Romney’s victories much-needed on several counts
Mitt Romney won Arizona easily and took his native Michigan by just three percentage points, but in the end he did take it. That’s good news for the Romney campaign, good news for the Republican Party and good news for the United States of America.
It helps no one to have one of our major political parties take a headlong plunge into fanaticism and willful ignorance. That’s what the nomination of either Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum would represent. And while Romney’s pandering makes him a less than stalwart champion against those tendencies, under the circumstances he’ll have to do.
David Brooks described the GOP nominating process well the other day, writing:
” … we’ve had a primary campaign that isn’t really an argument about issues. It’s a series of heresy trials in which each of the candidates accuses the others of tribal impurity. Two kinds of candidates emerge from this process: first, those who are forceful but outside the mainstream; second, those who started out mainstream but look weak and unprincipled because they have spent so much time genuflecting before those who despise them.”
Romney is clearly the second type of candidate. And the sad thing is, should the former Massachusetts governor go on to win the nomination but lose the general election, his defeat will be cited by many as confirmation that the Republican Party loses when it chooses moderation. What ought to serve as a warning sign about the political perils of extremism will instead be interpreted as a validation of extremism.
Over at Redstate.com, conservatives are making that argument already, predicting a Romney loss this fall and taking solace that “at least we can be rid of him and, hopefully, his most ardent cheerleaders on November 7th.”
Yesterday, Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine announced her retirement, stripping the GOP and the country of one of the last remaining moderate voices in the party, a voice that in truth had already been all but silenced. Robert Bennett of Utah has already been purged. Another of the endangered, Republican icon Richard Lugar, is fighting for his political life in Indiana against a primary challenge. As John Danforth, a former senator and himself a symbol of a wiser, saner GOP, warned last fall:
“If Dick Lugar, having served five terms in the U.S. Senate and being the most respected person in the Senate and the leading authority on foreign policy, is seriously challenged by anybody in the Republican Party, we have gone so far overboard that we are beyond redemption.”
The forces within the party that feed on RINO meat have gotten so desperate for prey that they have turned on Orrin Hatch of Utah, a man whose conservative credentials were once considered impeccable. At this point, Hatch’s future rides on the outcome of party caucuses on March 15, and may have to survive a primary challenge after that.
It’s hard to know where all this leads, but the sense continues to grow that we’re building toward something noted in the history books as an important political turning point. I do know that when the circus comes to town on March 6, the Georgia primary, I’m picking up a Republican ballot and voting for MItt.
In your heart, you know that’s right.
– Jay Bookman
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(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
9:43 am
Oscar – The death penalty is expensive enough, do we really need to add in the extra costs of reinforced beds, new clothes, and extra health care?
Oscar
February 29th, 2012
9:44 am
(ir)Rational
_______
OK, but a trip there now and then is a good experience and good for the soul. Just don’t overdo it.
Paul
February 29th, 2012
9:44 am
Morning, Fred
Off topic followup: that mojo pork recipe – I’d put it in at about 250 and let it go for about 8 or 10 hours, covered, ’till it falls apart.
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
9:45 am
Doggone – I honestly thought I was the only one. Probably the only kid that went to Tech for 5 years and lived directly across the interstate for that long and never visited.
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
9:46 am
criminey, Joseph –
even Rasmussen doesn’t support you on your 9:39
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/trust_on_issues
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
9:46 am
Paul – I realize my name isn’t Fred, but you’ve caught my interest. More details por favor.
carlosgvv
February 29th, 2012
9:47 am
Brosephus – 9:01
Some things just never change. I know you think I’ve said some outlandish things but this “Blackish” thing is just too much. I am an Obama voter, believe it or not. What concerns me is how many white voters will vote against Obama just because he’s black. I think much of this contest Romney, Gingrich and Santorum are having as who can be the most “conservative” is just code, if you know what I mean.
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
9:47 am
Paul – 9:44 – huh? what? mojo pork recipe???
please, sir … to share?
JOE COOL
February 29th, 2012
9:47 am
“Moderate” is codeword for RINO…
Which means Dems like you, therefore the GOP hates ya
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
9:47 am
dammitall, Paul.
pulled pork and cold slaw sammich.
need.
NOW.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
9:48 am
(ir)Rational — “Probably the only kid that went to Tech for 5 years and lived directly across the interstate for that long and never visited.”
I had been led to believe that the now-closed Junior’s was the eatery of choice for Tech students.
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
9:49 am
Paul: If I did it on the egg, how about an hour or two uncovered to gain the smoke flavor, then rebaste and cover it for the rest?
St Simons - we're on Island time & we Voted
February 29th, 2012
9:49 am
Fred – Maybe by next vacation I’ll find someone with a condo or house on St. Simon’s that will let us stay there for free…….
Fred hey, clean up after my 5 kids (incl 3 emo teenagers), & maybe we can
work somp’n out
ir(R) – go, go, go – it’s da Food o the Gods mon
that and shrimp & grits
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
9:50 am
“shrimp & grits”
now, you’re making me miss Bosch and his cheesy shrimp grits.
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
9:50 am
USinUK – Exactly. The Mrs. is out of town, therefore, I’m allowed to have pork. Don’t let me down Paul.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
9:51 am
USinUK — “mojo pork recipe???”
Wife’s making Char Siu (Chinese sweet bbq pork) tomorrow. We have some thin, thin sliced pork loin — it’s going to get marinated in the sauce for about a day, and then I don’t know what her plan is. I think the pork’s too thin to be roasted, but I don’t know how the sauce would hold up to braising or pan-frying. No matter tho; she’ll surprise me like she always does. She messes up a meal maybe one time out of a hundred, and even then, it’s still well worth eating.
Oh, yes, and garlic sticky rice. She also claims to have a new method for getting some chipotle flavor into the rice, so we shall see how that turns out.
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
9:52 am
On the Varsity thing; Been here 20 years and only eaten there once (maybe twice). However, if you want to talk about a communist ingrate……….
My wife was born and raised in Atlanta and has never left. She had NEVER been to a Waffle House though until I took her when we were dating……..
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
9:52 am
USinUK — “cheesy shrimp grits”
NOM NOM NOM
kayaker 71
February 29th, 2012
9:52 am
Reagan is the last true conservative to have won the presidency in recent history. You remember him, that guy that took 49 our of 50 states. The Republican establishment hated him, called him a B grade actor that ought to go back to Hollywood. The true liberal base also hated him for many reasons. But the true test was in the electorate…. they loved the guy, couldn’t get enough him as soon as he got the kinks out during his first term. The Republican establishment doesn’t want another Reagan….. to much of a threat to the status quo. Just like they don’t want a Newt or a Santorum. Jeb Bush? Possible attempt by the establishment base to thrown in a “acceptable” alternative to Romney. I think that the liberals feel, despite all of their bluster, that Bozo faces a real uphill battle for re-election. And people like Bookman in his proclamation that Romney is “much-needed” is testimony to that fact. Anyone but a true conservative…..
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
9:52 am
JHM – Thanks, now I want French Toast. They had the best French Toast of anyone. Big huge plate, enough to feed three normal people (one if it was during finals), for less than $5 with bacon and eggs. Man.
St. Simons – Yeah, I’m going to go with Shrimp and Grits as the food of the gods.
USinUK – Can you get grits in the UK?
Paul
February 29th, 2012
9:53 am
(ir)Rational
Obama’s Poker Instincts thread, 7:19pm reference foodtv dot com bobby flay’s mojo pork. Also note josef’s suggestion of Goya’s marinade.
Oscar
February 29th, 2012
9:53 am
Fred ™
_________
I hope she has been to the Hichory House or there is just no hope for her at all.
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
9:53 am
Fred – Now that’s just wrong.
Paul
February 29th, 2012
9:54 am
USinUK
“dammitall, Paul.
pulled pork and cold slaw sammich.
need.
NOW.”
Anytime you can hop a flight to Dallas, dearie -
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
9:54 am
Paul -Thank you.
Paul
February 29th, 2012
9:55 am
Fred
You know me, I’ll try all sorts of variations. Just because something isn’t traditional (like smoke flavor) does not mean it’s not good!
Hear that, Republicans?
Moon Mullins
February 29th, 2012
9:56 am
The Republican Party and their religious wing, the Southern Baptist Convention, are both in trouble but are terrible at correctly identifying the cause of their problems.
The GOTP thought they could swing into office on the wings of a bad economy and did everything possible in the House of Representatives to assure that would be the case, but it’s not happening.
So now Boehner has got to double down and build more fences and dig more ditches while their brain-trust awaits the emergence of a messianic candidate — a Captain America type whose political position is just to the right of Atilla the Hun.
I’m sure the Thank You notes are in the mail from Obama to the Republican National Committee.
Ivan
February 29th, 2012
9:58 am
2000 George W. Bush moderate won
2004 George W. Bush moderate won
GWB a moderate????????????????
Unf&ckingbelievable.”
Well, with his spending, he certainly wasn’t conservative.
They BOTH suck
February 29th, 2012
9:58 am
Kayaker
Oh yes I remember Reagan the true conservative….
The one who raised taxes several times. The one who oversaw noticeable growth in the Fed govt. The one who oversaw an increase in the deficit and debt……..
Many Republicans praise him now, but some of his policies would be ridiculed by many Republicans today
That conservative Reagan or are you speaking of another one?
Paul
February 29th, 2012
9:58 am
(ir)Rational
You’re welcome.
Hey all, notice how none of the cons broke in with “this is a political blog, dammit!!! You want to talk food, start your own damn blog!!!!”
Methinks it’s because they’re relieved we’re not speak of, as AmVet so colorfully puts it, their circular firing squad.
GT
February 29th, 2012
9:59 am
I am with you. Mitt is the only non union circus clown in the bunch. I wonder what a conversation must look like in the inner circle of RS or NG. It must sound like a drug enduced ego trip. What a great fictional movie this would make. Newt a West Georgia academic with social habits akin to a Russian dictator rehearsing his wife’s introduction speeches telling her to loosen up don’t look so severe you are scaring people. And RS who is going to out right any candidate one upping the KKK if he has too looking less like Jesus and more like a TV preacher with a Rolex every day. ‘Just send that money to the addresson your scene “.
The real examine needs to be the American people that vote for these fools. Maybe we are our own problem and we need to fix ourselves and worry a little less about Obama. Maybe we idiots that elect the surreal type should spend some time figuring ourselves out before we destroy at the least the two party system and at worst this country.
Stevie Ray
February 29th, 2012
9:59 am
JAY,
It’s good that Romney will likely be nominee in the event no others show up at 11th hour. Good for voters regardless of what colored kool-aid you prefer…
Did you see this…interesting ramnifications to chat about…
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/100961/memo-Larry-Summers-Obama
stands for decibels
February 29th, 2012
10:01 am
For the record, I’ve served on a coupla civil case juries. Both very enlightening experiences; the first, we deliberated for just about as long as the trial had proceeded, and for the second, we only deliberated for a half hour and were told the parties had agreed to a settlement and we could all go home.
I imagine based on what I’ve heard from those I know who’ve served on criminal trials, that these are much more emotionally draining.
(I’ve also been called to the pool but never picked, which is a whole other source of entertainment.)
* * *
Mitt Romney quoting “America the Beautiful” while in Iowa, saying: “If you count corn as an amber wave of grain, why, you have them right here. What a wonderful place this is.”
AmVet, I don’t quite know why, but this, more than just about anything Mitt’s said to date, made me snort.
I haven’t heard it but I can imagine his faux-earnest, slightly breathy-sounding “I-want-to-engage-ordinary-folks” delivery with every syllable.
* * *
the only non union circus clown in the bunch.
that’s a keeper.
/drive-by
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
10:01 am
(ir)Rational — “JHM – Thanks, now I want French Toast. They had the best French Toast of anyone. Big huge plate, enough to feed three normal people (one if it was during finals), for less than $5 with bacon and eggs. Man.”
I’m not going to say where I went to school for any of my degrees, but every college town in the South seems to have a place like that. Ours was a little country place out in the sticks that served all you could eat for abour $6.50, including tax, three meals a day. The family that ran it also ran a supermarket, so they took advantage of their bulk supermarket pricing to hold their restaurant prices down. I turned my fraternity brothers on to the place and they enthusiastically patronized the joint after that.
We also had a little ice cream parlor just off campus with cheap, cheap prices. Homemade vanilla or chocolate ice cream sammiches for just a quarter, or any two for 40 cents. Of course, that was over 30 years ago, so I don’t expect they’re still selling at that price.
“USinUK – Can you get grits in the UK?”
Say ‘creamy polenta’ and they’ll understand what you mean.
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
10:02 am
JHM – “Wife’s making Char Siu (Chinese sweet bbq pork) tomorrow.”
my hubby would throw me over for your wife … for that recipe alone.
Stevie Ray
February 29th, 2012
10:03 am
GT,
Interesting post. I don’t think it matters who is in WH or Congress since nothing will change until we get the cronyism, insider trading, lawlessness, and non-taxpayer campaign finance out of the picture. Either the spineless wonder will keep WH by making more promises he can’t keep relative to government reform et al or Romney will take WH by making promises relative to same plus tax policy he can’t keep. Help me understand how things can possibly change either way?
This post is getting boring relative to good debate. Perhaps that’s a testiment to the polarization of the big money and thus, amongst the far right and left sheep…
Oscar
February 29th, 2012
10:03 am
They BOTH suck
_____
In reality Regan was a FDR New Dealer and he never changed from that. Remember he said he didn’t leave them, they left him. That meant he was still a New Dealer and had never changed.
The actual RR and the myth created by the cons would never recognize each other. Poles apart.
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
10:04 am
(ir) – you can’t get white grits, but you can get polenta … nomnomnom … hey, it works for cornbread, so I’m happy
Paul – would LOVE to see you and Mrs. Paul again … not so much Dallas
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
10:04 am
JHM – I’ve never had polenta, so I didn’t know if it was a true substitute or not. I was only asking because the wife and I had talked about moving there in the past and I was wondering if I could survive or not. I guess my dad could always ship them over if I couldn’t find them though.
kayaker 71
February 29th, 2012
10:06 am
they Both suck,
Yeah, that same guy who brought down the Berlin wall and the Soviet Union and started, with his fiscal policies, the greatest financial recovery and boom that his nation has ever seen. Yeah, that guy.
St Simons - we're on Island time & we Voted
February 29th, 2012
10:09 am
a chili-cheese steak, 2 onion rangs (one’s not enough), an FO
and a side of shrimp & grits
with NO cheese. That’s a shortcut. Make the secret sauce, and
pour over the top along with andouille sausage.
Thas how the natives do it.
Romney/Tebow/Palin 2012, or
Jindal/Nikki Haley 2012 – would you call that the “outsource” ticket?
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
10:09 am
LOL Paul. It took me FOREVER to find the right thread and of course you beat me to it, I thought it was in that massive FNM thread. I had thought I copy/pasted it and put it in my recipe folder (have now dammit). Anyway (ir)/USinUK, if you are to lazy to go look let me know and I’ll post it here for you lol.
Oscar: We live literally right around the corner from one of the remaining OHH’s. We’ve been.
Normal
February 29th, 2012
10:10 am
Hey, I see the NFL know who’s boss…
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/sports-nfl/20120228/NFL-Season.Opener/
CJ
February 29th, 2012
10:12 am
I do know that when the circus comes to town on March 6, the Georgia primary, I’m picking up a Republican ballot and voting for Mitt.
I’m opposed to open primaries, and I suggest letting the Republicans choose their own candidate.
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
10:13 am
Fred – It is probably just easier to Google “Bobby Flay Mojo Pork.”
Brosephus Lite™- All the sarcasm, Half the words
February 29th, 2012
10:13 am
Because in their minds, ‘moderate Republican’ is an oxymoron, a denigration of purity. Look at this blog. Bloggers who for a long, long time have taken relatively moderate positions are assailed by the Republican Right with the ultimate epithet: ‘you’re a Democrat!! You’re a liberal!!!! You…. love Obama!!!!”
This!!!!
Heisenberg
February 29th, 2012
10:14 am
I am a lifelong registered Republican voter who will be punching a straight Democratic ticket in the fall. I will vote for either Santorum or Gingrich in the primary (whichever one is polling higher). Kinda like that Amican Idol season where everyone was voting for Sanjaya.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
10:14 am
USinUK — “my hubby would throw me over for your wife … for that recipe alone.”
I LOVE Char Siu, but we have never been able to replicate the color and flavor it really should have by using self-made sauces and marinades. Consequently, we’ve given up and now we just use a commercially-available sauce. But we do marinate the pork for at least a day before we cook it.
TaxPayer
February 29th, 2012
10:15 am
More bad news for the Republicans — the economy grew at a 3 percent pace in the 4th qtr. Poor Republicans just cannot get a break from the good news. How can they expect to win.
Butch Cassidy
February 29th, 2012
10:15 am
kayaker 71 – “brought down the Berlin wall and the Soviet Union”
Dude, seriously? I’m a Reagan Republican, and even I will call BS on him bringing down the Soviet Union. The USSR was already on life support due to it’s extended stay in Afghanistan and was ripe to fall. I will give Reagan credit for seizing the opportunity, but that is a far cry from him being solely responsible for the demise of the Soviets.
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
10:15 am
“Anyway (ir)/USinUK, if you are to lazy to go look let me know and I’ll post it here for you lol.”
I have always been dependent upon the kindness of Bookmaniacs …
post, pleez!!!
Mr. Right
February 29th, 2012
10:15 am
Yesterday, Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine announced her retirement, stripping the GOP and the country of one of the last remaining moderate voices in the party, a voice that in truth had already been all but silenced.
Yea Jay, to you liberal is moderate!
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
10:16 am
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
10:13 am
Fred – It is probably just easier to Google “Bobby Flay Mojo Pork
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That won’t get you Paul’s tweaks to the recipe lol.
GT
February 29th, 2012
10:16 am
The best punch line of the campaign has been 2.50 a gallon gas. “And sex for anyone that votes for me “
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
10:17 am
Fred – There is that. So yeah, what she said. (Possibly the first time in years I said that and didn’t mean it as a joke/in a dirty way.
Brosephus Lite™- All the sarcasm, Half the words
February 29th, 2012
10:18 am
Butch @ 10:15
If you haven’t already found out, this place here is ground zero for revisionist history lessons.
Keep Up--Te gusta losing woofinpoofs?
February 29th, 2012
10:18 am
Yea Jay, to you liberal is moderate
Ahhh the bi-polar world…. if you are not a rabid foaming at the mouth conservative, why then you must be a liberal! Its a simple bright line test.
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
10:18 am
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
10:14 am
++++++++++++++++++++++++
If you like AUTHENTIC Chinese food, you need to go to Peter Chang’s Tasty 2.
http://www.tastychina-2.com/index.php
Butch Cassidy
February 29th, 2012
10:20 am
GT – “The best punch line of the campaign has been 2.50 a gallon gas.”
Actually it makes sense. Once the moonbase is operational, there won’t be a need for gas powered transportation in the zero grav environment. The reduction in demand alone would cause prices to plummet until you could actually achieve $2.50 a gallon. It’s a brilliant plan, and only Newt could imagine it.
josef
February 29th, 2012
10:20 am
The good news is Romney won Michigan and Arizona.
The bad news is Romney is what’s passing for sane and rational in GOP circles…
******
Mojo…great for leftovers, too…
St Simon’s
“Jindal/Nikki Haley 2012 – would you call that the “outsource” ticket?”
Well, they ARE Indians, ya’ know, and “native” Americans, too. Got the long forms to prove it…but I wanna see the CDIB card, m’self…
Did you see where Chatah Industries shipped some 2000 jobs offshore?
Turned out when called on the carpet for it, they were able to show that before they did they had retrained all 2000 domestic employees in higher paying, more skilled positions here…
Paul
February 29th, 2012
10:20 am
USinUK
“Paul – would LOVE to see you and Mrs. Paul again … not so much Dallas”
Ditto!
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
10:22 am
(ir) and USinUK: it’s this : http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/mojo-marinated-pork-recipe/index.html
(bobby flay’s recipe) changed as follows:
Okay, I seem to remember I didn’t buy a bunch of citrus and juice it (would’ve done so when I lived in Florida ’cause they practically give the stuff away) – probably used Florida Naturals not from concentrate. And a frozen lime juice, no sucrose, reconstituted.
I tried it a couple of ways (marinate in just oil and oregano or with the orange juice reduction) then found his Throwdown cookbook, which didn’t clarify. So I settled on this.
I concentrated on working the garlic into the slashes but didn’t worry about where else it went. It’s not like recipes where you insert a garlic slice into a slit.
After rubbing the pork with the olive oil and 1/4C oregano (I used a pork butt, not the shoulder, and didn’t trim the excess fat ’cause there isn’t much external excess) I added the other oregano into the orange juice/lime juice mix, got a gallon or two gallon ziploc bag and put the pork in that and poured in the orange juice/lime juice mixture that’d been reduced. and let it marinate the max time.
Then I used that marinade to baste it.
Not many people thought the plantains were worth the effort. You can find some pretty good fried plantains in the frozen section of a lot of markets that are good and more consistent then the fresh ones.
The dipping sauce got mixed reviews. Try it and see what you think.
Also, cook at 250 covered for 8-10 hours.
josef
February 29th, 2012
10:22 am
irRational
For your first shot at Mojo, don’t be afraid to try out the bottled marinade from Goya and follow the directions…you can tweak it later to taste as per Paul’s suggestions…
Common Sense
February 29th, 2012
10:22 am
Orrin Hatch? The same guy that went against the wishes of his constituents and voted against the impeachment of Clinton?
Yes that is indeed impeccable conservatism.
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
10:25 am
Brosephus Lite™- All the sarcasm, Half the words
February 29th, 2012
10:18 am
Butch @ 10:15
If you haven’t already found out, this place here is ground zero for revisionist history lessons.
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Not really Bro, there is a lot to be said for that theory. Sure the Russians were weakened by Afghanistan (something maybe W should have learned from), but that’s not just it. They had spent and spent on the cold war theory that their massed armor attacks would sweep away our military if need be in Europe. Then the first Gulf war came and they saw first hand how ineffective both their tactics AND their equipment was against us despite the fact they had bankrupted themselves providing it.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
February 29th, 2012
10:26 am
Murdoch out at News Corp.
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
10:26 am
““And sex for anyone that votes for me “”
was that Cain’s campaign promise???
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
10:27 am
Fred — “If you like AUTHENTIC Chinese food, you need to go to Peter Chang’s Tasty 2.”
I know just where that is, but it got a HORRIBLE health department rating shortly after it opened and I haven’t even considered going.
http://ga.state.gegov.com/_templates/87/Food/_report_full.cfm?fsimID=1509843&domainID=87&rtype=food
Despite the things I dislike about Georgia, that is one thing the state does right — requiring eating establishments to post their latest health inspection form right where customers can see it — both inside the restaurant and also on the drive-thru window (for fast-food places).
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
10:28 am
Fred – YOWZA … that looks so incredibly YUMMY!!!
Steve
February 29th, 2012
10:29 am
Romney/Rubio would definitely get my vote in 2012!!
Obama is really hurting me with high gas prices and I am fearful of the deficit that he is growing at record levels. With unemployment at 9% and Iran about to go nuclear…we need a change.
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
10:30 am
JHM – if you ever find yourself in London, go south of the city to Purley and visit Wing Yip – any given day, you’re in the minority in that restaurant and the food is outrageously good … and reasonable!
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
10:30 am
GG – 10:26 – so, his son is supposedly out … he’s out … who’s running the store?
(and WSJ – I’m sure you’re SO glad you sold to him … well doneski!)
They BOTH suck
February 29th, 2012
10:30 am
Kayaker
“that same guy who brought down the Berlin wall and the Soviet Union”
I love how you Reagan fans seem to think that the Soviet Union was an economic juggernaut ready to take over the world in 1981. While Reagan does deserve credit, the reality is that they were already in financial poo poo and Reagan assisted in exhilarating the inevitable. But he does deserve credit.
“the greatest financial recovery and boom that his nation has ever seen.”
If you think that the WH is the main catalyst for the economy, would you like to compare Reagan and Clinton’s numbers? For that matter even with the current economy, I will compare the DOW, S&P, job growth, GDP growth, income increases realized within the lower and middle classes over the last 50 or 60 yrs if you like……
Of course, the WH plays only a part in the economy, but if you want to play the R and D game when it comes to the economy…………… Let me know
St Simons - we're on Island time & we Voted
February 29th, 2012
10:32 am
josef, the Creeks are invading N Ga again tomorrow.
an army of one – headed to the Varsity – oh, & a state mtg too
armed with a sharp object (pencil)
Brosephus Lite™- All the sarcasm, Half the words
February 29th, 2012
10:32 am
Fred
You misread my post. I wasn’t accusing Butch of that. I was trying to explain to him that it is almost futile to try to correct the vast revisions that have been made in American History over the past 30 years.
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
10:33 am
Fred – I’ve also recently bought License to Grill and Barbecue Bible …
can’t wait for summer
(and, no, they do NOT know how to do barbecue here in the UK … they slap a few sausages on the grill and call it barbecue … talk about WRONG)
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
10:33 am
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
10:27 am
+++++++++++++++++++++
Yet their score before that was a perfect 100%? The “health inspection” is much like an OSHA inspection, you piss off the inspector (read, don’t majorly kiss their ass) and you are screwed. Funny how I can find no follow up score…………
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
10:35 am
USinUK — “visit Wing Yip – any given day, you’re in the minority in that restaurant and the food is outrageously good … and reasonable!”
Always good advice when looking for good ethnic food — follow the people who look like they might actually come from the place that the cuisine hails from. They’ll know what’s good.
Becky
February 29th, 2012
10:36 am
Fred-all newly opened restaurants begin with a perfect score of 100. Personally, I will not patronize any eatery with an inspection below 90.
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
10:36 am
US in UK:
People not from the south, think BBQ means cook out,
And that’s something they’re wrong about.
BBQ is NOT a verb, and BBQ is NOT a grill. BBQ is MEAT prepared in a very special way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ubTQfr_tyY
Paul
February 29th, 2012
10:36 am
Common Sense
“Orrin Hatch? The same guy that went against the wishes of his constituents and voted against the impeachment of Clinton?
Yes that is indeed impeccable conservatism.”
This from the party that assailed Pres Clinton for polling before he decided what to do?
If you get into the opposing arguments – “Representatives are elected to go to Washington and work for what they see as best” vs “Representatives are bound by their constituency on every vote and need to constantly ask them what to do” I think you’ll be surprised. Especially in light of the thoughts of Founding Fathers and constitutional scholars.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
10:38 am
Fred — “Yet their score before that was a perfect 100%? The “health inspection” is much like an OSHA inspection, you piss off the inspector (read, don’t majorly kiss their ass) and you are screwed. Funny how I can find no follow up score…………”
Given what my dad does for a living (Professor of Agriculture, PhD in Microbiology), it was drilled into my head from a young age not to mess around with food safety. My dad’s pretty anal about it, but one habit I’ve picked up from him is to not give a bad rating a second chance.
That said, I can drop in on the place and see what their *current* rating is. As I said, I know right where it is, and it’s barely even out of my way. Shall I check in on them?
Keep Up--Te gusta losing woofinpoofs?
February 29th, 2012
10:39 am
Granny… that is news even if it is only James and not Rupert. The story keeps growing.
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
10:40 am
Thanks Fred.
josef – Thanks for the advice, but I’m too stubborn to do anything the “easy” way the first time. I grew up in a restaurant, and started doing prep work for my dad and granddad when I was about 7 or 8, so I’m pretty comfortable in the kitchen.
