Gooooood Moooorning LGF.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. The Who.

Hmmmm.....which of these is not like the others?

Morning BignJames. Slow day to day.

Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed.

Exactly!

Hiya, BC.....only here for a few more minutes myself.

re: #1 BlueCanuck

/puts on sunglasses

/YYYYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Morning All

I guess I missed the fruit cups.

re: #6 laZardo

Not my first one. :)

/think I have had a couple.

re: #7 Fredlike

I think there may be a few on the buffet left. littleoldlady could teach an army cook about quantity.

/not to mention quality.

Yay! new morning thread freshness!

Morning Lizardia

Repost
Netflix alert-I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm just finishing watching a Woody Harrelson movie that is really good. It's a documentary called Nanking about the Japanese massacre there and an American surgeon and group of missionaries that tried to stop it.

Gotta head home from internship work. I leave you with a spinoff link.

/later guise

Manishma and Shalom from Arad. Nice and hot afternoon here and it feels great to be alive!

Night laZardo see you tomorrow.

*yawn*

But ... but ... but ... Change! And Hope! And PROGRESS!

Prophet or Ultra-rationally aware of the power of Irrationality.

From 1959: Compare to what's going on now!

re: #15 JamesTKirk

*yawn*

But ... but ... but ... Change! And Hope! And PROGRESS!

The only change I want is from a cashier. Hope is what springs eternal in the breast of men, not a political campaign. Progress is what I see when I make improvments in my life. Anything else is just pure snake oil and flim flam.

*YAWN*

Hey kids. Tornado watch here. OOOOh, scary. Blah Blah Blah. They're so full of crap.

Oh, wait! I hear a train coming up the street, let me go wave to the engineer.

Looks like India might just start to reduce their oil consumption:

India to raise fuel prices

Interesting thing here is that India subsidizes fuel heavily, so Indian consumers haven't seen the runup in prices that we have seen and thereby haven't had much in the way of a disincentive for higher consumption.

We should all hope that Asian demand growth for oil slows a bit so that prices drop. Until then they are unlikely to.

re: #18 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Nope. Watch is lifted. We did have a touchdown last night. In Roanoke VA, tornados are very very rare. I can remember two touchdowns in the [deleted] years I have lived here.

re: #15 JamesTKirk

*yawn*

But ... but ... but ... Change! And Hope! And PROGRESS!

Don't forget that we will be able to tell our grandchildren that last night was the *moment* that the seas stopped rising and the earth started to cool.

Moses just parted a sea : Obama is cooling down ALL of the oceans.

'Morning everybody! Has Hillary quit yet?

/I didn't think so...

Ayn Rand forever!

Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed.

— Irene Peter

Likewise,
Just because something is changed doesn't make it different.

Totalitarianism by any other name wouldn't smell any less.

Good morning, lizards. I know I'm late to the topic, but this fining of Brigitte Bardot for expressing her disgust of Muslim practices is, to say the least, ominous. The fine had a 15,000 euro price tag.

So what better way than to start the morning by throwing up a little in your mouth at this absurd, pusillanimous, dying-by-degrees little episode in Eurabian history?

HOPE - CHANGE - MALAISE

Charles is going to be most amused to see that AP cheerleader Nedra Pickler has basically anointed golden boy as Barack 'Icarus' Obama.

He truly is the anointed one, having now sprouted wings.

We have five months of shameless fawning ahead. Think the media idolatry has been bad so far? We haven't seen anything yet.

Good morning, all.
Do you ever feel like Howard Beale?
Wetwork.

re: #25 godfrey

Good morning, lizards. I know I'm late to the topic, but this fining of Brigitte Bardot for expressing her disgust of Muslim practices is, to say the least, ominous. The fine had a 15,000 euro price tag.

So what better way than to start the morning by throwing up a little in your mouth at this absurd, pusillanimous, dying-by-degrees little episode in Eurabian history?

Lets see Brigitte publishes her disgust of Islamic practices, while french Islamists publishes fatwas demanding death to infidel cartoonists and authors. Guess who got the fine, Brigitte of course!

Something for Ayn Rand, Goldfinger....

re: #29 loflyer

Well, if something like that was equally applied, it would be okay. But it seems like it only goes one way. Car-be-que anyone?

re: #29 loflyer

Lets see Brigitte publishes her disgust of Islamic practices, while french Islamists publishes fatwas demanding death to infidel cartoonists and authors. Guess who got the fine, Brigitte of course!

See? If she'd just issued death threats back there wouldn't have been any problem!

/Sheesh!

They threw water on the Wicked Witch, and stared slack-jawed when Hlllary didn't melt.

Obama to his posse: Anyone got another bright idea? Anyone....?

re: #30 loflyer

Something for Ayn Rand, Goldfinger....

That hair and those boots/shoes- I want those shoes!

re: #33 DistantThunder

On the news, they mentioned a column that started "and he thought a little thing like winning would stop her"

re: #20 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Nope. Watch is lifted. We did have a touchdown last night. In Roanoke VA, tornados are very very rare. I can remember two touchdowns in the [deleted] years I have lived here.

My daughter just moved from lexington, VA last month.

re: #25 godfrey

Between her PETA connections and her neo-nazi FN connections I'm finding it more than a little difficult to scrape up even a modicum of concern for Bardot.

Some peoples speech needs to be stifled and the French are just the kind of folks to do the stifling.

FIRE!,
R

re: #34 madisonsfriend

That hair and those boots/shoes- I want those shoes!

They look ridiculous but they put on a heck of show. It was pouring rain when they performed the number!

re: #27 JammieWearingFool

I couldn't agree more. They will all fight over the chance to kneel before him, unzip, and [redacted] him.

re: #37 Render

I remember her from the early 60's when she was in her prime, and I didn't know about girls. I only knew she didn't wear much and couldn't act. The Euro's go to far in censoring speech on issues that many Euro's share the same views on. You get what you pay for, and that price is too high for me....

Good morning, lizards.

I think.

re: #41 Irish Rose

It's a great mornin' rose. How you?

So apropos Charles. Especially given this day of "Change".

I wonder if Obama will give us 99 cents for every extra tax dollar we give him after his failed policies are played out?

Best and worse of Aviation

Check out the cute blonde driving the A/C in the middle of the clip. Impressive, very impressive!

re: #42 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It's a great mornin' rose. How you?

A busy workday today and not feeling so hot.

Had some chocolate ice cream last night... gave me serious indigestion, and I lost nearly a whole night of sleep.

Ugh.

re: #43 steveoh

So apropos Charles. Especially given this day of "Change".

I wonder if Obama will give us 99 cents for every extra tax dollar we give him after his failed policies are played out?

And...of course not just look at where Jimmah Carter is today.

Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed.

Why is it,when I read that quote,that the first two words that came to mind were "Obama",and "Carter"?

re: #39 rightside

I couldn't agree more. They will all fight over the chance to kneel before him, unzip, and [redacted] him.

