Displaying 721 To 750 Of 908 Comments @Javaz Oh, it’s a “male thing”. I first went to Chi-Chi’s in Wichita, KS in the early 80’s, and the guys knew. It’s a good thing nobody chose that other slang word cahones for a restaurant name! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 1:49 pm Since we’re in a negative cash flow situation right now, I understand, we used to go regularly but not anymore. BTW, did you know what “Chi-Chi’s” were when you went there? » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 1:25 pm People think “Mexican Food” is either Taco Bell or their local Mexican restuarant, but it is so much more. So many regions, so many food types. It’s like saying “American Food” is fried chicken. Have you tried San Carlos Bay on McDowell? Excellent Mexican seafood. And remember in northern New Mexico the quisine is established by the influences of the Spanish and the native American tribes, as opposed to the peoples of Mexico. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 12:57 pm When we first moved to the valley we lived in Mesa. Now I spent some time living in Albuquerque and love New Mexican food with hatch green chili. The Blue Adobe Grill on Country Club in Mesa is very good, too. Of course, I also miss Long Wong’s wings. They were so much better than everyone elses. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 12:48 pm Yep, or was it “Sicily”. Only kidding Joe, don’t send the boys around! Momma mia! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 12:42 pm I meant people around the country have known about him for at least a decade. From Seattle to Kansas to Savannah, GA, I’ve had people ask about him, usually with some envious gleam in their eyes for his “law and order” and his “tent city” style justice. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 12:40 pm You are most welcome. I have high speed connection here so I can research faster than you on a dial-up. Not a problem. I’m hungry for some Roberto’s Mexican Al Pastore but, unfortunately, it’s probably still lunch hour and the MCSD substation all come over there for lunch. I don’t mind the guys, but it takes forever to get your order when you’ve got a dozen cops and a half dozen firemen waiting ahead of you. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 12:30 pm I don’t know how you missed it. Appeared on an episode Politically Incorrect in 1996, during which he failed to impress host Bill Maher, who quipped: “I can respect the toughest sheriff, but I can’t respect the stupidest sheriff.” http://www.nndb.com/people/890/000046752/ And has continued to get coverage. I’ve traveled a lot and it’s amazing how many people know of and (gag) love this guy. Geez. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 12:21 pm In general, I just turn away when I hear another Arpaio story. He’s been so consistant over the years that it no longer suprises me. I’m sure he’s glad the former governor is gone but not at all happy that the federal funds he receives come from the department she heads (for all of you, that’s Janet Napolitano who’s the head of the Department of Homeland Security). And his supporters are a bunch of retrograde boneheads, to put it kindly. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 12:01 pm How does he get away with it? The county picks up the tab for all his fiascos, he’s oblivious. Here’s an article from 2007 talking about it. At that time his escapades had cost the county $41 million! http://www.november.org/stayinfo/breaking08/SheriffJoe.html and here’s another site dedicated to his infamy. http://www.arpaio.com/wordpress/?cat=2 » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 11:55 am Sheriff Arpaio is not untypical of the Good Old Boy law enforcement of many of our youths. In 1968 there were thousands of Arpaios in Chicago, and around the nation. Arpaio is acting not that much differently than the real sheriffs of the old west, not our glorified ones. Read your history and discover that we haven’t evolved that much here and in tough times the meanest of “us” come to the surface more. If your’e here in Maricopa County, and differ with him, it’s best to do it quietly, and not discover how he feeds prisoners on less than a half dollar a day. BTW, the chaingang here is a “priviledge” not a punishment. Think about that one for a while. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 11:47 am Today’s sheriff Joe has more power and yet is a shadow of how I remember him when I first came to the valley of the sun in 1991. Back then he was Joe Headline, every day. For people who are confused by Arizona politics now, it was much worse then, IMO. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s department patrols my neighborhood, and I am around them on occasion, but I learned from my youth, I no longer hastle those who can do more to make my life uncomfortable than I can do to theirs. We have had several other articles in the Media lately about how anyone who comes up against Joe may find themselves being investigated. I think he believes he’s the reincarnation of J. Edgar Hoover. And, of course, Joe lives well, and isn’t suffering financially. I don’t know where he’s made his money, but he was a DEA Agent at one time. I’m only saying… Again, a good reference source about Joe is http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arpaio » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 11:37 am As I’ve said before, expect no honest news from the Arizona Republic. It might as well have an elephant on it’s banner. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 4, 2009 @ 11:09 am That has always been the case. My hometown paper was owned by a conservative organization but the editor was a midwestern populist. Stayed there for years. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 4, 2009 @ 11:03 am The Failed History of Conservatism in America I prefer to think of it as enlightening people. But I’ve also discovered that the vast majority of people don’t want to be enlightened. I have a friend who is a blue dog democrat with some social enlightenment. However, he has more than a few areas which he is aware of but makes excuses for. I can inform him when he makes lapses but he regresses readily. Admittedly, he is older, but that’s no excuse. I knew rabble rousing professionals (union members, too) who in their 80s still kicked butt. But he is a firm believer in the markets, although he has, as far as I can tell, held no corporate jobs in his life. And, of course, to him I’m a “Big Labor Democrat” because I did come from the working life and multi-generational union family, and believe strongly in such things as labor rights and negotiation. But some people just don’t get it. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 1:50 pm Even though I grew up around a lot of conservatives, I didn’t have the understanding of what it was all about until the Vietnam War. Found my draft card from 1971 the other day, my mother had saved it. But we had Aunt Theresa and her family, who were extreme fundies even back then. Having been brought up in the great middle American Christian sect (Methodist) I thought everyone was cool religiously except Aunt Theresa. Well, then I went to her younger daughters Babtist wedding and caught the full St. Paul “the woman shall submit to the man” routine and was appalled. Now being 18 in the heart of the sexual revolution gave me more appreciation for everyone’s responsibilities for their own bodies, and not the concept of control over anothers. One of the things I find sad about what I’ve seen this year with this reversion movement is everything we worked hard for in the 1960’s is being fought against nearly a half century later. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 12:54 pm Jon Stewart Takes on the White House/Faux Noose Fight Yeah, what a rush dude. I thought it was the brownies for a minute. Let me check that out. mmmmmm. No, it was the server reboot. Excuse me, the pipe’s grown cold. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 6, 2009 @ 6:12 pm Yea, but I noticed some good people over there taking sides just a minute ago to not come here because we care about you. LN was back. They need to get over it. We love you here. But they bum me out. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 6, 2009 @ 6:09 pm I would rather have had the President himself stay out of it and use his knights to put Fox in check. They should have worked up a stronger strategy for marginalizing Fox. Fox isn’t news, not even on the news side (whereever that is). Of course, I don’t find the MSNBC news types to be that good either, sometimes, but it’s not pushing an agenda but just plain dumbness. Rachel comes the closest to almost anyone of being clear and clean news, and we know she has biases, but she goes for the facts. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 8:41 am Hacking? I thought maybe her expensive lawyers had called up the service provider and made some recommendations. But it would have made a great headline on Fox if that had been the case. Scary for all of us. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 12:16 pm For all you people interested in the great Sheriff Joe Arpaio, here’s a really good concentrated source of stories. The Phoenix New Times and Joe go back a long ways. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arpaio I also live in the jurisdiction of the sheriff of Nuttingham. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 2, 2009 @ 11:24 am Oh, I forgot the most important part. It will be empty there without you two. Sadness. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 8:45 pm OK, send me the story. I notice something going on about LadyNaga, but it’s hard to tell when you’re browsing someone else’s comment lists. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 8:43 pm @ HP, HITO and Deygirl’s profiles have both been removed! SO what did happen this evening? » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 8:20 pm Or, we could go after different stories and groups of Trolls simultaneously, keeping it a little less obvious but creating more distributed havoc. And of course we’d keep it there. We’re open and honest plotters, can’t you tell? » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 1:36 pm @BDM You do know in Shelley that the townspeople were the real monsters, not poor Frankensteins creation? Did you read KK’s mentioning that AC is apparently haunting us here? And my reply? But I’m still game. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 1:04 pm @BDM We could assembly a personality profile of her in the next couple of weeks. Then make her “profile” open access, but it’s hard to stay in style and character that way. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 12:46 pm adlib, my criticism on the comments is the page jumping to the top after clicking reply and if it’s a long page and you’re responding to something not at the top or bottom, hunting for the fill in box is really, really, a pain. Perhaps we need a gossip section, too, since we’re all being a litle gossipy here, too. And I know how guilty I am. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 1, 2009 @ 12:15 pm Thank you for sharing that. I’d like to meet you sometime. » Posted By Corgi Lover On October 31, 2009 @ 9:36 pm We all say that but right now 5 of our 8 Representatives in the House are democrats. And as much as I don’t like him, Shaddagg has kept a low profile. But I really don’t like Kyl, and I’ve met him. BTW, I live about exit 229 on I-17. » Posted By Corgi Lover On October 31, 2009 @ 5:59 pmComments Posted By Corgi Lover
Let me think about the overall tact on “SuperAC” some more. I’d toyed with one called “DistinctlyConservative” (or DC, if you will) as the foil to AC, but that’s the engineer in me.
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