Nice shiny new thread in the morning.

Dang, I think the auto quote function has ingested a dose of Hopium.

/can't remember it's half-life

ISRAEL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES PEACE TALKS WITH SYRIA

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

gg, you beat me to it LOL!

Good morning, Lizards, especially

{galloping granny}
{Blue Canuck}
{merav}

re: #2 BlueCanuck

Dang, I think the auto quote function has ingested a dose of Hopium.

/can't remember it's half-life

it's not like you've been poasting this evening anyway...

/whipped already?

re: #2 BlueCanuck

Dang, I think the auto quote function has ingested a dose of Hopium.

/can't remember it's half-life

Better than Governmentium! :D

Today is the Champions League final. May the best English team win.

Morning {goddess}

/just getting in a last couple of posts before hometime.

re: #3 merav

ISRAEL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES PEACE TALKS WITH SYRIA

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

does this mean that Zahal has taken Damascus?

/wishful

re: #6 redc1c4

it's not like you've been poasting this evening anyway...

/whipped already?

Nope, unable to concentrate for some reason.

/need more sleep.

re: #4 rightside

gg, you beat me to it LOL!

I was surprised to see that :)

Morning Goddess. How comes the garden?

Here's the written documentation for Governmentium, and here's an MP3 for Governmentium!

Enjoy, Blue!

re: #12 galloping granny

Um, I was up getting coffee...Yeah! that's it!

Sorry to mention He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named, but...

... the result in Oregon wasn't even close.

I wish it had been, or even that she'd managed a win there, because that would have caused a sea-change in the campaign and forced Vobamamort to tack over to bring all his guns to bear on the She-Beast. (I know, I know, mixing Harry Potter and nautical metaphors. It's early, don't yell at me.)

re: #13 galloping granny

No, no Granny!

Like this:

"Morning, Goddess, good to see you, how does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells and Bat-eared O'bammies all in a row?"

/somethin' like that...

re: #13 galloping granny

Morning Goddess. How comes the garden?

It's on pause right now. I'm too overwhelmed with the end of school to think about it, but my Lizard-in-Training did dig out most of the thistles Monday.

#5 goddess,

Good morning!

#11, redc1c4,

LOL! I just don't think chinless is that smart, though.
Thanks for the early morning laugh!

re: #3 merav

ISRAEL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES PEACE TALKS WITH SYRIA

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

Seems to me that the Syrians have no reason to make a peace deal with Israel at the moment. Given that they've just won back their kingmaker role in Lebanon, it's hardly a propitious time for Baby Assad to cut a deal that would require him to cut off ties to Hezbollah, and yet the Israelis would insist on nothing less.

/back to sleep

re: #17 Karridine

Gotc, Gotc, quite the hottie*,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells and moonbats all in a row?

*I'm only going for a close rhyme; my degree of "hotness" is not for mee to say!

re: #21 goddessoftheclassroom

You are as hot as you feel. :)

re: #16 stuiec

Sorry to mention He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named, but...

... the result in Oregon wasn't even close.

I wish it had been, or even that she'd managed a win there, because that would have caused a sea-change in the campaign and forced Vobamamort to tack over to bring all his guns to bear on the She-Beast. (I know, I know, mixing Harry Potter and nautical metaphors. It's early, don't yell at me.)

Oregon holds their primary in a pretty unusual way. Everybody votes by mail. That seems to me to be a method wide open for abuse, so I'm not all that sure how much credence I give the results at all.

On top of that, Oregon is right up there with Berkeley & Washington state when it comes to the loon factor. Definitely a part of the Left Coast. I suspect that the views of my pretty liberal state (Vermont) are much closer to the national consensus and Barack Hussein Obama is not popular here. So much so that the last time I was down at the only grocery store in town the folks one checkout over were all talking about how they could not possibly vote for Obama because he is a Marxist.

re: #16 stuiec

Sorry to mention He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named, but...

... the result in Oregon wasn't even close.

I wish it had been, or even that she'd managed a win there, because that would have caused a sea-change in the campaign and forced Vobamamort to tack over to bring all his guns to bear on the She-Beast. (I know, I know, mixing Harry Potter and nautical metaphors. It's early, don't yell at me.)

And actually it was fairly close if you look at the delegates. He got 14 in Kentucky and she beat him two to one plus a couple. In Oregon she took 17 to his 25 or so - much closer.

Good Morning All.
I missed the last thread & probably every thing has been said.
What I was struck by was the nice looking family being rolled out & the soothing speech.
If you nothing about, Wright ,Rezko, Ayers, Michelles rants, Barrys prior Maxist lectures etc. you could get sucked in. That crowd did. How could they not know what we do?

re: #17 Karridine

No, no Granny!

Like this:

/somethin' like that...

An evil thought...

My wife was scared as a child by some old sci-fi B movie on TV -- maybe It Conquered the World or Zontar, Thing from Venus -- where the alien entity sent out bat-things that wrapped themselves around people's heads and turned them into white-eyed zombies.

I shall have to tell her how much Obama's ears make him look like one of those bat-things...

BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

/wondering why he has no sex life

re: #21 goddessoftheclassroom

Hey! No apologies accepted, it scans AND rhymes...

Moonbats all in a row! (personally, I doubt you could herd them into close quarters, what with their aversion to order, orderliness and following rational orders, Goddess!)

re: #26 stuiec

An evil thought...

My wife was scared as a child by some old sci-fi B movie on TV -- maybe It Conquered the World or Zontar, Thing from Venus -- where the alien entity sent out bat-things that wrapped themselves around people's heads and turned them into white-eyed zombies.

I shall have to tell her how much Obama's ears make him look like one of those bat-things...

BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

/wondering why he has no sex life

I will not comment on his ears. Too many in my family have those ears.

re: #23 galloping granny

Oregon holds their primary in a pretty unusual way. Everybody votes by mail. That seems to me to be a method wide open for abuse, so I'm not all that sure how much credence I give the results at all.

On top of that, Oregon is right up there with Berkeley & Washington state when it comes to the loon factor. Definitely a part of the Left Coast. I suspect that the views of my pretty liberal state (Vermont) are much closer to the national consensus and Barack Hussein Obama is not popular here. So much so that the last time I was down at the only grocery store in town the folks one checkout over were all talking about how they could not possibly vote for Obama because he is a Marxist.

Wait... what?

Isn't Bernie Sanders a Marxist, and didn't your fellow Vermonters elect him to something or other in Congress?

Or are the folks at the cracker barrel saying that Obama is too much Marxist, even by Vermont standards?

re: #27 Karridine

Hey! No apologies accepted, it scans AND rhymes...

Moonbats all in a row! (personally, I doubt you could herd them into close quarters, what with their aversion to order, orderliness and following rational orders, Goddess!)

My Goddess Glare can achieve great things...(LOL!)

FOX is just now reporting live that Bush has apologized to Maliki over the shooting of the koran incident and promised that the soldier will be prosecuted.

/so much for the denial of yesterday!

re: #25 opnion

Opnion, Hussein was talking to OREGON, also known as 'Moonbat Central'... a REAL STRONGHOLD for LLL, oddballs, weirdos, rabid individualists, Democrats, socialists, marxists, conspiracy-theorists, alien abductees and a smattering of normal people...

#28

OT Granny, will you shoot me an email?

re: #31 galloping granny

FOX is just now reporting live that Bush has apologized to Maliki over the shooting of the koran incident and promised that the soldier will be prosecuted.

/so much for the denial of yesterday!

i' claim it was political speech protected under the 1st amendment...

/assuming i was that dumb to begin with.

re: #20 stuiec

I don't see this as a propitious time for Syria to negotiate either, but since their "negotiations" would never be in good faith anyway, and are influenced by Iran, commonsense would never enter into it.

