Thanks Charles, I was getting depressed!

It's Sunday afternoon here in NJ.

What happened to the Buzz link? Not that I'll miss it, to be honest...

I have to write lesson plans for my English 10 RR. I also have to decode the previous teacher's grade-book and figure out how she wanted to weight exams and all that neat stuff. Can we turn this into the Sunday Brunch & Drinking Thread?

I am so racist for enjoying this guy's rants.

I'm voting for McCain / Palin

Wild horses could not get me to drink this coffee!

Disgusting! Spit!

[Link: www.truthorfiction.com...]

Why would I not have anything on the sidebars showing?

It was okay here this morning for me, now it's just the thread or just comments on this page.

TIA

I took the buzz links off the front page, because their code isn't suited for multiple links; it has to load a Javascript file for every post, which was too much overhead.

They're still there on the individual pages.

re: #5 Racer X

I am so racist for enjoying this guy's rants.

I'm voting for McCain / Palin

That guy is awesome.

Hey Charles,

Now that you're around, I've always wondered if you're a fingerstyle player or a flatpicker.

If it is any help, I lose the left sidebar when switching threads.

Thank you.

Yup, the left sidebar is off the edge of my screen.

Fox News just ran a piece that explains the financial crisis for anyone who does not have any clue as to what is going on. It is basically "for dummies". The MSM will not run something like this because it points the finger at the CRA, Clinton, Obama, Frank, Dodd, Schumer. I am sickened by the way the MSM has covered their fraking eyes on this.

McCain better speak of this clearly and forcefully Tuesday.

re: #14 cblesz

Fox News just ran a piece that explains the financial crisis for anyone who does not have any clue as to what is going on. It is basically "for dummies". The MSM will not run something like this because it points the finger at the CRA, Clinton, Obama, Frank, Dodd, Schumer. I am sickened by the way the MSM has covered their fraking eyes on this.

McCain better speak of this clearly and forcefully Tuesday.

I really hope a little of Palin's fearlessness rubs off on McCain.

Hmmm.. sticky situation indeed. Something for the guys and gals. I'm really liking Daniel Craig as the new Bond, but Mrs. Lawhawk really digs him. Alot. Can't blame her. He gets all the hot gals (even though they all seemingly end up dead).

re: #14 cblesz

I saw it last night. It was a very good at connecting all the various dots. I know you were just joking, but Fox did a good job...the piece is not for 'dummies' at all.

re: #15 reine.de.tout

I really hope a little of Palin's fearlessness rubs off on McCain.

I don't think it's fear that's holding McCain back. It never has before. Rather, I think either he plans such attacks himself later or he really does want to run an honorable campaign. Unfortunately he is not playing with people who do.

re: #5 Racer X

I am so racist for enjoying this guy's rants.

I'm voting for McCain / Palin

"The price John McCain paid for his country, you couldn't even pay the taxes on".

Reuters headline"Obama accuses McCain of a smear campaign."This is rich..... who's been smearing who in this campaign?Palin is , a book banner, racist, idiot, bad mother, illegal firing,unqualified, rube.......

re: #9 Sparkizzy

That guy is awesome.

HA! He escaped the plantation!

re: #16 lawhawk

Hmmm.. sticky situation indeed. Something for the guys and gals. I'm really liking Daniel Craig as the new Bond, but Mrs. Lawhawk really digs him. Alot. Can't blame her. He gets all the hot gals (even though they all seemingly end up dead).

Daniel Craig is the hottest Bond since Sean Connery was young, imo.

Yeah, CSS is a pain in the ass. It is still better than dealing with the messy Tables way of doing layout but still can be a pain in the ass.

Charles, try using that Firefox plugin called "Firebug" which can help you figure out what is causing the problem.

Just in case anyone has forgotten, here's Obama giving Hillary the finger some months back.

[Link: hotair.com...]

Real class.

re: #17 DeafDog

I saw it last night. It was a very good at connecting all the various dots. I know you were just joking, but Fox did a good job...the piece is not for 'dummies' at all.

Well, it is. I work in the business and have bought and sold HEL's, MBS and CMO's. The average Joe has no idea how we got here...other than it is George Bush's fault.

re: #18 arethusa

I don't think it's fear that's holding McCain back. It never has before. Rather, I think either he plans such attacks himself later or he really does want to run an honorable campaign. Unfortunately he is not playing with people who do.

You are probably correct.

I hope he "sees the light" and starts playing hard.

Oh, talking about smears.... McCain is an old, angry, senile,racist,right-wing, nut......

re: #26 reine.de.tout

You are probably correct.

I hope he "sees the light" and starts playing hard.

Has he ever played hard when campaigning?

re: #16 lawhawk

Hmmm.. sticky situation indeed. Something for the guys and gals. I'm really liking Daniel Craig as the new Bond, but Mrs. Lawhawk really digs him. Alot. Can't blame her. He gets all the hot gals (even though they all seemingly end up dead).

The new Bond wasn't quite up to Sean Connery standards, but he was way better than Dalton/Bronson or Moore (and that other flunky who played the role).

re: #16 lawhawk

Hmmm.. sticky situation indeed. Something for the guys and gals. I'm really liking Daniel Craig as the new Bond, but Mrs. Lawhawk really digs him. Alot. Can't blame her. He gets all the hot gals (even though they all seemingly end up dead).

I really like that they toned down the cartoony-ness and gagetry. like that when he fights he gets cut and bruised and stays injured - though he still heals rapidly

The MSM will be spinning it like this all the way to Nov. 4th. Then, if their man wins, they will excuse, explain away and gloss over the coming disaster that will be his Presidency. I want to barf just thinking about it!

My left sidebar isn't gone, it's just clear in the hell down at the bottom of the page...

The Giants are abusing the Seahawks so badly it's almost criminal.

re: #31 Desert Dog

The MSM will be spinning it like this all the way to Nov. 4th. Then, if their man wins, they will excuse, explain away and gloss over the coming disaster that will be his Presidency. I want to barf just thinking about it!

MSM meme for BO's presidential failures
GeorgeBushes!
GeorgeBushes!
GeorgeBushes!
GeorgeBushes!

re: #5 Racer X

I am so racist for enjoying this guy's rants.

I'm voting for McCain / Palin

That was fun.

That was great!

re: #18 arethusa

I don't think it's fear that's holding McCain back. It never has before. Rather, I think either he plans such attacks himself later or he really does want to run an honorable campaign. Unfortunately he is not playing with people who do.

I don't think he's fearful. I think he's a hero who's seen war, been tortured, held his place with honor. Nothing else can ever be that bad, even politics. I used to work in a really stressful job, with people's lives in my hands. Nothing else has ever been terribly stressful since then, when I stop and think about it.

re: #29 DeafDog

That would be George Lazenby. Connery was excellent, and I thought that Pierce Brosnan was very good (should have been Bond instead of Dalton but for the Remington Steele run), and Moore was a more humorous take on Bond (fun when growing up the late 70s early 80s.

Craig is far more dangerous and menacing than any of the other Bonds. You never quite got that with even Connery. Sure, you've got the cold determination, but Craig's Bond is relentless in pursuit of his objectives.

re: #33 JammieWearingFool

It's one of the most dominating performances from the Giants in a long time - clearly on top of their game and Manning was sharp. Real sharp.

re: #20 nigella

Reuters headline"Obama accuses McCain of a smear campaign."This is rich..... who's been smearing who in this campaign?Palin is , a book banner, racist, idiot, bad mother, illegal firing,unqualified, rube.......

The msm has been doing most of the smearing for obambi/plugs.

re: #28 gettinby

Has he ever played hard when campaigning?

I don't know...anybody remember him in 2000? My impression is, no.

re: #25 cblesz

Well, it is. I work in the business and have bought and sold HEL's, MBS and CMO's. The average Joe has no idea how we got here...other than it is George Bush's fault.

Is there anything about the piece that you would correct or add to?

I thought they did a good job of showing a well-intentioned program spinning out of control.

Charles, I noticed your wrapper has a neg margin - why not just set the margin to auto which will center it?

re: #38 lawhawk

It's one of the most dominating performances from the Giants in a long time - clearly on top of their game and Manning was sharp. Real sharp.

342 yards used to be an offensive explosion for an entire game. Now they have that in the first half.

