Good morning, Lizards!

"Personal Responsibility is not the way to solve racism!"

-some moonbat, from this debate about affirmative action in American colleges

/good morning

Morning goddess

Good morning goddess. welcome to the late night/early morning threads.

{Bubblehead II}
{BlueCanuck}

Hey, BlueCanuck, any news?

re: #5 goddessoftheclassroom

Nothing yet. Just hope everything is okay.

re: #2 laZardo

"Personal Responsibility is not the way to solve racism!"

-some moonbat, from this debate about affirmative action in American colleges

/good morning

I have one question, how do you "solve" racism?

About time! This thread is half an hour late!

/harumph

re: #7 Hengineer

...I don't know. o_O

re: #7 Hengineer

I have one question, how do you "solve" racism?

My personal belief? You can't, it will always exist in one form or another.

/just the way we as a species are wired.

Good morning, Lizards. What the hell am I doing up so early?

re: #11 infidelia

A job to go to maybe?

Ah, that's it! Took a couple days off!

I see the Celts still can't win one on the road. What's up with that?

re: #10 BlueCanuck

My personal belief? You can't, it will always exist in one form or another.

/just the way we as a species are wired.

People pre-judge by appearances, its a fact of life.

However you can minimize the overt racism by doing away with conventions and laws that use it. Now the only ones still left are the reverse-discrimination designed to give preferential treatment to the so-called minorities (In my home state of California I think Caucasians are now a minority).

re: #15 Hengineer

Or you could just hate all races (even your own) equally. This way you're technically not a bigot...

/works for me...

For I loved you even then.

Reminds me a bit of Jeremiah 1:5

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."

(Not from Obama's Jeremiah btw)

A tadpole and a fish? Kinky ... and possibly illegal.

re: #16 laZardo

Or you could just hate all races (even your own) equally. This way you're technically not a bigot...

/works for me...

Exactly.

I sometimes even hate myself, the ultimate in non-preferential treatment

re: #10 BlueCanuck

My personal belief? You can't, it will always exist in one form or another.

/just the way we as a species are wired.

Well, I don't think we can "solve" noticing that people look different from us.

We have abolished institutional discrimination, and culturally certain words, once very common, are now taboo.

We can endeavor to educate our children that these differences are inferiorities, and that all people deserve to be treated with respect BASED ON THEIR CHOICES AND BEHAVIOR.

Sadly, when a member of a particular race or ethnic groups behaves in a certain way, the reaction of some is, "See? That's a typical white person."

re: #18 Tigger2005

A tadpole and a fish? Kinky ... and possibly illegal.

They caught a seal hitting on a penguin the other day. Now that's kinky...

Lebanese army begins drive to restore order

Hezbollah's success so far has sapped the credibility of the Siniora government and its main patron, the United States, which has cast Lebanon as a fragile democracy endangered by the ambitions of Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian backers.

/typical al-reuters spin job.

re: #21 infidelia

They caught a seal hitting on a penguin the other day. Now that's kinky...

well the penguin was eating ice cream earlier and someone said "looks like you just blew a seal"

the penguin replied, nah its just ice cream.

More proof that the EU is a criminal enterprise

Brussels has proposed that all cars sold in Europe in 2012, whether European-made or not, should reach an overall objective of 120-130 grammes (4.2-4.6 ounces) of CO2 emitted per kilometre (0.6 miles), as opposed to an average of 160 grammes today.
But such is the genius of our central government that it is developed an even more imaginative scam. Knowing full well that its standards cannot be met, it is proposing that car manufacturers can continue selling "sub-standard" cars, but must pay a fine to the EU for each vehicle they make.
This starts in 2012 with a charge of €20 (30 dollars) per extra gramme of CO2 per car, with the penalties rising to €95 by 2015. By any account, this has the makings of being a nice little earner, and brings lawmaking to new heights: make laws that people cannot obey and then fine them for not obeying them. How long before New Labour latches on to this principle?

U.S. victims of attacks in Israel sue Swiss bank

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American victims of bombings and rocket attacks in Israel have sued Swiss bank UBS AG for more than $500 million, accusing the bank of helping fund the militants behind the attacks through dealings with Iran.

And the State Dept. will have this quashed in how many day?

re: #24 wahabicorridor

More proof that the EU is a criminal enterprise

Good Morning!

That sounds like a good old fashioned MA scam....

re: #26 loppyd

I guess the cute little birdies will begin to sing now that Europe. Open the window Cinderella.

Doesn't MA continue to tax your car for 8 years after you buy it?

Morning, Loppyd. Is this 20 mph "breeze" going to stop or what? Can't sit on the beach without freezing to death...

Neal Lawson should be taken out and shot - or why the UK is lost.

The condition of Britain demands not more individualism but greater collective identity and action. From Northern Rock and the credit crunch to the anxiety and insecurity of failing markets in housing, pensions and labour supply, the challenge of the modern democratic left is to devise the architecture that will enable democracy to flourish and the people to take back control of both the economy and the state. Our need to belong, to share, to cooperate, is an inextinguishable flame in all of us and it is the abiding purpose of the centre-left to modernise the form it takes.

Fashioning a new form of collectivism for the centre-left provides not just a practical programme for government but crucially a moral compass. It is the progressive belief that given the chance, the resources and space, people can take proper and full control of their lives. Ultimately the centre-left is driven by the belief that the accident of birth - whether good or bad - should not determine the quality of our lives. Instead we pool some of our liberty in an act of enlightened self-interest to ensure we all reach our full potential. Democracy is the means by which this cooperative deal is struck between us. But in making it we discover not just instrumental benefit but intrinsic satisfaction.

And now I'm off...........

re: #27 Widow'smight

I guess the cute little birdies will begin to sing now that Europe. Open the window Cinderella.

Doesn't MA continue to tax your car for 8 years after you buy it?

Yeah, it's called excise tax. They excise $ from your wallet.

re: #26 loppyd

Morning loppy - bye loppy

/prayers for the stepdad

re: #29 wahabicorridor

Neal Lawson should be taken out and shot - or why the UK is lost.

And now I'm off...........

Always the same "solution" from this lot: give up, give up, give up. Become one with the hive.

re: #30 infidelia

PA has it's share of taxes too, including one of the highest gasoline taxes in the country.

Is your Nic some type of Onion? I love Infidelia Onion Dressing.

re: #27 Widow'smight

I guess the cute little birdies will begin to sing now that Europe. Open the window Cinderella.

Doesn't MA continue to tax your car for 8 years after you buy it?

Good Morning!

$25 per thousand of the car's value for as long as you own it.

Something a bit light hearted for an otherwise dreary news day :)

Zero Gravity Water Bubble

re: #28 infidelia

Morning, Loppyd. Is this 20 mph "breeze" going to stop or what? Can't sit on the beach without freezing to death...

It's freezing! I have the heat on for crying out loud.

re: #31 wahabicorridor

Thank you! Have a good day, wahabi.

re: #34 loppyd

Wanna borrow my Pick-axe to mess up the body a little? Or, take it out muddin and leave it like that. You know, "Get a mud on the tires". I'm sure the BF ain't gonna mind that MUCH.

re: #32 infidelia

"Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."

re: #33 Widow'smight

PA has it's share of taxes too, including one of the highest gasoline taxes in the country.

