This is not the Sarah Connor I knew.

I'LL BE BACK!

This is the Hussein Obama I knew!

Barack Scissorhands?

I'll bet real dollars that he can't spell it..........

Have additions been made? I don't remember what the original one looked like.

The background should be a tire tread.
Otherwise, perfect.

The list is getting rather long, is it not?

Soon we're going to need a bigger bus jpg.

re: #2 jcm

Shouldn't it be, "I'll be Barack"?

So, I guess it's true. It is lonely at the top. Is there anyone left to dismiss? Hello Santa Claus? Get your big butt under the bus buddy.

Does he know how to say "Fuck you asshole" in Ah-nold?

re: #11 Corwin

Shouldn't it be, "I'll be Barack"?

Excellent!

re: #13 Macker

Does he know how to say "Fuck you asshole" in Ah-nold?

[NSFW]

Excellent!

And you know what's really scary? The fact that in an alternate universe, Barack Obama is an actor!
...
Oh wait a minute, he already IS. Dang it!

re: #15 Slumbering Behemoth

[NSFW]

BAWHAHAHA!

I see Wesley and Louis and Jeremiah...

/romper room off

I question the flag in the same picture as this man.
He's disassociated (cut out, if you will) himself from it.
The World is more important to him than America. In his view, the flag is just a "divisive" display of Americana that makes the world hate us.
Salute it or Refute it, and he's already picked sides IMO.

re: #20 SasquatchOnSteroids

I question the flag in the same picture as this man.
He's disassociated (cut out, if you will) himself from it.
The World is more important to him than America. In his view, the flag is just a "divisive" display of Americana that makes the world hate us.
Salute it or Refute it, and he's already picked sides IMO.

It's the flag pin he refused to wear.

re: #7 SasquatchOnSteroids

The background should be a tire tread.
Otherwise, perfect.

I was trying to think of how the bus motif could be included and that's perfect!

Disassociator 2: I TOLD you I would be Barack.

THE line = "Vote for me if you want to live ([under breath] in socialism)"

Bollynator!

What? No waffles?

Good evening, Lizards.

re: #25 grumpy old codger

What? No waffles?

Of course not- he's bitterly clinging to those.

H&C's lead story is Obama's Northern trust mortgage deal

The Disassociator...he'll be back, many many many times.

re: #21 Charles

It's the flag pin he refused to wear.

I'll have to find that picture or video of him clasping his hands in front of himself while everyone around him (I think one of them is Bill R) has their hand over their heart during the Nat'l Anthem.

That bothers me a lot.

re: #26 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards.

ARF!

The Obamessiah needs a bigger bus.

re: #26 goddessoftheclassroom

(waves to rawmuse)

re: #32 right_wing2

The Obamessiah needs a bigger bus.

He needs a freight train ... to carry all his baggage.

Somewhere out there a certain Sarah Connor has pledged to vote Republican. This changes the future and the Democrats do not get the chance to TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

The Dissasociator must hunt her down ... and ... change her voting criteria.

Asta la Change .. Baybee.

/Biomorphic Bunny

How will this help Sarah Connor's child, John Connor, a/k/a Mark Dice?

re: #38 MandyManners

How will this help Sarah Connor's child, John Connor, a/k/a Mark Dice?

Watch out. That link is freakin' bizarre.

All hail the great and powerful Ozbama.

re: #21 Charles

It's the flag pin he refused to wear.

Yeah, but doesn't his have 57 stars?

The Governator!

re: #25 grumpy old codger

What? No waffles?

Speaking of breakfast foods...The siren song of saturated fat is calling me.

Oh goodie, Mike Dukaksis is coming on H&C to talk about Obama's image problem. He should know about image problems, every time I hear or read the name Dukaksis I think of him in that M1-A1 Abrahms with that stupid look on his face.

Goddess ... beware ....

re: #31 pre-Boomer Marine brat

ARF!

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com...]

I bet Obama has fish.

Obama's Razor

The scissors are to cut off his nose to spite his face.

Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora.

re: #46 goddessoftheclassroom

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com.. .]

I bet Obama has fish.

OH! My sides hurt!

re: #45 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Goddess ... beware ....

LOL!

As Obama would say, "CHANGE!"

I prefer Obamas Cat (see Schroedingers Cat) for a reference.

Is Obama in the box .. not in the box .. or was he the box to start with?

MindBogglingly complex.

re: #51 goddessoftheclassroom

LOL!

As Obama would say, "CHANGE!"

LOL!

Evening, all. I need a drink after the day I've just left. Anybody have some good vodka?

Obama fondling himself inappropriately...

What a wonderful, late afternoon Lizards. All well?

The ridiculousness of the Obama campaign.

The pic

The refutation

And sorry about the blond moment upthread...

re: #55 windhorse

Obama fondling himself inappropriately...

/he's just pledging allegiance to his genitals

he is one spineless jerk and a real bad judge of character.
and it's running for potus,

We have a top 10 comments section in the left sidebar -- the little debbil on my left shoulder is asking me what would happen if there were also a 'Bottom 10 Comments?'

re: #35 pre-Boomer Marine brat

He needs a freight train ... to carry all his baggage.

But the package makes 'em swoon.

re: #55 windhorse

We call that the "Fig Leaf" position.

re: #49 godfrey

Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora.

Hmm, my Latin is rusty, but let me try:

Hampered by many is that which can be accomplished by a few.

?

re: #26 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards.

good evening teacher

re: #60 Charles

We have a top 10 comments section in the left sidebar -- the little debbil on my left shoulder is asking me what would happen if there were also a 'Bottom 10 Comments?'

They'd be linked to kos?

Dukakis says that Liberal is just a meaningless label. Look out for the "Republican Attack Machine"!

