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On November 22, 2010 2:01 PM in Drawing Room Mixologist Charles Joly Wins "On the Rocks", they said:

"Seems silly to get all bent out of the shape about it" I think it is sadly funny, most of all. But I admit: I do have a very serious problem with PR/Marketing folks who push bullshit marketing phras...

On November 22, 2010 1:40 PM in Drawing Room Mixologist Charles Joly Wins "On the Rocks", they said:

Funny point. That always seems the case, doesn't it? The PR/marketing-industrial complex, enabled by all the sheeple who tend to drool over marketing fluff and hype, push into the language some word ...

On November 22, 2010 11:36 AM in Drawing Room Mixologist Charles Joly Wins "On the Rocks", they said:

Please remind me again why "bartender" has been deemed less useful than "mixologist?" I mean, does it make people feel fancier or something? More sophisticated? Does saying "I just spent $15 for co...

On November 19, 2010 4:10 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

Do you know what 'ignore me' means? I mean, you don't like what I have to say, so ignore me. You lecture me about the world, but apparently you fail to grasp the basic truth of Internet communicatio...

On November 19, 2010 3:40 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

I don't outright racism is as common in the mainstream of the GOP as I think you do, that's all. As for the examples, yes, they were pretty racist; I thought so when these incidents were first repor...

On November 19, 2010 3:08 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

Yet you still play with me, you asshat. Odd, isn't it? Fucking ignore me if I am so beneath you. Easy as hell. No one forces you to respond. Go call someone a racist and be over with it. You know yo...

On November 19, 2010 3:03 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

I have a feeling how you describe racism and how I describe it are pretty different, so perhaps we should just leave it at that. ...

On November 19, 2010 3:01 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

I guess I did. I never claimed I was an expert on the guy, but I do know who he is and some of the work he's been involved in. He's a pretty famous politician. ...

On November 19, 2010 2:42 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

God, you are such a fucking wimp* when it comes to your ideas being challenged, even when I happen to agree with much of what you said. It's really funny at this point. *yes, that is a proper name c...

On November 19, 2010 2:40 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

There is more to life than Google, son. Seriously, you really might be interested in this guy, given your own interests. ...

On November 19, 2010 2:25 PM in The Deal Is On? Reports Say Google Wants Groupon, they said:

"My theory is that it comes down to personality." I think you are on to something. First any person or any company that makes serious cash will almost always attract an image among many, many peopl...

On November 19, 2010 2:18 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

"The way the GOP talks to itself about race is far more revealing than how it presents itself to the world on the topic. " You are 100% right. But talking about race in ways different from how educat...

On November 19, 2010 2:12 PM in Oprah's "Ultimate Favorite Things" Goes Overboard, they said:

Your constant concern for the masses is really touching. Too bad those ungrateful rubes don't really appreciate the friend they have in you, the ultimate skeptic and beacon of supreme reasonableness. ...

On November 19, 2010 2:09 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

Just trying to give you a fuller picture of the situation in Florida, dude. It is much more interesting than you made it out to be. "What's his history in the civil rights movement?" He never had a...

On November 19, 2010 1:36 PM in Burris Laments Lack of African-American Senators in Farewell, they said:

"Florida's long been a stronghold due to the well organized voting block originating from wealthy Cuban exiles." Yes, but only to a point. 1) A lot of the younger Cuban-Americans in South Florida, o...

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