Damn Insomnia.

Reality is what trolls, trollops, and moby's choose to ignore. It doesn't seem to fit in with their world view.

/takes an extra serving of reality.

...plus reality exists before it is discovered.

Reality....kinda' like gravity....always there.

almost dead thread there, damn forgot the tag. BRB

Yeah, looks like it's going to be slow for the rest of the night. Saw a whole bunch of lizards bailing just as this thread came open.

re: #4 BignJames

Reality....kinda' like gravity....always there.

yeah like that boil on my ass... kind of there, and it constantly reminds me in a most unpleasant way. Gotta get it lanced and drained.

Yawwwwn! Hey! Hiya, NightLizards!

Reality.... bites.

re: #7 shanec99

yeah like that boil on my ass... kind of there, and it constantly reminds me in a most unpleasant way. Gotta get it lanced and drained.

Nah....you're thinkin' Billy Mays.

Morning SurferDoc. Standard entry today?

/either that or someone locked the windows again.

re: #9 jcm

Reality.... bites.

Indeed.

/but then again, the One is gonna make everything wonderful.

Hamas is getting an opportunity to deal with a reality my ole granny shared with us when we were little, she used to say:"stupid people with hard heads, always end up with a sore ass."

re: #11 BlueCanuck

Morning SurferDoc. Standard entry today?

/either that or someone locked the windows again.

Too tired for fancy entrances tonight. How are you doing, Blue?

Hahahahahahaha -- ha?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

A person close to me, who is an unrepentant moonbat, recently bragged about how they signed up with a new cell phone company, one with the following amazing features:

1. It was incredibly inexpensive, with a special all-calls-for-one-low-price deal.
2. It was a nonprofit which donated all proceeds to proogressive causes!

What could be better for the guilt-ridden wannabe Luddite moonbat?

I was curious about this new company which I had never heard of before, and they told me the name at the time, but it slipped my mind, and I never looked into it.

Well, I just had another talk with this person, and they were in shock! Because they got their first monthly bill from the company, and it was astronomical! Turns out the fine print tooketh away, and they didn't notice some detail about areas codes or whatever, and instead of their monthly cell phone bill being one low all-in-one price, it was multiple hundreds of dollars. Furthermore, the company was just re-selling and repackaging Sprint minutes. In other words, the company was a bait-and-switch scheme, not an real phone company.

But when the person showed me the actual physical bill that came in the mail, my eyes popped out of their sockets. Not at the amount of the bill (which was bad enough), but at the company logo/design at the top of the bill. Can you guess what it was? Ready?

The Abu Ghraib hooded prisoner!

It was, like, the logo of the company! (At least on their bills.) As if the Abu Ghraib hooded man summed up the entire moonbat belief system.

This time I noted the name of the company, and just this minute looked up who they donate the profits to. And here's the list:

Credo Mobile: This year's causes.

Included on the list are:

Iraq Veterans Against the War
AlterNet
Media Matters
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Rock the Vote
...and any number of predictable leftist groups.

While in general I support any scheme which separates a foolish moonbat from his money, in this instance the money is being scammed out of unwitting sucker moonbats and given to...other moonbats?!?!

Like I said, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Having been apprised of the details, what emotion do you think I should have about this?

re: #12 Pvt Bin Jammin

The One will make everything One-derful?

Laugh, it is very funny.

re: #15 zombie

If it makes you feel any better, the guys are probably taking most of the money for themselves

re: #10 BignJames

Nah....you're thinkin' Billy Mays.

The Arabs who live in the Gaza (I refuse to call them Palestinians) are like a inflamed boil on the world's ass. Annoying, painful and contribute nothing to the overall comfort of person enduring their presence.

re: #12 Pvt Bin Jammin

Indeed.

/but then again, the One is gonna make everything wonderful.

Fruit cups for everyone!

re: #15 zombie

Envy of the sheer audacity...

re: #14 SurferDoc

Doing alright. Rested and relaxed for the next little while at least (read: till tomorrow night's work shift :p). Actuall looking forward to the coming year. Probably be going to two reunions the way things stand.

re: #15 zombie

Hahahahahahaha -- ha?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

A person close to me, who is an unrepentant moonbat, recently bragged about how they signed up with a new cell phone company, one with the following amazing features:

1. It was incredibly inexpensive, with a special all-calls-for-one-low-price deal.
2. It was a nonprofit which donated all proceeds to proogressive causes!

What could be better for the guilt-ridden wannabe Luddite moonbat?

I was curious about this new company which I had never heard of before, and they told me the name at the time, but it slipped my mind, and I never looked into it.

Well, I just had another talk with this person, and they were in shock! Because they got their first monthly bill from the company, and it was astronomical! Turns out the fine print tooketh away, and they didn't notice some detail about areas codes or whatever, and instead of their monthly cell phone bill being one low all-in-one price, it was multiple hundreds of dollars. Furthermore, the company was just re-selling and repackaging Sprint minutes. In other words, the company was a bait-and-switch scheme, not an real phone company.

But when the person showed me the actual physical bill that came in the mail, my eyes popped out of their sockets. Not at the amount of the bill (which was bad enough), but at the company logo/design at the top of the bill. Can you guess what it was? Ready?

The Abu Ghraib hooded prisoner!

It was, like, the logo of the company! (At least on their bills.) As if the Abu Ghraib hooded man summed up the entire moonbat belief system.

This time I noted the name of the company, and just this minute looked up who they donate the profits to. And here's the list:

Credo Mobile: This year's causes.

Included on the list are:

Iraq Veterans Against the War
AlterNet
Media Matters
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Rock the Vote
...and any number of predictable leftist groups.

While in general I support any scheme which separates a foolish moonbat from his money, in this instance the money is being scammed out of unwitting sucker moonbats and given to...other moonbats?!?!

Like I said, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Having been apprised of the details, what emotion do you think I should have about this?

I simply love it, Moonbats defrauding and misleading each other.

re: #18 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

If it makes you feel any better, the guys are probably taking most of the money for themselves

Oh good, that does make me feel better.

As long as the money is being properly stolen, and not actually donated to commie groups, then I'm happy.

re: #15 zombie

Laugh, at the sheer idiocy. Cry for the hopeless people suckered into such schemes. In times like this a company that snares a person into exorbiant fees should be held up as an example. But as in all things caveat emptor.

re: #20 jcm
Fruit cups give me the runs.

re: #20 jcm

Fruit cups for everyone!

OMG Free fruit?! I might be able to afford Zombie's friend's phone company now that I'm going to be getting all of that free stuff but I am kind of ticked off that the ACLU was not on the list./

re: #21 slokat

Envy of the sheer audacity...

P.T. Barnum would be proud, I'm sure! I'm reminded of the film "The Rainmaker," or a traveling tent revival -- relieving the rubes of their grubby cash.

Except in this instance, the rubes imagine themselves to be sophisticated radicals.

re: #27 Pvt Bin Jammin

Maybe they will do a write in request? After all the ACLU has made many important contributions to Constitutional and legal precedents.

/*choke* *gag*

re: #26 shanec99

Fruit cups give me the runs.

TMI. Seriously.

re: #30 Summersong

TMI. Seriously.

OK... they cause me enteritis... is that better?

re: #28 zombie

P.T. Barnum would be proud, I'm sure! I'm reminded of the film "The Rainmaker," or a traveling tent revival -- relieving the rubes of their grubby cash.

Except in this instance, the rubes imagine themselves to be sophisticated radicals.

Which makes them the easiest targets of all.

Good night, LGF.

re: #29 BlueCanuck

ROTFLMAO
Ya think ACORN could get it on it too? I wouldn't doubt it.

re: #33 Summersong

Nite. Have a great day.

Have you been having those spiked fruit cups? Sorry, I left some spiked stuff a couple of nights.

Good night!

Zombie

A little digging turns out the cellphone company is under the same management as a credit card company, WorkingAssests

re: #36 traderjoe9

Nite. Have a good one.

re: #37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Zombie

A little digging turns out the cellphone company is under the same management as a credit card company, WorkingAssests

Oh my, something fun to investigate!

re: #37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Zombie

WorkingAssests

and who they support...
a who's who of moonbats, leftists, Marxists, and Anti-Americans.

re: #39 Pvt Bin Jammin

Oh my, something fun to investigate!

