Overnight Open Thread
In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away —
For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.
— Lewis Carroll
In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away —
For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.
— Lewis Carroll
1 | Erik The Red Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:31:15pm |
Morning Lizards. I hope that the new thread will change the tempo of the postings.
2 | BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:31:45pm |
Snarks and Boojums. So you elected a snark and wound up with a Boojum.
/Lewis Carrol was pretty good.
3 | Confuzed Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:31:58pm |
Old America: I suffer, so my children won’t.
Nouveau Америка: My children will suffer, so I don’t.
4 | Confuzed Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:32:42pm |
“When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour.”- George Washington
“Pay attention everyone and remember, after that pin is pulled, Mr. Hand Grenade is no longer our friend.” - Unknown
5 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:34:21pm |
Looks like there’s lots of room to put up my feet in this thread.
I got the ‘Tuesday’ part down, but is it ‘Fat’ or ‘Phat’?
6 | BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:36:55pm |
re: #5 Fenway_Nation
Depends on what over part you got covered. For some reason I don’t think it’s ph.
7 | blackpajamas Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:37:04pm |
Some clown-biter who ends his sentences with prepositions
8 | IslandLibertarian Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:40:25pm |
“He remarked to me then,” said that mildest of men,
“If your Snark be a Snark, that is right.
Fetch it home by all means — you may serve it with greens,
And it’s handy for striking a light.
“But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
If your Snark be a Boojum! For then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
And never be met with again!”
who knew?
9 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:41:45pm |
re: #7 blackpajamas
Is this the same clown who’s pretty much ensured crippling inflation and ChiComs or the UAE owning all of our (and by extention, our children’s) debt in just under 30 days on the job?
10 | Kragar (Antichrist ) Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:42:06pm |
Took the better part of the evening, but finally got in a game of 40K with my complete Imperial Guard force and kicked some ass. Nice when everything works the way it should.
11 | blackpajamas Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:42:09pm |
____ The Chamber Made Man ____
I’ve come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and women in this great chamber
Who are these distinguished people? What have they done to earn such distinction, the golden ear-mark laurels of redistributive redemption?
Confess, please! Especially that Dodd one.
And what of a great chamber, the venal void, this corrupt cavity of depravity?
but to speak frankly and directly to the men and women who sent us here.
The Che Guevara fan club, econo-medicinal shamen of the one true stimu-leaf?
I know that for many Americans watching right now, the state of our economy is a concern that rises above all others.
Our economy? How exactly do you participate again, selling self-help books for narcissists?
And rightly so.
I knew it.
If you haven’t been personally affected by this recession, you probably know someone who has —a friend, a neighbor, a member of your family.
You’re right, we have been seriously affected, getting great bargains when the prices of goods go down, since we saw the shenanigans coming and saved our money!
That is, at least until the inflation comes, the one to which you signed your name in history.
You don’t need to hear another list of statistics to know that our economy is in crisis, because you live it every day.
If living the crisis means I get deals every day, long live the crisis!
It’s the worry you wake up with and the source of sleepless nights.
A giant Al Franken roaming the earth?
It’s the job you thought you’d retire from but now have lost;
The job from which you thought you’d retire — it’s the grammar stupid.
Also, which exact job have a I lost? Maybe I can get your speech writer’s job, the mental vacancy sign is ON.
the business you built your dreams upon that’s now hanging by a thread;
There are always customers for my business. It’s got to do with human nature, something over which even the likes of Messianic wisdom may not have complete control.
the college acceptance letter your child had to put back in the envelope.
What’s wrong with community college? It’s about $20 a credit and they teach the algebra that the High Schools failed to teach.
The impact of this recession is real, and it is everywhere.
We can get a bargain everywhere! Woohoo!
(end part 1)
13 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:44:06pm |
re: #7 blackpajamas
Some clown-biter who ends his sentences with prepositions
Hmm…..I could have sworn he said no earmarks in the bill, and the word earmark doesnt appear in that transcript.
14 | Killian Bundy Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:44:17pm |
Government Spending: Did anyone really think $787 billion would be enough to quench the Democratic Congress’ thirst for play money from the taxpayers? Now they want $410 billion more.
In addition to solar water heaters for rural Puerto Rico and the Raul Alvarez Golf Course in Austin, Texas, Obama administration sources say the U.S. is also planning to relieve taxpayers of $900 million for Gaza, much of which can be expected to land in the pockets of the terrorist group Hamas, which runs the region.
To a family being foreclosed on, or a businesswoman forced by tough times to close up shop, this doesn’t exactly signal that Uncle Sam is in solidarity with you.
/mind you this is in addition to last week’s Porkapalooza and before Obama’s budget hits on Thursday
16 | blackpajamas Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:45:18pm |
But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken;
Bureaucratic interference is the weak spot in the economy.
though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.
What’s so uncertain? California’s kids are the stupidest ever produced in a modern democracy. There are at least half a generation’s worth of spell-bound economic illiterates in the labor pipeline waiting for the worker’s paradise of their parents basement, lined with the trappings of the new American success story called their government job, and this is the economic turbo charged engine of ingenuity!
The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation.
Only the One will determine the destiny of the nation.
Faster than a spending locomotive! Stronger than crisis!
Able to leap a towering stimulus in a single bound! (or rubber stamp).
The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach.
What could possibly lie beyond a televised politician’s reach?
They exist in our laboratories and universities, in our fields and our factories, in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs
Frankenstimulus! It walks the earth!
and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth.
The hardest working people on earth work in places called sweat shops, and in the Swiss alps, alive with the sound of money-laundering music.
Those qualities that have made America the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history we still possess in ample measure.
What do you mean we? Speak for yourself. My capacity is not bound by your measure.
What is required now is for this country to pull together,
To the galley, slaves!
confront boldly the challenges we face, and take responsibility for our future once more.
Take responsibility for our future by financially molesting our children and grand children with salacious debt?
Now, if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that for too long we have not always met these responsibilities—as a government or as a people.
What responsibilities? You failed to mention one single responsibility!
What responsibilities does government have — besides ordering judges to tear up real estate contracts?
Are you going to rename the Bill of Rights to the “(Credit) Bill of Responsibilities”?
(end part 2)
17 | BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:46:11pm |
re: #12 Fenway_Nation
As one friend told me once he was told to get in shape. He pointed out that round was a shape.
18 | Killian Bundy Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:47:25pm |
War On Terror: The administration says the detainees at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan cannot challenge their detentions and have no constitutional rights. Wouldn’t that be a perfect place to send the Gitmo jihadists?
/seriously, what an awesome plan!
19 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:47:39pm |
re: #17 BlueCanuck
As one friend told me once he was told to get in shape. He pointed out that round was a shape.
Heh….I said something about getting in shape and qualified that w/ ‘But then again, pear is a shape’.
20 | blackpajamas Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:47:44pm |
I say this not to lay blame or look backwards, but because it is only by understanding how we arrived at this moment that we’ll be able to lift ourselves out of this predicament.
How we arrived at Chris Dodd? Barney Frank? Charlie “Three Chins” Rangel? Little Timmy the Tax Evader? The most distinguished of the great chamber!
The fact is, our economy did not fall into decline overnight.
Correct, it won’t be able to do that until the stimulus provides all illegals their low-interest tax payer sponsored mortgages.
Nor did all of our problems begin when the housing market collapsed or the stock market sank.
Tell me little historian, when did the Iranian revolution start?
We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy.
Cigarettes that don’t cause cancer?
Yet we import more oil today than ever before.
Sorry we can’t all levitate to work, despite our proximity to your magnificence.
The cost of health care eats up more and more of our savings each year, yet we keep delaying reform.
If George Soros wants to euthanize Ted Kennedy, who are we to stop him?
Our children will compete for jobs in a global economy that too many of our schools do not prepare them for.
Since somebody from Harvard likes to end their sentences with prepositions, however shall we unwashed masses compete?
And though all these challenges went unsolved, we still managed to spend more money and pile up more debt, both as individuals and through our government, than ever before.
What do you mean we? Speak for yourself clown-bait.
In other words, we have lived through an era where too often, short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity;
Like the GM jobs bank, the union contract, and legislation rammed down the taxpayers throats before even the law-makers had time to read it?
where we failed to look beyond the next payment, the next quarter or the next election.
The Generational Theft Act?
A surplus became an excuse to transfer wealth to the wealthy instead of an opportunity to invest in our future.
Citigroup?
Regulations were gutted for the sake of a quick profit at the expense of a healthy market.
The Community Reinvestment Act?
The McCain-Feingold redistribution of free speech?
The failure to build the border wall, to stop illegals from their manifest home-loan destiny?
(end part 3)
21 | Kragar (Antichrist ) Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:49:30pm |
re: #17 BlueCanuck
As one friend told me once he was told to get in shape. He pointed out that round was a shape.
LOL, had a moonbat who kept blathering about “people of color” for a good 30 minutes until I got fed up and pointed out white is a color as well. She went away.
22 | blackpajamas Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:49:40pm |
People bought homes they knew they couldn’t afford from banks and lenders who pushed those bad loans anyway.
If you care that much, why don’t you put them in jail?
And all the while, critical debates and difficult decisions were put off for some other time on some other day.
Tell us what you know about Chris Dodd.
Well that day of reckoning has arrived, and the time to take charge of our future is here.
Then invite Congress to convene an investigation into Chris Dodd’s malfeasance, and get the Swiss money launderers to cough up the names of the American tax evaders so the IRS can do it’s job.
If you don’t have the stones to get the Swiss to do your bidding, how do you expect to deal with Iran and North Korea?
Now is the time to act boldly and wisely—to not only revive this economy, but to build a new foundation for lasting prosperity.
Boldly and wisely, the thinking man’s deodorant. Before you splurge on the new foundation, why don’t you clean the Congressional cage-liner first?
Now is the time to jump start job creation, restart lending and invest in areas like energy, health care and education that will grow our economy, even as we make hard choices to bring our deficit down.
Hard choices? You mean breaking the unions? Telling the baby boomers that they will get old and croak, no matter how much you raise the Social Security tax?
That is what my economic agenda is designed to do, and that’s what I’d like to talk to you about tonight.
All that blather, and you’ve just gotten started. Thanks pal, I’ve got something more productive to do, in a place called the real world.
(the end — my friend).
23 | Killian Bundy Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:50:14pm |
re: #20 blackpajamas
You’re not going to comment of every sentence of an hour long speech.
/are you?
25 | Killian Bundy Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:51:36pm |
26 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:51:41pm |
Got a new car antennea for my XM radio (was kinda putting that off until their financial situation became a little less ambiguous) today. As much as I’m digging the right-wing talk radio offerings I can get on the regular AM band, it’s also time for spring training and the stretch run for the Stanley Cup playoffs…..
27 | BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:53:23pm |
re: #23 Killian Bundy
Well I liked how teh One™ promised 15 billion to alternative energy. I thought to myself WTF? That’s no where near enough to get any proper research done. Wind and solar energy resources at a 100% efficiency would only contribute at the max maybe 10% to the national grid. Some one needs to teach him about proper alternatives and more meaningful funding.
28 | UncleSam Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:54:51pm |
re: #7 blackpajamas
Some clown-biter who ends his sentences with prepositions
“Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.”
Winston Churchill
29 | Pvt Bin Jammin Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:56:30pm |
re: #27 BlueCanuck
I’m 61 and my hubby is 58 but not real well lately. We’re self employed. Think we can get some kind of windmill jobs or something? We can’t afford to retire.
31 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:57:01pm |
re: #27 BlueCanuck
No community organizer worth their salt would want to give hard-working Americans’ taxpayer money to those ignorant hicks in Alaska or Alberta.
32 | Killian Bundy Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:58:37pm |
re: #27 BlueCanuck
Some one needs to teach him about proper alternatives and more meaningful funding.
Good luck with that.
/it’s too late to close the barn door, the whole barn’s gone
33 | Pvt Bin Jammin Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:59:26pm |
re: #31 Fenway_Nation
No community organizer worth their salt would want to give hard-working Americans’ taxpayer money to those ignorant hicks in Alaska or Alberta.
I’m confused. Is Alberta one of the 57 states?
34 | UncleSam Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:59:26pm |
Did The Messiah even mention nuclear power plants as a solution to energy self-sufficiency?
Not that I noticed, but I missed some of the speech.
I doubt it, though, because he’s owned by the radical eco-nuts.
35 | BlueCanuck Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:59:33pm |
re: #29 Pvt Bin Jammin
Unfortunately modern windmills don’t need live in help. Curse the day of the computers. :)
36 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Feb 24, 2009 11:59:37pm |
re: #32 Killian Bundy
So does that mean we’ll be saved by the Amish?
37 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:00:36am |
re: #31 Fenway_Nation
No community organizer worth their salt would want to give hard-working Americans’ taxpayer money to those ignorant hicks in Alaska or Alberta.
Well why not? They give it to the oil ticks? Besides I was thinking about tech that americans can develop to help themselves and in the long run help everyone else.
38 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:01:37am |
re: #34 UncleSam
No mention of nuclear whatsoever. All wind, solar, clean coal, and electric cars. I think he’s been drinking his unicorn farts.
39 | freetoken Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:02:00am |
re: #34 UncleSam
Did The Messiah even mention nuclear power plants as a solution to energy self-sufficiency?
Not that I noticed, but I missed some of the speech.
I doubt it, though, because he’s owned by the radical eco-nuts.
FYI, Obama came under some flack during the primaries because the anti-nuke crowd didn’t like how he supported the IL nuclear industry.
Also, Sec. of Energy Chu quite explicitly, at his confirmation hearing, pointed out the need to move forward with both “breeder” reactors as well as thorium-type reactors.
40 | Pvt Bin Jammin Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:03:14am |
re: #35 BlueCanuck
Unfortunately modern windmills don’t need live in help. Curse the day of the computers. :)
Solar, that’s the ticket. LOL I think it is covered in the hubby’s contractor license. I just “love” my solar powered front yard lights….and we’re in California.
41 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:05:25am |
re: #40 Pvt Bin Jammin
Solar, that’s the ticket. LOL I think it is covered in the hubby’s contractor license. I just “love” my solar powered front yard lights….and we’re in California.
I think my solar powered flashlight was one of the ‘Just Like As Seen on TV Items’ I got for christmas a few years ago…
42 | Pvt Bin Jammin Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:07:46am |
re: #41 Fenway_Nation
I think my solar powered flashlight was one of the ‘Just Like As Seen on TV Items’ I got for christmas a few years ago…
I missed that. They should give it away free if you order two “Snuggies”. LOL
43 | deymond Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:08:02am |
re: #13 TheMatrix31
I tried to look up a comment about automakers in the transcript and couldn’t find it as well, so I think he was departing from that version frequently. Maybe that was why Boehner was late standing up on some applause lines?
