That's why I stubbed my toe. Gotta turn the lights before I go stumbling around.

I am off for a bit, Lizards. Have fun. Thanks for dinging me up to the Top Ten comments!

Flippy Triangle = Futon

As a creature of habit, moving the cheese on me is discombobulating.

But I will learn to navigate again.

Whew... thought you flipped us off.

Moving left... triangulation... what are you trying to tell us here?

How about placing the piano against that wall?
Um... no... OK, try it over there.
Nope. What about in that corner?
Huh - I think I like it better against the wall - move it back please?

re: #6 Killer Tomato

How about placing the piano against that wall?
Um... no... OK, try it over there.
Nope. What about in that corner?
Huh - I think I like it better against the wall - move it back please?

Do you know my wife?

While flipping the triangles remember to visit Resources/Iraqi Mass Graves.

/Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere...

Charles,

It probably isn't story worthy, but the AP is calling ex-congress critter Gary Condit a Republican, and not a Dem like he truly was. lawhawk is on it, just giving a heads up in case you felt like doing a story on "lamestream media screw-ups of the day"

FYI - the new dropdowns do not work with Opera 9.51

Um, stay away from the end table in the bedroom. Thats my pron stash.

Ot

Obama just threw his daughters under the bus.

[Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]

Walter in Golden, Co.

Never mind..... I see that they are working now. But they weren't before. Confounded thing! Great work on the site. I'm jealous.

How svelte!

re: #7 Ford_Prefect

I wondered if he knew me - my Male and I ended up moving furniture three or four times before we finally agreed on placement.

Something else to cause libtard heads to explode.

Top Democrat may back new offshore drilling: report

"I'm open to drilling and responsible production," Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin told The Wall Street Journal, adding that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could also support the move.

/are you listening now?
//*pop*

re: #6 Killer Tomato

You know, I don't like it there either.
And while we're at it, that mirror isn't centered on the wall.

re: #12 Walter L. Newton

Ot

Obama just threw his daughters under the bus.

[Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]

Walter in Golden, Co.

"Particularly given the way it sort of went around the cable stations, I don't think it's healthy and it's something that we'll be avoiding in the future," he said.

He couldn't figure that out before?! Or, did he want to get his kids ot there to humanize himself and now is appeasing those who thought it was a bad idea?

re: #15 Dianna

I wondered if he knew me - my Male and I ended up moving furniture three or four times before we finally agreed on placement.

My female keeps changing color schemes. Our rooms keep getting smaller because of all the paint on the walls.

re: #16 Bubblehead II

Maybe the Dems are realizing that "no drilling" is a No-win for them?

Once more, before I begin mailing details, if anyone would like to attend a gathering of Lizards and Bar Flies (and no, you may not snack on the Flies!) on July 26th in San Jose, please e-mail me.

It promises to be a good time.

re: #19 Ford_Prefect

At least I don't do that!

re: #21 Dianna

Once more, before I begin mailing details, if anyone would like to attend a gathering of Lizards and Bar Flies (and no, you may not snack on the Flies!) on July 26th in San Jose, please e-mail me.

It promises to be a good time.

You REALLY think you can persuade lizards to quit eating flies?

*flick*
*gulp*
*yum*

re: #23 pre-Boomer Marine brat

You REALLY think you can persuade lizards to quit eating flies?

*flick*
*gulp*
*yum*

Don't eat the green ones, there aren't ripe yet.

DISAPPOINTED!

re: #24 Ford_Prefect

Don't eat the green ones, there aren't ripe yet.

DISAPPOINTED!

Catch, kill and let them dry out a bit for a crunchy treat!

re: #23 pre-Boomer Marine brat

These have means of fighting back. Besides which, with the spread we're planning on laying out, there should be lots to choose from that isn't a Bar Fly!

re: #24 Ford_Prefect

Don't eat the green ones, there aren't ripe yet.

DISAPPOINTED!

Aren't they filled with pimiento?

re: #16 Bubblehead II

Ah, but read closer what Durbin wants. He wants offshore drilling, and if the oil companies don't drill in areas they've already leased, they lose those leases:

However, Durbin said his support for opening new areas to drilling was contingent on setting requirements that oil and gas companies begin production within a specified time frame on acreage they have leased from the government.

They have moved to the left?....Oh the humanity!.

re: #27 MandyManners

Aren't they filled with pimiento?

Guacamole. They are Mexican flies.

re: #20 chicagodudewhotrades

Yep. And the obamanations declaration that he would like to see higher gas prices didn't help the dhims either.

re: #27 MandyManners

Mandy - On an earlier thread today, I asked you if you were really doing a blog about women's issues in Islam, as you indicated the other day.

I also linked this:

WomensSphere

since it appears to be along a similar line, although it covers more than just the problems women have in Islam. I thought you mind find it helpful (or not, in which case pay no attention to it), but I'm putting the link again here, since I'm not sure you saw my earlier comment.

Good Morning Lizards! Kid reports that it is fairly warm, but not as warm as it was yesterday, in the outside parts of the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland.

Who is this guy really?

How are you all this morning and what's with those flippin' triangles?

What guy? you ask. This guy.

re: #33 ggt
It was pretty warm here too on the north side yesterday

re: #30 Ford_Prefect

Guacamole. They are Mexican flies.

I like almonds, too.

re: #32 reine.de.tout

Mandy - On an earlier thread today, I asked you if you were really doing a blog about women's issues in Islam, as you indicated the other day.

I also linked this:

WomensSphere

since it appears to be along a similar line, although it covers more than just the problems women have in Islam. I thought you mind find it helpful (or not, in which case pay no attention to it), but I'm putting the link again here, since I'm not sure you saw my earlier comment.

Oh, thank you! That looks like it has great stuff.

The gas meter guy just walked by the back door. The dogs seem to think I should do something about it.

Yes, I think it is going to be a day.

re: #12 Walter L. Newton

I just heard osama...errr, obama on the radio saying how embarrassing it is that foreigners come to the USA and speak English, but Americans go abroad and can only say "merci bocu" ( sp )...he went on to say that WE should not worry about illegal aliens speaking English, WE should worry about teaching our kids spanish.....

Where the hell is that asteroid!

re: #28 lawhawk

True, the devil is in the details. But the fact that the dhim leadership is even starting to openly talk in favor of off shore drilling is a plus for the American people. The longer the price of crude continues to rise, the more pressure they will come under and the more reasonable they will have to be in order to retain their seats.

/survival at all costs.
//will greenpeace fit under the bus?

re: #35 chicagodudewhotrades

Yes, it was d@mn hot! yesterday. Left my car for only a few minutes and came back the steer wheel was sizzlin'.

re: #33 ggt

We just had a rainstorm, and got what seemed like 2 inches of rain in 10 minutes. LOL Stats aren't up at NOAA yet, so I don't know how much we really got. But the temp dropped to 79, it's cloudy and the wind is blowing... very nice for July in Arkansas!

re: #40 Bubblehead II

It's all about VOTES.

re: #42 gop_patriot

Thanks. Just rub it in.

