Tiger Woods not ready to leave his bubble
Personally, the most interesting part of Tiger Woods’ media spectacle Friday was Woods’ insistence on exerting total control over the situation. Even as he sought forgiveness and tried to project a sense of chastened humility, he did so in an event that was conducted solely on Tiger’s terms, by Tiger’s rules, within a context that Tiger determined.
It lent a cold, clinical tone to an event dripping with human drama, and in the end the combination was just weird.
Part of that might be attributed to Woods’ profession. In golf, success comes to those who successfully eliminate all variables — physical, mental as well as emotional. Once you control all those outside things, you can better dictate the flight of a small white object over hundreds of yards. Woods’ physical gifts are enormous, but when other golfers discuss his dominance, they reserve their highest praise for the extraordinary focus that he brings to the golf course. That demand for control was clearly on display Friday.
Some have condemned the contrived press conference as evidence of arrogance on Woods’ part, which it was. But it was also an expression of fear and weakness. Woods was an enormously gifted child prodigy who grew to manhood inside a bubble, a bubble created by his own talent and by others who wished to maximize and benefit from it.
Within that bubble, Woods has thrived. Forced outside it, he has demonstrated that he does not deal well with chaos. Chaos is Kryptonite.
The oddity of Woods’ performance Friday brought to mind comparisons with another enormously talented child prodigy who was raised in a bubble, the late Michael Jackson. Any analogy can be pushed too far — Tiger’s demons are minor compared to those that haunted Michael — but their shared craving for control and insulation against the outside world suggests something common between them. Tiger may not live in seclusion at Neverland Ranch or walk around in public wearing a surgical mask, but in his unease he still creates a very real sense of distance and isolation from the public that worships him. He doesn’t trust us, and he has good reason.
Among other questions left dangling, Woods offered no direct answer to when he might return to professional golf. But if we were to judge from the atmospherics of Friday’s event, I’d say it’s still a long way off. The unsteady man we saw at that podium is nowhere near ready to expose himself to the chaos and unpredictability that will come with his public re-emergence.
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@@
February 20th, 2010
1:59 pm
Chaos is Kryptonite.
All the more reason not to create it for himself and his family, jay.
I’m just not feelin’ the guy’s pain, but for some strange reason he wants me to.
Return to your only love, Tiger….yourself and the game of golf. “No comment” will suffice.
Bruno
February 20th, 2010
2:01 pm
Look to the light:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fi-sUOM8io
getalife
February 20th, 2010
2:05 pm
We cheat.
Go win some more golf championships.
Thank you Jay
February 20th, 2010
2:07 pm
Jay I didn’t read it until it was too late to comment, but your last column on the cheating scandal deserves a thank you. It is good to see the AJC act in a way that would make Ralph McGill proud.
As far as Tiger, how’s this for a theory. He already knows he’s coming back to play the Masters, but if he announces it at his mea culpa media statement, he knows it comes across less as someone who is still in a state of remorse and seeking to make amends and genuinely trying to come to grips with his actions, and more like someone who is calculatedly trying to kill the issue while at the same time trying to control every aspect of it.
Bruno
February 20th, 2010
2:26 pm
“They are better than sex”
Apparently someone is having some pretty mediocre sex……
Bruno
February 20th, 2010
2:27 pm
You never know what’s going to happen in the dead of night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwDnNGskWUY
Jess
February 20th, 2010
2:41 pm
This thing has gotten totally out of hand, aided primarily by the press. Tiger has broken no laws, such as Michael Vick, and the steroid using athletes and he has broken no PGA rules. He broke his vows to his wife only, and as such he should only apologize to her, and his family. It’s starting to look like a reality show.
R M
February 20th, 2010
2:46 pm
I hope that any of us, who believe in things happen for reasons beyond our ability to understand, will not be so cynical as to judge someone who we have never once had a conversation with on a personal level. Tiger will do what he thinks is best for himself and family as will Elin as will anyone. There is nothing wrong will making money and being the best at what you do. You do lose something many times and you realize too late. Elin has every right to a good life with or without Tiger….I think he gets it and knows he needs to survive the best way possible. The steps he takes are for his best interest and, he regrets that he hurt others and will do what he can to atone. That is all you can ask of a person. That they try. He cannot stop our opinions, but he will protect himself from them as much as he can and not let the opinions rule his life. If his golf game is not the same, I would think it would be more to having already played and peaked for 20 years rather than this moral failure. At 34 his best golf has already been played, and If by 50 he as not won 5 majors then he may be sad.
