And here it is...

What? Where? What'd I miss?

Rather pessimistic, Groucho was.

Good evening all. Night shift checking in. So what's the news and talking points tonight?

I'm waiting for xwar-whatever to ding it down.

re: #3 allbusiness

Rather pessimistic, Groucho was.

I would say cynical experienced actually. From what he said in that quote, I would have to agree with him.

"I never forget a face, but in your case, I'll make an exception."

FIREFLY 2012

Rufus T. Firefly! Change you can believe in!

Heh. I like it, but then again, it's always good to be a Marxist of the Groucho variety. ;-)

Obama's entire agenda goes down the memory hole:
[Link: change.gov...]
including defense, economy, IRAN, IRAQ and about 20 other topics.

Gone.

Pretty smart for a guy with a shoe polish mustache.

re: #7 laZardo

Well, I'm going to have a nightmare tonight. :[

I wish Zerobama followed the right Marx

"I'd never belong to a country club that would have me as a member"- Groucho Marx

Hello...

re: #4 BlueCanuck

Good evening all. Night shift checking in. So what's the news and talking points tonight?

nirth certificate

Welcome to the Bates Motel, circa 2008.

Most folks in the GOP's attitude right now has got to be like Groucho's when he tried to join a country club. "I wouldn't want to be a member of a club that would have someone like me as a member.."

re: #16 spidly

Uh, huh. Saw that thread. It's sad to see that we have the same kind of nutbars running around like the left does.

/It's dead Jim, just let it go. . . .

re: #12 Adina in Judea

Wanted to change my avatar to that for Halloween Weekend, actually. But then Charles and his Zionist mind rays forecast that leading him to disable avatars for the time being.

Oh, and as per the previous thread, I voted for Canada. Just in case Iran got cocky.

"Poly" -- many

"ticks" -- blood-sucking parasites

re: #15 winston06

Hello...

...I must be going...

re: #18 calcajun

GTMA- See my #14...

"Go! And never darken my towels again!"

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
-Mark Twain

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

-Groucho

re: #10 Max Darkside

Obama's entire agenda goes down the memory hole:
[Link: change.gov...]
including defense, economy, IRAN, IRAQ and about 20 other topics.

Gone.

ROFLMFAO

This (gnashing teeth) PERSON doesn't have the faintest idea what to do. I'll bet there is puking involved.

re: #7 laZardo

Don't DO that on an empty stomach!

AS a guest at a country cub in Orange NJ one day, Marx was told that he could not use the pool.
"Why," asked Marx.
"Because," said the manager, "even as a guest, we don't allow Jews in the pool."
Marx narrowed his eyes. "Well, what about my daughter? She's half Jewish. Can't she go in up to her knees?"

"I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened."
-Mark Twain

It sounds like Groucho was talking about the MSM's reporting of the McCain/Palin campain...

re: #20 laZardo

Wanted to change my avatar to that for Halloween Weekend, actually.

Well, now I finally have a use for this phrase:

That picture was disturbing on so many levels! :)

re: #10 Max Darkside

Obama's entire agenda goes down the memory hole:
[Link: change.gov...]
including defense, economy, IRAN, IRAQ and about 20 other topics.

Gone.

Maybe someone slipped him a constitution and he's realized that his primary mission is national defense and that all this social engineering stuff should really be left to individual states so their schtoopid plans will have limited impact.

what are the odds

Short time tonight. Must go walk dogs.

re: #9 Honorary Yooper

Huffton?
Howtin?
Hewton?
Hoffton?
Hoe-ton?

re: #10 Max Darkside

Obama's entire agenda goes down the memory hole:
[Link: change.gov...]
including defense, economy, IRAN, IRAQ and about 20 other topics.

Gone.

This POTUS's conceit is truly breathtaking.

re: #23 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

GTMA- See my #14...

And GMTA- PIMF

Of all the Marx family to listen to, our current president-elect has to choose Karl.

re: #33 spidly

Maybe someone slipped him a constitution and he's realized that his primary mission is national defense and that all this social engineering stuff should really be left to individual states so their schtoopid plans will have limited impact.

what are the odds

I think Obama's online agenda met up somewhere with his Columbia records, nirth certificate, and a lifetime of socks lost in clothes dryers.

re: #10 Max Darkside

Obama's entire agenda goes down the memory hole:
[Link: change.gov...]
including defense, economy, IRAN, IRAQ and about 20 other topics.

Gone.

In quiet moments, I fantasize that Obama has actually been scamming William Ayers for the last 20 years, and that he's really just your run-of-the-mill corrupt Chicago grafter. This instills in me a hope that he will put his own self-interest ahead of any Leftist loyalties he has, and will govern in such a way that he angles for re-election.

Then I snap out of it, and realize once more that he is likely to govern the way he talks: hard-Left, redistributionist, weak on defense.

As A kid in the 70s, memories of Grouch Marx are intermingled with those of Alan Alda's lousy imitations of Marx.

Tragic, really. I am permanently scarred, having been spoon fed New Left morality by M*A*S*H* every week and having any memories of Groucho Marx permanently impaired.

I should sue.

re: #38 gmsc

Of all the Marx family to listen to, our current president-elect has to choose Karl.

Upding for that.

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."
-Groucho Marx

re: #43 gmsc

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."
-Groucho Marx

I use that line all the time.

re: #10 Max Darkside

There was a link on the DT about the page where he was supposed to be detailing his National Service program saying only "NEEDS CONTENT."

This one doesn't look worthy of the "AGENDA FAIL" label though.

Go ahead, drop your baby.

[Link: www.reuters.com...]

re: #35 wolfie

Huffton?
Howtin?
Hewton?
Hoffton?
Hoe-ton?

From the last thread?

That's Houghton, Michigan, pronounced "Hoton". (And stencilled that way on city property.)

re: #41 karmic_inquisitor

As A kid in the 70s, memories of Grouch Marx are intermingled with those of Alan Alda's lousy imitations of Marx.

Tragic, really. I am permanently scarred, having been spoon fed New Left morality by M*A*S*H* every week and having any memories of Groucho Marx permanently impaired.

I should sue.

The first three seasons of M*A*S*H not like that. That was classic TV. After Wayne Rogers left and was replaced by Mike Fairy, I mean Farrell, that's when the show went downhill.

"I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived. (Oh not deprived but rather underprivileged.) Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary."
-Jules Feiffer

re: #38 gmsc

Of all the Marx family to listen to, our current president-elect has to choose Karl.

with all the revisions going on it probably looks more like a stooges argument..."wadda think yer doin'...bonk..HEY...slap...OW...why I oughta..."

site is down because curley is on the floor doing the nyuk nyuk circle run

Check this exchange with Tom Brokaw from the Charlie Rose show:

ROSE: I don't know what Barack Obama's worldview is.

