you can't make this up

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 13:10

不过米雪不是孔雀女，绝对是蓝领出身。她爹是政府蓝领工。

arugula很好啊。我喜欢吃。

I am a khaki-wearing, gay-marriage-supporting, arugula-eating, Mac-using elitist nerd and I am not shame of it!

And now for the next eight years we're going to be running this country. We're going to give equal rights to gay people, fund stem-cell research, teach evolution, take down the fence on the Mexican border, and make sure abortion stays safe and legal. We're going to pull out of Iraq, shut down Gitmo, and stop torturing people.

豪情 · Post by 豪情 » 2008-08-25 13:24

凤凰男加凤凰女.

好象在说陈水扁.

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 13:33

凤凰男加凤凰女不是挺好的嘛。凤凰男碰上孔雀女，凤凰女嫁了孔雀男才惨。

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » 2008-08-25 13:33

哈哈哈，小K你完了，你就是Wait Wait说的那种snob指数最高的人群！

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 13:36

我从来也没以淳朴自居过啊。。。我只是个nerdy snob...snobbish nerd.. 生存形态跟英国贵族snob 和SATC fashion snob 和有钱的rich snob 不太一样而已。

笑嘻嘻 · Post by **笑嘻嘻** » 2008-08-25 13:37

silkworm wrote:哈哈哈，小K你完了，你就是Wait Wait说的那种snob指数最高的人群！

为什么？他们怎么说的？

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » 2008-08-25 13:44

挖出旧贴：

我打个岔，周末听见Wait wait don't tell me上搞笑：
Q: A new survey this week found the owners of a certain product are 60% more likely to be more self-centered and arrogant than people who own the competing products.
What is this product that has a strong statistical correlation with jerkiness?

A: Mac users.

然后主持人开始恶搞，说：The only type of person who is more smug and satisfied than a Mac user is a Mac user who support Barak Obama.

花差花差小将军 · Post by **花差花差小将军** » 2008-08-25 13:45

周末在屋子后面那块小地上翻土，邻居跑过来说上次给你的菜吃完了可以自己到他们家后院摘，然后问我老人家想干嘛，老子理直气壮地说要种吃的。他们说现在有些菜也可以种了，比如mustard green，老子迟疑一下老实问那arugula能不能种俺喜欢在上面放点pama咸肉然后淋点truffle oil吃，可简单了都不用打dressing。他们望着我倒吸了一口冷气。

笑嘻嘻 · Post by **笑嘻嘻** » 2008-08-25 13:49

silkworm wrote:挖出旧贴：

我打个岔，周末听见Wait wait don't tell me上搞笑：
Q: A new survey this week found the owners of a certain product are 60% more likely to be more self-centered and arrogant than people who own the competing products.
What is this product that has a strong statistical correlation with jerkiness?

A: Mac users.

然后主持人开始恶搞，说：The only type of person who is more smug and satisfied than a Mac user is a Mac user who support Barak Obama.

我想起来了。

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 13:51

他们一定在狐疑你是不是后院还养了猪屋子里闷了TRUFFLE猪刨完了TRUFFLE就杀来做火腿。

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » 2008-08-25 13:55

说正经的。

Obama选了“大白牙”Biden（我给他起的外号），我觉得更显出Obama这家伙根本不是搞政治的novice，他相当有手腕儿。Biden在外交政策方面确实有一套，资格又够老，嘴巴又大，可是方方面面（至少到目前为止）还都给他三分薄面，以后Obama不好说的，他来开炮好了。

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 14:04

是，我也觉得这个BULLDOG 挑的好。既能拉拢蓝领儿们又不得罪独立派。

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » 2008-08-25 14:07

我听收音机里都用attack dog这词儿了，想起我给起的外号，真是姓何的嫁给姓郑的---正合适。

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 14:15

为什么你给起的外号是大白牙？

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » 2008-08-25 14:19

你不觉得他说话嘴巴张得特别大，比别人露出的多几颗似的，而他那一口牙齿还又白又大么？

打伊拉克之前，我有次碰巧看见他在电视上说，千万不能随便打，后果如何如何，哪怕打赢了，也至少需要10年20年才能恢复关系云云，应该如何如何。他说的，后来都不幸而言中了。

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 14:28

可他不是主张打的么。
他被提名后我才发现夸Obama clean and articulate 的就是他啊！哈哈哈真是个大嘴巴。

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » 2008-08-25 14:31

最开始是不赞成的。

对啊，就是他说的干净不干净，把Al Shapiro引得出来声明“I shower everyday.”

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 14:35

这么逗！那时候我还没粉上帅哥，（哦海滩半裸泳装照还没被八卦小报给爆出来），所以都没看政治新闻。这些果汁全错过了。

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » 2008-08-25 14:46

刚上ｗｉｋｉ上恶补了一下他的信息。

原来他在ＤＣ和Ｄｅｌａｗａｒｅ之间ｃｏｍｍｕｔｅ还另有原因：

In 1966, while in law school, Biden married Neilia Hunter. They had three children, Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III, Robert Hunter, and Naomi Christina. His wife and infant daughter died in a car accident shortly after he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972. His two young sons, Beau and Hunter, were seriously injured in the accident, but both eventually made full recoveries. Biden was sworn into office from their bedside. Persuaded not to resign in order to care for them, Biden began the practice of commuting an hour and a half each day on the train from his home in the Wilmington suburbs to Washington, DC, which he continues to do.

