http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/ dissecting the craft of online politics and online advocacy Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299599 Paula Fri, 16 May 2008 17:59:05 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299599 Is this what passes for good eating in Texas? I thought there was at least decent chili and barbecue. Toast doesn't count. Is this what passes for good eating in Texas? I thought there was at least decent chili and barbecue. Toast doesn’t count.

]]> http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299111 cpd Thu, 15 May 2008 20:06:17 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299111 Nice! We'll open a stand and serve Hoover Hog fritters, Obama Park Franks (are those kosher?) and fried lard on the side. Mmm, mmm good -- franchises available for qualified applicants. Nice! We’ll open a stand and serve Hoover Hog fritters, Obama Park Franks (are those kosher?) and fried lard on the side. Mmm, mmm good — franchises available for qualified applicants.

]]> http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299093 --Ted Thu, 15 May 2008 19:43:04 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299093 I will get ahead of the curve and think of them as Obama Park Franks. Work with me on this one. I will get ahead of the curve and think of them as Obama Park Franks. Work with me on this one.

]]> http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299079 cpd Thu, 15 May 2008 19:21:39 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299079 Apparently, 'dillos were known as "Hoover Hogs" during the Great Depression by those who ate them. Put that in your Republican pipe and smoke it, Mr. Sobel. Perhaps they'll be renamed "Bush Bacon" soon...? Apparently, ‘dillos were known as “Hoover Hogs” during the Great Depression by those who ate them. Put that in your Republican pipe and smoke it, Mr. Sobel. Perhaps they’ll be renamed “Bush Bacon” soon…?

]]> http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299073 --Ted Thu, 15 May 2008 19:11:22 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-299073 MMM. good eating. MMM. good eating.

]]> http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-298869 cpd Thu, 15 May 2008 12:53:27 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/05/14/dancing-with-baby-armadillos/#comment-298869 The cool part I left out: one of the baby armadillos turned up a little bitty grass snake when it was digging around, and the snake wrapped the back part of its body around the armadillo's ears, with the rest of its body waving around looking for solid ground. It was, for a few seconds, a one-snaked medusa armadillo! Until the reptilian part of the combo package got its bearings and high-tailed it off. Life in Palestine, Texas is somethin' else, I tell you what. The cool part I left out: one of the baby armadillos turned up a little bitty grass snake when it was digging around, and the snake wrapped the back part of its body around the armadillo’s ears, with the rest of its body waving around looking for solid ground. It was, for a few seconds, a one-snaked medusa armadillo! Until the reptilian part of the combo package got its bearings and high-tailed it off. Life in Palestine, Texas is somethin’ else, I tell you what.

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