BROKAW: No, I don't either.

ROSE: I don't know how he really sees where China is.

BROKAW: We don't know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of his thinking about foreign policy.

ROSE: I don't really know. And do we know anything about the people who are advising him?

BROKAW: You know that's an interesting question.

ROSE: He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational (sic) speeches, two of them.

BROKAW: I don't know what books he's read.

ROSE: What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama?

BROKAW: There's a lot about him we don't know.

[Link: www.charlierose.com...]

Damn, I love Groucho.

I love the Marx Brothers' movies.

Nearly 30 years ago, when I was 17, my mom heard me cackling with laughter in the "tv room" and came in to find out what I was watching (we just got cable, so she was nervous).

She was so pleased that I was watching "something clean" that she made some popcorn (the old-fashioned way) and joined me.

At 17, I was either intelligent and perceptive beyond my age, or the biggest f'ing geek you've ever met.

Both are probably true.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.

Some things never change.

Real Rancher

re: #51 William

Check this exchange with Tom Brokaw from the Charlie Rose show:

They only had two years. Give'em a break.
/

re: #47 Honorary Yooper

Aha! Thanks! :)

re: #51 William

Check this exchange with Tom Brokaw from the Charlie Rose show:

ROSE: I don't know what Barack Obama's worldview is.

BROKAW: No, I don't either.

ROSE: I don't know how he really sees where China is.

BROKAW: We don't know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of his thinking about foreign policy.

ROSE: I don't really know. And do we know anything about the people who are advising him?

BROKAW: You know that's an interesting question.

ROSE: He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational (sic) speeches, two of them.

BROKAW: I don't know what books he's read.

ROSE: What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama?

BROKAW: There's a lot about him we don't know.

The right has been saying this all year.

These guys finally figured it out.

They must be geniuses.

re: #54 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

They could've come here.

Real Rancher

re: #46 DesertSage

Go ahead, drop your baby.

[Link: www.reuters.com...]

Holy shit. That's fucked up.

re: #52 Noam Sayin'

Damn, I love Groucho.

I love the Marx Brothers' movies.

Nearly 30 years ago, when I was 17, my mom heard me cackling with laughter in the "tv room" and came in to find out what I was watching (we just got cable, so she was nervous).

She was so pleased that I was watching "something clean" that she made some popcorn (the old-fashioned way) and joined me.

At 17, I was either intelligent and perceptive beyond my age, or the biggest f'ing geek you've ever met.

Both are probably true.

Alllthe people I respect the most laugh at the Stooges. The ones that don't get it scare me.

re: #50 spidly

with all the revisions going on it probably looks more like a stooges argument..."wadda think yer doin'...bonk..HEY...slap...OW...why I oughta..."

site is down because curley is on the floor doing the nyuk nyuk circle run

Doing the Curly Shuffle?

re: #51 William

Please tell me that's a joke. Please.

/Where'd I put that Wakazashi?..

re: #56 Adina in Judea

Either way, they'll be the first to get credit for it.

re: #53 Rancher

/#783

re: #51 William

Check this exchange with Tom Brokaw from the Charlie Rose show:

The media has become suddenly uncurious when it comes to Obama, it will surely come back to bite them in the ass, the only question is how and when.

re: #59 Shay4l

Alllthe people I respect the most laugh at the Stooges. The ones that don't get it scare me.

Now I'm scaring myself. I meant the Marx Bros.

re: #46 DesertSage

Go ahead, drop your baby.

[Link: www.reuters.com...]

Bouncing babies.

re: #8 Occasional Reader

FIREFLY 2012

Rufus T. Firefly! Change you can believe in!

Perhaps we'll get lucky and Osama Bin Laden will call Obama an upstart!

re: #58 Noam Sayin'

Better than bride burning, another Indian past time.

re: #67 stuiec

Perhaps we'll get lucky and Osama Bin Laden will call Obama an upstart!

Actually I'm expecting a fist-bump.

re: #52 Noam Sayin'

Used to go to our Public Library in the kids section when they showed old movies. Movies like the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges. Talkies, silent films, the works. Guess that's why I like Monty Python so much. Same type of humour, just modernized.

re: #52 Noam Sayin'

Damn, I love Groucho.

I love the Marx Brothers' movies.

Nearly 30 years ago, when I was 17, my mom heard me cackling with laughter in the "tv room" and came in to find out what I was watching (we just got cable, so she was nervous).

She was so pleased that I was watching "something clean" that she made some popcorn (the old-fashioned way) and joined me.

At 17, I was either intelligent and perceptive beyond my age, or the biggest f'ing geek you've ever met.

Both are probably true.

Your Mom was nervous about cable TV back then?

Geez, back then MTV played music 24/7 and Nickelodean played shows for kids.

re: #58 Noam Sayin'

Maybe I shouldn't have built my home in such a precarious place?

You may have seen this posting by Charles on the last VB thread...

I emailed Robert Spencer on my own, asking him if he had any intention of looking into the European nationalist political parties that seem to display a great deal of racism. Here was his reply to me... "Actually, I am fighting jihad, and have no interest in or intention to investigate these groups. Insofar as they are fighting jihad, I applaud them. Insofar as they are doing anything else, my endorsement is not implied."

Just for full disclosure. I sent this email to Mr. Spencer, this was his answer and I gave Charles permission to post this if he wanted. Charles did not have anything to do with my question to Mr. Spencer. Charles did not solicit my communication with Mr. Spencer. I was not trolling for Charles nor was I "spying" for Charles.

But I thought Mr. Spencer's answer spoke volumes. This is like saying "Actually, I am fighting economic problems in Germany, and have no interest in or intention to investigate The Nazi party. Insofar as they are fighting economic problems, I applaud them. Insofar as they are doing anything else, my endorsement is not implied."

Mr. Spencer has evidently seen Charles posting on the last VB thread, and emailed me this message...

"Yet you say below: 'As far as the rift with Charles Johnson, that's not really my battle. I did not contact you as a "troll" or "spy" for Charles, simply as someone who has respected your work, and I felt I needed to pass on my concerns.' Why not just be honest? Why did you think it necessary to lie to me? It doesn't reflect well on you or Charles Johnson. But of course nothing much of what he does lately reflects well upon him."

For someone who is not very interested in what the European nationalist political parties are doing, Mr. Spencer certainly seems to be VERY INTERESTED in monitoring what is being discussed on LGF. Something to think about.

re: #56 Adina in Judea

The right has been saying this all year.

These guys finally figured it out.

They must be geniuses.

They're taking the steps necessary to bring back their credibility.

Lost.
on.
me.

re: #59 Shay4l

Alllthe people men I respect the most laugh at the Stooges. The ones that don't get it scare me.

