GO CARDS!

Has FEMA made it to Kentucky yet?

Here is to the strength needed by goddessoftheclassroom to deal with her 17yo. May the lizards thoughts and prayers help her.

Baby needs a new pair o' shoes, boys and girls.

Buy F tomorrow. :D

Posted this on the overnight thread -

CAIR being sued by Muslims - accused of immigration fraud.

Former clients of [ CAIR ] are suing it for fraud. The Muslims say CAIR, which claims to be an advocate for Muslim rights, extorted thousands of dollars from them in a scam in which CAIR said it would help them get U.S. citizenship.

According to the federal lawsuit, CAIR directed an unlicensed lawyer to handle their immigration cases. The phony lawyer shook them down for their life savings and bungled their paperwork. When the victims said they would go to the media, the suit charges, CAIR's board threatened to sue them and forced them to sign releases.

It doesn't matter who loses in the Super Bowl...the MSM will crown them the winner...like they have done with Hamas.

re: #3 CyanSnowHawk

Here is to the strength needed by goddessoftheclassroom to deal with her 17yo. May the lizards thoughts and prayers help her.

Is it bad? Hope not, too bad.

re: #4 Boogberg

Baby needs a new pair o' shoes, boys and girls.

Buy F tomorrow. :D

What is up at Ford? Haven't been tracking the auto sector (except for all the screaming in the papers).

Beautiful day here today ...first day I have had the doors open ... come on Spring! ...Go Cards ...don't know the first thing about them as a team but The One is for Steelers so I am for the Cards ...plus I like the quarterback story ...(sorry LGF Steeler fans) ...

re: #9 JacksonTn

I want Arizona to win as well, but I see the Steelers taking it, 27-10.

I got 3 and 8 for the AFC and 4 and 1 for the NFC. Not bad for my two boxes.

re: #3 CyanSnowHawk

Here is to the strength needed by goddessoftheclassroom to deal with her 17yo. May the lizards thoughts and prayers help her.

Lizards thoughts and prayers are exceedingly strong and helpful, and thats the truth.

{Goddess}

re: #1 phoenixgirl

GO CARDS!

Yes! There will be an 86 year old man watching, Charlie Trippi.
He played for the Chicago Cardinals from 1947 until 1956.
He was part of the 'Dream Backfield" that won the NFL Championship in 1947. The Great Jim Thorpe who was a Cardinal described Trippi as 'The best football player that I have ever seen"
I hope that he is at the Super Bowl & I hope that the Cards win for Trippi & my father.

Obama is backing the Steelers. Go cards.

Much like the others here, I think Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald are both good stories, and the resultant drama of their winning would be a big deal, but Pittsburgh looks so solid that I can't pick the Cards. I'll root for them, but I wouldn't bet on them.

Fact: Barack Obama can hear the sound of one hand clapping.

If any of you have rewards certificates from a major electronics retailer currently in the liquidation process, don't waste your time standing in the checkout line. Despite the January 30, 2209 FAQs saying the store will honor the certificates, I was not allowed to redeem mine.

re: #16 Pooncakes, hero of Zion

Fact: Barack Obama can hear the sound of one hand clapping.

Fact: Barack Obama enjoys handjobs from lobsters.

PFFFT! Sports.

re: #8 karmic_inquisitor

What is up at Ford? Haven't been tracking the auto sector (except for all the screaming in the papers).

It seems to be a big deal that they don't need a gov't lifeline (yet). Possible long term investment? At $2, the price is right.

Local grocery store has an altar to The Obama. Books, magazines and other carbon positive dreck. Blecch.

Fact: Michelle Obama is 1/4 Klingon.

re: #7 DistantThunder

Is it bad? Hope not, too bad.

What little info we have on the situation it sounds bad, real bad.

The most important number for today's game is how much weight has Keith Olbermann gained since the Republican Convention, which he hid from like a child. I have 33 pounds.

re: #18 NYCHardhat

Fact:
"You've got to break a few eggs to make a power omelette."
[Link: arewelumberjacks.blogspot.com...]

re: #21 vagabond trader

Local grocery store has an altar to The Obama. Books, magazines and other carbon positive dreck. Blecch.

I look for those things so I can knock them over.

re: #22 Pooncakes, hero of Zion

Fact: Michelle Obama is 1/4 Klingon.