Obama can bring us together says he. Sure, sure he can.....

re: #62 rawmuse

We call that the "Fig Leaf" position.

I hate to see a man standing like that. So girlie.

re: #65 HoosierHoops

good evening teacher

Teachers pet, teachers pet!
Pfffbbbhhhhttttt!
;-)

re: #60 Charles

We have a top 10 comments section in the left sidebar -- the little debbil on my left shoulder is asking me what would happen if there were also a 'Bottom 10 Comments?'

/it'd probably read like a list of lost accounts

re: #60 Charles

We have a top 10 comments section in the left sidebar -- the little debbil on my left shoulder is asking me what would happen if there were also a 'Bottom 10 Comments?'

I'd finally get some recognition?

re: #67 The Shadow Do

Dukakis says that Liberal is just a meaningless label. Look out for the "Republican Attack Machine"!

Obama can bring us together says he. Sure, sure he can.....

"Liberal" has been debauched ever since FDR's acceptation of the term triumphed over Jefferson's.

Good evening, all...

Any TV (not programming but equipment) gurus here? I have a question...

re: #61 jcm

But the package makes 'em swoon.

Notice how he spread his legs?

re: #60 Charles

We have a top 10 comments section in the left sidebar -- the little debbil on my left shoulder is asking me what would happen if there were also a 'Bottom 10 Comments?'

Crazy thought. Go for it!

re: #68 Bobblehead

I once had lessons in how to be photographed. No kidding. That was a no no in Lesson 1. Another is to not allow yourself to be photographed with a cocktail, or worse, cheap beer.

aka: The Fliponator....

re: #55 windhorse

Obama fondling himself inappropriately...

there is no way that guy can be trusted to protect our country.

re: #58 Killian Bundy

/he's just pledging allegiance to his genitals

I pledge allegiance to the genitals of Obama.

re: #70 jcm

Teachers pet, teachers pet!
Pfffbbbhhhhttttt!
;-)

Makes me think of Clark Gable and (swoon) Doris Day.

I must be insane.

re: #82 MandyManners

I must be insane.

You should know.
*duck*

re: #70 jcm

Teachers pet, teachers pet!
Pfffbbbhhhhttttt!
;-)

you are great jcm
/ now how do you think i made it through college?
basketweaving rocks..don't be a racist

re: #35 pre-Boomer Marine brat

He needs a freight train ... to carry all his baggage.

Double duty- carries baggage AND fits lots of people underneath it!

re: #80 MandyManners

I pledge allegiance to the genitals of Obama.

Mandy Manners. The preponderance of the evidence suggests you are female, but sometimes I must doubt.

Sometimes you have to listen to your inner devil, they think you are Satan by now anyway.

Obama and his story just begs for this:

What the moral? Who rides may read.
When the night is thick and the tracks are blind
A friend at a pinch is a friend, indeed,
But a fool to wait for the laggard behind.
Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne,
He travels the fastest who travels alone.

White hands cling to the tightened rein,
Slipping the spur from the booted heel,
Tenderest voices cry " Turn again!"
Red lips tarnish the scabbarded steel,
High hopes faint on a warm hearth-stone--
He travels the fastest who travels alone.

One may fall but he falls by himself--
Falls by himself with himself to blame.
One may attain and to him is pelf--
Loot of the city in Gold or Fame.
Plunder of earth shall be all his own
Who travels the fastest and travels alone.

Wherefore the more ye be helpen-.en and stayed,
Stayed by a friend in the hour of toil,
Sing the heretical song I have made--
His be the labour and yours be the spoil.
Win by his aid and the aid disown--
He travels the fastest who travels alone!

Rudyard Kipling

God willing, Obama will end up entirely alone when this is over.

thanks Mandy, I think you may have displaced me from the bottom!

:)

Okay, then, any electronics gurus here?

Mandy DOES add color to the room!

re: #92 christheprofessor

Okay, then, any electronics gurus here?

A few.
Such as what?

re: #83 pre-Boomer Marine brat

You should know.
*duck*

Those who proclaim their insanity usually aren't. Or, so I think.

Hannity & Colmes was talking about some breaking news about today's hostage rescue down in Colombia. Apparently a bunch of Colombian troops dressed up in Che T-shirts and pretended to be NGO workers. They walked into the FARC camp and rescued the hostages. Wouldn't this mean that a NGO group(s) was deliberately working with a known terrorist group that has been black-listed practically world-wide?

VOTE FOR ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE...

...like a peasant.

- WFH

re: #84 buzzsawmonkey

Well, if you must, you must.

I try hard. I really do. Am I succeeding yet?

re: #92 christheprofessor

Okay, then, any electronics gurus here?

DON'T LET THE MAGIC SMOKE OUT!

What's yer question?

re: #95 MandyManners

Those who proclaim their insanity usually aren't. Or, so I think.

I know.
I simply could NOT resist it!
(-:
*running for the door*

re: #91 buzzsawmonkey

What is the title of that one? I've been trying to find it.

"The Winners"

Here's a Link.

More liberal newspapers are going broke. It couldn't happen sooner! I feel for these newspaper reporters who have to look for jobs when theirs has been eliminated, but their consistent left-wing bias has contributed (not caused) their demise. In other words, they're dinosaurs in a contemporary, Internet-driven world. Journalism is HERE, on LGF, and on other such blogs.

A partial recap follows.

CALIFORNIA: LA Times laying off 250 people, including 150 in newsroom. Owned by Tribune, it has been rumored that the LA Times would be severely cut because it is the lowest producer with the highest overhead in the Tribune's stable of papers.

Also Berkeley area papers cutting including Oakland Trib, Contra Costa Times and Fremon Argus.