45 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:09:16am |
re: #21 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Actually, in art school, you are taught that white is a color, and black is not. White reflects all colors of the visible light spectrum, where black absorbs all colors, reflecting none.
That said, I don’t know how many tubes of gray I went through.
46 | YankeeBoy Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:09:55am |
morning Lizards…still lauphing at the Obama haho pic.
47 | UncleSam Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:10:59am |
re: #29 Pvt Bin Jammin
I’m 61 and my hubby is 58 but not real well lately. We’re self employed. Think we can get some kind of windmill jobs or something? We can’t afford to retire.
A huge windmill farm was built in the Altamont Pass, an extremely windy area near here, at huge cost, after heavy political pressure by so-called environmentalists.
Then it turned out that birds would fly into the windmill blades and be killed.
So the same people demanded that the windmills be shut down.
Morons and hypocrites.
The windmills are still running, as far as I know, after spending more money trying to reduce bird deaths.
50 | Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:13:30am |
re: #47 UncleSam
A huge windmill farm was built in the Altamont Pass, an extremely windy area near here, at huge cost, after heavy political pressure by so-called environmentalists.
Then it turned out that birds would fly into the windmill blades and be killed.
So the same people demanded that the windmills be shut down.
Morons and hypocrites.
The windmills are still running, as far as I know, after spending more money trying to reduce bird deaths.
I’ve heard that the windmills in Northern CA are being blamed for killing bats. Apparently they generate a zone of low pressure which makes the blood vessels in their lungs explode.
51 | Killian Bundy Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:13:42am |
re: #43 deymond
I tried to look up a comment about automakers in the transcript and couldn’t find it as well, so I think he was departing from that version frequently. Maybe that was why Boehner was late standing up on some applause lines?
He wants to make them more competitive and reshape them in his own image.
/like he or his Honda driving, Birkenstock wearing auto task force know Jack [expletive deleted] about building cars or the UAW will cooperate
52 | UncleSam Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:13:56am |
re: #38 BlueCanuck
No mention of nuclear whatsoever. All wind, solar, clean coal, and electric cars. I think he’s been drinking his unicorn farts.
That’s not encouraging…
53 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:14:04am |
re: #7 blackpajamas
Some clown-biter who ends his sentences with prepositions
That is something up with which I will not put!
0bama’s sentence reminds me of the story about a boy who wouldn’t go to bed until, finally, his father promised to read him a bedtime story. As the son raced upstairs to get ready for bed, the father selected a book. As it happened, the father chose a book about Australia, which was, unfortunately, the son’s least favorite story book.
When the father went upstairs and the son saw the book, he was disappointed. He asked his father, “What did you bring that book, which I didn’t want to be read to from out of, about down under, up for?“
54 | UncleSam Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:15:12am |
re: #39 freetoken
FYI, Obama came under some flack during the primaries because the anti-nuke crowd didn’t like how he supported the IL nuclear industry.
Also, Sec. of Energy Chu quite explicitly, at his confirmation hearing, pointed out the need to move forward with both “breeder” reactors as well as thorium-type reactors.
But that is encouraging.
(See my above post.)
55 | Killian Bundy Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:16:38am |
re: #39 freetoken
Sec. of Energy Chu
/you mean the guy who, just the other day, said he was naive, overwhelmed, and that explaining U.S. policy to OPEC wasn’t his job because he had no I idea what it was?
56 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:18:06am |
And the newspaper endgame begins:
San Francisco Newspaper in Danger of Stopping Presses
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Chronicle joined the lengthening list of imperiled newspapers Tuesday as its owner set out to purge the payroll and slash other expenses in a last-ditch effort to reverse years of heavy losses.
If it can’t reduce expenses dramatically within the next few weeks, the Hearst Corp. said it will close or sell the Chronicle, northern California’s largest newspaper with a paid weekday circulation of 339,430.
Hearst didn’t specify a savings target or a deadline for wringing out the expenses. A Hearst spokesman didn’t immediately respond to messages Tuesday.
But management made it clear that the cost-cutting will require a significant number of layoffs.
“Our current situation dictates that we accomplish these cost savings quickly,” Chronicle Publisher Frank Vega wrote in a memo to the staff. “Business as usual is no longer an option.”
The Chronicle has given Hearst financial headaches since the New York-based company bought the newspaper in a complex deal valued at $660 million. The late 2000 acquisition proved to be ill-timed. Shortly after Hearst took control, the San Francisco Chronicle was hard hit by a high-tech bust that caused its advertising revenue to shrivel.
The newspaper’s losses have been piling up ever since, despite previous job cuts and other austerity measures that were designed to stanch the bleeding. Now the 14-month-old recession, coupled with more advertising options on the Internet, has apparently pushed the 144-year-old newspaper to the breaking point.
Having lost more than $50 million last year, the Chronicle is off to an even worse start this year, said Hearst, as advertisers clamp down on their marketing budgets and increasingly divert more money to the Internet.
Given the challenges facing the Chronicle, Tuesday’s grim warning hardly came as a surprise, said Kevin Fagan, who has been a reporter at the newspaper for 16 years.
“The mood here is more upbeat than you would expect,” Fagan said. “There has been a lot of gallows humor but reporters are still doing what they do — write stories.” He said the newsroom of about 275 employees is still clinging to hope that the paper will survive because there still appear to be ways to lower the sprawling operation’s overhead.
Several other newspapers around the country are facing a fate similar to the San Francisco Chronicle’s.
Just last month, Hearst laid out plans to close the Seattle Post-Intelligencer if a buyer isn’t found before April. A similar fate awaits The E.W. Scripps Co.’s Rocky Mountain News in Denver and Gannett Co.’s Tucson Citizen in Arizona unless buyers are found for those papers.
But there would still be at least one large daily newspaper left in those other big cities where publishers are mulling a shutdown.
The only other daily newspaper in San Francisco — a city with a population of about 800,000 — is the Examiner, which is given away for free. Hearst owned the San Francisco Examiner, but sold it for just $100 and even provided the new owners with a $67 million subsidy as a condition for completing the Chronicle acquisition. The Examiner changed hands in 2004, and is now owned by the Anschutz Co.
57 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:18:17am |
re: #47 UncleSam
I read an article about Germany’s use of wind power, I think in National Geographic, and I don’t think there has been a viable solution to the blades of the wind farm mills chopping up birds by the bushel. All the same, Germany has a lot of wind farms.
Germany has also developed some new, lightweight solar panels that are pretty interesting. Instead of the huge, heavy, hard things we’re used to seeing, these are much thinner and flexible. They’re sort of like those roll-up keyboards you see. I believe the company that developed these just started a production center in Arizona (or maybe it was New Mexico - I can’t remember).
58 | Killian Bundy Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:19:25am |
/DOW futures +8
59 | YankeeBoy Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:21:01am |
re: #56 gmsc
This is what the bail-out is all about. They can’t make any money on their own accord.
60 | UncleSam Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:21:14am |
re: #50 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I’ve heard that the windmills in Northern CA are being blamed for killing bats. Apparently they generate a zone of low pressure which makes the blood vessels in their lungs explode.
I’m not too fond of bats, as my uncle was bitten by a rabid bat on a hunting trip, way out in the wilderness, and didn’t make it back to civilization in time for rabies shots, and died a terrible death of rabies.
Absolutely true.
On the other hand, they are in general beneficial critters which eat harmful insects such as mosquitoes.