Iran and Syria just want to deprive Israel of the Golan. They can say it's for sovereignty issues, or even security, but I think it's 'cause they want all that yummy Golani wine that Israel produces.

Off to work. Nice day, everyone.

re: #24 galloping granny

And actually it was fairly close if you look at the delegates. He got 14 in Kentucky and she beat him two to one plus a couple. In Oregon she took 17 to his 25 or so - much closer.

'T'ain't about delegate totals anymore. It's about casting doubt on his electability, therefore his inevitability.

My personal wish and fervent desire is that all of the Democrat superdelegates get ulcers and mild clinical depression from the anxiety over choosing their candidate, and that the supporters of each candidate are mobbed outside the Convention Center with pitchforks and torches to remind those superdelegates of the dire consequences of picking the wrong (i.e., other) candidate. I want to see the Democrat Party undergo an irrevocable split -- possibly a three-way split between Hillary socialists, Obama Marxists, and Truman-Scoop Jackson patriots.

(By the way, do you recall the children's book Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag? Exactly the scenario I want to see... except without the forlorn kitten emerging as the consensus candidate.)

re: #29 stuiec

Wait... what?

Isn't Bernie Sanders a Marxist, and didn't your fellow Vermonters elect him to something or other in Congress?

Or are the folks at the cracker barrel saying that Obama is too much Marxist, even by Vermont standards?

Bernie certainly has socialist leanings. I'm not so sure I would call him a Marxist.

My daughter and I went and looked up Obama's voting record a couple of days back and were very surprised to find the astoundingly large number of NOVOTEs (as in he voted present or not at all) that this Senator who has yet to serve a single term has to his credit. Over 100 of them!

So, we went and looked up Bernie Sanders by way of comparison. In all the years that he has served in the Senate combined he has missed or refused to cast a vote a grand total of FIVE times.

re: #33 jemima

#28

OT Granny, will you shoot me an email?

Morning Jem. Yup. Will send it from the online account because the other one is being hokey.

re: #36 stuiec

Millions of Cats

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

I haven't thought of that in DECADES! I loved that book!

re: #32 Karridine

Opnion, Hussein was talking to OREGON, also known as 'Moonbat Central'... a REAL STRONGHOLD for LLL, oddballs, weirdos, rabid individualists, Democrats, socialists, marxists, conspiracy-theorists, alien abductees and a smattering of normal people...

I thought that the speech was from Iowa. I do see what you mean though. He was thanking Oregon for the victory.Oregon is way far left of the American center.

#38

I know! I got bounces all day long from the 1 note I sent.

re: #25 opnion

Good Morning All.
I missed the last thread & probably every thing has been said.
What I was struck by was the nice looking family being rolled out & the soothing speech.
If you nothing about, Wright ,Rezko, Ayers, Michelles rants, Barrys prior Maxist lectures etc. you could get sucked in. That crowd did. How could they not know what we do?

Dude, you're kidding, right?

All the folks in that crowd see is Obama's skin color. They are so wrapped up in their guilt over America's "original sin" of slavery and its "racist character" that they will overlook, rationalize or forgive anything Obama says, does or is in order to receive absolution for that guilt by electing him.

And if he loses -- hey, it just reaffirms how RIGHT they've been all along to believe that America is a racist society.

Objective knowledge and rational understanding have nothing to do with it -- nothing.

re: #31 galloping granny

FOX is just now reporting live that Bush has apologized to Maliki over the shooting of the koran incident and promised that the soldier will be prosecuted.

/so much for the denial of yesterday!

I heard the apology part. Did Bush really say that the soldier would be prosecuted?
If he did I wonder what venue.

Problem with big speech leadership...

Earl Weaver, the Hall-of-Fame Manager for the Baltimore Orioles, once noted that he despised the big speech at a team meeting before a game. The problem, according to Weaver, "is that if you lose the next game after the meeting, then what do you do?"

I feel the same way about Obama and his big speeches on meeting with the leaders of Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, etc. If he gains nothing from these meetings, "then what does he do?"

re: #40 opnion

He's almost always talking PAST the immediate crowd, Op... he might be at Whissle-Stop Gulch, southern Outback, but if Obama Supporters (and reporters) are there, he'll pitch a Socialist Dream or two...

re: #43 opnion

I heard the apology part. Did Bush really say that the soldier would be prosecuted?
If he did I wonder what venue.

I wonder whether that soldier disobeyed an order concerning defiling the quran. He would be prosecuted not for shooting it up as much as for insubordination.

re: #39 goddessoftheclassroom

Millions of Cats

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

I haven't thought of that in DECADES! I loved that book!

I remember that one. We have a copy of it somewhere in the kiddie library. Speaking of, I guess I better find the kiddie library since the littlest iis coming to spend a week with Granny soon.

re: #41 jemima

#38

I know! I got bounces all day long from the 1 note I sent.

did you get my email the other day telling you that the email address I've been using is no longer active? the one where the provider's name starts with @su ?

re: #46 goddessoftheclassroom

I wonder whether that soldier disobeyed an order concerning defiling the quran. He would be prosecuted not for shooting it up as much as for insubordination.

He has already been subjected to military discipline.

galloping granny,

From reading a number of your post I gather your rather a gardening guru, maybe you can help me out.
We live in Germany and I have a bunch of lilies in my garden, they are being plagued by this red beetle type bug that kinda sings when held. Not only does it eat the leaves but it also lays its eggs on the leaves and when they hatch the larvae eat the leaves until adult form to continue eating. Besides pesticides, which are frowned upon here, how can I get rid of these things. Getting tired of washing the red blotch of the patio from squishing them, although I must admit it is a little gratifying. Have also found that throwing them in the pond doesn't work unless they land on their back, they swim quite well.

re: #42 stuiec

Dude, you're kidding, right?

All the folks in that crowd see is Obama's skin color. They are so wrapped up in their guilt over America's "original sin" of slavery and its "racist character" that they will overlook, rationalize or forgive anything Obama says, does or is in order to receive absolution for that guilt by electing him.

And if he loses -- hey, it just reaffirms how RIGHT they've been all along to believe that America is a racist society.

Objective knowledge and rational understanding have nothing to do with it -- nothing.

That is kind of what I meant. Of course they know all of the negatives.
The problem is that they do not consider the issues to be negatives. You know that they have to think that Wright & Ayers are good guys & that Michelle is right.
It really does not matter, Barrys race trumps all.

re: #43 opnion

I heard the apology part. Did Bush really say that the soldier would be prosecuted?
If he did I wonder what venue.

This story first broke a couple of days ago. Then yesterday the Whitehouse issued a statement contradicting that. We were discussing it on yesterday's DT then the first thread the Charles put up yesterday was about this.

Every version of the original Bush apologized story also says the soldier in question will be prosecuted.

I must say I am pretty surprised to see the White House denial completely and entirely ignored by Fox.

re: #44 RedSoxNation

What will he do then? Make more speeches, of course.

To Obama, it's more important to say the right thing than to do it. It's not like there's anything important at stake.

Remember, this is a guy who has essentially accomplished nothing himself. He has been handled.

re: #50 hhc 2-2 scr

You might try applying a froth of dish-washing soapy foam... to the affected (infected, egg-carrying) leaves...

Taking a blowtorch to them is a bit extreme, although it does work...

Does making a paste of the adults and spreading THAT on the larvae deter them?

re: #46 goddessoftheclassroom

I wonder whether that soldier disobeyed an order concerning defiling the quran. He would be prosecuted not for shooting it up as much as for insubordination.

Insubordination would probably be the charges. Would Bush actually give the soldier up to Iraqi justice? I doubt it.
If he did there would be a humiliating show trial, demoralising all of our troops in country.
I could see the soldier sentnced to death & then magnanimously recieve a suspended sentence, maybe due to Iranian humanitarian intervention.

re: #51 opnion

That is kind of what I meant. Of course they know all of the negatives.
The problem is that they do not consider the issues to be negatives. You know that they have to think that Wright & Ayers are good guys & that Michelle is right.
It really does not matter, Barry's race trumps all.

