Olympics over. DNC starts tomorrow.

Let the games begin!
;)

Only Nixon could go to China.

-Vulcan proverb

The closing ceremony of the Olympics was suitably spectacular. Worth watching.

Olympics are over - so the pollution and beatings can resume.

Could the whole Obama sham be the ultimate Clintonian trick?

re: #1 Irene NYC

Free at last... free at last...
TGA, we're free at last.........

Where there is doubt, there is freedom.

— Latin proverb

I doubt that.

re: #7 oldbennevis

Then you have no fear anymore. You are completely free.

- V

We looked at a new house today. It was very energy efficient, solar roof. It was in a planned community, very eco-everything. We were interested in it, but the sales lady said she could see our auras. That was a deal breaker.

"Where there is diffused and divided power, there is freedom"

stevieray

My name is Joe Biden, and I am here to bloviate.

Doubt and being allowed to doubt is why Western civilization is what it is today and the rest of the world lags behind it.

I was very happy for the Chinese people. Okay, the politicians "cheated", they spent $40 billion, etc., but it feels like we'll look back and see this as a turning point in Chinese history. After nearly 500 years, China is finally joining the [post] modern world standing on their own feet. And they've suffered long enough and hard enough to thoroughly deserve it.

re: #5 mbruce

No, probably not. But I know some ticked-off Hillary supporters who took the timing of their 3am text messages as the final insult from The One, in payback for the ' It's 3am' ad.

re: #11 Cartman

My name is Joe Biden, and I am here to bloviate.

The ticket - Blab and Blabberer.

re: #11 Cartman

If you really wanna wince for the guy, read the 1987 report re his blowing it via bloviating...
[Link: query.nytimes.com...]

re: #5 mbruce

Hopefully, I think she has good polling that shows that he is in trouble and has a few silver bullets to drop after she embraces and supports his historic candidacy - all the while getting her claws on that fund raising Rolodex and charting a path to 2012.

She will not be caught off guard in the caucuses again (funny how that happened twice this year in two very difference contexts) and will destroy Reid and Pelosi over the next 12 months.

re: #14 tradewind

No, probably not. But I know some ticked-off Hillary supporters who took the timing of their 3am text messages as the final insult from The One, in payback for the ' It's 3am' ad.

I was wondering why they chose 3 am. But of course!

/hitting myself on the head

re: #5 mbruce

Could the whole Obama sham be the ultimate Clintonian trick?

That's why I'm watching every minute of the convention.

To see when she pounces.

Exclusive: Obama- Clinton feud reignites

I KNEW I should have bought stock in popcorn!

re: #13 Irene NYC

Over here in the "Eastern" regions of the world, some of us think the Chinese were the ones who first developed "capitalism."

/once you go bank, you never go back...

re: #9 rawmuse

We were interested in it, but the sales lady said she could see our auras. That was a deal breaker.

Why? Cause she could see your auras or had the lack of manners to say she could?
/

The Big Bang gets Clubbed To Death

Spark up a fat one and enjoy.

Where there is doubt, there is freedom.

I have no doubt I love my freedom

/yea USA!

re: #9 rawmuse

Thanks for the first unexpected, guffaw-out-loud, from the belly laugh I've had today....
a great way to end it.

I log-on, say hello and Charles posts an open thread. I am beginning to get a complex.

Hello all!

And now the competition heats up for the greatest prize in the world...to be leader of the Free part.

Where there is doubt, there is freedom

And an Open Thread on LGF!

re: #9 rawmuse

We looked at a new house today. It was very energy efficient, solar roof. It was in a planned community, very eco-everything. We were interested in it, but the sales lady said she could see our auras. That was a deal breaker.

I was on a contract programming job about two years ago in Boulder, Colorado. The first week I was there, the owner made me stand with my arms out, cruciform style, and he ran bottles of herbal medications over my body and then told me which ones I should be taking.

I told him what I thought about the consult.

I was gone in two weeks.

Obama Biden?

Osama Bin Laden?

Hmmm... I think there is a clever turn of phrase in there, but can't quite tease it out.

re: #18 Irene NYC

I bet it was just a screw up. But you know, there is conspiracy everywhere in politics, and to them, it was turning the knife, and they're voting McCain.
Whatever works.

re: #9 rawmuse

ROTFLAMO!

re: #30 Archimedes

Obama Biden?

Osama Bin Laden?

Hmmm... I think there is a clever turn of phrase in there, but can't quite tease it out.

I was thinking more on the line...

Master-Blaster 08

Morning Lizards! I give you the most bizarre beauty pageant of all time.

re: #17 de La Valette
Huh, how did it happen twice?

Where people fear their government, there is tyranny. Where government fears the people, there is freedom.

re: #29 Walter L. Newton

I was on a contract programming job about two years ago in Boulder, Colorado. The first week I was there, the owner made me stand with my arms out, cruciform style, and he ran bottles of herbal medications over my body and then told me which ones I should be taking.

I told him what I thought about the consult.

I was gone in two weeks.

Now see if you would have listened you never would have gotten that hernia!

Here I am, ready to go to bed, and there's an open thread, on the eve of the Demonrat National Circus. This is going to be a good week.

re: #29 Walter L. Newton
I am glad I live in the sticks. Haven't had to deal with any of that hippy dippy nonsense.

re: #14 tradewind

No, probably not. But I know some ticked-off Hillary supporters who took the timing of their 3am text messages as the final insult from The One, in payback for the ' It's 3am' ad.

Reminds me of when the Clintons vandalized the White House keyboards on the way out by removing the W's.

Such children.

I'm sure they had to send it out at a low traffic time - but exactly at 3AM - some mid-level Obamican did that as a slap to HRC and is probably looking up at bus axles right now.

re: #34 Wyatt Earp

Morning Lizards! I give you the most bizarre beauty pageant of all time.

As if we don't know you signed up to judge.........

re: #9 rawmuse

If anyone saw my aura they'd be busting out the karma charms quick. [;

re: #37 Typicalwhitey

Now see if you would have listened you never would have gotten that hernia!

re: #39 pingjockey

I am glad I live in the sticks. Haven't had to deal with any of that hippy dippy nonsense.

Tw - He didn't wave a bottle down there!

Pj - do you live in Colorado?

— Latin proverb

Well then it should be "Donde hay duda, hay libertad", or "Onde ha duvida, ha liberdade"...

(I took Latin, so I understand Latin America, hear that Dan Quayle?)

re: #42 Typicalwhitey

I did not! Swear to God! HA!

re: #11 Cartman

My name is Joe Biden, and I am here to bloviate.

My IQ is higher than yours, beeyotch!

re: #21 laZardo

Over here in the "Eastern" regions of the world, some of us think the Chinese were the ones who first developed "capitalism."

/once you go bank, you never go back...

That's okay. I'm happy to give credit where credit is due.

We, however, developed the framework that allowed capitalism to flourish and enrich our entire society.
;)

re: #30 Archimedes

Obama bin Lyin.
But the truth's coming out, courtesy of the UI-Chicago perps who wouldn't release the Annenberg files until a court ordered them to Friday.
Seems Ayers and Obama were a lot closer than he wanted you to think, and there's more. It'll probably have to be forced on the MSM, a'la Edwards, but it'll get there.

re: #34 Wyatt Earp

Morning Lizards! I give you the most bizarre beauty pageant of all time.

I am going straight to...

re: #46 Wyatt Earp

I did not! Swear to God! HA!

I see your crossed fingers Wyatt...you ain't foolin' ME

Liber in latin means both free and book.

For some reason, I think that is pretty cool.

/bibliophile mode off.

re: #22 realwest

Why? Cause she could see your auras or had the lack of manners to say she could?
/

We just thought she was a nut-job. She thought we were interested in the eco-friendly place because we were advanced beings of light, when, in fact, we are just cheap. Or thrifty.

re: #35 realwest

We, the west etc were caught off guard in the Georgia (the Caucasus); she was caught off guard in the Caucus states. Its late here - I should go to bed.

Obama Lin Biden

re: #51 Typicalwhitey

You got me. :)

And like Racer X, I am also going to Hell . . .

re: #56 Wyatt Earp

I actually clicked that picture hoping for a larger size.

re: #56 Wyatt Earp

So watcha been doing today?

re: #45 Occasional Reader

My favorite latin proverb...

re: #30 Archimedes

Obama Biden?

Osama Bin Laden?

Hmmm... I think there is a clever turn of phrase in there, but can't quite tease it out.

I've seen Obama bin Biden out there on a few sites. I like that.

re: #44 Walter L. NewtonEastern Wa state. Wenatchee area.

re: #29 Walter L. Newton

I don't doubt that for a moment. Many of these weirdos at the Convention are actually 'slumming' from Boulder.

re: #38 Beller0ph1

Here I am, ready to go to bed, and there's an open thread, on the eve of the Demonrat National Circus. This is going to be a good week.

My only regret is that I'm on dial-up. It's going to be tough to keep up with all of the action next week. These threads are hard enough for me when things are normal. The DemCon is not going to be normal. Too many abnormal people for anything to turn out normal.

re: #58 Typicalwhitey

Golfed in the morning, worked at night. I'm not good at either. ;)

re: #48 Irene NYC

I KNEW those evil Westerners take everything about the other cultures and beat it and forcibly mold it into something they can say was theirs to begin with!

/like pasta, lol

re: #20 Typicalwhitey

Exclusive: Obama- Clinton feud reignites

Only one way to settle this.

re: #49 tradewind

Obama bin Lyin.
But the truth's coming out, courtesy of the UI-Chicago perps who wouldn't release the Annenberg files until a court ordered them to Friday.
Seems Ayers and Obama were a lot closer than he wanted you to think, and there's more. It'll probably have to be forced on the MSM, a'la Edwards, but it'll get there.

Obama bin Lyin.

That's gold, Jerry! Gold!

re: #9 rawmuse

We looked at a new house today. It was very energy efficient, solar roof. It was in a planned community, very eco-everything. We were interested in it, but the sales lady said she could see our auras. That was a deal breaker.

Yeah but did you hang around got the crystal ball part of her act, followed by her brother pulling bunny out of a hat...?

re: #57 Racer X

I actually clicked that picture hoping for a larger size.

I got a larger size on this end after viewing the picture.

re: #13 Irene NYC

I don't know if I can agree with you. This was mainly a show for the ChiComs to demonstrate to the world that they are a "modern" nation. The real problem is that most Chinese live a meager existence in either a rural backwater or an industrialized cesspool.

While I would like to see this be the end of the line for the Communists there, I don't think it will happen any time soon. Freedom in the sense that we conceive it does not exist there, and will not until the Communists decide to let it happen. Given what happened to Russia after Gorbachev introduced Glasnost, I don't see the ChiComs as willing to take the chance of losing power by loosening any part of their grip on power.

re: #20 Typicalwhitey
Hey there Typicalwhitey - loved this line from your link:

Paul Begala, a former operative who has spoken to both Clintons in recent weeks, agreed. He said the former president, whatever mixed feelings remain from the primaries, will work to elect Obama because, “It’s killing him to watch what has happened over the past eight years. It’s been torture to watch the slow unraveling of so much of what his administration achieved.”

What the hell was there to unravel? Seriously? I do think the link is also wrong about Bill being more pissed off than Hillary; it's just that Hillary is sooo much better at hiding her feelings. She'll say all the right things, but I suspect she's going to damn Obama with faint praise.
This could be a really FUN convention!

re: #66 Occasional Reader

Two men enter, one man leaves!

Whoa this thread is really skipping along!

re: #66 Occasional Reader

FTA "The former president is disappointed, associates said, because he is eager to speak about the economy and more broadly about Democratic ideas — emphasizing the contrast between the Bush years and his own record in the 1990s."
His own record, which led directly to the attacks of 9-11...

re: #69 Walter L. Newton

I got a larger size on this end after viewing the picture.

LOL!

