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Open | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:44:22 pm PDT
And if I laugh at any mortal thing,
’Tis that I may not weep.
— Lord Byron
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Open | Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:44:22 pm PDT
And if I laugh at any mortal thing,
’Tis that I may not weep.
— Lord Byron
1408 comments
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captwfcall Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:47:30pm |
i want Tuesday to be here already. where's the Delorean when you need it?
'88 miles an hour!'
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:47:52pm |
re: #3 Intrepid
Woot! LGF running much faster now.
Maybe Lord Senator Government decided to call off the dogs?
(Has there been a better political slip than "Senator Government"?)
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The Archivist Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:48:12pm |
Had to come back. This over at Hillbuzz should keep you talking a bit through the night. The post on the Florida voting at that site is also interesting:
[Link: hillbuzz.wordpress.com...]
"We’re utterly fascinated by this.
In 2004, we don’t remember hearing about anyone scared Kerry was going to take their guns away - and we worked Pennsylvania for Kerry (Pittsburgh area). There were a lot of gun shops and firing ranges there, and we never heard anything about people stocking up on guns because they were scared Kerry was going to try to take them away.
Obama is perceived as more liberal than Kerry, and in fact the most liberal Democrat that’s run for president in as long as anyone can remember. Biden as VP makes this the most liberal ticket that Democrats have ever fielded. There is nothing about it that puts the bitter, gun-and-relgion-people-who-are-apathetic-to-those- not-like-them living in Pennsylvania at ease.
Absolutely nothing.
In fact, the thought of Obama becoming president freaks these people out. So much so that they’re stocking up on firearms.
We just don’t see how this can bode well for Obama. These are “Reagan Democrats” and Republicans. They’re Clinton Democrats too. And they recoil at the thought of an Obama administration.
Have you ever heard of anything like this? We checked, and can’t see any evidence of this in past elections — where the Democrat so freaked rural, working class, sportsman types out that they felt compelled to stock up on weapons to protect themselves.
We think this is a piece of a larger puzzle…one that’s becoming much more clear as we inch closer to November 4th:
(1) Democrats like us at HillBuzz are working with Republicans for the first time in our lives to elect John McCain/Sarah Palin because we do not like or trust Obama/Biden.
(2) Hillary Democrats not openly working for McCain are silently voting for him — and voting Republican for the first time in their lives in most cases.
(3) Early voting has not met Obama’s expectations — Republicans are tied or ahead in most states, and nowhere is Obama enjoying blowout advantages he claimed he’d have.
(4) In all states, there is a marked “enthusiasm gap” between support for Obama and support remembered for Kerry in 2004 or Gore in 2000…lack of yard signs, stickers, posters, and excitement to vote for Obama, despite what the media claims.
(5) Gun owners afraid of Obama, and stocking up on weapons because they are that freaked out by the thought of anyone voting for him.
We’d love your thoughts on that last one, as we think it could be a cultural barometer like the Family Circle cookie baking contest or Halloween mask sales — something that shows a large scale cultural like or dislike of a candidate.
All of these anecdotal signs point to a McCain win…with those gun sales being the most fascinating of all.
Because those gun owners are the heart of the country. If Obama hasn’t won them over, and instead seems to have driven them away, screaming, then we just don’t see how he wins."
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blackpajamas Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:49:14pm |
A tribute to the the L.A. Times --
All the news that's fit to print, on the bumper sticker of a dung beetle.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:49:57pm |
I just checked out DailyKos (ugh) some of them are panicking pretty good since their in house poll is down to 50-44 lol
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Karridine Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:50:34pm |
re: #655 jcm
Should have result in a life time ban from Starbucks, extortion not allowed.
I can see it IF the Starbuck's employee was wired to the rafters, snootful of snow or amped on amphetamines, and he waltzed her HOT coffee over an flamboyantly SPLASHED IT ALL OVER HER, but how can a company serving HOT DRINKS protect themselves from extrotional stuff like this?
/serve only tepid drinks?
/serve hot, but require a controlled cool-down?
/refuse service to morons?
/post huge posters explaining "Coffee is hot. You spill? You PAY!"
/requiring signed, notarized personal responsibility waivers EVERY CUP, EVERY TIME?
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:50:37pm |
Lord Byron, as featured in this "Un" wiki on Syphalis.
Enjoy!
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jainphx Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:50:43pm |
All I know is I'm voting for McCain/Palin and any other Republican on the ballot. This world is slipping away from us, we must forget this teach a lesson crap, and vote like it's the last election, because it just might be.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:50:45pm |
re: #3 Intrepid
Woot! LGF running much faster now.
Yea, becuase there are only 5 1/2 users on right now. I can barely get in during the daytime anymore.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:51:03pm |
re: #4 captwfcall
And if I laugh at any mortal thing,
’Tis that I may not weep.— Lord Byron
I'm the same way about Chicago's corruption. I always laugh and make jokes about it, but only to disguise to fact that it pains me so.
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pat Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:51:03pm |
Black Muslim Model = Obama Civilian Military Corps. Yep. odinga redux.
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razorbacker Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:51:12pm |
From the sidebar.
Congo soldiers fleeing Goma along with refugees
Personally, I can't wait until all the world's armies are disbanded and the UN is responsible for
my
safety, too.
Good thing the UN is against private gun ownership. Someone could get hurt over there.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:51:26pm |
It's in the bag, all the polls say so. The election is just a formality.
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Mr. E. Train Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:51:28pm |
And if I laugh at any mortal thing,
’Tis that I may not weep.
— Lord Byron
I have a crazy eyed cousin named Scott. He tends to laugh the more pissed off and flusted he gets. Ive been on work sights with him when some really fubar'd problem comes up.... He starts giggling like a mad man, grabs a hammer and just starts whacking at the thing. Funny and frightening at the same time.
But the best was when an exposed wire shot off a three foot spark that zapped him on his bald spot. God I laughed my ass off!
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blackpajamas Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:52:03pm |
____[ The Second Drubbing ]____
Polling and polling in the widening gyre
The puppet cannot heed the puppeteer;
Things fall apart; the Left cannot hold;
Cold reality runs forth upon the ballot,
The Red-state tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of incompetence runs a-ground;
The best vote with conviction, while the worst
Exit-poll full of passionate futility.
Surely some ballot castigation is at hand;
Surely swings the Drubbing's pimp-slap hand
The Second Drubbing! Hearty clarions ring
Exposing their economic Lusus Naturae
Crushing their prize; entitlement wasteland;
A shape with Oliphant body and the head of a nation,
A determined grin warm and tireless as the sun,
Motivates the steady surprise, while about it
Media wind whips forward the Main Stream herd.
The margins drop again; but now we know
The thirty one city-states awoken from sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by Socialist cradle,
And what rough beast, its delivery bound fast,
Convulses in battle-ground states, aborted at last!
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The Archivist Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:52:16pm |
re: #7 blackpajamas
A tribute to the the L.A. Times --
All the news that's fit to print, on the bumper sticker of a dung beetle.
I had one of those back in the 60s. Would start every time. Great heater.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:52:27pm |
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:52:36pm |
And if I laugh at any mortal thing,
’Tis that I may not weep.— Lord Byron
That's heavy. Did he have a personal problem with a small penis?
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Last Mohican Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:52:49pm |
Hey, for all you coffee spillers who have made it over from the last thread, may I present to you Starbucks' arch-nemesis, the website that's going to make you richer than in your wildest dreams:
[Link: www.whocanisue.com...]
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:53:26pm |
re: #6 The Archivist
Not to rain on anyone's parade but if Pennsylvania is real close why aren't the polls even showing a trace of competitiveness? The closest on on RCP is 7%. I wouldn't hold my breath for Pennsylvania.
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:54:14pm |
More stuff from HillBuzz:
Tonight’s been a busy night, in that we’ve talked to a half dozen people on three times as many subjects - including Team Hillary members in New Hampshire and Maine, who we know well from the primaries.
Here’s the kicker: these people aren’t McCain supporters. Several are working for Obama now in both states, because they have political jobs and thus must tow the party line. Others are voting Green and no longer campaigning for anyone, but are tuned into things in their states.
We know nothing about New Hampshire or Maine and have never pretended to. We won’t start now. All we’ll tell you is what these people told us tonight, and it’s that they truly do expect John McCain to win both New Hampshire and Maine next week, for the reasons they gave below:
(1) In both states, they have never seen an enthusiasm deficit for Democrats like this. Hillary Democrats there say there are more “closet McCain supporters” than anyone can count. Despite what the media says, people are not enthused and fired up to go out and vote for Obama — quite the contrary: people are scare of Obama’s policies and will be voting McCain. The enthusiasm deficit in both New Hampshire and Maine is “as clear as day” according to those we spoke to tonight. They say they do not see anywhere near the level of Obama signs, stickers, buttons, etc. out this year, as they did Kerry, Gore, Clinton, and even Dukakis gear in years past. They say this is actually shocking, because it should be everywhere, but no one cares enough to put those signs out. No one can use the excuse that there’s not enough money for signs and stickers: Obama’s campaign is supposedly rolling in dough, so why aren’t New Hampshire and Maine blanketed in Obama signs? Because people don’t want them in their yards and won’t be voting for him.
(2) We asked why people in these states are not voting for Obama and were told that in Maine, especially, a lot of it has to do with Joe the Plumber and redistributing the wealth. Much of Maine makes its living off the sea: fishermen pull in $200,000 or more a year in family businesses. Joe Biden’s slip that Obama really intends to define “wealthy” as $150,000 a year or above sent terror through Maine’s fishing community and other small business industries. We were told tonight that Maine and New Hampshire have more small family businesses that would be affected by Obama’s redistribution of wealth than we could imagine. Joe the Plumber resonated with these people — especially the fishermen. Todd Palin was recently dispatched to Maine in what the media claimed was an attempt to score one electoral college vote for Maine: tonight we were told it looks like McCain will win the whole state, not just that one congessional district.
(3) Sarah Palin was the smartest move John McCain could ever have made — she is playing incredibly well in Maine and New Hampshire, two states made up of mostly small towns, all of whom are outdoorsy and have traditions of female mayors, council members, and other high elected officials. Maine has two female United States Senators. That honestly never occured to us until now, but it does make a lot of sense. We knew Hillary Clinton would never win Iowa in the primaries because Iowa’s never elected a woman to high office — Maine has. Many, many times. People relate to Palin and trust John McCain. They like these candidates — while Obama in an unknown whose relationships and judgment make people uneasy. Add the socialism business to the top of this, and we’re told it moves New Hampshire and Maine into the red column.
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:55:02pm |
From the last thread:
(Sung to the tune of "Hosanna" from "Jesus Christ Superstar")
O-bama
Hey bama bama bama O-bama
Hey bama O-bama
Hey BO, BO, please don't go
bama O-bama
Hey Superstar
OBAMA:
Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd?
Nothing can be done to stop the voting.
If every tongue were stilled
The noise would still continue.
The dead and cartoons themselves would start to vote!
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The Archivist Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:55:25pm |
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:55:26pm |
Princes William and Harry attended the world premiere for the newest Bond film in London, on Wednesday. Guess they weren't interested in watching the Baracommercial either. ;)
Here is a photo of the spiffing pair.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:55:47pm |
re: #25 Badge of Kaffir Pride
If we win those states it will help. I hope it helps enough.
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:56:11pm |
From an e-mail:
Twas The Night Before The Elections
'Twas the night before elections
And all through the town
Tempers were flaring
Emotions all up and down!
I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV
Tired of political crap.
When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out of my window
Saw Obama and his boys
They had come for my wallet
They wanted my pay
To give to the others
Who had not worked a day!
He snatched up my money
And quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
As I gagged from the stink
He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!
" On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi"
He screamed at the pairs!
They took off for his cause
And as he flew out of sight
I heard him laugh at the nation
Who wouldn't stand up and fight!
So I leave you to think
On this one final note-
IF YOU don't WANT SOCIALISM
GET OUT AND VOTE!
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:56:20pm |
re: #25 Badge of Kaffir Pride
What a bunch of racists! G-d, the country is full of them.
/s
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wolfie Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:56:28pm |
re: #6 The Archivist
Something to think about, eh?
I do know that the NRA has been working hard against Obama here in Virginia. Some good, tough ads on TV and radio and lots of excellent fliers arriving in the mail every couple of days. Their members are active in the GOTV drives.
Whether its the NRA's work or a residue of the bitter-clingy speech, it's evident that Obama is NOT convincing people he's just a moderate fuzzball.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:56:50pm |
re: #25 Badge of Kaffir Pride
Again no poll shows Maine close...there are 2 polls from NH where McCain is in the 4-5 pt range 2 other polls that show Obama up by 12 and 24 pts.
I'd say New Hampshire is a possibility if McCain really grabs the momentum.
Maine, very unlikely.
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tommygum Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:56:53pm |
re: #22 Walter L. Newton
That's heavy. Did he have a personal problem with a small penis?
Speaking of willies; who's in charge of advertising, Throbbert?
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The Archivist Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:56:53pm |
re: #27 tster
because the polls are broken?
There will be a ton of surprises in this election.
For one, the youth vote won't stand in line for 3 to 6 hours to vote.
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woodsman Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:56:57pm |
re: #24 middlecon
Not to rain on anyone's parade but if Pennsylvania is real close why aren't the polls even showing a trace of competitiveness? The closest on on RCP is 7%. I wouldn't hold my breath for Pennsylvania.
Here's a poll ... how many of you are like me and NEVER EVER get past the Hellow with a pollster (or any cold caller for that matter)
I bet there's alot of us.
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jcm Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:57:10pm |
re: #23 Last Mohican
Hey, for all you coffee spillers who have made it over from the last thread, may I present to you Starbucks' arch-nemesis, the website that's going to make you richer than in your wildest dreams:
[Link: www.whocanisue.com...]
Got sued twice on the Fire Dept. Once, family decided we'd killed the patient by taking her to the wrong hospital. Motorcycle accident, major head trauma we went to the big trauma center not the closer local hospital with small ER. Other time family thought were out of line for calling the cops when they threatened us.
Neither one went anywhere.
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spidly Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:57:12pm |
HuffPo writer kills lover with phillips screwdriver
Obviously one of the more rational posters over there
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Pechon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:57:32pm |
re: #17 Abu Al-Poopypants
It's in the bag, all the polls say so. The election is just a formality.
Reading some of this is funny. My favorite ones are libs wanting to stand off with "neocon goons scaring them from the polls".
I just don't get it, what makes people think this way?
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:57:44pm |
I took a snap of the AOL poll which asked if the Obamamercial was a good idea.
[Link: 1.bp.blogspot.com...]
Note that Nevada is going to be trouble, I fear.
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Karridine Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:57:48pm |
re: #19 blackpajamas
Wow! Well re-worked! Powerful, Black!
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capitalist piglet Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:58:02pm |
re: #36 The Archivist
There will be a ton of surprises in this election.
For one, the youth vote won't stand in line for 3 to 6 hours to vote.
They'll think it's in the bag, and go get a pizza and a case of beer instead.
At least I hope so.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:58:14pm |
re: #27 tster
because the polls are broken?
Of course the polls aren't perfect but can they really be missing SO many people in SO many states?
I think stick with the tried and true possibilities that have voted Republican in the recent past...Virginia, Ohio, Florida, etc.
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Maximu§ Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:58:37pm |
Whatever the outcome of the election, the only real Loser is the MSM...they have lost all credibility.
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The Archivist Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:58:42pm |
re: #33 wolfie
I'll still go back to the reasoning offered by Jerry Doyle earlier this evening on his radio show:
When times are tough, you get conservative. You go with known quantities. Not a time to experiment. You vote McCain.
That, and I think the whole socialist thing is resonating very deeply across the nation.
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:58:42pm |
re: #13 Walter L. Newton
Yea, becuase there are only 5 1/2 users on right now. I can barely get in during the daytime anymore.
Are you on dial-up, Walter?
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:59:14pm |
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:59:23pm |
re: #35 tommygum
Speaking of willies; who's in charge of advertising, Throbbert?
Wha? Ok, I don't drink anymore, you're gonna have to 'splain that to me Lucy.
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jainphx Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:59:33pm |
re: #25 Badge of Kaffir Pride
From you lips to G-Ds ears. The only thing that scares me is voter fraud, especially in Red states with Democrap Governers.
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jcm Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:59:38pm |
re: #46 Maximu§
Whatever the outcome of the election, the only real Loser is the MSM...they have lost all credibility.
Hannity has this one right.... the year the media died.
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 10:59:48pm |
re: #13 Walter L. Newton
Yea, becuase there are only 5 1/2 users on right now. I can barely get in during the daytime anymore.
One for each game in the World Series!
;)
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Fenway_Nation Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:00:05pm |
re: #27 tster
because the polls are broken?
Some of those little blue pills should take care of that....
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:00:16pm |
There is absolutely NO WAY this guy is our next president! none. I cannot wait for next Tuesday night. It'll be fun watching all the talking heads exploding. They'll be sputtering, and questioning the results and saying how unbelievable it is how the polls could have been so wrong.
McCain/Palin in an electoral landslide. Kerry and Gore would have been bad for the country. BHO would be an unmitigated disaster. Not gonna happen. NO WAY.
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capitalist piglet Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:00:20pm |
re: #46 Maximu§
Whatever the outcome of the election, the only real Loser is the MSM...they have lost all credibility.
I agree that they're losers in any case - they have exposed themselves in a way that it would take a very long time and a LOT of fair coverage to recover from - but if Obama wins, I think the country as a whole is in some serious trouble. We'd be losers, too.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:00:40pm |
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Adina in Judea Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:00:44pm |
re: #26 gmsc
Do you know the "Banana Song" (or "Name Song"?)
It's difficult to sing it for Obama. ;)
Jack, Jack, bo-back,
Banana-fana fo-fack
Fee-fi-mo-mack
Jack!
So...
Obama, Obama, bo-bama
Banana-fana fo-fama
Fee-fi-mo-mama
Obama
It's easy to write, but difficult to sing. :)
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:01:56pm |
The media is actively NOT investigating Obama this will come back to hurt them pretty bad. They will get caught flat footed on the inevitible scandal that any President has. This will be the straw that broke the camels back.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:02:05pm |
re: #48 Ozark Mountain Daredevil
Are you on dial-up, Walter?
Hell no, I'm on the widest pipe that comcast offers. I pay extra for it. I still do a little programmin work from home, and when I am programming, I normally have massive databases to download.
No, LGF has been overloaded, and during the day, most of this week, I have been bumped off over and over.
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:02:09pm |
re: #24 middlecon
Not to rain on anyone's parade but if Pennsylvania is real close why aren't the polls even showing a trace of competitiveness? The closest on on RCP is 7%. I wouldn't hold my breath for Pennsylvania.
you tell us Moby...... 161 posts since last November?
come on..... y'all can do better than that.
green smoke out!
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:02:17pm |
re: #56 soccerdad
McCain/Palin in an electoral landslide.
They won't know what hit them. I mean the 20-somethings. The 50-somethings may remember Nixon in 1972 and Kael's famous quote.
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:02:19pm |
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:02:30pm |
re: #24 middlecon
Not to rain on anyone's parade but if Pennsylvania is real close why aren't the polls even showing a trace of competitiveness? The closest on on RCP is 7%. I wouldn't hold my breath for Pennsylvania.
RCP averages out ALL the polls. Not a good indicator.
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:02:50pm |
re: #24 middlecon
Not to rain on anyone's parade but if Pennsylvania is real close why aren't the polls even showing a trace of competitiveness? The closest on on RCP is 7%. I wouldn't hold my breath for Pennsylvania.
We'll see. Kerry only won here by 2%. No way That One™ is gonna win the bitter, clingy people here. Philly area is all he's got, and they only cout for 40% of the vote.
/we'll be ok
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Fenway_Nation Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:02:50pm |
re: #46 Maximu§
Whatever the outcome of the election, the only real Loser is the MSM...they have lost all credibility.
On the contrary- they only lose credibility if McCain wins. If there's an 0bama win, they can pass off their blatant bias as being somehow prophetic and all these things such as they Ayers association, this video the L.A. times is sitting on or Tony Rezko will just magically go away like a 9/11 troofer's blog entry on 0bama's official campaign site.
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Last Mohican Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:02:51pm |
re: #56 soccerdad
Kerry and Gore would have been bad for the country.
I agree.
BHO would be an unmitigated disaster.
I agree.
Not gonna happen. NO WAY.
I wish I could agree. I sure hope you're right.
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woodsman Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:03:00pm |
re: #56 soccerdad
There is absolutely NO WAY this guy is our next president! none... ... Not gonna happen. NO WAY.
Thanks - I agree but sometimes it's hard to keep the faith.
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WrathofG-d Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:03:14pm |
Ok, before i take off like a space shuttle, I leave you with something that makes me happy. Natalie Wood
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:03:21pm |
re: #62 Walter L. Newton
Hell no, I'm on the widest pipe that comcast offers. I pay extra for it. I still do a little programmin work from home, and when I am programming, I normally have massive databases to download.
No, LGF has been overloaded, and during the day, most of this week, I have been bumped off over and over.
(shssssh! it's a conspiracy! %-)
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Adina in Judea Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:03:24pm |
re: #44 capitalist piglet
re: #36 The Archivist
There will be a ton of surprises in this election.
For one, the youth vote won't stand in line for 3 to 6 hours to vote.
They'll think it's in the bag, and go get a pizza and a case of beer instead.
At least I hope so.
I'm going to be at the polls in North Carolina at 6:00am for a 6:30am opening.
If there's a huge crowd of grownups at the poll with me, I won't be surprised.
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rawmuse Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:03:31pm |
re: #62 Walter L. Newton
That has been my experience too, during the day. I get the spinning pizza wheel of death.
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SurferDoc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:03:49pm |
re: #56 soccerdad
There is absolutely NO WAY this guy is our next president! none. I cannot wait for next Tuesday night. It'll be fun watching all the talking heads exploding. They'll be sputtering, and questioning the results and saying how unbelievable it is how the polls could have been so wrong.
McCain/Palin in an electoral landslide. Kerry and Gore would have been bad for the country. BHO would be an unmitigated disaster. Not gonna happen. NO WAY.
God Bless you! The crepe hangers were getting to me tonight.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:04:00pm |
re: #57 capitalist piglet
I agree that they're losers in any case - they have exposed themselves in a way that it would take a very long time and a LOT of fair coverage to recover from - but if Obama wins, I think the country as a whole is in some serious trouble. We'd be losers, too.
For sure, if Obama wins, and this country heads into the shit hole, the MSM will have to answer to it's lack of coverage on Obama and his "skeletons."
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:04:02pm |
re: #56 soccerdad
There is absolutely NO WAY this guy is our next president! none. I cannot wait for next Tuesday night. It'll be fun watching all the talking heads exploding. They'll be sputtering, and questioning the results and saying how unbelievable it is how the polls could have been so wrong.
McCain/Palin in an electoral landslide. Kerry and Gore would have been bad for the country. BHO would be an unmitigated disaster. Not gonna happen. NO WAY.
I hope so, for all our sakes. That said I did learn today the I'm not the only McCain voter in my building and I also finally found a McCain window sign and put it up. We won't win Illinois, but I'm still going to try to sway voters till Election Day. Every GOP vote gained is one more person returned to political sanity.
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wolfie Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:04:30pm |
Some fine poetry/song lyrics coming down here tonight!
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blink Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:04:46pm |
I've been waiting for Hillary to do something to topple BO. Is it all hush hush?
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Outrider Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:04:52pm |
re: #52 jcm
Hannity has this one right.... the year the media died.
And not even a glorious heroic death. They are going whimpering and whining in the corner like a French soccer team playing England.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:04:58pm |
re: #24 middlecon
Ah, I see your problem. You haven't read iowahawks latest on polls.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:05:23pm |
re: #40 spidly
HuffPo writer kills lover with phillips screwdriver
Obviously one of the more rational posters over there
So when a HuffPo writer says "screw you" you can phone it in as a threat.
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razorbacker Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:05:40pm |
I'm a country boy. Haven't lived in a 'city' since Houston, back in the early '90s. Because money's easier to make in cities, I've worked in quite a few (St. Louis, K.C., Omaha, Tulsa, Dallas, basically everything from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada and from Philadelphia to Phoenix). I don't like them.
One thing I've noticed. You can talk an American into about anything. Pet rock, anyone? How about a nice pair of platform shoes?
But it's pretty hard to force an American to do anything. An awful lot of Americans get the feeling that "they" (and often they can't tell you who 'they' are) are forcing Obadin on them.
It won't work. Maybe that's just me being nostalgic for bygone days, but I don't think that it's going to work.
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:05:43pm |
re: #62 Walter L. Newton
Hell no, I'm on the widest pipe that comcast offers. I pay extra for it. I still do a little programmin work from home, and when I am programming, I normally have massive databases to download.
No, LGF has been overloaded, and during the day, most of this week, I have been bumped off over and over.
Easy! I agree with that. I've had problems the last few days here only, so it's obviously massive influxes of traffic.
And as the election gets closer, it'll only get worse most likely.
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rawmuse Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:06:06pm |
Guy from Gallup was just on TV, said that 2/3rds of all calls decline to answer any poll questions.
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SurferDoc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:06:25pm |
re: #78 Walter L. Newton
For sure, if Obama wins, and this country heads into the shit hole, the MSM will have to answer to it's lack of coverage on Obama and his "skeletons."
The MSM will have a roundtable on the election on CNN, they'll admit they could have been tougher (on McCain), and then absolve themselves of all guilt.
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:06:32pm |
re: #64 vbspurs
They won't know what hit them. I mean the 20-somethings. The 50-somethings may remember Nixon in 1972 and Kael's famous quote.
I remember my grandpa telling me about how Adlai Stevenson seemed to be a sure thing. Then, a reporter came up to him shortly after a speech and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Stevenson, you have the vote of every thinking American." Steveson responded, "That's fine, but unfortunately, I need a majority to win!"
Once that remark came out, his campaign, and his political career, was effectively over.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:06:41pm |
re: #75 rawmuse
That has been my experience too, during the day. I get the spinning pizza wheel of death.
Yet, when I do manage to get in, I see the same people, over and over, posting away.
It's almost as if certain of the major pipes around the contry are conjested.
Tomorrow I may look at one of the internet traffic reporting sites and see if there has been a trend. Mabye some of the major trunks have been having some tech problems.
