No doubt people associate race with certain names. I have a black friend whose given name is one of those. He legally changed it to Benjamin because he didn't feel he was taken seriously when using his original given name
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 11:42 AM on April 24, 2008

My favorite was a 1982 323i I bought in 89 and drove until a tree feel on it in 1990. It was as rock solid at 18 years as it was when I got it and was as durable as the 320i and 318i from the era, but had the added boost of a 6 cylinder.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 10:59 AM on September 13, 2007

Heh. If you watch That's the Way God Planned and look behind Billy Preston there is a guy singing back up wearing a cowboy-like hat. That guy is my kid's grandfather (ex-wife's father). I knew he'd been involved but never took the time to check for videos.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:46 PM on August 31, 2007

I guess I just don't give shit. My range was from +9 for Gravel to -5 for Cox.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:35 PM on August 9, 2007

Accusing someone of splitting hairs in a discussion about the law is laughable. The law is all about splitting hairs.

I don't see anywhere where dios has said that he supports what the DoJ is accused of doing or that he thinks what they are accused of doing would be a great idea. All he said was he doesn't think they violated the Hatch Act. Based on what I've seen on the subject I agree or would at least say you'd have a damned hard time proving that they did. For some... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:25 PM on April 26, 2007

A DAO-12 is basically just a 12 gauge shotgun that will hold 12 rounds. I believe this is a version of the same gun manufactured in the US. If I'm not mistaken only the versions with barrels less than 18 inches would require any sort of special permit under Federal law.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:20 PM on April 16, 2007

In the 70s Boston Edison ran an ad saying that a nuclear power plant in Iran was a good idea (I'm guessing because they wanted to do the same thing). In 2007 the US government says this is a bad idea. How is that hypocrisy? The Bush administration may be full of hypocrites but I don't see the connection unless Boston Edison is part of the administration. Was it hypocrisy that some US industrialists thought the Nazis were a-okay but the US later went to war against them?
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:23 PM on April 3, 2007

The first link to the copy accompanied by the photo of the Shah is a Boston Edison advertisement. Look at the small print at the bottom.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:33 PM on April 3, 2007

Needs more boobie!
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:01 PM on February 23, 2007

As the owner of a Colt AR15, I was going to come in here and share my great wisdom by telling everyone that I've never cared for it because it tends to jam. Now I am reminded that there are a good number of community members that not only have a great deal more experience with such weapons but that actually have more than a vague understanding of how they work. I shoot on occasion and own a number of firearms but my depth of knowledge doesn't go much further than "the firing pin hits the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:54 PM on February 21, 2007

"Lee was a weak strategist!"

All I know is that ColdChef feller is asking for a wuppin'.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 8:57 AM on February 12, 2007

Tacos are pretty great: Jonmc doesn't need me to defend him but he didn't say anything of the sort. I think what he said was more to the effect of, when you do something that annoying you shouldn't be surprised if someone reacts with violence.

I agree. If you provoke someone and they kick your ass I wouldn't have a lot of sympathy for you. I'm not saying it would be right to kick your ass but I believe the provoker bears some responsibility for putting their self in... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 10:54 AM on February 13, 2007

He spoke during the Ethics sections at a couple of CLE courses I took at Georgetown in the late 90s. I was thoroughly impressed by his presentations. In fact, so much so that I still recognized his name when I saw it in the FPP. Until this moment I hadn't realize that he was anything more than a Jesuit/law professor. Wow. Guess I should have spent a little more time looking over the presenters' bios.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:09 PM on January 30, 2007

Yep. I'd say a good number of the commenter's failed to read the entire article.

"I read all 8 pages, and the reasoning is basically that he doesn't want to piss off the xenophobic American-born residents..."

That was the mayor's reason for not unilaterally allowing them to use the field initially but when the coach came to him to complain he recommended that she take it to the city counsel which approved their use... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:38 PM on January 23, 2007

Bardic: I wasn't so much defending the guy as indicating that people were either not reading the entire article or reading things into it that, as far as I could see, just weren't there. I read a good number of comments before I read the article and was expecting to read that the mayor had completely denied the possibility that they could ever use the field and that the residents of the city were actively persecuting the coach and players. That was not what the article said. Hell, the YMCA came... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:37 PM on January 23, 2007

I don't know why I can just let it pass... bardic, ever been to much of Illinois, Ohio or Howard Beach for that matter?
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 3:25 PM on January 23, 2007

Someone in here sucks like a chronic autoimmune disease.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 3:11 PM on November 29, 2006

I would have had a double major except I only declared one and it would have only taken me 1 year except it took seven and I would have done it at UVA except I went to a third rate institution. Other than that I'm just like that kid.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 10:10 PM on September 20, 2006

Iowa calling Kentucky ignorant. Heh
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 3:31 PM on September 14, 2006

Every hurricane season as a child I remember hearing people talking about fearing that exactly what happened during Katrina was going to happen that year to those same levees. I specifically remember hearing it at age 9 when Camile was headed our way in 1969.

