Southwestern Style
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This post was deleted for the following reason: seems like a great post for politica... oh what's that you say? really? and it's relevant now why? oh, okay then. -- jessamyn
This is a 3 year old article that only means something when in context with the already deleted "Lost count of mah homes" post. I actually have this issue, from before I canceled my AD subscription.
posted by hincandenza at 12:49 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by hincandenza at 12:49 PM on August 22, 2008
his wife is really rich. the guy she hired to decorate the house sucks.
so what?
posted by matteo at 12:55 PM on August 22, 2008
so what?
posted by matteo at 12:55 PM on August 22, 2008
If this was in PoliticalFilter, why does it need to be here?
posted by Class Goat at 12:57 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by Class Goat at 12:57 PM on August 22, 2008
I was never a fan of Southwestern architecture and interior design, and I always hated when people put pictures on every fucking flat surface there is.
posted by geoff. at 12:59 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by geoff. at 12:59 PM on August 22, 2008
This post was deleted for the following reason: sucks
posted by Meatbomb at 1:00 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by Meatbomb at 1:00 PM on August 22, 2008
well who gives a damn
posted by boo_radley at 1:01 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by boo_radley at 1:01 PM on August 22, 2008
You can make this thin gruel better by also checking out the links from ericb from the metatalk thread starting here.
posted by peeedro at 1:02 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by peeedro at 1:02 PM on August 22, 2008
I heard Cynthia McKinney's just go this one modest house.
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 1:02 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 1:02 PM on August 22, 2008
It's too bad they spent so much on that nice old piano when what they really wanted was a table.
posted by emelenjr at 1:04 PM on August 22, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by emelenjr at 1:04 PM on August 22, 2008 [3 favorites]
Oh well. I thought it was funny.
posted by homunculus at 1:04 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by homunculus at 1:04 PM on August 22, 2008
America is the only country that could be in the middle of a horrible economic slump, paralyzing housing crisis, and ill-conceived war and still make an upcoming election into a battle between the guy who eats arugula vs. the guy with lots of houses.
posted by turaho at 1:06 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by turaho at 1:06 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
lulz: meta & prev, in that order
Ah, I didn't see those. By all means, delete this.
posted by homunculus at 1:06 PM on August 22, 2008
Ah, I didn't see those. By all means, delete this.
posted by homunculus at 1:06 PM on August 22, 2008
To be fair, he doesn't know how many, so it could be just the one.
posted by Artw at 1:07 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by Artw at 1:07 PM on August 22, 2008
It says "Text by Paul Theroux" - the travel writer? Must be another Theroux.
posted by stbalbach at 1:07 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by stbalbach at 1:07 PM on August 22, 2008
I agree this isn't really news, though I would say that McCain's quote about not knowing how many houses he owns is, because it does betray a certain "out of touch" quality that is too often present in people with power.
They tend to forget that not everyone has assistants running around to do their bidding, that the average family cooks at home and doesn't have meals with lobbyists who pay the bill, etc.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 1:08 PM on August 22, 2008
They tend to forget that not everyone has assistants running around to do their bidding, that the average family cooks at home and doesn't have meals with lobbyists who pay the bill, etc.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 1:08 PM on August 22, 2008
Photopiano will haunt my nightmares.
posted by Esoquo at 1:10 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Esoquo at 1:10 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
and I always hated when people put pictures on every fucking flat surface there is.
Wow. McCain is just like my mother-in-law. I wonder if he compulsively hordes napkins from diners?
posted by Artw at 1:10 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Wow. McCain is just like my mother-in-law. I wonder if he compulsively hordes napkins from diners?
posted by Artw at 1:10 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
well, what's indeed funny is the difference with another rich political couple who actually had style: this is how it's done. and McCain's Polo wool sweater and stiff jeans? this is how you do that comfy look with style (got to love the V-neck, the chinos and the Chucks -- or are those Jack Purcells?)
posted by matteo at 1:10 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by matteo at 1:10 PM on August 22, 2008
You know, when you elect a president, you also elect his wife. And if West Wing has taught me anything, it's that the First Lady spends a lot time handling the decorating of the White House.
