This Day In History: An Open Letter to Google

And I hate google, so I guess we're even.

Sigh....I wish they would just let the technology work, rather than try to "tweak" a logo to mean something. Nice to see money doesn't corrupt.
/sarc off

Someday the Tranzis (Transnational Socialists) will be held in the same esteem as the National Socialists.

I never use it.
Never have.

Do they even get that America's capitalism and freedom are responsible for their success?

Ditto on the dislike aspect

"This is just something that grew organically, a culture that developed over the years," Hwang says.

And speaks volumes about the values of that culture.

re: #6 goddessoftheclassroom

Do they even get that America's capitalism and freedom are responsible for their success?

They know it all. They don't need to get it.

They value randomness?

re: #8 jcm

And speaks volumes about the values of that culture.

Or the lack thereof...

"The randomness is very important to us,"

Except it's not "random", pal. We've come to expect you'll give America the finger.

Benign neglect... benign disrespect... disrespectful edginess... benign malignancy... they're JUST WORDS, you plebians! Learn something so you can KNOW YOUR PLACE in this universe!

/and if you don't know your place by now,
Google it!

Has anyone seen this?
gizoogle

Google sucks!

Good night, dear Lizards.

subtly pushing a liberal worldview

Nothing subtle about it.

re: #14 bellamags

Has anyone seen this?
gizoogle

This thread...

Google Tries ta Explain
Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 7:11:51 pm PDT

Does Google hate America?

No. “Hate”. is siznuch a negative word.

Tizzle jizzust don’t care.

"We got e-mails complaining that we celebrated Earth Day," Hwang laughs. "I was just surprised. We all live on this planet, and celebrating that just seemed like a harmless thing to do."

It's not what you're celebrating, it's what you're NOT celebrating that pisses us off. Nice try to make it seem like it's coming from everywhere, right and left. But a flag ain't that hard, unless you've got something against it.

re: #18 jcm

LOL

Well, I like Google, (especially Froogle) and while I would have liked to see Google honor Memorial Day and Veterans Day, in the end, it's just another online gimmick.

I got a chuckle at the 'godless communist' crack from the wing nut daily editors. Good one.

re: #14 bellamags

Has anyone seen this?
gizoogle

LOL

I just Gizoogle's the last LGF thread.

A bootylicious pizzle from Juliette Ochieng: Blizzack Conservatizzles: Don’t: Fiznall For It .

One of today’s Yahoo News heezeelines informs us thizzat ‘Black conservatizzles [are] conflicted on Obama Campaign.’ Armstrong Williams, Rep , betta check yo self. J.C. Watts, General Colin Powell, Senator Edward Brooke and, sadly, mah nigga Joseph C thats off tha hook yo. Phillips may be clockin' into tha T-R-to-tha-izzap which I have repeatedly described—one lined wit pride n wit fear: pride of race n fear tizzle Obama is tha last chance fo` a black president ta be elected. (GOPAC chairman Michael Steele Isn’t going fo` tha okey doke, drug deala but that may be only due ta his position.)

People say tizzle bitchez hizzle problems blingin' objectively n strategically� like this and like that and like this and uh. Well, I’m trippin' a whole group of men who is hav'n T-H-to-tha-izzat problem n shit. Friends, You’re lett'n tha nearness of a dream’s seem'n fulfillment blind you ta whizzat wizzle likely come playa tizzle ephemeral happiness is dissipizzles afta tha novelty has wizzorn off—the nightmare fo' sheezy.

And guess who wizzy git blamed fo` that short-sightizzles? Not jizzle you.

Wit 90 percent of blizzack Americans sippin' Democrat regardless of who tha candidate is, it W-to-tha-izzill be bad enough as it is in tha mutha fuckin club. But I, fo` one, expect you, black conservative Republizzles men ta hizzy enough balls ta stand on principle, not on yo emotions. You’ve. shizzay yo testicizzles fortitude by being publicly conservative against a tide of Identity Politics . Hollaz to the East Side. Don’t . Hollaz to the East Side. S-T-to-tha-izzart behav'n like castrati now.

Stop mackin' selfishly. We’re. not choos'n a President of Black American Dream Fulfillment; We’re choos'n a President of tha United States . Snoop heffner mixed with a little bit of doggy flint.

"Quirky coders." Just a bunch of wacky innocents, choosing to commemorate random stuff, without any agenda.
/

I use dogpile instead of google. As Cal alumni, I'll be damned if I'll enrichen these anti-American Stanford pukes.

re: #10 ggt

They value randomness?

Yeah that is what the goof said, albiet, successful goof.
They like all of us live behind the shield that our military provides.
Would they honor those courageous troops? Ah, no it would not be random or somethibg

Patriotism is tough for lefties.

re: #22 NJDhockeyfan

OMG freakin hilarious. I need a drink.

Google's unofficial motto is : Don't be evil.

That's a tough nut when you operate under morally equivalent politics.

Yes, today is Flag Day...but it is also the birthday of the United States Army, which was formed in 1775. I actually typed in the Google address today to see Google not mention anything. I really don't care much about Google. They are a bunch of burned out hippies anyway. I assume the founders will die in a bizarre ecstasy related death at Burning Man anyway. And nobody will commemorate their birthdays.

Does google hate America?
No Flag day logo and no Memorial Day logo. Pathetic Veterans Day logo. Yet logos for Iran, Spanish painters, earth day, etc. What's in store for the 4th of July? A tribute to Gen. Cornwallis?
Google and the U.N. both should be forced to find a new home.

Just the fact that they went to Burning Man explains all the rest...

re: #30 Bob in Breckenridge

Yes, Haiti.

re: #26 Killgore Trout

Patriotism is tough for lefties.

Patriotism requires one to recognize somethings are bigger than "me." Patriotism says to the individual we make certain sacrifices voluntarily for the sake of our fellow citizens and in the name of duty. This in recognition of what the nation affords us.

Lefties have a trouble get past, what does it all do for "me."

I put this in the spin off links but Google feel evil is what they say it is is.

[Link: uk.reuters.com...]

re: #32 bellamags

Yes, Haiti.

I was thinking Geneva, but I kinda like your idea better!

re: #35 Bob in Breckenridge

I've been there. Horrible.

Lefties never stop their adolescent rebellion against their parents.
It is just when they get older they transfer their anger to their country

re: #37 opnion

Lefties never stop their adolescent rebellion against their parents.
It is just when they get older they transfer their anger to their country

They all hate their dads, don't they? JUST LIKE HITLER!

re: #14 bellamags

Has anyone seen this?
gizoogle

Ouch! My beautiful blog! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

Which translates as fo gettin yo pimp on: "Oh steppin' lord, pleaze guide our intellects, so thizzay we may proceed in tha rizzight direction towards enlightenment" so i can get mah pimp on.

