Another great open day

Felling sick...BBIAB.

okay, how soon until we start bailing out the states?
California is first in line.

re: #3 alien_mind

We can sell California to Mexico and solve our financial problems!

I posted this in the links earlier- This is for all you undecided and even decided voters. This video has been removed from youtube because of pressure from the Democrats and the OBAMA campaign (What the hell ever happened to freedom of speech?). Please watch this 11 minute video about the current economic crisis, and then send it to everyone of your email contacts, even those supporting Obama. The truth needs to get out, and this is the only way!

re: #4 Desert Dog

We can sell California to Mexico and solve our financial problems!

And win the election if we do it before Nov.!

Please don't. Yo no hablam Espanol!

This is your morning thread...3984*(#JDL#*)FJ SIR#^#($)%) (translation: this is your morning thread on drugs).

Lizard meet/party - Lizards and mates.

Sunday. the 26th of Oct. 11 am - 3 pm

Walnut Creek, CA 94595

25 miles East of San Francisco.

Locals and Nomads welcome.

BYOB and a pot luck if you wish.

Bring what ever food you wish to cook.

World class kitchen available. BBQ grills. Picnic area.

BBQ briquettes provided.

Heated swimming pool. Bring your suits. Changing rooms etc. available.

We have the ground floor of a 1930s Mansion/museum and outdoor patio reserved.

If it rains we have indoors - if not we have both.

My Halloween treat and thanks to LGF - so no cost to you.

Email for directions and location - secure, private, gated/guarded community.

Plenty of parking ... 100+.

For those that are paranoid & suspicious this is a leftist setup - 6 of us have already met once in SF.

RawMuse hosted that one.

We all like each other.

I volunteered to host the next meet.

This is it.

re: #4 Desert Dog

Forgive me beforehand, but ain't you pushin' it a bit far? I would think Mexico wouldn't consider paying for what they think has been theirs all along. We paid for it once already. Let's just go for giving it to them and cutting our losses.

Next time you are in Vegas, stop by the Harry Reid Museum

Where's my morning coffee?

Who the fuck dinged down an open thread?

re: #13 Walter L. Newton

Who the fuck dinged down an open thread?

Oh, if you click on the number, you can see. I didn't know that. SHARMUTA, what are you doing?

Welcome to the Alinsky Party of Change comrades. How about a couple of quotes for the thread:

“You will never get real freedom and recognition between black and white people in this country without destroying the country, without destroying the present political system, without destroying the present economic system, without rewriting the entire constitution. It will be a complete destruction of everything that America supposedly stands for.”

– El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
(born Malcolm Little, most commonly known as Malcolm X)

“Only Malcolm X’s autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me. The blunt poetry of his words. His unadorned insistence on respect. He promised a new and uncompromising order, marshal in its discipline.”

–Barack Hussein Obama

“But my journey is part of a larger journey - one shared by all who’ve ever sought to apply the values of their faith to our society. It’s a journey that takes us back to our nation’s founding, when none other than a UCC church inspired the Boston Tea Party and helped bring an Empire to its knees.”

–Barack Hussein Obama

Good morning, Lizards.

Lounging around with a couple of sick kids. I'll probably be on a lot today.

re: #10 Cap'n DOC

You are correct, of course. Any transaction involving the "return" of California to it's rightful owner would have to include monetary compensation to the victims....we would have to pay them to take it back. So, I guess for now, the state of my birth will remain in the USA. That is, until the big earthquake, when everything east of California will slide into the Atlantic Ocean.

IMHO

Well, I have not been able to afford to visit my favorite place in the world, France (ok, lay off me, it's my weakness), since Jan. 2007, but after what I have seen going on in DC this week, hell, the Seine is coming to me. Merci DC.

re: #8 newsjunkie_ky

This is your morning thread...3984*(#JDL#*)FJ SIR#^#($)%) (translation: this is your morning thread on drugs).

LOL
what does that mean? It was funny though

So Sal . . .
Have you been saying that you disagree with Killian?
Do you ever go to threads that don't mention to evolution?

re: #16 kynna

Good morning, Lizards.

Lounging around with a couple of sick kids. I'll probably be on a lot today.

Serious, or just typical kids kolds?

re: #9 Bobibutu

Lizard meet/party - Lizards and mates.

Sunday. the 26th of Oct. 11 am - 3 pm

Walnut Creek, CA 94595

25 miles East of San Francisco.

Locals and Nomads welcome.

BYOB and a pot luck if you wish.

Bring what ever food you wish to cook.

World class kitchen available. BBQ grills. Picnic area.

BBQ briquettes provided.

Heated swimming pool. Bring your suits. Changing rooms etc. available.

We have the ground floor of a 1930s Mansion/museum and outdoor patio reserved.

If it rains we have indoors - if not we have both.

My Halloween treat and thanks to LGF - so no cost to you.

Email for directions and location - secure, private, gated/guarded community.

Plenty of parking ... 100+.

For those that are paranoid & suspicious this is a leftist setup - 6 of us have already met once in SF.

RawMuse hosted that one.

We all like each other.

I volunteered to host the next meet.

This is it.

Why the hell does it have to be in NorCal.....? You NorCal guys are evil.... /pouts because it's to far to drive....

re: #9 Bobibutu

Can somebody lend me a few thousand for the flight. I seem to have mis-placed 700,000,000,000.00s.

The Cubs are saved. Today at least 100 devout Muslims will convene outside of Wrigley Field to pray to Allah for a Cubs victory.(Chicago Tribune)
All true. The Cubs thought that they were cursed before?

re: #23 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Can somebody lend me a few thousand for the flight. I seem to have mis-placed 700,000,000,000.00s.

LOL great reply!

re: #17 Desert Dog

I love that joke!

re: #25 Walter L. Newton

How ya feelin' Walter?

re: #24 opnion

The Cubs are saved. Today at least 100 devout Muslims will convene outside of Wrigley Field to pray to Allah for a Cubs victory.(Chicago Tribune)
All true. The Cubs thought that they were cursed before?

Baseball is in the Koran?

re: #15 West Coast Freedom

Welcome to the Alinsky Party of Change comrades. How about a couple of quotes for the thread:

“You will never get real freedom and recognition between black and white people in this country without destroying the country, without destroying the present political system, without destroying the present economic system, without rewriting the entire constitution. It will be a complete destruction of everything that America supposedly stands for.”

– El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
(born Malcolm Little, most commonly known as Malcolm X)

“Only Malcolm X’s autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me. The blunt poetry of his words. His unadorned insistence on respect. He promised a new and uncompromising order, marshal in its discipline.”

–Barack Hussein Obama

“But my journey is part of a larger journey - one shared by all who’ve ever sought to apply the values of their faith to our society. It’s a journey that takes us back to our nation’s founding, when none other than a UCC church inspired the Boston Tea Party and helped bring an Empire to its knees.”

–Barack Hussein Obama

There is nothing to see here, move along, this doesn't matter, it's old news, why dwell in the past, he wasn't serious, this is only part of a young man's journey to adulthood, you are a racist and intolerant if you believe any of this.

Thank you,
Signed, the MSM of The USA

re: #18 Walter L. Newton

IMHO

Well, I have not been able to afford to visit my favorite place in the world, France (ok, lay off me, it's my weakness), since Jan. 2007, but after what I have seen going on in DC this week, hell, the Seine is coming to me. Merci DC.

Your favorite place IS FRANCE................................ Well so much for me asking you to write my biography..... ;p

re: #24 opnion

The Cubs are saved. Today at least 100 devout Muslims will convene outside of Wrigley Field to pray to Allah for a Cubs victory.

They heard there was a goat involved.

re: #23 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Can somebody lend me a few thousand for the flight. I seem to have mis-placed 700,000,000,000.00s.

you take checks? Or, should have the boys down at the Mint print you up some fresh ones?

re: #24 opnion

The Cubs are saved. Today at least 100 devout Muslims will convene outside of Wrigley Field to pray to Allah for a Cubs victory.(Chicago Tribune)
All true. The Cubs thought that they were cursed before?

uh ho..the cubbies are doomed

re: #19 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoopster,
Sometimes stupid stuff just pops in my head. I can't control it.

