Thank you for all that you do, Charles.

Open! Whoo whoo!

After a day & a half of gloom, the sun is coming out.

From my son:

I wrote this today, in response to a bunch of people who were bitter and belligerent about the election. Thought you might enjoy it.

"We must always look forward as a people, and recognize the progress we have made along the way. Americans should take pride in the historic nature of this new Presidency, and we should all show our support for the office of the President, regardless of politics and previous rhetoric.

I am skeptical of any claims made by politicians of both political parties, and experience places this perennial "spirit of unity" on a razor's edge. In Washington, power is always in season as new alliances are formed and old unions dissolve. As much as we may desire change in Washington, there is no escaping the inherent positioning of every word and phrase. Politics is politics; there is no changing tautological truth.

But for America, it is time for us to return to our daily lives. It is time for rest, for resolve, for release. It is time for us to put down our signs and bring out our hearts.

For those who supported Obama, enjoy this moment, but understand that your brothers and sisters lost, are in pain, and cannot enjoy this moment as you. You need to help them see this moment as the triumph it is, not with the political rhetoric of the past, but with the common human connection that unites us all.

For those who supported McCain, don't let this loss overwhelm or define you. Realize that the ideas that unite us as ideological brethren are stronger than any one election, and that it is now time for transition and transformation, reflection and respect.

Democracy works to stabilize government via constant political turmoil and internal revolution. The winds have changed, but the landscape is the same. This is America. We are America. And it is a new day.

'Sun
Take some time, get away
Sun
Suicide is a shame
Sun
Soon, you'll find your own way
Sun
Hope has come, you are safe
And it makes me cry
Because I'm on my way

Hey, it's the sun, and it makes me shine…'"

Also, I must say that I love the placement of the rotating titles over the entrance to the Lounge.

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry:
"Obama is the new Reagan" says MSN
Check out the Dow down almost 500 pts above Barry's pic!
[Link: articles.moneycentral.msn.com...]

I'm just avoiding grading the last couple of god-awful papers. But I guess I need to just make some coffee and get on with the gruesome ritual. Ugh.

re: #2 Golem Akbar

Open! Whoo whoo!

Now, I can see your avatar. Kewl!

re: #6 CalBear84

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry:
"Obama is the new Reagan" says MSN
Check out the Dow down almost 500 pts above Barry's pic!
[Link: articles.moneycentral.msn.com...]

The new Reagan?

OMG.

The new Breshnev is more like it.

On a more positive note, I filled my tank for $2.79/gal (midgrade) yesterday. Although higher than most of the country, that's almost two dollars cheaper than what I paid at the early summer peak, and according to Gas Buddy, the cheapest since January 2006. I never thought I'd see prices below $3/gal again.

The one good thing that will come from an Obama presidency is that he will take all of the cronies from our state, paving the way for REAL change and LEADERSHIP in Illinois!

POST ELECTION 2008
November 6, 2008

I guess now that the election is over and I have had time to reflect I can finally write a new post. I have been at work since so I needed some breathing room. First of all My previous posts were meant to reflect my feelings immediately after the election. The Doors video is appropriate to convey the way I felt that night. Morose. No one does that better than the Doors. (Pink Floyd can come close sometimes). The other video is meant to reflect my opinion of where the country is now headed. We will see.

Unlike democrats I am not going to engage in sour grape attacks on America’s new President. Barack Obama is the President-Elect of the United States of America. I will not work to UNDERMINE him for political gain no matter how much I disagree with his policies. I will not work to SILENCE opposition to him. I love my country too much for that.

I will however GIVE NO QUARTER when I believe his POLICIES or ACTIONS are detrimental to this country or it’s citizens as a whole. I will be savage in my criticism of any attempts to violate or eliminate rights guaranteed by our our Constitution. I will DEFEND the principles of Conservatism at every turn.

I hit the tip jar last night so Charles can buy the hamsters some treats. They pulled quote a load on Election day.

re: #3 unreconstructed rebel

After a day & a half of gloom, the sun is coming out.

It's been unbearably sunny here. Just when I wanted to keep on sulking and sobbing and whining and whinging, I would drive past a line of trees where the sun lit up the multi-hued leaves and lift my spirits and heart. Then, I'd think of CBBHO again and go back to being in the pits. But, until I can make it, I'm gonna' fake it.

re: #10 neocon hippie

On a more positive note, I filled my tank for $2.79/gal (midgrade) yesterday. Although higher than most of the country, that's almost two dollars cheaper than what I paid at the early summer peak, and according to Gas Buddy, the cheapest since January 2006. I never thought I'd see prices below $3/gal again.

Two days ago in Gainesville, VA, It was $1.99 for regular.

re: #5 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Also, I must say that I love the placement of the rotating titles over the entrance to the Lounge.

Yes, but I could also imagine one randomly showing up in a comment, kind of like a random easter egg. That could be fun.

[Link: jalopnik.com...]

Waiting for Xwarzone to downding the Open thread...

re: #16 vxbush

Yes, but I could also imagine one randomly showing up in a comment, kind of like a random easter egg. That could be fun.

Yeah, that would be a hoot!

re: #13 Alouette

I hit the tip jar last night so Charles can buy the hamsters some treats. They pulled quote
QUITE a load on Election day.

That'll teach me to hit "post this comment" before "preview"

re: #13 Alouette

I hit the tip jar last night so Charles can buy the hamsters some treats. They pulled quote a load on Election day.

I couldn't get on all night

re: #13 Alouette

I hit the tip jar last night so Charles can buy the hamsters some treats. They pulled quote a load on Election day.

I mean to do that too, but I haven't had a chance to check over finances yet. But the hamsters need kibble, for sure.

re: #22 buzzsawmonkey

And everything I have heard on NPR since the price started coming down was how bad for the economy the price drop is.

Probably because if the price of gas and of heating oil is low the Leftists and Greens will have a lot harder time selling their planned scarcity programs.

That or they're just morons.

re: #2 Golem Akbar

Open! Whoo whoo!

Hey, Is that you bodysurfing?

