Quick...someone cue the Hawaii-Five-O theme song.

Book em danno

I still have about an hour to go for my self-imposed MSM blackout.

/not counting the 1st half of that UNC/Rutgers game.

Sheet, so much for being first for the first time. :(

re: #3 Fenway_Nation

I still have about an hour to go for my self-imposed MSM blackout.

/not counting the 1st half of that UNC/Rutgers game.

How does Rutgers look? I forgot about the game and wanted to see if Schiano can get that team going without Rice/Leonard et al.

It is the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman Which gives the stern’st good-night.

Anybody ever see that film "Bellman and True." Damn, that was a great film.

re: #1 jorline

Can I whistle a couple of Bars?

Just when the bar opens...

re: #7 Cap'n DOC

Can I whistle a couple of Bars?

pucker up and let her rip

re: #6 zombie

Bank robbery and a Geek, right?

re: #4 Badge of Kaffir Pride

That is not a word that you ever want to type in the number one box. It will rile stinky quite some little bit.

Q: How many Obamatons does it take to kill a Moose?

A: 50. 1 to talk it to death, and 49 to discuss how they feel about it afterward.

re: #6 zombie

Anybody ever see that film "Bellman and True." Damn, that was a great film.

Never heard of it zombie. When and who was in it?

re: #5 Badge of Kaffir Pride

How does Rutgers look? I forgot about the game and wanted to see if Schiano can get that team going without Rice/Leonard et al.

Slow against UNC. I turned it off at 30-6. Roommate is a Scarlet Knight. Glad he wasnt home.

re: #5 Badge of Kaffir Pride

In a nutshell, like crap...although the worst was to come in the 2nd half.

re: #4 Badge of Kaffir Pride

No,no,no...

re: #11 galloping granny

That is not a word that you ever want to type in the number one box. It will rile stinky quite some little bit.

I figured as much... but I wasn't first anyways. This time.

One must be very clever in choosing words if one is posting first.

The last shall be first and the first shall be last.

Palin Interview Text and Video here

re: #14 Mel Lono

Slow against UNC. I turned it off at 30-6. Roommate is a Scarlet Knight. Glad he wasnt home.

If there's anything that Butch Davis could do at The U, it was recruit.

Bellman and True.

Without giving too much away, it's vaguely similar to Straw Dogs.

re: #18 Cap'n DOC

One must be very clever in choosing words if one is posting first.

Leaves me out...words are very important...so says Obama.

Are they a team or what?
Obama, the word man.
Biden, the man of 10,000 words and none of them his.

The owl gives wise advice, good night reptiles.

I remember not too long ago during college hoops season when Wake showed up at Chapel Hill and the crowd was heckling the Deacons by chanting "You're a football school!"

Toast. Toast, toast!

re: #24 lifeofthemind

Who?

re: #17 Badge of Kaffir Pride

I figured as much... but I wasn't first anyways. This time.

Once you've been around a while it won't mean so much anymore. I've even been known to pretend I didn't see the threas when I find myself "first" with nothing witty or brilliant to say. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who does that.

re: #10 Cap'n DOC

Bank robbery and a Geek, right?

re: #13 jorline

Never heard of it zombie. When and who was in it?

Yup. A bank robbery film -- but that's really just the "setting." It's more deep than that.

And for who's in it - - see comment #22. Nobody famous. It's a British film.

re: #21 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Big East has a new up and comer in So.Fla, though they did have to go to OT to beat the local rival Central, last week. Caveat My college QB's son plays TE for USF, so I get all the hype.

re: #27 Fenway_Nation

Who?

Peeks back in.

Who's on First
/scoots

re: #24 lifeofthemind

The owl gives wise advice, good night reptiles.

sleep tight little lizard

re: #28 galloping granny

Once you've been around a while it won't mean so much anymore. I've even been known to pretend I didn't see the threas when I find myself "first" with nothing witty or brilliant to say. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who does that.

It's all good. When does the MSM come out with it's ringside scorecard for the "Forum" meetings that went on today?

re: #23 jorline

Neither of them is very clever, Jorline. Transparent would be more like it. Or cheap suits if you prefer. Perhaps the word "cool' works for kids under 18 (once again), but they don't vote, do they?

re: #31 lifeofthemind

Thought we were having a serious discussion of the implications of Soviet Russian interference in Bolivia and Venezuela.

The User Comments for Bellman and True warn of an important detail:

A fired computer programmer (Bernard Hill) has been hired by a gang of bank robbers to steal confidential computer information from his previous employer. The problem is, the information is encoded. He takes his son along with his payment and runs away but gets stuck when the money runs out. He returns home only to be confronted by his "new" employers. He is forced to decode the information he stole so that the robbers can use it. His son is kept hostage until he has what they want. It gets more involved when the plans change and he has to go along on the robbery to disable the alarm system. This movie is a great heist movie. The video release has been edited so much it doesn't explain important parts in the plot. There is a unedited version out there that shows more details but is usually only shown in full on TV.

That's too bad! The plotting is very important.

re: #30 Mel Lono

Big East has a new up and comer in So.Fla, though they did have to go to OT to beat the local rival Central, last week. Caveat My college QB's son plays TE for USF, so I get all the hype.

I've heard Grothe (sp?) is an up and comer in the NCAA. I don't get to read any ink on USF being in Canada. It's hard enough to find Navy info for my beloved Middies.

I'm baggin' it as well. Four thirty comes early when you're sixty.

re: #29 zombie

Yup. A bank robbery film -- but that's really just the "setting." It's more deep than that.

And for who's in it - - see comment #22. Nobody famous. It's a British film.

Sounds good...we're looking for movies while sitting through Ike this weekend. Popcorn and movies for as long as the electricity stays on.

re: #38 Cap'n DOC

I'm baggin' it as well. Four thirty comes early when you're sixty.

Four thirty comes early, period!

re: #37 Badge of Kaffir Pride

USCGA '79 here. Small college football, but we played some great games.

re: #39 jorline

Sounds good...we're looking for movies while sitting through Ike this weekend. Popcorn and movies for as long as the electricity stays on.

If it's okay, I recommend:

Lock, Stock, 2 Smoking Barrels
Memento
Dogma (I love Kevin Smith)
Layer Cake
All the Right Moves (old school Tom Cruise)

re: #34 Cap'n DOC

Neither of them is very clever, Jorline. Transparent would be more like it. Or cheap suits if you prefer. Perhaps the word "cool' works for kids under 18 (once again), but they don't vote, do they?

Perhaps in Chicago they can vote with a dead companion.

re: #41 Mel Lono

USCGA '79 here. Small college football, but we played some great games.

I applied to the USNA when I was 18. But, since I'm not American and don't know a Congressman/Senator/etc., I couldn't get in. I live vicariously through the Middies football team.

My neighbours were cranky on the ND game last year. :)

I just posted this on a dead thread and I'm a little too buzzed to even be posting but my husband and I just took his 9/11 3X5 charcoal drawing of the FDNY down to our local restaurant, which we do every year. One guy, only one guy, even noticed it. He was in awe, which was wonderful, but what's up with the rest of those folks? My hubby was an artist for the Marine Corps. I hope the average joe hasn't forgotten. I NEVER WILL.

re: #43 jorline

Perhaps in Chicago they can vote with a dead companion.

in Chicago they vote for their dead comrades...

