Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Repeat Tweets: Are You Better Off?

Repeat tweets from September, 2012:

  • 2012 09 01 - All aboard: "A private consortium has expressed interest in financing the entire 62-mile Cotton Belt Corridor project." http://t.co/C3sqJnFl
  • 2012 09 01 - Headline: "Texas High School Claims Title in Football's Megascreen Wars." Thank you, RISD for not playing this game. http://t.co/nwkh8IJo
  • 2012 09 01 - My Week with Marilyn (2011): Captures MM's loneliness but not her magnetism. Makes Laurence Olivier look like a hack. Still, touching. B-
  • 2012 09 01 - Headline: "Cardinal Carlo Martini says Church '200 years behind'" I think he's being generous to the Church. http://t.co/LLqtFtRT
  • 2012 09 03 - Tort reform supporter Texas Comptroller Susan Combs: "Sue, baby, sue. I want to say let’s just keep suing those guys." http://t.co/JX4aHWh3
  • 2012 09 03 - RT Eric Cantor: "Today [Labor Day], we celebrate those who have taken a risk, worked hard, built a business and earned their own success." WTF?
  • 2012 09 03 - ...Marigold Hotel (2011): Retirees seek new start in India. All-star ensemble cast. Exotic location. Everything is all right in the end. A-
  • 2012 09 04 - Are you better off than you were four years ago? "Absolutely. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive." -- VP Joe Biden
  • 2012 09 04 - Are you better off than you were four years ago? "We’re better off. Obama pursued an all-of-the-above [energy] strategy." -- Duke Energy CEO
  • 2012 09 04 - Are you better off than you were four years ago? Yes, "government guarantees health care for virtually all its citizens." -- Timothy Noah
  • 2012 09 04 - Are you better off than you were four years ago? Yes, we put out the fire, we're rebuilding, & we won't let the arsonists back -- Dean Baker
  • 2012 09 05 - Are you better off than you were four years ago? "Our country was on the verge of a financial meltdown of global proportion." - Nancy Pelosi
  • 2012 09 05 - Are you better off than you were four years ago? "Did the Mavs have a title 4 years ago? No. Do they now? Yes. Next question." -- Mark Cuban
  • 2012 09 06 - Are you better off now than four years ago? "Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off now than he was four years ago." -- Wayne Slater
  • 2012 09 06 - "Are we better off than when he took office, with an economy in free fall, losing 750,000 jobs a month? The answer is yes!" -- Bill Clinton

After the jump, more repeat tweets.