Wow, I just saw it's in SLATE! Not exactly a far right-wing website! I guess maybe there is hope.

re: #25 opnion

Random, no, of course not, it's the benefit we get from living in a world full of caring loving people who are diverse in their multiculturalism. Remember if we all just disarmed, there would be no hate..

/////!

re: #36 bellamags

I've been there. Horrible.

/You've obviously never been to Abu Graib or Club Gitmo...

re: #38 kevinmumaw

They all hate their dads, don't they? JUST LIKE HITLER!

Yeah, they do. They also seem to have lots of anger overt heir teenage years with their peers.
Of course I want to make an Obama statement, but I go overboard, I fear

Someone pointed this out the other day.

If you search for 'Jew' in Google, the first thing that comes up is a link to this:

If you recently used Google to search for the word "Jew," you may have seen results that were very disturbing. We assure you that the views expressed by the sites in your results are not in any way endorsed by Google. We'd like to explain why you're seeing these results when you conduct this search.

A site's ranking in Google's search results relies heavily on computer algorithms using thousands of factors to calculate a page's relevance to a given query. Sometimes subtleties of language cause anomalies to appear that cannot be predicted. A search for "Jew" brings up one such unexpected result.

If you use Google to search for "Judaism," "Jewish" or "Jewish people," the results are informative and relevant. So why is a search for "Jew" different? One reason is that the word "Jew" is often used in an anti-Semitic context. Jewish organizations are more likely to use the word "Jewish" when talking about members of their faith. The word has become somewhat charged linguistically, as noted on websites devoted to Jewish topics such as these:

* [Link: shakti.trincoll.edu...]
* [Link: www.jewishworldreview.com...]

Someone searching for information on Jewish people would be more likely to enter terms like "Judaism," "Jewish people," or "Jews" than the single word "Jew." In fact, prior to this incident, the word "Jew" only appeared about once in every 10 million search queries. Now it's likely that the great majority of searches on Google for "Jew" are by people who have heard about this issue and want to see the results for themselves.

The beliefs and preferences of those who work at Google, as well as the opinions of the general public, do not determine or impact our search results. Individual citizens and public interest groups do periodically urge us to remove particular links or otherwise adjust search results. Although Google reserves the right to address such requests individually, Google views the comprehensiveness of our search results as an extremely important priority. Accordingly, we do not remove a page from our search results simply because its content is unpopular or because we receive complaints concerning it. We will, however, remove pages from our results if we believe the page (or its site) violates our Webmaster Guidelines, if we believe we are required to do so by law, or at the request of the webmaster who is responsible for the page.

We apologize for the upsetting nature of the experience you had using Google and appreciate your taking the time to inform us about it.

Sincerely,
The Google Team

It seems obvious what Google is trying to do. They are trying to lavish attention on days that they feel are important, or people's birthdays who they feel made an important contribution to the culture at large, but which are typically ignored. Memorial Day is not typically ignored. It is a national holiday. There are parades galore. Memorial Day does not need Google's attention for people to know it exists. The same cannot be said of Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday, or the anniversary of the invention of the laser.

How can you debate people this insane?

re: #24 IndependentCalguyinTX

I use dogpile instead of google. As Cal alumni, I'll be damned if I'll enrichen these anti-American Stanford pukes.

Thee and me.

re: #41 ggt

Random, no, of course not, it's the benefit we get from living in a world full of caring loving people who are diverse in their multiculturalism. Remember if we all just disarmed, there would be no hate..

/////!

Dont forget the sitting around the camp fire singing kumbaya while smoking a fat ass blunt... That will solve all the worlds problems...

re: #31 David IV of Georgia

Just the fact that they went to Burning Man explains all the rest...

What was Burning Man, or am I better off not knowing?

re: #31 David IV of Georgia

Sergey Brin (google co-founder) wants to go into outer space. Burning Man not cool enough.

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

re: #33 jcm

ooh, but they do --Gaia is bigger than all of us, the need of people to be fed, clothed and housed is bigger than all of us.

/It's just that "other people" (translate Mom and Dad/Government) need to pay for it.

"The beliefs and preferences of those who work at Google, as well as the opinions of the general public, do not determine or impact our search results."

Sure thing. Okey doke.

re: #42 Bob in Breckenridge

/You've obviously never been to Abu Graib or Club Gitmo...

ding

re: #39 The Other Les

roflmao

re: #49 yenta-fada

Sergey Brin (google co-founder) wants to go into outer space. Burning Man not cool enough.

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

I'll pitch in for a one-way ticket....

As of Friday, if you went to the Barnes & Noble web site & searched the Biography of God, The obama books came up

re: #42 Bob in Breckenridge

nope. Cuba however is supposed to have the most beautiful scuba diving in the world.

Don't hate me because I'm Googleful!

For those interested:

What is Burning Man?

re: #47 doriangrey

It's really hard to aim when you're stoned.

re: #55 opnion

As of Friday, if you went to the Barnes & Noble web site & searched the Biography of God, The obama books came up

Duh, and your point is?

/sarc

From the article....

It all started with Burning Man.

Does anything else need be said?

re: #54 jcm

LOL. Me too. Actually, I've got a little list of people to go into outer space one way only. Most of the UN is on it.

I posted this in the last thread, but it fits better here- please excuse the repetition:

Today is Flag Day in the United States. It is also the 40th anniversary of my grandfather's death. Son of German immigrants he served as an officer in the US Army in World War I and came home to raise four children. A voracious reader he was a devoted student of American history as well as a publisher, a public servant, and a patriot who inspired gratitude and respect for all the blessings of liberty that are signified by the flag of the United States of America. He passed that patriotism on to his son who fought in the US Navy in World War II and to his grandson who has never worn a uniform but who serves his country nonetheless. It is fitting that this man who was so proud of our flag and who fostered such respect for it should have been called home on Flag Day.

Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him.
May he rest in peace.

May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen

Oh, and Google- a rousing Hawaiian Good Luck Sign to you!

re: #58 eclectic infidel

For those interested:

What is Burning Man?

A chance to drop acid and run around nekkid.

re: #51 jaunte

hmmm, didn't I hear that they finagled their search for the Chinese Government --in order to get the contract?

re: #46 Shr_Nfr

I should not that I never attended Stanford which might be inferred from my comments, but I refuse to donate to MIT until Chomsky no longer can befit from my money. That is where I got my "fud" and masters and a quiky degree that they call EE (which translates to all but thesis).

re: #48 AmeriDan

What was Burning Man, or am I better off not knowing?