Wow, when did America enslave Arabs or Arab-Kenyan Americans?

re: #50 hhc 2-2 scr

galloping granny,

From reading a number of your post I gather your rather a gardening guru, maybe you can help me out.
We live in Germany and I have a bunch of lilies in my garden, they are being plagued by this red beetle type bug that kinda sings when held. Not only does it eat the leaves but it also lays its eggs on the leaves and when they hatch the larvae eat the leaves until adult form to continue eating. Besides pesticides, which are frowned upon here, how can I get rid of these things. Getting tired of washing the red blotch of the patio from squishing them, although I must admit it is a little gratifying. Have also found that throwing them in the pond doesn't work unless they land on their back, they swim quite well.

Oh I can help you but you might not like the answer. Those are called red lily beetles and they are very invasive. I had them here last year. They are also pretty fithy - one stage carries their poop around on their back. You can try handpicking them off the lilies. I ended up last year cutting down the lilies and putting the whole stem into a big ziplock until everything disintegrated. Then I sent it off to the landfill. The lillies are back this year.

I try not to use chemicals and the lilies here also happen to be very close to my herb garden. If you don't have those concerns you might find something you can try to kill them with.

re: #10 redc1c4

does this mean that Zahal has taken Damascus?

/wishful

Talking is not necessarily good. Talking from a position of strength is not necessarily bad. The Israelis bombed the Nork nuke site in the Syrian desert back in September. So far the Syrians have done...nothing.
Who knows, maybe we can split Assad from Teheran.
/Dr. Pangloss mode off

re: #54 Karridine

You might try applying a froth of dish-washing soapy foam... to the affected (infected, egg-carrying) leaves...

Taking a blowtorch to them is a bit extreme, although it does work...

Does making a paste of the adults and spreading THAT on the larvae deter them?

Soap does not work on red lily beetles :(

re: #50 hhc 2-2 scr

I defer to Granny. Period.

Cut 'em down, bag it up, let it rot, and await the glorious growback.

re: #56 Karridine

Wow, when did America enslave Arabs or Arab-Kenyan Americans?

Arabs DID, however, enslave Americans. Quite some large number of us. A big enough number to send us to war. You've heard of the Shores of Tripoli I'm sure . . .

re: #54 Karridine

You might try applying a froth of dish-washing soapy foam... to the affected (infected, egg-carrying) leaves...

Taking a blowtorch to them is a bit extreme, although it does work...

Does making a paste of the adults and spreading THAT on the larvae deter them?

I'm not sure of the ratio for soap versus water and I really don't want to kill them.
Yeah, blowtorching would be pretty extreme. As for the paste ewww, but very interesting, hmmm... I wonder.

re: #62 hhc 2-2 scr

I'm not sure of the ratio for soap versus water and I really don't want to kill them.
Yeah, blowtorching would be pretty extreme. As for the paste ewww, but very interesting, hmmm... I wonder.

Oh yes you DO want to kill them. Absolutely and unequivocally.

re: #61 galloping granny

Arabs DID, however, enslave Americans. Quite some large number of us. A big enough number to send us to war. You've heard of the Shores of Tripoli I'm sure . . .

That is why Thomas Jefferson bought a Koran, to learn how the enemy thinks

re: #62 hhc 2-2 scr

Nope. See #57 Granny's, above.

Kill them, hhc, KILL THEM DEAD!

re: #64 opnion

That is why Thomas Jefferson bought a Koran, to learn how the enemy thinks

He must have been spinning to see that koran used to swear in a congressperson.

re: #63 galloping granny

Oh yes you DO want to kill them. Absolutely and unequivocally.

Are we talking about beetles or some other vermin?

re: #68 Jim in Virginia

Are we talking about beetles or some other vermin?

red lily beetles. Nasty, disgusting things! Though that applies to other vermin too.

re: #68 Jim in Virginia

Are we talking about beetles or some other vermin?

re: #69 galloping granny

red lily beetles. Nasty, disgusting things! Though that applies to other vermin too.

Aren't all vermin nasty vile creatures?

/that's why they are called that. :)

Obama mailed in his victory speech from Iowa much like the voters in Oregon mailed in their votes from the loony bin of leftist politics.

The national trend never had a time to develop because the early primaries and the media drum banging put both Obama and McCain in the driver's seat. This is an election the media wanted because if its overwhelming symbolism. Young vs old, the warrior vs the humanitarian, black vs white, progressive democrat vs progressive Republican, global activist vs America first. It has all the drama of a bad "B" movie because our hero on the left has no substance and the substance on the right has no hero.

Never have like Hillary, would never vote for her for President. But she seems to be the best candidate right now for the Dems...but since they never admit mistakes, they will just ignore her.

Wonder what life would be like in America if we had a majority of grown-ups actually voting?

re: #57 galloping granny

So it sounds like hand picking them off is my best option. Can't cut them down, we only stay in one place for so long so every year counts, going to have to dig them up this fall to try to get them back to the states.
Well at least squishing them into the patio gives me some type of satisfaction.
Thank you and happy gardening to you!

re: #72 hhc 2-2 scr

So it sounds like hand picking them off is my best option. Can't cut them down, we only stay in one place for so long so every year counts, going to have to dig them up this fall to try to get them back to the states.
Well at least squishing them into the patio gives me some type of satisfaction.
Thank you and happy gardening to you!

Two things - just hand picking will not get rid of them. And in order to bring live plant material back to the states you need a certificate of inspection. You will not get one for those lilies if you have red lily bugs. And you shouldn't get one for them. This is a tremendously damaging and invasive species. PLEASE don't bring it home!

re: #71 yesandno

Wonder what life would be like in America if we had a majority of grown-ups actually voting?

Joe Lieberman would be President.

re: #71 yesandno

Bill Kristol just said that this isn't an election, it's a survey. Lots of truth there.

re: #73 galloping granny

This is a tremendously damaging and invasive species. PLEASE don't bring it home!

I'm sending you some kudzu cuttings. Enjoy!

I have no problem killing them, do it on a daily basis and my 5 year old helps me, thats how we found out they kinda sing. Creeped me out big time! I was just hoping that there was an easier way of doing so.

re: #76 Jim in Virginia

I'm sending you some kudzu cuttings. Enjoy!

Oh no you don't! I was flabbergasted the last time I was in North Carolina to see hundreds of acres just buried. Whole forests, huge fields, even buildings.

re: #77 hhc 2-2 scr

I have no problem killing them, do it on a daily basis and my 5 year old helps me, thats how we found out they kinda sing. Creeped me out big time! I was just hoping that there was an easier way of doing so.

The problem isn't the adults you see and kill - it is the eggs you cannot see and the mid-stage that looks like a lump of dirt, though it is actually bug shit (use gloves.)

re: #75 galloping granny

Bill Kristol just said that this isn't an election, it's a survey. Lots of truth there.

And Mark Steyn mentioned a while back that Democrats have attitudes not policies. This is truly one for the books. This is the win of celebrity over substance.

God help us all.

re: #80 yesandno

And Mark Steyn mentioned a while back that Democrats have attitudes not policies. This is truly one for the books. This is the win of celebrity over substance.

God help us all.

From your lips to his ears . . .

otherwise I am afraid that we are in for "change" alright. And it won't be pretty.

re: #78 galloping granny

Oh no you don't! I was flabbergasted the last time I was in North Carolina to see hundreds of acres just buried. Whole forests, huge fields, even buildings.

Think South Carolina is worse. Wouldn't if be great if it could be used to make ethanol so the rest of the world could eat!

re: #79 galloping granny

The problem isn't the adults you see and kill - it is the eggs you cannot see and the mid-stage that looks like a lump of dirt, though it is actually bug shit (use gloves.)

