tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post1979110454270720936..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: You Might Be 'Urban Modern' If . . .Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-63408019837730921452009-09-08T22:48:58.709-04:002009-09-08T22:48:58.709-04:00you guys really need to visit the city more. btw, ...you guys really need to visit the city more. btw, I'm an urbanite and a vet. you're welcome. stereotypes suck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-40290467563292001002009-09-08T20:24:02.324-04:002009-09-08T20:24:02.324-04:00Aw man, I miss Lewis...Aw man, I miss Lewis...Obi's Sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008584395919875602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-41597408293834524782009-09-08T15:48:41.757-04:002009-09-08T15:48:41.757-04:00""You're a woman who wears sneakers ...""You're a woman who wears sneakers with a business suit while commuting, switching to heels after arriving at the office." <br /><br />Dude there was a whole generation of pron about that back when the Yuppies were first erupting. Expensive running shoes on hot babes are HOT! Like glasses on nympho librarians.richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-43891550805139402009-09-08T15:47:15.660-04:002009-09-08T15:47:15.660-04:00"That is, I think it reflects not a left-or-r..."That is, I think it reflects not a left-or-right POLITICAL ideology but a geographical one, the mentality of the place it is created: 21st Century Manhattan."<br /><br />So while Glenn Reynolds is going on about The Singularity, the Urban Modern Man is all about the Insularity?richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-86871128930998019782009-09-08T15:02:01.567-04:002009-09-08T15:02:01.567-04:00I'm anything but an "urban modern".....I'm anything but an "urban modern"... UM?... more like a "suburban antique". But I confess to liking sushi, at least the sweet rice rolled in seaweed with hearts of palm center kind. I often avoid the parasite-infested vertebrate kind, although not always. It's my way of living dangerously.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-33125335279487508242009-09-08T14:19:38.834-04:002009-09-08T14:19:38.834-04:00"You're a woman who wears sneakers with a..."You're a woman who wears sneakers with a business suit while commuting, switching to heels after arriving at the office." <br /><br />That's not Urban whatever, that's just common sense.DarkGravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553405429405311925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-85678939559398397602009-09-08T13:04:55.237-04:002009-09-08T13:04:55.237-04:00The rest are pretty funny, but I can't agree w...The rest are pretty funny, but I can't agree with the comment about shoes. Women's shoes aren't built for asphalt. Mine got tore up rather quickly on sidewalks. Wearing sneakers then changing into business shoes is just a good way to preserve your expensive shoes. And if you drive, heels tend to dig holes in the carpet under your feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-8077522671646793392009-09-08T10:15:57.374-04:002009-09-08T10:15:57.374-04:00If you use such a phrase as,
"changes are in...If you use such a phrase as,<br /><br />"changes are in order so that the public face of conservatism has a smile, rather than a snarl,"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-70968277915630496482009-09-08T09:56:47.640-04:002009-09-08T09:56:47.640-04:00Urban Modern = "Hothouse Flower"Urban Modern = "Hothouse Flower"richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-86155812916337454732009-09-08T07:52:59.374-04:002009-09-08T07:52:59.374-04:00If you think David Brooks is a rightwing fascist.If you think David Brooks is a rightwing fascist.mfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05581169357493936788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-30364711715696022932009-09-08T01:41:50.124-04:002009-09-08T01:41:50.124-04:00Smartass? sure, guilty as charged.
you're wel...Smartass? sure, guilty as charged.<br /><br /><i>you're welcome</i>Jeff Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802456524746485019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-42929069852388524252009-09-08T00:49:24.225-04:002009-09-08T00:49:24.225-04:00You might be "urban modern" if . . .
