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Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:16:41 pm PDT

There’s language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; Nay, her foot speaks.

— William Shakespeare

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1 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:17:49pm

Wow, I was trying to tell Noam to wear a helmet.... and POOF....

here I is....

2 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:17:51pm

Mmmmm. A young, juicy new thread. I can't help but pounce...and feel soooo dirty.

3 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:18:55pm

I'll bet she was wearing a helmet.

Noam

4 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:19:27pm

hello Lizards!

5 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:20:15pm

Morning all! Who wants to attend a nerd wedding?

It's black tie, but blasters are optional.

6 ted  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:20:46pm

I love fetishes.

7 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:21:26pm

re: #4 lori lane

hello Lizards!

Awww is that a kittie avatar? (clicks on pick) AAAAUGH! There is no GOD!

8 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:09pm

re: #5 Wyatt Earp

Morning all! Who wants to attend a nerd wedding?

It's black tie, but blasters are optional.

Will they be serving Cheezy Poofs?

9 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:32pm

REPOST FROM previous thread:

Good Evening Lizards! It was ok in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland this day.

I didn't hear anything about anything today.

How are you-all and how are the little hatchlings? Did they clean-up their shells, show a rudimentary understanding of the sarc tag, and make fresh coffee?

10 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:34pm

If your nose runs, and your feet smell...
You are upside-down.

11 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:56pm

Noam, I looked back at the PBR induced haze that is NOW. I cannot for the life of me....WAIT. I remember.... My Dad, the (ancient, long since retired) pediatrician..... made me sell my bicycle at age 10 because of all of the head injuries he saw at Milwaukee Children's Hospital that were caused by bicycles.

Now mind you, this is WAY before helmets were anything (ie. 1960's).

Noam, you really have to wear a helmet man....

We care about you.

12 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:23:38pm

re: #8 DesertSage

Morning DS! I think they probably are, since they spent all of their money on their costumes.

13 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:23:40pm

re: #11 WindHorse

Noam, I looked back at the PBR induced haze that is NOW. I cannot for the life of me....WAIT. I remember.... My Dad, the (ancient, long since retired) pediatrician..... made me sell my bicycle at age 10 because of all of the head injuries he saw at Milwaukee Children's Hospital that were caused by bicycles.

Now mind you, this is WAY before helmets were anything (ie. 1960's).

Noam, you really have to wear a helmet man....

We care about you.

A head injury could render you........a liberal.

14 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:24:26pm

re: #11 WindHorse

Do I have to go back to the last thread to hear how he's doin? Noam Sayin'?

15 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:25:04pm

re: #7 Hard Right

Awww is that a kittie avatar?AAAAUGH! There

meowwwwwwww

16 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:25:40pm

re: #11 WindHorse

Noam, you really have to wear a helmet man....

We care about you.

I agree! If he refuses to wear his helmet, I'll go over there and forcefully put it on him.

17 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:25:41pm

re: #14 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey FBV --how's CV?

18 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:25:57pm

re: #15 lori lane

meowwwwwwww

More like meoooribitt. No more pics from Chernobyl please.

19 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:11pm

re: #17 ggt

Hey FBV --how's CV?

Effing worried about Noam.

20 daledog  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:15pm

I once complimented a woman by telling her that she had good looking elbows. Yup, smooth.

21 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:30pm

Wow, old William seems to have know some saucy chicks...

...foot fetish?

www. Shakespeares_instep.com?

22 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:38pm

re: #19 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What happened to Noam?

23 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:09pm

re: #18 Hard Right

I think she is cute! She's part lizard, you know.

24 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:09pm

re: #20 daledog

Did that work?

25 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:17pm

re: #22 ggt

What happened to Noam?

Nothing....yet.

26 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:36pm

Noam.... I realize you are back there somewheres (that's Minnesotan)
but here is a standing offer. You get yourself a helmet and send it to me, and I will get Cy or Rob (my buds) to airbrush up some cool rendering of Lucifer, or the Ex-winos... or whatever you want

(Ex-winos are Minneapolis, I think)

27 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:56pm

re: #25 Hard Right

What is going to happen?

28 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:28:13pm

re: #25 Hard Right

Does Noam have a wife? Kids? If so, he owes it to them to stay safe!

29 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:28:52pm

re: #27 ggt

What is going to happen?

With bad luck, a Gary Bussey type motorcycle accident.

30 daledog  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:28:55pm

re: #24 Wyatt Earp

She liked it. She giggled. I escaped without being called freak. I quickly changed the subject.

31 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:29:43pm

re: #30 daledog

Well played, sir!

32 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:29:59pm

re: #29 Hard Right

ah. Not a pretty thought.

Noam, dude, I'm not one to argue about helmets, but Gary Busey?

33 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:12pm

Ok, checked last thread. Noam is a brilliant LGF poster. But he rides a "scooter" (or something) without a helmet which makes him a future liberal. Brain Damage is certainly in his future.

Love ya Noam...wear a helmet!

34 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:14pm

Obama may really be in trouble.

I just heard a caller to the O'Reilly show suggest that the polls are wrong.

35 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:29pm

Okay. I'm wearing one of my helmets right now.

36 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:41pm

Time has come to pay your dues.

In the top ten of my theme song for my blog.

37 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:45pm

re: #20 daledog

I once complimented a woman by telling her that she had good looking elbows. Yup, smooth.

I hope she accepted it well.

There really are very few truly nice looking elbows.

/I've been complimented on my excellent blood pressure. Uh...thanks

38 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:54pm

Of course, now I can't hear a damn thing.

39 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:05pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

We need Mandy for that one.

40 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:11pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

Okay. I'm wearing one of my helmets right now.

We don't mean the latex ones....
/

41 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:21pm

re: #15 lori lane

Love your avatar!

42 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:45pm

WTH, "her foot speaks"?! I mean, c'mon Will - it's not like you were the John Madden of the day, selling the Tinactin of the day!
Geez, her foot speaks.

43 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:47pm

re: #41 MandyManners

Thank you! :)

44 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:47pm

And a ninja nearly sneaked up on me.

45 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:53pm

re: #38 Noam Sayin'

Of course, now I can't hear a damn thing.


WE'LL TYPE LOUDER

46 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:31:55pm

re: #41 MandyManners

Love your avatar!

I think it may be a sin against God myself.
;)

47 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:32:19pm

re: #39 ggt

We need Mandy for that one.

Hello?

48 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:32:20pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

"I bet she gives great helmet." Dark Helmet, Space Balls

49 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:32:42pm

re: #12 Wyatt Earp

Morning DS! I think they probably are, since they spent all of their money on their costumes.

Ok, I'll be there.

Hey you're a peace officer, you've probably seen some pretty gruesome traffic accidents in your day, right?
Can you help us out and kindly explain to Noam what happens to a persons skull when it hits asphalt at 40 MPH.

50 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:32:58pm

re: #47 MandyManners

Mandy! Glad you are here. What do you think about the Noam Helmet Issue?

51 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:00pm

re: #46 Hard Right

I think it may be a sin against God myself.
;)

Shaddup', Barry.

52 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:22pm

Noam....

oh wait....

NOAM! WE DON'T CARE IF YOU CAINT HEAR US....

NICE HELMETHIGDA/....

53 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:25pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

Prove it. Photobucket Time.

54 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:40pm

re: #50 ggt

Mandy! Glad you are here. What do you think about the Noam Helmet Issue?

Beats me.

55 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:58pm

re: #49 DesertSage

You die. And it's a mess. The coroner will clean you up with a shovel.

I've seen more than my share of cycle fatalities. They are never "clean." Always a mess.

56 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:12pm

re: #28 lori lane Hey - a belated welcome aboard LGF!
No, Noam doesn't have a wife or kids, but he's got US and he owes it to US to wear his damn helmet when he's riding his scooter!

57 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:14pm

re: #48 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"I bet she gives great helmet." Dark Helmet, Space Balls

"No, no, go away, I hate you! And yet... I find you strangely attractive."

58 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:22pm

For crying out loud. I highjacked two threads at one time.

Sorry, Charles.

59 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:24pm

brb that fucking feline

60 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:54pm

re: #51 MandyManners

Shaddup', Barry.

Him too.

61 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:01pm

re: #52 WindHorse

YOU LOOK JUST LIKE JACK NICHOLSON IN "EASY RIDER"....

(oh wait.... you are probably too young to understand...)

:)

62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:04pm

re: #57 Hard Right

"No, no, go away, I hate you! And yet... I find you strangely attractive."

"It repulses me; but I can't look away."

63 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:19pm

re: #56 realwest

Thanks for the welcome, realwest! You're right. Lizards have to look out for each other!

64 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:43pm

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"It repulses me; but I can't look away."

"Oh, oh, oh! Ohhhh, your helmet is so big!"

Noam, take note of that quote. Women like BIG helmets.

65 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:44pm

re: #58 Noam Sayin'

For crying out loud. I highjacked two threads at one time.

Sorry, Charles.

Yeah.....but you're still with us :')
Thanks to the helmet!

66 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:35:59pm

/…and the Child took wing out of Holy Ramadi. Aloft not on his own bloated bird, but upon a leaner and more agile rapier. The Child spirited to Amman aboard the noble Osprey whist his gleaming refurb 757 sat idled and alone at BIAP.

Upon lighting in the sacred lands of King Abdullah, the Child allowed himself to be photographed as he departed, regal and metro, totally ignoring saluting crewmen, continuing his journey of destiny.

PIC

LINK

67 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:36:30pm

re: #33 Fat Bastard Vegetarian Hey "Noam is a brilliant LGF poster." Listen, I love the guy - in a manly kind of way - but let's not get carried away here, shall we?!
;')

68 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:07pm

re: #67 realwest

Hey "Noam is a brilliant LGF poster." Listen, I love the guy - in a manly kind of way - but let's not get carried away here, shall we?!
;')

The same way Andersen Cooper loves Obama?
/

69 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:14pm

Ha! He's about 22 lbs. but, he's quick.

I'm quicker.

70 UncleSam  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:24pm

re: #4 lori lane

Your avatar is extra supercool.

71 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:39pm

re: #68 Hard Right

When Noam posts, I get a chill up my leg. It's either Noam or I have fleas.

72 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:37:42pm

Oh, saw "Stepbrothers" today.

I found it oddly hysterical! Don't know why, but I laughed my ass off all the way through it.

Some of you will find it amazingly stupid. So did I.

Laughed my ass all the way through it though. John C. Reilly (an absolutely great acting treasure) and Will Ferrell (a brave idiot) have a great chemistry.

73 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:38:18pm

re: #70 UncleSam

Your avatar is extra supercool.

Thx, Uncle Sam! SOME people like it. [cough cough]

74 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:38:27pm

I'm rarely ever traveling at 40 mph. If I'm on a ride that will likely take me to 40 and above, I'll put the helmet on. But if I'm just running down to the grocery store, to pick up more rum, I'll likely not wear a helmet. If I'm just out for a little cruise on Minnehaha Creek Parkway, I probably won't wear a helmet.

75 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:38:31pm

re: #71 Wyatt Earp

When Noam posts, I get a chill up my leg. It's either Noam or I have fleas.

It not my fleas. They're too well trained. They know better than to go jumping onto strangers.

76 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:38:53pm

KING HENRY V
O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. Dear
Kate, you and I cannot be confined within the weak
list of a country's fashion: we are the makers of
manners, Kate; and the liberty that follows our
places stops the mouth of all find-faults; as I will
do yours, for upholding the nice fashion of your
country in denying me a kiss: therefore, patiently
and yielding.
Kissing her

You have witchcraft in your lips, Kate: there is
more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the
tongues of the French council; and they should
sooner persuade Harry of England than a general
petition of monarchs. Here comes your father.

77 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:39:30pm

re: #75 Hard Right

Must be that flea circus training.

78 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:40:03pm

DesertSage

I rode most of the day. A few too many Patrons, but feeling good about the ride. Two days in a roll here, I love the open threads. The evenings in the past were always so easy going. I remember some of the old people, like Bubble Girl. A lot of others gone, not forgotten.

79 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:40:16pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

I'm rarely ever traveling at 40 mph. If I'm on a ride that will likely take me to 40 and above, I'll put the helmet on. But if I'm just running down to the grocery store, to pick up more rum, I'll likely not wear a helmet. If I'm just out for a little cruise on Minnehaha Creek Parkway, I probably won't wear a helmet.

Our future babies are crying!

80 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:40:42pm

re: #77 Wyatt Earp

Must be that flea circus training.

Nope. Hatched and raised them myself. You can call me the "Flea Whisperer".

81 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:40:44pm

Who is this Shakespeare fellow?

82 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:25pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'
"Minnehaha Creek Parkway"? WTH, you're going riding without a helmet on a highway? Or down to the local store to get MORE rum and you ain't gonna wear a helmet?
Have you seen photos of Gary Busey post accident?

83 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:26pm

re: #71 Wyatt Earp

When Noam posts, I get a chill up my leg. It's either Noam or I have fleas.

I'm gonna' stomp your ass pretty soon if you don't change your ways.

84 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:27pm

"Funny, she doesn't look Druish."

85 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:33pm

Gravel and motorcycles are so much fun.

Levis, t-shirts and skin just don't hold up against asphalt and gravel.

I can still see the jagged eges of the old rusty culvert that nearly impaled me.

Yes, it was messy, and it was under ten mph.

86 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:50pm

I heard realwest doesn't always floss!

/trying to take some heat off of Noam.

87 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:41:56pm

re: #83 MandyManners

I'm gonna' stomp your ass pretty soon if you don't change your ways.

That lucky b*stard!
/

88 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:05pm

re: #79 MandyManners

If I, or most others step out of line...whack!

Noam is reckless and he gets promised babies?

/ I'm doing it wrong...

89 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:13pm

re: #83 MandyManners

Please don't. I've had enough people stomping on me - or parts of me - today.

90 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:18pm

re: #81 Mich-again

Who is this Shakespeare fellow?

That is the question!

Bright fellow, might catch on.

91 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:43pm

re: #78 tommoon
Hey there tom! Wow, two nights in a row - thanks!
How are ya doing tonight? Bet you miss ole Gordon, doncha?!

92 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:43pm

re: #86 Silhouette

I heard realwest doesn't always floss!

/trying to take some heat off of Noam.

I have images of Quaide's character in King Pin flossing.

93 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:52pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

Please- wear a helmut. Even whipping out on a bicycle can cause head trauma.

94 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:58pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

Dude, I knew a guy who lived across the hall from me (in an apartment building) in Galveston (Texas, that is) who would ride, on his motorcycle, five blocks down to the Seawall every afternoon for a smoke. About a block and a half from my apartment building, there was a traffic light.

One day, my friend proceeded through the stoplight (it was green as the story goes) and was hit broadside by a car running the light.

I remember (clearly) the sounds of the sirens but not realizing it until about a day later that it was Brian.

I hate to sound like a real bitchy MF, but you really need to wear your helmet.

95 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:43:51pm

re: #93 Sharmuta

Just don't wear a Helmut Kohl. Heh.

96 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:44:05pm

re: #86 Silhouette What?
Who'd you hear that from? (also easing up on the heat on Noam).

97 SpartanWoman  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:44:21pm

Her foot speaks, WS is telling us to walk away from the liberal whackpacks

98 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:44:52pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

Oh hell Noam you ride the Autobahn like Minnehaha creek parkway it's a miracle you are still with us:)

99 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:45:11pm

re: #93 Sharmuta

Please- wear a helmut. Even whipping out on a bicycle can cause head trauma.

I had a nasty wipeout years ago on a 10 speed. The only thing that saved me was that my backpack flew up and my head hit that instead of the ground. It still gave me concussion. I wasn't doing even 15mph.

WEAR A HELMET AT ALL TIMES NOAM!

100 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:45:21pm

I wonder what the stats are on motorcycle riders who die in accidents while wearing a helmet. It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud.

The worst motorcycle death I saw was on what we call Spaghetti Junction in Minneaolis, a confluence of I94 and I35W. I didn't see it happen. I was out riding my bicycle near the Metrodome and happened upon a street whre a bunch of people were standing by a fence looking down on the freeway. There, down the the onramp, face-down and lifeless was a helmeted, former motorcycle driver roughly 30-40' from his burning crotch-rocket. I was thinking about buying a motorcycle that summer, and reconsidered just from the sight of that accident.

101 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:45:26pm

re: #15 lori lane

meowwwwwwww

Where do I get glasses like those?

102 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:45:48pm

alright.... I will cease and desist. Noam, we like you.

103 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:46:29pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'

It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud.

Brain bucket?

104 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:46:52pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'

I wonder what the stats are on motorcycle riders who die in accidents while wearing a helmet. It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud.

The worst motorcycle death I saw was on what we call Spaghetti Junction in Minneaolis, a confluence of I94 and I35W. I didn't see it happen. I was out riding my bicycle near the Metrodome and happened upon a street whre a bunch of people were standing by a fence looking down on the freeway. There, down the the onramp, face-down and lifeless was a helmeted, former motorcycle driver roughly 30-40' from his burning crotch-rocket. I was thinking about buying a motorcycle that summer, and reconsidered just from the sight of that accident.

Crotch rocket riders have a higher death rate than non CR riders. In fact, the more horsepower the bike, the higher the death rate. You can verify that one.

105 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:47:12pm

Realwest,

Had a few at the FRA, Fleet Reserve Association, mostly Navy guys. Still great guys. Hea Gordon. You suppose he found another name, adjusted and is still with us. He could be anyone?

106 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:47:36pm

re: #101 victor_yugo

*stares blankly* ?

107 neocon hippie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:47:42pm

re: #34 Syrah

Obama may really be in trouble.

I just heard a caller to the O'Reilly show suggest that the polls are wrong.

Oh G-d, we can only hope. What did this caller have to say?

108 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:47:51pm

"What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? CHICKEN?"

109 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:10pm

(Dude... I forgot.... Brian was NOT wearing a brain bucket....)

Mich, you reminded me... Thanks.

[I am done]

110 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:19pm

re: #95 Wyatt Earp

Ah- indeed. It is late, and my eyes and brain are tired.

111 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:23pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'
"It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud." This is true - riding a scooter or motorcycle is dangerous just cause of all the other motorists in cars who usually can't see you - to them, their car roofs and sides are roll cages.
But I ain't gonna bust your chops anymore about the fucking helmet - wear it, don't wear it, hell it's your life, live it the way you want to.

112 SpartanWoman  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:26pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'

I saw a motorcycle accident victim with a limb torn of once....quite a mess. No he didn't survive

113 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:46pm

re: #90 lifeofthemind

That is the question!

Bright fellow, might catch on.

Reminds me of Red Buttons...

St. Francis whose own father called him a sissy...Never got a dinner."

114 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:48:49pm

re: #82 realwest

Maximum speed on the parkway, and the Mississippi River roads too, for that matter, is 25 mph. I frequently have to give a car a beep to get them up to 25 so I can enjoy the ride. Some of these areas are so full of traffic that I'm only doing 15. I could jump off my scoot and run away from trouble at that speed.

115 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:49:07pm

re: #110 Sharmuta

Not a problem. I'm a cop, but I'm not the grammar police.

116 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:49:16pm

re: #100 Noam Sayin'

We all had motorcycles as kids. Its out of my system. I've lost 4 friends in motorcycle accidents. No motorbike for me.

(In white knuckle SoCal)

117 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:49:23pm

re: #105 tommoon

He is Mandy!

118 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:05pm

re: #72 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Will Ferrell (a brave idiot)" pretty well sums him up.

119 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:27pm

re: #105 tommoon Gordon, adjusted ? Who are you and what have you done with my friend tommoon?!

120 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:37pm

re: #106 lori lane

*stares blankly* ?

The avatar, dear.

121 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:38pm

re: #118 victor_yugo

"Will Ferrell (a brave idiot)" pretty well sums him up.

Precisely why I said it.

122 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:50:44pm

re: #114 Noam Sayin'

Maximum speed on the parkway, and the Mississippi River roads too, for that matter, is 25 mph. I frequently have to give a car a beep to get them up to 25 so I can enjoy the ride. Some of these areas are so full of traffic that I'm only doing 15. I could jump off my scoot and run away from trouble at that speed.

Doen't take much to die from head trauma when not wearing a helmet. Hell, we've had two guys here in the valley die from being punched out. They struck their head when they fell and that all she wrote. Zero MPH.

123 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:01pm

re: #114 Noam Sayin'

HEY! Quit trying to justify this. My friend- you need to wear a helmet!

Or so help me and half the Lizard Army- if you crash and die of head trauma- we'll kill you.

124 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:03pm

I have heard that doctors call the crotch rockets "donor-cycles"

125 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:33pm

re: #120 victor_yugo

I know you were talking about the avatar. But I don't see the glasses. :-) and it's late. :-( *yawn*

126 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:57pm

re: #124 Tarkus289

I have heard that doctors call the crotch rockets "donor-cycles"

I posted something like that in another thread. EMTs I've talked to call guys that don't wear helmets organ donors.

127 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:51:59pm

re: #123 Sharmuta

HEY! Quit trying to justify this. My friend- you need to wear a helmet!

Or so help me and half the Lizard Army- if you crash and die of head trauma- we'll kill you.

Or at least give your password to a trusted friend so they can let us know that you have entered the coma/dirt nap.

128 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:23pm

I like driving ATV's but have never wanted a motorcycle. Not around here.

129 winston06  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:37pm

Have a great night every body

130 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:38pm

re: #127 fat bastard vegetarian

Gonna go out on a limb and suggest that the password is not "helmet."

131 The Shadow Do  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:39pm

Happened across a motorcycle accident scene recently. Four lane highway. First thing I saw in the median was a human leg, then an arm, then a torso, then a head. The helmet was still on the head. Glad it wasn't Noam.

132 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:46pm

The following is a true story.

My good friend has a nephew. He was wild - drinking, drugs, and all the bad boy lifestyle. He had so many brushes with death that his uncle, my friend, said that the only possible reason he could still be alive was because God had a plan for him.

Later that year, he had a motorcycle accident. He was wearing a helmet, that covered all around, but not the face. The rock hit him right in the face.

After many surgeries, he was still completely blind. But it gave him time to think. He returned to his faith, and eventually, told his family he was called to preach.

He told his uncle that he remembered what his uncle had said about God having a plan for him, and he'd known what it was then, but he was fighting it, which explained the wild youth.

His ministry is growing and now, baffling all the doctors, his eyesight is slowly returning.

133 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:52:49pm

re: #107 neocon hippie

Oh G-d, we can only hope. What did this caller have to say?

She was gushing about how great Obama was and said that something to the effect that polls showing Obama losing ground to McCain shouldn't be given any concern.

Thats is a bad sign in my book. But it is only one instance. One radio show caller is hardly representative. But it is not trivial either.

I think that it is Michael Smerconish guest hosting. He had just read a litany of polling results showing how Obama's overall numbers had declined during his trip 'urp.

134 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:53:04pm

re: #125 lori lane

The fritten has horizontal lines leading away from the eyes. It makes it look like it's wearing glasses.

135 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:53:09pm

fat bastard vegetarian

No way. I think Mandy is cute and dangerous.

136 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:53:15pm

re: #129 winston06

seeya round later.

137 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:53:51pm

re: #132 Silhouette

Amazing story. Thanks for sharing that, Silhouette.

138 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:08pm

re: #104 Hard Right

Crotch rocket riders have a higher death rate than non CR riders. In fact, the more horsepower the bike, the higher the death rate. You can verify that one.

My scooter, a Lance Vintage 150cc, has 9.4 hp. More points in my favor!

re: #112 SpartanWoman

I saw a motorcycle accident victim with a limb torn of once....quite a mess. No he didn't survive

Good thing he was wearing his helmet.

//

BRB

Gotta go back a thread and re-check Bingley's caipirinha recipe.

139 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:16pm

re: #135 tommoon

fat bastard vegetarian

No way. I think Mandy is cute and dangerous.

BAM! Dinged ya there!

140 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:22pm

Like I said Noam, I wiped out on a 10 speed and I wasn't doing 15 or even 10 mph. My backpack got caught between my head and the ground. Yet I still got a concussion and was out of it for the next 30 minutes.
I know where you're coming from, but it can happen to you.

141 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:30pm

re: #104 Hard Right

Crotch rocket riders have a higher death rate than non CR riders. In fact, the more horsepower the bike, the higher the death rate. You can verify that one.

Seems like one of those rare times when common sense matches reality.


Btw, I think modern liberals value symbolism over substance. You have to look good, and sound good, and look presidential, but when it comes to real ideas and actions, pffffff, side issue.

