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Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 9:30:05 pm PDT

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1 Ojoe  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:31:35pm

Goodnight, see you in the morning.

2 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:33:40pm

I'm no poet, but I get pretty sensitive when the beaches I visit are slathered with medical waste!

Thank you, Democrat John Corzine!

3 Mich-again  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:33:59pm

Joe Biden has a yapping trail a mile long. But he's no poet.

4 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:34:58pm

Not a lot of money in poetry.

5 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:35:22pm

re: #4 Sharmuta

Just ask Nipsy Russell.

6 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:37:33pm

re: #4 Sharmuta

Not a lot of money in poetry.

Unless your a lefty poet who writes about who blew up da owl. Then you get showered with grant money.

7 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:38:11pm

There once was a man from Nantucket...

8 Mich-again  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:38:41pm

So it appears partitioning Iraq into three parts was a pet project of Joe Biden.
US Senate calls for Iraq's partition

The proposal to breaking up Iraq into decentralized regions came from Senator Joseph Biden, who heads the chamber's foreign relations committee and is running for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination.

Biden has long championed the federal plan, saying it would give Iraq's main groups 'breathing room in their own regions' and speed up a US troop withdrawal.

But partition would raise concern in neighbouring Turkey, which is fighting a Kurdish separatist movement and would be wary of broader autonomy for Iraqi Kurds across the border.

Sunni-led Saudi Arabia would likely fear a further rise in Iranian influence over Iraq if Iraqi Shiites controlled their own mini-state.

9 Killian Bundy  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:39:10pm

re: #7 Noam Sayin'

There once was a man from Nantucket...

/he had a wooden bucket . . .

10 jcm  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:40:34pm

re: #7 Noam Sayin'

There once was a man from Nantucket...

Who kept all his cash in a bucket.

11 Mich-again  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:40:59pm

On Iraq, Biden is Worse than McCain

Barack Obama may be doing the one thing that might have seemed impossible: he's picking a running mate whose ideas about Iraq are even worse than, and stupider than, John McCain's.

Obama, whose mushy Iraq plan excites no one, is marrying his own's flawed ideas -- which mostly revolve around beefing up US forces in Afghanistan and unilaterally attacking Pakistan -- with Biden's discredited notion of partitioning Iraq into three squabbling mini-states.

12 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:41:00pm

re: #9 Killian Bundy

/he had a wooden bucket . . .

He said with a grin...

13 StudSupreme  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:41:30pm

Does anybody see the Biden-Obama ticket actually working?

I'm sorry, but I can't put it together.

It destroys Obama's posture as a 'Change' agent.
Biden is so experienced that it makes you wonder why HE isn't the party nominee for the presidency, not Vice presidency.
Obama has very fixed ideas about things which are bound to conflict with the seasoned Biden, especially on foreign policy issues.
And in the debates, Biden might very well be able to hold his own against the Republican VP, but Obama will still get utterly destroyed by McCain.

Am I missing something?

14 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:41:34pm

Look at Biden with his plugs
And Obama with his jugs
Ears a'flappin'
Toes a tappin'
Couple of No-Clown Mugs...

Hair today, gone tomorrow
Biden is a hairy sorrow
Mouth a'flappin'
Blovious rappin'
Obama has gravitas to borrow!

Now, I admit I'm just a junkey
Here, without the BuzzSaw Monkey
Softly deridin'
Senator Biden
Obamessiah's loopy, Old-Guy flunkey!

Joe Biden: sets the gap to widen
Obama: No more poll-gap ridin'
Loser One
Loser Two
"Joe-Bama" where they're coincidin'

JoBama, you can always hope
JoBama, now you've got the rope
From sea to range
You hope for change
And hang yourselves off a SLIPPERY SLOPE!

/Shamus Glimfurt, circa 1944: "The Future Quatrains Anthology", Doubleday

15 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:42:20pm

re: #13 StudSupreme

Does anybody see the Biden-Obama ticket actually working?

I'm sorry, but I can't put it together.

It destroys Obama's posture as a 'Change' agent.
Biden is so experienced that it makes you wonder why HE isn't the party nominee for the presidency, not Vice presidency.
Obama has very fixed ideas about things which are bound to conflict with the seasoned Biden, especially on foreign policy issues.
And in the debates, Biden might very well be able to hold his own against the Republican VP, but Obama will still get utterly destroyed by McCain.

Am I missing something?

nope.

16 Mich-again  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:42:22pm

re: #7 Noam Sayin'

There once was a man from Nantucket...

Who when given an ear of corn would shuck it.

17 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:42:23pm

There once was a guy name obama
Who was raised by his loving white grama
Met Michelle in law school
Who's a US hatin' fool
Can't wait for all the dem drama.

18 winston06  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:42:29pm

good night...

20 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:43:21pm

re: #14 Karridine

Obamessiah's loopy, Old-Guy flunkey!

LMAO

21 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:44:03pm

re: #13 StudSupreme

Does anybody see the Biden-Obama ticket actually working?

I'm sorry, but I can't put it together.

It destroys Obama's posture as a 'Change' agent.
Biden is so experienced that it makes you wonder why HE isn't the party nominee for the presidency, not Vice presidency.
Obama has very fixed ideas about things which are bound to conflict with the seasoned Biden, especially on foreign policy issues.
And in the debates, Biden might very well be able to hold his own against the Republican VP, but Obama will still get utterly destroyed by McCain.

Am I missing something?

No you are not.
One of the reasons imo that they will not be campaigning together is because it looks like obambi should be the vp

22 PSGInfinity  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:44:55pm

re: #13 StudSupreme

A Nantucket bucket full of hubris?

23 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:45:36pm

Hillary is behind this. Something weird is going on. It's late and my conspiracy theorist hat is on.

24 Killian Bundy  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:45:43pm

re: #12 Noam Sayin'

He said with a grin...

/while rubbing his shin . . .

25 unclassifiable  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:45:58pm

To: Chris Matthews
From: Lizardioid Command -- Denver
Re: Feelings

Chris, that tingle down your leg is Obama whizzing on it.

Really, Biden is the best they can do?

26 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:46:27pm

re: #13 StudSupreme

Nope. You're missing nothing. Obama is an idiot, and all of us here knew that from Day 1. Picking Biden is just one more indicator that this man has no idea what it takes to be President.

Reaffirms my decision to never vote Democrat again.

Zell Miller - your party needs you.

27 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:46:37pm

re: #24 Killian Bundy

I'll get a chicken and pluck it!

28 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:46:56pm

re: #24 Killian Bundy

/while rubbing his shin . . .

/and Hillarys supporters said fuck it.

29 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:47:29pm

re: #28 Typicalwhitey

LOL.

30 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:47:36pm

re: #28 Typicalwhitey

Sorry for the language.

31 Killian Bundy  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:48:07pm

re: #25 unclassifiable

Really, Biden is the best they can do?

C'mon, he's only had two brain aneurysms.

/very low mileage, barely a mark on him

32 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:48:32pm

re: #30 Typicalwhitey

Its after hours and no kids should be watching. The F word is one of the best.

33 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:48:43pm

There now is a guy named JoBama,
Who speaks with exceeding good grammar
IF scripted and preened
And scrubbed up and cleaned
They just might escape the slammer!

JoBama your time has come!
Y'all ain't no Dhimmocrats bum!
With hope and with change
You both can derange
America! And THEN some!

/Frumious Q. Bundersnutch, "The Olive Oyl Pressings", circa 1947; Prentiss-Hall

34 TonyR  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:48:59pm

Had to laugh this post on [Link: justoneminute.typepad.com...]

"No matter who wins the old white guy will be answering the phone at 3 AM."

Obama is done. Can't wait until the MSM finally turns on him.

35 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:49:06pm

re: #24 Killian Bundy

/while rubbing his shin . . .

Anyone?

I got nothing.

36 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:49:16pm

re: #32 bellamags


LOL
Denver ought to be a.....riot lol

37 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:49:17pm

re: #26 Noam Sayin'
HEY NOAM! How are you doing this fine evening?

38 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:49:43pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

Anyone?

I got nothing.

Noam...see 28

39 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:50:00pm

re: #33 Karridine

AVOID... avoid the slammer!

/dang

40 unclassifiable  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:50:13pm

I still was rooting for him to pick Robert Byrd just to make the MSMs heads explode. Oh well. Many opportunities wasted for the donks. At least it wasn't our country wasted.

41 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:50:14pm

re: #35 Noam Sayin'

Anyone?

I got nothing.

TypicalWhitey at #28

42 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:51:04pm

re: #33 Karridine

Is that a sleestack?

43 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:51:26pm

re: #38 Typicalwhitey

Noam...see 28

Typ, See #41

;)

44 UncleSam  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:51:40pm

Biden's just a party hack and totally negates the whole "change" theme that Obama has cultivated.

45 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:51:52pm

re: #43 Noam Sayin'

LOL

How are you this evening?

46 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:51:53pm

Anyone know a good website to research employee rights (specifically, Illinois)?

47 Edouard  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:51:56pm

Michelle likes to gripe and to grouse and
Grab her cush-job's three-hundred-six thousand
She's a discontent standout
Despite Rezko's bold handout
For her cheap mansion and extra house land

48 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:52:08pm

Anyone seen Wyatt lately?

49 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:52:29pm

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

50 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:52:48pm

re: #22 PSGInfinity

A Nantucket bucket full of hubris?

No, that would be a Hyannisport bucket full of hubris.

51 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:53:04pm

re: #27 bellamags

In reference to the Larry Flint's First Time Ever entry a couple threads back! ROFL!

"...said he with a grin
while rubbing his shin,
'I'll get a chicken and pluck it!"

/buk-buk-B'KKAW!

52 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:53:44pm

re: #48 Typicalwhitey

Anyone seen Wyatt lately?

Saw him down in Tombstone the other day with that crazy dentist friend of his.

53 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:54:31pm

re: #45 Typicalwhitey

Doin alright. Just got home from a party with a group of friends from the leftward side of the political spectrum. They were decidedly mum on the while thing, which I take as a good sign.

54 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:54:37pm

re: #40 unclassifiable
Well we've seen YouTube videos out here starring Biden and making some pretty racist or edge of rascist remarks, not just the "articulate, fresh and clean" one, but a buncha others, so the Dems won't miss Byrd all that much.
What astounds me NO END is that Obama didn't at least APPEAR to consider Hillary as his VP nominee.
There were women - LOTS of women, and some men, on Fox TV today saying, basically PUMA and that they'd vote for McCain because of the way Obama "dissed" Hillary.
I'm not so sure they'll vote for McCain, but I can see them NOT voting for Obama.

55 UncleSam  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:55:17pm

re: #52 Colonel Panik

Saw him down in Tombstone the other day with that crazy dentist friend of his.

You mean Doc Holliday?

56 Inquisitive  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:55:34pm

re: #46 ggt

Anyone know a good website to research employee rights (specifically, Illinois)?


ggt....you got to be kidding.....good and Illinois does not go together...especially when it concerns government and employee rights.

57 stevieray  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:55:55pm

re: #25 unclassifiable

Speaking of Chris Matthews...

Did anybody stop by MSNBC and see how their 16 straight hours of Obama VP Selection Orgasm went?

58 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:56:03pm

re: #48 Typicalwhitey

Present!

Sorry, just came back from vacation, and work was a bear tonight. Actually trying to not fall asleep at the computer.

59 StudSupreme  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:56:17pm

OK, I'd like to follow up on my original comment:

This Obama-Biden ticket AIN'T GONNA WORK.

Behold:

Youtube Video

Couldn't be said more clearly.

60 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:56:39pm

re: #54 realwest


Real as a woman I was offended that he didn't even pretend to consider her.
If another man had 18 million votes during the primary, you can bet your butt he would have been considered.
And I am a McCain volunteer.

I am sure you can imagine how HER supporters feel about it!

61 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:56:56pm

re: #48 Typicalwhitey
See #2!

62 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:57:02pm

re: #55 UncleSam

You mean Doc Holliday?

Heh.

63 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:57:10pm

re: #58 Wyatt Earp

Present!

Sorry, just came back from vacation, and work was a bear tonight. Actually trying to not fall asleep at the computer.

HEY!
I have missed you!

64 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:57:15pm

re: #56 Inquisitive

ggt....you got to be kidding.....good and Illinois does not go together...especially when it concerns government and employee rights.

GGT - THE Illinois Dept of Labor is probably the place to begin. I posted it for you previous thread.

Per their website:

The mission of the Illinois Department of Labor is to promote and protect the rights, wages, welfare, working conditions, safety and health of Illinois workers through enforcement of the state labor laws, to safeguard the public through regulation of amusement rides, and to ensure compliance with all other labor standards.
65 Reno911  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:57:19pm

re: #42 bellamags

Hey Bella,

Shoot me an e-mail. Nic is blue?

66 lifeofthemind  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:57:42pm

Happened again, I sit down and write something and the thread dies. Please do me a favor and glance back at it. Thank you.

67 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:57:42pm

re: #59 StudSupreme

What are they doing? There has to be something going on.

68 pat  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:57:55pm

Yahoo is now saying America lost the Olympics. Not enough medals for their taste.

69 unclassifiable  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:58:06pm

re: #54 realwest

Here is how you judge a veep.

President Joe Biden.

Did anyone gag or fall out of their chair laughing?

70 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:58:23pm

re: #54 realwest

"Well, Keith, its closing time at the polls, and the Democrats have been STAYING AWAY IN DROVES!"

"Yeah, Dan, I can't bring myself to say 'President McCain' without gagging... *scuze me - buarrk!* ..."

"Uh, well, more on the McCain Landslide of 2008, but first a word from Shady Grove Morticians, our sponsors tonight!"

71 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:58:36pm

re: #59 StudSupreme


I like the supremely arrogant look on obambi's face in that ad.

72 unclassifiable  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:58:45pm

re: #57 stevieray

It sure as hell ain't me.

73 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:59:00pm

re: #63 Typicalwhitey

Missed you too, sugar! We had three detectives on duty tonight and handled 52 jobs. God I hate Philadelphia! :)

74 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:59:10pm

re: #56 Inquisitive

You are right, I should just throw in the towel. ;)

75 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:59:20pm

re: #69 unclassifiable

Both...

76 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:59:30pm

re: #53 Noam Sayin'
Hey Noam - please see my #37 buddy!

77 Inquisitive  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 9:59:44pm

re: #59 StudSupreme

OK, I'd like to follow up on my original comment:

This Obama-Biden ticket AIN'T GONNA WORK.

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


Couldn't be said more clearly.


Oh....I love it.....what did Biden say in his speech today about MCains own words.....wonder how he and Obama will feel after hearing this ad.

78 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:00:01pm

re: #58 Wyatt Earp

Present!

Sorry, just came back from vacation, and work was a bear tonight. Actually trying to not fall asleep at the computer.

I don't believe you. You were out playin' cards and drinkin' with that whacky dentist friend of yours weren't ya? But was it down in Tombstone or up in Prescott?

79 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:00:04pm

re: #64 reine.de.tout

I responded to you on the previous thread, thanks :)

80 PSGInfinity  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:00:23pm

re: #50 Colonel Panik

No, that would be a Hyannisport bucket full of hubris.

With or without the little Olds toy at the bottom?

81 stevieray  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:00:28pm

My take on the Obama/Biden team.

82 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:00:29pm

re: #74 ggt

You are right, I should just throw in the towel. ;)

I gave you a link on previous thread, and also see here:
re: #64 reine.de.tout


GGT - THE Illinois Dept of Labor is probably the place to begin. I posted it for you previous thread.

Per their website:

The mission of the Illinois Department of Labor is to promote and protect the rights, wages, welfare, working conditions, safety and health of Illinois workers through enforcement of the state labor laws, to safeguard the public through regulation of amusement rides, and to ensure compliance with all other labor standards.

83 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:00:55pm

re: #78 Colonel Panik

You got me. I was at The Oriental playing cards and flirting with the ladies.

84 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:00:55pm

re: #68 pat

If anyone ATTENDS the Olympics, they're winners! Gold medals are NOT 'The Olympics', Yahoo!

/what maroons, Pat!

85 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:01:01pm

re: #73 Wyatt Earp

Missed you too, sugar! We had three detectives on duty tonight and handled 52 jobs. God I hate Philadelphia! :)

Got your 'cuffs shined up................

86 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:01:37pm

re: #69 unclassifiable

Did anyone gag or fall out of their chair laughing?


No, but I did break wind! LOL!

87 pat  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:01:42pm

I repeat again: Who knew that ping pong and badminton were the most important sports on Earth? Has the World gone nuts? 2 medals for basketball, one for baseball and badminton has about 40?

88 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:01:46pm

re: #79 ggt

I responded to you on the previous thread, thanks :)

Oh, OK, computer screwed up I can only be on one thread at a time right now.

89 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:02:03pm

re: #59 StudSupreme

OK, I'd like to follow up on my original comment:

This Obama-Biden ticket AIN'T GONNA WORK.

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

Couldn't be said more clearly.

What I love is the smug, snotty looking-down-his-nose pose of The One in that debate. What a jerk!

90 Capitalist Tool  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:02:17pm

re: #59 StudSupreme

OK, I'd like to follow up on my original comment:

This Obama-Biden ticket AIN'T GONNA WORK.

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

Couldn't be said more clearly.

Beautiful!

91 UncleSam  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:02:21pm

re: #62 Colonel Panik

Heh.

Betcha didn't think anyone would catch your reference...

92 saltmarsh  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:02:21pm

Patience, Biden still has plenty of time to implode.

93 PSGInfinity  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:02:25pm

re: #57 stevieray

Speaking of Chris Matthews...

Did anybody stop by MSNBC and see how their 16 straight hours of Obama VP Selection Orgasm went?

Sorry, didn't have enough bags of towels to, um, clean up the messes.

94 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:02:44pm

re: #68 pat Yahoo are an idiot. Seriously.
The US didn't win ENOUGH medals? WTH is that?

95 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:03:12pm

re: #83 Wyatt Earp

You got me. I was at The Oriental playing cards and flirting with the ladies.

LOL. I've been to the Palace in Prescott several times. Haven't made it down to Tombstone yet.

96 Killian Bundy  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:03:17pm

re: #92 saltmarsh

Patience, Biden still has plenty of time to implode.

/are they going to let Ol' Plugs on the chat shows tomorrow?

97 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:04:00pm

re: #91 UncleSam

Betcha didn't think anyone would catch your reference...

No, I figured it would get picked up on right away!

98 PSGInfinity  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:04:02pm

re: #69 unclassifiable

Here is how you judge a veep.

President Joe Biden.

Did anyone gag or fall out of their chair laughing?

Shook my head in sad disbelief.

99 unclassifiable  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:04:11pm

re: #87 pat

Synchronized anything should be kicked out as an Olympic sport.

100 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:04:17pm

re: #89 TnTx13

What I love is the smug, snotty looking-down-his-nose pose of The One in that debate. What a jerk!

I think that is a look that obambi cannot help.
And I believe he doesn't even realize he is doing it when he is being challenged.
I don't think he is used to being challenged.

101 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:04:21pm

re: #65 Reno911

I emailed you. did you get it?

102 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:04:24pm

re: #85 Typicalwhitey

Easy there, honey. I'm a bachelor for another week! Family is still at the shore. I had to get back for work. ;)

103 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:04:40pm

re: #87 pat

Badminton is BIG in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Pat...

They probably split it by weights, then sexes (M/F/Trannie) then by singles and doubles and amputees and hearing-handicapped and balding and underbite and over-bitten and Over Biden...

/awk! I got carried away, Pat!

104 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:05:03pm

re: #95 Colonel Panik

I went to Tombstone in '06. It was the only day of my AZ trip where it rained. Damn.

105 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:05:24pm

re: #88 reine.de.tout

I hate when that happens---not being able to multi-task is the worst!

106 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:05:35pm

re: #100 Typicalwhitey

I think that is a look that obambi cannot help.
And I believe he doesn't even realize he is doing it when he is being challenged.
I don't think he is used to being challenged.

Of course he's not. He's The One!

107 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:06:20pm

re: #70 Karridine
Hey K - man, from your lips to God's ears. I think Biden is gonna hurt Obama more than help him (notwithstanding that Biden was already in attack dog mode already today) because of all the things so many others have said: He's the antithesis of Change - been in the Senate since, iirc, before McCain; he's an integral part of the Beltway Crowd, he shoves his foot down his throat further and even more often than does Obama and, as the AP duly noted, "he talks too long"!

108 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:06:34pm

re: #102 Wyatt Earp


Oh I just meant for all the bad guys......whistles innocently.....

109 victor_yugo  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:06:38pm

Welp, that was a lost cause. Apparently, at the last minute, the sky decided to get cloudy over the eastern horizon. I couldn't see the moon until it was already a good 10° up.

110 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:06:49pm

re: #37 realwest

HEY NOAM! How are you doing this fine evening?

Hey, buddy. I'm doing alright. Nice night here in Minneapolis. Going to be down to about 50 tonight, so good sleeping weather. Sitting here on my porch right now. Thinking I might hit the sack soon.

111 UncleSam  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:07:04pm

re: #97 Colonel Panik

No, I figured it would get picked up on right away!

Well, it seems you were correct..

112 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:07:24pm

Someone said on an earlier thread that Obama almost introduced Biden as the next PRESIDENT of the United States, then caught himself and said Vice-President.

Wondering if it wasn't a freudian slip?

113 Inquisitive  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:08:05pm

re: #109 victor_yugo

Welp, that was a lost cause. Apparently, at the last minute, the sky decided to get cloudy over the eastern horizon. I couldn't see the moon until it was already a good 10° up.


didn't get any pictures then....?

114 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:08:24pm

re: #108 Typicalwhitey

Damn. I was really happy there for a minute.

115 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:09:29pm

re: #112 ggt

Someone said on an earlier thread that Obama almost introduced Biden as the next PRESIDENT of the United States, then caught himself and said Vice-President.

Wondering if it wasn't a freudian slip?


He didn't almost do that.
He did it.
He said the next President...the next vice president.

116 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:10:18pm

re: #114 Wyatt Earp

Well I have been kinda bad lately,..............;)

117 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:10:26pm

re: #107 realwest

More than THAT, he's already the star of his own McCain Infomercial, West, where Biden says, "Obama NOT ready for prime-time presidency, no place for OJT!"

AND (wait for it!)

"I'd run WITH or against McCain, he's GOOD for America!"

/Jumped at the chance to hold the hawser in his teeth and dog-paddle toward Victory Horizen with the Good Ship ObamaPop sinking slowly in the sunrise....

What a gutless, unprincipled whore...

118 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:10:51pm

re: #87 pat Yahoo is almost as annoying as that Nike ad, last time the Olympics were in the U.S., with it's "You don't win the Silver, you lose the Gold" slogan.
Yeah, it's a real disgrace to be only the second best olympian in a particular event.
/very heavy.

119 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:10:57pm

re: #116 Typicalwhitey

Giggity!

120 lifeofthemind  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:11:54pm

If something gets to public and Obama disappears then the ticket would end up Biden/Hillary and she has a clear shot at 2012.

121 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:11:56pm

re: #104 Wyatt Earp

I went to Tombstone in '06. It was the only day of my AZ trip where it rained. Damn.

What time of year were you there? The summer monsoon storms here are pretty impressive.

122 PSGInfinity  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:11:59pm

re: #115 Typicalwhitey

I'm wondering if there's some part of his soul that secretly *wants* the Party Elders to demote him to VeeP. He *has* to know, somewhere in that morass of hubris and ambition, that it'd be better to apprentice for awhile than to fail utterly, and fail so young.

123 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:12:35pm

re: #122 PSGInfinity

Obama/Plugs = Epic Fail.

124 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:12:38pm

Rush said that obambi would not pick Hillary because he didn't want to have to hire a food taster and someone to start his car every morning LOL

125 victor_yugo  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:12:41pm

re: #113 Inquisitive

Nope. Too little color transition remaining to make it worth it.

Also, it didn't help that I mis-read the moonrise chart. I was about 45 minutes early. And then the moon wasn't visible until a good half-hour later... Bleargh.

126 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:12:44pm

re: #121 Colonel Panik

August 2006

127 Pawn of the Oppressor  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:12:53pm

Obama isn't running for President. He's running for "God-King of America's Coasts".

128 rightwinger3  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:13:34pm

re: #84 Karridine

If anyone ATTENDS the Olympics, they're winners! Gold medals are NOT 'The Olympics', Yahoo!

/what maroons, Pat!

Karridine, how'zit (new word I learned in Botswana!) this morning? This is exactly why I don't watch the Olympics anymore. Somehow it has turned into "if you don't win gold, you're a loser". That and Professional athletes playing as well, never did sit right with me. We didn't need NHL'ers in the 1980 Winter Games.

129 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:14:30pm

re: #121 Colonel Panik

You mean the:

"nothing
nothing
rumble WHAMMO! BLAMMO-RAINDUMP!
trickle
nothing"

storms, Colonel?

130 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:15:03pm

re: #122 PSGInfinity

I'm wondering if there's some part of his soul that secretly *wants* the Party Elders to demote him to VeeP. He *has* to know, somewhere in that morass of hubris and ambition, that it'd be better to apprentice for awhile than to fail utterly, and fail so young.

I don't think so.
He is one arrogant sob imo.
Did you see how he was sitting just to the right of biden while he was speaking?
Has a smarmy smirk on his face.

I honestly believe that he is thinking or has thought how he has fooled so many morons into believing in him.
Anyone who hangs around Wright, Ayers etc cannot love our country the way a President should.

131 Killian Bundy  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:15:05pm

re: #124 Typicalwhitey

Rush said that obambi would not pick Hillary because he didn't want to have to hire a food taster and someone to start his car every morning LOL

Obama/Clinton

/a heartbeat away from the Presidency

132 billy hank  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:15:26pm

I can certainly testify that poetry doesn't pay much. Most I ever got was $50 and 5 copies of the magazine.