San Jose Mercyry loses 17 jobs.

MISSOURI: Less Enterprises will be forcing the St Louis Post Dispatch to cut, big.

NY: Scripps stock down 18 cents ... look for cuts in the near future.

CT: Hartford Courant getting rid of 25% of newsroom. I believe it is owned by the Tribune, too.

Utan -- Deseret News cutting 35 jobs.

FL -- Palm Beach Post cutting 300, not all newsroom.

Also Daytona Beach Journal cuts 99 jobs.

MD -- Baltimore Sun loses 300

re: #46 goddessoftheclassroom

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com.. .]

I bet Obama has fish.

ROFLMAO!

re: #77 rawmuse

I once had lessons in how to be photographed. No kidding. That was a no no in Lesson 1. Another is to not allow yourself to be photographed with a cocktail, or worse, cheap beer.

I want to hear more. How do you get photographed, Raw? What do you avoid? What do you want?

Goddess, see this one of mine on the Photos from Jerusalem thread. It's about a little movie titled "Every time we say Goodbye" (one of my favorites).

re: #87 ContraJihadi

Mandy Manners. The preponderance of the evidence suggests you are female, but sometimes I must doubt.

What the hell does that mean? I've been here reading for like 6 months and never once thought..geez that must be a girl posting..
You know..thats fucked up..you are messed up and mandy has been anything but straightup in honesty..And i never diss anyone but your comments belong in the 20th century..

re: #87 ContraJihadi

Mandy Manners. The preponderance of the evidence suggests you are female, but sometimes I must doubt.

I don't know many men who can breast-feed.

re: #94 pre-Boomer Marine brat

We in southeastern NC are the beta site for the national switchover to digital. This has been going on for a while. A few months ago, my computer started screwing up -- turns out it was the hardware (when they replaced my motherboard and CPU, it worked fine).

When they changed the menu system, I needed a new box (no real problem there, but it took them a while to fix it).

Now, all of a sudden, my 2 and a half year old HD TV won't play HD anymore on the normal connection, nor will it on the alternate input for the same cable. It will play on the crappy "red, white, yellow" cables... Is it possible they fucked up my TV?

re: #90 windhorse

thanks Mandy, I think you may have displaced me from the bottom!

:)

The bottom? The bottom of *what*?

re: #96 chicagodudewhotrades

Charles put up a post about it early this afternoon.

re: #92 christheprofessor

Okay, then, any electronics gurus here?

Yeah, man. Don't stick a fork into a toaster.

HTH.

re: #108 christheprofessor

Forgot to add -- my internet access is through my cable...

re: #77 rawmuse

I was told not to get photographed on the wrong side of the border. Especially by hippies or the msm.

re: #107 MandyManners

I don't know many men who can breast-feed.

Do you know one?

re: #109 MandyManners

(I was referring to Charles idea of posting the "bottom 10" comments...)

Just messin' which ya.....

Now about breast feeding...

:)

re: #104 hermeneutics

OK, another trick is to slightly tilt your head aside, maybe 10-20 degrees.
When outdoors, face the sun. Smile, or not.
No smoking materials, unless indoors, with a pipe, in a library, only if you are a man wanting to look scholarly.
Check the zipper and the coat buttons and the tie.
Suck in the gut (that is no more a problem with me, thankfully).
No outdoor pics in the wind. Breeze is OK, but no hard winds.
Black and white pics almost always come out more flattering than color.

re: #107 MandyManners

re: #87 ContraJihadi

Mandy Manners. The preponderance of the evidence suggests you are female, but sometimes I must doubt.

I don't know many men who can breast-feed.

Everybody duck!
This one's about to get bloody!

re: #111 MandyManners

Yeah, man. Don't stick a fork into a toaster.

HTH.

Definitely no forks in toasters.

re: #92 christheprofessor

Okay, then, any electronics gurus here?

What's the question?

re: #87 ContraJihadi

Mandy Manners. The preponderance of the evidence suggests you are female, but sometimes I must doubt.

That's a fork in the toaster!

re: #108 christheprofessor

I don't know nuthin' about that.
JCM?

re: #100 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I know.
I simply could NOT resist it!
(-:
*running for the door*

Hey. It's what this guy on the corner once told me. He was abso-fucking-lutely sure that he was 100-per cent-AOK sane. His ascended masters told him so.

Obviously didn't stay at Holiday Inn Express

re: #114 Opilio

Do you know one?

I know none.

How about you?

re: #123 SasquatchOnSteroids

Obviously didn't stay at Holiday Inn Express

He's got that 'okay, what SOB just farted in the tent?' look.

re: #108 christheprofessor

We in southeastern NC are the beta site for the national switchover to digital. This has been going on for a while. A few months ago, my computer started screwing up -- turns out it was the hardware (when they replaced my motherboard and CPU, it worked fine).

When they changed the menu system, I needed a new box (no real problem there, but it took them a while to fix it).

Now, all of a sudden, my 2 and a half year old HD TV won't play HD anymore on the normal connection, nor will it on the alternate input for the same cable. It will play on the crappy "red, white, yellow" cables... Is it possible they fucked up my TV?

Doubt they mucked up the TV. More like they did something to the cable modem. Call 'em back.

re: #125 illegal upchuck

He's got that 'okay, what SOB just farted in the tent?' look.

I'm wondering where the hell he gets those outfits.
Is that supposed to be camouflage ?

re: #60 Charles

We have a top 10 comments section in the left sidebar

Woot! that's 2 times in a week I have made the front page, once here and once on SFGATE.

I rock.

re: #126 jcm

Doubt they mucked up the TV. More like they did something to the cable modem. Call 'em back.

