Wow

I don't wanna die in 4 years!

/lol

LOL, gotta love PJ

Repost from the prior thread:

While I was having dinner tonight, it occurred to me that the RNC should do a spot on Obama's home turf of Chicagoland, and do an expose on precisely how things have become better under his political leadership.

I don't live there, nor have I ever strayed away from the downtown Loop when I was there, but I am thinking that the place must be a dump, despite the millions of dollars that he has funneled through there. We must ask ourselves, if this is the outcome of Mr. Obama's governance, do we really want his to do his magic on the whole nation.

Am I on to something here?

Whack. Not the word you want to be using with this story.

Uh huh.

Yeahhhh, a fresh thread again. Morning all. Checking in for duty, brain freshly scrubbed and ready for another day.

re: #4 rawmuse

Roaches don't like being in the spotlight.

The open thread stretches before us, where will it lead?

re: #4 rawmuse

There's a lot to say about the poor conditions. The Rezko projects were/are fiascos and Hyde Park is anything but safe

re: #5 Wyatt Earp

Looking at the link in the status bar tells me all I need to know.

/paaa~inful. D:

re: #5 Wyatt Earp

Whack. Not the word you want to be using with this story.

OH NUTS!

then whack.

What about idjits who show off their underwear in public by wearing pants that sag halfway down their arse? Can we whack all of them too? Puhleaze?

re: #9 jcm

As long as it doesn't lead to Kosland I am fine wid dat.

/might have to purge my flickr account though.

Question. Possible impact of New Orleans evacuation on Electoral College.
Do they reregister or lose their votes? Analysts Lizards start your engines.

re: #9 jcm

The open thread stretches before us, where will it lead?

Hopefully to the most correct answer.

re: #14 BlueCanuck

As long as it doesn't lead to Kosland I am fine wid dat.

/might have to purge my flickr account though.

Wyatt, got us off to a start up with a stand up single.

re: #15 lifeofthemind

They'll be "disenfranchised." Just wait for the outcry.

re: #16 saberry0530

Hopefully to the most correct answer.

Or to inebriation, punnery, and mass hysterics.

re: #11 laZardo

re: #12 jcm

Yeah. Powerfully painful.

re: #19 jcm

Or to inebriation, punnery, and mass hysterics.

See! That's the correct answer!

re: #12 jcm

OH SNAP!

/wince-worthy

re: #17 jcm

Lead-off hitter isn't too bad, but I'm not as fast as I used to be.

PJ is one of my faves!

PJ was great in the old National Lampoon.

I love PJ!

My favorite book by the Peej "Eat The Rich".

re: #18 laZardo

They'll be "disenfranchised." Just wait for the outcry.

Is it concievable that moving 250,000 of New Orleans finest ambassadors of goodwill could tip an election in Texas or Florida and throw the election?

re: #18 laZardo

They'll be "disenfranchised." Just wait for the outcry.

What makes this election different from any other?

Repost from earlier dead thread .
New Orleans Live Bridge Cam

Gonna watch it till it goes down

An astute observation and excellent recommendation. :)

re: #27 rawmuse

His synopsis of "On the Wealth of Nations" was priceless.

Very calm and quiet outside right now. First rain band just finished hitting the house and has now dissipated into nothing. I'll keep you guys posted on the storm right up until I loose power, which will probably be sometime tomorrow at approx. 5 PM

re: #30 Shug

And we can't mention how much more prepared they are with Bobby Jindal at the helm, because the Leftards will just say, "That's because Bush frakked it up the first time!"

re: #5 Wyatt Earp

Bailiff! Whack his pee-pee!

/Cheech_&_Chong

re: #32 ggt

Yes, I have that one, it is a more scholarly work.
As a matter of fact, I have read all of his works.

re: #28 lifeofthemind

Interesting thought. But then again, those displaced would have to re-register in the correct time frame. hmmmmm

Do many lizards train in gyms or outside by cycling like Charles, running etc.? I was wondering whether exercise-oriented threads might work here.

re: #34 Wyatt Earp

Glad to hear that.

I still think Nagin looks like a fool

re: #36 rawmuse

I think I have too. I do most on audio. For some reason, its funnier that way.

re: #4 rawmuse

So, Obama was "involved" in the dispensing of millions as an activist. Palin oversaw the dispensing of billions as Governor.

whack

Why does this remind me of Mandy manners ?

re: #38 Moe Katz

Pilates--one-on-one. No more back pain.

re: #39 Shug

Agreed. Nagin is a moron.

9 arrested at Xcel in antiwar march

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Police in riot gear arrested two women in their 70s and seven others taking part in an antiwar march at the Republican National Convention on Sunday after they crossed a security fence into a restricted area near Xcel Energy Center.

The nine were arrested for trespassing, said Doug Holtz, a St. Paul police commander. All but one, who did not have identification, were released by police shortly after their arrest.

They even arrested a 78 year old nun. Those bastards!

They deliberately tried to go into a restricted area, and were given a ticket.

re: #38 Moe Katz

I do both. I did not always, but now I do, every day. I do weights every other day, and my regimen averages about 25k lbs. per session.

re: #39 Shug

Glad to hear that.

I still think Nagin looks likeis a fool

better

re: #43 ggt

Pilates--one-on-one. No more back pain.

Great! I've wanted to do Pilates for a long time but nothing happening in Quebec City in pure Pilates.

re: #30 Shug

Well, the lights are still on. . . .

re: #38 Moe Katz

Do many lizards train in gyms or outside by cycling like Charles, running etc.? I was wondering whether exercise-oriented threads might work here.

I get more than enough exercise jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck!

I'm allergic to exercise, my heart races, it gets hard to breath, I get flushed and sweat.

Occasionally I get the urge to exercise, but I sit down till it passes.

Met some professional people I knew while out walking today with my mom, hadn't seen them in years. Mentioned having just arrived from New York and the husband says to me, "Giuliani was such a fascist." I looked at him and politely responded, "Let's not abuse terms like fascist, which Giuliani clearly was not." He kinda took it in stride but seemed a bit bummed out that I hadn't let him get away with what was clearly something he said at the drop of a hat. Walking with his wife, I asked what the problem was with Giuliani. She replied, "He arrested minorities and didn't arrest whites." Okay, I thought to myself, I can see where this is going so I dropped politics as a subject and asked about their daughter, thinking that would be a safe subject, only to be informed that she is teaching at a private school in a city and that her kids are extremely well behaved because they are mostly from liberal families.