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Mr. E. Train Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:06:44pm |
If Mac does win, what are the chances of a riot at the million man election party in Chi-town?
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Gus 802 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:06:53pm |
I'm counting on the Towlie Effect to hit the "new" young voters this election.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:06:54pm |
re: #63 redc1c4
you tell us Moby...... 161 posts since last November?
come on..... y'all can do better than that.
green smoke out!
Again with the 'moby'? I just go with the available information. I'm a solid McCain voter, just don't blindly assume that all polls are totally wrong.
Well last week I only had 60 posts so I'm climbing up there, again I ask how many posts until you aren't considered a 'moby'?
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RoughRider Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:06:58pm |
re: #68 x-wing
Philly area is all he's got, and they only cout for 40% of the vote.
But what happens if ACORN gets 135% of inner-city Philadelphians to the polls?
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:07:02pm |
re: #68 x-wing
We'll see. Kerry only won here by 2%. No way That One™ is gonna win the bitter, clingy people here. Philly area is all he's got, and they only cout for 40% of the vote.
/we'll be ok
How much does the rest of the state have to go McC/P if Obama wins Philly handily? 70-30?
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jcm Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:07:36pm |
Past my bed time.....
I'm off too.
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Outrider Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:07:48pm |
re: #76 SurferDoc
God Bless you! The crepe hangers were getting to me tonight.
Like an Eyore convention for awhile there. ;-)>
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:07:56pm |
re: #60 vbspurs
YOU GO GMSC! I got Florida covered down here.
My mother is another Nevada voter. She'll definitely be voting for McCain. She's dropping by tomorrow, so we can go over all the other people and decide how we're going to vote.
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:08:17pm |
re: #75 rawmuse
That has been my experience too, during the day. I get the spinning pizza wheel of death.
Did you see Charles' post that he is working with the server to speed things up?
/the big guy is on it.
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Adina in Judea Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:08:17pm |
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spidly Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:08:24pm |
re: #81 blink
I've been waiting for Hillary to do something to topple BO. Is it all hush hush?
Wonder if Carol Anne Baker was accidentally activated
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Abu Al-Poopypants Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:08:31pm |
re: #92 Mr. E. Train
If Mac does win, what are the chances of a riot at the million man election party in Chi-town?
Don't you figure on fairly substantial urban rioting either way?
I wouldn't want to be a Korean store owner.
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:08:39pm |
re: #92 Mr. E. Train
If Mac does win, what are the chances of a riot at the million man election party in Chi-town?
85-15 for, likely.
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:08:39pm |
re: #88 rawmuse
Guy from Gallup was just on TV, said that 2/3rds of all calls decline to answer any poll questions.
Really? Very interesting! What channel, raw?
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theblakester Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:06pm |
O.K. I couldn't help posting again after the thought of the One winning and getting my name off this list of Charles. I mentioned that my last post might just be my last for fear of retribution.
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woodsman Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:14pm |
re: #81 blink
I've been waiting for Hillary to do something to topple BO. Is it all hush hush?
I think some Conservitive 527 must have one big push that will have'um all yellin' "SWIFTBOAT"
Their saving up for one big push. (I hope)
There sure is plenty of RED MEAT on The One to use.
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Mel Lono Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:14pm |
re: #95 RoughRider
But what happens if ACORN gets 135% of inner-city Philadelphians to the polls?
Isn't Philly burning yet? What's up with these fans...//
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rawmuse Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:16pm |
re: #105 Ozark Mountain Daredevil
Really? Very interesting! What channel, raw?
KPIX in SF. CBS affiliate.
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:26pm |
ACORN Update!
I received the call that the ACORN crushing I was working on last weekend has revealed over 200 fraudulent registrations- about twice as many as the Deputy Chair was expecting.
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SurferDoc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:34pm |
re: #98 Outrider
Like an Eyore convention for awhile there. ;-)>
I was getting ready to out to the apricot tree with a rope.
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:43pm |
re: #92 Mr. E. Train
If Mac does win, what are the chances of a riot at the million man election party in Chi-town?
"Even in our finest hour we had a crackhead on stage."
-Chris Rock
/Okay, it was cocaine but same difference.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:43pm |
re: #92 Mr. E. Train
If Mac does win, what are the chances of a riot at the million man election party in Chi-town?
Fair chance. It depends on how many people are still there when election is decided. If it isn't called till 3am, most of the crowd will have gone home.
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Intrepid Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:49pm |
re: #56 soccerdad
There is absolutely NO WAY this guy is our next president! none. I cannot wait for next Tuesday night. It'll be fun watching all the talking heads exploding. They'll be sputtering, and questioning the results and saying how unbelievable it is how the polls could have been so wrong.
McCain/Palin in an electoral landslide. Kerry and Gore would have been bad for the country. BHO would be an unmitigated disaster. Not gonna happen. NO WAY.
I'm with you, soccerdad. I don't know if I'll be able to watch the results on TV as they come in, but once it becomes clear that McCain has indeed taken VA, FL, OH and hopefully PA, I might be tempted to turn on MSNBC just to watch Chris Matthews and Keith what'shisface as they weep and wail.
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:09:58pm |
re: #41 Pechon
Reading some of this is funny. My favorite ones are libs wanting to stand off with "neocon goons scaring them from the polls".
I just don't get it, what makes people think this way?
"think"?
i doubt that's involved in the process....... %-)
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:10:02pm |
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:10:06pm |
I just posted a Spinoff link which details the sad life of Obama's aunty:
"Zeituni Onyango, the aunt so affectionately described in Mr Obama’s best-selling memoir Dreams from My Father, lives in a disabled-access flat on a rundown public housing estate in South Boston."
Zeituni! That means Olive...and is very Arabic (zeitun is the Hebrew for olive too).
Tell me, does Obama have ANY relatives who are not living in abject poverty? How about spreading YOUR wealth, Senator Obama?
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:10:15pm |
re: #92 Mr. E. Train
If Mac does win, what are the chances of a riot at the million man election party in Chi-town?
Hey, I was talking to progressives 2 years ago that were talking about "hitting the streets." And this was just in general, just talking about their hatred of conservatives. And they were not kidding. This was not idle talk. They meant it.
So, considering what I was hearing here in the Denver area, anything is possible now.
Walter in Golden, Co.
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tommygum Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:10:16pm |
re: #50 Walter L. Newton
Wha? Ok, I don't drink anymore, you're gonna have to 'splain that to me Lucy.
All the "bigger penis" ads.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:10:19pm |
re: #63 redc1c4
you tell us Moby...... 161 posts since last November?
come on..... y'all can do better than that.
green smoke out!
Target acquired, locked and loaded.
/there is no such thing as overkill, only open fire and reload.
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:10:22pm |
Longish story but worth it I hope. I am in Dallas at a women's accounting conference. Yesterday a session on the candidate's tax platforms, I went to hear about them. Room was packed. At one point the professor/presenter made a comment and a woman sitting near me made a snarky comment about McCain's 8 houses. I said very loudly--keep it neutral and not political (actually I wanted to yell something equally snarky about O's house and Rezko, but I kept it classy). Session ended, no problems. Today after a session on stress reduction (which is useful during the next week) this woman comes up to me and starts apologizing. She was looking for me all day-she was the one who made the comment. She was actually trying to make a joke. Turns out she is UNDECIDED, JEWISH, FROM FLORIDA. Could I please tell her why I am voting for McCain? I took 15 minutes to lay it out and she listened very carefully. So, if Florida wins for McCain by 1 vote--I claim it!
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Outrider Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:10:35pm |
re: #87 Ozark Mountain Daredevil
Easy! I agree with that. I've had problems the last few days here only, so it's obviously massive influxes of traffic.
And as the election gets closer, it'll only get worse most likely.
If you check the stats there are like 5,000 on LGF and 400-500 logged in when I check during the day. That is the same as during the debates. Good thing Charles has tweaked this puppy so fine. Super charge them servers and he will be unstoppable. ;-)>
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Billy Hank Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:11:17pm |
Two other things that are making me laugh tonight, apart from the song parodies on this thread, are Governor Palin sweetly ripping the LA Times a new one for refusing to release the tape, "It would be nice to have your own pet newspaper like Obama does. If there's a Pulitzer for kowtowing, you guys are winning." Pet newspaper. The LA Times is never going to live that down. They had better take the CSM option quick.
The other thing is seeing paunchy bomb meister, Distinguished Professor Bill Ayers, in his T-shirt with the big red star. He looks like one of Dr. Seuess's particularly disagreeable Star-bellied Sneetches.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:11:21pm |
I looked at my precinct's (in MA) ballot yesterday. Aside from President and Senator, the only other office that has a Republican running is County Commissioner, and those three offices are the only ones that are not running unopposed.
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Viking6 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:11:48pm |
re: #116 gmsc
Roger that! I understand that we have a number of lizards in the Valley. Perhaps we should have a victory party?
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:11:57pm |
re: #110 Sharmuta
ACORN Update!
I received the call that the ACORN crushing I was working on last weekend has revealed over 200 fraudulent registrations- about twice as many as the Deputy Chair was expecting.
RACIST!
/
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:12:10pm |
re: #112 Badge of Kaffir Pride
"Even in our finest hour we had a crackhead on stage."
-Chris Rock
/Okay, it was cocaine but same difference.
To be fair, if Obama is near the stage and the election is called against him, I would expect him to work to calm the crowd. A riot would not profit him.
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captwfcall Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:12:12pm |
re: #46 Maximu§
Whatever the outcome of the election, the only real Loser is the MSM...they have lost all credibility.
I believe they lost all credibility long before now. they've been lying about our President for the past 8 years constantly. they've created a self-fulfilling prophecy when it comes to everyone's opinion of President Bush. You'd think he was the worst human that ever lived and never did a single thing right in his entire presidency. They will distort anything that helps their liberal agenda, it's been a steady decline and I honestly believe it has been major contributor to the stock market fluctuations since around the DOTCOM bust. It's not the only thing, but it's a big player IMO.
If you are constantly telling everyone 'Bush sucks, his policies suck, the Republican agenda sucks', blah blah blah. People start believing that crap. the sheep are easily swayed. Liberals make a living on that fact.
I never truly understood the value of government-run media until the past few years of Bush's administration. Now I see why many countries have state run media. it's quite effective. the Liberals basically have formed their own state-run media. *And NO, I'm not saying state run media is good. And the solution to fixing this is not government taking control. The answer is to stop watching/reading those bias news outlets and not to support their advertisers.
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Last Mohican Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:12:20pm |
Proposed McCain commercial #1:
[A man walks into an employer's office, for his job interview]
Applicant: Hello, my name is Steve, and I'm here to interview for the human resources position.
Employer: Hi Steve, nice to meet you. I'm a mass murderer. I killed a few dozen innocent people while I was trying to violently overthrow the government. My plan was to murder about 25 million Americans, but, well, yadda yadda yadda, long story short, here I am working in this boring old office instead. But enough about me. How did you become interested in human resources?
Applicant [looks concerned]: Wait a second. I'm not sure I feel comfortable working for you. When did you kill all these people?
Employer: Back in the seventies. I would have liked to kill more people, but I haven't really had time lately.
Applicant [relieved]: Oh! Okay, that's totally fine then, I was only a kid in the seventies.
Voiceover: Would you go to work for a terrorist mass murderer? [pause] Would you vote for a president who did?
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:12:22pm |
2004 Pennsylvania polls had Kerry by about .9% so the polls were very close the actual results in 2004.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:12:31pm |
re: #116 gmsc
I'll be voting on Friday. Go McCain!
I'm voting Thursday, the first time ever early-voting. It's always been a point of honour with me, to vote on the day of the election -- I used to be a Clerk of a polling station in the 2004 Election.
But that's the reason why I am early voting today. In 2004, it was absolutely crazy. 3-4 hour wait. I can only imagine on Tuesday.
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NY Nana Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:14:24pm |
re: #110 Sharmuta
Mazel tov! I wish that you could see my smile grin right now! I am soooo proud of you.
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Adina in Judea Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:14:28pm |
re: #114 Intrepid
I don't know if I'll be able to watch the results on TV as they come in, but once it becomes clear that McCain has indeed taken VA, FL, OH and hopefully PA, I might be tempted to turn on MSNBC just to watch Chris Matthews and Keith what'shisface as they weep and wail.
I'm going to TIVO (or whatever it's called for the digital recording device on Time Warner) MSNBC's coverage and do something else on Election Night.
I want the news all at once (good or bad) not in dribs and drabs.
If the sane thing happens and McCain/Palin win, I'll go back to watch MSNBC's recorded coverage of it. I think I'll record Fox, too, and watch it as a rerun, too.
My apartment-mates (who live with me in this temporary abode) won't be home that evening either so I can record anything I want.
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spidly Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:15:07pm |
re: #88 rawmuse
Guy from Gallup was just on TV, said that 2/3rds of all calls decline to answer any poll questions.
I took a survey from my former HMO. Only people who have my cell number.
1-10 scale stuff.
how satisfied are you with this and that co-pay?
don't want to answer that... I'm dissatisfied but because I think they should be a lot higher but if I say I'm dissatisfied sombody is going to take it as pressure to lower them and make things worse....
pointless
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:15:13pm |
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Viking6 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:15:16pm |
re: #133 theblakester
When this thing is over, and McCain wins, we will need to take a long hard look at this election process. They would say any voter requirements would be Jim Crow like. But I say we need to look into having an
literacyintelligence test of some sorts.
Fixed it for you
/
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rawmuse Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:15:19pm |
Lucianne has a great front page today, created by the guy at the People's Cube.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:15:39pm |
The Reb, that's awesome! In 2000, I begged my mother to call 5 of her friends up in Palm Beach Co. -- all Democrats, but leaning Bush. She convinced them and made them promise they'd call ONE person each and convince THEM to vote for Bush.
So I lay claim to a few of those 537 votes for Bush. ;)
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:15:41pm |
re: #128 Dark_Falcon
To be fair, if Obama is near the stage and the election is called against him, I would expect him to work to calm the crowd. A riot would not profit him.
He's got nothing to gain if it's called McCain and especially if it's a landslide. He's relegated to appendices in history texts and he's an "organizer". He'll put some half-hearted thing together full of "uh" and "ah" but nothing that'll stop the riots. I think there'll be blood and fire in Chicago... although I hope that I'm wrong.
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captwfcall Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:15:56pm |
re: #136 Adina in Judea
I recommend Glenn Beck's web-based coverage that he streams on election night. it's quite entertaining. You might have to be a subscriber though.
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woodsman Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:16:02pm |
re: #94 middlecon
Again with the 'moby'? I just go with the available information. I'm a solid McCain voter, just don't blindly assume that all polls are totally wrong.
Well last week I only had 60 posts so I'm climbing up there, again I ask how many posts until you aren't considered a 'moby'?
Ahhh but blindly assume you must Moby One - Believe in the force of the invisible Gipper within you ... if not ... ?
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Abu Al-Poopypants Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:16:19pm |
re: #131 middlecon
Check my post #17. It's usenet articles from early Nov. 2004 mostly by people claiming that Kerry was ahead (before the election) or Bush stole the election because the outcome didn't match the polls.
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:16:25pm |
re: #109 rawmuse
KPIX in SF. CBS affiliate.
Just wondering, do you know if it was a local report? Or a satellite feed from CBS news?
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:16:29pm |
re: #131 middlecon
Things have changed this year, a lot more people lying to the pollsters or refusing to play. I am just waiting for the final poll result to come in on November the 5th.
/with my shield or on it.
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:16:54pm |
re: #71 woodsman
Thanks - I agree but sometimes it's hard to keep the faith.
And surfer and Dark and everyone:
Keep the faith. A BHO presidency CANNOT happen. Do what you can. Make calls. Take the day off on Tuesday. Work the polls. I'm in PA and will do everything I can to syphon votes for BHO. For the first time in my life I'll work the polls. It'll be fun. If you are in a battleground state...we NEED you. Step up for Charles. Think of what he does every day!
Lizards unites against BHO! The time is now!
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:17:19pm |
re: #138 x-wing
re: #96 Badge of Kaffir Pride
I don't have the numbers. but with everyone I heard from in the state, Mac,is going to get this. You can't have Obama and then Murtha call us racists and then expect any support. I have faith in my state.
I have faith in PA, too. Enough faith that I'm going to take a 6-1 bet for $100 with a co-worker on McC's victory.
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:17:59pm |
I was thinking- we are locked in an ideological battle. One that our opponents have been waging for decades and we've been slow to acknowledge. That changed on 9/11.
But it's not just the islamists- it's the leftists too. They've reached into our institutions and have been working on indoctrinating America's youth to their cause for far to long.
The interesting thing is I realized we have the same solution to both battles- individual rights. It is promoting and adhering to this ideal that can effectively combat both the ideology of the islamists and the leftists.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:18:07pm |
Did you guys read this post from a DUmmie? Check it out. No link, because I don't want to give them traffic, but it's front-paged.
I just went OFF in a Starbucks
I am doing my best to compose myself during this election cycle, particularly since Obama is doing well in the polls. But this asshole flirting with some woman near me sent me over the top.
First, he approaches and begins talking about innocuous things. Fine. Then, he asks her about the election. She demonstrates awe at its ferocity. Again, innocuous. He then proceeds to state that both candidates are awful. I flinch, but accept his point of view that the candidates don't speak to him. However, he then begins this diatribe about how Obama supporters are more or less braindead and are being fooled by Obama's hypnotizing speech.
I could have taken the high road and asking him not to talk politics as it is a touchy subject for me (after 8 years of Bush, come on..) or point out that figures such as Colin Powell, Donald Trump and the Eisenhower girl are supporting Obama.
Nope! Instead, I turn around and yell "Get the fuck away from me!" to which he says, "I'm talking to her." as if this allows him to insult me within ear shot. "I said, I don't give a fuck. You're talking shit and ruining people's days. You should know better than to talk this shit in public!" He then says, "well, we disagree." To which I begin screaming while pointing at him, "YOU'RE the fuckin' idiot!" (alluding to his comments that begin my coniption) At this point, my veins are bulging. He backs down, I turn around, and get this, put on my ear phones so that I can't hear him anymore! He probably thought, "why didn't you do that to begin with." Why? Because assholes need to be put in their place. I suspect he is a repig who is disappointed in the direction of the campaign. Seeing an African American within earshot, he thought he could get away with his passive aggressive bullshit. Au fuckin' contraire "my friend". I feel better now, thanks for being there and letting me share fellow DUers!
GO OBAMA!
He's proud of himself. Says it all really.
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rawmuse Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:18:18pm |
re: #146 Ozark Mountain Daredevil
It was the spokesperson for Gallup, but I did not get the name.
The point being that only one out of every 8 calls gets even picked up, and of those, only a third answer the poll questions.
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:18:39pm |
re: #135 NY Nana
Thanks, {Nana}.
And thank you to all of you for your encouragement and support. It means a lot to me.
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:18:40pm |
re: #108 Mel Lono
Isn't Philly burning yet? What's up with these fans...//
They are not the Philly fans I knew.
/maybe it's the weather
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itellu3times Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:18:56pm |
re: #117 vbspurs
Tell me, does Obama have ANY relatives who are not living in abject poverty? How about spreading YOUR wealth, Senator Obama?
The funny thing is, a senator really doesn't have to spend his own wealth to help relatives, there are many many people who will ooze out of the woodwork to make kind and generous offers to relatives, friends, and neighbors of the senator.
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Adina in Judea Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:19:01pm |
re: #143 captwfcall
re: #136 Adina in Judea
I recommend Glenn Beck's web-based coverage that he streams on election night. it's quite entertaining. You might have to be a subscriber though.
Will it be saved for viewing later?
I'm literally not going to watch during the election results.
I'm going to take the news like a bandaid being ripped off all at once later.
I'll watch some recorded coverage later if/when McCain/Palin win.
I did this in 2004, too (except I didn't record it.) I went to MSNBC in time to see what looked like an on-air funeral when the coverage was almost done.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:19:20pm |
re: #142 Badge of Kaffir Pride
He's got nothing to gain if it's called McCain and especially if it's a landslide. He's relegated to appendices in history texts and he's an "organizer". He'll put some half-hearted thing together full of "uh" and "ah" but nothing that'll stop the riots. I think there'll be blood and fire in Chicago... although I hope that I'm wrong.
I disagree. He's quite young. He could try staying in the Senate and then run for President again in time. A loss this year does not end BHO's political career (unfortunately), but a riot would.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:19:23pm |
re: #150 Sharmuta
The rights of the individual should not be superceded by the rights of the state. Is that what you are trying to say?
/agree whole heartedly with you.
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:19:30pm |
re: #122 The Rebbitzen
Longish story but worth it I hope. I am in Dallas at a women's accounting conference. Yesterday a session on the candidate's tax platforms, I went to hear about them. Room was packed. At one point the professor/presenter made a comment and a woman sitting near me made a snarky comment about McCain's 8 houses. I said very loudly--keep it neutral and not political (actually I wanted to yell something equally snarky about O's house and Rezko, but I kept it classy). Session ended, no problems. Today after a session on stress reduction (which is useful during the next week) this woman comes up to me and starts apologizing. She was looking for me all day-she was the one who made the comment. She was actually trying to make a joke. Turns out she is UNDECIDED, JEWISH, FROM FLORIDA. Could I please tell her why I am voting for McCain? I took 15 minutes to lay it out and she listened very carefully. So, if Florida wins for McCain by 1 vote--I claim it!
GOOD! That's the spirit I'm talking about!
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:19:47pm |
re: #147 BlueCanuck
Oh I agree that the only poll that counts in on Nov. 4, but I enjoy dissecting the ones that are out there now. There's no doubt that McCain has made some gains in just the last few days, so there is plenty of good news. McCain is making this alot closer than it should be.
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:19:47pm |
re: #103 Abu Al-Poopypants
Don't you figure on fairly substantial urban rioting either way?
I wouldn't want to be a Korean store owner.
we're picking up HRH's new guns election afternoon: a Glock 9 and a very nice, if miserably sporterized 1903 Springfield (81XXX)..... cherry bore. it should do nicely with the FN black tip 30.06 i bought years ago, should penetration become an issue..... %-)
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theblakester Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:19:53pm |
Viking6
Thanks for the correction. Maybe you can help after the election, Lord knows we will need it!
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:20:11pm |
#141 vbspurs--woohoo good for you. Take that Sarah Silver-potty mouth Great Schlep blech. I have been predicting a 5 point win for McCain since last spring. I really think that many people say they are voting for O so they won't seem racist and look cool, but won't vote for him. My friend in Philly says her friends and neighbors are voting McCain. The HillBuzz gals are pumped and we should be too. Keep the faith!
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spidly Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:20:14pm |
always hand in my ballot at the last minute. Republicans voting early in Oregon's Fraud By Mail have their ballots turn up in the river or in election officials' trunks.
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:20:19pm |
re: #92 Mr. E. Train
If Mac does win, what are the chances of a riot at the million man election party in Chi-town?
If Chi-town did see trouble, I hope they them bears wall-to-wall.
;)
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:20:21pm |
re: #155 itellu3times
The funny thing is, a senator really doesn't have to spend his own wealth to help relatives, there are many many people who will ooze out of the woodwork to make kind and generous offers to relatives, friends, and neighbors of the senator.
Maybe he can ask Rezko for another sweetheart loan.
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razorbacker Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:20:28pm |
*once-known facts that may now be out-of-date*
Once upon a time, PA had a huge number of hunters. (It's surprising once you get out of the cities how empty this country still is.) Does it still?
Will PA hunters vote for Obadin? Or go for Palin/McCain?
The flip-side to this is that about half of our population resides in major metro areas. They seem moonbattish, IMAO.
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Gus 802 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:20:51pm |
re: #151 vbspurs
OK, that was funny. Another DU loser. They're so entertaining.
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captwfcall Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:21:23pm |
re: #156 Adina in Judea
yes, i believe he has an audio archive of it all. it's just a thing he does for his forum subscribers.
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:21:23pm |
re: #131 middlecon
2004 Pennsylvania polls had Kerry by about .9% so the polls were very close the actual results in 2004.
We didn't have ACORN going nutso here in 2004 either. The polls are inflated because of all of these new Dem. voters. Let's see how many of them show up.
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:21:45pm |
re: #152 rawmuse
It was the spokesperson for Gallup, but I did not get the name.
The point being that only one out of every 8 calls gets even picked up, and of those, only a third answer the poll questions.
So about one out of 11 actually will answer their questions.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:21:46pm |
re: #163 The Rebbitzen
#141 vbspurs--woohoo good for you. Take that Sarah Silver-potty mouth Great Schlep blech. I have been predicting a 5 point win for McCain since last spring. I really think that many people say they are voting for O so they won't seem racist and look cool, but won't vote for him. My friend in Philly says her friends and neighbors are voting McCain. The HillBuzz gals are pumped and we should be too. Keep the faith!
Don't hate me, but I actually like Sarah Silverman. She's the right kind of edgy for my taste.
Incidentally, I've been reading Hillbuzz assiduously. Not sure I believe everything, but it makes me feel like an insider. ;)
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:21:46pm |
re: #151 vbspurs
Typical. No politeness, just flying off the handle and screaming. I wonder if some of these leftist pieces of garbage were ever taught how to filter what comes out of their mouths in public?
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:21:50pm |
re: #158 BlueCanuck
The rights of the individual should not be superceded by the rights of the state. Is that what you are trying to say?
/agree whole heartedly with you.
Yes. Individual rights over the collectivism of both the left and the islamists. We must work at promoting this ideology that was handed down to us from our Founders if we're going to keep the Great American Experiment alive.
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blink Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:21:57pm |
I don't expect violence in the inner cities. Those folks recognize BO as a fraud. I expect violence by the great (white) unwashed loitering around major college and university campuses and in the liberal cities of the west coast.
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SurferDoc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:22:28pm |
re: #148 soccerdad
And surfer and Dark and everyone:
Keep the faith. A BHO presidency CANNOT happen. Do what you can. Make calls. Take the day off on Tuesday. Work the polls. I'm in PA and will do everything I can to syphon votes for BHO. For the first time in my life I'll work the polls. It'll be fun. If you are in a battleground state...we NEED you. Step up for Charles. Think of what he does every day!
Lizards unites against BHO! The time is now!
I'm with you, Soccer Dad. I've been talking to people about politics, which I don't normally do and telling everyone I know to be sure to vote. Fortunately, in the Mojave Desert where I live we don't have many Democrats, I could tell absolute strangers to be sure to vote and be certain I'm talking to Republicans.
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tommygum Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:22:30pm |
re: #121 BlueCanuck
Target acquired, locked and loaded.
/there is no such thing as overkill, only open fire and reload.
Use a hundred round drum. Repeat as necessary.
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OtisMyMan Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:22:32pm |
re: #55 WrathofG-d
What is this? Open mic night?
Two socialists walk into a bar..... and they nationalized it.
Badumpbump!
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Billy Hank Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:22:34pm |
As to the riots if McCain wins. I think it could destroy the Democratic Party. One thing that seems pretty native to Americans is the concept of losing with class not violent temper tantrums. If we see violent temper tantrums, that will reinforce the bawling symbol of the Democratic Party and should make picking off the House, maybe even the Senate, in 2010 an achievable goal.
"Do you really want these spoiled brats to have power over you?"
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:23:21pm |
re: #173 BlueCanuck
Typical. No politeness, just flying off the handle and screaming. I wonder if some of these leftist pieces of garbage were ever taught how to filter what comes out of their mouths in public?
I was slightly shocked that SOME of the DUmmies criticised him for his behaviour. He wrote back, "whatever". ;)
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DesertSage Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:23:21pm |
What's with all these people here without avatars?
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:23:23pm |
re: #94 middlecon
Again with the 'moby'? I just go with the available information. I'm a solid McCain voter, just don't blindly assume that all polls are totally wrong.
Well last week I only had 60 posts so I'm climbing up there, again I ask how many posts until you aren't considered a 'moby'?
don't like the tag, don't fit the profile....... moby, troll, eeyore, or, as they refer to you on Ace of Spades "concern troll"..... sucks to be you, regardless.
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spidly Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:23:23pm |
re: #172 vbspurs
Don't hate me, but I actually like Sarah Silverman. She's the right kind of edgy for my taste.
Incidentally, I've been reading Hillbuzz assiduously. Not sure I believe everything, but it makes me feel like an insider. ;)
go hang at the pre-school sandbox and you can get a load of the super edgy poo poo pee pee humor
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jetprop Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:23:26pm |
re: #130 Last Mohican
Interesting.
I had an idea.
A man comes home from a long day at work and finds his wife crying looking horrified.
He consoles her, "what's wrong?"
She says, "she didn't know.."
"Didn't know?", he says
She says [sobbing] "I voted for BO and didn't know his view on [_______]" (fill in the blank/can't decide which issue~ it's got to be simple/to the point.. angling toward buyers remorse..).
Husband tenderly consoles her..and says, "Honey, It's not too late"
Wife, "not too late?"
" to inform your undecided friends...."
/too sappy?
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:23:35pm |
Did anyone see that Chuck Norris campaign commercial on FNC. Fucking Awesome.
/Chuck kicks ass.
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theblakester Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:23:37pm |
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re: #136 Adina in Judea
I recommend Glenn Beck's web-based coverage that he streams on election night. it's quite entertaining. You might have to be a subscriber though.
I am really upset that Glenn show was yanked from the airways in my area. He was the breath of fresh air and sanity that I needed everyday. I'm told he is going to be on fox. But why pull the show now, can't they wait until after the election? Lord knows we need him!
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:23:48pm |
re: #157 Dark_Falcon
I disagree. He's quite young. He could try staying in the Senate and then run for President again in time. A loss this year does not end BHO's political career (unfortunately), but a riot would.
I disagree. He's quite young, sure, but if he loses as badly as I hope, he's done. There are too many red flags that will get brought up (Khalidi if that tape doesn't come out tomorrow, Rezko, Communism, etc.) that will ever allow him to run again. I think if he loses he'll be lucky to just speak at the DNC every four years and hold his Senate seat. Hillary's getting the nom in 2012 against Sarah.
I think he becomes a footnote in history because of his race baiting, his Communist philosophies and his hate-based campaign.
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Intrepid Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:23:52pm |
re: #128 Dark_Falcon
To be fair, if Obama is near the stage and the election is called against him, I would expect him to work to calm the crowd. A riot would not profit him.
If he does lose, then he'll need to make his concession speech a major crowd calming one. If he doesn't do this, and if there are riots without one attempt to calm them down, he will be truly clobbered by Hillary in 2012.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:24:17pm |
I was polled this year, it sounded like a Democrat internal poll or something, they really pumped up the qualifications of the long shot Democratic challenger for Congress, while highlighting the weaknesses of the Republican incumbant. The questions sounded pretty biased to me.
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:24:28pm |
re: #133 theblakester
When this thing is over, and McCain wins, we will need to take a long hard look at this election process. They would say any voter requirements would be Jim Crow like. But I say we need to look into having a literacy test of some sorts.
I cannot agree with this. Too many men have died to ensure our American rights, including our right to vote.
I would, however, agree with strengthening voter laws to reign in fraud. In fact- it must be done.
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:24:29pm |
re: #157 Dark_Falcon
I disagree. He's quite young. He could try staying in the Senate and then run for President again in time. A loss this year does not end BHO's political career (unfortunately), but a riot would.
This is his one and only chance. Remember McGovern in '72
1972 election electoral map
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:24:50pm |
re: #179 Billy Hank
As to the riots if McCain wins. I think it could destroy the Democratic Party. One thing that seems pretty native to Americans is the concept of losing with class not violent temper tantrums. If we see violent temper tantrums, that will reinforce the bawling symbol of the Democratic Party and should make picking off the House, maybe even the Senate, in 2010 an achievable goal.
"Do you really want these spoiled brats to have power over you?"
Bingo. Agreed. I'll upding you even though I posted the same thing last night.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:25:19pm |
re: #177 tommygum
Use a hundred round drum. Repeat as necessary.
Good to see a fan of the Chicago Typewriter here.
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woodsman Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:25:31pm |
re: #178 OtisMyMan
Two socialists walk into a bar..... and they nationalized it.
Badumpbump!
I'll drink to that!
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DesertSage Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:25:33pm |
Do you have to have a certain number of posts to get an avatar now?
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pat Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:25:38pm |
re: #174 Sharmuta
ditto. clearly obama thinks otherwise. this nonsense tonite should scare dems.
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astronmr20 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:25:40pm |
re: #6 The Archivist
I find him very speculative, hopeful and a little over-zealous most of the time.
Even though he has no actual numbers to back up most of his assertions, he makes a great point.
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:25:50pm |
When O loses, he can go back to Kenya and do his thing there.
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Adina in Judea Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:26:47pm |
re: #190 Sharmuta
There are way too many ways to perpetrate fraud in elections.
Something has got to be done to make sure that the people on the voter lists are real people who only get to vote once.
It's the computer age so it shouldn't be all that difficult.
The primary system must also be changed.
Obama didn't deserve the nomination this year.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:26:55pm |
re: #190 Sharmuta
I cannot agree with this. Too many men have died to ensure our American rights, including our right to vote.
I would, however, agree with strengthening voter laws to reign in fraud. In fact- it must be done.
I'm in Indiana, the voter ID law was upheld by the courts and is extremely reasonable, I think it should be adopted in every state, of course...you guessed it...its the Democrats who are against it.
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razorbacker Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:26:57pm |
re: #191 soccerdad
This is his one and only chance. Remember McGovern in '72
1972 election electoral map
I can hear it now. "We told you once, dammit. NO!"
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:27:00pm |
re: #183 spidly
go hang at the pre-school sandbox and you can get a load of the super edgy poo poo pee pee humor
Heh. Nah, that's Sacha Baron Cohen. I remember reading a French film review of "Borat" headlined by this title. "L'humeur pipicaca".
;)
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:27:51pm |
re: #187 Badge of Kaffir Pride
There are too many red flags that will get brought up that will ever allow him to run again. gn.
Not to mention the campaign irregularities investigation(s) that Johnny will pursue.
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Viking6 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:27:57pm |
My wife told me a work story today that I thought was pretty funny and I would like to share. She is an executive with a major hotel / entertainment group here in Vegas and is a rock solid Republican. She had a manager meeting today and to underscore some of the issues with the current economic issues here made the statement to the group, "Well I think things will settle down after the election." To which several of her younger, managers began to do what younger people do and espouse their personal feelings, like "yea when Obama wins it will be great."
One manager in particular was very adamant about this and when my wife asked why are you voting for a Communist the manager replied, "Well he is not a Communist he is a socialist." My wife told me she didn't know whether to shit or go blind at this. She had to leave the room to keep from laughing directly at the manager.
Good Job Public Schools.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:28:03pm |
re: #191 soccerdad
This is his one and only chance. Remember McGovern in '72
1972 election electoral map
He won't lose as badly as McGovern did. Though he should lose worse; as he showed in defending the secret ballot for union elections this month, George McGovern actually believes in democracy.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:28:27pm |
Did anyone watch the Obamomercial? I listened to local talk radio about a local Democrat who got arrested yesterday for extortion and bribery, then I caught the tail end of the WS.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:28:39pm |
re: #200 Adina in Judea
The primary system must also be changed.
Obama didn't deserve the nomination this year.
What's wrong with the Primary system and would President Hillary be any better than President Obama? From what I could tell they disagreed on very little and Hillary's only 'experience' is being a carpet bagging Senator.
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:28:55pm |
re: #202 razorbacker
I can hear it now. "We told you once, dammit. NO!"
Bingo! (but that WAS a long time ago) Need to repudiate it AGAIN.
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DesertSage Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:29:09pm |
The people in France think we should have a black president.
I have no problem with having a black president....just not a socialist one.
And BTW, how many black presidents has France had?
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BakaRanger Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:29:11pm |
re: #7 blackpajamas
A tribute to the the L.A. Times --
All the news that's fit to print, on the bumper sticker of a dung beetle.
Did you hear the one about the Dung Beetle that got a divorce?
His wife took half his shit.
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:29:25pm |
re: #149 Badge of Kaffir Pride
I have faith in PA, too. Enough faith that I'm going to take a 6-1 bet for $100 with a co-worker on McC's victory.
I can't seem to find a friend or anyone around my place to bet straight up yet.
/you did me that he pays out the 6 right? not an experienced bettor.
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BigJohn Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:29:56pm |
re: #97 jcm
How did you make the NoBama hammer and sickle? I like it.
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:30:33pm |
re: #207 Abu Al-Poopypants
Did anyone watch the Obamomercial? I listened to local talk radio about a local Democrat who got arrested yesterday for extortion and bribery, then I caught the tail end of the WS.
I watched it. I can't wait for free stuff!
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wolfie Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:30:45pm |
re: #175 blink
You may well be right. Most of the uglier incidents we have witnessed so far have been perpetrated by "enlightened" whites.
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:31:00pm |
re: #213 x-wing
I can't seem to find a friend or anyone around my place to bet straight up yet.
/you did me that he pays out the 6 right? not an experienced bettor.
Yup, I've got $10 at 5-1 now and I'm going to take his up of the bet to 6-1 for $100. I wasn't taking any action at work unless I was getting odds; if they want to use the polls to their advantage so be it. :)
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theblakester Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:31:07pm |
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re: #133 theblakester
When this thing is over, and McCain wins, we will need to take a long hard look at this election process. They would say any voter requirements would be Jim Crow like. But I say we need to look into having a literacy test of some sorts.
I cannot agree with this. Too many men have died to ensure our American rights, including our right to vote.
I would, however, agree with strengthening voter laws to reign in fraud. In fact- it must be done.
Like I said, of some sorts. Know the history off the Jim crow laws suppressing the black and poor white vote to keep the white democrats in office. But something has got to give by letting idiots vote and the election fraud stealing our democracy. This is not why my neighbor is out there fighting this very moment is Afghanistan for.
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:31:59pm |
re: #177 tommygum
Use a hundred round drum. Repeat as necessary.
water cooled Browning 30 caliber: 36K rounds and 7 1/2 gallons of water an hour until you run out of something or a part breaks.....
kinda like a real slow minigun..... %-)
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:32:01pm |
vbspurs-I love your avatar. Are you going to "change" it after the election?
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:32:09pm |
re: #190 Sharmuta
In the latest Federal election here, back on the 14th, I showed up at my polling station with my voter registration card that was mailed to me. I handed it in and was asked for a picture I.D. and another I.D. with address on it or a piece of mail. Every time I vote I always get asked that. Vote fraud does happen, but not as blatant or often as you folks are experiencing today. My first election in my new place, since I wasn't on the rolls I had to sign four pieces of paper plus showing all my I.D.. Worth it in my opinion. I have only failed to vote in one election since I have been of age.
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Gus 802 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:32:19pm |
France is no longer a country. It's a European state.
/S
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:32:31pm |
re: #212 BakaRanger
His wife took half his shit.
Stop me if you've heard this before (too late!):
Barack Obama was seated next to a little girl on an airplane. He turned to her and said, 'Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.'
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to Obama, 'What would you like to talk about?'
'Oh, I don't know,' said Obama. 'How about What Changes I Should Make To America?' and he smiles
'OK, ' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass.Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?'
Obama, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.'
To which the little girl replies, 'Do you really feel qualified to change America when you don't know shit?
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:32:42pm |
re: #211 DesertSage
The people in France think we should have a black president.
I have no problem with having a black president....just not a socialist one.
And BTW, how many black presidents has France had?
Shit, Sarcozy called Obama immature!
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:32:51pm |
re: #206 Dark_Falcon
He won't lose as badly as McGovern did. Though he should lose worse; as he showed in defending the secret ballot for union elections this month, George McGovern actually believes in democracy.
Those days had decent democrats that just disagreed. We're dealing with a whole new breed of socialists now. They've overplayed their hand. NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
There are Liars, DAMN liars, and statiscians. Put no credence in the polls. Fight! Every vote counts. Do NOT be afraid to tell someone who you are for (or against) and why.
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Adina in Judea Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:32:55pm |
re: #209 middlecon
re: #200 Adina in Judea
The primary system must also be changed.
Obama didn't deserve the nomination this year.
What's wrong with the Primary system and would President Hillary be any better than President Obama? From what I could tell they disagreed on very little and Hillary's only 'experience' is being a carpet bagging Senator.
What I meant is that I think some irregularities occurred during the primaries.
The Hillary supporters are describing some things that sound pretty fishy (like busloads of people coming in to participate in a caucus, etc.)
It seems wrong to have the country's choices for President set up by people in a caucus or two (or three.)
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NY Nana Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:33:13pm |
re: #153 Sharmuta
Sharm,
You never fail to amaze me. You did a tremendous job on what must have been a very grueling job. If only every district in the USA had a Sharmuta to go over the registrations, especially in view of what ACORN has done for Hussein? We all could relax.
Got to go to sleep. This election is really getting to me, and hopefully we will be able to go to Brooklyn later today to see the 2-year old. And if he says 'Nana! Obama!' twice, like last week? I will deck his parents. I told my daughter that I should wash her mouth out with soap. My son in law looked a bit scared! They need to be in a re-ecumacation camp, so help me.
I just hope that they have watched the news and read something besides al-NY Slimes.
G'nite, all! Sweet dreams...and Sharm? Thank you again!
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spidly Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:33:15pm |
they should get the silence of the lambs guy to do the "how it's made" on the learning channel
"it puts the wax in the mold."
"it wraps the crayon in the paper."
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:33:28pm |
re: #207 Abu Al-Poopypants
I listened to local talk radio about a local Democrat who got arrested yesterday for extortion and bribery
God, I must be exhausted because I read that as "Extortion and Burberry".
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BigJohn Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:33:51pm |
re: #131 middlecon
2004 Pennsylvania polls had Kerry by about .9% so the polls were very close the actual results in 2004.
It will probably be close when they put out their final poll. They have a vested interest in getting the last poll close. Before that it doesn't matter. Since RCP is an average, RCP will tighten at the end when all of the others tighten. Except for CBS and NBC polls.
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:34:05pm |
re: #212 BakaRanger
Did you hear the one about the Dung Beetle that got a divorce?
His wife took half his shit.
LOL!
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DesertSage Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:34:23pm |
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Mr. E. Train Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:34:25pm |
If Barry loses this time he will never be elected president. He may run again but he wont get the Dem nod. Dems dont like it when their guy loses and they treat him like yesterdays newspaper. Take a look at Kerry. Got more votes than any Dem ever... and no one pays him any attention. There's actually a bit of distain for Kerry from the 'progressives' point of view. They think he was to soft, allowed himself to be swiftboated, didnt fight back.
At best, if Barry loses, he will become an AlGore like figure. A somewhat distant, tragic figure. Mourned for what might have been (as seen from a moonbat point of view), but never allowed near the levers of power again.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:34:39pm |
re: #221 The Rebbitzen
vbspurs-I love your avatar. Are you going to "change" it after the election?
Good question. I feel rather affectionate towards it, especially as the previous two were Kim Jong-Il looking fruity surrounded by NoKo soldiers, and a Ghetto Nation version of Uncle Sam.
So maybe. ;)
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wolfie Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:34:51pm |
re: #199 DesertSage
I have one.
It's a tiny little wolf hiding behind a green football.
It's hiding very well, too!
I think we are boycotting avatars until you bring back your little, bony dog.
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:34:58pm |
re: #204 soccerdad
Not to mention the campaign irregularities investigation(s) that Johnny will pursue.
no he won't.....
one of the many reasons i'm not a fan.
/voting for Palin!
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:35:28pm |
After O loses, he will go "wright" another book about it.
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Adina in Judea Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:35:53pm |
re: #236 Mr. E. Train
At best, if Barry loses, he will become an AlGore like figure. A somewhat distant, tragic figure. Mourned for what might have been (as seen from a moonbat point of view), but never allowed near the levers of power again.
Barry could lobby about global warming issues on the moon (since the Earth is taken.)
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:36:12pm |
re: #219 theblakester
First- we have these neat features we call the "reply" and "quote" function.
Like I said, of some sorts. Know the history off the Jim crow laws suppressing the black and poor white vote to keep the white democrats in office. But something has got to give by letting idiots vote and the election fraud stealing our democracy. This is not why my neighbor is out there fighting this very moment is Afghanistan for.
Actually- yes he (or she) is in Afghanistan so stupid Americans can vote too. Do I like having ill informed idiots voting- no. I would rather all voters were informed, but you start putting measures on our rights and you will erode the foundation of this country. We are restricted enough as it is.
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DesertSage Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:36:19pm |
re: #238 wolfie
I have one.
It's a tiny little wolf hiding behind a green football.
It's hiding very well, too!I think we are boycotting avatars until you bring back your little, bony dog.
Oh yeah, I forgot about the little bony dog. I'll see if I can find him again.
:')
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Intrepid Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:36:28pm |
re: #195 DesertSage
Do you have to have a certain number of posts to get an avatar now?
DS, some folks disabled their avatars earlier in the evening when traffic was so high and loads were slow.
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:36:41pm |
re: #216 Sharmuta
I watched it. I can't wait for free stuff!
I'm going to walk into my local bank and ask for free stuff, and I don't mean calendars!
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:37:03pm |
re: #240 The Rebbitzen
After O loses, he will go "wright" another book about it.
Are we wrong to feel so confident? I don't know a single Republican here in Florida who doesn't feel optimistic right now. I realise that is part and parcel of BEING a Repub, though.
/don't mind me, I'm Catholic and feel guilty abt. everything
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:37:11pm |
re: #236 Mr. E. Train
If Barry loses this time he will never be elected president. He may run again but he wont get the Dem nod. Dems dont like it when their guy loses and they treat him like yesterdays newspaper. Take a look at Kerry. Got more votes than any Dem ever... and no one pays him any attention. There's actually a bit of distain for Kerry from the 'progressives' point of view. They think he was to soft, allowed himself to be swiftboated, didnt fight back.
At best, if Barry loses, he will become an AlGore like figure. A somewhat distant, tragic figure. Mourned for what might have been (as seen from a moonbat point of view), but never allowed near the levers of power again.
That's exactly what I mean. A footnote, a guy they point to and mutter "Man, what should have been..." but exiled from the ranks of the mighty. He's their last great hope not named Hillary.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:37:22pm |
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:37:35pm |
re: #212 BakaRanger
with that handle, do you MegaTokyo?
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:37:41pm |
re: #229 NY Nana
I love you, {Nana}. Sleep well.
And honestly- it was a group effort here. I'm happy and proud that I got to be part of the team.
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:37:55pm |
re: #218 Badge of Kaffir Pride
Cyber high-five. What part of the state you from?
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BigJohn Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:38:09pm |
re: #240 The Rebbitzen
After O loses, he will go "wright" another book about it.
Dreams From My Candidacy?
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Billy Hank Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:38:16pm |
re: #192 Ozark Mountain Daredevil
Well, I wasn't around much last night so I'm sorry I missed your post. You've always got something good.
I just think it's self-evident. After the last Mexican presidential election, the Left went crazy for a few weeks and then slunk away. My only caveat would be that if the media starts making heroes of the rioters and trying to fan the flames of revolution themselves then it could get uglier and people would get hurt. Would be a telling mark of how really deep Ayers influence actually is.
If Miguelinmexico or anyone else knows how things are going now in Mexico, I'd be interested. I haven't had time to track it.
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ElephantMan Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:38:29pm |
I was hoping someone would run the analisys on Obama's and Ayer's written works...
Full story [Link: www.wnd.com...]
--------Experts affirm: Ayers wrote Obama's memoir:
Scientific analyses independently find radical's mark on 'Dreams From My Father'
Independent scientific analysis by a number of leading experts supports the literary detective work of WND columnist Jack Cashill that has led him to conclude unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers was the primary author of important sections of Barack Obama's highly acclaimed memoir and editor of the book as a whole.
Obama's 1995 book, "Dreams From My Father," won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album and drew praise from Time magazine, which called it "the best-written memoir ever produced by an American politician."
But since July, Cashill has unveiled in a dozen columns, summarized here, his compelling evidence that the co-founder of the radical Weather Underground group – dismissed by Obama as "just a guy who lives in my neighborhood" – shaped and refined the book with his exceptional writing skill and radical ideas.
The evidence, Cashill says, "severely tests Obama's claim of a superficial relationship with the self-declared 'communist' Ayers. This appears to be a conscious and consequential deception."
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Opilio Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:38:58pm |
re: #191 soccerdad
This is his one and only chance. Remember McGovern in '72
1972 election electoral map
Not as bad as Mondale, 1984. 525-10. But the '72 map looks more impressive, since Massachusetts is geographically so much smaller than Minnesota.
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BakaRanger Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:39:22pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:39:39pm |
I'm going to warn you folks now- I am not going to stop advocating people get involved in the party at the local level. If you don't like what you see going on, if you want to make a difference- that is the place to start.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:39:43pm |
re: #230 spidly
they should get the silence of the lambs guy to do the "how it's made" on the learning channel
"it puts the wax in the mold."
"it wraps the crayon in the paper."
He's too busy giving voting instructions on behalf on ACORN.
"It marks the ballot next to the name of The One. It does this whenever it is told or it gets the hose again".
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:39:46pm |
re: #253 x-wing
Cyber high-five. What part of the state you from?
I'm not: I'm Canadian but work with a moonbat (Cdn.).
Spreading the wealth, I am. :)
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woodsman Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:40:03pm |
re: #202 razorbacker
I've been telling people that McCain will win in a landslide for a long time saying "the people will see through BHO for the fraud he is." The silent majority took down Gore and Kerry with a whisper -- this will be a roar.
You all are tough to keep up with. Tired me out - G'night.
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:40:15pm |
re: #247 vbspurs
My husband thinks I have lost my marbles. He asked me the other day that if O wins, will I be okay? I am emotionally tied up in this thing, but so are my friends. I just have to have a positive attitude about McCain winning. I watched "The Secret" after all!
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:40:29pm |
re: #239 redc1c4
no he won't.....
one of the many reasons i'm not a fan.
/voting for Palin!
Me Too. I'm AGAINST BHO, not FOR McCain.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:40:53pm |
re: #263 Abu Al-Poopypants
Dreams of a Future: Lost.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:41:05pm |
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:41:28pm |
re: #264 Badge of Kaffir Pride
Which province?
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:41:30pm |
re: #242 Sharmuta
/hands over the industrial strength clue by four
go get him!
when he's pounded flat, let us know so i can lay down the thermite and have Blue toss on the Willie Pete!
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gmsc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:41:32pm |
re: #191 soccerdad
This is his one and only chance. Remember McGovern in '72
1972 election electoral map
This brings up an interesting question:
Can you name the Losing Presidential Tickets since 1900?
For the young 'uns:
Can you name the Losing Presidential Tickets since 1968?
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DesertSage Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:41:42pm |
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:42:18pm |
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:42:40pm |
re: #267 The Rebbitzen
My husband thinks I have lost my marbles. He asked me the other day that if O wins, will I be okay? I am emotionally tied up in this thing, but so are my friends. I just have to have a positive attitude about McCain winning. I watched "The Secret" after all!
Heh. I wonder if people who were adults in 1972 can tell us what it was like.
I mean, that election was like 2004 -- not just a referendum on the man, which was absolutely the case, but on the culture of the times. They were CRUSHED. Never mind that Ohio decided the election in 2004. Bush won by an astounding popular vote margin for such a polarised nation.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:43:17pm |
re: #278 Badge of Kaffir Pride
Ontario born and raised. Currently in T.O.
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:43:34pm |
re: #254 BigJohn
Dreams From My Candidacy?
updinged...... although i believe it's possible you misspelled "Delusions" %-)
/white smoke
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:43:40pm |
re: #255 Billy Hank
Well, I wasn't around much last night so I'm sorry I missed your post. You've always got something good.
I just think it's self-evident. After the last Mexican presidential election, the Left went crazy for a few weeks and then slunk away. My only caveat would be that if the media starts making heroes of the rioters and trying to fan the flames of revolution themselves then it could get uglier and people would get hurt. Would be a telling mark of how really deep Ayers influence actually is.
If Miguelinmexico or anyone else knows how things are going now in Mexico, I'd be interested. I haven't had time to track it.
Thanks. I haven't seen Miguel down in Mexico here in awhile.
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theblakester Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:44:01pm |
re: #242 Sharmuta
My bad, Just frothing at the mouth, election fraud is a big deal and having to show I.D. would not be so difficult in my opinion. But at the same time when you have acorn going around registering the homeless, one can see how that conversation would transpire. You can bet that they are telling them that if they want to continue to get their free handouts that they need to vote Obama. And if they say anything to the contrary then you can bet that that registration gets trashed.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:44:07pm |
re: #268 soccerdad
Me Too. I'm AGAINST BHO, not FOR McCain.