-391.31

re: #9 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

NovoLenin.

re: #4 TaeJohnDo

Americans should take pride in the historic nature of this new Presidency

Sorry but, not only no but, HELL NO. Those who voted for CBBHO bought a pig in a poke. They let themselves be duped into voting for a Marxist who--if he follows even a bit of his promises--will ruin this nation economically and millitarily.

NO.

Any bets on how long it will be before the big O raises the tax on gas to get to the "European" standard?

re: #18 Killgore Trout

Waiting for Xwarzone to downding the Open thread...

Sounds like he needs to get a life!

Hey, I lived in the former Soviet Union for three years, and so far, this country is still a lot better, except of course for K-Mart, which still pretty much sucks, a lot.

In honor of the return of the avatars, I have uploaded a new one. Reload, grasshopper.

The stock market has mirrored my disposition since Tuesday.

re: #9 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

The new Reagan?

OMG.

The new Breshnev is more like it.

I'm confused-- I thought Reagan was HATED by the left.

Obama, affirmative action reaches its pinnacle

re: #29 BakaRanger

Any bets on how long it will be before the big O raises the tax on gas to get to the "European" standard?

My bet is, soon.

re: #22 buzzsawmonkey

And everything I have heard on NPR since the price started coming down was how bad for the economy the price drop is.

Probably because if the price of gas and of heating oil is low the Leftists and Greens will have a lot harder time selling their planned scarcity programs.

Price dropping even though opec is reducing production spells bad mojo for the future.

re: #26 Killgore Trout

-391.31

Gold dropped to 732.70

re: #6 CalBear84

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry:
"Obama is the new Reagan" says MSN
Check out the Dow down almost 500 pts above Barry's pic!
[Link: articles.moneycentral.msn.com...]

Funny how many major left newspapers despised Reagan - until they found someone they thought they could compare to him.

re: #32 wrenchwench

In honor of the return of the avatars, I have uploaded a new one. Reload, grasshopper.

I like!

re: #36 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Obama, affirmative action reaches its pinnacle

Yes. I think it is time to get rid of it now ...

re: #8 unreconstructed rebel

Now, I can see your avatar. Kewl!

Dude!

Does anyone remember a member's comment regarding Capital One and Obama? I can't remember if they sponsored one of his ads or something but - I have a Capital One card and if they did that, I am going to cancel the card. Thanks!

re: #32 wrenchwench

In honor of the return of the avatars, I have uploaded a new one. Reload, grasshopper.

Ohhh...pretty!

re: #32 wrenchwench

In honor of the return of the avatars, I have uploaded a new one. Reload, grasshopper.

Scottsdale?

re: #48 buzzsawmonkey

I am not worthy. . .

re: #39 debutaunt

I wonder if we're headed towards Dow 8,000 again.

re: #48 buzzsawmonkey

For every affirmative action, there is an equal and opposite negative reaction.

--BSM's Laws of Politics

For every dollar in taxes taken from the workers, another two is funneled into an off shore account.

re: #42 MandyManners

I like!

Thank you. Those guys reside at the El Paso Airport. They have more lizards on the carpet. (I'm saving them for the next avatar change.)

Just received, with the subject line: Comment on your article "Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?"

Your tears are delicious.

Isn't that cute?

I never want to here these three words in the same sentence again...Ever.

Racist...Bigot...America

re: #53 Charles

Just received, with the subject line: Comment on your article "Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?"

Isn't that cute?

Just precious!

re: #50 Killgore Trout

I wonder if we're headed towards Dow 8,000 again.

I guess gold will continue to drop as well. It sure is odd.

re: #28 MandyManners

Sorry but, not only no but, HELL NO. Those who voted for CBBHO bought a pig in a poke. They let themselves be duped into voting for a Marxist who--if he follows even a bit of his promises--will ruin this nation economically and millitarily.

NO.

He was pretty depressed. I think he is trying to put the best spin on it that he can -- I'd rather him try to look at it this way than mope around and let it affect his grades. He can be very sensitive -- he cried when he found out Clinton beat Dole. He was 10 or 11 when that happened.

re: #53 Charles

Just received, with the subject line: Comment on your article "Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?"
...
Isn't that cute?

More like seriously freaky. But hey, that's just me.

re: #35 buzzsawmonkey

Not morons; NPR is the slickest prObama, pro-socialist, and pro-Palestinian propaganda you could wish for. Our tax dollars are buying quality!

Ok, so they are slick, articulate, well-paid morons. But their foreheads still slope back towards their sagital crests.

re: #25 Haole

Hey, Is that you bodysurfing?

shhh
(it's a photo of someone at the Wedge in Newport Beach -- I used to body surf there as a young brainless ijit -- I did lots of stupid/fun things as a yute).

re: #53 Charles

Just received, with the subject line: Comment on your article "Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?"

Isn't that cute?

More glorious hope and change in Obama's America. This is the unified America I've always dreamed of under His soothing hand.

*sarcasm detector explodes*

re: #58 vxbush

More like seriously freaky. But hey, that's just me.

in a risky social behavior, cannibalism kind of way

I'm so glad Obama was elected.

Last week, the market was "plunging 350 points."

This week, it is only "down 4%."

re: #53 Charles

Just received, with the subject line: Comment on your article "Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?"

Isn't that cute?

Salt can be mighty tasty as long as you have beer.

Well, we now have the best president that money can buy, along with the best congress money can buy. Thank you anonymous Obama donors from around the globe! We really appreciate how you helped our nation.

Let me add a feel good quote for all to ponder…

“I feel like we got a righteous wind at our backs here, but we’re going to have to work. We’re going to have to struggle. We’re going to have to fight.” Barack Obama 2008

“The ill wind of opportunism is falling, the righteous wind of Socialism is on the rise. By the end of this year the victory of socialism will be greatly assured. Naturally there will be many struggle ahead and we must struggle hard.” Chairman Mao

Hope and Change my ass

/spits

return of the avatars? I'm all footballs

re: #53 Charles

Just received, with the subject line: Comment on your article "Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?"

Isn't that cute?