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Baseball is in the Koran?

Who knew?

re: #24 opnion

The Cubs are saved. Today at least 100 devout Muslims will convene outside of Wrigley Field to pray to Allah for a Cubs victory.(Chicago Tribune)
All true. The Cubs thought that they were cursed before?

They are close, only a deal with the devil will save them now.....is your soul worth a victory? I think the loyal fans would line up to offer up theirs.

re: #27 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

How ya feelin' Walter?

Fine. Nice day here. Overcast, I like gloomy. Will be socked in with clouds through Monday. Snow over 9000ft, up to foot in some places, rainy down here in Golden, at 6000ft. SHoud dip into the mid 30's Sunday night.

On the down side, this current show is our worst seller of the year. I guess people are not interested in seeing the effects of war on the homefront. Not a real cheery show.

Man, this guy pissed me off! Couldn't help emailing him with MY observations. I hope a few of you take the time to dismiss his dribble personally.
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

Following is Mr. Siegel's assessment of the "Voices" of the candidates in last night's debates:

Joe Biden's "Voice"
"Biden's voice was clear (although he was hoarse), confident, credible, genuine, passionate, responsive and respectful, commanding and vice presidential."

Sarah Palin's "Voice"
"Palin's voice was perky and enthusiastic, friendly, down-home, programmed, colloquial, ditzy, predictable, and at times modestly contentious."

Overall Observations
"The moderator contributed to the lack of debate by allowing Palin to insert her own programmed responses instead of answering the questions."
"Palin's repeated name dropping -- trying to prove that she could pronounce difficult names -- was annoying."
"Inserting her meeting with Kissinger into the conversation was laughable."
"During a time of such national crisis, the American people deserve more."
To speak with Alan Siegel or for more information, please contact Davia Temin of Temin and Company at 212-588-8788 or news@teminandco.com.

Heading out to see American Carol now, feedback on it later.
Have a wonderful day.

re: #24 opnion

The Cubs are saved. Today at least 100 devout Muslims will convene outside of Wrigley Field to pray to Allah for a Cubs victory.(Chicago Tribune)
All true. The Cubs thought that they were cursed before?

Go Dodgers!

re: #30 doriangrey

Here Dorian. Have a beer.

(run away! run away!)

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Mo, like Fidel, was a baseball fanatic.

re: #33 HoosierHoops

uh ho..the cubbies are doomed

They are doomed. The only break they have is that they are in LA & therefore will not hear all of the yodeling to Allah. The really bad news is this will curse them for Eternity, forget the goat.

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Baseball is in the Koran?

Where does it mention baseball in the Bible?

In the big inning.....

re: #24 opnion

The Cubs are saved. Today at least 100 devout Muslims will convene outside of Wrigley Field to pray to Allah for a Cubs victory.(Chicago Tribune)
All true. The Cubs thought that they were cursed before?

Assimilated Muslims are cool. I know a few.

re: #34 newsjunkie_ky

Hey Hoopster,
Sometimes stupid stuff just pops in my head. I can't control it.

That's what mrs.hoopster says about me...LOL
how is your day going?

re: #41 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Here Dorian. Have a beer.

(run away! run away!)

/changes Fat Bastard Vegetarian name to Fat MEAN Bastard Vegetarian.....

re: #30 doriangrey

Your favorite place IS FRANCE................................ Well so much for me asking you to write my biography..... ;p

Except for all those French people walking around, France is a very special place. The history, the food, the wine, the women....it's all good in France. I am no fan of their politics, but France is a place you should visit at least once. I guarantee you will look at them differently once you see what France is all about. oui oui mon amie

re: #44 little boomer

Where does it mention baseball in the Bible?

Genesis 1:1

In the "big-inning'.

re: #46 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Assimilated Muslims are cool. I know a few.

I am sure that you are correct. I just would not want to rely on Allah to win a ball game.

re: #13 Walter L. Newton

Who the fuck dinged down an open thread?

Did you see the latest links I left in the previous thread?

[Link: educate-yourself.org...]

re: #50 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

hahahahahhahahaaa

re: #30 doriangrey

Your favorite place IS FRANCE................................ Well so much for me asking you to write my biography..... ;p

Ok, I understand why you would say that. Let me clarify. Of course I have problems with France's politics, but the people, the everyday people, are really not the American haters that they have been typed as.

When I go, I never stay in the tourist districts of Paris, always in the 2 star hotel areas, I eat in common cafes and bistros, I speak enough of the langauge to get arrested and I enjoy the more obscure attractions.

In the country side (mainly eastern France), the folks are about as "countrified" as any folks you would meet mid-states here.

So, a lot of the friction you hear about is not on the people level as much as the political level.

My opinion, my expierences.

re: #51 opnion

I am sure that you are correct. I just would not want to rely on Allah to win a ball game.

Specially since if Allah's team lost somebody would surely get blown up.... :O

re: #52 MandyManners

Did you see the latest links I left in the previous thread?

[Link: educate-yourself.org...]

Got them all. That's grand, golly gee, thanks bunches!

re: #47 HoosierHoops

That's what mrs.hoopster says about me...LOL
how is your day going?

Hangin' in there.
Wondering where we are all moving if The One becomes COTUS (chairman of the US).

re: #50 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Genesis 1:1 In the "big-inning'.

You on a f*n role this morning. LOL

re: #49 Desert Dog

Except for all those French people walking around, France is a very special place. The history, the food, the wine, the women....it's all good in France. I am no fan of their politics, but France is a place you should visit at least once. I guarantee you will look at them differently once you see what France is all about. oui oui mon amie

My parents have been to France twice. They won't go again. My Dad said they were the rudest people and would not speak English to you even when you knew they knew the language.
He spends his money travelling in OUR country now :)

re: #51 opnion

To quote Ricky Bobby (if I might), this is something all Cubs' fans should be saying right now...

"Help me Baby Jesus! Help me Jewish God! Help me Allah! AAAAAHHH! Help me Tom Cruise! Tom Cruise, use your witchcraft on me to get the fire off me!"

I'm just saying they need all the help they can get.

re: #48 doriangrey

/changes Fat Bastard Vegetarian name to Fat MEAN Bastard Vegetarian.....

LOL. I love that video though.
Feel better DG.

re: #56 Walter L. Newton

Got them all. That's grand, golly gee, thanks bunches!

Do you have my Cayman Island bank account number? Incrememnts in units of $8,000.00 work best.

re: #57 newsjunkie_ky

Hangin' in there.
Wondering where we are all moving if The One becomes COTUS (chairman of the US).

Well on our way to having our very first President for Life....

re: #54 Walter L. Newton
My favorite place used to be SanFran.

re: #3 alien_mind

okay, how soon until we start bailing out the states?
California is first in line.

Sacramento went completely out of control.

re: #58 Walter L. Newton

You on a f*n role this morning. LOL

Guys. That was not my wit.

It's an old joke. Just like, How do you know the wisemen wore asbestos boots? In the bible, it says they came from "a far" (southern pronounciation)

Sorry Little Boomer if I stole your punchline.

re: #57 newsjunkie_ky

Hangin' in there.
Wondering where we are all moving if The One becomes COTUS (chairman of the US).

SEOTUS - Supreme Emperor of the US

BKOTUS - Big Kahuna of the US

GCOTUS - Grand Caliph of the US

CPOTUS - Chief Poser of the US

WEPOTUS - Worst Ever President of the US

DAPOTUS - Disaster as President of the US

re: #55 doriangrey

Specially since if Allah's team lost somebody would surely get blown up.... :O

Those drugs are making you funnier than usual.
No wonder commedians are druggies.

re: #65 Syrah

Sacramento went completely out of control.

Sacramento would have had to have something resembling control before they could go completely out of control.

re: #57 newsjunkie_ky

Hangin' in there.
Wondering where we are all moving if The One becomes COTUS (chairman of the US).

