Obama Speaks Before Signing Spending Bill
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Here’s a thread to discuss President Hopenchange’s speech, before he signs the largest spending bill ever conceived by human beings.
992 comments
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:13:59pm |
Hope. Change. ARUGULA FOR ALL!
/What?
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mean Gene Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:14:25pm |
The feed is focused so as not to show the teleprompter.
But since he's not stuttering and "umm'ing'' and ''er'ing'' it MUST be there somewhere.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:14:25pm |
This is one of a sadest days in this nation's history.
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ArchangelMichael Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:08pm |
re: #3 acwgusa
Goodbye, Fiscally Sound America.
Fiscally Sound America? I think that went out the window a loooooooooong time ago. We just went from "bad" to "asinine" today though.
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midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:10pm |
Medical records now. Did he mention that during his campaign? Not.
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wiffersnapper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:14pm |
I'm Barack Obama, and I approve this message of socialism
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Jetpilot1101 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:17pm |
I have only heard snippets of his speech but he is still beating the bi-partisan drum. How delusional is this guy? This pork bill was not bi-partisan by any stretch of the imagination.
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mean Gene Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:33pm |
The DOW is trying heroically to come back from its 300+ drop early today.
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Peacekeeper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:36pm |
Abortions for some, tiny American flags for others!
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:39pm |
Are you sure these are human beings and not aliens, trying to destroy us?
It is, after all, an astronomical figure.
/do I need to?
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:51pm |
A bunch of fools allowed another bunch of fools to loan money at strange rates and low/no documentation to another bunch of fools. And we are designated the bunch of fools to pay for those fools by the biggest fool of them all.
/Cynicism Mode on.
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wiffersnapper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:54pm |
If you're not outraged, you haven't been paying attention
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Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:15:58pm |
Ayn Rand's coffin has been set to 'spin cycle'.
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Jetpilot1101 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:16:17pm |
re: #16 Who Watches the Watchmen?
Dow -241.97 (-3.08%)
Let's all hope Geithner keeps his piehole shut or we'll be down 500 in no time.
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MrSilverDragon Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:16:41pm |
I'm Barack Obama, and I approve this message making it impossible for you to earn your own dollar and keep it.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:16:43pm |
re: #18 acwgusa
A bunch of fools allowed another bunch of fools to loan money at strange rates and low/no documentation to another bunch of fools. And we are designated the bunch of fools to pay for those fools by the biggest fool of them all.
/Cynicism Mode on.
And now, they're taking money from us to pay these fools.
Where's the A-Team?
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DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:16:48pm |
re: #8 sneezey
Welcome to the New Steal...
Obamanomics explained in 3 words - The New Steal!
Well done. I will be borrowing that line.
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Elcid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:17:23pm |
Didn't watch, nor did I listen. I'll take a wild ass guess...
"I Won"
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J.S. Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:17:27pm |
Oil is now trading at around 35 dollars...and natural gas is at 4.00 (I know some people who signed a contract for natural gas and are locked in at 11.00 dollars)...Some of the "green" investment may have been smart when gasoline was at 4 dollars, but now? I don't know...
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:17:35pm |
re: #24 Kosh's Shadow
And now, they're taking money from us to pay these fools.
Where's the A-Team?
Yes, but we aren't fooled.
/We won't be fooled again.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:17:37pm |
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mean Gene Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:17:39pm |
Why build roads when cars are going the way of the dinosaur?
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VioletTiger Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:17:59pm |
re: #6 mean Gene
It's a stealth teleprompter.
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:03pm |
re: #13 Jetpilot1101
I have only heard snippets of his speech but he is still beating the bi-partisan drum. How delusional is this guy? This pork bill was not bi-partisan by any stretch of the imagination.
"Bi-partisan": He screws people from both parties.
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Racer X Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:16pm |
So it was extremely urgent to get a vote on Friday - even though lawmakers had not even read the bill - so it could sit for a few days to allow Obama his glory in a signing ceremony today?
This shit stinks.
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Kreon Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:21pm |
let's hope for the best.
after all, it could have been a billion dollars more.
OT: Today is the day some broadcasters are switching off analog signal.
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:22pm |
re: #32 Kenneth
Is his rhetoric soaring yet?
To hell with that, I just ran outside to check San Diego harbor, the water level is going UP!
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Who Watches the Watchmen? Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:26pm |
What do these "smart meters" do? Shut off my power when I go over my rationed amount of electricity?
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rain of lead Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:27pm |
ya know how to tell when a politician is lying......
his lips are moving.
so much truth in that one little statement
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DeerMusic Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:41pm |
re: #13 Jetpilot1101
One of the hallmarks of the Left is their abuse of language. Words are changed to mean something new and usually unrelated or opposite in meaning.
Perhaps we should get used to it, at least for now.
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Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:41pm |
Oh good... he's going to "make our planet safer for our children".
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notutopia Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:45pm |
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vxbush Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:50pm |
Note that the web site to keep track of the results of this bill are posted at recovery.org, where there is pretty much just a shell present. Of course, this is a shell game, so it's only reasonable.
/repeated from previous thread
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:18:57pm |
re: #5 SasquatchOnSteroids
Teleprompter....engaged.
I hope he's using the teleprompter that Iowahawk quoted.
I'd like to hear Bambi stumble into some "hot kinky I-Mac" stuff.
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HelloDare Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:19:03pm |
Put money in the pockets of people who have not paid taxes. That's how progressive the tax cuts are.
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midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:19:13pm |
Didn't Clinton promise some 50,000 new police officers back in the day which never materialized?
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Elcid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:19:15pm |
re: #34 HelloDare
Send Joe Biden to the moon. There's a goal.
When Joey gets there, remind him to say hello to former Cal Gov, now AG...Jerry 'moonbeam' Brown.
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:19:17pm |
In other news -
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:19:46pm |
re: #40 Who Watches the Watchmen?
What do these "smart meters" do? Shut off my power when I go over my rationed amount of electricity?
Prolly. Any takers on wether or not AlGore is going to be one of the first to get a Smart Meter? Not.
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Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:19:46pm |
No taxation without representation.
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MJ Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:19:47pm |
I feel like the folks must felt watching Stalin announcing a new Five Year Plan.
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jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:19:49pm |
re: #40 Who Watches the Watchmen?
What do these "smart meters" do? Shut off my power when I go over my rationed amount of electricity?
Shhh. That's for implementation later once everyone has to have one.
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Racer X Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:19:53pm |
re: #36 Ward Cleaver
"Bi-partisan": He screws people from both parties.
"Bi-partisan": one, two, or even three Republicans cave.
Out of what, two hundred?
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:20:25pm |
re: #50 Ward Cleaver
In other news -
Water is wet.
Grass is Green.
What goes up, must come down.
The sky is blue.
A bear shits in the woods.
It's a steroid too far for A-Rod.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:20:34pm |
re: #37 Racer X
So it was extremely urgent to get a vote on Friday - even though lawmakers had not even read the bill - so it could sit for a few days to allow Obama his glory in a signing ceremony today?
This shit stinks.
Well, let's think about this logically for a minute: What EXACTLY is the purpose of this bill? We already know it has NOTHING whatsoever to do with stimulating the American economy, recovering from a recession, or any of the normal reasons for passing a "stimulus package". No, this is designed for one thing and one thing only - advancing Obama's agenda and confirming the Democrats' place in power for the next 40 years. I'd say, at the moment, it's all about The Zero.
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:20:37pm |
re: #55 Racer X
"Bi-partisan": one, two, or even three Republicans cave.
Out of what, two hundred?
Just the three biggest brain-dead morons.
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Racer X Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:20:55pm |
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bulwrk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:21:02pm |
He probably wanted to sign this bill in the Oval Office but the feeling that the spirit of Regan is looking over his shoulder frowning makes him a little queezy
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midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:21:02pm |
We have already tried to hold you responsible before the fact!
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rawmuse Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:21:12pm |
re: #3 acwgusa
Goodbye, Fiscally Sound America.
That is a goodbye that I uttered years ago, unfortunately. This is just the latest insult.
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MrSilverDragon Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:21:14pm |
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ilzito guacamolito Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:21:16pm |
re: #48 midwestgak
Yes. Maybe there's midnight basketball tucked in the Porkulus bill too.
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jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:21:19pm |
re: #44 notutopia
It's probably an ear bud feed.
Like Broadcast News! Wow, our very own meat-puppet for a President! What a country!
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:21:27pm |
Sign the damn bill already, you bloviating sack of hot air!
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Dasher Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:21:32pm |
I have returned to Bill Clinton mode, updated to Obama mode - Whenever I see him on any TV channel, I turn the channel, or turn of the TV.
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Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:21:53pm |
Has he said, "for the good of the american people' and at the same time rub his nose with his middle finger?
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lawhawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:22:06pm |
re: #36 Ward Cleaver
There was more bipartisan opposition to this porkfest than there was support.
7 Democrats in the House voted against this mess. Only 3 GOP senators - Collins, Specter, and Snowe voted for it.
That's all that the Democrats could muster with all the pork.
Nice.
And just wait until folks start to realize the damage done by this mess; the higher taxes at all levels of government, the higher costs, and the damage to the economy. It will happen. But the Democrats had to do something to show they were caring for the economy - so they passed the most irresponsible and short-sighted legislation in history. They put their political ambitions to turn America to the hard left ahead of fiscal responsibility. It's the economy, Stupid.
The only ones benefiting from the stimulus is the government. They grow - everyone else shrinks.
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:22:18pm |
re: #70 Dasher
I have returned to Bill Clinton mode, updated to Obama mode - Whenever I see him on any TV channel, I turn the channel, or turn of the TV.
I do that, too, but first, I say, "Shut up, asshole!"
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CynicalConservative Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:22:28pm |
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notutopia Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:22:36pm |
re: #69 acwgusa
Sign the damn bill already, you bloviating sack of hot air!
How can he sign something he obviously has not read every page of this tome himself?
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:22:44pm |
re: #72 Oh no...Sand People!
Has he said, "for the good of the american people' and at the same time rub his nose with his middle finger?
He needs to find another orifice for that finger.
/Man, I am in a MOOD today.
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snowcrash Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:22:53pm |
re: #58 unreconstructed rebel
Do you know if the gold dealers require a social security or TIN when you purchase?
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Dasher Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:23:13pm |
re: #74 Ward Cleaver
I do that, too, but first, I say, "Shut up, asshole!"
That is a nice touch.. I must add that to my regiment.
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lawhawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:23:22pm |
re: #43 Kenneth
Oh good... he's going to "make our planet safer for our children".
Make the planet safer? Okay, why not sign this crapfest in DC instead of flying RT on AIR FORCE ONE (along with the several planeloads of support staff, equipment, etc.? You know, for the good of the planet and lowering your carbon footprint! /frakking hypocrites.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:23:34pm |
re: #43 Kenneth
Oh good... he's going to "make our planet safer for our children".
Yeah, because they are the ones who have to pay for this thing.
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jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:23:36pm |
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HelloDare Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:23:45pm |
Doesn't count. He signed with his left hand.
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ThinkRight Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:23:54pm |
re: #7 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
This is one of a sadest days in this nation's history.
Actually Second
November 4 , 2008 was and always will be
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Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:24:09pm |
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gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:24:19pm |
One way flight from Detroit to DC for a 1 Big 3 CEO in a private jet? $20,000
Round trip flight between Detroit and DC for all 3 big 3 CEOs in 3 different private jets? $120,000
Operating cost of Air Force One per hour while flying (in 2008 dollars)? $60,000/hour
Cost of round trip between DC and Denver? $390,000!
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midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:24:48pm |
I am observing a moment of silence for our country.
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teleskiguy Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:24:51pm |
Why'd he have to make this Galldarned speech in my beautiful homestate of Colorado?
He's signing the damn thing as I type this! Well, I'll be checking in with my local bureaucratic office for mind detail...
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:25:01pm |
The economy sucks
My stocks would have to rise to be down
The war on terror is kaput
Israel is going to get sold down the River
My baseball team (NYY) has been roided
My senile mother in law lives with me
So how's your day going?
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notutopia Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:25:13pm |
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bulwrk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:25:16pm |
Do you suppose when he signs this abomination the thought crosses his mind that he is signing away any hope of a second term?
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MJ Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:25:23pm |
In other news from the Democrats:
Burris acknowledges trying to raise money for gov.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has acknowledged trying to raise money for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich before being appointed to the Senate.
According to a transcript posted on the Chicago Tribune's Web site, Burris told reporters in Peoria Monday night that he talked to some friends about putting together a fundraiser after being called by the ex-governor's brother.
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
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Rexatosis Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:25:34pm |
Well I for one want Mr. Obama Claus to bring me a new car, and a new HDTV, and a House, and a pony, and don't forget the Red Rider Air Rifle, I promise not to shoot my eye out:)
What do you mean I don't get any presents, just the bill? :(
//////
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Diamond Bullet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:25:43pm |
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if his "speech" consists of nothing but maniacal cackling a la Sideshow Bob:
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NY Nana Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:25:56pm |
re: #82 Alouette
I have a feeling that our grandchildren's grandchildren will still be paying.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:26:05pm |
re: #97 bulwrk
Do you suppose when he signs this abomination the thought crosses his mind that he is signing away any hope of a second term?
has anyone told him he can run again?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:26:10pm |
re: #90 CynicalConservative
What's with the 10 pens?
In signing the bill? (I'm not watching the broadcast.)
Long-standing custom.
The pens are given out as souvenirs.
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joncelli Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:26:28pm |
re: #58 unreconstructed rebel
I remember in the Carter years when gold was selling in the 1000s of dollars per troy ounce. I wonder how much that is in current dollars.
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Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:26:29pm |
re: #89 gmsc
One way flight from Detroit to DC for a 1 Big 3 CEO in a private jet? $20,000
Round trip flight between Detroit and DC for all 3 big 3 CEOs in 3 different private jets? $120,000Operating cost of Air Force One per hour while flying (in 2008 dollars)? $60,000/hour
Cost of round trip between DC and Denver? $390,000!
One flick of the pen to sign our children's children's children's future away? Priceless.
For everything else there is mastercar..oh..wait...nothing left.
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:26:37pm |
re: #79 snowcrash
Do you know if the gold dealers require a social security or TIN when you purchase?
I don't. But I am looking at their how to order page.
....
That page says nothing about SS# or TIN.
Good luck!
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CynicalConservative Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:26:46pm |
re: #104 pre-Boomer Marine brat
In signing the bill? (I'm not watching the broadcast.)
Long-standing custom.
The pens are given out as souvenirs.
Ahhh, thanks!
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:27:01pm |
re: #104 pre-Boomer Marine brat
In signing the bill? (I'm not watching the broadcast.)
Long-standing custom.
The pens are given out as souvenirs.
If I could get my hands on one of those pens, I'd attach it to a voodoo doll.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:27:03pm |
re: #104 pre-Boomer Marine brat
In signing the bill? (I'm not watching the broadcast.)
Long-standing custom.
The pens are given out as souvenirs.
Except in this case you have bend over and....never mind.
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lawhawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:27:22pm |
re: #90 CynicalConservative
What's with the 10 pens?
That's typical for important legislation. You sign the bills, and key individuals get the pens for inclusion in legislation mounted in shadow boxes.
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vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:27:37pm |
GREEN for everyone! Well, everyone with the correct political associations.
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Fat Jolly Penguin Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:27:38pm |
re: #89 gmsc
One way flight from Detroit to DC for a 1 Big 3 CEO in a private jet? $20,000
Round trip flight between Detroit and DC for all 3 big 3 CEOs in 3 different private jets? $120,000Operating cost of Air Force One per hour while flying (in 2008 dollars)? $60,000/hour
Cost of round trip between DC and Denver? $390,000!
Looking down your nose at all the bitter clingy peons as you consign their future to oblivion with the simple stroke of a pen: priceless.
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Oh no...Sand People! Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:27:45pm |
re: #93 teleskiguy
Why'd he have to make this Galldarned speech in my beautiful homestate of Colorado?
He's signing the damn thing as I type this! Well, I'll be checking in with my local bureaucratic office for mind detail...
I swear it's a swipe at Capitalism and Atlas Shrugged. Galt's Gulch was in Colorado.
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CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:27:45pm |
re: #40 Who Watches the Watchmen?
What do these "smart meters" do? Shut off my power when I go over my rationed amount of electricity?
The idea behind the smart meters is so they can charge more during "peak hours" for your electricity.
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teleskiguy Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:27:50pm |
re: #99 Rexatosis
and don't forget the Red Rider Air Rifle, I promise not to shoot my eye out:)
That would be an Official Red Rider 200 shot Carbine Action Range Model Air Rifle!
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snowcrash Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:27:54pm |
TV anchor just called the bill "the new" New Deal! laughable if not so sad.
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HelloDare Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:28:12pm |
re: #112 lawhawk
That's typical for important legislation. You sign the bills, and key individuals get the pens for inclusion in legislation mounted in shadow boxes.
Sell the pens on eBay. That will at least stimulate the economy.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:28:13pm |
I can't believe that they preempted Judge David Young for this shit!
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yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:28:17pm |
re: #73 lawhawk
There was more bipartisan opposition to this porkfest than there was support.
7 Democrats in the House voted against this mess. Only 3 GOP senators - Collins, Specter, and Snowe voted for it.
That's all that the Democrats could muster with all the pork.
Nice.
And just wait until folks start to realize the damage done by this mess; the higher taxes at all levels of government, the higher costs, and the damage to the economy. It will happen. But the Democrats had to do something to show they were caring for the economy - so they passed the most irresponsible and short-sighted legislation in history. They put their political ambitions to turn America to the hard left ahead of fiscal responsibility. It's the economy, Stupid.
The only ones benefiting from the stimulus is the government. They grow - everyone else shrinks.
'Caring' for the economy - thats it in a nushell!
Its the touchy-feely approach, not the hard-headed, clear-eyed analysis which shows what must be done, even if it hurts - no, one's gotta be 'caring', like one's gotta be 'caring' for, oh, everyhting, really .. thats how the LLL mindset works:
'Oh look - its a crisis, show that you 'care'!'
Never mind the harsh econmomic reality ...
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:28:18pm |
re: #119 snowcrash
TV anchor just called the bill "the new" New Deal! laughable if not so sad.
What network?
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redheadredstate Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:28:22pm |
Being a lass of Scottish ancestry I thought this quote from MacBeth would be appropriate to the situation:
“It is a tale … full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.”
Of course, this quote is not only appropo to the great and powerful O's speech regarding the porkulus bill but appropo anytime that creature opens it's jaws.
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P-DEX Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:28:28pm |
I sat back and enjoyed the last few minutes of a mostly free America at my job, watching the clock, before the Bamster signed us and future generations into the poor house. No, America is not done as a country. Not by a long shot. But she most likely will never be the same.
I will miss America as she was. Just like I miss the old, pre-shahira Great Britain. Good days, good days...
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:28:44pm |
re: #112 lawhawk
That's typical for important legislation. You sign the bills, and key individuals get the pens for inclusion in legislation mounted in shadow boxes.
Wow, talk about increasing your carbon footprint.
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:28:51pm |
re: #105 joncelli
I remember in the Carter years when gold was selling in the 1000s of dollars per troy ounce. I wonder how much that is in current dollars.
I remember in the $800s.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:28:55pm |
re: #110 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
For the record, I duly note that you said "to" ... not "into".
/I didn't say "into" either
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Who Watches the Watchmen? Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:29:27pm |
re: #117 CyanSnowHawk
The idea behind the smart meters is so they can charge more during "peak hours" for your electricity.
Ah.. they're actually anal probes.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:29:32pm |
Barry speaking again? No wonder the markets are in free fall
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:29:38pm |
re: #128 pre-Boomer Marine brat
For the record, I duly note that you said "to" ... not "into".
/I didn't say "into" either
heh heh.
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:29:39pm |
re: #120 HelloDare
Sell the pens on eBay. That will at least stimulate the economy.
Tell the Dems to use them as suppositories.
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mean Gene Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:29:49pm |
re: #40 Who Watches the Watchmen?
What do these "smart meters" do? Shut off my power when I go over my rationed amount of electricity?
The ones people put in here in CA actually turn off all juice for minutes during the time you are at work or asleep......great for frozen goods and forget having clocks!
It saves you a bit of $$ but the real test comes if you actually want to cool off or heat up your place and it won't let you.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:29:54pm |
re: #127 unreconstructed rebel
I remember in the $800s.
I remember when King Solomon told me never to sell my gold stock, or was that Buggsy Siegel and my casino stocks?
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DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:30:15pm |
re: #119 snowcrash
TV anchor just called the bill "the new" New Deal! laughable if not so sad.
Sneezy dubed it the "The New Steal"
I think that's more accurate.
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Dasher Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:30:27pm |
I am thinking the plan is to crush the economy, so it will be an "easier" sell imposing socialism. The unintended consequence will be a revolution.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:30:27pm |
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snowcrash Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:30:28pm |
re: #123 Nevergiveup
The Fox White House covg. guy Major Garrett in response to a soft ball question by Sheppard Smith. I do not like Smith.
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The Shadow Do Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:30:40pm |
Obama's pseudo-serious presentations just cry out for a good and proper lampooning.
Where is Monty Python when you really, really, need them.
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joncelli Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:30:47pm |
re: #127 unreconstructed rebel
I might be exaggerating mentally; all I remember was that it was high, and people were upset about it.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:30:56pm |
~sigh~ I wish I'd have bought GLD when I had the chance.
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HelloDare Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:31:01pm |
re: #132 Ward Cleaver
Tell the Dems to use them as suppositories.
Be an interesting way to sign the bill.
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MrSilverDragon Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:31:22pm |
re: #140 The Shadow Do
Obama's pseudo-serious presentations just cry out for a good and proper lampooning.
Where is Monty Python when you really, really, need them.
He does well enough on his own.
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HelloDare Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:31:23pm |
re: #142 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
~sigh~ I wish I'd have bought GLD when I had the chance.
It might pull back.
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Rexatosis Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:31:31pm |
RE: #118 Teleskiguy
Opps, forgot to be real specific when asking Mr. Obama Claus for my gifts, maybe that's why I'm only getting this lousy bill/////
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Dasher Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:31:41pm |
re: #142 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
~sigh~ I wish I'd have bought GLD when I had the chance.
I bought in awhile back may need to buy more.
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vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:31:52pm |
Just wait until you need a new roof on the house and the gov won't sign off on it until you install the required upgrades like solar panels,wind turbines, etc.
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:32:00pm |
Look at that market slide! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Ben Hur Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:32:02pm |
Yes!
Long live that one friggin' polar bear!
Thank you Jesus!
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CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:32:08pm |
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:32:34pm |
re: #144 Ward Cleaver
Where the hell's my unicorn?
I know! I'm still waiting for mine..I have the yard ready for him and everything! My kids ask me every day, "Mommy, when is the unicorn cominggggg?"
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Racer X Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:32:35pm |
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:32:46pm |
re: #79 snowcrash
Do you know if the gold dealers require a social security or TIN when you purchase?
After a bit more looking, I found this
Which coin transactions are reportable to Uncle Sam and which are not? The Industry Council For Tangle Assets suggests the following rules: ICTA Link An example might also help: When an investor sells 25 gold Krugerrands a dealer must fill out a federal form. The same investor selling 25 gold Eagles requires no such form. Why? Because these rules are not consistent. So if government reporting requirements bother you, do your homework before investing and avoid products which fall into the reporting area. There are many gold bullion coins that have no reporting requirements. If you're an advocate of the secrecy gurus, and can visit us in person, take advantage of "no name" invoices that are legal and make up a great number of our daily transactions. The buying of rare coins is not reportable unless you pay more than $10,000 in cash.
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:32:54pm |
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bulwrk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:32:57pm |
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:33:03pm |
re: #90 CynicalConservative
What's with the 10 pens?
Bought with a government contract, so only 1 in 10 actually works
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snowcrash Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:33:05pm |
re: #144 Ward Cleaver
Are you still waiting? We have already eaten ours! Fed a family of 4 for 2 weeks. LOL
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gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:33:10pm |
re: #132 Ward Cleaver
Tell the Dems to use them as suppositories.
There's one way to use a pen to work the country's problems out!
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MJ Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:33:25pm |
re: #90 CynicalConservative
What's with the 10 pens?
He's going to pass them out to each of the reporters so they can sleep with them under their pillows.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:33:40pm |
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:33:51pm |
re: #158 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Bought with a government contract, so only 1 in 10 actually works
And they cost $50,000 a piece.
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:33:57pm |
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:34:02pm |
re: #160 gmsc
There's one way to use a pen to work the country's problems out!