  • 2012 09 05 - Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce: A gentle man on simple quest to walk across England leaves big impression on reader. A-
  • 2012 09 05 - "We all understand that freedom isn't free. ... Neither is opportunity. We have to invest in it." -- Julian Castro. Best line of the night.
  • 2012 09 05 - Headline: "Democrats change platform to add God, Jerusalem." Anything else the GOP wants added to the Democratic Party platform? Last call.
  • 2012 09 06 - Some critics complain that Bill Clinton ran long. That's one area that Paul Ryan has over Clinton. Ryan knows how to shave his running time.
  • 2012 09 07 - Stefani Carter: Romney "didn't wake up one day and say 'Let's act like we care about minorities,'" No, he never did. http://t.co/IrRSKq7b
  • 2012 09 07 - "Net office leasing in the Telecom Corridor was among the strongest of all Dallas-area business districts." http://t.co/EUmlxaK1
  • 2012 09 07 - Final: Plano West 19, Lake Highlands 34. Go Wildcats! #txhsfb
  • 2012 09 08 - Headline: "Penn State loses heartbreaker, 17-16 at Virginia." Dunno about you, but it'll be a while before a Penn State loss breaks my heart
  • 2012 09 08 - "Last-second FG lifts Rice past Kansas 25-24." Go Owls! http://t.co/7ouL0Pjv
  • 2012 09 09 - Romney promises to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get health insurance coverage. Um, Mitt, we already have that.
  • 2012 09 09 - Romney promises to allow young adults to stay on their parents' health insurance coverage. Um, Mitt, we already have that.
  • 2012 09 09 - Good news for WI, MI, and PA TV viewers. No big new ad buys by the Romney campaign for those states. Romney has to hold the line elsewhere.
  • 2012 09 10 - Headline: "Campaign heating up as Richardson to decide how the mayor is chosen." Despite headline, nothing's heating up http://t.co/RaMdZFhz
  • 2012 09 10 - All aboard. Cotton Belt "rail system is still a long ways off, but it's considerably closer now than it was in July." http://t.co/reRzypFd
  • 2012 09 10 - Grits explains that Lubbock judge's Agenda 21 UN invasion nutty hysteria. It's to cover up a jail financing boondoggle. http://t.co/8IZEFA0s
  • 2012 09 10 - Did you know that government employment is down under Obama? Rand Paul didn't. Another blow to conventional wisdom. http://t.co/ouuf0XNl
  • 2012 09 10 - Headline: "UCR wins leasing of Keystone Park, new Studio Movie Grill." Good news or big conflict with Alamo Drafthouse? http://t.co/2ISIAFkD
  • 2012 09 10 - Romney's walking a tightrope. Neither his tax/deficit cutting plan, nor his health care plan adds up. No matter which way he leans, he falls
  • 2012 09 10 - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009): Not much kickin'. Not much for Girl to do, mostly out of the action. Franchise declines. C+
  • 2012 09 11 - If you think 9/11 was something new, reread Barbara Tuchman's "The Proud Tower." Assassinations, bombings, anarchists. http://t.co/sMeAIVww
  • 2012 09 12 - Stefani Carter explains why Mitt Romney should get the black vote. Maybe next, she'll explain why he should get the white vote. Or any vote.
  • 2012 09 12 - Today’s the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s "we choose to go to the moon" speech at Rice University. Go Owls! http://t.co/mxEDjLvl
  • 2012 09 12 - Rep. Stefani Carter says women, too, are concerned about the slumping economy. D'oh. Of course they are. Is GOP only now discovering that?
  • 2012 09 12 - U.S. News issues annual college rankings: Texas schools rank #17 (Rice) and #46 (UTexas). Go Owls! http://t.co/nwyirksw
  • 2012 09 12 - Headline: "Who's advising Mitt Romney on foreign policy?" Be careful of a trick question. "No one" is an acceptable answer.
  • 2012 09 13 - Urbanized (2011): Documentary of urban design challenges. Growth, decay, renewal, sprawl, crime, transportation, design, design, design. A-
  • 2012 09 13 - Packers/Bears at Lambeau. It doesn't get any better than that. Oh yeah it does. Jay Cutler did it again. 4 picks and a QB rating of 28.2.
  • 2012 09 14 - After 1Q: Plano East 10, Richardson Berkner 14. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhsfb
  • 2012 09 14 - After 2Q: Plano East 38, Richardson Berkner 14. It's a great time to be a Ram! Just not tonight. Going home. Rain. #txhsfb
  • 2012 09 15 - Headline: "Who's advising Mitt Romney on foreign policy?" "No one" is not correct. Maureen Dowd has the right answer: "Neocons Slither Back"
