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Open | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:45:00 pm PDT

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1 Winslow  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:47:10pm

We are the ones who are posting here.

2 thelongblogger  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:47:27pm

Who gets to decide?

3 suboptimal  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:47:31pm

Is this the Thursday night drinking thread?

4 Intrepid  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:47:46pm
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.

— Voltaire

An immediate indictment on what could be the Obama administration.

5 Daffy Duck  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:48:02pm

I think I killed the last thread.


Oops.

So, I bought some ammo the otehr day.

Fine line between paranoia and preparedness. :-)

6 Wyatt Earp  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:48:07pm
7 Fenway_Nation  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:48:24pm

Finally! An open thread!

I wonder how many of the people who have been poo-pooing the [alleged] level of hate and vitriol at the McCain rallies are gonna line up and shell out their money to see people slowly and horribly mutilated and tortured to death in Saw V ?

8 Neo Con since 9-11  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:49:04pm

I see your all down here in the dead thread discussing strategies for winning moonbats over to McCain so here's how I switched my two local nutcases to our side. First, I patiently listened to their insane theories about how Bush brought down the World Trade Center or imprisoned millions of innocent at Gitmo or eavesdropped on everyone's phone conversations, nod approvingly, and say uh-huh.(trust me this is the hardest part of the plan. I threw up little in my mouth during this stage.) Next, tell them the only reason Bush got away with their favorite conspiracy is because the Republicans controlled both Congress and the White House. Then remind them that if Barack wins Democrats will control both the WH and Congress and Obama will be able to get away with the same stuff Bush got away with. Explain to them that both parties are equally corrupt and that the only way to stop the corruption is to have congress controlled by one party and the WH by the other. Finally, tell them that Barack will try to to pull [their favorite conspiracy theory here] since he'll have a Democratic congress to enable him.
I know it's stupid but it's how moonbats think and I've used this line of argument to convince 2 of them to vote McCain.

9 JeremiahRight  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:49:28pm

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. -also Voltaire

10 rawmuse  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:50:46pm

re: #7 Fenway_Nation

Nah, after Saw IV, I'd had enough.

11 Neo Con since 9-11  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:51:01pm

re: #8 Neo Con since 9-11


Dead thread should have been over night thread

12 calcajun  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:52:25pm

Unless we're talking about self-abuse, which cannot be reformed--only refined.///

13 Intrepid  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:52:56pm

re: #8 Neo Con since 9-11

Whatever works, Neo Con, whatever works! Bless you for the amount of vomit you've had to contain!

We're two clicks up now than we were before! That's GOOD!

14 Intrepid  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:56:44pm

Ooh, this is sooo good:

Gallup finds no increase in first-time voters

Heh. And I giggle again. Heh.

:-)

15 calcajun  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:56:52pm

re: #8 Neo Con since 9-11

The scary thing is, you're right.

I had to tell several friends who are getting their survival gear ready that even if BHO wins, there will still be many GOP Reps and Senators--and they will block his legislation/edict the same way the Dems killed bills meant to reform Freddie and Fannie--by using rules of parliamentary procedure to kill bills in committee.

He won't be that much of a dictator.

16 calcajun  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:58:02pm

re: #14 Intrepid

The most people who will vote for BHO will be aging baby boomers afflicted with white guilt. Fewer youths will vote for him than many think.

17 Sprite  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:58:27pm

Charles,

I left a comment/question for you at #561 on the Newsweek thread. Would love your response.

18 Pvt Bin Jammin  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:59:14pm

re: #8 Neo Con since 9-11

Do ya think if I just got a little tear in my eye (instead of throwing up a little in mouth) it would work as well?LOL

19 middlecon  Thu, Oct 23, 2008 11:59:18pm

re: #16 calcajun

The most people who will vote for BHO will be aging baby boomers afflicted with white guilt. Fewer youths will vote for him than many think.

Intersting theory calcajun why would you think that? General indifference?

20 Opilio  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:00:15am

re: #3 suboptimal

Is this the Thursday night drinking thread?

Nope, it's the Friday Morning drinking thread.

21 IslandLibertarian  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:00:28am

My neighbor is a Vietnamese woman that escaped Communism in the Boat Lift. Anyone remember that?
Anyway, she is so angry. She told me she left Viet Nam to get away from Communism and Socialism and doesn't want to see it in America brought on by Barack Husien Obama.
Ask anyone that lived under Communism who they'd vote for.

NObama!

22 Daffy Duck  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:01:26am

re: #14 Intrepid

I must be getting cynical in my middle age, but every election seems like Groundhog Day:

"the youth vote."

"the undecided voter."

"change / reform."

"THIS is the most important election in US history."

yada, yada

23 rawmuse  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:01:27am

Possibly the weirdest movie I ever saw.

24 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:02:17am

re: #16 calcajun

The most people who will vote for BHO will be aging baby boomers afflicted with white guilt. Fewer youths will vote for him than many think.

And in this group he will lose. Obama's GOTV campaign was their hope, and they've done well, but in the end, they will lose.

The established voters are middle age and older. The youth vote has always been touted as a "game changer" by the dems, but this group has always under performed.

25 Pvt Bin Jammin  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:02:50am

re: #21 IslandLibertarian

ALL of the Vietamese that I know are staunch conservatives. I even get conservative e-mails forwarded to me that have 40-50 Vietnamese names/e-mail addys on them.

26 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:02:54am

re: #19 middlecon

Intersting theory calcajun why would you think that? General indifference?

Economics. They know that they are the beast of burden for the bail outs and all the aging boomers about to bust Social Security.

Some of the stats I saw (today...somewhere..it's midnight and the brain hurts) show that not that huge a margin of the youth vote favors BHO, and in the south and southwest, it leans to McCain.

27 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:03:26am

re: #22 Daffy Duck

I must be getting cynical in my middle age, but every election seems like Groundhog Day:

"the youth vote."

"the undecided voter."

"change / reform."

"THIS is the most important election in US history."

yada, yada


The only one I haven't heard this year is 'Year of the woman' which was an annual event every year for about 15 years.

28 Neo Con since 9-11  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:04:04am

re: #18 Pvt Bin Jammin

Do ya think if I just got a little tear in my eye (instead of throwing up a little in mouth) it would work as well?LOL

A little tear in the eye would actually work better then vomiting a little but when listening to 9/11 troofers puking in my mouth is the best I can manage. My other option would be to [deleted] [deleted][deleted][deleted][deleted]

29 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:04:04am

re: #23 rawmuse

Ms. Judd sure can pick her roles, eh.

30 suboptimal  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:04:10am

re: #20 Opilio

Nope, it's the Friday Morning drinking thread.

Wouldn't be my first liquid breakfast. *sigh* To be 14 again.

31 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:05:15am

re: #26 calcajun

Economics. They know that they are the beast of burden for the bail outs and all the aging boomers about to bust Social Security.

Some of the stats I saw (today...somewhere..it's midnight and the brain hurts) show that not that huge a margin of the youth vote favors BHO, and in the south and southwest, it leans to McCain.

From just anecdotal evidence it seems the under 25 vote is WAY in favor of Obama.

32 neocon hippie  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:05:32am

I've read many times that Obama has a massive well-funded organization/ground game/GOTV apparatus. Is this not true, or in the end, will it not make the decisive difference?

33 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:06:17am

re: #20 Opilio

Nope, it's the Friday Morning drinking thread.

In my hometown of NOLA, the bars do NOT close. Many fire up the grill about 5 am and start serving eggs and sausages. The words "Last orders" are only ever shouted at midnight on Mardi Gras.

34 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:07:04am

Does anyone here disagree with the premise that Obama is indeed ahead in this election and McCain is the underdog?

If not what would be the evidence that McCain is the favorite?

35 Daffy Duck  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:07:10am

re: #27 middlecon

"The only one I haven't heard this year is 'Year of the woman' which was an annual event every year for about 15 years."

Well, I'll bet that it was in the rotation, but yanked when Hillary didn't get the nod.

36 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:07:29am

re: #31 middlecon

From just anecdotal evidence it seems the under 25 vote is WAY in favor of Obama.

But from what region? The stats I saw today showed an advantage only in certain geographical areas, and even then by only a few points.

37 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:07:35am

re: #8 Neo Con since 9-11

How do you keep from laughing yourself silly?

38 Pvt Bin Jammin  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:08:06am

re: #28 Neo Con since 9-11

"A little tear in the eye would actually work better then vomiting a little but when listening to 9/11 troofers puking in my mouth is the best I can manage. My other option would be to [deleted] [deleted][deleted][deleted][deleted]"

LOL I know what you mean. I have a troofer BIL who saw my McCain sticker sitting on my desk. I think he really is going to hold his nose & vote for McCain but he was worried about me and I had to get the whole lecture again...New World Order, Steel doesn't melt, etc., etc., etc.

39 LeePro  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:08:11am

EVERYBODY...

Just wanted to thank you ALL for the wonderful and supportive responses you gave on my Germantown yard sign fiasco. I'm still so angry I could spit nails, but you all helped to temper my temper! Thanks!

CHARLES...

I want to refer somebody outside of LGF to a specific comment here on another thread, but you've removed the permalinks to the individual comments (except in direct replies). How can I make a link to comment #xxx on thread "abc"?

Thanks.





And now............................

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Goodnight, dear Lizards!

40 srb1976  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:08:44am

Posted this once in previous thread....but I'm terribly proud and excited

Her Royal Stoutness took her very first steps today!

41 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:08:52am

re: #37 MandyManners

How do you keep from laughing yourself silly?

He drinks more. It hurts to pass scotch through the nose.

Hey, one of us is violating curfew.

42 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:09:18am

re: #34 middlecon

Does anyone here disagree with the premise that Obama is indeed ahead in this election and McCain is the underdog?

If not what would be the evidence that McCain is the favorite?

Wow, now you've come out. Moby's are so tedious.

MIDDLECON

Registered since: Nov 28, 2007 at 5:16 pm
No. of comments posted: 51

43 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:10:38am

re: #15 calcajun

The scary thing is, you're right.

I had to tell several friends who are getting their survival gear ready that even if BHO wins, there will still be many GOP Reps and Senators--and they will block his legislation/edict the same way the Dems killed bills meant to reform Freddie and Fannie--by using rules of parliamentary procedure to kill bills in committee.

He won't be that much of a dictator.

How many federal judges will get to nominate? How many supreme court justices? How many left-wing federal prosecutors?

44 Pvt Bin Jammin  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:10:45am

re: #39 LeePro

Nite, Lee. I passed your story on to some other Tennessee folks. I'd be hopping mad if I were you. Keep us posted if you get a fine or anything.

45 rawmuse  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:10:45am

re: #32 neocon hippie

We'll know in 11 days, eh? All you can do is what you can do, my friend.
Possibly the most disturbing conversations I have had lately are with my very conservative (R) friends whose opinions I respect. They say that they want Obama to be Pres. because they think they see some genuine icebergs ahead for the Ship of State, and they want him on the bridge when it hits, and not John M.

I dunno. But, then I already voted.

Night, Lizards!

46 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:11:17am

re: #42 Intrepid

Wow, now you've come out. Moby's are so tedious.

MIDDLECON

Registered since: Nov 28, 2007 at 5:16 pm
No. of comments posted: 51

I may not post alot but I am a McCain supporter.

But everything I can see, Obama is in good position in this election.

Just wondering if anyone disagrees?

47 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:11:23am

re: #39 LeePro

I still can get a permalink.

48 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:11:47am

re: #40 srb1976

Posted this once in previous thread....but I'm terribly proud and excited

Her Royal Stoutness took her very first steps today!

Congrats to the young lady and her parents! Next thing ya know, she'll be commandeering the remote control!

49 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:12:06am

re: #41 calcajun

I got the flu shot today and I cannot sleep. I don't think the two are related, though.

50 Daffy Duck  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:12:34am

re: #34 middlecon

Does anyone here disagree with the premise that Obama is indeed ahead in this election and McCain is the underdog?

I disagree on the basis that we haven't had the election yet.

If not what would be the evidence that McCain is the favorite?

Well, he should be the underdog, by a wide margin, if you think that the average Amercian so hates ChimpyMcBushitler that there is no way in hell they are going to vote (R). Obama should be sailing away with this election. If you believe current polling data, seems pretty clsoe, so that is good for McCain.

/ OK, so I'm a bit of an optimist.

51 Neo Con since 9-11  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:13:25am

re: #34 middlecon

Does anyone here disagree with the premise that Obama is indeed ahead in this election and McCain is the underdog?

If not what would be the evidence that McCain is the favorite?


