Open Thread

sam…you think she’s governor material???? I think her past would ruin that. Rudy won’t win the governorship…too many upstate people hate him. D”Amato more likely, for better or worse.

Can’t wait for the What’s reply to that, vinca. Well said. he can’t deal with anything that’s got a positive outcome.

What, the sad thing is that if people responded to your posts with warmth, you wouldn’t even notice they were there, or that they’d responded. The only time you recognize you’re being paid attention to is when you’re getting negative attention. The world is filled with people who *could* do something differently but, like you, just don’t want to. What you write, what you say, what you do—that’s your choice, and no one else’s. You want to live in this generation in the same way, and inflicting the same pain, as the generation that brought you into this world, I’d say that’s an unfortunate choice. As to “suck me off”—here’s the kindest thing we say in the very Brooklyn neighborhood where I grew up: “You couldn’t come if I called you.” You see, What, I’m just as capable of you of spewing venom, but I choose not to, even when that choice takes a lot of effort. I rarely resort to song lyrics, but this one’s for you and buckfast (and hannible, too):

The Pointer Sisters, Yes We Can Can

Now’s the time for all good men
to get together with one another.
We got to iron out our problems
and iron out our quarrels
and try to live as brothers.
And try to find a piece of land
without stepping on one another.
And do respect the women of the world.
Remember you all have mothers.
We got to make this land a better land
than the world in which we live.
And we got to help each man be a better man
with the kindness that we give.
I know we can make it.
I know darn well we can work it out.
Oh yes we can, I know we can can
Yes we can can, why can’t we?
If we wanna get together we can work it out.

And we gotta take care of all the children,
the little children of the world.
’cause they’re our strongest hope for the future,
the little bitty boys and girls.

We got to make this land a better land
than the world in which we live.
And we got to help each man be a better man
with the kindness that we give.
I know we can make it.
I know darn well we can work it out.
Oh yes we can, I know we can can
yes we can can, why can’t we?
If we wanna, yes we can can.

sam…..literally “Hairpins in the tuchas.” That’s great….only Cantonese is more colorful!!!!!