  • 2012 09 16 - Bernie (2011): Mortician befriends disliked wealthy widow in small town. So-so mockumentary/drama, but captures East Texas perfectly. C+
  • 2012 09 17 - Bill McCalpin reveals voting record (or lack of one) of Alan North (mayor-elect, except for, y'know, the voting part). http://t.co/65v2dbtn
  • 2012 09 18 - RT @RichardsonToday: "City Plan Commission meets at 7 p.m. tonight in the Council Chamber." Will decide next topic for council to overrule.
  • 2012 09 18 - I'm glad GOP doesn't wage class warfare like Dems do. Think how nasty things could get if they did. #47% #freeloaders
  • 2012 09 19 - Review: "One Amazing Thing," 2012 selection for "Richardson Reads One Book" http://t.co/ws1HGNup
  • 2012 09 19 - Headline: "Dramatic Arctic Ice Melt Blows Away Previous Record." Not to worry. That's only scientists talking. http://t.co/mPbYdzYB
  • 2012 09 19 - Texas, Oh Texas. Why here? Why anywhere? http://t.co/dvnlPHST
  • 2012 09 19 - I guess it turns out that he really does like to fire people. #47percent #freeloaders
  • 2012 09 19 - MT Stefani Carter: "I would not support a candidate who does not care about the middle class." Her way of saying she's dropping Romney???
  • 2012 09 20 - RT @davidfrum: "About to debate, should conservatives accept the New Deal?" Next up: should conservatives accept the outcome of Civil War?
  • 2012 09 20 - RT @davidfrum: "About to debate, should conservatives accept the New Deal?" Next up: should conservatives accept the Scientific Revolution?
  • 2012 09 20 - RT @davidfrum: "About to debate, should conservatives accept the New Deal?" Next up: should conservatives accept the Enlightenment?
  • 2012 09 21 - RT @hblodget: "BOMBSHELL: New Study Destroys Theory That Tax Cuts Spur Growth." Silly, zombie theories can't be killed http://t.co/i8RHeWCG
  • 2012 09 21 - "open secret in Republican politics--no one who has ever run against Mitt Romney walks away liking the guy." http://t.co/dBFVsgjX
  • 2012 09 21 - RT @stefani_carter: "Rush Limbaugh mentioned my name in his show today." I think she considers this something to boast about.
  • 2012 09 21 - Cabaret at RCT: Singing, dancing girls. Decadent fun until Nazis spoil it. Sally Bowles, emcee and rest are all great. http://t.co/20nrcoRJ
  • 2012 09 21 - Bill McCalpin plays "Six Degrees of Alan North" and ties him to the losers of recent bond and city council elections. http://t.co/dvdVg30g
  • 2012 09 23 - MT @lheron: "Rick Perry had sleeping disorder during his disastrous run for president." The prospect of a Pres. Perry messed with my sleep.
  • 2012 09 23 - NFL should scrap throwback uniforms and use money saved to bring back real refs. Win-win. H/T @pourmecoffee
  • 2012 09 23 - "I think we had a good week last week." -- Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. Lead-in to his new comic tagline: On Mars!
  • 2012 09 25 - Seattle Seahawks 14, Green Bay Packers 12. Replacement Refs 0.
  • 2012 09 25 - In the suburbs, "I just don't feel the centuries-old shoulder-heavy burden of grievance and bigotry." -- Jim Schutze http://t.co/YfvNxLgn
  • 2012 09 25 - Sucks getting old. You start getting junk mail featuring "Free Pre-Paid Cremation! Details Inside" on the outside of the envelope.
  • 2012 09 26 - @AlamoDFW, I'm glad Alamo will have the 1st-run Hollywood fare that will be denied to the new, close-by Studio Movie Grill. Right, Alamo???
  • 2012 09 27 - Bad call against Packers leads NFL to settle with refs. Remember who to thank, refs, next time there's a close call in a Packers game.
  • 2012 09 28 - Bill McCalpin theorizes who is behind mayoral referendum in Richardson. Lots of theories, few smoking guns. http://t.co/tp9yUaxd
  • 2012 09 28 - Final: Richardson Berkner 10, Lake Highlands 46. It's a great time to be a Ram! Well, maybe not exactly right now. #txhsfb
  • 2012 09 28 - Final: Richardson Berkner 10, Lake Highlands 46. The unskewed score was much closer. #txhsfb
  • 2012 09 29 - So much for DMN endorsements. Nixon in '60 because he'll stand up for states' rights. http://t.co/KFBj2Bjk
  • 2012 09 29 - Albert Nobbs (2011): Gender-bending Downton Abbey meets Victor Victoria. Implausible tales of woe well told. B-
  • 2012 09 29 - Bill McCalpin finds that the proposed Richardson charter changes will make it much harder to get rid of a bad mayor. http://t.co/8uOe4yMy

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