It is 1 line short of a musical stave.

AHA! I see Chemtrails! Its all a part of the VRWC!

Ooops, nevermind, just need to clean my monitor.

Why don't birds get electrocute?

d

Live wire.

I think one wire is named michelle- it looks cross.

Are those birds from the CIA, tapping our phone calls?
/tinfoil hat mode off

re: #3 MandyManners

Why don't birds get electrocute?

They're not grounded?

re: #3 MandyManners

Why don't birds get electrocute?

I think they would have to touch 2 wires to complete the circuit.

re: #8 Sharmuta

They're not grounded?

Makes sense.

re: #7 Kosh's Shadow

Are those birds from the CIA, tapping our phone calls?
/tinfoil hat mode off

No- that's the birds in the bush.

re: #3 MandyManners

Definitely Bush's fault
/

Lines of Communication or Lines of Power?

Speaking of either, what has Michelle Obama been doing recently?

She may really, really, really need to get involved in speechifying for the campaign again.

How does she feel about another woman publicly knocking her husband, then having him turn to yet another woman for aid and support?

Enquiring minds want to know.

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I think they would have to touch 2 wires to complete the circuit.

Then fried wren?

Well, the MSM and nutroots' response to Sarah Palin has convinced me that most of them are insane. Insane, not just misguided. (Not like this is new information I guess.) I just sent $500 to the RNC.

It is a warm day here in SF. I may have to take off my parka.

re: #12 Sparkizzy

Definitely Bush's fault
/

Isn't everything?

I saw some woman on Fox last night admonishing retired General Easton (sp?) for harping on Pres. Bush. She told him that the conversation is about Sen. McCain, that Pres. Bush is not running again.

re: #5 lawhawk

Live wire.

That was my CB handle back in the day.

I would rather be governed by the first 500* names in the Wasilla, AK phone book than by the editors of The Harvard Law Review.

*HT/William Buckley

Like a bird on the wire,
Like drunks in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be MSNBC.
Like a worm on a hook,
Like a knave, some old fashioned crook
I saved all my lies for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that Sarah can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know I hoped the lies were true.--

Keith Olbermann
Countdown to No Ratings

Charles, I always dig your photography.

Lizards- the money is really important, but please remember John, Sarah and the your local republicans could also use some of your time to volunteer for lit drops and phone banks, just to name a few. Even an hour or two can make a big difference in November.

This almost sounds like a Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sketch.

Democrats are going to try and make hay of the fact that Palin is popular.

The same political observers who were giving her the Eagleton treatment just two days ago are now thinking the ticket should be reversed and that Obama should attack Palin because she's popular.

This is what the media has become. A sputtering incoherent mass of ..............

[let's play fill in the blank]

heh, heh, heh...I bet that one bird passed gas...heh heh heh

/beavis and butthead

re: #23 lawhawk

[dogshit]

re: #16 rawmuse

It is a warm day here in SF. I may have to take off my parka.

well remember the old twain saying..."the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer with michelle obama!"

Ry Cooder rocks! He's also the first guy to release a digitally mastered album (that's what I've always heard, anyway).

re: #23 lawhawk

"wasted human flesh"

the libs in my office are scared; I can tell by their language, both verbal and body language.

this rocks. :)

Wasilla, Alaska

The creature on the left is a teeny tiny little dinosaur. How'd it get way up there?

re: #23 lawhawk

This almost sounds like a Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sketch.

Democrats are going to try and make hay of the fact that Palin is popular.

The same political observers who were giving her the Eagleton treatment just two days ago are now thinking the ticket should be reversed and that Obama should attack Palin because she's popular.

This is what the media has become. A sputtering incoherent mass of ..............

[let's play fill in the blank]

So they're using the crap they used on Reagan, that he only got elected because "people liked him".

Hey!

Youz given us da boids?

re: #31 midwestgak

The creature on the left is a teeny tiny little dinosaur. How'd it get way up there?

creationism?

/runs for cover...lol

Why don't birds get electrocute?

They're not grounded.

Interesting. Does that mean a liberal can not be electrocuted either?

re: #32 Ward Cleaver

So they're using the crap they used on Reagan, that he only got elected because "people liked him".

Goes hand in glove with their belief the common man is too stupid to know whats good for him

re: #17 MandyManners

Isn't everything?

I saw some woman on Fox last night admonishing retired General Easton (sp?) for harping on Pres. Bush. She told him that the conversation is about Sen. McCain, that Pres. Bush is not running again.

