Call Off the Dogs
Silence in court, and all attention lend. Behold your Judge! In due submission bend!Soooo, we were kind of off base with the Rehny rumor mill. What can we say? Billy Boy loves the spotlight. He got out of the hospital yesterday, and promptly told people he's staying. Said the Chief, "I want to put to rest the speculation and unfounded rumors of my imminent retirement." Fine then.
All our best to the Judge.
WaPo story here, NYT story here, and even RedState.org has sheepishly conceded the fact that he's staying. PowerLine analysis here. The Irish, however, were too drunk when they got the memo.
Presented for your delectation by the Hired Hand at 12:46 PM
Comments on "Call Off the Dogs"
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Hired Hand said ... (10:22 PM) :
post a commentWhat is this gratuitous antiIrish insult? I assumed that the "Irish need not apply" days were long since past. After all, we are talking about the country that successfully took enormous sums from the French and turned themselves into the Celtic Tiger, to say nothing of the Culture that saved civilization (see James Carroll). Besides, it was unnecessary, see "gratuitous," and therefore beneath you - particularly as talented and insightful as you generally are.
Gratuitous? INSULT? No way, man. *My* friends in the Irish community welcome the characterization with pride, and similarly view it as QUITE necessary.
The common version of the phrase phrase is, "No Irish Need Apply," by the way, not "Irish need not apply." How the Irish Saved Civilization is, shall we say, a bit esoteric for the Irish I know. They prefer to leaf through the Sports Illustrated "Limited Edition Red Sox World Champions 2004" issue instead.
With that, I'm off for the weekend to swim in a Californian river and lay out on sun-warmed rocks. See you Monday.