And why does this remind me of the Democrat Party?

re: #82 yesandno

Think South Carolina is worse. Wouldn't if be great if it could be used to make ethanol so the rest of the world could eat!

That it would. As far as I am concerned, using vital food resources to produce ethanol to burn as fuel is a sin against G_d and a crime against humanity.

re: #73 galloping granny

I was just bringing the bulb back, not the whole plant. Army won't pack up plants. Was also going to freeze the bulb so they could survive the 2 month voyage back.
No soil, no plant just the bulb.
But if they live within the bulb theres no way I'm bringing that back with me. They can stay here and I'll start over again.

re: #71 yesandno

.

but since they never admit mistakes, they will just ignore her.

They sure are ignoring her. The Yahoo news front page this morning only shows a smiling Hussein Obama with a glowing headline. Not a word about Hillery or her huge victory in Kentucky. Much as I dislike her, she really has been up against it and I give her credit for not folding.

re: #85 hhc 2-2 scr

I was just bringing the bulb back, not the whole plant. Army won't pack up plants. Was also going to freeze the bulb so they could survive the 2 month voyage back.
No soil, no plant just the bulb.
But if they live within the bulb theres no way I'm bringing that back with me. They can stay here and I'll start over again.

The bulbs are considered live plant materials. Army probably intends those too when it says "no plants." Surely the Department of Agriculture and Customs do.

One of my daughters just came back from a trip to EU, spent some time in Amsterdam and grabbed a bunch of bulbs while she was there. Every package though has to have a certificate of inspection on it or they will confiscate it at the gate.

Bringing animal or plant materials into the US without the right certificates, etc., carries HUGE fines.

re: #86 ciaospirit

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They sure are ignoring her. The Yahoo news front page this morning only shows a smiling Hussein Obama with a glowing headline. Not a word about Hillery or her huge victory in Kentucky. Much as I dislike her, she really has been up against it and I give her credit for not folding.

Agreed. And I have to tell you, I think her female supporters who are complaining about disparate treatment and gender discrimination by the media are dead on. Yahoo's front page is a perfect example.

Bill Richardson was just on FNC. The spin is that Barry did not mean talks with Amendinijad. It was kind of like "Sill is that what you thought?"
He went on to say & you can't make it up, "He meant moderate clerics." Yeah, thats the ticket!

re: #89 opnion

Bill Richardson was just on FNC. The spin is that Barry did not mean talks with Amendinijad. It was kind of like "Sill is that what you thought?"
He went on to say & you can't make it up, "He meant moderate clerics." Yeah, thats the ticket!

That isn't what Obama said. What he meant doesn't count. And there are NO moderate clerics in Iran. The moderate clerics that once lived there left more than 30 years ago. Or were killed.

re: #87 galloping granny

The bulbs are considered live plant materials. Army probably intends those too when it says "no plants." Surely the Department of Agriculture and Customs do.

One of my daughters just came back from a trip to EU, spent some time in Amsterdam and grabbed a bunch of bulbs while she was there. Every package though has to have a certificate of inspection on it or they will confiscate it at the gate.

Bringing animal or plant materials into the US without the right certificates, etc., carries HUGE fines.

Yes, vendors there will sell you stuff that looks like it's packaged ready to take home with you on your flight, but may in fact fail inspection upon return to the U.S., and be a pain in the ass.

re: #89 opnion

Bill Richardson was just on FNC. The spin is that Barry did not mean talks with Amendinijad. It was kind of like "Sill is that what you thought?"

I wanted direct talks with Imanutjob when he was in NYC- I was going to tell him to F-k off.

A personal note. I'm bummed. My two seventh grade daughters head off today on the annual school camping trip to West Virginia. Normally I'd go- it's a great trip. Instead I am heading to Nebraska for a funeral. My mom's last surviving sibling died at 92. Mom is 85, (she is in amazingly good health, just got a new cornea.) She will be there along with a dozen cousins, so she will have lots of moral support.I And it will be great for the extended family to get together. There is a lot to be thankful for. My uncle had dementia but was otherwise very content and in good health until a couple week sbefore he died. He had been in a nursing home the last two years. We will probably sell the farm now (he was the last one living there). It has been in the family for over a century. For me, it's grandma's house. It's the house my mom grew up in. Lots of good memories (we've forgotten the bad ones), but as much as we will miss the place, no one wants to live there. What we miss is all the people who used to fill the house.
It will be a bittersweet trip.
I missed my daughters' school trip last year for another out of town funeral. Being a grown up sucks some times.
OK, I'll stop whining. Thanks.

re: #90 galloping granny

That isn't what Obama said. What he meant doesn't count. And there are NO moderate clerics in Iran. The moderate clerics that once lived there left more than 30 years ago. Or were killed.

You are right on. Barry said nothing about talking to clerics.
If there is a moderate cleric in Iran, the guy is awful quiet.
There is such a disturbing trend, 'Barry did not really say what you heard him say."
You know what is coming? "If you heard what you heard, then you are a racist."

re: #82 yesandno

Think South Carolina is worse. Wouldn't if be great if it could be used to make ethanol so the rest of the world could eat!

Can't you make something useful from Kudzu? Wait, I see a future business for me- as soon as I figure it out.

re: #78 galloping granny

Oh no you don't! I was flabbergasted the last time I was in North Carolina to see hundreds of acres just buried. Whole forests, huge fields, even buildings.

If there were a cost effective way to make biofuel from kudzu, we could tell OPEC to kiss our grits.

re: #93 Jim in Virginia

I'm sorry for your loss. My mom is the last of a large family-sadly, she is not doing well and is only anxious for "it" to all be over.

re: #90 galloping granny

By not allowing production/extraction of our own oil, the Dumbocrats/Rinos have give Ach---Terd exactly what he wants, higher oil prices, more revenue for him. What will Berry give them next, the missiles to put the Nukes in?

re: #93 Jim in Virginia

A personal note. I'm bummed. My two seventh grade daughters head off today on the annual school camping trip to West Virginia. Normally I'd go- it's a great trip. Instead I am heading to Nebraska for a funeral. My mom's last surviving sibling died at 92. Mom is 85, (she is in amazingly good health, just got a new cornea.) She will be there along with a dozen cousins, so she will have lots of moral support.I And it will be great for the extended family to get together. There is a lot to be thankful for. My uncle had dementia but was otherwise very content and in good health until a couple week sbefore he died. He had been in a nursing home the last two years. We will probably sell the farm now (he was the last one living there). It has been in the family for over a century. For me, it's grandma's house. It's the house my mom grew up in. Lots of good memories (we've forgotten the bad ones), but as much as we will miss the place, no one wants to live there. What we miss is all the people who used to fill the house.
It will be a bittersweet trip.
I missed my daughters' school trip last year for another out of town funeral. Being a grown up sucks some times.
OK, I'll stop whining. Thanks.

You're not whining. It is sad. My Dad's (dad is 87, cousin was in his 90's) cousin & his wife passed a few months back. They had lived on the family farm for close to a hundred years, one of the last old time farms in Massachusetts. Still heated with wood, still had a wood cookstove in the kitchen. As long as I can remember we've been going up to the farm. And now the farm is gone. It did go to a landtrust, but still . . .

re: #79 galloping granny

My lily's have been attacked for the last 2 or 3 seasons.The first year I squished those filthy things big time and it seems to have diminished their numbers.Wondering if there is any other way to get rid of the remainder when they show up this year.

re: #98 Widow'smight

By not allowing production/extraction of our own oil, the Dumbocrats/Rinos have give Ach---Terd exactly what he wants, higher oil prices, more revenue for him. What will Berry give them next, the missiles to put the Nukes in?

I think the Norks have already given them those. And if they haven't the Russians will. The Cold War is back in spades.

