Archive for: November 30, 2007

Today Is: Stay Home Because You’re Well Day. Not being observed by me because I’ve got a head cold and still doing the grocery shopping.

On this Day in 1979:  John Paul II attends an Eastern Orthodox service, the first pope …

MGR has made an offer of peace in the blog war.

 I’m generally open to such proposals, particularly around Christmastime. Sometimes, these things don’t work out, but it’s at least worth a shot.

I appreciate the graciousness of the offer, and I …

Podcast Show Notes

Some more moderate Republicans come forward with an earmarks reform plan. Public pressure is working.

Also, Rudy Giuliani provided a police guard to his mistress while he was mayor, and the man who’s supposed …

Chutzpa:

chutz·pa /ˈxʊtspə, ˈhʊt-/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[khoot-spuh, hoot-]
–noun Slang. 1. unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
2. audacity; nerve. -dictionary.com

Use in a Sentence: “The Mountain Goat Report has a lot of Chutzpa accusing me of harming civil debate after going after the son of a political opponent to score points.

She accuses me of trying to villify her. The sad thing is that she’s not really addressed my points, at least not on her own blog. MGR does answer some  of this over at Idablue, and I’ll get to that.

However, I must warn that you’re entering a blog war post. For those reading it on the front page, I’m going to do a break, so you can read about Ron Paul, the issues of the country and other desire topics, while I make my response to MGR: