Singing: "I'm so ronery, so very ronery . . ."

Douglas MacArthur we should have listened to ya!

[Link: www.stlyrics.com...]

The South Koreans are shitting bricks.

Morning Charles you are up early today. Need coffee?

Backpedaling by Obama on missile defense begins in concert with the Taepedong-2 launch countdown?

What happened? Did I fall asleep and it is really noon time?

[Link: www.imdb.com...]

Let's see its Tuesday, so I'll wear these shoes, these underpants, and that shirt. Oh and since it's the last Tuesday of the month why don't I name anther "special envoy"?

Ross named special US envoy on Iran

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

re: #6 Leonidas Hoplite

Backpedaling by Obama on missile defense begins in concert with the Taepedong-2 launch countdown?

Nope, he is gutting it. PERIOD!

Morning, Charles... early bird?

...which unsettled financial markets in South Korea..

Ya thank?
Does Hillary know about this?

Check this out...

War on Terror Update
Confidence in War on Terror Drops
Confidence in how America is doing in the War on Terror has dropped dramatically in the past two weeks. Just 47% of voters now believe the United States and its allies are winning.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 23% believe the terrorists are winning, while 25% say it's a draw. Six percent (6%) are undecided.

Just over two weeks ago, 62% said the United States and its allies were winning the war, a new record high. Only 14% said the terrorists were winning at that time. The latest results are similar to those found in early January.

re: #10 Nevergiveup

Nope, he is gutting it. PERIOD!

His new European fwiends won't wike that...

re: #12 Leonidas Hoplite

Don't you know it's Bush's fault?

re: #13 Leonidas Hoplite

His new European fwiends won't wike that...

Well then they will find they are another name on that long list of American Allies who found themselves screwed over

Oh, those Communist dictators:
"Food for the populace, no. Missiles, satellites, and all possible weaponry, yes."

A tunicate has more spine than Obama, and Korea recalls the good ole days of Clinton befuddlement.

Spit!

So glad obama is president, the dems are in control and soros could achieve his dream of destroying us.

What if NK launches missiles, as they've past done.

What if some percentage fail, as they've past done.

Will NK think that some of those failed missiles were in fact shot down?

he United States is planning to open a permanent office in Jerusalem for its special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, the pan-Arab newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat reported Tuesday.

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

And that office will be where? In Arab East Jerusalem?

The silver dawn on the San Gabriel Mountains of California. Towercam.

and fools rush on toward the cliff edge.

The idiots on CNN didn't seem to grasp the concept that launching a satellite = ICBM range in a missile. This will be perfect with Bambi about to announce 25% defense cuts ( no doubt 100% for missile defense) so he can fling Pie at his worshipers...

From February 02, 2009 North Korea to 'Test Missile Capable of Striking U.S.

The sinister object has been identified as a Taepodong-2, an intercontinental missile with a range of more than 4000 miles, capable of crossing the Pacific and striking targets in Hawaii or Alaska.

re: #23 abolitionist

From February 02, 2009 North Korea to 'Test Missile Capable of Striking U.S.

First time I was ever happy I live in NJ?

north korea...people eating tree bark and grass, but the goverment can build and launch missles...a human value system so out of whack, there is no humor to be found in it. sad.

re: #25 Spider Mensch

north korea...people eating tree bark and grass, but the goverment can build and launch missles...a human value system so out of whack, there is no humor to be found in it. sad.

Maybe, but I bet there is a Jimmy Carter joke in there somewhere?

And my guess is Obama won't even reference North Korea or Iran in tonite's speech. Though I'll bet he'll have plenty to say about Afghanistan.

re: #14 rightside

Don't you know it's Bush's fault?

I keep forgetting!

re: #22 Kozak
They know it but sweep it under the rug and hope the sheeple won't realize the significance. They can't do anything to make Obama uncomfortable after investing all their credibility in getting him elected.

And NK is still dark at night. Haven't got those peaceful reactors hooked into the grid, I suppose.

I feel safer. Pfffttt.

Can we make it to November 2010 without collapsing? At least we have a chance if we can get something done in the next election.

I know that the nation most directly threatened by NK is SK, and I know that NK has a huge number of men in the army, but I doubt that NK could defeat SK if they tried to do what they tried during the Korean conflict.

re: #32 razorbacker

I know that the nation most directly threatened by NK is SK, and I know that NK has a huge number of men in the army, but I doubt that NK could defeat SK if they tried to do what they tried during the Korean conflict.

No, but they would kill alot of people and do immense damage to the economy of SK which is tied pretty close to ours.

The worst political administration will save the day.

Send in Lurch, he's a genius.

$900 million for Gaza.

Please don't let this be the second Carter Administration.

re: #33 Nevergiveup

No, but they would kill alot of people and do immense damage to the economy of SK which is tied pretty close to ours.

Yeah, that's a given. But I'll bet that SK has looked at the East Germany/West Germany remerge and knows that however you spin it, EG has been a drag on the WG economy. They know that NK would be even more of a drag on the SK economy in the event of a remerger.

Not that NK has hinted in any way that they're interested in merging other than by conquest.

re: #36 gander

Please don't let this be the second Carter Administration.

I'd settle for that at this point

re: #38 Nevergiveup

Yeah, no kidding. Carter is much better than Maxist, dump the founders, ruin the country.

/some may not believe that, but it is true.

Holy Cow! Charles is up! Guess I'd better slide him over a cup of Starbucks!
Good Morning Lizards! How is everyone this fine day?

Morning Hoops!

re: #40 HoosierHoops

Holy Cow! Charles is up! Guess I'd better slide him over a cup of Starbucks!
Good Morning Lizards! How is everyone this fine day?

Hey 2H. I am thinking he just got home from a great party//

Isn't wonderful that Hollywood and the media got to select our President.

re: #36 gander

Please don't let this be the second Carter Administration.

Roo rate, suker. ;-)

re: #41 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Morning Hoops!

Good Morning LT.! How are you doing today?

Seriously, for the sake of US security and credibility I hope that tonight Obama says in no uncertain terms that the US and it's regional allies will not accept or tolerate a North Korean ballistic missile program, and that any attempt to launch will have serious repercussions, up to and including destruction of the launch and assembly facilities.

But I know better. noone currently in Washington has to cajones to state that unequivocally.

re: #42 Erik The Red

Hey 2H. I am thinking he just got home from a great party//

It's 6am in California..Must have been a great party!
Hi Erik!

Kim is just jealous because we have our own "Dear Leader". Hey, I'm standing here at the gate waiting in line to join Obama's civilian military he promised in his campaign. Problem is I'm the only one here. Maybe I'm at the wrong gate. Ummm.

Anyone remember the scientist fear mongers that worried about a never ending collection of micro-sized space junk orbiting the earth at 18,000 mph in all manner of strange orbits essentially entombing us in here forever? The result of a chain reaction of collisions.

With every no-neck country on earth throwing objects into orbit, that might just happen.

re: #36 gander

Please don't let this be the second Carter Administration.

It won't be. It will be worse.

re: #35 FrogMarch

Unbelievable. Almost a billion dollars (for starters, watch it grow) of our money will be handled and distributed by the U.N.? The same U.N. that actively supports Hamas in all areas political, military and cultural? And we're supposed to believe that none of this money will go to Hamas?
Even Obama can't believe that shlock.

re: #40 HoosierHoops

HH!

re: #46 beblebrox

Seriously, for the sake of US security and credibility I hope that tonight Obama says in no uncertain terms that the US and it's regional allies will not accept or tolerate a North Korean ballistic missile program, and that any attempt to launch will have serious repercussions, up to and including destruction of the launch and assembly facilities.

But I know better. noone currently in Washington has to cajones to state that unequivocally.

What makes you think Obama will even make reference to any potential launch tonight?

re: #45 HoosierHoops

Good Morning LT.! How are you doing today?

Doing good now... back went out yesterday, but seems better at the moment. Yourself?

The situation on the Korean Peninsula is the outcome of Harry Truman's Korean War to stop the communists, backed by the USSR and Red China, from overrunning the south. The South Koreans are easily a military match for the North in conventional forces, and they have a much stronger economy.

The tactical problem is that Seoul is within range of North Koren heavy artillery. The strategic problem is that the North is a rogue regime that engages in military brinksmanship and other criminal activities, including counterfeiting U.S. currency, to keep itself afloat. They're shakedown artists.

We should provide a nuclear shield for the South, and pressure the South Koreans and the Chinese to let North Korean refugees into their countries. That would bleed off the North Korean population, which is ready to flee the brutal regime in large numbers. There would be a high economic cost to this, but it would be much cheaper than a war.

re: #52 rightside

HH!

Good Morning Rightside! Hope today finds you well..

re: #47 HoosierHoops

It's 6am in California..Must have been a great party!
Hi Erik!

I am going to have to re learn this whole East-West coast time thingy when I return this year. I always forget.

re: #50 Leonidas Hoplite

It won't be. It will be worse.

But he... he... he's gonna govern from the center, right?

/morons.

re: #4 rightside

The South Koreans are shitting bricks.

More Kimchi would help that.

Bets on how far No Dong goes this time before blowing or diving into the drink?

My money is on 39.7 km...

re: #46 beblebrox

Seriously, for the sake of US security and credibility I hope that tonight Obama says in no uncertain terms that the US and it's regional allies will not accept or tolerate a North Korean ballistic missile program, and that any attempt to launch will have serious repercussions, up to and including destruction of the launch and assembly facilities.

But I know better. noone currently in Washington has to cajones to state that unequivocally.

They might be looking for North Korea to buy our bonds that noone else wants.

re: #36 gander

Please don't let this be the second Carter Administration.

It's not. It's worse.

Today is Fat Tuesday. The day when hundreds of thousands take to the streets for one last party before the Lenten season. Revelers will take to their floats and throw all sorts of beads and Moon Pies into the crowds. Projectiles in the air everywhere. I think ol' Dear Leader just wants to get in on the act.

don't they realize, the "transparent one" has enough to do with afghanistan, iraq and the stimulus package? poor guy probably doesn't have time to eat his waffle/

re: #53 Nevergiveup

What makes you think Obama will even make reference to any potential launch tonight?

I don't. Just stating what the little fantasy world I have retreated into tells me would be best for America. As I said, I know better.

re: #39 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Yeah, no kidding. Carter is much better than Maxist, dump the founders, ruin the country.

/some may not believe that, but it is true.

I was pondering the same thing. I almost miss Carter. Almost.

re: #64 phoenixgirl

don't they realize, the "transparent one" has enough to do with afghanistan, iraq and the stimulus package? poor guy probably doesn't have time to eat his waffle/

Or smoke a cigarette.

re: #67 soxfan4life

Or smoke a cigarette.

or play with his blackberry

re: #51 Lincolntf

yes. LGF has a post about a few threads down. This is just a different news link.
Disgusting, huh?

re: #64 phoenixgirl

don't they realize, the "transparent one" has enough to do with afghanistan, iraq and the stimulus package? poor guy probably doesn't have time to eat his waffle/

So, does the saying go 'you are what you eat', or does it go 'you eat what you are'?

re: #61 soxfan4life

They might be looking for North Korea to buy our bonds that noone else wants.

Why, when they can print there own? After all they got pretty good at copying our money.

/Kim sez: $5 me ruv you rong time

re: #66 FrogMarch

I was pondering the same thing. I almost miss Carter. Almost.

At least Carter was a veteran, and did not have the contempt for the military Obama does.

re: #31 _RememberTonyC

Can we make it to November 2010 without collapsing? At least we have a chance if we can get something done in the next election.

The Democrat controlled Congress already has a filibuster proof super majority with Arlan Spector(R) and Snow(R) included as Democrats, Republican only in name.

Not enough American voters understand that election, ALWAYS, have very serious consequences, and since ACORN(Obama,Ayers,Soros)was given over $5 billion worth of pork in the ludicrous "stimulus" bill, there is now no way to stop the future voter fraud, which by the way is going to make the voter fraud that happened in this last election look like a picnic.

If Americans couldn't make an informed decision of who to, or who not to vote for in the 2006 and 2008 elections, there's little to no chance they will make informed decisions of who to vote for in 2010 or 2012.

This is not the same culture in which Jimmy Carter made millions of Democrat voters into Reagan Democrats, Americans were much harder workers and not as entitlement minded, now, half of America, or more, are entitlement minded and want whatever they think the government is going to provide for them, and this republic can't survive the kind of hit that the 70 million baby boomer's are going to put on this current economy, which is already like $65 trillion in debt in regards to Medicare, Social Security etc, with less and less being paid in by current workers.

Americans may look back some time down the road, and realize that they should have informed themselves better with their election decisions, but by then, America will not resemble the great Republic that it once was.

There's been far too many people who have the ingrained attitude of, "Oh, they'll never do that", or, "Oh, it will never go that far", etc, etc, and the problem with that mentality and attitude, is that those very changes get made through various channels while the public is near completely unaware.

I hope America wakes up, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

hey, I remember that... They said one collision would start a chain reaction causing them all to break up and then we would never be able to launch another satellite...

re: #49 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Anyone remember the scientist fear mongers that worried about a never ending collection of micro-sized space junk orbiting the earth at 18,000 mph in all manner of strange orbits essentially entombing us in here forever? The result of a chain reaction of collisions.

With every no-neck country on earth throwing objects into orbit, that might just happen.

re: #66 FrogMarch

I was pondering the same thing. I almost miss Carter. Almost.

The slide continues... remember earlier, when suddenly Hillary didn't seem so bad?

Now we are to Carter. In six months, putting in Ghegis Khan will start looking good.

re: #66 FrogMarch

I was pondering the same thing. I almost miss Carter. Almost.

i was going to down ding you but as today is "fat tuesday" i'll be generous!/

I knew Jimmy Carter, and obambis no Jimmy Carter. He's worse by a magnitude!
(Not personally, he was my first CinC)

re: #68 phoenixgirl

or play with his blackberry

That "blackberry" is actually his portable teleprompter. Much like an AMEX card he can't leave home without it.

re: #56 HoosierHoops

Damn good.

re: #59 soxfan4life

Trust me, it doesn't help. We have them here right now as I type this.

re: #57 Erik The Red

I am going to have to re learn this whole East-West coast time thingy when I return this year. I always forget.

Here's an easy way to remember. The LEFT coast is always behind the times...

re: #36 gander

Please don't let this be the second Carter Administration.

This current Administration has already made Carter look like a genius.

Sorry, it's sad, but true.

re: #55 quickjustice

I like to think of North Korea as the glittering jewel of Utopian Communism.

But according to hollywood and leftists everywhere - Communism just hasn't been perfected yet.

re: #80 republic
How do you come to that conclusion?

(0bama checking under couch cushions and in old suits for a few extra $ to send to North Korea so that they will leave us alone)

re: #68 phoenixgirl

or play with his blackberry

I'm going to refrain from fixing this statement for ya...

look at the brightside, the stock market is at 1997 levels...so when it hits 1999 we get to party all over again!

re: #85 phoenixgirl

OMG Y2K!111!

re: #82 pingjockey

How can you not? We will need a Reagan on steroids to fix what Obama will do to us.

re: #78 soxfan4life

That "blackberry" is actually his portable teleprompter. Much like an AMEX card he can't leave home without it.

lol, just wait till he needs bifocals to read it!

re: #77 pingjockey

I knew Jimmy Carter, and obambis no Jimmy Carter. He's worse by a magnitude!
(Not personally, he was my first CinC)

Stop reminding me who is mine now please!

re: #74 MikeAlv77

hey, I remember that... They said one collision would start a chain reaction causing them all to break up and then we would never be able to launch another satellite...

That's the one. Glad I wasn't just imagining it... thinking of Korea and Iran with satellites made me think of it.

Gonna take a lot of junk to get to critical mass.

But it doesn't look like we, as a species, have it in us to leave this rock anyway... way too comfortable on our couch, at 350 lbs, watching American Idol. Besides, we have too many problems here on earth to waste money on a real space program (I've been hearing that crap since I was a kid 40 years ago).

re: #80 republic
Never mind, just reread what you posted. Not awake yet!