Is your Nic some type of Onion? I love Infidelia Onion Dressing.

My nic's the result of happening to be listening to Beethoven when I discovered the register was open. Play on "Fidelio". Don't mind sounding like fave onion vidalia, though.

re: #36 loppyd

It's freezing! I have the heat on for crying out loud.

Took two days off so I could hang out on the beach. Hah. Even the seagulls are all over at the Danvers malls.

re: #41 infidelia

They are probably there for the higher end of scavenging.

/willing to bet there's a Mickey D's nearby.

re: #27 Widow'smight

I guess the cute little birdies will begin to sing now that Europe. Open the window Cinderella.

Doesn't MA continue to tax your car for 8 years after you buy it?

Even after 8 years you continue to pay excise tax for as long as you own the car - and sometimes for some time after you have gotten rid of it. To add insult to injury, if you are billed for excise tax for a car that you do not own, you must first pay the bill before you are allowed to dispute your responsibility for taxes on a vehicle you don't own.

re: #38 Widow'smight

Wanna borrow my Pick-axe to mess up the body a little? Or, take it out muddin and leave it like that. You know, "Get a mud on the tires". I'm sure the BF ain't gonna mind that MUCH.

You are sweet to offer, but my car isn't the problem. The Jeep is an '07 so it hurts extra when it's time to pay up.

Good morning, lizards.
46 degrees and partly cloudy along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

I have completed my coursework and my work hours have stabilized, so I am back on the morning thread.

Howz everyone?

re: #42 BlueCanuck

They are probably there for the higher end of scavenging.

/willing to bet there's a Mickey D's nearby.

Actually I think it's the Kelley's. These guys know quality.

re: #45 Irish Rose

Good morning, lizards.
46 degrees and partly cloudy along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

I have completed my coursework and my work hours have stabilized, so I am back on the morning thread.

Howz everyone?

Okay, now I know I need coffee. I read that as housework and was trying desperately to figure out what kind of a person could have all of her housework done by 5 in the morning. HAHAH.

Congratulations :)

re: #41 infidelia

Took two days off so I could hang out on the beach. Hah. Even the seagulls are all over at the Danvers malls.

Bummer!

So solly...

re: #45 Irish Rose

Good morning, just stumbling along myself waiting for the relief to show up.

re: #46 infidelia

Actually I think it's the Kelley's. These guys know quality.

Indeed their is. But if it's a warm roast beef sandwich you crave, you need to take yourself to Nick's Roast Beef in No. Beverly!

Hmmm, fairly slow news morning. All my RSS feeds are still old news.

/well old since I last checked.

re: #48 loppyd

Bummer!

So solly...

Thanks. I think I'll go see "Iron Man" tonight. Looks like a good pick-me-up.

How's your dad doing? Did they confirm the C-Dif?

re: #41 infidelia

Took two days off so I could hang out on the beach. Hah. Even the seagulls are all over at the Danvers malls.

What the matter to many needles on Rivier Beach

re: #40 infidelia

Music is good when you're thinking about food. It was ugly here yesterday, but Today the sun is shining and the birdies chirping. Me thinks my grass will make significant progress in it's upward mobility program.

re: #7 Hengineer

I have one question, how do you "solve" racism?

Government control and lots of money. Duh. The same way they want to solve all problems.

re: #53 BBev

What the matter to many needles on Rivier Beach

These gulls are further up the coast and the Kelley's outlet is "inland". The ones in Revere just stand across the street and watch for french frys to fall.

re: #52 infidelia

Thanks. I think I'll go see "Iron Man" tonight. Looks like a good pick-me-up.

How's your dad doing? Did they confirm the C-Dif?

He's my step-father, actually.....and he is doing much better. Able to eat again which means he's baaaaaaaaaaack! LOL

Yes, they did confirm it.

Thanks for asking!

re: #55 JamesTKirk

Hmmm, I think of the old saw when I hear that. Elephant: a mouse built to government standards.

re: #56 infidelia

These gulls are further up the coast and the Kelley's outlet is "inland". The ones in Revere just stand across the street and watch for french frys to fall.

Man I am so glad I got out there.

re: #24 wahabicorridor

And the car manufacturers will pass on that extra cost to the consumer, who will wonder why cars have gotten so expensive recently. The government and media will tell them that it is all the fault of the greedy Big Auto.

Well time to finish getting ready for work.

Hope everybody has a good day.

L8R

re: #61 Bubblehead II

Well time to finish getting ready for work.

Hope everybody has a good day.

L8R

Have a super tuesday!

re: #43 galloping granny

There must be a reason people live there. I noticed that MA doesn't have one Republican in the US house or senate. Course, the republicans are just Dumbo-lite for the most part.

We pay a 6% sales tax at the time of purchase, and that's it. 3.3% income tax, 6% sales tax on everything else except food and clothes.

Here's a gem though. You pay tax on seed and vegetable plants which you grow for food?

Glad there isn't a redneck tax.

re: #59 BBev

Man I am so glad I got out there.

You used to live in Revere?

My friend's Nonna lived there. I loved going to her house....never left hungry that's for sure!

re: #52 infidelia

Thanks. I think I'll go see "Iron Man" tonight. Looks like a good pick-me-up.

I'm debating seeing it again this weekend. It's a good movie, and I also want to try to see Captain America's shield in Tony Stark's workroom. They say it's there...

re: #63 Widow'smight

seeds are taxable and some veggie plants as well....lettuce plants are not as you can eat them and herb plants are the same.

Glad to here he's doing so much better loppyd.

re: #44 loppyd

My two 4x4s are 92 and 94, so they're probably not worth much. They run fine though, especially my 92 F250, purrs like a giant kitten.

Have a good one, BH.

Picked up a "National Enquirer" second time this year yesterday. They are still flogging this possible scandal involvng the Obamassiah and the murder of TUCC's gay choir master. Not as good as the Times finally asking whether or not he's an apostate in the eyes of the Islamists, but at this point I'll grasp at any straw.

I got nothing and am just along for the ride this morning.

Time to head in to the office.

BBL maybe.

Hope everyone has a great day!

re: #67 The Albatross

Glad to here he's doing so much better loppyd.

Thank you very much!

re: #66 loppyd

seeds are taxable and some veggie plants as well....lettuce plants are not as you can eat them and herb plants are the same.

If somebody is trying to charge you Mass tax on seeds you had better double check the law. Those used to be specifically exempt from tax. You can use food stamps to buy them.

Oddly enough, in MA shoelaces are taxable but baby oil is not. You figure that one out - I never was able to. There are several oddities like that.

re: #72 loppyd

Thank you very much!

Have a good one, loppyd. Keep an eye peeled for "Outlaw Sharia" if you go through the square.

re: #68 Widow'smight

My two 4x4s are 92 and 94, so they're probably not worth much. They run fine though, especially my 92 F250, purrs like a giant kitten.

my Outback is an 01 so this year won't hurt quite so much.

