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CHOKE ON IT!!
The Chick-Fil-A drama continues and the strangest peeps are crawling out of the woodwork to chime in. Nancy Peolsi, now known as ‘the cluck heard round the world’, threw her two cents in by tweeting “For the record, I prefer Kentucky Fried Chicken”.
Just hours before Pelosi’s tweet, the chain’s head of public relations died suddenly of a heart attack. Were the two incidents connected?
Now look, I’m as pro-active as the next guy but I have to say this whole Chick-Fil-A thing is getting on my last nerve. I get it – the President of Chick-Fil-A took a public position against gay marriage. That sucks. But don’t you think this whole thing is getting blown out of proportion? When Rahm Emanuel and a few other Mayors jump into the mix vowing to refuse to issue construction permits for new franchises, I get a little nervous.
Even if I HATE the message, the First Amendment gives them the right to speak their mind. Don’t like the message? Then don’t spend your money at Chick-Fil-A. But the government needs to stay the hell out of it.
Evangelical Hypocrites Are Tempting Us With Satan’s Fries!
There is only one franchise that I know if in New York, and its downtown near the NYU campus. I refuse to eat fast food so I can’t vouch for the chicken, but the waffle fries are amazing. When this whole controversy came to my attention, I thought the responsible thing to do was to boycott the product. But there I was in Washington square, a little stoned and happily milling around the shops on Bleeker Street thinking “Hmm.. gotta get some of those waffle fries!”
My conscience started kicking in, but my munchies were way off the hook so I did the next best thing – I tried to find some random kid to send in and buy them for me. Two kids later, no fries and 10 bucks in the hole (kids here are smart and shady), I went in and bought them myself. I succumbed to Satan! I ATE THE EVIL FRIES! There – I said it. I ate the f*cking fries. Did I feel guilty? Hell no! (well, maybe later I did) but at that moment I couldn’t have been happier. Since then, I found a Sports Bar on W72nd Street that has the exact same waffle fries. Now we can all be happy.
Little known fact: The Chick-Fil-A boycott has been going on since late 2011. It is not a new phenomenon, but now that politicians are so publicly involved I wonder if it has to do with campaign contributions. Anyone know if Chick-Fil-A cut a check to anyone? or switched affiliations?
OK, so far, we covered the chicken and the pot. Now for the pie:
Michelle Obama Hits The Road!
Michelle Obama is schlepping to Springfield MA on Friday to schmooze at a luncheon that will raise money for her husband’s re-election campaign against the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Those who contribute $1,000 can attend and eat lunch, but anyone who gives $2,500 gets the meal plus a picture with the First Lady. And for the really generous, $10,000 per couple will get you all of the aforementioned plus prime seating at the event. Jesus. I’m speechless.
She Still Wants Your Pie!
Gee, that’s an awful lot of money to spend on lunch in this economy. Is she crazy? Oh – I remember now. In 2008, she let us know all about it with this statement:
“Most Americans”, she said, “don’t want much”.
“They don’t want the whole pie,” she told the women. “There are some who do, but most Americans feel blessed just being able to thrive a little bit. But that is becoming even more out of reach.”…
“The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care … then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.”
Give up a piece of their pie, or is Michelle going to take it away? Either way, it’s pretty clear that our aspiring first lady’s appreciation of economics is about as deep as her pride in America. And of course, it helps if you have a slumlord friend to help you get your piece of the pie. As long as everyone has a slumlord friend for such purposes, we all can have plenty of pie. HT
Well guess what? After almost four years, I’m all out of pie and your’e shit out of luck, Michelle. I’ve had to ration each precious morsel so I could get by from day to day. And the rest is mine. You may not have one bit of it. The pie I have not yet eaten has to sustain me until the economy is on its feet, and that may be a long, long time. So don’t even think about giving it away. I will get to it sooner or later.
Filed under: Uncategorized, You can't make this stuff up.
--Graphic by Freedom Fairy
"This is not culture. This is not custom. This is criminal."
I like pie.
Great post Anthony. I expect imust will weigh in on the pie thing any moment now.
The original outrage wasn’t just about the Chick-fil-A CEO expressing his opinion. It was part of the history from the company giving millions of dollars to “family values” organizations, which is code for anti-gay and anti other things that have nothing to do with actually supporting families. (And as we all know, gay people don’t have families.)
Enter the new Chicken Hawks. Rahm and the other mayors did the gay community no favors by jumping into the fray, eyes wide shut. They are simply opportunistic politicians and thinking is optional. The same as the opportunistic politicians that made a point of going to Chick-fil-A, under the cover of supporting Chick-fil-A’s first amendment rights when they clearly had another agenda.
I feel like a broken record on this, but both sides disgust me.
From the comments on a similar thread at JWS:
Well Anthony, I am with you on the pie. I have just enough to feed myself- even the mice are going to be sool.
The begging emails actually amuse me. I just love hitting “delete.” Getting two a day now- the latest from Barney Frank. Oh PUHLEEZE!
No chick-fil-a around here- and before all this the only thing I knew about them was they are the only national restaurant chain I know of that is closed on Sundays. I am old enough to remember when there was basically nothing open on Sunday and I kind of miss it.
Sophie
I get what you’re saying, but I still have to draw the line when politicians try to stop someone from opening a business. The link in my post links to a website that has been protesting Chick-Fil-A for almost a year now. The pols didn’t have to jump into the fight.
I wonder how many other business owners donate to “family values” organizations? How many other restaurants, clothing stores, etc. make donations and keep their mouth shut about it?
I’m all for the boycott (now that I have another source for the fries), but at some point it just gets ridiculous.