It could actually be worse than 27-6 right now. Of course, a whole half to go, but it's looking good.

I'm starting to think this team has potential.

:D

re: #41 DeafDog

Is there anything about the piece that you would correct or add to?

I thought they did a good job of showing a well-intentioned program spinning out of control.

No. I thought it was pretty good. Heard most of it on the radio on the way home from the supermarket...did not get to see the visuals, but it sounded good.

I really think that bit of AP "analysis" is just one more indicator that the MSM era is largely over. Thank goodness for the Internet.

re: #42 tedzilla99

Charles, I noticed your wrapper has a neg margin - why not just set the margin to auto which will center it?

It is using auto margins now. But the "no scroll bars" problem is still there.

re: #32 Fat Jolly Penguin

My left sidebar isn't gone, it's just clear in the hell down at the bottom of the page...

OMG! You're right!

re: #37 lawhawk

The Moore movies were got to be too campy for me....they took a good campiness and went to far. The Space Shuttle adventure (Octopussy?) was way far fetched.

The last bond flick (with Craig) had a totally different feel to it than the Moore movies. The chase scene in the construction site was awesome! It reminded me of the "Bourne Identity" movies with Matt (good actor, hate his polities) Damon. You got the feeling that it just might be real.

re: #37 lawhawk

I agree, Craig is much more dangerous. Bond has always been suave and all that, but beginning with Roger Moore and then Pierce Brosnan, the character became more like a Super Hero than a real guy. I think casting Craig was the best thing that has happened to this franchise in a long time. He get's beat up, makes mistakes and misjudges. Of course, in the end, he still gets the bad guys, but it's not so predetermined as previous versions of Bond. Mrs. Desert Dog has voted Craig as the best Bond ever, too - for different reasons, no doubt.

re: #46 Charles

It is using auto margins now. But the "no scroll bars" problem is still there.

not seeing that one - you're probably changing it faster than I can refresh it heheh

I'll probably be more of an interruption than a help so I'll quiet down. I do have lots of experience in breaking stuff with CSS haha

Aah! Why didn't someone tell me the Phillies are on now?

*leaves in haste*

re: #50 tedzilla99

not seeing that one - you're probably changing it faster than I can refresh it heheh

I'll probably be more of an interruption than a help so I'll quiet down. I do have lots of experience in breaking stuff with CSS haha

You can see the scroll bar problem if you resize the window to a smaller width than the content. The left sidebar disappears off the left side.

OH, and Obama is running ads, "economy in turmoil, thousands of jobs lost, yada yada yada...and John McCain wants to change the subject"...YES, he does jackass. Nobody has pushed you on your CHARACTER and YOUR BUDDIES...freaking retard. Unreal. How about someone in the MSM push him on it? Does he not think it is about his judgement and character?

I'm trying to figure out a way to completely ignore any/all polls and/or predictions. Any suggestions?

re: #5 Racer X

I am so racist for enjoying this guy's rants.

I'm voting for McCain / Palin

Thanks for that,Damn dude,Racer X,you just made my day.I wouldn't call it a rant,seem very enlightened.

re: #39 newsjunkie_ky

The msm has been doing most of the smearing for obambi/plugs.

The MSM is spoon fed. The age of "investigative journalis" has passed. Case in point, the MSM in Iraq is stuck in the green zone (has been for years) and they consider going to press conferences as 'reporting.' Meanwhile, Michael Yon gives you facts from the field...totally different and more real from what you will hear in the MSM. That was a bit of a rant, but my point is that the MSM may be reporting, but the mud is comming from the campaign itself, because the reporters are nothing but faces.

re: #54 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm trying to figure out a way to completely ignore any/all polls and/or predictions. Any suggestions?

Chocolate.

Europeans scrambling to save failing banks. Nothing better on a dreary Sunday than watching Europeans scrambling for any reason.

re: #54 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm trying to figure out a way to completely ignore any/all polls and/or predictions. Any suggestions?

Just stay here, hon, and don't read those other things.

re: #22 reine.de.tout

Daniel Craig is the hottest Bond since Sean Connery was young, imo.

My favorite MTV Celebrity Death Match is the one where Sean Connery and Roger Moore are fighting for the title of "Baddest Bond" with gadgets from the Sharper Image catalog.

Anyone that participates in the Eurofascism threads and hasn't read this article yet that I've been posting ought to read it now. It's very important to understand what the left-right continuum means in the continental European tradition. I see a lot of posters who don't get it at all; who don't understand the differences between the American and European traditions, and the discussion gets hopelessly muddled. It's a bit of a heavy read, but worthwhile, so here it is again.

[Link: www.worldandi.com...]

re: #57 Syrah

Chocolate.

I wish you could be my Mom.

re: #49 Desert Dog

I agree, Craig is much more dangerous. Bond has always been suave and all that, but beginning with Roger Moore and then Pierce Brosnan, the character became more like a Super Hero than a real guy. I think casting Craig was the best thing that has happened to this franchise in a long time. He get's beat up, makes mistakes and misjudges. Of course, in the end, he still gets the bad guys, but it's not so predetermined as previous versions of Bond. Mrs. Desert Dog has voted Craig as the best Bond ever, too - for different reasons, no doubt.

Mr. Doppelganger liked Casino Royale a lot. I have never been a big Bond fan, but I would have chosen Clive Owen over Daniel Craig. Mmm, Clive Owen...

Now what have you done, I can't select any text from anywhere?!?!?

Wow!

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My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money. - Joe Weinstein

It does not matter much what a man hates provided he hates something. - Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)

In England, any man who wears a sword and a powdered wig is ashamed to be illiterate. I believe it is not so in France. - Dr. Samuel Johnson (1707 - 1784)

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is a rule up with which I shall not put. - Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

re: #60 Colonel Panik

My favorite MTV Celebrity Death Match is the one where Sean Connery and Roger Moore are fighting for the title of "Baddest Bond" with gadgets from the Sharper Image catalog.

That was hilarious!

re: #56 DeafDog

The MSM is spoon fed. The age of "investigative journalis" has passed. Case in point, the MSM in Iraq is stuck in the green zone (has been for years) and they consider going to press conferences as 'reporting.' Meanwhile, Michael Yon gives you facts from the field...totally different and more real from what you will hear in the MSM. That was a bit of a rant, but my point is that the MSM may be reporting, but the mud is comming from the campaign itself, because the reporters are nothing but faces.

You are right but this keeps the perception that obambi is running a 'nice' campaign, while that evillllll McCain/Palin are running a mean, dishonest campaign.

But on the positive side, the ctrl-F search function now works again for me, for the first time in a year!

re: #1 nigella

Thanks Charles, I was getting depressed!

Why are you depressed?

The Way I See It #287

"There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."

Madeleine K. Albright
Secretary of State and Ambassador to the UN

re: #70 Noam Sayin'

hat tip: Powerline

re: #48 DeafDog

You cannot mention his name without posting the link.

MAAAAAT DAAAAAMON!

re: #54 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm trying to figure out a way to completely ignore any/all polls and/or predictions. Any suggestions?

Go to a dark and quiet space.

Sit or lie down.

Close your eyes.

Ask yourself, 'Where's the pain?'

Describe to yourself exactly where it is. (center of stomach, back of head, left side of neck, etc.)

Once you pinpoint the pain, ask yourself, "What does it look like?"
(shape of a ball, pencil, door, etc.)

Then ask, "How much fluid can it hold?" (1 oz., 6 oz. ?)

Then ask, "What color is the fluid?"

Then wait a few seconds...and ask again, "Where's the pain?"

It will either move or disappear. If it moves, start over. It'll finally go away.

You will never be bothered again by a poll or prediction. The information will just bounce off of you.

/This is my prediction. :)

re: #62 debutaunt

Chocolate doesn't really solve anything, but for a fleeting moment, you can taste contentment.

Sometimes that is enough to remember blessing in life that we all to easily overlook in the frustrations and worries of the everyday.

I've started looking at puppies online. I want another pek-a-poo. How do you know it's not a puppy mill? And aren't you rescuing a puppy if you get it away from a puppy mill? My daughter adopted (bought) a puppy from a 'rescue foster mom' but as she had 50 dogs in cages isn't this almost like a puppy mill?

/I feel so guilty for looking.

