Ritual be danged. It is cold and rainy here in CT with more to come for the weekend.

When will we see the First Puppy? Bring us the pup. Bring us the cute, fuzzy puppy and shut up about all this nasty scandally stuff.

My wife is away and all of a sudden my 3 cats whom in the past did not seem to understand I paid for their upkeep are all over me. Maybe it was that black Forrest ham I just fed them?

It ain't Friday but WTH.

A woman was very distraught at the fact that she had not had a date or any sex in quite some time. She was afraid she might have something wrong with her, so she decided to seek the medical expertise of a sex therapist.

Her doctor recommended that she see the well known Chinese sex therapist Dr. Chang.

So she went to see him. Upon entering the examination room Dr. Chang said, 'OK take off all your crose. The woman did as she was told. 'Now get down and craw reery, reery fass to odderside of room.'
Again the woman did as she was instructed. Dr. Chang then said, 'OK, now craw reery, reery fass back to me.' So she did.
Dr.Chang shook his head slowly and said, 'Your probrem vewy bad. You haf Ed Zachary disease.
Worse case I ever see. Dat why you not haf sex or dates..' Worried the woman asked anxiously 'Oh my God, Dr.Chang, what is Ed Zachary Disease ?'
Dr. Chang sighed deeply and replied, 'Ed Zachary Disease is when your face look Ed Zachary like your ass.'

re: #1 JohnnyReb

Ritual be danged. It is cold and rainy here in CT with more to come for the weekend.

My daughter is up at URI in RI. Is is icy up there yet?

What no supertanker?

I'm really disappointed in Charles selection of topics.

I'm beginning to think Charles is anti-supertanker.

///

I have seen over the years the evolution of supertankers with my own eyes...

re: #5 maddogg

It ain't Friday but WTH.

A woman was very distraught at the fact that she had not had a date or any sex in quite some time. She was afraid she might have something wrong with her, so she decided to seek the medical expertise of a sex therapist.

Her doctor recommended that she see the well known Chinese sex therapist Dr. Chang.

So she went to see him. Upon entering the examination room Dr. Chang said, 'OK take off all your crose. The woman did as she was told. 'Now get down and craw reery, reery fass to odderside of room.'
Again the woman did as she was instructed. Dr. Chang then said, 'OK, now craw reery, reery fass back to me.' So she did.
Dr.Chang shook his head slowly and said, 'Your probrem vewy bad. You haf Ed Zachary disease.
Worse case I ever see. Dat why you not haf sex or dates..' Worried the woman asked anxiously 'Oh my God, Dr.Chang, what is Ed Zachary Disease ?'
Dr. Chang sighed deeply and replied, 'Ed Zachary Disease is when your face look Ed Zachary like your ass.'

*groan*
/

re: #7 JCM

What no supertanker?

I'm really disappointed in Charles selection of topics.

I'm beginning to think Charles is anti-supertanker.

///

Theres a photo of the ocean with the supertanker on my screen! Maybe Charles is Anti-JCM ,, ever think THATS it !?!?

re: #7 JCM

What no supertanker?

Afraid of this becoming a pirate thread.

Hey Obama! Why don't you take a lesson from this guy?

re: #1 JohnnyReb

Ritual be danged. It is cold and rainy here in CT with more to come for the weekend.

Same here! Nasty. The dogs will not even go out to pee.

Jesse Jackson Jr. “I haven’t Met With Rod Blagojevich in 4 years”… Problem is, this video shows otherwise…

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

His dad must be so proud?

re: #14 CapeCoddah

Same here! Nasty. The dogs will not even go out to pee.

What's wrong the carpets to good for em?

re: #6 Nevergiveup

My daughter is up at URI in RI. Is is icy up there yet?

Not yet, rain so far. The temps are hovering just above freezing right now. It could change later, but the weather guessers can't say which way the temps will go for tonight.

re: #4 Nevergiveup

My wife is away and all of a sudden my 3 cats whom in the past did not seem to understand I paid for their upkeep are all over me. Maybe it was that black Forrest ham I just fed them?

LOL that will do it every time. My two pooches just had cheeseburgers. I got kisses.

re: #8 coquimbojoe

I have seen over the years the evolution of supertankers with my own eyes...

Hey, Joe! Was thinking last night haven't seen you around in a bit!

How you doing?

re: #12 bulwrk

What no supertanker?

Afraid of this becoming a pirate thread.

Mustn't allow the thread to be hijacked!

Love Triangle in Dallas: T.O. Jealous of Romo's, Witten's Close Relationship
—Ace

Can the Dallas Cowboys get any more gay?, someone asks.

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

Go giants!

Smokin'!

re: #15 Nevergiveup

Jesse Jackson Jr. “I haven’t Met With Rod Blagojevich in 4 years”… Problem is, this video shows otherwise…

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

His dad must be so proud?

"Oh ,, you meant THAT Rod Blagojevich" !

re: #16 Nevergiveup

What's wrong the carpets to good for em?

Hardwood floors.

The last full moon of 2008 started tonight.

re: #15 Nevergiveup

Jesse Jackson Jr. “I haven’t Met With Rod Blagojevich in 4 years”… Problem is, this video shows otherwise…

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

His dad must be so proud?

That was Rod Blagojovich? He thought it was John Edwards!

/those white guys with big hair all look alike

re: #14 CapeCoddah

Same here! Nasty. The dogs will not even go out to pee.

The wife, dog and cat are all on the couch under the blanket. What a bunch of wusses! The wife is in the middle to prevent any "sibling" issues.

Okay - about Obama - I know that everyone is supposed to believe that he is the messiah or something, but no one in his right mind is going to believe that he is the product of a Virgin Birth - since his mother's name is CHICAGO!
Duh!

re: #22 Nevergiveup

Love Triangle in Dallas: T.O. Jealous of Romo's, Witten's Close Relationship
—Ace

Can the Dallas Cowboys get any more gay?, someone asks.

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

Go giants!

It must be those gloriously tight pants. I love those.

re: #2 Joan

When will we see the First Puppy? Bring us the pup. Bring us the cute, fuzzy puppy and shut up about all this nasty scandally stuff.

[Link: www.deltasociety.org...]

re: #14 CapeCoddah

Same here! Nasty. The dogs will not even go out to pee.

Problem, meet Solution

[Link: www.petsolutions.com...]

re: #4 Nevergiveup

My wife is away and all of a sudden my 3 cats whom in the past did not seem to understand I paid for their upkeep are all over me. Maybe it was that black Forrest ham I just fed them?

Hi I'm Dustyvet's cat Tiger >^..^< would you please send me some ham?

Rituals! Where are my bongo drums...

re: #15 Nevergiveup

Jesse Jackson Jr. “I haven’t Met With Rod Blagojevich in 4 years”… Problem is, this video shows otherwise…

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

His dad must be so proud?

Great Catch!

re: #33 sattv4u2

Problem, meet Solution

[Link: www.petsolutions.com...]

That is just so wrong on so many levels.

re: #29 JohnnyReb

The wife, dog and cat are all on the couch under the blanket. What a bunch of wusses! The wife is in the middle to prevent any "sibling" issues.

We are about to get a cat. My daughter, granddaughter and their kitten are moving back in... My cattle dog loves cats, not sure about the mastiff, who is afraid of everything. He will either hide from it, or eat it.

Thermometer goes where?!

too bad we can't see it on the east coast
:>( re: #26 Thanos

The last full moon of 2008 started tonight.

re: #36 VegasRick

Great Catch!

