Comments on: A Whole Lot of Hot Cold Air http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:33:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2766 Anonymous Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:56:46 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2766 This is such a non-issue that I cannot believe that any credible journalist would bring it up. When the temperature goes below -1C you are a fool not to be dressed appropriately - that means bring out the downfilled parkas and the furs. Poland is so cold in January that a cloth coat is no protection at all from the cold. This is such a non-issue that I cannot believe that any credible journalist would bring it up. When the temperature goes below -1C you are a fool not to be dressed appropriately - that means bring out the downfilled parkas and the furs. Poland is so cold in January that a cloth coat is no protection at all from the cold.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2765 Anonymous Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:37:15 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2765 This is all so much apologia from the lacking in self-awareness right wing bloggers. Be honest with us, and yourselves, for just a moment: What would you say if Clinton had shown up at Aushwitz dressed like that? And don't even pretend you'd let is pass. Also, Cheny was at the inauguration earlier that week -where it was absolutely frigid - dressed quite approiately and respectfully. Are you telling me that a man as wealthy as Chenny couldn't find a tailor who could put him in something warm that was also dignified? Please. This business about him "just wanting to be warm" is laughable. You can be warm and look proper at the same time. Anyway, Dave, Chenny isn't the only leader to have toured Aushwitz, and you and I both know he could have dressed warmly without also looking like a fool. It's all about RESPECT, as the right-wing used to inveigh. When did y'all drop that slogan? This is all so much apologia from the lacking in self-awareness right wing bloggers. Be honest with us, and yourselves, for just a moment: What would you say if Clinton had shown up at Aushwitz dressed like that? And don’t even pretend you’d let is pass.

Also, Cheny was at the inauguration earlier that week -where it was absolutely frigid - dressed quite approiately and respectfully. Are you telling me that a man as wealthy as Chenny couldn’t find a tailor who could put him in something warm that was also dignified? Please. This business about him “just wanting to be warm” is laughable. You can be warm and look proper at the same time.

Anyway, Dave, Chenny isn’t the only leader to have toured Aushwitz, and you and I both know he could have dressed warmly without also looking like a fool.

It’s all about RESPECT, as the right-wing used to inveigh. When did y’all drop that slogan?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2764 Anonymous Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:04:11 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2764 hmmmm for instance... how insulting it is to comment that reader's comments are stupid... hmmmm for instance… how insulting it is to comment that reader’s comments are stupid…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2763 Anonymous Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:42:52 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2763 This line of commentary is just stupid. There are many more important things to argue about. This line of commentary is just stupid. There are many more important things to argue about.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2762 Anonymous Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:24:07 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2762 The veep probably didn't even made the choice about it. He probably came in on more formal wear and those close to him were kind enough to care about his health and convince him to wear the parka over his clothes. The veep probably didn’t even made the choice about it. He probably came in on more formal wear and those close to him were kind enough to care about his health and convince him to wear the parka over his clothes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2761 Anonymous Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:57:30 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/01/30/a-whole-lot-of-hot-cold-air/#comment-2761 I was really offended when I read "<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43247-2005Jan27.html" rel="nofollow">Dick Cheney, Dressing Down</a>" by the Washington Post's fashion critic Robin Givhan. The snarky tone smacked more of a cheap hit piece than true outrage. But I was curious. Do people with pacemakers suffer additional complications from the cold? All my searching only came up with a single support group of pace maker patients where there was such a complaint. (It was harder for some to breath in the cold.) Do you have any harder evidence that Cheney's health may have played a role. Though the tour is information that hasn't gotten much play. I was really offended when I read “Dick Cheney, Dressing Down” by the Washington Post’s fashion critic Robin Givhan. The snarky tone smacked more of a cheap hit piece than true outrage. But I was curious. Do people with pacemakers suffer additional complications from the cold? All my searching only came up with a single support group of pace maker patients where there was such a complaint. (It was harder for some to breath in the cold.) Do you have any harder evidence that Cheney’s health may have played a role. Though the tour is information that hasn’t gotten much play.

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