Six of one, a half dozen of the other.
61 | Pvt Bin Jammin Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:22:35am |
Goodnight, Lizards. I’m “out for the count”. Take care, everybody.re: #45 theheat
Actually, in art school, you are taught that white is a color, and black is not. White reflects all colors of the visible light spectrum, where black absorbs all colors, reflecting none.
That said, I don’t know how many tubes of gray I went through.
Thanks for refreshing my memory. I wanted to say something about that but I couldn’t remember the proof and black does seem like all of the mudied colors together.
62 | TheMatrix31 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:23:22am |
63 | UncleSam Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:24:51am |
re: #57 theheat
I read an article about Germany’s use of wind power, I think in National Geographic, and I don’t think there has been a viable solution to the blades of the wind farm mills chopping up birds by the bushel. All the same, Germany has a lot of wind farms.
Germany has also developed some new, lightweight solar panels that are pretty interesting. Instead of the huge, heavy, hard things we’re used to seeing, these are much thinner and flexible. They’re sort of like those roll-up keyboards you see. I believe the company that developed these just started a production center in Arizona (or maybe it was New Mexico - I can’t remember).
Sounds promising.
I thought of that about 25 years ago.
Wish I’d patented it.
64 | Killian Bundy Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:26:20am |
65 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:26:48am |
re: #56 gmsc
Some see a crisis, but this could be an opportunity. I remember seeing lizards lament about the lack of any right-wing representation in the mainstream press. Maybe someone on the right could buy up the assets of these teetering, bankrupt companies and revamp the reporting style and editorial board as they see fit….
If the ‘fairness doctoring doctorine’ is supposed to be implemented, the left and dems should be careful since this could be made into a two-way street that isn’t just limited to talk radio…
Would it be too morbid to contemplate an acquisition of Bridges TV?
66 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:29:46am |
re: #63 UncleSam
I know, it sounds so sensible when you think about it. You could have these ginormous hard panels that would tank a battleship, or lighter weight flexible panels that allowed infinitely more applications, particularly when used on existing construction.
Damn Germans, stealing all our ideas ;-)
68 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:30:54am |
re: #64 Killian Bundy
/well, now the DOW’s -1, so many negative waves
Hmm…even with yesterday’s meteoric rise of 250 points, doesn’t that still make it a net loss of 49 points for the week?
69 | UncleSam Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:32:32am |
re: #66 theheat
I know, it sounds so sensible when you think about it. You could have these ginormous hard panels that would tank a battleship, or lighter weight flexible panels that allowed infinitely more applications, particularly when used on existing construction.
Damn Germans, stealing all our ideas ;-)
Yeah, I delved into the patent process, but it was so complicated and expensive I just couldn’t do it at the time.
70 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:33:12am |
re: #68 Fenway_Nation
/well, now the DOW’s -1, so many negative waves
Hmm…even with yesterday’s meteoric rise of 250 points, doesn’t that still make it a net loss of 49 points for the week?
You don’t understand - the Dow went up! It’s an 0bama miracle!
Remember, whenever the market goes up, it’s because of Ear Leader (thanks, Red!)! When the market goes down, that’s just evil racist capitalists protesting the 0bamessiah.
71 | Killian Bundy Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:34:09am |
re: #68 Fenway_Nation
Hmm…even with yesterday’s meteoric rise of 250 points, doesn’t that still make it a net loss of 49 points for the week?
Hey, rumor has it that Geithner might get on the TV again tomorrow and take another stab at explaining the bank bailout, during market hours.
/you’ll be screaming for your mother
72 | deymond Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:34:34am |
re: #51 Killian Bundy
I just remembered something about not protecting the automakers from their mistakes, right before saying he would protect the automakers from their mistakes.
73 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:36:08am |
re: #69 UncleSam
There’s a reason patent and trademark attorneys make the big bucks. On the downside, the process makes it practically unaffordable for all but the most well-funded entrepreneurs.
You could be retired ten times over by now. Ouch!
74 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:37:26am |
re: #70 gmsc
Heh…I love how vindictive and personal the White House spokestool was in going after that Chicago commodities trader (Santelli) who had that prophetic on-air anti-stimulus rant on CNBC. Something like “I don’t know what kind of house Mr. Santelli lives in…..”
Guess what, spokestool! The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers probably had nicer digs in Chicago than the CNBC guy….
75 | UncleSam Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:38:04am |
re: #73 theheat
There’s a reason patent and trademark attorneys make the big bucks. On the downside, the process makes it practically unaffordable for all but the most well-funded entrepreneurs.
You could be retired ten times over by now. Ouch!
Yeah. tell me about it! :)
76 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:38:32am |
re: #72 deymond
I just remembered something about not protecting the automakers from their mistakes, right before saying he would protect the automakers from their mistakes.
To be fair, he voted for that before he voted against it.
/or did he vote ‘present’?
78 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:41:48am |
79 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:49:56am |
Abraham Lincoln denies a loan of $80
($80 in 1851, when this letter was written, is the rough equivalent of $2,200 today)
Dear Johnston: Your request for eighty dollars I do not think it best to comply with now. At the various times when I have helped you a little you have said to me, “We can get along very well now”; but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again.
Now, this can only happen by some defect in your conduct. What that defect is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler. I doubt whether, since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work in any one day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.
This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break the habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.
You are now in need of some money; and what I propose is, that you shall go to work, “tooth and nail,” for somebody who will give you money for it. Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home, prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or in discharge of any debt you owe, that you can get; and, to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you, that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, either in money or as your own indebtedness, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work. In this I do not mean you shall go off to St. Louis, or the lead mines, or the gold mines in California, but I mean for you to go at it for the best wages you can get close to home in Coles County.
Now, if you will do this, you will be soon out of debt, and, what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But, if I should now clear you out of debt, next year you would be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in heaven for seventy or eighty dollars. Then you value your place in heaven very cheap, for I am sure you can, with the offer I make, get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work.
You say if I will furnish you the money you will deed me the land, and, if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession. Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eighty times eighty dollars to you.
LINCOLN TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON, JANUARY 2, 1851
If 0bama is supposed to be so similar to Abraham Lincoln, why am I having trouble picturing 0bama writing anything close to this?
80 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:50:03am |
re: #75 UncleSam
I was trying to find something online about the Germany/US solar venture in the Southwest, but happened upon this release from Ovonic’s web site:
Other major announcements in 2008 included United Solar’s parent company (ECD) reaching sustainable profitability, closing a $400 million financing deal enabling its growth to 1GW in capacity by fiscal year 2012, and announcing “UNI-SOLAR Laminates will Power World’s Largest Rooftop Solar System for General Motors.”
You have to wonder if any part of Porkulus is paying for GM’s sexy/flexy new roof.
81 | UncleSam Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:56:04am |
re: #80 theheat
I was trying to find something online about the Germany/US solar venture in the Southwest, but happened upon this release from Ovonic’s web site:
You have to wonder if any part of Porkulus is paying for GM’s sexy/flexy new roof.
Thanks for the info.
Now I have to go cry myself to sleep…
Just kidding!
Sort of… :)
82 | stuiec Wed, Feb 25, 2009 12:58:03am |
“I’m proud that we passed the recovery plan free of earmarks, and I want to pass a budget next year that ensures that each dollar we spend reflects only our most important national priorities.”
Lincoln had a favorite riddle: How many legs does a horse have if you call its tail a leg? The answer: Four. Calling his tail a leg doesn’t make it one. And the inverse is true: calling the 700 earmarks in the stimulus bill something else doesn’t turn them into anything other than earmarks.
