More Conservative Bullshit

Via Peggy Noonan on the WSJ.com

blahblahblah can't pick on Palin blahblahblah sexism blahblahblah.
And then this gem:

"For one thing, you assume evangelical Christians will be appalled and left agitated by the circumstances of Mrs. Palin's daughter. But modern American evangelicals are among the last people who'd judge her harshly. It is the left that is about to go crazy with Puritan judgments; it is the right that is about to show what mellow looks like. Religious conservatives know something's wrong with us, that man's a mess. They are not left dazed by the latest applications of this fact. "This just in – there's a lot of sinning going on out there" is not a headline they'd understand to be news.

So the media's going to wait for the Christian right to rise up and condemn Mrs. Palin, and they're not going to do it because it's not their way, and in any case her problems are their problems. Christians lived through the second half of the 20th century, and the first years of the 21st. They weren't immune from the culture, they just eventually broke from it, or came to hold themselves in some ways apart from it. I think the media will explain the lack of condemnation as "Republican loyalty" and "talking points." But that's not what it will be."

I do not know WHAT conservative evangelicals Noonan knows, but the ones around here are the biggest bunch of hypocrites on God's green earth.

They would be savaging this family if they were Democrats.

Fucking hypocrites.

UPDATE:

Noonan on open mic.

Peggy Noonan, I knew you were too smart to buy the bullshit you Republicans are shoveling...

and just let me say I think the Schadenfreude is so good I just want to roll around in it.

"Country First" My Ass

Here, this will help you get over the bullshit the Republicans were shoveling tonight.

Morning Thoughts

GOP platform on abstinence and education

"We renew our call for replacing 'family planning' programs for teens with increased funding
for abstinence education, which teaches abstinence until marriage as the responsible and
expected standard of behavior. Abstinence from sexual activity is the only protection that is
100% effective against out-of-wedlock pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, including
HIV/AIDS when transmitted sexually.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I love Republicans.
If it makes the fundis happy they will stick with a view, even when it is a proven failure that
puts the lives of teens in danger.

Some early morning thoughts:
On a political board I post on a few posters have flounced off over the night, always fun to watch the hissy fits with posters proclaiming "Screw you bitches, I'm outa here!".
I'll miss their special form of crazy.

Palin is obviously a commie traitor. What were the Republicans thinking? They must actually
hate America. Was McCain not wearing his "American" hat when he picked her?

OMG! Will someone PLEASE tell Elizabeth Hasselbeck to STFU? Jesus, that woman is an idiot.
Why does Barbara let her open her pie hole? Oh look, New Kids on the Block are back.
(I turned on the TV to see if we had tornado warnings and there was The View, Joy always
reels me in)

There is a Palin Candidacy Death Watch (With Poll) over on DKos, good times.

Palin is the gift that keeps on giving....if seeing Republicans is a form of entertainment
for you.
It is for me.

Last point.
I wish you could reach though the tv so I could smack Mary Matalin.

Thanks I feel better now.

Troopergate

What can I say.*
Troopergate.

"An internal trooper investigation had found Mr Wooten guilty of several infractions - using a Taser stun gun on his stepson, drinking on duty, threatening his then father-in-law and shooting a moose without a permit, the Anchorage Daily News reported yesterday."

If they all live in mobile homes, in the South**, this would be a Jerry Springer show.

Here, this will take your mind off the fail that is Palin***:




*I can say a whole lot more, but I'm not voting Republican so I could care less if McCain choose a right-wing, anti-choice creationist with the least amount of experience EVAH as his running mate. The fact that she has a vajay means nothing.

**Don't judge me bitches, I live in a mobile home, in the South.

***Yes, yes Michelle is made of awesome.

Turn Off The Talking Heads

If you are watching the Democratic Convention on one of the cable channels you are not getting the whole story.
Please, I beg of you, turn on PBS or C-SPAN to get your convention coverage without the opinion and spin of others.
Also you will see all the speakers and videos, like this on by Speilburgh on our military:


And this one with President Jimmy Carter on New Orleans and Katrina:

Wake Up America!

I'm all about the Democratic convention this week.
Here is Dennis Kucinich 'Wake Up America!'

He's Home!

Mr. Kitty, who has had issues since his near death experience, wandered off almost a week ago.
I have been so sad, crying over the weekend and just moping around.
Tonight, I went to lock the front door before I went to bed.
I looked out "just in case" and he just comes wandering up the steps!

sigh.
I feel very warm and happy right now.

CAKE!

Via a post on Feministing I have just discovered Cake Wrecks where in they make fun of cakes.
Yes, decorated cakes.
"When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong."

This is the kind of shit you cannot make up.