I am really, really tired of all this liberal presumptuousness. I wish they could hear themselves speak. They think they are the cat's meow, and instead they just sound and act like a couple of jerks.

re: #38 Moe Katz

Do many lizards train in gyms or outside by cycling like Charles, running etc.? I was wondering whether exercise-oriented threads might work here.

Does scrolling the mouse wheel count as excercise?

Anything further is still in the planning stage at this point.

re: #44 Wyatt Earp

Since Teddy Kennedy has been reelected time and time again, I shouldn't have been suprised with Nagin did. But I was.

re: #38 Moe Katz

Do many lizards train in gyms or outside by cycling like Charles, running etc.? I was wondering whether exercise-oriented threads might work here.

I run 5 days a week and I work out in the gym. I'm still a lardass, mostly because of how much I like cheeseburgers, pad thai, and barbecue. But, it keeps me feeling good and free of the twinges that start when you get into your 30's.

re: #44 Wyatt Earp

Agreed. Nagin is a moron.

Seattle's mayor makes Nagin look likes genius.

re: #29 victor_yugo

Exactly. q:

re: #51 Irene NYC

They think they are the cat's meow, and instead they just sound and act like a couple of jerks.

See Also: Alan Colmes.

re: #33 saberry0530

Where exactly are you?
Sorry if you've been asked this before.

I've been in favor of retroactive abortions for years. saddly, many RA candidates are in high offoce.

re: #50 jcm

Got you beat, I actually lie down until the feeling goes away. More/less productive. Works for lots of things too. ;)

re: #37 ggt

Interesting thought. But then again, those displaced would have to re-register in the correct time frame. hmmmmm

Acorn can do it. They are pros at this. The only complication for them is that they are not used to having a real live person to be represented by the registration. It will be a whole new experience for them.

re: #50 jcm

Not to mention, you only get so many beats out of your heart in your life. If your make your heart beat faster, you're just going to run out sooner.

OT,

Anyone hear from Teacake? Did she get a ride out of NOLA?

re: #38 Moe Katz

Work out twice a week, 5K runs every now and then, and the walk to and from the station.

That's a lot for this stay-at-home nerd. q:

re: #38 Moe Katz

Do many lizards train in gyms or outside by cycling like Charles, running etc.? I was wondering whether exercise-oriented threads might work here.

What? typing doesn't count?

re: #48 Moe Katz

It's difficult to find a qualifed teacher. Park District group mat classes dont' work if you haven't had previous training. It is REALLY hard. Hubby griped at first at the cost, but I gone as far as I could with Physical Therapy and I didn't want to do injections. 18 months later, I can honestly tell you that if you pay the money and stick with it, you will live free of back pain. Hubby doesn't gripe anymore because he doesn't hear me griping about my back and he likes that.

google for teachers from the NY studio, you might find one within driving distance for you.

*snicker*

The dems aren't just worried about losing this election, they're worried about losing the next three. Imagine a Palin/Jindal ticket in 2012.

re: #53 ggt

Since Teddy Kennedy has been reelected time and time again, I shouldn't have been suprised with Nagin did. But I was.

The people who didn't like Nagin were more likely to re-establish their lives away from NOLA after the Katrina evacuation.

Those who chose to retain their identities with a city of corruption, chose to return to New Orleans.

Nagin's re-election was a shoo-in.

re: #50 jcm

I'm not athletic and HATE to exercise. I do it so I can live pain-free and hopefully be able to walk as long as I live. I would much rather read a book.

re: #33 saberry0530

Hi Saberry -- Lafayette Lizard here also.

Hi everyone!

re: #67 BlueCanuck

That. Is. Awesome!

re: #58 IslandLibertarian

Just a touch south of Lafayette. Latest path retouch takes the eye right over the house! I got the video camera ready for that one! The house has been put up and all cars (six of them) are in the garage/carport. We should be good for a week or so if /when we pig out on the food in the fridge. Two weeks if we eat normal..

re: #5 Wyatt Earp

Whack. Not the word you want to be using with this story.

I can think of at least a dozen responses to that story.....

re: #51 Irene NYC

they are just bragging because they think they hang out with the kool kids.

High school mentality.

I once new a guy who was 6' 11" and was dating a gal who was 4' 6".

He was nuts over her.

re: #65 JeremyR

I collect old IBM Model M keyboards from the 80's and 90's. The heavy clicking spring under the key strengthens the fingers, burns calories, and keeps my wife awake.

re: #74 Wendya

Obama was over compensating...

i aplogize in advance

Time for bed.....

The FOX channel reports on the hurricane are heading down hill. Don't know who the chickey is who is reporting now, but her "in depth" questions and analysis are just plain stupid.

Hope everyone in the path of the storm remains safe and that the destruction is lots less then expected.

re: #13 Mich-again

What about idjits who show off their underwear in public by wearing pants that sag halfway down their arse? Can we whack all of them too? Puhleaze?

No, but you can ridicule them...which is what should have been done from the start.

re: #63 jcm Hey jcm - I e-mailed her last night with some information on free bus transportation for her AND her pets (information provided by rene) and she did receive it; whether or not she's gonna avail herself of it I don't know.
I think she's nervous about running out of town with so little cash in her jeans but I'm not sure staying is gonna be any better!

re: #71 pink freud

HEY! You got everything tied down and stored?

re: #74 Wendya

And probably can't say most of them in mixed company. Heh.

re: #70 ggt

I'm not athletic and HATE to exercise. I do it so I can live pain-free and hopefully be able to walk as long as I live. I would much rather read a book.

Same here, been slacking off lately, work and 4 kiddos leaves little time, when I do have time exercise is the last thing I want to do.

re: #61 lifeofthemind

LOL

re: #82 saberry0530

Absolutely! Ready as it gets ....

re: #76 DesertSage

I once new a guy who was 6' 11" and was dating a gal who was 4' 6".