Hippy gathering in the desert....

/I kind of like hippy stuff.

re: #53 bellamags

roflmao

Then there's this.

[Link: sites.gizoogle.com...]

Mt. Wilson Towercam San Gabriel Mountains sunset. America the Beautiful.

OT

Obama courts the Latino vote

The Obama campaign said in a statement: "It's not that we will grant citizenship, but we strongly support requiring them to legalize their status and allowing them to earn their right to commit to this country and eventually become citizens."

Wanna run that by me again ?
WTF.

re: #45 pegcity

How can you debate people this insane?

They have no problem with Canadian memorial day, and I think they pay tribute to May Day. (commie holiday)

Saturday is Flag Day. Will Google do right by America and stand up for Old Glory? Hwang won't say. "The randomness is very important to us," he says. "Otherwise it wouldn't be any fun."

Any "FUN"? Memorial Day is "FUN"? Veterans Day is "FUN"? I'd like to have about 5 minutes alone with this worthless asshole. He'd then no what "FUN" isn't...

re: #58 eclectic infidel

For those interested:

What is Burning Man?

It's written in moonbat. I couldn't make it past the first paragraph.

re: #65 ggt

Google never heard of such a thing:
[Link: www.google.com...]

re: #56 bellamags

nope. Cuba however is supposed to have the most beautiful scuba diving in the world.

/And health care, just ask that fat pig Michael Moron.

re: #67 experiencedtraveller

Hippy gathering in the desert....

/I kind of like hippy stuff.

I went for the years 2000 and 2001. I didn't run across many hippies. Lots of twenty, thirty and forty something folk on the playa for the most part.

re: #65 ggt

Or this one either:
[Link: www.google.com...]

re: #65 ggt

hmmm, didn't I hear that they finagled their search for the Chinese Government --in order to get the contract?

Oh yeah, & thetyturn in subversives to the peoples Republic, so that they can maintain their license. Really nice guys

I haven't used Google in a couple years.

re: #68 The Other Les

totally sizzick!

re: #74 jaunte

I must have heard it somewhere else . . . . .perhaps ABC?

/not

re: #67 experiencedtraveller

Hippy gathering in the desert....

/I kind of like hippy stuff.

Rodger that. Thanks.

/I like tie-dye tee shirts

re: #75 Bob in Breckenridge

Michael Moore is a blubbering stupid slob that need shuttling back to f**king Canada.

re: #77 jaunte

perhaps I spelled "finagled" incorrectly?

I have to admit though that google is still my homepage and major reference tool.

re: #73 AmeriDan

It's written in moonbat. I couldn't make it past the first paragraph.

Said it started on a beach in San Francisco. that was all I needed to read.

re: #73 AmeriDan

same here --

re: #84 ggt

No, that's right.

re: #85 DeathtotheSwiss

me too. but I am going to change it to dogpile. I love dogs anyway. :)

re: #79 right_wing2

I haven't used Google in a couple years.

Neither have I. Don't they also own Youtube?

re: #76 eclectic infidel

I went for the years 2000 and 2001. I didn't run across many hippies. Lots of twenty, thirty and forty something folk on the playa for the most part.

Prolly more STD per square foor than a Thai brothel.

re: #69 Ojoe

Damn, that's gorgeous.

re: #85 DeathtotheSwiss

a guru friend of mine advised me to never have Google as my home page --access it by typing the address each time I want to search. Seems they are very bad at something --I don't know the technical term --using your computer information for their own nefarious marketing purposes.

282,000+ burning man photos at Flickr.com;
[Link: www.flickr.com...]

I just Gizoogled Obama's website.

heh.

Google China

re: #86 Bob in Breckenridge

Said it started on a beach in San Francisco. that was all I needed to read.

ditto

re: #88 jaunte

I guess I don't know the answer--oh wait, it's 42.

It must be the question of which I am unsure.

re: #37 opnion

Lefties never stop their adolescent rebellion against their parents.

The inimitable P.J. O'Rourke summed it up quite well (in his introduction to Give War A Chance):

The liberal is continually angry, as only a self-important man can be, with his civilization, his culture, his country and his folks back home. His is an infantile world view. At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child -- miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is the philosophy of spoiled brats.

re: #69 Ojoe

nice.

re: #92 SasquatchOnSteroids

And soon it will be dark.

Sun going down, down.

re: #85 DeathtotheSwiss

I have to admit though that google is still my homepage and major reference tool.

Here's a much better homepage for you. Guck Foogle!

re: #95 NJDhockeyfan

my fave - Obama tours Quincy to see blunt-rollin.

re: #95 NJDhockeyfan

While distrust of tha United States has intensified across tha world along wit tha Iraq Wizzy more thugz is confident tizzy Sen . Ill slap tha taste out yo mouf. Barack Obama rappa thizzay Sen. Jizzohn McCain wizzle "do tha rizzay th'n" in global affairs, pimpin' ta an internizzles survey of 24 countries by tha Pew Research Drug Deala where the sun be shinin and I be rhymin'.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I've been using Alta Vista for years.

re: #90 Beobachter

I'm not sure. I think there's a connection. I've been using a search engine called 'Clusty' that works pretty well. But yes, once in a while I do have to revert to Google. I'll give 'em credit- it's a very complete search.

"Obama gets a photo-op and all I got was this stupid hat"

re: #107 Killgore Trout

Do you think Obama has done a day of physical labor in his life?

I don't count unpacking boxes after the movers have left.

re: #44 NJDhockeyfan

"NJDhf" -

Dr. Shalit to the "Google Team" - Come vds. Mierdo - ese es todo.

-S-

re: #107 Killgore Trout

"lvin Borntrager, 10, right, looks on as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left, fills sandbags with volunteers at a sandbag station in Quincy, Ill."

I hope they let the volunteers out later.

re: #93 ggt

a guru friend of mine advised me to never have Google as my home page --access it by typing the address each time I want to search. Seems they are very bad at something --I don't know the technical term --using your computer information for their own nefarious marketing purposes.

Only thing there is...well...I support capitalism. I still think they're a bunch of idiots for celebrating random crap and not taking the time to celebrate anything meaningful. I support yahoo, use google.

re: #103 bellamags

my fave - Obama tours Quincy to see blunt-rollin.