Do you want a White House to look like that? I don't. I think the American people deserve a woman with TASTE in the White House.
posted by Stynxno at 1:11 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Do you want a White House to look like that? I don't. I think the American people deserve a woman with TASTE in the White House.
posted by Stynxno at 1:11 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
I think the real news here is that Architectural Digest is just as enamored of shitty, overcooked HDR as the Flickr pools are.
posted by echo target at 1:11 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by echo target at 1:11 PM on August 22, 2008
It's the same Theroux, stbalbach.
posted by newmoistness at 1:12 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by newmoistness at 1:12 PM on August 22, 2008
America is the only country that could be in the middle of a horrible economic slump, paralyzing housing crisis, and ill-conceived war and still make an upcoming election into a battle between the guy who eats arugula vs. the guy with lots of houses.
Everyone who doesn't know who they're voting for at this point in the cycle is an idiot.
Therefore, all elections are decided by idiots.
posted by delmoi at 1:13 PM on August 22, 2008
Everyone who doesn't know who they're voting for at this point in the cycle is an idiot.
Therefore, all elections are decided by idiots.
posted by delmoi at 1:13 PM on August 22, 2008
Well, thin gruel or not, I don't read PoliticalFilter so I'm glad it lasted long enough for me to have a gander at "the Mexican-tiled patio off the master bedroom, a private space complete with a pergola, a spa and a built-in fireplace."
Not only a lovely decorator touch, but truly a pink-brick cornerstone of red-meat Republicanism circa 2008. Say it with me, my neocon brothers: Real Americans don't eat arugula, but they do recline beneath pergolas.
posted by gompa at 1:18 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Not only a lovely decorator touch, but truly a pink-brick cornerstone of red-meat Republicanism circa 2008. Say it with me, my neocon brothers: Real Americans don't eat arugula, but they do recline beneath pergolas.
posted by gompa at 1:18 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Big deal. They own a nice house. They're rich. So what?
News flash. Obama is rich, too.
Heiress to huge megacorp, with multiple houses in multiple states
vs
Son of a woman who was on food stamps for a while, who was always very much middle-class until book sales within the past couple of years.
Nobody's going to argue that Obama's working-class, but there is a huge difference here.
posted by Tomorrowful at 1:19 PM on August 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
News flash. Obama is rich, too.
Heiress to huge megacorp, with multiple houses in multiple states
vs
Son of a woman who was on food stamps for a while, who was always very much middle-class until book sales within the past couple of years.
Nobody's going to argue that Obama's working-class, but there is a huge difference here.
posted by Tomorrowful at 1:19 PM on August 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
Everyone who doesn't know who they're voting for at this point in the cycle is an idiot.
I'm voting for the one who hangs out with Paris Hilton. Wait, I might have that wrong. I think I'm voting for the guy who stayed at the Hanoi Hilton. No, that doesn't sound right either. Maybe there's someone named Hilton running in this election? I'm so confused. It's a cycle, all right.
posted by pardonyou? at 1:25 PM on August 22, 2008
I'm voting for the one who hangs out with Paris Hilton. Wait, I might have that wrong. I think I'm voting for the guy who stayed at the Hanoi Hilton. No, that doesn't sound right either. Maybe there's someone named Hilton running in this election? I'm so confused. It's a cycle, all right.
posted by pardonyou? at 1:25 PM on August 22, 2008
Which of these men cares about non-rich people?
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:26 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:26 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
I think it's sweet that they have a painting by president Bush on their wall.
posted by homunculus at 1:28 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by homunculus at 1:28 PM on August 22, 2008
It's the same Theroux, stbalbach.
Any clue what's up with the peculiar repetition of the 'signature deadpan' line, then newmoistness? Or why Theroux wrote this?
I mean, usually one grasps fairly smartly what a name writer like Theroux is doing apparently slumming like this - the subject is perfect, say, or it's a splash of stylistic fireworks -but the extended caption writing here is just sort of...feeble?
posted by Jody Tresidder at 1:28 PM on August 22, 2008
Any clue what's up with the peculiar repetition of the 'signature deadpan' line, then newmoistness? Or why Theroux wrote this?
I mean, usually one grasps fairly smartly what a name writer like Theroux is doing apparently slumming like this - the subject is perfect, say, or it's a splash of stylistic fireworks -but the extended caption writing here is just sort of...feeble?
posted by Jody Tresidder at 1:28 PM on August 22, 2008
Big deal. They own a nice house. They're rich. So what?
News flash. Obama is rich, too.
