Posts Tagged ‘honor’

The Campaign Spot makes a good point

Posted: March 16, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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concerning the vote.

I’m a little wary of some of these “likely nos” we’re hearing a lot about lately. If some of these endangered Democrats are going to flip to Pelosi’s side after voting “no” last fall, the last thing they want to do is hint that they’re flipping and make themselves targets for attack ads, tsunamis of calls from constituents, etc.

In other words, if Obamacare passes, it’s going to pass because a bunch of Democrats who went on and on about how deep their concerns are and how troubled they are suddenly make their peace with the bill.

Later in the piece is a reader e-mail that is exactly right. If it passes it passes by one or two votes (Pelosi giving everyone possible the ability to vote against to try to save their butts) If it fails then it will fail overwhelmingly because there will be no point in making a suicidal vote for no reason.

This might be worth remembering if “swing” democrats who vote against the bill go on about their no votes in a losing cause. Perhaps we should be encouraging them to lobby on the other side to prove that they were not just votes kept in Pelosi’s pocket.

How odd is it to promote something from comments elsewhere?

Posted: March 13, 2010 by datechguy in oddities, personal
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In this case from Little Miss Attila’s site.

She was writing about the difference between emotional vs physical infidelity and I commented on something that happened to me recently. I was planning on making fun of myself for the idiocy later but since I answered the comment there I decided not to wait.

So from her comments I promote the bit about idiocy and sleep apnea.

The hardest part of a relationship is the learning to live with each other. For me it was that third month when the shine of marriage became coping with each other.

Once time goes on it can become really interesting. One thing I’ve found about myself is that I can even after all these years can actually be very tone deaf on this kind of thing. I really blew it recently without realizing it.

My wife has been on my case for a year about getting a sleep study, She wakes up a lot at night and discovered me not breathing so she would shake me. I would wake up and she would tell me I need to get that checked.

I come from a family notorious for not bothering to go to the doctor. My mother and Aunt both avoid them and will be 86 and 89 respectively this year so although my wife is a nurse who knows her stuff I pooh poohed it.

At CPAC however one day I met Cynthia Yockey who actually had this problem and is still suffering the ill effects of it. I don’t know how it came up in conversation but she was emphatic that I had to get that sleep study to make sure what happened to her didn’t happen to me. After that I agreed.

As you might remember I am kind of naive by nature so I assumed my wife would be happy that I was finally doing the study, but when she found out that I was doing so on the advice of a someone else (I don’t think the fact that is was a woman, lesbian or no made the difference) she was furious. I’m still hearing about it weeks later and paying for it.

You would think after all these years I would have figured it out. All my friends say I really blew it, I don’t think there is anything I could have done to get her angrier. Yet I didn’t have a clue.

So guys take this advice to heart, think!

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Today’s Must see post…

Posted: March 11, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…comes from Breitbart TV:

Sen Byrd is much older now. But that message is still what it is.

Perhaps it was this speech that convinced McCain & Graham that democrats could behave with honor.

My warning still stands.

If you read this blog this story will not surprise you…

Posted: March 10, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…about democrats not willing to bring back the gang of 14 in the words of Ben Nelson:

“It is not the same as it was before.”

Of course it is not the same, democrats are in power now, restraint and rules are only principles for our democratic friends if republicans are in charge.

I didn’t like the nuclear option before, I don’t like it now, but I repeat my message. If these are the new rules of the game, when we have power we will use them without restraint.

And we will have power very soon!

Lindsey Graham, you earn the Full You Fool moment!

I’m sure the media will come roaring forward endorse the gang of 14 concept that they embraced years ago…

…the day after Ahmadinejad visits Yad Vashem.

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