Fixed. Unless you've never met a female you respect!
The Stooges are a Y-chromosome thing.

re: #51 William

Yeah, heard this on Rush or Levin-- the media is trying to cover their butts for their complicity in getting this fraud elected.

re: #65 Shay4l

Now I'm scaring myself. I meant the Marx Bros.

I was going to say that I've met some dumb people in my life, but none so dumb that they didn't get the Three Stooges. That would be a special kind of stupid. ROFLOL

/full disclosure- I like the Marx Brothers, really dislike the Stooges. ;)

re: #63 Killian Bundy

Yup!

What a beautiful photo! Updingdingding.

re: #75 wolfie

Whup whup whup Hey Moe, look at this, neah neah

re: #68 Rancher

Better than bride burning, another Indian past time.

yes, unfortunately those evil colonial colonialist brits destroyed their culture by putting an end to that practice.

re: #65 Shay4l

Now I'm scaring myself. I meant the Marx Bros.

Oddly, I felt you meant the Marx Bros, instead.

Okay. I'll get out of your head now.

You could use a maid.

Just sayin'

re: #46 DesertSage

Hmm, me thinks I know why it's been going on for 500 years. Brain damage anyone?

It makes Michael Jackson look like a responsible parent!

re: #56 Adina in Judea

The right has been saying this all year.

These guys finally figured it out.

They must be geniuses.

Adina ... many people not just the right have been saying this ever since he got on the national scene ...we were told to STFU ...we just need to keep on his back ...don't let them think for a minute we are not watching ...

RE: Tom Brokaw from the Charlie Rose exchange in post #51

Brokaw moderated the 2nd McCain/Obama debate on Oct 7, 2008.

re: #75 wolfie

Fixed. Unless you've never met a female you respect!
The Stooges are a Y-chromosome thing.

wrong

re: #77 gop_patriot

Ah, but you don't have the Y-chromosone. That's why you dislike the Three Stooges. ;)

re: #82 Noam Sayin'

Oddly, I felt you meant the Marx Bros, instead.

Okay. I'll get out of your head now.

You could use a maid.

Just sayin'

As Neil says, a man needs a maid

re: #76 LEGION

Yeah, heard this on Rush or Levin-- the media is trying to cover their butts for their complicity in getting this fraud elected.

Too late. We know they knew the man well and just refused to report their findings. They can play CYA all they like, but I don't think it's remotely credible

re: #71 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Ahem... Pre-MTV, pre-Nick.

BASIC
CABLE

Noam

(Sorry, Render. I said I'd stop).

re: #81 spidly

yes, unfortunately those evil colonial colonialist brits destroyed their culture by putting an end to that practice.

No, still goes on today.

re: #80 LEGION

Okay. I'll admit THAT was funny!

Obama's Youth Classroom Corps is going to be so awesome. Its even got its own song. But he should call it by its proper name : Komsomol.

re: #48 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

The first three seasons of M*A*S*H not like that. That was classic TV. After Wayne Rogers left and was replaced by Mike Fairy, I mean Farrell, that's when the show went downhill.

Mike Farrell - a living saint!

He is such a preachy ass hole. He epitomizes the Obamaton Moralist - worse than the left's worst caricatures of Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell.

The mention of his name makes me want to watch the Save Tookie protest videos over at Zombietime.

re: #35 wolfie Gee whiz, wolfie, I done told you on the prior thread that it's pronounced Houghton!

re: #72 DesertSage

Maybe I shouldn't have built my home in such a precarious place?

Yeah, that might hurt the resale, if it wasn't for the view.

Here's the home that I really wanted to build.

re: #86 Killer Tomato

An overly broad generalization, eh? :)

re: #97 DesertSage

Here's the home that I really wanted to build.

Wow ... where is that?

Has anyone noticed that Free Republic has been down for something like 18 hours?
They still don't have the birth certificate, either, or MAYBE THEY DID!
/

re: #73 Walter L. Newton

No doubt he is keeping files.

A sense of humor will be very helpful in the next 4 years.

re: #10 Max Darkside

Obama's entire agenda goes down the memory hole:
[Link: change.gov...]
including defense, economy, IRAN, IRAQ and about 20 other topics.

Gone.

Peeking into the memory hole (google cache):
[Link: 64.233.169.104...]

re: #68 Rancher

Better than bride burning, another Indian past time.

Gen. Charles Napier said:

You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.

re: #84 JacksonTn

Adina ... many people not just the right have been saying this ever since he got on the national scene ...we were told to STFU ...we just need to keep on his back ...don't let them think for a minute we are not watching ...

We don't know Obama. The MSM doesn't know Obama. Yet, this unknown man who is getting the keys to the entire U.S.A. ship has more money coming in from G-d knows where to help him decide where to steer it.

Is there any government agency powerful enough right now to object to the fact that Obama is taking in unlimited amounts of money right now without having to name the donors?

His Office of the President-Elect (entirely new to the United States of America) has the status of a non-profit organization that can take unlimited donations without being forced to name them.

How on Earth can this be going on (especially by a guy that is unknown even to his biggest supporters in the MSM who helped get him elected?)

re: #95 realwest

Dang! I missed it! Houghton! Why didn't I guess that?

grrr

More Charlie Rose -- this time with Evan Thomas and Jon Meacham of Newsweek magazine, the day after Obama won the election on Nov 5th:

MEACHAM: He's very elusive, Obama, which is fascinating for a man who's written two memoirs. At Grant Park he walks out with the family, and then they go away.

ROSE: Mmm. Mmm-hmm.

MEACHAM: You know... have you ever seen a victory speech where there was no one else on stage?

ROSE: Mmm.

MEACHAM: No adoring wife, no cute kid. He is the messenger.

THOMAS: There is a slightly creepy cult of personality about all this. I mean, he's such an admirable --

ROSE: Slightly. Creepy. Cult of personality.

THOMAS: Yes.

ROSE: What's slightly creepy about it?

THOMAS: It -- it -- it just makes me a little uneasy that he's so singular. He's clearly managing his own spectacle. He's a deeply manipulative guy.

[Link: www.charlierose.com...]

re: #91 Rancher

No, still goes on today.

really? Under british rule they shot anyone caught trying to do that. thought it was gone.

ah. actually read the link and it wasn't what I thought. I was thinking of:

Sati is described as a Hindu custom in India in which the widow was burnt to ashes on her dead husband's pyre. Basically the custom of Sati was believed to be a voluntary Hindu act in which the woman voluntary decides to end her life with her husband after his death. But there were many incidences in which the women were forced to commit Sati, sometimes even dragged against her wish to the lighted pyre.

re: #97 DesertSage

Here's the home that I really wanted to build.