It's embarrassing. As if they're writing for Tiger Beat magazine. You'd be laughed out of journalism 101 with junk like that.

re: #45 buzzsawmonkey

Don't you eva sleep, or did you have someone take over for you last night?

re: #44 loflyer

Svetlana Kapanina.

SMOKIN,
R

Time for me to log off folks. have your selves a great day, and see you on the next threads.

re: #45 buzzsawmonkey

LOL, great one! upding.

re: #49 JammieWearingFool

Too bad they're not journalists.

Mornin' all. That picture on the previous thread is funny. Unlike the obamagasm that crowd of kool aid drinkers had last night. And, I think Bama hit it on the head. Two men who had no business being in or near the WH. At least Jimmuh had been a governor.

re: #49 JammieWearingFool

It's embarrassing. As if they're writing for Tiger Beat magazine. You'd be laughed out of journalism 101 with junk like that.

Don't count on it! With an internship at the ACLU or the UN/human rights commission in your resume, you will have no trouble finding employment in the MSM.

re: #56 buzzsawmonkey
Heh. You get all the atta boys and all the oh shits.

re: #56 buzzsawmonkey

So was I, beginning of the month. Later in the month, I'll be asking for the folks in Manhattan to send me something. I'm getting too old for this.

re: #58 buzzsawmonkey
Mwahaha! Damn Charlie Crist is on Fox again. I swear Murdoch knows something.

BBL, guys! Classic Miami Vice

BTW, Steveoh put a very nicely thought-out post at 499 about Ma Sheehan, IMHO.

re: #49 JammieWearingFool

Tiger Beat- Tiger Beat- I luv Tiger Beat! Peter Blair Dennis Bernard Noone, The Monkees, The Dave Clark Five. They are all so groovy.
(I thought Tiger Beat was a magazine of the 60's- it isn't still around, is it? Does it still have stories about Herman's Hermits and the Monkees and the Fab Four and Chad and Jeremy?)

re: #63 madisonsfriend

Did you hear that awful news about Buddy Holly?

Gas price is down to 3.93 per gallon overnight... woo f*ing hoo.

I'm telling you, Congress needs to do something about the exhorbitant gas prices RIGHT NOW. If they don't get a grip on it - and soon - the American people are going to start responding with widespread violence (much of it aimed at public officials) instead of the standard bitching/moaning and moonlight gas thievery.

The guys that I really feel sorry for are the truckers, who have to fill up on diesel to earn a living... oi.

I left the thread last night at 12:36pm ET to go back to cleaning my carpets - so much easier when all the kids aren't running through the house. My son, 19, rouses himself to walk outside and call his girlfriend so he can get cell phone service.

Suddenly, some teen age punk drove by, got out of his Mustang, started calling my son names, and said, "You thought you'd get away with this Brett, (not my son's name)"more profanity - all the while slashing my son on his arm with some sharp object.

My son, 6'2", comes running in the house significant blood running down his arm telling me to call the police. Said he'd never seen this kid, 5'6" before in his life. Couldn't see that he had a knife. We got the bleeding under control and I did some first aid.

So we had NJ finest state police - one guy was a jerk - to investigate this bizarre attack. Of course they asked if it was some drug deal - my son is getting ready to go into the airforce and told them absolutely not. Even volunteer a drug test. They said no.

Very odd occurrence in our quaint secluded town in the Wharton forest in south Jersey.

Good morning -- hot one coming up today in Chambodia. 93 degrees for the high. Discussion "As You Like It" today in seminar. Before that, though, I have to go to the doctor for a check up and to make sure that my guts are all healed after my surgery.

How's everyone this morning?

re: #60 pingjockey

Mwahaha! Damn Charlie Crist is on Fox again. I swear Murdoch knows something.

Not Crist - please tell me John won't make this mistake.

re: #66 DistantThunder

Mistaken identity? Girlfriend issues?

The press is full of Hilary's obituaries already.

Guess they've bought into the "Obama won" story, long before the votes have been tallied.

Isn't this the exact situation that led to the problems in 2000? Though of course there it was the press shilling for Gore early.

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

BTW, Steveoh put a very nicely thought-out post at 499 about Ma Sheehan, IMHO.

Is Ma Sheehan still running against Blinky?

re: #66 DistantThunder
Good Lord! Is he okay? We've had some disturbing incidences here. The Greater Wenatchee Valley area only has 40k or so population and it is becoming a weekly thing with some kids under 15 being told or asked to get into a vehicle with persons unknown.

re: #66 DistantThunder

Geeze, DT, is your son OK?
Do you have a lot of gang activity in your area? Sounds like a hit gone wrong to me.

Did he get a physical description of the perp, or a plate number on the vehicle?

re: #67 Lucius Septimius
Pretty fair here. You feeling okay?

re: #66 DistantThunder

I left the thread last night at 12:36pm ET to go back to cleaning my carpets - so much easier when all the kids aren't running through the house. My son, 19, rouses himself to walk outside and call his girlfriend so he can get cell phone service.

Suddenly, some teen age punk drove by, got out of his Mustang, started calling my son names, and said, "You thought you'd get away with this Brett, (not my son's name)"more profanity - all the while slashing my son on his arm with some sharp object.

My son, 6'2", comes running in the house significant blood running down his arm telling me to call the police. Said he'd never seen this kid, 5'6" before in his life. Couldn't see that he had a knife. We got the bleeding under control and I did some first aid.

So we had NJ finest state police - one guy was a jerk - to investigate this bizarre attack. Of course they asked if it was some drug deal - my son is getting ready to go into the airforce and told them absolutely not. Even volunteer a drug test. They said no.

Very odd occurrence in our quaint secluded town in the Wharton forest in south Jersey.

I'm so thankful it wasn't even worse. What a horrible, frightening experience.

Good morning, Lizards.

re: #69 Lucius Septimius

Mistaken identity? Girlfriend issues?

Definitely mistaken identity - girlfriend, Hmmmmm, the kid was short and fat - but maybe. The irony, is that Mr. DT was on his way home from Michigan, have done training for a law enforcement group, and bringing home his friend, who happens to have been a bounty hunter for 10 years.

It should be an interesting few days.

re: #64 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Did you hear that awful news about Buddy Holly?

The day the music died!

re: #74 pingjockey

Reasonably good, but it's only eight o'clock. I'm not looking forward to the doctor.

re: #76 DistantThunder

Definitely mistaken identity - girlfriend, Hmmmmm, the kid was short and fat - but maybe. The irony, is that Mr. DT was on his way home from Michigan, have done training for a law enforcement group, and bringing home his friend, who happens to have been a bounty hunter for 10 years.

It should be an interesting few days.

Interesting is one word ... just hope he's ok.

When does he report for duty?

re: #63 madisonsfriend

Tiger Beat- Tiger Beat- I luv Tiger Beat! Peter Blair Dennis Bernard Noone, The Monkees, The Dave Clark Five. They are all so groovy.
(I thought Tiger Beat was a magazine of the 60's- it isn't still around, is it? Does it still have stories about Herman's Hermits and the Monkees and the Fab Four and Chad and Jeremy?)