Uh huh he is! It' McBush, McSame...
/

re: #30 jill e

Wasilla, Alaska

Thanks for that. I was trying to look at it on Google Earth last night, but the resolution is crappy there.

An Armed Forces honor garden? That's enough to make the moonbats weep, wail, and gnash their teeth. Excellent.

re: #30 jill e

Wasilla, Alaska

I heard (Rush?) that some PETA type has dubbed her the "Killa from Wasilla"

Too good, I can go with that.

re: #36 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Goes hand in glove with their belief the common man is too stupid to know whats good for him

Teeming masses.

Charles, you really need to add a 60 second edit window or something...

re: #29 Vergeltung

I asked a lady today what she thought of Sarah- she said she thought she was a little inexperienced and McCain was already old, but she sure was gutsy. I didn't interrupt or say anything about 0bama's lack of experience- I let her go on. She ended up leaving it at Sarah gave a good speech. They just can't run away from the obvious that much to deny it. Must suck to be a liberal these days.

re: #20 jemima

Nice.

Dirty birdy in the sky,
Dropped some whitewash in my eye.
Me no bicker, me no cry.
Me just glad that cows can't fly.

re: #39 The Shadow Do

I heard (Rush?) that some PETA type has dubbed her the "Killa from Wasilla"

Too good, I can go with that.

Especially if she "kills" Obama and Biden on Nov. 4th.

re: #37 Sparkizzy

Uh huh he is! It' McBush, McSame...
/

He REALLY didn't like being called on his BDS. Looked like he had eaten a day-old turd.

re: #40 Ward Cleaver

Teeming masses.

"Damn you people. Go back to your shanties."

re: #41 Sparkizzy

Charles, you really need to add a 60 second edit window or something...

That's why we have PIMF.

re: #35 scofflaw

Interesting. Does that mean a liberal can not be electrocuted either?

*rimshot*

re: #47 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"Damn you people. Go back to your shanties."

LOL!

Good picture...indicative of the campaigns. Name those birds by position? From left: Palin way out front; McCain slightly ahead of; Obama and Biden (bringing up the rear)

/Pity they weren't sitting in the opposite order.

Somebody's out of line.

re: #39 The Shadow Do

re: #30 jill e

Wasilla, Alaska

I heard (Rush?) that some PETA type has dubbed her the "Killa from Wasilla"

Too good, I can go with that.

Yep, turn it around on them.

Them- "She'll be a heartbeat away from the Presidency"!

Us- "I know"!

re: #52 So?

Somebody's out of line.

That's McCain. He goes his own way.

re: #44 jill e

Dirty birdy in the sky,
Dropped some whitewash in my eye.
Me no bicker, me no cry.
Me just glad that cows can't fly.

Dirty Birdy!

-- Annie (Misery)

re: #32 Ward Cleaver

Isn't that the real allure of their guy, Barack Obama?

re: #46 MandyManners

He REALLY didn't like being called on his BDS. Looked like he had eaten a day-old turd.

I looked up BDS; it has a Wikipedia entry!

re: #46 MandyManners

He REALLY didn't like being called on his BDS. Looked like he had eaten a day-old turd.

Yeah, he kept going back to his pre-memorized script.

re: #45 Ward Cleaver

Especially if she "kills" Obama and Biden on Nov. 4th.

Yup, she is knocking them dead today. Coup de grace come November.

re: #54 Ward Cleaver

That's McCain. He goes his own way.

Somebody's got to draw the line somewhere.

re: #57 Sparkizzy

I looked up BDS; it has a Wikipedia entry!

I am not surprised.

re: #51 stanlef

Good picture...indicative of the campaigns. Name those birds by position? From left: Palin way out front; McCain slightly ahead of; Obama and Biden (bringing up the rear)

/Pity they weren't sitting in the opposite order.

You mean Biden first?
/know whatcha mean

Oprah's feeding us another one of her lines.

bbl

re: #62 midwestgak

Nope. Right to Left instead of Left to Right.

My neighbor's dog crapped in my yard again!

I threw the dogshit back over the fence. GRRRR.

Is this an allegory for BushCo's junta illegaly tapping our phone calls?

/

So? what's the bottom line?

I see White People

Michelle Malkin's funny response to the RNC is a buncha crackas charge. Like Sean Comb's a.k.a. "DiddyDoLittle" run on video about no crime, crackheads or black folk in Alaska, who's playing the race card ...

re: #54 Ward Cleaver

That's McCain. He goes his own way.

No, no- it's michelle- she's cross.

A few slogans against Obama and his community organizing.