82 year old woman dies after sexual assault. And of course they haven’t found her attacker. They are looking for public help. Should they find this POS I do hope they shoot him immeiately.
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/El-Cerrito-woman-dies-after-sex-assault-3755236.php?cmpid=twitter
PMM. amused here as well. I just got one from Barney Frank asking me to sign an on-line petition to help the Dems support gay marriage. I told him that he needs to get the POTUS on board before I even think about such a thing. (besides, I still have a problem with him for running a gay brothel out of his apartment).
As far as the pie goes, I’m with you
The very fact that anyone would even think of focusing on harassing gays and lesbians at a time when the country is on its knees economically is a sure sign of of large portion of America being mentally ill relgious addicts. I’m serious here.
Anthony, I would really wonder about the business saavy of a guy who depends on customers — making statements that would clearly alienate half the damned country. LIke who cares what he thinks and why on earth would he want to stop half the country from eating his goddamned chicken sandwiches because he offended them? Sure, he could donate to the Kill The Queers program (and I would bet bucks these religious crazy people have one), but when he makes public statements, I think he invited the entire thing. Maybe he enjoys free publicity, however odious. I’ve know plenty of people who subscribed to the “Who cares what they say about you so long as they spell your name correctly”.
Like this?
“Black pastor accuses Obama of condoning child rape by supporting gay marriage”
Sophie, macho Rahm is just trolling for attention. That hairy macho ape probably calls gays Fags when nobody is looking. He’s got the sincerity quotient of a rattlesnake swearing it won’t strike. he’s just being an asshole and, since he’s probably a shitty mayor, he’s looking for a I’m A Hero Hook. Politicians in general, and guys like Rahm in particular, have no values that aren’t changeable at any given Vote-counting moment.
Uppity, did he make a public statement? Or did someone else leak his donation to the press? I don’t know the answer to that, but I’d love to find out. To my knowledge, he didn’t come out with a megaphone shouting “I hate gay people”. But somehow, the news of his donations became public.
I am NOT condoning the way he thinks, for god’s sake. I’m a gay man and have fought against this my entire life. What I take exception to is the government interfering with anyone’s right to open a business.
Rielle Hunter and her piece of shit book is a great example. She closed her book tour after selling only 6,000 copies. People hated her and boycotted her book. But the government did NOT stop her from touring. And the government should NOT stop anyone from opening a franchise because the CEO has beliefs that differ with the political party that is imposing their will. Thats just straight up fascism.
thud
Anthony I thought he did make some kind of statement, but I could be VERY wrong, because the left and right suffer from the same horrible disease of manipulating information. It could have been a quote I saw that someone else was just saying as if he or she were in the guy’s head. I can’t even remember what it was but only that it was offensive.
I TOTALLY agree that Rahm was over the line in stopping him from building. If you want to build, they will either come or not come, not government’s business.
I do make an exception with Walmart because they single handedly showed everyone else how to lower the standard of living in America, have been caught using 15 year olds wielding chain saws and got away with a slap, have about 5000 little sweat shops in China and put small businesses out of business, then hire their employees for less.
I am also flatly against the kind of eminent domain we are seeing too much of in the US.
But this other stuff, it’s PERSONAL and, although I think he’s mentally ill, I don’t think he should be blocked from opening a business without government interference.
But one more thing: Funny how these same people don’t think there’s anything wrong with standing outside a Planned Paenthood with statues of saints, harassing people who go through their hate line, even if they aren’t there for an abortion, but they find it offensive if someone else busts the chops of one of Their Own. Just saying. People have just as much right to do the same thing to a chicken sandwich restaurant. Either it’s everybody’s right or nobody’s right.
Well isn’t that an interesting link, considering the vast majority of child molesters are heterosexual perverts.
Dear Anthony,
Fixit Fairy has taken the liberty of ‘upgrading’ your “Thud” comment…..
I don’t have much pie left these days because I have rationed out the pieces as well. That said, I am not about to start helping myself to anyone elses. Not even with Meechelle’s permission.
Ah gotta run. Poor little sobbing neighbor girl looking for a shovel because her rabbit died. So I’m going to go over there and dig it for her. Mother has MS so I know she can’t do it. We’ll give her a little rabbit ceremony. BBL.
Exactly my point. Using your example of Planned Parenthood boycotts (which I equally abhor), the difference is that the protesters are doing the protesting, not the government. That’s the only thing I have a problem with.
And now that I solved my waffle fry dilemma, I can rest easy. Except that its only a couple of blocks away now instead of four subway stops. Dangerous.
As a kid, I never did understand a lot of things that adults would say. I did learn that it was their right, but I didn’t have to stand to listen.
To interfere in this manner is no different than what the Nazis did in Germany with their Aryan values.
Was this fair? Abusing the worker? Adam Smith is an investment banker. He has a job.
Did someone mention chicken pot PIE?
McNorman, no its not fair. It is abominable, and as much as it makes my blood boil it is his constitutional right to be a shitbag if he chooses to.
Yes, imust, it was indeed mentioned. Had you in mind when I came up with the title.
Yes Anthony, it is his right to be a jerk. He has that freedom.
We’ll give her a little rabbit ceremony. BBL.
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Milk of human kindness. Little Bunny will rest in peace. Little girl’s grief literally shared. Beautiful.
Otherwise am benefiting Anthony’s post and discussion of it.
The guy who abused the chickfila worker and uploaded it to youtube reminds me of the kids who abused the bus monitor. They both thought they were so funny when they uploaded to youtube and never anticipated the backlash from their own abusive behavior.
imust, isn’t that the truth? The man is supposedly an adjunct lecturer at U of AZ.
