A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

A prescient glimpse into the moonbat-MSM relationship!

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

I agree. It's fit only for kindling.

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

— H. L. Mencken

Thus truly spake a newspaperman.

What's a newspaper?

/

I play newspaper Sudoku and I resent that!

/ q;

//A newspaper TV news show is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

1938 edition:

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

2008 edition:

A newspaper is a device for spewing leftist propaganda like an overflowing septic tank.

re: #4 lone_wolf_in_illinois

They're like blogs without the fact checking or accountability.

I just replaced my old Mencken quote today.

The New York Times belongs in an outhouse.

re: #9 wee fury

The New York Times belongs in an outhouse.

What do you have against outhouses?

My parrot refused to shit on our local lib fish-wrapper. He said it wasn't worthy of such an honor.

re: #7 Killgore Trout

They're like blogs without the fact checking or accountability.

Unfortunately newspapers are still the very best we've got.

Painful, I know, but there it is. Television is a joke. Blogs have no money.

The trick is finding a good paper and learning its strengths and weaknesses. I suggest starting with the Wall Street Journal, which I'll say -- again -- did its level best to warn of the current financial implosion, for years.

Less than 9,000 comments to go until #6M. Could happen tomorrow night.

re: #6 zombie

1938 edition:

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

2008 edition:

A newspaper is a device for spewing leftist propaganda like an overflowing septic tank. - (BUT, act like they are mainstream and unbiased)

re: #10 zombie

And I keep forgetting why they call it "WC" in Europe.

/srsly

re: #11 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

My parrot refused to shit on our local lib fish-wrapper. He said it wasn't worthy of such an honor.

Just Poop!

re: #10 zombie

;-)

re: #9 wee fury

outhouse.

True story:

When I was a child, I had never actually heard anyone say the word outhouse: so the first time I encountered it in print, I thought it was some kind of French word, pronounced "O-thooz."

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in the hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day
The paper boy brings more
--Pink Floyd, Brain Damage

Cop-killing scumbag Mumia abu Jamal gets fisted by the SCOTUS. Heh.

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

re: #15 laZardo

And I keep forgetting why they call it "WC" in Europe.

/srsly

The initials for Water Closet.

re: #22 zombie

Thanks. (:

re: #18 zombie

True story:

When I was a child, I had never actually heard anyone say the word outhouse: so the first time I encountered it in print, I thought it was some kind of French word, pronounced "O-thooz."

I thought o-thooz is what you dip those roast beef sandwiches into.

re: #19 Dar ul Harb

I thought that was from "Dark Side Of The Moon". Guess I'm too young.

re: #7 Killgore Trout

They're like blogs without the fact checking or accountability.

Ouch!

re: #18 zombie

True story:

When I was a child, I had never actually heard anyone say the word outhouse: so the first time I encountered it in print, I thought it was some kind of French word, pronounced "O-thooz."

For several years, I thought awry was pronounced OW-REE

re: #19 Dar ul Harb

We don't need no thought control!

Lizard meet/party - Lizards and mates.

Sunday 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.

I bought a new Mustang several months back and I should have waited for this:

2009 Dodge Challenger r/t

re: #18 zombie

True story:

When I was a child, I had never actually heard anyone say the word outhouse: so the first time I encountered it in print, I thought it was some kind of French word, pronounced "O-thooz."

It's a useful word for finding out who's a Canadian.

re: #6 zombie

2008 edition:

A newspaper is a device for spewing leftist propaganda like an overflowing septic tank.

Not to mention junking up your house with stuff you read on the Internet yesterday for free.

re: #25 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I thought that was from "Dark Side Of The Moon". Guess I'm too young.

ROTFLMAO.................. "Brain Damage" is a song off the album "Dark Side Of The Moon".......

"A newspaper is a place to combine horoscopes and half truths in order to provide a fish with a flexible coffin.."
-Charles Foster Kane.

re: #32 Dar ul Harb

Not to mention junking up your house with stuff you read on the Internet yesterday for free.

See post 12, though.

re: #30 Maximu§

I bought a new Mustang several months back and I should have waited for this:

2009 Dodge Challenger r/t

Kinda looks like the baby of a 60's Challenger and a 60's Camaro.

re: #30 Maximu§

I bought a new Mustang several months back and I should have waited for this:

2009 Dodge Challenger r/t

I had an '04 Cobra... Loved it. 5 speed stick, posi with really sticky tires. Only 2 cars faster that year, upper-end Corvette and the Viper. 0-60 in just over 4 seconds and at 135 MPH, it was like a dream.

It bothers me that there are so many gullible (stupid?) people in America that actually believe in the hope and change hokum that obama, the snakeoil salesman, has sold.

re: #13 Charles

Less than 9,000 comments to go until #6M. Could happen tomorrow night.

Hope it's not me. I hate that kind of attention.

re: #27 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And I thought "anxiety" was pronounced "ank-shetty." You know, like "anxious" is pronounced "ank-shuss".

re: #33 doriangrey

ROTFLMAO.................. "Brain Damage" is a song off the album "Dark Side Of The Moon".......

Thought that was the song. See? Too young! : )

re: #7 Killgore Trout

They're like blogs without the fact checking or accountability.

K-T -

With a far larger Environmental Impact/Carbon Footprint.

-S-

have a great night every one

re: #42 Dr. Shalit

K-T -

With a far larger Environmental Impact/Carbon Footprint.

Not to mention the carbon fingerprints...

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper.
George Orwell

re: #27 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

For several years, I thought awry was pronounced OW-REE

I thought melancholy was pronounced "mel-ANCH-o-lee."

re: #43 winston06

Goodnight, Winston.

Obama's friend and collaborator's timeless exultation:

Guilty as hell, free as a bird—America is a great country.

[Link: www.city-journal.org...]

re: #33 doriangrey

ROTFLMAO.................. "Brain Damage" is a song off the album "Dark Side Of The Moon".......

I've always wondered what's the title of that intrumental piece they always play after Layla.

/

re: #49 Dar ul Harb

I've always wondered what's the title of that intrumental piece they always play after Layla.

/

Layla Part Deux?

re: #13 Charles

Less than 9,000 comments to go until #6M. Could happen tomorrow night.

Do I smell an ID thread for tomorrow's line-up?

re: #35 Cognito

I can still get news from the Wall Street Journal online and for free. Face it- newspapers are dinosaurs. I was even able to convince my boss to stop buying the paper because he could get it online for free. Besides- the paper is literally yesterdays news. The net's here to stay and it's the only way "newspapers" are going to stay relevant.

Supposedly true story:

A representative of Pravda was going from town to town, finding out ways in which the newspaper could serve the citizens better. In one town, some wag asked the question: "Could you use lighter ink?"

The Pravda representative, puzzled, asked, "What's wrong with the ink we use now?"

The wag answered, "We all have black asses!"

(He was made to answer for his smart remark the next day at work.)

re: #52 Sharmuta

I can still get news from the Wall Street Journal online and for free. Face it- newspapers are dinosaurs. I was even able to convince my boss to stop buying the paper because he could get it online for free. Besides- the paper is literally yesterdays news. The net's here to stay and it's the only way "newspapers" are going to stay relevant.

Sorry, no. Those wonderful WSJ stories you can get online are paid for by the print side.

Post 12 still stands.

re: #37 Max Darkside

I had an '04 Cobra... Loved it. 5 speed stick, posi with really sticky tires. Only 2 cars faster that year, upper-end Corvette and the Viper. 0-60 in just over 4 seconds and at 135 MPH, it was like a dream.

Story of my life...I have a new 08 Mustang in the garage, but I don't want it anymore. This new Dodge Challenger looks awesome.

I keep reading between the lies.
Goodman Ace

re: #41 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

"Dark Side Of The Moon" the song is actually "Eclipse"

Goodnight you all.

re: #45 solomonpanting

His Homage to Catalonia is an outstanding read, not only for the war-front experiences, but also for insight into his own politics and self-criticisms.

re: #52 Sharmuta

I can still get news from the Wall Street Journal online and for free. Face it- newspapers are dinosaurs. I was even able to convince my boss to stop buying the paper because he could get it online for free. Besides- the paper is literally yesterdays news. The net's here to stay and it's the only way "newspapers" are going to stay relevant.

Filtered thru a "Star Chamber" of editors each with their own agendas.

re: #54 Cognito

Whatever. As the tide continues to flow towards online media distribution, that will change.

re: #55 Maximu§

Story of my life...I have a new 08 Mustang in the garage, but I don't want it anymore. This new Dodge Challenger looks awesome.

Nice looking, and it has 1/4 mile and 0-60 timers along with an accelerometer on-board, but notice the times they show. 1/4 mile in over 13s?! 0-60 at almost 5s? I think it might be heavy, slowing it down.

re: #36 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Kinda looks like the baby of a 60's Challenger and a 60's Camaro.

OMD -

That's because, when new, the 1970 Challenger and Barracuda looked like artfully chopped and channeled 1969 Camaros. Owned a 1970 Challenger, small block Mopar V-8, fun car for is day.

-S-

re: #57 Dar ul Harb

"Dark Side Of The Moon" the song is actually "Eclipse"

Geez, now I'm REALLY confused! Guess I'll take a Pink Floyd and watch the room spin and change colors.

re: #20 Wyatt Earp

Cop-killing scumbag Mumia abu Jamal gets fisted by the SCOTUS. Heh.

Amen. I say to you....Amen

re: #60 Bobibutu

Hey- I was just glad I got him to quit openly paying for the paper. It was my little way of striking back at the drive by media.

re: #52 Sharmuta

I can still get news from the Wall Street Journal online and for free. Face it- newspapers are dinosaurs. I was even able to convince my boss to stop buying the paper because he could get it online for free. Besides- the paper is literally yesterdays news. The net's here to stay and it's the only way "newspapers" are going to stay relevant.

All true, but I still enjoy Sunday morning "newspaper" time.

cognito

And someone very, very, very close to me just lost his job when the media company he worked for closed its doors last week.

I feel your pain.

re: #13 Charles

Less than 9,000 comments to go until #6M. Could happen tomorrow night.

I think everyone should stop typing with one to go, and let you do the honors.

re: #61 Sharmuta

Whatever. As the tide continues to flow towards online media distribution, that will change.

"Whatever" doesn't quite do it, I'm afraid. Someone has to first figure out how to make the model work.

No one has.

John Gage, President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) stated, "But polling shows that only 55 percent of union members right now, support Obama. [...] Why then is it close? Many, including me, think race. Union leaders have felt the sting of anonymous e-mails and coded language at union meetings."

No, Mr. Gage, 45 percent of your members do not support Obama because they know he is a socialist and a hater of America. The only America he loves is a fantasy "peoples' republic" of which he and his cronies rule through intimidation and transfer of wealth from workers and capitalists to parasites and socialists.

re: #63 Dr. Shalit

OMD -

That's because, when new, the 1970 Challenger and Barracuda looked like artfully chopped and channeled 1969 Camaros. Owned a 1970 Challenger, small block Mopar V-8, fun car for is day.

-S-

I had a 68 GTO, back in the day... Damn fun to drive, but didn't have posi, so I couldn't git roaring until doing over 30MPH, else just burn rubber.

re: #62 Max Darkside

Nice looking, and it has 1/4 mile and 0-60 timers along with an accelerometer on-board, but notice the times they show. 1/4 mile in over 13s?! 0-60 at almost 5s? I think it might be heavy, slowing it down.

But is it a Hemi?

re: #70 Cognito

You mean like the model of being biased to the point of losing viewers and readers? Because I'd say that model is working just swimmingly, isn't it?

re: #66 Sharmuta

Hey- I was just glad I got him to quit openly paying for the paper. It was my little way of striking back at the drive by media.

Good on ya. Keep it up.

re: #68 Irene NYC

cognito

And someone very, very, very close to me just lost his job when the media company he worked for closed its doors last week.

I feel your pain.

Thanks Irene. For what it's worth, my person wasn't in the media. But you're right that the media is taking it on the chin.

re: #20 Wyatt Earp

So when will they execute the son of a bitch?

re: #49 Dar ul Harb

I've always wondered what's the title of that intrumental piece they always play after Layla.

/

on the LP or in concert?

re: #70 Cognito

"Whatever" doesn't quite do it, I'm afraid. Someone has to first figure out how to make the model work.

No one has.

It's really the problem, isn't it? And it ain't being solved by the internet.

re: #73 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

But is it a Hemi?

That's what it says, ya.

re: #59 victor_yugo

I might have to check it out. Thanks.

re: #74 Sharmuta

You mean like the model of being biased to the point of losing viewers and readers? Because I'd say that model is working just swimmingly, isn't it?

If you want to change the subject, that's fine. We were talking about the Wall Street Journal, though.

re: #30 Maximu§

I bought a new Mustang several months back and I should have waited for this:

2009 Dodge Challenger r/t

Its essentially identical to the Dodge Charger, just cut down a few inches and with two doors instead of four.

If you have to go there, save your money for the new Camaro.

A 'newspaper' is designed to make those that agree with it's slant, pay for the privilege.

re: #70 Cognito

"Whatever" doesn't quite do it, I'm afraid. Someone has to first figure out how to make the model work.

No one has.

For a modest consulting fee up front and an airtight NDA, I'd share a few things that haven't been tried.

:)

Newspapers are inversely informational. You take what you read, invert it 180 degrees, arrive at something closer to the truth.

Does anyone have any Cheezy Poofs?

re: #85 brickthruplateglasswindow

For a modest consulting fee up front and an airtight NDA, I'd share a few things that haven't been tried.

:)

Ha. You might be surprised who'd pay.

re: #78 redc1c4

on the LP or in concert?

Note the /sarc tag.

re: #80 Max Darkside

That's what it says, ya.