/fixed it

re: #39 jorline

Sounds good...we're looking for movies while sitting through Ike this weekend. Popcorn and movies for as long as the electricity stays on.

This user comment at IMDB really does it justice:

Brilliant British Bank Heist Movie!

I'm a huge fan of "heist" movies, a sub-species of "caper" movies. And there's something especially delicious about the British argot that makes British heist movies especially great fun. ("Sexy Beast," "The Great Train Robbery," "The General" all add to this list)

But across all heist movies "Bellman and True" is my all-time favorite. Bernard Hill gives one of his most nuanced performances as an alcoholic computer programmer who is left with his girlfriend's son ("True") when she dumps both of them. To get out of debt he's sold some information to a gang about bank security, but now he and the boy are on the run because the gang wants more than information--they want him to help plan the heist.

I won't give away anything more, but the heist itself is a white knuckle masterpiece, directed by Richard Longcraine (Richard III, with Ian McKellen, and Smiley's People, with Alec Guiness).

Through it all Russell is surrounded by more than a dozen great performances by some of the UK's finest character actors. Richard Hope as "Salto," is especially strong, as the gang member assigned to be Russell and the boy's jailer.

Trust me---the caper, which makes up the second half of the film, is worth a viewing on its own, but the strong characters and acting make it a real hidden gem of 1980s British cinema.

It's a pun, because in Cockney slang, a "bellman" is an expert on disabling alarm systems.

re: #47 zombie

It's a pun, because in Cockney slang, a "bellman" is an expert on disabling alarm systems.

Would it be up there with Snatch and LS2SB? Or even Layer Cake/Revolver?

re: #42 Badge of Kaffir Pride

If it's okay, I recommend:

Lock, Stock, 2 Smoking Barrels
Memento
Dogma (I love Kevin Smith)
Layer Cake
All the Right Moves (old school Tom Cruise)

I say skip "Dogma." A real clunker if you ask me.

re: #48 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Would it be up there with Snatch and LS2SB? Or even Layer Cake/Revolver?

It's a totally different kind of film -- not frantic, not jocular. But still edge-of-your-seat. And the ending is A++++. I liked Layer Cake a lot more than LS2SB, which seemed too derivative to me.

'nite lizards. Never forget 9/11.

re: #50 zombie

It's a totally different kind of film -- not frantic, not jocular. But still edge-of-your-seat. And the ending is A++++. I liked Layer Cake a lot more than LS2SB, which seemed too derivative to me.

Ahhhh, I'm going to have to find it somewhere, I think.

I love the Guy Ritchie without Madonna genre. I worked cruise ships for a while in the casino department and it's (Guy Ritchie movies) one thing that we all had in common was the love of Snatch, etc. We'd quote them until we were blue in the face.

I'm in Alaska this week (after a lay over in St. Paul last week). Here is suffused with a feeling of independence. Glaciers. Moose. Bear. Lots and lots of acreage populated only by nature. More airplanes than cars? Not much highway.

Nice.

re: #47 zombie

Thanks for the tip. I'll see if I can find it tomorrow...if any video stores are open.

A movie I really enjoyed was 15 Minutes. Never made it big, but I thought it was a thriller.

Sharing my 3000th post with zombie...Yea!

But really, if you want British gangster films, the king of them all is The Long Good Friday, with Bob Hoskins and a young Helen Mirren, and even younger Pierce Brosnan! Bob Hoskins deserved the Best Actor Oscar for that one -- yet wasn't even nominated. Absolutely stellar film.

I posted this earlier about two threads back, but since it was #590-something, I hope nobody minds the re-post.

Bill Ayers not only babysat the Obama children, but he raised Chesa Boudin to be the fine Red-diaper Rhodes scholar that he is today. Chesa's parents went to jail while he was still an infant for their role in the robbery of a Brinks armoured truck as well as the murder of two Nyack, N.Y. police officers and one of the Brinks gaurds, Peter Paige. Interestingly enough, there were no NYT puff pieces on the hardships faced by the children of Officers Waverly Brown or Edward O'Grady growing up without their father.

In a very sad bit of irony, Brinks guard Joe Trombino was shot and seriously wounded by Bill Ayers' friends in that 1981 robbery. However, he would continue working at Brinks until he was killed at the World Trade Center in the 9/11 attacks.

re: #44 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Sorry about the slow post. playing poker on the side. Your thoughts are always appreciated. The CG community lost 4 brave men a week ago in a helo training accident in Hawai'i. Helo pilot was the job I wanted to have, but never got the chance as well. semper paratus

re: #53 spirochete

I'm in Alaska this week (after a lay over in St. Paul last week). Here is suffused with a feeling of independence. Glaciers. Moose. Bear. Lots and lots of acreage populated only by nature. More airplanes than cars? Not much highway.

Nice.

Hit the small booths with big steel pots full of crab legs. One of the things that I enjoyed the most about Alaska. Ketchikan's weather leaves much to be desired, though.

re: #53 spirochete

I'm in Alaska this week (after a lay over in St. Paul last week). Here is suffused with a feeling of independence. Glaciers. Moose. Bear. Lots and lots of acreage populated only by nature. More airplanes than cars? Not much highway.

Nice.

Did you bring your gun? It's open season on snooping journalist.

re: #55 zombie

I put it on my Netflix queue. The last recommendation you made, we enjoyed a lot. Maybe it was "Snatch".

In the theaters, "Tropic Thunder" is a stitch. I laughed so hard my legs would not work for 5 minutes after the credits finished.

re: #54 jorline

Sharing my 3000th post with zombie...Yea!

3000 -- congratulations!

re: #57 Mel Lono

Sorry about the slow post. playing poker on the side. Your thoughts are always appreciated. The CG community lost 4 brave men a week ago in a helo training accident in Hawai'i. Helo pilot was the job I wanted to have, but never got the chance as well. semper paratus

It always sucks when good people die in training accidents.

re: #56 Fenway_Nation

If ever there was a story that is getting zero air, that is it.

These are associations with known criminals, and cop killers at that.

Cop killers. Say it about 4 times.

re: #55 zombie

But really, if you want British gangster films, the king of them all is The Long Good Friday, with Bob Hoskins and a young Helen Mirren, and even younger Pierce Brosnan! Bob Hoskins deserved the Best Actor Oscar for that one -- yet wasn't even nominated. Absolutely stellar film.

Long Good Friday

Little Green Footballs

LGF

Coincidence? You decide.

re: #59 jorline

Surprisingly, I haven't seen many. Maybe they're keeping their heads down.

re: #52 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Ahhhh, I'm going to have to find it somewhere, I think.

I love the Guy Ritchie without Madonna genre. I worked cruise ships for a while in the casino department and it's (Guy Ritchie movies) one thing that we all had in common was the love of Snatch, etc. We'd quote them until we were blue in the face.

If you want quotable movies, you've got to see The Long Good Friday, which probably has more quotable lines of any film since Gone With The Wind!