Suggested reply:
"May all your thermometers be rectal."

re: #53 Charles

You have let down the loons on the left. They hoped for sobbing here.

re: #63 Silhouette

I'm so glad Obama was elected.

Last week, the market was "plunging 350 points."

This week, it is only "down 4%."

Amazing, isn't it? But remember, numbers never lie.

According to NPR, is there anything that isn't bad and sure to doom us all besides President Obama? That station is bad-news central.

re: #22 buzzsawmonkey

And everything I have heard on NPR since the price started coming down was how bad for the economy the price drop is.

Probably because if the price of gas and of heating oil is low the Leftists and Greens will have a lot harder time selling their planned scarcity programs.

re: #53 Charles

You get the best mail...

re: #38 Creeping Eruption

Price dropping even though opec is reducing production spells bad mojo for the future.

I agree with Krauthammer on this one. We found the painpoint on gas. It's $4.00. We need to keep near there and bank the difference to fuel (sorry) expansion into other sources and/or technologies. Incredibly cheap fuel has been like crack cocaine making us addicted to foreign oil.

Biggest post-election market selloff in American history?

re: #54 Haole

I never want to here these three words in the same sentence again...Ever.

Racist...Bigot...America

Then you are in for a sad 4 years. We've elected a man that literally worshiped at the Church of The White Man Oppresses Us.

re: #67 Gearhead

Suggested reply:
"May all your thermometers be SQUARE and rectal."

re: #63 Silhouette

I'm so glad Obama was elected.

Last week, the market was "plunging 350 points."

This week, it is only "down 4%."

The writers sure are working at it!

Breaking News: Garret Morris to sing at Obama Inaugural Ball

re: #53 Charles

Just received, with the subject line: Comment on your article "Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?"

Isn't that cute?

Are they asking if they can lick your face?

re: #67 Gearhead

Suggested reply:
"May all your thermometers be rectal."

And the drug store always out of lubricant.

Megyn Kelly helps me forget the doldrums of Election 2008.

che mickey has returned ,I take back my last post

re: #60 Golem Akbar

shhh
(it's a photo of someone at the Wedge in Newport Beach -- I used to body surf there as a young brainless ijit -- I did lots of stupid/fun things as a yute).

Try stand up surfing that place.

/pulls sand out of every orifice

Being a gracious loser is fine when the future of your country isn't hanging in the balance.

re: #78 capitalist piglet

Are they asking if they can lick your face?

That's kinda kinky of them if that's what they're asking.

re: #36 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

re: #43 JacksonTn

Agreed. It is now a non sequitur . No more set asides/quotas! What will the ACLU do now?

/white male

/gas is $2.31 in my neighborhood

re: #77 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Breaking News: Garret Morris to sing at Obama Inaugural Ball

Am I supposed to know who that is?

/clueless

re: #75 Creeping Eruption

...square and...

(pucker)

re: #50 Killgore Trout

I wonder if we're headed towards Dow 8,000 again.

7000 perhaps?

re: #86 vxbush

Am I supposed to know who that is?

/clueless

Old SNL guy. Used to do Headlines for the Hearing Impaired by yelling, "OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT!"

Great - Al Franken is within 338 in MN.

re: #86 vxbush

Am I supposed to know who that is?

/clueless

Part of SNL when it was actually funny.

Yup, that old.

re: #77 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Breaking News: Garret Morris to sing at Obama Inaugural Ball

OMG...LOL.

re: #86 vxbush

Am I supposed to know who that is?

/clueless

Saturday Night Live Alum, from when it was funny.

I just found my flip flops...I thought I lost them...thanks, Charles.

Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages
"They gave us $10 an hour. So we added it. I added up all the hours so it was supposed to be at least $120. All I get is $90," said Charles Martin.
“I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have earned," said Randall Waldon.

Read the whole thing. And spread it around.

[Link: www.wthr.com...]

re: #53 Charles

Just received, with the subject line: Comment on your article "Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?"

Isn't that cute?

It's also sick.

re: #65 West Coast Freedom

Hope and Change my ass

/spits

I seem to remember reading a few years ago obama saying something like The only way to get what we want in this country is to win a large enough majority in the House and Senate so we shove our agenda down their throats.

re: #80 Wyatt Earp

Ditto...although a bit on the thin side.

/testosterone

re: #86 vxbush

Am I supposed to know who that is?

/clueless

Garret Morris was one of the original not-ready-for-prime-time-players of SNL, back in the days when it was still funny.

re: #95 Seattle Rep

spreading the wealth!

re: #90 arethusa

Great - Al Franken is within 338 in MN.

Some of those actual legal votes!

re: #57 TaeJohnDo

He was pretty depressed. I think he is trying to put the best spin on it that he can -- I'd rather him try to look at it this way than mope around and let it affect his grades. He can be very sensitive -- he cried when he found out Clinton beat Dole. He was 10 or 11 when that happened.

I understand.

The Kid had an absolute melt-down Tuesday night. Lotsa' hugging and loving helped but, he was still peeved the next morning.

re: #95 Seattle Rep

Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages
"They gave us $10 an hour. So we added it. I added up all the hours so it was supposed to be at least $120. All I get is $90," said Charles Martin.
“I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have earned," said Randall Waldon.

Read the whole thing. And spread it around.

[Link: www.wthr.com...]

Someone check my math, but isn't that like 36% withholding?

Welcome to Barry's world, fool.

re: #89 Wyatt Earp

Old SNL guy. Used to do Headlines for the Hearing Impaired by yelling, "OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT!"

Thank you. My slide into cultural irrelevance continues unabated.

re: #99 gmsc

is he "baseball has been very very good to me"?

re: #89 Wyatt Earp

Old SNL guy. Used to do Headlines for the Hearing Impaired by yelling, "OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT!"

HAVE A PLEASANT TO-MORROW!

re: #104 vxbush

Thank you. My slide into cultural irrelevance continues unabated.

Eh, going on 30 years ago, though. Few people remember when SNL was funny.

re: #102 MandyManners

I understand.