Good thing Obama put a stop to our satellite defense program. Maybe he can have a one-on-one sitdown with no preconditions with Kim as well as send North Korea billions more, too...the stimulus ruler of the world!

The O-man is completely clueless on how to handle NK. They don't respond to anything except strength. You can't negotiate with them. They lie and cheat. Tell you anything you want to hear. He has no experience with international crisis. With Iran, NK, Iraq and Afghan all up in the air and the economic crisis which he is trying to solve by spending more, its shows his lack of experience and solution.

re: #77 pingjockey

I knew Jimmy Carter, and obambis no Jimmy Carter. He's worse by a magnitude!
(Not personally, he was my first CinC)

You and me both. Troubling, ain't it?

re: #89 Nevergiveup
Hey I had Carter and Clinton! With Reagan and Bush to lighten the load.

re: #94 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

You and me both. Troubling, ain't it?

anyone that can make you miss jimmy carter is evil

re: #88 phoenixgirl

lol, just wait till he needs bifocals to read it!

Somehow I don't see his choice in glasses selling like Palins did.

re: #85 phoenixgirl

look at the brightside, the stock market is at 1997 levels...so when it hits 1999 we get to party all over again!

Will that also include the Y2K Panic?

/Where the heck is Col. Panik!

re: #97 soxfan4life

Somehow I don't see his choice in glasses selling like Palins did.

i don't know, pretty soon will all need "blinder's"

re: #94 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Troubling is putting it lightly. I thought Carter was a feckless fool. The one is dangerous.

re: #55 quickjustice

Little Commie Kimmie and his military thugs hold the population of North Korea hostage, keeping them impoverished and desperate.
And the world stands by and does nothing. (not that I have an answer)

Lil' Kim need to go. pronto.

re: #99 phoenixgirl

with out the 's

Bush? Too early to tell; let history decide.

Obama? 30 days is all we need. Abject failure. Worst president since Carter.

re: #69 FrogMarch

Obama doesn't have the balls to do what he wants to do (remove the icky Israeli/Palestinian issue from his plate, even if it ultimately means more war and misery for Israelis), so he's going to let the U.N do it for him. Plus, he probably thinks that a billion dollars might buy a few months/years of relative quiet from the Strip, allowing him to claim that his policies are helping the cause of peace in the Mideast. The fact that the bulk of the billion dollars will be used to buttress the war machine of Hamas will be ignored or deliberately covered up..

re: #99 phoenixgirl

You will get issued rose colored glasses to go with your Obama coat. Part of the new Govt regulated dress code, so no one feels inferior.

I'm a bit loathe to post this as I can't stay (work), but a vision left it's seeds while i was sleeping last nite and I've no one else to share with.
Do you think that Barack Obama is working from a supposition that, if elected to two terms, there would be no more Dow or Nasdaq at the end of his Presidency, but a Global Stock Exchange, perhaps in partnership with Beijing?
I know it sounds like conspiracist nonsense, but if you look at what his administration has done so far in its infancy, it would be possible. He shows little willingness or even interest in modifying his policies to promote the health of the American exchanges.
I remember my Dad telling me about the metric thing. (Interestingly enough, I would probably enjoy using the metric system more, and what a silly argument in the face of what is going on now)

Just my morning thoughts before I'm off to fry the fish. (Frying fish is what I do at work. Jokers.)

re: #100 pingjockey

Troubling is putting it lightly. I thought Carter was a feckless fool. The one is dangerous.

If Obama starts us looking at the world's great dictators and thinking "Hmmm.. so-n-so would be better than this" we are in deep shit.

/oh wait, we are... nevermind.

Dow going below 7,000 today? Bets?

We are weakened because of Obama...

Can't wait to hear Obama's soaring rhetoric tonight... How many times will he blame 'the mistakes of the past'?

re: #76 phoenixgirl

i was going to down ding you but as today is "fat tuesday" i'll be generous!/

I didn't think the Obama administration would be so horrible so soon. and no - I don't really miss Carter. I was a mere young person when Carter was prez. But I do remember vividly that miserable time in our history. This moment in time has the very same feel.

re: #55 quickjustice

There is a very real risk of a complete collapse of the North Korean regime. While the final outcome, the end of that evil regime, will be good, getting there will be dangerous. Huge floods of refugees north and south will strain both China &South Korea. The NoKo military, fearing they have nothing to loose and everything to gain, may lash out and attack South Korea. Or some rogue general may grab a nuke and sell it to the highest bidder: Iran, Al Qaeda, Hugo Chavez, or even the Saudis.

This is the most dangerous time of all for Korea.

re: #105 soxfan4life

You will get issued rose colored glasses to go with your Obama coat. Part of the new Govt regulated dress code, so no one feels inferior.

subliminal messages...everyone around is is a "pinko"

re: #111 phoenixgirl

subliminal messages...everyone around is is a "pinko"

The ones in DC controlling the money are already there.

re: #108 tfc3rid

We are weakened because of Obama...

Can't wait to hear Obama's soaring rhetoric tonight... How many times will he blame 'the mistakes of the past'?

I absolutely refuse to listen to that Man-child tonight.

/No, he ain't my president, too. Label it ODS if you like, I don't care. My oath was to the Constitution, this guy intends to trample it. *spit*

re: #106 Bumr50

I'm a bit loathe to post this as I can't stay (work), but a vision left it's seeds while i was sleeping last nite and I've no one else to share with.
Do you think that Barack Obama is working from a supposition that, if elected to two terms, there would be no more Dow or Nasdaq at the end of his Presidency, but a Global Stock Exchange, perhaps in partnership with Beijing?
I know it sounds like conspiracist nonsense, but if you look at what his administration has done so far in its infancy, it would be possible. He shows little willingness or even interest in modifying his policies to promote the health of the American exchanges.
I remember my Dad telling me about the metric thing. (Interestingly enough, I would probably enjoy using the metric system more, and what a silly argument in the face of what is going on now)

Just my morning thoughts before I'm off to fry the fish. (Frying fish is what I do at work. Jokers.)

Before this election ...I would have said you are crazy ...now ...not so much ...I am at the point that I would believe anything Obama does that will take us from being American ...

re: #108 tfc3rid

We are weakened because of Obama...

Can't wait to hear Obama's soaring rhetoric tonight... How many times will he blame 'the mistakes of the past'?

Yeah, the Porkulus Law is already in the past...

/Will not be watching

re: #109 FrogMarch

I didn't think the Obama administration would be so horrible so soon. and no - I don't really miss Carter. I was a mere young person when Carter was prez. But I do remember vividly that miserable time in our history. This moment in time has the very same feel.

i know you were kidding, i was too. obama is f'n evil to even have people joke about missing carter though. i haven't reached that part yet...i have changed my mind as to who is the worst president ever. unless obama's unicorns start shitting gold bricks, he wins hands down!

re: #108 tfc3rid

We are weakened because of Obama...

Can't wait to hear Obama's soaring rhetoric tonight... How many times will he blame 'the mistakes of the past'?

Obama:

"Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Catastrophe. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Unicorn in every driveway. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Hope. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Change. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis."

re: #92 Ron Shaw

Good thing Obama put a stop to our satellite defense program. Maybe he can have a one-on-one sitdown with no preconditions with Kim as well as send North Korea billions more, too...the stimulus ruler of the world!

The question which George Stephanopolus put to Obama during the debate was "Will you as president commit to direct talks, without preconditions, with the leaders of Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela..."

So yes, Obama has said he would do that.

re: #73 republic

The Democrat controlled Congress already has a filibuster proof super majority with Arlan Spector(R) and Snow(R) included as Democrats, Republican only in name.

Not enough American voters understand that election, ALWAYS, have very serious consequences, and since ACORN(Obama,Ayers,Soros)was given over $5 billion worth of pork in the ludicrous "stimulus" bill, there is now no way to stop the future voter fraud, which by the way is going to make the voter fraud that happened in this last election look like a picnic.

If Americans couldn't make an informed decision of who to, or who not to vote for in the 2006 and 2008 elections, there's little to no chance they will make informed decisions of who to vote for in 2010 or 2012.