The pen is mightier than the sword. The cemeteries are full of people who believed that!
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doppelganglander Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:34:20pm |
re: #119 snowcrash
TV anchor just called the bill "the new" New Deal! laughable if not so sad.
They call it that like it's a good thing. I swear to God, every incoming Congress ought to have a mandatory book to read, the way a lot of universities assign a book to all incoming freshmen. This year, it should have been "The Forgotten Man" by Amity Shlaes. I know we've discussed it here before, but I can't recommend it too highly.
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Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:34:51pm |
We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgment of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the songI'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled againThe change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they were all flown in the last warI'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?Yeah!
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnightI'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:35:00pm |
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:35:02pm |
re: #156 acwgusa
The O has been reading spam email from the WH servers again.
Or at least off his Crackberry Blackberry.
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PISSED Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:35:11pm |
re: #157 bulwrk
you might want to check with Michelle on that one :)
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capitalist piglet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:35:42pm |
re: #89 gmsc
One way flight from Detroit to DC for a 1 Big 3 CEO in a private jet? $20,000
Round trip flight between Detroit and DC for all 3 big 3 CEOs in 3 different private jets? $120,000Operating cost of Air Force One per hour while flying (in 2008 dollars)? $60,000/hour
Cost of round trip between DC and Denver? $390,000!
What could a guy do with $400K? If I were Obama, I'd put my (and when I say "my", I mean "your") money where my mouth is, and insist on a major cutback in the costs coming from my own office.
So far, he seems to enjoy the trappings of the office a little too much.
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yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:35:58pm |
Dow is climbing - someone likes this Bill ...
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teleskiguy Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:35:59pm |
"[T]he government is still taking a third of our salary. Is the government doing a third of our job? Is the government doing a third of our dishes? Our laundry? Our vacuuming? When we go to Hooters is the government tending bar making sure that one out of three margaritas is on the house? If our spouse is feeling romantic and we're tired, does the government come over to our house and take care of foreplay?" -P.J. O'Rourke
Well, P.J., it'll probably by half or two-thirds real soon.
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ThinkRight Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:36:11pm |
After the "O" is found unqualified to hold office it will not matter anymore
/moobat republican off
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albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:36:21pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:36:27pm |
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invictus1 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:36:46pm |
re: #90 CynicalConservative
What's with the 10 pens?
Obama needed a lot of ink, in order to sign away America's financial future like that.
(Do you think the debt from this bill will ever be paid? Just more dollars to add to a debt that will never be repaid.)
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Amer-I-Can Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:36:54pm |
re: #89 gmsc
One way flight from Detroit to DC for a 1 Big 3 CEO in a private jet? $20,000
Round trip flight between Detroit and DC for all 3 big 3 CEOs in 3 different private jets? $120,000Operating cost of Air Force One per hour while flying (in 2008 dollars)? $60,000/hour
Cost of round trip between DC and Denver? $390,000!
Fox News gave a great little bit of data this morning... Air Force One uses 10,000 gallons of jet fuel EACH WAY. That is more that the average family will consume in 30 years.
And all that waste just so "The One" can be seen in front of solar panels. Did they ever think of letting UPS deliver the solar panels to the Whitehouse? That would have been a lot less expensive.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:37:01pm |
re: #163 Honorary Yooper
There's still about and hour and a half to go.
To commemorate where the Market is heading, I'll play High Speed Dirt
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:37:36pm |
I am now sorry that I didn't get that 250,000 house with the ARM and nothing down two years ago! Damnit, now I'm stuck in this townhouse I am renting!
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doppelganglander Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:37:40pm |
re: #133 mean Gene
The ones people put in here in CA actually turn off all juice for minutes during the time you are at work or asleep......great for frozen goods and forget having clocks!
It saves you a bit of $$ but the real test comes if you actually want to cool off or heat up your place and it won't let you.
That is idiotic. It reminds of of Spain. When I lived there in the late '80s, there was a drought (or maybe it's always like that, who knows). Instead of politely asking people not to use too much water, as we do here, they shut off the water supply completely from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. My building had a tank on the roof that supplied enough water for basics, but I had friends who didn't. Not to be too graphic, but what are you supposed to do if you have a sick infant and no water?
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Shug Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:37:43pm |
Harry Reid STOLE 8 billion dollars from the taxpayers for the high speed rail between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
hey dickhead, Southwest airlines charges 100 bucks round trip and you can get there in 45 minutes from like half a dozen Southern California airports.
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notutopia Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:37:45pm |
All I can think about right now is Michael Ledeen's article on 'Tocqueville on American Character'
[Link: pajamasmedia.com...]
I'm grieving one more loss of our freedom toward fascism.
BBL
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snowcrash Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:37:49pm |
re: #167 doppelganglander
Just ordered it on line from my library. I'm #5 on the waiting list. Must be good. Thanks.
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:37:54pm |
re: #183 DaddyG
I HOPE he leaves me some spare CHANGE.
I'm investing my spare change in firearms and ammo.
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:38:01pm |
re: #175 teleskiguy
When we go to Hooters is the government tending bar making sure that one out of three margaritas is on the house?
I can think of no one in Congress I would want serving me a drink.
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eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:38:39pm |
re: #133 mean Gene
The ones people put in here in CA actually turn off all juice for minutes during the time you are at work or asleep......great for frozen goods and forget having clocks!
It saves you a bit of $$ but the real test comes if you actually want to cool off or heat up your place and it won't let you.
Get your backup generators here .... you too can have reliable power with your new "Bagdad Powermaster".
/made in Iraq, results may vary
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:38:47pm |
I don't know what they're called, but I'm investing in those coin machines you see at the grocery store.
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Shug Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:38:56pm |
re: #89 gmsc
One way flight from Detroit to DC for a 1 Big 3 CEO in a private jet? $20,000
Round trip flight between Detroit and DC for all 3 big 3 CEOs in 3 different private jets? $120,000Operating cost of Air Force One per hour while flying (in 2008 dollars)? $60,000/hour
Cost of round trip between DC and Denver? $390,000!
but Michelle leaves restaurants with Doggie Bags
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newsjunkie_ky Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:38:57pm |
They finally put the bill up on recovery.gov AFTER he signed it not the FIVE days BEFORE the bill is signed like the SOB said he would do.
The youtube video where he says 5 days
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godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:39:23pm |
I guess I'll be forking over my $28,000 to pay for this complete piece of sh*t.
It's my money, you fascist bastards.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:39:30pm |
re: #193 SasquatchOnSteroids
I don't know what they're called, but I'm investing in those coin machines you see at the grocery store.
I think they're called Coin Star...good idea. I may buy a few.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:39:38pm |
re: #191 unreconstructed rebel
I can think of no one in Congress I would want serving me a drink.
Didn't Italy have that porn star in their Parliament?
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eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:39:41pm |
re: #166 Nevergiveup
The pen is mightier than the sword. The cemeteries are full of people who believed that!
I'll take Penis Mightier for $200, Alex
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Fighton03 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:39:49pm |
There is nothing that comes out of "The Office of The President In Training" that I need to hear. Thanks to his amateur handling and politics of Fear and Loathing, the markets have lost more than 2000 points.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:39:59pm |
re: #198 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I think they're called Coin Star...good idea. I may buy a few.
Yeah, I think that's it.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:40:23pm |
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yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:40:45pm |
re: #194 Shug
but Michelle leaves restaurants with Doggie Bags
She does?
So - what doggie have they got then?
(I mean - she's not giving that to her children is she? Or is she?)
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Edouard Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:40:49pm |
"Too late, Americans, you suckers! Here comes my autograph, and here comes the biggest f***ing Trojan horse you ever saw!"
... at least that's what I thought I just heard
| 208 |
JammieWearingFool Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:41:20pm |
I was busy practicing capitalism while Bambi was signing the Declaration of Socialism.
Did anyone pass out from all the excitement?
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:41:28pm |
re: #200 eschew_obfuscation
I'll take Penis Mightier for $200, Alex
I'll stick with Jap Anus Relations
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:42:02pm |
re: #208 JammieWearingFool
I was busy practicing capitalism while Bambi was signing the Declaration of Socialism.
Did anyone pass out from all the excitement?
I felt a tingle.
Turns out my foot fell asleep
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godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:42:06pm |
re: #208 JammieWearingFool
"We're all socialists now," Jammie. Haven't you heard? We're coming after you capitalist pigs!
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:42:12pm |
I wonder how hard it would be to turn Ronald Reagan into a zombie that does not have alzheimers? Also, if we can achieve such a lofty goal, do you think that there would be any diplomatic repercussions? Would dealing with a zombie president gross anyone out, for instance?
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eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:42:24pm |
re: #209 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I'll stick with Jap Anus Relations
I'm taking Anal Bum Covers in the next round
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sattv4u2 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:42:28pm |
re: #199 Nevergiveup
Didn't Italy have that porn star in their Parliament?
Ciccollina ,,,
(ummm, what ,,,, why do you need to know how I knew that off the top of my ,, umm, head ?!?!)
| 216 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:42:32pm |
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:43:02pm |
re: #210 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I felt a tingle.
Turns out my foot fell asleep
I just had to pee.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:43:11pm |
re: #214 eschew_obfuscation
I'm taking Anal Bum Covers in the next round
I'm betting on Swords and The Rapists.
| 220 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:43:13pm |
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:43:37pm |
re: #199 Nevergiveup
Didn't Italy have that porn star in their Parliament?
Ooooo, oooo, I'm moving to Italy.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:44:02pm |
re: #215 sattv4u2
Ciccollina ,,,
(ummm, what ,,,, why do you need to know how I knew that off the top of my ,, umm, head ?!?!)
Impress me and say you know her phone number?
| 223 |
sattv4u2 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:44:30pm |
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Unakite Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:44:31pm |
re: #106 Oh no...Sand People!
re: #89 gmsc
One way flight from Detroit to DC for a 1 Big 3 CEO in a private jet? $20,000
Round trip flight between Detroit and DC for all 3 big 3 CEOs in 3 different private jets? $120,000
Operating cost of Air Force One per hour while flying (in 2008 dollars)? $60,000/hour
Cost of round trip between DC and Denver? $390,000!
One flick of the pen to sign our children's children's children's future away? Priceless.
For everything else there is mastercar..oh..wait...nothing left.
To Our Children's Children's Children (Moody Blues). I don't think this is what they meant.
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Gretchen Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:44:45pm |
Well some of the new jobs will be all the printing press operators who will have to crank out a load of new dollar bills to pay for this thing. Japan is in no shape to loan and China will have trouble because we aren't buying anything from them. Economic genius Obama who never took a college math class will just print money. Welcome to the Weimar Republic.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:44:47pm |
re: #217 Iron Fist
Yeah, I'm not sure that I shouldn't default on my home loan and my car. Maybe even my motorcycle, and hey, what's $20 grand worth of credit card debt do for ya?
This working for a living shit gets old, let me tell you.
I know, I feel the same. Then again, we were raised with a work ethic. This is where the taking the narrow road thing comes in. Watch out for those thorny bushes!
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:44:49pm |
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:45:07pm |
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Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:45:42pm |
Considering Harry Reid announced the Iraq surge was a failure immediately after the bill was passed, now that the stimulus bill is signed, how long before we can call this a failure? A day? A week? A month? 6 months? A year?
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gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:00pm |
re: #208 JammieWearingFool
I was busy practicing capitalism while Bambi was signing the Declaration of
SocialismDependence.Did anyone pass out from all the excitement?
FTFY!
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:04pm |
re: #229 Kenneth
Considering Harry Reid announced the Iraq surge was a failure immediately after the bill was passed, now that the stimulus bill is signed, how long before we can call this a failure? A day? A week? A month? 6 months? A year?
Last week.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:17pm |
re: #229 Kenneth
Considering Harry Reid announced the Iraq surge was a failure immediately after the bill was passed, now that the stimulus bill is signed, how long before we can call this a failure? A day? A week? A month? 6 months? A year?
Wait till we are all on the soup line
| 233 |
Killgore Trout Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:18pm |
Obama's eternal campaigning continues: Recovery.Gov
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:21pm |
re: #228 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Sucker.
She's got me on her speed dial
Her titties are fake, ya know. Why would a man want to feel hard, rock like fake titties, when he can feel the real thing?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:24pm |
re: #228 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Sucker.
She's got me on her speed dial
She's looking over my shoulder here, and says she has no idea who either of you are.
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:26pm |
Butterball just laid off 150 from the local plant.
Folks, it is imperative that you go home tonight and eat a turkey.
I'm totally cereal here. Comeon people, not only are dozens of rednecks depending on your consumption, but untold numbers of poor souls down in Mexico depend on those funds sent home.
Turkey. The other, other white meat.
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CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:29pm |
re: #225 Gretchen
Well some of the new jobs will be all the printing press operators who will have to crank out a load of new dollar bills to pay for this thing. Japan is in no shape to loan and China will have trouble because we aren't buying anything from them. Economic genius Obama who never took a college math class will just print money. Welcome to the Weimar Republic.
On the bright side, after a couple years of double digit inflation my two houses will be worth more than their mortgages again.
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yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:33pm |
re: #225 Gretchen
Well some of the new jobs will be all the printing press operators who will have to crank out a load of new dollar bills to pay for this thing. Japan is in no shape to loan and China will have trouble because we aren't buying anything from them. Economic genius Obama who never took a college math class will just print money. Welcome to the Weimar Republic.
Stock up on wheelbarrows - might do a roaring trade in them, when the time comes ...
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:46:40pm |
re: #212 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I wonder how hard it would be to turn Ronald Reagan into a zombie that does not have alzheimers? Also, if we can achieve such a lofty goal, do you think that there would be any diplomatic repercussions? Would dealing with a zombie president gross anyone out, for instance?
We might have trouble feeding him. Brains are too scarce right now. There are certainly no Democrats with them.
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:47:08pm |
re: #229 Kenneth
Considering Harry Reid announced the Iraq surge was a failure immediately after the bill was passed, now that the stimulus bill is signed, how long before we can call this a failure? A day? A week? A month? 6 months? A year?
Try November 4, 2008.
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Unakite Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:47:11pm |
re: #110 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
If I could get my hands on one of those pens, I'd attach it to a voodoo doll.
Stick it in a voodoo doll.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:47:17pm |
re: #234 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Her titties are fake, ya know. Why would a man want to feel hard, rock like fake titties, when he can feel the real thing?
Those blow up dolls don't feel so real.... urh or so I'm told?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:47:24pm |
re: #229 Kenneth
Considering Harry Reid announced the Iraq surge was a failure immediately after the bill was passed, now that the stimulus bill is signed, how long before we can call this a failure? A day? A week? A month? 6 months? A year?
November 5th, 2008
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pbird Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:47:28pm |
re: #48 midwestgak
Didn't Clinton promise some 50,000 new police officers back in the day which never materialized?
100,000.
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yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:47:30pm |
re: #229 Kenneth
Considering Harry Reid announced the Iraq surge was a failure immediately after the bill was passed, now that the stimulus bill is signed, how long before we can call this a failure? A day? A week? A month? 6 months? A year?
An hour?
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:47:36pm |
re: #233 Killgore Trout
Obama's eternal campaigning continues: Recovery.Gov
You have got to be kidding me! I wonder how much it costs to maintain that site?
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DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:47:56pm |
re: #229 Kenneth
Considering Harry Reid announced the Iraq surge was a failure immediately after the bill was passed, now that the stimulus bill is signed, how long before we can call this a failure? A day? A week? A month? 6 months? A year?
It could be that the rules of economics have completely stopped working and this package will actually work
Obama has given us the market by which to judge it. Officially, we need to wait to see if there 3.5 Million jobs created in a year. When there aren't, Zero will have nowhere to hide.
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tfc3rid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:47:59pm |
I really hate the Dems and President Barack Hussein Obama...
They now have achieved what they wanted. A dependent lower class who will consistently vote for them. Permanent victimization.
We're done.
I turn my back on him.
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Idle Drifter Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:48:10pm |
re: #236 razorbacker
I'm sorry I prefer the dark meat.
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Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:48:22pm |
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lawhawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:48:35pm |
re: #229 Kenneth
Considering Harry Reid announced the Iraq surge was a failure immediately after the bill was passed, now that the stimulus bill is signed, how long before we can call this a failure? A day? A week? A month? 6 months? A year?
How quickly do Democrats want to get the rest of their hard left agenda passed? I say 3 months and they'll be demanding another trillion dollar porkfest that will eviscerate what's left of the Treasury. After all, there were hundreds of billions of pork projects left on the cutting room floor.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:48:35pm |
re: #234 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Her titties are fake, ya know. Why would a man want to feel hard, rock like fake titties, when he can feel the real thing?
Variety is the spice of life
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:48:38pm |
re: #229 Kenneth
Considering Harry Reid announced the Iraq surge was a failure immediately after the bill was passed, now that the stimulus bill is signed, how long before we can call this a failure? A day? A week? A month? 6 months? A year?
An economist on WBZ (Boston news radio) was saying we shouldn't expect much from it, and that was this morning.
I think he didn't like it but couldn't come out in blue Boston and say it.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:48:45pm |
re: #250 tfc3rid
I really hate the Dems and President Barack Hussein Obama...
They now have achieved what they wanted. A dependent lower class who will consistently vote for them. Permanent victimization.
We're done.
I turn my back on him.
That does make it easier for him to F... You?
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IslandLibertarian Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:49:13pm |
"Napoleon" has just signed the agreement with the other human farmers..........
"Four legs, good! Two legs, O-baaaaaaaaaaaa-ma!"
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:49:14pm |
re: #242 Nevergiveup
Those blow up dolls don't feel so real.... urh or so I'm told?
As a heterosexual female, I can say I've never felt another woman's breasts. Mine are the one's God gave me and I've had no complaints so far.
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DisturbedEma Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:49:30pm |
re: #195 newsjunkie_ky
They finally put the bill up on recovery.gov AFTER he signed it not the FIVE days BEFORE the bill is signed like the SOB said he would do.
The youtube video where he says 5 days
Details details. . .///
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yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:49:37pm |
re: #247 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
You have got to be kidding me! I wonder how much it costs to maintain that site?
Why do you ask?
Thats unpatriotic!
All you have to do is pay for it!
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:49:42pm |
re: #250 tfc3rid
I really hate the Dems and President Barack Hussein Obama...
They now have achieved what they wanted. A dependent lower class who will consistently vote for them. Permanent victimization.
We're done.
I turn my back on him.
Never turn your back on an enemy.
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CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:49:48pm |
re: #246 buzzsawmonkey
Some of you are larger
And some of you are small
But if you have got dysfunction
You can do nothing at all
Go Cialis
And you'll stand tall
It is just that sort of lyricism that keeps me inspired for the occasional one-off that I post here. Well done buzz.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:49:55pm |
re: #247 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Those pastel colored balls look so friendly. There's even a section where you can send your Recovery Story to Chairman Obama.
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tfc3rid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:50:10pm |
re: #256 Nevergiveup
LOL Nice...
BTW, I agree on the A-Roid photo op... Jeter wanted no part of being there...
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snowcrash Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:50:15pm |
re: #233 Killgore Trout
I like the timeline milestones graphic. Think they will keep that feature if the stimulus bill doesn't stimulate ?
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tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:50:21pm |
Guess I missed the part where he said ' I'll be baaaaack'.
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jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:50:27pm |
re: #164 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
And they cost $50,000 a piece.
Now, now. I have some knowledge of the government contract process. If the pens are $50,000 it's probably because some gov. Engineer was told to spec. them for use upside down, in a vacuum and on the surface of Mercury. Plus they had to be bulletproof and have a tracking device and explosive sniffer with an alarm. Oh and the materials used were a mix of obsolete paint and adhesives with "Black Bird" spec titanium as the shell.
Then it was put out for bids with "ready to ship" time of 90 days (when it would take 60 days just to requisition the materials and to machine the shell alone). After they were made then a QAR (Quality Assurance Rep) {we made up other names for them} would be asked to the factory for their inspection asap which would be responded to with a date 15 days from the time of request.
On the day of inspection the 15 pens made, (you usually have to make extra to make up for unforeseen shortfalls/failures at Inspection) were inspected. The QAR would then red flag 4 (on minor technicalities such as incorrect paperwork concerning the purchased materials or a missing inspection report at one of the stages of assembly) and approve 11.
Then you get to wait 60 days for payment (unless of course the paperwork gets mislaid or some part of it is unclear to the clerk checking it over or they just feel like f**ing with you).
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:50:30pm |
re: #251 Idle Drifter
I'm sorry I prefer the dark meat.
Then you'll have to eat wild turkey.
Wanna buy a good box call?
*Man, I don't know if that post is alcoholic or sexist. Or both*
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yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:50:44pm |
re: #249 DeafDog
It could be that the rules of economics have completely stopped working and this package will actually work
Obama has given us the market by which to judge it. Officially, we need to wait to see if there 3.5 Million jobs created in a year. When there aren't, Zero will have nowhere to hide.
Oh but he has - he will hide behind Pres. Bush, never doubt it!
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:51:17pm |
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jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:51:24pm |
re: #246 buzzsawmonkey
Some of you are larger
And some of you are small
But if you have got dysfunction
You can do nothing at all
Go Cialis
And you'll stand tall
Looking for 0.9 lead refills here.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:51:29pm |
re: #265 Killgore Trout
Those pastel colored balls look so friendly. There's even a section where you can send your Recovery Story to Chairman Obama.
$81B for "protecting the vulnerable."
Scary.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:51:38pm |
re: #272 yma o hyd
Oh but he has - he will hide behind Pres. Bush, never doubt it!
And if that fails to work he has Biden and Congress to cower behind.
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jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:51:50pm |
re: #193 SasquatchOnSteroids
I don't know what they're called, but I'm investing in those coin machines you see at the grocery store.
You mean CHANGE?
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:08pm |
re: #253 lawhawk
How quickly do Democrats want to get the rest of their hard left agenda passed? I say 3 months and they'll be demanding another trillion dollar porkfest that will eviscerate what's left of the Treasury. After all, there were hundreds of billions of pork projects left on the cutting room floor.
I never sausage blatant disregard for what the US really needs. We got stuffed.
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pbird Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:22pm |
re: #94 Nevergiveup
The economy sucks
My stocks would have to rise to be down
The war on terror is kaput
Israel is going to get sold down the River
My baseball team (NYY) has been roided
My senile mother in law lives with meSo how's your day going?
Don't give up!
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Unakite Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:31pm |
re: #163 Honorary Yooper
There's still about and hour and a half to go.
Down 251.53 and near closing time.
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:33pm |
re: #249 DeafDog
It could be that the rules of economics have completely stopped working and this package will actually work
Obama has given us the market by which to judge it. Officially, we need to wait to see if there 3.5 Million jobs created in a year. When there aren't, Zero will have nowhere to hide.
Well, since it will take a whole bunch to push all the wheel barrels of cash to market, he may actually succeed.
//////////
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DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:35pm |
re: #272 yma o hyd
Oh but he has - he will hide behind Pres. Bush, never doubt it!
Nope. Zero owns the economy now.
The "stimulus" package will actually shrink the economy.
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tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:43pm |
re: #246 buzzsawmonkey
They must have gotten it from the Airplane's old song, White Rabbit.
Instead of ' Go Ask Alice ', someone came up with ' See Alice'... when you're feeling small'....
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acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:45pm |
re: #275 SasquatchOnSteroids
$81B for "protecting the vulnerable."
Scary.
Considering that thanks to O, we are now all vulnerable, were do I get my check?
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Gretchen Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:48pm |
re: #236 razorbacker
How can we eat turkey when Obama is cramming pork down our throats?
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Silhouette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:53pm |
re: #269 jcw46
I see you've played knivsey spoonsy before.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:52:53pm |
re: #275 SasquatchOnSteroids
$81B for "protecting the vulnerable."
Scary.
And by "vunerable" I know he isn't talking about the unborn.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:53:02pm |
re: #278 Kosh's Shadow
I never sausage blatant disregard for what the US really needs. We got stuffed.
You're just bacon for a pun war
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bulwrk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:53:21pm |
re: #193 SasquatchOnSteroids
I don't know what they're called, but I'm investing in those coin machines you see at the grocery store.
Coinstar
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:53:45pm |
re: #280 Ojoe
Need grappa.
I've already opened bottle.
Looks like I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:53:57pm |
re: #285 acwgusa
Considering that thanks to O, we are now all vulnerable, were do I get my check?
Who is Vulnerable is best understood by The One.
Get back in your box.
