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Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:42:31 am PDT

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1 Diamond Bullet  7/25/08 10:43:41 am reply quote 0

Lovely "citizen of the world".

2 looking closely  7/25/08 10:44:02 am reply quote 0

Is that St.George slaying the dragon?

3 pingjockey  7/25/08 10:44:10 am reply quote 0

Where the hell are these cool sculptures?

4 Cap'n DOC  7/25/08 10:44:32 am reply quote 2

Is that fossil fuel being expelled from the mouth of that dinosaur?

5 JohnnyReb  7/25/08 10:44:51 am reply quote 0

Is that Godzilla's distant cousin?

6 CynicalConservative  7/25/08 10:45:14 am reply quote 1

Looks like the Dino is hurling about BO's euro trip..

7 jcm  7/25/08 10:46:44 am reply quote 0

Charles you should post sculpture threads instead of fossil threads......

oh wait....
never mind

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8 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 10:47:15 am reply quote 0

re: #3 pingjockey

I thought someone said Santa Monica from a pic from a few days ago, but I could be completely wrong, and do not live anywhere near there.

9 Lawrence Schmerel  7/25/08 10:47:43 am reply quote -8

No this shit again.

10 snowcrash  7/25/08 10:47:49 am reply quote 0

Is that a friend of "Coexisting"? (Wednesday's post)

11 looking closely  7/25/08 10:47:52 am reply quote 0

OT already:

Gaza rocked by bomb blasts:


By Mohammed Salem Fri Jul 25, 6:25 AM ET

GAZA (Reuters) - Bomb blasts rocked a cafe and a Hamas politician's home in the Gaza Strip on Friday in a rare renewal of internal violence in the enclave seized by Islamists a year ago.

Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman Ehab al-Ghsain said a man killed in the explosion outside a popular cafe in Gaza City was the bomber, not a passerby as initially reported by Hamas security sources.

I think someone forgot to tell Mr. Salem that internal violence in Gaza is hardly rare.

With Gazans apparently incapable of not killing one another, how on earth is Israel expected to maintain a truce with these people?

12 Honorary Yooper  7/25/08 10:48:26 am reply quote 0

These are amazing sculptures. Is this all from one fountain?

13 the Daily Kos Om Islaam  7/25/08 10:48:52 am reply quote 0

Charles, the dinosaur looks like something off a child's playground. Now we know how you spend your summer days...

14 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 10:48:56 am reply quote 0

re: #11 looking closely

What truce?

15 jaunte  7/25/08 10:49:00 am reply quote 1

re: #5 JohnnyReb

Is that Godzilla's distant cousin?

Yes, but it's "only a theory."

16 Lawrence Schmerel  7/25/08 10:49:05 am reply quote 1

I drank two vodkas with tonic for lunch.

17 Kosh's Shadow  7/25/08 10:49:38 am reply quote 0

re: #11 looking closely

OT already:

Gaza rocked by bomb blasts:


I think someone forgot to tell Mr. Salem that internal violence in Gaza is hardly rare.

With Gazans apparently incapable of not killing one another, how on earth is Israel expected to maintain a truce with these people?

After the plais kill enough of each other, Israel will have a truce with the one or two left.

18 Citizen Duck  7/25/08 10:49:51 am reply quote 0

Hanging out at the Santa Monica Promenade again, huh?

19 Sharmuta  7/25/08 10:50:36 am reply quote 1

It's a dragon, right?

20 alegrias  7/25/08 10:51:05 am reply quote 6

I'll take an old FOSSIL as my Commander in Chief, before I take a more "evolved" Citizen of the World.

21 Dianna  7/25/08 10:51:33 am reply quote 0

re: #8 Creeping Eruption

Ringo the Gringo indicated that these are in Santa Monica.

22 Viking6  7/25/08 10:52:09 am reply quote 0

Distant relative to the Lizard Kingdom?

23 Sharmuta  7/25/08 10:52:24 am reply quote 1

It's a water breathing dragon.

24 Optimizer  7/25/08 10:52:47 am reply quote 1

Hopeful thought for the day:

Why am I seeing so much negativity about McCain's chances on LGF lately? It's a statistical dead heat right now.

