Wednesday, November 03, 2004
schadenfreude
It must have truly sucked to have been Dan Rather this morning. Last night I was getting more and more fretful that my prediction at the bottom of the previous post was probably going to become a reality. Couldn't take it anymore so I turned everything off and retired to my cot with a book and a bottle of Mother-in-Law's Heart around 10 PM. Promptly went to sleep, awoke at 2 and fired up the gear. Put Peter Jennings on the tube and started surfing the blogs with a RSS electorial map on the side. The DU'ers, what can I say? Poor babies, getting sooooo worked up. How can it be? All the hate, spite, lies, and MONEY and GWB is going to STEAL another election! Every now and then Mr. Jennings would announce that it seems another state has "fallen" to Bush. "Fallen?"
There was one beauty of a constitutional amendment up in Florida I felt pretty sure would make it despite a massive investment in fuzzy-brained ads directed to the lowest common denominator of the electorate by the trial lawyers. The John Edwards clones really didn't want No. 3: The Medical Liability Claimant's Compensation Amendment at all. It doesn't go nearly far enough but it's a start. Passing No. 6 and getting that total special interest bullet train boondoggle out of our pockets was a real plus.
It dawned on me around 5 AM that I had not seen dear Mr. Blather in weeks. Obviously it was time. Rotated the antenna toward Tallahassee and there he was. Poor fella. It was tough to see the old lying sack 'o stuff so close to the blubbering point. Yeah. Schadenfreude.
Iowahawk has some excellent advice for the poor lefties.
Rand Simberg did pretty good as well.
I know this little tale has been around in several forms, probably dates back to the 18th century.
One sunny day in 2005, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Kerry." The Marine replied, "Sir, Mr. Kerry is not President and doesn't reside here." The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Kerry." The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Kerry is not President and doesn't reside here." The man thanked him and again walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same Marine, saying," I would like to go in and meet with President Kerry." The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Kerry. I've told you already that Mr. Kerry is not the President and doesn't reside here. Don't you understand?" The old man answered, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it!" The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow."
ScienceDaily has this bit of serious stuff:
Brain Differences In Adolescents, Psychopaths, Lend To Their Impulsive, Risk-taking Behavior
New research—in both humans and animals—shows differences in the structure and functioning of adolescent brains compared with preadolescents or adults that correspond to such teenage behaviors as immature decision making, increased risk taking, and impulsive behaviors. As a result of this research, scientists now urge that puberty be studied as a separate stage of development—one distinctly different from the life stages of children or adults.
“Adolescents' brains seem to bias their decision-making capabilities in the direction of favoring short-term benefits, even when these benefits are weighed against potential long-term detriments,” says Jonathan Cohen, MD, PhD, of the department of psychology at Princeton University. ..snip..
funny that Democrat voters were not included in the headline!
Enough! For serious close-out thoughts on the election, the folk at Power Line and Instapundit did good work. I'm just curious how Iran and North Korea are gonna take it.
There was one beauty of a constitutional amendment up in Florida I felt pretty sure would make it despite a massive investment in fuzzy-brained ads directed to the lowest common denominator of the electorate by the trial lawyers. The John Edwards clones really didn't want No. 3: The Medical Liability Claimant's Compensation Amendment at all. It doesn't go nearly far enough but it's a start. Passing No. 6 and getting that total special interest bullet train boondoggle out of our pockets was a real plus.
It dawned on me around 5 AM that I had not seen dear Mr. Blather in weeks. Obviously it was time. Rotated the antenna toward Tallahassee and there he was. Poor fella. It was tough to see the old lying sack 'o stuff so close to the blubbering point. Yeah. Schadenfreude.
Iowahawk has some excellent advice for the poor lefties.
Rand Simberg did pretty good as well.
I know this little tale has been around in several forms, probably dates back to the 18th century.
One sunny day in 2005, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Kerry." The Marine replied, "Sir, Mr. Kerry is not President and doesn't reside here." The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Kerry." The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Kerry is not President and doesn't reside here." The man thanked him and again walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same Marine, saying," I would like to go in and meet with President Kerry." The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Kerry. I've told you already that Mr. Kerry is not the President and doesn't reside here. Don't you understand?" The old man answered, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it!" The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow."
ScienceDaily has this bit of serious stuff:
Brain Differences In Adolescents, Psychopaths, Lend To Their Impulsive, Risk-taking Behavior
New research—in both humans and animals—shows differences in the structure and functioning of adolescent brains compared with preadolescents or adults that correspond to such teenage behaviors as immature decision making, increased risk taking, and impulsive behaviors. As a result of this research, scientists now urge that puberty be studied as a separate stage of development—one distinctly different from the life stages of children or adults.
“Adolescents' brains seem to bias their decision-making capabilities in the direction of favoring short-term benefits, even when these benefits are weighed against potential long-term detriments,” says Jonathan Cohen, MD, PhD, of the department of psychology at Princeton University. ..snip..
funny that Democrat voters were not included in the headline!
Enough! For serious close-out thoughts on the election, the folk at Power Line and Instapundit did good work. I'm just curious how Iran and North Korea are gonna take it.