LMAO!

re: #23 FurryOldGuyJeans

What little info we have on the situation it sounds bad, real bad.

: ( (((goddess)))

Is there some kind of football game on today or something?

re: #22 Pooncakes, hero of Zion

Fact: Michelle Obama is 1/4 Klingon.

And 100% whiney.

re: #6 jorline

It doesn't matter who loses in the Super Bowl...the MSM will crown them the winner...like they have done with Hamas.

when the NFL goes down I'll kill myself...life as we know it will not be worth living...

re: #21 vagabond trader

Local grocery store has an altar to The Obama. Books, magazines and other carbon positive dreck. Blecch.

So does my boss. I have to be really careful to look just at him when I walk in.

re: #7 DistantThunder

Is it bad? Hope not, too bad.

Goddess asked for prayers for strength at the end of the last thread, that is all I know.

re: #29 Charles

Is there some kind of football game on today or something?

Don't ask me about such stuff. I am not an athletic supporter by any stretch of the imagination.

re: #22 Pooncakes, hero of Zion

Only 1/4?

re: #29 Charles

Is there some kind of football game on today or something?

I was wondering about that myself.

re: #14 DistantThunder

Obama is backing the Steelers. Go cards.

and if the Steelers lose he will praise them and ignore the Cards...I hate that guy

re: #29 Charles

Is there some kind of football game on today or something?

Who cares? Two weeks until pitchers and catchers report to spring training.

re: #34 FurryOldGuyJeans

It's amazing how much money you can save by not buying tickets or betting on games.

re: #22 Pooncakes, hero of Zion

Fact: Michelle Obama is 1/4 Klingon.

But she has the honor of Lursa and Beytor.

re: #35 abu bin squid

She has a full head of hair and speaks our puny hoooman languages.

re: #29 Charles

Is there some kind of football game on today or something?

no..go back to sleep weedhoppa

Who's doing the halftime show this year?

re: #39 jaunte

It's amazing how much money you can save by not buying tickets or betting on games.

I wish I had the money that I would be saving. ;)

tomorrow is groundhogs day

tomorrow is groundhogs day

tomorrow is groundhogs day

re: #38 NYCHardhat
pitchers and catchers report

I love those 4 words. Hate the 2 months till games matter.

re: #29 Charles

Is there some kind of football game on today or something?

All i heard is that Kieth Olbermann is expected to have a big audience today.

Which gives me the perfect opportunity to paint the Family Room.

re: #22 Pooncakes, hero of Zion

P'chag!

Hopin hopin
Bo bopin
Banana fanana
Fo fopin
Me my mo mopin
Hopin

re: #43 Boogberg

Who's doing the halftime show this year?

Oprah

re: #32 pink freud

Met a nice older lady standing in line at another store and out of her mouth comes grumbling about the ridiculous adulation, etc. She even noted that when Jefferson took the oath he turned around and walked home for dinner.lol, this was in Peoples Republic of MA and I did not even initiate the conversation.HOPE!

re: #38 NYCHardhat

Who cares? Two weeks until pitchers and catchers report to spring training.

BOOO!...HISSS!

re: #38 NYCHardhat

Who cares? Two weeks until pitchers and catchers report to spring training.

well i care about the game and the pitchers and catchers reporting!

re: #43 Boogberg

Who's doing the halftime show this year?

commie Bruce the Boss

re: #45 rain of lead

tomorrow is groundhogs day

tomorrow is groundhogs day

tomorrow is groundhogs day

4 more years of Conservative winter, eh?

re: #43 Boogberg

Who's doing the halftime show this year?

springstein...yuck imho

re: #50 NYCHardhat

no wardrobe malfunction please

re: #56 phoenixgirl

springstein...yuck imho

Blech.

I just happen to glance over at the New York Times site - and low and behold middle column 1/2 way down it says:

TALK TO THE NEWSROOM
Bill Keller
The executive editor will answer questions from readers this week.

Clicking on the link on the NYT's page gives you a blank personal email straight to Billy.

Could be interesting...

re: #53 phoenixgirl

well i care about the game and the pitchers and catchers reporting!

Out in Phoenix you have a crap load of teams during spring training. Any idea of how many?

re: #47 karmic_inquisitor

All i heard is that Kieth Olbermann is expected to have a big audience today.