So hey, look at this:

SEC charges 5 L.A. brokers on subprime mortgages
By Robert Daniel, MarketWatch

Last update: 4:28 a.m. EDT Oct. 5, 2008
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - The Securities and Exchange Commission charged that five Los Angeles-area brokers "put their customers at risk by refinancing their homes with subprime mortgages that they could not afford."

The agency, in a statement on Friday, said it charged the five with securities fraud, saying that the brokers executed the refinancings to "fraudulently sell [the homeowners] unsuitable securities." It filed the case in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
...

The SEC is going to prosecute bad mortgage lenders? A mortgage is a security?

I don't think so.

The SEC, late to the party, but already drunk.

re: #55 Oldasdirt

I love that guy!

I noticed div id=#maincontentdiv doesn't have any properties?

I put the old design (with tables, yech) back until this is debugged a bit more.

Reload the page and you'll be back to normal.

American Thinker has a good post today on MSM and how we should view them.

THEY ARE THE ENEMY!

Conservatives have to realize one simple truth: the Big Media is not the enemy's ally who can be won over; it is the enemy itself. The U.S. Big Media is every bit the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party's left wing as Dr. Goebbels' organization was the propaganda arm of the Nazi regime.

BBIAM,
gotta go babysit Granddaughter for a few min.

re: #81 newsjunkie_ky

BBIAM,
gotta go babysit Granddaughter for a few min.

let her post. We could use a new perspective!

re: #75 newsjunkie_ky

I've started looking at puppies online. I want another pek-a-poo. How do you know it's not a puppy mill? And aren't you rescuing a puppy if you get it away from a puppy mill? My daughter adopted (bought) a puppy from a 'rescue foster mom' but as she had 50 dogs in cages isn't this almost like a puppy mill?

/I feel so guilty for looking.

I'm getting my wife a new puppy for her birthday next week.

re: #79 Charles

I put the old design (with tables, yech) back until this is debugged a bit more.

Reload the page and you'll be back to normal.

Oh goody, I can select text again. But strangely, the ctrl-F is still working, too! And yes, the left column is top-aligned again, hurrah.

Saw "An American Carol" Friday night. Flashes of the Airplane! brand of parody humor, and a couple of flashes of genuine Why We Fight sentiment. I recommend it highly.

re: #83 BBev

I'm getting my wife a new puppy for her birthday next week.

what a coincidnece. i'm thinking of getting my puppy a new wife (okay ,, it would relly be for me ,, but shhhhhhh)

re: #86 sattv4u2

what a coincidnece. i'm thinking of getting my puppy a new wife (okay ,, it would relly be for me ,, but shhhhhhh)

You own me a new comp screen. I just spit wine all over it.

re: #87 BBev

You own me a new comp screen. I just spit wine all over it.

hehehehehe,,,

thats what you get for drinking while I'm working !

Tom Brokaw this Tuesday, Bob Schieffer next Tuesday, for whoever was asking about the remaining debates the other day.

[Link: www.swamppolitics.com...]

re: #80 Intrepid

American Thinker has a good post today on MSM and how we should view them.

THEY ARE THE ENEMY!

They need to be made into the story: there need to be opinion pieces and Fox News items asking why CNN, MSNBC and the New York Times censor themselves of any facts that might reflect badly on Obama. Make the MSM have to answer to the charge that they refuse to present the full truth, make them defend their self-stated reputation for telling the whole story without bias.

re: #91 taxfreekiller

The days are getting shorter, too, I think it's a plot by Cheney to make us burn more oil.

Obama endorsements that John McCain would never get:

The Taliban
Hamas
Hezbollah
Hugo Chavez
Fidel Castro
The surviving members of the Weather Underground
Black Liberation Theology supporters
Louis Farrakhan
Jane Fonda, Sean Penn, Susan Surrender, et al
Al Qaida
Muammar Gaddafi
Communist Party of the USA
Vladimir Putin
The entire MSM of the USA, Canada, Europe and Asia

I am sure I miss some other obvious ones too.

re: #90 stuiec

In fairness to the often lampooned Bill Oreilly, he's been doing that for months now.

re: #92 itellu3times

The days are getting shorter, too, I think it's a plot by Cheney to make us burn more oil.

Where do you live? every day here in Atlanta is still 24 hours long !

re: #75 newsjunkie_ky

I've started looking at puppies online. I want another pek-a-poo. How do you know it's not a puppy mill? And aren't you rescuing a puppy if you get it away from a puppy mill? My daughter adopted (bought) a puppy from a 'rescue foster mom' but as she had 50 dogs in cages isn't this almost like a puppy mill?

/I feel so guilty for looking.

Wouldn't there be some kind of an organization that keeps a watchout list for these things? Maybe your local animal shelter would know.

Maybe, if it is indeed a puppymill that you've contacted, your local animal shelter would want to know that also.

The reputation of these mills (my understanding) is that the dog you've saved by buying it from the mill will/may be diseased or inbred so badly that it will have genetic problems.

If you see mama winger, she might know.

re: #93 Desert Dog

90%+ of blacks, just because.

Charles,

It might be the position: relative you had on the wrapper and the topdiv - unless you took those off. You could probably just set the topdiv to width: 100% and then have the wrapper underneath with margin: 0 auto; without your positioning. With the specific width wrapper your left and right columns will not resize with the window.

If I'm way off, just say I'm off and I'll go away :)

&#9834 &#9836 Good afternoon {lizards!} &#9836 &#9834

:D

re: #95 sattv4u2

Where do you live? every day here in Atlanta is still 24 hours long !

That's why it's Hot-lanta, but it does make the peaches sweet.

re: #93 Desert Dog

re: #97 itellu3times

90%+ of blacks, just because.

and I wonder what percent of "white guilt" Caucasians

re: #80 Intrepid

Great article, Mr. Volsky breaks it down. My favorite line...Attempts to shame the Big Media into objectivity will go nowhere, it will not be moved by gentle rebukes and reminders of the precepts supposedly taught at journalism schools.

[Link: www.cbc.ca...]

Speaking of lizards....

re: #96 gettinby

Wouldn't there be some kind of an organization that keeps a watchout list for these things? Maybe your local animal shelter would know.

Maybe, if it is indeed a puppymill that you've contacted, your local animal shelter would want to know that also.

The reputation of these mills (my understanding) is that the dog you've saved by buying it from the mill will/may be diseased or inbred so badly that it will have genetic problems.

If you see mama winger, she might know.

I would go to [Link: www.petfinder.com...] -- you can search for the size and age of the pet you want, and they have lots of rescue organizations and shelters listed. I got my puppy from a rescue listed there.

re: #93 Desert Dog

rustlers, cutthroats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperadoes, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, half-wits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswagglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass kickers, shit kickers and Methodists

We? I'm supposed to be helping? Charles! I don't know nuthin about CSS table-less design. Lawdy Lawdy!

re: #101 sattv4u2

re: #97 itellu3times

and I wonder what percent of "white guilt" Caucasians

Condi Rice had a few comments on this subject. She's one AA that isn't likely to support the Dem ticket.

re: #107 Moe Katz

Condi Rice had a few comments on this subject. She's one AA that isn't likely to support the Dem ticket.

Are you so sure of that? Colin Powell was still mulling the issue, last I heard.

Alright Lizards.

I just sent off some money to the campaign.

It is time to put up.

re: #103 Moe Katz

[Link: www.cbc.ca...]

Speaking of lizards....

Was the croc hungry? maybe the boy was croc whisper and the croc asked him to do it.

re: #107 Moe Katz

Condi Rice had a few comments on this subject. She's one AA that isn't likely to support the Dem ticket.

re: #109 itellu3times

I have a friend of mine here in ga who is an African American running as a REPUBLICAN for the Georgai House of Reps. He tells me that every day, he is out speaking to the AA community AGAINST Obama, and is getting a good response (as always, we shall see coem election day)

re: #88 sattv4u2

hehehehehe,,,

thats what you get for drinking while I'm working !

Dude why are you working while I'm drinking. Come here to NH and join us. Life is good up here in NH

re: #109 itellu3times

Are you so sure of that? Colin Powell was still mulling the issue, last I heard.

Sorry I don't have the link, but Condi was really deconstructing the whole idea of Obie as the black candidate. Powell is an honest fellow---if he says he's mulling the issue I believe him.

re: #110 Syrah

Alright Lizards.

I just sent off some money to the campaign.