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yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:53:58pm |
re: #276 FurryOldGuyJeans
And if that fails to work he has Biden and Congress to cower behind.
And the rest of the world ...
But Bush will be first choice, after all, the LLL here are still blaming Maggie for the dire straits our economy is in - after nearly 12 years of NuLab neostalinist politics!
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turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:54:07pm |
re: #265 Killgore Trout
Those pastel colored balls look so friendly. There's even a section where you can send your Recovery Story to Chairman Obama.
They made a typo at that site. Look at the 53bil "education and training" bubble. That should be "re-education" if I"m not mistaken.
I can watch O right now, not missing much I bet. Probably sounds like a campaign speech.
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:54:12pm |
re: #286 Gretchen
How can we eat turkey when Obama is cramming pork down our throats?
Ummm, Darling, I'm not sure that's is where the pork is going.
Don't stand up, whatever you do.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:54:19pm |
re: #290 Racer X
Yikes!
I just saw a pic.
No thanks.
She was one of those chicks you know so you could hook up with her friends
| 300 |
Wendya Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:54:21pm |
Does this mean I'll finally get the Pony that I was waiting for in Inauguration day?
| 301 |
Silhouette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:54:26pm |
"Hello, Coinstar? I've lost my change. Can you send help?"
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Edouard Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:54:53pm |
Wow! Would you look at that! The first 500,000 jobs just opened up as we speak.
Uncle Sam wants you to operate his $100 bill printing presses. All shifts available: days, swings, & graveyards. Overtime, time and a half, double time for holidays.
Lowering the legal working age to 13 for these positions!
Warm bodies needed urgently!
| 304 |
Gretchen Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:54:55pm |
re: #265 Killgore Trout
Those pastel colored balls look so friendly. There's even a section where you can send your Recovery Story to Chairman Obama.
"Protecting the Vulnerable" I think that's where they put the pork projects for districts with vulnerable democratic congresspersons.
| 305 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:54:56pm |
Trojan Unicorn
They sneak in their agents and we get the pointy end.
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DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:55:09pm |
re: #282 unreconstructed rebel
Well, since it will take a whole bunch to push all the wheel barrels of cash to market, he may actually succeed.
//////////
My crystal ball says that the inflation will not come for a year......something to look forward to, which is nice.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:55:11pm |
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:55:16pm |
re: #292 bulwrk
Coinstar
A ripoff, if you ask me. They want at least 8-9% of the total change you count in their machine. Pardon me, but I'll go to my bank instead. They do they same service for free.
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:55:19pm |
re: #293 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I've already opened bottle.
Looks like I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.
Yeah, Lent is gonna be tough this year.
| 312 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:55:28pm |
re: #290 Racer X
Yikes!
I just saw a pic.
No thanks.
I never realized transvestite porn was such a big deal.
| 314 |
Wendya Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:55:48pm |
re: #265 Killgore Trout
Those pastel colored balls look so friendly. There's even a section where you can send your Recovery Story to Chairman Obama.
People should send thousands of stories of how the recovery bill forced them to close their business and fire their employees.
| 315 |
sngnsgt Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:06pm |
President Hopenchange ain't talking about pocket change.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:17pm |
re: #295 yma o hyd
And the rest of the world ...
But Bush will be first choice, after all, the LLL here are still blaming Maggie for the dire straits our economy is in - after nearly 12 years of NuLab neostalinist politics!
Well, old chap, don't you know that it takes a long time to fix her mistakes? We're still cleaning up after Ronald Regan. Now hush and eat your beans on toast like a good lad (or lass). :)
| 317 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:31pm |
re: #283 DeafDog
Nope. Zero owns the economy now.
The "stimulus" package will actually shrink the economy.
Its for all of you to hold his feet to the fire: yes, he owns it, but he'll deny it.
Same as Gord denies his culpability - after nearly 12 years!
| 318 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:32pm |
re: #312 FurryOldGuyJeans
I never realized transvestite porn was such a big deal.
All those French Maid costumes aren't going to wear themselves.
| 319 |
Idle Drifter Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:47pm |
re: #247 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
You have got to be kidding me! I wonder how much it costs to maintain that site?
After following the links to actually read the stimulus bill Internet Explore can't display the damn page and Apple Safari can't conect to the server. Should we expect more of the same BS from the One.
| 320 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:47pm |
re: #295 yma o hyd
And the rest of the world ...
But Bush will be first choice, after all, the LLL here are still blaming Maggie for the dire straits our economy is in - after nearly 12 years of NuLab neostalinist politics!
O certainly is doing his best to piss off the rest of the world quicker than GWB ever did.
| 321 |
turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:49pm |
re: #267 snowcrash
I like the timeline milestones graphic. Think they will keep that feature if the stimulus bill doesn't stimulate ?
I thought that was kind of slick too. Notice the milestones on the timeline end in July 09 IIRC. They don't have a clue what will happen after that. The whole plan is transparent.
| 322 |
unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:50pm |
re: #308 DeafDog
My crystal ball says that the inflation will not come for a year......something to look forward to, which is nice.
I figure this is the year to spend what little I have left. Rather that than give it to Obama.
| 323 |
Gretchen Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:57pm |
re: #298 Iron Fist
Unfortunately Obama thinks money is generated magically by government programs. That's what worked for him and his gang in the past. They have no idea actual work goes into creating goods and services.
| 324 |
bulwrk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:56:57pm |
re: #310 Honorary Yooper
A ripoff, if you ask me. They want at least 8-9% of the total change
They do have that slot machine feel to them.
| 325 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:57:01pm |
re: #266 tfc3rid
LOL Nice...
BTW, I agree on the A-Roid photo op... Jeter wanted no part of being there...
A-Rod is getting ripped on WFAN
| 328 |
newsjunkie_ky Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:57:17pm |
Posted this on DT this AM:
President Obama quietly signs Pro-Union Executive Order
February 9, 2009
While everyone is talking about the pork laden stimulus that Obama and many Democrats in Congress are pushing, President Obama very quietly signed a pro-union executive order on Friday. It ordered the use of union labor for federal construction projects. This is one of the most blatant payoffs I have ever seen.
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has made the following statement:
“President Obama’s executive order will drive up the cost of government at a time when we should be doing everything possible to save taxpayer dollars. Federal contracts should go to the businesses that can offer taxpayers the best value - not just the unions who supported the Democrats’ campaigns last year. Quietly signing executive orders to payback campaign backers undermines Obama promise to change Washington. It is a disappointment for Americans hoping for more transparency and less politics as usual in Washington.”
I would have to agree with everything the chairman said. It is nothing less than a payoff to the unions who supported his campaign with both money and troops. And the fact that it was done with no media coverage shows that he once again is trying to slip one by Americans, which is anything but transparent.
| 329 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:57:17pm |
You know, back in '76 when I was matriculated from where ever that was, I wanted to someday be able to live on $12K a year.
Looks like I'm gonna get my chance.
| 330 |
capitalist piglet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:57:40pm |
re: #194 Shug
but Michelle leaves restaurants with Doggie Bags
She's thrifty. I mean, if it costs tens of thousands of dollars to get to the restaurant, you gotta cut back somewhere.
| 331 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:57:49pm |
| 332 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:57:57pm |
re: #311 unreconstructed rebel
Yeah, Lent is gonna be tough this year.
I know. I think that I'm gonna give up Lent for Lent.
| 333 |
Wendya Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:58:06pm |
re: #310 Honorary Yooper
A ripoff, if you ask me. They want at least 8-9% of the total change you count in their machine. Pardon me, but I'll go to my bank instead. They do they same service for free.
I convert mine into gift certificates for Amazon.com. There's no charge for that and since I order frequently, they come in handy.
| 334 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:58:06pm |
When I clicked on it just now, I got this message:
Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
_____________________________________________
Apache/1.3.41 Server at brillig.com Port 80
This says it all, doesn't it?
| 335 |
tfc3rid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:58:15pm |
re: #325 Nevergiveup
A-Rod is getting ripped on WFAN
Wow... I am surprised. Mike ripping A-Rod? Shocked.
Mad Dog is ripping him also over on Satellite...
| 336 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:58:35pm |
re: #331 loppyd
Ooooh really? Do they have streaming?
It's broadcast on the YES network in the afternoon.
| 337 |
Gray Skies Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:58:46pm |
re: #137 Dasher
Laura Hollis wrote a column along these lines. It is on [Link: www.townhall.com...] today and worth the read. She writes, "How better ... to obtain the dictatorial power you crave than to ensure that an economic crisis becomes a catastrophe?"
| 338 |
tfc3rid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:58:51pm |
re: #328 newsjunkie_ky
Are you serious? This is egregious...
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:59:19pm |
re: #335 tfc3rid
Wow... I am surprised. Mike ripping A-Rod? Shocked.
Mad Dog is ripping him also over on Satellite...
Mike always rips him. Is Mad Dog still getting payed over there?
| 341 |
tfc3rid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:59:22pm |
re: #331 loppyd
Ooooh really? Do they have streaming?
Yeah, on their website. My office blocks FAN so I can't listen online...
| 342 |
Ojoe Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:59:38pm |
re: #326 Ojoe
A small town of 500 citizens is in hock for 1,311,000 bucks.
| 343 |
Kosh's Shadow Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:59:38pm |
re: #284 tradewind
They must have gotten it from the Airplane's old song, White Rabbit.
Instead of ' Go Ask Alice ', someone came up with ' See Alice'... when you're feeling small'....
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
Steve Martin had a routine about "getting small".
| 344 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:59:46pm |
re: #324 bulwrk
A ripoff, if you ask me. They want at least 8-9% of the total change
They do have that slot machine feel to them.
If some of the plebs are stupid enough to use my future machines instead of going to the bank, then I'm not going to complain. Most of em prolly voted for Teh One anyway.
| 345 |
tfc3rid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:59:51pm |
re: #340 Nevergiveup
Mike always rips him. Is Mad Dog still getting payed over there?
Doggie praised Karmazin for 'getting the Liberty Media deal done to save Sirius'
| 346 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:59:56pm |
Via Michelle Malkin via KFOX14
EL PASO, Texas -- KFOX TV was the first to report earlier this morning that former border patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos were released from federal prison.Ramos, who has spent the last two years in the Phoenix Federal Prison, accompanied his wife and attorney through Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Ramos was released from the prison around 8 a.m.
| 347 |
Bloodnok Tue, Feb 17, 2009 12:59:57pm |
re: #287 Silhouette
I see you've played knivsey spoonsy before.
Upding for old Simpsons reference (any references past 2000 and all bets are off).
| 348 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:00:17pm |
re: #316 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Well, old chap, don't you know that it takes a long time to fix her mistakes? We're still cleaning up after Ronald Regan. Now hush and eat your beans on toast like a good lad (or lass). :)
Aww - its a long time since someone called me 'lass' :-))
Yeah - thats exactly it: Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher are responsible for everything which went wrong in the last six months ...!
| 349 |
Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:00:38pm |
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picaro Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:00:40pm |
re: #323 Gretchen
If Obama believes that scads of money can just be printed without much ill effect, we will end up like Germany's Weimar Republic. And we all know who came into power thereafter.
| 351 |
lawhawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:00:41pm |
re: #331 loppyd
How many of the fans ripping ARod are Met fans who had hoped he would join their team instead of the Yanks? Probably quite a few.
ARod deserves all the scorn and derision, because he once again refuses to take responsibility for his own failures and attempts to blame others for his taking roids.
Right.
Of course this is now the national pattern. If you make mistakes, you don't apologize; you blame others. In Congress and politics in general, Blame Bush trumps all logic and reasoning. It's the lack of responsibility that is most troubling about the situation (both in baseball and in politics), so it is not without a sense of irony that Congress is busy investigating baseball and steroids.
| 352 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:00:49pm |
re: #341 tfc3rid
Yeah, on their website. My office blocks FAN so I can't listen online...
Another perk of working for my brother - nothing is banned!
| 353 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:01:04pm |
re: #328 newsjunkie_ky
Just wait until we get slapped with all the hidden mandates in the pork-pac.
| 354 |
newsjunkie_ky Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:01:24pm |
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Dr. Shalit Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:01:31pm |
re: #37 Racer X
So it was extremely urgent to get a vote on Friday - even though lawmakers had not even read the bill - so it could sit for a few days to allow Obama his glory in a signing ceremony today?
This shit stinks.
Let's put it all together-
THE FRIDAY THE 13TH BILL - FOUNDING DOCUMENT OF THE NEW STEAL!
-S-
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lawhawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:01:31pm |
re: #278 Kosh's Shadow
I never sausage blatant disregard for what the US really needs. We got stuffed.
That's just offal.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:01:35pm |
re: #344 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
If some of the plebs are stupid enough to use my future machines instead of going to the bank, then I'm not going to complain. Most of em prolly voted for Teh One anyway.
Ka-ching.
| 359 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:01:59pm |
re: #320 FurryOldGuyJeans
O certainly is doing his best to piss off the rest of the world quicker than GWB ever did.
But hey, he's doing it sooo nicely, so eloquently, the World must surely love him for that!
Mustn't they?
| 360 |
Kosh's Shadow Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:02:00pm |
re: #303 Edouard
Wow! Would you look at that! The first 500,000 jobs just opened up as we speak.
Uncle Sam wants you to operate his $100 bill printing presses. All shifts available: days, swings, & graveyards. Overtime, time and a half, double time for holidays.
Lowering the legal working age to 13 for these positions!
Warm bodies needed urgently!
Will they let you take samples?
All you can carry in your hands. No wheelbarrows.
| 362 |
redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:02:15pm |
Good News! and More Good News!
WBF.
| 363 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:02:23pm |
| 364 |
Idle Drifter Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:02:29pm |
re: #270 razorbacker
Then you'll have to eat wild turkey.
Wanna buy a good box call?
*Man, I don't know if that post is alcoholic or sexist. Or both*
Bwahahahahahahaha! I've been thinking about going after wild turkey for some time. Me and brother once spent an hour in a Gander Mountain trying out all the different calls they had out for display. The box call was fairly easy to use the stick and shale stone call took a little time to get the hang off it.
| 365 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:02:34pm |
re: #348 yma o hyd
Aww - its a long time since someone called me 'lass' :-))
Yeah - thats exactly it: Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher are responsible for everything which went wrong in the last six months ...!
I'm an Anglophile...if ya'll can get the country free from the encroaching Sharia, I'm planning on moving there for a year or two when I retire...if I can retire. Meanwhile, have a pint on me!
| 366 |
godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:02:45pm |
re: #318 CyanSnowHawk
All those French Maid costumes aren't going to wear themselves.
I wish my last girlfriend had said that. But no, it was naked this, naked that, and now she's doing time in Dubai.
| 367 |
Edouard Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:02:57pm |
$1000/oz gold coming soon.
Not today. But that milestone level is now in view as the price just jumped to $970. Silver and platinum also pushing up hard.
| 368 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:03:37pm |
| 370 |
Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:03:47pm |
The DOW just tanked for the last hour.
Heck of a job, Barry!
| 371 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:04:10pm |
re: #351 lawhawk
If the Met fans want him, they can have him. I'd trade him heads up for Wright.
| 372 |
picaro Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:04:10pm |
re: #367 Edouard
$1000/oz gold coming soon.
Not today. But that milestone level is now in view as the price just jumped to $970. Silver and platinum also pushing up hard.
Dang! 1979-80 revisited. Obama really is J.C. (not Jesus Christ)
| 373 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:04:11pm |
re: #334 gmsc
When I clicked on it just now, I got this message:
This says it all, doesn't it?
The plan is to attach fan blades to the national debt clock to combat global warming.
| 374 |
DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:04:14pm |
re: #322 unreconstructed rebel
I figure this is the year to spend what little I have left. Rather that than give it to Obama.
True. The GWB tax cuts will expire in 2010.
It is highly unlikely that private capital will want to increase their commitment to the US economy in the face of increasing taxes. The US economy is in for a bumpy ride.
Meanwhile, China and Asia are continuing to grow. This will encourage commodity price increases, and China will want more interest for all that cash they are lending us. No growth for 2009 and then some nice inflation in 2010.
Sorry for the doom and gloom, but that's the way I see it.
| 376 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:04:28pm |
re: #350 picaro
If Obama believes that scads of money can just be printed without much ill effect, we will end up like Germany's Weimar Republic. And we all know who came into power thereafter.
You there. Now just simma down. Think it through. Billions of dollars, if not trillions, have disappeared from home values and IRAs in just the past two years. Gone.
So you see, don't you, that printing more money can't be inflationary. Can't. They're just replaceing all those other greenbacks that have gone missing.
I don't see what possibly could go wrong, here.
| 377 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:04:34pm |
re: #366 godfrey
I wish my last girlfriend had said that. But no, it was naked this, naked that, and now she's doing time in Dubai.
Poor baby!
| 378 |
redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:04:36pm |
re: #307 acwgusa
Market still going woooosh!
it's gonna be doing that for awhile.....
right now we're just circling the drain, but wait until the suction grabs us.
| 380 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:04:57pm |
re: #359 yma o hyd
But hey, he's doing it sooo nicely, so eloquently, the World must surely love him for that!
Mustn't they?
If O, with all this off-teleprompter stuttering, is eloquent, give me inarticulate GWB any day.
| 382 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:05:32pm |
re: #351 lawhawk
Not to be a braggart, but I called his juice use way back.
He's using the "my cousin told me it would give me an energy boost" defense.
This country is producing some pathetic creatures.
| 384 |
DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:05:54pm |
re: #323 Gretchen
Unfortunately Obama thinks money is generated magically by government programs. That's what worked for him and his gang in the past. They have no idea actual work goes into creating goods and services.
He's a flipp'n community organizer, for pete's sake. Creating wealth means securing handouts.
| 385 |
tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:06:13pm |
re: #307 acwgusa
Discovery of a junior Madoff in Houston as we speak (Stanford) isn't helping.
| 386 |
Buster Bunny Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:06:25pm |
re: #348 yma o hyd
Aww - its a long time since someone called me 'lass' :-))
Yeah - thats exactly it: Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher are responsible for everything which went wrong in the last six months ...!
Cmon .. you think a Dead President and a senile Ex Prime Minister with Alzheimers are threats to the world at the moment?
If so .. I'd put Krusty the Clown high on your hit list, he's Jewish .. he's fake .. and he sells bad burgers.
| 387 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:06:37pm |
re: #382 loppyd
Not to be a braggart, but I called his juice use way back.
He's using the "my cousin told me it would give me an energy boost" defense.
This country is producing some pathetic creatures.
It's being called the "cousin Vinny" defense here in NY.
| 388 |
snowcrash Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:06:43pm |
IMO Cavuto (Fox money guy) has a the best news/financial news show.
| 389 |
unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:06:47pm |
re: #376 razorbacker
Ummm? Did you really mean to leave off the sarc tag?
| 390 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:06:54pm |
Nevada state legislators confirmed today that the state of Nevada would not be sending out income tax refunds.
They stated that this would largely be a permanent condition, due largely to the total lack of a Nevada state income tax in the first place.
;)
| 391 |
godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:06:55pm |
re: #370 Kenneth
I thought the market would bottom at 8300. Silly me.
| 392 |
Idle Drifter Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:07:02pm |
| 393 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:07:04pm |
re: #385 tradewind
Discovery of a junior Madoff in Houston as we speak (Stanford) isn't helping.
What Jr. Madoff. I'm home with sick kids and havent seen the news!
| 394 |
Unakite Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:07:21pm |
re: #270 razorbacker
Then you'll have to eat wild turkey.
Wanna buy a good box call?
*Man, I don't know if that post is alcoholic or sexist. Or both*
I thought you drank Wild Turkey?
| 395 |
tfc3rid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:07:48pm |
re: #351 lawhawk
Guilty as charged, I wanted him back in 2001... Now I rip him, of course because of the steroids but also because he's a Yank...
I like how he blames his nameless cousin in the Domincan Republic...
| 396 |
picaro Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:08:09pm |
| 397 |
redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:08:10pm |
re: #321 turn
I thought that was kind of slick too. Notice the mill
estones on the timeline end in July 09 IIRC. They don't have a clue what will happen after that. The whole plan is transparent.
FTFY!
| 398 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:08:23pm |
re: #393 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
What Jr. Madoff. I'm home with sick kids and havent seen the news!
| 399 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:08:25pm |
lol,heap big bull artist Donald Trump is bankrupt again.
| 400 |
Sgt.Slappy Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:08:27pm |
re: #58 unreconstructed rebel
So is ammunition - the other precious metal. All types and calibers. IMHO an excellent investment even for those not inclined to bear the arms that they feed. In some cases (pardon the pun) the value has doubled or tripled over the last years. Kept dry and cool, it will store for decades. ...and when you're ready to sell, I guarantee you'll find a hungry market.
| 401 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:08:32pm |
| 402 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:08:34pm |
re: #365 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I'm an Anglophile...if ya'll can get the country free from the encroaching Sharia, I'm planning on moving there for a year or two when I retire...if I can retire. Meanwhile, have a pint on me!
Cheers!
Looks like we'll be having our Tory government in place next year at the latest, if not muche arlier. And the common sense of the Brits will finally be heard and acted upon - sharia, forget it!
But - win the elections first.
| 403 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:08:36pm |
re: #389 unreconstructed rebel
Ummm? Did you really mean to leave off the sarc tag?
Shhhhhh. I'm working on Sec. of Treasury. I bet there's gonna be an opening shortly.
Paid my taxes and everything.
Far as they can tell, that is.
| 404 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:08:46pm |
re: #395 tfc3rid
Guilty as charged, I wanted him back in 2001... Now I rip him, of course because of the steroids but also because he's a Yank...
I like how he blames his nameless cousin in the Domincan Republic...
Would you trade A-Rod for Wright straight up?
| 405 |
tfc3rid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:09:04pm |
re: #371 Nevergiveup
If the Met fans want him, they can have him. I'd trade him heads up for Wright.
Nevaaaaaaaaaaaah
They both a penchant for being un-clutch.
| 406 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:09:07pm |
| 407 |
Ben Hur Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:09:13pm |
10,000 More Troops Headed to Afganistan
Barack Obama.
Zionist.
Crusader.
Neo-Con.
Occupier.
Imperialist.
War Criminal.
Clenched Fist.
| 408 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:09:23pm |
re: #399 vagabond trader
lol,heap big bull artist Donald Trump is bankrupt again.
How many times does this make?
/s
| 410 |
bulwrk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:09:31pm |
| 411 |
redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:09:35pm |
re: #389 unreconstructed rebel
Ummm? Did you really mean to leave off the sarc tag?
maybe he was out of white smoke?
| 412 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:10:13pm |
re: #394 Unakite
I thought you drank Wild Turkey?
Wild Turkey is for drinking. Wild turkey is for eating.
It's a capital difference.
| 413 |
Ben Hur Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:10:18pm |
re: #407 Ben Hur
10,000 More Troops Headed to Afganistan
Barack Obama.
Zionist.
Crusader.
Neo-Con.
Occupier.
Imperialist.
War Criminal.
Clenched Fist.
Islamaphobe.
| 414 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:10:25pm |
re: #408 Dustyvet
Let's see, what number wife is he married to? (for the time being)
| 415 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:10:27pm |
re: #407 Ben Hur
10,000 More Troops Headed to Afganistan
Barack Obama.
Zionist.
Crusader.
Neo-Con.
Occupier.
Imperialist.
War Criminal.
Clenched Fist.
But that's the "good war" so it's ok.
/
| 416 |
redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:10:33pm |
re: #391 godfrey
I thought the market would bottom at 8300. Silly me.
maybe you got the 300 part right?
| 417 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:10:37pm |
re: #406 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Thanks! I work in the financial advisory industry.
Do me a favor, please advise these assholes to knock it off.
| 418 |
Suzette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:10:43pm |
| 419 |
tfc3rid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:10:49pm |
re: #388 snowcrash
IMO Cavuto (Fox money guy) has a the best news/financial news show.
Cavuto is excellent.
| 421 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:11:01pm |
re: #402 yma o hyd
Cheers!
Looks like we'll be having our Tory government in place next year at the latest, if not muche arlier. And the common sense of the Brits will finally be heard and acted upon - sharia, forget it!
But - win the elections first.
Here's hoping!
| 422 |
unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:11:03pm |
re: #403 razorbacker
Shhhhhh. I'm working on Sec. of Treasury. I bet there's gonna be an opening shortly.
Paid my taxes and everything.
Far as they can tell, that is.
No, no. You qualify only if you don't pay taxes. ;-)
| 423 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:11:04pm |
re: #411 redc1c4
maybe he was out of white smoke?