This wasn't a new problem. That doesn't excuse Bush but it also doesn't excuse many prior federal administrations.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 3:33 PM on August 29, 2006

Operates more like an Irish Mail than a handcar.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 3:09 PM on August 23, 2006

I am almost certain bonaldi is 100% correct. I say his mother did it.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:56 PM on August 23, 2006

Doesn't make it right but we all know this is the exception rather than the rule elsewise we wouldn't see it on the intertubes or be discussing it here. My comment is prompted by all the "thank god I'm in Canada comments" above. In my youth I was caught with small amounts of pot by the authorities more than once but was never arrested or even cited. In each case we were forced to throw it into the wind or it was confiscated and this was in one of those hellishly repressive southern red... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:07 PM on August 22, 2006

The Rs and the Ds aren't exactly alike. When they pander they pander to the opposite extremes. Exactly alike but the playbooks are different.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 3:04 PM on August 9, 2006

I live in SUV land. The reason I most often hear from SUV owners for driving them is that they like being up high. I hate the MFers because I can't see anything when I get behind or beside one. Makes me wonder if some people aren't buying them so they can see over the ones that are already on the road.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:45 PM on July 24, 2006

The ABA acredits law schools.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 12:39 PM on July 24, 2006

May be she's just ticklish? I'm no Bush fan but there is no way MeFi would have paid any attention to this if it had been someone else.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 4:22 PM on July 18, 2006

I very proud of my southern heritage and the confederate flag means anything but racism to me. I would never wear or display one because I realize it does, understandably, mean exactly that to others. I also don't like seeing it appropriated by groups/individuals who display it because they know it has that effect. It makes me sad but I think displaying it, even simply out of a sense of southern pride, is just damned insensitive.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 9:27 AM on July 14, 2006

The "Bonnie Blue" has often been suggested as a replacement for the purpose of celebrating southern pride. (As a decendent of citizens of the Republic of West Florida I kind of like the idea).
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 9:38 AM on July 14, 2006

It's a hard thing to explain. As a southerner seeing the Confederate battle flag flown in certain settings/situations can bring a tear to my eye but so can hearing MLK delivering the I Have a Dream speech. The flag doesn't symbolize racism to me but I fully understand why it would to others so I don't display it or, as far as I know, even possess anything that does.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:11 PM on July 14, 2006

erskelyne: I am no ignorant apologist or defender of all things Southern, and can be quite aggravated by some attitudes and actions there;

There are some denizens of MeFi-land who believe we are all card carrying members of the KKK. They knows us all without out ever having met us. Your choice is either to grow a thick skin or avoid all discussions even vaguely related to the south or racism. It sucks but it is so.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:19 PM on July 14, 2006

John Lucas invented darkness
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 11:24 AM on July 12, 2006

I'm going to drive by the thing on the way home from work. At least I don't seem to be the only person in Memphis who's a little embarassed by it.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 3:23 PM on July 5, 2006

He makes exactly the same kinds of erroneous generalizations that are made everyday in MeFi land regarding red states and the south.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:45 PM on June 29, 2006

46 and can't hear it. Turned up the volume on my PC at work and played it and no one else could hear it either.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:46 PM on June 12, 2006

My ex-wife loves to give just ask, err.., everybody.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:09 PM on June 7, 2006

Scalia looked like a good sport. He seemed to genuinely think the poke Colbert took at him was funny.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 9:58 AM on April 30, 2006

I'm with ya nile_red. Suck it, haters.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:58 PM on April 19, 2006

geekgal: would your trip through Memphis have been around the time of the NCAA tournament?
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 3:48 PM on March 2, 2006

Rather than limit free speech they need to pass a law that makes beating the shit out of a funeral protester a misdemeanor punishable by a $25 fine.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 12:44 PM on February 23, 2006

From the last link: "...and, finally, four years in a nursing home in Peoria. Meanwhile, John Doe had become blind and diabetic..."

The NYT obit says he was blind when found wandering. The article about the book makes it sounds like he didn't lose his vision until later in life.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 3:01 PM on February 22, 2006

Stewart = funny on purpose

Limbaugh = funny by accident
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:31 PM on February 22, 2006

"Cathy's Clown" by The Everly Brothers. Dating a Cathy at the moment, ex-wife named Cathy, hmmmm.....
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 1:03 PM on February 20, 2006

JeffK: This thread makes me realize that there are a lot of really young Mefites (and a few old ones like me).

"Hey Jude", by the way.

Thanks for making me feel really old.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 2:33 PM on February 20, 2006

If you want to label the founding fathers as liberal according to how it is defined today remember that LBJ (the president when MLK was being bugged) was a democrat. Neither of yesterday's labels are accurate today. Besides tha,t most of the preceding comments are a load of horseshit. MLK and Coretta have meant a whole lot more to this country than what petty bullshit happened at the funeral. This and all discussions like it minimize their importance.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 11:39 PM on February 8, 2006

My Dad's about the same age but still living. Mr. Ferguson has reminded me to appreciate him. I'll go out of my way to let him know I do later today when we watch the Superbowl together.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 12:32 AM on February 5, 2006

I was a teenager in the 70's. I don't remember it being that great. Maybe it was different in my part of the US but weren't none of us getting beejers.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 10:42 AM on February 3, 2006

Garden variety littering is not a felony. The links lodurr provided look like they have to do with cases prosecuted under a Florida law. Under the Florida law the "littering" has to be egregious to rate as a felony.

403.413(c) Any person who dumps litter in violation of subsection (4) in an amount exceeding 500 pounds in weight or 100 cubic feet in volume or in any quantity for commercial purposes, or dumps litter which is a hazardous waste as... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 9:04 AM on January 25, 2006

Rothko hates babies.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 10:47 PM on January 22, 2006

CunningL - Thanks for doing the leg work I was to lazy to do.

Because the conditions in some of the hardest hit neighborhoods were so poor even before the hurricanes some also suspect that a number of those who left will have no desire to return. If you have ever been in some of the neighborhoods behind the French Quarter, just north of Rampart St., you'd understand why. Relocation to any place outside of the worst third world slum would be an improvement.
posted to MetaFilter by Carbolic at 8:13 PM on January 17, 2006