It is time to put up.

my wife and I already maxed what we can give !

re: #104 tedzilla99

I would go to [Link: www.petfinder.com...] -- you can search for the size and age of the pet you want, and they have lots of rescue organizations and shelters listed. I got my puppy from a rescue listed there.

Very good information.

newsjunkie_ky - who was inquiring - hopefully will see this.

re: #115 sattv4u2

my wife and I already maxed what we can give !

Then give your time.

re: #113 BBev

Dude why are you working while I'm drinking. Come here to NH and join us. Life is good up here in NH

Been There/ Done Tha/ Got the long underwear

I don;'t even OWN a snow shovel now !

{ { {news junkie} } }

/I feel so guilty for looking.

Hon, it's obvious to me that you have a lot of love to give and a huge capacity to receive. Guilt? Nope. Love for a fuzzy friend? In spades.

:)

re: #102 MrPaulRevere

The inmates run the asylum. I think I read somewhere that the percentage of journalism professors registered as Democrats hovers around 90%. I also believe that is the same percentage of editors of major newspapers in the USA as well. I am not sure of TV news figures, but you can see just by simple observation the majority of them look at life through a leftward leaning and slighty red lense. They live in a little cocoon where they all march in lock-step to the drum beat of liberal ideology. They also believe they are objective, but maybe not so this election cycle. They are actually coming out of the closest this time around. Not that it will matter. They will churn out a new supply of brainwashed, smug know-it-alls to continue their warped worldview

These are the same guys that sit around and cannot understand why their circulation number are dropping like a lead balloon or why FOX News kicks their asses so bad...if you tell yourself the same lie over and over, eventually, you will start believing it yourself.

re: #80 Intrepid

American Thinker has a good post today on MSM and how we should view them.

THEY ARE THE ENEMY!

Verrrrrry good!

Mail it to the McCain campaign, to Sarah Palin's HQ, and to all RNC set-ups!

re: #117 Sharmuta

Then give your time.

doing that also. AND, holding house parties for my friend that is running locally!

re: #103 Moe Katz

[Link: www.cbc.ca...]

Speaking of lizards....

I see no positive outcome of this.

re: #99 Miss Trixie

♪ ♬ Good afternoon {lizards!} ♬ ♪

:D

Hi there!

re: #22 reine.de.tout

Daniel Craig is the hottest Bond since Sean Connery was young, imo.

He is indeed.... so yummy. He can take his angst out on me anyday.

re: #112 sattv4u2

re: #109 itellu3times

I have a friend of mine here in ga who is an African American running as a REPUBLICAN for the Georgai House of Reps. He tells me that every day, he is out speaking to the AA community AGAINST Obama, and is getting a good response (as always, we shall see coem election day)

It's easy to see how the whole meme of an AA being elected POTUS is so appealing. It's like national reconciliation, a healing of the slavery wound in America's soul, etc., etc. Not such a bad idea, really, but the AA candidate in this particular case is such a poor choice.

re: #111 Oldasdirt

Was the croc hungry? maybe the boy was croc whisper and the croc asked him to do it.

Quite the little devil of a 7-year-old, though, isn't he?

re: #103 Moe Katz

[Link: www.cbc.ca...]

Speaking of lizards....

The director of an Australian zoo said on Friday he is "horrified" after a seven-year-old boy broke into the zoo, fed an assortment of animals to a crocodile and clubbed various lizards to death with a rock.

Sounds like we have the makings of a Peter Shaffer play. Croquus?

re: #80 Intrepid

American Thinker has a good post today on MSM and how we should view them.

THEY ARE THE ENEMY!

I'm not angry that the msm is biased, I can deal with that. It's that they will not admit to it.
Of course they can't. To do so would remove the last thin cover they try to wrap themselves in when anyone accuses them of false reporting.
They've completely lost all respect of the average American and it has hurt their bottom line. Advertisers have found better more targeted platforms to get buyers attention. I stopped buying the NYT. What was the point. Tell me I can't name a topic and you couldn't write the headline and the first paragraph as slanted by them. When you can predict what a NEWS paper will print then it's no longer NEWS it's a fairy tale.

"once upon a time the big bad racist republicans used mean words against a brave black man who was just trying to save the world".

Now you fill in the rest. Hey we're all J School grads now.

They're also responsible for the anger from the left. They dole out their left-leaning opinions and stories that create the impression that being progressive/liberal/leftist is cool, intelligent, what the majority of the universe believes.
Then when reality rises up in the form of the conservative half of this country, they have a fit: "How can this be? Conservatism isn't cool, it's not good, the people who believe in Conservatism are hillbilly, redneck, incestuous morons from the backwoods." They are no longer equipped to accept anyone else's viewpoint. I blame our indoctrinaire educational system run by Union hacks and the mass media who have a vested interest in manipulating what people think.

re: #99 Miss Trixie

♪ ♬ Good afternoon {lizards!} ♬ ♪

:D

Welcome to the place that will make you laugh sometimes,,and think all the time.

re: #123 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I see no positive outcome of this.

For the crocodile the outcome seems entirely positive....

re: #63 doppelganglander

Mr. Doppelganger liked Casino Royale a lot. I have never been a big Bond fan, but I would have chosen Clive Owen over Daniel Craig. Mmm, Clive Owen...

Casino Royale was the best Bond movie made in a long, long while.

re: #127 Moe Katz

Quite the little devil of a 7-year-old, though, isn't he?

Ah, he sounds more like a budding sociopath, quite frankly.

re: #90 stuiec

They need to be made into the story: there need to be opinion pieces and Fox News items asking why CNN, MSNBC and the New York Times censor themselves of any facts that might reflect badly on Obama. Make the MSM have to answer to the charge that they refuse to present the full truth, make them defend their self-stated reputation for telling the whole story without bias.

Actually, McCain fought them * on their own turf* when he secluded Palin from their leering eyes for a few weeks after her introduction to the American people. The result: a hunger for ANYTHING Palin.
It works, folks.

re: #115 sattv4u2

my wife and I already maxed what we can give !

Very good. I am maxing out on what I can afford, which isn't much, but I will do what I can whenever I can.

I will be harassing a few people I know to put there money where their mouth is. This is a team effort. We will all have to encourage as many people as we can to contribute what time and and money they can for the cause.

re: #133 Occasional Reader

Ah, he sounds more like a budding sociopath, quite frankly.

My thoughts exactly. It would be interesting to find out what happened to him 10, 20 years later.

re: #92 itellu3times

Just the other day there was a blizzard warning for the Dempsey Highway (for anyone headed up to the Yukon...)

re: #93 Desert Dog

Obama endorsements that John McCain would never get:

The Taliban
Hamas
Hezbollah
Hugo Chavez
Fidel Castro
The surviving members of the Weather Underground
Black Liberation Theology supporters
Louis Farrakhan
Jane Fonda, Sean Penn, Susan Surrender, et al
Al Qaida
Muammar Gaddafi
Communist Party of the USA
Vladimir Putin
The entire MSM of the USA, Canada, Europe and Asia

I am sure I miss some other obvious ones too.

Tom Hayden, Ho Chi Minh, Lenin.

re: #128 Occasional Reader

Sounds like we have the makings of a Peter Shaffer play. Croquus?

ROFL!

I want to see Dan Radcliffe in Equiuus (sp?) though.....he's a pretty damn good actor outside of his Potter role'. Not hard on the eyes, either.

re: #126 Moe Katz

It's easy to see how the whole meme of an AA being elected POTUS is so appealing. It's like national reconciliation, a healing of the slavery wound in America's soul, etc., etc. Not such a bad idea, really, but the AA candidate in this particular case is such a poor choice.

so it's okay to vote for someone just because of skin color? Is it then okay to NOT vote for someone for the same reason? What about sex? No woman has ever been Pres. Should we vote for the 1st nominee just because she's a Female? What about Albinoes? Puerto Ricans? Someone with a physical disability? Should all those be considered just because their group has at one time or another, in some degree or another been mistreated?

You won't believe this. And you may be frightened.

Because of Obama

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

re: #133 Occasional Reader

Ah, he sounds more like a budding sociopath, quite frankly.

Budding? No, he's made it into the land of Sociopathology already.

re: #16 lawhawk

He gets all the hot gals (even though they all seemingly end up dead).