The Kid had an absolute melt-down Tuesday night. Lotsa' hugging and loving helped but, he was still peeved the next morning.

My oldest one merely announced to his mother that O was "a total asshole" and "great, now we gotta live with this for the next four years."

re: #90 arethusa

Great - Al Franken is within 338 in MN.

I hope he loses by 38 points. or even less [just so he loses]heh

re: #103 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Someone check my math, but isn't that like 36% withholding?

Welcome to Barry's world, fool.

First-time job-holders, no doubt.

Hope for change? DJIA tanks yet again. The media is going to do its best to try and spin this as not the market taking Obama's presidency into account but rather find all kinds of other excuses for the drop (and ongoing drop).

The markets are trying to factor in what they expect Obama to do, and none of it is good if they are expecting higher taxes and cap gains tax increases.

re: #105 mahatma coat

is he "baseball has been very very good to me"?

Yes.

re: #65 West Coast Freedom

Well, we now have the best president that money can buy, along with the best congress money can buy. Thank you anonymous Obama donors from around the globe! We really appreciate how you helped our nation.

Let me add a feel good quote for all to ponder…

“I feel like we got a righteous wind at our backs here, but we’re going to have to work. We’re going to have to struggle. We’re going to have to fight.” Barack Obama 2008

“The ill wind of opportunism is falling, the righteous wind of Socialism is on the rise. By the end of this year the victory of socialism will be greatly assured. Naturally there will be many struggle ahead and we must struggle hard.” Chairman Mao

Hope and Change my ass

/spits

I'm wondering how many buy into the socialism, at least not in name then in principle.

re: #110 Gearhead

First-time job-holders, no doubt.

It is a four-letter word.

re: #66 mahatma coat

return of the avatars? I'm all footballs

Go into your "My Account", scroll down to a string of check boxes.

Make sure the second one is checked -- meaning, show everyone's icons on your pages when you're logged on.

The top one IS checked, because I'm seeing your avatar.

re: #108 Lucius Septimius

My oldest one merely announced to his mother that O was "a total asshole" and "great, now we gotta live with this for the next four years."

My 13 YO was upset because she heard a rumor that if BO won, then school would be 7 days a week 50 weeks a year. (I'm thinking, hey that's not so bad!)

re: #112 Wyatt Earp

Yes.

Wait...that baseball thing...that rings a brain cell in the back of my head.

Okay, so I'm only mostly irrelevant. I can live with that.

Woot! avatars are back!

re: #103 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Someone check my math, but isn't that like 36% withholding?

Welcome to Barry's world, fool.

I doubt if the discrepancy was due to tax withholding.

re: #95 Seattle Rep

Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages
"They gave us $10 an hour. So we added it. I added up all the hours so it was supposed to be at least $120. All I get is $90," said Charles Martin.
“I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have earned," said Randall Waldon.

Read the whole thing. And spread it around.

[Link: www.wthr.com...]

Oh. Man.

re: #77 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Oh, my stars and bars! I remember that one.

re: #116 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

My 13 YO was upset because she heard a rumor that if BO won, then school would be 7 days a week 50 weeks a year. (I'm thinking, hey that's not so bad!)

BO -- heh!

(reverting to 13)

re: #118 rightside

Woot! avatars are back!

Kawabunga

Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised

"As the election ends, news is coming out from both campaigns on what happened behind closed doors. During the summer, the Obama campaign had their systems hacked, but so did McCain — and not by each other, but bya third party. '... both the FBI and the Secret Service came to the campaign with an ominous warning: "You have a problem way bigger than what you understand," an agent told Obama's team. "You have been compromised, and a serious amount of files have been loaded off your system." The following day, Obama campaign chief David Plouffe heard from White House chief of staff Josh Bolten, to the same effect: "You have a real problem ... and you have to deal with it." The Feds told Obama's aides in late August that the McCain campaign's computer system had been similarly compromised.'"

"Officials at the FBI and the White House told the Obama campaign that they believed a foreign entity or organization sought to gather information on the evolution of both camps' policy positions — information that might be useful in negotiations with a future administration."

re: #105 mahatma coat

is he "baseball has been very very good to me"?

"berry berry good"
:D

re: #103 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Someone check my math, but isn't that like 36% withholding?

Welcome to Barry's world, fool.

He never got a paycheck before. Go easy on him.

re: #111 lawhawk

Hope for change? DJIA tanks yet again. The media is going to do its best to try and spin this as not the market taking Obama's presidency into account but rather find all kinds of other excuses for the drop (and ongoing drop).

The 5-day chart is interesting.

Ladies and gents, I'd like to award the "Most Dramatic Leftie" award to "Daniel DeRito" of the Daily Kos. I guess his piece was supposed to be serious, but the language was enormously dramatic. A few excerpts:

"Like an unhealed wound, the announcement that Amendment Two was projected to pass tore it open and left me in anguish, alone on the floor...bleeding tears. How could it be that I'd found myself again at that oh so familiar juncture...lulled into a sense of safety and security...clinging to my trust in the decency of the human spirit...only to be clobbered by that brazen beast I'd come to know as bigoted bias."

Oh no!

"Many elections are bittersweet. 2008 was no exception. While celebrating Obama's historic election, California voters were dashing the dreams of LGBT children throughout the world. Today, they doubt voters will ever grant an LGBT candidate the same defining moment of acceptance."

Think of the gay children!

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

Oh lawd.

re: #95 Seattle Rep

“I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have earned," said Randall Waldon.

He should get used to it. Under the tax plan of the candidate he supported, I'll only be getting half of what I should have earned too.

re: #107 Wyatt Earp

Eh, going on 30 years ago, though. Few people remember when SNL was funny.

Well, yeah...it was 30 years ago and we were stoned.

re: #127 capitalist piglet

He never got a paycheck before. Go easy on him.

Has he tried to cash it yet?

re: #83 jemima

Being a gracious loser is fine when the future of your country isn't hanging in the balance.

As Vince Lombardi said, show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

re: #111 lawhawk

Hope for change? DJIA tanks yet again. The media is going to do its best to try and spin this as not the market taking Obama's presidency into account but rather find all kinds of other excuses for the drop (and ongoing drop).