Imagine hiring an engineer to build a bridge based on how he looks and sounds, not on how good he is at being an engineer! Sam looks good, and sounds good, let's get him to design the bridge! I think that's exactly equivalent to how modern liberals are (liberals in the distant past were more cerebral.)

142 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:43pm

re: #135 tommoon

fat bastard vegetarian

No way. I think Mandy is cute and dangerous.

Fixed.

143 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:44pm

re: #114 Noam Sayin'

As kids we would ride our bicycles along the parkway paths. Most of the time going faster than those on the road. That and cruising around Harriet and Calhoun slow but fine summer scenery.

144 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:54:49pm

re: #133 Syrah

She was gushing about how great Obama was and said that something to the effect that polls showing Obama losing ground to McCain shouldn't be given any concern.

Diebold!

145 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:06pm

re: #134 victor_yugo

HA! I SEE that now. :)
meow.

146 SpartanWoman  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:40pm

re: #138 Noam Sayin'

Nope, Pennsylvania...no helmet.

147 little boomer  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:41pm

re: #76 lifeofthemind

KING HENRY V
O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. Dear
Kate, you and I cannot be confined within the weak
list of a country's fashion: we are the makers of
manners, Kate; and the liberty that follows our
places stops the mouth of all find-faults; as I will
do yours, for upholding the nice fashion of your
country in denying me a kiss: therefore, patiently
and yielding.
Kissing her

You have witchcraft in your lips, Kate: there is
more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the
tongues of the French council; and they should
sooner persuade Harry of England than a general
petition of monarchs. Here comes your father.

Just Netflixed this gem. We'll see if wifey can stay awake thru it this time- So far: wife-sleeping 4-Shakespeare 0.

148 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:43pm

re: #133 Syrah

Turn the radio off!

Smerconish is based out of Philly - my hometown. Don't let his guest hosting fool you: this guy has gone from semi-conservative to uber-liberal in the last few years. He wants to be accepted by the MSM, so he tells everyone what they want to hear on any specific occasion.

He is constantly gushing over Obama on his Philly morning show. Ask anyone else from Philly: they'll verify it. Other than being Mumia abu Jamal's biggest nemesis, he's a liberal. trust me.

149 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:55:44pm

re: #144 Silhouette

Diebold!

In Washington state, the dead vote. Diebold is unnecessary.

150 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:56:03pm

NOAM! That's two threads in a row! You got a lot of 'splaining to do my friend (hell just lie and say you'll wear it).

Say, what's your take on the Vikings chances this year?

151 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:56:32pm

re: #148 Wyatt Earp

No Crap?

152 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:57:07pm

re: #145 lori lane

And that ability to communicate in writing is why I was the one in charge of the user guides at my last job.

153 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:57:24pm

re: #114 Noam Sayin'

Maximum speed on the parkway, and the Mississippi River roads too, for that matter, is 25 mph. I frequently have to give a car a beep to get them up to 25 so I can enjoy the ride. Some of these areas are so full of traffic that I'm only doing 15. I could jump off my scoot and run away from trouble at that speed.

Noam, I think you trust me when it comes to motorcycles, right? I've been riding motorcycles since I was 10, and I'm now.....well, that doesn't matter.
The point is, riding on the street is dangerous because you're not in control of what the other person is doing. One drunk idiot can ruin your life. I save my craziness for the dirt....you don't have that luxury. Wear the helmet.

154 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:57:30pm

re: #151 fat bastard vegetarian

He thinks McCain doesn't have a "plan" to get bin Laden, but believes Obama does.

That enough for you, or would you like some more?

155 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:57:37pm

re: #148 Wyatt Earp

It was getting very dull anyway.

I will crank up the Tom Waits.

156 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:58:06pm

Wait! Red Buttons was Jewish?

157 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:58:13pm

re: #131 The Shadow Do

Happened across a motorcycle accident scene recently. Four lane highway. First thing I saw in the median was a human leg, then an arm, then a torso, then a head. The helmet was still on the head. Glad it wasn't Noam.

That dude was flying then. We had a guy hit a car that had made a left in front of him. He had his crotch rocket up to 100mph at the time. Turned his entire skeleton to pulp. No helmet, but at that speed it would not have helped.

Noam, see some of the scooter accident pics on the web.

158 UncleSam  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:58:22pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

I'm rarely ever traveling at 40 mph. If I'm on a ride that will likely take me to 40 and above, I'll put the helmet on. But if I'm just running down to the grocery store, to pick up more rum, I'll likely not wear a helmet. If I'm just out for a little cruise on Minnehaha Creek Parkway, I probably won't wear a helmet.


There's so much wrong with that whole post that my brain has locked up.

159 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:58:44pm

re: #154 Wyatt Earp

poop

160 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:59:32pm

re: #143 Metal Man

As kids we would ride our bicycles along the parkway paths. Most of the time going faster than those on the road. That and cruising around Harriet and Calhoun slow but fine summer scenery.

And like you said on the last thread. If it's just a little cruise on the parkway, a little risk is worth the breeze.

I'm paraphrasing, of course.

Hey, Bingley. Do you leave that muddled mess of lime pulp in the glass? Seems like that stuff would soak up an awful lot of rum.

161 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:59:34pm

re: #141 Archimedes

Imagine hiring an engineer to build a bridge based on how he looks and sounds, not on how good he is at being an engineer!

That is exactly what affirmative action does. I never want a job because of what bathroom I use.

162 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:59:42pm

re: #159 fat bastard vegetarian

He was screaming that we needed an exit strategy out of Iraq in 2005 because we couldn't win there.

163 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:59:53pm

Its the weekend of the Telegraph Road Cruise Downriver and I had to traverse that mess twice tonight. Amazing really how many people around here have these kickass old cars that they bring out and show off by cruising up and down the same street and f*ing up traffic. . Lots of racing on Telegraph Road in Taylor tonight which is dicey, speeding ticket wise. I saw a pair of El Camino's race a Mustang 5.0 from a redlight and that was pretty nice. And a couple kids on Crotch Rockets flying down Telegraph doing wheelies.

164 UncleSam  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:00:02pm

re: #158 UncleSam

And I say that as someone with about 50,000 miles on motorcycles.

165 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:00:35pm

Have a great night all!

166 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:00:43pm

the first thing we look for is a completed organ donor card when arriving at accidents involving motorist without helmets . . . .

167 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:00:57pm

I Love the World

168 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:01:15pm

re: #153 DesertSage
Hey Sage - please, give it up out here (y'all can e-mail him to death if you want to) - I know he's your friend and he's my friend too, but all of us getting and staying on Noam's case is gonna wind up doing more harm than good and you KNOW that's true.
Please, let it go for now, hey?

169 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:01:35pm

re: #166 outsidephilly

the first thing we look for is a completed organ donor card when arriving at accidents involving motorist without helmets . . . .

Motorists are supposed to wear helmets? Jeesh.

170 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:01:36pm

Noam - ride on dude!
The biggest risk in life is getting out of bed in the morning!

Most fun I've ever had has been on a bike (dirt or street take your pick).

I ride wearing helmet, boots and leathers 'cause I'm fast... and plan on beating the odds.

Most times I've been in trouble is a bluehair nerfing me into the gutter.

171 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:01:42pm

re: #158 UncleSam

There's so much wrong with that whole post that my brain has locked up.

Reminds me of the cop who only carried his .38 special to the mini-mart. After all he was only going a short distance? What could possibly happen?
Long story short, two armed robbers hit the place. Despite center punching one of the dirtbags they escaped after shooting at him. He too thought nothing would happen to him. Denial isn't a river in Egypt.

172 Salamantis  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:02:03pm

Oh, well...different strokes for different folks, and different styles for different reptiles...;~)

173 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:02:07pm

Hello. I must be going. G'night all. Thanks Wyatt! Stay safe Noam! Mandy? Well, you just keep it calm and Obama!

174 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:03:14pm

re: #173 fat bastard vegetarian

Hello. I must be going. G'night all. Thanks Wyatt! Stay safe Noam! Mandy? Well, you just keep it calm and Obama!

DON'T SAY THE O WORD!

175 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:03:38pm

re: #157 Hard Right

Two buddies of mine ended up the same way in a 1970 Nova. Both had closed caskets. A helmet is important most of the time but being aware and scared is just as important. Life is dangerous and always fatal.

176 Wyatt Earp  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:03:48pm

re: #173 fat bastard vegetarian

You're welcome. Good night!

177 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:04:07pm

re: #172 Salamantis

Oh, well...different strokes for different folks, and different styles for different reptiles...;~)

Different choices for different voices. Different sides for different prides..

178 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:04:07pm

re: #111 realwest

"It's not exactly a roll cage, for crying out loud." This is true - riding a scooter or motorcycle is dangerous just cause of all the other motorists in cars who usually can't see you - to them, their car roofs and sides are roll cages.
But I ain't gonna bust your chops anymore about the fucking helmet - wear it, don't wear it, hell it's your life, live it the way you want to.

THe Navy docs told me they listed some cases as Suzukicide.

179 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:04:41pm

re: #175 Metal Man

Two buddies of mine ended up the same way in a 1970 Nova. Both had closed caskets. A helmet is important most of the time but being aware and scared is just as important. Life is dangerous and always fatal.

No one here gets out alive.

180 fat bastard vegetarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:05:00pm

re: #174 Hard Right

If I say it three times, will it work the opposite of "BeetleJuice"?

181 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:05:10pm

re: #175 Metal Man

Life is dangerous and always fatal.

Iron fist rule!

182 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:05:11pm

Then there was the night me and Killian Bundy got into a big argument about what Bubble Girls new name was. I accused him of outting her. She had changed her name twice before and three times since. But, I still love her. Bubble Girl are you still there?

183 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:06:07pm

re: #179 Hard Right
"No one here gets out alive." Truth! All you get to do is decide what you're gonna do while you're alive, and that's all that really matters.

184 Mich-again  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:06:13pm

re: #182 tommoon

Last seen in the lounge.

185 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:06:44pm

re: #113 fat bastard vegetarian

Reminds me of Red Buttons...

St. Francis whose own father called him a sissy...Never got a dinner."

We have a million of them folks and we'll be here all week. Be kind to your server.

186 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:06:46pm

re: #178 lifeofthemind

THe Navy docs told me they listed some cases as Suzukicide.

I remember when the Ninja came out. Saw a number of guys riding them meet an early death.
Thing is, it only takes one idiot in a car, truck, or SUV to make a mistake and create a dead cyclist.
How good or careful you are means little.

187 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:07:22pm

re: #180 fat bastard vegetarian

If I say it three times, will it work the opposite of "BeetleJuice"?

Please try it!

188 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:08:22pm

re: #183 realwest

"No one here gets out alive." Truth! All you get to do is decide what you're gonna do while you're alive, and that's all that really matters.

Yet some choose to place lightbulbs and wet concrete into their rectums. Gack!

189 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:08:27pm

Well all y'all it's been grand, albeit somewhat depressing on this thread, but I gotta go to sleep, NOW.
I hope you all have a GREAT NIGHT/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you down the road.


Goodnight, all.

190 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:08:48pm

re: #182 tommoon

Then there was the night me and Killian Bundy got into a big argument about what Bubble Girls new name was. I accused him of outting her. She had changed her name twice before and three times since. But, I still love her. Bubble Girl are you still there?

Tom, she still stops by here once in a while. She goes by another name now.

191 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:08:55pm

re: #189 realwest

Night, realwest. Sweet dreams :)

192 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:09:21pm

re: #161 Silhouette

That is exactly what affirmative action does. I never want a job because of what bathroom I use.

True. Affirmative action treats people like objects, not human beings. We need one black one, one white one and one Asian one. But, what about the individual? The what? [Blank stare]

193 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:09:22pm

Wet concrete?

194 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:09:58pm

re: #175 Metal Man

Two buddies of mine ended up the same way in a 1970 Nova. Both had closed caskets. A helmet is important most of the time but being aware and scared is just as important. Life is dangerous and always fatal.


That reminds me of something my stepfather said. He is a high voltage electrician. "I always tell the young guys that they way to become an old electrician is to never forget to be afraid."

195 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:10:15pm

re: #193 Tarkus289

Wet concrete?

Yup. Newspaper article I saw years ago. Think the "incident" took place in San Francisco.

196 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:10:37pm

re: #147 little boomer

Just Netflixed this gem. We'll see if wifey can stay awake thru it this time- So far: wife-sleeping 4-Shakespeare 0.

Prefered teaching the Branagh version. Easier and the kids liked the happy homocidal maniac battle scenes. Don't deny yourself the 1944 version by Olivier and please just read it, good bits get left out.

197 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:10:45pm

re: #195 Hard Right

Why am I not surprised.

198 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:10:55pm

re: #194 Syrah

That reminds me of something my stepfather said. He is a high voltage electrician. "I always tell the young guys that they way to become an old electrician is to never forget to be afraid."

Heh. My friend's brother quit that job because he was too afraid.

199 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:11:54pm

re: #197 Tarkus289

Why am I not surprised.

What's funny is that everyone I showed the article too said that very thing.

200 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:12:06pm

re: #198 Hard Right

Heh. My friend's brother quit that job because he was too afraid.

He probably made the right choice.

201 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:12:06pm

I have been very afraid since the "ceiling fan incident"

202 Cognito  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:12:18pm

Ha. Nothing quite like the misfired up-ding to make you resent your own chronically uncoordinated fingers.

203 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:13:51pm

re: #200 Sarah

He probably made the right choice.

That's what I was thinking. Being afraid and being terrified are two different things.

re: #201 Tarkus289

I have been very afraid since the "ceiling fan incident"

You never know when there is a ceiling fan out there with your name on it. :)

204 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:14:31pm

I hope this is a trend.
Wis. Democrats oust delegate over McCain support

205 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:14:56pm

re: #204 DesertSage

I hope this is a trend.
Wis. Democrats oust delegate over McCain support

Dem cannibals.

206 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:01pm

re: #194 Syrah

That reminds me of something my stepfather said. He is a high voltage electrician. "I always tell the young guys that they way to become an old electrician is to never forget to be afraid."


yep, words to remember when driving on the Schuylkill Expressway (philly highway)

207 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:07pm

I show up on the Dead Thread and people are already talking about thing up San Francisco rectums.

208 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:24pm

thing = things

209 little boomer  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:43pm

re: #196 lifeofthemind

Love the Branagh version with the Patrick Doyle music.

210 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:15:47pm

re: #207 zombie

I show up on the Dead Thread and people are already talking about thing up San Francisco rectums.

Foreign objects in rectums seems to be the norm there.

211 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:16:12pm

You know it's actually possible to put your car in drive (accidentally) and turn your head to back out of the garage, but instead drive into the front wall and have the air bag decapitate you.

So do you get in your car and back out of the garage tomorrow... or live in fear?

212 tommoon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:16:19pm

DesertSage,

She was one of the old ones. True and loyal. I started our first conversation buy calling her " shallow".

213 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:16:43pm

Could never live there. I'd need a roomate due to the cost of living and I wouldn't want to come home and wonder where my table lamp disappeared to.

214 rightwinger3  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:16:48pm

re: #207 zombie

I show up on the Dead Thread and people are already talking about thing up San Francisco rectums.

That's just not the San Francisco I knew.

215 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:00pm

re: #210 Hard Right

Foreign objects in rectums seems to be the norm there.

Some people need rectum helmets.

216 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:23pm

re: #213 Hard Right

Or a ceiling fan.

217 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:37pm

re: #211 slokat

You know it's actually possible to put your car in drive (accidentally) and turn your head to back out of the garage, but instead drive into the front wall and have the air bag decapitate you.

So do you get in your car and back out of the garage tomorrow... or live in fear?

You do both.

218 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:43pm

re: #211 slokat

You know it's actually possible to put your car in drive (accidentally) and turn your head to back out of the garage, but instead drive into the front wall and have the air bag decapitate you.

So do you get in your car and back out of the garage tomorrow... or live in fear?

Not the same thing. There is a difference between normal risk and being careless/living in denial.

219 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:17:47pm

The worst thing of all to have up there is a lightbulb, because if it breaks (which it can do VERY easily) you can die -- internal bleeding. There was a case here in SF of a lightbulb that had to be removed with major abdominal surgery because simply trying to squeeze it out was too dangerous.

220 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:18:35pm

re: #216 Tarkus289

Or a ceiling fan.

Or my guinea pig.

221 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:19:46pm

re: #194 Syrah

Oh crap went to hit reply and hit the down ding sorry.

The reply is that was the same kinda thing my Grandfather told me about power tools. He happened to be missing 2 fingers and said "when you stop fearing the danger is when it will hurt you"

222 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:19:47pm

I just checked with my insurance provider, a rectum helmet is not commonly a factor in assessing ceiling fan accidents.

223 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:19:58pm

re: #219 zombie

The worst thing of all to have up there is a lightbulb, because if it breaks (which it can do VERY easily) you can die -- internal bleeding. There was a case here in SF of a lightbulb that had to be removed with major abdominal surgery because simply trying to squeeze it out was too dangerous.

And if if was a fluorescent light bulb, they'd have to call in a hazmat team.

224 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:20:04pm

re: #219 zombie

The worst thing of all to have up there is a lightbulb, because if it breaks (which it can do VERY easily) you can die -- internal bleeding. There was a case here in SF of a lightbulb that had to be removed with major abdominal surgery because simply trying to squeeze it out was too dangerous.

It didn't involve concrete too did it? Back in 97-98 there was a newspaper article about how a pound of dry (by that time) cement and a lightbulb was removed from a man's rear.

225 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:20:43pm

Based on what Zombie just said, I'd take the lamp and the guinea pig.
Actually, Not.

227 little boomer  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:21:03pm

re: #219 zombie

Great day in the morn'-a light bulb!

228 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:21:20pm

re: #206 outsidephilly

yep, words to remember when driving on the Schuylkill Expressway (philly highway)

Sounds like sure-kill?

The name alone should be warning enough.

229 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:21:25pm

Indian Monkey God statue sent to Obama:

A group of Indians have sent a small statue of the revered Indian monkey god to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a good luck charm ahead of the November polls.
The group decided to despatch the idol after reading reports that Obama carried a good luck “monkey king charm with him all the time in his pocket,” said Brij Mohan Bhama, an Indian fan of Obama.

The two-foot, 15-kilogramme (33-pound) brass idol “has been gifted to Obama because I believe he will be good for India if he becomes the next president,” Bhama told AFP Friday.

The monkey god, Hanuman, is revered by Hindus who also regard monkeys as descendants of the deity.

Symbolism (wiki)

The monkey symbolism of Lord Hanuman is related to the notion that a human being's mind is ever active and never restful, hence the depiction of a human being with the face of a monkey. Furthermore, Lord Hanuman symbolically stands for pure devotion, complete surrender and absence of ego or the lower self. .

WHO said Obama was a comedic void?

230 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:21:29pm

re: #223 DesertSage

And if if was a fluorescent light bulb, they'd have to call in a hazmat team.

And they could argue over which precisely was the hazard they were most concerned with.

231 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:22:18pm

re: #209 little boomer

Love the Branagh version with the Patrick Doyle music.

So do I. Just pointing out that the pleasures in the older version are worth a moments discomfort to get used to. For one thing Olivier was making an explicitly English patriotic movie during the war. That is something you do not see many directors falling over themselves to do now. One way he did that was by showing how Shakespearean theater fitted in with the native English culture. He showed how the theater actually looked and he showed the different social classes that Shakespeare played to. He included the funny bits for the groundlings to laugh at.

232 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:22:21pm

re: #225 Tarkus289

Based on what Zombie just said, I'd take the lamp and the guinea pig.
Actually, Not.

Is there a Rodents Anonymous?

"I started with the light stuff, you know, small mice. Then one day I was holding a guinea pig coated in vaseline when it hit me. I had a problem."

233 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:22:30pm

re: #224 Hard Right

It didn't involve concrete too did it? Back in 97-98 there was a newspaper article about how a pound of dry (by that time) cement and a lightbulb was removed from a man's rear.

Couldn't tell ya.

Concrete has lime in it, would would dissolve your ciliae and burn a hole in your intestine before setting. Sounds either unbelievably painful, or an urban legend.

234 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:22:33pm

Folks, your outpouring of concern is indeed touching and very much appreciated. You must realize that much of the time I have a lid on my head. I know the importance of wearing a helmet. I also know that, even though I might be wearing a helmet, some asshole might decide to -- and this is a true story, here -- go around traffic he feels is not leaving the green light soon enough - in the oncoming lane - and blow by everyone.

I was signaling for my right turn at that intersection, and having a red light, all I needed to do was check traffic and if clear, proceed to make my turn. If I had been in my Jeep that day, that maneuver might have been little more than a brief stop and go. I would have seen no traffic coming from my left as I sit up much higher in my 3,000 lb. Jeep and can see better. I would have made that turn right into asshole gangbanger in his piece of shit hoopdee traveling at 40 mph in the oncoming lane and been killed - regardless of airbag and seatbelt. A lot of other people would have been hurt, too. Because I was on my 225 lb. scooter, I took the extra care to nudge ever so slightly forward until I could see better, and remained out of harm's way. And there's nothing the helmet would have done for me had I proceeded into that intersection with the safety I feel in my Jeep. I would have been spattered all over the intersection.

235 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:23:05pm

I read something published by the mainstream media today.... and, I thought....hmmmm.... how quaint and amusing!

236 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:23:31pm

Maybe that's why they invented the compact fluorescent bulb, it just twists in and out, I will never post on this topic again.

237 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:05pm

re: #218 Hard Right

Not the same thing. There is a difference between normal risk and being careless/living in denial.

Actually there isn't.

You can die for no reason tomorrow, just because you are at the time alive..
How is that different than the same happening while you are doing something that you enjoy?

In both cases you are dead.

(please exclude purposefully dying, that is a different matter)

238 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:17pm

Biking can be dangerous ...

but there are payoffs.
Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo Motorcycle

Youtube Video

Or this one:

Youtube Video

239 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:39pm

re: #220 Hard Right

Or my guinea pig.

Or a ceiling cat.

240 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:40pm

Nice touch on the caip, Bingley. A lot of extra work to get to the drinking part, though.

Oh, and that line about running to the store to get more rum was just me busting all y'all's balls. I never imbibe anything when I'm riding.

241 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:24:56pm

re: #233 zombie

Couldn't tell ya.

Concrete has lime in it, would would dissolve your ciliae and burn a hole in your intestine before setting. Sounds either unbelievably painful, or an urban legend.

Saw the article myself. Don't know if it was regular concrete or maybe plaster that they meant. They certainly said it was concrete though. Either way, ick!

242 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:25:18pm

re: #219 zombie

The worst thing of all to have up there is a lightbulb, because if it breaks (which it can do VERY easily) you can die -- internal bleeding. There was a case here in SF of a lightbulb that had to be removed with major abdominal surgery because simply trying to squeeze it out was too dangerous.

Ahem, when the troops do some things the officers get to see the x-rays.
As for what gets where it ought not? All stories are true.

243 Sylvester_T_Cat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:26:15pm

re: #175 Metal Man

Two buddies of mine ended up the same way in a 1970 Nova. Both had closed caskets. A helmet is important most of the time but being aware and scared is just as important. Life is dangerous and always fatal.

On a lighter note, the new police chief of my home town gave us high school kids something to watch for. He decreed that all city police officers had to wear safety helmets on duty. Motorcycle helmets.

Even the dimmest kids figured out pretty fast that they needed to obey speed limits like never before, if the plain unmarked car behind them had a driver who was wearing a white helmet.

Probably defeated the purpose of the whole unmarked-car thing, but kids were certainly paying attention to other cars for awhile there ;-).

244 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:26:25pm

re: #240 Noam Sayin'

we knew that helmet boy.... ;)

245 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:27:19pm

re: #237 slokat

Actually there isn't.

You can die for no reason tomorrow, just because you are at the time alive..
How is that different than the same happening while you are doing something that you enjoy?

In both cases you are dead.

(please exclude purposefully dying, that is a different matter)

You can take the stance that there is no point in taking precautions. To me that's just an excuse and/or part of the denial I was talking about.
We'll have to agree to disagree.

246 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:27:44pm

He was a nice boy, he used to cut the grass.

247 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:27:53pm

quaint AND amusing.... :)

248 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:28:59pm

Hussein Ibish is on TV, I thought we were through with this ass.

249 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:30:08pm

re: #248 Tarkus289

Hussein Ibish is on TV, I thought we were through with this ass.

Hopefully we're through with anyone named Hussein.
Hopefully.

250 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:30:28pm

re: #240 Noam Sayin'

But almost everything you ride takes some alcohol here in Minnesota:) At least 10% ethanol

251 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:30:36pm

re: #249 DesertSage

Hopefully we're through with anyone named Hussein.
Hopefully.