1. What do you call the runner up in an election? Community Organizer.

2. Your community called... They are missing their organizer.

3. Lidice, Czecholsovakia... Community Organizing at its best.

Now that'd be a great anti-Obama slogan.

re: #23 lawhawk

So, it's bad if people like you?

Reminds me of the way that communist countries are poverty-stricken hell holes and the US is prosperous, so now prosperity is "bad."

It is bad for the environment, bad for personal character because we are 'too materialistic and shallow", bad for foreign policy because it means we're arrogant and others don't like that. Etc.

re: #66 Alouette

My neighbor's dog crapped in my yard again!

I threw the dogshit back over the fence. GRRRR.

Heard something like if you sprinkle chili pepper or powder over a lawn or flower bed on occasion, you can keep dogs away

re: #44 jill e

Dirty birdy in the sky,
Dropped some whitewash in my eye.
Me no bicker, me no cry.
Me just glad that cows can't fly.

Obviously not composed by a liberal!

had that single bird a convert to Islam ? why can't she integrate with others ?

re: #65 stanlef

Nope. Right to Left instead of Left to Right.

Are they Hebrew or Gentile birds?

/Chinese birds sit top to bottom. Really hard to do on a wire.

re: #71 kuffar

I like 2 the best

re: #58 Son of the Black Dog

Yeah, he kept going back to his pre-memorized script.

Who's he taking orders from?

re: #42 Sharmuta

I asked a lady today what she thought of Sarah- she said she thought she was a little inexperienced and McCain was already old, but she sure was gutsy. I didn't interrupt or say anything about 0bama's lack of experience- I let her go on. She ended up leaving it at Sarah gave a good speech. They just can't run away from the obvious that much to deny it. Must suck to be a liberal these days.

I had a conversation yesterday night with a fellow soccer dad (our kids were training) who repeated the same dreck that Sarah was a horrible choice, no experience, blah blah blah and for the first time in this election I was truly inspired to rip this guy out a new rectum, because McCain by himself just never inspired me and I'm really not one to try to kill myself to try to convert liberals. By the time I finished he and the others that had gathered around due to my intensity were limited to stuttering and weren't even able to begin to try to counter my arguments. They then lamely tried to turn the argument to George W, to global warming, then gave up and just started talking about Hurricane Ike. They left with their tails between their legs... it was great! Thanks Sarah for giving me the inspiration!

re: #66 Alouette

My neighbor's dog crapped in my yard again!

I threw the dogshit back over the fence. GRRRR.

w00t!

re: #78 MandyManners

Who's he taking orders from?

Uh, DNC maybe?

Heckel and Jeckel

re: #42 Sharmuta

I asked a lady today what she thought of Sarah- she said she thought she was a little inexperienced and McCain was already old, but she sure was gutsy. I didn't interrupt or say anything about 0bama's lack of experience- I let her go on. She ended up leaving it at Sarah gave a good speech. They just can't run away from the obvious that much to deny it. Must suck to be a liberal these days.

yeah, exactly. unless that are totally delusionsal, then they can just wish it away. but, you are right, the non-delusional are really shaken.

schadenfreude! ;)

I see targets.

re: #57 Sparkizzy

Whatever happened to that troll ChenZhen? It looks like he's cited in one of the external links in the wiki entry....

re: #84 Asmodeus

I see targets.

Knock over all four and win this swell teddy bear.

the msm and the left are so classless.
they are like spoiled brats having tantrums totally unable to think abt. how they appear to normal people.
and they have no adults in their midst to reign them in.

re: #66 Alouette

My neighbor's dog crapped in my yard again!

I threw the dogshit back over the fence. GRRRR.

I would suggest you change the scent of the area ... try cayenne pepper sprinkled liberally in the area and along your property line. Will not hurt the dog.

re: #79 soccer fan

I had a conversation yesterday night with a fellow soccer dad (our kids were training) who repeated the same dreck that Sarah was a horrible choice, no experience, blah blah blah and for the first time in this election I was truly inspired to rip this guy out a new rectum, because McCain by himself just never inspired me and I'm really not one to try to kill myself to try to convert liberals. By the time I finished he and the others that had gathered around due to my intensity were limited to stuttering and weren't even able to begin to try to counter my arguments. They then lamely tried to turn the argument to George W, to global warming, then gave up and just started talking about Hurricane Ike. They left with their tails between their legs... it was great! Thanks Sarah for giving me the inspiration!

Demolishing liberal arguments is like talking to a 5 year old when he always asks why this is the way it is or why that is that. It's not that hard. History is my guide and as a student of history, they have a hard time fighting against it. Not only that, I ask them for their emails so I can send them the proof that they deny so much. Some do it, most don't.

