Comments on: Tales from the Coasts http://wildebeestonline.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/tales-from-the-coasts/ Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:42:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Daniel Nichols http://wildebeestonline.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/tales-from-the-coasts/#comment-32 Daniel Nichols Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:54:31 +0000 http://wildebeestonline.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/tales-from-the-coasts/#comment-32 Those of us in the actual Ohio wonder what is in the drinking water in them parts, even if we do miss the Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Peruvian and Jamaican restaurants from our years there, which did leave us a bit tetched... Meanwhile, let us be grateful for the intelligence report, which has left Bush looking even stupider than usual. The neocons can huff and puff all they want, but their plan to attack Iran is effectively derailed. <i>Deo Gratias</i> Those of us in the actual Ohio wonder what is in the drinking water in them parts, even if we do miss the Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Peruvian and Jamaican restaurants from our years there, which did leave us a bit tetched…
Meanwhile, let us be grateful for the intelligence report, which has left Bush looking even stupider than usual. The neocons can huff and puff all they want, but their plan to attack Iran is effectively derailed. Deo Gratias

]]> By: Wildebeest http://wildebeestonline.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/tales-from-the-coasts/#comment-29 Wildebeest Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:20:00 +0000 http://wildebeestonline.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/tales-from-the-coasts/#comment-29 Yeah, that one definitely ranks up there with the mother of one of my French students who thought Alabama was in the souther hemisphere, or my students in California who asked me if I knew what this amazing thing called "organic food" was.... I have no idea which network news she was talking about. I wanted to get up and go ask her, but being pretty much the lowest employee on the totem pole I thought I'd forgo any confrontation. Besides, it's better to laugh about it, anyways. Yeah, that one definitely ranks up there with the mother of one of my French students who thought Alabama was in the souther hemisphere, or my students in California who asked me if I knew what this amazing thing called “organic food” was….

I have no idea which network news she was talking about. I wanted to get up and go ask her, but being pretty much the lowest employee on the totem pole I thought I’d forgo any confrontation. Besides, it’s better to laugh about it, anyways.

]]> By: Clare http://wildebeestonline.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/tales-from-the-coasts/#comment-28 Clare Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:01:53 +0000 http://wildebeestonline.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/tales-from-the-coasts/#comment-28 Pardon me while I wipe my eyes from laughing too hard... I honestly didn't think anyone actually said things like that. And I'm sure she would call Republicans elitist. So often I just despair of politics. Many, many people in the government (of both parties) seem to have this same attitude towards "the people." You know, the "we special people in government are just doing what's best for you, and you'll realize it eventually" crowd. Sigh... Pardon me while I wipe my eyes from laughing too hard…
I honestly didn’t think anyone actually said things like that. And I’m sure she would call Republicans elitist.

So often I just despair of politics. Many, many people in the government (of both parties) seem to have this same attitude towards “the people.” You know, the “we special people in government are just doing what’s best for you, and you’ll realize it eventually” crowd. Sigh…

]]> By: Karen http://wildebeestonline.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/tales-from-the-coasts/#comment-27 Karen Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:16:16 +0000 http://wildebeestonline.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/tales-from-the-coasts/#comment-27 From the South Coast, which I guess is even worse than the Heartland, what does she mean by "network news"? I thought that NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, etc., were the networks. Or maybe she meant the internet news, which we obviously have access to or you wouldn't be reading my astute comments here. We are so beyond being offended, most of the time...... Things do look different from another planet. From the South Coast, which I guess is even worse than the Heartland, what does she mean by “network news”? I thought that NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, etc., were the networks. Or maybe she meant the internet news, which we obviously have access to or you wouldn’t be reading my astute comments here. We are so beyond being offended, most of the time…… Things do look different from another planet.

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