It's time to do something...a nap comes to mind.

Too hot out to do much else.

Someone else will come along, I know it!

"A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all corners."

What's everyone doing, WORKING?

It's nice to kick back on a hot summer's day, watching the horses and drinking an icy cold adult beverage!

good afternoon from Torontonistan, Canada

Does Allah love Americans?

-Audio clip by Jeffery Kearns. (Doing business as: Siraj Wahhaj)

It's vacation time! Not going anywhere, mind you, but it's still vacation time!

That quote's like that old Murphy-like one about the likelihood of the bread falling jam-side down being proportionate to the cost of the carpet. . .only weirder.

I have made good judgments in the Past. I have made good judgments in the Future.

Dan Quayle

re: #9 experiencedtraveller

Too hard to hear that clearly

re: #10 6pat6

It's vacation time! Not going anywhere, mind you, but it's still vacation time!

that's great..enjoy your time off and think about all the lizards keeping america rolling while you goof off..
/heh

re: #9 experiencedtraveller
Does it matter? I don't love allah(stan).

Lieberman: Obama couldn’t go to Iraq today if we’d followed his plan

Ouch.

re: #14 HoosierHoops

Damn right! I've earned it! Now, back to my icy-cold adult bev!

re: #12 pat

Pass the potatos.
Dan Quayle

re: #16 looking closely

Ouch.

Thats gonna burn.

OT

burglery

re: #16 looking closely

Ouch.

ZING!

re: #18 xtraBilly

Pass the potatos.
Dan Quayle

'A mind is a terrible thing to waste, or never to have had."

I would like to know how Danica Patrick can continue to confront other drivers, on an off the track, and get away without IRL comdemnation? She better watch Duno, or she'll
get more in the face than a towel next time.

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics?'

Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I am the head of the
family, so call me President. Your mother is the administrator of the
money, so we call her the Congress. We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People. The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.
Now think about that and see if it makes sense.'

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.'

The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.'

The little boy replies, 'The President is screwing the Working Class while the Congress is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit.

Primordial Soup! Drink!

re: #20 cutestguy

One drink, coming up! (slides icy-cold adult beverage down the bar!)

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
Then we tried to remove the tusks. The tusks. That's not so easy to say. Tusks.
You try it some time. As I say, we tried to remove the tusks. But they were embedded so firmly we couldn't budge them.
Of course, in Alabama the Tuscaloosa, but that is entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about.

Groucho in Animal crackers (Movie)

"You can't judge a book by its cover but you can judge a cookbook by the number of dead bodies out back."

Obama Campaign issues Dress Code for Female Reporters

It appears that Team Obama didn't want to offend any Muslim sensibilities on his trip to the Middle East. The campaign issued a dress code for female reporters last week that showed just how patronizing and condenscending these arrogant jamokes can be.

/because, you know, professional journalists are too stupid to figure it out for themselves

Hey all, here is a video of Chris Matthews interviewing a Rep. who supports Obama. Matthews asks him to list Obama's Senate accomplishments, and he cannot do it. Dont know if it has been posted here before, if so, I apologize for the repeat.

re: #28 Dustyvet

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
Then we tried to remove the tusks. The tusks. That's not so easy to say. Tusks.
You try it some time. As I say, we tried to remove the tusks. But they were embedded so firmly we couldn't budge them.
Of course, in Alabama the Tuscaloosa, but that is entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about.

Groucho in Animal crackers (Movie)

Marxist! (Of the good kind)
Rufus T. Firefly for president of Fredonia!

oops
burglery

re: #23 opnion,

You know, Quayle gets all kinds of shit, but he never came out with anything as stupid as Ears comment about "57 States". Why isn't Obambi being laughed off the world stage, instead of toasted by it?

re: #30 Edouard

"You can't judge a book by its cover but you can judge a cookbook by the number of dead bodies out back."

Well, by that standard, "To Serve Man" is a good cookbook. No bodies left over.

re: #31 Killian Bundy

because, you know, professional journalists are too stupid to figure it out for themselves

Sad to say, but that is probably a correct statement! They can't give us the news properly, how can we expect them to act in a foreign land!

Should I sarc, or not...

re: #31 Killian Bundy

Obama Campaign issues Dress Code for Female Reporters

Let me guess.

American flag lapel pins are now required?

re: #35 Iron Fist

Because He is The Anointed One. The Chosen. The One.

re: #35 Iron Fist

,

You know, Quayle gets all kinds of shit, but he never came out with anything as stupid as Ears comment about "57 States". Why isn't Obambi being laughed off the world stage, instead of toasted by it?

It's against the Liberal Order # 789 which states that any joke told about Obama is deemed racist.

re: #39 Silhouette

Let me guess.

American flag lapel pins are now required?

And Che T-Shirts...

re: #16 looking closely

Ouch.

nice! I love Joe.

Ears comment about "57 States

The Islamic States, that is.

re: #39 Silhouette,

Headscarves. Mustn't offend the Mohammedans, you know.

re: #24 littleO

I would like to know how Danica Patrick can continue to confront other drivers, on an off the track, and get away without IRL comdemnation? She better watch Duno, or she'll
get more in the face than a towel next time.

Really?
How many fisticuffs have you seen in NASCAR?
Fights or perceived fights jack up the ratings.. and boy Indycar racing really needs the rating right now..At least nobody was hitting and punching people.. ( unlike the way my kids used to act to each other every day.)
I know Danica isn't really a very good driver..Dixon called her a menace
on the track..But she is a superstar for Indy racing.

Maybe if he is elected POTUS, Obama will keep enforcing a dress code for female reporters in the White House.

We can finally get Helen Thomas that bag she has needed for so long.