Like the 2008 Campaign contributions of its CEO?

Laura Scher
Political Campaign Contributions
2008 Election Cycle

re: #37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Zombie

A little digging turns out the cellphone company is under the same management as a credit card company, WorkingAssests

Ah, them.

I always thought they had one too many letters in their company name. There's an extraneous "t". It should be:

Working Asses

re: #24 zombie

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

[Link: www.discoverthenetworks.org...]

re: #40 jcm

and who they support...
a who's who of moonbats, leftists, Marxists, and Anti-Americans.

Same list as the cell phone scam.

Reality is...
Roland Burris should be seated as Senator, despite what Harry says he has the right to do.
I wish we could have a special election, as most called for, but when they realized a Rep might win guess that went out the window.
Now play it straight, by the rules Harry, give IL a vote and seat Rolly!

I'm LMAO at this. Obama came from this mess and it will haunt him.

From IL outside of Chitown,
T

re: #15 zombie

It seems like the owner of that company, Laura Scher, is dodging several campaign finance reform laws by giving $8,900 to Barack Obama

re: #46 Neo Con since 9-11

It seems like the owner of that company, Laura Scher, is dodging several campaign finance reform laws by giving $8,900 to Barack Obama

She also apparently is a HuffPo contributor

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Like the 2008 Campaign contributions of its CEO?

Laura Scher
Political Campaign Contributions
2008 Election Cycle

Hmmm, Obama and Al Franken. I'm shocked, I tell you.

But more interesting than that -- she lives in freakin' Belvedere! ! !

For those not familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area: Belvedere is one of the most expensive and exclusive cites in the entire country. Makes Beverly Hills or Bel Air look like slums. It's a tiny enclave of mansions on a private gated peninsula in San Francisco Bay, in Marin Country. Each mansion is tens of millions of dollars, at least.

Generally, only billionaires live there.

Laura Scher must be raking in the cash from these "progressive nonprofits"!

re: #48 zombie

When have you ever known a leftist NOT make money of the gullible?

re: #48 zombie

Apparently so;

CNN Money: How to Succeed in 2007: Laura Scher, Chairman and CEO, Working Assets

re: #43 Pvt Bin Jammin

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

[Link: www.discoverthenetworks.org...]

Good find! Excellent digging.

What a sickening list of recipients. The fact that these groups are all funded by willing moonbats make all moonbats culpable for these groups' ill-intentioned deeds.

re: #51 zombie

ACLU mentioned in beginning, ACORN on the list. I'll dig into it tomorrow if I can spare an hour or two. This is most interesting.

I love the irony. She's a bit of a lefty luminary and she is ripping them off. Nice.

On a lighter note, I present "Escape 2000", a cheezy italian movie starring Henry Silva and various nonames. Remember "You are ordered to leave the Bronx!"

re: #50 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Apparently so;

CNN Money: How to Succeed in 2007: Laura Scher, Chairman and CEO, Working Assets

How in the world do these nonprofits justify paying exorbitant salaries to their CEOs?!? Doesn't anybody complain? They should be volunteers, not paid executives.

What a total scam. The entire nonprofit sector is one vast scam, if you ask me. A way to fleece fools in order to, on one hand, provide stipends for do-nothing trustafarians ("Mom! I got a part-time internship at Radical Dykes Against Hate!"), and at the same time a way for high-end hucksters to line their pockets.

Un-freakin'-believable.

Nite all...

If I want to continue WORKING, I need to be an ASSET to my company tomorrow.

re: #56 jcm

Nite all...

If I want to continue WORKING, I need to be an ASSET to my company tomorrow.

What? You work to earn a salary?

What are you -- some cog in the capitalist machine?

re: #56 jcm

Nite. Stay warm up there.

re: #19 shanec99

The Arabs who live in the Gaza (I refuse to call them Palestinians) are like a inflamed boil on the world's ass. Annoying, painful and contribute nothing to the overall comfort of person enduring their presence.

You might also call them a third armpit, whatever annoys you more...

re: #55 zombie

I have noticed that most charitiable organizations seem to have huge payroll costs. I know my mom won't give a dime to the Salvation Army in her town. It seems the past few "Captains" have come in and totally redecorated their living spaces and office. Usually at great cost. I know that I won't give any money to the Red Cross because almost 60 cents out of every dollar seems to go to "administration" expenses. Just doesn't sound right to me.

re: #60 BlueCanuck

That is so sick. I've done volunteer work all my life. Never asked for or expected a dime. It's something we should do from the heart.

re: #60 BlueCanuck

I have noticed that most charitiable organizations seem to have huge payroll costs. I know my mom won't give a dime to the Salvation Army in her town. It seems the past few "Captains" have come in and totally redecorated their living spaces and office. Usually at great cost. I know that I won't give any money to the Red Cross because almost 60 cents out of every dollar seems to go to "administration" expenses. Just doesn't sound right to me.

Its why I live by the motto "Charity begins at home" and it doesnt go out much.

re: #61 Pvt Bin Jammin

That is so sick. I've done volunteer work all my life. Never asked for or expected a dime. It's something we should do from the heart.

To the average young moonbat, "volunteer"ing at various leftwing activist nonprofits is actually the now-standard careeer path. Groups like Working Assets and individuals like Soros keep enough money flowing into the moonbat ecosystem that entire categories of people can spend their lives "earning" enough money to live comfortably by being paid to goof around being asshole radicals under the aegis of these various nonprofits groups. None of whom have ever produced a single thing.

/Reporter Fail

And, at the end of the day, it's gullible fools like "the person close to me" mentioned in my original comment #15 above who are footing the bill, either out of naivité or Hoffer-esque True-Believerdom.

re: #64 Killian Bundy

/Reporter Fail

I wonder what she was thinking about at the time?

Poor bambi.
//

"But evidence is mounting that Obama is already losing ground among key Arab and Muslim audiences that cannot understand why, given his promise of change, he has not spoken out. Arab commentators and editorialists say there is growing disappointment at Obama's detachment - and that his failure to distance himself from George Bush's strongly pro-Israeli stance is encouraging the belief that he either shares Bush's bias or simply does not care."

[Link: www.guardian.co.uk...]

re: #63 zombie

To the average young moonbat, "volunteer"ing at various leftwing activist nonprofits is actually the now-standard careeer path. Groups like Working Assets and individuals like Soros keep enough money flowing into the moonbat ecosystem that entire categories of people can spend their lives "earning" enough money to live comfortably by being paid to goof around being asshole radicals under the aegis of these various nonprofits groups. None of whom have ever produced a single thing.

I can't say that I'm really not surprised, just wishing there were more people who were like us. Through the 35 or more years that I have volunteered I have most definately backed away from a few. When and if it gets political, I'm gone.

Nite kids, take care. Oranges on the sidebar if LOL is not back yet.

re: #59 nature boy

You might also call them a third armpit, whatever annoys you more...

An armpit is at least useful, the brachial plexus (a bundle of nerve that ends up innervating the upper extremity) passes through there. An inflamed boil on the bottox is second only to a pilonidal cyst in the order of annoyingly painful aflictions that can be described as a pain in the a**. They are best dealt with as quickly as possible. Kind of like the residents of Gaza who send their children into pizza parlors with bombs strapped to them.

Some charity info -
Charity Watch

Ay ay ay, here's comes the evening's daily dose of Mohammed Image Archive mail. It never, ever stops:

------

"From: Basma Albahry
Subject: THE GREATEST PROPHET MUHAMMED
Sun Jan 4 12:47:49 2009 -0800 (PST)

i feel sorry about you just because all of us know where your place well be at the end of your life and we thank Allah that you are not muslims and you will not be with us,we thank Allah that he makes us Muslims and under the MOST GREA PERSON HAD BORN IN THIS LIFE( PROPHET MUHAMMED PEACE BE UPON HIM),and we wish that he accepts us . i know that you do not understand what am i writing because ALLAH taught us every thing in great (HOLLY QURAN), that you poor know or have nothing but losting."

------

And you want to know the depressing part? I traced his IP, and it says he lives in Maryland. I was expecting Yemen or Syria or any of the usual places my mail comes from. But...people like this are living in Maryland?

re: #72 zombie

Maybe he's a senator?

re: #15 zombie

I love that story. And the moral is.... a dose of reality for them, opening the door a chink, some daylight might dawn in moonbat minds and develop a critical antenna, some common sense and a greater appreciation of the variety of human nature in this world.