The BF almost got the F150 instead of the jeep. I loved it!

Gotta fly now....

re: #75 loppyd

my Outback is an 01 so this year won't hurt quite so much.

The BF almost got the F150 instead of the jeep. I loved it!

Gotta fly now....

'99 Forester I've had it 3 years and so far the only work it's needed is brakes. Using the rebate check to get the baby new shoes on all 4 wheels...

Uh oh. Dead thread...

re: #77 infidelia

Uh oh. Dead thread...

Kick it.

CODE BLUE, get the crash cart stat.

/now where did I put that car battery.

Good Morning Lizards. Here I sit in the airport after doing the Security perp walk. Bin Laden sits is his cave watching CNN with his Obama yard sign outside.

Morning all. Noticed that there are fresh comments on the obamarama-Israel thread!

re: #80 opnion

Heh!

Been there too. I'm just glad that Richard Reid didn't try to hide the bomb up his bum. Woulda been a little bit worse than taking your shoes off.

Surveillance camera footage shows the earthquake in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan Province China

Whoa.... I was really surprised at the duration.

re: #77 infidelia

Uh oh. Dead thread...

I sitting here at my deck designing a parking lot for the Laconia Bike week.

Anyone know of any job openings.

re: #82 BulgarWheat

Heh!

Been there too. I'm just glad that Richard Reid didn't try to hide the bomb up his bum. Woulda been a little bit worse than taking your shoes off.

Hillary had a snuke in her snizz.

Morning all. The DT seems to be deader than usual this morning, and the avitars are not working on my machine, anyone know what's up with that, or have I missed something?

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re: #85 JamesTKirk

JTK, big howdy back at cha!

re: #82 BulgarWheat

Heh!

Been there too. I'm just glad that Richard Reid didn't try to hide the bomb up his bum. Woulda been a little bit worse than taking your shoes off.

Ya know what? You just gave me a whole new perspective.
Not so bad really.

So, did anyone see this little tidbit yesterday?

Grandma Helps Stressed Troops; Sends Them Dolls Built to Take a Beating

My kneejerk response to this headline was a criticism towards those who would "infantize" our troops. But then I read the article.

"Army Staff Sgt. James Borchardt said that when tension rises in his tactical operations center in Iraq, he grabs his doll by the legs and beats the stuffing out of it.

"It made me laugh more than anything," he said in an e-mail. "I gave them to almost everyone in my unit."

Can't you just envision it?
Some grizzly officer with a five o'clock shadow in a tough zone somewhere, tired and stressed out... grabbing a goofy looking "stuffie" by the legs, hurling it around the room and beating the shit out of it while uttering a steady stream of profanity?

I like the concept.

I wonder how they hold up under target practice.

Kick it out - Boom Boom Satellites

re: #88 opnion

Yeah, also think how much money it saved us. The poor, clueless TSA folks would have demanded a lot more pay if they ended up on the wrong end of me.

I spray shoe deo (Dr. Scholls) before I go to the airport. No use gagging the poor TSA folks.

re: #86 1SG(ret)

I froze up on the main page this morning and had to reboot.... I got icons and seem to be running fine now. Could it be the new changes?

re: #83 The Albatross

See that one car? It moved backwards from it's space at least 2 feet.

Good morning all. Has everyone read Dershowitz's piece on Jimmah Carter and his Arab money supply?Why does Jimmy Carter hate the Jews? Because he loves Arab money!

Genetically modified human embryo stirs criticism

re: #92 The Albatross

Thanks, they are working for me now also. It seems every time I get back here there are new changes. I couldn't keep up last year, so I have no hope now I guess.
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On this date in 1965 the Rolling Stones released " I can't get no satisfaction". I was 6. And the Stones still go on tour!

The R kelly jury selection began yesterday (Bet he wishes that he could fly)
His defense atty is a high powered guy named Genson.
How long to play the race card? Why the first day. The defense is screaming because two African Americans were dismissed wiith premptory prosecution challenges.
A female called Kelly, 'A musical genuis", A male said ""because of delays ., Kelly could not get a fair trial"
Ok, three jurors seated, two of them African American.

re: #93 BlueCanuck

See that one car? It moved backwards from it's space at least 2 feet.

3 minutes, that's like forever for a quake. Usually they just seem like 3 minutes...

Anybody else see the tornado video where the 2 cars flipped up and high-fived each other?

re: #90 The Albatross

I remember them from Ridge Racer...

/RIIIIIIIIIDGE RAAAACERRRRR!

re: #97 pingjockey

On this date in 1965 the Rolling Stones released " I can't get no satisfaction". I was 6. And the Stones still go on tour!

Yep... and Jagger is ten times uglier than he was back then too.
Good clean living, I guess.

re: #91 BulgarWheat

Yeah, also think how much money it saved us. The poor, clueless TSA folks would have demanded a lot more pay if they ended up on the wrong end of me.

I spray shoe deo (Dr. Scholls) before I go to the airport. No use gagging the poor TSA folks.

I just wish that there was a little more common sence.
Eight year old blonde kids are a little outside of the profile.

re: #99 infidelia
Yah. Helluva video. Seems the gov't of Burma is using the cyclone to do a little population reduction. aid can come in but no aid workers.

re: #98 opnion

R Kelly, he preyed on a young, black girl. Where's the outrage of that. Child molestation is a heinous, unforgivable sin from my perspective.

I simply do not understand that line of thought. I just don't.

re: #101 Irish Rose
I'll bet if Keith Richards had known he was going to live this long he might have taken better care of himself!

re: #94 steveoh

A lot of universities on the West Coast are showered with East Asian money...but at least they (we?) generally appreciate the value of a proper Western education.

re: #105 pingjockey

At this point, if Keith quit smoking, drinking, and dope I'd wager he'd be dead in 6 months.

He's being artificially preserved, me thinks.

re: #104 BulgarWheat

R Kelly, he preyed on a young, black girl. Where's the outrage of that. Child molestation is a heinous, unforgivable sin from my perspective.

I simply do not understand that line of thought. I just don't.

Whoa, whoa! He is a "musical genius" Come on ! For all we know his father may have ignored him or something.

re: #107 BulgarWheat
Mwahaha! Did you see the Saturday nite live episode where Jagger did his Richards imitation? Hilarious. Richards speaks a language known only to Keith.

re: #104 BulgarWheat

They're only starting the trial now? o_O

/the parody's already pretty old...

re: #102 opnion

I just wish that there was a little more common sence.
Eight year old blonde kids are a little outside of the profile.

So is my 87 year old WWII disabled Veteran father in his flight jacket & walker, LOL. Last time he flew home they actually made the poor old guy take his shoes off (he can barely stand up!) and THEN they tried to steal an engraved lighter that has never had lighter fluid in it given to him as a souvenir decades ago that he wanted to take back to Florida. Luckily my sister was standing there and refused to give it to them.

re: #102 opnion

I just wish that there was a little more common sense.

Common Sense

re: #105 pingjockey

I'll bet if Keith Richards had known he was going to live this long he might have taken better care of himself!

