Orn: I know it's Leonard Cohen, but his version is vastly different, and I'm gonna play it like Buckley.
bert: I thank you, kind sir.

Nice! I can't hear any danish accent either. Here's another beautiful rendition of "Between the Bars":
http://www.videosift.com/video/Madeleine-Peyroux-Between-The-Bars-beautiful

"Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah"

That is Leonard Cohen's tune! Although Jeff has the best recording ever of it. Corpus Christi Carol is by Benjamin Britten, but Jeff has really made that one his own as well.

That is the only time I have ever seen Buckley ruffled. Upvote for rarity.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'hallelujah' to 'jeff, buckley, BBC' - edited by mauz15

Imagine for a moment that the tazer is a club or a fist. "Mr. Buckley get up or I'm going to punch you in the face".

Or what if the driver was semi-paralyzed? How would the cop get him into the squad car?


A weapon was used on a passive, restrained, non-violent, non-threatening person as a means of expedience.

I don't see how anyone can claim this is anything but excessive force.

Background from the NYT article:

A patrol car’s dashboard camera shows Jesse D. Buckley just after he was stopped for speeding on a rural Florida road. Being pulled over is no one’s favorite experience, but it completely undid Mr. Buckley, who said in an interview that the prospect of paying a $175 ticket was just too much given his personal and financial troubles at the time.

“I just cried,” he said. “I needed to cry. I just couldn’t stop crying.”

He refused to sign the traffic citation, and he was arrested. Hands cuffed behind his back, he sat down on the ground by his car, sobbing.

He could be on fire and be less flaming..

>> ^kir_mokum:
could michael buckley be any more flaming?

could michael buckley be any more flaming?

When Whoopie Goldberg is the resident William Buckley, you know the whole shebang's in trouble.

>> ^blankfist:
dead


Jeez, man, you don't have any respect, do ya?

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>> ^blankfist:
You tire me out, NetRunner. I cannot imagine even trying to honor your ridiulous claims. Obama and McCain are terrible choices, so I refuse to argue that one should act one way or another because it's befitting of their party to gain a win. That's what you do. Not me.


>> ^blankfist:
Actually, rereading that comment it sounds harsh. When I say you tire me out, I don't mean I tire of our debates. I actually do enjoy debating you, NR. In fact, our PM debates have been some of the most fun I've had on here. You're a great debater and passionate about your party's politics. So, there. I said something nice. Don't tell anyone.


Schizophrenia gets you everywhere. A big Fuck You and a big kiss for you.

My evil plans to help protect voter's rights are too late: the Ohio SCOTUS just did that for me.

To try to pander to your lunatic 3rd party aspirations, I'll repeat some advice I've given previously: if another 3rd party or party outcast (like Paul or Kucinich) gets a money bomb like Paul did, they need to take that money and try to run a campaign that includes TV ads, on-the-ground organization, and a TV-media-interview strategy for having them legitimize you.

Part of why Democrats lost in 2000 and 2004 is because they were up against people who knew how to manipulate the media narrative to their benefit, and the Democrats didn't think that was something they either could or should do (I'm not sure which).

Times have changed. I think the Campaign for Liberty is a possible sign that Paul is realizing that too, I'll be sure if he starts working on getting a libertarian AM radio talk show running.

I also think 3rd parties should try to win some seats in the House, rather than taking futile cracks at the Presidency.

I guess the cynical lesson that's finally been driven into me through this process is that too few people care enough, or are educated enough to even have a glimpse of what policies might be beneficial or harmful -- they mostly go based on the beliefs reinforced by the media they consume.

I know you're a true believer in conservative/libertarian philosophy, but how many people out there voting for Republicans really know what that even is? Joe the Plumber^TM sure as shit doesn't. I don't even think Caribou Barbie Sarah Palin does either, and if she does she probably learned it at an Alaska Independence Party meeting.

You guys need another William F. Buckley, who's smart, and charming, and entertaining, who gets on TV and puts the right face on your philosophy. Until that happens, 3rd parties are just going to be a curiosity.

I'm cautiously optimistic that the Republican party as we've known it is about to get shattered. Lots of people are going to be looking at how to reassemble it for 2012. Now might be a good time to get organized to be ready, and get that party back to its roots. I hope Ron Paul wins, but if I had to guess right now we'll be seeing the Mike Huckabee party rise in 2012, and that won't bear any resemblance to a paleo-conservative party at all.

His endorsement was very backhanded, and apparently Buckley (who's father I never admired, and mostly was disgusted by) hasn't read one bit about Obama's platform.

I love how Buckley says the only thing McCain was guilty of in the Keating Five scandal was "accepting plane rides and vacations". Uggh. What a scam artist this guy is.

And it's quite telling that he's afraid to post this on the blog created by the company his father built. That blog and it's foaming-at-the-mouth state of affairs is the Buckley story now, and a pathetic one at that.

>> ^Memorare:
Wonder if Ayn Rand was ever raped. Wm. F. Buckley intellectually raped and destroyed Ayn Rand's soulless Objectivism. Contrary to Rand, Buckley demonstrated that self-sacrifice was in fact -essential- to achieving rational enlightened self interest.


This is the great thing about the cultural bankruptcy of the 21st century. People can make wild statements without evidence and nobody bats an eyelash. Just ask Sarah Palin.

If everyone really wants to take from the rich and give to the poor--why beat around the bush? Just tax everyone 10% and divide the $1500 billion by 200 million people and write everyone a $7,500 check. People at at the $7,500 federal poverty level get a 100% increase in income, I get a tax cut, and I even though you are still forcing me to pay taxes, at least we can all have a free market.

Wonder if Ayn Rand was ever raped. Wm. F. Buckley intellectually raped and destroyed Ayn Rand's soulless Objectivism. Contrary to Rand, Buckley demonstrated that self-sacrifice was in fact -essential- to achieving rational enlightened self interest.