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1 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:08:03pm

Ahhh . . .breathing room

2 jorline  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:09:25pm
3 sneezey  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:10:22pm

anyone else enjoying global warming here in new york?

4 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:10:41pm

re: #2 jorline

Drink!

Just about sums up how I feel after a shot of Jack Daniels

6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:10:57pm

So what do people think of NYC bullshit fat tax on sodas?

Its a scam to get money, their arguement doesnt hold up, imo

7 Dianna  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:11:02pm

re: #3 sneezey

anyone else enjoying global warming here in new york?

I'm sure as heck enjoying it out here in California!

8 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:11:08pm

re: #3 sneezey

anyone else enjoying global warming here in new york?

wearing a t-shirt now.
:D

9 bosforus  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:11:39pm
10 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:11:56pm

re: #3 sneezey

anyone else enjoying global warming here in new york?

No, but we have a shit load in Wisconsin. Day started out at a balmy 5 degrees today and has skyrocketed to 11.

11 reine.de.tout  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:11:59pm

re: #2 jorline

Drink!

It's 5 o'clock somewhere, I guess!

The mother of an acquaintance of mine owned the restaurant where one scene was filmed in Louisiana.

12 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:12:08pm

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

13 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:12:36pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

Happy Birthday

14 NYCHardhat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:12:36pm
15 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:12:47pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

Hello there legal lady, what you doing later?

16 NYCHardhat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:13:07pm

re: #3 sneezey

anyone else enjoying global warming here in new york?

is it April?

17 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:13:47pm

re: #13 Creeping Eruption

Thank you!

18 bosforus  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:13:56pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

Smoke up, Johnny!

19 Silhouette  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:14:02pm

re: #15 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Hello there legal lady, what you doing later?

She'll be voting!

20 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:14:20pm

re: #15 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Hello there legal lady, what you doing later?

Down boy! Down!

21 Alaska Kim  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:15:12pm

re: #3 sneezey


Yeah right. It was frickin 8 degrees here this morning, and I hear it is snowing in Vegas.

22 sneezey  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:15:31pm

re: #16 NYCHardhat

feels like it.

23 venezuela lover  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:16:03pm

Hey, its Friday and I need a break. It’s time to enjoy the ultimate cross-platform open thread solution.

24 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:16:35pm
25 Thanos  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:16:36pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Happy Birthday!

26 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:16:41pm

re: #23 venezuela lover

Hey, its Friday and I need a break. It’s time to enjoy the ultimate cross-platform open thread solution.

Friday? What time zone are you in?

27 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:17:05pm

re: #24 nyc redneck

wait a minute, i thought barack was the messiah.

They have a licensing agreement

28 jorline  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:17:10pm

re: #11 reine.de.tout

It's 5 o'clock somewhere, I guess!

The mother of an acquaintance of mine owned the restaurant where one scene was filmed in Louisiana.

Hi, reine! I always liked that clip from Easy Rider. Stay warm...it's 47 degrees here.

29 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:17:11pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you......HB...to you...HB....conservativechick....happpppppy Birthdayyyyy toooooooo yooooooooooooooo (you zionist imperialist doggg)

30 vxbush  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:17:19pm

Heading home....

/for all those government watchers

31 UberInfidel67  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:17:30pm

Buzzsaw, you still here? I didn't mean to sound snarky on the previous thread by asking if you "have to know everything". I honestly suspect that you DO know everything. lol

32 winston06  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:17:37pm

Sen. Obama is introducing his "Let's bankrupt America Team" now

33 winston06  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:18:12pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

happy birthday

34 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:18:48pm
35 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:19:38pm

re: #24 nyc redneck

wait a minute, i thought barack was the messiah.

hey, I never did understand the concept of The Trinity (The Quadrinity?) either.
/

father, son, holy ghost...and wise man/president-elect?

36 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:19:54pm

re: #29 WrathofG-d

Ahhh. Thats so sweet. Thank you.

37 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:19:58pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

You have to do something that legal now to celebrate.

Let's see. There's no elections to participate in today.
Smoking is bad for you.
Signing a contract just means that you owe something to someone.

I GOT IT! Take a naked photo!
/

38 Oh no...Sand People!  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:19:59pm

Well, to all you who get speeding tickets, I wish you a happy holiday despite the fact you just got a ticket...oh, it will happen. Just you wait. Gubmint wants yo $$$.

39 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:20:29pm
40 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:20:44pm

re: #36 conservativeChick

Ahhh. Thats so sweet. Thank you.

Don't be surprised if many around here ask you what 18 is. Its been a long while since many of them have been there.

/oh snap!

41 Kiernan  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:20:53pm

If you are trying to get some shared Windows printers to print from Mac OS X,
I strongly recommend this website, where you can grab a whole bunch of
CUPS/Mac/Unix drivers that will actually work!


Gutenprint and Gimp-Print for Mac OS X


[Link: gimp-print.sourceforge.net...]


It’s the ultimate cross-platform open thread solution...
It's much more fun than pulling out your hair!

42 solomonpanting  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:20:58pm

re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So what do people think of NYC bullshit fat tax on sodas?

Its a scam to get money, their arguement doesnt hold up, imo

Given the current economy, look for all local and state agencies to raise taxes and fees as well as coming up with new schemes to collect money.

43 Gella  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:21:07pm

i just want to complaine about deep freeze, global warming .........................................

44 NYCHardhat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:21:55pm

re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So what do people think of NYC bullshit fat tax on sodas?

Its a scam to get money, their arguement doesnt hold up, imo

The only thing they aren't trying to tax is your thoughts. Oh wait....

45 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:22:19pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

18 and already addicted to LGF. Can minors comment on this site? Its a PG-13 kinda party most days. Wouldn't be bad to have some (much) younger folk interested in this blog

46 Oh no...Sand People!  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:22:34pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

Wow. Very cool that you pay attention to this stuff on this blog. You must have survived your public education well. Congrats.

47 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:22:46pm

re: #38 Oh no...Sand People!

Well, to all you who get speeding tickets, I wish you a happy holiday despite the fact you just got a ticket...oh, it will happen. Just you wait. Gubmint wants yo $$$.

Nope, I'm going to be 56 in a week and a half and I have never had a ticket in my life.

I always drive in the right hand lane, never (I mean never) go over the speed limit, always have a smile on my face, wave to the cops every chance I get and the few times I have been pulled over, I cry.

Ok, just kidding about the cry, but really, never had a ticket.

48 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:22:57pm

re: #41 Kiernan

If you are trying to get some shared Windows printers to print from Mac OS X,
I strongly recommend this website, where you can grab a whole bunch of
CUPS/Mac/Unix drivers that will actually work!


Gutenprint and Gimp-Print for Mac OS X


[Link: gimp-print.sourceforge.net...]

Since my printer was having problems, I just went and got a networked printer; works fine on Windows and Mac.
It’s the ultimate cross-platform open thread solution...
It's much more fun than pulling out your hair!

49 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:23:01pm

re: #42 solomonpanting

Given the current economy, look for all local and state agencies to raise taxes and fees as well as coming up with new schemes to collect money.

that's fine...just let the people represent themselves at the poles...

50 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:23:11pm

re: #19 Silhouette

Actually! I can't wait to register. Hopefully to kick the liberal kings and queens of King County out of the Capital.

51 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:23:23pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

Happy Birthday.

Someday, you'll be as old as some of the others of us here.
Enjoy this one while you can.
/teasing ... :D

52 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:23:29pm

re: #44 NYCHardhat

The only thing they aren't trying to tax is your thoughts. Oh wait....

Line your hard hat with foil. Prevents thought stealing AND now thought taxing

53 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:23:32pm

re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So what do people think of NYC bullshit fat tax on sodas?

Its a scam to get money, their arguement doesnt hold up, imo

what is the fat tax on sodas?

54 solomonpanting  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:23:34pm

When will the rioting begin?

55 viciouscircledammit  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:23:37pm

Obama's internal review of the Blago crap shockingly has found no inappropriate discussions took place. The details of the review are not yet available but will be provided later. When you ask? Why, Christmas week of course!

56 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:23:44pm

re: #43 Gella

i just want to complaine about deep freeze, global warming .........................................

You are new around these parts, so let me be the first to humbly show you the "spell check" (See gray button below on the left). Let me also help with the Karma. Nice Avatar by the way.

57 winston06  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:23:46pm

re: #45 simonml

An 18 yr on LGF and being Conservative values means she is mature enough. LoL. Her brain is way better than any liberal. Trust me on that. I trust young conservatives a lot more than I trust old liberals.

58 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:24:12pm

re: #53 nyc redneck

what is the fat tax on sodas?

enough to raise 400m a year I read

59 Russkilitlover  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:24:13pm

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

Nope, I'm going to be 56 in a week and a half and I have never had a ticket in my life.

I always drive in the right hand lane, never (I mean never) go over the speed limit, always have a smile on my face, wave to the cops every chance I get and the few times I have been pulled over, I cry.

Ok, just kidding about the cry, but really, never had a ticket.

I'm not quite that "experienced" of a driver, but I've never had a ticket, either. Not that I haven't deserved one. I frequently drive over the speed limit.

60 winston06  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:24:15pm

An 18 yr old on LGF and being Conservative values means she is mature enough. LoL. Her brain is way better than any liberal. Trust me on that. I trust young conservatives a lot more than I trust old liberals.

61 Killian Bundy  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:24:33pm

Be very, very quiet.

/maybe the two angry lunatics won't follow us up from the last thread

62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:24:36pm

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

Some people just don't have anywhere to be.

I drive 60,000-90,000 miles per year. Tickets are just part of the deal.

63 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:24:42pm

re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So what do people think of NYC bullshit fat tax on sodas?

Its a scam to get money, their arguement doesnt hold up, imo

Does that include diet soda?

64 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:24:47pm

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

Nope, I'm going to be 56 in a week and a half and I have never had a ticket in my life.

I always drive in the right hand lane, never (I mean never) go over the speed limit, always have a smile on my face, wave to the cops every chance I get and the few times I have been pulled over, I cry.

Ok, just kidding about the cry, but really, never had a ticket.

I guess you never drove in Massachusetts, if you never went over the speed limit. I think there are drivers who will push your car if you don't.
As long as you stay in the right lane, I have no problems with going slow; it is people who block the left lane I have a problem with.

65 winston06  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:01pm

whats happening with me today... lol

re: #60 winston06

An 18 yr old on LGF and UNDERSTANDING Conservative values means she is mature enough. LoL. Her brain is way better than any liberal. Trust me on that. I trust young conservatives a lot more than I trust old liberals.

66 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:08pm

re: #50 conservativeChick

Actually! I can't wait to register. Hopefully to kick the liberal kings and queens of King County out of the Capital.

Good luck. That left coast is a stronghold. Just stay idealistic and principled. That's my simple advice

67 LGoPs  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:12pm

Here's a thought. Global warming is caused by CO2, so say the Gorebots. When we exhale we emit CO2. Since about half of us are libtard looney's wouldn't it help the cause if they just stopped breathing? If we extrapolate the 50% libtard bent to cover all mankind that's a hell of a lot of less CO2.......
/s

68 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:14pm

re: #50 conservativeChick

Actually! I can't wait to register. Hopefully to kick the liberal kings and queens of King County out of the Capital.

Can I give you my oldest son's email address? He's 26 and single and tells me a new crop turns 18 every year, hence life is good . . .