On the Obama bin Biden ticket, put a spork in Obama, he's done. I say "spork" because at the rate his brains are running out his ears, that's the utensil you'll need to get any nourishment.

Can't understand the pick. Proves that he lacks the experience for the job. He picks a pathetic poseur like Biden to shore up his perceived lack of experience with the electorate. The only thing Biden has going for him is seniority. I guess the Dem side of the Senate is just like a union shop.

133 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:15:29pm

re: #126 Wyatt Earp

August 2006

That's the right time of year for them. I've got some great pics of a monsoon thunderstorm last year that had a massive dust storm in front of it. It's really something to watch those things roll in.

134 PSGInfinity  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:16:16pm

re: #123 Colonel Panik

Obama/Plugs = Epic Fail.

I've been telling anyone who would listen that it wouldn't, couldn't be Biden. I cannot believe Obama's that stupid. For the record, I thought Kaine or Sibelius would get the nod, and my darkhorse was believe it or not, Colin Powell. (!)

135 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:16:24pm

So how was your vacation Wyatt?

136 victor_yugo  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:16:25pm

re: #128 rightwinger3

That and Professional athletes playing as well, never did sit right with me. We didn't need NHL'ers in the 1980 Winter Games.

For all the time the Soviet Bloc sent their professionals to the Olympics, and the IOC never did anything about it, our Dream Team exposed the cowardice of the IOC.

I got no prob widdit.

137 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:16:42pm

re: #132 billy hank

On the Obama bin Biden ticket, put a spork in Obama, he's done. I say "spork" because at the rate his brains are running out his ears, that's the utensil you'll need to get any nourishment.

Zombie?

138 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:17:07pm

re: #134 PSGInfinity

I've been telling anyone who would listen that it wouldn't, couldn't be Biden. I cannot believe Obama's that stupid. For the record, I thought Kaine or Sibelius would get the nod, and my darkhorse was believe it or not, Colin Powell. (!)


/RACIST

BTW, McCain is looking at Powell.

139 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:17:27pm

re: #135 Typicalwhitey

Too short. Only a week, but it was fun. Sun and surf at the Jersey shore, and after losing the weight, I didn't get harpooned by whale hunters. :)

140 victor_yugo  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:17:38pm

re: #132 billy hank

Can't understand the prick.

Fixed. ;-)

141 rightwinger3  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:18:40pm

re: #136 victor_yugo

For all the time the Soviet Bloc sent their professionals to the Olympics, and the IOC never did anything about it, our Dream Team exposed the cowardice of the IOC.

I got no prob widdit.

victor, that's my whole point. We sent athletes with heart and guts and beat them. That's what the Olympics is about.

142 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:18:41pm

re: #128 rightwinger3

I hear you, Winger!

It was ALL ABOUT non-professionals! The pickup, when-I-can, in-around-the-edges athletes, who struggled for excellence!

NOW, its "Gold or NOTHING, Scum Loser!" with doped up, 'professional' athletes... so the outward FORM may seem the same, but the Spirit has died!

/I watched Roger Bannister break the FIRST 4-minute mile, when I was a kid; in Wembley Stadium, England,... WHAT a thrill!

143 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:19:06pm

re: #139 Wyatt Earp

Too short. Only a week, but it was fun. Sun and surf at the Jersey shore, and after losing the weight, I didn't get harpooned by whale hunters. :)

You know, as your lgfgf, I expect to be told when you are gone....

144 stevieray  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:19:54pm

re: #124 Typicalwhitey

Rush said that obambi would not pick Hillary because he didn't want to have to hire a food taster and someone to start his car every morning LOL

Hillary is far more dangerous to Obama from her current perch in the Senate than she ever would have been as VP. She has four years to build a legislative portfolio, remake her public persona, and make new, powerful political friends... all as a free agent. As VP, Obama could have exercised considerable control over her words, actions, and agenda... and kept her too busy with trivia and dead-end projects to organize a push for 2012. In the Senate she is free to do whatever she pleases.

Keep your friends close, your enemies closer.

145 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:20:10pm

re: #95 Colonel Panik
Oh hell, y'all gotta get to Tombstone! I mean it IS a tourist trap, but my Dad (rip) graduated from Tombstone High School in the late 30's and when I went to Tombstone about 10 years or so ago, I just walked in - no security guards or metal detectors, found the principals office and she told me the high school hadn't changed "one whit since your daddy was here".
Plus, of course the REAL boothill is still there (favorite is "Here Lies Lester Moore
Four slugs from a .44
No Les, no more."
And of course the famous Gunfight at the OK corral didn't really happen at the OK Corral but in an alleyway near where Allen Street is today.
But the Tombstone Epitath newspaper is STILL pubishing!
Y'all really ought to go see it!
Oh and BTW, in AZ, y'all can carry a firearm as long as it's not concealed except not in Tombstone, no guns allowed (except by the actors in the re-enactment shows they put on).

146 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:20:15pm

re: #129 Karridine

Yup. We had one back at the end of July that was just amazing. I got stuck under the carport at my apartment for about 30-45 minutes...it was coming down in sheets and the water in the parking lot was ankle deep in spots. The road my apartment complex is on turned into a river. And then it just....stopped.

147 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:20:40pm

re: #143 Typicalwhitey

lgfgf? Great, now I'm gonna be up all night . . . I mean awake . . . yeah, that's it.

148 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:20:50pm

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

149 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:21:31pm

re: #147 Wyatt Earp

Lmao!

150 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:21:44pm

re: #145 realwest

Couldn't see the re-enactment because of the rain, but the town itself was awesome. Loved every minute of it.

151 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:21:55pm

Now, if only McCain chooses Steele for VP!

Sweet, sweet!

/then, unexpectedly in year three, McCain has serious medical problems and Steele is president...

152 UncleSam  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:22:30pm

Obama's self-destructing, except in Marxist strongholds like the SF Bay Area, Massachusetts and New York.

153 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:22:59pm

I firmly believe that the first AA President will be a Republican.

154 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:24:08pm

re: #117 Karridine
Hey K - "What a gutless, unprincipled whore..." if you added the word "cheap" before whore, you'd be spot on!

155 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:24:31pm

Well Lizards, that's all for me. Time to meet the sandman. Night, all!

156 PSGInfinity  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:24:46pm

re: #151 Karridine

Now, if only McCain chooses Steele for VP!
Sweet, sweet!
/then, unexpectedly in year three, McCain has serious medical problems and Steele is president...

Better still, watching the REAL racists' heads explode in the interim; re-explode when John has problems and then continuously, thereafter.

157 victor_yugo  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:24:49pm

re: #148 Noam Sayin'

It's amazing how many college freshmen will quote those last three lines, trying to prove how different they are.

158 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:25:18pm

re: #145 realwest

Yes, I need to do a SE Arizona trip. Bisbee, Tombstone etc.

There are a number of towns where open carry is banned (Tempe...go figure) but if you have an AZ concealed carry permit you can carry just about anywhere concealed except shopping malls, bars, courthouses and schools. They are thinking of changing the schools thing so that teachers can be armed.

159 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:25:33pm

re: #118 realwest

YaHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

How ya doin' rw?

160 PSGInfinity  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:25:43pm

re: #155 Wyatt Earp

Well Lizards, that's all for me. Time to meet the sandman. Night, all!

Good idea. I think I'll join you...
...Wait, I don't think that came out right.

161 rightwinger3  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:26:04pm

re: #142 Karridine

I hear you, Winger!
/I watched Roger Bannister break the FIRST 4-minute mile, when I was a kid; in Wembley Stadium, England,... WHAT a thrill!

Yep. And I watched every single game of "The Miracle" in 1980. It's something I'll never forget. But I can't sit with my son and have him see the same type of "miracle". And that pisses me off.

162 Colonel Panik  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:26:27pm

'night Wyatt.

I'm out of here for a while. Just realized it's 10:30 and I haven't eaten yet, need to grab a bite.

163 Karridine  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:26:29pm

re: #146 Colonel Panik

Yup. We had one back at the end of July that was just amazing. I got stuck under the carport at my apartment for about 30-45 minutes...it was coming down in sheets and the water in the parking lot was ankle deep in spots. The road my apartment complex is on turned into a river. And then it just....stopped.

We had monsoon cloudbursts like this in Korea, one happening while we were trying to ford the little stream on the way to our DMZ outpost... it rose so much and so FAST that a deuce almost got carried away... we escaped, but JUST BARELY, in sheeting downpour with about 40 yards visibility!

I know them rainstorms, Panik! :D

164 saltmarsh  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:26:42pm

Well, now we know what Obama thinks of Biden.

And, we know what Biden thinks of Obama.

It must have been part of Obama's epiphany.

165 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:26:52pm

re: #155 Wyatt Earp

need some company?

166 unclassifiable  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:27:08pm

good night

167 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:27:24pm

re: #157 victor_yugo

It's amazing how many college freshmen will quote those last three lines, trying to prove how different they are.

I started living that poem before I ever heard of it. It was a revelation the first time I read it.

But in defense of the college freshmen, those lines will get you laid.

Let's face it. College girls are easy.

168 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:27:42pm

re: #115 Typicalwhitey

and Biden really wants to be President, right?

makes me wonder what machinations have been happening behind closed doors.

169 Wyatt Earp  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:27:49pm

re: #165 Typicalwhitey

Hell yes!

Now I'll never get to sleep. Dang. Nite, deary!

170 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:28:31pm

re: #169 Wyatt Earp

Night! ;)

171 victor_yugo  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:29:23pm

re: #167 Noam Sayin'

But in defense of the college freshmen, those lines will get you laid.

Let's face it. College girls are easy.

Where I went to college (both times), those lines would get you laughed at for being a conformist.

172 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:29:45pm

re: #138 Typicalwhitey

IS HE REALLY? I like Powell. Don't know why, I just do.

173 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:29:46pm

re: #168 ggt

Yes he does.

I wonder how hard he will go after McCain?
They have been good friends for a long time.

174 LEGION  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:31:08pm

re: #152 UncleSam

I heard he is losing steam in NY also! Hope ! Change !

175 rightwinger3  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:31:34pm

re: #146 Colonel Panik

Yup. We had one back at the end of July that was just amazing. I got stuck under the carport at my apartment for about 30-45 minutes...it was coming down in sheets and the water in the parking lot was ankle deep in spots. The road my apartment complex is on turned into a river. And then it just....stopped.

I wasn't home for this, Colonel, but my wife and daughter had to spend the night in a Safeway parking lot. Every road in the East Valley getting to the house was unpassable for hours after the rain stopped.

176 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:32:21pm

re: #159 ggt Hey there ggt! I'm doing ok, but tired! How are you doing this fine evening?

177 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:32:35pm

I hear the gold medal game for basketball is starting now. Is anyone showing it live?

178 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:32:56pm

Sheesh. I've been cramming for my fantasy football draft tomorrow like it was the bar exam. Way too much time on my hands. ;)

179 Edouard  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:32:57pm

Musical interlude for tonight: one of my all-time fave songs by Joni Mitchell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGPSq-uMQSo

The way I see it he said
You just can't win it
Everybody's in it for their own gain
You can't please 'em all
There's always somebody calling you down
I do my best
And I do good business
There's a lot of people asking for my time
They're trying to get ahead
They're trying to be a good friend of mine

I was a free man in Paris
I felt unfettered and alive
There was nobody calling me up for favors
And no one's future to decide
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
But for the work I've taken on
Stoking the star maker machinery
Behind the popular song

I deal in dreamers
And telephone screamers
Lately I wonder what I do it for
If l had my way
I'd just walk through those doors
And wander
Down the Champs Elysées
Going cafe to cabaret
Thinking how I'll feel when I find
That very good friend of mine

I was a free man in Paris
I felt unfettered and alive
Nobody was calling me up for favors
No one's future to decide
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
But for the work I've taken on
Stoking the star maker machinery
Behind the popular song

180 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:33:14pm

re: #177 Noam Sayin'

Supposed to be live at 2:30 am EDT on NBC. An hour to go.

181 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:34:19pm

re: #176 realwest

Hey, buddy. Check my #110

182 Cognito  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:34:28pm

re: #177 Noam Sayin'

I hear the gold medal game for basketball is starting now. Is anyone showing it live?

Another hour, I think. Not sure if NBC will show it live.

An aside: NBC has annoyed me, throughout this Olympics, with their incessant pandering to China. Boo.

183 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:34:29pm

re: #172 ggt

IS HE REALLY? I like Powell. Don't know why, I just do.


Yes.


from July

184 victor_yugo  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:35:21pm

re: #182 Cognito

An aside: NBC has annoyed me, throughout this Olympics, with their incessant pandering to China. Boo.

I think you speak for all of us, Cog.

185 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:35:24pm

re: #182 Cognito

Another hour, I think. Not sure if NBC will show it live.

An aside: NBC has annoyed me, throughout this Olympics, with their incessant pandering to China. Boo.

The One told them that China was the best!

186 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:35:37pm

re: #173 Typicalwhitey
Biden already went pretty damn hard after McCain today - the bullshit 7 houses and all and this time it was "I've known John McCain for a while and we've been friendly". Then went on to say McCain was a part of the Bush administration. No, really he said that!
I hate fucking politiicans.
Mostly Dem politicians.

187 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:35:49pm

re: #176 realwest

tired too! thanks for asking.

188 RTLM  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:35:54pm

Japanese team on yeti quest in Nepal -

The exploration team is known as the Yeti Project Japan and is being sponsored by Japanese beverage maker Suntory and a leading Japanese daily newspaper, Asahi Shimbum.

The cameras will be automatically triggered if any large animals pass, the spokeswoman said.

"Takahashi is not interested in capturing a yeti, he just wants to get a clear picture of it, and maybe shake its hand," said Koyama.

189 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:37:18pm

re: #178 Cartman
Hey my friend, y'all really ought to be working out on that Les Paul! Fantasy Football? Why, shoot, just pick my NEW YORK GIANT'S WORLD CHAMPIONS! LOL!

190 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:37:26pm

re: #186 realwest

gotta wonder what he promised to get the Veep slot. This whole thing just smells of bad deals and fake promises.

191 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:37:53pm

re: #182 Cognito

An aside: NBC has annoyed me, throughout this Olympics, with their incessant pandering to China. Boo.

Okay. Who are you and what have you done with Cognito?

/

Thanks. I heard 1:30 (my time) at a party earlier, but I thought they were thinking eastern time. Not sure I can go another hour.

192 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:38:14pm

While waiting for basketball, you may feast upon an all-Chinese table tennis final...

193 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:39:28pm

re: #181 Noam Sayin'
I did and honestly thought you'd be off to sleep by now! LOL!

194 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:39:37pm

And why can't we have something like curling in the Summer Olympics?

195 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:40:27pm

re: #186 realwest

How many Americans honestly care about how many houses McCains wife owns?
I mean, seriously, does McCain come off as an elitist jerk?

I saw him at a townhall and he is genuine.

196 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:40:32pm

re: #194 TnTx13

And why can't we have something like curling in the Summer Olympics?

I know - Olympic shuffleboard!

197 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:40:51pm

re: #188 RTLM

I saw some history/science/discovery show a few years ago that said/showed they found a SINGLE hair on a tree (where the creature had been either sleeping or rubbing it's back). I believe it was Nepal or some part of the world in that vicinity. Anyway, the hair was analyzed and it's DNA had no match.

I kinda took it with a grain of salt. I think it's conceivable there are animals/creatures that have yet to be catalogued, but I don't know if I'd get all excited over the idea of Bigfoot.

198 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:40:57pm

re: #194 TnTx13

you have a beautiful beagle.

199 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:41:40pm

re: #194 TnTx13

Men With Brooms (and shrooms)!

:)

200 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:41:53pm

re: #198 bellamags

you have a beautiful beagle.

He and I both thank you!

201 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:42:05pm

re: #189 realwest

Yeah, I've been havin' a ball with the LP. I'm sort of re-learning some old classics I used to know. Now that I've had it set up properly, it's really sounding sweet!

As for fantasy football, we don't pick teams, we pick individual players to comprise our team. I think there's a couple of Giants I might be interested in depending on what round it is. ;)

202 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:42:29pm

re: #196 TnTx13

I know - Olympic shuffleboard!

They need to have a "putting on makeup in the car on the way to work" competition.
I would win!

True story, I was doing that at 4am, I used to go in to work very early. Got pulled over by a cop who said did you know you were weaving?
I said yes, I was putting on my makeup and showed him my mascara tube.
He laughed and let me go.

203 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:42:42pm

re: #200 TnTx13

hound dogs are the best.

204 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:43:23pm

re: #193 realwest

I should be. I have to bring my Jeep in for service tomorrow morning. I'm tired as heck but I want to see some basketball. Then I'll get hooked on the whole game and won't be to bed until maybe 4:00.

Come to think of it, that's not so late.

205 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:43:26pm

re: #202 Typicalwhitey

you know thats called farding in Britian?

206 BlueCanuck  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:44:16pm

re: #199 ggt

heh heh, good morning ggt. That was a hilarious movie. Loved Leslie Nelsons role in that.

/wonder how many others caught that. :)

207 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:44:16pm

re: #203 bellamags

I am rather found of hounds. Right now, I have spaniels. Huntin' dawgs are the best friends. Not always good at doing what they are told (unless it involves eating or sniffing) , but great at cuddling and sniffing out the varments.

208 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:44:21pm

re: #203 bellamags

hound dogs are the best.

With minds of their own ;)

209 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:44:37pm

re: #205 bellamags

Excuse you!

210 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:44:46pm

re: #195 Typicalwhitey

The Dems rely in large measure upon stoking the embers of class envy/warfare. It's an old standby, for them.

211 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:44:55pm

re: #206 BlueCanuck

It was a great movie! I refer to it often.

212 rightwinger3  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:45:01pm

re: #195 Typicalwhitey

How many Americans honestly care about how many houses McCains wife owns?
I mean, seriously, does McCain come off as an elitist jerk?

I saw him at a townhall and he is genuine.

They have to hammer him on something and if that's the best they can do...well we don't have much to worry about. Another note: I can almost guarantee that ALL McCain's houses don't produce as much CO2 as Algore's one.

213 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:45:36pm

re: #205 bellamags

you know thats called farding in Britian?

Shuffleboard or putting on makeup while driving?

214 lifeofthemind  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:46:34pm

Anybody seen my #550 on the last thread?

215 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:47:05pm

re: #207 ggt

My dachshund will not listen to me at all. She knows better, but does it anyway. You could throw a grenade at her when she is hunting and she wouldn't flinch. Can't have her off leash. Stubborn as hell but smart as shit at the same time.

216 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:48:48pm

re: #195 Typicalwhitey
Well in what are rough economic times (and while we're still ok, I think everyone has to admit that the economy could be doing a LOT better and with workers scared (and rightfully so) of losing their jobs, their companies and their homes, any perception that Obama/Biden can create in the voters minds that McCain simply doesn't get how the average person (voting age, of course) feels and can't relate to them is good for Obama/Biden.
Yes it's a stupid argument coming from two millionaires (albeit Biden was one of the less wealthy members of the Senate) but if they can tag McCain on an inability to relate to average americans, that's a BIG SCORE for them.
I'm hoping McCain's VP is ready to do some seriousl heavy lifting for him.

217 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:48:59pm

re: #215 bellamags

My dachshund will not listen to me at all. She knows better, but does it anyway. You could throw a grenade at her when she is hunting and she wouldn't flinch. Can't have her off leash. Stubborn as hell but smart as shit at the same time.

IIRC, dachshunds were bred to hunt badgers. You'd have to be pretty tough to stick your nose down a badger hole!

218 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:49:42pm

re: #213 TnTx13

make-up! lol

219 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:49:44pm

What do wiener dogs hunt?

220 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:49:59pm

re: #212 rightwinger3

They have to hammer him on something and if that's the best they can do...well we don't have much to worry about. Another note: I can almost guarantee that ALL McCain's houses don't produce as much CO2 as Algore's one.

Well one was purchased to house Cindys elderly aunt.
Another was purchased for their daughter.
McCain doesn't really care about money, or he wouldn't have signed the prenup.

221 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:50:22pm

re: #219 Cartman
wieners

222 wee fury  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:51:04pm

But, but . . . the Biden is old. Surely, his age will make front page news, as it did with McCain. Or, not.

223 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:51:19pm

re: #204 Noam Sayin'
Nope it isn't late for a young fella like yourself!
Besides, y'all can sleep all day tomorrow to catch up! LOL!

224 wee fury  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:52:09pm

re: #219 Cartman

Badgers.

225 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:52:12pm

re: #221 Typicalwhitey

I asked for that one, didn't I? ;)

226 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:52:20pm

re: #219 Cartman

She has killed a squirrel, rat, various large skinks and moles. Shes a mini blk. and tan. 10 lbs.

227 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:52:22pm

re: #216 realwest

McCains history to me says that he can relate.
Obama is going to rue the day he chose Biden.
Can you imagine the gaffes from that guy?

228 LeePro  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:52:28pm

re: #212 rightwinger3

They have to hammer him on something and if that's the best they can do...well we don't have much to worry about. Another note: I can almost guarantee that ALL McCain's houses don't produce as much CO2 as Algore's one.

...as much CO2 as Algore's one mouth

...as much CO2 as Algore's one ass

...as much CO2 as Algore 's one

/Not correcting, rightwinger3. Enhancing!

229 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:52:34pm

re: #221 Typicalwhitey

LOL

230 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:52:39pm

re: #219 Cartman

What do wiener dogs hunt?

Cheesy-poofs

231 Syrah  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:52:39pm

re: #214 lifeofthemind

Anybody seen my #550 on the last thread?

Saul Alinsky is another interesting nexus.

232 lifeofthemind  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:52:48pm

re: #219 Cartman

What do wiener dogs hunt?

Weasels. Tough b*st*rds aren't they? Guess that's why they are stubborn and assertive.

233 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:53:06pm

re: #225 Cartman

I asked for that one, didn't I? ;)


Um yeah, you kinda begged for that one LOL

234 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:54:15pm

re: #226 bellamags

She has killed a squirrel, rat, various large skinks and moles. Shes a mini blk. and tan. 10 lbs.

She does a whole lot better than my 30 lb. beagle! If he ever CAUGHT something he was tracking, he wouldn't know what to do with it! (Well, I guess he'd probably eat it!)

235 LeePro  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:54:31pm

re: #214 lifeofthemind

Anybody seen my #550 on the last thread?

For those who missed it, lifeofthemind's #550

236 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:54:33pm

No offense intended towards wiener dogs, but how in the sam hill do they hunt badgers with those stubby little legs and that pot belly draggin' on the ground all the time?

237 rightwinger3  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:55:19pm

re: #228 LeePro

LOL! especially his mouth!

238 LeePro  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:55:24pm

re: #219 Cartman

What do wiener dogs hunt?

Buns?

239 realwest  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:55:24pm

Well all y'all it's been grand as usual, but I gotta get some sleep!
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING, the the USA beats the snot out of whomever they're playing in basketball (and I hope it's the Chinese!) and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

Goodnight, all.

240 Syrah  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:56:29pm

re: #236 Cartman

No offense intended towards wiener dogs, but how in the sam hill do they hunt badgers with those stubby little legs and that pot belly draggin' on the ground all the time?

The bottom line is that they have no fear.

The short stubby legs lets them go into the badger hole after the badger beats a retreat.

241 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:56:38pm

re: #239 realwest

Well all y'all it's been grand as usual, but I gotta get some sleep!
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING, the the USA beats the snot out of whomever they're playing in basketball (and I hope it's the Chinese!) and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

Goodnight, all.

G'night - and they play Spain - the ones who like to make slant-eye pictures...

242 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:57:09pm

re: #215 bellamags

huntin' dawgs become functionally deaf when on a scent. If you don't have them on a leash or can't catch 'up and grab them, they're gone.

Exceptions for the trained sporting dogs. I've seem some Brittany's respond to command in a way that was just beautiful, but they weren't pets -- happy huntin' -only dawgs.

243 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:57:48pm

re: #240 Syrah

The bottom line is that they have no fear.

The short stubby legs lets them go into the badger hole after the badger beats a retreat.

Looked up badgers on Wikipedia - dachs is German for badger...

244 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:58:02pm

re: #234 TnTx13

We have a Boston Terrier that has caught and killed a rabbit and a couple of squirrels. She actually crept up quietly behind a tree and pounced on the squirrel like a frickin tiger or something. The rabbit she chased around trees like an obstacle course, caught it and snapped its neck in like 2 seconds.

245 ConservativeAtheist  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:58:25pm

re: #217 TnTx13

IIRC, dachshunds were bred to hunt badgers. You'd have to be pretty tough to stick your nose down a badger hole!

You're right. "Dachs" means badger in german.

246 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:58:31pm

G'nite, R-Dubs. Weet dreams.

247 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:59:20pm

re: #244 bellamags

Dubya (that's my beagle) caught and killed a deranged chipmunk (it was running circles aroundmy feet - I think it fell out of a tree) and ate a newborn bunny he found in a hole behind the house. What a hunter he is...

248 lifeofthemind  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:59:42pm

re: #231 Syrah

Saul Alinsky is another interesting nexus.

Once visited friends in an apartment on 57th street that they claimed Alinsky had lived in.
/refuses to post "It's a Small World" link

249 wee fury  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:59:43pm

re: #236 Cartman

I've had four Daschunds. They are brave, loving, protective, and wonderful.
They were bred to hunt Badgers

250 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 10:59:59pm

re: #240 Syrah

no fear, no conscious either.

"yeah, it was me that got in the garbage --got a problem with it?"