Cool. I was never much of a Mopar fan.

re: #73 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

But is it a Hemi?

The 6.1 litre version puts out 425hp.

re: #82 Cognito

I think you mean you're talking about the Wall Street Journal. I'm talking about newspapers and TV networks.

re: #87 DesertSage

Hawaiian Chop Steak, Sweet Corn on the cob, white rice, Japanese pickles, here. Sorry

re: #83 looking closely

Its essentially identical to the Dodge Charger, just cut down a few inches and with two doors instead of four.

If you have to go there, save your money for the new Camaro.

4 door Dodge Charger? HUH?

re: #84 pat

A 'newspaper' is designed to make those that agree with it's slant, pay for the privilege.

That's a keeper, pat.

re: #73 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

But is it a Hemi?

OMD -

Yuppers, the new variety with 16 spark plugs and SMP Fuel Injection with "small block" displacement.

-S-

re: #88 Cognito

Ha. You might be surprised who'd pay.

I'm surprised at who won't pay. :)

Did I see Aisha on the previous thread or were my eyes deceiving me?
;)

re: #97 brickthruplateglasswindow

I'm surprised at who won't pay. :)

Harpo's mother?

re: #83 looking closely

Its essentially identical to the Dodge Charger, just cut down a few inches and with two doors instead of four.

If you have to go there, save your money for the new Camaro.

I'm so tired of waiting for that Camero, I was ready to buy it when Transformers came out.

re: #91 Maximu§

At least it puts out. Which is more than I can say for the last 3 women I dated...

/rimshot

re: #91 Maximu§

The 6.1 litre version puts out 425hp.

So does my Prius.
/

re: #89 Dar ul Harb

Note the /sarc tag.

nevermind......

re: #92 Sharmuta

I think you mean you're talking about the Wall Street Journal. I'm talking about newspapers and TV networks.

Huh. Guess I was thrown off when you said, "I can still get news from the Wall Street Journal online and for free. Face it- newspapers are dinosaurs."

Sorry.

re: #91 Maximu§

The 6.1 litre version puts out 425hp.

Sounds like it's time for this one again ...
Enjoy.

"DEFINITION OF ACCELERATION"

One top fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower
than the first 4 rows of stock cars at the Daytona 500.

Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitro
methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same
rate with 25% less energy being produced.

A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the
dragster's supercharger.

With 3,000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive,
the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition.

Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.

At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by
which quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are
determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of nitro methane, the flame front
temperature measures 7,050 deg F.

Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the
stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric
water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.

Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is essentially the
output of an arc welder in each cylinder.

Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After halfway,
the engine is dieseling from compression, plus the glow of exhaust
valves at 1,400 deg F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the
fuel flow.

If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in
the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow
cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.

In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an
average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph (well before
half-track), the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.

Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed
reading this sentence.

Top fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light!
Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions
under load.

The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm.

Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and
for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimate $1,000.00 per
second.

The current top fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for
the quarter mile (10/05/03, Tony Schumacher). The top speed record is
333.00 mph (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (09/28/03
Doug Kalitta).

You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter "twin-turbo" powered
Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a top fuel dragster is staged and
ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the
advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the
gears and blast across the starting line and pass the dragster at an
honest 200 mph. The "tree" goes green for both of you at that moment.
The draster launches and starts after you.

You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine
that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and
passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from
where you just passed him. Think about it; from a standing start, the
dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught you, but nearly
blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1,320 foot
long race course.

That folks is acceleration...

re: #94 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

4 door Dodge Charger? HUH?

I always thought the 4 door Charger looked ridiculous.

re: #104 Cognito

Huh. Guess I was thrown off when you said, "I can still get news from the Wall Street Journal online and for free. Face it- newspapers are dinosaurs."

Sorry.

It was the plural for newspaper, huh?

Yep, I'm waiting for the new Camaro to make it's debut!
[Link: www.chevrolet.com...]

And some Cheezy Poofs!

re: #38 newsjunkie_ky

It bothers me that there are so many gullible (stupid?) people in America that actually believe in the hope and change hokum that obama, the snakeoil salesman, has sold.

>
Oh yeah, they buy it. At dinner tonight one of my coworkers went in to the Obama is great thing. I listened until I couldn't take anymore and challenged him. He ninformrd me that all of this Wright & Ayers stuff was just guilt through association. When I asked him if he would have a friend like Ayers, he said "Absolutely"
At that point , I strongly suggested , that he wipe the liberal smirk off of his face & grow up. Thank God, I outrank him.

RE #13
I'll comment....Congrats Charles and thank you for the enlightening forum.
*Polishes apple on shirt*!

re: #30 Maximu§

re: #83 looking closely

From the POV of a guy who wants to be a car designer, I'm personally a bit tired of these "retro" muscle cars. It makes me think we're approaching the wheezing-econo-70s all over again.

Now that brand new Nissan GT-R...that's performance.

/as long as those damn ricers don't get their oily hands all over it for their F-n-F fantasies...

Honestly I fear for the campaign. I'm still not backing off my prediction, but I am genuinely saddened by the lack of substantive rebuttal by the McCain/Palin campaign to the ideas of BHO. He's a communist/Socialist/marxist. The ideas he is spouting are straight out of the marxist playbook. Yet here we still sit....discussing the fact that his associations should disqualify him. or maybe just the fact that the rebuttals are not getting traction.

It is NOT his associations...it is his ideas. They are FUNDAMENTALLY anti-capitalist. Requiring the coverage of pre-conditions is but one simple example of his anti-capitalist views.

I truly fear for this country if BHO and Plug boy get the nod.

I still believe it'll be a mcCain/Palin electoral landslide...but again...mcCain is NOT running a good campaign.

I've always said, "i would vote for Mickey mouse if he was running onthe Republican ticket." This is is pretty close to that. And i'm voting Republican.

re: #96 Dr. Shalit

OMD -

Yuppers, the new variety with 16 spark plugs and SMP Fuel Injection with "small block" displacement.

-S-

6.1 litre hemi small block? Those must be some humongous pistons.

Hemi!

I think more scary background stuff on Obambi will start to percolate. I'm still amazed they kept the Palin secret so long. They must be holding something. The Ayer's wrote Audacity stuff looks compelling....

LUNCH.

bbl

I love newspapers and I'm sorry to see what is happening to them. Some of their problems are self-inflicted, others due to changes in technology. But I already miss the sense of community they fostered in the cities where I have lived and the slower, more thoughtful pace of life that went along with their era. And the ADD which the internet fosters is not to my taste either. I feel like a dinosaur.

I have to say that the spear point should be FM/FM. Show how obama and the dems were in it up to their eyeballs.

re: #105 Bobibutu

Of course, dragsters do 325 mph for about 1300 feet. Indy cars can run at 225 mph for 500 miles or more.

/Just sayin'...

I was surprised with the nautical references ( I get seasick looking at a picture of a boat), I don't see the o as a sailing kind of guy...

re: #66 Sharmuta

Hey- I was just glad I got him to quit openly paying for the paper. It was my little way of striking back at the drive by media.