I posted this a couple days ago and I believe it explains why the polls incorrectly explain why Obama seems ahead


Much speculation has been made here about why the polls are incorrectly favoring Obama including zombie's excellent essay and many other's comments. I would just like to add $.02
The first question pollster's want answered is the party affiliation of the person being interviewed. They discover this either by looking at voter registration or directly asking during the phone call. This roughly breaks down 36% Democrat, 27% Republican, 24% independent, 13% other/undecided.
Next the pollster wants to know who the individual is planning voting for.
Finally, the statisticians weigh the responses based on how many respondents belong too each party. Example.
Out of the 100 Democrats 90 say they are voting for Obama and 10 for McCain so the pollster multiplies 90 by 36% (the percentage of Democrats the believe are in the country) and gets 3240 for Obama. Then they multiply 10 by 36% and get 360 for McCain.
They do the same for the Republicans. Out of 100 Republicans 90 are pro-McCain and 10 are for Obama. 90 times 27% (the estimated number of Republicans) of equals 2430 for McCain. 10 times 27% means 270 for Obama
For this example lets say the independents break evenly so it's 50 out of 100 votes for each. 50 times 24% is 1200 for each. Also assume the undecided remain undecided.
Then the polling company adds all the numbers for each candidate and divides by 100.
So for Obama 3240+270+1200=4710. 4710/100=47.1%.
For McCain 360+2430+1200=3990. 3990/100=39.9%
Voila 7.2% Obama lead. Normally this formula works pretty well, however there are at least three things wrong with it this election cycle. First is operation chaos wildly exaggerates the number of registered Democrats. Second, the PUMAs, they still consider themselves Democrats and they too inflate the (D) numbers and tilt the numbers toward the Democrat candidate, Obama, despite the fact that most of the 5 million of them would crawl over broken glass to vote against him. The final problem is with one of the assumptions I made to simplify the math, namely that undecided/independents would break evenly, so far this year the independents have broken decisively against Obama.
52 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:13:26am

re: #46 middlecon

I may not post alot but I am a McCain supporter.

But everything I can see, Obama is in good position in this election.

Just wondering if anyone disagrees?

What is your reason in believing Obama is in a good position?

53 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:13:30am

re: #43 MandyManners

How many federal judges will get to nominate? How many supreme court justices? How many left-wing federal prosecutors?

Two to SCOTUS; Stevens and Ginsberg are looking to jump ship. Not as many the to appellate and federal bench as you might think. I doubt the GOP will be as accommodating this time round as they were with Clinton.

54 Opilio  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:13:37am

re: #43 MandyManners

How many federal judges will get to nominate? How many supreme court justices? How many left-wing federal prosecutors?

Not sleepy? Or is the conversation here tonight irresistable. :)

55 srb1976  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:13:41am

re: #48 Intrepid

Congrats to the young lady and her parents! Next thing ya know, she'll be commandeering the remote control!

she already does but for now she's content to try to eat it

56 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:14:31am

re: #49 MandyManners

I got the flu shot today and I cannot sleep. I don't think the two are related, though.

Like me--you're haunted by nightmares not of his holiness BHO, but of millions of smug liberals for at least two years.

57 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:14:44am

re: #50 Daffy Duck

Well, he should be the underdog, by a wide margin, if you think that the average Amercian so hates ChimpyMcBushitler that there is no way in hell they are going to vote (R). Obama should be sailing away with this election. If you believe current polling data, seems pretty clsoe, so that is good for McCain.

/ OK, so I'm a bit of an optimist.

I agree Daffy that the election is still close and probably closer than it should be.

Its definitely not over until its over. I crossed my fingers and toes for 04 don't know if I have many favors left with the man upstairs LOL

58 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:14:47am
59 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:15:03am

re: #21 IslandLibertarian

My neighbor is a Vietnamese woman that escaped Communism in the Boat Lift. Anyone remember that?
Anyway, she is so angry. She told me she left Viet Nam to get away from Communism and Socialism and doesn't want to see it in America brought on by Barack Husien Obama.
Ask anyone that lived under Communism who they'd vote for.

NObama!

I hope they're all voting.

60 Pvt Bin Jammin  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:15:19am

re: #34 middlecon

Similar to what our dear poster tfk says: hit them hard in the last couple of weeks before they can lie their way out of it. I think we still have a good chance.

61 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:16:28am

re: #53 calcajun

Two to SCOTUS; Stevens and Ginsberg are looking to jump ship. Not as many the to appellate and federal bench as you might think. I doubt the GOP will be as accommodating this time round as they were with Clinton.

You're assuming that the GOP will have a majority.

62 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:16:50am

re: #54 Opilio

Not sleepy? Or is the conversation here tonight irresistable. :)

Insomnia sucks.

63 Opilio  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:17:01am

re: #56 calcajun

Like me--you're haunted by nightmares not of his holiness BHO, but of millions of smug liberals for at least two years.

I so want to see all that smug implode on Nov 4th.

64 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:17:18am

re: #52 Intrepid

What is your reason in believing Obama is in a good position?

Are you really serious with this question? Are you not aware that President Bush is so unpopular? Even in people without severe BDS the guy is not a favorite of many.

People see Obama as a positive change from Bush, as much as people on this site think that is crazy that is just the way it is.

I don't know if the polling is correct or not, but with a sitting president as unpopular as Bush its not hard to see why Obama is in a good position.

65 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:17:19am

re: #56 calcajun

Like me--you're haunted by nightmares not of his holiness BHO, but of millions of smug liberals for at least two years.

I know how to turn off unwanted thoughts. I just cannot sleep.

66 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:17:22am

re: #51 Neo Con since 9-11

Hope and pray you are prescient about November 4.

I would so much like to tune in and watch MSNBC have to cover a McCain victory. Talk about schadenfreude!

67 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:17:36am

re: #58 ploome hineni

I can;t sleep either

going on a trip Thursday, and not happy

Big trip?

68 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:18:17am
69 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:18:27am

re: #61 MandyManners

You're assuming that the GOP will have a majority.

Even without a majority, they can fight it, unless there is a filibuster-proof Senate

70 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:18:35am

I'm sick of Eyeorism.

71 Opilio  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:18:52am

re: #61 MandyManners

You're assuming that the GOP will have a majority.


As long as the GOP holds 41 Senate seat, the Dems (theoretically) can do anything. On the other hand, I'm sure they'll throw the filibuster rule under the bus as soon as they need to.

72 LeePro  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:19:01am

re: #47 MandyManners

I still can get a permalink.

[waking up again... just for this]

On this page? Mine's showing the usual http[etc] address with "/weblog/#" and nothing else. Been that way since Stinky's and Charles's last big clean up/upgrade thingie.

/FireFox 3 (NO "Speed Dial")

73 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:19:06am

re: #68 ploome hineni

5 days

hate to leave the office, have to go
need a passport

Oh, a trip to ferrun lands.

74 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:19:56am

re: #69 calcajun

Even without a majority, they can fight it, unless there is a filibuster-proof Senate

Hope that doesn't happen.

75 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:20:05am
76 Opilio  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:20:39am

re: #64 middlecon

Are you really serious with this question? Are you not aware that President Bush is so unpopular? Even in people without severe BDS the guy is not a favorite of many.

People see Obama as a positive change from Bush, as much as people on this site think that is crazy that is just the way it is.

I don't know if the polling is correct or not, but with a sitting president as unpopular as Bush its not hard to see why Obama is in a good position.

1. Bush isn't running for re-election.
2. I'm beginning to question your motives (Not that you should care.)

77 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:20:47am

re: #59 MandyManners

I hope they're all voting.

I'll guarantee you the Laotians in Murfreesboro will be voting for McCain. And there's a boatload of them! (no pun intended...)

78 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:21:00am

re: #71 Opilio

As long as the GOP holds 41 Senate seat, the Dems (theoretically) can do anything. On the other hand, I'm sure they'll throw the filibuster rule under the bus as soon as they need to.

And, they'll have their whores in the MFM backing them.

79 srb1976  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:21:14am

re: #64 middlecon

Are you really serious with this question? Are you not aware that President Bush is so unpopular? Even in people without severe BDS the guy is not a favorite of many.

People see Obama as a positive change from Bush, as much as people on this site think that is crazy that is just the way it is.

I don't know if the polling is correct or not, but with a sitting president as unpopular as Bush its not hard to see why Obama is in a good position.

I know that this really affects how people think, but I don't understand it, and never have. Bush isn't running, even if you hate him more than anything it shouldn't matter. The question is which of the two candidates do you like better.....and neither is bush. Like I said, I know that people let this affect the way they think, but I just don't get it

80 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:21:32am

re: #72 LeePro

Is this what you mean?

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

81 calcajun  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:21:33am

Ah, time to sleep, perchance to dream. Aye, there's my backrub!

Night gang.

Mandy--hope ya' get some shut-eye somehow.

82 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:21:36am
83 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:22:36am

re: #64 middlecon

Your response is "Bush sucks"?

Seriously?

84 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:23:15am

re: #76 Opilio

1. Bush isn't running for re-election.
2. I'm beginning to question your motives (Not that you should care.)

Of course Bush isn't running for re-election but aren't people voting for Obama to go in a different direction?

I'm open minded and not a 'moby' I promise. Just trying to get some interesting conversation going.

85 Dekar  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:23:51am

re: #8 Neo Con since 9-11

Bravo!

86 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:24:04am

re: #75 ploome hineni

I am sick of this election

fed upto here with obama

and islam

87 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:24:13am

re: #70 MandyManners

I'm sick of Eyeorism.

I am too, Mandy. So damned sick of it I could spit! Ptouey!

88 neocon hippie  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:25:01am

Much has been written about the unreliability of the polls. As they are, the race is very close.

I think McCain will win, because the disaffected PUMA/working class/Catholic Democrats voting for McCain will outweigh the new/youth/ACORN fraud vote for Obummer. Plus, Palin has rallied the GOP base big time.

89 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:25:02am

re: #77 Intrepid

I'll guarantee you the Laotians in Murfreesboro will be voting for McCain. And there's a boatload of them! (no pun intended...)

I had no idea there were Laotians in Mufreesboro. How'd they get there?

90 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:25:54am

re: #82 ploome hineni

yes-love to spend the day strapped into a seat

:P

Couldn't get me into a plane for anything.

91 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:26:00am

re: #83 Intrepid

Your response is "Bush sucks"?

Seriously?

I voted for Bush twice and I like the guy, but I only have one vote, and I'm in a fairly red state, although its being contested this year.

I consider myself optimistic but a realist also and I don't rule out that McCain can win, I just think its a VERY hard task.

92 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:26:48am

I'm sick of Obama's Kool-Aid carriers in the dinosaur media. The worst part is regardless of who wins on Nov 4th, they'll still be with us.

Or will they?

Schadenfreude! It's what's for dinner dessert!

93 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:26:57am

re: #87 Intrepid

I am too, Mandy. So damned sick of it I could spit! Ptouey!

I refuse to let it get to me.

94 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:28:53am

re: #92 Fenway_Nation

I'm sick of Obama's Kool-Aid carriers in the dinosaur media. The worst part is regardless of who wins on Nov 4th, they'll still be with us.

Or will they?

Schadenfreude! It's what's for dinner dessert!

Someone posted earlier tonight that NYT stock is now junk.

95 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:29:08am

re: #84 middlecon

Of course Bush isn't running for re-election but aren't people voting for Obama to go in a different direction?

I'm open minded and not a 'moby' I promise. Just trying to get some interesting conversation going.

Heh. If you wanted "interesting conversation", perhaps you should have mentioned how Sarah Palin has been eviscerated by the press.

If you wanted interesting conversation perhaps you would have mentioned how Obama has been given a pass by the MSM in everything he has done and said in this election.

But no. You brought up "Bush Sucks".

?

96 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:29:57am

re: #92 Fenway_Nation

I'm sick of Obama's Kool-Aid carriers in the dinosaur media. The worst part is regardless of who wins on Nov 4th, they'll still be with us.

Or will they?

Schadenfreude! It's what's for dinner dessert!

I wonder if Thomson already regrets buying Reuters.

97 Daffy Duck  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:30:05am

re: #79 srb1976

I know that this really affects how people think, but I don't understand it, and never have. Bush isn't running, even if you hate him more than anything it shouldn't matter. The question is which of the two candidates do you like better.....and neither is bush. Like I said, I know that people let this affect the way they think, but I just don't get it

See, you're falling into a trap. You're thinking logically, and you're projecting that logic onto all your fellow citizens / voters. I think that is a mistake. A lot of people who vote, do not think, or at least do not think rationally.

Anecdotal evidence warning:

I personally know people, who live their lives under "conservative values," but they don't know, or realize it. Yet, they vote Democrat. It's like a programmed response, Pavlov, etc.

I don't understand it, either, nor can I explain it, either. But, it is observable, so I do not deny it exists.

98 Sloppy  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:30:11am

Mandy: I had a flu shot in 1957, courtesy the U.S. Army. Wiped out the whole barracks for about three days. Must have worked, though; haven't had a shot since and haven't had the flu.

99 Sprite  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:31:01am

re: #40 srb1976

Congratulations to you and your daughter, srb! May she forever walk tall with you by her side.