This is not the same culture in which Jimmy Carter made millions of Democrat voters into Reagan Democrats, Americans were much harder workers and not as entitlement minded, now, half of America, or more, are entitlement minded and want whatever they think the government is going to provide for them, and this republic can't survive the kind of hit that the 70 million baby boomer's are going to put on this current economy, which is already like $65 trillion in debt in regards to Medicare, Social Security etc, with less and less being paid in by current workers.

Americans may look back some time down the road, and realize that they should have informed themselves better with their election decisions, but by then, America will not resemble the great Republic that it once was.

There's been far too many people who have the ingrained attitude of, "Oh, they'll never do that", or, "Oh, it will never go that far", etc, etc, and the problem with that mentality and attitude, is that those very changes get made through various channels while the public is near completely unaware.

I hope America wakes up, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Jeez 'Republic' ... I hope we aren't THAT far gone.

re: #106 Bumr50

Don't know about your vision. But the Metric system is GREAT. Far easier to learn and convert. Everything is in 10 base.

re: #117 Ford_Prefect

Obama:

"Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Catastrophe. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Unicorn in every driveway. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Hope. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Change. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis."

more bush and you've got a hit!/

re: #75 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

The slide continues... remember earlier, when suddenly Hillary didn't seem so bad?

Now we are to Carter. In six months, putting in Ghegis Khan Joseph Stalin will start looking good.

FTFY

re: #82 pingjockey

How do you come to that conclusion?

Carter couldn't have pulled the wool over the eyes of Americans like Obama has, and Carter, in less than four years, made millions of lifelong Democrats, including my parents, who up to that point never, ever had one good thing to say about Republicans, in Reagan Democrats.

It looks like there is no way to stop the ruinous transition that is affecting this country, at warp speed, which has only taken slightly over one month.

As bad as Carter was, he didn't create this much chaos in one month, that had the lasting affect that this current Administration has, with the exception of really being the starter of Islamic terrorism, as it didn't take Reagan long to get this country righted.

What is going on now, probably can't be reversed.

Could you imagine what would have happened in this country, during Carters term, if he would have voiced the idea of nationalizing the banking system, and then started to take the steps to implement it?

There would have been blood on the streets, and yet, with this current administration, all there is is yawns from most Americans, like nothing is going on.

America should be seething, loudly, publicly, with what is going on, and yet, she sleeps.

re: #109 FrogMarch

Here, this'll bring back some memories...
Jimmy Carter Song

re: #113 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

I absolutely refuse to listen to that Man-child tonight.

/No, he ain't my president, too. Label it ODS if you like, I don't care. My oath was to the Constitution, this guy intends to trample it. *spit*

He's already trampling it... Obama has evil intentions... So do his handlers.

re: #117 Ford_Prefect

Obama:

"Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Catastrophe. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Unicorn in every driveway. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Hope. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Change. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis."

Pure Alinsky, of course, but isn't it a psychological condition if one sees terrifying crises at every turn? Can a case be made for mental illness?

/Yes, that means Biden becomes president, but even that looks better now.

re: #73 republic

The Democrat controlled Congress already has a filibuster proof super majority with Arlan Spector(R) and Snow(R) included as Democrats, Republican only in name.

Not enough American voters understand that election, ALWAYS, have very serious consequences, and since ACORN(Obama,Ayers,Soros)was given over $5 billion worth of pork in the ludicrous "stimulus" bill, there is now no way to stop the future voter fraud, which by the way is going to make the voter fraud that happened in this last election look like a picnic.

If Americans couldn't make an informed decision of who to, or who not to vote for in the 2006 and 2008 elections, there's little to no chance they will make informed decisions of who to vote for in 2010 or 2012.

This is not the same culture in which Jimmy Carter made millions of Democrat voters into Reagan Democrats, Americans were much harder workers and not as entitlement minded, now, half of America, or more, are entitlement minded and want whatever they think the government is going to provide for them, and this republic can't survive the kind of hit that the 70 million baby boomer's are going to put on this current economy, which is already like $65 trillion in debt in regards to Medicare, Social Security etc, with less and less being paid in by current workers.

Americans may look back some time down the road, and realize that they should have informed themselves better with their election decisions, but by then, America will not resemble the great Republic that it once was.

There's been far too many people who have the ingrained attitude of, "Oh, they'll never do that", or, "Oh, it will never go that far", etc, etc, and the problem with that mentality and attitude, is that those very changes get made through various channels while the public is near completely unaware.

I hope America wakes up, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Excellent points!

If none of the factors you write existed, I would still not hold my breath since the MSM alone could and will almost guarantee the One an additional 4 years to further destroy the very fabric of America. They will never dillute their support of Obama despite the damage he causes. In short, for the MSM and their continued support he can do no wrong...the Chavez of North America!

re: #110 Kenneth

You are absolutely correct. From reading accounts online (just do a search and read if you need to not eat lunch) the place makes the death camps look easy.. (not really but you get the point)

re: #117 Ford_Prefect

I think it will be more 'Bush's fault, Republican's fault' than crisis and catastrophe Obama...

OT

Posted on the previous thread and didn't realize a new one was up:

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

It's very cold and bright with sinshine today and it will warm up considerably by tomorrow. Yee-hawww!

Let's go SPRING! :D

Now.

Death to Canadians!

/Rant on
Ya know, I’ve had it up to here with these f*** ingrates. Our warriors are busting their humps and sacrificing their lives to provide security and stability to these a**hats and this is the thanks we get? Yeah, that’s right, scream bloody murder but don’t let it cross your mind that:

./ Live munitions are removed after Canadian training exercises
./ The taliban have their hands on all kinds of bombs and use them on the people
./ The soviets regularly mined fields and left live ones behind

If you ingrates would flush out the evil in your midst so that they can be neutralized then perhaps OUR job would be much easier to provide YOU with a decent life.

F***s.

My apologies for the saucy language but this is just too much and I’m just steamed. Of course the media, the Liberals and the NDP Commies are all over this like white on rice and Mr. Harper is going to get creamed by these assinine feces-throwing chimps in Parliament. Feh.

/Rant Off and pass the Urinated Cranky Flakes™, please.

re: #117 Ford_Prefect

Obama:

"Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Catastrophe. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Unicorn in every driveway. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Hope. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Change. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis."

Yap trap: Pols talk, markets dive

If we could just get the corruptocrats to shut the hell up.

re: #117 Ford_Prefect

Obama:

"Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Catastrophe. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Unicorn in every driveway. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Hope. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Change. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Bush's fault. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Crisis."

So THAT's what the Congressional Motors base Pelosi model is called!

re: #91 pingjockey

Never mind, just reread what you posted. Not awake yet!

Got ya.

:)

The NIKKEA index is heading upwards today, the European index dove for the first hour but is now gradually, hesitantly, on it's way back up.

I wonder what the DOW will do today?

re: #116 phoenixgirl

i know you were kidding, i was too. obama is f'n evil to even have people joke about missing carter though. i haven't reached that part yet...i have changed my mind as to who is the worst president ever. unless obama's unicorns start shitting gold bricks, he wins hands down!

Those unicorns better get busy.

re: #129 tfc3rid

I think it will be more 'Bush's fault, Republican's fault' than crisis and catastrophe Obama...

Might try drinking a shot of Jack everytime he refers to the failed policies of the last 8 years and see if I can make it through the whole thing.

BTW, if the North Koreans hve a missile tst, our interceptors should be ready to go...

Of course, the Washington elite would call me a war monger...

Will it end in the same way like the NASA satellite earlier today?
273 million dollar gone in a nice bang.
:(

Whoopsie! Death to Canadians!

re: #124 Macker

Here, this'll bring back some memories...
Jimmy Carter Song

cute.

re: #123 republic

I agree with what you wrote, except, that what is happening can and will be reversed. Not without pain and effort, but it can.

re: #136 soxfan4life

Might try drinking a shot of Jack everytime he refers to the failed policies of the last 8 years and see if I can make it through the whole thing.

I think he is referring to failed policies of the past 60 years... He wants to deliver the US to the end FDR wanted...