Which gives me the perfect opportunity to paint the Family Room.

He has to do football to get ANY audience.

re: #40 CyanSnowHawk

But she has the honor of Lursa and Beytor.

They had nice tits in the 80's. Probably all saggy now. :D

re: #57 Ojoe

no wardrobe malfunction please

She will just cry her eye-lashes off for The One.

re: #57 Ojoe

and we don't want anyone choking on pretzels at the WH.

Hey does anyone have a laptop with one of the new centrino mobile quad core processors? They look so dericious I just may buy a new alienware.

re: #32 pink freud

So does my boss. I have to be really careful to look just at him when I walk in.

I used to work for a really nice guy who had a picture of himself with Bill Clinton on his desk. I would tease him about it, and he'd tease me about being a conservative, and we got along fine. Somehow I don't see that happening with Obamatons. I never thought I'd look back on the Clinton years as a time of bipartisan harmony.

re: #52 albusteve

BOOO!...HISSS!

re: #53 phoenixgirl

well i care about the game and the pitchers and catchers reporting!

Oh c'mon, I just like baseball more.

re: #56 phoenixgirl

springstein...yuck imho

he is a piece of shit

re: #45 rain of lead

tomorrow is groundhogs day

tomorrow is groundhogs day

tomorrow is groundhogs day

Did you know that Canada's version is performed by an albino groundhog named Wiarton Willie?

re: #19 FurryOldGuyJeans

PFFFT! Sports.

Heh - sports rules!

Here is a nice photo for Lizardesses to enjoy!

Oh - and the nice chap with the cup in his hand, the one in the red shirt, thats our captain!

re: #58 CynicalConservative

some good songs though ...

"The girls comb their hair in the rearview mirrors
And the boys try and look so hard" ...

Brilliant lines

Olberman/Springsteen/Obama

That ain't football. It is just more state propaganda fellow citizens.

Off to paint.

re: #66 doppelganglander

I even recall BJ as more fiscally conservative than W and The Obama combined. Sad.

re: #61 FurryOldGuyJeans

He has to do football to get ANY audience.

How I wish that were true.

re: #67 NYCHardhat

Oh c'mon, I just like baseball more.

not today hardhead...go fetch the pretzels

re: #43 Boogberg

Who's doing the halftime show this year?

Bruce - gag.

this year, i'm rooting for the commercials

re: #73 vagabond trader

I even recall BJ as more fiscally conservative than W and The Obama combined. Sad.

Wasn't that because of Newt?

re: #70 yma o hyd

Ummm, Welshmen in shorts. ***looks around*** Don't tell my hubby.

re: #16 Pooncakes, hero of Zion

Fact: Barack Obama can hear the sound of one hand clapping.

[Link: bestobamafacts.com...]

re: #75 albusteve

not today hardhead...go fetch the pretzels

Fuck the pretzels, I have the beer.

re: #29 Charles

Is there some kind of football game on today or something?

Nothing important - the best tournament in the World starts on Saturday!

(Hides quickly beind the sofa ...)

Uh oh. What has Springsteen said to piss off sensible people?

re: #80 Fat Jolly Penguin

YES! This site is awesome! Maybe you could drop the link over on the NYT forums?

re: #83 Boogberg

Uh oh. What has Springsteen said to piss off sensible people?

Oh nothing. Just releasing an album exploiting 9/11.

re: #83 Boogberg

Uh oh. What has Springsteen said to piss off sensible people?

No politics here, just musical objection.

re: #66 doppelganglander

I used to work for a really nice guy who had a picture of himself with Bill Clinton on his desk. I would tease him about it, and he'd tease me about being a conservative, and we got along fine. Somehow I don't see that happening with Obamatons. I never thought I'd look back on the Clinton years as a time of bipartisan harmony.

We had to put out a memo in our company to stop all of the politics.
It was because the Obama people were being so obnoxious & aggresive it was becoming a hostile work environment.

re: #85 NYCHardhat

Oh nothing. Just releasing an album exploiting 9/11.

Didn't know that, but easy to add to the reasons for avoidance.

I refuse to watch the pre-game show even if Olberdouche isn't railing against President Bush.

re: #78 NYCHardhat

Wasn't that because of Newt?