The video is painful to watch mcnorman. You can tell he has a twinge of guilt at the end when he says, “I’m really a nice guy”. He was probably expecting her to talk back to him or something but she was so nice and polite it just made the contrast of his abuse that more glaring.
Anthony man, you are spot on with this. I absolutely don’t agree with Chick-fil-A’s position, and I think it’s perfectly appropriate to protest by boycotting. But, it’s out of control when government gets involved in this manner.
You know what pisses me off – people never get this upset at businesses that are known to pay women less, treat them worse, and generally, discriminate against female employees and prospective employees. Well, in fairness, MSM often doesn’t bother reporting on these situations much – maybe a small, buried article in the newspaper, and a brief mention on their 5:00 a,m. news programs, so the public may not be as aware. But, still, it’s not as if they would worry that much about how women are treated, anyway.
That damn Rahm. Remember in 2008, when he suggested that we hillary supporters should “stick to our knitting” rather than be protesting the DNP for awarding the nomination to Dacrock Obama? He didn’t give a shit about women and their concerns. And, I find it hard to believe he gives a shit about gay rights. He’s politicizing the issue for his own benefit and the benefit of his political friends, like O.
I’d love to take my knitting needles and pay Rahm a little visit.
As for Michelle, maybe she ought to sell $1,000.00 tickets for the opportunity to hit her in the face with a pie. I’ll bet she would rake in the bucks.
Okay, I don’t get this story. A guy saves a 12 year old kid from drowning in the ocean and then HE has to pay the ambulance and hospital bill??
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/lifeguard-gets-2-600-bill-rescuing-boy-surf-130832240.html
imust, forgive me for sounding skeptical. If that had been the case, why would he have uploaded this video? He came off as cruel.
Mitt vs Barack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nPH93wNN6Qo
Anthony,
Given the reception the drag queen video got from women over at John’s place, I’m surprised at you for bringing it here. You really do need to “enlighten” up.
Oh I agree with you mcnorman. I said, twinge of guilt. It was obviously fleeting, as his glee at what he thought was a brilliant protest overtook any tiny grain of decency and common sense he may have had.
imust, the life guard getting the bill goes under the universal law of No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
Okay imust, so let’s have some pie!
I see karen. Probably on the same page as Murphy’s Law and the Law of Unintended Consequences.
Sure mcnorman, are you buyin’?
I never had ChickfilA since I shun fast foods like the plague but if I was a fan of the place I would stop going after this crap.
“On July 16, Dan Cathy, 59 years old, was asked in an interview by the Baptist Press, a news service of the Southern Baptist Convention, whether he opposed gay marriage. “We are very much supportive of the family—the biblical definition of the family unit,” he said. “We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives.…We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families.” The Cathys are Southern Baptists.”
He shouldn’t be spouting his holier than thou attitudes and his definition of family onto others. He should stick to selling chicken and shut up about his political and religious views. The man likely supports ideas such as “the Gay Cure” non-sense at Bachmann’s husbands clinics.
I am not taking any of someone’s elses pie either. Been there, done that- back in the day when people were ashamed to be on the dole and you actually had to pull out the book of food stamps to pay for the purchase.
Thanks be that the help was there when I needed it to feed my kids. But I am sick to death of people bitching that it is their right to have someone else pay for their food and that the help they get is not enough. It isn’t meant to be the sole source of food fcs. And what I see in some of those carts makes me want to scream! Lobster? T-Bones? Oreos, Coke, Captain Crunch and Trix? GIVE ME A BREAK! Those items are NOT a right. I made do on $205 a month- and learned to shop on sale, day old, marked down and BULK for things like rice, pasta and peanut butter.
You all know how much food I give away- that is in thanksgiving and to try and pay back what was given to me. And remember I offered free apples to anyone who wanted to come get them last year? Only ONE family took advantage of that. I STILL have apple butter and apple sauce from that bumper crop.
This is America and nobody should go hungry. Ever. But that still does not mean anyone has a “right” to eat T-Bones, lobster and soda pop.
OT: Ralfalca looks so adorable in the little USA flag hat:
OH cripes, he’s a baptist. The ultimate psychosis, possibly only second to the Penticostals, who are really less harmful when you consider so many of them pray one way and live another. So they often know enough to STFU when it comes to others. But Baptists are the ultimate meddlers and subcribe to the Be Like Me, Except For The Parts You Can’t See. So that explains what Cathy is.
Excellent Pengin-worth points, freespirit.
Pamela, I wrapped him in a towel and put the bunny in a Zappos boot box, so she wouldn’t have to see him just thrown in dirt. I put a carrot in there lolol. I dug a nice hole at the far end of the yard near a bench, and we said a little bunny prayer. I promised her a bunny marker and am doing an online search right now. I found a marker for a tenant’s son a few years ago when their puppy died. Such a nice kid. So his father buried the puppy and I gave them a marker. With a little stone marker with his name on it, there’s closure and she will always know where he is and she can visit the bunny and put flowers and things there. I would really like to buy her a bunny in a week or so, but I would have to get Mom approval. but chances are she will get a new bunny with or without me. I don’t know them that well, except for light pleasantries, but they knew where to go for a shovel (since I am the garden queen), which is good. So I will ask Mom if I can get her a bunny when the daughter is not around. Dad and Mom are divorced. Apparently, the rumor is that a wife with MS is just not as sexy as the hot number he’s seeing now. End of disgust rant.
Rafalca
rafalca to music. World Cup Finals, 2011.
I love dressage.
Awww on the bunny funeral.