I am also impressed with this bit:
“But to truly transform our economy, protect our security and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.”
I, for one, look forward to paying $8 a gallon in carbon taxes, ‘cause I am just that damn patriotic.
83 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:02:17am |
How you’re supposed to think of the rebuilt Olympic city center in Beijing:
(Part 1)
(Part 2)
What really happened to this marvelous structure?
Beijing’s Olympic building boom becomes a bust
Some interesting excerpts from the article:
Reporting from Beijing — “Empty,” says Jack Rodman, an expert in distressed real estate, as he points from the window of his 40th-floor office toward a silver-skinned prism rising out of the Beijing skyline.
“Beautiful building, but not a single tenant.
“Completely empty.
“Empty.”
So goes the refrain as his finger skips from building to building, each flashier than the next, and few of them more than barely occupied.
…The government spent $43 billion for the Olympics, nearly three times as much as any other host city. But many of the venues proved too big, too expensive and more photogenic than practical.
…The National Stadium, known as the Bird’s Nest, has only one event scheduled for this year: a performance of the opera “Turandot” on Aug. 8, the one-year anniversary of the Olympic opening ceremony. China’s leading soccer club backed out of a deal to play there, saying it would be an embarrassment to use a 91,000-seat stadium for games that ordinarily attract only 10,000 spectators.
The venue, which costs $9 million a year to maintain, is expected to be turned into a shopping mall in several years, its owners announced last month.
A baseball stadium that opened last spring with an exhibition game between the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, is being demolished. Its owner says it also will use the land for a shopping mall.
84 | Jack Burton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:10:38am |
re: #27 BlueCanuck
Well I liked how teh One™ promised 15 billion to alternative energy. I thought to myself WTF? That’s no where near enough to get any proper research done. Wind and solar energy resources at a 100% efficiency would only contribute at the max maybe 10% to the national grid. Some one needs to teach him about proper alternatives and more meaningful funding.
This is because they don’t actually think about these things logically. They say some touchy-feely crap that makes the empty-headed sheeple feel good, throw a random number of millions or billions of taxpayer money at it, then move on to some other way to rob us until we forgot about all that money that was wasted on the first thing, then they bring up the same issue again. Throw more money at it. Repeat.
85 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:12:51am |
re: #83 gmsc
You have to wonder, with retail sales in the terlit, how would enormous vacant shopping malls be any better than enormous vacant business centers? Just curious.
I have an idea… Bring back real, live, gladiators in the stadiums. Screw baseball and football, gladiators would pack them in like sardines every week.
I suggest they troll Wall Street and DC for gladiator bait. Just a thought.
86 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:15:43am |
re: #85 theheat
You have to wonder, with retail sales in the terlit, how would enormous vacant shopping malls be any better than enormous vacant business centers? Just curious.
I have an idea… Bring back real, live, gladiators in the stadiums. Screw baseball and football, gladiators would pack them in like sardines every week.
I suggest they troll Wall Street and DC for gladiator bait. Just a thought.
“The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses”
-Juvenal
88 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:21:24am |
91 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:25:33am |
Hey freetoken!
If you were the one who suggested yesterday that my lost fonts on the mac were still there…THANKS! :-)
Took me awhile to find them and then to find the right place to put them, but I was able to pull my file together once I did.
/now if I could only find the printer driver… :-(
95 | soxfan4life Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:31:07am |
re: #92 Afrocity
Yes, feeling bad for Jindal
I’m feeling bad for America, after the Obama speech. How long will it take for the assholes to wake up to his BS. He wants to decrease the deficit but increase spending at a record pace.
96 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:31:20am |
Morning littleoldlady. How are you doing this morning?
98 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:32:23am |
And now, the brand-new, guaranteed way to get out of debt! Try this new program. It’s called “Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford!” See the infomercial at the link below:
[Link: www.hulu.com…]
100 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:32:33am |
re: #94 littleoldlady
Got a new antennae for my XM Radio…just in time for Spring Training and the stretch run leading up to the Stanley Cup playoffs!
103 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:34:04am |
re: #101 Afrocity
We need to come up with a strategy for 2012.
We need to come up with a strategy for 2010!
104 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:34:10am |
re: #91 littleoldlady
Hey freetoken!
If you were the one who suggested yesterday that my lost fonts on the mac were still there…THANKS! :-)
Took me awhile to find them and then to find the right place to put them, but I was able to pull my file together once I did.
/now if I could only find the printer driver… :-(
It sounds like you’re doing better.
As for the printer driver, use spotlight (that magnifying glass in the upper right corner of your screen) to find it. Just type in the printer driver name (or as much as you can remember), and it should find it, as long as it’s still on your hard drive.
106 | Afrocity Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:35:28am |
re: #103 Fenway_Nation
We need to come up with a strategy for 2010!
I can’t do anything in Illinois.
107 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:35:46am |
108 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:35:47am |
re: #99 littleoldlady
BlueCanuck! :-)
Stressed, and you?
About the same. At least I will be having a week off in a few days. Looking forward to some relax time.
109 | Jack Burton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:36:03am |
re: #98 gmsc
It’s called “Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford!”
That’s what Americans have been doing for a decade. Borrow to buy shit you cant afford and/or don’t really need at times when the stuff is the most expensive.
It’s works great! Obamonomics Wow!
/
110 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:37:07am |
re: #104 gmsc
I have a horrible feeling the printer doesn’t work with OSX 10.5
/couldn’t find the right driver to download on the hp site
:-( :-( :-(
111 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:37:45am |
re: #98 gmsc
PRICELESS. Everyone in DC needs a subscription.
112 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:37:47am |
re: #107 littleoldlady
That’s great!
/what’s an XM radio…?
Sattelite radio company that carries MLB/NHL and college football (as well as various music, talk and international channels).
113 | soxfan4life Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:38:10am |
re: #103 Fenway_Nation
We need to come up with a strategy for 2010!
I think a realistic goal for 2010 would be to achieve a stronger minority that the Administration needs help from to pass legislation. The crap from this Stimulus will be hitting the fan and look bad for the Dems, having a majority might do more harm than good at that time. Gridlock in DC seems to be best for the country.
114 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:38:36am |
re: #106 Afrocity
I can’t do anything in Illinois.
Would you contemplate moving? Even if it’s just a few miles down the road to Indiana?
115 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:39:00am |
re: #102 Fenway_Nation
I HATE that guy. C’mon, I can’t be the only one that hates him.
116 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:40:08am |
Aaargh! Listening to a tape-delay of Lars Larsen with the Vagina Monologues moonbat.
117 | soxfan4life Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:40:08am |
re: #115 theheat
I HATE that guy. C’mon, I can’t be the only one that hates him.
Vince the Sham-Wow guy bothers me more. Much higher on the creepiness scale.
118 | Afrocity Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:40:31am |
re: #114 Fenway_Nation
Would you contemplate moving? Even if it’s just a few miles down the road to Indiana?
Eww, no place to shop.
119 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:40:50am |
re: #107 littleoldlady
That’s great!
/what’s an XM radio…?
It’s digital radio that you subscribe to. Instead of having stations like “98.5 KLMN” or “103.7 WXYZ”, you just have stations like “80’s favorites” or “Classical Opera” or “Newest Hits”.
They’re mostly commercial free (although FOX News has one with commercials, as do some others). You do have to buy a special radio to receive it, but many people find it’s worth it.