The markets are trying to factor in what they expect Obama to do, and none of it is good if they are expecting higher taxes and cap gains tax increases.

If McCain had won and the market dropped even 5 points, the MSM would be running that story every hour.

By the way another Republican is being magnanimous in defeat.

Democrat Merkley takes Oregon Senate seat

(CNN) -- Democrat Jeff Merkley is declaring victory over Republican incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith in the Oregon Senate race, moving Democrats one seat closer to a filibuster-proof majority in the body.

"This is the beginning of a transformational change for America," Merkley said at a news conference at Portland State University.

He said he would be working with President-elect Barack Obama "to put this nation back on track."

Merkley said Smith called him to concede Thursday morning.

"I thanked him for his 12 years of service to our beautiful state," Merkley said.

Get a load of the pro-Obama t-shirt on the right boarder of the newspage.

re: #86 vxbush

Am I supposed to know who that is?

/clueless

SNL early.

re: #116 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

My 13 YO was upset because she heard a rumor that if BO won, then school would be 7 days a week 50 weeks a year. (I'm thinking, hey that's not so bad!)

Reassure her that he would never work a unionized monopoly that hard.

Besides, according to a liberal, $10,000/year barely covers their expenses now. No way they could afford an extra hour. (Never mind that my school does better at $3000/year)

re: #131 redstateredneck

Well, yeah...it was 30 years ago and we were stoned.

If you remember it, you didn't live it.

re: #102 MandyManners

I understand.

The Kid had an absolute melt-down Tuesday night. Lotsa' hugging and loving helped but, he was still peeved the next morning.

I was a little worried about my youngest (age 13) -- most of his buddies were for o. I asked him how it went at school and he said one guy started to gloat around him but "I just stared at him with my look." and he stopped. He then showed us the face he used when he broke a brick at TKW testing. It'd make me pause too.

re: #118 rightside

Woot! avatars are back!

Hey! My bodaciously broad brooding hips are back...time to knit.

re: #53 Charles

Just received, with the subject line: Comment on your article "Should the GOP Double Down on Social Conservatism?"

Isn't that cute?

Cant even come up with something original, thats a South Park line.

The next fight will be on the immigration issue ...Obama, et al have seen what block voting can do ...they are wanting to bring in the hispanics in even greater numbers to the dems. If they bring in enough coupled with the blacks and the socialist loving whites they will run a hispanic.

I am not saying this to be racist ...it is just the truth. They will do anything to stay in power now. They do not see immigration as being a pathway to citizenship ... they see it as increasing the democrats base.

re: #108 Lucius Septimius

My oldest one merely announced to his mother that O was "a total asshole" and "great, now we gotta live with this for the next four years."

When can s/he vote?

re: #131 redstateredneck

30 minute fits of laughter...was it that funny because we were shtoned?

re: #77 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Breaking News: Garret Morris to sing at Obama Inaugural Ball

Thank you...

re: #36 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Obama, affirmative action reaches its pinnacle

nadir.

JAFLW

re: #136 MandyManners

SNL early.

See, I remember Samurai Optometrist.

re: #138 Golem Akbar

If you remember it, you didn't live it.

I do and I did. I just conserved a few brain cells.

re: #140 scottishbuzzsaw

Hey! My bodaciously broad brooding hips are back...time to knit.

Heh. I love that movie. I make my son watch it at least once a month.

no matter what the msm says to spin the stock mkt. plunge since the O won, investors are questioning the timing, if not in their minds at least in their gut.
that sick feeling can't be ignored.

re: #129 ClosetConservative

Ladies and gents, I'd like to award the "Most Dramatic Leftie" award to "Daniel DeRito" of the Daily Kos. I guess his piece was supposed to be serious, but the language was enormously dramatic. A few excerpts:

"Like an unhealed wound, the announcement that Amendment Two was projected to pass tore it open and left me in anguish, alone on the floor...bleeding tears. How could it be that I'd found myself again at that oh so familiar juncture...lulled into a sense of safety and security...clinging to my trust in the decency of the human spirit...only to be clobbered by that brazen beast I'd come to know as bigoted bias."

Oh no!

"Many elections are bittersweet. 2008 was no exception. While celebrating Obama's historic election, California voters were dashing the dreams of LGBT children throughout the world. Today, they doubt voters will ever grant an LGBT candidate the same defining moment of acceptance."

Think of the gay children!

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

Oh lawd.

We should nominate him for the Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest!

re: #95 Seattle Rep

from the article

"I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have earned," said Randall Waldon.

heh heh...get used to it buddy with all the extra money Obama is gonna take from you in the future you'll get even less.
Change wonderful change!

re: #140 scottishbuzzsaw

lol, hensteeth?

re: #124 Yankee Division Son

Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised

whoa.

re: #142 JacksonTn

The next fight will be on the immigration issue ...Obama, et al have seen what block voting can do ...they are wanting to bring in the hispanics in even greater numbers to the dems. If they bring in enough coupled with the blacks and the socialist loving whites they will run a hispanic.

I am not saying this to be racist ...it is just the truth. They will do anything to stay in power now. They do not see immigration as being a pathway to citizenship ... they see it as increasing the democrats base.

So, they intend keeping the IRS away from this lot? A first encounter with the taxman has a way of clearing one's head.

re: #77 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Breaking News: Garret Morris to sing at Obama Inaugural Ball

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA ! I remember this !

re: #124 Yankee Division Son

Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised

China or Russia? Both?

re: #59 Lucius Septimius

Ok, so they are slick, articulate, well-paid morons. But their foreheads still slope back towards their sagital crests.

...and don't forget their knuckles dragging...

JAFLW

re: #137 Silhouette

Reassure her that he would never work a unionized monopoly that hard.

Besides, according to a liberal, $10,000/year barely covers their expenses now. No way they could afford an extra hour. (Never mind that my school does better at $3000/year)

Interestingly, there is a story in David Freddoso's book about teachers in Chicago, and the shorter workday they negotiated - they go home shortly after noon, IIRC; the teachers are paid very well, too (some making near $100K).