Do they come with mufflers?

re: #24 littleO

I would like to know how Danica Patrick can continue to confront other drivers, on an off the track, and get away without IRL comdemnation? She better watch Duno, or she'll
get more in the face than a towel next time.

was she naked at the time? that's a very important part of the story. don't leave it out. ;)

50 degrees and raining here. Can't wait for Vegas in October... I have tickets to see Jimmy Buffet at the MGM. Has anyone been to see him?

re: #35 Iron Fist

,

You know, Quayle gets all kinds of shit, but he never came out with anything as stupid as Ears comment about "57 States". Why isn't Obambi being laughed off the world stage, instead of toasted by it?

Obama probably has already made more gaffes, but you would never know it. You have to really be paying attention, because the media burys them.
Maybe it is because , Barry is a lightworker.

re: #47 HoosierHoops

She brings the ratings. I like Indycar racing. Danica, well, she's OK, but no driving sensation.

Got this in an e-mail and I was wondering if anyone knows whether it is true:

These companies import Middle Eastern oil:

Shell...................... ....... 205,7 42,000 barrels

Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels

Exxon/Mobil...... ......... 130,082,000 barrels

Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels

Amoco............................62,231,000 barrels

Citgo gas is from South America

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

Sunoco..................0 barrels

Conoco..................0 barrels

Sinclair...................0 barrels

BP/Phillips.............0 barrels

Hess..................... ..0 barrels

ARC0.....................0 barrels

re: #39 Silhouette

Let me guess.

American flag lapel pins are now required?

Reporters traveling overseas with Sen. Barack Obama were thrown a bit of curve last week when the campaign emailed a "dress code" for Israel and Jordan. Aides had passed along as a courtesy the list that they had distributed to their staff to follow. But some of the tips raised a few eyebrows, particularly among the female reporters.

"Do not wear green." (Explained later as the color of Hamas)

"Do not wear nail polish."

"Women should only wear a limited amount of jewelry."

"Shoulders and arms must be fully covered (no strapless tops, no tank tops, no short sleeve shirts.)"

"Closed-toe shoes, women should also wear stockings."

At historical and religious sites, a suit or slacks should be worn, shoulders and arms must be covered ("no strapless tops, no tanks tops no short sleeve shirts"), shoes might need to be removed, and women may be asked to cover their heads and "should be prepared with a scarf/pashmina," the email stated.

/for Israel?

Maybe Danica and Duno will have a naked motot-oil wrestling match...Hmmmm, that will generate some buzz, no?

re: #51 opnion

Obama probably has already made more gaffes, but you would never know it. You have to really be paying attention, because the media burys them.
Maybe it is because , Barry is a lightworker.

Well, Barack works for the light bringer - Lucifer.

re: #50 Alaska Kim

50 degrees and raining here. Can't wait for Vegas in October... I have tickets to see Jimmy Buffet at the MGM. Has anyone been to see him?

Buffet indoors? That doesn't seem right somehow. Saw him ~20 years ago. Same ol' schtick today. Yeah, yeah, beaches and liquor are cool. We get it.

He lost me when he campaigned against Jeb.

re: #50 Alaska Kim

50 degrees and raining here. Can't wait for Vegas in October... I have tickets to see Jimmy Buffet at the MGM. Has anyone been to see him?

Saw him at at outdoor venue. Damn good time!

re: #51 opnion,

I keep forgetting he's some kind of god. How racist of me. I'll say ten "hope"s and ten "change"s in pennance to the Obamessiah.

/

re: #55 6pat6

Maybe Danica and Duno will have a naked motot-oil wrestling match...Hmmmm, that will generate some buzz, no?

I can think of a few things that would generate. ;)

re: #58 opnion
Never pass up a Buffett concert. Bring your grass skirt and coconut shell bra!

Now Bush Is Appeasing Iran

Diplomacy is not wrong, but President Bush's reversal is diplomatic malpractice on a Carter-esque level that is breathing new life into a failing regime.

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

re: #53 Creeping Eruption

Got this in an e-mail and I was wondering if anyone knows whether it is true:

These companies import Middle Eastern oil:

Shell...................... ....... 205,7 42,000 barrels
ARC0.....................0 barrels (etc)

Probably untrue, but irrelevant if its true or not.
Oil is a commodity.
If we don't buy from place "A" but instead from place "B", someone else will buy from place "A".

So long as there are actors who will buy from the cheapest available source (and there are plenty, in this case), this will exert economic pressure to force the prices of "A" and "B" to converge.

In short, not buying Saudi oil (for example) doesn't hurt the Saudis because someone else will buy it at the same price.

If you want to hurt the Saudis you have to either increase the total amount of oil on the global market (thereby driving down prices), or alternatively, come up with alternative fuels/energy, accomplishing the exact same thing.

re: #56 Kosh's Shadow

Well, Barack works for the light bringer - Lucifer.

Ok now that's just racist! Anything but praise is racist. Didn't you get the memo?

re: #55 6pat6

Maybe Danica and Duno will have a naked motot-oil wrestling match...Hmmmm, that will generate some buzz, no?

Thinking more like the chances of one of them being on 'Dances with the stars' next season..

6pat6 keep your eyes open for a Mandy *Wack*

re: #58 opnion

He'll be at the Grand Garden Arena. I think it'll be a hoot!

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.

}:)     [What?]

re: #66 HoosierHoops

6pat6 keep your eyes open for a Mandy *Wack*

I keep hoping...!

re: #53 Creeping Eruption

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco................0 barrels
Conoco................0 barrels
Sinclair................0 barrels
BP/Phillips...........0 barrels
Hess...................0 barrels
ARC0..................0 barrels

Thanks for the tip. It please me to know that where I usually buy (Sunoco) gets none. I'll remember to make a point to always buy from them from now on.

re: #62 CapeCoddah

Never pass up a Buffett concert. Bring your grass skirt and coconut shell bra!