Chairman One Of The Illuminated Enlightened States.

re: #59 Typicalwhitey

My parents have been to France twice. They won't go again. My Dad said they were the rudest people and would not speak English to you even when you knew they knew the language. He spends his money travelling in OUR country now :)

Did your parents even try to speak a little French to them. And understand, Paris is no different then NYC. It's a really busy place, and these people you see on the streets are NOT on vacation. If you were a New Yorker and someone came up to you, started speaking Polish, if you were hurrying on to a meeting or had some deadline to make, you may not be so apt to be too helpful.

No matter where I travel (which isn't going to be much anymore), I always that the tact that I am a guest in someones house, and I move from that point onward, with respect.

re: #67 Desert Dog

TOOTUS = The One of the United States.

re: #68 newsjunkie_ky

Steve Martin...
"First, I put a slice of bologna in my shoes. Then? I feel funny."

re: #65 Syrah

Sacramento went completely out of control.

State's been spending every penny of cash on hand, and then passing bond issues to buy groceries for thirty years. The coupon clippers have come home to roost.

re: #68 newsjunkie_ky

Those drugs are making you funnier than usual.
No wonder commedians are druggies.

/blinks through drug induced haze.... Hey did you just say that I'm normally a boring person?

re: #63 doriangrey

Well on our way to having our very first President for Life....

obama be praised!

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Baseball is in the Koran?

Just the sliding into the catcher part......

re: #69 doriangrey

Sacramento would have had to have something resembling control before they could go completely out of control.

The big mistake was in letting them install air-conditioners in the State Buildings. Sacramento in the Summer can be hot as blazes. Letting them make it a comfortable place to be only encouraged them to stay throughout the year.

I know I'll get about 100 ding-downs for this, but please don't shoot the messenger-

Disgusting piece of shit Larry Flint made Palin porn movie

He was going to make one about democrat women, but here's all he had to work with

Open thread

The stream uncrossed
The promise still untried
The metal sleeping in the mountainside

Benet

re: #57 newsjunkie_ky

Hangin' in there.
Wondering where we are all moving if The One becomes COTUS (chairman of the US).

Nov. 4
COTUS interruptus.

re: #71 Walter L. Newton

Steve Martin (again)...

"Those French people are sooo rude. They didn't even have the decency to speak English."

re: #67 Desert Dog

SEOTUS - Supreme Emperor of the US

BKOTUS - Big Kahuna of the US

GCOTUS - Grand Caliph of the US

CPOTUS - Chief Poser of the US

WEPOTUS - Worst Ever President of the US

DAPOTUS - Disaster as President of the US

those are great!

re: #59 Typicalwhitey

I got that in Paris....Paris is snooty, no doubt. I spent a few weeks there in the 1980's and loved it. I am a battlefield explorer. So, I went out to WWI sites, some Napolenic sites, Normandy, etc. The people outside of Paris are really kind. I spoke no French, but I took along a French-English dictionary and tried to speak it. I was treated with more hospitality that I was in the UK where I was living. There, once I opened my mouth and they figured out I was an American, they got rude. Not so in France (or Belgium, Holland, Germany, etc....)

re: #64 newsjunkie_ky

My favorite place used to be SanFran.

I've never been there. An I guess with my finances being in the bucket, I should think of staying close to home if I'm going to do much travelling at all.

I didn't start the Europe binge until about 10 years ago. I had been ALL around to most of the US growing up, and I just fell in love with being able to immerse myself in other cultures.

That probably has a lot to do with the writer and researcher in me. A vacation to a new country starts a year before I do it. I study where I'm going, good enough so I can even take public transportation like a native.

I develop enough language skills to keep myself safe and then after I get back, I'll spend months and months reading up on more of where I have just been. A vaction for me can last a year or more.

re: #74 itellu3times

State's been spending every penny of cash on hand, and then passing bond issues to buy groceries for thirty years. The coupon clippers have come home to roost.

If we bail them out, aren't we just going to encourage them to do more of the same?

If we bail out California, wouldn't all the other state legislatures come to the realization that they would be chumps to not do the same?

re: #72 MandyManners

That one gets my vote! ha ha ha ha

re: #79 Bob in Breckenridge

That's pretty funny. Now. Please go and take a long walk off of a short pier.

re: #38 Walter L. Newton

Fine. Nice day here. Overcast, I like gloomy. Will be socked in with clouds through Monday. Snow over 9000ft, up to foot in some places, rainy down here in Golden, at 6000ft. SHoud dip into the mid 30's Sunday night.

On the down side, this current show is our worst seller of the year. I guess people are not interested in seeing the effects of war on the homefront. Not a real cheery show.

Do "Guys and Dolls". Or the devil will drag you under by the sharp lapels of your checkered coat.

re: #71 Walter L. Newton

Did your parents even try to speak a little French to them. And understand, Paris is no different then NYC. It's a really busy place, and these people you see on the streets are NOT on vacation. If you were a New Yorker and someone came up to you, started speaking Polish, if you were hurrying on to a meeting or had some deadline to make, you may not be so apt to be too helpful.

No matter where I travel (which isn't going to be much anymore), I always that the tact that I am a guest in someones house, and I move from that point onward, with respect.

Yes they speak French lol.
My father is fluent in French and German.
It was their "attitude" that he didn't like.
He felt looked down on as if they would take the "dirty Americans" money but talk behind their back, that kind of thing.
My Dad is old school. He started out dirt poor and ended up very wealthy but doesn't flash it and doesn't talk about it.
But I can tell you, no self made man likes to be looked down on.
He prefers to visit the south, does a lot of golfing in Alabama and North Carolina.
Friendly people who appreciate his business. So that's where he spends his money now :)

re: #59 Typicalwhitey

If you go to Normandy the French still remember:

[Link: www.cheminsdelaliberte.com...]

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Baseball is in the Koran?

You swing the bat at a Jew, run around the four pillars, and whoever scores the most virgins, wins.

re: #73 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Steve Martin...
"First, I put a slice of bologna in my shoes. Then? I feel funny."

One of the funniest 'concerts' I ever saw was Steve Martin during the 'Happy Feet' tour.
FBV, thanks for the memories. (I got to see Bob Hope once, LOVED him)

re: #4 Desert Dog

You first.

re: #75 doriangrey

/blinks through drug induced haze.... Hey did you just say that I'm normally a boring person?

Hope you are feeling better dorian.
They just meant that you are MORE funny now LOL

re: #39 HD Woman

Nicr scoot in your avatar.

Cubs will win tonight.

bank on it. bet on it. bet the farm

re: #80 Ojoe

The stream uncrossed

But, you can't cross the streams. That would be bad.

-Egon

re: #84 Desert Dog

I got that in Paris....Paris is snooty, no doubt. I spent a few weeks there in the 1980's and loved it. I am a battlefield explorer. So, I went out to WWI sites, some Napolenic sites, Normandy, etc. The people outside of Paris are really kind. I spoke no French, but I took along a French-English dictionary and tried to speak it. I was treated with more hospitality that I was in the UK where I was living. There, once I opened my mouth and they figured out I was an American, they got rude. Not so in France (or Belgium, Holland, Germany, etc....)

See my 71. I concur with you just about 100 percent. Even the Paris folks can be friendly, you just have to deal with them the same as you would a busy New York City resident.

re: #75 doriangrey

/blinks through drug induced haze.... Hey did you just say that I'm normally a boring person?

no, did you blink through the 'funnier than usual' part?

Hey Gang, its raining here in LA...if you can call it "rain", its more like an acid shower.

re: #94 Dianna

You first.

I live in Arizona, so what the hell do I know? At least the temps here are going down now.....over 125 days above 100 this summer....ugh, why do I live here!?!?!?!

I have a question for anyone who's keeping track of Biden's gaffes (a Herculanean task, I know). Has he at any point brought up the dreaded 'predatory lenders' card; i.e. student loans, credit cards etc.

Frankly I would love it if he did, since I seem to be sending my checks to 'predatory lenders' to a WILMINGTON, DELAWARE P.O. BOX!

