tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post114469425398852136..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: Three BellsJonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1144726234567194602006-04-10T22:30:00.000-05:002006-04-10T22:30:00.000-05:00"Gloom is your business and business is good""Hey,..."Gloom is your business and business is good"<BR/><BR/>"Hey, it's just a joke"<BR/><BR/>HIGH-larious...<BR/><BR/>My guess is that they dont whack Frankie Valli...now that Johnny Sack went down in th eyes of Phil, Tony may see an opportunity to whack out Phil and Johnny and get in good with Frankie since he would become the boss.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="www.cafepress.com/that_dude" REL="nofollow">Right Wing Attitude</A>That Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18186963883126843896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1144717456653206122006-04-10T20:04:00.000-05:002006-04-10T20:04:00.000-05:00Just a bit of Soprano's banter. It's odd: It real...Just a bit of Soprano's banter. It's odd: It really seems to me that Tony's going soft. The whole business last week about caving to Johnny's demands on the Barone deal, and then that crap with Janice of all people; then this week caving in on whacking Johnny's problem captain. Not only is it a bad move--it'll draw heat getting (more) involved with a guy who could cave to the feds at any minute--he didn't want to do it in the first place. From what he says to Melfi about weakness and that he kicks the shit out of his bodyguard shows he knows this, but it doesn't seem to me that he's able to stop it. Sure, he's physically not up to snuff, and having one's pancreas blown apart will do that, but from a guy who was so quick to take care of business first, it seems odd that he'd be a softy now. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps this is how David Chase presents a fundamental political problem: At bottom perhaps the only authority is brute force, for no one can be convinced if they aren't willing to be convinced. Recall: Polemarchus forces Socrates into the conversation that would become the Republic. Even Socrates wasn't able to talk himself out of a jam. That Tony knew this is clear by him picking a fight with the biggest, baddest dude available to show the crew he's still got it. But, following this, will he make more namby-pamby decisions? <BR/><BR/>And what was up with the puking? Was he that disgusted at himself, or is he physically that weak?jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00414032307167156643noreply@blogger.com