I have no idea. I just use that name as symbol of teeny-bopper idolatry.

Last I saw it was at the end of Stripes when they had John Candy on the cover.

re: #78 Lucius Septimius

Reasonably good, but it's only eight o'clock. I'm not looking forward to the doctor.

I hope all is well or getting better.

{Lucius Septimus}

re: #75 goddessoftheclassroom

Morning goddess, are you done with the school year? Mine are done next week. But, since they didn't want to cooperate with the old man 2 of them are going to summer school for a month for reading! Mwahaha!

From yesterday's BOTW (last item)

The Associated Press reports from Crow Agency, Mont., on one of the final campaign events of the 2008 primary season:

The purification ceremony isn't an everyday ritual of U.S. presidential politics.

The newly named Awe Kooda Bilaxpak Kuuxshish--better known as Barack Obama--faced east, the symbolic source of new life. His adopted Crow father, Hartford Black Eagle, prayed over him.

Afterward, they walked arm-in-arm with Black Eagle's wife, Mary, to a podium, where Obama promised to live up to the meaning of his new name: "One Who Helps People Throughout the Land."

No doubt the Republican Attack Machine will insist on calling him Awe Kooda Bilaxpak Hussein Kuuxshish.

snark, snark.

re: #72 pingjockey

Good Lord! Is he okay? We've had some disturbing incidences here. The Greater Wenatchee Valley area only has 40k or so population and it is becoming a weekly thing with some kids under 15 being told or asked to get into a vehicle with persons unknown.

Yeah, the cops thought that it was just like finger nail slashes, but the 5 cuts were very clean, and it was way too much blood for finger nails - there was blood all over my sink. So I have to check today to make sure his tetanus is up to date.

Sunday we had son, age 9, step on a rusty nail at a friend's, so we are on 10 days of antibiotics with that -

Always happens that Mr. DT is conveniently out of town for the drama.

re: #81 goddessoftheclassroom

Everything's pretty much on hold at the moment -- not really any better, but no worse either. Or at least I think.

re: #78 Lucius Septimius

Reasonably good, but it's only eight o'clock. I'm not looking forward to the doctor.

I hope it goes well and you continue to get better.

re: #78 Lucius Septimius
Think positive thoughts man! Channeling Donald Southerland in Kellys Heroes.

re: #79 Lucius Septimius

Interesting is one word ... just hope he's ok.

When does he report for duty?

He's getting some health things cleared up first. I had just picked him up from another friend's house who returned Sat from Afghanistan. He said it is really, really boring in A-stan - they mostly patrol - nothing much happening.

re: #45 buzzsawmonkey

Funny, but "fellate" isn't in my 1960 Webster's New World Dictionary. Affricate is in there, though.

re: #87 pingjockey

LOL! I love that movie.

He was apparently horribly sick with a fever throughout that whole movie.

re: #84 DistantThunder
That was happening with me for a while, go out of town, the fridge died, next trip the dog almost died. Got so bad I was scared to go over an hour away from the house!

re: #91 pingjockey

That was happening with me for a while, go out of town, the fridge died, next trip the dog almost died. Got so bad I was scared to go over an hour away from the house!

It's got to be some cosmic law that the bad stuff happens when you're down by one - like gravity.

re: #90 Lucius Septimius
Really. Saw a funny one the other night. Second Hand Lions. Michael Caine trying to talk with a Texas accent was a hoot.

Sorry lizards... very little time to visit this morning.
I have to get ready for work.

/right after I have my second helping of cranky flakes

re: #92 DistantThunder
Yep. The better half was getting paranoid. Especially if I was off to Portland or someplace here in Wa. state that was way out in the boonies.

re: #33 DistantThunder

They threw water on the Wicked Witch, and stared slack-jawed when Hlllary didn't melt.

Obama to his posse: Anyone got another bright idea? Anyone....?

LOL!

re: #82 pingjockey

Morning goddess, are you done with the school year? Mine are done next week. But, since they didn't want to cooperate with the old man 2 of them are going to summer school for a month for reading! Mwahaha!

The school year has finished, but I have to finish moving to a new class room.

I got a call from an angry parent who was "trying to understand how her son failed." I patiently went over EVERYTHING with her, including how I passed him last quarter because he started working harder but his average was three percentage points under the minimum pass grade. Anyway, my patience evaporated when she said, "Maybe if he got to work work with computers instead of just sitting at a desk in your class the whole period..."

I was white-hot furious. I told her that we acted out Romeo and Juliet, but her son CHOSE to do nothing but sit in his seat. I closed the discussion at that point.

I can take being called strict, old-fashioned, demanding, even sarcastic, but I will not stand for being called boring,

Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed.

Interesting quote.
Does anone have any idea who Irene Peter is?
And before you say, "Do you know how to Google" ... try it yourself!

Even the talking heads on Fox keep talking about a obamarama/beast ticket. I don't think that is gonna happen. Neither of them want to share the spotlight with anyone.

re: #99 pingjockey

Even the talking heads on Fox keep talking about a obamarama/beast ticket. I don't think that is gonna happen. Neither of them want to share the spotlight with anyone.

I think BO would be found dead at the bottom of a staircase if he ran on such a ticket- and I think he knows that...

re: #97 goddessoftheclassroom
Hehe! I like old fashioned, strict teachers. I like that you got upset being called boring. I taught navy electronics for three years and the biggest challenge, I thought anyway, was keeping their attention. Especially after lunch!

re: #95 pingjockey

Yep. The better half was getting paranoid. Especially if I was off to Portland or someplace here in Wa. state that was way out in the boonies.

Morning ping...ROTFLMAO.... All of Washington State is way out in the boonies..........

re: #102 doriangrey
Ha! Not as bad as going to ...Jamul.

re: #100 CIA Reject

I think BO would be found dead at the bottom of a staircase if he ran on such a ticket- and I think he knows that...

..and sprawled with limbs at grotesquely skewed angles.

re: #33 DistantThunder

Those toes have not curled up and slid under the house yet!

re: #104 DistantThunder
Nah, that is too obvious. The beast will get a voodoo doll!

re: #105 rightside

Those toes have not curled up and slid under the house yet!

I won't even believe it when I read it in the NYT's - only when it's officially here at LGF.

Church of England accused of censoring debate on Islam

A meeting of the Church's "parliament" was due to discuss whether clergy should be doing more to convert British Muslims to Christianity.

The sensitive issue was highlighted last week by a senior bishop who accused Church leaders of failing to reach out to other faiths, and warned that radical Islam is filling a gap in society caused by the decline of traditional Christian values.

But now the Church has put off the debate on recruiting Muslims until next February at the earliest and will discuss the promotion of churches as tourist attractions instead.

Heh.

re: #104 DistantThunder

..and sprawled with limbs at grotesquely skewed angles.

