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(Newt Gingrich, Time's unctuous Man of the Year for 1995.)
Yesterday, I described Tony Snow's oily, smarm merchant press briefing performance as unctuous. (C&L has a bit on the presser, in case you missed it.) I truly thought Snow would walk away with the BS prize yesterday, but I should never have underestimated Newt -- who even out-galled Tom DeLay's idiocy on Hardball yesterday. Read this and try -- really, truly try -- not to spew your coffee (H/T Elliott):
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said in Nashville that the personal lives of White House hopefuls shouldn't become an issue in the 2008 campaign.Earlier this month Gingrich said he was seeking forgiveness for his own extramarital affair committed while he pursued President Clinton's impeachment in the Monica Lewinsky scandal....
It's ballsy, I'll give him that. Especially with this and this in his past. But, as Digby said earlier this month, it is this very smarm merchant quality that makes Newt the perfect Dobson's Choice -- it's his stellar family values coupled with his commitment to truth and honesty in government, I suppose. (And man did that hurt to type, even with my full snark mode.) From Digby:
It's possible that these people will reject Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani for the same "moral" reasons they condemned Clinton. But I very much doubt it. Dobson and Falwell and all these guys are hucksters and the people who follow them either have no moral consistency or they are shallow and insincere. Oh, they'll find some lame rationale, as all Republicans do, but it's long been clear that the only thing that matters to them is that the candidate be a member in good standing of the tribe and that they pay tribute to the High Priests.I continue to wonder when the Democratic establishment is going to recognize that the Christian Right is run by a bunch of powerful phonies and that this small slice of the American electorate has been the tail that very cleverly wagged the dog of American politics for far too long.
These people will very likely back Newt in my opinion. He's a real member of the right wing tribal leadership. And if they get behind him, he may win the nomination. Newt Gingrich is one of the most unlikeable politicians in America.
Run, Newt, run.
The modern Republican party is built on a foundation of smarm, run by two-bit snake oil salesmen and hucksters who think of nothing more than gathering more power and more opportunities to shovel money into the pockets of their cronies. At what point does America say enough?
Please, for the love of all that is holy, let that day be today.
PS -- This morning, it appears that Robert Novak will be playing the part of unctuous Republican concern troll for the day. Nothing like attempting to portray the head of the CIA as a partisan hack because his information disagrees with your world view. Bob, you are entitled to your own, addled interpretation and opinions, but you are not entitled to your own facts. So you, and your aggrieved, untrustworthy political troll pal, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, can crawl back under that rotting neocon bridge from whence you came.
Seems to me that the Waxman hearing hit a few of Bob's remaining nerves. Try to come to terms about why your social pariah status wasn't rescued by the Miss Havisham testimony from Victoria "Goldwater Girl" Toensing, Bob. My favorite bit of the indulgent little tra la through Bob's brain is the whining about the incompetent Rep. Lynn Westmoreland as being blinded by Valerie's beauty and that Rep. Tom Davis was disorganized, and the griping about the other Republicans who didn't bother to show up and do their jobs...because Henry Waxman is just so darn scary. Please. It's called oversight and accountability, Bob, get used to it. And if the Republican party is too lazy to show up to DO their work, we are more than happy to help get some new representatives in their seats in 2008. (You can take that one to the bank.)
PPS -- Wishing John and Elizabeth Edwards nothing but the best this morning. Sure hope everything is okay with Elizabeth -- her memoir Saving Graces was one of the best reads I had last year. They have called a press conference for noon, so please send out some spare good thoughts for Elizabeth and the Edwards family if you have some.
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Mornin’!
Fitz!
I’ll say it again. Right-wing ethics boils down to: “Good is when I steal from you. Evil is when you steal from me.”
Christy
Jane! Christie! Fitz! Kobe!
Mornin’ Christy! Hope you’re getting some of that real spring weather we’re supposed to get today.
Ha! My first zed…and I even stopped to read the post. Happy spring, everyone. It was sure a fun day at FDL yesterday…hoping for more of same today.
Any good hearings today? Also, yesterday people kept referring to CSPAN3. We only get 1 & 2 on our cable. Can you livestream 3?
Morning all — my daffodils are blooming, coffee is on, and The Peanut just got dropped off at preschool. Let me pour myself a cuppa and we can catch up with the news this morning.