The River Nile has now been moved to Illinois.

re: #37 JohnnyReb

That is just so wrong on so many levels.

yeah ,, lets do the math

DOGGY DIAPER... $10.99

REPLACE ROOM CARPET ,,,$600.00

REPLACE HARDWOOD FLOOR ,,$5,000

re: #40 apachegunner

too bad we can't see it on the east coast
:>(

Yeah, just went down here as well.

re: #38 CapeCoddah

We are about to get a cat. My daughter, granddaughter and their kitten are moving back in... My cattle dog loves cats, not sure about the mastiff, who is afraid of everything. He will either hide from it, or eat it.

Just be sure not to get technician cat.
[ok, last lolcat link, I swear]

re: #41 Dustyvet

The River Nile has now been moved to Illinois.

We have Da Bears...and we now have denial

re: #34 Dustyvet

Hi I'm Dustyvet's cat Tiger >^..^< would you please send me some ham?

First, make us laugh out loud...

01:23 Kerry: Difference between Obama, Bush on climate change `like night and day` (AP)

Was it snowing in New Orleans today?

re: #33 sattv4u2

Problem, meet Solution

[Link: www.petsolutions.com...]

Thanks for the thought, but, I can tell you with 100% certainty, NOT GONNA HAPPEN. My diaper days are over. (until more grandchildren come along). They have sweaters,monogrammed coats, raincoats and hiking booties. They are all set to pee in the rain!

re: #33 sattv4u2

Problem, meet Solution

[Link: www.petsolutions.com...]

That cairn terrier looks so f-ing miserable wearing that...

re: #31 CapeCoddah

It must be those gloriously tight pants. I love those.

ESPN is saying that the friction is mounting.

re: #38 CapeCoddah

We are about to get a cat. My daughter, granddaughter and their kitten are moving back in... My cattle dog loves cats, not sure about the mastiff, who is afraid of everything. He will either hide from it, or eat it.

My wife's dog thinks cats (and small dogs) are chew toys. But I have to give credit to the cat. We have had a very rainy year and we live very close to a river and that means rats. That cat will go out and kill the river rats that come near here. Problem is he leaves them on the back deck.

re: #37 JohnnyReb

That is just so wrong on so many levels.

Dogs will put up with any humiliation, because they are sycophants.

re: #45 Dustyvet

We have Da Bears...and we now have denial

Da Bulls!

re: #48 CapeCoddah

Thanks for the thought, but, I can tell you with 100% certainty, NOT GONNA HAPPEN. My diaper days are over. (until more grandchildren come along). They have sweaters,monogrammed coats, raincoats and hiking booties. They are all set to pee in the rain!

I hear that. Mine has a better wordrobe than I do also, thanks to the wife

PLUS ,,, a costom bed (with his name woodcarved into it,,, NOT that he ever actually sleeps in it)

I finally found out how to definitively explain the Bail Out:

Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.
The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.
The man bought thousands at $10 and, as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He next announced that he would now buy monkeys at $20 each. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so scarce it was an effort to even find a monkey, let alone catch it!
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50 each! However,since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would buy on his behalf. In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has already collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each."
The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys for 700 billion dollars.
They never saw the man or his assistant again, only lots and lots of monkeys!
Now you have a better understanding of how the
WALL STREET BAILOUT PLAN
WILL WORK !

It doesn't get much clearer than this...

re: #49 Bloodnok

That cairn terrier looks so f-ing miserable wearing that...

I'll bet the cairn terriers owner looked worse trying to put it on the dog !

re: #54 sattv4u2
our sheltie has a custom bed too. Mine!

re: #51 JohnnyReb

My wife's dog thinks cats (and small dogs) are chew toys. But I have to give credit to the cat. We have had a very rainy year and we live very close to a river and that means rats. That cat will go out and kill the river rats that come near here. Problem is he leaves them on the back deck.

As you well know, the cat is giving you presents. Good kitty. :D My Siamese tried to teach me to mouse by dropping mice (live) in my bed.

re: #42 sattv4u2

yeah ,, lets do the math

DOGGY DIAPER... $10.99

REPLACE ROOM CARPET ,,,$600.00

REPLACE HARDWOOD FLOOR ,,$5,000

They don't really ever have accidents, unless they are sick and cannot make it. They will go when it gets to the critical level.

re: #22 Nevergiveup

Love Triangle in Dallas: T.O. Jealous of Romo's, Witten's Close Relationship
—Ace

Can the Dallas Cowboys get any more gay?, someone asks.

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

Go giants!

weak...Manning wears a diaper during the games

re: #59 CapeCoddah

They don't really ever have accidents, unless they are sick and cannot make it. They will go when it gets to the critical level.

The love of a good and faithful K-9...PRICELESS!

re: #30 moogie

Did you say Chicago?

Powell: Palin needs to stop polarizing the party by talking up small-town values

AP put this clip up to let Hot Air readers rant but I think Powell is right.

re: #62 Sharmuta

Did you say Chicago?

I want that guy...really bad...quit posting that!

re: #42 sattv4u2

yeah ,, lets do the math

DOGGY DIAPER... $10.99

REPLACE ROOM CARPET ,,,$600.00

REPLACE HARDWOOD FLOOR ,,$5,000

Good point. We had the big dog hind end sickness one day, say no more! And I had to pull the carpet out and have the hardwood floor refinished that was underneath the carpet. About $1,000 all told and I did most of the work myself.

re: #50 VegasRick

ESPN is saying that the friction is mounting.

LOL. I bet...

Every ritual needs a good bonfire -

Don't know about dogs, but this stuff works wonders on cats:
Comfort Zone With Feliway For Cats & Kittens Plug In

re: #57 apachegunner

our sheltie has a custom bed too. Mine!

HA, take a look at my avatar, and be grateful you have 1 little sheltie. They BOTH sleep with us, and they have no shame about hogging every inch of space they can manage.

Hannity without Skeletor?

I've been not watching for so long that I just found out about this on Drudge.

re: #69 CapeCoddah

HA, take a look at my avatar, and be grateful you have 1 little sheltie. They BOTH sleep with us, and they have no shame about hogging every inch of space they can manage.

well, I sure wouldn't argue with them either.

re: #26 Thanos

The last full moon of 2008 started tonight.

I guess that explains the previous thread.

re: #70 jwb7605

Hannity without Skeletor?

I've been not watching for so long that I just found out about this on Drudge.

was announced about 10-14 days ago, IIRC

re: #63 Killgore Trout

Powell is a toad. An ass kisser.

re: #51 JohnnyReb

I have not had a cat since I was a kid. He used to bring me presents in the form of dead birds left under my bed. The trail of feathers always started at the stairs to my basement bedroom.

re: #74 rawmuse

Powell is a toad. An ass kisser.

I met Powell once, wasn't impressed a bit.

moonrise over the Sandias at sunset is a sight to behold...I pity those who have never witnessed this phenom...pity...

re: #68 Cattt

Don't know about dogs, but this stuff works wonders on cats:
Comfort Zone With Feliway For Cats & Kittens Plug In

This works pretty well on cats too.

re: #74 rawmuse

Powell is a toad. An ass kisser.

C'mon, give the guy a break, his ancestors came here in chains dontch know!

re: #63 Killgore Trout

Powell: Palin needs to stop polarizing the party by talking up small-town values

AP put this clip up to let Hot Air readers rant but I think Powell is right.