Jenifer
February 20th, 2010
2:47 pm
Tiger’s apology was much like others I’ve watched. They believe they can get away with anything because of who they are.
Jimmy Swaggart’s apology was the most ridiculous.
Here’s Jim Carrey’s take on it. Hysterical!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLSOTNRIVCY
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
February 20th, 2010
2:52 pm
Neither is Jennifer, just sayin….
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
February 20th, 2010
2:52 pm
Nor Bookman, come to think of it….
Dusty
February 20th, 2010
2:57 pm
Actually, I don’t care if Tiger lives in a bubble. Let him stay. And don’t tell us about it. I’d rather hear about real heroes. LIke Mother Teresa or Mandella. Or the Army vet in Austin Texas who saw the burning building as he was traveling nearby. He had seen the low flying plane and guessed what had happened. He stopped, took a step ladder from his truck, climbed to the second floor of the fiery building, went inside and helped five trapped people escape from the bulding. Just a guy traveling by who stopped to help, he said.
Now that’s the kind of “heroes” I like to hear about. Tiger may have great athletic abilities. Fine. but I don’t care if he slams a ball to Canada. If that makes him a hero, then his behavior makes him a bum.
Give me the real heroes.. Not a bubble banger who can hit a ball or “facilitate” sorry females while his wife and children wait at home. Nope, no hero that twit Tiger…
Jenifer
February 20th, 2010
3:10 pm
SC Gov. Mark Sanford’s apology had to be the most bizarre.
He only admits to the affair after 8 minutes of stammering and weeping.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntUHXeKt54E
professional skeptic
February 20th, 2010
3:18 pm
Actions speak louder than words, Tiger. Good luck sweeping the rest of your mess under the rug, including this woman and her lawyer:
http://www.ajc.com/video?bcpid=1659825399&bclid=1716449804&bctid=67577899001
Billy O
February 20th, 2010
3:19 pm
There are consequences for actions. Tiger took the actions and the consequences are now starting. I know that Tiger is sorry…..sorry he got caught!! As my better half put it….”He’s a pig”.
Jan
February 20th, 2010
3:21 pm
The only person Tiger Woods has to answer to is his wife. The media need to back off and people need to keep their opinions to themselves. He hasn’t murdered anyone. The only comparisons I would link to Michael Jackson is that they were pushed by their fathers and what they gained in fame and fortune hasn’t made up for their lost childhood. However, I do not believe that Tiger has suffered like MJ did at all. As a friend posted the other day MJ was mobbed, bullied, defamed, invaded, stalked, lied about, threatened, harassed, abused- emotionally, mentally & physically; most of all disrespected & hurt more than anyone will ever really know.
I just hope the diane dimonds,martin bashirs of this world leave him alone.
Hillbilly Deluxe
February 20th, 2010
3:32 pm
I don’t follow golf or Tiger Woods but in my life I’ve known some quite well known people. A couple of them, including a good friend, had one of these public flameouts. There was a common thread running through all of them, they were told they were special so often, by so many people, that they came to believe it. I don’t know about Tiger but lots of these people are surrounded by people who depend on them for their meal ticket, so they aren’t ever going to tell them when they are messing up. Every famous person needs somebody who knew them before they got famous who’ll tell them, “What you’re doing is crazy”. Few of them are fortunate enough to have somebody like that though.
Ain’t it a purty day outside?
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
3:56 pm
Forget Tiger…the neighbors down the way were a lot more entertaining…
Hillbilly– yeah, it’s a purty day…too bad I had to spend most of it cleaning up the yard and gettin’ ready for spring plantin’
Minister James
February 20th, 2010
4:24 pm
Tiger Woods; young, handsome, filthy, filthy, filthy rich; women falling at his feet and you don’t think this would do any man in? Look at our preachers our politicians or any man for that matter in the history of man and what do we find? Come on folks ‘ get a life’. I’d be willing to bet that any college athlete, pro athlete or just a man with a good job would get very tempting offers from women almost any day of the week. Today we have this porn star on TV crying about an apology because she was so hurt over his lying to her. Any response to her should be BITCH GET REAL. That’s what she deserves.
Pogo
February 20th, 2010
4:33 pm
Celebrity stories are intriguing and they play upon the most base and trivial of mans instincts. In lieu of everything else that is wrong with our society, the bottom line is, who cares? Of what import is Tiger Woods to anyone in their everyday lives?
