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Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 9:45:48 pm PDT

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1 exlnghrn[deleted]  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:46:52pm
2 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:46:54pm

I know one question: Is Chuck Schumer the biggest tool in America or what?

3 Noam Sayin'  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:47:20pm

re: #1 exlnghrn

Not for long...

4 MandyManners  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:47:34pm

re: #1 exlnghrn

To be deleted, for sure.

5 lummox  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:47:39pm

Wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then!.

6 Spadez  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:47:40pm

Nice quote

7 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:47:51pm

re: #1 exlnghrn

And gone shortly. Looks like some one hasn't read the rules yet. :)

8 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:48:45pm

Already gone. Fare the well, chief.

9 MandyManners  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:49:23pm

re: #3 Noam Sayin'

I'm still sweeping crackers.

10 Noam Sayin'  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:50:15pm

re: #9 MandyManners

You'll notice, there were none on your tummy.

11 ggt  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:50:41pm

As it goes, I just post downstairs and Charles adds a new floor.

Anyway, just a drive-by post to wish everyone a good night and weet dreams.

12 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:50:46pm

Cool, never seen that happen before. I haven't refreshed the page manually and exlnghrns comment disappeared. The grand lizardoid is definitely the king.

13 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:50:47pm

re: #9 MandyManners

I'm still sweeping crackers.

That's also what Obama is doing.

14 lummox  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:50:53pm

Spadez,
I assume you mean Charles and not me.

15 Abu Al-Poopypants  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:51:17pm

Tonight on Pundit Review Radio on 680-AM in Boston they gave LGF props for uncovering the Iranian fauxtography.

16 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:51:35pm

re: #13 DesertSage

Bawahahahahahaha! Nice one, Sage!

17 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:53:09pm

re: #16 Wyatt Earp

Bawahahahahahaha! Nice one, Sage!

You'll notice that I didn't say "Cheezy Poofs" :')

18 pingjockey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:53:31pm

I take it no. 1 up there hadn't read the rules?!

19 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:54:10pm

re: #17 DesertSage

Yeah, you must be slipping!

20 Abu Al-Poopypants  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:54:20pm

Alas, his "first" was his last.

21 Carridine  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:54:27pm

re: #18 pingjockey

You can take it to the bank!

/gotta go, be back as K

22 CyanSnowHawk  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:54:49pm

re: #18 pingjockey

I take it no. 1 up there hadn't read the rules?!

We're assuming that. Hopefully someone with less than 100 posts isn't ignoring them already.

23 itellu3times  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:55:20pm

Hey I have a restaurant question!

Is it still legal to pay for your meals at a sit-down restaurant using cash? If so, when did they pass a law that the change will be rounded to the nearest dollar? And, should that be rounded up, or down?

I find one local bistro rounds up, the other down. I am bemused in either case.

24 Noam Sayin'  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:55:22pm

So, Sage. What kind of work did you do on your bike?

25 IslandLibertarian  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:55:28pm

The Dali Lama has a position on Islam...........
'wonder how he feels about Darwinevolutioncreationismintelegentdesign........

26 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:55:37pm

re: #18 pingjockey

Oh, yeah, got to see it on the spy and as I came into the thread.

27 MandyManners  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:55:55pm

re: #10 Noam Sayin'

You'll notice, there were none on your tummy.


Yeah, but, I got these teeth marks.

28 Spar Kling  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:56:15pm

No one knows about the questions: they are all drowned out by a flood of "answers."

29 MandyManners  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:56:17pm

Good night, Lizards!

30 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:56:27pm

re: #21 Carridine

I'm trying to decide whether C wears the cape or K does.
I think it's K. C goes into a phone booth and comes out as K.

31 CyanSnowHawk  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:57:28pm

And now, I think I will ponder some questions while I sleep, and hopefully answer the one about whether I should hit the snooze button tomorrow morning with 'No'.

Later all.

32 pingjockey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:58:10pm

re: #26 BlueCanuck
Variation of the number not allowed?

33 Noam Sayin'  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:58:10pm

re: #27 MandyManners

You'll notice, Miss Venezuela has no teeth marks...

34 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:58:21pm

re: #23 itellu3times
Haven't had that happen yet. Don't like it.

35 pingjockey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:58:36pm

Good night Mandy!

36 CyanSnowHawk  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:58:51pm

re: #27 MandyManners

Yeah, but, I got these teeth marks.

Noam! No nomming on Mandy!

37 pingjockey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:59:14pm

re: #33 Noam Sayin'
She might bite back! Rowrr.

38 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:59:34pm

re: #8 Wyatt Earp

Great to see you Ample Earp....I mean Wyatt Earp
lol

39 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:59:46pm

re: #3 Noam Sayin'

Not for long...

Wow, that doesn't bode well for tonight. I haven't checked LGF today, but I hope we didn't have a contentious day.

40 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 9:59:47pm

re: #33 Noam Sayin'

And Miss West Virginia has no teeth!

41 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:00:31pm

re: #32 pingjockey

But of course. Why else is a person deleted on the first post of an open thread?

42 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:00:57pm

re: #24 Noam Sayin'

So, Sage. What kind of work did you do on your bike?

I had to get a new ignition control module. Now the bike runs great.
Did you get your oil thing figured out?

43 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:01:01pm

re: #38 Typicalwhitey

I swear to God . . .

44 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:01:15pm

re: #17 DesertSage


I hope you are getting a bulk discount price on those sage!

45 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:01:57pm

re: #43 Wyatt Earp

What?

46 razorbacker  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:02:06pm

This is interesting. Not ID vs evolution interesting, but interesting.

Guided by the pristine myth, mainstream environmentalists want to preserve as much of the world's land as possible in a putatively intact state. But "intact," if the new research is correct, means "run by human beings for human purposes." Environmentalists dislike this, because it seems to mean that anything goes. In a sense they are correct. Native Americans managed the continent as they saw fit. Modern nations must do the same. If they want to return as much of the landscape as possible to its 1491 state, they will have to find it within themselves to create the world's largest garden.

47 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:02:25pm

re: #45 Typicalwhitey

I'm gonna tell all of the lizards how hot you are . . .

48 Syrah  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:02:30pm

Back from laboring in the fields, I look, and I see, not one but two ID threads below.

Should I venture in and see?

Ah, but alas, temptation is one of my weak points.

In I go!

49 Dale in Atlanta  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:02:41pm

Re: The New Yorker Obama-Michelle Cover:

New Yorker Magazine at the Newstand: $7.95
AK-47 on the Black Market: $800
American Flag burning in the Fire Place supplied by Presidential Advisor William Ayers : FREE!
Obama's Native Costume from his hometown Souk: 17.5 Dinars

When the New Yorker's attempt at "Satire" backfires because it turns out to be 100% True: PRICELESS!

PS: don't forget the old standby: Karl Rove is behind it!

No, no wait: BOOSH & the JOOS did it...

No, no, no, wait: BusHitleRethuglikkkansMcChimpyHaliburton made them do it...

No, no, no, no...Ah what the hell, this is TOO delicious!

50 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:03:23pm

re: #47 Wyatt Earp

I can assume you saw my post on your site then?

Bwahahahahah!
I am on a roll!

51 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:03:39pm

Message for UncleSam (and other Lizards who gave an opinion last night):

I just came back from watching Hellboy II. Even in the last-showing on Sunday night, there was not a seat to be had in the house. Word of mouth must be excellent.

Remember I said I didn't like comics adaptations? Hellboy is the exception. It was amazing. Go watch it, in case you haven't.

Thanks for the tips, earlier.

52 experiencedtraveller  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:03:53pm

Can I still view the full, large tag cloud?

53 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:04:01pm

re: #49 Dale in Atlanta

Did you see it?
It is HILARIOUS!

54 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:04:08pm

re: #50 Typicalwhitey

Hold on, I need the "Typicalwhitey Duct Tape" for my head again.

55 experiencedtraveller  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:05:00pm

re: #52 experiencedtraveller

Can I still view the full, large tag cloud?

Yes. Under Tools/Info.

56 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:05:20pm

re: #49 Dale in Atlanta

No, no, no, no...Ah what the hell, this is TOO delicious!

Bzzt. Wrong. Hillary Clinton was behind it. You should've gone with door #3.

57 Dale in Atlanta  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:05:34pm

re: #53 Typicalwhitey

Yep, it is a piece of work, beautiful in fact!

58 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:06:00pm

re: #54 Wyatt Earp


I can also send you a "typicalwhitey sweatin' to the oldies" too if ya need it!

59 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:06:41pm

re: #58 Typicalwhitey

Are you dancing in it?

60 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:07:18pm

re: #59 Wyatt Earp


Oops! I knew as soon as I hit post it was a mistake.

61 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:07:42pm

re: #2 Wyatt Earp

I know one question: Is Chuck Schumer the biggest tool in America or what?

I think Jimmy Carter will be wanting a word with you.

62 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:08:07pm

Did you follow my link and see the New Yorker front page?

63 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:08:08pm

re: #32 pingjockey

Variation of the number not allowed?

666?
/

64 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:08:24pm

re: #47 Wyatt Earp

I'm gonna tell all of the lizards how hot you are . . .

I think they already know.

65 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:08:30pm

re: #60 Typicalwhitey

Whoo hoo! Victory screech!

re: #61 vbspurs

Okay, second biggest.

66 winston06  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:08:39pm

Have a great night every one

67 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:09:14pm

re: #62 Typicalwhitey

I did. Fabulous!

68 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:09:18pm

re: #64 DesertSage

Now you guys are embarrassing me!
And that ain't easy to do.

69 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:09:43pm

re: #2 Wyatt Earp

I know one question: Is Chuck Schumer the biggest tool in America or what?

Instead of American Idol we should have American Tool.

70 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:09:45pm

They are having a cow about it on kos.
Too funny!

71 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:10:03pm

re: #69 Hard Right

obambi would be in the running

72 IslandLibertarian  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:10:12pm

Oh brave new world that has such people in it... Shakespeare,

Huxley was on to something..........

73 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:10:14pm

re: #69 Hard Right

Chuck Schumer should have "Craftsman" tattooed across his forehead.

74 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:10:58pm

re: #73 Wyatt Earp

No because that would imply some quality.
He has none.

75 reine.de.tout  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:11:05pm

Is Cartman around? I'm ready for ice cream (if you were around last night, you'll understand).

76 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:11:08pm

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. —Lincoln

Just put a Liberal in the tree and give me one hour and a good dentist, to sharpen my teeth. —blackpajamas

77 itellu3times  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:11:18pm

re: #73 Wyatt Earp

Chuck Schumer should have "Craftsman" tattooed across his forehead.

More like chiseled into his colon.

78 Noam Sayin'  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:11:36pm

re: #42 DesertSage

I took about another ounce out of the crankcase today, and got it down to the safe zone. Might have to add maybe a half ounce just to bring it back to the top of the range.

That's the crappy thing about scooters - and in particular, plastic-covered, Chinese scooters. I'm a guy who likes to get into the engine, and do my own work. But with a scooter, you have to pull off the shell. This involves a lot of screws, then carefully pulling apart the panels. They have tabs on them that help keep the plastic from warping, and it's very easy to break them.

That being said, the engine sounds like it's running a little smooter, and there was a few fragments in the oil screen, so it needed an oil change.

Now, here's a scooter I could work on.

79 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:11:39pm

re: #73 Wyatt Earp

Chuck Schumer should have "Craftsman" tattooed across his forehead.

And Janet Reno "Snap ON". (SIA)
/

80 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:11:59pm

re: #77 itellu3times

Now that is vivid imagery!

81 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:12:07pm

re: #77 itellu3times

More like chiseled into his colon.

Same thing. We all know where his sphinchter is.

82 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:12:43pm

re: #78 Noam Sayin'

How does a little smooter sound?

83 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:13:33pm

re: #82 Typicalwhitey

How does a little smooter sound?

How do you detect rod knock on a diesel engine?

84 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:13:35pm

re: #82 Typicalwhitey

Smoot, smoot!

85 Syrah  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:13:47pm

re: #66 winston06

Have a great night every one

I liked your piece about your friend traveling to Iran.

I hope that you will have more on that. Very little is reported in the MSM about Iran that is trustworthy.

86 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:14:02pm

re: #83 Hard Right

How do you detect rod knock on a diesel engine?

I'm not touching that one.........

87 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:14:32pm

re: #25 IslandLibertarian

Oh oh, the Dali Lama drops many notches in my estimation after reading that post.

Pope Benedict (before he was Pope) called islam a "sackgasse"; dead end street. Up goes his rating.

An lgf poster, "True German Allay" posted that shortly after Ratzinger was elected Pope.

I'm not at my home computer or I'd pull it up off the disc and post it again here.

88 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:15:33pm

re: #86 Typicalwhitey

Heh, heh, "rod."

89 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:15:39pm

re: #73 Wyatt Earp

"How do you like my new Craftsman torch? It really Sears!"

90 Syrah  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:15:42pm

re: #48 Syrah

Back from the two threads below. Decided that I had nothing new to contribute at this time.

91 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:16:18pm

re: #89 Ojoe

Ba dump bump!

92 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:16:29pm

re: #88 Wyatt Earp


Apparently you gave up on the tired thread.
Someone named snigs slapped you around too

93 freedombilly  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:16:33pm

I think that Jimmy Carter and Chuck Schumer should have a Tool-Off and we could settle this once and for all.

Who is America's biggest tool?

94 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:17:00pm

re: #47 Wyatt Earp
Ah hey there Wyatt - tell, tell!

95 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:17:08pm

re: #78 Noam Sayin'

After you drained the oil and refilled it, did you start it up before you checked it? The oil needs to get into all of the engine parts before you can get a proper reading.
Also, did you change the oil filter? That can hold a few onces on a bike your size.

96 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:17:27pm

re: #92 Typicalwhitey

I know when I've lost. I'm no Hillary Clinton . . . I have better legs.

97 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:17:53pm

re: #91 Wyatt Earp

Nice Avatar.

98 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:18:18pm

re: #96 Wyatt Earp

And an ampler ass.

LMAO
Sorry have had one too many apparently!

99 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:18:34pm

re: #97 Ojoe

Much better than the real me, trust me.

100 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:18:48pm

re: #93 freedombilly

I think that Jimmy Carter and Chuck Schumer should have a Tool-Off and we could settle this once and for all.

Who is America's biggest tool?

Just remebered a South Park episode.

Biggest douche in the universe.

101 BakaRanger  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:18:48pm

re: #2 Wyatt Earp

I know one question: Is Chuck Schumer the biggest tool in America or what?

Never get between a mother horse and its' colt and never get between Chuck Schumer and a microphone.

102 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:19:15pm

Letter to Editor:

This might not be a new issue, but it's appearance is somewhat odd:

Even when not logged in, it appears that one can see the icons of users/posters whose user-names are visible with the Comment Spy tool.

Is this a bug, or a feature?

103 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:19:28pm

re: #98 Typicalwhitey

For the last time, THE ICE HOCKEY PANTS MAKE MY BUTT LOOK BIG!

104 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:19:32pm

re: #99 Wyatt Earp

Much better than the real me, trust me.

He's not kidding Ojoe, I've seen his picture.

105 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:20:07pm

re: #103 Wyatt Earp

For the last time, THE ICE HOCKEY PANTS MAKE MY BUTT LOOK BIG!

Can I steal that excuse from you?

106 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:20:44pm

re: #105 Typicalwhitey

Can't hear you, I'm typing up a warrant for SWAT to hit your and Sage's house at 3am . . .

107 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:21:07pm

re: #103 Wyatt Earp

For the last time, THE ICE HOCKEY PANTS MAKE MY BUTT LOOK BIG!

My retort?
My butt isn't big. Your eyes are small.
/

108 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:21:41pm

re: #107 Hard Right

I don't think that's helping me, but I'm using that line!

109 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:21:42pm

re: #104 DesertSage

They sure knew how to grow a mustache in the 19th century.

110 Noam Sayin'  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:21:48pm

re: #95 DesertSage

Back and forth a couple times on starting and rechecking.

SMOOTHER.

Smart alecks...

111 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:21:58pm

re: #106 Wyatt Earp

Can't hear you, I'm typing up a warrant for SWAT to hit your and Sage's house at 3am . . .

Too late. The WMDs have been relocated to my place.

112 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:22:17pm

re: #106 Wyatt Earp

Can't hear you, I'm typing up a warrant for SWAT to hit your and Sage's house at 3am . . .

Well tell them to haul ass............
(they will make a second trip for you)

113 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:22:34pm

re: #111 Hard Right

So, the liberals were right!

114 gman  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:22:37pm

re: #25 IslandLibertarian

The Dali Lama has a position on Islam...........
'wonder how he feels about Darwinevolutioncreationismintelegentdesi gn........

Asked why so many Americans are depressed and anxious, he joked: "I'm the wrong person to ask. You should ask Americans." Then he answered that U.S. society is too competitive and that people always want "something more, something more, something more."

Sounds like a Socialist to me. Let's take 63% of your income in taxes so you don't have the means to ask for more.

Sorry, I would rather have the right to keep more of my money and make choices on what to do with that money.

115 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:22:59pm

all these comments will be ignored by serious historians

116 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:23:04pm

re: #112 Typicalwhitey

Will calling you the "b" word get me banned? :)

117 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:23:07pm

re: #106 Wyatt Earp

Can't hear you, I'm typing up a warrant for SWAT to hit your and Sage's house at 3am . . .

Can't. Stop. Laughing!

oh wait....you're serious?

118 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:23:22pm

re: #116 Wyatt Earp

Not by me lol

119 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:23:32pm

re: #78 Noam Sayin'
WHOA Noam, that's a bad ass madass scooter you done linked to!
BTW, I saw an older fella (yes, older than me) getting onto a scooter unlike one I'd ever seen before: it had four wheels, but required a license plate and the fella driving it said it'd go 65 mph or so!
Made in Italy - I think Vespa.

120 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:24:14pm

re: #119 realwest

Hell my four wheeler will do that.

121 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:25:15pm

re: #118 Typicalwhitey

Wouldn't do that. :)

122 laZardo  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:25:18pm

And...what did I miss this time? q:

123 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:25:36pm

re: #117 DesertSage

Can't. Stop. Laughing!

oh wait....you're serious?

I've got my scanner on right now. They are firing up the old battering ram. LOL

124 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:26:00pm

re: #93 freedombilly

I think that Jimmy Carter and Chuck Schumer should have a Tool-Off and we could settle this once and for all.

Michael Moore as referee. Nancy Pelosi as the girl in the bikini between rounds.

(I'm sorry, that was the best Democrat babe I could think of. From Helen Thomas to Barbra Streisand, they're hideous)

125 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:26:08pm

re: #122 laZardo

ƃuıɥʇou

126 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:26:09pm

re: #123 Pvt Bin Jammin

FIRE IN THE HOLE!

127 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:26:32pm

re: #119 realwest

3-wheel vespa truck

The Micro Car Museum

128 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:26:41pm

re: #123 Pvt Bin Jammin

I've got my scanner on right now. They are firing up the old battering ram. LOL

Please don't talk about Wyatt like that!

129 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:26:50pm

re: #126 Wyatt Earp
LOL

130 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:26:54pm

re: #113 Wyatt Earp

So, the liberals were right!

re: #113 Wyatt Earp

So, the liberals were right!

Libs are never right. ;)

131 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:27:17pm

re: #124 vbspurs

What. The. HELL?

Did anyone see my eye bleach?

132 gop_patriot  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:27:21pm

re: #112 Typicalwhitey

Well tell them to haul ass............
(they will make a second trip for you)

HAHAHAHA! :)

Typicalwhitey for the win!

133 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:27:29pm

re: #120 Typicalwhitey
Hey there Typicalwhitey! Yeah, but will your four wheeler get something like 60 mpg? Hmmm?!

134 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:27:35pm

re: #124 vbspurs

Michael Moore as referee. Nancy Pelosi as the girl in the bikini between rounds.

Curse you, I have no access to mind bleach till ten am this morning.

/where's my cluebat.
//and Mandy has gone to bed for the night.

135 razorbacker  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:27:58pm

re: #119 realwest

WHOA Noam, that's a bad ass madass scooter you done linked to!
BTW, I saw an older fella (yes, older than me) getting onto a scooter unlike one I'd ever seen before: it had four wheels, but required a license plate and the fella driving it said it'd go 65 mph or so!
Made in Italy - I think Vespa.

Remember, scooters are like fat girls.

136 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:28:27pm

re: #133 realwest

Hey there Typicalwhitey! Yeah, but will your four wheeler get something like 60 mpg? Hmmm?!


No but it will chase the hell out of cows lol
And I use it to pull a little trailer, my daughter and her friends love it.

137 Walter L. Newton  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:28:37pm

This is the END of America. Belgium firms buys Budweiser.

[Link: biz.yahoo.com...]

138 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:28:41pm

re: #128 Typicalwhitey

Yeah, yeah, I'm coming in butt-first. Beat ya to it.

139 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:28:41pm

re: #131 Wyatt Earp

What. The. HELL?

Did anyone see my eye bleach?

I'll need more than eye bleach.
I'll need a CAT scan and a hand drill to locate and destroy the mental image.

140 Noam Sayin'  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:28:45pm

re: #119 realwest

WHOA Noam, that's a bad ass madass scooter you done linked to!
BTW, I saw an older fella (yes, older than me) getting onto a scooter unlike one I'd ever seen before: it had four wheels, but required a license plate and the fella driving it said it'd go 65 mph or so!
Made in Italy - I think Vespa.

Might be Piaggio. Their making three and four-wheel scooters.

Mine will do 65, but I've only had it up to 50.

... so far.

141 laZardo  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:28:53pm

re: #125 Typicalwhitey

.ʎɐʞ

142 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:29:03pm

re: #132 gop_patriot

Cue Rocky music........

143 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:29:04pm

re: #135 razorbacker

Cushy. Fat girls are cushy.

144 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:29:24pm

re: #130 Hard Right

Libs are never right. ;)

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.'

- Ronald Reagan

145 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:29:32pm

re: #138 Wyatt Earp

Yeah, yeah, I'm coming in butt-first. Beat ya to it.

Assalanche?

146 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:29:32pm

re: #127 Ojoe Uh, ok Ojoe, I give up - what about 'em? This guy's scooter looked like a motorcyle - well, sorta like Noam's scooter does - and it was waaaay cool!

147 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:30:05pm

re: #137 Walter L. Newton

This just in: the new owners demand you put fruit in Bud now.

148 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:30:05pm

re: #138 Wyatt Earp

Oh sorry, I thought he said buttering ram.
My bad.

149 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:30:13pm

re: #144 DesertSage

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.'

- Ronald Reagan

Get out of my mind. I really think of that as I posted.

150 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:30:44pm

re: #135 razorbacker
OK, I know I'm gonna regret this, but why are scooters like fat girls?

151 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:30:45pm

re: #129 Pvt Bin Jammin

I hear them coming. I'm gonna hide in the garage.

152 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:30:50pm

re: #149 Hard Right

Get out of my mind. I really did think of that as I posted.

Fixed

153 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:31:08pm

Geez, this thread is really sorta flying along, ain't it?

154 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:31:28pm

Wyatt, Blue, don't worry! Pashmina to the rescue.