"D*mndest case 'a suicide I ever did see..."

/Sheriff Billy-Bob.

Morning dorian

Obama, HIllary, Bill and the Democrats - all deserve each other.

re: #93 pingjockey

I liked that movie, especially how they'd shoot from the front porch to try and scare away the salesman, who persisted anyhow.

re: #110 rightside

Morning dorian

Good morning rightside............

So is this election going to be the biggest no brainer or what. Don't care if it is the Obama and Mama ticket, McCain would have to drop F- bombs to lose this thing.

re: #101 pingjockey

Hehe! I like old fashioned, strict teachers. I like that you got upset being called boring. I taught navy electronics for three years and the biggest challenge, I thought anyway, was keeping their attention. Especially after lunch!

{pingjockey}

One of the best moments of the year is reading what my students write in my yearbook. The comment that brought tears to my eyes was from a girl who wrote, "You made me fall in love with English."

re: #108 Killgore Trout

Man that conversion should be their main job at this point.

That, and bringing nominal Christians back.

re: #109 CIA Reject

"D*mndest case 'a suicide I ever did see..."

/Sheriff Billy-Bob.

Gotta get the teeth (Mr DT's friend started this business of fake gross teeth when he graduated from dental school - made millions.)

They're called - Billy-Bob teeth or (British teeth - either way.)

Socialize dentistry !

re: #111 DistantThunder

Unfortunately, the damn sheeple who are following these demagogues may have us out numbered.

re: #118 pingjockey

Unfortunately, the damn sheeple who are following these demagogues may have us out numbered.

Yep. We have to start creating our own commercials for conservative principals on the blogosphere.

Via Ace. who calls this the "Best Essay on Iraq You'll Read This Month."

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

re: #116 Ojoe

Instead their discussion the tourism potential of churches instead of trying to get people in on Sunday.

re: #115 goddessoftheclassroom

That is a "ahhhhhh" moment for sure. Congrats and keep up the good work. We just lost a kindergarden teacher here. 31, male and had a dirt bike accident. Just terrible. You don't find too many guys with the guts to teach little ones.

re: #121 Killgore Trout

That is just crazy. Let us not offend the [bigoted word]s. Fuck 'em I say.

re: #117 DistantThunder

Gotta get the teeth (Mr DT's friend started this business of fake gross teeth when he graduated from dental school - made millions.)

LOL! What a Country!
/yakov

They're called - Billy-Bob teeth or (British teeth - either way.)

Socialize dentistry !

Yes, by all means- ruin oral hygiene AND bankrupt a successful business at the same time!

/A "two-fer"!

re: #122 pingjockey

That is a "ahhhhhh" moment for sure. Congrats and keep up the good work. We just lost a kindergarden teacher here. 31, male and had a dirt bike accident. Just terrible. You don't find too many guys with the guts to teach little ones.

How awful. Male teachers are so important as role models for students, too.

I'm confused this morning: is she out or is she not out?

Here's one. Say one of our military catches Adam taliban Gadan, do they get to keep the million buck reward the FBI just put out on his head?

Dawn breaks over L.A.
Obama size breakfast. Don't eat it all, either.

BBL... To work for me!

re: #126 Peacekeeper
6-5 and pick 'em.

re: #125 goddessoftheclassroom
Yep. Hit the school pretty hard. Just from my observations, there isn't to many male teachers in the grade schools.

re: #130 pingjockey
Damn goddess read that sentence. I need remedial English!

re: #126 Peacekeeper

Sounds like she is waffling. :-)

Hillary Clinton defiant in face of loss

Rather than concede the loss to Obama, the New York senator told a cheering crowd she would consult supporters and party leaders to decide the future of her campaign.

re: #126 Peacekeeper

I'm confused this morning: is she out or is she not out?

What is to be confused about? She is a Klinton, she will remain in the race even after McCain is sworn in, claiming that McCain stole the Presidency from here with some voter fraud gimmick.

re: #108 Killgore Trout

Church of England accused of censoring debate on Islam

Heh.

This is the heart of the approaching schism in the Anglican Community. The Church of England and The Episcopal Church (USA) have shift ever further left in changing their mission to "social justice" rather than the charges given to the Church ins Scripture. A Church that has chosen a direction other than that given in the Bible has chosen the wrong direction.

Many people thing that the break in The Episcopal Church is based around the ordination of the openly gay bishop, but that is just an example, not the cause, of the problem.

We orthodox, traditional types know we're supposed to strive to live our lives according to the "rules," not change the rules to accommodate our lives.

Ha! FNC slapping the Olberdork around. Mwahaha!

re: #130 pingjockey

Yep. Hit the school pretty hard. Just from my observations, there isn't to many male teachers in the grade schools.

No there aren't and it's unfortunate.

One of the best teachers I've ever seen was a male second grade teacher. Huge guy, but had some of the best insights into how kids think and learn that I've ever seen.

re: #134 goddessoftheclassroom

In response to your earlier comment, in my experience "It was boring" = "I'm lazy"

re: #135 pingjockey

Ha! FNC slapping the Olberdork around. Mwahaha!

Sigh....................To bad thats like beating up on a retarded 6 year old...

re: #137 Lucius Septimius

In response to your earlier comment, in my experience "It was boring" = "I'm lazy"

Good morning Lucius.........

re: #136 Lucius Septimius
I just wish the NEA/WEA(here in Wa state) would get out of the way and let the teachers teach! Goddamn meddlers!

What's interesting (and confusing) is that so many media outlets are reporting like it's over. Then these stories pop up where she says it's not over. Sounds like the Dems and their media buddies are giving her the bums rush.

re: #138 doriangrey
Oh, I don't think that it's that bad. That would be horrible. But, smacking uberdork around is FUN! Kinda like bashing a pinata.

re: #130 pingjockey

Yep. Hit the school pretty hard. Just from my observations, there isn't to many male teachers in the grade schools.

The fact that you know there are some goofs exonerates you from having to take remedial grammar!
Hey, we're lizards--we read with that charity that covers a multitude of typos...

re: #139 doriangrey

And a jaunty good morning to you as well.

re: #143 goddessoftheclassroom
Why thank you. I get going and my grammar skills get pushed under the bus!

re: #140 pingjockey

I just wish the NEA/WEA(here in Wa state) would get out of the way and let the teachers teach! Goddamn meddlers!

The NEA is educations single worst enemy.

re: #120 goddessoftheclassroom

Good read, ma'am.

Later all. Time to make the little boss his lunch and get myself ready for the daily grind. Y'all have a fine day.

re: #134 goddessoftheclassroom

Many people thing that the break in The Episcopal Church is based around the ordination of the openly gay bishop, but that is just an example, not the cause, of the problem.