If you believed, you would be going to!

re: #53 rawmuse

We just thought she was a nut-job. She thought we were interested in the eco-friendly place because we were advanced beings of light, when, in fact, we are just cheap. Or thrifty.

Did she mention the Lightworker™? That would have been a dealbreaker for me.

re: #26 ggt Hi there ggt!
Hope you're well tonight! Er, early this morning for me, I mean!

re: #38 Beller0ph1

Here I am, ready to go to bed, and there's an open thread, on the eve of the Demonrat National Circus. This is going to be a good week.

There will be kooks everywhere, as far as the eye can see. Like swarms of addled locusts.

re: #72 Racer X

re: #66 Occasional Reader

In the end...there can be only one.

re: #48 Irene NYC

or, the West tried and succeeded in creating a culture in which individuals could use Capitalism to thrive. Perhaps Capitalism combined with the concept of "human rights" one of the greatest achievements of human history.

re: #76 Colonel Panik

Did she mention the Lightworker™? That would have been a dealbreaker for me.

The place was in Sebastopol, CA. Wall to wall Obama stickers.

BBL--going to go and spend some quality time with my son....watch him play WOW.

re: #20 Typicalwhitey

Exclusive: Obama- Clinton feud reignites

I KNEW I should have bought stock in popcorn!

Need to remember to TiVo Bubba's speech. His 'endorsement' of Obama should be very interesting.

Chicago Tribune Editorial

re: #77 realwest

Real! Did you get my reply?

re: #73 realwest

It's that same lightheaded giddy feeling you get when the evolution thread unravels afterschool bell rings, everyone just comes skipping out.

re: #65 laZardo

Know what the scary thing is? Most cultures will have similar foods but with different names. One example is "dumplings" Most european and asian cultures have a form of the dumpling but they are given different names, like perogies for example, or wontons.

/food geek as well as science geek.

re: #78 Cartman

There will be kooks everywhere, as far as the eye can see. Like swarms of addled locusts.

Fear and Loathing in Denver.

Yeah, I’d say there’s ‘bad blood’ between the Clinton and Obama camps.

Earlier I watched that video (posted by funky chicken)
http://www.wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/video/index .htm

The part I thought was the MOST disgusting was Part 3, minute 3:53 – there’s an interview with a woman who was a Civil Rights Activist; she’d marched with MLK. She describes witnessing two African-American males deny an elderly African-American woman her Civil Rights; turning her away from the polling place and saying, "If you're not voting for Obama, go home. You're not voting here today."
She describes the look on the woman’s face, and I thought ‘here’s a woman who suffered through the disenfranchisement of the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s; saw the triumphs of the Civil Rights movement, and is now back to being threatened at a polling place to prevent her from voting, only now it’s by members of her own race’.
This is the Democrat Party?

re: #77 realwest

Hey rw! I'm hangin' in there. Thanks for askin'.

How you doin'? It's almost mornin' here.

re: #33 Walter L. Newton

I was thinking more on the line...

Master-Blaster 08

I was going to photoshop that together, but I could not decide which candidate would be which character. Neither one of them will ever be quiet, so there is no obvious choice for Blaster. Obama is on the top of the ticket, leading to him being Master.

re: #53 rawmuse Thrifty, I'd say.
Did she talk at all about Fun Shuy or however it's spelled?!

re: #87 BlueCanuck

Chicharron is the local variant of pork rinds.

And on that food-related note, I'm going to have a severely-late breakfast. Brb.

Golfed in the morning, worked at night. I'm not good at either. ;)

I bet you are.

re: #70 Lawrior

I don't know if I can agree with you. This was mainly a show for the ChiComs to demonstrate to the world that they are a "modern" nation. The real problem is that most Chinese live a meager existence in either a rural backwater or an industrialized cesspool.

While I would like to see this be the end of the line for the Communists there, I don't think it will happen any time soon. Freedom in the sense that we conceive it does not exist there, and will not until the Communists decide to let it happen. Given what happened to Russia after Gorbachev introduced Glasnost, I don't see the ChiComs as willing to take the chance of losing power by loosening any part of their grip on power.

The Chinese people got to meet the world, and the world got to meet the Chinese people. It was up front and personal.

Of course China has horrendous problems facing it. The point, however, I was try to get at was that I don't think the Chinese people will allow their government to turn back the clock. They've been very patient for centuries now and they sense that this is their moment to join the rest of the world.

I wish them the best and wish them the best of luck.
;)

re: #84 Typicalwhitey

Chicago Tribune Editorial

Not sure where the "good government" part of that headline comes from...

re: #87 BlueCanuck

I don't know..... first layover I had in Seoul,I was warned to keep an eye out for puppy on the menu, and I don't mean a spinoff of the hotdogs we have back home.

re: #91 Lawrior

I was going to photoshop that together, but I could not decide which candidate would be which character. Neither one of them will ever be quiet, so there is no obvious choice for Blaster. Obama is on the top of the ticket, leading to him being Master.

NO, DON'T DO IT. The Dems may like it and use it.

re: #54 de La Valette
Ah, I see - sorta. Yeah hey, if you're in the Eastern Time Zone you should go to bed.
I should too, but then again I am rather perverse at times!

re: #96 politicalinsomniac

Not sure where the "good government" part of that headline comes from...

Read the replies..........

re: #84 Typicalwhitey

I quit reading at "Foghorn Leghorn". I needed a good laugh.

thanks.

re: #94 Typicalwhitey

Cool! What do I win? I shot a 119. That is NOT a typo. A 119.

re: #80 ggt

or, the West tried and succeeded in creating a culture in which individuals could use Capitalism to thrive. Perhaps Capitalism combined with the concept of "human rights" one of the greatest achievements of human history.

Yes that, but we also built the institutions and infrastructure, educated the populace, and invented a form of government that supports capitalism.

re: #33 Walter L. Newton

I was thinking more on the line...

Master-Blaster 08

Master=The Messiah? What is Blaster?

Tired. Must sleep. Good night.

re: #93 laZardo

Chicharron is the local variant of pork rinds.