100 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:31:52am

re: #95 Intrepid

Heh. If you wanted "interesting conversation", perhaps you should have mentioned how Sarah Palin has been eviscerated by the press.

If you wanted interesting conversation perhaps you would have mentioned how Obama has been given a pass by the MSM in everything he has done and said in this election.

But no. You brought up "Bush Sucks".

?

Oh I agree that has been given a pass and Palin is hated just as much as Bush is...PDS is also very real.

But really do you deny that Bush's unpopularity doesn't have anything to do with Obama's popularity?

I think its very illogical to totally write off the possibility.

101 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:32:31am

re: #95 Intrepid

Heh. If you wanted "interesting conversation", perhaps you should have mentioned how Sarah Palin has been eviscerated by the press.

If you wanted interesting conversation perhaps you would have mentioned how Obama has been given a pass by the MSM in everything he has done and said in this election.

But no. You brought up "Bush Sucks".

?

Aren't those topics chewed up pretty regularly here?

102 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:32:35am

re: #89 MandyManners

I had no idea there were Laotians in Mufreesboro. How'd they get there?

Dunno, but my brother lives there and says that there is a sizable community there! Aided by the Baptist Churches in the city.

I think there was a sponsorship program that brought them over.

103 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:33:10am

Ooops! Almost forgot our pals at See-BS.

/And granted, most companies stocks are in the toilet right now, but CBS, New York Times, Reuters and McClatchy were waaaay ahead of the curve in that regard.

104 redmirabai  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:33:12am

OT. As my sisters would say---it's always about me. I just want to see if my icon uploaded.

105 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:33:18am

re: #98 Sloppy

Mandy: I had a flu shot in 1957, courtesy the U.S. Army. Wiped out the whole barracks for about three days. Must have worked, though; haven't had a shot since and haven't had the flu.

You all got the flu?

106 LeePro  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:33:18am

re: #80 MandyManners

Is this what you mean?

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Yes, and it is present where your comment shows "re: #72 LeePro" and where this one shows "re: #80 MandyManners" but it is NOT there in the original #72. We should (used to) be able to right-click on any comment's # and "copy" the URL for whatever use.

Mine's not doing that. Have cleared cache, reloaded, shut down, restarted, reloaded... still nothing. Days and days now, and I do shut down overnight every night.

? ? ?

107 srb1976  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:33:29am

re: #99 Sprite

Congratulations to you and your daughter, srb! May she forever walk tall with you by her side.

Tall is probably a stretch (I'm only 5' tall myself and it ain't lookin' any better for her) but with any luck "head held high" will be good enough = )

108 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:34:10am

re: #102 Intrepid

Dunno, but my brother lives there and says that there is a sizable community there! Aided by the Baptist Churches in the city.

I think there was a sponsorship program that brought them over.

There are a bunch of Hmong in western North Carolina.

109 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:34:52am

re: #104 redmirabai

OT. As my sisters would say---it's always about me. I just want to see if my icon uploaded.

There is no OT on an Open Thread.

110 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:35:50am

re: #106 LeePro

Yes, and it is present where your comment shows "re: #72 LeePro" and where this one shows "re: #80 MandyManners" but it is NOT there in the original #72. We should (used to) be able to right-click on any comment's # and "copy" the URL for whatever use.

Mine's not doing that. Have cleared cache, reloaded, shut down, restarted, reloaded... still nothing. Days and days now, and I do shut down overnight every night.

? ? ?

I don't know what to tell you.

111 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:36:47am

re: #107 srb1976

Your little girl is walking? I'll never forget when The Kid started. I wanted to wrap him in bubble-wrap.

112 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:36:56am

re: #100 middlecon

Oh I agree that has been given a pass and Palin is hated just as much as Bush is...PDS is also very real.

But really do you deny that Bush's unpopularity doesn't have anything to do with Obama's popularity?

I think its very illogical to totally write off the possibility.

Yet John McCain is not George Bush.

You are drinking the kool-aid to believe otherwise!

(you are agreeing with the MSM!)

113 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:38:01am

re: #100 middlecon

Oh I agree that has been given a pass and Palin is hated just as much as Bush is...PDS is also very real.

But really do you deny that Bush's unpopularity doesn't have anything to do with Obama's popularity?

I think its very illogical to totally write off the possibility.

I agree with you in so far as that is what they think.

114 LeePro  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:38:33am

re: #94 MandyManners

Someone posted earlier tonight that NYT stock is now junk.

:D

115 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:41:45am

re: #112 Intrepid

Yet John McCain is not George Bush.

You are drinking the kool-aid to believe otherwise!

(you are agreeing with the MSM!)

I'm already sold solid McCain vote here...I'm just trying to interpet what the rest of the electorate is thinking. We can't just ignore that Bush has nothing to do with Obama's possible presidency, merely because McCain is not Bush.

116 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:42:17am

Pardon me for a moment....

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

117 srb1976  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:42:33am

re: #111 MandyManners

Your little girl is walking? I'll never forget when The Kid started. I wanted to wrap him in bubble-wrap.

We've already lived through the Little Man starting to walk...HRS is a bit more cautious (not hard to accomplish) So, I haven't broken out the bubble wrap yet.......yet

118 freedombilly  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:42:36am

Had a rather interesting discussion last week at a bar in Zurich. It was completely empty (yeah a little early in the day but what can you do) except for two bar tenders. One was a gentleman from Bosnia and the other was a woman from Jerusalem.

Out of nowhere the very nice man asks my friend and I who we are going to vote for in the election. Not taking that bait my friend answered the question by asking what his thoughts on the election were. He went off on Bush and McCain and said that Obama was the one. The woman then said that she actually didn't think the Bush presidency was that bad and he looked at her like she had three heads. She said she didn't trust Obama to protect Israel and that therefor McCain was her man. He politely mumbled to himself because he just could not believe what he was hearing from his coworker.

The two of us politely ordered another round and left it at that. Wasn't expecting that when all we were doing was trying to get our drink on at 5 in the afternoon.

119 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:42:51am

re: #115 middlecon

I'm already sold solid McCain vote here...I'm just trying to interpet what the rest of the electorate is thinking. We can't just ignore that Bush has nothing to do with Obama's possible presidency, merely because McCain is not Bush.

Why?

120 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:45:28am

re: #119 Intrepid

Why?


Why because the most people that are voting (not the 30% solid red or the 30% solid blue) generally don't like Bush, therefore they are looking to go in a different direction, McCain being a member of the same party as Bush doesn't seem like a different enough direction.

121 LeePro  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:45:34am

re: #110 MandyManners

I don't know what to tell you.

Geez, I don't know what to tell me either! I've reported to Charles via the contact form, via comments here (several threads), via the report button...

No response.

Just tell me good night... I'm really going to bed...






really

122 freedombilly  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:45:36am

re: #116 Fenway_Nation

Pardon me for a moment....

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Boy that sure helps take the sting out of that Game 7! Thanks. I needed that.

123 Spirit93  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:46:04am

re: #100 middlecon

This election has been re: #106 LeePro

Yes, and it is present where your comment shows "re: #72 LeePro" and where this one shows "re: #80 MandyManners" but it is NOT there in the original #72. We should (used to) be able to right-click on any comment's # and "copy" the URL for whatever use.

Mine's not doing that. Have cleared cache, reloaded, shut down, restarted, reloaded... still nothing. Days and days now, and I do shut down overnight every night.

? ? ?

If you click on the number next to the nic does it open up a page for the comment? You could get the permalink from that page.

124 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:46:26am

My Uncle sent me the pdf file of the NYT endorsement of Obama, saying that its "One of the most level-headed editorials regarding the election." in his words.

I read it, and don't know if you guys have. Just wow. Wow wow wow.

125 Spirit93  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:47:13am

pimf

126 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:47:33am

re: #114 LeePro

:D

What about that big, new building they moved into? Couldn't they rent a floor or two to hookers to help with any liquidity problems? Mabye they could offer the first month free as a professional courtesy.

127 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:48:22am

re: #120 middlecon

Why because the most people that are voting (not the 30% solid red or the 30% solid blue) generally don't like Bush, therefore they are looking to go in a different direction, McCain being a member of the same party as Bush doesn't seem like a different enough direction.


Spreading the wealth around is certainly a different direction. I hope they enjoy unemployment and higher gas prices.

128 srb1976  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:48:44am

re: #126 MandyManners

What about that big, new building they moved into? Couldn't they rent a floor or two to hookers to help with any liquidity problems? Mabye they could offer the first month free as a professional courtesy.

What self-respecting hooker would share a building with them?

129 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:49:08am

re: #120 middlecon

Why because the most people that are voting (not the 30% solid red or the 30% solid blue) generally don't like Bush, therefore they are looking to go in a different direction, McCain being a member of the same party as Bush doesn't seem like a different enough direction.

So why are you here?

130 Spirit93  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:49:33am

LeePro:

My #123 was addressed to you, ignore the first line.

131 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:49:58am

re: #116 Fenway_Nation

Pardon me for a moment....

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Cue the violin.

132 redmirabai  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:50:12am

re: #91 middlecon

As far as I know the election hasn't happened yet. Are you hoping for a hook for your next editorial?

133 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:51:03am

re: #117 srb1976

We've already lived through the Little Man starting to walk...HRS is a bit more cautious (not hard to accomplish) So, I haven't broken out the bubble wrap yet.......yet

I useta' think that that age was the most labor-intensive but, it's nothing compared to third grade.

134 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:51:07am

Hey Matrix- tonight's Nirvana tune guest stars a unique musical instrument... a Bic Lighter.

135 redmirabai  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:51:15am

re: #109 MandyManners

Thank you. Still got a lot to learn.

136 Neo Con since 9-11  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:51:32am

re: #37 MandyManners

How do you keep from laughing yourself silly?

Not laughing with 9/11 troofers is easy. Not flying into a homicidal rage and spending the rest of my life known as Neo Con in jail is tough. Heck I can barely say 9/11 Troofer without loosing my LGF account

137 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:51:32am

Suboptimal:

you still here?

138 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:52:01am

As for why am I here? I enjoy reading the blog.

Does everyone who comments on this blog have to think exactly the same?

139 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:52:04am

re: #118 freedombilly

Had a rather interesting discussion last week at a bar in Zurich. It was completely empty (yeah a little early in the day but what can you do) except for two bar tenders. One was a gentleman from Bosnia and the other was a woman from Jerusalem.

Out of nowhere the very nice man asks my friend and I who we are going to vote for in the election. Not taking that bait my friend answered the question by asking what his thoughts on the election were. He went off on Bush and McCain and said that Obama was the one. The woman then said that she actually didn't think the Bush presidency was that bad and he looked at her like she had three heads. She said she didn't trust Obama to protect Israel and that therefor McCain was her man. He politely mumbled to himself because he just could not believe what he was hearing from his coworker.

The two of us politely ordered another round and left it at that. Wasn't expecting that when all we were doing was trying to get our drink on at 5 in the afternoon.

Do you ever get the feeling that you're a specimen to some people?

140 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:52:56am

re: #121 LeePro

Geez, I don't know what to tell me either! I've reported to Charles via the contact form, via comments here (several threads), via the report button...

No response.

Just tell me good night... I'm really going to bed...

really

Sweet dreams!

141 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:53:35am

re: #123 Spirit93

This election has been re: #106 LeePro


If you click on the number next to the nic does it open up a page for the comment? You could get the permalink from that page.

That's how I do it.

142 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:54:43am

re: #134 Sharmuta

Hey Matrix- tonight's Nirvana tune guest stars a unique musical instrument... a Bic Lighter.

Sweet.

143 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:54:44am

Gee- what is the rest of the electorate thinking?

They either aren't thinking, or they are and will be voting McCain.

In other news: More signs of victory.

144 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:54:59am

re: #127 Sharmuta

Spreading the wealth around is certainly a different direction. I hope they enjoy unemployment and higher gas prices.

Didn't the Communists in East Germany take over business by taxing out of existence companies with more than 12 employees?

145 srb1976  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:55:09am

re: #133 MandyManners

I useta' think that that age was the most labor-intensive but, it's nothing compared to third grade.

Ya know, I don't think they get less labor intensive as they get older, but (from what I've seen so far) they certainly get more FUN. Little man is 4 now and a blast....but harder work work than HRS, she just needs more watchfulness

146 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:55:20am

re: #128 srb1976

What self-respecting hooker would share a building with them?

LOL! Good one!

147 freedombilly  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:55:22am

re: #139 MandyManners

Do you ever get the feeling that you're a specimen to some people?

Absolutely. Especially right now being 6' 4" in Asia! I was asked again at a dinner function last night by a very important business associate here in Bangkok about who I was voting for. I am getting very good at deflecting. Very good.

148 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:55:41am

Funny/sad article from Seinfeld creator Larry David, for anyone that can stand to go to Huffpo.