/every last one of them

re: #97 Shug

Cubs will win tonight.

bank on it. bet on it. bet the farm

Hope so, my friend has tickets for the Sunday game.

re: #86 Syrah

If we bail them out, aren't we just going to encourage them to do more of the same?

If we bail out California, wouldn't all the other state legislatures come to the realization that they would be chumps to not do the same?

California is controlled by a Democrat legislature that ignores major infrastructure issues while spending billions on programs.

Yes, the state should be allowed to take its lumps. The feds shouldn't bail us out.

I speak as a very, very annoyed Californian.

But don't start this nonsense about "selling California to Mexico" or other nonsense; by ourselves, we're the fifth largest economy in the world. The US can't afford to sell us and watch us get looted.

re: #97 Shug

Cubs will win tonight.

bank on it. bet on it. bet the farm

If I bet the farm and they lose, will the Gubmit bail me out?

re: #93 newsjunkie_ky

Here's my best Napoleon Dynamite impression.

"Lucky!"

re: #102 Desert Dog

I live in Arizona, so what the hell do I know? At least the temps here are going down now.....over 125 days above 100 this summer....ugh, why do I live here!?!?!?!

Because rainy forests make it very hard to see the desert through the trees... ;p

re: #106 mich-again

If I bet the farm and they lose, will the Gubmit bail me out?

Yes. Tom Harkin will personally deliver the check

Anyone just see Jon Voight go off on the press on CNN?

re: #105 Dianna

Ahnold proposed a set of measures that would have set things in order here but the voters turned it down.

That was about 2 years ago or so.

And the leftists complain about him as if he is the only problem.

re: #88 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That's pretty funny. Now. Please go and take a long walk off of a short pier.

I have a friend of my, in the 60's he use to write jokes for Mort Sahl, and also do political and satirical cartoons for some LA papers.

He had one cartoon of a bunch of people, packed solid on a pier, with the ones on the end being forced off into the water, sort of like lemmings.

The caption.

Pier Pressure.

re: #110 Jamie

No. Link and/or please elaborate.

re: #108 doriangrey

Because rainy forests make it very hard to see the desert through the trees... ;p

Actually, you cannot see the desert through all the sprawl and air pollution. Pretty soon, the only desert you will see here is the cacti and native plants in your front yard. The rest of it is being paved over to make strip malls and cookie cutter houses.

re: #97 Shug

What is it mama winger says?

"There is only Cubbishness"?

re: #105 Dianna

California is controlled by a Democrat legislature that ignores major infrastructure issues while spending billions on programs.

Yes, the state should be allowed to take its lumps. The feds shouldn't bail us out.

I speak as a very, very annoyed Californian.

But don't start this nonsense about "selling California to Mexico" or other nonsense; by ourselves, we're the fifth largest economy in the world. The US can't afford to sell us and watch us get looted.

Speaking as another California resident... How about we just prosecute all the liberal/socialist/communist/democrats who have been looting the state and violating the State constitution for the last 40 some odd years.

re: #97 Shug

Cubs will win tonight.

bank on it. bet on it. bet the farm

Unless it's rained out. Pouring here now.

Go Dodgers!

re: #81 jcm

Nov. 4
COTUS interruptus.

Good one!

re: #102 Desert Dog

I live in Arizona, so what the hell do I know? At least the temps here are going down now.....over 125 days above 100 this summer....ugh, why do I live here!?!?!?!

Because there's air conditioning?

Ding dong the sonofabitch isn't dead.

Kim Jong-il Said to Appear in Public

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who is believed by South Korean and American officials to have suffered a stroke, recently made his first public appearance in more than a month, the North’s state-run news agency reported on Saturday.

Mr. Kim watched a soccer game held to mark the 62nd anniversary of the founding of Kim Il Sung University, the North’s premier institution of higher education named after Mr. Kim’s late father and founding president of the Communist state, the Korean Central News Agency said.

Even Stan won't have him.

re: #114 Desert Dog

Joanie...

"They paved a wasteland
and put up a parking lot"

(run away again. Must. Catch. Breath.)

re: #5 Joe Six Pack

I posted this in the links earlier- This is for all you undecided and even decided voters. This video has been removed from youtube because of pressure from the Democrats and the OBAMA campaign (What the hell ever happened to freedom of speech?). Please watch this 11 minute video about the current economic crisis, and then send it to everyone of your email contacts, even those supporting Obama. The truth needs to get out, and this is the only way!

HELP! I'm an idiot and I don't want to make a mistake. I compiled a list of all my cousins and friends all across the country, but I don't see a 'share video ' button to press. Please advise, someone.

re: #119 Dianna

Because there's air conditioning?

That explains how I live here, not why :-)

re: #114 Desert Dog

Actually, you cannot see the desert through all the sprawl and air pollution. Pretty soon, the only desert you will see here is the cacti and native plants in your front yard. The rest of it is being paved over to make strip malls and cookie cutter houses.

No worries... When the water recedes the desert shall return.... ;P

re: #85 Walter L. Newton

My favorite place to visit now is NYC.

re: #121 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Should say laid down a parking lot, not much "up" about a parking lot.

re: #120 jcm

Ding dong the sonofabitch isn't dead.

Kim Jong-il Said to Appear in Public
Even Stan won't have him.

It's been reported that he has doubles. I won't believe it is him until I see him on a gold course and watch him make 18 hole in ones.

re: #113 Fenway_Nation

No. Link and/or please elaborate.

I wish I had a link...this was just on where CNN was interviewing California attendees of a Palin rally. Voight was screaming at the CNN guy about how biased he found the media's coverage of the race. Went off on Ayres and ACORN.

re: #111 Ojoe

Ahnold proposed a set of measures that would have set things in order here but the voters turned it down.

That was about 2 years ago or so.

And the leftists complain about him as if he is the only problem.

Actually, the legislature turned him down.

The bond measures proposed two years ago were some of the most larded-up pork barrel measures it's ever been my misfortune to read in detail.

re: #72 MandyManners

TOOTUS = The One of the United States.

Shoot 'em in the tootus!

re: #97 Shug

Cubs will win tonight.

bank on it. bet on it. bet the farm

Nobody should be making a statement like that about the Cubs, unless you are a super, died-in-the-wool, die-hard, unbelievably resilient Cubs fan. Which I guess includes most of them. :)

re: #125 newsjunkie_ky

My favorite place to visit now is NYC.

I haven't been back to my birthplace in about 25 years. And I'm glad you mentioned it. I may just have to try to work that into my future plans (if I can afford it). Maybe Comrade Obama will honor my request for relocation to a camp in that area?

re: #116 doriangrey

Speaking as another California resident... How about we just prosecute all the liberal/socialist/communist/democrats who have been looting the state and violating the State constitution for the last 40 some odd years.

How? The unfortunate fact is, the state's been looted quite legally.

re: #129 Dianna

Actually, the legislature turned him down.

The bond measures proposed two years ago were some of the most larded-up pork barrel measures it's ever been my misfortune to read in detail.

I will give Arnold this credit, he has tried to correct our budgetary problems. The problem is that he has been ambushed by the corrupt politicians in Sacramento every time he tries.

By SHAWNA OHM, Associated Press Writer
Fri Oct 3, 6:45 AM ET

JERUSALEM - Pages from an Israeli astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display this weekend for the first time in Jerusalem.

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The diary belonged to Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut and one of seven crew members killed when Columbia disintegrated upon re-entering the atmosphere on Feb. 1, 2003. Part of the restored diary will be displayed at the Israel Museum beginning Sunday.

A little over two months after the shuttle explosion, NASA searchers found 37 pages from Ramon's diary, wet and crumpled, in a field just outside the U.S. town of Palestine, Texas. The diary survived extreme heat in the explosion, extreme atmospheric cold, and then "was attacked by microorganisms and insects" in the field where it fell, said museum curator Yigal Zalmona.

"It's almost a miracle that it survived — it's incredible," Zalmona said. There is "no rational explanation" for how it was recovered when most of the shuttle was not, he said.