The mostly come at night. Mostly.

252 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:30:55pm

re: #234 Noam Sayin'

I also know that, even though I might be wearing a helmet, some asshole might decide to -- and this is a true story, here -- go around traffic he feels is not leaving the green light soon enough - in the oncoming lane - and blow by everyone.

yeah, ya got that right, Norm . . . ,

253 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:31:52pm

Norm.... buddy! ;)

254 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:04pm

Hey, I just passed 18,000 and I didn't even notice.

Time for bed, 'nite all.

255 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:07pm

re: #249 DesertSage

Well one down, one in decline, and Ibish is just fat.

256 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:28pm

re: #252 outsidephilly

No one said it was magic shield. It will increase your chances of survival though.
I don't rip out the airbags and seat belts from my car for the same reason. I'm trying to improve my chances of surviving.

257 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:48pm

re: #254 DesertSage

congrats Desert! Goodnight dude....

258 Wendya  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:32:51pm

re: #74 Noam Sayin'

I'm rarely ever traveling at 40 mph. If I'm on a ride that will likely take me to 40 and above, I'll put the helmet on. But if I'm just running down to the grocery store, to pick up more rum, I'll likely not wear a helmet. If I'm just out for a little cruise on Minnehaha Creek Parkway, I probably won't wear a helmet.

Don't want to mess up the hair?

259 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:03pm

ahhhh, I meant, NOAM

260 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:33pm

re: #258 Wendya

Don't want to mess up the hair?

Smashing one's head open upon the ground tends to mess up the hair.

261 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:36pm

re: #235 WindHorse

I read something published by the mainstream media today

You're kidding, right? I haven't looked at the MSM in five years.

262 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:37pm

re: #238 Archimedes

Biking can be dangerous ...

but there are payoffs.
Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo Motorcycle
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Or this one:
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

I was reminded of the line in Blade Runner where Tyrel tells Roy Batty "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long...
...and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy."

263 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:33:50pm

Anyhow - for the living

or
for the living

264 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:34:28pm

re: #243 Sylvester_T_Cat

F***ing did another down ding can someone upding it please.

Don"t they all drive Crown Vics anyways I could spot one of those from a mile as a teenager.

265 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:34:33pm

re: #238 Archimedes

Biking can be dangerous ...

but there are payoffs.
Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo Motorcycle
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Or this one:
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Beautiful bike. Saw one here a few months ago. The rider was trying hard to do a kamikaze imitation.

266 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:35:04pm

re: #262 Syrah

I was reminded of the line in Blade Runner where Tyrel tells Roy Batty "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long...
...and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy."

It's a shame she won't live...

267 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:35:05pm

re: #261 zombie

yes... you are correct.... I was just egging on Congito.... I admit it - I haven't read any of that tripe in years.

(head down and giggling)

268 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:37:35pm

re: #266 Hard Right

It's a shame she won't live...

That was Gaf at the end of the movie, at least in some versions of it.

I thought that both the book and the movie, both completely different, were both very good.

269 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:38:48pm

NEA Teachers Have Become Re-Educators

The nation's largest teachers union, the National Education Association, attracted 9,000 delegates to its annual convention in Washington, D.C., over the July Fourth weekend. Delegates sported buttons with provocative slogans such as "Gay marriage causes global warming only because we are so hot," "Hate is not a family value," "The Christian right is neither" and "Gay rights are civil rights."

The delegates passed dozens of hard-hitting resolutions that now become the NEA's official policy. The resolutions authorize NEA members and employees to lobby for those goals in the halls of Congress and state capitols.

NEA resolutions cover the waterfront of all sorts of political issues that have nothing to do with improving education for schoolchildren, such as supporting statehood for the District of Columbia, a "single-payer health care plan" (i.e., government run), gun control, ratification of the International Criminal Court Treaty and taking steps "to change activities that contribute to global climate change."

The NEA fiercely opposes any competition for public schools, such as vouchers, tuition tax credits, parental option plans or public support of any kind to nonpublic schools. The NEA strongly opposes designating English as our official language even though such a designation is supported by more than 80% of Americans.

The NEA opposes home schooling unless children are taught by state-licensed teachers using a state-approved curriculum. The NEA wants to bar home-schooled students from participating in any extracurricular activities in public schools even though their parents pay school taxes, too.

The NEA wants additional (job-creating) services and programs — such as early childhood education — provided by public schools. NEA resolutions call for "programs in the public schools for children from birth through age 8" and for "mandatory kindergarten with compulsory attendance."

NEA resolutions include all the major feminist goals such as "the right to reproductive freedom" (i.e., abortion on demand), "comparable worth" (i.e., government control of wages according to feminist ideology), full funding for the feminist boondoggle called the Women's Educational Equity Act and censoring all masculine words such as husband and father.

. . .

Unlike ID/Creationism, this collection of travesties has already thoroughly infiltrated and become entrenched in U.S. public schools.

/our children's future is [expletive deleted]

270 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:05pm

re: #262 Syrah

re: #262 Syrah

I was reminded of the line in Blade Runner where Tyrel tells Roy Batty "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long...
...and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy."

There is a lot of truth to that statement and very poetic, but Roy doesn't take the news well, IIRC.

271 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:10pm

Sark Alert:
So the French prez sez that his people would be 'delighted' to see the dalai bama elected.
New bumper sticker: ' Ennuyer les Francaises: Vote McCain'
**p**s off the French

272 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:12pm

re: #268 Syrah

That was Gaf at the end of the movie, at least in some versions of it.

I thought that both the book and the movie, both completely different, were both very good.

Heads up, skip the "director's cut" of it. Total waste of time.
Shame that was Rutger Hauers only good performance.

273 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:44pm

well, time to make like a banana, and split . . . , was I the only 'new kid on the block', tonight?

274 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:39:48pm

re: #269 Killian Bundy

A: Home schooling.

275 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:40:06pm

re: #245 Hard Right

Ok, yet - Cocoons are really more denial than precaution...

Is living in precaution, or living in fear of what might happen, the ultimate goal to surviving?

I don't agree, so I guess I disagree.

276 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:40:32pm

re: #270 Archimedes

re: #262 Syrah


There is a lot of truth to that statement and very poetic, but Roy doesn't take the news well, IIRC.

Oooooo, that's right. My eyes hurt the first time I saw that.

277 Alberta Oil Peon  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:41:06pm

re: #207 zombie

I show up on the Dead Thread and people are already talking about thing up San Francisco rectums.

I didn't know The Thing was gay.

I must have led a sheltered life.

278 Wendya  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:41:19pm

re: #260 Hard Right

Smashing one's head open upon the ground tends to mess up the hair.

Did that on my mountain bike last summer. I saved the helmet.... which has a large pointy rock embedded into it. It's my reminder when I don't feel like putting on the helmet just to ride down the street to the store.

279 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:41:31pm

re: #269 Killian Bundy

C. Work Ethic

280 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:42:22pm

re: #274 Syrah

A: Home schooling.

For how long?

The NEA opposes home schooling unless children are taught by state-licensed teachers using a state-approved curriculum. The NEA wants to bar home-schooled students from participating in any extracurricular activities in public schools even though their parents pay school taxes, too.

/Obama is their friend

281 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:42:45pm

re: #258 Wendya

Don't want to mess up the hair?

It's really good hair.

282 pat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:43:26pm

Saturday is always ugly from a workout point of view.

283 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:43:44pm

re: #259 outsidephilly

ahhhh, I meant, NOAM

You're not the first.

Dustoff, I'm looking in your direction.

284 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:44:42pm

re: #276 Hard Right

It makes an impression on your mind. :)

285 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:45:32pm

re: #282 pat

(remember aerobic vs. anaerobic.....) ;)

286 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:45:35pm

re: #269 Killian Bundy

NEA Teachers Have Become Re-Educators

Unlike ID/Creationism, this collection of travesties has already thoroughly infiltrated and become entrenched in U.S. public schools.

/our children's future is [expletive deleted]

The teachers unions have been taken over by Marxists long ago. They are the spearhead of the entire Gramscian agenda. Our children are being literally brainwashed every single day, and 95% of parents have absolutely no clue.

Yes, the communist teachers' unions are much more powerful than and entrenched than the creationist lobby, but that doesn't make the creationists benign by default. It just means that there are two different noxious influences battling for control of the schools. Both need to be put down. But what I fear is that there will be a compromise and the kids will get the worst of both worlds, with leftist pseudo-science AND relgious pseudo-science being taught side-by-side.

287 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:45:58pm

Sorry.....my Blade Runner-dar went off and I thought I'd just jump into this thread right here.

288 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:46:34pm

re: #270 Archimedes

re: #262 Syrah

There is a lot of truth to that statement and very poetic, but Roy doesn't take the news well, IIRC.

And the imagery was excellent. There was Roy, Sebastian and Tyrel. A man, a child, and an effiminant fop.

289 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:47:13pm

re: #280 Killian Bundy

/Obama is their friend

And civil disobedience is ours.

290 pat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:47:53pm

re: #285 WindHorse

(remember aerobic vs. anaerobic.....) ;)

Today was weights, tomorrow the aerobic.

291 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:48:18pm

re: #288 Syrah

And the imagery was excellent. There was Roy, Sebastian and Tyrel. A man, a child, and an effiminant fop. Larry, Darryl and his other brother, Darryl.

292 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:48:22pm

re: #287 Fenway_Nation

Sorry.....my Blade Runner-dar went off and I thought I'd just jump into this thread right here.

You must mean your Gay Blade-Runner-dar.

293 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:48:45pm

re: #286 zombie

....and the bottom line? As I said above..... WORK ETHIC.

No one remembers what that is anymore.

...a lot of young people today (amd some who aren't so young) do not even know what this means.

I contend we are about two generations into the "let's party, who owes me" mode of thinking.

294 LeePro  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:49:18pm

re: #273 outsidephilly

well, time to make like a banana, and split . . . , was I the only 'new kid on the block', tonight?

OMG!
No one noticed (including me!)?

Welcome, new hatchling!

And goodnight!
;D

295 solomonpanting  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:49:45pm

Does anyone yet have a line of tee shirts featuring The 2008 Obama It's Notta Campaign "I Am the World" Tour depicting dates and countries of his performances? They gotta be selling like hotcakes.

296 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:49:51pm

re: #262 Syrah

They actually spoke in that movie? I was just about 20 when it came out and all I remember is Pris. Still one of my favorite movies.

297 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:50:37pm

re: #291 Fenway_Nation

I liked the film. I liked the book.

I thought it was interesting how Mercerism was so central in the book, and not even mentioned or referenced in the movie.

298 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:51:38pm

re: #275 slokat

Ok, yet - Cocoons are really more denial than precaution...

Is living in precaution, or living in fear of what might happen, the ultimate goal to surviving?

I don't agree, so I guess I disagree.

Taking precautions isn't living in fear, just trying to be safer. Does it guarantee survival? No. But it doesn't hurt, and may help.
Your point would be like saying I shouldn't carry a gun because I can still get murdered anyway.
Just because I can take all the precautions in the world and still get killed doesn't mean I should never have taken them. Do you have a fire extinguisher in your home? If so why? If I am getting your POV, there's no point in having it. That is where we disagree (I think).
Anyway, thanks for the intelligent conversation.
I have to go pass out now, for in the morning I get to hear the soothing sound of supersonic bullets cracking overhead.

G'night all. Don't stuff yourself full of crickets. They're high in cholesterol. Have some moths instead. ;)

299 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:52:17pm

let's party - who owes me.

300 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:52:20pm

re: #266 Hard Right

It's a shametoo bad she won't live...

301 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:52:49pm

re: #293 WindHorse

Things have already spun out of control; the center did not hold.

40% of students in Oakland public schools do not even graduate from high school.

Think about that. 40%. Mind-boggling. And I think in many large cities like Los Angeles 25% do not graduate. And many of those who do are functionally illiterate anyway.

Public schooling in California has basically ceased functioning. (Due to Leftist policies, of course.) The dream of universal public schooling is now over. We are facing a messy transition to a new system. What it will look like, I couldn't say.

302 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:53:22pm

re: #284 Archimedes

It makes an impression on your mind. :)

Ack. Now my head hurts.

303 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:53:31pm

re: #292 zombie

You must mean your Gay Blade-Runner-dar.

Nah...that's in the shop....

304 RememberSekhmet?  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:53:42pm

Noam, if you die on us I will hunt you down and kick your butt.

305 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:53:57pm

re: #300 Occasional Reader

You are correct. My bad.
Goodnight.

306 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:54:58pm

re: #296 Metal Man

They actually spoke in that movie?

/you must be thinking of Quest for Fire

307 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:56:03pm

re: #301 zombie

let's party.... who owes me.

let's party.... who owes me.

308 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:56:14pm

re: #228 Syrah

Sounds like sure-kill?

The name alone should be warning enough.

Its actually pronounced, SKU-kill . . . , same difference

309 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:56:44pm

re: #301 zombie

It means that soon we will be facing a first world economy with what is essentially a third world workforce.

We can see what a charismatic Obama can accomplish now. What could a charismatic leader achieve in twenty years time?

There will be no limit.

310 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:56:49pm

it all just pisses me off Zombie.

311 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:57:17pm

So, I just saw The Dark Knight.

Have LLL heads started exploding over this movie yet?

312 Tarkus289  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:57:23pm

re: #301 zombie

As hard as this is to say, at the rate the public education system is deteriorating, dropping out can be potentially better than staying in and becoming totally indoctrinated.

313 outsidephilly  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:58:05pm

re: #283 Noam Sayin'

You're not the first.

Dustoff, I'm looking in your direction.


appreciate you giving me a 'heads-up' g'night

314 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:58:29pm

re: #306 Killian Bundy
You might be right all painted up and half naked Rae Dawn and Daryal look similar:)

315 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:58:44pm

I was graduated from high school in 1975. I knew (then) of a handful of friends who could not read. My brother and I would discuss this and wonder.

It has been going on a long time.

And it is wrong.

316 Racer X  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:58:47pm

re: #301 zombie

wat r u talkin about? skool is good lernin. plus kids hav invented ther own txt language.

317 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:59:40pm

re: #296 Metal Man

I took a trip to Vancouver BC a few years ago. My understanding is that the Chinese population in the area went up considerably following the British handover of Hong Kong back to mainland China- I heard some Canucks refer to it as Hong-Kouver. Anyway, one afternon I'm having lunch outdoors with all these skyscapers (including what I swear was a pyramid-shaped one) under construction and these overlapping conversations in what I had to assume was Mandarin and I realized Holy Shit! I'm on the set of Blade Runner!

318 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:00:16pm

re: #295 solomonpanting
This page is chock full of obaminable images that would make nifty T shirts...

[Link: my.barackobama.com...]

319 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:00:26pm

re: #311 Occasional Reader

So, I just saw The Dark Knight.

Have LLL heads started exploding over this movie yet?

I haven't seen the movie yet. But I'd like to know why you ask. that.

320 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:01:28pm

I taught my sons the whole thing about being "GRADUATED" instead of someone graduating from high school.

My oldest son who will be a Senior in high school wrote this same thing in a paper last year and was marked down for it.

As I'd said, we are a couple of generations into stupid.

321 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:03:04pm

re: #319 RTLM

I haven't seen the movie yet. But I'd like to know why you ask. that.

Without giving too much away here; there is a very strong message of "good people must do ruthless things in order to stop very bad people from doing very bad things". And there are, IMHO, some very pointed metaphors of things we've all been debating from the WoT in that vein.

322 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:03:14pm

My fire extinguisher lessens the damage done to my immediate environment. My weapons lessen the damage done to my immediate person, you are mixing examples, and are not establishing a good argument in that regard... anyhow.

We see things differently, yet you probably take more risks than you assume.

I accept the risks I know of, in pursuit of the accomplishments that I am attempting.

The rest is fate, (kismet, karma, providence, random chance) which neither of us can know or control.

good night - weet dreams

323 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:03:19pm

Re #318...
(I hate it when that happens)
[Link: my.barackobama.com...]

324 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:04:48pm

re: #317 Fenway_Nation
LOL nice image.
I'll assume it was drizzling and gray out. Seems most movie types think that when civilization collapses it is gonna rain all the time.

325 least  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:05:43pm

At Hot Air there's an article about today's Conyers and Kucinich led Impeachment hearings -- full of many moonbatish quotes totally dissing the President. But at the very end of this story is a wonderous quote , especially 'cause it's cited in and AP story.
Here 'tis:

"I am really astonished at the mood in this room," commented one witness, George Mason University School of Law professor Jeremy Rabkin.

"The tone of these deliberations is slightly demented," Rabkin said. "You should all remind yourselves that the rest of the country is not necessarily in this same bubble in which people think it is reasonable to describe the president as if he were Caligula."


I apologize if all y'all have covered this -- I've been out and about this evening -- but I love this quote.

326 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:06:16pm

re: #321 Occasional Reader

Without giving too much away here; there is a very strong message of "good people must do ruthless things in order to stop very bad people from doing very bad things". And there are, IMHO, some very pointed metaphors of things we've all been debating from the WoT in that vein.

I heard a Frank Miller interview about the time that 300 came out.

It would make sense. He does not have a problem with good conquering evil.

327 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:06:33pm

I loved the Rachel character, what a beautiful woman replicant:

Youtube Video


re: #309 Syrah

It means that soon we will be facing a first world economy with what is essentially a third world workforce.

We can see what a charismatic Obama can accomplish now. What could a charismatic leader achieve in twenty years time?

There will be no limit.

So long as we are free, men with brains will come here and innovate and build and the economy will be strong. That's the essential ingredient. Sadly, Obama doesn't realize that, and even more sadly, I don't think McCain does either.

328 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:06:44pm

re: #322 slokat

pimf - thought I replied that was to #298 Hard Right

329 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:07:12pm

re: #297 Syrah

I liked the film. I liked the book.

I thought it was interesting how Mercerism was so central in the book, and not even mentioned or referenced in the movie.

Most of the Voight-Kampff test was focused on Mercerism. Check the questions Deckard asks Rachael. They're all about compassion to other living organisms. Same way with Holden interrogating Leon:

"You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down. You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that, Leon?"

330 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:08:27pm

Americans are too busy playing World of Warcraft to worry about making steel, or building cars.... or building ships....

Say- whose in your guild?

331 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:09:06pm

Nancy Pelosi.

332 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:09:17pm

CRIMINY ENOUGH WITH THE DEFEATISM ALREADY

333 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:09:22pm

re: #327 Archimedes

yes, rachel had class and was held up as unattainable - and the blade runner was also a replicant in the end.

334 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:09:28pm

...and whose that idiot from Nevada?

335 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:10:18pm

...or "who's" (thanks to the guys in Milwaukee and me)

336 pat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:10:23pm

I think Conyers may be retarded (sorry NYNana, I am serious), and Kucinich mentally ill. He surely is delusional.

337 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:10:29pm

Question for zombie:

What year did you first notice the divisions that "racial pride" was causing?

I ask because one of my colleagues can tell you exactly the year that race relations fell apart in his school district. I'm wondering if the time frame matches the Gramscian discord you observed.

338 Racer X  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:10:31pm

I know several kids currently in the L.A. Unified school district that are doing just fine - really smart kids.

I remember when I graduated there were several really stupid kids who could barely read - yet they graduated. Oh well.

339 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:11:09pm

re: #329 victor_yugo

Most of the Voight-Kampff test was focused on Mercerism. Check the questions Deckard asks Rachael. They're all about compassion to other living organisms. Same way with Holden interrogating Leon:

"You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down. You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that, Leon?"

Dang and blast.

I am going to have to read that book again.

340 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:13:06pm

re: #324 Metal Man


Actually no, it was a sunny spring afternoon, no clouds, smog or haze....so there's a little bit of disconnect there.

Seven was big on the raining, too...

341 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:13:18pm

re: #319 RTLM

I've seen the movie but this op ed will be why LLL heads will explode. Since they would not have seen the layer that OR saw until it is pointed out.

342 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:13:58pm

re: #339 Syrah

After searching for over a decade, I found the book on display in the used bookstore on Castro Street in Mountain View, CA. I grabbed it up immediately, and read the whole thing that night.

It did put some sense into things I didn't understand in the movie, but the book also left a lot more to the imagination.

343 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:14:23pm

re: #337 victor_yugo

Question for zombie:

What year did you first notice the divisions that "racial pride" was causing?

I ask because one of my colleagues can tell you exactly the year that race relations fell apart in his school district. I'm wondering if the time frame matches the Gramscian discord you observed.

I'd love to answer that, but I don't want to give clues to my age-range. Sorry! But I know the EXACT year.

344 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:15:20pm

in my school district? One of the best in this BLUE state.... standing for the Pledge of Allegiance..... nope..... reciting the Pledge of Allegiance...... nope.... penalties for any of the above....... nope.

Three cheers for the teachers' union and the feel good vibe they have brought us....

345 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:15:43pm

Bingley, your method for creating a caipirinha is off-base; too much work and too messy.

Try this:

Get yourself a citrus juicer. Not the electric kind because they suck. Get one made of glass or some earthenware, with nice edges. Cut the lime in half, juice it, and slice off a hunk for deco. The rest of the recipe works the same, except I've cleaned it up a bit by using a simple syrup instead of muddling granulated sugar. If you want to muddle, use powdered sugar. The process goes much quicker.

346 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:16:20pm

re: #343 zombie

I saw it first hand in 1974.

Axe me.

347 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:16:42pm

re: #343 zombie

zombie, what is your name and social security number? I'm just, you know, curious.

348 Kulhwch  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:17:12pm

I'm sorry if this is old news for some, but I don't recall hearing much about this when it happened:

IHEU "ambushed" at Human Rights Council

The 1st paragraph summarizes it well enough:

In a follow-up to IHEU’s written statement to the UN Human Rights Council describing Islamic efforts to undermine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Roy Brown, IHEU’s main representative at the UN in Geneva prepared an oral statement (below) for Council debate on 13 March 2008 but was prevented from giving it in full because of repeated objections from two Islamic delegations.

... however, further reading finds so many delicious tidbits that I couldn't help but post the link.  For example:

On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007, the permanent representative of Pakistan, addressing the Human Rights Council on behalf of the OIC, ... spoke glowingly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, noting the contribution made to its creation and to the two international covenants by many Muslim countries. He went on to state that the 1990 Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam is "not an alternative, competing worldview on human rights. It complements the Universal Declaration as it addresses religious and cultural specificity of the Muslim countries". He also stated that the OIC is considering the creation of an Islamic Charter on Human Rights in accordance with the provisions of the Cairo Declaration.

... and:

... Articles 24 and 25 of the Cairo Declaration explicitly state that:
...
"All the rights and freedoms stipulated in this Declaration are subject to the Islamic Shari'ah", and: "The Islamic Shari'ah is the only source of reference for the explanation or clarification to any of the articles of this Declaration."

But under Shari'ah law, Muslim women and non-Muslims are not accorded equal treatment with Muslim men. The Shari'ah, therefore, fails to honour the right to equality guaranteed under the UDHR and the international covenants, and denies the full enjoyment of their human rights to those living in States which follow Shari'ah law. ...

... and my personal favorite:

But within seconds Brown was interrupted yet again, this time by both the Egyptian and Pakistani delegates. The Pakistani said "we are not discussing here the Islamic Sharia". It is a controversial subject - the balance between freedom of expression and freedom of religion. We are still discussing it in informal session. "It is insulting for our faith to discuss Shari'ah here in this forum". The Egyptian representative then stated that "Sharia is not under discussion here and I do not believe it is a document that should be discussed in the Human Rights Council." The president expressed himself to be fully aware of the informal consultations that were going on, but took the point of the Egyptian representative regarding the Sharia law and asked that the NGO should refrain from making judgements or evaluations on this particular "court of legislation" and to "revert to statements made in this room on other issues".

You can't get much more clear than that.

}:)     ["Sharia is not ... a document that should be discussed in the Human Rights Council."]

349 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:17:31pm

re: #342 victor_yugo

It has been nearly twenty years since I read it. I hope I don't have as much trouble finding a copy locally.

350 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:17:46pm

re: #343 zombie

I'd love to answer that, but I don't want to give clues to my age-range. Sorry! But I know the EXACT year.

You can name the year, and I won't know if you're talking about second grade or the twelfth grade.

How about at least a year-range using multiples of 5? Like, say, between 1955 and 1960. I'm not really looking for an exact year, just something to compare/contrast with my colleague's experience.

351 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:20:01pm

re: #347 Occasional Reader

zombie, what is your name and social security number? I'm just, you know, curious.

My name is Pat Smith. My Social Secuity Number is 000 0000 001.

Yep, I was first in line.