Reality is also when an irresistable force meets an immovable object. As in, Hamas and your lefty sympathisers, meet the IDF.

re: #72 zombie

Ay ay ay, here's comes the evening's daily dose of Mohammed Image Archive mail. It never, ever stops:

------

"From: Basma Albahry
Subject: THE GREATEST PROPHET MUHAMMED
Sun Jan 4 12:47:49 2009 -0800 (PST)

i feel sorry about you just because all of us know where your place well be at the end of your life and we thank Allah that you are not muslims and you will not be with us,we thank Allah that he makes us Muslims and under the MOST GREA PERSON HAD BORN IN THIS LIFE( PROPHET MUHAMMED PEACE BE UPON HIM),and we wish that he accepts us . i know that you do not understand what am i writing because ALLAH taught us every thing in great (HOLLY QURAN), that you poor know or have nothing but losting."

------

And you want to know the depressing part? I traced his IP, and it says he lives in Maryland. I was expecting Yemen or Syria or any of the usual places my mail comes from. But...people like this are living in Maryland?

Can I get one of these Holly Qurans at the local Christmas store?

re: #72 zombie

Ay ay ay, here's comes the evening's daily dose of Mohammed Image Archive mail. It never, ever stops:

------

"From: Basma Albahry
Subject: THE GREATEST PROPHET MUHAMMED
Sun Jan 4 12:47:49 2009 -0800 (PST)

i feel sorry about you just because all of us know where your place well be at the end of your life and we thank Allah that you are not muslims and you will not be with us,we thank Allah that he makes us Muslims and under the MOST GREA PERSON HAD BORN IN THIS LIFE( PROPHET MUHAMMED PEACE BE UPON HIM),and we wish that he accepts us . i know that you do not understand what am i writing because ALLAH taught us every thing in great (HOLLY QURAN), that you poor know or have nothing but losting."

------

And you want to know the depressing part? I traced his IP, and it says he lives in Maryland. I was expecting Yemen or Syria or any of the usual places my mail comes from. But...people like this are living in Maryland?

I bet you he was educated in the public school and his favorite teacher is a staunch supporter of the NEA.

re: #72 zombie

I dread to see what the current generation will grow up like. It sure isn't going to be pretty.

re: #15 zombie

Hahahahahahaha -- ha?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

A person close to me, who is an unrepentant moonbat, recently bragged about how they signed up with a new cell phone company, one with the following amazing features:

1. It was incredibly inexpensive, with a special all-calls-for-one-low-price deal.
2. It was a nonprofit which donated all proceeds to proogressive causes!

What could be better for the guilt-ridden wannabe Luddite moonbat?

I was curious about this new company which I had never heard of before, and they told me the name at the time, but it slipped my mind, and I never looked into it.

Well, I just had another talk with this person, and they were in shock! Because they got their first monthly bill from the company, and it was astronomical! Turns out the fine print tooketh away, and they didn't notice some detail about areas codes or whatever, and instead of their monthly cell phone bill being one low all-in-one price, it was multiple hundreds of dollars. Furthermore, the company was just re-selling and repackaging Sprint minutes. In other words, the company was a bait-and-switch scheme, not an real phone company.

But when the person showed me the actual physical bill that came in the mail, my eyes popped out of their sockets. Not at the amount of the bill (which was bad enough), but at the company logo/design at the top of the bill. Can you guess what it was? Ready?

The Abu Ghraib hooded prisoner!

It was, like, the logo of the company! (At least on their bills.) As if the Abu Ghraib hooded man summed up the entire moonbat belief system.

This time I noted the name of the company, and just this minute looked up who they donate the profits to. And here's the list:

Credo Mobile: This year's causes.

Included on the list are:

Iraq Veterans Against the War
AlterNet
Media Matters
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Rock the Vote
...and any number of predictable leftist groups.

While in general I support any scheme which separates a foolish moonbat from his money, in this instance the money is being scammed out of unwitting sucker moonbats and given to...other moonbats?!?!

Like I said, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Having been apprised of the details, what emotion do you think I should have about this?

Laughed your ass off and mocked the person unmercifully. What is their complaint? The bucks are going to their progressive causes and not some "evil Republican Corporate monster" ;-)>

re: #77 BlueCanuck

I dread to see what the current generation will grow up like. It sure isn't going to be pretty.

I think they will see up close what the flappers saw in the 1920 and 30s, and end up fighting like hell to preserve the good things that they are now taking for granted.

re: #1 Truck Monkey

Damn Insomnia.

Yeah, I know.

Shhhhh ....don't tell the KosKiddies. LOL

“And he’s acting almost as if he’s president when it comes to the economy, right? He’s not screaming ‘there’s only one president’ when he’s talking about the economic stimulus package,” Klein said.

James Carafano, a defense expert at the Heritage Foundation think tank, said Obama may not want to comment on foreign policy issues like Gaza because “you’re going to be held accountable for anything that you say.

“The Mumbai attacks, that’s a one-time attack, the thing’s over, you say some platitudes — you’re not making any policy,” Carafano said. “If Obama weighed in now on Hamas and Israel, people would take that as policy. But there’s two weeks between now and his inauguration. Events on the ground could change significantly. So in a sense you would walk into office with no flexibility.”

There’s nothing in Obama’s campaign statements or those of Hillary Clinton, his choice for secretary of state, to suggest they would steer a different course from Bush.

“In terms of negotiations with Hamas, it is very hard to negotiate with a group that is not representative of a nation-state, does not recognize your right to exist, has consistently used terror as a weapon, and is deeply influenced by other countries,” Obama said in July."

PeninsulaQatar

Obama: I choked up when leaving home

President-elect Barack Obama says he choked up a little bit when he left his empty house before flying to Washington.

. . .

Before takeoff, Obama ordered a cheeseburger with fries for his in-flight meal.

/God help us

re: #15 zombie

The emotion I recommend: Hearty mirth.

Although I agree that it is a scam to put money into the hands of other idjits.

Pally-wood returns!

Take a look at the following image. Now take a look at this one. Same baby girl! Once dressed, once undressed? How many times is she getting carried into a "Gaza hospital"? And if she is getting carried dressed by pretty calmed adults, how come they are hysterical later once she is undressed and has probably already received treatment?

Charles: I have copies of the images in case they get deleted.

re: #81 pink freud

“The Mumbai attacks, that’s a one-time attack, the thing’s over, you say some platitudes — you’re not making any policy,” Carafano said.

Yeah, right. You just wait for the next one. It's the forest not the trees, as Steyn says. What kind of defence expert is Carafano?

re: #85 Smilla

A f***ing idiot.

OTOH, idiocy abounds these days. Cheeseburger and fries, my ass.

re: #86 pink freud

A f***ing idiot.

OTOH, idiocy abounds these days. Cheeseburger and fries, my ass.

'nuff said.

re: #84 G.W.

Pally-wood returns!

Take a look at the following image. Now take a look at this one. Same baby girl! Once dressed, once undressed? How many times is she getting carried into a "Gaza hospital"? And if she is getting carried dressed by pretty calmed adults, how come they are hysterical later once she is undressed and has probably already received treatment?

Charles: I have copies of the images in case they get deleted.

Has anyone noticed or is it just me, but in both pictures she seems pretty calm despite horrific injuries including burns to the lower and upper extremeties.
I wonder if the Hamas side has employed Hollywood make up artists?

re: #82 Killian Bundy

Is he selling his house? Will he lose money on it?

We lost 8 hardworking men today. Please keep them and their families in your prayers.

"Eight people were killed and a ninth was reported critically injured after a helicopter bound for the offshore oil fields crashed Sunday afternoon in marshlands about 100 miles southwest of New Orleans.

The helicopter, operated by PHI Inc., crashed about 3:30 p.m. shortly after taking off from PHI's base in Amelia, said Richard Rovinelli, a spokesman for the company. The cause of the crash isn't clear. Rovinelli did not know the type of helicopter or its exact destination.

He said the helicopter was carrying two pilots and seven passengers. Identities of the victims have not yet been released."

re: #90 pink freud
We should all unite in prayer for these people... God be with them and their families.

Good night, All. Time for sleep.

re: #91 shanec99

We should all unite in prayer for these people... God be with them and their families.