"There are none so blind as those, that will not see”

Ire: #79 soccer fan

I had a conversation yesterday night with a fellow soccer dad (our kids were training) who repeated the same dreck that Sarah was a horrible choice, no experience, blah blah blah and for the first time in this election I was truly inspired to rip this guy out a new rectum, because McCain by himself just never inspired me and I'm really not one to try to kill myself to try to convert liberals. By the time I finished he and the others that had gathered around due to my intensity were limited to stuttering and weren't even able to begin to try to counter my arguments. They then lamely tried to turn the argument to George W, to global warming, then gave up and just started talking about Hurricane Ike. They left with their tails between their legs... it was great! Thanks Sarah for giving me the inspiration!

“There are none so blind as those, that will not see”If their eyes weren't opened on the morning of September 11, 2001, it's hard to imagine anything could do it.

re: #81 Son of the Black Dog

Uh, DNC maybe?

Doesn't he remember what the Clinton Administration did to the military?

re: #73 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Heard something like if you sprinkle chili pepper or powder over a lawn or flower bed on occasion, you can keep dogs away

proved in the one escape scene in "Cool Hand Luke". one of my fav Paul Newman flicks. anyone hear how Paul is these days? few weeks ago i heard better, but nothing lately.

re: #86 Fenway_Nation

Whatever happened to that troll ChenZhen? It looks like he's cited in one of the external links in the wiki entry....

Mr. Beaumont booted his anti-Semitic butt.

Iran's island offices condemned

The six Gulf Cooperation Council states have condemned Tehran for opening offices on disputed islands in the waters between Iran and the UAE.

Is this the start of something bigger?

re: #80 MandyManners

w00t!

You should take your neighbor by the nape of the neck and rub his nose in it. That would do it.

re: #56 lawhawk

Isn't that the real allure of their guy, Barack Obama?

that IS the reason Obama got nominated: He's new, he's popular and hey ....people like him.

experience shmexperience!

Only the VP nominee needs experience fer cryin'out loud

/

re: #66 Alouette

My neighbor's dog crapped in my yard again!

I threw the dogshit back over the fence. GRRRR.

Save it and do the flamin'-bag-o'-dog-poop trick?

re: #16 rawmuse

Are you frigid?

Those wires are all over the ground or tilting menacingly close everywhere here in South Louisiana. Power companies are working 'round the clock to get the electricity back up.

Has the bird sitting off by itself been ostrichized?

What is this green crap on my screen?

/Dow just turned positive on the day...

re: #56 lawhawk

Isn't that the real allure of their guy, Barack Obama?

Exactly.

re: #84 Asmodeus

I see targets.

So does the power & light company ... but in the singular.
/second thoughts are advised

Oprah goes PDS [Link: drudgereport.com...]

Ok to cry for Obama and use her career to slam the rest of the country. Oprah for herself before her country.

the more the msm says the word 'experience' in regard to sarah having none,
the more insane they look. she has so much more experience than obama and she's running for v.p. not potus.
i think the msm is nearing the end. they are thrashing so wildly.

re: #66 Alouette

My neighbor's dog crapped in my yard again!

I threw the dogshit back over the fence. GRRRR.

Also ... how does the dog get into your yard? Does your community have a leash law?

re: #86 Fenway_Nation

What he doesn't realize is that libs who suffer from BDS out-number cons who unconditionally support Bush by enormous exponential numbers

re: #94 MandyManners

Well, that's me playing the world's smallest violin for him.

Link led to some sort of blog entry dated from last year that insisted real Bush Derangement Syndrome is suffered by anyone who still agrees with his policies.

Lets lighten up this friday....

This is one of the funnest political videos I have seen in a while!

[Link: www.peteyandpetunia.com...]

ENJOY!

re: #101 right_on_target

Those wires are all over the ground or tilting menacingly close everywhere here in South Louisiana. Power companies are working 'round the clock to get the electricity back up.

If there is a South Louisiana then there must be a North Louisiana. Maybe Obama knows something we don't (57 eh?)

OPRAH REFUSES TO INTERVIEW SARAH PALIN

I think this is a huge plus for the GOP....

The richest media mouth-hole of the tolerant,feminist,diversity crowd won't allow a different viewpoint. The party of Lincoln, who made it possible for an Oprah to exist, now needs to triangulate this to illustrate the complete take-over of a once great DNC party by the new fascists of the modern left. The won't go on Fox, they muzzle a legitimate candidate for their opposition. What next?.......LEBENSRAUM?