Apparently Obama went to talk to kids, and asked them about things they'd like to see, and they were begging for MORE SCHOOL!

Obama ended up siding with the teachers (maybe by silence on the issue) - apparently the union there is strong, and he didn't want to challenge them.

(I could be missing/confusing a couple of details, but that was the essence of it.)

hey ya'll, check out my new avitar!

re: #144 mahatma coat

30 minute fits of laughter...was it that funny because we were shtoned?

I'd say that's a toss up.

re: #159 capitalist piglet

I'd like to make $100K, leave at noon, and have the summers off.

re: #160 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

hey ya'll, check out my new avitar!

I'm so overstimulated that I can't comment.

re: #160 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

hey ya'll, check out my new avitar!

love it.

re: #29 BakaRanger

Any bets on how long it will be before the big O raises the tax on gas to get to the "European" standard?

January 30.

re: #160 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

hey ya'll, check out my new avitar!

Wow. I'm steering clear of those.

re: #139 TaeJohnDo

I was a little worried about my youngest (age 13) -- most of his buddies were for o. I asked him how it went at school and he said one guy started to gloat around him but "I just stared at him with my look." and he stopped. He then showed us the face he used when he broke a brick at TKW testing. It'd make me pause too.

Good for him for not backing down but not stooping to that other kid's level.

My 85-year-old mother lives in a suburb of NYC that is predominantly white. There's a majority black community in the next city. A black female who lives in that city appeared at my mother's polling place election morning, and loudly demanded to vote. She wasn't registered in my mother's home town, and her presence caused chaos in the polling place.

The judges didn't know what to do. The lines of white voters grew longer and longer as her demands to vote grew more shrill, and eventually people late for work started to leave.

Question: Voter suppression by an Obama-campaign-trained activist? I think we'll see much more of this in the future, and we're not prepared to deal with it. Arrest her or evict her, and you'll be slapped with a civil rights complaint.

re: #160 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

hey ya'll, check out my new avitar!

Yikes!

New administration, new avatars?

re: #155 unreconstructed rebel

So, they intend keeping the IRS away from this lot? A first encounter with the taxman has a way of clearing one's head.

Not sure what you mean by keeping the IRS away from them ...

re: #157 MandyManners

Joe Biden's 'generated crisis' as predicted?

re: #160 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

hey ya'll, check out my new avitar!

Love 'em. Wish I could wear 'em but I gotta give up a little vanity for comfort.

re: #7 Lucius Septimius

Well, hello, Lucius!
And speaking of god-awful papers, how about this gem on an exam paper:

"...this idea rested on the five pillows of Islam."

(I am trying desperately , against all evidence to the contrary, to believe it's a handwriting thing!)

re: #147 vxbush

See, I remember Samurai Optometrist.

I'm vague on that one. I take it was Belushi?

re: #152 Texas Heathen

conservative >liberal who's been mugged
in four years time good ol' Randall will be a top LGF poster

re: #176 MandyManners

I'm vague on that one. I take it was Belushi?

oh yeah

re: #90 arethusa

Great - Al Franken is within 338 in MN.

I believe Gordon Smith has lost in Oregon. It would be interesting to see how Wall Street would react to a Franken victory (and the dems having at 58 seats in the senate).

re: #176 MandyManners

I'm vague on that one. I take it was Belushi?

Yes. He took a turtle, hacked his sword a few times, and made tortoiseshell frames.

re: #160 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

hey ya'll, check out my new avitar!

I just teetered and fell off my chair.

CHEESEBURGER! CHEESEBURGER! CHEESEBURGER!
Fries?
NO FRIES! Cheeps.
Ok, 3 Chips.
CHEEPS! CHEEPS! CHEEPS!

re: #143 MandyManners

When can s/he vote?

He's got a few years.

re: #182 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

CHEESEBURGER! CHEESEBURGER! CHEESEBURGER!
Fries?
NO FRIES! Cheeps.
Ok, 3 Chips.
CHEEPS! CHEEPS! CHEEPS!

No Coke! PEPSI! PEPSI!

Uh-Oh.

I'd left a buy order at a rediculously low price for a couple of stocks that I thought were kinda purty.

Broker called. I now own both of them.

Well, buy high and sell low has always been my practice. No sense in altering the formula now.

re: #160 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Spanky!
Please don't whack me on the noggin with it though.

I've got a suggestion. Let's not wait till the Democrats start passing stuff we don't want to become law like the Fairness Doctrine or FOCA or goodness knows what else to speak up. Seriously, if we do we may be too late. Call or write your Congressman and Senators (well, those of you who know who both their Senators are - I'm in MN) and let them know that you are against such measures and that you will take your vote and donations elsewhere. Keep calling and keep writing, get your friends and neighbors to call and write. This will especially be effective with conservative Democrats, anyone facing a tight race next time, and any Republicans determined to lay down and be "bipartisan" no matter what.

It worked with the last immigration reform package and it had some effect on the bailout package. The voice of the people is constant, not an election-only thing.

re: #88 stevieray

7000 perhaps?

5000, and it's my final offer.

JAFLW

re: #175 wolfie

Well, hello, Lucius!
And speaking of god-awful papers, how about this gem on an exam paper:

"...this idea rested on the five pillows of Islam."

(I am trying desperately , against all evidence to the contrary, to believe it's a handwriting thing!)

LOL!

re: #168 quickjustice

she sounds like an acorn drone.
they jack up the line and try to discourage voters who don;t have much time.
she should have been removed.

re: #175 wolfie

Well, hello, Lucius!
And speaking of god-awful papers, how about this gem on an exam paper:

"...this idea rested on the five pillows of Islam."

(I am trying desperately , against all evidence to the contrary, to believe it's a handwriting thing!)

LOL! At least you weren't grading papers on Cervantes' little known character Donkey-hote

I can't even read the sports page without some idiot (Jason Whitlock) bemoaning the fact the America is unfair to black (coaches) and black (coaches) should follow the Obama route. I guess both are victims of AA.

re: #143 MandyManners

When can s/he vote?