Probably throwing unneeded fuel on an unwanted fire here, and I'm would like to preface this as NOT being a pro-Obama or anti-McCain statement.
There's a huge difference between The McCain Riches and Obama's Riches, and it's an important difference. Obama is indeed rich, but it's pretty recent, and at this point pretty much based entirely on one thing he did. Writing a book. There's no doubt in my mind that Going forward, no matter what he does, there's quite a few big paydays for the guy. And i think how he deals with that will be interesting. But It also can't be ignored that in the very recent past, Obama as living much closer to the rest of us than either of the McCain's ever have. Despite any attempts to paint him as an "elitist" the truth remains that Obama family has dealt with (and possibly worried about) things like health insurance, student loans, rent and mortgages, day care costs, pumping your own gas, buying groceries, etc. And have done so within an amount of time relevant to, to take a phrase from McCain himself, "The Situation on the ground" If Obama lived in Manhattan, his million dollar mansion would be a one bedroom condo.
Will this make him a better president? I don't know. But if this sort of thing is important to you as a voter, then the truth is a lot more interesting than "they're both rich".
Even if you hate Obama, McCain's whole "Obama's an out of touch Elitist" argument is and has always been a big ol box of BS. Thats a big reason why this is relevant.
posted by billyfleetwood at 1:28 PM on August 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
News flash. Obama is rich, too.
Probably throwing unneeded fuel on an unwanted fire here, and I'm would like to preface this as NOT being a pro-Obama or anti-McCain statement.
There's a huge difference between The McCain Riches and Obama's Riches, and it's an important difference. Obama is indeed rich, but it's pretty recent, and at this point pretty much based entirely on one thing he did. Writing a book. There's no doubt in my mind that Going forward, no matter what he does, there's quite a few big paydays for the guy. And i think how he deals with that will be interesting. But It also can't be ignored that in the very recent past, Obama as living much closer to the rest of us than either of the McCain's ever have. Despite any attempts to paint him as an "elitist" the truth remains that Obama family has dealt with (and possibly worried about) things like health insurance, student loans, rent and mortgages, day care costs, pumping your own gas, buying groceries, etc. And have done so within an amount of time relevant to, to take a phrase from McCain himself, "The Situation on the ground" If Obama lived in Manhattan, his million dollar mansion would be a one bedroom condo.
Will this make him a better president? I don't know. But if this sort of thing is important to you as a voter, then the truth is a lot more interesting than "they're both rich".
Even if you hate Obama, McCain's whole "Obama's an out of touch Elitist" argument is and has always been a big ol box of BS. Thats a big reason why this is relevant.
posted by billyfleetwood at 1:28 PM on August 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
Theroux has written some good booksLastPost!
posted by From Bklyn at 1:29 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by From Bklyn at 1:29 PM on August 22, 2008
updated tax graphs (scroll to end)
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:29 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:29 PM on August 22, 2008
Minimalists, they are not.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:31 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by R. Mutt at 1:31 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
I live in a spectacular 950 sf apartment with incredible ground level views of some grass, a church, and Hobby Lobby. My living room features a black glass top desk in the "office" and a comfortable microfiber couch along with a couple funky retro chairs for conversing or watching the enormous 27 inch Panasonic TV/DVD.
Just as newsworthy.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 1:41 PM on August 22, 2008
Just as newsworthy.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 1:41 PM on August 22, 2008
I use my pianos for crazy picture frame farms, too.
posted by cowbellemoo at 1:42 PM on August 22, 2008
posted by cowbellemoo at 1:42 PM on August 22, 2008
From Bklyn: "Theroux has written some good booksLastPost!"
Eh... His son, on the other hand, Louis, made perhaps the best televion of the past 20 years IMO with Weird Weekends.
newmoistness: "It's the same Theroux, stbalbach."
Everything about it seems to suggest it's not the same author, other than the name. Perhaps he is friend of the McCains and did it as a favor?
posted by stbalbach at 1:42 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Eh... His son, on the other hand, Louis, made perhaps the best televion of the past 20 years IMO with Weird Weekends.
newmoistness: "It's the same Theroux, stbalbach."
Everything about it seems to suggest it's not the same author, other than the name. Perhaps he is friend of the McCains and did it as a favor?
posted by stbalbach at 1:42 PM on August 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
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News flash. Obama is rich, too.
posted by Dave Faris at 12:48 PM on August 22, 2008