WJC was on a par with W even before Newt. O is gaining new ground for hard-core Socialism, and could only be outdone by a Stalin, Mao, or Lenin.

We went to college with Steven Young and Jim McMahon. One day Mr DT asked me if I wanted to go to lunch with him and Steve. I passed. I said, I really don't think I'll find football talk that interesting.

Mr DT was the Athletics VP.

re: #66 doppelganglander

Since the election it's devolved into a no-man's land, topic-wise. His collection, however, grows by the day. Included are all the obligatory "Bush lied, people died" memes. They will probably grow yellow with age on his walls.

re: #81 NYCHardhat

Fuck the pretzels, I have the beer.

a good stout Belchanfartin?

re: #8 karmic_inquisitor

What is up at Ford? Haven't been tracking the auto sector (except for all the screaming in the papers).

Ford was several years into a long term recovery plan when the downturn hit. They were fortunate in that regard and have pretty much told the fed, "We would like to have the bailout available in case things get worse, but we don't need it right now."

I'm still wondering about some outrageous dealer markups I saw at Perry Ford in Poway on Fri. They had a Mustang GT500 KR and a Mustang GT Premium with better than $22k dealer markups. I didn't get a chance to ask why.

re: #79 vagabond trader

Ummm, Welshmen in shorts. ***looks around*** Don't tell my hubby.

Is only one Welshman - that good-looking chap in red.
The otheres are the Irish, Enlish, French, Italian and Scottish captains.
They want to take the cup away from us - we won't let them!

re: #86 CynicalConservative

No politics here, just musical objection.

Springsteen- didn't he do "Born in the USA?"

/Strange song title for someone who apparently doesn't like us much.

cheers

eon

re: #87 opnion

They are sooo in your face, it really is cultish.

re: #60 karmic_inquisitor

Out in Phoenix you have a crap load of teams during spring training. Any idea of how many?

giants, cubs, a's, mariners, padres, angels, indians, dodgers, diamondbacks, royals, whitesox, rangers, brewers rangers 14!

re: #83 Boogberg

Uh oh. What has Springsteen said to piss off sensible people?

everything

re: #71 Ojoe

some good songs though ...

"The girls comb their hair in the rearview mirrors
And the boys try and look so hard" ...

Brilliant lines

I wish Bruce would give up the populist posturing and go back to writing good songs. The other day he apologized for having an exclusive arrangement with Wal-Mart for his new album (which sucks anyway). I get so tired of well-off people criticizing Wal-Mart, which makes it possible for working people to get what they need at low prices. But you don't dare deviate from the orthodox left.

Sitting here staring at my old Cardinals helmet (2 pre-season games) and am hoping for a Cards win! GO CARDINALS!

re: #43 Boogberg

Who's doing the halftime show this year?

Pete Seeger has passed the torch to Springsteen ...he will be performing ...I wish Walmart shoppers (you know us rednecks) would throw cds at him ...

re: #87 opnion

We had to put out a memo in our company to stop all of the politics.
It was because the Obama people were being so obnoxious & aggresive it was becoming a hostile work environment.

Yeah, and how did Bill Clinton even redeem himself with liberals? He assaulted multiple women while in office, he pardoned a fugitive and multiple terrorists.

Now he's just fine by their standards. I think he was never out of favor.

re: #62 Boogberg

They had nice tits in the 80's. Probably all saggy now. :D

Maybe not, those Klingon uniforms seemed to offer good support, maybe helped them avoid the gravity storm.

re: #93 albusteve

a good stout Belchanfartin?

You ever see Beerfest?

re: #100 doppelganglander

I wish Bruce would give up the populist posturing and go back to writing good songs. The other day he apologized for having an exclusive arrangement with Wal-Mart for his new album (which sucks anyway). I get so tired of well-off people criticizing Wal-Mart, which makes it possible for working people to get what they need at low prices. But you don't dare deviate from the orthodox left.

i wonder if he regrets the money he made off the deal/

re: #96 eon

Springsteen- didn't he do "Born in the USA?"

/Strange song title for someone who apparently doesn't like us much.

cheers

eon

he also wrote 'Pink Cadillac'...an authentic Jersey shore sissy

re: #83 Boogberg

Uh oh. What has Springsteen said to piss off sensible people?

If you really listen to "Born in the USA", it is a protest song.

re: #96 eon

Springsteen- didn't he do "Born in the USA?"
/Strange song title for someone who apparently doesn't like us much.

