tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post116238081860377757..comments2023-10-02T07:55:24.415-04:00Comments on Words Matter: Tom Connolly-Performance ArtistJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763876658345223153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post-1162490618740942272006-11-02T13:03:00.000-05:002006-11-02T13:03:00.000-05:00...Because we all know that if the "terrrrrrrrrist......Because we all know that if the "terrrrrrrrrists" strike again, it will be bin Laden himself, on a bridge in Portland ME, waving a 3/4 sized gun and a placard at passing motorists.<BR/><BR/>I love how "all threats must be taken seriously" has usurped "deploying critial thinking skills" among our public servants. Connolly has a perfect right to act as idiotically as his pleases without thinking through the consequences*; police officers do not.<BR/><BR/>(*I'm hugely anti-TABOR too, but I have my doubts that suggesting that those who support it are akin to messianic Saudi religious fanatics is the best way to convince the waverers. Lest we forget that when the other side uses the "a vote for X is a vote for the terrorists" style we do our nuts).Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post-1162488237951477872006-11-02T12:23:00.000-05:002006-11-02T12:23:00.000-05:00Your fascination is my fascination. I'm just now c...Your fascination is my fascination. I'm just now crafting my follow-up to the <A HREF="http://arguablyso.blogspot.com/2006/11/more-on-tom-connollys-halloween.html" REL="nofollow">junk</A> I posted yesterday about the Man with the Big Duck Billed Hat.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure we're not the only ones holding some suspicion about the tone and substance of the initial complaint issued over the phone to SPPD. I understand the difficulty of fully comprehending a picket sign at 73 miles per hour, but why is it that the words "ill motive" pop into my head. Methinks the caller might have an inclination, if not a tangible stake in this TABOR mess.T. Oklahoma Bandwagonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038835279750759681noreply@blogger.com