Yes, please run, Newt. and not just ‘cuz you’re a hypocritical philandering scuzzball who seeved your wife divorce papers in the hospital, or because your hackish pseudo-intellectual persona grates like sandpaper, but because we can, forever, show the NY Daily News CRYBABY! graphic from your petulant temper tantrum about the back of the president’s plane every time you do or say something royally dumb.
Should be a daily ceremony.
Christy -
One typo: And
mandidman did that hurt to type…Public service announcement: if FDL is running slowly, there appears to be a server hiccup (as was the case yesterday) involving dg.specificclick.net. Whatever ad it is displaying may be loading very slowly.
i just cross-posted a snippet of a piece i found on a Multiple Sclerosis website in the WaPo’s comments section & at Atrios’ about what Newt did to Wife #1 and Wife #2 when their respective health was in crisis — oh — and Victoria Toensing was acting as Mrs. Ginrich #2’s attorney at that time:
Thinking this morning of Elizabeth and Jane.
Right on, Christy!
Caring thoughts to the Edwardses. We live with the shadow of cancer in our household, and I was telling a friend it’s like walking a bumpy mountain road always knowing there’s a giant boulder teetering above your shoulder. You tread lightly, don’t talk about it often, but it’s always there.
Heard too little of Louise Patterson reminiscing about her husband, Bishop Patterson, with Imus. Without sounding like the cross-media version of a blogwhore, I really appreciate wfan.com with their Instant Replay feature. You can hear the full conversation without the gibber-jabber betweentimes.
Also highly recommend the Bradley conversation, his thoughts on voting, “big ideas” and The New American Story. Lots of food for thought and discussion.
Speaking of bugs, as we have been in recent days……..
Enjoy this Sherffius cartoon: http://cagle.msnbc.com/politic.....rffius.asp
Note 1: Not a permalink; artist-dated 3-21-07.
Note 2: Is anyone else having another slow load day?
These guys are all unctuous used car salesmen. And Newt is at the top of the list. Personally, I wouldn’t buy an apple from the sonofabitch.
Stephen at 10 — I believe that got cleared up yesterday — so there shouldn’t be a hiccup with it today. (It was from the Sitemeter code, btw, in case anyone was wondering. Here’s hoping we don’t have a problem with it today.)
Seems to be the common theme running amongst the right, conservative, born again, etc.: Sin all you want, as long as you repent and feel sufficiently guilty about it. What a pathology of fools.
Speaking of pathology, I don’t know how many times I’ve wondered how far I would have gotten in life had I spent the first 40 inside a bottle, coddled by Mumsy and Poppy. But it’s all good now, he’s SAVED!!!!111!!!
EPU’d from late night last night, just have to recommend Mr. Marshall on the purge:
The whole post, including his comparison of administration behavior to a banana republic, is worth a look.
rxbusa @ 7
Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting
Edwards to hold news conference on wife’s health
Seems to be the common theme running amongst the right, conservative, born again, etc.: Sin all you want, as long as you repent and feel sufficiently guilty about it. What a pathology of fools.
Speaking of pathology, I don’t know how many times I’ve wondered how far I would have gotten in life had I spent the first 40 years of it inside a bottle, coddled by Mumsy and Poppy. But it’s all good now, he’s SAVED!!!!111!!!
Christy, good morning and thank you so much for reading Bob Novak so I don’t have to.
What a service you folks do for those of us who just cannot stomach anymore bool-sheet from these people.
Morning All,
I have so missed being on the threads this past week with so much going on. Schoedenfreud on a platter with a truffle garnish!
And on top of it is this:
Something tells me this is just the tip of the iceberg. The house of cards is starting to fall.
So I’m back off and on for a couple of days. Work has been busy and I’ll be moving this summer and starting a new job in August. I can’t share the details until Sunday morning after the search committee tells the congregation that I’m coming. ‘Till then, let me just say that I’m a happy camper.
And sincere prayers for Elizabeth Edwards. Last Sat. I attended a memorial service for a former parishioner who died of BC at age 48. So so awful!!!!
Seems Gonzales was interfering in the 2005 tobacco case too.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....02713.html
Wigwam @ 3
Not quite correct. Good is when I steal from you; evil is when you keep what’s yours.