LOL

Another good one:

Jun 14
Fellows Ho-slappin': Relatizzles Are a Priority

re: #107 Killgore Trout

"Obama gets a photo-op and all I got was this stupid hat"

Can you say "Photo-opp"?

re: #94 jaunte

Burning man does have a certain artistic appeal but I can't get past the leftist display of excess and frivolity.

re: #112 NJDhockeyfan

LOL.

re: #113 Bob in Breckenridge

Can you say "Photo-opp"?

Oh shit, you did. DUHHH!

re: #111 DeathtotheSwiss

I think my guru friend was more concerned with the "crap" it leaves on my computer. More opportunity for it to malfunction.

re: #108 ggt

Do you think Obama has done a day of physical labor in his life?

I don't count unpacking boxes after the movers have left.

I doubt he has even done that much real work...

re: #113 Bob in Breckenridge

I was also thinking "If I had Obama's money I could buy a nicer hat."

re: #87 ggt

They should have a moonbat to English dictionary. On second thought... naw. Who really wants to know what they're yapping about?

re: #108 ggt

Do you think Obama has done a day of physical labor in his life?

I don't count unpacking boxes after the movers have left.

Naw, he's a girly man. Michelle could kick his ass.
Wait a minute, she is one tough woman.

re: #40 Bob in Breckenridge

Yeah, it's in Slate, but I kind of got the impression they are covering for Google, making the right wing blogs' concerns out to be wacky

re: #91 Cartman

Prolly more STD per square foor than a Thai brothel.

You might want to check out the event before attempting to demonize it. You don't have do the whole crazy week thing either. Just show up on a Friday, stay for the Burn on Saturday and leave early Sunday morning. Hit Reno at a reasonable hour, rest up some and then head home.

The event is not one big orgy, nor one huge drug fest. For the most part, people drink plenty of water, socialize and gawk. Granted, camping in the high desert does come with its own challenges, but if you're into camping and roughing it, and want to experience something new, give it a shot.

re: #73 AmeriDan

It's written in moonbat. I couldn't make it past the first paragraph.

Yeah, I can read Russian. I've never been able to even figure out the Moonbat alphabet.

re: #119 Killgore Trout

I was also thinking "If I had Obama's money I could buy a nicer hat."

Or someone to fill the sandbags for him.

re: #105 The Other Les

I've been using Alta Vista for years.

They still around? They were on of the early ones.

re: #121 opnion

I get that impression too! Expecially if he is still recovering from years of being a chain smoker.

re: #114 Killgore Trout

I like the way it looks from the aerial shots but I'm not tempted to get closer.

Wait a minute.... Wisconsin isn't anywhere near Illinois! What the F are they talking about!?

re: #122 AZfederalist

Yeah, it's in Slate, but I kind of got the impression they are covering for Google, making the right wing blogs' concerns out to be wacky

Great point! We're looking at it as rational people.

re: #129 WindHorse

oops

/

re: #119 Killgore Trout

as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left, fills sandbags with volunteers at a sandbag station in Quincy, Ill.

/what shameless utter pandering bull[expletive deleted]

re: #114 Killgore Trout

Burning man does have a certain artistic appeal but I can't get past the leftist display of excess and frivolity.

People enjoying themselves actually disturbs you or are you kidding? Honestly, I can't tell from your post.

re: #66 Shr_Nfr

I should not that I never attended Stanford which might be inferred from my comments, but I refuse to donate to MIT until Chomsky no longer can befit from my money. That is where I got my "fud" and masters and a quiky degree that they call EE (which translates to all but thesis).

That's why I refuse to give a dime to Indiana University. Their idiots are more plentiful, just less famous.

re: #132 Killian Bundy

/what shameless utter pandering bull[expletive deleted]

Obama filled his sandbags with volunteers? Did they run out of sand? Oh. the humanity!

re: #127 ggt

I get that impression too! Expecially if he is still recovering from years of being a chain smoker.

But Barry has fallen off of the wagon for smoking.
Michelle would drive me to hard core drugs. The guy is a duffus.
But thatr's just me.

Obama probably hampered the sandbagging effort more than he helped it. If he was truly wanting to help, he would have instructed the media to stay behind and he would have gone in and helped and told people to sand bag with him, not stand back and get pictures of him with a couple shovel fulls of sand.

What a joke.

re: #133 eclectic infidel

People enjoying themselves actually disturbs you or are you kidding? Honestly, I can't tell from your post.

Who would want to hang out with a bunch of stinking hippys or even remotely consider it enjoyable?

re: #133 eclectic infidel

People enjoying themselves actually disturbs you or are you kidding?

Not kidding. I find it a disturbing display of wealth and opulence on a Roman scale. I think you'll find that most of the attendees and all of the artists are wealthy trustifarians.

Decoration Day, Arbor Day,St. Patrick's Day, Pulaski Day--every day was Flag Day when I grew up.

re: #137 Earthwirm

Obama probably hampered the sandbagging effort more than he helped it. If he was truly wanting to help, he would have instructed the media to stay behind and he would have gone in and helped and told people to sand bag with him, not stand back and get pictures of him with a couple shovel fulls of sand.

What a joke.

Shi-ite, he's been sandbagging stupid, clueless Americans for 2 years now.

re: #137 Earthwirm

Obama probably hampered the sandbagging effort more than he helped it. If he was truly wanting to help, he would have instructed the media to stay behind and he would have gone in and helped and told people to sand bag with him, not stand back and get pictures of him with a couple shovel fulls of sand.

What a joke.

Well yeah, he had to kneel down, get his ass in the air and pray toward Mecca!

re: #136 opnion

I read he admitted to sneaking a few. If a Republican admitted to smoking they would be vilified by the PC crowd.

re: #138 doriangrey

Who would want to hang out with a bunch of stinking hippys or even remotely consider it enjoyable?

Like I said previously, I didn't run across many hippie looking folk at the festival. Given the rather dry environment, people aren't going to smell foul out there either, given that sweat evaporates VERY quickly in that kind of dry heat. I know I'm wasting my time with you though. Your mind is already closed. Your loss.

re: #140 Kilroy

Decoration Day, Arbor Day,St. Patrick's Day, Pulaski Day--every day was Flag Day when I grew up.

Pulaski day? Are you from Chicago, Kilroy?

re: #137 Earthwirm

Obama is going to start sounding like Henry Fonda in the old "Grapes of Wrath" movie. (wherever there is a man in trouble, I'll be there)

re: #143 ggt

I read he admitted to sneaking a few. If a Republican admitted to smoking they would be vilified by the PC crowd.