He was nuts over her.

Is there an emoticon for groaning?

re: #81 realwest

Hey jcm - I e-mailed her last night with some information on free bus transportation for her AND her pets (information provided by rene) and she did receive it; whether or not she's gonna avail herself of it I don't know.
I think she's nervous about running out of town with so little cash in her jeans but I'm not sure staying is gonna be any better!

Thanks, adding to the pray list...

re: #51 Irene NYC

They think they are the cat's meow, and instead they just sound and act like asses.

Fix'd. (:

/animal associations ftw

Did I also mention that I hate to exercise? Yes, I do.
But I do it anyway. It has helped me immensely.

re: #83 Wyatt Earp

Why didn't they just unscrew the damn thing?

re: #84 jcm

Same here, been slacking off lately, work and 4 kiddos leaves little time, when I do have time exercise is the last thing I want to do.

Four kids? How do you manage? Before I had any kids, I wanted five. After having a kid, I decided three was the number. Then I had my second kid, and I think that might just do it.

re: #82 saberry0530

Your story of some months ago touched me and stuck with me ...the story of the bumper stickers and the note left on your wife's windshield at walmart ....."my people!", I thought ......

good story

Just curious: Does anyone here know anything about the TED conferences?

I've seen a couple of the lectures online, and they seem brilliant. Almost too good to be true. Is there something weird and shady behind the whole thing, or is it just a genuine effort to expand modern discourse?

re: #91 DesertSage

Why didn't they just unscrew the damn thing?

.045 cutoff wheel and plenty of coolant?

re: #91 DesertSage

I tried to do that to my wife when she was pregnant with our first child.

Bawahahahahahahahaha! I'm going to Hell.

re: #91 DesertSage

Don't make me come over there and pull a Mandy. I only have so much space here at the desk to cringe. I almost took out my knees on that one.

re: #76 DesertSage
HEY SAGE! I stay up late just to kinda catch up with folks and I gotta read THAT?!? LOL!
Oh and btw, thanks a lot for the Palin/Obama analysis, printed it out and gave it to Mom and she laughed like hell heck!
How are you doing tonight?
It's been kinda weird for me on LGF tonight, I can't get the quote function to work and on the prior thread I had a tough time getting things to post and getting new comments, so I switched from Maxthon to IE 6 - still can't use quote button but everything else seems ok.
How are you doing my friend?

re: #51 Irene NYC

I am really, really tired of all this liberal presumptuousness. I wish they could hear themselves speak. They think they are the cat's meow, and instead they just sound and act like a couple of jerks.

They are, in many cases, arrogant bigots. They are what they accuse everyone else of being.

I'm also tired of the fascist appellation being so casually thrown around by people who think the force of government should be used to shut down Fox News. How on earth can they call anyone else fascist when they believe you should be punished by the government for not believing in global warming?

The disconnect is staggering.

re: #38 Moe Katz

Do many lizards train in gyms or outside by cycling like Charles, running etc.? I was wondering whether exercise-oriented threads might work here.

Work out every lunch hour at my day job: stretching; stationary bike; elliptical trainer (15 min at high resistance & speed); free weights; and some closing stretches. The whole thing takes 35 minutes, not counting the time in the locker room.

Also do long walks and the occasional 10K.

re: #84 jcm

For a long time, I would go to the gym and ride the recumbant (sp?) bike (suppossed better for the knees) and put the ear phones on and listen to a book-on-tape (now Ipod). It was the best hour of my day and the only way I could get thru a book without interruptions.

re: #95 spidly

.045 cutoff wheel and plenty of coolant?

Send him home with a hacksaw blade, or a file.

gotta sleep lizards!

weet dreams!

My question is whether Sean Hannity will bitch the hell out of Alan tomorrow night for his lower than snake shit statements about the Plains' 16 year-old daughter and the baby. I'd pay to watch that.

Gotta run, Lizards. Catch y'all on the rebound!

re: #92 cliffster

Four kids? How do you manage? Before I had any kids, I wanted five. After having a kid, I decided three was the number. Then I had my second kid, and I think that might just do it.

4th is foster care, got dropped off early one Saturday morning, may or may not stick around depending on her family.

re: #104 calcajun

PIMF--I meant to say "bitch slap"

re: #104 calcajun

If he doesn't he'll lose any and all respect I have for him. He damned well better do it on his radio show.

Geek tech note:

Java SE Runtime Environment 6, update 7 is now available for download/installation.

For what it's worth. ;)

re: #103 ggt Goodnight ggt!
Sleep well!

re: #5 Wyatt Earp

Where is the hell do you find these wierd stories?
BTW....lets see your medical records..........

re: #98 realwest

RW....long time no speak :')

I'm still having a hard time with this nut on the penis thing. I still can't figure out how it got stuck?

All I can figure is the guy who did it was having a hard time with it also?

re: #106 jcm

4th is foster care, got dropped off early one Saturday morning, may or may not stick around depending on her family.

That makes you a better human than most. My hat is off to you.

re: #94 Cognito

Just curious: Does anyone here know anything about the TED conferences?

I've seen a couple of the lectures online, and they seem brilliant. Almost too good to be true. Is there something weird and shady behind the whole thing, or is it just a genuine effort to expand modern discourse?

They've featured Al Gore and Bill Clinton. Just looking at the list of speakers, it seems they're genuinely interested in expanding liberal discourse.

re: #51 Irene NYC

Your polite response is commendable. I am sure my words would have been harsher. These people are usually looking for a confrontation of some sort. I have been known to provide them with a response, and not always the one they wanted.

re: #111 Typicalwhitey

Mornin' deary.

No reason to look at my med records - they don't make nuts that small. Heh.

re: #104 calcajun

My question is whether Sean Hannity will bitch the hell out of Alan tomorrow night for his lower than snake shit statements about the Plains' 16 year-old daughter and the baby. I'd pay to watch that.

