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Reviewing The Post Partisan Unity Schtick

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    The shtick was not as important as the money (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by observed on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 05:28:05 PM EST
    Obama---a virtual unknown, with very short national exposure, got a ton of money, early. That was the warning, sign, IMO.
    Honestly, PPUS isn't much different than what many candidates say. The real shock, of course, is that Obama apparently really believed that shiit.

    Right. I don't think the PPUS got him (none / 0) (#44)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:34:53 PM EST
    elected. No one believed it but him.

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    Oh no (none / 0) (#56)
    by jbindc on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 12:22:38 PM EST
    The new voters and yunguns believed the whole PPUS.

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    finally got Skype to function. (5.00 / 3) (#3)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 05:36:38 PM EST
    I think my contiued use of older computers didn't give me the power to use it.

    Son got to talk to mom and abuela, we discussed what to purchase here shoes, athletic and more dressy, a nice pencil box, erasers and pencil sharpeners, two more dressy shirts with ties (son loves clip-on ties... who'da thunk it?) books for math, geometry, writing-- not so much comprehension, but writing legibly, geography, and science in general, as well as books he'll read. Last year, westarted with Captain Underpants, and this year we've added all of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books (hat tip to Militarytracy and Josh, these have become a staple!)

    So... re-scheduled biopsy Tuesday. Don't know what to write about it. Maybe I'll live blog without pictures. After all, if you've seen Uranus once, that ought to be enough.

    Planning the schools I'll be going to down there to set up I hope some interviews sometime in the new year. Also, a business thing that's completely foreign to me, possibly representing a US steel fabricator. No idea what it would take, but the ex said it sounded like something I could do. Maybe it's simply sales, but selling something I think works doesn't bother me.

    Oh well, rambling now.

    Left-wing Regnery (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by gyrfalcon on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:10:12 PM EST
    Hey, Jeff, you asked a while back on an open thread if there was a left-wing publishing house.  A friend of mine who reads this blogs but prefers not to register and post, emailed me to tell you to look up Chelsea Green Publishing.

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    Thanks to you and your friend. (none / 0) (#8)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:12:10 PM EST
    Added to my bookmarks!

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    I've been negligent in not following (none / 0) (#4)
    by andgarden on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 05:55:54 PM EST
    your updates on the right side of the page. I hope things are looking up for you Jeff.

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    You've been through a heck of a lot (none / 0) (#7)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:11:27 PM EST
    in the past couple of weeks, buddy. Don't sweat it. I couldn't get the biopsy last week because of a nasty urinary tract infection. I was micturating lit napalm, if I'm not mistaken, and didn't much feel like diarying it;-)

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    Eh, no sweat for me (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by andgarden on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:18:11 PM EST
    Things are actually looking up: I have paid (but not full-time) employment with a good person.

    I hope you stay strong. My family has had experience with cancer, and it's never easy.

    (Funny note about your comment: this is the first time I've seen "micturate" since I read it in a translation of Freud I was assigned in a victorian literature class in college!)

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    Y'all both just sent me (5.00 / 2) (#12)
    by sj on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:43:08 PM EST
    to the online dictionaries.

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    Worse, I already knew what it meant. (5.00 / 3) (#38)
    by Mr Natural on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:24:37 PM EST


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    I'm sorry! (none / 0) (#13)
    by andgarden on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:46:56 PM EST


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    no worries (none / 0) (#14)
    by sj on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:51:58 PM EST
    At times like these, Google is my friend.

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    I work for a manufacturers rep.... (none / 0) (#10)
    by kdog on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:19:11 PM EST
    any questions about the biz let 'em fly amigo, hopefully I can answer them.

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    I will be emailing. (none / 0) (#19)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 07:27:27 PM EST
    First question-- what the heck does a rep DO?

    We're talking absolute basics here. I took no business courses in college except accounting, which I dropped because I decided I preferred to take fiction writing in the English department instead of the Business School, lol!

    (Please accountants, don't beat me too bad!)

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    Sell, sell, sell! (5.00 / 2) (#20)
    by Joan in VA on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 07:32:16 PM EST


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    Okay, then. (none / 0) (#21)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 07:44:23 PM EST
    I might need to investigate Colombian laws about such things. Glad my ex has a judge for an uncle, though, in business court.