White smoke is on back order...umm, we got red parachute flairs...
| 424 |
Gretchen Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:11:23pm |
re: #354 newsjunkie_ky
Any lawyers out there? Is it legal to insist a government contract uses unionized workers? Isn't that discriminatory against non-union workers? Seems like this could end up in the courts, unless Obama signs an order doing away with the courts (or it's on page 987 of the Porkulous Bill).
| 425 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:11:30pm |
re: #380 FurryOldGuyJeans
If O, with all this off-teleprompter stuttering, is eloquent, give me inarticulate GWB any day.
Absolutely - but you know what the MFM are like, the international ones as well as the national ones. And when they say PB0 is silver-tongued and eloquent ...
| 426 |
Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:11:40pm |
re: #406 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
re: #398 jorline
Texas Financier Charged With 'Massive' FraudThanks! I work in the financial advisory industry.
Then did you see the massive financial fraud today in Denver?
| 427 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:11:40pm |
re: #414 vagabond trader
Let's see, what number wife is he married to? (for the time being)
I've quit counting those as well...:)
| 428 |
tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:12:26pm |
re: #393 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
[Link: www.reuters.com...]
| 429 |
Killgore Trout Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:12:36pm |
NSFW language....
Christian Bale pissed off at Peter Griffin on the set of Terminator Salvation
| 430 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:12:48pm |
re: #386 Buster Bunny
Cmon .. you think a Dead President and a senile Ex Prime Minister with Alzheimers are threats to the world at the moment?
If so .. I'd put Krusty the Clown high on your hit list, he's Jewish .. he's fake .. and he sells bad burgers.
Heh - its not me who thinks that - its the moonbats on both sides of the Big Pond!
| 431 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:13:00pm |
re: #417 jorline
Do me a favor, please advise these assholes to knock it off.
Believe me I would if I could. I work with honest people who respect the fact that we have a fiduciary responsibility...the Stanford Group et al was a pretty big dog in this town.
| 432 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:13:00pm |
re: #425 yma o hyd
Absolutely - but you know what the MFM are like, the international ones as well as the national ones. And when they say PB0 is silver-tongued and eloquent ...
...they are lying.
Why is that so hard to grasp? ;)
| 434 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:13:14pm |
re: #427 Dustyvet
My guess is that there's a distinct correlation between the two.No hot young model wants to be married to an old has been.
| 435 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:13:22pm |
re: #391 godfrey
I thought the market would bottom at 8300. Silly me.
Decimal point; I think the problem was you forgot the decimal point.
| 436 |
Fighton03 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:13:40pm |
and the market skids to close losing 300 points. Hopenchange's speech did wonders though, killing a mild rally in the pm. Hopefully investors will have gotten over their swooning by tomorrow and we'll see some deal making.
| 437 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:13:42pm |
| 438 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:14:03pm |
Breaking new on WSJ
* The Dow industrials declined 300 points, or 3.8%. Nasdaq fell 4%.
Do you feel stimulated yet?
* Goldman Sachs's Jon Winkelried, a co-president at the firm, is retiring.
Bailout before the bailout shreds his golden parachute?
| 439 |
snowcrash Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:14:12pm |
re: #407 Ben Hur
Bet he will rethink opening media coverage of the returning fallen soldiers to Dover.
| 440 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:14:19pm |
re: #424 Gretchen
Any lawyers out there? Is it legal to insist a government contract uses unionized workers? Isn't that discriminatory against non-union workers? Seems like this could end up in the courts, unless Obama signs an order doing away with the courts (or it's on page 987 of the Porkulous Bill).
Gretchen, think of this. Who, exactly, is it that dominates unionized construction workers? White males.
Heads will implode once that little factoid floats to the top of the punch bowl.
| 441 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:14:19pm |
re: #434 vagabond trader
My guess is that there's a distinct correlation between the two.No hot young model wants to be married to an old has been.
Well that explains why I live alone with a mangie moggie...:)
| 442 |
jaunte Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:14:21pm |
re: #429 Killgore Trout
'Roid rage. It's not just for sports any more.
| 443 |
SusanL Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:14:48pm |
re: #353 vagabond trader
This started this morning. I work in Employee Benefits.
Porkulus requires that employers pay 65% of the COBRA premium for any employees who are laid off due to "reduction in force, due to the economy".
COBRA for those of you who don't know is a federal law that requires employers (over a certain size) to allow former employees (or dependents in certain circumstances) to continue on the employer health plan after they have terminated employment. This USED to be at the employee's expense.
To offset the cost? The employers are to take a credit against their federal tax deposits (this is the employees money) and the employer portion of the FICA tax (social security).
Think about this folks... This is going to be a freaking nightmare.
S
| 445 |
Ben Hur Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:14:54pm |
re: #429 Killgore Trout
NSFW language....
Christian Bale pissed off at Peter Griffin on the set of Terminator Salvation
Saw it. (It's been out for a while.)
And I 100% support Bale, and from I understand, so did everyone else on the set.
Not that it's important.
| 446 |
turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:14:56pm |
re: #407 Ben Hur
10,000 More Troops Headed to Afghanistan
Barack Obama.
Zionist.
Crusader.
Neo-Con.
Occupier.
Imperialist.
War Criminal.
Clenched Fist.
Will they say this about his approval of the missile strikes in Pakistan too?
| 447 |
eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:15:03pm |
re: #421 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Here's hoping!
Why is Europe becoming more conservative just at the time when we're becoming more fascist?
| 448 |
redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:15:03pm |
re: #420 turn
Missed it, what post #
your #321: i changed milestones to millstones: most appropriate, no?
| 449 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:15:06pm |
re: #429 Killgore Trout
NSFW language....
Christian Bale pissed off at Peter Griffin on the set of Terminator Salvation[Video]
If he really wants to help his career, he should be shouting at a Republican.
| 450 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:15:15pm |
re: #399 vagabond trader
lol,heap big bull artist Donald Trump is bankrupt again.
Wow!
I know of at least one man in scotland who'll be happy to hear that - this means Trump won't be able to build a 'resort with golf course' on a lovely stretch of Scottish sand dunes ...
| 451 |
Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:15:26pm |
The Audacity of Irony
“Hope and change” meet reality. The ironies bring us back to the unlamented days of Jimmy Carter.
By Victor Davis Hanson
But unlike the Bush administration, which took 15 months to prepare the country for a real war in Iraq, the Obama administration gave the public only a few hours to read the final draft of the legislation before it was made into law. Where the polarizing partisan George Bush managed to obtain the vote of majorities in both parties to remove Saddam Hussein, the healing bipartisan Barack Obama lacked the support of even a single Republican in the House and won over a mere three Republicans in the Senate.
RTWT!
| 452 |
Ron Shaw Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:15:26pm |
Well, at least this Democrat-induced financial crisis wasn't wasted by the very same Democrats, and reportedly their approval rating has gone up this week, sheeeesh.
...and evidently M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E isn't the only filthy rich mouse worth tens of millions of our hard earned dollars in America...thank you, Nancy Stealosi!
| 453 |
opnion Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:15:29pm |
re: #381 Peacekeeper
THank's for posting that. I was wondering how a chimp could be 200lbs. until I saw his picture. Well fed pet!
| 454 |
unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:15:55pm |
re: #440 razorbacker
Heads will implode once that little factoid floats to the top of the punch bowl.
I've already got my goggles on.
| 455 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:15:59pm |
| 456 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:16:17pm |
re: #443 SusanL
This started this morning. I work in Employee Benefits.
Porkulus requires that employers pay 65% of the COBRA premium for any employees who are laid off due to "reduction in force, due to the economy".
COBRA for those of you who don't know is a federal law that requires employers (over a certain size) to allow former employees (or dependents in certain circumstances) to continue on the employer health plan after they have terminated employment. This USED to be at the employee's expense.
To offset the cost? The employers are to take a credit against their federal tax deposits (this is the employees money) and the employer portion of the FICA tax (social security).
Think about this folks... This is going to be a freaking nightmare.
S
I wonder how long it will be before employers stop offering health care?
| 457 |
redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:16:27pm |
re: #423 Dustyvet
White smoke is on back order...umm, we got red parachute flairs...
just what we need: a supply of communist interior decorators....
i started a major brush fire once with a parachute flare..... %-)
| 458 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:16:31pm |
re: #438 CyanSnowHawk
Breaking new on WSJ
* The Dow industrials declined 300 points, or 3.8%. Nasdaq fell 4%.
Do you feel stimulated yet?
* Goldman Sachs's Jon Winkelried, a co-president at the firm, is retiring.
Bailout before the bailout shreds his golden parachute?
But on the upside, I picked up a couple hundred shares of Conoco/Phillips just before the dividend is paid.
Y'all be sure and drive to whereever you eat that turkey, 'kay?
| 459 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:16:33pm |
re: #443 SusanL
Gad! I do not want to hear anyone say that this Alinskyite does not know what damage he is doing.Naive my arse.
| 460 |
Buster Bunny Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:17:00pm |
re: #430 yma o hyd
Heh - its not me who thinks that - its the moonbats on both sides of the Big Pond!
Bah .. I so hate moonbats.
| 461 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:17:02pm |
| 462 |
Peacekeeper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:17:07pm |
At the time of the 2003 incident, police said the Herolds told them the chimpanzee was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass. He also brushed his teeth using a Water Pik, logged onto the computer to look at pictures, and watched television using the remote control, police said.
I only wonder he didn't have his own blog.
| 463 |
turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:17:22pm |
re: #424 Gretchen
That's a good question, something has to be done about this "less for more" decision.
| 464 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:17:50pm |
re: #445 Ben Hur
Saw it. (It's been out for a while.)
And I 100% support Bale, and from I understand, so did everyone else on the set.
Not that it's important.
probably makes sense to support the leading actor...job security and all that
| 465 |
Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:17:53pm |
More,
Bush was pilloried for supposedly hyping al-Qaeda in order to create a security state. Obama trumped that by proclaiming that the present recession is a catastrophe, a disaster, a Great Depression. He ceased his scare-mongering only when he had exhausted the vocabulary of doom. “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” bragged Rahm Emanuel, reminding us that the envisioned Obama socialism could take root only if a climate of fear was created.
| 466 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:18:04pm |
| 467 |
turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:18:06pm |
| 469 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:18:29pm |
re: #441 Dustyvet
Awww, maybe you need to adjust your expectations. My kitty is my best bud, a true cat-dog.
| 470 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:18:35pm |
re: #445 Ben Hur
Saw it. (It's been out for a while.)
And I 100% support Bale, and from I understand, so did everyone else on the set.
Not that it's important.
Not the guy that took the video.
| 471 |
Ben Hur Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:18:45pm |
re: #446 turn
Will they say this about his approval of the missile strikes in Pakistan too?
I'd like for someone to ask Him about when he received authorization from Congress, Nato, the UN, etc to do it.
| 472 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:18:47pm |
re: #466 Dustyvet
Much better thank you...:) Tiger is doing well also...:)
Excellent!
Um, who is Tiger?
| 473 |
Unakite Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:19:03pm |
re: #412 razorbacker
Wild Turkey is for drinking. Wild turkey is for eating.
It's a capital difference.
How about drinking Wild Turkey while eating wild turkey?
| 474 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:19:10pm |
| 475 |
Gretchen Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:19:13pm |
re: #440 razorbacker
Didn't Robert Reich recently complain that all the construction jobs would be given to "skilled white males". In Democrat world bridges should be built by the unskilled as long as they were minorities. Reminds me of the Cultural Revolution.
| 477 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:19:44pm |
And there go 10,000 CA state workers, and all construction projects here in Brokefornia.
| 478 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:19:45pm |
re: #447 eschew_obfuscation
Why is Europe becoming more conservative just at the time when we're becoming more fascist?
Perhaps because we've had (at least here in the UK) nearly twelve years of that crap? And are seeing the results, day by day?
But hey - the young'uns didn't believe us when we said that Labour in any form would bring the country to its knees ...
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Silhouette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:19:48pm |
re: #473 Unakite
How about drinking Wild Turkey while eating wild turkey?
While watching a Virginia Tech game in Istanbul.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:19:49pm |
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Guanxi88 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:19:53pm |
re: #474 Guanxi88
Naive Melody, to help everyone chill out:
[Video]
Perhaps this should become Barry's theme song?
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:19:57pm |
re: #462 Peacekeeper
I only wonder he didn't have his own blog.
Shoot, if'n he can pay rent I've got a spare room. Sounds like he's better mannered than some folks I know.
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Ben Hur Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:06pm |
re: #465 Kenneth
Obama trumped that by proclaiming that the present recession is a catastrophe, a disaster, a Great Depression.
Then he promptly went off to read books to children, vacation at Camp David, and shopping with Michell.
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tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:09pm |
re: #424 Gretchen
States can vote individually on whether or not to mandate union membership for public contracts. Trent Lott and some others long ago proposed a national right to work act...... under BHO, good luck with that.
Forced unionism is anti-growth, and an anti-stimulant to the economic recovery...
[Link: www.nilrr.org...]
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MrSilverDragon Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:18pm |
re: #473 Unakite
How about drinking Wild Turkey while eating wild turkey?
I'll just take the Wild Turkey. Gonna need a lot of it over the next 4 years.
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gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:26pm |
re: #443 SusanL
My experience has been that it's much cheaper to get your own health insurance than using COBRA. That might be different if you have pre-existing conditions.
Will companies layoff a few more employees than they planned to help cover the cost of COBRA?
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bulwrk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:27pm |
re: #462 Peacekeeper
At the time of the 2003 incident, police said the Herolds told them the chimpanzee was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass. He also brushed his teeth using a Water Pik, logged onto the computer to look at pictures, and watched television using the remote control, police said.
ACORN registered him as a democrat in 2008
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jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:28pm |
Russia's stock market closed -9.40 today.
I wonder if they remember how to boil potatoes? We may not be far behind.
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vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:32pm |
This pile of krap is truly voodoo economics. Very scary stuff, and the supporters are like stepford robots.
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Ben Hur Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:44pm |
re: #470 CyanSnowHawk
Not the guy that took the video.
Oh.
I thought he posted just the audio.
Will go back and click on it.
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sandspur Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:51pm |
re: #249 DeafDog
It could be that the rules of economics have completely stopped working and this package will actually work
Obama has given us the market by which to judge it. Officially, we need to wait to see if there 3.5 Million jobs created in a year. When there aren't, Zero will have nowhere to hide.
That jobs forecast has already been revised down to about 2.5 mil
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:20:56pm |
re: #482 razorbacker
Shoot, if'n he can pay rent I've got a spare room. Sounds like he's better mannered than some folks I know.
Well he probably stinks some by now since they killed him but....
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capitalist piglet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:21:07pm |
re: #456 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I wonder how long it will be before employers stop offering health care?
I wonder too. I don't know much about this (as I'm self-employed and buy my own), but it seems as if they're trying to make it impossible for businesses to afford to offer health care benefits.
Hmmmm. Why would they do that?
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:21:29pm |
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gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:21:33pm |
Barack 0bama elected on Nov. 4th, 2008. Dow closed at: 9,625.28
Barack 0bama signs Friday the 13th Spending Bill on February 17th, 2008. Dow closed at: 7,552.60
Congratulations, Mr. 0bama. In only 83 days after you were elected, the DJIA has dropped 2072.68 points!
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:21:43pm |
re: #492 sandspur
That jobs forecast has already been revised down to about 2.5 mil
What? A million jobs have been thrown under the bus?
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mean Gene Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:21:44pm |
re: #186 doppelganglander
That is idiotic. It reminds of of Spain. When I lived there in the late '80s, there was a drought (or maybe it's always like that, who knows). Instead of politely asking people not to use too much water, as we do here, they shut off the water supply completely from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. My building had a tank on the roof that supplied enough water for basics, but I had friends who didn't. Not to be too graphic, but what are you supposed to do if you have a sick infant and no water?
Interseting.
I'd fill the tub or a bunch of buckets for the day.....every day.
Israel has such a water shortage that they do something we hadn't thought of:
they open the bathroom sink drain so they can catch water from toothbrushing and hand washing, then pour that water into the toilet tank.
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albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:21:54pm |
re: #488 jorline
Russia's stock market closed -9.40 today.
I wonder if they remember how to boil potatoes? We may not be far behind.
give me you potatoes
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:22:14pm |
re: #494 capitalist piglet
I wonder too. I don't know much about this (as I'm self-employed and buy my own), but it seems as if they're trying to make it impossible for businesses to afford to offer health care benefits.
Hmmmm. Why would they do that?
Hummmmm. I don't know. Could it be....NATIONAL HEALTH CARE?
/church lady
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eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:22:14pm |
re: #478 yma o hyd
Perhaps because we've had (at least here in the UK) nearly twelve years of that crap? And are seeing the results, day by day?
But hey - the young'uns didn't believe us when we said that Labour in any form would bring the country to its knees ...
Yeah, I don't envy you for that.... we could (may yet) be in worse shape.
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gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:22:14pm |
re: #473 Unakite
How about drinking Wild Turkey while eating wild turkey?
What drink would you pair with Spam?
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Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:22:53pm |
re: #445 Ben Hur
Saw it. (It's been out for a while.)
And I 100% support Bale, and from I understand, so did everyone else on the set.
Not that it's important.
I dont think he overreacted at all. A lot of scenes in action movies take hours and days to set up and a lot of practice, people and hard work to pull off. Some putz walking thru in the middle of it deserves an asschewing.
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godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:23:09pm |
re: #496 gmsc
Everyone on Wall St. is an evil capitalist pig! They're not worthy! I'm glad they're losing money! I don't have any investments, anyway! It's all smoke and mirrors, man! It's a conspiracy!
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mean Gene Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:23:12pm |
re: #477 acwgusa
And there go 10,000 CA state workers, and all construction projects here in Brokefornia.
You mean to tell me that kowtowing to the illegals and their huge underground cash economy hasn't supplied California the needed money to support their paper pushers?
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:23:13pm |
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:23:17pm |
re: #473 Unakite
How about drinking Wild Turkey while eating wild turkey?
I'm pretty sure that there's a dietary prohibition against that.
On the other hand, drink enough Wild Turkey and you can most likely eat whatever you can get in your mouth.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:23:20pm |
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:23:39pm |
re: #496 gmsc
Barack 0bama elected on Nov. 4th, 2008. Dow closed at: 9,625.28
Barack 0bama signs Friday the 13th Spending Bill on February 17th, 2008. Dow closed at: 7,552.60Congratulations, Mr. 0bama. In only 83 days after you were elected, the DJIA has dropped 2072.68 points!
One of my liberal acquaintances predicted the market would begin to recover once he was inaugurated. HA!
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Guanxi88 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:23:39pm |
re: #502 gregg
What drink would you pair with Spam?
Never touched that canned treyf myself, but the best value in cheap, hard-times booze is crappy domestic port. Mixed with a little water, or lemon-lime soda, it can become to this decade what the cosmopolitan was to the late 90's - early 00's.
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turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:23:44pm |
re: #453 opnion
THank's for posting that. I was wondering how a chimp could be 200lbs. until I saw his picture. Well fed pet!
I found the part of the story where the chimp returned to his room after being shot pretty sad.
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gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:24:04pm |
re: #488 jorline
Russia's stock market closed -9.40 today.
I wonder if they remember how to boil potatoes? We may not be far behind.
They stopped trading on both the MICEX and RTS exchanges today - lock limit down.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:24:18pm |
re: #512 turn
I found the part of the story where the chimp returned to his room after being shot pretty sad.
Me too
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CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:24:25pm |
re: #476 Iron Fist
Wouldn't you? Before this is over, Obama may be marching class/race traitors in front of enthusiastic Obama Youth troops with rifles for some close-range target practice. Cash out now, and flee the country before it is too late.
Damn right I would cash out.
The rest of it, not so much. Looks a little reminiscent of the lefties hysterically screaming about W declaring martial law and invalidating the election.
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loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:24:39pm |
re: #513 godfrey
Fried spam in the woods is a thing of beauty.
Add some sunny mustard and it becomes religious.
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debutaunt Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:24:42pm |
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:24:56pm |
re: #469 vagabond trader
Awww, maybe you need to adjust your expectations. My kitty is my best bud, a true cat-dog.
Tiger fetches dum-dum pops, when I made the bad the this morning I found 20 of the dang things...:)
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Cathypop Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:25:00pm |
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:25:19pm |
re: #493 Nevergiveup
Well he probably stinks some by now since they killed him but....
Even better. I can put him in the kid's old room. Wouldn't even notice, prolly.
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unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:25:21pm |
Never in the course of human events has so much, in such a short time, been thrown under a single bus.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:25:35pm |
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tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:25:40pm |
re: #479 Silhouette
The original ' Hokie ' had nothing to do with a turkey. ....
It was coined by O. M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition.
Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution and was named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1896, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the college's name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, a name so long that citizens shortened it in popular usage to VPI. The original college cheer, which made reference to the original name of the institution, was no longer suitable. Thus, a contest was held to select a new spirit yell, and Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie:
Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy.
Techs, Techs, V.P.I.
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah.
Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia.
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.Later, the phrase "Team! Team! Team!" was added at the end, and an "e" was added to "Hoki."
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capitalist piglet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:25:54pm |
re: #500 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
Hummmmm. I don't know. Could it be....NATIONAL HEALTH CARE?
/church lady
Heh. : )
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turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:25:57pm |
re: #488 jorline
Russia's stock market closed -9.40 today.
I wonder if they remember how to boil potatoes? We may not be far behind.
That must be %, wow.
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:01pm |
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eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:10pm |
re: #517 CyanSnowHawk
Damn right I would cash out.
The rest of it, not so much. Looks a little reminiscent of the lefties hysterically screaming about W declaring martial law and invalidating the election.
Just remember that when the left says stuff like that, it's usually projection...
I'm not suggesting that it will happen, but that's the way the left thinks, not the right as they contend.
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:17pm |
re: #512 turn
I found the part of the story where the chimp returned to his room after being shot pretty sad.
I did too.
Then I remembered that he tried to eat a woman.
Then again, I thought, the human who owned this wild animal should go to prison. I don't care how domisticated these creatures are, they are still wild animals.
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Fighton03 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:18pm |
re: #492 sandspur
That jobs forecast has already been revised down to about 2.5 mil
It's been revised to 0, every job NOT lost now is because this bill SAVED them.....remember?
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gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:20pm |
re: #510 unreconstructed rebel
One of my liberal acquaintances predicted the market would begin to recover once he was inaugurated. HA!
When 0bama was inaugurated, the Dow closed at: 7,949.09
Tell your friend that a 396.49 point drop since inauguration isn't exactly a recovery.
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iChef Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:31pm |
re: #502 gregg
I actually have a Spam cookbook, it also features Hormel's other fine collection of canned meats.
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debutaunt Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:36pm |
re: #140 The Shadow Do
Obama's pseudo-serious presentations just cry out for a good and proper lampooning.
Where is Monty Python when you really, really, need them.
Spend! Spend! Spend! Wonderful Spend!
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redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:41pm |
re: #470 CyanSnowHawk
Not the guy that took the video.
rumor is that it was forwarded to the insurance company, in case he walked off the movie set, and that it leaked from there.
/tinsel town native
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Guanxi88 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:51pm |
Best hard-times food?
Easy, and I oughta know, I subsisted on the stuff for over a year:
Cooked cornmeal mush, with cooked beans, and anything and everything else mixed in.
Doesn't take much to fill you up, makes a more or less complete protein, and, with some meat scraps and/or the occasional egg, makes a satisfying hard-times meal. Cost? Pennies per pound.
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Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:26:51pm |
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loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:27:09pm |
re: #534 Peacekeeper
Depends on the company.
I usually don't spend time in the woods with people I don't like....
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:27:15pm |
re: #513 godfrey
Fried spam in the woods is a thing of beauty.
Soon spam will be considered a premium cut of meat.
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razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:27:24pm |
re: #513 godfrey
Fried spam in the woods is a thing of beauty.
But it's not a Treet (for those familiar with Spam's black-sheep cousin).
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lawhawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:27:28pm |
re: #497 unreconstructed rebel
What? A million jobs have been thrown under the bus?
That sound you heard was the sound of trillions of dollars being snuffed out by the inflation of porkulus. And yet the porkulus is insignificant when compared to the Dark Side of the Force /darth obama
| 545 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:27:34pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:27:41pm |
re: #487 bulwrk
At the time of the 2003 incident, police said the Herolds told them the chimpanzee was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass. He also brushed his teeth using a Water Pik, logged onto the computer to look at pictures, and watched television using the remote control, police said.