I know Alan suggested Palin was a bad mother. Has he moved on to accuse her of bearing her daughter's kid?

re: #112 DesertSage
"I'm still having a hard time with this nut on the penis thing. I still can't figure out how it got stuck?"
Uh, Sage, have you been, ya know, drinking a little more recreationally than usual? I didn't understand that at ALL!

re: #112 DesertSage

RW....long time no speak :')

I'm still having a hard time with this nut on the penis thing. I still can't figure out how it got stuck?
All I can figure is the guy who did it was having a hard time with it also?

So that was YOU?

re: #102 JeremyR

Send him home with a hacksaw blade, or a file.

Get zombie to send him some photos of naked moonbats. The nut should drop off within nanoseconds.

re: #116 Wyatt Earp

Mornin' deary.

No reason to look at my med records - they don't make nuts that small. Heh.

must....refrain.....

re: #114 Wendya

They've featured Al Gore and Bill Clinton. Just looking at the list of speakers, it seems they're genuinely interested in expanding liberal discourse.

That's true about Gore and Clinton, but have they not also had speakers from across the spectrum?

re: #117 Wendya

He's bought into it--or so it sounds. At the very least, he's stupid enough to suggest that Gov. Palin's pre-natal regemie caused Trig's Down's Syndrome.

re: #117 Wendya

I know Alan suggested Palin was a bad mother. Has he moved on to accuse her of bearing her daughter's kid?

under HEADLINES (above,,, left)

Alan Colms , Sewer Diver

re: #112 DesertSage

RW....long time no speak :')

I'm still having a hard time with this nut on the penis thing. I still can't figure out how it got stuck?

Uh.....

Put a washer around a balloon and try blowing it up.

Not saying that's how this happened.....

re: #121 Typicalwhitey

You can't tell me that I set you up like that and you're not gonna swing at it?

Someone needs to tell the weather guy on Fox that he comes across as being really excited that Gustov's winds might get faster, the flooding might be really bad, etc. I know he doesn't, and he's just a scientist interested in what's going on, but he needs to work on his onscreen empathy.

re: #122 Cognito

That's true about Gore and Clinton, but have they not also had speakers from across the spectrum?

It doesn't look like a very "wide" spectrum to me.

And Obama thinks I want him handling any thing marked top secret.......“I ask my staff never to hand me paper until two seconds before I need it, because I will lose it,” he said, drawing laughter from the audience. “I've got to have somebody around me who is keeping track of that stuff.
[Link: www.politico.com...]

re: #100 mikalm

Work out every lunch hour at my day job: stretching; stationary bike; elliptical trainer (15 min at high resistance & speed); free weights; and some closing stretches. The whole thing takes 35 minutes, not counting the time in the locker room.

Also do long walks and the occasional 10K.

You have a gym at work? I was in that situation for a couple years, and it's wonderful. My new toy is high intensity interval training---you can lose weight and improve VO2Max with only 10 minutes or so per day of actually running, because it's all in sprints at 80-100% of maximum heart rate. Works great, but there's cumulative fatigue from day to day....

re: #126 Wyatt Earp

You can't tell me that I set you up like that and you're not gonna swing at it?

I am feeling generous tonight lol

re: #118 realwest

"I'm still having a hard time with this nut on the penis thing. I still can't figure out how it got stuck?"
Uh, Sage, have you been, ya know, drinking a little more recreationally than usual? I didn't understand that at ALL!

Well, Wyatt posted an article about a guy and a nut.
Comment # 5.

I'm just completely baffled. I thought maybe someone could explain it to me?

The great paradox of Conservatism is that conservative theory says that the powers of the central government should be reduced and local communities should be free to solve their own problems. In an ideal world a marketplace of policy would evolve and vibrant local and community governments would act on behalf of people who can closely observe them. The reality is painfully different. Horrible and bloodsucking as the Federal bureaucracy is, it still can demonstrate remarkable competence and hires some people who adhere to professional standards. Local and state governments are by contrast complete disasters and awash in corruption. More important than that is the fact that people have no control over their state and local governments. Voting rates for non-national elections are a fraction of the already low percentage that vote for Congress. Therefor Republicans are in the peculiar position of advocating the shifting of real power and tax authority to bodies like local school boards that are usually controlled by a small faction of cranks. Those special interest groups that seize control of local elected and administrative bodies use them as sources of patronage and plunder while pushing policies that are anathema to conservatives. If anybody has a bright idea as to how to get Federalism working again please share it with me.

re: #127 cliffster

My friend Miriam really nailed the Jindal/Hurricane Gustav thing here. Short, sweet, and to the point.

16Oz curls! LOL.

Seriously thought I don't drink as much beer as I used to. All that Boddingtons and Guinness went to my waist.

Now I'm trying to swim it off.

I hate running.

re: #113 cliffster

That makes you a better human than most. My hat is off to you.

Maybe a little crazier! Some days it's a real circus ;-)

re: #124 sattv4u2

under HEADLINES (above,,, left)

Alan Colms , Sewer Diver

You should see the filth the koskids are spewing.
Makes me sick.

re: #110 realwest

Hey Real how's life , could be better here, wife not doing so well.

re: #91 DesertSage

Why didn't they just unscrew the damn thing?

Between inflammation from the injury, and the natural response of erectile tissue to constricted blood flow, it probably wasn't an option.

re: #129 Inquisitive

And Obama thinks I want him handling any thing marked top secret.......“I ask my staff never to hand me paper until two seconds before I need it, because I will lose it,” he said, drawing laughter from the audience. “I've got to have somebody around me who is keeping track of that stuff.
[Link: www.politico.com...]

No football for him!

Didn't he say that the Georgia invasion was "above his pay grade"?

re: #128 Wendya

It doesn't look like a very "wide" spectrum to me.

I dunno. Far Far Far Left to Left is pretty braod (Clinton was never far far left, he more or less stuck his finger in the air ((and other places)) to guage where he should be)

re: #125 Wendya

Uh.....

Put a washer around a balloon and try blowing it up.

Not saying that's how this happened.....

That's the whole thing, you can deflate a balloon.

Why couldn't they just deflate....well, you know what I mean?

re: #91 DesertSage

Why didn't they just unscrew the damn thing?

Talk about teeing one up..........

re: #132 DesertSage

My guess: He slipped the nut over the, um, "helmet," then when he became excited, the nut got stuck on the, er, "pole."

re: #137 Typicalwhitey

You should see the filth the koskids are spewing.
Makes me sick.