Insofar that I know nothing about tech stuff, I am going to stick with what I know:

Israeli MK Eldad gives unique suggustions on how to deal with Terrorism.

Iran Test Fires New Missle That Can Reach Israel

Israel (Finally) Begins to Realize That Handing Over Security Soverignty Was A Bad Idea.

Gaza Arabs To Sue Jewish Business Owners For Leaving Gaza During "disengagement".

re: #39 grahamski

Spanish - now thats not so bad - I'd start worrying when he tells people to start learning Arabic ...

/aww, in one's wildest dreams one couldn't come up with the stuff he spouts!

re: #43 ggt

/Gasp! say it isn't so.
//Michelle doesn't like your skepticism and if Barry is elected you will have change.

re: #42 gop_patriot

We just had a rainstorm, and got what seemed like 2 inches of rain in 10 minutes. LOL Stats aren't up at NOAA yet, so I don't know how much we really got. But the temp dropped to 79, it's cloudy and the wind is blowing... very nice for July in Arkansas!

You sure it was Arkansas?
Sounds like Wales - we had rain since midnight, heavy, its cold, around 70, and its still raining!
The playing fields have turned into little freshwater lakes, and I've gone through two raincoats today, which are still damp!

What was this called again, global ...?

Sec Def Gates is holding a presser about the Air Force tanker contract. Looks like the Pentagon itself will handle the contract award, the Air force will not handle it. Gates is also saying the contract will be awarded by December

re: #47 Bubblehead II

I will HOPE there will be CHANGE. At least a little bit, I've been low on actual dollars.

FISA vote results...McCain didn't vote?

UN peacekeepers caught in deadly Darfur ambush

KHARTOUM (AFP) — Dozens of suspected Janjaweed militiamen have ambushed a UN convoy in Sudan's Darfur region, killing at least one peacekeeper, wounding 20 and leaving six missing, officials said on Wednesday.

Armed with heavy weaponry and travelling in dozens of vehicles, the attackers ambushed the police and army convoy on Tuesday at Um Hakibah in North Darfur State, southwest of the peacekeeping headquarters in El Fasher.

The peacekeeping force known as UNAMID, which is severely under-equipped and under-manned, has suffered a string of attacks in the six months since it assumed control from an African Union force in Darfur, gripped by escalating insecurity and banditry.

"One is confirmed dead and six are missing," one official from UNAMID, the joint UN-African Union force, told AFP on condition of anonymity.

re: #30 Ford_Prefect

Guacamole. They are Mexican flies.

Are they related to Spanish Flies?

re: #44 ggt

Thanks. Just rub it in.

Sorry~ :X

Actually, if it makes you feel better, it's been very hot and sunny and more than a little humid here for a couple of weeks. ;)

re: #38 ggt

The gas meter guy just walked by the back door. The dogs seem to think I should do something about it.

Yes, I think it is going to be a day.

First you allow the gas meter guy free access...

re: #39 grahamski

I just heard osama...errr, obama on the radio saying how embarrassing it is that foreigners come to the USA and speak English, but Americans go abroad and can only say "merci bocu" ( sp )...he went on to say that WE should not worry about illegal aliens speaking English, WE should worry about teaching our kids spanish.....

Where the hell is that asteroid!

WTF? He is nutz.

re: #51 jorline

FISA vote results...McCain didn't vote?

Think thats just an amendment to FISA, not the bill itself

Obama is now saying that he shouldn't have let his kids be interviewed by Access Hollywood.
Another bad judgement call.

I guess that makes him a Gaffican American eh?

re: #57 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Think thats just an amendment to FISA, not the bill itself

After lunch they are voting on it.
All three amendments to it went down in flames lol

re: #51 jorline

Obama voted to limit the immunity of the telcos, therefore appeasing the far left.

Next, he will vote for the FISA bill, completing the triple lundy.

re: #59 Typicalwhitey

After lunch they are voting on it.
All three amendments to it went down in flames lol

so after lunch, the Kossacks and HuffPos will be in full seethe mode

re: #53 Izzy Dunne

Are they related to Spanish Flies?

I ain't eating them.

re: #48 yma o hyd

You sure it was Arkansas?
Sounds like Wales - we had rain since midnight, heavy, its cold, around 70, and its still raining!
The playing fields have turned into little freshwater lakes, and I've gone through two raincoats today, which are still damp!

What was this called again, global ...?

Wow, sounds like early spring, not summer!

re: #57 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Good. When I first saw that my two senators voted nay, I started to go ballistic.

Craig (R-ID), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay

re: #57 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Think thats just an amendment to FISA, not the bill itself

It is the amendment, Kragar.

re: #61 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

so after lunch, the Kossacks and HuffPos will be in full seethe mode

They are already there lol

re: #60 lawhawk

if I had to engage in the voting gymnastics Obama engages in, my back would be broken

re: #51 jorline

FISA vote results...McCain didn't vote?

Another disappointing vote from Lieberman.

re: #64 Bubblehead II

Good. When I first saw that my two senators voted nay, I started to go ballistic.

Craig (R-ID), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay

Yeah, I had to look twice. Anyone know where McCain is for this?

re: #53 Izzy Dunne

Are they related to Spanish Flies?

I think they evolved from Spanish Flies.

/OOPS. Sorry.

re: #51 jorline

Is McCain even in D.C?

re: #68 Ford_Prefect

Another disappointing vote from Lieberman.

Actually, it was Nay for the Amendment, which is a good thing.

re: #61 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

so after lunch, the Kossacks and HuffPos will be in full seethe mode

Actual bill is HR 6304...I think.

re: #63 gop_patriot

I'm thinking of early autumn ...

re: #40 Bubblehead II

True, the devil is in the details. But the fact that the dhim leadership is even starting to openly talk in favor of off shore drilling is a plus for the American people. The longer the price of crude continues to rise, the more pressure they will come under and the more reasonable they will have to be in order to retain their seats.

/survival at all costs.
//will greenpeace fit under the bus?

* * *

Other reasons it's important to talk about drilling and mean it:

Frighten the oil-ticks at the prospect of losing their monopolistic pricing cartel. OPEC losing power over us, what a nice idea.

Russia not having energy-hegemony over Europe!

White New Orleans Policeman suspended 15 minutes before retiring after 35 years because he was wearing the wrong color shirt (even though this color will be in effect Jan 1)

re: #71 Bubblehead II

Is McCain even in D.C?

No...nor is Obama. I think he is out of state...could be wrong.

re: #72 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Actually, it was Nay for the Amendment, which is a good thing.

That's good.

re: #71 Bubblehead II

Is McCain even in D.C?

He's probably in Mexico campaigning.

Walter in Golden, Co.

