tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post7743074951215854484..comments2024-03-29T03:56:03.736-04:00Comments on the daily howler: While waiting for Ben and/or Jerry!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26705219201883196142014-10-30T06:20:40.783-04:002014-10-30T06:20:40.783-04:00For those that play snooker on a regular basis it ...For those that play snooker on a regular basis it is important to get the right cue to play with. 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Whether or not he decides to finish it, how half-assed is it to promise it publicly on his blog, wait 11 years to self-publish a few poorly conceived, poorly written, poorly researched and painfully repetitive chapters that drew nothing but yawns, then some years after that, promise that you'll get around to finish it if someone will only pay him.<br /><br />About the only thing more pathetic is a poor, sad Bobfan thinking that this marvelous tome-in-waiting will be even better with "lengthier perspective."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-87296060736115442362014-10-28T11:15:55.469-04:002014-10-28T11:15:55.469-04:00Books analyzing past elections do not have small w...Books analyzing past elections do not have small windows of opportunity. Witness Matt Bai's new book about Gary Hart. History is best written from a lengthier perspective than immediately after the campaign. If he decides he wishes to finish his book, it will have interest and relevance now. If he decides not to finish the book, no doubt he is doing other things. Anyone who can write half a book can write a whole book. It isn't a matter of what he can or cannot do, but what he decides is worth doing with his time.<br /><br />"Finish what you start" is no doubt something your parents told you. It only makes sense if there is some importance to the project itself. Otherwise you are in the realm of "Don't throw good money after bad" or some other contradictory folk saying. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-14977579775525388912014-10-28T10:48:27.175-04:002014-10-28T10:48:27.175-04:00Bob had a very small window of opportunity to writ...Bob had a very small window of opportunity to write "How He Got There" and couldn't do it. Books about the previous presidential campaign grow stale as fast as Christmas movies on New Year's Day.<br /><br />And 14 years later, he still can't get it done despite all his "research" which, judging from what he has already written, amounts to cutting and pasting from his own blog.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37436116647929928122014-10-28T10:09:54.812-04:002014-10-28T10:09:54.812-04:00Yes. I can't wait until we get to the Chapter...Yes. I can't wait until we get to the Chapter where Al Gore overcomes the War on him and wins the popular vote because of the spell cast by Dr. Ukaka.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-31025304365798338432014-10-28T00:44:58.616-04:002014-10-28T00:44:58.616-04:00It would seem that someone has a stick up their bu...It would seem that someone has a stick up their butt. Which sounds like another flavor idea! Fudge ice cream, with candy canes. A winner for sure. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86871019225287784922014-10-27T21:54:17.345-04:002014-10-27T21:54:17.345-04:00People might appreciate your humor more at a diffe...People might appreciate your humor more at a different site. I don't think anyone here was angry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-20303350516002133242014-10-27T20:34:45.020-04:002014-10-27T20:34:45.020-04:00Just to clarify, this was as much an attempt at le...Just to clarify, this was as much an attempt at levity as it was commentary on the sad state of affairs in the world (Ben and Jerry literally sold out). Why a couple of people would get upset about it is a little disturbing. Have some fun sometimes! Have some Whirled Peace ice cream and don't get so angry. It's good shit. Although honestly, "Fuck it, I bought a house in Nantucket" looks like a winner to me -- the flavors would go well together; an Irish Coffee kind of slant, without the coffee (coffee ice cream is gross). Maybe we could give it a more family-friendly name ("Nantucket Swell?" ), and pitch it to B&J's, since I believe they solicit flavor ideas from the public on their website. <br /><br />Oh, and for the humor-impaired, this post, too, is at least partially tongue-in-cheek. Get it? Food? Tongue? Awww, fuck it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39545558163207937542014-10-27T19:18:51.166-04:002014-10-27T19:18:51.166-04:004:53 is merely demonstrating what a pointless meta...4:53 is merely demonstrating what a pointless metaphor Ben and Jerry is for being the blooger's hyperbolic benefactors, but you know that, right? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-46002512201362845332014-10-27T19:02:24.969-04:002014-10-27T19:02:24.969-04:005:05 - read comp fail. He does both.5:05 - read comp fail. He does both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71881334367744266082014-10-27T18:13:19.121-04:002014-10-27T18:13:19.121-04:00I thought up another flavor: "Bullroar."...I thought up another flavor: "Bullroar." Chocolate ice cream, with carrot chunks swirled with alfalfa stems. Come on, who wouldn't go for that? It's tasty, AND healthy! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35752740240226850552014-10-27T18:12:45.032-04:002014-10-27T18:12:45.032-04:00I thought up another flavor: "Bullroar."...I thought up another flavor: "Bullroar." Chocolate ice cream, with carrot chunks swirled with alfalfa stems. Come on, who wouldn't go for that? It's tasty, AND healthy! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-51038340404111010952014-10-27T18:04:53.015-04:002014-10-27T18:04:53.015-04:00Why Ben and Jerry? Why not Jay Leno? At least he...Why Ben and Jerry? Why not Jay Leno? At least he knows Bob and how to talk to average Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71107806006295806912014-10-27T17:05:50.659-04:002014-10-27T17:05:50.659-04:00He bashes the inept, egoic, millionaire journalist...He bashes the inept, egoic, millionaire journalists of the left not the left!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-28556457325386602832014-10-27T16:56:11.014-04:002014-10-27T16:56:11.014-04:00You do know that Somerby is not talking literally ...You do know that Somerby is not talking literally about Ben and Jerry, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81869450946443891762014-10-27T16:53:55.218-04:002014-10-27T16:53:55.218-04:00Please finish How He Got There.
Please finish How He Got There. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-76843678615898668792014-10-27T16:53:39.061-04:002014-10-27T16:53:39.061-04:00In what is perhaps a sign of the times, Ben and Je...In what is perhaps a sign of the times, Ben and Jerry sold their namesake company to a mega corporation, Unilever, several years ago. Unilever is a Dutch-British company, and unlikely to be interested in U.S. politics, particularly from the angle Bob is supposed to be pursuing. Perhaps Ben and/or Jerry might be willing to contribute as individuals, that I don't know, but I wouldn't count on the company throwing some of its tastily-acquired cash in Bob's direction. On the other hand, if Bob continues on his "bash-the-left-in-the-name-of-saving-the-left" path, who knows. Maybe they'll name a flavor after him. "Rachel Maddow Sucks," could be chocolate ice cream, with raspberry suckers in it. Sounds delicious. Or how about ""Fuck it, I bought a house in Nantucket." Vanilla ice cream (to reflect Chris MAtthews' pasty skin), with with a swirl of Irish Mist whiskey, and fudge chunks shaped like dollar signs. Mmmmmm mmm! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com