That makes sense to me, Chris.

re: #119 Da_Beerfreak

What's the question?

In a nutshell -- we in southeastern NC are the beta site for the national conversion of TV from analog to digital...

A few months ago -- my motherboard on my computer, which has internet access from my cable providor, started screwing up and had to be replaced.

A week or so ago, my HD TV (about two and a half years old) won't play HD on the same cable inputs from the box to the TV -- have to use lower quality (red, white, yellow) connection now, and it sucks.

Am I paranoid? Or is it possible that their testing fucked up both my computer and my TV?

re: #130 christheprofessor

Test it with a DVD. If it still looks like HDTV then your tv is OK.

Bottom 10 now added.

re: #108 christheprofessor

We in southeastern NC are the beta site for the national switchover to digital. This has been going on for a while. A few months ago, my computer started screwing up -- turns out it was the hardware (when they replaced my motherboard and CPU, it worked fine).

When they changed the menu system, I needed a new box (no real problem there, but it took them a while to fix it).

Now, all of a sudden, my 2 and a half year old HD TV won't play HD anymore on the normal connection, nor will it on the alternate input for the same cable. It will play on the crappy "red, white, yellow" cables... Is it possible they fucked up my TV?

Ouch!
Can't help with that one. I haven't acquired any HD-TV hardware yet, waiting for the dust to settle first.

Oddly enough, they're all related to the evolution brouhaha.

For Mandy: [Link: www.unassistedchildbirth.com...]

re: #132 Charles

Bottom 10 now added.

I have this sinking feeling

re: #58 Killian Bundy

/he's just pledging allegiance to his genitals

Nope. He is trying to cover up the fact that he has nothing there.

re: #134 Charles

Somehow I had a feeling it would read like an anti-ID thread who's who.

re: #126 jcm

Doubt they mucked up the TV. More like they did something to the cable modem. Call 'em back.

The cable modem's fine -- they replaced the motherboard and CPU on the computer and it's back to normal.

The point is -- the cable company's equipment (cable modem, cable box) is fine, my equipment on the other side of that equipment (latpop, HDTV) are fucked. Seems, shall we say, unlikely statistically.

re: #132 Charles

Charles, on average how long does it take you to think up a site improvement, write/change whatever code needed, and then implement? It seems like most changes happen that day

re: #115 windhorse

(I was referring to Charles idea of posting the "bottom 10" comments...)

Just messin' which ya.....

Now about breast feeding...

:)

Good to know. It's been a long, hard day filled with tantrums from prima-fucking-donnas in gymnastics. (Yeah, The Kid is enrolled in gymnastics due to his talents and desires. I will smite heavily anyone who dares to thinly suggest that I'm turning him into a homosexual by letting him be taught by an Olympic-medal instructor on how to safely perform freakin' stunts.)

BBL. It's time to shoot some guns and fireworks.

YEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWW!

Take that, Jeremiah Wright, BHO and WAB.

re: #87 ContraJihadi

Mandy Manners. The preponderance of the evidence suggests you are female, but sometimes I must doubt.

WARNING:

Never. Doubt. Mandy.

;)

re: #132 Charles

Bottom 10 now added.

Dumpster diving shortcuts!

re: #130 christheprofessor

Elaborating on jcm's reply, your cable modem will act as a buffer between the outside world (the network) and the TV itself. They probably couldn't do anything to the modem which would ALSO damage your TV.

(Unless EC Marm has been visiting you, and has attracted lighting strikes and other disasters to your neighborhood.)

Where's the blue seal of possum?

re: #131 rawmuse

Test it with a DVD. If it still looks like HDTV then your tv is OK.

Good thought -- it plays fine through any other input than that which was connected to my cable box. My DVD player died about three months ago (hmmmm) so I can't test through that. I have played DVDs through my PS2 and they play fine, but that's not through the same inputs as the cable box.

re: #124 MandyManners

I know none.

How about you?

No, ma'am, not a one.

re: #135 Wilderstad

For Mandy: [Link: www.unassistedchildbirth.com...]

Lordy. Take me now. I have lived too long...

re: #141 MandyManners

Good to know. It's been a long, hard day filled with tantrums from prima-fucking-donnas in gymnastics. (Yeah, The Kid is enrolled in gymnastics due to his talents and desires. I will smite heavily anyone who dares to thinly suggest that I'm turning him into a homosexual by letting him be taught by an Olympic-medal instructor on how to safely perform freakin' stunts.)

BBL. It's time to shoot some guns and fireworks.

YEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWW!

Take that, Jeremiah Wright, BHO and WAB.

Oh gosh, I remember those days. My daughter took TWO YEARS to learn how to do a cartwheel. I thought she'd never get it.

And then there was dance. I used to pick her up late. :)

re: #144 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Not exactly -- the cable modem is between the cable and my computer.

The cable box is between my cable and my TV.

My TV and my computer have had problems. The cable box and cable modem seem fine.

re: #127 SasquatchOnSteroids

I'm wondering where the hell he gets those outfits.
Is that supposed to be camouflage ?

If your theater of operations is the Goodwill Store...

re: #60 Charles

We have a top 10 comments section in the left sidebar -- the little debbil on my left shoulder is asking me what would happen if there were also a 'Bottom 10 Comments?'

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Looks like I sent Buzzsawmonkey to Kipling Heaven.

re: #139 christheprofessor

The cable modem's fine -- they replaced the motherboard and CPU on the computer and it's back to normal.

The point is -- the cable company's equipment (cable modem, cable box) is fine, my equipment on the other side of that equipment (latpop, HDTV) are fucked. Seems, shall we say, unlikely statistically.