Later Lizards. If my DSL line at home is working I will see you all later.

re: #137 tfc3rid

BTW, if the North Koreans hve a missile tst, our interceptors should be ready to go...

Of course, the Washington elite would call me a war monger...

I'd just call it a test

re: #130 Miss Trixie

Here, let me teach you a word which can get past the censors. Frak.

re: #136 soxfan4life

Might try drinking a shot of Jack everytime he refers to the failed policies of the last 8 years and see if I can make it through the whole thing.

Better have several bottles.

Lil' Kim sees fresh meat in the Whitehouse to exercise his extortion racket, Guess he's running low on cognac and caviar...

re: #127 Ron Shaw

Excellent points!

If none of the factors you write existed, I would still not hold my breath since the MSM alone could and will almost guarantee the One an additional 4 years to further destroy the very fabric of America. They will never dilute their support of Obama despite the damage he causes. In short, for the MSM and their continued support he can do no wrong...the Chavez of North America!

I agree.

It's really interesting to witness.

Gut wrenching, but interesting.

I pray for my kids and grandkids.

re: #139 Miss Trixie

From your link:

But villagers and the Afghan police say it was an incoming mortar round — either from the Taliban or foreign troops — that did the damage.

In other words, the Canadian troops were not involved. But they got blamed for it anyway. This is clearly a Taliban psy-ops. They fired on the village and paraded the dead children for the press. The press ate it up.

re: #145 Macker

Here, let me teach you a word which can get past the censors. Frak.

Don't forget my fav... felga-carb. (sp?)

Left-wing Hollywood is going to make a new propaganda film about the lying Wilsons.
Starring: Naomi Watts and Sean Penn -

*add Naomi Watts to my sh*t list.

re: #151 FrogMarch

Left-wing Hollywood is going to make a new propaganda film about the lying Wilsons.
Starring: Naomi Watts and Sean Penn -

*add Naomi Watts to my sh*t list.

I can't add anymore to my shit list. It's full. I have to wait till someone on it does something exemplary to get off it or till someone dies.

re: #151 FrogMarch

Left-wing Hollywood is going to make a new propaganda film about the lying Wilsons.
Starring: Naomi Watts and Sean Penn -

*add Naomi Watts to my sh*t list.

I wouldn't disgrace my shit by doing that.

re: #150 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Don't forget my fav... felga-carb. (sp?)

Ah, you mean felgercarb, which, fortunately, is not in the modern series. But bullshit (Somehow, I just can't see Lucifer uttering this word) is.

re: #144 Nevergiveup

Part of me is torn on that. Do you blow their missle out of the sky letting them know you care and won't put up with it.

or

Don't show them the full capability of your system.

I hope that Obama, and a few more lizards will realize this is China's problem. China knows that NK is bad for business, and China is in the business of business.

I know that we feel a traditional need to defend the South, but right now it would be best to let China carry the ball. They can threaten (behind the scenes) with the sticks and carrots.

Right now China is looking at how all of what is going on effects exports, and they are freaking out. Without exports they are looking at unemployment, and people sitting around is dangerous.

They have a powerful military, and North Korea does not want to piss off the elephant in the room.

Safari 4 Beta is out, if anybody's interested. I'm using it now, and it's pretty good.

re: #152 Nevergiveup

Once a celebrity gets on my sh*t list- they are there to stay.
Unless they wake up and admit they are leftist elitist ivory tower group-think tools. like that's gonna happen.

too bad. Naomi Watts was terrific in Mulholland Drive.

re: #155 MikeAlv77

Knock the missile down as soon as they stand it up on the launch platform. The resulting explosion will destroy the launch facility and provide the North Koreans with time to reflect upon the error of their ways. They are doing this to shake down the US for money. Therefore the best response to to make it prohibitively expensive for them to try it again.

re: #118 Kenneth

The question which George Stephanopolus put to Obama during the debate was "Will you as president commit to direct talks, without preconditions, with the leaders of Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela..."

So yes, Obama has said he would do that.

Yet, hope springs eternal as the One has shown consistently that he has the propensity to deviate from the truth. With luck, this stated intent will also fall by the wayside unless of course there is more money to be squeezed from our great grandchildren he can pilfer with such shenanigans! It appears he travels by word and in person with tons of newly minted US cash to dispense to like-minded rulers against freedom, capitalism, human rights and America in general. The man is paying and playing with those who wish to destroy us, to kill us. Developments that are so sad beyond human comprehension.

re: #156 Buck

I hope that Obama, and a few more lizards will realize this is China's problem. China knows that NK is bad for business, and China is in the business of business.

I know that we feel a traditional need to defend the South, but right now it would be best to let China carry the ball. They can threaten (behind the scenes) with the sticks and carrots.

Right now China is looking at how all of what is going on effects exports, and they are freaking out. Without exports they are looking at unemployment, and people sitting around is dangerous.

They have a powerful military, and North Korea does not want to piss off the elephant in the room.

All good points but Hitler used the economic crisis in Germany to re-militarize. Perhaps China will do the same except it won't be a re-militarization but an upgrade of its capabilities? They could sell off our debt that they hold to raise the capital.

re: #155 MikeAlv77

Part of me is torn on that. Do you blow their missle out of the sky letting them know you care and won't put up with it.

or

Don't show them the full capability of your system.

Gotta let the big dog on the chain growl every so often, just to reinstill the fear factor. Shooting down a missile would not show the full capacity of our system. We should have listened to Patton at the end of WW2.

ooo look at Chris Dodd's(D) tiny little shack in Ireland.

re: #157 joncelli

Safari 4 Beta is out, if anybody's interested. I'm using it now, and it's pretty good.

What is the difference ...I use safari on my mac ...it runs great so afraid to try new ...lmk what makes it worth downloading ..please ...I am the worst with computers ...

re: #123 republic

Carter couldn't have pulled the wool over the eyes of Americans like Obama has, and Carter, in less than four years, made millions of lifelong Democrats, including my parents, who up to that point never, ever had one good thing to say about Republicans, in Reagan Democrats.

It looks like there is no way to stop the ruinous transition that is affecting this country, at warp speed, which has only taken slightly over one month.

As bad as Carter was, he didn't create this much chaos in one month, that had the lasting affect that this current Administration has, with the exception of really being the starter of Islamic terrorism, as it didn't take Reagan long to get this country righted.

What is going on now, probably can't be reversed.

Could you imagine what would have happened in this country, during Carters term, if he would have voiced the idea of nationalizing the banking system, and then started to take the steps to implement it?

There would have been blood on the streets, and yet, with this current administration, all there is is yawns from most Americans, like nothing is going on.

America should be seething, loudly, publicly, with what is going on, and yet, she sleeps.

buyers purposeful ignorance...you buy a lemon of a car, but still keep telling yourself "gee, but that pin stripe down the side really looks cool!" even though the car won't start. Think of National Lampoons vacation...Clark gets suckered into buying the "family Truckster! " Honey you think you hate it now? wait until you drive it!" same thing with obama as prez..half of the 52% who voted for him got suckered but will refuse to admit it. the othe half of that # is dumb as dirt so it doesn't matter anyway. and the country is stuck with the "Family Truckster" of presidents...sigh.

re: #154 Macker

Ah, you mean felgercarb, which, fortunately, is not in the modern series. But bullshit (Somehow, I just can't see Lucifer uttering this word) is.

That series peaked in 1979 (?) when the Cylon finally got the attention of his captain to announce:

"Sir, I really think you should look at the other battlestar!"

Nothing could top that...

re: #162 soxfan4life

Gotta let the big dog on the chain growl every so often, just to reinstill the fear factor. Shooting down a missile would not show the full capacity of our system. We should have listened to Patton at the end of WW2.

Well in this case a more appropriate General would be Douglas MacArthur

re: #55 quickjustice

I would argue that ROK troops are more than a match for NK troops and in many ways superior, the only issue would be the pure manpower that NK can through at SK.

