Comments on: Santorum's wife authored children's book on good manners, with foreword by Joe Paterno, blurb by Bono http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 11:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: twency http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1391190 twency Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1391190 Laudanum contains 25 times the morphine by volume compared to Paregoric, according to Wikipedia.  So, not really the same thing unless the wiki is wrong, which is of course always a real possibility. Laudanum contains 25 times the morphine by volume compared to Paregoric, according to Wikipedia.  So, not really the same thing unless the wiki is wrong, which is of course always a real possibility.

]]> By: Anne Noise http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1391108 Anne Noise Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1391108  Oh my God the Great Mall is such a huge piece of shit.  So poorly named.  I remember seeing the giant blue sign for the first time as a kid, then a few years later actually ending up there, and being devastated.  The best store at the time was Sam Goody, so that's saying something.  Oh my God the Great Mall is such a huge piece of shit.  So poorly named.  I remember seeing the giant blue sign for the first time as a kid, then a few years later actually ending up there, and being devastated.  The best store at the time was Sam Goody, so that’s saying something.

]]> By: Anne Noise http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1391112 Anne Noise Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1391112 Wait, someone who wants to teach their children when and why foul language is appropriate and when and why it isn't?!  Fucking shocking! Wait, someone who wants to teach their children when and why foul language is appropriate and when and why it isn’t?!  Fucking shocking!

]]> By: David Kerlick http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1390794 David Kerlick Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1390794  They called it paregoric in the 50's.  They called it paregoric in the 50′s.

]]> By: Charlie B http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1390199 Charlie B Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1390199 You must be under 50 years old then. In the 1960s parents used to give it to children for teething pain. You must be under 50 years old then. In the 1960s parents used to give it to children for teething pain.

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389750 Marc Mielke Sat, 07 Apr 2012 06:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389750 A SUBSTITUTE for laudanum? My parents never gave me laudanum!  Now I'm all sad.  A SUBSTITUTE for laudanum? My parents never gave me laudanum! 

Now I’m all sad. 

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389705 niktemadur Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389705 <i>One of the members of U2 who was not a Catholic Charismatic like the other three was pretty upset about the strictly enforced "no groupies" policy.</i> Sounds like that would be Adam Clayton, the bassist. <i>I wonder whether he might have met the Santorums at some international Catholic Charismatic event.</i> Probable, common causes make extremely strange bedfellows.  But during the Jubilee thing, Bono met with a ton of congresscritters, focusing most of his efforts on charming the republicans, as he understood that's where resistance may have popped up from.  He did a man's job there, Bono did. Anyway, Santorum was elected to the Senate in 1996, so he was already there when Bono showed up, I wouldn't be surprised if they kneeled and prayed in Santorum's office. One of the members of U2 who was not a Catholic Charismatic like the other three was pretty upset about the strictly enforced “no groupies” policy.
Sounds like that would be Adam Clayton, the bassist.

I wonder whether he might have met the Santorums at some international Catholic Charismatic event.
Probable, common causes make extremely strange bedfellows.  But during the Jubilee thing, Bono met with a ton of congresscritters, focusing most of his efforts on charming the republicans, as he understood that’s where resistance may have popped up from.  He did a man’s job there, Bono did.
Anyway, Santorum was elected to the Senate in 1996, so he was already there when Bono showed up, I wouldn’t be surprised if they kneeled and prayed in Santorum’s office.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389522 Incipient Madness Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389522 Bono is pretty big into the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement. I wonder whether he might have met the Santorums at some international Catholic Charismatic event where Mr. Frothy gave some kind of feel good speech and made a good impression on Bono, so he blurbed the book without knowing much else about him. And maybe Bono and Frothy are in agreement on a lot of things. I know Bono seems all liberal with his support of the Jubilee movement to reduce and renegotiate third world debt, but maybe he's otherwise a pretty strong traditional family values type. I remember seeing in a documentary somewhere that on U2's  first US tour  that one of the members of U2 who was not a Catholic Charismatic like the other three was pretty upset about the strictly enforced "no groupies" policy. Bono is pretty big into the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement. I wonder whether he might have met the Santorums at some international Catholic Charismatic event where Mr. Frothy gave some kind of feel good speech and made a good impression on Bono, so he blurbed the book without knowing much else about him.

And maybe Bono and Frothy are in agreement on a lot of things. I know Bono seems all liberal with his support of the Jubilee movement to reduce and renegotiate third world debt, but maybe he’s otherwise a pretty strong traditional family values type. I remember seeing in a documentary somewhere that on U2′s  first US tour  that one of the members of U2 who was not a Catholic Charismatic like the other three was pretty upset about the strictly enforced “no groupies” policy.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389480 Noctilucent Studios Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389480 Jeff Gannon <i>also </i>went to Penn State. Just sayin'..... Jeff Gannon also went to Penn State.