This is a GIFT, if the morons running the McCain campaign get it right....I'm not holding my breath.

Before I'm off for the day, I have to say I really wish they had played this song instead of anything by (shudder, have always hated them) Heart:

Yeah, yeah it could never happen. But it would have been funny as hell, and a real Bronx cheer for Us Magazine and the rest of them.

And I just love seeing the leftists go all prudish and humorless.

re: #102 buzzsawmonkey

I remember CZ as an all-around general ass, but I don't recall any antisemitic utterances. Maybe I missed that thread, or wasn't in church that day, or something.

His final post was anti-Semitic.

re: #114 strangelove

Sorry but Palin disqualifies your "morons running the McCain campaign" charge.

re: #92 MandyManners

Doesn't he remember what the Clinton Administration did to the military?

Obviously not. I guess a certain percentage of military officers are moonbats, but I'll be damned if I know why. Scoop Jackson Democrats, OK, but supporting BHO after what he as ALREADY said he's going to do to our military! That's just crazy.

I saw the guy too. Tuned in after the interview so I didn't catch his rank, but I'll operate on the assumption that he is disgruntled about not being promoted, or something like that.

re: #112 Han_Solo

JibJab is awesome....

re: #100 Cap'n DOC

No, I am Irish.

re: #117 Celtic Templar

Quasi-morons?

re: #79 soccer fan

Good job! It's amazing how eloquent we all become when we've got a subject we believe in.

re: #17 MandyManners

Isn't everything?

I saw some woman on Fox last night admonishing retired General Easton (sp?) for harping on Pres. Bush. She told him that the conversation is about Sen. McCain, that Pres. Bush is not running again.

You know, that's even funnier because McCain pretty well criticized the 8 years of the Bush presidency and the years of GOP congressional leadership in his speech last night. The whole McSame thing just doesn't work for anybody who has paid any attention at all to recent history.

I think the bird on the left is Obama. The others are the rest of the Democratic party as we near the election and it becomes obvious that Obama is going to lose...slowly moving away...

re: #94 MandyManners

Mr. Beaumont booted his anti-Semitic butt.

He got relegated to the ass heap of blogistry

Newsflash: The Onion is suing the DNC for using their material without permission.

Palin will not allow lobbyists into her governor's office. McCain doesn't deal with lobbyists and has never sought an earmark for his state. He said he will veto any bill with earmarks in them.

Once they are elected the unemployment line will grow - can you guess in what sector? I knew that you could.

re: #116 MandyManners

His final post was anti-Semitic.

Just like nodroG's.

re: #114 strangelove

OPRAH REFUSES TO INTERVIEW SARAH PALIN

I think this is a huge plus for the GOP....

The richest media mouth-hole of the tolerant,feminist,diversity crowd won't allow a different viewpoint. The party of Lincoln, who made it possible for an Oprah to exist, now needs to triangulate this to illustrate the complete take-over of a once great DNC party by the new fascists of the modern left. The won't go on Fox, they muzzle a legitimate candidate for their opposition. What next?.......LEBENSRAUM?

This is a GIFT, if the morons running the McCain campaign get it right....I'm not holding my breath.

Good post, down until calling the McCain campaign morons. Have you been asleep or comatose for the last month and a half?

re: #127 buzzsawmonkey

Wasn't Quasimoron the Idiot of Notre Dame?

Dunno

re: picture

clearly someone has their wires crossed.

;>

re: #122 Sparkizzy

Fair enough ;)

re: #129 midwestgak

Palin will not allow lobbyists into her governor's office. McCain doesn't deal with lobbyists and has never sought an earmark for his state. He said he will veto any bill with earmarks in them.

Once they are elected the unemployment line will grow - can you guess in what sector? I knew that you could.

Think of the devastation on K-street. The "Will lobby for arugula" signs. The stories told at bars - "Those were the days. All the Senators, Congressmen. They'd open their doors. I'd open my checkbook. Now..." takes another swig of Thunderbird "all gone. Even the Capitol janitor ignores me."

re: #134 taxfreekiller

186,282.397 miles per second.

re: #136 Kosh's Shadow

Think of the devastation on K-street. The "Will lobby for arugula" signs. The stories told at bars - "Those were the days. All the Senators, Congressmen. They'd open their doors. I'd open my checkbook. Now..." takes another swig of Thunderbird "all gone. Even the Capitol janitor ignores me."

Nah. They will all just go get a job with the MSM.

re: #112 Han_Solo

Lets lighten up this friday....

This is one of the funnest political videos I have seen in a while!