Crew changes run out of Amelia. I suspect this was a replacement crew heading for the same destination.

Night SurferDoc. Have a good night.

re: #15 zombie

Heh!

That Abu Ghraib "hooded prisoner" looks more like Dr. Frankenstein's ill-fated attempt to create a bride for David Duke.

Where oh where is the love?

And one final note, President-elect Obama roared like a mighty lion onto the political scene, but now he is as silent as a lamb in the face of the death and destruction that is happening in Gaza. As we approach the birthday celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. let us remember what Dr. King said:
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

------Cynthia McKinney

They're coming out of the woodwork!

Overheard at a pro Hamas rally:

"My little Mohammad is only five years old, yet he hates at a tenth grade level, we are so proud of him".

re: #90 pink freud

You have my condolences. I made a few of those chopper trips, as a trainee in my job at the time. Those offshore folks are special breed. May the sole survivor recover from his injuries, and may the dead rest in peace.

It looks like Democrat Harry “We Lost the War” Reid is at it again. By playing partisan politics he smears our troops and boosts our enemies.

Reid:

“What has the war done? It's brought about-- it's destabilized the Middle East. We have a civil war going on in Israel. We have a civil war in Iraq, as indicated today, more than 50 people killed with a bomb in Iraq today. We have Lebanon, a civil war there. We have Iran thumbing their nose with every, everyone. And if that weren't bad enough, our standing in the world community is so far down as a result of this war…”

I say Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) should retract is “We have lost the War” statement and apologize to our troops. Yet, I doubt this will happen. This is a partisan campaign by the Dems to divert money for our troops and put it into lush social programs to buy more votes.

Sure a lot of money and a lot of lives has been spent on Iraq but, this no reason to cut-and-run. It is no reason to loot the Defense Department to fund Obama’s zillion man "civilian national security force"

When Harry Reid speaks it sounds like defeat to me. Here are his weasel words during Meet the Press:

MR. GREGORY: Do you believe that the war in Iraq has been lost?

SEN. REID: I don't think at this stage we can talk about that with any degree of sensibility. That has to be something that will talked about in the history books to come. We...

MR. GREGORY: So you spoke to soon in 2007?

SEN. REID: David Petraeus and Harry Reid spoke at the same time. David Petraeus said that the war cannot be won militarily, I said what I said. Who, who phrased it the best is...

MR. GREGORY: You said that the war is lost. Today, in 2009, that's no longer your view?

SEN. REID: David, listen, someone else will have to determine that as the years go on. What has the war done? It's brought about--it's destabilized the Middle East. We have a civil war going on in Israel. We have a civil war in Iraq, as indicated today, more than 50 people killed with a bomb in Iraq today. We have Lebanon, a civil war there. We have Iran thumbing their nose with every, everyone. And if that weren't bad enough, our standing in the world community is so far down as a result of this war, so--and that doesn't take into consideration the tens of thousands who have been injured...

See: disgusting new low even for Harry Reid

I will give Reid and Obama as much respect as the liberals gave to Bush.

{Spit}

re: #98 Alberta Oil Peon

I was born and raised here in Lafayette, an oilfield town to the core. I flew PHI way back when selling rig fishing equipment rentals. My son (19) spent a couple of months on the rigs this summer in between high school and starting college. Great money but the risks are substantial.

/Moms don't like their babies on them rigs, that's for sure. I worried every trip until he arrived safely.

pink!
pink!
pink!

re: #101 littleoldlady

pink!
pink!
pink!

Well doggone it darlin'! I was just about to compose a "missed you I hope everything is going well" post! Its great to see you! Been on the road I hear? Are you home yet?

Good morning littleoldlady. I see you made it home okay. Did you enjoy your vacation?

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ---------->
Help yourselves!

re: #104 littleoldlady

Don't mind if I do.

pink,

We're home.

/clicks heels 3 times and all that jazz...

BlueCanuck! :-)

I would have enjoyed my vacation a lot more if I had left talloldman and MNTS home. :-/

/weather was spectacular, though

Thanks for the fruit cup. Now things are normal again.

Fenway! :-)

re: #104 littleoldlady

Is this fresh homegrown Florida citrus I see here in my fruitcup?

pink,

HOW THE H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICK ARE YOU?!

re: #106 littleoldlady

Now that sounds like a tale. I know MNTS would have done something. It's that's age bracket requisit.

Food got expensive in Florida, just like here. Maybe moreso. I should have expected it but somehow I didn't...

re: #107 BlueCanuck

I thought Erik performed admirably in LoL's absence.

But it dawned on me who's being sworn in as president this month. Red can't make enough fruitcup to ease the sting from that one...

re: #106 littleoldlady

Good! I need a catchup call. Name your time and day (no hurry, I know you have to reclaim your life and decompress from the trip).

re: #114 pink freud

You're the one with a life. ;-) You pick.

re: #113 Fenway_Nation

You're right. Erik was great, as was Sharmuta and Blue, and even red.

/it's so good to have backup!

re: #110 littleoldlady

I am remarkably well. Daughter came in for Christmas, brought the husky pup (that's a whole story unto itself, how can one little dog make so much mess!?) I have had several delicious moments watching her attempt to discipline him and failing spectacularly. Haha! We've had several chats about motherhood ...."Mom, are kids this rough!?" It's sweet and fun though, and the pup is magnificent. We've made some good headway.

Life is good.

re: #116 littleoldlady

*blush* I only did it once. Erik was the one that served the fruitcup most often. Work kept interfering with me. :/

re: #115 littleoldlady

How about three-ish p.m. Tuesday or Wednesday. Are you around/available in the afternoons?

It was 99F here today, predicting 104 and 100 the next two days. 72 and a cool change on Friday. Can I wait 'til Friday?

re: #117 pink freud

"Mom, are kids this rough!?"

"Ruffer!" ;-)

We came home a day earlier because I missed the dog.

/not that it worked out that way, since the car broke down and it took us a day longer to get home...

I've come to the conclusion that Roxanne is the only member of my family worth spending time with.

re: #120 Crux Australis

Him I wonder if I should move to down under. Well at least for your summer season at least.

/freezing rain yesterday.

re: #119 pink freud

Let's shoot for Tuesday. (Tomorrow.) If we wait much longer I may forget everything that happened.

/yes, that vacation was a lot like childbirth... ;-)

_{^{It's dead, Jim. Jim, it's dead.}}

re: #120 Crux Australis

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that alot of the younger people don't grasp that places like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Chile have their seasons inverted from the Northern Hemisphere....

So to the uniformed (or those only informed by the MSM), I wonder how many would interpert your weather report as additional evidence of global warming?

re: #124 littleoldlady

Nothing that a bit of Genesis matter can't fix. . . . . . .

re: #123 littleoldlady

Let's shoot for Tuesday. (Tomorrow.) If we wait much longer I may forget everything that happened.

/yes, that vacation was a lot like childbirth... ;-)

I seem to remember one of your posts ...something about the "vacation from heck"? LOL!

On that note it's time for shut eye here. Nite everyone!

Tuesday it is!

re: #122 BlueCanuck

Him I wonder if I should move to down under. Well at least for your summer season at least.

/freezing rain yesterday.

I hate the hot weather. I am actually more comfortable below about the 50-60 degree maxima mark.

I would swap freezing rain for 100+ degree wind and baking sun any day. My Father actually telephoned me to tell me to take appropriate precautions for the next two days.

Who is going to decide on Israel's plan of US troops at the tunnels?

/Joe is this what you meant about being tested?

re: #126 BlueCanuck

Nothing that a bit of Genesis matter can't fix. . . . . . .

Sorry- I thought that read

Nothing that a bit of Guinness matter can't fix. . . . . . .

/Got my Irish up

re: #128 Crux Australis

heh heh, our "winter" has just gotten going. I am not looking forward to the next three months here. Was up at my friends place this weekend. They still have two feet of snow. That's after about two or three days of warm weather. (above freezing is warm).

re: #118 BlueCanuck

*blush* I only did it once. Erik was the one that served the fruitcup most often. Work kept interfering with me. :/

I hate fruit cups... anyone know where I can get some ice cream, fried chicken or even a snicker bar?
Cant a man get some real food up in here?

re: #125 Fenway_Nation

The last two summers have been rather mild. This is the first time in about three summers that we have had temperatures 100F+ for more than two days consecutively.