There is a South African stand up (can't remember his name right now) that does a James Bond/extreme methods of abortion routine.

re: #132 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Casino Royale was the best Bond movie made in a long, long while.

I think Casino Royale (the 2006 one) was the best Bond movie, hands down; and Daniel Craig rivals and perhaps surpasses Connery as the best Bond.

Among other things, the movie's writing was a quantum leap better than any other Bond movie. If you see it again, listen to, for instance, the dialogue when Bond first meets Vesper Lynd on the train. Compared to Bond dialogue from other movies, it's Shakespeare.

re: #140 sattv4u2

so it's okay to vote for someone just because of skin color? Is it then okay to NOT vote for someone for the same reason? What about sex? No woman has ever been Pres. Should we vote for the 1st nominee just because she's a Female? What about Albinoes? Puerto Ricans? Someone with a physical disability? Should all those be considered just because their group has at one time or another, in some degree or another been mistreated?

I see it as analogous to affirmative action. There's a place for it if the person is really qualified. But I think we're heading into a debate on affirmative action per se, which I have no taste for.

This just in: Iran blames Israel for threatening them with nukes.

Eh, what?

re: #95 sattv4u2

Where do you live? every day here in Atlanta is still 24 hours long !

There's going to be an ATL lizard meet-up next Sunday. Email me for more information.

Just got back from the McCain-Palin rally in Burlingame. It seemed fairly civil, about 1000 on either side. Of course some Obama supporters felt the need to stand in our crowd. We just tried to make them as uncomfortable as possible. I bugged out after she got inside.

Gotta go, Lizards - that little madam, Miss Dog, is demanding my atention!

Seeya tomorrow - and keep laughing!

Since this is the OT, I was wondering f anyone could advise me on how to clean the cage of an untamed hamster?

I have leather gloves, and the little bitch bites...will the gloves (kid) protect my digits? Or, should I just chase the little bugger around the cage as I scoop out the old bedding?

I can't believe I allowed my daughter to talk me into this little tailess rodent, but both the daughter and the hamster are cute.....

re: #85 stuiec

Saw "An American Carol" Friday night. Flashes of the Airplane! brand of parody humor, and a couple of flashes of genuine Why We Fight sentiment. I recommend it highly.

Lizards looking for something to do this Sunday should DEFINITELY go see American Carol. I just got back from a matinee and can't recommend it highly enough. Very, very, VERY worthwhile film, with (spoiler alert!) ACLU Zombies.

The film is worth it just for that.

Go see it now Now NOW! Support conservative filmmakers!

/we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

re: #103 Moe Katz

[Link: www.cbc.ca...]

Speaking of lizards....

Oh yeah. Harry Reid is just a little worse person than this kid.

Awec Balwinre: #72 Colonel Panik

You cannot mention his name without posting the link.

MAAAAAT DAAAAAMON!

well you can't mention maaat daaaaamon with mentioning
Awec Balwin

re: #146 Wyatt Earp

Backwards idiot think from the U.N. as usual. Parroted by a compliant media.

re: #142 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Budding? No, he's made it into the land of Sociopathology already.

I hope that can be diverted. I mean, look, like many young boys, I did my share of "wow! Look what happens when you pour salt on a slug!", too. And I turned out okay. (My Mom says so, anyway.) But I think what this kid did was way beyond that.

re: #54 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm trying to figure out a way to completely ignore any/all polls and/or predictions. Any suggestions?

Sensory deprivation tank?

re: #151 shibumi

My favorite line, belonged to Bill O'Reilly.

re: #144 Occasional Reader

I think Casino Royale (the 2006 one) was the best Bond movie, hands down; and Daniel Craig rivals and perhaps surpasses Connery as the best Bond.

Among other things, the movie's writing was a quantum leap better than any other Bond movie. If you see it again, listen to, for instance, the dialogue when Bond first meets Vesper Lynd on the train. Compared to Bond dialogue from other movies, it's Shakespeare.

Too true, and I also liked thelack of fancy schmancy weaponry. The chase scene in the beginning was ART! I still hold my breath when I watch it. Plus, this was more of a cerebral film, although when the action came it was faboo. I loved Judy Dench in this one as well. I can't wait for Quantum to come out!

re: #114 Moe Katz

Sorry I don't have the link, but Condi was really deconstructing the whole idea of Obie as the black candidate.

So, he isn't authentically black enough to be down for the struggle, was that her argument?

I just don't know what to expect out of Condi any more, she has been so far off on the Israeli/Palestinian thing. Actually, she's been entirely out of sight for months, hasn't she? Good.

re: #148 rawmuse

Just got back from the McCain-Palin rally in Burlingame. It seemed fairly civil, about 1000 on either side.

Wait a minute. You mean, at a McCain-Palin rally, there were equal numbers of M-P supporters and Obama supporters?

re: #145 Moe Katz

I see it as analogous to affirmative action. There's a place for it if the person is really qualified. But I think we're heading into a debate on affirmative action per se, which I have no taste for.

no ,, there's NOT (IMHO)
A1) You're qualified, you get my vote
B1) You're NOT qualified, you do NOT get my vote
A2) You're qualified and happen to be black, you get my vote
B2) You're NOT qualified and happen to be black, you do NOT get my vote

My grandfather was a farmer,had about 80 acres.Every year he would read the Farmers almanac and plant by it.Always said that they were 70% right.
This year the farmers almanac says we are heading to a 50 year cooling cycle.
Please do not tell Gore,he may get depressed.

re: #160 Occasional Reader

Yeah, I have pics. Have not down loaded them yet.
McCain Palin had more supporters, but the other side had, you know, big giant puppets.

And I forgot my sunblock, so I am pinkish.

re: #104 tedzilla99

I would go to [Link: www.petfinder.com...] -- you can search for the size and age of the pet you want, and they have lots of rescue organizations and shelters listed. I got my puppy from a rescue listed there.

What a cool use of the Internet.

re: #155 Occasional Reader

I hope that can be diverted. I mean, look, like many young boys, I did my share of "wow! Look what happens when you pour salt on a slug!", too. And I turned out okay. (My Mom says so, anyway.) But I think what this kid did was way beyond that.

If this kid is doing something on such a large scale at age 7, it may be too late. I'd be interested to know if he also wets the bed and starts fires.

re: #159 itellu3times

So, he isn't authentically black enough to be down for the struggle, was that her argument?

I just don't know what to expect out of Condi any more, she has been so far off on the Israeli/Palestinian thing. Actually, she's been entirely out of sight for months, hasn't she? Good.

No, sorry, I meant she was deconstructing the idea of having a black president for just the sake of it.

re: #150 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Since this is the OT, I was wondering f anyone could advise me on how to clean the cage of an untamed hamster?

Maybe you could check the Barney Frank web page for hints?

////bad, deafdog, bad!

re: #162 Oldasdirt

My grandfather was a farmer,had about 80 acres.Every year he would read the Farmers almanac and plant by it.Always said that they were 70% right.
This year the farmers almanac says we are heading to a 50 year cooling cycle.
Please do not tell Gore,he may get depressed.

He's been putting on enough fat, that he may sleep through the 50 years.

Russian troops start dismantling Georgia posts

The war began Aug. 7 when Georgian troops launched an offensive to regain control of South Ossetia, one of two Georgian separatist regions where Russia has troops stationed as peacekeepers...
....Russia recognized the independence of both regions after the fighting. So far, only Nicaragua and the Hamas government in Gaza have followed suit with recognition.

meanwhile
Merkel to Russia: Georgia territory non-negotiable

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Oct 2 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her Russian hosts during a visit on Thursday that Georgia's territorial integrity was non-negotiable, implicitly rebuking Moscow for recognising two Georgian regions as independent states.

Merkel also said in opening remarks at a joint news conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that countries should be able to decide freely if they wanted to join the NATO military alliance.

I think BO probably said screw 'em when asked

re: #160 Occasional Reader

Wait a minute. You mean, at a McCain-Palin rally, there were equal numbers of M-P supporters and Obama supporters?

Close to SF - cool!

re: #158 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Too true, and I also liked thelack of fancy schmancy weaponry. The chase scene in the beginning was ART! I still hold my breath when I watch it. Plus, this was more of a cerebral film, although when the action came it was faboo. I loved Judy Dench in this one as well. I can't wait for Quantum to come out!