As far as I know the US and SK strategy for conventional warfare with NK is to have combined forces in SK essentially fight a delaying action, slowly give way in battle retreating southward and maintain a strong presence in the area until conventional bombers and American Army and Marine units based in Japan, Okinawa and Guam can arrive in the area and then beat back the NK onslaught. Therefore, any conventional attack by NK is doomed to failure b/c the superior technology of SK and US military will eventually annihilate the NK military invasion. The only hope for NK is to develop missile technology, as they are currently doing while Obama talks and talks and talks, and try to even the technological playing field, or at least be able to inflict mass casualties on SK and US forces in the region.

Reposted from a few days ago...

Be ready to strike and destroy North Korea's missile test
By Philip Zelikow

In 2006, the United Nations drew a clear line, acting under Chapter VII of its Charter. Today, in 2009, the United States need not stand by and watch North Korea cross that line. Non-military measures were given a fair try. Now the political predicate for the Carter-Perry recommendations has been well laid.

The logical next step, after high-level discussions in the U.S. government and consultation with our allies, is to issue North Korea a warning to stand down (conveyed either directly, indirectly, or through a leak of planning to strike and destroy the missile). Pyongyang would either then stand down silently or they would not. We lose little from the warning if I'm right in estimating that the North Koreans cannot protect the test missile from a U.S. strike once they stand it up on the gantry. Our warning would be that, if you stand up the missile (itself a plain violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718), the United States will take it down. The North Korean perfection of a long-range nuclear missile capability against the United States, Japan, or the Republic of Korea would pose an imminent threat to the vital interests of our country.

If the United States strikes North Korea's missiles on their launch site, other would-be proliferators will take notice -- thus lending much greater weight to the fresh diplomatic initiatives the Obama administration has in mind. The downside, as in 2006, is the possibility of North Korean escalation against South Korea. The United States must consider its own security, the security of its Japanese ally, and the security of its South Korean ally. Ideally, all should arrive at a common understanding of what must be done to protect their long-term security.

re: #159 Kenneth

Knock the missile down as soon as they stand it up on the launch platform. The resulting explosion will destroy the launch facility and provide the North Koreans with time to reflect upon the error of their ways. They are doing this to shake down the US for money. Therefore the best response to to make it prohibitively expensive for them to try it again.

I agree; however the big concern is are we willing to deal with the consequences? It has been estimated that there are 100,000 artillery positions that are within range of Seoul. Now, I'm sure they can be dealt with, but probably not before massive damage is inflicted on the city. That is grounds for concern. That being said, I really do think NK need knocked down a peg or two.

re: #166 Spider Mensch

buyers purposeful ignorance...you buy a lemon of a car, but still keep telling yourself "gee, but that pin stripe down the side really looks cool!" even though the car won't start. Think of National Lampoons vacation...Clark gets suckered into buying the "family Truckster! " Honey you think you hate it now? wait until you drive it!" same thing with obama as prez..half of the 52% who voted for him got suckered but will refuse to admit it. the othe half of that # is dumb as dirt so it doesn't matter anyway. and the country is stuck with the "Family Truckster" of presidents...sigh.

you nailed it

The Democrat's new "Pay-as-we-go" plan.

re: #164 JacksonTn

Looks different, controls are in different places (in some cases), but the functionality is pretty much the same. My guess is that you can happily keep using Safari 3 without a problem, at least until you upgrade to Snow Leopard.

re: #169 ploome hineni

A cruise missile or a handful of JDAMs could do the job just fine.

re: #166 Spider Mensch

buyers purposeful ignorance...you buy a lemon of a car, but still keep telling yourself "gee, but that pin stripe down the side really looks cool!" even though the car won't start. Think of National Lampoons vacation...Clark gets suckered into buying the "family Truckster! " Honey you think you hate it now? wait until you drive it!" same thing with obama as prez..half of the 52% who voted for him got suckered but will refuse to admit it. the othe half of that # is dumb as dirt so it doesn't matter anyway. and the country is stuck with the "Family Truckster" of presidents...sigh.

Isn't that the truth.

50 Yards...

Kenneth

Seriously, I could eat nails right now. I've had it with the MSM, Taliban Jack and the Liberals.

I'd like to [deleted] [deleted] with a [deleted] red-hot [deleted] [deleted] right up their [deleted] [deleted] [deleted] with a molten [deleted] and a very sharp and spiky [deleted] [deleted].

[deleted]

^[deleted]

re: #163 FrogMarch

ooo look at Chris Dodd's(D) tiny little shack in Ireland.

Wonder what kind of financing deal Countrywide gave him for that.

re: #173 beblebrox

Only a fraction of the NoKo artillery is in working order. How much is unknown. How does a bully act when he gets punched? They usually back down pretty damn fast. How will NoKo act? Again, unknown.

re: #168 Nevergiveup

Well in this case a more appropriate General would be Douglas MacArthur

Let's hope our grandchildren aren't saying the same about Gen.Petraus.

re: #176 joncelli

Looks different, controls are in different places (in some cases), but the functionality is pretty much the same. My guess is that you can happily keep using Safari 3 without a problem, at least until you upgrade to Snow Leopard.

Thanks ...would you recommend upgrading to Leopard? ...I just hate to mess up something that is already working great ...

re: #171 Kenneth

Which is why we need to develop...

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

Always liked this concept... ;)

re: #181 Kenneth

Only a fraction of the NoKo artillery is in working order. How much is unknown. How does a bully act when he gets punched? They usually back down pretty damn fast. How will NoKo act? Again, unknown.

Hard to tell, they are idealogy driven.

re: #180 soxfan4life
Amazing isn't it. A lot of our Reps come to DC making less than 250k a year, then after 10 years spending our tax money, they're multimillionaires. Hmmm, wonder how that happens. Goddamn thieves!

OK, I've been claiming the Commie labeling of the POTUS was out of the mainstream, even on the right, but then I was sent this recent Alan Keyes video by a friend on the right. It's the first time I'd heard it from anyone in the news. I still think this over the top stuff from either side hurts in the long run.

Keyes

re: #187 avanti
I don't know if the one buys into the Kommie Krap, but he is definetly into the socialism precursor to communism.

re: #179 Miss Trixie

You and me both. You'll like this Canadian mil blog, The Torch. They don't have anything up on this topic yet, but they will soon enough.

Good morning y'all - wow, I'm running late (or Charles is posting early! this thread started at about 5:20 AM Pacific Time!).
I hope y'all are doing well - it's a COLD 27 degrees going up to 46 degrees -but sunny and bright here in Charlotte - it was 18 degrees when I woke up!.

And I think this missile test by the Norks would be an excellent opportunity for us to try our anti-ballistic missile system again!

dear mr. president,

why do you hate us?

concerned citizen

re: #73 republic

Well said.

I can be a bit of a cynic and in my opinion Obama is intentionally using fear to maintain power, a frequent tool of petty dictators. This is why he consistently uses words like "crisis" and "catastrope" in every possible sentence. He wants to keep the American public afraid so that he can present himself as the savior, the father figure who will protect us all from all the bad bad enemies that threaten us, whether they are physical enemies (other combative nations) or economic (falling markets). The problem is that the methods he wants to use to protect us are doomed to failure. In foreign policy he wants to gain some rapprochement with enemy nations which will only further embolden them to oppose us and create the image of the US as a hollow nation, without courage and conviction. And, economically his ideas will lead to massive spending, government intervention, and possible nationalization which can cause a collapse of the economy as free markets become less free and Americans lose confidence in the entire economic sector.

Also, in regards to the stimulus I think many Democrats see this as a win-win situation. If the stimulus works then they prove that the government is the only entity that can maintain the economy on sturdy ground and will give impetus to further government intervention and spending, and if it fails it will prove we didn't do enough and it will give impetus to further government intervention and spending.

re: #183 JacksonTn

If you are using Tiger now you are probably okay. As far as I can tell, Leopard really only helps you if you have an Intel Mac, and Snow Leopard will just be more of the same. Eventually, however, Apple is going to stop supporting G4 Macs in the hope that everybody will go Intel, at which point you'll have to have Leopard or Snow Leopard.

re: #191 phoenixgirl

dear mr. president,

why do you hate us?

concerned citizen

If you sign it Non-taxpaying concerned citizen he would pay more attention to it.

re: #190 realwest
Mornin' RW. We can't do an ABM test, that would be provacative! Obambi will send Dear Leader some unicorns and all will be well. Mwahahaha!

re: #184 MikeAlv77

Ah... the tungsten telephone pole. A bit of overkill for a thin skinned missile. It would do wonders for NoKo's deep military bunkers, though.

re: #194 soxfan4life

If you sign it Non-taxpaying concerned citizen illegal alien he would pay more attention to it.