Personally, I think BHO really fears debates, and for good reason. I have this idea that he might come out of it in a similar way as Dan Quayle came out vs. Bentsen - the jerky, clueless little kid vs. the experienced guy who knows what the hell he's talking about. Granted, Obama's an order of magnitude better at speaking, but how does he come across unrehearsed?

I mean, this is a guy who went to Berlin and told them they needed to get past their Cold War thinking - after they spent the last decade or two paying an unbelievable sum on re-unification!

25 Citizen Duck  7/25/08 10:52:51 am reply quote 0

re: #8 Creeping Eruption

Yeah, looks like the Promenade in Santa Monica, they have some giant metal dinosaur sculptures that "spit" water like that down that way.

26 snowcrash  7/25/08 10:53:05 am reply quote 0

Is it part of a water park for kids? We used to open the fire hydrants and get blasted by the water until the firemen came and added sprinkler attachments.

27 mikalm  7/25/08 10:53:05 am reply quote 0

Already posted on outside links, but I thought I'd repeat it here:

Moonbat vs. Moonbat: San Francisco memorial to [Communist] Spanish Civil War mercenaries is vandalized by anarchists

28 looking closely  7/25/08 10:53:11 am reply quote 0

re: #14 Creeping Eruption

What truce?

This one.

29 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  7/25/08 10:53:21 am reply quote 0

re: #7 jcm

Charles you should post sculpture threads instead of fossil threads......


oh wait....

never mind


/////


We should have sculpture, or general art threads, where we can post photos of our favorite art, or try to show off works by deserving local or unknown artists to get them some exposure.

30 Killgore Trout  7/25/08 10:53:45 am reply quote 2

Uhhhhh......
Yahoo pic

Palestinian girls stand in front of a line of grooms during a mass wedding ceremony in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 24, 2008. More than 100 couples took part in the event which was organized by the Islamic Association.


I really hope those aren't the brides.

31 Gordon Marock  7/25/08 10:54:23 am reply quote 1

Mommy?

32 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  7/25/08 10:54:57 am reply quote 0

re: #30 Killgore Trout

Uhhhhh......

33 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 10:55:30 am reply quote 0

re: #28 looking closely

This one.

Oh, that truce. Yeah, I saw that. I missed the hope part and went directly to skepticism.

34 pingjockey  7/25/08 10:55:46 am reply quote 1

re: #30 Killgore Trout
I wouldn't put it past those murdering bastards. About their speed.

35 looking closely  7/25/08 10:56:56 am reply quote 6

re: #24 Optimizer

Hopeful thought for the day:

Why am I seeing so much negativity about McCain's chances on LGF lately? It's a statistical dead heat right now.


General pessimism, reinforced by a mainstream media that consistently portrays an Obama win as inevitable.

Essentially meaningless tracking polls aside, I still believe McCain has an excellent shot at winning.

McCain (tortoise) knows how to take these fights to the finish line, while Obama (hare) is already doing victory laps (like making his own presidential seal, etc).

36 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 10:57:11 am reply quote 1

re: #32 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Sadly, they probally are...see how tarted up they are?

I guess even pedophiles, I mean those expressing their religious freedoms, need to have their victims, I mean brides, look like adults.

37 Killgore Trout  7/25/08 10:57:12 am reply quote 0

re: #32 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Yeah they really are wearing a lot of makeup, kinda creepy but they are the flower girls: Yahoo pic


Palestinian grooms carry flower girls during a mass wedding ceremony for 100 couples organized by the Islamic Association at the Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, July 24, 2008.

In the whole slideshow about the weddings there are no pictures of the brides.

38 Opinionated  7/25/08 10:57:25 am reply quote 1

I'm going to spoil the righteous attacks on Obama by linking to today's Caroline Glick's column where she rightfully claims that Bush/Rice are already putting Obama's policies into practice.

"Bolton wrote that Bush's policies have brought about "the early start of the Obama administration." Just imagine where we will be in the second, third and fourth year of the Obama era."

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

39 Capitalist Tool  7/25/08 10:57:43 am reply quote 1

re: #35 looking closely

General pessimism, reinforced by a mainstream media that consistently portrays an Obama win as inevitable.

Essentially meaningless tracking polls aside, I still believe McCain has an excellent shot at winning.