Yo...You might be "urban modern" if . . .<br /><br />You own an Apple Computer, an iPhone, and the latest iPod.. but you bad mouth corporations. <br /><br />Dave C (too lazy to log in tonight)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-33408727622370330472009-09-08T00:32:55.697-04:002009-09-08T00:32:55.697-04:00"You make a six-figure salary, live in a rent..."You make a six-figure salary, live in a rent-controlled apartment, and vote for candidates who promise to fix the "affordable housing" problem."<br /><br />They're crawling all over Venice and Santa Monica. Refreshing the front page of NPR on the iPhone while they step over sleeping bums. The sleepwalk of the just.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-45375913766641334172009-09-07T23:53:02.702-04:002009-09-07T23:53:02.702-04:00To all the sissies who wear comfortable shoes beca...To all the sissies who wear comfortable shoes because it's "to get around New York City in a pair of dress shoes"...yes, that's right sissies! Go to Tokyo and put on your business suit and comfy shoes and start walking around. The realize what a dork you look like compared to ALL the Japanese, men and women alike, who are wearing dress shoes and walking more every day than you sissy New Yorkers do all week.<br /><br />Geeezzzz...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-8433237308969365322009-09-07T23:11:53.795-04:002009-09-07T23:11:53.795-04:00What's this about looking down on people who d...What's this about looking down on people who don't like getting mugged? Lots of people don't like getting mugged. In fact, I don't much like getting mugged--nor being stuck in a high-rise without flat, comfortable shoes when there's a terrorist attack (or, here, an earthquake). <br /><br />Stace, are you slightly more out-of-your-mind than usual lately? NTTAWWT . . .Joy McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118211736622666732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-44573686130532807842009-09-07T22:21:00.115-04:002009-09-07T22:21:00.115-04:00You shop at Whole Foods, and think it's a scan...You shop at Whole Foods, and think it's a scandal WalMart won't unionize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-38679907508122387482009-09-07T22:14:54.118-04:002009-09-07T22:14:54.118-04:00Let's see.......
You willingly pay $14.00 for ...Let's see.......<br />You willingly pay $14.00 for a martini OR you drink PBR for the irony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-8478218471787467922009-09-07T21:55:52.478-04:002009-09-07T21:55:52.478-04:00Urban Modern?
Well, if they want to concentrate o...Urban Modern?<br /><br />Well, if they want to concentrate on their own little provincial outlook, then they need to quit pretending to be the voice of America.Jeff Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802456524746485019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-28044291091549101792009-09-07T21:54:11.694-04:002009-09-07T21:54:11.694-04:00You might be "urban modern" if...as a bi...You might be "urban modern" if...as a bike commuter, you think bike lanes are for tourists and all the usual traffic laws don't apply to you. <br /><br />You think people in the Armed Forces are largely there because they couldn't find a job anywhere else, are avoiding a jail sentence, or are other "damaged goods". Nobody YOU know has ever served - why would they? <br /><br />Smarta$$ - againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-65990026583859673942009-09-07T21:53:56.157-04:002009-09-07T21:53:56.157-04:00own guys?
NTTAWWT
IYKWIMAITYDown guys?<br /><br />NTTAWWT<br /><br />IYKWIMAITYDJeff Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802456524746485019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-34789184512641908172009-09-07T21:53:05.861-04:002009-09-07T21:53:05.861-04:00You're an "Urban Modern" if you are:...You're an "Urban Modern" if you are: a strong advocate to protect "Open Space."<br /><br />If you are: convinced that you are a much smarter person than those hicks who live outside of a City.<br /><br />If you: won't support the residents in the New York State Adirondack Park determine their own land use laws.<br /><br />If you: like to tell others how to live their lives.tomllewishttp://www.tomllewis.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-54379930121671844702009-09-07T21:50:21.055-04:002009-09-07T21:50:21.055-04:00"You're all about "rights" ment..."You're all about "rights" mentioned nowhere in the Constitution, but don't believe the Second Amendment really means that ordinary people have the "right" to own guys." <br /><br />guys..(looking up Second Amendment)...guys....oh - guns! <br /><br />Smarta$$Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-19563250822951382072009-09-07T21:48:45.285-04:002009-09-07T21:48:45.285-04:00"but don't believe the Second Amendment r..."but don't believe the Second Amendment really means that ordinary people have the "right" to own guys."<br /><br />Maybe you want to revise that last word slightly...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-37915167424689455982009-09-07T21:40:59.058-04:002009-09-07T21:40:59.058-04:00Woah! What's with all the anti-urban diatribe?...Woah! What's with all the anti-urban diatribe? Do you think all urbanites read the New York Times?<br /><br />btw, did you ever try to get around New York City in a pair of dress shoes? It sucks. Try it one day and the next day you'll have on a pair of New Balance along with every other business dressed professional on the subway.<br /><br />I thought it was conservatives who looked down on class envy tactics, not urban professionals?<br /><br />We have better Chinese food, too.<br /><br />:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com