Slog - Comments on Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89 posted by news intern Brian Slodysko Not resigning anytime soon: Hugo Chavez revises Venezuelan Constitution, mandates sweeping socialist reforms. Sedition: 15,000 Pakistani troops headed towards Pakistan's northern border to quell extremists. Lynnwood PD corruption: FBI tailed deputy chief as he ditched shredded papers in dumpsters prior to raid of his home. Breaking news: Giuliani pushed for increased health care coverage as mayor of New York, not as conservative as he says. Back to the table: Studios forced to negotiate with writers as shows switch to re-runs. One small step above LaRouche: Ron Paul supporters raided by FBI for minting "Liberty... Copyright 2008 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:34:22 -0800 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:11:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by tsm It's LaRouche, not Larusch. LaDouche is also an acceptable pejorative.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c851988 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c851988 News Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:20:55 -0800 Comment by Brian Already taken care of.

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c851989 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c851989 News Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:23:51 -0800 Comment by fnarf Sullivan may say "ooh, unfair, unfair", but Ron Paul really does need to address the fact that his campaign is bringing out tons of America's creepiest weirdos from the caves they've been living in since Ruby Ridge. Montana Freemen, white power loons and neo-Nazis, Federal Reserve abolishers, militiamen, black helicopter people, the nuts stockpiling weapons against the invasion from Canada, alternate currency freaks -- it's the whole underbelly of paranoid right-wingery.

Paul has always derived support from them, but if he wants to pretend he's on a national stage now, he needs to cut them off at the knees. I hope he doesn't, and somehow wins the nomination, because it would be funny to see Clinton get 80% of the vote.

]]> fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852016 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852016 News Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:22:05 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE Wonderin' if Bush'll furnish the Gores with Air Force One so they won't have to fly commercial to Oslo for the Nobel ceremonies on December 10. Or am I Marie of Roumania? [ref. Dorothy Parker]

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852042 News Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:49:55 -0800 Comment by New Deal Demoncrat So I take it Charles will approve of Chavez's move? I mean it IS for Socialism.........

]]> New Deal Demoncrat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852063 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852063 News Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:59:38 -0800 Comment by Natalya You can lead a Gore to culture, but you can't make him think.

]]> Natalya http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852100 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852100 News Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:06:45 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE @6 - good riff.

For full text of the Marie of Roumania reference, see:

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/126.html

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852155 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/morning_news_89#c852155 News Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:11:53 -0800