Having liveed most of my life in big cities (Boston, Atlanta, New York, Denver) and having lived the past 10 years in a small town outside of Atlanta (plus a few years here and there in other small towns) I agree with Palins point. Perhaps her delivery of the point needs improvemnet, but the point itself is worth note

re: #76 apachegunner

I know him better than most here. The guy has been out of the loop, and he does not care who he has to go down on to get back in on the dinner party circuit. I've got zero respect for him, none.

re: #41 Dustyvet

The River Nile has now been moved to Illinois.

Well, they do have Cairo.

re: #80 sattv4u2
it's a "small town" delivery

I don't know if I believe Jesse Jackson's Jr. explanation of events surrounding Gov Blago, not once did he rhyme anything!

Iraqi Official: Iraq may need US troops for decade
Published: 12.11.08, 23:21 / Israel News
Iraq will need a US troop presence to help build up its military forces past the newly agreed three-year deadline for the withdrawal of American soldiers, a senior Iraqi official said on Thursday.

Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman for the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said some U.S. forces could be needed for 10 years but told reporters that the terms of any extended presence would be negotiated between the next Iraqi and US governments. (Reuters)

DAH! You think?

re: #23 Sharmuta

I thought it was going to be a youtube link for the Boston song, Smokin

re: #71 apachegunner

well, I sure wouldn't argue with them either.

The little one WILL defend her (my) pillow space. I used to wake up to my husbands face, now, it is usually a cold, wet, nose I see first thing. I miss my husband in the morning!

re: #75 CapeCoddah

I have not had a cat since I was a kid. He used to bring me presents in the form of dead birds left under my bed. The trail of feathers always started at the stairs to my basement bedroom.

I truthfully don't mind the presents. The problem is he brings them in during the dead of night and they attract all sorts of wildlife. Skunks, Raccoons, Fisher Cats, Coyotes, etc. And that drives the dog mad. He is an Akita and when he hears something on or near the back deck he goes crazy. He has got skunk killing down to an art. The last few he killed he has not even got sprayed. He sort of does the Ninja thing on them, rips them to bits and leaves the carcass. BUT, I have to clean the stinky mess up.

Well, there are those who think that the members of my religion will go to hell. And I am here to admit that this weekend, I will be doing exactly that.

Hell, in this case, will be a Toys R Us, on a Saturday, in December.

I will be the woman with glassy eyes, wandering around the aisles, looking at lots of pieces of identical plastic, muttering, "This is all exactly like the stuff they don't play with now. I don't wanna pick this up."

re: #86 poopeedoo
ahhh, love Boston, great group

I feel like an Amazon shill, but my cats love these items:

Petsafe Heated Wellness Sleeperre: #78 bosforus

This works pretty well on cats too.

Lol. My cats would eat that critter for a snack. They chased a German Shepard off the patio a while back.

I made a new lolcat.

OK fellers, I'm outta here. Enjoy your Friday, your weekend, and everything in between. Peace!

re: #42 sattv4u2

yeah ,, lets do the math

DOGGY DIAPER... $10.99

REPLACE ROOM CARPET ,,,$600.00

REPLACE HARDWOOD FLOOR ,,$5,000

REPLACE the dogs... Priceless!

re: #87 CapeCoddah
great time for a little doggy kiss. makes for a happy dog

re: #81 rawmuse

I know him better than most here. The guy has been out of the loop, and he does not care who he has to go down on to get back in on the dinner party circuit. I've got zero respect for him, none.

dude needs to watch 'Cool Runnings' again...get back to his roots

An Afghani refugee is here in the US and doesn't feel well so he goes to see the doctor.
The first doctor finds nothing wrong but the condition persists and the Afghani goes to another doctor. Same result.
Finally in desperation he goes to see an old Jewish doctor.
The doctor immmediately recognizes the problem and instructs the man to do the following:
1) Go home and defecate and urinate in a bucket.
2) Sit over the bucket with a towel draped over the head
3) Inhale deeply.
4) Come back and see me in 2 days.
The man goes home, follows the remedy and amazingly feels better.
He returns to the doctor and gratefully asks him what the problem was.
The doctor replies "You were homesick"

My browser crashed. Here is the other thing my cats love - you can get them at Target, and they are cheap and durable:

Cat chaise My domestic shorthair sleeps on one a lot. My Siamese sleeps in the heated wellness sleeper.

re: #70 jwb7605

Hannity without Skeletor?

I've been not watching for so long that I just found out about this on Drudge.

Well, he could always look for a replacement.
Here's a list of He-Man's foes to get started. All we have to do is pin the name to the liberal.

Beast Man
Clawful
Evil-Lyn
Faker
Fang Man
Icer
Jitsu
Kobra Khan
Mer-Man
Modulok
Panthor
Spikor
Strongarm
Trap Jaw
Tri-Klops
Two-Bad
Webstor
Whiplash

re: #88 JohnnyReb

I truthfully don't mind the presents. The problem is he brings them in during the dead of night and they attract all sorts of wildlife. Skunks, Raccoons, Fisher Cats, Coyotes, etc. And that drives the dog mad. He is an Akita and when he hears something on or near the back deck he goes crazy. He has got skunk killing down to an art. The last few he killed he has not even got sprayed. He sort of does the Ninja thing on them, rips them to bits and leaves the carcass. BUT, I have to clean the stinky mess up.

I hated those presents. Loved the cat, but hated the dead birds. My pooches chase squirrels, but have never caught one, except for one time, my cattledog, who had been chasing them futilely for years, stumbled across a recently dead one a couple of years ago. She came out of the woods with a dead squirrel, stiff as a board in her mouth. She was SOOO proud to have finally caught one...It was disgusting.

re: #92 Sharmuta

I made a new lolcat.

Seasonally appropriate!

re: #7 JCM

What no supertanker?

I'm really disappointed in Charles selection of topics.

I'm beginning to think Charles is anti-supertanker.

///

No, no, they are all parked off the beach in Somalia.

re: #92 Sharmuta

I made a new lolcat.

I can't ever think up anything to caption
I can't learn LOLspeak
Fail.

re: #13 davinvalkri

Hey Obama! Why don't you take a lesson from this guy?

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Very similar to this one.

Time to pimp my blog. The Chicago Way.

re: #94 poopeedoo

REPLACE the dogs... Priceless!

I would replace the house before I replaced my dogs.

re: #100 CapeCoddah

Cute story!

re: #99 CyanSnowHawk

Don't forget about Moss Man!

re: #102 A Kiwi Infidel

No, no, they are all parked off the beach in Somalia.

Is that tanker still being held?

re: #63 Killgore Trout

Powell: Palin needs to stop polarizing the party by talking up small-town values

AP put this clip up to let Hot Air readers rant but I think Powell is right.

Not sure how it was unifying for the Party for Powell to endorse Obama over the Party's candidate. Or is he referring to the Democrat Party?

It would sure be nice to see some small-town values in places like Chicago, where big-city values seem to be pretty anti-citizen and pro-corrupt politician.

re: #92 Sharmuta

I made a new lolcat.

I passed the link to appropriate people.
Nice!

re: #63 Killgore Trout

Powell: Palin needs to stop polarizing the party by talking up small-town values

AP put this clip up to let Hot Air readers rant but I think Powell is right.

Powell's full of it.

Gov. Palin, to some extent, pushed the party more to the right, and I think she had something of a polarizing effect when she talked about how small town values are good. Well, most of us don’t live in small towns. And I was raised in the South Bronx, and there’s nothing wrong with my value system from the South Bronx.

The GOP needs pushing to right, the classically liberal right. Powell's is snarking on Palin being a hick. Small town values? Responsibility? Self sufficency? Liberty? Limited Government?