69 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:19pm

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

Nope, I'm going to be 56 in a week and a half and I have never had a ticket in my life.

I always drive in the right hand lane, never (I mean never) go over the speed limit, always have a smile on my face, wave to the cops every chance I get and the few times I have been pulled over, I cry.

Ok, just kidding about the cry, but really, never had a ticket.

If you ever turn up in NZ, you will have to change that habit.

70 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:24pm
71 Russkilitlover  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:24pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

It's your birthday. You're 18. And you're sitting in front of a damned computer? Get outside you young whippersnapper!

72 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:28pm

re: #61 Killian Bundy

Be very, very quiet.

/maybe the two angry lunatics won't follow us up from the last thread

too bad...I'm already here

73 Gella  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:38pm

re: #56 Creeping Eruption

Thank you, i keep forgetting i don't have FF at work :(

74 SWPaul  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:25:54pm

So I just found out that last week's SNL was Amy Poehler's last. WHOO HOO! Maybe Weekend Update will seriously improve now? Definitely.

75 solomonpanting  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:26:01pm

re: #49 albusteve

that's fine...just let the people represent themselves at the poles...

If folks want to travel to the Arctic or Antarctic, let them, but this global warming thingy is cold.
;]

76 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:26:15pm

[Link: gizmodo.com...]

Looks like another gaming geek lost it....

77 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:26:24pm

re: #45 simonml

18 and already addicted to LGF. Can minors comment on this site? Its a PG-13 kinda party most days. Wouldn't be bad to have some (much) younger folk interested in this blog

Just to let you know, I'm 65, spent 4 years in the Navy, and STILL get put off by some of what's thrown out here.

78 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:26:33pm

re: #42 solomonpanting

Given the current economy, look for all local and state agencies to raise taxes and fees as well as coming up with new schemes to collect money.

Its all bullshit

New taxes, cuts in budget plan

The plan will come with a host of revenue raisers — increased taxes on hospitals and insurance policies, for instance — and at least one new assessment, a so-called obesity tax on non-diet soda to raise $404 million. The governor also is contemplating requiring new license plates to raise cash, reviving sales tax on clothing purchases, removing the tax cap on gasoline and threatening to require Indian retailers to collect taxes on sales to non-Indians by signing into law a bill passed earlier this year by the Legislature.

The soda idea got support since it "was for the kids" but its based on faulty logic and feelygoodyness and its just a cash grab. Same with the requirement for new license plates. No need for it, they just need the money. Higher taxes on gas and a sales tax on clothes? That'll sure stimulate the economy. As for the Indian sales tax, it their land and they'll tie it up in courts, wasting even more tax payer dollars.

Fucking idiots.

79 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:26:53pm

re: #71 Russkilitlover

It's your birthday. You're 18. And you're sitting in front of a damned computer? Get outside you young whippersnapper!

Have you been outside today? Anywhere but FL it's too cold, and it's probably raining in FL.

80 Haverwilde  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:26:57pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

Happy Birthday! Conservative Chick, 18, that must mean you have no heart? Is that true?

You know the old quote: "If you are not a liberal at 16, you have no heart; and if you are not a conservative at 40 you have no head."

81 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:26:59pm

re: #58 albusteve

enough to raise 400m a year I read

wow, bloomberg is getting greedy.
people will just go out of state to get their sodies.

82 Oh no...Sand People!  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:27:05pm

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

Nope, I'm going to be 56 in a week and a half and I have never had a ticket in my life.

I always drive in the right hand lane, never (I mean never) go over the speed limit, always have a smile on my face, wave to the cops every chance I get and the few times I have been pulled over, I cry.

Ok, just kidding about the cry, but really, never had a ticket.

That's impressive. I am sure they are going to scrub their database of people who haven't had tickets and come up with a new marketing plan...I mean... 'law' that will allow them to get you somehow. (Sorry, I am just a harbinger of bitterness against the Highway protectors. Seriously, buzz cuts, flat tops, and 70's porn mustaches... makes me sooo angry... no ill will toward any lizard policeman/women however... well, depends on your mustache...)

83 winston06  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:27:08pm

re: #67 LGoPs

i love CO2

84 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:27:16pm

re: #76 fclass308

[Link: gizmodo.com...]

Looks like another gaming geek lost it....

Sad

85 Silhouette  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:27:36pm

re: #50 conservativeChick

Actually! I can't wait to register. Hopefully to kick the liberal kings and queens of King County out of the Capital.

Don't wait, register as soon as you can. Sometimes these special elections or primaries sneak up on you, and there may be something like a 90 day period before voting. You don't want to miss a single opportunity to vote.

86 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:27:45pm

re: #75 solomonpanting

If folks want to travel to the Arctic or Antarctic, let them, but this global warming thingy is cold.
;]

arent we talking about that vegas pole tax thing?...where was I?

87 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:27:54pm

re: #74 SWPaul

So I just found out that last week's SNL was Amy Poehler's last. WHOO HOO! Maybe Weekend Update will seriously improve now? Definitely.

And in her goodbye segment she gets upstaged by a tasteless bit about a blind politician.

88 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:27:56pm

re: #46 Oh no...Sand People!

I did in my overly liberal high school in Olympia. Augh! Most of the teachers were from the Evergreen State(St. Pancake) College.

89 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:28:21pm

re: #54 solomonpanting

When will the rioting begin?

That is just rude. I'm not a Christian and I find that very offensive.

90 Truck Monkey  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:28:23pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

I have sweatshirts older than you!

; )

Happy Birthday.

91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:28:59pm

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

I bet you wear one of those "old man" hats when you drive too. Got a AAA bumper decal. Probably even hollar "What's yer problem buddy? Where's the fire!" out the window to other cars passing you.

92 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:29:07pm
93 Russkilitlover  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:29:13pm

re: #79 CyanSnowHawk

Have you been outside today? Anywhere but FL it's too cold, and it's probably raining in FL.

I took the dogs for a walk in the rain. It's not a common event here in So. Cal., so it's really nice when it happens! Got home and towel-dried the dogs, who went into spasms of ecstasy and are now passed out on the couch.

94 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:29:27pm

re: #77 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Personally I could do without the needless cussing. It slips into rational thinkers' comments every once in a while

95 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:29:29pm

re: #88 conservativeChick

I did in my overly liberal high school in Olympia. Augh! Most of the teachers were from the Evergreen State(St. Pancake) College.

Look out. There are a number of guys here who think a newly minted 18 year old who knows about St. Pancake is just about the hottest thing. Tread carefully and carry a really big gun.

96 Silhouette  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:29:32pm

re: #77 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Just to let you know, I'm 65, spent 4 years in the Navy, and STILL get put off by some of what's thrown out here.

So we literally say things that make a sailor blush?

(I knew it made me blush, but I'm a lil' ol' southern lady.)

97 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:29:37pm

re: #81 nyc redneck

wow, bloomberg is getting greedy.
people will just go out of state to get their sodies.

I see soda boot-legging. I see the mafia bringing in trucks of Dr Pepper and Coke from New Jersey. Speedboats with cases of Shasta racing up the Hudson.

This will be the makings of another Smokey and the Bandit sequel. I can hardly wait!

98 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:29:57pm

re: #82 Oh no...Sand People!

That's impressive. I am sure they are going to scrub their database of people who haven't had tickets and come up with a new marketing plan...I mean... 'law' that will allow them to get you somehow. (Sorry, I am just a harbinger of bitterness against the Highway protectors. Seriously, buzz cuts, flat tops, and 70's porn mustaches... makes me sooo angry... no ill will toward any lizard policeman/women however... well, depends on your mustache...)

the Patriotic No Ticket Tax...Walters gonna get hammered

99 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:30:05pm

re: #69 A Kiwi Infidel

If you ever turn up in NZ, you will have to change that habit.

Send us an address. We'll sheep Walter over pronto.

100 Jason X  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:30:06pm

Has anyone mentioned that the Cowboys beat the Giants last night? Yeah!

101 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:30:20pm

re: #66 simonml

Indeed. For every new conservative voter their is at least three new liberal voters here on the Left Coast.

102 lincolntf  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:30:26pm

Anyone watch ESPN? During the opening of the Around the Horn show, someone threw a shoe at Woody Paige's head.

103 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:30:45pm

NY passed a sales tax on all non-diet sodas, claiming they were doing it to fight childhood obesity, and that it would generate $400 million in revenue.

Now think about that. If a sales tax meant people would stop buying it in favor of diet sodas and thereby helping the kids, they wouldn't see a dimes worth of revenue. Meanwhile, people who aren't obese and dont even have kids would be forced to pay the same tax for an issue that has no bearing on them. They are betting on people saying "Well, its for the kids", bending over and buying the same stuff as always and them making a bundle off it.

104 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:30:49pm

re: #94 simonml

Personally I could do without the needless cussing. It slips into rational thinkers' comments every once in a while

Not all cussing is needless.

105 joncelli  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:31:05pm

re: #41 Kiernan

Ah, this is my excuse to say again that Apple has released OS 10.5.6. Run Software Update and grab yourself some.

106 gregg  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:31:08pm

re: #54 solomonpanting

When will the rioting begin?

"While Playboy Mexico never meant for the cover or images to offend anyone"

What a load of crap.

107 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:31:26pm

re: #93 Russkilitlover

I took the dogs for a walk in the rain. It's not a common event here in So. Cal., so it's really nice when it happens! Got home and towel-dried the dogs, who went into spasms of ecstasy and are now passed out on the couch.

I'm sitting in the office in Kearny Mesa and listening the rain thunder down on the roof.

108 Mr_Magoo  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:31:43pm

My first post. Stumbled across unannounced open registration this afternoon. I guess that still makes me a hatchling?

109 Silhouette  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:31:49pm

re: #91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I bet you wear one of those "old man" hats when you drive too. Got a AAA bumper decal. Probably even hollar "What's yer problem buddy? Where's the fire!" out the window to other cars passing you.

I'm planning on planting delicious fruit trees in my yard, just so I can yell at the neighbor kids when I'm a granny, "You kids get out of my yard!"

Or maybe I'll get a pet pony. Just in case they don't like apples.

110 SWPaul  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:32:10pm

re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

What about diet sodas? The artificial sweetener hits your stomach and is immediately oxidized back into sugar. Seems like they're reaching for ways to steal make money. Why not.... fiscal conservatism?! Spend what you make!

No, no, too reasonable for the NY governor.

111 solomonpanting  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:32:10pm

re: #89 WrathofG-d

That is just rude. I'm not a Christian and I find that very offensive.

I'm not a Christian either, and I, too, find it rather crude. But, as has been noted, Christianity, in the West, is always open to ridicule and contempt.

112 Oh no...Sand People!  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:32:25pm

re: #88 conservativeChick

I did in my overly liberal high school in Olympia. Augh! Most of the teachers were from the Evergreen State(St. Pancake) College.

I would kill for my son who just turned 5 to be like...21 all of a sudden and in your area...

/St. Pancake...heh.

113 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:32:32pm

re: #100 Jason X

Has anyone mentioned that the Cowboys beat the Giants last night? Yeah!

a sweet victory over a girly Gints team...yup

114 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:32:42pm

re: #96 Silhouette

So we literally say things that make a sailor blush?

(I knew it made me blush, but I'm a lil' ol' southern lady.)