So true. The dems have villified smokers.

re: #140 Kilroy

I never heard of Pulaski until I moved to Chicago. There was the Street named for him. When I learned the kids got Kasimer Pulaski Day of of school, I thought it was a joke. Seriously.

re: #139 Killgore Trout

Not kidding. I find it a disturbing display of wealth and opulence on a Roman scale. I think you'll find that most of the attendees and all of the artists are wealthy trustifarians.

Ok. Thanks for replying.

re: #50 ggt

/It's just that "other people" (translate Mom and Dad/Government) need to pay for it.

WOW! That's enlightening! (at least to me). I think you have hit upon a very key point here to how the left-wing's minds work and were shaped. All of their lives, Mom and Dad paid for it -- whatever "it" happened to be: a new bike, that new radio, baseball cards, soccer, the trips to camp, first car, college, help with the first house. All of their lives, "Mom and Dad" took care of things -- often with little to no input from themselves. Now that they are all growed up, they see other things that need to be done, things that Mom and Dad just don't have the resources to accomplish (they know, they've asked Mom & Dad). So, enter the Government -- the "big" Mom & Dad -- Government can solve the problems Mom & Dad can't solve. As a corollary, of course these darlings shouldn't be expected to do more than they have already done by pointing out the problems and organizing people to get Government to fix it -- that's for the big people -- the evil rich, who, just like Mom and Dad, only dole out little bits and pieces of their wealth. The left-wingers know they deserve more -- so they can use the Government to get the "more" they so desperately desire. The "more" that Mom & Dad can't or wouldn't provide.

I would go with friends. The people buzz must be tremendous. Not all artists are stinking hippies, but who cares if they are.

re: #148 ggt

Little Rock, AR is in Pulaski County. Don't know if it's the same guy though...

Stand back everyone...

Obama is HEALING the rivers!

re: #133 eclectic infidel

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

here are some "people enjoying themselves"....

Oh, I see.... everything is fine.

This Gizoogle is addictive. Here is Obama's Women's Issues page.

Blunt-rollin' Research into Bitchez�s Health:

Heart diseaze is tha bustin' cause of death among bitchez, gang bangin' fo` nearly 39 percent of all female deaths motha fucka. Studies show that rappa a first heart attack, bitchez is less likely tizzy men ta receive diagnostic, therapizzles n cardiac rehabilitizzle procedizzle n is mizzle likely ta die or hizzy a second heart attack Bitchez is also more likely than men ta report hav'n arthritis, asthma, autoimmune diseazes, n depression. Health care disparizzles among minority n pizzy bitchez is especially pervasive. Barack Obama has fought ta maintain blingin' fo` tha Playa of Excellence in Bitchez's Health at tha Department of Health n Human Services bitch ass nigga. He also supports legislizzles ta encourage research T-H-to-tha-izzat will examine poser n health disparizzles. The same legislizzle would establish community outreach programs in underserved areas ta hizzy bitchez access health care n maintain healthy lifestizzles fo my bling bling.

I'm dyin here.

Hahahahahaha!

re: #124 kevinmumaw

Yeah, I can read Russian. I've never been able to even figure out the Moonbat alphabet.

You're not Bob's kid are you?

/sorry Bob, couldn't resist.

//inside joke Kevin, not directed at you.

5.Three mysteries continue to surround this incident giving rise to interesting speculation in the global community of terrorism analysts. First, what happened to Madad Khan, the owner of the house attacked? Many members of his family were reportedly killed, but there is so far no confimed information regarding his fate. There has been speculation in the tribal belt of Pakistan that he must have been the man who tipped off the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) about the expected presence of Abu Laith in his house and that is how he escaped the missile attack of which he must have been aware..

6. The second mystery surrounds the fate of Adam Gadahn.According to Pakistani sources, he was also expected in the house along with Abu Laith. Did he come? If so, was he among those killed? If not, did he not keep his appointment with Abu Laith? If he had absented himself, did he also play a role in facilitating the missile strike? Did he know in advance about the impending strike and thus escape? Was he a mole of the CIA in Al Qaeda? Did he know that Madad Khan was also in touch with the CIA? Or were the two working independently of each other?

7. According to some sources in the tribal areas, Gadahn was not a mole of the CIA. He was present in the house of Madad Khan along with Abu Laith, but survived the missile attack with minor injuries. He was picked up by the Americans and flown to Morocco, where he is being interrogated by the US intelligence. It is also claimed by these sources that the US has not admitted this lest US legal rights experts raise the matter in US courts.

8. The third mystery surrounds the absence of Gadahn's translations in American English from the propaganda pieces produced by As-Sahab since the missile attack. He used to translate the messages of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri and provide English sub-titles. Since the missile attack, either the English sub-titles are missing or when they are given they are of a different quality----either Pakistani or Arab English and not American English.

9.Is Gadahn alive or dead? If alive, where is he? If dead, why Al Qaeda has not admitted his death as it admitted the death of Abu Laith? Why the CIA, whose Director Lt.Gen.Michael Hyden claimed credit for the death of Abu Laith in a recent interview with the "Washington Post" remained silent on Gadahn?

[Link: southasiaanalysis.org...]

re: #148 ggt

I never heard of Pulaski until I moved to Chicago. There was the Street named for him. When I learned the kids got Kasimer Pulaski Day of of school, I thought it was a joke. Seriously.

Largest Polish population outside of Warsaw in Chicago

re: #148 ggt

I never heard of Pulaski until I moved to Chicago. There was is the Street named for him. When I learned the kids got Kasimer Pulaski Day of of school, I thought it was a joke. Seriously.

fixed! : )

Look at It This Way - Google is where it is because of their original Algorithm - anyone that can find a better Algorithm can be the one that REPLACES Google - as in "How's the Pennsylvania Railroad doing lately?"

-S-

FUCK Google

re: #150 AZfederalist

Glad to contribute!

It's the same with this whole Health Care thing. People don't live forever and sometimes -especially when they are old --they get really, really sick. People blame insurance -- because there is no reality to life --just what fantasies we can dream-up and those we can blame because they don't come true.

/achhhh!

re: #148 ggt

I never heard of Pulaski until I moved to Chicago. There was the Street named for him. When I learned the kids got Kasimer Pulaski Day of of school, I thought it was a joke. Seriously.

I grew up in South bend, I don't think we had a Pulaski day, but there were so many Polish there I could easily read Polish.