That's it, it's not likely TV and laptop go south at the same time. They both have the cable co. stuff in common that's where'd I'd look first. Is the malfunction related, laptop net connection and TV HD? Or is the stuff wrong that's independent of the cable hardware?

OT:

Hey Charles,

Have you seen this?

[Link: littledoor.blogspot.com...]

re: #150 christheprofessor

AH! Two boxes.
Serves me right for shooting off my non-cable-possessing mouth.

Hmmmmmmm
*puzzled*

re: #152 Alouette

Heh. This section shows the bottom 10 that weren't deleted. A very special category.

re: #155 neocon hippie

I think that was an idiot that was going through six month old threads and uprating the VB supporters.

re: #155 neocon hippie

Yep. Not interested.

re: #134 Charles

Oddly enough, they're all related to the evolution brouhaha.

Not many down-dings on those.
Looks like we need more lizard-power on the evolution threads.

re: #154 jcm

That's it, it's not likely TV and laptop go south at the same time. They both have the cable co. stuff in common that's where'd I'd look first. Is the malfunction related, laptop net connection and TV HD? Or is the stuff wrong that's independent of the cable hardware?

It's possible they while working on the cable stuff put a surge on the data lines. Just enough to cause erratic behavior but not enough to kill. But to test that, they have to bring new boxes out replace the ones you have and see if the laptop and TV are still wonky.

Later, Lizards. Nice work, Charles!

re: #161 jcm

And the only way to test those ports (in the home) is with their equipment! DAMMIT!

re: #154 jcm

That's it, it's not likely TV and laptop go south at the same time. They both have the cable co. stuff in common that's where'd I'd look first. Is the malfunction related, laptop net connection and TV HD? Or is the stuff wrong that's independent of the cable hardware?

That's what I'm saying -- my computer's motherboard screwed up and my TV's HD capabilitity fried, within a few months. Both on the same system, which just happens to be on the analog-to-digital cable TV beta test site. I think that's a bit too coincidental, given that they'd both worked fine for a couple of years with no problem.

Moreover, when the cable company changed their menu recently (about three months ago), I had to have a technician come to the house to make my HD work properly.

The techie who was here Monday said the problem was at the junction on the street (i.e., neither in my house, nor where it connects to my house). He said the signal was too "high" and would have to be fixed there.

When he said "too high," did he perhaps mean too strong? As in, fuck up people's equipment?

re: #154 jcm

That's it, it's not likely TV and laptop go south at the same time. They both have the cable co. stuff in common that's where'd I'd look first. Is the malfunction related, laptop net connection and TV HD? Or is the stuff wrong that's independent of the cable hardware?

Check the cable ground. If you live in dry or Salty area, you might need to add your own. Make sure the ground is continuous, and that if it's to a water pipe that the pipe's ground isn't interupted by PVC somewhere in its path to ground.

re: #164 christheprofessor

Too HIGH?

Oooo boy! Could be, if the cable box on the TV has enough headroom to simply pass an overload on.

H&C is going to talk about the police puppy next.

re: #153 USBeast

Looks like I sent Buzzsawmonkey to Kipling Heaven.

Nice link there!
I have been enjoying Kipling's poetry very much lately! (I got interested in it after buzzsawmonkey posted a couple of poems.)

re: #165 Thanos

Check the cable ground. If you live in dry or Salty area, you might need to add your own. Make sure the ground is continuous, and that if it's to a water pipe that the pipe's ground isn't interupted by PVC somewhere in its path to ground.

THAT is a damned good suggestion, Chris -- every word of it.

re: #159 Charles

Wow.... she is calling YOU obsessive!? Hey lady - go look in the mirror.

re: #166 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Too HIGH?

Oooo boy! Could be, if the cable box on the TV has enough headroom to simply pass an overload on.

I really don't know what that means -- that's why I'm asking for help.

Barry's going to need more diamondplate in that backround.

The Disassociator's Slogan:

Obama- he'll do for America what Mugabe did for Rhodesia Zimbabwe.

re: #164 christheprofessor

I say sue them.
Sue the pants off of them.

Big monopolies like the cable co are terrible about the quality of their service and have no regard at all for thier customers, im my opinion. Proving that their signal was outside the acceptable parameters for your equipment is probably impossible though. I would expect them to lie about it if you bring the subject up.

re: #164 christheprofessor

Too high usually means too strong. Maybe not over the limit, but crowding it.

Oh No! Obama has scissors again! Quick, someone hide the Bill of Rights!

re: #164 christheprofessor

Too high can me several things. Frequency, not a problem just can't read the signal. Power, definitely can fry things.

Like pBMb said no way to tell without their gear. But you might be right, I'd be on the phone, and maybe write a letter, start off in low gear. Maybe call around some of the tech shops see if anyone can come out and give you an independent analysis.

re: #165 Thanos

Check the cable ground. If you live in dry or Salty area, you might need to add your own. Make sure the ground is continuous, and that if it's to a water pipe that the pipe's ground isn't interupted by PVC somewhere in its path to ground.

Good thought, but I doubt that is it. Wouldn't that affect all the system, rather than just what is on the other side of the cable company's? Or at least not discriminate?

re: #165 Thanos

Check the cable ground. If you live in dry or Salty area, you might need to add your own. Make sure the ground is continuous, and that if it's to a water pipe that the pipe's ground isn't interupted by PVC somewhere in its path to ground.

Excellent thought.

re: #171 christheprofessor

I really don't know what that means -- that's why I'm asking for help.

Cable grounds through the metal sheath or woven shield, check the crimps on each connector to make sure the outside of the connector actually contacts the sheath. If you have open cable jacks around the house unused, cap them with a terminating resistor, you can get them at Radio Shack etc.

re: #170 WindHorse

(in my opinion, "Natalie" seems contentedly obsessed with herself...)

re: #177 christheprofessor

Good thought, but I doubt that is it. Wouldn't that affect all the system, rather than just what is on the other side of the cable company's? Or at least not discriminate?