Not blush.
/I'll bite my tongue

115 Silhouette  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:32:53pm

re: #108 Mr_Magoo

Magoo...stumbled across...heh.

;-)

116 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:32:56pm

re: #104 father_of_10

Not all cussing is needless.

I agree. Only the needless cussing annoys me.

117 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:32:58pm

re: #99 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Send us an address. We'll sheep Walter over pronto.


Walter, Walter, where are you?

118 LGoPs  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:33:13pm

re: #94 simonml

Personally I could do without the needless cussing. It slips into rational thinkers' comments every once in a while

Grauitous cussing is out. Purposeful, deliberate, articulate cussing is in......
:)

119 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:33:13pm

re: #108 Mr_Magoo

My first post. Stumbled across unannounced open registration this afternoon. I guess that still makes me a hatchling?

We have open registration? Loooooook OOOuuuuuttttt!

120 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:33:13pm

re: #106 gregg

"While Playboy Mexico never meant for the cover or images to offend anyone"

What a load of crap.

Ditto

121 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:33:36pm

re: #108 Mr_Magoo

My first post. Stumbled across unannounced open registration this afternoon. I guess that still makes me a hatchling?

HOOORAY! Drinks on you!

122 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:33:45pm

re: #100 Jason X

Has anyone mentioned that the Cowboys beat the Giants last night? Yeah!

You mean the Dallas (TX) Cowboys professional football team? Where do the, uh, Giants (is that how you spell it?) hail from?

Yay!

123 Russkilitlover  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:33:47pm

re: #107 CyanSnowHawk

I'm sitting in the office in Kearny Mesa and listening the rain thunder down on the roof.

The new home we bought 3 years ago is so damned energy efficient and bundled up that I CAN'T hear the rain! I have to go outside to enjoy it.

Our town won for most rainfall by 11:00 today. Woo hoo!

124 LGoPs  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:33:51pm

re: #118 LGoPs

Grauitous cussing is out. Purposeful, deliberate, articulate cussing is in......
:)

PIMF Gratuitous......

125 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:33:55pm

re: #111 solomonpanting

I'm not a Christian either, and I, too, find it rather crude. But, as has been noted, Christianity, in the West, is always open to ridicule and contempt.


Is Mexico considered "western"?

126 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:34:13pm

re: #95 Creeping Eruption

I live about a mile from St. Pancake. Aguh the smell! The cops can't arrest the homeless because they can't tell them apart from the students.

127 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:34:15pm

re: #94 simonml

Personally I could do without the needless cussing. It slips into rational thinkers' comments every once in a while

Yes, ... defining "needless" as "habitual".

128 Killian Bundy  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:34:17pm

It's official: Barack Obama elected 44th president

Presidential electors have formally elected Barack Obama the nation's 44th president.

Electors gathering in state capitols across the country have pushed Obama above the 270 electoral votes needed to win, according to a tally by The Associated Press. Obama takes office Jan. 20, becoming the nation's first black president.

/all nirthers are now hereby required to commit ritual seppuku

129 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:34:21pm

re: #119 father_of_10

We have open registration? Loooooook OOOuuuuuttttt!

YOU MEN! Search over there! You look over there!

I'm going to wander around here in a circle for a bit.

130 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:34:28pm
131 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:34:35pm

Weather's not so bad here in southeast Arizona. Spent a couple of hours at the rifle range with my M-1 in 65 deg. no wind conditions.

Sometimes it's good to live in the high desert.

132 MandyManners  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:34:36pm
133 winston06  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:34:45pm

The new US government is all about appeasing the Mullahs of Iran

[Link: thespiritofman.blogspot.com...]

Change!?

134 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:35:00pm

re: #108 Mr_Magoo

My first post. Stumbled across unannounced open registration this afternoon. I guess that still makes me a hatchling?


You make sure YOU stay on the right side of the road!

135 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:35:05pm

re: #97 father_of_10

I see soda boot-legging. I see the mafia bringing in trucks of Dr Pepper and Coke from New Jersey. Speedboats with cases of Shasta racing up the Hudson.

This will be the makings of another Smokey and the Bandit sequel. I can hardly wait!

When someone offers to sell you coke on the street, you won't know if it is powder or liquid.

136 winston06  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:35:10pm

re: #130 buzzsawmonkey

not in my standards. Most Catholic countries are not really western.

137 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:35:32pm

re: #82 Oh no...Sand People!

That's impressive. I am sure they are going to scrub their database of people who haven't had tickets and come up with a new marketing plan...I mean... 'law' that will allow them to get you somehow. (Sorry, I am just a harbinger of bitterness against the Highway protectors. Seriously, buzz cuts, flat tops, and 70's porn mustaches... makes me sooo angry... no ill will toward any lizard policeman/women however... well, depends on your mustache...)

You know, this is what pisses me off though. I do obey the road rules to the "t." And no, I am not some wussie, I can handle a vehicle better than most average drivers.

But I get treated like I am some criminal. I have people on 4 lane highways, while I am doing the speed limit in the very right hand lane, get behind me, blink lights, as if they want me to drive on the shoulder.

And I think if I was on the shoulder, someone would find some reason to bother me there.

Why am I so careful? Because over the years I have seen the abilities and the quality of the drivers behind the wheel decrease to a level that has become downright dangerous.

I know what the fuck I am doing on the road, and there is no way I am going to give any mindless idiot the chance to interrupt my health by slamming me on the road.

I think every driver should be allowed to have ONE personal missile issued to them every year with there tag renewals.

I think it should be LEGAL to actually KILL, take out, another vehicle if you think they are driving dangerously.

Yep, a few years of a little self-monitoring and that will up the level of smart drivers on the road. Heh.

138 Mr_Magoo  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:35:44pm

re: #115 Silhouette

Magoo...stumbled across...heh.

;-)

Yea, I almost didn't see it!

139 bosforus  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:35:57pm

re: #76 fclass308

[Link: gizmodo.com...]

Looks like another gaming geek lost it....

At least he didn't go for the killamanjaro.

140 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:36:02pm

re: #117 A Kiwi Infidel

Walter, Walter, where are you?

Shear delight!

141 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:36:09pm

re: #97 father_of_10

I see soda boot-legging. I see the mafia bringing in trucks of Dr Pepper and Coke from New Jersey. Speedboats with cases of Shasta racing up the Hudson.

This will be the makings of another Smokey and the Bandit sequel. I can hardly wait!

With apologies to Jerry Reed, but I didn't change much.

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
a'we gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long why to go and a short time to get there
I'm east bound just watch ol'Bandit run

Keep your foot hard on the peddle...son, never mind them brakes
let it all hang out cause we've got a run to make
The boys are thirsty in Manhattan, There's Dr. Pepper in down in Dayton
and we'll bring it back no matter what it takes

142 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:36:21pm

re: #91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I bet you wear one of those "old man" hats when you drive too. Got a AAA bumper decal. Probably even hollar "What's yer problem buddy? Where's the fire!" out the window to other cars passing you.

Nope, never, I just flip them the fucking bird.

143 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:36:43pm

re: #126 conservativeChick

Not a fan of petuli?

144 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:37:01pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Happy birthday to you!
(Now you get to vote and smoke...do you want to smoke? I dunno.)

145 Silhouette  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:37:29pm

re: #97 father_of_10

I see soda boot-legging. I see the mafia bringing in trucks of Dr Pepper and Coke from New Jersey.

Upding for you!

146 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:37:31pm

re: #111 solomonpanting

I'm not a Christian either, and I, too, find it rather crude. But, as has been noted, Christianity, in the West, is always open to ridicule and contempt.

Yes, your last statement is very true. Though it still upsets me.

Liberals: Patriots Non Religious: Religious

147 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:37:32pm
148 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:37:36pm

I see that registration is closed and that Mr. Magoo registered over 2 hrs ago. Did charles do a personal and private registration open? Without announcing it to the lizardoidia?

149 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:37:37pm

re: #79 CyanSnowHawk

Worst cold front in over fifty years here Washington. Going to be cold and snowy for the next two weeks. Look like we my have a rare white Christmas here in Washington.

150 Russkilitlover  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:37:49pm

re: #143 Creeping Eruption

Not a fan of petuli?

Do you mean patchoulli? Blech. That stuff smell rank.

151 solomonpanting  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:37:55pm

re: #78 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My son recently was ticketed for not wearing a selt belt-$200.
I still own a 1985 F-150 and the registration was still $85. Nothing is sacred.

152 Silhouette  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:38:08pm

re: #141 CyanSnowHawk

There's Dr. Pepper in down in Dayton

Sigh.

153 FrogMarch  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:38:28pm
154 SWPaul  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:38:40pm

re: #143 Creeping Eruption

I knew guys that bathed in that stuff. Worse smell ever. Ever.

155 Oh no...Sand People!  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:38:48pm

re: #137 Walter L. Newton

A missile! LOL.

I would love to take you on a ride around Manila... Three. Ring. Circus.

156 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:38:48pm
157 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:38:49pm

re: #131 fclass308

Weather's not so bad here in southeast Arizona. Spent a couple of hours at the rifle range with my M-1 in 65 deg. no wind conditions.

Sometimes it's good to live in the high desert.

Yeah, but here we're so high up in this freakin' desert that it's snowing. I'd say you're in the LOW desert.

158 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:38:49pm

re: #150 Russkilitlover

Do you mean patchoulli? Blech. That stuff smell rank.

Same shit, spelled differently. Of course it smells rank - thats why hippie wanna-be's wear it.

159 FrogMarch  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:39:46pm

re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So what do people think of NYC bullshit fat tax on sodas?

Its a scam to get money, /blockquote>


Its a scam to get money. The answer to most tax questions.

160 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:40:09pm

re: #99 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Send us an address. We'll sheep Walter over pronto.

Any time, bud. I'm so ready to bug out of this country. Nothing against the country, but dammit, I'm not ready to settle down. Maybe somewhere, someplace else, can use the talents of a programmer and hard worker of 30 years, who is 56.

Click on my name and you'll see my address, send the money registered or I'll give you my paypal account number.

161 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:40:27pm

re: #153 FrogMarch

that's just so wrong.

I get upset when I see political, or sports figures on kippot, tallisim, etc., I can't imagine how I would respond if I were Christian & they put a political figure in the manger scene.

162 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:40:33pm

re: #108 Mr_Magoo

My first post. Stumbled across unannounced open registration this afternoon. I guess that still makes me a hatchling?

Welcome. Clean up the shells, buy a round, mind the guidelines at the top of every comments section.

163 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:40:33pm

re: #155 Oh no...Sand People!

You're doing it wrong. M1A2 Abrams, baby. Blow them off the road and crush the wreckage! AH HA HA!

164 Oh no...Sand People!  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:40:42pm

re: #151 solomonpanting

My son recently was ticketed for not wearing a selt belt-$200.
I still own a 1985 F-150 and the registration was still $85. Nothing is sacred.

Oh MAN! Vehicle 'Registration' is a CRIME! AAGGH! I might have to walk away from this thread... (breathe kiddo...breathe)...

165 solomonpanting  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:40:42pm

re: #136 winston06

not in my standards. Most Catholic countries are not really western.

Do you realize how ironic this is? A Catholic country with this magazine display?

166 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:40:56pm

re: #140 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Shear delight!

