Yesterday Instapundit linked an item giving the impression that Mickey Kaus, as with Quincy Jones, has a thing for Soledad O'Obrien.
Below is a recent Fox clip via Breitbart TV. Evidently she's a significant player behind a move to toss a family out of her Co-op because some don't like their particular breed of dog - Mastiff. Seems she's a cat person, too. Sort of takes the blush off the Rose for me.
her appearrance on jeapordy was an all-time low.
final jeapordy question, which she missed:
which of the permanent members of the UN security council is the smallest by land mass?
the prerequisite knowledge was members of the Security Council, and the rest is easy, for someone who covers the news, daily.
There were some other questions that she missed which were even worse.
As for the dog?
without specifying a breed, mine is 140lbs and lean. The only complaint that might hold water is nocturnal barking, which, if it were a complaint might be reasonable. The real reason for their proposed eviction?
fear.
Posted by: mark l. | Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 05:23 PM
More like the rose off the bush!
Posted by: JustOneMan | Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 06:17 PM
The only thing I've come up with is that the dog smells bad. Nothing about whether the smell is seeping into other apartments or anything like that. Nothing about barking. The people who own the dog paid 3 million for their apartment, the man is an immigration lawyer. Sounds more like the other tenants don't like the family and the dog is an excuse.
Posted by: Lala (shill for Dan) | Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 09:01 PM
I saw that dog on Fox this morning. I think it's his genitals. Those things belong on an elephant, and probably the people in the building don't want their precious children exposed to such monstrosities. Frightening actually. I gasped.
Posted by: Jane (thrill for Dan) | Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 11:05 PM
My dog, older, but a similar size male, has a few things that might rub O'Brien the wrong way.
His specialty is slobbering on his victims of a 'cooch sniff'. If you like dogs, it's funny. If you can't stand soledad, the thought of her falling victim to it is even funnier.
They should have let them go with using the service elevator.
Posted by: mark l. | Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Astute observation Jane!
I can relate to his impressive stature and I'll bet those lady Mastiff's need a smoke after they romp with that big fella!
I'm sure that big brute did a little "hey neighbor" "butt sniff" to Soledad one time on the elevator and she got pissed!
(Just kidding about the whole "relating to his impressive stature" thing, all of us "typical white people" guys do that!)
Posted by: SacTownMan | Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 11:41 PM
That dog looks calm. The people living in back of me had some kind of Mastiff, he was big and friendly looking. One of the neighborhood kids went in their yard to play with him and the next thing I knew he had her head in his huge mouth.
I yelled to my husband to get out to the back of the house, that's all I could say, I was almost speechless. He saw what was happening and jumped over the fence to where they were. He couldn't get the dog to release the little girl and finally had to punch him in the head to make him let go.
Lucky for her she only had a cut on her head. Ever since, I've been very wary of any big dogs except for Golden Retrievers.
Posted by: Lala (shill for Dan) | Friday, January 23, 2009 at 12:01 AM
I'm trying to figure out how people are getting worked up over this...if the coop decides to ban dogs (or even dogs of a certain size) that's their choice. Thank god Fox is there to stand up for the rights of other rich folks though.
Posted by: TheSpartan | Friday, January 23, 2009 at 07:02 AM
Why the hell would you live in a place where your neighbors could tell you what kind of dog to own? Glad I'm not rich. I prefer being free.......well, so long as it lasts anyway.
Posted by: WAHOO WILLIE | Friday, January 23, 2009 at 05:17 PM
Willie, I read stories all the time about people who live where there are "home-owner associations" and I am amazed that they put up with all the silly rules and regulations. And they even pay dues in order to be told how to live.
Posted by: Lala (shill for Dan) | Friday, January 23, 2009 at 05:26 PM
lala: Unfortunately, the whole country will be that way soon.
Posted by: WAHOO WILLIE | Friday, January 23, 2009 at 06:52 PM
Why the hell would you live in a place where your neighbors could tell you what kind of dog to own? Glad I'm not rich. I prefer being free.......well, so long as it lasts anyway.
Posted by: WAHOO WILLIE | Friday, January 23, 2009 at 05:17 PM
Of course my experience has been it's more conservative communities that do this kind of thing.
Posted by: TheSpartan | Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 04:34 PM