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

Its going to be hilarious to see the faces of the left if McCain does pull it out, some of them may never come out of hiding. Of course Alec Baldwin was supposed to leave the country a long time ago...we're still waiting lol

149 redmirabai  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:56:11am

Forgive me if I'm wrong about this, but you seem to want to provoke a smack-down.

150 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:56:14am

re: #135 redmirabai

Thank you. Still got a lot to learn.

It took me a while to figure out how to post a freakin' link!

151 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:56:35am
152 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:56:58am

re: #136 Neo Con since 9-11

Not laughing with 9/11 troofers is easy. Not flying into a homicidal rage and spending the rest of my life known as Neo Con in jail is tough. Heck I can barely say 9/11 Troofer without loosing my LGF account

I don't think I've ever met a Troofer IRL.

153 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:57:10am

re: #143 Sharmuta

Gee- what is the rest of the electorate thinking?

They either aren't thinking, or they are and will be voting McCain.

In other news: More signs of victory.

Probably because it's more fun to make fun of the Republicans!

....of course.

154 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:57:46am

re: #138 middlecon

As for why am I here? I enjoy reading the blog.

Does everyone who comments on this blog have to think exactly the same?

You've enjoyed being a member of this blog for almost a year, yet you've only posted 60 times, and I'd wager 6 of those times were spent tonight.

You obviously don't enjoy this blog enough to engage the rest of us, except for, on average, once a week.

And I'd wager those posts were made in bundles.

155 LeePro  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:58:38am

re: #123 Spirit93

This election has been re: #106 LeePro

If you click on the number next to the nic does it open up a page for the comment? You could get the permalink from that page.

[back from sleep again... one eye only now...]

When I click on any original comment number it opens a new tab (as it should), but it's the top of the same thread... it does NOT move to that comment (as it used to do!).

Example:
the permalink at your original #106 looks like this (where [etc] = : //): http[etc]littlegreenfootballs[dot]com/weblog/# (no space)

In fact, every single comment has the same WRONG url!

156 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:58:40am

re: #143 Sharmuta

Gee- what is the rest of the electorate thinking?

They either aren't thinking, or they are and will be voting McCain.

In other news: More signs of victory.

Maybe sales are up becuase a bunch of moonbats want to go out as a scaaaaaaaaary Christofascist neo-con!

157 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:59:17am

re: #154 Intrepid

You've enjoyed being a member of this blog for almost a year, yet you've only posted 60 times, and I'd wager 6 of those times were spent tonight.

You obviously don't enjoy this blog enough to engage the rest of us, except for, on average, once a week.

And I'd wager those posts were made in bundles.

Sure I don't post all the time...don't have much time most of the time, tonight I can't sleep so I'm up.

How many posts does one need to be taken seriously on LGF?

158 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:59:18am

re: #145 srb1976

Ya know, I don't think they get less labor intensive as they get older, but (from what I've seen so far) they certainly get more FUN. Little man is 4 now and a blast....but harder work work than HRS, she just needs more watchfulness

I miss the days of infancy when he slept a lot. I got to sleep a lot, too.

I'm having a spot of trouble right now with his possibly having ADHD. His teacher has never urged a parent to have a kid evaluated but, she has for The Kid.

159 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:59:23am

re: #142 TheMatrix31

If I have time tomorrow, I'll play you my favoritest Nirvana song EVAH.

160 LeePro  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:59:39am

re: #126 MandyManners

What about that big, new building they moved into? Couldn't they rent a floor or two to hookers to help with any liquidity problems? Mabye they could offer the first month free as a professional courtesy.

They ARE the hookers!

161 freedombilly  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 12:59:53am

re: #157 middlecon

Sure I don't post all the time...don't have much time most of the time, tonight I can't sleep so I'm up.

How many posts does one need to be taken seriously on LGF?

58,388

162 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:00:23am

re: #153 TheMatrix31

re: #156 Fenway_Nation

Fact remains it's been a perfect predictor of election night victory for a long time, regardless of why people are buying the masks.

163 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:00:54am

re: #138 middlecon

As for why am I here? I enjoy reading the blog.

Does everyone who comments on this blog have to think exactly the same?

No but, coming on here and bashing Pres. Bus won't win you many friends. Pres. Bush is not gonna' win/lose this election. It'll ride on defeating the fraud of ACORN perhaps.

164 YankeeBoy  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:01:05am

#138 middlecon

pretty much while we're here.

165 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:01:10am

re: #161 freedombilly

58,388

Damn. 20,000 some-odd shy.

166 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:01:56am

re: #162 Sharmuta

re: #156 Fenway_Nation

Fact remains it's been a perfect predictor of election night victory for a long time, regardless of why people are buying the masks.

Wow, interesting. I didn't know that.

I suppose if they wanted to dress up as Barack Obama, they could buy one of those Mickey Mouse hats, and if they wanted to dress up as Joe Biden, they'd dress up as Butthead.

167 gmsc  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:02:07am

re: #116 Fenway_Nation

Pardon me for a moment....

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Keeping with your business news, I have some delicious business news I'm enjoying myself, and that I'd like to share.

In 1997, Michael Dell was asked what he would do if he were the CEO of Apple Computers (keep in mind that Apple and its stock were doing poorly at that point, and the first iMac was still about a year away). His response was, "I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."

So, where are Apple and Dell 11 years later at the end of FY2008?

Apple's total cash on hand: $24,490,000,000 ($24.49 billion)

Dell's total market capitalization (that is, the total value of Dell's stock) at closing on 10/23/08: $23,500,000,000 ($23.5 billion)

In short, Apple is now at a point where it could buy all of Dell's stock with just the cash it has on hand!

168 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:02:10am

re: #148 middlecon

I'd like to add, that your first post was on September 27 of last year, and your second was on October 2nd of this year.

Why the wait?

169 srb1976  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:02:36am

re: #158 MandyManners

I miss the days of infancy when he slept a lot. I got to sleep a lot, too.

I'm having a spot of trouble right now with his possibly having ADHD. His teacher has never urged a parent to have a kid evaluated but, she has for The Kid.

We are right on the edge of having the Little Man evaluated...not for ADD but for speech and/or language delay, but his doc doesn't seem real worried and he seems to be catching up....it's more MY concern than anyone else's I guess

170 freedombilly  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:02:41am

re: #165 Sharmuta

Damn. 20,000 some-odd shy.

Sorry, typo. 32,021

171 FamHistoryGuy  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:03:30am

re: #108 MandyManners

They would move them thru Udorn at night. What the Thai's could not "see" they could not protest. We abandoned a lot of good people to the commies.

172 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:03:51am

re: #103 Fenway_Nation

Ooops! Almost forgot our pals at See-BS.

/And granted, most companies stocks are in the toilet right now, but CBS, New York Times, Reuters and McClatchy were waaaay ahead of the curve in that regard.

and the LA Times....

173 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:04:05am

re: #143 Sharmuta

Gee- what is the rest of the electorate thinking?

They either aren't thinking, or they are and will be voting McCain.

In other news: More signs of victory.

What's so scarey about a dodderng old fart?

I just got a great idea for a Halloween costume. I'll wear a T-shirt, some shorts and a mangy-looking hat, get shit-faced drunk and sing really badly.

174 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:05:11am

re: #163 MandyManners

No but, coming on here and bashing Pres. Bus won't win you many friends. Pres. Bush is not gonna' win/lose this election. It'll ride on defeating the fraud of ACORN perhaps.

I'm not bashing President Bush, I am a Bush supporter, seriously, I know most of you think of me as a 'moby', but its not true.

I just think the rest of the country more than bashes President Bush, they just flat out don't like the guy, and I can't see how its somehow irrelevant to the 2008 election.

Personally I think the election rides on the battleground states. Pennsyvlania, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, same ones as 2004 if McCain can pull out most of those he wins :)

175 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:05:51am

re: #147 freedombilly

Absolutely. Especially right now being 6' 4" in Asia! I was asked again at a dinner function last night by a very important business associate here in Bangkok about who I was voting for. I am getting very good at deflecting. Very good.

It's called bean-dipping. You make small noises about the question then ask the other person what they think about the bean dip or saki or whatever.

176 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:06:00am

re: #166 TheMatrix31

You should have read the link more closely. It's true.

177 Spirit93  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:06:13am

re: #34 middlecon

Does anyone here disagree with the premise that Obama is indeed ahead in this election and McCain is the underdog?

If not what would be the evidence that McCain is the favorite?

middlecon, this is a silly and pointless question. What is your evidence?

178 BignJames  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:06:29am

re: #168 Intrepid

Thinking of a response.....see ya next year.

179 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:06:43am

re: #148 middlecon

Funny/sad article from Seinfeld creator Larry David, for anyone that can stand to go to Huffpo.

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

Its going to be hilarious to see the faces of the left if McCain does pull it out, some of them may never come out of hiding. Of course Alec Baldwin was supposed to leave the country a long time ago...we're still waiting lol

Baldwin might come around. He tore a few strips off Frank and Dodd about the subprime mess.

180 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:06:58am

re: #174 middlecon

Hah. You outed yourself. Give it up.

181 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:07:18am

Lizards- I just want to share with you that GOP organizations in various ACORN infested states ARE taking this issue very seriously and are actively engaged in confronting the problem.

I've been called to duty to participate in such an effort, and my time here will be scarce. But if we are successful, ACORN will have a big headache come election day and in the fallout.

You can help too. Contact your local GOP offices and see what help they need. All GOP offices will need help with the GOTV (Get Out The Vote) effort. Even a few hours can make a big difference.

182 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:07:33am

re: #168 Intrepid

I'd like to add, that your first post was on September 27 of last year, and your second was on October 2nd of this year.

Why the wait?

I'm an every week reader of the blog but obviously not an everyday poster. I find talking about the election one of the more interesting things to talk about, so I've posted more recently.

183 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:07:58am

Mandy- we're going to stop ACORN.

184 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:08:15am

re: #157 middlecon

Sure I don't post all the time...don't have much time most of the time, tonight I can't sleep so I'm up.

How many posts does one need to be taken seriously on LGF?

Beats me. I got well over 50,000 and I can't get taken seriously for the life of me!

185 redmirabai  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:08:45am

re: #157 middlecon

I've been lurking for ages, myself. For me, it's like being at a dinner party where you're a new guest, and listening to everyone's ideas, overlapping conversations, different personalities & points of view. By the time I write, I'm three hundred comments or two threads away!
But the company is great.

186 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:08:47am

re: #160 LeePro

They ARE the hookers!

Bet the ones on their backs give better value for the price.

187 freedombilly  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:09:50am

re: #175 MandyManners

It's called bean-dipping. You make small noises about the question then ask the other person what they think about the bean dip or saki or whatever.

Well versed in the practice but never had a name to attach to it. I like it.

188 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:10:09am

re: #124 TheMatrix31

My Uncle sent me the pdf file of the NYT endorsement of Obama, saying that its "One of the most level-headed editorials regarding the election." in his words.

I read it, and don't know if you guys have. Just wow. Wow wow wow.

no offense, but your Uncle is a crack smoking idiot.....

bless his heart.

189 shanec99  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:10:43am

re: #35 Daffy Duck

"The only one I haven't heard this year is 'Year of the woman' which was an annual event every year for about 15 years."

Well, I'll bet that it was in the rotation, but yanked when Hillary didn't get the nod.


Actually it is but the msm wont talk abut it because of a Governor named Palin.

190 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:10:45am

re: #169 srb1976

We are right on the edge of having the Little Man evaluated...not for ADD but for speech and/or language delay, but his doc doesn't seem real worried and he seems to be catching up....it's more MY concern than anyone else's I guess

I had the same concerns but, once he got going, HE'S NOT SHUT UP.

I've heard/read that boys take longer to talk.

191 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:11:10am

re: #182 middlecon

I'm an every week reader of the blog but obviously not an everyday poster. I find talking about the election one of the more interesting things to talk about, so I've posted more recently.

YOU WAITED A YEAR TO POST AFTER YOUR INITIAL POST!

That is moby territory. Sorry, but it is. Especially when you come back and bash the Republican President and state that there is no way the republican candidate can win!

SNIFF!

192 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:12:02am

re: #171 FamHistoryGuy

They would move them thru Udorn at night. What the Thai's could not "see" they could not protest. We abandoned a lot of good people to the commies.

I briefly had a roomate in college who was a boat-kid when she was young. Did a number on her head.

193 LeePro  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:12:41am

'night, y'all.

really, really.

194 Daffy Duck  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:12:48am

re: #189 shanec99

Good point.

195 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:13:26am

re: #191 Intrepid

YOU WAITED A YEAR TO POST AFTER YOUR INITIAL POST!

That is moby territory. Sorry, but it is. Especially when you come back and bash the Republican President and state that there is no way the republican candidate can win!

SNIFF!