I have not paid for a paper in three years. The Philadelphia inquirer has morphed itself into Philly.com and more often than not these days.. when youhit the "home" page it is some editoral being highlighted. And guess which way that editorial is slanted. (I just go there for the sports).

re: #103 redc1c4

nevermind......

BTW, I think it's called coda. ;)

What is black and white and RED all over?
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*
*
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No,,not the newspaper.!
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The obama /biden ticket.

what do you wrap your fish in now?

re: #112 soccerdad

In order for a socialist/communist government to occur, not only must you have A) a party leadership willing to do whatever it takes to win (any means to an end) but you also need B) a docile, defeated and constantly needy populace that will welcome and enable the former component.

I know we presently have part A. I am not sure about part B, but it seems like part B is getting bigger.

re: #83 looking closely

Its essentially identical to the Dodge Charger, just cut down a few inches and with two doors instead of four.

If you have to go there, save your money for the new Camaro.

"lc" -

You are right on that, which is to say that the platform is much like an old Benz "E Class" - Not bad - back in the day, the Challenger was based on the Dodge Dart, and the Camaro based on the Nova. Didn't keep either car from becoming an icon.

-S-

re: #119 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Of course, dragsters do 325 mph for about 1300 feet. Indy cars can run at 225 mph for 500 miles or more.

/Just sayin'...

Point well taken. And it's 2 different desired outcomes.

If the newpapers go away I guess that I will have to find another way to read my comics.

[Link: www.daybydaycartoon.com...]

comes to mind.

re: #123 Oldasdirt

Dead penguins?

/pissed that Happy Feet beat Cars for the Oscar

//RIP Paul "Doc Hudson" Newman

re: #117 Irene NYC

I love newspapers and I'm sorry to see what is happening to them. Some of their problems are self-inflicted, others due to changes in technology. But I already miss the sense of community they fostered in the cities where I have lived and the slower, more thoughtful pace of life that went along with their era. And the ADD which the internet fosters is not to my taste either. I feel like a dinosaur.

Yes. All true.

There used to be right-leaning newspapers galloping across the tundra, believe it or not. Every town had two papers.

The left-leaning bias in papers today is laughably obvious. There are other forces at play, though. Some people here try to make the argument that the media is collapsing now -- coincidentally to the technological revolution -- because all those conservative readers are making an exodus to find more like-minded thinkers elsewhere.

Trouble is, the biggest political blogs are lefties. And none of them can touch Perez Hilton.

I don't know the solution. I wish I did. And if I do figure it out, I hope I beat the likes of Mark Cuban to it.

re: #115 KZnextzone

Personally, I think the election will come and go without the BHO bombshell we're all hoping for. What's been discovered about him already should have been more than enough to sink the ship of an ordinary presidential candidate, under ordinary times and circumstances. These here are uncharted waters, indeed.

re: #82 Cognito

If you want to change the subject, that's fine. We were talking about the Wall Street Journal, though.

IBD seems to be doing well financially. Proprietary information - that's the ticket. Who owns IBD?

I disagree with great hope. Cartman.......

re: #128 steve

If the newpapers go away I guess that I will have to find another way to read my comics.

[Link: www.daybydaycartoon.com...]

comes to mind.

What? You are online and daybyday is online all over the place.

re: #125 rawmuse

I know we presently have part A. I am not sure about part B, but it seems like part B is getting bigger.

Bigger, or merely screaming louder?

It can't be good when even apolitical, ignorant young adults can see The Fascist Tool Barack Obama as just a sloganeer (slogans written by someone else).

I work with a couple of them. They have a lot of growing up to do, and their work ethic, uh, needs work... but their antipathy towards O is very strong. And in neither case does it have to do with race!

re: #132 DeafDog

IBD seems to be doing well financially. Proprietary information - that's the ticket. Who owns IBD?

I believe they're independent. And yes, proprietary information is key. Trouble is, we all want that non-proprietary information, but we don't want to pay someone to go fetch it and sketch it.

and to keep on the nautical.."I say these seas have been charted by Seaman Hillary and the hazards of Hell's Bucket are the same"
Arrrgh Matey

re: #134 Bobibutu

I know but I still like sitting at the table and holding the paper in my hands. Cannot do that with a computer.
And then what am I going to wrap the christmas presents in?

re: #131 Cartman

Personally, I think the election will come and go without the BHO bombshell we're all hoping for. What's been discovered about him already should have been more than enough to sink the ship of an ordinary presidential candidate, under ordinary times and circumstances. These here are uncharted waters, indeed.

So true, it does not seem to matter what Obamas negatives are.
They are brushed aside & he gets the benefit of all doubts by people who should know better.

I've got LGF up in Safari for Windows. Nice & clean. I think I like it.

re: #125 rawmuse

In order for a socialist/communist government to occur, not only must you have A) a party leadership willing to do whatever it takes to win (any means to an end) but you also need B) a docile, defeated and constantly needy populace that will welcome and enable the former component.

I know we presently have part A. I am not sure about part B, but it seems like part B is getting bigger.

Amen...hence my fear. I had a conversation with the better half tonight, who was undecided last week. Tonight she is solidly in BHO's camp, and taunted me that mcCain is behind in the polls. Suffice it to say I do not take the hardline at home as I love sex, but her transformation is clearly a result of the MSM. I asked her about the healthcare program of Obama, pointing out the anti-capitalist nature of it, but and she was all for it. (she's a nurse)

/sigh
i'm getting cancelled out

re: #118 Hard Right

I have to say that the spear point should be FM/FM. Show how obama and the dems were in it up to their eyeballs.

And also that the Bush administration and McCain wanted to pass legislation numerous times to reform it since 2003, but were blocked by the Dimocrats. Then I heard Barney Fwank's butt-buddy was on employed at Fannie Mae (When he wasn't running their gay teenage boy out of their townhouse).

They've got something......They just don't want it to blow over with the ADD of the populace, best wait. "Walk down and ....." well you get it!

re: #138 steve

I know but I still like sitting at the table and holding the paper in my hands. Cannot do that with a computer.
And then what am I going to wrap the christmas presents in?

Print function! ... well if you only have 8 1/2X11 capability ... multiple pages and Scotch Tape.

The NYT has the optimum broadness for Great Dane contaminant when on the sidewalk.

re: #127 Bobibutu

Point well taken. And it's 2 different desired outcomes.

Nope...both are doin' it to win. : )

re: #135 victor_yugo

I hope you are right. If you ever wonder why the qualities of self-reliance, honesty and duty are promoted in the Boy Scouts (and why the Left feels the need to bring the Boy Scouts down) look no further than the electorate. A populace that demands that everything be provided for them is ripe for tyranny.

re: #105 Bobibutu "Acceleration"

and you can DIY........

re: #138 steve

I know but I still like sitting at the table and holding the paper in my hands. Cannot do that with a computer.