And on that food-related note, I'm going to have a severely-late breakfast. Brb.

And if a you ever saw how they traditionally make them, you wouldn't eat them. Whole sides of pig fat, 3-4 feet long, dipped in a vat of hot oil. My ex-wife was Hisapnic, and I saw this a lot. For some reason, they look more appealing when they are in those little chip sized pieces in a plastic bag.

re: #95 Irene NYC

They "met the world" in the early 1900s when the European colonial powers and Japan controlled their seaports. They're probably not as much into welcoming the world as showing them that they can beat the other powers at their own game (in this case, good ol' fashioned capitalism).

/goes back to eating

Long ride on the Harley today + 1 (one) Ambien = possible sleep

G'nite, all...and weet dreams.

re: #92 realwest

Thrifty, I'd say.
Did she talk at all about Fun Shuy or however it's spelled?!

Australia's Favorite Criminal, "Chopper Reid" tells you what to do with Feng Shui.

"I don't who the f*** this bloke "Chi" is but I don't want 'im floatin' through my place."

Hey real!

Are you having great weather - we certainly had a fabulous, fabulous weekend.

Rain tomorrow. Yuck.

re: #102 Wyatt Earp

Cool! What do I win? I shot a 119. That is NOT a typo. A 119.

Did you go bowling too?

re: #100 Typicalwhitey

Enjoyed the comments section over there.

re: #92 realwest

Thrifty, I'd say.
Did she talk at all about Fun Shuy or however it's spelled?!

Feng shui. Yes. We do a bit of that at our house as well. Most of it is just common sense. The place had lots of flowing water. Grey water fed the gardens.

The new toilets have 2 flush modes, a full flush for number 2 and a half flush for number 1.

The water issue is pretty important since we appear to be coming in to drought year number 3.

Solar roof sells power back to PGE.

Maybe we should just ask for another sales person...

re: #108 Cartman

Nite, Cartman.

re: #111 Typicalwhitey

It looks like I played two rounds!

re: #107 laZardo

The Chinese people have suffered a lot at the hands of many for a very long time. Maybe this time around they can have some hands extended to them in friendship.

re: #113 rawmuse

The new toilets have 2 flush modes, a full flush for number 2 and a half flush for number 1.

A Goreacle potty!

re: #98 Walter L. Newton

Don't worry, my tablet is packed up and I am far too lazy right now to get it out. Mayhaps after the campaign something can be done.

re: #103 Irene NYC

To shorten it up --more of our children eat every day than theirs.

re: #70 Lawrior
FWLIW, I don't think the ChiComs are going to "let" it happen; just as with the Soviet Union it's going to be forced upon them.

You know, with all the foofrawing about the conventions and Obama or Clinton vs Mcain, the fact is that it's something WE should take pride in; every four or eight years, power changes hands in this great nation and it does so peacefully. And it has for our entire existence (excluding the Civil War).
And I think it's a remarkable testament to the wisdom of the Founding Fathers and to all of us that this peaceful handing over the reins of power happens.

Well, the Olympics is over and now its time for some real sports...NFL Football!

Life of Gaffes for Sloppy Joe

The long knives are out already lol

re: #113 rawmuse

The new toilets have 2 flush modes, a full flush for number 2 and a half flush for number 1.

And, I like those multi-flush toilets. I never saw anything like that until my first trip to France 8 years ago. For a matter of fact, I was fascinated by the many types of toilets in Europe. Multi-flush, Turkish style, bidets (I really liked them), co-ed, some co-ed rooms with no doors on the stalls, public kiosk style on the streets (after you leave, they spray water all over the inside, washing it all down) and so on.

So much to see in Europe.

Anybody besides me having problems connecting to FreeRepublic.com ?

re: #113 rawmuse

The new toilets have 2 flush modes, a full flush for number 2 and a half flush for number 1.

No atomic flush mode for those...um...emergencies? ;)

re: #115 Wyatt Earp

Did you arrest any bad guys

re: #120 realwest

Which is why I blow my top when people refer to the "Bush regime". Regimes have to be overthrown, but President Bush will indeed step down. Hell, if I were him, I would even welcome it. He has toiled long in the garden.

re: #78 Cartman Hey my friend, good evening to you.
I gotta tell ya, I hope some talking head on TV takes that "swarms of addled locusts" phrase of yours and uses it - and in Prime Time, too! LOL!

re: #4 de La Valette

Olympics are over - so the pollution and beatings can resume.

I am hoping that the ChiComs are monitoring.

re: #125 Cartman

I'd just be happy to have a toiled that flushed properly. These so-called "water saving" toilets are a crock. We flush twice as often becaue they don't work.

re: #128 realwest

hehe

re: #30 Archimedes

Obama Biden?

Osama Bin Laden?

Hmmm... I think there is a clever turn of phrase in there, but can't quite tease it out.

Obamity Biden Laden?

re: #127 rawmuse

Which is why I blow my top when people refer to the "Bush regime". Regimes have to be overthrown, but President Bush will indeed step down. Hell, if I were him, I would even welcome it. He has toiled long in the garden.

I am glad he had so much fun at the Olympics.

re: #126 Typicalwhitey

A few. Apparently, some people think it's okay to beat their wives with a broom handle. Nice.

re: #104 Archimedes

Master=The Messiah? What is Blaster?

Master Blaster and Aunt Entity battle for control of Bartertown in the future. Screw it, just read this.

re: #130 ggt

I'd just be happy to have a toiled that flushed properly. These so-called "water saving" toilets are a crock. We flush twice as often becaue they don't work.

Good evening, all. I've been working on my mom's old house, which still has archaic 1960's plumbing - what wonderful toilets!

re: #134 Wyatt Earp

I was watching cops tonight and I thought if I had to chase some moron for 30 minutes over fences and through backyards, I would beat the crap out of them once I caught them

re: #130 ggt

Prolly have to get a special dispensation from the Pope to obtain a decent crapper these days.

re: #130 ggt

I'd just be happy to have a toiled that flushed properly. These so-called "water saving" toilets are a crock. We flush twice as often becaue they don't work.