ACORN registered him as a democrat in 2008
But the chimp insisted he was a Republican.
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tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:27:42pm |
re: #523 Iron Fist
Yeah, he says Afghanistan.
We know where they're really heading...
Gimme a P......
He wasn't kidding when he said he'd attack the Pakis.
| 548 |
godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:27:43pm |
re: #538 Guanxi88
Call it "polenta" and you can charge $13.95 a plate.
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gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:27:48pm |
re: #513 godfrey
Fried spam in the woods is a thing of beauty.
A pub just opened near me that serves Spam Bites: "A Minnesota must! Spam, cream cheese, and pickle breaded and deep fried."
I read they are quite popular.
| 550 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:28:01pm |
re: #531 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I did too.
Then I remembered that he tried to eat a woman.
Then again, I thought, the human who owned this wild animal should go to prison. I don't care how domisticated these creatures are, they are still wild animals.
life in the chimp pen at the zoo...naked, no soap...see how she likes it
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Unakite Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:28:03pm |
re: #479 Silhouette
While watching a Virginia Tech game in Istanbul.
LOL-Drinking Turkey while eating turkey while watching turkies play in Turkey!
| 552 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:28:05pm |
I forecast the return of the Flowbee.
| 553 |
Peacekeeper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:28:12pm |
It's almost too bad they shot that monkey. He should have been airdropped into "Pakistan's troubled tribal region".
| 554 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:28:29pm |
re: #514 gregg
They stopped trading on both the MICEX and RTS exchanges today - lock limit down.
Thanks...this wasn't the first time either, correct?
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DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:28:41pm |
re: #459 vagabond trader
Gad! I do not want to hear anyone say that this Alinskyite does not know what damage he is doing.Naive my arse.
True that. He saw the American Economy as a big fat ripe piece of fruit ready for the picking to distribute to his friends and pet causes. Unfortunately the only way he could see to reach the fruit was to cut the frigging tree down!
| 557 |
leww37334 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:28:46pm |
If you really want your eyes opened, remember on 3 June when Obama sealed the nomination the market was at 12,400. Today it is 7552.
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thefallingman Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:28:52pm |
| 559 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:28:54pm |
re: #549 gregg
A pub just opened near me that serves Spam Bites: "A Minnesota must! Spam, cream cheese, and pickle breaded and deep fried."
I read they are quite popular.
You lost me with the cream cheese....I have food consistency issues.
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turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:00pm |
re: #516 Nevergiveup
Me too
He knew how to browse the web to look for photos among other pretty human things. Wonder if his owners ever caught him browsing for chimp porn. Seriously though, the owners must almost feel like they lost a child.
| 561 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:09pm |
re: #542 FurryOldGuyJeans
Soon spam will be considered a premium cut of meat.
New a Russian guy who told me that eating Spam as a boy (he went from child to soldier at Leningrad, during the Great Patriotic War) was what convinced him he had to come to the States.
He said any country rich enough to produce such food in such quantities and ship it over to another to save their lives had to be the best, richest, and most human place on earth.
Guy loved America like she was his first girlfriend and bride of his youth.
| 562 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:11pm |
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Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:13pm |
When did Mr. Hopenchange become Dr. Fearendoom?
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bruxellesblog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:19pm |
I have a vision of Paul Volcker being held at gunpoint by two Obama operatives in an outfit not dissimilar to "The Gimp" in Pulp Fiction.
And here, folks, is the close
7,552.60
-297.81 (-3.79%)
Feb 17 - Close
Brought to you by Hopenchange.
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yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:25pm |
re: #501 eschew_obfuscation
Yeah, I don't envy you for that.... we could (may yet) be in worse shape.
You will not!
You've got your cosntitution, 2nd amendment, and now there is the Inetrent and its thus far less easy for the MFM to peddle their agendas.
Youv'e seen with your own eyes where that crap can lead a once proud nation - so you are forewarned, which we definitely weren't.
So - courage - you'll be back with a Rep majority in 2010, when we've got our Tory government.
Things are looking up!
| 566 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:29pm |
testre: #456 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I wonder how long it will be before employers stop offering health care?
Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs.
This is from Apr. '08 and shows the projected level of funding of the various programs within Social Security.
SS Health Insurance is ALREADY in the red. This is one of the reasons they've been yakking about Universal health care because at the level of current funding, SS Health Insurance is broke.
| 567 |
unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:36pm |
re: #549 gregg
A pub just opened near me that serves Spam Bites: "A Minnesota must! Spam, cream cheese, and pickle breaded and deep fried."
I read they are quite popular.
In Hawaii, Spam is a delicacy. They serve it with rice wrapped in seaweed ala sushi.
| 568 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:46pm |
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:54pm |
re: #552 SasquatchOnSteroids
I forecast the return of the Flowbee.
I make a mean pot of pinto beans. Guess we'll be eating more of those.
/must.buy.stock.in.beano.
| 570 |
Idle Drifter Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:55pm |
I'm serious folks I can't get the page to load to read the ARRA (aka Stimulus Bill). I've been at it for about 20 minutes is anyone else having any luck?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ARRA_public_review/
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Suzette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:29:55pm |
re: #524 unreconstructed rebel
Never in the course of human events has so much, in such a short time, been thrown under a single bus.
No kidding....one only wonders what else will be thrown under the bus!
It's anyones guess!
| 572 |
tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:30:12pm |
re: #549 gregg
Yeah, especially with the cardiologists at Mayo. A house payment in every bite....
/sarc/
| 573 |
godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:30:31pm |
You need something to stand up to all the salt in Spam, and its fattiness. I'm guessing a cheap chianti would have enough berry and acid.
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n in wi Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:30:49pm |
re: #546 Kosh's Shadow
But the chimp insisted he was a Republican.
Hey, he could brush his teeth and open car doors. He knew he was smarter than the average Dem.
| 576 |
bulwrk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:31:00pm |
re: #546 Kosh's Shadow
But the chimp insisted he was a Republican.
Yeah the toilet trained part is not consistent with ACORN democrats
| 577 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:31:31pm |
re: #567 unreconstructed rebel
In Hawaii, Spam is a delicacy. They serve it with rice wrapped in seaweed ala sushi.
I've read that Hawaii leads the U.S. in per capita consumption of Spam, and that it goes back to WWII, when meat was hard to come by there.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:31:35pm |
re: #560 turn
He knew how to browse the web to look for photos among other pretty human things. Wonder if his owners ever caught him browsing for chimp porn. Seriously though, the owners must almost feel like they lost a child.
From what I can tell, it almost sounds like he flipped out on the medications he was taking.
| 579 |
Killgore Trout Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:31:36pm |
re: #548 godfrey
It's funny. At the grocery store the polenta costs about 50% more than the grits. They're exactly the same thing.
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albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:31:37pm |
re: #569 Ward Cleaver
I make a mean pot of pinto beans. Guess we'll be eating more of those.
/must.buy.stock.in.beano.
pinto beans and rice are through the roof in NM....people are getting testy
| 581 |
DisturbedEma Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:32:06pm |
re: #563 Kenneth
When did Mr. Hopenchange become Dr. Fearendoom?
The day he began to run for president. . .for me.. .
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Unakite Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:32:09pm |
re: #502 gregg
What drink would you pair with Spam?
Not a clue, but I'm thinking that Monty Python has the answer somewhere.
| 583 |
Digital Display Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:32:15pm |
re: #559 loppyd
You lost me with the cream cheese....I have food consistency issues.
{loopyd} !
How are you doing?
| 585 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:32:23pm |
| 586 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:32:26pm |
re: #580 albusteve
pinto beans and rice are through the roof in NM....people are getting testy
I've been stockpiling dry goods, including legumes, since BO got nominated.
| 587 |
Silhouette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:32:42pm |
re: #526 tradewind
Aye, this I know. But surely you're familiar with the Fighting Gobblers? ;-)
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DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:32:55pm |
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turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:33:10pm |
re: #531 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I did too.
Then I remembered that he tried to eat a woman.
Then again, I thought, the human who owned this wild animal should go to prison. I don't care how domisticated these creatures are, they are still wild animals.
Yeah that was justification for killing him for sure, but I still felt sort of sorry for him. The woman will be scared for life. I'm not so sure about the prison thing, I would feel a lot safer around a chimp than a pit bull for instance.
| 590 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:33:17pm |
re: #563 Kenneth
When did Mr. Hopenchange become Dr. Fearendoom?
When he opened up that gift wrapped recession that W. left him as a parting gift.
/
| 591 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:33:20pm |
| 592 |
Killgore Trout Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:33:22pm |
re: #588 DeafDog
Yeah, spam is beer food.
| 593 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:33:42pm |
| 594 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:33:46pm |
re: #573 godfrey
You need something to stand up to all the salt in Spam, and its fattiness. I'm guessing a cheap chianti would have enough berry and acid.
When my daughter visits, what she always asks me to fix for breakfast is Spam cubed small and fried, then mixed with scrambled eggs to which I've added Velveeta.
I'm pretty sure that the only actual food product there is the egg.
| 596 |
Crashnburn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:33:52pm |
| 597 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:33:59pm |
re: #583 HoosierHoops
{loopyd} !
How are you doing?
{Hooooosier Daddy}!
I'm feeling better - finally. Thanks for asking.
How's by you?
| 598 |
Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:34:09pm |
re: #581 DisturbedEma
I think it was the day after he was elected. He was Hopenchange when he was trying to well himself, he became Fearendoom when he had to sell his stimulus bill.
| 599 |
DisturbedEma Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:34:16pm |
re: #594 razorbacker
When my daughter visits, what she always asks me to fix for breakfast is Spam cubed small and fried, then mixed with scrambled eggs to which I've added Velveeta.
I'm pretty sure that the only actual food product there is the egg.
ack! is that in the Lizard cook book?
| 600 |
gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:34:31pm |
re: #554 jorline
Thanks...this wasn't the first time either, correct?
It's happened a few times over the last 3-4 months.
| 601 |
DisturbedEma Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:34:34pm |
| 602 |
2by2 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:34:37pm |
re: #496 gmsc
Barack 0bama elected on Nov. 4th, 2008. Dow closed at: 9,625.28
Barack 0bama signs Friday the 13th Spending Bill on February 17th, 2008. Dow closed at: 7,552.60Congratulations, Mr. 0bama. In only 83 days after you were elected, the DJIA has dropped 2072.68 points!
As the old Jewish saying goes: "Could be worse"
/
| 604 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:34:51pm |
re: #569 Ward Cleaver
I make a mean pot of pinto beans. Guess we'll be eating more of those.
/must.buy.stock.in.beano.
Are you better off than you were a month, no, a week, no no, a day ago ?
A bull in a china shop we've got here.
| 605 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:34:54pm |
re: #594 razorbacker
When my daughter visits, what she always asks me to fix for breakfast is Spam cubed small and fried, then mixed with scrambled eggs to which I've added Velveeta.
I'm pretty sure that the only actual food product there is the egg.
The Eggs of Power?
/
| 606 |
bulwrk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:34:59pm |
| 607 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:34:59pm |
re: #586 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I've been stockpiling dry goods, including legumes, since BO got nominated.
all food out here is sky friggin high...all these poor folks and Native Ams are taking a hit....tortillas are very expensive
| 608 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:03pm |
re: #577 Ward Cleaver
I've read that Hawaii leads the U.S. in per capita consumption of Spam, and that it goes back to WWII, when meat was hard to come by there.
Mrs. Hawk does a Spam and Mimosa breakfast on Sunday mornings for our whole group when we go camping.
| 609 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:03pm |
re: #590 loppyd
When he opened up that gift wrapped recession that
W.the Democratic congress left him as a parting gift.
/
Now you don't have to waste the sarc tag.
| 610 |
tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:20pm |
re: #587 Silhouette
Yeah. I was just being argumentative online, which is so much safer than getting your gripe on in real life...
:)
| 611 |
bruxellesblog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:25pm |
| 612 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:26pm |
| 613 |
n in wi Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:31pm |
re: #578 Nevergiveup
From what I can tell, it almost sounds like he flipped out on the medications he was taking.
I thought he just found out he lost a ton in the Madoff thing.
| 614 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:41pm |
re: #599 DisturbedEma
ack! is that in the Lizard cook book?
I'd be surprised to find that in any book.
| 615 |
Kenneth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:46pm |
re: #607 albusteve
Thank the ethanol boondoggle for driving the price of corn up.
| 616 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:46pm |
| 617 |
eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:35:49pm |
re: #565 yma o hyd
You will not!
You've got your cosntitution, 2nd amendment, and now there is the Inetrent and its thus far less easy for the MFM to peddle their agendas.
Youv'e seen with your own eyes where that crap can lead a once proud nation - so you are forewarned, which we definitely weren't.So - courage - you'll be back with a Rep majority in 2010, when we've got our Tory government.
Things are looking up!
I really am glad to hear of your new Tory government. Someone has to put the likes of Livingston and Galloway out on the street (o.k.....maybe I'm dreaming again).
I was disappointed when John Howard (Australia) was replaced with someone more liberal.
| 618 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:36:00pm |
| 619 |
unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:36:02pm |
| 620 |
Digital Display Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:36:10pm |
re: #597 loppyd
{Hooooosier Daddy}!
I'm feeling better - finally. Thanks for asking.
How's by you?
Doing just wonderful..Off work in a few..so that's always good.
I'm glad you are feeling better...
| 622 |
kansas Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:36:16pm |
How long until the polls reflect that Obama is actually exacerbating the problem?
| 623 |
tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:36:32pm |
re: #601 DisturbedEma
I also heard that HuffPo has replaced Kos as the official Hope'n Change promotion vehicle.
| 624 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:36:36pm |
re: #477 acwgusa
And there go 10,000 CA state workers, and all construction projects here in Brokefornia.
I can see the following future book about migrants during a financial upheaval.
"The lines of cars and trucks were headed east away from the promised deserted land --some with signs saying "Oklahoma or Bust We Went Bust."
Horace Greeley -- "Go back to where you came from".
| 626 |
Crashnburn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:36:41pm |
re: #601 DisturbedEma
The chimpanzee that was shot and killed....
| 627 |
DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:36:46pm |
re: #592 Killgore Trout
Yeah, spam is beer food.
Cheap beer - Shmidt's, Milwaukee's Best, Hamm's, Natty-Bo or Lone Star, depending on where in the country you are.
| 628 |
Honorary Yooper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:36:59pm |
re: #379 buzzsawmonkey
It is ironic indeed that "depression" was first used to describe the Great Depression in its early days because "recession" was considered too panic-inducing; rather than a "recession," the economy was held to be in "just a little depression."
Buzz, hate break it to you, but the term "depression" was first used for the Long Depression of 1873-1897. In fact, that depression was known as the Great Depression until it was surpassed in the 1930s.
| 629 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:37:04pm |
re: #615 Kenneth
Thank the ethanol boondoggle for driving the price of corn up.
exactly...that law absolutely needs to come off the books
| 630 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:37:11pm |
re: #622 kansas
How long until the polls reflect that Obama is actually exacerbating the problem?
When the Dow drops through 5,000?
/like a rock in a vacuum
| 631 |
Silhouette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:37:22pm |
Now, you see, I would go the opposite way with Spam.
Drink it with Dom Pérignon.
Should average out, right?
| 634 |
Killgore Trout Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:37:42pm |
Hamas Stole Seven Tons of Weapons from UN in Gaza
Hamas stole tons of explosives, weapons and unexploded bombs that it was guarding for the United Nations, which gathered the ordnance during Operation Cast Lead. The Hamas guard has disappeared along with the bombs and explosives.
The discovery of missing weapons, first revealed by British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), is the latest in a number of embarrassing episodes for the U.N. and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner charged Hamas with "commandeering" the bombs, explosives and artillery shells.
.....
"We are anxious to get the return of this ordnance," U.N. Jerusalem spokesman Richard Miron told the BBC. "It's clearly extremely dangerous and needs to be disposed of in a safe manner.
Lol
| 635 |
Racer X Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:37:43pm |
| 636 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:37:51pm |
re: #616 CyanSnowHawk
The last 30 minutes saw 110 points disappear.
right...there goes my friggin retirement...I'm 56
| 637 |
BeStill Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:37:57pm |
Sorry if this has been requested before, but can anyone give me a link to the final Spendulous Bill? Thanks!
| 638 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:37:58pm |
Postmaster General Got Huge Pay Bump While Simultaneously Calling for Cuts in Delivery
—Gabriel Malor
The price of a stamp will go up 2 cents in May. The Postmaster General has proposed reducing postal delivery to five days a week. And he gets compensated (if the Washington Times is correct) $800,000 in pay, benefits, and perks.
[Link: ace.mu.nu...]
The sweet smell of success?
| 639 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:38:01pm |
re: #627 DeafDog
Cheap beer - Shmidt's, Milwaukee's Best, Hamm's, Natty-Bo or Lone Star, depending on where in the country you are.
Schaefer.
/strain the chunks out first
| 640 |
tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:38:03pm |
re: #622 kansas
If FDR is any guide, I'd say fifty, maybe sixty years after he leaves office.....
| 641 |
kansas Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:38:11pm |
re: #630 Ward Cleaver
When the Dow drops through 5,000?
/like a rock in a vacuum
What, like next week or by Friday?
| 642 |
Silhouette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:38:13pm |
re: #610 tradewind
Yeah. I was just being argumentative online, which is so much safer than getting your gripe on in real life...
:)
I'm that way with people who put a period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
| 644 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:38:28pm |
| 645 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:38:32pm |
Brokefornia has now been upgraded to Brokeassifornia.
| 646 |
gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:38:50pm |
re: #559 loppyd
You lost me with the cream cheese....I have food consistency issues.
Here's a picture of the Spam Bites. Kinda like a Jalapeno popper.
| 647 |
midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:38:50pm |
re: #627 DeafDog
Cheap beer - Shmidt's, Milwaukee's Best, Hamm's, Natty-Bo or Lone Star, depending on where in the country you are.
Do they still brew Hamm's? lol
| 650 |
unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:39:04pm |
re: #636 albusteve
right...there goes my friggin retirement...I'm 56
Stop whining. I'm 64 (and very pissed off)
| 652 |
tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:39:05pm |
re: #627 DeafDog
You forgot Pearl and Dixie.... bottled straight from under the hoss.
| 654 |
Silhouette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:39:23pm |
re: #622 kansas
How long until the polls reflect that Obama is actually exacerbating the problem?
Except never in the history of time have leftists admitted one of their solutions was wrong. The only response is ever that they didn't try enough.
God help us.
| 655 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:39:38pm |
re: #624 jcw46
I can see the following future book about migrants during a financial upheaval.
"The lines of cars and trucks were headed east away from the
promiseddeserted land --some with signs saying "Oklahoma or BustWe Went Bust."Horace Greeley -- "Go back to where you came from".
I hear Las Vegas and Detroit are now the two most abandoned cities in the U.S.
| 657 |
Killgore Trout Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:39:50pm |
Koalas have been suffering during the recent heatwave and turning to man made sources for water, coming out of the bush and uncharacteristically entering built up areas.
The text below is associated with the pics of the koala who hailed down some cyclists in the Adelaide Hills.
| 658 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:39:58pm |
| 659 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:40:06pm |
re: #638 Nevergiveup
and we little folk still have to put up with surly post office clerks.
| 660 |
Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:40:22pm |
I've got my V-8 interceport and gyrocopter on stand by assuming Obama keeps talking the economy into the dirt
| 661 |
godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:40:24pm |
re: #644 jorline
Buy those little frozen shrimp. Toss handful in hot nonstick skillet. Grate manchego cheese on top. They melt into a patty. Put on bun, toss on some pico, and eat. Beautiful.
| 662 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:40:34pm |
re: #617 eschew_obfuscation
Livingstone is already out - thanks to Boris Johnson, Tory, natch ...
There was a brief peiv=ce in one of the papers about how there are no more so-called 'high-flyers', i.e. young and coming civil servants, applying for jobs in the private offices of the NuLab ministers - and they also are said to moan that the top civil servants are dragging their feet in regard to implementing thei policies - whereas the same civil servants are now psending far more time briefing the Tory shdow cabinet.
Which means, translated for the man in the street, that the election will be coming sooner rather than later - and that those 'in the know' are pretty damn sure it'll be the Tories who'll get in.
| 663 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:40:43pm |
re: #643 godfrey
It's just like burning money!
The country way of saying someone is rich?
'At fellers got enough money to burn a wet mule.
*I don't know. Don't ask*
| 664 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:40:44pm |
re: #644 jorline
I like shrimp tacos.
so do I...most people never heard of them...I keep a coupla pounds in the freezer just for that...BBQ prawns are right up there too
| 665 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:41:06pm |
Speaking of primates gone wild:
Attorney Miffed At Gorilla's Birthday Party
BOSTON -- Birthday streamers and an oversized cake heralded the birthday of Boston’s most famous gorilla Monday, but some found little to celebrate in the occasion.NewsCenter 5’s Rhondella Richardson reported that the Franklin Park Zoo kicked off it’s “Go Ape Week” activities by celebrating the birthday of 16-year-old Little Joe, a gorilla that grabbed international headlines in 2003 when it escaped from the zoo and injured two people.
The decision to highlight Little Joe’s birthday has been questioned by an attorney who represented one of the victims in a 2007 civil case against the zoo. Donald L. Gibson told the Boston Globe that he believes the zoo is capitalizing on Little Joe’s publicity.
"It's very frustrating to see this particular gorilla -- Little Joe -- used as a marketing tool given what happened," Gibson told the paper.
Monday’s celebration included games and door prizes, as well as a gigantic cake frosted to look like a Massachusetts driver’s license with Little Joe’s picture.
| 666 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:41:09pm |
re: #655 acwgusa
I hear Las Vegas and Detroit are now the two most abandoned cities in the U.S.
Vegas? Really?
How can they tell when population varies by hundreds of thousands from Saturday to Wednesday?
/
| 667 |
yma o hyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:41:19pm |
Gotta go, Lizards, that Madame Dog is giving me the Collie stare!
| 669 |
The Shadow Do Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:41:31pm |
re: #543 razorbacker
But it's not a Treet (for those familiar with Spam's black-sheep cousin).
Horse c***k vs. pony peeter
| 670 |
kansas Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:41:42pm |
re: #650 unreconstructed rebel
Stop whining. I'm 64 (and very pissed off)
I'm 60. My Edward Jones guy is still spouting that buy and hold shit. I was in cash in June, and he agreed that last month was a good time to get back in. Luckily I didn't go all in, but I'm down 40% of what I put in stocks, and maybe 10% in mutual funds. Their research is not showing this. ........must be crappy research.
| 671 |
Bob Dillon Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:41:44pm |
re: #36 Ward Cleaver
"Bi-partisan": He screws people from both parties.
Since "I won" you may have that with a left, or right handed thread. Now if you will drop your drawers and bend over ...
| 672 |
summergurl Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:41:48pm |
re: #636 albusteve
right...there goes my friggin retirement...I'm 56
Hubby is 52 and I'm 47 - we're hoping for some sort of rebound in the next 15 years -----
| 673 |
godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:41:55pm |
re: #651 jcw46
Jackbooted thug! Fascist pig! You probably think making money is a good idea!
| 674 |
n in wi Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:41:57pm |
re: #654 Silhouette
Except never in the history of time have leftists admitted one of their solutions was wrong. The only response is ever that they didn't try enough.
God help us.
There was someone talking about FDR's New Deal not working because it didn't spend enough. this could be stimulus 1, with stimulus 2 around the corner.
| 675 |
Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:08pm |
| 676 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:12pm |
re: #661 godfrey
Buy those little frozen shrimp. Toss handful in hot nonstick skillet. Grate manchego cheese on top. They melt into a patty. Put on bun, toss on some pico, and eat. Beautiful.
Not bad...thanks godfrey.
| 678 |
Silhouette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:21pm |
re: #634 Killgore Trout
Hamas stole tons of explosives, weapons and unexploded bombs that IT was guarding for the United Nations
I think I see yer problem rat chere.
/Dan the mechanic
| 679 |
tradewind Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:25pm |
re: #642 Silhouette
You think that's ticky... just the other day, a lizard wasted a whole post just to let me know that it was Johnnie Walker, not the Johnny I had hurriedly typo'd.
All that effort, just to save me from embarrassment in the real world.
:)
| 680 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:31pm |
re: #506 mean Gene
You mean to tell me that kowtowing to the illegals and their huge underground cash economy hasn't supplied California the needed money to support their paper pushers?