Personally, I'd love to see the CoE become more socially liberal (on gay and women's issues) while regaining its moral and spiritual bearings. At least it seems they're thinking about which way to go. We'll have to wait and see what they decide but at least they're aware they have a problem.

re: #149 Killgore Trout

Personally, I'd love to see the CoE become more socially liberal (on gay and women's issues) while regaining its moral and spiritual bearings. At least it seems they're thinking about which way to go. We'll have to wait and see what they decide but at least they're aware they have a problem.

I apparently have a very different idea than you do of what the problem is.

re: #150 goddessoftheclassroom

Surprised?
;)

re: #128 Ojoe

Ahhhh. OBranma - It's what's for breakfast when you can't have your waffle.

re: #134 goddessoftheclassroom

Amen. And good morning :)

re: #149 Killgore Trout

Personally, I'd love to see the CoE become more socially liberal (on gay and women's issues) while regaining its moral and spiritual bearings

Two things, at odds with each other. Sometimes Christians are called to obedience, rather than expedience.

Got home from work. Train actually slowed to a crawl between a couple of stations, but then again it helps me add to my secret Zionist Carbon Credit Deposit.

What'd I miss?

Barack Obama to address AIPAC on FNC in a few minutes.

The first speaker on the first day was Senator John McCain who would be followed on day three by both Senator’s Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

re: #141 Peacekeeper

What's interesting (and confusing) is that so many media outlets are reporting like it's over. Then these stories pop up where she says it's not over. Sounds like the Dems and their media buddies are giving her the bums rush.

They want her to just shut up and go away -- it's like with Cindy Sheehan. They've had their fun, but now they want to move an and adore Obama and trash McCain, and she won't get out of the way and let them -- the MEDIA -- the HIGH PRIESTHOOD of politics, decide for us whom the gods have chosen.

The Romans, when they held elections, voted by tribe in a large building on the outskirts of the city. Voters would assemble and line up by tribe. As each tribe came forward and people would cast their votes, the priests would observe and decide what was happening. For the Romans, voting was a form of divination -- it was the gods, not the people, who decided. Hence at a certain point, if the voting seemed consistently to be going in one direction, the priests would stop the voting and declare a victor.

The media sees themselves in the same role -- they, not the voters, decide who the candidates are and who should win. They possess, or so they think, the arcane and occult knowledge of political processes and, above all, are custodians of the public good, or as the Romans might say, the "res publica." And as a self-appointed priesthood, they believe without a doubt that they, not the voters, are the only ones with the knowledge to decide who should rule.

In the Roman case, the practice meant that a candidate only had to curry favor with a minority of the electorate -- winning a majority in the first two or three of the 12 tribes was usually sufficient, so that's where they'd pitch their message. You didn't need a real majority, only to win certain "key" interest groups and the priests would finalize your victory. The MSM functions much the same way.

Moral: As the number of voters increased, and the stakes in elections rose in the late republic, demagoguery triumphed over discussion of issues. The last phase of the republic saw the election of a series of men who set themselves up as dictators -- Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar. And the republic degenerated and fell. And Augustus arose to pick up the pieces. The priesthood played a signal role in bringing this about.

Is our pious devotion to the MSM so strong as to allow us to permit the new priesthood to demolish the Republic?

re: #154 mama winger

Two things, at odds with each other.

I don't think they have to be.

On some other message boards I read people are talking about the need to bring the country together over all else. But then they go on to say Obama is the one to do this. How the hell do they reach this conclusion? Is it all his shady ass friends he has? Is it his by the book far left voting record? Is it his radical church? McCain has a record of bipartisan legislation. He said himself last night that Obama has never once stood up against his own party, put his own ass on the line, for the betterment of the people. Not once. How on earth do people think that is the man to unite the country? I'm at a loss on this one...

re: #150 goddessoftheclassroom

re: #149 Killgore Trout

Personally, I'd love to see the CoE become more socially liberal (on gay and women's issues) while regaining its moral and spiritual bearings. At least it seems they're thinking about which way to go. We'll have to wait and see what they decide but at least they're aware they have a problem.

I don't know much about the inner workings of the CoE, but I think it's moral bearings are what are preventing it from becoming more socially liberal on "gay and women's issues". As for it's spiritual bearings, I think they are the source of its current difficulties.

I heard something on Fox that Olbermann had been promoted to head of NBC News ? Is that right, or am I having another nightmare?

come on. Someone ket in something to cheer me up, because I'm feelin' real bleak about our country's future 'bout now....

re: #154 mama winger

{MAMA}

Nice to see you -- gotta run now.

re: #162 paxnhymn

pimf- key

re: #100 CIA Reject

I think BO would be found dead at the bottom of a staircase if he ran on such a ticket- and I think he knows that...

Chelsea with a sniper rifle.

/original Manchurian Candidate

re: #157 Lucius Septimius

A thousand up-dings.

Good morning Lucius. How are you today?

re: #157 Lucius Septimius

The media sees themselves in the same role -- they, not the voters, decide who the candidates are and who should win.

BINGO.

re: #163 Lucius Septimius

{MAMA}

Nice to see you -- gotta run now.

Bye Lucius - catch you later I hope!

re: #161 mama winger

I heard something on Fox that Olbermann had been promoted to head of NBC News ? Is that right, or am I having another nightmare?

NBC? The National Barack Channel

re: #114 Big Steve

So is this election going to be the biggest no brainer or what. Don't care if it is the Obama and Mama ticket, McCain would have to drop F- bombs to lose this thing.

That would only jump up the Dick Cheney Coolness Factor for him.

re: #151 Killgore Trout

Heh. If you're dispensing religious advice please tell us the one true path. It better not involve TV, liquor or "women's issues".

re: #161 mama winger

I heard something on Fox that Olbermann had been promoted to head of NBC News ? Is that right, or am I having another nightmare?

That would be like Pee Wee Herman being named Secretary of Defense...

...in Belgium.

re: #162 paxnhymn

come on. Someone ket in something to cheer me up, because I'm feelin' real bleak about our country's future 'bout now....

Sorry. I got nuthin. except ......

Take your gummit rebate check and buy yourself a gun and some ammo.

re: #161 mama winger

I heard something on Fox that Olbermann had been promoted to head of NBC News ? Is that right, or am I having another nightmare?

sounds about right. There have beem enough nightmares to go around lately. I am ALREADY sick of how even previously thought of conservative pundits are fawning over the Obamessiah's public personna and speaking ability.....it's a really crazy pied-piper syndrome!

re: #165 The Other Les

Chelsea with a sniper rifle.

/original Manchurian Candidate

LOL!

/Where's Angela Lansbury now that we really need her!

The top left of Drudge right now says "Obama called Hillary twice.... and got voicemail"

That's funny.

re: #174 paxnhymn

Steve Doocy said that he felt sorry for Tim Russert - who has been there for like a jillion years.

Olbermann is insane.

re: #23 loflyer

Ayn Rand forever!

Back when I first read Atlas Shrugs 40 years ago I never thought I'd be living in the middle of it. I wish we had her voice here now, though I would not have wanted her to have to have witnessed 9/11 for anything.

