Thursday Midday Hopin’
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As afternoon rushes toward us like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist, here’s a midday open thread…
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Macker Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:00:06am |
Dang Charles. That’s as bad as “It was a dark and stormy night.”
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:00:20am |
a hot kiss at the end of a wet fist
LGF is getting kinky
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Peacekeeper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:00:52am |
Fish? Dogs? Roosters? What will be the pun du jour?
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Bloodnok Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:01:27am |
the hot kiss at the end of a “not yet unclenched” wet fist,
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yma o hyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:01:30am |
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:03:12am |
My assistant principal had to leave for a meeting. I’m supposed to be exploring various options using Delicious and wikipages.
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mean Gene Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:03:13am |
re: #8 yma o hyd
Interesting:
Devaluation threat to rouble: Russia props up banks with $40 billion
Just last night I read that Russia was NOT going to do just that!
You can’t count on commies, can you?
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Creeping Eruption Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:04:04am |
re: #11 mean Gene
Just last night I read that Russia was NOT going to do just that!
/I think it has to do with the time zones
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:04:07am |
As afternoon rushes toward us like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist
Charles, you sound like a dick.
And by that of course I mean a private detective.
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MJ Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:04:07am |
If you’re a male, what’s not to like about Islam?
Egyptian Cleric Galal Al-Khatib Explains
Wife-Beating in Islam
Galal Al-Khatib: “One of the husband’s rights is to discipline his wife if she is disobedient. What does the word ‘disobedience’ mean? Disobedience is to leave the house without the husband’s permission, to refuse to obey the husband in bed, to speak to the husband impolitely, or to do the opposite of what he likes. All these are forms of disobedience.
visit [Link: www.memritv.org…]
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yma o hyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:04:26am |
Teeheehee - not quite in Madoff’s league, but …:
Japanese businessman Kazutsugi Nami arrested for £1bn fraud
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CommonCents Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:04:36am |
re: #8 yma o hyd
Interesting:
Devaluation threat to rouble: Russia props up banks with $40 billion
rouble or rubble? You make the call.
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rightside Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:04:43am |
re: #10 goddessoftheclassroom
May I ask what you are doing with those pages?
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yma o hyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:05:39am |
re: #11 mean Gene
Just last night I read that Russia was NOT going to do just that!
You can’t count on commies, can you?
Not any more, no - must be the younger generation, they’ve stil got to learn …
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:05:43am |
re: #14 Occasional Reader
Charles, you sound like a dick.
And by that of course I mean a private detective.
We have a Bogey on the radar!
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karmic_inquisitor Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:06:17am |
Call your Senator.
The volume of calls makes them tremble.
Same thing made them cave of drilling last summer.
Call.
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redstateredneck Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:06:30am |
re: #10 goddessoftheclassroom
My assistant principal had to leave for a meeting. I’m supposed to be exploring various options using Delicious and wikipages.
Just tell her you’re consulting with your network of experts.
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Bloodnok Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:06:34am |
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Amer-I-Can Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:06:41am |
re: #15 MJ
If you’re a male, what’s not to like about Islam?
Egyptian Cleric Galal Al-Khatib Explains
Wife-Beating in IslamGalal Al-Khatib: “One of the husband’s rights is to discipline his wife if she is disobedient. What does the word ‘disobedience’ mean? Disobedience is to leave the house without the husband’s permission, to refuse to obey the husband in bed, to speak to the husband impolitely, or to do the opposite of what he likes. All these are forms of disobedience.
Dang, I’m in! All except that “discipline” part… my wife would just kick my ass and roll over in bed.
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CommonCents Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:06:46am |
This would have been apropos a couple threads ago with the muslim-on-muslim violence, but the WSJ Opinon page hits it on the head today with this…
‘She Had to Work Diligently’
There’s a curious omission in a New York Times report from Baghdad on the arrest of Samira Ahmed Jassim al-Azzawi, a quinquagenarian woman who goes by the nickname “Um Huda” (“mother of believers”) and who confessed to Iraqi police that she had recruited at least 28 female suicide bombers for al Qaeda:
Her remarks suggested that she had to work diligently to persuade women to become bombers, speaking to them many times.She also appeared to confirm what many military and intelligence officials had asserted: that insurgents prey on women in dire social and economic situations who are often suffering from emotional or psychological problems, or abuse.What does it mean, “she had to work diligently”? What the Times leaves out can be found in many other news accounts, such as this one from London’s Times:
She has apparently confessed to helping to organise the rape of young women. She would then play on the shame associated with victims of rape in Iraqi society to convince the women to become suicide bombers as their only means of escape, according to a prison interview with the Associated Press.The London paper notes that “it was not possible to verify independently the claims of using rape as a means to turn women into suicide attackers”—a fair disclaimer, but one that does not justify ignoring the claims altogether.
In any case, assuming the rape story is true, consider the many levels on which this is depraved. A Muslim woman is arranging for Muslim men to rape Muslim women in order to shame those Muslim women into committing suicide for the purpose of murdering other Muslim men, women and children. And all of this is done in the name of Islam.
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Taqyia2Me Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:07:06am |
Repost!
NEW WORD FOR YOUR VOCABULARY
Years ago when I sometimes used unsavory language, I often used the expression “Bull Sh**.” As I grew up a bit and discovered it was not necessary to use such crude language, that expression became “BS.”
Q. What did I really mean when I used those expressions?
A. I meant that something was ridiculous, idiotic, a half-truth, or just stupid. It covered any number or negative formats. The dictionary defines it as: nonsense; especially foolish insolent talk.
I have decided that I will no longer use either of those expressions in the future. When I have the need to express those feelings, I will use the word “Pelosi”.
Let me use it in a sentence. “That’s just a bunch of Pelosi.” I encourage you to do the same. It is such a good word. It really packs a lot of punch. We are no longer being vulgar but it clearly expresses our feelings. If enough of us use it, it’s possible we can get the word in the dictionary.
This would be an excellent legacy for the Speaker of the House.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO AT LEAST 1000 PEOPLE…
Thank you!
(hat tip: Andy W, Spfd, IL, American)
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:07:14am |
re: #10 goddessoftheclassroom
My assistant principal had to leave for a meeting. I’m supposed to be exploring various options using Delicious and wikipages.
I’ll be respectful and not suggest the options which I can think of for those.
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:07:20am |
re: #22 pre-Boomer Marine brat
We have a Bogey on the radar!
Don’t worry, I’ve been Spade and neutered.
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zach (the jew) tobias Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:07:31am |
I am actually quite surprised how well Republicans are fairing against that atrocious stimulus bill.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:07:49am |
re: #20 rightside
May I ask what you are doing with those pages?
My Delicious page is a list of remedial and enrichment activities in vocabulary, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and usage. I’ve also linked important articles and interesting websites on authors and historic contexts.
i’m still trying to figure out my wikipages…
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:08:02am |
re: #14 Occasional Reader
Charles, you sound like a dick.
And by that of course I mean a private detective.
“When the dame walked into my office I knew she was something special.”
“Why hello Miss Dench”, I stammered.
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2by2 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:08:14am |
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Bloodnok Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:08:18am |
re: #30 Occasional Reader
Don’t worry, I’ve been Spade and neutered.