It might just be that all the drugs are what kept him going this long...

re: #35 Bubblehead II

Science!

/trying my best KT imitation...

Keith Richards, now and then.

Ew.

re: #115 Irish Rose
Bloody scary!

re: #105 pingjockey

If there's ever a nuclear holocaust, the only things left on earth will be cockroaches and Keith Richards looking dazed.

/from some rock magazine of my bro's...

re: #111 galloping granny

So is my 87 year old WWII disabled Veteran father in his flight jacket & walker, LOL. Last time he flew home they actually made the poor old guy take his shoes off (he can barely stand up!) and THEN they tried to steal an engraved lighter that has never had lighter fluid in it given to him as a souvenir decades ago that he wanted to take back to Florida. Luckily my sister was standing there and refused to give it to them.

I saw tjhem hassle a guy in the Cleaerwater Airport. He had on a prosthetic , leg & they ere tugging on it.
The guy had to be 85, you know bermudas & black socks

&#9834 &#9836 Good morning, {lizards}! &#9836 &#9834

A beeeeYOOOOtiful day in the valley with plenty of sinshine and it's warming up. Coffee and Danish are on me so hep yoself.

:D

re: #118 opnion

I saw tjhem hassle a guy in the Cleaerwater Airport. He had on a prosthetic , leg & they ere tugging on it.
The guy had to be 85, you know bermudas & black socks

"Just wait'll some 85-year-old terrorist hides a bomb in his prosthetic leg, then we'll be saying 'I told you so'!"
-TSA morons

re: #111 galloping granny

So is my 87 year old WWII disabled Veteran father in his flight jacket & walker, LOL. Last time he flew home they actually made the poor old guy take his shoes off (he can barely stand up!) and THEN they tried to steal an engraved lighter that has never had lighter fluid in it given to him as a souvenir decades ago that he wanted to take back to Florida. Luckily my sister was standing there and refused to give it to them.

How's this for irony? The lighting in the photo is not so good. Note the *scarf* on the TSA employee....

re: #118 opnion

I saw tjhem hassle a guy in the Cleaerwater Airport. He had on a prosthetic , leg & they ere tugging on it.
The guy had to be 85, you know bermudas & black socks

That really should be outlawed! Do they ever actually hassle anyone at all that might actually be a terrorist?

re: #117 laZardo
That dazed look is his normal state. The whole bs with the TSA is bs. They only check about 10% of the luggage going on board! Into the cargo hold. They also keep busting illegals working in "secure" areas. Feh! The "punk" is now on Fox.

re: #120 JamesTKirk

"Just wait'll some 85-year-old terrorist hides a bomb in his prosthetic leg, then we'll be saying 'I told you so'!"
-TSA morons

Thats what you get when you hire guys who failed the test for the Post Office.

re: #122 galloping granny

That really should be outlawed! Do they ever actually hassle anyone at all that might actually be a terrorist?

No

re: #122 galloping granny
No! That wouldn't be PC!

re: #119 Miss Trixie

Coffee and Danish are on me...

Sounds sticky.

re: #121 Grammy Cracker

How's this for irony? The lighting in the photo is not so good. Note the *scarf* on the TSA employee....

I saw that photo a while back. Strange, huh? Seems to me like the henhouse is suddenly inhabited by a bunch of wolves and the farmer is paying no attention at all.

re: #124 opnion

Poignantly upding'd.

re: #122 galloping granny

That really should be outlawed! Do they ever actually hassle anyone at all that might actually be a terrorist?

Nope. Because that would be "profiling".

And any liberal will tell you that "profile" is a dirty word, since it's an anagram of "pro-life".

re: #128 galloping granny

I saw that photo a while back. Strange, huh? Seems to me like the henhouse is suddenly inhabited by a bunch of wolves and the farmer is paying no attention at all.

Hell, the farmer's giving them the keys....

/GACK!

re: #126 pingjockey

No! That wouldn't be PC Islamophobic!

/fix'd

re: #124 opnion

Thats what you get when you hire guys who failed the test for the Post Office.

And the guys who fail the test for the Post Office and the TSA will be the ones running Universal Health Care.

re: #127 JamesTKirk

Sounds sticky.

*snort*

Trust you to come up with that.

Sheesh.

The Flyers will beat the Pens tonight, pigs will fly, and Obama is a classical liberal.

My sports post for the year.

re: #126 pingjockey

No! That wouldn't be PC!

That actually is my instinct too. That they hassle folks so they can say they are doing something but deliberately don't go anywhere near anyone who might conceivably claim that they were profiled. Kind of profiling in reverse if you know what I mean.

re: #132 laZardo
Why, thank you!

re: #134 Miss Trixie

re: #127 JamesTKirk

re: #119 Miss Trixie

Coffee and Danish are on me...

Sounds sticky.

*snort*
Trust you to come up with that.
Sheesh.

What can I say? I know sticky.

re: #127 JamesTKirk

Sounds sticky.

Jim, you naughty boy! Are you at it already this morning? LOL

re: #133 JamesTKirk

And the guys who fail the test for the Post Office and the TSA will be the ones running Universal Health Care.

Yup,good point

re: #139 Grammy Cracker

Jim, you naughty boy! Are you at it already this morning? LOL

It's five o'clock somewhere.

re: #139 Grammy Cracker

Jim, you naughty boy! Are you at it already this morning? LOL

You mean he actually behaves from time to time?

The nuns are being searched by muslimas in hijab but we are not to speak the word "jihad".

re: #138 JamesTKirk
Damn Tholians!

Breaking News > Chinese Media Says 18,645 Buried in Town Near Quake's Epicenter

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re: #136 galloping granny

That actually is my instinct too. That they hassle folks so they can say they are doing something but deliberately don't go anywhere near anyone who might conceivably claim that they were profiled. Kind of profiling in reverse if you know what I mean.

IIRC, they can actually be fined if they search too many muslims (more than two per plane). It's been said that all terrorists have to do is send two suspicious muslims through the line first, and then the rest of them can carry on anything they want.

re: #140 opnion

Yup,good point

I think they're the one's currently in charge of the State Department.....

/ [not so much]

re: #142 BlueCanuck

You mean he actually behaves from time to time?

I behave.

Badly.

Iran's support for Hizbullah's "coup" in Lebanon will affect Iran's relations with Arab and Islamic countries, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Tuesday.

Prince Saud al-Faisal has called on all Middle Eastern countries to respect Lebanon's independence and refrain from stoking sectarian tensions in the country. Iran and Syria back Hizbullah, which is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, but have denied meddling in Lebanon's internal affairs.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

re: #143 infidelia

The nuns are being searched by muslimas in hijab but we are not to speak the word "jihad".

If the poor nun had hiked her habit up around her face, she probably would have sailed through - they would have thought it was a burka, which, of course, is perfectly acceptable.

re: #148 JamesTKirk

Ahhh... I love danish in the morning :).

re: #149 storagemanager
Right......and water isn't wet!

re: #142 BlueCanuck

You mean he actually behaves from time to time?