At least you wouldn't have to worry about door to door salesmen. :)

re: #51 William

Check this exchange with Tom Brokaw from the Charlie Rose show:

Unfricciknbelievable.

re: #97 DesertSage

Not much room for your little bony dog to run, though.

re: #75 wolfie

Fixed. Unless you've never met a female you respect!
The Stooges are a Y-chromosome thing.

Not necessarily. I'm a female and I have an appreciation for the Stooges. Well, the Three Stooges, not the Iggy Pop Stooges. I blame it on my dad though, as he had nearly all the episodes recorded on VHS when I was a kid and we watched them all the time. I don't have much time for the post-Shemp episodes.

re: #75 wolfie

The Stooges are a Y-chromosome thing.

My Dad is a total Three Stooges geek, but he has also gotten the women in his life (wife and daughters) to love 'em, too.

re: #103 abolitionist

Peeking into the memory hole (google cache):
[Link: 64.233.169.104...]

Obama will create a new cabinet post - Secretary of the Memory Hole. The Department of the Memory Hole will be housed in the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station.

re: #97 DesertSage

I'm going to make strawberry shortcake for dessert... could you run out and pick up some whipping cream?
OY!

re: #98 wolfie

An overly broad generalization, eh? :)

yip
:-)

re: #105 Adina in Judea

We don't know Obama. The MSM doesn't know Obama. Yet, this unknown man who is getting the keys to the entire U.S.A. ship has more money coming in from G-d knows where to help him decide where to steer it.

Is there any government agency powerful enough right now to object to the fact that Obama is taking in unlimited amounts of money right now without having to name the donors?

His Office of the President-Elect (entirely new to the United States of America) has the status of a non-profit organization that can take unlimited donations without being forced to name them.

How on Earth can this be going on (especially by a guy that is unknown even to his biggest supporters in the MSM who helped get him elected?)

I don't understand why he is asking for donations ...what is he going to use the money for anyway ...something stinks again ...

re: #110 Occasional Reader

Unfricciknbelievable.

they are the MSM. whatta ya want.

re: #90 Noam Sayin'

Ahem... Pre-MTV, pre-Nick.

BASIC
CABLE

Noam

(Sorry, Render. I said I'd stop).

So then...What was she worried about that was on BASIC CABLE?

Many analysts say this financial crisis is the worst since the Great Depression. A few statistics of The Great Depression:

Between 1929 and 1932

-unemployment was 25%
-industrial production down 45%
-industrial stocks down 80%
-farm prices down 53%
-exports down 67%
-5,000 banks out of business
-GNP down 10% annually
-home building down 80%

Now I know times are tough now for many folks but let's be honest when making comparisons.

And now, back to the other Marxist humor:

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

re: #107 William

Obama? Manipulative? Tell me it isn't so!

/ Yet more evidence he is a protoge of Ayers.

re: #103 abolitionist

Peeking into the memory hole (google cache):
[Link: 64.233.169.104...]

I've got pdf prints from the cache already, thx.

re: #117 JacksonTn

I don't understand why he is asking for donations ...what is he going to use the money for anyway ...something stinks again ...

Don't worry the press won't even be a tiny bit curious. It's all good

re: #93 Avary

Obama's Youth Classroom Corps is going to be so awesome. Its even got its own song. But he should call it by its proper name : Komsomol.

I know someone who used to be a middle-manager type in the Komsomol. She refuses to talk about what her life was like back then.

I shudder to think of the torment she is experiencing now.

re: #97 DesertSage

Too late. I already built it.

Nice, doncha think?

... for a guy who knows nothing of brick-laying, plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, or engineering.

Hey, it was my first attempt. What can I say?

re: #111 wolfie

Not much room for your little bony dog to run, though.

Noam came to visit the other day, he said that there was something wrong with his brakes.

re: #73 Walter L. Newton

Why bother? It seems his views are clearly expressed...

re: #119 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Back then you wouldn't believe what you could discover on basic cable.

re: #51 William
Just left a comment over there that I hope is funny and I'm SURE it's accurate!

re: #119 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

So then...What was she worried about that was on BASIC CABLE?

HBO. first thing I watched when we got cable was The Omen.

When is Chicago trying to get the Olympics?

re: #113 Adina in Judea

My Dad is a total Three Stooges geek, but he has also gotten the women in his life (wife and daughters) to love 'em, too.

Lots of cool dads out there, eh? My dad was also responsible for my love of the Marx Brothers (Duck Soup is one of the greatest movies ever) and my love of the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson.

The first song I ever heard must have been either Good Vibrations or Lydia the Tattooed-Lady!

re: #112 foxtrotter

re: #113 Adina in Judea

Okay. I'm getting too much evidence to the contrary, so I take back my generalization about women not liking the Stooges!

sort of

re: #108 spidly

In some instances, the practice has been expanded to include burning the bride while the husband is alive and well -- thus allowing him to marry again and receive another dowry.

re: #124 victor_yugo

Clicked to your blog and read the "Vietnam referendum" entry. Suffice it to say, the referendum was pretty much decided going into the 90s...that the escalation opened up a Pandora's Box, and despite the honorable services of people like John McCain (and other Vet Lizards), a few big bad apples really spoiled the bunch (e.g. Da Nang, Tet Offensive, etc.)

re: #104 stuiec

You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.

I actually got to use this line of reasoning against a moral equivalency kool-aid drinker a couple of years ago. We were discussing World War 2 and the moonbat made a brief speech about Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the racist propaganda used against the Japanese. In turn, I brought up the Bataan Death March, the Death Railway, and other Japanese atrocities against helpless prisoners. The moonbat superciliously began to inform me that I could not fault the Japanese for this since it is just part of their culture that prisoners have shamed themselves and deserve no mercy. I responded that it was just part of our culture to fire-bomb people who do that kind of shit.

re: #132 foxtrotter

My parents got me hooked on Star Trek. We would turn the t.v. on with our bowls of popcorn to watch it at night. Ah the good years. I am so thankful that it went into syndication.

re: #107 William

More Charlie Rose -- this time with Evan Thomas and Jon Meacham of Newsweek magazine, the day after Obama won the election on Nov 5th:

MEACHAM: He's very elusive, Obama, which is fascinating for a man who's written two memoirs. At Grant Park he walks out with the family, and then they go away.

ROSE: Mmm. Mmm-hmm.

MEACHAM: You know... have you ever seen a victory speech where there was no one else on stage?

ROSE: Mmm.

MEACHAM: No adoring wife, no cute kid. He is the messenger.

THOMAS: There is a slightly creepy cult of personality about all this. I mean, he's such an admirable --

ROSE: Slightly. Creepy. Cult of personality.

THOMAS: Yes.