You should be a shamus of that pun.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:08:35am |
Boh, bum bum bumbumbumbumbumbum bumbumbumbumbum
Boh, bum bum bumbumbumbumbumbum bumbumbumbumbum
Mr. Sandman, please get a clue
None of the lizards have faith in you
You drank of the kool-aid so long and deep
You even put the unicorns to sleep
Sandman, leave us alone
I’m sure there are other blogs that you can call home
Ride away on your one horned steed
Mr. Sandman, flee us
Please please please, Mr. Sandman
Please no more screeds!
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:09:00am |
re: #36 Bloodnok
You should be a shamus of that pun.
I had to dashiell your hopes, but I plan to keep hammit it up.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:09:02am |
re: #25 Bloodnok
Just don’t Bacall me a dick.
If this gets any more exciting … *yawn* … I’ll drift off into a big sleep.
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pianobuff Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:09:10am |
Ruh-roh…. yet ANOTHER tax issue in Obama’s cabinet - This one involves Silda Holis (labor).
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yma o hyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:09:30am |
Oh - this is too delicious!
Blair beats Brown to Obama meeting and reveals true depth of his faith
Tony beats Gord at every turn …and I bet PB0 and Tony had a useful exchange about how to pull the wool over the eyes of unsuspecting, adoring citizens.
If Tony gets PB0 to sign up a certain Alastair Campbell - watch out! He was the spin-meister supreme …
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:10:12am |
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Haole Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:10:55am |
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:11:22am |
re: #39 pre-Boomer Marine brat
If this gets any more exciting … *yawn* … I’ll drift off into a big sleep.
“My Gub is Quick” Novel by Mickey Spillane, screenplay by Woody Allen.
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:11:35am |
re: #43 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I’ve been run over by a Lorre.
You’re The Third Man that’s happened to this week!
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:11:43am |
re: #14 Occasional Reader
Charles, you sound like a dick.
And by that of course I mean a private detective.
Perhaps that’s in celebration of the release of Roger Simon’s new book: Blacklisting Myself. Excerpt at the link.
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2by2 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:11:48am |
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:05am |
re: #23 karmic_inquisitor
Call your Senator.
The volume of calls makes them tremble.
Same thing made them cave of drilling last summer.
Call.
My senator(s) don’t give a flying f*ck what their constituents think.
John F-ing Kerry
Ted The Swimmer Kennedy
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garycooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:15am |
“As afternoon rushes toward us like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist, here’s a midday open thread…”
More like “a frigid peck at the end of a cold shoulder,” here in the frozen tundra of Michigan. It was -5 F in my garage, this morning. Starting to doubt the whole thing, Gore. ;)
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Kragar Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:18am |
re: #44 logboy
Still waiting for my bailout unicorn…
They ran out. You should be getting your unicorn voucher in the mail shortly to be redeemed at your local government unicorn center when they become available.
Please be aware there will be a line.
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realwest Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:19am |
” like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist, ”
Um, Charles? You haven’t by any chance caught that nasty flu that’s been going around and decided to self-medicate, have you?!?
/
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faraway Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:19am |
re: #43 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I’ve been run over by a Lorre.
Hasty conclusion like gunpowder. Easy to explode.
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Gella Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:37am |
msg to Obamich: Qui-Gon Jinn: The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
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Macker Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:41am |
re: #14 Occasional Reader
Charles, you sound like a dick.
And by that of course I mean a private detective.
I can see it now: “My name is Charles. And I’m a dick.”
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:42am |
re: #47 Occasional Reader
You’re The Third Man that’s happened to this week!
That makes my eyes Welles up with tears.
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rightside Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:49am |
re: #32 goddessoftheclassroom
I should have been more specific, I have no idea what either are, but I won’t waste your time, I’ll look them up myself.
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karmic_inquisitor Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:50am |
Obama to personally oversee the 2010 census.
[Link: www.cqpolitics.com…]
This has ACORN written all over it.
Obama will just create people where they don’t exist to set up a new wave of gerrymandering and give democrats a permanent stranglehold on the country.
Prick.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:52am |
.. the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist…
Firesign Theatre quote.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:12:56am |
re: #32 goddessoftheclassroom
“remedial … enrichment” ?
Is that for students who’ve been leading sheltered lives?
Whotth’hell kind of school are you RUNNING there?!
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Dustyvet Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:13:13am |
re: #54 realwest
” like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist, ”
Um, Charles? You haven’t by any chance caught that nasty flu that’s been going around and decided to self-medicate, have you?!?
/
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I hate chicken soup!
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:13:36am |
re: #44 logboy
Still waiting for my bailout unicorn…
There is a coupon for the Unicorn in the back of the “Pocket Obama” book. I sent mine in this morning.
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faraway Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:13:40am |
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:14:04am |
re: #63 Dustyvet
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I hate chicken soup!
You have never had loppy’s cure-all chicken soup, though….
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:14:21am |
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:14:33am |
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zach (the jew) tobias Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:14:47am |
He’s like a big, clumsy dog…who talks endlessly about nonsense…and then becomes 2nd-in-command of the Free World…one heartbeat away from the Big Show………I am now scared…
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:14:58am |
re: #47 Occasional Reader
You’re The Third Man that’s happened to this week!
Hopefully it will peter out.
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yma o hyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:14:58am |
re: #60 karmic_inquisitor
Obama to personally oversee the 2010 census.
[Link: www.cqpolitics.com…]
This has ACORN written all over it.
Obama will just create people where they don’t exist to set up a new wave of gerrymandering and give democrats a permanent stranglehold on the country.
Prick.
You’ve been forewarned - you know you’ve gotta start doing something against that, starting now!
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:15:01am |
re: #67 Occasional Reader
Nick Danger, third eye!
Ever read any of Simon R. Green’s “Nightside” series?
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:15:06am |
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Dustyvet Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:15:09am |
re: #66 loppyd
You have never had loppy’s cure-all chicken soup, though….
True, this store bought out of the can stuff…is for the birds…:p
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:15:42am |
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:15:57am |
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:16:04am |
re: #74 Dustyvet
True, this store bought out of the can stuff…is for the birds…:p
Gross. Full of sodium and not an ounce of love.
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:16:06am |
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realwest Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:16:12am |
re: #40 pianobuff
OMG - don’t any of these Dems pay their taxes? From your link: WASHINGTON — The husband of President Obama’s Labor secretary nominee paid about $6,400 Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his business, the Obama administration told USA TODAY this afternoon.
The disclosure came shortly before a scheduled 2 p.m. meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which will vote on Rep. Hilda Solis’ nomination as labor secretary. The hearing was postponed; no reason was immediately revealed
[emphasis added, realwest]
No wonder Dem’s don’t mind raising taxes, they aren’t going to pay them anyway!
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2by2 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:16:35am |
re: #58 subsailor68
That makes my eyes Welles up with tears.
It Reeves me shaking my head and looking for more..
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:16:38am |
re: #58 subsailor68
That makes my eyes Welles up with tears.
SOMEONE CALL 911 AND THE SHERIFF!
THERE’S BEEN ORSON ON AISLE #58!
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notutopia Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:16:42am |
As afternoon rushes toward us like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist,
I think they call that a “sucker punch”.
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Dustyvet Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:16:53am |
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:17:15am |
re: #59 rightside
I should have been more specific, I have no idea what either are, but I won’t waste your time, I’ll look them up myself.
Oh, I’m sorry—I misunderstood.
[Link: delicious.com…]
is a social bookmarking site. A person posts his or her bookmarks to share with others. I use mine as a resource for my students.
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:17:16am |
re: #58 subsailor68
That makes my eyes Welles up with tears.