McCain (tortoise) knows how to take these fights to the finish line, while Obama (hare) is already doing victory laps (like making his own presidential seal, etc).

It'll be Hillary vs McCain, anyway. Why worry?

40 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  7/25/08 10:57:57 am reply quote 6

What Bush and Batman Have in Common

There seems to me no question that the Batman film "The Dark Knight," currently breaking every box office record in history, is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war. Like W, Batman is vilified and despised for confronting terrorists in the only terms they understand. Like W, Batman sometimes has to push the boundaries of civil rights to deal with an emergency, certain that he will re-establish those boundaries when the emergency is past.

And like W, Batman understands that there is no moral equivalence between a free society -- in which people sometimes make the wrong choices -- and a criminal sect bent on destruction. The former must be cherished even in its moments of folly; the latter must be hounded to the gates of Hell.

"The Dark Knight," then, is a conservative movie about the war on terror. And like another such film, last year's "300," "The Dark Knight" is making a fortune depicting the values and necessities that the Bush administration cannot seem to articulate for beans.

Conversely, time after time, left-wing films about the war on terror -- films like "In The Valley of Elah," "Rendition" and "Redacted" -- which preach moral equivalence and advocate surrender, that disrespect the military and their mission, that seem unable to distinguish the difference between America and Islamo-fascism, have bombed more spectacularly than Operation Shock and Awe.

41 maddogg  7/25/08 10:58:10 am reply quote 5

I pride myself as a craftsman, and I appreciate craftsmanship. This sculpture shows a lot of craftsmanship, so I admire it and congratulate the sculptor. Shows a bit more thought, work, and skill than a crucifix stuck in a jar of piss, or a gob of elephant shit called Mary.

42 Capitalist Tool  7/25/08 10:58:44 am reply quote 0

re: #41 maddogg

Bleess U

43 Capitalist Tool  7/25/08 10:59:09 am reply quote 0

re: #42 Capitalist Tool

*Bless U pimf

44 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 10:59:39 am reply quote 1

re: #40 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Saw Dark Knight last night. Not one to usually jump on the bandwagon, but I think this Joker may be the best arch-criminal on the big screen yet. Rest of the movie was so-so.

45 alegrias  7/25/08 11:00:18 am reply quote 1

The La Brea Tar Pits in California demonstrate California had plenty of fossils then, and fossil fuels now.

Did you all express your pro-drilling opinion yet, before democrat-run Congress goes on summer vacation?

Did you see where 75% of Americans want more energy exploration--of all kinds, including drilling--right now?

This could be McCain's signature economic issue also--increase supply, watch the price of everything that uses energy go down, help all Americans in the pocketbook, create new jobs in the energy sector.

46 MandyManners  7/25/08 11:00:31 am reply quote 0

re: #16 Lawrence Schmerel

I drank two vodkas with tonic for lunch.

Time to envoke the Iron Fist Rule, sweetie.

47 Fritz_Katz  7/25/08 11:00:42 am reply quote 0

re: #3 pingjockey

Where the hell are these cool sculptures?

It's gotta be some of the Dinosaurs that live in downtown Santa Monica!

48 itellu3times  7/25/08 11:00:50 am reply quote 0

re: #41 maddogg

I pride myself as a craftsman, and I appreciate craftsmanship. This sculpture shows a lot of craftsmanship, so I admire it and congratulate the sculptor. Shows a bit more thought, work, and skill than a crucifix stuck in a jar of piss, or a gob of elephant shit called Mary.

Craftsmanship, perhaps, art, not so much, IMHO. I live nearby and often see the things. The bodies are generally overgrown with ivy They're ... OK, for bargain-basement civic decoration. Installed about fifteen (?) years ago, when kids and dinosaurs were the hot thing.

49 maddogg  7/25/08 11:00:58 am reply quote 0

re: #42 Capitalist Tool

Tanks:)

50 Opinionated  7/25/08 11:01:17 am reply quote -1

re: #40 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

What Bush and Batman Have in Common

The Bush Doctrine is vapor.

Any attempt to portray second term Bush as waging a war against the dark forces of Islamic Jihadist evil is fiction.

51 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  7/25/08 11:01:37 am reply quote 0

A friend of mine is a metal sculptor & she did a big bronze lizard sculpture. I'd love to buy it as the mascot for LGF.

