Santorum? Or Idiocracy?

Can’t it be both?

Yes.

Speaking of corporate overlords, remember this the next time you hit the “Click to Order” button.

@SanFranLefty:
I worked in a similar type warehouse (Toys R Us) for three months just out of school. Not surprised.

One of the foremen used to piss me off. This fat piece of shit’s job it seemed was be riding a Rascal, er, forklift while berating people to work harder, faster, etc while he did jack shit. There were more than a couple of times when I wanted to yank his giant fat ass off the Rascal and thump the shit out of him with the 60lb boxes we were loading on and off trucks.

I certainly wasn’t the only one (although I think the young women he harassed had way more reason to hate his fat guts) although I doubt that a Spartacus style slave revolt would have happened.

@SanFranLefty: I hit “click to order” a couple of weeks ago after an exhaustive search of three retailers in Albuquerque and Santa Fe failed to turn up the fiber optic sights I needed for some handguns (front sights are getting a little hard to see now). I also wanted a piece of reloading gear (a precision powder measure) that was so new the local dealer had not even heard about it. As for the sights, the store manager said they don’t bother to keep certain things in stock to keep their inventory costs down.

I installed the sights myself and was very pleased with the results (1 inch groups at 10 years out of one pistol). As for the powder measure, it is the coolest piece of reloading gear I ever picked up. My productivity is gonna go way up. I have a 5 gal Home Depot bucket full of cases ready to reload and I’ve dedicated my weekend nights to reloading instead of getting loaded.

Programming notice: Michigan/Arizona primary open thread at 8pm ET.

@nojo: I’m so excited. This is going to be great. Democracy in action. I can hardly wait to see if Santorum can halt the Mittmentum.

@Benedick: Well, Mitt’s now downplaying Michi—

STOP THE PRESSES! NEW IPAD NEXT WEEK! GEEKGASM!

—gan, and… I’m sorry. What were you saying?

I think that Mitt Romney’s response this morning to a question about his inability to connect with voters (“I’m not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support.”) will go over about as well as Martha’s Coakley’s response in 2010 to a similar question (“As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold? Shaking hands?”).

@mellbell: Besides, given the amount of product Mitt uses, it would be wise to stay away from open flames.

@nojo: A Michael Jackson moment waiting to happen.

@nojo: OK. I’ll say here what I wouldn’t say elsewhere: the iPad. Kinda underwhelming.

Oh I know it’s geek-fab beyond all measure and you can point and click and swipe and read it on the john and all but still: why? I do like the book reader but the rest of it? Kinda meh. You need very sharp and pointy fingers.

But what do I know? I’m just a poor immigrant unused to the ways of the greatest nation that’s ever been. I can’t wait to see Democracy in Action tonight. Back in the olde country we don’t have Democracy. We were too poor. I arrived here with only the stinking rags on my back and now I own stock in Apple. I have come to believe in Freedom and hate the poor.

Rick’s gonna cream Mitt tonight. God, I hope so. I need to see more events that promote the singing of the anthem, hand on heart, mouthing the words/singing along. This Race to the Bottom has been more fun than season one of Downton Abbey: season two not so much: there is only so much abject groveling at the feet of the fucking upper classes up with which I can put. It has been more fun than Death on the Nile: mind you, anything’s more fun than that. The Oscars made me consider that we go to the movies to be transported into stories that take us to worlds we’ve never seen before. I would suggest that this Republican primate race has done just that. It’s been like Inception made real. If Mitt loses tonight we’re going to see them drop through the floor of the third level and NOBODY KNOWS WHAT’S DOWN THERE!!!

@Benedick: but still: why?

So I can read a dozen blogs at night and write a post while lying on my back on the couch.

Also: Netflix.

@nojo: MLB.tv. I may have to get the i3.

@Dodgerblue: I think the Apple TV also does MLB. Although I counterintuitively like it for podcasts.

Also: Netflix.

@nojo: Yes, but with the iPad I can watch baseball during meetings and conference calls. Also Netflix.

@Dodgerblue: Bearing in mind that Netflix’s deal with Starz expires tomorrow. So kiss that movie selection goodbye. Not there’s much of it to begin with.

@nojo: @Dodgerblue: Saves on pounds of book and magazine weight for long-haul trips.

Also: iTunes movie rentals (Netflix don’t work outside CONUS yet)

@Nabisco: I’m going back to China next month. That movie rental feature on iTunes rocks.

I see I’m wrong. It has happened before. I will eat tofurcrow.

@Benedick: Was “Republican primate race” intentional or a slip? Either way, you had me choking on the morning coffee.