Just sayin’…..

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389474 Ito Kagehisa Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389474 THE boy who plays at marbles and doesn't try to cheat, Who always keeps his temper, no matter if he's beat, Is sure to be a favorite with all upon the street. The girl who counts her hundreds very fairly, when she's "it" Who doesn't peep or listen, nor turn around a bit, I'm sure she's not a Goop, in fact, she's quite the opposite! http://emilie.hermit.net/content/burgess-frank-gelett-goops-and-how-be-one THE boy who plays at marbles and doesn’t try to cheat,
Who always keeps his temper, no matter if he’s beat,
Is sure to be a favorite with all upon the street.

The girl who counts her hundreds very fairly, when she’s “it”
Who doesn’t peep or listen, nor turn around a bit,
I’m sure she’s not a Goop, in fact, she’s quite the opposite!

http://emilie.hermit.net/content/burgess-frank-gelett-goops-and-how-be-one

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389469 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389469 Show me on the thank you note where the bad man touched you. Show me on the thank you note where the bad man touched you.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389460 Robert Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389460 The publication date is listed as April 1, 2003! Happy April Fool's Day from 9 years ago! Because I absolutely refuse to believe that someone can be that much of a complete caricature of themselves. The publication date is listed as April 1, 2003! Happy April Fool’s Day from 9 years ago! Because I absolutely refuse to believe that someone can be that much of a complete caricature of themselves.

]]> By: LogrusZed http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389433 LogrusZed Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389433 "Nobody likes a snitch." -Joe Pa “Nobody likes a snitch.”

-Joe Pa

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389428 Chuck Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389428 "Never speak ill of anyone on your coaching staff. They're fine men, and pillars of your community. They've volunteered their time to help you grow up to become real men." “Never speak ill of anyone on your coaching staff. They’re fine men, and pillars of your community. They’ve volunteered their time to help you grow up to become real men.”

]]> By: Sagodjur http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389395 Sagodjur Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389395 If I have kids, I'm teaching them swear words from birth, with the caveat that they are only to be uttered to people who think they can force their extremist and absurd morality upon you.  However, they'll be far too young to be taught the meaning of Santorum for sometime. If I have kids, I’m teaching them swear words from birth, with the caveat that they are only to be uttered to people who think they can force their extremist and absurd morality upon you.  However, they’ll be far too young to be taught the meaning of Santorum for sometime.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389369 Stefan Jones Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389369 I think there's a need for good manners and etiquette and virtues and all that. I wouldn't have a problem with it being taught in school, along with changing the oil in your car, balancing a checkbook, and roasting a chicken. But these celebrity-driven books really hit my glurge alarm. I suspect that they rarely get actually read to kids, except perhaps as a substitute for laudanum. Their real audience are Conserva-Grannies who get a thrill from imagining their grandkids acting like the boys and girls in period dramas on the Hallmark Channel. Maybe, ah, thirteen years back the must-have dust-collector was the Book of Virtues, by former Secretary of Education and Indian Casino customer William Bennett. They actually did a cartoon of that one. I remember once walking through a hideous mall ("The Great Mall of the Bay Area" I think) around the holidays; episodes of the cartoon was playing on overhead monitors. I'm sure it was some kind of promotion to shill the VHS tapes, but seeing it on screen after screen as I worked my way around the crowded corridors I couldn't help but feel there was this Orwellian indoctrination vibe to it. I think there’s a need for good manners and etiquette and virtues and all that. I wouldn’t have a problem with it being taught in school, along with changing the oil in your car, balancing a checkbook, and roasting a chicken.

But these celebrity-driven books really hit my glurge alarm. I suspect that they rarely get actually read to kids, except perhaps as a substitute for laudanum. Their real audience are Conserva-Grannies who get a thrill from imagining their grandkids acting like the boys and girls in period dramas on the Hallmark Channel.

Maybe, ah, thirteen years back the must-have dust-collector was the Book of Virtues, by former Secretary of Education and Indian Casino customer William Bennett. They actually did a cartoon of that one. I remember once walking through a hideous mall (“The Great Mall of the Bay Area” I think) around the holidays; episodes of the cartoon was playing on overhead monitors. I’m sure it was some kind of promotion to shill the VHS tapes, but seeing it on screen after screen as I worked my way around the crowded corridors I couldn’t help but feel there was this Orwellian indoctrination vibe to it.

]]> By: goldenearth http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389354 goldenearth Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389354 The CULT OF BONO continues to crumble. Further proof that you don't have to be a rocket scientist to get a book published. The CULT OF BONO continues to crumble. Further proof that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to get a book published.

]]> By: ≠ http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/rick-santorums-wife-authored.html#comment-1389342 ≠ Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153371#comment-1389342 Turns out it's fake Bono anyway Turns out it’s fake Bono anyway

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