What happened to the archives? The other day I wanted to go reading through archives. I couldn't find them.

re: #61 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

so after lunch, the Kossacks and HuffPos will be in full seethe mode

Eewwwwwwww. All that cracker-infused spittle!

re: #46 yma o hyd

Spanish - now thats not so bad - I'd start worrying when he tells people to start learning Arabic ...

/aww, in one's wildest dreams one couldn't come up with the stuff he spouts!

* * *
You in Greater Brittania aren't awash in Spanish speakers anymore, as when "Manuel" the waiter showed up to work at Fawlty Towers back in the 1960s or early 70s!

Is it over for America in the Middle East?

Is the American era in the Middle East over? The argument was first made by Richard Haass in an article published in 2006:

The American era in the Middle East… has ended…. It is one of history’s ironies that the first war in Iraq, a war of necessity, marked the beginning of the American era in the Middle East and the second Iraq war, a war of choice, has precipitated its end…. The United States will continue to enjoy more influence in the region than any other outside power, but its influence will be reduced from what it once was.

The theme continues to reverberate in a new article by Haass on “nonpolarity,” and in Fareed Zakaria’s book The Post-American World, which announces “the end of the Pax Americana.” (”On every dimension other than military power—industrial, financial, social, cultural—the distribution of power is shifting, moving away from U.S. dominance.”)

Has the American era ended in the Middle East? Is the obituary premature? Is it all hyperbole? Or maybe there never was an American era to begin with? MESH has asked a number of distinguished authorities for their views.

12 historians offer differing views, but the agreement is overwhelming: rumors of American demise are greatly exaggerated, and there is on perceivable alternative to US dominance in the region. Worth the read, a little historical perspective is always enlightening.

re: #77 jorline

McCain is in (ironically enough) South Park, Pa

It's my understanding that this missile test was conducted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. This is the same organization that I voted to condemn as a terrorist organization when an amendment was on the floor of the United States Senate. Senator Obama refused to vote, called it a provocative step. The fact is this is a terrorist organization and should have been branded as such. " -- John McCain

John McCain
Remarks
South Park, PA
July 9, 2008

re: #84 Bubblehead II

McCain is in (ironically enough) South Park, Pa

It's my understanding that this missile test was conducted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. This is the same organization that I voted to condemn as a terrorist organization when an amendment was on the floor of the United States Senate. Senator Obama refused to vote, called it a provocative step. The fact is this is a terrorist organization and should have been branded as such. " -- John McCain

John McCain
Remarks
South Park, PA
July 9, 2008

LMAO South Park?

re: #12 Walter L. Newton Walter...I followed the link and read the article. I CANNOT believe some of the comments people left there. lol They are trying to make this latest flip flop someone elses fault, not Obamas. lol I needed a good afternoon giggle.

re: #46 yma o hyd

Spanish - now thats not so bad - I'd start worrying when he tells people to start learning Arabic ...

Obama's second language is Arabic.

/no kidding - read it in the NY Times

re: #64 Bubblehead II

Obama (D-IL), Yea

and one of my senators

Pryor (D-AR), Nay

re: #80 Pastorius

What happened to the archives? The other day I wanted to go reading through archives. I couldn't find them.

It's under Tools/Info.

BBIB

re: #84 Bubblehead II

It's my understanding that this missile test was conducted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. This is the same organization that I voted to condemn as a terrorist organization when an amendment was on the floor of the United States Senate. Senator Obama refused to vote, called it a provocative step. The fact is this is a terrorist organization and should have been branded as such. " -- John McCain

BRING IT ON, JOHN!

Amendment #2 vote.

re: #84 Bubblehead II

Please don't stop hammering Obama on this issue, Senator McCain.

re: #76 faraway

"Eighteen people died in the line of duty in that powder-blue shirt while I was with the department," Guidry said. "I went to each of those funerals. I wore that shirt on a Saturday, on my last day, out of respect for them."

Police brass apparently didn't appreciate the sartorial statement, which took place June 28. Young said the improper uniform complaint originated in the 2nd District. The department's Public Integrity Bureau then opened a formal investigation with about 15 minutes left in Guidry's career.

The punishment will not affect Guidry's pension or benefits, but, as it stands now, he will not receive his retired police commission and will not be accepted into the NOPD's reserve unit, for which he had applied, Young said.

Disgusting.

re: #87 faraway

Obama's second language is Arabic.

/no kidding - read it in the NY Times

Actually, the only other language he can speak with any fluency is Bahasa, the language of Indonesia. His Arabic is limited to what he learned at the madrasa there, but he can recite the Adhan (which contains the Shahada) in perfect Arabic, a fact he's proud to share.

89 Mandy Manners,
Thank you very much. I appreciate the help.

re: #85 jorline

You will respect my authoritah!

re: #92 jorline

Amendment #2 vote.

Amendment;
To stay pending cases against certain telecommunications companies and provide that such companies may not seek retroactive immunity until 90 days after the date the final report of the Inspectors General on the President's Surveillance Program is submitted to Congress.

re: #82 alegrias

* * *
You in Greater Brittania aren't awash in Spanish speakers anymore, as when "Manuel" the waiter showed up to work at Fawlty Towers back in the 1960s or early 70s!

Heh - we're not even awash with people who speak the proper Queen's English when you hear our young people speak ... and as for writing and spelling ... sigh ...

re: #95 Lizard by the Bay

Actually, the only other language he can speak with any fluency is Bahasa, the language of Indonesia. His Arabic is limited to what he learned at the madrasa there, but he can recite the Adhan (which contains the Shahada) in perfect Arabic, a fact he's proud to share.

Reciting the Shahada is all it takes to be confirmed a Muslim. It's official then, Obama is a Muslim. Period.

And again, my senators, Boxer and Feinstein are worthless.

re: #62 MandyManners

I ain't eating them.

Why not?

re: #12 Walter L. Newton

Ot

Obama just threw his daughters under the bus.

[Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]

Walter in Golden, Co.

Again with the bad judgement!

Barry throws the Left under the bus.

Obama Says His Critics Haven’t Been Listening

POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. — Senator Barack Obama on Tuesday forcefully addressed concerns that he had moved too quickly to the political center, acknowledging complaints from “my friends on the left” about his statements on Iraq, his approaches to evangelicals and his remarks on other issues that have alarmed some of his supporters.

“Look, let me talk about the broader issue, this whole notion that I am shifting to the center,” he told a crowd gathered at a town hall-style meeting in this Atlanta suburb. “The people who say this apparently haven’t been listening to me.”

“I am someone who is no doubt progressive,” he said, adding that he believed in universal health care and that government had a strong role to play in overseeing financial institutions and cracking down on abuses in bankruptcies and the like.

re: #104 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Barry throws the Left under the bus.

Obama Says His Critics Haven’t Been Listening

It is NEVER his fault!

re: #95 Lizard by the Bay

Actually, the only other language he can speak with any fluency is Bahasa

As noted in a previous thread - his Bahasa was described by the Indonesian Ambassador as "passable". Which I believe is what we call "damning with faint praise". Conclusion: It's likely that Obama speaks no foreign language fluently.