155 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:31:36pm

re: #146 realwest

New design then. The Micro Car Museum mostly has old stuff. Italy used to be full of 3-wheel vespa mini trucks. They still make them as far as I know; I saw a new one there in 2007.

156 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:31:39pm

re: #148 Typicalwhitey

I think that is your TKO.

Come on, Wyatt, you're better than this. And I wrote better, not BUTTER!

157 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:32:15pm

re: #151 DesertSage

I hear them coming. I'm gonna hide in the garage.


Maybe you can butter them up and they wont batter your house.

158 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:32:19pm

re: #154 vbspurs

OH! Are her shoes off? Damn!

159 razorbacker  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:32:39pm

re: #150 realwest

OK, I know I'm gonna regret this, but why are scooters like fat girls?

They're both a lot of fun to ride, but if your friends see you on one they'll point and laugh.

160 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:32:47pm

re: #148 Typicalwhitey

Oh sorry, I thought he said buttering ram.
My bad.

OK, I have to ask....what is a "buttering ram"?

161 laZardo  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:32:50pm

re: #78 Noam Sayin'

That's one madass crotchrocket.

162 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:33:03pm

re: #140 Noam Sayin'
THAT'S IT! AND it was a 3 wheeler - two in front, I musta had a senior moment when I first described it.
It does look waaaay cool!

163 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:33:04pm

re: #154 vbspurs

Wyatt, Blue, don't worry! Pashmina to the rescue.

Still not covered up enough. Pelosi is a good argument for Burkas.

164 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:33:14pm

re: #156 Wyatt Earp

quitter
lol

165 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:33:25pm

re: #159 razorbacker

Bawahahahahahahahaha!

166 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:33:52pm

re: #161 laZardo

That's one madass crotchrocket.

What's her name? (rimshot)

167 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:34:17pm

re: #164 Typicalwhitey

No, it's a tactical redeployment. John Murtha told me that.

168 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:34:25pm

re: #158 Wyatt Earp

OH! Are her shoes off? Damn!

Indeed. This lady has a thing for big ass scarves. Obviously practising for her swoon in front of Bashir Assad.

169 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:34:54pm

re: #160 DesertSage

Desert it all started on Wyatts site.
Under the "is anyone else tired" he made a comment about skating his ass off and it just took off from there.

I am completely innocent in this matter.

170 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:35:05pm

re: #155 Ojoe Wonder what those 3 wheel scooters are like to drive - I asked the fella who owned it and he said just like a motorcyle, only safer!

171 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:35:39pm

re: #160 DesertSage

OK, I have to ask....what is a "buttering ram"?

A buttering ram is used to knock down walls of prostate tissue.

Disclaimer: somebody did ask for it!

172 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:35:46pm

re: #168 vbspurs

Indeed. This lady has a thing for big ass scarves. Obviously practising for her swoon in front of Bashir Assad.

She isn't wearing it right. We can still see her face. (ugh)

173 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:36:36pm

re: #168 vbspurs

Said eye bleach, gentlemen: Marisa Miller

174 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:36:40pm

re: #170 realwest


I would think it would be.
I was driving home from work once on a two lane road.
A motorcycle with a semi was coming at me in the other lane.
For some reason the motorcycle just slid on its side.
The semi barely got stopped in time.
They weren't hurt, just skinned up and very , very lucky.

175 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:37:07pm

re: #159 razorbacker
Sigh. Well I knew I was gonna regret it!
LOL!

176 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:37:46pm

re: #170 realwest

Any lizard ever drive an "ape"? You never know with this group.

177 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:37:50pm

re: #175 realwest

How you feeling tonight real?
Have you talked to Miguel?

178 Noam Sayin'  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:37:54pm

re: #162 realwest

Yeah, but for seven thousand, I'd buy a motorcycle instead.

Well, battery is nearly dead, and I get up for work in five hours.

Weet dreams, everyone.

179 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:37:56pm

re: #154 vbspurs

Wyatt, Blue, don't worry! Pashmina to the rescue.

Nope, you are digging yourself deeper. As soon as I get done on google earth and reprogramming the deathstar, your garden is toast.

/consider it a shot across your bow to cease and desist.

180 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:38:24pm

re: #176 Ojoe

Any lizard ever drive an "ape"? You never know with this group.

I think Wyatt used to date one.

181 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:38:49pm

re: #179 BlueCanuck

We've done everything else, so when is America building a Death Star?

182 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:38:52pm

re: #178 Noam Sayin'

Weet dreams, Noam.

183 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:38:53pm

re: #180 Typicalwhitey

I think Wyatt used to date one.

Stop making fun of Italian women!
////////

184 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:38:55pm

re: #173 Wyatt Earp

Marisa Miller

Gorgeous, but America is full of girls like that. They're all Republicans or will be.

185 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:38:57pm

re: #178 Noam Sayin'

Night Noam, have a good nights sleep.

186 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:39:20pm

re: #173 Wyatt Earp

Chickipedia? Only you Wyatt would know that that website even exists.

I'm bookmarking it

187 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:39:26pm

re: #180 Typicalwhitey

Not yet, you keep brushing me off. Zing!

188 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:39:38pm

re: #176 Ojoe
Oh good Lord I know, just KNOW I'm gonna regret this one: What's an "ape" and y'all better not say a simian scooter, either!

189 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:39:47pm

re: #186 DesertSage

Chickipedia? Only you Wyatt would know that that website even exists.

I'm bookmarking it

Too much clothing being worn there. ;)

190 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:39:59pm

re: #186 DesertSage

You're welcome.

191 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:40:19pm

re: #181 Wyatt Earp

We've done everything else, so when is America building a Death Star?

Oh crap did I say that out loud?

/these are not the droids you are looking for.

//starts to delete files from hard drive.

192 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:40:42pm

re: #187 Wyatt Earp


Ouch!
Not.

193 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:40:59pm

re: #191 BlueCanuck

We'll get even. We win the Stanley Cup every year. :)

194 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:41:01pm

re: #191 BlueCanuck

Oh crap did I say that out loud?

/these are not the droids you are looking for.

//starts to delete files from hard drive.

Too late. The Stormtroopers have been dispatched.

195 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:41:33pm

re: #181 Wyatt Earp

We've done everything else, so when is America building a Death Star?

If America were to build a Death Star people like Nancy Pelosi would ask, "How do we get it into orbit?"

196 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:41:34pm

re: #192 Typicalwhitey

Eh, I tried. It's 1:41am in Philly.

197 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:42:03pm

re: #179 BlueCanuck

/consider it a shot across your bow to cease and desist.

I surrender!

I will now commence 68 years of ridiculing American tourists whenever they come near me.

198 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:42:35pm

re: #196 Wyatt Earp

You work nights or something?

199 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:42:54pm

re: #197 vbspurs

I surrender!

I will now commence 68 years of ridiculing American tourists whenever they come near me.

You mean people voluntarily go to Canada?
/

200 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:43:24pm

re: #193 Wyatt Earp

We'll get even. We win the Stanley Cup every year. :)

Blue he certainly doesn't mean HIS team.
.

201 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:43:25pm

re: #177 Typicalwhitey
Well to tell the truth, I'm really tired and will be leaving here for bed shortly.

And no I never got to talk to MiguelinMexico. I e-mailed him three more times after his one e-mail this morning where he'd gotten the time screwed up for our call (and he knew it). The first in English, the second in what little Spanish I still remember and the third in Babelfish Spanish, cause I figured his son is supposed to be with him (and his daughter in law) and maybe they were looking at his e-mails but don't read english.
No reply at all I'm afraid. No phone call, no e-mail.

202 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:43:40pm

Off tomorrow. Then I start day work on Tuesday. Tonight's my last night on the Late Night Open for a week or so.

You'll miss me.

203 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:43:47pm

re: #197 vbspurs

I surrender!

I will now commence 68 years of ridiculing American tourists whenever they come near me.

No, that's too harsh. I could come up with something, but for now wait for my decision.

*cackles maniacially*

204 razorbacker  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:44:20pm

re: #188 realwest

Oh good Lord I know, just KNOW I'm gonna regret this one: What's an "ape" and y'all better not say a simian scooter, either!

AhPay...a small three wheeled vehicle of less than 50cc displacement. On the Italian market since at least after the war.

If you've seen one, it probably was on a golf course. That's where I saw one.

Picture and price, so's you can rush out and buy one.

205 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:44:28pm

re: #202 Wyatt Earp

Yes I will.....sob!

206 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:44:41pm

re: #190 Wyatt Earp

You do realize that not all the women in Chickipedia are babes?

207 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:44:43pm

re: #200 Typicalwhitey

We only lost 8-0. It was close!

*tries to say with straight face*

208 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:45:11pm

re: #201 realwest


Maybe he is just tired right now.

209 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:45:24pm

re: #205 Typicalwhitey

Hold on, my sarcasm detector is going off the charts!

re: #206 DesertSage

Why must you torment me?

210 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:45:43pm

re: #199 Hard Right

Well aside from the Liberal governments we have had(always steal the good ideas from other parties), it's not that bad a country.

re: #200 Typicalwhitey

Well he's definitely not talking about my home town team. No cups in 41 years.

/like I care anyway.

211 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:46:09pm

re: #201 realwest
You'll catch up to Miguel. Everything's probably crazy at their place.
Keep us posted when you hear.

212 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:46:14pm

re: #204 razorbacker
I wouldn't be seen even standing NEXT to one of them!

213 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:46:47pm

re: #195 blackpajamas

Correction: If America had just finished building a Death Star with federally mandated union labor (underwritten by Fannie Mae) Nancy Pelosi would ask, "Now how do we get it into orbit?"

214 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:47:31pm

re: #207 Wyatt Earp

We only lost 8-0. It was close!

*tries to say with straight face*


What is it called when you only play defense?

215 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:48:04pm

re: #214 Typicalwhitey

Oh God, please kill me now . . .

216 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:48:56pm

re: #211 Pvt Bin Jammin
I sure hope you're right PBJ, I sure do and I will post if I do hear from him.
He did say in his e-mail this morning that he had slept for a long time and was confused about the time he was supposed to call me - e-mailed that to me at 3:40AM; I got it and replied immediately at about 8:00AM - nada since then nor since my other two e-mails.
Shit.

217 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:49:10pm

re: #210 BlueCanuck

Well aside from the Liberal governments we have had(always steal the good ideas from other parties), it's not that bad a country.

re: #200 Typicalwhitey

Well he's definitely not talking about my home town team. No cups in 41 years.

/like I care anyway.

Blue, it's funny we consider Canada to be out "little brother". IIRC, Canda was founded before America.

Stanley cup? Is that some kind of sport prize? :P

218 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:49:34pm

re: #215 Wyatt Earp


Is it legal for your whole team to line up in front of the goal to protect it?

219 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:50:04pm

re: #206 DesertSage

Do you know where mama winger is ?
Our paths haven't crossed here for a long while.
Do you know if she's okay?

220 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:50:36pm

Well, Miss Sharapova is looking good.

221 realwest  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:50:39pm

Well all y'all I gotta go get some sleep - long day at the dentist's office again tomorrow.
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you down the road.

Goodnight, all.

222 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:50:41pm

More on the New Yorker cover fall-out. The Dems are twisting themselves inside-and-out about it. Most fail to see the humour of the satire and a few want the New Yorker to pull the magazine this week (oh, freedom of speech sweet irony, booyeah!).

The best lame-o rebuttal comes from Taylor Marsh:

Another way to look at it is to ask whether John McCain would get a dose of this from The New Yorker. Picture a drawing showing a very old man in a wheelchair, his hospital gown adorned with medals... babe of a wife pushing him, as his first wife wipes drool off of McCain's mouth... while Cindy McCain stops to open packages from Chanel. No, I didn't think so either.

You got that right, Taylor. Cindy McCain IS a babe.

223 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:50:41pm

re: #218 Typicalwhitey

I think so. Wouldn't have helped tonight. Maybe I could throw my fat ass in there?

224 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:51:12pm

re: #221 realwest

Good night, Real!

225 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:51:22pm

re: #219 wolfie

Do you know where mama winger is ?
Our paths haven't crossed here for a long while.
Do you know if she's okay?

She's on vacation this week. She's doing fine.

226 razorbacker  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:51:41pm

This just in...

Paris Hilton’s Hollywood mansion is up for sale for $4.3 million. They said the home is equipped with a professional video studio. Or as Paris calls it, the master bedroom.

I won't link it. Pictures of barenakedladies there.

227 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:51:45pm

re: #221 realwest

Well all y'all I gotta go get some sleep - long day at the dentist's office again tomorrow.

They put a liberal in your tree too?

228 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:51:50pm

re: #223 Wyatt Earp

You would look kinda silly skating around with it wedged on your rump.
On the other hand, they wouldn't have scored as much.

229 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:52:50pm

re: #216 realwest

I sure hope you're right PBJ, I sure do and I will post if I do hear from him.
He did say in his e-mail this morning that he had slept for a long time and was confused about the time he was supposed to call me - e-mailed that to me at 3:40AM; I got it and replied immediately at about 8:00AM - nada since then nor since my other two e-mails.
Shit.


He's probably got his kids telling him not to e-mail or something. The fact that he e-mailed you is very good news. Heck, sometimes I don't know what time it is when I wake up and I didn't have a stroke. Hopefully, for our buddy, it really was a mild one.

230 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:53:05pm

re: #226 razorbacker

This just in...


I won't link it. Pictures of barenakedladies there.

(thought of Paris H.) EEW EEW EEEWWWWWWW!

231 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:53:14pm

re: #222 vbspurs

She is not only a babe but she does good work charity wise.

232 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:53:20pm

re: #228 Typicalwhitey

So, when I'm on day shift, will you just break out the Wyatt voodoo doll?

233 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:53:45pm

Night real!

234 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:53:45pm

re: #232 Wyatt Earp

So, when I'm on day shift, will you just break out the Wyatt voodoo doll?

The one with oversized butt?
/

235 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:54:10pm

re: #225 DesertSage

Thanks !
I think of her everytime the Cubs play!

236 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:54:19pm

re: #234 Hard Right

And Hard Right piles on! Well played!

237 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:54:30pm

re: #188 realwest

"Ape" pronounced Ah-pay,
means "Bee" in Italian. It's the 3 wheel vespa. Vespa means wasp.

238 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:54:42pm

re: #236 Wyatt Earp

And Hard Right piles on! Well played!

I have my lucid moments.

239 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:54:47pm

re: #234 Hard Right

The one with oversized butt?
/

HAHAHAH!

240 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:56:11pm

re: #232 Wyatt Earp

So, when I'm on day shift, will you just break out the Wyatt voodoo doll?


'
No I will be saving up all my material for after your surgery.
Want to see how much you can laugh and not pull anything.

241 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:56:45pm

re: #240 Typicalwhitey

'
No I will be saving up all my material for after your surgery.
Want to see how much you can laugh and not pull anything.

Wow. That's a special level of cruelty. I like it.

242 pat  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:56:45pm

Saw pics of Paris exiting a car once on a gossip site. Not a pretty picture. Uncovered meat.

243 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:56:46pm

re: #237 Ojoe

Ojoe, do think it would be okay if I have just one little brownie before going to bed?

I already had a big one earlier.
It was really big. I admit it.

244 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:57:01pm

re: #240 Typicalwhitey

Now, that's just plain mean. :)

245 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:57:15pm

re: #243 wolfie

Ojoe, do think it would be okay if I have just one little brownie before going to bed?

I already had a big one earlier.
It was really big. I admit it.

racist
/

246 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:57:41pm

re: #234 Hard Right

The one with oversized butt?
/

I'm not one to look at guys butts or anything, but I've got to really hand it to Wyatt. I've been following his diet on his blog, and I have to say that he really stuck to it...and lost a buttload (so to speak) of weight.

Bravo, Wyatt!

247 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:57:47pm

re: #241 Hard Right

Don't encourage her. She's pure evil.

248 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:57:50pm

re: #217 Hard Right

Blue, it's funny we consider Canada to be out "little brother". IIRC, Canda was founded before America.

Stanley cup? Is that some kind of sport prize? :P

Well Canada and the 13 colonies were founded around the same time. The first settlement in North America was in Virginia. Unfortunately it didn't last long. Canada was more exploited by fur traders than anything else.

249 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:57:51pm

re: #241 Hard Right

Why thank you!

250 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:58:20pm

re: #246 DesertSage

*Waits for other shoe to drop*

251 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:58:41pm

re: #242 pat

Saw pics of Paris exiting a car once on a gossip site. Not a pretty picture. Uncovered meat.

Thinking of her is better than a cold shower. Yet she's popular with a segment of men. Ick. Some men will screw anything.

252 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:58:47pm

2084 comments on the koskiddies posting:
The Obama New Yorker Cover: OMG, WTF!

253 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:59:14pm

re: #252 Typicalwhitey

Jesus, that's a lot of rage!

254 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:59:14pm

re: #250 Wyatt Earp

*Waits for other shoe to drop*

No, that's it.

Where's my Cheezy Poofs?

255 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:59:15pm

re: #245 Typicalwhitey

Oh no ! Now there are 2 reasons why I can't have a brownie! :)

256 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:59:36pm

re: #231 Typicalwhitey

She is not only a babe but she does good work charity wise.

I'm going to write a blogpost soon about that.

Cindy McCain:

- Has doubled her father's fortune since she took over his business.
- Has fought against landmines for years with Halo Trust.
- Regularly travels abroad to Nicaragua, Kuwait, Rwanda, Vietnam, Bangladesh, to give supplies and aid, not to mention their time and presence to distressed people.
- Is a strong fundraiser for Project Smile and CARE.
- Donates 200,000 to charity every year.
- Adopted a Bangladeshi girl who needed severe reconstructive cleft-palate surgery.

Michelle Obama:

- Is a lawyer.

But for MSM, Michelle is an unrivalled heroine of the underclass, whereas Cindy McCain is nothing more than a former addict debutante airhead trophy wife. Yeah right.

257 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 10:59:41pm

re: #246 DesertSage

I'm not one to look at guys butts or anything, but I've got to really hand it to Wyatt. I've been following his diet on his blog, and I have to say that he really stuck to it...and lost a buttload (so to speak) of weight.

Bravo, Wyatt!

So he started out with two?

258 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:00:04pm

re: #240 Typicalwhitey

Almost killed my brother after he pulled a similar stunt. Caused me to almost bust my stitches after my appendix operation. Lucky for him he moved.

259 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:00:14pm

re: #247 Wyatt Earp

Don't encourage her. She's pure evil.

Then keep her away from me. We'll end up dating. ;P

260 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:00:59pm

Why is everybody picking on Wyatt?

261 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:01:36pm

re: #256 vbspurs


She brought two girls home.
Her good friends adopted the other girl.

262 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:01:54pm

re: #248 BlueCanuck

Well Canada and the 13 colonies were founded around the same time. The first settlement in North America was in Virginia. Unfortunately it didn't last long. Canada was more exploited by fur traders than anything else.

Hah! It was the North Carolina, Roanoke Island settlement that didn't last long! The first permanent settlement was 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia.
(Okay, we weren't first, but we lasted!)

263 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:02:09pm

re: #260 DesertSage

Let me answer for them: I'm an easy (BIG) target.

264 Killgore Trout  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:02:11pm

Bell Bottom Blues

265 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:02:30pm

re: #260 DesertSage

Why is everybody picking on Wyatt?


Who is picking on Wyatt? I will kick their.....uh, nevermind.

266 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:02:32pm

re: #260 DesertSage

Why is everybody picking on Wyatt?

Because he can take it. Plus, it's how lizards build camaraderie.

267 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:02:45pm

re: #243 wolfie

Go right ahead with your brownie snack, but remember to brush your teeth.

Me, I ate mexican food, 2 enchiladas rice & beans, & I feel a little stretched. It will be hard to get to sleep with that chorus of not ok, not ok, not ok, going on and on.

burp.

Good Night All.

268 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:02:59pm

re: #254 DesertSage

Thank you. Been a tough six months, but forty pounds is forty pounds. Walked 4 miles today, ran the last mile, and played ice hockey. Exercise? Done!

269 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:03:22pm

re: #263 Wyatt Earp

Let me answer for them: I'm an easy (BIG) target.

Getting smaller from what I hear. Congrats.

270 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:03:41pm

re: #256 vbspurs

Be sure to let us know when you get that post written up!
(Please.)

271 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:03:43pm

re: #269 Hard Right

Thanks!

Good night, Ojoe!

272 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:03:53pm

re: #268 Wyatt Earp

Hey seriously, congrats!
Didn't know that.

273 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:04:04pm

re: #266 Hard Right

Because he can take it. Plus, it's how lizards build camaraderie.

Yeah, I know. But he's gonna send SWAT over to my house :(

274 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:04:04pm

re: #252 Typicalwhitey

2084 comments on the koskiddies posting:
The Obama New Yorker Cover: OMG, WTF!

I can't find it! Don't link to them (so as not to provide traffic) but give me a hint). I think my eyes must be tired.

275 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:04:51pm

re: #273 DesertSage

Yeah, I know. But he's gonna send SWAT over to my house :(

Switch house numbers with your neighbor. Problem solved.

276 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:04:59pm

re: #270 wolfie

Be sure to let us know when you get that post written up!
(Please.)

You got it, Wolfie! Believe me, it'll be a pleasure. The double-standard is galling.

277 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:05:02pm

re: #274 vbspurs

Under recommended diaries on the right.
Second one down.

278 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:05:57pm

re: #272 Typicalwhitey

Here's the before and after. Still wanna lose more, though.

279 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:05:58pm

re: #273 DesertSage

Sage the right tank top will get you out of ANY kind of trouble.
Learned that a long time ago lol

280 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:06:13pm

re: #267 Ojoe

Goodnight, Ojoe!

281 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:06:16pm

"The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own" —Frank Zappa

"Unless you are the U.S. government, and bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the socialist GSEs), then you own ALL the real estate..." —blackpajamas

282 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:07:12pm

re: #279 Typicalwhitey

Sage the right tank top will get you out of ANY kind of trouble.
Learned that a long time ago lol

Never worked for me when I got pulled over, but I'm a guy. BTW, those police batons really hurt!

283 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:07:25pm

re: #262 wolfie

Ooops, my mistake. But the early settlements of North America did encounter a lot of difficulties. I wonder what it would have been like if today's modern liberals were in charge of colonization. Actually strike that I KNOW exactly what would have happened. They would have given up because it was too hard.

BTW Razorbacker? I just finished that article about the Americas and native population. Fascinating view point. I have heard of some of those points previously about the conjectured size of the population figures.

284 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:07:28pm

re: #278 Wyatt Earp

Wow you really have do good!

285 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:07:42pm

re: #277 Typicalwhitey

Under recommended diaries on the right.
Second one down.

Thank you! 2093, now. Hehe at 2:06 AM, people are still posting.

I have to say, that cover for me, is like an early Christmas present. It's better than the Cabbage Patch doll my mother got me, for which she lost a tooth in getting.

286 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:07:50pm

re: #267 Ojoe

Goodnight, Ojoe !

287 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:08:09pm

re: #284 Typicalwhitey

Done d'uh

288 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:08:17pm

re: #278 Wyatt Earp
Dang, you've done a good job! Congrats!

289 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:09:06pm

re: #278 Wyatt Earp

Here's the before and after. Still wanna lose more, though.

I'm really proud of you Wyatt. You should be proud of yourself too!