I went there. I'm now getting sandblasted

re: #124 sattv4u2

under HEADLINES (above,,, left)

Alan Colms , Sewer Diver

Yeah, I already read that. I knew he was toeing the Sullivan line about her supposed airline trip causing Downs in her child (what an idiot) but I hadn't heard he was pimping the teenage daughter story.

re: #142 DesertSage

That's the whole thing, you can deflate a balloon.

Why couldn't they just deflate....well, you know what I mean?

Perhaps the nut wasn't sufficiently lubricated
jes' sayin'

re: #67 BlueCanuck

*snicker*

I love that site. :) A couple of my favorites- Hamster Ball, and Misusing Slang. Heh.

re: #143 Typicalwhitey

I already swung at that one in comment #96.

re: #133 lifeofthemind

Local and state governments are by contrast complete disasters and awash in corruption... If anybody has a bright idea as to how to get Federalism working again please share it with me.

I have no idea how you can say that, with Sarah Palin on the ticket.

re: #134 Wyatt Earp

My friend Miriam really nailed the Jindal/Hurricane Gustav thing here. Short, sweet, and to the point.

Bobby Jindal is my new hero. I was watching him do press conferences all day. Now there is a guy that can get shit done.

re: #135 Colonel Panik

16Oz curls! LOL.

Seriously thought I don't drink as much beer as I used to. All that Boddingtons and Guinness went to my waist.

Now I'm trying to swim it off.

I hate running.

You can do high-intensity interval training in a pool, it's not limited to any specific activity. If you get your pulse up to 80%+ of maximum for a minute or a minute and a half, half a dozen times or so per day, you'll lose weight. Metabolism stays elevated over 24 hours and your fat loss is up to 4X what it should be for the amount of distance you did.

re: #132 DesertSage

Well, Wyatt posted an article about a guy and a nut.
Comment # 5.

I'm just completely baffled. I thought maybe someone could explain it to me?

Think of Fatal Attraction, but set in a Home Depot.

re: #142 DesertSage

Why couldn't they just deflate....well, you know what I mean?

Because the mechanism for deflating "it" had been subverted.

By the nut.

(both "next to" and "on account of")

re: #144 Wyatt Earp

My guess Experience: He slipped the nut over the, um, "helmet," then when he became excited, the nut got stuck on the, er, "pole."

Fixed that for ya

re: #141 sattv4u2

I dunno. Far Far Far Left to Left is pretty braod (Clinton was never far far left, he more or less stuck his finger in the air ((and other places)) to guage where he should be)

My point is, there is a lack of speakers that represent the right side of the spectrum. If Bill Clinton is going to be considered conservative, we're in a world of hurt.

re: #128 Wendya

It doesn't look like a very "wide" spectrum to me.

I'm thinking of guys like Billy Graham, for instance. Hardly a left-wing blowhard. I don't really know much about the TED people, so I have no interest in defending them, but I am intrigued.

re: #9 jcm

The open thread stretches before us, where will it lead?

enlightenment?

re: #142 DesertSage

That's the whole thing, you can deflate a balloon.

Why couldn't they just deflate....well, you know what I mean?

I give up.

re: #137 Typicalwhitey

Tell me about it*shudder*. I was getting, as Mandy so eloquently put it, screen shits of one diary that was saying that Sarahs baby son is actually her daughters. I don't think I ever want to go back to Daily Kos again.

0002 update from morgan city, la.

i just stepped outside and the stars are gone. i wouldn't call what is happening here drizzle, more like chinese water torture. (whoops, did i just un-pc myself?)

folks i am joans-ing, let's get this storm over with. four days ago i was diving to 170 feet doing an inspection dive (skirt dive-industry standard, term not mine) on a three legged platform. i want to get back off shore.

The most logical remedy would have been for the guy to go for a swim in the pool.

re: #150 victor_yugo

I have no idea how you can say that, with Sarah Palin on the ticket.

She is an outlier from an outlier (literally) who has been cleaning out a stable. More power to her but simply praying for Sarah Pallins to show up does not solve the problem. I would not trust the NY state legislature with a burnt out match.

re: #160 BlueCanuck

Tell me about it*shudder*. I was getting, as Mandy so eloquently put it, screen shits of one diary that was saying that Sarahs baby son is actually her daughters. I don't think I ever want to go back to Daily Kos again.

Pissed me off so much I posted a diary over there.

re: #112 DesertSage

I'm still having a hard time with this nut on the penis thing. I still can't figure out how it got stuck?

Talk about "fucking nuts".............

Speaking of which, in divorce court the judge asked Mickey Mouse "You want to divorce Ms Minnie Mouse because she's fucking nuts?"
Mickey replied "Oh no your Honor, I want to divorce her 'cause she's fucking Goofey!"

/what about it?

re: #155 Typicalwhitey

Have I told you lately that I hate you? :)

re: #24 ggt

He called Porsches "ass-engined nazi slot cars" while he was writing about Ferraris.

I like P.J.O.

re: #152 Moe Katz

You can do high-intensity interval training in a pool, it's not limited to any specific activity. If you get your pulse up to 80%+ of maximum for a minute or a minute and a half, half a dozen times or so per day, you'll lose weight. Metabolism stays elevated over 24 hours and your fat loss is up to 4X what it should be for the amount of distance you did.

I think I may be sort of doing that already. I like to see how far I can swim under water. I can usually make it about 1/2 way across the pool (a 50 yarder) before I have to surface but today I made it 3/4 of the way.

re: #140 Gearhead

No football for him!

Didn't he say that the Georgia invasion was "above his pay grade"?

No....I thought that was something regarding when life begins. But we all know everything is "above his pay grade."

re: #144 Wyatt Earp

My guess: He slipped the nut over the, um, "helmet," then when he became excited, the nut got stuck on the, er, "pole."

Would left hand or right hand threads matter? Torque specifications? I hope he didn't use a lock washer.

re: #151 cliffster

I agree 100%. Guy is definitely going places. And hopefully, one day it will be 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

re: #5 Wyatt Earp

Whack. Not the word you want to be using with this story.