Powell endorsed a damn Marxist for pete's sake. Powell wouldn't know small town conservative values if they bit him on the ass.

re: #95 apachegunner

great time for a little doggy kiss. makes for a happy dog

I had kissing hubby in mind, but, I have to crawl over the two lumps to do that.

and now a commercial break...

re: #106 CapeCoddah

I would replace the house before I replaced my dogs.

So would we ( well cats here ). Only in America!

re: #106 CapeCoddah

They are man's best friend!

re: #42 sattv4u2

yeah ,, lets do the math

DOGGY DIAPER... $10.99

REPLACE ROOM CARPET ,,,$600.00

REPLACE HARDWOOD FLOOR ,,$5,000

looking up a chinese cook book for stir fry dog PRICELESS

re: #109 Nevergiveup

Is that tanker still being held?

Yes, I think it is.

I mentioned in the previous thread that the Tom Cruise movie "Valkyrie" looks pretty good. And I have to say the Web site is very impressive (and educational). If the movie is anywhere near as good as the Web site Hollywood will have shown it can still make a decent historical/WW2 movie if it tries to.

Let's see here... I have one more day to get together business plans ... then I go ski until Christmas Eve. no pets, no job stuff, no nothing .. just pure ski-in/ski-out alpine bliss...

re: #103 Joan

Some of the captions over there are so clever I feel inadequate, but it's fun, so I'm trying.

re: #67 legalpad

Every ritual needs a good bonfire -

OK - I'll build it!

re: #80 sattv4u2

Having liveed most of my life in big cities (Boston, Atlanta, New York, Denver) and having lived the past 10 years in a small town outside of Atlanta (plus a few years here and there in other small towns) I agree with Palins point. Perhaps her delivery of the point needs improvemnet, but the point itself is worth note

SINCE POWELL ENDORSED OBAMA POWELL SHOULD STFU

re: #100 CapeCoddah

Your lucky you got it away from him. We have issues with that at times.

re: #99 CyanSnowHawk

Well, he could always look for a replacement.
Here's a list of He-Man's foes to get started. All we have to do is pin the name to the liberal.

Beast Man
Clawful
Evil-Lyn
Faker
Fang Man
Icer
Jitsu
Kobra Khan
Mer-Man
Modulok
Panthor
Spikor
Strongarm
Trap Jaw
Tri-Klops
Two-Bad
Webstor
Whiplash

Perhaps the Prince of Darkness is available.

re: #106 CapeCoddah

I would replace the house before I replaced my dogs.

Kind of like Mrs. Ranchers policy on me and the dogs.

re: #119 Tigger2005

I mentioned in the previous thread that the Tom Cruise movie "Valkyrie" looks pretty good. And I have to say the Web site is very impressive (and educational). If the movie is anywhere near as good as the Web site Hollywood will have shown it can still make a decent historical/WW2 movie if it tries to.

So far the reviews I have seen are well shitty?

re: #117 yochanan

looking up a chinese cook book for stir fry dog PRICELESS

You have to go to Hong Kong or Korea for that. And I am serious. Been there and seen that. And little puppy dog paws lining the edge of the bowl.

I saw a disturbing yet sociologically interesting bit of moonbat behavior last night.

I was at a holiday office party at a company that is VERY left-leaning in its general demeanor. Safe to say that everyone there was a moonbat.

It was one of those "bring the whole family" office parties, so several people had brought husbands, wives, children, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.

As happens in many modern offices, everyone was supposed to bring an inexpensive gift for one of those "Secret Santa" gift exchanges that are essentially kept anonymous, to avoid people playing favorites and engendering any inter-office resentments.

But this one had a twist. After everybody had opened their (randomly chosen) novelty gifts, sitting around a looong conference table, a pair of dice was passed around from person to person. If you rolled a double (two fours, two threes, etc.) you had the option of: trading gifts with anyone of your choosing; taking someone else's gift; giving any your gift; or forcing someone to give their gift to someone else. I murmured to the manager in charge of this game, "Doesn't this have the possibility of arousing bad feelings or resentments?" No way, he said, we do it every year; it's loads of fun!

So the game went around the table, rapid fire.

Here's the incident that fascinated/horrified me:

A four-year-boy was one of the people at the table, and by good fortune he had opened one of the few "kid-friendly" novelty gifts, a bendable "action figure" toy. He was very happy with it. Directly across the table from him was a 8-year-old boy who had also gotten a fairly decent gift (a card game), but had expressed dissatisfaction with it.

Well, after the dice had gone around the table once or twice, the 8-year-old rolled a double, and immediately reached across and grabbed the 4-year-old's action figure, which he coveted. The 8-year-old jumped up and down with excitement, and the 4-year-old was crushed, but did not cry. The four-year-old's mother, however, sitting right next to him, was aghast that someone would take her son's toy, even if the rules of the game allowed it. She glared across at the 8-year-old and his mother, who was sitting right next to him. When the dice came around to the 4-year-old's mom, she rolled a double as well, and reached across the table and yanked back the action figure and gave it to her son. The 8-year-old turned red as a beet and turned to his mother, saying, "Mom! She took my toy!" The 8-year-old's mom said "Well, maybe we'll get it back."

Keep in mind that was just a small vignette in a room filled with 60 other people shouting and laughing and trading presents back and forth. Only a few people (such as myself) were noticing what was going on with the two families.

Well, you can imagine what happened over the next ten minutes. Both boys and both mothers got in a furious competition to see who could roll doubles and thereby snatch the toy back. I was appalled at the mother of the 8-year-old for not admonishing him for being so greedy and taking something from a 4-year-old.

Back and forth the toy went several times, the anger and the insensity rising each time. The 8-year-old even took to cheating, rolling the dice 2 or 3 times in quick succession during his turn, if he thought no one was looking, in his attempt to roll a double.

With 30 seconds to go, the 8-year-old had the toy and was grinning. The game had riisen to a frenzy pitch all around the table. On the very last roll of the dice, the 4-year-old's mother rolled a pair of sixes, leapt up, grabbed the toy, and instead of giving it finally back to her son, flung it across the room where it landed in the lap of some random other participant in the game, who looked up mystified, "Keep it! Don't give it away!" ordered the four-year-old's mother.

The 8-year-old then literally burst into tears and started sobbing and punching his mother's leg in frustration. They left the room hurriedly. The 4-year-old's mom, hot-faced gathered her son, and fled.

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Thoughts? Analysis?

re: #127 Nevergiveup

So far the reviews I have seen are well shitty?

You trust the critics then?

Powell is a Big Government RINO, the same type of lousy Washington DC, ass kisser, Big Spender, that got us in to this soup in the first place. Thanks to him, we had to invade Iraq AGAIN, rather than taking care of Saddam in the first place, WHILE we had a VASTLY SUPERIOR force on the ground already, AND the moral imperative to go with it.

re: #128 JohnnyReb

You have to go to Hong Kong or Korea for that. And I am serious. Been there and seen that. And little puppy dog paws lining the edge of the bowl.

My brother and his foreman went to Sth K on a business trip. The foreman has a colourful turn of speech, everytime they saw a dog he would comment "there goes "effin" lunch"

My brother had to tell him to STFU.

re: #122 legalpad

OK - I'll build it!

We let you the last time...
not again!

re: #116 poopeedoo

They are man's best friend!

Without a shadow of a doubt.

home D tips...

re: #129 zombie

I...am...horrified

re: #130 Tigger2005

You trust the critics then?