Well, you know, when the economy went south, so did the illegals.
| 681 |
eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:36pm |
re: #502 gregg
What drink would you pair with Spam?
How about some Jealous Bitch Cabernet?
(scroll half-way down the page)
| 682 |
DawnofTruth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:37pm |
re: #443 SusanL
This started this morning. I work in Employee Benefits.
Porkulus requires that employers pay 65% of the COBRA premium for any employees who are laid off due to "reduction in force, due to the economy".
COBRA for those of you who don't know is a federal law that requires employers (over a certain size) to allow former employees (or dependents in certain circumstances) to continue on the employer health plan after they have terminated employment. This USED to be at the employee's expense.
To offset the cost? The employers are to take a credit against their federal tax deposits (this is the employees money) and the employer portion of the FICA tax (social security).
Think about this folks... This is going to be a freaking nightmare.
S
SusanL link?
| 683 |
godfrey Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:50pm |
re: #658 Ward Cleaver
Any carbon footprint of burning currency is a small price to pay for saving the planet!
"/" for JCW
| 684 |
thefallingman Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:51pm |
| 685 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:52pm |
re: #646 gregg
Here's a picture of the Spam Bites. Kinda like a Jalapeno popper.
Couldn't do it. I don't like mushy things inside of fried things.
| 686 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:42:54pm |
re: #650 unreconstructed rebel
Stop whining. I'm 64 (and very pissed off)
will you still need me
will you still feed me
| 687 |
debutaunt Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:43:11pm |
re: #236 razorbacker
Butterball just laid off 150 from the local plant.
Folks, it is imperative that you go home tonight and eat a turkey.
I'm totally cereal here. Comeon people, not only are dozens of rednecks depending on your consumption, but untold numbers of poor souls down in Mexico depend on those funds sent home.
Turkey. The other, other white meat.
The Ocean Spray folks are doomed.
| 688 |
Cathypop Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:43:17pm |
re: #622 kansas
How long until the polls reflect that Obama is actually exacerbating the problem?
Dream on.
| 689 |
gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:43:26pm |
re: #647 midwestgak
Do they still brew Hamm's? lol
They serve the beer from the Land of Sky Blue Waters in a bar down the block. I'm not sure where it's brewed (the Hamms brewery in St Paul sits empty).
| 690 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:43:32pm |
re: #664 albusteve
so do I...most people never heard of them...I keep a coupla pounds in the freezer just for that...BBQ prawns are right up there too
In south Texas everything goes in a tortilla...:)
| 693 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:43:49pm |
re: #674 n in wi
There was someone talking about FDR's New Deal not working because it didn't spend enough. this could be stimulus 1, with stimulus 2 around the corner.
Folks get too stimulated, they might have one of those 'cardiac events' you hear so much of.
| 694 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:02pm |
re: #668 buzzsawmonkey
Nah, they're all Anglo where I live, just miserable cusses. I usually try to go to the next town over, much happier bunch.
| 695 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:03pm |
| 696 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:04pm |
| 697 |
DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:26pm |
re: #652 tradewind
You forgot Pearl and Dixie.... bottled straight from under the hoss.
Ya know, I think all these cheapo beer's are actually made by the same company.
| 699 |
Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:36pm |
re: #691 Iron Fist
I turn forty this year. I'm planning on dying for my retirement :-)
I'm 35. I hope I still have a job when I die. I know I'll never seem a dime of social security.
| 700 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:38pm |
re: #589 turn
Yeah that was justification for killing him for sure, but I still felt sort of sorry for him. The woman will be scared for life. I'm not so sure about the prison thing, I would feel a lot safer around a chimp than a pit bull for instance.
He was killed because he was attempting to get into a squad with the officer inside. He was a fatty but those chimps are VERY STRONG and can kill/maim. I think he was TOO domesticated and he got pissed when they wouldn't let him go for a ride.
| 701 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:38pm |
re: #692 buzzsawmonkey
I prefer the Cabernet of Dr. Caligari.
Yes, makes your problems just disappear.
| 702 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:45pm |
re: #691 Iron Fist
I turn forty this year. I'm planning on dying for my retirement :-)
Forty is the new thirty.
| 703 |
BruxellesBlog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:46pm |
re: #665 loppyd
Boston's most famous Gorilla bats DH for the Red Socks...
Oh, and he doesn't take roids... honest... really...
| 706 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:44:56pm |
re: #674 n in wi
There was someone talking about FDR's New Deal not working because it didn't spend enough. this could be stimulus 1, with stimulus 2 around the corner.
But what if we're not into double penetration?
| 707 |
Digital Display Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:45:01pm |
re: #627 DeafDog
Cheap beer - Shmidt's, Milwaukee's Best, Hamm's, Natty-Bo or Lone Star, depending on where in the country you are.
No No No..Don't you guys know anything?
A perfect match for spam is a 2005 Buoncristiani Brothers Claret.
A delightful blend of Cabs and Sayrah wines From Napa Valley.
/
| 708 |
bloodnok Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:45:01pm |
| 709 |
Caliredst8r Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:45:07pm |
| 710 |
Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:45:38pm |
re: #696 Ward Cleaver
In other news,
Yemen Captures Al Qaeda Commander, a Former Guantanamo Detainee
Recidivism.
Well, he was a simple goat farmer until he spent time in Gitmo, right?
///
| 711 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:45:38pm |
re: #696 Ward Cleaver
In other news,
Yemen Captures Al Qaeda Commander, a Former Guantanamo Detainee
Recidivism.
Nice pinky ring. Is he in the AQ mob?
| 712 |
kansas Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:45:43pm |
re: #696 Ward Cleaver
In other news,
Yemen Captures Al Qaeda Commander, a Former Guantanamo Detainee
Recidivism.
We won't have that problem when they close it.////
| 713 |
eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:45:51pm |
re: #662 yma o hyd
Livingstone is already out - thanks to Boris Johnson, Tory, natch ...
There was a brief peiv=ce in one of the papers about how there are no more so-called 'high-flyers', i.e. young and coming civil servants, applying for jobs in the private offices of the NuLab ministers - and they also are said to moan that the top civil servants are dragging their feet in regard to implementing thei policies - whereas the same civil servants are now psending far more time briefing the Tory shdow cabinet.
Which means, translated for the man in the street, that the election will be coming sooner rather than later - and that those 'in the know' are pretty damn sure it'll be the Tories who'll get in.
I probably should have remembered about Livingstone...but wow! Good news all around.
| 714 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:45:54pm |
re: #689 gregg
They serve the beer from the Land of Sky Blue Waters in a bar down the block. I'm not sure where it's brewed (the Hamms brewery in St Paul sits empty).
I always dug the bear.
| 715 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:46:06pm |
| 716 |
summergurl Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:46:08pm |
re: #691 Iron Fist
I turn forty this year. I'm planning on dying for my retirement :-)
I hear ya' --
We have zero debt except the house - a lot better off than some folks in that aspect.
| 717 |
Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:46:37pm |
re: #708 bloodnok
Little Joe! I forgot all about him.
Don't forget about Big Joe. He went with Kelly and Oddball to deal with the Tiger.
/Someone has to know that reference.
| 718 |
midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:46:38pm |
re: #689 gregg
They serve the beer from the Land of Sky Blue Waters in a bar down the block. I'm not sure where it's brewed (the Hamms brewery in St Paul sits empty).
HAHA. Land of Sky Blue Waters. Hamm's. Refreshing!
| 719 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:46:41pm |
re: #85 HelloDare
Hmmm. I've noticed that Obama is left-handed. When Bush the Elder debated Clinton and Perot, they all started writing after the debate concluded. All three were left-handed.
Is "W" left-handed? Is there a presidential sinister-handedness thing going on here?
| 720 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:47:02pm |
re: #661 godfrey
Buy those little frozen shrimp. Toss handful in hot nonstick skillet. Grate manchego cheese on top. They melt into a patty. Put on bun, toss on some pico, and eat. Beautiful.
same thing only add tomatoes and some lettuce rolled in a tortilla
| 721 |
bloodnok Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:47:05pm |
re: #703 BruxellesBlog
Boston's most famous Gorilla bats DH for the Red Socks...
Oh, and he doesn't take roids... honest... really...
WhyIoughtta.... /
| 722 |
redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:47:24pm |
re: #697 DeafDog
Ya know, I think all these cheapo beer's are actually made by the same company.
"Kidney Inc."
| 723 |
bloodnok Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:47:27pm |
| 724 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:47:27pm |
re: #703 BruxellesBlog
Boston's most famous Gorilla bats DH for the Red Socks...
Oh, and he doesn't take roids... honest... really...
Did you just call Big Papi a gorilla?
| 725 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:47:31pm |
re: #714 Ward Cleaver
I always dug the bear.
When I was a kid my dad sold Hamm's so I got a stuffed Hamm's bear with an am radio in it's belly. I was so cool.
| 726 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:47:49pm |
re: #711 loppyd
Nice pinky ring. Is he in the AQ mob?
I dunno, but his wardrobe has acquired a Latin American flavor.
| 727 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:47:54pm |
re: #696 Ward Cleaver
In other news,
Yemen Captures Al Qaeda Commander, a Former Guantanamo Detainee
Recidivism.
Easy cure for this guy, One blindfold, 12 riflemen, one brink wall, ready, aim, fire, and then the parole board disbands for the day...
| 728 |
The Shadow Do Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:47:55pm |
| 729 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:00pm |
re: #707 HoosierHoops
No No No..Don't you guys know anything?
A perfect match for spam is a 2005 Buoncristiani Brothers Claret.
A delightful blend of Cabs and Sayrah wines From Napa Valley.
/
Hey, Hoopster.
Did you see the Aggie's whoop Texas last night?
| 730 |
redc1c4 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:14pm |
re: #717 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Don't forget about Big Joe. He went with Kelly and Oddball to deal with the Tiger.
/Someone has to know that reference.
Morriarty stayed back with the tank: they didn't want any negative waves.
| 731 |
bloodnok Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:20pm |
re: #696 Ward Cleaver
In other news,
Yemen Captures Al Qaeda Commander, a Former Guantanamo Detainee
Recidivism.
Johnny Damon sighting.
| 732 |
Honorary Yooper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:26pm |
re: #674 n in wi
There was someone talking about FDR's New Deal not working because it didn't spend enough. this could be stimulus 1, with stimulus 2 around the corner.
I've seen that turd of an idea passed around in leftist circles. The only thing that works is restraint on spending. Harding, Coolidge, and Mellon understood this. Hoover and FDR did not. The recession of 1921 became the Roaring Twenties. The recessions of 1929 and 1937 became the Great Depression. Reagan learned his lessons in 1981 and followed Harding and Mellon rather than FDR. Now we're watching another Hoover and FDR in action.
| 733 |
turn Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:34pm |
re: #633 Iron Fist
That doesn't mean you would be safer around a chimp than you would be a pitbull. To one degree or another all (or almost all) pet animals can hurt you. Try asking Richard Gear about his gerbil...
Ha!
BBL - At the Sac airport on the way to San Diego ...
| 734 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:37pm |
re: #719 quickjustice
Being a southpaw myself, it was very distressing to see the potus is also. What's worse is that my b'day is the same as Yasar Arafat's. Nice.
| 735 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:37pm |
re: #659 vagabond trader
and we little folk still have to put up with surly post office clerks.
In fairness post office clerks have to put up with surly little people. But 800,000 for the top spot in a bankrupt enterprise. Wow! How can I get that kind of compensation for failing my responsibilities?
| 736 |
albusteve Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:41pm |
re: #690 jorline
In south Texas everything goes in a tortilla...:)
I here ya...an entire breakfast...mmm
and lots of green chile
| 737 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:43pm |
re: #725 redstateredneck
When I was a kid my dad sold Hamm's so I got a stuffed Hamm's bear with an am radio in it's belly. I was so cool.
Too bad you don't still have it.
| 738 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:48:59pm |
| 739 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:49:00pm |
| 740 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:49:03pm |
re: #645 acwgusa
Brokefornia has now been upgraded to Brokeassifornia.
Here's what California (and New York) are looking at. Read the whole piece, including the new update.
What If New York Goes Bust?
by John Avlon
Forget the car companies and Lehman Brothers. Two of the biggest states in the country are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, thanks to ridiculous union agreements that can’t be changed.
If California and New York State were businesses, they'd be going bankrupt. If you're among the nearly 20 percent of Americans who live or work in these two states, the fiscal crisis is coming home for the holidays. And the worst is still on its way.
California, the world's eighth largest economy, will run out of money in March if the deadlocked legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger can't come to an agreement on tax-hikes and spending cuts. Its bonds have been reduced to near-junk status after decades of borrowing and spending. State Treasurer Bill Lockyer summed up the situation in terms unhelpful to the tourist industry: "California's fiscal house is burning down."
| 741 |
gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:49:08pm |
re: #655 acwgusa
I hear Las Vegas and Detroit are now the two most abandoned cities in the U.S.
The difference is the abandoned homes in Vegas you could actually live in, where the abandoned homes in Detroit are burnt out shells or have deteriorated to the point where you can't live in 'em (or you'd get shot dead if you did).
| 743 |
Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:49:25pm |
re: #730 redc1c4
Morriarty stayed back with the tank: they didn't want any negative waves.
Well, Barbera stayed with him. Sorry, meant Babera
| 745 |
Killgore Trout Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:49:30pm |
More Lizard porn....
For V-Day, we let out Iguana Princess Isabella, or Izzy, out of her cage in the back yard, to interact with one of her wild boyfriends, who come to visit her.
| 746 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:49:35pm |
re: #737 Ward Cleaver
Too bad you don't still have it.
That and my Barbie dream house, I could be one rich bitch from ebay.
:-(
| 747 |
Digital Display Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:49:48pm |
re: #729 jorline
Hey, Hoopster.
Did you see the Aggie's whoop Texas last night?
I saw about the last 20 or 30 minutes of it.. Big game in Texas!
| 748 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:49:53pm |
re: #716 summergurl
I hear ya' --
We have zero debt except the house - a lot better off than some folks in that aspect.
Couple of years ago I proposed the idea to my wife of pulling enough out of my IRA to pay off the house.
Take the tax bit, take the penalty. I didn't do it, cause the cost was going to be so high.
So now I'm sitting on a potential loss that would have more than covered all taxes and penalties and the house price.
I'm a freaking financial genius. No, no. Please. No need to bow and scrape. I'm only semi-human like y'all.
| 749 |
gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:50:08pm |
re: #714 Ward Cleaver
I always dug the bear.
I loved those commercials when I was growing up. Hamms and Twins baseball - that was summer.
| 750 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:50:15pm |
re: #735 DaddyG
You're right, tho we are a pretty laid back little town. I'm sure the misery trickles down from the bosses.
| 751 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:50:22pm |
| 752 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:50:25pm |
| 753 |
LGoPs Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:50:39pm |
I know we can't just stop paying our taxes, cause they'll take us off to jail, individually.
Would it be worthwhile at all to go to your company's business office and increase your withholdings to the maximum allowed by law. In effect keep more of your money now and keep it from the government? Of course prudence would dictate that you lay the extra amount aside in order to cover your taxes when they come due.
One individual doing this would have no effect, but what if millions did it?
I'm totally unschooled in taxes or the related law but I am also angry and would like to come up with an idea that hits back...even if on'y temporarily......
| 754 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:50:42pm |
re: #740 gmsc
We've gone bust. All we can do now is burn the house down for the insurance money.
| 755 |
unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:50:43pm |
re: #732 Honorary Yooper
I've seen that turd of an idea passed around in leftist circles. The only thing that works is restraint on spending. Harding, Coolidge, and Mellon understood this. Hoover and FDR did not. The recession of 1921 became the Roaring Twenties. The recessions of 1929 and 1937 became the Great Depression. Reagan learned his lessons in 1981 and followed Harding and Mellon rather than FDR. Now we're watching another Hoover and FDR in action.
Lefties think that currency depreciation is an effective way to transfer wealth.
| 758 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:51:46pm |
re: #673 godfrey
Jackbooted thug! Fascist pig! You probably think making money is a good idea!
I'm still waiting for a sarc tag.
(g-d, I'm hoping someone with this many comments here is just joking. What? Is this a "let's get a rise out of the adolescent lizard" comment? Or did I say something to set you off?)
| 759 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:51:51pm |
re: #697 DeafDog
Ya know, I think all these cheapo beer's are actually made by the same company.
Pyssbuquet Brewery?
| 760 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:51:55pm |
re: #753 LGoPs
I know we can't just stop paying our taxes, cause they'll take us off to jail, individually.
Would it be worthwhile at all to go to your company's business office and increase your withholdings to the maximum allowed by law. In effect keep more of your money now and keep it from the government? Of course prudence would dictate that you lay the extra amount aside in order to cover your taxes when they come due.
One individual doing this would have no effect, but what if millions did it?
I'm totally unschooled in taxes or the related law but I am also angry and would like to come up with an idea that hits back...even if on'y temporarily......
I've been claiming all of the exemptions allowed by law...screw the government. It's my damn money.
| 761 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:52:01pm |
re: #747 HoosierHoops
I saw about the last 20 or 30 minutes of it.. Big game in Texas!
Always a big game in our house...my 14 yo son went nuts...lol
| 762 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:52:03pm |
re: #749 gregg
I loved those commercials when I was growing up. Hamms and Twins baseball - that was summer.
From the land of sky blue waters...Harmon Killabrew...:)
| 763 |
DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:52:24pm |
re: #722 redc1c4
"Kidney Inc."
Heileman Brewing Company was the name back in the 1990s. They were bought out by Hicks & Muse. I don't know what became of the organization after that.
| 765 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:52:56pm |
re: #757 Ward Cleaver
Uncle Barack will bail 'em out!
Uncle B should let us twist in the wind. Our own fault for not keeping a clean fiscal house.
| 766 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:52:57pm |
re: #754 acwgusa
We've gone bust. All we can do now is burn the house down for the insurance money.
...at which point the insurance company will send you an IOU for the payment.
| 769 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:53:30pm |
re: #759 DaddyG
Pyssbuquet Brewery?
Triple filtered. Once through a horse, once through a skunk, and once through a cow.
| 770 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:53:44pm |
re: #732 Honorary Yooper
The left likes to argue that FDR didn't spend enough, and that was why his policies failed. That suits their agenda. The reality is that increased government spending and regulation crowd out private sector economic recovery. The only question is: Are Obama and his advisers crowding out the private sector with this explosion in spending permanently and deliberately?
| 771 |
unreconstructed rebel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:53:53pm |
Shhh. What's that I hear? Mi Senora has just uncorked a bottle.
I'm outa here. See y'all later.
| 772 |
mean Gene Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:53:55pm |
re: #192 eschew_obfuscation
Get your backup generators here .... you too can have reliable power with your new "Bagdad Powermaster".
/made in Iraq, results may vary
Turns out it is only parts of seconds all of the time you are out or asleep.
Not enough to disrupt your alarm clock.
Darn!
| 773 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:53:55pm |
re: #766 gmsc
...at which point the insurance company will send you an IOU for the payment.
I got my IOU check back from the state of Brokeassifornia already. They'll never be able to pay me, especially with interest.
| 774 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:54:18pm |
re: #746 redstateredneck
It's the designer Barbie clothes from the early 60s that bring the big bucks. Dream house, not so much.
| 775 |
Ceemack Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:54:18pm |
re: #103 Nevergiveup
has anyone told him he
canhas to run again?
There are times when he seems to think he's Hugo Chavez, and the job is his for life.
| 776 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:55:01pm |
re: #765 acwgusa
Uncle B should let us twist in the wind. Our own fault for not keeping a clean fiscal house.
With apologies to Elton John:
"It seems to me,
you set your budget
like a candle in the wind.
"Never knowin',
where money came from,
thinkin' capitalism's sin . . ."
| 777 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:55:05pm |
re: #750 vagabond trader
You're right, tho we are a pretty laid back little town. I'm sure the misery trickles down from the bosses.
That's what we've found in our state. The employees are unhappy to sit in a broken process and face the 100th person who's been waiting an hour or more in line only to find out they have the wrong document. A little lean process improvement and training and suddenly we have some very happy citizens and government employees bragging about where they work. (I'm not even going to touch the feds though, that's a whole nother knot to untangle).
| 778 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:55:28pm |
re: #774 vagabond trader
It's the designer Barbie clothes from the early 60s that bring the big bucks. Dream house, not so much.
I had those, too! Of course, they had been played with and not kept in the o-riginal packaging...but still.
| 779 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:55:46pm |
Hey more good news. Chrysler and GM are releasing their financial plans tonight. That should help the market tomorrow.
/
| 780 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:55:53pm |
Remember Michelle saying that $600 couldn't even buy a set of earrings ?
What can I get for $8 a week, Michelle? Michelle ?
| 781 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:56:10pm |
| 782 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:56:23pm |
re: #779 CyanSnowHawk
Hey more good news. Chrysler and GM are releasing their financial plans tonight. That should help the market tomorrow.
/
Step 1: Collect underpants.
Step 3: Big profits!
| 783 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:56:24pm |
re: #779 CyanSnowHawk
Hey more good news. Chrysler and GM are releasing their financial plans tonight. That should help the market tomorrow.
/
Chapter 7 most likely.
| 785 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:56:26pm |
re: #780 SasquatchOnSteroids
Remember Michelle saying that $600 couldn't even buy a set of earrings ?
What can I get for $8 a week, Michelle? Michelle ?
arugula?
| 786 |
summergurl Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:56:44pm |
re: #736 albusteve
I here ya...an entire breakfast...mmm
and lots of green chile
scrambled eggs, some salsa, a little diced ham in a tortilla - cheap good food
| 787 |
n in wi Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:56:49pm |
re: #749 gregg
I loved those commercials when I was growing up. Hamms and Twins baseball - that was summer.
At the old Met?
| 788 |
midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:56:56pm |
re: #774 vagabond trader
It's the designer Barbie clothes from the early 60s that bring the big bucks. Dream house, not so much.
I had a Barbie that looked just like Lucy. Red hair pulled up into a ponytail and a dress with a flared skirt.
| 789 |
Honorary Yooper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:56:57pm |
re: #770 quickjustice
The left likes to argue that FDR didn't spend enough, and that was why his policies failed. That suits their agenda. The reality is that increased government spending and regulation crowd out private sector economic recovery. The only question is: Are Obama and his advisers crowding out the private sector with this explosion in spending permanently and deliberately?
The I cordially welcome everyone to the Obamadepression. :-P
If it sinks, let's make him own it.
| 790 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:57:08pm |
| 791 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:57:26pm |
| 792 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:57:36pm |
re: #786 summergurl
scrambled eggs, some salsa, a little diced ham in a tortilla - cheap good food
And it's "to go". What's not to love?
| 793 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:57:41pm |
re: #778 redstateredneck
I had those, too! Of course, they had been played with and not kept in the o-riginal packaging...but still.
What is the value of an unopened Barbie compared to the memories of having GI Joe kidnap her and strap her to an M-80? You just can't buy that kind of warm fuzzy rememberance of youth.
| 794 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:57:42pm |
re: #778 redstateredneck
Mama gave mine away to a little girl up the street who had less than us. I couldn't fault her for it, but dang, could use the extra $$$. All those yummy little outfits, lol.
| 795 |
n in wi Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:57:53pm |
re: #763 DeafDog
Heileman Brewing Company was the name back in the 1990s. They were bought out by Hicks & Muse. I don't know what became of the organization after that.
I believe the time is right to bust out Billy Beer.
| 796 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:57:54pm |
re: #782 OldLineTexan
Step 1: Collect underpants.
Step 3: Big profits!
I shudder to ask, but what's step #2
| 797 |
summergurl Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:57:57pm |
re: #773 acwgusa
I got my IOU check back from the state of Brokeassifornia already. They'll never be able to pay me, especially with interest.
Question - Can you pay 2009 taxes with a 2008 IOU?
| 798 |
Honorary Yooper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:04pm |
| 799 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:16pm |
| 800 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:18pm |
re: #790 CyanSnowHawk
Liquidation of Assets, going out of business.
| 801 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:30pm |
re: #791 OldLineTexan
You can't eat just one
Lay'sbucket of poison.
I wonder what goes better with poison, tortilla chips or ritz crackers?
| 802 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:33pm |
| 803 |
midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:42pm |
re: #775 Ceemack
There are times when he seems to think he's Hugo Chavez, and the job is his for life.
"Life" is relative in terms of length.
| 804 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:48pm |
re: #798 Honorary Yooper
No, Chapter 11 would be more likely.