4 yrs? I dont think so. 18 mos till he starts campaigning again.

Well, we have our first household "banned business". My husband got an e-mail from GoGamer promoting an Obamadness Sale. He promptly removed himself from their list and will never do business with them again.

re: #170 Creeping Eruption

New administration, new avatars?

Not mine! Long may Calvin pee!

re: #124 Yankee Division Son

Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised

Being the victim of a computer hacking is no big deal. I learned that from when Palin's e-mail account was hacked.

It's their fault for using such lax security, isn't it?

re: #182 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

CHEESEBURGER! CHEESEBURGER! CHEESEBURGER!
Fries?
NO FRIES! Cheeps.
Ok, 3 Chips.
CHEEPS! CHEEPS! CHEEPS!

I actually used to eat in a Greek diner in Denver that reminded me of that place!

I'm going shopping for one of these and one of these.

re: #170 Creeping Eruption

New administration, new avatars?

Nope. Still a Soldier of God.

:)

re: #176 MandyManners

I'm vague on that one. I take it was Belushi?

Samurai(any occupation here) yes Belushi

re: #173 Seattle Rep

Joe Biden's 'generated crisis' as predicted?

No. The crisis will be known to all.

re: #172 JacksonTn

Not sure what you mean by keeping the IRS away from them ...

Unless this lot stay unemployed sooner or later they are going to learn about the IRS.

re: #178 mama winger

oh yeah

Hey Mama -- gotta run but wanted to say "howdy."

re: #114 Silhouette

It is a four-letter word.

Watch it!

JAFLW

re: #178 mama winger

oh yeah

Didn't he do a Samurai deli skit?

re: #201 MandyManners

No. The crisis will be known to all.

Maybe the crisis is that they will run out of Government Cheese.

re: #195 MandyManners

Not mine! Long may Calvin pee!

I don't know what LGF would do if you changed your Avatar.

re: #180 vxbush

Yes. He took a turtle, hacked his sword a few times, and made tortoiseshell frames.

I missed that one!

re: #183 Lucius Septimius

He's got a few years.

2016?

re: #179 gregg

I believe Gordon Smith has lost in Oregon. It would be interesting to see how Wall Street would react to a Franken victory (and the dems having at 58 seats in the senate).

Recounts generally speaking usually don't change the results (well, unless it's the 2004 Washington gubernatorial race). I'm hoping that rule holds for Coleman and Stevens.

I wonder how much Biden's pals in Delaware made from all the prepaid credit cards used during Obama campaign ...

re: #205 MandyManners

Didn't he do a Samurai deli skit?

Yep - that was one of a series of 'Samurai Warrior'. Belushi was hysterical. Unfortunately he was also an addict.

I'm a victim of post-partisan depression

#157
re: hacking into the computers of the campaigns

Luckily there is nothing in Barry's past that could be used against him.
The MSM surely would have turned it up if there was.

///when does Vera Baker come home?

re: #197 redstateredneck

I actually used to eat in a Greek diner in Denver that reminded me of that place!

Got ya beat.

I used to work in a Greek diner...

Ask me about slicing the gyro meat sometime.

re: #203 Lucius Septimius

Hey Mama -- gotta run but wanted to say "howdy."

Howdy backatcha !

You cannot survive if you do not know the past. We know why all the other civilizations have collapsed--from an excess of welfare, of richness, and from lack of morality, of spirituality. The moment you give up your principles, and your values . . . the moment you laugh at those principles, and those values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period. —Oriana Fallaci

Dryer buzzer's going off. bbiab

re: #213 jamgarr

I'm a victim of post-partisan depression

LOL!

re: #168 quickjustice

My 85-year-old mother lives in a suburb of NYC that is predominantly white. There's a majority black community in the next city. A black female who lives in that city appeared at my mother's polling place election morning, and loudly demanded to vote. She wasn't registered in my mother's home town, and her presence caused chaos in the polling place.

The judges didn't know what to do. The lines of white voters grew longer and longer as her demands to vote grew more shrill, and eventually people late for work started to leave.

Question: Voter suppression by an Obama-campaign-trained activist? I think we'll see much more of this in the future, and we're not prepared to deal with it. Arrest her or evict her, and you'll be slapped with a civil rights complaint.

Assign one poll worker to deal directly with her. let her know that for 'the sake of fairness' you need to record her complaint. Ask name, address, last time voted, etc. have a list of questions ready. then tell her if she brings her id and a fuel bill, phone bill, cable tv bill, back with her to prove residency, you will pop her up to the front of the line.

re: #212 mama winger

Yep - that was one of a series of 'Samurai Warrior'. Belushi was hysterical. Unfortunately he was also an addict.

He also did a Samurai Musician sitting in with Frank Zappa.

re: #190 nyc redneck

she sounds like an acorn drone.
they jack up the line and try to discourage voters who don;t have much time.
she should have been removed.

It sounds like a deliberate set-up. I was relieved when the election wasn't too close, because acorn was all set to show all the made up problems and create a huge mess. I almost think they would have preferred that result in order to deploy the army of lawyers.

re: #111 lawhawk

Hope for change? DJIA tanks yet again. The media is going to do its best to try and spin this as not the market taking Obama's presidency into account but rather find all kinds of other excuses for the drop (and ongoing drop).

The markets are trying to factor in what they expect Obama to do, and none of it is good if they are expecting higher taxes and cap gains tax increases.

I expect that when the market does finally bottom out and begin its slow, painful climb back up to the 4 digits range, we'll hear about how it's all because we elected the Messiah and how he implemented "change" by "hoping" that the market will recover. Or, whatever--It'll be pure propaganda BS by the MSM.

Sorry if this has been posted already ~ Bill Whittle at NRO:

[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]

re: #199 mama winger

Nope. Still a Soldier of God.

:)

I thought I'd switch up and show some fall Wisconsin colors before everything turns grey and dark here.

re: #185 razorbacker

Uh-Oh.

I'd left a buy order at a rediculously low price for a couple of stocks that I thought were kinda purty.