Would it surprise you to know that young people in Australia probably know more about George Washington the first US President than many of our own Prime Ministers owing to the amount of US content on Australian TV.

Heh heh... China targets Google. Heh heh heh.
[Link: tech.yahoo.com...]

Now perhaps they will not bombard us with so much anti-Israeli nonsense.

Spending a Year Living Like Jesus

After reading the book "A Year of Living Biblically," by A.J. Jacobs, former pastor Ed Dobson decided to devote a year trying to live as Jesus did, based on what is written about him in the Bible and other historical documents.

"I read that book a little over a year ago, and I thought, well, if a secular Jew could do this, certainly a follower of Jesus could," Dobson said today on "Good Morning America Weekend."

. . .

Dobson even voted in the presidential race as he thought Jesus would. Dobson pulled the lever for Barack Obama, saying it was the first time he ever voted for a Democrat.

/a world gone insane

re: #133 Crux Australis

I'm quite surprised, since I get the impression the youth here know more about Ryan Seacrest than they do George Washington.

re: #136 Fenway_Nation

I'm quite surprised, since I get the impression the youth here know more about Ryan Seacrest than they do George Washington.

Actually I am quite sure that they know more about Hannah Montanna, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton than they do about George Washington.

re: #136 Fenway_Nation

Ryan who?

/George was the guy that lead the charge up San Juan hill right?

//JK

...cont.

I am actually glad I grew up when I did and had the teachers at school I did. I graduated high school in 1989. The standard of education in public schools in Australia declined after that. I missed out on the PC trash and pseudo science that the loony left are pushing now.

re: #138 BlueCanuck

Ryan who?

/George was the guy that lead the charge up San Juan hill right?

//JK

No he is the dude who made a raft from his dad's cherry tree and used it to sail from the Potomac to California where he beat the Hessians in a boxing match one Christmas morning. What's wrong with you, dont you read anything.

re: #140 shanec99

Ooooooh. THAT George Washington. Didn't he also carve a tunnel through a redwood tree?

re: #141 BlueCanuck

Ooooooh. THAT George Washington. Didn't he also carve a tunnel through a redwood tree?

No no no... he bought a piece of silver with a dollar and made it into a ring for a girl named Martha... he even asked her to marry him, after the boxing match with the heavy weight champion Mr Hessian. After he beat Mr. Hessian at some gymnasium in New Jersey... he challenged some guy named Jersey Joe Walcott.

re: #142 shanec99

/heh

One group demonstrates and asks for peace... another group demonstrates and a car b que follows.
Guess who were involved?
[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...]

re: #143 BlueCanuck

/heh

If you have the time to sit and listen, I can learn you some history.

re: #1 Truck Monkey

Damn Insomnia.

Damn cold symptoms.

re: #145 shanec99

We'll swap. You pervert your history to me, and I will pervert our history to you. After all, we kicked out Paul Bunyan for being a wimp. ;)

re: #146 The Other Les

Damn cold symptoms.

Global warming, you can't have the cold... you can have the hots... not the cold...
Come to think of it... I saw Victoria's secret mag this morning... I have the hots too.

Good Morning LGF.

re: #147 BlueCanuck

We'll swap. You pervert your history to me, and I will pervert our history to you. After all, we kicked out Paul Bunyan for being a wimp. ;)

Dude, I am Jamaican... you want perverted Jamaican History?
I prefer telling you perverted tales about perverts running around without clothing on their tails in Negril.

re: #150 shanec99

I think I will pass on that. don't need my laptop screen melting on me in self defense. :)

re: #149 Spare O'Lake

Good Morning LGF.

Mawnin'... how ya doin'... pull up a chair... we jes visitin'.

Morning Lizards.

re: #151 BlueCanuck

I think I will pass on that. don't need my laptop screen melting on me in self defense. :)

ok... well, never talk about perverts or perversions to Jamaicans who have been to Negril's Hedonism II.

re: #15 zombie

Hahahahahahaha -- ha?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

A person close to me, who is an unrepentant moonbat, recently bragged about how they signed up with a new cell phone company, one with the following amazing features:

1. It was incredibly inexpensive, with a special all-calls-for-one-low-price deal.
2. It was a nonprofit which donated all proceeds to proogressive causes!

What could be better for the guilt-ridden wannabe Luddite moonbat?

I was curious about this new company which I had never heard of before, and they told me the name at the time, but it slipped my mind, and I never looked into it.

Well, I just had another talk with this person, and they were in shock! Because they got their first monthly bill from the company, and it was astronomical! Turns out the fine print tooketh away, and they didn't notice some detail about areas codes or whatever, and instead of their monthly cell phone bill being one low all-in-one price, it was multiple hundreds of dollars. Furthermore, the company was just re-selling and repackaging Sprint minutes. In other words, the company was a bait-and-switch scheme, not an real phone company.

But when the person showed me the actual physical bill that came in the mail, my eyes popped out of their sockets. Not at the amount of the bill (which was bad enough), but at the company logo/design at the top of the bill. Can you guess what it was? Ready?

The Abu Ghraib hooded prisoner!

It was, like, the logo of the company! (At least on their bills.) As if the Abu Ghraib hooded man summed up the entire moonbat belief system.

This time I noted the name of the company, and just this minute looked up who they donate the profits to. And here's the list:

Credo Mobile: This year's causes.

Included on the list are:

Iraq Veterans Against the War
AlterNet
Media Matters
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Rock the Vote
...and any number of predictable leftist groups.

While in general I support any scheme which separates a foolish moonbat from his money, in this instance the money is being scammed out of unwitting sucker moonbats and given to...other moonbats?!?!

Like I said, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Having been apprised of the details, what emotion do you think I should have about this?

That would depend on the throughput. The higher the administrative expenses are, the better, or least destructive it is from an objective point of view.

Howdy right side, how u mom an dem doin?
Glad you could join us dis mawnin'. Pull ap a chair an' set a while huh...
'

re: #148 shanec99

Global warming, you can't have the cold... you can have the hots... not the cold...
Come to think of it... I saw Victoria's secret mag this morning... I have the hots too.

I try to avoid the walking barbie doll thing.

Why? Are you a red blooded man?

re: #155 The Other Les

Thorughput is 1%, or $0.10 for every use of the credit card (yes, the company deals in credit too)

Rip-off, and a damn funny one at that.

Slow traffic this morning... I am having fun... please don't be offended... it is all a poor attempt at humor.

re: #28 zombie

P.T. Barnum would be proud, I'm sure! I'm reminded of the film "The Rainmaker," or a traveling tent revival -- relieving the rubes of their grubby cash.

Except in this instance, the rubes imagine themselves to be sophisticated radicals.

I like to call them Self Appointed Superior Beings^TM.

re: #159 Stonemason

Thorughput is 1%, or $0.10 for every use of the credit card (yes, the company deals in credit too)

Rip-off, and a damn funny one at that.

Moon bats are typically foolish... and as my ole granny in Jamaica used to say: "a fool and his money are soon parted."

Les is doing some recycling to save the environment or something noble I think. Les must be a Moonbat.

Does anyone else remember Obama saying "Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel (WTTE)", only to disavow it after the Arab groups started screeching? I know I remember it because I had a heart-stopping moment of "Oh my G-D! I just may have to vote for this guy!" I mean, that's just the sort of President every country needs - someone who knows how to talk to terrorists. Naturally, when he reneged on it, my disgust & disappointment knew no bounds.

But when he picked Hillary for SoS, I had an inkling of that one brief, shining moment - after all, who else among the Democrats has placed the blame for the ME squarely on the shoulders of the PLO (et al)? Who else knows better the frustration her husband had with Arafat at Wye?

And now, he's been quoted as openly saying he sides with Israel over this:

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

The only reason I am not ready to throw my cap over the windmill just yet is because he's a politician. He's got 4 years to get through, & to get re-elected. He may not be able to win over enough centrists & rightists to make up for all the leftists he's going to lose with this sort of stance; he's almost certainly going to have to moderate it somehow, & I am not looking for ward to that.

re: #164 Flavia

Don't worry...remember...change.

Hamas is begining to learn that if you keep provoking a lion by poking it with a sharp stick everyday... you should at least ensure that the cage is closed, or at least you can climb a tall tree quickly.