The Amazon Kindle and its ilk are getting better and more popular every year. And Esquire Magazine just published the world's first E-ink cover, which caused quite a stir where I work.

It isn't often I can point at something and say, with all certainty, "This is the wave of the future."

re: #144 Bobibutu

That will be a lot of scitch tape used at chrostmas time.

Well, I guess it's time to attempt some sleep. Seems like I've forgotten once again how to do it, but I'll give it a shot. G'nite, all.

re: #111 laZardo

re: #83 looking closely

From the POV of a guy who wants to be a car designer, I'm personally a bit tired of these "retro" muscle cars. It makes me think we're approaching the wheezing-econo-70s all over again.

Now that brand new Nissan GT-R...that's performance.

/as long as those damn ricers don't get their oily hands all over it for their F-n-F fantasies...

Those retro muscle cars of the 60's and 70's bring back alot of memories of Wednesday night street races, a girlfirend who has zipper pants and good times.

re: #146 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Nope...both are doin' it to win. : )

Yeah, yeah, but different distances.

Earlier today I saw a report saying that some of the Israelis -- military and politicians -- who were used in the Israelis for Obama video going around -- are upset, saying they were taken out of context. Anybody know where I can find it?

Irene NYC

I remember delivering the newspaper in my jr. high school days. The Ap and UPI had the reputation that what they wrote could be absolutely believed as truth. The local small town used them to get the news to the people of the country. Sadly, today we have a media that is mostly under the control of the leftist democratic party. I think that this decision by these news outlets we eventually destroy them.

re: #150 steve

That will be a lot of scitch tape used at chrostmas time.

Sh*t happens ;-)

re: #76 Cognito

Thanks Irene. For what it's worth, my person wasn't in the media. But you're right that the media is taking it on the chin.

AS well it should, especially after this election.

re: #138 steve

I know but I still like sitting at the table and holding the paper in my hands. Cannot do that with a computer.
And then what am I going to wrap the christmas presents in?

/And it'll be difficult to put a computer in the bottom of a box and teach your puppy to shit on it.

re: #149 victor_yugo

re: #144 Bobibutu

I already read a lot online but, as I said before, (I must be old school) I still like sitting down and holding the paper in my hands. Just does not seem the same with a lot of copy paper tape together.

re: #113 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

6.1 litre hemi small block? Those must be some humongous pistons.

"OMD" -

You are a youngster. The 5.7 liter Hemi translates to about 350 in the lord's own cubic inches. 6.1 liters is roughly 375 in cid. The first generation small block Chevy came in a 400 cid flavor for a number of years, my dad had one in a '71 Caprice.

-S-

re: #136 Cognito

I believe they're independent. And yes, proprietary information is key. Trouble is, we all want that non-proprietary information, but we don't want to pay someone to go fetch it and sketch it.

Over the last few years, we were all literally starved for unbiased information on Iraq. The only reports that we got were all reports from the green zone. Most were slanted editorally. Eventually, I discovered Yon and Totten and Rogio on the web. I gladly paid them (vluntarily) for their efforts. Yon/Totten/Rogio do give opinions. Sometimes they are not opinions I want to hear. But I respect them because I know they are honest and I try to incorporate their opinions into my own biases.

There is a big part of the answer in that experience, too. Newspapers are seen as biased. Too often, their reporters are not doing the hard work of journalism. They are just attending news conferences (that I could jst as easily watch on C-Span) and adding their own spin.

re: #141 soccerdad

Amen...hence my fear. I had a conversation with the better half tonight, who was undecided last week. Tonight she is solidly in BHO's camp, and taunted me that mcCain is behind in the polls. Suffice it to say I do not take the hardline at home as I love sex, but her transformation is clearly a result of the MSM. I asked her about the healthcare program of Obama, pointing out the anti-capitalist nature of it, but and she was all for it. (she's a nurse)

/sigh
i'm getting cancelled out

no offense, but most nurses i've met over the years are a little whack.

(the others are *really* whack. %-)

re: #130 Cognito
My grandmother subscribed to nine newspapers in five languages. She read each one cover to cover, as did my parents. They were printed from all corners of the earth. I remember there was this excitement attached to receiving them and an element of responsibility also. You were supposed to keep yourself well-informed. De rigeuer sort of thing.

I just couldn't resist sharing this with the lizards. My hubby just received, in the mail, a beautifully presented, artfully wrapped "Certificate of Appreciation" "for outstanding service to the Nation as a United States Army Soldier", along with a lapel pin and two window stickers......he was a Marine.

Tax dollars at work.

re: #162 redc1c4

Hey, I still have you Chili pot.

re: #152 Maximu§

Those retro muscle cars of the 60's and 70's bring back alot of memories of Wednesday night street races, a girlfirend who has zipper pants and good times.

Dittos jeans....... %-)

re: #76 Cognito

Thanks Irene. For what it's worth, my person wasn't in the media. But you're right that the media is taking it on the chin.

I was gonna make a Barney Frank joke here,,,but i wont.

re: #161 DeafDog

Too often, their reporters are not doing the hard work of journalism. They are just attending news conferences (that I could jst as easily watch on C-Span) and adding their own spin.

Sounds like you might be reading the wrong papers, then. (See post 12.)

Ozark Mountain Daredevil, thank you for the laugh. I needed it today.

Ya all have a wonderful night. I am off to bed.........

re: #153 Bobibutu

Yeah, yeah, but different distances.

That's the one great thing I love about racing. No one is ever truly happy to finish second. They're just the first one to lose.

re: #164 Pvt Bin Jammin

I just couldn't resist sharing this with the lizards. My hubby just received, in the mail, a beautifully presented, artfully wrapped "Certificate of Appreciation" "for outstanding service to the Nation as a United States Army Soldier", along with a lapel pin and two window stickers......he was a Marine.

Tax dollars at work.

Its the thought that counts Princess.

can someone do a timeline of what the fuck the Nazicrats have been up to since they took over Congress

I mean for example:

they were told, REPEATEDLY
by Greenspan and even real republicans (including the Pussident)
that Fannie, Freddie, etc. were in trouble
and they were shouted down by Maxine Waters, Chris Dodd, Barney Fife, etc...

but all they did was what ?

fucking hearings on steroids in baseball ?

had a bunch of hollywood idiots parading in and speaking about their favorite topics

useless hearings on Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, etc.

maybe the GOP needs a good idea like this to present to the American people

because the dem's sqaundered the time they had
and it needs pointing out as much or more than Ayers
because so far the MSM is covering for him

but McCain should interject his name tomorrow night anyway
domestic terrorism like McVeigh or Ayers produced or Anthrax
are as dangerous as Muslim extremism and can be almost as deadly
and point out OKC bombing and anthrax letters
and then remind Obama of who Bill Ayers is

re: #136 Cognito

I believe they're independent. And yes, proprietary information is key. Trouble is, we all want that non-proprietary information, but we don't want to pay someone to go fetch it and sketch it.