Where did I bash the President? Seriously..I said he was unpopular...is that disputed?

And where did I say there was no way McCain would win? I said he's an underdog.

I just posted that if McCain can win the battleground states he can win.

196 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:13:29am

re: #174 middlecon

Many are a tad cranky nowadays.

197 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:14:37am

re: #183 Sharmuta

Mandy- we're going to stop ACORN.

Grind it under our heels!

198 Spirit93  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:14:48am

re: #155 LeePro

[back from sleep again... one eye only now...]

When I click on any original comment number it opens a new tab (as it should), but it's the top of the same thread... it does NOT move to that comment (as it used to do!).

Example:
the permalink at your original #106 looks like this (where [etc] = : //): http[etc]littlegreenfootballs[dot]com/we blog/# (no space)

In fact, every single comment has the same WRONG url!

I see the same link but when I click on it, it goes to the comment page. It sounds like something is disabled in your browser. Do you have javascript disabled?

199 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:15:44am

re: #187 freedombilly

Well versed in the practice but never had a name to attach to it. I like it.

I have a hard time doing it. I'm more prone to ripping off someone's head.

200 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:15:44am

re: #195 middlecon

Where did I bash the President? Seriously..I said he was unpopular...is that disputed?

And where did I say there was no way McCain would win? I said he's an underdog.

I just posted that if McCain can win the battleground states he can win.

I'd suggest that every lizard look at every post you've made on this thread.

201 srb1976  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:16:37am

Ok folks, this has been fun, but I gotta sleep sometime = )

G'night all, take care

202 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:16:37am

re: #197 MandyManners

Grind it under our heels!

I am going to do everything in my power to stop them where I can. I'm not going to just let them get away with this.

203 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:16:47am

re: #193 LeePro

Sweet dreams!

204 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:17:04am

re: #201 srb1976

Ok folks, this has been fun, but I gotta sleep sometime = )

G'night all, take care

Sweet dreams!

205 Neo Con since 9-11  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:17:12am

re: #184 MandyManners

Beats me. I got well over 50,000 and I can't get taken seriously for the life of me!

Maybe it's because you've got that weird concave thing between your thighs that Palin has. You know that strange plumbing that makes the press hate her so much.

206 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:18:03am

re: #188 redc1c4

no offense, but your Uncle is a crack smoking idiot.....

bless his heart.

Oh I know. I'm just left wondering what the hell happened to him. Surely Santa Monica hasn't killed him this much.

207 shanec99  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:18:14am

re: #196 MandyManners

Many are a tad cranky nowadays.

Then they are no different than me, I am always cranky, especially so after a conversation with Liberals. Liberals make me as ornery as a rattlesnake with unresolved constipation.

208 redmirabai  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:18:23am

If I don't say g'bye now, I'll be driving Seattle-to-Portland by way of Spokane, today. Optimism is a great mood to sleep in.

G'night, all.

209 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:18:47am

re: #202 Sharmuta

I am going to do everything in my power to stop them where I can. I'm not going to just let them get away with this.

The Kid and I had an appointment in a part of the biggish city down the road today that we've never been in. We started seeing BHO signs and he piped upk, "Mom, we're in Obamaland."

210 shanec99  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:18:48am

re: #197 MandyManners

Grind it under our heels!

211 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:19:26am

re: #205 Neo Con since 9-11

Maybe it's because you've got that weird concave thing between your thighs that Palin has. You know that strange plumbing that makes the press hate her so much.

(I was joking. I think.)

212 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:19:53am

re: #207 shanec99

Then they are no different than me, I am always cranky, especially so after a conversation with Liberals. Liberals make me as ornery as a rattlesnake with unresolved constipation.

Now, that's ornery.

213 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:20:23am

re: #208 redmirabai

If I don't say g'bye now, I'll be driving Seattle-to-Portland by way of Spokane, today. Optimism is a great mood to sleep in.

G'night, all.

Sweet dreams!

Drive carefully.

214 FamHistoryGuy  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:21:07am

re: #192 MandyManners

They went thru hell. If they survived the surf and raft/boat held together then they had to survive pirates and other pursuit. I was in Thailand 1973, 1974 and 1975. Had to watch the Lao, Cambodians and Viets go thru hell. And was not allowed to do anything about it. And people wonder why I hate congress.

215 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:21:23am

re: #200 Intrepid

I'd suggest that every lizard look at every post you've made on this thread.

Ok well if they can do they will see I didn't say either of those things.

In fact I posted that I support President Bush, voted for him twice and am proud of those votes.

He's unpopular, is that not fact?

I never said McCain can't win, again find the quotes. If he wins Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Virginia he can indeed win. Its not that far fetched, but he is indeed the underdog.

216 shanec99  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:22:00am

re: #210 shanec99


Find a squirrel. I like environmentally sound solutions, don't you know its the green revolution?

217 Neo Con since 9-11  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:22:05am

re: #211 MandyManners

(I was joking. I think.)

I thought you were too but I wanted to be told to "piss up a rope". I'll have too try harder next time.

218 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:23:33am
219 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:23:42am

re: #182 middlecon

I'm an every week reader of the blog but obviously not an everyday poster. I find talking about the election one of the more interesting things to talk about, so I've posted more recently.

translated: last 3 days......

another Moby awakes.re: #193 LeePro

'night, y'all.

really, really.

hasta, y'all!

220 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:25:11am

re: #214 FamHistoryGuy

They went thru hell. If they survived the surf and raft/boat held together then they had to survive pirates and other pursuit. I was in Thailand 1973, 1974 and 1975. Had to watch the Lao, Cambodians and Viets go thru hell. And was not allowed to do anything about it. And people wonder why I hate congress.

She'd been exposed to something in Viet Nam that wound up chewing her guts to pieces when she turned 18 or so.

221 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:25:49am

re: #206 TheMatrix31

Oh I know. I'm just left wondering what the hell happened to him. Surely Santa Monica hasn't killed him this much.

the People's Republic? oh yes it can......

i'm not allowed inside the city limits. %-)

222 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:26:58am

re: #216 shanec99


Find a squirrel. I like environmentally sound solutions, don't you know its the green revolution?

Meet Skippy.

223 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:27:34am

re: #217 Neo Con since 9-11

I thought you were too but I wanted to be told to "piss up a rope". I'll have too try harder next time.

I save that particular quip for those who deserve it.

224 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:27:37am

re: #199 MandyManners

I have a hard time doing it. I'm more prone to ripping off someone's head.

well, isn't *that* a surprise? %-)

/white smoke

225 Opilio  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:28:20am

re: #161 freedombilly

58,388

I'm 4.081% serious.

226 Neo Con since 9-11  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:29:57am

re: #223 MandyManners

I save that particular quip for those who deserve it.

I don't know if that was an insult or a compliment but it was fun conversing this morning and good night to the lizards

227 FamHistoryGuy  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:30:32am

re: #220 MandyManners

Might have been the dioxin in A. O. Then there was the brake fluid sold as cooking oil.

228 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:31:26am

I'm gonna' lie down again. Maybe sleep will happen. Good night!

229 shanec99  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:32:00am

re: #222 MandyManners

Meet Skippy.

230 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:32:26am

Velkom, ladies & gentlemen we do hope you enjoy your short trip through the 2008' Electoral Divide. Sit back and enjoy the ride -

A record 7.47 million Michiganians are registered to vote in the Nov. 4 general election, state officials announced Wednesday....

That’s a 4.6 percent jump from January and represents a whopping 98 percent of the state’s voting age population....

...and statistically deserves its own dedicated series of episodes somewhere in the Outer Limits.

Mornin folks...red, Mandy, Sharm, Matrix, Fenway, Lee...all

231 Opilio  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:32:53am

re: #228 MandyManners

I'm gonna' lie down again. Maybe sleep will happen. Good night!

Perhaps I'll lie down with you. - Er - , I mean, perhaps I will try to get some sleep now as well...

/

232 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:34:57am

re: #222 MandyManners

Meet Skippy.

and then there's the *other* Skippy

233 FamHistoryGuy  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:35:29am

Good night all. Past time to try for a nap.

234 middlecon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:37:24am

Well Sarah is pretty confident that they are going to win in Pennsylvania, in fact she is guaranteeing it:

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

235 freedombilly  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:37:29am

re: #225 Opilio

I'm 4.081% serious.

Better than my .729601973%.

236 freedombilly  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:38:37am

re: #234 middlecon

Well Sarah is pretty confident that they are going to win in Pennsylvania, in fact she is guaranteeing it:

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

They will if Murtha keeps hitting the stump for them.

237 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:45:23am

re: #230 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

Velkom, ladies & gentlemen we do hope you enjoy your short trip through the 2008' Electoral Divide. Sit back and enjoy the ride -

...and statistically deserves its own dedicated series of episodes somewhere in the Outer Limits.

Mornin folks...red, Mandy, Sharm, Matrix, Fenway, Lee...all

Good mornin!

238 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:46:02am

re: #218 Intrepid

Heh - Looks like ACORN over estimated by a bit....

the real number of newly registered voters nationwide is closer to 450,000, says Project Vote's director Michale Slater

Via Hillary Clinton Forum

That's awesome! There are still people perpetuating fraud on their own too, or with other organizations. I'll be working overtime to stop them. Wish me luck.

239 freedombilly  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:46:40am

re: #238 Sharmuta

That's awesome! There are still people perpetuating fraud on their own too, or with other organizations. I'll be working overtime to stop them. Wish me luck.

We all owe you for your efforts. Thank you.

240 Daffy Duck  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:48:46am

re: #230 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

I thought that was fishy, but I guess it is legit.

Michigan's all-time turnout record was set in the presidential election of 2004, when 4.8 million people voted. Michigan had 7.18 million voters registered to participate in the Nov. 7 election.

[Link: www.senate.mi.gov...]

WOW, that's a hell of a lot of people trying to get out of jury duty...

241 shanec99  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:55:25am

re: #232 redc1c4
That Sumbych is as loonie as pimp with a hardon sitting in a nunnery.

242 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:57:47am

re: #239 freedombilly

Thanks.

I've been angry for weeks at the msm, the fraud, the democrats. When my political Captain called me, I felt I'd found the perfect way to channel that anger. I'm not going to let them get away with raping the electorate and Constitution like this.

243 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:58:00am

re: #193 LeePro

'night, y'all.

really, really.

LeePro, if you're still out there, I figured one work-around. Click on your own avatar, and then click on "Recent Comments" in the box. That should give you a new page with your most recent comments, and the full web links are there. I see the same web address you do on the regular comments, BTW.

And good work in Germantown! I mean, how dare they? I'm in the "more red" part of TN (East!), but we get our share of shenanigans, too...

244 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:59:53am

I sense a disturbance in the fruitcup.

245 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 1:59:59am

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

246 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:00:29am

re: #244 Fenway_Nation

Me too. :-/

Oh well. Made up for being late yesterday.

/I hope...

247 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:00:54am

re: #245 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

I need that fruitcup! Thanks, LoL!

248 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:01:08am

re: #245 littleoldlady

Thanks, lol.

249 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:02:52am

re: #245 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

I wish cherries were in season.

250 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:03:10am

TnTx13! :-)

Sharmuta! :-)

Fenway! :-)

/peers upthread...

Who else is here?

251 shanec99  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:03:27am

re: #244 Fenway_Nation

I sense a disturbance in the fruitcup.


I am always disturbed (by Liberals and other purveyors of nonsense), but I emphasize... I am not a FRUIT.

252 Alberta Oil Peon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:03:27am

Yum! Fruit cup. The perfect dessert to a meal of grilled pork chops.

253 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:04:40am

Matrix! :-)

Cherries are always in season at LGF!

/where life is a bowl of cherries...

254 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:05:25am

Alberta Oil Peon! :-)

shanec99! :-)

255 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:05:48am

re: #253 littleoldlady

Matrix! :-)

Cherries are always in season at LGF!

/where life is a bowl of cherries...

Definitely my favorite fruit.

256 shanec99  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:05:53am

re: #253 littleoldlady

Matrix! :-)

Cherries are always in season at LGF!

/where life is a bowl of cherries...

Yes according to a certain Mohammed, he liked the cherries 9 years old.

257 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:06:08am

So....what have I missed?

/good news, only, please...

258 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:06:13am

Oh no.... The O'Reilly repeat is on and they are once again debating Colin Powell's 'endorsement' of The One. I'm sorry, how can he SERIOUSLY think Palin is unqualified to be VP but Obama IS QUALIFIED to be president?

259 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:07:03am

re: #257 littleoldlady

So....what have I missed?

/good news, only, please...

Well, let's see, The One has decided that credit card transaction rules are only for others, not for him....

260 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:08:50am

re: #259 TnTx13

/got Politboro?

261 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:09:33am

re: #241 shanec99

That Sumbych is as loonie as pimp with a hardon sitting in a nunnery.

which makes him my kind of Soldier, when i was in.....%-)

262 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:10:03am

LOL was early today, by just one second.