Heard Bill Bradley’s book The New American Story is out now and might have some good talking points for progressives this coming cycle.
Nasty Bob also wrote a letter to Newsweek, 3/19 issue, ticked off about Isikoff’s 2/26 article on Bob & buddy lobbyist Hohlt.
Hi All,
Did anyone notice that the prosecutor in the Tobacco case is and has said that poilitcal types in the DOJ micromanaged the case. Wapo Eubanks Story
Just thinking, wonder how much was done in the Microsoft antitrust case.
bille
Mandrake @ 22
So true, listening to Bush is worst than nails on a blackboard.
Yesterday the Houston Chronicle ran some excerpts from Delay’s upcoming book. One of them laid the failure of the Republicans’ “leadership” (his word) at Newt’s doorstep. So there’s still some twists to this story to be played out.
morning
I was watching Harry Smith on CBS this morning talking to Tony Snow about the USA’s. They were both very frustrated with each other. Tony said Harry was partisan. Harry quoted something Tony had said about Clinton, which was soooooo great.
Bugboy @ 21
One day my brother and I were driving along a country road and spotted a country Baptist church with a sleazy country bar right next door. I imagined some guy partying all Saturday night and then crawling over to the church Sunday morning with a killer hangover to be washed clean of all he’d done the night before simply by raising his hands and babbling a few words about being saved.
Next weekend, same scenario all over again. I thought it was a pretty good symbolic representation of what many of these people are all about.
There’s a lot of frustration building up (been building up for a while, in fact) on the right wing sites (e.g. Redstate, powerline) along the lines of “Why, oh why won’t they just fight lies with truth! If Bush would only get out there and tell everyone that Wilson is lied or argue that there *were* WMD or that the USAT’s were fired for purely legitmate reasons then all this would go away! Why, oh why won’t he do it?” And this is bleeding over to the Westmorelands and Davis’ of the right — why won’t they just stand and fight against all these lies?
I only see two ways to look at it: Either they (Bush / Republicans) are weak and ineffective or those things are simply indefensible. It’s clearly a mix of both, but even weak / ineffective people can put up some kind of useful defense when truth is on their side.
This has been going on for a long time. I wrote about this a while ago at (my blog).
Morning, all, and good thoughts to the Edwards. Definite reason for concern.
As for Newt & the modern repubs. I’m torn between a) shaking my head that social conservatives are still willing to be pimped by their leaders who use them to get a seat at the Repug power table, and b) believing that even *they* are seeing the abject hypocrisy of their leadership.
Traditional / movement conservatives seem to be peeling off (TRex was delightful last night) — even they can’t stand the stink of their own hypocrisy, now that they realize the Faustian bargain of bedding down with the social conservatives.
But I have serious hopes that the social conservatives are going to wake up to the Fact that their fantasized memory of Reagan-topia was just the beginning of a nightmare in which they — generally a working class group of the faithful — were lured into an Atwater-esque trap to feather the nests of the powerful few.
And when they do, look out. They’ll be mad and they’ll abandon en masse.
I also keep having Harlan Ellison like visions of smoke coming out of the Tick Tock Man’s ears as the outrageous inconsistencies unravel — at this point, on an hourly basis.
i can’t stop thinking about elizabeth edwards.
wonderful person. intelligent, insightful & wise.
i’ve always wished she would run.
sending positive thoughts her way.
Roundup of the Sharon Euston DOJ case
DKos: USAgate bombshell! Sweet tobacco deal cost us BILLIONS!
WaPo: Prosecutor Says Bush Appointees Interfered With Tobacco Case
More re Susan Eubanks from Tobacco on Trial blog. They knew about this in Dec 2005. And more here at Bad Attitudes about Ashcroft murmuring to the WaPo that,, “There is a lack of confidence in some of the people involved.”
Christy -
Have read numerous reactions to today’s WaPo article re. Justice & tobacco. I just hate to get my hopes up that this will become another *major* stone in shrub’s boat………..would love to hear if you think it has some real weight in the not too distant future and how the Dems might possibly use it. Or, maybe you already have a post planned?