352 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:20:23pm

re: #351 zombie

bitchin'.....

353 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:21:24pm

re: #351 zombie

My name is Pat Smith. My Social Secuity Number is 000 0000 001.

Yep, I was first in line.

Wow, that's even better than a low user number on Slashdot!

354 Occasional Reader  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:21:25pm

re: #351 zombie

My name is Pat Smith. My Social Secuity Number is 000 0000 001.

Yep, I was first in line.

Dang, you sure do get around for a lady/gentleman of your age!

355 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:22:02pm

re: #350 victor_yugo

You can name the year, and I won't know if you're talking about second grade or the twelfth grade.

How about at least a year-range using multiples of 5? Like, say, between 1955 and 1960. I'm not really looking for an exact year, just something to compare/contrast with my colleague's experience.

Sorry, just can't do it. What if I said 1954? Then you'd know I was at least X years old. And what if I said 1998? Then obviously to have not noticed it until then means I must be Y years old approximately.

Nay, 'tis something that I shan't reveal!

356 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:22:38pm

re: #354 Occasional Reader

Dang, you sure do get around for a lady/gentleman of your age!

Don't forget intersex and nullo!

357 Kulhwch  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:22:42pm

re: #348 Kulhwch

Note, lots more about this here, as well as a video of the ambush here ...

}:)     [What, you'd rather be discussing ID?]

358 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:24:34pm

re: #351 zombie

Well then now we know you are Pat Smith born Austin, Texas, on October 14, 1936. Now your cover is blown:)

359 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:26:27pm

re: #356 victor_yugo

Don't forget intersex and nullo!

I actually encountered a whole new series of gender spectrum descriptors to be added to the acronym list:

Heteroflexible, pansensual, ambisexual, fluid, bent

360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:26:51pm

So whats everyone up to?

Watching Excalibur as I paint some Orks.

361 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:28:31pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Not drinking, unfortunately

/'scuce me while I go and remedy that

362 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:29:18pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So whats everyone up to?

Watching Excalibur as I paint some Orks.

Isn't it Orcs with a "C"?

If you're painting them, you ought to know.

363 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:29:19pm

re: #345 Noam Sayin'

Or do it the easy way:

Youtube Video

364 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:30:14pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Watching Stargate SG1 while sipping a drink.

365 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:31:14pm

re: #355 zombie

Sorry, just can't do it. What if I said 1954? Then you'd know I was at least X years old. And what if I said 1998? Then obviously to have not noticed it until then means I must be Y years old approximately.

Nay, 'tis something that I shan't reveal!

Pfah! You couldn't have first noticed it in 1998; you were already subconsciously disillusioned with the L3's by then.

I'm pretty sure you're older than myself, as the Gramscian collapse was already well underway when I entered school. Of course, that means you could be anywhere between my age and "dead"!

/oh, wait...

366 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:31:23pm

re: #362 zombie

Unless maybe he's not talking Tolkien...

367 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:33:35pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

'300' on cable

368 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:34:37pm

re: #367 RTLM

'300' on cable

Patriotic porn.

/sez me

369 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:34:58pm

re: #362 zombie

Isn't it Orcs with a "C"?

If you're painting them, you ought to know.

Orcs - Fantasy, swords and magic

Orks - Scifi, Savage alien warriors

370 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:36:31pm

re: #369 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Orcs - Fantasy, swords and magic

Orks - Scifi, Savage alien warriors

Orcks - Sci-fi/fantasy conventions, carry plastic "swords"

371 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:37:15pm

And because I'm feeling especially geeky, Orks versus Marines: the video

372 SummerSong  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:37:56pm

Orecks = vacuum cleaners

373 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:40:30pm

re: #372 SummerSong

I wondered how long...

374 SummerSong  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:41:24pm

*shrugs*

375 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:41:37pm

Has everyone seen the Times online Obama mockery?

He ventured forth to bring light to the world

And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

I hadn't seen it here previously -

376 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:43:15pm

re: #371 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Probably geekey also Marine Mouse.

377 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:45:05pm

re: #369 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Orcs - Fantasy, swords and magic

Orks - Scifi, Savage alien warriors

Ah, I see.

You'd think they'd be able to come up with a more original name!

I especially like this line from the wikipedia article about them:

In the rare occasion that the Orks ever do unite, they are capable of destroying whole civilisations in a massive migration-invasion known as a Waaagh!
378 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:46:04pm

re: #376 Metal Man

Probably geekey also Marine Mouse.

LOL.

How do you know when you're dealing with Marines?

You can put 30 of them in a room with a ballbearing for an hour and when you come back, the ball bearing is broken and no one knows what happened to it.

Was in 1993-2002

379 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:46:25pm

re: #363 tradewind

I was just thinking about that tune earlier today.

I actually thought you were posting this video. Bingley, you watching?

380 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:47:48pm

re: #364 Metal Man

And Claudia Black in leather pants is so easy on the eyes

381 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:47:48pm

re: #377 zombie

They based it off the original game system they designed 25 years ago. Originally, the scifi version was nothing more than the fantasy setting with guns but its grown since then

382 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:48:08pm

re: #378 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Thanks for your service you friking steel ball breaker LOL.

383 Kulhwch  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:48:49pm

re: #360 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So whats everyone up to?

Watching Excalibur as I paint some Orks.

Watching last half of Tod Browning's Freaks while I limp around the internet.

}:)     [Not finding it eerie, finding it overdramatic ... ]

384 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:49:20pm

re: #364 Metal Man

Of course, you could be watching Ice Cream Truckers on History Channel.

385 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:49:27pm

re: #380 calcajun

And Claudia Black in leather pants is so easy on the eyes

It's customary to link to such things.

386 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:50:16pm

re: #380 calcajun

And Claudia Black in leather pants is so easy on the eyes

Spent the last week watching the entire run of Farscape. Such a hottie.

387 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:51:20pm

re: #380 calcajun

Sam in camo aint bad either.

388 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:51:29pm

re: #385 Noam Sayin'

Holy Moly

389 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:51:42pm

re: #383 Kulhwch

Speaking of Tod Browning, have you heard, they may have found a surviving print of "London After Midnight"? Check it out here:

[Link: www.aintitcool.com...]

390 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:52:17pm

re: #385 Noam Sayin'

I'm so ...ashamed.

391 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:53:38pm

re: #387 Metal Man

I kinda like the biker chick look. Sam is the "girl next door".

392 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:54:48pm

re: #390 calcajun

I'm so ...ashamed.

As well you should be, considering your tenure. I'm going to let it slide this time. But if I see another infraction, I'll have to bring it up at the next decorum tribunal.

393 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:55:22pm

snip: Obama in Paris

Thence he travelled west to Mount Sarkozy. Even the beauteous Princess Carla of the tribe of the Bruni was struck by awe and she was great in love with the Child, but he was tempted not...

394 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:56:01pm

re: #392 Noam Sayin'

You are too kind. Thank you for your mercy.

395 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:56:12pm

re: #387 Metal Man

Do I have to report you as well, Metal Man. Who is this "Sam" in camo, of which you speak?

396 victor_yugo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:56:16pm

re: #393 RTLM

snip: Obama in Paris

Cue the Gershwin music.

397 Bosch Fawstin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:57:52pm

On Batman's 'one rule', that he will not kill.
It necessarily makes him an accomplice to mass murder, as he not only doesn't kill the mass murderers, he goes out of his way to save them, and they do it again and again. But, in Batman's mind, as he's written by fools, that amidst the carnage, Batman can maintain his purity. It's a pathetic 'rule' to have, because sometimes killing mass murderers is the perfectly moral thing to do.
Pigman even proudly, clearly and unapologetically says,
'Killing Terrorists Saves Lives'.

398 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:57:59pm

Alright. I'm going to turn in. Can I take my helmet off, now?

399 calcajun  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:57:59pm

re: #393 RTLM

Oh, for the love of sweet bleeding Jesus. Please stop before any more capillaries in my brain rupture.

400 RTLM  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:59:37pm

/great -

401 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:00:32am

re: #399 calcajun

Oh, for the love of sweet bleeding Jesus. Please stop before any more capillaries in my brain rupture.

That was actually a very funny and scathing OpEd. Someone posted it earlier, and I noticed H&C featured some kind of voice-over of it tonight.

Later, lizards.

402 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:01:09am

re: #399 calcajun

On the Seventh Day he walked across the Channel of the Angles to the ancient land of the hooligans. There he was welcomed with open arms by the once great prophet Blair and his successor, Gordon the Leper and his successor, David the Golden One.

And suddenly, with the men appeared the archangel Gabriel and the whole host of the heavenly choir, ranks of cherubim and seraphim, all praising God and singing: “Yes, We Can.”

403 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:02:18am

re: #395 Noam Sayin'

Sam

Calcajun has a point when you put them side by side. Claudia Black dresses better and has an alluring evil to her. Ouch:)

404 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:03:31am

re: #398 Noam Sayin'

Only if you have side rails on your bed.

405 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:04:44am

re: #401 Noam Sayin'

Oh, I know. But I am SO tired of Barry O's Tragical History Tour. Silly bugger hasn't even gotten a decent bounce out of it.

Ah, but it's only late July. So many thing can happen between now and November.

And...FOOTBALL Season is just around the corner. It's the most wonderful time of the year...

406 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:05:19am

re: #403 Metal Man

Sam

Calcajun has a point when you put them side by side. Claudia Black dresses better and has an alluring evil to her. Ouch:)

Yeah, I like dark-haired women over blondes any day. I grew up in northern MN. Brunettes were exotic to me.

Is that Amanda Tapping? She has a nice rack.

407 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:05:41am

re: #389 calcajun

Speaking of Tod Browning, have you heard, they may have found a surviving print of "London After Midnight"? Check it out here:

[Link: www.aintitcool.com...]

Can't wait to see that.  It'll probably take them a couple of years to clean it up, digitize it, and then enhance it, depending on how good the print is they found.  Love all the original Lon Chaney stuff (of course Hunchback of Notre Dame is my favorite, but who can forget his Phantom of the Opera).  Wish I could remember that biopic that Cagney made in which he told Chaney's life story ... will have to look it up.

}:)     [That old nitrate film was pretty volatile ... surprized they found a copy.]

408 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:05:55am

One more thing on the Batman's 'one rule'. His current writer, Grant 'heroin lovin' Morrison, said this today:
"If Batman kills anyone he's just another soldier. There's a million soldiers. We don't need another soldier, we need Batman."

I hear foolish things like this said, that the difference between Batman and the Joker is that Batman doesn't kill. What a cheap way to make a distinction, as if that's the only important difference between them. code. And the suggestion above is that soldiers, the one's who give this louse Morrison the freedom to write his crack-addled stories in peace are a dime a dozen. But that Batman, Batman, ahh, he's special.
I love Batman stories like 'The Dark Knight Returns' and Batman Year One, but what the Morrison fool does is praise a fictional character at the expense of living, breathing heroes, who, 'god forbid', kill the bad guys. This punk really pissed me off today, had to vent.

409 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:07:26am

re: #408 Bosch Fawstin

One more thing on the Batman's 'one rule'. His current writer, Grant 'heroin lovin' Morrison, said this today:
"If Batman kills anyone he's just another soldier. There's a million soldiers. We don't need another soldier, we need Batman."

I hear foolish things like this said, that the difference between Batman and the Joker is that Batman doesn't kill. What a cheap way to make a distinction, as if that's the only important difference between them. code. And the suggestion above is that soldiers, the one's who give this louse Morrison the freedom to write his crack-addled stories in peace are a dime a dozen. But that Batman, Batman, ahh, he's special.
I love Batman stories like 'The Dark Knight Returns' and Batman Year One, but what the Morrison fool does is praise a fictional character at the expense of living, breathing heroes, who, 'god forbid', kill the bad guys. This punk really pissed me off today, had to vent.

Then go fucking kill them all, dipshit.

410 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:07:32am

re: #402 RTLM

Okay. That's good. Barry O visits Brixton...and gets the shit kicked out of him. It's a bit like going down to da' Nint' Ward wearin' dat fancy suit and deem big ears an' prerendin' he's smarter den da rest o' us.

It's late and my yat accent is comin' back.

411 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:09:01am

re: #405 calcajun

He won't win. Middle America is already growing tired of him and we haven't even come to the convention, yet. After he spouted his mouth off in Germany about how imperfect America is, I suspect his popularity to diminish precipitously.

McCain hammered him good in Colo., yesterday. I posted a link to it in the spinoffs one thread down.

And with that, I'm really going to bed now.

*unbuckle*

412 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:09:42am

re: #406 Noam Sayin'

Yes it is Amanda Tapping. And being a MN boy I get the like of the dark haired girls but the blondes are so much easier to find:) was gonna say something worse but figured I might get whacked.

Good Night Norm.

413 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:09:58am

re: #409 RTLM

Then go fucking kill them all, dipshit.

You idiot, of course you don't get my point.

414 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:10:00am

re: #405 calcajun

Oh, I know. But I am SO tired of Barry O's Tragical History Tour. Silly bugger hasn't even gotten a decent bounce out of it.

Ah, but it's only late July. So many thing can happen between now and November.

And...FOOTBALL Season is just around the corner. It's the most wonderful time of the year...

These are not the Chicago Bears I knew

/BHO come football season

415 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:10:52am

re: #407 Kulhwch

A lot of apocryphal evidence, but if it's true they had better hurry. That old film stock can "melt" in the can. I'd love to see it. The only fear is that there's so much hype surrounding this "lost" film that it might turn out to be not that great.

But, the see Lon Chaney in that beaver hat and his vampire rig would be worth it.

416 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:11:46am

re: #407 Kulhwch

..also, it was called "Man of a Thousand Faces" with Cagney.

417 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:12:38am

re: #413 Bosch Fawstin

No, Bosch Fawstin, I very definitely "get you".

418 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:13:41am

re: #411 Noam Sayin'

As much as I'd like to agree, no one will remember any of this come the first Tuesday in November. I agree, he's peaking way too early. But, there's a long road ahead.

419 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:14:50am

re: #414 Fenway_Nation

Will if be the "Good Rex" or "Bad Rex" this season. I no longer have much love for the Bears after my Saints lost to them.

420 bosforus  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:15:46am

Here's an omellete recipe I want you all to try in the morning...
Chef Cooks 'Dream Omelet' From Recipe That Came To Him In A Dream
[Link: www.theonion.com...]
Happy eatin!

421 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:16:30am

snip:

Then the Child ventured forth from Israel and Palestine and stepped onto the shores of the Old Continent. In the land of Queen Angela of Merkel, vast multitudes gathered to hear his voice, and he preached to them at length.

422 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:16:59am

re: #415 calcajun

Or worse than melting, go BOOM in the can ...

Has to be better than that restoration they made from publicity stills a few years back, commissioned by Ted Turner.  I haven't seen it, but a 45 minute version of still photographs surely can't live up to the original.

}:)     [Sure wish whoever has it would get off thier duff ... ]

423 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:17:03am

re: #417 RTLM

No, Bosch Fawstin, I very definitely "get you".

And I you, as you're a self-described:
'Knuckle dragging, beer drinking, right wing troglodyte (with a heart).'

No brain in sight. Of course.

424 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:18:41am

re: #418 calcajun

McCain should counter with campaign stops in Berlin, NY, Berlin, MI, Berlin, NH, Berlin WV or New Berlin, NC.

My opponent seems to think votes and opinions of those in the capital of Germany should be given higher priority than this Berlin.....

425 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:19:40am

re: #405 calcajun

More importantly will he stalk some deer on his belly like Kerry did? You want the vote of the union blue collar folks, fake hunting can screw up a run for pres. You can lie to them about allot of things but lies about hunting prowess is something they've seen before and hate.

426 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:20:37am

snip:

As word spread throughout the land about the Child's wondrous works, peoples from all over flocked to hear him; Hittites and Abbasids; Obamacons and McCainiacs; Cameroonians and Blairites.

And they told of strange and wondrous things that greeted the news of the Child's journey. Around the world, global temperatures began to decline, and the ocean levels fell and the great warming was over.

The Great Prophet Algore of Nobel and Oscar, who many had believed was the anointed one, smiled and told his followers that the Child was the one generations had been waiting for.

427 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:21:00am

re: #422 Kulhwch

I agree. I saw that--and it was only because of the historical value that I sat through it. I think that it has not been released is because some studio archivist id not know it was release in the UK under the title "The Hypnotist". Someone will have egg on their face.

Remember--there's always room for Soylent Green.

428 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:22:02am

re: #425 Metal Man

You assume he knows even how to use a sporting arm.

429 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:23:01am

re: #423 Bosch Fawstin

And I you, as you're a self-described:
'Knuckle dragging, beer drinking, right wing troglodyte (with a heart).'

No brain in sight. Of course.

Its hidden behind my skull and eyes.

430 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:24:22am

re: #419 calcajun

Dosen't make any difference to me. Every sorry, lame ass 3-13 team that lost to the Patriots under Belichick now has their comfy, built-in retroactive excuse to fall back on.

The Detroit Lions, the NY Jets, the Arizona Cardinals, the Houston Texans didn't lose because New England was the better team. Nosirree....they lost because Belichick's a cheater!111

431 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:25:46am

re: #416 calcajun

..also, it was called "Man of a Thousand Faces" with Cagney.

Just reading about it in IMDB.  Saw it when I was younger.  Man, Cagney could do it all, couldn't he?  Sing, dance, act ...

}:)     [We don't seem to have actors like that anymore.]

432 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:25:59am

re: #430 Fenway_Nation

Ah, my Chargers will prevail this season--in the AFC! My heart still lies with the Saints.

433 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:27:14am

re: #431 Kulhwch

White Heat. Yankee Doodle Dandy. One Two Three. Ragtime.

We won't see his like again.

434 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:28:46am

re: #428 calcajun

I actually assume he doesn't know the butt from the muzzle of a gun. But fall will come and he will have to pose for the hunter vote and will look like a moron.

435 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:29:42am

re: #427 calcajun

Remember--there's always room for Soylent Green.

Please, I had trouble enough gagging my soylent green down when all it was was people.  Once they added Edgar G. Robinson to the mix ...

}:)     [Okay, where's a bucket when I need it?]

436 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:30:06am

re: #429 RTLM

Its hidden behind my skull and eyes.

What a bore, if you're gonna insult someone for no reason, at least make it worthwhile.

437 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:30:33am

re: #423 Bosch Fawstin

And I you, as you're a self-described:
'Knuckle dragging, beer drinking, right wing troglodyte (with a heart).'

No brain in sight. Of course.

...and I do care

438 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:31:11am

re: #432 calcajun

Ah, my Chargers will prevail this season--in the AFC! My heart still lies with the Saints.

Not if my Pats have anything to say about it. Great team on paper, the Chargers, but I gotta wonder about that coach of theirs...

Still, I'd rather New England goes 10-6 and barely win a weak, tepid AFC East and then make a run in the postseason than have a 16-0 regular season run and have it all come undone in the final 120 seconds of the Superbowl.

439 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:31:34am

re: #435 Kulhwch

Didn't adding Eddie make it kosher?
(I am a very bad man)

440 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:32:16am

re: #438 Fenway_Nation

Norv shuts up and stays out of the way of Rivers and LT

441 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:32:30am

snip

And the Persians, who saw all this and were greatly fearful, longed to speak with the Child and saw that the Child was the bringer of peace. At the mention of his name they quickly laid aside their intrigues and beat their uranium swords into civil nuclear energy ploughshares.

From there the Child went up to the city of Jerusalem, and entered through the gate seated on an ass. The crowds of network anchors who had followed him from afar cheered “Hosanna” and waved great palm fronds and strewed them at his feet.

442 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:32:31am

w-wha?!...oh, fell asleep, damn you're boring. I'm out.

443 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:33:56am

re: #440 calcajun

It's probably for the best. Rivers- to his credit- showed alot of moxie (not neccecarily the kind endorsed by Ted Williams) in that playoff game against Indy. Billy Volek upped his value as a free agent that day as well.

444 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:34:06am

Ok. The wife is giving me that come hither look. Nite' folks.

445 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:35:57am

re: #433 calcajun

Yeah, he was something.  We had a whole generation of actors that were like that: Spencer Tracy, David Niven, Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, etc.  I find it hard to be enthused about many of the current ones.  I think we basically have Robert Duvall left and that's about it.  Saw him again the other night in To Kill A Mockingbird, when he was still pretty young in his career, and everyone else in the movie long dead and gone, including Gregory Peck.  Ah, I wax nostalgic ...

}:)     [Ah, well, shutting computer off to finish movie before bed.  G'night!]

446 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:36:47am

re: #443 Fenway_Nation

Last post;

I knew we lost that game in the first half when we couldn't score in the Red Zone. The game a week earlier against Indy was a bloody fantastic gae, especially Volek's drive. That was ugly, but wonderful to behold.

Again, nite folks.

447 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:39:48am

re: #443 Fenway_Nation
My Dad has a double barrel shotgun endorsed/signed by Ted Williams from Sears. It is one of the best guns I've ever shot. Ted knew his shotguns:)

448 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:40:48am

re: #442 Bosch Fawstin

w-wha?!...oh, fell asleep, damn you're boring. I'm out.

You should try engaging people instead of the incessant self-promotion.
We don't need an education here.

(fit in)

449 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:42:38am

re: #446 calcajun

If you reply again the wife's come hither look will turn as sour as 3 week old milk.

450 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:42:48am

re: #447 Metal Man

A Ted-Williams autographed shotgun? Or was this his signature appearing on it like a facsimilie of A-Rod's or Manny Ramierez's on a Louisville slugger?

451 Kulhwch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:43:14am

re: #439 calcajun

Didn't adding Eddie make it kosher?
(I am a very bad man)

What, Meatloaf again?  (To seque to another Eddie, consumed in another film ... )

}:)     [Forest Gump: bad is as bad does.  Good night sir ... ]

452 Metal Man  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:49:43am

re: #450 Fenway_Nation
It was just a normal sears gun so like the signatures burned in a louisville slugger.
Still It is a great gun skeet and birds have no chance.

453 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:58:28am

/…and the Child took wing out of Holy Ramadi. Aloft not on his own bloated bird, but upon a leaner and more agile rapier. The Child spirited to Amman aboard the noble Osprey whist his gleaming refurb 757 sat idled and alone at BIAP.

Upon lighting in the sacred lands of King Abdullah, the Child allowed himself to be photographed as he departed, regal and metro, totally ignoring saluting crewmen, continuing his journey of destiny.

PIC

LINK

454 freedombilly  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:59:06am

re: #440 calcajun

LT is the best player in the NFL, period. But he is the one that needs to shut up and not Turner. He is a whiner.

455 freedombilly  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:00:35am

re: #450 Fenway_Nation

I was lucky enough to be there for Manny's 500th homer in Baltimore back in May. I was screaming so loud I almost lost my voice.

456 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:16:07am

re: #448 RTLM

You should try engaging people instead of the incessant self-promotion.
We don't need an education here.

(fit in)

I see, so your out of nowhere insult actually had a long held resentful base, ha. I've learned that hose who bitch the most about others' 'incessant self-promotion', have nothing to promote. I advise you to find a better way to engage people instead of insulting them for reasons which are now quite apparent.

457 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:18:17am

re: #455 freedombilly

I went to Seattle that week on the off chance Manny was going to belt #500 there....I recall jokingly asking the Safeco Field personnel if they'd let me in with a pool skimmer. He hit #499 the previous night and Wakefield pitched a gem for the game I went to, but the Sox lost 1-0 to the Mariners.

I listened to home run #500 on XM Sattelite radio 2 days later, but I had the Orioles feed. They sounded pretty enthusiastic about it at the time, but whenever it came up in subsequent innings, they complained about the O's fans not showing up....

458 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:20:32am

re: #456 Bosch Fawstin

I see, so your out of nowhere insult actually had a long held resentful base, ha. I've learned that hose who bitch the most about others' 'incessant self-promotion', have nothing to promote. I advise you to find a better way to engage people instead of insulting them for reasons which are now quite apparent.



'ha'

That took awhile. I didn't insult "people", I insulted you. You only.

I would like to hear the apparent reasons - from your perspective.

459 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:39:13am

re: #456 Bosch Fawstin

Hear the crickets -

460 Bosch Fawstin  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:39:43am

Owned.

461 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:53:16am

re: #460 Bosch Fawstin

Owned.

Yep

462 Mel Lono  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:57:14am

Heard there were Charger fans here earlier...


cricket, cricket

463 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:59:22am

Heard there was some fruitcup here earlier...

464 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 1:59:56am

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------->
Help yourselves!

465 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:00:25am

Four seconds? The Fruitcupitron 3000 awaits....

466 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:00:47am

Crap.