Grounding issues can cause all kinds of bizarre behavior.

Bias charged in mortgages

"The only difference between the victims in this case and other customers is the color of their skin," said Brian Kabateck, who is co-lead counsel in the suit. "They had the same credit, the same income and the same qualifications, but because they were African-Americans, they were ripped off."

You should talk to Obama, I hear he can get good rates....

We call this paper The Baltimore Scum 'round these parts.

re: #157 Charles

I think it's a bad idea. There might be a lot of borderline stuff that maybe should be deleted. It would also make it much easier for cherry pickers find juicy material to smear LGF with.

re: #34 buzzsawmonkey

Need a singing group that mocks Barack, called "The DisAssociation."

/And then along comes barry...

Shouldn't that be a picture of obambi driving a bus like in that Keanu Reeves flic?

re: #177 christheprofessor

Good thought, but I doubt that is it. Wouldn't that affect all the system, rather than just what is on the other side of the cable company's? Or at least not discriminate?

Not necessarily. Not all components have the same quality. Since we are talking home gear and not milspec, it can vary wildly.

re: #173 sojerofgod

I say sue them.
Sue the pants off of them.

Big monopolies like the cable co are terrible about the quality of their service and have no regard at all for thier customers, im my opinion. Proving that their signal was outside the acceptable parameters for your equipment is probably impossible though. I would expect them to lie about it if you bring the subject up.

Well, I can always place an ad in the paper and see if other subscribers had the same problem -- they, it'll be a class action suit.

I'm not the type to sue, but if they fucked up my TV/computer, then they should be up-front about it and fix it (my computer was still under warranty -- Dell can fight them over that).

re: #171 christheprofessor

I really don't know what that means -- that's why I'm asking for help.

Well, in general, it's possible to overload a receiver (your TV's tuner, or cable input) by feeding "too high" an input into it. It might not permanently damage the input. It might simply cause distortion. What's "too high", in your situation? I don't know.

Here's another test you might make. Do you have a friend or neighbor who's NOT on the same cable network? Lug (yeah, I know) your TV over and hook it up to his system. See if it works okay there.

re: #173 sojerofgod

Proving that their signal was outside the acceptable parameters for your equipment is probably impossible though. I would expect them to lie about it if you bring the subject up.

Hear Hear

re: #179 Thanos

Cable grounds through the metal sheath or woven shield, check the crimps on each connector to make sure the outside of the connector actually contacts the sheath. If you have open cable jacks around the house unused, cap them with a terminating resistor, you can get them at Radio Shack etc.

Good thought, but the cable guy checked all that and found no problem. I think it was a bit suspicious that the first thing the guy did Monday was walk in, disconnect my cable from the wall outlet, and replace the outlet. Then he replaced the cable between my outlet on my TV. Never looked at the box or the TV.

re: #183 Killgore Trout

I think it's a bad idea. There might be a lot of borderline stuff that maybe should be deleted. It would also make it much easier for cherry pickers find juicy material to smear LGF with.

It's now an admin tool.

re: #187 christheprofessor

(my computer was still under warranty -- Dell can fight them over that)

That's a thought. Have you contacted Dell?

I read somewhere that Obama has only had 150 days of legislative experience - does anyone have documentation for that?

re: #191 Charles

It's now an admin tool.

Good thinking

re: #186 Thanos

Not necessarily. Not all components have the same quality. Since we are talking home gear and not milspec, it can vary wildly.

Thanks -- very true. Seems suspicious, though, that it would happen to a computer and a TV on the other end of cable company equipment -- unless they are built to less than cable company standards. Doubt it, though, given what I paid for that TV!

re: #190 christheprofessor

Good thought, but the cable guy checked all that and found no problem. I think it was a bit suspicious that the first thing the guy did Monday was walk in, disconnect my cable from the wall outlet, and replace the outlet. Then he replaced the cable between my outlet on my TV. Never looked at the box or the TV.

Before you single out the cable co. the most common problem with electronics is not over-voltage but under voltage. Low voltage makes chips overheat, killing them. Don't cross your electric co. off the suspect list.

re: #105 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Thanks--I'll look for it.

re: #183 Killgore Trout

I think it's a bad idea. There might be a lot of borderline stuff that maybe should be deleted. It would also make it much easier for cherry pickers find juicy material to smear LGF with.

That is a very good point. Why hand the stuff to them on a silver platter?

re: #190 christheprofessor

Chris, my advice? Disconnect your TV cable..... find another internet provider. We did that in 1997 (tv disconnect) and have (subsequently) trained a Reading Plant (that's what I call it) to grow over our TV. It is really pretty funny. You can barely see the screen anymore because of the plant foliage. Every time I look at my TV and think about it, I laugh.

re: #193 DistantThunder

That doesn't sound right. Maybe it refers to days where he was physically on the state senate floor/ capitol hill actually voting? Even then the number sees low.

re: #193 DistantThunder

I read somewhere that Obama has only had 150 days of legislative experience - does anyone have documentation for that?

I believe the figure I heard was 142 days. Obama present while the Senate was in session? Yeah, about 150 days sounds about right. What did you expect from an empty suit?

re: #145 nacazo

Where's the blue seal of possum?

Good call! And what about public funding for campaigns?

re: #196 Thanos

Before you single out the cable co. the most common problem with electronics is not over-voltage but under voltage. Low voltage makes chips overheat, killing them. Don't cross your electric co. off the suspect list.