Check out some of the quotes from the film on this page. They're even better spoken with an impenetrable lower-class London accent.

re: #65 spirochete

In the state with the lowest population density, it'll be easy to hide.

Although it won't make their assigned duties to smear the Palins any easier.

re: #62 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Believe me when I tell you that they loved what they were doing.

re: #64 victor_yugo

Long Good Friday

Little Green Footballs

LGF

Coincidence? You decide.

Ah, the secret code is revealed! There's no such thing as coincidence.

re: #66 zombie

If you want quotable movies, you've got to see The Long Good Friday, which probably has more quotable lines of any film since Gone With The Wind!

Check out some of the quotes from the film on this page. They're even better spoken with an impenetrable lower-class London accent.

This is classic: No one's heard nothing? That just ain't natural. It's like one of them silent, deadly farts. No clue, and then pow, you go cross-eyed. Hah!

re: #67 victor_yugo

I'm sure they won't go to the places with minimum density. It's my understanding that only in Anchorage can one not shoot moose. That must be where they would be staying. Wasilla is up the road.

I do like this place.

re: #45 Pvt Bin Jammin

I just posted this on a dead thread and I'm a little too buzzed to even be posting but my husband and I just took his 9/11 3X5 charcoal drawing of the FDNY down to our local restaurant, which we do every year. One guy, only one guy, even noticed it. He was in awe, which was wonderful, but what's up with the rest of those folks? My hubby was an artist for the Marine Corps. I hope the average joe hasn't forgotten. I NEVER WILL.

Hey, {PBJ!}

Do you have any way to scan that charcoal drawing and email it to me? Would love to have a copy!

Are you (or hubby) the artist?

re: #65 spirochete

Surprisingly, I haven't seen many. Maybe they're keeping their heads down.

They're easy to spot...quirky movements and they tend to drool a lot.
Remember...trophy journalist have ten or more cameras.

The scene in snatch where Cousin Avi tells his guys they are going to England is one of the funniest on film.

Dennis Farina is a demigod.

And for whom would the bell be tolling? Perhaps Barry sees Birnham Wood coming towards his Dunsinane? Was either Mac or Sarah from their mothers wombs untimely ripped?

Well, his speeches are tales told by an idiot--full of sound and fury-signifying nothing.

re: #68 Mel Lono

Believe me when I tell you that they loved what they were doing.

From: Allen, Thad Admiral
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 2:25 PM
> Subject: ALL HANDS - ACCIDENT INVOLVING CG-6505
>
> To the Men and Women of the United States Coast Guard:
>
> It is with great regret that I inform you of a tragic loss of three
> of our shipmates. Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Andrew Wischmeier,
> Aviation Survival Technician First Class (AST1) David Skimin and
> Aviation Maintenance Technician Second Class (AMT2) Joshua Nichols
> lost their lives when their
> HH-65 helicopter crashed five nautical miles south of Honolulu,
> Hawaii. A fourth member of the crew was also in the aircraft but is
> still missing. Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force, Hawaii Air National
> Guard and local fire and police assets will continue searching and we
> will make every effort to locate our shipmate and wingman.
>
> The incident occurred while the aircrew of CG-6505 was performing
> small boat hoist operations with a Station Honolulu 47' motor life
> boat during the early evening hours of 04 September. Immediately
> after the crash, a Honolulu Fire Department Response Boat recovered
> LCDR Wischmeier,
> AST1 Skimin and AMT2 Nichols without any vital signs.
> The Fire Department boat crew performed CPR and the three Coast
> Guardsmen were medically evacuated to a local hospital but they did
> not survive.
>
> Our highest priority now is the families, friends and shipmates of
> the fallen aircrew. Each one was married with children.
> Our hearts go out to their loved ones during this difficult time.
> All of the families have been notified. The entire Coast Guard will
> provide whatever support services are necessary for the families and
> crew of Air Station Barbers Point. We will conduct an investigation
> into the circumstances surrounding the accident to determine the
> cause and help prevent future incidents.
>
> This terrible accident is a reminder that we operate in an extremely
> hazardous environment. Coast Guard men and women go into harm's way
> to train and conduct operations each day. In difficult times, we must
> re-dedicate ourselves to performing operations safely and
> effectively. The aircrew of CG-6505 epitomized the Guardian Ethos and
> the Nation is grateful for their service.
>
> Please join Secretary Chertoff, me and all who serve in taking a
> moment to reflect on the loss of these Guardians.
> Please keep their families and fellow crew members in your thoughts
> and prayers. Find time to also recognize the value of your own loved
> ones, friends and teammates. Details of the memorial services and how
> you can express your condolences to the families will be provided
> when available.
> I will also notify you of the search results for the missing member
> of the aircrew. Thank you for your dedication to the Coast Guard and
> to each other.
>
> Admiral Thad Allen
> Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard

re: #64 victor_yugo

Long Good Friday

Little Green Footballs

LGF

Coincidence? You decide.

Gota check it out - thx - Gangster 1 is at the top of my list.

re: #60 rawmuse

I put it on my Netflix queue. The last recommendation you made, we enjoyed a lot. Maybe it was "Snatch".

In the theaters, "Tropic Thunder" is a stitch. I laughed so hard my legs would not work for 5 minutes after the credits finished.

I haven't been to an actual movie theatre in, gee, I can't count how many years. I only ever see movies in either studio preview screenings (mostly those are in LA and NY, but there are some in SF too if you know where to look -- see it for free, two months before anyone else!), or checking it out from the library, or (more rarely) renting the video.

The thought of paying $10 to see a movie gives me hives.

re: #74 sifty

The scene in snatch where Cousin Avi tells his guys they are going to England is one of the funniest on film.

Dennis Farina is a demigod.

Or the one about the Caravan. "How much longer for those sausages, Charlie?"
"Five minutes, Turkish."

re: #78 zombie

When you are married, you do stuff like go to movies, out to eat, shop, etc.
Hopefully.

re: #76 Mel Lono

Semper Paratus. God bless their families.

re: #81 calcajun

Semper Paratus. God bless their families.

I second that. +1.

re: #70 Badge of Kaffir Pride

This is classic: No one's heard nothing? That just ain't natural. It's like one of them silent, deadly farts. No clue, and then pow, you go cross-eyed. Hah!

My favorite, when actually watching the film, was "The Mafia? I've shit 'em." The context is, he's trying to figure out which organization is wreaking havoc in his territory. Some powerful group that has him scared for the first time in his life. Some underling suggests that it's possibly the mafia, and Hoskins is so dismissive of the idea, and the mafia are so beneath his notice, that he uncorks the line.

re: #81 calcajun

Thank you. I've already passed it on.

re: #76 Mel Lono

I hate stories like that. RIP, brave ones.

A throbbing clump on mars... Phoenix Lander

Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2, as performed by Pounce the Cat (as Lady Macbeth) and Clara the Dog (as Macbeth)

Charles's quote at the top of this thread is at 0:09 in the video :)

re: #80 rawmuse

When you are married, you do stuff like go to movies, out to eat, shop, etc.
Hopefully.