Sigh. Me too. I'm voting for Sarah, against Barack Obama, and MSM.
I fear this, I confess. People who vote against stuff almost always lose to people who vote FOR someone/thing.
So I have to convince myself I am happy about John McCain.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:44:11pm |
34 years old...lets see
losing tickets since 68:
68: hmm I know that Kennedy got shot but don't know who filled in
72 McGovern/?
80 Carter/Mondale
84 Mondale/Ferraro
88 Dukakis/Benson?
92 Bush/Quayle
96 Dole/Kemp
00 Gore/Leiberman
04 Kerry/Edwards
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wolfie Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:44:17pm |
Just checking my e-mail.......not only is a local funeral parlor going to provide free canopies at three precincts, but they just told me they're going to bring us a whole slew of chairs! (Just in case lines are long and folks, especially older ones, get tired.)
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:44:42pm |
re: #280 BlueCanuck
Ontario born and raised. Currently in T.O.
I miss Ontario. Albertans are conservative folk but I miss *cities* and stuff to do. :)
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:44:51pm |
re: #273 redc1c4
/hands over the industrial strength clue by four
go get him!
when he's pounded flat, let us know so i can lay down the thermite and have Blue toss on the Willie Pete!
Burn, moby, burn!
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:45:21pm |
When O loses, what is he going to do with all that extra cash? I still think McCain lost a big opportunity at one of the debates to give back the $26k he got from Fannie and challenge O to give back his $126k on live national TV. Why isn't anyone screaming about Dodd and Frank giving back that money? Not that it would make much of a dent or anything, but at this point, anything would help.
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:45:25pm |
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razorbacker Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:45:31pm |
re: #220 redc1c4
water cooled Browning 30 caliber: 36K rounds and 7 1/2 gallons of water an hour until you run out of something or a part breaks.....
kinda like a real slow minigun..... %-)
I like to tinker. So, finding myself with time to kill and stuff to tinker with, I took the stocks of a couple of Ruger 10/22s, cobbled together a half-a**ed mount, and took two off-centered cams on a crank.
It made a pretty neat little gatling-gun-type toy. Couple that with the 100 round mags and you have a great way to waste more ammo than necessary.
Eventually, though, you're going to have to explain the setup to the sheriff's office. 'Cause it does sound like a machine gun.
But it's not. Don't add a motor to the cam-crank, though. That might get problematic.
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:45:53pm |
OK all -- good night.
I've been cheering and enjoying the Phillies victory tonight and I should have hit the rack 30 minutes ago. Yes, I've imbibed a bit too much. (but WHAT a night!)
Keep the faith and do whatever you can to take a vote from BHO. I'll probably check in tomorrow.
Check my posts.....I've been calling an electoral landslide since BHO's been the nominee.
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:46:03pm |
re: #286 middlecon
34 years old...lets see
losing tickets since 68:
68: hmm I know that Kennedy got shot but don't know who filled in
72 McGovern/?
80 Carter/Mondale
84 Mondale/Ferraro
88 Dukakis/Benson?
92 Bush/Quayle
96 Dole/Kemp
00 Gore/Leiberman
04 Kerry/Edwards
Shriver 72. Bentsen 88.
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:46:26pm |
I wouldn't be surprised if 0bama's next book were called-
You're All Racists!
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:46:34pm |
re: #264 Badge of Kaffir Pride
I'm not: I'm Canadian but work with a moonbat (Cdn.).
Spreading the wealth, I am. :)
LOL, Thanks for your support.
/and we have eeyores in our own party down here. go figure.
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DesertSage Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:46:58pm |
Red always used to spike the fruitcups. Does he still do that?
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:47:23pm |
re: #289 Badge of Kaffir Pride
I miss Ontario. Albertans are conservative folk but I miss *cities* and stuff to do. :)
LOL, just came from a short visit in Kelowna last week. I wish I could be out there all the time. Cities are great for finding stuff, but that's about it. A few cool people but a lot of stupid idiots.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:47:23pm |
re: #286 middlecon
34 years old...lets see
losing tickets since 68:
68: hmm I know that Kennedy got shot but don't know who filled in
Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie
72 McGovern/?
Thomas Eagleton originally, but Sarge Shriver ultimately.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:47:28pm |
re: #291 The Rebbitzen
When O loses, what is he going to do with all that extra cash? I still think McCain lost a big opportunity at one of the debates to give back the $26k he got from Fannie and challenge O to give back his $126k on live national TV. Why isn't anyone screaming about Dodd and Frank giving back that money? Not that it would make much of a dent or anything, but at this point, anything would help.
He'll keep it to use in his Senate run in 2010. Hopefully, he'll lose then too.
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:47:39pm |
Speaking of audacity... I have to get something done. See you folks a little later.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:48:13pm |
re: #295 Badge of Kaffir Pride
Shriver 72. Bentsen 88.
Yeah, but Benson won the Gubernatorial race.
;)
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:48:14pm |
re: #274 gmsc
This brings up an interesting question:
Can you name the Losing Presidential Tickets since 1900?For the young 'uns:
Can you name the Losing Presidential Tickets since 1968?
Interesting......last week at Trivia at Kildare's (in West Chester) the question was....Name the last ten losing candidates. I got nine right.
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Sharmuta Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:48:32pm |
re: #300 DesertSage
Red always used to spike the fruitcups. Does he still do that?
No- he enhances them.
/blue smoke
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:48:53pm |
re: #260 BakaRanger
I do now.
then i apologize for the time you will spend catching up from day one, but welcome you to the ranks of the TPCD........ w00t!
as an old fart, it's my one vain attempt at being hip & k3w1...... won't happen, but at least it's not embarrassing. %-)
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tommygum Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:48:58pm |
re: #220 redc1c4
water cooled Browning 30 caliber: 36K rounds and 7 1/2 gallons of water an hour until you run out of something or a part breaks.....
kinda like a real slow minigun..... %-)
Reminds me of the end of the movie "Bataan".
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BigJohn Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:49:05pm |
re: #297 Sharmuta
I wouldn't be surprised if 0bama's next book were called-
You're All Racists!
That will probably be the headlines of the New York Times, or the Breaking News Alert for NBC.
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theblakester Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:49:16pm |
re: #304 Sharmuta
Good night, maybe we can brainstorm this fraud thing another time?
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:50:09pm |
re: #301 BlueCanuck
LOL, just came from a short visit in Kelowna last week. I wish I could be out there all the time. Cities are great for finding stuff, but that's about it. A few cool people but a lot of stupid idiots.
BC's great but a little left for my liking. I'm an atheist Republican (or would be if I was American...) and that catches some funny looks. "How can you be Repub. leaning as an atheist?"
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:50:10pm |
re: #300 DesertSage
Oh yes he does, we've even let him do it for the past couple of months. With all the shenanigans going on this election cycle we figured the lizards deserved a chemical break. :)
/loved the melting walls and colours yesterday.
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:50:22pm |
re: #295 Badge of Kaffir Pride
1968 Humphrey/Muskie-lost to Nixon
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soccerdad Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:50:28pm |
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DesertSage Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:50:53pm |
No hope....hype.
The people are under hype-nosis!
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:50:55pm |
re: #291 The Rebbitzen
When O loses, what is he going to do with all that extra cash? I still think McCain lost a big opportunity at one of the debates to give back the $26k he got from Fannie and challenge O to give back his $126k on live national TV. Why isn't anyone screaming about Dodd and Frank giving back that money? Not that it would make much of a dent or anything, but at this point, anything would help.
he's going to retire to Kenya and run for office there.....
%-)
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wolfie Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:51:05pm |
ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........
Goodnight all !
Keep up the good fight.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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BlueCanuck Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:51:22pm |
re: #304 Sharmuta
Later fellow blue one. I have the rest of the night covered. See you at fruit cup.
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:51:37pm |
Well, I should say goodnight too, although I will probably stay up for Red Eye. :P
Night all!
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:51:56pm |
re: #319 redc1c4
Yeah, maybe his brother will give him a cot to sleep on in his shack.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:52:19pm |
I left out 76
I know Ford was the presidential candidate but don't know off the top of my head who was the VP.
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SurferDoc Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:52:54pm |
re: #323 The Rebbitzen
Yeah, maybe his brother will give him a cot to sleep on in his shack.
...and charge him rent?
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vbspurs Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:53:00pm |
re: #324 middlecon
I left out 76
I know Ford was the presidential candidate but don't know off the top of my head who was the VP.
Dole...
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:53:01pm |
re: #316 The Rebbitzen
1968 Humphrey/Muskie-lost to Nixon
I don't dispute. LOL I only answered 72 and Bentsen's spelling. :)
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BakaRanger Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:53:17pm |
re: #309 redc1c4
then i apologize for the time you will spend catching up from day one, but welcome you to the ranks of the TPCD........ w00t!
as an old fart, it's my one vain attempt at being hip & k3w1...... won't happen, but at least it's not embarrassing. %-)
It looks like I will have to wait a while before digging in:::::::::::::
((.Believe it or not, the (page) is in production and will be incorporated into the new site launch. We just are not including them as part of this beta test (because they still need some work).))
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:53:24pm |
re: #297 Sharmuta
I wouldn't be surprised if 0bama's next book were called-
You're All Racists!
i don't care waht anybody says: dat right dere is funny as hell.
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:53:39pm |
re: #327 vbspurs
Dole...
Wow Dole and Mondale lost as Both President and VP, the rejection must hurt lol
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Intrepid Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:53:44pm |
It's official: Hell has indeed frozen over.
CBS now questioning Obama's economics after his infomercial!
First the AP, now CBS. And CBS even ran the Obamercial on their own network!
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Opilio Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:55:12pm |
re: #274 gmsc
This brings up an interesting question:
Can you name the Losing Presidential Tickets since 1900?For the young 'uns:
Can you name the Losing Presidential Tickets since 1968?
1928 - Al Smith ?
1932 - H. Hoover
1936 - Alf Landon?
1940 - W. Wilkie?
1944 - ?
1948 - Thomas Dewey
1952 - Adlai Stevenson
1956 - Adlai Stevenson
1960 - Richard Nixon
1964 - Barry Goldwater
1968 - Hubert Humphrey, George Wallace
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TheMatrix31 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:56:00pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:56:12pm |
re: #333 Intrepid
It's official: Hell has indeed frozen over.
CBS now questioning Obama's economics after his infomercial!
First the AP, now CBS. And CBS even ran the Obamercial on their own network!
They may have actually paid attention to what Obama was saying instead of simply cheering. Once you actually think about what Obama is promising, it loses its luster fast.
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DesertSage Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:56:38pm |
Okay, just to change the topic for a bit.
Can anyone tell me why there's more arctic sea ice today then there was a year ago?
[Link: igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu...]
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NY Nana Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:56:51pm |
re: #251 Sharmuta
{Sharm}....don't be so modest! Wish there was a prize for you and the others who are fighting to make this election a clean one.
The ones who register illegally should be taken to Court and fined, and jailed for a repeat offence. Damn, letting them get away with it will only encourage it. I know how many times we all say 'There ought to be a law!'...in this case? Yes, there absolutely should, and this early voting crap needs to be outlawed in all 50 states..absentee ballots are one thing, but this? It makes our system a joke to those who so readily abuse it.
Thank you, and bless you!
G'nite for real!
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spidly Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:57:18pm |
re: #333 Intrepid
It's official: Hell has indeed frozen over.
CBS now questioning Obama's economics after his infomercial!
First the AP, now CBS. And CBS even ran the Obamercial on their own network!
maybe it's the Sarkozy effect. "Hey, if a frog thinks this guy is a cheese eating surrender monkey....holy shit!"
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:57:55pm |
A media mutiny? How dare they?
This is one thing that can really only help McCain/hurt Obama since there is no McCain informercial to pick apart.
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:58:08pm |
What's the closest EV election in US History? (Not trivia, just asking.)
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x-wing Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:58:23pm |
re: #300 DesertSage
Red always used to spike the fruitcups. Does he still do that?
Yes, Everclear baby.
/made me un-clear last time
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Piglet-U93 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:58:29pm |
re: #336 Dark_Falcon
Maybe hypnosis does not work in the infomercial format or has a certain time limit.
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redc1c4 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:58:47pm |
ok: now that we've ID'd all the mobys, trolls, what have you, and the daylight creatures have unassed the AO, i think it's time to get down to the serious business of the LNDT!
can i get a second on the motion?
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The Rebbitzen Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:59:21pm |
re: #333 Intrepid It's a hedging strategy. They know they are toast when O loses.
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Outrider Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:59:52pm |
re: #175 blink
I don't expect violence in the inner cities. Those folks recognize BO as a fraud. I expect violence by the great (white) unwashed loitering around major college and university campuses and in the liberal cities of the west coast.
I expect rioting and sporadic violence precisely because the Democrat party is now largely composed of exactly the type of people described in #151 by VBspurs. Keep in mind this mentality riots when ball teams lose.....or win sometimes. Or if a court verdict goes against their wishes.
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razorbacker Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:59:55pm |
re: #333 Intrepid
It's official: Hell has indeed frozen over.
CBS now questioning Obama's economics after his infomercial!
First the AP, now CBS. And CBS even ran the Obamercial on their own network!
The fun is in the comments.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Scott Brundage...
Shame on you CBS.
I will not argue here with the writer''s opinions.
But publishing this asa News Story is a dark shame.
When Ed Murrow spoke an oppinion, we saw or heard it clearly as opinion, as when he did it AFTER a long news report in which there was a legitimate attempt at objectivity.
At thelvery least this should have been labeled as an OPINION column. It does not rise to the level of news journalism.
It certainly is a black mark upon the edifice that is the reputation for ehtics that CBS has been.
Not a chink in the armor. A Very Large hole from a self inflicted cannon wound.
I have been proud to be a member of the same "media" as CBS. Yoday,,, I am ashamed.
Scott Brundage
You can't make that sh*t up!
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middlecon Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:59:57pm |
re: #341 Badge of Kaffir Pride
What's the closest EV election in US History? (Not trivia, just asking.)
In recent times its 2000...5 EV's...not sure about all time.
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:00:13am |
you think that he has acknowledged raising capital gains and other taxes would reduce revenues but should still be be done as a matter of fairness, would give them a fucking clue that his economic plan is shit.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:00:18am |
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:00:20am |
re: #340 middlecon
A media mutiny? How dare they?
This is one thing that can really only help McCain/hurt Obama since there is no McCain informercial to pick apart.
Now that I agree with. I would now move to have all moby charges against middlecon dismissed.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:01:44am |
re: #343 Piglet-U93
Maybe hypnosis does not work in the infomercial format or has a certain time limit.
It can wear off, but the surest cure is to spot the hand reaching for your wallet.
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middlecon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:02:06am |
Wyatt Andrews and Calvin Woodward must have drawn some seriously short straws tonight to have to write 'It don't add up' articles about the Obama informercial lol
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:02:31am |
re: #348 middlecon
In recent times its 2000...5 EV's...not sure about all time.
I forgot about that one. My bad.
Another question that popped into my head: what's the first state (if called for McCain) that would make 4 November a night to get happy? I think if PA goes McCain, it's over and you can probably throw NH in at the same time if PA is R.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:02:38am |
re: #300 DesertSage
Red always used to spike the fruitcups. Does he still do that?
like a page on the Obanal web site, every fruitcup is subject to editing.....
it's the "Audacity of Amelioration" %-)
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Piglet-U93 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:02:52am |
After McCain wins I figure the left has lost a billion dollars in campaign contributions. Now that has to really make a dent for some paying off those credit card bills.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:03:01am |
re: #344 redc1c4
Second and third. I've got a head start, just for the record.
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:03:04am |
re: #4 captwfcall
i want Tuesday to be here already. where's the Delorean when you need it? '88 miles an hour!'
You aren't putting out 1.2 billion jigawatts, so you need to rebuild your Flux Capacitor.
.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:03:26am |
re: #347 razorbacker
heh, can't wait for Obama to lose to watch an acquaintnce head to pop. Had the audacity to call him the next president and said his policies tonight made sense. Guy ran in the last election for the NDP(socialists), and didn't even show up at any of the candidate debates/meet and greets scheduled.
/only got the diehard NDP vote and finished third out of 4.
//greens did worse then him.
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Intrepid Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:04:08am |
re: #347 razorbacker
You can't make that sh*t up!
Yes, and what does "thelvery" mean? Poor ol' Scott can't spell worth a damn. And the CBS piece actually ran the Obama plans' numbers, and the facts were that they don't add up!
The Obama worshipers are so messed up that they view the simpering drivel of Chris Matthews as news, and actual facts-based news as "oppinion" (Scott's spelling again)
All emotion, all the time with them.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:04:51am |
re: #350 BlueCanuck
Seconded.
/unfortunately I am on the wagon for health issues. :(
she threatened to kick yer butt?
(or worse, cut you off? %-)
/white smoke
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:04:51am |
re: #360 DesertSage
No thoughts on the sea ice?
Anyone?
Climate CHANGE?
/had snow that stuck around here for a bit yesterday.
//bloody cold for the end of October here.
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Piglet-U93 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:05:21am |
Post election analysis will show that McCain won because of the PUMAs and this will most likely insure Hillary's nomination in the next election.
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:06:05am |
re: #354 Badge of Kaffir Pride
I forgot about that one. My bad.
Another question that popped into my head: what's the first state (if called for McCain) that would make 4 November a night to get happy? I think if PA goes McCain, it's over and you can probably throw NH in at the same time if PA is R.
well, murtha's inbred banjo pickers will probably be too busy gettin' busy with the kin around the still to make it to the polls
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DesertSage Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:06:18am |
re: #363 BlueCanuck
Climate CHANGE?
/had snow that stuck around here for a bit yesterday.
//bloody cold for the end of October here.
It was 96 in LA today.
But I was wondering about the arctic sea ice.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:06:30am |
re: #362 redc1c4
No to both. Have a couple of drinks and I am up half the night fighting heartburn. Dosen't matter what I eat or drink before or during. Figured I would just swear off it for awhile and see what happens. Went through this once before. No booze for six months and things were good.
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SurferDoc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:06:42am |
re: #356 Piglet-U93
After McCain wins I figure the left has lost a billion dollars in campaign contributions. Now that has to really make a dent for some paying off those credit card bills.
One Billion reasons why Obama will not get a second shot at it.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:06:58am |
re: #362 redc1c4
she threatened to kick yer butt?
(or worse, cut you off? %-)
/white smoke
What does the smoke color signify?
White smoke, green smoke, blue smoke, yellow smoke: I'm confused.
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BakaRanger Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:07:26am |
re: #360 DesertSage
No thoughts on the sea ice?
Anyone?
Maybe the poles are shifting and its new location is coldest?
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middlecon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:07:30am |
re: #360 DesertSage
No thoughts on the sea ice?
Anyone?
No matter what the facts are on sea ice or any other thing, people that are convinced that the Earth should only stay in the climate state that they are now experiencing won't pay any attention to anything that disagrees with their emotions.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:07:33am |
re: #366 DesertSage
Yeah, that's L.A., I am talking Lake Ontario here. Current temp is 32° F.
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:07:47am |
re: #324 middlecon
I left out 76
I know Ford was the presidential candidate but don't know off the top of my head who was the VP.
Those were links - you can click on them, and play against the clock. They'll even give you the answers afterwards!
(BTW, there's a great list, updated every day, of "How Many Xs Can You Name In Y Minutes?"-type quizzes here)
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Intrepid Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:08:06am |
re: #360 DesertSage
No thoughts on the sea ice?
Anyone?
Uhm, it's colder than it has been for a good while?
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:08:31am |
re: #367 BlueCanuck
No to both. Have a couple of drinks and I am up half the night fighting heartburn. Dosen't matter what I eat or drink before or during. Figured I would just swear off it for awhile and see what happens. Went through this once before. No booze for six months and things were good.
Try cutting back on the sugar and the caffeine, too. Those drive my heartburn. More than one 24oz coffee and I'm burping and heartburn all day.
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razorbacker Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:08:38am |
re: #359 BlueCanuck
/only got the diehard NDP vote and finished third out of 4.
Were he an optimist, he could have claimed to have been 'first, but for two others'.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:08:50am |
re: #357 x-wing
Second and third. I've got a head start, just for the record.
it's okay, i'm pretty much rounding third and headed for home by the time the LNDT crosses the departure line...... not that keeps me from staying up way too long anyway..... %-)
were you a 19 series with the 2nd?
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:09:32am |
re: #375 Badge of Kaffir Pride
Only alcohol puts me over the edge. Usually drink two large coffees a day when I am working and thats it.
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DesertSage Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:09:38am |
re: #372 BlueCanuck
Yeah, that's L.A., I am talking Lake Ontario here. Current temp is 32° F.
Oh.
I thought you were talking about Ontario, CA.
Never mind.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:09:47am |
re: #367 BlueCanuck
No to both. Have a couple of drinks and I am up half the night fighting heartburn. Dosen't matter what I eat or drink before or during. Figured I would just swear off it for awhile and see what happens. Went through this once before. No booze for six months and things were good.
Sounds like you have something in your body that doesn't agree with booze. Find out what it is and have it removed.
/
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Opilio Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:10:45am |
re: #358 Tamron
You aren't putting out 1.2 billion jigawatts, so you need to rebuild your Flux Capacitor.
.
1.2 gigawatts = 1,200,000,000 watts.
1.2 billion gigiwatts = 1,200,000,000,000,000,000 watts.
U.S. electrical generation capacity ~1,100 gigawatts
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razorbacker Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:10:54am |
re: #360 DesertSage
No thoughts on the sea ice?
Anyone?
AlBore been sightseeing up North?
Lack o' sunspots?
Gorebullwarming is a fraud?
All those hot-blooded polar bears died off, so now the poor ice has a chance?
Pick one.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:10:57am |
re: #363 BlueCanuck
Climate CHANGE?
/had snow that stuck around here for a bit yesterday.
//bloody cold for the end of October here.
it's been 90mumble here pretty much every day for the last few weeks.....
not complaining: i'm using the pool every afternoon after chores, to enjoy the day's first few beers. %-)
/lurve my solar cover!
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:11:09am |
Getting very tired. Time to turn in for the night.
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Badge of Kaffir Pride Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:11:33am |
re: #378 BlueCanuck
Only alcohol puts me over the edge. Usually drink two large coffees a day when I am working and thats it.
Seriously, try the coffee. When I mix the two, I get the same as you. I can either drink coffee or Sam Adams but not both the same day.
/Y'all know how hard it is to find Sam in Canada?
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DesertSage Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:11:38am |
re: #371 middlecon
No matter what the facts are on sea ice or any other thing, people that are convinced that the Earth should only stay in the climate state that they are now experiencing won't pay any attention to anything that disagrees with their emotions.
People should be aware of the arctic sea ice.
[Link: igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu...]
This could mean that AlGore is incorrect!
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Opilio Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:11:53am |
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:12:19am |
Did anyone catch Big Brother's 0bama's infomercial tonight?
I can't figure out how this could help him at this point. I mean, I think even the more uninformed voters- after being told what dire economic straits we're in- will likely wonder what the cost of running a 30-minute spot like that on prime-time TV would be and doubt wether or not that was the best investment his campaign could've made.
And if he's showing such poor decision-making regarding financing on the campaign level, what makes them think that he'd show any better judgement once he got into the White House....
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:12:37am |
re: #369 Dark_Falcon
What does the smoke color signify?
White smoke, green smoke, blue smoke, yellow smoke: I'm confused.
I wrote it down.
white_cover
yellow-target fire
purple-sarc
green-kook ID'd
white star cluster-all clear
yellow "-ceasefire
red "-danger
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Piglet-U93 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:13:01am |
re: #376 razorbacker
Were he an optimist, he could have claimed to have been 'first, but for two others'.
I was in Canada last month. I never saw so many campaign posters in all my life. One ever 15 feet in the whole city of Montreal.
A significant number of posters had some interesting mutilations.
I can see why the conservative party is doing better. The left is splintered into three groups.
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DesertSage Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:13:01am |
Well, I'm going to sleep and dream of arctic sea ice.
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razorbacker Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:13:05am |
Been real. Been fun. But as the Yiddish folks say down south, Ah gute nakht, y'all.
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:13:17am |
re: #382 razorbacker
AlBore been sightseeing up North?
Lack o' sunspots?
Gorebullwarming is a fraud?
All those hot-blooded polar bears died off, so now the poor ice has a chance?
Pick one.
atlantic conveyor has stopped
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:13:20am |
re: #367 BlueCanuck
No to both. Have a couple of drinks and I am up half the night fighting heartburn. Dosen't matter what I eat or drink before or during. Figured I would just swear off it for awhile and see what happens. Went through this once before. No booze for six months and things were good.
i'm thinking GERD. see a GI specialist asap. ETOH is likely not your only issue.
/not medical advice, or a diagnosis, just a polite suggestion.
YMMV.
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BakaRanger Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:13:48am |
re: #388 Fenway_Nation
Did anyone catch
Big Brother's0bama's infomercial tonight?I can't figure out how this could help him at this point. I mean, I think even the more uninformed voters- after being told what dire economic straits we're in- will likely wonder what the cost of running a 30-minute spot like that on prime-time TV would be and doubt wether or not that was the best investment his campaign could've made.
And if he's showing such poor decision-making regarding financing on the campaign level, what makes them think that he'd show any better judgement once he got into the White House....
No child was ever fed by a 30 minute political infomercial.
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Outrider Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:14:14am |
re: #389 x-wing
I wrote it down.
white_cover
yellow-target fire
purple-sarc
green-kook ID'd
white star cluster-all clear
yellow "-ceasefire
red "-danger
What? No red star clusters? Or green?
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DesertSage Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:14:19am |
re: #389 x-wing
I wrote it down.
white_cover
yellow-target fire
purple-sarc
green-kook ID'd
white star cluster-all clear
yellow "-ceasefire
red "-danger
What about the blue smoke?
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:14:29am |
re: #394 redc1c4
i'm thinking GERD. see a GI specialist asap. ETOH is likely not your only issue.
/not medical advice, or a diagnosis, just a polite suggestion.
YMMV.
he needs gov health care and cheese
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:14:51am |
re: #358 Tamron
You aren't putting out 1.2 billion jigawatts, so you need to rebuild your Flux Capacitor.
.
Geek pet peeve:
It's 1.21 jigawatts!