52 alegrias  7/25/08 11:01:40 am reply quote 0

re: #35 looking closely

General pessimism, reinforced by a mainstream media that consistently portrays an Obama win as inevitable.

Essentially meaningless tracking polls aside, I still believe McCain has an excellent shot at winning.

McCain (tortoise) knows how to take these fights to the finish line, while Obama (hare) is already doing victory laps (like making his own presidential seal, etc).

* * *
His World Presidential Mission is Accomplished! (Before the actual vote)

53 itellu3times  7/25/08 11:02:00 am reply quote 2

re: #50 Opinionated

Any attempt to portray second term Bush as waging a war against the dark forces of Islamic Jihadist evil is fiction.

I remember Bush, what ever happened to him?

54 Thanos  7/25/08 11:02:05 am reply quote 1

Dinosauria Metalicus: A Transitional species that has developed the ability to metabolize steel.

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55 MandyManners  7/25/08 11:02:09 am reply quote 0

re: #37 Killgore Trout

Yeah they really are wearing a lot of makeup, kinda creepy but they are the flower girls:

56 pingjockey  7/25/08 11:02:23 am reply quote 0

re: #47 Fritz_Katz
Thank you.

57 looking closely  7/25/08 11:02:28 am reply quote 0

re: #40 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

What Bush and Batman Have in Common

Saw it last week. Great film.

Two things about the movie utterly suprised me (in a good way).

a. Heath Ledger actually *IS* as good in his role as the Joker as all the hype suggests. (I assumed this was part a tribute to him simply because he died, and part cynical exploitation of the latter for marketing purposes).

b. The movie takes an unflinching look at the realities of prosecuting a war against terrorism (eg torture and surveillance). While the movie doesn't necessarily take any stance either for or against these activities, it *at least* portrays the apparently necessity for people of good character to make hard choices with regards to both these issues.

58 nyc redneck  7/25/08 11:02:31 am reply quote 1

re: #37 Killgore Trout

Yeah they really are wearing a lot of makeup, kinda creepy but they are the flower girls: Yahoo pic


In the whole slideshow about the weddings there are no pictures of the brides.

that is so sinister. they look abt. 6yrs. old.
these men are following their pedophile prophet.

59 Walter L. Newton  7/25/08 11:02:56 am reply quote 4

I know thisisn't going to sit well with some of the lizards, but I am not in a good mood today and I wrote this to get some of my thought's out...

We, the eligible voters, have become the foot soldiers for the power brokers. Who are the power brokers? They are the special interests that control our political process. They manage to funnel large amounts of money to the candidates and then expect large dividends from those contributions. And we do their bidding. We take their sides, argue their points for them and in turn, we get nothing for our effort. Do you really think the power brokers are doing anything for our safety and security? Do you really feel that any decisions made in Washington are motivated by anything other than an indebtedness to these power brokers? And just like any good foot soldier, we have become the disposable fodder for them, only good for one vote, nothing more, nothing less.

The only options I have left is not to vote and not to contribute a single penny to any politician or party. And I am not advocating apathetic surrender, I am suggesting a very public disapproval of the politicians, party’s, power brokers and special interest that now own Washington. My vote is the only thing left in this political process that belongs to me, and I am not going to give it away.

I will give my time and money to my family, my community and those in need. I will believe in the god I want to believe in, or no god at all. I will make moral decisions because I know they are right, not because some politician promises to support my morals. I will show respect to others because they deserve respect, not because some rule or regulation tells me to. I will find any way I can to decrease my spending on energy, food, toys or anything that tries to beholden me to big business.

In our hearts, we know the truth. Not a single politician we send to Washington (or our local governments) can stand up to the power brokers. The ones that try are cut down and become political carrion. The rest of them become the lockstep storm troopers of the ungodly amount of money that controls them.

Yes, we have become their foot soldiers. And who are we fighting for the cause? Each other. The anger and hate keeps us busy and clouds the real issues. In the past, we had some control over this age-worn strategy, but now the power brokers have become entrenched in the system. And they are not going away. They have become a thunderhead, a riptide, barreling uncontrolled toward their complete ownership of every politician and every citizen.