Mornin' all. The beast and obamarama have gone to florida to campaign! Didn't Florida already vote? Oh yeah, they did and the donks said hey you jumped the gun, it doesn't count. Bwahaha!

re: #100 vagabond trader

My lily's have been attacked for the last 2 or 3 seasons.The first year I squished those filthy things big time and it seems to have diminished their numbers.Wondering if there is any other way to get rid of the remainder when they show up this year.

Here is a page at gardenweb about getting rid of them'
[Link: faq.gardenweb.com...]

re: #87 galloping granny

Exactly. I don't want to go through all the hassle of getting my bulbs back to the states if the creature is able to survive without the leaves of the plant.
You had said that you had to cut all yours back to get rid of them and didn't have a problem the next year.
I so don't want to bring these nasty things back with me to feast on a new garden. Lilies aren't cheap and I have a limited time in which they can spread to form their beautiful display.
Heck with it. I think I'll just start saving for my new lilies now and leave these behind.

re: #103 galloping granny

Thanks GG!

re: #93 Jim in Virginia

I hope things work out as best they can.

re: #94 opnion

You are right on. Barry said nothing about talking to clerics.
If there is a moderate cleric in Iran, the guy is awful quiet.
There is such a disturbing trend, 'Barry did not really say what you heard him say."
You know what is coming? "If you heard what you heard, then you are a racist."

There has been a lot of that going on already. Follow the Messiah - except he is the AntiChrist and you are dancing your way to destruction.

Sorry. Not buying. If they want to call me a racist so be it.

Found this quote in today's WSJ

"no people in history have ever survived, who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies."

- Dean Acheson

re: #104 hhc 2-2 scr

Exactly. I don't want to go through all the hassle of getting my bulbs back to the states if the creature is able to survive without the leaves of the plant.
You had said that you had to cut all yours back to get rid of them and didn't have a problem the next year.
I so don't want to bring these nasty things back with me to feast on a new garden. Lilies aren't cheap and I have a limited time in which they can spread to form their beautiful display.
Heck with it. I think I'll just start saving for my new lilies now and leave these behind.

Oh no, I didn't say I haven't had a problem this year. I cut the leaves and stems down to the ground last year before the bulbs bloomed to get rid of the bugs. The bulbs have shot up new leaves/stems this year, but they are new and most bugs are just starting to arrive here in Vermont. I won't know for another few weeks if I managed to rid my plants of them.

re: #101 galloping granny

Difference is we only had one non-suicidal enemy to deal with. Now we have many, and our politicians are destroying our leverage by not allowing us to Drill.

John McCain is one of those.

We have enough oil in this country to produce all our own. When we don't need their oil, the equations will change.

Thanks for the kind thoughts. I really have very little to complain about, lots and lots of blessings.
Have a wonderful day, all.

re: #93 Jim in Virginia

You have my sympathy, and I'm sure of many others.

re: #111 Widow'smight

Except the moonbats won't let us drill! That is the whole reason for getting polar bears listed as a threatened species. It will stop all drilling, even exploratory wells. Can't drill off of Fla. But Castro is or was going to let the Chicoms drill 90 miles from the coast. We can't drill but the commies can. Madness.

re: #114 pingjockey

Except the moonbats won't let us drill! That is the whole reason for getting polar bears listed as a threatened species. It will stop all drilling, even exploratory wells. Can't drill off of Fla. But Castro is or was going to let the Chicoms drill 90 miles from the coast. We can't drill but the commies can. Madness.

Wait, are the polar bears in Florida now? Or is that just the older ones escaping wnter?

Fox is slamming the msm. Apparently things in Irak are going better than they let on! Who'd a thunk it?

re: #115 madisonsfriend
The older, blue haired ones.

re: #114 pingjockey

President Bush tried to get ANWR and the Gulf opened up 6 years ago when he had a Republican Majority in both houses. The Rinos stopped it in committee.

John McCain was part of that, and with this "Green" crap, he has enough Moonbat in him it seems.

re: #118 Widow'smight
That little speech he made in Oregon did not go over well with me. Gorebull warming is not our no. 1 problem. Crazed jihadi zealots are.

Anyway you look at it, we're screwed this November!

re: #119 pingjockey

That little speech he made in Oregon did not go over well with me. Gorebull warming is not our no. 1 problem. Crazed jihadi zealots are.

Gorebull warming is so much bull crap. Had I known about the danged petition, it would have had 31,001 signatures instead of 31,000.

re: #120 rightside
This whole having to choose the lesser of evils for elected office is getting very old.

re: #120 rightside

Anyway you look at it, we're screwed this November!

Pretty much - the only question being how screwed we are.

re: #119 pingjockey

It's May 21st, and it hasn't been over 80 yet here, infact it's been in the 60's most of may.

I need Global warming to get my Tomatoes and Pepper plants going!

re: #121 galloping granny
Well this is the first I heard about a petition. So it would've had mine signature on it too.

re: #124 Widow'smight
Hahaha! Yep. We'v had 2 really hot days, then back down to below average temps here in North Central Wash. State.

re: #124 Widow'smight

It's May 21st, and it hasn't been over 80 yet here, infact it's been in the 60's most of may.

I need Global warming to get my Tomatoes and Pepper plants going!

We haven't made it to 80 yet! My tomatoes and peppers all have really nice root development, but I am starting to worry that they are only going to be 2 or 3 inches tall come Memorial Day.

re: #125 pingjockey

Well this is the first I heard about a petition. So it would've had mine signature on it too.

31,000 card carrying scientists signed a statement saying there was no evidence of global warming, etc. and so forth. Like I said, had I known. .

re: #42 stuiec

I don't think I have ever seen everything wrapped so perfectly into one nutshell before-- you're absolutely right. The lens of their thoughtglass is so skewed, not unlike trying to see distance using a magnifying glass, that to them the world is upside down and consequently they create elaborate systems to turn everything right side up (when in fact if they would correct their lens to the proper focal distance they would see it was always right side up.)

re: #128 galloping granny
Well I'm not a card carrying scientist, but I play one at home!

I just found out that there was a free concert right after obamessiah spoke in Oregon. No wonder there were so may yutes there. Ain't it funny, how the drive-by's neglected to report that?

If they DO find a moderate cleric in Iran...HE WILL HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO POWER...like talking to the wall.

The stupidity of these people knows no bounds. You cannot spin your foot out of your mouth, particularly when you constantly re-stated what you said to begin with.

We are condemned to stupidity!

re: #131 rightside
We knew that here, but you are right the msm failed to include that little item. It was 80+ in Portland, which is a heatwave so all the kids were out for the concert. No concert, no huge crowd.

re: #130 pingjockey

Well I'm not a card carrying scientist, but I play one at home!

I am. Semi-retired but I still have the card somewhere :)

re: #132 yesandno
No, we are condemed to putting up with stupidity. Our national parties seemed to be determined to apply the Peter principle to its fullest extent.

re: #131 rightside

I just found out that there was a free concert right after obamessiah spoke in Oregon. No wonder there were so may yutes there. Ain't it funny, how the drive-by's neglected to report that?

There was something else funny about that concert. . . . the band, don't remember there name right this minute but apparent they are very Marxist . . .

re: #120 rightside

The Democrats rely on these high gas prices, the Msm and control of the educational systems to spread their class warfare and misery.

The more you know, the less likely you'll be a democrat. Course, being a Republican ain't what it used to be either.

Most things in life are pretty simple, Many scripture references about debts and debtors. Time to change the equation.

I feel sorry for those who have a big chunk of their income going to food and fuel, but our politicians don't care about them, they are immune to their suffering, but want their votes.

Time to get Mini-mom on the bus.

re: #134 galloping granny
Cool. Was answereing biology questions the other day, and table of the elements stuff.

re: #136 galloping granny

There was something else funny about that concert. . . . the band, don't remember there name right this minute but apparent they are very Marxist . . .