Just watch out for the Rosebuds among the unicorn droppings.
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:17:22am |
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:17:35am |
re: #60 karmic_inquisitor
Obama to personally oversee the 2010 census.
[Link: www.cqpolitics.com…]
This has ACORN written all over it.
Obama will just create people where they don’t exist to set up a new wave of gerrymandering and give democrats a permanent stranglehold on the country.
Prick.
So appointing Gregg as Commerce Sec. was just to set up a bogeyman for Obama to justify this villainy.
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:17:36am |
re: #79 realwest
OMG - don’t any of these Dems pay their taxes? From your link: WASHINGTON — The husband of President Obama’s Labor secretary nominee paid about $6,400 Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his business, the Obama administration told USA TODAY this afternoon.
The disclosure came shortly before a scheduled 2 p.m. meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which will vote on Rep. Hilda Solis’ nomination as labor secretary. The hearing was postponed; no reason was immediately revealed
[emphasis added, realwest]
No wonder Dem’s don’t mind raising taxes, they aren’t going to pay them anyway!
If we are to use Vice President Chia Pet’s litmus test, we most certainly CAN question their patriotism now.
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:17:40am |
re: #81 pre-Boomer Marine brat
SOMEONE CALL 911 AND THE SHERIFF!
THERE’S BEEN ORSON ON AISLE #58!
Well done! Tying the pun to the “Fire”sign Theater quote!
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:17:57am |
re: #72 Walter L. Newton
Ever read any of Simon R. Green’s “Nightside” series?
Again with the “Nightside”…
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LGoPs Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:18:06am |
As afternoon rushes toward us like the hot kiss at the end of a wetfistfish….
Makes more sense now……although, come to think of it, I don’t think fish have lips…..
Never mind…..
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:18:16am |
re: #88 loppyd
If we are to use Vice President Chia Pet’s litmus test, we most certainly CAN question their patriotism now.
HAHAHAHA! YES!
Patriots LOVER paying taxes!
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Kragar Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:18:20am |
re: #69 zach (the jew) tobias
Biden, 66, has said he intends to be “the last guy in the room” when Obama makes important decisions.
Thats just because no one thought to invite him so he comes bumbling in late.
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:18:32am |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:18:33am |
re: #76 subsailor68
So it is a dick pun thread now?
;-)
I started with a Humprey Bogart theme.
(Peter Lorre)
Some others here obviously Drive By Night.
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:18:33am |
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:18:33am |
re: #85 Honorary Yooper
Just watch out for the Rosebuds among the unicorn droppings.
Heh, heh. Did you know that, in the movie, Rosebud was the name of………
oops, almost gave away the ending.
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Cygnus Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:18:37am |
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Dustyvet Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:18:52am |
re: #91 LGoPs
Makes more sense now……although, come to think of it, I don’t think fish have lips…..
Never mind…..
Sea kittens have lips? Go figure!…:)
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:19:01am |
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:19:24am |
re: #78 Honorary Yooper
Quit Bogartting the puns.
The previous puns were low, bu that was even marlowe.
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Dustyvet Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:19:38am |
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:19:45am |
re: #93 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Thats just because no one thought to invite him so he comes bumbling in late.
They xeroxed his White House map from an upside-down transparency.
He’s constantly in the Rose Garden.
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:19:48am |
re: #80 2by2
It Reeves me shaking my head and looking for more..
Somewhere in Time, somewhere where you can Seymour.
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DaddyG Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:19:59am |
It was one of those cold February afternoons in Foggy-bottom and the lobbyists were singing the blues, huddled around garbage cans filled with burning Citibank shares. The mood was dark, very dark. Mortgage company CEOs with their tin cups out, hoping for change. Any change. A dime, a nickel, a Trillion dollars in dead presidents. The Auto Company execs growling at their feet, snapping at each other for the crumbs that fell from the Senate.
A feeling of impending socialism was hanging over the Capitol like a blood red blanket. Not the kind of warm snuggly blanket tax cuts, but the stifling suffocating big government kind. You know, the one that looks warm, but after a few minutes it just itches against your skin. That’s when she walked in. I knew in an instant she would be trouble - but I needed the stimulus, so I invited her in. She sat down in the old leather chair accross from my desk and the weight of her massive body threatened to crush the life out of what was left of the padding in the seat. She stank of cheap perfume and gin, but nothing could hide the stench of her addition. Every pore oozed debt. I knew better. I knew it would eventually kill me. But I was addicted and she was available.
God help me - I took the check.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:20:00am |
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rightside Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:20:17am |
re: #84 goddessoftheclassroom
Ahh, I see. Thank you Ma’am.
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:20:24am |
re: #95 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I started with a Humprey Bogart theme.
(Peter Lorre)
Some others here obviously Drive By Night.
Heh, oh yeah, I got it.
Rented The African Queen last week. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be a Michael Jackson documentary.
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faraway Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:20:24am |
re: #95 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I started with a Humprey Bogart theme.
(Peter Lorre)
Some others here obviously Drive By Night.
The whole world is about three drinks behind
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:20:28am |
re: #40 pianobuff
Ruh-roh…. yet ANOTHER tax issue in Obama’s cabinet - This one involves Silda Holis (labor).
I wanna’ know more about Solis’ being on the board of a radical labor organization.
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realwest Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:20:38am |
re: #88 loppyd
Whew, hope that’s retroactive, cause I’ve been questioning their patriotism for some time now!
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Throbert McGee Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:20:39am |
re: #3 Macker
Dang Charles. That’s as bad as “It was a dark and stormy night.”
“The greedy schoolbus crept through the streets devouring clumps of children until its belly groaned with surfeit, then lumbered back to the schoolhouse where it obligingly regurgitated its meal onto the grounds.”
(One of the best-ever winners of the Bulwer-Lytton contest.)
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:20:46am |
re: #91 LGoPs
Makes more sense now……although, come to think of it, I don’t think fish have lips…..
Never mind…..
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Kragar Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:20:59am |
re: #103 OldLineTexan
They xeroxed his White House map from an upside-down transparency.
He’s constantly in the Rose Garden.
I can picture the staff giving him the run around.
“Excuse me, Sir? Did you get separated from your Tour Group?”
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:21:00am |
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filetandrelease Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:21:05am |
Great article on the impending Obama implosion By Victor Hanson.
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:21:08am |
re: #100 Walter L. Newton
Er, I’ve already asked you in the pass, huh?
Yes, we had this conversation within the last 48 hours… I dropped a reference to the “Endangered Species Menu”… anyway, no, I haven’t.
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realwest Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:21:22am |
Well y’all, out for lunch! Have a great day and I hope I get the chance to see you all down the road tonight!
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Macker Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:21:40am |
re: #88 loppyd
If we are to use Vice President Shit Shit Shit Chia Pet’s litmus test, we most certainly CAN question their patriotism now.
There, fixed that for ya!
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2by2 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:22:05am |
re: #95 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I started with a Humprey Bogart theme.
(Peter Lorre)
Some others here obviously Drive By Night.
It’s Hartley dark yet
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vxbush Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:22:13am |
Oy. What a crazy day. I think I got more work done today before 11:00 than most folks do in two days. But now, I think I can breathe a little bit and hang out here before I need to tackle my next project.
Of course, if I just bring out my handy Pocket Unicorn™, I’ll know exactly what Obama is up to….
