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Ah, Ann Althouse. Always a delight.

She writes a bit of nonsense about the Pelosi/plane nonsense, gets called on it by Scott at LGM, and then gets herself into a snit because Scott was mean to her by making a perfectly legitimate criticism. Through her mad research skillz, Althouse reveals to a stunned world the shocking news that he isn't a lawyer at all but a political science professor! (A fact he has clearly been at pains to conceal. Bust-ed!)

All of this is of course delivered in her inimitable style. (Well, actually it is irresistibly imitable. More on that later.)

Scott Lemieux -- who has a bizarre case of Althouse Derangement Syndrome -- links to this post and rants obtusely about how it's a post-9/11 security requirement that the Speaker of the House fly in a military plane as opposed to a commercial plane. But this post is about a controversy over the size of the military plane she should have, not about whether or not she should have a military plane. He points out that Hastert got a military plane. Well, duh, Scott, that's in the article I linked to....

And then read the text of my post, which doesn't criticize Pelosi for wanting a military plane by for "her desire to avoid having her plane stop to refuel." You know, words have meaning. Two words you might want to learn are "never" and "mind." And then maybe "I'm" and "sorry." You twit.

Lemieux['s blog] had to withdraw a rant about me on Thursday because his own commenters explained how he was being an idiot and got it wrong. Let's see if he figures out his boo-boo this time and corrects it. I don't normally link to my haters, but I'm going to make an exception just to say that Scott's bumbling is especially ridiculous.

Scott replies in the Althouse comments:

Um, when you're engaging in accusations about "bad readings" it would probably be useful to check and see who wrote the withdrawn post in question... 2:16 PM

Which prompts this reply from Althouse:

Well, Scott, I see a tiny little image that looks like this: d. I was under the impression that that was a picture of a tiny little prick, and I thought it was you. I'll take your word for it that I was wrong and that despite your loathsomeness, you've managed to find other little pricks who are willing to associate with you. I have corrected my post to indicate that it was not you. Now, have you corrected your vicious stupidity, you pathetic little man? 3:48 PM

Yikes!

A few observations:

1. Attacking someone's "reading skills" is a bad move when you misidentify the authorship of a post you'd like to single out for attack purposes.

2. It's also poor strategy when your interpretation of events is at odds with information in the very newspaper story you cite as evidence for your claims about the Speaker of the House. To wit, Althouse says: "Can someone explain how Nancy Pelosi has the nerve to tell a group of veterans that her desire to avoid having her plane stop to refuel is all about security?"

Though the LA TImes article she links to contains this paragraph:

The House sergeant at arms originally advised Pelosi that Hastert had used a military plane and recommended that she use one that didn't need to refuel. That prompted her office to request clarification of the rules, Daly said, noting that she never actually requested a specific plane.

How selfish of her to follow someone else's recommendation. (And of course this was available on February 8...)

And what the hell would be so unreasonable about wanting to fly nonstop from DC to California anyway? Mysteries, mysteries...

3.  Is Althouse really claiming that she was  confused because she confused the the letter "d" first with "Scott Lemieux," and then with a penis? I assume this is intended as some class of "Joke," but it is, um, really fairly bizarre. Althouse owes an apology not only to the letter "d" but perhaps to other consonants as well.

4. That last comment of hers I quoted makes her claim that it is other people who are "deranged" seem somewhat unpersuasive. Somehow.

Anyway. I myself am shocked at Althouse's language. Incivility is the plague of the blogosphere. When oh when will it end.

I will make a start. I here offer a short video that will perhaps clear up the difficulties certain bloggers are having with the letter "d." I hope that with this gesture the Healing May Begin.

Comments

[hecate Demetersdatter, Runnymeade Conspirator]

Damn, Thers. You write so well. I'd gladly chew off my left arm.

And, of course, she's an idiot.

[GWPDA]

ALTHOUSE IS A BIG MEANIE.

And she's not very nice, neither.

[dave]

Christ, what a blithering fucking idiot.

[Rmj, Curiously Refreshing]

So she gets it wrong and continues to bluster in order to distract everyone from her errors?

What is this, a disease? It certainly seems to be contagious. And rampant.

Did she not get the memo that even Bush has declared this a non-story?

[Bas-O-Matic]

Someone should go back two years and do a "Best of Althouse blogfights."

I don't think I've seen someone own-goal so consistently as she does.

[dave]

BTW, I get a kick out of just what she thinks "withdrawing a post about me" is:

...upon further reflection, Althouse's post wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.

Wow, talk about decisive victories! d is so pwned!!!11111one!

Advantage: Blithering Idiot!

[Phoenix Woman]

Someone should go back two years and do a "Best of Althouse blogfights."

I don't think I've seen someone own-goal so consistently as she does.