No not at all. Just intrinsically suspicious of tom cruise.

re: #131 rawmuse

Powell is a Big Government RINO, the same type of lousy Washington DC, ass kisser, Big Spender, that got us in to this soup in the first place. Thanks to him, we had to invade Iraq AGAIN, rather than taking care of Saddam in the first place, WHILE we had a VASTLY SUPERIOR force on the ground already, AND the moral imperative to go with it.

exactly!

re: #129 zombie

Candidates for "The Ayers Experience".

/

re: #124 JohnnyReb

Your lucky you got it away from him. We have issues with that at times.

She does mind very well, 'specially when she knows I am not happy!

re: #128 JohnnyReb

I WAS ONLY KIDDING dog isn't kosher

re: #129 zombie

Who says kids are'nt sinners?

re: #7 JCM

What no supertanker?

I'm really disappointed in Charles selection of topics.

I'm beginning to think Charles is anti-supertanker.

///

But on the other hand, there are always lots of submarines in his ocean pictures. ;-)>

re: #129 zombie

Thoughts? Analysis?

Some parents suck.

re: #129 zombie

This is how mothers kill people over cheerleading teams. Warped.

re: #129 zombie

I hate that game- similar games occur at bridal and baby showers and it always brings out petty behavior in people.

re: #128 JohnnyReb

I'm going to be sick...

In that video Colin Powell is basically saying that Republicans are racists.
F*ck him.

re: #147 Sharmuta

I hate that game- similar games occur at bridal and baby showers and it always brings out petty ugly behavior in people.

Sorry, Sharm, it needed a stronger adjective

re: #129 zombie

Despicable behavior. If my 8yo behaved that way, he would have been pulled from the room much earlier than that.

You were spot on with your analysis of the possible outcome.

Hey, anyone following the police disruption of a reported terror attack in Belgium? They believe it was planned to coincide with a meeting of EU ministers.

Belgian police arrest 'al Qaeda legend'

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

re: #129 zombie

Sick people. Just some sick people and you need to stay away from them.

re: #154 Kiernan

Hey, anyone following the police disruption of a reported terror attack in Belgium? They believe it was planned to coincide with a meeting of EU ministers.

Belgian police arrest 'al Qaeda legend'

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

Yeah, a real babe

re: #129 zombie

The 8-year-old then literally burst into tears and started sobbing and punching his mother's leg in frustration. They left the room hurriedly. The 4-year-old's mom, hot-faced gathered her son, and fled.

On the one hand, I hope the mothers leg was so bruised she'll have to limp for a month.
On the other hand I envision in 10 years from now the 8 year old boy in a bell tower on a college campus with a carbine.

re: #129 zombie

Never play that game with small children. It's frustrating enough when adults play.

My other thought, zombie, is that it's behavior not exclusive to moonbats.

re: #129 zombie

Terrible. They shouldn't have adults playing that game much less kids. On a related note I was wondering earlier about the whole Santa thing. Is it really worth telling kids that Santa is real? Couldn't people just tell kids that it's a fun pretend story from the beginning?

re: #129 zombie

To me the moral is that if the outcome (being without something) is going to be the same I would rather choose where something goes rather than have it taken from me.

re: #150 rawmuse

In that video Colin Powell is basically saying that Republicans are racists.
F*ck him.

Strangely enough, speaking anecdotally, every racist I know is a Democrat.

re: #141 yochanan

I WAS ONLY KIDDING dog isn't kosher

I was just saying what I have seen. And alot of what I have seen ain't fit for this blog, trust me.

re: #129 zombie

Kids will be kids, The parents should have been hit with Mandy's clue bat. It sounds like it had nothing to do with the kids in very short order. Had my four year old had a toy they were happy with, I would have removed them from the game. Too young to understand that stupid crap. Sounds like the parents should have had their heads knocked together.

Speaking publicly for the first time, Rev. Jackson said he last met with the Governor four months ago

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

If you listen to all these people Gov Blago hasn't met or spoken to anyone in the last 6 months?

re: #153 ploome hineni

like pushing the slice of wedding cake into your spouses' nose

always boorish behavior. I've always thought there was some hidden feelings coming out when the cake is smushed in the face like that.

re: #19 taxfreekiller

"Which number were you assigned today?"

I was assigned IXII

re: #162 Bloodnok

To me the moral is that if the outcome (being without something) is going to be the same I would rather choose where something goes rather than have it taken from me.

Behaviorally I can't even begin to comment except to say the four year old seemed to be the most mature of the bunch.

re: #129 zombie

I've already responded but...we used to play a game something like that at my big extended family reunion (which is to say the extended family has many members, not that we are all big people).

Only the adults played. The kids had pre-assigned other cousins to bring a small ($5) toy for. One year my son had his same-age cousin, who had him. They unwrapped their gifts. They were the same small plastic Bob-The-Builder truck; both boys were happy.

Anyway, the game died. Don't remember why.

re: #129 zombie

Don't have to be moonbats to do that.

re: #163 Outrider

Strangely enough, speaking anecdotally, every racist I know is a Democrat.

If you listen to the vid, about 2 minutes in, he says that (in a really strange way) that "minorities" are becoming the majority, which is true. But, so frikkin' what? Does that mean that we need more welfare? More programs? More Affirmative Action?

I am so sick of this. I am sick of having to check off a box on a job application that demands a racial background so that some socialist egg head can pore over it and play God.

What he is really saying is that Whitey Need Not Apply.

re: #157 ploome hineni

the game is supposed to annoy at some level, that is how the people observing get satisfaction

by watching other people reacting badly

It's very similar to a gift stealing game played at several Christmas parties that I go to every year, but it's the adults playing. It is great fun, but it's not for kids. Many kids can see a $10 toy as a priceless treasure, as that 4yo did.

re: #161 Killgore Trout

Terrible. They shouldn't have adults playing that game much less kids. On a related note I was wondering earlier about the whole Santa thing. Is it really worth telling kids that Santa is real? Couldn't people just tell kids that it's a fun pretend story from the beginning?

What harm is it for an small child to "beleive" in Santa? I cherish the memories of the look in my sons eyes at this time of year when he "beleived" He's 14 now, and he's very well adjusted, has great interpersonal and social skills, a tremendous imagination, and he really enjoys seeing young kids that beleive, even to the point where he volunteers to be a Santas Helper at our churches "Breakfast With Santa"

re: #129 zombie

Those parents had bad parents. Those kids are probably going to have bad kids. And there's nothing genetic about it. It is very difficult for people to realize they've been raised badly and correct themselves.

re: #170 Bloodnok

Behaviorally I can't even begin to comment except to say the four year old seemed to be the most mature of the bunch.

That was my impression as well.

But I was intrigued by the four-year-old's mom's decision to fling the toy elsewhere, rather then restore it to her son.

re: #129 zombie

Good heavens.

I am reminded of my Navajo cousins, when they were little boys. We'd gone to the circus, and they all had balloons. Keep in mind that these kids were not rich and did not have a ton of worldly goods.

One of the boys lost his balloon, which floated into the air. He started to cry, and one of his brothers immediately offered his own ballon and said he would share, which brought smiles to both faces.

I went downstairs and found an old toy in good shape - a lion troll (cute). I took it up and gave it to the boy to replace the balloon. He smiled - his mom (my first cousin) said it was too expensive, and I said nonsense - I'm happy to share it with him. His brothers all smiled, happy he had a toy.

Compare and contrast.

re: #133 JCM

We let you the last time...
not again!

Hmmm- I seem to have gained weight since then!

re: #175 sattv4u2

What harm is it for an small child to "beleive" in Santa?