Hey! Get real, I even marched on 5th Ave in NYC on Pulaski Day .What's with you people!

re: #151 snowcrash

This is the problem I have with those mass events:
[Link: www.flickr.com...]

re: #155 NJDhockeyfan

too bad we couldn't overlay this stuff on his site.

re: #152 gop_patriot

Little Rock, AR is in Pulaski County. Don't know if it's the same guy though...

If I remember correctly, Pulaski was a Polish General who fought for us in the Revolionary War.

Hi gop_patriot

re: #166 bellamags

too bad we couldn't overlay this stuff on his site.

Or have his server go though Gizoogle first.

re: #156 AmeriDan

//inside joke Kevin, not directed at you.

Thank God, because I don't know what that means.

re: #167 Bob in Breckenridge

Well it's probably the same one then. :)

re: #168 AmeriDan

Hi, Dan, how are things where you are?

re: #144 eclectic infidel

Like I said previously, I didn't run across many hippie looking folk at the festival. Given the rather dry environment, people aren't going to smell foul out there either, given that sweat evaporates VERY quickly in that kind of dry heat. I know I'm wasting my time with you though. Your mind is already closed. Your loss.

Dude, you are so clueless it isn't even funny. I'm a retired professional musician with a degree in music who lives in California. The notion of hanging out with well to do socialist/liberal troofers and moonbats pretending that they understand or actually give a shit about anything other than themselves is nauseating. If someone here has a closed mind, it is you, closed and pathetically unaware of just how closed it is.

re: #150 AZfederalist

A Lizard recommened the Sparrowhawk series novels by Edward Cline. (yes, I'm going to put in in the Book Links if it isn't already there).

The author does a very good job of explaining how the idea of living without a "king" was truly revolutionary and something most people couldn't either grasp or cope. I think it is still true and it's becoming worse as people move away from religious belief.

re: #156 AmeriDan

Oh, and I am Bob's grandson. Probably a different Bob though.

Let's get real. Are we serious people when some anti American clown is so close to the presidency. For God sake , What about 9/11?

Some pink light on the mountain tops is all that's left.

re: #148 ggt

I never heard of Pulaski until I moved to Chicago. There was the Street named for him. When I learned the kids got Kasimer Pulaski Day of of school, I thought it was a joke. Seriously.

Pulaski Postage Stamp - 1931 - USA alang with a few others

re: #164 Kilroy

Hey! Get real, I even marched on 5th Ave in NYC on Pulaski Day .What's with you people!

Pulaski was a great man!

re: #171 gop_patriot

Well it's probably the same one then. :)

re: #168 AmeriDan

Hi, Dan, how are things where you are?

Doing great, and I hope you and your family are great too.

re: #5 Typicalwhitey

I use ask.com, if people do not like what Google does then go to a competitor. I have

re: #154 WindHorse

Burning Man attendees = Nazis. What a spot-on analogy.

/s, if you weren't sure.

Today June 14, 2008 is my 30th birthday on this planet. And, I because I was born in the United States of America, I am free to say, "Fuck you, Google. Get out if you don't like it. I'm sure China would take you."

Casimer Pulaski

re: #183 Bob in Breckenridge

Casimer Pulaski

Great post & I am not even Polish

re: #159 Bob in Breckenridge

tanks!

In addition to marching in The Pulaski Day Parade, I've been to Burning Man.No naked women at the parade!

re: #181 mikalm

sorry for you that you didn't understand.

re: #157 hutchrun

Was he a mole of the CIA in Al Qaeda?

Probably not, but let's spread that rumor. Nothing will get you killed quicker in AQ circles than people believing you are working for the Americans.

Good night dear lizards. You are a sane island in a very nutty sea

re: #107 Killgore Trout

"Obama gets a photo-op and all I got was this stupid hat"

Maybe not. Maybe "10 year old Alvin Bontrager" will be immortalized along the lines of John Edwards's Coatless Girl and Hillary Clinton's Three Job Woman as a fashionable victim to be carted out for the duration of Obama's campaign.

re: #152 gop_patriot

Little Rock, AR is in Pulaski County. Don't know if it's the same guy though...

Several cities and counties in US states are named after Pulaski, including the city of Pulaski, Tennessee, counties in Arkansas (of which Arkansas' state capital is the county seat)

It seems to me that, considering the heat they have been taking on the subject, it would be very easy to cool that off by simply putting the American flag on the logo. Simple and easy. The fact that they are seemingly refusing to do so is telling. It’s not about randomness. It’s not about patriotism. It’s about defiance and petulance.

It seems to me that they are intentionally sending a message to conservatives whom have complained about this: you can’t push us around and tell us what to do. They’re right. We can’t make them do so, but we can stop using their site. Regardless of the quality of your product, if you are petulant and defiant in the face of your current and potential customers, you will lose them. It just makes no business sense to me.

More, please.

re: #174 kevinmumaw

Oh, and I am Bob's grandson. Probably a different Bob though.

Probably not, I would explain everything but it would bore you to tears. Just know that in the context I used it... it was incredibly funny.

/or lame

re: #132 Killian Bundy

Yeah, he's really dressed for doing that for an extended period of time, isn't he? They did give him some nice new gloves though. Pure pandering photo-op. I'll bet there's no follow-up pictures after he spent 20 minutes doing that. Those nice shiny office clothes would look pretty begraggled after more than a few minutes of that kind of work.

/Nope, I wear those kind of clothes now too, 15 minutes would probably kill me right now. However, before I finished college, I lived and worked on a farm -- we knew how to use a shovel and the kinds of clothes to wear for that kind of work.

re: #193 stevieray

More, please.

Hmmm...very interesting.

re: #187 WindHorse

No, I don't understand the comparison between the most evil people in history caught during recreation time, and the American counterculture's equivalent of Mardi Gras.

re: #194 AmeriDan

I believe you.

re: #167 Bob in Breckenridge

If I remember correctly, Pulaski was a Polish General who fought for us in the Revolionary War.

Pulaski and Von Steuben were great assets to George Washington who was besieged by man European 'genrals' looking for a command.

Guck Foogle!

I don't use that anti-American POS search-engine.

re: #189 opnion

Good night dear lizards. You are a sane island in a very nutty sea

Nite, opnion.

re: #197 mikalm

your problem, not mine.

re: #184 opnion

Great post & I am not even Polish

I am, lol. My Grandma never let me forget it. Then I started dating an ex-Polish nun who left the church, well, the nun-hood or whatever it's called, and moved here. That didn't go over very well with Grandma.

re: #193 stevieray

Wow.

Regarding BHO, what ever became of GRAVITAS!

re: #197 mikalm

No, I don't understand the comparison between the most evil people in history caught during recreation time, and the American counterculture's equivalent of Mardi Gras.