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't!

re: #160 BlueCanuck

Tell me about it*shudder*. I was getting, as Mandy so eloquently put it, screen shits of one diary that was saying that Sarahs baby son is actually her daughters. I don't think I ever want to go back to Daily Kos again.

If you google Bristol Palin Pregnant you'll get close to 40,000 hits.

The left has gone completely insane with it.

re: #51 Irene NYC

Met some professional people I knew while out walking today with my mom, hadn't seen them in years. Mentioned having just arrived from New York and the husband says to me, "Giuliani was such a fascist." I looked at him and politely responded, "Let's not abuse terms like fascist, which Giuliani clearly was not." He kinda took it in stride but seemed a bit bummed out that I hadn't let him get away with what was clearly something he said at the drop of a hat. Walking with his wife, I asked what the problem was with Giuliani. She replied, "He arrested minorities and didn't arrest whites." Okay, I thought to myself, I can see where this is going so I dropped politics as a subject and asked about their daughter, thinking that would be a safe subject, only to be informed that she is teaching at a private school in a city and that her kids are extremely well behaved because they are mostly from liberal families.

I am really, really tired of all this liberal presumptuousness. I wish they could hear themselves speak. They think they are the cat's meow, and instead they just sound and act like a couple of jerks.

Narcicissm comes standard with leftists.

re: #173 Wendya

If you google Bristol Palin Pregnant you'll get close to 40,000 hits.

The left has gone completely insane with it.

I say we feed 'em plenty of rope.

re: #132 DesertSage
Sage, Sage, Sage. In the article, Wyatt states that
"Staff from the Sultanah Aminah hospital had to drain some blood from the penis and cut away a top layer of skin before the object could be removed, the newspaper said."
Now I would say that that indicated a degree of severity of pain, that he couldn't, ah, deflate himself, ya know?
What I don't know is how the hell they managed to drain some of the blood from the penis - I mean, woudn't the blood just rush back in?
Wonder if maybe they weren't laughing so hard (pun intended) that they didn't think to use some sort of, ah, oil or other lubricant to loosen the nut!

re: #120 Gearhead

Get zombie to send him some photos of naked moonbats. The nut should drop off within nanoseconds.

Show him a pic of my ex, and he will cut it off and become a priest. She is a nurse, her specialty is viagra Over Doses.

re: #157 Cognito

Hey Cog, where's my apology?

re: #173 Wendya

If you google Bristol Palin Pregnant you'll get close to 40,000 hits.

The left has gone completely insane with it.

Good. The farther off the cliff they go, the more the "undecideds" will back away from them.

re: #166 Wyatt Earp

No and I have really missed it!

re: #176 realwest

No problem with containing the blood rush. They just showed the man photos of Helen Thomas.

re: #175 jcm

GMTA

re: #178 Hard Right

Hey Cog, where's my apology?

Now there's a sentence to start a conversation.

What is your grievance, exactly, if you don't mind?

re: #175 jcm

40,000. Despicable. Pronounced like Daffy Duck would.

*spit*

re: #172 Archimedes

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't!

Sometimes you feel like a parkbench, sometimes you don't!

re: #169 Inquisitive

No....I thought that was something regarding when life begins. But we all know everything is "above his pay grade."

Oops. Did a little research (Colmes, if you're reading, this is for you) and I see that you are 100% correct!

Anyone else think this might be a good candidate to go first?
Penetrating Insights into the Obvious

re: #176 realwest

Just reading that puts me in pain!

re: #127 cliffster

Well, latest report was that the pressure has dropped slightly (implying a strengthening), however, the good news is that the movement now seems a bit more W or NW than before, which if maintained will take the landing farther away from NOLA.

re: #170 jcm

Would left hand or right hand threads matter? Torque specifications? I hope he didn't use a lock washer.

Well you are certainly asking the RIGHT person!

Checking out! Good night.

"I, in my own mind, have always thought of America as a place in the divine scheme of things that was set aside as a promised land. It was set here and the price of admission was very simple: the means of selection was very simple as to how this land should be populated. Any place in the world and any person from those places; any person with the courage, with the desire to tear up their roots, to strive for freedom, to attempt and dare to live in a strange and foreign place, to travel halfway across the world was welcome here."
Ronald Wilson Reagan, June 1952 (from a commencement address at Williams Woods College, one of the oldest surviving speeches of Reagan's)

re: #176 realwest

The whole thing just makes me squeamish :(

I couldn't imagine being that fucking nuts.

Hey, Rev. Wright is on a comeback tour.

re: #185 cliffster

OUCH! What the Hell is wrong with people?

re: #183 Cognito

Now there's a sentence to start a conversation.

What is your grievance, exactly, if you don't mind?

The Code Pink vs. cop vid?
You said the cop should face charges for what he did. I told you she provoked it, he used reasonable force and did nothing wrong. You got snotty with me and disappeared.

The rather strange subplots in this thread actually dovetail quite nicely - dicks, nuts and DKOS.

re: #138 BBEV Hey my friend, I'm doing ok, though still in a lot of pain, but last stitch fell outta my mouth this evening so I shouldn't have to use the happy pills much longer!
And yeah, I know about your wife, but I think I e-mailed you about what was she gonna do?! If not, how's about e-mailing me and letting me know - I feel so badly for her.
Prayers going up for her and for you my good friend!

re: #196 Cartman

The rather strange subplots in this thread actually dovetail quite nicely - dicks, nuts and DKOS.

And people sticking objects where they don't belong.

re: #196 Cartman

The rather strange subplots in this thread actually dovetail quite nicely - dicks, nuts and DKOS.

The leftist women have bigger d*cks than their "men", they are all nuts, and they hang out at DKOS.

re: #177 JeremyR

Show him a pic of my ex, and he will cut it off and become a priest. She is a nurse, her specialty is viagra Over Doses.

"Hard day at the office, honey?"

Why do these penis escapades always happen in southeast Asia?

re: #195 Hard Right

The Code Pink vs. cop vid?
You said the cop should face charges for what he did. I told you she provoked it, he used reasonable force and did nothing wrong. You got snotty with me and disappeared.

Disappeared?