When you read the lyrics, you can see his politics:

"Born down in a dead mans town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog thats been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a.
I was born in the u.s.a., born in the u.s.a.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the u.s..a...

re: #109 jaunte

When you read the lyrics, you can see his politics:

"Born down in a dead mans town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog thats been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a.
I was born in the u.s.a., born in the u.s.a.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the u.s..a...

Not to mention his music is AWFUL.

I hear Springsteen decided to put on a show for Al Qaeda operatives now that the War on Terror is over...

re: #109 jaunte

When you read the lyrics, you can see his politics:

"Born down in a dead mans town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog thats been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a.
I was born in the u.s.a., born in the u.s.a.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the u.s..a...

yep, never like the song and never liked him

re: #105 NYCHardhat

You ever see Beerfest?

no...what is it?

Not routing for the Steelers because the Rooney's are Obama supporters ? That's just silly... Besides say what you want but the Steelers offense is quite conservative...with the ball.

Steelers 34 Cardinals 14

re: #87 opnion

We had to put out a memo in our company to stop all of the politics.
It was because the Obama people were being so obnoxious & aggresive it was becoming a hostile work environment.

That's sad. At the last office where I worked full-time (2004), I had a Beanie Baby elephant wearing a "Vote Republican" button. One of my co-workers was also conservative, while our boss and two other co-workers were Democrats. Again, nothing but friendliness and harmony.

re: #100 doppelganglander

I wish Bruce would give up the populist posturing and go back to writing good songs. The other day he apologized for having an exclusive arrangement with Wal-Mart for his new album (which sucks anyway). I get so tired of well-off people criticizing Wal-Mart, which makes it possible for working people to get what they need at low prices. But you don't dare deviate from the orthodox left.

I caught that. Didn't hear him say tht he was willing to give back the proceeds from the Wal-Mart sales though.

re: #97 vagabond trader

They are sooo in your face, it really is cultish.

It is cultish & childish. They are sore winners.

re: #83 Boogberg

Uh oh. What has Springsteen said to piss off sensible people?

he lost me in '04 when he was shilling for the gigolo.
free concerts everywhere. yuk
it's never been the same for me.
leftie men are a turn off, even if they are talented.

Would everyone please sign this petition?
Thank you all so much!

Letter to the UN SECGEN

Take Hamas Leaders to International Trial

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re: #21 vagabond trader

Local grocery store has an altar to The Obama. Books, magazines and other carbon positive dreck. Blecch.

Mine, too! So much that it's impossible for me to turn all of the items so they're not facing front.

re: #114 NEPAConservative

Not routing for the Steelers because the Rooney's are Obama supporters ? That's just silly... Besides say what you want but the Steelers offense is quite conservative...with the ball.

Steelers 34 Cardinals 14

not gonna happen

Liberalsim is a mental illness - one psychiatrist asserts. Belief in perpetual childhood.

re: #117 opnion

Let's make them losers in 2012!

re: #112 phoenixgirl

I liked Born to Run, but it was 1975 and I was much "younger minded."

i bet bruce says something about our new president.

Anybody else see Collinsworth slap down Obermann after one of his "HE... MIGHT...GO...ALL...THE...WAY!" lines a couple of weeks ago? Something like "Stop shouting. Jeezz." like you would to a kid. Obermann didn't say a word for quite a while. Cracked me up!

re: #103 DistantThunder

If politics becomes too nasty, then people will want a strongman to stop the fighting and corruption. Hitler rode in on this, partially. We all have an obligation to remain civil.

re: #114 NEPAConservative

Not routing for the Steelers because the Rooney's are Obama supporters ? That's just silly... Besides say what you want but the Steelers offense is quite conservative...with the ball.

Steelers 34 Cardinals 14

Pish posh. Steelers 17 Cardinals 20. I wouldn't be surprised if it happens in overtime too.

re: #120 jemima

lol, will do that next time in.

re: #113 albusteve

no...what is it?

Only the most ridiculous movie.

re: #109 jaunte

I prefer Simon & Garfunkel's "My Little Town". Of course, I prefer Simon & Garfunkel, period.

cheers

eon

re: #125 phoenixgirl

i bet bruce says something about our new president.

and our former president.