Broker called. I now own both of them.

Well, buy high and sell low has always been my practice. No sense in altering the formula now.

I am about 50% cash in my brokerage account. I am seriously thinking about buying at these levels.

If you can hang on for a year (if you don`t need the money) then you will probably be OK.

You might want to set a stop loss if you are really sensitive to loss.

I think the big problem will be Friday. No one seems to want to hang on to stocks over the weekend.

Good luck.

Afternoon all. So, what did y'all think of Michelle's dress - ya know the one she wore the other night?

re: #215 victor_yugo

Got ya beat.

I used to work in a Greek diner...

Ask me about slicing the gyro meat sometime.

Prol'ly one of those things I'm better off not knowing. I, too, worked in restaurants in my younger days. If the public only knew...
;-)

re: #136 MandyManners

SNL early.

Now Tina Fey and her pissy attitude can STFU and go home.

I guess there's one up-side to this election.

re: #228 outsidephilly

Afternoon all. So, what did y'all think of Michelle's dress - ya know the one she wore the other night?

U-G-L-Y
She ain't go not alibi.
It's ugly.

I just noticed Michele Bachman won her district ...that must have really made Pelosi mad because she sent in 1 or 2 million...can't remember ...to take her down ...and I am sure Chris Matthews is not liking it either ...One good thing I can take away from Tuesday ...

re: #228 outsidephilly

Afternoon all. So, what did y'all think of Michelle's dress - ya know the one she wore the other night?

You mean that aweful black thing with the red splotches?!

actually my favourite stoned laugh from SNL was the one with the plasticene doll and mr. hand. anyone know the dol's name ?(Oh Nooo)

re: #217 jill e

You cannot survive if you do not know the past. We know why all the other civilizations have collapsed--from an excess of welfare, of richness, and from lack of morality, of spirituality. The moment you give up your principles, and your values . . . the moment you laugh at those principles, and those values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period. —Oriana Fallaci

Don't forget going off the gold standard. That usually takes about 70 years to take effect, but we are now there.

re: #184 vxbush

Dell Stators Rabbit hut!

The bass-o-matic!

re: #226 Creeping Eruption

I thought I'd switch up and show some fall Wisconsin colors before everything turns grey and dark here.

Very nice!

unfortunately we have grey and dark today already :(

re: #233 jamgarr

You mean that aweful black thing with the red splotches?!

yep . . . , THAT one!

re: #226 Creeping Eruption

I thought I'd switch up and show some fall Wisconsin colors before everything turns grey and dark here.

didn't it do that (turns grey and dark) Tuesday night?

re: #116 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

My 13 YO was upset because she heard a rumor that if BO won, then school would be 7 days a week 50 weeks a year. (I'm thinking, hey that's not so bad!)

My 11-year-old daughter heard the rumor that all would be required to attend public school. She cried & cried.

re: #234 mahatma coat

actually my favourite stoned laugh from SNL was the one with the plasticene doll and mr. hand. anyone know the dol's name ?(Oh Nooo)

Mr Bill ?

I apologize if this has been posted here already: BUYER’S REMORSE? NEWSWEEK HONCHOS PEG OBAMA’S ‘SLIGHTLY CREEPY CULT OF PERSONALITY’

Funny they didn't say anything prior to Tuesday.

re: #205 MandyManners

Didn't he do a Samurai deli skit?

He did a lot -- all funny as hell. I went as Samurai ROTC one year at a College ROTC Halloween Party. And another year, me and a few others went as a cone-head family. I went as a female (I'm comfortable with my feminine side.) I could have used The Pulchritudinous Patriot's shoes then. Of course, I would have broke my neck.

re: #238 outsidephilly

yep . . . , THAT one!

Gang colors.

re: #205 MandyManners

Didn't he do a Samurai deli skit?

Also a samurai tailor - you should see how he put in the fly.

re: #238 outsidephilly

yep . . . , THAT one!

Her inaugural gown will be one bright spot on January 20th.

re: #234 mahatma coat

actually my favourite stoned laugh from SNL was the one with the plasticene doll and mr. hand. anyone know the dol's name ?(Oh Nooo)

Mr. Bill! And Sluggo!

re: #234 mahatma coat

actually my favourite stoned laugh from SNL was the one with the plasticene doll and mr. hand. anyone know the dol's name ?(Oh Nooo)

Mr. Bill?

re: #240 Midwestprof

My 11-year-old daughter heard the rumor that all would be required to attend public school. She cried & cried.

Now THAT I can see happening.

re: #244 mama winger

Gang colors.

. . . , there has to be some reason she picked that one out of her closet.

re: #222 Who Watches the Watchmen?

He also did a Samurai Musician sitting in with Frank Zappa.

And he did Joe Cocker

re: #229 redstateredneck

Prol'ly one of those things I'm better off not knowing. I, too, worked in restaurants in my younger days. If the public only knew...
;-)

No, no, no, nothing that bad. It's all in how I wiggle my butt. ;-)

Without the wiggling butt, the back-and-forth motion goes back into the knife blade, and makes it move the wrong way. Wiggling the butt sends all but the slicing motion away from the knife blade, giving a nice thin slice every time.

re: #237 mama winger

Rain soon to turn into snow. I'm bummed. I'm going to THIS this weekend and I hope the weather cooperates.

re: #250 outsidephilly

. . . , there has to be some reason she picked that one out of her closet.

Maybe Hillary told her it looked good.

re: #217 jill e

You cannot survive if you do not know the past. We know why all the other civilizations have collapsed--from an excess of welfare, of richness, and from lack of morality, of spirituality. The moment you give up your principles, and your values . . . the moment you laugh at those principles, and those values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period. —Oriana Fallaci

(Worth a second post!)

re: #251 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And he did Joe Cocker

That was awesome.

re: #234 mahatma coat

Mr. Bill

re: #254 livefreeor die

Maybe Hillary told her it looked good.

now, THAT's funny!

re: #251 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And he did Joe Cocker

Belushi could do Joe Cocker better than Joe Cocker.