251 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:00:00pm

A Jack Russel is a pretty fiesty & nasty hunter, so I've heard.

252 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:00:30pm

re: #236 Cartman

They are also loud and strong. They bark so loud as to hear them when they are down in a badger hole.

My dog can be scary when shes pissed. I have a friend who saw two standard size dachshunds kill a raccoon. Raccoons are mean bastards.

253 Syrah  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:00:41pm

re: #248 lifeofthemind

The seven degrees of separation game can be amusing.

254 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:00:53pm

re: #247 TnTx13

He's trying. Is he still a pup?

255 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:01:29pm

re: #249 wee fury

You forgot "cute". IMHO, a very important attribute. :)

256 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:03:32pm

Well I'll be! I do believe I stand corrected regarding the capability of the wiener dog! Go you huntin' hot dogs, go!

257 victor_yugo  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:03:44pm

re: #252 bellamags

They are also loud and strong. They bark so loud as to hear them when they are down in a badger hole.

So was my previous neighbor's dachshund. Until the Rotty decided he'd had enough of her barking at me, and put her in her place.

258 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:03:52pm

re: #254 bellamags

He's trying. Is he still a pup?

Nope, he's almost five :) And it's a good thing I don't hunt - he's scared to death of fireworks and thunder (unless he's already tracking a bunny or a squirrel).

259 Syrah  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:05:02pm

re: #253 Syrah

The seven degrees of separation game can be amusing.


Opps, "Six" degrees of separation.

260 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:05:02pm

re: #257 victor_yugo

yep. they don't have any fear. That is why you can't have them off leash.

261 lifeofthemind  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:05:35pm

re: #245 ConservativeAtheist

You're right. "Dachs" means badger in german.

I am corrected, badgers or even wolverines according to wiki!

262 Typicalwhitey  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:05:55pm

Good night all!

263 bellamags  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:06:20pm

re: #258 TnTx13

I gotta work in the am. see ya later lizards. give all your pups hugs.

264 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:06:33pm

I wonder if Paris Hilton takes her little doggie huntin'? hehe

265 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:06:59pm

re: #262 Typicalwhitey

re: #263 bellamags

Night-night! I'm going to take a break before b-ball...

266 victor_yugo  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:07:42pm

re: #259 Syrah

Opps, "Six" degrees of separation.

Check out the Erdős–Bacon number.

267 eclectic infidel  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:07:42pm

I've been gone nearly a full week and I must say, I like the changes!

Anyway, just thought I'd share this lil' tidbit about the minions of Obama...

signs are going up on posts around the East Bay, advertising bake sales and yard sales to generate funds for Obama's campaign. Just today I saw an ugly, bright orange sign on a light post in the Piedmont District of Oakland. In front of the Grand Lake Theatre, bake sales have been held. Everyone I know is voting for him.

268 LeePro  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:07:43pm

re: #262 Typicalwhitey

Good night all!

Nitey, Whitey!

I know: GROAN! Sorry, couldn't help it!

269 lifeofthemind  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:07:50pm

re: #259 Syrah

Opps, "Six" degrees of separation.

My point is more about the creepy messianic element in Obama's personality. There is something strange about him and he did choose to go to Dohrn's school and move into a house at that location.

270 wee fury  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:08:29pm

re: #255 ggt

I did forget to type cute. They are cute and beautiful.

271 Cartman  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:08:55pm

Looks like we're all droppin'. G'nite, everyone.

272 ggt  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:09:47pm

off I go,

weet dreams all!

273 Killian Bundy  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:12:45pm

re: #264 Cartman

I wonder if Paris Hilton takes her little doggie huntin'? hehe

In the closet.

/for months at a time until someone notices the smell

274 BlueCanuck  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:13:08pm

Oh, oh. Looks like the thread is starting to slow down.

275 Inquisitive  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:16:37pm

Getting slow....but I'm still here with ya.

276 Syrah  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:19:16pm

re: #269 lifeofthemind

My point is more about the creepy messianic element in Obama's personality. There is something strange about him and he did choose to go to Dohrn's school and move into a house at that location.

I think you are on to something. I think that he definitely wanted to be "In" with that crowd.

I think Alinsky was a key element of that group.

277 kuffar  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:20:58pm

re: #247 TnTx13

Our Jack Russel mix named Murphy's idea of hunting is running real fast after the rabbit. Doesn't help that he starts running 100 yards away and the Rabbit sees him before he gets 50 yards away and ducks into the woods.

Squirrels get to the trees to fast, otherwise he'd get them. Except that they run rings around him. Like watching an bg-rig truck try to smash a Geo Storm.

278 RedPepper  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:22:48pm

re: #269 lifeofthemind

My point is more about the creepy messianic element in Obama's personality.

Don't forget about the creepy cult-of-personality element of Obama's entire campaign!

Reject the cult !
Elect the adult !

McCain 2008

279 Syrah  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:30:53pm

re: #266 victor_yugo

Check out the Erdős–Bacon number.

The math is way beyond my skills.

The concept is interesting. Relationship mapping is amusing. IT could become very interesting if some one were able to utilize and manipulate it for the purpose of informations transmission.

280 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:33:35pm

re: #277 kuffar

Our Jack Russel mix named Murphy's idea of hunting is running real fast after the rabbit. Doesn't help that he starts running 100 yards away and the Rabbit sees him before he gets 50 yards away and ducks into the woods.

Squirrels get to the trees to fast, otherwise he'd get them. Except that they run rings around him. Like watching an bg-rig truck try to smash a Geo Storm.

My beagle used to do the mad dash at squirrels, but then he started doing this really slow, one leg at a time, stalking maneuver, until he just can't stand it and takes off - and then they run. It's really quite hilarious to watch :)

281 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:33:59pm

Basketball has begun - NBC has it live.

282 LeePro  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:37:05pm

re: #274 BlueCanuck

Oh, oh. Looks like the thread is starting to slow down.

y o u   s a w   m e   b l i n k i n g   a n d   t r y i n g   t o   t y p e ,  
d i d n ' t   y o u.

283 Syrah  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:37:44pm

Out for the night.

Goodnight everyone.

284 Inquisitive  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:37:47pm

Is anyone else having a problem posting on this thread.

285 Canadian Guy  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:41:00pm

re: #281 TnTx13

Basketball has begun - NBC has it live.

I'm watching. That kid with the mop top on Spain has some pretty unorthodox and effective moves.

286 RedPepper  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:41:26pm

re: #284 Inquisitive

Is anyone else having a problem posting on this thread.

Other than thinking of something clever to say, you mean ?

Or keeping one's eyes open ?

287 BlueCanuck  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:42:02pm

re: #282 LeePro

heh heh, nope. Just that a bunch of lizards said good night around the same time. Now with olympic basketball on. . . . . .*sigh*

If all else fails I can catch up on some photo album maintenance. Really getting frustrated with some shots I have been taking. But some are turning out nicely.

288 Killian Bundy  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:46:53pm

Just played a couple of games of COD4 with a bunch of Russians, on Russian maps.

/couldn't understand their gibberish, had fun shooting them in the head

289 TnTx13  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:47:21pm

re: #285 Canadian Guy

This may be a little more competitive than people thought.

Check out the numbers on the Spanish uniforms - different font than you usually see on unis.

290 Canadian Guy  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:50:36pm

Spain has their first names on their jerseys.

291 Inquisitive  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:53:35pm

re: #286 RedPepper

Other than thinking of something clever to say, you mean ?

Or keeping one's eyes open ?


At 1:49 a.m.....probalby both LOL....
No I tried three times to post about a dog who had saved a new born abandoned baby, from CNN news and all three times the comment box went funky and the preview and post this comment boxes went way over to the right of the comment box to where I could not click post this comment.

292 BlueCanuck  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:56:06pm

re: #291 Inquisitive

Don't tell me. Internet Exploder?

293 RedPepper  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:56:07pm

re: #291 Inquisitive

What sort of browser are you using? (I use IE7, iirc ...)

294 RedPepper  Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:59:50pm

re: #292 BlueCanuck

Oh, man ! Bill Gates has a public rep in the same league as GWB ... doesn't he !

295 Inquisitive  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:00:01am

Comment from Political Machine........
"Michelle Obama will be the speaker on Monday at the DNC convention.

The band is currently in rehearsal to do a ten minute version of "The Bitch is Back" before she takes the stage."
[Link: news.aol.com...]

296 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:00:26am

Hey, Joe Biden, Rocky the Squirrel called.

/he wants his fur back

297 Inquisitive  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:01:42am

re: #292 BlueCanuck

Don't tell me. Internet Exploder?

re: #293 RedPepper

What sort of browser are you using? (I use IE7, iirc ...)


Yep....you figured it out..... my dirty little secret.....I'm stuck in the dinosuar ages.

298 RedPepper  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:02:54am

re: #295 Inquisitive

Inquisitive : that was way harsh, dude ...

299 TnTx13  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:03:04am

re: #295 Inquisitive

Comment from Political Machine........
"Michelle Obama will be the speaker on Monday at the DNC convention.

The band is currently in rehearsal to do a ten minute version of "The Bitch is Back" before she takes the stage."
[Link: news.aol.com...]

Forgot about her speech - and iirc, the theme for Monday is "One Nation." Must be that one she wasn't proud of until now...

300 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:06:08am

re: #297 Inquisitive

I use IE 6 at work. No one is willing, or has the ability to upgrade it. I would but I don't have the proper access. Ah well, such is life. The only reason I could guess is that I occassionally have issues as well posting and commenting. Not to mention the mouse overs on the spinoff links.

301 RedPepper  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:07:24am

re: #299 TnTx13

Suppose she will instruct us on what a downright mean country we are ? Or do you think she'll have a new complaint ?

302 Inquisitive  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:07:40am

"Senator Obama is not a Muslim. He is a red blooded American who loves this country and its people.
Barack Obama is an honorable AMERICAN."
[Link: news.aol.com...]

Oh Pleeezzzeee......someone has defiantly been drinking to much Kool-aid

303 Inquisitive  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:09:44am

re: #298 RedPepper

Inquisitive : that was way harsh, dude ...

LOL....I say that because that is what my son tells me all the time. "You're still useing IE......no wonder you are having so many problems....no one uses that any more"

304 TnTx13  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:10:37am

re: #301 RedPepper

Suppose she will instruct us on what a downright mean country we are ? Or do you think she'll have a new complaint ?

It will probably be all about what Barack will require of us when he is the supreme ruler of all amerika...

Meanwhile, I thought I'd see what Kos was up to - check out the pic of the DNC. Looks like an NBA scoreboard or something. Plus they have a "cute" poll up for McCain's VP. What a bunch of losers...

305 TnTx13  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:12:48am

B-ball update - USA is staying about ten ahead of Spain - and at this rate, we may score 120+ points!

306 LeePro  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:13:11am

re: #287 BlueCanuck

heh heh, nope. Just that a bunch of lizards said good night around the same time. Now with olympic basketball on. . . . . .*sigh*

If all else fails I can catch up on some photo album maintenance. Really getting frustrated with some shots I have been taking. But some are turning out nicely.

"Nicely" looks pretty outstanding to me!

307 RedPepper  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:13:35am

re: #302 Inquisitive

Well, of course he isn't a Muslim! The only thing he believes in with that level of fervor is ... himself!

308 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:14:53am

So who does Russia invade for the closing ceremonies of the Olympics?

309 TnTx13  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:15:34am

re: #307 RedPepper

Well, of course he isn't a Muslim! The only thing he believes in with that level of fervor is ... himself!

Obama: I am The One we've been waiting for...

310 Inquisitive  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:16:13am

Oh gees....It is past 2....guess I better go lay this head on a pillow for awhile. Thanks everyone for keeping me company again tonight. It has been very enlightening and entertaining as usual. good night/morn to all.

311 TnTx13  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:18:23am

re: #310 Inquisitive

G'night!

312 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:18:44am

re: #306 LeePro

Thank you. My problem is mostly in the head. I see something really cool, like different colours and I take the shot. When I review it later on the puter I don't have any of the colours I saw. An example is this picture. When I took it there were pinks, oranges and reds that was just gorgeous. But later when I downloaded there was nothing. Just light. :(

313 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:19:33am

re: #310 Inquisitive

G'night, enjoy your sleep and weet dreams.

314 RedPepper  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:21:22am

re: #304 TnTx13

Meanwhile, I thought I'd see what Kos was up to - check out the pic of the DNC. Looks like an NBA scoreboard or something. Plus they have a "cute" poll up for McCain's VP. What a bunch of losers...

Personally, I'm rooting for the lunatics who want to "recreate 1968". Oh, yes ... please ! I love the smell of tear-gas in the morning ! Don't you ?

315 Cognito  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:22:06am

It feels good to be proud of the American basketball team. Those guys are playing harder in the Olympics than they do for their regular zabillion-dollar paychecks.

I think that's fantastic, and even if they lose the gold tonight I wouldn't be infuriated, unlike years past, when they lost because they were too cool for school.

316 RedPepper  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:23:52am

re: #310 Inquisitive

Goodnight, Inquisitive! Sleep tight !

317 victor_yugo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:26:13am

re: #309 TnTx13

Obama: I am The One we've I've been waiting for...

More accurate.

318 RedPepper  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:28:39am

Think I might lie down for a moment myself. Carry on, Lizardia! I'll be back !

319 LeePro  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:31:59am

re: #291 Inquisitive

re: #297 Inquisitive

Here's your story!

Firefox is FREE. Get it! (that's the Mac version)

For windoze, go here, and scroll down to English (US)

320 Occasional Reader  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:33:30am

I'm home. And off to bed. But not before sharing this, from Hot Air...

Joe Biden, foreign policy sooper-genius. Guess what his brilliant idea was, a month after 9/11, to somehow or other... make Arabs, uh, think we're nice, or something?

Send $200 million to Iran, no strings attached.

Really.

Among other things, he seems to believe the Iranians are Arabs. But of course, that's not the gobsmackingly worst thing about this "idea" (if it even merits the label).

Wow. They really did manage to find someone who makes Obama look good.

321 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:37:49am

re: #320 Occasional Reader

Was anyone else thinking 'Rove, you magnificent bastard!' when this announcement was made?

322 TnTx13  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:38:08am

re: #314 RedPepper

Personally, I'm rooting for the lunatics who want to "recreate 1968". Oh, yes ... please ! I love the smell of tear-gas in the morning ! Don't you ?

Oh, yes, yes, yes! Riots! But I'm afraid that Denver may be full of kool-aid drinkers, roaming the streets and chanting "Obama...Obama...Ooooohhmm

323 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:38:24am

re: #321 Fenway_Nation

Probably at least half of the lizard nation. :)

324 TnTx13  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:38:59am

re: #317 victor_yugo

More accurate.

Or I am The One Michelle has been waiting for....

325 TnTx13  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:41:47am

re: #315 Cognito

It feels good to be proud of the American basketball team. Those guys are playing harder in the Olympics than they do for their regular zabillion-dollar paychecks.

I think that's fantastic, and even if they lose the gold tonight I wouldn't be infuriated, unlike years past, when they lost because they were too cool for school.

NBC actually showed a bit of a LeBron James interview earlier (before the game) in which he was oozing patriotism just like Kobe Bryant was a few days ago. NBC must be having all sorts of panic attacks, surrounded by patriots everywhere!

326 LeePro  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:48:14am

Naptime, kiddies! ! !

  ¦O ya-a-a-w-w-w-n-n-n

G'nite, {Beloved Lizards}!

327 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:49:29am

re: #326 LeePro

Night {LeePro}, weet dreams.

328 Birkenstock Cowboy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:51:06am

re: #308 Fenway_Nation

So who does Russia invade for the closing ceremonies of the Olympics?

/spewed an oreo cookie on my LCD when I read that.

329 tokyobk  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:51:25am

re: #321 Fenway_Nation

Was anyone else thinking 'Rove, you magnificent bastard!' when this announcement was made?

You really think Biden is a plant?
You think Rove plugged him in?
Do you think such a plot can get swept under the rug?
I think democrats would wig out if this was ever discovered.
They might try to trump the republicans with a plot of their own.

330 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:55:06am

re: #329 tokyobk


They might try to trump the republicans with a plot of their own.


BWWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA! *deep breath*

BWWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA!

Seriously, after all the fumbling, screaming, shouting, blaming and so forth. Do you think that they would really be able to pull something like that off? I mean, Obamas campaign couldn't even keep his VP pick under wraps.

331 Metal Man  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:59:20am

I watched "The Alamo" with John Wayne tonight. Theres a great quote in it as follows.

Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling. Republic is one of those words that makes me tight in the throat - the same tightness a man gets when his baby takes his first step or his first baby shaves and makes his first sound as a man. Some words can give you a feeling that makes your heart warm. Republic is one of those words.

It is better spoken but some weasel got it removed from youtube.

332 tokyobk  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:05:06am

re: #330 BlueCanuck

BWWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA! *deep breath*

BWWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA!

Seriously, after all the fumbling, screaming, shouting, blaming and so forth. Do you think that they would really be able to pull something like that off? I mean, Obamas campaign couldn't even keep his VP pick under wraps.


Nah just a bunch of toupee humor. read again.
I mean these guys are a jokers; "Barack America" and " The next president, uh vice president." My immense respect for how Obama handled the primaries has been mightily chisled down.

333 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:06:03am

re: #329 tokyobk


They might try to trump the republicans with a plot of their own.

I can pretty much garuntee you that it will be the same old 'McCain is an evil, wealthy old white man....[whereas John Kerry and Al Gore were wealthy white men with hearts of gold]' crap they come out with time after time. Maybe something about McCain's son sitting on the board of the Struggling Silver State Bank Corp (for all of six months, when the pevious banks who's board he served on was acquired by Silver State).....

334 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:07:27am

re: #331 Metal Man

Not the quote you were looking for but it will do for now. :)


/still hunting.

335 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:08:44am

re: #332 tokyobk

Damn....I only caught two of them before you pointed that out!

336 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:11:17am

re: #332 tokyobk

Gah! You got me good there. My mouth was open even. Those were far too subtle for me this early in the morning.

337 tokyobk  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:13:11am

Haha, I have no excuse for writing such, its early evening over here. But I have had two tall Sapporo's.

338 tokyobk  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:14:03am

And at HuffPo they are pretending they are happy, but I have never seen such happiness and humor from the non-left in years. The Lucienne.com comments are spit beer on your keyboard funny.

339 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:26:09am

Davy Crockett

/you know he didn't die fighting at the Alamo, he was captured and executed

340 Aylios  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:27:47am

re: #32 bellamags

Its after hours and no kids should be watching. The F word is one of the best.

Lol, there are kids on the LGF forums? I would've thought the kids all hang out over at Kos.

341 Opilio  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:29:23am

USA takes the Men's BB Gold, 118-107. Spain gets the Silver.

342 Metal Man  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:29:46am

re: #339 Killian Bundy

I saw that discussion also. But they said he was executed summarily at the Alamo so the difference is debatable.

343 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:32:46am

re: #338 tokyobk

They were thinking they could go to the prom with a Susan Kallur but wound up with a Rosie O'Donnel instead.

We're at the point where they're trying to convince us 'Isn't she great? Aren't you guys jealous you didn't bring someone like her'....

344 Aylios  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:34:28am

re: #320 Occasional Reader
Thanks for that link OR.

345 tokyobk  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:35:06am

re: #343 Fenway_Nation

They were thinking they could go to the prom with a Susan Kallur but wound up with a Rosie O'Donnel instead.

We're at the point where they're trying to convince us 'Isn't she great? Aren't you guys jealous you didn't bring someone like her'....

Great point. It is kind of sad but then again funny im a sad, funny, kind of way.

346 kuffar  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:37:07am

My old man says this is going to be a fun election. With Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum on the Demcratnik ticket and with the youth wanting to Recreate a bygone mistake and the aged, decript old farts wanting to relive it, he expects Denver to burn like the Rome that the DNC is. And my secret hope is they rediscover 'Free Love' and get infected some super Claptastic STDs that cause their sexual organs to rot off.

347 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:43:15am

re: #345 tokyobk

Great point. It is kind of sad but then again funny im a sad, funny, kind of way.

The disappointment was evident even on my mobile phone- CNN was quoting different analysts who were crowing on and on about how Biden brings much-needed foreign policy 'expertise' to the Obama campaign.

I think it was barely a week ago the Washington Post was throwing a hissy-fit on how 'presumptuous' McCain was being by being in direct contact with Saakashvili and denouncing Russia's incursion, almost as if they were transparently trying to deflect attention from someone else's tepid and milquetoast reaction to Russia's military belligerence towards a small ally.

348 WrathofG-d  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:47:04am

Some of the worst Anti-Israel propaganda I have read (from Time). And that is saying something.

The link from the left hand, slide down, "middle east" bar thingy is titled "Breaking the Gaza Blockade" and the logline is something like "Pro-Palestinian activists break Gaza seige, and Israel decides to play nice; for a day!" (find it yourself, that is practically the exact quote)

349 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 1:59:33am

A quiet yet palpable anticipation begins to build as the lizards await the arrival of their daily fruitcup....

350 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:00:05am

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ---------------->
Help yourselves!

351 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:00:37am

Fenway! :-)

Thanks for the drum roll... ;-)

352 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:02:21am

Good morning littleoldlady. Your timliness is always looked forward too.

353 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:02:45am

BlueCanuck! :-)

354 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:05:19am

Obama/Biden

/because Tony Randall's dead and Jack Klugman wasn't interested

355 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:06:30am

So how'd Canada do in the summer Olympics, blue?

Depsite my 'adopting' Georgia, I was just about the last to find out they won 3 gold medals and 3 bronze metals, which I think put them 26th overall....

Not bad for a West Virginia-sized mountainous ex-Soviet republic

356 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:08:14am

re: #355 Fenway_Nation

Too be honest, I haven't been paying attention. Last I heard we won something like 17 medals total, 3 better than Athens. Most of them were won in the last week or so. Some of the news stories before that were hilarious. How our athletes aren't funded enough, not enough results, blah, blah, blah.

357 thelongblogger  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:10:08am

re: #350 littleoldlady

Yum! (As always)

Which means it's time for bed.

358 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:10:18am

re: #356 BlueCanuck

If Ethiopians who come from a country with hardly any shoes or paved roads can keep winning the Boston Marathon, I think a country that hardly has any summer can do OK at the Summer Olympics.

359 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:11:13am

Overall Medal Standings

/China gets an *

360 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:12:07am

thelongblogger!

Hi! :-)

Bye! :-(

361 TnTx13  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:17:02am

re: #358 Fenway_Nation

If Ethiopians who come from a country with hardly any shoes or paved roads can keep winning the Boston Marathon, I think a country that hardly has any summer can do OK at the Summer Olympics.

Remember the Jamaican bobsledders?

362 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:17:33am

Any fruitcup left?

363 Fenway_Nation  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:19:15am

re: #361 TnTx13

The ones who finished dead last and went on to peddle alocohlic beverages? Yes....

A true inspiration for the children.

/Futurama's Hermes.

364 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:20:52am

re: #346 kuffar

My old man says this is going to be a fun election. With Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum on the Demcratnik ticket and with the youth wanting to Recreate a bygone mistake and the aged, decript old farts wanting to relive it, he expects Denver to burn like the Rome that the DNC is. And my secret hope is they rediscover 'Free Love' and get infected some super Claptastic STDs that cause their sexual organs to rot off.

Oh you are bad!

365 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:22:47am

'Morning, granny! :-)

366 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:28:28am

re: #365 littleoldlady

'Morning, granny! :-)

Morning little :) Is your daughter back to school yet?

367 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:32:30am

Now this is interesting - apparently Colin Powell is being considered by McCain for VP - [Link: www.politico.com...]

368 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:38:19am

re: #366 galloping granny

We moved her in Thursday.

Not 24 hours later she managed to p*ss me off.

/New World's Record ... for her. ;-)

I hope she remembers that she's supposed to start going to classes on Monday...

369 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:39:06am

re: #367 galloping granny

I thought Powell was supporting Obama?

/where's my scorecard?!

370 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:40:41am

re: #368 littleoldlady

We moved her in Thursday.

Not 24 hours later she managed to p*ss me off.

/New World's Record ... for her. ;-)

I hope she remembers that she's supposed to start going to classes on Monday...

Oh dear. Growing pains, huh? Dare I ask?

371 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:41:15am

re: #369 littleoldlady

I can't remember which election it was, but Powell was apparently being vetted by both parties. At the time he was a fence sitter. Still maybe apparently.

372 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:43:00am

re: #369 littleoldlady

I thought Powell was supporting Obama?

/where's my scorecard?!

I have never heard Powell say that. I've heard some speculation on the part of the media. But then the media seems bound and determined to present everyone even vaguely minority as an Obama supporter. Us Typical Bitter White Folks clinging desperately to our guns and our religion get to support Hillary. And I'm not sure they have any handle at all on who supports McCain other than the religious right.

373 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:47:14am

re: #370 galloping granny

Oh dear. Growing pains, huh? Dare I ask?

Yeah. The usual. Separation from mom and pop, in everything except the bank account. She's in making-new-friends overload. (It's her favorite thing.) The good news is that it appears that this place is a lot less of a drinking school than Hofstra was.

374 little blessing  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:48:04am

Hi Everyone!

I know I missed the fruitcup but here are some (virtual) Chocolate Chip Cookies straight from the oven.

O O O O O O O O

375 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:48:59am

re: #372 galloping granny

Hoo boy! Wait until they start counting the Jews who aren't voting for Obama.

376 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:49:45am

little blessing! :-)

Thanks!
/yum!

377 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:50:59am

Looks like Michelle Malkin is having fun in Denver. From her report on a demonstration at the new Planned Parenthood mega-facility (looks big enough to be a full hospital) -

The ignorance of the pro-abort activists is, frankly, astonishing. This woman, Elaine Brower of NY, stood with the small gaggle of pro-Planned Parenthood cheerleaders attacking pro-lifers as racists.