损Giuliani 的那句话是他说的 "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, and a verb and 9/11."

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 14:50

哦，正经原因就是这个，买不起房子是我损他的。
他损MCCAIN 那句七个厨房桌子也挺逗的。看到他这样一上来就不遗余力的出击我很满意。

我还挺喜欢BILL RICHARDSON 的。可惜。

silkworm · Post by **silkworm** » 2008-08-25 15:02

啧啧啧，你看看Ｂｉｄｅｎ和ＭｃＣａｉｎ同样是家人遭遇车祸，一个有情有意，一个……哼。

我老板也特喜欢BILL RICHARDSON，一直说要找了他，可以ｔａｋｅ　ｃａｒｅ　ｏｆ　ｈｉｓｐａｎｉｃ　ｖｏｔｅｒｓ。

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 15:21

MCCAIN 前妻一直很忠心没说啥，不过看在女选民眼里还是很不是个事儿。

豪情 · Post by 豪情 » 2008-08-25 15:26

BIDEN为什么不把孩子搬到DC, 买不起房子? 他有没再婚? 如果不再婚有时间DATE么?

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-25 15:32

他两个儿子都在车祸里受了重伤，很久很久才完全恢复。可能他觉得还是原来的环境对孩子比较好。主要也不是那么远，一个半钟头火车，很多纽约这边的人每天也得有这么长的COMMUTE。

人家很忠心的，过了五年才再娶，还是娶的人民教师working woman一粒。

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2008-08-26 21:16

刚听了Hillary Clinton的演讲...

镜头总是跑到 Michelle Obama 脸上，弄得我胡思乱想，也许，也许她心里是支持 Hillary 的，说不定在 IL 的 primary 选举中偷偷投了她一票呢。

人民自己不懂不听不学不在乎 health care reform，等着自己咽下苦果吧。

stareye · Post by **stareye** » 2008-08-26 21:29

听了Hillary的演讲，真是好,

忽然就有＂既生瑜何生亮＂的感觉。

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-26 21:29

we will see. i hope they come to their senses.

Hillary gave the best speech of her life. I am so deeply moved.

洛洛 · Post by 洛洛 » 2008-08-26 21:38

豪情 wrote:凤凰男加凤凰女.

好象在说陈水扁.

陈水匾的太太好像是台南医生世家，很早家里有钢琴的那种。也不知道怎么培养出这么贪心的人。

笑嘻嘻 · Post by **笑嘻嘻** » 2008-08-27 1:09

Hillary 为什么早不这样演讲！

花差花差小将军 · Post by **花差花差小将军** » 2008-08-27 7:53

By Clive Crook, one of my favorite columnists from FT. 我发现我的很多看法和他老人家接近。他还评写了对Michelle O的讲话的看法，我大拍大腿
地赞同，等下一起贴上

August 27, 2008
Hillary’s speech
She was at her best. It was a fine speech, an urgent call for unity, and the delivery was phenomenal: passionate, forceful, and not the least bit false. (There was humour too: the twin-cities joke was great, and will linger in people’s minds next week.) From the various personalities she tried on during the campaign, she selected tough, resolute, never-give-up Hillary, and the tone did not deviate. This is much the best and most convincing of the Hillaries: one imagines, in fact, the real thing. If she had stuck with her throughout the primaries, she might have been giving a speech like that on Thursday night instead.

A lot of previously wavering Democrats will be wondering if they have chosen the wrong nominee; even more will be wondering if it was a mistake to deny her the VP slot. But one can hardly blame her for that. The convention wanted a great rousing speech and it got one.

Was it a whole-hearted endorsement of Obama? Having watched an hour or so of instant commentary

花差花差小将军 · Post by **花差花差小将军** » 2008-08-27 7:57

August 26, 2008
Michelle Obama’s speech

Michelle Obama did her part and closed a somewhat purposeless first day of the Democratic convention on a positive note. She came over as strong and assured, yet approachable and not at all threatening or angry

Jun · Post by **Jun** » 2008-08-27 8:00

愤世嫉俗地说，这也只不过是 preaching to the choir 而已，恨她讨厌她的人，或者恨 Clinton 的人，或者害怕厌恶女权主义的人，或者原旨宗教主义者们，谁也不会因为她的演讲而改投民主党一票，说得天花乱坠也没用。

花差花差小将军 · Post by **花差花差小将军** » 2008-08-27 8:04

我想她想拉的是当初支持她讨厌O的那帮，that's where the comments came from, I presume.

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2008-08-27 8:18

I think she could have helped him more, had she chosen to.

That's not fair. She made it clear she is an Obama supporter in th speech. But instead of lingering on that she went on to the issues.

What made this speech powerful is precisely she highlighted the issues not the candidate. You can't do everything in a speech, because you will end up accomplish nothing. You need to focus and then the audience can get it. She picked what she cared most, she made the speech about her supporter and people she was running for, not about Obama, which I think is why she sounded sincere, caring, and powerful. That's why it really resonated among the audience.