I’ve heard mastectomies can do the same thing to marriages…. I’m sure you have too. The all important erection. Which reminds me – tee vee ran video of demolition of a huge silo. It had barely tipped a few degrees, when it stopped, thereby becoming an extremely phaelic-like symbol. Commentator said “If this lasts more than four hours, seek help….” Shortly thereafter it began moving again and completed its fall.
Now please resume regularly scheduled commenting.
The horse is okay but I’ve seen WAY better.
Or…
Anothony. This is a good post. I do agree with you.Government should not be involved in this.
Thanks Karen for the vid.
@ elliesmom
I’m the intermediary right now…relayed to me from Anthony to post as he’s traveling out of state (his Blackberry will not connect):
Yes Pamela, you are right in many cases, unfortunately. But not all. I’ve seen some real men stand by their wives. It’s just not as common.
My grandmother always used to warn to be careful how you get a man, and a man who will do something once will do it again. Same goes for men with women,I’m sure.
Aww Upps, you are a good neighbor. Tears for that little girl.
Re: Drag Queens,
I don’t find them offensive to womanhood, particularly considering no matter how hard they try, they still look like guys in drag to me. But I do find them Not Fun to watch and wouldn’t pay to see one. It kind of grosses me out, but hey, that’s just me. Lots of people enjoy the entertainment or it wouldn’t be so popular.
Needlenose helped out McNorman.
I think you are quite special for doing this. That poor little girl must be heartbroken.
OT: Interesting, I was just talking about medical MJ and Mayor Antonio yesterday.
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_21213431/l-mayor-antonio-villaraigosa-signs-law-banning-medical?source=most_viewed
Well who wouldn’t do it if a kid comes to your door and asks for a shovel to bury her dead pet. If I thought an adult would do the digging, I would have just given her the shovel, but I knew the situation.
Of course Needlenose would be there for moral support. I’m sure that the little one felt blessed that her bunny would given a lovely farewell service.
That’s what I mean. You take care of your neighbors. They are blessed in more ways than I can imagine.
This one’s for you, Uppity:
myiq…I posted that one in the boys cry like babies post that lorac wrote…crazy cuz it hurts the pride.
I don’t suffer from male pride. I was married.
Twice
“For the first two days, the Time Warner Arena in the city’s downtown will be the main venue. On the last day, President Barack Obama will make his acceptance speech at the 74,000-seat outdoor Bank of America stadium…”
I am sure the OWSers will be so proud to see him at the BOA stadium…
Wonder if MEchelle will have another insect dress on? Spiderwoman. I wonder if it will be a Roman theme this time, or will they build a replica of the Lincoln Memorial as the stage and obama as Lincoln sitting in a huge chair? Bill Clinton gets the little indoor hall and surely it will be packed and there will be many standing ovations.
I hope it rains and pours for odrama and the place echoes with his words bouncing off the empty seats.
The city of Charlotte has never hosted an event this large before. I bet it is going to be a great big mess and lots of people are going to end up in hospitals and jail cells. There will be blood – as Brazilnut said.
myiq, i find it ironic that it’s illegal to tell a guy he has no balls in Italy, but they passed a law that say rapists do not have to go to jail. Greaseballs.
twice myiq? You are a brave one.
Agree on the horse Uppity. Seemed like rider error to me- for a pro his hands sure were bouncing around- A LOT! There is supposed to be subtle movement to maintain contact with the bit. Less reins, more leg. I wonder if that is Ann’s personal horse? Dressage does allow disabled riders a wide range of compensations. If so, the horse would be used to Ann’s cues. Just did not look to me as if the horse and rider were one unit. Reins are the brakes and sort of like guide rails- the leg of the rider should guide the horse and keep its hips in check. Control the hip, control the horse.
I do love watching the higher levels of dressage with the flying lead changes- looks like they are skipping lol.
Congratulations myiq. You got me juiced up to write a post.
Hey Mom, those horses dance better than some guys I’ve known.
No wonder you said you have nothing to lose.
lol Mcnorman, I swear I’m not the only neighborly person around here. You reap what you sow.
Besides the dog made her feel better than I did.
Mom, from the youtube videos of the horse, looks like the horse has the same rider.
Hilarious post, Anthony. Totally agree. btw, is that a key lime pie?
Upps, what a nice story about helping the little girl bury her rabbit. We’ve buried several critters around here when laker was younger, even a hummingbird once. Last year, we were getting out of my car with my niece and something fell to the ground next to the car. It was a crow, dead as a doornail. My niece freaked out and made laker bury it.
imust, weird story about the lifeguard getting the bill. Why didn’t the parents of the kid get it I wonder?
Great post Anthony.And upps what a wonderful thing to did for your little neighbor.
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Drag is to sexism as blackface is to racism.
One would probably have to be a feminist or a fesbian leminist, or, at very least, a woman with a basic understanding of the imposition of gender performance on girls and women, to begin to understand the offense and its negative ramifications.
carat carat carat carat!!
You are a brave one.
That isn’t what my mom said. She used a different word. It rhymes with “plum pit.”
Jeez myiq, your mom sounds like a lot of fun.
Anthony great post, yet again. The mayors of the respective cities shouldn’t block a franchise from opening because they don’t like the beliefs of the CEO. That does seem to be crossing into fascism, today Chic-Fil-A, tomorrow your business.
I have absolutely no problem with people boycotting, go for it. I do take exception when the government gets involved.
I also completely and totally disagree that the CEO has no right to “spout off” that he supports families or whatever it is that he said. I’m pretty sure he has a 1st amendment right to spout off just as much as anyone commenting here on UW or any business owner that supports gay rights, global warming, or you name the cause/beliefs.