Mornin' all. Where the hell is that Michelle "Whitey" tape? If they've got it now is the time to show it.

re: #162 paxnhymn

All I can say is... welcome to the club. D:

Mit Romney took Montana? What's up with that?

Fly by hail and farewell... long days for a couple of weeks. I really enjoyed being here as those lizards and Charles (heartier than I ) watched the Hil and Barry extravaganza last night. It put me in a much better mood than if I had watched the speechifying 3D.

Have a great day lizards!

re: #171 Peacekeeper

It better not involve TV, liquor or "women's issues".

Ok, those were my top 3.

re: #175 CIA Reject

LOL!

/Where's Angela Lansbury now that we really need her!

Retired.

re: #173 mama winger

Sorry. I got nuthin. except ......

Take your gummit rebate check and buy yourself a gun and some ammo.

ahead of you. And I'm already turning some soil in my backyard for my "defeat garden" (the antithesis of the WWII Victory Garden) because if this clown gets power, everything will be socialized and the shelves in the stores will be either empty like the USSR or bread will be 12.00 a loaf...

re: #166 mama winger

OK -- of to the doctor for a check up.

Hope you got me email for a couple of weeks ago; looking forward to a response.

Ciao -- have a great day, ya'll.

re: #158 Killgore Trout

I don't think they have to be.

Correctly addressed, no . In the current political and cultural trends - yes, they are in opposition to one another.

Jesus was a true radical of his time when it came to women's issues. He granted women legal and spiritual rights and freedoms unheard of in that culture. He is truly a liberator. But within that freedom, there are guidelines that keep the relationships between men, women, and God sacred.

re: #183 paxnhymn

ahead of you. And I'm already turning some soil in my backyard for my "defeat garden" (the antithesis of the WWII Victory Garden) because if this clown gets power, everything will be socialized and the shelves in the stores will be either empty like the USSR or bread will be 12.00 a loaf...

Speaking of which, has anyone with a last 2 digits in the 80s got theirs yet?

re: #174 paxnhymn

sounds about right. There have beem enough nightmares to go around lately. I am ALREADY sick of how even previously thought of conservative pundits are fawning over the Obamessiah's public personna and speaking ability.....it's a really crazy pied-piper syndrome!

The New Class (what George Orwell called the "New Aristocracy") will do everything in its power to get one of their own to the White House.

re: #184 Lucius Septimius

OK -- of to the doctor for a check up.

Hope you got me email for a couple of weeks ago; looking forward to a response.

Ciao -- have a great day, ya'll.

No - I never got an email from you ...... Send me another one?

Good morning all y'all - from a hot (73 degrees, going up to 95 degrees!) bright and sunny Charlotte!
How is everyone this fine morning?

The powers that be want Hill as VP to put the party back together-it will force all those angry Hillary people to shut up and take it. But if she won't settle they'll broom her as fast as they can.
The Democratic Convention this year should be epic. How can a party of secularists anoint their messiah without being camp?

Very ambiguous quote that has very limited "true" application.

How does it go?.........Meh......

re: #186 infidelia

Speaking of which, has anyone with a last 2 digits in the 80s got theirs yet?

My last two numbers are 13 and I just got my check last week. Turbo Tax filers get theirs late. Did you use TT?

Mooto for Denver '08 : Come let us adore him.

re: #183 paxnhymn

Only the regular, chemical-infested bread will be 12.00 a loaf. They'll stock the shelves with the organic, earth-friendly ones though. The ones grown in third-world countries to help them grow their economies.

/

re: #186 infidelia

Speaking of which, has anyone with a last 2 digits in the 80s got theirs yet?

Yep.

re: #176 FrogMarch

The top left of Drudge right now says "Obama called Hillary twice.... and got voicemail"

That's funny.

Means she was deliberately refusing to answer his call.

re: #189 realwest

Cynical, slothful, downright mean...oh, the usual. (;

re: #194 laZardo

Nope , expect Carbon Neutral bread to be the big seller in 2009.

re: #189 realwest

Good morning all y'all - from a hot (73 degrees, going up to 95 degrees!) bright and sunny Charlotte!
How is everyone this fine morning?

{realwest}

re: #185 mama winger

Correctly addressed, no . In the current political and cultural trends - yes, they are in opposition to one another.

Jesus was a true radical of his time when it came to women's issues. He granted women legal and spiritual rights and freedoms unheard of in that culture. He is truly a liberator. But within that freedom, there are guidelines that keep the relationships between men, women, and God sacred.

So right, and when those guidelines are ignored, men are at their worst - think Bill Clinton, and women are at their worst - think Sex and the City.

re: #185 mama winger

Any church worth it's weight should be reflecting God's standards as expressed through his written word, not man's interpretation of the month.

re: #190 Peacekeeper

The powers that be want Hill as VP to put the party back together-it will force all those angry Hillary people to shut up and take it. But if she won't settle they'll broom her as fast as they can.
The Democratic Convention this year should be epic. How can a party of secularists anoint their messiah without being camp?

what's gonna be even better is watching the Clinton Machine try and torpedo this fool's campaign behind the scenes. She has to. She can't afford to wait eight, and take the chance that the public will be so pissed of at the Obamessiah after that to where she might possibly not be elected. She'll sabotage and wait four. If we're lucky hussein will become the next KerryDukakisMondaleGore...2nd in a two man race...

re: #198 Peacekeeper

Organic Neutral-Carbon Eco-bread.

Buy ONCE, preserve our Earth for a Lifetime.

/needs to touch up on his sloganeering...

re: #186 infidelia Good morning to you!
Uh, what was that about people with a last 2 digits in the 80s got theirs yet all about? My Mom keeps telling me that she heard on TV that folks who were born during certain years are getting an additional check from Soc Sec (if you're in your 80's - she's 83+) and I've never heard of that - though she did receive her economic stimulus payment!

re: #202 paxnhymn

If we're lucky hussein will become the next KerryDukakisMondaleGore...2nd in a two man race...

/snerk

re: #200 DistantThunder

So right, and when those guidelines are ignored, men are at their worst - think Bill Clinton, and women are at their worst - think Sex and the City.

And then you have whining women who say men won't commit (because they get the milk for free) and men who are afraid to marry because they don't want to be tied up in some horrible divorce with a she-wolf.
Kids are accessories - sometimes before - sometimes after the fact.

We are in a post Christian society.

re: #193 Peacekeeper

They'll be singing that Classic Christian song "Barack of Ages"

IF there is a Michelle Obama get whitey tape, and IF the Clintons have it, I can't imagine why they haven't used it already.

Where does the term 'Moonbat' come from? I see it used on here all the time. Oh and Drudge has a Chris Matthews like man crush on Obama.

re: #199 goddessoftheclassroom {goddess} good morning to you! How are you doing today?