Doing an LGF search on it right but if anyone has any bookmarked, I need some responses to someone who read the Bill Moyers article yesterday on "Why Iraq is exactly about oil" or some such trash.

re: #104 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Barry throws the Left under the bus.

Obama Says His Critics Haven’t Been Listening

Barry's gonna need to see a chiropracter after all this twisting around.

re: #107 Spenser (with an S)

Doing an LGF search on it right but if anyone has any bookmarked, I need some responses to someone who read the Bill Moyers article yesterday on "Why Iraq is exactly about oil" or some such trash.

Bill Moyers is a hard-left, America-hating idiot.

That's my response.

re: #104 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Just goes to show that he hasn't a clue about how to be an electioneering politician.
You just don't tell people they haven't been listening - that makes you look like a finger-wagging teacher. Its disrespectful.

(Nice one, BO - thats sure to get you some more votes - not!)

There will be a NOTIONS Department in a future dem administration.

Remember when stores had notions departments? Talk about old ideas!

Dept. of Notions, Recycled Notions and Discarded Notions (under the Bus)

re: #109 Occasional Reader

Bill Moyers is a hard-left, America-hating idiot.

Very succinct and to the point.

re: #96 Pastorius

89 Mandy Manners,
Thank you very much. I appreciate the help.

You're welcome!

re: #76 faraway

White New Orleans Policeman suspended 15 minutes before retiring after 35 years because he was wearing the wrong color shirt (even though this color will be in effect Jan 1)

From the story,

Riley, in what some in the Police Department call a move to boost morale, recently announced that the department would revert to powder-blue shirts, probably by the first of the year.

Someone must've been second-guessing that morale-boost thing.

re: #95 Lizard by the Bay

Actually, the only other language he can speak with any fluency is Bahasa, the language of Indonesia. His Arabic is limited to what he learned at the madrasa there, but he can recite the Adhan (which contains the Shahada) in perfect Arabic, a fact he's proud to share.

He's a Muslim!

re: #105 Typicalwhitey

It is NEVER his fault!

His REAL problem being, of course, that his critics have indeed been listening and - at least at Daily Kos and HuffPoo they don't like what they've been hearing lately!
Watch your ass Barry - those superdelegates can change their minds up to the moment they actually vote at the Convention!

re: #102 CommonCents

Why not?

Just some stuff I've heard over the years.

re: #111 alegrias LOL! Yeah, I'm old enough to remember that, but I can't remember what the hell they sold in the "Notions Department".
If it was ideas, fresh thoughts - not phrases - then the Dems (and most Repub's) politicians ought to make a shopping trip really quickly! LOL!

re: #115 MandyManners

We shouldn't forget that the reason other countries speak English along with their language is because they HAD TO. Because of American superiority in the avenue of business, other countries were forced to learn our language or fail. It wasn't out of some kind-hearted desire to be inclusive, it was because they needed English to keep us with us.

I'm not going to submit to learn a language from a 3rd world country. (thank you very much). They can learn mine. We should pull them up, not allow ourselves to be dragged down to them.

re: #111 alegrias

There will be a NOTIONS Department in a future dem administration.

Remember when stores had notions departments? Talk about old ideas!

Dept. of Notions, Recycled Notions and Discarded Notions (under the Bus)

Where'd you get the notion?

re: #119 WrathofG-d
Well I wouldn't submit to learning another language but I don't think it's a bad idea for Americans to voluntarily learn another language...........as long as it's not French!

re: #119 WrathofG-d

I'm not going to submit to learn a language from a 3rd world country.

"Submit"? Not only is your statement bigotry (in the pure sense of the word), it's just plain silly. There's nothing wrong with learning foreign languages. Sheesh.

re: #118 realwest

LOL! Yeah, I'm old enough to remember that, but I can't remember what the hell they sold in the "Notions Department".
If it was ideas, fresh thoughts - not phrases - then the Dems (and most Repub's) politicians ought to make a shopping trip really quickly! LOL!

* * *
old time Dime store notions: items such as elastic, snaps, and zippers found in the late twentieth-century notions department were not available in Muscovy because ....

Harvard Notions: The Trivial Notions seminar is held once a week in the Mathematics Department at Harvard University. The target audience is the graduate student body of the ...

re: #122 Occasional Reader Uh, as long as the foreign language you learn isn't French!

re: #119 WrathofG-d

We shouldn't forget that the reason other countries speak English along with their language is because they HAD TO. Because of American superiority in the avenue of business, other countries were forced to learn our language or fail. It wasn't out of some kind-hearted desire to be inclusive, it was because they needed English to keep us with us.

I'm not going to submit to learn a language from a 3rd world country. (thank you very much). They can learn mine. We should pull them up, not allow ourselves to be dragged down to them.

Well, The Kid is learning Spanish 'cause it could be useful one day, and he's also learning French. His school also offers Japanese and Chinese. They're thinking about adding Latin and Greek.

re: #122 Occasional Reader

"Submit"? Not only is your statement bigotry (in the pure sense of the word), it's just plain silly. There's nothing wrong with learning foreign languages. Sheesh.

* * *
I'll never stop saying "Porque no te callas?" to you OR! In the Kings' Castillian, that is.

re: #46 yma o hyd

Spanish - now thats not so bad - I'd start worrying when he tells people to start learning Arabic ...

/aww, in one's wildest dreams one couldn't come up with the stuff he spouts!

I want to learn Latin, actually. Just for something to do to expand my mind.

Any recommendations as to lessons?

re: #123 alegrias
Ah, ya mean those things you can't find anywhere anymore, even though you need 'em!

re: #119 WrathofG-d

I'm not going to submit to learn a language from a 3rd world country.

Foreign languages are cool if you know the good stuff. They allow you to say things at work that H.R. doesn't understand.

re: #124 realwest

Uh, as long as the foreign language you learn isn't French!

It's a pretty nice language, actually. Now, some of the native speakers can be a bit difficult...

re: #119 WrathofG-d

Well, I dunno - learning other people's languages does improve one's understanding of their culture.
And for some small nations it is a very important part of their identity.

Here in Wales the language is very important and has undergone a huge revival, especially with a dedicated TV channel.
It is the oldest living European language, and some of the wonderful tales, which were written down in the 12 century, go back to oral traditions kept alive since the fifth century.
So if you ask a native Welsh speaker (which I am not), they'll tell you that its English which is actually a step down for the Welsh :-)))

re: #124 realwest

Uh, as long as the foreign language you learn isn't French!

The difficulty with learning French has been well documented.

re: #126 alegrias

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I'll never stop saying "Porque no te callas?" to you OR! In the Kings' Castillian, that is.