ROSE: What's slightly creepy about it?

THOMAS: It -- it -- it just makes me a little uneasy that he's so singular. He's clearly managing his own spectacle. He's a deeply manipulative guy.

The ultra-famous fist bump scene on stage between Obama and his wife occurred because they both got on stage to celebrate some sort of primary victory (I think) and then Obama motioned Michelle to leave the stage! He made a sweeping gesture with his arm that signaled to her: "Go away!"

She fist bumped him as a way of saying goodbye.

Then he spoke all alone on the stage without her.

The MSM is only just now noticing things like this?!?!?

re: #133 wolfie

You're talking about lizardettes - why would this surprise you?
;-)

re: #131 JacksonTn

When is Chicago trying to get the Olympics?

2016.

re: #131 JacksonTn

When is Chicago trying to get the Olympics?

2016. They're going up against Rio, Madrid, and those racists in Tokyo. [;

/that don't look like no ribbon...

re: #126 DesertSage

Oh my! :D

re: #136 Shiplord Kirel

Nothing worse than some one spouting that crap, "It's part of their culture." I cringe when I hear that.

re: #130 spidly

HBO. first thing I watched when we got cable was The Omen.

I was about 8 or 9 when cable first went into the San Diego market. The first movie channel in this area was Channel 100. On one of the frequent free preview weekends I watch Phase IV about 5 times. Ant's still disturb me.

re: #117 JacksonTn

I don't understand why he is asking for donations ...what is he going to use the money for anyway ...something stinks again ...

He can collect billions this way from our enemies or anyone else on Earth for his own intentions. No one will ever know what this guy is doing.

Public officials are NOT supposed to take money from others like this.

It's against the law.

re: #138 Adina in Judea

The ultra-famous fist bump scene on stage between Obama and his wife occurred because they both got on stage to celebrate some sort of primary victory (I think) and then Obama motioned Michelle to leave the stage! He made a sweeping gesture with his arm that signaled to her: "Go away!"

She fist bumped him as a way of saying goodbye.

Then he spoke all alone on the stage without her.

The MSM is only just now noticing things like this?!?!?

Adina ... if you look at the video ... he slapped her ass ...as she was turning to walk off the stage ...

re: #144 CyanSnowHawk

re: #144 CyanSnowHawk

I was about 8 or 9 when cable first went into the San Diego market. The first movie channel in this area was Channel 100. On one of the frequent free preview weekends I watch Phase IV about 5 times. Ant's still disturb me.

Do they now?

re: #136 Shiplord Kirel

I actually got to use this line of reasoning against a moral equivalency kool-aid drinker a couple of years ago. We were discussing World War 2 and the moonbat made a brief speech about Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the racist propaganda used against the Japanese. In turn, I brought up the Bataan Death March, the Death Railway, and other Japanese atrocities against helpless prisoners. The moonbat superciliously began to inform me that I could not fault the Japanese for this since it is just part of their culture that prisoners have shamed themselves and deserve no mercy. I responded that it was just part of our culture to fire-bomb people who do that kind of shit.

Wonder what your discussion mate would have said about the Japanese occupation of China and Korea. How did the people of Nanking shame themselves into deserving invasion, rape, murder and oppression?

re: #141 laZardo

2016. They're going up against Rio, Madrid, and those racists in Tokyo. [;

/that don't look like no ribbon...

I can just see it now: "Gee, Rio, Madrid, and Tokyo, those are some fine, ancient, and historic cities you got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to them, wouldn't it?"

re: #100 Shiplord Kirel

Didn't a Supreme Court Justice ask for the nirth certifikit?

re: #134 stuiec

In some instances, the practice has been expanded to include burning the bride while the husband is alive and well -- thus allowing him to marry again and receive another dowry.

well we can't judge other cultures. all cultures are equal. except for our evil western culture. we do worse things everyday, like force people to go to work after a couple years on welfare, demand they pay 5 or 10 dollars for a 250 dollar prescription...

re: #139 Killer Tomato

Good point! :)

re: #146 JacksonTn

They're going to be such a charming first couple, don't you think? Marvelous ambassadors for the US. Just ooze class.

re: #131 JacksonTn

When is Chicago trying to get the Olympics?

2016.

re: #97 DesertSage
Uh, Sage, where's the fuckin' driveway?!? No wonder you have to fight the mortgage company - they can't figure out a way to get an inspector or appraiser up to your house!
Kids these days!

;')

re: #150 Rancher

Didn't a Supreme Court Justice ask for the nirth certifikit?

If the Supreme Court step doesn't work out, I understand Berg is planning to appeal.
;)

Has anyone ever heard of Mini-Dickmann's?

re: #137 BlueCanuck

My parents got me hooked on Star Trek. We would turn the t.v. on with our bowls of popcorn to watch it at night. Ah the good years. I am so thankful that it went into syndication.

I had to wait until later to get into Star Trek as my parents didn't (and still don't) do sci-fi at all. I made up for it though! And it's funny you should mention curling up with a big bowl of popcorn. We used to do that all the time. Dark living room, big bowl of popcorn, and the Stooges or Marx Brothers on the tv.

re: #155 realwest

Uh, Sage, where's the fuckin' driveway?!? No wonder you have to fight the mortgage company - they can't figure out a way to get an inspector or appraiser up to your house!
Kids these days!

;')

Is that the place they used for the Bond film For Your Eyes Only?

re: #157 DesertSage

sigh
Yeah, unfortunately.
(did I type that out loud?)

re: #149 gmsc

I can just see it now: "Gee, Rio, Madrid, and Tokyo, those are some fine, ancient, and historic cities you got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to them, wouldn't it?"

GMTA...exactly
So you are an official at dinner in Chicago with ahem..the city..
It's like the movie Godfather...

re: #157 DesertSage

Has anyone ever heard of Mini-Dickmann's?

Not me. When I was in calculus class in college, these were my favorite snacks.

re: #146 JacksonTn

Adina ... if you look at the video ... he slapped her ass ...as she was turning to walk off the stage ...

Slapping her ass...shooting the bird at U.S. Senators...what a classy guy. /

He kissed Jill Biden full on the lips when both couples were on stage shortly after Biden was chosen as his running mate. Full on the lips!

He also seemed to kiss Hillary on the lips recently. It was hard to tell because the photo was taken from behind Hillary - but you could see his lips puckered up and he was aiming at the middle of her face.

Another photo showed Obama trying to kiss a young blonde woman at a rally. She was turning away, so he seemed to be puckering up against her cheek with his hand on her arm to hold her still.

He also tends to call women in general by the name "Sweetie."

This guy has some really inappropriate social skills at times.

re: #119 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

So then...What was she worried about that was on BASIC CABLE?