Good morning Lizards. I am sure that this has been discussed, but did ya catch Barry talking about the time is now to'heal the Planet?"
If anyone besides Obama said that , the media would have that person measured for a straight jacket.

re: #11 Neo Con since 9-11

It is actually quite interesting that one of the leading figures in the attempt to save the Chinese at that time was a German industrialist. Since he had to toe the German line, he was "officially" a member of the Nazi party. He used his armband to good effect to try and minimize the damage. He returned later to Germany and was active on the German side of the war, but then again so did most Germans.

re: #209 SecondComing

Where does the term 'Moonbat' come from? I see it used on here all the time. Oh and Drudge has a Chris Matthews like man crush on Obama.

A sprouting bro-mance

re: #208 Peacekeeper

IF there is a Michelle Obama get whitey tape, and IF the Clintons have it, I can't imagine why they haven't used it already.

I don't think it exixts...I think that was rumour to try and draw big ears into a firefight.

re: #203 laZardo

Loaves made from peat moss dredged by hand under all natural (i.e. filthy) conditions.

re: #211 opnion

There was a politician here named Gil (Spanish G, pronounced like H) whose slogan was "Time to Gil the Nation!"

/there was sick humor in just pronouncing it like the English G...

re: #216 laZardo

There was a politician here named Gil (Spanish G, pronounced like H) whose slogan was "Time to Gil the Nation!"

/there was sick humor in just pronouncing it like the English G...

LOL! yeah, especially if you envision what happens to a fish when it's gill-netted.

An older, white haired man walked into a jewelry store one Friday evening with a beautiful young gal at his side.

He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend.

The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring.

The old man said, "No, I'd like to see something more special."

At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over. "Here's a stunning ring at only $40,000" the jeweler said.

The young lady's eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement.

The old man seeing this said, "We'll take it."

The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the old man stated, "by check. I know you need to make sure my check is good, so I'll write it now and you can call the bank Monday to verify the funds and I'll pick the ring up Monday afternoon," he said.

Monday morning, the jeweler phoned the old man. "There's no money in that account."

"I know," said the old man, "But let me tell you about my weekend!"

Hmm...when i click new comments,i keep getting sent to the top of the page.anyone else having this happen?

re: #216 laZardo

There was a politician here named Gil (Spanish G, pronounced like H) whose slogan was "Time to Gil the Nation!"

/there was sick humor in just pronouncing it like the English G...

Yeah but Barry is global. His magical poweres will heal the planet!
The guy gives hubris a bad name

re: #208 Peacekeeper
Morning PK - all I can think is that the race: a) is soooo close and b) superdelegates can't be accurately counted as they can and frequently do seem to change their minds. Maybe, IF there is a tape the Hildebeast is holding it for the convention when she'll be preaching electability cause she's won ALL the big electoral vote states except Illinois.

OK folks, it's off to the Hospital. Dad is having surgery today.

My wife and I are at the time of our lives when we begin to watch our parents walk down the street and have body parts fall off of them.

I'm hoping to be hit by a runaway bus doing 150 mph while I am looking into the sunset having a good memory. Then, WHAM!

Keep us in your thoughts.

re: #215 Peacekeeper

Loaves made from peat moss dredged by hand under all natural (i.e. filthy) conditions that benefit impoverished peoples.

For every loaf you buy, half the cost will be donated to the [insert country here] village where each loaf was lovingly crafted from nature.

/fix'd, cynic-sloganeering mode in high gear.

re: #218 maddogg

An older, white haired man walked into a jewelry store one Friday evening with a beautiful young gal at his side.

He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend.

The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring.

The old man said, "No, I'd like to see something more special."

At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over. "Here's a stunning ring at only $40,000" the jeweler said.

The young lady's eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement.

The old man seeing this said, "We'll take it."

The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the old man stated, "by check. I know you need to make sure my check is good, so I'll write it now and you can call the bank Monday to verify the funds and I'll pick the ring up Monday afternoon," he said.

Monday morning, the jeweler phoned the old man. "There's no money in that account."

"I know," said the old man, "But let me tell you about my weekend!"

Men! and the women who exploit them. (and vis versa)

re: #217 paxnhymn

/suddenly clutches throat

That's gotta hurt. XD

re: #222 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

OK folks, it's off to the Hospital. Dad is having surgery today.

My wife and I are at the time of our lives when we begin to watch our parents walk down the street and have body parts fall off of them.

I'm hoping to be hit by a runaway bus doing 150 mph while I am looking into the sunset having a good memory. Then, WHAM!

Keep us in your thoughts.

Good luck with that - at least you still have them with you. My husband was a caboose baby, born when his mother was 42, and his dad 53 and lost them both 30 and 20 years ago. My parents were teenage parents - they are still very young and healthy.

O.K. now it's not doing it.(working normally)

re: #227 Boondock St. Bender

Try viagra

Don't know if this is in the spin off links but:

New report identifies dangerous Web domains
SAN JOSE, Calif. - When surfing the Internet for safe Web sites, not all domains are equal.

Companies that assign addresses for Web sites appear to be cutting corners on security more when they assign names in certain domains than in others, according to a report to be released Wednesday by antivirus software vendor McAfee Inc.
McAfee found the most dangerous domains to navigate to are ".hk" (Hong Kong), ".cn" (China) and ".info" (information).

Of all ".hk" sites McAfee tested, it flagged 19.2 percent as dangerous or potentially dangerous to visitors; it flagged 11.8 percent of ".cn" sites and 11.7 percent of ".info" sites that way.

A little more than 5 percent of the sites under the ".com" domain - the world's most popular - were identified as dangerous.

More spammers, malicious code writers and other cybercriminals can establish an online presence when domain name registry businesses cut requirements for registering a site in order to boost their profit and profile. The report doesn't identify domain name registration companies McAfee believes are responsible for those lapses.

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of companies are in the business of registering domain names; some are large and well known, while others are small and less reputable, offering their services on the cheap and with flimsy or no background checks to lure in more customers.
[Link: enews.earthlink.net...]

re: #215 Peacekeeper

Loaves made from peat moss dredged by hand under all natural (i.e. filthy) conditions.

Coming soon to a bread line near you:

German POW Ersatz Bread:
"Ingredients: 50% bruised rye grain. 20% sliced sugar beets. 20% tree flour. (That means 1/5th sawdust) and to top it off, 10% minced leaves and straw..."

re: #210 realwest

{goddess} good morning to you! How are you doing today?

I'm doing pretty well, thanks. I've got to go in to finish moving my classroom, though. :(

re: #134 goddessoftheclassroom

"But now the Church has put off the debate on recruiting Muslims until next February at the earliest and will discuss the promotion of churches as tourist attractions instead."

The Church of England has reduced itself to being a freak show. That is quite a commentary on what they view their mission in this existence to be. "Step right up folks, see the amazing spineless vicar. He slithers, he withers, he dithers. Never mind the man on the Cross. He isn't the boss anymore."

re: #231 goddessoftheclassroom Uh, where are you moving it - someplace closer to home?! LOL!

Good morning!