Because eventually they are going to figure out they were lied to. I'm just kind of thinking it's not worth the price.

re: #173 rawmuse

Just check the block that says "not otherwise defined" if you are putting in for a government job. If it is a civilian job ask if you can put yourself in as something like mixed or even better multi racial, as most people in the US are truthfully.

re: #173 rawmuse

If you listen to the vid, about 2 minutes in, he says that (in a really strange way) that "minorities" are becoming the majority, which is true. But, so frikkin' what? Does that mean that we need more welfare? More programs? More Affirmative Action?

I am so sick of this. I am sick of having to check off a box on a job application that demands a racial background so that some socialist egg head can pore over it and play God.

What he is really saying is that Whitey Need Not Apply.

In the early '80s I applied 3 consecutive years to the Seattle Fire Dept. Each year they hired a class of 30. Each year they had over 6000 applicants for those positions.

Each year I place in the teens, but being white male I needed a top ten finish. meanwhile they would go into the high 300's to make the quotas.

Since then I check "other" and write "American."

re: #163 Outrider

Strangely enough, speaking anecdotally, every racist I know is a Democrat.

My experience too. The worst racist I ever knew was a high ranking manager in a federal agency, and a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat.

re: #181 Killgore Trout

Because eventually they are going to figure out they were lied to. I'm just kind of thinking it's not worth the price.

Nonsense. I STILL believe in Santa. It is good for the soul.

re: #170 Bloodnok

Behaviorally I can't even begin to comment except to say the four year old seemed to be the most mature of the bunch.

At least the four year old acted his age.

This is a game for close friends who are sober.

Reminds me of too many little league games that end up with the parents competing.

And the real villain, in my eyes, was the 8-year-old's mother, who not only seemed to have raised her son badly, but also did absolutely nothing to stop him from doing something selfish and awful in public. Nor did it seem to be a "teaching moment." She allowed him to behave very poorly, and did not subsequently instruct him or punish him.

re: #181 Killgore Trout

Because eventually they are going to figure out they were lied to. I'm just kind of thinking it's not worth the price.

parenthood is all about manipulation...give kids some credit...they mature...they understand what you were doing

re: #179 Cattt

What a great "palate cleanser" of a story!

re: #181 Killgore Trout

Because eventually they are going to figure out they were lied to. I'm just kind of thinking it's not worth the price.

It's a cold cruel world out there. They gotta learn sometimes?
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re: #181 Killgore Trout

Because eventually they are going to figure out they were lied to. I'm just kind of thinking it's not worth the price.

I have many freinds with kids. I had many freinds when I was a kid. I've yet to meet one who holds a resentment against their parents because they were 'lied too" about the existence of Santa. Do you know of such people ?

what will BUCK FLAGO get in jail?

re: #179 Cattt

I am reminded of a heaven/hell definition.

Everyone sitting around a table with bowls of food and very, very long spoons.

Hell - everyone trying to feed themselves but the spoons are too long.

Heaven - everyone feeding their neighbor with the long spoons.

re: #177 zombie

That was my impression as well.

But I was intrigued by the four-year-old's mom's decision to fling the toy elsewhere, rather then restore it to her son.

The naive chump in me would like to think she was horrified at her own behavior. But shame is hard to find these days.

re: #129 zombie I think she was straight up pissed at the behavior of the 8 year old. By finally tossing the toy to someone else, it was as if she wasn't so mad that HER child didn't get it...it wasn't about HER child at all. She was more upset that the 8 year old acted that way. Good for her. And I bet her 4 year old will grow up and act a lot better than the 8 year old...punching his mother's leg in frustration? WTF? Little brat.

re: #192 yochanan

what will BUCK FLAGO get in jail?

In the 25th century?

re: #187 zombie

And the real villain, in my eyes, was the 8-year-old's mother, who not only seemed to have raised her son badly, but also did absolutely nothing to stop him from doing something selfish and awful in public. Nor did it seem to be a "teaching moment." She allowed him to behave very poorly, and did not subsequently instruct him or punish him.

I have tried to let people know that if my child misbehaves I need to know now, because I only have until they are bigger than me to instill the basics of decency. You would be suprised how many people are surprised and relieved when I thank them for letting me know and have him apologize/make retribution.

*Harry Potter--page 22--"Little tyke just wants his money's worth, just like his father. 'Atta boy, Dudley!"

re: #175 sattv4u2

There are a million Santas.

To a kid we can all be Santa.

re: #167 Outrider

always boorish behavior. I've always thought there was some hidden feelings coming out when the cake is smushed in the face like that.

Mrs. Hawk and I agreed that we would not do the cake smashing thing to each other. It's a game of one-up-man-ship that never should have started.

I did, however manage to dot her nose with a dab of frosting on the end of my index finger as I fed her the first bite of cake. A playful gesture should remain that.

a new wife

re: #129 zombie

What...the...***...did anybody here ever act like that when they were eight years old and get away with it?! Jesus, what's happening to people?! What's happening in that family?!

re: #179 Cattt

Thanks you share that nice story. Brought a tear to my eye.

And I'm not crying easily.

re: #154 Kiernan

I remember Ahmed Shah Massoud and the cowardly way he was killed. Nevertheless the Northern Alliance got it's revenge by riding the United State's support all the way to Kabul. Looks like his widow won't be going back to Afghanistan to play up the "legend" bit. Rot in jail bitch.

re: #129 zombie

Wealth redistribution.

Have you ever kissed a mule?

re: #202 davinvalkri

What...the...***...did anybody here ever act like that when they were eight years old and get away with it?! Jesus, what's happening to people?! What's happening in that family?!

My bet would be on a child that doesn't hear the words "NO you can't have/do that" very often at home

re: #120 Orangutan

Let's see here... I have one more day to get together business plans ... then I go ski until Christmas Eve. no pets, no job stuff, no nothing .. just pure ski-in/ski-out alpine bliss...

I envy you!

re: #129 zombie

One action figure of questionable ownership, an indulged older child, and a younger child, and two mothers = a recipe for disaster.

If I had been the mother of the 8 year old I would have insisted that the younger child be allowed to keep the toy.

If I had been the mother of the younger boy, I would have insisted that the older boy keep the toy - and then left immediately with my child. It's too much to ask a 4 year old to understand why a toy was taken away from him - if the other person isn't willing to share the toy.

Not a good game for children - and it does not teach them the christmas spirit.

re: #173 rawmuse

If you listen to the vid, about 2 minutes in, he says that (in a really strange way) that "minorities" are becoming the majority, which is true. But, so frikkin' what? Does that mean that we need more welfare? More programs? More Affirmative Action?

I am so sick of this. I am sick of having to check off a box on a job application that demands a racial background so that some socialist egg head can pore over it and play God.

What he is really saying is that Whitey Need Not Apply.

In theory it means a greater proportion of minorities join the middle class and higher. It should mean seeing more minorities in management and executive levels.

In theory, it should mean an increase, over time, of a growth in the Republican party.

re: #207 razorbacker

kissed a horse on the nose

re: #185 CapeCoddah

Nonsense. I STILL believe in Santa. It is good for the soul.

As a joke I've posted before the 3 phases of Santa Claus:

1) You believe in Santa Claus
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus
3) You ARE Santa Claus

but there is truth there (as there is in most jokes) in that Santa Claus is not some fat guy in a red suit, but rather an embodiment of charity. So whenever we perform some random act of kindness we make Santa Claus real.

Or to mix quotations horribly: "Yes Virginia we have met Santa Claus, and he is us."

re: #163 Outrider

Strangely enough, speaking anecdotally, every racist I know is a Democrat.

I love when people who vote for Democrats condescend to tell Republicans what we should do.

re: #198 Ojoe

There are a million Santas.