NASA officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The U.S. space agency returned the diary to Ramon's wife, Rona, who brought it to forensics experts at the Israel Museum and from the Israeli police. The diary took about a year to restore, Zalmona said, and it took police scientists about four more years to decipher the pages. About 80 percent of the text has been deciphered, and the rest remains unreadable, he said.

Two pages will be displayed. One contains notes written by Ramon, and the other is a copy of the Kiddush prayer, a blessing over wine that Jews recite on the Sabbath. Zalmona said Ramon copied the prayer into his diary so he could recite it on the space shuttle and have the blessing broadcast to Earth.

Most of the pages contain personal information which Ramon's wife did not wish to make public, he said.

"We agreed to do the restoration completely respecting the family's privacy and the sensitivity about how intimate the document is," museum director James Snyder said.

The diary provides no indication Ramon knew anything about potential problems on the shuttle. Columbia's wing was gashed by a chunk of fuel tank foam insulation at liftoff and broke up in flames just 16 minutes before it was scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

The diary is being displayed as part of a larger exhibit of famous documents from Israel's history, held to mark the country's 60th anniversary this year. Also on display will be Israel's 1948 declaration of independence, the 1994 peace treaty with Jordan and a bloodstained sheet of paper with lyrics to a peace anthem that was carried by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at the time of his assassination in 1995

re: #127 Walter L. Newton

It's been reported that he has doubles. I won't believe it is him until I see him on a gold course and watch him make 18 hole in ones.

LOL! It's so bloody hard to get a read on that place. You're very right, one of the factions may have their hands on a double, and paraded him out to buy time for the fractional infighting sorts itself out.

Or, there was an attempted coup and he's finally secure enough to come out.

Or,

Or,

Or,

Send Halfbright in, she kissed his ass enough to recognize it again.

re: #129 Dianna

What do you think will happen in California if the feds do not help out? And, what if they do help out? Would it be money down the well? or would it actually help out?

Here in AZ, we have almost 2/3 of our state budget tied up and linked to voter mandated programs (Propositions from previous elections). And, we have a Governor that has never met a social program she would not like to fund. Add that to a decrease in revenues and it adds up to one big mess. I am guessing there are many states out there with the same problem.

re: #123 Desert Dog

That explains how I live here, not why :-)

I am not so profound a reader of the human heart that I can answer "why?"

Excuse me, my Male is offering to do something to my computer. He claims that it will be a good change.

I have decided to believe him.

BBIAB.

re: #116 doriangrey

Speaking as another California resident... How about we just prosecute all the liberal/socialist/communist/democrats who have been looting the state and violating the State constitution for the last 40 some odd years.

Starting with that rat bag Willie Brown.

re: #129 Dianna

Ah, I always vote no on those kinds of measures unless they are to acquire parkland.

But didn't Ahnold early on have a set of initiatives to get the state squared away financially, and he went to the people directly to get around the legislature? I pretty much remember that & I think it was within the first 6 months or a year of his term.

Some lizard with a longer memory than I have for this sort of thing, maybe you remember?

re: #105 Dianna

California is controlled by a Democrat legislature that ignores major infrastructure issues while spending billions on programs.

Yes, the state should be allowed to take its lumps. The feds shouldn't bail us out.

I speak as a very, very annoyed Californian.

But don't start this nonsense about "selling California to Mexico" or other nonsense; by ourselves, we're the fifth largest economy in the world. The US can't afford to sell us and watch us get looted.

I wouldn't want to sell California.

I just don't think that it is a good idea for the feds to bail out California's political establishment.

If they let California's politicians get away with living in a fantasy economy, the Dem controlled insanity that is Olympia (Washington State) will think they could and should emulate California's practices. They would think themselves fools not too. If there is no downside cost, then there is no reason to not do do like they have done in Sacramento. The same thinking would be taking place in every other state capital of this country.

re: #128 Jamie

I wish I had a link...this was just on where CNN was interviewing California attendees of a Palin rally. Voight was screaming at the CNN guy about how biased he found the media's coverage of the race. Went off on Ayres and ACORN.

That's something I'd like to hear more about too. Unfortunately, if this gets any coverage in the MSM, it will be in the context of "Poor Voight is turning senile, babbling something about acorns and weathermen while vicously attacking one of our colleagues at CNN".

re: #133 Dianna

How? The unfortunate fact is, the state's been looted quite legally.

You mean the way Dianne Feinstein illegally diverted billions of dollars to her husbands construction firm?

re: #117 Racer X

Unless it's rained out. Pouring here now.

Go Dodgers!

Don't say that in front of my little Chicago princess.

re: #135 captain b-1

"It's almost a miracle that it survived — it's incredible," Zalmona said. There is "no rational explanation" for how it was recovered when most of the shuttle was not, he said.

A bit of hyperbole there. A number of tons, in the form of fragments, were recovered.

Arrr, afternoon mates! 'Me nemeses, Microsoft nailed me today. My system automatically downloaded and upgraded XP service pack three. All I had to do was tell it to reboot, and like a stinking bilge rat I did. System crashed big time. But I did have recovery discs and software. I have recovered and am running under auxiliary power as Mr. Scott would say. This is a AMD CPU, so fair warning to AMD users. Its almost enough to drive me to a Mac! Yaaaar!

Gonna' go enjoy the warm day, cool breeze and colorful trees! Later, Lizards.

re: #146 loflyer

My mac never does that.

re: #132 Walter L. Newton
I'm lucky, daughter is living on upper east side for a year. I will be visiting often this year.
Let the NYC Lizards know when you go. I met some and they are wonderful.

re: #136 jcm

Send Halfbright in, she kissed his ass enough to recognize it again.

Oh G-D, I wanna puke, thanks porky!

This picture of Sean Penn is a perfect metaphor for the Democratic controlled Congress.

I think a California bail out should be treated as foreign aid (cold war style)...

Ally with us, clean up your mess and we will grant you bundles of dough.

'Course that could drive them right into the arms of the Russians...

Heh.

re: #67 Desert Dog

SEOTUS - Supreme Emperor of the US

BKOTUS - Big Kahuna of the US

GCOTUS - Grand Caliph of the US

CPOTUS - Chief Poser of the US

WEPOTUS - Worst Ever President of the US

DAPOTUS - Disaster as President of the US

SCROTUS - Supreme Comptroller of the US
that'd be Paulson

re: #149 newsjunkie_ky

I'm lucky, daughter is living on upper east side for a year. I will be visiting often this year.
Let the NYC Lizards know when you go. I met some and they are wonderful.

Will do.

re: #151 Mich-again

I notice he has not been down there in while to "save" the place. I guess he's moved on to the next miracle?

re: #146 loflyer

Arrr, afternoon mates! 'Me nemeses, Microsoft nailed me today. My system automatically downloaded and upgraded XP service pack three. All I had to do was tell it to reboot, and like a stinking bilge rat I did. System crashed big time. But I did have recovery discs and software. I have recovered and am running under auxiliary power as Mr. Scott would say. This is a AMD CPU, so fair warning to AMD users. Its almost enough to drive me to a Mac! Yaaaar!

An AMD CPU you should download the ISO disc image. Install SP3 off the disc image.

Downloading from the net give you the Intel chipset drivers not AMD. The disc image has both sets of drivers.

Mmmmm. Fruit Cocktail.

I eat this stuff by the can.

Nummy....Yum.....

ashley judd is a POS. i know her grandmother and polly is all about polly and what is good for polly.
gimme a break.

re: #157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The cherries are grapes dyed bright red.

re: #148 Ojoe

My mac never does that.

/Loflyer calmly unloads the 12 gage into the monitor!

re: #157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Mmmmm. Fruit Cocktail.

I eat this stuff by the can.

Nummy....Yum.....

(Not in the can. Oh, you know what I mean.)

re: #158 newsjunkie_ky

ashley judd is a POS. i know her grandmother and polly is all about polly and what is good for polly.
gimme a break.