Washington knows what has to be done. They know what needs to be fixed. Let them know that we will not support them until they make a course correction. Will my “no vote” make a difference. Yes, it will to me. And if we become a viable statistic, then the power brokers will start to get the message. This will not happen overnight, but it has to happen soon. The people said “no” to the British in the 1770’s and it’s about time we start using that word again.

Walter in Golden, Co.

60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  7/25/08 11:02:56 am reply quote 2

re: #44 Creeping Eruption

Saw Dark Knight last night. Not one to usually jump on the bandwagon, but I think this Joker may be the best arch-criminal on the big screen yet. Rest of the movie was so-so.

I agree. There were portions of the movie which tended to drag, but Ledger's portrayal of Joker, a highly intelligent, completely immoral psychopath, was dead on.

"Want to see me make this pencil disappear?"

That was definately a Holy Crap Batman! moment.

61 Lawrence Schmerel  7/25/08 11:03:07 am reply quote 0

re: #46 MandyManners

Rules are for suckers.

62 mossley  7/25/08 11:03:22 am reply quote 3

re: #9 Lawrence Schmerel

Go start your on blog if you don't like what Charles posts on the site he created, maintains and pays for. Oh, wait. No one would go to your, and there wouldn't be anyone to hear you whine.

63 Killgore Trout  7/25/08 11:03:34 am reply quote 0

re: #44 Creeping Eruption

Oops, sorry. didn't mean to ding you down.
/mouse slip

64 pingjockey  7/25/08 11:03:53 am reply quote 0

re: #45 alegrias
Except congess is busy today holding hearings on the Bush Imperial Presidency, with folks like Dennis Kookcinich being called as witnesses.

65 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  7/25/08 11:04:02 am reply quote 3

re: #57 looking closely

Saw it last week. Great film.

Two things about the movie utterly suprised me (in a good way).

a.
Heath Ledger actually *IS* as good in his role as the Joker as all the
hype suggests. (I assumed this was part a tribute to him simply because
he died, and part cynical exploitation of the latter for marketing
purposes).

b. The movie takes an unflinching look at the
realities of prosecuting a war against terrorism (eg torture and
surveillance). While the movie doesn't necessarily take any stance
either for or against these activities, it *at least* portrays the
apparently necessity for people of good character to make hard choices
with regards to both these issues.

It says something about the sad state of Hollywood that the best film to seriously portray the hard choices that one has to make fighting evil in the real world has to be told though the guise of a guy dressed up as a bat.

66 madisonsfriend  7/25/08 11:04:04 am reply quote 0

re: #9 Lawrence Schmerel

WHAT?

67 Lawrence Schmerel  7/25/08 11:04:11 am reply quote -5

re: #62 mossley

When was the last time you hit Charles' tip jar?

68 xtraBilly  7/25/08 11:04:41 am reply quote 0

Someone has a lot of 'splainin to do

69 maddogg  7/25/08 11:04:46 am reply quote 0

re: #48 itellu3times

Craftsmanship, perhaps, art, not so much, IMHO. I live nearby and often see the things. The bodies are generally overgrown with ivy They're ... OK, for bargain-basement civic decoration. Installed about fifteen (?) years ago, when kids and dinosaurs were the hot thing.

They beat the hell out of the shapeless gobs of welded stainless steel or rusty lumps of A-588 steel I've seen up on a pedestal in public spaces called "modern art". At least in my provincial mind.

70 WrathofG-d  7/25/08 11:05:24 am reply quote 0

I dino where the pics are from, but they sure are nice.

71 itellu3times  7/25/08 11:05:51 am reply quote 0

re: #59 Walter L. Newton

'twas ever thus.

And it is not necessarily and altogether a bad thing, maybe, power brokers have rights, too, especially when they represent thousands of employees, useful industries, etc.

And when it comes right down to it, we the people do have the vote, and are responsible for what we listen to, and believe, and do.

All things in moderation.

72 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 11:06:09 am reply quote 0

re: #60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I agree. There were portions of the movie which tended to drag, but Ledger's portrayal of Joker, a highly intelligent, completely immoral psychopath, was dead on.

"Want to see me make this pencil disappear?"

That was definately a Holy Crap Batman! moment.