I guess it kind of depends on ones opinion of socialists.

re: #203 Bob in Breckenridge

I am, lol. My Grandma never let me forget it. Then I started dating an ex-Polish nun who left the church, well, the nun-hood or whatever it's called, and moved here. That didn't go over very well with Grandma.

So how did that work out?

re: #182 acwgusa

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

re: #192 TheBad

It’s not about patriotism. It’s about defiance and petulance. It seems to me that they are intentionally sending a message to conservatives whom have complained about this: you can’t push us around and tell us what to do.

I suspect bad toilet training.

Hey all y'all - I'm late again, darnit! What have I missed?!

re: #210 realwest

Hey all y'all - I'm late again, darnit! What have I missed?!

Hey realwest, how ya feeling this evening...

re: #206 doriangrey

I guess it kind of depends on ones opinion of socialists.

So all 40,000-odd attendees are socialists? How did you determine that?

re: #191 Bob in Breckenridge

Several cities and counties in US states are named after Pulaski, including the city of Pulaski, Tennessee, counties in Arkansas (of which Arkansas' state capital is the county seat)

I am right next door to Pulaski County, VA! The county seat is called.......you guessed it!.......Pulaski!

This is worth posting again:

..."This is a disaster that nobody ever predicted. Not even on Wednesday did we have warning that it would be this bad. Nobody thought this was even possible. In New Orleans, the people had known for decades they were living on borrowed time. They were living below sea level, near a hurricane prone coast and dependent on pumps. They knew the day of reckoning would come. Nobody - not a single person - dreamed that a flood of this magnitude was possible. New Orleans had warning; Cedar Rapids had none.

That isn’t the only difference. In Cedar Rapids, there has been no looting. The skywalk system from which I took many of these photos was unguarded until about noon Friday. Hundreds of offices were unprotected and easily pillaged. I so no sign of looting of any kind. This community has come together. Farmers are in town with pumps and tractors, neighbors are sharing generators and freezers. Local hospitals are providing free tetanus shots. On Thursday when a local television station asked for volunteers to help sandbag a threatened well, so many showed up that 30 minutes later the same station had to ask people to not come. There was more than could be used. Unlike in New Orleans, nobody that I know of expected George Bush to show up and give them a drink of water 24 hours after the water rose. This community will definitely need help, but the people understand that they have a responsibility to help themselves first.

I have never been more proud to be an Iowan."

[Link: therealrevo.com...]

re: #193 stevieray

More, please.

That would be the shiznit.
Off to bed.
Later.

re: #156 AmeriDan

You're not Bob's kid are you?

/sorry Bob, couldn't resist.

//inside joke Kevin, not directed at you.

Domo Arigato, Mister Roboto.

re: #207 The Other Les

So how did that work out?

About 3 months worth, lol.

re: #210 realwest

Hi realwest, how's it going?

re: #211 doriangrey
Hi dorian - I'm doing ok, I guess - trying a new med today and it's been a little hard to adjust to it (they simply added one to the boatload I'm already taking) but otherwise ok.
How's by you?

re: #214 jaunte

Wow.

re: #213 wolfie

I am right next door to Pulaski County, VA! The county seat is called.......you guessed it!.......Pulaski!

United States of Pulaski....It has a nice ring to it!

re: #218 jaunte Hello my friend - ok I guess - how's by you?

re: #222 realwest

Everything's ok here; I hope your new meds prove effective.

goodnight all.

re: #210 realwest

How ya' doin' rw?

re: #220 mikalm

Yes, amazing photos, and good eyewitness report of people pulling together.

re: #207 The Other Les

So how did that work out?

It was strange being "intimate" if you get my drift. I kept thinking back to being a kid in school at St. Peters...

I have a hard time with this one. I hate Google and what it's administrators stand for. Still, their product - produced in an entrepreneurial, capitalist spirit - can not be matched by anyone else currently in the market. From Gmail, to Google Calendar, to Google Documents, to Google Image Search, I have not come across any other search engine that provides so many practical, useful services. And, they are systematically buying out their competitors.

So, how do you, as a capitalist, stand up to an organization that provides so many useful resources to capitalists, yet acts in so many ways that fly in the face of the very notion of capitalism? I certainly don't know. What I do know is that I wanted to throw my fist to the screen when I came upon Google's black screen on "Earth day." F**king socialist scum.

re: #219 realwest

Hi dorian - I'm doing ok, I guess - trying a new med today and it's been a little hard to adjust to it (they simply added one to the boatload I'm already taking) but otherwise ok.
How's by you?

Pretty good, getting ready to head out to the local watering hole and collect my fair share of abuse. The band starts playing shortly after 9:00 and I like to sit around and listen whilst feeling slight pangs of sorrow that I no longer play in public while also enjoying the fact that since I dont play publicly any more I also dont have to put up with any of the stupid liberal batshit insane drama that goes with public performances.

re: #214 jaunte

This community will definitely need help, but the people understand that they have a responsibility to help themselves first.

[Link: therealrevo.com...]

That's the America I know and love.

re: #226 jaunte

Such a contrast between how the two disasters were handled by the people involved. I never thought of it that way until you posted that.

re: #227 Bob in Breckenridge

It was strange being "intimate" if you get my drift. I kept thinking back to being a kid in school at St. Peters...

We had this song from grade school, I don't remember it all, but- "If a nun should appear, give the sister a beer, in the cellar of St. Peters school". I'd always think of that song when we were together.

re: #227 Bob in Breckenridge

It was strange being "intimate" if you get my drift. I kept thinking back to being a kid in school at St. Peters...

Perhaps I should not have asked...

re: #233 The Other Les

Perhaps I should not have asked...

see my #232.

Another Polish General in the Revolutionary War
General Kosciuszko
Stamp here

re: #229 doriangrey

I also dont have to put up with any of the stupid liberal batshit insane drama that goes with public performances.

What might that be? People screaming "Racist!" and throwing beer bottles? :-)

Google always makes sure to commemorate the Chinese New Year and the Persian New Year.

re: #214 jaunte

This is worth posting again:

[Link: therealrevo.com...]

I don't understand. How is all that possible without a large government program? Without Shepard Smith and Joe Scarborough crying?

Gotta go, Lizards!

Have a great evening!

re: #235 right_on_target

Another Polish General in the Revolutionary War
General Kosciuszko
Stamp here

I have no idea how to pronounce that name!

re: #223 jaunte Thanks, me too! LOL!
Glad to hear all is ok with you too!

re: #234 Bob in Breckenridge

Tiger update please.

re: #231 mikalm

There were a few positive stories from the New Orleans flooding, but too few.