Wonder if I should even bother playing the Powerball tonight. :-/

467 Dustyvet  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:03:45am

Guess we all saw this one coming didn't we!

Obama campaign cites Pentagon in canceling U.S. troop visit

468 RTLM  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:03:52am

re: #466 littleoldlady

Crap.

Wonder if I should even bother playing the Powerball tonight. :-/

That's the first time I've seen a pre 2am fruit cup -

The Answer is Yes!

469 Mel Lono  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:04:17am

re: #465 Fenway_Nation

Four seconds? The Fruitcupitron 3000 awaits....

LOL .....always wondered if you were on Navy time or the nuclear clock. now I know it's Navy.

470 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:04:25am

Had anyone noticed NAZI salute of Child killer, that Israel recently released

471 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:04:33am

re: #468 RTLM

That's the first time I've seen a pre 2am fruit cup -

The Answer is Yes!

Ah. But will I WIN?!

;-)

472 yma o hyd  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:05:41am

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night, Lizards!

Anything nice happening?
We're being invaded by BO and his 300 staff today :-(

473 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:06:24am

Mel! :-)

I'm actually on "I'm gonna need a new computer soon that I can't afford" time.

/feh.

474 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:07:12am

re: #472 yma o hyd

the wave just passed through us ..... it was height of Odiocracy here in Germany...

475 Dustyvet  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:08:23am

re: #470 loveguru

Had anyone noticed NAZI salute of Child killer, that Israel recently released

Kuntar: Allah willing, I'll kill more Israelis

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

476 yma o hyd  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:09:09am

re: #474 loveguru

the wave just passed through us ..... it was height of Odiocracy here in Germany...

Its very low-key here in Lunnon, according to the Beeb:
[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

The shouts you hear on the video as BO enters 10 Downing Street are from the media - no ordinary folks allowed there.

477 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:11:34am

re: #476 yma o hyd

Oh, you are in UK, the epicenter of 'Sudden Muslim grievance syndrome' diseases ...

478 yma o hyd  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:12:45am

And here's a video of BO meeting Tony Blair - who doesn't look too enthusiastic about this until he gets his smile going for the photographers. Not much love lost between those two - they're far too much alike!

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

479 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:13:13am

Would you folks over there kindly keep our presumptive Democratic nominee for President?

/pretty please?!

480 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:14:45am

re: #475 Dustyvet

i m wondering, why media is ignoring his real face so much ? infact they featured the mega party in his honour

481 Mel Lono  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:15:46am

re: #472 yma o hyd

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night, Lizards!

Anything nice happening?
We're being invaded by BO and his 300 staff today :-(

Hello London!

482 yma o hyd  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:15:50am

re: #477 loveguru

Oh, you are in UK, the epicenter of 'Sudden Muslim grievance syndrome' diseases ...

Thats right, sigh ...

483 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:16:18am

re: #479 littleoldlady

I bet, some arab will love to have him as a sex slave ......

484 yma o hyd  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:18:21am

re: #479 littleoldlady

Would you folks over there kindly keep our presumptive Democratic nominee for President?

/pretty please?!

No way!
I really would like to help you here, littleoldlady, but keeping BO is too much to ask! Especially as we've just shed Tony Blair, who has out-obamad BO for ten years!
Thanks, but no thanks - you get rid of him yerselves!

485 Dustyvet  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:19:47am

re: #480 loveguru

i m wondering, why media is ignoring his real face so much ? infact they featured the mega party in his honour


I'd like to see the son of a bitch receive a frontal lobotamy performed with a 7.62 mm scapel from about 1000 yards.

486 yma o hyd  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:20:17am

re: #481 Mel Lono

Hello London!

London says hello back, I'm sure - thank God thats not where I'm living!
England is enemy country, as far as us Celts are concerned.

487 coquimbojoe  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:23:58am

Good morning and good night all.

488 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:26:03am

Well. It was worth a shot... :-(

JOE! :-)

489 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:28:35am

re: #483 loveguru

I bet, some arab will love to have him as a sex slave

Ahmadi 'The Still Living Terrorist' Nejad has already laid claim to Hussein. Ahmadi's Persian...but what the hell...goats, chickens, a duck or two...anything goes when it comes to expanding the harem.

Mornin folks.

490 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:29:17am

aboo! :-)

491 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:41:54am

Morning Lol :-)

Brother...take a gander at Hussein's protectors.

What galaxy are they from? This has gotten to friggin bizarre.

492 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:43:04am

re: #491 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

Nation of Islam

/some with bleach

493 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:43:53am

re: #489 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

BTW, MuslimBrotherhood website is also claiming BO is muslim...

www(dot)ikhwanweb(dot)com/Article.asp?ID=2116& SectionID=101

just fix the URL... i don't want to put direct link to that website directly from LGF

494 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:44:24am

re: #491 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

He is surrounded by skinheads

495 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 2:53:39am

OK.. after yesterdays 9 series low intensity blast in Bangalore, killing 2 within 15 min... today they got a High intensity bomb

496 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 3:10:19am

re: #492 littleoldlady

re: #493 loveguru

Pretty weird caca. Thang's are not looking so hot these days.

497 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 3:14:52am

re: #496 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

Mah Fellow Americans...are just not paying attention yet.

/I HOPE! :-/

498 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 3:16:53am

Fatah (almost) Work Accident: New Hamas Work Accident to follow - Hamas arrests dozens of Fatah activists after(yesterday's) beachside blast kills 6

Hamas security has arrested dozens of supporters of the rival Fatah group, hurled grenades at the home of one Fatah leader and set up
checkpoints across Gaza....

Islamofascist Ping-Bomb©, death for the whole family.

499 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 3:41:23am

www.ibnlive.com...] target="_blank">

Kick the bucket shaped bomb
500 loveguru  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 3:41:41am

[Link: www.ibnlive.com...]

501 eon  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 3:44:12am

re: #491 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

Morning Lol :-)

Brother...take a gander at Hussein's protectors.

What galaxy are they from? This has gotten to friggin bizarre.

Morning, Lizards.

The ObaMessiah is bodyguarded by Riddick clones?

(Well, it would explain the bald heads and dark glasses......)

cheers

eon

502 eon  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 3:48:52am

re: #499 loveguru
I studied bomb search and disposal OUAT in my misspent youth. Nothing in our textbooks said that kicking it was an approved evaluation procedure.

/"Kicks" were normally applied by a police sharpshooter with his long rifle from long range- defined as "Detonation In Place"

cheers

eon

503 Luigi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 3:56:06am

Jihad Watch found this despicable example of murderous Islamic antisemitism in Calgary, Canada.

Taj approached the group around 10:45 p.m. and asked "who's Jewish." Nichola Cordato, then 16, stated "me" and Taj grabbed her and said, "I'm Muslim and hate Jews."

Jihad Watch explains how this attitude has not a damned thing to do with Israel, but everything to do with the things that Islamic 'scholars' are writing and teaching. He quotes from those writings and concludes:

Hatred of Jews is justified by numerous Qur'an verses, and we can see from this article also that at least some contemporary Muslims understand them as being valid for all time and applicable to the Jews of today.

504 Bubblehead II  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:07:59am

Morning Lizards. What miraculous things has the messiah done this morning? /

505 Geepers  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:11:51am

yma o hyd (#486),

England is enemy country, as far as us Celts are concerned.

Pretty much everyone was an enemy country as far as the Celts were concerned

Currently reading Peter Connolly's Greece and Rome at War.

506 Luigi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:13:40am

From The Times of London..

[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]

He ventured forth to bring light to the world

And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.

507 Bubblehead II  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:14:16am

Explosions on Gaza beach kill five Hamas men, 6-year old girl


Hamas security arrested at least 120 of supporters of the rival Fatah group early Saturday, Fatah said, following a mysterious beachside blast that killed five Hamas members and a 6-year-old girl.

I just love how it's called a "mysterious" explosion when they can't blame it on the evil jooooooossssss

508 Bubblehead II  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:18:41am

re: #506 Luigi

ROTFL

Was that post in answer to my 504?

That piece ought of have been put out by the Onion.

/sad thing is, there are those who take it as gospel.

509 Bubblehead II  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:22:38am

Time to run. Might be able to pop in from time to time today from work as it's supposed to be a slow day.

L8R

510 freetoken  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:22:43am

The remnants of good old Dolly keep churning away west of El Paso.... at least she did some good in addressing the ongoing drought TX has had.

Where that rain is really needed is in northern California, where the satellite photos show the extent of the fires that are continuing.

Other than that... can't say I found too much interesting stuff on the 'net tonight, so I think I'll turn in. Oh, and thanks LoL for the fruitcup - I see you included blueberries again!

511 jcw46  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:28:47am

If you hear words coming from your foot that probably means it's in your mouth.

512 goddessoftheclassroom  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:29:04am

Good morning, Lizards.

513 Geepers  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:35:15am

Luigi (#506),

Great bit of wit.

And the comments from the Obama supporters are predictable as the day is long:

Mildly amusing at best. But all the toothless inbreds who believe what the see on Fox "News" and think evolution is a fib and that the world is only 6000 years old should enjoy it.

Jason, Los Angeles, USA

Yet knobs like Jason can't see the irony in their ecstatic fawning over the Lefty Messiah.

514 Luigi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:47:12am

re: #508 Bubblehead II

Yes, actually. Thanks for asking. I did open up Drudge and found this piece piece when you mentioned that.

515 Luigi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:54:39am

And speaking of strange visitations...

Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up

FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist.

And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades.

Dr Mitchell, 77, said during a radio interview that sources at the space agency who had had contact with aliens described the beings as 'little people who look strange to us.'

He said supposedly real-life ET's were similar to the traditional image of a small frame, large eyes and head.

Chillingly, he claimed our technology is "not nearly as sophisticated" as theirs and "had they been hostile", he warned "we would be been gone by now".

516 formercorpsman  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 4:59:44am

re: #515 Luigi

We are a liberal country.

Once upon a time, we would have considered the unsolicited anal probing a pretty hostile act.

517 BignJames  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:00:35am

re: #516 formercorpsman

I still do.

518 Luigi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:00:56am

re: #516 formercorpsman

Good reason to keep your spacesuit on.

519 freetoken  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:04:38am

re: #515 Luigi

It was discussed here a bit... and certainly that news story lit up many of the fringier blogs... personally I don't know what to make of him? At 77, does he finally figure he can tell the truth since even life threats don't matter to him, or is he suffering dementia (or perhaps just missing out on notoriety)?

520 formercorpsman  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:06:30am

re: #517 BignJames

You know, it was always the drunk redneck reporting the UFO experience.

Now this guy. Supposedly with some credentials.

What always amused me, is how everyone's encounter involved some anal violation.

It was not until getting into medicine, and working call in a couple ER's, too many people like to stick stuff up their ass.

521 formercorpsman  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:07:08am

re: #518 Luigi

Yeah, and always sleep on your back when in your pod.

522 freetoken  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:09:59am

re: #520 formercorpsman


Now this guy. Supposedly with some credentials.

This isn't a new claim by Mitchell... but for some reason this time it has gotten wider circulation.

523 lawhawk  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:11:04am

re: #507 Bubblehead II

Mysterious explosions? Hamas killing and arresting Fatah; Fatah killing Hamas?

Sounds like we've got the return of the Palestinian civil war...

524 formercorpsman  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:13:53am

re: #522 freetoken

Interesting.

Wonder why.

525 freetoken  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:18:47am

re: #524 formercorpsman

Mitchell's appearances on the Coast to Coast AM radio program.

Over the years he has gotten progressively more bold in his claims. The latest story is just the next step up the ladder. Who knows what he knows?

526 BignJames  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:20:37am

re: #520 formercorpsman


I have some ER nurse friends....the Saturday night tales they tell! One guy came in complaining of constipation....he had a sweet potato in his rectum.

527 Luigi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:21:41am

Maybe they're preparing us for the inevitable..

[Link: imagecache2.allposters.com...]

528 Luigi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:23:09am

/over and out...see ya

529 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:24:15am

Hey Y'all! Same thread, different day.

530 freetoken  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:24:41am

Buzz Aldrin is the astronaut with the most well known UFO story, I think.

531 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:25:13am

re: #526 BignJames

"So there I was, in the yam bin and I slipped and fell backwards..."

532 BignJames  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:27:14am

re: #531 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I would imagine a sweet potato, ingested in the described manner, could cause serious constipation.

533 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:27:35am

re: #527 Luigi

Maybe they're preparing us for the inevitable..

[Link: imagecache2.allposters.com...]

Mas tequila!

534 freetoken  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:31:19am

Here is Buzz again... but this time the production company enhanced the story, so to speak...

535 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:33:21am

"The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error." -- Bertolt Brecht

536 Tigger2005  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:35:54am

re: #527 Luigi

Maybe they're preparing us for the inevitable..

[Link: imagecache2.allposters.com...]

Good thing for Taylor that Cornelius was a liberal intellectual and didn't mind a human kissing his wife.

537 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:36:41am

Goddess?
*knock* *knock*
Goddess?
*knock* *knock* *knock*

538 Tigger2005  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:38:26am

re: #520 formercorpsman

You know, it was always the drunk redneck reporting the UFO experience.

Now this guy. Supposedly with some credentials.

What always amused me, is how everyone's encounter involved some anal violation.

It was not until getting into medicine, and working call in a couple ER's, too many people like to stick stuff up their ass.

"It probed me."

/E.T.Busters

539 lawhawk  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:47:02am

Folks, I think it's time to face the music.

Iran will go nuclear sooner or later. The diplomats have caved and assented to allowing Iran to maintain the 6,000 centrifuges they have operating.

It's only a matter of time before the Iranians increase that number, and even if they don't - it's a function of time as to how long before Iran has the materials necessary to assemble nuclear weapons.

This is a sad day indeed. The diplomats failed us. President Bush and the rest of the Europeans failed us, and Iran can crow til the cows come home. He got everyone to allow him to continue his nuclear nightmare.

That ticking sound you hear? It's the sound of the nuclear clock inching ever closer to midnight because of this.

540 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:48:00am

re: #539 lawhawk

Our only hope is the Israelis.

541 lawhawk  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:55:56am

re: #540 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I don't know if the Israeli leaders have it in them.

There isn't a Begin in sight.

542 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:56:10am
543 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 5:56:51am

Good morning all y'all from a cool (71 degrees, going up to 88 degrees) but rainy Charlotte!
How is everyone doing this morning?

544 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:00:54am
545 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:01:06am

re: #541 lawhawk

I don't know if the Israeli leaders have it in them.

There isn't a Begin in sight.

And THAT is the worry. We can only hope that Olmert self-destructs politically. Don't know much about the opposition, but it seems that anyone would probably be better than Olmert and his crowd.

546 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:02:02am

re: #543 realwest

Good morning.

547 Geepers  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:04:42am

lawhawk (#539),

Iran will go nuclear sooner or later.

How can you say that.

The Obama has said Iran should quit it. Or else he'll hold his breath, or something.

548 Geepers  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:05:03am

Morning realwest.

549 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:05:17am

Shutting down to get "weekend stuff" done. Everyone have a great morning!

550 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:05:34am
551 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:05:54am

re: #544 taxfreekiller
Hey TFK, yeah whatever.

552 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:07:08am

re: #548 Geepers Hey Geeps! How are ya this morning? Could you please drop me an e-mail; I've somehow "lost" a whole buncha e-mail addy's and yours was one of 'em!

553 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:07:44am

re: #546 pre-Boomer Marine brat Good morning, how are you doing today?

554 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:07:52am

good morning. anyone see this?[Link: corner.nationalreview.com...] pretty presumptious even for Obamateam.

555 BignJames  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:11:21am

re: #554 willowone

but not surprising.

556 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:11:47am

July, pre-convention, pre-nomination i've become paranoid is the "fix" in already, i didnt realize i'd missed elections

557 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:16:07am

what disturbs me about this whole election cycle is watching the dnc in general, while i realize we had concerns in 2004 elections, this seemed to me dowright fraud, different rules for some states voters and so on. fla, new hampshire, carolina and so on. all very in your face.

558 goddessoftheclassroom  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:20:52am

re: #537 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I'm back for a minute! I'm taking little breaks among the many household chores...

559 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:22:32am

re: #558 goddessoftheclassroom Hey! Good morning
{goddess} How are you today?

560 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:24:36am

Why are leftists so stupid? Find out here.

561 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:28:13am

re: #560 FrogMarch

yes it's difficult for joe to understand the desire of Israel to want survival. how dare they.

562 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:30:33am

also i suppose the blatant threats he has made to America means little either.

563 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:31:21am

Hello?! Can anyone see me out here?

564 goddessoftheclassroom  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:31:38am

re: #559 realwest

Hey! Good morning
{goddess} How are you today?

{realwest}!

I'm fine, thanks! My drama camps went well. Is your tooth okay now?

565 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:33:45am

re: #564 goddessoftheclassroom Hey {goddess} What do you mean you're drama camps went out?!
My tooth is STILL awaiting a decsion by the big three in charge of my dental health - I'll send ya an e-mail rather than bore everyone out here with this neverending mini-drama!

566 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:36:35am

re: #565 realwest

i know i can scrounge up a bottle of something here. and i have pliers handy in a drawer in kitchen.
sit back, don't move

567 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:36:55am

re: #563 realwest

Hello?! Can anyone see me out here?

Nope.

Oh. I had my helmet on backwards. How do these things work, again?

Gotta dash out for a while and go feed my friend's kitties. Then I think I might go get me some pancakes.

And yes, I'm going to wear my helmet. :P

568 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:40:36am

[Link: www.cartoonstock.com...]

569 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:41:07am

Check this out and then send to email list:
From Richmond Times-Dispatch, Monday, July 7, 2008 ~ link below

Dear Editor, Times-Dispatch:

'Each year I get to celebrate Independence Day twice.
On June 30 I celebrate my independence day, and on July 4
I celebrate America's. This year is special, because
it marks the 40th anniversary of my independence.

'On June 30, 1968, I escaped Communist Cuba, and a few
months later, I was in the United States to stay. That
I happened to arrive in Richmond on Thanksgiving Day is
just part of the story, but I digress..


'I've thought a lot about the anniversary this
year. The election-year rhetoric has made me think a lot
about Cuba and what transpired there. In the late
1950s, most Cubans thought Cuba needed a change, and they
were right. So when a young leader came along, every Cuban
was at least receptive.

'When the young leader spoke eloquently and
passionately and denounced the old system, the press fell
in love with him. They never questioned who his friends
were or what he really believed in. When he said he would
help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care
and education to all, everyone followed. When he said he
would bring justice and equality to all, everyone said,
'Praise the Lord.' And when the young leader
said, 'I will be for change and I'll bring you
change,' everyone yelled, 'Viva Fidel!'

'But nobody asked about the change, so by the time the
executioner's guns went silent, the people's guns
had been taken away. By the time everyone was equal, they
were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. By the time
everyone received their free education, it was worth
nothing. By the time the press noticed, it was too late,
because they were now working for him. By the time the
change was finally implemented, Cuba had been knocked
down a couple of notches to Third-World status.. By the
time the change was over, more than a million people had
taken to boats, rafts, and inner tubes. You can call
those who made it ashore the most fortunate Cubans.

And now I'm back to the beginning of my story.
'Luckily, we would never fall in America for a young
leader who promised change without asking, what change?
How will you carry it out? What will it cost America ?

'Would we?'

Manuel Alvarez, Jr.
Sandy Hook

link

570 Boondock St. Bender  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:42:49am

re: #520 formercorpsman

just ck.out koz,they got their heads up there all the time!

571 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:43:23am

re: #569 newsjunkie_ky

sad to admit to. but thats the fear that floats around my mind on a daily basis the last couple of months.

572 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:44:59am

re: #567 Noam Sayin'
HEY NOAM - smartass! Ya know we was just busting your chops cause we care about ya!
Sheesh, just because about eleventy million LGFer's wrote to you about wearing your helmet doesn't mean you need to get "touchy" about it! LOL!

573 CIA Reject  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:46:03am
"There’s language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; Nay, her foot speaks."

— William Shakespeare

"...and Obama talks out his ass."

-- CIA Reject

Good Morning Everybody!

574 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:46:12am

re: #566 willowone
Thanks but you're gonna have to stand in line - and it's a long one - to pull my tooth! LOL!

575 Bobblehead  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:46:49am

Good morning lizardas and lizardos. Going to see Batman today. Has anyone seen it yet?. Any thoughts? I'm especially curious after reading the WSJ op ed and Rush's commentary from yesterday.

576 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:47:23am

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

577 Annar  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:49:19am

re: #501 eon

Morning, Lizards.

The ObaMessiah is bodyguarded by Riddick clones?

(Well, it would explain the bald heads and dark glasses......)

cheers

eon

If memory serves he uses NOI's (Farrakhan's) protection guys.

578 goddessoftheclassroom  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:49:36am

I'm going to be vacuuming now, Lizards. I'll probably have enough cat hair to assemble another cat...

579 ibmkeyboard  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:49:39am
Gallup polling shows that residents of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom by very large margins would rather see Obama win instead of McCain. Residents of the U.S. have been favoring Obama by just about three points. The key is the degree to which the sentiments of European residents might "rub off" on U.S. voters as they have the opportunity to absorb news coverage of Obama's trip.


The European residents need to start an email campaign telling Ohio and other shaky states,
and force us to vote for Obama.

580 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:49:55am

re: #574 realwest

haha realwest, i had a wisdom tooth last month fighting with a molar for space, i tried to pull it myself (don't ever do this at home)
long story short, infection wacky facial swelling. emergency dental visit with dentist railing at me.

581 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:50:22am

re: #571 willowone
Mine, too.
obama scares me to death.

582 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:50:30am

re: #572 realwest

Not touchy. Just teasing. I really am going to wear my helmet, though.

Later,

583 Bobblehead  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:51:00am

Something nice about the McCain family.

584 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:51:10am

re: #578 goddessoftheclassroom Hey {goddess} sent ya that e-mail!

585 jcbunga  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:51:33am

"There’s language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; Nay, her foot speaks.

— William Shakespeare"


If her foot speaks nay, she's a horse.

I would say.

If asked.

586 JustMyView  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:52:21am

re: #554 willowone

good morning. anyone see this?[Link: corner.nationalreview.com...] pretty presumptious even for Obamateam.

Apparently, there's a fairly long history of early transition planning among both Republicans and Democrats. Paul Light, the guy who wrote this article, is, by the way, a scholar who studies government operations, not a politico

587 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:53:33am

re: #581 newsjunkie_ky

strange isn't it, to know this is what dnc has brought to us, a man that seems to dislike US, that sees no Hope, and only sees Change of America to be good.

588 CIA Reject  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:55:10am

re: #586 JustMyView

Apparently, there's a fairly long history of early transition planning among both Republicans and Democrats. Paul Light, the guy who wrote this article, is, by the way, a scholar who studies government operations, not a politico

Let's hope BO's transition team ends up the same way Thomas Dewey's did.

589 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:56:28am

re: #586 JustMyView

thank you for link, i realize my kick back might only be caused by this particular candidate and his aquaintances, his comments about being Potus already

590 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:01:10am

re: #587 willowone
America cannot have at Her helm a president and first lady that dislike (I'm going easy on them) Her.
Can you imagine (shudder) them in the White House? Bringing their scuzzy friends there?
Please vote for mccain, even if you don't like him very much. He loves this Country.

591 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:01:21am

re: #589 willowone Gee I can't understand why you would have been affected by this particular candidate! LOL!
Yeah, I'm surprised too - I would have thought that any candidate for POTUS would have held off on doing this unless they were sure they were gonna get the nomination, at least.
But I guess I was wrong.

592 Moonzoo  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:01:25am

Here's my favorite Bill about women, from Anthony and Cleopatra:

Age does not wither her
Nor custom stale her infinite variety
Most women cloy the appetites they feed
She makes more hungry where most she satisfies

Wow. And I have actually met women who meet this description. Alas, they have always been married.

593 littleoldlady  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:02:02am

re: #539 lawhawk

...It is in that light that we must read a report published recently in the London Sunday Times. It quoted an unnamed Pentagon official saying Bush had given the Israelis the okay to plan for a strike in case diplomacy failed -- an "amber light" -- but warned the Americans would give Israel no help and no cooperation over Iraq or the Gulf if they ultimately attacked. Which is to say that the odds of success, problematic under the best of circumstances, now appear to be quite dim.

The fact that the same official said that the United States would come to Israel's aid in case it was subsequently attacked by Iran is cold comfort for Jerusalem.