I saw something way more depressing and way more telling about our society yesterday. I stopped at a convenience store to pick up a pack of gum. The lady in line in front of me had four cans of Red Bull energy drink in her hand. When it came time for her to pay, she pulled out a food stamp card to pay for them. She also bought another item. She bought a pack of rolling papers (she paid cash for these). Taxpayer dollars going for energy drinks, with no nutritional value whatsoever to a person that is about to go roll a fat one. Makes you feel real good about paying taxes so they can be spent on people like this.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
February 20th, 2010
4:41 pm
Well, it just ain’t right. Us GA rednecks demand the right to make a Sinner feel like a worm. We want to grind him in the ground. We want to ask questions that will really grate him. And what does he do? Sets things up so we can’t ask questions or make him feel real lousy or even spit at him. It ain’t right, I tell you. Why, he didn’t even say “I’ve sinned against thee, O Lord,” the way Swaggart did. He just stood there and read that danged statement and walked out and left us with nothing to do except maybe talk bad about him.
I’m downright disgusted with him, and I don’t even care he can hit a golf ball about twice as far as me. If I ever get caught doing something bad I’ll take my medicine and stand up and let people slam me to my face. I just don’t understand why Tiger won’t do that. We wouldn’t do it more than 10 or 12 weeks.
Have a good p.m. everybody.
TW
February 20th, 2010
4:41 pm
Seriously though, when’s ‘w’ gonna apologize?
Carmen
February 20th, 2010
4:45 pm
I am glad that Tiger Woods broke his silence. After listening to Tiger I feel positive that he is going in the right direction to get his derailed life back on the right track. I think that in each one of us there is a divine power that can be used to help us overcome any obstacle and adversity. I am encouraged that Tiger mentioned he is using his inner strength to regain balance in his life to save the two things that are most important to him, his wife and his children. Tiger said that Elin deserves praise and I wholeheartedly agreed. I hope and pray that one day Elin find room in her heart to believe in him again. God Bless!
N-GA
February 20th, 2010
4:53 pm
If more people would respond to an invasive media question with “It’s none of your business” or, at the very least “No comment!”, we would all be better off.
There are too many “celebrities” who act embarrassed when a sex photo or tape shows up on the web, but we really know that they want the notoriety.
Much of the media has transformed itself into tabloid-style reporting. I blame Rupert Murdoch for most of that. But the people who read/watch/listen to that crap are the same ones who are fans of fake (WWE) wrestling, NASCAR, ultimate fighting, etc. No different than Romans watching the gladiators go at it. No wonder most of them have never seen the inside of a real museum (as opposed to the Country Bumpkin Hall of fame or some such thing). They have never listened to or seen an opera, a ballet, a stage play, or an art show (unless it involved using a chain saw for carving logs into the shape of animals).
There is no dumbing down of America…it’s already there! Take a look around!
Pogo
February 20th, 2010
4:53 pm
The Neck’s act is old.
JADEN
February 20th, 2010
4:57 pm
josef — how coheasive to return.
TnGelding
February 20th, 2010
4:57 pm
He needs to retire from golf and do something more meaningful with his many talents. When he is ready. Right now he is still fighting the demons that control so many of us.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
February 20th, 2010
5:07 pm
One
Big
Ass
Mistake
America.
Just sayin.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
February 20th, 2010
5:10 pm
I used to think America’s global dominance would never be surpassed because, well, foreigners are basically stupid, but then we went an elected a foreigner to be our president, just sayin…
A FORMER GOLFER
February 20th, 2010
5:10 pm
If Tiger thinks he will be without demons when he returns he is fooling himself. Golf is a very humbling sport. He may think he is exempt from the pressure he will face when he returns, but I doubt it.
You see, golf greatness is a gift from GOD, not something he was born with. When he returns back in the spotlight whether it be at Augusta in April or next January, you can not just throw on a switch and expect to be as great and dominate as you once were.
He may never know the greatness measured in regular or major championships as Jack Nicklas did.
Jack would never of accomplished his records being so self centered as Tiger.
Have we seen the last of Tiger’s dominance. If I were a betting man, I would say yes.
He did it to HIMSELF.
Greatest golfer of all time …… JACK NICKLAS …. No comparison.
Dusty
February 20th, 2010
5:16 pm
Seriously, TW, when are you going to apologize to “W”? It’s about time. After lambasting Bush for eight years, now the president you Democrats put in office is doing the same thing “W” did. Right in his foot steps even claiming Bush’s victory with the Surge in Iraq as his own.
After a year with President Obama’s great CHANGE, nothing has changed for the better. In fact, things are worse. Business is bad. International relationships are bad. Employment is “bad. The US budget has grown by trillions & trillions. The stock market is as nervous as the Richter scale in California.
So pack up your lil ol’ bag of apologies and send them to strong and dependable Bush . He is the man who deserves them..