I never bought that "citizen journalist" thang. Of course, the fact that that phrase reminded me of the French Revolution may have been the real reason for my distaste.

re: #152 Maximu§

Those retro muscle cars of the 60's and 70's bring back alot of memories of Wednesday night street races, a girlfirend who has zipper pants and good times.

When they roll out the 2010 Ford Pinto, Dodge Colt and Chevy Vega, be worried. Be VERY worried!

Heads up everyone:

THEATER FRAUD? Sabotage of An American Carol and Its Opening-Week Numbers?

Mpower pictures and Vivendi are starting to hear complaints about sabotage of An American Carol by employees of theaters that are carrying the movie. So far, ten theaters have been implicated in outright fraud regarding this movie.

Obviously, the producers and distributors would like to get to the bottom of this and find out the extent of any fraud, but they need our help to determine whether the problem is systemic, or confined to a few theaters in a nationawide release.

What we know: in at least ten theaters nationwide, customers were sold tickets they were told were for An American Carol but turned out to be for other movies.

Obviously, this type of "error" sometimes requires collusion between employees--a way of marking the ticket so that you are sent to the correct theater, even though you've been sold the wrong ticket.

As the customer, you'd have to actually read your ticket to check and make sure you weren't an unwitting instrument of this fraud.

If you suspect that this might have happened when you went to see the movie, please go double-check your tickets. If they have the wrong movie title on them, please take a picture of them and send them to the investigative team at An American Carol: fraud -- AT -- AnAmericanCarol -- DOT -- com . Please place the original tickets in a safe place and fill out the info on the AAC fraud site. They may need your ticket as evidence.

I heard similar stories from callers on Larry Elders show in L.A. today.

Go see the movie!

Check your tickets and make sure the film makers are getting credit - and paid - for their hard work.

re: #162 redc1c4

I still have your big aluminum chili pot you left at my house.

re: #157 lummox

AS well it should, especially after this election.

Well, sweetie, I don't feel that the New York Sun deserved to close.

re: #159 steve

re: #144 Bobibutu

I already read a lot online but, as I said before, (I must be old school) I still like sitting down and holding the paper in my hands. Just does not seem the same with a lot of copy paper tape together.

OK - for the funnies that's cool.

When I was a kid - POP the Comic Weekly was a radio program (pre TV in the SF Bay Area) that walked us thru the funnies and expanded on them. Sunday mornings were spent with the paper comics and the radio - very cool.
Sadly it's gone. So I think I understand.

re: #169 steve

Ozark Mountain Daredevil, thank you for the laugh. I needed it today.

Ya all have a wonderful night. I am off to bed.........

I'm not sure what I said that was funny, but you're welcome!

re: #171 Maximu§

It was cool. We were just so surprised. I'm sure it made plenty of people's day. I don't think the Marines are sending out those things.

re: #168 Cognito

Sounds like you might be reading the wrong papers, then. (See post 12.)

Nope. The WSJ had nothing special on Iraq from 1996-97. They still don't.

BTW - the situation is the same today on Afghanastan. Their is no newspaper or wireservice that has a good take on that situation.

re: #165 Maximu§

Hey, I still have you Chili pot.

yeah, well, it's not going anywhere, is it?

/we don't get out much. %-)

re: #163 Irene NYC

My grandmother subscribed to nine newspapers in five languages. She read each one cover to cover, as did my parents. They were printed from all corners of the earth. I remember there was this excitement attached to receiving them and an element of responsibility also. You were supposed to keep yourself well-informed. De rigeuer sort of thing.

That's neat.

One problem with the modern model -- aside from the lack of financial liability -- is that people are receiving information in slices. It's the same way the mortgage guys got us into the current economic mess, by slicing and bundling their goods so that the buyers never saw the whole picture.

Not that newspapers are always any better. But there has to be some feasible next thing. Either that or we're in big trouble.

re: #180 Pvt Bin Jammin

It was cool. We were just so surprised. I'm sure it made plenty of people's day. I don't think the Marines are sending out those things.

Those Jarheads are so picky!

/

re: #173 Irene NYC

I never bought that "citizen journalist" thang. Of course, the fact that that phrase reminded me of the French Revolution may have been the real reason for my distaste.

Ha.

Yeah. A 'citizen journalist' might soon go to prison for the recent Steve-Jobs-heart-attack debacle. Oops.

re: #182 redc1c4

yeah, well, it's not going anywhere, is it?

/we don't get out much. %-)

Lets do a beerfest soon and I'll give it back to ya.

Back. Did I miss anything?

re: #170 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

That's the one great thing I love about racing. No one is ever truly happy to finish second. They're just the first one to lose.

Adrenalin junkies - Unite! - Oh - I guess they have.

The problem facing newspapers is their readership is dying off. Young people just don't read newspapers.

re: #182 redc1c4

Hey we're going to Fort Knox to visit my son in bootcamp this month.

re: #160 Dr. Shalit

"OMD" -

You are a youngster. The 5.7 liter Hemi translates to about 350 in the lord's own cubic inches. 6.1 liters is roughly 375 in cid. The first generation small block Chevy came in a 400 cid flavor for a number of years, my dad had one in a '71 Caprice.

-S-

Doc- I had a 66 Chevelle SS with a 427 big block, I think...and it was 496 HP.

re: #181 DeafDog

Nope. The WSJ had nothing special on Iraq from 1996-97. They still don't.

BTW - the situation is the same today on Afghanastan. Their is no newspaper or wireservice that has a good take on that situation.

Yep. And it's a problem. Part of it is a function not so much of the newspapers -- I promise you the WSJ and their better colleagues would love to blanket Iraq and Afghanistan, if they could afford it -- but a function of this new style of war.

re: #152 Maximu§

Those retro muscle cars of the 60's and 70's bring back alot of memories of Wednesday night street races, a girlfirend who has zipper pants and good times.

1967 Pontiac GTO. 455CI--2-4barrels,13sec bracket points champ,Greenvalley raceway,Ft.Worth Texas 1975. Best times of my life.

re: #184 Maximu§

LOL We like 'em all. We are mostly a Marine Corps family but all of the other branches have been represented by family members too. It was a nice thing. We just had a chuckle.

re: #189 krycek

The problem facing newspapers is their readership is dying off. Young people just don't read newspapers.

Sure they do. They just do it online. And that's fine, except no one has figured out how to make that model pay for itself.

As all those old readers die off, the funds go down. And so, then, does the coverage.

In the next few years I expect we'll see some vast frauds perpetrated that would have been uncovered by a healthy press. It's troubling.

re: #177 Irene NYC

Well, sweetie, I don't feel that the New York Sun deserved to close.

Well dearie, I didn't shut em down. A LOT of support might have helped.

re: #175 Racer X

Heads up everyone:

I heard similar stories from callers on Larry Elders show in L.A. today.

Go see the movie!

Check your tickets and make sure the film makers are getting credit - and paid - for their hard work.