    Hmmmm...Curiouser and curiouser. And maybe a change would do me good!

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    Ha! (none / 0) (#27)
    by kdog on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 08:51:04 PM EST
    When homeowners/end users find our phone number and I explain I can't sell the sh*t direct to them, thats the most common question..."then what is it you do?"

    Selling, yes thats the biggie, a commission based business. Dealing with the local wholesale distributors of the brand in your assigned territory so the manufacturer doesn't have to and can concentrate on the manufacturing.  The manufacturers local face and hand to shake basically....a liason between parties. Some rep firms, like my outfit, do the quotes, receive and check customer's orders for pricing and catch errors before forwarding to the factory...thats where the cube-dwelling is, my end.  The outside sales team just gives out the baseball and football tickets to keep 'em stocking our brands:)

    Not sure if the rep model is the same for all industries, but I'd imagine steel is similar to slinging pipe and valves. If you do look more into it, I'd make sure there is an existing customer base, otherwise you're cold-calling and sweating a paycheck every month.

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    Starting from scratch in South America (none / 0) (#32)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:04:40 PM EST
    with this particular firm. Hmmm. I believe in his products and workmanship, but this might just be a sideline to teaching... or to living at the casinos. Wonder if they play holdem there?

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    Might be a ton of work... (none / 0) (#43)
    by kdog on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:34:37 PM EST
    before ya see dime one, but if you dig the product I don't doubt you could sell it.  

    My concern would be people are creatures of habit, it takes a lot mojo to get a guy to switch brands...its a hassle, like moving.  What I see quite a bit is a customer will talk with ya, "sounds good let me think about it", then bring your pitch to his existing supplier and get a better price out of him.  

    Though if the timing is right and existing supplier is sh*tting the bed at the moment...I'd definitely do some research on the competitors as well.

    Where they play cards, they play Hold 'Em, or they don't play cards hermano:)...the Latin America Poker Tour stops in Bogota this year matter of fact, date TBA.  

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    Books (none / 0) (#11)
    by Dadler on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:36:27 PM EST
    TOM SWIFT: Young Inventor series by Victor Appleton

    Young Dadler loved these a few years back, and I just discovered we still have all six books in this latest version of a series that's been around for a hundred years, in various form and incarnations.  More adventure/sci-fi than Wimpy Kid, obviously, but Eli loved Wimpy Kid, too, so I thought I'd suggest it.  If you think your son might take a cotton to them, we can certainly arrange a TL library loan, as in just email me where to send 'em and they're yours.  

     

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    Now that you mention it, the Tom Swift series (none / 0) (#15)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 07:03:17 PM EST
    can be found for free online! I ran across it at Gutenberg.org, I think, along with the John Carter of Mars series and the Alan Quatermain series!

    No pictures in the online, though... maybe there would be if I looked at different ones, though.

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    That (5.00 / 4) (#5)
    by Ga6thDem on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 06:07:17 PM EST
    article by Drew Westen that Digby links to is absolutely one of the best at explaining the current situation and what is needed that I have seen in the media.

    Of course, we here at TL should all pat ourselves on the back because it's the same thing most of us have been saying for quite a while.

    replying to "That" (none / 0) (#26)
    by noholib on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 08:40:13 PM EST
    Yes, the great communicator couldn't/wouldn't challenge Republican narratives or Republican policies.  His stated desire to be "transformational like Reagan" was such an alarm bell in '08.  A huge squandered opportunity to lay the responsibility on years of Republican policies.  Instead, this virtual nonsense of  "no one is to blame, or everyone is to blame." Well, here at talkleft we'd say "we told you so," but the situation is too serious for us to derive any comfort from it.  


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    One more good quote from S&P (5.00 / 1) (#16)
    by Addison on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 07:20:33 PM EST
    On Bloomberg right now (~8:15pm) S&P's John Chambers said, near-verbatim, "we don't give policy recommendations, that's not our place, we just jduge the capacity and willingness to paid debt".

    Then what were all the political criticisms and policy suggestions doing in your report, Mr Chambers?

    Is he backpedaling or oblivious or just lying?