Don't jump to too many conclusions about my marital status! Hell, I may have four spouses, just like Obama's dad.

re: #83 zombie

FYI...JustMyView is taking issue with your facts on the previous #432.

re: #83 zombie

My favorite, when actually watching the film, was "The Mafia? I've shit 'em." The context is, he's trying to figure out which organization is wreaking havoc in his territory. Some powerful group that has him scared for the first time in his life. Some underling suggests that it's possibly the mafia, and Hoskins is so dismissive of the idea, and the mafia are so beneath his notice, that he uncorks the line.

If I could get Netflix here I'd enroll... :(

Wait a sec: why is it I live in Canada? Can't get real bourbon (see thread from other night), can't get Sam Adams, can't enroll at USNA, can't get Netflix. Grrrrr, damn socialist bastids!

Bedtime...

¦·o ^{_{zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz}}

[klunk!]

re: #91 LeePro

Bedtime...

¦·o ^{_{zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz}}

[klunk!]

nite LeePro

re: #88 zombie

Actually I was surmising the opposite, that you were single.
A spouse would have blown your cover by now. ;)

re: #90 Badge of Kaffir Pride

I've always been partial to Canadien Whiskey.

re: #80 rawmuse

When you are married, you do stuff like go to movies, out to eat, shop, etc.
Hopefully.

or you just stay at home mostly....

/shopping doesn't count as 'out', imho.

re: #93 rawmuse

Actually I was surmising the opposite, that you were single.
A spouse would have blown your cover by now. ;)

in Frisco, a spouse will blow you in public, without any cover. %-)

/white smoke

re: #94 Mel Lono

I've always been partial to Canadien Whiskey.

Canadien: Hockey player for Montreal

Canadian: adjective for those that live here.

Just a heads up.

re: #97 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Canadien: Hockey player for Montreal

Canadian: adjective for those that live here.

Just a heads up.

i always thought it was "Canuckistantian".....

re: #88 zombie

Don't jump to too many conclusions about my marital status! Hell, I may have four spouses, just like Obama's dad.

Ha! What a giveaway there. You are the Green Family!

Shopping is definitely "out", and it a constant test of one's marriage. We had to have an understanding some years ago, that when I put something in the cart, it means I want it. Want. Need does not even come on the radar screen. So, let me have my beef jerky without making a scene and I will let you have your copy of Elle magazine.

Works for us.

re: #98 redc1c4

i always thought it was "Canuckistantian".....

Give our Human Rights Commissions and the Liberal/NDP Parties a chance and it *will* be Canuckistan. Much like Londonistan, etc.

re: #97 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Then the labels on the VO I have on the bar must mean it's contraband. But then, you guys were always good at that too
/

re: #99 Edouard

Ha! What a giveaway there. You are the Green Family!

They do look eco friendly.

re: #97 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Hmm.....when I was gowing up in Western Massachusetts, I lived not that far from the railway tracks. This line went north into Vermont and split off into two different lines for Quebec, which meant there were alot of boxcars marked 'Canadian National'.......with the occasional 'Canadien National' thrown in to see if anyone was paying attention.

re: #98 redc1c4

i always thought it was "Canuckistantian".....

Red, you're intolerable.

re: #102 Mel Lono

Then the labels on the VO I have on the bar must mean it's contraband. But then, you guys were always good at that too
/

Seagram's is a Montreal company, IIRC. Canadien is the French spelling.

Congratulations to Roger Federer for winning the 2008 US Open.

re: #89 jorline

FYI...JustMyView is taking issue with your facts on the previous #432.

I answered.

See you all in the AM.

re: #106 Badge of Kaffir Pride

Seagram's is a Montreal company, IIRC. Canadien is the French spelling.

Do I detect an English accent?

re: #108 zombie

I answered.

I saw it. I don't like dead thread lurkers who look to snipe when they think you've left the premises. Just watching your backside.

re: #110 Mel Lono

Do I detect an English accent?

You detect Ontario. :)

re: #111 jorline

I saw it. I don't like dead thread lurkers who look to snipe when they think you've left the premises. Just watching your backside.

JustMyView is no mere lurker....I think he's the nodroG substitue and resident troll/contrarian.

re: #56 Fenway_Nation

I posted this earlier about two threads back, but since it was #590-something, I hope nobody minds the re-post.

Bill Ayers not only babysat the Obama children, but he raised Chesa Boudin to be the fine Red-diaper Rhodes scholar that he is today. Chesa's parents went to jail while he was still an infant for their role in the robbery of a Brinks armoured truck as well as the murder of two Nyack, N.Y. police officers and one of the Brinks gaurds, Peter Paige. Interestingly enough, there were no NYT puff pieces on the hardships faced by the children of Officers Waverly Brown or Edward O'Grady growing up without their father.

In a very sad bit of irony, Brinks guard Joe Trombino was shot and seriously wounded by Bill Ayers' friends in that 1981 robbery. However, he would continue working at Brinks until he was killed at the World Trade Center in the 9/11 attacks.

DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER

re: #113 Fenway_Nation

JustMyView is no mere lurker....I think he's the nodroG substitue and resident troll/contrarian.

SEEMS TO ME THAT JUSTMYVIEW
is nodrog's sock puppet.

[Link: www.realclearpolitics.com...]

The electoral map has me worried. The map is currently identical to the 2004 Bush/Kerry final map, except Colorado, New Mexico, and Iowa have flipped to Obama (based on recent polls). It's also identical to the 2000 Bush/Gore map, except Colorado and New Hampshire are flipped.

I'm certain Iowa is going to vote Obama. They dislike McCain there because of his opposition to corn subsidies.

Bush only won New Mexico by 6000 votes in 2004, and Colorado by 100000. Both states have moved further left since then.

If New Mexico and Iowa flip blue, then McCain only has 277-261 lead. That means the only other red state he could afford to lose is Nevada. Anything else - Colorado, Virginia, Ohio - and it's over.

On the more hopeful side, McCain has a chance to flip Michigan and New Hampshire to red. Barring major game changers, I don't see anything else changing.

I guess I'm worried the debates will be a push, we won't see any more movement in the polls, and Obama will win on turnout. Bad economic news won't help.

re: #103 jorline

They do look eco friendly.

I'm not so sure. That many people, I fear for the earth outside their septic tank.

re: #115 yochanan

SEEMS TO ME THAT JUSTMYVIEW
is nodrog's sock puppet.

who's nodrog?

how do you spell 'canuk' in Canadien

just kidding to my vacouver hockey fans

re: #105 Mel Lono

Red, you're intolerable.

maybe, but at least i'm not intolerant ......

/stand up wind: that usually helps. %-)

Neil from Ontario via Winnepeg

Got the Neil on.

re: #56 Fenway_Nation

And a big yawn from the mainstream media.

I can't imagine being so deep in the tank for a candidate that I could disregard an association like that. It is just impossible for me to fathom.

The press in this country makes me feel so frustrated and powerless.

re: #99 Edouard

Ha! What a giveaway there. You are the Green Family!

6 wives & 20 kids?

/and counting, from the looks of it

re: #122 capitalist piglet

And a big yawn from the mainstream media.

I can't imagine being so deep in the tank for a candidate that I could disregard an association like that. It is just impossible for me to fathom.