She really enjoys the taste of her own foot, doesn't she?

[1watt]

just thank the invisible cloud dude she's not out there practicing law.

[ignoreland]

Except that the video is actually a metaphorical presentation of the sperm penetrating the egg, which of course means it had to come from a prick, tiny or not.

[Simp]

You know what would be really fun if I had the resources?

Invite Ms Althouse to speak at some function out here on the West coast. Then, in booking her flight out here make sure that it is a not a non-stop flight.

It would be pretty damned funny to hear her bitch about it... you know she would.

[geoduck2]

yeah, but what does Altmouse say?

[Doctor Biobrain]

I honestly believe it would be a big public service if Althouse could detail all the substances she's abusing and what we need to do to avoid them. At a guess, I'd say crack, carpet fibers, and the stuff that turns toilet bowls blue; but I'm sure it can't be that simple. And is it the specific combinations she's using, or can any of this stuff blow our minds?

I mean, what does the veteran's group have to do with refueling and security? Do vets normally think it's safer to refuel often than to fly non-stop? Or is this just part of the conservative belief that veterans are somehow super-citizens with rights and abilities beyond our own; and that liberals are never allowed to speak directly to them unless accompanied by an approving conservative?

My biggest problem with Althouse isn't that she's a nutjob. It's that she makes parody much too difficult. If I wrote half the stuff she did, it wouldn't be funny and everyone would accuse me of being over the top. Yet she continues to plow-away, completely oblivious to the damage she's doing to an entire branch of comedy. And that's the real shame.

[BroD]

You made up this Althouse person--right?

[eightnine2718281828mu5]

For our Republicant friends who are so concerned with costs; reserving a landing slot, refueling, ground crews, inspections, and departure slots all cost money.

But apparently spending the extra money is a non-issue so long as the Republicants can extract the requisite inconvenience from anyone with a 'D' next to their name.

[jussumbody]

Did you forget to post the part where she says "never" and "mind" and "I'm" and "sorry"? Or did she forget her own advice to Scott?
As for "d", it is one of those letters that separate "twit" and "twat".
Annie-boo, stop trying to straddle that line. Impaling yourself on a little "d" prick may be a cheap thrill, but eventually you're going to hurt yourself.

[sdf (Stu)]

Well, Scott, I see a tiny little image that looks like this: d. I was under the impression that that was a picture of a tiny little prick, and I thought it was you.

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and furthermore, ??

and lastly, ???

[owlbear1]

More Sesame Street Subversion?

You evil bastard!

[destor23]

I had no idea that "d" meant that about my member. I will never use the letter again.

To reiterate:

I ha no i ea that " " meant that about my member. I will never use the letter again.

[nolo]

Poli sci prof or no, Scott still has a better handle on legal issues than does the amazing Ann. And I say that as a Real Live Lawyer.

[four legs good]

Oooh. Maddie liked that video.

[mdhatter]

it's a shame there isn't aderenaline-alyzer she could use to disable her computer when she has had too much coffee and is in full tizzy.

Oh, no, wait. That's not a shame at all.

[JT]

You know what's the best part about Republicans being out of power in Congress? The entire right wing loony bin is back to doing exactly what they do best.

Impotent, endless bitching and whining about events of no significance. Fiddling while Baghdad burns. Screwing over everyone in America who works for a living while accusing everyone else of elitism every stupid, factually-incorrect, and entirely fabricated chance they get.

Whine. Lie. Steal. Fucking crybabies.

[The Kenosha Kid]

Well, Scott, I see a tiny little image that looks like this: d. I was under the impression that that was a picture of a tiny little prick, and I thought it was you. I'll take your word for it that I was wrong and that despite your loathsomeness, you've managed to find other little pricks who are willing to associate with you.

Does the University of Wisconsin know their law professors talk like this?

[Prior Aelred]

I thought Althouse was a parody of Altmouse (life would make more sense if it were).

[ice weasel]

Stupid and ugly is no way go through life Ann. You can't fix the ugly, at least try harder on the stupid.

[Scott Lemieux]

In fairness, you have to be deranged to think that Nancy Pelosi isn't a latte-sipping elitist who hates the troops. Get that Denny Hastert back in there, now there was someone who used a private jet the little guy could identify with!

[VA]

I'm delighted we've discovered the determinant of the addled Althouse's delerium: her denken dexterity is undermined by desire when she detects tiny dddd little dddd pricks. Perhaps we should call them objets petit d.

[markg]

Hell hath no fury like a right wing blogger-woman ridiculed. Or something.

[Nancy Willing]

strap her down, prop open the eyelids and pipe in the Zevon

[spocko]

Oh the Best of Blogfights! That would be a fun series: We could play Star Trek Fight music in the Background!

We could do a live read on a podcast!

Wheeee!