Good Morning Christy and Firedogs,
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury - I give you Exhibit A - Mike Huckabee
Gov. Huckabee is a lifelong Solid Gold Christian with all the appropriate bona fides, but completely ignored by Falwell, Dobson, Perkins, and Land
They’ve finally have a gen-u-wine Fundamentalist, a guy living the Values life - with serious national creds and yet they put on their contortionist act to justify Gingrich, Giulianni, or Mitt
might lead someone to think it isn’t about the Righteousness after all . . .:)
I know I keep trolling about this but…
*ONE-ADAM-TWELVE, ONE-ADAM-TWELVE, SEE THE CARRIER FLEETS DOUBLE PARKED IN THE PERSIAN GULF, OVER*
I gagged when I heard Senator Bond worry about the poor little girl who needs two coats to stay warm and how much worse she would be if Vice President Gore’s solution to global warming took effect. The Republicans’ concern for the poor is evident in their funding priorities and legislation yet their hypocrisy goes on.
(In response to a question by Senator Clinton, Gore agreed the little girl would be much better off if one of his solutions were adopted. Good on them!)
I’m hoping the news from the Edwards is nothing but favorable.
And to put a face to the name, here are some photos of Sharon Eubanks. and her team (some of Team Tobacco, too)
(edited to correct link)
blue e @ 31
I just looove the thing about “we want to fully cooperate and give Congress everything it needs but if they serve us with subpoenas, they ain’t gettin’ nothin’ cuz that’d hurt our widdle feelings.”
Why rescind the “generous” offer for this reason if you supposedly have nothing to hide?
Also, watching Olbermann last night, Chuck Schumer was sounding ominous, saying many people in the DoJ were so upset about this that they would be dribbling out info and evidence anyway, regardless of the WH’s position.
I am in no way suggesting this is any substitute for subpoenas, but I would appreciate Christy’s perspective on Schumer’s insinuation.
Christy Hardin Smith @
8
sheesh - yours are blooming! i’m in the hudson vally & all we have are shoots!
Digby got it wrong. The people following Newt and his ilk aren’t insincere or shallow. They’re just stupid.
Shoot, they’re all falling over themselves to get on the “I was a bad boy” confessional train. Delay is the latest. Then it’s move on, that’s old news, while they will make sure Clinton’s bj is brougnt up several times a week.
Waccamaw at 37 — Am already working on something. Should be up in a bit. But need more coffee first…
Having read Elizabeth Edwards book, I feel as though I know that family and Im so sad for them.
John Edwards is a real man in my opinion and Im hoping for the best.
the senate judiciary committee meeting this morning (10am), “Authorization of Subpoenas in Connection with Investigation into Replacement of U.S. Attorneys” was mentioned above… streaming webcast at the meeting announcement webpage, or the room audio feed for Dirksen-226 (click on the room number, on the left).
also of interest today, and on c-span3, is jim webb speaking at the national press club at 1pm.
Novakula’s little hissy fit in the WP is just pathetic. Talk about “death throes”.
Mutant Poodle @
18
The whole post, including his comparison of administration behavior to a banana republic, is worth a look.
I cannot figure out what EPU’d means. But then again, I’m me!
Thursday
3/22/7
still looking for start time
Republican Party Credo:
If we do it, it’s our right and it’s not illegal.
-GSD
cbl,
You hit it on the head. They aren’t religious, they are authoritarian and they are manipulative hucksters. Newt and the bugman are part of the club. Most of the atheists I know have more morals in their little finger than the lot of the Pat Robertsons etc. combined.
Regarding Newt (choking down wave of nausea), I always remember what Molly Ivins wrote about him: that one should always look closely at what he accuses others of because it is usually a reflection of something dastardly he himself is up to. Not sure how to apply this to “oh let’s just stay out of each other’s personal lives”, though.
Sending positive vibes to Jane H and Elizabeth E today as well.
I haven’t read it yet, but there better be a DAMN good reason that Newt Gingrich is on my screen first thing this morning. Cause now I’m going to have to get back in the shower and scrub my eyeballs….grumble.
No wait, ok first cuppa half way drunk. brain in gear. I’ll go read now. Morning firepups!
North Korea has bailed out of the talks. I think they stuck around long enough to get their 25 million released by the US.
Poor Republicans….They thought Bush would never negotiate with “evil”.
Punked again.
-GSD
Knut Wicksell @
25
Hear, hear!
Christy -
Wizard!