120 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:42:46am |
re: #119 gmsc
It’s digital radio that you subscribe to. Instead of having stations like “98.5 KLMN” or “103.7 WXYZ”, you just have stations like “80’s favorites” or “Classical Opera” or “Newest Hits”.
They’re mostly commercial free (although FOX News has one with commercials, as do some others). You do have to buy a special radio to receive it, but many people find it’s worth it.
I’m mostly in it for the sports play-by-play.
121 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:43:11am |
re: #119 gmsc
Oh! Oh! My cousin has that in his car! They have stations dedicated to very narrow subjects.
/like, ONE song
122 | Afrocity Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:43:28am |
I will just pray that my fav 2 GOP candidates are accepted more.
123 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:47:31am |
Wow….I am stupider for having listened to that insipid Vagina Monologues moonbat. She says she’s against the ongoing rape epidemic (byproduct of the civil war) but thinks a political solution is much more feasable than a military one….when Larsen asked if the US should intervene militarily, she indignantly started to say ‘Absolutely not! The United Nations has Peacekeepers….’.
Umm….weren’t some of those same Peacekeepers the ones who were raping little girls in the Congo?
125 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:48:35am |
re: #121 littleoldlady
The Right-Wing talk channel would has programs dedicated entirely to guns and cigars on the weekend.
126 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:48:57am |
re: #98 gmsc
It’s called “Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford!”
re: #109 ArchangelMichael
That’s what Americans have been doing for a decade. Borrow to buy shit you cant afford and/or don’t really need at times when the stuff is the most expensive.
It’s works great! Obamonomics Wow!
/
No, the title is “Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford!”
It’s exactly what Americans have NOT been doing, and they’ve been NOT doing it for much longer than the past decade.
If you only buy stuff you can afford, it’s very easy to stay out of debt.
It goes very well with the advice in The Richest Man in Babylon.
127 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:49:28am |
128 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:50:30am |
re: #121 littleoldlady
Oh! Oh! My cousin has that in his car! They have stations dedicated to very narrow subjects.
/like, ONE song
Your cousin must be Steve Delahoyde.
;)
129 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:52:03am |
130 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:52:27am |
Night Afrocity, hope you can get the rest for the rest of the night.
131 | TheMatrix31 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:53:39am |
132 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:54:54am |
re: #128 gmsc
Your cousin must be Steve Delahoyde.
;)
re: #129 littleoldlady
Whatever it is, my computer doesn’t like it. :-/
/I’m the Joe Bstpxt of computers…
Oh, it’s a film of a guy taking a 238-mile, 4-hour journey, listening to only one song - ABBA’s Dancing Queen.
Here’s the full story (sans video).
133 | theheat Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:57:12am |
re: #117 soxfan4life
You’re right. A whole ‘nother league of creepy.
134 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 1:59:48am |
re: #118 Afrocity
Eww, no place to shop.
You want shopping? Move to Vegas! We’ve got shopping like you wouldn’t believe!
135 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:00:15am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ————————->
Help yourselves!
136 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:01:08am |
re: #135 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ————————->
Help yourselves!
Num - Num!
138 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:01:58am |
re: #135 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ————————->
Help yourselves!
Yeah. fruitcuppie goodness. Much better then unicorn farts. :D
139 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:02:42am |
re: #137 littleoldlady
OY. ;-)
gmsc! :-)
I didn’t say it was a good idea. I just said it was something he did.
140 | TheMatrix31 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:02:44am |
re: #135 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ————————->
Help yourselves!
Thanks!
142 | Ledger1 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:04:59am |
In case it has not been posted here is some humor from Iowahawk.
[Iowahawk]
‘Dow Soars on NYU White House Takeover’
NEW YORK - Major stock indexes posted broad gains on heavy trading early Tuesday on news that a rogue group of student protesters from New York University had taken over the White House and barricaded themselves in the Oval Office. The Dow posted a 1100 point (17%) gain in the first hour of trading, wiping out nearly all of its loss since January 20 and almost 35% of losses since November 4.
“Finally, we’re seeing encouraging signs of sanity in Washington,” said UBS market analyst Jane Cohen. The market rally lifted issues across the board, with 87% of stocks showing gains. Market leaders included Apple ($116.05, +32%), Amalgamated Pachouli & Incense ($23.15, +53%), Keffiya Mart ($17.66, +49%), and Bongs.com ($41.10, +72%)… the students, recently expelled from NYU after a takeover of a school building, wrested control of the federal government after a 15 minute siege of the White House…
“They tricked us,” complained exiled Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. “They said they were only coming by to chillax with some OG kush and talk about the stimulus bill…” …coup leader and presumed acting US President Skyler Lozano appeared on a White House balcony to unfurl a “Free Gaza” banner and recite a list of the group’s demands, including “cruelty-free consensus,” “vegan lunchboxes,” “end of the corporatist empire,” and “free Wi-Fi in all dorms.” …Rachel Morgenthau then ordered all federal employees to go on a general strike…
Deposed Obama administration officials denied any plans for a military action to regain power, and said they would exhaust legal challenges before resorting to NYU rent-a-cops. “We are ready to file a suit as soon as the DC circuit court returns from Jamaica,” said Emanuel, at a terse press conference outside Obama’s Oval Office-in-Exile at a Red Roof Inn in Bethesda, Maryland. “And as soon as we finish this bag of kush.”
143 | Jack Burton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:05:30am |
re: #126 gmsc
Crap, getting tired and seeing what I want to see I guess. But “dont buy things you cant afford” (unless its an emergency) is self-evident to me. It should go without saying. Apparently it doesn’t though. I swear I think I’m the only person who actually saved any money during the past few years and I still can’t afford a house even with the prices falling off a cliff.
Now Teh Zero wants to create an artificial floor on that. Should I just give in and stick to a nice Party-Approved Commie Domicile Unit with multiple families under one roof, a small carbon footprint, a thermostat stuck at 50 in the winter and 85 in the summer and complete dependence on the state for everything?
144 | rightside Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:05:56am |
{lol} thanks for the ubiquitous fruitcup™
Morning Lizards.
145 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:06:19am |
The new issue of Mental Floss is out. Guess what it says at the very top?
Are Darwin’s Theories Going Extinct?
Here’s a better description from the Table of Contents:
Who’s The Fittest Now? Everything You Know About Genetics Is Evolving
By Sam Kean
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck has been the laughingstock of evolutionary science ever since Darwin hit the scene. But now a field called epigenetics is giving his theories some new life, and helping biology break new ground in the process.
146 | freetoken Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:07:31am |
re: #91 littleoldlady
/now if I could only find the printer driver… :-(
Leopard comes with quite a few printer drivers… that ought to have been installed … hmmm….
Nevertheless, you can do one of two things. Install just the printer drivers from the DVD, or likely get it from the website of the printer manufacturer. For my Canon printer I downloaded the latest version of the driver.
147 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:08:50am |
re: #134 gmsc
And Afrocity could offset some Nevada doofus who thinks Harry Reid deserves another term….
148 | freetoken Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:10:15am |
re: #135 littleoldlady
Fruitcup… goes well with Attenborough’s The Life of Birds, which I am watching.
Didn’t see you mention not finding the printer driver on the HP website…. how old is the HP printer?
150 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:11:26am |
151 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:12:13am |
re: #148 freetoken
Fruitcup… goes well with Attenborough’s The Life of Birds, which I am watching.