Like it or not the 1st amendment cuts both ways. Is it wise of this man to alienate basically half of the population…….history will be the judge of that.
For the record I have no problem with anyone in this country marrying the person they love, in fact I want that for everyone.
By the same token I want everyone in this country to have the right to say what they believe whether I agree with it or not…….and I want everyone in this country to have the right to open a business without unwarranted, ideological based interference…….Even though we all know if they have a business they didn’t build it, because Barack told us so.
UW what a wonderful neighbor you are. That little girl will always remember your kindness.
@ Somebody
Thanks for that clarification. hahahaha
Okay so here’s the deal. I have some nice veal slices.
Parmesan?
Francaise?
or
Marsala?
Your votes pls.
sigh. I don’t do veal. But I like Marsala.
I vote for francaise, what time is dinner???? Ooooh and I hope you made some of your famous Italian bread!
Apparently there is some kind of “kiss-in” being staged at Chick-fil-A restaurants tomorrow. If there are any single ladies in the Central California area that would like to participate, let me know.
No bread. Pasta. I gotta get started though.
dwp then i guess I am not a feminist, since I see it as a bunch of foolish men making idiots of themselves, some wishing they were women.
I don’t like key lime pie. If you want me not to touch your pie, make it key lime.
For cryin’ outloud, that dumbass worked for Vante. He must not have much sense at all posting his obnoxiousness online.
Indeed Anthony, and if you read everyone’s comments here and at various neighboring sites, you will notice that no one is supporting Rahm and the other mayors. I don’t know ANY gay people who want Chick-fil-A zoned out of a town for over this. This was Rahm and the others trying to be relevant. They were way out of line.
I take exception to all of the politicians who used this as an opportunity to revitalize their relevancy–on both sides of the aisle.
Angi made lemon meringue ice cream cake.
Oh DE,yummmm… you are so lucky.
Uppity, you may think that anyone would bury a little girl’s deceased bunny, but you not only dug the hole, you gave the little bunny a proper burial. That does make you unique in your kindness.
TY WLM, but she was just a little girl and she needed that. I think lots of people would have helped her, she was so sad. How can you not help a sobbing girl asking for a shovel to bury her pet?
Okay now, see, this is what wrong with these two disgusting extremes. Here’s Michele Bachman saying that it was dead Gore Vidal’s snotty attitude that made her a conservative. Now I have to say that Gore Vidal was the mirror image of that equal POS Andrew Breitbart, whom I respected Not, because right after he did his acorn schtick, which I loved, he became a snotty, arrogant video EDITING POS. But boy! Say something wrong about Saint Andrew and look out! They do not understand the What’s Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander concept. They think Good only applies to them and Bad applies to the “other side”. I posted a video of him melting down when he died and declared this is how you kill yourself, and I got attacked for it. But boy, let them do the same thing and that’s just fine. Don’t get me wrong. I had no use for Gore Vidal’s mouth. But at least he had writing talent, which is more than I can say for….
And THAT’s what’s wrong with these two DISGUSTING sides. Think when Russert died and then when Tony Snow died. Slime, all of them.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/01/michele-bachmann-dead-author-gore-vidals-snotty-mocking-attitude-made-me-a-conservative/
Oh man. Lemon meringue. Now I know you are trying to kill me.
About that obnocto who harassed that poor server at Chick Fil. The more he talked the more I wanted to kick his teeth out. What a snotty little ass. I felt sorry for that poor girl who was guilty of nothing but working for a goddamned living and he just wouldn’t stop. I regret that nobody beat the living shit out of him right there. That was inexcusable picking on an innocent window server and personally, I would hire her in a New York Minute for how she handled his escalation. Him? I wouldn’t spit on him if he were on fire. I’m glad he got his arrogant, snotty ass fired.
I’m am glad that jerk got fired too. The young woman handled this dunce with maturity.
That bully who harassed that drive-thru worker was really worked up with his own hate. He even had a cool down period after he bullied her before he uploaded it but was so “high” on his own superiority that he lost all common sense, decency and judgement, (if he ever had any.) Like I said at TCH, I hope he ends up having to work at CFA under their new manager…..the drive thru girl.
Imust, now that would be good Karma.
Myiq will be on John Smart’s show tonight
http://crayfisher.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/ill-be-on-john-smart-radio-tonight/
“Okay so here’s the deal. I have some nice veal slices.
Parmesan?
Francaise?
or
Marsala?”
**********
Marsala!!!
Al won’t eat veal so it was chicken Marsala last night and a restaurant “war horse”, Picatta tonight.
Alas, we went Francaise, SHV. Had no shallots.
Just in after a 12 hour day.
Uppity, your loving, compassionate care for your neighbor is beyond description. I am sure you are very much loved by many. It is a privilege to collaborate with you, and I thank you and your readers once again for the opportunity.
I think a lot of small businesses and corporations give to both sides of the aisle. If they don’t “advertise” that, each side may think they’re just supporting them. Then again, political parties probably don’t really even care, as long as they’re getting money lol
After reading through all the comments:
PMM Thanks for sharing your personal story, and inspiring many of us to go that extra mile. Bless you.
freespirit you got me all fired up again!