Nothing Can Stop Him
Combined with the administration's switch to its own brand of appeasement, the message it is sending Ahmadinejad is pretty clear. Rather than Israel getting a "green light" to accomplish what Bush surely knows is the only way to stop Iran, it is Tehran that is getting one. Ahmadinejad must be thinking that nothing can stop him now....

'Green Light' for Iran, Not Israel

594 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:02:46am
595 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:03:35am

Good morning lizards. How is everyone?

596 Moonzoo  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:05:06am

Hey! Let's discuss EVOLUTION!

597 CIA Reject  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:06:12am

re: #595 jorline

Good morning lizards. How is everyone?

Pretty good here Jorline. How are you standing after the big storm?

598 CIA Reject  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:06:42am

re: #596 Moonzoo

Hey! Let's discuss EVOLUTION!

...or NOT :-)

599 Bobblehead  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:07:02am

re: #596 Moonzoo

Hey! Let's discuss EVOLUTION!

Noooooo....

600 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:07:32am

re: #590 newsjunkie_ky
Amen and let that be our prayer going forward in this election.
Bad as McCain is (by my standards, he was around my third or fourth choice) he is HEADS AND SHOULDERS above Obama.
Sometimes Americans - and it seems strange, but especially Republicans - need to get whacked with a truly GODAWFUL POTUS - see, e.g., Jimmy Carter, as punishment for the sin of doing business as usual.
I mean this whole immigration thing has been going on since Eisenhower (he was the last president, iirc, to do anything about illegal immigration); health care has been a concern of many American's since Bill Clinton was first elected - if not before, and has accelerated as employers no longer offer health insurance benefits to full time workers and etc.).
I like Bush, I truly do, but for his first four years in office, he had a Republican majority in Congress and while they were properly concernced with the GWOT, they needed to multi-task and really didn't.

601 ibmkeyboard  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:08:38am

re: #596 Moonzoo

Hey! Let's discuss EVOLUTION!

my nic has evolved.

take a look at it.

602 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:08:41am

re: #590 newsjunkie_ky

yes i'm imagining Farrakan as secretary of defense, wright as our iranian diplomat etc..

603 Moonzoo  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:09:36am

The weather in Buffalo this summer has been beautiful, except for a little unusual rain here and there, but even the rain and the occasional thunderstorm has its dramatic appeal. The summers and falls in western New York are gorgeous, sublime really.

604 Moonzoo  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:11:12am

re: #601 ibmkeyboard

LOLLLLLLLL ....

605 Homer_S  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:12:21am

Drudge links SUN story on Obama's brother.

Older and younger siblings from Kenyan father.

606 ibmkeyboard  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:13:13am

re: #603 Moonzoo

but even the rain and the occasional thunderstorm has its dramatic appeal. The summers and falls in western New York are gorgeous, sublime really.

science question.

Have you seen any rainbows this year?

/any lizards seen any rainbows this year?


/and not the funny/gay kind either.

607 Moonzoo  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:14:33am

re: #606 ibmkeyboard

Come to think of it, no rainbows. And no pots of gold either.

608 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:16:54am
609 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:16:57am

re: #606 ibmkeyboard

science question.

Have you seen any rainbows this year?

/any lizards seen any rainbows this year?


/and not the funny/gay kind either.

Saw one of the best ones I've ever seen this year near Richmond.
The complete rainbow, deep colors, it was absolutely beautiful.
The top of it was almost the same as the bottoms. Never found the booty, though....

610 lori lane  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:17:34am

re: #583 Bobblehead

Great story!

611 CIA Reject  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:17:55am

Well the weekly "honeydew list" awaits- I'll see you all later

612 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:18:25am
613 lori lane  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:18:54am

re: #596 Moonzoo

Hey! Let's discuss EVOLUTION!

Let's don't and say we DID. :)

614 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:19:41am
615 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:20:44am
616 ibmkeyboard  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:20:49am

re: #609 SasquatchOnSteroids

Saw one of the best ones I've ever seen this year near Richmond.
The complete rainbow, deep colors, it was absolutely beautiful.
The top of it was almost the same as the bottoms. Never found the booty, though....


Great!

I haven't seen one this year in NC.

617 ibmkeyboard  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:21:28am

re: #614 ploome hineni

but we did and now wont

lol

could we not?

618 Bobblehead  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:21:59am

re: #610 lori lane

Great story!

And isn't it refreshing that McCain does not feel the need to shout all this info to the public for the betterment of his campaign.

619 BenZacharia  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:22:07am

Evolution? With religion of evolution do you want to discuss?

620 lawhawk  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:22:55am

So, it's now convention wisdom that we need a surge in Afghanistan. So sayeth the pundit classes.

They completely miss the boat. So does the media, who doesn't bother questioning McCain or Obama on the surge strategy in Afghanistan when there are two overreaching problems standing in the way of improvement there:

1) NATO allies incapable or reluctant to take fight to Taliban; and
2) Pakistan.

Of the two, Pakistan is the biggest nut to crack, and remains the main reason why Afghanistan is still on the precipice.

621 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:23:12am

re: #606 ibmkeyboard

science question.

Have you seen any rainbows this year?

/any lizards seen any rainbows this year?


/and not the funny/gay kind either.

Good morning Lizards!
I saw a double rainbow about 6 weeks ago..
I'm pretty sure it wasn't gay..but i won't swear to it..
/

622 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:24:22am
623 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:24:28am

re: #597 CIA Reject

Pretty good here Jorline. How are you standing after the big storm?

Morning CIA...everything is back to normal here with the water receding nicely...ended up with 7 inches of rain, but it was probably more than that because my rain gage couldn't catch the rain when it was coming down horizontally...lol. Family in the Valley are still cleaning up...thanks for asking.

624 ibmkeyboard  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:26:06am

re: #621 HoosierHoops

Good morning Lizards!
I saw a double rainbow about 6 weeks ago..
I'm pretty sure it wasn't gay..but i won't swear to it..

LOL

and with that I am off to eat a late breakfast.


thank you.

625 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:26:46am

re: #623 jorline

Morning CIA...everything is back to normal here with the water receding nicely...ended up with 7 inches of rain, but it was probably more than that because my rain gage couldn't catch the rain when it was coming down horizontally...lol. Family in the Valley are still cleaning up...thanks for asking.

good morning Jorline!
you treating the baby lizards good?

626 BenZacharia  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:27:32am

The surge we need in A-pile-under-stan is to carpet bomb the gov that has sentenced a man to death for insulting the profit.

/Blood and treasure to put more fucktards in power. Thanks GW.

627 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:29:50am

re: #623 jorline

Eh - water must be recedin' 'cause Obomber's heading back...

628 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:32:10am

re: #583 Bobblehead

Something nice about the McCain family.

A story you won't hear about in the mainstream/pro-Obama/DNC-Media.
Too busy fawning over the chosen one.

Here's another one:

629 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:32:56am

re: #625 HoosierHoops

good morning Jorline!
you treating the baby lizards good?

Morning Hoosier...how are you? Always treat them well, even though they would beg to differ at times...lol. The kids are in year round school and started back on the 18th...they loved the the hurricane because school was canceled on Thursday, but the make-up work on Friday was a bear.

630 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:33:27am

re: #596 Moonzoo
Cute, really fuckin' cute. Thanks for all of your valuable 26 comments since '04.

631 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:33:55am

re: #627 apb1

Eh - water must be recedin' 'cause Obomber's heading back...

LOL...thought I heard a big sucking sound from the east yesterday.

632 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:34:35am

re: #628 FrogMarch

A story you won't hear about in the mainstream/pro-Obama/DNC-Media.
Too busy fawning over the chosen one.

Here's another one:

hey frog march
This last week was like credance clearwater revival without the music.
/no coffee yet
/hey

633 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:35:43am

re: #631 jorline

Now if we could just connect the dots between all the hot air produced by the Obomber campaign and the hurricane...

634 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:35:55am

re: #630 realwest

Cute, really fuckin' cute. Thanks for all of your valuable 26 comments since '04.

Morning RW...ditto your #630.

635 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:36:10am

re: #630 realwest

Cute, really fuckin' cute. Thanks for all of your valuable 26 comments since '04.

/hey realwest is in the house
morning dude!

636 akak  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:36:14am

re: #626 BenZacharia

The surge we need in A-pile-under-stan is to carpet bomb the gov that has sentenced a man to death for insulting the profit.

/Blood and treasure to put more fucktards in power. Thanks GW.

This funnel strategy has been pretty quiet now for the last couple of weeks - hopefully it's going as planned and some real bad-un's be headless now!

637 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:36:18am

Good morning, lizards.

73 sunny degrees along the Lake Michigan shoreline, with a nice day on tap.

Anyone else up?

638 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:37:17am

re: #619 BenZacharia
Good morning Ben - let's not shall we? We've lost a number of LGFer's over the heat (and lack of light) shed by those threads; some of 'em deserved it IMO, some didn't, also IMO, but all of 'em did in Charles opinion* and his is the only one that counts around here.

*Cause they were sufficiently stupid to attack and insult Charles on his own blog.

639 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:37:27am

re: #633 apb1

Now if we could just connect the dots between all the hot air produced by the Obomber campaign and the hurricane...

Ask Al Gore...must be Global Warming due to excess BS.

640 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:37:58am

re: #635 HoosierHoops
Hey good morning HH, how are you today?

641 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:38:02am

re: #637 irish rose

Good morning, lizards.

73 sunny degrees along the Lake Michigan shoreline, with a nice day on tap.

Anyone else up?

I'll have a Killians Irish Red on TAP, if you're pouring/ buying

642 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:38:05am

re: #637 irish rose

Good morning, lizards.

73 sunny degrees along the Lake Michigan shoreline, with a nice day on tap.

Anyone else up?

/ i really need coffee.. so I'm not sure..
good morning irish

643 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:38:24am

re: #638 realwest


*Cause they were sufficiently stupid to attack and insult Charles on his own blog.

And elsewhere.

644 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:38:28am

re: #637 irish rose

Good morning, lizards.

73 sunny degrees along the Lake Michigan shoreline, with a nice day on tap.

Anyone else up?

Morning Irish...how are you this morning?

645 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:39:38am

re: #639 jorline

It's a beautiful start to the day here in the southwest 'burbs of Daleytown, right here in the heart of Obamastan.

Good morning!

646 BignJames  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:39:46am

re: #638 realwest

Good morning Ben - let's not shall we? We've lost a number of LGFer's over the heat (and lack of light) shed by those threads; some of 'em deserved it IMO, some didn't, also IMO, but all of 'em did in Charles opinion* and his is the only one that counts around here.

*Cause they were sufficiently stupid to attack and insult Charles on his own blog.


Kinda like rioters torching their own neighborhood.

647 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:39:53am

re: #641 sattv4u2

I'll have a Killians Irish Red on TAP, if you're pouring/ buying

No, but the the beer fridge has a 12 pack of killians red in bottles..

648 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:40:12am

i hope mr obama will be singing this song come november

Youtube Video

649 Bobblehead  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:40:36am

re: #646 BignJames

Good analogy.

650 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:41:01am

re: #647 HoosierHoops

No, but the the beer fridge has a 12 pack of killians red in bottles..

well then, as you'll be the host, set aside 5 for me ! (I wouldn't be so presmptuous as to have more than 50% of them)

651 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:41:07am

re: #644 jorline

Morning Irish...how are you this morning?

Not feeling my best this morning, I had a bad asthma attack late last night and I still feel like I'm sleepwalking.

I'm up though, I have my coffee and a bowl of cereal.

652 calcajun  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:42:08am

re: #605 Homer_S

Ah--and now were are to be introduced to the latter-day Billy Carter. Except that this kind of redneck wears a towel on his head and gets his jollies from blowing up infidels.


Hey, where's the fruit cup? I know I'm a little late, but gee, you're all so strict.

Youtube Video

653 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:42:14am

re: #647 HoosierHoops

No, but the the beer fridge has a 12 pack of killians red in bottles..

You should try Smithwicks.

654 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:42:21am

re: #621 HoosierHoops

Good morning Lizards!
I saw a double rainbow about 6 weeks ago..
I'm pretty sure it wasn't gay..but i won't swear to it..
/

good morning everyone,
i saw a double rainbow last spring.
the sky in the west was dark and ominous. i was actually on the edge of a severe storm and getting rained on as i stood outside.
in the east was sun and a blue sky and two rainbows. just incredible.
the second rainbow was much fainter than the first but there they were.
i love how the colors blend, the blues,lavenders and reds. i watched them for several minutes before they faded.
it was quite magical.

655 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:42:55am

re: #650 sattv4u2

well then, as you'll be the host, set aside 5 for me ! (I wouldn't be so presmptuous as to have more than 50% of them)

Not to worry my friend.. There is a case of Bud light in there also...
the red is for a buddy of mine..you can have all 12 and piss him off.
/wwwweeeeeee

656 BignJames  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:43:46am

re: #653 irish rose

You should try Smithwicks.


Sam Adams makes a fantastic Irish Red.

657 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:44:05am

re: #655 HoosierHoops

Not to worry my friend.. There is a case of Bud light in there also...
the red is for a buddy of mine..you can have all 12 and piss him off.
/wwwweeeeeee

I'm sure after 12, he won't be the ONLY one pissing!

658 akak  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:44:07am

re: #638 realwest

Good morning Ben - let's not shall we? We've lost a number of LGFer's over the heat (and lack of light) shed by those threads; some of 'em deserved it IMO, some didn't, also IMO, but all of 'em did in Charles opinion* and his is the only one that counts around here.

*Cause they were sufficiently stupid to attack and insult Charles on his own blog.


who? don't like those threads much

659 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:45:41am

re: #657 sattv4u2

I'm sure after 12, he won't be the ONLY one pissing!

I'm still looking forward to hearing about the 9-11 transmissions you saw some fine evening..

660 Bobblehead  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:45:42am

My Obamamometer is already reading well past 98.6 today and it's not even 12:00. Need more coffee.

661 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:45:42am

re: #626 BenZacharia
Ah well, ya do remember Osama bin Laden (a/k/a Osama bin dead) and Shiek Omar, doncha? After bin laden issued his now infamous video-tape taking "credit" for 9/11, Shiek Omar said yeah, he's here in Afganistan and eff you, you can't have him. That's why we went into Afghanistan in the first place - unlike Iraq, where, after we got there so easily, GWB decided to make it a democracy and may actually have pulled it off.
If the folks in Afghanistan really want the Taliban back in power and if our allies in NATO don't want to fight that, I'm tempted to tell 'em all to screw off.

662 goddessoftheclassroom  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:46:59am

Back to cleaning...sigh.

663 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:47:03am

Liberal Fascism. It's on the march.

664 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:48:39am

re: #651 irish rose

Not feeling my best this morning, I had a bad asthma attack late last night and I still feel like I'm sleepwalking.

I'm up though, I have my coffee and a bowl of cereal.

Sorry to hear that, Irish. I contracted asthma eight years ago at the age of 46...why I don't know. My 11 yo daughter has it as well and has attacks during the night...sleeps with a bucket next to her bed. The allergist said it's acid-reflux that's triggering the asthma attacks at night...who would have thought.

665 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:48:40am

re: #659 HoosierHoops

I'm still looking forward to hearing about the 9-11 transmissions you saw some fine evening..

in my now 53 years seeing many things (freinds/ family die in front of me from disease, age, drugs,,,,, helping to pull a guy out of a car after seeing an accident, etc etc) I must say the images I saw that day will be with me till I die.

666 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:49:20am

re: #615 ploome hineni

LONDON

i was talking to 2 brits last night. they can't stand b.o.
one is actually an american living there and is voting absentee ballot for mccain. they were delightful people. somewhat libbish but not sucked in by b.o. (and they can't stand michelle)
who can,
lol

667 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:49:44am

re: #632 HoosierHoops

Hey. Make sure to get some coffee.
I was on a nice little mini-vacation this past week. I was happy to miss
the BS Obama hoopla for a few days. Missed LGF though!

668 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:50:07am

re: #654 nyc redneck

good morning everyone,
i saw a double rainbow last spring.
the sky in the west was dark and ominous. i was actually on the edge of a severe storm and getting rained on as i stood outside.
in the east was sun and a blue sky and two rainbows. just incredible.
the second rainbow was much fainter than the first but there they were.
i love how the colors blend, the blues,lavenders and reds. i watched them for several minutes before they faded.
it was quite magical.

Top of the morning to you nyc redneck.

669 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:50:28am

re: #666 nyc redneck
Barry, apparently! LOL!
How are you today my friend?

670 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:50:33am

re: #661 realwest

Ah well, ya do remember Osama bin Laden (a/k/a Osama bin dead) and Shiek Omar, doncha? After bin laden issued his now infamous video-tape taking "credit" for 9/11, Shiek Omar said yeah, he's here in Afganistan and eff you, you can't have him. That's why we went into Afghanistan in the first place - unlike Iraq, where, after we got there so easily, GWB decided to make it a democracy and may actually have pulled it off.
If the folks in Afghanistan really want the Taliban back in power and if our allies in NATO don't want to fight that, I'm tempted to tell 'em all to screw off.

RW..are you sure?
I thought our gov't blew up the twin towers..those planes were just pesky after thoughts...don't you know the trooth?
/ yes this is needed

671 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:51:14am

re: #661 realwest

The fun will be when the Afghans reach their 'holy crap' moment - "We put WHO back in power?" Kind of a sobriety test. Wonder how many Paleoswinians have buyer's remorse after electing Hamas?

672 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:51:44am

re: #668 jorline

Top of the morning to you nyc redneck.

good morning jorline.
how is your day unfolding?

673 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:52:43am

re: #646 BignJames Not kinda like, virtually exactly like.
IF you don't like LGF then you ought not to post here. If you DO like LGF, then the least you can do is not argue with Charles or at least not make vicious PERSONAL attacks on him.

674 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:52:49am

re: #600 realwest
I hear that.
I don't know if the Country can take four years of the obama. Scares me to think what can happen in four short years.

675 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:53:05am

re: #672 nyc redneck

good morning jorline.
how is your day unfolding?

all is quiet...couldn't ask for more...lol

676 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:53:49am

re: #673 realwest

Not kinda like, virtually exactly like.
IF you don't like LGF then you ought not to post here. If you DO like LGF, then the least you can do is not argue with Charles or at least not make vicious PERSONAL attacks on him.

2nd part, absolutely, 1st part, not so much!

677 n in wi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:53:50am

re: #666 nyc redneck

If Michelle O. is a roadblock to B.H.O.'s path to the White House,
Would Sharia law allow for an honor killing in such a case?

678 Archimedes  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:54:14am

I sure others have seen this in the links ...

Christiane Amanpour pisses me off. These people think weird. Postmodernist thought laid bare for all to see:

[Link: faustasblog.com...]

During today’s press conference in Paris, Christiane Amanpour asked Sarkozy “if he feelt awkward praising black Obama when, only a few years ago, he was calling black French rioters “scum.”

These people are living in another dimension.

Christiane Amanpour, the ugly American.

679 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:54:19am

re: #668 jorline Top of the morning to you jorline!
Geez, I just got over semi-"speaking" in Canadian, hope this doesn't start an Irish speaking period!

680 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:54:30am

re: #674 newsjunkie_ky

I hear that.
I don't know if the Country can take four years of the obama. Scares me to think what can happen in four short years.

4 words

TWO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

681 Killian Bundy  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:54:39am

Beijing says thickening haze looks worse than it really is

The haze that stubbornly cloaks China's capital in the run-up to the Summer Olympics looks worse than it really is, two senior officials asserted Saturday.

The officials referred to the gray haze over the city as "fog" and "dust" but refrained from calling it air pollution.

A daily air pollution index in China's capital has actually gotten worse in the week since city officials ordered more than one million cars off the streets and staggered office hours as part of an unprecedented anti-pollution campaign to clear the air for the Aug. 8-24 Olympics.

For the three most recent of the past seven days, Beijing has tallied air pollution levels above 100 on an index, meaning air quality is "unhealthy" for children or senior citizens.

Du Shaozhong, deputy director of the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, said at a news conference that observers should not rely on the visual appearance of the sky, or make judgments from photographs, in assessing whether Beijing is making headway in fighting air pollution.

"You should not rely on photos," Du said, chastising the British Broadcasting Corp., for publishing photos on its Web site showing dismal haze in Beijing this month.

How did China ever get the bid in the first place?

/the bribe to the Olympic committee must have been huge

682 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:54:55am

re: #669 realwest

Barry, apparently! LOL!
How are you today my friend?

i'm great this morning. i was thinking of you the other day when i was in the dentist chair. hoping you get your tooth taken care of.
how are you doing today?

683 HoosierHoops  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:55:26am

re: #677 n in wi

If Michelle O. is a roadblock to B.H.O.'s path to the White House,
Would Sharia law allow for an honor killing in such a case?

/you are wicked! LOL

684 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:55:34am

re: #676 sattv4u2 Uh, what's the first part that you think "not so much"?

685 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:56:33am

re: #684 realwest

Uh, what's the first part that you think "not so much"?

arguing (or disagreeing with) Charles. I see nothing wrong with expressing an opposite opinion to him

686 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:56:58am

re: #682 nyc redneck
Well I'm doing ok, I guess - so used to the toothache I hardly ever feel it. Unless I chew on that side. Or grind my teeth. Or breath through my mouth! LOL!

687 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:58:02am

re: #685 sattv4u2 Disagreement is one thing, arguing with him is an altogether different matter.

688 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:59:03am

re: #674 newsjunkie_ky

what interests me in all of this context is His Fisa vote , that he swore to his base he wouldnt go for, yet he did. (i know silly, but)

689 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:59:30am

re: #687 realwest

Disagreement is one thing, arguing with him is an altogether different matter.

not really. When you boil it down a debate, a disagreement, an arguement, "A Rose by any other name" !

690 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 7:59:32am

re: #679 realwest

Top of the morning to you jorline!
Geez, I just got over semi-"speaking" in Canadian, hope this doesn't start an Irish speaking period!

LMAO...you're looking good this morning RW. Was that French Canadian? Thanks for stepping on the evolution/religion request...don't need that this morning.

Hope you are well and feeling no pain. When are they going to decide what to do with your tooth?

691 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:00:48am

Youtube Video
can't stand it eric clapton

692 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:00:51am

re: #674 newsjunkie_ky

good morning newsjunkie_ky,
hope you're doing well.
i went to a great restaurant last night.
i'm trying out some new places.
so we'll have a few good options.

693 n in wi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:00:58am

Who sang a song awhile back that is some thing like, "my shary-a-more,prettyl ittle place that i adore," Some one [Paul Shanklin] should put that tune to, My Sharia law......

694 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:01:07am

re: #686 realwest

Sorry to hear of dental pain - had my share, and wouldn't wish it on anyone. Hope it's fixable.

695 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:01:36am

re: #643 irish rose
"And elsewhere" ?! I thought we'd gotten rid of all the GCPer's and DL'ers out here. Surely you don't think Charles would ban someone just because they post on Babba Zee's blog (which doesn't attack or even mention Charles or LGF)?

696 akak  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:01:53am
In secret note, Olmert says Bush has deserted Israel against Iran

Time is running out

697 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:02:44am

re: #690 jorline French Canadian, no, eh! LOL!

698 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:02:56am

re: #696 akak

g-d forbid, i'm really worried

699 Killian Bundy  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:03:17am

re: #693 n in wi

Who sang a song awhile back that is some thing like, "my shary-a-more,prettyl ittle place that i adore," Some one [Paul Shanklin] should put that tune to, My Sharia law......

/My Cherie Amour

700 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:04:01am

re: #664 jorline

Sorry to hear that, Irish. I contracted asthma eight years ago at the age of 46...why I don't know. My 11 yo daughter has it as well and has attacks during the night...sleeps with a bucket next to her bed. The allergist said it's acid-reflux that's triggering the asthma attacks at night...who would have thought.

I'm 47 and I was just diagnosed. I went through a round of chemo for cancer earlier this year... for some reason it triggered a nasty case of adult onset asthma.

701 n in wi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:04:44am

re: #699 Killian Bundy

/My Cherie Amour

That's it. I'd love to hear a tune with My Sharia law to that tune.

702 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:04:56am

re: #696 akak Uh, WHAT? You said "Olmert says Bush has deserted Israel against Iran" then post a link to YouTube which has some crap in it that is from the movie SWAT? Kinda misleading, no?

703 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:05:54am

re: #677 n in wi

i can't even think abt. the crass vulgar michelle anywhere near the white house.

704 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:06:22am

re: #697 realwest

French Canadian, no, eh! LOL!

Just glad it's Saturday.

Thursday really sucked...