Dusty
February 20th, 2010
5:24 pm
Hmmm Josef,
Things are so “cohesive”. Yes. You are stuck with one.
By the way, did you feed the mule after clearing the south forty? He likes some oats with his hay…
Southern Comfort
February 20th, 2010
5:31 pm
Whiner
Only you could take a topic that is completely non-political and throw Obama into the mix. But, you’re not alone as I also saw the “w” thrown into the mix. I guess when all else fails, fall back on what you know.
josef
Responded at St. Elsewhere!!! Bravo!!
As far as Tiger, I don’t give a rats a$$ if he slept with the entire state of Florida. The only people he needs to appologize to is his family. If you’re crazy enough to push some unknown person whether famous or not as a role model for your child, then you take the risk of that blowing up in your face. No man or woman is perfect, and to somehow talk down about him to make yourself feel better does not hide nor excuse your personal shortcomings. If anything, this situation should make everyone take a step back and make sure you’re not doing anything to hurt the ones you love.
Dusty
February 20th, 2010
5:48 pm
Dear SoCo,
I did not introduce “w” or Obama to this discussion. But I do get sick of the continuing insulting referemces to President Bush. After eight years, another year is too much. I ttry to ignore such ignorance but sometimes I don’t.
Good luck with President Obama. If he gets as many insuilts as President Bush, you will know what I mean This pattern of political detriment has long been established. So I understand quite well your feeling of injustice. True. It is a rotten way to do things whomever and wherever it is done..
JADEN
February 20th, 2010
5:58 pm
josef —– would you take a 9 iron to HIM if HE cheated on you? would you stand before the tv and apologize to the world for forgiveness?? curious. and to dusty, mind your own business.
Arnold Palmer
February 20th, 2010
6:07 pm
I CHASED AND ENJOYED WOMEN MOST OF MY LIFE AND NEVER GOT CAUGHT. I SEE NO BIG DEAL HERE. LET THE BOY HAVE SOME FUN. YOU CANT WEAR IT OUT. WASH IT OFF AND WALK ON. JUST WEAR A RAINCOAT.
Bud Wiser
February 20th, 2010
6:07 pm
Personally, I can’t wait for his caddie/henchman to go into the crowd and rip the face off some heckler.
I wonder how that (non)apology would go?
I agree with Woods to the extent that the media and people should just leave him alone and try to sort out the personal disaster he brought on himself.
That being said, a man making multi-millions from a dedicated fan base might look at them a little better now than he has in the past, literally blowing snot on and cursing the crowds. I have read than Ben Hogan was a snarling beast of a golfer, but after recovering from a severe auto accident, he was a changed man, but still one of, if not the, best player of his era. Woods sour act will not play well any more, since the audience has pretty much concluded why he is what he is.
TW may be the best player these days, but his personalized steel cocoon has been cracked open by his classlessness and moral depravity, and maybe now he should change act. Fire that prick Steinberg, his agent, would be a good move. That bloodsucking leech acts like just what he is… a lawyer.
I love golf, have played since I was a kid, off and on. I’d give anything to be able to strike the ball anything close to the way he does. I bet he’d give anything right now to go back and change his ways.
But he cannot.
Tough luck son, time to go out into the world and man up.
RW-(the original)
February 20th, 2010
6:08 pm
Golfer,
Geez, if you’re going to go into a rant like that and declare someone the greatest you should at least try to spell the guy’s name right. It’s Nicklaus.
Tiger may well miss The Masters as a show of his seriousness, but it’s hard to see him missing the US and British Opens at Pebble and St. Andrews.
@@
February 20th, 2010
6:11 pm
We COULD all send Tiger a note saying “No need to explain…we simply don’t care.”
A gift, and a smack upside his head. Two birds with one stone.
Finito!
Southern Comfort
February 20th, 2010
6:25 pm
Dusty
I’m just tired of the over politification of everything. It seems if there’s a wreck on the connector, it’s either due to Bush or Obama. No body wants to take personal responsibility for anything. If these fingerpointers really wanted to know who’s the cause of these problems, a look in any mirror would be a good start in my opinion.
I know you were not the one who introduced politics into the thread. It’s quite tiring to hear it from those who do. It seems like it’s their all consuming goal in life. Maybe they need a bottle of Jack Daniels and a table dance at the Pink Pony or something.
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
6:31 pm
Dayum.
Jay, yours is the only sensible analysis of TW’s confessional I’ve seen so far.