[Link: www.peteyandpetunia.com...]

ENJOY!

Note the 25 second mark. That's Gov. Palin 2d from right on the bus. Next to Mitt. So, she wasn't some surprise that McCain conjured up. The media just flat out got the CW wrong.

re: #120 rawmuse

No, I am Irish.

Then this is for you
Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Jug of Punch

/fantastic!

re: #134 taxfreekiller

Probably explains why grackles can excrete 100 times their own weight in a single day.

/at least it seems like it

re: #118 Son of the Black Dog

Obviously not. I guess a certain percentage of military officers are moonbats, but I'll be damned if I know why. Scoop Jackson Democrats, OK, but supporting BHO after what he as ALREADY said he's going to do to our military! That's just crazy.

I saw the guy too. Tuned in after the interview so I didn't catch his rank, but I'll operate on the assumption that he is disgruntled about not being promoted, or something like that.

Why not be satisfied being a general?

Oh, wait. Maybe he's a narcissist, too. Beats me.

Regarding Charles' "Wires" photograph:

A truly brilliant avant-garde musical performance artist would take pictures of birds perched on powerlines, and then actually transcribe their positions into musical notation, and make recordings of "Bird Songs."

Another slam-dunk PhD idea of mine down the drain. Probably would have gotten a MacArthur Grant out of that one too.

re: #129 midwestgak

Palin will not allow lobbyists into her governor's office. McCain doesn't deal with lobbyists and has never sought an earmark for his state.

Shouldn't they, by definition, be relegated to the lobby, trying to get a word or two in as the lawmakers come and go to work?

GOODBYE FREAKAZOID

re: #142 MandyManners

Why not be satisfied being a general?

Oh, wait. Maybe he's a narcissist, too. Beats me.

Hell, even Khadaffy is still a colonel after all of these years of being Libya's Supreme Ruler for Life.

re: #145 Silhouette

Shouldn't they, by definition, be relegated to the lobby, trying to get a word or two in as the lawmakers come and go to work?

I see McCain and Palin punching them out on their way by, like the scene in Airplane, when he punches out the Hari Krishnas.

re: #138 Ford_Prefect

Nah. They will all just go get a job with the MSM.

Which would mean the supply would go up and demand would go down. Result: Cheaper news.

Even cheaper than it is now. Hard to believe.

Let us thank God that He makes us live among the present problems. It is no longer permitted to anyone to be mediocre. —Pope Pius XI

Pius XI died 50 years ago! Certainly in today's world, our country can not afford to be led by the mediocre.

re: #147 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Hell, even Khadaffy is still a colonel after all of these years of being Libya's Supreme Ruler for Life.

He's too chicken to want a higher rank.

re: #144 zombie

Regarding Charles' "Wires" photograph:

A truly brilliant avant-garde musical performance artist would take pictures of birds perched on powerlines, and then actually transcribe their positions into musical notation, and make recordings of "Bird Songs."

Another slam-dunk PhD idea of mine down the drain. Probably would have gotten a MacArthur Grant out of that one too.

Would there be any dropped notes in that composition?

The Palin wave will take a bit to flow into the Independent voter world that doesn't argue in blogs. The MSM is trying to damn back the wave effect. It's a good time now to run a few Palin commercials. And I would address it like a scandal. "Do you know what your TV station and newspaper want to hide from you? The truth!...." Take it to them.

Mr. Davis said that while Mr. Rangel’s failure to report the income from the villa was regrettable, it would be inaccurate to infer that the congressman was trying to conceal a highly lucrative investment.

IS THAT SO, MR. LAWYER?

re: #149 buzzsawmonkey

Excellent point
*up-ding*

Having held public office, the challenge is to use them without being used.

re: #145 Silhouette

Shouldn't they, by definition, be relegated to the lobby, trying to get a word or two in as the lawmakers come and go to work?

Lobbyists are like moonbats. You can tell them your side of the story but they never get it.

re: #124 funky chicken

You know, that's even funnier because McCain pretty well criticized the 8 years of the Bush presidency and the years of GOP congressional leadership in his speech last night. The whole McSame thing just doesn't work for anybody who has paid any attention at all to recent history.

McCain has done a good job of maneuvering. He is in an exceedingly difficult position. To win the independents, he must separate himself from an unpopular Republican president. (And neither indeps nor the base liked the porky Republican Congress.) Yet he must whip up enthusiasm within the Republican party and gather support for the Republican ticket among the fuzzy middlers. And he has to do that without having special "charisma" or rhetorical talent or the MSM behind him.