290 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:09:09pm

re: #279 Typicalwhitey

Tank top

& Godnight Wolfie

291 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:09:22pm

re: #285 vbspurs

Thank you! 2093, now. Hehe at 2:06 AM, people are still posting.

I have to say, that cover for me, is like an early Christmas present. It's better than the Cabbage Patch doll my mother got me, for which she lost a tooth in getting.


I honestly thought it was fake at first.
Then I saw it on Politico and ABCNEWs and HotAir.

292 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:09:59pm

re: #287 Typicalwhitey

re: #288 Pvt Bin Jammin

Thanks. The before pic still disgusts me. I ran cross country and indoor track in high school and played lacrosse in college. Can't believe I let myself get like that.

Will not happen again.

293 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:10:28pm

Well all gotta hit the hay.
Good night!

294 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:10:55pm

re: #281 blackpajamas
Everything is so depressing. I have the local news on (no cable in my computer room). Everything is IndyMac, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac.

295 razorbacker  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:10:55pm

re: #283 BlueCanuck

Ooops, my mistake. But the early settlements of North America did encounter a lot of difficulties. I wonder what it would have been like if today's modern liberals were in charge of colonization. Actually strike that I KNOW exactly what would have happened. They would have given up because it was too hard.

BTW Razorbacker? I just finished that article about the Americas and native population. Fascinating view point. I have heard of some of those points previously about the conjectured size of the population figures.

I especially liked the explaination of the size of passenger pigeon flocks and bison herds.

Makes sense, but that doesn't mean it's true.

296 Ojoe  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:11:07pm

Goodnight

pimf

297 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:11:24pm

re: #283 BlueCanuck

The first time anyone got seasick, mush less died, they'd sue the captain, the Crown, and the Indians!

298 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:11:48pm

re: #278 Wyatt Earp

Well done. I did the same myself once. Weighed 230 and got myself down to 185. did it in six months by going to the Y. Didn't even change my eating habits.

/diets are die with a t added. ---- Garfield the cat.

299 Killgore Trout  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:11:57pm

Haven't linked to this in a while.....
chaiya chaiya
/ Namaste, y'all

300 Wyatt Earp  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:12:02pm

re: #293 Typicalwhitey

Nite, TW!

I'm off, too. Good night, gang!

301 vbspurs  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:12:25pm

re: #291 Typicalwhitey

I honestly thought it was fake at first.
Then I saw it on Politico and ABCNEWs and HotAir.

Teehee.

I am just in the beginning of the commentaries, but this is the one which popped out:

Everyone who has a New Yorker subscription needs to get on the phone right now to the magazine's offices. Let them know that if they publish this, you will cancel your subscription.

And if they do publish it, follow through on your threat. This is outrageous. I can't even imagine the National Review getting away with such a cover, snark or not. Most Americans won't see the "irony".

For 8 years, we have been treated to Rolling Stone magazine and other covers with the most insulting depictions of a sitting US president -- and we had to take it, else be thought lacking humour.

Well, take it now, you total hypocritical double-talking fascist morons.

Whew, where's me Horlicks? I need to settle down. Wishing all on LGF a great night!

302 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:13:19pm

re: #294 Pvt Bin Jammin

Everything is so depressing. I have the local news on (no cable in my computer room). Everything is IndyMac, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac.

OK, we'll make fun of Obama instead.

So, if the author Tom Wolfe says, "A cult is a religion with no political power," then what is the cult of Obama?

303 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:14:04pm

re: #300 Wyatt Earp

Nite, TW!

I'm off, too. Good night, gang!

Goodnight.

304 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:15:28pm

re: #292 Wyatt Earp

re: #288 Pvt Bin Jammin

Thanks. The before pic still disgusts me. I ran cross country and indoor track in high school and played lacrosse in college. Can't believe I let myself get like that.

Will not happen again.


Luke, I think you have your mind right. LOL
I'm a skinny gal but my husband and his siblings are not. I know what they go through. A couple of them are doing great, as you are. Keep up the good work.

305 Hard Right  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:15:39pm

Well, time to pass out. My "slavedriver" boss actually expects me to show up on time. Sheesh! ;)

If wasn't for work I'd spend all my time on LGF with my fellow lizards. Goodnight all.

306 razorbacker  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:16:38pm

I've work to do tomorrow.

And since it's for myself, it has to be done right.

So as they say in the south of Nigeria, "Ób'ótà, all y'all."

307 Opilio  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:17:18pm

re: #301 vbspurs

For 8 years, we have been treated to Rolling Stone magazine and other covers with the most insulting depictions of a sitting US president -- and we had to take it, else be thought lacking humour.

Well, take it now, you total hypocritical double-talking fascist morons.

Whew, where's me Horlicks? I need to settle down. Wishing all on LGF a great night!

I spent about an hour skimming through that thread over there. It's about a 5:1 ratio of insane indignation vs. recognition of the satire. And it's not a debate. It's a brawl.

308 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:18:47pm

re: #306 razorbacker
Back atchya. I'm out, too. Tomorrow is a busy day.

Take care, Lizards, you are the best.

309 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:20:20pm

re: #305 Hard Right

re: #307 Opilio

re: #308 Pvt Bin Jammin

Have a good night all. Weet dreams and such.

/looks like it's going to be getting quiet in here again.

310 NY Nana  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:22:18pm

re: #308 Pvt Bin Jammin

G'nite! I am not posting. It is an illusion! ;)

I am off to sleep, too.

Sweet dreams!

311 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:22:41pm

re: #309 BlueCanuck
Nite, Blue. Wish I could stay up for fruit cup. I only made it once. Say hi to Miguel if you see him.

312 DesertSage  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:23:17pm

re: #311 Pvt Bin Jammin

'nite PBJ, see ya Tuesday.

313 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:23:54pm

re: #310 NY Nana
You are still up?! Love you, Nana. I'll e-mail you tomorrow.

314 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:24:02pm

re: #310 NY Nana

Goodnight, Nana!

And thanks so much for thr latke recipe. :)
My daughter and I are going to make them next weekend!

315 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:24:41pm

re: #312 DesertSage
If it's Tuesday it must be "War Council". LOL

316 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:25:00pm

re: #311 Pvt Bin Jammin

Okay, if I see him I will pass on your greetings. I hope he drops by. At lest just to say hi.

317 wolfie  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:26:00pm

Gee, I just had the strangest hallucination.
I actually thought NY Nana was awake and posting tonight!

Guess I'd better go to bed before I start having more delusions.

Night all !

318 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:26:41pm

re: #316 BlueCanuck
Thanks. Say hi to everybody else, too.

319 NY Nana  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:26:59pm

re: #313 Pvt Bin Jammin

You are still up?! Love you, Nana. I'll e-mail you tomorrow.

Guilty...can't seem to make my self-set 2 AM curfew!

Talk to you mañana...whoops,later, as it is already Monday here ...sweet dreams!

320 NY Nana  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:28:26pm

re: #317 wolfie

Gee, I just had the strangest hallucination.
I actually thought NY Nana was awake and posting tonight!

Guess I'd better go to bed before I start having more delusions.

Night all !

How am I supposed to go to sleep when I am ROTFLMAO?

Sweet dreams!

321 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:28:33pm

re: #319 NY Nana
'weet dreams.

Am I hallucinating?

Nite wolfie.

322 NY Nana  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:29:27pm

re: #314 wolfie

Goodnight, Nana!

And thanks so much for thr latke recipe. :)
My daughter and I are going to make them next weekend!

My pleasure.Enjoy!

G'nite!

323 NY Nana  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:32:49pm

re: #321 Pvt Bin Jammin

'weet dreams.

Am I hallucinating?

Nite wolfie.

Do you think that you are hallucinating? Verrry interrrresting! ;)

Seriously, g'nite PBJ and Wolfie, and all the lizards. I want to freak NY Grampa out by actually falling asleep before 3 AM!

324 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:32:57pm

OK, so now that "PBJ" is off to bed, I can talk about Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac again.

So, if the government (or one of their socialist home-mortgage racketeers), perhaps via Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or a loan held in trust via the FDIC, owns your home, does that change in any way the search and seizure laws?

E.g., do you really have the same right to privacy (or the veneer thereof), as if when the government didn't own your home?

Anyone? Anyone, ... Bueller?

325 NY Nana  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:34:33pm

Sage?

♥Sage♥

Sweet dreams!

326 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:34:42pm

re: #324 blackpajamas

OK, so now that "PBJ" is off to bed, I can talk about Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac again.

So, if the government (or one of their socialist home-mortgage racketeers), perhaps via Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or a loan held in trust via the FDIC, owns your home, does that change in any way the search and seizure laws?

E.g., do you really have the same right to privacy (or the veneer thereof), as if when the government didn't own your home?

Anyone? Anyone, ... Bueller?

Also, can the government quarter troops in your home, if they own your home?

327 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:35:44pm

re: #323 NY Nana
Pvt Bin Jammin's special gin-laced, hallucinagenic fruitcups are now on the bar. First come, first served. LOL
Nite, everyone.

328 wtc394  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:36:40pm
E.g., do you really have the same right to privacy (or the veneer thereof), as if when the government didn't own your home?


a reasonable expectation of privacy is just that, no matter who owns the property where you reside. They cannot be subject to any search nor seizure without the proper steps being taken.

329 NY Nana  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:37:39pm

re: #327 Pvt Bin Jammin

Darn! I already had my night time snack. Now you tell me? Little old lady will serve it in few hours.

330 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:38:30pm

re: #329 NY Nana

Darn! I already had my night time snack. Now you tell me? Little old lady will serve it in few hours.


Trust me, you are safer with LOL version.

331 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:39:31pm

re: #328 wtc394

a reasonable expectation of privacy is just that, no matter who owns the property where you reside. They cannot be subject to any search nor seizure without the proper steps being taken.

That's a relief, otherwise how would all the drug smugglers be able to fence their goods through through cheap government loan-guaranteed housing!

332 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:43:10pm

re: #324 blackpajamas

OK, so now that "PBJ" is off to bed, I can talk about Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac again.

So, if the government (or one of their socialist home-mortgage racketeers), perhaps via Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or a loan held in trust via the FDIC, owns your home, does that change in any way the search and seizure laws?

E.g., do you really have the same right to privacy (or the veneer thereof), as if when the government didn't own your home?

Anyone? Anyone, ... Bueller?

I don't know the way it's done in the states but up here in Canuckistan CHMC insures the mortgage for the bank. The bank itself has first call on the loan if it's foreclosed. It's a bit more detailed then that. Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac actually banks? Or do they insure the loan?

333 wtc394  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:43:48pm
That's a relief, otherwise how would all the drug smugglers be able to fence their goods through through cheap government loan-guaranteed housing!


that's not the worst part of those "section 8's" It's the blight they bring with them to the entire neighborhood. Interesting study done which showed that after public housing towers were demo'd and the occupants were given rent and where ever they went, those little red/blue/yellow dots indicating robbery/burglary/assault etc. soon followed.

334 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:46:24pm

re: #332 BlueCanuck

I don't know the way it's done in the states but up here in Canuckistan CHMC insures the mortgage for the bank. The bank itself has first call on the loan if it's foreclosed. It's a bit more detailed then that. Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac actually banks? Or do they insure the loan?

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can either insure the loan, or themselves own the loan.

However, independent of them, there may be even more complicated cases, where the loan is owned by a bank originally (e.g., IndyMac), but is then seized by the FDIC - so the gov't owns it in this case too...

335 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:48:56pm

re: #334 blackpajamas

Sounds like a real mess down there. I bet there's a whole industry of consultants that assists and tracks that stuff.

336 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:49:06pm

Also, as per BlueCanuck's general inquiry, people in the U.S., who qualify, can get loans directly, through the Federal Housing Authority (FHA); the same FHA for which Congress recently passed a bill to expand their loaning capacity to people with really, really, bad credit!

337 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:51:28pm

Scream!

I have lots of little (some big) bug bites. 2:49am here and can't sleep with the mutha of all itches going on. Nothing helps.

AAARRRGGGGHHHH!

So, how y'all?

338 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:52:00pm

re: #336 blackpajamas

Thankfully up here that isn't a problem. In order to qualify for a CMHC coverage, you must have at least 5% of the total mortgage, be a first time home buyer, and qualify at a bank for the mortgage. It used to be 10% but it was lowered about 10 years ago after the real estate market took off. In essence we don't have the sub prime mess up here that you guys are experiencing. Also our mortgages are calculated differently as well. Interest is calculated semiannually rather than annually.

339 blackpajamas  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:53:42pm

re: #335 BlueCanuck

Sounds like a real mess down there. I bet there's a whole industry of consultants that assists and tracks that stuff.

The real danger is that the U.S. government only makes things worse with their interference.

However, that is not to say that short-term bailout solutions do not have their merit - although there are still side effects, like growing the size of the federal gov't (which has a remarkable way of never shrinking).

The real solution, the necessary solution, for the scope outside of the immediate short term, is to abolish quasi-government monopoly holders like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae; as they have special borrowing privileges that no other companies in the U.S., have - privileges that their execute staff have abused, and for which they shall be punished, and allow private industry to shoulder the mortgage holding and insurance business in a market oriented manner without government interference and inefficiency.

340 Joan  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:55:18pm

re: #92 Typicalwhitey

Apparently you gave up on the tired thread.
Someone named snigs slapped you around too

Why, I can't stop laughing at this post. Someone named snigs slapped you around? Brutal. Well, someone named Peace hit me with a Olive Branch, tore it right outta ma pore lil ole beak. Yup.

I'm gonna put this snigs quote on a mug.

341 BlueCanuck  Sun, Jul 13, 2008 11:55:59pm

re: #337 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Have you tried putting ammonia on the welts? That is if they aren't weeping or bleeding. Use a cloth to wipe it on so that it doesn't sit too long.

/actually works.

342 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 12:01:00am

re: #341 BlueCanuck

Just did that about 20 minutes ago...no relief, but thanks.

I attract more insects than a bug zapper.

I hate the outside.

343 blackpajamas  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 12:05:13am

OK, time for my midnight feeding.

In parting, I'll mention a bright light I saw this weekend from here:

"McCain is going to have to focus his campaign on just 3-4 themes, and then sharpen them, simplify them, and contrast them with Obama. E.g…

Illegal Immigration: We can talk all we want about “comprehensive immigration reform” but it won’t matter if we don’t close the border—now. I will; my opponent won’t. Close the border now, and all the contentious issues—amnesty, guest workers, fines and deportation—can be dealt with as the pool of illegal aliens shrinks rather grows."

344 Joan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 12:18:54am

re: #278 Wyatt Earp

Here's the before and after. Still wanna lose more, though.

Congrats! I am glad you "no longer fear the townspeople's harpoons" *smiles* You inspire me, as I fight to keep the modest progress I've made.

I need to read these overnight thingys more often, two laughs in one thread. Nice antidote to the thread that never ends
[and you can post there with your friends. One night I started posting there not knowing what it was, but now I can't get out of there and that is just because: it is the thread that never ends....]

345 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 12:31:48am

Ah, the late night when the dingers come out to play.

/on the lower threads.

346 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 12:46:04am

Well, time to lurk for awhile. Be back in time for fruitcup. Well maybe earlier if some one else shows up.

347 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 12:52:50am

re: #30 wolfie

Whoof! Long phone call...

All y'all o-kay?

348 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 12:54:26am

hey Thai K. :) Welcome back. Everyone went to bed and left me all alone. :( I didn't want to go to the ID thread. I hates it when Charles posts one before the overnight thread.

349 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 12:57:59am

I hear you... if you're going to pull the pin on an ID-grenade, at least stick around to thrash the bugs what crawl into the light!
***
Hey, Canuck! (I just put those shift-8 spacers in place so you don't thimk I was pointing at YOU! ;D) You gonna Wait Til the Midnite Hour? Here I'm home, enjoying a LOVELY, sunny, breezy, warm-not-hot jasmine-scented afternoon this fine Monday...

350 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 12:59:58am

heh heh, it's past the Midnight hour for me. The weather hasn't been too bad here either. Humidity is half decent, not too hot during the day, and just enough rain to keep the grasses green. Summer is such a crapshoot around here.

351 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:02:44am

re: #350 BlueCanuck

I recall it was a real crapshoot in the Oly area, south of BC... but when I got out of the cities, to my grandmother's farm atop a small mountain or to some campsite on the Olympic Peninsula, my eyes leaked and I spoke with God, heart to heart...

352 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:05:49am

re: #351 Karridine

Yeah, it can be like that here too. What we get for living in such a moisture rich area. I have always lived in a city that was beside a lake. It makes a big difference in humidty. The only time I didn't really have that problem was the summer I spent in Brandon Manitoba. Nearest lake was almost three hours away.

353 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:08:53am

re: #352 BlueCanuck

Me? I just love the Douglas firs, my grandfather being there for some of the FIRST-CUT harvest in southwest Washington... rain, trees, moss, big bracken ferns, little gurgling rivulets at the bottom of EVERY (well, almost) gulch and ravine...

And ANIMALS, seen, heard, smelt and known by their spoor... God! What a bounty!

354 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:12:01am

re: #353 Karridine

Ahhh, now you're talking. Spent a week one summer back in 84 just outside of Lake Superior Provincial park. Took about five hours to hike to this little cabin on a small lake. Did nothing but fish, read, talk philosophy, and listen to the olympics on CBC radio. Only other sounds of civilization was the sound of the train horns way off in the distance.

355 zulubaby  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:15:23am

Help please!

Anyone remember the rotating title about Uday and Qusay Hussein?

356 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:15:48am

re: #354 BlueCanuck

And isn't THAT something, you Old Timer?

I recall the thrill of watching a 4-8-8-4 steam past, hauling freight in 1950... and the wail of steam locomotives, over yonder, just barely audible across the miles... and the isolation of forest life, just to renew my acquaintance with REALITY, like Maximus, who would rub a small handful of dust, mud or soil, before every life-changing event...

Ah, Blue, the world WE were born into seems fast-fading....

357 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:17:11am

Uday & Qusay, heavy hitters of rape-rooms from the Tigris to the Euphrates!

That one?

358 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:17:19am

re: #356 Karridine

Um, I was 16 at the time. :) Just have a good memory and a lot of experience of doing stuff.

359 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:17:59am

re: #358 BlueCanuck

What a great 16 THAT was! :D

360 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:18:15am

STRIKE UP THE BAND, Zulubaby! HI! :-)

/I think that was it...

361 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:18:47am

re: #358 BlueCanuck

But you DID know the difference between steam whistles and diesel horns, din't you?

362 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:19:29am

Or maybe not.

/coffee challenged...
//two sips so far - I really should just pour it into my eyes

363 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:19:44am

re: #361 Karridine

Heck yeah. Steam whistles have a higher pitch.

/my dad is a train enthusiast.

364 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:19:56am

re: #362 littleoldlady

Or drip it IV...

365 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:20:09am

re: #362 littleoldlady

Or maybe not.

/coffee challenged...
//two sips so far - I really should just pour it into my eyes

I.V.'s work much better.

366 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:20:22am

re: #364 Karridine

GMTA.

367 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:21:06am

re: #363 BlueCanuck

Awright!

/...he was coming down the hill
doing 90 miles an hour,
his whistle broke into a scream!
We found him in the wreck
with his hand on the throttle,
scalded to death by the steam!

368 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:22:40am

Where's redc1c4 when you need an IV?!

Hiya boychiks! :-)

369 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:23:03am

Hiya, Sweet Knees!

/bbiaw

370 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:23:46am

re: #368 littleoldlady

Where's redc1c4 when you need an IV?!

Hiya boychiks! :-)

Hiya LOL, need fruitcup, its been a long time! Is Miguel ever around anymore?

371 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:23:48am

Morning littleoldlady. I haven't seen red for a couple of days. Must be enjoying himself by the pool.

/my guess, because I haven't recieved any bail requests yet.

372 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:24:09am

re: #369 Karridine

Hiya, Sweet Knees!

/bbiaw

Hey there K, hows Thailand?

373 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:24:34am

re: #370 coquimbojoe

Haven't you heard? He's recovering from a stroke. Realwest is keeping in touch with him.

374 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:25:14am

re: #373 BlueCanuck

Haven't you heard? He's recovering from a stroke. Realwest is keeping in touch with him.

No I have heard. That is horrible! Is RW around right now?

375 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:25:42am

re: #373 BlueCanuck

Thanks Blue! How is Summer coming along up there?

376 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:26:00am

re: #372 coquimbojoe

Joe, me Boyo! Its Monday mid-afternoon (1430) breezy, jasmine-scented, mellow, not too warm, and I'm keyboarding here, awaiting my 15-year-old's return from school in 30min, but my youngest is away at Boy Scalps camp for 2 days...

You?

377 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:27:03am

re: #374 coquimbojoe

A 'mild' stroke... Miguel was able to type at least one email... but prayers for his recovery...

378 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:27:09am

JOE! :-)

Miguel had (what he said was) a "slight" stroke. He's doing well (I hope!) and is in good spirits, but...you know...these things take time.

/fruitcup in T-minus 33 minutes...

379 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:27:44am

re: #376 Karridine

My 12 years just got back from his first Scout Camp, and first week away from the Parents. I have never seen a happier dirtier child! He got 7 merit badges! I am so proud.

380 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:28:04am

re: #375 coquimbojoe

Real is abed right now I believe. Summer is going okay. Unfortunately due to working nights I am sleeping most of the good weather away. Thankfully the GF has dragged me out a few times. :)

/worth the lack of sleep.

381 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:28:51am

What about Migs engagement, anything on that?

382 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:29:42am

re: #380 BlueCanuck

Real is abed right now I believe. Summer is going okay. Unfortunately due to working nights I am sleeping most of the good weather away. Thankfully the GF has dragged me out a few times. :)

/worth the lack of sleep.

I will track RW down tomorrow (how is he/she doing?)

383 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:29:57am

re: #381 coquimbojoe

The past is dust. :-/

/isn't THAT a rotating title?

You really haven't been around for a while, Joe!

384 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:30:28am

re: #378 littleoldlady

Remember the Boxing Day Tsunami in Thailand, 2004? I experienced a "mild ischemic accident" (oxygenated blood to an area of my brain was seriously slowed for a few minutes, then the blockage passed) and it affected ALL my fine-motor control...

No typing, no guitar-playing, no touch-typing, no caricaturing, no portraiture and NO unimpaired SPEECH... for about 2 years, then I was back to 95%...

385 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:31:32am

re: #382 coquimbojoe

I think real is doing okay. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of all the lizards around here. I know he was helping jammie with passing around info for jammies upcoming wake for his sister. Seems like sometimes he's jumping all over the place.

386 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:32:00am

re: #383 littleoldlady

The past is dust. :-/

/isn't THAT a rotating title?

You really haven't been around for a while, Joe!

I am around during the days trying to fight th good fight, but I have been trying to get to bed rather than do this...but I like this...whatever this is. At night you get to know people a bit better sometimes. I did spend most of last week in LA and the mountains in Utah though....

387 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:32:56am

re: #384 Karridine

Of course I remember the tsunami, Karridine, but I didn't know that that's when you had a stroke!

/OY! OY! OY!
//and you are way younger than Miguel (not to mention ME, too!)