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razorbacker Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:15:23am |
re: #393 spidly
atlantic conveyor has stopped
Wait an minute. Really? Or did you just make that up right there?
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:15:23am |
re: #377 redc1c4
Yeah, 19E 2/1 Cav. for a short while.
I'll be around late myself, day off tomorrow.
/no where to go,and all day to get there.
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:15:37am |
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:16:55am |
re: #360 DesertSage
No thoughts on the sea ice?
Anyone?
I'm not falling for that. My sister used to ask me, while we were eating, if I liked seafood . . .
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Intrepid Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:17:09am |
Little by little, folks seem to be waking up.
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tommygum Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:17:48am |
re: #391 DesertSage
Well, I'm going to sleep and dream of arctic sea ice.
I'm gonna dream about Sarah Palin......
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Opilio Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:17:55am |
re: #386 DesertSage
People should be aware of the arctic sea ice.
[Link: igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu...]
This could mean that AlGore is incorrect!
It didn't get much notice last year when the Antarctic ice extent reached a 30 year high either.
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:17:55am |
re: #401 razorbacker
Wait an minute. Really? Or did you just make that up right there?
that was the "day after tomorrow" meme to explain why global warming is still global warming even when it gets colder. it is, of course, a huge load of shite
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tommygum Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:19:42am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:19:53am |
re: #386 DesertSage
Went as far back as 79, and did 10 year comparisons. Not much difference really. Less in 1998, but not a whole lot less.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:20:09am |
re: #389 x-wing
I wrote it down.
white_cover
yellow-target fire
purple-sarc
green-kook ID'd
white star cluster-all clear
yellow "-ceasefire
red "-danger
AFM/UMA: you had to be there......
Smoke and Pyro
White Smoke---Covering/Screening only
Yellow Smoke---Designated target (Fire at will)
Purple Smoke---All after is sarcastic
Green Smoke---Kook Identifed
White Star Cluster---All Clear
Yellow Star Cluster---Cease-fire
Red Star Cluster---Danger
Some Examples:
Red says something smart and instead of "ducking," pops white smoke and disengages.
Anyone needing assistance might designate a post (or a thread in the subject line) with yellow smoke.
Prior to typing a sarcastic remark, "pop purple smoke." When removing tounge from cheek, send up a White Star Cluster.
Green star clusters would probaly be most effective for the person on SGT Casey's duty roster with an addition to a subject line.
Yellow star clusters used to designate a friendly under fire or to initiate compromise under a misunderstanding.
Red star custer, any kind of warning.
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:20:22am |
re: #410 Opilio
It didn't get much notice last year when the Antarctic ice extent reached a 30 year high either.
didn't notice that Hansen has been corrected 10 years running when he claims "hottest year on record"
that gets reported on the today show, then quietly retracted a couple months later - every year.
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razorbacker Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:20:24am |
Now see, this racht here is why I hate looking things up on the intraweb tubes. I's gets distracted.
The curse of the plumber's crack
Don't look y'all. It ain't safe.
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middlecon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:20:46am |
Don't you guys know that global warming took a 10 year 'timeout' this spring?
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:20:55am |
re: #396 Outrider
What? No red star clusters? Or green?
The red was star cluster. Red-c never gave one for green star cluster.
/or I was drinking and missed it ;>}
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:21:42am |
re: #411 spidly
that was the "day after tomorrow" meme to explain why global warming is still global warming even when it gets colder. it is, of course, a huge load of shite
"The Day After Tomorrow" taught me that it really was mankind causing climate change - specifically Dennis Quaid. Ever notice how that anywhere he ran, everything would freeze up right after him?
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:21:57am |
re: #356 Piglet-U93
After McCain wins I figure the left has lost a billion dollars in campaign contributions. Now that has to really make a dent for some paying off those credit card bills.
Why don't they practice what they preach, and spread the bills around?
.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:22:11am |
re: #412 tommygum
That surrounds the Cutts compensator.
i prefer the blue smoke that comes out of my Webber Smokey Mountain when i'm cooking up a batch of bbq!
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:22:44am |
re: #397 DesertSage
What about the blue smoke?
I only saw blue smoke when I did an *ahem* experiment or a few in high school.
////
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:22:59am |
re: #394 redc1c4
GERD? I found out my youngest brother has acid reflux, and in 97 I was treated for H. Pylori.
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:23:14am |
re: #419 gmsc
"The Day After Tomorrow" taught me that it really was mankind causing climate change - specifically Dennis Quaid. Ever notice how that anywhere he ran, everything would freeze up right after him?
one of the movies where you hope everybody dies soon so it'll be over with
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Zimriel Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:23:46am |
Closest of all time? I'm thinking 1876. The Democrats had stolen many Southern states by use of the Knights of the Camellia and so forth. But, the North was so divided, they wouldn't have stood for Civil War II to enforce the law. Basically the Democrats dictated the terms by which the Republicans could get the Presidency.
And then, you know, there was that QuincyAdams, Clay, Jackson election - which no-one won, but two of the candidates pooled their EVs and ran over Jackson.
Depending on their mood, the Utahn electors might go "faithless" in the event of a tie. "When the Constitution hangs by a thread"...
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:24:05am |
re: #418 x-wing
The red was star cluster. Red-c never gave one for green star cluster.
/or I was drinking and missed it ;>}
you'd have to talk to the Commo NCO that designed it.....
i was just a career SP4 for 20 years
(no busts, no Art 15's, just never got promoted..... %-)
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:24:11am |
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:25:00am |
re: #363 BlueCanuck
Climate CHANGE?
/had snow that stuck around here for a bit yesterday.
//bloody cold for the end of October here.
It's been a balmy zero to -5 F in Anchorage for the past three mornings. No sweat.
.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:25:38am |
re: #429 Tamron
At those temps, I should hope not. Morning Tamron.
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razorbacker Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:27:40am |
Okay, now I'm really gonna take that Southern Yid's advice.
But one more thing. I'm pretty well sure that the greatest serial killer ever was Angela Lansbury.
Dead bodies were strewn every where that old broad went, and no-one ever caught on.
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:27:53am |
re: #425 Zimriel
Depending on their mood, the Utahn electors might go "faithless" in the event of a tie. "When the Constitution hangs by a thread"...
Faithless electors always sound scary, but few people realize that almost every election in living memory (interestingly, with the exception of 1992 and 1996) has had faithless electors.
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middlecon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:28:55am |
re: #432 gmsc
Faithless electors always sound scary, but few people realize that almost every election in living memory (interestingly, with the exception of 1992 and 1996) has had faithless electors.
I'm guessing this year there will be one Paulian in sheeps clothing out there somewhere from either side.
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:29:03am |
re: #416 razorbacker
Now see, this racht here is why I hate looking things up on the intraweb tubes. I's gets distracted.
The curse of the plumber's crack
Don't look y'all. It ain't safe.
Kinda skanky-looking cleavage, no?
.
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tommygum Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:29:47am |
re: #421 redc1c4
i prefer the blue smoke that comes out of my Webber Smokey Mountain when i'm cooking up a batch of bbq!
YUM!
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:30:06am |
re: #431 razorbacker
Okay, now I'm really gonna take that Southern Yid's advice.
But one more thing. I'm pretty well sure that the greatest serial killer ever was Angela Lansbury.
Dead bodies were strewn every where that old broad went, and no-one ever caught on.
Except in the original Manchurian Candidate. That's where she finally got what was coming to her.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:30:25am |
re: #423 BlueCanuck
GERD? I found out my youngest brother has acid reflux, and in 97 I was treated for H. Pylori.
i'd start there.....
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neocon hippie Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:31:22am |
re: #429 Tamron
I think you meant Celsius, as the forecasts give lows in the 18-22 F range.
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:32:04am |
re: #433 middlecon
I'm guessing this year there will be one Paulian in sheeps clothing out there somewhere from either side.
or they're all for ron paul.
strange how comfortable I am with that if it kept Obama out though the marques and reprisal thing is a bit dodgy
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:32:38am |
re: #397 DesertSage
What about the blue smoke?
Sharmuta special... for.... special purposes.
/blue smoke
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middlecon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:32:51am |
Early morning cbs news hyping 'closer' election.
They say that most of the undecideds are Bush voters from 2004.
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:33:17am |
re: #433 middlecon
I'm guessing this year there will be one Paulian in sheeps clothing out there somewhere from either side.
Our last faithless elector, in 2004, cast one of Minnesota's electoral votes for president to John Edwards. It is unknown as to whether this was accidental, but that is believed to be the case.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:34:11am |
re: #437 redc1c4
Um, link missing? Or you mean check previous history?
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:34:33am |
OK- special blue smoke mission accomplished, so I'm really heading out for now. Back for fruitcup™, Lizards.
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:34:54am |
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:35:02am |
re: #426 redc1c4
you'd have to talk to the Commo NCO that designed it.....
i was just a career SP4 for 20 years
(no busts, no Art 15's, just never got promoted..... %-)
I just copied what you wrote down late one nite. I knew nothing about smoke. We just shot at big metal thingys ;>}
How the hell could you be a career E-4? Were you just real good at what you did?
/half sarc..but that doesn't make sense. I could see E-6.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:37:17am |
re: #446 x-wing
Smoke is an infantryman's best friend. :)
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Outrider Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:37:36am |
re: #426 redc1c4
you'd have to talk to the Commo NCO that designed it.....
i was just a career SP4 for 20 years
(no busts, no Art 15's, just never got promoted..... %-)
I never really used the star clusters. Used every color smoke as I wished as it was up to me, being on the ground.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:37:45am |
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:39:00am |
re: #429 Tamron
It's been a balmy zero to -5 F in Anchorage for the past three mornings. No sweat.
.
sucks to be you......
might only be 80mumble here tomorrow. %-)
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spidly Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:39:19am |
re: #446 x-wing
I just copied what you wrote down late one nite. I knew nothing about smoke. We just shot at big metal thingys ;>}
How the hell could you be a career E-4? Were you just real good at what you did?
/half sarc..but that doesn't make sense. I could see E-6.
career 4-F here
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:40:50am |
re: #449 Outrider
I never really used the star clusters. Used every color smoke as I wished as it was up to me, being on the ground.
they're really good for starting fires, and the green one's are good for simulating ComBloc AAA.
other that that? i think ya got a point........
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:41:34am |
Hall adviser fired, linked to Ohio voting fraud probe
Congressman John Hall (D-Dover Plains) fired one of his long-time campaign advisers Tuesday, after learning that she’s embroiled in voter fraud investigations in Ohio. Amy Little, 49, has been a registered Democrat in New York since 1991, and Ulster County election officials said she voted in the party primary here in February.
But in October, Little registered to vote in Ohio.
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Outrider Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:43:14am |
re: #453 redc1c4
they're really good for starting fires, and the green one's are good for simulating ComBloc AAA.
other that that? i think ya got a point........
I used the clusters a time or two. But only for deception purposes in the field. Really screwed up the OpFor when we would set off a couple of them puppies around the time a movement was expected. ;-)>
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:43:15am |
re: #454 gmsc
NO Relation of this little or Littleoldlady!
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Outrider Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:43:52am |
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:45:25am |
re: #429 Tamron
It's been a balmy zero to -5 F in Anchorage for the past three mornings. No sweat.
I guess no sweat. I couldn't sweat if it was that cold either.
//
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:46:12am |
re: #458 x-wing
I have actually sweated at those temps, but shoveling snow will do that.
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:46:18am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:46:33am |
re: #460 x-wing
Unfit for military service in the states.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:47:48am |
Oh, gmsc. I tried those AOHell links at home and they didn't work for some reason, always trying to load and nothing happening. Oh well, will try to find some other way to watch that episode.
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:47:52am |
re: #381 Opilio
re: #358 Tamron
You aren't putting out 1.2 billion jigawatts, so you need to rebuild your Flux Capacitor.
1.2 gigawatts = 1,200,000,000 watts.
1.2 billion gigiwatts = 1,200,000,000,000,000,000 watts.
U.S. electrical generation capacity ~1,100 gigawatts
I stand corrected - it was 1.21 Jigawatts, not 1.2 billion Jigawatts. Brain farted. However, since Jigawatt is not a real term, it's still nebulous and undefined, except for in the urban dictionary:
JIGAWATT: Unit of power used by a Flux-capacitor in Marty McFly's time machine. (A modified DeLorean sports car)
Quoting Doc Brown, in Back to the Future: "1.21 Jigawatts ! The only thing that can produce that kind of energy is.. A bolt of lightning."
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:49:59am |
re: #446 x-wing
I just copied what you wrote down late one nite. I knew nothing about smoke. We just shot at big metal thingys ;>}
How the hell could you be a career E-4? Were you just real good at what you did?
/half sarc..but that doesn't make sense. I could see E-6.
reservist, moved to different units, wasn't mosq sometimes, nobody would request the school others. for 2 whole 6 month promotion cycles in the AR, every enlisted packet, not just mine, for my unit disappeared at the USAR HQ.
after awhile, i just gave up caring, and took a perverse pride in being so far out of the zone. the day i met TAG for CA was especially humorous since his 2LT aide was so earnest...... where as when i was drinking beer with Sunburst 6, he didn't even blink an eye over my situation. %-)
and yes: i was *REALLY* good at whatever i put my mind to...... follow the link to my "pathetic blog" in my nick and read the story of the morning i met CG 5th Army.
"Scouts Out!"
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:51:01am |
re: #464 BlueCanuck
Oh, gmsc. I tried those AOHell links at home and they didn't work for some reason, always trying to load and nothing happening. Oh well, will try to find some other way to watch that episode.
It's AOL, you're probably better off!
;)
Unfortunately, those 2 links were the only ones I had to "Her-Conditioned" online. You might be able to find it on a DVD or something, though.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:51:06am |
re: #461 BlueCanuck
I have actually sweated at those temps, but shoveling snow will do that.
If it's that cold, the snow can stay there as far as I'm concerned ;>}
// It was in the low 40's and windy today, not liking it, we had no Fall temps. at all this year.
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:52:09am |
re: #465 Tamron
Quoting Doc Brown, in Back to the Future: "1.21 Jigawatts ! The only thing that can produce that kind of energy is.. A bolt of lightning."
.
"Wait, what did you say?"
"--A bolt of lightning!....unfortunately we don't know when, or where, it'll ever strike."
"We do now."
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:52:12am |
re: #447 BlueCanuck
Smoke is an infantryman's best friend. :)
i'd say friendly artillery is..... and a good cook.
(brave medic seems redundant.)
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:52:27am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:53:22am |
re: #470 redc1c4
You forgot friends in supply places. But a good cook definitely ranks up there.
/found out the hard way what happens when a cook gets pissed off
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:57:19am |
re: #466 redc1c4
Book marked your blog, I'll check it out when I'm soberer. I was in no way denegrating you. I really enjoy seeing you here.
/good times
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:57:58am |
re: #465 Tamron
Quoting Doc Brown, in Back to the Future: "1.21 Jigawatts ! The only thing that can produce that kind of energy is.. A bolt of lightning."
.
In Back to the Future, one of the running gags is how everything is "doubled" due to time travel:
Hill Valley - 2 words, both with a double-L
Biff Tannen - 2 words, one with a double-F, the other with a double-N
Emmett - Doc Brown's first name, with 3 letters, all of which appear twice
1955 - double 5s
Twin Pines Mall - obvious (Of course, Marty knocks one over escaping from Old Man Peabody, and later returns to "Lone Pine Mall").
JC Penney - the only easily identifiable store in Twin Pines Mall, with a double-N in their name (and two e's!)
Lorraine - Marty's mom, with a double-R
1.21 jigawatts - watts, used for the double-T. Why 1.21? It's 1.1 times 1.1!
Jennifer - Marty's girlfriend, with a double-N in her name.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 12:59:35am |
re: #474 BlueCanuck
You forgot friends in supply places. But a good cook definitely ranks up there.
/found out the hard way what happens when a cook gets pissed off
that's okay: i had a head cook find out the hard way when they piss off a medic.........
they only had to toss the gravy, not the whole meal. but he was relieved after AT.
the year they wound up shutting down the whole mess section for 36 hours i was Muleskinner 9's delta....... and after he was relieved, they tried to put me on KP with an active diagnosis of strep throat.
needless to say, i didn't do KP. %-)
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:00:40am |
re: #476 gmsc
In Back to the Future, one of the running gags is how everything is "doubled" due to time travel:
Hill Valley - 2 words, both with a double-L
Biff Tannen - 2 words, one with a double-F, the other with a double-N
Emmett - Doc Brown's first name, with 3 letters, all of which appear twice
1955 - double 5s
Twin Pines Mall - obvious (Of course, Marty knocks one over escaping from Old Man Peabody, and later returns to "Lone Pine Mall").
JC Penney - the only easily identifiable store in Twin Pines Mall, with a double-N in their name (and two e's!)
Lorraine - Marty's mom, with a double-R
1.21 jigawatts - watts, used for the double-T. Why 1.21? It's 1.1 times 1.1!
Jennifer - Marty's girlfriend, with a double-N in her name.
LOL!
"Things have certainly changed around here. I remember when this was all farm land, as farrrrrr as the eye could see. Old Man Peabody---owned alllllllllllll of it. He had a crazy idea....of breeding PINE trees."
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:03:47am |
re: #475 x-wing
Book marked your blog, I'll check it out when I'm soberer. I was in no way denegrating you. I really enjoy seeing you here.
/good times
i had dreams and ambitions when i joined, but they cured me of that.
i served honorably: i went where i was sent and did what i was told, and accomplished my missions anyway. i was never a hero but i was privileged enough to serve with some, and i earned the respect of those i respected.
what more could a man ask for?
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:04:29am |
O.K. Who wants' to go tap littleoldlady on the shoulder? It's a hour early, but maybe she wont notice.
/
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harry catbox Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:05:07am |
If that tape was obtained with the agreement that it would never be released, for what reasoned was it obtained?
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:05:46am |
re: #480 x-wing
Oh no you don't. She was probably up late celebrating the Phillies win.
/she's up early enough, let her sleep. :)
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:06:00am |
re: #478 TheMatrix31
LOL!
"Things have certainly changed around here. I remember when this was all farm land, as farrrrrr as the eye could see. Old Man Peabody---owned alllllllllllll of it. He had a crazy idea....of breeding PINE trees."
I love the look on Doc's face when he says this! It's half way between thinking Old Man Peabody was crazy, and contemplation of the idea.
I almost forgot - Marty McFly's initials: MM!
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:06:56am |
re: #480 x-wing
O.K. Who wants' to go tap littleoldlady on the shoulder? It's a hour early, but maybe she wont notice.
/
dude: she's still out in the streets celebrating the Phillys win......
wanna give me a hand mixing up the additions?
/don't tell Blue %-)
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:07:25am |
re: #483 gmsc
I love the look on Doc's face when he says this! It's half way between thinking Old Man Peabody was crazy, and contemplation of the idea.
I almost forgot - Marty McFly's initials: MM!
I know, one of the best lines and reactions of the entire trilogy.
Is there anything as great as Back to the Future? Seriously. By far and away my favorite trilogy of movies.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:08:20am |
re: #484 redc1c4
*walks by whistling*
/I see nothing, I know nothing, and I like apple schtrudel. :D
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:08:30am |
re: #479 redc1c4
I only spent 4 years. I too wanted to make a career out of it but when I cameback stateside ,I was cured of that. Sucks cause I would've had my 20 in 5 years ago.
I'm glad I had the experience though. Saw things that many can only dream of.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:11:20am |
re: #482 BlueCanuck
Oh no you don't. She was probably up late celebrating the Phillies win.
/she's up early enough, let her sleep. :)
Ah, man.. ok. what's another 45 min. Anybody need a drink? I'm buying.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:14:21am |
re: #484 redc1c4
dude: she's still out in the streets celebrating the Phillys win......
wanna give me a hand mixing up the additions?
/don't tell Blue %-)
Do you need anything? I'll check my stash, we used all the puerto rican rum last time.
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IslandLibertarian Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:14:37am |
I refused to watch ZerO's mis-infomercial.
But now I'm curious.
How many whiners were there sobbing over the "Past 8 Years of Failed Economical Programs"?
That shit goes over so well with hard working middle America.........
Remember the NON-bump ZerO got after his big Convention sideshow?
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:17:40am |
re: #485 TheMatrix31
I know, one of the best lines and reactions of the entire trilogy.
Is there anything as great as Back to the Future? Seriously. By far and away my favorite trilogy of movies.
I usually spend at least one day each year just enjoying a BTTF marathon.
I remember once getting into a heated discussion over a scene in BTTF 2. The question: Once Biff traveled back in time to give his younger self the almanac, should he have been able to return to the very same 2015? Shouldn't he have returned to a 2015 where the past had been changed by Biff's fortune made via the almanac?
Many people don't realize that the 3 movies work through 9 different timelines!
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:19:11am |
re: #491 IslandLibertarian
Think about it this way. The Zero™ by the time this is done will probably have the democraps so deep in the hole financially and spiritually that they won't be able to recover for years and years.
/popcorn?
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:19:25am |
re: #485 TheMatrix31
I know, one of the best lines and reactions of the entire trilogy.
Is there anything as great as Back to the Future? Seriously. By far and away my favorite trilogy of movies.
John Ford & John Wayne in the Cavalry triolgy Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande
everything else sucks a 16# bowling ball up IV tubing tied in knots and heat sealed at both ends.
/IMHO, of course.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:21:56am |
re: #487 x-wing
I only spent 4 years. I too wanted to make a career out of it but when I cameback stateside ,I was cured of that. Sucks cause I would've had my 20 in 5 years ago.
I'm glad I had the experience though. Saw things that many can only dream of.
my time was all reserve: NG & AR.....best/worst of both worlds.
19E was M-60 crew?
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:23:41am |
re: #492 gmsc
I usually spend at least one day each year just enjoying a BTTF marathon.
I remember once getting into a heated discussion over a scene in BTTF 2. The question: Once Biff traveled back in time to give his younger self the almanac, should he have been able to return to the very same 2015? Shouldn't he have returned to a 2015 where the past had been changed by Biff's fortune made via the almanac?
Many people don't realize that the 3 movies work through 9 different timelines!
I've posed that same question many, many times. How does the timeline put the kaibosh on it?
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:23:43am |
re: #491 IslandLibertarian
I refused to watch ZerO's mis-infomercial.
But now I'm curious.
How many whiners were there sobbing over the "Past 8 Years of Failed Economical Programs"?
That shit goes over so well with hard working middle America.........Remember the NON-bump ZerO got after his big Convention sideshow?
I listened to 10 min. of it and heard about 3 or 4.
Pills or Food
Milk or Gas
You know, same ol' same ol'.
I don't see it swaying anyone to vote for him that aren't already in the tank. Could even backfire and might already be.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:24:19am |
re: #493 BlueCanuck
Think about it this way. The Zero™ by the time this is done will probably have the democraps so deep in the hole financially and spiritually that they won't be able to recover for years and years.
/popcorn?
how about a couple of HC white pails, a shitload of CS crystals, and some demo to collapse the hole?
seeing as how they're not likely to release HG & VX in lieu of the CS....... %-(
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:26:02am |
re: #492 gmsc
I usually spend at least one day each year just enjoying a BTTF marathon.
I remember once getting into a heated discussion over a scene in BTTF 2. The question: Once Biff traveled back in time to give his younger self the almanac, should he have been able to return to the very same 2015? Shouldn't he have returned to a 2015 where the past had been changed by Biff's fortune made via the almanac?
Many people don't realize that the 3 movies work through 9 different timelines!
John Wayne isn't in any of the movies, nor is Clint Eastwood.
therefore no one cares.
/white smoke
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:27:08am |
re: #490 x-wing
Do you need anything? I'll check my stash, we used all the puerto rican rum last time.
don't worry about what it says on the bottle, just keep pouring!
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:29:07am |
re: #488 little blessing
I'll help! Pick me!
come on down................ there's nothing like a contact high!
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:29:27am |
re: #500 redc1c4
John Wayne isn't in any of the movies, nor is Clint Eastwood.
therefore no one cares.
/white smoke
I take it you've never seen Back To The Future 3, have you?
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:30:59am |
re: #438 neocon hippie
I think you meant Celsius, as the forecasts give lows in the 18-22 F range.
Nope. I mean Fahrenheit. Below zero Fahrenheit. That's around -20 Celsius. The temperature 'forecasts' you're looking at are what's expected in the future, which is indeed in the 20F range because it's clouding up and getting ready to snow. As I said, the past 3 mornings here, on a thermometer in my back yard, were below zero (Fahrenheit). It was clear and cold. No wind.
An interesting tidbit is that most of the publicly-available winter temperatures here in Anchorage are derived close to the airport, which is close to a body of water which tends to give a falsely-high reading. However if you check the temperature by the base of the mountain range on the eastern edge of town, and are using an accurate outside thermometer about 20 feet away from the house or any other heat source, it commonly reads at least 5 degrees colder than a thermometer mounted directly on the house, and 10 degrees colder than the 'official' reading at the airport, about 10 miles to the west.
If there's no wind, that 10-degree differential spread tends to increase as the temperature gets colder, too. I've seen a 15-20 degree difference between here and the airport, when it gets down to about 30 below zero Fahrenheit.
The worst winter temperatures I've seen here in Alaska was about 40 years ago. In 1968 at a remote radar station 200 miles west of Anchorage, we saw -40 F with sustained 100 MPH winds. The chill factor dropped off the bottom of the charts for a week or so.
A year later I worked at another radar site in the center of the state, and the temperature dropped down to -70 F with no wind. Then it warmed up to -50 F and stayed there, night and day, for almost 3 weeks. THAT was brutally cold.
At -70, the rules change. You can take a cup of hot coffee outside and throw it up into the air, and it's frozen ice when it hits the ground. A bucket of diesel fuel turns into tar, and won't pour out. A synthetic innertube, if thrown down hard on the ground, shatters into a thousand pieces just like glass. Metal becomes brittle -- I once threw a made-in-China crescent wrench down on a concrete surface at -70 F, and it broke into several pieces. (There's more...)
Trivia for today.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:32:39am |
re: #495 redc1c4
my time was all reserve: NG & AR.....best/worst of both worlds.
19E was M-60 crew?
Yep, PCS'd from Germany a few months before M-1 transition, I should've listened to the senior guys and stayed. But nooo.
My Recruiter even told me he spent his entire career overseas.