I know, I was being extremely pessimistic.
| 805 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:52pm |
Mr. President, Chicago called and they want their grifter equipment back.
| 806 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:54pm |
| 807 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:58:55pm |
re: #780 SasquatchOnSteroids
Now you know that talk like that is not helpful for the children.
| 808 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:59:08pm |
re: #796 Dustyvet
I shudder to ask, but what's step #2
I don't know but it probably involved a lot of hand lotion.
| 809 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:59:10pm |
re: #655 acwgusa
I hear Las Vegas and Detroit are now the two most abandoned cities in the U.S.
re: #741 gregg
The difference is the abandoned homes in Vegas you could actually live in, where the abandoned homes in Detroit are burnt out shells or have deteriorated to the point where you can't live in 'em (or you'd get shot dead if you did).
Another difference is that Las Vegas has gone from vibrant to less vibrant. Detroit has gone from stagnant to nearly barren. The amount of drop may be the same, but the scale is different.
Before all this, was the fastest-growing housing market in the US. Home prices have to come down now, and tourism is dropping, so casinos are cutting staff, but it's not like Vegas is turning into a ghost town.
Also, people who do visit Vegas now are getting better deals, more comps, and so on, as the casinos try to woo customers back.
| 810 |
The Pulchritudinous Patriot Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:59:19pm |
Well I'm out of here for a bit.
| 811 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:59:32pm |
re: #796 Dustyvet
I shudder to ask, but what's step #2
I dunno.
Hey Barry, what's Step 2?
Step 3, big profits!
I know, but what's Step 2?
What?
/South Park
| 812 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:59:45pm |
re: #809 gmsc
Another difference is that Las Vegas has gone from vibrant to less vibrant. Detroit has gone from stagnant to nearly barren. The amount of drop may be the same, but the scale is different.
Before all this, was the fastest-growing housing market in the US. Home prices have to come down now, and tourism is dropping, so casinos are cutting staff, but it's not like Vegas is turning into a ghost town.
Also, people who do visit Vegas now are getting better deals, more comps, and so on, as the casinos try to woo customers back.
I have a house in escrow in Vegas, so Yah me.
| 813 |
gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:59:53pm |
re: #657 Killgore Trout
I sent some money to the RC Victorian Bushfire Appeal the other day. I guess the reports from aussiemagpie and Crux Australis moved me to donate.
| 814 |
DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:59:56pm |
re: #795 n in wi
I believe the time is right to bust out Billy Beer.
Timing may be perfect.
What's Obama's 1/2 brother's name? He could hawk it. He work's for $10 a week.
| 815 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:00:01pm |
re: #793 DaddyG
What is the value of an unopened Barbie compared to the memories of having GI Joe kidnap her and strap her to an M-80? You just can't buy that kind of warm fuzzy rememberance of youth.
See, that's how boys play with dolls. My friend's brother wrote "Go to the moon" in ballpoint pen across her Chatty Cathy. What was the point of that? Other than to hear us screaming and wailing?
| 816 |
eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:00:03pm |
re: #783 acwgusa
Chapter 7 most likely.
Why do you suggest Chapter 7 (liquidation)? Wouldn't Chapter 11 (restructuring) make more sense?
| 817 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:00:04pm |
| 818 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:00:08pm |
re: #801 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
I wonder what goes better with poison, tortilla chips or ritz crackers?
EVERYTHING'S better when it sitz on a Ritz!
/let's go out in STYLE
| 819 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:00:39pm |
re: #807 vagabond trader
Now you know that talk like that is not helpful for the children.
Spoof das children!
/Benny Hill
| 820 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:00:55pm |
re: #816 eschew_obfuscation
I was being sarcastic. It wasn't a suggestion on my part. A dry wit joke that woke up wet.
| 821 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:01:01pm |
re: #764 Ward Cleaver
La Fabulosa!
Soon his image will be hung on college dorm room walls! And Obama HQs!
| 822 |
gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:01:14pm |
| 823 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:01:16pm |
re: #794 vagabond trader
Mama gave mine away to a little girl up the street who had less than us. I couldn't fault her for it, but dang, could use the extra $$$. All those yummy little outfits, lol.
I got a hundred bucks for all my Barbie collection. That was a lot of moolah back then.
| 824 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:01:38pm |
| 825 |
SurferDoc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:01:50pm |
re: #717 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Don't forget about Big Joe. He went with Kelly and Oddball to deal with the Tiger.
/Someone has to know that reference.
Oh, yes!
/Clint
| 826 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:01:57pm |
| 827 |
n in wi Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:01:58pm |
re: #814 DeafDog
Timing may be perfect.
What's Obama's 1/2 brother's name? He could hawk it. He work's for $10 a week.
O's brother is named George.
George beer could cause some confision, but it may be fun.
| 828 |
midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:02:06pm |
re: #815 redstateredneck
See, that's how boys play with dolls. My friend's brother wrote "Go to the moon" in ballpoint pen across her Chatty Cathy. What was the point of that? Other than to hear us screaming and wailing?
heh.
| 829 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:02:09pm |
re: #815 redstateredneck
See, that's how boys play with dolls. My friend's brother wrote "Go to the moon" in ballpoint pen across her Chatty Cathy. What was the point of that? Other than to hear us screaming and wailing?
We were equal opportunity. My GI Joe could fly the width of four suburban yards (1/2 acre) while being fired from a slingshot made out of my swing set and a giant sewer seal (think 12 foot long rubber band).
| 830 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:02:30pm |
re: #795 n in wi
I believe the time is right to bust out Billy Beer.
Hey, that's an idea for Obama's brother who lives in the hut in Kenya. He can sell out to some beer company and strike it rich!
| 831 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:02:35pm |
re: #812 acwgusa
I have a house in escrow in Vegas, so Yah me.
I bought my house and was able to pay it in full - boy is that the best move I ever made!
How was I able to pay it in full? I used the down payment I received when selling my house in California back in 2000. Yep - CA down payment = NV house price.
| 832 |
opnion Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:02:42pm |
re: #781 loppyd
Oh goody!
Which is why the UAW is not willing to make concessions to the auto mfgrs. They know that more cash will be on the way.
Obama economics= 'We can't drill our way out of our energy problem, but we can just spend our way out of the financial mess"
| 833 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:01pm |
Gifts For The Teacher
It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils.
The florist's son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers." "
That's right" the boy said, "but how did you know?"
"Oh, just a wild guess," she said.
The next pupil was the candy shop owner's daughter.
The teacher held her gift overhead, shook it, and said, "I bet I can guess what it is. A box of sweets."
"That's right, but how did you know?" asked the girl.
"Oh, just a wild guess," said the teacher.
The next gift was from the son of the liquor store owner. The teacher held the package overhead, but it was leaking. She touched a drop of the leakage with her finger and touched it to her tongue.
"Is it wine?" she asked.
"No," the boy replied, with some excitement.
The teacher repeated the process, taking a larger drop of the leakage to her tongue.
"Is it champagne?" she asked.
"No," the boy replied, with more excitement.
The teacher took one more taste before declaring, "I give up, what is it?"
With great glee, the boy replied, "It's a puppy!"
| 834 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:12pm |
re: #814 DeafDog
Timing may be perfect.
What's Obama's 1/2 brother's name? He could hawk it. He work's for $10 a week.
Half of Zero is Zero.
So I guess his name is Barack.
| 835 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:12pm |
re: #830 redstateredneck
Hey, that's an idea for Obama's brother who lives in the hut in Kenya. He can sell out to some beer company and strike it rich!
And Auntie Zinfandel wine....
| 836 |
Racer X Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:19pm |
Race for 'God particle' heats up
Europe's particle physics lab, Cern, is losing ground rapidly in the race to discover the elusive Higgs boson, or "God particle", its US rival claims.
The particle, whose existence has been predicted by theoreticians, would help to explain why matter has mass. Finding the Higgs is a major goal of Cern's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
But the US Fermilab says the odds of its Tevatron accelerator detecting the famed particle first are now 50-50 at worst, and up to 96% at best.
Both machines hope to see evidence of the Higgs by colliding sub-atomic matter at very high speeds. If it exists, the Higgs should emerge from the debris.
The LHC has been out of action since last September when an accident damaged some of the magnets that make up its giant colliding ring.
| 837 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:23pm |
| 838 |
wrenchwench Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:32pm |
re: #815 redstateredneck
See, that's how boys play with dolls. My friend's brother wrote "Go to the moon" in ballpoint pen across her Chatty Cathy. What was the point of that? Other than to hear us screaming and wailing?
My brother broke my Chatty Cathy in a "flying" incident....
| 839 |
Killian Bundy Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:37pm |
We must destroy the economy by stimulating it.
/I'm Obama and I'm here to help
| 840 |
heidi586 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:41pm |
The only truthful comment made by Obama today was "This is the beginning of the end".
| 841 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:56pm |
re: #832 opnion
Which is why the UAW is not willing to make concessions to the auto mfgrs. They know that more cash will be on the way.
Obama economics= 'We can't drill our way out of our energy problem, but we can just spend our way out of the financial mess"
I am stealing that!
| 842 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:03:57pm |
re: #814 DeafDog
Timing may be perfect.
What's Obama's 1/2 brother's name? He could hawk it. He work's for $10 a week.
GMTA!
| 843 |
Pietr Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:04:07pm |
| 844 |
HippieforLife Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:04:07pm |
re: #124 redheadredstate
Being a lass of Scottish ancestry I thought this quote from MacBeth would be appropriate to the situation:
“It is a tale … full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.”
Of course, this quote is not only appropo to the great and powerful O's speech regarding the porkulus bill but appropo anytime that creature opens it's jaws.
Don't forget the part "a tale told by an idot". Perfectly describes the O.
| 845 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:04:12pm |
| 846 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:04:21pm |
re: #798 Honorary Yooper
Correct. If the automakers file bankruptcy, they'll file Chapter 11 reorganization. That enables them to reject all of their bad supplier and union contracts. They can slim down, reorganize, and come back leaner and meaner for global competition. That assumes of course, that current corporate leadership is competent to do that.
And don't forget, they have the Obama Administration as a backstop. They've already borrowed billions from the government. In the new fascist environment, I wouldn't be surprised to see a deepening of this "private-public" fascist partnership.
| 848 |
UberInfidel67 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:04:55pm |
re: #634 Killgore Trout Tell them to look for it over the night skies of Israel.
| 849 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:05:09pm |
re: #838 wrenchwench
My brother broke my Chatty Cathy in a "flying" incident....
On the plus side we got quite the smackdown from my friends sister followed by a long lecture from his mother. I have treated women with great respect since then.
| 850 |
newsjunkie_ky Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:05:26pm |
Apparently a share of the nyslimes cost less than the Sunday edition.
YEA!
| 851 |
eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:05:38pm |
re: #836 Racer X
Race for 'God particle' heats up
Europe's particle physics lab, Cern, is losing ground rapidly in the race to discover the elusive Higgs boson, or "God particle", its US rival claims.
The particle, whose existence has been predicted by theoreticians, would help to explain why matter has mass. Finding the Higgs is a major goal of Cern's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
But the US Fermilab says the odds of its Tevatron accelerator detecting the famed particle first are now 50-50 at worst, and up to 96% at best.
Both machines hope to see evidence of the Higgs by colliding sub-atomic matter at very high speeds. If it exists, the Higgs should emerge from the debris.
The LHC has been out of action since last September when an accident damaged some of the magnets that make up its giant colliding ring.
Yeah, what I got a charge out of (pun intended) is that with all of the alternative energy touted by some Europeans and the American left, they can't run the LHC in the winter because it uses too much power ;~)
| 852 |
DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:05:41pm |
re: #717 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Don't forget about Big Joe. He went with Kelly and Oddball to deal with the Tiger.
/Someone has to know that reference.
Woof! Woof!
| 853 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:05:51pm |
re: #841 loppyd
I am stealing that!
It's just too bad we can't power our county on stupidity. It's limitless, and we have a supply just waiting to be tapped all across the nation in State Capitols!
| 854 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:06:05pm |
What's this I heard about Rahm Emanuel having tax issues too?
| 855 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:06:08pm |
re: #845 OldLineTexan
So you're saying Unca Barack bought us a puppy?
Or are we just holding the bag?
Holding the bag...
| 856 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:06:24pm |
Idiot CT elitists keeping a chimp as a pet.
| 857 |
opnion Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:06:33pm |
| 858 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:06:48pm |
re: #838 wrenchwench
My brother broke my Chatty Cathy in a "flying" incident....
It hit the wall - after which we called it Chatty Cathy Bang Bang!
| 859 |
eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:06:56pm |
re: #846 quickjustice
Correct. If the automakers file bankruptcy, they'll file Chapter 11 reorganization. That enables them to reject all of their bad supplier and union contracts. They can slim down, reorganize, and come back leaner and meaner for global competition. That assumes of course, that current corporate leadership is competent to do that.
And don't forget, they have the Obama Administration as a backstop. They've already borrowed billions from the government. In the new fascist environment, I wouldn't be surprised to see a deepening of this "private-public" fascist partnership.
... been reading Ledeen? ;~)
| 860 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:06:59pm |
OT: Presidential left-handedness website here: [Link: voize.my...]
Turn out "W" is right-handed. Reagan was likely a lefty, but was "switched" to right-handed as a child. Interesting stuff.
| 861 |
Killian Bundy Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:07:20pm |
Thank you Chicken Little, Mr. Negativity, Pollyanna’s Evil Twin in Chief, your incessant talking down of the economy helps a lot, asshole.
/I'm Obama and I'm here to help
| 862 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:07:21pm |
re: #856 vagabond trader
Idiot CT elitists keeping a chimp as a pet.
TWO HUNDRED POUND chimp.
Good grief.
| 863 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:07:27pm |
re: #843 Pietr
Does that include us old farts?
/white smoke.....
Hope so. I'm not so very far behind you.
| 865 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:07:52pm |
Letter From The Tooth Fairy
Dear _________________ :
Thank you for leaving one [1] tooth under your pillow last night.
While we make every attempt to leave a monetary reward in the case of lost or stolen children's teeth, we were unable to process your request for the following reason(s) indicated below:
( ) the tooth could not be found
( ) it was not a human tooth
( ) we do not think that pieces of chicken bone are very funny
( ) we were unable to approach the tooth due to excessive odor
( ) the tooth has previously been redeemed for cash
( ) the tooth did not originally belong to you
( ) the tooth fairy does not process fingernails
( ) your request has been forwarded to the Nerve Ending Fairy for appropriate action
( ) you were overheard to state that you do not believe in the tooth fairy
( ) you are age 12 or older at the time your request was received
( ) the tooth is still in your mouth
( ) the tooth was guarded by a vicious fairy-eating dog at the time of our visit
( ) no night light was on at the time of our visit
( ) the snacks provided for the tooth fairy were not satisfactory, or were missing
( ) we discovered evidence of unsafe tooth extraction as follows:
[ ] string
[ ] pliers
[ ] gunpowder
[ ] hammer
marks
[ ] chisel
[ ] part of skull
attached to tooth
[ ] no dental care
( ) other:
Thank you for your request, and we look forward to serving you in the future.
Sincerely, The Tooth Fairy
| 866 |
DeafDog Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:08:12pm |
re: #834 OldLineTexan
Half of Zero is Zero.
So I guess his name is Barack.
Barak Beer has that alliteration thing going, too.
| 867 |
DaddyG Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:08:33pm |
| 868 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:08:51pm |
re: #854 TheMatrix31
What's this I heard about Rahm Emanuel having tax issues too?
Somebody here posted links today.
| 869 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:09:04pm |
re: #862 OldLineTexan
TWO HUNDRED POUND chimp.
Good grief.
I never trusted chimps or monkey as pets. Creep me out.
| 870 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:09:39pm |
re: #867 DaddyG
Depends- is he talking about the area or the building?
Either/or. Stupidity is free floating.
| 871 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:09:51pm |
re: #869 redstateredneck
I never trusted chimps or monkey as pets. Creep me out.
I have kids.
/no apes needed
| 872 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:09:53pm |
re: #865 Dustyvet
My older daugher put puppy teeth under her pillow. Tooth Fairy did not pay up.
| 873 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:10:06pm |
Chrysler announced today they need 5 billion more in stimulus money and they will cut another 3000 jobs.
| 874 |
opnion Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:10:16pm |
re: #846 quickjustice
Correct. If the automakers file bankruptcy, they'll file Chapter 11 reorganization. That enables them to reject all of their bad supplier and union contracts. They can slim down, reorganize, and come back leaner and meaner for global competition. That assumes of course, that current corporate leadership is competent to do that.
And don't forget, they have the Obama Administration as a backstop. They've already borrowed billions from the government. In the new fascist environment, I wouldn't be surprised to see a deepening of this "private-public" fascist partnership.
Yeah , but the whole auto bailout was a UAW bailout, the Democrats made that clear. The Feds have their hooks into the auto companies.
If they try to reject their Union contracts , the government willl make things most unpleasant for them.
| 875 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:10:27pm |
re: #856 vagabond trader
It's tragic that the CT chimp seriously injured that neighbor, but idiotic that the city of Stamford, CT permitted a wild animal to roam freely. The police commissioner is screaming "We didn't know it was dangerous", even though there have been prior incidents. That's because if the city of Stamford knew that the chimp was dangerous, and permitted it to continue to roam, the city's liable!
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch! It'd be fun to be the plaintiff's lawyer on that case!
| 876 |
razorbacker Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:10:33pm |
To hell with it.
I'm gonna go watch the episode of 24 that I recorded last night, eat some pizza, dream of better days.
See y'all later.
| 877 |
kyleb Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:10:46pm |
He should just be a college professor and join the ranks of the already protected and subsidized liberals.
| 878 |
HippieforLife Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:10:51pm |
re: #719 quickjustice
Hmmm. I've noticed that Obama is left-handed. When Bush the Elder debated Clinton and Perot, they all started writing after the debate concluded. All three were left-handed.
Is "W" left-handed? Is there a presidential sinister-handedness thing going on here?
Uh, no. Don't you know that left handed people are in their right mind?!
I can tell that's true. I am left handed and in my right thinking mind!
| 879 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:10:55pm |
re: #854 TheMatrix31
What's this I heard about Rahm Emanuel having tax issues too?
Here you go. From the NY Post.
| 880 |
Idle Drifter Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:11:04pm |
| 881 |
gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:11:19pm |
re: #846 quickjustice
Correct. If the automakers file bankruptcy, they'll file Chapter 11 reorganization. That enables them to reject all of their bad supplier and union contracts. They can slim down, reorganize, and come back leaner and meaner for global competition. That assumes of course, that current corporate leadership is competent to do that.
And don't forget, they have the Obama Administration as a backstop. They've already borrowed billions from the government. In the new fascist environment, I wouldn't be surprised to see a deepening of this "private-public" fascist partnership.
CNBC: UAW reaches agreement with automakers.
| 882 |
IslandLibertarian Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:11:26pm |
re: #873 jorline
Chrysler announced today they need 5 billion more in stimulus money and they will cut another 3000 jobs.
that's $1.6 million/job?
| 883 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:11:27pm |
| 884 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:11:30pm |
I wonder if there will be a ticker for "saved" jobs?
Tracking Your Stimulus Dollars
HERE is the new up and running Recovery.gov website, where the Obama administration says taxpayers can follow how the $787 billion stimulus funds are spent.
The promise: “As soon as the first dollars start to go out, you’ll be able to track where the money is going.”
We will try to hold them to that.
I am really digging Jake Tapper these days.
| 885 |
aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:11:42pm |
re: #514 gregg
They stopped trading on both the MICEX and RTS exchanges today - lock limit down.
Great, just friggin great...Russia's been on a currency watch for last 2-to-3 weeks and the natives are extremely restless.
Something wicked comes this way.
| 886 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:11:44pm |
re: #879 Ward Cleaver
Here you go. From the NY Post.
Thank you, Ward.
More corruption in the Obama Administration? Color me shocked!
| 887 |
Wendya Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:11:57pm |
re: #854 TheMatrix31
What's this I heard about Rahm Emanuel having tax issues too?
[Link: www.weeklystandard.com...]
| 888 |
eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:12:04pm |
re: #873 jorline
Chrysler announced today they need 5 billion more in stimulus money and they will cut another 3000 jobs.
Obama's losing ground pretty fast. Spend 25 billion, lose 3000 jobs. When's he going to start 'saving or creating 3 million jobs'?
Oh, and by what metric will we know when he's saved 3 million jobs?
| 889 |
Pietr Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:12:06pm |
re: #860 quickjustice
OT: Presidential left-handedness website here: [Link: voize.my...]
Turn out "W" is right-handed. Reagan was likely a lefty, but was "switched" to right-handed as a child. Interesting stuff.
Tell me you aren't hung up on Kragars' "Get rid of Left Handers" post....You know he was JK, right?
| 890 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:12:26pm |
re: #866 DeafDog
Barak Beer has that alliteration thing going, too.
George Hussein Onyango Obama
So many possibilities.
| 891 |
n in wi Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:12:39pm |
re: #872 redstateredneck
My older daugher put puppy teeth under her pillow. Tooth Fairy did not pay up.
How did the puppy make out?
| 892 |
opnion Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:12:48pm |
re: #861 Killian Bundy
Thank you Chicken Little, Mr. Negativity, Pollyanna’s Evil Twin in Chief, your incessant talking down of the economy helps a lot, asshole.
/I'm Obama and I'm here to help
What happened to all of the upbeat campaign talk? He made it sound so easy, just vote for him, the man with the plan. Si se puede!
| 893 |
midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:12:52pm |
re: #781 loppyd
I picked up on that too. Atlas Shrugged (1957)
| 894 |
wrenchwench Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:12:56pm |
re: #858 gmsc
It hit the wall - after which we called it Chatty Cathy Bang Bang!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was my first experience of a book being ruined in the movie version. The movie wasn't bad, I guess, but I loved the book, and couldn't understand at the time why they would screw it up like that.
| 895 |
mean Gene Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:13:19pm |
re: #888 eschew_obfuscation
Obama's losing ground pretty fast. Spend 25 billion, lose 3000 jobs. When's he going to start 'saving or creating 3 million jobs'?
Oh, and by what metric will we know when he's saved 3 million jobs?
He'll just come out one day and say so.
All of his syncophants will buy it 100% and, if you don't you'll be accused of ''racism,'' or something. /
| 896 |
Killian Bundy Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:13:22pm |
Geronimo's Great Grandson Asks Yale Secret Society to Return Ancestor's Skull
On the 100th anniversary of the death of Geronimo, 20 of his blood relatives have asked the courts to force Yale University and the school's secret organization, Skull and Bones, to release his remains for return to his native land and a proper burial.
The lawsuit also names President Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Army Secretary Pete Geren as defendants because they are responsible for maintaining Geronimo's remains on a U.S. Army base in Oklahoma, the group said.
/surprised it took this long
| 897 |
Kragar Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:13:26pm |
re: #884 loppyd
I wonder if there will be a ticker for "saved" jobs?
Tracking Your Stimulus Dollars
I am really digging Jake Tapper these days.
His days are numbered. Taupe shirts will see to that.
| 898 |
vagabond trader Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:13:36pm |
re: #875 quickjustice
I thought the same and assume the owners are wealthy azzholes. Older chimps are known to be ill tempered so the medication made him do it is rubbish.
| 899 |
Dustyvet Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:13:47pm |
re: #880 Idle Drifter
Crap on a cracker in the middle of August.
So we should then assume that not everything tastes good on a Ritz?
/////S//////
| 900 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:14:01pm |
re: #896 Killian Bundy
Geronimo's Great Grandson Asks Yale Secret Society to Return Ancestor's Skull
/surprised it took this long
This, too, is Bush's fault.
/
| 901 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:14:18pm |
re: #858 gmsc
It hit the wall - after which we called it Chatty Cathy Bang Bang!
[Video]
My sister had one of those, and an original Easy-Bake Oven.
| 903 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:14:51pm |
| 904 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:14:52pm |
re: #897 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
His days are numbered. Taupe shirts will see to that.
Georgie boy probably gets an earful about him when he consults with the O Administration....
| 905 |
IslandLibertarian Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:15:01pm |
Look on the bright side.
There will be a whole string of "Happy Days Are Here Again" musicals coming out to distract us from our troubles.
It worked in the 1930s.............didn't it?