Chris, you said you live in SE North Carolina. How far "out in the sticks" (so to speak, no aspersion)?

re: #188 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Good thought -- will try that (my neighbor's on dish)...

re: #192 pre-Boomer Marine brat

That's a thought. Have you contacted Dell?

Yes, after two weeks and 17+ hours on the phone, they sent somebody to the house and replaced the motherboard and CPU -- works like a charm now...

re: #168 wolfie

Nice link there!
I have been enjoying Kipling's poetry very much lately! (I got interested in it after buzzsawmonkey posted a couple of poems.)

What's amazing to me is that Kipling is now part of the underground and not the mainstream.

"If" should be hammered into the head of every child capable of understanding English.

Hasta el cambio. Baby.

This picture needs to continue to be updated throughout this election. And might I further suggest that we do the same with McCain, simply for the purpose of illustration? Rush made a very good point that it is getting to be absurd, the number of people who have been "disassociated" from on both sides during this election season. He was making a general statement, and I agree with it wholeheartedly. But, if you make a list of the people that Obama has had to disassociate himself from compared to those McCain has disassociated himself from, well, Obama wins that race by a landslide.

I think that having running, regularly updated pictures such as this one for both candidates would have the dual benefit of showing just how radical and reprehensible BHO's associations are, while illustrating the ridiculosity [

Too cool.

Space probes show solar system dented, not round

Voyager 2 hit the southern edge of the solar system nearly 1 billion miles closer to the sun than Voyager 1 did to the north. Voyager 2 hit the edge at 7.8 billion miles from the sun.

Damned Alpha Centauri, never checking mirrors when it backs up.

Having the bottom ten up most of the time would be ok since things get deleted fast if they go over the line, but sometimes ugliness stays up longer on the overnights.

re: #196 Thanos

Before you single out the cable co. the most common problem with electronics is not over-voltage but under voltage. Low voltage makes chips overheat, killing them. Don't cross your electric co. off the suspect list.

Fair enough, but my house is full of electronics -- the only problems I've had are with the two pieces of equipment on the receiving end of the cable company's equipment. While they are beta testing us for the national analog-to-digital conversion.

re: #204 christheprofessor

SEE THANOS' #196!

America!

How one African-American sang it correctly, Rene Marie.

re: #203 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Chris, you said you live in SE North Carolina. How far "out in the sticks" (so to speak, no aspersion)?

No aspersion taken. I'm not in the sticks at all. I'm a five minute drive from downtown Wilmington.

re: #210 pre-Boomer Marine brat

SEE THANOS' #196!

After your #209, forget it.

re: #202 NoSubmission

Good call! And what about public funding for campaigns?

Yup. Some victims are missing.

Like- where's his "typical white woman" Granny?

re: #199 WindHorse

Heh. Don't tempt me!

re: #207 SasquatchOnSteroids

How do you tell which way is North in space?

re: #190 christheprofessor

Good thought, but the cable guy checked all that and found no problem. I think it was a bit suspicious that the first thing the guy did Monday was walk in, disconnect my cable from the wall outlet, and replace the outlet. Then he replaced the cable between my outlet on my TV. Never looked at the box or the TV.

For TV, we swear by DirecTV satellite. Have to bonk snow/ice off the roof receiver during the winter at times, but otherwise it's been fabulous. Excellent customer service too.

For internet, we have cable.

Obama is just distancing himself temporarily from his mentors, friends, allies and Chicagoland business associates until he gets into office. So they were thrown under a bus that has it's safety brake safely on. He still hasn't thrown Ahmadinejad under any bus, though. Obama still espouses a Winnie the Pook foreign policy.

Here's Obama's favorite poem:

Hug O' War
by Shel Silverstein

I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.

[Link: wso.williams.edu...]

re: #212 christheprofessor

No aspersion taken. I'm not in the sticks at all. I'm a five minute drive from downtown Wilmington.

(-:
I graduated from Camp LeJeune HS. Now THAT's out there!

re: #216 Noam Sayin'

hey Noam, you're a guy! Right? You just know.....

re: #216 Noam Sayin'
Well since we be the only sentient beings hereabouts we use Earth as a reference point, I think.

re: #216 Noam Sayin'

How do you tell which way is North in space?

In the solar system it's above the planetary orbits, as determined by N. on earth.

re: #217 rightymouse

For TV, we swear by DirecTV satellite. Have to bonk snow/ice off the roof receiver during the winter at times, but otherwise it's been fabulous. Excellent customer service too.

For internet, we have cable.

I've heard that dish is not the way to go with cable.

I really haven't had any problems at all with either (other than the occasional issue, quickly resolved). I just find it odd that both my computer and TV screw up as they work on this conversion.

re: #216 Noam Sayin'

How do you tell which way is North in space?

You need a Deluxe Spaceballs Compass, silly.

re: #219 pre-Boomer Marine brat

(-:
I graduated from Camp LeJeune HS. Now THAT's out there!

Dude, did you have electricity? ;)

re: #216 Noam Sayin'

How do you tell which way is North in space?

South = Down = Turtles

North = Up = Opposite Turtles

re: #221 pingjockey

Well since we be the only sentient beings hereabouts we use Earth as a reference point, I think.

That's pretty humanacentric of you!
/

Rene, you're no Whitney.

re: #224 Cartman
MWahahaha! With the super Spaceballs Compass Holder.

O/T: If you haven't yet, be sure to check out: Shire Network News

re: #228 MandyManners

not for nuthin'but,...whitney isn't exactly whitney anymore...lol

re: #222 jcm

In the solar system it's above the planetary orbits, as determined by N. on earth.

How provincial of you!

One day, NASA will discover life on Mars and you'll feel simply rotten for having made that statement.

re: #226 SasquatchOnSteroids

Anti-turtles!