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Dustyvet Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:22:23am |
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:22:23am |
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Spare O'Lake Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:22:29am |
re: #101 Occasional Reader
The previous puns were low, bu that was even marlowe.
When will you stop falcon around?
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Macker Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:22:55am |
re: #112 Throbert McGee
“The greedy schoolbus crept through the streets devouring clumps of children until its belly groaned with surfeit, then lumbered back to the schoolhouse where it obligingly regurgitated its meal onto the grounds.”
(One of the best-ever winners of the Bulwer-Lytton contest.)
Obama’s campaign bus?
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:23:14am |
re: #111 realwest
Whew, hope that’s retroactive, cause I’ve been questioning their patriotism for some time now!
{realwest}
Enjoy your lunch, handsome.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:23:30am |
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happy_mama Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:23:35am |
Just need to say that watching Robert Gibbs press conferences make me a) want to pull out my hair, b) want to send him to a public speaking course and c) miss Tony Snow a lot.
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:23:48am |
re: #125 Spare O’Lake
When will you stop falcon around?
As soon as you start singing in Key. Largo may have to “help” you.
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:23:53am |
re: #125 Spare O’Lake
When will you stop falcon around?
I met my first wife outside Nordstrom’s but it didn’t work out cause she was nothing but a Maltese.
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Macker Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:24:08am |
re: #123 Dustyvet
The Cain I know is dead. I hope Mr. Gaeta DIES!
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faraway Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:24:30am |
re: #116 filetandrelease
Great article on the impending Obama implosion By Victor Hanson.
That is required reading.
Can I sell my Little Red Book now?
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:24:34am |
re: #117 Occasional Reader
Yes, we had this conversation within the last 48 hours… I dropped a reference to the “Endangered Species Menu”… anyway, no, I haven’t.
Haven’t what?
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iLikeCandy Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:24:40am |
Uh-oh, way down in the thread. I hope someone hears my cry for help.
Anyone remember a Couric (I think) interview in which Obama said he never doubts himself? Said it twice, I believe. I’ve googled and youtubed all over the place and I can’t find it. I’m looking for it.
Oh yes, I’m rather new here. I don’t post much because someone’s usually already said what I think.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:24:51am |
re: #108 subsailor68
Heh, oh yeah, I got it.
Rented The African Queen last week. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be a Michael Jackson documentary.
LOL!
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:24:51am |
re: #102 Dustyvet
Aww just the thought helps…:) thanks
Are you feeling any better?
I feel a tad more human today….it’s been since Sunday. The BF since last Friday.
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:24:57am |
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Bumr50 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:25:15am |
One has to wonder who Gibbs pictures himself talking to when saying things along the lines of “if we don’t SPEND money NOW, it’s going to somehow COST us money later.”?
Are we sending the economy to college?
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MJ Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:25:29am |
re: #131 happy_mama
Just need to say that watching Robert Gibbs press conferences make me a) want to pull out my hair, b) want to send him to a public speaking course and c) miss Tony Snow a lot.
He’s very bad.
I hope Obama keeps in his job.
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:25:34am |
re: #124 loppyd
:~)
no love?
What, like tenderly dismembering a bird carcass, kindly simmering the remains until the bones fall out, then affectionately taking an 8-inch santoku to some innocent vegetables?
Maybe. Depends on what “love” is.
/
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:25:39am |
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Randall Gross Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:25:53am |
Obama really needs a new press secretary, this guy’s a pain to listen to - he’s a stumble uh uh umm bum.
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Cygnus Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:25:57am |
re: #108 subsailor68
Heh, oh yeah, I got it.
Rented The African Queen last week. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be a Michael Jackson documentary.
I’m sure it was a real Thriller.
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faraway Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:26:10am |
re: #141 Honorary Yooper
I’m drawing a casablanca here.
Obama: Oh, he’s just like any other man, only more so
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debutaunt Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:26:14am |
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maximus kreyzlkil Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:26:14am |
Looks like O’s gonna get his first supreme court pick. Uh-oh!
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mattm Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:26:45am |
I tried calling Sen. Dodd(D-corrupt) office and no one answered. So I sent him a e-mail:
I am contacting you regarding the proposed stimulus bill in the Senate now that is filled with pork. This is not about helping the economy but giving bailouts to companies and industries. The last bailout failed to help the economy and this one won’t either.
As a tax payer and college student I ma outraged that my tax dollars are going to thins like a bailout of auto parts suppliers, DTV converter box coupons, etc, when this is supposed to be helping the economy. This this will not help the economy.
If you vote for this I can assure you that you will not get my vote next election and I will do everything I can to defeat you.
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LGoPs Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:27:13am |
re: #116 filetandrelease
Great article on the impending Obama implosion By Victor Hanson.
I love VDH. Why doesn’t he run for office……..
*sigh*…..yech. Do men really sigh?
Feels wierd but there you have it….
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maximus kreyzlkil Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:27:15am |
Out with ruth Bader, in with ___________
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yma o hyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:27:16am |
re: #99 Dustyvet
Sea kittens have lips? Go figure!…:)
PETA now wants our best Fish&Chips shops to say they sell fried sea kittens!
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:27:22am |
re: #108 subsailor68
Heh, oh yeah, I got it.
Rented The African Queen last week. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be a Michael Jackson documentary.
I had a similar experience: I rented what I thought was the classic seaborn heist movie, Assault on a Queen. It turned out to be a documentary, subtitled “The Danny Bonaduce Story.”
/shamelessly stolen from MST3K
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Cygnus Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:27:29am |
re: #115 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I see you’re raising Caine again.
I’ve decided to Mutiny against the pun thread.
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:27:46am |
re: #149 debutaunt
Does it taste like rattlesnake soup?
I have never been offered rattlesnake soup. Fried chunks, yes, but no soup. Hmmmm.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:27:47am |
re: #108 subsailor68
Heh, oh yeah, I got it.
Rented The African Queen last week. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be a Michael Jackson documentary.
Wow - that’s Off The Wall.
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:27:53am |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:27:57am |
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faraway Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:28:18am |
VDH:
This is quite serious. I can’t recall a similarly disastrous start in a half-century
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:28:48am |
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:29:09am |
re: #144 OldLineTexan
What, like tenderly dismembering a bird carcass, kindly simmering the remains until the bones fall out, then affectionately taking an 8-inch santoku to some innocent vegetables?
Maybe. Depends on what “love” is.
/
That is love, dear.
What kind of knife? My santoku is a Henckel, but I am intrigued by the Shun.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:29:10am |
Solis also gave noncommittal responses to questions about the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for workers to form bargaining units. Under the act, employees could form a union by filling out a card, rather than voting in a secret election. Labor and business groups are prepared to spend millions of dollars dueling over the legislation, which could be taken up in the House in a few weeks.
Solis, the daughter of union members, was a co-sponsor of the card check-off legislation in 2007.
Republican members who questioned Solis about the bill left the Jan. 9 hearing disappointed.
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said in an interview: “She was at best evasive in answering questions.” Isakson said he had not made up his mind about whether to vote for Solis.
One Republican Senate aide said members bristled at Solis’ contention that she was not qualified to give certain answers.
“Members expect the nominee to be qualified to answer questions,” said the aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.
SNIP
After the hearing, Republican members sent Solis a series of questions. In one reply, which was obtained by the Tribune Washington Bureau, Solis described her support for the union-organizing proposal as unambiguous. She said that if she became Labor secretary, she “would expect to continue to advocate for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.”