Maybe we had HBO as well, but you must understand. Up until that point, we had the Big Three and PBS. In Small-town America, we had heard about what kinds of movies were shown on HBO. Cable TV was looked upon as potentially exposing children to all manner of debauchery. This was nearly 30 years ago, mind you. Johnny Carson ruled the night.

re: #151 spidly

well we can't judge other cultures. all cultures are equal. except for our evil western culture. we do worse things everyday, like force people to go to work after a couple years on welfare, demand they pay 5 or 10 dollars for a 250 dollar prescription...

Not to mention how we bitterly cling to the simplistic notion that those who have wealth are entitled to keep it.

re: #149 gmsc

"Is that a challenge?" - Tokyo Yakuza

/if all else fails, deploy the giant fighting robots!

re: #158 foxtrotter

That was in the early to mid 70's. Funniest part was that William Shatner was the Spokesman for Loblaws, a grocery store chain here in Canada. So during the commercials we would see Captain Kirk with curly hair saying, "Come over to Loblaws."

I am doing something that I don't think I have done in over 10 years, but that I used to do routinely. Formatting a diskette. And I now realize it takes forever.

re: #73 Walter L. Newton - I think that perhaps he has waay too much time on his hands to be bothered reading LGF, or posts by commenters here, since he obviously holds us all in contempt. That was probably an automated reply. Don't take it personally.

re: #156 gmsc

If the Supreme Court step doesn't work out, I understand Berg is planning to appeal.
;)

He'll probably try to go to the Alien overlords' governing council, since folk like him usually believe in such "hidden hands." The joke will be on him, though. He does not realize that such an appeal will deliver him straight to a certain bunker beneath the Denver Airport. Buwaaahaaa!

re: #157 DesertSage

Has anyone ever heard of Mini-Dickmann's?

I hadn't until now. Thanks so much for that.

/poor guys

re: #162 gmsc

Not me. When I was in calculus class in college, these were my favorite snacks.

LOL. I wonder how many people will get the full joke. :)

re: #158 foxtrotter

I'm fortunate that my father didn't push the Three Stooges. He gave it a try, poor thing, but I escaped to another room when it came on. UGH.

He did, however, give me a lifelong love of James Bond, starting with Dr. No. LOL James Bond films showing on TV were our 'popcorn movies'. :)

re: #126 DesertSage

I believe my exact words were, "A LITTLE MORE SALT ON THE DRIVEWAY MIGHT- OH, SHIT!"

re: #144 CyanSnowHawk

I was about 8 or 9 when cable first went into the San Diego market. The first movie channel in this area was Channel 100. On one of the frequent free preview weekends I watch Phase IV about 5 times. Ant's still disturb me.

can't believe I've never seen that movie.

re: #158 foxtrotter
Popcorn and
6 million dollar man, Battlestar Galactica, Wonder Woman.
Later: Greatest American Hero ( if your whole family doesn't know the whole theme song you are probably a commie. )
A-team

re: #147 laZardo

re: #144 CyanSnowHawk

Do they now?

Heh.

re: #172 BlueCanuck

Leibniz and Newton! I got it! I got it!

re: #73 Walter L. Newton

You may have seen this posting by Charles on the last VB thread...

I emailed Robert Spencer on my own, asking him if he had any intention of looking into the European nationalist political parties that seem to display a great deal of racism. Here was his reply to me... "Actually, I am fighting jihad, and have no interest in or intention to investigate these groups. Insofar as they are fighting jihad, I applaud them. Insofar as they are doing anything else, my endorsement is not implied."

Just for full disclosure. I sent this email to Mr. Spencer, this was his answer and I gave Charles permission to post this if he wanted. Charles did not have anything to do with my question to Mr. Spencer. Charles did not solicit my communication with Mr. Spencer. I was not trolling for Charles nor was I "spying" for Charles.

But I thought Mr. Spencer's answer spoke volumes. This is like saying "Actually, I am fighting economic problems in Germany, and have no interest in or intention to investigate The Nazi party. Insofar as they are fighting economic problems, I applaud them. Insofar as they are doing anything else, my endorsement is not implied."

Mr. Spencer has evidently seen Charles posting on the last VB thread, and emailed me this message...

"Yet you say below: 'As far as the rift with Charles Johnson, that's not really my battle. I did not contact you as a "troll" or "spy" for Charles, simply as someone who has respected your work, and I felt I needed to pass on my concerns.' Why not just be honest? Why did you think it necessary to lie to me? It doesn't reflect well on you or Charles Johnson. But of course nothing much of what he does lately reflects well upon him."

For someone who is not very interested in what the European nationalist political parties are doing, Mr. Spencer certainly seems to be VERY INTERESTED in monitoring what is being discussed on LGF. Something to think about.

Uh, that's right. I had nothing to do with your email, of course. Robert seems to be on the verge of a serious paranoid meltdown. How sad.

re: #157 DesertSage

And the point IS?

re: #172 BlueCanuck

LOL. I wonder how many people will get the full joke. :)

Okay, I'm not getting it. :(

re: #173 gop_patriot

Heh. My dad imbued the Bond in me when I was young, as well. I made it a point to go to the last two movies on the premiere day, as they actually premiered in the Philippines before the United States.

re: #137 BlueCanuck

My parents got me hooked on Star Trek. We would turn the t.v. on with our bowls of popcorn to watch it at night. Ah the good years. I am so thankful that it went into syndication.

I had a cousin who got me to watch it. She had been in an amateur theater group in Boston, with Leonard Nimoy.

re: #175 spidly

can't believe I've never seen that movie.

re: #158 foxtrotter
Wonder Woman

She fought for our rights in her silky tights you know.

re: #166 laZardo

"Is that a challenge?" - Tokyo Yakuza

/if all else fails, deploy the giant fighting robots!

That's all we need - the Italian Mafia and the Japanese Yakuza fighting.

"But Marge, that little guy still didn't move, and I think he is going to do something cool!"
-Homer Simpson

/Hey, 0bama's already taking ideas from Homer Simpson . . .

Rustler should be at "work" now and my nic is no longer my own. Good night Lizards.

Real Rancher

re: #175 spidly

can't believe I've never seen that movie.

re: #158 foxtrotter
Popcorn and
6 million dollar man, Battlestar Galactica, Wonder Woman.
Later: Greatest American Hero ( if your whole family doesn't know the whole theme song you are probably a commie. )
A-team

Interestingly enough, the song is far more famous than the show, which lasted maybe a season or two.

re: #167 BlueCanuck

That was in the early to mid 70's. Funniest part was that William Shatner was the Spokesman for Loblaws, a grocery store chain here in Canada. So during the commercials we would see Captain Kirk with curly hair saying, "Come over to Loblaws."

Haha, that would be surreal.