Eh, not so much! LOL

re: #146 JamesTKirk

IIRC, they can actually be fined if they search too many muslims (more than two per plane). It's been said that all terrorists have to do is send two suspicious muslims through the line first, and then the rest of them can carry on anything they want.

That sounds like religious discrimination to me. And yet one more perfectly good reason to not fly.

jihad, jihad, jihad, jihadi, boom! Can I get a fatwa now? Fuck stans' minions!

re: #151 Irish Rose

Ahhh... I love danish in the morning :).

Jim, don't even go there...... ROFL.

/uh...guess I just did.... oops!

Peta Alert... Japan has enslaved the monkey's (and makes them work for peanuts in a bar)

sorry... it must have been the sushi and saki I had last night, I'm on an Asian slide.

re: #117 laZardo

If there's ever a nuclear holocaust, the only things left on earth will be cockroaches and Keith Richards looking dazed.

/from some rock magazine of my bro's...

I thought it was going to be cockroaches and Cher.

re: #154 galloping granny

That sounds like religious discrimination to me. And yet one more perfectly good reason to not fly.

I haven't flown in almost three years, and airport security (or lack thereof) is one of the reasons.

re: #154 galloping granny
I had to fly a year ago January. Lived up to all my non-expectations. Last time I'd taken a flight was 1995. San Diego to Bahrain.

re: #156 Grammy Cracker

re: #151 Irish Rose

Ahhh... I love danish in the morning :).

Jim, don't even go there...... ROFL.

I can't. I'm not Danish.

re: #157 The Albatross

sorry... it must have been the sushi and saki I had last night, I'm on an Asian slide.

re: #111 galloping granny

So is my 87 year old WWII disabled Veteran father in his flight jacket & walker, LOL. Last time he flew home they actually made the poor old guy take his shoes off (he can barely stand up!) and THEN they tried to steal an engraved lighter that has never had lighter fluid in it given to him as a souvenir decades ago that he wanted to take back to Florida. Luckily my sister was standing there and refused to give it to them.

Clearly these incidents are ridiculous. But remember the policy comes from the top down. If our own President is afraid to call out Islam for what it represents and the multi culti, political correctness crowd at State won't even recognize and clearly identify the enemies of America, why should some schlump making 12 bucks an hour act any differently. Their bosses are telling them to randomly select people as to avoid profiling.

On a good note, I won't say how I know, but a personal connection at TSA has informed me that while those $12/hr schlumps do their thing there are highly trained anti terror TSA officers in the back room, watching facial expressions and using Israeli techniques to spot trouble makers. The profiling is just happening behind closed doors. And that's a fact.

re: #149 storagemanager

Because the arrival of the Mahdi would be bad for business at Mecca...

re: #159 JamesTKirk

I haven't flown in almost three years, and airport security (or lack thereof) is one of the reasons.

I was last on a plane about 5 years ago for my daughter's wedding. Between airport "security" and being deliberately stranded in Denver by United Airlines for nearly a week, you wouldn't get me on a plane for love nor money, not even if you guaranteed me a first class seat.

Daughter wants to take me to England for a "vacation." I told her I'll go only if she can figure out how to get me there by train.

Morning, Irish Rose! How's the new job working out? All good, I hope...

re: #165 galloping granny

Daughter wants to take me to England for a "vacation." I told her I'll go only if she can figure out how to get me there by train.

I'll go if I can drive.

Macuilliffe(sp) on Fox. I could smack him with a clue by four for a very long time!

re: #163 steveoh

I certainly hope so! There has to be someone left in government employ with a modicum of common sense.... right?

re: #165 galloping granny

I was last on a plane about 5 years ago for my daughter's wedding. Between airport "security" and being deliberately stranded in Denver by United Airlines for nearly a week, you wouldn't get me on a plane for love nor money, not even if you guaranteed me a first class seat.

Daughter wants to take me to England for a "vacation." I told her I'll go only if she can figure out how to get me there by train.

TWA: Try Walking Across.

re: #136 galloping granny

That actually is my instinct too. That they hassle folks so they can say they are doing something but deliberately don't go anywhere near anyone who might conceivably claim that they were profiled. Kind of profiling in reverse if you know what I mean.

I sat around the screening area of an airport last year for almost three hours. Of the 99% of those selected for additional/close screening most were ordinary folks. Predominately older women with a lot of jewelry. My radar went off once and I said to my wife, "Here you go." We both watched as the individual went through screening, was then extensively wanded, then sent back for additional questioning. Later, he took his time boarding the plane and they had to announce his name over the p.a. system. You can guess what his first name was.
So I'd say the system works, but you really have to watch was is going on for a while. It is all a charade to make it appear as if profiling is not going on.

re: #146 JamesTKirk

Again, the camera's are watching. Certain TSA officers are extremely well trained at spotting suspicious passengers, and trust me they don't give a hoot about being politically correct. What we all witness are the pawns.

re: #171 EC Marm

We both watched as the individual went through screening, was then extensively wanded, then sent back for additional questioning. Later, he took his time boarding the plane and they had to announce his name over the p.a. system. You can guess what his first name was.

pwned in public

re: #172 steveoh
I really,really hope you folks are correct.

re: #141 JamesTKirk

am and pm

re: #164 laZardo

Because the arrival of the Mahdi would be bad for business at Mecca...

The camera's aren't all that's watching. Couple years ago I flew from Boston to Orlando. There's a pushcart stand across from the JetBlue gate in Boston. Staffed by a blue-eyed American Muslima. In hijab. She just stands there all day watching what goes on...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) %u2015 In a flash, a police officer draws a handgun from its holster. Less than two seconds later, a red laser and bright light shine at whatever is in the gun barrel's path while a mini-camera records it all.

That's how mini-cams on police handguns would work under a proposal gaining support in New York, which would be the first state in the nation to require the technology. State police were briefed on the technology and are reviewing it for a possible pilot program, said Michael Balboni, the state's deputy secretary for public safety.

The device could create a critical visual and audio record of police shootings for use in court, said state Sen. Eric Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat and former police officer. He is drumming up support for testing the cameras with the state police SWAT squad.

Adams said recordings from the $695 cameras couldn't be altered by a police officer and would quell many questions after controversial police shootings, like the deaths in New York City of Amadou Diallo in 1999 and Sean Bell in 2006.

[Link: wcbstv.com...]

re: #169 Grammy Cracker

There are still a few. But if Obama gets in, I wouldn't be suprised if people like my friend were laid off.

I know this was a thread last night, but since I have to sleep and work sometimes, I can just comment on it now. Obama calls Israel an "open sore". If and when I meet one of my fellow co-religionists ( Jews I mean ) who professes an urge to vote for that rat- bastard it will take all my will power not to knock them into next year.

re: #179 Nevergiveup

I know this was a thread last night, but since I have to sleep and work sometimes, I can just comment on it now. Obama calls Israel an "open sore". If and when I meet one of my fellow co-religionists ( Jews I mean ) who professes an urge to vote for that rat- bastard it will take all my will power not to knock them into next year.

If you knock them into next year, they won't be able to vote for him in November...

/just sayin'

re: #179 Nevergiveup
I don't think that thread is dead yet!