"Fins to the left, fins to the right & your the only bait in town."

re: #68 kulhwch

you can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish

re: #62 CapeCoddah

Coconut bras are hard to come by in these here parts! I suppose I could do some shopping in Vegas.

re: #67 Alaska Kim

He'll be at the Grand Garden Arena. I think it'll be a hoot!

The music is good & the visuals are great. He does not dissapoint

Also, fun flies when you're doing time.

From the stupid criminal files:

Two arrested while sleeping on stolen goods

A surveillance videocamera showed two people going from one storage container to another, and police followed a trail of cardboard and items from the containers to Burress and Pierce -- one sleeping in a stolen hammock and the other on a pile of stolen pillows

re: #28 Dustyvet

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

re: #74 opnion

I'm looking forward to it. I've only seen one concert in Vegas.... Celine Dion, and she was worth every penny of the $200 ticket! I'm sure Buffett will be great as well.

re: #1 6pat6

It's time to do something...a nap comes to mind.

I tried that crap but, it's too hot. Even with the thermostat set at 72 (YES, BHO, I SET IT AT 72 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA' DO ABOUT IT, ASSHOLE?), it's too hot. And, maybe it's the tea I slurped this morning to help me get going. Whatever. I'm in a rotten mood. Does Brinks need his scrawny ass kicked again?

re: #53 Creeping Eruption

Lets apply this at the individual level.

Lets say Exxon gas stations only sell domestically drilled and refined gasoline, and Citgo only Venezuelan.

Lets say everywhere there is one companies' gas station, across the street there is another.

Now lets say a fraction of people absolutely refuse to purchase gasoline from Citgo. In response, Exxon will be able to afford to jack up its prices (because there will be increased demand). Citgo, by having fewer customers, will have to reduce its prices (to stimulate demand).

With consistently lower prices, Citgo will attract plenty of buyers who don't give a rat's behind about where the money goes, but just need to fill their tanks as cheaply as possible so they can have cash left over to feed their kids.

These people will avoid Exxon and patronize Citgo, tending to re-equalize the prices.

Again, the way to hurt the "bad" oil producing countries is to come up with other sources of oil, or alternative energy sources, or preferably both.

re: #28 Dustyvet

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
Then we tried to remove the tusks. The tusks. That's not so easy to say. Tusks.
You try it some time. As I say, we tried to remove the tusks. But they were embedded so firmly we couldn't budge them.
Of course, in Alabama the Tuscaloosa, but that is entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about.

Groucho in Animal crackers (Movie)

Hannibal crossed the Alps and the Lord Alps those who Alps themselves ...

}:)     [Gads, what a great mind Groucho was!]

Both Ways Barack!

re: #73 Alaska Kim

Coconut bras are hard to come by in these here parts! I suppose I could do some shopping in Vegas.

Hey ,you can be a shark or a giant parrot!

re48 Hoosierhoops:

surely you jest. the IRL isn't nascar. OMG

You screw up in Indy Cars people die fast.

I still remember my dad coming home from the barber shop and telling about the fight between Parnelli Jones and Eddie Sack. ED had a big mouth in more ways than one.

re: #18 xtraBilly

Pass the potatos.
Dan Quayle

I'll have potatoes, my self. lol

re: #80 looking closely

You are putting a lot into this. I appreciate that. I was more concerned with whether anyone knows if it is true in the first instance.

re: #78 Alaska Kim

I'm looking forward to it. I've only seen one concert in Vegas.... Celine Dion, and she was worth every penny of the $200 ticket! I'm sure Buffett will be great as well.

Celine Dion, really? I do not think that I could handle that.
But you will love Jimmy Buffet.

re: #83 opnion

True!
Last time I was in Vegas I went to his place, Margaritaville, at the Flamingo. Great place to eat! I also bought a t-shirt that has a guy laying in a hammock on a beach somewhere..... the saying on the t-shirt is...
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.

re: #77 zmdavid

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

I love that song and that video! Makes me wanna' grab my baton and do my routine.

re: #38 buzzsawmonkey

Try to Remember
--with apologies to "The Fantasticks"

Try to remember the kind of September
When sunny clear skies were so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When no-one thought of Muslim fellows
Try to remember the kind of September
Before imams' bombastic bellows.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.
Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Try to remember that day in September
A cloudless day so warm and still-o
Try to remember that day in September
When security slept on its pillow.
Try to remember the horrors engendered
Amidst all the flames and the smoky billows
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.
Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

We all must remember, without being tender
To those who whine we harsh their mellow
We all must remember, or else they will render
Our guarantees of freedom hollow.
We must remember and safeguard an ember
Of the fires of September that made us bellow
If we remember, whate'er they engender
We all will withstand the storms
And follow.

Damn good.  When do we collect the Lizard Song Book?

}:)     [Another fine product selling in the LGF CafePress Store ... ]

re: #88 Alaska Kim

True!
Last time I was in Vegas I went to his place, Margaritaville, at the Flamingo. Great place to eat! I also bought a t-shirt that has a guy laying in a hammock on a beach somewhere..... the saying on the t-shirt is...
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.

That's funny!

re: #79 MandyManners,

In honor of Barack Who's Middle Name Must Not Be Named Obama, I set my thermostat at 68. Oh, and because it's cooler, too. I also eat the things I want. I'm an American. We're free to do that.

re: #87 opnion

yeah, I saw her when she first opened at Caesar's in 2003. Excellent show.

re: #89 MandyManners

You were a twirler? My niece does that in school. Pretty good, too!

re: #92 Iron Fist

Indeed!

re: #70 jcw46

Thanks for the tip. It please me to know that where I usually buy (Sunoco) gets none. I'll remember to make a point to always buy from them from now on.