The press in this country makes me feel so frustrated and powerless.

i'm guessing that's what they want you to feel.

re: #113 Fenway_Nation

JustMyView is no mere lurker....I think he's the nodroG substitue and resident troll/contrarian.

Agree Fenway

re: #116 KingKenrod

Kingkenrod,

For crying out loud, state polls usually lag 1-2 weeks behind the national polls. Wait until next week for a better picture of the race electorally.

Ohio But Massey Hall is in Toronto.

re: #117 Edouard

I'm not so sure. That many people, I fear for the earth outside their septic tank.

No time to harm the environment...ozone damage is limited to the bedroom.

I wonder if they're missionaries or if they have any other positions?

re: #122 capitalist piglet

Admittedly it's a rather tangiential connection between Obama and the murderers who carried out the '81 Nyack Brinks robbery (a mix of Weather Underground and Black Supremacist types) but if a Republican running for office on any level had a mentor who was......say raising the son of an Aryan Resistance member imprisoned for bank robbery and murder (and sympathetic to the Aryan Resistance's worldview as well as being an unrepentant 'ex-terrorist' himself), do you think the MSM would greet that information with a yawn as well?

re: #120 redc1c4

Had the corporate types, including the head chef in the bar today. He does his own Korean short ribs. Short story to follow, but a good day.

Re-posting from this morning.

An anthem for this day.

Darryl Worley - Have You Forgotten?

For me, the world changed that day.

.

Goodnight all.

Good night lizards...see ya in the morning.

re: #131 Syrah

Re-posting from this morning.

For me, the world changed that day.

.

Goodnight all.

No, never forget

Let's Roll

ok: i did a LGF search for nodrog, and got jack in the way of info, so WTF is 'nodrog'?

btw: Zombie, if you're still here, it's your entomological post from 2005, and "euroweenie" is a term i first read in a PJ O'Rourke article back in the 80's, iirc.

I changed my nametag at work today to "Let's Roll".

And no one noticed it.

Don't know if anyone's posted it yet, but this is from Powerline:

UPDATE: This is almost beyond belief. The Associated Press, which is increasingly indistinguishable from the DNC, headlines: "Palin tries to defend qualifications in interview." The AP's absurd account begins:

John McCain running mate Sarah Palin sought Thursday to defend her qualifications but struggled with foreign policy, unable to describe President Bush's doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against threatening nations and acknowledging she's never met a foreign head of state.

Just WOW.

re: #134 redc1c4

ok: i did a LGF search for nodrog, and got jack in the way of info, so WTF is 'nodrog'?

btw: Zombie, if you're still here, it's your entomological post from 2005, and "euroweenie" is a term i first read in a PJ O'Rourke article back in the 80's, iirc.

Spell "nodroG" backwards and search that name

A longtime amusing plaything for lizards who has made his mark in the annals of irritating LGF trolldom

re: #135 TheMatrix31

I changed my nametag at work today to "Let's Roll".

And no one noticed it.

re: #135 TheMatrix31

I changed my nametag at work today to "Let's Roll".

And no one noticed it.

We just did, although we can be a little slow.

I just watched a bunch of the footage of that day to refresh. I can't do it very often because it makes me want to sign up or hurt people. Can't do either. *sigh*

Just IMAGINE if Gore or G/F Obama had been President on that day.

re: #139 esch

I just watched a bunch of the footage of that day to refresh. I can't do it very often because it makes me want to sign up or hurt people. Can't do either. *sigh*

Just IMAGINE if Gore or G/F Obama had been President on that day.

i'd rather not imagine that nightmare.......

/i was still in the NG at the time.

re: #134 redc1c4

The Nodrog's Gone

re: #140 redc1c4

Yeah probably a good idea.

Thanks for your service, I wish I could have.

Night all

re: #134 redc1c4

The Nodrog's Back in Town

re: #116 KingKenrod

In Iowa I don't think the majority of the people think about corn subsidies.

The erosion of small town life.
The erosion of top soil
The pollution of the water table.
Vanishing jobs.
Pressure insurance companies to help farmers ride out bad years without losing their shirts.
Loan stabilization.

The small family farm should receive some tax relief for being a national asset.

Just get Jack in the box to make a good pork sandwich and corn subsidies won't be so problem matic.

Actually Iowa needs better farming methods. Herbicides and pesticides are over used. Farmers are pressed by the terms of their loans to over exert the land and not give it time to rest. Corn subsidies would be part of that problem.

re: #136 Son Of The Godfather

I thought she did well. Gibson asked a vague question that people would have to guess at. He could have just asked it straightforward. For the most part he was ok, a few times I thought he was a little snotty and looking down his nose in disapproval. Obama gets a free pass.

re: #145 hazzyday

I thought she did well. Gibson asked a vague question that people would have to guess at. He could have just asked it straightforward. For the most part he was ok, a few times I thought he was a little snotty and looking down his nose in disapproval. Obama gets a free pass.

and then, after the taping was over, she kicked his ass for being a prick. %-)

/one can dream

i'm thinking i should hit it too, since i've got to spend most of tomorrow reading this crap they've assigned for my so called college classes.

"America: what went wrong?"
"The McDonaldization of Society"
"A whole new mind" oe "why right brainers will rule the future"
"a 21st century toolbox"
plus some tripe from 1910 about labor in california.....

and that's just the ones that have shown up.

i already bitterly regret signing up for this, and i'm only 1 week into my first semester. one of my favorite acronyms from my Army days comes to mind:

IABS!

/teach me to promise 2H6 stuff

re: #147 redc1c4

" or "

btw: i never got the memo that America went wrong.

(neither did all the people desperately trying to get in here either. %-)

having killed the thread, i'm gonna go mess with the fruitcup and go to bed....

L8r! %-)

greetings,

re: #148 redc1c4

" or "

btw: i never got the memo that America went wrong.

(neither did all the people desperately trying to get in here either. %-)

America went wrong when it didnèt accept Karl Marx as its lord and savior.

lol

WHERE IS EVERYONE, GOING TO SLEEP SO SOONÉ

random thoughts

The MSM continues to show their blatant ignorance.

If Obama thinks stepping it up in the attack rhetoric realm will help, then he's forgotten the most important lesson of the *last* 4 year cycle...

You can put professorial looking glasses on Charles Gibson, but he's still poorly informed and prepared Charlie Gibson.

Don't ever register at the Washington Post. If you have already, never go there again...in fact, don't register for anything that wants to feed you lies.

If you wonder what's fucking your pc up, and who has time to write all these "viruses", stop thinking "college kids" and start thinking "Putin".

The BBC doesn't have comments anymore because...the beauty of freedom is that the individual genius with the perfect argument can come from anywhere with the best argument to knock you out...socialist group-think isn't nimble enough to counter better reasoning...after all...

liars lie

...and it takes a while to come to a consensus of what the days propaganda is going to be...apparently.

someone entertain me, my soul is aching for right of centre political discourse.

re: #152 Orbit Rain

random thoughts

The MSM continues to show their blatant ignorance.

If Obama thinks stepping it up in the attack rhetoric realm will help, then he's forgotten the most important lesson of the *last* 4 year cycle...