I'm alive and shockingly don't have a headache. Nor did I take Tylenol (thanks to all who told me that I could die..I appreciate it).

Sadly, Obama's victory wasn't just a wine induced hallucination.

re: #230 CIA Reject

500% of daily fiber requirements right there!

re: #204 realwest

Good morning to you!
Uh, what was that about people with a last 2 digits in the 80s got theirs yet all about? My Mom keeps telling me that she heard on TV that folks who were born during certain years are getting an additional check from Soc Sec (if you're in your 80's - she's 83+) and I've never heard of that - though she did receive her economic stimulus payment!

Good morning.

I don't know about that. My father is a notch baby at 87...

Call me biased but what Henry VII started in sin really didn't have a shot at ending well. They got 500 years out of it.

Henry VIII . Gah.

re: #235 Peacekeeper

And it's Atkins/South Beach-friendly!

How are people at AIPAC applauding anything Harry Reid says? He has to be one of the most defeatist Senate Majority Leaders in the last half century.

Think I'll go look in on Babba

re: #236 christheprofessor

CHRIS !

I've been looking for you - I got the results of Cubbie's DNA test :)

re: #242 mama winger

CHRIS !

I've been looking for you - I got the results of Cubbie's DNA test :)

MAMA! Well, what is the little fur-ball's lineage?! Don't keep me waiting!

Gonna take a shower. Brb.

re: #232 Shr_Nfr

"But now the Church has put off the debate on recruiting Muslims until next February at the earliest and will discuss the promotion of churches as tourist attractions instead."

The Church of England has reduced itself to being a freak show. That is quite a commentary on what they view their mission in this existence to be. "Step right up folks, see the amazing spineless vicar. He slithers, he withers, he dithers. Never mind the man on the Cross. He isn't the boss anymore."

You're so right, and it breaks my heart. I love the worship liturgy of the Anglican Church, and I LOVE my parish. I don't want to leave unless it finally leaves me.

Prediction: OPEC wants Obama for president. High gas prices will continue to erode the economy. (good news for democrats!) After Soros/Obama wins OPEC will resume higher production to bring oil prices down. hallelujah it's a miracle.

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Today marks the 19th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square uprising against the communist regime. Thousands were never to be heard from again, and some dissidents are still held in prison to this day for daring to demand democratic reforms.

re: #243 christheprofessor

MAMA! Well, what is the little fur-ball's lineage?! Don't keep me waiting!

Haha !

He is NOT any part Wheaton Terrier, as I had thought. He is part poodle, part cocker spaniel, and part - Irish Setter. LOL

Didn't see that one coming. :)

re: #235 Peacekeeper

500% of daily fiber requirements right there!

BO will make us a nation of "regular folks"!

re: #247 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Today marks the 19th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square uprising against the communist regime. Thousands were never to be heard from again, and some dissidents are still held in prison to this day for daring to demand democratic reforms.

19 years ? ? no - has it been that long ? wow

Good morning!

Any bakers in the house? I have a recipe for bread that was my mom's and cannot find Rolled Wheat. I have never made it but used to help her years ago. I vaguely remember getting groceries at a large bulk place and I think that is where we used to get all of our baking/canning stuff. I have been to several large grocery stores, including a couple that carry bulk items. I have NOT gone to Whole Foods, but did look on line briefly last weekend. Unfortunately, mom is gone and so is the knowledge.

Suggestions?

re: #236 christheprofessor Good morning CtP! Uh, thanks for that link (I think - good Lord, did you try to read the damn thing? On one cup of coffee?! LOL).
But that isn't - I don't think - what my Mom was talking about as she wouldn't be a "notch" baby anyway as she was born in '24. No she insists that people born during certain years which include her but exclude me are getting a one time "make up payment" but can't remember anymore about it.
And when my Mom "insists" something, it's almost always true! LOL!

re: #251 Dolphin

Rolled wheat? hmmmm...... I don't think I've ever seen that.

re: #247 lawhawk

Any truth to the rumor that the Olympic sprinters will be chased by tanks?

re: #248 mama winger

Now, he's part Mama Winger too, which is obviously the best part!

re: #237 Peacekeeper

Call me biased but what Henry VII started in sin really didn't have a shot at ending well. They got 500 years out of it.

Well, hang on. Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church at a time when the RCC was pretty corrupt--the Pope denied H8's petition for an annulment on political, not religious, grounds (I completely agree with you that H8's motives were not altruistic). The Anglican church was a product of the Reformation in terms of its 39 Articles of Faith, which H8 had little to do with.

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

I just wish Israel would follow through... despite the 'outrage' that is going to follow. Hamas doesnt care because they have already hijacked fuel trucks for their own.

re: #255 Widow'smight

Now, he's part Mama Winger too, which is obviously the best part!

Awww - how sweet are you ? :)

I have to confess - I am in love. I never thought my heart would be the same after my beautiful greyhound died, but now there is happiness in the house once again.

re: #248 mama winger

Excellent! Didn't see the Irish in there, either... Since mine's cocker and whippet, perhaps they're related...

I saw a dog at the park the other day -- looked almost like Lightning, except a bit taller and lankier and with a more square head. Fur was almost identical, ran just like her. When I asked what she was, the guy said, "She's yellow lab, and a kind of dog called a 'whippet.'"

H8? R U Kidding me? Don't TEXT me bro!

Yeah, I shoulda kept my big mouth shut.

re: #256 goddessoftheclassroom

Have you ever considered going to the Catholic Church? I don't know much about the liturgy of the Anglicans - is it similar to th RC?

re: #254 Peacekeeper

Well, they do want records to be set. Let's just call that good incentive.

However, I have seen the newly revised Olympic logo.

re: #251 Dolphin

Good morning!

Any bakers in the house? I have a recipe for bread that was my mom's and cannot find Rolled Wheat. I have never made it but used to help her years ago. I vaguely remember getting groceries at a large bulk place and I think that is where we used to get all of our baking/canning stuff. I have been to several large grocery stores, including a couple that carry bulk items. I have NOT gone to Whole Foods, but did look on line briefly last weekend. Unfortunately, mom is gone and so is the knowledge.

Suggestions?

[Link: www.kingarthurflour.com...]

King Arthur Flour. WONDERFUL baking stuff. Give them a call.

re: #247 lawhawk

Green Helmet Guy does not hold a candle to Tank Guy.

re: #247 lawhawk Good morning lawhawk! Good grief has it been 19 years already? That just doesn't seem possible! BTW, I meant to tell ya a week or so ago, that I really like your new format for your blog - it's really cool!

LGF Trivia:
Chas has made it impossible to use multiple exclamation points in your posts.

Wow!
Wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

re: #261 mama winger

Have you ever considered going to the Catholic Church? I don't know much about the liturgy of the Anglicans - is it similar to th RC?

Yes, that's my plan when the ship finally sinks beneath the waves. Until then, I'm praying that a miracle reconciles the church.

re: #252 realwest

Why not try searching the SSI site? Might find something out there...