Great Flick. Not sure why I got down-dinged above for pretty much saying what you said. In any case, I was going in as a complete skeptic and found the performance one of the best. From me that is a lot because Jake Nicholson's Joker was one of my favorite roles. Ledgers performance blows nicholson out if the water (to be fair though, they were different movies) Dark knight was truly dark.

73 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 11:06:27 am reply quote 0

re: #63 Killgore Trout

Oops, sorry. didn't mean to ding you down.
/mouse slip

I was wondering about that. Thanks.

74 pingjockey  7/25/08 11:06:43 am reply quote 0

BBIAW

75 Ringo the Gringo  7/25/08 11:06:56 am reply quote 0

re: #3 pingjockey

Where the hell are these cool sculptures?

3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica.

76 madisonsfriend  7/25/08 11:06:59 am reply quote 0

re: #11 looking closely

OT already:

78 reine.de.tout  7/25/08 11:07:47 am reply quote 0

re: #63 Killgore Trout

Oops, sorry. didn't mean to ding you down.
/mouse slip

I went back and dinged him up.

I've done a couple of mistake dings lately - think I might take Ploome's advice and quite dinging for awhile.

79 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  7/25/08 11:08:01 am reply quote 1
80 grumpy old codger  7/25/08 11:08:43 am reply quote 0

re: #38 Opinionated

I'm going to spoil the righteous attacks on Obama by linking to today's Caroline Glick's column where she rightfully claims that Bush/Rice are already putting Obama's policies into practice.

"Bolton wrote that Bush's policies have brought about "the early start of the Obama administration." Just imagine where we will be in the second, third and fourth year of the Obama era."

[Link:

81 Opinionated  7/25/08 11:08:50 am reply quote 0

re: #53 itellu3times

I remember Bush, what ever happened to him?

Good question. Was he faking the first term?

Or did forces (Rice, Saudi family interests, exhaustion from being criticized by the Left and media, etc )wear him down?

I wonder if John Bolton, a very frequent critic these days, would know.

82 alegrias  7/25/08 11:08:50 am reply quote 0

re: #64 pingjockey

Except congess is busy today holding hearings on the Bush Imperial Presidency, with folks like Dennis Kookcinich being called as witnesses.

* * *
The great state of Michigan's John Conyers (D) holding mock impeachments in the basement of Congress...while Detroit is down and out. These losers want our country to be 3rd rate.

83 Crimsonfisted  7/25/08 11:09:03 am reply quote 3

re: #37 Killgore Trout

Yeah they really are wearing a lot of makeup, kinda creepy but they are the flower girls: Yahoo pic


In the whole slideshow about the weddings there are no pictures of the brides.

What to make of this comment?

A Palestinian woman throws flowers on a young girl dressed to look as a bride during a mass wedding ceremony in Beit Lahiya

That is awfully strange if they are flower girls. I am betting, brides, and the flower girl stuff is typical fodder for western consumption.

84 Killgore Trout  7/25/08 11:09:37 am reply quote 1

re: #59 Walter L. Newton

I have a long standing policy that I don't contribute to political campaigns. It just makes no sense for me to gift any portion of my meager income to millionaires. It's insanity. I have sat out elections before and I will probably sit out this one as well. I'm not happy with McCain and Oregon is in the tank for Obama anyways so it doesn't matter.

85 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  7/25/08 11:09:47 am reply quote 1

re: #72 Creeping Eruption

Great Flick. Not sure why I got down-dinged above for pretty much saying what you said. In any case, I was going in as a complete skeptic and found the performance one of the best. From me that is a lot because Jake Nicholson's Joker was one of my favorite roles. Ledgers performance blows nicholson out if the water (to be fair though, they were different movies) Dark knight was truly dark.

The other scene thats going to stick with me was the convict talking to the guard. "I'm going to do what you should have done 10 minutes ago."

87 madisonsfriend  7/25/08 11:09:58 am reply quote 0

re: #58 nyc redneck

that is so sinister. they look abt. 6yrs. old.
these men are following their pedophile prophet.

Whoa- I thought the little girls were the brides, not flower girls

88 reine.de.tout  7/25/08 11:10:00 am reply quote 3

OT, some of you may have seen this already, but I think this is so very telling about the difference between McCain & Obama.