Yep, it was relatively gadget-free, and the plot wasn't over the top; no moon bases or giant lasers. Much more realistic. And despite the lack of gadgetry, that chase scene was absolutely classic. The guy being pursued is, if I'm not mistaken, one of the inventors of parkour.

re: #155 Occasional Reader

I hope that can be diverted. I mean, look, like many young boys, I did my share of "wow! Look what happens when you pour salt on a slug!", too. And I turned out okay. (My Mom says so, anyway.) But I think what this kid did was way beyond that.

Sociopaths are born that way....if you catch them in time they make good politicians, ceo's or spies...if you don't get to them in time they turn into Dahmers, Bundys etc.

Pouring salt on a slug is normal behavior...you likely only did it once to satisfy your curiosoty...these kids do it over and over because they enjoy it.

re: #170 debutaunt

Close to SF - cool!

Burlingame is in San Mateo County, not exactly moonbat country. But close.

re: #163 rawmuse

And I forgot my sunblock, so I am pinkish.

Another redneck Palin supporter...

re: #147 doppelganglander

There's going to be an ATL lizard meet-up next Sunday. Email me for more information.

e-mail got bounced back to me as unapproved SPAM

Lizards! I would like to report that AN AMERICAN CAROL is great! The movie trailer doesn't do the movie justice. The movie is
very funny and clever and well worth seeing!

Highlights: Rosie O'Donnell makes a documentary about the episcopalian suppository bomber and Hilter sings kumbaya to Nevil Chamberlain. Good stuff. Trace Adkins is a tall drink of water.

re: #171 Occasional Reader

Yep, it was relatively gadget-free, and the plot wasn't over the top; no moon bases or giant lasers. Much more realistic. And despite the lack of gadgetry, that chase scene was absolutely classic. The guy being pursued is, if I'm not mistaken, one of the inventors of parkour.

Parkour is breathtaking!
IMO, the most over the top Bond film was Moonraker...it sucked.

Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama

"The comments are about an association that has been known but hasn't been talked about," she said. "It's important to talk about how Barack Obama kicked off his political career in the guy's living room."

You GO, Sarah!

re: #161 sattv4u2

no ,, there's NOT (IMHO)
A1) You're qualified, you get my vote
B1) You're NOT qualified, you do NOT get my vote
A2) You're qualified and happen to be black, you get my vote
B2) You're NOT qualified and happen to be black, you do NOT get my vote

What I'm talking about is basically a one-time act of national psychological significance---a kind of collective catharsis, healing, ethnic reconciliation. The symbolic importance of electing a black POTUS would be pretty much confined to the first time it happened.

re: #172 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

you likely only did it once to satisfy your curiosoty...

Um... sure, just once... that's the ticket...

(No, more than once, and again, I think that in terms of Boys' Life, I'm in pretty good company. But it was definitely a Goofus thing to do, not a Gallant one.)

The Detroit Lions...........they're not good

re: #162 Oldasdirt

My grandfather was a farmer,had about 80 acres.Every year he would read the Farmers almanac and plant by it.Always said that they were 70% right.
This year the farmers almanac says we are heading to a 50 year cooling cycle.
Please do not tell Gore,he may get depressed.

Doesn't matter, they have already dropped the "Global Warming" tag, it's now "Climate Change". So, if the temps go up or down, it's still man's fault and we will still need to curtail our economies, have massive amounts of money transferred to some unaccountable bureaucracy, and, as Mr. Gore hopes, but lots lots of carbon indulgences to cleanse our troubles souls.

re: #118 sattv4u2

Been There/ Done Tha/ Got the long underwear

I don;'t even OWN a snow shovel now !

I hear y, I lost 30 pounds last year plowing and shoveling that dam snow, I worked so much that I did not have time to go skiing.

re: #177 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Parkour is breathtaking!
IMO, the most over the top Bond film was Moonraker...it sucked.

But was it worse than Octopussy?

Discuss.

re: #75 newsjunkie_ky

KNJ, first my condolences. As my animal loving MD told me after the loss of my best bud, a cat-dog, "To love a pet is to know loss." No need to feel guilt, you'll be giving a deserving pet a loving home. Have you thought of checking out canine rescue sites? Try googling the breed with rescue in the search.A well meaning acquaintance foisted an abused abandoned cat on me after we lost our boy, knowing what a soft touch I am. It was an adjustment, but the best thing we could have done. He's the sweetest most loving fat boy who knows he hit the lottery.Always purring, drooling and doing some silliness to amuse us.

re: #172 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Well, I don't know -- a seven year old, in terms of moral/emotional development -- who's to say the kid isn't yet able to distinguish fantasy from reality? (way too early to write the kid off as some kind of psycho..imo..and certainly not enough info about the kid...)

re: #178 Sharmuta

Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama

You GO, Sarah!

Also- the more she talks about it, even defending it, it's getting more press time. So the "controversy" of discussing it kinda backfires on the msm & 0bama because it's just getting more play.

re: #178 Sharmuta

Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama

You GO, Sarah!

Oh, Thank God. At last.

It's like maybe, maybe, a portal is opening to take us BACK OUT of the Bizarro Universe? Please?

re: #172 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Sociopaths are born that way....if you catch them in time they make good politicians, ceo's or spies...if you don't get to them in time they turn into Dahmers, Bundys etc.

Pouring salt on a slug is normal behavior...you likely only did it once to satisfy your curiosoty...these kids do it over and over because they enjoy it.

I concur.

re: #171 Occasional Reader

Chase Scene, "Casino Royale"

re: #181 Shug

The Detroit Lions...........they're not good

It could be worse. They could be in Giants Stadium today.

re: #184 Occasional Reader

But was it worse than Octopussy?

Discuss.

octopussy was bad. But nothing is as bad as everything that followed Roger Moore. Totally unwatchable drivel, and the worst is this new gay guy Craig who is afraid of guns

Moonraker was great. But not as good as Man with the golden gun

Spy Who loved me is my favorite bond film.

re: #191 JammieWearingFool

It could be worse. They could be in Giants Stadium today.

yes, that would be worse

re: #186 J.S.

Well, I don't know -- a seven year old, in terms of moral/emotional development -- who's to say the kid isn't yet able to distinguish fantasy from reality? (way too early to write the kid off as some kind of psycho..imo..and certainly not enough info about the kid...)

I think the boldness of breaking into the zoo like that, evading the alarm systems, etc. shows one of the key psychological characteristics of the sociopath---the extreme cool, lack of fear of punishment.

re: #178 Sharmuta

Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama

You GO, Sarah!

Excellent! I'm trying to remember, have I ever chosen to announce an important decision in my life in the living room of an unrepentant domestic terrorist?
Let. Me. Think.

re: #179 Moe Katz

What I'm talking about is basically a one-time act of national psychological significance---a kind of collective catharsis, healing, ethnic reconciliation. The symbolic importance of electing a black POTUS would be pretty much confined to the first time it happened.

What you're talking about is assuaging WHITE GUILT. Overcompensating for what SOME whites did back a century and a half ago will only make matters worse just so sopme whites can now "feel good', IMHO

re: #150 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Since this is the OT, I was wondering f anyone could advise me on how to clean the cage of an untamed hamster?

I have leather gloves, and the little bitch bites...will the gloves (kid) protect my digits? Or, should I just chase the little bugger around the cage as I scoop out the old bedding?

I can't believe I allowed my daughter to talk me into this little tailess rodent, but both the daughter and the hamster are cute.....

Vacuum cleaner :> then sadly inform dna investment that "the vacuum cleaner went off by accident. It's in hamster heaven now".
Then get kitten. (if older than about 4).
If that's too blood thirsty, yes gloves will work but use thicker work gloves and use a hamster ball or other container to isolate it in while cleaning. Getting hamster ball and tiring the little bugger out might improve it's attitude. Get cat/kitten; solves all the problems.

re: #5 Racer X

That was awesome! Thanks for the linky! I just forwarded it to everyone in my address book! I'm sure to get some fireballs from my moonbat friends!

re: #187 Sharmuta

Also- the more she talks about it, even defending it, it's getting more press time. So the "controversy" of discussing it kinda backfires on the msm & 0bama because it's just getting more play.

As it gets more play, we will see the "rehabilitated college professor" whitewash.