Heh - if we could all be so blessed!

Hi LOL!

263 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:10:51am

re: #260 littleoldlady

/got Politboro?

/not yet ;)

264 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:11:16am

red! :-)

Intrepid! :-)

You should see how late I was yesterday!

/I'm gonna lose my job, and my Zionist check!

265 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:12:15am

re: #264 littleoldlady

red! :-)

Intrepid! :-)

You should see how late I was yesterday!

/I'm gonna lose my job, and my Zionist check!

no worries: it's in the mail.

%-)

266 Sharmuta  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:12:24am

re: #257 littleoldlady

So....what have I missed?

/good news, only, please...

I'm going to crush ACORN, so save some fruitcups for me.

267 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:13:30am

well, it's a good thing my 401 lost so much in the last few weeks..... looks like there's no point in having one anyway......

268 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:14:44am

This credit card thing is really getting me steamed. One thought I had a few days ago (I only have one or two a week, so I must ration them...) was that all that $150 million in September was on line, meaning credit cards, and a certain percentage of that money will be contested or defaulted upon. Didn't occur to me that they would find a way to break the election laws via credit card donations, but it sure looks like they have. Also explains why they don't post all of their donors on line, whereas McCain does. Too bad the Obama campaign doesn't post them - some of the fake names that people have been using to test the system would look great on an Obama donor list!

269 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:15:15am

re: #264 littleoldlady

But did you have a good time at the "starting the Torah again" party the other night?

Sorry, I forgot the real name for it....:-(

270 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:15:38am

re: #266 Sharmuta

I will have them delivered to the polls for you! :-)

271 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:15:48am

re: #267 redc1c4

well, it's a good thing my 401 lost so much in the last few weeks..... looks like there's no point in having one anyway......

And they won't stop with the 401k's, I'm sure...

272 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:16:21am

re: #267 redc1c4

Scorched earth...poison the well....take your pick.

273 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:16:46am

Well this is not good...DJIA fut's off almost 500 pts with Euro markets off anywhere from 5 to 7%. And to top it off, the oil-ticks are having their emergency meeting(a target-rich environment if ever there was) to shut-off the spigots. Shoot...why wait 6 months for an international crisis - why not start today, give barack something to consult the chicken-lips about in advance?

Mornin Lol...ya might I join you in a fruitcup fortified with Everclear™?

274 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:17:35am

re: #269 Intrepid

Simchat Torah! :-)

Didn't make it this year. Been bogged with work, and distracted by...well, you know what I'm distracted by. :-)

275 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:18:31am

re: #266 Sharmuta

I'm going to crush ACORN, so save some fruitcups for me.

Take on MSNBC for us, too! Check this news out...

276 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:18:39am

re: #273 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

aboo! :-)

I'm thinking designer drugs myself.

/elitist mode

277 akak  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:19:32am

I was just gonna say yippee oil down 4%, then I saw the futures.........holy shit. -534!

278 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:19:39am

re: #276 littleoldlady

aboo! :-)

I'm thinking designer drugs myself.

/elitist mode

Can you buy those at the same store as Sarah Palin's wardrobe?

279 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:22:04am

re: #276 littleoldlady

Better yet!

280 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:22:56am

re: #245 littleoldlady

Hey littleoldlady! Did you see this?

BBC Finds Uniontown on the freakin' map

"I'm not voting for Obama, he's black."
Charles is a registered Democrat in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
"If it wasn't for Obama I would vote Democrat. Blacks just cause trouble, that's the taste I've got in my mouth."
Race is the question mark hanging over this election.
Barack Obama is ahead in the polls. There's a widespread feeling now that the election is his to lose.
But there is something that is worrying Democrats. How accurate are the polls? How many voters are saying they will vote for Mr Obama because they do not want to be perceived as racist?
Once they enter the polling booth will it be an entirely different story?

Yep, it's those redneck, racist, rural 'merikuns again!

281 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:22:57am

re: #278 TnTx13

Can you buy those at the same store as Sarah Palin's wardrobe?

Absolutely! :-) I wonder if I can be the charity she donates that stuff to when she's through with it...

/better to wonder if that stuff will fit, girl!

282 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:25:47am

re: #280 wahabicorridor

wahabi! :-)

They found the racist - in our hometown, no less!

How's by you? And what's up in VA?

283 empills  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:27:23am

littleoldlady yummy fruitcup.

284 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:27:37am

Hiya empills! :-)

285 thedude  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:28:14am
286 akak  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:28:54am

Girls to be stoned to death due to:

"Islamic clerics in Malaysia rule to ban tomboys"

wtf first the financial news & now Hussein & Putin's partners are cracking down on the evil dreaded tomboys?

287 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:33:27am

re: #282 littleoldlady

wahabi! :-)

They found the racist - in our hometown, no less!

How's by you? And what's up in VA?


Lots of Obama people coming to the door. But there are more McCain/Palin signs in the 'hood than there are Obama signs.

My guess is that McCain people aren't showing up at the door because they actually have jobs.

288 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:37:05am

re: #287 wahabicorridor

Very few signs of any kind in my immediate neighborhood. But it looks like we may be getting rid of Sestak, and Murtha may be bitting the dust in the west.

/I wonder what it all means...

289 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:37:24am

biting.

/sheesh

290 BignJames  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:39:08am

re: #289 littleoldlady

He can bitt as far as I'm concerned.

291 redc1c4  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:39:18am

re: #289 littleoldlady

biting.

/sheesh

bitter?

/white smoke

and off to bed.... hasta, ya'll.

L8r!

292 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:40:54am

BignJames! :-)

'Night, red! :-)

Yeah, I bet he will be bitter.

/wha' happened?
;-)

293 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:41:50am

re: #288 littleoldlady

Very few signs of any kind in my immediate neighborhood. But it looks like we may be getting rid of Sestak, and Murtha may be bitting the dust in the west.

/I wonder what it all means...

I've been talking to some friends who still have family in Upper St. Clair (down Rt 19 between Mt. Lebanon and Washington) - and some who have family in Johnstown. Murtha's family in PA is apparently being made to feel most unwelcome.

294 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:43:27am

Murtha is making all of us dumb Southerners look good!

295 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:44:31am

re: #285 thedude

[Link: www.ibdeditorials.com...]

Good one! And just when did "socialist" become a code word for black?

296 tappin52  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:46:14am

I'm having trouble finding all of these code books we're supposed to be operating from.

297 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:46:20am

re: #293 wahabicorridor

Murtha's family in PA is apparently being made to feel most unwelcome.

I'll tell you ... if I lived there I would be feeling pretty gosh darn stupid for voting him in all these years. So, no surprise...

298 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:47:34am

re: #295 TnTx13

Good one! And just when did "socialist" become a code word for black?

You missed the thread a few days ago?

I'm going to refill my cup with socialist coffee. Care for some? ;-)

299 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:49:20am

re: #298 littleoldlady

You missed the thread a few days ago?

I'm going to refill my cup with socialist coffee. Care for some? ;-)

Thank you, comrade LOL!

300 tappin52  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:49:29am

It's kind of quiet in here. I guess I'll just have some more fruit.

301 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:50:56am

re: #296 tappin52

I'm having trouble finding all of these code books we're supposed to be operating from.

That reminds me of the Houston cop who got in trouble for writing a ghetto dictionary to help his fellow officers understand what was being said to them, about them, etc. I guess the codes must be protected at all costs!

302 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:54:21am

tappin52! :-)

'Morning! Bon appetit!

303 PolarBear Horribilis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:54:53am

re: #254 littleoldlady

Alberta Oil Peon! :-)

shanec99! :-)


(incognito sock puppet here) LITTLE OLD LADY! Didja save me some yog'rot and bran muffins?

Hee hee.

304 tappin52  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:56:49am

After so many years in the Senate, I imagine that Murtha could retire with a nice pension. But if he loses the election does he also lose any benefits he may have accrued?

305 committed  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:57:03am

Personally, I will not feel right supporting a leader who wants to introduce socialism into our government and has a nonchalant attitude towards evil. If obuma is elected ( and it looks more likely than not), is it unpatriotic to say as many Kerry and Gore supporters did, that he will not be my president if elected?

306 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:57:24am

You are taxing my brain!

/oy. I can't believe I said that.
//I'll be giving the Dems ideas...

Guessing... did someone previously nic-less finally get one?

307 HelloDare  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:57:58am

Asian markets tanked. Nikkei down 9.6%

308 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:58:38am

The other gossip out of Pennsylvania is that Chris Matthews may run to try to get Specter's seat. We're hoping he tries. Specter is indeed a RINO but Matthews is a total asshole and the opportunity to go after him is not to be missed.

Starting with the fact the he wrote Jimmy Carter's malaise speech.

309 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 2:59:25am

re: #304 tappin52

After so many years in the Senate, I imagine that Murtha could retire with a nice pension. But if he loses the election does he also lose any benefits he may have accrued?


Nope. He still gets his pension.

310 tappin52  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:00:15am

re: #309 wahabicorridor
Thank you.

311 PolarBear Horribilis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:00:27am

re: #304 tappin52

After so many years in the Senate, I imagine that Murtha could retire with a nice pension. But if he loses the election does he also lose any benefits he may have accrued?


Don't kid yourself! Their benefits are the one thing that's sacred, even if they've only served one term. Bennies for life, as I understand it.

On top of that, can you imagine Slick Willy getting $100,000 an hour, for his speeches?

312 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:00:34am

re: #304 tappin52

After so many years in the Senate, I imagine that Murtha could retire with a nice pension. But if he loses the election does he also lose any benefits he may have accrued?

Actually, Rep. Murtha hasn't been in the senate, he's been in the House of Representatives. And yes, he will get a pension, even if he's voted out.

Sucks, doesn't it?

313 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:00:36am

re: #304 tappin52

After so many years in the Senate, I imagine that Murtha could retire with a nice pension. But if he loses the election does he also lose any benefits he may have accrued?

And he never made it to the Senate - he's a Representative.

314 akak  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:00:48am

Palin clothing story is b/s! lol

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

315 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:02:05am

re: #307 HelloDare

Asian markets tanked. Nikkei down 9.6%

FTSE in freefall as figures reveal UK economy has shrunk by 0.5% - the first drop for 16 years

Britain is officially on the brink of recession after new figures revealed the economy has shrunk for the first time in 16 years.
Output dropped by 0.5 per cent between July and September in its biggest decline since the end of 1990 when the country was emerging from the last downturn.
The scale of the slowdown astonished economists who had predicted a reduction of less than half that at 0.2 per cent.
It means the UK is almost certain to be in a technical recession, classed as two quarters of negative growth, by the end of the year.
Shares plunged again after the data was released, having already shed more than five per cent in early trading amid warnings the downturn could be the worst for 50 years.
The FTSE-100 dropped to be almost nine per cent down. The pound also fell

316 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:02:05am

re: #308 wahabicorridor

He campaigned for Obama in PA, didn't he?

(And people see nothing wrong with that?)

317 PolarBear Horribilis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:02:13am

re: #306 littleoldlady

You are taxing my brain!

/oy. I can't believe I said that.
//I'll be giving the Dems ideas...

Guessing... did someone previously nic-less finally get one?

Ummmm......... how's about some prunes, a bran muffin, and yogurt? Ring any bells? (Shhhhh.)

318 tappin52  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:02:43am

My bad! I knew it was the House, but my brain had a cramp. Sorry. I really did know he's Pelosi's buddy.

319 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:03:06am

re: #316 littleoldlady

He campaigned for Obama in PA, didn't he?

(And people see nothing wrong with that?)

He DID?! Jeez, I missed that one................

320 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:03:38am

re: #316 littleoldlady

He campaigned for Obama in PA, didn't he?

(And people see nothing wrong with that?)

It's the new media! By the way, is Chris Matthews from Pennsylvania, or just pulling a Hillary?

321 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:04:21am

re: #305 committed

No, he will be your president if he is elected. No matter who wins on November 4, he will be the President.

We are not like the smarmy, wimpish Gore and Kerry folks. We are better than that. We accept the will of the people, no matter what that will is.

It's called honor. And Dignity. And Patriotism.

322 arizona9  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:05:00am

Obama's 1995 Race Baiting Interview

[Link: www.stoptheaclu.com...]

323 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:05:36am

re: #318 tappin52

My bad! I knew it was the House, but my brain had a cramp. Sorry. I really did know he's Pelosi's buddy.

:) I've had many of those myself! And he probably thinks he's a senator!

324 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:05:47am

re: #320 TnTx13

It's the new media! By the way, is Chris Matthews from Pennsylvania, or just pulling a Hillary?


Matthews is from Philly - littleoldlady's stomping ground

325 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:07:08am

Ok, all the newspapers are here - time to start reading. Have a wonderfule day everyone!