One of the things I miss from the '80s is the plethora of really poorly made local commercials that they always showed late at night when the rates were cheap. Cheap '80s graphics, lots of shouting, and the worst fashion imaginable.

/wait, wasn't that the '80s in general?

re: #169 realwest

If you check his "I hate Charles" posts, you will see that he quickly updates them with information about Charles' "followers" in near real time. And the email back to Walter seems to indicate the same obsessiveness. I think he cares more about this than he (constantly) claims.

BTW - did you see my reply this AM? Had to drive a kid to band and got back and finished the reply. I have an article for you that I will try to find on line and link. Gives context to the whole demise of the Republican party in California. It was assisted suicide when it comes down to it.

Watching History International on the Dark Ages.
Right now, it is covering Charles Martel vs Islam.
Where's a Charles Martel when you need him?

re: #184 gmsc

D'OH!

re: #172 BlueCanuck

LOL. I wonder how many people will get the full joke. :)

I'll bet your favorite hockey team is the Edmonton Eulers too.

re: #8 Occasional Reader

FIREFLY 2012

Rufus T. Firefly! Change you can believe in!

re: #189 Kosh's Shadow

Watching History International on the Dark Ages.
Right now, it is covering Charles Martel vs Islam.
Where's a Charles Martel when you need him?

Partying with Jefferson.

re: #181 laZardo

I like the new James Bond, he's just the right mix of hottie and violent, kick-ass secret agent. LOL

re: #172 BlueCanuck

LOL. I wonder how many people will get the full joke. :)

Then there's Fig Einsteins. They're relatively good.

re: #187 foxtrotter

Haha, that would be surreal.

One of the things I miss from the '80s is the plethora of really poorly made local commercials that they always showed late at night when the rates were cheap. Cheap '80s graphics, lots of shouting, and the worst fashion imaginable.

/wait, wasn't that the '80s in general?

You know what I miss about the 80s? The music.

re: #173 gop_patriot

I'm fortunate that my father didn't push the Three Stooges. He gave it a try, poor thing, but I escaped to another room when it came on. UGH.

He did, however, give me a lifelong love of James Bond, starting with Dr. No. LOL James Bond films showing on TV were our 'popcorn movies'. :)

Now James Bond, that is a guy thing. :)

Just kidding, though I only like the Connery ones.

re: #180 DesertSage

Okay, I'm not getting it. :(

Both invented Calculus at the same time. Liebenz cookies, and Newton cookies.

/history and science geek here.
//Newton made it his life long mission to destroy Liebenz.

re: #180 DesertSage

Okay, I'm not getting it. :(

The two people largely responsible for developing calculus are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Sir Isaac Newton.

BTW, don't let calculus scare you. Check out A Gentle Introduction To Learning Calculus for an explanation that will make you go, "Aha!"

Can anyone else read this?

I'm serious...I can't read it! :(

re: #183 CyanSnowHawk

She fought for our rights in her silky tights you know.

Weren't we all Wonder Woman for Halloween in the '80s? I had the costume and the Underoos.

re: #197 foxtrotter

Now James Bond, that is a guy thing. :)

Just kidding, though I only like the Connery ones.

The way they keep replacing Bonds, I'll never get to see Bond chasing Blaufeld on wheelchairs through an old age home.

re: #194 gop_patriot

I agree. And I haven't liked any of the others since Sean Connery.

re: #187 foxtrotter

Haha, that would be surreal.

One of the things I miss from the '80s is the plethora of really poorly made local commercials that they always showed late at night when the rates were cheap. Cheap '80s graphics, lots of shouting, and the worst fashion imaginable.

/wait, wasn't that the '80s in general?

Do you live in a major TV market? Most of those crap commercials in San Diego went away around then. I thought it was a nationwide phenomenon. Every now and then I visit the folks out in Amarillo, and get to see that some of that stuff still being made and shown in Prime Time. Their local commercials are wonders to behold sometimes.

re: #178 Charles

Uh, that's right. I had nothing to do with your email, of course. Robert seems to be on the verge of a serious paranoid meltdown. How sad.

Cognitive dissonance will do that.

re: #200 DesertSage

Can anyone else read this?

I'm serious...I can't read it! :(

LOL!

re: #162 gmsc

re: #200 DesertSage
not.saying.anything...

re: #194 gop_patriot

I will admit that Quantum of Solace is the kind of Bond movie where you actually have to watch the previous one in order to really get it though.

re: #196 laZardo

You know what I miss about the 80s? The music.

Are you trying to wind me up? I love Rick Astley. Still. Seriously. The Stock-Aitken-Waterman catalog is highly-underated.

Okay, well maybe not under-rated, but ever-so-slightly underappreciated. :)

re: #200 DesertSage

Can anyone else read this?

I'm serious...I can't read it! :(

HAHAHA

/if you really can't read it, squint. lol

The spirit of Charles Martel and his victory at Lourdes is alive in Iraq and Afghanistan. The American people should be proud of their children who serve as the tip of the spear in preserving liberty all around the world.

re: #178 Charles

Uh, that's right. I had nothing to do with your email, of course. Robert seems to be on the verge of a serious paranoid meltdown. How sad.

Spencer should be paranoid...he's associating himself with unsavory characters that are using him and others like him to gain respectability in the wider anti-jihad fight, when VB and friends would just as soon stick a dagger in their backs while smiling at them and twist it happily after their usefulness is exhausted.

/Think I'm kidding, Robert?

re: #200 DesertSage

Can anyone else read this?

I'm serious...I can't read it! :(

LOL - squint. It is a funny message.

re: #199 gmsc

BTW, don't let calculus scare you. Check out A Gentle Introduction To Learning Calculus for an explanation that will make you go, "Aha!"

I went up through Calculus III in college but I think this is neat, too!

Thanks!

re: #194 gop_patriot

I like the new James Bond, he's just the right mix of hottie and violent, kick-ass secret agent. LOL

He is my favorite so far of the new ones ...but Connery still my favorite ...

re: #200 DesertSage

Can anyone else read this?

I'm serious...I can't read it! :(

I read it...so sorry you couldn't...LOL...

re: #195 Kosh's Shadow

Then there's Fig Einsteins. They're relatively good.

What about Choco Copernicus? It seems like a pretty standard candy, until you get to the surprise at the center.
:D

re: #210 gop_patriot

HAHAHA

/if you really can't read it, squint. lol

Well...why can't I read it?

re: #194 gop_patriot

I like the new James Bond, he's just the right mix of hottie and violent, kick-ass secret agent. LOL

Sean Connery IS James Bond. That will never change.

re: #200 DesertSage

I'm serious...I can't read it! :(

Follow the instructions.