Although Rachel’s take on his reference to Buddhism (and, silently, a nice b!tch slap to Brit Hume) is a close second.
but per usual, to channel Blogo, you’ve got this thing, and it’s f’n golden.
Thanks for reminding me why I keep coming back to this place.
A FORMER GOLFER
February 20th, 2010
6:32 pm
RW-( Mr. Never Misspelled A Word)
I hope you got my point kind sir.
I did NOT go into a rant, but the way I see it ,you are what you are and to be CONSIDERED the world’s greatest golfer you must be sized up not only by records but by MORALS as well.
Time will tell if Mr. Wood’s can shed his ENORMOUS demons and get back where he was or just an average golfer. An average golfer would KILL his ENORMOUS ego.
Did he take for granted his true gift?
IT CAN BE TAKEN AWAY FOR GOOD. THIS COULD BE PART OF HIS PAYBACK.
Bud Wiser
February 20th, 2010
6:33 pm
Jack Nicklaus is my all time favorite as well. His Masters victory in 1986 at age 46 may well be his finest performance ever.
Another thing to consider, his second place finishes:
- 4 US Opens
- 4 Masters
- 7 PGA
- 7 British Opens
His overall records, plus his timeless class is something Woods will never overtake.
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
6:33 pm
“No need to explain…we simply don’t care.”
oh, come on. You care a little bit.
You seriously want everyone to believe you didn’t, at some point in the last coupla weeks, take stock of your own marriage and What It All Means, thanks to TW’s stupidity? Really?
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
6:39 pm
Bud, how much does it suck to know that every single one of Golden Bear’s records is going to be smashed like a grape by a black man?
ha ha ha ha ha ha. I am soooooooooooooo enjoying your utter misery.
Realist
February 20th, 2010
6:39 pm
to: FORMER GOLFER. I totally agree with you. Greed and irresponsible living can be taken away.
A wise man once told me “you meet the same people going up as you do going down”.
Hope Tiger realizes 1/100 of an inch off center meams out of bounds instead of a birdie.
I’ll be watching.
Bud Wiser
February 20th, 2010
6:45 pm
std, I could give a whit.
Only a mindless moron would inject race into the issue, so step backwards and take your prize.
Realist
February 20th, 2010
6:48 pm
Bud, you are much wiser than stands for decibels. What a moran . Who cares that he is black .I agree with you 100%. Let him come out of shame and draw the club back and see how it hurts to be brought back down to earth.
hahahahahahah …………………. what an ass-hat.
Bud Wiser
February 20th, 2010
6:48 pm
Oh std, by the way, I see you also aspire to his classless level.
Congratulations, fool.
ha ha ha ha ha ha. I am soooooooooooooo enjoying your utter misery.
In your case, it just seems to be a severe case of self loathing.
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
6:48 pm
Only a mindless moron would inject race into the issue
I’ll keep doing it, year after year, as long as it takes, to get a racist POS like you to come clean and admit how much this is killing you.
sc341
February 20th, 2010
6:49 pm
I thought the same thing when I saw Tiger’s press conference (another child prodigy who has lived in a bubble for most of his life just like MJ). They then showed a clip of Tiger at age 17 where he says in the interview that he wanted to be the best golfer in the world, not the best black golfer, the best GOLFER period. His eyes had an intensity in that interview which I have also seen in MJ’s eyes in his interviews when he was a teenager. As far as their both being in a bubble, who put them in that bubble, WE THE FANS AND THE MEDIA DID IT. We do it every time.
Realist
February 20th, 2010
6:51 pm
and anyone who tunes in to Rachel is dumb as hell.
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
6:53 pm
Oh, and Bud?
I’ve saved your exchange with Debbie Do-Right about how skeeeeered you were, back in the day, on 4.4.1968, when MLK got shot and them colored boys back in your hood was actin’ up and making you all afeared for yo’ white ass.
whenever I feel low, I read that, and it lifts me up.
Realist
February 20th, 2010
6:54 pm
sc341……….. Well he’s out of it now. The bubble has burst.
Realist
February 20th, 2010
6:57 pm
People like sfd (is that a transmitted disease?) deserve no response. Drink your Colt 45 and go to bed fool.
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
6:58 pm
and anyone who tunes in to Rachel is dumb as hell.
really? Realist?
I saw Maddow’s raw talent back when it was being broadcast, such as it was, at 5am-6am on AAR affiliates like my own. I thought she was Teh Awesome back then, and only could dream that some TeeVee cable news channel might offer her a a) fat contract and b) freedom to reach a much larger audience.
Then again, I thought America couldn’t possible “get” Matt Groening and The Simpsons and taped every single episode of the first season, thinking this thing was going to be disappeared and pitched down the memory hole.