Well, apparently in other quarters here I've got a reputation for never letting an argument go. So if I 'disappeared' during some back-and-forth with you -- which to be honest I can't remember -- then consider it a blessing.

As for the cop doing 'nothing wrong,' it remains to be seen. As I've said on both threads about this, I'm waiting to hear the word of the City of Denver and the police department's internal affairs unit.

BTW Cog, it was back on Tuesday in the Penn and Teller thread you went off half cocked.

re: #176 realwest

Sage, Sage, Sage. In the article, Wyatt states that
"Staff from the Sultanah Aminah hospital had to drain some blood from the penis and cut away a top layer of skin before the object could be removed, the newspaper said."
Now I would say that that indicated a degree of severity of pain, that he couldn't, ah, deflate himself, ya know?
What I don't know is how the hell they managed to drain some of the blood from the penis - I mean, woudn't the blood just rush back in?
Wonder if maybe they weren't laughing so hard (pun intended) that they didn't think to use some sort of, ah, oil or other lubricant to loosen the nut!

LOL LOL...I had to read that line 3 time....I kept reading ANIMAL Hospital....I thought why take him to animal hospital......I mean...just because....oh ..Inq. just quit thinking and hit post this comment.

re: #189 freetoken

Well, latest report was that the pressure has dropped slightly (implying a strengthening), however, the good news is that the movement now seems a bit more W or NW than before, which if maintained will take the landing farther away from NOLA.

Thank you for the positivity! ;) I hope that's right, but I also hate to wish destruction on people further west, to spare the people in new orleans. Somebody's gotta get the shaft. Sucks

re: #201 DesertSage

Because there are more Wangs there than any place else on earth.

re: #12 jcm

OH NUTS!

That's not what they mean by 'bust a nut'.

re: #203 Hard Right

BTW Cog, it was back on Tuesday in the Penn and Teller thread you went off half cocked.

Half cocked? Not Cognito also?
What the hell is going on with people?

re: #202 Cognito

Disappeared?

Well, apparently in other quarters here I've got a reputation for never letting an argument go. So if I 'disappeared' during some back-and-forth with you -- which to be honest I can't remember -- then consider it a blessing.

As for the cop doing 'nothing wrong,' it remains to be seen. As I've said on both threads about this, I'm waiting to hear the word of the City of Denver and the police department's internal affairs unit.

You didn't say that then. The only reason why he's being investigated is because of the outcry. He'll get a slap on the wrist, that's all.

Don't know if this has been posted or mentioned yet, but here's a really cool little bit about Palin as Commander in Chief of the Alaska National Guard. Looks like she has just a bit more experience than some people are giving her credit for.

re: #209 Hard Right

You didn't say that then. The only reason why he's being investigated is because of the outcry. He'll get a slap on the wrist, that's all.

All right.

re: #208 DesertSage

Half cocked? Not Cognito also?
What the hell is going on with people?

Biting tongue......

re: #206 Wyatt Earp

Good one Wyatt

re: #206 Wyatt Earp

Because there are more Wangs there than any place else on earth.

More Dongs as well.

Except in North Korea, where they have No-Dong.

re: #211 Cognito

All right.

Too bad you already lied in thread all about what happened courtesy of zombie.

re: #212 Hard Right

Biting tongue......

says Hard Right.......

re: #181 Wyatt Earp
Hell, showed him a photo of Helen Thomas shoulda solved the whole situation, ya know?
shudder.

re: #213 Typicalwhitey

Thanks, I'll be here all week. Try the veal!

re: #214 Colonel Panik

Well crafted!

re: #216 Typicalwhitey

says Hard Right.......

It's that way only when I'm awake- like the Zohan.

See what Wyatt started?

re: #215 Hard Right

Too bad you already lied in thread all about what happened courtesy of zombie.

What? Lied about what?

You seem to be a determined victim, here, Hard Right. Demanding an apology (for what? disagreeing?) and now banging on about an imaginary lie. It's lame.

I made a lengthy post in the last thread about the video, and said pretty much all I've got to say about it. Sorry if it disappoints you.

I see this is the obligatory penis thread, to balance out all the boob threads. *sigh* I am not really up to the challenge tonight.

/might lurk for a bit.

re: #220 DesertSage

See what Wyatt started?

It's how you finish that counts. At least that what my lady friends say.

Nice, open thread.... I have been voting since I was 18 and that was a long time ago. I have never seen the level of the vile crap that has been running out of the left as it has for the past 48 hours. Let see, they pull out a desperate housewives story along the lines that Gov. Palin has faked the birth of her daughter because it really is her teenage daughters child. Then they really go ape shit and accuse Gov. Palin of parental neglect that resulted in her ( remember, this is the daughters child) newborn being born with Downs. Now, the greatest snake ass licker in the biz (Alan Combs) is now "doing the math" in relation to her and Todd's elopement and the birth of the oldest son.

I hope that the good Governor address these issues by name during her convention speech, better yet, let Mr. Palein address them when he introduces his wife. Me personally, I would just walk up to the Fox studios and beat that snake ass licker to a cleanable stain on the carpet.

Mark

re: #220 DesertSage

Hey, I'm just the messenger, trying to get down to the nuts and bolts of the story!

re: #223 Hard Right

It's how you finish that counts. At least that what my lady friends say after they quit laughing.

Fixed that for ya

re: #223 Hard Right

It's how you finish that counts. At least that what my lady friends say.

Finish?

Oh, you mean get your nut off?

re: #220 DesertSage

See what Wyatt started?

Wyatt starts things that others have to finish.
Ask his wife.

re: #222 BlueCanuck

I see this is the obligatory penis thread, to balance out all the boob threads. *sigh* I am not really up to the challenge tonight.

/might lurk for a bit.

Pulling out on us, eh?

re: #197 realwest

Hey my friend, I'm doing ok, though still in a lot of pain, but last stitch fell outta my mouth this evening so I shouldn't have to use the happy pills much longer!
And yeah, I know about your wife, but I think I e-mailed you about what was she gonna do?! If not, how's about e-mailing me and letting me know - I feel so badly for her.
Prayers going up for her and for you my good friend!