Its Christmas, so a BBBbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa humbug from NZ

167 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:41:02pm

every tax should go to the polls...with complete language, author of the legislation and political affiliation and an explanation of the reason for it and how it will be spent...every time

168 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:41:12pm

re: #157 father_of_10

LOL....3300 feet ain't low, bubba. But i suppose there are higher barren wastelands around... :)

169 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:42:02pm

re: #160 Walter L. Newton

Heh!
I hear what you're saying about this place.
I was tweaking at Kiwi, and don't want to get rid of you.

170 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:42:02pm

re: #142 Walter L. Newton

Nope, never, I just flip them the fucking bird.


Good for you Walter, speed kills, you drive safe. (tips hat)

171 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:42:16pm

re: #168 fclass308

LOL....3300 feet ain't low, bubba. But i suppose there are higher barren wastelands around... :)

My adobe abode is at 6900 ft. And yes, it is a barren wasteland, thank you very much.

172 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:42:35pm

re: #157 father_of_10

Yeah, but here we're so high up in this freakin' desert that it's snowing. I'd say you're in the LOW desert.

it's snowing in ABQ right now...5350ft...

173 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:42:50pm

re: #166 A Kiwi Infidel

Its Christmas, so a BBBbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa humbug from NZ

LOL
*rimshot*

174 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:42:59pm

re: #165 solomonpanting

Do you realize how ironic this is? A Catholic country with this magazine display?

Why do it in a secular country.....it wouldn't offend or deeply upset anyone. Where would the fun/rudeness be in that. Next they will be calling G-d a gay unicorn.

175 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:43:07pm

re: #71 Russkilitlover

Its to cold here. Wind chill factor makes it feel like its 10 degree's. Its either computer or XBOX.

176 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:43:13pm

Outa here, for mo.........

BBL

177 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:43:37pm
178 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:43:42pm

re: #172 albusteve

it's snowing in ABQ right now...5350ft...

I'm heading to ABQ Thursday afternoon.

179 Oh no...Sand People!  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:43:50pm

re: #176 A Kiwi Infidel

Right behind ya, later all.

180 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:43:55pm

re: #153 FrogMarch

that's just so wrong.

thinking abt. the angry, bitter michelle as mary is is laughable and disgusting at the same time.

181 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:44:10pm

re: #177 buzzsawmonkey

Patchouli Petula Clark: Downtown

c'mon...dont do this

182 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:44:24pm

re: #91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I bet you wear one of those "old man" hats when you drive too. Got a AAA bumper decal. Probably even hollar "What's yer problem buddy? Where's the fire!" out the window to other cars passing you.

Nope. That hat in the picture (the whole outfit and beard and hair color even) is from a character I played in a show.

I have an "Indiana Jones" styled hat that I picked up in Eastern France in 2001, it's gotten as beat up as it can, lot's of charm, and it's been everywhere around Western and Eastern Europe with me.

183 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:45:09pm

re: #180 nyc redneck

thinking abt. the angry, bitter michelle as mary is is laughable and disgusting at the same time.

Seriously, Michelle as Mary? Let's see, what would happen to the unborn Christ Child if Michelle had found out she was going to be an unwed mother?

184 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:45:15pm
185 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:45:26pm

re: #174 WrathofG-d

Why do it in a secular country.....it wouldn't offend or deeply upset anyone. Where would the fun/rudeness be in that. Next they will be calling G-d a gay unicorn.

Did somebody say Princess Unicorn?!

186 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:45:36pm

re: #178 father_of_10

I'm heading to ABQ Thursday afternoon.

bring your muffler and golashes...(course by then it may be a balmy 60deg)

187 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:46:13pm

re: #175 conservativeChick

Its to cold here. Wind chill factor makes it feel like its 10 degree's. Its either computer or XBOX.

Are you kidding me? It IS 10 degrees where I am sitting.

188 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:46:20pm

re: #183 father_of_10

Seriously, Michelle as Mary? Let's see, what would happen to the unborn Christ Child if Michelle had found out she was going to be an unwed mother?

"punished w/ a child?"

189 Happy Fun Ball  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:46:48pm

You think global warming is bad? There's still marbal, venal, and heaven forbid, uranal warming we have to worry about. I blame dihydrogen monoxide. The sooner we rid ourselves of this menace, the better off everyone will be, and we wouldn't have to worry about it for the rest of our lives.

190 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:46:53pm

re: #153 FrogMarch

Liberals don't worship the Jewish or Christian God. Their Gods are politicians.

191 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:46:53pm

re: #175 conservativeChick

It's not 10 degrees yet here (well...10 degrees C maybe) but I feel for ya. I'll be joining you in legal adulthood in about...4 months? :)

192 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:46:58pm

re: #187 Creeping Eruption

Are you kidding me? It IS 10 degrees where I am sitting.

Stop surfing the net outdoors. GET INSIDE MAN!

193 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:47:11pm

re: #185 simonml

Did somebody say Princess Unicorn?!

The Legend was wild!

194 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:47:18pm

re: #184 buzzsawmonkey

'Smatter? Hot song.

BLECH!

195 FrogMarch  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:47:21pm

re: #161 WrathofG-d

I get upset when I see political, or sports figures on kippot, tallisim, etc., I can't imagine how I would respond if I were Christian & they put a political figure in the manger scene.

Our culture worships hollywood, sport figures and Obama. the whole thing makes me ill. I will have no part of it. (except for my crush on Rufus)

196 Dustyvet  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:47:23pm

Dinner with Bill and Bernadine: $450

The group Area Chicago last weekend held a benefit auction of goods include a backpack, a massage, and "dinner for 4 from Bill Ayers at Bill and Bernadine's house," which started at $30.

A person who was there emails that the final price for that one was $450.


[Link: www.politico.com...]

197 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:47:37pm

re: #149 conservativeChick

Worst cold front in over fifty years here Washington. Going to be cold and snowy for the next two weeks. Look like we my have a rare white Christmas here in Washington.

I would love that, but Mrs. Hawk can't take the cold. She would love FL, but I can't take the humidity. San Diego is a good compromise.

198 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:48:01pm

re: #189 Happy Fun Ball

I'm pretty sure the words are martian and venusian.
And how many people in the U.S. actually fall for the Dihydrogen Monoxide gag?! H2-frikkin-O, isn't it obvious?!

199 BBev  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:48:31pm

re: #149 conservativeChick

Worst cold front in over fifty years here Washington. Going to be cold and snowy for the next two weeks. Look like we my have a rare white Christmas here in Washington.

It was almost 60 here today in New Hampshire, many people still without power from Fridays ice storm.

200 Killian Bundy  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:48:35pm

re: #185 simonml

Did somebody say Princess Unicorn?!

/from Planet Unicorn?

201 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:48:52pm

I was talking to a co-worker about the shoe thrower, saying how if he tried that under Saddam, he and his family would have likey been fed into an industrial shredding machine.

He laughed, "Oh come on. Saddam never did that."

This is the same guy who believes in the Bilderberg group.

202 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:49:37pm

re: #189 Happy Fun Ball

You think global warming is bad? There's still marbal, venal, and heaven forbid, uranal warming we have to worry about. I blame dihydrogen monoxide. The sooner we rid ourselves of this menace, the better off everyone will be, and we wouldn't have to worry about it for the rest of our lives.

Hi.

Er, that's a "funny global warming talking point" that is about 3 years old.

Sorry.

203 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:49:42pm

re: #155 Oh no...Sand People!

A missile! LOL.

I would love to take you on a ride around Manila... Three. Ring. Circus.

Like this.

204 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:49:45pm

re: #201 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It should be simple enough to google some photos or testimonials or something. Scar the bastard for life.

205 swamprat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:49:47pm

re: #193 father_of_10

The Legend was wild!


One day, while her mother was swimming with some narwhals...

206 Creeping Eruption  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:49:55pm

re: #192 simonml

Stop surfing the net outdoors. GET INSIDE MAN!

Actually not so funny. I work in a building built in 1890 something. It is a historical landmark and there is a restriction on changing the facade. The facade include the windows and sashes which are as old as the building . . single pane windows and sashes. Last year, I finally called maintenance to do something when it started snowing on my desk.

207 Silhouette  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:50:02pm

re: #196 Dustyvet

How very capitalistic of them.

208 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:50:17pm

re: #195 FrogMarch

Our culture worships hollywood, sport figures and Obama. the whole thing makes me ill. I will have no part of it. (except for my crush on Rufus)

It shall be, that if you obey My commandments that I command you this day to... Be careful that your heart be not tempted and you turn away to serve other gods and bow to them....

(Deut. 11:13-31)

209 bosforus  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:50:20pm

re: #185 simonml

Did somebody say Princess Unicorn?!

Ha ha, when Toby got the black one, that was just priceless.
My Horn can Pierce the Sky!

210 HoosierHoops  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:50:22pm

re: #182 Walter L. Newton

Nope. That hat in the picture (the whole outfit and beard and hair color even) is from a character I played in a show.

I have an "Indiana Jones" styled hat that I picked up in Eastern France in 2001, it's gotten as beat up as it can, lot's of charm, and it's been everywhere around Western and Eastern Europe with me.

jeez..you look like someone famous to me.. Burl Ives or somebody like that..
I bet it's fun being an actor..
/especially the love scenes with a hot actress..
lucky dude

211 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:50:29pm

re: #203 CyanSnowHawk

HOW MUCH FOR THE BALLOONS?!

212 FrogMarch  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:50:44pm

re: #190 conservativeChick

Liberals don't worship the Jewish or Christian God. Their Gods are politicians.

Indeed. 'Oh holy leftwinger, save me with your rhetorical flourishes and your promises of free stuff. I don't want to think anymore. Amen and Love, - - good little proggie'

213 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:50:45pm

Afternoon Lizards! It's official: I'm an idiot.

214 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:50:52pm

re: #189 Happy Fun Ball

You think global warming is bad? There's still marbal, venal, and heaven forbid, uranal warming we have to worry about. I blame dihydrogen monoxide. The sooner we rid ourselves of this menace, the better off everyone will be, and we wouldn't have to worry about it for the rest of our lives.

good...I prefer a warm uranal

215 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:51:24pm

re: #214 albusteve

good...I prefer a warm uranal

Heh, heh, you wrote "uranal."

216 Dustyvet  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:51:24pm

re: #196 Dustyvet

Dinner with Bill and Bernadine: $450

The group Area Chicago last weekend held a benefit auction of goods include a backpack, a massage, and "dinner for 4 from Bill Ayers at Bill and Bernadine's house," which started at $30.

A person who was there emails that the final price for that one was $450.


[Link: www.politico.com...]

217 SWPaul  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:51:25pm

re: #171 father_of_10

Wasteland? Not as much nowadays. I remember I-10 years ago when the only stops between the California border and Phoenix were Toltec and Needles. OT but Needles, Arizona, is probably the worst town in America. I camped there in the summer once; it must've been 110 F at 4 am.

218 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:51:26pm
219 Happy Fun Ball  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:51:31pm

re: #198 davinvalkri

I'm pretty sure the words are martian and venusian.
And how many people in the U.S. actually fall for the Dihydrogen Monoxide gag?! H2-frikkin-O, isn't it obvious?!

Yes I know. As for the dihydrogen monoxide, well...a lot of people were suckered by Hopey McChangealot's empty platitudes, so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them were gullible enough to fall for that too.