But when asked whether the barbaric eugenics legacy of Planned Parenthood godmother Margaret Sanger bothered her, she told me: “No, I don’t believe that. That’s made up. This has nothing to do with black people.”

Just exactly how brain dead are people?
[Link: michellemalkin.com...]

378 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:55:40am

Morning little blessing. Thanks for the virtual cookies.

379 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 2:57:42am

re: #373 littleoldlady

Yeah. The usual. Separation from mom and pop, in everything except the bank account. She's in making-new-friends overload. (It's her favorite thing.) The good news is that it appears that this place is a lot less of a drinking school than Hofstra was.

Might be time for a little tough love littleold. As in "this is the amount of money you have to live on till you come home. Make it last."

My kids had to pay for college themselves. Most of them spent a couple of years slinging hash first and it has really made them appreciate the privilege. (I did have one so brilliant she went to an Ivy before finishing high school. That, too, was a mistake.)

The partying is a huge problem and has been for decades now. Steve Doucie was blaming college presidents for not ensuring his adult son didn't drink at school the other day, but the real story is that the drinking happens off campus, where the school has no clout.; I know of one incident in the town I went to college in where the party goers were so numerous that when they tried to escape down the back stairs as the cops came up the front they literally tore 2 flights of stairs/porch off the house. Bunch of em got hurt. (Not badly enough.)

380 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:00:50am

re: #377 galloping granny

It's about federal funding/welfare.

/you see, in 2008, most black women are on welfare and can't afford private sector abortions, so you're racist if you don't want to pay for it

381 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:04:34am

re: #380 Killian Bundy

It's about federal funding/welfare.

/you see, in 2008, most black women are on welfare and can't afford private sector abortions, so you're racist if you don't want to pay for it

Killian, in case you did not notice, there is next to no "welfare" left in this country for any women to be on for long. In all states there is a lifetime limit of five years. In some states there is a limit of TWO years. And all the people on welfare are not black by a long shot. In most areas welfare recipients have about the same proportions of various races as the general population.

382 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:07:29am

re: #381 galloping granny

Killian, in case you did not notice, there is next to no "welfare" left in this country for any women to be on for long. In all states there is a lifetime limit of five years. In some states there is a limit of TWO years. And all the people on welfare are not black by a long shot. In most areas welfare recipients have about the same proportions of various races as the general population.

The Denver protesters don't believe that. They're stuck in the '60s.

/I knew that sarcasm probably wouldn't work

383 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:09:35am

re: #379 galloping granny

She's paying for a small part of tuition and all of her expenses.

/these days a kid would have to have a trust fund to pay for all of it!

I had to front her some money for books, but she'll have to reimburse me when she gets her last paychecks from her summer job.

But I'm thinking she's forgotten - momentarily - what we've had to do to send her to that expensive school. She has a week to calm down before I blow up...

;-)

384 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:10:58am

re: #382 Killian Bundy

The Denver protesters don't believe that. They're stuck in the '60s.

/I knew that sarcasm probably wouldn't work

The Denver protesters should be damned well aware of that, since it is their Democrat president who did away with most of the welfare safety net in the first place and their messiah who plans even more cuts. (What do you think that "Obama will require us all to work" gig is about?)

385 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:13:52am

re: #383 littleoldlady

But I'm thinking she's forgotten - momentarily - what we've had to do to send her to that expensive school. She has a week to calm down before I blow up...

/what's her major?

386 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:14:28am

re: #383 littleoldlady

She's paying for a small part of tuition and all of her expenses.

/these days a kid would have to have a trust fund to pay for all of it!

I had to front her some money for books, but she'll have to reimburse me when she gets her last paychecks from her summer job.

But I'm thinking she's forgotten - momentarily - what we've had to do to send her to that expensive school. She has a week to calm down before I blow up...

;-)

Yup, mine have every one had to work and go to college at the same time, take classes year round in order to get a full year's credits in inside 12 months, sometimes attend part time.

I'm not sorry about it though. They all have an appreciation for their education that I certainly did not have my first time out, straight out of high school.

387 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:15:50am

re: #384 galloping granny

Oh nossssssss!

/I thought she meant US!

388 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:17:34am

re: #346 kuffar

... With Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum on the Democratnik ticket and with the youth wanting to Recreate a bygone mistake and the aged, decrepit old farts wanting to relive it, he expects Denver to burn like the Rome that the DNC is....

C'mon, Kuffar, isn't it Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dumber?

Or at least Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dumb, eh?

Tweedle Young and Tweedle Old, Joe the Chimp Schmoe & Barack the Bold?

389 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:18:11am

re: #387 littleoldlady

Oh nossssssss!

/I thought she meant US!

Oh she means us too. Commie witch.

390 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:19:00am

re: #388 Karridine

Good morning Karridine. I see you're in fine form this morning :)

391 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:20:38am

re: #385 Killian Bundy

Fashion Industry Management.

Which sounds really dumb except it's essentially a business degree which she can use anywhere, but if she actually decides to work in the field her school has one of the top programs in the country.

re: #386 galloping granny

She worked in the Spring at TJMaxx (which is the retail equivalent of "slinging hash") and had a cushy lifeguard job for the summer while taking a couple of courses. On Monday she's supposed to get her work-study job from school.

Work never killed anyone.

/except for my father, but he overdid it to the max...

392 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:21:43am

re: #391 littleoldlady

Fashion Industry Management.

Which sounds really dumb except it's essentially a business degree which she can use anywhere, but if she actually decides to work in the field her school has one of the top programs in the country.

/can she get loans?

393 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:23:40am

Good morning, people.

This is an Official Nonic Prediction. Please make note.

When, or if, or when, or if (choose what you think most likely) Obama loses the general election, the media people will attack the American public BIG TIME as being "racist," and the media and the dems and the Arabs, the UN, the Europeans, and every tin-pot African, Middle Eastern, and Asian country will attempt to use that "fact" to their advantage for whatever their purpose. You think "white guilt" has been a potent force up till now? You ain't seen nothin' yet.

(Reminds me of the Kitty Genovese story -- which was total bullshit, too.)

394 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:23:48am

re: #391 littleoldlady

Fashion Industry Management? Does that mean she would set up runway shoots and work in that area? Or more the paperwork side?

395 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:23:49am

re: #390 galloping granny

Thankee, Mum, I just sold 17 hamster pups (for a windfall $6.25) and took action steps to resume working as a doctor (for the first time since my son was kidnapped and I couldn't keep my clinic together) and it is a BEE-YOO-tiful Sunday evening, just now tinged with orange in the gathering jasmine-scented twilight...

Had some pomes upthread you might chuckle at... :D

How YOU, Granny?

396 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:25:48am

re: #393 nonic

Exactly!

There's a link upthread about how the left is already posting and publicly declaring that "The ONLY reason Barack could lose is RACISM!"

/?

397 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:28:28am

re: #396 Karridine

Exactly!

There's a link upthread about how the left is already posting and publicly declaring that "The ONLY reason Barack could lose is RACISM!"

/?

Me, I'm not ready for butt naked socialism.

/but hey, whatever keeps him and Ol' Plugs out of the White House

398 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:30:01am

re: #392 Killian Bundy

She's got scholarships, grants and loans out the wazoo...

/her financial aid package almost made my head explode it was so complicated...

But when she decided to live on campus (which I am more than fine with) I decided she was going to pitch in - big time. And there was still a nice chunk of out-of-pocket.

399 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:30:58am

re: #391 littleoldlady

On Monday she's supposed to get her work-study job from school.

We have TJ's here too. You might to think about having her not sign up for a work study job. Often it does not work out well financially. The way it works is that whatever she makes on the work study is deducted from the total amount of financial aid she is eligible for. Most of the time, that can mean that there is not actually enough money to cover the tuition, fees & books and that every penny of the work study needs to go to that. Meanwhile, most people count on that work study job to meet immediate needs and find themselves in a financial bind.

If they opt out of the work study, they end up with the same amount of funding, just all in the grants/loans category. And they can still get an outside job.

400 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:31:07am

re: #393 nonic

nonic! NONIC! nonic!

I predicted that months ago. ;-)

HOW ARE YOU?!

401 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:31:44am

re: #396 Karridine

Yeah, I saw something yesterday or the day before. It was linked here. The LA Times or Slate, I think.

There are the individual lame brains like Bob Herbert who chatter about this crap all the time.

But I woke up this morning thinking the post-Obama attack with be really, REALLY big, and coordinated. Because a whole generation will be at stake to get on board with self-loathing.

402 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:33:10am

re: #395 Karridine

Thankee, Mum, I just sold 17 hamster pups (for a windfall $6.25) and took action steps to resume working as a doctor (for the first time since my son was kidnapped and I couldn't keep my clinic together) and it is a BEE-YOO-tiful Sunday evening, just now tinged with orange in the gathering jasmine-scented twilight...

Had some pomes upthread you might chuckle at... :D

How YOU, Granny?

I did not realize your son was kidnapped. I knew there had been an attempt a few months ago. What happened, if you don't mind sharing?

I'm fine. A little on the sleepy side. Wading through stacks of books (some really exciting) for the coming school year with the kiddo.

403 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:33:14am

While we're on the subject of 'racism/Obama-loss', please inform me HOW Obama's race is responsible for his non-existent experience; how Obama's race can POSSIBLY determine his neo-Marxist attitudes; how Obama's RACE causes his socialist tendencies and naive outbursts?

Go 'head on, Jacob Weisberg, explain to me how Obama's RACE determines his wretched, vision-less, naive, socialist, America-loathing attitudes and I'll proclaim MYSELF a racist, because it it Obama's wretched, vision-less, naive, socialist, America-loathing attitudes that I am voting AGAINST!

404 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:33:25am

re: #393 nonic

Good morning, people.

This is an Official Nonic Prediction. Please make note.

When, or if, or when, or if (choose what you think most likely) Obama loses the general election, the media people will attack the American public BIG TIME as being "racist," and the media and the dems and the Arabs, the UN, the Europeans, and every tin-pot African, Middle Eastern, and Asian country will attempt to use that "fact" to their advantage for whatever their purpose. You think "white guilt" has been a potent force up till now? You ain't seen nothin' yet.

(Reminds me of the Kitty Genovese story -- which was total bullshit, too.)

My 16 year old son. 16...not even old enough to vote...was called a racist at school for not supporting Nobama. He asked me about it and I asked him"what do YOU think?" He says "Democrat must be a race". I love my son.

405 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:33:46am

re: #394 BlueCanuck

Fashion Industry Management? Does that mean she would set up runway shoots and work in that area? Or more the paperwork side?

It means she gets to be "management" ;-) An extra year of school would get her an MBA in the subject, if she decides to go that route.

/it's a really good school for fashion-anything.

406 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:33:47am

In today's news re student loans.

407 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:35:11am

re: #398 littleoldlady

She's got scholarships, grants and loans out the wazoo...

/her financial aid package almost made my head explode it was so complicated...

But when she decided to live on campus (which I am more than fine with) I decided she was going to pitch in - big time. And there was still a nice chunk of out-of-pocket.

/[expletive deleted], law school only me $70K for three years

408 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:35:13am

re: #400 littleoldlady

I am "well enough," my dear. :-) How are you?

Here's some healthy muffins for the buffet table.

409 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:35:15am

re: #404 rightwinger3

"Democrat must be a race".

Oh, I am SO stealing that! :-)

410 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:35:18am

re: #402 galloping granny

No, Ma'am, my first-born... back in 1981...

I'm over it now, except that I am now and have been for 15 years VERY SENSITIVE to people walking off with or staring overly long at my/our sons!

411 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:35:54am

re: #395 Karridine

Thankee, Mum, I just sold 17 hamster pups (for a windfall $6.25) and took action steps to resume working as a doctor (for the first time since my son was kidnapped and I couldn't keep my clinic together) and it is a BEE-YOO-tiful Sunday evening, just now tinged with orange in the gathering jasmine-scented twilight...

Had some pomes upthread you might chuckle at... :D

How YOU, Granny?

Karridine, excellent...good luck, my friend!

412 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:37:22am

re: #408 nonic

Ohboyohboy! Blueberries! :-)

413 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:37:24am

re: #410 Karridine

No, Ma'am, my first-born... back in 1981...

I'm over it now, except that I am now and have been for 15 years VERY SENSITIVE to people walking off with or staring overly long at my/our sons!

Ah, I see Karridine. I'm sorry. And I certainly understand your sensitivity. I would be too.

414 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:37:25am

re: #409 littleoldlady

Oh, I am SO stealing that! :-)

Have at it lol, my son can be very funny and very smart...sometimes. And he won't mind either.

415 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:38:25am

re: #411 rightwinger3

Thank you, Winger3... Sons can take care of themselves EXCEPT in the food-on-the-table department (they're BOTH class leaders) so its up to me to EARN MORE to shovel food into those hungry teenage maws.... :D

/And I LOVE helping people to heal! Radiant Health is our human birthright!

416 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:38:45am

Hey granny and little, did you gals see last weekend I got me a kitten? :->

A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E. !

He's about 5 months, in the skittish stage right now. Comes up enticingly close, and when you reach out to pet him, he charges off like his little orange butt's on fire. I love it. :-)

417 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:39:05am

re: #414 rightwinger3

Have at it lol, my son can be very funny and very smart...sometimes. And he won't mind either.

I really wish that John McCain had a "junior junior Republicans' group online for kids. The kiddo (11) is a huge McCain fan and has great insights. I really think the kids could do him some good with the right game plan.

418 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:40:31am

re: #413 galloping granny

One last addendum, Granny.

Two years ago, out of the blue, I got an email said, "I'm your son and I want you to be in my life (now that I'm 32) and now that you're a GRANDFATHER..."

Alls well that ends well.

419 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:40:45am

re: #416 nonic

Hey granny and little, did you gals see last weekend I got me a kitten? :->

A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E. !

He's about 5 months, in the skittish stage right now. Comes up enticingly close, and when you reach out to pet him, he charges off like his little orange butt's on fire. I love it. :-)

Very neat. We haven't had to get an actual kitten in some time. Our original cats keep adopting more.

420 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:41:02am

re: #395 Karridine

just sold 17 hamster pups

Uh.......... you're in Thailand, right? So............ these were sold as pets? (Or as ingredients?)

421 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:41:18am

re: #415 Karridine

Thank you, Winger3... Sons can take care of themselves EXCEPT in the food-on-the-table department (they're BOTH class leaders) so its up to me to EARN MORE to shovel food into those hungry teenage maws.... :D

/And I LOVE helping people to heal! Radiant Health is our human birthright!

You got that right. I have a 16 and a 12 yr old. Man oh man. Let's just say leftovers are a thing of the past!

422 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:41:27am

re: #418 Karridine

One last addendum, Granny.

Two years ago, out of the blue, I got an email said, "I'm your son and I want you to be in my life (now that I'm 32) and now that you're a GRANDFATHER..."

Alls well that ends well.

How wonderful for you.

423 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:41:50am

re: #420 nonic

LMAO!

Pets.
NOT as 'ingredients', I assure you. :D

424 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:42:43am

re: #416 nonic

Hey granny and little, did you gals see last weekend I got me a kitten? :->

A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E. !

He's about 5 months, in the skittish stage right now. Comes up enticingly close, and when you reach out to pet him, he charges off like his little orange butt's on fire. I love it. :-)

Wait until it gets to the Kitten Bill stage, the destroyer of potential energy for all movable objects.

/if it's not on the floor it's crap!

425 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:42:55am
and now that you're a GRANDFATHER..."

Oh, yeah, gang. That's the other news........... My oldest son's wife's preggers test was positive. :-) This will be the first grandchild. (Next April.)

426 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:43:02am

re: #421 rightwinger3

You got that right. I have a 16 and a 12 yr old. Man oh man. Let's just say leftovers are a thing of the past!

ONe of my nephews used to come home from school, grab his mother's largest mixing bowl, add a full jumbo sized box of cereal and a gallon of milk, consume the whole thing and then go ask his mom what she had available to eat because he was starving!

427 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:43:47am

re: #416 nonic

Wonderful! :-) What did you name him?

/something is wrong with my Valerie today. She's been jumping up to sit on my lap all morning, and since she normally hates me, it must mean she's sick. :-(

Ingredients. YUCK!

/LOL!

428 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:43:49am

re: #425 nonic

Oh, yeah, gang. That's the other news........... My oldest son's wife's preggers test was positive. :-) This will be the first grandchild. (Next April.)

Congrats. Nothing better than grandmotherhood.

429 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:44:11am

re: #425 nonic

Jog yr memory, did I?

Good on ya, Grampa! :D

/Grampy Nonic.... its got a nice RING to it

430 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:45:02am

re: #429 Karridine

Woopsy! Grammy Nonic?

431 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:45:33am

re: #430 Karridine

Woopsy! Grammy Nonic?

I was just thinking maybe I'm wrong too. Which is it nonic? Fess up.

432 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:47:14am

re: #426 galloping granny

ONe of my nephews used to come home from school, grab his mother's largest mixing bowl, add a full jumbo sized box of cereal and a gallon of milk, consume the whole thing and then go ask his mom what she had available to eat because he was starving!

granny...you must be my sister!

433 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:48:12am

Mazel Tov, GRAMMY nonic! :-)

434 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:49:11am

re: #432 rightwinger3

And I thought I was ALONE in my hungry misery, 14th year...

Growing an INCH a MONTH, knees ached, ALWAYS hungry! :D

/Teens Anonymous: A 12-Step Program to give up rapid growth?

435 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:51:28am

re: #434 Karridine

And I thought I was ALONE in my hungry misery, 14th year...

Growing an INCH a MONTH, knees ached, ALWAYS hungry! :D

/Teens Anonymous: A 12-Step Program to give up rapid growth?

Yep! absolutely amazing how much energy a teenager can consume when still growing, playing sports etc.

436 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:52:15am

re: #432 rightwinger3

granny...you must be my sister!

Maybe so. :) Girls aren't quite so bad. They just go vegetarian.

437 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:53:04am

re: #433 littleoldlady

Mazel Tov, GRAMMY nonic! :-)

I thought that was right!

438 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:53:39am

re: #429 Karridine

Excuse me, but it's grandMA nonic. (No offense taken :-)

439 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:55:38am

re: #431 galloping granny

Which is it nonic?

Honey, it's been so long, it don't much matter any more.

(Except for the moral superiority.)

440 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:57:04am

re: #439 nonic

Honey, it's been so long, it don't much matter any more.

(Except for the moral superiority.)

Gosh, I've missed you! ;-)

441 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:57:05am

re: #438 nonic

Mazel Tov, Hox Venuci Lictum, Illegitimati Non Carborundum and Nobama Bin Biden!

GrandMA Nonic! :D

I gotta run, Sunday night chores for a working Monday!

Love & Hugs to y'all... (MANLY hugs, when appropriate!)

Karridine

442 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:57:26am

re: #439 nonic

Honey, it's been so long, it don't much matter any more.

(Except for the moral superiority.)

I hear you there. I would say we have breasts and they don't, but that isn't exactly the case these days either.

443 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:57:30am

Karridine! :-)

444 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:58:03am

Bye Karridine!

445 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:58:14am

I raised five sons (oldest and youngest nine years apart in age). They still love to tell the story of when I put a chain with a lock around the refrigerator. And I did, really. And they go on laughing about how they managed to still get stuff out with a long pair of tongs.

446 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 3:59:28am

re: #445 nonic

BAD boys! :-)
Bad. bad.
bwahahaha

/gotta go

447 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:00:04am

Later, Karridine.

448 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:00:37am

re: #445 nonic

I raised five sons (oldest and youngest nine years apart in age). They still love to tell the story of when I put a chain with a lock around the refrigerator. And I did, really. And they go on laughing about how they managed to still get stuff out with a long pair of tongs.

ROFLMAO! That is so funny!
/I have come very, very close to that myself.

449 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:02:07am

re: #445 nonic

I raised five sons (oldest and youngest nine years apart in age). They still love to tell the story of when I put a chain with a lock around the refrigerator. And I did, really. And they go on laughing about how they managed to still get stuff out with a long pair of tongs.

I think I would have come home to a wrecked fridge.

450 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:02:20am

re: #445 nonic

Man I was lucky my parents never did that. I think that was one reason my mom taught us how to cook for ourselves. As long as we had an appetite for dinner she didn't care too much.

451 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:02:36am

The first American ship has arrived in Georgia. Picture on the front of Fox.

452 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:05:34am

re: #427 littleoldlady

Duncan. He's orange stripes with white toes all around and a white chin and bib. He's BEAUTIFUL. :-)

453 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:17:48am

Youtube Video

454 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:18:43am

re: #452 nonic

Enjoy, nonic!

/you deserve it :-)

455 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:22:11am

New York Prostitute With One Leg Dies After Being Knocked From Wheelchair

/not quite sure of my reaction to this story.

Good morning all...!

Looks like an OB08...will be very interesting times imho.

456 Forever  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:25:30am

Russia will not hesitate to iniate peace by using nuclear arms.

457 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:25:30am

re: #453 MandyManners

Mandy! :-)

WTF?

/that's the jingle for a local commercial, btw.

458 formercorpsman  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:25:58am

re: #453 MandyManners

I like how he claps his hands.

459 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:26:23am

gettinby! :-)

/nope. not clicking on your link. not gonna do it.

460 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:29:13am

re: #456 Forever

Pre-emptive nuclear strikes to defend themselves? WTF are they smoking, and when did the Soviet Union come back into power?

461 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:29:44am

re: #459 littleoldlady

Chicken. :)

/go on click it, I know the curiosity is eating away at you. *evil grin*

462 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:29:58am

re: #457 littleoldlady

Mandy! :-)

WTF?

/that's the jingle for a local commercial, btw.

It seems that he's making fun of retired Floridians.

463 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:30:11am

re: #460 BlueCanuck

Pre-emptive nuclear strikes to defend themselves? WTF are they smoking, and when did the Soviet Union come back into power?

I think it was last week...

464 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:30:33am

re: #458 formercorpsman

I like how he claps his hands.

IIRC, OR said he claps on the one and the three.

465 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:30:58am

re: #460 BlueCanuck

Pre-emptive nuclear strikes to defend themselves? WTF are they smoking, and when did the Soviet Union come back into power?

I'm beginning to think it never went away.

466 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:31:59am

re: #462 MandyManners

Oh you're right. It IS Florida.

/whether he's making fun of them or showing off his singing "skills" is another matter...

467 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:32:24am

re: #459 littleoldlady

gettinby! :-)

/nope. not clicking on your link. not gonna do it.

Take another large swig of coffee and go for it!

/taking risks can help to keep one young at heart?
//please tell me that you started to giggle (couldn't help myself).

468 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:33:30am

re: #463 littleoldlady

re: #465 MandyManners

The part that I find frightening is that a lot of fallout shelters set up by our government in the late 50's early sixties have been decomissioned and in one case I know, demolished. I hope there is no need to start building them again.

469 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:33:38am

re: #460 BlueCanuck

Pre-emptive nuclear strikes to defend themselves? WTF are they smoking, and when did the Soviet Union come back into power?

The Soviet Union never left. They just changed their name for a while.

470 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:33:45am

re: #466 littleoldlady

Oh you're right. It IS Florida.

/whether he's making fun of them or showing off his singing "skills" is another matter...

I don't think the contestants on American Idol or Dancing with the Stars have anything to worry about.

471 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:34:01am

re: #453 MandyManners

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

That's how drunk Floridians dance and sing.

/off-key and off-kilter. ;)

472 dooder[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:34:27am
473 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:34:32am

re: #468 BlueCanuck

re: #465 MandyManners

The part that I find frightening is that a lot of fallout shelters set up by our government in the late 50's early sixties have been decomissioned and in one case I know, demolished. I hope there is no need to start building them again.

In an all-out nuclear war, would shelters even work?

474 formercorpsman  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:34:41am

re: #464 MandyManners

Thats great.

He is Irish/

475 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:34:44am

re: #468 BlueCanuck

re: #465 MandyManners

The part that I find frightening is that a lot of fallout shelters set up by our government in the late 50's early sixties have been decomissioned and in one case I know, demolished. I hope there is no need to start building them again.

The good news there BlueCanuck is that most of the fallout shelters would not have done squat in case of nuclear war anyway.

476 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:35:41am

re: #471 gettinby

That's how drunk Floridians dance and sing.

/off-key and off-kilter. ;)

I wonder when and where it was filmed. I also wonder how it made its way to Youtube when it did.

477 nonic  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:36:05am

Everybody have a great day. See ya'll another time. :-)

478 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:37:40am

re: #474 formercorpsman

Thats great.

He is Irish/

He is?

479 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:38:02am

re: #455 gettinby

Oh....okay...

/sheesh. ;-)

Any WHY is this filed under "International News"?!

480 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:38:08am

re: #477 nonic

Everybody have a great day. See ya'll another time. :-)

Have fun with Duncan!

481 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:38:17am

re: #476 MandyManners

I wonder when and where it was filmed. I also wonder how it made its way to Youtube when it did.

Pretty much at the same moment as the announcement?

hmmmmm

482 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:38:30am

re: #456 Forever

Russia will not hesitate to iniate peace by using nuclear arms.

This is intended as a threat to the West over attacks on Iran and Syria - Russia's two longtime allies, both seeking nuclear weapons.

483 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:38:46am

re: #479 littleoldlady

Oh....okay...

/sheesh. ;-)

Any WHY is this filed under "International News"?!

Where her clients from the U.N.?

484 yochanan  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:38:48am

There is the story about the capitalist who sold the commies the rope in the morning that the commies used to hang him in the afternoon, american and euro countries capitalists built the russian oil industry that putin stole from them.

