Comments on: Shorter Farhad Manjoo

By: Poot Tawanie the libertarian (little L)

Poot Tawanie the libertarian (little L) — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:06:17 +0000

Yo, Hal:

That link shows me that entry #3545 does not exist, possibly because it was already “erased.” Man, if what it was was a piece were Farhad expressed some sort of different, non Bushdroid position, I woulda loved to read it.

By: Hal Taylor

Hal Taylor — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:34:27 +0000

Why is Farhad changing his position?

http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/6/3545

Hal

By: Marq

Marq — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:44:47 +0000

I know. I tend to accept things people say at face value as well, unless clues crop up that indicate that they're dishonest. I'm pretty open and honest myself, which is why parody trolls and multiple-personality sammich doctors tend to piss me off so much. I tend not to try and *meet* people (for dating or... whatever) on the 'net, 'cos so many of them seem to misrepresent themselves in those situations. I do occasionally check out gay "amateur" sites because, well, I like looking at pictures of naked guys, but even then I have a number of times run across someone posting someone else's pictures as their own. And I just don't get it--if I were looking to hook up with these people, the fact that they look nothing like the picture I saw is to be explained away how, exactly? Am I supposed to have sex with them just to be polite? I don't think so! And, all of that goes even more for people who misrepresent their gender--what are they hoping to accomplish? OK, I know what they hope to accomplish, but that's a darned dangerous game to play. Some people might react violently to that. And, the thing that really kills me is that all that skullduggery is probably completely unnecessary. I think it probably says something about the low self esteem and self-hatred of the dishonest party, really.

By: mikey

mikey — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:23:12 +0000

Geez, Marq, I kind of suck at this. I’ve been using the ‘net since ‘91 and I’ve NEVER caught on to that whole “you don’t really know who you’re talking to” thing. I do have a bad tendency to take stuff at face value. Hey, what could go wrong?

mikey

By: Marq

Marq — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:54:03 +0000

You sure Carmen’s a girl, mikey? It ain’t me, so I’m not really venturing a guess one way or another… I just got an odd feeling about that one. Could be the ol’ gaydar going off. Again.

By: Miss Emily

Miss Emily — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:53:41 +0000

mikey,
‘61 pan, huh? once upon a time I had a better grasp on that sort of thing…
Buddy of mine had a stock ‘57.

God, I loved that bike! He kept it at the house I shared with my boyfriend at the time. I once confessed to him that I would sometimes creep down to the basement late at night to straddle it.

Then I went away to college and learned terms like ‘transference’ and ’sublimation’. Geez, *that* was embarrassing!

By: mikey

mikey — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:57:22 +0000

Oh my. Hey Carmen!! What are the chances an old longhair with plenty life experiencess and a bad attitude (and ok, a bit of a flatulence problem) might catch your eye?

mikey

By: Carmen Sutra

Carmen Sutra — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:53:18 +0000

Forget the trolls! Forget Jeff Gannon even! I want Farhad for my boytoy! Sure, he may blah blah blah but he’s adorable – and when you get tired of a boytoy’s blah blah blah, you just have to put something in his mouth. You all are clouding the air with “issues” and forgetting what’s really important – helping me destroy civilization as we know it. Table dance, Farhad!

By: mikey

mikey — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:03:07 +0000

Miss Emily, they were still building the Panhead in ‘61. Shovelhead was introduced later in the sixties, ‘66 or ‘67. That bike was a pretty tragically beat 61CI Panhead with all the traditional oil leaks and sloppy valves. One of a number of rat bikes I rode thoughout the seventies and eighties…

mikey

By: Mary Jones

Mary Jones — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:41:18 +0000

this is blatantly ignoring the fact that you have had a revolution in the same country some 200-odd years ago.

Yeah, when the country was 1/4 the size it is now, with a much smaller population, and the loyalists fled to Canada.

I’m not saying revolution is impossible, only unlikely at this time.

By: Miss Emily

Miss Emily — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:14:37 +0000

Gary!!!

Mmmwwaa! so good to see you!

“…and reducing spending on non-needed things.”

Don’t listen to the rest of them You stay golden, Ponyboy, stay gold.

All that aside, I was going to ask a question about voter ID; then I got distracted by mikey’s “‘61 Harley”. Dude, what is that when it counts? A knucklehead? Flatty? I’m only asking ’cause I didn’t memorize the manual. I’m kind of a ‘57 Panhead girl, myself.

By: ahem

ahem — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:05:18 +0000

I’m in SN’s camp here on the basic point. The more ‘irregular’ elections take place, the greater the precedent to say ‘hey, nothing wrong here!’ I only wish that those Dems who don’t have elections to fight in November would devote their time to ensuring that the ones taking place are watched like hawks.

By: Dan Someone

Dan Someone — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:10:54 +0000

Taube… I guess I shouldn’t try to impress you with stories of my high school graduation in 1980, huh?

Damn, I’m old.

Not as old as Mikey, so I got that goin’ for me… but still…

By: Taube

Taube — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:34:06 +0000

Its kind of funny from the other end too. This guy at work that’s much too old for me is always hitting on me. One day he was telling me this story about his high school graduation in 1989. Without thinking, I smiled and said, “Hey, that’s the year I started kindergarten.” Took him down a few pegs.

By: Marq

Marq — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:36:39 +0000

There’s a guy I interact with on a regular basis (no, not sex–sheesh, you guys have dirty minds) who is 21-ish, and it always amuses me to know that I’ve been able to drink boozeaholic drinks legally longer than he’s been alive.

By: mikey

mikey — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:14:48 +0000

Wow. Think about the milestones in his life. He turned 21 at the peak of the dot.com boom, when there was money for everyone (even me). When I turned 21, I smoked a whole bunch of opium and rode my ‘61 Harley from San Diego to Reno. The only reason I can tell you with certainty I made it is I woke up in the Washoe County jail. He’ll turn 30 in a couple years. I turned thirty serving 60 days in the Ada County, Idaho Jail. Seems something bad happened in a bar in Boise. This kid oughta acknowledge how lucky he is–some of us kind of paid a little higher price, y’know?

mikey

By: Sexy Sadie

Sexy Sadie — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:55:05 +0000

No shit, Tulkinghorn! This moron is a year younger than me, for Christ’s sake!

By: Tulkinghorn

Tulkinghorn — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:52:34 +0000

>>Sadie, hereâ€™s the skinny on Farhad Manjoo

>>Wiki entry

1978? I am lectured on political history by someone born in 1978?

I did not even realize it was legal yet to have sex with a girl born in 1978.

By: Sexy Sadie

Sexy Sadie — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:47:15 +0000

Thanks, Kobie.

Assuming that the first Gary is the RealGary, it’s clear that figurative language/hyperbole forever eludes him, along with irony, humor, and reality.

By: Kobie

Kobie — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:38:00 +0000

The fake Gary said, â€œYou liberals stand totally refuted.â€? But Iâ€™m sitting! Ha! In your FACE, fake Gary!

PWN3D