From what I remember from last night, the band plays the Soviet National Anthem.

re: #136 galloping granny

The Decemberists. Never heard of them myself. I have BabbaZee taste in music.

Rudy just slammed obamaramas lack of experience!

Good morning Lizards...

re: #138 pingjockey

Cool. Was answereing biology questions the other day, and table of the elements stuff.

That is always fun. I love teaching chemistry in particular - especially to women who think that they could not possibly learn the stuff.

re: #140 rightside
Me neither, but I'm not 19, in college, and have succesful parents who are guilty about being succesful feeding me marxist/leftist pap.

re: #142 doriangrey

Morning dorian

re: #140 rightside

The Decemberists. Never heard of them myself. I have BabbaZee taste in music.

I never heard of them either. Might go look them up.

re: #145 rightside

Morning dorian

Morning rightside...

Work without hope CHANGE draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope CHANGE without an object cannot live.

Some guy named Barry

The political campaign theme of change doesn't change the one thing that needs to be changed...our choices for president.

re: #143 galloping granny
Why don't they think they can learn that? I've never understood some girls mindsets about the "hard" sciences.

re: #146 galloping granny

I never heard of them either. Might go look them up.

Daughter says she is not incredibly fond of their music, that it "isn't particularly - well, musical."

Mornin' DG. WTF is going on down is SD? Bombs in the courthouse, gas explosions, power going off at Lindberg Field? Are there gremlins loose?

re: #144 pingjockey

I agree. I think after years of the drive-by's doing nothing but hammering that republican=bad, democrat=all that is good and right in the universe, it slowly has become the mindset. Repeat a lie often enough, and...

Morning all -- 58 degrees and the dryer is broke and two loads of wet clothes and about three more loads that need to be done. If there are appropriate intercessory prayers for appliances, I'd appreciate them.

On the other hand, finally got around to watching "Ratatouille" last night. Cute movie, though there was this constant tension between becoming really hungry looking at the food and really nauseous looking at the rats.

re: #149 pingjockey

Why don't they think they can learn that? I've never understood some girls mindsets about the "hard" sciences.

Its a societal thing. Even my mother, who was a brilliant woman and probably the single most powerful non-elected woman in the US government post WWII, often told me not to let people know how smart I was, that boys don't like girls who are smarter than they are and so on. Even today a tremendous amount of that attitude remains, changed now to something that says that girls/women need to learn math and science "differently" - like we are not capable of understanding things in the same way as a man is. All of which is crap.

Just got here; everybody being nice to Kennedy?

re: #152 rightside
I think I read that somewhere, heh.

re: #151 pingjockey

Mornin' DG. WTF is going on down is SD? Bombs in the courthouse, gas explosions, power going off at Lindberg Field? Are there gremlins loose?

SD - South Dakota or San Diego?

re: #157 galloping granny

Yesterday Savage was in South Dakota. Should be safe there.

re: #120 rightside

Anyway you look at it, we're screwed this November!

That is the sad truth. We are so screwed, but I will take my chances with McCain. No other option really.

re: #153 Lucius Septimius

Morning all -- 58 degrees and the dryer is broke and two loads of wet clothes and about three more loads that need to be done. If there are appropriate intercessory prayers for appliances, I'd appreciate them.

On the other hand, finally got around to watching "Ratatouille" last night. Cute movie, though there was this constant tension between becoming really hungry looking at the food and really nauseous looking at the rats.

Did you check the breaker box for a tripped breaker? And kick the miserable thing?

re: #155 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

lol, I don't think he has been mentioned until you did. Some gardening tips, and the obamessiah concert in Orgeon the other day are the hot topics.

re: #16 stuiec

Sorry to mention He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named, but...

... the result in Oregon wasn't even close.

I wish it had been, or even that she'd managed a win there, because that would have caused a sea-change in the campaign and forced Vobamamort to tack over to bring all his guns to bear on the She-Beast. (I know, I know, mixing Harry Potter and nautical metaphors. It's early, don't yell at me.)

"stuie" -

Better than that - Sen. Obama was the "attraction" following a FREE Concert by a band called the "Decembrists." Free concert, a great way to
gin up a crowd of 75,000. My hat is off, on a professional basis, to whoever figured that one out. A Bronx Cheer to the MSM for not mentioning it.

-S-

re: #154 galloping granny
That is correct. Look how many girls are valedictorians. Bet it is over 60% nation wide.

Everbody has been very polite about the swimmers affliction.

re: #157 galloping granny
San Diego.

re: #136 galloping granny

There was something else funny about that concert. . . . the band, don't remember there name right this minute but apparent they are very Marxist . . .

Decemberists
, the Bolshevek Revolution.

re: #160 galloping granny

Heating element went during a humongous thunderstorm last night. It was pretty scary -- at least three tornadoes in the area around us.

re: #151 pingjockey

Mornin' DG. WTF is going on down is SD? Bombs in the courthouse, gas explosions, power going off at Lindberg Field? Are there gremlins loose?

Nothing to see here, move along... All just a confluence of accidents, nothing to worry about, or so our glorious leaders tell us... Secure the borders so terrorists dont sneak in? Dont be absurd, we dont need no stinking secure borders, we just need the sheeple to keep handing their money over and continue being sheeple...

re: #156 pingjockey

If you won't vote for shrillary/obamessiah, you are obviously a sexist/racist, clinging bitterly to your guns and religion.

OT

Obesity contributes to global warming!

[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

At least now the whole corn to ethanol thingy makes sense...you have to starve to be globally reponsible.

Paging Al Gore, Paging Al Gore...

re: #161 rightside

Well, agree or disagree with him; my wife works in Radiation Oncology and what he has is awful. A horrible way to die, if it is as bad as they are saying.

Here is the Decembrists them song -

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

re: #168 rightside
I am a racist/sexist, NRA, Druid!

re: #168 rightside

If you won't vote for shrillary/obamessiah, you are obviously a sexist/racist, clinging bitterly to your guns and religion.

So, what to do? You only get one vote unless you live in Chicago.

re: #166 Lucius Septimius

Heating element went during a humongous thunderstorm last night. It was pretty scary -- at least three tornadoes in the area around us.

Its Gorebull warming I tell you, we're all doomed... Doomed I say...

Fox must have Gerry Feraro on speed dial.

re: #170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My son had it.

re: #171 galloping granny

Here is the Decembrists them song -

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

According to Wiki, they're named after ther December, 1825 revolt against the czar.

re: #173 opnion

Write in candidate.

re: #170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Well, agree or disagree with him; my wife works in Radiation Oncology and what he has is awful. A horrible way to die, if it is as bad as they are saying.

My brother died of it in Oct of 06, you are right it is awful. I personally dislike his politics, but would never have wished this on him. I am convinced that despite the misguided nature of his politics Ted is a genuine patriot. He will be in my prayers.

Interesting that BHO would appear at their concert.

re: #177 MandyManners
That would make more sense. Wasn't the Bolshevik revolution in October?

re: #179 doriangrey

I lived in SD til '04!

re: #180 MandyManners

Interesting that BHO would appear at their concert.

Why, the Obamanation is obviously a Marxist through and through..

re: #179 doriangrey
Yep. Don't like Teddy at all but wouldn't wish this on him. There are a few other people I'd wish plagues on, but they are across the pond.

re: #162 Dr. Shalit

"stuie" -

Better than that - Sen. Obama was the "attraction" following a FREE Concert by a band called the "Decembrists." Free concert, a great way to
gin up a crowd of 75,000. My hat is off, on a professional basis, to whoever figured that one out. A Bronx Cheer to the MSM for not mentioning it.

-S-

I just hunted up the band on Youtube. They are named after the Decemberist Revolt in 1825 in Russia. What I've listened to is hardly unique music - fairly standard Russian stuff from decades past.

re: #182 rightside

I lived in SD til '04!