Yep -- I almost took my 3.5 gal toilets out of the house I sold last year, to bring to the new townhouse, but I didn't. Now I regret it.

re: #135 Lawrior

First half of that movie = awesome.

Second half? Not so much.

re: #106 Walter L. Newton

Ironically, I saw that same process on a documentary on local businesses on TV a few months back and it didn't make it less appealing to eat. Must probably be a cultural thing. >_>

/back to breakfast, srsly this time

re: #116 Irene NYC

And inwardly, they'll be smiling at the thought of some sweet (money-based) revenge. Heck...what isn't made in China these days? (not that "Made in China" products/components are shabby, of course...just avoid the ones that are also branded from China...)

I'm reluctant about the notion that they'll return the "friendship," I got the hint when I read about this skyscraper in Shanghai that has a square "hole" near the top because if they put a round hole, it would remind the citizens of Japanese occupation.

re: #85 laZardo No, and I'm sorry but I don't even remember my question to you!

re: #137 Typicalwhitey

I would never condone such acts, nor would I ever participate in . . .

Bawahahahahahahaha! Nah, I'm yankin' ya. Those toads deserve to get their cans whupped.

re: #127 rawmuse

Tell me about it. Kids today aren't taught to think about what they hear --actual vocabulary.

I had one friend that went absolutely nuts when the MSM started calling the whacko's in Iraq "insurgents". He said that by Geneva Convention definition they were "merceneries".

MSM is good at trying to change the public perception of what words mean.

www.obamacrimes.com
Law suit filed 8/24/08 by a democrat that Obama is ineligible for running for president because Obama is not a legal citizen of USA.

re: #122 Typicalwhitey

Long dong silver knives.
That Thomas hearing is going to come back to haunt him.

re: #144 ggt

Words mean things, yes. We tend to, like, uh, uh, um, forget this. Like.

re: #139 Dasher

Naw, I checked-it-out. at the time it was about $1K--glazed all the way thru and what-not. I don't think I spend that on water in 3 years.

re: #90 ggt Glad to hear your doing well - I'm pretty damn tired myself and am going to sleep shortly!

A bathroom story from me.

I found a unisex restroom today. It was Sunday, June 10th 2001 and we were eating lunch at La Gourmandiere in the little town of Germangy. This was the first Sunday of our trip. The restaurant was filled with after-church families, children in their Sunday clothes and young French couples.

After eating lunch, nature called. I didn’t have a clue. I scanned the room and saw a door marked “Toilettes” (pronounced “twah-lets” in French). Clue number one should have been that the word was PLURAL. So I passed through the door into a rather large room. On the other side of the room was a stall marked “Hommes.” I was so proud of myself. I had been studying my French before I left the states and I knew that “Hommes” translated to “men.”

I open the door and went in and sat down. My second clue should have been “why is the word men hanging on the stall door INSIDE OF THE RESTROOM.”

So here I am sitting, waiting for that great big one, when I hear the restroom door open and two chatty restaurant patrons walk in.

They are women! I figured that my limited knowledge of French had failed me and then at that moment my bladder failed me. I couldn’t control it. Now I know why the French call restrooms “water closets.” I almost pissed all over myself. I tucked my feet up on the toilet seat, wrapped my arms around my knees and assumed a fetal position balanced on top of the shit can. I didn’t want them to get a peek of a pair of men’s shoes planted on the floor tiles of the stall.

I broke out into a cold sweat and went on an auto pilot prayer vigil. “Please God, don’t let them find me in the woman’s restroom. I don’t want to get to know the local police and end up wasting away in some rural version of the Bastille.”

I heard another stall door open and shut, two minutes of silence, toilet flush, door open and shut again and then the whole sequence repeated. If I were paying any attention my third clue would have been the fact the two women had used the SAME stall, never even peeking into my little cell.

They left the restroom. I wipe, zip up and bolt out of the stall. I looked around the room to make sure that one of the women had not stayed behind to powder up or fix her makeup.

And then I saw the light. A sign on the other stall read “Femmes.” Of course, this is a typical European co-ed restroom. I sauntered out and sat down with my fellow travelers, bragging about how much I understood the French culture.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #147 rawmuse

Words mean things, yes. We tend to, like, uh, uh, um, forget this. Like.

Oh, no - there's a whole generation out there that will be shocked to hear that...

re: #143 Wyatt Earp
And I am sure you are just the guy to spank them!

re: #147 rawmuse

DUDE! 'sup?

re: #109 Colonel Panik
LOL! Great one, that!

re: #140 Wyatt Earp

Agreed. I had enough of the feral kid from Road Warrior, and I didn't need to deal with anything similar. Mad Max, on the other hand, rules from start to finish.

re: #143 Wyatt Earp

LOL, somewhere around here I have an old t-shirt that I got right after the LA riots. It says something like "Raped? Mugged? Need Help?....next time call "Rodney King", "The ACLU", "The Los Angeles Times". Don't think I ever had a chance to wear that shirt but I never will throw it away either.

re: #110 Irene NYC
Hey Irene, same here and we're supposed to get rain and heavy T-Storms starting Wednesday, when I get my tooth (or teeth) pulled.
Oh. Joy.

re: #152 Typicalwhitey

No, they should be talked with with respect that all humans deserve. Then send them a strongly worded letter.

/oughta work --no?

re: #108 Cartman
Goodnight my friend - sleep well!

Well, I have an early day tomorrow.

weet dreams all!

re: #155 Lawrior

Absolutely correct.

"The Toecutter! He knows who I am!"

re: #114 Pvt Bin Jammin
Hey PBJ! How are you this morning - er, late evening? Well, I hope!

Anyone else praying for rain in colorado on Thursday?

re: #135 Lawrior

Master Blaster and Aunt Entity battle for control of Bartertown in the future. Screw it, just read this.

lol ... One helluva reference. I'd forgotten about that. Sort of like a souped up Ratatouille. Biden would be the Rat and Obama the boy. Makes sense.

