DeLong Delivers

On previously made promises. Here at the Flophouse, we're all willing to accept donations. I've even got a handy PayPal account if you happen to be feeling especially thankful.

At any rate, I don't know how many people keep up with Spencer's blog (I could, I suppose, ask him...) but you should be. This post on James Kurth is great, though I'm not sure I can embrace his burgeoning Vince Young fandom. Just because you live with a Longhorn is no reason to hop on the bandwagon, especially in light of the surprisingly strong performance his alma mater turned in this year.

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It really is bizarre that so many neo-con/uber-hawks really think that the U.S. can with a straight face say the GWOT isn't a war on muslims and simultaneously destroy muslim nations in its name. For example, even if Syria assissinated this fellow Gemayel in Lebanon, what are we to do? Are the Maronites really going to receive arms & funding from the U.S. 3 months after we RUSHED munitions to Isreal to "bomb Lebanon into the stone age?" Starting a fight in Lebanon isn't particularly difficult, it's establishing the peace. Also, the confessional system actually does deny Lebanese muslims representative democracy.

Posted by dokun | November 26, 2006 11:10 PM

I hope Vince Young mentions your comment in his Canton induction speech about 15 years from now.

Posted by BobT | November 26, 2006 11:29 PM

There is a strong case to be made that Texas underpreformed. Preseason they were #2.

Posted by dynamicinfo | November 26, 2006 11:31 PM

I'm pretty sure the "strong performance" referenced Rutgers. (Check the link.)

Also, Vince Young is a very bad NFL quarterback and will remain so until he recognizes that his right leg should play a vital role in his throwing motion.

Posted by jhupp | November 26, 2006 11:50 PM

Spencer's best paragraph is his last; I love the analogy to Kremlinology.

Posted by Gabriel | November 27, 2006 12:32 AM

Also, Vince Young is a very bad NFL quarterback and will remain so until he recognizes that his right leg should play a vital role in his throwing motion.

No. Eli Manning is a very bad NFL quarterback. Vince Young is merely an OK NFL quarterback.

Posted by Al | November 27, 2006 2:21 AM

Are you really sure you want your home address so prominently and legibly displayed given some of the people on these here interwebs?

Posted by Warren Terra | November 27, 2006 7:27 AM

What Spencer really seems to need is some furniture.

Posted by otto | November 27, 2006 8:33 AM

It would appear that the actual address has been blanked out in front of the "Florida Ave NW" part of the envelope. Unless you think that mail would arrive based on being addressed to the "Florida Avenue Home for Unemployed Bloggers".

Posted by John | November 27, 2006 9:10 AM

It probably would get through, if only by virtue of having Spencer's name on it. In general, postal services are amazingly good at delivering mail.

Posted by neil | November 27, 2006 9:26 AM

Sometimes I think Spencer got fired from TNR not because of his views, but more because of how he expresses them. Perhaps you might want to teach your house-mate, Matt, your own hedged-with-hundred-qualifications way of expressing things (I'm not complaining, I like it -- whereas when Spencer writes, I always feel that he's snarling, with teeth bared!).

Still, I'll keep reading his blog anyway.

Posted by shreeharsh | November 27, 2006 9:49 AM

TNR allows a lot of snarling, teeth-bared commentary. See Peretz, M.

Posted by otto | November 27, 2006 10:07 AM

Are you really sure you want your home address so prominently and legibly displayed given some of the people on these here interwebs?

Yeah, we smudged out the address to deter stalkers. The USPS (as someone mentioned) is pretty good about this stuff and really might deliver mail addressed that way (the ZIP code will get it to the right post office where they could look up our names) , but you can't read our house number on that photo.

Posted by Matthew Yglesias | November 27, 2006 10:49 AM

Oops, my link was broken above. The Russian postal service goes above and beyond to deliver a very badly mislabeled package.

Posted by neil | November 27, 2006 11:02 AM

Curiously enough, iPhoto's "Retouch" tool is all I needed to blot out the numbers on the address.

Posted by Kriston | November 27, 2006 1:10 PM

Eli Manning is a very bad NFL quarterback. Vince Young is merely an OK NFL quarterback.

Yes, and Vince is a pretty darn good rookie NFL quarterback.

Interesting how Vince was repeatedly proclaimed not ready for the NFL, while the likes of Joey Harrington, Eli, and now Brady Quinn have been stawartly overhyped despite all objective indicators. Which of these is not like the other?

Posted by little earl | November 27, 2006 1:37 PM

I maintain that Eli Manning is a badly coached NFL quarterback who is very badly served by comparison to his brother. He has all the basics but just isn't there yet. He would be much further along if he was still playing for David Cutcliffe.

Vince Young is a natural, which is a good thing, because he has a lot left to learn. It's a shame the Titans screwed over Steve McNair, as Young could have learned a lot from him. On the other hand, he does seem to be learning well on his feet. I still think he was the cream of last year's crop, Leinert and Cutler not withstanding.

Posted by mw | November 27, 2006 2:59 PM

Vince will be a hall of famer and he showed why this weekend.

Sure, his throwing motion is a bit ugly, but it's effective.

He's a winner, plain and simple. And when necessary, he has no qualms about putting his team on his shoulders and carrying them to a win.

David Carr has all the right tools, great throwing motion, mobile in the pocket, strong arm, but he's a loser still.

Posted by Davebo | November 27, 2006 3:56 PM