Oftimes, America proves me wrong. It elected a black Preznit; it will surprise me again.
Go Public Option!
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
7:01 pm
You Conservatards do realize that if we decide to re-aligned the Senate, we can pretty much pass any law we want between now and 1/20/2011…
right?
I mean, we’ve been nice to you because it seemed like the right thing to do back in Nov. 2008.
But a whole lotta somethin’s happened since then.
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
7:02 pm
SoCo–gotcha!
Dusty–
The mule is sho’ wo’ out, but he don’t want none of the d*mn oats, a nice bottle of vino has been promised though…
Oh, BTW, SoCo, Unmentionable says to tell you he’s got his mule, but he’s still waiting on the 40 acres!
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
7:03 pm
if we decide to re-aligned
sorry, lost me tense back there.
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
7:04 pm
Jo
Nix
!
Dude! howz it hangin?
Realist
February 20th, 2010
7:04 pm
I saw you at a Obama campaign rally last year. You were the white dude behind him chanting ”yes I can”.
Go watch Rachel and drool over her stupid ass. You probably think she’s sexy. What a tool you are.
Me
February 20th, 2010
7:04 pm
Realist, Bud, & Former Golfer
Keep Dreaming!!! Tiger will come back more focused than ever and still do it on his terms!!! How ya like them apples!!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
February 20th, 2010
7:07 pm
This is for you, stands for dimwit-
The backlash against ObamaCare is moving beyond the Tea Parties and has now arrived in state capitals. In more than 30 states, legislators are proceeding to pass statutes or ballot initiatives that would guarantee the right to choose medical services and insurance.
Enjoy your plunge over the cliff.
Southern Comfort
February 20th, 2010
7:07 pm
josef
Our family’s mule bit the dust a long, long time ago.
The only mules we’ll see anytime is that 20-mule team from Borax.
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
7:08 pm
sfd
Hangin’ in there! I like Rachel Maddow…I don’t like Ima Gonna Fierce Advocate too much, though. Rachel is the only talking head to keep reminding him. But that’s not why I like her. She’s a class act all the way around and, as I’ve said before, has a sense of self-irony…
@@
February 20th, 2010
7:09 pm
sfd:
You seriously want everyone to believe you didn’t, at some point in the last coupla weeks, take stock of your own marriage and What It All Means, thanks to TW’s stupidity?
Nope! not once did that thought enter my mind. My husband and I had a premarital understanding…if he ever caught me with someone else, he’d shake the guys hand, and kick me to the curb. Same goes for him.
Extramarital affairs are a game played by fools. Neither of us would ever allow someone to play us for one…a fool that is.
The fires are still burning at home. It seems like only yesterday…
RW-(the original)
February 20th, 2010
7:11 pm
sfb,
Minor point, but the new Congress gets seated well before the 20th. By re-align do you mean a rules change in the Senate or the country comes to its senses and realign the makeup on election day? If you mean the latter I don’t think even Democrats are dumb enough to use the transition period to pass laws that the people will have clearly rejected.
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
7:12 pm
SoCo
Why wait for Borax…
http://www.calvarylionsmuleday.com/
We’ve been and its really worth the effort.
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
7:20 pm
“You seriously want everyone to believe you didn’t, at some point in the last coupla weeks, take stock of your own marriage and What It All Means, thanks to TW’s stupidity?”
We did. Unmentionable told me, “well if your tired ole a$$ can still get a piece on the side, don’t let me stop you. I’ll just not say anything and call a priest, ’cause it’ll sure qualify as a miracle!”
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
7:21 pm
by re-align do you mean a rules change in the Senate
yup. It is time to go nookyoular.
Not saying “Give ‘em Head, Harry” will actually do it. But I am encouraged by what I’m hearing of late.
And hey–if the nation rejects this, your side can always re-legislate.
off for a burger… later, kidz.
jo-nix, I do think Feerssse Advocate will surprise you.
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
7:21 pm
argh. twice in one day, Teh Slanties got me!
TnGelding
February 20th, 2010
7:24 pm
Didn’t Tiger’s bubble burst? And Gloria Allred is picking up the pieces.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/19/gloria-allred-tiger-woods_n_469184.html
TnGelding
February 20th, 2010
7:25 pm
stands for decibels
February 20th, 2010
7:21 pm
Yeah, the Kenyan prince is still getting his legs.
Paul
February 20th, 2010
7:27 pm
It’d be nice if this gets some play this week.
We’ve all been treated to the media’s and the Left’s obsession with All Things Sarah. Even seen people on here talking about how the Republicans are going to have her as their nominee.