Thanks for that and I'm hopeful that you will be free of your pain soon, I do owe you an email to bring you up to speed. but life has been real hard here with my new job and everything but I really need to talk with you about the last project I was involve with.

re: #224 mailmars

Let it out, baby! Updingy for you.

re: #205 cliffster

Thank you for the positivity! ;) I hope that's right, but I also hate to wish destruction on people further west, to spare the people in new orleans. Somebody's gotta get the shaft. Sucks

But doesn't that mean that the heavier winds and heavy rain are gonna smack N.O. harder than they would if the eye itself went over N.O.? trying to figure out again which way the heavy rain and wind work, clockwise, counterclockwise, something!

P.J.! My main MAN!

"Make abortion retroactive!" YASS!

/but, uhm, who'll decide on the triggering criteria for de-materializing the foetal malcontents at age 21?

re: #217 realwest

Hell, showed him a photo of Helen Thomas shoulda solved the whole situation, ya know?

Or Andrea Dworkin.

re: #226 Typicalwhitey

Sorry, I finished so fast there that I took a nap. What were you saying?

re: #229 Colonel Panik

Maybe or I might just jump in and put my $0.02 worth where required.

/don't want to get caught with the pants down.

re: #224 mailmars

The attacks are so completely vile.

My wife and I were already expecting 5 months when we got married. So what?

Screw those low-lifes.

re: #235 Wyatt Earp

Sorry, I finished so fast there that I took a nap. What were you saying?

That your wife is probably unhappy.
;)

Goodnight ladies

re: #38 Moe Katz

Do many lizards train in gyms or outside by cycling like Charles, running etc.? I was wondering whether exercise-oriented threads might work here.

I walk at a local park. Can't do anything high-impact because of damaged knees, can't lift weights because of a bad shoulder.

Good evening, Lizards. I go away from the screen for awhile, come back and it's a dong thread! LOL....funny post, Wyatt.

re: #232 realwest

But doesn't that mean that the heavier winds and heavy rain are gonna smack N.O. harder than they would if the eye itself went over N.O.? trying to figure out again which way the heavy rain and wind work, clockwise, counterclockwise, something!

I had a weather book when I was in Boy Scouts back in coastal NC that had this little graphic that explained how the wind strength varies in the different quadrants of a hurricane. IIRC it detached from the book and was semi-transparent so you could place it over a map and see what area was going to be hardest hit. Wish I still had it but I don't need it here in AZ.

re: #237 Ojoe

Lefty is in panic mode.
I think it's hilarious.

re: #235 Wyatt Earp

re: #238 Typicalwhitey

Get a room!

re: #232 realwest

But doesn't that mean that the heavier winds and heavy rain are gonna smack N.O. harder than they would if the eye itself went over N.O.? trying to figure out again which way the heavy rain and wind work, clockwise, counterclockwise, something!

Actually you're right - since the hurricanes rotate counter-clockwise, those places to the east will get the storm surge and they think they will be 10 to 15 feet this time. By contrast, they were 30 feet with Katrina, that's why Mississippi got belted so badly. But the storm surges and flooding will be the worst on the east side of the storm.

This thread has really gone limp...

just flaccid, Acid!

re: #224 mailmars

There are some things that should only be done by Large Sicilian Gentlemen from New Jersey ^TM.

re: #224 mailmars

Now, the greatest snake ass licker in the biz (Alan Combs) is now "doing the math" in relation to her and Todd's elopement and the birth of the oldest son.

For which I thank him *snark* If every couple who might have had a first child at an... slightly early... time was to vote for Palin, she would be in with a landslide.

In respectable circles this USED to be known as 'doing the right thing'. Of course, it's no surprise that Combs has never encountered that concept.

re: #168 Colonel Panik

I think I may be sort of doing that already. I like to see how far I can swim under water. I can usually make it about 1/2 way across the pool (a 50 yarder) before I have to surface but today I made it 3/4 of the way.

It does sound like you've got a high-intensity interval system going there. You feel it for a day or so, but it whips you into shape fast. When I do it very intensely on the treadmill it actually does remind me of swimming under water.

re: #247 The Other Les

There are some things that should only be done by Large Sicilian Gentlemen from New Jersey ^TM.

Don't I know it!

re: #246 Karridine

re: #244 Racer X

re: #235 Wyatt Earp

re: #238 Typicalwhitey

Get a room!

I just need to find one that rents by the minute. Heh.

And the pic didn't come up. Heh, heh, "come up."

re: #242 Colonel Panik
I showed my sons that picture of Goose Toff from above, and they quickly noted: "Dad, its FIVE STATES WIDE!"

Glorioski, Daddy Gotrocks! It really IS five states wide, stretching from the middle of Florida through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and (dang, can't remember, Colonel!)

update from morgan city, la.

just saw on cnn that they said that people in st. mary's parrish can expect flooding......that's me....at 0030, still no wind and very little rain.

i just want to restate the reason why i stayed. i am a commercial diver and i know from the experience of ivan, katrina and rita that my services will be needed very shortly after the storm. i will be one of the guys inspecting the platforms in the gulf for damage. i expect to be back offshore in three or four days.

Well all y'all it's really past my hoped for sleep time tonight, so I gotta go to bed.
I hope all of you have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING, that our friends in or around Gustav's path survive undamaged themselves and hopefully without damage to their property, and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

Goodnight, all!

re: #252 Wyatt Earp

Hmm..

Try this one.

re: #224 mailmars

I have been thinking a lot about this lately. We have become so civilized that people are not afraid to say the most outrageous things. This has all come about since gentlemen stopped punching the noses attached to the mouths doing the saying of those outrageous things.

Sarah Palin Tribute Video

re: #254 superlite17b

Thanks for keeping us informed. Stay safe.

re: #256 Racer X

Much better. AWESOME!

re: #224 mailmars

Attacking the very things they would defend if she were a Democrat. Palin netralizes all of their traditional attack angles, and they realized on Friday that they might actually lose.

Hope CNBC replays her interview with Maria Bartiromo again. Palin gave a very good account of herself.

re: #251 Pvt Bin Jammin

Thanks, Kiddo! I'm loading the link right now... school has a slow connection...