Comments on: Oh Please

By: SmurfyHoser

SmurfyHoser — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:37:53 +0000

“Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee, experienced a similar blow ”

heh. He experienced a blow. Doubtful.

By: Anne Laurie

Anne Laurie — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:08:48 +0000

Itâ€™s like a school class going after the substitute teacher, just because they can (something my class specialised in, back in the day); brutal and childish.

Too sophisticated. It’s more like toddlers whining because the baby-sitter doesn’t fix the mac’n'cheese “like Mommy does”, and besides, they can only eat frootloops if they’re served in the *special* red cereal bowl.

Of course, since they know that the world revolves around them, toddlers also believe that Mommy picks out evil, mean, neglectful baby-sitters just so she’ll look good in comparison, selfish whore that she is!

By: ifthethunderdontgetya

ifthethunderdontgetya — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:10:16 +0000

I don’t know anything about a joke, unless it’s my job…but I did love playing Bob Marley and the Wailers:

I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love.
From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girl,
My heart says follow t’rough.
But I know, now, that I’m way down on your line,
But the waitin’ feel is fine:
So don’t treat me like a puppet on a string,
‘Cause I know I have to do my thing.
Don’t talk to me as if you think I’m dumb;
I wanna know when you’re gonna come – soon.
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love,
‘Cause if summer is here,
I’m still waiting there;
Winter is here,
And I’m still waiting there.
—
/Guitar solo/
—
Like I said:
It’s been three years since I’m knockin’ on your door,
And I still can knock some more:
Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible?
I wanna know now, for I to knock some more.
Ya see, in life I know there’s lots of grief,
But your love is my relief:
Tears in my eyes burn – tears in my eyes burn
While I’m waiting – while I’m waiting for my turn,
See!

I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love, oh!
I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna –
I don’t wanna wait in vain.
I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna –
I don’t wanna wait in vain.
No, I don’t wanna (I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna –
I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna wait in vain) –
No I – no I (I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t
wanna – I don’t wanna wait in vain) –
No, no-no, I, no, I (I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna –
I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna wait in vain) –
It’s your love that I’m waiting on (I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna –
I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna wait in vain);
It’s me love that you’re running from.
It’s Jah love that I’m waiting on (I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna –
I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna – I don’t wanna wait in vain);
It’s me love that you’re running from.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:46:29 +0000

sorry J! I totally missed the joke.

By: Tom - Daai Tou Laam

Tom - Daai Tou Laam — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:34:32 +0000

J–
Knowing the trolls at The Eschaton dumping on the guest bloggers as a way of attacking Atrios, my guess is that *gasp* the trolls at Drum’s (*gasp* Drum has trolls *gasp*) are doing the same thing.

It ain’t a bug, it’s a feature.

By: Jâ€”

Jâ€” — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:22:45 +0000

But what I don’t get is that by sh_tting on the guest blogger, you’re sh_tting on the host. By saying the guest blogger sucks, you’re crapping on the host’s judgement about what is good for the blog. At least that’s how I see it.

Thanks, Bistroist. I thought the Bob Marley line at the end of the little letter was a dead giveaway, but I probably should’ve made clearer what exactly I was referring to.

By: Bistroist

Bistroist — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:08:32 +0000

Lots of people validate by crapping on â€œthe helpâ€?.

Exactly. It’s like a school class going after the substitute teacher, just because they can (something my class specialised in, back in the day); brutal and childish.

Oh, and fwiw J, I chuckled at your first comment â€” but I am an exceptionally feebleminded person.

By: ahem

ahem — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:59:32 +0000

“Dean Esmay says it all.”

By: mikey

mikey — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:49:23 +0000

Here’s my (oversimplification) theory. Lots of people validate by crapping on “the help”. The same pompous asshat that is so mean to the waiter that the waiter has to go in the kitchen before someone sees the tears in his eyes – that same sorry – ass dude will fall all over himself to be polite and derential to the restaurant owner. These folks think they’re cool ’cause they interact with the blog host, but the guest bloggers are not among the annointed, and therefore can be shat upon for the empowerment of the asshole…

mikey

By: Jâ€”

Jâ€” — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:12:37 +0000

Gavin and Brad arenâ€™t guest bloggers! what kind of crap is that?

It was a joke, a feeble attempt to make fun of these complaints (from the Wall Street Journal article linked by Brad):

“The frequency of emails of ‘Bring back Andrew’ and ‘This is stupid. Bring back Andrew’ is definitely higher than anything I’ve ever written,” says David Weigel, a 24-year-old assistant editor at Reason magazine, who is one of Mr. Sullivan’s guest bloggers and has filled in at other sites in the past.

The first time I saw this was when Roxanne Cooper and Ogged filled in for Drum a few months ago. I understand people not reading a blog while the person who runs it is away; I don’t understand people complaining to the guest bloggersâ€”selected by the very person in charge of the siteâ€”that they are not someone else.

By: Gavin M.

Gavin M. — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:57:12 +0000

[Just popping in here for a sec...]

Seb’s been busy lately, but hopefully things will calm down soon so that he can post more easily.

I’ve actually been really neglectful of comments, btw (also a time issue). I’ll be here more often after Labor Day…

By: mikey

mikey — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:16:16 +0000

Gavin and Brad arenâ€™t guest bloggers! what kind of crap is that?

Hell no. That would be Marie Jon’ and Gary Ruppert!!

mikey

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:05:09 +0000

Gavin and Brad aren’t guest bloggers! what kind of crap is that?

By: Martin Wisse

Martin Wisse — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:00:52 +0000

To think he also draws a salary at his university!

By: tigrismus

tigrismus — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:47:12 +0000

Interestingly, Mecha InstaPundit has better hair than the real Hatfield.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:39:31 +0000

The hell is that, a Socket A?

By: Adorable Girlfriend

Adorable Girlfriend — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:39:05 +0000

It’s sad that Glen appears to blog for validation. Thankfully, we at RoD don’t need to be popular to feel good about ourselves.

By: kc

kc — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:28:45 +0000

Jeff Jarvis, author of the political blog BuzzMachine, knows the feeling. He has always posted during his annual vacation to Skytop Lodge in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. When the resort had only an expensive Internet connection, he paid the hefty fee to keep his blog current. His son, Jake, now 14 years old, paid for half of the connection costs so he could keep up his technology blog, Wire Catcher.

Jarvis, ya cheap bastid . . .

By: kc

kc — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:26:14 +0000

Heck, I don’t do much more than keep the light on at my OWN blog.

By: Seitz

Seitz — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:25:24 +0000

Well this makes me feel just wonderful.

FWIW, I asked about Seb the other day, too, but it was not in any way intended to slight any of the other regulars (guest posters?). Except maybe Retardo.

I still love you, Gavin.