485 goddessoftheclassroom  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:38:56am

Good morning, Lizards!

Lizard Prayer List 8/24/08
Prayers for thanks, praise, comfort, strength, healing, and hope

Seeking Updates
Many thanks to Ben Z and Cap'n Doc for starting this.

Thanksgivings
Loppyd: future plans

Health issues:
A Lizard who underwent surgery Monday, 8/17/08
jorline: scleritis (eye disease), which is caused by something else, in most cases rheumatoid arthritis; father who has colon cancer
realwest: dental issues, cancer; mom Type II diabetes
Empire1: out of the hospital after suffering a stroke; praying for a full recovery.
Dolphin: friend Stan, open heart surgery
AKAK: Parkinson’s diagnosis confirmed
eaglewingz08: intestinal cancer; has bad case of Grave’s disease, thyroid disorder
Vxbush: being tested for wheat allergy
MigueldowninMexico: recovering from stroke
Noamsayin: niece and dad battling cancer
Truck Monkey: Brady (11-year-old with brain cancer who is on the football team he coaches)
Shaky Louie: chronic pancriatitis, and an (as yet) undiagnosed liver problem.
loppyd: step-father undergoing treatment for colon cancer
Macker: health issues and treatment
newsjunkie_ky: Step-Dad
Sarah: dad (cancer);
Zonie: cancer and renal failure
Pro-Bush Canuck: sister’s illness
LanceKates: dad’s continued recovery from surgery
Tarkus289: father is in hospital; may have pneumonia after two strokes and stage 7 Alzheimer'
kcladderman: father’s throat cancer; just finisher second round of radiation
Clutch: 82-year-old mom’s recovery from eye surgery
BBev: wife’s illness and great pain; facing another surgery
Kenneth: beloved daughter "M" serious chronic illness.
Cartman: liver and other health problems
Irene NYC: mom’s cancer
BenZacharia: wifffeee’s recovery from surgery
USMC1968: cancer

Family, friend, and life situations:
vxhush: husband’s rotator cuff surgery & managing everything on her own during recovery
HoosierHoops: 3/5th Marines deploying to Afghanistan in January (son Jordan is a platoon leader)
Mars Needs Neocons: job
Jcm: best result for new foster daughter
Pvt Bin Jammin: best friend’s passing
Josephine: painful loss
Vxbush: daughter traveling overseas
Jammiewearingfool: sister’s passing
Typicalwhitey: family & neighbors dealing with flooding
CoCo: mother paralyzed (due to strokes) and is now having new health problems
David Simon: mom (Alzheimer's)
Sarah: and her husband in the process of moving to Arizona for husband’s schooling
Intrepid: Mom has Alzheimer's and Intrepid is caretaker
wolfie: nephew (USAR) who is being sent into the thick of things in Iraq.
conservgirl: atheist SPM, that he finds the Lord
Lizards with family issues
Hayseed: extended family challenges
Maximus: son reports for active duty in August.
Noraono: colleagues laid off in building industry
antiislamist: in need of prayers
lone_wolf_in_illinois: friends and family in Israel
GotC: EH/kids; losing cousin and aunt within 4 months
Danger close: general
zulubaby, Carl in Jerusalem, Mr Pol, Golden Jerusalem, basically all the minion in eretz Yisrael
noam sayin': comfort for a lost brother
DorianGrey: much sorrow
Buckeye Abroad: in the belly of the beast of Eurabia
ChildOfMary: job for hubby and health for self
nonic: general
yank in EU: general
MdiM: general
Suzette: general

Community issues:
Georgia/Ossetia
Those dealing with the Hurricane Fay
Gilad Schalit, for his release.
The contractors still held hostage
Brian at Snapped Shot: for justice

486 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:39:07am

Bye, nonic! It was GREAT to see you! :-)

487 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:39:09am

re: #481 gettinby

Pretty much at the same moment as the announcement?

hmmmmm

Man, I love the Internet.

488 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:39:33am

re: #477 nonic

Bye nonic!

Have fun with the new kitteh!

489 yochanan  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:39:57am

re: #479 littleoldlady

so why is a missing 3 year old girl a national news story? it is a local news story. a very sad one but still just a local news story.

490 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:41:02am

re: #485 goddessoftheclassroom

goddess! :-)

Where the heck is BenZ, anyway?!

491 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:41:04am

re: #473 MandyManners

re: #475 galloping granny

Well fallout shelters would work for awhile. I actually spent two summers in one as a barracks warden. The set up of the place was amazing, The front entrance way and door was pretty immense with a decontam chamber off to one side. The cafeteria was fully functional still and I was told it was fired up for two weeks a year for full training. Unfortunately it was a great fallout shelter, but would have probably been a target for a bomb in an all out war. Last I heard they had torn it up and filled in the hole a few years ago.

492 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:42:43am

re: #479 littleoldlady

Oh....okay...

/sheesh. ;-)

Any WHY is this filed under "International News"?!

Hmmmmmm

/I'm just filled with hmmmmms this morning. :)

493 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:42:44am

re: #491 BlueCanuck

re: #475 galloping granny

Well fallout shelters would work for awhile. I actually spent two summers in one as a barracks warden. The set up of the place was amazing, The front entrance way and door was pretty immense with a decontam chamber off to one side. The cafeteria was fully functional still and I was told it was fired up for two weeks a year for full training. Unfortunately it was a great fallout shelter, but would have probably been a target for a bomb in an all out war. Last I heard they had torn it up and filled in the hole a few years ago.

How long would it have lasted in a war? Wouldn't fall-out last longer?

494 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:42:55am

re: #489 yochanan

yochanan! :-)

That story is BIG NEWS because it is so bizarro.

/poor little kid... :-(

495 goddessoftheclassroom  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:43:41am

re: #490 littleoldlady

goddess! :-)

Where the heck is BenZ, anyway?!

I don't know; I haven't had time to hang out here as much as I'd like to. My nic is blue for those who prefer to contact me privately.

{littleoldlady}

I've missed the fruit cup, but with school starting Monday, I should be checking in on the early thread.

496 yochanan  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:45:35am

if it had been a black or hispanic baby it would not have even made the local news.

497 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:45:42am

re: #491 BlueCanuck

re: #475 galloping granny

Well fallout shelters would work for awhile. I actually spent two summers in one as a barracks warden. The set up of the place was amazing, The front entrance way and door was pretty immense with a decontam chamber off to one side. The cafeteria was fully functional still and I was told it was fired up for two weeks a year for full training. Unfortunately it was a great fallout shelter, but would have probably been a target for a bomb in an all out war. Last I heard they had torn it up and filled in the hole a few years ago.

I'm not saying there weren't some good one. There is a very neat one in West Virginia and another in Colorado. Huge. Just that the "average" fallout shelter that most folks would have access to weren't worth much.

498 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:45:51am

re: #493 MandyManners

I think it could have held about three hundred people in cramped quarters, It had stores for the same for about a year I think I heard. Most heavy fallout percipitates out after about 2 weeks, the finer stuff about a month. It's been awhile since I have paid attention to this, these numbers are off the top of my head. It would also depend on how big the nuclear exchange was.

499 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:47:11am

re: #493 MandyManners

How long would it have lasted in a war? Wouldn't fall-out last longer?

As I recall, in all out nuclear war people would need to stay in the fallout shelter for ~3 years.

500 Tigger2005  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:54:08am

blah. I guess I'm going to have to pay for professional help with my computer. Can't access any Yahoo sites, Google won't search, and now I can't access Hotmail. and Ad-Aware and Windows Defender will not get rid of this trojan I picked up. Sucks.

501 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:55:35am

re: #500 Tigger2005

blah. I guess I'm going to have to pay for professional help with my computer. Can't access any Yahoo sites, Google won't search, and now I can't access Hotmail. and Ad-Aware and Windows Defender will not get rid of this trojan I picked up. Sucks.

/did you try Spybot?

502 yochanan  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:55:41am

if there was ever a nuke war the survivers will have to know how to do pre industral things to survivie the amish way of growing things and maybe they way of making things as well, i could run a small printing operation, using wood cuts and hand made paper.

503 yochanan  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:57:07am

wonder what effect a regional nuke war would have on the whole world? india/pakistan or israel/iran?

504 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:57:58am

re: #503 yochanan

wonder what effect a regional nuke war would have on the whole world? india/pakistan or israel/iran?

/depends on prevailing wind patterns

505 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 4:59:03am

re: #500 Tigger2005

blah. I guess I'm going to have to pay for professional help with my computer. Can't access any Yahoo sites, Google won't search, and now I can't access Hotmail. and Ad-Aware and Windows Defender will not get rid of this trojan I picked up. Sucks.

That is because Windows Defender sucks and Ad-aware is not particularly comprehensive.

Go download spybot search and destroy - [Link: www.safer-networking.org...]

Update it and then run it.

506 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:00:36am

re: #498 BlueCanuck

I think it could have held about three hundred people in cramped quarters, It had stores for the same for about a year I think I heard. Most heavy fallout percipitates out after about 2 weeks, the finer stuff about a month. It's been awhile since I have paid attention to this, these numbers are off the top of my head. It would also depend on how big the nuclear exchange was.

How safe would it be to emerge after a month? Wouldn't the dust get stirred up?

507 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:01:15am

re: #499 galloping granny

As I recall, in all out nuclear war people would need to stay in the fallout shelter for ~3 years.

That's a long time to be in a shelter.

508 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:01:25am

re: #500 Tigger2005

blah. I guess I'm going to have to pay for professional help with my computer. Can't access any Yahoo sites, Google won't search, and now I can't access Hotmail. and Ad-Aware and Windows Defender will not get rid of this trojan I picked up. Sucks.

And another thing. Unless that is one heck of a computer, you can probably replace the thing for about the same price as you can have it repaired. We picked up a pretty OK Dell in a box with a 17 inch flat panel monitor a couple of weeks ago for under $500 at Walmart. Staples had a slightly better machine without the monitor for about $375.

509 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:01:45am

re: #507 MandyManners

That's a long time to be in a shelter.

Yup. Sure is.

510 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:02:47am

re: #506 MandyManners

How safe would it be to emerge after a month? Wouldn't the dust get stirred up?

/you still cant live near Chernobyl

511 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:02:48am

Is there any region that would survive an all-out nuclear war?

512 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:03:10am

re: #509 galloping granny

Yup. Sure is.

Boredom would set in quickly.

513 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:04:13am

re: #510 Killian Bundy

/you still cant live near Chernobyl

I'm sure that's still in Ukranians' minds, and a large part of their determination to stand up to Putin.

514 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:04:15am

re: #511 MandyManners

Is there any region that would survive an all-out nuclear war?

All out?

/no

515 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:04:26am

re: #512 MandyManners

Boredom would set in quickly.

I would be surprised if many who went in came out, even allowing for adequate food, medicine and water.

516 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:05:53am

re: #507 MandyManners

That's a long time to be in a shelter.

I'm having a hard time coming up with even a short list of people I wouldn't kill after being cooped up with them for that long...

517 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:06:50am

CNN just ran Sen. McCain's latest ad.

"The truth hurt, and Obama didn't like it."

518 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:07:34am

re: #514 Killian Bundy

All out?

/no

Not even some places in Africa?

519 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:07:44am

re: #506 MandyManners

Well I would have to look up figures and numbers, there's actually a lot of irrational fear out there that was instilled mostly by the "Peace Activists". Most of the fallout particles had short half lives and some would be washed away rains. most decontam procedures for venturing outside shortly after a nuclear exchange involved showering with lots of water.

520 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:08:14am

re: #515 galloping granny

I would be surprised if many who went in came out, even allowing for adequate food, medicine and water.

What about the need for sunshine?

521 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:08:51am

re: #516 littleoldlady

I'm having a hard time coming up with even a short list of people I wouldn't kill after being cooped up with them for that long...

I could do it but, only with the Internet but, that would be gone so,...

522 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:09:40am

re: #519 BlueCanuck

Well I would have to look up figures and numbers, there's actually a lot of irrational fear out there that was instilled mostly by the "Peace Activists". Most of the fallout particles had short half lives and some would be washed away rains. most decontam procedures for venturing outside shortly after a nuclear exchange involved showering with lots of water.

If every nuke were dropped people could still go outside?

523 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:09:55am

re: #510 Killian Bundy

Really? I thought that was mostly due to over cautiousness. I hear that the wildlife population in the surrounding areas is making a massive comeback from the times of pre-Chernobyl. Read that in a science magazine a couple years ago actually.

524 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:10:01am

Paging Mary Sunshine!

525 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:11:11am

re: #518 MandyManners

Not even some places in Africa?

/if the U.S. and Russians throw everything, not a chance, weather works its way everywhere

526 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:13:04am

re: #516 littleoldlady

I'm having a hard time coming up with even a short list of people I wouldn't kill after being cooped up with them for that long...

Makes me think of the shelter(s) provided that our "leaders" would use.

You put that many politicians in one of those for any length of time, and whoa baby!

527 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:13:13am

re: #520 MandyManners

What about the need for sunshine?

Vitamin D supplements, sunlamps. I would be more worried about the social/psychological issues. Look at all the problems in a jail - and then squish all those people into a small space they cannot get out of, with nothing to do, absolutely no privacy. everything strictly rationed. . . .

528 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:13:48am

re: #522 MandyManners

That would be a bit different. There would be tests done to check on background radiation first, if levels were acceptable people would go out in their NBCW gear for short periods of time. Of course you would have geiger counters and where dossimeters to check on dosages that you would recieve. But it would be neccessary for people to go out on occassion. Typical tasks would be to replace antennas, set up a weather station and to collect samples of rainwater and probably dust traps.

529 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:13:59am

re: #525 Killian Bundy

/if the U.S. and Russians throw everything, not a chance, weather works its way everywhere

Let's hope the Russians still love their children.

530 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:14:41am

re: #523 BlueCanuck

Really? I thought that was mostly due to over cautiousness. I hear that the wildlife population in the surrounding areas is making a massive comeback from the times of pre-Chernobyl. Read that in a science magazine a couple years ago actually.

The radiation levels are way down. There's still hot spots.

/nature is teeming because humans haven't moved back in

531 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:14:45am

re: #527 galloping granny

Vitamin D supplements, sunlamps. I would be more worried about the social/psychological issues. Look at all the problems in a jail - and then squish all those people into a small space they cannot get out of, with nothing to do, absolutely no privacy. everything strictly rationed. . . .

I'd be ga-ga over the lack of privacy pretty quickly.

532 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:15:31am

re: #528 BlueCanuck

That would be a bit different. There would be tests done to check on background radiation first, if levels were acceptable people would go out in their NBCW gear for short periods of time. Of course you would have geiger counters and where dossimeters to check on dosages that you would recieve. But it would be neccessary for people to go out on occassion. Typical tasks would be to replace antennas, set up a weather station and to collect samples of rainwater and probably dust traps.

That sounds like a military situation, not one your typical civilian would have.

533 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:17:02am

Ch. 1: The Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: Myths and Facts

An all-out nuclear war between Russia and the United States would be the worst catastrophe in history, a tragedy so huge it is difficult to comprehend. Even so, it would be far from the end of human life on earth. The dangers from nuclear weapons have been distorted and exaggerated, for varied reasons. These exaggerations have become demoralizing myths, believed by millions of Americans.

Interesting read. (Can't vouch for the website, but still interesting.)

534 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:18:03am

re: #519 BlueCanuck

Well I would have to look up figures and numbers, there's actually a lot of irrational fear out there that was instilled mostly by the "Peace Activists". Most of the fallout particles had short half lives and some would be washed away rains. most decontam procedures for venturing outside shortly after a nuclear exchange involved showering with lots of water.

It also depends on the particular radioactive elements used in the bomb. The big problem with Chernobyl is that the fuel used in most nuclear power plants has a half life of thousands of years. Note that people now live in Nagasaki and have done for many decades. Different element.

535 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:18:36am

re: #533 gettinby

Ch. 1: The Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: Myths and Facts

Interesting read. (Can't vouch for the website, but still interesting.)

I knew it. I saw the new Indiana Jones a few months back and all he had was a lead lined fridge.

536 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:18:44am

re: #532 MandyManners

Most fallout shelters of a large scale would have a military component. If they weren't set up by the government or military in the first place.

537 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:20:51am

Israel is playing some kind of game against France.

Tight butts drive me nutts.

538 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:21:30am

re: #537 MandyManners

Israel is playing some kind of game against France.

Tight butts drive me nutts.

? Are you writing poetry?

539 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:21:50am

re: #536 BlueCanuck

Most fallout shelters of a large scale would have a military component. If they weren't set up by the government or military in the first place.

Most civilians can go suck hind tit but, HEY! Congress will survive!

540 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:22:30am

re: #526 gettinby

Forget the politicians. I'm talking MY MOTHER!

/gah!

541 itellu3times  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:23:28am

re: #473 MandyManners

In an all-out nuclear war, would shelters even work?

Waddaya mean, "work"?

We have the idea of nuclear winter, which is so much dust stirred up, all the planet's crops fail for a year or more, forests and animals, sea life all die.

Say that doesn't happen, just a few hundred mushroom clouds spew dirty particles around the world, and you hide for a month until things (outside the target zones!) look normal. Scattered fallout would probably cause tons of extra cancer for a thousand years. Civilization might survive, but you asked if the shelters would work. Well, OK, they worked. We might try to design homes shielded from ambient dust, always wash off before entering.

Probably be better off in the southern hemisphere, btw, fewer targets there, and dust moves only slowly across the equator. Hello, gringo illegal aliens!

542 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:23:38am

re: #538 galloping granny

? Are you writing poetry?

Oh, these guys are poetry in motion. I cannot figure out what kind of game it is. It's not soccer. It's not dodge-ball.

543 akak  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:24:01am

re: #529 MandyManners

Let's hope the Russians still love their children.

But hey the vodka is still quality stuff!

544 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:24:02am

Hey folks, would you please take a look at this book and give me your thoughts. Especially those of you that are Jewish, Christian or have a strong interest in the Holocaust.

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

545 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:24:20am

re: #533 gettinby

Ch. 1: The Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: Myths and Facts

Interesting read. (Can't vouch for the website, but still interesting.)

Myth: Because some modern H-bombs are over 1000 times as powerful as the A-bomb that destroyed most of Hiroshima, these H-bombs are 1000 times as deadly and destructive.

° Facts: A nuclear weapon 1000 times as powerful as the one that blasted Hiroshima, if exploded under comparable conditions, produces equally serious blast damage to wood-frame houses over an area up to about 130 times as large, not 1000 times as large.

/multiply by 10,000+ warheads and recalculate

546 Tigger2005  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:24:26am

OK. I downloaded spybot. It told me that it has known compatibility issues with Ad-Aware, so I decided to uninstall Ad-Aware. Spybot is giving me this message: Spybot has detected an important registry entry that has been changed. Category: Session manager Change: value changed Entry: BootExecute old data: autocheck autochk *lsdelete new data: autocheck autochk *

It asks me whether I want to allow change or deny change. any advice?

547 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:24:27am

re: #541 itellu3times

Waddaya mean, "work"?

We have the idea of nuclear winter, which is so much dust stirred up, all the planet's crops fail for a year or more, forests and animals, sea life all die.

Say that doesn't happen, just a few hundred mushroom clouds spew dirty particles around the world, and you hide for a month until things (outside the target zones!) look normal. Scattered fallout would probably cause tons of extra cancer for a thousand years. Civilization might survive, but you asked if the shelters would work. Well, OK, they worked. We might try to design homes shielded from ambient dust, always wash off before entering.

Probably be better off in the southern hemisphere, btw, fewer targets there, and dust moves only slowly across the equator. Hello, gringo illegal aliens!

I'm talking about all the nukes. What? 40,000?

548 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:25:05am

re: #543 akak

But hey the vodka is still quality stuff!

Marx helped really screw up that nation.

549 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:26:14am

re: #540 littleoldlady

Forget the politicians. I'm talking MY MOTHER!

/gah!

ROFLOL!

/We don't need nuclear! Just send our mothers over there to give 'em a good talkinto! LOL
//Soviet Union? What Soviet Union?

550 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:26:58am

re: #546 Tigger2005

any advice?


SHOOT YOUR COMPUTER.

HTH.

551 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:27:40am

re: #549 gettinby

ROFLOL!

/We don't need nuclear! Just send our mothers over there to give 'em a good talkinto! LOL
//Soviet Union? What Soviet Union?

If I have to come over there one more time....

552 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:28:17am

re: #545 Killian Bundy

Myth: Because some modern H-bombs are over 1000 times as powerful as the A-bomb that destroyed most of Hiroshima, these H-bombs are 1000 times as deadly and destructive.

° Facts: A nuclear weapon 1000 times as powerful as the one that blasted Hiroshima, if exploded under comparable conditions, produces equally serious blast damage to wood-frame houses over an area up to about 130 times as large, not 1000 times as large.

/multiply by 10,000+ warheads and recalculate

*gulp*

/still more survivable than a term or two of Obama/Biden.

553 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:28:43am

re: #546 Tigger2005

OK. I downloaded spybot. It told me that it has known compatibility issues with Ad-Aware, so I decided to uninstall Ad-Aware. Spybot is giving me this message: Spybot has detected an important registry entry that has been changed. Category: Session manager Change: value changed Entry: BootExecute old data: autocheck autochk *lsdelete new data: autocheck autochk *

It asks me whether I want to allow change or deny change. any advice?

Yes. Allow that particular change because it is due to your uninstallation of Ad-aware. Then turn that component of Spybot off - it is called Resident and it is down next to your clock. Right click.

Then immediately update the Spybot and do a complete scan of your computer. It will probably take an hour or so, depending on the size of your machine and how full the HD is.

554 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:28:54am

re: #549 gettinby

I think there's something in the Geneva Conventions about that. I think it falls under the cruel and unusual punishment clauses. ;)

555 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:30:52am

Israel is catching up. It's 26-20.

556 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:31:16am

Ah. 21-26.

557 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:31:22am

The guided missile destroyer USS Faul . . . . landed in Georgia with "humanitarian aid." Talk about sending a message!

558 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:31:48am

re: #544 galloping granny

According to the Nazis, that kid's Polishness or Christianess doesn't count. As long as a parent or grandparent was Jewish, he was Jewish.

Is this novel supposed to make Christians empathize more?

/I don't get the premise, I guess...

559 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:31:49am

re: #556 MandyManners

Ah. 21-26.

Ah - you are watching the Olympics?

560 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:31:58am

re: #557 galloping granny

The guided missile destroyer USS Faul . . . . landed in Georgia with "humanitarian aid." Talk about sending a message!

Photos?

561 akak  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:32:05am

itellu3times

Most concrete structures would be a no go zone for a long time, would they not?

562 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:32:07am

re: #554 BlueCanuck

I think there's something in the Geneva Conventions about that. I think it falls under the cruel and unusual punishment clauses. ;)

If momma ain't happy, then nobody happy.

No more of this "sanctions" stuff. Those countries not behaving would be put on time-outs.

/that'll show 'em!

563 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:32:23am

re: #559 galloping granny

Ah - you are watching the Olympics?

Some game. It's not soccer. 22-27.

564 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:33:14am

re: #562 gettinby

If momma ain't happy, then nobody happy.

No more of this "sanctions" stuff. Those countries not behaving would be put on time-outs.

/that'll show 'em!

And, confiscate their PS2s, PS3s, and PSP's!

565 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:33:28am

re: #554 BlueCanuck

I think there's something in the Geneva Conventions about that. I think it falls under the cruel and unusual punishment clauses. ;)

Wish I would have known that years ago...

/asylum! I demand asylum! ;-)

566 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:33:32am

re: #546 Tigger2005

OK. I downloaded spybot. It told me that it has known compatibility issues with Ad-Aware, so I decided to uninstall Ad-Aware. Spybot is giving me this message: Spybot has detected an important registry entry that has been changed. Category: Session manager Change: value changed Entry: BootExecute old data: autocheck autochk *lsdelete new data: autocheck autochk *

It asks me whether I want to allow change or deny change. any advice?

Spybot is good, I'd do it if it were me.

/can't make your situation much worse, right?

567 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:33:55am

re: #562 gettinby

If momma ain't happy, then nobody happy.

No more of this "sanctions" stuff. Those countries not behaving would be put on time-outs.

/that'll show 'em!

And, no visits to the park!

568 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:34:54am

re: #558 littleoldlady

According to the Nazis, that kid's Polishness or Christianess doesn't count. As long as a parent or grandparent was Jewish, he was Jewish.

Is this novel supposed to make Christians empathize more?

/I don't get the premise, I guess...

I know about the Nazi regulations. The book was written by somebody who went to Bob Jones University. The whole "the kid was Christian and Jewish" really bothers me. Sure there are lots of kids today (including my grandchild) that have one parent who is Jewish and one who is Christian, but that seems inappropriate for the times to me.

569 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:36:06am

re: #560 MandyManners

Photos?

I saw one on the front page at Fox an hour or so ago. The article linked up above from which I took the headline about "guided missile destroyer" probably has one - haven't been there yet.

570 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:36:15am

Wait a minute. That's NOT Israel. That's Iceland. I think.

571 itellu3times  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:36:28am

re: #544 galloping granny

Hey folks, would you please take a look at this book and give me your thoughts. Especially those of you that are Jewish, Christian or have a strong interest in the Holocaust.

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

Boy, I dunno, I'd have to look at the book itself. The title and the topic don't seem to me to go together very well.

Easier to just watch "The Sound of Music", for young kids.

I have no idea how one can or should educate modern kids about the Holocaust. I am generally against immersing them in the horror, as I think Spielberg's fountains of blood in Saving Private Ryan are absurd. The horror is in the facts, not the emotion. And the answer is in the facts, not the emotion. So, call me Mr. Spock.