388 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:33:09am

re: #385 BlueCanuck

I think real is doing okay. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of all the lizards around here. I know he was helping jammie with passing around info for jammies upcoming wake for his sister. Seems like sometimes he's jumping all over the place.

Jammies sister died? Really, for an LGF addict, where the H-E double hockey sticks have I been....?

389 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:33:31am

re: #379 coquimbojoe

My 12 years just got back from his first Scout Camp, and first week away from the Parents. I have never seen a happier dirtier child! He got 7 merit badges! I am so proud.


YES! Way to go, Joe Dad!

He missed you, but you raised him well enough that he didn't collapse in a puddle of self-pity there, and JUST DID WHAT's RIGHT, for a week, with peers! Woo-haw!

390 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:34:14am

re: #384 Karridine

Remember the Boxing Day Tsunami in Thailand, 2004? I experienced a "mild ischemic accident" (oxygenated blood to an area of my brain was seriously slowed for a few minutes, then the blockage passed) and it affected ALL my fine-motor control...

No typing, no guitar-playing, no touch-typing, no caricaturing, no portraiture and NO unimpaired SPEECH... for about 2 years, then I was back to 95%...

Wow. I am glad to hear that strokes scare me.

391 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:35:12am

re: #387 littleoldlady


//and you are way younger than Miguel (not to mention ME, too!)


You SURE bout that? I finish my sixty-second sun-cycle in October...

392 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:35:21am

I just checked my email and found info on Jammie's sister's funeral.

:-(

/NY. Not gonna make it.

393 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:37:00am

re: #389 Karridine

YES! Way to go, Joe Dad!

He missed you, but you raised him well enough that he didn't collapse in a puddle of self-pity there, and JUST DID WHAT's RIGHT, for a week, with peers! Woo-haw!

He handled so much better than I thought he would (he's a very tender boy). I was dying to find out about how he did with the wilderness survival MB where he had to build a shelter and sleep in it at night. He loved that best - and the shotgun shooting. I think he had way too much fun to miss us. Our scout troop leader is very on the ball.

394 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:37:08am

re: #388 coquimbojoe

Jammies sister died? Really, for an LGF addict, where the H-E double hockey sticks have I been....?

It's easy to miss stuff here. So many lizards, so many threads. . . . . .

395 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:38:57am

re: #390 coquimbojoe

Wow. I am glad to hear that strokes scare me.


What we fear, we tend to attract.

Study an hour or so on strokes, ischemic accidents and such, then change your diet and ANGER attitudes accordingly, and enjoy life to the fullest, secure in the knowledge that when you go, YOU GO! :D

Not two weeks ago, I got the email said my Dad had put his hand to his head, said, "...hurts..." then slid sideways out of the chair, dead before he hit the floor.

And nowadays, if you gotta GO, I say better THAT than intubation and long, lingering, pain-wracked demise, Joe.

396 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:40:01am

re: #391 Karridine

You SURE bout that? I finish my sixty-second sun-cycle in October...

WOW. I sit corrected!

/I'm going to have to show more respect toward my elders ;-)
//WHY did I think you were a whippersnapper like Joe and BlueCanuck? ;-)

397 coquimbojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:40:53am

re: #394 BlueCanuck

It's easy to miss stuff here. So many lizards, so many threads. . . . . .

Yeah, but I don't like missing on the important stuff. I have to go to bed, so goodnight all and God bless.

398 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:41:18am

re: #396 littleoldlady

Well better a whippersnapper then a young punk I guess.

/actually is there a difference?

399 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:41:25am

re: #396 littleoldlady

I was 21 when the USS Pueblo called me back to Korea, Lil Olde...

400 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:41:41am

re: #397 coquimbojoe

Night joe, have a good rest.

401 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:41:48am

re: #395 Karridine

My grandmother dropped dead of a stroke at age 55.

/which may make my "expiration date" minutes from now...

When your number is up, it's up.

402 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:42:26am

re: #398 BlueCanuck

/actually is there a difference?

About 50 years, on the part of the person CALLING the punk a whippersnapper! :D

403 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:42:59am

re: #398 BlueCanuck

Oh yes there's a difference! "Whippersnapper" implies affection. "Young punk" needs to be slapped upside the head.

404 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:44:14am

re: #401 littleoldlady

Ma'am, yes Ma'am.

Hold your heart clean, a civil tongue, and a mind full of praise for That Which Created Us, and it won't matter WHEN you go...

I'd be happy to do another 200 years of service as a Darth Vader clone...

405 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:44:39am

re: #403 littleoldlady

Oh good, that must mean I behave myself.

/was there any doubt?

406 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:44:52am

re: #403 littleoldlady

Oh yes there's a difference! "Whippersnapper" implies affection. "Young punk" needs to be slapped upside the head.

Oops. That's right.

/I stand corrected, Lil Olde.

407 Karridine  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:45:45am

Now, I'll be back in a while... tasks to perform...

408 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:47:27am

re: #407 Karridine

See you in a bit.

/still here chained to my desk.

409 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:49:25am

re: #405 BlueCanuck

You're a good boy, yes you are! :-)

Don't miss fruitcup, Karridine!

Did Joe leave?

/still coffee deprived :-(

I missed posting my favorite "goodbye" song...

410 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:00:04am

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --------------->
Help yourselves!

411 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:00:51am

re: #410 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --------------->
Help yourselves!

Thank you, don't mind if I do. :)

/*sigh* I am missing reds antics.

412 Neo Con since 9-11  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:01:48am

re: #410 littleoldlady

Mmm Martini's. Olives are a fruit right?

413 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:05:44am

Neo Con! :-)

Olives? Okay, if you say so. ;-)

414 freetoken  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:05:59am

re: #410 littleoldlady

Just in time too.... just finished reading the previous thread (creationism in Europe)... what a long thread to trudge through... and it made me hungry...

415 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:06:55am

re: #414 freetoken

Just in time too.... just finished reading the previous thread (creationism in Europe)... what a long thread to trudge through... and it made me hungry...

You mad brave soul.

416 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:09:49am

freetoken! :-)

Those ID threads are getting shorter, I think.

/or is it that Charles is putting up TWO a day and they're dividing?

417 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:11:46am

re: #416 littleoldlady

the I.D. threads are evolving?

418 Neo Con since 9-11  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:12:51am

re: #413 littleoldlady

Mornin LoL. I'm a bit curious of the origins of fruit cup before me and Red started spiking it .

419 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:13:25am

re: #417 yochanan

yochanan! :-)

Glad I didn't say that! ;-)

420 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:15:07am

re: #417 yochanan

the I.D. threads are evolving?

rofl!

421 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:15:55am

i will be honest if this place was just about I.D. AND EVOLUTION i would not be here.

422 freetoken  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:16:08am

re: #416 littleoldlady

Yeah... the ID threads are undergoing mitosis I believe... more of them as time passes...

If I feel I can add anything I try to give some links or explanations, meanwhile trying to not get in the middle of the inevitable squabbles between clashing personalities... It is an important topic that many blogs on the "right" have shied away from... but discomfort is not sufficient reason to avoid these discussions IMO.

423 Neo Con since 9-11  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:16:32am

MIGUEL. I'm very happy to see you up and out of bed

424 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:16:45am

re: #420 MigueldowninMexico

rofl!

NICE TO SEE YOU MIGUEL
WELCOME BACK

425 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:17:19am

re: #423 Neo Con since 9-11

MIGUEL. I'm very happy to see you up and out of bed

Thanks a lot! :)

426 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:18:15am

re: #424 yochanan

NICE TO SEE YOU MIGUEL
WELCOME BACK

Thanks Yoch! :)

427 freetoken  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:18:18am

re: #420 MigueldowninMexico

Miguel! It is so good to see you posting again! Hope that your recovery will progress smoothly.

428 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:19:17am

LoL: Miguel had a stroke at 59 and didn't drop dead ;)
LOL!

429 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:20:03am

re: #427 freetoken

Miguel! It is so good to see you posting again! Hope that your recovery will progress smoothly.

Thanks free!

430 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:20:13am

re: #418 Neo Con since 9-11

Fruitcup is an old, established tradition at LGF, going back to the Mike C. days when HE was the one shooting for "Good morning" at exactly 5 am Eastern (even though he was usually elsewhere in the world.) When he was late he got a razzing based upon the rotating title: Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.

It...evolved since then. ;-)

Miguelito! :-) :-) :-)

431 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:21:08am

Well I am 58 so that makes you the old man Miguel and I was always taught to respect my elders.

432 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:21:39am

re: #420 MigueldowninMexico

Hey, good morning Miguel. Glad to see you up and about.

433 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:22:23am

re: #431 yochanan

Well I am 58 so that makes you the old man Miguel and I was always taught to respect my elders.

hahahahahahaha

LoL

434 Neo Con since 9-11  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:22:33am

Miguel, are your doctor's giving you good news?

435 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:23:21am

re: #432 BlueCanuck

Hey, good morning Miguel. Glad to see you up and about.

Thanks BLue! :)

436 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:24:32am

re: #428 MigueldowninMexico

I neglected to mention that this happened in the hinterlands of Europe (PodKarpatskaRus) many years ago. Not only had she probably never seen a doctor, there most likely wasn't a doctor to SEE.

And in a weird, horrible way, her death in 1942 was a blessing. Better die of a stroke in a minute than what happened to my other grandparents in 1944...

:-(

437 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:24:50am

now back to the fruitcup did anyone leave me some?

438 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:25:03am

re: #434 Neo Con since 9-11

Miguel, are your doctor's giving you good news?

it seems that way. I can recover most I lost... if I work on it :)
Thanks :)

439 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:25:54am

re: #436 littleoldlady

I neglected to mention that this happened in the hinterlands of Europe (PodKarpatskaRus) many years ago. Not only had she probably never seen a doctor, there most likely wasn't a doctor to SEE.

And in a weird, horrible way, her death in 1942 was a blessing. Better die of a stroke in a minute than what happened to my other grandparents in 1944...

:-(

:( :( :(

440 Neo Con since 9-11  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:27:16am

re: #438 MigueldowninMexico

Thank G-d. I hope the best for you and I've missed you in the overnight thread.

441 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:27:37am

re: #438 MigueldowninMexico

it seems that way. I can recover most I lost... if I work on it :)
Thanks :)

You should. One of my GF's friends had a stroke a couple of months ago (age of 31). She's mostly recovered but still has some issues.

442 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:28:37am

re: #441 BlueCanuck

Let me rephrase that last part. Most of her issues are the implications of what happened and the change she has to make in her lifestyle.

443 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:30:29am

Sat. I read a Historical novel called Sarah's key it was about a French/American journalist living in France and about a Jewish girl who survived the french police round up of Jews at the french velo drome in 1942. very sad story but i could not put it down

seeing Miguel on line has put a smile on my face I NEEDED THAT THANKS MIGUEL

444 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:33:56am

{LoL}

445 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:34:17am

I am going through depression and really should stay away from sad stories. not sure if the two things are connected

446 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:34:59am

re: #443 yochanan

Sat. I read a Historical novel called Sarah's key it was about a French/American journalist living in France and about a Jewish girl who survived the french police round up of Jews at the french velo drome in 1942. very sad story but i could not put it down

seeing Miguel on line has put a smile on my face I NEEDED THAT THANKS MIGUEL

God bless you Yoch! :)

447 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:37:37am

when i get down sometimes i have to remeber that i have to just put one foot in front of the other. keeping the little things in mind and not let the big things keep me under control.

448 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:39:18am

re: #447 yochanan

Have you tried Chocolate Therapy?

/always works for me ;-)

449 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:41:11am

re: #448 littleoldlady

Have you tried Chocolate Therapy?

/always works for me ;-)

i think that is a female thing beer is a guy thing but then i have to keep the wood carving tools out of my hands.

450 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:41:31am

re: #441 BlueCanuck

You should. One of my GF's friends had a stroke a couple of months ago (age of 31). She's mostly recovered but still has some issues.

Thank. I plan to work on it, Blue :)

451 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:43:10am

my biggest problem with doing the wood carving at home is that WIFIE gets on my case about the FORNICATING WOODCHIPS

452 laZardo  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:44:35am

It's a few minutes before I leave work.

Moar Iranian Missile Photoshopping Fun.

453 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:45:47am

re: #451 yochanan

You mean she is allowed in your workshop?

/ducks and covers.

454 laZardo  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:46:30am

re: #452 laZardo

Note. Thread just got updated, and link is now NSFW.

/thankfully, I'm just about to leave. >_>

455 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:46:31am

re: #440 Neo Con since 9-11

Thank G-d. I hope the best for you and I've missed you in the overnight thread.

So many good friends make my heart sing!
Thanks Neo Con :)

456 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:48:53am

i am currently finishing up carving the text for a woodcut version of a Passover Haggadat working on the colophon which is the last part of it. It is a project I started back around 2000 I am not sure I am happy or sad that the text part of the project is coming to completion. I can always add new or different illustrations but that is different.

funny with the spell check on here it wants to change Haggadat to haggard

457 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:51:53am

re: #453 BlueCanuck

if i let her touch the tools i have to get the cooties removed It used to be worse back when she had that monthly woman thing.

458 gettinby  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:53:33am

re: #447 yochanan

I'll give you my mother's phone number.

No MATTER our problems, she'll have a worse one going on to tell you about.

GOOD MORNING!

{ {MIGUEL! ! ! ! !} }

I just dropped in very quickly to let you know how sorry I am to hear the news about your stroke, and how HAPPY I am that you are doing okay.

Hi {littleoldlady}! Hi {BlueCanuck}! {Everyone else}!

Now I'm off to work...I miss you all and miss having time to post for awhile here in the wee hours.

459 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:53:36am

re: #457 yochanan

M...U...S...T B...I...T...E T...O...N...G...U...E.

/would get smacked down so fast Mandy Manners would be proud.

460 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:54:12am

gettinby! :-) :-) :-)

I miss you, too!

461 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:54:46am

re: #458 gettinby

Hi gettinby, bye gettinby.

/here she comes, here she is, and there she goes. :)

462 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:55:06am

re: #457 yochanan

You're a BAD BOY!

463 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:55:36am

re: #458 gettinby

I'll give you my mother's phone number.

No MATTER our problems, she'll have a worse one going on to tell you about.

GOOD MORNING!

{ {MIGUEL! ! ! ! !} }

I just dropped in very quickly to let you know how sorry I am to hear the news about your stroke, and how HAPPY I am that you are doing okay.

Hi {littleoldlady}! Hi {BlueCanuck}! {Everyone else}!

Now I'm off to work...I miss you all and miss having time to post for awhile here in the wee hours.

Thanks a lot!

464 MigueldowninMexico  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:56:36am

I gotta crash, see you guys on the flipside :)

465 gettinby  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:57:05am

re: #458 gettinby

Damn! I forgot something...

{yochanan}

/probably won't help much, but hopefully a little?

466 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:57:11am

Miguel,

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! :-)

467 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:57:24am

re: #464 MigueldowninMexico

Have a good nap Miguel. See you when you can get here.

468 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:01:31am

carved 90 blocks of text in hebrew and am now doing the colophon in Gill sans. DAMN YOU ERIC GILL esp the 'O's and 'C' which make carving hebrew look like childs play.

469 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:03:13am

re: #464 MigueldowninMexico

I gotta crash, see you guys on the flipside :)

have a good one miguel

470 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:17:47am

tap! tap! tap!

471 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:18:21am

re: #470 littleoldlady

tap! tap! tap!

this mic is still on

472 redc1c4  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:20:13am

/white smoke..... %-)

473 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:23:12am

Well! Look what the cat dragged in.

/where have you been, red?!

474 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:27:14am

remember when stroking a cat ALWAYS WITH THE GRAIN.

475 redc1c4  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:32:30am

re: #473 littleoldlady

Well! Look what the cat dragged in.

/where have you been, red?!

the cat tried to bury me, but couldn't get a permit from the EPA

punk rock concert at the Doll Hut in Anaslime last night, with dinner at Ciro's (yummmmmm!)

tonight, just garden variety wine swilling with HRH, from whom all good things flow.

boocoo schise to accomplish in the am, so sleep might be an option. %-(

476 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:33:07am

re: #472 redc1c4

About time you showed up. I was tempted to spike the fruitcups myself, just to keep from being bored.

/ummmm I mean .. . . . .
//Ah crap, I am in it now aren't I?

477 redc1c4  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:34:10am

re: #474 yochanan

remember when stroking a cat ALWAYS WITH THE GRAIN.

good thing i'm not a pussy, eh? %-)

/massive amounts of white smoke

478 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:37:46am
A car gets a flat on the interstate one day. The blonde driver eases it over onto the shoulder of the road, carefully steps out of the car and opens the trunk. She takes out two cardboard men, unfolds them and stands them at the rear of the vehicle facing oncoming traffic. The lifelike cardboard men are in trench coats exposing their nude bodies and private parts to approaching drivers.

Not surprisingly, the traffic becomes snarled and backed up.
It isn't very long before a police car arrives. The officer, clearly
enraged, approaches the blonde of the disabled vehicle yelling, "What's going on here?"

"My car broke down, officer" says the woman calmly.

"Well, what the hell are these obscene cardboard pictures doing here by the road?" he asks.

"Helllooooooo!" says the blonde. "Those are my emergency flashers!"

Good day, ALL!™

479 rightwinger3  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:38:54am

Dang, missed Miguel again. He's doing ok, I hope? Sounds like it anyway.

480 littleoldlady  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:39:00am

Behave while I'm gone, boys, m'kay?

/actually, if you're going to misbehave, while I'm gone is a good time to do it...

*p00f!*

481 redc1c4  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:40:44am

re: #476 BlueCanuck

About time you showed up. I was tempted to spike the fruitcups myself, just to keep from being bored.

/ummmm I mean .. . . . .
//Ah crap, I am in it now aren't I?

yup...... especially since you figured that my lack of posting meant i'd skipped my fruitcup obligations.

my minions are so far into the fruitcup process that i can safely say that fruitcup production is compromised until 2525, at the very least.

/white smoke

482 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:40:53am

re: #480 littleoldlady

Bye littleoldlady.

/almost always on my best behaviour.

483 redc1c4  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:43:04am

re: #480 littleoldlady

Behave while I'm gone, boys, m'kay?

/actually, if you're going to misbehave, while I'm gone is a good time to do it...

*p00f!*

after all this time, it's only now that we learn you are a "poofer"........

/part British, are we?

%-)

484 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:43:40am

re: #482 BlueCanuck

DEFINE BEST BEHAVIOR?

485 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:45:34am

re: #484 yochanan

DEFINE BEST BEHAVIOR?

I don't get caught?

/the 11th commandment is "Thou shall not get caught"
//the 12th commandment is "If you fail to keep the 11th thou shall not get away with it"

486 redc1c4  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:45:52am

re: #482 BlueCanuck

Bye littleoldlady.

/almost always on my best behaviour.

that makes one of us.....

night all,
L8r!

487 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:47:07am

re: #485 BlueCanuck

DEFINE IT.

488 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:48:18am

re: #487 yochanan

DEFINE IT.

It all depends on what your definition of it is. ;)

489 rightwinger3  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:49:24am

Heh. I can only see the green + sign. I guess because I hardly ever down ding anybody my account has evolved.

490 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:50:19am

re: #489 rightwinger3

does it mean your a optimist?

491 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:52:09am

re: #490 yochanan

does it mean your a optimist?

Or he's colour blind.

492 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:06:36am

re: #491 BlueCanuck

if he was colour(canuk) blind he would never have noticed it to begin with.

493 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:07:42am

Good morning, Lizards!

494 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:08:20am

Point, and it's not canuck spelling it's proper english. :)

/colour, honour, armour, draught . . . . .

495 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:08:31am

always wondered why the different spelling for color/colour center/centre

because my last name is one of those words and when i was in Canada I always had to tell them the American spelling.

496 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:08:44am

Morning goddess, getting ready to enjoy the day?

497 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:09:36am

well there are 300 million who spell center this way and that being my last name

498 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:10:29am

re: #495 yochanan

always wondered why the different spelling for color/colour center/centre

because my last name is one of those words and when i was in Canada I always had to tell them the American spelling.

Do you REALLY want to know? I can explain...

499 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:10:43am

re: #495 yochanan

It's my personal opinion(don't take it the wrong way) that Americans were inherently lazy in some aspects. Why use an extra letter that was silent?

/I also say that they shortened the english hand gesture into the now known bird flip.

// don't hate me, it's just a theory. :D

500 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:10:51am

in the 17th century there were lots of words that did not have fixed spellings

501 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:11:22am

re: #498 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh please do. It has to be better than mine.

/being the truth and everything.

502 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:12:55am

lots of things changed in lang. the j and u. are rather recent, at one time there were 2 different s letters plus a number of different letters were dropped from english

503 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:14:10am

both the yod and thorn were dropped from middle english and the j and u were added.

504 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:15:54am

From time to time I pity the french. They are trying to hold onto the glory days when they were the transcendent force in the world. Now that has changed and they are trying to keep their languager "pure". It's a battle that's not going to be won.

505 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:16:12am

and how many people use ligatures now adays? In fact how many people even know what a ligature is. and that hebrew used to have a Ligature but is not used at all now adays.

506 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:16:38am

re: #503 yochanan

Hmmm, I know what thorn is. Yod? Can you discribe what it looked like?

507 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:17:20am

the frogs don't mind when we use a rivit or two but seem to get up set if a american word makes it onto there lily pad

508 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:17:58am

Okay, I can't resist--when your eyes glaze over, feel free to move on.

Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization did not begin to become standardized until the 18th century when the first dictionaries were written. Scholarly work was written in Latin, so English as a language wasn't really taught in schools. In an effort to bring some organization to English, various scholars created dictionaries, the most famous of which was Dr. Johnson's.

After America got on her feet, Noah Webster and others felt that American should be a separate language to establish further her independence. HE was the one who took out the "u" from the "-our" words and reversed the -re to -er in "centre," ect.

And you know the symbol in 19th century printing that looks like a long F? It stands for a double S, and printers used it to save type.

(I wrote my junior honors thesis on Attitudes Towards the English Language in the 18th Century.)

509 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:18:56am

re: #506 BlueCanuck

not sure what it looked like just remember that my first wife had to hand draw it it when she was working on her masters theis back in 1973 as it did not exist on her typewriter.

510 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:19:03am
511 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:21:55am

re: #508 goddessoftheclassroom

i have seen that 's' form used as a second 's' but the first 's' was still there.

hebrew used to have a ligature that was a combination of a 'alef and a lamed' there was also a different style of letter used when G-D name was printed.

512 bh684  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:22:21am

Morning all

513 bh684  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:23:15am

goddess, i seem to recall a 'sf' combination

514 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:24:05am

re: #513 bh684

goddess, i seem to recall a 'sf' combination

You're right; I was confusing it with the German thingy...

515 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:24:14am

re: #508 goddessoftheclassroom

see i learn something everyday on LGF wonder if i forget something as well. I think i do on I.D. threads.

516 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:24:14am
517 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:25:20am
518 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:25:37am

i remember having a hand set type reprint form the ben franklin mus. in boston that was set in the older style of type and older spellings.

519 bh684  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:25:57am

I finally got around to avatar thingy.

520 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:26:13am

re: #508 goddessoftheclassroom

So I was partially right in my own way. ;)

/thank you for refreshing my memory.

521 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:27:06am

Okay, time to scoot. Going to be a busy day after I am unchained from my desk. See you all tomorrow.

522 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:27:29am

re: #515 yochanan

see i learn something everyday on LGF wonder if i forget something as well. I think i do on I.D. threads.

I get upset with those on the ID threads who insult the Bible and Judeo-Christian belief in God as the Creator. I don't care about debate and disagreement; I do care about nastiness.

523 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:28:01am

{BlueCauck}

Have a great day!

524 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:28:33am

wonder about the different french between quebec city and paris? heard it was quite different even more so than between chicago and london.

525 bh684  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:28:38am

Travel day for me

526 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:31:00am

re: #522 goddessoftheclassroom

some of the secular nastiness on the I.d. THREADS BOTHERS ME TOO. and i am secular to a point but don't make a religion out of it.

527 BlueCanuck  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:31:49am

re: #524 yochanan

Quick jump in. The french in Quebec is properly stylized quebecois. It is similar to french, but an apt comparison would be scottish highland to american southwest. There are a lot more english words in quebecois with a "French" sound then in parisian french.

/now I am gone.

528 bh684  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:36:20am

I did not know of the dislike between Spain and Argentina until i got there, seems Argentinians have done to Spanish what we Americans have done to English

529 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:36:33am

re: #527 BlueCanuck

quebec was rather isolated from france for a couple of hundred years plus i think it mostly came from britney so it was different from the french spoken in the ile de france to begin with.
I think it is with the invention of t.v. and radio were this is becoming noticable as people hear both kinds right next to each other.

I remember hearing a story of a guy from new orleans who though he spoke french when he was stationed in france during WW2 and they could barely understand each other and was easier to just speak english.

530 Dar ul Harb  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:54:05am

re: #452 laZardo

It's a few minutes before I leave work.

Moar Iranian Missile Photoshopping Fun.

She doesn't look anything like an Iranian Missile ("File Not Found" anime girl).

531 Dar ul Harb  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:55:12am

Good to see you Miguel.
Bye, Miguel. Rest up.

532 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:00:16am

re: #522 goddessoftheclassroom

Those who conflate ID with faith in G*d as Creator are playing right into the islamists hands.
re: #526 yochanan

some of the secular nastiness on the I.d. THREADS BOTHERS ME TOO. and i am secular to a point but don't make a religion out of it.

Heh - some of the nastiest flames I've ever gotten is when I've pointed out the "religious fervor" of a secularist.

And yes, some of the folks on the ID threads do need a refresher course in basic manners.

/Good Morning Goddess, Yochanan, and Everybody Else!

533 jorline  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:00:53am

Cover of the New Yorker

Look closely at the cover...the fireplace and the picture on the wall.

534 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:06:31am

Mornin' all. Slow morning in lizard land.

535 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:07:10am

{pingjockey}

Good morning!

536 irish rose  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:07:31am

Good morning lizards, happy Bastille Day!

To honor the French, I'm having fries instead of a salad at lunch today... whos' with me?

537 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:08:48am

re: #535 goddessoftheclassroom
Well thank you! {gotc}. Back at you!

538 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:10:15am

Howdy doody everybody...what's cookin'?

539 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:10:56am

re: #536 irish rose

Gosh, what a hard call...I'll take fries.

Off with their heads!

540 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:12:20am

Apres nous, le deluge...

541 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:14:43am

Good morning Lizards... morning ping FBV... ((goddess))...gives the cutie pie teacher an apple...

542 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:15:13am

re: #533 jorline

Cover of the New Yorker

Look closely at the cover...the fireplace and the picture on the wall.

Sheesh! They're not even trying to hide it are they? But then again it is The New Yorker so they're probably trying to make some fine nuanced point that a gun-carrying, Bible clinging, redneck such as myself wouldn't understand.

/Even though I am a "New Yorker"

543 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:15:54am

Anybody ever heard Artur Rubinstein play Brahms? It is "like butta".

544 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:17:24am

*Yawwwwwnnnnn*

'Morning, y'all.

For civilities sake, let us all pretend that we're completely dressed and sitting around a perfectly set table laden with a proper 'English' breakfast. Dibs on the last brown egg.

Instead of sleepily scratching our behinds, choking down bitter coffee and reluctant to stick our heads out the door to see what fresh hell awaits us today.

545 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:18:02am

re: #542 CIA Reject
We were discussing this last night. IIRC, general consensus was, the New Yorker was trying to poke fun at the vrwc caricatures of obambi and the sarcasm came all the way around and smacked the New Yorker in the face. Or that the beast has agents on the mags staff!

546 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:18:12am
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

— James Thurber


The answers are out there if we knew the right question to ask.

-- Mr Songbird

547 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:20:35am

By the way, found out over the weekend that some of my wife's relatives (uncles, aunts, cousins all lifetime Democrats) are not going to vote for Obama.

Because he is black.

But I am sure they are the only ones. Kinda ticks me off, but they are idiots. They can find better reasons not to vote for him.

548 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:22:10am

re: #541 doriangrey

Good morning Lizards... morning ping FBV... ((goddess))...gives the cutie pie teacher an apple...

{doriangrey}

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

549 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:22:15am

re: #547 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

By the way, found out over the weekend that some of my wife's relatives (uncles, aunts, cousins all lifetime Democrats) are not going to vote for Obama.

Because he is black.

But I am sure they are the only ones. Kinda ticks me off, but they are idiots. They can find better reasons not to vote for him.

He's not, you know.

Burnt umber at the darkest, I should guess.

550 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:22:17am

re: #547 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

By the way, found out over the weekend that some of my wife's relatives (uncles, aunts, cousins all lifetime Democrats) are not going to vote for Obama.

Because he is black.

But I am sure they are the only ones. Kinda ticks me off, but they are idiots. They can find better reasons not to vote for him.

At least they aren't voting for him solely because he is black......

551 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:24:15am

re: #548 goddessoftheclassroom

{doriangrey}

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

ROTFLMAO.......You and your kittens........Reminds me of the Capitol One credit card commercial....Time to build my own Capitol One credit card with pictures of kittens...

552 irish rose  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:25:24am
And yes, some of the folks on the ID threads do need a refresher course in basic manners.

I'll second that.
I see snide comments from both sides that are completely unncecessary and add nothing to the debate except to wound the feelings of others. That has to stop.

Aside from the occasional rudeness, though, it's fascinating reading.

I have a real problem with the subversive fundamentalist agenda of the Discovery Institute, and I'm glad that Charles is taking this topic on.

I'm quite sure that Charles is not posting on this topic to hurt people... pulling the shroud of deception away from organizations like the DI, and exposing back-door agendas that will infringe upon our basic freedoms is very important to him, and he never shrinks from discussing unpleasant topics to do so. Even if it has the troublesome effect of upsetting people that he cares about.

The truth matters to him. It matters to me, too.

And the lizards here who are giving Charles a hard time about this need to simply avoid the threads that they don't like, stop being so sensitive, and let up on the criticism.

553 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:25:40am

Greetings Lizards!

Good morning from damp and overcast (!) Las Cruces, NM. It's monsoon season and we've doubled our annual rainfall in the last week!

Good for the chiles! Not so good for my car with the broken windshield wipers (who needs them here anyways?)

554 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:26:13am

re: #551 doriangrey

ROTFLMAO.......You and your kittens........Reminds me of the Capitol One credit card commercial....Time to build my own Capitol One credit card with pictures of kittens...

Oj and goddess, here one from one of my favorite bands just for you.....

555 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:26:16am

Good Morning Lizards.

FYI Jammies sister is being waked Tuesday and Wednesday. I sent flowers from the Lizards.

*prayers for Jammie and family*

556 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:27:34am

re: #552 irish rose

I'll second that.
I see snide comments from both sides that are completely unncecessary and add nothing to the debate except to wound the feelings of others. That has to stop.

Aside from the occasional rudeness, though, it's fascinating reading.

I have a real problem with the subversive fundamentalist agenda of the Discovery Institute, and I'm glad that Charles is taking this topic on.

I'm quite sure that Charles is not posting on this topic to hurt people... pulling the shroud of deception away from organizations like the DI, and exposing back-door agendas that will infringe upon our basic freedoms is very important to him, and he never shrinks from discussing unpleasant topics to do so. Even if it has the troublesome effect of upsetting people that he cares about.

The truth matters to him. It matters to me, too.

And the lizards here who are giving Charles a hard time about this need to simply avoid the threads that they don't like, stop being so sensitive, and let up on the criticism.

Absolutely spot on....You go girl...........

557 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:27:35am

re: #555 3 wood

What happened to Jammie's sister?

558 irish rose  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:27:35am

re: #544 razorbacker

*Yawwwwwnnnnn*

'Morning, y'all.

For civilities sake, let us all pretend that we're completely dressed and sitting around a perfectly set table laden with a proper 'English' breakfast. Dibs on the last brown egg.

Instead of sleepily scratching our behinds, choking down bitter coffee and reluctant to stick our heads out the door to see what fresh hell awaits us today.

One lump, or two?

559 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:27:42am

re: #554 doriangrey

Oj and goddess, here one from one of my favorite bands just for you.....

*Blushing but secretly pleased*

560 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:27:58am

Mornin' Wood!

Condolences to Jammie.

561 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:28:46am

re: #558 irish rose

Including the soggy bacon and fried tomatoes?

562 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:30:31am

Arthur Rubinstein plays Brahms' Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 2

Classical Music Warning!

563 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:30:53am

re: #558 irish rose

One lump, or two?

I'll take five..................Oh my head.... You know I went to see my doctor and told him that every time I take a drink of my coffe I got a stabbing pain in my eye... He charged me a hundred bucks and told me to take the spoon out of my cup before drinking.................. :O

564 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:32:46am

I've got to accomplish SOMETHING this morning, so I'd better go.

(drags feet)

Have a great day, Lizards!

565 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:32:59am

re: #563 doriangrey

rim(groan)shot!

566 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:33:22am

re: #545 pingjockey

We were discussing this last night. IIRC, general consensus was, the New Yorker was trying to poke fun at the vrwc caricatures of obambi and the sarcasm came all the way around and smacked the New Yorker in the face. Or that the beast has agents on the mags staff!

Heh - couldn't happen to a nicer bunch a schmucks!

/Mornin' Ping!

567 Mr Spiffy  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:33:33am

re: #30 wolfie

I'm trying to decide whether C wears the cape or K does.
I think it's K. C goes into a phone booth and comes out as K.

C.K. wears a suit as he enters the phone booth and exits in a cape as "S"

568 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:33:54am

re: #558 irish rose

One lump, or two?

Just make it hot, black, and bitter thank you. Might as well get used to it.re: #561 songbird

Including the soggy bacon and fried tomatoes?

But I like fried tomatoes. And I'm going to skip over the soggy bacon and go straight for the pork chops.

569 irish rose  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:34:06am
unncecessary

And clearly, I can't spell worth sh*t this morning.
More coffee.

570 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:34:48am

re: #564 goddessoftheclassroom

I've got to accomplish SOMETHING this morning, so I'd better go.

(drags feet)

Have a great day, Lizards!

Thats my girl, go get something done... Get out yer yardstick and learn them youngens a thing or three... :)

571 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:35:25am

re: #545 pingjockey

I don't think that Libs get "satire" unless it is under a banner headline that reads "THIS IS SATIRE", with a caption that explains what/how/why the satire is taking place.

Sheesh.

572 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:35:38am

Good Morning Lizards!
How was everyone's weekend?

573 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:35:57am

re: #568 razorbacker

But I like fried tomatoes. And I'm going to skip over the soggy bacon and go straight for the pork chops.

I'll take mine black...with plenty of cream and sugar........

574 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:36:06am

re: #569 irish rose

Tsok, the u and y were correct, we knew what you meant.

575 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:36:33am

Market Update:

I know some folks have been very nervous about the status of Famnnie Mae and Freddy Mac secutirties, and there has been some misinformation floating around. Upshot is Fannie and Freddy will be just fine, especially with Bernanke opening the discount window last Friday to them. I talked to several traders last Friday, who wer in the process of buying up all the stock they could grab cause they were such a bargain.

Freddie, Fannie rally as Treasury sets 'backstop' plan

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac both rose more than 25% Monday, a day after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson unveiled a government plan to provide financial support to the two government-sponsored mortgage buyers.

So if you are holding some Fannie Mae or Freddy Mac bonds, you should be fine. If you held the stock and were able to weather the storm, I think it will be back to normal values soon. There have been some incredible profit opportunites out there in the past few days too.

I do expect to see several banks and make a brokerage or two go belly up before this is all done.

576 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:36:38am

re: #572 HoosierHoops

Good Morning Lizards!
How was everyone's weekend?

Good morning HoosierHoops..........

577 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:36:49am

re: #568 razorbacker

Excellent choice! Much better than the soggy rashers!

My tea -- I'll take one sugar with cream.

578 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:37:58am

re: #560 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Mornin' Wood!


Mornin' Veg.

579 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:38:42am

re: #572 HoosierHoops

Not too bad. I've been rehearsing to sing in a benefit concert tomorrow. I'm singing the part of Malika in the Flower Song Duet from Lakme by Delibes.

580 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:39:28am

re: #578 3 wood

Haven't been on as much as usual lately, really busy here in the awful recession. Wo0t!

581 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:40:41am

re: #547 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

By the way, found out over the weekend that some of my wife's relatives (uncles, aunts, cousins all lifetime Democrats) are not going to vote for Obama.

Because he is black.

But I am sure they are the only ones. Kinda ticks me off, but they are idiots. They can find better reasons not to vote for him.

I am truly looking forward to waking up on November 5th to all the MSM pontificating about how, despite "40 years" of the civil rights movement, the United States is still such a deeply RACIST nation. The condescending lectures should continue well into the spring at least, and after that they will be the sound bite "bumpers" around each and every statement that comes out of President McCain's mouth. They'll be annoying to be sure but they will be small price to pay for having dodged a bullet.

582 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:40:41am

re: #579 songbird

Not too bad. I've been rehearsing to sing in a benefit concert tomorrow. I'm singing the part of Malika in the Flower Song Duet from Lakme by Delibes.

La la la la la la la la la.........La la la la la la la la la la... eh who am I fooling I hate vocal exercises.....I hated them in college and I still hate them...... ;P

583 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:41:26am

re: #557 songbird

What happened to Jammie's sister?

One of his sister's passed away late last week, the cause I'll leave to the privacy of Jammie and family.

Jammie won't be around much for a while.

584 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:41:59am

re: #579 songbird

Not too bad. I've been rehearsing to sing in a benefit concert tomorrow. I'm singing the part of Malika in the Flower Song Duet from Lakme by Delibes.

That's awesome!
( of course i have no idea what the flower song duet is.. but i bet it's really beautiful to listen too.)
/ Probably doesn't sound like anything 50 cent would do..

585 docremulac  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:42:00am

Well, the morning MSM headlines are ablaze with propaganda for the glorious victory of their brothers in the taliban over the hated enemy: the American soldiers.

"Taliban Attack Was Well Planned"


You don't have to squint to hard to read between the lines. These guys write breathlessly about what brilliant tacticians the taliban are, how glorious their victory is, how our puny earth weapons are powerless to stop them.

Towards the end though, they do have to point out that our soldiers kicked the living sh*t out of them. (As they always do)

The MSM is just praying for a tet offensive so they declare America's defeat.

586 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:43:53am

re: #584 HoosierHoops

That's awesome!
( of course i have no idea what the flower song duet is.. but i bet it's really beautiful to listen too.)
/ Probably doesn't sound like anything 50 cent would do..

FLOWER DUET

587 docremulac  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:44:35am

And also, isn't a "well planned" attack one that: 1- Works and 2- Doesn't get all the attackers killed?

588 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:45:13am

re: #587 docremulac

And also, isn't a "well planned" attack one that: 1- Works and 2- Doesn't get all the attackers killed?

I guess a successful suicide could be considered "well planned".

589 irish rose  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:45:29am

re: #561 songbird

Including the soggy bacon and fried tomatoes?

In my world the perfect breakfast would be an Irish breakfast. You'd be having fried eggs, bangers, rashers, black and white puddings, baked beans, grilled tomatos, and thick-cut Irish oatmeal with real cream and demerara sugar along with your tea or coffee. Served on a lace tablecloth with the best china and a napkin of the finest Irish linen, of course.

The reality is that I'm drinking black coffee, and eating a bowl of cold cereal standing over the kitchen sink.

590 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:46:23am

re: #587 docremulac

And also, isn't a "well planned" attack one that: 1- Works and 2- Doesn't get all the attackers killed?

Depends entirely on your point of view... If you hate America any attack that kills an American solider, regardless of how many attackers die in the attack is a glorious well planned attack...

591 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:46:54am

Well i've been on hold with AT&T for about 30 minutes..
If my postings in the next hour start to seem a little 'frustrated' ummm you'll know why!
somebody answer the frigg'n phone!
/heh

592 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:47:36am

re: #589 irish rose

In my world the perfect breakfast would be an Irish breakfast. You'd be having fried eggs, bangers, rashers, black and white puddings, baked beans, grilled tomatos, and thick-cut Irish oatmeal with real cream and demerara sugar along with your tea or coffee. Served on a lace tablecloth with the best china and a napkin of the finest Irish linen, of course.

The reality is that I'm drinking black coffee, and eating a bowl of cold cereal standing over the kitchen sink.

In other words, you're having a real Irish breakfast..... ;P

593 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:48:00am

Reason number 993 not to answer the phone before 8 AM...

"Mr. Razorbacker, I'm afraid your order will not be delivered this morning like we said."

"What causes this fear?"

"Whuuut? Oh, ermmmmm; 'cause the delivery truck has already left today and I'm looking at your order sitting in the corner."

"Dammit."

"Excuse me, Sir?"

"I said, 'That's quite alright, I'll see you sometime before noon.'"

594 irish rose  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:49:05am

Sorry to run off everyone, but I have a client to look in on this morning.

Have a nice day, all.

595 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:50:23am

re: #552 irish rose

I'll second that.
I see snide comments from both sides that are completely unncecessary and add nothing to the debate except to wound the feelings of others. That has to stop.


As I've said before, my only comment on this issue is that I am personally saddened and grieved to see some, on both sides, use the debate as an excuse to be mean, nasty, and ugly.

596 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:50:41am

re: #582 doriangrey

I'm amazed I can still sing the high G# with some grace (I'm a mezzo/contralto).

My young friend is putting on this benefit for an organization called The Artist Inside. She is directing a choir of young men in the juvenile detention facility here, and monies raised will help to purchase music and supplies for the program.

597 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:51:28am

re: #583 3 wood

Thanks! I definitely do not want to intrude on his privacy, but my thoughts and prayers will be with him and his family.

598 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:51:48am

re: #595 3 wood

As I've said before, my only comment on this issue is that I am personally saddened and grieved to see some, on both sides, use the debate as an excuse to be mean, nasty, and ugly.

It is also giving Charles some heartburn with the people who, rather than simply ignoring the thread, comment that they are not going to comment in the thread.

Starting to really piss him off. I'm not going to comment about it though.

599 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:52:18am

re: #589 irish rose

In my world the perfect breakfast would be an Irish breakfast. You'd be having fried eggs, bangers, rashers, black and white puddings, baked beans, grilled tomatos, and thick-cut Irish oatmeal with real cream and demerara sugar along with your tea or coffee. Served on a lace tablecloth with the best china and a napkin of the finest Irish linen, of course.

The reality is that I'm drinking black coffee, and eating a bowl of cold cereal standing over the kitchen sink.

Best breakfast I had in Ireland was in the Bunratty Castle Hotel. It was just like that.

600 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:53:44am

re: #596 songbird

I'm amazed I can still sing the high G# with some grace (I'm a mezzo/contralto).

My young friend is putting on this benefit for an organization called The Artist Inside. She is directing a choir of young men in the juvenile detention facility here, and monies raised will help to purchase music and supplies for the program.

Good for both of you. When I was in college I had a four octave range and really hated standing in front of the piano doing scales for my vocal instructor. He wanted me to sing opera, his name was Micheal Pollack, his wife was Beverly Sills. It was very intimidating since I somehow actually knew who she was...

601 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:54:41am

re: #597 songbird

I definitely do not want to intrude on his privacy, but my thoughts and prayers will be with him and his family.

Oh, you were not intruding, no problem.

He told me the cause but I don't know if that is for public consumption :)

602 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:54:42am

re: #598 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It is also giving Charles some heartburn with the people who, rather than simply ignoring the thread, comment that they are not going to comment in the thread.

Starting to really piss him off. I'm not going to comment about it though.

Yes, please. Withhold comment about the nonexistant comments commenting on the relevant commentary.

By the way. Nyah, nyah still got all my fingers.

603 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:55:44am

re: #584 HoosierHoops

Here is the Flower Song duet sung by the two grande dames of Opera, Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne.

I sound nothing like Marilyn Horne (well maybe a little bit)

604 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:56:19am

re: #602 razorbacker

Yes, please. Withhold comment about the nonexistant comments commenting on the relevant commentary.

No comment.

605 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:56:42am

re: #600 doriangrey

Good for both of you. When I was in college I had a four octave range and really hated standing in front of the piano doing scales for my vocal instructor. He wanted me to sing opera, his name was Micheal Pollack, his wife was Beverly Sills. It was very intimidating since I somehow actually knew who she was...

See the nice thing about rap is that you don't need Octaves nor do you need to sing..
/ducking and running

606 ggt  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:56:56am

Good Morning Lizards! It is bright in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland this morning. Haven't been outside, but I 'spect it's warmish as well.

I'm not on for long, so If I don't post again.

Have a great day!

607 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:57:06am

re: #604 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

No comment.

Cough...somebody delete that no comment comment cough....

608 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:57:11am

re: #603 songbird

Marilyn Horne is my fave...of all time...

609 docremulac  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:57:26am

re: #586 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"FLOWER DUET"

That's gorgeous. That reminds me, I've been meaning to rent some musicals to watch with my 5 year old daughter. She loves Mary Poppins and Sound of Music. Maybe My Fair Lady next, not sure.

I liked Oliver when I was a kid but it's probably because I related to the scruffy trouble making kids.

Hey, it's embarrasing to admit I like musicals but I grew up with them. I assure you I'm all man. I also listen to AC/DC and Led Zep.

610 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 5:58:18am

re: #607 doriangrey

Hey Dorian...get your car back? Or still driving the "castrata" mobile?

611 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:00:15am

re: #605 HoosierHoops

See the nice thing about rap is that you don't need Octaves nor do you need to sing..
/ducking and running

I dont needs no stinkin Crap..... Listen to one of my "songs" and you'll discover I dont needs gots no octaves or singing either...Lol...lol...lol...

612 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:00:51am

re: #605 HoosierHoops

See the nice thing about rap is that you don't need Octaves nor do you need to sing..
/ducking and running

Hoosier! You do need a great sense of rhythm!

Remember this - rap music is poetry set to minimalist music
/also ducks and runs!

613 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:01:16am

re: #610 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey Dorian...get your car back? Or still driving the "castrata" mobile?

Fixed it Saturday, but cant afford to drive it for at least another week......It is a bit of a gas hog ya know....

614 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:02:34am

re: #612 songbird


/also ducks and runs!

As well you should............... ;P

615 doriangrey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:04:04am

Well Crap its time once again for me to shuffle off to work...........

616 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:05:14am

re: #611 doriangrey

I dont needs no stinkin Crap..... Listen to one of my "songs" and you'll discover I dont needs gots no octaves or singing either...Lol...lol...lol...


Hey Dorian.. is that you at that web site? you play the guitar?

617 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:06:08am

re: #614 doriangrey

As well you should............... ;P

Nothing is more minimalist than "Soulja Boy".....and my student love this kind of stuff.........gaaaaaaaaa!

618 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:06:50am

re: #617 songbird

At least it's not nasty like a lot of rap.

619 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:07:19am

re: #598 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It is also giving Charles some heartburn with the people who, rather than simply ignoring the thread, comment that they are not going to comment in the thread.

Yes, and I saw where he has had to stop the bicycle threads cause of personal threats. Very sorry to see that.

Not that I would recommend this to anybody else, but some time ago I was receiving personal threats (long story) and handled it this way: I was able to get the jerk mad enough to call me. I told him any time he thought he was man enough to do something about it, to call me and let me know when and where. I recognized the voice, set a time and place with the guy and the authorities took care of the rest.

620 Alouette  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:07:27am

Hi my Lizard friends, I'm here in stinking Brooklyn NY, celebrating the engagement of my son to a lovely belle from Alabama. They decided to have the engagement party here so that the million or so of extended family who live in the NYC area can attend.

The wedding will take place deep down in Dixie. :)

621 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:07:45am

re: #612 songbird

Hoosier! You do need a great sense of rhythm!

Remember this - rap music is poetry set to minimalist music
/also ducks and runs!

lol
the rap/street/memphis music on the hustle and flow sound track is awesome.

622 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:07:52am

10 years ago or so, I was on a plane with the rap group "Naughty By Nature"...sat beside "Treach". 7am flight. He'd been up all night partying...talked to him the entire flight.

Heh. Was the nightmare seat companion on purpose.

Bet he remembers me til this day.

At the end of the flight, I told him good naturedly as I could, "I bet it is a pain to have people want to talk to you, being famous and all."

He said, "Nah, sometimes get's rough tho."

I said, "Ya know, if you didn't wear your Naughty By Nature jacket, people might not recognize you and leave you alone."

I left unsaid, that they are so "thug" looking, many people'd be terrified of them.

623 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:08:50am

One more comment before I schuffle off to bring home that which won't be delivered...

InBev buying AB/Budweiser

Say what you will regarding the taste of their products, but the AB folks seemed to love working for Augie and the gang. They liked the pay, the hours, and the benefits.

I suspect InBev will soon sort that all out.

624 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:10:08am

re: #623 razorbacker

58,000,000,000.00s

625 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:11:04am

re: #624 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

52,000,000,000.00s

fixed that for me.

626 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:13:41am

re: #624 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

58,000,000,000.00s

It is a lot of Clydesdale chow.

So now there is no 'big' American owned brewery left.

End of an era, lads, end of an era.

627 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:21:16am

re: #620 Alouette

Congrats on the coming nuptuals.

628 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:21:20am

#618 songbird

If you listen to the unedited lyrics you will find the the song is not appropiate for children.. In fact I find that most parents are shocked after listening to it.

629 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:22:46am

re: #628 benzbat2

Where can I find those? Soulja boy is supposed to be some 16 year old kid who got lucky.

630 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:25:01am

songbird

on you tube... Just type in dirty virsion after you type the title in...
The long and short of it all women are "hoes"

631 jorline  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:25:28am

re: #542 CIA Reject

Sheesh! They're not even trying to hide it are they? But then again it is The New Yorker so they're probably trying to make some fine nuanced point that a gun-carrying, Bible clinging, redneck such as myself wouldn't understand.

/Even though I am a "New Yorker"

spot-on picture of Barry and Michelle as well...lol That cover took balls for someone to print.

632 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:26:21am

Along with that his new one is "get silly" very dirty song also.

633 Ojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:28:58am

re: #605 HoosierHoops

Homer read aloud in the original Greek has the rhythm of rap music and in fact the performers in the time of the ancients who memorized the poem and recited it to their enraptured audiences were called —

Rapsodes.

634 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:30:26am

re: #575 3 wood

Upshot is Fannie and Freddy will be just fine, especially with Bernanke opening the discount window last Friday to them.

Did you see Clive Crook's column in the FT today?

Covering the agencies’ losses on their loans and guarantees is going to require an actual outlay, which will fall on taxpayers. You could plausibly call the rest – namely, bringing these “government-sponsored enterprises” explicitly inside the public sector – just a bookkeeping entry. But what an entry! It would surely shake financial markets, raise the government’s cost of funding and put heavy downward pressure on the dollar. Meanwhile, the turmoil impedes or paralyses the GSEs in their crucial life-support role for the housing market.

So explain to me how this doesn't come out of my wallet?

635 Ojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:34:02am

re: #599 3 wood

cowboy breakfast

Eat all you want!

Damn if some of it ain't fried.

Not ok, not ok.


and Her's the Mt. Wilson image for today, its gonna be a hot one.

636 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:35:05am

re: #633 Ojoe

Homer read aloud in the original Greek has the rhythm of rap music and in fact the performers in the time of the ancients who memorized the poem and recited it to their enraptured audiences were called —

Rapsodes.

very cool and interesting

/ok i've been on hold for over an hour with AT&T..Stupid background music may cause me to snap..I've invested too much time to hang up now..grrr

637 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:35:15am

re: #635 Ojoe

ojoe, i can't see your mountains! says can't find server.

638 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:35:55am

re: #631 jorline

spot-on picture of Barry and Michelle as well...lol That cover took balls for someone to print.

Remember this is "The New Yorker" we're talking about-

I'm sure they've locked the balls safely back into the safe by now.... :-)

639 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:35:55am

re: #633 Ojoe

Homer read aloud in the original Greek has the rhythm of rap music and in fact the performers in the time of the ancients who memorized the poem and recited it to their enraptured audiences were called —

Rapsodes.

Now there is a research project in the making!

640 saberry0530  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:35:58am

re: #635 Ojoe
Bad Linky! to many ttp\

641 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:36:26am

re: #636 HoosierHoops

I was on hold with the IRS the other day for 30 minutes. They have had the same hold SONG for over 5 years, probably longer.

642 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:37:08am

re: #640 saberry0530

is that you with the prez?

643 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:37:44am

re: #636 HoosierHoops

Please do not take it out on who answers the phone. Not his/her fault....be nice.

644 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:38:22am

re: #626 razorbacker

It is a lot of Clydesdale chow.


So now there is no 'big' American owned brewery left.


End of an era, lads, end of an era.

The smaller American breweries are where the real flavor is. Yuengling is the oldest family-owner brewery in America, indeed the oldest brewery in America period & they produce great tasting beers that the average Joe can easily afford. Try one today - they're being sold at more & more places across the country.

645 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:38:37am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. I've finally gotten around to commenting on the New Yorker cover. Nice to see that the left v. far left has stayed classy as expected.

Besides, why resort to that kind of tasteless cover art (besides the obvious need of the New Yorker to attract attention outside the doctors offices) when the reality of Obama's positions are so much worse.

He flips. He flops. He flips back.
And that's just on the status of Jerusalem.

He's worse on the issue of Iraq, where hasty retreat and Obama are synonymous even as the surge worked.

And his domestic policy can be summed up thusly: tax, tax, and tax some more. Oil companies are one of his favorite whipping boys, and his energy policy doesn't create a single watt of new power or a single barrel of new oil.

646 saberry0530  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:39:24am

re: #641 bellamags
If you know the IRS on hold song from five years ago, it is a sign that you make entirely too much money, or, are and accountant, or, need to get a life , or All of the above.


/S

647 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:40:59am

re: #644 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Dontcha think they'dve sold more if it did not sound Chinese. (pronounced Ying Ling). Prolly about something local, and the locals know what it is.

Go national distributing...well, there you have it. (Though there are some eggcellent Chinese beers. Tsing Tao?)

648 Ojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:41:44am

re: #379 coquimbojoe

Note that in the Scout Law, "Clean" is next to last.

649 saberry0530  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:41:49am

re: #642 bellamags
NO, Younger Brother. Was USMC Liason to the WHitehouse for Inagural events back in 2003-2004. HE got a handshake and a picture. But no coffee cup or t-shirt. I did 12 years in the Corps before the body decided not to cooperate.

650 profitsbeard  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:43:05am

"It is better to question all the answers than to answer all the questions." - James Thurber's seal.

651 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:43:13am

re: #647 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dontcha
think they'dve sold more if it did not sound Chinese. (pronounced Ying
Ling). Prolly about something local, and the locals know what it is.

Go national distributing...well, there you have it. (Though there are some eggcellent Chinese beers. Tsing Tao?)

Heh. It is well known on the Eastern Seaboard, but the "chinese name" problem is true. I went camping around where the brewery is located & someone asked me if I was drinking a Chinese beer.

652 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:43:48am

Good Morning all y'all - from a coolish (73 degrees, going up to 86, with T-storms predicted again today) and overcast Charlotte!
How is everyone doing this fine morning?

653 Ojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:43:58am

Mt Wilson Tower cam in a link that works.

At least y'all got your cowboy breakfast.

Breakfast links.

654 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:44:19am

re: #646 saberry0530

I own a small business, make no money and the dark lords of the IRS constantly screw up my "contributions".

655 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:44:21am

re: #630 benzbat2

songbird

on you tube... Just type in dirty virsion after you type the title in...
The long and short of it all women are "hoes"

It's disgusting! Thanks for the heads up!

656 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:44:58am

re: #652 realwest

GM RW! how are you today? Its going to be a scorcher in NE FL.

657 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:45:13am

re: #651 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Three other solid breweries are Saranac, Sam Adams, and Harpoon.

658 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:46:54am

BRB need coffee.

659 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:47:18am

#655 songbird

welcome.... I decided to take a listen to it when my niece started singing it. Once I heard the whole thing unedited I wanted to slap my sis for letting her listen to that crap.

660 LeonidasOfSparta  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:47:28am

The New Yorker has cover cartoon-art that has Obama and wife SEETHING-- (hmmmm sound familiar?)

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

I think it's funny as hell and probably TOO close for comfort.

661 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:47:32am

re: #653 Ojoe Sorry Ojoe, your link just shows a blank rectangle!

662 FrogMarch  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:47:41am

McCain - please call VDH - he has some good advise for you.

Energy: I’m as much for wind, solar, and conservation as Barack Obama. But for now at present rates of consumption and production, we will go bankrupt in the transition to green energy. So I will drill off the coast, develop tar sands and shale, use clean coal, and build more refineries and nuclear power plants to ensure that we don’t keep sending trillions to our enemies, that we don’t leave our poor without transportation and heating, that we don’t allow sloppy foreign state energy companies to pollute the planet, and that we don’t bankrupt our treasury. My opponent is captive to radical environmentalists whose restrictive policies helped to get us into this mess; he’ll talk about green power, as we go broke and run out fuel listening.

bam.

[Link: pajamasmedia.com...]

663 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:47:43am

re: #644 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

The smaller American breweries are where the real flavor is. Yuengling is the oldest family-owner brewery in America, indeed the oldest brewery in America period & they produce great tasting beers that the average Joe can easily afford. Try one today - they're being sold at more & more places across the country.

Long ago, while I was just a Piggiebacker, Budweiser was the brew of choice amongst my peers. It wasn't taste, price, or anything like that.

Budweiser was/(is?) rice brewed, and they bought our rice.

664 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:48:02am

What's kicking Real?
What do you have planned for this fine day?

665 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:48:41am

re: #656 bellamags Good morning to you - how hot is "Scorching"?

666 Ojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:49:47am

re: #661 realwest

Huh. It worked when I previewed it.
Here is the towercam without putting a title on it:

[Link: astro.ucla.edu...]

667 DistantThunder  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:50:47am

Morning everyone! Anyone have an update on Miguel?

668 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:50:48am

re: #663 razorbacker
No kidding - Bud was brewed from RICE, not barley and corn? Must be why Bud always gave me a headachy hangover while all other beers just gave me a queasy stomach type of hangover!

669 Ojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:51:59am

re: #660 LeonidasOfSparta

YEEE HA

as if the New Yorker and others did not ever have Bush satire on their covers before.

670 DistantThunder  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:52:02am

re: #645 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. I've finally gotten around to commenting on the New Yorker cover. Nice to see that the left v. far left has stayed classy as expected.

Besides, why resort to that kind of tasteless cover art (besides the obvious need of the New Yorker to attract attention outside the doctors offices) when the reality of Obama's positions are so much worse.

He flips. He flops. He flips back.
And that's just on the status of Jerusalem.

He's worse on the issue of Iraq, where hasty retreat and Obama are synonymous even as the surge worked.

And his domestic policy can be summed up thusly: tax, tax, and tax some more. Oil companies are one of his favorite whipping boys, and his energy policy doesn't create a single watt of new power or a single barrel of new oil.

Next cover: Obama as a gymnast.

671 saberry0530  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:52:06am

re: #654 bellamags
See, that is your problem, they don't want contributions, they want 100% donations. It's not your money until they tell you its your money. OWned a small business years ago, but the "gov't" withheld payment for 18 months on a contract and put me under. KNOW your pain.

672 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:52:33am

re: #667 DistantThunder
Well he was posting out here around #420, but forgot to call me; sent me an e-mail "apology" and his phone number which I just called and it's busy.
Which means either Miguel is sleeping and has it off the hook or b) the lines to Mexico are all busy or c) he gave me the wrong phone number!
But based on his posts he does seem to be ok.

673 DistantThunder  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:53:47am

Another cover: Oil companies tied to poles in slave fashion with Obama wiping them - title it Reparations.

With oil drilling Republicans running - how can we lose this election?

674 DistantThunder  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:54:15am

re: #672 realwest

Well he was posting out here around #420, but forgot to call me; sent me an e-mail "apology" and his phone number which I just called and it's busy.
Which means either Miguel is sleeping and has it off the hook or b) the lines to Mexico are all busy or c) he gave me the wrong phone number!
But based on his posts he does seem to be ok.

Ok, glad to know that - thanks Real.

675 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:54:57am

OK I've been on hold with AT&T for 90 minutes..
They win..I give up..
BBL

676 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:55:22am

re: #664 HoosierHoops
Hey there! Nothing planned since I can't get to my dentist until EARLY as HELL Wednesday morning to fix this effin' root canal I'm pretty sure he botched, although he says its from grinding my teeth.
Wearing a store-bought nightguard just made my teeth hurt worse!
So I'm planning on just sitting around, trying to reach Miguel everyonce in a while and turning off 'puter when the lightning starts!
What have y'all got planned?

677 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:56:28am

re: #666 Ojoe Works for me too, now - forgot to give it time to load! Sorry!

678 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:57:10am

re: #668 realwest

No kidding - Bud was brewed from RICE, not barley and corn? Must be why Bud always gave me a headachy hangover while all other beers just gave me a queasy stomach type of hangover!

It's on the label, realwest.

The original Budweiser pledge reads "We guarantee that this beer is brewed especially for our own trade according to the Budweiser process of choicest hops, best barley and rice. This beer is brewed in St. Louis and warranted to keep in any climate. Take notice that all crowns are branded with our trade-mark." The last sentence was altered slightly in the early 1900s to read: "Take notice that all crowns bear our trade-mark."

It was altered again, albeit briefly, to read as follows: "We guarantee that this beverage is healthful, refreshing, nutritious, free from bacteria, fully matured and aged, will keep in any climate, and fermented in St. Louis. Take note that all crowns bear our 'A' and 'Eagle' trade mark". This pledge was reverted to the second pledge after only a few years.

The current pledge was placed on the bottle some time around the end of the Second World War. It reads: "This is the famous Budweiser beer. We know of no brand produced by any other brewer which costs so much to brew and age. Our exclusive Beechwood Aging produces a taste, a smoothness and a drinkability you will find in no other beer at any price."

679 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:57:55am

re: #676 realwest

work, work, work, and did I mention work... I need a vacation.

680 Ojoe  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:58:30am

re: #677 realwest

Looks like a hot day from the top of the Mtn.

I'm in LA area right now, it is supposed to get up to 86F today.

681 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:01:26am

re: #678 razorbacker
Hey, what happened to: " healthful, refreshing, nutritious"? that was the part I liked best! LOL!

682 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:02:19am

re: #450 MigueldowninMexico

{MIGUEL} Be well, refuah shlemah (a full recovery)...

683 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:02:24am

Good morning, Lizardia.

Just got a new laptop this weekend -- taking it out for a spin. Still getting used to it.

What's the good word?

684 Bobblehead  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:02:34am

Re The New Yorker cover>Michelle Malkin has some good advice for Mr.My Feelings Are Easily Hurt..Grow a pair!

685 songbird  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:02:43am

Have a good day, fellow lizards. I'm out to do some doctor ordered exercise for my cholesterol.

686 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:03:01am

Miguel -- heard about your travails -- get better. Will be praying for you.

687 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:03:28am

re: #679 benzbat2
Hey benzbat2! It's good to see you! If y'all need a vacation, why don't you take one (or are you - dreaded words I've experienced myself - "self-employed"?)?!
How's your Dad doing - don't recall seeing him out here much anymore?

688 Bobblehead  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:03:44am

re: #683 lucius septimius

Good morning, Lizardia.

Just got a new laptop this weekend -- taking it out for a spin. Still getting used to it.

What's the good word?

Ooh, a new puter. What kind did you get?

689 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:04:02am

re: #668 realwest

No kidding - Bud was brewed from RICE, not barley and corn? Must be why Bud always gave me a headachy hangover while all other beers just gave me a queasy stomach type of hangover!

Also, on the cans, just under the red border stripe, you used to find cryptic letter and number codes.

Not knowing what they were, we of course didn't let that deter us from making up our own explanations.

General consensus was that 83-A was best, followed by L-1.

690 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:04:24am

MSNBC reports:

Bush has lifted the Executive ban on oil exploration on the Continental Shelf

691 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:04:36am

re: #665 realwest

my car temp read 102 yesterday. Probably in the mid 90's with 90% humidity. Its like a steam room.

692 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:05:33am

re: #683 lucius septimius
Well the good word, my good friend, is that tomorrow's Tuesday! LOL!
What kinda laptop didja get?
And how are you doing (more important than type of laptop!)?

693 Bobblehead  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:05:58am

re: #690 wahabicorridor

MSNBC reports:

Bush has lifted the Executive ban on oil exploration on the Continental Shelf

Hallelujah!

694 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:06:38am

re: #690 wahabicorridor

MSNBC reports:

Bush has lifted the Executive ban on oil exploration on the Continental Shelf

I blame Bush.

695 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:07:08am

re: #688 Bobblehead

Ooh, a new puter. What kind did you get?

Gateway M series. Best deal and perfectly good for what I need. Waiting for my new copy of Office to arrive so I can get rid of that cruddy "Works" suite.

696 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:08:18am

re: #693 Bobblehead

Hallelujah!

Waiting for the lawsuits from Sierra Club, Greenpeace, et. al.

697 jorline  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:08:46am

re: #690 wahabicorridor

MSNBC reports:

Bush has lifted the Executive ban on oil exploration on the Continental Shelf

Now the ball is in the oil company's court...go drill

698 Bobblehead  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:09:02am

re: #694 razorbacker

I blame Bush.

Let's see if his approval ratings go up.

699 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:09:07am

re: #660 LeonidasOfSparta Hey there - yeah, we kinda kicked that around some on the prior thread and upthread - seems to be sort of a false flag op - to discredit Republicans. OTOH, The New Yorker is pretty well know for satirical covers and articles, maybe this one just fell on it's face.
Either way Obama dissed it and McCain dismissed it.
I thought it was pretty funny, myself!

700 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:09:18am

We can start to watch the prices of oil fall now. Just the threat of us drilling for our own will drive down prices.

701 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:09:36am

re: #695 lucius septimius

Gateway M series. Best deal and perfectly good for what I need. Waiting for my new copy of Office to arrive so I can get rid of that cruddy "Works" suite.

Top Three Oxymorons:

1) "Military Intelligence"
2) "Government Assistance"
3) "Microsoft Works"

702 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:09:42am

re: #690 wahabicorridor

MSNBC reports:

Bush has lifted the Executive ban on oil exploration on the Continental Shelf

Great news!

I can hear some environmentalist heads popping as we speak!

703 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:09:54am

re: #690 wahabicorridor

MSNBC reports:

Bush has lifted the Executive ban on oil exploration on the Continental Shelf

Halle-frickin-lujah! About damn time.

Of course, our luddities in Congress might try to stop it.

704 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:10:13am

re: #699 realwest

I loved that cover.

How are you doing, my friend? After a few days of computerlessness, I'm back in the world of the wired.

705 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:10:33am

re: #697 jorline

Now the ball is in the oil company's court...go drill

Gonna have to find/build the rigs first.

Rest of the world hasn't been sitting on their haunches waiting for us (US) to act. They've been drilling.

706 jorline  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:11:54am

re: #652 realwest

Good Morning all y'all - from a coolish (73 degrees, going up to 86, with T-storms predicted again today) and overcast Charlotte!
How is everyone doing this fine morning?

Good morning RW...hope you're well this morning.

Sunny 80 degrees, 90% humidity with a high of 94 today along the TX coast.

707 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:12:21am

re: #703 Honorary Yooper


Of course, our luddities in Congress might try to stop it.

Count on it.

Get ready for, e.g., McKinney to scream that offshore drilling is a form of genocide against persons of color.

Good morning.

708 Bobblehead  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:12:45am

Mr. Bush should make a speech in prime time and say something like..Congress is not listening to the American people so I'm taking matters into my own hands.

709 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:12:57am

re: #705 razorbacker

Gonna have to find/build the rigs first.

I was thinking they'd have to get the lease thing worked out first?

710 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:13:39am

Is there a link for the Bush drilling thing?

711 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:13:40am

# 687 realwest

Parents are good they have no internet right now.
No not self employed (wish I was). Just work to much.
Vacation is next month. (thank god). Trying to talk hubby in to going to Niagara Falls again. This time when the spray from the falls dosen't freeze on us.

712 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:13:52am

re: #705 razorbacker

Gonna have to find/build the rigs first.

Hey, I've got some tools... I bet a lot of other folks here do, too! Let's put on a show build an oil rig in the barn!

713 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:13:53am

re: #684 Bobblehead Good morining to you Bobblehead! Uh, is my memory worse than even I think, or do you always post a link to Michelle Malkin's site out here on the DT?
She was spot-on today though!
And if HE can talk about Race, so can we, though why we'd want to is beyond me.
He is still just an empty suit - with a thin skin (I know, I know, how can he be an empty suit with any kind of skin; all you literalists and youngin's can go screw off!)!

714 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:14:06am

Well, y'all need to vote for me. When elected I will ban Mondays. Halfway to work, truck dies. No backup car cause 16 yr old loaned his(mine) to a friend who ran it into a telephone pole! Mondays are supposed to be fouled up, but this is ridiculous.

715 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:14:37am

Man.

You wants to be a nice guy. You wants to save precious Gaia bodily fluids and carpool or combine trips.

So you calls a couple of neighbors and say, "I have to go into town. Y'all need anything since I'm going."

And they both say, "Wait just a minute till I get the cows fed, chickens fed, or whatever. I'll be right up."

And you waits.

716 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:15:34am

re: #710 rlevitin

Is there a link for the Bush drilling thing?


Nothing on the White House web site - suckass MSNBC site still loading.............

717 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:15:35am

re: #685 songbird
WHY? Let the damn cholesterol exercise itsownself!

718 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:15:40am

re: #715 razorbacker

Man.

You wants to be a nice guy. You wants to save precious Gaia bodily fluids and carpool or combine trips.

So you calls a couple of neighbors and say, "I have to go into town. Y'all need anything since I'm going."

And they both say, "Wait just a minute till I get the cows fed, chickens fed, or whatever. I'll be right up."

And you waits.

Think of it this way:

More time to kill on LGF
=)

719 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:15:55am

re: #715 razorbacker
And waits, and waits. If they're like my brother, they operate on 'cowboy' time. Which is 2 to 4 hours later than everyone else!

720 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:16:31am

Actually, the ball remains in the hands of Congressional Democrats who have a moratorium of their own on offshore drilling.

Bush wanted the Congress to act first, but they haven't. So Bush lifted the Executive Order for a moratorium on offshore drilling in place since President Reagan.

Now, Congressional Democrats have to choose. Higher gas prices and the ire of voters in November, or breaking with their econuts who want to strangle the economy in every conceivable manner.

721 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:16:42am

re: #712 Occasional Reader

my dad owns a metal fabrication shop! we can start friday!

722 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:17:01am

re: #716 wahabicorridor

Linky.

723 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:17:05am

re: #690 wahabicorridor
Good morning wahabi - that's GREAT news if it's true; MSNBC isn't know for accuracy in journalism!

724 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:17:49am

re: #721 bellamags
Wasn't there a movie back in the '70s IIRC, where they built a spaceship in a junkyard and pissed NASA off?

725 Kenneth  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:18:15am

re: #690 wahabicorridor

MSNBC reports:

Bush has lifted the Executive ban on oil exploration on the Continental Shelf

Waiting for the "Bush Rapes Planet" headlines in the MSM...

726 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:18:15am

Here is the link.

Subhead:

Congress must still lift legislative ban before offshore drilling can start

727 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:18:52am

re: #700 bellamags Yep!
And the first time we actually start BUILDING a new nuclear reactor, watch the prices fall a lot more.

728 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:19:08am

I can't recall, wasn't born yet. he he he. However I think there was one recently with Billy Bob Thornton? Can't remember the name. He built one in his barn. Maybe it was a remake?

729 jorline  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:19:26am

re: #705 razorbacker

Gonna have to find/build the rigs first.

Rest of the world hasn't been sitting on their haunches waiting for us (US) to act. They've been drilling.

They build them here in Corpus Christi...we have had several offshore rigs built over the last few years...introducing Thunderhorse.

730 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:19:29am

re: #709 wahabicorridor

I was thinking they'd have to get the lease thing worked out first?

We're talking apples and watermelons.

The folks that build the rigs aren't the oil companies as we know them. Exxon/Mobil doesn't build the rigs, they buy/lease them from others.

And offshore drilling has complications in addition to the normal complications of drilling. Being, well...offshore.

731 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:19:32am

Atheist soldier sues Dept. of Defense.

If his claims are true, I think it's pretty outrageous.

732 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:19:38am

re: #726 wahabicorridor

Here is the link.

Subhead:

Congress must still lift legislative ban before offshore drilling can start

Yeah. Damn.

At least this is gonna put direct pressure on Congress... and could push public opinion against the Dems even more. (Hopefully)

733 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:19:41am

re: #724 pingjockey

Wasn't there a movie back in the '70s IIRC, where they built a spaceship in a junkyard and pissed NASA off?

Salvage

734 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:19:55am

re: #726 wahabicorridor
This puts the onus directly on Reid and Pelosi! GW can say "hey I lifted the ban, but the congress critters want you to pay 5 bucks a gallon for gas!

735 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:20:38am

re: #728 bellamags
Possible. I think Andy Griffith was in the old one.

736 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:20:45am

#728 bellamags

astronaut farmer

737 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:21:06am

re: #720 lawhawk

Now, Congressional Democrats have to choose. Higher gas prices and the ire of voters in November, or breaking with their econuts who want to strangle the economy in every conceivable manner.

Yep. My headline for that would be

Bush catches Pelosi's tit in a wringer

{realwest}

738 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:21:08am

re: #704 lucius septimius
Oh yeah, we wired ok! Too many cups of coffee, I'm afraid! LOL!
I'm doing ok 'cept for some of the same damn dental problems. Well that and actually trying to reach MiguelinMexico by telephone!

739 Iron Fist  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:21:47am

re: #662 FrogMarch,

McCain could win in a walk if he'd campaign on energy. "My fellow Americans today, like every day since 197X, the Democrats will not allow new lands to be opened to drilling for oil. Today, like every day since 197X, the Democrats will not allow new nuclear power plants to be built.

Today, like every day since 197X, the Democrats will not allow new refineries to be built. We have an energy crisis, but it is entirely a manufactured crisis. Our means of production have not kept up with demands. This is not because we are incapable of keeping up, but because the Democrats don't want to keep up.

So now we are playing catch up."

Hammer it every day.

740 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:22:02am

re: #733 CIA Reject
Hah! You can find damn near any answer for damn near anything in lizard land!

741 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:22:13am

re: #727 realwest

And the first time we actually start BUILDING a new nuclear reactor

Sheesh, I just got started on the oil rig, and now you want me to build a nuke plant, too?!

I'm gonna need a bigger barn.

742 Bobblehead  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:22:26am

re: #713 realwest

Good morning! The vileness that Condi Rice has had to put up with should be a lesson on how a person of real class handles herself/himself. Ignore it. Better yet, laugh at it. But we know Mr. I'm Sucking My Thumb In A Corner Because My Tender Feelings Are Hurt won't do that, so let the cartoons keep coming.

743 vxbush  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:22:28am

Howdy.

744 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:22:43am

I've seen people wrap other usernames with the curly brakets, {}, quite a bit.

What's that all about?

745 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:22:55am

re: #738 realwest

Oh yeah, we wired ok! Too many cups of coffee, I'm afraid! LOL!
I'm doing ok 'cept for some of the same damn dental problems. Well that and actually trying to reach MiguelinMexico by telephone!

How's Miguel Doing?

746 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:23:02am

re: #728 bellamags

I can't recall, wasn't born yet. he he he. However I think there was one recently with Billy Bob Thornton? Can't remember the name. He built one in his barn. Maybe it was a remake?

/the astronaut farmer.. the dumbest movie of the year.. there is a 100 minutes i'll never get back..

Hey Realwest..Not doing much today..Probably going swimming in our new pool..splash splash...
:)

747 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:23:16am

re: #744 rlevitin

I've seen people wrap other usernames with the curly brakets, {}, quite a bit.

What's that all about?

Internet "hug"

748 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:23:31am

re: #739 Iron Fist
I don't know if his crew is smart enough to pick up on such an obvious strategy. I mean, it will work!

749 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:23:45am

re: #705 razorbacker

Gonna have to find/build the rigs first.

Rest of the world hasn't been sitting on their haunches waiting for us (US) to act. They've been drilling.

Well, it seems to be easier to build drill rigs than it is to get drilling past Congress. Plus, building more rigs will provide more jobs so people can buy more and help the economy.

Gee, what a novel concept. Drilling and building the rigs to drill with helps the economy.

750 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:23:46am

re: #706 jorline Good morning jorline! Sheesh, all that sunshine (or if Miss Trixie is lurking, Sinshine) and all we seem to have gotten in the last 10 days is 2 days of sun, 8 days of rain, T-Storms, Lightning and hail!
I better not hear the local gov't officials talking 'bout no drought around here this year!
How are you doing?

751 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:24:02am

re: #744 rlevitin
{hugs}

752 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:24:34am

re: #744 rlevitin

I've seen people wrap other usernames with the curly brakets, {}, quite a bit.

What's that all about?


It's a hug

753 Kenneth  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:24:35am

re: #744 rlevitin

That means a hug. {rlevitin} ... you've just been hugged. Did you feel it?

BTW, if you're a guy, it was a manly "guy hug", no funny business.

754 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:24:44am

re: #747 lucius septimius

Internet "hug"

Ah!

Thanks

{Lucius Septimius}

(just trying it out :p)

755 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:24:46am

re: #740 pingjockey

Hah! You can find damn near any answer for damn near anything in lizard land!

"Never underestimate the power of insane people in large groups" :-)

756 jorline  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:24:51am

re: #741 Occasional Reader

Sheesh, I just got started on the oil rig, and now you want me to build a nuke plant, too?!

I'm gonna need a bigger barn.

Anyone from Houston? What happened to that nuclear plant that was built in the early 80's around Freeport?

757 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:25:15am

re: #755 CIA Reject
Who said that? Spot on.

758 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:25:31am

re: #753 Kenneth

That means a hug. {rlevitin} ... you've just been hugged. Did you feel it?

BTW, if you're a guy, it was a manly "guy hug", no funny business.

I am a guy...

and that same goes to Lucius and everyone else who just answered my question.

Man, I feel so n00b >.

759 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:25:55am

re: #753 Kenneth

That means a hug. {rlevitin} ... you've just been hugged. Did you feel it?

BTW, if you're a guy, it was a manly "guy hug", no funny business.

Just keep your hands out of my pockets.

760 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:25:58am

re: #758 rlevitin
Don't sweat the small stuff.

761 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:26:28am

re: #741 Occasional Reader

and now you want me to build a nuke plant, too?!

Yes, in my back yard please and step on it.

762 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:26:30am

re: #760 pingjockey

Don't sweat the small stuff.

And don't forget, most of life is "small stuff."

763 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:26:49am

It is very odd to be here at 7:30 am PDT. T boone Pickens is full of shit!

764 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:26:50am

re: #719 pingjockey

And waits, and waits. If they're like my brother, they operate on 'cowboy' time. Which is 2 to 4 hours later than everyone else!

"Hey, hey, hey! What's yer hurry, A**hole? We'll git thar today, an' iffen we don't, thars always tomorrow."

Shoot. To tell the truth, it doesn't have to be done today. I just want it done today.

765 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:27:08am

re: #711 benzbat2 Sorry to hear about the lack of internet for your folks. Say when y'all went to Niagra Falls didja see that sign up there, where everyone stands in LL Bean type rainsuits - coat, pants, boots and hat - cause of the tremendous spray? Ya know the sign that says "No Smoking"?! LOL! I laugh my ass off every time I see that sign!
Hope your vacation time gets here - or at least seems to get here- like tomorrow!

766 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:27:16am

Alright where is my camera?
who took it?
gonna have to beat the hubby if he dosn't cough it up...
eeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

767 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:27:23am

re: #763 pingjockey

It is very odd to be here at 7:30 am PDT. T boone Pickens is full of shit!


He most assuredly is.

768 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:28:00am

re: #727 realwest

Nuclear is the way to go man. We have a coal plant in Jax, but it still uses the cooling towers associated with nuclear power. It looks like a nuc plant from far away until you get closer and see the containers of coal wrapped around the plant.

I had an argument with my father in law. He said "that's a nuclear plant - it has the towers" I told him they were just cooling towers we don't have nuclear here. I heard once the cooling towers were actually designed by a kid a long time ago. ( i heard that from a friend not sure of its accuracy). He didn't believe me until we got closer to the plant. and then he said "dirty bastards" LOL.

Cooling towers

769 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:28:27am

re: #762 lucius septimius
How true. We had big stuff here Saturday. Parents 50th anniv. So that means my next b-day I'll be half of 100! My 8 yr. old told me that. Holy Flaming Birthday Cake Batman!

770 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:28:31am

re: #736 benzbat2

YES. thank you.

771 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:29:24am

re: #768 bellamags

Nuclear most definitely is the way to go.

I still don't understand the paranoia behind opposition to Nuclear Power.

772 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:29:33am

re: #764 razorbacker
Mwahahaha! Have you ever read any Pat McManus? He has a character that talks like that.

773 jorline  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:29:37am

re: #750 realwest

Good morning jorline! Sheesh, all that sunshine (or if Miss Trixie is lurking, Sinshine) and all we seem to have gotten in the last 10 days is 2 days of sun, 8 days of rain, T-Storms, Lightning and hail!
I better not hear the local gov't officials talking 'bout no drought around here this year!
How are you doing?

I'm well, thank you for asking...if you get tired of the rain, please send it our way. I hate it when the local meteorologist say we need a hurricane to catch up.
Have a great day RW.

774 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:30:00am

re: #721 bellamags What! Y'all want us to wait until Friday to put on the show start making oil rigs? That means working over the weekend, what's wrong with tomorrow?!
;')

775 Kenneth  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:30:07am

It Took One Week- But Barack Obama Flips On Surge

Let's see... first Obama said the Surge failed, so we have to withdraw ASAP. Then he said the Surge succeeded, so we have to withdraw ASAP. Now he says the Surge really did fail, so we have to withdraw ASAP.

The guy's head is spinning faster than Linda Blair's! Maybe this is what he means about "change"... he can change his mind twice a week.

776 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:30:12am

re: #746 HoosierHoops

glad i didn't waste my time watching it.! :)

777 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:30:24am

re: #758 rlevitin

I am a guy...

and that same goes to Lucius and everyone else who just answered my question.

Man, I feel so n00b >.

(((((relevitin))))))

Does that make you feel better?

778 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:31:16am

re: #777 MandyManners

(((((relevitin))))))

Does that make you feel better?

much :)

(even with the typo ;))

779 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:31:26am

re: #774 realwest

Actually my dad is in Cairo Egypt until then. He had some consulting work to do. But I could call him and ask if we could play around in the garage before he gets home LOL

780 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:31:35am

#765 realwest

was to damn cold to even read any signs.. just injoyed the falls from our hotel room. Pretty funny though. Hubby took a lot of pics of signs but we must find it and take a pic of that one... to funny kind of hard to smoke when your getting soaked...lol

781 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:31:35am

re: #767 lucius septimius

T boone Pickens is full of shit!

No, he's a very smart man - hoping he can get the same subsidies for wind turbines the farmers are getting for corn ethanol.

His problem is that he thinks we're stupid.

782 Kenneth  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:32:25am

re: #771 rlevitin

I still don't understand the paranoia behind opposition to Nuclear Power.

Poorly managed nuclear plants blow up real bad! (think 3 Mile Island & Chernoble).

783 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:32:56am

re: #775 Kenneth

It Took One Week- But Barack Obama Flips On Surge

Let's see... first Obama said the Surge failed, so we have to withdraw ASAP. Then he said the Surge succeeded, so we have to withdraw ASAP. Now he says the Surge really did fail, so we have to withdraw ASAP.

The guy's head is spinning faster than Linda Blair's! Maybe this is what he means about "change"... he can change his mind twice a week.

Of course, the Pentagon actually IS drawing down troop levels in Iraq, precisely because the surge did its job and worked. But Obama would rather retroactively declare it a failure. Or a success? Depends on what time of day you ask him.

784 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:33:04am

re: #775 Kenneth

With all that head spinning, maybe we should tap that as an energy source given that the Democrats have no interest in creating any energy other than hot air.

785 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:33:20am

re: #771 rlevitin


Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Yucca Mountain

786 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:33:27am

re: #732 rlevitin Hey there! I don't think Congress gives a rat's ass - they are already polling in the single digits in public approval ratings and they don't care.
But, this is an election year and what Bush just did was to make it really uncomfortable for Obama to keep trying to link McCain to Bush.

787 bellamags  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:34:50am

See yall later. I am an LGF addict and I need to unplug myself so I can't accomplish something today.

788 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:35:02am

Please note that I am aware that I am quoting a publication that has demonstrated a lack of veracity in the past.

Take with as many grains of salt as necessary.

Lack of rigs delay drilling

But even as oil trades at more than $135 a barrel — up from $68 a year ago — the world’s existing drill-ships are booked solid for the next five years.

789 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:35:04am

re: #737 wahabicorridor
{wahabi} LOL! Pelosi's tit in a wringer and Reid's ....#*#% in a double load hand-cranked wringer! LOL!

790 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:35:04am

re: #757 pingjockey

Who said that? Spot on.

I must confess that I don't really know - the original version that I picked up somewhere referred to "...large groups of stupid people..." but that hardly seemed appropriate.

I think the original is cribbed from Einstein's observation that: "There are only two things that are infinite; the universe and human stupidity- and I'm not so sure about the universe."

791 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:35:31am

re: #782 Kenneth
3 mile island didn't blow up! The Navy has had Nuclear reactors for 50 years and no accidents.

792 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:36:24am

re: #740 pingjockey
Well sure you can my friend - if we don't KNOW the answer, we'll just invent an answer! Hey, that's still better than the Dems' who don't have ANY answers!

793 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:36:47am

re: #790 CIA Reject

I must confess that I don't really know - the original version that I picked up somewhere referred to "...large groups of stupid people..." but that hardly seemed appropriate.

I think the original is cribbed from Einstein's observation that: "There are only two things that are infinite; the universe and human stupidity- and I'm not so sure about the universe."

I always tell my students that you can't lose money betting on human stupidity.

794 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:36:53am

re: #772 pingjockey

Mwahahaha! Have you ever read any Pat McManus? He has a character that talks like that.

Rancid Crabtree. My personal guru and role model.

When I grow up, I hope to be just like him.

795 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:37:15am

re: #790 CIA Reject
Mwahaha! Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups, sounds like Twain, Asimov, Clarke....

796 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:37:17am

re: #782 Kenneth

Poorly managed nuclear plants blow up real bad! (think 3 Mile Island & Chernoble).

Haven't heard of the 3 Mile Island...

Chernoble though was the russians saying... "hmm, I wonder what would happen if we caused a meltdown with no safety precautions in place?" then proceeding shut down ALL of their safety backups and other systems, then overloading the core.

I sincerely doubt anybody would be that stupid again.

Nuclear generators (at least in Canada) have so many precautions it's INCREDIBLY unlikely for their to be any problems.

They shut down one reactor because inspectors discovered that the switch on the backup-backup-power generator was not seismically shielded.

In other words, there would have had to be a power-outage, the first generator would have had to malfunction, AND an earthquake all at the same time for their to be any problems... in which case the Nuclear Reactors' "Emergency Brake" system would kick in and core would stop reacting anyway.

797 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:37:27am

re: #771 rlevitin

Nuclear most definitely is the way to go.

I still don't understand the paranoia behind opposition to Nuclear Power.

The China Syndrome and Three Mile Island. The moonbat luddites took that as their rallying cry.

798 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:37:27am

PARIS — The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court on Monday formally requested an arrest warrant for Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the last five years of bloodshed in his country’s Darfur region.

So, once the warrant is issued, I guess they'll go and arrest al-Bashir. Right?

The only threat this presents to al-Bashir is if he injures himself when he falls out of his chair laughing.

799 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:37:29am

re: #778 rlevitin

Oops. Sorry about that extra "e".

800 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:37:40am

Hugs?

Did I miss 'em?

801 mich-again  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:37:49am

re: #785 wahabicorridor

Can you say with any authority that even one person died as a result of Three Mile Island incident?

Of course Chernobyl was a monumental disaster, but you can't compare modern nuclear reactors to that Soviet piece of crap.

802 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:37:50am

re: #777 MandyManners

You can cyber hug and and give him a good squeeze.

How are you this morning?

803 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:37:53am

re: #743 vxbush Howdy? Uh, when did y'all become a cowgirl {vxbush}? Oh wait - did Hershey's put out a ten gallon choclate hat or something?!

804 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:38:11am

re: #794 razorbacker
Ya evur build a fahr in the snow bub? Love the Grasshopper trap story.

805 Iron Fist  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:38:26am

re: #771 rlevitin,

There was a movie called China Syndrome. It made nukes look way more dangerous than thery were. Then there was the real accident at Three Mile Island. People freaked.

806 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:38:56am

re: #791 pingjockey

3 mile island didn't blow up! The Navy has had Nuclear reactors for 50 years and no accidents.

I was working in Harrisburg at the time and Living in Camp Hill. To this day I believe there were 'uncontrolled emissions' from that plant - and so did my brother-in-law - who trained the operators.

And for some reason my thyroid gland died about 8 years ago.

807 benzbat2  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:38:58am

#793 lucius septimius


human stupidity=Darwin Award

808 Bobblehead  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:39:06am

re: #800 WriterMom

(((((((all Lizards)))))))

809 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:39:33am

re: #801 mich-again

Can you say with any authority that even one person died as a result of Three Mile Island incident?

Of course Chernobyl was a monumental disaster, but you can't compare modern nuclear reactors to that Soviet piece of crap.


And as I remember at the time, the Left was more obsessed with TMI than with Chernobyl - the latter was Soviet, so it had to be ok. All the stories we heard were just Reaganite propaganda, remember?

810 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:39:34am

re: #786 realwest

Hey there! I don't think Congress gives a rat's ass - they are already polling in the single digits in public approval ratings and they don't care.
But, this is an election year and what Bush just did was to make it really uncomfortable for Obama to keep trying to link McCain to Bush.

Hey!

Thats what I was implying... I'm a fan of public disapproval of a dem. congress. The more disapproval, the less likelihood of re-election.

811 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:39:44am

re: #781 wahabicorridor

No, he's a very smart man - hoping he can get the same subsidies for wind turbines the farmers are getting for corn ethanol.

His problem is that he thinks we're stupid.

A cynical soul might wonder just how many natural gas and wind farm holdings Mr. Pickens already owns.

812 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:39:54am

re: #788 razorbacker

The runup in prices has seen a spate in construction orders for drill ships. More ships are expected to be available next year and in successive years - with drill ship orders double what they were two or three years ago.

And ending the moratorium/ban will not mean an immediate end to the run up in oil prices, but reduces the upward pressure.

813 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:40:03am

re: #800 WriterMom

{WriterMom}

There ya go ;)

814 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:40:06am

re: #790 CIA Reject

I must confess that I don't really know - the original version that I picked up somewhere referred to "...large groups of stupid people..." but that hardly seemed appropriate.

I think the original is cribbed from Einstein's observation that: "There are only two things that are infinite; the universe and human stupidity- and I'm not so sure about the universe."

My favorite from Einstein.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

815 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:40:09am

re: #798 Occasional Reader

There were two funny photos on the wire services over the past few hours. One, Sarkozy beaming like someone gave him a 24 hour infusion of happy drugs through IV, holding hands with Olmert and Mubarak. Another idiotic image with Assad turning his back away from Olmert so as to not have his eye burn and face melt off from getting Jooties by seeing the Dastardly Jew Olmert.

816 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:40:33am

re: #796 rlevitin

Haven't heard of the 3 Mile Island...

oh dearime - may I ask how old you are?

817 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:40:42am

re: #800 WriterMom

Hugs?

Did I miss 'em?

No.

((((((WM))))))

818 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:40:43am

re: #801 mich-again
It was an absolute piece of shit. Used liquid metal, yes liquid metal, sodium, something for a cooling medium or heat transfer medium, not sure. Yes, I know sodium isn't metal, but something like that. Madness.

819 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:41:01am

BBIAW!

820 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:41:04am

re: #755 CIA Reject

"Never underestimate the power of insane people in large groups" :-)

Even more succinctly put by Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black (after Will Smith suggests that "people are smart"):

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it."

821 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:41:27am

{ { THANKS ALL } }

822 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:41:35am

Back again, Lizards. Did I miss anything important?

823 mich-again  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:41:36am

re: #809 lucius septimius

No Chernobyl was that bad and worse. Still a very large dead zone that will be unihabitable for hundreds of years. TMI was nothing in comparison.

824 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:41:48am

re: #818 pingjockey

actually sodium is a metal

825 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:42:05am

re: #802 lucius septimius

You can cyber hug and and give him a good squeeze.

How are you this morning?

So-so. I woke up way before dawn burning up. I finally got back to sleep for a few hours.

826 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:42:16am

re: #806 wahabicorridor
Uncontrolled emissions, very possible. Chernobyl was on a scale to dwarf 3 Mile Island. Hell, the French get 80% of their electricity from Nucs.

827 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:42:28am

re: #822 goddessoftheclassroom

Back again, Lizards. Did I miss anything important?

((((((gotc))))))

828 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:42:34am

re: #801 mich-again

See my above post about what happened at Chernoble...
I also forgot to mention that the actual numbers of affected were immensely inflated.

A little over 50 or so died as a direct result, and there were a lot of residual effect on the environment and such. It was still a great tragedy, but its been completely skewed by environmentalists to make it worse than it was.

and it was an act of stupidity that caused it, not an inherent problem in the nuclear system.

829 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:42:36am

re: #805 Iron Fist

Wait a minute, so what you're saying is that Hollywood exploited a minor episode in order to politicize an issue and bamboozle the masses into submitting to leftists doctrines?

/geesh

830 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:43:01am

re: #824 lucius septimius
Is it? High school chemistry was a loooong time ago.

831 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:43:08am

re: #782 Kenneth

Poorly managed Russian nuclear plants blow up real bad! (think 3 Mile Island & Chernoble).

Three Mile Island did not "blow up" - that is environmentalist propaganda.

TMI experienced a "multiple failure" and while it came close the system worked and a potential disaster was averted.

Three Mile Island was a "successful failure".

832 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:43:28am

re: #804 pingjockey

Ya evur build a fahr in the snow bub? Love the Grasshopper trap story.

"What kind of bird is that?"

"It's an iggle."

"What kind of eagle?"

"A bald-headed iggle."

"Why do they call it that?"

"Cause the pore thang went bald frum answerin' too many damfool questions."

833 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:43:34am

re: #823 mich-again

No Chernobyl was that bad and worse. Still a very large dead zone that will be unihabitable for hundreds of years. TMI was nothing in comparison.

Oh I know, but there were people who denied it and still want to say that TMI was as bad. The environmental record of Communism is abyssmal, but the leftists by and large want us to believe that capitalism is infinately worse.

834 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:43:36am

re: #815 WriterMom

So the whole Kumbaya thing isn't working, eh?

835 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:43:43am

re: #782 Kenneth

Poorly managed nuclear plants blow up real bad! (think 3 Mile Island & Chernoble).

The only problem at Three Mile Island was some radiation release after a partial meltdown caused by a failure of the feedwater pumps for the cooling system in the reactor #2.

The major problem was the asinine Jane Fonda film, The China Syndrome, which was released at the same time.

836 yochanan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:43:47am

re: #822 goddessoftheclassroom

THE COUNTER REVOLUTION you have been made minister of education

837 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:43:58am

re: #822 goddessoftheclassroom

I've seen you posting for a while, but it wasn't till earlier this morning that it really clicked that you were a teacher.

What ages do you teach?

Damn. I wish there were more teachers like you.

838 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:43:59am

re: #815 WriterMom

And yet, there was one photo that hasn't exactly gotten the coverage it should. Iran's Foreign Minister yapping away about the evil Zionists in front of a poster calling for death to Israel.

839 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:44:05am

I wonder how many generations of birth defects will be caused by Chernobyl.

840 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:44:06am

re: #811 razorbacker

A cynical soul might wonder just how many natural gas and wind farm holdings Mr. Pickens already owns.

Heh. For the longest time I couldn't understand why Warren Buffet wante the inheritence tax to go up. Then I found out he owned insurance firms that sold policies to farmers who were land-rich but liquidity poor, so when Pop died, they couldn't pay the tax - unless they had Buffet's insurance.

841 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:44:06am

re: #825 MandyManners

Fever?

842 Kenneth  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:44:22am

re: #796 rlevitin

I'm not referring to facts, just mentioning the standard belief among anti-nuclear people that (a) there have been many reactor accidents, & (b) all reactors "leak", & (c) there is no safe way to dispose of spent fuel.

Whether these points are true or not is hardly the point.

843 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:44:42am

Goddess!

How are you this lovely morning?

844 Charles  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:44:44am

The anti-evolution mailbag this morning: 3 outright hate mails full of insults, 2 emails saying how disappointed they were that I hate God (I don't, by the way) and that they'll pray for me, and 5 emails supporting my stance against the creationist hooey.

And in the thread below, a creationist is telling the lie that Hitler's Mein Kampf contains numerous references to Charles Darwin. It does not contain even one.

All this before my first cup of coffee.

845 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:45:06am

re: #832 razorbacker
Had the first book on a plane years ago. On leave, the stewardess wanted to know what was so funny? Loaned her the book, pretty soon gales of laughter are coming out of the aft galley!

846 mich-again  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:45:11am

re: #818 pingjockey

And they left the dangerous test up to the night shit crew. Everyone who works in factories knows you're supposed to try all the crazy stuff on day shift and let the crew on nights just kick back and run the place. You never leave a job like that for the guys on nights.

847 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:45:18am

re: #805 Iron Fist

,

There was a movie called China Syndrome. It made nukes look way more dangerous than thery were. Then there was the real accident at Three Mile Island. People freaked.

Don't forget that Jane Fonda was the hero in The China Syndrome..

848 alegrias  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:45:44am

Anyone else see this about the Dutch cartoonist jailed over his anti-radical theology point of view? Here we though Holland was right up there with Denmark's defense of free speech but nooooo!

Great article from this weekend's Wall Street Journal:

Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist
The arrest of a controversial Dutch cartoonist has set off a wave of protests. The case is raising questions for a changing Europe about free speech, religion and art.
By ANDREW HIGGINS
July 12, 2008; Page W1


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

849 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:45:54am

re: #818 pingjockey

It was an absolute piece of shit. Used liquid metal, yes liquid metal, sodium, something for a cooling medium or heat transfer medium, not sure. Yes, I know sodium isn't metal, but something like that. Madness.

Actually, pure sodium is a metal, an alkai metal. Highly reactive with damn near anything and everything.

850 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:46:06am

re: #841 lucius septimius

Fever?

No. Just hot. I miss the gentle warmth of spring.

851 Bobblehead  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:46:17am

re: #844 Charles

The anti-evolution mailbag this morning: 3 outright hate mails full of insults, 2 emails saying how disappointed they were that I hate God (I don't, by the way) and that they'll pray for me, and 5 emails supporting my stance against the creationist hooey.

And in the thread below, a creationist is telling the lie that Hitler's Mein Kampf contains numerous references to Charles Darwin. It does not contain even one.

All this before my first cup of coffee.

Group(((((((Charles)))))))

852 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:46:29am

re: #844 Charles
Ain't that a fine way to start Monday? //////

853 Kenneth  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:46:37am

re: #817 MandyManners

No.

((((((WM))))))

More fabulous girl-girl action between WM & MM! This is how those rumors start.

NTTAWWT.

854 freedombilly  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:46:41am

re: #783 Occasional Reader

Of course, the Pentagon actually IS drawing down troop levels in Iraq, precisely because the surge did its job and worked. But Obama would rather retroactively declare it a failure. Or a success? Depends on what time of day you ask him.

That's the amazing thing with this guy. All politicians play Monday Morning Quarterback but this guy can't even decide, retroactively, whether he supported something or not.

I would laugh if I wasn't so terrified.

855 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:46:44am

re: #836 yochanan

THE COUNTER REVOLUTION you have been made minister of education

Yessssssssss!

856 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:46:47am

re: #842 Kenneth

Yeah. True enough.

I kind of got off-point. I like Nuclear Power :)

lol

857 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:46:49am

re: #837 rlevitin

I've seen you posting for a while, but it wasn't till earlier this morning that it really clicked that you were a teacher.

What ages do you teach?

Damn. I wish there were more teachers like you.

How kind of you!

I teach 9th grade English and a gifted elective (changes each quarter: forensics, bridge, creative writing, drama). Last year I was the newspaper adviser but next year I get to switch (yay!) to the drama director. I also teach an SAT Prep class to juniors to review for the Critical Reading and Writing sections.

858 jorline  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:46:50am

re: #844 Charles

The anti-evolution mailbag this morning: 3 outright hate mails full of insults, 2 emails saying how disappointed they were that I hate God (I don't, by the way) and that they'll pray for me, and 5 emails supporting my stance against the creationist hooey.

And in the thread below, a creationist is telling the lie that Hitler's Mein Kampf contains numerous references to Charles Darwin. It does not contain even one.

All this before my first cup of coffee.

Sounds like you need to add a little kick to that first cup of coffee.

859 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:47:07am

re: #846 mich-again
Didn't know that! Sounds about right.

860 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:47:17am

re: #834 Occasional Reader

My husband commented that Olmert is legacy-inspired CRAZY enough to ram a "deal" through-no matter what the cost-in order to divert attention from the ongoing criminal investitgations against him (learning from Sharon, of course). There was an article that I posted here about the latest allegations-that he schnorred money off of individuals and charitable organizations (for disabled children among others), for the SAME trip, and the complicent travel agency issued individual receipts to the donors for the same trip. The money was used as a slush fund for his family to take trips abroad.

861 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:47:27am

re: #836 yochanan

THE COUNTER REVOLUTION you have been made minister of education

Don't I wish...

862 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:47:32am

re: #822 goddessoftheclassroom

Back again, Lizards. Did I miss anything important?

Yeah. Bush has lifted the Executive ban on oil exploration on the Continental Shelf. That's why we're talking about energy stuff.

863 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:47:43am

re: #844 Charles

Morning Charles! =)

864 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:47:45am

re: #745 lucius septimius
Ah, please see my #672!

865 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:47:57am

re: #844 Charles

((((((Charles))))))

866 HoosierHoops  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:48:13am

re: #782 Kenneth

Poorly managed nuclear plants blow up real bad! (think 3 Mile Island & Chernoble).


As long as either the Navy or the French operate the reactors we'll be good to go.

867 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:48:15am

re: #838 lawhawk

Eh..death to BEEEEG SATAN, death to LEEEEETLE SATAN, blah blah blah.

zzzzzzzzzzzz

868 OldLineTexan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:48:16am

re: #840 wahabicorridor

Heh. For the longest time I couldn't understand why Warren Buffet wante the inheritence tax to go up. Then I found out he owned insurance firms that sold policies to farmers who were land-rich but liquidity poor, so when Pop died, they couldn't pay the tax - unless they had Buffet's insurance.

FTM (follow the money) bursts so many bubbles and makes clear so many odd preoccupations.

Warning: too much FTM may result in bitterness and cynicism.

;)

869 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:48:24am

re: #853 Kenneth

*WHACK*

870 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:48:40am

re: #828 rlevitin

Actually, the type of reactor involved at Chernobyl was prone to instability at low power, and lacked any kind of containment vessel as per US models.

When the reactor blew, there was nothing keeping it from blowing into the environment in the area around the power plant. The true toll is not entirely known, but there are still thousands who have received serious doses of radiation. There is a cancer cluster in Brighton Beach Brooklyn among those who came from the Ukraine who are getting thyroid conditions/cancers because of exposure to Chernobyl.

The number who died in the initial blast was likely low, but includes many of the first responders who had no clue that the reactor blew or that massive amounts of radiation poured out.

There are vast fields where radiated equipment sits - unable to be used ever again.

And the sarcophagus isn't in good shape either, and a replacement is underway - building a second structure to cover the first.

871 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:48:52am

re: #864 realwest

Ah, please see my #672!

That's a relief.

If you talk to him, give him my regards.

872 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:48:57am

re: #860 WriterMom

My husband commented that Olmert is legacy-inspired CRAZY enough to ram a "deal" through-no matter what the cost-in order to divert attention from the ongoing criminal investitgations against him (learning from Sharon, of course). There was an article that I posted here about the latest allegations-that he schnorred money off of individuals and charitable organizations (for disabled children among others), for the SAME trip, and the complicent travel agency issued individual receipts to the donors for the same trip. The money was used as a slush fund for his family to take trips abroad.

Hey, don't be so hard on the guy, it's not like the survival of his country is hanging in the balance or anything like that.

/

873 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:48:58am

re: #844 Charles

All this before my first cup of coffee.

Coffee? I dunno Charles, if I were you I'd start with the gin.

874 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:49:00am

re: #849 Honorary Yooper
More thanks. We had a satellite pic years ago. USSR ship yard. half a submarine in drydock. Where's the other half? Reactor failed. Cut sub in half, go bury aft end. Put on new one!

875 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:49:08am

re: #839 MandyManners

Mandy, I don't know about birth defects, but many, many cases of unusual cancers have been reported and were especially found in children living in the area.

876 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:49:33am

re: #843 lucius septimius

Goddess!

How are you this lovely morning?

{lucius septimius}!

I start a one-week drama workshop for 5-6th graders today, and I'm really really excited.

877 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:49:36am

re: #749 Honorary Yooper Geez, y'all still don't get it: If it's GOOD for America, the Dem's feel it's BAD for them! Keeps 'em outta power which is good for America and ...........well, you can see how this works!

878 Kenneth  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:49:37am

re: #860 WriterMom

I think Olmert is motivated to undertake this "historic" diplomacy as a way to save his corrupt ass. So long as "delicate" negotiations are underway, he can stave off prosecution for embezzlement.

879 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:49:38am

re: #844 Charles

The anti-evolution mailbag this morning: 3 outright hate mails full of insults, 2 emails saying how disappointed they were that I hate God (I don't, by the way) and that they'll pray for me, and 5 emails supporting my stance against the creationist hooey.

And in the thread below, a creationist is telling the lie that Hitler's Mein Kampf contains numerous references to Charles Darwin. It does not contain even one.

All this before my first cup of coffee.

Geeze, what a lovely way to start Monday morning.

Regular or decaf?

880 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:49:41am

re: #853 Kenneth

Perv!

881 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:50:16am

re: #870 lawhawk

and lacked any kind of containment vessel

Or to use its proper Russian name, a nuclear wessel.

882 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:50:36am

re: #876 goddessoftheclassroom

{lucius septimius}!

I start a one-week drama workshop for 5-6th graders today, and I'm really really excited.

That sounds like fun. I directed children's theater back in a former life -- it was great.

883 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:50:44am

re: #872 Occasional Reader

GOOD LORD. You must NEVER EVER use "hard on" and "Olmert" in the same post.

I just threw up.

884 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:50:45am

re: #862 wahabicorridor

Yeah. Bush has lifted the Executive ban on oil exploration on the Continental Shelf. That's why we're talking about energy stuff.

For real?

885 akak  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:50:57am

re: #878 Kenneth

I think Olmert is motivated to undertake this "historic" diplomacy as a way to save his corrupt ass. So long as "delicate" negotiations are underway, he can stave off prosecution for embezzlement.


Livni will be even worse.

886 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:51:03am

re: #857 goddessoftheclassroom

Ahh, yes. I remember Grade 9 English. I had a horrible teacher, but I did well in his class, so I can't complain. =)

Gifted Electives? We had no such thing. I was in the gifted program, and it was pretty much just a bunch of us travelling in a pack through all the core classes in grades 9/10 and part 11, which were all supposedly "enriched".

I just found class discussions were better cause people knew each other and weren't afraid to speak up.

887 zulubaby  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:51:04am

WriterMamamaaaaaaaaa! LOL. Total hysteria at finding you here.

What was the whole story with Uday ... remember?

888 lucius septimius  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:51:09am

Kids are all up -- gotta run. Have a great day, ya'll

889 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:51:37am

re: #849 Honorary Yooper

The Chernobyl reactor was an RBMK reactor - graphite was the control medium and water was the transfer medium for producing the power. No sodium involved. The French have toyed around with sodium reactors, as has the US Navy.

890 OldLineTexan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:51:40am

re: #873 wahabicorridor

Coffee? I dunno Charles, if I were you I'd start with the gin.

Please don't.

891 zulubaby  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:51:50am

re: #883 WriterMom

GOOD LORD. You must NEVER EVER use "hard on" and "Olmert" in the same post.

I just threw up.

You're very sensitive.

892 realwest  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:51:58am

re: #773 jorline Same back atcha! Have a GREAT day!

893 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:52:07am

re: #887 zulubaby

ZUUUUUUUUUUUUZUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

So happy you are here. Let's TOTALLY divert the thread!

894 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:52:22am

re: #884 MandyManners
Yeppers! Puts the ball squarely in congress' court. If we don't drill, Pelosi, Reid, et al... get hammered. Mwahahaha!

895 rlevitin  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:52:36am

re: #860 WriterMom

My husband commented that Olmert is legacy-inspired CRAZY enough to ram a "deal" through-no matter what the cost-in order to divert attention from the ongoing criminal investitgations against him (learning from Sharon, of course). There was an article that I posted here about the latest allegations-that he schnorred money off of individuals and charitable organizations (for disabled children among others), for the SAME trip, and the complicent travel agency issued individual receipts to the donors for the same trip. The money was used as a slush fund for his family to take trips abroad.

and clearly it doesn't matter to him whether that Legacy be one of destroying his state or keeping it safe...

*grumbles*

896 lawhawk  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:52:38am

re: #884 MandyManners

He's lifted the executive ban, but Congress has its own.

Democrats have to put up or shut up (and risk losing in November).

897 Charles  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:52:48am

I posted this in the previous thread, but here it is again for the record:

I've thought about this, and I've banned 'yehoshua' for that ugly lie. I have no problem with allowing debate on this issue (see the tens of thousands of comments on these threads) but I won't tolerate liars, and especially liars who trivialize the Holocaust.

898 3 wood  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:52:49am

re: #634 wahabicorridor

So explain to me how this doesn't come out of my wallet?


Sorry for the delay, work called.

I never said that it wouldn't.

899 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:53:06am

re: #873 wahabicorridor

Coffee? I dunno Charles, if I were you I'd start with the gin.

LOL!

900 itellu3times  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:53:08am

re: #811 razorbacker

A cynical soul might wonder just how many natural gas and wind farm holdings Mr. Pickens already owns.

Plenty, I'm sure, but what does that have to do with anything?

I think the guy is great with this initiative. He is in the game, and trying something! It even makes sense. It's relatively low-impact and easy, as these things go. I'd like to hear what Obama and McCain have to say about it.

I'm not a huge fan of windmills, but I'd go with this plan until something better is presented.

901 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:53:16am

re: #889 lawhawk

Graphite! (smacks forehead)

902 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:53:21am

re: #886 rlevitin

We have accelerated classes in core subjects, but the gifted electives are to give the kids a chance to use abilities in new and/or more creative ways.

Sadly, some teachers are horrible to gifted kids because they feel intimidated by them.

903 CIA Reject  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:53:32am

re: #831 CIA Reject

Three Mile Island did not "blow up" - that is environmentalist propaganda.

TMI experienced a "multiple failure" and while it came close the system worked and a potential disaster was averted.

Three Mile Island was a "successful failure".

Linky

904 razorbacker  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:53:37am

re: #845 pingjockey

Had the first book on a plane years ago. On leave, the stewardess wanted to know what was so funny? Loaned her the book, pretty soon gales of laughter are coming out of the aft galley!

I'd like to recommend an author named Robert Ruark and his book "The Old Man and the Boy."

Marvelous telling of by-gone days. And no, despite the title it's perfectly safe for work.

Well, maybe not. Folks do smoke, and drink, and shoot, and wander about outside bothering the wildlife.

On second thought...Nevermind.

905 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:54:03am

re: #891 zulubaby

OMG. You're so right. I am the most sensitive Zionist, right wing bitch I know!

906 mich-again  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:54:06am

re: #833 lucius septimius

The environmental record of Communism is abyssmal,

And a lot of their oil pipelines are old and decrepit so they just keep fixing the leaks and cleaning up the spills. If that was the case in the USA every green on the globe would be screaming bloody murder. But Russia gets a free pass.

907 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:54:25am

re: #900 itellu3times

Plenty, I'm sure, but what does that have to do with anything?

I think the guy is great with this initiative. He is in the game, and trying something! It even makes sense. It's relatively low-impact and easy, as these things go. I'd like to hear what Obama and McCain have to say about it.

I'm not a huge fan of windmills, but I'd go with this plan until something better is presented.

However, we should put the windmills where they can catch the most wind. Like, say, off the coast of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard.

908 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:54:34am
909 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:54:36am

re: #875 WriterMom

Mandy, I don't know about birth defects, but many, many cases of unusual cancers have been reported and were especially found in children living in the area.

I just read Lawhawk's post about the cancers in immigrants from there.

As bad as it was, I believe that Chernobyl did its bit in causing the Soviet Union to collapse.

910 Occasional Reader  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:54:39am

re: #886 rlevitin

I was in the gifted program, and it was pretty much just a bunch of us travelling in a pack through all the core classes

Credit where it's due: I went to one of those public schools we all like to rail against... and the "gifted" classes (including "AP" and the like) were excellent. I won't soon forget my AP Physics class, in which a bunch of us smart kids (yeah, I was one of them, no idea what happened after that, must have been a blow to the head or something) suddenly found ourselves getting CLOBBERED on grades, for the first time ever. A real lesson in humility.

911 OldLineTexan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:54:44am

re: #901 pingjockey

Graphite! (smacks forehead)

Which is....carbon!

/cue scary music

912 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:55:00am

re: #897 Charles
I think at least a dozen of us called him/her on it last night.

913 itellu3times  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:55:17am

re: #907 Honorary Yooper

However, we should put the windmills where they can catch the most wind. Like, say, off the coast of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard.

How about at the doors of Congress?

914 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:56:16am

re: #903 CIA Reject

And the only negative health effects to the public from TMI were from the coal burned to replace the power.
The safety systems worked.

915 pingjockey  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:56:24am

re: #904 razorbacker

Sounds good to me. I have been know to drink, smoke, and annoy the wildlife and occasion eat the wildlife!

916 WriterMom  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:56:31am

re: #909 MandyManners

Chabad Lubavitch raised millions of dollars to transport kids from the area to Israel for treatment. I actually have an acquaintance who travelled there for business for many years, and also developed a rare cancer, which he fortunatey beat. But, there was speculation at the time that it had something to do with exposure. Who is to say, there are many people who did not get sick, but you wonder.

917 OldLineTexan  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:56:39am

re: #913 itellu3times

How about at the doors of Congress?

No, we're putting heat exchangers there to capture the thermal energy.

918 MandyManners  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:56:48am

re: #896 lawhawk

He's lifted the executive ban, but Congress has its own.

Democrats have to put up or shut up (and risk losing in November).

Part of me hopes they don't so that they can get their asses shellacked this fall. The majority hopes that they do so that the markets gets a kick out of the news and oil falls.

919 Bobblehead  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:57:24am

re: #913 itellu3times

How about at the doors of Congress?

One windmill operating at the doors of Congress could power the world. LOL

920 wahabicorridor  Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:57:25am