Btw - that book about Charles Darwin's other writings I put in the books spin offs?

I got it yesterday, and it is delightful!
Cover Image here - enlarge it, its lovely!

re: #106 phoenixgirl

i wonder if he regrets the money he made off the deal/

Oh, hells no. And while he may have working-class roots, he lives now as if he's to the manor born. He's got a huge place in Rumson (one of the richest communities in New Jersey) and his teenage daughter competes in dressage. I don't begrudge him one nickel of it, but I do hate a phony.

re: #100 doppelganglander

Our views of Bruce's abilities differ. He could start to write good music, but has yet to, imo. Whiny victim crap with some annoying bell-like sounds .

As for his politics, he has to back away from Wal-Mart although the $$$ looked good when the deal was made. He could be appointed to a Cabinet position if he admitted to not paying taxes.

re: #119 pragmatist

Would everyone please sign this petition?
Thank you all so much!

Letter to the UN SECGEN

Take Hamas Leaders to International Trial

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Just did! Thanks!

Imagine Spot 1 - Super Bowl Ad NBC Rejected

/Go Cards! Fitzgerald is from the Twin Cities

re: #130 NYCHardhat

Only the most ridiculous movie.

beer movies are very rare...this may be the best one ever :)

I titled one of my books with a quote from a Springsteen song. Luckily the damn thing is out of print now.

re: #118 nyc redneck

he lost me in '04 when he was shilling for the gigolo.
free concerts everywhere. yuk
it's never been the same for me.
leftie men are a turn off, even if they are talented.

Springsteen sees himself as some kind of working class hero.
It is easy for wealthy people to disparage the middle class.
He came by his wealth honestly, fine, I just don't care about his politcs.
When he is interviewed he sounds like an idiot.

re: #88 CynicalConservative

Didn't know that, but easy to add to the reasons for avoidance.

Puke.

re: #2 gmsc

Has FEMA made it to Kentucky yet?

I don't know about Fema, but I know they called out the National Guard and they are hacking, sawing, bringing water and food. I got my power back two days ago

re: #94 CyanSnowHawk

Ford was several years into a long term recovery plan when the downturn hit. They were fortunate in that regard and have pretty much told the fed, "We would like to have the bailout available in case things get worse, but we don't need it right now."

I'm still wondering about some outrageous dealer markups I saw at Perry Ford in Poway on Fri. They had a Mustang GT500 KR and a Mustang GT Premium with better than $22k dealer markups. I didn't get a chance to ask why.

Weird - I was just listening in the garage yesterday to KCBQ. They had an auto radio show on with a couple local guys hosting it. They were talking to the guy who did some after market mods to that car. Apparently they stuffed it with some wild shit.

I haven't been down to any of the dealers yet. Need to buy a car (kid going off to school soon, so he can take one of our old ones). i hear now is the time but haven't dragged myself down. Seen any deals?

re: #131 eon

I prefer Simon & Garfunkel's "My Little Town". Of course, I prefer Simon & Garfunkel, period.

cheers

eon

"I am a rock!"

re: #137 twincitiesgirl

Imagine Spot 1 - Super Bowl Ad NBC Rejected

/Go Cards! Fitzgerald is from the Twin Cities

Did you read Sarah Palin's piece in the Star-Trib today?

re: #123 vagabond trader

Let's make them losers in 2012!

Word, true dat!

re: #142 utebell

Where the hell is Sean Penn?

re: #138 albusteve

beer movies are very rare...this may be the best one ever :)

Strangebrew [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #143 karmic_inquisitor

What happened to painting? :)

re: #145 n in wi

Did you read Sarah Palin's piece in the Star-Trib today?

No, I don't live there anymore, but will check it out.

re: #148 MacGiolaPhadraig

Strangebrew [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

oh gawd...spare me

re: #147 vagabond trader

probably taking a smoke break with O'blowme

UN admits that Israelis didn't hit Gaza UN school, after harshly criticizing it for doing so
from Jihad Watch by Robert

Will an apology be forthcoming? "UN Admits: IDF Didn't Hit School," by Maayana Miskin for Israel National News, February 1 (thanks to A.D.R.):

(IsraelNN.com) During the Cast Lead operation in Gaza, IDF tank fire near a United Nations school in Gaza was blamed for the deaths of dozens of civilians who had taken refuge in the building. The incident became one of the most highly publicized attacks in the war, and led to heavy international criticism.