OK, here is my favorite word pet peeve.

The word "Incredible" has come to be used, in popular jargon, a positive thing, ("Mom, I just met this incredible guy!")
whereas, to me, it means lacking in credibility.

In other words, news you find on CBS is "incredible".

re: #163 Typicalwhitey

Anyone else praying for rain in colorado on Thursday?

I would prefer a comfortably warm late summer day.

If the weather gets too foul, the entertainment from the protesters will stop. That would be a real shame.

Wow.... speaking of Freedom and Doubt.......Feds really screwed up...
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

re: #163 Typicalwhitey

They had three tornados in the Denver area today. Maybe we should tone it down some......

To bed, early doctors appointment in downtown Denver tomorrow.

If I see any wacky moonbat activity, I'll report back later in the day.

Night all.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #166 Syrah

Isn't the convention over on by Thursday? Probably praying for rain to wash the miasma of all the protesters who will probably be doing unspeakable things on the streets.

re: #156 Pvt Bin Jammin

LOL, somewhere around here I have an old t-shirt that I got right after the LA riots. It says something like "Raped? Mugged? Need Help?....next time call "Rodney King", "The ACLU", "The Los Angeles Times". Don't think I ever had a chance to wear that shirt but I never will throw it away either.

/Sell it on Ebay!

re: #168 tradewind

Never!

Me too....
Play nice, ya'll.

re: #1 Irene NYC

Olympics over. DNC starts tomorrow.

Let the games begin!
;)

Actually, it is a continuation of the Olympics with the
Lying and Stupidity events,
plus "listening to speeches" endurance test.

re: #170 BlueCanuck

Isn't the convention over on by Thursday? Probably praying for rain to wash the miasma of all the protesters who will probably be doing unspeakable things on the streets.

Isn't that when bambam speaks at Invesco?

re: #169 Walter L. Newton

Take your camera.

Hey Wyatt you mad at me?

Drudge calls it 'Freaky' but I call that picture of Madonna in the left hand column SCARY! Every time I've visited the Report tonight I've hoped it would be gone.

Where there is too much doubt, there is fear.

---So?

re: #169 Walter L. Newton

To bed, early doctors appointment in downtown Denver tomorrow.

If I see any wacky moonbat activity, I'll report back later in the day.

Night all.

Walter in Golden, Co.

Scary to be in Denver this week. Good luck!

New anti-Obama bumper sticker:

Keep the Change

re: #170 BlueCanuck

For the protesters, it may or may not be. If they manage to really get themselves worked up, they could keep the tantrum tossing up till Friday.

What happens during the convention could bear on this as well. If Hillery manages to stage a coup, . . . well, all bets would be off.

re: #127 rawmuse
"He has toiled long in the garden." Indeed he has and while I haven't agreed with him on a number of significant issues, the fact is that there have been NO major terrorist attacks on the US since 9/11 and for that he truly deserves the credit (along, of course, with our Armed Forces).
Ya know, I still remember folks saying we shouldn't go into Afghanistan after bin Laden cause the Afghani's had fought the might Soviet Union for 10 years and beat them. So Bush says, basically, so effin' what and we took Afganistan in what - six weeks?
But having to deal with his own party (he's not conservative enough, he's not liberal enough, he's not well spoken etc etc) and all the frankly UnAmerican activities of the Dems, I'll bet he's glad to step down and get some well deserved rest.
And I think History will be kind to him.

Dont go here
its a kos diary.

But it is so damn funny!

re: #142 realwest

Saight, those IDer threads move way too fast. >_>

I was suggesting that the value of human life was relative because of evolution being proven, you asked "relative to what?" and I responded to that.

re: #123 Walter L. Newton

Have a nice bidet!

re: #177 Typicalwhitey

Not at all, deary. Just saw that response.

I don't spank offenders . . . unless they're hot babes. Heh.

re: #181 solomonpanting

Zing!

/and upding

re: #157 realwest

Hey Irene, same here and we're supposed to get rain and heavy T-Storms starting Wednesday, when I get my tooth (or teeth) pulled.
Oh. Joy.

Look on the bright side, realwest.

Before you know it, the day will arrive when you can log on to LGF and not have to be greeted with a storm of inquiries about your teeth! Think what a relief that will be !

re: #160 ggt

Nite, GGT, 'weet dreams to you too.

Not my Guitar Hero

Jimmy sold out to the Chicoms and he wasn't even close to the lip-synch the 7 yr. old did.

re: #145 Beth Hoffman
Hey, thanks for that. I note that you've been Registered since: Sep 23, 2004 at 11:06 am and that was your first comment!
Sure would like to hear more from you!

re: #184 Typicalwhitey

Dont go here
its a kos diary.

But it is so damn funny!

It is funny. He says

our party of saints, rebels, and great people vs. their party of oilmen, tragic psychopaths, and ruiners of entire branches of government.

when it is really the party of people with their heads up their asses (or in clouds of pot smoke) vs the party that actually has a clue of about how the world works.

re: #163 Typicalwhitey

Anyone else praying for rain in colorado on Thursday?

That, and also pestilence and frogs....just over the convention hall.

re: #171 NY Nana

LOL, maybe I really could get some money for that shirt.

Where there is doubt, there is freedom.

Tell the troofers, Chicken Littles.

/when in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout

re: #187 Wyatt Earp

Well I thought I had been picking on you too much and you were pouting LOL

re: #193 Kosh's Shadow

I was about to quote that same passage - so which one are we? I think I'll be a psychopath tonight!

re: #183 realwest

The job must just suck awful at times.
Plus, the American people (always anti-authoritarian) have nearly become completely ungovernable. We are all trying to live at the expense of one another. Government should not be doing half of the things it is involved in.

re: #162 realwest

I am well, thanks Realwest.

re: #197 Typicalwhitey

Now, how could I be mad at my lgfgf?

re: #187 Wyatt Earp

Not at all, deary. Just saw that response.

I don't spank offenders . . . unless they're hot babes. Heh.