This list is taken from Help Us Win (helpuswin.org) (The resource for helping explain Israel's Operation Cast Lead.

Make your voice heard - 7 Things you can help us win this battle:

*Join Groups and post comments (http://www.helpuswin.org/) on Media Websites
*Join our mailing list (http://cli.gs/helpuswin/) and we will send you
updates
*You can change your Facebook picture to show your support ( you can
get the israeli flag pic here http://cli.gs/flag)
*You can add the QassamCount application on facebook: (http://cli.gs/
qassam). With QassamCount you can do one of two things: You can have
your status updated automatically every time a Qassam falls, or you
can have your status changed once a day to reflect the total amount of
Qassams that fell that day.
*You can help us and Digg (http://www.helpuswin.org/digg-for-israel/what-to-digg/) for Israel.
*Follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/helpuswin)

*Spread the word anyway possible

A Mr French look alike (from Family Affair) has gone to his 72 virgins...
[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...]
By the way... did my description of the Hamas leader date me?

re: #168 shanec99

A Mr French look alike (from Family Affair) has gone to his 72 virgins...
[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...]
By the way... did my description of the Hamas leader date me?

If you don't know if you're being dated then you may be a nerd.

re: #169 The Other Les

If you don't know if you're being dated then you may be a nerd.

Well I am a 6'2" 250 pound, combat veteran ... nerd. Damn... that is some combination huh?

re: #170 shanec99

Well I am a 6'2" 250 pound, combat veteran ... nerd. Damn... that is some combination huh?

Yes.

Something Positive is back up!

[Link: www.somethingpositive.net...]

re: #171 The Other Les

Yes.

And proud of it.

[Link: shawarmamayor.blogspot.com...]
Israel kills terrorists who want to murder Jews and the UN gets riled up, 400 Christians get hacked to death and the UN is silent... what gives?

Singer Annie Lennox and other celebrities are calling on Israel to stop its air attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Lennox said violence could never be a solution to conflict.

I don't recall hearing Annie Lennox preach non-violence in response to years of terror attacks on Israelis. I guess she prefers to preach to Jews.
Douchebag.

re: #175 Spare O'Lake

I don't recall hearing Annie Lennox preach non-violence in response to years of terror attacks on Israelis. I guess she prefers to preach to Jews.
Douchebag.

Annie Lennox is a Self Appointed Superior Being^TM. Never mind the facts on the ground.

re: #24 zombie

Oh good, that does make me feel better.

As long as the money is being properly stolen, and not actually donated to commie groups, then I'm happy.

Apologies for any unhappiness this may bring.
How Working Assets Funds the Left

re: #15 zombie

Hahahahahahaha -- ha?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

A person close to me, who is an unrepentant moonbat, recently bragged about how they signed up with a new cell phone company, one with the following amazing features:

1. It was incredibly inexpensive, with a special all-calls-for-one-low-price deal.
2. It was a nonprofit which donated all proceeds to proogressive causes!

What could be better for the guilt-ridden wannabe Luddite moonbat?

I was curious about this new company which I had never heard of before, and they told me the name at the time, but it slipped my mind, and I never looked into it.

Well, I just had another talk with this person, and they were in shock! Because they got their first monthly bill from the company, and it was astronomical! Turns out the fine print tooketh away, and they didn't notice some detail about areas codes or whatever, and instead of their monthly cell phone bill being one low all-in-one price, it was multiple hundreds of dollars. Furthermore, the company was just re-selling and repackaging Sprint minutes. In other words, the company was a bait-and-switch scheme, not an real phone company.

But when the person showed me the actual physical bill that came in the mail, my eyes popped out of their sockets. Not at the amount of the bill (which was bad enough), but at the company logo/design at the top of the bill. Can you guess what it was? Ready?

The Abu Ghraib hooded prisoner!

It was, like, the logo of the company! (At least on their bills.) As if the Abu Ghraib hooded man summed up the entire moonbat belief system.

This time I noted the name of the company, and just this minute looked up who they donate the profits to. And here's the list:

Credo Mobile: This year's causes.

Included on the list are:

Iraq Veterans Against the War
AlterNet
Media Matters
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Rock the Vote
...and any number of predictable leftist groups.

While in general I support any scheme which separates a foolish moonbat from his money, in this instance the money is being scammed out of unwitting sucker moonbats and given to...other moonbats?!?!

Like I said, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Having been apprised of the details, what emotion do you think I should have about this?

Zombie -

Schadenfreude sounds like a good start in this case. That is all.

-S-

re: #65 zombie

And, at the end of the day, it's gullible fools like "the person close to me" mentioned in my original comment #15 above who are footing the bill, either out of naivité or Hoffer-esque True-Believerdom.

Yes, Eric Hoffer a longshoreman who understood human nature and practical to boot!

re: #15 zombie

No no no, everyone has this wrong. There is clearly only one way to deal with this.
1) Draw up a list of everyone you know who fell for this scam
2) Sell the list to every direct mail outlet and dodgy front group you can find.
Such people are a valuable asset. Just ask yourself WWBD? What Would Blago Do?

re: #180 lifeofthemind

ROFLMAO FUNNY

re: #180 lifeofthemind

Hmmmm, you remind me of that cartoon picture of a mouse/rat caught in a trap and all his buddies lined up behind him. I bet you would be the one off to the side selling numbers. :)

re: #182 BlueCanuck The caught mouse isn't a he and I wouldn't say those are her buddies lining up.

re: #183 Rustler

Yeah, well. Some of my past "buddies" were like that. :p

re: #164 Flavia

And now, he's been quoted as openly saying he sides with Israel over this:

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

That's just a rehashing of an old statement made in Sderot.

No reason to believe it, or any other Obama pronouncement, is valid after 30 seconds.

re: #164 Flavia

Does anyone else remember Obama saying "Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel (WTTE)", only to disavow it after the Arab groups started screeching? I know I remember it because I had a heart-stopping moment of "Oh my G-D! I just may have to vote for this guy!" I mean, that's just the sort of President every country needs - someone who knows how to talk to terrorists. Naturally, when he reneged on it, my disgust & disappointment knew no bounds.

But when he picked Hillary for SoS, I had an inkling of that one brief, shining moment - after all, who else among the Democrats has placed the blame for the ME squarely on the shoulders of the PLO (et al)? Who else knows better the frustration her husband had with Arafat at Wye?

And now, he's been quoted as openly saying he sides with Israel over this:

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

The only reason I am not ready to throw my cap over the windmill just yet is because he's a politician. He's got 4 years to get through, & to get re-elected. He may not be able to win over enough centrists & rightists to make up for all the leftists he's going to lose with this sort of stance; he's almost certainly going to have to moderate it somehow, & I am not looking for ward to that.

Obama in a political predator recently living with an entire colony of predators who is now in your neighborhood and leaving you little "gifts" on your doorstep. Rule: never accept what looks like a gift from a political predator - you will regret it - he does not have your best interests at heart - only his own.

re: #185 alexknyc

That's just a rehashing of an old statement made in Sderot.

No reason to believe it, or any other Obama pronouncement, is valid after 30 seconds.

Obama using Political Predator-speak

re: #186 DistantThunder

Obama in IS a political predator recently living with an entire colony of predators who is now in your neighborhood and leaving you little "gifts" on your doorstep. Rule: never accept what looks like a gift from a political predator - you will regret it - Obama does not have your best interests at heart - only his own.

Good morning from Illinois, where our Governors make the license plates.

And the place that Obama is quickly developing amnesia about.

Word out of the State capital is that Blago is likely to be impeached by the end of the week.

And the Fed's want to talk to Blago's brother.

Feds want to have a talk with Blagojevich's brother

The federal corruption probe that has shone a national spotlight on Gov. Blagojevich now has his brother -- who chairs his campaign fund -- increasingly under the microscope.

Law enforcement authorities, who are sifting through thousands of tape recordings in the case, have shown interest in talking with Robert Blagojevich, not only about the governor, but other aspects of the investigation, the Sun-Times has learned.

However. Robert Blago is not interesting in having that conversation.

Asked whether the former U.S. Army commander would sit down with prosecutors, Robert Blagojevich's lawyer, Michael Ettinger, said his client isn't game.

"Would he cooperate and talk to the government?" Ettinger said. "Not a prayer."

