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As a native of NC, I can tell you that paper is made from trees that are grown and harvested for this purpose, by a process that smells very bad. You don't need to take down trees in the wilderness to make paper, so use of paper is not inconsistent with being a conservationist.

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Not a whole heck of a lot of Bushes either.

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I call bullshit. No one under 60 writes letters on paper and no one over 8 writes with a pencil, ergo this claim cannot be true.

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It's technically Down syndrome (lower-case s) but I prefer to call mine a Downie.

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My mother spent the last 3 years of her life essentially as a vegetable, in the last stages of Alzheimer's. We had to wait until 'God took her' rather than stop tube feeding her and end her life. With tens of thousands of dollars paying for her care from Social Security and medicare.

The greatest medical expenses most people will run up occurs in the last years (or months) of a long life. I loved my mother very much but there comes a time when you have to let go.

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if sara benincasa is sarah palin's saraPAC web director, i would read it.

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Yeah...if it was Down's syndrome, and I had a kid with this affliction, I would be all...hey...if it's Down's syndrome, give it the fuck back to him!

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I use a mechanical pencil and a notebook...but that's only when I'm pretending to be a songwriter.

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Oh sure...friggen socashilist...where to you think that club came from? A tree! That's where.

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Yer kitty looks like a murderer. Okay.

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I personally have no intention of going any where like that for at least forty -five more years. And no Beatles or boring opium! Seriously. The holidays must have worn you out. Next time do take out and concentrate on the playlist and your hair.

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"Way back in the summer of 2009, your Sarah Palin was busy scaring the shit out of The Stupids..."

In other words, she was talking "with" her kids? But probably not for two whole hours...

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As Upton Sinclair so aptly put it, it’s almost impossible to convince someone of anything, if their paycheck depends on it not being true.

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Well, he got a vinegar soaked sponge too don't forget.

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Isn't it Down's Syndrome, not Down Syndrome? Maybe she means "I gotta put this baby down cause I've got a plane to catch."

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Sarah doesn't/didn't give a shit about any death panels it was just Koch PR to scare the old stupids into believing in the teabaggers and it worked. The old smarts know how to read and have seen the worst already. I cheered when I saw what they did with this. Haha. Suck it! As for pretty pencils, really, just stick them in your ear Sarah and push real hard we'll harvest them later as needed.

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