It was the bassets that made him cave.

The whole interview just screamed “brain tumor” at me. Dude is seriously screwed up in the head, either chemically or physically.

He’s baaaaaaaaack.

As of this posting, George Tierney, of Greenville, South Carolina, has 217 Twitter followers, including someone who describes himself as a “Firefighter, golf nut, Rightwing Extremist,” a real cutie who says “Any guys wanna cam?” and Orrin Hatch, claiming to be “U.S. Senator from Utah.” I would think even the spammers would stay away from George Tierney of Greenville, South Carolina, at this point, not to mention U.S. Senators.

I don’t generally spit stuff out my nose (I cough uncontrollably instead) so the line “Andrew Breitbart’s Dirtnap Theater” means someone owes me a case of Robitussin (which I will not use to make uncontrolled substances, I promise).

He’s not running for Hipster-in-Chief. He’d lose to the kid who served me my coffee this morning, the little tattooed snot. He’s running for President, and if he has to appear on every late-night talk show, awards program, podcast, social media event, etc. that his advisers think will win him some votes (remember voters? They kindsa run this thing) until November 6, then I’m good with it, as long as he’s doing his other, more important job. Which he lately seems to have a pretty good handle on.

Hey, T – I had a similar week. Political stuff, and Mom’s either on her deathbed or not, depending on which brother I talk to.

But on the positive side, I got to introduce and chat with one of your favorite authors, Tom Perrotta. I tried to convince him to include Pacific Beach on his next book tour, and bassets should feature prominently in his next novel. He was very nice about it.

Not totally sure, but I think Tbogg’s PB digs and Romney’s La Jolla mansion are a little too far apart to consider them “Walking Distance.” Especially with a basset in tow.

Bless you, you have a kind heart and a wonderful perspective. You are right, of course, about the obscene nature of the dialogue on the other side.

But, (you knew this “but” was coming, right?) we read Tbogg because he has the guts and the stomach and the brains and the snark to venture into these cesspools and report back. So we don’t have to.

Like the “N” word, they aren’t going away, and to pretend otherwise is naive and probably, in the end, almost suicidal. Politically, at least.

To paraphrase Reader’s Digest, probably my least favorite mainstream publication of all-time, “Snark is the best medicine.”

LeBron James & his teammates are just asking to be shot.

This isn’t the first time hoodies were used as political protest. Remember Eminem’s “Mosh” video before the 2004 election?

Pounding the headlines in anger, he dons a black hoodie and leads the disenfranchised to “Rebel with a rebel yell.” As the action progresses, a black man (hip-hop artist Lloyd Banks) is harassed by police, a soldier is called back to duty, and a mother receives an eviction notice while Bush announces “tax cuts for the wealthy” on her TV. Each character dons a black hoodie like Eminem and joins the march. Storming a Federal building, they stop those who would prevent them from entering with a fire hose. Once inside, they drop their hoods and form an orderly line behind Slim Shady who, now wearing a suit, signs in to vote.

As white as I am, I actually went to Target (yeah, I’m white. And old) and purchased a black hoodie, which I have to this day, although it doesn’t fit quite as well as it did eight years ago. Suburban western Mass, represent!

Oh, and I was listening so hard, too! :-)

As I usually don’t, I followed the link and watched the whole 4 minutes of video footage from Breitbart’s site.

There’s a really good reason why the word “‘brainwash’” is rendered in quotes.

It’s never used, either implicitly or explicitly, by Eric Holder.

Older Holder (ca. 1995) is promoting advertising to change people’s minds, like “don’t drive while intoxicated” and “don’t smoke.” Or “buy a Mazda, because we go zoom-zoom,” if you want to take it to the logical extreme.

But he’s black, and a Democrat, and watches, occasionally, “Fresh Prince of Belair,” so q.e.d., he’s against “freedom.”

Brainwashing Advertising sucks, unless it’s corporate brainwashing advertising, in which case it’s ok.

Bullshit. Check the tape. His foot was on the line.

As one who just celebrated the exact same number birthday, let me express to the lucky and vivacious Mrs TBogg my heartfelt sympathies congratulations and many happy colonoscopies returns.

It’s the Bonfire of the Vanities come to life.

Not sure if this related to CPAC, but Shakira’s ass might be in danger.

T – you a Portlandia fan? James Mercer appeared last season in an episode with Colin Meloy (Decemberists) and Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) as a fake band called Echo Echo.

Rumor has it Echo Echo might become a real band. With real songs and stuff. Just like the Foo Fighters, with less Grammys.

Also, because I’ve got nothing, and never do, do you know a movie called The Other F Word, featuring Art Alexakis, Mark Hoppus, and other punk dudes ruminating about the vicissitudes of fatherhood, road life, and trying to fit in to a normal suburban existence, despite being tattooed, bejeweled, and awkwardly out of place?

Not a bad flick overall, and possibly suitable for a funeral.

Hmmm…that guy looks suspiciously like Mitt Romney with a mustache.

Also reminiscent of this Maakies cartoon, kinda sorta:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5845366512823584796

Reminds me of being seven years old and pretending to be superheroes, except instead of pointing fake laser beams at each other, we decided we’d rather attack the bad guys with silencers, hand grenades, and anti-personnel weapons.

Boys will be boys, after all.

Commitment problems. Maybe he needs to show up at Romney’s headquarters in Charleston with a boombox and play “In Your Eyes” at maximum volume.

Might work.