Excerpt:


Back in March, I wrote about McCain's tour of Israel before Easter. He went out of the way to learn about Israeli culture and customs and to understand what Israelis were experiencing. He convinced Israelis he was interested in Israelis. It was not how he talked with officials and notaries. It was how he went to the Wall. He didn't need a "have-to" beanie. He came prepared. He wore the Kippa Sruga of the Modern Orthodox, or central observant Jewish parties. Symbols are serious stuff. He knew he was an outsider, an not a Jew, but at the Wall, he tried and he watched how people responded to the sacred space.

Obama?

He reached into the box and took a white kippa. No matter how serious he appeared, lost in reverent prayer, he wore the "have to do it or you can't get in" hat.

In the Global Village, the Medium is the Message, and there is no clearer medium in Israel than the cut of a man's kippa. From Efrat to Galil, Obama appears as another Carter--an outsider with no interest in Israelis

89 godfrey  7/25/08 11:10:10 am reply quote 1
Will my “no vote” make a difference. Yes, it will to me.

You'll feel good, but that's only one result. If Obama gets in, you'll suffer other results.

And what about the rest of us? Your abstention will make it easier for Obama to put his boot on our necks. Thanks a lot.

The responsibility of a citizen is to choose, not to abstain.

My .02

90 Capitalist Tool  7/25/08 11:10:39 am reply quote 0

re: #59 Walter L. Newton

you just caused me to start a new bookmarks tab called Lizardoid Quotes.
Why haven't I done this before?
Some of us are just slow to catch on.

91 MrSilverDragon  7/25/08 11:10:40 am reply quote 0

That is a nifty sculpture... then again, I suppose I'm biased as I'm a ameteur herpetologist and enjoy scaly things... :)

92 grumpy old codger  7/25/08 11:10:50 am reply quote 0

re: #27 mikalm

Well given the way that the communists treated the anarchists during the Spanish civil War, I can understand why the anarchists were pissed.

93 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  7/25/08 11:10:58 am reply quote 3

re: #77 WrathofG-d

94 Walter L. Newton  7/25/08 11:11:35 am reply quote 1

re: #84 Killgore Trout

re: #59 Walter L. Newton

I have a long standing policy that I don't contribute to political campaigns. It just makes no sense for me to gift any portion of my meager income to millionaires. It's insanity. I have sat out elections before and I will probably sit out this one as well. I'm not happy with McCain and Oregon is in the tank for Obama anyways so it doesn't matter.

Thanks. I was wondering if I was sitting here drifting in the wind by myself.

95 reine.de.tout  7/25/08 11:11:47 am reply quote 0

re: #83 Crimsonfisted

That is awfully strange if they are flower girls. I am betting, brides, and the flower girl stuff is typical fodder for western consumption.

I agree with you.

96 Capitalist Tool  7/25/08 11:12:13 am reply quote 0

re: #91 MrSilverDragon

That is a nifty sculpture... then again, I suppose I'm biased as I'm a ameteur herpetologist and enjoy scaly things... :)

What is your opinion of "rattlers"?

97 maddogg  7/25/08 11:12:26 am reply quote 0

re: #91 MrSilverDragon

That is a nifty sculpture... then again, I suppose I'm biased as I'm a ameteur herpetologist and enjoy scaly things... :)

Like hemipeni?

98 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 11:12:27 am reply quote 0

re: #85 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The other scene thats going to stick with me was the convict talking to the guard. "I'm going to do what you should have done 10 minutes ago."

Joker: "Do you know why I like to use knives? Let me tell you . . ."

Last person I would have picked for the Joker. Maybe that is why it is such a convincing performance. He sounds somewhat effeminate and geeky which is almost disarming if he we not such a lunatic.

99 Walter L. Newton  7/25/08 11:12:59 am reply quote 2

re: #89 godfrey

You'll feel good, but that's only one result. If Obama gets in, you'll suffer other results.

And what about the rest of us? Your abstention will make it easier for Obama to put his boot on our necks. Thanks a lot.

The responsibility of a citizen is to choose, not to abstain.

My .02

You missed my point. You are "agruing" with me, just what they want us to do. Keep the fear going, keeps the rabble busy.