Self edit.

re: #196 Kenneth

No such thing as overkill...

re: #191 phoenixgirl

dear mr. president,

why do you hate us?

concerned citizen

Shudup Whitey and send the cash...

re: #188 pingjockey

I don't know if the one buys into the Kommie Krap, but he is definetly into the socialism precursor to communism.

I can't argue that drift has started with all the bail outs, I can only help it's a temporary one.

re: #187 avanti

I agree, Obama is not a Communist. He's more of a liberal-fascist, as described recently by Michael Ledeen.

re: #198 MikeAlv77

No such thing as overkill...

Never hurts to bring a gun to a knife fight.

re: #107 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Not today. I think it will rebound, slightly. We'll dip below 7000 either the end of this week or next week.

Though, I could be wrong.

re: #180 soxfan4life

Wonder what kind of financing deal Countrywide gave him for that.

I really hope Chis Dodd(D) hasn't paid the proper taxes on it. We cannot have a political elite (D) paying taxes. Taxes are for the little people.

/

well, O's popularity just went down in japan.
people can sense danger no matter how the msm still tries to cast O as the messiah.
this fools irresponsible behavior is unleashing evil all over the world.

re: #22 Kozak

The idiots on CNN didn't seem to grasp the concept that launching a satellite = ICBM range in a missile. This will be perfect with Bambi about to announce 25% defense cuts ( no doubt 100% for missile defense) so he can fling Pie at his worshipers...

And it seems to me that hostile countries with insane leaders having their own satellites in orbit is an extremely bad development, just by itself. What is Iran's satellite doing now, monitoring global climate change? I'm sure it's watching Israeli troop movements and defense facilities. Or American ones.

re: #200 ploome hineni

Saves on heat.

/Yes, that's seriously weird.

re: #181 Kenneth

Only a fraction of the NoKo artillery is in working order. How much is unknown. How does a bully act when he gets punched? They usually back down pretty damn fast. How will NoKo act? Again, unknown.

I agree, I just get nervous with that unknown quantity.

Put it this way: Assume that only 10% of that artillery is in working condition. That leaves 10,000 guns that can fire both conventional, chemical, and biological rounds. How many sorties and/or direct assaults would it take to neutralize that threat? How long would it take? What kind of chaos would ensue as the entire population of the northern half of South Korea begin streaming south? Could troops respond north quickly enough with every highway jammed with traffic fleeing the conflict?

I have no doubt that the US and ROK Armies would eventually be victorious, but I also suspect that a good chunk of South Korea would be devastated in the process.

re: #201 avanti
Have you ever seen a gov't program die? Nationalizing part of the financial community is but a step. Remember that goofy tax that was on your phone bill? It had been on all phone bills since 1898!

re: #206 nyc redneck

well, O's popularity just went down in japan.
people can sense danger no matter how the msm still tries to cast O as the messiah.
this fools irresponsible behavior is unleashing evil all over the world.

A worldwide jihad. Courtesy of BHO.

re: #204 topazpilot

Not today. I think it will rebound, slightly. We'll dip below 7000 either the end of this week or next week.

Though, I could be wrong.

Obama needs to pull a hope and change speech out of his butt this evening, not more doom and gloom.

re: #167 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

That series peaked in 1979 (?) when the Cylon finally got the attention of his captain to announce:

"Sir, I really think you should look at the other battlestar!"

Nothing could top that...

Sure it can...John Colicos' famous utterance!

Or if you prefer, Cavil's rendition...

re: #213 avanti

Obama needs to STFUpull a hope and change speech out of his butt this evening, not more doom and gloom.

Alternate interpretation.

re: #214 Macker

Sure it can...John Colicos' famous utterance!

Or if you prefer, Cavil's rendition...

That proves my point...

re: #213 avanti

Obama needs to pull a hope and change speech out of his butt this evening, not more doom and gloom.

Even if he just pulled his head out and started leading and stopped campaigning. Does the man need to have his ego stroked all the time.?

re: #217 soxfan4life
That was a rhetorical question, right?

re: #209 beblebrox

That's very true and must be very much on the minds of the South Koreans. The US would have to co-ordinate an attack on the NoKo missile test with the South Koreans & Japanese or else face a huge diplomatic backlash from her allies. I'm sure the topic came up when Hillary visited last week. What she said, we don't know...

re: #213 avanti

The DOW is shooting up this morning... lets hope it lasts.

re: #213 avanti

Obama needs to pull a hope and change speech out of his butt this evening, not more doom and gloom.

He needs doom and gloom to get the public to submit to the next series of demands without question of a fight. Worked for Porkulus, expect this one-trick pony to be pulled out over and over again.

Alinsky strikes again.

/I'm betting on bank nationalization... "I did not want to do this, but the situation is far worse than I was led to believe and only emergency action will avoid a catastrophe."

Geez, this is going to get old...

re: #202 Kenneth

I guess it makes Jonah Goldberg's book "Liberal Fascism" even more apt.

re: #211 ploome hineni

The difference between socialism and communism is merely the degree of enthusiasm.

re: #109 FrogMarch

I didn't think the Obama administration would be so horrible so soon. and no - I don't really miss Carter. I was a mere young person when Carter was prez. But I do remember vividly that miserable time in our history. This moment in time has the very same feel.

I was just thinking the same thing FrogMarch. I was browsing the Chicago Sun-Times and came across this:

LOS ANGELES--- George Clooney apparently had a good reason for skipping out on Oscar night: He had a meeting with President Obama.

The Oscar-winning actor appeared Monday on CNN's "Larry King Live" and spoke of his visit earlier that morning with Obama to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.

Clooney said he told the president of his visit to camps in Chad where 250,000 refugees live, but he downplayed the risks he took to witness the suffering first-hand.

re: #223 topazpilot

Exactly. Excellent book.

re: #221 Iron Fist
Heh. This crew he has assembled couldn't run a 7-11 and turn a profit and they're gonna screw with the economy.

re: #224 Kenneth

The difference between socialism and communism is merely the degree of enthusiasm.

Socialism has two heads... communism and fascism. We are in the process of ditching the capitalist system that gave us the highest standard of living in the history of the planet for the latter version.

re: #222 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

He needs doom and gloom to get the public to submit to the next series of demands without question of a fight. Worked for Porkulus, expect this one-trick pony to be pulled out over and over again.

Alinsky strikes again.

/I'm betting on bank nationalization... "I did not want to do this, but the situation is far worse than I was led to believe and only emergency action will avoid a catastrophe."

Geez, this is going to get old...

Wait until he tries it with Martial law and suspending elections like the BDS'ers were afraid Bush would do. I'll try and beat Mandy to it this AM, I hope all of those people who refused to vote for McCain because he wasn't conservative enough are fucking happy now.

0bama's probably saying "Biden said there wouldn't be a test for 100 days. Here it is 30 days and there have been 100 tests!"

re: #221 Iron Fist

How do you really feel... Don't hold back now... ;)

/ And I agree completely...

re: #200 ploome hineni

/she slept with a 200lb male chimp?

Please! Don't drag my ex into this - I'm STILL having nightmares!

:D

{realwest} Morning, luv *smoochie-smooch* I'm so glad you're here and I feel sooo much better now. How are you?

re: #226 Kenneth

I just received it from Barnes and Noble and can't wait to read it, but it'll have to wait until I finish a bio of Alexander Hamilton.

Have you read Amity Shlaes book "The Forgotten Man?" That just came in as well and it seems apropos to the current situation in the US.

re: #168 Nevergiveup
Well I really HATE to say this, but MacArthur was wrong. Even after the United Nations Troops finally all arrived in Korea, once they finally pushed all the Norks up to near the Yalu River, the Chinese sent in hundreds of thousands of very well equipped and trained soldiers and kicked the UN Troops back to the DMZ where the whole stupid "police action" started in the first place.
Had we allowed our fighter pilots to cross the River and fly over Chinese territory, there's no doubt in my mind at all that the Chinese would have sent a million troops into Korea and pushed us out of Korea altogether. And remember, in those days, China and the Soviet Union were buddies, who's to say what the Soviet Union might have done in that circumstance.
As for today, I believe the NORKS's would use virtually all of their million man army to take over the South; technology will only take you so far. My uncle (RIP) served in the Marines in Korea, was one of the lucky ones who made it out of the Chosun Reservoir and he told me that the Koreans and Chinese didn't CARE if they lost 10 or more troops to everyone of the UN Troops they killed.
When dealing with North Korea (and to some degree the Chinese Military) we have to keep in mind that we are not dealing with especially rational people.

The crony capitalists on Wall Street (and a lot of them are Democrats!) are huddled with Schumer, Frank, Dodd, and Obama's people to try to salvage their bank holdings (bank stock and bank creditor positions) on the backs of the taxpayers. That's the reason the insolvent banks haven't been shut down and liquidated by the FDIC as they should be. Liquidation of insolvent banks is the fastest way to flush the toxic assets, and revive the economy.

The government's acquisition of "equity" positions in Citibank and others helps only the Wall Street buddies of the Administration who own stock in, or are owed money by, those institutions. This is inside baseball played at the expense of the rest of us!

Good morning.

Who wants a stealth ship?

I know that we feel a traditional need to defend the South, but right now it would be best to let China carry the ball. They can threaten (behind the scenes) with the sticks and carrots.

I am sorry, but I deeply hope Lizards will not realize this is China's problem. Red China's first and foremost priority is a strongly fortified border against the US and her democratic allies - SK, Taiwan, and Japan. And as long as NK follows this function, Beijing will eventually allow for anything that NK feels like, despite any other risks that may follow, e.g. horizontal proliferation. Actually, mainland China doesn't give a damn about proliferation, as this rather plays to her vision of a multipolar world and sino-centric order of Asia, more precisely to a vision of a more and more strained US, while Bejing would continue to win scopes for her "peaceful rise". so if the US troops leave, there will soon be no south any more--as it will be "revolutionized"--, and this would definitely be going to challenge the Japanese security.

I was honestly very ashamed and shocked due to the anti-American sentiments and historic revisions that occured publicly on the streets and in the high schools of South Korea, especially during the last ten years under KDJ and RMH. However, these leftists have been de-selected and they do certainly not represent the majority among SK electorate.

re: #1 quickjustice

Ha! I love that movie!

re: #220 Kenneth

The DOW is shooting up this morning... lets hope it lasts.

Dead cat bounce

re: #200 ploome hineni

anyone watching FOX?

this woman who owned the chimpanzee who attacked her friend and was shot

apparently, slept with the owner

she SHOWERED with the chimp

hellooo ooo

/she slept with a 200lb male chimp?

she fed it steak and lobster...it wore a diaper, drove the car...

re: #230 Kosh's Shadow

0bama's probably saying "Biden said there wouldn't be a test for 100 days. Here it is 30 days and there have been 100 tests!"

Is that anything like 27/4?

re: #229 soxfan4life

Thank you thank you thank you for saying that! That is something I was screaming during the entire general election. Of course, I must say that I was a McCain supporter from the very beginning.

re: #236 Occasional Reader

Morning Occasional Reader.

re: #234 realwest

Not to mention that MacArthur directly challenged the authority and leadership of the POTUS.

re: #225 Afrocity

Don't you love this sentence?

Clooney said he told the president of his visit to camps in Chad where 250,000 refugees live, but he downplayed the risks he took to witness the suffering first-hand.

So, Clooney said - to the press - "I downplayed the risks I took to witness the suffering first-hand"? Such humility!

re: #240 phoenixgirl

I'm trying not to think about what else she did with that chimpanzee...

re: #195 pingjockey
Hi ya ping! Yeah, but so what? I mean it would be one way to demonstrate, again, that our ABM system works, would give the Nork's something to think about and maybe, just maybe rescue the ABM system from Obama's axe.
How are ya today?

re: #220 Kenneth

The DOW is shooting up this morning... lets hope it lasts.

I've been buying a bit on the hope that we've probed the bottom. Once it does start turning around,it'll start a feed back loop of confidence that the worst is over. I don't look for a full recovery in less then 5 years or so.`

re: #225 Afrocity

I was just thinking the same thing FrogMarch. I was browsing the Chicago Sun-Times and came across this:

LOS ANGELES--- George Clooney apparently had a good reason for skipping out on Oscar night: He had a meeting with President Obama.

The Oscar-winning actor appeared Monday on CNN's "Larry King Live" and spoke of his visit earlier that morning with Obama to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.

Clooney said he told the president of his visit to camps in Chad where 250,000 refugees live, but he downplayed the risks he took to witness the suffering first-hand.

Good Morning Afrocity...
I saw Clooney do an interview on the Today show a couple days ago..
In the middle of it all these children went running by yelling, screaming and playing..
Without missing a beat George goes ' Looks like Brad and Angelina just got here' Funny as hell.

Later folks. Off to work! Some slugabed somewhere is depending on me. Gaaah.

re: #246 Macker

I'm trying not to think about what else she did with that chimpanzee...

i think we all know what she did with the chimp

re: #148 republic

I agree.

It's really interesting to witness.

Gut wrenching, but interesting.

I pray for my kids and grandkids.

What has led us to this place in our history?

How could so many people be so thoroughly fooled by their elected 'leaders?'

How can Democrats and some Republicans in their madness for absolute power so quickly become so absolutely corrupted against the very fiber that has made this country great?

Why do so many in positions of power hate America so much that they are willingly destroying her at every opportunity?

Where has the media gone? Do they not know that once Socialism becomes the norm in America they will be controlled by the state as well? Freedom of the Press will no longer exist. Are they so dense as to beg for their own destruction?

Has our entire political system decayed beyond repair? If so, the suddenness of the process is shocking?

It was my fear that the failure of the USSR would eventually manifest itself here. It has taken just over a decade, but the signs are apparent that our way of life is possibly coming to an end. Our new leaders from Obama down are facilitating the demise as fast as they can.

China will not waver.

Our radical Islamic enemies will not waver.

The carcass of America will be ripe for the vultures.

I hope Obama and his fellow destructionists will realize they have provided the kill and their fate will be that of putrid carrion, as well.

re: #245 Occasional Reader

Don't you love this sentence?

So, Clooney said - to the press - "I downplayed the risks I took to witness the suffering first-hand"? Such humility!

Clooney is wasting his time. Only one group of refugees matters.

/Anybody care to venture a guess?

re: #248 avanti

Is it possible that this recession, with the layoffs so far, might be "top-loaded" in a manner of speaking?

re: #206 nyc redneck
Hi ya nyc redneck! Hope you're well today! Say do you have a link for Obama's falling popularity in Japan?

re: #232 Miss Trixie

Please! Don't drag my ex into this - I'm STILL having nightmares!

ROFLMAO!

With that straight line just hanging out there, I was waiting for somebody to make that joke... not surprised it was you.

re: #23 abolitionist

From February 02, 2009 North Korea to 'Test Missile Capable of Striking U.S.

glory oskie Hawaii, home of the one. Alaska...thats OK though, Sarah Palin lives there, and we all know how much everyone hates her.

re: #252 Ron Shaw

Somewhere Nikita Krushev is smiling right now.

re: #240 phoenixgirl

Women in Connecticut prefer monkeys to men. Proof that evolution also can go backwards! ;-)

re: #247 realwest
Okay. I saw the damndest thing yesterday. We're doing the fire extinguishers at a potato processing plant. Never saw so many french fries in my life! Most are going to Japan. Didn't know the Japanese were big on fried potato products!

re: #220 Kenneth

The DOW is shooting up this morning... lets hope it lasts.

Yeah it is sky-rocketing...up 29 right now.