Did I miss something? Translate.

re: #158 newsjunkie_ky

ashley judd is a POS. i know her grandmother and polly is all about polly and what is good for polly.
gimme a break.

ROTFLMAO...............Well that certainly came out of left field...

re: #146 loflyer

Arrr, afternoon mates! 'Me nemeses, Microsoft nailed me today. My system automatically downloaded and upgraded XP service pack three. All I had to do was tell it to reboot, and like a stinking bilge rat I did. System crashed big time. But I did have recovery discs and software. I have recovered and am running under auxiliary power as Mr. Scott would say. This is a AMD CPU, so fair warning to AMD users. Its almost enough to drive me to a Mac! Yaaaar!

Ubuntu is a pretty good alternative.

It is fairly user friendly for a Linux system. I use it on a few machines.

If you are just running an internet surfer, Linux can be a good solution.

re: #159 Ojoe

Really? Cause I love the grapes...slurp.

re: #146 loflyer

Arrr, afternoon mates! 'Me nemeses, Microsoft nailed me today. My system automatically downloaded and upgraded XP service pack three. All I had to do was tell it to reboot, and like a stinking bilge rat I did. System crashed big time. But I did have recovery discs and software. I have recovered and am running under auxiliary power as Mr. Scott would say. This is a AMD CPU, so fair warning to AMD users. Its almost enough to drive me to a Mac! Yaaaar!

step into the light

Got the email pasted below, sent it to everybody in my addressbook, thought it deserves more audience because Illinois is also a blue state in a BIG financial mess (read: meltdown):

Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago?
Body count: In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago; 221 killed in Iraq.
Sens. Barack Obama & Dick Durbin,
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.,
Gov. Rod Blogojevich,
House leader Mike Madigan,
Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike),
Mayor Richard M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley)
.....our leadership in Illinois.....all Democrats.
Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago.
Of course, they're all blaming each other.
Can't blame Republicans; they're aren't any!
State pension fund $44 Billion in debt, worst in country.
Cook County (Chicago) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. (Look 'em up if you want).
Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country.
This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois. And he's gonna 'fix' Washington politics for us!? SURE!

re: #151 Mich-again

This picture of Sean Penn is a perfect metaphor for the Democratic controlled Congress.

you're right. i said the same thing when I first saw this a few years back.
IIRC he brought a mini entourage with him, photographer, publicist, make-up, etc.

re: #161 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

(Not in the can. Oh, you know what I mean.)

I dont know why you would want to eat a can. You part er... ummm...goat?

Seems to me the MSM did a great job in spreading the idea that Sarah Palin is inexperienced...

Gaaaah!

I always respond with..."how about Obama?"

I had one respond to me that he is experienced in the Senate...

I said yes but two years in Senate? He responded something about mayor blah blah and I said don't forget GOVERNOR...and he said 1 and half year..

One also asked me about what papers is Palin reading? I responded with, well how about Obama? Do you know what papers he is reading? He thought about it and responded that ...well we need to ask Biden, Biden is the comparison and not Obama...we don't know what he is reading either!

By the way, Sarah Palin found out about McCain campaign withdrawing from Michigan from reading the PAPERS...

So there! She reads newspapers! She just does not tell you what!

As this is an open thread, here's a question for knowledgeable Lizards:
Is it ok to stick links to youtube video clips in the spin off links?
Even if its nine of them?

Sorry - that were two questions then ...

BBIAM

My parrot just decided to clean her cage out herself. She just tossed a crap load of spent seed out of the cage. Gotta get the 40 year old Hoover out, back in 5.

Anybody else having to log in multiple times to post on different threads?

re: #151 Mich-again

This picture of Sean Penn is a perfect metaphor for the Democratic controlled Congress.

but he should be bailing into the boat

re: #168 alien_mind

And they all forgot to put the drain plugs in the boat before they launched it. That was probably GWB's fault.

re: #173 godfrey

Anybody else having to log in multiple times to post on different threads?

No, but oddly enough LGF has logged me out a couple of times in the last week while I was posting.

LGF Cookbook

Troll Stew
Moby BBQ
Vanilla Kostard

re: #162 Walter L. Newton
she was just on FNC and she said something earlier this week that really pissed me off but I can't remember what it was. It's been a bad week.
don't get me wrong, I like the Judds music but they try to act holier than thou and try to up-play their poor Eastern Kentucky background. I knew them then and I call BS.

re: #164 Syrah

Ubuntu is a pretty good alternative.

It is fairly user friendly for a Linux system. I use it on a few machines.

If you are just running an internet surfer, Linux can be a good solution.

Yaar, lots of add-on and plug-ins on 'me system. Even if offered another system for free. I would stick with Microsoft. My network environment is MS and I just have to deal with it. Curse you Bill Gates!

(I'm posting this, and posting it here instead of next door, as a symbolic, additional down-ding *WHACK*.)

I refuse to post on the OJ Thread!

/stalks from the room

re: #175 Mich-again

And they all forgot to put the drain plugs in the boat before they launched it. That was probably GWB's fault.

Captain Penn to the rescue. oops, we're taking on water!

re: #59 Typicalwhitey

My parents have been to France twice. They won't go again. My Dad said they were the rudest people and would not speak English to you even when you knew they knew the language.
He spends his money travelling in OUR country now :)

Agreed. They make a pretty darn good bread, some out of this world fried potatoes and a really lip-smacking salad dressing - but I can get all those here - no need to go there and be insulted........

re: #172 Walter L. Newton

BBIAM

My parrot just decided to clean her cage out herself. She just tossed a crap load of spent seed out of the cage. Gotta get the 40 year old Hoover out, back in 5.

Lol! Our parrot can get a bit obnoxious at times. My wife yells at it, the parrot yells back. Then it escalates. Quite amusing actually.

re: #98 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Are we not all children of our culture? That was the first thing I thought of too.

re: #171 yma o hyd

As this is an open thread, here's a question for knowledgeable Lizards:
Is it ok to stick links to youtube video clips in the spin off links?
Even if its nine of them?
Sure.
Waving hello.

Sorry - that were two questions then ...

re: #174 spidly

but he should be bailing into the boat

Do bad he did go over board wearing the Second Chance vest.....
Maybe Heineken man could have rescued him....

re: #9 Bobibutu

Wish I could be there but I will be on vacation...

re: #137 Desert Dog

What do you think will happen in California if the feds do not help out? And, what if they do help out? Would it be money down the well? or would it actually help out?

Here in AZ, we have almost 2/3 of our state budget tied up and linked to voter mandated programs (Propositions from previous elections). And, we have a Governor that has never met a social program she would not like to fund. Add that to a decrease in revenues and it adds up to one big mess. I am guessing there are many states out there with the same problem.

Ms. Boxer finally responded to a few chosen words sent to her ... a few interesting points ...

Thank you for contacting me regarding the financial rescue legislation (H.R.1424). I appreciate hearing from you on this critical issue.

The fundamentals of our economy have been shaken, and Americans are deeply concerned. When Secretary Paulson and Chairman Bernanke placed an urgent phone call a few weeks ago to Congress to say we needed emergency action to prevent a major financial meltdown, I expected they would come forward with a plan that was targeted and reasonable, with appropriate oversight and taxpayer protections.

Unfortunately, what they brought us was a $700 billion blank check, which they asked us to sign with no questions asked. This plan contained no oversight, no taxpayer equity, and no control over CEO pay. I strongly opposed this proposal - and thanks to your phone calls, e-mails, and letters, Congress stopped it in its tracks.

The Senate made major improvements designed to strengthen our economy and protect our taxpayers. Instead of a blank check, the Senate plan included significant Congressional oversight, equity for taxpayers, curbs on executive compensation, an increase in FDIC insurance protection for bank depositors, middle-class tax relief, and job-creating tax incentives for renewable energy. The bill passed the Senate by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 74-25 and the House by a vote of 263-171.

These were very important changes. But let me be honest: There were still aspects of this package that I didn't like. I preferred the government acquiring more equity instead of toxic assets. I wanted the package to be put forward in smaller installments and to include more checks and balances to make sure it would work.