Yeah, I remember that little snot “Rahm-bo”, and I’ve not forgotten a single one of his poison words. If you want, when you go there with your knitting needles, I’ll keep the car double parked and running. Just be fast….
elliesmom True enlightenment is devoid of judgement. It does, however, include humility. I try to leave references to all of my sources when I quote them. Otherwise, it appears as if I’m stealing someone else’s words.
karen for Clinton I agree, no he shouldn’t, yes he should, and he probably does. BTW, does anyone know if that “Gay Cure” thingy ever worked for Bachman’s husband? I have to point out that he made that statement on July 16 2012, but the Chick-Fil-A brouhaha has been going on for a really long time (see my link in the “Little Known Fact” quote in the first part of the post for a reference). This tells me that he was questioned long after he made the donations, and makes me wonder if he might have made a donation to Romney and was publicly shamed like others on Obama’s list of GOP donors. Just wondering….
WLM Thanks, and I totally agree
socalannie Thanks for finding a laugh or two in this post. I had a really good time writing it, and yes, it is Key Lime (Sorry, UW – next time I’ll do the Peach/Raspberry one)
dwp not being a lesbian feminist or a woman, I’m sure you’ll be kind enough to overlook my perspective. Besides, I thought the video was well produced, snarky and hilarious.
Somebody Thanks! I couldn’t agree more with all you said. Like it or not, the First Amendment does indeed cut both ways. But hey – somebody else made that happen, right?
SophieCt The problem is they’re just not relevant. And never will be. Let them knock themselves out. More material for me!
Oh my gosh, they would make SO much money this way!!!! And they might just be getting desperate enough lol
lorac, right on the money with that one. You posted your comment as I was pasting/posting mine.
lorac and Anthony….that would be a waste of a perfectly good PIE.
Remember and repeat after me, “Pies are not weapons. They are delicious and comforting.”
I’ve never been able to figure out why ANYone would think that would work. All they have to do is reverse the concept, and imagine if they could be taught to be gay. They’d all say NO! I guess they just don’t even think much.
Like the people in the video posted once, a man was asking people protesting abortion if it were illegal, should people be arrested – people had never even thought about it. They’re out there protesting something, some for many years, and never stopped to think further than what they painted on their protest sign.
OMG, imust – How the f*ck could I have been so blasphemous! I will write it 50 times on a torte…
lorac, I would LOVE to submit myself to one of their “cures”. Guess which way the wheel would turn? (You should see what I did to Werner Ehrhard at an EST meeting years ago…. had him in tears)
Reading to hear, “that’s racist!” in 3…2…..1….
I keep telling you AntKnee, I’m the lucky one. But let me hum a few bars of..
Um, Oswald, you’re a penguin – you’re not tall enough to kiss women at a kiss-in. What would you – oh, never mind lol
If you guys start throwing around a good meatloaf, I’m there.
lorac, why would a USA hat be racist?
BTW, why are the olympians wearing those gray prison jackets when they get their medals?
prison jackets?????
Uppity, lorac’s not gonna throw meatloaf, she’s a vegetarian!
The mayors wanting to block the building of Chick filas is the same, IMO, of Obama bailing out banks – just kind of the opposite. Businesses should be allowed to fail or succeed, whatever their trajectory is. If they want to take a chance of losing business by superfluously making their personal issues public, that’s their business – because it’s their BUSINESS! lol I just made myself laugh Same with the banks – I always thought they should let them fail – someone else would buy up what was left and try THEIR business model.
I never took any business classes, but this was always my impression of what capitalism is about. And Darwinism lol Letting the strong survive and not propping up the failing would make everything stronger and more reliable, I would think..
They wear these gray oversized jackets Anthony. The lettering on the back looks like something on a prison outfit. Not that I would have any personal knowledge about prison clothes.
imust, I think someone might have left one of those under my bed. I’ll check. (god, I hope you’re wrong…)
They look like this:
Bahaha look what I found rummaging through all this old chit on the youtubes. WTF? Anybody remember this crap besides the Gidget thing??
imust – I forgot the “lol”! It would be racist, because it’s Romney’s horse, and it has an American flag, hence not supporting Obama, hence racist!
No L in Rafalca.
Maybe they look more like astronaut jackets.
That’s okay. I’ll have her share.
Never heard of that show Uppity.
I can’t speak for dwp, but I think it has to do with the fact that transvestites always dress up like caricatures of women, not like real women. Like “womanhood” is all about long fake painted nails and oversized breasts and major, major makeup and prissy mannerisms.
I find them incredibly homely and painful to even look at, myself. I’ve never found them entertaining It’s just over my head I guess lol
Well, one exception – the man who played a cross dressing woman in Better Than Chocolate – the character was well developed, and I could feel sympathy for him/her – although him speaking in a falsetto bothers my ears even remembering it lol
imust, mine has numbers stenciled on the sleeve. omg.
My Mother the Car, The Pruitts of Southampton, The Naked City, and Love on a Rooftop will all be mentioned in therapy. Thanks…
People in this thread have discussed people taking other people’s share of a pie, and Michelle O saying this is what should be done, etc.
I’m still waiting to hear Karen chime in and say she wouldn’t take anyone else’s pie!
lorac, true drag is an exaggeration of mannerism and appearance that often is oppressive to a person or a group of people. It is the same thing as poking fun at a bully.
EDIT:
I hope I didn’t offend you with that. Its true, though.
Uh oh Anthony, the team USA jackets have stenciled letters on the back not the sleeves! Yours might be from…..
Really fugly ill-fitting jackets.
I know. Ixnay on the isonpray. I’m locking the doors and windows. And electrifying the fire escape.
Forget that. He has no lips.
Anthony – I don’t understand what you’re saying. Are you saying they are doing it to highlight objectification against women…? ‘Cause in my experience, NO one gets THAT message from them lol
And I’m not sure – how does one poke fun at a bully? I mean, what does it look like?
If you google, “Do penguins have lips” an Uppity post, by Anthony, comes up 7th on the list. It’s because I made a comment in that post, do penguins have lips? It was about trumpet players.