Didn’t see you mention not finding the printer driver on the HP website…. how old is the HP printer?
Not that old. Hp 2550L
152 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:13:25am |
By the way, how much of taxpayer money do you think community organizers like this will get from the new ‘stimulus’ bill?
Chauncey Bailey won’t be available to write an op-ed on that.
153 | freetoken Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:14:01am |
Here is the list of printer drivers included in OSX 10.5.
It looks like drivers for a gazillion different HP printers are on the DVD.
154 | rightside Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:15:05am |
re: #149 littleoldlady
What’s the video? jihadtube blocked at work for me.
Who would have thought the most user friendly™ OS in the world, doesn’t even have drivers for your “Not that old” printer?
155 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:15:15am |
re: #143 ArchangelMichael
Crap, getting tired and seeing what I want to see I guess. But “dont buy things you cant afford” (unless its an emergency) is self-evident to me. It should go without saying. Apparently it doesn’t though. I swear I think I’m the only person who actually saved any money during the past few years and I still can’t afford a house even with the prices falling off a cliff.
Now Teh Zero wants to create an artificial floor on that. Should I just give in and stick to a nice Party-Approved Commie Domicile Unit with multiple families under one roof, a small carbon footprint, a thermostat stuck at 50 in the winter and 85 in the summer and complete dependence on the state for everything?
I was wondering if you were reading the same post I was!
;)
I am proud to live in a fully paid-for house! Sure, there are still taxes, utilities and so on, but no mortgage! (It’s amazing what just a down payment from a house in California would buy in Las Vegas back at the turn of the century!)
I also save money everytime I get paid. I’ve spent the first 6 years of living in Vegas with people laughing at me for my “simplistic” financial decisions.
The financial crisis hits, and all of the sudden, I’m an economic genius. I’ve actually been asked if and/or how I knew this financial crisis was coming. Guys - if you handle your money in the age-old basic ways, then you don’t have to know what’s going to happen, because you know you can handle it!
Saving for Greatness
A fellow freethinker who works for World Financial Group shared this document with me. Their sales representatives regularly give this flyer to prospects. The flyer names no original author of this fine dissertation, but it certainly resonates with the Objectivist ethics of financial management.
Your savings, believe it or not, affect the way you stand, the way you walk, the tone of your voice — in short, your physical well-being and self-confidence. A man without savings is always running. He must. He must take the first job offered, or nearly so. He sits nervously on life’s chairs because any small emergency throws him into the hands of others.Without savings, a man must be too grateful. Gratitude is a fine thing in its place. But a constant state of gratitude is a horrible place in which to live. A man with savings can walk tall. He may appraise opportunities in a relaxed way, have time for judicious estimates and not be rushed by economic necessity.
A man with savings can afford to resign from his job if his principles so dictate — and for this reason he will never need to do so. A man who can afford to quit is much more useful to his company and therefore more readily promoted. He can afford to give his company the benefit of his most candid judgments.
A man with savings can afford the wonderful privilege of being generous in family or neighborhood emergencies. He can take the level stare of any man … friend, stranger or enemy. That ability shapes his personality and character.
The ability to save has nothing to do with the size of income. Many high-income people spend it all. They are on a treadmill, darting through life like minnows.
The dean of American bankers, J.P. Morgan, once advised a young broker: “Take waste out of your spending; you’ll drive the haste out of your life.”
If you do not need money for college, a home or retirement, then save for self-confidence. The state of your savings does have a lot to do with how tall you walk.
156 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:16:07am |
Oops- Preview is my friend:
Let’s try this again: how much of taxpayer money do you think community organizers like this will get from the new ‘stimulus’ bill?
Chauncey Bailey won’t be available to write an op-ed on that.
157 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:17:31am |
re: #153 freetoken
Okay. It’s in there.
I’m obviously not looking in the right place - AGAIN.
THANKS, freetoken!
158 | freetoken Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:17:32am |
re: #151 littleoldlady
Not that old. Hp 2550L
From that printer list on Apple’s website… the following are supposed to be on the DVD:
Color LaserJet 2550L
Color LaserJet 2550Ln
Color LaserJet 2550n
Quoting Apple:
If you would like to install any of the optional printer drivers after installing Mac OS X, insert the Install disc into your computer and use Optional Installs.
159 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:18:35am |
160 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:19:09am |
161 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:21:03am |
re: #151 littleoldlady
Not that old. Hp 2550L
Here’s an idea from someone with your same problem - and even your same printer!
First, select “Software Update” (from the Apple Menu), and upgrade to the most recent version of Leopard (10.5.6). Then restart.
Once you’ve done that, select “Software Update” again, you should see an updated HP printer driver package ready to be downloaded!
162 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:23:10am |
163 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:24:21am |
Of course….my G4 might explode if I upgrade the OS anymore….
/but who cares!
//I’ll be able to print the explosion!
;-)
164 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:28:01am |
Okay…I’m off to noodle with Adventures in Computers.
Good day, ALL!™
165 | freetoken Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:29:31am |
re: #162 littleoldlady
OSX is an amazingly capable operating system. However, even with all Apple has done to make its UNIX heritage invisible to the end user, the reality is that OSX is a very large set of software.
I remember upgrading my PowerBook a few years back from 10.2 to 10.4…. didn’t work when I tried and all I got was a blank grey screen after install. Fortunately years earlier I had used a UNIX computer (BSD), and booting the hobbled PowerBook up in a safe mode (yes, it is possible), I was able to use the UNIX shell to go looking for files (third party applications) that I thought might be causing the problem. Sure enough, after deleting enough files I finally got the PowerBook to boot under 10.4.
Since then I haven’t had anywhere near as difficult an issue… though at times I find myself having to read through a bit of Apple literature.
166 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:32:02am |
re: #163 littleoldlady
Of course….my G4 might explode if I upgrade the OS anymore….
/but who cares!
//I’ll be able to print the explosion!;-)
I’ve got an excellent long-term solution for that problem, too.
Start setting aside $25 on each payday for a “New Mac” fund. I did this back in 2007-2008, by putting $25 on a rechargeable Apple Store card, which not only helped me save money, but also FORCED me to use it only for a new computer.
As you start getting around the $700 mark or so, start deciding on what type of Mac you’d like, and look mainly in the Refurbished Mac section of the online Apple Store.
These are all Macs that were previously purchased, returned with problems, which have now been fixed and refurbished up to factory standards. Just looking on the page as it is today, there are Macs up there for up to 27% off!
167 | Jack Burton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:32:09am |
re: #155 gmsc
Well I did actually see this crisis coming. I just did not expect it to be as bad as it is. I knew the housing boom was smoke and mirrors and the fact that it didn’t fall off a cliff 2 years before it did amazed me. I was saving a lot but I got caught up in some irrational exuberance trading options in 2007 and literally lost everything. I still have capital loss carryover that could last 5 years now. It couldn’t have happened at a worse time (only thing worse would have been if I lost my job at the same time).
So I had to start over on the “I want to buy a house in cash and give the finger to the banks and their debt-slavery” plan. I’m nowhere near that, even if I moved out of California, and even saving 2/3 of my take home pay.
Still even with all of this. I got “used to” living like a pauper to save money so it’s not a shock to the system. I have such a small amount of debt it’s not worth worrying about. So I guess I’m on the right track and better off than almost everyone I know. I’m not up all night worrying about a mortgage ruining my life.
168 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:32:20am |
re: #164 littleoldlady
Okay…I’m off to noodle with Adventures in Computers.