“Not all workers, of course, want or feel they need a union,” she wrote in answer to another question. “But where a majority of the workers in a given workplace have decided that they want a union, it is a matter of basic fairness that they should be allowed to have one. That is why I support the Employee Free Choice Act.”
SNIP
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:29:11am |
re: #163 Walter L. Newton
What’s that? Tell me about it.
It’s a dirty story of a dirty man, and his clinging wife, who doesn’t understand. It’s based on a novel by a man named Lear.
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:29:40am |
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:29:44am |
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:29:50am |
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LGoPs Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:30:04am |
re: #146 Thanos
Obama really needs a new press secretary, this guy’s a pain to listen to - he’s a stumble uh uh umm bum.
Leave him there. The more to ridicule, the better. It’s one of the left’s key tactics and we need to adapt it……..
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:30:13am |
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DaddyG Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:30:41am |
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:30:54am |
re: #168 Occasional Reader
It’s a dirty story of a dirty man, and his clinging wife, who doesn’t understand. It’s based on a novel by a man named Lear.
It’s a thousand pages, give or take a few,
I’ll be writing more in a week or two.
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2by2 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:31:01am |
re: #104 Honorary Yooper
Somewhere in Time, somewhere where you can Seymour.
Guess I have to change Geres.
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:31:10am |
re: #172 LGoPs
Leave him there. The more to ridicule, the better. It’s one of the left’s key tactics and we need to adapt it……..
When I first heard his name I though it was Barry Gibb. “Sayin’ a Lie, Sayin’ a Lie.”
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Creeping Eruption Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:31:43am |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:31:44am |
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:31:45am |
re: #165 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Don’t feel bad.
Everyone goes to wrecks.
I can’t say that I blaine them.
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yma o hyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:32:00am |
re: #138 iLikeCandy
Uh-oh, way down in the thread. I hope someone hears my cry for help.
Anyone remember a Couric (I think) interview in which Obama said he never doubts himself? Said it twice, I believe. I’ve googled and youtubed all over the place and I can’t find it. I’m looking for it.
Oh yes, I’m rather new here. I don’t post much because someone’s usually already said what I think.
Can’t help you with your search - but do keep posting!
If someone has said what you think, it sure bears repeating in your own words!
Welcome!
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:32:01am |
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:32:22am |
re: #166 loppyd
That is love, dear.
What kind of knife? My santoku is a Henckel, but I am intrigued by the Shun.
The higher-grade Chinese junk from Walmart. I tried to have decent knives, but the others in the family will use them improperly, so I gave up. These do have well-made handles and a full tang, so they are a step up from what I was using. But the steel is nothing to write home about; I am sure it used to be mid-‘80’s Chryslers at some point.
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:33:07am |
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:33:10am |
re: #167 MandyManners
American Rights at Work is an important part of Big Labor’s push for the Employee Free Choice Act, known more accurately as card check. A recent account in the lefty journal In These Times says that, “Early this year, unions plan to present 1 million signatures in support of EFCA to Congress, and they are calling on allies from civil rights, environment, religious and other movements to broaden the campaign beyond labor. American Rights at Work, a labor-founded coalition, is playing a leading role in this effort.”
SNIP
No one is accusing Solis of concealing her connection with the group; it was common knowledge in the labor world, and she listed it in the paperwork she submitted for her confirmation hearing. But she did not list it on the disclosure forms she was required to submit to the House of Representatives. It was an unpaid position, so there is no problem with income. But there are questions about whether Solis, as Treasurer, played a de facto role in the group’s lobbying activity; if you’re a member of Congress, you’re not supposed to simultaneously lobby Congress. (Solis has told the Senate that she did not take part in the group’s lobbying activities.) In any event, you’re required to list your affiliation on disclosure documents, which Solis did not do. (On January 29, she filed amended disclosure forms with the House, listing her association with the labor group.) Some Senate Republicans don’t view this as a major issue with the Solis nomination, but they do want to know more about her specific activities for American Rights at Work.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:33:22am |
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2by2 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:33:39am |
re: #180 Occasional Reader
I can’t say that I blaine them.
I’ve got to Hanks it up, some work to do.
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:33:46am |
re: #166 loppyd
That is love, dear.
What kind of knife? My santoku is a Henckel, but I am intrigued by the Shun.
Shuns are gorgeous knives, but I just can’t swallow the price.
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faraway Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:33:47am |
I am afraid we are witnessing a Blago-style Presidency.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:33:51am |
re: #157 Occasional Reader
I had a similar experience: I rented what I thought was the classic seaborn heist movie, Assault on a Queen. It turned out to be a documentary, subtitled “The Danny Bonaduce Story.”
/shamelessly stolen from MST3K
True story - in a college lit class, our professor had everyone read a copy of a book that was supposed to be about the frontier experience from the feminist point of view. Turns out that the school book store ordered a soft-core prono book with the same title. No one said anything until we had to do our reports on the book.
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Throbert McGee Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:33:54am |
re: #104 Honorary Yooper
Somewhere in Time, somewhere where you can Seymour.
I can’t think of any Christopher Reeve puns, but I’m reminded of an exchange from MST3K, in which Joel was trying to explain to the ‘bots, using Christopher Reeve movies as examples, that “comedy is the art of the unexpected and incongruous”:
“Christopher Reeve flying through the air while dressed as Superman? — Not funny at all.”
“Christopher Reeve flying through the air while dressed as a Monsignor? — Somewhat funny.”
“Christopher Reeve flying through the air while French-kissing Michael Caine in Deathtrap? — Very, very funny.”
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reine.de.tout Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:34:00am |
re: #146 Thanos
Obama really needs a new press secretary, this guy’s a pain to listen to - he’s a stumble uh uh umm bum.
Like his boss?
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faraway Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:34:24am |
re: #192 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
True story - in a college lit class, our professor had everyone read a copy of a book that was supposed to be about the frontier experience from the feminist point of view. Turns out that the school book store ordered a soft-core prono book with the same title. No one said anything until we had to do our reports on the book.
How do books help my children?
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:34:34am |
re: #190 Occasional Reader
Shuns are gorgeous knives, but I just can’t swallow the price.
I was thinking I might register for one….
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Cygnus Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:34:36am |
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:34:53am |
re: #188 pre-Boomer Marine brat
GOOD one!
I’m glad when my puns are on-target; sometimes, they tend to renault over the place.
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:34:58am |
re: #122 vxbush
Oy. What a crazy day. I think I got more work done today before 11:00 than most folks do in two days. But now, I think I can breathe a little bit and hang out here before I need to tackle my next project.
Of course, if I just bring out my handy Pocket Unicorn™, I’ll know exactly what Obama is up to….
Awesome..I think we have killed all the bugs in Oracle R12 deployment in the last two weeks…When my phone isn’t ringing off the hook all day things are pretty good.
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:35:54am |
re: #192 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
True story - in a college lit class, our professor had everyone read a copy of a book that was supposed to be about the frontier experience from the feminist point of view. Turns out that the school book store ordered a soft-core prono book with the same title. No one said anything until we had to do our reports on the book.
Dare I inquire what the title was?
(If I were buzzsawmonkey, I’d have a fantastic pun about this by now)
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:35:55am |
re: #184 OldLineTexan
The higher-grade Chinese junk from Walmart. I tried to have decent knives, but the others in the family will use them improperly, so I gave up. These do have well-made handles and a full tang, so they are a step up from what I was using. But the steel is nothing to write home about; I am sure it used to be mid-‘80’s Chryslers at some point.