Libs are losers. We all know that. Fuck'em.

re: #152 Maximu§

Unfortunately, those fun times didn't last long, ushering in the era of econoboxes and - perhaps subsequently - the Rice (not Secretary) Era. Though the F-n-F'ers type of automotive entertainment doesn't sound all that different from what you described apart from the different taste in music and the lack of a back seat in their Civics.

re: #183 Cognito

That's neat.

One problem with the modern model -- aside from the lack of financial liability -- is that people are receiving information in slices. It's the same way the mortgage guys got us into the current economic mess, by slicing and bundling their goods so that the buyers never saw the whole picture.

Not that newspapers are always any better. But there has to be some feasible next thing. Either that or we're in big trouble.

Do you think it's a conspiracy?
;)

re: #191 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Doc- I had a 66 Chevelle SS with a 427 big block, I think...and it was 496 HP.

Dang, I wonder what happened to my "Green Valley Champion" fender cover, circa 1967 ('59 Vette).

re: #192 Cognito

Yep. And it's a problem. Part of it is a function not so much of the newspapers -- I promise you the WSJ and their better colleagues would love to blanket Iraq and Afghanistan, if they could afford it -- but a function of this new style of war.

If they just embedded someone with the Army that would be enough. They don't want to do that because they think that's 'biased".....they are - in other words - assholes

re: #154 neocon hippie

Earlier today I saw a report saying that some of the Israelis -- military and politicians -- who were used in the Israelis for Obama video going around -- are upset, saying they were taken out of context. Anybody know where I can find it?

Hotair

re: #172 Adrenalyn

can someone do a timeline of what the fuck the Nazicrats have been up to since they took over Congress

I mean for example:

they were told, REPEATEDLY
by Greenspan and even real republicans (including the Pussident)
that Fannie, Freddie, etc. were in trouble
and they were shouted down by Maxine Waters, Chris Dodd, Barney Fife, etc...

but all they did was what ?

fucking hearings on steroids in baseball ?

had a bunch of hollywood idiots parading in and speaking about their favorite topics

useless hearings on Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, etc.

After setting the stage for the mess we're in today, is it too much to ask for a truly 100% do-nothing Congress? The country would be in better shape if these jomocoes were paid to take eleven month vacations.

re: #197 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Libs are losers. We all know that. Fuck'em.

Yeah, the problem is that they have numbers & they are riding high.
If they can embrace Obama, what is too much for them?

G'night all

re: #162 redc1c4

no offense, but most nurses i've met over the years are a little whack.

(the others are *really* whack. %-)

None taken. She is

re: #199 Irene NYC

Do you think it's a conspiracy?
;)

Ha. A giant, multi-national -- and totally unwitting -- conspiracy. Of which I am a part, myself. I like to skim the news online myself.

re: #197 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Libs are losers. We all know that. Fuck'em.

I agree. Fuck'em at the box office. America needs to see conservative movies doing well. What libs are doing here is skewing the numbers to make it look like An American Carol is doing poorly. Thats bullshit.

re: #193 Oldasdirt

1967 Pontiac GTO. 455CI--2-4barrels,13sec bracket points champ,Greenvalley raceway,Ft.Worth Texas 1975. Best times of my life.

I like the Dodge Superbee, myself. You could buy it off the showroom floor and race it at Daytona as you bought it, no modifications needed. How cool was that?

re: #193 Oldasdirt

1967 Pontiac GTO. 455CI--2-4barrels,13sec bracket points champ,Greenvalley raceway,Ft.Worth Texas 1975. Best times of my life.

oldasdirt,

My #200 was meant for you. Must be getting late.

re: #196 lummox

Well dearie, I didn't shut em down. A LOT of support might have helped.

Why are you being so snarky? I was making the point that some quality media companies are also closing and that one shouldn't just lump all media in one group.

Stating the obvious - "A LOT of support might have helped" - I'm missing the point here. So, why don't you help me out because I must be too dumb to get it.

The years of Blame America First have come home to roost.

re: #200 Meremortal

Dang, I wonder what happened to my "Green Valley Champion" fender cover, circa 1967 ('59 Vette).

Never heard of that. What is it?

re: #174 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

When they roll out the 2010 Ford Pinto, Dodge Colt and Chevy Vega, be worried. Be VERY worried!

even if it's a Cosworth Twin Cam Vega?

re: #203 solomonpanting

After setting the stage for the mess we're in today, is it too much to ask for a truly 100% do-nothing Congress? The country would be in better shape if these jomocoes were paid to take eleven month vacations.

Or, even better, if Congress were paid for only one month's work, and the other 11 months they had to go back and do real work like the rest of us.

Oh, wait, wasn't that the original intention anyway?

re: #198 laZardo

Unfortunately, those fun times didn't last long, ushering in the era of econoboxes and - perhaps subsequently - the Rice (not Secretary) Era. Though the F-n-F'ers type of automotive entertainment doesn't sound all that different from what you described apart from the different taste in music and the lack of a back seat in their Civics.

Good point, also the cops have pretty much shut have down illegal street races and they even arrest the bystanders now..kids these days can't cruise, can't race, can't go to the drive in movie's....can't do s**t!

re: #205 DeafDog

G'night all

Later...

re: #203 solomonpanting

holy fuck
you gave me a great idea

we elect teachers from now on

you know

those that can, do
those that can't, teach

we need some highly educated do-nothings and like to take long vacations and who is better than professional teachers for cripes sake

in other news, world markets are waking up happy and upward

a good erection first thing in the morning is not a bad thing

re: #214 redc1c4

even if it's a Cosworth Twin Cam Vega?

The irony is that the American motor industry is dying just as it finally decided to turn out some sweet cars.

re: #190 Maximu§

Hey we're going to Fort Knox to visit my son in bootcamp this month.

i was gonna ask how our Soldier is doing..... when does AIT start?

Obama has 3 point lead on McCain.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has a narrow 3-point lead in the U.S. presidential race on Republican John McCain less than a month before the election, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.

Obama leads McCain among likely U.S. voters 48 percent to 45 percent in the national poll, which has a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points. Four percent of voters said they were still undecided in the November 4 election.

/Wha Haapin to the 8 point lead ?!

re: #210 Meremortal

oldasdirt,

My #200 was meant for you. Must be getting late.

Did you race at the valley in 67,,in Ft.Worth Texas?

re: #219 Cognito

The irony is that the American motor industry is dying just as it finally decided to turn out some sweet cars.

uh, I hope you're not including anything made by Chrysler
their cars/trucks are widely ridiculed as crap

cool "looking"
dreadful operating

re: #219 Cognito

The irony is that the American motor industry is dying just as it finally decided to turn out some sweet cars.

no, the irony is that you have no clue as to what i'm talking about.

re: #215 victor_yugo

Or, even better, if Congress were paid for only one month's work, and the other 11 months they had to go back and do real work like the rest of us.

Oh, wait, wasn't that the original intention anyway?

The Congressional motto should be that of a physician:

First, do no harm

re: #223 Adrenalyn

uh, I hope you're not including anything made by Chrysler
their cars/trucks are widely ridiculed as crap

cool "looking"
dreadful operating

No, no.

re: #221 RTLM

Obama has 3 point lead on McCain.