326 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:07:19am

re: #324 wahabicorridor

Matthews is from Philly - littleoldlady's stomping ground

OK - thanks! I watched his weekend show for a while - opposition research! I finally couldn't take it any more, it was too much Obamacrush for me.

327 tappin52  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:07:58am

re: #321 Intrepid

If it were truly the will of the people without ACORN & Co. shenanigans I could more easily agree.

328 Crux Australis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:08:42am

Anyone remember the Bali Bombings of 2002? Which killed 202 people. Including 88 Australians.

Looks like the organizers are going to be executed in the next 2 weeks. Expect 'reprisals' after it is announced they have been shot. Personally I think I'll shed a tear or two after. It has affected Australia so much.

329 TnTx13  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:08:51am

This nite owl is signing off - g'nite, lizards!

330 akak  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:10:00am

At least Israel will be heading toward election, Livni is an awful candidate.

331 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:10:46am

re: #319 wahabicorridor

Did he?

332 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:13:02am

TAMRON! LOL!

333 committed  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:13:18am

re: #321 Intrepid

I appreciate your response. It will be difficult and I hope that he will not be as dangerous as I fear.

334 rightside  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:13:32am

Morning Lizards!

335 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:14:15am

'Night, TnTx13! :-)

'Morning, rightside! :-)

336 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:14:38am

Wake up, wake up to Zo!

I love this guy!

337 Crux Australis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:16:00am

Does anyone have any information on a possible McCain Administration's attitude towards Australia might be?

338 rightside  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:16:35am

{lol}!

339 Intrepid  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:18:06am

re: #337 Crux Australis

Does anyone have any information on a possible McCain Administration's attitude towards Australia might be?

Regardless of the administration, Americans love OZ!

340 jas  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:21:33am

I want throw this idea out in response to Zombie's query of what lizards can do to help determine the presidential race - could we possibly form our own 527? Is that something logistically possible at this point? I won't get to comment, since I'm headed off to work, but, I just wanted that idea out for discussion.

341 PolarBear Horribilis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:24:41am

re: #337 Crux Australis

Does anyone have any information on a possible McCain Administration's attitude towards Australia might be?


McCain's ex-Navy. The Navy viewpoint has always been: Aussies walk on water. (Or, if female, IN the water might be the preference...)

342 tappin52  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:26:26am

re: #337 Crux Australis

We do love Australia. Except for the giant bird eating spiders. Yeeeeaaahhhh! Shudder..stomp stomp stomp!

343 yesandno  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:26:39am

Just printed out my tickets for the Sarah Palin rally in Asheville on Sunday!

I am so excited. Had already signed up and was working in the Victory 2008 office earlier on Sunday so this makes it even better!

Go McCain/Palin!

344 BignJames  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:27:38am

re: #343 yesandno

Are you near Asheville?

345 wahabicorridor  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:29:03am

Ok, I got the started reading the papers and came back to tell you that there is a place in Hell reserved for Kathleen Parker.

My husband called it first. Then, a brilliant 75-year-old scholar and raconteur confessed to me over wine: "I'm sexually attracted to her. I don't care that she knows nothing."
Finally, writer Robert Draper closed the file on the Sarah Palin mystery with a devastating article in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine: "The Making (and Remaking) of McCain."
McCain didn't know her. He didn't vet her. His campaign team had barely an impression. In a bar one night, Draper asked one of McCain's senior advisers: "Leaving aside her actual experience, do you know how informed Governor Palin is about the issues of the day?"
The adviser thought a moment and replied: "No, I don't know."
Blame the sycamore tree
McCain had met Palin only once -- in February, at the governors' convention in Washington -- before the day he selected her as his running mate. The second time was at his Sedona, Ariz., ranch on Aug. 28, just four days before the GOP convention.
As Draper tells it, McCain took Palin to his favorite coffee-drinking spot down by a creek and a sycamore tree. They talked for more than an hour, and, as Napoleon whispered to Josephine, "Voilà."
One does not have to be a psychoanalyst to reckon that McCain was smitten

346 PolarBear Horribilis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:29:56am

re: #343 yesandno

Just printed out my tickets for the Sarah Palin rally in Asheville on Sunday!

I am so excited. Had already signed up and was working in the Victory 2008 office earlier on Sunday so this makes it even better!

Go McCain/Palin!


We Alaskans are really proud of our girl.....

347 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:30:41am
He didn't vet her.

Vetting is only for plumbers.

348 Jim in Virginia  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:30:49am
349 tappin52  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:34:20am

re: #348 Jim in Virginia

That was good. I like Laura.

350 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:34:29am

re: #348 Jim in Virginia

Morning all.
Smart people for McCain Palin.

Pretty much.

351 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:35:46am

re: #348 Jim in Virginia

{My Rove!}

I keeping telling my little brother...MY IQ is higher than Bidens!

;-)

352 nnorb  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:41:10am

re: #544 zombie

Hi Zombie,

How about this for that montage:

The Selling of America

Feel free to copy and or modify as you see fit or contact me if you think there needs to be changes.

Norb

353 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:41:33am

Those rat bastards at UCLA....one of my professors scheduled a midterm on November 4th, and another scheduled an assignment for November 5th.

Ugh.

354 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:45:58am

re: #353 TheMatrix31

Do they walk around with Obama buttons on?

355 Jim in Virginia  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:47:59am

Surprise! Krauthammer endorses McCain (in spin off links) and Scottie McClellan to endorse Obama. If McCain wins, there will be a lot of crow to eat.

356 Jim in Virginia  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:50:43am

re: #351 littleoldlady

That sets the bar prertty low!

357 littleoldlady  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:51:50am

re: #356 Jim in Virginia

That sets the bar prertty low!

Yes it does.

/which is why - unlike Joe - I don't brag about it. ;-)

358 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:51:58am

Good Morning. How's my buds?

359 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:52:32am

re: #354 littleoldlady

Do they walk around with Obama buttons on?

Surprisingly, I haven't seen tooooooooooo much political signage/shirtage/buttonage either way.

360 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:52:50am

Good morning, Lizards.

361 rightside  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:53:01am

re: #355 Jim in Virginia

Surprise! Krauthammer endorses McCain (in spin off links) and Scottie McClellan to endorse Obama. If McCain wins, there will be a lot of crow to eat.

If? He is going to win, my friend.

362 yesandno  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:53:05am

re: #43 MandyManners

How many federal judges will get to nominate? How many supreme court justices? How many left-wing federal prosecutors?

These are among those that might be on an Obama Court:

Deval Patrick
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]

Sonia Sotomayer
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]

Harold Koh
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]

363 yesandno  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:53:45am

re: #344 BignJames

Are you near Asheville?

Yes...live just outside of it.

364 Crux Australis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:55:28am

re: #341 PolarBear Horribilis

I know! The ADF (Australian Defence Force) sure is known around the world for it's tenacity and fighting spirit.

I know that Australia pushes above it's weight internationally considering it's small population.

Look at the Taliban body count in Afghanistan caused by Aussie troops for an example.

365 BignJames  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:56:18am

re: #363 yesandno

I'm in Columbus.

366 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:56:43am

re: #362 yesandno

These are among those that might be on an Obama Court:

Deval Patrick
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]

Sonia Sotomayer
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]

Harold Koh
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]

Deval Patrick is as crooked as BHO regarding ACORN.

367 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:57:22am

Good Morning LGF.
Krauthammer hasn't thrown McCain under the bus after all - he's just a McCain defeatist handwringer.

368 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:57:56am

Woo hoo! Two whole hours of sleep.

369 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:58:42am

re: #360 goddessoftheclassroom

Good morning to you!

370 rightside  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:58:58am

Bedtime here. Out.

371 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 3:59:39am

Was driving down the street the other day and did a MP/OB sign countdown.

34 McCain Palin signs. 1 Obama Biden sign.

Upscale neighborhood (NO FOR SALE SIGNS).

Oh yeah...Lynchburg Virginia. The Gold Buckle of the Bible Belt.

heh

372 yesandno  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:00:14am

re: #366 MandyManners

Deval Patrick is as crooked as BHO regarding ACORN.

Well...none of them appear to be good judicial candidates to my way of thinking. You only have to mention looking at our Constitution in light of International Law to get the hair on the back of my neck to stand straight up!

Some of these people seemed to evolved from the slime, but haven't quite left all the slime behind just yet.

373 TheMatrix31  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:01:28am

Night.

374 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:02:00am
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 51.3%, McCain 41.0%
10/24/2008 - McCain stops his slide

Latest Zogby

375 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:02:58am

re: #371 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Lynchburg?

RACIST!

376 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:03:55am

re: #372 yesandno

Well...none of them appear to be good judicial candidates to my way of thinking. You only have to mention looking at our Constitution in light of International Law to get the hair on the back of my neck to stand straight up!

Some of these people seemed to evolved from the slime, but haven't quite left all the slime behind just yet.

I've not checked out the others. I remembered seeing that article on Patrick the other day.

377 NC State of Mind  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:03:58am

re: #365 BignJames

Damn you have an ugly avatar! ;)

378 yesandno  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:07:37am

re: #365 BignJames

I'm in Columbus.

We are practically neighbors then when you consider the whole world! You can go to the Sarah Palin site, or the Victory 2008 site for Asheville and get tickets yourself! You can print them out on the Internet. This is for this coming Sunday. Line begins at 4:00, need to be there at 6pm--Asheville Civic Center.

My daughter was able to get a couple of words with both Senator Richard Burr and Senator Lindsey Graham this past Wednesday when they were at the Victory 2008 offices. Exciting for a 16 year old! I was there as well. Both were there to support McCain/Palin. Poor Lindsey is looking tired...and he admits it as well.

We are going to keep North Carolina in the Republican ranks!

379 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:09:40am

re: #368 MandyManners

Woo hoo! Two whole hours of sleep.

Sleep is for sheep.
Insomniacs rule!

380 BignJames  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:09:43am

re: #377 NC State of Mind

Wake is fake
Duke is puke
State I really hate

381 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:10:46am

re: #375 MandyManners

Lynchburg?

RACIST! SOCIALIST!

Had to add a little MSM spin for ya.

382 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:10:59am

re: #375 MandyManners

Lynchburg?

RACIST!

Wait! Mandy? I just got that! Hahahahahahaha!

383 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:11:41am

re: #362 yesandno

These are among those that might be on an Obama Court:

Deval Patrick
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]

Sonia Sotomayer
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]

Harold Koh
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: bench.nationalreview.com...]

The other two are equally shitty.

384 yesandno  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:12:01am

re: #377 NC State of Mind

Damn you have an ugly avatar! ;)

I think it is beautiful.....not one of those fugly red ones..... :)

385 ibmkeyboard  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:12:32am

re: #363 yesandno

Yes...live just outside of it.

nice place.-

esp. the Dragon China restaurant.
good food The New York Times Co. reported a steep drop in third-quarter profits on Thursday, the latest gloomy earnings report in an industry battered by online competition and falling print advertising revenue.
refused to send me the paper on credit.

386 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:12:47am

re: #379 Spare O'Lake

Sleep is for sheep.
Insomniacs rule!

Not true.

387 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:13:19am

re: #381 Oh no...Sand People!

Gonna' have some socialist circles under my eyes today.

388 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:13:40am

re: #382 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I wonder where the name came from.

389 NC State of Mind  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:14:09am

re: #384 yesandno

Oh man am I in the minority here. Calls for an avatar update!

390 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:15:17am

re: #388 MandyManners

I wonder where the name came from.

James Lynch.

391 ibmkeyboard  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:15:33am

Charles,
you should be ashamed.

Taking the NYT business and credit.

392 NC State of Mind  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:15:51am

re: #388 MandyManners

I wonder where the name came from.

Dunno, but Lynchburg TN, got its name from lynchings:

Thomas Roundtree, who lived in the log house on the lot where Dr. E. Y. Salmon now resides, was the original proprietor of the lands on which Lynchburg is located. He laid out the town about the year 1818, and, as the famous beech tree, used as a lynching post, where early offenders were punished, stood over the spring near his house, he very appropriately named the town Lynchburg.

393 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:17:18am

re: #390 MandyManners

James Lynch.

John Lynch.

394 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:17:43am
395 3 wood  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:18:59am

Good morning folks.

Get ready for a real bad day in the market.

The futures are down to their limit, the circuit breakers tripped, The DOW was down 550, NASDAQ down 84, and the S&P down 60.

The Asian markets were down about 9% over night.

Hold onto your shirt if you still have one. It's going to be a very ugly day on Wall Street.

396 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:19:26am

re: #392 NC State of Mind

Dunno, but Lynchburg TN, got its name from lynchings:

Thomas Roundtree, who lived in the log house on the lot where Dr. E. Y. Salmon now resides, was the original proprietor of the lands on which Lynchburg is located. He laid out the town about the year 1818, and, as the famous beech tree, used as a lynching post, where early offenders were punished, stood over the spring near his house, he very appropriately named the town Lynchburg.

