Comments on: We’re Unable to Take Your Call Now http://blog.bbbeard.com/2008/09/16/were-unable-to-take-your-call-now/ A Peculiar, Yet Refreshing, Blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:36:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: bbbeard http://blog.bbbeard.com/2008/09/16/were-unable-to-take-your-call-now/#comment-37 bbbeard Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:52:52 +0000 http://blog.bbbeard.com/2008/09/16/were-unable-to-take-your-call-now/#comment-37 Well, actually, this is a pretty typical size for leftish protests in Memphis. I recall a heavily hyped antiwar protest on the eve of the Iraq campaign. The protestors -- perhaps a dozen -- waved and shook signs. Memphis being the small millionish town that it is, I of course knew a couple of the folks.... Well, actually, this is a pretty typical size for leftish protests in Memphis. I recall a heavily hyped antiwar protest on the eve of the Iraq campaign. The protestors — perhaps a dozen — waved and shook signs. Memphis being the small millionish town that it is, I of course knew a couple of the folks….

]]> By: aurora_guy http://blog.bbbeard.com/2008/09/16/were-unable-to-take-your-call-now/#comment-36 aurora_guy Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:23:58 +0000 http://blog.bbbeard.com/2008/09/16/were-unable-to-take-your-call-now/#comment-36 To be fair, that ireporter video was shot in Anchorage. We in Fairbanks say the best thing about Anchorage is that it's so close to Alaska. Then again, they call us Squarebanks. I liked the video, because it honestly was so representative of what I have seen here on any demonstrations on any subject. Sad but true. To be fair, that ireporter video was shot in Anchorage. We in Fairbanks say the best thing about Anchorage is that it’s so close to Alaska. Then again, they call us Squarebanks.

I liked the video, because it honestly was so representative of what I have seen here on any demonstrations on any subject. Sad but true.

]]> By: bbbeard http://blog.bbbeard.com/2008/09/16/were-unable-to-take-your-call-now/#comment-34 bbbeard Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:36:02 +0000 http://blog.bbbeard.com/2008/09/16/were-unable-to-take-your-call-now/#comment-34 I followed the link & watched in horror as, what, musta been 10% of Fairbanks' population paraded against <i>mon obscur objet de désir</i>. I found particularly poignant the charming lady whose sign helpfully pointed out that not everyone in Alaska is an idiot -- surely she wasn't expecting the lower 48 to assume Trig Palin was the norm? OTOH I've heard the last "sensitive" Alaskan was <a href=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001555/ rel="nofollow">Rob Morrow</a>. I followed the link & watched in horror as, what, musta been 10% of Fairbanks’ population paraded against mon obscur objet de désir. I found particularly poignant the charming lady whose sign helpfully pointed out that not everyone in Alaska is an idiot — surely she wasn’t expecting the lower 48 to assume Trig Palin was the norm? OTOH I’ve heard the last “sensitive” Alaskan was Rob Morrow.

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