No one to use them improperly other than my quasi child, the BF. :)
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:36:19am |
re: #198 Occasional Reader
I’m glad when my puns are on-target; sometimes, they tend to renault over the place.
And then we’re all SHOCKED! … et cetera … (-:
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revobob Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:36:20am |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:36:33am |
re: #199 HoosierHoops
Awesome..I think we have killed all the bugs in Oracle R12 deployment in the last two weeks…When my phone isn’t ringing off the hook all day things are pretty good.
Oracle announces release of R12h…
[Link: www.oracle.com…]
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:36:57am |
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DaddyG Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:37:05am |
re: #192 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
True story - in a college lit class, our professor had everyone read a copy of a book that was supposed to be about the frontier experience from the feminist point of view. Turns out that the school book store ordered a soft-core prono book with the same title. No one said anything until we had to do our reports on the book.
Rode hard and put up wet. A story of the American West.
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:37:10am |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:37:16am |
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mattm Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:37:20am |
Many Sen. phone numbers are busy now including Dodd, Snowe, Voinovich, Lieberman and Specter.
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Creeping Eruption Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:37:22am |
re: #190 Occasional Reader
Shuns are gorgeous knives, but I just can’t swallow the price.
$190 for a knife? Why not get a dozen?
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Pianobuff Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:37:30am |
I have the daily Gibbs presser on in the background.
- Reporter asks him if keeping disclosure forms accessible to the media for appointees is possible in the interest of transparency, as Obama would want it to be.
- Gibbs responds he’ll check and makes a sarcastic comment about the reporter knowing the mind of Dear Leader
- Reporter says wouldn’t Obama agree with me?
- Gibbs tells him to ask a pertinent question.
- Reporter unwinds and asks Gibbs if it is not important and pertinent that we know if Obama truly wants this kind of transparency or not.
- Gibbs goes uhh…….uh……
Priceless!
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Miss Molly Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:38:16am |
Mandy Manners — Solis is a radical from California. She is pretty much radical about everything. She was in charge of the treasure of a radical labor group that is demanding unions for almost everything and also demanding throwing out the window secret ballot voting for workers in companies that haven’t gone union. Some companies have workers that do not like unions and those who are trying to “unionize” them need to know who is not voting for unions. Obama is in favor of throwing out the secret ballot but wants someone else to force the issue into law. Solis is also infavor of open boarders with Mexico.
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Dustyvet Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:38:17am |
re: #140 loppyd
Are you feeling any better?
I feel a tad more human today….it’s been since Sunday. The BF since last Friday.
Some, but it comes and goes…:(
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:38:23am |
re: #177 subsailor68
When I first heard his name I though it was Barry Gibb. “Sayin’ a Lie, Sayin’ a Lie.”
I think this fits the bill:
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mattm Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:38:27am |
re: #156 yma o hyd
PETA now wants our best Fish&Chips shops to say they sell fried sea kittens!
And a cow is now called a land fish in my book, mmmm land fish. ;)
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vxbush Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:38:35am |
re: #199 HoosierHoops
Awesome..I think we have killed all the bugs in Oracle R12 deployment in the last two weeks…When my phone isn’t ringing off the hook all day things are pretty good.
Heh. I had to show someone how to use a different mailer in PHP; he was doing things the wrong way, poor guy, and all his emails were bouncing. Oops.
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itellu3times Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:38:49am |
“you haven’t seen the last of me, Danger!”
“maybe not, but the first of you, turns my stomach”
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vxbush Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:39:08am |
re: #206 Walter L. Newton
Oracle announces release of R12h…
[Link: www.oracle.com…]
SSSH! WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT UPDATES!
/crawls into hole
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:39:20am |
re: #213 Pianobuff
I have the daily Gibbs presser on in the background.
Daily presser’s cancelled in 5, 4, 3, 2…
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loppyd Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:40:08am |
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Kragar Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:40:09am |
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:40:12am |
re: #212 Creeping Eruption
$190 for a knife? Why not get a dozen?
As you wish, sir…
whisssssh thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk
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Pianobuff Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:40:31am |
re: #221 Walter L. Newton
Daily presser’s cancelled in 5, 4, 3, 2…
And DL is up a rope on this, although you can bet he wishes he never gave Gibbs PS.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:41:27am |
re: #224 Occasional Reader
As you wish, sir…
whisssssh thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk
QC in a knife factory… “Ouch, passed, ouch, passed, ouch, passed…”
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:41:38am |
re: #223 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Blago 2: Electric Boogaloo
I’m sorry, sir, but the “_____ 2: Electric Boogaloo” meme has been put on hiatus until 2025. Didn’t you see the bulletin?
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subsailor68 Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:41:43am |
re: #216 Honorary Yooper
I think this fits the bill:
Wow, thanks for posting the video of today’s White House briefing!
:-)
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happy_mama Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:42:03am |
re: #225 Pianobuff
And DL is up a rope on this, although you can bet he wishes he never gave Gibbs PS.
what the heck were his qualifications? Able to be monotone and stumble on a daily basis?
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wrenchwench Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:42:32am |
re: #201 MandyManners
I like a man in a bowler.
Oooh, Nina Simone!
Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, one of eight children. She began playing piano at her local church and showed prodigious talent on this instrument.
Her concert debut, a classical piano recital, was made at the age of ten. During her performance, her parents, who had taken seats in the front row, were forced to move to the back of the hall to make way for white people. Simone refused to play until her parents were moved back. This incident contributed to her later involvement in the civil rights movement.She took on the stage name “Nina Simone” in 1954 because she did not want her mother to know that she was playing “the devil’s music”.
I did not know that.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:42:37am |
The new thread comes just in time. I’m sitting here frustrated, trying to make a pun out of Brigid O’Shaughnessey. GAAH!
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:42:53am |
The authors noted that the number of Americans subsisting on welfare — about 8 million, at the time — probably represented less than half the number who were technically eligible for full benefits. They proposed a “massive drive to recruit the poor onto the welfare rolls.” Cloward and Piven calculated that persuading even a fraction of potential welfare recipients to demand their entitlements would bankrupt the system. The result, they predicted, would be “a profound financial and political crisis” that would unleash “powerful forces … for major economic reform at the national level.”
Their article called for “cadres of aggressive organizers” to use “demonstrations to create a climate of militancy.” Intimidated by threats of black violence, politicians would appeal to the federal government for help. Carefully orchestrated media campaigns, carried out by friendly, leftwing journalists, would float the idea of “a federal program of income redistribution,” in the form of a guaranteed living income for all — working and non-working people alike. Local officials would clutch at this idea like drowning men to a lifeline. They would apply pressure on Washington to implement it. With every major city erupting into chaos, Washington would have to act. This was an example of what are commonly called Trojan Horse movements — mass movements whose outward purpose seems to be providing material help to the downtrodden, but whose real objective is to draft poor people into service as revolutionary foot soldiers; to mobilize poor people en masse to overwhelm government agencies with a flood of demands beyond the capacity of those agencies to meet. The flood of demands was calculated to break the budget, jam the bureaucratic gears into gridlock, and bring the system crashing down. Fear, turmoil, violence and economic collapse would accompany such a breakdown — providing perfect conditions for fostering radical change. That was the theory.