The Castle Anthrax called; they need some discipline.

re: #194 NY Nana

That, and also pestilence and frogs....just over the convention hall.

The convention IS the pestilence.

re: #193 Kosh's Shadow

They lost a city, man.
They lost a damn city!

I am laughing my ass off at that title

re: #150 Walter L. Newton ROTFLMAO! Thanks for the chuckles Walter!

re: #201 Wyatt Earp

As long as you don't forget that!
;)

re: #195 Pvt Bin Jammin

LOL, maybe I really could get some money for that shirt.

You never know til you try! ;)

re: #202 Kosh's Shadow

Bawahahahahahaha!

re: #184 Typicalwhitey

Dont go here
its a kos diary.

But it is so damn funny!

Favorite line:

They don't care if people drown, they would rather have birthday cake and hugs. They don't care if people DROWN.

To which I respond...

re: #163 Typicalwhitey
"Anyone else praying for rain in colorado on Thursday?"
Not me!
I want a full-tilt boogie BLIZZARD! LOL!

re: #207 NY Nana

I have Halloween parties every year. I've thought about asking everyone to wear their most politically incorrect t-shirts some year. That one would be perfectly incorrect.

re: #209 laZardo

I can see him taking bong hits in between his paragraphs lol

re: #184 Typicalwhitey

I liked this paragraph:

It's not about shooting McCain in the foot with a BB-gun, he can laugh this stuff off, man. It's about US vs. THEM, our party of saints, rebels, and great people vs. their party of oilmen, tragic psychopaths, and ruiners of entire branches of government. We must destroy their whole party. Their whole party, their whole set of ideas, all their actions are bad.

I love how they see themselves. Hillary a saint? Obama a saint? Where are their saints?

If obambi loses in November I cannot wait to liveblog the koskiddies!

re: #212 Typicalwhitey

"Religion is the opium of the people! Marijuana is the plant of the people!"

re: #214 Typicalwhitey

If After obambi loses in November I cannot wait to liveblog the koskiddies!

The real tragedy of this entire election season is that there are some lefties so divorced from reality that the DNC could nominate a trained rodent...(ah, wait, anyone check to see if Barack has a tail?) because they have built a reality for themselves that makes Bush/Cheney more evil than Iran/China/UBL/terrorists and anyone else you care to toss in. I can find about 46 things I could slam Bush on, but given the alternatives to leadership by someone we can count on to be consistent, I would vote for him a third time against the junior senator from Illinois and the Shrew.

I grow ever more concerned that win or lose these people (that might make up 1/3 of our nation) become ever more disconnected with reality. How do you have a rational conversation with someone that is an Obamaton? Will we need to get a 12 step program for these people? Where is Al Franken (a/k/a Stewart Smalley) when you need him?

Someone talk me down.

Well all y'all it's late and I gotta get some sleep!
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you down the road!

Goodnight, all.

re: #192 realwest

Hey, thanks for that. I note that you've been Registered since: Sep 23, 2004 at 11:06 am and that was your first comment!
Sure would like to hear more from you!

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

— Lao Tzu

re: #214 Typicalwhitey

If obambi loses in November I cannot wait to liveblog the koskiddies!

I'll report what the moonbats are like at work. At least, since they don't like guns, they won't be shooting themselves or anyone else.
(I work with real moonbats, including at least one Kos reader)

re: #214 Typicalwhitey

The Kos Kids will blow up like a Graboid after swallowing dynamite if that happens.

re: #221 WayDownSouthInBama

I wanna see that!

re: #217 brainwizard73

We are dealing with Anti-Realists.

re: #217 brainwizard73
''

The nutjobs have always been there.
It's just without the internet, we didn't realize it.

I am doing everything I can to ensure that obambi will not be elected.

re: #217 brainwizard73

Where is Al Franken (a/k/a Stewart Smalley) when you need him?

Running for Senator.

IMHO if they lose the election, they'll probably end up being tomorrow's conservatives. Much in the same way that many of today's conservatives were yesterday's hippies.

There are still going to be a few who are "too far gone" who will probably rear their heads in a decade or two but eh, it's not like we're clamping down on their freedom of expression. (;

Anyone buying the spin on Biden; that he appeals to the white working class?

So does a tax cut, but we won't get that either.

re: #218 realwest

Cheers & Beers, buddy. (:

re: #211 Pvt Bin Jammin

I have Halloween parties every year. I've thought about asking everyone to wear their most politically incorrect t-shirts some year. That one would be perfectly incorrect.

Can I come? I have a really cool tee shirt

I'm out, folks. Exhausted from work and Typical Whitey's character assassination. ;)

Nite, all!

re: #223 rawmuse

We are dealing with Anti-Realists.

So when the Chinese tanks roll up on to the UC-Berkley campus and start killing people, these people will likely fall in line and start blaming America?

Wait, they do that now...hmmm.

re: #226 brainwizard73

Biden only apeals to Biden.
There are multiple instances of his heaping praise on McCain and there will be multiple ads highlighting this.

re: #223 rawmuse

We are dealing with Anti-Realists.

I've been saying that for years.

re: #229 Wyatt Earp

Good night Wyatt.....sweet dreams ;)

re: #217 brainwizard73

Sorry, there is no talking you down.

You are correct.

One third of the public is completely off it's rocker, another third is fairly rational, and the last third swings back and forth between the other two.

It's going to get very exciting.

re: #224 Typicalwhitey

''

The nutjobs have always been there.
It's just without the internet, we didn't realize it.

I am doing everything I can to ensure that obambi will not be elected.

Yeah, but about 65% of the Obamanation should be regular people, nut just nutjobs. It can't be only nuts that are voting for this guy.

re: #219 Temujin

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
— Lao Tzu

"With 10 miles behind me and 10,000 more to go."
- James Taylor
Good night you moonlight lizards.

re: #225 laZardo

I know, I passed the Franken booth at the Minnesota State Fair tonight. He had his poor daughter out shilling for him. I took one look at that set up and headed straight for the deep-fried twinkies.