I am so hoping to find the recording of Barry O giving a radio address in Spanish that supposedly exists. I bet it's a howl.

re: #126 alegrias

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I'll never stop saying "Porque no te callas?" to you OR! In the Kings' Castillian, that is.

re: #121 realwest

re: #122 Occasional Reader

I happen to speak 3 (1 well, 2 mediocre) but to me it is about the context and purpose. If one is learning a language to better themselves &/or to expand their knowledge base...then fine.

But here in California you don't learn Spanish to better yourself, you learn spanish because the immigrants (legal, and illegal) refuse to learn English. Between that choice (them learning English, or us learning Spanish) I believe that it is a matter of submission. One "side" has to choose. I would instead rather the more advanced and greater succeeding group (english speakers) to bring the less succeeding group up to their level, instead of the other way around.

How do you say flip-flop in Spanish? That's what I'd like to learn.

re: #130 Occasional Reader "Now, some of the native speakers can be a bit difficult..." Zactly!
Actually I'm told that back in the day - waaaay back in the day, when lots of people in the World took France seriously, French used to be the language of diplomats.
I find that hard to believe, but I know I've read it somewhere!

re: #127 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

I want to learn Latin, actually. Just for something to do to expand my mind.

Any recommendations as to lessons?

The best way to learn any language is, of course, to live in the country in which it's spoken. So, you should spend a year at the Vatican.

re: #130 Occasional Reader

It's a pretty nice language, actually. Now, some of the native speakers can be a bit difficult...

I prefer British, not that it's a foreign language (the slang is great!), but as people they are pretty friendly. I have kissed (snogged) a Frenchman and a British man...I prefer the Brit...much better kisser by far!

re: #127 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Surely there is a university or college near you that teaches Latin. You may be able to register for credit, or even just "audit" the course (just to learn).

re: #124 realwest

Took 7 years of French. Can't say that I remember much or can converse in French, but it did help me read menus in Paris last year. /sacre bleu!

re: #127 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Perhaps your university or college is offering some courses for part-time studies?

I think that 'Rosetta' also offers web-based courses in Latin - but am not sure.

Latin is a pretty amazing language - very short and to the point.

re: #141 lawhawk
Yeah, but I bet the waiters were rude to you anyway!

re: #135 WrathofG-d

Well, now you're making a very different point. But there's no reason to extend that to a seeming jeremiad against foreign languages in general.

re: #138 Occasional Reader

The best way to learn any language is, of course, to live in the country in which it's spoken. So, you should spend a year at the Vatican.

They let women who aren't nuns live in the Vatican! ;)

re: #127 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

I want to learn Latin, actually. Just for something to do to expand my mind.

Any recommendations as to lessons?

I can teach you Pig Latin.

re: #134 MandyManners

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

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Great moments in dictator slap-downs! Thatsa my King Juan Carlos! (He stood up to his own coup-attempting military in Feb. 23, 1981)

DId you hear the one yesterday where Pres. George Bush told the G-8 Mugabe is illegitimate? And to do something about it? Still waiting for the climate-changers' spines & backbones to grow, I'm afraid.

re: #141 lawhawk

Took 7 years of French. Can't say that I remember much or can converse in French, but it did help me read menus in Paris last year. /sacre bleu!

7 years? Was that a language major program?

re: #134 MandyManners

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

I can never watch that enough.

re: #145 Occasional Reader "jeremiad" HEY! Let's keep this discussion in English, please, so everyone can follow along!
;')

re: #147 faraway

I can teach you Pig Latin.

LOL!

re: #144 realwest

Actually, quite the opposite. They were quite nice and I think they may have appreciated my trying to speak French. They had bilingual menus that helped (must get lots of Brits weekending in Paris).

If you're nice, folks are generally nice back.

re: #116 realwest

His REAL problem being, of course, that his critics have indeed been listening and - at least at Daily Kos and HuffPoo they don't like what they've been hearing lately!
Watch your ass Barry - those superdelegates can change their minds up to the moment they actually vote at the Convention!

There would be blood in the sreeets

re: #135 WrathofG-d

re: #122 Occasional Reader

I happen to speak 3 (1 well, 2 mediocre) but to me it is about the context and purpose. If one is learning a language to better themselves &/or to expand their knowledge base...then fine.

But here in California you don't learn Spanish to better yourself, you learn spanish because the immigrants (legal, and illegal) refuse to learn English. Between that choice (them learning English, or us learning Spanish) I believe that it is a matter of submission. One "side" has to choose. I would instead rather the more advanced and greater succeeding group (english speakers) to bring the less succeeding group up to their level, instead of the other way around.

Since older people have a harder time learning a foreign language, it might not be a case of refusing.

re: #145 Occasional Reader

If my original statement sounded like a statement against learning other languages "in general", then I was misunderstood. I am presently learning a language. I think learning a language is fantastic, if in the context of human intellectual advancement, sport, or just because its fun.

I thought Obama's comment (which is where I assumed this conversation came from) however was not a general statement about intellegence, or the interest in knowledge, but a dig at how "stupid" Americans are, etc.

re: #144 realwest

Yeah, but I bet the waiters were rude to you anyway!

You know, I've found that stereotype to be exaggerated. In my experience, using my limited French, waitstaff in France in general (even in Paris) have been pretty nice, believe it or not.

re: #137 realwest

"Now, some of the native speakers can be a bit difficult..." Zactly!
Actually I'm told that back in the day - waaaay back in the day, when lots of people in the World took France seriously, French used to be the language of diplomats.
I find that hard to believe, but I know I've read it somewhere!

Oh, yes. It's true.

re: #149 CommonCents
Correction... make it 6 years... 3 in junior high and 3 in high school... Regents diploma at end of day.

re: #151 realwest

"jeremiad" HEY! Let's keep this discussion in English, please, so everyone can follow along!
;')

Jeremiad was a bullfrog; was a good friend of mine.

re: #137 realwest

Thats right - it was called the language of the diplomats because it was the language which the nobility spoke at the various courts in Europe, in the time before the beginning of the 20th century.

The Russian aristocracy was basically unable to speak Russian.

Some (wicked!) people maintain french was the language of diplomacy ebcause one can say a huge amount in it, sounding very pretty and erudite, without giving anything away and without saying anything which could be used against you ...

re: #143 ploome hineni

I found that very funny, when Obama was saying somthing about learning another language

did he say that in Chicago, where he was a 'community orginizer' for years?

I wonder what second language his supporters in CHicago know?

English?

Esperanto.

Well it's been grand, but I have to go eat lunch now- hope you all have a GREAT DAY and that I get the chance to see you down the road!

re: #158 WrathofG-d

I thought Obama's comment (which is where I assumed this conversation came from) however was not a general statement about intellegence, or the interest in knowledge, but a dig at how "stupid" Americans are, etc.

I agree with you on that. Not to mention his silly conflation of American tourists in Europe, with immigrants in the US. The latter group obviously has a more pressing need to learn the language of their chosen home.

re: #141 lawhawk

Took 7 years of French. Can't say that I remember much or can converse in French, but it did help me read menus in Paris last year. /sacre bleu!