I came back state side and ended up handing over our tanks to student Lt.s to bust up and than we got to fix them.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:32:49am |
re: #480 x-wing
O.K. Who wants' to go tap littleoldlady on the shoulder? It's a hour early, but maybe she wont notice.
/
It's a half an hour early and I have noticed.
YAY PHILLIES!
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:36:34am |
re: #506 littleoldlady
It's a half an hour early and I have noticed.
YAY PHILLIES!
Oh God. Not another one. ("What's a 'Phillie', he groaned to hisself...")
Heh. G'morning, fruitcup!
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:37:51am |
Tamron! :-)
We are long-suffering fans, but fans we are!
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:38:15am |
re: #503 TheMatrix31
I take it you've never seen Back To The Future 3, have you?
There's a small correction, as you'll see.
re: #500 redc1c4
John Wayne isn't in any of the movies, nor is Clint Eastwood.
therefore no one cares.
/white smoke
Um, Clint Eastwood himself does appear in BTTF 2.
In BTTF 3, while in 1885, Marty even assumes the name "Clint Eastwood".
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:39:15am |
re: #508 littleoldlady
Tamron! :-)
We are long-suffering fans, but fans we are!
Hey, I thought a filly was a high-spirited flirty mare? Whassup witchoo?
.
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:40:40am |
re: #505 x-wing
Yep, PCS'd from Germany a few months before M-1 transition, I should've listened to the senior guys and stayed. But nooo.
My Recruiter even told me he spent his entire career overseas.
I came back state side and ended up handing over our tanks to student Lt.s to bust up and than we got to fix them.
sounds about right...... we'd get our tracks up to snuff and MATES would sign them out to whomever.
but it's late and we don't wanna scare of all the sillyvillians with horror stories,
even if the are true. %-)
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:41:04am |
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:42:02am |
re: #506 littleoldlady
It's a half an hour early and I have noticed.
YAY PHILLIES!
i think a field sobriety check is in order.
(if she passes, giver her a fruitcup or two.)
/white smoke!
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:42:39am |
re: #506 littleoldlady
It's a half an hour early and I have noticed.
YAY PHILLIES!
Yiiipppeee. Hope the hooligans didn't bust up the city too bad ;>}
/Red has the ingredients ready. I helped a little...mostly drank though
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:42:52am |
re: #512 littleoldlady
SS/DD. The World Series is the high point of my
day,week, life right now.You?
Lotsa KiKi-birds here in Anchorage right now.
(!)
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:42:55am |
re: #512 littleoldlady
SS/DD. The World Series is the high point of my
day,week, life right now.You?
it's "SS/ED". don't you read the memos?
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:43:21am |
re: #514 x-wing
And all I got to do was clean up the mess they both made!
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:44:27am |
re: #509 gmsc
Um, Clint Eastwood himself does appear in BTTF 2.
In BTTF 3, while in 1885, Marty even assumes the name "Clint Eastwood".
you mean people have actually watched these movies?
/horrified
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:45:46am |
re: #517 little blessing
And all I got to do was clean up the mess they both made!
like we didn't see you taking all those "test samples"......
who's zoomin who with that cosmic debris?
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:46:01am |
re: #511 redc1c4
Now that littleoldlady is up let's get smashed. I'll need to pass out in an hour or five ;>}
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:46:43am |
re: #509 gmsc
Um, Clint Eastwood himself does appear in BTTF 2.
In BTTF 3, while in 1885, Marty even assumes the name "Clint Eastwood".
I forgot about that!
"Party's over, Biff."
Hopefully McCain can "throw the remote" in the cesspool at Grant Park and say "Party's over, Barack."
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:47:24am |
Good morning littleoldlady. Congratulations out to your Phillies. City is still standing I take it?
/dread to see what would happen if the Leafs won Lord Stanelys shaving mug.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:47:38am |
re: #508 littleoldlady
Tamron! :-)
We are long-suffering fans, but fans we are!
Long-suffering!? I don't want to hear it....
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:48:03am |
re: #504 Tamron
pass: if G*d had wanted me to be that cold, she wouldn't have had me born in Lost Angels.........
my pool is still 80mumble. %-)
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redc1c4 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:48:41am |
re: #520 x-wing
Now that littleoldlady is up let's get smashed. I'll need to pass out in an hour or five ;>}
you've been holding back?
/more for me!
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:49:14am |
re: #518 redc1c4
you mean people have actually watched these movies?
/horrified
Great lines from BTTF 3:
"What's your name, runt?"
"Eastwood. CLINT Eastwood."
"What kind of stupid name is that?!?"
...and...
"If you don't go out and fight, everybody everywhere will say that Clint Eastwood is the biggest yellow-belly in the west!"
(Let's not forget Shonash/Clayton/Eastwood Ravine!)
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:49:19am |
re: #513 redc1c4
red! :-)
I AM STANDING UP! ;-)
x-wing! :-)
yeah, I was just checking the news sites to see how many got arrested, and if anything I liked got burned down. (Can't wait until Wednesday. Should be a real treat.)
What's a Ki-ki bird?
little blessing! :-)
Thanks for defending me up ↑ there! ;-)
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:49:50am |
re: #517 little blessing
And all I got to do was clean up the mess they both made!
What those messes we put in those shot glasses? ;>}
//
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:50:32am |
BlueCanuck! :-)
Fenway! :-)
Well, true. We're not a national joke.
/came close, though
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Rancher Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:51:12am |
Despite being shot twice during an ambush in Afghanistan, an SAS (Special Air Service) soldier from Australia lashed himself to the front of his patrol vehicle so he wouldn't be left behind if he passed out from loss of blood and kept on fighting.
From Wikipedia:
The Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) is a Special Forces regiment modeled on the original British SAS and also drawing on the traditions of the Australian World War II 'Z' Special Force commando unit, as well as the Independent Companies which were active in the South Pacific during the same period.
"Z" unit troops were the ones left on occupied Japanese islands to conduct recon as well as raiding Japanese ports. British SAS were the forerunners of todays Special Forces.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:51:16am |
re: #522 BlueCanuck
/dread to see what would happen if the Leafs won Lord Stanelys shaving mug.
Non-issue, Blue....I think some of the Leafs' higher-ups are saying that themselves.
Now Lord Stanley's shaving mug appearing in it's rightful place the hub of hockey would be a slightly different matter.
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:51:33am |
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:54:14am |
re: #527 littleoldlady
Blue Canuck defended you. little was boozing with red and I. ;>}
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:54:17am |
re: #531 Fenway_Nation
Yeah, still suffering under the Ballard Curse. But what do I care, I don't follow sports.
/white smoke, blue smoke, ducks and covers.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:54:46am |
gmsc! :-)
I'm looking at a slide show at a local station's site called, "Celebration and Devastation."
/ruh roh
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:55:22am |
re: #526 gmsc
Great lines from BTTF 3:
"What's your name, runt?"
"Eastwood. CLINT Eastwood."
"What kind of stupid name is that?!?"...and...
"If you don't go out and fight, everybody everywhere will say that Clint Eastwood is the biggest yellow-belly in the west!"
(Let's not forget Shonash/Clayton/Eastwood Ravine!)
Run? For fun? What the hell kinda fun is that?
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:56:14am |
Congratulations, LoL! I guess this means Philly cheesesteaks all around!
But please tell all the Philly fans and sportscasters enough with this manufactured angst over a 28-year championship drought. Some of us had to wait a little longer than that.....
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:56:16am |
I can just see a Philadelphia sports reporter: "Congratulations on winning the World Series. For our native Philadelphians under 25, perhaps you could explain exactly what a sports championship is . . ."
;)
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:57:54am |
Well, the police commissioner isn't complaining too much. Nobody died. That's good.
What's a few wrecked cars among friends?
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 1:58:21am |
re: #538 Fenway_Nation
I have NEVER seen the leafs hoist the cup, ever. And not just because I was too young to remember either.
/and I ain't exactly a spring chicken.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:00:02am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup and cheesesteaks are on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!
YAY PHILLES!
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:00:13am |
re: #537 Sharmuta
Honey- that's insulting. I'm unforgettable, damnit.
I must've read the initial meaning wrong, I know you're unforgetable.
/erasing quickly. ;>}
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:00:34am |
re: #542 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup and cheesesteaks are on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!YAY PHILLES!
I'll take a cheesesteak -- only cheese and steak, please!
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:00:47am |
re: #478 TheMatrix31
LOL!
"Things have certainly changed around here. I remember when this was all farm land, as farrrrrr as the eye could see. Old Man Peabody---owned alllllllllllll of it. He had a crazy idea....of breeding PINE trees."
I especially liked these parts:
--Where the terrorists in the VW wagon were chasing them
--When Marty discovered that his father was a peeping Tom
--When Biff ran into a load of horseshit
--When Doc Brown found out that one of his inventions actually MADE it --The scene where Marty imitated Darth Vader.
Great stuff.
.
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:01:09am |
re: #542 littleoldlady
Thank you, littleoldlady!
Did you see my ACORN update? We found over 200 fraudulent registrations- about twice as many as the deputy chair was expecting!
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:01:36am |
re: #538 Fenway_Nation
Congratulations, LoL! I guess this means Philly cheesesteaks all around!
But please tell all the Philly fans and sportscasters enough with this manufactured angst over a 28-year championship drought. Some of us had to wait a little longer than that.....
It's actually been 25 years since ANY Philadelphia sports team has won a championship (The 76ers were last, winning the NBA Finals in 1983), so they'll be celebrating big time, and not just the baseball fans!
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:01:40am |
re: #539 gmsc
I can just see a Philadelphia sports reporter: "Congratulations on winning the World Series. For our native Philadelphians under 25, perhaps you could explain exactly what a sports championship is . . ."
;)
That's funny - but exactly what happened!
/heard screaming into a cellphone, "Hi Mom I'm on Broad Street! I've never seen a party like this!"
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:02:02am |
re: #542 littleoldlady
A little from column A, and a litte from column B. Thanks a whole bunch littleoldlady.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:02:16am |
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:03:17am |
re: #542 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup and cheesesteaks are on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!YAY PHILLES!
Where's the cheez-wiz? who took the cheez-wiz?
/
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:03:45am |
re: #550 littleoldlady
Matrix! :-)
South Beach Diet? ;-)
Nah, I'm just a picky guy when it comes to food :)
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:04:18am |
re: #547 gmsc
It's actually been 25 years since ANY Philadelphia sports team has won a championship (The 76ers were last, winning the NBA Finals in 1983), so they'll be celebrating big time, and not just the baseball fans!
And the truly amazing thing is - aside for some midseason games in years when the Phillies are doing so well - it's really hard to get tickets for any sporting event around here.
/like I said, fans.
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:05:04am |
re: #545 Tamron
I especially liked these parts:
--Where the terrorists in the VW wagon were chasing them
--When Marty discovered that his father was a peeping Tom
--When Biff ran into a load of horseshit
--When Doc Brown found out that one of his inventions actually MADE it --The scene where Marty imitated Darth Vader.Great stuff.
.
I love how, in the first 2 movies, Biff's car runs into a manure truck owned by "D. Jones". In the last movie, when Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen gets knocked out, he falls into a manure truck owned by "A. Jones". Family business? (Sort of like the Statler Toyota in 1985, Statler Pontiac in 1955, and Statler Ranch/Honest Joe Statler's Fine Horses in 1885).
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:05:33am |
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:05:37am |
re: #541 BlueCanuck
I have NEVER seen the leafs hoist the cup, ever. And not just because I was too young to remember either.
/and I ain't exactly a spring chicken.
The bRUINS are the only Boston team I haven't seen win a championship in my lifetime. Since the Pats, Red Sox, Celtics and even Boston College Hockey really raised the bar, the bRUINS really need to get off the schnide.....
I remember a Leaf fan was giving me shit about the Bruins championship drought when I was in the HHOF in TO a few years back. Funny....if it were a Rangers, Red Wings, Oilers or even Dallas Stars fan, I would've had no leg to stand on whatsoever. Instead, I said something like "Yea....it's been awhile, hasn't it? But at least the pictures of the Bruins last Stanley Cup team are in color!"
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:08:12am |
re: #556 Fenway_Nation
oooooh that must have smarted. The Make-me-laffs are a standing joke sorta. But try to get tickets to any games here. Scalpers will sell nosebleeds for ten times the box office cost and get what they asked.
/always shake my head at that one.
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:08:46am |
re: #527 littleoldlady
What's a Ki-ki bird?
(Thought you'd never ask.) That's a common Alaskan winter phenomenon. It's those little feathered critters wandering around saying,
"Ki-Ki-Ki-RIST it's COLD around here!"
:-)
.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:09:39am |
re: #558 Tamron
Yep, it must be open mic night today.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:12:02am |
re: #558 Tamron
(Thought you'd never ask.) That's a common Alaskan winter phenomenon. It's those little feathered critters wandering around saying,
"Ki-Ki-Ki-RIST it's COLD around here!"
:-)
.
Aha. Like the Jewish w(h)ine that's served around here after the first frost:
Take me to Miaaammmmiii!
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akak Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:12:22am |
littleoldlady
Good Morning! I'm glad your team won for you!
It's a great experience isn't it?
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:12:50am |
Sharmuta! :-)
How's the war going, my frontline friend?
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Erik The Red Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:13:14am |
Morning everyone. Does anyone have a link to Obama's 30min commercial? I am in Africa and have not seen it. I am reading in the press here that he made a hash of it. If so I would love to see that.
Thanks
Red
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:13:31am |
re: #562 akak
littleoldlady
Good Morning! I'm glad your team won for you!
It's a great experience isn't it?
akak! :-)
YUP!
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:14:14am |
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yochanan Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:14:23am |
re: #541 BlueCanuck
I have NEVER seen the leafs hoist the cup, ever. And not just because I was too young to remember either.
/and I ain't exactly a spring chicken.
well i sort of remember when the 'blackhawks' last did it i was too young to belly up to the bar.
the BEARS, WHITE SOX, AND BULLS have all won rather recently a little less recent on the BEARS.
personally i don't care about the FUBS esp since they are the 'liberal' team in chicago. offen you see CUBS AND OBAMA STICKERS ON THE SAME CARE. have not seen any WHITE SOX ONES that way. as the sox are the working man's team.
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:14:46am |
re: #563 littleoldlady
I tried to tell you in #546. I was standing up......
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gmsc Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:15:26am |
I mainly stayed up for the fruitcup, and I'm going to bed now!
G' Night!
Oh, and I'll leave you all with THIS!
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:15:53am |
re: #567 yochanan
I thought the 0ne annointed the ChiSox his team.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:17:58am |
re: #566 x-wing
Remember in 2004,when John Kerry ordered his with Swiss?
LOL
Lost him 1/2 of Philadelphia! ;-)
/Sarah Palin, on the other hand, is a local hero around here. She really looked like she knew what she was doing at Tony Lukes.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:19:29am |
re: #568 Sharmuta
Sorry! A little bleary-eyed this morning. ;-)
GREAT GOING! Where's the update? Spinoffs?
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yochanan Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:22:10am |
saw a 'hawks' canuks game in vancouver some how i got 4th row seats right by the goal. was so close to the glass when the checked into it you could feel it.
they had a waitress who came and got my beer and food orders. did not have to settle up till the game was over. way cool.
the difference between seeing a game in chicago vs vancouver is almost as different as going to a college football game vs NFL game.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:23:26am |
re: #571 littleoldlady
Cool, the woman is really one of us.
O.T. did those heathens out there vandalize any satallite dishes? My cable has been blipping for 2 hours now? ;>}
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:24:18am |
re: #573 littleoldlady
No- I got the call from my Deputy Chair while commenting on another thread so I posted it then, as well as waaaay upthread here. I just wasn't sure if you'd seen either of those comments. I want to say it was about 257 registrations, but I might be remembering the number wrong.
Regardless- it was twice what they were expecting, but we got 'em, and we're going to nail them Tuesday.
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Fearless Fred Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:24:33am |
re: #542 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup and cheesesteaks are on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!
Good morning! Though I'm not actually through sleeping quite yet.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:25:02am |
re: #575 x-wing
Mostly cars got trashed, as far as I can see. Maybe it's windy out there? My cable goes out whenever that happens.
/which is why I got Verizon FiOs for internet...
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:26:43am |
re: #576 Sharmuta
No- I got the call from my Deputy Chair while commenting on another thread so I posted it then, as well as waaaay upthread here. I just wasn't sure if you'd seen either of those comments. I want to say it was about 257 registrations, but I might be remembering the number wrong.
Regardless- it was twice what they were expecting, but we got 'em, and we're going to nail them Tuesday.
YOU GO GURL! :-)
I see you've visited HillBuzz already today. (It's my second stop these days, as well! ;-) What's the deal with the "3rd bump" Obama taking kickbacks?
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Fearless Fred Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:27:15am |
re: #576 Sharmuta
They used to register people here in front of Whole Foods ...Whole Paycheck, I mean.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:27:24am |
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yochanan Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:33:15am |
what the hell is chez wiz? here we put sweet or hot peppers on beef.
keeping kosher i guess i will never get a philli
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Tamron Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:35:01am |
re: #117 vbspurs
Tell me, does Obama have ANY relatives who are not living in abject poverty?
Well, there's Michelle and their two daughters.
.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:35:23am |
re: #582 x-wing
Hows FNC look on your t.v. right now?
Fine. Do you have squirrels out your way? They eat the wires and ruin my connection around here occasionally...
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:36:13am |
re: #580 Fearless Fred
They used to register people here in front of
Whole Foods...Whole Paycheck, I mean.
Registering people to vote isn't the problem. Fraudulently registering people to vote, and registering people to vote with the intent to commit voter fraud is.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:38:02am |
re: #583 yochanan
Cheez Wiz isn't really cheese, more like a plastic disguised as such. ;)
/white smoke
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:38:30am |
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:39:36am |
re: #585 littleoldlady
Fine. Do you have squirrels out your way? They eat the wires and ruin my connection around here occasionally...
Somethings up, but both t.v.s are doing it and they're on different lines coming in.
/guess Philly aint the problem ;>}
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Fearless Fred Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:41:03am |
American Thinker ---
Clarice Feldman
Money ties between the Obama campaign and ACORN have come to light. Brad Bumstead of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports:
Anita Moncrief, a former Washington, D.C. staffer for Project Vote, which she described as a sister organization of ACORN, said her supervisor told her the list of campaign contributors came from the Obama campaign. Moncrief said she has a copy of a "development plan" that outlines how Obama contributors who had "maxed out" under federal contribution limits would be targeted to give to Project Vote, and that it was her job to identify such contributors.
Moncrief testified that ACORN and Project Vote were virtually identical.
So much for the Obama claim that he had "no ties to ACORN."
h/t: Charles Martin
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:41:37am |
re: #587 BlueCanuck
Cheez Wiz isn't really cheese, more like a plastic disguised as such. ;)
/white smoke
Careful, or I'll have to throw some yellow smoke on yer ass ;>}
/where'd redc go?
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Fearless Fred Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:42:06am |
re: #581 littleoldlady
FRED! :-) Long time no type to!
Have a cheesesteak! ;-)
I shouldn't have, ...but I did!
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:43:08am |
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Ledger1 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:43:52am |
For those of you who feel that the election will be all ACORN'd UP with fraud here is what you can do. You can join McCain’s election monitoring team. It’s not hard. Here is the application page:
[Sample of McCain’s election monitor page]
It is critically important that volunteers like you act to help make this an honest and open election during every stage of the election process.
Citizens from across the nation will join us in ensuring this year’s election is conducted fairly and transparently. They will perform critical tasks at the heart of the election process, including serving as election monitors, helping in election response centers, and as members of legal response teams. They will include both lawyers and concerned citizens who want to safeguard the integrity of American elections.
Many of these citizens will serve on Election Day, November 4th. However, in many states voters are already casting their ballots during Early Voting or by absentee ballot.
If you are able to serve to protect the integrity of this election, whether on Election Day or during the Pre-Election Day voting that is already underway, sign up on this page today. We urgently need your help whether you can serve in your home state, or are able to travel to a contested state.
I am a lawyer and I am licensed to practice law in the state(s) of:
I am a law student
I am a concerned citizen
I will volunteer on Election Day in my state
I am willing to travel to another state on the day of, or in the days immediately prior to Election Day.
When would you be available for deployment / activities?
2 Days Before
5 Days Before
Work in a call center on Election Day.
Be a member of a Legal Response Team.
Be an Election Monitor.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:44:14am |
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:45:36am |
re: #527 littleoldlady
No problem, darling! We Little people must stand together. . .
/Yes, even on November 4th!
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:46:07am |
re: #579 littleoldlady
Everyone seems to be loving the Hillbuzz. Even Ayatollah G. mentioned them. I'm so glad VBSpurs turned me on to them.
We ♥ you Hillbuzz!
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Fearless Fred Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:48:47am |
re: #586 Sharmuta
Registering people to vote isn't the problem. Fraudulently registering people to vote, and registering people to vote with the intent to commit voter fraud is.
Of course -- that's what I'm referring to. There's an attitude and mindset and agenda here among the aggressive ACORN people that inevitably results in some level of invalidity.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:49:57am |
re: #598 Sharmuta
I posted on their Pennsylvania thread. Reminded me of the days when LGF wasn't monitored and had no registration.
/troll-laden...
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:51:27am |
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 2:54:00am |
re: #602 littleoldlady
They do have a filter over there though, so it helps keep the 0bamabot comments down to a minimum.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:00:07am |
re: #603 BlueCanuck
Sounds good for other things but, not for a greasy steak sandwich around here.
That Soubise sauce sounds good, but how do you sweat an onion in butter? And what do you put it on?
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:01:26am |
re: #594 Ledger1
Can you put that in the spinoffs, too please?
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:01:34am |
re: #605 littleoldlady
Still here, where'd redc go? We were getting gooned up together.
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:04:44am |
re: #608 x-wing
Hey, hey, hey! No you don't. The fumes are still too strong in here!
/Harry and Larry. Who wants to be Moe?
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:07:49am |
re: #610 little blessing
Hey, hey, hey! No you don't. The fumes are still too strong in here!
/Harry and Larry. Who wants to be Moe?
Sharmoeta? No- better see if Matrix is still here.
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notreallyme Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:08:32am |
Someone at the Obama campaign must have a twisted sense of humor. I just watched the begining of his infomercial on YouTube. A few seconds in is the exact scene that was used to open Jericho, minus the hills and mushroom cloud, but I think they were CGI (digital add ons).
So all I could think of when I watched what I could before giving up is Jericho. I wonder if this was an accident or intended.
Jericho was a CBS TV series in which 29 cities in the US were nuked by someone very high up in Homeland Security.
Geoff.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:10:22am |
re: #610 little blessing
I'm getting to the point that I'll be anybody. Gotta watch my typing close, but I have a little more in me.
/nyuck,nyuck
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:11:18am |
re: #612 littleoldlady
Didn't think Red would want to be Curly, so I changed it to Harry.
/combined from the other threesome. Tom, Harry and...
//What DID you guys put in the fruitcup?!?
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:14:36am |
I'm starting to think that the PUMAs should get their own category in the spinoff links section....
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:15:09am |
re: #612 littleoldlady
Who's Harry? ;-)
It was reds mistakes. It took us a few tries to get it just right. little blessing was the tester tonight ;>}
///
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:16:07am |
re: #615 little blessing
Didn't think Red would want to be Curly, so I changed it to Harry.
/combined from the other threesome. Tom, Harry and...
//What DID you guys put in the fruitcup?!?
I just knew I was going to get blamed for this! ;-)
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:18:54am |
re: #617 x-wing
I'm never offering to help red again!
/fingers crossed.
re: #618 littleoldlady
I could never blame you for something you didn't do. Now x-wing and red on the other hand...
/no wonder red became inconspicuous, he wanted to see the results without getting into trouble.
//He's out of white smoke.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:20:12am |
re: #618 littleoldlady
I just knew I was going to get blamed for this! ;-)
I was doing fine with beer until the fruitcup came out ;>}
/who said cheez-whiz wasn't good straight from the can? yummy
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:20:40am |
re: #619 little blessing
//He's out of white smoke.
Oh! That's bad. We should take up a collection...
;-)
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:24:06am |
re: #620 x-wing
I was doing fine with beer until the fruitcup came out ;>}
/who said cheez-whiz wasn't good straight from the can? yummy
I think yochanan tried that and now HE's passed out... ;-)
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NC State of Mind Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:25:05am |
Good morning Lizards.
I just posted a link in the spinoffs entitled "Florida Cubans fear Obama." Good article with and excellent picture of the people at the rally holding a banner that is now my background on my desktop.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:25:07am |
re: #606 x-wing
If you make the sauce thick enough(hint: lots of extra cheese) it will stick to anything. Sweating an onion will make it give up it's secrets. ;)
/sweating an onion is essentially frying an onion or other vegetable on low heat instead of high heat. Onions on philly cheese steak are essentially sweated.
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:25:24am |
ire: #622 littleoldlady
Sounds like the Dead Thread needs a medic.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:25:27am |
Just watching some tape of the celebrations last night on Fox local.
Eight year old kid tells the reporter: I've been waiting for this my whole life!
/ya gotta love it! ;-)
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:26:43am |
re: #622 littleoldlady
I think yochanan tried that and now HE's passed out... ;-)
LOL, does this mean he'll have to turn in his yarmuck a thingamajig? ;>}
///
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:27:32am |
Good morning all!
I tried and treid to get on last night, but the hamsters must have been really, really busy!
I missed (on purpose) BO's infomercial...were there any dancing girls dressed in Che shirts and red berets?
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:28:03am |
re: #623 NC State of Mind
Good morning Lizards.
I just posted a link in the spinoffs entitled "Florida Cubans fear Obama." Good article with and excellent picture of the people at the rally holding a banner that is now my background on my desktop.
NC! :-)
One of my dingbat friends in Florida put an Obama bumpersticker on her car and said she was chased down the street by an enraged Cuban woman yelling, Communiste! Communiste!
/"exactly what you deserved" is what I told her.
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yochanan Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:29:36am |
ONLY GET POTTED ONCE A YEAR ON PURIM although this election night i might make an exception.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:29:47am |
re: #627 x-wing
LOL, does this mean he'll have to turn in his yarmuck a thingamajig? ;>}
///
Not unless he only eats kosher cheese. I once brought a kosher pizza home and talloldman told me, Don't you EVER do that again!