Full force of hurricane Dolly's wind and rain in the early morning hours and Obama's wind and spray at noon from Germany...LOL

705 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:06:55am

re: #702 realwest

perhaps the inference is the song title

"TIME IS RUNNING OUT"

for Israel to deal with Iran

706 n in wi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:07:09am

re: #703 nyc redneck

I'm thinking "White House" will no longer be used.

707 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:07:30am

re: #703 nyc redneck

But she DOES kinda look like James Brown - so she's got THAT going for her ...

708 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:08:16am

re: #700 irish rose WOW, sorry to hear that Rose! Gee, when my Dad (rip) had his first open heart surgery (a single by-pass) he developed Diabetes Type II - Cardio surgeon said that's fairly typical in open hear surgery patients and no, I don't understand that anymore than your treatment shoulda caused Asthma!

709 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:08:54am

re: #700 irish rose

{irish rose}

710 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:08:58am

re: #700 irish rose

I'm 47 and I was just diagnosed. I went through a round of chemo for cancer earlier this year... for some reason it triggered a nasty case of adult onset asthma.

Hopefully they can get it under control soon...prayers for you Irish.

711 n in wi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:09:03am

re: #707 apb1

But she DOES kinda look like James Brown - so she's got THAT going for her ...

Jump back, gunna catch myself!

712 akak  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:09:52am

re: #702 realwest

Uh, WHAT? You said "Olmert says Bush has deserted Israel against Iran" then post a link to YouTube which has some crap in it that is from the movie SWAT? Kinda misleading, no?


lol sorry [Link: www.debka.com...]

Aside from Debka reputation, don't think you'll find the smoking gun - it being a secret and all.

Gabi Askenazi visiting the US, says alot more to me anyways.

713 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:10:36am

re: #711 n in wi

Hopefully on the good foot...

714 akak  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:10:38am

Ashkenazi.....probably still spelled wrong!

715 Truck Monkey  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:10:57am

re: #706 n in wi

I'm thinking "White House" will no longer be used.

1/2 White House? Honkey Hut? Cracker Palace?

716 BignJames  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:11:08am

re: #707 apb1

But she DOES kinda look like James Brown - so she's got THAT going for her ...


James Brown!?!

717 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:11:54am

re: #716 BignJames

HEEEEEYYYYYYYYY!

718 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:12:13am

re: #714 akak

Ashkenazi.....probably still spelled wrong!

Gabi Ashkenazi is correct

719 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:13:10am

re: #715 Truck Monkey

1/2 White House? Honkey Hut? Cracker Palace?

will they be putting 22" rims with "spinners" on all the Presidential Limos?

BAD SATT ,, BAD BAD BAD !

720 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:13:49am

re: #678 Archimedes

I sure others have seen this in the links ...

Christiane Amanpour pisses me off. These people think weird. Postmodernist thought laid bare for all to see:

[Link: faustasblog.com...]

These people are living in another dimension.

Christiane Amanpour, the ugly American.

To the idiot left it isn't about behavior - no no - it's all about skin color.
Behold: The shallow hollow left.

721 n in wi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:13:56am

re: #716 BignJames

James Brown!?!

M.Obama would sing "Hatin In America".

722 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:13:57am

i like ray charles better

Youtube Video

723 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:13:57am

re: #714 akak
Whatever - you made your point! LOL!

724 Tilly  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:14:30am

For the record Tilly is hung over this morning and still has to go for another round of festivities this evening....

Need coffee and a sonic burger!

725 n in wi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:14:37am

re: #719 sattv4u2

LOL

726 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:14:57am

re: #705 sattv4u2

perhaps the inference is the song title

"TIME IS RUNNING OUT"

for Israel to deal with Iran

Agree...I read this bit of crappy news earlier this morning.

727 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:15:09am

re: #707 apb1

But she DOES kinda look like James Brown - so she's got THAT going for her ...

OMG
the resemblance is startling.

728 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:15:23am

re: #720 FrogMarch

To the idiot left it isn't about behavior - no no - it's all about skin color.
Behold: The shallow hollow left.

As Dennis Miller said when it was asked if Conservatives had a problem with Obama being black

"It;s not the color of his skin that bothers me, it's the lack of thickness"

729 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:15:34am

re: #706 n in wi Why is that?

730 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:16:15am

re: #724 Tilly

For the record Tilly is hung over this morning and still has to go for another round of festivities this evening....

Need coffee and a sonic burger!

easier to just stay drunk till tonight. Why de-tox only to have to do it all again tomorrow!

731 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:17:18am

re: #726 jorline

At least Iraq's mysterious 500 tons of yellowcake was shipped out of the area. Wonder when we'll see Joe Wilson again?

732 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:17:29am

re: #726 jorline

Agree...I read this bit of crappy news earlier this morning.

Dinner Jacket must not be good at MATH

ONE J-Dam beats 6,000 Centerfuges every time!

733 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:18:03am

re: #731 apb1

At least Iraq's mysterious 500 tons of yellowcake was shipped out of the area. Wonder when we'll see Joe Wilson again?

get yourself invited to a Washington Cocktail Party!

734 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:18:16am

Chrissy Matthews must have taken this pic.
He thinks he's Bo Derek, hence the tingliness (is that even a word?).

735 n in wi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:19:44am

re: #722 willowone

I've heard very few performers that can hold a candle to Ray Charles.
Once he sings a song he owns it.

736 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:19:46am

re: #733 sattv4u2

Heh - I'm just a sorry-ass conservative in Obamastan...don't think I'll see any invites in my mailbox soon!

737 akak  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:19:58am

re: #731 apb1

At least Iraq's mysterious 500 tons of yellowcake was shipped out of the area. Wonder when we'll see Joe Wilson again?


Unfortunately will Iraqi's still have to deal with some stuff that was not discarded with safety in mind?

738 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:19:58am

re: #726 jorline As for Iran, I'm reposting a response here I made a couple of threads back:
"Well let me put it to you this way:
a) Iran MAY have nukes, but since Israel still exists, I doubt it.
b) we DO have nukes and in theater, too.
c) Iran hasn't been in a war for over 25 years (and that was against the Iraqi's and even then they had to send 10, 11 year old children running through Iraq's minefields to "clear the way" for the Revolutionary guard).
d) Iran has been at war with the U.S. since 1979 when they invaded and took our territory - literally and they have continued that with arming Hezbollah to kill 250 US Marines in Beirut in 1983
e) they still at war with us as evidenced by the fact that they are still arming our enemies in Iraq and in fact have sent some of their special forces into Iraq to help the "freedom fighters" kill Americans - and we know this because we've caught some of 'em alive.
f) I am not advocating anything like a "half-baked" air strike; I want a full on air strike, cruise missles and anything else we can throw at em short of nukes - unless you're right and against all international espionage agencies and against the evidence that Israel is still standing, Iran has some nukes and uses 'em.
g) and most important, we can either take out their nuke developement facilities or, if they really are buried too deep, make sure that no one ever gets in or out again. Ever."
And the news of the 6,000 centrifuges certainly hasn't "mellowed" my approach or ideas.

739 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:21:14am

re: #681 Killian Bundy

and while China pollutes the entire globe, silly American governors and mayors insist that we all ride bikes to work and turn off the lights.

/ Yes it's the little things we do in America that will amount to jack squat. Let's just ignore the giant Chinese elephant in the room.

740 Tilly  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:22:01am

re: #730 sattv4u2

easier to just stay drunk till tonight. Why de-tox only to have to do it all again tomorrow!


I will keep that wonderful insight in mind...lol

741 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:22:38am

re: #728 sattv4u2

As Dennis Miller said when it was asked if Conservatives had a problem with Obama being black

"It;s not the color of his skin that bothers me, it's the lack of thickness"

Dennis Miller for VP!

742 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:23:04am

re: #737 akak

Tragically, I'm sure of it. Remember the discovery of 1000 shells still filled with binary nerve agents? (no WMD here, move along...) There are probably stashes still buried all over. Our guys have been great rooting out most of the filth (with helpful Iraqis), but there could always be more to find.

743 n in wi  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:23:32am

re: #735 n in wi

I've heard very few performers that can hold a candle to Ray Charles.
Once he sings a song he owns it.

And Jamie Fox does a great job in a great movie called "Ray".

744 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:23:43am

re: #695 realwest

"And elsewhere" ?! I thought we'd gotten rid of all the GCPer's and DL'ers out here. Surely you don't think Charles would ban someone just because they post on Babba Zee's blog (which doesn't attack or even mention Charles or LGF)?

I'm sure that Charles is going to do whatever he feels that he needs to do, for reasons that are his own.

746 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:24:31am

re: #738 realwest

realwest -

Any insight into all the mysterious explosions the Iranians seem to be having in their military convoys, etc? Our guys, or theirs?

747 Born Again Republican  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:25:27am

Good Morning! Has this link about media donations made it's way to LGF?
Media Donations

My surprise was Fox News. Not one dollar to the Republican party.

748 Tilly  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:25:37am

re: #738 realwest

As for Iran, I'm reposting a response here I made a couple of threads back:
"Well let me put it to you this way:
a) Iran MAY have nukes, but since Israel still exists, I doubt it.
b) we DO have nukes and in theater, too.
c) Iran hasn't been in a war for over 25 years (and that was against the Iraqi's and even then they had to send 10, 11 year old children running through Iraq's minefields to "clear the way" for the Revolutionary guard).
d) Iran has been at war with the U.S. since 1979 when they invaded and took our territory - literally and they have continued that with arming Hezbollah to kill 250 US Marines in Beirut in 1983
e) they still at war with us as evidenced by the fact that they are still arming our enemies in Iraq and in fact have sent some of their special forces into Iraq to help the "freedom fighters" kill Americans - and we know this because we've caught some of 'em alive.
f) I am not advocating anything like a "half-baked" air strike; I want a full on air strike, cruise missles and anything else we can throw at em short of nukes - unless you're right and against all international espionage agencies and against the evidence that Israel is still standing, Iran has some nukes and uses 'em.
g) and most important, we can either take out their nuke developement facilities or, if they really are buried too deep, make sure that no one ever gets in or out again. Ever."
And the news of the 6,000 centrifuges certainly hasn't "mellowed" my approach or ideas.

I like you.... :)

749 akak  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:25:40am

re: #738 realwest

a) Iran MAY have nukes, but since Israel still exists, I doubt it.

What of the it's too late argument, for example the Pakistani's?

750 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:26:24am

re: #708 realwest

WOW, sorry to hear that Rose! Gee, when my Dad (rip) had his first open heart surgery (a single by-pass) he developed Diabetes Type II - Cardio surgeon said that's fairly typical in open hear surgery patients and no, I don't understand that anymore than your treatment shoulda caused Asthma!

Well, I suspect that this has a lot to do with the way the immune system is compromised during chemo.

751 Dianna  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:27:13am

re: #747 Born Again Republican

I saw it on Thursday, but I'm not sure where.

752 Dianna  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:28:27am

re: #748 Tilly

Realwest has a fine grasp of what we would be doing in a sane world.

753 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:30:09am

re: #739 FrogMarch

and while China pollutes the entire globe, silly American governors and mayors insist that we all ride bikes to work and turn off the lights.

/ Yes it's the little things we do in America that will amount to jack squat. Let's just ignore the giant Chinese elephant in the room.

i try to do some of that stuff but only because it suits me and i would do it anyway.
i'm tired of the directives tho from these people who don't conserve at all. something just not quite right abt. the crass elitist pontificators who retain the privilege to pollute w/ their own big homes, cars, and jets. they don't give a shit, really. "just words"

754 Charles  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:30:25am

re: #695 realwest

"And elsewhere" ?! I thought we'd gotten rid of all the GCPer's and DL'ers out here. Surely you don't think Charles would ban someone just because they post on Babba Zee's blog (which doesn't attack or even mention Charles or LGF)?

No, of course I don't ban people just for posting at some other blog. However, if someone's going to spread dissension, and basically accuse me of lying (without saying it in so many words), they clearly don't value their LGF account.

755 Born Again Republican  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:30:30am

re: #751 Dianna

Thanks, I did a search not past Friday when I first saw the info.

756 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:31:40am

re: #746 apb1 Well, no insights, but just hunches. I think if you took a world wide roll call of all US Special Forces troops, you might find a couple of dozen missing!
But I hope it is in fact this "Insurgency" in Iran is responsible, but I truly doubt it.
I think we figured out that if Iran can send it's special forces (Quods) into Iraq to kill our troops, well...................!

757 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:31:53am

re: #748 Tilly

I like you.... :)

i like him too.
:D

758 hermeneutics  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:32:07am

Just a drive by posting (on my way out to pick blackberries in Sedona ... mmmm):

Recent Intrade Prediction Markets have McCain tracking UP in the past couple days and Obama DOWN. Thus, his overseas junket is predicted to be a net vote loss by these traders.

Just some good news. We all need it.

759 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:32:46am

re: #748 Tilly

I like you.... :)

re: #757 nyc redneck

i like him too.
:D

I like me better

760 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:33:34am

re: #756 realwest

Turnabout would certainly be more than fair play. Thank God for our guys protecting us...

761 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:33:45am

Europe is tiring of the leftist welfare state. But somehow they love Obama; a candidate who wants to heap failed European polices on Americans.

762 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:34:44am

re: #754 Charles

Charles,

REALWEST and I were chatting earlier. QUESTION. Is it okay to "argue" with you. I say yes!

(ummm,,, will that in itself start one?)

763 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:35:34am

re: #754 Charles Well as someone who DOES value his LGF account here, I hope you'll note that my comment was a response/question to another commenter.
And, just for the record, Charles, you KNOW I've never said anything "bad" about you or LGF anywhere in the blogsphere.

764 Charles  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:35:49am

re: #695 realwest

"And elsewhere" ?! I thought we'd gotten rid of all the GCPer's and DL'ers out here. Surely you don't think Charles would ban someone just because they post on Babba Zee's blog (which doesn't attack or even mention Charles or LGF)?

One more note. BZ did post a link to that ugly, fanatical attack at Gagdad Bob's blog, and posted some really nasty comments there. These comments don't really affect me, but the truth is that she's made her feelings very clear.

765 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:35:53am

re: #758 hermeneutics

have fun picking the blackberries.
blackberry pie w/ ice cream is the best.
i'll also be making jelly w/them, when mine come in.
be careful of the chiggers.

766 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:36:10am

.. I'm up I'm up. What more do you want.

/grumble-puss this morning

767 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:36:12am

re: #761 FrogMarch

I haven't paid any attention to media coverage of Obomber - any photo trickery (or giveaways) to gin up the crowd count?

768 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:36:26am

re: #680 sattv4u2
Absolutely correct. Cold chill just went through me.

769 Charles  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:37:11am

And if it's "off limits" to disagree with me, that's going to come as a shock to quite a few people who post here on a regular basis.

770 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:38:28am

re: #766 Miss Trixie

.. I'm up I'm up. What more do you want.

/grumble-puss this morning

Coffee. A Western Omelet. Juice. Wheat toast, plenty of butter and orange marmalade. And another coffee

771 Killian Bundy  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:38:33am

Hamas hunts down Fatah rivals after Gaza blast

Hamas-run security forces stormed across Gaza on Saturday, clashing with rival Palestinian gunmen and arresting dozens of people after a bomb killed five of its senior militants and a little girl.

The explosion late on Friday near a beach outside Gaza City was the deadliest incident in weeks in the impoverished Palestinian territory which has been ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement for more than a year.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known but Hamas blamed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's rival Fatah movement, accusing it of collaborating with Israel to undermine the Islamist movement.

/break out the popcorn and lawn chairs

772 lori lane  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:38:40am

re: #662 goddessoftheclassroom

As a former teacher, love your nic!

773 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:38:42am

re: #759 sattv4u2 Well at least someone does!
/just kidding!

774 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:39:40am

re: #753 nyc redneck

i try to do some of that stuff but only because it suits me and i would do it anyway.
i'm tired of the directives tho from these people who don't conserve at all. something just not quite right abt. the crass elitist pontifications who retain the privilege to pollute w/ their own big homes, cars, and jets. they don't give a shit, really. "just words"

Exactly. I already keep my air conditioning use to a minimum. I already turn off the lights. But these left-wing elites still drive around in SUV's, they still fly around in private jets, they still live in comfort in their over-sized over-chilled mansions. and these same democrats (who btw I am convinced are all simply brain-washed by Al Gore's movie) have nothing to say about the fact that China is polluting the world. China has killed their major river systems, the air they pollute travels around the globe, the toxic waste China pumps into the ground (so that we can feel good about our solar powered panels) - extracts nary a mention.
I'm sick of it.

775 Shug  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:40:24am

re: #769 Charles

And if it's "off limits" to disagree with me, that's going to come as a shock to quite a few people who post here on a regular basis.


I disagree!

/

776 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:40:28am

re: #738 realwest

Thank you, RW...once again you’ve expressed yourself well...I hate to see it come to this, but I may be our only hope and the world can not live with a nuclear Iran.

I was looking for the new fake military photos from Iran...the photos with all of the model planes and military equipment. I think their bark is much bigger than their bite.

777 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:40:48am

re: #775 Shug

I disagree!

/


... cheeky ;).

778 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:40:51am

re: #770 sattv4u2

Coffee. A Western Omelet. Juice. Wheat toast, plenty of butter and orange marmalade. And another coffee

*perks up*

I can always count on LGF lizards to make my day - that sounds perfect.

Thanks! *mwah*

779 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:40:53am

re: #775 Shug

I disagree!

/

I'll argue that disagreement

780 goddessoftheclassroom  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:41:11am

re: #772 lori lane

As a former teacher, love your nic!

Oh, thank you!

It started several years ago when I get fed up with a whiny thing always asking me, "Why do we have to do this?" In exasperation, I said, "Because I'm the goddess of the classroom, and I say so."

It is my official title among my students...

781 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:41:36am

re: #764 Charles Yep, no arguement with you about that; in fact I think I said out here that I'd gone to Gagdad Bob's thread in question and it seemed to me that he only threw your name in to what was otherwise an incomprhensible post just to piss you off.

782 OldLineTexan  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:41:41am

re: #779 sattv4u2

I'll argue that disagreement

That's not an argument. That's merely equivocation.

783 MandyManners  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:41:53am

re: #772 lori lane

Your avatar is a darling...ah...er...critter.

784 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:42:02am

re: #769 Charles

And if it's "off limits" to disagree with me, that's going to come as a shock to quite a few people who post here on a regular basis.

I disagree...

/sorry

785 Killian Bundy  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:42:08am

Nail your wallet to the table.

/the Senate's about to pass the housing bail out bill

786 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:42:20am

re: #776 jorline

Kinda like the old Soviet Union - they ran the same gear through the parade route a dozen times to bulk up their appearance; the Soviets were a vastly greater force to reckon with, though.

787 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:42:24am

re: #778 Miss Trixie

*perks up*

I can always count on LGF lizards to make my day - that sounds perfect.

Thanks! *mwah*

ummmm,,, my post was in response to your "What more do you want. from your 766 !

I was ORDERING breakfast, not PROVIDING !

/duckin!

788 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:42:39am

re: #781 realwest

Yep, no arguement with you about that; in fact I think I said out here that I'd gone to Gagdad Bob's thread in question and it seemed to me that he only threw your name in to what was otherwise an incomprhensible post just to piss you off.

You haven't done any reading over there since then, have you?
Not pretty.

789 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:43:40am

re: #782 OldLineTexan

That's not an argument. That's merely equivocation.

no it's not
yes it is
no it's not
yes it is

Youtube Video

790 Mr. Bingley  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:43:41am

re: #160 Noam Sayin'


Hey, Bingley. Do you leave that muddled mess of lime pulp in the glass? Seems like that stuff would soak up an awful lot of rum.

Yep. I do. it does absorb sugar and cachaça, but in a really tasty way.

i have made them in a cocktail shaker, and then they're strained out if you want a 'neater' presentation.

791 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:43:42am

{realwest} Morning, luv *smoooooooch* How are you feeling today?

792 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:43:45am

re: #786 apb1

Kinda like the old Soviet Union - they ran the same gear through the parade route a dozen times to bulk up their appearance; the Soviets were a vastly greater force to reckon with, though.

Precisely...FauxMilitary

793 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:44:31am

re: #787 sattv4u2

ummmm,,, my post was in response to your "What more do you want. from your 766 !

I was ORDERING breakfast, not PROVIDING !

/duckin!

Smartypants! :P

794 lori lane  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:44:44am

re: #783 MandyManners

Your avatar is a darling...ah...er...critter.

Thx Mandy. I think she needs a name...

795 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:44:50am

re: #784 christheprofessor

I disagree...

/sorry


Charles pays the bills.

Disagree with an idea, thats' one thing... but if you hassle the host, you're toast.

/revolving title nom?

796 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:45:21am

re: #774 FrogMarch
Right on, right on, (channelling Rush L.)
When streisand said for people to turn off their a/c and hang their wash out to dry and then keeps her furs in an apt she kept at like 56 degrees that just burns my a$$. or the algore's mcmansion eating up all that energy. That picture of him sitting at his desk with the 3 plasma tvs going and several computers online and then him preaching about buying his f*cking carbon credits, whoa I get so tee'd off.
I recycle and turn off lights and my thermostate is at 74 in the summer and 68 in the winter. I have lots of liberal friends that talk it up but refuse to walk it.

797 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:46:04am

re: #775 Shug

Shug, you always make me laugh.

798 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:46:05am

re: #795 irish rose

Charles pays the bills.

Disagree with an idea, thats' one thing... but if you hassle the host, you're toast.

/revolving title nom?

It was meant as a joke...

799 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:46:25am

re: #749 akak How can it be too late? Hasn't the Obamessiah already said he want's to invade Pakistan?!
Actually what you said is irrelevent - at this point anyway, because we have no reason to believe that the Pakistani government, such as it is, is actively trying to kill American Troops. It just seems to not be able to control the NW frontiers.
And I wouldn't be surprised if we did mount an offensive that "spilled over" into the NW Frontiers and that Pakistan would file a protest with us and that would be the end of it.
My two Pakistani friends have told me before that the tribal regions of Pakistani is what we would call
"No Man's Land", nobody controlls it.

800 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:46:46am

re: #798 christheprofessor

It was meant as a joke...

Oh, sorry.

801 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:47:16am

CtP - OMIGOSH you've got messy pups in your avatar! Yikes! :O

LOL!

802 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:47:39am

In case anyone is TIREd of this, there's a new ThREAD over there >

803 Mr. Bingley  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:47:50am

re: #345 Noam Sayin'

Bingley, your method for creating a caipirinha is off-base; too much work and too messy.

Try this:

Get yourself a citrus juicer. Not the electric kind because they suck. Get one made of glass or some earthenware, with nice edges. Cut the lime in half, juice it, and slice off a hunk for deco. The rest of the recipe works the same, except I've cleaned it up a bit by using a simple syrup instead of muddling granulated sugar. If you want to muddle, use powdered sugar. The process goes much quicker.

i agree mostly, but i make 'em the traditional way like it's done in brazil. the disadvantage is that, as you say, it's slow.

but the way i can drink these things down, the advantage is ...that it's slow.

For a party your method is definitely the way to go.

804 OldLineTexan  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:47:54am

re: #794 lori lane

Thx Mandy. I think she needs a name...

Emeralda.

Fritty-fritty.

Tree-fritty.

/my 11-yo was helping

805 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:48:54am

re: #804 OldLineTexan

Emeralda.

Fritty-fritty.

Tree-fritty.

/my 11-yo was helping

good thing, or else they would have been REALLY bad !

806 MandyManners  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:49:53am

re: #794 lori lane

Thx Mandy. I think she needs a name...

Cutie-Pie?

807 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:50:01am

re: #800 irish rose

Oh, sorry.

No worries. Looking back at it, I could see how it could be taken literally (should have added a "couldn't resist!" after the sorry)...

re: #801 Miss Trixie

Yes, I may put up a new one in a bit. Did you try the brownies yet?

808 OldLineTexan  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:50:35am

re: #805 sattv4u2

I know! Lucky she got up (finally). The girls are in full-up summer nocturnal mode.

809 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:50:38am

re: #774 FrogMarch

i heard rush say last wk. that the global warming hoaxers are engaging in a major campaign now to really push their agenda (get as much legislation passed to benefit their silly program$ as possible) because more scientists are backing away from the gw scam.
and in a few yrs. when all their dire predictions don't materialize and the earth in fact cools, the term "global warming" will the butt of many jokes.
actually it should be the reason to prosecutes lots of hucksters.
and you are so right abt. china. aren't the rivers over there on fire?

810 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:50:44am

off limits might be wrong term, but strident impoliteness to a host. is bad manners

811 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:51:32am

re: #769 Charles For the record, Charles, I didn't say one couldn't disagree with you, but that in any "argument" with you you'd get the last word cause it's your blog.
And I don't disagree with that at all.