I needed to get something tough that would stand up to pressure.

re: #236 sparrowlake

"First star to the right, and straight on 'till morning." - Dragonheart (IIRC)

Night, Sparrow. (:

re: #222 TnTx13

Oh it'll happen if the Golden Child doesn't win. You're going to think every liberal in the nation has the T-virus for sure. They will not be able to deal with an Obama loss in a reasonable manner.

re: #23 Racer X

The Big Bang gets Clubbed To Death

Spark up a fat one and enjoy.

That was great!

re: #20 Typicalwhitey

Exclusive: Obama- Clinton feud reignites

I KNEW I should have bought stock in popcorn!

We can only wish. I still hope the Clintons have leverage, but I'm afraid they're using it to retire her debt with Obama's fundraising help.

Thank you both for those links!

re: #217 brainwizard73

The biggest problem I have had with Bush - from day one - has been his refusal to fight back.

And the situation that we are in today is the perfect illustration of why you can't just assume that you can ignore it when people say crazy things, & make crazy accusations. However lunatic this stuff appears on the surface, unless it is argued against, and refuted, some portion of it will stick.

re: #231 Typicalwhitey

Biden does seem a bit genuine, however. I will give him that. Egotistical in spades, but not afraid to say what he thinks. Of course, that is part (most?) of the problem, too.

re: #237 brainwizard73

I know, I passed the Franken booth at the Minnesota State Fair tonight. He had his poor daughter out shilling for him. I took one look at that set up and headed straight for the deep-fried twinkies.

Doesn't that count as child abuse? (How were the twinkies?)

re: #228 DesertSage

Perfect, just perfect. Of course you are invited, LOL, you would have loved to have seen Mr. Jammin and I dressed as hippies.....he had a 'fro, and it was natural, too.

re: #241 Temujin

I miss Tony Snow. He refuted bullshit, and did it nicely.

re: #242 brainwizard73

I don't think he helps that much.

Do you think that people will vote for obama and say oh well his vp has foreign policy chops?
They vote for the top of the ticket.

re: #245 rawmuse

I miss Tony Snow. He refuted bullshit, and did it nicely.

He was a class act. I miss him, too.

re: #211 Pvt Bin Jammin

That one would be perfectly incorrect.

Bzzzz. We have a winner! I want a picture of you wearing it, to use as evidence. ;)

Later, Lizards! goodnight!

re: #238 laZardo

"First star to the right, and straight on 'till morning." - Dragonheart (IIRC)

I think that's from Peter Pan.

re: #247 Pvt Bin Jammin

He was a class act. I miss him, too.

Same here. He was one in a million. I wonder how his family is doing.

re: #234 Syrah

Sorry, there is no talking you down.

You are correct.

One third of the public is completely off it's rocker, another third is fairly rational, and the last third swings back and forth between the other two.

It's going to get very exciting.

True.

Still, I do recall an election in 1984 in which there was, shall we say, a clear mandate of the electorate. I just wonder with your likely accurate description of the nation's voting blocks how that can ever happen again. I sincerely hope it will not take some horrible event to galvanize public support for a course of action.

We have Democrats that admit they gain if America gets its ass kicked in Iraq.

To quote Timon from the Lion King: "And everyone's OK with this? Did I miss something here?!?"

re: #245 rawmuse

I miss Tony Snow. He refuted bullshit, and did it nicely.

I agree. Tony was not one to accept their off-the-wall premises. RIP . . .

re: #249 rawmuse

'nite Muse & Thor. Hope tomorrow is a great day for you.

Good night {real}

re: #226 brainwizard73

Anyone buying the spin on Biden; that he appeals to the white working class?

That's the biggest load of cosdwallop I've heard in a long time.

He certainly don't appeal to this high-tech redneck.

F rating from the NRA? Appeal to the white working class? I think not.

Biden is an elitist boob who is insufferably impressed with his own intelligence.
He ain't gonna play in Dixie, the Midwest or the Desert Mountain States.

re: #251 NY Nana

Same here. He was one in a million. I wonder how his family is doing.

I wonder, too. It breaks my heart to think about it.

re: #124 Dasher

Anybody besides me having problems connecting to FreeRepublic.com ?

I've not been able to get it the past few hours either!

re: #241 Temujin

Right on. I hated that Bush finally got around to calling Islamofascism what it was, and then candy-assed out and changed the terminology to apease, who?

The Saudis? CAIR? Harry Reid? Why? What the hell, George?

re: #249 rawmuse

Later, Lizards! goodnight!

Good night!

re: #237 brainwizard73

Since you brought up Franken (My (lack of) G-d! What an idiot!) I'm going to post this:

Blast From The Past

This was originally posted on a site that no longer exists except in the Internet Archive:

Daily Affirmations for your Inner Pirate
Once you've gotten in touch with your inner pirate, the job is not over. Remember to consult the Affirmations for your Inner Pirate:

Stuart Smalley's Daily Affirmations for the Inner Pirate

Monday:
"I'm going to rape and pillage today just for the heck of it because, gosh darn it, I deserve to have a good time."

Tuesday:
"I am not a fraud, a thief yes, but not a fraud."

Wednesday:
"I deserve all the loot and booty I can carry without feeling ashamed or being grandiose."

Thursday:
"I will express my feelings today. I will not hide them behind my eyepatch. My eyepatch is not a mask for my feelings, but rather a small swatch of leather that covers a hideous scar."

Friday:
"When I overtake that merchants vessel, I will not be playing those parent tapes in my head: "You wield a cutlass like a girl" . . . "Why can't you be more like Blackbeard's son?" . . . "Philosophy? What kind of major is that? It's useless!"

Saturday:
"Just because I indulge in wine and wenches does not mean I'm an alcoholic sex-addict like my father."

Sunday:
"If I must violently put down a mutiny today, it is not because I am a bad person or that I am not worthy of love; it is because my crew are a bunch of yellow-bellied, lily-livered sons-of-whores--and I am mean enough, ruthless enough, and dog gone it, people fear me."

transcribed by James R. Torrence

Arrrrrr...