So far he has done a helluva job.

re: #131 funky chicken

McCain could handle this pretty much any way they want it and come out ahead.

They are getting press on it, just without doing or responding.

Oprah could finally let Palin on, and Palin defangs everything the Oprah/Obamists think about her.

It doesn't make sense for the campaign to attack the Oprah decision directly, because that looks petty and undermines the political gain you're looking to achieve from tapping into those potential voters in her audience.

Oprah will either choose to let her on the show before the election because her people will convince her that she's hurting her finely crafted image or she wont (and hurts her image). Palin will likely graciously accept either way, and give a good performance.

It's a win win for the McCain campaign. I just don't see a downside here from what's happened vis a vis Oprah.

re: #155 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Would there be any dropped notes in that composition?

There could be little percussion sound effects in the background to indicate droppings hitting pavement.

re: #153 taxfreekiller

ya, 12 gage, a .410 would not reach

.410 is a fine little shotgun tho...

re: #146 Sparkizzy

Sorry, but Rangel will be around, even after this latest mess. He's going to have to pay back taxes, penalties, and interest, but his constituents will vote him right back into office, just as they have been doing for decades.

re: #144 zombie

See my number 1

re: #141 unclassifiable

Oh for heaven's sake. Leave Hillary out of this.

re: #112 Han_Solo

Lets lighten up this friday....

This is one of the funnest political videos I have seen in a while!

[Link: www.peteyandpetunia.com...]

ENJOY!

Looks like JibJab is back on their game. That was awesome.

I was reading about Code Pinko's efforts to infiltrate the Republican Convention. One of them involved posting a blank "press pass" for a Pinko to forge. There's a solution to that: Hand out temporary press badges, and when the press shows up, they hand in the temporary badge for the actual badge.

re: #165 lawhawk

Ok ok! Just don't make me feel more embarrassed to be a New Yorker

re: #149 buzzsawmonkey

Then why have city councilmen, mayors, governors etc? If they are doing their job of listening to those being governed and taking their voice with them to Washington why would a lobbyist be needed at all? I'm seriously interested in your view. I may learn a thing or two. :)

Since this is an open thread, I'd like to throw out an open invitation to Atlanta-area lizards who might be interested in getting together. Noam Chumpski and LoFlyer are organizing. No firm date yet, but we'd like to include as many folks as possible. My nic is blue; if you get a spam block, just send and allowed sender request and I'll put you through.

re: #134 taxfreekiller

Electrons are fast, but don't move at the speed of light, they have mass.

re: #158 Sparkizzy

IS THAT SO, MR. LAWYER?

If anyone else did what Rangel did with respect to this rental property the IRS would be looking at it as a criminal matter. So much for the rule of law. One tax law for Democrat congressmen and another for us peons.

And Lanny Davis' picture can be found next to the word "shyster" in the dictionary.

When I read the below report that last night's interruption was conspired by operative(s) at MSNBC, I came to the conclsion that NBC may be guilty of contributing to criminal violations that should put their license in jeopardy. Enough is enough. This network is now vilating FCC by actively campaigning for a political party. Is anyone listening? It is time to fight.

Did the Code Pink members who interrupted John McCain's speech last night use MSNBC press badges to get into the hall? Not according to Code Pink itself, which claims the two women "obtained passes to the convention from disaffected Republicans."

Right.

There is another much more intriguing explanation out there. According to Shay at Booker Rising, which describes itself a newsite for black moderates and black conservatives [emphasis added]:

I took the shuttle bus back to Minneapolis, and I overheard a convention organizer named Phil telling a convention delegate that the protesters on Wednesday night got through because of media credentials that were traced back to MSNBC (he told her that each credential has an individual bar code for each convention invitee). They suspect MSNBC this time as well.

re: #163 zombie

There could be little percussion sound effects in the background to indicate droppings hitting pavement.

heh heh heh heh
Are you old enough to remember Spike Jones?

re: #174 Son of the Black Dog

*snortlol*

And through the wire...

re: #109 Bobibutu

Also ... how does the dog get into your yard? Does your community have a leash law?

Hole in the neighbor's fence.

re: #173 CyanSnowHawk

Electrons are fast, but don't move at the speed of light, they have mass.

Aren't there any Protestant electrons?

Hannity said he's calling Palin's office every five to get her on the radio

re: #173 CyanSnowHawk

Electrons are fast, but don't move at the speed of light, they have mass.

As you saying my electrons are fat?

re: #146 Sparkizzy

GOODBYE FREAKAZOID

Another of those Rich Republicans owning property in the Dominican Republic while average Joes are trying to afford gas to get to work....