"Eighteen-year-old Jabbor Gibson jumped aboard the bus as it sat abandoned on a street in New Orleans and took control. "I just took the bus and drove all the way here...seven hours straight,' Gibson admitted. "I hadn't ever drove a bus." The teen packed it full of complete strangers and drove to Houston. He beat thousands of evacuees slated to arrive there.
Authorities eventually allowed the renegade passengers inside the dome. But the 18-year-old who ensured their safety could find himself in a world of trouble for stealing the school bus.
"I don't care if I get blamed for it," Gibson said, "as long as I saved my people."

re: #225 ggt Hey ggt! What's new with you? You up early enough to stick around some tonight?
;')

re: #236 mikalm

What might that be? People screaming "Racist!" and throwing beer bottles? :-)

I have never play a single place where anyone threw a beer bottle. No it would definitely be the fucking pathetic mind games played by the club owners and managers, who are overwhelmingly liberals. It would also be the games that other musicians play, the vast majority of whom like the club owners and managers are liberal/democrats/socialists.

re: #237 gman

Re that, I wonder how much of the logo issue is driven by The Hipness Factor, which often rivals the profit motive as the main concern in the Web biz. Commemorating exotic holidays and obscure anniversaries is Hip in that world. Giving tribute to Memorial Day and similar events most definitelyisn't. Even the Google motto -- "Don't be evil" -- reeks of snarky hipster irony.

re: #229 doriangrey

since I dont play publicly any more I also dont have to put up with any of the stupid liberal batshit insane drama that goes with public performances.

Shout out to Detroit area lizards, big block party at the corner of Colgate and Cornell in Dearborn Heights next Saturday night. Lots of bikers. My band is playing all nite. No liberal batshit insane drama expected.

re: #243 jaunte

"Stealing"? He commandeered that vehicle in an emergency, and saved lives. I'd give him a medal for that.

re: #246 mikalm

I think you're exactly right on that.

re: #247 Mich-again

Shout out to Detroit area lizards, big block party at the corner of Colgate and Cornell in Dearborn Heights next Saturday night. Lots of bikers. My band is playing all nite. No liberal batshit insane drama expected.

Heh heh heh kick ass take names and make the other local area guitar players cry like little girls...

re: #248 mikalm

There was a big contrast between his initiative and the parked and flooded school buses sitting unused by the local officials.

re: #229 doriangrey
" I also dont have to put up with any of the stupid liberal batshit insane drama that goes with public performances."
LOL! I played in two different bar bands WAAAAY back in the day when the demand for live rock and roll far outstripped the number of true musicians so I can relate to what you're saying.
Course we had our share (and maybe more) of pure old pain-in-the-ass hecklers too, but our lead singer had a quick wit and usually put 'em away with just one shot.
It is WEIRD however to be playing electrical instruments and have folks chucking liquids (mostly beer) at you!

Hey real how are you tonight?

For those who missed it earlier: BURNING FLAGS
A little chuckle on a slow news night.

Monkey doll named for Obama called racist

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah company offering online a sock monkey named for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says it didn't mean to anger anyone with a "cute and cuddly" toy that some are calling racist.

"We simply made a casual and affectionate observation one night, and a charming association between a candidate and a toy we had when we were little," according to a statement issued Saturday by Sock Obama LLC.

Jeanetta Williams, president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, called the toy "pure racism at its extreme."

re: #250 doriangrey

You always know when there are guys from other bands in the bar when you hear a request for "Play something you know! hahahaha.

Man that never gets old.

For those using Dogpile in an attempt to avoid google. It's a meta-search engine which aggregates search results from all the major search engines, including google. Unfortunately, there's no conservative and patriotic search engine in existence that I'm aware of.

re: #242 AmeriDan

Tiger update please.

Up by 1 shot over Lee Westwood from Great Britain heading into the final round! Tiger will be wearing Black pants, black Nike hat, and a blood red Nike shirt.

re: #258 Bob in Breckenridge

and a blood red Nike shirt.

Ya think?

I hate when they call these people 'liberals'. There's nothing liberal about the left. They're socialist totalitarians.

Constantly redefining words so they present a more enticing ideology. And the idiots who buy it! It really ticks me off. Grrrr.

re: #252 realwest

" I also dont have to put up with any of the stupid liberal batshit insane drama that goes with public performances."
LOL! I played in two different bar bands WAAAAY back in the day when the demand for live rock and roll far outstripped the number of true musicians so I can relate to what you're saying.
Course we had our share (and maybe more) of pure old pain-in-the-ass hecklers too, but our lead singer had a quick wit and usually put 'em away with just one shot.
It is WEIRD however to be playing electrical instruments and have folks chucking liquids (mostly beer) at you!

Like I told mikalm, I have never played anywhere where beer, or actually anything was thrown at anyone. I have also never experienced a heckler. I have played many a rough crowd where they either completely ignored the band or multiple people boo'd. But never a genuine heckler.

re: #243 jaunte

re: #248 mikalm

They were the first to Houston too. I remember watching reporters waiting to get the Super Dome horror stories. Everyone said they hadn't been there, and the poor reporters had to wait longer for their disaster pOrn stories.

re: #260 kynna

It really ticks me off. Grrrr.

Me too.

re: #245 doriangrey

Do they play mind games because they're liberals, or because they're sleazy entertainment promoters or flaky artistes?

I know what you mean about the seemingly universal leftist thinking among such people, but it isn't really thinking at all, when you get down to it. I spend a lot of my time among creative folks of all kinds, and rarely see a genuine ideologue -- left, right or otherwise. Most are "liberals" because either: a) they're not smart enough to figure things out for themselves, and default to the most popular position in that scene; b) parrot the prevailing ethos in order to "fit in"; or c) cynically use "issues" to advance their own careers. Not that those categories are mutually exclusive, mind you....

re: #258 Bob in Breckenridge

Up by 1 shot over Lee Westwood from Great Britain heading into the final round! Tiger will be wearing Black pants, black Nike hat, and a blood red Nike shirt.

Tiger and Westwood tee off at 4:40 EST, so it won't officially be over until mid-evening most places in the USA.

re: #255 NJDhockeyfan

I agree with Jeanetta Williams that "Sock Obama LLC" is playing with historically racist imagery.

re: #261 doriangrey

But never a genuine heckler.

How about the guy screaming OZZIE! or ZEPPELIN! all night.