To a kid we can all be Santa.

I hope there is a Santa...

re: #192 yochanan

what will BUCK FLAGO get in jail?

Bucked

re: #163 Outrider

Strangely enough, speaking anecdotally, every racist I know is a Democrat.

The Dems are the only ones fixated on the color of a person's skin.

re: #173 rawmuse

If you listen to the vid, about 2 minutes in, he says that (in a really strange way) that "minorities" are becoming the majority, which is true. But, so frikkin' what?

So soon Whites will get preferential treatment and Hispanics will be off of the gravy train.

re: #129 zombie

Thoughts? Analysis?

I sure hope this isn't where you work at your day job.

re: #210 DistantThunder

It has a real evil feel to it.

Oh, yeah, here's a fun link. This is my #2 most approved use of my tax money. #1 is my gorgeous public library.

[Link: www.noradsanta.org...]

re: #161 Killgore Trout

Is it really worth telling kids that Santa is real? Couldn't people just tell kids that it's a fun pretend story from the beginning?

You're no fun Killgore. Letting the magic live in a kid's mind is not a bad thing. And there is a little sense of accomplishment when they figure out the truth, even if the cynics only see disappointment.

re: #183 JCM

Maybe if I change my name to Mfume...

Why do they lie ...I guess during this meeting the subject of the senate seat never came up ...

[Link: centralillinoisproud.com...]

re: #207 razorbacker

Have you ever kissed a mule?

Thanks, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!

re: #181 Killgore Trout

Because eventually they are going to figure out they were lied to. I'm just kind of thinking it's not worth the price.

Are you insinuating there is no Santa Claus? I beg to differ. I still believe. Besides, he has toll-free number and a Web site, and NORAD tracks him.

A while back, when I worked at the downtown office, I was walking around the Inner Harbor at lunch one Christmas season. It was very Christmassy - cold, snow, etc., and Santa's House (gorgeous) was set up. I looked in the window and saw Santa - and it was that magical Santa I remember from my childhood. It WAS Santa. Then, he turned, saw me, and waved. I grinned and waved back.

re: #215 JCM

I hope there is a Santa...

No, Virginia, There is No Santa Claus

Virginia, your little friends are right. They have not succumbed to the mysticism of a mystical age. They refuse to believe anything which contradicts what they know, and they know that reindeer can't fly and that one man could not deliver toys to all the world's children in a lifetime, let alone one night.

When your friends think like this, it demonstrates that the human mind is grand, and that in this great universe of ours man is a giant, a genius. Only man, of all life we know, can conceptually grasp the magnificent world about him, the whole of truth and knowledge.

No, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus. Santa is a make-believe character, created for children like you in a spirit of love, generosity and devotion. He is a product of the uniquely human power of reason.

One of the ways we use this power is to have fun rearranging the things we know into things that cannot be. But the true beauty of this power is that it alone, and not faith, is the light which fills the world with toys, candy, books, houses, clothes, schools, medicine, love and all of the values that make life joyous and fulfilling. So if you renounce reason in favor of faith, you renounce all these wonderful things.

Believe in Santa Claus? You might as well believe in fairies! To do either you must give up reason, and with it your ability to distinguish what is real from what isn't.

This ability is your most important asset; your life and happiness depend on it. When you understand this you will know why you should shun anyone who tells you that the less evidence there is for something, the "more true" it is.

Sometimes confused people say that there might be fairies dancing on your lawn because you can't prove that fairies aren't there. What these people don't understand is that it's up to them to prove that fairies might be there, yet this is what they can never do. Proof requires evidence and there can be no evidence for the existence of the non-existent. This principle applies not only to claims that fairies might exist, but to any arbitrary claim, including the one that there is an unknowable, supernatural world.

You know you must look inside your baby's rattle to see what makes its noise; faith, hunch or "intuition" will not provide the answer. This same reliance on "sense and sight" will equip you better for life than the united physical strength of all the strongest men that ever lived.

Hold to this reliance through all your days. If you do you will be able to push aside the curtain of ignorance and enjoy the poetry, love, romance, music, science and all the other glories of this world. There is no other world, Virginia, nothing else real and abiding.

A real Santa Claus? Of course not! He lives in imagination only, and for as long as he does he can make glad the heart of childhood. For a thousand, nay, 10 times 10,000 years from now, he may survive as a wonderful fantasy, unless man, using his faculty of reason, conceives of a better one.

re: #223 rawmuse

Maybe if I change my name to Mfume...

I wonder how to game the system ..maybe by checking other.

re: #223 rawmuse

Maybe if I change my name to Mfume...

The very thought makes me queasy.

I got a son in dental school in Lauderdale...his older sister is special events director at the new art museum in GR Mich...I lied and deceived and manipulated those kids all along...I was their buddy and their boss...I ruled...I pushed them and tugged them everyday of their lives...they were rewarded and they were punished...I am extremely proud of them both and they adore their daddy...parenthood is like nothing else yet it doesnt take special talents or high intellect...you work it and do what you need to do...to this day both kids believe in Santa and dig the holidays...who wouldnt?...Santa is in your heart and all children learn to know this...

Gotta go - "The Bells of St. Mary's" is on cable!

Later folks...

Cardinal: Madonna arouses "impure thoughts." Um, maybe 20 years ago, but today? Cloris Leachman is sexier.

re: #226 Cattt
ahhh, I love the inner harbor in the spring/summer with the midshipmen in their little sail boats.

re: #161 Killgore Trout

Like Terry Pratchett says in Hogfather children need to believe in the little things like Santa or the Tooth Fairy (or the Hogfather) so when they grow up they can believe in the BIG things like justice and mercy

re: #226 Cattt

Are you insinuating there is no Santa Claus? I beg to differ. I still believe. Besides, he has toll-free number and a Web site, and NORAD tracks him.

Next thing you'll tell me is that there's no such thing as the toolbag.

re: #129 zombie

merry christmas!

i'm going up stairs to a holiday party in my bldg. now.
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone.
it is a beautiful time of year.

And, lastly, I might have one shred of respect for Colin Powell's opinion as a Republican if he had actually, you know, VOTED for one.

I got to go for a walk and cool off before I stroke out completely. Later.

re: #237 nyc redneck

i'm going up stairs to a holiday party in my bldg. now.
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone.
it is a beautiful time of year.

Thanks. Merry Christmas to you!

re: #215 JCM

I hope there is a Santa...

Well, JCM, let's examine the word "Santa", shall we? [ holds up board with "SANTA" spelled across it in removeable letters ] Santa. Let's see, what have we got here? We've got an S and an A, an N, a T, and another A. Hmm.. [ rearranges the letters ] Who could be causing all those laps to bounce up and down curiously? Who would help grown men peel the focus from the baby Jesus on his birthday? Who could it be, I just don't know. Could it be.. Satan!

re: #187 zombie

And the real villain, in my eyes, was the 8-year-old's mother, who not only seemed to have raised her son badly, but also did absolutely nothing to stop him from doing something selfish and awful in public. Nor did it seem to be a "teaching moment." She allowed him to behave very poorly, and did not subsequently instruct him or punish him.