SNIP
In 1982, partisans of the Cloward-Piven strategy founded a new “voting rights movement,” which purported to take up the unfinished work of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Like ACORN, the organization that spear-headed this campaign, the new “voting rights” movement was led by veterans of George Wiley’s welfare rights crusade. Its flagship organizations were Project Vote and Human SERVE, both founded in 1982. Project Vote is an ACORN front group, launched by former NWRO organizer and ACORN co-founder Zach Polett. Human SERVE was founded by Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, along with a former NWRO organizer named Hulbert James.
All three of these organizations — ACORN, Project Vote and Human SERVE — set to work lobbying energetically for the so-called Motor-Voter law, which Bill Clinton ultimately signed in 1993. The Motor-Voter bill is largely responsible for swamping the voter rolls with “dead wood” — invalid registrations signed in the name of deceased, ineligible or non-existent people — thus opening the door to the unprecedented levels of voter fraud and “voter disenfranchisement” claims that followed in subsequent elections.
SNIP
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:42:57am |
re: #226 buzzsawmonkey
BUZZSAW! Thank God you’re here. A feminist frontier western that shares the same title as a soft-core porn novel… the title would be…?
(props to DaddyG at #308)
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:43:44am |
re: #234 MandyManners
SNIP
The new “voting rights” coalition combines mass voter registration drives — typically featuring high levels of fraud — with systematic intimidation of election officials in the form of frivolous lawsuits, unfounded charges of “racism” and “disenfranchisement,” and “direct action” (street protests, violent or otherwise). Just as they swamped America’s welfare offices in the 1960s, Cloward-Piven devotees now seek to overwhelm the nation’s understaffed and poorly policed electoral system. Their tactics set the stage for the Florida recount crisis of 2000, and have introduced a level of fear, tension and foreboding to U.S. elections heretofore encountered mainly in Third World countries.
Both the Living Wage and Voting Rights movements depend heavily on financial support from George Soros’s Open Society Institute and his “Shadow Party,” through whose support the Cloward-Piven strategy continues to provide a blueprint for some of the Left’s most ambitious campaigns.
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:43:49am |
re: #228 Walter L. Newton
QC in a knife factory… “Ouch, passed, ouch, passed, ouch, passed…”
What would a Queen’s Counsel be doing in a knife factory?
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debutaunt Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:43:53am |
re: #214 Miss Molly
Mandy Manners — Solis is a radical from California. She is pretty much radical about everything. She was in charge of the treasure of a radical labor group that is demanding unions for almost everything and also demanding throwing out the window secret ballot voting for workers in companies that haven’t gone union. Some companies have workers that do not like unions and those who are trying to “unionize” them need to know who is not voting for unions. Obama is in favor of throwing out the secret ballot but wants someone else to force the issue into law. Solis is also infavor of open boarders with Mexico.
I was a direct witness to a union election - the ballots fit perfectly inside the ballot box - the NLRB agent carefully tipped the box over so that as the votes were counted, they knew exactly who had voted which way. Unbelievably corrupt.
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Pianobuff Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:44:33am |
re: #231 happy_mama
what the heck were his qualifications? Able to be monotone and stumble on a daily basis?
No clue though I think he’s been around for a while. It’s amazing what a difference there is between pretending to be in charge and actually being in charge. From gravitas to gravyass.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:45:04am |
re: #202 Occasional Reader
Dare I inquire what the title was?
(If I were buzzsawmonkey, I’d have a fantastic pun about this by now)
I think it was A Lost Lady, or something like that. I didn’t actually read it, or anything in that class, & still got a B.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:45:55am |
re: #238 Occasional Reader
What would a Queen’s Counsel be doing in a knife factory?
I know your type. This would be you at a dinner party.
Guest: Kant delved deeply into that in his second book.
OR: Do you think Kant really believed any of that stuff?
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:47:16am |
re: #231 happy_mama
what the heck were his qualifications? Able to be monotone and stumble on a daily basis?
In a cult of personality, the speaker for the president would have to act and spoke as close to possible just like the president.
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happy_mama Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:47:58am |
re: #243 Walter L. Newton
In a cult of personality, the speaker for the president would have to act and spoke as close to possible just like the president.
Then they need to get the poor schmuck a teleprompter quick!
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OldLineTexan Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:48:01am |
re: #235 Occasional Reader
BUZZSAW! Thank God you’re here. A feminist frontier western that shares the same title as a soft-core porn novel… the title would be…?
(props to DaddyG at #308)
Licking the Frontier
No Man’s Land: A Story of the American West
Two Saddles, No Pommels: Before the Cattle Drives
The Saga of Mare Ridge
We-No-Neeta-Dik: Life Amongst the Sues
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:49:13am |
re: #220 vxbush
SSSH! WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT UPDATES!
/crawls into hole
LOL I checked an error i was randoming getting globally on Oracle metalink last week..My returned querry was that it was either the network or the DataBase problem. I’d got better answers if I had asked Obama what the problem was..He’s a problem solver by the way…:)
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iLikeCandy Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:50:20am |
re: #181 yma o hyd
Can’t help you with your search - but do keep posting!
If someone has said what you think, it sure bears repeating in your own words!Welcome!
Thank ‘ee for the welcome. See, I use funny expressions like “thank ‘ee,” so maybe I will repeat things in my own words.
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Occasional Reader Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:51:29am |
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filetandrelease Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:51:31am |
re: #217 mattm
PETA now wants our best Fish&Chips shops to say they sell fried sea kittens!
There is more than one way to skin a cat.
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LGoPs Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:52:16am |
re: #236 MandyManners
The new “voting rights” coalition combines mass voter registration drives — typically featuring high levels of fraud — with systematic intimidation of election officials in the form of frivolous lawsuits, unfounded charges of “racism” and “disenfranchisement,” and “direct action” (street protests, violent or otherwise). Just as they swamped America’s welfare offices in the 1960s, Cloward-Piven devotees now seek to overwhelm the nation’s understaffed and poorly policed electoral system. Their tactics set the stage for the Florida recount crisis of 2000, and have introduced a level of fear, tension and foreboding to U.S. elections heretofore encountered mainly in Third World countries.
Both the Living Wage and Voting Rights movements depend heavily on financial support from George Soros’s Open Society Institute and his “Shadow Party,” through whose support the Cloward-Piven strategy continues to provide a blueprint for some of the Left’s most ambitious campaigns.
That is some scary shit and I know I’m asking a rhetorical question here but what could be the ultimate motivation of people that are pushing for this kind of social chaos and ensuing collapse. What can they hope to gain other than being an appartchik in the new system……..
I’m certainly not a novice when it comes to being aware of this type of thinking but reading this kind of stuff being so blatantly executed in the open makes me think some really bad thoughts……….
Am I wrong and over the top in thinking that people that have this type of agenda are truly evil?
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iLikeCandy Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:52:22am |
re: #227 ploome hineni
I have no sound on this laptop
try here
[Link: www.youtube.com…]
Painfully, I have aleady endured about 40 minutes of Obama interviews with Couric and others and I can’t find the damn quote. This is weird, it is such a notorious quote and I can’t find it.
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:53:32am |
re: #252 iLikeCandy
Painfully, I have aleady endured about 40 minutes of Obama interviews with Couric and others and I can’t find the damn quote. This is weird, it is such a notorious quote and I can’t find it.
You have a much higher tolerance than I do for wading through bullshit. :-)
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maximus kreyzlkil Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:53:52am |
Beijing Called. They want their uighers back!
BEIJING — Beijing warned other countries on Thursday not to accept Chinese Muslim detainees released from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, reiterating a long-standing demand that they be returned to China.