You can put professorial looking glasses on Charles Gibson, but he's still poorly informed and prepared Charlie Gibson.

Don't ever register at the Washington Post. If you have already, never go there again...in fact, don't register for anything that wants to feed you lies.

If you wonder what's fucking your pc up, and who has time to write all these "viruses", stop thinking "college kids" and start thinking "Putin".

The BBC doesn't have comments anymore because...the beauty of freedom is that the individual genius with the perfect argument can come from anywhere with the best argument to knock you out...socialist group-think isn't nimble enough to counter better reasoning...after all...

liars lie

...and it takes a while to come to a consensus of what the days propaganda is going to be...apparently.

You mean haveyoursay is no more..È

BBC is nothing but a bunch of BASTARDS, BITCHES and ****S. Hence the acronym BBC.

cant say the C word I take it.

re: #152 Orbit Rain

The BBC doesn't have comments anymore because...the beauty of freedom is that the individual genius with the perfect argument can come from anywhere with the best argument to knock you out...socialist group-think isn't nimble enough to counter better reasoning...after all...

No more Have your Say for Al-Beeb? Now where am I going to see sanctimonious Brits and Euros contort themselves into pretzels defending the likes of Mugabe, Chavez, Assad or Morales while identifying America as the number one source of all evil in the world?

The only thing good about Europe is whoring, thats about it. In fact whoring is literally institutionalized on that continent, from the EU parliament right down to the individual Amsterdam RLD scumbag.

re: #153 toxickmagician

someone entertain me, my soul is aching for right of centre political discourse.

Here ya go...

Evan Sayet, comedian and former liberal (calls himself a "9/13 Conservative") ... with a talk to the Heritage Foundation -- nails it on the subject of "How Modern Liberals Think"

Honestly, I feel ill about my country. No, I am not American. I am Finn. I feel ill about my country (which in itself is good place to live) because of both lack of testicular fortitude and adoration of the same in others. I refer specifically to standing by allies for better or worse.

On our side our politicians have absolutely no courage whatsoever in defense issues or foreign policy. Russia is forbidden topic and NATO is something that can't be talked about. Instead of applying NATO membership, because frankly said we need it, most of them keep saying it is is not timely issue and keep babbling about some "NATO-option" as if it existed. That is utter bollocks, because it is best to join there when things are calm. Vast majority of NATO countries would not admit a member that brought crisis with it and would rather let a country go down. So there is no NATO-option.

Or there just might be with Sarah Palin, though she would be unable to hammer it through. But here is the thing. What is the first reaction when even slimmest glimpse of that is shown? Horrified talks about how she's willing to go to war with Russia. Oh, my. These people just can't get it to their head that for a long time this is the only moment anyone has shown willingness to stand up and show any spine regarding the safety of countries that have border with Russia and are unaligned (yet). So not only do these jackasses refuse to get security guarantees, they also mock any possible save in case the unthinkable happens.

So I have newsflash to these people. Should Russia want to play its powergames against us, there will be no help - not with your attitude. Grow a spine and appreciate it when possible future leader of democratic nation shows spine to stand by other democratic nations. It is rare commodity.

re: #160 Purre

Excellent. I pray there are more like you at home.

I find the McCain's personal approach to his own campaign is more of an Altruistic approach. He talks of service, volunteering, communities, dedication, sacrifice.

Palin on the other hand comes off more like a Strong conservative, and a Capitalist. High in interity, and high in guttural instinct and honesty. Not in preaching altruism but in being and example of free individualism. They are quite contrasting. McCain has much more in common with the Democratic Male candidates. This is why Sarah is standing out alone in this election.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

It's anticipatory fruitcup meditation time....

a.k.a. the calm before the storm

Fenway! :-)

Zen fruitcup! ;-)

Just had to go back and fix that typo.....

re: #163 littleoldlady

I'd love to stay and chat- even entertain the newbie with the potty mouth, but alas- I just came for Fruitcup™. But you, {lol}, have a great morning.

(side note "have your say" is not on el beeb's Palin/Gibson interchange, but not, in fact, nowhere)

Oh- before I go.... Got Lipstick?

Morning littleoldlady!

Did you know that Obama and some cop-killers from the 1980s have a mutual freind in Bill Ayers?

(it's more or less explained in my #56)

Sharmuta! :-)

Bye. :-(

/who are all these people?
//was there open registration yesterday?

re: #170 Fenway_Nation

Oh, who cares?! That's not important, Fenway. What's important is that the press parse every word that's ever come out of Sarah Palin's mouth.

/Obama has so many lovely, admirable connections that at this point if you told it all to someone who hasn't been paying attention they wouldn't believe you...

re: #162 Egfrow

The nice thing about the pairing of Altruism and Free Individualism, is that the former is strongest when the latter is at its peak.

re: #158 toxickmagician

The only thing good about Europe is whoring, thats about it. In fact whoring is literally institutionalized on that continent, from the EU parliament right down to the individual Amsterdam RLD scumbag.

you owe me a monitor!

But I do have good news...

Obama has been ahead in Pennsylvania by 7 points for quite a while. A few days ago he was polling at +4.7. As of yesterday his lead is down to +2.3

/HOPE this trend continues...
//wishing for McCain to take the lead here for a CHANGE...

On an unrelated note, I wonder how red would feel knowing he roofied a bunch of plastic fruitcups?

re: #169 Sharmuta

OH. I just saw this! ROTFL!

Lionsgate is preparing yet another tawdry, anti-military screed.

re: #178 victor_yugo

Ironicaly, their stock symbol is LGF.

Is Venezuela kicking the Ambassador out gonna be the new standard for our foes in the next 6 weeks? Oh well maybe saves us some money anyways...

re: #178 victor_yugo

I have bucket loads of schadenfreude for this Lionsgate/Dixie Chicks thing. In any case, I hope the movie tanks.

re: #172 littleoldlady

The more I see of Obamas' associates, the better some of my past associates seem in comparison. And some of them would not be deemed suitable for polite company.

re: #182 FamHistoryGuy

FamHistoryGuy! :-)

Yeah, well it would really hard to beat this guy in the Sleazy Friends department.

So I watched (listened to) Obama last night...

/which I rarely do, because I'm the only person in my family not on high blood pressure meds, and I'd like to keep it that way... at least until the election...

...and I had a mini-epiphany: The reason he sounds so muddled and incomprehensible all the time is that if he actually used the proper words necessary to clarify what he's proposing people would understand that it's Communism.

Watching Obama on Fox. He's talking about Mat who quit his corporate job to help his half brother get the help he need for PTSS.

Help his half brother. I can't believe he'd go there if the story of Obama's half brother living in a hut on a few dollars a month was remotely true.

re: #185 Rancher

NOBODY (MSM) WILL REPORT THE TRUTH ABOUT POOR GEORGE!

re: #184 littleoldlady

Is that anything like my Obama-is-the-douchebag-salesman-who-pretends-to-be -your-buddy-so-he-can-sell-you-some-questionable-g oods-at-a-high-markup epihpany?

re: #184 littleoldlady

I turned off the feed as soon as it started. Just the sound of his smarmy voice started my bp going up. I am not on meds and want to stay off them.

re: #187 Fenway_Nation

That's IT! You've got it!

re: #136 Son Of The Godfather

Don't know if anyone's posted it yet, but this is from Powerline:

Just WOW.