    He seems so credible (none / 0) (#18)
    by Joan in VA on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 07:22:27 PM EST
    yet we know he is full of sh*t. Weird to watch.

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    Correction. (none / 0) (#22)
    by Addison on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 07:58:42 PM EST
    Good Lord that was a garbled quote. I was half playing FIFA, so. Should've read:

    "We [S&P] don't give policy recommendations, that's not our place, we just judge the capacity and willingness to pay debt."

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    He said on one of the Sunday shows (none / 0) (#23)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 08:21:19 PM EST
    that they also judge the efficacy of the political system.

    Basically, he's full of it.

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    "It's your decision, but if we don't like it, (5.00 / 1) (#24)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 08:32:44 PM EST
    we'll fork you."

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    Yup. Elect who we like and you'll get your (5.00 / 1) (#25)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 08:39:32 PM EST
    AAA back. Lovely family, you wouldn't want anything to happen to them.

    Thugs are all the same.

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    I'm glad to see him getting into the conversation (5.00 / 1) (#34)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:13:08 PM EST
    I doubt he would run for president again, but he is a true original and a rare far-thinking politician. We need his voice.

    A publicly thinking politician. (none / 0) (#35)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:17:49 PM EST
    I would also love to see and hear more from, for example, Cornell West. As a public intellectual, he is great.

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    Yes, I like him too (none / 0) (#39)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:26:37 PM EST
    Just nice to hear people who don't say the same predictable things all the time.

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    Niiice one... But really, you are right (none / 0) (#47)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:49:14 PM EST
    We can predict both the questions and the answers.

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    Obama ought to listen to (5.00 / 1) (#50)
    by jeffinalabama on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 12:29:19 AM EST
    this from Gil Scott Heron

    I admit to wrong (none / 0) (#1)
    by CoralGables on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 04:53:39 PM EST
    The giggles from the gallery weren't so stifled. There was as much yelling to the caddy walking up the 18th as there was for Adam Scott. And the first interview by the media was also with the caddy.

    "Did God create the Universe" (none / 0) (#17)
    by Joan in VA on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 07:20:35 PM EST
    on many of your cable stations now(Discovery, NatGeo, etc). Stephen Hawking interspersed among the segments. Fascinating!

    Had some drama around here..... (none / 0) (#28)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 08:54:23 PM EST
    My younger dog got bit by a snake the other night. It was a little baby one lying in the road when we took our walk, and Ginger sniffed it before I noticed and could snap her away. Her face swelled up and she got to spend the night at the ER getting anti-venom and fluids, etc.

    She's fine now, so all's well that ends well. Back to barking at the dogs on TV. My bank account will not recover so fast.

    I can't say much more about the PPUS. It was all obvious from the start, and BTD and Digby have the documentation  to prove it. The idea that the righty nutters would embrace someone not 'reasonable' ....ludicrous.

    Oh, poor puppy. (5.00 / 1) (#31)
    by caseyOR on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 08:56:31 PM EST
    Glad to hear the pup is doing okay. What kind of snake lies around in your street?

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    It's Florida- the possibilities are endless! (none / 0) (#36)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:19:43 PM EST
    A friend is speculating it might have been a pygmy rattler because there were two puncture wounds. It was dark, and all I could tell was that it was black, or at least very dark in color.

    May have been just a normal black garden snake and non-poisonous, but just gave her the allergic reaction with the swelling. May not have really needed the anti-venom, but I didn't want to take any chances.

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    Yikes! Glad she's okay! (5.00 / 1) (#46)
    by nycstray on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:48:18 PM EST
    That was one of my fears bringing The Dot back here. I remembered the snakes of my childhood and could just see her trying to play with one, starting with a play bow :P Had my mom's lil' 8lb terrier mix here for the week and she was going after the bees in my garden. All I could think was at least I knew the dosage of benedryl (?) for her size . . .

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    There are so many here, I guess I should be glad i (5.00 / 1) (#48)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:58:01 PM EST
    hasn't happened till now. A friend has a little mix breed dog- looks like maybe a corgi-terrier mix- that catches and kills snakes. She knows how to grab them behind the head.