Oh wait......Rangel of NY? But...he is a Democrat.......never mind.

re: #183 Silhouette

As you saying my electrons are fat?

No, no, no - it's those jeans they're wearing, that's all.

re: #144 zombie

Like a Bird on a Wire

re: #183 Silhouette

re: #173 CyanSnowHawk
Electrons are fast, but don't move at the speed of light, they have mass.

As you saying my electrons are fat?

No, he's explaining the reason why the Web freezes up periodically. The electrons are holding a religious service.

re: #173 CyanSnowHawk

And the speed of the electrical current is different if it is alternating current (as in power lines) or DC current.

re: #26 Spider Mensch

well remember the old twain saying..."the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer with michelle obama!"

Annoying personist!

re: #176 pre-Boomer Marine brat

heh heh heh heh
Are you old enough to remember Spike Jones?

Not personally remember him, but I've certainly heard all his records, played long after the fact! (Dr. Demento, and all that)

re: #180 Alouette

Hole in the neighbor's fence.

OK - how about we get the fence repaired?

Or lots of cayenne ... you know where.

re: #127 buzzsawmonkey

Wasn't Quasimoron the Idiot Community Organizer of Notre Dame?

re: #144 zombie

Regarding Charles' "Wires" photograph:

A truly brilliant avant-garde musical performance artist would take pictures of birds perched on powerlines, and then actually transcribe their positions into musical notation, and make recordings of "Bird Songs."

Another slam-dunk PhD idea of mine down the drain. Probably would have gotten a MacArthur Grant out of that one too.

Pixar beat you to it, I think.

Heh.
Media on the defensive over Palin coverage

"I really do take exception to it," NBC News President Steve Capus said. "These terms get thrown around in an awfully cavalier way, and they're incredibly damaging. We're in the business where words matter, and those are awfully, awfully strong accusations."

that reminds me, dove season opened on the first. Time to get crackin...

re: #1 rawmuse

It is 1 line short of a musical stave.

It's actually bass guitar tablature. That's the opening riff of YES's 'And You and I', dude. Or is it from 'Gates of Delirium'?

re: #144 zombie

Carlheinz Stockhuasen did something similar, did he not, with music [sic] based on certain sequences outside of the typical Western scale of tones?

re: #198 Gang of One

Bassically Speaking.

re: #146 Sparkizzy

GOODBYE FREAKAZOID

A lawyer for Mr. Rangel, Lanny Davis, said on Thursday that the congressman would most likely file amendments to his tax returns for the years in question.

Lanny Davis.

re: #200 UFO TOFU

Excellent stuff, TOFU. Thanks.

/you play?

re: #202 Gang of One
Not bass, but I play at the guitar. Glad you liked it.

re: #203 UFO TOFU

I play bass. You anywhere near NYC?

re: #204 Gang of One
Nope, smoggy SoCal.

Gang of One
BTW, I actually liked Relayer (at least I did when I was a kid).

re: #146 Sparkizzy

There are two big indications that Rangel is a dimocrat...(1) his lawyer is Lanny Davis, and (2) his party affiliation shows up in paragraph #15. If he had been a Republican, that would have been mentioned in the first one!

re: #132 Sparkizzy

Dunno

really.....hmm.....

While I like Sarah, after knowing her all of 6 days, I'm not sold. I don't want another Harriet Meiers debacle.

Wires? Don't talk to me about wires. The power just came back on here after being off since 11PM Tuesday courtesy of Gustav.

Seriously: Last year we saw two bird corpses hanging upside down beside one another on a power line on our way to town.
My theory: one hella power surge.

Disgraced and admitted felon-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit has more executive experience than B. Hussein Obama.

Those birds need a “Community Organizer.”

Iowahawk explains “Community Organizing.”

[Getting started]

...I have also been a proud member of Campaign For a Better Humanity, a non-profit community outreach program I created with a joint grant from Johnson County Community Services and the Iowa State Work Release Program.

What do community organizers do?

… For example I also make frequent visits to Whispering Acres, the senior assisted living center across from Hy-Vee. Like many elderly people across America, the residents there often struggle with forgetfulness and confusion. As a community organizer, I listen to their concerns and boring, meandering stories about the Depression. Then, when they eventually fall asleep, I help by checking their mail and storage areas and medicine cabinets to see what needs organizing. If they suddenly wake back up, I enjoy helping them fill out various legal and financial forms, and voter registrations…

See: When America's Communities Need Organizing

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm........Doves! Delicious!