Comments on: Eat it. http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eat-it one writer's daily download Tue, 22 May 2012 19:50:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave K. http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122886 Dave K. Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:40:57 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122886 I read this Birthday Cake story yesterday. I chuckled and shook my head. After a long day today; (Largest customer, Chrysler, struck by UAW, plan for layoffs in the midst of first new hiring at Ft. Wayne Dana in 10 years, strike settled, 200 person layoff averted...), I read NN.com. "...Republican Christian knobs like Kelty...", caused a gut-laugh! Thank you, Nancy. I read this Birthday Cake story yesterday. I chuckled and shook my head. After a long day today; (Largest customer, Chrysler, struck by UAW, plan for layoffs in the midst of first new hiring at Ft. Wayne Dana in 10 years, strike settled, 200 person layoff averted…), I read NN.com. “…Republican Christian knobs like Kelty…”, caused a gut-laugh!

Thank you, Nancy.

]]> By: LA mary http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122719 LA mary Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:21:45 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122719 My son calls him Mahmoud I'm a Dinner Jacket. My son calls him Mahmoud I’m a Dinner Jacket.

]]> By: basset http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122593 basset Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:26:50 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122593 Anyone here interested in old-time music? Clawhammer banjos, fiddlin' without vibrato, that kind of thing? If you are, this'll make sense... "Hot corn, cold corn, Mahmoud Ahmadenijad..." great mnemonic device for remembering his name, anyway. Anyone here interested in old-time music? Clawhammer banjos, fiddlin’ without vibrato, that kind of thing? If you are, this’ll make sense…

“Hot corn, cold corn, Mahmoud Ahmadenijad…”

great mnemonic device for remembering his name, anyway.

]]> By: Judith http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122529 Judith Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:20:37 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122529 Note the signs on the outhouse on the Matt Kelty cake--the top one refers to the Republican County Chair, Steve Shine, and the bottom one taunts Nelson Peters. Kelty insists he did not see his birthday cake--it was cut and eaten before he could see it. (Yeh, right.) And according to Peters, when he called Kelty to discuss the cake, "Kelty responded that he didn't know what Peters was talking about". But a second picture accompanies the article that is continued on Page 2. In the picture Kelty is holding the afore mentioned outhouse with the top sign towards him. The bottom of the outhouse is not in the picture. But it is only another of Kelty's questions: Cake, what cake? Loan, what loan? Law, what law? Sign, what sign? Poll, what poll? Indictment, all lies! ("Local Republican officials confirmed the witch /on the cake/ was intended to be Allen County Prosecutor, Karen Richards". She, in order to avoid the appearance of bias, appointed another prosecutor to investigate campaign law infractions.) Radio ad, only the truth! (Kelty said Democratic Election Board member Andy Down has been a chief strategist for Kelty's opponent, Tom Henry.) And on and on... CAKE, WHAT CAKE? Note the signs on the outhouse on the Matt Kelty cake–the top one refers to the Republican County Chair, Steve Shine, and the bottom one taunts Nelson Peters. Kelty insists he did not see his birthday cake–it was cut and eaten before he could see it. (Yeh, right.) And according to Peters, when he called Kelty to discuss the cake, “Kelty responded that he didn’t know what Peters was talking about”. But a second picture accompanies the article that is continued on Page 2. In the picture Kelty is holding the afore mentioned outhouse with the top sign towards him. The bottom of the outhouse is not in the picture. But it is only another of Kelty’s questions:

Cake, what cake?
Loan, what loan?
Law, what law?
Sign, what sign?
Poll, what poll?
Indictment, all lies! (“Local Republican officials confirmed the witch /on the cake/ was intended to be Allen County Prosecutor, Karen Richards”. She, in order to avoid the appearance of bias, appointed another prosecutor to investigate campaign law infractions.)
Radio ad, only the truth! (Kelty said Democratic Election Board member Andy Down has been a chief strategist for Kelty’s opponent, Tom Henry.)

And on and on… CAKE, WHAT CAKE?

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122518 alex Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:52:41 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122518 Let them eat cake. On November 6 they'll be eating crow. I must say that this year's mayoral race has really restored my faith in the citizenry. People evidently hate partisanship as much as I do and it's heartening to see leading Republicans crossing over to support the right candidate for the office. Blessings from the fanatic fringe are the kiss of death. Hey, Kelty -- those are the kind of lovers you need to keep on the downlow. Let them eat cake. On November 6 they’ll be eating crow.

I must say that this year’s mayoral race has really restored my faith in the citizenry. People evidently hate partisanship as much as I do and it’s heartening to see leading Republicans crossing over to support the right candidate for the office.

Blessings from the fanatic fringe are the kiss of death. Hey, Kelty — those are the kind of lovers you need to keep on the downlow.

]]> By: Julie Robinson http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122496 Julie Robinson Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:29:35 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122496 And how many Iranian audiences laugh when their President speaks? Bringing him here for a dose of reality was the best way to show what a ridiculous bully he is. And printing the Kelty bd cake photo was the best way to show what a ridiculous candidate he is. Can we really believe he isn't aware of what his team is up to? If he isn't, what does this say about his level of engagement? An online search of the News-Sentinel did not find the photo or story. Anyone else see it? And how many Iranian audiences laugh when their President speaks? Bringing him here for a dose of reality was the best way to show what a ridiculous bully he is.