For me, the deciding factor in my Yes vote was information I received from the State of California. I was told by the Treasurer's office that without access to credit, which is the goal of this legislation, California wouldn't be able to sell voter-approved highway, school, and water bonds that are desperately needed for our economy and the creation of good-paying new jobs. In addition, I was told by the Governor's office, that without action, our state might be forced to withhold funds for law enforcement, schools, and other needed services. This would bring our state to its knees and many middle-class families would be in deep trouble. Small businesses are beginning to tell me they cannot get lines of credit to meet payroll, as well.

Rest assured, I will continue to speak out forcefully about the failures that led us to this place and keep working with my colleagues to strengthen confidence in our markets, protect the American taxpayers, and enact regulatory reform to ensure that we don't end up in this mess again.

Again, thank you for writing to me about this very important matter. Even though you may feel frustrated with the outcome of the legislation that passed, your voice absolutely resulted in the enactment of a better bill. Feel free to contact me again about any issue of importance to you.

Barbara Boxer

The only problem I've ever had in France was going to sleep. I never wanted to.

re: #171 yma o hyd

As this is an open thread, here's a question for knowledgeable Lizards:
Is it ok to stick links to youtube video clips in the spin off links?
Even if its nine of them?

Sorry - that were two questions then ...

Arrr, Heck if know! give it a shot, and let us know what happens...

re: #146 loflyer

Don't you just hate those automatic software upgrades?

re: #189 godfrey

The only problem I've ever had in France was going to sleep. I never wanted to.

Fear they'd surrender while you were asleep?

re: #143 doriangrey

You mean the way Dianne Feinstein illegally diverted billions of dollars to her husbands construction firm?

I've heard those charges for years..I've never seen any proof of it..
I like Diana...but that's just me..
Are you feeling better today dorian?

re: #185 newsjunkie_ky

OOPs!

re: #183 The Shadow Do

Lol! Our parrot can get a bit obnoxious at times. My wife yells at it, the parrot yells back. Then it escalates. Quite amusing actually.

Our blue front amazon would holler, and then answer what he'd heard so many times, "You're too loud. Be quiet. Put yourself up." And then he would. I covered his cage for 10 minutes and then he could come back out.
He used to copy the sound of 'doing the news', ring like the phone, and sing My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.

re: #183 The Shadow Do

Lol! Our parrot can get a bit obnoxious at times. My wife yells at it, the parrot yells back. Then it escalates. Quite amusing actually.

Back again. All done. I live alone in a 500 sqft apartment (yes, very French sized), so it only takes me about 3 minutes to vacuum the WHOLE thing.

Parrots are very social birds, as you probably know, and Maisey loves the fact that her and I are alone. Every move I make here, or noise, or anything on the radio of occasionaly the TV, she thnks it is for HER benefit.

She is the center of attention. And short of going into my small bedroom, she can see me everywhere else in the apartment.

And yes, we constently make nosies back and forth. It's better than talking to myself.

re: #153 spidly

SCROTUS - Supreme Comptroller of the US
that'd be Paulson

Don't you think that would give a bad name to an otherwise great male part?

re: #188 Bobibutu

Ms. Boxer finally responded to a few chosen words sent to her ... a few interesting points ...

Thank you for contacting me regarding the financial rescue legislation (H.R.1424). I appreciate hearing from you on this critical issue.

snip.

Barbara Boxer

Let me translate that for you.

I voted for this bill because I saw an opportunity to misappropriate billions of dollars of tax money for myself and my cronies.

re: #192 jcm

lol

I have to say, the rudest people I've met have been young tourists. Doesn't matter where they're from.

/French waiters can simply be bought off.

re: #158 newsjunkie_ky

ashley judd is a POS. i know her grandmother and polly is all about polly and what is good for polly.
gimme a break.

Really? I've met her out at the track and she seemed like a sweetheart..
Happily married and a big racing fan.
/ did i mention she is smoking hot in person?

re: #196 Walter L. Newton

Those birds have a long life span.....50 years? How long have you had your parrot? I have three cats, they would love to have a parrot around.

re: #170 Psaturn

She did an interview yesterday with Carl Cameron on Fox News. She mentioned reading, among other things, The Economist.

From Bill Kristol.

I often find Kristol too optimistic and wearing rose-tinted glasses, but his first paragraphs on how McCain supporters should not despair is right on. Hopefully he's right on the rest of it, too.

re: #196 Walter L. Newton

She sounds great.

re: #179 loflyer

Yaar, lots of add-on and plug-ins on 'me system. Even if offered another system for free. I would stick with Microsoft. My network environment is MS and I just have to deal with it. Curse you Bill Gates!

Being locked is is the same as being trapped.

I use both Microsoft and Linux.

The up and the down side of Linux is that it will let you do anything you want to.

Microsoft won't let you do much of anything, and sometimes, that can be a good thing.

6 to one, half a dozen to the other.

re: #198 doriangrey

Let me translate that for you.

I voted for this bill because I saw an opportunity to misappropriate billions of dollars of tax money for myself and my cronies.

lOl ... very good and very sad and true.

re: #189 godfrey

The only problem I've ever had in France was going to sleep. I never wanted to.

And if you get a hotel room facing the street in the summer, you can't. Paris is a 24 hour city in the warmer weather.

But I know what you mean, it's wonderful, day, night and you just don't want to stop absorbing it for on eminute.

re: #184 SusanL

Are we not all children of our culture? That was the first thing I thought of too.

Just means you're a genius too.

re: #195 Perry

Our blue front amazon would holler, and then answer what he'd heard so many times, "You're too loud. Be quiet. Put yourself up." And then he would. I covered his cage for 10 minutes and then he could come back out.
He used to copy the sound of 'doing the news', ring like the phone, and sing My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.

Bird sat the bosses cockateels on week. We had a cat. Birds got to sit on top of their cages during the day. Cat say opportunity for a quick meal, and started stalking the bird. Bird was nonchalant about being stalked, sitting on top of his cage watching the cat.

Cat got to the bottom of the cage and prepared to pounce. Birds crest went up, it puffed up all it's feathers and with a loud shriek ran down the side of the cage right at the cat.

Cat's eye's went wide, and it took off at warp speed. Bird returned to the top of the cage, I swear, chuckling to itself. Cat gave the birds a wide berth after that.

re: #207 Walter L. Newton

It's the best city in the world to be drunk in.

re: #185 newsjunkie_ky

Hi there - and thanks!
Are you feeling a bit better today?

(Gonna do the video links now, BBIB!)

re: #193 HoosierHoops

I've heard those charges for years..I've never seen any proof of it..
I like Diana...but that's just me..
Are you feeling better today dorian?

The charges are true, the California DOJ is in her pocket so they refuse to do anything about it. As to how I feel, both better and worse. My meds are killing me but my mouth is starting to feel better...not a lot better, but at least a little better...

re: #203 arethusa

From Bill Kristol.

I often find Kristol too optimistic and wearing rose-tinted glasses, but his first paragraphs on how McCain supporters should not despair is right on. Hopefully he's right on the rest of it, too.

The artical is on target.

A lot rides on Tuesday's debate....hopefully Sarah P. is caoching Johnny Mac on how to talk to people.

re: #195 Perry

Our blue front amazon would holler, and then answer what he'd heard so many times, "You're too loud. Be quiet. Put yourself up." And then he would. I covered his cage for 10 minutes and then he could come back out.
He used to copy the sound of 'doing the news', ring like the phone, and sing My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.

Mine is a red-lored Amazon, which are not one of the more talky Amazons. But when it comes to sound imitations, heaven help me. Crows, chickens, laughing, cheering, bog barks.

The only word she says is "what." Which, when it becomes her answer to EVERYTHING you ask her, can be a bit annoying.

re: #191 Syrah

Don't you just hate those automatic software upgrades?