220 FrogMarch  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:52:05pm

re: #208 WrathofG-d

It shall be, that if you obey My commandments that I command you this day to... Be careful that your heart be not tempted and you turn away to serve other gods and bow to them....

(Deut. 11:13-31)

Obama is their golden calf.

221 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:52:39pm

re: #213 Wyatt Earp

Afternoon Lizards! It's official: I'm an idiot.

Good, I'm not. I guessed on one

222 solomonpanting  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:53:02pm

re: #167 albusteve

every tax should go to the polls...with complete language, author of the legislation and political affiliation and an explanation of the reason for it and how it will be spent...every time

And the people still voted to increase the county sales tax in Los Angeles .5% beginning next July. And this needed to pass with a two-thirds majority.

223 SWPaul  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:53:09pm

re: #196 Dustyvet

Was Charlie Manson the winner? Or a conservative who's going to wreak havoc on their house? Hmmm?

224 albusteve[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:53:23pm
225 Fluffy Bunny  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:53:51pm

Happy Birthday ConservativeChick! Oh, to be 18 again...enjoy it (it goes by fast!). : D

Welcome Mr. Magoo! Great nic, that is our nickname for our grandson.

Has anyone else purchased the GE Lights and Sounds of Christmas? We are on our second one in three weeks and having problems with this one as well. Mr. Bunny has had to re-wire the lights three times and is not a happy bunny!

226 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:54:17pm

re: #218 buzzsawmonkey

Just for that: I Know a Place.

I knew you were going to do that...

227 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:54:53pm

re: #210 HoosierHoops

jeez..you look like someone famous to me.. Burl Ives or somebody like that..
I bet it's fun being an actor..
/especially the love scenes with a hot actress..
lucky dude

That picture is about 8 years old, and it is a good match for a late-version Orson Wells.

I've lost about 200 pounds since that picture. And I don't do much acting anymore (don't want to). I stay busy with producing, playwriting and technical theatre work.

P.S. Kissing another person on stage is like pissing in public, everybody is watching to make sure you do it right. Not very much fun.

228 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:54:53pm
229 Dustyvet  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:55:07pm

re: #223 SWPaul

Was Charlie Manson the winner? Or a conservative who's going to wreak havoc on their house? Hmmm?

No idea, had i won, I would hope they served grapefruit

230 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:55:34pm

re: #220 FrogMarch

We all have them (well 99.9%), but yes. To many, Obama is their "god".

231 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:55:35pm

re: #171 father_of_10

re: #149 conservativeChick

Worst cold front in over fifty years here Washington. Going to be cold and snowy for the next two weeks. Look like we my have a rare white Christmas here in Washington.


IMPOSSIBLE!

Algore emphatically states that we are in the grip of catastrophic global warming and the polar caps are melting.

How could a Nobel Prize winner possibly be wrong? ;)

232 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:55:51pm

re: #215 Wyatt Earp

Heh, heh, you wrote "uranal."

I had to...there was no other option...

233 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:56:51pm

re: #220 FrogMarch

Obama is their golden calf.

But he's made of iron pyrite. (Fools' gold)

BBL; back in a few hours

234 swamprat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:56:54pm

re: #206 Creeping Eruption


Clear caulk followed by this.
$10 bucks at Walmart.

Make sure the caulk is water cleanup. Use a sponge (wet) to shape and smooth, and then to clean.

235 kcladderman  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:56:56pm

re: #136 winston06

not in my standards. Most Catholic countries are not really western.

?

236 SWPaul  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:57:10pm

re: #213 Wyatt Earp

You got 10/10 questions right!
While acing this quiz doesn't prove you're a genius, you're at least pretty darn smart.

What is the capital of Assyria? I'd die on the bridge.

237 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:57:50pm

re: #222 solomonpanting

And the people still voted to increase the county sales tax in Los Angeles .5% beginning next July. And this needed to pass with a two-thirds majority.

then it's justified...idiots...justifiable idiocy your honor!...

238 HoosierHoops  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:57:51pm

re: #227 Walter L. Newton

That picture is about 8 years old, and it is a good match for a late-version Orson Wells.

I've lost about 200 pounds since that picture. And I don't do much acting anymore (don't want to). I stay busy with producing, playwriting and technical theatre work.

P.S. Kissing another person on stage is like pissing in public, everybody is watching to make sure you do it right. Not very much fun.

Hook me up with Nicole Kidman on stage and I'll prove kissing is fun on stage.

239 gmsc  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:57:52pm

re: #213 Wyatt Earp

Afternoon Lizards! It's official: I'm an idiot.

My result?

You Are Not Stupid

You got 10/10 questions right!
While acing this quiz doesn't prove you're a genius, you're at least pretty darn smart.

The developer of the quiz is an idiot, though:

1. If a triangle has two short sides that are each three and four inches in length, how long is the longest side?
5 inches
6 inches
7 inches
12 inches

It could be either 5 inches, 6 inches, or just about anything short of 7 inches (at which point the 3 inch side and the 4 inch side would just form a line).

However, if the triangle in question were specified to be a right triangle, then it would definitely be 5 inches.

240 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:57:59pm

re: #236 SWPaul

Shoot back "ancient or modern assyria?" (...is that Syria or Iraq?)

241 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:58:14pm

re: #224 albusteve

let me help you celebrate!
[Link: members.shaw.ca...]

Great. I just opened that at work! Thanks!

242 Silhouette  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:58:30pm

re: #222 solomonpanting

And the people still voted to increase the county sales tax in Los Angeles .5% beginning next July. And this needed to pass with a two-thirds majority.

We had a vote on a half-penny sales tax increase.

I just knew with a faith in humanity that NO tax would ever pass if we're allowed to vote on it.

I was wrong.

Especially disheartening given the transparently manipulative ad campaign for it. They basically promised paradise: clean streets, no crime, and schools that graduated all our children as Einsteins, all for one measly little half penny. Which raised the blaring screaming question, why couldn't you do any of that with the other 12 half-pennies you already get per dollar?

243 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:58:45pm

re: #220 FrogMarch

Obama is their golden calf.

There is a South African slang joke here.....but I'm going to leave it alone.

244 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:58:59pm

re: #236 SWPaul

You got 10/10 questions right!
While acing this quiz doesn't prove you're a genius, you're at least pretty darn smart.

What is the capital of Assyria? I'd die on the bridge.

Yeah, those African swallow questions would have bought me the farm.

245 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:59:04pm
246 SWPaul  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:59:25pm

re: #229 Dustyvet

Boy they'd be lucky if that's all I did to them.

247 gmsc  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:59:25pm

re: #224 albusteve

let me help you celebrate!
[Link: members.shaw.ca...]

Speaking as a photosensitive epileptic . . ..

FUCK YOU, ALBUSTEVE!

248 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 2:59:40pm

re: #112 Oh no...Sand People!

Be careful what you say. Like my mom and dad say, one mintue they are in their early twentys having me and the next there in their fortys and their child is almost an adult in the blink of an eye.

249 Racer X  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:00:00pm

re: #196 Dustyvet

Dinner with Bill and Bernadine: $450

The group Area Chicago last weekend held a benefit auction of goods include a backpack, a massage, and "dinner for 4 from Bill Ayers at Bill and Bernadine's house," which started at $30.

A person who was there emails that the final price for that one was $450.


[Link: www.politico.com...]

Oh, I'd pay money for that. For different reasons.

250 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:00:00pm

re: #217 SWPaul

Try Yuma in July.

251 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:00:04pm

re: #247 gmsc

MY EYES! THEY BURN!

252 badbear  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:00:09pm

New lizard. First post. Another Marine reporting for duty. Let me begin by paraphrasing the late Marine General Ray Davis....the way to have a war is to figure out who the enemy is. Then you go kill him.

253 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:00:13pm

re: #232 albusteve

I had to...there was no other option...

Did you try from the front? Sorry, that was classless.

254 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:00:25pm

re: #241 Wyatt Earp

Great. I just opened that at work! Thanks!

whaaat?...

255 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:00:39pm

re: #247 gmsc

Gee, tell us how you REALLy feel.... :)

256 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:00:46pm

re: #177 buzzsawmonkey

Patchouli Petula Clark: Downtown

My favorite use of that song is in the movie Flight of the Intruder, when William Dafoe and... that other guy... are lustily belting it out in the cockpit of their A-6, after dropping ordnance on North Vietnamese SAM equipment in downtown Hanoi.

257 legalpad  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:01:04pm

re: #213 Wyatt Earp

Afternoon Lizards! It's official: I'm an idiot.


They assume the triangle in the 1st problem is a right triangle but they don't say so. Maybe they are stupid - There is no one solution to a triangle unless you have 3 pieces of data. They gave us 2 sides, but left us to assume the angle was 90 degrees.

258 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:01:22pm

re: #254 albusteve

whaaat?...

Now my co-workers know I'm an idiot. Heh. Like they didn't know before . . .

259 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:01:54pm

re: #245 buzzsawmonkey

I thought Obama was all about human pyrights (Fools' "rights").

I think you've strained your pun muscle. Try some Ben Gay.

(I'm not implying anything about Ben Hur, btw)

260 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:01:55pm

re: #252 badbear

Too bad so few people nowadays understand that...
Oh, and welcome to the...what do you call a stack of lizards..., badbear! Help yourself to the drinks bar. And the snack bar. It's a gay bar, after all--always happy hour!

261 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:02:14pm

re: #247 gmsc

Speaking as a photosensitive epileptic . . ..

FUCK YOU, ALBUSTEVE!

sorry..I wouldnt have thought of that...you OK?...really

262 gclaghorn  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:02:22pm

re: #252 badbear

New lizard. First post. Another Marine reporting for duty. Let me begin by paraphrasing the late Marine General Ray Davis....the way to have a war is to figure out who the enemy is. Then you go kill him.

Welcome!

263 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:02:28pm

re: #252 badbear

New lizard. First post. Another Marine reporting for duty. Let me begin by paraphrasing the late Marine General Ray Davis....the way to have a war is to figure out who the enemy is. Then you go kill him.

Nice to have ya. Please be assured I am no enemy

264 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:03:21pm

re: #12 conservativeChick

Hurray! Today is my 18th birthday. I'm so happy!

Let me not be the last to wish you a very Happy Birthday!
I humbly request a ruling from one of the Doyens of LGF - can ConservativeChick be invited for a fruit cup? IS that legal?

Speaking of Legal, did anybody notice that the President-elect neglected to answer any substantiate questions concerning his dealings or his staff's dealings with the not-so-honorable Governor of Illinois, Governor Dead Meat - otherwise known as Blago.

265 Joan  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:03:37pm

re: #252 badbear
So glad you're here!

266 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:03:40pm

re: #224 albusteve

let me help you celebrate!
[Link: members.shaw.ca...]

LOL. When I opened that, and as soon as the song started. Maisey the Parrot fell off her perch.

267 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:03:42pm

re: #257 legalpad

They assume the triangle in the 1st problem is a right triangle but they don't say so. Maybe they are stupid - There is no one solution to a triangle unless you have 3 pieces of data. They gave us 2 sides, but left us to assume the angle was 90 degrees.


Well, if we double-key that answer, I got 9/10. I'm only a minor idiot.

268 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:03:51pm
269 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:03:56pm

re: #239 gmsc

All those question are like the WASL test question that the students have to take here in Washington.