Well, thank you all for your input!

The new dog is pawing at me wanting to play before bedtime, so I am outta here!

You all have a wonderful evening!

re: #229 pingjockey

MWahahaha! With the super Spaceballs Compass Holder.

I think that's listed as an accessory.

re: #228 MandyManners

I still like the Kate Smith version of God Bless America.

re: #225 christheprofessor

Dude, did you have electricity? ;)

Yeah, there was this chick two grades behind me ....

Talked to one of my sisters today. She routinely votes Democrat & has a mild (compared to zombie's patients!) case of BDS. She said she will defnitely vote for McCain, as will her husband.

She told me not to tell our other sister, the moonbat, who will probably be supporting the Lightworker.
(We're all afraid to find out for sure about the moonbat. Hope™ that she will change™ springs eternal!)

Is there any meaning to the comment or link rating system?

Just curious........

I think Lgf spy is pretty cool

re: #232 pre-Boomer Marine brat

How provincial of you!

One day, NASA will discover life on Mars and you'll feel simply rotten for having made that statement.

Depends on how well Martians grill up on the BBQ.

re: #227 jcm

re: #232 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Unless the dudes on Mars can prove they're older than us, then we do the Terracentric view.

re: #239 drmark

Is there any meaning to the comment or link rating system?

Just curious........

I think Lgf spy is pretty cool

Are you asking if it was intelligently designed or did it just evolve?

*ducks & runs*

re: #242 jcm
Ha. Both.

re: #238 wolfie

That gives me hope. I think there are a lot of Democrats who aren't voting Obama. I keep hammering at one of my coworkers, and he knows I'm right about what I'm saying, yet he'll still vote Obama 'just because.'

re: #241 pingjockey

re: #232 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Unless the dudes on Mars can prove they're older than us, then we do the Terracentric view.

Did the dudes in Mars ruin their planet and come here?
Saw it in movie, must be true.

re: #240 jcm

Depends on how well Martians grill up on the BBQ.

Once a lizard, always a lizard.
Charles, you've trained him well.

re: #218 Purple Prose

all the crooks, anti-american preachers, and flag stomping terrorists and weakling generals will be safely escorted out from under the bus.
i'm not sure abt. gramma, tho. she might need to watch her back.
strange because how is she hidden as a liability rather than put forth as a way to get beyond 'race'.
i guess his handlers are behind it all. they have a lot invested in him.
he should worry abt. how dispensable HE is.

re: #245 jcm
Ya never know. Remember the uproar about the "Face"?

re: #242 jcm

Al combinations are possible given enough time...

re: #223 christheprofessor

I've heard that dish is not the way to go with cable.

I really haven't had any problems at all with either (other than the occasional issue, quickly resolved). I just find it odd that both my computer and TV screw up as they work on this conversion.

For internet, dish is definitely NOT the way to go. Too slow and unreliable. Trust me on that one. We have cable for our net with wireless connections to other home PC's (i.e. for kids) to my hub.

For TV - we could probably go cable, but DirecTV satellite has been reliable for us - good service and price competitive for the channels we get.

re: #241 pingjockey

re: #232 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Unless the dudes on Mars can prove they're older than us, then we do the Terracentric view.

Don't get me started!
NO!
*bite tongue*

(-: ... long story

re: #248 pingjockey

Ya never know. Remember the uproar about the "Face"?

That was the same movie, didn't they go into the "face?"

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Ronald Reagan

re: #249 drmark

Al combinations are possible given enough time...

Now you're accusing Charles of been a bunch of chimps banging out random code on a bunch of terminals.

YOU GO TO FAR SIR!
/ ;-P

re: #253 drmark

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Ronald Reagan

Click my avatar!

re: #244 NoSubmission

That gives me hope. I think there are a lot of Democrats who aren't voting Obama. I keep hammering at one of my coworkers, and he knows I'm right about what I'm saying, yet he'll still vote Obama 'just because.'

i was noticing that there are not many b.o. bumper stickers around the city.
i was in traffic the other day and really looking. i've only seen one.
and 2 signs in windows. i think ny is a hillary state and not too keen on him.
i keep hammering the people i meet too.

re: #234 christheprofessor

Well, thank you all for your input!

The new dog is pawing at me wanting to play before bedtime, so I am outta here!

You all have a wonderful evening!

Love your pup avatar!

re: #252 jcm
Ha, you're right. Forgot about that. Greg Bear I think, has a whole series of books about Mars and humans terraforming it. Red Mars, Green Mars.

Well, the puppinator (can I still call her that at 16 mos old?) plopped at my feet and went to sleep just as I signed off -- so, I have a new lease on posting!

re: #255 jcm

cool

re: #251 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Boundary

re: #237 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Yeah, there was this chick two grades behind me ....

Heh. I like the way you think...

re: #253 drmark
I like the Marx Bros. You gotta be quick to keep up with Groucho!

re: #248 pingjockey

Ya never know. Remember the uproar about the "Face"?

This might interest you.

Tom Van Flandern is no kook.

re: #244 NoSubmission

Maybe a few will change their minds at the last minute in the booth.
I just don't know how this election will pan out.
It's a long way to November.

re: #244 NoSubmission

That gives me hope. I think there are a lot of Democrats who aren't voting Obama. I keep hammering at one of my coworkers, and he knows I'm right about what I'm saying, yet he'll still vote Obama 'just because.'

Read a good article at AT today.

The Lighter Side of Obama

re: #258 pingjockey

Ha, you're right. Forgot about that. Greg Bear I think, has a whole series of books about Mars and humans terraforming it. Red Mars, Green Mars.

Missed those.

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Under the Moons of Mars.