Thanx, mate! that cheered 'me up! I am a big BSG fan also. Adama is 'me hero!

re: #214 Walter L. Newton

Answering "what" would be irritating. My 7 year old answers everything with "why?", and that is even more irritating.

re: #201 Desert Dog

Those birds have a long life span.....50 years? How long have you had your parrot? I have three cats, they would love to have a parrot around.

Be prepared for lots of NOISE!

re: #208 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just means you're a genius too.

ROTFLMAO..............Everyone can be a genius with a bar set that low... lol...lol...lol...

re: #209 jcm

Oh---that's great! Typical! Ours went to live with a friend and they are living happily ever after. We visited them a little while after he went, and I heard him say, "here, kitty kitty..."

re: #200 HoosierHoops
She's a raving moonbat. I just hate it when they downgrade my former hometown. It's been a few years since I've seen polly. I moved away. But trust me, it is ALL about them. I'm happy they have success but don't try to rewrite history (something libs love to do). I could go into great detail but won't.

re: #217 The Shadow Do

yes, the sounds of a parrot pecking some cats to death and the sound of parrot getting mauled by three psycho cats from hell

Will birds like parakeets and cockatoos and whatnot actually breed in the US if you let them go wild? Is it possible to breed nightingales? Can't we just sort of stock our neighborhoods with these creatures?

re: #210 godfrey

It's the best city in the world to be drunk in.

Or on a caffine jag. The last time I went, Jan 2007, was the first time back since I stop drinking. I had a date with me, and of course, she was always enjoying the large selection of wines. I was dropping cups of cafe like it was water and smoking up a storm of French cigarettes.

If I get back, it's going to be hard to take. I stopped smoking now too, and I don't drink caffinated coffee anymore.

WHat the hell is there left to do there?

re: #222 godfrey

Will birds like parakeets and cockatoos and whatnot actually breed in the US if you let them go wild? Is it possible to breed nightingales? Can't we just sort of stock our neighborhoods with these creatures?

Los Angeles is now well-populated with a couple of breeds of feral green parrots.

re: #216 Desert Dog

Answering "what" would be irritating. My 7 year old answers everything with "why?", and that is even more irritating.

Got those too. Mine are both ADD and everthing has to have a complete answer but they have another question before I'm through with the last one.

Palin: Obama palling around with terrorists

Yep.

re: #201 Desert Dog

I have three cats, they would love to have a parrot around.

They're only telling you that because they hope to share a parrot lunch when you're not looking... lol...lol...lol...

re: #216 Desert Dog

Answering "what" would be irritating. My 7 year old answers everything with "why?", and that is even more irritating.

They would be a hoot together. "Why," What," "Why," What."

re: #203 arethusa

From Bill Kristol.

I often find Kristol too optimistic and wearing rose-tinted glasses, but his first paragraphs on how McCain supporters should not despair is right on. Hopefully he's right on the rest of it, too.

from your link:
"Despair is what the Obama campaign is hoping and working for. If a campaign can convince supporters of the other candidate that the race is effectively over, the enthusiasm and volunteer efforts drop off--as does, ultimately, their turnout on Election Day. Just as important, undecided and loosely affiliated voters become persuaded there's no real contest and lose any incentive to look closely at the candidates. This explains the efforts of the Obama campaign--aided by a colluding media--to sell the notion that the race is over, that McCain supporters should give up, and undecided voters should tune out."

The MSM is really working hard to convince the Country The One will win so why bother if you are for McCain.

re: #227 doriangrey

yes, they would like an aquarium full of "fresh seafood" as well, I bet

re: #223 Walter L. Newton

Or on a caffine jag. The last time I went, Jan 2007, was the first time back since I stop drinking. I had a date with me, and of course, she was always enjoying the large selection of wines. I was dropping cups of cafe like it was water and smoking up a storm of French cigarettes.

If I get back, it's going to be hard to take. I stopped smoking now too, and I don't drink caffinated coffee anymore.

WHat the hell is there left to do there?

Chocolate.

re: #221 Desert Dog

yes, the sounds of a parrot pecking some cats to death and the sound of parrot getting mauled by three psycho cats from hell

In addition to the yellow nape we have now, we used to have a Cockatoo. Big bloody terrorist! Chased the dogs around the house and then would come after me!

Had to commit him to a new home. Abu Grahb would have been appropriate.

re: #226 USA

Palin: Obama palling around with terrorists

Yep.

Since McCain seems too honorable to attack Obama, maybe Palin can do it for him? Keep it up!

(At some point, though, McCain needs to get in on the act.)

re: #226 USA

Palin: Obama palling around with terrorists

Yep.

Will Joe say it ain't so? Will anyone believe him?

re: #228 Walter L. Newton

you are right, then you would have to make Denver your favorite place to get drunk!

This election.

There are no issues.

There are no candidates.

Voters are voting for abstract ideologies, and paying no attention at all to the actual humans involved, nor details on the ground.

The earlier candidates with personal virtues, or who talked about issues, got no votes.

And here we are.

re: #224 itellu3times

Los Angeles is now well-populated with a couple of breeds of feral green parrots.

San Diego Ca, (well La Mesa anyways) has a pretty good population of them as well.

re: #199 godfrey

lol

I have to say, the rudest people I've met have been young tourists. Doesn't matter where they're from.

/French waiters can simply be bought off.

That was our experience in Iran. A lot of I hate to say Americans looked down at the Iranians. All it took to break the ice was, show we'd bothered to learn Persian and they'd be as hospitable as all get out.

re: #223 Walter L. Newton

Hmm, there's always the possibility of eating. Swimming is out: the Seine is full of things that will make you itch when you come out.

re: #224 itellu3times

Los Angeles is now well-populated with a couple of breeds of feral green parrots.

I've seen an article about wild parrots in Brooklyn NY. I don't know how they survice the winters though. They are a tropical bird and even though they have adjusted a bit to a non-tropical climate in domestication, I think NY in the winter would be pushing it.

But they are there, so who knows.

re: #214 Walter L. Newton

Mine is a red-lored Amazon, which are not one of the more talky Amazons. But when it comes to sound imitations, heaven help me. Crows, chickens, laughing, cheering, bog barks.

The only word she says is "what." Which, when it becomes her answer to EVERYTHING you ask her, can be a bit annoying.

Mornings were veeerrry loud and happy. It got to where I didn't hear the racket so much and just enjoyed his enthusiam. The canaries and finches would go bananas too but the noise a big bird can produce is amazing.

re: #226 USA

Oh my...the truth squads won't like that one bit. Even if it is the truth.

re: #226 USA

Palin: Obama palling around with terrorists

Yep.

that's not the Bill Ayers I knew.

re: #211 yma o hyd

Hi there - and thanks!
Are you feeling a bit better today?

(Gonna do the video links now, BBIB!)

You were right. Every day gets a little less desperate. Still not back to normal (gues I will never be) but crying jags are fewer.
thank you my dear friend.

re: #215 loflyer

Thanx, mate! that cheered 'me up! I am a big BSG fan also. Adama is 'me hero!

I just got into it myself. Watching via Netflix into Seasons 2.5, much better than I expected.

re: #238 jcm

When did you go to Iran? That is a place I would like to see, just for the archeology alone.

re: #223 Walter L. Newton

*Waving* Ask me! Ask me!

re: #233 arethusa

Since McCain seems too honorable to attack Obama, maybe Palin can do it for him? Keep it up!

(At some point, though, McCain needs to get in on the act.)

I think it is the job of the VP nominee to insert and turn the knife. Like it or not, this is Palin's job.

re: #238 jcm

I'd like to go there one day. My Persian expat friends are some of gentlest, smartest, and cultured people I know.

re: #231 Syrah

Chocolate.

Syrah, good suggestion, but in the last two years I have managed to loose about 180 pounds. As it is, M&M's are always talking to me.

Getting healthy sucks.

re: #224 itellu3times

Los Angeles is now well-populated with a couple of breeds of feral green parrots.

San Diego as well.

re: #250 Walter L. Newton

Syrah, good suggestion, but in the last two years I have managed to loose about 180 pounds. As it is, M&M's are always talking to me.

Getting healthy sucks.

Wow. Congratulations!