/Wha Haapin to the 8 point lead ?!

The 9 point lead was too much of a stretch even for the left-wing media.
;)

re: #224 redc1c4

no, the irony is that you have no clue as to what i'm talking about.

Wow.

All right.

re: #216 Maximu§

That and the insurance rates are sky-high until I turn 25, at which point I'll probably have lost "the passion" if I'm still stuck on public transport by then.

/parents insist on staying in the passenger seat while I drive, and I can't own a car unless I'm insured too, hurrrrr ;_;

//on the other hand, the Light Rail system here really whooshes past Manila Rush Hour...

re: #220 redc1c4

i was gonna ask how our Soldier is doing..... when does AIT start?

He's in his 6th week, so it should be starting real soon for a total of 16 weeks.

Speaking of newspapers --

Enquirer Replaces Times as "Paper of Record"

re: #174 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

If it's THIS Dodge Colt, then I'll happily start saving. (:

re: #211 Irene NYC

Seems obvious that the target audience for the Sun was getting their news from other sources. Very much like trying to get a leftist audience on AM radio. It was a valient effort though.

re: #225 solomonpanting

The Congressional motto should be that of a physician:

First, do no harm

the problem is
all they have fucking done is hearings on nonsense

steroids in baseball
celebrities and stem cell research
halliburton !

but nothing on the well-noted and looming fiscal crisis

the freaking GOP better put up some good boards on this and but quick
it's an area ripe for opportunity

then there is the Adrenalyn-scoop of all time

that Obama gets his money via the internet
(ok, easy)
but that he gets it from untraceable prepaid Visa type cards

I called this a generation ago and the GOP won't mention it

re: #204 opnion

Yeah, the problem is that they have numbers & they are riding high.
If they can embrace Obama, what is too much for them?

I still believe that enough Americans realize the Obamessiah is full of shit and hates our country and McCain will win by a comfortable margin, and even some of those who claim to support Obambi will vote for McCain.
I posted this in an earlier thread, and someone referred to the "Bradley effect", which is exactly what I meant.

re: #213 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Never heard of that. What is it?

Apologies Ozark, I was trying to respond to oldasdirt, and somehow posted to you. It had to be gremlins. Green Valley Raceway was THE dragstrip for the Ft. Worth-Dallas area. Probably still is. If you won your class, you got a choice of a trophy or a nice red leather fender cover to protect your fender and hold your tools while you worked on your baby. The best part the big "Green Valley Champion" printed on it so anyone passing by would be impressed. I ran C Sportsman class.

re: #227 Irene NYC

The 9 point lead was too much of a stretch even for the left-wing media.
;)

No mention of any state polls. Electoral votes, baby!

re: #158 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

/And it'll be difficult to put a computer in the bottom of a box and teach your puppy to shit on it.

I am not making this up -- I have a monitor that I also use as a TV, and my parrot flew over and took a big wet one right down Charlie Gibson's face when he was interviewing Sarah Palin on ABC News.

re: #225 solomonpanting

The Congressional motto should be that of a physician:

First, do no harm

Nice idea...but do you really think Pelosi and Frank think they are doing harm? NO! They think they are moving the country forward. and so do their constituents.

sigh.

re: #230 Maximu§

Wish him well, for us, and his friend too.

I was up late last night.....zzzzz.

re: #209 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I like the Dodge Superbee, myself. You could buy it off the showroom floor and race it at Daytona as you bought it, no modifications needed. How cool was that?

I liked them all,,only won one championship in a GM product,,every other year I ran fords..Had some fast ones,,but broke alot..
Never tried a Dodge.But I did like em..426 Himi,,I only wish.
I did run an altered Lancia 61 model,,but had a 428 CJ in it,,ford 9 inch.

re: #208 Racer X

I agree. Fuck'em at the box office. America needs to see conservative movies doing well. What libs are doing here is skewing the numbers to make it look like An American Carol is doing poorly. Thats bullshit.

Of course, if EVERY ONE of their America-hating movies didn't suck ass at the box office this wouldn't be necessary, right?

re: #219 Cognito

GM may yet be saved. They should pull the plug on Ford though. Keeping that Mk1 Focus alive when everyone ELSE has the Mk2 is a sign of mental deficiency on the managers' part.

Oh, I forgot to put quotes around "News" in my previous comment. I apologize for the inaccuracy.

re: #222 Oldasdirt

Did you race at the valley in 67,,in Ft.Worth Texas?

I did, '66 and '67 I think. Blue '59 Vette. Eddie Fagan was there with his Le Manster a lot, and the top gun was Gene Snow.

re: #235 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I still believe that enough Americans realize the Obamessiah is full of shit and hates our country and McCain will win by a comfortable margin, and even some of those who claim to support Obambi will vote for McCain.
I posted this in an earlier thread, and someone referred to the "Bradley effect", which is exactly what I meant.

Welcome aboard. I've been saying that since he was the nominee. Click on my football.

re: #235 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I still believe that enough Americans realize the Obamessiah is full of shit and hates our country and McCain will win by a comfortable margin, and even some of those who claim to support Obambi will vote for McCain.
I posted this in an earlier thread, and someone referred to the "Bradley effect", which is exactly what I meant.

Let's hope so, but this Obama thing is creepy & time is getting short.

re: #214 redc1c4

even if it's a Cosworth Twin Cam Vega?

Cosworth is Ford, Vega is Chevy... : )

Rep. Barney Frank said that Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation's housing crisis is a veiled attack on the poor that's racially motivated. All voters (the ones who pay taxes at least), regardless of their political stripe, should be furious with this idiot.

re: #223 Adrenalyn

uh, I hope you're not including anything made by Chrysler
their cars/trucks are widely ridiculed as crap

cool "looking"
dreadful operating

Nobody here should ever buy a front-wheel drive Chrysler...ever, never, ever,never, never, ever....never!

I owned a big green 4 door 1998 Chrysler LHS and it was the worst POS I ever owned. I finally parked it at the Ralphs praking lot and started beating it with the tire iron, I kicked in the highly polished front fender and found out it was'nt even metal, it was fiberglass.

How are people selected to ask questions at the townhall debate? Are they screened ahead of time?

re: #239 soccerdad

Nice idea...but do you really think Pelosi and Frank think they are doing harm?

Then I'd love to see a reporter stick a microphone in their faces and ask
"If you had to do it all over again, would you demand that sub-prime loans be made available to anyone?'"
Their response would be fodder for McPalin.

re: #240 Pvt Bin Jammin

Wish him well, for us, and his friend too.

I was up late last night.....zzzzz.

Thanks, you bet I will.....go to sleep sleepy-head.

re: #246 soccerdad

Welcome aboard. I've been saying that since he was the nominee. Click on my football.

well, I have to admit my betting among friends is that McCain wins all 50 states in the electoral college

that people will really not vote Obama when the curtain is closed