Waitress: “For the last time, sir, yes, we have an entire pot of clam chowder in the kitchen — and no, that doesn’t mean we ‘owe it to the people’ to give you a bowl for free.” Yelverton: … Yelverton: … Yelverton: “LIBEL!”* **** update: Yelverton: “I HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO YOUR FUCKING SOUP! NOW FETCH ME A BOWL, HATER!” **** Listen: William Yelverton tried commenting here under

Oleg Atbashian: The term “professional left” denotes a growing industry that specializes in converting other people’s money into an ideological product, while making a good living out of it in the process. It would seem that Robert Gibbs broke the first rule of the professional left, which is (of course): you do not talk about the professional left. The second rule? See the first rule. Now that Gibbs has recklessly

Pension reform for a bankrupt state? Ha. We’ll just take the bailouts, instead, thanks. Your tax dollars at work. For us. Suckers. **** update: somewhat related.

Yesterday, Middle Tennessee State professor of guitar and guitar-related activities (cf., “Intro to strumming”; “Advanced techniques in re-stringing”; “Tiny Tim: The semiotics of Tulip Tiptoeing as a critique of corporatism and running dog capitalism”) William Yelverton was so eager to find an example of how the bigotry of the hateful rightwingers — who evidently make up roughly 70% of the US electorate — was physically asserting itself as an offshoot