/then they got Hitler.......
| 906 |
gymmom Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:15:03pm |
re: #631 Silhouette
I think champagne pairs well with salty foods.
| 907 |
Honorary Yooper Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:15:03pm |
re: #865 Dustyvet
Sounds like the form letters you get from the Post Office when they don't feel like processing your letters but take them from you anyway.
| 908 |
NearOcean Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:15:07pm |
might as well try and get a couple of slices of this pork, with gravy of course..... I know very very cynical
| 910 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:15:52pm |
| 911 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:15:56pm |
Let's face it, Michael freakin' Jackson CARRIED "Bubbles" around.
I only outweight that (former) chimp by 15 pounds.
Sheesh.
| 912 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:15:58pm |
re: #893 midwestgak
I picked up on that too. Atlas Shrugged (1957)
This is the first of 4 excellent "This is John Galt speaking . . ." videos. Click here to see all 4 together.
| 913 |
Silhouette Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:15:58pm |
re: #888 eschew_obfuscation
Oh, and by what metric will we know when he's saved 3 million jobs?
When he has grown the state by 5 million jobs and "only" lost 2 million private sector?
| 914 |
Ben Hur Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:16:08pm |
| 916 |
midwestgak Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:16:22pm |
re: #901 Ward Cleaver
My sister had one of those, and an original Easy-Bake Oven.
They really baked using a little regular light bulb! I guess newly manufactured ovens will use those greenie mercury-filled bulbs. lol
| 917 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:17:08pm |
re: #910 quickjustice
I'm left-handed myself, so I don't favor getting rid of me! ;-)
But explain. "JK"?
It's either "Just Kidding" or a ruined autograph from the Harry Potter author.
| 918 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:17:14pm |
re: #891 n in wi
How did the puppy make out?
He barked with an impediment...no, seriously, they were just baby teeth. She swore she only pulled them out when they "were hangin' by a thread".
| 919 |
eschew_obfuscation Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:17:19pm |
re: #913 Silhouette
When he has grown the state by 5 million jobs and "only" lost 2 million private sector?
Stop it! That's just obscene. (but probably true)
| 920 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:17:26pm |
re: #874 opnion
The fascist deal that will be struck will take care of the unions. They're part of that "partnership", you know.
| 921 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:17:35pm |
Forgot to mention this before.
I have no link to the sound, but when Barry started addressing his adoring fans in Denver today he thanked Joe Biden and said he's the best VP we've had "in a long time." Classy, huh?
| 922 |
gregg Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:17:42pm |
re: #885 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Great, just friggin great...Russia's been on a currency watch for last 2-to-3 weeks and the natives are extremely restless.
Something wicked comes this way.
Not just Russia, all the Eastern European currencies are in deep trouble.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard:
The unfolding debt drama in Russia, Ukraine, and the EU states of Eastern Europe has reached acute danger point.
If mishandled by the world policy establishment, this debacle is big enough to shatter the fragile banking systems of Western Europe and set off round two of our financial Götterdämmerung.
In Poland, 60pc of mortgages are in Swiss francs. The zloty has just halved against the franc. Hungary, the Balkans, the Baltics, and Ukraine are all suffering variants of this story. As an act of collective folly – by lenders and borrowers – it matches America's sub-prime debacle. There is a crucial difference, however. European banks are on the hook for both. US banks are not.
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
| 923 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:18:17pm |
re: #918 redstateredneck
He barked with an impediment...no, seriously, they were just baby teeth. She swore she only pulled them out when they "were hangin' by a thread".
Our poodle pup is currently four-fanged on top.
He's starting to worry me.
| 924 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:18:45pm |
re: #882 IslandLibertarian
that's $1.6 million/job?
I want to know how many are left working at Chrysler.
Quit coming back to the trough...reorganize, clean-up your mess and let's see what happens.
What changes have been made since the last loan? I've cut my business overhead to the bone and no one is bailing me out.
| 925 |
Maui Girl Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:18:55pm |
Prez Obama speaks:
"Same shit, new day! Say Aloha (also means goodbye) to all your hard-earned bucks and say Aloha (also means hello) to my new world order. Hail socialism."
oh, and -- Hang Loose, Brah!
| 926 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:19:32pm |
re: #896 Killian Bundy
Hmmm. Both Bush, Bush the Elder, and Kerry are members of Skull and Bones at Yale. Lots of former CIA as well, including Buckley, IIRC.
| 927 |
Idle Drifter Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:19:56pm |
re: #899 Dustyvet
So we should then assume that not everything tastes good on a Ritz?
/////S//////
At this rate of spending, we'll no longer be able to afford shit sandwiches.
//s//
| 928 |
right_wing2 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:20:09pm |
There's no pork in this bill. The Chosen One said so.
I wonder what the odds are in Vegas on the Dow hitting 5500?
| 929 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:20:14pm |
re: #925 Maui Girl
Prez Obama speaks:
"Same shit, new day! Say Aloha (also means goodbye) to all your hard-earned bucks and say Aloha (also means hello) to my new world order. Hail socialism."
oh, and -- Hang Loose, Brah!
If he grows a mullet and tells me to "Get right with Jesus" I am going to die.
| 930 |
itellu3times Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:20:27pm |
re: #4 thedopefishlives
Hope. Change. ARUGULA FOR ALL!
/What?
Does he think he can just print all the aruglula he wants? What does he think, it grows on trees or something?
Probably it does, in unicornland.
| 931 |
opnion Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:20:35pm |
I hope that the harm that Obama & his accomplices are doing to the economy is not irreparable. I have my doubts.
I am not an economist, but from all that I recall form studying Micro & Macro and the rest, what is going on is very ill advised & dangerous.
| 932 |
gmsc Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:20:47pm |
re: #922 gregg
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Isn't that the guy who wrote the poetry book that was being studied in Dead Poets Society?
;)
| 933 |
Pietr Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:21:27pm |
re: #910 quickjustice
I'm left-handed myself, so I don't favor getting rid of me! ;-)
But explain. "JK"?
'Just Kidding'-like most internet acronyms, fairly well recognized, Amigo. Like TMI-Too Much Info, which I often do.....:>))
| 934 |
redstateredneck Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:21:33pm |
re: #923 OldLineTexan
Our poodle pup is currently four-fanged on top.
He's starting to worry me.
The dachshund pack have all aged to the point where they are missing teeth. They really do look like redneck dogs. Not a set of front teeth between the three of them.
:-)
| 935 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:21:59pm |
re: #915 taxfreekiller
In a fascist economy, the government picks the corporate winners and losers. The market hasn't yet adjusted to that reality. When the market can identify those companies the government ha selected for success, their stocks will rise.
And now you know how to invest in the new fascist economy! ;-)
| 936 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:22:00pm |
re: #888 eschew_obfuscation
Obama's losing ground pretty fast. Spend 25 billion, lose 3000 jobs. When's he going to start 'saving or creating 3 million jobs'?
Oh, and by what metric will we know when he's saved 3 million jobs?
Tax payers will buying the new government fleet cars from GM and Chrysler. Ford didn't ask for any money and will be left out in the cold.
| 937 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:22:23pm |
re: #896 Killian Bundy
Geronimo's Great Grandson Asks Yale Secret Society to Return Ancestor's Skull
How can they prove that the bones are his? Is there documentation? Witnesses? Testimony?
Much as I can see their point/right to want them back. There would have to be more facts to back the claim that Skull and Bones has them. What if someone got the bones from some other dead person and CLAIMED they were Geronimo's? It will be interesting to see what happens.
| 938 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:22:27pm |
re: #916 midwestgak
They really baked using a little regular light bulb! I guess newly manufactured ovens will use those greenie mercury-filled bulbs. lol
Those suckers don't get hot enough.
| 939 |
Soona' Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:22:27pm |
re: #888 eschew_obfuscation
Obama's losing ground pretty fast. Spend 25 billion, lose 3000 jobs. When's he going to start 'saving or creating 3 million jobs'?
Oh, and by what metric will we know when he's saved 3 million jobs?
When only 3 million Americans have jobs.
| 940 |
loppyd Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:22:29pm |
Lord Rove on Today Show this morning responding to Axelrod's comments about him:
(in case you missed it Axelrod said "You know, the last thing that I think we're looking for at this juncture is advice on fiscal integrity or ethics from Karl Rove. I've never seen anything really like it . . .")
LAUER: How do you respond to that? Do you have credibility on this subject?ROVE: Well, first of all — look — I’m not giving them advice. I’m commenting on what they’re doing. I’m sure even this White House would say that people have a right to offer an opinion.
tee hee
| 942 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:23:04pm |
re: #937 jcw46
How can they prove that the bones are his? Is there documentation? Witnesses? Testimony?
Much as I can see their point/right to want them back. There would have to be more facts to back the claim that Skull and Bones has them. What if someone got the bones from some other dead person and CLAIMED they were Geronimo's? It will be interesting to see what happens.
DNA should be simple enough.
| 943 |
Zimriel Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:24:05pm |
re: #781 loppyd
Oh goody!
Of course not. The emergency is the whole point. If there wasn't an emergency "hope" would be unnecessary and, why should anything "change"?
For Obama, this bill is "a good start."
Meanwhile, from the State Department: congratulations, citizensHugo!
| 944 |
Ward Cleaver Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:24:14pm |
re: #930 itellu3times
Does he think he can just print all the aruglula he wants? What does he think, it grows on trees or something?
Probably it does, in unicornland.
Arugula on every plate, and a digital converter box on every TV!
| 945 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:24:16pm |
re: #933 Pietr
Hey, don't dump on me for my mere illiteracy! ;-)
| 946 |
acwgusa Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:24:36pm |
re: #941 buzzsawmonkey
Man goes to his rabbi, says, "Rabbi, I'm at the end of my rope. My business is doing poorly, life is terrible, I just don't know what to do."
The rabbi replies, "Well, you need to consult the Torah."
"Yes," says the man impatiently, "I'm sure I do. But I'm not a learned man, Rabbi, and I've come to you for guidance."
"Just open the book and look," says the rabbi. "It's all good."
The man leaves, muttering angrily under his breath that the rabbi was no help. Next time the rabbi sees him, the man comes up, all smiles. "So," says the rabbi, "Did you take my advice?"
"Well, Rabbi," says the man, "When I left you before I thought your advice was pretty much useless. But when I got home, I figured, well, what did I have to lose? So I opened the book like you said, and right there in front of me was the answer to all my problems; Chapter 11!"
Bankruptcy humor. Heh.
| 947 |
wrenchwench Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:24:46pm |
re: #896 Killian Bundy
Geronimo's Great Grandson Asks Yale Secret Society to Return Ancestor's Skull
/surprised it took this long
There are a couple of odd things about that story. First, locally they are saying they want the remains from Fort Sill to bury in the Gila Wilderness, where Geronimo was born. No mention of a skull, nor of Skull and Bones.
Second, in the article you linked, they didn't mention moving the rest of the remains.
Third, a woman is quoted in that article, speaking for Yale, and her name is Gila!
Wierod.
| 948 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:24:55pm |
re: #923 OldLineTexan
Our poodle pup is currently four-fanged on top.
He's starting to worry me.
Franken Poodle? Franken Pup?
| 949 |
SixDegrees Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:25:11pm |
Watching this signing unfold in it's carefully orchestrated, by-invitation-only setting, with the stock market plummeting in counterpoint, I was struck by the resemblance to the wedding scene from "The Man Who Would Be King," with Danny's hubris swollen to toxic proportions and the rest of the populace, sick with fear, tearing their hair and flagellating themselves in anticipation of the horrors about to unfold.
If you haven't seen this movie, you must.
| 950 |
right_wing2 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:25:21pm |
Isn't there a website where you can buy/sell on different economic & political issues? I remember visiting it before election day, but I've lost the link.
| 951 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:26:14pm |
To all those who refused to vote for McCain because he was not conservative enough or fiscally savvy enough:
ARE YOU FUCKING HAPPY NOW?
| 952 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:27:08pm |
re: #929 OldLineTexan
If he grows a mullet and tells me to "Get
rightRi-yut withJesusJay-zus" I am going to die.
That's more like it and he needs a tent.
| 953 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:27:18pm |
re: #937 jcw46
I have no doubt there are skeletons and skulls around the Skull and Bones clubhouse on the Yale campus. They're used in the initiation rites of many secret societies to symbolize death and mortality. The question is, can they get a DNA sample that proves the identity of the decedent?
| 954 |
right_wing2 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:28:22pm |
re: #951 FurryOldGuyJeans
To all those who refused to vote for McCain because he was not conservative enough or fiscally savvy enough:
ARE YOU FUCKING HAPPY NOW?
I voted against Obama. McCain wasn't much of a choice, but I would have cast a ballot for moldy bread before supporting Obama.
| 955 |
Pietr Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:28:29pm |
re: #936 jorline
Tax payers will buying the new government fleet cars from GM and Chrysler. Ford didn't ask for any money and will be left out in the cold.
Just like under FDR and The NRA.........:>((
| 956 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:28:48pm |
re: #952 jcw46
That's more like it and he needs a tent.
Dog the Bounty Hunter needs no tent, brah.
/
| 957 |
jorline Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:29:14pm |
re: #951 FurryOldGuyJeans
To all those who refused to vote for McCain because he was not conservative enough or fiscally savvy enough:
ARE YOU FUCKING HAPPY NOW?
Can't blame me, I voted for the old turd in the punch bowl.
| 958 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:29:30pm |
re: #948 jcw46
Franken Poodle? Franken Pup?
I just don't want to pay for doggie dentistry if I can help it!
| 959 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:29:38pm |
re: #942 OldLineTexan
DNA should be simple enough.
there's KNOWN relatives (I doubt they've got a sample from HIM)?
| 960 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:30:25pm |
re: #959 jcw46
there's KNOWN relatives (I doubt they've got a sample from HIM)?
Little sample from the skull, yes? Or no?
| 961 |
SixDegrees Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:31:30pm |
re: #937 jcw46
How can they prove that the bones are his? Is there documentation? Witnesses? Testimony?
Much as I can see their point/right to want them back. There would have to be more facts to back the claim that Skull and Bones has them. What if someone got the bones from some other dead person and CLAIMED they were Geronimo's? It will be interesting to see what happens.
This myth burbles to the surface every few years; I believe it's been taken to court in the past, and nothing has come of it. There's no evidence at all that the fraternity has any such thing in their possession, and the courts seem inclined to believe the fraternity when it says such claims are nonsense.
From the sounds of it, this latest suit is already circling the drain of it's forefathers.
| 962 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:31:50pm |
The Happy-Face Fascists of Detroit, being propped up with your tax dollars! Get used to it!
| 963 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:32:26pm |
re: #960 OldLineTexan
Little sample from the skull, yes? Or no?
Oh. Yeah, you mean from some artifact from his wounds with tissue on it?
| 964 |
OldLineTexan Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:34:30pm |
re: #963 jcw46
Oh. Yeah, you mean from some artifact from his wounds with tissue on it?
I could swear they can DNA test bone, but maybe they could not get enough without damaging the skull. Soft tissue remains from a tooth? I don't know.
| 965 |
UberInfidel67 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:37:43pm |
re: #964 OldLineTexan
They would probably mine for DNA in the marrow of the bones.
| 966 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:39:10pm |
As you can tell, I'm getting accustomed to using the "F" word more frequently! ;-)
| 967 |
jcw46 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:39:56pm |
re: #964 OldLineTexan
I could swear they can DNA test bone, but maybe they could not get enough without damaging the skull. Soft tissue remains from a tooth? I don't know.
I meant they have to have something to compare the dna of the bones to. It has to be a sample that can be shown to come from a close relative or actually from him. I thought you meant there was a KNOWN sample of HIS dna from an artifact (a bullet or rope) that is known to have come from him.
| 968 |
Mirage Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:41:24pm |
re: #577 Ward Cleaver
I've read that Hawaii leads the U.S. in per capita consumption of Spam, and that it goes back to WWII, when meat was hard to come by there.
Yep, Hawaii consumes the most Spam and we even have it on the breakfast menu at McDonald's served with white rice and scrambled eggs. :D
Spam musubi are the favored incarnation: a square block of rice with a slice of fried spam on top wrapped with a strip of seaweed. There are many, many variations.
| 969 |
SusanL Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:46:35pm |
re: #456 The Pulchritudinous Patriot
We already have one client who wants to do away with dependent coverage. Not just the contribution, the coverage. My boss is talking him down, but she isn't sure she
This whole this is just a sneakly way to put in a single-payor system. Government healthcare - not just in your nightmares anymore.
S
| 970 |
gringo69 Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:48:02pm |
I don't know about everyone else, but for the first time I am finally proud of my new president! He stood up like a man, threw away his Bush crutches, said I, Me,My plan about 10 times and took ownership of his presidency. He cited his unknown panel of "All the Top Economists and Business Leaders" again also. I feel better!
/sarc off
| 971 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:49:07pm |
re: #969 SusanL
No doubt nationalizing health care is on the Obama agenda. With "private-public" partnerships, no doubt.
| 972 |
quickjustice Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:51:29pm |
re: #970 gringo69
See, government now is working with business in a "private-public" partnership. The smart businessmen will be Party members, will be on board, and will be selected for success by your government!
Sieg heil, anyone?
| 973 |
baconeatingkaffir Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:57:11pm |
re: #971 quickjustice
I've seen nationalized medical care in Germany and again here in Turkey. It sucks. It sucks even worse when they start contracting it out. Most doctors will give paying patients priority over the ones from the government. I think obummer wants us all to emulate the socialist and third world crapholes.
| 974 |
DawnofTruth Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:57:13pm |
re: #969 SusanL
SusanL
Do you have the info on this mess about COBRA
| 975 |
FrogMarch Tue, Feb 17, 2009 2:59:49pm |
I just heard the best point--
The democrats send their kids to posh private schools but won't allow the rest of us the same choice with vouchers.
The democrats want to take away our gun rights, while they are kept safe with armed secret service personnel.
The democrats want us all to have welfare-style heath care, while they enjoy private health care.
| 976 |
FrogMarch Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:01:36pm |
Obama raised more campaign money than George Bush and John Kerry did combined in the 2004 elections. The bailout is about payback. Pay to play payback.
| 977 |
Greenfire Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:07:43pm |
A Washington signing of this bill wasn't acceptable? This symbolism signing in Denver cost taxpayers roughly a half million dollars round trip for the flying fortress and its back-up. Someone please tell this guy the campaign is over...he won!
| 978 |
FrogMarch Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:16:20pm |
“Now, imagine if President Bush had presided over a 2,000-point stock market tumble in the same time period — during the first few months of his presidency.”
| 979 |
Kailen Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:27:18pm |
3/4 of a trillion dollars in a single bill within a month of his inauguration. CHANGE!
| 980 |
FrogMarch Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:30:19pm |
I listened to most of the Campaign-stop porky comedy routine while driving to Denver today. A few things that struck me-- first, Joe Biden, God bless him, is a dolt. I take slight pleasure in his stupidity, but it's really very tragic. We had to listen to the left's vile slobbering conspiracy ridden Bush-hate for 8 years. Now this. Joe Biden is an intellectual midget next to George Bush.
next - the Boulder based Namaste solar company consists of 60 people. I am all for solar and wind and alternative energy, but it seemed like 787 billion was a lot to spend to get a company of 60 back on its feet.
| 981 |
SixDegrees Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:46:03pm |
re: #973 baconeatingkaffir
I've seen nationalized medical care in Germany and again here in Turkey. It sucks.
You don't have to go that far. Just check out any VA hospital, then multiply the horrors you find there by at least 100.
If the government can't even run a medical system for a tiny subset of the population, why does anyone think it will do a better job running a system for the entire population?
| 982 |
MJBrutus Tue, Feb 17, 2009 3:55:19pm |
The largest spending bill evah. And this is just a down payment!
Just who is foolish enough to believe that all the new programs, projects and boondoggles baked in to this thing are one time expenses? Is there an American alive who's naive enough to believe that the funding for such "necessary" items as a choo choo to Vegas is fully funded in this bill? Is there any American who believes that we'll just roll back the new welfare liabilities granted by this bill when the "crisis" is over?
Not even a month in office and the country is already trillions further in debt. I just can't wait for TARP 2 and STIMULUS 2 this summer. And we haven't even started on crippling whatever's left of our economy by imposing limits on plant food (aka Carbon Dioxide)!
| 984 |
buzzdroid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 4:08:27pm |
stimulus bill - the longest suicide note in history.
oh well - at least you'll blow 8 BILLION on a maglev train from LA to Las Vegas without a single foot of track being laid.
the 8 BILLION going to environmental lawyers , of course...
seriously - thats the kind of crap on the bill.
how much is being set aside for stuff that really matters - like nuclear fusion research?
| 985 |
buzzdroid Tue, Feb 17, 2009 4:18:36pm |
re: #981 SixDegrees
You don't have to go that far. Just check out any VA hospital, then multiply the horrors you find there by at least 100.
If the government can't even run a medical system for a tiny subset of the population, why does anyone think it will do a better job running a system for the entire population?
if you want an even bigger horror, go look at the NHS in Britain. thats as socialist as what they have in Cuba.
its such a great system that the hospitals are filthy and thousands die of MRSA while IN HOSPITAL... yes folks - go to a socialist NHS hospital, and there is a high chance you might not make it back home. The hospital will literally kill you.
but on a more important point - because the NHS is funded out of taxation, nobody in britain has a clue about how much health care actually COSTS.. so therefore there are no incentives to live more healthily. you yanks have that - its called insurance premiums.
smoke & drink a lot - your insurance goes up. easy to understand.
no - that doesnt happen in britain. you can smoke and drink all you like, and mister fitness picks up the tab via his taxes.
the only valid reason that the Dems might want to go down the NHS route is because of one thing only - power. because, if the NHS system doesnt work,then its an excuse to nanny you into living a healthier lifestyle - and that sort of nagging is a power trip for socialists.
yes folks - having the government run the health service is a conduit for the government to tell you how to live your life.
one example, from Britain:
[Link: www.5aday.nhs.uk...]
thats a government website. backed up by constant TV adverts too...
if you want that, good luck to you.
| 986 |
Maui Girl Tue, Feb 17, 2009 4:24:46pm |
re: #929 OldLineTexan
If he grows a mullet and tells me to "Get right with Jesus" I am going to die.
Relax. You'll live forever because he'd NEVER tell you to get right with Jesus. As far as the mullet.....
| 987 |
BingoBunny Tue, Feb 17, 2009 4:50:08pm |
I'm no economist, but I've read one in the blogs.. And I've decided that better then buying GOLD, getting back in stocks, or moving to Greenland.. is spending.. borrow as much as you can.. max out your credit cards.. ask your mother in law for a loan.. get all the money you possible can.. and then SPEND it.. the pay back will be with greatly inflated dollars.. worth a lot less in future money then it is now.. so go crazy.. spend like theres no tomorrow.. and if there isn't a tomorrow.. your ahead
| 988 |
zturlte Tue, Feb 17, 2009 5:04:18pm |
Yeah exactly why buy gold if they can confiscate like they did in the 30s.
Hey but Obama will always have his mini-teleprompter the blackberry to have someone else figure out what to say to us.
| 989 |
yesandno Tue, Feb 17, 2009 5:25:07pm |
Heard today that this bill with help create or save 100,000 jobs for everyone in Western North Carolina.......
Uh....major city with surrounding area is about 105,000 many of whom are retirees..and with reast of region total would be about 200,000. So where exactly are the 100,00 new jobs coming from? Or is he saving every job in this part of the state and then some? Or that we are now so poor that we all need to have 3-4 jobs?
BS, MS, PHD
| 992 |
soxfan4life Wed, Feb 18, 2009 5:13:02am |
re: #982 MJBrutus
The largest spending bill evah. And this is just a down payment!
Just who is foolish enough to believe that all the new programs, projects and boondoggles baked in to this thing are one time expenses? Is there an American alive who's naive enough to believe that the funding for such "necessary" items as a choo choo to Vegas is fully funded in this bill? Is there any American who believes that we'll just roll back the new welfare liabilities granted by this bill when the "crisis" is over?
Not even a month in office and the country is already trillions further in debt. I just can't wait for TARP 2 and STIMULUS 2 this summer. And we haven't even started on crippling whatever's left of our economy by imposing limits on plant food (aka Carbon Dioxide)!
And today he's going to start attacking the foreclosure problem. This is certainly not the country I fought for, bled for and saw fellow soldiers give their life for. FU Obama.
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Views: 516 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5- A Closer Look at the Eastman State Bar DecisionTaking a few minutes away from work things to read through the Eastman decision. As I'm sure many of you know, Eastman was my law school con law professor. I knew him pretty well because I was also running in ...KGxvi
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Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
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Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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