Cakes for cat lovers:
"I think the baker captured that blank look of mortal terror quite well, don't you?"

"I think I saw this outfit modeled on one of Maury Povich's "Who's the Daddy?" episodes."

More Vintage Lilli Ann

Fabric of France "Bamboo", Marvelous blending of mohair, worsted and silk created by Faques Exclusively for The exciting new Lilli Ann Couturier Dress Collection. Lime, Cognac, Fawn, Blue, Violet, garnished luxuriously with mink flowers....

Fabric-Of-France "Embossed Nuage" Rhinestone studded silk and cotton fabric created exclusively for the exciting new Lilli Ann Couturier Dress Collection. Black and White, Gray and white, Brown and white with dramatic velvet trim.....

Both 1954....

Not sure how I feel about the mink flying monkey thingees (yes I know they call them "mink flowers"...they look like monkeys to me) on that halter though.
Creepy.

Living The Vintage Life

Interesting article on the Daily Mail about a few couples in England who live their lives completely in the past.
Cool.
Who wouldn't want a kitchen like this:


I would LOVE to re-do my house like the one above.
Seriously cool.

I don't even mind that they are housewives who live for the comfort of their hubbies.
That is their beeswax and what was the woman's movement for if not to allow women to make any choice they want?
Except they make the mistake that many do of forgetting that not everything was so good in the good old days.

Remember the good old days?
Without AC? Or computers? Or microwaves? Or chemo? Or polio vaccines?
Remember Jim Crow and "separate but equal".
How about having to get your husband permission to go on birth control?

Life was slower and in someways gentler so I do understand the desire to retreat to a fantasy world, but that is all it is because the world of Andy Griffith and Lucy never really existed.

sigh

Color me disappointed....

Of course if John McCain, who fooled around on his wife and then divorced her for a newer, richer model can run for President, I don't see why Edwards can't at least be Attorney General.

The Cuteness....

Carol over at Dandelion Vintage has a new addition!


and here is a new picture of Chief....


Now everyone say awwwwww.....

Vintage Emma Domb

Coming soon to Damn Good Vintage, this wonderful vintage Emma Domb dress.

Just In Case

Just in case that rat bastard Karl Rove comes to your town and you end up contemplating a citizen's arrest like the 4 folks in Iowa, here is a short lesson on preforming a citizen's arrest from Nathan Robinson.
I'm just saying....

Vintage Ceil Chapman

July, 1954

Bad Boys, Bad Boys

COPS is on TV.
Ya'll, there really is nothing better then drunk ass rednecks trying to explain to the police why they drove their car into "daddy's" front room.
Or yelling at each other...
Or...

Jillian!

The guys over at Project Rungay have put up of a preview of the Fall Collection of Jillian Lewis, one of the finalists from season 4 of Project Runway.
I am in love.
And I'm normally not a gal who goes for the ruffles....
If I was skinny and had the cash I would so love to own all those sweaters and that great coat.

Pat Premo

Pat Premo Dress
1954

Lilli Ann

Here is the whole scan of that Lilli Ann dress below:



Fabric of France Finest pure silk "Embossed Jacquard" created exclusively for the exciting new Lilli Ann couturier dress collection. Copper, gray....dramatized by accents of rich Parisian velvet and Austrian hand-cut jewels....about fifty-five dollars at fine stores or write Lilli Ann, 16th and Harrison, San Francisco or 512 Seventh Ave, NY

Good Foundations

Foundations.
No I am not talking about the kind that holds up a building.
I mean the kind that hold in the tummy and push up the boobs.
Girdles, waist cinchers and "all in ones".

Warner's Merry Widow Ad, Vogue 1954

I am also NOT talking about spanx.

I bring this up because I took a return this week for a dress that fit the customer perfect in the waist, hips and bust. But it was a bit too tight in the underbust area.
I did not ask if the customer was wearing the proper foundation garments or not.
If she had been wearing an all-in-one or a high waist girdle the dress might have fit perfect.

I get the not wanting to wear a girdle, but ladies vintage clothing was constructed to be worn over foundation garments. One of the reasons modern women, even skinny gals have a problem getting vintage dresses to fit properly is our problem with wearing a good girdle.

Yes they can be a bit uncomfortable, but look what some of you wear on your feet...how can a girdle be anymore painful then some of the shoes I see gals wear.
And your choices are not just limited to vintage lingerie.
There are modern foundations online and even at your local WalMart.
Playtex still makes those girdles you can get in a box.

Not as awesome as the offerings at Dollhouse Bettie, but they will still do the job.

Strides have been made in fabrics and components that are more comfortable without losing the control that you need to fit into that vintage wiggle dress you have fallen in love with.


Lilli Ann Embossed Jacquard Dress, Vogue 1954