It's readable if you pull both your eyes towards your ears.

re: #183 CyanSnowHawk

She fought for our rights in her silky tights you know.

ohh-oh-oh-hohhh yes she did.
Colonel Wilma Deering fought for our intergalactic rights in a nice pants too.

re: #212 talon_262

Not to mention the hundreds of fatwas. Some paranoia is justifiable, IMHO.

re: #200 DesertSage

Can anyone else read this?

I'm serious...I can't read it! :(

Dude! It clearly says- oh, shit.

re: #218 DesertSage

Well...why can't I read it?

You must have bad eyes...

re: #202 Kosh's Shadow

The way they keep replacing Bonds, I'll never get to see Bond chasing Blaufeld on wheelchairs through an old age home.

I was really disappointed that they didn't go with Clive Owen after what's-his-name, the Irish guy. Clive Owen would have gotten me into the theater to see a modern Bond like nobody else could. I have heard the new guy is pretty good, but I am boycotting in protest of no Clive Owen.

Anybody heard from Zombie lately?

Just wondering how he/she is doing...

Oh...now I know why I couldn't read it.

:(

re: #189 Kosh's Shadow

Where's a Charles Martel when you need him?

Or an El Cid?

Real Rancher

re: #219 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Sean Connery IS James Bond. That will never change.

Are you kidding me?... Roger Moore is the man!

re: #197 foxtrotter

Now James Bond, that is a guy thing. :)

Just kidding, though I only like the Connery ones.

Lots of us women like James Bond. He's good-looking, exciting, and dangerous. Hubba. ;)

/I don't like chick flicks lol

re: #209 foxtrotter

Well then. (:

re: #219 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Sean Connery IS James Bond. That will never change.

you've got to move past that my friend...it's over..you need closure.
/

re: #227 DesertSage

Oh, you poor, poor man. ;)

re: #226 Intrepid

Anybody heard from Zombie lately?

Just wondering how he/she is doing...

Zombie was here a few days ago, election night.

re: #220 Adina in Judea

Follow the instructions.

It's readable if you pull both your eyes towards your ears.

ow ow ow. I keep scratching my corneas.

re: #213 karmic_inquisitor

LOL - squint. It is a funny message.

I found when I leaned back, and stopped looking directly at it, I could read it fine.
I guess my eyes are fine, as they should be.

re: #188 karmic_inquisitor
Gee, no I didn't see your post to me.
Hey, my nic is in blue if you want to e-mail it to me!

re: #204 CyanSnowHawk

Do you live in a major TV market? Most of those crap commercials in San Diego went away around then. I thought it was a nationwide phenomenon. Every now and then I visit the folks out in Amarillo, and get to see that some of that stuff still being made and shown in Prime Time. Their local commercials are wonders to behold sometimes.

Shoot, even in major TV markets, you can find them. We have oodles of those type of commercials in Chicago during the late night hours. Granted, most of them are on the second tier stations or the cable only stations, but they're still there.

re: #226 Intrepid

Taking a well-deserved break, I imagine.

re: #217 gmsc

What about Choco Copernicus? It seems like a pretty standard candy, until you get to the surprise at the center.
:D

They're a bit too hot for me.

re: #200 DesertSage

Can anyone else read this?

I'm serious...I can't read it! :(

/right

re: #239 Noam Sayin'

Which leads me to believe Charles has perfected some kind of cloning process.

re: #204 CyanSnowHawk

Do you live in a major TV market? Most of those crap commercials in San Diego went away around then. I thought it was a nationwide phenomenon. Every now and then I visit the folks out in Amarillo, and get to see that some of that stuff still being made and shown in Prime Time. Their local commercials are wonders to behold sometimes.

I am just outside Lansing MI and grew up between Lansing and Flint. I haven't seen those cheesy commercials since the early '90s at the latest. Well, we do have a local car dealer who wears a cowboy hat and screams at us while riding a horse (and plugging his riding stables) but that's about it. It doesn't surprise me that cheesy '80s-style ads are still made, I'm just disappointed we don't get them around here anymore.

re: #228 Rancher

Or an El Cid?

Real Rancher

Go to Iraq or Afghanistan, you will see people with his spirit and determination pushing back the bearded fools who shoot women in the back of the head because they refuse to wear a burqa.

I saw this on a site tonight ... there was legislation some time back ...to make it so you only had to pay for cable channels you actually wanted ...it failed ... I want them to bring that back up for a vote ...I could eliminate almost all of what is on my system ...and save money ...

re: #208 laZardo

I will admit that Quantum of Solace is the kind of Bond movie where you actually have to watch the previous one in order to really get it though.

I like the idea of continuing storyline from one film to the other. Interesting!

re: #232 HoosierHoops

you've got to move past that my friend...it's over..you need closure.
/

The new James Bond movie trailer looked great.

re: #245 JacksonTn

I saw this on a site tonight ... there was legislation some time back ...to make it so you only had to pay for cable channels you actually wanted ...it failed ... I want them to bring that back up for a vote ...I could eliminate almost all of what is on my system ...and save money ...

oxygen and lifetime. I'd pay extra to get that crap off my TV.

re: #229 shanec99

re: #232 HoosierHoops

The box office tells the truth. Adjusted for inflation, Sean Connery in James Bond films made over 700 times MORE than what all the other actors playing Bond did together.

re: #231 laZardo

Well then. (:

Was there ever a video for It Would Take a Strong Strong Man? That is my favorite Astley song. I remember watching that first video at Christmas 1987, everyone gathered in the living room, around the Christmas tree, presents piled up, and all eyes on MTV watching Rick Astley.

re: #238 Honorary Yooper

Shoot, even in major TV markets, you can find them. We have oodles of those type of commercials in Chicago during the late night hours. Granted, most of them are on the second tier stations or the cable only stations, but they're still there.

We have a car dealer who did a commercial like the Jetson's opening - he was driving his children and wife to various places, giving them money, and finally his wife took his wallet, leaving him with the money he had taken out to give her.

re: #245 JacksonTn

I saw this on a site tonight ... there was legislation some time back ...to make it so you only had to pay for cable channels you actually wanted ...it failed ... I want them to bring that back up for a vote ...I could eliminate almost all of what is on my system ...and save money ...

I think the Cable companies would just find a way to charge the same price no matter how many channels you receive. I'm a bonified channel surfer, the only channels I can truly say that I *never* watch are religious channels and shopping channels, almost anything else I've at least peaked at lol

re: #248 spidly

oxygen and lifetime. I'd pay extra to get that crap off my TV.

That, and ellipses.

*ducks and runs*

G'night, everyone.

re: #226 Intrepid

I would guess that the Undead One is taking a well-deserved vacation.
I'm not sure where the undead do that.
In a dark forest? In a cemetery?
We do not know and dare not guess.