The proper response to the "Ayers is mainstream now" defense is to discuss the particulars of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge: how it funded ethnic over academic studies, and the overall improvement in the Chicago schools (or lack thereof).

re: #180 Occasional Reader

Um... sure, just once... that's the ticket...

(No, more than once, and again, I think that in terms of Boys' Life, I'm in pretty good company. But it was definitely a Goofus thing to do, not a Gallant one.)

Well I did plenty of stupid, nornal crap too as a girl..my point is the line that seperates normal people from Sociopaths is the fact that the true Sociopath must control everything....and he/she take pleasure in seeing the suffering of others...they start on animals almost 100% of the time.

There is a big difference from pouring salt on slugs and feeding live animals to crocs. That boy crossed the line. Hopefully his parents willget him help, but if they are like the average parent today, they are in a full state of denial...I don't know why my son did this...he's such a good boy!

Not to say that they may not be frightened. They may well be. Imagine if this were your child. How difficult would it be for you, or me, to face the fact that you birthed a monster with no conscience?

re: #190 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Chase Scene, "Casino Royale"

Here's that same guy, Sebastian Foucan.

I'm in reasonably good shape, but I think I'd wind up with a concussion and several torn ligaments if I tried to anything remotely like that.

re: #153 alien_mind

well you can't mention maaat daaaaamon with mentioning
Awec Balwin

Don't you mean, "Arec Bahwin"? LOL.

re: #196 sattv4u2

What you're talking about is assuaging WHITE GUILT. Overcompensating for what SOME whites did back a century and a half ago will only make matters worse just so sopme whites can now "feel good', IMHO

White guilt is not entirely unjustified IMHO.

re: #184 Occasional Reader

But was it worse than Octopussy?

Discuss.

Waaaay worse then Octopussy.

I mean James Bond in space....puleeze.

Besides, why didn't that blanket float off during the obligatory, shock the boss implied sex scene, at the end of the movie?

re: #192 Shug

and the worst is this new gay guy Craig who is afraid of guns

Umm, we'll have to disagree, to put it mildly. See my previous remarks.

Show of hands: How many Americans announce their important life plans in the living rooms of unrepentant domestic terrorists?

re: #191 JammieWearingFool

It could be worse. They could be in Giants Stadium today.

If I were the type to complain a lot, I'd note the Giants have had to punt once today and have settled for three field goals. Other than that, a nice effort.

re: #199 Who Watches the Watchmen?

As it gets more play, we will see the "rehabilitated college professor" whitewash.

The proper response to the "Ayers is mainstream now" defense is to discuss the particulars of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge: how it funded ethnic over academic studies, and the overall improvement in the Chicago schools (or lack thereof).

I don't know how the American people will feel about spinning Ayers as "reformed" if he's unapologetic, which he is. The msm is free to try, but his own words would refute that spin.

re: #194 Moe Katz

well, from the article, the "evading the alarm system" arose 'cause the kid is short...the sensors, I'm assuming, were arranged to detect taller (as opposed to the 3 foot tall) crowd...

I have such an incredible crush on Sarah Palin.

re: #183 BBev

I hear y, I lost 30 pounds last year plowing and shoveling that dam snow, I worked so much that I did not have time to go skiing.

global warming climate change

re: #182 Desert Dog

Doesn't matter, they have already dropped the "Global Warming" tag, it's now "Climate Change". So, if the temps go up or down, it's still man's fault and we will still need to curtail our economies, have massive amounts of money transferred to some unaccountable bureaucracy, and, as Mr. Gore hopes, but lots lots of carbon indulgences to cleanse our troubles souls.

The amazing GWB has actually changed the climate on Mars.

re: #197 jcw46

Vacuum cleaner :> then sadly inform dna investment that "the vacuum cleaner went off by accident. It's in hamster heaven now".
Then get kitten. (if older than about 4).
If that's too blood thirsty, yes gloves will work but use thicker work gloves and use a hamster ball or other container to isolate it in while cleaning. Getting hamster ball and tiring the little bugger out might improve it's attitude. Get cat/kitten; solves all the problems.

I have a cat. She looks at the cage, when the hamster (Sprinkles) is out and running about on her wheel. I have caught myself wondering if the cat (Jungles) thinks that Sprinkles is a toy or an HorDeVores.

I could've sworn I was responding to shug and not myself.

re: #209 J.S.

well, from the article, the "evading the alarm system" arose 'cause the kid is short...the sensors, I'm assuming, were arranged to detect taller (as opposed to the 3 foot tall) crowd...

Okay. I still think that, for a 7-year-old, he showed the kind of fearlessness that you so often find in career criminals.

Ha - a note from an old Navy shipmate - I have been feeding my email list with LGF discoveries ... had to share.
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BTW... got a note from one of my sons last week;...

"Thank your buddy Bob nnnnn for churning up the dirt on Obama; there was a time I would've voted for him months ago ..."

Apparently you accomplished something I didn't think I was going to "get done"... so, "thanks" from me too.

JL

re: #210 TheMatrix31

I have such an incredible crush on Sarah Palin.

Keep it up. Before long The Enquirer will report on the torrid affair the two of you are having.

re: #209 J.S.

well, from the article, the "evading the alarm system" arose 'cause the kid is short...the sensors, I'm assuming, were arranged to detect taller (as opposed to the 3 foot tall) crowd...

how many heads will this kid have in a freezer by the time he's 25?

re: #210 TheMatrix31

I have such an incredible crush on Sarah Palin.

Me too, and I'm female.

I'm jealous of her shoe wardrobe, too.

re: #203 Moe Katz

White guilt is not entirely unjustified IMHO.

Why ,,, were you or your forefathers slave owners?
All 4 of my grandparents were born in Europe. All 4 came over when they were yuong-late teens. Non of them owned a slave. All 4 of them worked hard, FROM SCRATCH (my patrenal grandmother came over to be met by signs IRISH NEED NOT APPLY)

Keep your guilt to yourself. Don't burden me or my country with the consequences of it.
As I stated, I will ( and do ) support and vote for AA candidates that are QUALIFIED for the position

McCain and Palin have nothing to lose. Pull out all the stops.
Obama is a communist
Obama and his campaign are breaking election laws
Obama is a Soros puppet
Obama is not a liberal - he is a far left-wing progressive
Obama uses brown shirt tactics to stifle free speech
Obama has wasted millions of tax payer dollars in a very short time.
Obama will devastate our military
Obama will be a joke leading our troops
Obama has done everything he can to back stab the efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan
Obama is Nancy Pelosi's personal choice

This story on re-defining death makes the ramifications of an Obama election all the more horrifying.

If O becomes POTUS, we'll be living in a Steven King novel.

re: #6 WhiteRasta

Wild horses could not get me to drink this coffee!

Disgusting! Spit!

[Link: www.truthorfiction.com...]

It has a distinct flavor? I though all coffee tasted like crap.

re: #206 USA

Show of hands: How many Americans announce their important life plans in the living rooms of unrepentant domestic terrorists?

Jane Fonda

re: #215 Moe Katz

Okay. I still think that, for a 7-year-old, he showed the kind of fearlessness that you so often find in career criminals.

What he did after getting past the alarm system shows he is mentally ill. A boy that does that kind of stuff grows up to beat his wife and children. He will also always abuse animals. And, that is just the beginning. He apparently has no conscience or sense of right and wrong. That kids needs some serious help. And, I am guessing that his parents need some help too. I have a 7 year old and I know exactly where he is at all times....

re: #215 Moe Katz

I think the act was definitely disturbed -- have to look into it -- determine whether the child is subject to abuse (?); are his parents ok?; does the child play lots and lots of violent video games (?); what was the child thinking at the time (?); etc...

re: #181 Shug

The Detroit Lions...........they're not good

That's why we have the Red Wings.

And occasionally the Pistons.

re: #203 Moe Katz

White guilt is not entirely unjustified IMHO.

Guilt is not carried in skin color, blood, or DNA.

I am responsible for MY actions, and mine alone.

Or should I vicariously blame Obama for the actions of those two black guys who tried to mug me in NYC back in '93?

re: #178 Sharmuta

It's so nice to have a predator as a running mate.

MSM = Media Socialist Mooses

re: #194 Moe Katz

I think the boldness of breaking into the zoo like that, evading the alarm systems, etc. shows one of the key psychological characteristics of the sociopath---the extreme cool, lack of fear of punishment.