Correction from Snopes to the above.

Misread the post so decided to check and found that
1. the info is outdated
2. Most is incorrect

:> My company (Sunoco) is STILL listed as importing 0 bbls.

The site states DoE stats. Info is date March, 2008.

re: #50 Alaska Kim

50 degrees and raining here. Can't wait for Vegas in October... I have tickets to see Jimmy Buffet at the MGM. Has anyone been to see him?

Not yet, but I'm gonna before I die.

}:D     [Let us know how he is, I've heard good things ... ]

re: #97 kulhwch

Next on my list is Elton John at Caesar's. But he ain't cheap!

re: #9 experiencedtraveller

Transcript? I can't understand but one word out of three or four...

Settin' up another round, anyone?

re: #8 winston06

good afternoon from Torontonistan, Canada

Hot & humid enough for ya, Winston?

re: #72 6pat6

Everyone believes in something and I believe I'll have another beer.

}:)     [Gonna end the lunch period in a moment, so if I don't respond, I was swallowed by work ... ]

re: #31 Killian Bundy

Unreal.

re: #92 Iron Fist

,

In honor of Barack Who's Middle Name Must Not Be Named Obama, I set my thermostat at 68. Oh, and because it's cooler, too. I also eat the things I want. I'm an American. We're free to do that.

I wonder where his thermostat is set.

re: #98 Alaska Kim

Buffet is pure, intoxicated, escapist awesomeness! You will have fun.

re: #94 6pat6

You were a twirler? My niece does that in school. Pretty good, too!

Majorette. But, twirler is okay. It's hard and violent at times.

re: #79 MandyManners

I'm in a rotten mood.

Really?

}:P     [ < ... ducking ... > ]

re: #68 kulhwch

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.

}:)     [What?]

A great example of the importance of syntax...

Gee Mandy I thought you were in a good mood.Haven't read a f..k you from you yet!

re: #84 littleO

re48 Hoosierhoops:

surely you jest. the IRL isn't nascar. OMG

You screw up in Indy Cars people die fast.

I still remember my dad coming home from the barber shop and telling about the fight between Parnelli Jones and Eddie Sack. ED had a big mouth in more ways than one.

The only thing i was equating was that both series race cars and tempers flair.. probably didn't come out right..
My dad has worked out at the track for 40 years.. He introduced me to many drivers including duno and danica..
Still don't follow the sport that much..

Not sure how the links at the top of the page work, but whomever paraphrased the Slate review of Generation Kill did a rather poor job. The skittle 'product placement' remark was made by the author jest as an example of how well the producers got even the smallest details correct. As for comparing our soldiers to Brooklyn gangsters, please note that the gangsters to whom the author refers were from Baltimore, not Brooklyn (fans of the Wire would know this). Whether the comparison is valid I'll leave it the reader to decide.

All three of my nieces are married to or were married to Recon Marines...two of whom were in Alpha company.. Bravo companies sister in GenKill. The two retired Marines who I still have contact with give the producers 100% for accuracy and realism, though they give Wright poor marks for his 'recollection' of certain events.

re: #106 Spenser (with an S)

Thanks!

re: #68 kulhwch

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.

}:)     [What?]

Years ago, one of my best friends was a gay guy. He used to tease me by calling me a fruit fly. (I'm not joking.)

re: #100 6pat6

Settin' up another round, anyone?

beer me..

re: #31 Killian Bundy

Obama Campaign issues Dress Code for Female Reporters

/because, you know, professional journalists are too stupid to figure it out for themselves

I'd be tempted to wear a trench coat and then rip it off at the most inappropriate time and place.

re: #22 OldLineTexan

ZING!

Booyah.

re: #98 Alaska Kim

Next on my list is Elton John at Caesar's. But he ain't cheap!

Elton John puts on a great show. I saw him years ago in Toronto.

re: #108 kulhwch

Really?

}:P     [ < ... ducking ... > ]

re: #110 nigella

Gee Mandy I thought you were in a good mood.Haven't read a f..k you from you yet!

Just wait.

Look at this misleading lead in at the Yahoo page:

Comments suggest Iraq, Obama agree on U.S. troop timeframe

In reality, the article says this:

Maliki told Obama he did not want foreign troops in Iraq for an undefined period but that conditions on the ground would dictate their withdrawal, the Iraqi leader's office said.

And, of course, here's another example of hide the Senator:

Obama has scheduled no news conferences in Iraq.

re: #119 Josephine

He was up here in Anchorage about a month or two ago. I heard it was an awesome show.

re: #116 buzzsawmonkey

If it makes you feel any better, the links you posted in the last thread inspired #38 above.

It's a great adaptation!

re: #5 6pat6

What's everyone doing, WORKING?

Yup.

re: #120 MandyManners

Just wait.

Did you get your nap?

re: #105 MandyManners,

Oh, he probably keeps his house set at 62, but you can't judge the Obamessiah by the same standards you judge ordinary humans like you and I. Next you will be questioning the Gorecle's Carbon Footprint.

That must not happen. That way lies re-education camp.

Dumb Criminals Story of the Day.

re: #128 Cygnus

Dumb Criminals Story of the Day.

Choice nugget: "The camera caught Pierce, a Monroe resident, with his shoes kicked off. He was curled up on a hammock pad. The assembly instructions for the collapsed hammock lay next to him."

re: #125 goddessoftheclassroom

Did you get your nap?