812 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:51:32am

re: #808 OldLineTexan

I know! Lucky she got up (finally). The girls are in full-up summer nocturnal mode.

I know what you mean. My 14 year old son hasn't 'seen"11 a.m. since the start of vacation

813 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:54:23am

re: #778 Miss Trixie HEY!
What, no "hello" and a *smooch* today? Well {Miss Trixie} here's a *smooch* for you!

814 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:55:26am

re: #809 nyc redneck

and in a few yrs. when all their dire predictions don't materialize and the earth in fact cools,

What they'll do then is trot out the 1970's Time Mag that stated NEW ICE AGE COMING to prove that they were correct all along !

(to beat em, ya gotta think like em !)

815 apb1  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:57:08am

re: #809 nyc redneck

Its amazing what information DOESN'T get traction. With the big yellow ball in the sky still snoozin' between cycles, we've already shed an entire century's 'warming' in just over a year. I usually don't question people's beliefs, but in this case I will - why the heck should anyone believe algore over a smidge of science that blows him out of the water (like the walrus that he is, fer cry-i).

816 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:58:18am

CtP

Your brownie recipe was an instant hit! I kept the lion's share for me to enjoy and brought some into a meeting last week.

All the girls want to know if you're available ... :D

Absolutely fabulous brownies!

realwest, honey - see my #271

817 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:58:50am

re: #785 Killian Bundy
Hey Killian - as I understand the bailout bill it provides that the goverment will guarantee any shortfall in funds for Fannie/Freddie Mac (which would of course affect us as taxpayers IF Fannie/Freddie ever called on it) but since Fannie and Freddie combined hold the mortgages on more than 50% of all houses in the US, do you think allowing them to fail would be beneficial to our econony? Or did the damned Dem's add something to the bailout bill I haven't read about?

818 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:59:40am

re: #816 Miss Trixie

Glad you liked them. They really are awesome.

And yes, I'm still available. Or, as I like to put it, still two women short of a threesome... ;)

819 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:59:49am

also it denigrates the knowledge behind the topics. and reason for concern, which would entail lack of seperation between religion and state ,mandated religious ideas opening all of us to any faith that wanted to "make us comply"

820 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:00:18am

re: #788 irish rose Nope that was my one and only venture into Gagdad Bob's territory - I was sufficiently unamused to want to go back.

821 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:00:58am

re: #818 christheprofessor

Glad you liked them. They really are awesome.

And yes, I'm still available. Or, as I like to put it, still two women short of a threesome... ;)

*snort*

:P

822 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:01:22am

re: #820 realwest

Nope that was my one and only venture into Gagdad Bob's territory - I was sufficiently unamused to want to go back.

Comments are FAR worse now.

823 lori lane  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:03:52am

re: #804 OldLineTexan

Emeralda.

Fritty-fritty.

Tree-fritty.

/my 11-yo was helping

Awww those are cute! :) Hmmmm...

824 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:03:54am

re: #809 nyc redneck

i heard rush say last wk. that the global warming hoaxers are engaging in a major campaign now to really push their agenda (get as much legislation passed to benefit their silly program$ as possible) because more scientists are backing away from the gw scam.
and in a few yrs. when all their dire predictions don't materialize and the earth in fact cools, the term "global warming" will the butt of many jokes.
actually it should be the reason to prosecutes lots of hucksters.
and you are so right abt. china. aren't the rivers over there on fire?

I'm not certain that global warming is a hoax (entirely) but I am certain that the left do not care about the environment - they only care about political power.
For instance, I'm certain the left will discard/discredit T Boone Pickens wind-power/natural gas plan simply because he has a southern sounding name. (the left are such bigots) The left must be in control and that means - no good ideas and no innovations- just fascistic control by leftists over our lives while they live like Putins.


China's dead rivers

825 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:04:06am

re: #820 realwest

Hey, Mon. Do you have a link to there? I'm curious...

/sorta like rubbernecking as one slowyly passes a car wreck.

826 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:04:34am

re: #821 Miss Trixie

Snort backatcha!

827 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:04:43am

re: #816 Miss Trixie
Uh, you're #271?!?

828 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:05:30am

re: #819 willowone

also it denigrates the knowledge behind the topics. and reason for concern, which would entail lack of seperation between religion and state ,mandated religious ideas opening all of us to any faith that wanted to "make us comply"

I'd ask HUH !?!?!, but I'm afraid I you might answer !

829 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:06:07am

re: #821 Miss Trixie

*snort*

:P

re: #826 christheprofessor

Snort backatcha!

If you're pouring SNORTS, make mine a double Vodka, neat

830 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:07:17am

re: #825 christheprofessor Hey CtP, no I don't - went to Babba's blog to see what she'd done to get banned here, saw the link and went there - didn't bookmark it or anything.
But if what Rose says is true, that the comments have gotten even nastier (hard to believe cause the comments two days ago were REALLY effin' nasty) I don't think you should go there without a Hazmat suit on!

831 lori lane  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:07:27am

re: #806 MandyManners

Cutie-Pie?

Thx! /adding that to the potential listie

832 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:07:48am

re: #829 sattv4u2

If you're pouring SNORTS, make mine a double Vodka, neat

It's early, but I could really go for a Baja Crush about now...

833 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:08:32am

re: #830 realwest

Heh.

I'll try that route...

834 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:10:12am

re: #825 christheprofessor

Hey, Mon. Do you have a link to there? I'm curious...

/sorta like rubbernecking as one slowyly passes a car wreck.


Here.
The entries over the last few days are bad enough... but check out the comments.

Pretty damned sad.

835 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:11:11am

re: #814 sattv4u2
And you sure do!
/ JUST KIDDING!

836 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:11:27am

re: #834 irish rose

Gracias... Heading over to take a look now...

837 Charles  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:13:25am

One last comment about the people mentioned above: I didn't start this crap; they did. They were so threatened by my opposition to the "intelligent design" agenda that they were driven to attack me personally.

838 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:15:09am

re: #824 FrogMarch
Loved your post, but thought I'd let ya know that T. Boone Pickens, former oil man, is at least partially motivated by money - he owns or holds majortiy share interests in wind, solar and natural gas companies - has acquired them in small amounts over a number of years.
He's a smart, smart investor.

839 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:15:11am

re: #835 realwest

And you sure do!
/ JUST KIDDING!

I'm slightly to the right of Atilla The Hun. But being born and raised in Boston, living there for over 45 years, surrounded by liberals at every turn,,,,, teachers, co-workers, politicians, newpapers and TV anchors, etc etc, you tend to learn and know their habits, thoughts, actions.

840 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:16:25am

re: #834 irish rose

Wow. Dude's got a serious problem! Haven't even gotten to the comments yet...

841 willowone  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:17:47am

i stated badly, my point was an attempt to say.
id is not science and i don't want it used as a tool to encourage religion in public schools.

842 FrogMarch  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:18:33am

re: #838 realwest

Loved your post, but thought I'd let ya know that T. Boone Pickens, former oil man, is at least partially motivated by money - he owns or holds majortiy share interests in wind, solar and natural gas companies - has acquired them in small amounts over a number of years.
He's a smart, smart investor.

Money as a motivator isn't always a bad thing. (unless your name is Soros)

843 LindaMarie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:19:07am

re: #569 newsjunkie_ky

Done! At least the those that might listen.

844 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:20:54am

re: #827 realwest

Uh, you're #271?!?

Oopsy! Try #791 :D

845 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:21:15am

re: #837 Charles Anyone who attacks you personally - regardless of who started what - on your own blog, no less, does deserve to lose their accounts here.
That otherwise "loyal" LGFers would use another blog to attack you personally is just what GCP and DL were/are all about; I can't stand the Ed the weatherguy who'd post vile stuff about you ATS and then come over here and was all "lovey-dovey."
So I would say anyone who attacks you personally on LGF or anyother blog should lose their account.

846 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:23:34am

re: #845 realwest

Anyone who attacks you personally - regardless of who started what - on your own blog, no less, does deserve to lose their accounts here.
That otherwise "loyal" LGFers would use another blog to attack you personally is just what GCP and DL were/are all about; I can't stand the Ed the weatherguy who'd post vile stuff about you ATS and then come over here and was all "lovey-dovey."
So I would say anyone who attacks you personally on LGF or anyother blog should lose their account.

I met Ed the Weatherguy at Nam Grunt's BQQ last summer and he seriously creeped me out.

*shudder*

847 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:23:46am

re: #840 christheprofessor I didn't even understand the monograph that attacked Charles (which BZ linked to) at all - it was all just mish mash to me - never thought to go through the comments, though.

848 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:26:25am

re: #842 FrogMarch No, in fact I think money is one of the best motivators of all; just kinda funny to me that T. Boone gets his TV ad's up and running about alternative energy resources and even says he's an oilman and then pimps for Alternative engergy without revealing his investment in such firms.

849 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:27:01am

re: #847 realwest

I didn't even understand the monograph that attacked Charles (which BZ linked to) at all - it was all just mish mash to me - never thought to go through the comments, though.

Yes, it seems like an almost random stream of consciousness spewed on a web page. Very difficult to follow. I read a few paragraphs and skipped right to the comments, which I am perusing nowl...

850 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:32:20am

re: #824 FrogMarch

i say hoax in regard to humans getting the blame. if you look at recent history, for example the yrs. btw 700-l350, there was an amazing warming period and no one was polluting to cause it.
what a travesty in china.

851 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:32:22am

re: #849 christheprofessor Uh, CtP - what happened?
Your post just sorta drifted off there!

852 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:33:05am

re: #845 realwest

Anyone who attacks you personally - regardless of who started what - on your own blog, no less, does deserve to lose their accounts here.
That otherwise "loyal" LGFers would use another blog to attack you personally is just what GCP and DL were/are all about; I can't stand the Ed the weatherguy who'd post vile stuff about you ATS and then come over here and was all "lovey-dovey."
So I would say anyone who attacks you personally on LGF or anyother blog should lose their account.


The worst of it realwest, is that she doesn't soil her own blog with criticism.... no, no. She hides behind her "oymerta" (code of silence) and her email circles.

She uses the comment sections on other peoples blogs as her platform, gleefully trashing the man who gave her investigative work massive front page exposure, and treated her with nothing less than kindness and respect over the years.

She should bow her head in shame, but she clearly has none.

As a website admin I've seen this kind of behavior many times. Psychiatrists have a name for it: malignant narcissism. And this is typical behavior for the narcissist who is cut off from his/ her supply.

There is no excuse for what is being done over there.
None.

853 christheprofessor  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:33:20am

re: #851 realwest

Uh, CtP - what happened?
Your post just sorta drifted off there!

No, that was all I had to say (though I did accidentally end on a random "l")....

854 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:33:22am

re: #846 Miss Trixie
OK, you're shudder is enough to keep me from asking how he creeped you out! LOL!
How are you and Lil Miss doing today?

855 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:34:44am

re: #848 realwest

you don't think people are bright enough to know that T Boone is invested in something he's advocating?

Every 'oil man' knows that oil will someday run out, be it 10, 20 or 50 years from now. Have you not seen a Shell and/ or BP commercial lately touting alternatives?

856 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:35:12am

re: #852 irish rose That's something you perhaps ought to take up with her directly, doncha think? I mean, given the fact that she can't respond to you here.

857 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:36:56am

re: #856 realwest

That's something you perhaps ought to take up with her directly, doncha think? I mean, given the fact that she can't respond to you here.

In light of what has been said about me behind my back over the last few months, I think not.

858 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:37:24am

re: #850 nyc redneck

i say hoax in regard to humans getting the blame. if you look at recent history, for example the yrs. btw 700-l350, there was an amazing warming period and no one was polluting to cause it.
what a travesty in china.

my question to all the "global warming" people is twofold. They usually cite something like "it's warmer now that at anytime since 1930". I ask them what kind of SUV's were their grandfathers driving in 1930 that made it as warm then as it is now?

my 2nd counter is, if it is "too warm" now, and it was "too cold" before, can they please tell me what the earths ideal temp SHOULD be to gauge against when it is too warm and cold

859 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:39:03am

re: #837 Charles

One last comment about the people mentioned above: I didn't start this crap; they did. They were so threatened by my opposition to the "intelligent design" agenda that they were driven to attack me personally.

charles, i think it's such a great idea that you have been adding the "note" to reader abt. how belief in god does not preclude belief in evolution and vis versa.
that means a lot to people. i appreciate it and i'm not even a really religious person.

860 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:39:40am

re: #854 realwest

OK, you're shudder is enough to keep me from asking how he creeped you out! LOL!
How are you and Lil Miss doing today?

We're just fine, hon and taking it easy. The painter finally showed up to paint my front door then toddled off on an errand and I haven't seen his hippir a** in over 30 minutes. Grrrrrrrr.

I'll bet I'll have to make another tinfoil has for him just as I did for the drywall guy last year after he started spouting "GB is a terrorist ... blah ... blah ... blah."

861 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:41:06am

re: #859 nyc redneck

charles, i think it's such a great idea that you have been adding the "note" to reader abt. how belief in god does not preclude belief in evolution and vis versa.
that means a lot to people. i appreciate it and i'm not even a really religious person.

So do I.

862 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:41:14am

hippir = hippie

Sheesh.

863 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:41:53am

re: #855 sattv4u2 Don't know why you seem to be so intent on being contrarian to me today, but I'll just say that NO - I don't think the average American will see his ad and think he's heavily invested as he is. I think they'll see it the way it was intended to come off - FORMER Oilman realizes the "error of his ways" and now thinks Solar, Wind etc is the countries way out of our energy crisis, even though that's not true.

864 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:43:12am

re: #857 irish rose What's been said behind your back? What? Perhaps you'd like to e-mail me about that cause I've never heard any of it.

865 Miss Trixie  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:44:30am

Outta here for a while - see y'all later. :D

866 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:45:34am

re: #860 Miss Trixie
What? Y'all didn't save that first tinfoil hat or did you just give it to the drywall guy on the off chance he'd "see the light"?!

867 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:46:00am

re: #860 Miss Trixie
I no longer tolerate that liberal crap from people I'm paying to do a job. I fired my lawn guy for just that reason. I'm not giving my money to someone who has BDS and is voting for obama.

868 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:46:54am

re: #867 newsjunkie_ky
Good for you! How do you find out how they feel or intend to vote before they start working?

869 irish rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:47:47am

re: #864 realwest

What's been said behind your back? What? Perhaps you'd like to e-mail me about that cause I've never heard any of it.

Probably because I choose to let it roll off off my back, like water on a duck.

870 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:48:56am

re: #868 realwest
Don't know if you can unless you just ask right up front, 'who are you voing for in Nov.'. Or you could say something nice about Bush or McCain and gage their reaction. The lawn guy just went on a tirade against Bush and then he disparaged the Troops and that did it. No one puts down the Troops in front of me.

871 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:49:10am

re: #869 irish rose ah, smart way to handle it.
Oh, btw, I completely forgot to ask you, how's "your Marine" doing? You guys having fun I hope?!

872 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:49:47am

re: #863 realwest

Don't know why you seem to be so intent on being contrarian to me today, but I'll just say that NO - I don't think the average American will see his ad and think he's heavily invested as he is. I think they'll see it the way it was intended to come off - FORMER Oilman realizes the "error of his ways" and now thinks Solar, Wind etc is the countries way out of our energy crisis, even though that's not true.

sorry you're so offended that someone deigns to be "contrarian" to you, and although I agree that SOME (typically the far left greenies) will see it as FORMER oilman sees error of his ways, i'm sure MOST will see it as they see the Shell and BP ads, as a businesses that know it must branch out to survive.
As much as the MSM touts the demise of Detroit as the car making capital of the world, and as much as people moan about job loss there, whats NOT mentioned is the number of plants that have sprung up in the south creating as many if not more jobs than were lost. So what should a former Detroit auto worker do? MOVE or stop griping! Thats just what T Boone and the other oil men are doing
IMHO

873 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:50:21am

re: #870 newsjunkie_ky
Ah yeah, that's how it started with me and my dentist. He said something about we should never have invaded Iraq and the conversation sorta went downhill from there! LOL!

874 Irish Rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:52:40am

re: #871 realwest

ah, smart way to handle it.
Oh, btw, I completely forgot to ask you, how's "your Marine" doing? You guys having fun I hope?!

We're having a lot of fun, thanks for asking.
I wish he could be home longer than just two short weeks, but we'll take what we can get.

875 Charles  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:54:34am

re: #859 nyc redneck

charles, i think it's such a great idea that you have been adding the "note" to reader abt. how belief in god does not preclude belief in evolution and vis versa.
that means a lot to people. i appreciate it and i'm not even a really religious person.

Unfortunately at least one person was mortally offended by that note.

876 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:54:42am

re: #872 sattv4u2 Well I reckon if I was an auto worker I'd move too. Course the problem is more widespread than that - there are a LOT of folks who "depend" on the auto industry in Michigan for a living (think furniture stores, bookstores, appliance stores, diners, restarurants and the like) and a lot of them CAN'T move.
As I said, if I was an out of work auto-worker and could move I would - or I'd try to change my major, so to speak.

877 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:55:45am

re: #874 Irish Rose
If it's not giving away any information that should be confidential, do y'all know where he's headed after his leave?

878 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:56:30am

re: #873 realwest
The lawn guy said something about the draft and I said there is no draft. The Troops enlisted and are there (most of them anyway) because they are protecting his sorry a$$. Then he said those guys just want to fight. Man, that went all through me. It was all I could do to stop myself from slapping his face.
Going to go fix lunch.
later Lizards.

879 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:58:14am

re: #875 Charles
ROTFLMAO! Someone was OFFENDED by your adding that note? Oh my stars! Hope you didn't get a hate e-mail about it!
Did that person say why he/she was offended by it?

880 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:58:31am

re: #876 realwest

If "you" as an auto worker would move or change majors, why can't the furniture stores, bookstores, appliance stores, diners, restarurants and the like move also? Back in 1996, when Massachusetts was going down the tubes, business wise, I scaled back my company there, and opened up shop in the Raliegh/ Durham area of NC because of the growth there at that time

881 nyc redneck  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:59:32am

re: #875 Charles

Unfortunately at least one person was mortally offended by that note.

i bet most were not tho.
it shows you are respectful. that's all you can do.

882 Charles  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:00:21am

re: #879 realwest

ROTFLMAO! Someone was OFFENDED by your adding that note? Oh my stars! Hope you didn't get a hate e-mail about it!
Did that person say why he/she was offended by it?

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

883 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:00:48am

re: #880 sattv4u2 Well that's a compicated question - or at least the answer to it is complicated (and btw, I think it's great that you've moved to North Carolina!). Do you mind if I ask what type of business you own?

884 Irish Rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:01:24am

re: #876 realwest

Well I reckon if I was an auto worker I'd move too. Course the problem is more widespread than that - there are a LOT of folks who "depend" on the auto industry in Michigan for a living (think furniture stores, bookstores, appliance stores, diners, restarurants and the like) and a lot of them CAN'T move.
As I said, if I was an out of work auto-worker and could move I would - or I'd try to change my major, so to speak.

We have No Worker Left Behind here in Michigan, and some help is available for those who are trying to transition into another career. Paid tuition, for one thing.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of applicants for the program and when the funds run out, they run out. If you can get into the program early in the year, you're good to go... but if you're laid off later in the year, forget it. The funds are dried up, and you're out of luck.

Far too many displaced workers here in Michigan run out of unemployment payments and money before they can even get into one of these programs. The funding just isn't there.

885 Irish Rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:02:01am

re: #877 realwest

If it's not giving away any information that should be confidential, do y'all know where he's headed after his leave?

Afghanistan, we're thinking.

886 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:03:08am

re: #882 Charles
Oh, whew, I thought it was a relatively "stable" LGFer who'd just run off the rails unexpectedly!

887 Irish Rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:03:59am

re: #882 Charles

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]


Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

888 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:04:29am

re: #884 Irish Rose
Well, how would you answer #880 - not your personal reasons, but in general?

889 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:05:30am

re: #885 Irish Rose Um, is he still gonna be doing the kind of work he was doing? (seriously trying to be vauge here).

890 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:06:55am

re: #883 realwest

Well that's a compicated question - or at least the answer to it is complicated (and btw, I think it's great that you've moved to North Carolina!). Do you mind if I ask what type of business you own?

OWNED (past tense). I sold them in 1998. In Boston, I had 3 small companies
1) contracting to the cable companies, setting up their "head ends" (the place where their satellite dishes are to recieve the channels, combine them and send out over their networks)
2) selling, installing and fixing home and business (sports bars, restaurants, hotels) satellite systems
3) selling and installing Home Theater systems

In North Carolina, I did 2 and 3.

One at a time, I sold them between early 98 and mid 99

891 Irish Rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:09:10am

Moving your business and starting over again from scratch, is simply not practical for a lot of small business owners.

892 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:09:24am

re: #882 Charles

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Thanks for that link, Charles. It provides a clearer view and perhaps to some a better perspective of where some people are coming from.

At at a loss though...why do a lot of these people only hang out on the Darwin/evolution threads? Kind of like TV or the radio...if you don't like the message...turn the channel.

893 Irish Rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:10:22am

re: #889 realwest

Um, is he still gonna be doing the kind of work he was doing? (seriously trying to be vauge here).

Yes, he is.
Where he'll be doing it, is what we don't know.

894 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:11:56am

re: #890 sattv4u2
So does that mean you're retired now?

895 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:12:54am

re: #893 Irish Rose Ah, well then I hope that it keeps him out of harm's way.
Please don't forget to tell him how much we all appreciate his service!

896 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:14:51am

re: #892 jorline Or sorta like tounging a sore tooth (as I'm doing as I type this!). I don't understand that either, but the person in question has posted on other threads than those, which is why I worded my #886 the way I did.

897 Irish Rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:17:01am

re: #895 realwest

Ah, well then I hope that it keeps him out of harm's way.
Please don't forget to tell him how much we all appreciate his service!

I'll do that ;).

898 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:18:26am

re: #894 realwest

So does that mean you're retired now?

nahh ,, I took the rest of '99 off, so to speak. But I was only 46 at the time, early the next year, I took a job with a big firm working out of their Boston office. 6 months later, they asked if I would take a position with them in Atlanta (my choices were move to Atlanta or be out of work, as they were closing the Boston office) Here I sit today at LEVEL 3 TELEPORT ATLANTA, sending and recieving satellite and fiber optic TV signals worldwide. (mostly news, sports, business media)
[Link: www.level3.com...]

899 jorline  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:19:54am

re: #896 realwest

Or sorta like tounging a sore tooth (as I'm doing as I type this!). I don't understand that either, but the person in question has posted on other threads than those, which is why I worded my #886 the way I did.

gotcha...I just noticed the last three threads and they all pertained to the subject at hand. I've seen several LGF's going into those threads and I never notice them elsewhere...if you know what I mean RW.

900 Irish Rose  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:22:37am

Well folks, I'm off for a while.
It's a beautiful day today, get out and enjoy it.

901 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:24:41am

re: #900 Irish Rose

Well folks, I'm off for a while.
It's a beautiful day today, get out and enjoy it.

I would if I could but I can't so I won't !

(working a 12 hour shift today, 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.)

902 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:30:03am

re: #898 sattv4u2
Ah crap - I mean that in the sense that you're no longer in North Carolina where I am!
Don't understand what it is you really do, but I'm glad you're down south again. Hey you know Lucius Septembus also lives in Atlanta - maybe you two could hook up some day!

903 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:31:29am

re: #899 jorline Oh yeah, I do indeed know what you mean.

904 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:31:50am

re: #900 Irish Rose
Enjoy the day!

905 sattv4u2  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:34:03am

re: #902 realwest

Ah crap - I mean that in the sense that you're no longer in North Carolina where I am!
Don't understand what it is you really do, but I'm glad you're down south again. Hey you know Lucius Septembus also lives in Atlanta - maybe you two could hook up some day!

We're planning too.

As to what I do, its pretty easy, actually. You're in North carolina, but people in lets say Germany want to see the NFL game out of Charlotte. Somewhere at the stadium there is a "production truck" where all the cameras shots and announcers audio ends up. Close to the truck is a fiber optic hookup, (nothing more than a fancy phoneline) That fiber is sent to me here in Atlanta. I take that and send it to a satellite over the Atlantic that I can broadcast too, and German TV stations can take down. They then send that out over their systems.

906 realwest  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:39:47am

re: #905 sattv4u2 Huh. I knew that's how games were broadcast around, but never "knew" anyone who was in the business - you must get to at least watch a lot of games though!
And I'm glad you're gonna hook up with Lucius - he's a great guy - if you can remember to, tell him I said