick.(He has also labelled Murali a chucker.) He is a Sikh, but even I could bowl faster than him. Maybe you were referring to Kapil Dev, who is not a Sikh, or Javagal Srinath who is also not a Sikh.

Mate, any credibility you think you had is GOOOOOONNNNNEEE!

(PS - for you Yanks, Drab's stuff-up is akin to saying that Kerry is a Republican - they're all politicians, but the attitude and mechanics aint the same).

John Kerry has reported for duty before. He last 4 months and 3 days of a one year tour. What makes anyone think he can handle a FOUR year tour?

He is mosted suited for "a three hour tour, a three hour tour."

DaveACT,

I preface this by saying my comments are made with a sense of irony, rather than any desire to offend.

You'd think we were speaking different languages. The last time I bowled was a few years back, in Texas. There were crickets, but they were all outside.

If anyone ever called me a "LEFT ARM ORTHODOX FINGER SPINNER" or a "chucker" I'd probably kick his butt first and ask questions later. Cowboys are like that sometimes.

I do know what a Sikh is - cookies for me! But I have no idea what a Quick is - no cookies.

I am pretty sure a stuff-up is something bad and I hope Drab gets over it, because it sounds either painful or at least largely annoying.

Drab, get well soon!

"John Kerry has reported for duty before. He last 4 months and 3 days of a one year tour."

Well I guess that's four months and 3 days more than the Chicken-in-Chief.

Nevermind, if ol' MunsterHead manages to win the election then the C-in-C can get a job as a highway - cos he already has a big yellow stripe running down his back!

Hey Chicky, how long did you serve to speak so unfavourably of Bush's National Guard service?

It's possible that Chicken Little was served as dinner one day, a couple years ago. I recall one chicken dish on the mess hall menu that tasted like shit.

PW, chicky chumped out.
How 'bout a goose egg, zero, less than nothing, and
the recruiter looked at him and puked.

C'mon, lay off Chicken Little.

Anyone who supported Bush Snr and Dole against chickenhawk Clinton in the last two elections can't be all bad.

(...huh...What do you mean he didn't...)

Let's start wrapping up this long thread with a lusty congratulations to Mr. T. Blair for this blistering zinger: "...Kerry, sweating like Margo Kingston at a spelling bee..."

The flak he's caught here is merely a reflection of the Left's insane jealousy.

Cordially...

Then Andrea symbolically bounces them out the door and poof! Two days later they're back in, bitching about how awful it is that they're surely going to get bounced again for their constant bitchitude.