Nope. Too hot and too much caffeine earlier. I'll make up for it tonight.

re: #122 Alaska Kim

Exhibition Place in Toronto used to have an outdoor stadium. Only the highest (nosebleed) seats had some shelter. (That's where my friends and I were seated.)

We were hit with a huge thunderstorm that evening. Elton's pilot wanted to turn around but he insisted that they continue and land in Toronto.

The torrential rain and strong wind didn't let up until close to the end of the show. The stage didn't have much of a covering (I can't remember how much) but that didn't stop Elton. Most of the people in the audience were soaking wet, without umbrellas, but they all went crazy for him. He pulled out all the stops and played an extra-long concert.

He really appreciated the audience's response. This was in 1986 or so, when his career wasn't on a high. I loved it because he sang some songs that hadn't been hits but had meant a lot to me (I used to have all of his albums).

He's a real showman.

re: #127 Iron Fist

,

Oh, he probably keeps his house set at 62, but you can't judge the Obamessiah by the same standards you judge ordinary humans like you and I. Next you will be questioning the Gorecle's Carbon Footprint.

That must not happen. That way lies re-education camp.

I have the link to the article about Gore's mansion in Nashville but, I cannot find it. Do you?

re 111 Hoosier Hoops

I figured by your nic that you knew more about the track.
I wish I'd would have had some inside connections.
Once, dad thought he could get us all in to qualifications for free, because he worked with a gate guard. So he piled us all into the car and off we went.
Turned out his friend wasn't on the gate. Dad paid out like twenty bucks.
Thats when twenty bucks was real money.

re: #32 CapeCoddah

Hey all, here is a video of Chris Matthews interviewing a Rep. who supports Obama. Matthews asks him to list Obama's Senate accomplishments, and he cannot do it. Dont know if it has been posted here before, if so, I apologize for the repeat.

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

Excellent! I've forwarded that one to some people.

re: #99 Cap'n DOC

Transcript? I can't understand but one word out of three or four...

I think thats part of his "charm".

re: #79 MandyManners

I saw part of that last night. What a jerk!

He's banned, isn't he?

Who's following Bin Laden's driver's falsehoods? You believe he don't know nuttin', after working four years for the guy, until Nov. 2001...with Surface to Air missiles in his car? Democrats do.

BBC says he alleges he was "coerced" using "coercive techniques"...
"...Mr Hamdan was captured at a roadblock in Afghanistan during the US-led invasion in 2001, two months after the 9/11 attacks on America.

Prosecutors say he belonged to Osama Bin Laden's inner circle, and was heading for a battle zone when he was arrested, allegedly with two surface-to-air missiles inside his car.

Mr Hamdan has acknowledged working for Bin Laden in Afghanistan from 1997 to 2001 for $200 (£99) a month, but denies being part of al-Qaeda or taking part in any attacks.

Some seriously nutty stuff from a supporter of BHO.

[Link: www.strayreality.com...]

Scroll down to see the Superman potograph. It's beyond funny.

re: #136 Dianna

I saw part of that last night. What a jerk!

He's banned, isn't he?

Stinky's stick's imprint is still on his gamey buttocks.

re: #101 Josephine

Hot & humid enough for ya, Winston?

Yeah. It's terrible

re: #137 alegrias

Who's following Bin Laden's driver's falsehoods? You believe he don't know nuttin', after working four years for the guy, until Nov. 2001...with Surface to Air missiles in his car? Democrats do.

BBC says he alleges he was "coerced" using "coercive techniques"...
"...Mr Hamdan was captured at a roadblock in Afghanistan during the US-led invasion in 2001, two months after the 9/11 attacks on America.

Prosecutors say he belonged to Osama Bin Laden's inner circle, and was heading for a battle zone when he was arrested, allegedly with two surface-to-air missiles inside his car.

Mr Hamdan has acknowledged working for Bin Laden in Afghanistan from 1997 to 2001 for $200 (£99) a month, but denies being part of al-Qaeda or taking part in any attacks.

Just $200.00/mo.? Bin Laden is a serious cheap-skate.

Pat Condell has a new video rant up on Youtube.

Acceptable for the Times? Just don't criticize the Messiah.

In January 2007, when General David Petraeus took command in Iraq, he
called the situation "hard" but not "hopeless." Today, 18 months later,
violence has fallen by up to 80% to the lowest levels in four years, and
Sunni and Shiite terrorists are reeling from a string of defeats. The situation
now is full of hope, but considerable hard work remains to consolidate our
fragile gains.

Progress has been due primarily to an increase in the number of troops and a
change in their strategy. I was an early advocate of the surge at a time when
it had few supporters in Washington. Our troops have performed brilliantly in lowering the level of violence, and political progress has resulted. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has recently certified that, as one news article put it, "Iraq has met all but three of 18 original benchmarks set by Congress last year to measure security, political and economic progress." Even more heartening has been progress that's not measured by the benchmarks. More than 90,000 Iraqis, many of them Sunnis who once fought against the government, have signed up as Sons of Iraq to
fight against the terrorists. Nor do they measure Prime Minister Nouri al
Maliki’s new-found willingness to crack down on Shiite extremists in Basra
and Sadr City -- actions that have done much to dispel suspicions of
sectarianism. The success of the surge has resulted in Prime Minister Maliki has said
that he would like a plan for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops at some
unspecified point in the future. That has been my position all along.

The Iraqi Army will be equipped and trained by the middle of next year, but this does
not mean that they will then be ready to secure their country without a good deal of help. The Iraqi Air Force, for one, still lags behind, and no modern army can operate without air cover. The Iraqis are also still learning how to conduct planning, logistics, command and
control, communications, and other complicated functions needed to support
frontline troops.