572 itellu3times  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:37:27am

re: #561 akak

Most concrete structures would be a no go zone for a long time, would they not?

Er, why? I haven't heard that before.

573 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:37:34am

re: #564 MandyManners

And, confiscate their PS2s, PS3s, and PSP's!

re: #565 littleoldlady

Wish I would have known that years ago...

/asylum! I demand asylum! ;-)

re: #567 MandyManners

And, no visits to the park!

I have always been curious as to what it would be like if only women were in charge of countries.

/hormonal meltdown?

574 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:39:09am

re: #571 itellu3times

Boy, I dunno, I'd have to look at the book itself. The title and the topic don't seem to me to go together very well.

Easier to just watch "The Sound of Music", for young kids.

I have no idea how one can or should educate modern kids about the Holocaust. I am generally against immersing them in the horror, as I think Spielberg's fountains of blood in Saving Private Ryan are absurd. The horror is in the facts, not the emotion. And the answer is in the facts, not the emotion. So, call me Mr. Spock.

This is the part that particularly bothers me -

Adolph Hitler's ominous statements seem only a distant threat to eleven-year-old Rudi Kaplan. But when the Nazi forces invade Poland and bomb his home city of Warsaw, Rudi finds out that he is Hitler's enemy not only because he is a Pole but also because he's a Jew and a Christian.

575 jorline  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:40:00am

re: #560 MandyManners

Photos?

Good morning lizards.

Mandy...a few pictures here and could be near future friction here.

The ports of Georgia could get a little crowded soon.

576 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:40:26am

re: #561 akak

itellu3times

Most concrete structures would be a no go zone for a long time, would they not?

Not at all. We use concrete to seal stuff away. The cap on Chernobyl is concret - 20 or more feet thick as I recall. Now gold - that would be a problem for a long time.

577 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:40:39am

re: #546 Tigger2005

OK. I downloaded spybot. It told me that it has known compatibility issues with Ad-Aware, so I decided to uninstall Ad-Aware. Spybot is giving me this message: Spybot has detected an important registry entry that has been changed. Category: Session manager Change: value changed Entry: BootExecute old data: autocheck autochk *lsdelete new data: autocheck autochk *

It asks me whether I want to allow change or deny change. any advice?

If all else fails, try HijackThis

/it's a one time Trojan detector

578 itellu3times  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:41:22am

re: #547 MandyManners

I'm talking about all the nukes. What? 40,000?

I think the world total has been reduced to "just" a few thousand, and say a bunch of those would fail to go off, for one reason or another, destroyed by a first strike, perhaps.

There's tons of theorizing, but also tons of uncertainty. The best case is ugly, the worst case is planetary death, so what do you want?

579 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:41:53am

re: #573 gettinby

I have always been curious as to what it would be like if only women were in charge of countries.

/hormonal meltdown?

I believe the hormonal meltdown thing is a myth. Sure, there are a few times I get cranky but, it doesn't mean I couldn't rule a nation.

Besides, women with enough experience to rule at such a level usually are post-menopausal.

580 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:43:01am

re: #568 galloping granny

If the point was (especially based upon the "Either you're a German or a Christian" quote) to show that the Nazis were against the Christians as well as the Jews, then why muddle the plot to make the kid both?

/as I said, I don't get it...

581 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:44:23am

re: #573 gettinby

I have always been curious as to what it would be like if only women were in charge of countries.

/hormonal meltdown?

As long as I can leave Mom home I'd be wonderful!

/maybe my daughter, too... ;-)

582 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:45:30am

re: #578 itellu3times

I think the world total has been reduced to "just" a few thousand, and say a bunch of those would fail to go off, for one reason or another, destroyed by a first strike, perhaps.

/guess again, figure they could only throw about half of what they have and not everyone would participate

583 akak  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:45:50am

re: #572 itellu3times

Er, why? I haven't heard that before.

I read the concrete retains the radiation?

I'm no expert, too scientific and I'm Christian.

584 itellu3times  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:45:59am

re: #574 galloping granny

This is the part that particularly bothers me -

Adolph Hitler's ominous statements seem only a distant threat to eleven-year-old Rudi Kaplan. But when the Nazi forces invade Poland and bomb his home city of Warsaw, Rudi finds out that he is Hitler's enemy not only because he is a Pole but also because he's a Jew and a Christian.

It sounds a bit preachy, and a bit weird, like "Rudi has two daddies". I suspect it's better at teaching Christianity than history. I think Rudi would find he's Hitler's enemy (hey, more the other way around, y'know?) because Hitler has tanks blowing up his neighborhood, whatever his religious beliefs.

585 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:46:22am

re: #575 jorline

Good morning lizards.

Mandy...a few pictures here and could be near future friction here.

The ports of Georgia could get a little crowded soon.

The McFaul is loaded with 72 pallets of humanitarian aid, and is also outfitted with an array of weaponry, including Tomahawk cruise missiles. U.S. Air Force flights that have brought in more than 1 million pounds of humanitarian relief.

That's a great-big FUCK YOU!

Poti is not part of Abkhazia. There is no reason to occupy it that falls within Russia's determination to "protect" the Abkazians.

586 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:47:22am

re: #578 itellu3times

I think the world total has been reduced to "just" a few thousand, and say a bunch of those would fail to go off, for one reason or another, destroyed by a first strike, perhaps.

There's tons of theorizing, but also tons of uncertainty. The best case is ugly, the worst case is planetary death, so what do you want?

I want all nuclear weapons GONE.

587 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:48:33am

re: #580 littleoldlady

If the point was (especially based upon the "Either you're a German or a Christian" quote) to show that the Nazis were against the Christians as well as the Jews, then why muddle the plot to make the kid both?

/as I said, I don't get it...

That was my feeling too. I have no real problem with the idea of a Christian being sent off to Hitler's camps, but I have never heard of Christian children in particular having been. And while I am aware that there were children who had only one Jewish parent, those children were rounded up because they were Jewish specifically. The only Christians (and there were more than a few) I know of that went to the camps did so because of protest actions.

The whole premise just seems like a really dishonest presentation to me.

588 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:49:27am

re: #582 Killian Bundy

/guess again, figure they could only throw about half of what they have and not everyone would participate

Why does Pakistan need up to 25 strategic nukes if their sole goal is to counter India? Gee. I wonder if some are aimed at Israel.

589 Tigger2005  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:49:40am

re: #571 itellu3times

I have no idea how one can or should educate modern kids about the Holocaust. I am generally against immersing them in the horror, as I think Spielberg's fountains of blood in Saving Private Ryan are absurd. The horror is in the facts, not the emotion. And the answer is in the facts, not the emotion. So, call me Mr. Spock.

Once kids are in their mid-teens, I think they are old enough to watch ABC's excellent miniseries adaptation of Herman Wouk's "War & Remembrance." The holocaust segments are among the most powerful I have ever seen.

590 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:50:09am

re: #586 MandyManners

Unfortunately that will never happen. The genie has been out of the bottle for over 60 years. The best we can do is hold on and pray that no maniacs get in control of one, or an entire arsenal.

591 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:50:11am

re: #579 MandyManners

I believe the hormonal meltdown thing is a myth. Sure, there are a few times I get cranky but, it doesn't mean I couldn't rule a nation.

Besides, women with enough experience to rule at such a level usually are post-menopausal.

Very accurate observation, and no matter the sex, a good or great leader is good or great (as well as really disfunctional and/or evil).

As advanced as the U.S. is, it amazes me that we still haven't produced a strong possibility of a qualified (electable) female candidate for President.

592 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:50:42am

re: #590 BlueCanuck

Unfortunately that will never happen. The genie has been out of the bottle for over 60 years. The best we can do is hold on and pray that no maniacs get in control of one, or an entire arsenal.

A gal can dream....

593 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:51:43am

re: #591 gettinby

Very accurate observation, and no matter the sex, a good or great leader is good or great (as well as really disfunctional and/or evil).

As advanced as the U.S. is, it amazes me that we still haven't produced a strong possibility of a qualified (electable) female candidate for President.

She's out there. We just don't know her yet. She may be in her early 30s still. Or, 20s.

594 Jed 1899  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:51:55am

Sarah Palin for VP!

595 itellu3times  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:52:40am

re: #583 akak

I read the concrete retains the radiation?

I'm no expert, too scientific and I'm Christian.

Ahem, is that a joke? Perhaps what you've read is that concrete is good at containing radiation, you mix radioactive waste with cement and store it in barrels for 10,000 years?

Anyway, if there's something about "retaining" radiation, that would have to do with stuff right in the blast zone, where you wouldn't want to go for a while in any case. There's something about aluminum turning, um, neutrons into gamma rays, or the other way around, I forget, something bad, so it's a hazard in a nuclear blast zone.

I'm no expert, just old enough to remember when a ton of this stuff was written and first published, forty years ago.

596 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:52:48am

re: #585 MandyManners

That's a great-big FUCK YOU!

Poti is not part of Abkhazia. There is no reason to occupy it that falls within Russia's determination to "protect" the Abkazians.

Currently, the Russians are just running armored patrols through the city.

/they're allowed to do that and maintain a specified number of checkpoints inside Georgia proper under the terms of the cease fire agreement

597 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:53:54am

re: #581 littleoldlady

As long as I can leave Mom home I'd be wonderful!

/maybe my daughter, too... ;-)

LOL

I still can't wait until you and I can get our mothers together in the same room.

/all bets are off! LOL

598 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:54:04am

re: #596 Killian Bundy

Currently, the Russians are just running armored patrols through the city.

/they're allowed to do that and maintain a specified number of checkpoints inside Georgia proper under the terms of the cease fire agreement

Actually that "inside Georgia proper" was limited to something on the order of 10 kilometers (about 6 miles). Poti is well outside that.

599 Tigger2005  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:54:19am

re: #592 MandyManners

A gal can dream....

The absence of nukes makes conventional warfare far more likely unfortunately.

600 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:55:26am

re: #597 gettinby

LOL

I still can't wait until you and I can get our mothers together in the same room.

/all bets are off! LOL

And Mandy is worried about NUKES!?

/oy!

601 jorline  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:55:29am

re: #585 MandyManners

That's a great-big FUCK YOU!

Poti is not part of Abkhazia. There is no reason to occupy it that falls within Russia's determination to "protect" the Abkazians.

The USS McFaul is the middle finger waving in the air to Russia. I dare them to fuck with the USS McFaul or any of the other warships we have on the way...all loaded with humanitarian aid and more...lol

The control by Russia all stems back to that article I sent you last night. I felt the article was very informative and explained the mind-set of the Russians.

I linked the article again if any of the lizards wanted to read it here.

602 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:55:40am

re: #596 Killian Bundy

Currently, the Russians are just running armored patrols through the city.

/they're allowed to do that and maintain a specified number of checkpoints inside Georgia proper under the terms of the cease fire agreement

As long as they let non-Russian ships dock in peace,...

603 Jed 1899  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:56:15am

re: #599 Tigger2005

And we'd (US) still kick the Russkies arses...or anybody else's for that matter.

604 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:56:39am

re: #588 MandyManners

Gee. I wonder if some are aimed at Israel.

No,

/there's a big difference between number of warheads and the ability to throw them any particular distance

605 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:56:52am

re: #599 Tigger2005

The absence of nukes makes conventional warfare far more likely unfortunately.

I know...I know. I just don't like the dang things. It seems kinda' chicken-shit to wage war by pushing a button far away from the battle field.

606 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:57:21am

re: #604 Killian Bundy

No,

/there's a big difference between number of warheads and the ability to throw them any particular distance

I know that.

607 littleoldlady  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:57:27am

Anyway, the supermarket is poised and waiting to get its grubby little hands on my wallet...

Good day, ALL!™

608 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:57:46am

re: #604 Killian Bundy

I didn't mean to be snarky.

609 akak  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:57:51am

...

610 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:58:02am

re: #607 littleoldlady

Happy shopping!

611 itellu3times  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:58:09am

re: #586 MandyManners

I want all nuclear weapons GONE.

I presume you mean in a nice, quiet way!

But, there is room for debate there. Horror of nuclear war has perhaps - perhaps - prevented major wars since WWII. Nobody really wants a rerun of WWI or WWII even without nukes. If we can't cancel the physics, what if terrorists get a few nukes, we might want some big ones with which to retaliate, yeah collateral damage bigtime and ain't that just too bad?

I've read some fantasies that when the first steel swords were made, the elders thought they were such awesome weapons, nobody would ever want to make war anymore. Heh.

612 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:58:28am

By the way, just an FYI on "being prepared."

When/if you store food and supplies for survival (I live in hurricane country), DON'T FORGET TO STASH SOME CASH!

/no electricity= no ATMs, no credit card use, no checks.

613 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:58:42am

re: #601 jorline

The USS McFaul is the middle finger waving in the air to Russia. I dare them to fuck with the USS McFaul or any of the other warships we have on the way...all loaded with humanitarian aid and more...lol

The control by Russia all stems back to that article I sent you last night. I felt the article was very informative and explained the mind-set of the Russians.

I linked the article again if any of the lizards wanted to read it here.

I think that Turkey's flat refusal to allow us to send aid into the Black Sea on a hospital ship contrasted with Turkey's complete co-operation in sending aid into the Black Sea on multiple warships from several NATO countries is very telling. And highly amusing in an odd sort of way . . . . the biggest FU of all.

614 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 5:59:35am

re: #607 littleoldlady

Bye littleoldlady. Try not to hurt anyone on the trek. I know how easy it is to have an "accident" with those oh so unwieldy shopping carts. ;)

615 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:00:06am

A Mississippi attorney must pay $1.5 million for having an affair with a former client's wife.

SNIP

In June 2006, a jury granted Ernest Cook $300,000 for alienation of affection, $200,000 for breach of contract and $1 million for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

SNIP

Reached by phone, Pierce said he expected an unfavorable outcome because the state Supreme Court had denied his bid to present oral argument on appeal. "I knew I was going to get screwed," he said.

SNIP

Ain't no one's fault but your own, Pierce!

616 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:01:01am

re: #612 gettinby

By the way, just an FYI on "being prepared."

When/if you store food and supplies for survival (I live in hurricane country), DON'T FORGET TO STASH SOME CASH!

/no electricity= no ATMs, no credit card use, no checks.

Also do not forget the can opener! The most reliable ones are of the "P-38" variety that used to be included in military rations. You can get them at camping supply stores. Almost indestructible.

617 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:01:16am

re: #611 itellu3times

If terrorists got some, which nation(s) would we bomb in retaliation?

618 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:01:30am

Mans Dictionary:

Alimony: the screwing you get for the screwing you got.

/learned from a few very bitter friends.

619 akak  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:01:57am

re: #617 MandyManners

If terrorists got some, which nation(s) would we bomb in retaliation?


Iran just the hell of it.

620 jorline  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:02:23am

re: #612 gettinby

By the way, just an FYI on "being prepared."

When/if you store food and supplies for survival (I live in hurricane country), DON'T FORGET TO STASH SOME CASH!

/no electricity= no ATMs, no credit card use, no checks.

I agree living in hurricane country myself.

Maybe that's what Democratic Rep. William Jefferson was doing here...LOL

621 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:02:42am

re: #613 galloping granny

I think that Turkey's flat refusal to allow us to send aid into the Black Sea on a hospital ship contrasted with Turkey's complete co-operation in sending aid into the Black Sea on multiple warships from several NATO countries is very telling. And highly amusing in an odd sort of way . . . . the biggest FU of all.

I wonder if it was also a signal to Syria and Iran.

622 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:02:44am

Good morning all y'all - from a pleasant (67 degrees going up to 89 degrees) but slightly overcast Charlotte!
How is everyone this fine morning?

AND, why is this comment box that I'm currently typing in a) brighter than comments that have already been posted and b) has a thin green line at the top and down the left side margin when I type this, but it disappears when I post this comment?!
Anyone?

623 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:02:54am

re: #598 galloping granny

Actually that "inside Georgia proper" was limited to something on the order of 10 kilometers (about 6 miles).

Got a linky for that?

/either the Russians didn't agree to that, they're violating the cease fire, or they're still in the process of withdrawing, take your pick

624 code red 21  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:02:59am

re: #591 gettinby

Very accurate observation, and no matter the sex, a good or great leader is good or great (as well as really disfunctional and/or evil).

As advanced as the U.S. is, it amazes me that we still haven't produced a strong possibility of a qualified (electable) female candidate for President.

We do have a female candidate for POTUS in the pipeline and her name is Gov. S. Palin of Alaska.

625 itellu3times  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:03:19am

re: #582 Killian Bundy

/guess again, figure they could only throw about half of what they have and not everyone would participate

Hmm, I thought there had already been a much greater reduction in the totals, but any smaller weapons may have deteriorated now and would not function or barely function (bad enough of course, if it just turns them into "dirty bombs" instead of mushroom clouds)

626 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:04:06am

re: #612 gettinby

re: #616 galloping granny

And most importantly a safe heating source to heat up your food. Nothing that's microwave only. Sterno cans are great, store easily and are reusuable. You can also look for boy scout/girl scout manuals on ways to make portable stoves that don't require much in storage or fuel. Best one I saw made and used was a tuna can, corrugated cardboard, and parrafin wax.

627 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:04:32am

re: #621 MandyManners

I wonder if it was also a signal to Syria and Iran.

I think it will surely become a factor in Russia's desire to build themselves a port in the Med courtesy of Syria.

628 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:04:51am

re: #618 BlueCanuck

Mans Dictionary:

Alimony: the screwing you get for the screwing you got.

/learned from a few very bitter friends.

I got $1,300/mo. for about two years after a nine-month marriage. Dickhead thought he could scrw me again by not paying but, when shit rolls down-hill in the military, it tends to bury the poor bastard at the bottom.

629 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:05:15am

re: #619 akak

Iran just the hell of it.

Only if we know where ShortShit is at the time?

630 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:05:22am

re: #622 realwest

Chares was monkeying around yesterday with the css. I like the new look in firefox myself.

631 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:05:31am

re: #618 BlueCanuck

Mans Dictionary:

Alimony: the screwing you get for the screwing you got.

/learned from a few very bitter friends.

heh

I almost had to pay alimony to one of my ex-husbands (back in the day where you actually appeared before a judge to cite your "reasons" for a divorce) (California mid-60's).

One of the reasons my wanting a divorce was the fact the bum couldn't hold a job!

/Judge finally saw it my way. *whew*

632 itellu3times  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:05:32am

re: #617 MandyManners

If terrorists got some, which nation(s) would we bomb in retaliation?

Not easy questions.

633 jorline  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:05:34am

re: #622 realwest

Good morning all y'all - from a pleasant (67 degrees going up to 89 degrees) but slightly overcast Charlotte!
How is everyone this fine morning?

AND, why is this comment box that I'm currently typing in a) brighter than comments that have already been posted and b) has a thin green line at the top and down the left side margin when I type this, but it disappears when I post this comment?!
Anyone?

Hey, good morning RW. Good to see you...hope all is well today.

634 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:06:20am

re: #628 MandyManners

Glad to hear that. When children are involved there should be no reluctance to fork out the cash.

635 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:06:51am

re: #620 jorline

I agree living in hurricane country myself.

Maybe that's what Democratic Rep. William Jefferson was doing here...LOL

LOL

636 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:07:19am

re: #622 realwest

Good morning all y'all - from a pleasant (67 degrees going up to 89 degrees) but slightly overcast Charlotte!
How is everyone this fine morning?

AND, why is this comment box that I'm currently typing in a) brighter than comments that have already been posted and b) has a thin green line at the top and down the left side margin when I type this, but it disappears when I post this comment?!
Anyone?

It's a new pretty that Charles installed.

637 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:07:25am

re: #624 code red 21

We do have a female candidate for POTUS in the pipeline and her name is Gov. S. Palin of Alaska.

I need to read up on her.

/She's pretty good?

638 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:08:12am

re: #627 galloping granny

I think it will surely become a factor in Russia's desire to build themselves a port in the Med courtesy of Syria.

I get tired of the Big Swinging Dicks that rule this world.

639 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:09:38am

re: #626 BlueCanuck

re: #616 galloping granny

And most importantly a safe heating source to heat up your food. Nothing that's microwave only. Sterno cans are great, store easily and are reusuable. You can also look for boy scout/girl scout manuals on ways to make portable stoves that don't require much in storage or fuel. Best one I saw made and used was a tuna can, corrugated cardboard, and parrafin wax.

Very good advice. After a few dayshours of cold tuna from a can could get a little disgusting.

640 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:09:43am

re: #632 itellu3times

Not easy questions.

And not easy answers.

641 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:10:16am

re: #630 BlueCanuck
Well since I'm not using Firefox I can't really comment on how it looks for you; I'm using Maxthon (which is, according to Charles, just a shell over IE) and the only change is this brighter screen when I type a comment and that little green line top and left side.
What's it look like in Firefox?

642 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:10:23am

re: #623 Killian Bundy

Got a linky for that?

/either the Russians didn't agree to that, they're violating the cease fire, or they're still in the process of withdrawing, take your pick

No linkie handy - from several days ago, perhaps a week. google should easily turn up the details. According to what I read the 10 km is limited to the borders of those two provinces BTW.

Russians are not withdrawing and they have no intention of doing so. They are just repositioning their forces to cause more destruction. Blew up an oil train with a landmine overnight.

643 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:11:10am

re: #634 BlueCanuck

Glad to hear that. When children are involved there should be no reluctance to fork out the cash.

He's now between $70,000.00--80,000.00 in arrears for CS.

644 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:11:28am

re: #633 jorline
Hello jorline, I'm doing ok - tooth hurts less and less the closer I get to having it yanked (Wednesday)! LOL!
How are you doing/feeling?

645 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:12:19am

re: #636 MandyManners
Ah thanks and good morning to you Mandy! How are you doing this morning?

646 jorline  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:12:30am

RW...read the linky at the bottom of my #601. It was sent to me by my friends in Russia. I felt the article was well written and explains why Russia will never change their ways. We will always have conflicts with the Russian assholes and so will Europe and Russia's bordering countries.

If it walks like duck and quacks like a duck...It's a Fucking Duck.

647 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:12:31am

re: #622 {realwest}

Good morning!

/Charles has gone green?

It is pretty though, doncha think?

648 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:12:55am

re: #645 realwest

Hunky-dory. And, you?

649 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:13:10am

re: #643 MandyManners

He's now between $70,000.00--80,000.00 in arrears for CS.

Good luck with that. My SOB got his company to write him two paychecks - one for 40 hours at minimum wage and one for difference in what he really made working 55 hours a week at a whole lot more than minimum wage.

In those days you could not demand the tax return, so I got a measly $50 a month for 4 kids. Didn't cover the groceries, LOL.

650 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:13:58am

re: #641 realwest

I am using IE right now and see what you are getting. In Firefox, all the sharp corners are rounded, along with the green lines and such.

651 jorline  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:14:10am

re: #644 realwest

Hello jorline, I'm doing ok - tooth hurts less and less the closer I get to having it yanked (Wednesday)! LOL!
How are you doing/feeling?

You're almost there my friend...hang in there. I'm well...thanks.

652 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:14:13am

re: #643 MandyManners

He's now between $70,000.00--80,000.00 in arrears for CS.

You do know that you can now claim his tax return money don't you?

653 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:14:20am

re: #646 jorline

They need to adjust their thought patterns. No one is trying to move on Russia any more!

654 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:14:46am

re: #643 MandyManners

Ouch, I would offer to break a joint of your choosing, but that would probably delay any payments.

655 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:15:58am

re: #649 galloping granny

Good luck with that. My SOB got his company to write him two paychecks - one for 40 hours at minimum wage and one for difference in what he really made working 55 hours a week at a whole lot more than minimum wage.

In those days you could not demand the tax return, so I got a measly $50 a month for 4 kids. Didn't cover the groceries, LOL.

Gah!

I love the way the Feds have got involved in this. Sure, it's primarily a state's issue but, the problems transcend state borders.

656 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:16:06am

re: #642 galloping granny

Russians are not withdrawing and they have no intention of doing so. They are just repositioning their forces to cause more destruction. Blew up an oil train with a landmine overnight.

Oh, they're not leaving anything of military significance behind, that's for sure,

/that's what they promised to do when this all started

657 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:16:42am

re: #652 galloping granny

You do know that you can now claim his tax return money don't you?

The peace of mind without his presence is worth more than money.

658 Jed 1899  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:16:44am

Sarah Palin Wants Bears Dead!
The Greenies hate her.I love her.She an avid hunter/fisherwoman.

659 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:17:06am

re: #654 BlueCanuck

Ouch, I would offer to break a joint of your choosing, but that would probably delay any payments.

He's never gonna' pay.

660 akak  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:17:28am

re: #653 MandyManners

They need to adjust their thought patterns. No one is trying to move on Russia any more!

Nobody needs Russian strategic aviation along America's coasts," she added.

“Such a statement causes surprise, to say the least,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “One has the impression the Pentagon somehow manages to keep secret from the Department of State that the Untied States’ strategic bombers, unlike Russian ones, have not only never stopped flying some very specific military missions, but continue to be deployed at forward air bases outside the United States’ territory in various parts of the world.”

“If one is to follow the secretary of state’s logic, it would be appropriate to ask this question – if training flights by our aircraft are ’a dangerous game,’ what term should be applied to the emergence of components of the US strategic anti-ballistic missile defense close to Russian borders? Such double standards can drive any international problem into a dead end.”
-Tass

661 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:18:45am

Don't those shields protect Europe from Iran and Pakistan?

662 Jed 1899  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:19:00am
Barbarians for Sarah Palin


Gotta love it!

663 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:19:07am

bbiab

664 Jed 1899  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:20:06am

re: #663 MandyManners

I'll keep ur seat warm.

