Ocelot Gears

[rain_gryphon]

Oy vey! The guy who invented Rice-a-Roni died. I love that stuff! I had no idea it was invented as late as 1958. I always figured it came from the late '30s, with Velveeta and Kraft dinner and such.

It's interesting that it came from soup mix. I've recently taken to making it with lots of extra water, so that it becomes a thick soup. It's one of those really great foods that you can eat right out of the package, or use it to make stuff.

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Most states have moved their primaries forward this year, and accordingly, the Democrats have begun to self-destruct even earlier:

Barack Obama's campaign has hired a 'minister' who describes gays as 'a curse' and 'diseased'.

For those who lack a feel for the American primary process, I'm guessing this means Obama thinks his campaign is sinking so rapidly that he's willing to do what it takes to carry South Carolina and look electable, and he'll worry about the damage the day after. He may at this point just be looking to carry blacks as an identifiable block, and hope he can somehow parlay that into a VP nomination.

Dennis Kucinich, on the other hoof, is now filled with peace and love from a UFO, according to Shirley McLaine. How lucky he must feel, to have a friend like Shirley helping with his campaign.

Hillary's looking quite presidential. I'd not be a bit surprised to see her in the Oval Office. She has an advantage over the rest in that she's effectively been there and done that already.

Comments

[bluedeer.livejournal.com]

It's interesting how whack-job and circus-freak politics ends up getting. I wouldn't be surprised if, in the future sometime, it turns into just exactly that. Gone are the Elephant Men, gone are the bearded ladies, gone are the two-headed sexy siamese twins...say hello to the Politician! See the freak that talks to trees! See the oddjob that thinks he got his instructions from a UFO! Stand amazed at the degenerative processes involved in making a person regress to the dark ages in a single year! Be astounded at what these people will do to get your vote! Yes sir, stand up and be the first to laugh and point fun at your candidates for office, even though not a single one could possibly be the right one for the job, somehow, you have to pick the lesser of two evils!

[loganberrybunny.livejournal.com]

See the freak that talks to trees!

Wasn't he the reason your lot declared independence in the first place...?

[bluedeer.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I understand the reference.

[loganberrybunny.livejournal.com]

"King talks to tree - phew, what a loony!" - Edmund Blackadder reading from The Times in an episode of Blackadder the Third. The King in question being the famously mad George III...

[bluedeer.livejournal.com]

Oh! My UK history isn't all that brushed up, so I was confused for a moment. :D

[xolo.livejournal.com]

I'm quite sure I don't understand the reference...

[loganberrybunny.livejournal.com]

"King talks to tree - phew, what a loony!" - Edmund Blackadder reading from The Times in an episode of Blackadder the Third. The King in question being the famously mad George III...

[xolo.livejournal.com]

How could I have missed such an obvious reference? For what it's worth, it wasn't the talking to trees part that pissed us off, but rather when he made us drink our tea with tacks in it.

[loganberrybunny.livejournal.com]

You should have stamped it out. Stamping was your duty.

[maxgoof.livejournal.com]

But close to half of likely voters say they would never vote for her.

Which translates into them either holding their nose and voting for whoever wins the Republican nomination, or staying home in November.

I'm betting on the former.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

People will say a lot of things to pollsters, because it's understood to influence the candidates' positions. Polls no longer reflect the reality of the election - they're an activity in themselves.