Drink lots coffee (priming the pump, so to speak); looking forward to another good rumble. *g*
DOJ & Tobacco: Where there r smokes, there’s $$$$. I posted a comment yesterday wrt that thingy that could be fatal to BushCo. Maybe this is the one. Or, maybe there’s a bigger one tomorrow, or next week, or next month. Pandora lives.
Terry Olson:
EPU’d
:-)
cbl @ 50
That’s for July 22/2006, I think. Per the Oversight website’s schedule, nothing televised til Monday, that’ll be Full Committee hearing on “Safe and Affordable Biotech Drugs – The Need for a Generic Pathway”
Monday, March 26, 2007, 10:00 a.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
HotFlash @ 41
oops - link didnt show up on my screen originally!
weird
link puleeze
Is Newt is the perfect Dobson’s Choice or Hobson’s Choice?
In regard to Newt, some folks made much news about a poll indicating that 46% of those polled would never vote for Hillary Clinton. They made quite a bit of hay about that high negative.
Seems they glossed over the bigger number. 53% said they’d never vote for Newton Leroy Gingrich.
He’s very unpopular and very unlikeable.
-GSD
Thanks, Dr. Bong.
Anyone offer insight into the reversal of conviction in Vermont of Tobin? Who is the Federal judge in the appeal who feels the conviction was not based on a “close fit” to the law under which he was prosecuted? And what the hell is a “close fit”?
RevDeb - we’re going to be so sorry to lose you - but whatever state you end up in will be lucky to have you!… and the toobz will keep us all close…
Pectopah @ 63
James Dobson…..fundiegelical preacher and huckster extraordinaire.
-GSD
Newt has a long, long way to go before he could even aspire to ‘unlikeable’. I can’t believe he’s ba-a-a-ack. He is so delusional. He actually believes there will be a groundswell of support insisting that he be President!
RevDeb @ 23
Agreed. I think once people start talking, other, even more vile cans of worms will be opened. And, considering the vindictive nature of this admin., there’s no way to get the complete truth from these people without subpoenas. The Dems must give no quarter on this.
dude @ 66
Uh, I am referring to the Vermont phone jamming case.
Educated Plaintiff @ 61
Sorry, this one’s working for me.
Alicia @ 68
And flowers? and candy?
Mandrake @ 32
Ya’ll are missing a key point; where they condemn others for doing the exact same thing.
RevDeb,
I have prev. commented that Newt’s mea culpa was Kabuki and knew at that moment that Dobson was gonna back his ass
happened to catch Tony Perkins (Family Re$earch Council) and Richard Land (Southern Baptist Convention) debating the merits of the current frontrunners
Land was at least adamant about Giulianni never getting his group’s nod and prolly not Newt either, Perkins otoh was doing backbends over both of them - illuminating as hell
oh the mendacity !
dude @ 71
New Hampshire dude. It was for Sununu to win
Christy (with a ‘y’) - I just looked up “unctuous”; perfect word to describe Newt, Snow and Novak - what a trio.
When I was in college, having had my political awakening, I had this clear insight that “the hall-mark of a conservative is fear.”
It’s still the answer I come up with when I find myself asking how anyone can believe a word these people say.
Prayers and best wishes for Elizabeth Edwards and her family this morning. Seeing this story front-paged at the NYT site this morning was a real gut punch. I’m hopeful that the news will be better than many fear.
There’s something strange, but instructive, to find the Edwards’ situation mentioned in the same post that discusses Gingrich. Newt, that man of character and values who runs away from sick wives, and Edwards, who comes home to be there for his wife.
A reporter worth his/her salt, might have interviewed Eubanks after the verdict when she must have been seething and heard from her then what we are hearing now. It’s called body language, folks.
I see so-called reporters in the pictures linked to above who missed that boat. Not much new in that regard.
voxpopgirl @ 11: So much for “in sickness and in health”
ironranger @ 27
Do you have a link on this?
cbl @ 75
mendacity is much to nice a word. They are crooks, liars and snake oil salesmen. With a bit of digging, I’ll bet there’s lots of tax violations that can be found in their organizations.
Mandrake @ 80
Mandrake:
For Newt, “…in health”?
Not so much.