665 jorline  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:20:21am

re: #653 MandyManners

They need to adjust their thought patterns. No one is trying to move on Russia any more!

I agree, but their reality is screwed up as the article pointed out. Perception is reality to them. That's why they need to be put back into their box permanently.

Quoting my Russian friend's email from yesterday.

"Irina read it and agreed, and wondered "why does everyone here think someone is out to invade us?"

Too much Vodka...LOL

666 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:20:32am

re: #661 MandyManners
Yep. But the Russian Gov't, ANY Russian gov't is paranoid of outsiders and their own people.

667 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:20:37am

re: #655 MandyManners

Gah!

I love the way the Feds have got involved in this. Sure, it's primarily a state's issue but, the problems transcend state borders.

I don't. It can be a complete nightmare for parents whose spouse lives in another state. You wouldn't believe the thousands of dollars that even trying to determine which state has jurisdiction costs.

The federal "oversight" but leaving the issue in the hands of individual states has created a nightmare. They should have just made it a federal issue in the first place.

668 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:21:34am

BTW, mornin' all! Am up on a Sunday at 6am and have no idea why.

669 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:23:46am

I swear to God, on Fox, Bill Press just said that Ol' Plugs "was the most qualified Vice President since Thomas Jefferson."

/Denver is obviously facing a shortage of anti-psychotic medicine

670 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:24:31am

re: #646 jorline
Hey my friend - that was an interesting article - to say the least!
So Russia is always gonna be Russia and the rest of the world just has to live with it? Well I can live with that, so long as Russia remains Russia inside her own borders; that Russia has historically used neighboring states as "buffer zones" however, has to stop if those other nations would rather have good relations with Europe than with Russia - the day when any country could simply send it's tanks into another country and watch the World go "yawn" is long past - too bad for Russia.

671 akak  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:25:50am
A powerful blast ripped the air on Sunday near the village of Skra, Gori district, in eastern Georgia. As a result, three tank-cars with oil of a rail train, heading from Tbilisi for western Georgia, caught fire, Tbilisi-based TV companies reported in a live telecast


Call the FBI - no terrorism involved.

672 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:26:16am

re: #647 gettinby
Hey there {gettinby} yeah, I guess it's pretty - but first thing in the morning that sudden brightness you get when you start to type in the comments box is not necessarily a good thing! LOL!

673 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:27:15am

re: #669 Killian Bundy
That's okay, Biden was also bragging he was the first senator to endorse Jimmah C! That right there tells you all you need to know about ol' Joe!

674 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:27:17am

re: #648 MandyManners
Glad to hear it! Yeah I'm doing hunky-dory for me, too!
Still like your line of "finer than fresh spun cotton candy" though!

675 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:27:22am

re: #669 Killian Bundy

I swear to God, on Fox, Bill Press just said that Ol' Plugs "was the most qualified Vice President since Thomas Jefferson."

/Denver is obviously facing a shortage of anti-psychotic medicine

Some of the dem talking heads are really in dire straights. Makes you truly wonder what on earth they have been drinking/smoking.

676 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:29:38am

re: #675 galloping granny

As much and whatever they can get their paws on. The more mind altering the better.

677 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:30:17am

re: #656 Killian Bundy
Hey good morning Killian! How are you today?
Have you heard anything about our Naval flotilla with humanitarian supplies? Has it reached Poti yet and if so any problems with the Russians who, apparently, want to continue their control over that port city?

678 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:30:44am

re: #673 pingjockey

That's okay, Biden was also bragging he was the first senator to endorse Jimmah C! That right there tells you all you need to know about ol' Joe!

/and then there's this

679 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:31:20am

If this has already been reported/linked, i apologise, but if not, I thought you'd all like to know:
US warship reaches Georgian port!


Good morning/afternoon/evening, Lizards!

680 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:32:00am

re: #677 realwest

Hey good morning Killian! How are you today?
Have you heard anything about our Naval flotilla with humanitarian supplies? Has it reached Poti yet and if so any problems with the Russians who, apparently, want to continue their control over that port city?

First one arrived overnight. It is a missile equipped destroyer. Heh!

681 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:32:14am
682 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:32:24am

re: #660 akak Well nobody said that the Russian leaders are smart, just hostile and that stupid statement proves it.

683 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:32:41am

re: #677 realwest


Have you heard anything about our Naval flotilla with "humanitarian supplies?"

Morning, and fix'd. (;

684 FrogMarch  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:33:09am

re: #2 Wyatt Earp

I'm no poet, but I get pretty sensitive when the beaches I visit are slathered with medical waste!

Thank you, Democrat John Corzine!

What? But Corzine bought his way into politics - just like other rising left-wing stars (Jared Polis). They talk big, but once they get their power fix - they revert to who they are: typical useless left-wing a-holes.

685 FrogMarch  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:33:31am

How many ways to say F the Left.

686 jacksontn  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:34:27am

re: #248 lifeofthemind

I believe if the real information could get out to enough people about Alinksy and Anneberg papers it would be the end of Obambi. I don't think most people know the real meaning of "community organizer". Obambi uses the word like it is a good thing but if every time he says community organizer he would put Saul Alinksy style before it - that might wake some people up. Classic Alinksy style tactics used at the dem caucuses.

IMO if the Anneberg papers can come out without being scrubbed clean it will be great for McCain and rip back the covers on the real Daly/Obama connection. I pray the wanted sign in Maine of Bernadine gets to be part of an ad for McCain that actually gets played in the MSM. Just playing the video of Bernadine from Youtube at the SDS reunion would wake some people up - well, maybe not the obamobots.

687 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:34:47am

re: #668 pingjockey
Good morning ping! Uh, could it be that you're up because you'e no longer tired enough to sleep?!
Or could you not resist the urge to join us all out here?!?
In any event, good morning to you!

688 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:35:35am

re: #669 Killian Bundy
Who the hell is Bill Press? Does he fill in for Bob Beckel on the weekends?!

689 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:35:38am

re: #677 realwest

Hey good morning Killian! How are you today?
Have you heard anything about our Naval flotilla with humanitarian supplies? Has it reached Poti yet and if so any problems with the Russians who, apparently, want to continue their control over that port city?

Still drinking after sunrise.

/there's a cease fire, no shooting that I've heard of in about a week

690 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:35:48am

re: #675 galloping granny

Some of the dem talking heads are really in dire straights. Makes you truly wonder what on earth they have been drinking/smoking.

Quite a few timesA LOT of times in my life, I have heard myself say some really stupid/inane statements. But then I catch myself right away (sometimes later) and wonder "What the hell was I thinking?!" It seems liberals don't have this mechanism in their brains.

/This self-correcting reaction occurred the very instant I registered Republican and voted for President Reagan.

691 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:36:42am

re: #686 jacksontn

I believe if the real information could get out to enough people about Alinksy and Anneberg papers it would be the end of Obambi. I don't think most people know the real meaning of "community organizer". Obambi uses the word like it is a good thing but if every time he says community organizer he would put Saul Alinksy style before it - that might wake some people up. Classic Alinksy style tactics used at the dem caucuses.

IMO if the Anneberg papers can come out without being scrubbed clean it will be great for McCain and rip back the covers on the real Daly/Obama connection. I pray the wanted sign in Maine of Bernadine gets to be part of an ad for McCain that actually gets played in the MSM. Just playing the video of Bernadine from Youtube at the SDS reunion would wake some people up - well, maybe not the obamobots.

I think we also need to get a book out about John McCain. Post Haste. A children's book would be super, since a children's book is coming out about Obama.

692 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:37:23am

re: #689 Killian Bundy

Still drinking after sunrise.

/there's a cease fire, no shooting that I've heard of in about a week

Now they are just planting land mines. Much more effective.

693 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:38:25am

re: #686 jacksontn

re: #691 galloping granny

What are these Annenberg papers you speak of?

/srsly wants to know...

694 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:41:53am

re: #679 yma o hyd
Hey good morning - er, afternoon to you {yma o hyd} - hope you're well today!
It's a shame that that US Warship didn't go into Porti harbor itself - woulda been interesting to see the Russian reaction to that.
Maybe later in the week, when the other US Warshhips and Canadian warship get there, they'll all toddle up to Porti to see how "deep" that port is!

695 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:42:09am

re: #688 realwest

Who the hell is Bill Press? Does he fill in for Bob Beckel on the weekends?!

/yoy don't remember Bill Press from CNN Crossfire?

696 Tigger2005  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:43:41am

Oh well. I ran spybot and guess what. It didn't fix the problem.

697 _RememberTonyC  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:45:29am

[Link: sports.espn.go.com...]

Message to china: Fu*k You

698 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:45:35am

re: #689 Killian Bundy
Uh, what is " COD4" ?

699 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:46:02am

re: #687 realwest
Mebbe both, heh! Tooth out Wednesday. Thoughts and prayers RW.

700 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:46:42am
701 Pullus Iulius  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:46:43am

re: #675 galloping granny

This morning , it really has been disturbing to witness the contortions that the dem mouthieces are going through, in order to put a glistening shine on the political fewmet that is Joe Biden. John McCain has an embarrassment of potential vice presidential riches laid before him this week. Personally, I think Sarah Barracuda would add some class to the whole affair, but just about any bum off the street would stack up nicely against what BO has ginned up. Hats off to whoever scheduled things so that the GOP goes second, after the asses show themselves off in Denver.

702 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:47:42am

re: #694 realwest

Hey good morning - er, afternoon to you {yma o hyd} - hope you're well today!
It's a shame that that US Warship didn't go into Porti harbor itself - woulda been interesting to see the Russian reaction to that.
Maybe later in the week, when the other US Warshhips and Canadian warship get there, they'll all toddle up to Porti to see how "deep" that port is!

Good morning to you, {rw}!
We're happy because its another fine day with sunshine (well, it didnt start that way ...) and London, thats Boris Johnson, now 'owns' the Olympic Games!

Glad to read your tooth is less troublesome - isn't it always thus, when the visit to the dentist approaches ...

It will be interesting to see how the Russians are going to cope with the arrival of the other US warships - a little blockade of Poti by the US Navy, perhaps?

703 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:47:51am

re: #695 Killian Bundy
Uh, your link took me to the same comment about
COD4 that you linked to before and since I never watch CNN no, I don't know him from a hole in the wall!

704 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:48:27am

re: #696 Tigger2005

Oh well. I ran spybot and guess what. It didn't fix the problem.

Last resort, HijackThis.

/if that doesn't work, Geek Squad, very effective but you'll pay for it

705 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:48:29am

re: #698 realwest

Call of Duty 4. A game that shows why we shouldn't wait for Iran to get a nuke.

706 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:48:37am

re: #696 Tigger2005
Good morning to you and what problem Tigger2005?

707 guzziguy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:49:43am

Okay, would some please catalog all that's wrong with bHo? I can't keep up. Here's a link to today's Day-by-Day cartoon. True?

[Link: www.daybydaycartoon.com...]

708 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:50:01am

re: #699 pingjockey
Thank you kindly! And please keep those thoughts and prayers coming! LOL!

709 Tigger2005  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:51:33am

re: #704 Killian Bundy

Last resort, HijackThis.

/if that doesn't work, Geek Squad, very effective but you'll pay for it

Can't even get into the hijack this web site...

710 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:52:07am

re: #705 laZardo
Hey laZardo! Uh, with all respect to you and to Killian, I don't need a game of any kind to teach me why we ought not let the Iranians get their hands on a nuke!

711 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:52:16am

BBIAM!

712 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:52:16am

re: #698 realwest

Uh, what is " COD4" ?

/an awesome, state of the art, game, played worldwide

713 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:52:57am

re: #707 guzziguy

Okay, would some please catalog all that's wrong with bHo? I can't keep up. Here's a link to today's Day-by-Day cartoon. True?

[Link: www.daybydaycartoon.com...]

Yes.

714 Tigger2005  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:53:10am

re: #709 Tigger2005

Can't even get into the hijack this web site...

Ah just got in.

715 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:54:07am

re: #710 realwest

I just suspect that if they do develop one, it just might be used for "defensive" purposes. q:

/scary thought either way...

716 guzziguy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:54:38am

PIMF...."some" should have been "someone"

717 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:57:03am

re: #700 ploome hineni

/gets learn'd, thanks

718 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 6:58:26am

re: #681 taxfreekiller
Hey TFK! You finished that race! Congratulations my friend!
And I'm sure that that one beer not only tasted great, but made you even more wobbly!
I are impress with your effort my friend, I truly am.
CONGRATULATIONS TO TFK!

719 Bobblehead  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:04:10am

Lucianne.com is bustin' with clever one liners today..My favorite:

In ‘Very Personal Decision,’ Aides Say
Obama picked partner in leadership
In honor of the Olympics, this ticket should be
called Clean and Jerk.
720 StinkHammer  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:04:39am

re: #2 Wyatt Earp

I'm no poet, but I get pretty sensitive when the beaches I visit are slathered with medical waste!

Yeah, why can't it be slathered with CDs and DVDs -- something we can actually use?

721 Karridine  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:07:39am

re: #681 taxfreekiller

GOOD Running, TaxFree! Just keep lopin', Dude! You're miles ahead of the pack!

722 jacksontn  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:09:15am

re: #691 galloping granny

This is the new book (I mean bible) about Obambi

null

I am new and on a new mac which is my first and am going crazy trying to change my brain from pc but like the mac so far so if my link doesn't work can someone fix for me. Thx

723 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:09:54am
724 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:11:36am

re: #719 Bobblehead

Lucianne.com is bustin' with clever one liners today..My favorite:

I told Cognito someone would steal it.

725 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:12:08am

re: #722 jacksontn

This is the new book (I mean bible) about Obambi

null

I am new and on a new mac which is my first and am going crazy trying to change my brain from pc but like the mac so far so if my link doesn't work can someone fix for me. Thx

That is it. And your link works just fine.

726 Dr. Shalit  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:12:18am

Axelrod is on "This Week" now - seems very nervous being questioned by Stefanopoulis.

-S-

727 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:12:28am
728 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:12:32am

re: #681 taxfreekiller

A 100-miler? That makes you the Ironlizard. (: Congrats.

729 Bobblehead  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:13:03am

re: #724 rightwinger3

I told Cognito someone would steal it.

Trust no one. LOL

730 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:13:12am
731 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:14:26am

re: #727 ploome hineni

[Link: antiprotester.blogspot.com...]

Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham

?

Sounds like a good guess.

732 FrogMarch  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:17:08am

why McCain will win and the Michael Moore left will lose:

But Mr. McCain provided, in 2004, one of the most exciting and certainly the most charged moment of the Republican Convention, when he looked up at Michael Moore in the press stands and said, "Our choice wasn't between a benign status quo and the bloodshed of war, it was between war and a greater threat. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. . . . And certainly not a disingenuous filmmaker who would have us believe that Saddam's Iraq was an oasis of peace." It blew the roof off. And the smile he gave Mr. Moore was one of pure, delighted malice. When Mr. McCain comes to play, he comes to play.

733 Bobblehead  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:17:26am

re: #726 Dr. Shalit

Axelrod is on "This Week" now - seems very nervous being questioned by Stefanopoulis.

-S-

Here we go..This needs to be picked up by McCain.

Also, scary picture of Mrs. o

734 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:17:32am

re: #721 Karridine
and
re: #728 laZardo

IIRC, it was a bicycle marathon that TFK did so well in, not a running marathon! Not to take anything away from TFK who deserves mucho plaudits for his effort!

735 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:18:49am

re: #734 realwest

Still makes him an Ironlizard. q:

736 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:19:10am
737 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:19:58am
738 StinkHammer  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:20:12am

re: #732 FrogMarch

'Morning, Froggy.

739 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:23:15am

re: #723 ploome hineni

Did you know that Frank Marshall Davis wrote quite some bit of poetry about living in Chicago?

[Link: www.nathanielturner.com...]

740 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:23:40am
741 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:23:43am

Morning all, I have a Sunday morning mind game. I am an Epileptic and just became owner of a Golden Retriever puppy from Paws With a Cause. He is going to be trained as a Seizure alert dog and assist me when I'm having a Seizure. Anyone have any good names to throw out there? I was thinking something like 'Radar'...? I dunno...

742 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:24:33am
743 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:25:22am
744 Bobblehead  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:27:33am

An Obama/Biden campaign poster for Boggle fans via Althouse

745 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:27:39am

re: #735 laZardo
Steel lizard, I'd say! LOL!

746 StinkHammer  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:28:46am

Everyone be sure to get'cher Anti-Obama T-shirts -- that is, if you feel you can wear one and not be assaulted....

747 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:29:44am

re: #743 ploome hineni

Livin' The Blues

/in Johnny's Garden, don't light a match near Stephen Stills

748 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:30:40am

re: #737 ploome hineni

probably why her subsequent sexual partners were men of color?

I would bet on that. Particularly in light of the fact that Davis was a friend of her father's.

749 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:31:00am

re: #745 realwest

Stainless. [:

750 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:32:06am

re: #742 ploome hineni

I know nothing about Davis, and

I really do not like poetry

I thought it was just a rather telling connection, that Davis lived in Chicago (where Bill Ayers is) before Hawai'i where he met Obama, who then moved to Chicago. . . . .

751 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:32:41am

re: #741 sngnsgt
Hey, good morning! I didn't know you are an Epileptic and prayers will be going up for you. I've had two seizures in my life - both within 24 hours and had someone with me to help me. It would have been terrifying to go through one alone.
And, FWIW, I think "Radar" is an absolutely COOL name!

752 Bobblehead  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:32:49am

re: #741 sngnsgt

Morning all, I have a Sunday morning mind game. I am an Epileptic and just became owner of a Golden Retriever puppy from Paws With a Cause. He is going to be trained as a Seizure alert dog and assist me when I'm having a Seizure. Anyone have any good names to throw out there? I was thinking something like 'Radar'...? I dunno...


George Because whatever disagreements I've had with some of his policies, I realize he has done his best to keep our country safe from further harm.

753 LeonidasOfSparta  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:33:39am

re: #34 TonyR

I keep thinking that all the "youth" that Obama has worked up into a royal lather about his "hope and change" messiah schtick-- especially those morons at Kos-- must be crapping a brick sideways. That wrinkled, blabbering, useless, gaffer, hack, Biden, who's spent 35 years at the pig trough in politics, shows that Obama has even chucked "hope and change" under the bus and has sold his nutroots out for the Presidency. "Screw hope and change, just give me POWWWWER!"

With Biden's predilection for plagiarism and plugs, drunken singing rampages, and racist gaffes about Indian immigrants and "nice clean African Americans" it'll be a like shooting fish in a barrell for the McCain ad campaign.

754 akak  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:34:11am

re: #741 sngnsgt

Morning all, I have a Sunday morning mind game. I am an Epileptic and just became owner of a Golden Retriever puppy from Paws With a Cause. He is going to be trained as a Seizure alert dog and assist me when I'm having a Seizure. Anyone have any good names to throw out there? I was thinking something like 'Radar'...? I dunno...


Don't stick anything in my mouth.

755 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:34:41am

Good morning all

756 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:36:40am

re: #746 StinkHammer
Hey, I think our own Mandy Manners designed one of them (the elephant pissing on the Obama 08 sign!)!
And what on earth do you mean without being assaulted? If I wear one near Billy Ayers, do you think I might get lucky?!

757 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:37:10am

Sorry, Lizards, didn't mean to be rude and vanish without words - PC crashed, so to calm down I took the dogs out ...
We're all ok now ...

758 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:37:36am

re: #753 LeonidasOfSparta

With Biden's predilection for plagiarism and plugs, drunken singing rampages, and racist gaffes about Indian immigrants and "nice clean African Americans" it'll be a like shooting fish in a barrell for the McCain ad campaign.

To be fair, we only know of ONE.

Youtube Video

He couldn't carry a tune in a bucket!

759 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:37:49am

re: #747 Killian Bundy
Killian - you've posted that "Johnny's Garden" thing a whole buncha times - what is it that attracts you to it?

760 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:38:23am
761 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:38:59am

re: #756 realwest

Hey, I think our own Mandy Manners designed one of them (the elephant pissing on the Obama 08 sign!)!
And what on earth do you mean without being assaulted? If I wear one near Billy Ayers, do you think I might get lucky?!

Nope.

762 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:39:13am

re: #741 sngnsgt

Savvy?

763 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:39:20am

re: #754 akak ?

764 LeonidasOfSparta  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:39:32am

re: #746 StinkHammer

love the rabbit ears one! lmao with McCain's smiling prankster look.

765 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:39:33am
766 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:39:59am

re: #751 realwest

Hey, good morning! I didn't know you are an Epileptic and prayers will be going up for you. I've had two seizures in my life - both within 24 hours and had someone with me to help me. It would have been terrifying to go through one alone.
And, FWIW, I think "Radar" is an absolutely COOL name!

Thanks realwest, I have them on a fairly regular basis and was only recently put on disability. I never knew I should have been put on disability and am expecting a large settlement from Disability. I'm sure you know where the name "Radar" comes from, and it just hit me this morning. Radar is in the top ten and it's getting closer to #1...

767 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:40:41am

re: #732 FrogMarch

Brilliant!

768 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:40:46am

re: #761 MandyManners
Nope I won't get lucky or nope you didn't design it?
I mean, I compared your Avatar to that and naturally thought...............!

769 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:40:53am

Stanley Ann Dunham - one very enlightening article -
[Link: onemansthoughts.wordpress.com...]

770 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:42:03am
771 Cognito  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:42:07am

Man, I love a good laugh on a Sunday morning.

Jesse Jackson Jr. on Face the Nation, moments ago, outraged by McCain's hard-nosed ads:

"This is not about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton! This is about... George Bush! And three more years of George Bush!"

772 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:42:52am

re: #766 sngnsgt
Oh yeah, Corporal Radar O'Reilly! I really do like it A LOT!
And good luck with SSDI my friend - it can take some time, but it's worth it for folks who just can't work!

773 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:43:39am

re: #752 Bobblehead

I don't think he's a George, he's too bright for that, but thanks for the reply. I will take it into consideration though. The only name I have for him so far is Eatpoop&pee, but I think I'm leaning towards Radar...

774 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:43:54am
775 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:44:40am

re: #760 ploome hineni

That's a good idea, thanks for the suggestion...

776 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:44:47am

re: #741 sngnsgt

Morning all, I have a Sunday morning mind game. I am an Epileptic and just became owner of a Golden Retriever puppy from Paws With a Cause. He is going to be trained as a Seizure alert dog and assist me when I'm having a Seizure. Anyone have any good names to throw out there? I was thinking something like 'Radar'...? I dunno...

Well done and congratulations for getting such a dog - they are well loved here in the UK, and alsways feature at Crufts.
A very famous one, who helps his severely disabled owner, gets his cash from the ATM, takes the washing from the machine and all, is called 'Endo'.

I can come up with more suggestions if you have a photo of your dog ...

But heartfelt congratulations anyway, thats brilliant, for the both of you!

777 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:45:01am

re: #759 realwest

Killian - you've posted that "Johnny's Garden" thing a whole buncha times - what is it that attracts you to it?

It's one of Stephen Stills' best songs, they're all together, which is rare on video, and, except for Neil, they're all totally baked.

/watching David Crosby reduced to banging on a tambourine cracks me up every time, he has no idea what city he's in

778 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:45:01am

re: #771 Cognito

Man, I love a good laugh on a Sunday morning.

Jesse Jackson Jr. on Face the Nation, moments ago, outraged by McCain's hard-nosed ads:

"This is not about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton! This is about... George Bush! And three more years of George Bush!"

I know that particular logical fallacy has a name.. . . . .

Meanwhile, somebody needs to inform Jesse that Bush is no longer eligible to be POTUS once January 20th or so arrives.

779 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:45:25am

re: #741 sngnsgt

Morning all, I have a Sunday morning mind game. I am an Epileptic and just became owner of a Golden Retriever puppy from Paws With a Cause. He is going to be trained as a Seizure alert dog and assist me when I'm having a Seizure. Anyone have any good names to throw out there? I was thinking something like 'Radar'...? I dunno...

Wow. Prayers and the very best of good wishes for you {sngnsgt}.

What a wonderful blessing that dog will be for you.

Male or female?

Radar sounds like the perfect name.

Saint could be a good name also?

780 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:45:33am

re: #765 ploome hineni

it almost looks like a 'look alike' singing on that video

This is the real deal.

781 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:46:02am

re: #768 realwest

Nope I won't get lucky or nope you didn't design it?
I mean, I compared your Avatar to that and naturally thought...............!

I didn't design it.

782 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:46:05am

re: #771 Cognito Now THAT I just don't get. You'd think Jesse, er, excuse me, Rev. Jackson would be hoping for a McCain win.
I mean, if we do get the first Black President, I kinda think a lot of attitudes about "entitlement" programs and "race relations" will change enough that Rev. Jackson might just have to go out and...... gasp...........find a real job! LOL!

783 razorbacker  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:46:14am

Well, gosh. Who, exactly, is Biden running with?

What does Biden say about Obama?

784 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:47:21am

re: #770 ploome hineni

Thanks for the link, I was looking at sites like that last night...

785 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:47:24am

re: #771 Cognito

Man, I love a good laugh on a Sunday morning.

Jesse Jackson Jr. on Face the Nation, moments ago, outraged by McCain's hard-nosed ads:

"This is not about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton! This is about... George Bush! And three more years of George Bush!"

Did he really say 'three more years'?
Cripes, his brain synapses must be on full disconnect!

786 Cognito  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:47:54am

re: #782 realwest

Now THAT I just don't get. You'd think Jesse, er, excuse me, Rev. Jackson would be hoping for a McCain win.
I mean, if we do get the first Black President, I kinda think a lot of attitudes about "entitlement" programs and "race relations" will change enough that Rev. Jackson might just have to go out and...... gasp...........find a real job! LOL!