Good day, ALL!™
Good night, and good day, lol!
169 | infidel4ever Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:32:22am |
OT
Turkish airliner crashes during approach of Schiphol airport in the Netherlands.
The plane broke in 3 pieces, but is not on fire. Carried 135 passengers + crew, according to the public at least 50 passengers have exited the plane. Rescue workers on the way.
170 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:32:23am |
Gotta love this machine! I went to Software Update and other than the usual Java stuff it wants to update: hp printer drivers.
HA.
171 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:34:14am |
re: #170 littleoldlady
Gotta love this machine! I went to Software Update and other than the usual Java stuff it wants to update: hp printer drivers.
HA.
See?
;)
172 | UncleRancher Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:35:24am |
Printers? I got a nice little HP K5400 a while back. It prints with CMYK colors and hooks in the USB port.
Then I discovered it did not work and play well with others connected to the USB port. Finally we solved the problem with a hub between the computer and the printer. The hub uses up two USB connections. That worked fine for a while, then I find that with anything else connected ahead of the hub the printer doesn’t work anymore.
The printer does great work including excellent photos, but it is getting to be a pain in the connection department.
173 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:36:21am |
I do hope Charles does revisit the Chauncey Bailey assassination at some point. That whole Your Black Muslim Bakery seems to have elements of all the things I loathe- thugs masquerading as pious Muslims, silencing a journalist through assassination, police corruption, complicity from city hall and all the ancillary criminal activities from Bey’s empire- murder, kindapping, extortion, assault, fraud….
It makes me wonder how many of these vaunted community organizers are running similar rackets with a quasi-legitimate front in other cities.
174 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:38:59am |
re: #170 littleoldlady
Gotta love this machine! I went to Software Update and other than the usual Java stuff it wants to update: hp printer drivers.
HA.
BTW, you might want to try the free program AppFresh. What Software Update is to your system files, AppFresh is to ALL of your files.
For example, Software Update will never alert you that your favorite Dashboard Widget or editing program has a new version available, but AppFresh would!
175 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:42:43am |
Good morning/afternoon/evening all,
Any fruitcup left?
176 | UncleRancher Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:43:14am |
re: #167 ArchangelMichael
I have to agree with all that. I’ve been living Dave Ramsey’s debt free life for the past 40 years and could have written his book. Should have, too. I was about as ready for a market crash as anyone could be, and it is still painful to look around and see everything falling appart like it is.
177 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:45:15am |
re: #175 Carl in Jerusalem
Good morning/afternoon/evening all,
Any fruitcup left?
“Those who are tardy do not get fruitcup!”
-Nurse Diesel
178 | UncleRancher Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:48:21am |
Oops….. (Where was that spellcheck button….)
179 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:50:08am |
re: #167 ArchangelMichael
I had to evacuate during some wildfires a few years back. When I got around to unpacking, I noticed a savings bond issued the day I was born that had just stopped collecting interest….
After stopping around at some of the local financial institutions, I asked around about current rates for U.S. Savings Bonds. Turns out by definition, credit unions aren’t authorized to issue them. The local banks just gave me a blank stare, but surprisngly one of the national chains was able to help me out after alot of initial confusion- apparently it was a learning process for both them and myself. Still- while the rates were still pretty decent (somewhere in the 3% to 5% range) I’d stop by with some of my take-home pay and wound up getting a few hundred dollars worth of savings bonds. I haven’t really been back since the interest rates dropped.
I also have a CD that matures in April that’s earning 5%, some precious metals and I just purchased a few hundred dollars worth of common stock in an electric utility company. Not exactly exciting and innovative investment, but offhand I’d say they’re a little better than mortgage-backed securities….
180 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:50:34am |
re: #177 gmsc
“Those who are tardy do not get fruitcup!”
-Nurse Diesel
Heh.
Some of us have protectzia with Littleoldlady.
181 | gmsc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:51:52am |
re: #180 Carl in Jerusalem
Heh.
Some of us have protectzia with Littleoldlady.
Well, that and the fact that Littleoldlady is much nicer than Nurse Diesel.
183 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:54:04am |
re: #181 gmsc
Well, that and the fact that Littleoldlady is much nicer than Nurse Diesel.
Maybe.
Some days.
;-)
Hiya, CARL! :-)
‘Night, gmsc! :-) Thanks for your help!
184 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:54:05am |
185 | UncleRancher Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:59:15am |
re: #184 Fenway_Nation
I’m starting to think it’s me…..
Me too. I got snakes to kill in the morning.
Gnite.
186 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 2:59:26am |
I dreamed that ACORN took over the National Weather Service and SEIU.
187 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:01:30am |
188 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:01:42am |
re: #186 MandyManners
I dreamed that ACORN took over the National Weather Service and SEIU.
What did they do with the weather service? Change all the data to ‘prove’ global warming?
189 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:02:06am |
re: #183 littleoldlady
Maybe.
Some days.;-)
Hiya, CARL! :-)
‘Night, gmsc! :-) Thanks for your help!
How are you? What’s going on?
190 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:06:52am |
re: #189 Carl in Jerusalem
How are you? What’s going on?
I’m okay. (Hurry Spring!) Nothing good.
When does the new government take over there? Or have they already…?
191 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:08:22am |
192 | Ledger1 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:09:21am |
Did 0bama mention to properly inflate your tires? It’s sure to make us energy independent - and to solve world hunger.
/
193 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:10:00am |
re: #188 Carl in Jerusalem
What did they do with the weather service? Change all the data to ‘prove’ global warming?
‘Prove’ how Republicans cause global warming to disenfranchise blacks?
194 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:10:07am |
195 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:11:35am |
re: #188 Carl in Jerusalem
What did they do with the weather service? Change all the data to ‘prove’ global warming?
I don’t know ‘cause I woke up then, thoroughly confused. Then I remembered the talk here last night of the USGS and figured it morphed into the NWS. But, for the life of me, I cannot figure out the SEIU. Oh, wait. That union was in CBBHO’s pocket.
196 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:12:06am |
re: #190 littleoldlady
I’m okay. (Hurry Spring!) Nothing good.
When does the new government take over there? Or have they already…?
Yes, they have. Didn’t you hear the Dow Jones whishing by on it’s way down?
197 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:12:45am |
re: #193 Fenway_Nation
‘Prove’ how Republicans cause global warming to disenfranchise blacks?
Shhh…. Can’t say that stuff….
198 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:14:09am |
I remember when I was a child that my nightmares were about monsters in the closet. Now, they’re about CBBHO and the havoc he’s wreaking.
I’d rather dream about monsters in the closet.
199 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:15:17am |
re: #194 littleoldlady
Carl,
Kosher for Passover blintzes?!
/or, as we say in my family, “Polichinkas”
Wheat free?
Reminds me of the first time we brought whole-wheat hand shmura matza (sorry to those who don’t get that - try googling) to my inlaws. My father-in-law was convinced that they had juice in them (because Streit’s whole wheat matza did) and wouldn’t touch them.
200 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:15:48am |
re: #195 MandyManners
I don’t know ‘cause I woke up then, thoroughly confused. Then I remembered the talk here last night of the USGS and figured it morphed into the NWS. But, for the life of me, I cannot figure out the SEIU. Oh, wait. That union was in CBBHO’s pocket.
Yup, that’s The One.
201 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:16:46am |
re: #198 MandyManners
I remember when I was a child that my nightmares were about monsters in the closet. