Comments | tfofurn: Blue State Equivalent of Red Meat?

tfofurn

Blue State Equivalent of Red Meat?

Oct 19, 2006 23:47

I got pretty fired up listening to Keith Olbermann's editorial at the end of his show on Wednesday. In it, he took Bush to task for suspending habeas corpus. Although not played for comedy, this was the punchline:Did it ever occur to you once that in just 27 months and two days from now when you leave office, some irresponsible future president ( Read more... )

politics, word play

Comments 8

gremlingirl October 20 2006, 03:56:44 UTC

A big hunk of tofu? LOL.
Veggie Burger?

tfofurn October 20 2006, 04:00:36 UTC

Ideal candidates would be something I like to sink my teeth into. I like my tofu silken. :-)

Stream of consciouness versimilitant October 20 2006, 14:11:03 UTC

Hmmm. Bison is a more environmentally friendly and healthful red meat. Tastier, too.

The French sometimes serve their steak "bleu"-- just seared on the outside and raw on the inside. Some call it "New York" or "Pittsburg" style here. New York is blue. Is PA?

Re: Stream of consciouness tfofurn October 20 2006, 14:59:40 UTC

I only recently learned about the notion of a Pittsburgh steak recently myself, despite having grown up there. The story there is supposedly steel workers who would cook lunch on the blast furnace . . . all you can get that way is charred on the outside and raw on the inside.

I don't think I've had bison yet. I've enjoyed buffalo, and I eat an average of an ostrich burger a week. Now I'm wondering what ostrich is like when it hasn't been ground up.

Re: Stream of consciouness patrickwonders October 20 2006, 17:34:35 UTC

You probably had bison rather than buffalo. Bison are commonly referred to as buffalo. But, there aren't really buffalo in the US.

Re: Stream of consciouness tfofurn October 20 2006, 19:40:21 UTC

Once it's been through a marketers brain, the correlation between name and reality is tenuous at best.

smitty1e October 20 2006, 21:58:50 UTC

I dunno. With KO and ilk, I am always straining to focus on the substance, and not be distracted by the style.
There is indeed cause for concern about creeping government control. I'd be more supportive of a minimal-government, states-rights, libertarian approach.
No doubt, DC "needs an enema", but are we confident that the Left would not be a cure worse than the disease? Just sayin'...

tfofurn October 20 2006, 22:29:11 UTC

I know Democrats aren't perfect . . . testing put me on the border between "liberal" and "libertarian". Both parties are plenty capable of abusing their power when they have it. It's not enough to make me say "oh, sure, the Republicans can keep playing."

My post wasn't really supposed to be about politics, though. It was more supposed to be word play.