270 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:03:58pm

re: #252 badbear

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

271 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:04:18pm

re: #264 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Do you mean one of those peach-and-pear affairs packed in syrup, or is this some kind of cocktail?

272 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:04:34pm

re: #218 buzzsawmonkey

Just for that: I Know a Place.

Wow. Now that is some serious White People Dancing.

And while I don't accept the concept of vicarious guilt, in general, in this particular case, I feel a sudden need to apologize.

273 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:04:48pm

obama saying his internal investigation is complete and everything checks out nicely. of course.
he is so special he can be trusted to police himself.

274 HoosierHoops  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:04:52pm

re: #252 badbear

New lizard. First post. Another Marine reporting for duty. Let me begin by paraphrasing the late Marine General Ray Davis....the way to have a war is to figure out who the enemy is. Then you go kill him.

Where are you Stationed?

275 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:05:19pm
276 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:05:26pm

re: #268 buzzsawmonkey

No one can be great if they are not willing to fail.

"That's loser talk!"

-H. Simpson

277 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:06:00pm

re: #266 Walter L. Newton

LOL. When I opened that, and as soon as the song started. Maisey the Parrot fell off her perch.

sorry...give her a fortune cookie on me...

278 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:06:17pm

re: #275 buzzsawmonkey

England swings like a pendulum do.

White people can't dance, they don't have asses.

279 phoenixgirl  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:06:23pm

omg! funyums are awesome

280 MandyManners  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:06:25pm

re: #224 albusteve

How's about a warning? That kind of stuff can trigger some bad stuff in some.

281 solomonpanting  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:06:52pm

re: #242 Silhouette

"And when you ask them how much should we give
Oh, they only answer more, more, more..."

282 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:07:03pm

re: #271 davinvalkri

Do you mean one of those peach-and-pear affairs packed in syrup, or is this some kind of cocktail?

How should I know? At approximately 2 AM LGF time, someone is sure to announce that fruit cups are available... those fruit cups...

Mama, are you listening?

283 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:07:13pm

re: #273 nyc redneck

obama saying his internal investigation is complete and everything checks out nicely. of course.
he is so special he can be trusted to police himself.

In polite company, talking about self policing should be as distasteful as speaking about self abuse.

284 Bloodnok  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:07:35pm

re: #78 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The soda idea got support since it "was for the kids" but its based on faulty logic and feelygoodyness and its just a cash grab. Same with the requirement for new license plates. No need for it, they just need the money. Higher taxes on gas and a sales tax on clothes? That'll sure stimulate the economy. As for the Indian sales tax, it their land and they'll tie it up in courts, wasting even more tax payer dollars.

Fucking idiots.

It's for the chiiillldren yet the children are probably at the convenience stores buying 2 hour high octane energy drinks which are probably worse for them.

285 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:07:36pm

re: #282 Conservative in Liberal Hands

How should I know? At approximately 2 AM LGF time, someone is sure to announce that fruit cups are available... those fruit cups...

Mama, are you listening?

Did someone say "fruit cups?"

286 kcladderman  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:08:03pm

re: #283 CyanSnowHawk

In polite company, talking about self policing should be as distasteful as speaking about self abuse.

I once heard of a penguin doing that.

287 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:08:20pm

re: #252 badbear

Welcome!
Good definition.

288 Joan  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:08:21pm

re: #249 Racer X
Ah, socialite practitioners of Terrorist Fellatio!

289 solomonpanting  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:08:27pm

re: #278 Walter L. Newton

White people can't dance, they don't have asses.

That's why they voted one as President.

290 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:08:28pm

re: #252 badbear

Oorah! Welcome aboard, Marine.

291 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:08:37pm

re: #285 Wyatt Earp

Seriously, what the heck do you mean by fruit cups?
...Is this another attempt to make a boob thread?!?!

292 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:08:45pm

re: #277 albusteve

sorry...give her a fortune cookie on me...

I will, but really, she did. She's over twenty years old, and she was born with malformed feet. Her toes are oddly shaped. Of course, she has learned to adapt and perch, but once in a while, if she gets startled, she will fall off the perch, because her feet can't compensate for her sudden movement.

Birds are pretty flexible, it doesn't hurt her.

293 lincolntf  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:08:58pm

re: #242 Silhouette

MA had a ballot question this year that would have entirely repealed the State income tax. It got creamed at the polls. The public employee unions, etc. spent months telling everyone that the world would end and people would be starving in the streets if it passed. What a pathetic spectacle.

294 legalpad  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:09:10pm

re: #267 Wyatt Earp

Well, if we double-key that answer, I got 9/10. I'm only a minor idiot.

I think the test has not been devised by people qualified to do so. It's the internet.

295 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:09:12pm
296 offendi  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:09:36pm

re: #12 conservativeChick
Many congrats on your birthday. We all aspire to having wisdom beyond our years and you certainly show it by your being on this web site at this crucial time. A lot of bright people here and a lot to offer, share, and learn.
All the best and many more to you !

297 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:09:37pm

re: #290 fclass308

Oorah! Welcome aboard, Marine.

There's something comforting about having a couple - maybe more - of my Uncle Sam's Misguided Children about.

298 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:09:45pm

re: #199 BBev

Yikes. Hope everyone is Okay. I remember my last birthday two years ago when that horrible wind storm knock the power out on my birthday. Power was out for three days here. Some didn't have power till after Christmas.

299 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:09:53pm

re: #291 davinvalkri

Seriously, what the heck do you mean by fruit cups?
...Is this another attempt to make a boob thread?!?!

That would be "Fruit of the Loom" cups.

300 badbear  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:10:10pm

re: #274 HoosierHoops

Retired in the land of the frozen tundra, playing grandbear. Appreciate the welcomes. Pleasure to be amongst patriots.

301 Joan  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:10:14pm

re: #273 nyc redneck

retch. bleah. heaaaave

302 swamprat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:10:20pm
303 doppelganglander  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:10:36pm

re: #248 conservativeChick

Be careful what you say. Like my mom and dad say, one mintue they are in their early twentys having me and the next there in their fortys and their child is almost an adult in the blink of an eye.

As a person in your parents' age range with kids around your age, I must agree. Have a wonderful birthday.

304 UberInfidel67  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:10:45pm

re: #161 WrathofG-d It's blasphemous, sacriligious and disgusting.

305 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:10:53pm

re: #280 MandyManners

How's about a warning? That kind of stuff can trigger some bad stuff in some.

I guess so...man I feel terrible now...I hope he's okay...I've dumped it from my stash...I never heard that complaint and I sure wouldnt want to hurt anyone...

306 Bloodnok  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:10:55pm

re: #252 badbear

New lizard. First post. Another Marine reporting for duty. Let me begin by paraphrasing the late Marine General Ray Davis....the way to have a war is to figure out who the enemy is. Then you go kill him.

THANKYOYUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU

307 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:11:02pm

re: #280 MandyManners

How's about a warning? That kind of stuff can trigger some bad stuff in some.

Yeah, those darn LDS flashbacks . . .

308 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:12:02pm

re: #304 UberInfidel67

It's blasphemous, sacriligious and disgusting.

True, but despite all that, I disapprove of it.

309 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:12:14pm

re: #307 father_of_10

You mean LSD, right? Maybe there are some lingering aftereffects. Once again. DAMN HIPPIES!

310 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:12:33pm

re: #307 father_of_10

Yeah, those darn LDS flashbacks . . .

Back when you were a Mormon?

LDS = Latter Day Saints

311 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:13:07pm

re: #296 offendi

Ahh. Thank you. That was really sweet and touching.

313 J.S.  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:13:25pm

re: #280 MandyManners

I agree...it needs some sort of warning...

314 phoenixgirl  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:14:02pm

i love this time of year! food shows up at my door! just unwrapped a harry and david snowman and a tower of delights! if your nice, i'll share

315 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:14:08pm

Breaking News on WSJ:
President-elect Obama has chosen Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan as education secretary.

And

A judge signed an order appointing a trustee to liquidate the U.S. arm of Madoff's investment and trading firm.

316 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:14:14pm

re: #312 WrathofG-d

Is that your photoshopping skill in action? Nice picture!

317 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:14:16pm

re: #297 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Too bad more people don't think like you apparently do....

God and the soldier
All men adore
In time of trouble,
And no more;
For when war is over
And all things righted,
God is neglected -
The old soldier slighted.

318 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:14:20pm
319 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:14:23pm

I get the occasional RCC (Roman Catholic Church) flashback.

320 MandyManners  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:14:37pm

re: #286 kcladderman

I once heard of a penguin doing that.

If penguins go blind, do their German Shepards hafta' were skates?

321 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:14:40pm

re: #301 Joan

retch. bleah. heaaaave

yes, infuriating.
(how can anyone be sooooo perfect?)
spit

322 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:14:53pm

re: #304 UberInfidel67

It's blasphemous, sacriligious and disgusting.

No it's not, it's another culture and traditional. Here's another tradition...

[Link: www.caganer.com...]

Look up "caganer." Why would you put down others culture and call it names like that.

Considering the nativity scene is older than this country, came from somewhere else, and in those other places, they have traditions that are "different" than you, what makes you so much of the decider of what is blasphemous?

Geeeesssshhhh.

323 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:15:18pm

re: #291 davinvalkri

Seriously, what the heck do you mean by fruit cups?
...Is this another attempt to make a boob thread?!?!

DID SOMEONE SAY BOOBS?

324 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:15:46pm

re: #318 ploome hineni

..what the hell is going on ? ?

Now that's what I'd call a poor hiring decision.

325 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:15:54pm
326 phoenixgirl  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:16:03pm

re: #291 davinvalkri

Seriously, what the heck do you mean by fruit cups?
...Is this another attempt to make a boob thread?!?!

i prefer 501 or kilt threads

327 pink freud  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:16:06pm

re: #282 Conservative in Liberal Hands

How should I know? At approximately 2 AM LGF time, someone is sure to announce that fruit cups are available... those fruit cups...

Mama, are you listening?

Hmmm ....would you happen to be LOL'a and TallOldMan's MNT?

If so, tell Mom pink says hello, and a hearty welcome aboard to you!

/if not, welcome aboard anyway!

328 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:16:23pm

re: #308 Occasional Reader

True, but despite all that, I disapprove of it.

Well, see my re: #322 Walter L. Newton

... it's all part of traditions. Did you read the article at #5. It's not like it's some new age idea.

329 MandyManners  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:16:34pm

re: #305 albusteve

I guess so...man I feel terrible now...I hope he's okay...I've dumped it from my stash...I never heard that complaint and I sure wouldnt want to hurt anyone...

Well, no one's perfect. Not even CBBHO, contrary to moonbat rumor.

330 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:16:34pm

re: #316 davinvalkri

Is that your photoshopping skill in action? Nice picture!

nope. Not me. Its "street art" i found on [Link: www.woostercollective.com...]

331 MandyManners  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:16:57pm

re: #307 father_of_10

Yeah, those darn LDS flashbacks . . .

Never did the brown stuff.

332 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:17:01pm

gmsc...
I apologize...and I hope you are okay...I should have had a warning but didnt think it through

steve

333 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:17:04pm

re: #317 fclass308

How does this one go?

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

--Rudyard Kipling, "Tommy"

Different country, but same bloody sentiments. argh!