/synagogue fundraiser
//inedible pizza :-(
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:29:47am |
re: #624 BlueCanuck
Thanks for the cooking lessons. I'm saving that roux page too.
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notreallyme Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:30:49am |
re: #629 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Good morning all!
I missed (on purpose) BO's infomercial...were there any dancing girls dressed in Che shirts and red berets?
It's on youtube if you want to zip through it. If you are a fan of Jericho, watch carefully the first few seconds.
Geoff.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:31:08am |
Morning {goddess}, hows things this fine Thursday morning. :)
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:31:41am |
{littleoldlady}
Isn't a friendship coming to an end--one friend simply outgrowing another--one of the saddest things?
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:31:53am |
re: #634 x-wing
No problem. I love good food. And sometimes I actually succeed in making it. ;)
/seriously, know my way around a kitchen.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:32:05am |
re: #636 notreallyme
It's on youtube if you want to zip through it. If you are a fan of Jericho, watch carefully the first few seconds.
Geoff.
I saw your post earlier...too bad they forgot to let it go until the bomb went off! That would have been hilarious!
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:32:28am |
re: #611 Sharmuta
Sharmoeta? No- better see if Matrix is still here.
Whatever the accusation is, I didn't do it!
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:32:38am |
re: #637 BlueCanuck
Morning {goddess}, hows things this fine Thursday morning. :)
{BlueCanuck}
Pretty blue myself, but I'll be okay. Just coming to terms that an old friend has moved on.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:32:38am |
re: #638 goddessoftheclassroom
{littleoldlady}
Isn't a friendship coming to an end--one friend simply outgrowing another--one of the saddest things?
It is. Very sad.
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:32:41am |
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yesandno Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:33:06am |
On the Informercial....
I was so aware he was "reading" that it lost impact for me....maybe the same for others? Had it been 30 minutes of him in that arena that appeared at the end...when he appeared more God-like and the crowd was enthused...well I think he would have really dragged in the numbers.
As it was, it was clips if damn sad stories that this time I looked at and said, "that is terrible, want to hear what happened to me?" and "I have to deal with it on my own, how about you?" People resonated with the problems, but not sure if that related to buying the solutions as they were really too broad for the examples.
Time will tell. But the piece was not as good as predicted....the man has no warmth.
GO McCain/Palin
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notreallyme Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:33:55am |
re: #633 littleoldlady
Not unless he only eats kosher cheese. I once brought a kosher pizza home and talloldman told me, Don't you EVER do that again!
/synagogue fundraiser
//inedible pizza :-(
Too bad, the kosher pizza here in Israel is fine. Even the Pizza Hut pizza is good, but my wife won't eat it because they don't have anchovies. Some Jews don't mix fish with dairy. (we do)
Geoff.
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:34:06am |
re: #646 yesandno
On the Informercial....
I was so aware he was "reading" that it lost impact for me....maybe the same for others? Had it been 30 minutes of him in that arena that appeared at the end...when he appeared more God-like and the crowd was enthused...well I think he would have really dragged in the numbers.
As it was, it was clips if damn sad stories that this time I looked at and said, "that is terrible, want to hear what happened to me?" and "I have to deal with it on my own, how about you?" People resonated with the problems, but not sure if that related to buying the solutions as they were really too broad for the examples.
Time will tell. But the piece was not as good as predicted....the man has no warmth.
GO McCain/Palin
The angles they used at the end when he was speaking were really....VERY creepy.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:34:25am |
re: #638 goddessoftheclassroom
{littleoldlady}
Isn't a friendship coming to an end--one friend simply outgrowing another--one of the saddest things?
I'm trying to hold this one together, although I have a feeling that after the election when I tell her exactly what she's done, she's not going to want to speak to me anymore. :-(
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:35:05am |
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NC State of Mind Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:35:39am |
re: #646 yesandno
On the Informercial....
I was so aware he was "reading" that it lost impact for me....maybe the same for others? Had it been 30 minutes of him in that arena that appeared at the end...when he appeared more God-like and the crowd was enthused...well I think he would have really dragged in the numbers.
As it was, it was clips if damn sad stories that this time I looked at and said, "that is terrible, want to hear what happened to me?" and "I have to deal with it on my own, how about you?" People resonated with the problems, but not sure if that related to buying the solutions as they were really too broad for the examples.
Time will tell. But the piece was not as good as predicted....the man has no warmth.
GO McCain/Palin
I agree with you. Chris Matthews does not:
I thought it was Hollywood. It was romance. It was realism. The technical quality of it, the production values were perfect, the way they timed going to live, the biographical material. But most important, the connection with the average person in the economic turmoil we face right now I thought was fabulous. Of course, there we see the setting, which is very much like an Oval Office setting, showing that he's comfortable and we should be comfortable and will be with him in such a setting. I thought everything was just right.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:35:45am |
re: #643 goddessoftheclassroom
That sucks, but sometimes it happens. Happened to me, actually I moved on, he stayed the same.
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notreallyme Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:36:07am |
re: #641 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I saw your post earlier...too bad they forgot to let it go until the bomb went off! That would have been hilarious!
My guess is that either they never saw the show, or the person who inserted it is a PUMA and wanted to plant a message BHO would not get. After all, he approved the message. :-)
Geoff.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:36:09am |
re: #647 notreallyme
Oh, I'll bet the cheese there is better!
/certainly can't be WORSE
Why no fish with dairy? In Philadelphia fish IS dairy!
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:36:12am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:37:00am |
re: #645 little blessing
I blame the army. After suffering through years of mediocre to bad food, you just learn to make the good stuff yourself.
/but red is more cynical, *ahem* experienced then I am.
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NC State of Mind Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:39:05am |
re: #650 littleoldlady
I'm trying to hold this one together, although I have a feeling that after the election when I tell her exactly what she's done, she's not going to want to speak to me anymore. :-(
You're a great friend to be able to keep the peace for that long.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:39:15am |
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:39:38am |
re: #651 goddessoftheclassroom
Goddess, this should make you smile (or cry):
I was grading some tests on Ancient Greece. The students were given examples of the 3 types of Columns used in Greek Architecture and were asked to name them.
One of my students wrote: Carpathian, Ironic and Idiotic!
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:39:41am |
Love the Toronto (Red)Star. Top of front page, teaser for inside is Creepy and Scary Hallowe'en costumes. Picture they use? Some ditz dressed as Sarah Palin.
/*spit* only good section is the Sunday Comics.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:39:45am |
You could make a decent cajun roux in about the amount of time OBlama was bloviating in his info-marx-ercial.
Making the roux would be time much better spent, no doubt!
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notreallyme Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:39:54am |
re: #655 littleoldlady
Oh, I'll bet the cheese there is better!
/certainly can't be WORSE
Why no fish with dairy? In Philadelphia fish IS dairy!
It's an obscure ruling that some people follow. For example my Chabad friends don't do it, but they will eat bagels and cream cheese because it's cold and supposedly cold flavors don't combine. Others don't mix meat and fish, which seems to be more common, but still not common practice.
We are just normal orthodox and mix fish with meat and dairy (but not at the same time).
Geoff.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:41:50am |
re: #660 little blessing
LOL, I would definitely bust a gut. Should ask that student if they watched Zero™ DNC speech.
/perfect match for columns and speaker.
//and they are Corinthian, Ionic, and Doric. :)
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:41:57am |
re: #646 yesandno
Just saw on Fox and Friends, Chris Matthews response to it.
Can you say Barf-o-rama. gawd.
I'll look for a clip.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:42:15am |
re: #658 NC State of Mind
You're a great friend to be able to keep the peace for that long.
Sure. Let's ignore the fact that's she's in Florida and I'm in Pennsylvania.
/film at 11: littleoldlady strangles best friend
//she's safe for now because I can't reach that far... ;-)
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:43:01am |
re: #665 x-wing
Just saw on Fox and Friends, Chris Matthews response to it.
Can you say Barf-o-rama. gawd.
I'll look for a clip.
He's so far up Obama's keyster he hasn't seen the light of day in months, ever since he got that thrill up his leg.
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yesandno Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:43:30am |
re: #652 NC State of Mind
Well I kind of think I might be more like the average voter then Chris...but I could be wrong.
He probably is off to the Urologist this morning, the tingle probably having been elevated to the stream.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:43:34am |
re: #660 little blessing
One of my students wrote: Carpathian, Ironic and Idiotic
Hey! I resemble that remark! ;-)
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Ledger1 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:44:58am |
re: #607 Sharmuta
I thought it was a positive step toward ensuring a fair election – and it might be interesting to actually monitor an important election.
As a general rule I don’t put my own stuff in the spin-off links (Ledger likes to toil in obscurity - auditing and all). But, I will make an exception.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:45:26am |
re: #663 notreallyme
Interesting. Do the differences have to do with interpretation of law or what part of Europe/Arabia the esser comes from?
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yesandno Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:45:34am |
re: #662 imploder
You could make a decent cajun roux in about the amount of time OBlama was bloviating in his info-marx-ercial.
Making the roux would be time much better spent, no doubt!
If Obama wins, I know I will rue the day......
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Erik The Red Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:45:50am |
re: #665 x-wing
I could only get though the first 2 minutes. What a load of shit.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:46:23am |
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:46:24am |
re: #672 yesandno
If Obama wins, I know I will rue the day......
If he wins, it would be a roux awakening, that's for sure.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:47:15am |
re: #660 little blessing
Goddess, this should make you smile (or cry):
I was grading some tests on Ancient Greece. The students were given examples of the 3 types of Columns used in Greek Architecture and were asked to name them.
One of my students wrote: Carpathian, Ironic and Idiotic!
What grade do you teach? That did make me smile. Actually. that answer that the kid was paying SOME attention: "ironic" is almost "Ionic"; itjust has an extra "r,", "idiotic" is a bit like "Doric," and if the kid is in to Van Helsing or Dracula, I can see how he or she muddled "Carpathian" with "Corinthian."
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:47:29am |
re: #670 Ledger1
Please do- it's important that people get involved, and the link in the spinoffs might inspire some people to do just that. Thanks!
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:49:17am |
re: #674 littleoldlady
We all are Buzzsawmonkey on the dead thread. We each rise to the occassion if it's kneaded.
/a twofer.
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NC State of Mind Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:51:28am |
re: #660 little blessing
Goddess, this should make you smile (or cry):
I was grading some tests on Ancient Greece. The students were given examples of the 3 types of Columns used in Greek Architecture and were asked to name them.
One of my students wrote: Carpathian, Ironic and Idiotic!
When Shaquille O'Neal went to Athens, reporters asked if he went to the Parthenon and he said "No, I didn't have time to go to all the bars."
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:51:38am |
My Labrador is sleeping on the couch and she is sleep running, with little whimpers interspersed.
I think she's flees Obama's utopian paradise.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:53:28am |
re: #679 littleoldlady
Just be thankful you missed the electrical puns on Tuesdays overnight thread, it got rather shocking. Many lizards were illuminated as well.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:53:45am |
Almost noon in Central Zooropa. What to do. Hmmm, I need to carve those pumpkins.
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:54:10am |
re: #676 goddessoftheclassroom
Grade Seven.
I'm glad you smiled! She told me the answers were on the tip of her tongue!
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:55:04am |
re: #682 BlueCanuck
Just be thankful you missed the electrical puns on Tuesdays overnight thread, it got rather shocking. Many lizards were illuminated as well.
Those were so last kilowatt hour. :)
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:55:09am |
re: #684 little blessing
Did you ask her to read them?
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notreallyme Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:56:16am |
re: #671 littleoldlady
Interesting. Do the differences have to do with interpretation of law or what part of Europe/Arabia the esser comes from?
The wikipedia (under poisons) has an explanation of fish and meat,
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...] but I can't seem to find anything about fish and dairy. What most people outside of Israel don't understand is that there really are three major traditions, not two, Mizrachi (eastern), Sepharadi (Spanish) and Ashkenazi (German) and lots of tiny subdivisions. Mizrachi and Sepharadi are close, but not exactly the same, and Askenazi is different in lots of details.
I get a lot of confusion people think I am Askenazi, because my last name is Germanic, but my family retained their Sepharadi customs when they moved east after 1492. A branch of my family stayed in Germany and became famous scholars, then converted to Christianity.
Geoff.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:56:21am |
re: #685 imploder
Puns can be so much fun. Especially to watch the reactions of people around you as they groan and wince.
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notreallyme Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:57:20am |
re: #676 goddessoftheclassroom
What grade do you teach? That did make me smile. Actually. that answer that the kid was paying SOME attention: "ironic" is almost "Ionic"; itjust has an extra "r,", "idiotic" is a bit like "Doric," and if the kid is in to Van Helsing or Dracula, I can see how he or she muddled "Carpathian" with "Corinthian."
At least they did not say "text". :-)
Geoff.
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Aussie Infidel Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:57:55am |
Hey you denizens of Chicago just watch yourselves come the day after the election.
Stay well clear of Grant Park.
Mayor is either an idiot or he has totally misread what is brewing in his city.
There will be a million folks hopped up to eyeballs and looking for trouble. If zero wins somehow then look out for the 'get even' squads ..
If he loses then expect the park to explode and look for a big body count.
Stay safe you lizards in the Windy city
Got a tight grip on that firearm and find that bible fast! You may need both before this is over whichever way it turns out!
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:58:15am |
re: #688 BlueCanuck
The electrical ones were coming fast and furious. I was impressed at the breadth of knowledge of electrical jargon displayed here.
Unclever people could never pull off a string of puns like those. It was quite funny.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:58:52am |
re: #691 imploder
The electrical ones were coming fast and furious. I was impressed at the breadth of knowledge of electrical jargon displayed here.
Unclever people could never pull off a string of puns like those. It was quite funny.
Was it part of a Get Out the Volt campaign?
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thedude Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:59:06am |
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Dar ul Harb Thu, Oct 30, 2008 3:59:24am |
re: #492 gmsc
I usually spend at least one day each year just enjoying a BTTF marathon.
I remember once getting into a heated discussion over a scene in BTTF 2. The question: Once Biff traveled back in time to give his younger self the almanac, should he have been able to return to the very same 2015? Shouldn't he have returned to a 2015 where the past had been changed by Biff's fortune made via the almanac?
Supposedly, the last time we see Old Biff in 2015 as he staggers out of the timecar and breaks off the top of his cane, he was going to begin to disappear. In the BTTF world, the timecar travels faster than the speed the paradox propagates through the timeline.
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NC State of Mind Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:00:03am |
re: #682 BlueCanuck
Just be thankful you missed the electrical puns on Tuesdays overnight thread, it got rather shocking. Many lizards were illuminated as well.
Do you mind if I induct myself into your game? At first I didn't think I had the mental capacitence to understand your jokes, but then I got it and started laughing so hard, my stomach now Hertz.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:00:19am |
re: #690 Aussie Infidel
...Stay safe you lizards in the Windy city
Got a tight grip on that firearm and find that bible fast! You may need both before this is over whichever way it turns out!
Honestly, were I to live anywhere near Chicago I'd be hunkering down. Aint no way in hell I'd get near a crowd of one million. Especially in the murder capital of the U.S.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:01:23am |
re: #687 notreallyme
RICE EATER! ;-)
Us Ashkenazis think everything/one that's not "us" is Sephardic. ;-) Meanwhile, there are varying traditions even among the SubCarpathian Ruthenians.
/never pit the Poles against the Hungarians
//it's a bloody mess!
Thanks for the information. I learn something new here every day!
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:03:14am |
re: #695 NC State of Mind
Do you mind if I induct myself into your game? At first I didn't think I had the mental capacitence to understand your jokes, but then I got it and started laughing so hard, my stomach now Hertz.
Watt? Maybe you better check your shorts.
/
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:03:18am |
re: #692 goddessoftheclassroom
I forget why it started, but the resitance broke down and they were flying fast and serial. Alas we couldn't keep it up the whole night and eventually there were several repeaters done in parallel.
/okay I think I will stop now. ;)
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:04:12am |
re: #699 BlueCanuck
I forget why it started, but the resitance broke down and they were flying fast and serial. Alas we couldn't keep it up the whole night and eventually there were several repeaters done in parallel.
/okay I think I will stop now. ;)
Thanks for the thorough grounding--I like to keep current on these things.
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notreallyme Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:04:39am |
re: #697 littleoldlady
RICE EATER! ;-)
Us Ashkenazis think everything/one that's not "us" is Sephardic. ;-) Meanwhile, there are varying traditions even among the SubCarpathian Ruthenians.
Thanks for the information. I learn something new here every day!
And Garlic too. (that's not kitnyot, it's because eastern Europeans used to soak garlic in beer to preserve it). But the hard part was to find soy sauce without wheat. We ended up with LaChoi which has corn in it, and an organic soy only product from a Chinese company with a branch in Monesy, New York.
Geoff.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:05:57am |
I think horse puns would be funny. They are every bit as funny as electrical ones, the mane point being they would make electrical puns whither with envy. They would stifle those others as if cinched down with a girth, they would saddle them with guilt. They would rein down on them and trot right past them. They would pass through the gait of good sense into the paddock of the innane.
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:06:57am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:07:06am |
re: #702 imploder
I think horse puns would be funny. They are every bit as funny as electrical ones, the mane point being they would make electrical puns whither with envy. They would stifle those others as if cinched down with a girth, they would saddle them with guilt. They would rein down on them and trot right past them. They would pass through the gait of good sense into the paddock of the innane.
I say thee neigh.
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Spare O'Lake Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:07:10am |
Good Morning LGF.
Rough week for undiagnosed/unmedicated bipolar political animals.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:07:32am |
re: #703 littleoldlady
Well, you used them all up!
/city girl ;-)
Hahahah! Sorry, I suck at the game. I need to go salt lick my wounds.
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NC State of Mind Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:08:18am |
re: #698 x-wing
Watt? Maybe you better check your shorts.
/
Thanks for the tip. I checked my shorts, fixed them, and now I have power again.
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:09:27am |
re: #706 imploder
Hahahah! Sorry, I suck at the game. I need to go salt lick my wounds.
Morning, Lizards.
(Good morning, littleoldlady, Sharmuta, and goddess.)
Actually, that's a deer hunting joke. Rack 'em up in the next alley.
cheers
eon
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yesandno Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:09:52am |
re: #702 imploder
I think horse puns would be funny. They are every bit as funny as electrical ones, the mane point being they would make electrical puns whither with envy. They would stifle those others as if cinched down with a girth, they would saddle them with guilt. They would rein down on them and trot right past them. They would pass through the gait of good sense into the paddock of the innane.
Letting the sparks fly, are we?
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:10:58am |
re: #707 NC State of Mind
Doesn't mean we won't find faults!
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:11:04am |
I have created Monsters.
/cool, red and buzzsawmonkey will be proud.
//almost feels like "Callahans Crosstime Saloon" here
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:11:57am |
OMG!
Everyone go check out the picture of BO in Drudge!
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:12:01am |
re: #711 BlueCanuck
I have created Monsters.
/cool, red and buzzsawmonkey will be proud.
//almost feels like "Callahans Crosstime Saloon" here
I love those stories. And I don't even drink.
cheers
eon
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:12:19am |
re: #711 BlueCanuck
Careful, you'll overload your ego.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:12:56am |
re: #713 eon
Well we will just have to make you a Hickory Daquiri Doc. *evil grin*
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:13:00am |
re: #708 eon
eon! :-)
Actually, that's a deer hunting joke.
I think you need to be from Pennsylvania or Ohio to get it, though. ;-)
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Spare O'Lake Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:13:16am |
re: #702 imploder
I think horse puns would be funny. They are every bit as funny as electrical ones, the mane point being they would make electrical puns whither with envy. They would stifle those others as if cinched down with a girth, they would saddle them with guilt. They would rein down on them and trot right past them. They would pass through the gait of good sense into the paddock of the innane.
Anyone seen the latest gallop?
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:13:23am |
re: #714 little blessing
Too late, I think I blew a fuse at the least, a breaker at the most.
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:14:05am |
re: #719 BlueCanuck
Great, you'll cause the rest of us to short circuit.
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:15:08am |
re: #719 BlueCanuck
Too late, I think I blew a fuse at the least, a breaker at the most.
I'm shocked.
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summergurl Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:15:38am |
re: #696 imploder
Honestly, were I to live anywhere near Chicago I'd be hunkering down. Aint no way in hell I'd get near a crowd of one million. Especially in the murder capital of the U.S.
Either its going to be jubilant celebration in the streets there with a lot of attitude that The One won, or a bunch of pizzed of community organizers clamoring for a recount.
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:15:47am |
re: #712 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
OMG!
Everyone go check out the picture of BO in Drudge!
Oookaaayy, looks like The One is dropping all the pretenses.
Color me shocked. (Not.)
But he needs to lock that elbow.
/sort of like I tell people to do when I'm teaching them the Weaver Stance. Which I may be doing more of in the very near future.
cheers
eon
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:15:49am |
re: #721 littleoldlady
OY OY OY!
Tell me about it....only I didn't say OY when I saw it. I can't write what I said, here.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:16:22am |
re: #712 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
OMG!
Everyone go check out the picture of BO in Drudge!
No offense but, are you sure that's him?
/I see an outline of a person in a suit
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:17:01am |
re: #726 eon
Oookaaayy, looks like The One is dropping all the pretenses.
Color me shocked. (Not.)
But he needs to lock that elbow.
/sort of like I tell people to do when I'm teaching them the Weaver Stance. Which I may be doing more of in the very near future.
cheers
eon
He controls the sun and the moon and the stars...so why can't he fix the markets with just a waive of his hands?
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:17:18am |
re: #712 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Wow, that's just too much over the top. This light worker must be thrown back into the shadows.
/wasn't Lucifer also known as the prince of light?
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lookout Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:18:15am |
Morning to all of you pun-dents of paronomasia.
Something to look out for today: RCP's national average is +6.2 for Obama, but the outlier PEW poll showing +15 for Obama will drop off. Unless it's replaced with another outlier, the RCP ave. will drop by a full point.
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:18:20am |
re: #729 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
We need to Eclipse him.
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Dar ul Harb Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:19:15am |
re: #712 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
OMG!
Everyone go check out the picture of BO in Drudge!
Here comes the Sun King....
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opnion Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:19:15am |
FNC just aired a video that is posted on YouTube.
It is a montage of Obama apologizing for being late for Senate meetings.
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:19:27am |
re: #715 BlueCanuck
Well we will just have to make you a Hickory Daquiri Doc. *evil grin*
Ouch. LOL.
This is why I don't pun. I know when I'm outmatched. *silly look on face*
cheers
eon
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:20:18am |
re: #730 BlueCanuck
Wow, that's just too much over the top. This light worker must be thrown back into the shadows.
/wasn't Lucifer also known as the prince of light?
I wonder if Drudge is doing this to because he's in the tank for BO, or because he's trying to reinforce the point that BO is an arrogant little bastard.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:20:45am |
re: #735 eon
Stole it from the book. One that was used on the Doc. A toothpick in a glass of water.
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:20:46am |
re: #733 Dar ul Harb
Well the Ancient Egyptians also believed in a power controlling the sun.
Can you say "Dung Beetle"?
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opnion Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:20:55am |
Dicm Morris now on. He claims that the race is tied , with undecideds breaking to McCain. We'll see.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:21:30am |
re: #739 opnion
Dicm Morris now on. He claims that the race is tied , with undecideds breaking to McCain. We'll see.
Let us pray!
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:21:43am |
re: #730 BlueCanuck
Wow, that's just too much over the top. This light worker must be thrown back into the shadows.
/wasn't Lucifer also known as the prince of light?
In Latin, "Lucifer" literally means "Light-bringer". Early European matches, which had to be dipped in a liquid chemical to ignite, were called "lucifers" for this reason.
cheers
eon
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summergurl Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:22:08am |
re: #736 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I wonder if Drudge is doing this to because he's in the tank for BO, or because he's trying to reinforce the point that BO is an arrogant little bastard.
Drudge is NOT in the tank for BO -
Can't you see that BO is Vulcan?
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:22:27am |
re: #737 BlueCanuck
Stole it from the book. One that was used on the Doc. A toothpick in a glass of water.
I know, I just didn't want to spoil the moment. :-)
cheers
eon
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:22:47am |
All I know is that I want to quit smoking, but this election has me smoking more than usual.
I think that I'll take a break fro the news this weekend. I'll just check here and if it's really, really important Charles will have it covered.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:23:15am |
re: #743 eon
I will use other mens words, but I will never claim them as my own.
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NC State of Mind Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:23:55am |
re: #739 opnion
Dicm Morris now on. He claims that the race is tied , with undecideds breaking to McCain. We'll see.
I don't know how this early voting will effect the race, but 1/3 of registered voters in my county have already voted (at least once.)Hopefully, these are the diehards that wouldn't change there minds even if BHO burned a flag in public this afternoon. If not, there are going to be some remorseful early voters I'm afraid.
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Dar ul Harb Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:24:25am |
re: #738 little blessing
Well the Ancient Egyptians also believed in a power controlling the sun.
Behold his mighty hand!
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:24:33am |
re: #742 summergurl
Drudge is NOT in the tank for BO -
Can't you see that BO is Vulcan?
That is not logical.
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Pullus Iulius Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:25:09am |
In the latest outrage, Douglas Wilder (d) and Gov. Tim Kaine (d) of my late lamented Commonwealth of Virginia are asking a federal judge to allow Virginia polls to stay open an additional 3 hours, for the ostensible reason that there are apparently so many new registrants (though many may not be real people, and decades have shown us that there is poor correlation between registration and actual voting). What it really is, is an extra 3 hours for a financially bloated Ø campaign to sweep the cities with GOTV pimps armed with walking-around money. It's in the hands of a judge, so all you can do is pray. Put Virginia on your prayer list. Pray for justice.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:25:12am |
re: #741 eon
In Latin, "Lucifer" literally means "Light-bringer". Early European matches, which had to be dipped in a liquid chemical to ignite, were called "lucifers" for this reason.
cheers
eon
I didn't know that! I knew that matches were called lucifers, but not the reason why. I knew that Lucifer was the Angel of Light, but not the latin meaning.
This is why Latin should be an elective in school...like it used to be when I was in school, (and it wasn't that long ago as I graduated in 1985).
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:25:52am |
Boy, AP story really going after Obama. Really? Yeah. Really.
