Comments on: Rochester, NH: Visit My Grandma, Take Hostages at Hillary HQ http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/ Conservatism for punks. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:57:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7375 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:18:15 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7375 todd, you're one of my favorite people on the planet, but there are times i could throttle you. next time you're in town you can come to wally world with me. then we'll talk about "consolation." todd, you’re one of my favorite people on the planet, but there are times i could throttle you. next time you’re in town you can come to wally world with me. then we’ll talk about “consolation.”

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7332 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:00:44 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7332 That has to be grim. If it's any consolation at all, U.S. troops injured and killed have actually been half the monthly rate they were before the Surge, a few dozen killed and a few hundred injured vs. something like sixty killed a month and 700 or so injured each month for the four years prior. But if that's no consolation, know at least that we'll debate the proper role of the military live on Wednesday: http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/27/debate-at-lolita-bar-does-military-strength-create-peace/ That has to be grim. If it’s any consolation at all, U.S. troops injured and killed have actually been half the monthly rate they were before the Surge, a few dozen killed and a few hundred injured vs. something like sixty killed a month and 700 or so injured each month for the four years prior.

But if that’s no consolation, know at least that we’ll debate the proper role of the military live on Wednesday:

http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/27/debate-at-lolita-bar-does-military-strength-create-peace/

]]> by: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7321 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:33:29 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7321 while i wouldn't even double dog dare the bomb-packing crazies, i do think that americans would have a more realistic - and healthier - response to terrorism if they experienced it on a regular basis. perhaps then it would be possible to dial the response back down to where it should be - a law and order issue - and cease this counterproductive military-breaking, democracy-from-the-barrel-of-a-gun, us-against-the-world abortion of a foreign policy. *sigh* i'll get off the soap box now. it's just that was at walter reed on wednesday, and it has become so very much worse than it was even just a year ago. while i wouldn’t even double dog dare the bomb-packing crazies, i do think that americans would have a more realistic - and healthier - response to terrorism if they experienced it on a regular basis. perhaps then it would be possible to dial the response back down to where it should be - a law and order issue - and cease this counterproductive military-breaking, democracy-from-the-barrel-of-a-gun, us-against-the-world abortion of a foreign policy.

*sigh* i’ll get off the soap box now. it’s just that was at walter reed on wednesday, and it has become so very much worse than it was even just a year ago.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7296 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:20:18 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7296 Well, don't encourage or doubledare them, obviously. And Americans weren't always so unwilling to blow themselves up, unfortunately -- anarchists are now known (depending on whether they lean left or right, respectively) mainly for blocking traffic or hoarding gold, but a century ago they were a frequent source of terrorist incidents here and in Europe, and my friend Alice Bradley (who blogs at http://Finslippy.typepad.com ) said, if I remember correctly, that her anarchist great-grandmother strapped dynamite to herself about a century ago and threatened to blow up New York City Hall. More relevantly, NH guy sounds like he was crazy, and _truly_ crazy people might just do things Brown protesters won't. Well, don’t encourage or doubledare them, obviously.

And Americans weren’t always so unwilling to blow themselves up, unfortunately — anarchists are now known (depending on whether they lean left or right, respectively) mainly for blocking traffic or hoarding gold, but a century ago they were a frequent source of terrorist incidents here and in Europe, and my friend Alice Bradley (who blogs at http://Finslippy.typepad.com ) said, if I remember correctly, that her anarchist great-grandmother strapped dynamite to herself about a century ago and threatened to blow up New York City Hall.

More relevantly, NH guy sounds like he was crazy, and _truly_ crazy people might just do things Brown protesters won’t.

]]> by: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7292 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:41:15 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7292 it is my belief that americans, as a whole, lack the courage of their convictions to actually blow themselves up - even if they claim to have bombs strapped to themselves. (yes, yes, there's a whole courage v futility argument to be had there. but if nothing else, it makes a <i>statement</i>.) as i cynically remarked to a friend while watching the SOFA takeover of university hall from my perch in a tree on the green, "how do they expect to be taken seriously? no one is burning himself in protest." it is my belief that americans, as a whole, lack the courage of their convictions to actually blow themselves up - even if they claim to have bombs strapped to themselves. (yes, yes, there’s a whole courage v futility argument to be had there. but if nothing else, it makes a statement.)

as i cynically remarked to a friend while watching the SOFA takeover of university hall from my perch in a tree on the green, “how do they expect to be taken seriously? no one is burning himself in protest.”

]]> by: D------ http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7287 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:02:09 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7287 Maybe this experience will cause Mrs. Clinton and her supporters on the left to rethink their animus toward guns. Maybe this experience will cause Mrs. Clinton and her supporters on the left to rethink their animus toward guns.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7278 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:52:42 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7278 Oops. Co-worker, then, I think. Around the same time as the Tokyo clip. Got confused. Oops. Co-worker, then, I think. Around the same time as the Tokyo clip. Got confused.

]]> by: marcia B http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7276 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:42:53 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/11/30/rochester-nh-visit-my-grandma-take-hostages-at-hillary-hq/#comment-7276 I'll happily take credit for pointing out the deep fried Mars Bar to you, although I can't remember doing so. Watching the Tokyo candidate for governor, on the other hand, is what the internet was made for. I have to say, it really puts the 2008 elections in perspective. I’ll happily take credit for pointing out the deep fried Mars Bar to you, although I can’t remember doing so.

Watching the Tokyo candidate for governor, on the other hand, is what the internet was made for. I have to say, it really puts the 2008 elections in perspective.

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