334 Spenser (with an S)  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:17:12pm

For anyone looking for some very good, very Christian, Christmas music I can highly recommend Todd Agnew (and Friends) "Do you see what I see?" Amazing vocals and lyrics as he tells the Christmas Story. A good download sample would be "First-born of Creation".

335 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:17:17pm

re: #331 MandyManners

Never did the brown stuff.

Good shit!

336 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:17:26pm

re: #310 simonml

Back when you were a Mormon?

LDS = Latter Day Saints

I still am a Mormon, and I still get flashbacks from my days in the Guide Patrol!

337 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:17:28pm
338 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:17:48pm

re: #325 buzzsawmonkey

I look forward to your seasonal "mine goodly host" utterances.

One host makes you larger
and
one host makes you small
and the wine that Father gives you
don't do anything at all
sip that chalice
when you're very small

339 swamprat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:17:56pm

re: #315 CyanSnowHawk

Now we will have schools as good as Chicago's!


We are so screwed.™
340 MandyManners  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:17:59pm

re: #313 J.S.

I agree...it needs some sort of warning...

EPILEPTICS! MIGRAINE SUFFERERS! DON'T CLICK!

PARROT SLAVES, TOO.

341 phoenixgirl  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:18:25pm

re: #340 MandyManners

EPILEPTICS! MIGRAINE SUFFERERS! DON'T CLICK!

PARROT SLAVES, TOO.

instant headache

342 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:18:32pm

re: #336 father_of_10

I still am a Mormon, and I still get flashbacks from my days in the Guide Patrol!

lol

343 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:18:38pm

re: #326 phoenixgirl

I'm going to google 501...am I going to regret this?

344 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:18:39pm
345 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:18:43pm

re: #324 Occasional Reader

Now that's what I'd call a poor hiring decision.

don't you know:
he was only 8 yrs. old when those terrorists were bombing.

346 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:18:44pm

re: #333 davinvalkri

Excellent post, sir.

347 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:19:10pm

Good evening, Lizards.

I need your prayers tonight, not so much for me but for some good friends of mine.

A member of their extended family, just 21 and a senior in college, took his own life Friday. I just found out this morning.

He was first a student of mine and later a colleague in a summer workshop I teach. I am absolutely devastated by this.

348 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:19:29pm
349 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:19:30pm

re: #340 MandyManners

EPILEPTICS! MIGRAINE SUFFERERS! DON'T CLICK!

PARROT SLAVES, TOO.

It's been deleted.

350 MandyManners  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:19:42pm

re: #315 CyanSnowHawk

Breaking News on WSJ:
President-elect Obama has chosen Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan as education secretary.

And

A judge signed an order appointing a trustee to liquidate the U.S. arm of Madoff's investment and trading firm.


Is Duncan tight with Ayers?

351 phoenixgirl  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:05pm

re: #343 davinvalkri

501's levi's

352 Sharmuta  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:06pm

re: #347 {goddessoftheclassroom}

Consider it done.

353 Cdat88  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:12pm

re: #92 buzzsawmonkey

75 degrees, light wind. Partly cloudy....So how is the rest of the country doing? :)

Happy birthday CChick. Enjoy your youth, and do not waste a moment of it. Listen to Lee Ann Womack and take it to heart.

I hope you dance

354 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:15pm

re: #343 davinvalkri

I'm going to google 501...am I going to regret this?

Just Levi's.

355 Nevergiveup  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:16pm

re: #344 ploome hineni

Breaking News on WSJ:

it is always good when you cn get someone with a proven record of excellence, like what Arne Duncan accomplished in Chicago

whose students now lead the nation in academic achievement

Ur I get your sarcasm, but actually how bad is her record?

356 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:31pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards.

I need your prayers tonight, not so much for me but for some good friends of mine.

A member of their extended family, just 21 and a senior in college, took his own life Friday. I just found out this morning.

He was first a student of mine and later a colleague in a summer workshop I teach. I am absolutely devastated by this.

{ { { { goddess } } } }

You have them.

357 swamprat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:40pm
358 Nevergiveup  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:42pm

re: #350 MandyManners

Is Duncan tight with Ayers?

You mean like biblically?

359 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:48pm
360 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:20:49pm

re: #350 MandyManners

Is Duncan tight with Ayers?

Ayre tight? Don't know.

361 gclaghorn  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:21:04pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards.

I need your prayers tonight, not so much for me but for some good friends of mine.

A member of their extended family, just 21 and a senior in college, took his own life Friday. I just found out this morning.

He was first a student of mine and later a colleague in a summer workshop I teach. I am absolutely devastated by this.

Will do.

362 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:21:15pm

re: #344 ploome hineni

whose students now lead the nation in academic achievement

Hey, I'll bet they beat DC students, anyway.

363 simonml  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:21:42pm

re: #362 Occasional Reader

Hey, I'll bet they beat DC students, anyway.

Don't forget Dallas!

364 Bloodnok  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:22:04pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards.

I need your prayers tonight, not so much for me but for some good friends of mine.

A member of their extended family, just 21 and a senior in college, took his own life Friday. I just found out this morning.

He was first a student of mine and later a colleague in a summer workshop I teach. I am absolutely devastated by this.

Done. That hits really close to home...

(goddess)

365 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:22:07pm

re: #354 CyanSnowHawk

Oh...ok...

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh crap. My sympathies, for whatever it's worth. Have they figured out why he committed suicide?

366 Occasional Reader  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:22:09pm

Later.

367 pink freud  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:22:11pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

I am so sorry. Prayers for all of you.

368 albusteve  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:22:11pm

re: #349 CyanSnowHawk

It's been deleted.

good...I never thought to ask...I kinda stunned myself...thanks Charles

369 Spare O'Lake  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:22:15pm

re: #318 ploome hineni

..what the hell is going on ? ?

Here is the money quote from the story:

However, he added that “revolution is not [necessarily] a dirty word” and “there is nothing wrong or criminal in trying to establish an Islamic state”.
370 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:22:18pm
371 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:23:06pm

re: #350 MandyManners

Is Duncan tight with Ayers?

Seriously, who or what kind of person would you expect from him? After Bill Richardson for commerce you certainly didn't expect him to keep on Margaret Spellings or to choose William Bennett?

372 badbear  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:23:08pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

done. so sorry.....

373 HoosierHoops  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:23:17pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards.

I need your prayers tonight, not so much for me but for some good friends of mine.

A member of their extended family, just 21 and a senior in college, took his own life Friday. I just found out this morning.

He was first a student of mine and later a colleague in a summer workshop I teach. I am absolutely devastated by this.

I am so sorry Goddess..
Lord..Receive Goddesses' friend into heaven and heal their broken heart. And comfort our friend in this time of heart ache

374 WrathofG-d  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:23:40pm

usually its all about boobs and farts...but how about you try some art.

375 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:23:44pm

re: #370 buzzsawmonkey

Ouch! Kipling really knew where to hit where it hurt! Now I want to send something to them, even though they're dead...

376 nyc redneck  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:23:45pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

{goddesspftheclassroom}, oh no, so sorry to hear this terrible news.
so sorry for your pain. prayers for this young man and his family and you.
what a tragedy.

377 Cdat88  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:24:23pm

Cyan snow, what part of 4th cav were you, and where?

378 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:24:25pm

re: #365 davinvalkri

Oh...ok...

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh crap. My sympathies, for whatever it's worth. Have they figured out why he committed suicide?

Thanks to all of you.

I know nothing at all yet. I'm taking a personal day to go to the funeral tomorrow, about two hours away. I'm

379 kcladderman  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:24:56pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh goddess I am so sorry.

380 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:24:59pm
381 lifeofthemind  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:25:12pm

re: #252 badbear

New lizard. First post. Another Marine reporting for duty. Let me begin by paraphrasing the late Marine General Ray Davis....the way to have a war is to figure out who the enemy is. Then you go kill him.

Congratulations on your Maiden Speech, given your updings you may want to retire undefeated on the spot.

382 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:25:14pm

re: #327 pink freud

Hmmm ....would you happen to be LOL'a and TallOldMan's MNT?

If so, tell Mom pink says hello, and a hearty welcome aboard to you!

/if not, welcome aboard anyway!

Sorry, no relation. but thanks anyway...

383 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:25:37pm

re: #350 MandyManners

Is Duncan tight with Ayers?


I know Duncan is tight with Myers. They make great cakes!

384 Iron Fist  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:25:38pm

re: #196 Dustyvet

Man, that'd be tempting! I could try for a slow kill shot. It could be a scientific experiment.

385 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:25:54pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Rest easy.

Go closely with God.
MWAH

387 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:26:38pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

I need your prayers tonight, not so much for me but for some good friends of mine.

Thoughts and prayers, Goddess, thoughts and prayers!

388 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:27:38pm
389 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:28:05pm

re: #383 Wyatt Earp

I know Duncan is tight with Myers. They make great cakes!

Duncan and Hines are pretty close, too.

390 swamprat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:28:24pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom
.....nothing I can say would sound the way I want it to...

391 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:28:29pm

re: #370 buzzsawmonkey


You are correct. I have heard the name mentioned over the years, but never read it.

Thanks for posting it.

392 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:28:38pm
393 Nevergiveup  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:28:49pm

re: #388 ploome hineni

I thought Arne was a he, and who knows

Then I guess a date is out of the question?
/

394 UberInfidel67  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:28:56pm

re: #322 Walter L. NewtonYeah, I got their "culture" swinging. (I really don't but it sounded good to say it) ; )

395 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:29:24pm

re: #385 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Rest easy.

Go closely with God.
MWAH

MWAH!

That got me all teary.

I'll have to lick a paw to maintain my persona of unconcern...

Back to the regular banter in 3...2...1

396 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:30:16pm

Ok

Our local "nut case" conservative talk show host (as opposed to normal conservative talk show hosts) just called Bush an "athlete" in regards to avoiding the shoe in the shoe throwing incident.

What a tool.

I know, let's ban shoes at all press events.

397 doppelganglander  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:30:17pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards.

I need your prayers tonight, not so much for me but for some good friends of mine.

A member of their extended family, just 21 and a senior in college, took his own life Friday. I just found out this morning.

He was first a student of mine and later a colleague in a summer workshop I teach. I am absolutely devastated by this.

goddess, I am so sorry. Prayers for you and all of the young man's family and friends.

398 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:30:30pm

re: #389 Wyatt Earp

Duncan and Hines are pretty close, too.

Yeah, they like to mix it up now and then.

399 conservativeChick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:31:05pm

re: #353 Cdat88

Ahhh. Thank you! I love this song!

400 Wyatt Earp  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:31:16pm

re: #396 Walter L. Newton

Ok

Our local "nut case" conservative talk show host (as opposed to normal conservative talk show hosts) just called Bush an "athlete" in regards to avoiding the shoe in the shoe throwing incident.

What a tool.

I know, let's ban shoes at all press events.


I just imagined Helen Thomas in bare feet. Thanks, Walter.

401 fclass308  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:31:21pm

re: #398 father_of_10

Yeah, they like to mix it up now and then.

ARRRRGH!

402 ciaospirit  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:31:26pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

So sorry, goddess. I know what you're feeling. My son's best friend's sister killed herself a few months ago. 24 years old with two small children. It's crushing. She was absolutely beautiful. My son's friend spends a lot of time with us and all I could do was hug him. Words just fail. At the funeral, both parents, of course, were devastated, but the father was so overcome with grief, he could barely function. My heart breaks for them.