100 nyc redneck  7/25/08 11:13:03 am reply quote 0

re: #87 madisonsfriend

Whoa- I thought the little girls were the brides, not flower girls

that is what it looks like.
tragically

101 Walter L. Newton  7/25/08 11:13:21 am reply quote 0

re: #90 Capitalist Tool

you just caused me to start a new bookmarks tab called Lizardoid Quotes.
Why haven't I done this before?
Some of us are just slow to catch on.

Thanks

102 itellu3times  7/25/08 11:13:21 am reply quote 0

re: #69 maddogg

They beat the hell out of the shapeless gobs of welded stainless steel or rusty lumps of A-588 steel I've seen up on a pedestal in public spaces called "modern art". At least in my provincial mind.

OK, but then there's this, three miles away:
[Link: www.publicartinla.com...]

Won a competition for Santa Monica "gateway". Blech. The drawing looked a lot better, anyway, the photo faces the wrong way, it's barely discernible driving INTO town. I liked another entry that put the "Santa" into Santa Monica, you can use your imagination.

103 OldLineTexan  7/25/08 11:13:22 am reply quote 0

re: #37 Killgore Trout

Yeah they really are wearing a lot of makeup, kinda creepy but they are the flower girls:

104 Opinionated  7/25/08 11:13:30 am reply quote 0

re: #77 WrathofG-d

Jerusalem Bulldozer Drivers Live In Fear Of Their Lives.

~oh ach

Now everyone is concentrating on Arab Bulldozer drivers.

So the next mass killing attempt will be from the mostly Arab staff at many hotels and restaurants.

105 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  7/25/08 11:13:31 am reply quote 0

re: #91 MrSilverDragon

That is a nifty sculpture... then again, I suppose I'm biased as I'm a ameteur herpetologist and enjoy scaly things... :)

One of my favorite Far Side cartoons had a guy showing off his boat to a friend, who says "She's a beauty - what is she, a 30-footer?" & the next panel a guy showing off a python to a friend who says "She's a beauty - what is she, a 30-footer?". The caption beneath read "Where the worlds of boating & herpetology meet"

106 theparson  7/25/08 11:14:10 am reply quote 0

I'm not sure but it kinda looks fake to me.

107 Sharmuta  7/25/08 11:14:22 am reply quote 8

re: #78 reine.de.tout

I went back and dinged him up.

I've done a couple of mistake dings lately - think I might take Ploome's advice and quite dinging for awhile.

Noooo! Dinging is good! Dings allow us to to show what sorts of comments are supported by this community. Bad comments are thus shown at a mere glance as not having support, while good comments are dinged up and show what makes this blog so wonderful.

108 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  7/25/08 11:14:23 am reply quote 1

re: #98 Creeping Eruption

Joker: "Do you know why I like to use knives? Let me tell you . . ."

Last
person I would have picked for the Joker. Maybe that is why it is such
a convincing performance. He sounds somewhat effeminate and geeky which
is almost disarming if he we not such a lunatic.

The tounge-flicking really creeped me out.

109 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  7/25/08 11:15:20 am reply quote 0

re: #108 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

The tounge-flicking really creeped me out.

That was kind of disturbing. Lots of little things made the character.

110 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 11:15:25 am reply quote 0

re: #108 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

The tounge-flicking really creeped me out.

Again, one of the little touches that made the character so perfect. I typically don't buy movies, but I might have to get this one.

111 Walter L. Newton  7/25/08 11:16:04 am reply quote 1

re: #89 godfrey

You'll feel good, but that's only one result. If Obama gets in, you'll suffer other results.

And what about the rest of us? Your abstention will make it easier for Obama to put his boot on our necks. Thanks a lot.

The responsibility of a citizen is to choose, not to abstain.

My .02

My responsibility is to MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I will use what means I have. As I said "And I am not advocating apathetic surrender, I am suggesting a very public disapproval of the politicians..."

112 lawhawk  7/25/08 11:16:07 am reply quote 1

re: #16 Lawrence Schmerel

Don't you know that you should drink tonic with gin?

/barbarian! /just kidding

113 Creeping Eruption  7/25/08 11:16:30 am reply quote 0

re: #112 lawhawk

mmmmmmmmmmm... Hendricks

114 maddogg