Saudi FM: Nasrallah like Ariel Sharon

'Hizbullah leader, former Israel PM both invaded Beirut,' Prince Saud Al-Faisal tells Arab League conference, adding 'Iran is managing this war and Hizbullah is looking to impose Islamic rule on all of Lebanon'

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

re: #180 JamesTKirk

If you knock them into next year, they won't be able to vote for him in November...

/just sayin'

The wording was very deliberate.

re: #173 laZardo

pwned in public

I actually think that he wanted his name to be announced. I nonchalantly watched him for about a half an hour after he went through screening as his plane was across from ours. They announced boarding rows x -x, he sat. Then rows x-x, he still sat. This continued. Finally every row had been called and the line to board was gone. At that point they announced his name. He seemed pleased. He took his time.
Flight was to La Guardia.

Seikimatsu - Fire After Fire

Morning

re: #176 infidelia

Why am I suddenly reminded of this famous gaze?

re: #174 pingjockey

It's a blood relative I'm talking about. A terrorist police officer from Israel who hunted the bad guys day and night. His knowledge of Arabic, fair hair and eyes made him the perfect terrorist hunter. He is a straight talker and would tell me if it were different.

Mind you, he's only in one airport. So.....?

re: #179 Nevergiveup

I know this was a thread last night, but since I have to sleep and work sometimes, I can just comment on it now. Obama calls Israel an "open sore". If and when I meet one of my fellow co-religionists ( Jews I mean ) who professes an urge to vote for that rat- bastard it will take all my will power not to knock them into next year.

Apologists are trying to claim he just called the Israel-Pali conflict and "open sore". I think it's a big mistake to give Obama the benefit of the doubt on anything. He connected Israel with the words "open sore" in his comments. I don't think that was a slip, I think it was a subliminal.

re: #136 galloping granny

That actually is my instinct too. That they hassle folks so they can say they are doing something but deliberately don't go anywhere near anyone who might conceivably claim that they were profiled. Kind of profiling in reverse if you know what I mean.

That is true, and I am one of their control profilees that is nearly always pulled out to cover their PC asses. The last three times I have flown international I have been pulled out for the once over at boarding gates at JFK international. It usually goes like this, I fly coach and once business on these flights so I am back in the boarding order. Some one of middle eastern appearance is pulled ahead of me and asked for papers, while one agent is checking them out, one of the others of the group looks up the line and their eyes stop at me (military cropped blue eyed, grey haired, athletic appearing, middle aged, apple pie, white, boy next door. I then get pulled for the same treatment as Haji to balance things against any complaints they may receive. Now, this was a few years ago when they were somewhat on mission, and hadn't been slapped into submission by whining CAIR types and Jihadists operatives softening up the system.

re: #180 JamesTKirk

Just to December will be fine...

re: #179 Nevergiveup
Why do your co-religionists continue to vote for a party that would gladly sell Israel for a few ulu-ulus?

A Jordanian judicial official says the country's state prosecutor has charged a man with premeditated murder who is suspected of drowning his 22-year-old sister for having an extramarital affair.
The official says the unidentified woman's brother beat her with the help of his family Saturday and then took her to the Dead Sea, where he drowned her.
The official says the state prosecutor also charged the woman's parents and another brother Monday with assisting in the murder by knowing about it and for beating the woman before she died. He says they carried out their suspected actions after seeing an unidentified man leaving the slain woman's house.

[Link: www.jihadwatch.org...]

In the days
When we were swinging from the trees
I was a monkey
Stealing honey from the swarm of bees

I could taste...
I could taste you even then
And I would chase you down the wind

You can go there if you please
Wild honey
And if you go there, go with me
Wild honey

Did I know you...
Did I know you even then?
Before the clocks kept time
Before the world was made

From the cruel sun
You were shelter...
You were my shelter and my shade

If you go there with me
Wild honey
You can do just what you please
Wild honey
Yeah, just blowing in the breeze
Wild honey

Wild... wild... wild...

Im still standing...
I'm still standing where you left me
Are you still growing wild
With everything tame around you?

I send you flowers
Good flowers for your heart
I know your garden is full
But is there sweetness at all?

(What is soul?)
(Love me, give me soul)

If you go there, go with me
Wild honey
Wont you take me, take me please
Wild honey
Yeah, swinging through the trees
Wild honey

-U2

re: #188 steveoh
Cool. Tell him good hunting!

Later folks, time to make the lunches for my yard monkeys!

re: #189 infidelia

Apologists are trying to claim he just called the Israel-Pali conflict and "open sore". I think it's a big mistake to give Obama the benefit of the doubt on anything. He connected Israel with the words "open sore" in his comments. I don't think that was a slip, I think it was a subliminal.

We know it is not a slip. His foreign policy advisers all are anti-Israel and wish the "open sore" just would go away. Oh I am sure they will all mourn the lose of life when Israel is wiped off the map.

Japanese Comedic Kung Fu

Ack I'm caught in a stream of consciousness.

re: #197 Nevergiveup

We know it is not a slip. His foreign policy advisers all are anti-Israel and wish the "open sore" just would go away. Oh I am sure they will all mourn the lose of life when Israel is wiped off the map. the Zionist regime occupying Jerusalem is removed from the pages of time.

/Juan Cole

re: #192 pingjockey

Why do your co-religionists continue to vote for a party that would gladly sell Israel for a few ulu-ulus?

I have no idea and I have run out of patience with any who would vote for Obama specifically. As a matter of fact I got so fed up with not only my fellow Jews but the general population around me in general, I joined the Navy.

Morning again Lizards.

/tired

re: #198 The Albatross

Now THIS is what I call a car swarm!

re: #200 Nevergiveup

I have no idea and I have run out of patience with any who would vote for Obama specifically. As a matter of fact I got so fed up with not only my fellow Jews but the general population around me in general, I joined the Navy.

This thing really does have the feeling of failed brakes on a mountain road. There doesn't seem to be a way to get people to listen to reason. Just the creeping assumption that our next president is going to be Barack Hussein Obamasama.

re: #202 laZardo

Now THIS is what I call a car swarm!

The Chinese have a true gift for this sort of thing, LOL!

re: #203 infidelia

This thing really does have the feeling of failed brakes on a mountain road. There doesn't seem to be a way to get people to listen to reason. Just the creeping assumption that our next president is going to be Barack Hussein Obamasama.

Intellectually I still don't see any way he can conceivably win, but I do agree deep down in the pit of my stomach, I do get that stabbing pain very now and then.

re: #203 infidelia

I agree and I'm feeling really nauseas right now.

re: #166 Grammy Cracker

Morning, Irish Rose! How's the new job working out? All good, I hope...

Pretty good, yes... I'd like it if they could give me more hours and/or better pay, of course, but beggers can't be choosers :).

Fortunately, I like what I'm doing.

re: #205 Nevergiveup

Intellectually I still don't see any way he can conceivably win...

Except that this isn't being settled intellectually.

re: #205 Nevergiveup

Intellectually I still don't see any way he can conceivably win, but I do agree deep down in the pit of my stomach, I do get that stabbing pain very now and then.