Moi, aussie! Je peux comprendre mieux que je peux parler.

Since there is a discussion about languages - language does some funny things, particularly when translating from one to the other. My faves, of course, are "chinglish" translations from chinese to english that are hilarious!

Here in Louisiana, there are a lot of people who say they are going to "make groceries". What that means, of course, is that they are going "to do the grocery shopping". The French word for "to make" and "to do" is the same word, and as the Cajuns moved from speaking French to speaking English, they translated the term for doing the grocery shopping as "making groceries".

re: #137 realwest

"Now, some of the native speakers can be a bit difficult..." Zactly!
Actually I'm told that back in the day - waaaay back in the day, when lots of people in the World took France seriously, French used to be the language of diplomats.
I find that hard to believe, but I know I've read it somewhere!

Russia Pre-1917 was exclusively French speaking by the gentry. Many Russian's could not speak Russian.

re: #127 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

There's an excellent instruction book on my shelf - I'd have to look it up, though.

Drop me an email, and I'll answer either this evening or tomorrow, depending.

re: #148 alegrias

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Great moments in dictator slap-downs! Thatsa my King Juan Carlos! (He stood up to his own coup-attempting military in Feb. 23, 1981)

DId you hear the one yesterday where Pres. George Bush told the G-8 Mugabe is illegitimate? And to do something about it? Still waiting for the climate-changers' spines & backbones to grow, I'm afraid.

These idiots have a new excuse not to take on genocidal maniacs: climate change.

re: #154 ploome hineni

Right. And an perpetual criminal class. A perpetual poverty class, and no go areas in my home city. There will continue to be restaurants, stores, parks, hospitals, etc., where I cannot be served because I cannot communicate with this "underclass".

The true idiocy is the non-english speaker, not the otherway around...and here in Los Angeles, they are spreading. They are turning my once amazing city into the 3rd world.

re: #161 lawhawk

Correction... make it 6 years... 3 in junior high and 3 in high school... Regents diploma at end of day.

I took my 2 semesters of French and that was it. I figured one more surrender and that would be the end of the language anyway.

re: #160 MandyManners

Oh, yes. It's true.

Very true. I can say that Henry VIII, Mary I, Edward and Elizabeth all studied (and mastered) Latin, French and Greek. These were very necessary to a good Renaissance education.

re: #150 Occasional Reader

I can never watch that enough.

It is a kick-ass video. I wonder how deeply Chavez' ego was by it.

re: #152 taxfreekiller

tfk bets Obama will do his only TV interview with Bill Moyers

any takers

Baba Wawa.

re: #175 MandyManners

It is a kick-ass video. I wonder how deeply Chavez' ego was by it.

I'm guessing he's had to sleep with a night-light ever since.

re: #136 faraway

How do you say flip-flop in Spanish? That's what I'd like to learn.

flip flops are chancletas in Spanish, according to [Link: www.reverso.com...] translation service. That sounds right to me.

re: #158 WrathofG-d

I thought Obama's comment (which is where I assumed this conversation came from) however was not a general statement about intellegence, or the interest in knowledge, but a dig at how "stupid" Americans are, etc.

Precisely.

re: #173 CommonCents

I took my 2 semesters of French and that was it. I figured one more surrender and that would be the end of the language anyway.

4 years Frech, never use it. 2 Years Latin, use it quite a bit

re: #168 reine.de.tout

Moi, aussie! Je peux comprendre mieux que je peux parler.

Since there is a discussion about languages - language does some funny things, particularly when translating from one to the other. My faves, of course, are "chinglish" translations from chinese to english that are hilarious!

Here in Louisiana, there are a lot of people who say they are going to "make groceries". What that means, of course, is that they are going "to do the grocery shopping". The French word for "to make" and "to do" is the same word, and as the Cajuns moved from speaking French to speaking English, they translated the term for doing the grocery shopping as "making groceries".

I used to make groceries at da Schweggmans before it closed down!

May I assume that you know what color I mean when I call something K&B Purple?

re: #162 Occasional Reader

Jeremiad was a bullfrog; was a good friend of mine.

Didja' help him drink his wine?

re: #158 WrathofG-d

If my original statement sounded like a statement against learning other languages "in general", then I was misunderstood. I am presently learning a language. I think learning a language is fantastic, if in the context of human intellectual advancement, sport, or just because its fun.

I thought Obama's comment (which is where I assumed this conversation came from) however was not a general statement about intellegence, or the interest in knowledge, but a dig at how "stupid" Americans are, etc.

Thats how I took it. He used the term "embarassing" regarding American tourists.
Of Course speaking another language is desireable, I am just tired of being lectured by Obama.

re: #178 alegrias

flip flops are chancletas in Spanish, according to [Link: www.reverso.com...] translation service. That sounds right to me.

"Ojotas" in Cono Sureño (and maybe elsewhere in South Am., I can't remember).

Obama shows his good judgment once again:
"Presumptive presidential nominee tells TODAY's Matt Lauer it was a mistake to allow his children to be interviewed by “Access Hollywood.”

Mistakes coming fast and furious. Can't wait till he gets the Oval office and has a chance to make these mistakes when all our asses are on the line.

re: #179 MandyManners

Its typical Leftists arrogance. I would hope that the RNC would point this out to Actual America. (aka: Flyover States)

Back to the laundry.

re: #172 WrathofG-d

Now thats a fair point - the same is happening in Londonistan, where men from the subcontinent forbid their women to learn English. They spend tehir lives in areas where no English is spoken - and if they ned to go to the hospital, or see someone in local government, there will be translators!
It costs us millions which could be spent far better - and yes, it makes these areas into no-go areas for British citizens.

That sort of thing should not be condoned or supported!

re: #159 Occasional Reader

The French have a different understanding of what constitutes a "rude" waiter vs a "professional" waiter. The US style of a cheerful, chatty waiter is the height of rudeness in France. The French expect a waiter to be there only when you need them, otherwise they should never bother you. You signal you need for them very differently than in the US. A French waiter may act like he didn't see you waiving your arm, but he did. He just would never be so rude as to acknowledge your rude gesture.

re: #181 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

LOL! Yes, I know exactly what you mean when you say K&B purple!

I also made the groceries at Schweggmans before it closed down!

Are you from New Orleans? Do you recall MayerIsrael's?

re: #189 yma o hyd

the same is happening in Londonistan, where men from the subcontinent forbid their women to learn English

I had a fascinating conversation with a Parisian doctor once, who worked a clinic that served one of the banlieues. He reported the same phenomenon among the North African immigrants; the women were deliberately kept away from learning French, as a means of social control.

re: #190 Kenneth

The French have a different understanding of what constitutes a "rude" waiter vs a "professional" waiter. The US style of a cheerful, chatty waiter is the height of rudeness in France. The French expect a waiter to be there only when you need them, otherwise they should never bother you. You signal you need for them very differently than in the US. A French waiter may act like he didn't see you waiving your arm, but he did. He just would never be so rude as to acknowledge your rude gesture.