I reckon they couldn't rename it Danielsburg.

397 eon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:19:56am

Morning, Lizards.

Has anyone heard Biden's latest faux pas?

Inadvertently called John McCain "John McLane" in a speech.

Freudian slip?

Biden perhaps thinking;

I'm running with Pee-Wee Herman against the original bada$$ of the U.S. Senate and a Governor who field-dresses her own moose.

WTF was I thinking when I said "yes"?

That's the best laugh I've had all week.

/longtime Bruce Willis fan

cheers

eon

398 PolarBear Horribilis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:19:56am

re: #345 wahabicorridor

One does not have to be a psychoanalyst to reckon that McCain was smitten


Yup. Two years ago at a Jewish fundraiser in Anchorage, I shook hands with Sarah and we had a little chat for all of two minutes.

It wasn't sexual but I was shamelessly smitten, and my wife -- normally somewhat of the jealous type -- wasn't even jealous. She saw it too.

I'm not the least jealous of Todd Palin either. Sarah is the genuine article, kinda like a female rendition of Robert Redford back when he was in his prime. Made me want to put on some armor, pick up a suitable sword, and stand on guard by her door, wherever it takes me.

She does that to ya, and I'm convinced that's what drives Obama up the wall: Sarah Palin is a genuine, sincere, inspiring, interested, somebody-really-there person with nothing to hide, and represents almost everything Obama wants to be but can't, because his whole life seems to be based on endlessly getting away with, or hiding, something. That's what he lives and breathes.

This has nothing to do with rascism, either. It's just that Barack Obama is always wearing a phony used-car-salesman 'Oil-Can Harry' charade that literally makes my skin crawl, somewhat the opposite of a creepy Chris Mathews 'feeling up my leg'.

I'd vote for Denzel Washington to be POTUS in a heartbeat, assuming he didn''t turn out to be a socialist-liberal phony. --Or Dennis Haysbert, who played an excellent President Palmer in "24" and Jonas in "The Unit".

Did you see the movie "Shallow Hal"? That's what I'm talking about. Crack Obama's dainty outer shell, and what I see underneath really gives me the creeps! Sarah, however, is genuine what-you-see-is-what-you-get. All the difference in the world.

Which would you rather have piloting your airplane in rough weather, Barack Obama, or Sarah Palin? Barack would be lost without a teleprompter in the cockpit.

Funny how this conversation keeps lumping Obama and Palin together as opponents, almost like McCain and Biden don't exist. I've seen this phenomenon happen dozens of times, almost automatically. Strange.

A few weeks ago Todd Palin commented to an interviewer (paraphrasing), "You know, 16 years ago when Sarah said she was going to run for the local PTA, maybe I should have asked a few more questions..."

399 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:20:11am

re: #371 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Was driving down the street the other day and did a MP/OB sign countdown.

34 McCain Palin signs. 1 Obama Biden sign.

Upscale neighborhood (NO FOR SALE SIGNS).

Oh yeah...Lynchburg Virginia. The Gold Buckle of the Bible Belt.

heh

You make my nostalgic to read "Lynchburg."

400 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:20:53am

re: #386 MandyManners

Not true.

Ouch. I am a serious insomniac, but I have had some success coping by pretending not to feel bad about it.
*sigh*

401 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:22:17am

re: #394 Oh no...Sand People!

Now Islam just STFU just for once.

Islamic Clerics in Malaysia Ban Tomboys for Being 'Immoral'

Harussani Idrisiot Zakaria, the mufti of northern Perak state,...

402 NC State of Mind  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:22:18am

re: #395 3 wood

Happy Friday to you too! Damn. And my Sirius stock is already at $0.25.

Does any of this have to do with the public perception that Obama is going to win and the Congress may be stacked with Dems?

403 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:23:00am

re: #397 eon

Morning, Lizards.

Has anyone heard Biden's latest faux pas?

Inadvertently called John McCain "John McLane" in a speech.

Freudian slip?

Biden perhaps thinking;

I'm running with Pee-Wee Herman against the original bada$$ of the U.S. Senate and a Governor who field-dresses her own moose.

WTF was I thinking when I said "yes"?

That's the best laugh I've had all week.

/longtime Bruce Willis fan

cheers

eon

Yippy kai yay, motherfucker!

404 PolarBear Horribilis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:23:38am

re: #351 littleoldlady

{My Rove!}

I keeping telling my little brother...MY IQ is higher than Bidens!

;-)


Your IQ are belonging to us, Little Old Lady! Resistance is futile!

405 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:24:28am

re: #400 Spare O'Lake

Ouch. I am a serious insomniac, but I have had some success coping by pretending not to feel bad about it.
*sigh*

Oh, I'm sorry.

((((((SO'L))))))

406 3 wood  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:24:36am

Here's some more on the coming liquidation wave today.

U.S. stock futures blasted after Asia plunge

LONDON (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock futures pointed to another monumental beating on Friday - with a leading contract falling as much as rules allow -- as a plunge in Asia reignited concerns about the health of the global economy.
S&P 500 futures dropped 60 points to 855.20 and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 82.5 points to 1,171.00. Dow industrial futures were walloped by 546 points.
The drop on the S&P 500 contract was so much that it reached pre-specified limits that can't be broken until pit trading opens. The Nasdaq and Dow contracts were trading just above their limits.

407 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:25:05am

re: #395 3 wood

Good morning folks.
Get ready for a real bad day in the market.
The futures are down to their limit, the circuit breakers tripped, The DOW was down 550, NASDAQ down 84, and the S&P down 60.
The Asian markets were down about 9% over night.
Hold onto your shirt if you still have one. It's going to be a very ugly day on Wall Street.

Gee thanks, just what I needed - another dose of reality.

408 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:25:16am

I need to put some blood in my caffeine stream. bbiab

409 Irene NYC  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:26:06am

3 wood

If you have a moment, can you explain why you think gold is dropping so quickly?

Thx.

410 eon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:27:08am

re: #402 NC State of Mind

Happy Friday to you too! Damn. And my Sirius stock is already at $0.25.

Does any of this have to do with the public perception that Obama is going to win and the Congress may be stacked with Dems?

What I can't figure out is the number of "enlightened" blue-staters, who are heavily invested and seeing their portfolios tanking as a result of extremely wrong-headed "progressive" policies such as the CRA, who will nevertheless vote for the candidate who promises more of the same, just more expensive and with higher taxes to pay for it all.

I don't like to bring s-e-x into these discussions, but my Abnormal Psych training is telling me there has to be some masochism at work there.

/the only other alternative is a total break with reality on their part


cheers

eon

411 Dar ul Harb  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:27:51am

re: #305 committed

Personally, I will not feel right supporting a leader who wants to introduce socialism into our government...

Well, it's a little late for that. 0bama's not introducing socialism, he's wants to finish the job...

412 eon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:28:53am

re: #403 MandyManners

Yippy kai yay, motherfucker!

LOL. OK, that's two this week. :-)

cheers

eon

413 Pullus Iulius  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:28:59am

re: #402 NC State of Mind

Does any of this have to do with the public perception that Obama is going to win and the Congress may be stacked with Dems?

Just my opinion, but I don't think Greenspan going to congress and saying "Guess I jes' f***** up" didn't help either.

414 NC State of Mind  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:29:05am

re: #410 eon

Like when the moderator asked Obama why he would raise cap gain taxes when revenues go up when they are lowered in the primaries. Things have to be fair, Obama said.

Apparently, things have to be fair, no matter what the cost.

415 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:32:41am

I'm watching this asshole Joe Klein (from Time) on CNN. He says he asked Obama for an example of a "gut decision" he had made which qualifies him for the presidency.
Obama cited his decision to throw Rev. Wright under the bus!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

416 ibmkeyboard  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:32:58am

re: #380 BignJames


Duke is puke

My son-in-law told me to hang my Carolina degree from the mirror for a handicap tag.

/I just love when Carolina whips Dukes ass.

Friends don't let their sons-in-laws drive a car with a puke Duke bumper sticker

417 3 wood  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:33:07am

re: #402 NC State of Mind

Does any of this have to do with the public perception that Obama is going to win and the Congress may be stacked with Dems?

Oh, that is probably part of it.

It's a combination of a whole bunch of things, the silly loans that were given out, the insurance sold where the insurance company reserved only about 3 cents on the dollar of exposure, the crash of the China/India market, the run up of interest rates by the Fed several years ago that knocked all the adjustible rate mortgages out of affordability, the high oil prices, bad monetary policy by the EU catching up to them, etc.

You also have a flat out panic going on by some investors.

One of the side effects of all this will be to make retirement a lot rarer. People reaching retirement age will likely continue working longer cause they either lost a lot of their retirement income, or are supporting others in the family who are unemployed, or they are afraid to retire and drop their income in such troubled times.

That is going to cause a lot of complications in many corporations as younger workers will be looking to move up, but the older workers above them in the corporate structure hang around.

418 MandyManners  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:34:41am

re: #412 eon

LOL. OK, that's two this week. :-)

cheers

eon

Two what?

419 3 wood  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:35:53am

re: #409 Irene NYC

3 wood

If you have a moment, can you explain why you think gold is dropping so quickly?

Sure.

1. Liquidations by large hedge funds unwinding their positions.

2. The rising value of the dollar buys more of products such as oil and gold that are denominated in dollars. A dollar buys more gold so the price per ounce drops.

The dollar is appreciating cause billions and billions of wealth are being transferred from other currencies into dollars by overseas investors. That makes the dollar worth more and other currencies worth less.

420 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:36:58am

re: #399 goddessoftheclassroom

You make my nostalgic to read "Lynchburg."

Was in Amherst yesterday. No time to stop at the Briar Patch tho.

421 Globular Cluster  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:37:43am

Wonderful. Trading halt on commodities futures.

422 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:37:44am
423 eon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:38:03am

re: #414 NC State of Mind

Like when the moderator asked Obama why he would raise cap gain taxes when revenues go up when they are lowered in the primaries. Things have to be fair, Obama said.

Apparently, things have to be fair, no matter what the cost.

Or else, as I've long suspected, to graduate Harvard Law you don't need to take Economics.

It scared the crap out of me to learn last year that in my local school district, Economics is now an elective in HS- it was required for graduation when I got my diploma (1976).

/and my Econ teacher was a hard-core, foaming-at-the-mouth Marxist into the bargain

cheers

eon

424 PolarBear Horribilis  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:38:19am

re: #415 Spare O'Lake

I'm watching this asshole Joe Klein (from Time) on CNN. He says he asked Obama for an example of a "gut decision" he had made which qualifies him for the presidency. Obama cited his decision to throw Rev. Wright under the bus!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


LOL! He "gutted" Rev. Wright, and that was his gut decision?

Damn. Then I know some chicken farmers who qualify to be President, too!

425 ibmkeyboard  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:38:25am

re: #413 Pullus Iulius

Just my opinion, but I don't think Greenspan going to congress and saying "Guess I jes' f***** up" didn't help either.

Would the democrat congress grill Greenspan to drive the markets down futher?
Nah-
the demorats would never do that.

426 Spare O'Lake  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:39:31am

re: #405 MandyManners

Oh, I'm sorry.
((((((SO'L))))))

That's OK {Mandy}. I appreciate your honesty.
*yawn* LOL.

427 3 wood  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:40:12am

re: #413 Pullus Iulius

Just my opinion, but I don't think Greenspan going to congress and saying "Guess I jes' f***** up" didn't help either.

I understand your view, but I really don't think that mattered. Greenspan is irrelevant now, he is not involved in policy making anymore.

This was a dog a pony show, it was a waste of time to even call him in.

All Greenspan was going to do was make sure he said nothing that would get himself sued. It was like listening to Sgt. Schultz (I know nothing. Nothing!)

428 eon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:41:27am

re: #415 Spare O'Lake

I'm watching this asshole Joe Klein (from Time) on CNN. He says he asked Obama for an example of a "gut decision" he had made which qualifies him for the presidency.
Obama cited his decision to throw Rev. Wright under the bus!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Translation;

I'll '86 anybody who threatens my immanetization, except for the ones I'm going to throw to the wolves as soon as I'm anointed, just on general principles.

I'm sure that Israel fits into the latter category.

/how shall I put this gently?- When Obambi claims to support Israel, his nose grows

cheers

eon

429 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:42:54am
430 3 wood  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:43:06am

re: #421 Globular Cluster

Wonderful. Trading halt on commodities futures.

Take a peek at what happened in the Asian market overnight.

Brutal.

431 Irene NYC  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:44:26am

re: #419 3 wood

Thanks 3 wood. I'm just a bit confused. Gold traditionally is where people flew to in times of uncertainty. But the drop in gold has been so precipitous it hardly seems related to the rise of the US dollar.

Strange times.

432 eon  Fri, Oct 24, 2008 4:45:24am

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