Jay Severin, one of our local conservative talk show hosts, keeps using the SuperBowl analogy: The Giants COULDN'T beat the Pats.

But...

re: #208 JamesTKirk

Except that this isn't being settled intellectually.

Apparently!

Lebanon: a Consociate, not a Democracy

re: #202 laZardo

Now THIS is what I call a car swarm!

lol, I'm forwarding that one.

Iran to Sue US, Britain Over Mosque Blast
Iran's judiciary said it would file international lawsuits against the United States and Britain, accusing them of providing financial support to those behind a blast in a mosque that killed 14 people.

[Link: www.newmediajournal.us...]

re: #14 infidelia

That's ok my Dallas Stars cant seem to win either...

re: #213 storagemanager

How odd that they're not including Israel in that suit. Isn't it always the fault of the j00z?

re: #208 JamesTKirk

Except that this isn't being settled intellectually.

That's the thing. It's all emotional. People are choosing not to see the links to Farrakhan and the NOI, not to hear Wright or Michelle, not to look at the Ayers. It makes them feeeeeeeel too good to nurse their Chosen One fantasy.

re: #203 infidelia

I'm afraid you are so correct. I talk to military personnel every day, and the tide even with them is turning to the DEMS. Can't understand why this is happening, but I'm beginning to think it's that they are getting tired of being used a pawns in the political arena. Our future seems be be more in doubt on a daily basis. McCain and the general Republican miscues seem to be more at fault, than their wanting the Dems in office. If the repubs don't get their act in order soon (which I'm not holding my breath waiting for) we are looking at some real challenging years ahead.
Top

re: #214 stead63

That's ok my Dallas Stars cant seem to win either...

Heh!

/go Wings!

re: #215 JamesTKirk

They grieve to the UN when it comes to Israel.

re: #218 Grammy Cracker

Thats not very nice but I have to give it to them...they are absolutely killing us. But they are the best team I've seen in a while. I'll just revel in the fact that we made it through 2 rounds we were supposed to get swept!

re: #213 storagemanager

"with international authorities "

What "international authorities" might those be that have
jurisdiction over the US?

Global warming alert.

All this global warming is causing a lot of terrible weather around here. It's May 13th and here's what we got...

[Link: www.cotrip.org...]

... right here in Golden, 14 miles west of Denver.

Walter in Golden, Co.

Lunches made. Time for one more cup of coffee and talk with you all and then I have to wake them up! Haven't got the dog trained yet to do it. Mom had our border collie trained to come and jump on the bed and give us doggie kisses until we woke up!

re: #216 infidelia

That's the thing. It's all emotional. People are choosing not to see the links to Farrakhan and the NOI, not to hear Wright or Michelle, not to look at the Ayers. It makes them feeeeeeeel too good to nurse their Chosen One fantasy.

It's all about feelings.

Plus, as of yesterday, people are still pushing the "something he said once, seven years ago, taken out of context" line about Wright.

re: #217 1SG(ret)

I'm afraid you are so correct. I talk to military personnel every day, and the tide even with them is turning to the DEMS. Can't understand why this is happening, but I'm beginning to think it's that they are getting tired of being used a pawns in the political arena. Our future seems be be more in doubt on a daily basis. McCain and the general Republican miscues seem to be more at fault, than their wanting the Dems in office. If the repubs don't get their act in order soon (which I'm not holding my breath waiting for) we are looking at some real challenging years ahead.
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Since McCain is the nominee, it's already too late for the GOP to get its act together.

Several Students Suspended After ‘Rape Dance’ Video Posted to YouTube

Warning: Graphic Content -- The clip labeled, "Mitchell High School Memphis ... Rape Dat Ho," shows young men and women engaging in what one parent described as "sex with clothes on."

[Link: www.breitbart.tv...]

Is anyone else familiar with this group?

I've been receiving their e-mail updates, and they seem pretty good. I signed the petition to President Bush on the homepage. I doubt it will make any difference, but one has to try....

"Perpetrators, collaborators, bystanders, victims: we can be clear about three of these categories. The bystander, however, is the fulcrum. If there are enough notable exceptions, then protest reaches a critical mass. We don’t usually think of history as being shaped by silence, but, as English philosopher Edmund Burke said, ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.’ "

Okay... parting shot and I got to get this day going...
Yatta

My personal favorite combination humor and men in fig leaf underpants. Have a great day lizards!

G R Double-E N Leaves
G R Double-E N Leaves
It's so easy! Happy-go-lucky!
We are the world! We did it!
Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! (Unh!)

All right! All right!
We're doin' great in college!
All right! All right!
Made president at our jobs!
Long as we've one leaf on, we're doin' fine! Hey, we're lucky just 'cause we're alive!

All right! All right!
We've been confirmed for the prize!
All right! All right!
We're representing Japan!
We're so healthy, it just makes ya sick!
Everybody say "All right!"

Japan's got crises (but)
Tomorrow's wonderful
Even if somebody's mean to us, we just go to bed and
Snore! Snore! Snore! Snore! Pass! Pass! Pass! Pass! (Good morniiiiing!)

All right! All right!
We got nine hours of sleep!
All right! All right!
Woke up and jumped outta bed
What kinda great things might await us now? Hey, we're lucky just 'cause we're alive!

All right! All right!
If there's a change in you
All right! All right!
Then the whole world will change too.
Getting through it unhurt's the best of all. Just stand up straight because it feels greeeaat!

I drink water that's tasty! (All right!)
I get in the sun and feel toasty! (All right!)
Havin' a belly laugh's fun! (All right! All right!)
Try keeping dogs--they're cute! (All right!)

As we brushed past each other, you favored me with a smile.
It's okay if we never meet again. I'm lucky you were here just for a while!

We've got recession these days...in goverment we've no faith.
Could we hit "reset," that'd be number one! And since we're all here, it's just so much fun!

All right! All right!
In university class
All right! All right!
We've got a movie star!
Long as we've one leaf on, we're doin' fine! We're all together, it's a happy time!

All right! All right!
Long as we still can breathe in...
All right! All right!
Long as we still can breathe out...
We're so healthy, it just makes ya sick!
Everybody say "All right!"

Bye Q

re: #225 JamesTKirk

Since McCain is the nominee, it's already too late for the GOP to get its act together.

Well now I can face my day depressed as hell!

re: #225 JamesTKirk

Can't challenge your assessment. I still can't figure out how he is our nominee.
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re: #220 stead63

Thats not very nice but I have to give it to them...they are absolutely killing us. But they are the best team I've seen in a while. I'll just revel in the fact that we made it through 2 rounds we were supposed to get swept!

Yeah, I shouldn't rub it in.... I think you're guys are still exhausted from the first series... Crikey, four overtimes?

re: #222 Walter L. Newton

Global warming alert.

All this global warming is causing a lot of terrible weather around here. It's May 13th and here's what we got...

[Link: www.cotrip.org...]

... right here in Golden, 14 miles west of Denver.

Walter in Golden, Co.

My sincerest condolences. Just don't send it East.

re: #226 storagemanager

What were they serving at that dance?