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Similar to waiters of old in Spain--they were life long professionals, not kids.

re: #16 Bubblehead II

Something else to cause libtard heads to explode.

Top Democrat may back new offshore drilling: report

"I'm open to drilling and responsible production," Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin told The Wall Street Journal, adding that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could also support the move.

/are you listening now?
//*pop*

This is flying pig-worthy.

re: #188 ploome hineni

I used to say 'open the light', because in German that is the would one uses

And that is exactly what happens, unless one translates the idiom rather than the word-for-word language.

I like "open the light". In the OED, it says that at one time in English "light" was used to mean "window". So you were actually using an old old form of English!

re: #190 Kenneth

The US style of a cheerful, chatty waiter is the height of rudeness in France.

In that regard, I (sometimes) like the French model better. Call me a misanthrope, but I don't want to hear the story of your life... let's just make with the food!

re: #145 Occasional Reader

Well, now you're making a very different point. But there's no reason to extend that to a seeming jeremiad against foreign languages in general.

Who's Jeremiah?

re: #193 Occasional Reader

I had a fascinating conversation with a Parisian doctor once, who worked a clinic that served one of the banlieues. He reported the same phenomenon among the North African immigrants; the women were deliberately kept away from learning French, as a means of social control.

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No matter how isolated they are in the West, they can always watch hateful Hezbollah and other anti-Western tv in arabic.

re: #192 ploome hineni

He says his family is off limits and then puts them on national TV.

General David Petraeus and Angelina meet the troops. Guess who the real star was?

Barack Obama says that Iran's missile tests highlight the need for direct diplomacy ...
yeah, that'll work.

re: #193 Occasional Reader

I had a fascinating conversation with a Parisian doctor once, who worked a clinic that served one of the banlieues. He reported the same phenomenon among the North African immigrants; the women were deliberately kept away from learning French, as a means of social control.

Quite so. reminds me of the time I was traveling up the Blue Nile...

re: #201 Kenneth

General David Petraeus and Angelina meet the troops. Guess who the real star was?

I will venture a guess.

IMHO, the one who EARNED them.

re: #185 kansas

Obama shows his good judgment once again:
"Presumptive presidential nominee tells TODAY's Matt Lauer it was a mistake to allow his children to be interviewed by “Access Hollywood.”

Mistakes coming fast and furious. Can't wait till he gets the Oval office and has a chance to make these mistakes when all our asses are on the line.

His kids better start listening for the honk of the bus.

re: #197 Occasional Reader

In that regard, I (sometimes) like the French model better. Call me a misanthrope, but I don't want to hear the story of your life... let's just make with the food!

OTOH, the possibly better angels of my nature think; the American-style waiter is a mark of a more class-free society. Brad, your server for this evening, feels perfectly comfortable being chatty with you because he's your social equal; he's not required to bow and scrape. And that's a good thing.

Chinglish Files

re: #202 kansas

Barack Obama says that Iran's missile tests highlight the need for direct diplomacy ...
yeah, that'll work.

Is "Do it again and we kill you" direct enough?

why was it a mistake

the small bit I saw, his older daughter was charming

I didn't say it was a mistake. He told Matt Lauer it was a mistake. Shows his poor judgement.

re: #197 Occasional Reader

I hate it when 3 minutes after you get your food they come back and ask "How is everything here, sir?" Only a marketing moron would think that's a good idea.

Hi, Fellow Lizards,

Been out for almost a month, moving etc. Good to read ya again.

OT - More moonbattery from the Seattle City Council

re: #204 Crimsonfisted

I will venture a guess.

IMHO, the one who EARNED them.

Amen!

#197 Occasional Reader

In that regard, I (sometimes) like the French model better.

I thought you was into the brazillian model - whats her face.

re: #210 Kenneth

Preferably when your mouth is full of food and you're unable to respond...

re: #203 Peacekeeper

Quite so. reminds me of the time I was traveling up the Blue Nile...

Blue Nile? Is that a gay bar of some sort?

re: #201 Kenneth

General David Petraeus and Angelina meet the troops. Guess who the real star was?

Wow. That's a hard question.

Whose boobs are nicer?

re: #196 reine.de.tout

And that is exactly what happens, unless one translates the idiom rather than the word-for-word language.

I like "open the light". In the OED, it says that at one time in English "light" was used to mean "window". So you were actually using an old old form of English!

What is really interesting here is that this old form of English is based on the Saxon, thus Germanic, word. It has remained thus, in spite of the French of the conquering Normans.

Now in Welsh, the word for 'window' is 'ffenest' - which goes back to the Latin 'fenestra'. This is less of a surprise when one remembers that Wales was actually under Roman occupation for centuries, until one of the Welsh Romans became Emperor.
That was Maximus, whom we call Macsen ...

re: #214 Peacekeeper

#197 Occasional Reader

In that regard, I (sometimes) like the French model better.

I thought you was into the brazillian model - whats her face.

She has a face?

re: #210 Kenneth

I hate it when 3 minutes after you get your food they come back and ask "How is everything here, sir?" Only a marketing moron would think that's a good idea.

Yep, it's like a human pop-up ad.

he's not required to bow and scrape.

Quit spoiling it for the rest of us.

re: #208 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Is "Do it again and we kill you" direct enough?

Works for me.

re: #215 lawhawk

PreferablyInevitably when your mouth is full of food and you're unable to respond...

re: #214 Peacekeeper

Adriana Lima.

re: #221 Peacekeeper

he's not required to bow and scrape.

Quit spoiling it for the rest of us.

Don't fret, your usual table at the Folsom Street Café will always be waiting for you, along with Gimpy the Waiter (who bows and scrapes).

re: #224 lawhawk

Adriana Lima.

Nice Face.

re: #224 lawhawk

Adriana Lima.

Hear, hear! Now, what was the question?

re: #127 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

I want to learn Latin, actually. Just for something to do to expand my mind.

Any recommendations as to lessons?

Rosetta Stone has a Latin program.

re: #224 lawhawk

Adriana Lima.

Yeah you remember that but you can't find Missouri on a map.

re: #229 Peacekeeper

Yeah you remember that but you can't find Missouri on a map.

Is it on any maps?

re: #192 ploome hineni

Ploome, Obama said it was a mistake. Told Matt Lauer. My point is that he makes a lot of mistakes. I'm sure the kids were charming. I think his wife is attractive and charming. I think he is a good looking guy and I would like to shoot some hoops with him and have a beer or two. I do not, however, think that is a qualification to be President.

re: #229 Peacekeeper

That's one of the 57 states.... right?! /

re: #210 Kenneth

I hate it when 3 minutes after you get your food they come back and ask "How is everything here, sir?" Only a marketing moron would think that's a good idea.