And printing the Kelty bd cake photo was the best way to show what a ridiculous candidate he is. Can we really believe he isn’t aware of what his team is up to? If he isn’t, what does this say about his level of engagement?

An online search of the News-Sentinel did not find the photo or story. Anyone else see it?

]]> By: del http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122490 del Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:17:43 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122490 I've been thinkin' about why Limbaugh's huffing style of political speech offends but Olbermann's 'special comments' do not (content is quite another matter). I've settled on the notion that its about relative power. I'm sympathetic to the little guy. So if apoplectic speech endorses a majoritarian view it strikes me as bullying and 'piling-on.' But when it endorses a clearly minority view it seems brave. (So as Olbermann's views gain traction and a left-wing echo chamber develops his contentious style may wear thin.) Whenever people overreact by seeking to prevent speeches by controversial speakers (unconstitutional prior restraints?) my sympathy goes out to the person who wants to talk. That speaker instantly becomes a minority because of the "mobocracy" and I listen to him more intently than I would otherwise. His views get amplified. Yeah, I thought Lee Bollinger's harsh introduction of the Iranian President was self-serving and weinerish. And it undercut the favorable impression of him I gained when, in 1997, he described U. of M's football coach Lloyd Carr as "Lincolnesque" after his team won the national championship. (I'm no historian, but Carr does seem to have jowls like Lincoln . . . ) I’ve been thinkin’ about why Limbaugh’s huffing style of political speech offends but Olbermann’s ‘special comments’ do not (content is quite another matter). I’ve settled on the notion that its about relative power. I’m sympathetic to the little guy. So if apoplectic speech endorses a majoritarian view it strikes me as bullying and ‘piling-on.’ But when it endorses a clearly minority view it seems brave. (So as Olbermann’s views gain traction and a left-wing echo chamber develops his contentious style may wear thin.)

Whenever people overreact by seeking to prevent speeches by controversial speakers (unconstitutional prior restraints?) my sympathy goes out to the person who wants to talk. That speaker instantly becomes a minority because of the “mobocracy” and I listen to him more intently than I would otherwise. His views get amplified.

Yeah, I thought Lee Bollinger’s harsh introduction of the Iranian President was self-serving and weinerish. And it undercut the favorable impression of him I gained when, in 1997, he described U. of M’s football coach Lloyd Carr as “Lincolnesque” after his team won the national championship. (I’m no historian, but Carr does seem to have jowls like Lincoln . . . )

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122469 brian stouder Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:23:22 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122469 That was indeed an interesting article on the 'age of apoplexy'; especially the historical perspective that Andersen injects. Herbert Marcuse's idea of “Repressive Tolerance” (the idea that "acceptance of free expression of every sort of idea lulls us into accepting a larger oppression") seems to be the modern - and MUCH TAMER! - equivalent of 18th century mobocracy. (Back in those days, if your newspaper was unabashedly abolitionist for example, the townfolk might literally pitch your printing press into the river) I'll take 21st century apoplectic huffing and puffing, via (as likely as not) a cable tv show being watched by a sprinkling of people across the country - and (likely as not) rejected out of hand! [the apoplectic Olbermann 'special comments' rank right up there with Rush's best huffing, for example] btw - speaking of New York magazine, I read a fascinating article in there a few months back about New York City's AIR laws. An AIR is an artist in residence, and even if you can afford a few million dollars for a loft in Soho or Noho, if you (or your room-mate) is not an Artist (as officially defined by New York), then you are violating their zoning ordinance, and you will be evicted!!! It was one of those articles that you read, laugh out loud about, and then tell everyone about for the next few days....or, become apoplectic about, if you're in the market for a condo in Soho That was indeed an interesting article on the ‘age of apoplexy’; especially the historical perspective that Andersen injects. Herbert Marcuse’s idea of “Repressive Tolerance” (the idea that “acceptance of free expression of every sort of idea lulls us into accepting a larger oppression”) seems to be the modern – and MUCH TAMER! – equivalent of 18th century mobocracy. (Back in those days, if your newspaper was unabashedly abolitionist for example, the townfolk might literally pitch your printing press into the river)

I’ll take 21st century apoplectic huffing and puffing, via (as likely as not) a cable tv show being watched by a sprinkling of people across the country – and (likely as not) rejected out of hand! [the apoplectic Olbermann 'special comments' rank right up there with Rush's best huffing, for example]

btw – speaking of New York magazine, I read a fascinating article in there a few months back about New York City’s AIR laws. An AIR is an artist in residence, and even if you can afford a few million dollars for a loft in Soho or Noho, if you (or your room-mate) is not an Artist (as officially defined by New York), then you are violating their zoning ordinance, and you will be evicted!!!

It was one of those articles that you read, laugh out loud about, and then tell everyone about for the next few days….or, become apoplectic about, if you’re in the market for a condo in Soho

]]> By: Cathy D. http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122430 Cathy D. Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:33:04 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122430 This story is so delicious on so many levels it's hard to know where to dig in first. Go, Matt go! Away. This story is so delicious on so many levels it’s hard to know where to dig in first. Go, Matt go! Away.

]]> By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122425 nancy Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:20:13 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/10/09/eat-it/#comment-122425 Fort Wayne may be the only city in America where cake and beer go together so often. Fort Wayne may be the only city in America where cake and beer go together so often.

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