    I always worried about the rattlers in Colorado when I was hiking near where i lived. There was a canyon with a rocky rim walk we used to do, and I saw them there from time to time. I let the dogs off leash up there, and I was probably lucky they never got bit. they had such fun though it was worth the risk. They got to be real dogs sometimes, sniffing out the rabbits, etc.

    Then she gets bit walking on a leash in our own street. sigh.

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    It's mostly the rattlers here I worry about (5.00 / 1) (#49)
    by nycstray on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 10:51:32 PM EST
    was schooled well about those as a kid. We had a lot around us, along with Ca king snakes and a few others. Snake ID was part of childhood. We won't talk about the tarantulas!

    When I get my next dog, I'm sure it won't stop me from our fun/freedom, but I will be aware (what to do) in case something happens. I'm not one to not let a dog be a dog, or me not be me ;)

    I had coons in my yard last night for the first time (obvious signs that is) since I've lived here. I know they've been in my neighbors house through his cat door (last summer) and it's common knowledge (and I've seen them cruising around) they're here. I'm pretty sure we're safe from snakes on the streets though . . . . but in some of the wild areas around here, all bets are off.

    Corgi-terrier mix? Yeah, I can see that one knowing how to do a strike on a snake :) My mom's lil' terrier mix may be small, but she's got guts ;) She's funny though, totally polite to resident felines, the sea birds were looking like playmates, etc. But those big black bees . . .

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    "When I get my next dog"..... (none / 0) (#55)
    by vml68 on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 10:46:03 AM EST
    Now there's a sentence that brought a smile to my face.


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    I think that is why the terriers are (none / 0) (#52)
    by Militarytracy on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 08:25:10 AM EST
    so popular down here.  I know more than one Jack Russel down here that is a little snake hunter with many mongoose style kills keeping their yards safe.  My dogs will try to have a standoff less often or they take a different direction, most of time they just take a different direction.  It would appear that German Shepherds have no idea how to take a venomous snake down.  We have only had one bite, knock on wood.

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    Jesus H.... (5.00 / 3) (#53)
    by kdog on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 08:52:38 AM EST
    the animal kingdom is doing damage to the TL fam this year...poor Ginger, sorry Ruff.  Don't even want to guess what that cost ya at the vet.

    Please mother nature, no mas!

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    It's a jungle out there! (5.00 / 1) (#54)
    by ruffian on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 09:58:26 AM EST
    Happy to report she is doing fine, seems totally back to normal.

    But yes, there went my vacation money. Will not be seeing you again in NYC for a while!

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    Oops...delete 'not' from the last line... (none / 0) (#29)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 08:55:51 PM EST


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    The vet said the juveniles are more dangerous (none / 0) (#41)
    by ruffian on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:31:44 PM EST
    because they don't know how to control the amount of venom they spew. Hey, I just named the snake Ann Coulter.

    There were coyotes near where I used to live in Colorado. we would see them on our walks from time to time, but they stayed pretty far away. Probably did not want to mess with the big dogs. A bear on the other hand- would not have wanted to come across one of those!

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    Poor baby (none / 0) (#51)
    by Militarytracy on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 08:18:44 AM EST
    There are some nasty snakes down here.

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    Could the nation handle another Jerry Brown (none / 0) (#33)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:08:59 PM EST
    run? especially a mature, well-spoken on specifics one?

    Sure, "Governor Moonbeam" would come up, but on the other hand... California has given us some two, or at least one-and-a-half term presidents before... and one fantastic Chief Justice.

    This is my second round with him (none / 0) (#45)
    by nycstray on Sun Aug 07, 2011 at 09:41:34 PM EST
    he has pretty much said from the get go (campaign that is) that he had no interest in the WH this time (and joked about his age). I'm glad he's not going anywhere, but his voice would be a nice touch in all the insanity we are sure to hear soon . . .

    seems he's using his dog to mellow things this time around, nice counter balance I guess. says it loosens folks in the room up, lol!~.

    thanks for the link, i'll watch in the AM when my weekend of no news/related stuff is over :)

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    Fight to put solid progressives in the House (none / 0) (#57)
    by Politalkix on Mon Aug 08, 2011 at 07:51:32 PM EST
    There will be an opportunity in 2012.

    Site Violation - Spam (none / 0) (#59)
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