I do not favor a permanent U.S. presence. A partial withdrawal has already occurred with the departure of five "surge" brigades, and more withdrawals can take place as the security situation improves. As we draw down in Iraq, we can beef up our presence on other battlefields,
such as Afghanistan, without fear of leaving a failed state behind. I have said
that I expect to welcome home most of our troops from Iraq by the end of
my first term in office, in 2013. But I have also said that any draw-downs must be based on a realistic assessment of conditions on the ground, not on an artificial timetable crafted for domestic political reasons.

During the course of eight visits to Iraq, I have heard many times from
our troops what Major General Jeffrey Hammond, commander of coalition
forces in Baghdad, recently said: that leaving based on a timetable would be
"very dangerous."

The danger is that extremists supported by al-Qaeda and Iran could stage a
comeback, as they have in the past when we've had too few troops in Iraq.
If we don't win the war, our enemies will. A triumph for the terrorists would be a disaster for us. That is something I will not allow to happen as president. Instead I will continue implementing a proven counterinsurgency strategy not only in Iraq but also in Afghanistan with the goal of creating stable, secure, self-sustaining democratic allies.

re: #141 MandyManners

Just $200.00/mo.? Bin Laden is a serious cheap-skate.

Yea, but what about that Al Qaeda 401k plan?

re: #75 6pat6

Also, fun flies when you're doing time.

Or as Kermit would say. Time's fun when you're having flies.

re: #139 MandyManners

Good!

Sentence taken from a current editorial in the Washington Post:

Sen. Barack Obama's (current) position on Iraq is hard to nail down.

Sentence made all-purpose:

Sen. Barack Obama's (current) position on _________ is hard to nail down.

re: #140 winston06

This is such a strange summer. I bet we'll set a record for the number of thunderstorms we're having.

It's incredibly hot and humid, then we have a couple of days of thunderstorms, and repeat. There have been a few nice days in between.

At least the rain is good for the trees and grass, etc. (and it seems to be extra-good for the weeds).

re: #82 Kenneth

Both Ways Barack!

Doublethink.

Gore's energy use:
[Link: www.tennesseepolicy.org...]

re: #132 MandyManners,

This is the Tennessee Center for Policy Research's press release on it. They were the ones who did the original research. There have been lots of articles about it, though. This isn't really surprising. Have you ever met Gore? Not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, IMHO.

re: #144 faraway

Yea, but what about that Al Qaeda 401k plan?

All the brimstone they can eat, while they're wondering, where are the houris?

re: #142 Kenneth

Thanks! Have you added it to the spinoffs?

re: #134 Cygnus
I really liked that one. I put that up on the comcast blogs, and got banned for flaming. I only go there once a month or so to toss a grenade, anyway!

My response to RagnarD's post (to his own link) a while ago where he thought Charles was being a little too generous with us dunderhead Believers...

I am an old-earth Creationist who doesn’t want ID taught in public schools but you are wrong about faith and reason co-existing and you’re wrong in your examples of what they have each brought us. Think Totalitarianism and it’s spawn; Marxism, Communism, Statism. Much higher death toll than our sad legacy in the Inquisition. I could have you speak with a couple I know. She has a Phd. from MIT in Astronomy and he has a Phd. in Physics from Harvard and they are both strong believers. Science tells us What and How, Faith tells us Who and Why. They are not incompatible.

re: #137 alegrias

I have, and I don't buy his nonsense either.

re: #144 faraway

Yea, but what about that Al Qaeda 401k plan?

Is that where you get 401 virgins instead of just 72 after your suicide bomb mission retirement ceremony?

re: #148 Josephine

We've had a strange summer too. Normally when it rains here in Southeast, it rains for days and days and days, non-stop.
But this summer it's been weird, it'll rain for maybe a half-hour, and then clear up and sunshine. Reminds me of living in Floriday where you can always count on the afternoon rain shower and then it clears right back up. Odd.

re: #144 faraway

Yea, but what about that Al Qaeda 401k plan?

Too bad Saddam isn't around any more to give money to splodey-dopes' families.

re: #10 6pat6

It's vacation time! Not going anywhere, mind you, but it's still vacation time!

We call that a "staycation"!

/Corner Gas

re: #120 MandyManners

Just wait.

This is just the calm before the storm. Have your hidey-hole nearby. :P

re: #151 Iron Fist

,

This is the Tennessee Center for Policy Research's press release on it. They were the ones who did the original research. There have been lots of articles about it, though. This isn't really surprising. Have you ever met Gore? Not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, IMHO.

Thanks! I'm sometimes ashamed to say I was raised in Tennessee until I realize that he wasn't.

re: #141 MandyManners

Just $200.00/mo.? Bin Laden is a serious cheap-skate.

* * *
In Afghanistan and the Caliphate in general, $200/month buys a lot of jihadi.

re: #151 Iron Fist

,

This is the Tennessee Center for Policy Research's press release on it. They were the ones who did the original research. There have been lots of articles about it, though. This isn't really surprising. Have you ever met Gore? Not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, IMHO.

I wish the organization would do an up-dated study.

re: #141 MandyManners

Just $200.00/mo.? Bin Laden is a serious cheap-skate.

You don't get rich by giving all your money away.

A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

Soup? Which one of you *%%$#@^ ordered the soup?

re: #150 CapeCoddah

Gore's energy use:
[Link: www.tennesseepolicy.org...]

Update!

Wow. It's increased by 10 per cent?

In addition, Gore saw his personal wealth increase by an estimated $100 million thanks largely to speaking fees and investments related to global warming hysteria.