We’ve also read about how the Conservative Conference is a Republican event and how nutty they all are.
Well, I’ve said for some time – the Left doesn’t get the T Partiers. They don’t get the Conservative concerns. Health care reform cratered under Democratic care and most people didn’t like what they saw.
Now, tying it all together – CPAC did their straw poll of who they’d like to see run for Pres – won by Ron Paul. That’s right – the Libertarian posing as a Republican who had a lot of Democrats excited. And the Left’s love, Sarah? She polled…. 7 percent.
So the Left misreads the public on so many issues, dismisses them as nuts, they misread what’s going on with Palin, they misread what’s going on with CPAC.
I’ve a suggestion: listen to the Left’s pronouncements on those who don’t ‘get’ what they’re doing, then do a 180. You’ll likely be in the ballpark of reality that way.
Paul
February 20th, 2010
7:29 pm
Oh, and the Left’s continuing obsession with Fox and, say, Beck? All Things Republican (even thought I’ve pointed out time and again the guy’s a Libertarian. Some distinctions are just too much for some to comprehend). I caught part of his CPAC address. I did like the part where he said Democrats love to tax and spend while Republicans love to spend and not tax. He excoriated them both.
Jenifer? Hel-loooooooo………
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
7:33 pm
PAUL
Don’t knock Caribou Barbie–she’s the most popular public figure in America today. She’s got the sustained attention of 40% of the population, just the mention of her name and here they come, 20% acting like a fan club, and 20% acting like a club fan…
Paul
February 20th, 2010
7:36 pm
josef nix
Oh, sure. What I was trying to do was point out how so many lump together anything they see as Not Progressive. TPartiers, CPAC, Republicans…. they’re all the same and they all adore Sarah….. not so. Which is why I cited only 7 percent of the CPAC folks wanted her as their nominee. The two they picked – Ron Paul and Mitt Romney – outscored Palin by four or five times.
@@
February 20th, 2010
7:37 pm
Oh lawd, TnG. From your HuffPo link.
Later, James teared up while explaining that she could not control falling in love with Woods.
Gimme a break! Torrid tabloid drama, and, as usual, Gloria Allred is right in the thick of it.
Hillbilly Deluxe
February 20th, 2010
7:40 pm
Josef
A piece of advice on that spring planting thing. Periennials. Plant ‘em once and you’re done for a few years.
Think while y’all are arguing politics, I’ll go watch the curling.
Southern Comfort
February 20th, 2010
7:44 pm
Paul
Ron Paul has the backing to be as serious contender. I think the reason the GOP lost the WH was because neither Romney nor Paul were on the ticket. I still believe the two of them could possibly gain crossover votes from Democrats who are disenchanted with their party’s direction.
I equate Palin with people chanting “USA… USA…” during the Olympics. It’s fine to be patriotic when the US is playing Russia in Hockey or playing Croatia in Basketball. However, once the game is over, the fans pile out and go do something else that holds their attention for the next few hours. Then it’s on to something else. And thus the cycle, lather, rinse, and repeat…
Paul
February 20th, 2010
7:51 pm
SoCom
Nice analogy. I’m still not sure how the right of the Republicans will think about voting for a Mormon. We’ve seen the same type of bigotry displayed here, with all sorts of insults on his intelligence. It stopped when I pointed out Harry Reid is a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he converted his wife. Kinda upset a few prejudices and stereotypes!
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
7:52 pm
PAUL
The thing that never ceases to amaze me by a certain element of the left is that they celebrate their diversity of opinion within “the ranks,” but the idea that the same diversity exists on the “other side” simply is an alien concept. It’s the same mentality that brings out the frothing rightists who use the term “liberal” as a pejorative for anybody they happen to disagree with. That was what I was alluding to with that 20-20. For the 60 who read the memos from both “sides” and essentially say a “pox on both your houses, this has brought about a slowly seething anger that together they have so hogged to public podia that nothing is getting done…
@@
February 20th, 2010
7:55 pm
Maybe we should rethink funding research thru federal grants…private funding preferred.
This guy was a nutjob!!!
‘Crazy Bruce’ nailed for anthrax attacks
Yet the US Justice Department concluded on the basis of overwhelming circumstantial evidence that Ivins resorted to bioterrorism in the wake of the September 11 attacks in order to revive official interest in his anthrax research, which was jeopardised by lack of funding.