Aw yes, the good old US Navy... Join the Navy, get trapped in San Diego California... lol...lol...lol...

re: #178 rightside

Write in candidate.

Rightside, I sense that we share the same opnion of John McCain.
I was hoping for a more Republican , Republican.
But the thought of Barack Hussein in the White House with his "associates" in & out is too heinous.

re: #185 galloping granny

I just hunted up the band on Youtube. They are named after the Decemberist Revolt in 1825 in Russia. What I've listened to is hardly unique music - fairly standard Russian stuff from decades past.

Soviet National Anthem

1.

Unbreakable union of free republics,
Great Russia has joined forever!
Long live the created by the will of peoples
United and mighty Soviet Union
CHORUS:
To Glory, our free Fatherland
The stronghold of the friendship of peoples
Party of Lenin is the power of the people
It leads us to the triumph of Communism
2.

Through storms the sun of freedom shone to us
And the great Lenin lighted us the way
He raised peoples to the right cause
He inspired us for labour and for acts of heroism
CHORUS
3.

In the victory of the immortal ideas of Communism
We see the future of our country,
And to the Red banner of our glorious Fatherland
We shall always be selflessly loyal
CHORUS

re: #181 pingjockey

That would make more sense. Wasn't the Bolshevik revolution in October?

Yup, I had that wrong.

re: #170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Well, agree or disagree with him; my wife works in Radiation Oncology and what he has is awful. A horrible way to die, if it is as bad as they are saying.

Yup. Probably the single most horrible cancer you can have.

re: #186 doriangrey
Well I'd rather get trapped in San Diego than Norfolk, Va. Or Bremerton, Wa.

re: #188 MandyManners

Soviet National Anthem

There are others too - all very USSR-ish.

Ha, how are the shysters gonna spin this? Some Gitmo detainess can't go home cause their countries don't want them back!

re: #186 doriangrey

Actually, I chose there. Spent my entire career on the east coast, and wanted my final tour to be on the west coast. So many had told me, "you have to go out for a tour on the west coast, so laid back, etc.,"

Little did I know it turned out to be the worst tour of my 20 years. I spent the final 11 months on deployment.

The only thing I miss there is the weather, and Fry's!

re: #192 galloping granny

There are others too - all very USSR-ish.

It really is kind of mind-boggling to hear young people gaga over music that every single one of us recognizes as communist revolutionary music - and the kiddies do not have the first half of a clue.

re: #193 pingjockey

Ha, how are the shysters gonna spin this? Some Gitmo detainess can't go home cause their countries don't want them back!

Same way as usual...it's BUSH's fault!

re: #176 rightside

Oh my.

re: #192 galloping granny
Somebody ought to tell those kids the USSR is dead. Pooty Poot is trying to resurrect the Russian Empire, not the USSR. I think he wants to be Czar Pooty Poot the first.

re: #187 opnion

I am worried about potential supreme court nominees from any of the three. The only solace, is that those who would retire are leftists, IMO. So, no net loss. How wonderful it would be to have one or two more conservatives on the bench.

re: #195 galloping granny

It really is kind of mind-boggling to hear young people gaga over music that every single one of us recognizes as communist revolutionary music - and the kiddies do not have the first half of a clue.

Makes me wonder what they've learned in history classes.

re: #198 pingjockey

Somebody ought to tell those kids the USSR is dead. Pooty Poot is trying to resurrect the Russian Empire, not the USSR. I think he wants to be Czar Pooty Poot the first.

LOL!

re: #199 rightside

I am worried about potential supreme court nominees from any of the three. The only solace, is that those who would retire are leftists, IMO. So, no net loss. How wonderful it would be to have one or two more conservatives on the bench.

McCain is a mixed bag re the Court. He supported Roberts, but not Allito.

re: #200 MandyManners

Makes me wonder what they've learned in history classes.

Not history for sure.

re: #198 pingjockey

Heh, you said poot!

I sure am busy in the awful economy. Who'da thunk it?

re: #204 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Couple of weeks ago, my pastor said (in a sermond) "it is our duty...etc". Walked up to him after and whispered, "Heh, you said doodie." and kept walking.

The next old lady to shake his hand got a face full of laughter spittle.

My work there was finished.

Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope without an object cannot live.

...CHANGE!

re: #194 rightside

Actually, I chose there. Spent my entire career on the east coast, and wanted my final tour to be on the west coast. So many had told me, "you have to go out for a tour on the west coast, so laid back, etc.,"

Little did I know it turned out to be the worst tour of my 20 years. I spent the final 11 months on deployment.

The only thing I miss there is the weather, and Fry's!

ROTFLMAO...yes the weather and Fry's, two of the best things in Insain Diego...

re: #202 opnion

McCain is a mixed bag re the Court. He supported Roberts, but not Allito.

More importantly, the Congress is going to be bad news so getting anyone past someone like smarmy Shumer et. al. isn't going to be easy at best. The most we can hope for is no one getting confirmed, because the only ones likely to get out of committee will not be conservative jurists..

And the list of "litmus" tests will be long indeed...

re: #206 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Couple of weeks ago, my pastor said (in a sermond) "it is our duty...etc". Walked up to him after and whispered, "Heh, you said doodie." and kept walking.

The next old lady to shake his hand got a face full of laughter spittle.

My work there was finished.

Hmmm, looks like you got a potty mind this morning... ;P

re: #188 MandyManners

Nice people. Glorification of the Soviet Union in any any form repugnant.

They couldn't find a band in SS regalia to play Duetchland Uber Alles or Die Horst Wessell Lied ?

Yet, belief in spiritual guidance
though not respected, nor, reflected
can turn tides with a firm stance.

This is on the front page of the NYT:

Operation in Sadr City Is an Iraqi Success, So Far

BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces rolled unopposed through the huge Shiite enclave of Sadr City on Tuesday, a dramatic turnaround from the bitter fighting that has plagued the Baghdad neighborhood for two months, and a qualified success for Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

Good news about Iraq on the front page of the NYT. Flying pig moment?

re: #213 NJDhockeyfan
A gliding pig. Not flying.

re: #211 Endangered in MASS

Nice people. Glorification of the Soviet Union in any any form repugnant.

They couldn't find a band in SS regalia to play Duetchland Uber Alles or Die Horst Wessell Lied ?

Probably just couldnt get the bands uniforms cleaned in time...I mean seriously its Oregon were talking about right? The only place in the country that is capable of making San Fransicko look, well conservative and sane...

Darth Rove on Fox now. Ha, called obamarama an 'elitist'.

re: #213 NJDhockeyfan

Note the So Far in the title. Not holding my breath.

re: #214 pingjockey

A gliding pig. Not flying.

Hmmm sure you dont mean Gelded? As in a gelding horse... er pig?

re: #214 pingjockey

I would not want to get underneath any airborne porcine object originating from the NYT.

We have a couple of people down dinging this open thread, what the hell is that about?

re: #215 doriangrey
Ummm, no. They are just two halves of the same loony whole. I don't think anything could make SF look sane. Wait a minute, St. Pancakes alma mater, Evergreen State College. Somewhere over in the moonbat half of my state.

re: #219 Endangered in MASS

I would not want to get underneath any airborne porcine object originating from the NYT.

You are already under it, your only hope it to pray for strong winds and keep your head down...

re: #211 Endangered in MASS

Did someone say Motherland?

re: #215 doriangrey

Those douche bags need to spend some time with some folks that lived in DDR and USSR.

re: #218 doriangrey
I think the NY Slimes is gelded about the facts. That don't fit their template. Haven't figured out how this made the front page.

re: #220 maddogg

We have a couple of people down dinging this open thread, what the hell is that about?