I wonder if he has T. Boone Pickens on speed-dial.

re: #162 MandyManners

Thanks! I'm sometimes ashamed to say I was raised in Tennessee until I realize that he wasn't.

Yeah! Not many kids grew up in the Willard Hotel.

re: #141 MandyManners

Just $200.00/mo.? Bin Laden is a serious cheap-skate.

yea but he got to keep all the missles he could load up and drive away.

re: #167 MandyManners

Gore saw his personal wealth increase by an estimated $100 million.

All the better to buy carbon offsets with.

/energy conservation for thee, not me. But I'll pay ya

re 148 Josephine:

I've heard that rain or watering at night too often can cause your grass to develope root- rot. No expert though.

re: #158 Alaska Kim

I remember that exact thing happening when we vacationed in Florida several years ago. There were a lot of sudden, torrential downpours that would flood the parking lot or road, and just as suddenly the rain would stop and the sky would clear up.

When I lived in Montreal, a rainstorm would usually clear the air of humidity. In Toronto, it's usually still humid after a storm. Bah!

I don't think we've had a lot of smog alerts or air advisories so far this summer. It can get really bad for people with breathing problems.

re: #161 Cygnus

This is just the calm before the storm. Have your hidey-hole nearby. :P

Are you saying I'm a mean woman? *eg*

Bin Laden's driver Mr. Hamdan--who may KNOW how Bin Laden escaped our capturing him in Tora Bora--has received support from American pro bono firms for years, trying to get these perps known since the CLinton administration into our civilian judicial system.

I would love for Hamdan's three week military trial in Guantanamo to shame democrats for wanting to repeat the Clinton years, Al Qaeda-goes-scott free approach to hunting down mass murderers of Americans.

Ask you fellow Americans what they think of Bin Laden's drivers' guilt & trial. Start the conversation we need to have before the election.

re: #163 alegrias

* * *
In Afghanistan and the Caliphate in general, $200/month buys a lot of jihadi.

How did ObL get the cash? I doubt there are many ATM's in Waziristan.

re: #164 MandyManners,

They did. Up 10% year-over-year. When Gore tries to be green, he still uses more energy than you and me and 230 other average Americans. I've heard Drew Johnson on local radio, and he absolutely skewers the Gorecle.

Now if Gore would just move back home - to Washington DC, that is :-)

re: #165 bosforus

You don't get rich by giving all your money away.

Gates and Buffet and Soros are giving it away now. (I'm not equating the first two with the latter at all.)

re: #172 Josephine

Humid in Toronto? That's hard to imagine being that we are neighbors. We don't get humid here, Thank God.

re: #171 littleO

re 148 Josephine:

I've heard that rain or watering at night too often can cause your grass to develope root- rot. No expert though.

Hmmm, thanks for that info. I wonder if that's a potential problem for us. I'll mention it to my husband.

re: #173 MandyManners

Are you saying I'm a mean woman? *eg*

No, just teasing ya.

re: #163 alegrias

* * *
In Afghanistan and the Caliphate in general, $200/month buys a lot of jihadi.

Charles:
Sixty three years ago today John Scopes was found guilty:

After eight days of trial, it took the jury only nine minutes to deliberate. Scopes was found guilty on July 21 and ordered to pay a US$100.00 fine (approximately $1,165 when adjusted for inflation). Raulston imposed the fine before Scopes was given an opportunity to say anything about why the court should not impose punishment upon him and after Neal brought the error to the judge's attention the defendant spoke for the first and only time in court: [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Any festivities planned for tonight?

re: #168 jcm

Yeah! Not many kids grew up in the Willard Hotel.

Or riding in limos.

re: #169 HoosierHoops

yea but he got to keep all the missles he could load up and drive away.

Perks!

Sorry for #181, never hold a grand kid on your lap and let her play with the key board...

re: #170 Silhouette

All the better to buy carbon offsets with.

/energy conservation for thee, not me. But I'll pay ya

I wish some enterprising reporter/blogger would get ahold of BHO's records.

re: #169 HoosierHoops

yea but he got to keep all the missles he could load up and drive away.

Lovely parting gifts.

re: #173 MandyManners

Are you saying I'm a mean woman? *eg*

I'm a mean, mean woman...

re: #176 Iron Fist

,

They did. Up 10% year-over-year. When Gore tries to be green, he still uses more energy than you and me and 230 other average Americans. I've heard Drew Johnson on local radio, and he absolutely skewers the Gorecle.

Now if Gore would just move back home - to Washington DC, that is :-)

Well, he's quite beefy so it must take more a/c to keep him cool.

re: #175 MandyManners

How did ObL get the cash? I doubt there are many ATM's in Waziristan.

* * *
Wise guy!

AFghan/Taliban Poppy is a cash crop, and the Pashtuns don't need no stinkin' ATMs leaving tracks!

BBC says
"....Mr Hamdan has acknowledged working for Bin Laden in Afghanistan from 1997 to 2001 for $200 (£99) a month, but denies being part of al-Qaeda or taking part in any attacks.

bbiab

re: #178 Alaska Kim

Humid in Toronto? That's hard to imagine being that we are neighbors. We don't get humid here, Thank God.

Whereabouts are you?

re: #192 Josephine

Juneau.

I know BRB and BBL, what what the heck does BBIAB stand for?

re: #194 Cygnus

I know BRB and BBL, what what the heck does BBIAB stand for?

You really don't want to know...:)

re: #195 Dustyvet

be back in a bit

re: #194 Cygnus,

You are obviously a Yankee :-)

re: #197 Iron Fist

,

You are obviously a Yankee :-)

* * *
Or an International lizard!

re: #167 MandyManners
Yeah, he's a hell of pimp, aint he?

re: #193 Alaska Kim

Juneau.

Oh, cool!

According to Wiki, you share a border with British Columbia. I lived in Victoria a long time ago and it was never humid there.

I remember the humidity hitting me like a wall when I got off the airplane in Toronto.

I was discussing this recently with someone from Somalia. She said it gets hotter there but it's a dry heat, so it's easier to bear. I've heard that about a lot of places.

Well, I've got to get back to the housework. (Poor me.)

re: #175 MandyManners

How did ObL get the cash? I doubt there are many ATM's in Waziristan.

* * *
The HAWALA system of terror finance (moneylaundering) underground banking.

Remember the fake charities that send money back to the Holy Land for "good works"?

Interpol says:

[Link: www.interpol.int...]

Example: How does hawala work?

Hawala works by transferring money without actually moving it. In fact 'money transfer without money movement' is a definition of hawala that was used, successfully, in a hawala money laundering case.

An effective way to understand hawala is by examining a single hawala transfer. In this scenario, which will be used throughout this paper, Abdul is a Pakistani living in New York and driving a taxi. He entered the country on a tourist visa, which has long since expired. From his job as a taxi driver, he has saved $5,000 that he wants to send to his brother, Mohammad, who is living in Karachi (3).....

re: #182 EC Marm

Monkey thread!

re: #203 Killgore Trout

Monkey thread!

Do ya think? That would be funny as hell. You'd have the creationist folks celebrating the fact that Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution, while the evolutionists rant and rave and whack them with facts.

re: #82 Kenneth

That just put a smile on my face!

Peace was my earliest love, and I presume
Will be my latest; but today, adult,
Arguing not to prove but for result
Opposing concepts in this thoughtful room,
I wonder at whose prompting, schooled by whom
I urged that Peace the Slogan, Peace the Cult,
Could turn the edge of sledge and catapult

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Make Bright the Arrows.

Department of shameless self-promotion.

re: #70 jcw46

Thanks for the tip. It please me to know that where I usually buy (Sunoco) gets none. I'll remember to make a point to always buy from them from now on.

Where does Sunoco get it's oil from?

re: #147 Catttt

Sen. Barack Obama's (current) position on _________ is hard to nail down.

He does have a very clear position on change.

re: #193 Alaska Kim

I played the Juneau Jazz and Classics Festival a few years ago. Beautiful place.

More doping scandals from the Tour de France.
Seems to me that the idea of doing 'anything to win' creeps into all endeavors.
When morals are divorced from anything but 'what works for me' it has to be expected.
I am gratified that the organizers are being active in checking up on the leaders.
They can't be trusted.
Why should anyone trust them?
Therefore they must be randomly tested.
I just with magazines like Nature and other top-notch science journals would continue the old stand-by of peer review.
They seem content to become PR release mediums.

I just ''WISH'' not ''with," PIMF

Mama Winger, if you are lurking or around, I need some of your veterinary expertise. My dog was just dx with an autoimmune disease. She is taking 2 different meds 3xday. Ordinarily this would be no problem because she eats anything, but 1 pill is a very large capsule and I can't hide it in food very well. Should I just stick it way back in her throat and somehow force it down? UGH. I will call the vet's office tomorrow, but I hate for her to miss any doses as her paws are bad. I usually lurk on and off through the day. Thanks. She is a small dog 15 lbs. see avatar.

re: #213 snowcrash

cover pill in peanut butter or butter. and shove down throat, close snout, hold close until full swallow

re: #214 pat
Earlier I tried just covering it in p.b. and she licked it off ignoring the capsule. I am going to shove it down her throat. I just didn't want to. Oh well, it must be done. Thanks, Pat.

re: #215 snowcrash
Snow, hold her snout closed until she swallows reflexively. you can grind them up and put it in a favorite treat, too.

Was staining the barn at the family farm today...and found myself thinking about Carles...Charles do you shave your legs?

re: #217 Jed 1899

Was staining the barn at the family farm today...and found myself thinking about Carles...Charles do you shave your legs?

I said this before:
Why are all the less than 80 comments but been registered for over the year folks popping up all of a sudden? Or does this go on with some kind of regularity? I mean is there a secret buzzword that activates them or something. then it's wham bam.. (insert stupid moby/troll comment here). Is it because it's summer vacation and they're bored? I'm new here and I can see it (I think).

pat and CapeCoddah, SUCCESS! Thanks again.

jcw46,
Devoted cyclers shave their legs.Chas may or may not be that devoted.I was curious.
Shove your troll ref.Jus sayin'.

Excerpt from a "Dick Morris Newsletter"
Nobody is reporting this, Nobody knows this--surely people if they knew would reject Obama's health care suicide pact with the American economy. Can this possibly be accurate?

Quote: "Obama has said, proudly and often, "I am going to give health insurance to 47 million Americans who are now without coverage." But are they "Americans?"

That 47 million statistic includes illegal immigrants - who virtually all lack insurance. In fact, about one in four of those lacking insurance is here illegally. And they are, by far, the group most in need of health insurance.

About 15 million of the remaining uninsured are eligible for Medicaid but haven't signed up - mainly because they haven't gotten sick. When they do, they enroll in Medicaid and we pick up the full tab for their health care relatively cheaply. (About 80 percent of each Medicaid dollar goes to nursing-home care for the elderly, only about 20 percent for the medical needs of the poor.)

The rest of the uninsured pool? Virtually all the children are eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Some aren't enrolled because the parents haven't bothered, but most are eligible. That leaves about 20 million uninsured adults who are US citizens or legal immigrants. There are far better ways to handle their needs than to turn our entire health-care system upside down." end quote

So, how was everyone's day? I'll wager it was much better than mine!