403 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:32:06pm
404 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:32:07pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards.

I need your prayers tonight, not so much for me but for some good friends of mine.

A member of their extended family, just 21 and a senior in college, took his own life Friday. I just found out this morning.

He was first a student of mine and later a colleague in a summer workshop I teach. I am absolutely devastated by this.

My sympathies Goddess.
Parents, it is important that your kids know resources to use when things seem difficult or even hopeless. Knowing some options about where to turn when things got bumpy may have spared me some of my darkest hours.

405 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:32:30pm

re: #317 fclass308

Too bad more people don't think like you apparently do....

There's a saying, "A friend in need, is a friend indeed!" Let's just say there have been times when a couple of leathernecks made a positive outcome possible - for all parties concerned.

Sorry for posting in reverse order - work and hearth intrudes.

406 HoosierHoops  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:32:37pm

re: #396 Walter L. Newton

Ok

Our local "nut case" conservative talk show host (as opposed to normal conservative talk show hosts) just called Bush an "athlete" in regards to avoiding the shoe in the shoe throwing incident.

What a tool.

I know, let's ban shoes at all press events.

I heard the Yankees just signed this guy for 50 million for 5 years as a pitcher

407 Irish Rose  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:32:50pm

Just back from reading comments about the Jerusalem convention over at Jihadwatch, and I'm doing another slow effing burn.

Just when I think that people like Geller, and Spencer and the various LGF haters that they embrace (solely to poke their fingers in Charles' eye) could not become more base, disgusting and disrespectful, I find out that I'm wrong.

I grieve for Charles. He is such a decent man who has done so much for the anti-jihad movement... how much more of this libelous crap should he have to take?

408 Cathypop  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:33:09pm

re: #326 phoenixgirl

i prefer 501 or kilt threads

OOH kilt thread.

409 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:33:10pm

re: #395 goddessoftheclassroom

MWAH!

That got me all teary.

I'll have to lick a paw to maintain my persona of unconcern...

Back to the regular banter in 3...2...1

Considering that you might need something beyond the ordinary ...

410 FrogMarch  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:33:34pm

on Drudge right now - Someone from the MSM is going to speak for Gaffemaster.

gee - shocka. time magazine slips nicely into democrat employee mold.

411 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:33:37pm

re: #377 Cdat88

Cyan snow, what part of 4th cav were you, and where?

1/4 CAV D Troop at Ft. Riley from '83 to '85. I was a Huey Crew Chief.

412 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:33:40pm
413 maddogg  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:33:49pm

re: #396 Walter L. Newton

Ok

Our local "nut case" conservative talk show host (as opposed to normal conservative talk show hosts) just called Bush an "athlete" in regards to avoiding the shoe in the shoe throwing incident.

What a tool.

I know, let's ban shoes at all press events.

Shoe Control!

/brain dead you-know-what

414 VegasRick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:34:04pm

re: #403 ploome hineni

well, I am free Thursday

:P

"Call me when you have no class"?
/

415 Iron Fist  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:34:13pm

re: #304 UberInfidel67

I can't believe that they did that. It was incredibly sacreligious, all most idolotrous. How could they expect Barrack Obama to share billing with some Jewish kid?

416 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:34:17pm

For those of you who are in the Midwest, travel carefully!

Going home now. TTYL!

417 Empire1  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:34:40pm

Ha! Took advantage of unseasonably warm weather to give my pond filters (the little ones I currently have, not the big one I'll be getting when my jury money arrives) a final pre-winter cleaning.

I can't believe it was over 70 in the sun today! Windy as all get-out, at 20+ mph, which meant I cleaned the filters in the kitchen sink instead of using the hose outside, but otherwise beautiful. Back to more normal temps tomorrow, though, and must probably rain.

And Mr. Empire put a new radiator in the car yesterday (we'll fix the old one and keep it as a backup), so we're in pretty good shape at the moment.

I put up the tree today (a 3-foot artificial, on the kitchen/dining table), and he set up the train he got at a yard sale earlier this year. It's really neat -- the first time I've had the tree-and-train combination! Hope y'all are ready for Christmas, and enjoying the decorations and music as much as this Pagan is. :)

418 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:34:50pm

re: #407 Irish Rose

The bigger you are the more people want to tear you down. I don't think we need to worry, Charles can shrug it off like it's nothing.

/Hope for humanity is falling again. Where's my death ray?

419 ciaospirit  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:34:52pm

It's hard to find something more ironic.

U.S. anti-kidnap expert kidnapped in Mexico

420 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:34:54pm
421 opnion  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:35:13pm

re: #388 ploome hineni

I thought Arne was a he, and who knows

Arnie is a he & running Chicago schools he is in the tank for the teacheresunion.
The city has semi-literate teachers , uncertified in their teaching suject matter. Many of the teachers are in fear of tghe students with good reason..
Per capita spending per student in the city exceeds most school districts in the state, yet all you hear are demands for more money.
Public education in Chicago is a cruel joke, so hey bring the guy to Washington.

422 Mike in Boulder[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:35:21pm
423 lifeofthemind  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:35:40pm

re: #403 ploome hineni

well, I am free Thursday

:P

Free? The union will have to have a talk with you about this.

424 Racer X  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:36:12pm

re: #407 Irish Rose

how much more of this libelous crap should he have to take?


None, if no one reads it.

I no longer visit there.

425 Nevergiveup  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:36:26pm

re: #421 opnion

Arnie is a he & running Chicago schools he is in the tank for the teacheresunion.
The city has semi-literate teachers , uncertified in their teaching suject matter. Many of the teachers are in fear of tghe students with good reason..
Per capita spending per student in the city exceeds most school districts in the state, yet all you hear are demands for more money.
Public education in Chicago is a cruel joke, so hey bring the guy to Washington.

Did Obama's kids go to Public schools in Chicago?

426 VegasRick  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:37:00pm

re: #420 ploome hineni

?

Rodney Dangerfield ref.

427 Irish Rose  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:37:05pm

Posted by: km at December 15, 2008 10:06 AM, who did a crosspost between LGF2 and Jihadwatch:

Most personally satisfying moment of the day:

Getting a hug from Pamella, having Robert sign my copy of Onward Muslim soldiers, and Standing on the balcony of the center with Pamella and Robert during lunch, decrying the damage LGF and CJ has done to the antijihad movement.
I think the whole tone of the meeting would have had the LGF/CJ sycophants spitting nails.

Only one speaker (D Pipes), made any reference to radical Islam being the problem, his talk was the weakest and suffered some serious dissonance in my mind. The rest were firmly ensconced in the Islam is the problem camp and the solution is strong national identity and reaffirming cultural identity and history and using this to emphasize the inferiority of islamic culture.

428 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:37:18pm
429 FrogMarch  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:37:24pm

re: #415 Iron Fist

I can't believe that they did that. It was incredibly sacreligious, all most idolotrous. How could they expect Barrack Obama to share billing with some Jewish kid?

I can't say it - but his guy can.

[Link: nationalconversation.typepad.com...]

430 Nevergiveup  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:37:39pm

Greek police run out of tear gas as rioting continues for a seventh day

[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]

Yeah, lets be more like Europe. Real good idea?

431 MandyManners  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:37:55pm

re: #347 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh, that is just awful. I'll keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.

((((((gotc))))))

432 Irish Rose  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:38:14pm

re: #418 davinvalkri

The bigger you are the more people want to tear you down. I don't think we need to worry, Charles can shrug it off like it's nothing.

Yeah he can, but he shouldn't f*cking have to.

433 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:38:15pm
434 lifeofthemind  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:38:16pm

re: #422 Mike in Boulder

I wish I could read this site

Unreal!

How do you even find stuff like that?

435 MandyManners  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:38:44pm

re: #407 Irish Rose

Just back from reading comments about the Jerusalem convention over at Jihadwatch, and I'm doing another slow effing burn.

Just when I think that people like Geller, and Spencer and the various LGF haters that they embrace (solely to poke their fingers in Charles' eye) could not become more base, disgusting and disrespectful, I find out that I'm wrong.

I grieve for Charles. He is such a decent man who has done so much for the anti-jihad movement... how much more of this libelous crap should he have to take?

What's up?

436 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:38:46pm

re: #425 Nevergiveup

Did Obama's kids go to Public schools in Chicago?

Of course not.


"My kids have gone to the University of Chicago Lab School, a private school, because I taught there," Obama responded. "It was five minutes from our house. So it was the best option for our kids."

437 davinvalkri  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:38:49pm

re: #430 Nevergiveup

To all you euro-phile liberals out there:
You see any riots here? No?
You see any riots there? Yes? Since 2003 and earlier?
So why do you want to be like them?

438 CyanSnowHawk  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:39:14pm

re: #417 Empire1

I put my Disney Monorail under the tree the last couple of years.

439 ciaospirit  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:39:14pm

re: #5 WrathofG-d

Barack and Michelle are Appearing In Nativity Scenes This Year Alongside the Baby Jesus and The Wise Men

Shameful.

I'd like to reach across the water and slap some sense into my Italian brethren. Heritage or not.

440 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:39:24pm

re: #422 Mike in Boulder

I wish I could read this site

Unreal!

Mike and Charles -- when I clicked through, my spyware erupted, promptly blocking the site. I think comment 422 should be should be deleted to keep anyone from trying to access it.

441 Nevergiveup  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:39:44pm

re: #433 ploome hineni

ah

take my wife

please

Ah that's Henny Youngman

442 Mad Al-Jaffee  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:40:00pm

Good news! It turns out Iran's not trying to build nukes after all:

[Link: www.theonion.com...]

443 Irish Rose  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:40:06pm

re: #435 MandyManners

What's up?

See #427

444 ploome hineni[deleted]  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:40:22pm
445 Racer X  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:40:52pm

re: #440 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Mike and Charles -- when I clicked through, my spyware erupted, promptly blocking the site. I think comment 422 should be should be deleted to keep anyone from trying to access it.

Mine too. I shut 'er down before it could fully load.

447 father_of_10  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:41:01pm

re: #441 Nevergiveup

Ah that's Henny Youngman

Yeah, show some RESPECT!

448 goddessoftheclassroom  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:41:05pm

You all are so dear.

When was 17 and a junior in high school, I felt that no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't please anyone. I was a "superstar" in high school, but I felt so empty and lonely--I realize now that it was truly depression, but anyway. I decided that life wasn't worth it because I was useless and unimportant. I planned to take a bunch a pills and not wake up.

However, I had a commitment to teach a French class at an elementary school once a week, so I went there first. I remember feeling so calm and detached--I really convinced myself that God wanted me to do what I was planning to do.

Then this little girl came up to my desk and handed me a card she made for me. She drew a big heart and wrote, "I love you, Miss Goddess."

Tears flooded my eyes, but I held myself together for the rest of the class. I sobbed all the way home. I realized that at least one person loved me, and as long as one person did, I couldn't kill myself.

I know we all have different beliefs, but I sincerely believe that that that little girl was sent by angels to break a kind of spell Satan managed to weave around my heart. I know first hand the irrationality of depression, and I grieve for those who weren't able to break those chains. There but for the grace of God go I.

449 Noam Sayin'  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:41:12pm

-3° for a high today.

Gorebull warming, my ass.

450 opnion  Mon, Dec 15, 2008 3:41:20pm

re: #425 Nevergiveup

Did Obama's kids go to Public s