And speaking of pet peeves regarding waitstaffs: Doncha hate it when, for whatever reason, you ask to move tables, and the waiters try to involve you in their Waiter Turf War? You know what, I don't give a shit if that table is in Jenny's area and not Brad's. I really don't.

re: #218 yma o hyd

What is really interesting here is that this old form of English is based on the Saxon, thus Germanic, word. It has remained thus, in spite of the French of the conquering Normans.

Now in Welsh, the word for 'window' is 'ffenest' - which goes back to the Latin 'fenestra'. This is less of a surprise when one remembers that Wales was actually under Roman occupation for centuries, until one of the Welsh Romans became Emperor.
That was Maximus, whom we call Macsen ...

I knew that about the old form of English; but I didn't know about the Welsh word for window, which is very close to the French word, la fenêtre, again, going back to the Roman (Italic languages like French, Spanish, etc, vs. Germanic languages, like English, Dutch & Swedish.

re: #231 kansas

and I would like to shoot some hoops with him

Racist!

/

OK, she really does have a fantastic ass and perky ta tas.

But anyway......

re: #229 Peacekeeper

Yeah you remember that but you can't find Missouri on a map.

Do you have any pics of Miss Ouri?

re: #21 Dianna

Once more, before I begin mailing details, if anyone would like to attend a gathering of Lizards and Bar Flies (and no, you may not snack on the Flies!) on July 26th in San Jose, please e-mail me.

It promises to be a good time.

I don't know the way to San Jose.

/channeling Dionne Warwick.

re: #218 yma o hyd

I found out recently the Cymri (companions) were given the name Welsh (foreigners) by the invading germanic tribes; same name appears in variants in Belgium, where the non-germanic are called the Waalsch, or in Romania, the Wallachs.

re: #193 Occasional Reader

That is also the case in the Netherlands.

re: #238 HDrepub

Mapping software has rendered that song incomprehensible.

re: #168 reine.de.tout

That's funny, in Hebrew it's the same 'la'asot kinyot'-to make shopping.

re: #156 opnion

There would be blood in the sreeets

There will be anyway if he loses the general election. Stock up on ammo for November. You'll need it down the line if he wins, and you may need it immediately if he loses.

re: #242 WriterMom

That's funny, in Hebrew it's the same 'la'asot kinyot'-to make shopping.

Now that's interesting!

Does the Hebrew for "to make" also mean "to do"?

re: #239 jaunte

I found out recently the Cymri (companions) were given the name Welsh (foreigners) by the invading germanic tribes; same name appears in variants in Belgium, where the non-germanic are called the Waalsch, or in Romania, the Wallachs.

That is so.

Funnily enough, if we talk about the Saes, or Saeson, which is Welsh for the English, they get really offended - dunno why ...

(Perhaps because we keep beating them at rugby, teeheehee!)

re: #191 reine.de.tout

LOL! Yes, I know exactly what you mean when you say K&B purple!

I also made the groceries at Schweggmans before it closed down!

Are you from New Orleans? Do you recall MayerIsrael's?

I was born and raised in Metairie and I don't recall MayerIsraels, sorry. I do miss MacKenzies, though. It's a shame, no more Maison Blanche or D.H. Holmes.

Thank God I can still get Blue Plate mayo in Texas, although I pay about $3.50 a jar!

re: #241 Dianna

Mapping software has rendered that song incomprehensible.

Yes that one was long before software. I was being facetious of course.

re: #217 MandyManners

Wrong.

re: #245 yma o hyd

Is Saes the Cymru form of Sassenach? That one I've read before.

Gov. Corzine thinks that massive tax hikes are good for us in New Jersey. He supports Obama's plan to let the Bush tax cuts expire on high income earners. Yes, let's see how they define high income earners.

McCain has pledged to balance federal spending within his first term in office and is also calling for tax credits to encourage more research and development. McCain, who once opposed Bush’s tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, now argues that they should be made permanent. He supports lowering estate taxes as well as taxes on dividends and capital gains.

Obama would let those tax cuts expire, but would exempt the first $7 million from estate taxes. He supports raising the corporate tax, while boosting the earned income tax credit for the working poor and tax exemptions for low-income seniors.

Corzine conceded that some upper-income earners may face higher taxes under Obama, but said the bulk of American taxpayers would do better with Obama. That support for the middle class will help turn around the national economy, said Corzine, a former Wall Street executive.

Weasels. Lowering taxes increases productivity and the Laffer Curve bears this out.

re: #246 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

I was born and raised in Metairie and I don't recall MayerIsraels, sorry. I do miss MacKenzies, though. It's a shame, no more Maison Blanche or D.H. Holmes.

Thank God I can still get Blue Plate mayo in Texas, although I pay about $3.50 a jar!

And I hope you can get Community! I'm sure you can. My brother lives in Vancouver, WA, and I have a "subscription" that sends them 2 lbs of community each month (their perpetual Christmas gift).

re: #244 reine.de.tout

Aw crap. I made a boo boo.

"La'asot kniyot".

Yes, in Hebrew the verb "la'asot" can be 'to do' or 'to make'-actually it is quite similar in that sense to the French faire.

re: #236 WriterMom

OK, she really does have a fantastic ass and perky ta tas.

You have achieved enlightenment, Grasshopper. I have no more to teach you.

re: #220 Occasional Reader

That's it! LOL

re: #253 Occasional Reader

Hey-for your information chicks have better powers of observation than guys. I bet every woman you know can name any other woman's best and worst parts.

re: #248 Kenneth

Wrong.

In a major way, I was.

re: #253 Occasional Reader

I think WriterMom's just going a little dikey, on account of the influence of her work environment.

NTTATWWT!

re: #246 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

I was born and raised in Metairie

You're kidding! The craziest (in a good way!) bunch of folks I have ever encountered were from Metarie. We met them while on vacation in the Destin, FL area. It was the 4th of July week, and they cleaned up at the watermelon eating contest at the hotel. ROFL When you'd walk by them on the beach, they'd practically throw a beer at you and call you to come hang out with them (several families). SO much fun!

re: #255 WriterMom

Hey-for your information chicks have better powers of observation than guys. I bet every woman you know can name any other woman's best and worst parts.

Which could be equally used to point out that women are more trivial about that which they pay attention compared to men. My wife can tell you at least three things Rachel Ray wore today, but she can't articulate three of McCain's political positions.

re: #257 Kenneth

[WHACK]

re: #251 reine.de.tout

And I hope you can get Community! I'm sure you can. My brother lives in Vancouver, WA, and I have a "subscription" that sends them 2 lbs of community each month (their perpetual Christmas gift).

Community Dark Roast, dawlin. Necessary to my being human in the morning. My boy friend, a native Texan, has even gotten to like it!

re: #257 Kenneth

I think WriterMom's just going a little dikey, on account of the influence of her work environment.

NTTATWWT!

We'd need video evidence to prove it, of course.

/waiting