Ayn Rand used to describe the Main Stream Media as a stagnant swamp.

I'm afraid I have to disagree with her. The Main Stream Media is a boiling cauldron of urine and excrement.

re: #186 littleoldlady
I've heard the story on Rush and Hannity but I can't get anything out of Snopes. Let's see what Obama's stop the smears site says.

re: #191 Rancher

I've heard the story on Rush and Hannity but I can't get anything out of Snopes. Let's see what Obama's stop the smears site says.

'Uhh......um.......er......well.......you see......$12 a month goes pretty far in some parts of the world.....like, for example, Kenya'

re: #178 victor_yugo

Lionsgate is preparing yet another tawdry, anti-military screed.

Sedition Skanks.

morning folks

re: #194 toxickmagician

Good morning, newbie! :-)

Have some fruitcup!

mmmmmmmmmm thanks

re: #184 littleoldlady

So I watched (listened to) Obama last night...

/which I rarely do, because I'm the only person in my family not on high blood pressure meds, and I'd like to keep it that way... at least until the election...

...and I had a mini-epiphany: The reason he sounds so muddled and incomprehensible all the time is that if he actually used the proper words necessary to clarify what he's proposing people would understand that it's Communism.

Fat, drunk, and stupid is the way to go through life if you're Karl Marx.

re: #197 The Other Les

its obamunism

re: #197 The Other Les

Fat, drunk, and stupid is the way to go through life if you're Karl Marx.

Might also work if the American people decide to make him our President...

:-(

re: #194 toxickmagician

morning folks

Good moaning.

re: #191 Rancher

Rancher:

Here is a link to my flickr site. [Link: flickr.com...]

You might enjoy some of the aircraft picks from SEA. My nic should be blue.

re: #195 littleoldlady

Excellent fruitcup by the way.

BTW for anyone who has not heard this guy yet. I present you with the gift of Pastor James Manning.

re: #202 FamHistoryGuy

Bon appetit! ;-)

re: #160 Purre

I agree. 'Showing spine' is what maintains peace. How many times does history have to demonstrate the capacity of disarmament and pussy talk to generate the conditions for global war before some people get it?

re: #198 toxickmagician

its obamunism

I like to call it Obamatology. And I often refer to the local Campaign Headquarters down at Central and East Hennepin Avenues here in Minneapolis (I walk past it on the way to the post office) as the local Obamatology Org.

re: #206 The Other Les

Obamatology quite witty.

re: #206 The Other Les

Well....like Scientology, it's already sucked in a number of insipid, wealthy dupes who apparently can be parted with their money.

re: #205 Jimmah

I agree. 'Showing spine' is what maintains peace. How many times does history have to demonstrate the capacity of disarmament and pussy talk to generate the conditions for global war before some people get it?

Getting it means having to admit that one is in error. Self-appointed Superior Beings simply can't do that. It's against the union rules.

re: #178 victor_yugo

Looks like anothe movie with a...er...deep, thoughtful and penetrating message:

"Umm...war is bad, m'kay..."

re: #208 Fenway_Nation

Well....like Scientology, it's already sucked in a number of insipid, wealthy dupes who apparently can be parted with their money.

It least they don't have a Sea Org or a RPF...yet.

re: #209 The Other Les

Getting it means having to admit that one is in error. Self-appointed Superior Beings simply can't do that. It's against the union rules.

Nothing worse than when facts ruin a beautiful world view.

Think of it as coolness in action.

[Link: www.strategypage.com...]

Nothing at Fight the Smears about his brother. He did say the "I am my brothers keeper" line at the convention, but other than that has Obama even mentioned a brother at all? Did he even know about him? My favorite smear is also true, Obama is a Muslim.

SMEAR: Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim

Fact: There is no secret about the fact that Obama's black because his father was black. There is also no secret that his father was a Muslim. The lie is that Obama has a choice in the matter, Sharia being what it is.

They do dance around the truth though.

Barack is a committed Christian who was sworn into the Senate on his family bible, but unscrupulous right-wing operatives are repeating the lie that he was raised a Muslim. These assertions are completely false and designed to play into the worst kind of stereotypes.

Raised Muslim or not, under Sharia if Daddy was Muslim, sons and daughters are Muslim. If only the Mother is Muslim, then I don't know.

Good morning, Lizards.

Anti-submarine helicopter fitted with machineguns and Hellfire missiles over pirate infested waters.

[Link: www.strategypage.com...]

Of course the Left persists in their refusal to understand the role of the Armed Forces in creating and maintaining the peace.

LOL! Celebrate Friday!

[Link: minx.cc...]

goddess! :-)

re: #214 Rancher

If only the Mother is Muslim, then I don't know.

I think if only the mother is a Muslim, that means she sullied herself by touching an infidel Christian/Jew/Hindu/Athiest/Whatever and the only way to redeem the family's honor is to douse her with kerosene and light a match.

re: #201 FamHistoryGuy
Thanks, here's a link to my blog. Has little to do with ranching. For the newbies if you click a blue nick you will see the owners blog if they have one, or else Charles safemail address for that particular lizard. Don't know why FamHistoryGuy's Flicker doesn't.

re: #214 Rancher

Good Morning All. Yes Obama was raised a Muslim. He even talks about making faces during Koranic instruction, in one of his bios.

Good morning.

Serious question: how do you older lizards keep from having heart attacks after watching the television on a night like last night?

1) Charlie Gibson condescendingly berates Sarah Palin and you sit there knowing the whole time it is going to be spun against her.

Does Israel have the right to attack Iran?
Would you support Israel attack it's neighboor just because it feels threatened?
So you would support Israel's decision to attack a neighboor if they felt threatened? WTF?

2) Wake up this morning to the National Enquirer hit piece. It was less a story and more a listing of bad acts the Palin family had done.

3) Judy Woodruff and Fritz's blantantly intolerable bias in their interviews. Not only did Obama get to hear the questions, but Woodruff constantly repeated what McCain set, setting up a rebuttal. The worst was when she said: Senator McCain said the government cannot do it all when it comes to volunteering, but what about kids who have just graduated who don't have the funds to get started?

Wow! She not only set him up to rebut McCain she did it for him!

Seriously what do you do?

Most commentators in TalkLeft, of all places, seem to agree that Governor Palin wiggled out really well in the Bush Doctrine exchange with Charles Gibson.

I agree.

re: #214 Rancher

He is supposed to be able to recite the Muslim call to prayer with an excellent accent. That suggests that no matter what he calls himself now, he was raised in that climate.

He has links to the NOI and his current recent church is Black Liberation Theology oriented.

Entirely too many things being glossed over for my comfort.

re: #222 NC State of Mind

Serious question: how do you older lizards keep from having heart attacks after watching the television on a night like last night?

I dunno. It's a mystery... :-(

re: #224 FamHistoryGuy

He is supposed to be able to recite the Muslim call to prayer with an excellent accent. That suggests that no matter what he calls himself now, he was raised in that climate.