Even though she was tortured within inches of her life, she risked it anyway and saved at least 2,500 Jewish children from deaths at the hands of the Nazis. She was 98 years old.

Irena Sendler, a righteous Gentile and Polish woman, has a special place in heaven:

WARSAW, Poland: Irena Sendler credited with saving some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazi Holocaust by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, some of them in baskets died Monday, her family

[Link: www.debbieschlussel.com...]

re: #228 The Albatross

Sayonara and see you later!

re: #230 1SG(ret)
I have no idea? Huchabee not well known enough? Romney too Mormon? I have no damn idea.

re: #233 JamesTKirk

What were they serving at that dance?

sex

Good morning all —

Here is Saint Patrick's morning prayer, often called "St. Partick's breastplate"

Saint Patrick’s Breastplate:

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through the belief in the threeness,
Through confession of the oneness
Of the Creator of Creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ's birth with his baptism,
Through the strength of his crucifixion with his burial,
Through the strength of his resurrection with his ascension,
Through the strength of his descent for the judgment of Doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of Cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In the service of archangels,
In hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In prayers of patriarchs,
In predictions of prophets,
In preaching of apostles,
In faith of confessors,
In innocence of holy virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven:
Light of sun,
Radiance of moon,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of wind,
Depth of sea,
Stability of earth,
Firmness of rock.

I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me:
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's host to save me
From snares of devils,
From temptations of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone and in multitude.

I summon today all these powers between me and those evils,
Against every cruel merciless power that may oppose my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul.
Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me abundance of reward.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the threeness,
Through confession of the oneness,
Of the Creator of Creation.

re: #230 1SG(ret)

Can't challenge your assessment. I still can't figure out how he is our nominee.
Top

I dunno, Top; but whoever wins in November, I'll be feeling more like a bottom.

re: #223 pingjockey

Lunches made. Time for one more cup of coffee and talk with you all and then I have to wake them up! Haven't got the dog trained yet to do it. Mom had our border collie trained to come and jump on the bed and give us doggie kisses until we woke up!

The average border collie would make a better presidential candidate than what's running.

re: #105 pingjockey

He's still alive? I thought they propped him up and stuffed a butt in his mouth for the concerts.

Later Lizards! I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go.

re: #218 Grammy Cracker

LET'S GO RED WINGS!

re: #240 infidelia
Probably smarter fer shore!

re: #236 pingjockey

I have no idea? Huchabee not well known enough? Romney too Mormon? I have no damn idea.

Operation Chaos as run by Dummocrats. They just aren't honest enough to admit it.

re: #222 Walter L. Newton

Global warming alert.

All this global warming is causing a lot of terrible weather around here. It's May 13th and here's what we got...

[Link: www.cotrip.org...]

... right here in Golden, 14 miles west of Denver.

Walter in Golden, Co.

Ack. I feel your pain. Growing up close to The Rocks (Calgary, Alberta) we often got our fair share of snow in the spring.

Yeesh.

BAGHDAD -- Despite a declared ceasefire, Shiite gunmen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iranian influenced "special groups" are continuing to attack U.S. and Iraqi Security Forces in Baghdads Sadr City.

[Link: www.metimes.com...]

re: #217 1SG(ret)

Could be the coalition that supported the Republicans the past 30 years is just breaking down... this has been commented on ad naseum in some circles. Dems are having a similar problem - truth is all those old white women voting for Hillary are just not Obama's crowd, and maybe never will be.

That is why some pundits have commented that if McCain is elected he could be the last Republican President for quite a while. Remember that from FDR's win in 1932 until Nixon in 1968 (that is 36 years) the only pause from a Democrat President was Eisenhower, one of the most famous and beloved US generals of all time.

Thus, the Democrats may be able to continue along a while longer with a policy theme loosely built around socialism, while the Republican triad (the social, fiscal, hawk conservatives) may not hold together.

Then there are people like more - more libertarian independents, who have often voted for the Republican candidate only because the Democrat opposition was a worse choice. Not being a party faithful, the Republicans can't count on me voting for them up and down the ticket - they have to offer up people whom I actually believe are right for the job.

I doubt I would vote for Obama - he just isn't qualified (outside of the technical constitutional sense.) It is possible I could vote for McCain, but it wouldn't be because he is a Republican.

re: #234 storagemanager

President Lech Kaczynski expressed "great regret" over Sendler's death, calling her "extremely brave" and "an exceptional person." In recent years, Kaczynski had spearheaded a campaign to put Sendler's name forward as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.

And guess who won that honor instead of her...

re: #200 Nevergiveup

There is the feeling of a small remnant in the air if you ask me.

re: #238 Ojoe

Thank you! That is beautiful...

re: #243 Macker

LET'S GO RED WINGS!

:-)

re: #239 JamesTKirk

I dunno, Top; but whoever wins in November, I'll be feeling more like a bottom.

Sounds like McCain is thinking of running with Huckabee. I knew I should have saved up to buy that cabin in Maine.

re: #251 Grammy Cracker

Thank Saint Patrick

I try and read it every morning but sometimes I do not.

You would find more about it in Thomas Cahil's book, "How the Irish Saved Civilization."

Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Israel would "be soon swept away" from the Palestinian Territories by the Palestinians. It is the second time within less than three years that the Iranian president predicted the eradication of the Jewish state.

The first time was in 2005 when Ahmadinejad hoped that Israel would be eradicated from the Middle East map.

"This terrorist and criminal state is backed by foreign powers, but this regime would soon be swept away by the Palestinians," Ahmadinejad said in a press conference in Tehran.

Referring to worldwide celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Israel's foundation, he said that "it would be futile to hold a birthday ceremony for something which is already dead."

"As far as the regional countries are concerned, this regime does not exist," Ahmadinejad added.

[Link: www.earthtimes.org...]

re: #244 pingjockey

Probably smarter fer shore!

I nominate Magnum Force of Montague, my 12-year-old Chocolate Lab. He is the wisest old soul, and has a very highly developed sleeze alarm...

Here comes the sunlight over the San Gabriel Mountains.

BBL

re: #255 storagemanager

"As far as the regional countries are concerned, this regime does not exist," Ahmadinejad added.

Then who are they shooting missiles at?

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. MSNBC is running a story claiming that Obama supporters canvassing for him in the Indiana received serious anti-black sentiments in places like Muncie (I'll never vote for a black guy), which runs counter to the supposedly large adoring crowds seen at Obama events.

Gee, you really think that Obama people would not try to pack their events with adoring people, while those out on the street canvassing for votes will run into sentiments that suggest Obama has issues, whether it's race (his), racism (Rev. Wright), links to terrorists (say hello Bill Ayers), appeasers (Jimmy Carter, staffers, etc.) and Obama's own words and deeds (hey, would that mean accomplishments? ed: nope - unless accomplishments means frittering away any goodwill he might have to say nothing of removing that thin veneer claiming that he's a different kind of politician).

Meanwhile, the death tolls from the Burma cyclone and the Chengdu quake continue climbing, and it's interesting to compare and contrast the emergency response between the two countries.