Now this post will probably come up too LOL!
Brutal payback for Harry Reid’s habit of starting rumors he heard from a friend of a friend.
https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23HarryReidisaPederast
I read that link to the new Italian law. For heaven’s sake, by their own logic, it should be against the law to make WOMEN feel bad! If it’s so bad to say a man doesn’t have balls because it says he’s “less than” other men and balls stand not just for competence but for a lot of positive qualities, really, what does that say about women? Logic, Italians, logic!
Yes yes, I remember imust. Because trumpet players are awesome kissers.
imust, you’re a riot! First of all, I can’t believe you googled that. Secondly, I’ll probably get an IRS audit soon….
Whoa! Anthony-Ay Ay-knows ig-pay atin-lay!!!!
I have a rather rare CD of the Pigorian Chants. Seriously.
Okay, not so rare, but a blast anyways.
Grunt: Pigorian Chant from Snouto Domoinko de Silo
hmm….I wonder why it’s rare Uppity….
ROFL! See the power of suggestion! When I first read your comment I thought it said Gregorian Chants!
lorac, true drag is exaggeration. A friend of mine would dress up as someone peculiar he saw during the day. It could be anyone – male or female – like the woman on line in the bank in a Chanel suit who blasted a fart so loud they heard it across the street to the drug dealer with silver spray painted combat boots on his feet on 83rd and Amsterdam, but bring it totally over the top.
When I was in my teens, there was an assumption that all gay men wanted to dress like women or would naturally have some feminine affectation. My friend Harry Scott (who taught my sister how to walk and dance in heels) said of his parents “If that’s what they want, then they’re going to get it in spades” and showed up at the dinner table in an exaggerated guise of his mother. They never harassed him after that. That’s a good example of poking fun at a bully.
Personally, I never had the patience or the inclination to go through all the trouble of doing drag (not counting the Halloween I went out as Our Lady of Fatima, which pissed my grandmother off to no end). I was always pretty secure with who I was, but I did have a lot of friends who had some problems, and drag seemed to help them.
imust, the Pigorian CD is real chanting in pig latin, things that pigs would chant if they could chant. It’s a real treat. The best part is it’s done with pro musicians and you would never know if you didn’t know. You would think you were listening to the Dominican monks, but if you listen closely….It’s brilliant.
There are plenty of hetero men who love to cross dress. I had a friend in grad school who was married to one of them. He had a closet full of his own shoes and was often caught in what was then Casual Corners buying clothes. For himself. By day he was a really nice guy and a brilliant engineer. But he was one serious cross dresser, let me tell you.
I was hoping Amazon would have a few bars of something we could listen to. Sounds like its hilarious
imust, there’s a whole lotta Krazy going on somewhere else. I’m hiding under the bed under the isonpray acketjay
Repeating
“Pies are not weapons. They are delicious and comforting.”
“Pies are not weapons. They are delicious and comforting.”
“Pies are not weapons. They are delicious and comforting.”
Laughing my ass off imagining lorac throwing veggie-burger meatloaf (made with gluten free bread crumbs).
Hey anthony, my grandparents thought everything was okay as long as “She didn’t smoke”. That was a huge joke.
You think you pissed your grandmother off? I had an aunt who died not talking to me because I told her Columbus didn’t discover America if there were people already here.
Very good Sophie!
I removed it.
It’s been a long day.
Yup that’s it. If somebody was dating a hooker it was okay as long as she didn’t smoke. It was a hilarious inside joke.
Alas my aunt never looked at me again the same way.
That is so funny. I’m falling asleep….
Nite!
I had one of those veggie meatloaf. Jesus, people, now do you eat that kind of shit and pretend it’s good much less a meat replacement?
Anthony I looked for a sound sample on the net. Cannot ind-fay un-way.
SophieCT – no, no gluten free for me! There’s a small percentage of people who have celiac disease and can’t eat gluten, but for some reason a bunch of people seem to have gotten the mistaken impression that gluten free is healthy for normal people and made it a fad – as a result, those stupid gluten free products are pushing my vegan things off the shelf, cutting into the variety that used to be offered to us. Drives me nuts!
I never make meatloaf. If I’m going to bother mixing up ground beef into something, it’s going to be meatballs. With gravy. Red gravy.
lorac, you have to catch Colbert tonight–very funny segment on the ethical treatment of produce (spoof on meatless Mondays).
If you make meatloaf, you can put gravy on your mashed potatoes. Brown gravy. If you want red, you can put ketchup on your meatloaf!
Oh my gosh. This guy tried being a stay at home mom, and at first he tries to pass off his quitting by saying he couldn’t fit into the stay-at-home mom groups because he couldn’t breast feed – but I have a suspicion he didn’t even join that group until he was ready to quit. After all, most moms do it without belonging to such groups. He basically ends up saying that it’s too demeaning for a man, but women are better able to tolerate the demeaning lifestyle, loss of libido, and exhaustion. Give me a break. What a putz. And he got a lot of grief from other men, and was surprised they didn’t understand how much work it was to be a stay at home parent. So does he choose to stand up to them and become determined to educate them? Nah, he just quits and signs his kid up for a nursery. Big strong man.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2182970/Why-stay-home-dad-quickest-way-kill-sex-life-lead-wives-stray.html
lorac, just so you know, I’m not making fun of a meatless lifestyle. I have nothing but veggie love.
http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs020/1101197232344/img/815.jpg
imust: do you seriously not know of Sunday gravy, with meatballs, sausage, and pork braciole (also called spiedini) over macaroni sprinkled with some grated cheese. My very favorite meal. (And I have lots of favorite meals, but only one very favorite!)
I seriously don’t Sophie. What is braciole? Spiedini? It has the word “PIE” in it though!
http://thisdamecooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/braciole.jpg
SophieCT – ROFL
Unbeknownst to you, you could have almost set me off on another rant, about how much I HATE eggplant I’ll spare everyone the rant, though lol
But I do think that’s a cute pic, I never saw that before
The braciole looks a little like stuffed cabbage.
When I was looking on that British rag website, I saw an article about Patrick Neil Harris (wait, do I have the order wrong? The guy who was doggie houser) and Elton John and their boyfriends and kids on a vacation.
This year I started watching “How I met your mother” reruns (never saw it before, for many many years I only watched TV that didn’t have commercials – TCM or HBO – ’cause I hate commercials). While I’m not the biggest fan of comedy because the humor seems so obvious and usually juvenile, I think this show was rather well done.
EXCEPT this guy’s character – a totally nonapologetic womanizer. And other than an ocassional comment by the other characters in the show, his character basically is celebrated. When I heard once that in real life he is gay, I was doubly pissed that he would portray such a vile character who never grows.
And now I’ve decided that I need to assign myself the homework of watching the beautiful proposal video I like so much to remind myself of good things, because I just realized I’ve been thinking a lot tonight of things I DON’T like lol
Here was my take Monday on the Chick Fil A thing.
http://thewiddershins2.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/so-when-is-a-chicken-sandwich-not-just-a-chicken-sandwich/
And if you just love your chick fil a but want to boycott, make your own.
http://hilahcooking.com/chick-fil-a-copycat/
Fredster!!! I read your chikfla post the other day. That recipe is a hoot. Love the title. Do they really soak the chicken in pickle juice?!? For real? Laker loves pickles and wants to try it.
socal: I’m not really sure if the chick-fil-a folks do that or not. I think Hilah said cfa uses something she doesn’t use and she thought the pickle juice would be equivalent to, maybe a brine marinade? She said they use a pressure fryer or something and then they *barely* toast the inside of the bun.
Oh and on the Kiss-in on Friday, it’s supposed to be a National Same-Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/chick-fil-a-kissing-protest-gladd.html
I was trying to go back in this post to see where Anthony had a link or recipe for the waffle fries. Put that together with this one and you’ve got a meal!
Haha! Awesome post. I do have to beg to differ on the boycott, though. I started boycotting CFA over a decade ago after a frank conversation with my best gay buddies (twins, doncha know). I haven’t eaten there since, not even though I actually supported the buycott. My principles remain: I do not give dollars to organizations whose morals I can’t support, unless there is no other alternative (as with gasoline).
But I get you. I am so annoyed by all the Johnny-come-latelies who just want to follow Rahm-freakin-Emmanual’s example, and don’t care at all that he partners with such avowed gay-haters as Louis Farrakhan. That’s not thinking, that’s running with a shallow t-shirt slogan based support of gay rights. Some of us live it, but not these recent converts.
Wow, Lola – I had no idea it went back that far. The only reference I found was the site I linked to in the copy, which is barely a year old.
Now that I found an alternate place to get the fries, I don’t need to think about it another moment.
Thanks for stopping by!
Seriously, do they have a 12 step program for those Effing fries?
No, they don’t. But I got the manufacturer’s name by sweet talking the gay guy behind the counter, went to their website and asked where I could find them in my zipcode. Turns out its 2 blocks from my apt. Bad move – Its a sports bar that is opened to 4am whether there are customers or not, and resisting the temptation to go out for a walk in the wee hours will most likely be the death of me. If the waffle fries don’t clog my arteries first.
What is it about those fries? Everybody is talking about them! They must be really good.
imust can you check your email pls.
How about if I find you a waffle fry recipe?
LOL on the waffle fries. Lots of restaurants use them- less actual potato due to the fancy waffle cut- and more crannies for the spices to adhere.
True, PMM, but there are waffle fries and there are waffle fries. These are better than any I’ve had, even my own. But I WILL ACCEPT UPPITY’S RECIPE
I don’t even have the url of the manufacturer any more, but I can go downtown and flirt again if you’re interested.
Anthony- thanks- I am saving up my cholesterol ration for good things like your chess pie, ONE and only ONE piece of fried dough at the fair and one sausage, pepper and onion deal at the fair. Fries of any kind, sadly, are on the no no list.
Damn! I was already halfway gussied up……
If I’m willing to go downtown in this heat, they are truly the Devil’s fries
Yes there is no question you have got to get help on this fries thing.
Scuse me but are these waffle fries just fries or are they loaded with other things on them such as cheese? Scuse my ignorance but I don’t eat fast food.
You can have all kinds of crap piled on them by request, but I like them plain and simple. Not greasy, and really good. My only foray into fast food, ever. And they haven’t turned me straight yet, so that rumor is busted.
I purchased some 10 years ago when they first opened here. Thank goodness CFA is a far away drive.
Okay then all you need is a mandolin to cut up russet potatoes and a fryer. Because by themselves, that’s all waffle fries are are french fries in the waffle cut shape.
However, if you want a load up recipe, they actually sell frozen waffle fries and you can do this decadent thing. This is a recipe site I keep close
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Loaded-Waffle-Fries
Upps, those fries in the recipe you posted look great. I think I will try those. I can get frozen waffle fries at WF or Sprouts.
Anthony, your new bar sounds like my 18 yo kids dream. A sports bar, great fries, and the middle of the night. And you and he could play guitar when the sports news got boring.
Sounds awesome to me. Socal. Send him over!