There's a poignant line in the movie No Country for Old Men when Tommy Lee Jones says (paraphrasing here), "when sir and ma'am stop being used, the rest is soon to follow"...
A commentary on the degeneration of society and it starts with the parents. I think you were watching a microcosm of that...

re: #129 zombie
The 8 yr old and the mothers are sick. The 4 yr will be soon. Unfortunatley, Christmas seems to brings the worst out in many people.

re: #235 Bloodnok

upding

re: #187 zombie

It is always the parents, young children know only what they are taught and mimic behavior they see daily. I had a job, a limo job several years ago, where I went to pick up a family at a skating rink. I was to take them to the beach, then home. In a stretch limo. They own several companies, which everyone would know if I named them. When I picked them up, mom and several children, I realized that their trip to the rink was because the 8yo daughter was training to try and make future olympics. They were from NY and the kid wanted to train w/ Nancy Kerrigans coach, who lives here on the Cape. By the time we pulled out of the parking lot, I was horrified down to my toes. I heard the mom start ragging on and gossiping viciously about the other skaters to her daughter and her other children, and their friends. There were about 5-6 kids. I took them to the beach, and waited. About an hour later, one of this woman's sons, about 10, came back to the limo, and went to open the back door. He was covered in sand. I told him ""hang on, don't open that door, lets get the sand off of you first" He looked me in the eye, and said, I don't have to if I don't want to. Well, I'm not his mom, as he soon found out. I looked right back at him and said "son, this is MY car not yours, and if you do not wish to run home behind it, you WILL brush off the sand, 'cause you are not getting in otherwise". He looked at me, and started brushing off the sand. Did not utter another word. When we got back to the house in Osterville, (Very exclusive, 3 mil house) The kids took off running to the back yard. Mom went into the kitchen, where the maid and the 8yo's bodyguard were. The kids threw the cover off of the jacuzzi attached to the pool,, and the 8yo girl started ordering everyone in the jacuzzi. I went into the kitchen, and told the mom the kids were getting into the pool without supervision, to which she replied to me, and I shit you not, "It is OK, it's her house". I about fell over. I was then sent with the bodyguard to get chinese food. He was a cool dude. I asked him about the house, and the way the kids talked to their mother, not to mention the way she let them behave. He was also horrified, and said they were very difficult to work for, because he so disapproved of the way the family unit operated, the inmates were in charge of the asylum. I asked about the house, and it did indeed belong to the child, it was purchased when she refused to train anywhere but here, so that she did not have to live in a Boston hotel and commute to the Cape. That was 10 years ago. I shudder to think about how those kids have turned out.

re: #206 ploome hineni

you had to be the one man up?

heh

I follow the playful tradition, not the one where you get a snot-rocket with frosting.

re: #195 UberInfidel67

And I bet her 4 year old will grow up and act a lot better than the 8 year old...punching his mother's leg in frustration? WTF? Little brat.

I'm appalled by parents who allow their children to hit them without consequences. If parents don't teach their children to respect them, how will the child learn to respect anyone?

re: #234 rb4269

Like Terry Pratchett says in Hogfather children need to believe in the little things like Santa or the Tooth Fairy (or the Hogfather) so when they grow up they can believe in the BIG things like justice and mercy

The Hogfather. "I'm gonna make him a sty he can't refuse."

re: #129 zombie

For years we played a game at my in-laws home at Christmas where each adult bought a gift (under $10) and we'd sit around the room and open them in decending age order. You open your gift, then the next person could swap your gift for their unopened gift.

My niece had bought this special gift and she said, "I want to be sure that Unca razorbacker gets this one, it suits him so well."

When I opened the gift it was a pair of bright yellow lounging pants with little pictures of the Oscar Meyer wienermobile on them.

Every blessed adult in that room swapped in their turn for those pants.

Work ends and so does my time here. Now I go to my other job where I will see you all again.

re: #240 Rancher
I really hope you forgot the sarcasm tag. My kids all know the reason for the season, but the 8 yr old still believes in Santa.

re: #213 CIA Reject

BOOO!
But the idea that you have 8+1 magical flying reindeer and a sleigh that somehow holds enough toys for the entire world is intriguing.
Maybe Santa actually runs a Berlin Airlift-style operation from the North Pole, dropping precision strike gifts down chimneys which then detect and land other Christmas trees!

re: #213 CIA Reject

As a joke I've posted before the 3 phases of Santa Claus:

1) You believe in Santa Claus
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus
3) You ARE Santa Claus

but there is truth there (as there is in most jokes) in that Santa Claus is not some fat guy in a red suit, but rather an embodiment of charity. So whenever we perform some random act of kindness we make Santa Claus real.

Or to mix quotations horribly: "Yes Virginia we have met Santa Claus, and he is us."

Shoot. Try walking around the mall or Walmart with a full beard at this time of year. :-)>

re: #240 Rancher

Well, JCM, let's examine the word "Santa", shall we? [ holds up board with "SANTA" spelled across it in removeable letters ] Santa. Let's see, what have we got here? We've got an S and an A, an N, a T, and another A. Hmm.. [ rearranges the letters ] Who could be causing all those laps to bounce up and down curiously? Who would help grown men peel the focus from the baby Jesus on his birthday? Who could it be, I just don't know. Could it be.. Satan!

Last year my wife (Thai) filled out the to:, from: tags for the gifts being given from: Santa to: my boys names. Only problem, she put from: Sata to: my boys. They looked at me kinda funny.

I've been cruising all the coming attractions and movie reviews, there's not much out there. I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict the worst Hollywood Christmas box office takes in years.

The ones that look the best are Desperaux (kid movie), Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood), 7 Pounds (Will Smith ), and The Spirit (Frank Miller.)

re: #240 Rancher

Well, JCM, let's examine the word "Santa", shall we? [ holds up board with "SANTA" spelled across it in removeable letters ] Santa. Let's see, what have we got here? We've got an S and an A, an N, a T, and another A. Hmm.. [ rearranges the letters ] Who could be causing all those laps to bounce up and down curiously? Who would help grown men peel the focus from the baby Jesus on his birthday? Who could it be, I just don't know. Could it be.. Satan!

Now you sound like Fred Phelps...
/// ;-P

Freddie's take on Christmas...

"Santa Claus Will Take You to Hell"

"You'd better watch out, get ready to cry,
You'd better go hide, I'm telling you why
'cuz Santa Claus will take you to hell.

"He is your favorite idol, you worship at his feet,
but when you stand before your God
He won't help you take the heat.

"So get this fact straight: you're feeling God's hate,
Santa's to blame for the economy's fate,
Santa Claus will take you to hell.

"Don't leave your kids with this red fright
Just like the priests he'll rape 'em at night
Oh Santa Clause will take you to hell.

"You tell the children he is real,
You know that's just a lie,
To justify your own vile sins
That's the only reason why.

"So get this fact straight, you're feelin' God's hate
Santa's to blame for the dead soldier's fate
Santa Claus will take you to hell."

This is the best argument I have ever heard for complete liberalization of American gun laws...

[Link: www.newsmax.com...]

re: #255 JCM
Fred Phelps has a very special place reserved in Hell. He and his minions are the reason I joined the Patriot Guard Riders. Asshats in the first degree him and his little sect are.

re: #254 Thanos

I've been cruising all the coming attractions and movie reviews, there's not much out there. I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict the worst Hollywood Christmas box office takes in years.

The ones that look the best are Desperaux (kid movie), Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood), 7 Pounds (Will Smith ), and The Spirit (Frank Miller.)

Did you see when Despereaux is coming out? That is a great trailer!

re: #254 Thanos

I've been cruising all the coming attractions and movie reviews, there's not much out there. I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict the worst Hollywood Christmas box office takes in years.

The ones that look the best are Desperaux (kid movie), Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood), 7 Pounds (Will Smith ), and The Spirit (Frank Miller.)

Being an amatuer history buff, esp. WW2, I was hoping Valkyrie would be a good take. Were there any reviews on that?