It's not the Rev, actually -- it's his son, a Congressman who's far smarter and more credible than his shyster of a father... Still funny, though.

787 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:48:05am

re: #779 gettinby

Hah! Re-read the post. He = male!

/one of my "What was I thinking" moments. LOL

788 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:48:29am

re: #771 Cognito

Man, I love a good laugh on a Sunday morning.

Jesse Jackson Jr. on Face the Nation, moments ago, outraged by McCain's hard-nosed ads:

"This is not about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton! This is about... George Bush! And three more years of George Bush!"

I wonder who he'll be for the other year?

789 HoosierHoops  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:48:50am

Good Morning Lizards!
how are you all this morning?

790 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:48:53am

re: #741 sngnsgt

Geiger?

791 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:49:01am

re: #774 ploome hineni

I found this bit more interesting -

During Obama’s campaign for the 2008 presidential election, he portrayed his mother as a conservative girl from Kansas; however in reality she was a radical leftist and cultural Marxist. She lived in the Seattle area; spending her teenage years in Seattle coffee shops with other young radical leftist. Obama claims his mother’s family were conservative Methodists or Baptists from Kansas. However his mother’s parents were members of a left-wing Unitarian church near Seattle. The church located in Bellevue, Washington was nicknamed ‘the little red church,’ because of its communist leanings.

The school Ann attended, Mercer Island High School, was a hotbed of pro-Marxist radical teachers. John Stenhouse, board member, told the House Un-American Activities Subcommittee that he had been a member of the Communist Party USA and this school has a number of Marxists on its staff. Two teachers at this school, Val Foubert and Jim Wichterman, both Frankfurt School style Marxists, taught a critical theory curriculum to students which included; rejection of societal norms, attacks on Christianity, the traditional family, and assigned readings by Karl Marx. The hallway between Foubert’s and Wichterman classrooms was some times called ‘anarchy ally.’

And this bit -

At the school she was on the debate team and graduated in 1960.

Her family moved to Hawaii and Ann attended the University of Hawaii

Let's see - graduates from high school in the Seattle area in Juneish of 1960 and within one year and two months (nearly 10 of which she would have been pregnant) she moves to Hawai'i, meets Barrak Sr. and delivers Obama. Pretty quick work for a good Methodist or Baptist girl in 1960.

792 razorbacker  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:49:52am

re: #778 galloping granny

I know that particular logical fallacy has a name.. . . . .

Meanwhile, somebody needs to inform Jesse that Bush is no longer eligible to be POTUS once January 20th or so arrives.

I've heard it on pretty good authority that Bush is so unpopular that he won't even be nominated this year.

Can you imagine that?

793 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:50:11am

re: #776 yma o hyd

They are great dogs for this kind of thing, I went to an Epilepsy support group meeting the other night and there were 4 different dogs there and all well behaved, they didn't even sniff each others butts!

794 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:50:27am

re: #777 Killian Bundy
LOL! And I'd wager that good ole Neil was baked, too, just didn't show it.
Good friend of mine went backstage - probably around the time this was recorded (judging by waistlines, anyway) and saw Neil walking around with a cocaine booger hangin' out of his nose!
Didja know that Stephen wrote "Johnny's Garden" for or as a tribute to John Lennon?
Yep, heard him say that on some dumb show interviewing rock's "greatests"!

795 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:50:45am

re: #785 yma o hyd

Did he really say 'three more years'?
Cripes, his brain synapses must be on full disconnect!

Well thats OK - Obama thinks he will be president for 10! Of course, maybe he thinks it is Biden who will be president for 10 years. . . . or maybe Barrak Amerika.

796 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:51:07am

re: #791 galloping granny

I found this bit more interesting -

Let's see - graduates from high school in the Seattle area in Juneish of 1960 and within one year and two months (nearly 10 of which she would have been pregnant) she moves to Hawai'i, meets Barrak Sr. and delivers Obama. Pretty quick work for a good Methodist or Baptist girl in 1960.

Yep - on the other hand, pretty typical work for a good little communist lass brought up on 'Free Love' and all that stuff ...

797 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:51:07am

re: #792 razorbacker

I've heard it on pretty good authority that Bush is so unpopular that he won't even be nominated this year.

Can you imagine that?

Horrors! What a complete tragedy.

798 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:51:08am
On a concert podium set up last week in the ruins of the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, Russia's greatest conductor took a deep breath of smoke-scented air and raised his baton. Valery Gergiev, a native Ossetian and godfather to Vladimir Putin's younger daughter, launched into a passionate rendition of Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony as Russian troops looked on from their armored personnel carriers. Millions more Russians watched via satellite link. Officially, the concert was a tribute to the victims of this month's fighting in the breakaway republic. But to many Russians, the concert was freighted with political symbolism. For viewers with an eye for such things, it was a mirror image of Leonard Bernstein's rendition of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the fallen Berlin wall in December 1989. Gergiev was playing for dead Ossetians, no doubt—but for many, he was also marking the symbolic end to Russia's post-cold-war retreat. And, indeed, this triumphalist turn in the aftermath of its lightning invasion of Georgia earlier this month suggests that after almost 20 years of humiliation, Russia has finally recovered what it has been so longing for: respect. "We do not wish to aggravate the international situation," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a group of Red Army veterans in Kursk recently. "We simply want respect for our state, for our people, for our values."
799 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:51:43am

re: #779 gettinby

Wow. Prayers and the very best of good wishes for you {sngnsgt}.

What a wonderful blessing that dog will be for you.

Male or female?

Radar sounds like the perfect name.

Saint could be a good name also?

That's a good one, he is a he, so I know Hillary won't work. I'm not the type to insult a dog like that anyway...

800 lifeofthemind  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:51:45am

re: #740 ploome hineni

Stanley Ann Dunhammoved to Hawaii after high school

there goes that theory

Not necessarily, if she visited on Summer vacations before her graduation, when the encounter with a 13-14 year old was most likely to fit this scenario, then it could be Obama's mother they are referring to.

801 FrogMarch  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:52:16am

re: #746 StinkHammer

Everyone be sure to get'cher Anti-Obama T-shirts -- that is, if you feel you can wear one and not be assaulted....

Good morning StinkHammer
I really like this ONE

802 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:53:01am

re: #800 lifeofthemind

Not necessarily, if she visited on Summer vacations before her graduation, when the encounter with a 13-14 year old was most likely to fit this scenario, then it could be Obama's mother they are referring to.

Yes, according to Frank the Ann he wrote about was staying with her aunt.

803 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:53:03am

re: #786 Cognito Ah, my mistake, sorry 'bout that. But he would be putting his father out to work, ya know?! Course the three year bit musta been what confused me!

804 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:54:30am

re: #790 laZardo

Yeah, something like that, something related to his job description. I think at this point tho, I think I'm leaning towards Radar...

805 rightwinger3  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:54:42am

re: #795 galloping granny

Well thats OK - Obama thinks he will be president for 10! Of course, maybe he thinks it is Biden who will be president for 10 years. . . . or maybe Barrak Amerika.

It's gotta be 10 years right? Considering we have 57 states and 2 he hasn't even been to...

806 lifeofthemind  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:55:03am

re: #741 sngnsgt

Morning all, I have a Sunday morning mind game. I am an Epileptic and just became owner of a Golden Retriever puppy from Paws With a Cause. He is going to be trained as a Seizure alert dog and assist me when I'm having a Seizure. Anyone have any good names to throw out there? I was thinking something like 'Radar'...? I dunno...

Good Luck, amazing how the dogs can do all this. How aboutcalling him, if it is a him, "Trapper John?" If he even thinks of quiting for another series he gets cancelled.
/

807 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:55:31am

re: #791 galloping granny

I found this bit more interesting -

Let's see - graduates from high school in the Seattle area in Juneish of 1960 and within one year and two months (nearly 10 of which she would have been pregnant) she moves to Hawai'i, meets Barrak Sr. and delivers Obama. Pretty quick work for a good Methodist or Baptist girl in 1960.

Is there anyone Obama associates with that is not RED?

808 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:55:45am

re: #793 sngnsgt

They are great dogs for this kind of thing, I went to an Epilepsy support group meeting the other night and there were 4 different dogs there and all well behaved, they didn't even sniff each others butts!

They are totally brilliant, doesn't matter if they are Goldies, or, as quite a few of them are now ehre in the UK, ordinary cross-breeds.
Dogs, especially intelligent ones, love to be trained, love working and pleasing their owners, and they really and utterly enjoy 'working'.

They one odd thing is that the most intelligent of the dog lot, the Border Collies, are not at all cut out for that sort of work. They are herding dogs, they think differently, and ultimately they are too independent, especially when well trained.

I think its wonderful that the charities are doing this sort of thing now.
And its something one can wholeheartedly support - I'm sponsoring a guide dog puppy at the moment.

Everybody tells how these dogs changed their lives - you really have something wonderful to look forward to!

809 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:56:01am

re: #795 galloping granny Yeah, but he'll only be president for 10 years if he can carry a substantial majority of the 57 states!
How are you this morning {galloping granny}?

810 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:56:43am

re: #806 lifeofthemind

LOL! Job security!

811 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:57:07am

re: #798 JCM

They're just singing against Georgia for state pride.

/

812 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 7:58:49am

re: #776 yma o hyd
Um, what is "Crufts"?

813 FrogMarch  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:00:25am

Get your official DNC convention gear.

814 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:00:26am

re: #807 JCM

Is there anyone Obama associates with that is not RED?

I don't think so. Note that even the band he hired for his big shindig in Portland Oregon is openly communist.

And a couple other things. Remember that rumor that he might have been born in Canada? Or the interview with a school friend in the Seattle area about her showing up with Obama and not even knowing how to change a diaper? Have you happened to notice the location of the first college Obama attended?

Here's more about his Red friends.
[Link: www.israpundit.com...]

815 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:01:12am

re: #811 laZardo

They're just singing against Georgia for state pride.

/

LOL!

I see you, and raise you.

816 Geepers  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:01:43am

ploome,

Still digging around in the research department? You've become an anacronym.

Pithy quips ploome, pithy quips!

817 galloping granny  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:02:21am

re: #809 realwest

Yeah, but he'll only be president for 10 years if he can carry a substantial majority of the 57 states!
How are you this morning {galloping granny}?

I'm fine realwest. You? Have to run up to the shower. The kiddos other grandparents were supposed to take her out for the day today for the first time in a year. Called at 7:30 to say that their car was broken (they have 3!) so they couldn't make it. So, kiddo and I are off to the ocean.

/I really wish they would just get the heck out of her life and leave her alone.

818 lawhawk  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:03:27am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. You know the media is seriously underwhelmed by the choice of Biden as Obama's running mate when they run apologia such as claiming that the VP choice is inconsequential.

The fact is that the VP choice is usually done out of a need to secure a constituency or geographical region or to shore up support on an area that the candidate has failings.

What exactly does Biden bring? He's been in the senate for 30 years, is known as a blowhard, and while he claims to have foreign policy experience, the fact is that none of it is any good - and that had we followed his advice on Iraq, we would have had a civil war there. Geographically, he delivers Delaware - a state that already is Democratic.

What constituency does he add? Old white guys who are prone to say stupid things like Obama is so clean and articulate? Or old white guys who note that Obama is too inexperienced to lead? He lends gravitas? How exactly does he do that? Plagiarism? Simply being able to get reelected in a safe constituency doesn't give you leadership. It gives you comfort.

Biden may seemingly add to the idea that Obama is surrounding himself with experienced people, but it only adds to the fact that Obama lacks all experience. Period.

You can't even begin comparing Obama to President GW Bush, who was considered lacking in experience, even though he was Governor of the second most populous state (Texas). Bill Clinton was governor. GHWB was VP, and before that DCI. Reagan was Gov of California. Carter was governor of GA. Ford was House Minority leader and served for 25 years in Congress. Nixon was VP and Senator before that. LBJ was VP and in Congress before that. JFK was Senator. I think you get the idea.

There's no comparison here. Obama is unqualified to be President, and Biden supposedly balances the ticket, though I don't see how.

819 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:03:29am

re: #815 JCM

Called. Every great (and once-great) country yearns for the old days sometimes...

820 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:06:16am

re: #818 lawhawk

I think they want a VP choice to be inconsequential, considering "Darth Cheney's chokehold" power behind the presidency.

/my tuppence

821 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:06:17am

re: #819 laZardo

Called. Every great (and once-great) country yearns for the old days sometimes...

Fold! Can't beat that hair!

822 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:07:00am

re: #808 yma o hyd

He's changed my life in just the few days I've had him, we're getting the going outside thing going on, but he is a puppy and I'll have to learn him that part too. He has plenty of toys, and I'm still working on the "chew on everything" part. We went for a good walk this morning, and he went and laid right back down in the same spot he has been since he came to live with me. I have a cage for him in the house to keep him out of trouble, and furniture that isn't chewed to pieces but he doesn't like that idea. I woke up last night to wimpering and took him outside to take care of his business, and after I let him in and went to take care of mine, I went looking for him, and there he was, laying on my pillow, snoozing away.

823 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:07:17am

Passed Over

/what will Ol' Plugs say?

824 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:08:03am

re: #821 JCM

You could mix many pots of borscht with that hair!

825 aussiemagpie  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:09:28am

G'day from Down Under to {everyone}

When will this winter ever end Down Under? It's so cold again tonight and Spring starts next week - you haven't expelled Algore have you?

One thing, a big favour please:

I need to get in touch with nonic and if anyone sees her here, could you please ask her to email me?

Thanks so much

826 BlueCanuck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:09:52am

re: #819 laZardo

Curse you. That song has been running around my skull for the past week. I almost had it gone but now it's back. :p

827 The Other Les  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:10:17am

Good morning Lizards.

Found something weebls-stuff on the subject of waffles.

WARNING! NOT SAFE FOR WORK OR FAMILY VIEWING!

828 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:10:21am

re: #814 galloping granny

I don't think so. Note that even the band he hired for his big shindig in Portland Oregon is openly communist.

And a couple other things. Remember that rumor that he might have been born in Canada? Or the interview with a school friend in the Seattle area about her showing up with Obama and not even knowing how to change a diaper? Have you happened to notice the location of the first college Obama attended?

Here's more about his Red friends.
[Link: www.israpundit.com...]

I wonder how many little red diaper doper babies where raised in the 60's to be mainstream? Our very own homegrown "manchurian" candidates.

829 Typicalwhitey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:11:39am

re: #822 sngnsgt

Well.....he is supposed to stay close to you.....
How can you resist?

830 Killgore Trout  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:11:45am

re: #818 lawhawk

I don't think there were any good choices for Obama. He could have chosen a Beltway insider or another far left nut with no experience like himself. Obama works better as a one man ticket but i guess that's not an option.

831 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:11:50am

re: #812 realwest

Um, what is "Crufts"?

Crufts is the world's oldest and larges dog show. it takes place in March every year, and has been going on for over 100 years. Its organised by the Kennel Club, Londond - and now that dogs from overseas can be shown, there were quite a few American winners!
Here is more info.

Besides the breed show, there are the utterly stunning Obedience Championships,the Agility Championships and the most barkingest of all, Flyball!
(Turn the speakers down when watching this video!)

And this is where are also all those helper and support dogs are shown.

832 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:12:10am

re: #826 BlueCanuck

I'd recommend something to clean it up, but it's lost its potency from overuse. q:

833 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:12:22am

re: #822 sngnsgt
Sorry if I've asked this or you've said it before, but what kind or breed of dog is he?
And as for sleeping on the pillow next to you - well, The Dog Whisperer (Cesar Milan) may disagree with me, but since he's your Epilepsy Aid Dog, y'all might not want to keep him in a cage, you know?
And maybe, just maybe, y'all can find a real dog trainer to take care of some of the basics for you with your dog, RADAR!

834 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:12:37am

re: #827 The Other Les

Good morning Lizards.

Found something weebls-stuff on the subject of waffles.

WARNING! NOT SAFE FOR WORK OR FAMILY VIEWING!

Heck that's not BRAIN SAFE!

835 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:13:22am

re: #818 lawhawk

He lends gravitas? How exactly does he do that? Plagiarism?

Relax, it's okay.

/Neil Kinnock welcomes Joe Biden nomination

836 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:13:47am

re: #825 aussiemagpie
Hey there - good evening - early morning, whatever, to you {Aussiemag's}! I sure hope you're doing well!
Uh, does nonic have your e-mail?!

837 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:14:21am

BHO calls a reporter a "sweetie".

Youtube Video

838 HoosierHoops  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:14:32am

goodmorning Realwest and lazardo..
My computer just crashed.. I'm back..i think..
Anybody start nosing around Joe Bidens Birth certificate yet?

839 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:14:39am
840 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:15:13am

On FNC a minute ago, the Recreate 68 folks have some folks protesting the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan, North America, Palestine, and I think Japan, Germany, and S.Korea. Not sure about the last 3. These loons have the potential to completely show the world what the modern donk party is made of. Heh.

841 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:15:31am

re: #838 HoosierHoops

goodmorning Realwest and lazardo..
My computer just crashed.. I'm back..i think..
Anybody start nosing around Joe Bidens Birth certificate yet?

Still sorting through the clay tablets, they haven't been computerized yet.

842 gettinby  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:15:56am

re: #822 sngnsgt

How are they trained to detect a seizure?

I think I recall that the dogs who can do this just seem to know, or am I misremembering?

Dogs, and most animals, are so wonderful.

843 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:16:44am

re: #837 MandyManners

BHO calls a reporter a "sweetie".

[Link: www.powerlineblog.com...]

/that was over three months ago

844 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:16:48am

re: #770 ploome hineni

Good dog joke from your link...

An Easterner who walked into a Western saloon was amazed to see a dog sitting at a table playing poker with three men.
"Can that dog really read cards?" he asked.
"Yeah, but he ain't much of a player," said one of the men.
"Whenever he gets a good hand he wags his tail."

LOL!

845 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:17:19am

re: #840 pingjockey

On FNC a minute ago, the Recreate 68 folks have some folks protesting the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan, North America, Palestine, and I think Japan, Germany, and S.Korea. Not sure about the last 3. These loons have the potential to completely show the world what the modern donk party is made of. Heh.

Can we make it official?
Democrats and become the CPUSA.

846 aussiemagpie  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:17:29am

re: #836 realwest

Hey there - good evening - early morning, whatever, to you {Aussiemag's}! I sure hope you're doing well!
Uh, does nonic have your e-mail?!

Yes she does

And hi {darls}

847 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:17:49am

re: #841 JCM
Monorail went tits up again, eh? How much money have they blown on the Alaskan Way/light rail fubar again? 2 billion plus and nothing done. Yep, I sure want King Co. telling the rest of the state how to run things. NOT!

848 lifeofthemind  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:18:01am

re: #822 sngnsgt

He's changed my life in just the few days I've had him, we're getting the going outside thing going on, but he is a puppy and I'll have to learn him that part too. He has plenty of toys, and I'm still working on the "chew on everything" part. We went for a good walk this morning, and he went and laid right back down in the same spot he has been since he came to live with me. I have a cage for him in the house to keep him out of trouble, and furniture that isn't chewed to pieces but he doesn't like that idea. I woke up last night to wimpering and took him outside to take care of his business, and after I let him in and went to take care of mine, I went looking for him, and there he was, laying on my pillow, snoozing away.

Best advice on the teething problem. Get one of those Booda™ ropes, soak it thoroughly then put it in a paper bag and place the bag in the freezer overnight. The ice crystals will get embedded in the rope. You hold one end while the dog chews the other. That way he looks up at you as the pain goes away. It results in a more obedient dog and less destruction to the furniture.

849 J.S.  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:18:03am

re: #769 galloping granny

The National Post also featured an article about Obama's father...(the article did not explicitly state that "Obama's father was a bigamist" but in the article, one reads that Obama's father was married in a tribal ceremony prior to moving to the States...so, if he had actually "married" Ms. Dunham, then he'd be a bigamist (?)...) I believe there is still a considerable amount of info which is "out there" but which hasn't been reported on (due to the love affair between the MSM and Obama -- and the desire to make sure Obama's image is as "clean" as possible...cover up all the "way outside the norm" facts.)

850 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:18:19am

re: #838 HoosierHoops

No, but having a Panamanian president sounds cooler than a Hawaiian one...

851 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:18:41am

re: #830 Killgore Trout
Good morning Killgore! Uh, you don't think Hillary woulda been a better choice than Biden? For electibility only (but I don't know that Biden helps Obama in any way; hell even the Associated With Terrorists Press said he's a blah and he talks too long! LOL!

852 newsjunkie_ky  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:19:32am

re: #823 Killian Bundy

Passed Over

/what will Ol' Plugs say?


Did you notice that 'ratings was disabled' but you could still comment?

853 lawhawk  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:19:37am

re: #830 Killgore Trout

Well, he could have named Michelle as his running mate - one upping Clinton. Not only would it work with women and minorities, but it would have been a thumb in the eye if the world (and Hillary) found out about it in a 3am text message.

854 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:20:29am

Gaaah. Plugs rides the train home every night and isn't a DC insider and he still has ties to Pa. On C. Wallaces' show now.

855 MandyManners  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:20:34am

re: #843 Killian Bundy

/that was over three months ago

It shows his arrogance.

856 laZardo  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:20:35am

re: #840 pingjockey

They certainly justify my fears of my age bracket being the potential key to getting Obama into the Casa Blanca.

857 Killian Bundy  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:20:49am

re: #852 newsjunkie_ky

Did you notice that 'ratings was disabled' but you could still comment?

/unlike all Obama videos

858 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:21:03am

re: #833 realwest

I'm just doing it for the @ night puppy stage, he does do a lot of chewing, and even with chew toys, he's already done a little damage to the furniture. Once he gets passed that stage, he'll have all the free-range he wants...

859 nyc redneck  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:21:04am

re: #837 MandyManners

BHO calls a reporter a "sweetie".

[Link: www.powerlineblog.com...]

what a jerk. by calling her "sweetie", he relegated her question to one of total insignificance.
and notice how he said he would answer it but of course did not.
he didn't have and answer.
too many questions above his pay grade.

860 ploome hineni[deleted]  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:21:07am
861 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:21:08am

re: #847 pingjockey

Monorail went tits up again, eh? How much money have they blown on the Alaskan Way/light rail fubar again? 2 billion plus and nothing done. Yep, I sure want King Co. telling the rest of the state how to run things. NOT!

You really, really know how to wreak a perfectly good sunday morning don't you.

And we'll have "Sound 2" transit measure for another 20 Billion up in Nov.

862 Killgore Trout  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:21:48am

re: #851 realwest

I think Hilary would have been much better but I don't think Obama's ego could deal with her. I also think Biden was pretty low on Obama's short list.

863 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:22:13am

re: #856 laZardo
The under 25 crowd just doesn't vote in a big enough block to make a difference. Now, if they voted in the same numbers as the over 50 crowd I'd be worried.

864 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:23:27am

re: #822 sngnsgt

He's changed my life in just the few days I've had him, we're getting the going outside thing going on, but he is a puppy and I'll have to learn him that part too. He has plenty of toys, and I'm still working on the "chew on everything" part. We went for a good walk this morning, and he went and laid right back down in the same spot he has been since he came to live with me. I have a cage for him in the house to keep him out of trouble, and furniture that isn't chewed to pieces but he doesn't like that idea. I woke up last night to wimpering and took him outside to take care of his business, and after I let him in and went to take care of mine, I went looking for him, and there he was, laying on my pillow, snoozing away.

Ooohhh - dogs are clever! They know what is comfortable! And they do want to be with their pack - which is you, and the closer they can sleep to the pack leader (which is you), the happier they are.
Some lovely statistics said that 89% of dog owners said their dogs share their bedrooms ...

I don't know how old your puppy is, but when their second teeth come trhough,and for a few months afterwards, its a bit uncomfortable for them, and they really need to chew to get their teeth settled. there are lots of chewy thigns now to buy, much better than furniture!
Mine, when she was little, actualla managed to chew a chunk out of a solid piece of Victorian mahogany furniture!
But the main thing is that you're being taught how to deal with all that, and the puppy learns how to respond to you - that makes for a great bond. And that, really, is priceless!

865 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:23:30am

re: #861 JCM
Sorry. Another 20 bil. That is just mad. Who the fuck is this asshat talking to Wallace right now? He is spinning like a whirling dervish.

866 Nevergiveup  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:25:06am

I wake up Sunday morning after a really long weekend moving my youngest daughter into college for her freshman year, and I gotta wake up to talk ( not to mention listening to it in the car ) about Biden. G-D I hate that guy. What a lame ticket. If McCain can't beat them?

867 yma o hyd  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:25:12am

re: #835 Killian Bundy

Relax, it's okay.

/Neil Kinnock welcomes Joe Biden nomination

Gah - the Welsh windbag likes the US windbag - what a surprise!

868 pingjockey  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:25:17am

OOOOH! New McCain ad using Hillary. Mwahahahaha!

869 newsjunkie_ky  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:25:22am

re: #857 Killian Bundy

Yep. They are in the tank.

870 sngnsgt  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:25:37am

re: #848 lifeofthemind

I have a Booda™ rope for him, but I haven't tried your suggestion. I'll give it a try tonight and see how he does in the morning. Thanks for the tip...

871 razorbacker  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:25:49am

Smug and Plugs.

872 JCM  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:26:12am

re: #865 pingjockey

Sorry. Another 20 bil. That is just mad. Who the fuck is this asshat talking to Wallace right now? He is spinning like a whirling dervish.

Kids are all sick this morning, letting them watch fire engine videos.

873 FrogMarch  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:26:30am

Madonna uses one of Michale Moore's propaganda techniques.


John McCain is Hitler and Mugabe!

874 realwest  Sun, Aug 24, 2008 8:26:55am

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