Robert Blagojevich took over the Friends of Blagojevich campaign fund in August, making about $12,500 a month to manage it.

Defense lawyers say they expect the Friends of Blagojevich fund to be indicted as part of the investigation. Prosecutors have moved to freeze the campaign money but may allow some defense lawyers to tap it for retainers, sources said.

Robert Blagojevich has been captured on more than 30 recordings and is referred to as "Fundraiser A" in the criminal complaint. In one conversation concerning filling the U.S. Senate seat, the governor allegedly tells his brother to send word to an emissary for U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. that the governor wanted an upfront contribution in exchange for the appointment, according to charges.

Talk about keeping the business all in the family

Yoch - how are "things" going for you...?

Unfortunately, for the 52% sheep we have living here, perception is reality.

re: #189 3 wood

Good morning from Illinois, where our Governors make the license plates.

And the place that Obama is quickly developing amnesia about.

Word out of the State capital is that Blago is likely to be impeached by the end of the week.

And the Fed's want to talk to Blago's brother.

Feds want to have a talk with Blagojevich's brother

Talk about keeping the business all in the family

His lawyer says they can't impeach him without a proceeding, and they can't do that without the tapes. It's all speculation and heresay according to his lawyer.

re: #140 shanec99

No he is the dude who made a raft from his dad's cherry tree and used it to sail from the Potomac to California where he beat the Hessians in a boxing match one Christmas morning. What's wrong with you, dont you read anything.

--And if he saw his shadow on his birthday, there were 6 more weeks of bad weather that winter?

Yep. I know the dude. Went to school with him.
.

re: #189 3 wood

Good morning from Illinois, where our Governors make the license plates.

And the place that Obama is quickly developing amnesia about.

Word out of the State capital is that Blago is likely to be impeached by the end of the week.

And the Fed's want to talk to Blago's brother.

Feds want to have a talk with Blagojevich's brother

Talk about keeping the business all in the family

Blago's wife was paid a commission on the Obama/Rezko land deal I heard one Chicago pol saying.

re: #189 3 wood

Mornin' Wood. Went 1-3 this weekend. Glad I'm not a betting man.

Wyatt's going to be pissed!

re: #189 3 wood

I have been fascinated over the past several weeks reading and hearing every MSM story stating "Obama, a Hawaii native,,,,,,"
Now ,, to cut them some slack, he has been vacationing there during that timeframe, but I never EVER saw anything similar with any other President to be (and I've seen each one since Ike)

Freaking Cardinals win a play-off game. What's next? Locusts?

re: #197 sattv4u2

I have been fascinated over the past several weeks reading and hearing every MSM story stating "Obama, a Hawaii native,,,,,,"
Now ,, to cut them some slack, he has been vacationing there during that timeframe, but I never EVER saw anything similar with any other President to be (and I've seen each one since Ike)

I know at least one state is passing legislation saying that any candidate for president in the future will have to present his/her birth certificate. Maybe that would complicate his re-election.

&#9834 &#9836 Good morning, {lizards!}

I've been at work for an hour now and it's still dark outside (07:23).

Oh, and it's Day 27 of the transit strike ...

re: #186 DistantThunder

Obama in a political predator recently living with an entire colony of predators who is now in your neighborhood and leaving you little "gifts" on your doorstep. Rule: never accept what looks like a gift from a political predator - you will regret it - he does not have your best interests at heart - only his own.

Is that like when you answer your door and someone left a burning paper bag on the step? You stomp out the fire, and too late realize what the prankster put in the bag....

Didn't smell like a barbecue. Not at all.
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re: #200 Miss Trixie

♪ ♬ Good morning, {lizards!}

I've been at work for an hour now and it's still dark outside (07:23).

Oh, and it's Day 27 of the transit strike ...

Government loves for people to depend upon a monopoly - then they strike because they know they have the people over a barrel.

re: #199 DistantThunder

I know at least one state is passing legislation saying that any candidate for president in the future will have to present his/her birth certificate. Maybe that would complicate his re-election.

Thats not why I mentioned the Hawaii thing. It's the MSM distancing Obama from ANY Chicago (therefore Blago) connection.

I have never had any use for the birth certif "controversy".

re: #200 Miss Trixie

♪ ♬ Good morning, {lizards!}

I've been at work for an hour now and it's still dark outside (07:23).

Oh, and it's Day 27 of the transit strike ...

Good morning, Trixie! It's 3:25 am here in Anchorage, and the outside thermometer says -22 degrees Fahrenheit. I love it.
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re: #200 Miss Trixie

Morning Miss Trixie. Any frozen stuff up your way yesterday? In regards to the strike, the city should pull a R. Reagen.

re: #201 Tamron Where do you think the pranksters learned it. Problem is once you step in the POlitical Predators laevings you can't easily shake it or rinse it off.

re: #201 Tamron

Is that like when you answer your door and someone left a burning paper bag on the step? You stomp out the fire, and too late realize what the prankster put in the bag....

Didn't smell like a barbecue. Not at all.
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More like poison candy - looks and tastes really good, but it is deadly.

re: #202 DistantThunder

Government loves for people to depend upon a monopoly - then they strike because they know they have the people over a barrel.

Here in New York, we have the Taylor Law to deal with that BS.

re: #204 Tamron

I've always wanted to go to Alaska. I just want to see it before I die. So there's no hurry.

re: #182 BlueCanuck

Hmmmm, you remind me of that cartoon picture of a mouse/rat caught in a trap and all his buddies lined up behind him. I bet you would be the one off to the side selling numbers. :)

Remember the bicycle salesman in Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid? The honest sheriff tries to gather a posse and then the salesman steps up to work the crowd. No reason to let them go to waste.

re: #209 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I've always wanted to go to Alaska. I just want to see it before I die. So there's no hurry.

While Palin is there lighting up the landscape, and kicking the political manure to the curb.

re: #209 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I've always wanted to go to Alaska. I just want to see it before I die. So there's no hurry.

Kinda like, it's on your Bucket List?
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Well I am outta here. Relief is here, and I can barely keep my eyes or head up. See you all tomorrow/tonight. Stay warm and scaly.

Sasha and Malia Obama are role models for the nation's children? Oh, good grief, Fox. Get a grip. They're little girls.

Obama might show up at the inauguration running down the aisle with a posse of cops and prosecutors chasing him. Can you see him grabbing the podium like he was sliding into home plate while screaming "Sanctuary?"

re: #212 Tamron

Nah. It pretty much is my bucket list.

In market news, the futures are basically flat, the Nikkei was up 2% and the Hang Seng was up 3.46% overnight.

Several comments about the market to bear in mind:

1. More bad news about unemployment, business failures and the like are on the way, but there is a growing sense on Wall Street that this is pretty much priced in already and that risk is now being accurately perceived. The market sort of forgot about the concept of risk in the past few years.

2. This means that the market bottom has likely been reached. That does not mean that we will not rise and then fall back to the bottom, but that absent a major further negative change, the bottom has likely been reached.

3. The investors return back to the market today in full force, including the short sellers who have been mainly absent for the past several weeks, while the market rose. They will probably short sell again to take profits out of the recent rise, but those efforts to pound the stock prices are likely to be fairly short lived.

4. A lot of stock got sold in the last few days of 2008 to lock in losses for tax purposes. That motivation to sell is now over.

5. But also bear in mind that billions upon billions of dollars in cash are sitting on the sidelines earning little if any yield, equal to about 80% of the capitalization of the market at the moment. As it becomes clear that a positive risk adjusted yield is available in the market, that cash will start to flow back into the market in search of those yields.

6. The year end numbers have now been locked in for the banks, so they can now start releasing the cash they have been sitting on the last month or two and making loans.

7. Look for Obama to spend at least another trillion on "stimulus" stuff including nationalized health care. Everything they want to do will get labeled a stimulus step.

8. Look for the slobbering MSM to give Obama credit for the wind blowing and the sun coming up once he is sworn in. A month from now you will be reading stories about ow the economy s not all that bad and what a miracle worker Obama is.

re: #202 DistantThunder

Government loves for people to depend upon a monopoly - then they strike because they know they have the people over a barrel.

What this boils down to is the union president, the smarmy Andre Cornelier, wants to cause as much grief as possible and he wouldn't let the members vote on the City's latest and very generou offer. The ATU had been without a contract since April last and purposely waited until the Christmas holidays to strike. He said he wanted to inconvenience as many people as possible.