Recent reports suggest that the incident was not accurately portrayed by senior U.N. officials. John Ging, the director of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, spoke to the Toronto Globe and Mail last week and agreed that no shell had actually struck the school building. Ging said he had never claimed that the school itself was hit, and he blamed Israel for confusion over where the strike took place.

Shortly after the alleged attack, Ging harshly criticized Israel for firing near the school, saying he had given the exact coordinates of the compound to the IDF. He charged that the IDF had failed to avoid hitting the building.

While admitting that Israeli fire had not hit the school compound, Ging insisted it made little difference. “Forty-one innocent people were killed in the street... The State of Israel still has to answer for that,” he said.

While many Israel news outlets reported that the strike had taken place near the school, several international media networks reported that the UN school building itself was hit. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs may have added to the confusion by releasing a report stating that Israeli fire “directly hit two UNRWA schools.”

Almost all reports said that the victims were primarily civilians who had fled to the school for shelter – a version of events cast into suspicion by the Globe and Mail report.

A teacher who was in the school at the time of the shelling reported that several people within the compound were injured, but that none were killed. Those killed were all outside in the street as the shells were fired, he said. Only three of those killed were students at the school, he added.

The teacher did not give his name, explaining that U.N .officials had told staff not to talk to the media.

The IDF responded to criticism over the attack by explaining that soldiers were simply responding to terrorist fire and did not mean to hit a civilian area.

re: #132 n in wi

and our former president.

According to something I read on Yahoo News, he's been warned that the Super Bowl is a non-political event. Apparently that's SOP, which would explain why U2's halftime show a few years ago was so good.

this week i've been mentioning the constant negativity coming from the O's hole.
to people i'm talking to, who love him.
i say, 'he needs to give us some positivity, at least a little mixed in w/ the perpetual doom and gloom.'
and their inevitable retort is 'give him a chance, it's only been bla bla.'
then i say, 'he doesn't need a CHANCE to offer something uplifting and encouraging to the american public. he just needs to DO IT.'

no one has tried to refute this.
they hang their heads and agree.

re: #38 NYCHardhat

Who cares? Two weeks until pitchers and catchers report to spring training.

Spring starts in two weeks? My calendar must be broken again. Damn Mayans and their cheap calendars.

re: #147 vagabond trader

Where the hell is Sean Penn?

You see, even as the levies in N.O. were deliberately dynamited to flood the area, so, too, did THEY down the power lines intentionally. And, riffing off Kanye West, "Barry O don't like white people."

I'm sure we'll be hearing about this any minute now.

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bbl, barbequed Thai burgers and baked steak fries await.

re: #143 karmic_inquisitor

Weird - I was just listening in the garage yesterday to KCBQ. They had an auto radio show on with a couple local guys hosting it. They were talking to the guy who did some after market mods to that car. Apparently they stuffed it with some wild shit.

I haven't been down to any of the dealers yet. Need to buy a car (kid going off to school soon, so he can take one of our old ones). i hear now is the time but haven't dragged myself down. Seen any deals?

I was just there for a minute to schedule a time for a recall fix on my Escape, didn't look around much, but the Mustangs caught my eye, as they always do.

re: #140 opnion

Springsteen sees himself as some kind of working class hero.
It is easy for wealthy people to disparage the middle class.
He came by his wealth honestly, fine, I just don't care about his politcs.
When he is interviewed he sounds like an idiot.

Oh, he is. As a former Jersey girl, I've known a few people who knew him back in the day. He spent a semester at community college and couldn't hack it. I loved everything he did up to "Born in the USA," and I still listen to the old stuff, but I guess he started believing his own hype.

When I was in college there was a guy down the hall that blasted Springstein music out of his dorm room. It was like the only think he listened to. The music was loud, the guy playing it a jerk. I used to wonder if he had any idea what the lyrics said or meant, considering where we were (RPI) and what it cost (a fortune).

It's been a rough winter here, and because we're all tired of snow, we've decided that we're not going to use the word "snow" for the rest of the year - we're going to call it "global warming". We got over a foot of "global warming" last week! We're supposed to get a dusting to an inch of "global warming" Tuesday!