Southern Comfort
February 20th, 2010
7:55 pm
That’s the one thing that will keep Romney from getting the nomination. He would definitely have problems here in the South. That’s why I long for a party for centrist-thinking people. There’s enough Pols on both sides of the aisle to do it and make it a powerhouse, but the fear of the cost of the continuous election cycle is one of the reasons I feel they choose not to do something.
Paul
February 20th, 2010
7:59 pm
josef nix
That’s pretty profound for a Saturday night!
We had a nearby city that turned down half a million for a new water tower. They’d been using a used one from 1975. Their representative heard about it and got some stim money. Community said ‘no thanks.’ (I thought their reasoning was whacky, but bottom line, they turned it down).
So a lot of people are fed up with the spending and debt. Next phase: will they be willing to do what this community did, for their communities?
Next phase after that: will they be willing to personally sacrifice so the younger generations don’t get hosed?
My dad is part of what was called “the greatest generation” – WWII. I’d sure be unhappy to be labeled as part of ‘the selfish generation.’
Paul
February 20th, 2010
8:01 pm
SoCom
Just one more reason why I’m for govt-only funding for elections. And not much funding, at that!
ScareCrow
February 20th, 2010
8:04 pm
It would seem that Paul conveniently forgot one minor point — even though Ron Paul commanded 30% of the vote in the CPAC straw poll, only about 1% voted for him for president. So, trying to draw any conclusions from CPAC’s straw poll vote regarding Paul or Palin or anyone is rather absurd.
Paul
February 20th, 2010
8:07 pm
Oh gosh, another blogger who has to change their moniker to make a point… Geez….
The point, Scared, was that many on the Left link CPAC in with Republicans and anything Not Progressive; yet, as popular as Palin is among some segments of Republicans, she’s not at all popular as Presidential material among CPAC’ers.
Are your really, seriously, really, really saying that one can’t draw any conclusion from the CPAC poll? Even a conclusion like “Ron Paul was the favorite, Palin among the least favorite, as a presidential candidate.”
Really?
ScareCrow
February 20th, 2010
8:09 pm
You can watch your compost turn to coal… if that’s what you’re into.
Paul
February 20th, 2010
8:12 pm
Olympians give new meaning to the question “what was your score?”
Cold days, hot nights: Olympic Village secrets
For greatest athletes on earth, flirting comes naturally: 100,000 condoms
“nevitably, some athletes get beyond flirting. That’s why the Vancouver organizers have laid in a stock of 100,000 condoms, which works out to 14 for each of the 7,000 athletes, coaches, trainers and officials housed in the Games’ two villages. ”
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35439222/ns/today-today_in_vancouver
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
8:12 pm
compost turn to coal…
Stick around long enough and it becomes a diamond…
Paul
February 20th, 2010
8:13 pm
Okay, time to go watch some Olympic action. (not that kind). And Caprica.
Pleasant evening, all -
ScareCrow
February 20th, 2010
8:13 pm
Paul,
You really don’t get the ScareCrow moniker and how it applies to a straw poll or how apropos when considering the strawman “argument” you present. Really? Why that’s just silly. Really!
Jenifer
February 20th, 2010
8:17 pm
‘Family Guy’ Actress With Down Syndrome, Andrea Fay Friedman, Fires Back At Sarah Palin
“My mother did not carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French bread the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around looking for sympathy and votes,”
And this is coming from someone with DS that did not allow her disability to stop her.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/02/19/2010-02-19_sarah_palin_lacks_a_sense_of_humor_actress_on_family_guy_andrea_fay_friedman_say.html
ScareCrow
February 20th, 2010
8:17 pm
Stick around long enough and it becomes a diamond…
OK. Waiting… waiting… how long does this take.
Southern Comfort
February 20th, 2010
8:18 pm
I’m with you Paul. 2-man bobsled’s on. One US team looked good until a mishap towards the end. I’ll see y’all later.
Gotta get my “USA… USA…” chant going.
Kamchak
February 20th, 2010
8:19 pm
Good evening Jenifer.
@@
February 20th, 2010
8:21 pm
Paul:
RP’s racist rant and isolationist policies would prevent him from ever becoming President. Like I’ve said before, he’d be great as chairman of Ways and Means…better yet, Appropriations. He’d be a miserly old coot.
If there’s no means, there’s no way.
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
8:21 pm
Down’s Syndrome is a condition, not a disability.
Scarecrow–
Oh, a few million years, but, hey, patience is a virtue or at least that’s what Ima Gonna Fierce Advocate wants me to believe…
josef nix
February 20th, 2010
8:27 pm
@@
“He’s a miserly ole coot.”
Be careful, The CADL will be on you…CADL Coots Anti-Defamation League… ISH