Now the Minister of Labor, Rona Ambrose, has decreed that the members MUST vote on the offer and we'll see what they decide next Thursday. Keep in mind the union thugs have an "Information Arm-Twisting Session" later today for its members before they vote.

Tamron

Good morning, Trixie! It's 3:25 am here in Anchorage, and the outside thermometer says -22 degrees Fahrenheit. I love it.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Don't you just love the Northern Lights?

Hey - can you see Russia from your house? :D

Blue

Morning Miss Trixie. Any frozen stuff up your way yesterday? In regards to the strike, the city should pull a R. Reagen.

Morning! That would be great - however - they are on a legal strike so no can do. We'll just have to wait for the vote.

No white schtuff yet but expected this week ... dogdangitall ...

re: #209 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I've always wanted to go to Alaska. I just want to see it before I die. So there's no hurry.

my advice , DO IT! I took the cruise. AMAZING

re: #216 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Nah. It pretty much is my bucket list.

Speaking of movies, has anyone seen Gran Torino?

re: #214 MandyManners

C'mon Mandy. Neither one of them have carved the path of destruction that those Bush girls carved.

Either one of the Obama daughters been arrested for fake id's? NO. The Obama's are certainly proven to be better parents then.

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re: #218 Miss Trixie

Love the polar bear!

Gotta' go get some blood into my caffeine stream.

re: #221 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

This mama bear is about to go wake her cub.

re: #193 DistantThunder

His lawyer says they can't impeach him without a proceeding, and they can't do that without the tapes. It's all speculation and heresay according to his lawyer.

The problem for Blago's lawyer is he does not get to set up the process.

They are going to impeach Blago. That you can take to the bank. Then Blago can go fight it in court.

The Dem's in Illinois want to get this off the front pages ASAP cause they are scared to death that a Republican might actually get elected to something around here eventually if they do not.

By the way, appointee Roland Burris is heading to Washington today to confront the Senate for his seat in the continuing Illinois political freak show.

re: #195 DistantThunder

Blago's wife was paid a commission on the Obama/Rezko land deal I heard one Chicago pol saying.

That, plus she was making lots of commissions on deals she had little to do with.

Blago's kids' were also getting thousands of dollars in cash birthday presents from people looking for State jobs, and got them after the check cleared.

It's a sewer.

re: #84 G.W.

Pally-wood returns!

Take a look at the following image. Now take a look at this one. Same baby girl! Once dressed, once undressed? How many times is she getting carried into a "Gaza hospital"? And if she is getting carried dressed by pretty calmed adults, how come they are hysterical later once she is undressed and has probably already received treatment?

In the undressed photo, it appears that the child has certainly already received treatment. Note the apparent IV line with the gauze bandage on the the child's right arm. In that photo, the child seems to still be conscious, despite the closed eyes, because she's playing with the "IV/bandage". In neither case, you'll note, does the child appear to be reacting to the apparent severity of her injuries. In the dressed photo, she seems alert and perhaps a little apprehensive, but doesn't appear to be reacting to what looks like in the later photo to be extremely painful injuries, especially considering that the clothing would be in direct contact with them, as would the pressure from being carried like an ordinary uninjured child. Why isn't she crying or screaming?

re: #224 3 wood

The problem for Blago's lawyer is he does not get to set up the process.

They are going to impeach Blago. That you can take to the bank. Then Blago can go fight it in court.

The Dem's in Illinois want to get this off the front pages ASAP cause they are scared to death that a Republican might actually get elected to something around here eventually if they do not.

By the way, appointee Roland Burris is heading to Washington today to confront the Senate for his seat in the continuing Illinois political freak show.

Won't happen. The old adage about a pol being caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy was pretty much tossed into the trash bin of history thanks to my hometown heros, Ted Kennedy and Barney Frank!

re: #196 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Mornin' Wood. Went 1-3 this weekend. Glad I'm not a betting man.

Wyatt's going to be pissed!

It was amazing to watch the Vikings turn McNabb into Johnny Unitas yesterday.

re: #222 MandyManners

Love the polar bear!

Gotta' go get some blood into my caffeine stream.

Thanks - I thought he'd make a good avatar too.

re: #224 3 wood

That you can take to the bank.

Why would you want to take anything to the bank? Fat lot of good that cardboard box does anybody.

Waiting for Fat Sal who operates out of the back of a car, collections dep't. in the trunk, to put up a sign "The Respectable Alternative."

re: #217 3 wood
You are a modern day Nostradamus !
You did notice the 60% decline in gas prices after Nov 4th all due to the big 0

re: #217 3 wood

Several comments about the market to bear in mind:

Good one. :D

re: #226 Dar ul Harb

I wonder if there's any video of this scene?

re: #232 Spare O'Lake

Several comments about the market to bear in mind:

Good one. :D

I was wondering if anyone would catch that.

My wife keeps saying my sense of humor is too subtle.

re: #231 ThinkRight

You are a modern day Nostradamus !
You did notice the 60% decline in gas prices after Nov 4th all due to the big 0

Of course.

Also interest rates are lower now due to him, and the market went up 5% in the past 2 weeks due to him too.

Any bad news though is Bush's fault.

re: #234 3 wood

I was wondering if anyone would catch that.

My wife keeps saying my sense of humor is too subtle.

At least yours says you have one. When we're out, and people around me are laughing hysterically over some observation I made, my wife sits by stoically, then in the car on the way home she reminds me "you're not funny, you know"

Got to run to work. Later.

re: #236 sattv4u2

At least yours says you have one. When we're out, and people around me are laughing hysterically over some observation I made, my wife sits by stoically, then in the car on the way home she reminds me "you're not funny, you know"

Oh, one of those...but I bet she can sure cook./

re: #238 Spare O'Lake

Oh, one of those...but I bet she can sure cook./

HAHAHAHAHA ,,,, She makes a mean frozen pizza. She can also whip up leftovers (that I made from scratch) in the microwave like nobody you've ever seen!

G 'day from Down Under to {everyone}

We're having a heatwave here, and I notice Crux, my fellow Sydneysider here doesn't fancy the heat but I'm very happy - it's summer!

Last summer was so mild, it felt as if we'd gone from spring to autumn without stopping for summer.......

Reality... Mark Steyn wrote several times of the differences between Churchill and Hitler, especially Churchill's WILLING ACCEPTANCE of Reality, no matter how ugly it was at the time, compared to Hitler's WILLFUL DENIAL of Reality, being chauffered around in a limo with the SHADES DRAWN, and eventually going to HIDE in his bunker...

...and in both cases, whether they believed or not, the Reality REMAINED no matter who tried to wish it away... too bad, Schickelgruber!

re: #229 Miss Trixie

Thanks - I thought he'd make a good avatar too.

Hi {darls} goodness, you're at work so early!

That strike is STILL going on? Unbelievable - the public transport commuters of Ottawa must be very patient indeed

I noticed on CNN this morning the Israeli persecution of Palestinins continues. Good for Israel allthough I hate hearing self defense refered to as persecution.

Good morning from ethically challenged Illinois.
Our new Junior Senator is on his way to rumble with Harry Reid tomorrow.
Should have lots of humor.

re: #235 3 wood

Of course.

Also interest rates are lower now due to him, and the market went up 5% in the past 2 weeks due to him too.

Any bad news though is Bush's fault.

I've noticed my water turning into wine, lately. The dishwasher is a mess.

re: #242 aussiemagpie

Earlier someone mentioned the firing of the Air Traffic Controllers, was my original "I love this guy!" moment.

re: #243 Rustler

I noticed on CNN this morning the Israeli persecution of Palestinins continues. Good for Israel allthough I hate hearing self defense refered to as persecution.

send them an e-mail stating that you will agree with their story 100% if they change one word. Take out PERSECUTION and make it PROSECUTION!

(not that any of their editors or stringers would know the difference)

re: #244 opnion

Good morning from ethically challenged Illinois.
Our new Junior Senator is on his way to rumble with Harry Reid tomorrow.
Should have lots of humor.

Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll cancel each other out.

re: #246 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Earlier someone mentioned the firing of the Air Traffic Controllers, was my original "I love this guy!" moment.

Hi there, on this thread? :-)

re: #244 opnion