V.

re: #145 n in wi

Did you read Sarah Palin's piece in the Star-Trib today?

Just did. She makes good points, as usual. The first few comments, though, read like they came from the Koskids. Not surprising, unfortunately.

/Who was it who said that "One does not 'fall into the habit' of making sense any more than one 'falls into the habit' of playing the violin"?

cheers

eon

re: #159 CyanSnowHawk

I was just there for a minute to schedule a time for a recall fix on my Escape, didn't look around much, but the Mustangs caught my eye, as they always do.

I rented a GT two summers ago and tooled around NM for a coupla days...very fast and tight to the road...terrific brakes...cruised nicely at 140 but I thought it was too uncomfortable and I didnt like the gauge set up at all...the whole interior was cheezy imo

re: #160 doppelganglander

Oh, he is. As a former Jersey girl, I've known a few people who knew him back in the day. He spent a semester at community college and couldn't hack it. I loved everything he did up to "Born in the USA," and I still listen to the old stuff, but I guess he started believing his own hype.

Thing is, I like his music. I don't think that he sings well, but it is commercial. He just sounds like a moron when he get's political.

re: #163 albusteve

I rented a GT two summers ago and tooled around NM for a coupla days...very fast and tight to the road...terrific brakes...cruised nicely at 140 but I thought it was too uncomfortable and I didnt like the gauge set up at all...the whole interior was cheezy imo

I bleed Ford blue. I almost cried when they took the T-Bird away.

re: #45 rain of lead

Funny how that movie changed our entire perception of Groundhog Day.

Also, I have a funeral tomorrow. Trying to not make the obvious joke.

Fact: The TF2 soldier's new weapons will be modeled after Obama. The rocket launcher will shoot unicorns, the shotgun will fire rainbows, and the shovel will be replaced by a handful of flowers.

re: #166 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I am sorry to hear about your plans for tomorrow, funerals suck

re: #142 utebell

I don't know about Fema, but I know they called out the National Guard and they are hacking, sawing, bringing water and food. I got my power back two days ago

FEMA.

Hey check this out, zoom into it and WOW

Check it out

re: #169 avanti

I don't need no damn satelite tower, I need drinkable water and about 400,000 need their power back on to listen to some damn radio. Obama partied while Kentucky froze. Well I guess we are just bitter clingers.

Portland, Maine Police Publish Poetry? What the frak is going on in the world?

re: #172 Wyatt Earp

Portland, Maine Police Publish Poetry? What the frak is going on in the world?

Well it's Portland, I remember it very well in the 70's and it ain't the same

re: #5 karmic_inquisitor

Posted this on the overnight thread -

CAIR being sued by Muslims - accused of immigration fraud.

Dewy, Cheatem, and Howe

TRADITION...OOOMPAH OOOMPA PA

re: #171 utebell

I don't need no damn satelite tower, I need drinkable water and about 400,000 need their power back on to listen to some damn radio. Obama partied while Kentucky froze. Well I guess we are just bitter clingers.

Presidential order #37:

Bitter clingers are on their own.

I won.

re: #9 JacksonTn Dang people...why all the Steeler hate? Just because the O said he was for them doesn't mean jackshit. For what it is worth...Sarah Palin was on TV with a ton of kids who all wanted the Steelers to win. Give me some love here.

re: #177 UberInfidel67

Dang people...why all the Steeler hate? Just because the O said he was for them doesn't mean jackshit. For what it is worth...Sarah Palin was on TV with a ton of kids who all wanted the Steelers to win. Give me some love here.

Uberinfidel67 ...I don't really care to be honest ...just letting off some ODS steam ...I do like the Cardinal quarterback story ...after the Titans lost I really do not have a dog in it ...

re: #178 JacksonTn
Plenty of ODS here too. During all the pregame bullshit, all you keep hearing about is the interview with the O. It's annying to say the least. To me, and many others, this is about football. Not the O. Grrr

My stimulus plan: give each member of congress $1 billion to go away AND NEVER COME BACK; use the rest of the trillion dollars to give everyone in America a two-month tax holiday. No state, local or federal income taxes or sales taxes for anyone.

re: #167 Happy Fun Ball

Change applies to the HL2 engine! I can only hope it result in HL3.

re: #29 Charles

Is there some kind of football game on today or something?

No, it's a collection of great beer commercials with some football action between them.