Obama's prime-time ad skips over budget realities
Sure you guys have seen this already...didn't have time to go back.
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opnion Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:26:02am |
re: #746 NC State of Mind
I don't know how this early voting will effect the race, but 1/3 of registered voters in my county have already voted (at least once.)Hopefully, these are the diehards that wouldn't change there minds even if BHO burned a flag in public this afternoon. If not, there are going to be some remorseful early voters I'm afraid.
Obama keepps pushing the early vote in states where it is still going on.
He wants that vote banked in case other things come out.
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:26:55am |
re: #742 summergurl
Drudge is NOT in the tank for BO -
Can't you see that BO is Vulcan?
Romulan, actually.
Vulcans, as a rule, neither lie nor bluff, oppose violence, and avoid doing harm to others, even by proxy, if at all possible.
Romii are adept at all of the above. And actually rather enjoy it.
/really old-time Trekkie here
cheers
eon
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:27:21am |
re: #752 opnion
Obama keepps pushing the early vote in states where it is still going on.
He wants that vote banked in case other things come out.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:27:37am |
re: #754 eon
Yeah, but Vulcans have really good poker faces.
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:27:44am |
Good morning folks.
Look for the market to open up this morning. The Nikkei was up 9.96%, the Hang Sent was up about 12%, and the overnight futures are up about 3.5%
I suspect that yesterday's late sell off included a lot of short sellers taking short positions. If so, look for those speculators to be scrambling to close out their positions if the market indeed heads up today.
The rate cut by the Fed's was foreseen and pretty much discounted by the market already. The positive is it will help lower borrowing costs and indirectly expand the money supply. The downside of this move is the Fed's really can't go much lower than 1%, so there are no more bullets in the monetary policy gun.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:28:09am |
Is it just me, or does Dick Morris not look as svelte as he used to?
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summergurl Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:28:41am |
re: #754 eon
Romulan, actually.
Vulcans, as a rule, neither lie nor bluff, oppose violence, and avoid doing harm to others, even by proxy, if at all possible.
Romii are adept at all of the above. And actually rather enjoy it.
/really old-time Trekkie here
cheers
eon
I don't know, he seems to have the hand greeting down -
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:28:52am |
I'll finish my MBA by the time I come back stateside. Looks like if el Unico gets elected, I'll be picking cantaloupes on a state run collective farm.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:29:13am |
re: #758 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Is it just me, or does Dick Morris not look as svelte as he used to?
Not just you.
He looked awful just now on Fox and Friends. Bloated, like he's on steroids or something.
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ibmkeyboard Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:29:50am |
Obama has spent 200 million dollars for TV ads.
McCain has spent 60 million, but now they are still within 3+, with 6.7 undecided.
That is a margin of 3.7 percent, the undecided will elect Palin- McCain.
Many of those that said they would vote for an Afro- American will not.
It is not racism- it is a culture difference.
We don't live in the world of Rev. Wright and his so called hatred of America. Go Ask him to leave America and see/hear what he says?
Go Ask Bill Ayers to leave America if he hates it so much?
We will not turn leadership of this country over to a man that has never convinced his wife she should be Proud of America.
There are a lot of things I don't like about McCain,
but love of his country is not one of them.
McCain- Palin 08
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:29:56am |
re: #736 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I wonder if Drudge is doing this to because he's in the tank for BO, or because he's trying to reinforce the point that BO is an arrogant little bastard.
My take is he's mocking the MSM's openly worshiping Obama.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:30:06am |
re: #761 reine.de.tout
Not just you.
He looked awful just now on Fox and Friends. Bloated, like he's on steroids or something.
I've heard the term, "fat" for that condition. :)
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:30:07am |
re: #761 reine.de.tout
Not just you.
He looked awful just now on Fox and Friends. Bloated, like he's on steroids or something.
That's what I thought, too.
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BaseballMom57 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:30:30am |
re: #757 3 wood
I agree. I just hate the days after a Fed rate cut when everyone comes to my office thinking mortgage rates are the same. Makes me crazy.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:31:16am |
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:31:16am |
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:31:19am |
re: #756 BlueCanuck
Yeah, but Vulcans have really good poker faces.
Except when they're losing at three-dimensional chess.
cheers
eon
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:31:31am |
re: #760 imploder
Looks like if el Unico gets elected, I'll be picking cantaloupes on a state run collective farm.
You will be in an indoctrination center run by Obama's Gestapo and the MSM to make sure you are properly worshipful of The One.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:31:40am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:32:56am |
re: #760 imploder
I'll finish my MBA by the time I come back stateside. Looks like if el Unico gets elected, I'll be picking cantaloupes on a state run collective farm.
In Barack Obama's Amerika, the cantaloupes pick you.
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NC State of Mind Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:32:58am |
re: #771 reine.de.tout
Want we all be able to afford homes like that ones this redistrubution thing gets underway?
/
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reine.de.tout Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:33:02am |
re: #764 imploder
I've heard the term, "fat" for that condition. :)
Hmm.
Actually, he really did look bloated, not just larger. He did not look good at all.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:33:05am |
re: #766 BaseballMom57
I agree. I just hate the days after a Fed rate cut when everyone comes to my office thinking mortgage rates are the same. Makes me crazy.
As an expat, I hate it when the fed lowers the rate because it weakens the dollar insofar as the Euro is still a couple of percentage points higher, although I heard the ECB was considering a parallel cut which would bring at least an equal position as earlier in terms of laagering cash, not better or worse than before. The eurozone is in a serious funk that they're just no realizing.
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:34:22am |
Democrats are beaming that their party is outperforming the Republicans in early voting, releasing numbers Wednesday that show registrants of their party ahead 54 percent to 30 percent among the 1.4 million voters who have gone to the polls early.“We’re thrilled at the record turnout so far,” said Democratic Party of Florida spokesman Eric Jotkoff. “It’s a clear indication that Democrats want to elect Barack Obama and Democrats up and down the ballot so that we can start creating good jobs, rebuilding our economy and getting our nation back on track.”
But party breakdowns for turnout aren’t the same as final tallies, and at least one poll offered a different view for the campaign of Republican John McCain.
A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll gave McCain a 49-45 lead over Democrat Barack Obama among Floridians who have already voted.
Now would be a good time for 0bama to panic. These numbers mean it's democrats flipping, and if this goes national.... hold on to your butts, because we're going to win.
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:34:35am |
re: #766 BaseballMom57
I agree. I just hate the days after a Fed rate cut when everyone comes to my office thinking mortgage rates are the same. Makes me crazy.
I was getting phone calls on this by 3pm yesterday afternoon. I had to keep explaining the difference between the discount rate of the Fed's and market interest rates, plus explain the concept of risk.
By the way, congrats to Phillies fans our there for their team winning the Championship. This is the second time in my life that I have seen the Phillies go from being awful to winning the World Series.
And the Cubs keep talking about rebuilding plans...
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:35:05am |
re: #776 Sharmuta
[Link: strata-sphere.com...]
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:35:50am |
re: #777 3 wood
Baseball been berry berry good to us! :-)
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:35:59am |
re: #773 NC State of Mind
Want we all be able to afford homes like that ones this redistrubution thing gets underway?
/
Uhhh, no.
That will be strictly for the party elite.
Along with the chauffeured limousines, the bodyguards, and the reserved seats at Kennedy Center for Wagner nights.
/after reading part of the "National Volunteer Force" thread, am I correct in assuming such allusions will no longer get down-dinged?
cheers
eon
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:36:33am |
re: #776 Sharmuta
“We’re thrilled at the record turnout so far,” said Democratic Party of Florida spokesman Eric Jotkoff. “It’s a clear indication that Democrats want to elect Barack Obama and Democrats up and down the ballot so that we can start creating good jobs, rebuilding our economy and getting our nation back on track.”
I always wonder about the talking points, why they must parrot them. I think I could be a politician. All you have to do are utter simpleton talking points that don't mean shit.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:36:35am |
re: #776 Sharmuta
Now would be a good time for 0bama to panic. These numbers mean it's democrats flipping, and if this goes national.... hold on to your butts, because we're going to win.
I have a good feeling, too!
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Rancher Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:36:38am |
Lets take a look at who has endorsed Senator Government.
Illinois New Party
Co-founded in 1992 by Daniel Cantor (a former staffer for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign) and Joel Rogers (a sociology and law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), the New Party was a Marxist political coalition whose objective was to endorse and elect leftist public officials -- most often Democrats. The New Party’s short-term objective was to move the Democratic Party leftward, thereby setting the stage for the eventual rise of new Marxist third party.
Most New Party members hailed from the Democratic Socialists of America and the militant organization ACORN. The party’s Chicago chapter also included a large contingent from the Committees of Correspondence, a Marxist coalition of former Maoists, Trotskyists, and Communist Party USA members.
New Zeal has proof that the New Party considered Obama a member despite Obama's denials. But he's no socialist. Who else has endorsed him? I remember Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani off the top of my head. Palestinians in the Gaza are manning the phones for Obama, funded by the PLO or Hamas I'm assuming.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:36:51am |
Well it's been a puntastic end to the shift, but I most switch off now. Stay scaly lizards, and keep clueing in the eeyores.
/*poof*
//or should it be *zzzzt*
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:37:08am |
re: #775 imploder
The eurozone is in a serious funk that they're just no realizing.
In spades.
And the Euro bank will probably drag its feet cutting rates again cause they want money to flow back into their system form the US banks now that the EU rates are that much higher. It's a "beggar thy neighbor" policy that is very short sighted.
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ibmkeyboard Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:37:40am |
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:38:10am |
re: #776 Sharmuta
Now would be a good time for 0bama to panic. These numbers mean it's democrats flipping, and if this goes national.... hold on to your butts, because we're going to win.
We got this election. Three polls have gone from double digits last week to 2,3 and4 points today.
/I'm leaning landslide baby.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:38:38am |
re: #783 reine.de.tout
I have a good feeling, too!
So do I, but I still expect a court fight a'la Gore Lieberman....only with torch wielding mobs and car-b-ques.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:38:49am |
re: #787 ibmkeyboard
Would the worshipful Rev. Wright even walk a mile in Jesus sandals?
Ha!
uh, I'm thinking - no.
The Rev believes he is entitled you see.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:40:16am |
re: #790 reine.de.tout
Ha!
uh, I'm thinking - no.The Rev believes he is entitled you see.
Yeah, he'd have demanded an ass to ride!
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jorline Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:40:22am |
Good morning. Lizards
Must See TV...Just Released On YouTube
This guy is a joke...remember, he has only been in Washington for 150 days...the rest of his time has been spent campaigning.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:40:24am |
re: #786 3 wood
In spades.
And the Euro bank will probably drag its feet cutting rates again cause they want money to flow back into their system form the US banks now that the EU rates are that much higher. It's a "beggar thy neighbor" policy that is very short sighted.
They are in serious denial. It's hitting hard right where it's hitting the U.S. hard, in large consumer products, construction spending, automobiles (europeans are very parochial and drive european brands 10 to 1). The head of the ECB, I forget his name, the French guy, he's seeing the writing on the wall however, and they realizing the U.S. is likely to weather the storm easier and get out of it sooner than the eurozone. Those fundamentals are keeping the greenback in relatively good shape. Inflation here is what they are worried about as far as maintaining their rate, but that was two curves back down the road!
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yochanan Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:40:28am |
re: #633 littleoldlady
Not unless he only eats kosher cheese. I once brought a kosher pizza home and talloldman told me, Don't you EVER do that again!
/synagogue fundraiser
//inedible pizza :-(
kosher pizza in israel good in america not so good.
for some reason kosher cheese in israel is GREAT but in america less so
maybe because all the cheese in israel is kosher between jews who keep kosher and muslims who don't want 'pig renit'
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:40:31am |
re: #755 Sharmuta
Sharm, or anyone, I have a question regarding that article.
"So with a really high 6.4% advantage in turnout Obama is losing by 4%." Maybe it's late, but I'm not getting the connection there if it's saying the Democrats are up 45.4% to 39%.
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:41:08am |
re: #783 reine.de.tout
I have a good feeling, too!
Yes- I'm confident. All the 0bamabot, all the Eeyores talking down the PUMAs, trying to tell us they don't exist- it's bullshit.
All the 0bamabots, and msm shills, and astroturfers trying to keep us depressed and down- it's all bullshit!
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!
54% to 30% dems voting over republicans and McCain is ahead! LMAO!
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:41:10am |
Looks like Joe the Plumber is challenging BO to a duel!
Speak it Joe!
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:41:22am |
re: #785 BlueCanuck
Well it's been a puntastic end to the shift, but I most switch off now. Stay scaly lizards, and keep clueing in the eeyores.
/*poof*
//or should it be *zzzzt*
Later Blue, I think I'm next out.
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summergurl Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:41:53am |
re: #788 x-wing
We got this election. Three polls have gone from double digits last week to 2,3 and4 points today.
/I'm leaning landslide baby.
I won't be able to sleep Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night. Figure thats how long it will take to declare a winner. And it will be McCain - courtesy of Palin, the Hillary voters that turned for him, the backlash to BO's arrogance, and all of us Barcalounger Bud drinking bible totaing gun clinging masses that love our family and the Constitution and live in flyover states.
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shanec99 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:41:53am |
re: #757 3 wood
Good morning folks.
Look for the market to open up this morning. The Nikkei was up 9.96%, the Hang Sent was up about 12%, and the overnight futures are up about 3.5%
I suspect that yesterday's late sell off included a lot of short sellers taking short positions. If so, look for those speculators to be scrambling to close out their positions if the market indeed heads up today.
The rate cut by the Fed's was foreseen and pretty much discounted by the market already. The positive is it will help lower borrowing costs and indirectly expand the money supply. The downside of this move is the Fed's really can't go much lower than 1%, so there are no more bullets in the monetary policy gun.
If the market goes up by 10% I am going to sell about 25% of my holdings and sit on the side lines with the cash. Anything that goes up 10% in one day will fall back and when I does I am going to do some buying.
There is a lot of speculation in the market, and people are behaving like day traders. This is going to give people with cash on hand some great buying opportunities. I intend to take advantage of them.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:42:23am |
re: #792 jorline
Good morning. Lizards
Must See TV...Just Released On YouTubeThis guy is a joke...remember, he has only been in Washington for 150 days...the rest of his time has been spent campaigning.
Good morning, Jorline!
I just saw that on Fox & Friends. Would be hilarious, if it wasn't so scary.
What was so important that he had to miss the meetings his job required of him?
Is this how he would run the White House? If he misses discussions, how in the heck will he know what's going on? It will take twice as long to make a decision if every discussion has to be replayed for him.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:42:28am |
re: #795 TheMatrix31
Sharm, or anyone, I have a question regarding that article.
"So with a really high 6.4% advantage in turnout Obama is losing by 4%." Maybe it's late, but I'm not getting the connection there if it's saying the Democrats are up 45.4% to 39%.
I think that's the rate at which they are coming in to vote. It's not as robust as the democrats had hoped for and does not contain the energy they need to go over. Also, many of the democrats are purportedly jumping ship. Hard to say.
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Roark Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:43:18am |
re: #64 vbspurs
Kael never said it:
Kael/Nixon quote
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:44:05am |
Well, I have to get ready to go to work.
Have a great day all, and I might be popping in and out of here today, depending on how busy I am.
Have a great day lizards!
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yochanan Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:44:15am |
re: #791 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Yeah, he'd have demanded an ass to ride!
Belim's ass wouldn't let rev. wrong anywere near himself as G-D gave him the vision to see the truth.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:44:22am |
re: #800 shanec99
If the market goes up by 10% I am going to sell about 25% of my holdings and sit on the side lines with the cash. Anything that goes up 10% in one day will fall back and when I does I am going to do some buying.
There is a lot of speculation in the market, and people are behaving like day traders. This is going to give people with cash on hand some great buying opportunities. I intend to take advantage of them.
I think what you intend to do above, exit and then reenter the market would be pretty much along the lines of day-trading.
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Rancher Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:44:22am |
Wood, doesn't Europe lag the US by about six months? While we may be seeing the end of the tunnel, recession wise Europe is still very much in it.
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:44:28am |
I saw yesterday where Pelosi said that if the Dem;s get a significant majority in both houses and win the White House, there will be more bipartisanship.
Right.
That is because conservatism will be outlawed, the Fairness Doctrine will be back in force, the MSM will become the Gestapo for the Democrats, and Democrats define "bipartisanship" as they get whatever they want.
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little blessing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:44:29am |
re: #797 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
BO would apologise for showing up late!
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:44:50am |
re: #776 Sharmuta
A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll gave McCain a 49-45 lead over Democrat Barack Obama among Floridians who have already voted.
Does that include the absentee ballots or just the early voters?
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:45:08am |
re: #802 Sharmuta
It means PUMAs, Hon.
Well then, I guess I'll be wearing my Puma shoes on Election Day!
Actually, I wear them every day.
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:45:44am |
re: #787 ibmkeyboard
For someone who screamed G** D*** America, he sure is living the good life in America.
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jorline Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:45:54am |
re: #801 reine.de.tout
Good morning, Jorline!
I just saw that on Fox & Friends. Would be hilarious, if it wasn't so scary.
What was so important that he had to miss the meetings his job required of him?
Is this how he would run the White House? If he misses discussions, how in the heck will he know what's going on? It will take twice as long to make a decision if every discussion has to be replayed for him.
Good morning, reine. I saw it on FOX as well and went to YouTube to post the video...it is scary.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:47:20am |
re: #808 Rancher
Wood, doesn't Europe lag the US by about six months? While we may be seeing the end of the tunnel, recession wise Europe is still very much in it.
I don't know about time frames, but I know the fundamentals of the two economies are intertwined in some places, and some places not so much (the disparity of currencies, for example, and the fact that most commodities are priced in dollar). I think they both have dynamics that are idependent of one another, also. For example, Japan had a ten year funk in the 80s and 90s that despite all the government meddling they could not shake. We were doing pretty well during those times.
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ibmkeyboard Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:47:27am |
/sorry,
After seeing that castle of the good Rev.
Maybe the Obamagruppenführer SS would give me one of those huge mansions?
/my vote could still be bought,
but not my soul.
YO
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shanec99 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:47:58am |
re: #807 imploder
I think what you intend to do above, exit and then reenter the market would be pretty much along the lines of day-trading.
Nope, I call it smart trading, buying low and selling high. That is just good sense. I will buy from the panic sellers anytime. It's taking advantage of the unwarranted pessimism in the market place right now and the fact that people are cashing in securities because they need liquidity desperately. Large organizations and builders are sitting on inventory that is not moving, in many cases they financed it and they must make payments, so they are selling off assets cheap. I intend to buy them as they sell.
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Sharmuta Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:48:18am |
re: #811 littleoldlady
And Republicans continued to show a traditional strength, leading 50 percent to the Democrats’ 30 percent in the 1.2 million absentee ballots already returned.
[Link: strata-sphere.com...]
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:48:30am |
re: #793 imploder
They are in serious denial. It's hitting hard right where it's hitting the U.S. hard, in large consumer products, construction spending, automobiles (europeans are very parochial and drive european brands 10 to 1). The head of the ECB, I forget his name, the French guy, he's seeing the writing on the wall however, and they realizing the U.S. is likely to weather the storm easier and get out of it sooner than the eurozone. Those fundamentals are keeping the greenback in relatively good shape. Inflation here is what they are worried about as far as maintaining their rate, but that was two curves back down the road!
I saw that denial when I was in Ireland last June. Real estate prices skyrocketing, wages artificially elevated beyond all reason, food prices jumping. There was no way that the whole thing was not going to fall in on itself.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:48:47am |
re: #817 shanec99
Nope, I call it smart trading, buying low and selling high. That is just good sense. I will buy from the panic sellers anytime. It's taking advantage of the unwarranted pessimism in the market place right now and the fact that people are cashing in securities because they need liquidity desperately. Large organizations and builders are sitting on inventory that is not moving, in many cases they financed it and they must make payments, so they are selling off assets cheap. I intend to buy them as they sell.
Good luck with that!
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SteveC Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:48:50am |
Subject change for a few --
Anyone own or use the Voyager smartphone, made by LG for Verizon Wireless?
My old phone has just about had it.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:49:34am |
re: #819 3 wood
I saw that denial when I was in Ireland last June. Real estate prices skyrocketing, wages artificially elevated beyond all reason, food prices jumping. There was no way that the whole thing was not going to fall in on itself.
I was in Ireland a month or so ago. Outrageous beer prices!
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shanec99 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:50:15am |
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littleoldlady Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:50:33am |
re: #818 Sharmuta
Oh boy! LOLOLOLOLOL!
The actual voters out early are heavily democrat (+16%), but the exit poll shows McCain +4%.
It's the PUMAS, alright, and the rest of us Democrats with their brains switched to "ON".
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:50:37am |
re: #800 shanec99
If the market goes up by 10% I am going to sell about 25% of my holdings and sit on the side lines with the cash. Anything that goes up 10% in one day will fall back and when I does I am going to do some buying.
OK, but remember that trying to time the market is a very dangerous way to go. Don't ever put money into the market that you need back in less than 5 years.
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eon Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:51:20am |
re: #786 3 wood
In spades.
And the Euro bank will probably drag its feet cutting rates again cause they want money to flow back into their system form the US banks now that the EU rates are that much higher. It's a "beggar thy neighbor" policy that is very short sighted.
The problem with "robbing Peter to pay Paul" is that sooner or later, Peter goes broke. And Paul still blames you.
In the past, most countries have "solved" such problems by going to war. (As Tom Clancy once said, war is simply a mugging writ large.)
The Napoleonic Wars were started when the French revolutionaries realized that their "economy" (based on what we would now call socialist principles) was a basket case- they accordingly attacked Italy, which was close to hand, and not yet unified (it was still a group of competing-and mutually hostile- principalities), mainly on the grounds that the Vatican (which they hated, being anti-religion) was supposedly the richest "government" around, and they assumed that no one else in Europe would complain.
The result was the most costly war in world history to that date, involving every major nation in both Europe and North America (the War of 1812 was a subsidiary conflict of the Napoleonic Wars.) Which France ended up losing. (Statistically, "starter=loser" in wars throughout history.)
Today, I don't see the Eurodolts invading anyone to avoid Chapter 13. At least, not with their armies.
Now, using political leverage to essentially blackmail other, more successful polities into opening their treasuries and handing over their purses, and their pretties- well, what do you think the UN and European Union are for?
/all in the name of "peace" and "prosperity", of course
cheers
eon
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shanec99 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:51:25am |
re: #822 imploder
I was in Ireland a month or so ago. Outrageous beer prices!
I hear that in Jamaica the price of pot was unblievable. Gotta arrest those damned pot smokers.
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ibmkeyboard Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:51:36am |
re: #806 yochanan
Belim's ass wouldn't let rev. wrong anywhere near himself as G-D gave him the vision to see the truth.
LOL
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:52:29am |
re: #825 littleoldlady
Oh boy! LOLOLOLOLOL!
It's the PUMAS, alright, and the rest of us Democrats with their brains switched to "ON".
Jeez I'm so nervous. By the time Tuesday night is done, I won't have any fingernail left.
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3 wood Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:52:36am |
re: #822 imploder
I was in Ireland a month or so ago. Outrageous beer prices!
I don't drink so I did not pay attention to that, but the food was outrageous. Two cheeseburgers and an order of fish and chips was the equivalent of about $75 in a greasy spoon just south of Dublin. Petrol worked out to about $9 a gallon.
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Beach Lover Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:52:39am |
re: #746 NC State of Mind
I don't know how this early voting will effect the race, but 1/3 of registered voters in my county have already voted (at least once.)Hopefully, these are the diehards that wouldn't change there minds even if BHO burned a flag in public this afternoon. If not, there are going to be some remorseful early voters I'm afraid.
Morning Lizards, count me among the ones who have already voted. Lines were long (stood for about an hour). I dont' think there can be too many out there "undecided". Now its a matter of how bad you want to vote. Weather and determination may decide this election.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:53:19am |
re: #826 3 wood
OK, but remember that trying to time the market is a very dangerous way to go. Don't ever put money into the market that you need back in less than 5 years.
He should also keep in mind he'll be liquidating 25% of his portfolio at a time when the market bottom is uncertain. Timing the market is a gamble, a big one. Selling right now would definitely mean selling at or near the bottom, so poof goes some of the opportunity of the existing equities also appreciating, perhaps at a higher rate than what he could buy, who knows?
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shanec99 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:53:31am |
re: #826 3 wood
OK, but remember that trying to time the market is a very dangerous way to go. Don't ever put money into the market that you need back in less than 5 years.
I don't anticipate using my Roth IRA or other accounts for another 15 years at least. The time to look for buying opportunities is now and I am buying on every dip.
My only regret is that I don't have more money to buy on the sell offs.
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x-wing Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:54:11am |
re: #799 summergurl
I'll be sleeping nicely by 11 pm Tuesday night. I don't think it's the beer talking either. The news is attacking That One™, cause they know they backed a loser and they are trying to get some distance now that we serfs didn't fall for it.
You should sleep well too,unless you live in a big city. If so turn off the lights and stay low. Sorta like NYC in the 1970's
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NC State of Mind Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:55:25am |
re: #832 Beach Lover
Weather and determination may decide this election.
I'm already praying for snow, hail and deluges next Tuesday. I know, despite what the MSM says, we are the more determined lot.
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shanec99 Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:56:12am |
re: #834 imploder
He should also keep in mind he'll be liquidating 25% of his portfolio at a time when the market bottom is uncertain. Timing the market is a gamble, a big one. Selling right now would definitely mean selling at or near the bottom, so poof goes some of the opportunity of the existing equities also appreciating, perhaps at a higher rate than what he could buy, who knows?
If the market goes up 10% in one day I can't see it holding on to all of it. So i will sell and wait for it to give back some of the 10% gains. I canno remember a single time where the market went up 10% and did not give back some of the gains shortly afterwards.
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ibmkeyboard Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:56:23am |
re: #825 littleoldlady
Oh boy! LOLOLOLOLOL!
It's the PUMAS, alright, and the rest of us Democrats with their brains switched to "ON".
lol
I wondered what that light was around my head,
asked the wife and she convinced me it was no halo.
vote Palin.
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imploder Thu, Oct 30, 2008 4:56:34am |
Shanec99, slow and steady wins the race, that's my philosophy. But good luck to you and be careful.
On that note, gotta get some work done around here.
Tchuss!