He has links to the NOI and his current recent church is Black Liberation Theology oriented.

Entirely too many things being glossed over for my comfort.

THere is a paper trail that Obama was raised as a Muslim (his Jakarta school). He also talks about Koranic instruction in his book. Yet the MSM participates in the fraud that Obama has never been Muslim.

re: #214 Rancher

Obama also knows how to say and has said that little prayer:

There is no god but Satan posing as my local tribal moon-god and Mo is his psychopathic deranged messenger of death.*

Saying that prayer is considered by most Muslims to be sufficient evidence that one is a Muslim and in a Islamic court would become a matter of life or death.

*rough translation—who says the Koran is untranslatable?

re: #221 opnion
That can be quibbled a bit. I was raised Catholic because of many years of instruction as well as practice and the example of both parents. A few years in a Madras that he probably hardly remembers isn't enough. Your source, (Obama), is also not very credible. FTS doesn't mention the classes at all do they? He did attend and his Uncle put Islam down under religion on some document, IIRC.

re: #220 Rancher

I have not set up my flickr account in my profile here yet. Need to get around to it. Am also needing to upload more pics that I am currently scanning. Up to 1976 and skydiving. Almost done scanning my 35mm slides. About 200 more to go then upload.

re: #225 littleoldlady

I am not that old, but I take news in smaller pieces. And as I have grown older (not that old!), I have learned to take things more at stride. There are idiots and there are malicious people. It is in my interests to be steeled enough that I can live my life and do the right thing for me, my family, my country and G-d.

Besides, I had years ago severe depression and I don't want to go there again.

re: #230 Purre

I am not that old...And as I have grown older (not that old!)

Yeah. I keep saying that, too.

/the mirror doesn't lie though :-(

Best thing for depression is vast quantities of chocolate.

/doesn't help much with the looks, but who cares anymore? ;-)

I have a question- who takes Fruitcup™ without giving it a ding?

re: #228 rancher

That can be quibbled a bit. I was raised Catholic because of many years of instruction as well as practice and the example of both parents. A few years in a Madras that he probably hardly remembers isn't enough. Your source, (Obama), is also not very credible. FTS doesn't mention the classes at all do they? He did attend and his Uncle put Islam down under religion on some document, IIRC.

Where to begin? If you were raised a Catholic & then reject it, then you are no longer a Catholic, no matter what the Church says.
The issue is that you WERE a Catholic. Barry WAS a Muslim.
He did not attend a Madras, it was a public school. He registered as a Muslim & took advanced Koranic studies according to the current Head Master. It was his stepfather LoLo who registered him.
MY source Obama is not credible? WTF are you talking about?
In a court of law that is direct testimony. Are you suggesting that he lied about Islamic instruction?

Did someone mention vast quantities of chocolate?

re: #231 littleoldlady

Best thing for depression is vast quantities of chocolate.

I think that has been scientifically proved correct.

re: #232 Sharmuta

I have a question- who takes Fruitcup™ without giving it a ding?

Drive offs.

re: #232 Sharmuta

Don't make them ding NOW!

/I was going to wait and beg for dings on my birthday so I can make the Top 10!

;-)

I thought you were going to bed, young lady!

re: #235 rancher

I think that has been scientifically proved correct.

I know. I was the test sample. ;-)

re: #237 littleoldlady

Trying to one-up annefrance?

re: #234 scottishbuzzsaw

Did someone mention vast quantities of chocolate?

LOL! Yes- I heard the call too.

re: #236 rancher

Drive offs.

Kids these days! Feh.

re: #237 littleoldlady

Someone's gotta get them in the habit. ;)

re: #239 Fenway_Nation

That would be overkill, no? ;-)

re: #240 Sharmuta

Good morning Shar! How are you today?

re: #231 littleoldlady

You vile temptress. ;)

Now I have to go buy some more.

re: #243 Purre

You vile temptress. ;)

Now I have to go buy some more.

Throw in a big bottle of B-12 and it's happy, happy, joy joy!

/WAY cheaper - and more fun - than the drugs they're pushing these days...

re: #242 scottishbuzzsaw

Good morning Shar! How are you today?

Better than yesterday. I know I'm not alone in having a rough time of it on the anniversary of 9/11, but 7 years ago- I not only had a bad day, but a bad night too. For some reason memories of that night were a little more vivid than they have been previously. Anyways.... I'm better today, Sweetie. And you?

Sigh. A rainy day is perfect for napping, but my responsibilities call. Have a great day!

Think about this, Sarah Palin says goodbye to her son deploying to Iraq & spoke at the ceremony. Later in the same day she sits with Charlie Gibson being insufferable & condescending, to her

I'd love to stay a bit longer, but I have to rock and roll, folks... :-(

Good day, ALL!™

re: #248 littleoldlady

Sure- tempt us all with chocolate and bail on us!

/Have a great day. :)

re: #245 Sharmuta

Better than yesterday. I know I'm not alone in having a rough time of it on the anniversary of 9/11, but 7 years ago- I not only had a bad day, but a bad night too. For some reason memories of that night were a little more vivid than they have been previously. Anyways.... I'm better today, Sweetie. And you?

{Sharmuta} Glad you're better today...I'm doing just fine...

re: #248 littleoldlady

Good day to you also.

re: #248 littleoldlady
Wait wait...where's the chocolate?!?

Gyuuuud evening...

Roy L. Pearson Jr., who sued a dry cleaners for $54 million over a missing pair of pants, is getting a chance to revive the case.

More than a year after his lawsuit was rejected by a judge in D.C. Superior Court, Pearson has persuaded an appellate panel to review the case. The D.C. Court of Appeals will hear arguments Oct. 22, officials said.

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Citing the strains brought on by the lawsuit and other factors, the Chungs sold the Bladensburg Road store last year.

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re: #233 opnion

Where to begin? If you were raised a Catholic & then reject it, then you are no longer a Catholic, no matter what the Church says.

If the Church says your Catholic then believers think you are Catholic. If the Church says you are to be killed for rejecting it then believers will kill you. Whether in the grand scheme of things you are or are not Catholic the perception of the believers is what matters on the ground. What can't be argued here is that those who follow Sharia consider Obama Muslim.

He did not attend a Madras, it was a public school.

Didn't know that, thanks.

It was his stepfather LoLo who registered him.

Didn't know that either. Was she even legally married since Daddy already had a wife? How was she divorced, by Daddy saying "I divorce you!" three or four times? I'm sure I remember Uncle, did she marry Daddy's brother?

MY source Obama is not credible? WTF are you talking about?

Sorry, not credible to me. He's a lying SOS.

In a court of law that is direct testimony. Are you suggesting that he lied about Islamic instruction?

I am suggesting that if his lips are moving...I would bet he may have underplayed or overplayed the whole experience depending on his motives at the time. Which way I don't know but that seems to be his MO.

re: #254 MandyManners

May I say that this fellow should spend some time with a number of Large Sicilian Gentlemen from New Jersey^TM?

re: #247 opnionAnd kicked his ass.

Where'd everyone go? Shift change?