I dont know and cant say I recognize either of them either. Trolls loose in Lizard land perhaps?

re: #226 doriangrey

Where? Way back upthread?

re: #226 doriangrey

I dont know and cant say I recognize either of them either. Trolls loose in Lizard land perhaps?

Must be. Come on out and play, trolls. I be hongry!

Good morning y'all - from a warm (59 degrees, going up to 80 degrees) bright and sunny Charlotte!
How is everyone this morning?

This is the point of the movie when Godzilla is wrestling with the T-Rex. Two Gargantuans in a life and death struggle - and only one can survive.

I hope Obama has a food taster by now.

re: #229 realwest
Fine! How's y'all?

re: #225 pingjockey

I think the NY Slimes is gelded about the facts. That don't fit their template. Haven't figured out how this made the front page.

Yup, the Slimes has definitely been intellectually gelded... Oh crap... sirians heading out of town and I need to leave for work, hope this doesnt complicate my commute.

Steyn Live here.

re: #227 pingjockey

Where? Way back upthread?

Dinging the thread down, not posting...

re: #228 maddogg

Must be. Come on out and play, trolls. I be hongry!

Whats for breakfast... Why freshly BBQ's gamey troll buttocks of course... lol...lol...lol...

re: #223 laZardo

The bad old days. I did two tours in Germany in the 80's ( 2nd AD and 1st AD) and replicated Russian tactics at the NTC at Ft Irwin as part of the 32nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (OPFOR). I have been through Check Point Charlie and spent time East Berlin when it was the DDR.

I de- fucking - test commies.

re: #227 pingjockey
Good morning! No the two trolls who dinged down this entire thread - their names are "all else failed" and "xwarzone" - I frankly have never heard of either one of them myself.
Must be registered lizards who aren't really lizards, just idjits who managed to sneak in during registration so they could bop Charles (and us) when they thought it safe to do so.

YO! all else failed and xwarzone - come on out and play!

Next Stop, Supreme Court?

It's likely that the next president will face at least one Supreme Court vacancy. Obama should promise Hillary Clinton, now, that if he wins in November, the vacancy will be hers, making her first on a list of one.

Obama and Clinton have wound up agreeing on nearly every major issue during the campaign; at the end of the day, they share many orthodoxies. Unless the Supreme Court were to get mired in minuscule details of what constitutes universal health care, Obama could assume that he'd be pleased with most Clinton votes, certainly on major issues such as abortion.

/be afraid

re: #221 pingjockey

Surprisingly for a Blue State, there are very few Moonbats here in PA. The part of Pittsburgh near Carnagie Mellon is one enclave. They might be angry cause they're surrounded by so many Rednecks.

I never get a chance to go to one of their parades, would like to carry Old Glory around during one of them.

re: #128 galloping granny

31,000 card carrying scientists signed a statement saying there was no evidence of global warming, etc. and so forth. Like I said, had I known. .

What kind of card do they carry?

re: #235 Endangered in MASS

The bad old days. I did two tours in Germany in the 80's ( 2nd AD and 1st AD) and replicated Russian tactics at the NTC at Ft Irwin as part of the 32nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (OPFOR). I have been through Check Point Charlie and spent time East Berlin when it was the DDR.

I de- fucking - test commies.

I sat smack dab in the middle of the Fulda Gap in the 60's & 70's. I know exactly what you mean.

/never got close to Checkpoint Charlie. Forbidden to go to Berlin.

Babba-- where are you these days? If you're out there reading-- Hi Babba!

{babba zee}

re: #237 Killian Bundy

Next Stop, Supreme Court?

/be afraid

I would find that pretty surprising. I think the MSM is offering up this idea and the VP slot trying to induce her to quit so Annointed One can proceed to his coronation unimpeded.

re: #231 pingjockey I'm doing ok, thanks - LOTS of chores to do today with Mom, but otherwise just fine.
Just listened to Karl Rove and Terry McCauliffe on Fox News talking about the primaries.
Did you know that Hillary after last nights' primaries, now leads Obama in popular votes by about 150,000?!
Wasn't it Obama - back when the superdelegates were in Hillary's back pocket - who was saying the "will of the people in terms of popular vote shouldn't be overturned by the party insiders"?!
HEY Obama - how do you feel about that now, hmmm?!
ROFL!

re: #243 realwest

Is that counting FL and MI?

re: #241 LeonidasOfSparta Hey there, I think Babba's working on her blog today.

Later folks. Have a fine Lizard day.

re: #243 realwest

"There were many people out there who could not vote during these elections, and perhaps belatedly, I would like to call upon their duly and democratically elected representatives to help them express their support."

Popular Vote Total 16,649,545 49.0% 16,207,987 47.7% Obama +441,558 +1.3%

Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA* 16,983,629 49.1% 16,431,849 47.5% Obama +551,780 +1.6%

Popular Vote (w/FL) 17,225,759 48.2% 17,078,973 47.8% Obama +146,786 +0.4%

Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA* 17,559,843 48.3% 17,302,835 47.6% Obama +257,008 +0.7%

Popular Vote (w/FL & MI)** 17,225,759 47.5% 17,407,282 48.0% Clinton +181,523 +0.50%

Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA* 17,559,843 47.5% 17,631,144 47.7% Clinton +71,301 +0.20

re: #244 phil flavin I don't know but I don't think so, cause just before that Karl was talking about "seating" Florida and Michigan and how if the Dem's don't do that, they risk throwing Florida and Michigan to the Repub's in the general election.
But I'm not sure if that popular vote count includes Florida and/or Michigan.
Hey, what's your avatar?

re: #241 LeonidasOfSparta

I can't keep spinning in her absence forever!

re: #247 laZardo Heee.
Yeah, I'm just eating this Democrat disarray with a spoon!

Good morning everyone... Hope everyone is doing well...

Beautiful morning here in the Big Apple...

re: #249 realwest

My beloved, and first place Columbus Crew!

re: #250 laZardo Well no one can replace BZ as the music of WLGF, but here's something that might tide you over:
[Link: www.imeem.com...]

re: #252 tfc3rid
Good morning my friend! Gosh I really LOVED NYC in the spring - actually loved it year round but spring especially!
How are you doing today?

Well, guess what folks, we have at least 3 different trolls dinging down the other threads from yesterday. Such brave trolls!

re: #253 phil flavin
Well I know what crew is but where or what is Columbus?!

It was just a goofy kid who shot a prayer book for crying out loud.
Maybe it has become politically correct in our society to pander to religious zealots - I guess we've all been conditioned to tolerate increasing degrees of deference over the last 20 years thanks to our very own home-grown bible-thumping preachers and politicians. None of that however prepared me for the most recent nauseating spectacle of U.S. military leaders literally kissing up to Iraqi religious zealots in a public display of dhimmitude.
If this represents the type of fawning, coddling, submissive relationship we are to have with our so-called Iraqi allies, then maybe we shouldn't worry too much about Obama - could his nose get much browner than what we just witnessed?

re: #240 galloping granny

I went on a tour to West Berlin with a group of soldiers. While there we went on a tour of East Berlin in Class A uniform. As part of the SOFA ( status of forces agreement) French, British, US and Soviet had access to the other's zones in Berlin for recreational purposes.

As part of the tour we were left for two hours in East Berlin in the Alexandria Platz or as the commies so ingeniously redsignated it ,Karl Marx Platz. It was surreal.

Taking pictures of bridges,military installations etc was verbotten and result in immediate STASI or KGB interdiction.

re: #257 realwest

Well I know what crew is but where or what is Columbus?!

Columbus is a slightly less fashionable part of the midwest! (for the record the Crew is a MLS team.)

Three visits from Reuters today already?

re: #255 realwest

Good morning my friend! Gosh I really LOVED NYC in the spring - actually loved it year round but spring especially!
How are you doing today?

I'm all right... Heading for Boston tomorrow for the long weekend... Should be fun...

How are you doing?