HotFlash,
thanks, can’t believe I posted that twice now without looking at the date - although I have been a little wound of late :)
CHS: “Victoria ‘Goldwater Girl’ Toensing”
One thing I always find amusing is how Toensing clearly thinks of herself as some sort of fashion icon of the right. E.g., her 20 years out of date red power suit at the Plame hearings.
And I can think of no greater evidence of her up-to-the-minute fashion sense than to point out that she was a ‘Goldwater Girl’ — in 1981.
Hell, even Hillary knew that was out of fashion by ‘65.
Celtic Music @ 78
Amen.
Marcy - bought your book - love your book!
Christy, that’s a terrible thing to do to us first thing in the morning. Newt’s face. Close up. Uggghh. ;)
sam seder is about to go into yesterday’s snowjob after he comes back from commercial. should be fun - i like the way he barbeques.
http://www.airamerica.com/listen/?q=real
Run, Newt, run.
If MSM doesn’t give Newt an equal amount of coverage to Hillary and Obama time-wise , I’ll be very upset, because I am so sure the more the public sees, the more they likey */snark*. Mwahahaha!
I believe Newt Gingrich should be required to watch the Edwards press conference at noon. And repeatedly afterwards. While I am not a political supporter of Edwards this time around, I believe he and Elizabeth have shown us what genuine love and devotion and support look like. Newtie is a pathetic excuse for a human being by every definition.
Thanks a bunch, Christy, forcing me to wake up by showing me a pic of Newt, first thing in the morning. Bleah!
Prayers going up for Elizabeth Edwards, for Jane, and for cancer survivors everywhere.
Purgegate, all by itself, would suffice as this Administration’s Watergate. Obstruction of justice, abuse of power, coverup, executive privilege, the use of the entire DoJ for political ends…a banana Republic, run by banana Republicans.
Tap…tap…
Testing
Best wishes to Elizabeth & John and their family. It doesn’t look like the news will be good and I’m thinking of you all at this time. God bless.
barbara @ 91
Excellent observation, tying those two together!
Pectopah @ 63
I think “Dobson’s Choice” was intentional.
“Edwards may temporarily suspend campaign due to wife’s health”
This is on Raw Story.
I know they will together choose the best path. An inspiration of a marriage.
Please, please, please inform somehow, Victoria Toesning and Robert Novak that the difference between a “covert and non-”covert” officer is that the “covert” carries a “get out of jail free” card for use overseas. Ask Valarie Wilson if she has one.
does it seem like the Bushies are getting more riduculous and silly with each passing day?
coffee’s fresh - hold out your cups…
but then, it wasn’t as bad as “hot tub Tom” yesterday. lol. breaks over. dang.
Sally @ 78
A Tobacco Blog guy talked to her in Aug 2006, and she still seem to be seething many months later.
The right wing “religious” hucksters merely capitalize on 21st Century angst, playing on the fears, frustrations and prejudices of the lower and middle classes in a rapidly changing modern world. Authoritarians at heart, they are master manipulators who are given legitmacy by a MSM that is incapable of recognizing the threat this movement poses to democracy. Only until such time that the left can reframe the debate which reflects viable alternatives that addresses the fears of a large, alienated segment of the population, these hucksters will continue to be a threat to the nation. Rather than appeal to their baser instincts which the hucksters have been so successful at, it’s time to appeal to their higher angels.
When will enough be enough and the Repugs all abandon Bush
Thanks, Mandrake. I actually feel more sad than snarky about this, which is a pretty radical departure for me.
Bluetoe @ 102
Although it does look like the right are doing a good job of self-destructing all on their own. e.g. Tom Delay.
Elizabeth and John are in my prayers this morning.
I hope Newt does run. I can imagine all of the wonderful youtube videos we will see on his hypocrisy, wife-cheating and wife-dumping morals!
snowbird42 @ 102
75% approval is pretty high. it may never completly fade. maybe if he re-indroduces the draft, or raises taxes….. yeah - thats the ticket to abandonment!
if i’m not wrong, it looks like the house will vote on their supplemental funding the iraq war/occupation bill on friday.
i know we haven’t discussed it much around here… but howie has a great post up on it at downwithtyranny, “DEMOCRATIC PARTY DRAMA QUEENS MAKE A BIG FUSS ABOUT THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING HEROICS“
i strongly recommend reading the whole thing…
it ends with: