Agree.

4 more days at my old job 2 weeks till I start the new.

Knowledge is freedom.

Another dIsraeli picking on Islamic customs I see.

~so...lgf.

re: #3 ted

Knowledge is freedom.

Freedom is leaving my job.

All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

Indeed, Mr. Disraeli. Shakespeare presaged your observation several hundred years earlier when Hamlet advised his best friend "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

Did Disraeli have a burka-clad girlfriend?

Found a Pitfall, Space Invaders, and an Asteroids cartridge for Atari at a thrift store today. 5 bucks total. Worth less than that for me since I don't even have an Atari.

Finally, a thread where I'm not 300 comments back!

Would anyone enjoy a BDS tidbit from the pages of digg.com?

Someone submitted a Reuters article whose headline is "Housing, banking crisis piles pressure on Bush." The submitter decided to change the headline to "Bush is Burning the World to the Ground." Needless to say, it's been dugg all the way to the front page.

More Zionist Occupiers Invade Jaffa Furthering Their Goals of Jewish World Domination and Western Imperialism.

~The Horror......the horror......

re: #5 BBev

Freedom is leaving my job.

Good fou you. Congrats.

re: #5 BBev

Freedom is leaving my job.

{BBev}

How is your wife?

re: #8 bosforus

Found a Pitfall, Space Invaders, and an Asteroids cartridge for Atari at a thrift store today. 5 bucks total. Worth less than that for me since I don't even have an Atari.

Still, they're classic games, and that's a very reasonable price. Maybe you should buy them.

I bet New York's Bellevue has a nice fitting white dinner-jacket for Mahmoud.

Addicted to violence; and squandering precious Palestinian resources.

Ghows, 50, is reportedy in jail after being accused of blasphemy and his lawyers say he risks the death penalty. He is expected to face charges in an Afghan court within the next week.

"This is all an American conspiracy to deviate Afghans from their faith,"

Afghanistan: Death penalty call for man who spread Koran translation

re: #16 WrathofG-d

Addicted to violence; and squandering precious Palestinian resources.

Good thing those aren't Palestinian "toy guns." It would be a massacre.

re: #5 BBev

Freedom is leaving my job.

Lucky duck.

I just had a hell afternoon with state hacks who get paid not care and are too busy eating CHEESE CURLS at their desks than waiting on the public - whp pay their salaries.

Oh and I hate Mapquest.

Can you tell I need a loooong vacation? LOL

Drudge says Obama's going to Israel & West Bank next week...what, looking for a wall location to make a speech? "Mr. Olmert, tear down this wall" doesn't work for me.

"Ich bin ein sufganiyot," neither.

Some Petrucci

re: #14 Last Mohican

Still, they're classic games, and that's a very reasonable price. Maybe you should buy them.

Oh, I bought them. Don't you worry about that. I don't know if they work, but I know if they do, someone will want them. I also found an user's guide for the Apple II. It's a pretty fun read.

re: #18 Last Mohican

Really!

Ok, here is something every LGF'r could enjoy.

That's a wonderful quote. Thanks for always shining the light into the darkened corners of ignorance, Charles.

re: #20 alegrias

Drudge says Obama's going to Israel & West Bank next week...what, looking for a wall location to make a speech? "Mr. Olmert, tear down this wall" doesn't work for me.

"Ich bin ein sufganiyot," neither.

LOL...I think Obama's into building walls rather then tearing them down.

re: #13 goddessoftheclassroom

{BBev}

How is your wife?

Not well. Her pain is back to at best a level 7 and she is soooooo depressed.

re: #24 Sharmuta

Amen.

re: #12 ted

Good fou you. Congrats.

Thank you.

re: #20 alegrias

Drudge says Obama's going to Israel & West Bank next week

It will be interesting to hear him promise the world to Israel, then "clarify" his words for the enraged Arabs.

frank says:

It has never mattered to me that thirty million people might think I'm wrong. The number of people who thought Hitler was right did not make him right... Why do you necessarily have to be wrong jus because a few million people think you are? -- Why they don't play my stuff on the radio
From the Real Frank Zappa Book (1989 Poseidon Press)

--From the right sidebar

re: #20 alegrias

Drudge says Obama's going to Israel & West Bank next week...what, looking for a wall location to make a speech? "Mr. Olmert, tear down this wall" doesn't work for me.

"Ich bin ein sufganiyot," neither.

Obama will probably talk about the "apartheid wall".

re: #25 jorline

I found a Wall Obama would like to tear down

re: #26 BBev

Not well. Her pain is back to at best a level 7 and she is soooooo depressed.

I am so sorry. I continue to pray for her.

re: #20 alegrias

Drudge says Obama's going to Israel & West Bank next week...what, looking for a wall location to make a speech? "Mr. Olmert, tear down this wall" doesn't work for me.

"Ich bin ein sufganiyot," neither.

Is he visiting Abbasshole and any Hamassholes? (Probably yes)
Is he visiting Sderot? (Probably no)
Will he strongly support Israel and then throw Israel under the bus a day later? (Probably yes; then a month after that, he'll blow up the bus)
Will he visit the mosques defacing the Temple Mount? Pray at them?
Pray at the Western Wall (I hope not)

re: #30 wrenchwench

Must be some sort of ramdomizer. I got this Zappa quote:

Whenever you're down, just think about how you got there.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

More coming

good afternoon folks

From the movie masterpiece " O Lucky Man "

Composed by Alan Price of The Animals:

The Song: " O Lucky Man "

If you have a friend on whom you think
you can rely - You are a lucky man!
If you've found the reason to live on and
not to die - You are a lucky man!
Preachers and poets and scholars don't know it,
Temples and statues and steeples won't show it,
If you've got the secret just try not to blow
it - Stay a lucky man!
If you've found the meaning of the truth
in this old world- You are a lucky man!
If knowledge hangs around your neck like
pearls instead of chains - You are a lucky man!
Takers and fakers and talkers won't tell you.
Teachers and preachers will just buy and sell you.
When no one can tempt you with heaven or hell-
You'll be a lucky man!

re: #36 Honorary Yooper

Yoop - It must be the water in Chicago-land. I noticed the random quote thingy for St. Frank Zappa and was chuckling.

re: #33 buzzsawmonkey

I can see Obama as a greasy doughnut filled with goo.

No, an empty waffle.

re: #32 WrathofG-d

I found a Wall Obama would like to tear down

LOL

re: #36 Honorary Yooper

Random, yes, but often serendipitous.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

Would love to hear the Obama praying in that flawless Arabic accent.

re: #42 jorline

Hmm. Seems the link didn't work. But you got the idea.

re: #7 quickjustice

Did Disraeli have a burka-clad girlfriend?

heh heh heh....DING

re: #45 vagabond trader

Would love to hear the Obama praying in that flawless Arabic accent.

Not gonna happen - wouldn't be prudent.

re: #45 vagabond trader

Would love to hear the Obama praying in that flawless Arabic accent.

Say PAH-kistan, say PAH-kistan.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

re: #46 WrathofG-d

Hmm. Seems the link didn't work. But you got the idea.

confused at first, but I did figure it out

#30 wrenchwench

frank says:
It has never mattered to me that thirty million people might think I'm wrong. The number of people who thought Hitler was right did not make him right... Why do you necessarily have to be wrong jus because a few million people think you are? -- Why they don't play my stuff on the radio
From the Real Frank Zappa Book (1989 Poseidon Press)

--From the right sidebar

No offense to Charles, and I realize the Zappa quote has been here long before I arrived, but I've simply never forgiven Zappa for writing and recording the song "Goblin Girl" -- and because of that one song he is forever diminished in my eyes!

/semi-sarc

re: #45 vagabond trader

Would love to hear the Obama praying in that flawless Arabic accent.

Isn't the Muslim call to to prayer "the sweetest sound in all the world"?
Maybe in his world.

Over the weekend, I got hooked on watching the three rescued FARC hostages on CNN. Maybe it's just me, but I thought that the interviewer was very week. I could hardly keep focused due to the number of commercial announcements. Comments from the lizard-gallery are welcomed.

re: #19 {loppyd}

Oh and I hate Mapquest.

One word: [Link: www.randmcnally.com...]

re: #29 Silhouette

When he gets to the West Bank, do you suppose His Holiness will mention his famous speech to AIPAC, in which he said "Israel's security is sacrosanct. It is nonnegotiable.... any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized, defensible borders, and Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."

re: #48 jamgarr

Yeah, but I guarantee he'll put on a show at the Western Wall.

Frank Burns: "You disgust me!"

Hawkeye: "Yes, we discussed you last night - and decided you're disgusting."

re: #53 Son of the Black Dog

Isn't the Muslim call to to prayer "the sweetest sound in all the world"?
Maybe in his world.

I like the sound their heads make when they slam it on the floor mat.

re: #58 jamgarr

Frank Burns: "You disgust me!"

Hawkeye: "Yes, we discussed you last night - and decided you're disgusting."

HA! Now I know whence Eminem got that particular verbal riff.

I bet 5 camels that he says something to the effect of condemning terrorism in all its forms.

re: #60 NemoParticularis

HA! Now I know whence Eminem got that particular verbal riff.

Wasn't aware of the M-n-M connection. Is it a lyric?

re: #61 Silhouette

I'll see your 5 camels and raise you three sheep!

re: #53 Son of the Black Dog

Isn't the Muslim call to to prayer "the sweetest sound in all the world"?
Maybe in his world.

I'm kind of partial to the Muslim women doing their yodel...There's something about a 60 yo muslim woman doing that tongue action.

re: #19 loppyd

Lucky duck.

I just had a hell afternoon with state hacks who get paid not care and are too busy eating CHEESE CURLS at their desks than waiting on the public - whp pay their salaries.

Oh and I hate Mapquest.

Can you tell I need a loooong vacation? LOL

I left Massachusetts years ago and came north to Gods country.

re: #61 Silhouette

I bet 5 camels that he says something to the effect of condemning terrorism in all its forms.

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!

re: #54 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Over the weekend, I got hooked on watching the three rescued FARC hostages on CNN. Maybe it's just me, but I thought that the interviewer was very weak. I could hardly keep focused due to the number of commercial announcements. Comments from the lizard-gallery are welcomed.

speaks for itself.

Mares eat oats and does eat oats but little lambs eat ivy.

re: #54 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Over the weekend, I got hooked on watching the three rescued FARC hostages on CNN. Maybe it's just me, but I thought that the interviewer was very week. I could hardly keep focused due to the number of commercial announcements. Comments from the lizard-gallery are welcomed.

* * *
You'll love this:

Ex-FARC hostage Isabel Betancourt was in Spain yesterday where greasy Red diaper atheist Spanish pres. Zapatero gave her a copy of a book by Spanish "St. Teresa of Avila".

This is the weasel appeasing "leader" who negotiates with & defers to terrorist ETA and calls Al Qaeda's attacks on Spain just a misunderstanding between his imaginary "Alliance of Civilizations."

re: #68 MandyManners

Mares eat oats and does eat oats but little lambs eat ivy.

A kid'll eat ivy too.

re: #34 goddessoftheclassroom

I am so sorry. I continue to pray for her.

Thank you can you just say one for me.

re: #19 loppyd

I just had a hell afternoon with state hacks who get paid not care and are too busy eating CHEESE CURLS at their desks than waiting on the public - whp pay their salaries.

I was down the county courthouse last week. The office was filled with six women, three of whom easily topped 300 pounds. It was painful to watch them pretending to work while actually doing nothing. After two minutes of standing, another woman, the heaviest of them all, finally waited on me. I had to grimace as she walked back and forth to attend to the paperwork. The aisle was about three feet wide but she could barely pass through it. I kept thinking about national healthcare being in the hands of people like that. I can hear the lecture I would be getting, "According to this chart your BMI is too high."
"But, I'm all muscle. Your chart stinks."
"Doesn't matter, lose 20 pounds before your next appointment. We can schedule you for early 2012."

re: #55 christheprofessor

{CTP}

Long time!

Hope all is well with you & yours. How's Lightning?

re: #64 jorline

I'm kind of partial to the Muslim women doing their yodel...There's something about a 60 yo muslim woman doing that tongue action.

jorline, you could have said a 30 yo instead. That right there made me a little sick.

re: #70 jamgarr

Wouldn't you?

re: #61 Silhouette

I bet 5 camels that he says something to the effect of condemning terrorism in all its forms.

Maybe they'll pelt him with matzo balls.

re: #70 jamgarr

A kid'll eat ivy too.

Wouldn't you?

/one of my kids' favorite songs when they were little :)

We should have this float in front of La Guardia for Imamanonajihads' arrival.

"And out your left window, you'll see your ass is mine"

re: #62 jamgarr

Wasn't aware of the M-n-M connection. Is it a lyric?

Yes, in the song "Without Me".

#39 ted
From the movie masterpiece " O Lucky Man "

Composed by Alan Price of The Animals:

The Song: " O Lucky Man "

I've never understood why that Alan Price song was the theme song to that movie, when the superior "Lucky Man" by Emerson Lake and Palmer was available; it even contains the exactly appropriate lyrics, and came out 3 years before the movie. I've always scratched my head over that. It's like releasing a movie called "Purple Haze" in 1969, but hiring Herman's Hermits to do a completely different song called "Purple-Colored Haze" for the theme song.

re: #70 jamgarr

A kid'll eat ivy too.

Kudzu.

Dang, I gotta get me some rollerskates.

The Obama is giving a major speech on Iraq tomorrow? Give me a frikking break.

re: #74 VegasRick

jorline, you could have said a 30 yo instead. That right there made me a little sick.

LOL...I was trying to find that obnoxious noise the older muslim women make when they're celebrating on you-tube...I'm afraid I don't know what it's called.

re: #73 loppyd

{CTP}

Long time!

Hope all is well with you & yours. How's Lightning?

We're great, thanks, and you all?

Lightning is great, just had a checkup Friday -- is a couple/three pounds overweight at 44.1 lbs (click my avatar)... Bad year for ticks here -- I've pulled seven off of her so far, and two off me (one attached, one crawling). Just put her on some anti-tick stuff this morning...

re: #81 MandyManners

Kudzu.

Just returned from Gatlinburg , TN. Much Kudzu in TN.

re: #67 VegasRick

Thanks! I thought that Larry King was just pain rude to Betancourt. I was kinda of surprised that she seemingly went from captivity to France with nearly a waisted moment. And no mention of her husband! If I'd been in that situation, I'd of at least mentioned my spouse... curious.

re: #69 alegrias

Spain has had more than its share of that crap. Hope that it don;t happen here in the good ol' USA!

re: #76 MandyManners

Maybe they'll pelt him with matzo balls.

Gefilte fish?

re: #83 vagabond trader

The Obama is giving a major speech on Iraq tomorrow? Give me a frikking break.

Is that anything like a "major award"?

/think leg lamp

re: #84 jorline

LOL...I was trying to find that obnoxious noise the older muslim women make when they're celebrating on you-tube...I'm afraid I don't know what it's called.

Ululation

re: #72 EC Marm

I was down the county courthouse last week. The office was filled with six women, three of whom easily topped 300 pounds. It was painful to watch them pretending to work while actually doing nothing. After two minutes of standing, another woman, the heaviest of them all, finally waited on me. I had to grimace as she walked back and forth to attend to the paperwork. The aisle was about three feet wide but she could barely pass through it. I kept thinking about national healthcare being in the hands of people like that. I can hear the lecture I would be getting, "According to this chart your BMI is too high."
"But, I'm all muscle. Your chart stinks."
"Doesn't matter, lose 20 pounds before your next appointment. We can schedule you for early 2012."

Um, how did you know I was at a courthouse? LOL

re: #81 MandyManners

Kudzu.

LOL! Wish something would eat that crap. I saw a ton of it when I went down to Louisiana (via MO, AR, TN, and MS) on Tuesday and Wednesday.

re: #83 vagabond trader

The Obama is giving a major speech on Iraq tomorrow? Give me a frikking break.

He loves to give speeches...I think we might have to get used to 3 or 4 State of the Union speeches a year.

re: #91 loppyd

When's the wedding?

re: #89 jamgarr

It must be from Italy - see right here "F R A G I L A Y" I love that movie.

re: #91 loppyd

Btw, did you ever get that puppy?

re: #94 Conservative in Liberal Hands

When's the wedding?

Um.

re: #83 vagabond trader

The Obama is giving a major speech on Iraq tomorrow? Give me a frikking break.

He's going to 'revise' his position, no doubt.

re: #97 loppyd

aggg. my bad?

re: #20 alegrias

Drudge says Obama's going to Israel & West Bank next week...what, looking for a wall location to make a speech? "Mr. Olmert, tear down this wall" doesn't work for me.

"Ich bin ein sufganiyot," neither.

jelly or cream?

re: #91 loppyd

Um, how did you know I was at a courthouse? LOL

The Secretary of State's Department of Motor Vehicles people eat Doritos, not cheese curls.

;-)

re: #95 bellamags

It must be from Italy - see right here "F R A G I L A Y" I love that movie.

Now I get it - It's a profit thing!

re: #62 jamgarr

Wasn't aware of the M-n-M connection. Is it a lyric?

Yes.

everybody only wants to discuss me/
So this must mean I'm disgusting

From his song "Without Me." Crude and vulgar as he is, he is capable of some extraordinary wordsmithing. Consider this from Lose Yourself (what caught my eye was his use of the words "Salem's Lot"):

Stay in one spot, another day of monotony/
Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail/
I've got to formulate a plot before I end up in jail or shot/
Success is my only motherfucking option, failure's not/
Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go/
I cannot grow old in Salem's lot/
So here I go is my shot.

A 21st century Allen Ginsberg, if I may make the connection. The difference being that Marshal Mathers is infinitely more lyrical than Ginsberg ever was.

re: #93 jorline

Bite your tongue! All we want to hear from this jerk is "Present."

One day, the cure to cancer will be found in kudzu, and that will take care of two problems.

re: #95 bellamags

It must be from Italy - see right here "F R A G I L A Y" I love that movie.

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!

re: #98 EC Marm

He's going to 'revise' his position, no doubt.

He has to have a position before he can change it...Obama's positions so far have read like a revolving headlines.

re: #71 BBev

Thank you can you just say one for me.

Oh, I do,

re: #78 SasquatchOnSteroids

We should have this float in front of La Guardia for Imamanonajihads' arrival.

"And out your left window, you'll see your ass is mine"

I may wrong, but is it standard to have that many aircraft on deck? If not, then it is clearly a show of strength.

No one ever attacked the US for being too strong - RR

re: #101 Honorary Yooper

The Secretary of State's Department of Motor Vehicles people eat Doritos, not cheese curls.

;-)

I have so many family members that run these deparments.

re: #93 jorline

He loves to give speeches...I think we might have to get used to 3 or 4 State of the Union speeches a year.

Maybe because prepared speeches are all he knows how to do, and the flash may just keep the eye off his complete incompetence and worthlessness.

re: #70 jamgarr

A kid'll eat ivy too.

Unless it's poison ivy, in which case I recommend that you not eat it - much less use it as you would toilet tissue. I found that out the hard way.

re: #85 christheprofessor

Good to get the weight thing under control now.

My brother's lab weighs 110 - giant tub of goo!

re: #104 vagabond trader

Bite your tongue! All we want to hear from this jerk is "Present."

sorry trader...my racist side is showing again

re: #108 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh, I do,

Thank you I need it.

re: #86 jamgarr

Just returned from Gatlinburg , TN. Much Kudzu in TN.

Last time I was in the South, it's all over the place.

re: #111 TheMatrix31

Maybe because prepared speeches are all he knows how to do, and the flash may just keep the eye off his complete incompetence and worthlessness.

you may have a point matrix

re: #88 VegasRick

Gefilte fish?

Couldn't that get messy?

re: #92 Honorary Yooper

LOL! Wish something would eat that crap. I saw a ton of it when I went down to Louisiana (via MO, AR, TN, and MS) on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Yep, it's frikkin taking over down here. And along the lines of what Mandy referenced, I know a family who has fenced their property and bought a herd of goats just to keep the kudzu from coming into their yard. It grows really, really fast. The goats can't keep up so they still have to cut/burn/mow/whatever weekly.

re: #112 NemoParticularis

Unless it's poison ivy, in which case I recommend that you not eat it - much less use it as you would toilet tissue. I found that out the hard way.

Goats will eat poison ivy, no problems. :)

re: #92 Honorary Yooper

LOL! Wish something would eat that crap. I saw a ton of it when I went down to Louisiana (via MO, AR, TN, and MS) on Tuesday and Wednesday.

You can fry it.

re: #72 EC Marm

I worked at a physical therapy clinic. We had a patient who was so heavy he had to get a special made Lazy-Boy with re-enforced springs. no shit. He was at therapy because he had a knee replacement. He was scheduled to get the other knee done in a couple of months. I remember him specifically asking me why his knees went out - he was only in his early 40's. I could not believe that man had know idea why his knees blew out. He probably weighed over 500 lbs. no joke. -------oh he was on MEDICARE.

I have no kudzu problems. I do, however, have mint. A curse on the former home owner who planted it. The Kentucky Derby doesn't need this much mint.

re: #87 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Husband of ex-hostage says marriage may be over

re: #113 loppyd

Good to get the weight thing under control now.

My brother's lab weighs 110 - giant tub of goo!

Well, I've been spoiling the hell out of her. I'll just cut out most of her treats and she'll be fine (she'll still probably get too many!).

She swims nearly every day (though she hasn't today because of the topical tick stuff I put on -- rambunctious as hell at the moment, clearly trying to burn off some energy -- not quite 17 mos old so far)...

re: #106 jamgarr

"a crumby commercial?"

re: #120 gop_patriot

Goats will eat poison ivy, no problems. :)

too much info

re: #123 Silhouette

I have no kudzu problems. I do, however, have mint. A curse on the former home owner who planted it. The Kentucky Derby doesn't need this much mint.

We've had the same problem. The only way anyone should plant that stuff is in a container - and don't let it go to seed!

/but Mojitos are good

re: #124 LeePro

"Ask and ye shall receive." THANKS!

re: #122 bellamags

Gah. Please tell me that someone clued him in!

re: #123 Silhouette

I have no kudzu problems. I do, however, have mint. A curse on the former home owner who planted it. The Kentucky Derby doesn't need this much mint.

Party's at your house!

re: #118 MandyManners

Couldn't that get messy?

Hopefully!

re: #123 Silhouette

Well, we know who's minty-fresh!

re: #131 MandyManners

Who's bringing the booze?

re: #124 LeePro

Husband of ex-hostage says marriage may be over

He dismisses as gossip published rumors of an affair while Betancourt was captive. Lecompte had worked hard for Betancourt's release.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

re: #119 gop_patriot

wonder if you can make bio desel out of it ? so you can stop using food.

re: #134 MandyManners

Understandable, though. Article says that he was husband number 2... and maybe farther down the line than that.

re: #135 yochanan

wonder if you can make bio desel out of it ? so you can stop using food.

Wouldn't that be something. It's been said that kudzu can grow up to one foot a DAY. Talk about your renewable resource!

re: #133 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Well, we know who's minty-fresh!

re: #131 MandyManners

Who's bringing the booze?

*hic*

Guess.

re: #68 MandyManners

Mares eat oats and does eat oats but little lambs eat ivy.

and a kid'll eat ivy too.

re: #132 VegasRick

Hopefully!

Does it go with waffles?

re: #109 Silhouette

I may wrong, but is it standard to have that many aircraft on deck? If not, then it is clearly a show of strength.

No one ever attacked the US for being too strong - RR

I would say absolutely NOT Std as a guess, I honestly do not know, but how is an aircraft to land on that ? It's not.

Looks like what you say, a show of strength.
Definitely daunting if it's sitting 200 miles off your coast.

re: #136 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Understandable, though. Article says that he was husband number 2... and maybe farther down the line than that.

Understandable to commit adultery? No effin' way.

re: #135 yochanan

How much sugar is there in Kudzu? The more sugar, the easier to convert into fuel. Sugar-frosted Kudzu! Yum!

/

re: #140 MandyManners

Does it go with waffles?

I picture obambi eating waffles with a pair of flip flops on.

re: #139 jcw46

and a kid'll eat ivy too.

So I've heard.

re: #130 gop_patriot

You know what else is weird about him? I can recall this now. He had a VERY young wife. Couldn't be more than 18. If I would ask her a question, she would look at him and he would answer for her. She came with him to every session and would just draw pictures and sit in the corner. They were very child like pictures, I mean like a 5 year old. She left one in the treatment room by accident and I kept it because there was just something very weird about the situation and I thought "one day the cops are going to ask me about this". I never heard anything and we had no evidence of any wrong doing to report to the authorities.

re: #144 VegasRick

I picture obambi eating waffles with a pair of flip flops on.

More than just flip flops, I hope.

re: #143 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Not much sugar but a lot of starch.

re: #142 MandyManners

thank you. you would not believe the number of people who cheat.

re: #124 LeePro

Husband of ex-hostage says marriage may be over

My first question is, "What the heck is he doing giving interviews and discussing it?" I can think of several reasons why she might be cold right now, but what kind of husband trots out speculation on his marriage at any time, but especially given what she just went through? And if they're on the outs, why is he being interviewed about her, when he wouldn't know anything right now. It sounds like he likes the attention more than he respects their privacy, which may be what she doesn't like.

I think Ahmadinejad should be picked up on kiddie porn charges as soon as he lands in NY. Let him spend a couple of nights at Rikers Island...he'll have a whole new appreciation for the gay movvvveeeement.

re: #144 VegasRick

I picture obambi eating waffles with a pair of flip flops on.

I prefer to picture Adriana Lima eating a lollipop while wearing lingerie. But to each his own.

LOLDog w/ soldier in Iraq! :)

[Link: ihasahotdog.com...]

re: #148 Killgore Trout

I have been reading about processes to convert starch into sugar. Call in the Bugs (bacterium corps)!

re: #99 Conservative in Liberal Hands

nope - no wedding plans. YET.

/ducking out before onslaught of questions....

LOL

Corrected link:
[Link: ihasahotdog.com...]

re: #149 bellamags

thank you. you would not believe the number of people who cheat.

Sadly, I would.

re: #155 loppyd

but... but... I thought... awww s**t!

Pretty young thing like you and no suitors. That's what's wrong with America today!

/tic

re: #150 Silhouette

My first question is, "What the heck is he doing giving interviews and discussing it?" I can think of several reasons why she might be cold right now, but what kind of husband trots out speculation on his marriage at any time, but especially given what she just went through? And if they're on the outs, why is he being interviewed about her, when he wouldn't know anything right now. It sounds like he likes the attention more than he respects their privacy, which may be what she doesn't like.

Spot on!

re: #157 MandyManners

Sadly, I would.

I wouldn't have until a year and a half ago...

re: #125 christheprofessor

She sounds like a great girl!

BTW - puppy plans were put on hold due to my step father's illness....I was away from here way too much to get a puppy.

re: #143 Conservative in Liberal Hands

How much sugar is there in Kudzu? The more sugar, the easier to convert into fuel. Sugar-frosted Kudzu! Yum!

/

Not sarcasm.

Kudzu Gets Kudos as a Potential Biofuel

The Potential Use of Kudzu as a Biofuel

re: #160 goddessoftheclassroom

I wouldn't have until a year and a half ago...

Some men suck.

re: #105 Silhouette

Kudzu's already used in the herbal medical community for many things, including 'curing' impotence ~ will that help?

re: #158 Conservative in Liberal Hands

but... but... I thought... awww s**t!

Pretty young thing like you and no suitors. That's what's wrong with America today!

/tic

Not to worry!

I have a BF - we live together. I got the house first - now it's ring time. :)

re: #163 MandyManners

Some men suck.

Oh, no you dint!

re: #166 jamgarr

Oh, no you dint!

Not very often.

re: #150 Silhouette

My second guess, is that there were problems BEFORE she became a hostage.

Wonder why there questions about rape during the CNN interview between King and her, yet not with the three American hostages?

Oh, no.

re: #164 scottishbuzzsaw

Kudzu's already used in the herbal medical community for many things, including 'curing' impotence ~ will that help?

If that was common knowledge, you know, it probably would.

All those guys who can't qualify for viagra 'scripts, ranging over the hillsides, harvesting kudzu salads...
/sentence frag

re: #161 loppyd

I hope all is well now (I haven't been around as much as I used to, and I am not up on all that is going on with the Lizards and their families)...

re: #162 Silhouette

"It's not going to solve anybody's energy crisis, but it would be a useful supplement."

Thanks!

"All I know is what I read in the papers." - Will Rogers

Heh. LA Slimes and Chicago Tribune editors both resigned today.....

re: #173 TOWM

"All I know is what I read in the papers." - Will Rogers

Heh. LA Slimes and Chicago Tribune editors both resigned today.....

What?

re: #165 loppyd

now it's ring time. :)

Be a cultural rebel; forgo the ring. Tell the BF not to plunk down all that money for a rock from South Africa with an inflated price dictated by a cartel. Put that money toward... a house, or your honeymoon, or something.

My two cents.

(Full disclosure: My wife is from a country where the engagement ring is not a big tradition, and she made it very clear that she didn't need or really want one. I was quite happy with that.)

re: #163 MandyManners

Some men suck.

Yep.

Not evil, but stupid.

re: #144 VegasRick

re: #163 MandyManners

Some men suck.

Ya but there guy if they suck.

re: #171 christheprofessor

I hope all is well now (I haven't been around as much as I used to, and I am not up on all that is going on with the Lizards and their families)...

Thanks - he's doing a lot better now.

re: #146 bellamags

That is creepy alright. :/ What a weird situation.

Hey Ladies: (and Gents)

If you were getting proposed to, would you rather it Mount Of Olives,

or

Yemin Moshe

re: #175 Occasional Reader

Be a cultural rebel; forgo the ring. Tell the BF not to plunk down all that money for a rock from South Africa with an inflated price dictated by a cartel. Put that money toward... a house, or your honeymoon, or something.

My two cents.

(Full disclosure: My wife is from a country where the engagement ring is not a big tradition, and she made it very clear that she didn't need or really want one. I was quite happy with that.)

But it's my birthstone.....

LOL

re: #177 BBev

re: #163 MandyManners

Ya but there guy if they suck.

Sorry did I say that on line?

re: #178 loppyd

That's good to hear...

re: #163 MandyManners

Some men suck.

Others blow.

re: #165 loppyd

Thanks goodness! I was afraid that something had gone wrong...

True story and true confession -
"Let's get married or something" I said.
She said "Let's get married or NOTHING!"
And that was twenty-five years ago! Second marriage for both of us and it was the most difficult deal to close in my life! But she's smarter than I am! And prettier too!

Speaking of that, I got to go and take her out to dinner! After tonight, the weather will be too hot and humid to enjoy outdoor dining!

re: #101 Honorary Yooper

The Secretary of State's Department of Motor Vehicles people eat Doritos, not cheese curls.

;-)

ROFL

She actually licked her fingers while listening to what I needed - after she let me stand at the counter for a good five minutes while she stuffed her face.

re: #175 Occasional Reader

Be a cultural rebel; forgo the ring. Tell the BF not to plunk down all that money for a rock from South Africa with an inflated price dictated by a cartel. Put that money toward... a house, or your honeymoon, or something.

My two cents.

(Full disclosure: My wife is from a country where the engagement ring is not a big tradition, and she made it very clear that she didn't need or really want one. I was quite happy with that.)

Hmmm... then again, there is just something about a big shiney bling on your ring finger!

re: #183 ploome hineni

tell the BF to get a second job, to find the money for a ring

it is that important

It needn't be. IMHO, it shouldn't be. Frankly, I think our culture has elevated the importance of the engagement ring to a really twisted status.

re: #141 SasquatchOnSteroids

I would say absolutely NOT Std as a guess, I honestly do not know, but how is an aircraft to land on that ? It's not.

Looks like what you say, a show of strength.
Definitely daunting if it's sitting 200 miles off your coast.

The caption says the Reagan is entering a base in South Korea.
They clear the hangar deck as much as possible for entering port; they need the room for other activities to do with resupply and liberty plus they usually can't load the deck like that at sea (too rough) so they use the opportunity to straighten stuff up and get to the corners of the hangar deck.

btw there is a clear path for the port side angled launch way. Probably for a helo. I'm not sure if they could launch an aircraft sitting still.

re: #173 TOWM

"All I know is what I read in the papers." - Will Rogers

Heh. LA Slimes and Chicago Tribune editors both resigned today.....

Seriously?

re: #181 loppyd

Check out the Canadian diamonds. Just as pretty and from a little better climate - politically and human rights, that is.

Ciao and prayers to all!

re: #165 loppyd

Not to worry!

I have a BF - we live together. I got the house first - now it's ring time. :)

I'm starting a web site to sell fine jewelry (that I will be making) the mark-up is outrageous

re: #188 buzzsawmonkey

Trying to join sunset/ view, Jerusalem, and not too many bystanders (the less the better)

I was thinking of just a narrow side "street" in the Jewish quarter...but that doesn't have a view. Same for Yemin Moshe which is pretty, but again no view.

Mt. of Olives has the view, but does not look all that shnazzy but for the Churches, etc., and Wrath doesn't do Churches.

re: #196 BBev

I'm starting a web site to sell fine jewelry (that I will be making) the mark-up is outrageous

Oh reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally?

re: #186 ploome hineni

*WHACK*

/you did

I deserve that, again please and harder this time. Man I'm in a good mood.

re: #198 loppyd

Oh reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally?

Yup

re: #195 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Will pass it along.
Thanks!

re: #190 Russkilitlover

about a big shiney bling

My point exactly.

It's become an unhealthy obsession. I think I've seen the difference even in my lifetime. 20 years ago, it would have been considered romantic for a man to propose using a ring with a smallish stone but that had, for instance, been in his family for a couple of generations. Today, he'd be laughed at. If it's not a huge bling-bling rock, well, it's just not serious, is it? It's gotten kind of sick.

re: #200 BBev

Yup

We will talk. LOL

Now I have to get my ringless hands working on dinner. LOL

Later!

re: #204 loppyd

We will talk. LOL

Now I have to get my ringless hands working on dinner. LOL

Later!

Me too.

re: #191 Occasional Reader

It needn't be. IMHO, it shouldn't be. Frankly, I think our culture has elevated the importance of the engagement ring to a really twisted status.

You don't believe in following the advice of a company whose vested interest is in having you spend six months of your pre-tax earnings on an engagement ring?
IMHO, quality trumps all. A big expensive piece of dead glass looks like, well...a big expensive piece of dead glass.

re: #193 MandyManners

Seriously?

Not the LA Times...not after that moving tribute thread they had about Tony Snow yesterday.

/sarc

re: #205 ploome hineni

what kind of jewelry do you make?

All kinds, when the site is up if anyone wants to know I will post it.

#174
Yep.

Here's a linky

Being an optimistic person, I can't help but think the MSM will 'get it' one of these days....but maybe not.

re: #202 ploome hineni

no, you are wrong

the ring is a gift of value for the bride, who has consented to be a companion, provide the children and maintain the home for your comfort

you need to give her everything

Ploome

I don't want a massive rock. I have very small hands and it's not my style. Simple, elegant....not too big and not too small.

But platinum is a must.

Now I'm really gone.

You've got to see this. It's the Hollywood stars in the sunlight with no makeup. It's reality, not glamor. Make sure you see slide #36, Ahnold.

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

re: #207 EC Marm

I was very lucky to get the advice from many here on LGF. Quality over size. As you pointed out, a big yellow or cloudy stone will always be a big yellow or cloudy stone. It comes doen to tenths of weight and its not that noticeable when the dang thing is blinding. Thus, in short, shiney is better than big.

I would never buy retail either.

re: #163 MandyManners

Some men suck.

Indeed. Either they are at the forefront of the Gay Pride Parade or they are are straight guys who need a refresher course in foreplay.

I don't post here a lot, but I enjoy this BLOG and it's part of my daily reading. There are so many people here who really know what they are talking about (no sarcasm, really).

Massive change of subject-

I've been hearing a lot about Sharia Finance, what is it about it that is so distasteful. Is it the slippery slope and all that?

1. I'm not a huge fan of interest in general (money changers, roman law, the vig) it can be pretty abusive if not regulated. Kind of a necessary evil to make capitalism work.
2. Isn't VERY AMERICAN to take the best of other cultures and add it to our melting pot. If Sharia Finance has some things that seem to work out, why shouldn't we add it to our system? If we change it to fit in, then aren't we just as likely to affect their way of life, also? And isn't that the long term goal, to bring them into the 21st century?

It seems to me that the more interaction we have with them the quicker our systems, values, and beliefs, will be introduced and find a foothold in their society among the people where they can't be skewed through a mullah colored interpretation.

re: #214 ploome hineni

what is massive?

for me - over 3

re: #202 ploome hineni

no, you are wrong

Ah. Well, glad we cleared that up.

the ring is a gift of value for the bride, who has consented to be a companion

Um... the groom is doing the same thing.

provide the children and maintain the home for your comfort

Well, I see marriage as more of a partnership, not as an acquisition of a breeder and housecleaner.

you need to give her everything

I already did. What's mine is hers (basically). That's a different idea from "you need to buy here shiny, overpriced baubles to prove your love".

re: #218 buzzsawmonkey

So white gold is by you cheap trash?

NO!

I have a platinum ring from my grandmother which is over 75 years old and it looks brand new.

And the color doesn't fade.

I'm never going to get dinner ready. LOL

re: #214 ploome hineni

My mom said no more than 2 carats.

I don't know what that looks like, and it's a moot point for me.

Gone, now!

Take good care!

re: #72 EC Marm

I was down the county courthouse last week. The office was filled with six women, three of whom easily topped 300 pounds. It was painful to watch them pretending to work while actually doing nothing. After two minutes of standing, another woman, the heaviest of them all, finally waited on me. I had to grimace as she walked back and forth to attend to the paperwork. The aisle was about three feet wide but she could barely pass through it. I kept thinking about national healthcare being in the hands of people like that. I can hear the lecture I would be getting, "According to this chart your BMI is too high."
"But, I'm all muscle. Your chart stinks."
"Doesn't matter, lose 20 pounds before your next appointment. We can schedule you for early 2012."

Speaking as a person who works for Medicaid, let me tell you all bluntly:

You DO NOT want the state/Feds/Gov't in general handling your health care. If McCain or Obama push it, hire lawyers. Encourage your health care provider to hire lawyers, and sue the gov't into oblivion until they decide to give up the idea. I see the Part D debacle from the inside daily, and that is exactly what National Health Care would be.

re: #219 loppyd

for me - over 3

Hmmmm. And all this time I proudly assumed it was anything over 7.

re: #211 loppyd

But platinum is a must.

We did go with platinum on our wedding bands (which to my mind are much more a symbol of the commitment).

re: #213 buzzsawmonkey

Yes with everything else involved in this thing, I am sure I am over thinking this aspect too.

But really, it is too much for G-d to move the Mediterranean to the walls of Jerusalem and give me a multi color sunset while I stand over looking a Yerushalim without an ugly golden dome....Just for about 1/2 hour?

re: #219 loppyd

for me - over 3

Dude don't do it 3 is way to big, keep it 1.5 and a clear stone and good color

re: #212 Luigi

You've got to see this. It's the Hollywood stars in the sunlight with no makeup. It's reality, not glamor. Make sure you see slide #36, Ahnold.

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

Andy Garcia, No. 7. Aiyeeeeeeeeeee!

re: #180 WrathofG-d

First of all, congratulations on someone finding someone they love.

Secondly, I do not like the "big production" proposals At. All. There's a certain arrogance in assuming that his proposing will be such a thrill to her. I know in most cases, hopefully, it is a thrill, but it seems arrogant for him to act as he knows she'll be thrilled.

I'm sure I'll catch flak for this one, especially from all those that experienced the "big production" proposals, on either side.

re: #221 ploome hineni

lol

good girl, get a round stone

Ahhhh...you mean anything over 3 CARATS. Sorry.

re: #221 ploome hineni

lol

good girl, get a round stone

round or cushion cut which is kind of round

re: #220 Occasional Reader

It's not proving your love to her - it's telling the world how much you think of her.

re: #228 BBev

Dude don't do it 3 is way to big, keep it 1.5 and a clear stone and good color

I agree. If you do have to partake of this Engagement Rock Madness, keep it simple. Big rocks are flash/trash.

re: #215 WrathofG-d

I was very lucky to get the advice from many here on LGF. Quality over size. As you pointed out, a big yellow or cloudy stone will always be a big yellow or cloudy stone. It comes doen to tenths of weight and its not that noticeable when the dang thing is blinding. Thus, in short, shiney is better than big.

I would never buy retail either.

*walks away*

re: #203 Occasional Reader

We used a family ring. My mom had her grandmother's 18k wedding band put with a really nice emerald ring that my father gave her. So that's what we used for my wedding band, my choice. To me it represented tradition and family, and means more to me than a brand new diamond ring. But that's just us. :)

re: #228 BBev

Dude don't do it 3 is way to big, keep it 1.5 and a clear stone and good color

I was kidding kind of.

2 tops. LOL

Both articles about the Chicago Trib and LA Times editors leaving.

re: #226 Occasional Reader

We did go with platinum on our wedding bands (which to my mind are much more a symbol of the commitment).

I agree.

Barack Obama is a g*dammned lowlife!

re: #217 cgn38navy

I don't post here a lot, but I enjoy this BLOG and it's part of my daily reading. There are so many people here who really know what they are talking about (no sarcasm, really).

Massive change of subject-

I've been hearing a lot about Sharia Finance, what is it about it that is so distasteful. Is it the slippery slope and all that?

1. I'm not a huge fan of interest in general (money changers, roman law, the vig) it can be pretty abusive if not regulated. Kind of a necessary evil to make capitalism work.
2. Isn't VERY AMERICAN to take the best of other cultures and add it to our melting pot. If Sharia Finance has some things that seem to work out, why shouldn't we add it to our system? If we change it to fit in, then aren't we just as likely to affect their way of life, also? And isn't that the long term goal, to bring them into the 21st century?

It seems to me that the more interaction we have with them the quicker our systems, values, and beliefs, will be introduced and find a foothold in their society among the people where they can't be skewed through a mullah colored interpretation.

It requires a certain percentage to go to Muslim charities - which seem largely designed to blow us up, or teach kids to blow us up.

It allows control by countries that do not have the US's best interests in mind. What if they decided to support only companies that refused to do business with Israel? Or refused to hire anyone who supports Israel?

Let enough money get invested this way, and see what happens if the US wants to enforce our laws on those funds. Money talks.

There are more problems, but those are the first two.

re: #215 WrathofG-d

Thus, in short, shiney is better than big.

I've seen my wifes ring shoot a rainbow 50 feet across a room. I snatched that baby right out of the case, and never turned my back on it. It was special, and so is she.

re: #233 Dianna

It's not proving your love to her - it's telling the world how much you think of her.

Do you really believe that?

re: #230 Silhouette

My brother came very close to proposing to the lady now his wife in the car after Bible study.

Fortunately, I persuaded him otherwise.

Now, I'm really gone.

re: #230 Silhouette

Thank you. I don't want it necessarily to be a "big production", in fact I want it pretty low key....but I want it to be perfect...FOR HER.

I was blessed with a great opportunity to be able to do so in a wonderful place (Israel) so, I'm just trying to step it up a notch. She deserves it.

OK

Off to get dinner started.

re: #238 jcw46

Both articles about the Chicago Trib and LA Times editors leaving.

THANK YOU!

re: #173 TOWM

"All I know is what I read in the papers." - Will Rogers

Heh. LA Slimes and Chicago Tribune editors both resigned today.....

/ You know..the first thought of the hoopster was the sadness of getting fired.. These folks have families and will go through some rough times.. You may not agree with the politics but say a prayer for these families...After all editors don't set policy..They do what is handed down from on high..those people won't take the fall.

/wwweeee all star home run hitting tonight!

re: #235 MandyManners

I don't know what you are thinking but we are talking rocks.

re: #245 ploome hineni

about 8 mm

Way too small a round, won't consistently cause the sort of man-stopping terminal ballistics that you're looking for.

Oh... talking about diamonds... sorry.

re: #238 jcw46

Both articles about the Chicago Trib and LA Times editors leaving.

Utter chaos.

re: #236 gop_patriot

We used a family ring. My mom had her grandmother's 18k wedding band put with a really nice emerald ring that my father gave her. So that's what we used for my wedding band, my choice. To me it represented tradition and family, and means more to me than a brand new diamond ring. But that's just us. :)

Now that, I can get on board with.

re: #244 Occasional Reader

I don't have a ring. If the Male ever presents me with one, I will know that it's not to "prove" anything to me, but to demonstrate how much he thinks of me to others.

Your mileage may differ.

re: #219 loppyd

for me - over 3

She'll never be able to fit her hand into a ball-glove when you go to Fenway if it's 3 or more loppyd.

re: #217 cgn38navy
Go read this.

Question: is anyone still seeing that bogus "virus checker" alert come up at LGF?

re: #185 VegasRick

do the swallow?

i know me bad

re: #251 HoosierHoops

/ You know..the first thought of the hoopster was the sadness of getting fired.. These folks have families and will go through some rough times.. You may not agree with the politics but say a prayer for these families...After all editors don't set policy..They do what is handed down from on high..those people won't take the fall.

/wwweeee all star home run hitting tonight!

These people quit. They weren't fired.

re: #260 Charles

Question: is anyone still seeing that bogus "virus checker" alert come up at LGF?

never had the problem here

re: #252 WrathofG-d

I don't know what you are thinking but we are talking rocks.

LOL!

re: #260 Charles

Question: is anyone still seeing that bogus "virus checker" alert come up at LGF?

No charles..

re: #257 Dianna

I don't have a ring. If the Male ever presents me with one, I will know that it's not to "prove" anything to me, but to demonstrate how much he thinks of me to others.

Your mileage may differ.

We'll have to agree to disagree, until you come around to my irrefutably correct position.