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
10:42 am
JHM – You know that’s right.
Doggone/GA
February 29th, 2012
10:42 am
“The same guy that went against the wishes of his constituents ”
Elected officials are not there to rubber-stamp the “wishes” of their constituents. It’s up to the voters to vote for someone who agrees with them, but even then, the politician is not obligated to do so.
josef
February 29th, 2012
10:42 am
St Simon’s
The in resident Cherokee says he’ll meet ya there for “peace talks!”
And to the rest of us, “Aw, what do y’all u-ne-ga know from barbecue….the only contribution y’all ever made was the swine…thanks, though,,,some good eats…”
******
As for “good Chinese…” Rule of thumb, get to know the owner. We used to have a great place around here, the Rice Bowl. The guy who owned it appreciated his regulars. Went one night and he met us at the door, “oh, no, you don’t want to eat here today. Bad cook. Firing him at the end of the shift.” Right behind us was an unknown, uppity Buckhead yuppie couple, “come on in, come on in…”
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
10:43 am
Fred — “BBQ is NOT a verb, and BBQ is NOT a grill. BBQ is MEAT prepared in a very special way.”
There is, in fact, a USDA definition of barbecue, which describes it as a method of slowly cooking meat over hot wood coals in order to impart smoke flavor to the meat and to caramelize sugars that are present in sauces or marinades used on the meat.
The things you learn, being an Ag professor’s kid.
MiltonMan
February 29th, 2012
10:43 am
Funny to see the libs in full froth mode this morning. Predicting the demise of the GOP??? You clowns need to look no further than GA where the libs are broke and the reps have added another US House seat in the 14th district.
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
10:45 am
Well I think I’m going to have either some borscht of the recipe below for supper
http://redskitchendiaries.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/roasted-beet-soup/
Normal
February 29th, 2012
10:46 am
MiltonMan
February 29th, 2012
10:43 am
Yeah, and we all see how good that was for us…
Joe Hussein Mama
February 29th, 2012
10:47 am
MiltonMan — “Funny to see the libs in full froth mode this morning.”
We’re talking about food here, Champ. You want to act like an adult and join in on that?
(ir)Rational
February 29th, 2012
10:47 am
Fred – The very first thing I learned about BBQ, is that it can’t be done in one day. Well, I guess I should modify it to, if you want to eat it for dinner, you better get up well before morning.
USinUK
February 29th, 2012
10:47 am
“Funny to see the libs in full froth mode this morning”
discussion about barbecue will do that.
They BOTH suck
February 29th, 2012
10:48 am
USinUK @ 10:47
That was hilarious
josef
February 29th, 2012
10:49 am
irRational
I’m of the Paula Dean school…nothing wrong with a can of mushroom soup!
Having grown up leaning to cook from grannies in the kitchen, I’m a pinch of this and a dash of that kind of person.
The key ingredient, though, is love…I don’t care what the ingredients are, what the recipe is or how good the cook is, the mood will determine the outcome…
Butch Cassidy
February 29th, 2012
10:51 am
MiltonMan – “Funny to see the libs in full froth mode this morning.”
This is “froth”?
Brosephus Lite™- All the sarcasm, Half the words
February 29th, 2012
10:53 am
Funny to see the libs in full froth mode this morning. Predicting the demise of the GOP???
And, should I make this out to MiltonMan as one name or two???
http://whoisamy.com/images/RealityCheck_missionamykr.jpg
Fred ™
February 29th, 2012
10:54 am
JHM: Swing by and see what you find on the door. As someone who has been in a place getting inspected, (and I wasn’t working there OR friends with the owner) I was shocked by the high handed bullying of the “inspector.” I have BIG ears. At the end, the “failing score” and inspection sheet disappeared for what looked to me to be about 100 bucks.
I haven’t paid much attention to the inspections since then………..
TaxPayer
February 29th, 2012
10:55 am
Funny to see the libs in full froth mode this morning.
Extreme laughter at flailing Republicans is the most likely root cause.