The comment threads following articles on Politico.com are usually what they're like on a lot of sites: a combination of right-wing jerk-offs yelling very loudly and left-wing jerk-offs yelling very loudly, interspersed with the occasional cogent comment which is ignored across the board by jerk-offs of both stripes. So the thread that followed this morning's Politico story about New York governor David Paterson was a breath of fresh air compared to the normal air quality:
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Captain, how soon can you land?
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I can't tell.
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You can tell me, I'm a doctor.
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No, I mean, I'm just not sure.
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Well, can't you take a guess?
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Well, not for another two hours.
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You can't take a guess "for another two hours"?
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No, no, no, I mean we can't land for another two hours.
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Can you fly this plane and land it?
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Surely you can't be serious.
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I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
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Elaine, you're a member of this crew. Can you face some unpleasant facts?
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No.
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You'd better tell the Captain we've got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.
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A hospital? What is it?
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It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.
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What kind of plane is it?
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Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol.
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Nervous?
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Yes.
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First time?
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No, I've been nervous lots of times.
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Flight 2-0-9'er, you are cleared for take-off.
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Roger!
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Huh?
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L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9'er.
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Roger!
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Huh?
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Request vector, over.
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What?
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Flight 2-0-9'er cleared for vector 324.
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We have clearance, Clarence.
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Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
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Tower's radio clearance, over!
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That's Clarence Oveur. Over.
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Over.
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Roger.
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Huh?
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Roger, over!
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What?
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Huh?
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Who?
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Are we almost there yet?
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The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.
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The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.
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The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone.
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No, the white zone is for loading of passengers and there is no stopping in a RED zone.
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The red zone has always been for loading and unloading of passengers. There's never stopping in a white zone.
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Don't you tell me which zone is for loading, and which zone is for stopping!
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Listen Betty, don't start up with your white zone s*** again.
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Where's the bathroom?