[Charles]

Just in case anyone asks, Thers, the House Sergeant at Arms, Bill Livingood was appointed in January 1995 (so saith Wikipedia).

In other words, by Gingrich.

[thingwarbler]

JT @ 8:46: "The entire right wing loony bin is back to doing exactly what they do best: Impotent, endless bitching and whining about events of no significance. " -- and how, exactly, is that any different from what they were busy doing while the inmates were in charge of the asylum?

[Mithras]

The new drunk drivers have hoisted the flag. We are with you in your anger.

[thevandle]

I don't think these people, like Ms. Althouse, are idiots or dummies. They're evil and unprincipled, and being bankrolled by the same people who installed Bush and Cheney, and who run Bush and Cheney and Lieberman, O'Reilly, David Brooks, Barone, all of them. The first name of each of them is Armstrong. Armstrong Limbaugh, Armstrong L.Simon, Armstrong Miller, Armstrong Hinderaker, Armstrong Coulter. Not liars, evil flunkies.

[LeisureGuy]

I tried to read Althouse for a while, but she is *really* tiresome. I don't see how people can read her at all.

[LeisureGuy]

I tried to read Althouse for a while, but she is *really* tiresome. I don't see how people can read her at all.

[spocko]

OT:
Not to be bitter or anything, but I noticed that even Ntodd has been blog rolled by Thers!

Obviously I didn't offer enough quatloos.

[Michael Bérubé]

Look, I hate to pick on another discipline's credentialing mechanisms and all, but when I read Althouse or Reynolds or Powerline I'm inclined to believe that you can get a law degree in this country by mailing $50,000 and two proof-of-purchase seals from packages of Froot Loops to General Diploma Mills, Battle Creek, Michigan.

[Nancy Willing]

don't think these people, like Ms. Althouse, are idiots or dummies. They're evil and unprincipled, and being bankrolled by the same people who installed Bush and Cheney, and who run Bush and Cheney and Lieberman, O'Reilly, David Brooks, Barone, all of them. The first name of each of them is Armstrong. Armstrong Limbaugh, Armstrong L.Simon, Armstrong Miller, Armstrong Hinderaker, Armstrong Coulter. Not liars, evil flunkies.
*

I sadly concur with this.

[Dr. Wu]

Good grief. Althouse has lost it.

[aimai]

50,000 dollar and some fruit loops box tops is clearly putting it too high. I think those law degrees are coming in well under a SSAE and the senders promise to keep buying the fruit loops.

aimai

[Robert Waldmann]

I'd also guess that Ms Althouse owes an apology to that guy she once dated who suffers from having a penis shaped like a d and really didn't want the whole blogsphere to know.

My penis is, in fact, exactly the size and shape of the following full size photograph

d

However, I vehemently deny that Ms Althouse has any way of knowing this (or will ever observe said organ except in this photograph on the web

d.jpg

[Eli Rabett]

The key to understanding Althouse is that she despises men. Take a look at this sketch she made. Actually take a look at her entire Flickr site to see a bunch of her other pathologies.

Her groupies are a very slow bunch. She leaves lots of clues around.

[Libby Spencer]

Althouse owes an apology not only to the letter "d" but perhaps to other consonants as well.

That gets amusing quote of the day.

It's easy to see why she couldn't make it as a practicing trial attorney.

[Deanna]

The key to understanding Althouse is that she despises men. Take a look at this sketch she made. Actually take a look at her entire Flickr site to see a bunch of her other pathologies.

Eli, she doesn't reserve her hate for men. She hates everyone. It wasn't that long ago she was ripping on a blogger for having breasts! That were noticeable in a photograph!

Actually, I look forward to the day she can be mocked for noticing! that men have bulges! in their jeans!

[d]

I'm truly honored by this video. My micropenis screen name has never been quite so famous.

[mr.ed]

Gosh, I think disparaging somebody's appearance is pretty low. How'd she know the size of his sexual equipment? Is she that experienced to believe bigger is better? I'm reminded of a comment made under the influence of ouzo whispered in my ear by a semi-famous female musician:
"A woman's mouth is the same size as her vagina." Anne, is that you?

[RichardS]

I think we on the left ought to reconsider this. I mean, after all, Pelosi is second in line behind Cheney, and we have learned very clearly the last couple of weeks how much he rides his Scooter.

[Figaro]

Go easy on poor Ann. It must be hard waiting, waiting, waiting for Regnery Press or some news syndicate to come calling with a nice fat contract in hand, especially when she sees those other two gorgons, Coulter and Malkin, pulling in the dough. Don't be impatient, Ann, there's plenty of room for another political whore in the conservative brothel!

[The Crapture]

i know it may ceem partisan and uncivil of me, but I can only conclude that i have yet to enounter a box of rocks that acheives Althouse levels of stupid