In one of his first acts as president, Barack Obama ordered Guantanamo shut by the end of 2009. Last month, Obama gave a U.S. task force 30 days to recommend where to put the 245 remaining detainees.
Three of the 17 ethnic Uighur Muslims currently held at the detention facility have been cleared for release and have asked for political asylum in Canada, lawyers for the men and the Uighur Canadian Association, a nonprofit group sponsoring the men, said Tuesday. Two of the men applied last week and one applied in October.
The U.S. government and human rights groups say they could be abused and tortured if returned to China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu did not mention Canada directly, but said China was “against any country accepting these people.”
“We hope it will be handled appropriately and in accordance with international law,” Jiang said at a regularly scheduled news conference. China contends that international law requires the men be returned, although there is no accepted consensus.
Jiang did not give details or say whether China planned retaliatory action against countries that accepted the men.
China says they are members of a violent separatist group and demands they be returned to face trial. The men were captured on battlefields in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The former Bush administration said the Uighurs were too dangerous to be admitted to the U.S. Albania accepted five Uighur detainees in 2006 but has since balked at taking others, partly for fear of diplomatic repercussions from China.
Canada, which hasn’t commented on the latest cases, had previously refused several requests from Washington to provide asylum for men cleared for release.
On Tuesday, the EU Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot said European countries that agree to take in Guantanamo detainees may eligible for financial aid. The major parties in the European Parliament are urging EU nations to accept some 45 inmates from Guantanamo.
Privately, European diplomats say Chinese officials have been visiting their governments warning them against receiving the men.
Uighurs traditionally formed the majority in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, which borders on Pakistan and Afghanistan. Militants among China’s six million Uighurs have waged a long-simmering campaign to overthrow Chinese rule, saying their culture and religion are threatened by communist restrictions and waves of immigrants from other parts of the country.
AP
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iLikeCandy Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:54:39am |
re: #249 Occasional Reader
Gunslinger fan?
See, I learn something every day. I don’t even know where I heard “thank ‘ee,” but I guess now I do.
I’ll have a whiskey and the damn quote, thank ‘ee. Hey, this is fun. I think I am a gunslinger fan.
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sealizard Thu, Feb 5, 2009 11:55:52am |
Our media begins the revisionist history with this load of s—t:[Link: www.nytimes.com…]
America, please wake up and smell the waters of socialism which wash around you.
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Lincolntf Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:00:32pm |
re: #234 MandyManners
You post was the first time I’ve ever used the “Heart” function on this site. I’ll have to further vet the article before I use it in argument, but it succinctly explains that which I’ve been to trying to impress on some of my acquaintances for the last year.
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Throbert McGee Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:03:29pm |
re: #235 Occasional Reader
BUZZSAW! Thank God you’re here. A feminist frontier western that shares the same title as a soft-core porn novel… the title would be…?
All I can think of is the not-very-feminist:
The Man Who Shot On Lilly-Bea Valance
And also the not-very-softcore:
A Dale Full of Fisters
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iLikeCandy Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:03:47pm |
re: #253 Honorary Yooper
You have a much higher tolerance than I do for wading through bullshit. :-)
Well, someone somewhere is taking a bullet for me, so I figure I can take some Katie Couric for them. It’s for a little project.
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vxbush Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:06:47pm |
re: #246 HoosierHoops
LOL I checked an error i was randoming getting globally on Oracle metalink last week..My returned querry was that it was either the network or the DataBase problem. I’d got better answers if I had asked Obama what the problem was..He’s a problem solver by the way…:)
Yeah, I had a CGI script I was trying to verify had limited security holes in it, and so I did some testing and kept getting the less-than-useful message “Script exited abruptly.” Yup, that was really helpful.
Now WHY, in this day and age, do programs still return error codes as numbers and NOT AS USEFUL TEXT? I just don’t get that in this day and age. Grr…..
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capitalist piglet Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:11:37pm |
As afternoon rushes toward us like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist, here’s a midday open thread…
Okay, late to the party, but I have to go on record to say that is just disturbing.
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capitalist piglet Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:15:16pm |
re: #251 LGoPs
That is some scary shit and I know I’m asking a rhetorical question here but what could be the ultimate motivation of people that are pushing for this kind of social chaos and ensuing collapse. What can they hope to gain other than being an appartchik in the new system……..
I’m certainly not a novice when it comes to being aware of this type of thinking but reading this kind of stuff being so blatantly executed in the open makes me think some really bad thoughts……….
Am I wrong and over the top in thinking that people that have this type of agenda are truly evil?
I don’t think so. You can see them attacking our system on more than one front. We’re losing confidence in our elections, our economic system…they’re trying to undermine our confidence in our military strength (and not just our confidence in it) - I think it’s all part of a coordinated leftist agenda, and no good can come of it.
And the average American doesn’t even see it, and probably wouldn’t want to think much about it if you explained it to him.
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suntory_boss Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:16:16pm |
Just so you guys know, Walid Shoebat was on BBC’S World Have your Say today.
[Link: worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com…]
You can get a podcast eventually off there.
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Unakite Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:17:24pm |
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the1sgjohns Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:24:32pm |
Your text to link…
I guess it’s confirmed, Hamas uses these negoiations to re-arm and re-build there war machine. Looks like there will be no pita bread party in Gaza tonight.
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Spare O'Lake Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:30:55pm |
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Optimizer Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:33:55pm |
re: #28 Taqyia2Me
We are no longer being vulgar but it clearly expresses our feelings.
I disagree. I’d say referring to something as “Pelosi” is plenty vulgar.
But I agree that it might be a great new way to swear.
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Optimizer Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:45:55pm |
re: #60 karmic_inquisitor
Obama to personally oversee the 2010 census.
[Link: www.cqpolitics.com…]
This has ACORN written all over it.
Obama will just create people where they don’t exist to set up a new wave of gerrymandering and give democrats a permanent stranglehold on the country.
Prick.
What it says to me is that the President does not have enough confidence in his own guy - who he JUST PICKED - to do the job. It’s both pathetic and micro-managerial. This is the lack of leadership showing. (Imagine that, from a guy who never managed anything as big as a Cub Scout toop before…)
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Optimizer Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:52:12pm |
re: #69 zach (the jew) tobias
He’s like a big, clumsy dog…who talks endlessly about nonsense…and then becomes 2nd-in-command of the Free World…one heartbeat away from the Big Show………I am now scared…
You ain’t kiddin’! I can scarcely believe they would send this gaffe-machine to represent us to foreigners.
Say, if “Pelosi” is to be the new (more polite - sort of) way to say “BS”, shouldn’t we make “Biden” an analogous substitute for “ass-clown”?
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UFO TOFU Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:53:13pm |
Someone yesterday posted something about Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel-winning physicist saying “We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.”
I liked this comment at Volokh:
For years we’ve heard complaints about how the Bush Administration waged a “war on science” by, among other things, distorting or misrepresenting scientific findings in order to support its policy positions. If the LA Times accurately reported on Chu’s remarks, it seems like Obama Administration officials are already doing the same thing
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maximus kreyzlkil Thu, Feb 5, 2009 12:57:28pm |
Ruth Bader-Ginsberg has the pancreatic.
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UFO TOFU Thu, Feb 5, 2009 2:09:23pm |
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Kronocide Thu, Feb 5, 2009 2:34:29pm |
Is it late enough for an adult beverage to go with my hopenchange?
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