His family has a history with that zoo. Chances are that he his home life is encouraging this sort of behavior.

re: #228 Occasional Reader

I like that you said, "Tried" to mug you.

Additionally- the beauty of having Palin discussing this issue is that it will be difficult for the truth squad to stop her. What are they going to do? Threaten the VP candidate? Good luck with that.

re: #220 sattv4u2

Why ,,, were you or your forefathers slave owners?
All 4 of my grandparents were born in Europe. All 4 came over when they were yuong-late teens. Non of them owned a slave. All 4 of them worked hard, FROM SCRATCH (my patrenal grandmother came over to be met by signs IRISH NEED NOT APPLY)

Keep your guilt to yourself. Don't burden me or my country with the consequences of it.
As I stated, I will ( and do ) support and vote for AA candidates that are QUALIFIED for the position

All of my forefathers were planters, and thus slave owners. Am I proud of it? No. But I refuse to feel guilty about it....it was their lives not mine. I think that we more than attoned for the evils of slavery when we lost our fortunes in the Civil War. Am I bitching about that? No.

Why can't people just move the hell on? It was 150 plus years ago, for fuck sake...get over it. The constant bitching and moaning about the supposed inequality just pisses me off.

I'm not arguing with you, I just get frustrated about the whole race matter. Bigots and racists are FAR outnumbered by colorblind humans.

re: #231 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I like that you said, "Tried" to mug you.

I knocked both of them out cold with my ninja skillz.

Well, okay, not exactly.

Actually, I slapped away the hand of the one guy who had grabbed my jacket lapel, shouted "HEY!" in his face, and they both turned around and walked away.

re: #232 Sharmuta

Additionally- the beauty of having Palin discussing this issue is that it will be difficult for the truth squad to stop her. What are they going to do? Threaten the VP candidate? Good luck with that.

The MSM has already tried to portray her as a lightweight and a fool. They did that so when she does attack, they can dismiss it. What needs to happen is from McCain on down, the entire Republican apparatus needs to start hammering all of this stuff home. Obama has gotten a pass and that is not right. If he was a white man, he would have been tossed aside a long time ago as too radical, too inexperienced and too wild.

{gettinby} {oldasdirt}

Hey there - what snoo?

re: #232 Sharmuta

Additionally- the beauty of having Palin discussing this issue is that it will be difficult for the truth squad to stop her. What are they going to do? Threaten the VP candidate? Good luck with that.

They might get Joe after her. Let's hope.

re: #225 Desert Dog

What he did after getting past the alarm system shows he is mentally ill. A boy that does that kind of stuff grows up to beat his wife and children. He will also always abuse animals. And, that is just the beginning. He apparently has no conscience or sense of right and wrong. That kids needs some serious help. And, I am guessing that his parents need some help too. I have a 7 year old and I know exactly where he is at all times....

Yep. But there's not much that can be done with a kid that's a real sadistic psychopath. Just be thankful yours isn't!

re: #218 spidly

Ok, now...(that would be lizard heads in the freezer, right?) (Once read about Anna Freud's work with children -- there was an orphanage where children, survivors from WWII, who had never had experienced parental love,etc. -- they were all written off as "incurables"...yet, remarkable, incredible success was achieved...)

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re: #233 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

All of my forefathers were planters, and thus slave owners. Am I proud of it? No. But I refuse to feel guilty about it....it was their lives not mine. I think that we more than attoned for the evils of slavery when we lost our fortunes in the Civil War. Am I bitching about that? No.

Why can't people just move the hell on? It was 150 plus years ago, for fuck sake...get over it. The constant bitching and moaning about the supposed inequality just pisses me off.

I'm not arguing with you, I just get frustrated about the whole race matter. Bigots and racists are FAR outnumbered by colorblind humans.

Isn't your argument with Moe Katz, not me? HE's the one that's promoting voting for a black POTUS just becuase he's a black POTUS candidate!

re: #240 Gorgon Zola

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If you linked to "Hot Babes with large breasts", it worked!

re: #151 shibumi

Lizards looking for something to do this Sunday should DEFINITELY go see American Carol. I just got back from a matinee and can't recommend it highly enough. Very, very, VERY worthwhile film, with (spoiler alert!) ACLU Zombies.

The film is worth it just for that.

Go see it now Now NOW! Support conservative filmmakers!

/we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

Yep, the three best segments: ACLU zombies, Cuban healthcare and George Washington in St. Paul's church.

I will admit that I laughed more at Tropic Thunder, but An American Carol is a very good movie.

Hey everyone!
See Twenglish's spinoff link:
RNC Challenges Obama Campaign Funding

re: #241 sattv4u2

Isn't your argument with Moe Katz, not me? HE's the one that's promoting voting for a black POTUS just becuase he's a black POTUS candidate!

Yes, it is....sorry, I'm coming in and out of the thread...

re: #126 Moe Katz

I went back and forth on whether I should ding you down or up on this one.

In favor of up: At least you recognize that Obama is the wrong AA candidate for Pres.

In favor of down: This whole "healing America's soul" nonsense sounds like a load of moonbat drivel. And with regards to your other post about "white guilt" I'd have to say I've about had my fill of that concept. Why should any American or Briton feel guilty. Out of 6000 years of recorded human history, where nations and races of all races and creeds enslaved their own or other nations and races, only two nations have acted to end slavery and they did it through military action, the British Royal Navy put an end to the Atlantic slave trade and the American Union Army crushed the Confederacy and ended slavery in America.

Save the guilt for the Arab slave traders who started the whole African trade to begin with.

Net result. Ding down.

re: #213 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

I have a cat. She looks at the cage, when the hamster (Sprinkles) is out and running about on her wheel. I have caught myself wondering if the cat (Jungles) thinks that Sprinkles is a toy or an HorDeVores.

Sprinkles? As in those tiny nuggets of "chocolate like material" that it leaves all over?
Who named it?
If child; bonus points for sense of humor. If you; hint to child of what a hamster's main preoccupation's are: IN -- OUT. (oh and sleeping)

Also; cat in residence before procurring hamster? Hmmm. Child selected hamster perhaps in anticipation of reenactment of favorite cartoon? Perhaps "survival of the fittest" as seen on PBS's NOVA.

re: #234 Occasional Reader

Sounds ninja enough for me.

re: #228 Occasional Reader

Guilt is not carried in skin color, blood, or DNA.

I am responsible for MY actions, and mine alone.

Or should I vicariously blame Obama for the actions of those two black guys who tried to mug me in NYC back in '93?

Oh, boy, I'm going to the gym and I don't want to get into an acrimonious debate here besides. Let's agree to cordially disagree on this...

re: #220 sattv4u2

Why ,,, were you or your forefathers slave owners?
All 4 of my grandparents were born in Europe. All 4 came over when they were yuong-late teens. Non of them owned a slave. All 4 of them worked hard, FROM SCRATCH (my patrenal grandmother came over to be met by signs IRISH NEED NOT APPLY)

Keep your guilt to yourself. Don't burden me or my country with the consequences of it.
As I stated, I will ( and do ) support and vote for AA candidates that are QUALIFIED for the position

Fixed that for yah!

re: #233 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

All of my forefathers were planters, and thus slave owners

Your Reparations Supplemental Assessment Tax estimate is in the mail.

Please pay promptly. Or else.

Very Truly Yours,

Internal Obama Revenue Service 2009

"We'll leave you with nothing more than CHANGE... you can believe in!"

re: #239 J.S.

I self deleted my earlier post regarding this child.

McCain is in LaLa land. He thinks sanctions will work against Iran. That is scary.

Of course he is better by far than Obama Bin Biden, but "yet and still", the idea of sanctioning Iran is scary. Only a strike against Irans nuke and missile facilities will work. And btw, Iran is far smarter than the US or Israel, because they have had a law for a year that requires cng for all vehicles. Why aren't we doing that ?

re: #203 Moe Katz

White guilt is not entirely unjustified IMHO.

Well, glad to see your racist credentials are out for everyone to see.

You wanna talk Arab and African guilt viz-a-viz slavery. And I'm talking about ongoing slavery. Like TODAY. Oh yeah. Nonexistent topic.

re: #246 Colonel Panik

I went back and forth on whether I should ding you down or up on this one.

Net result. Ding down.

Ding in good health.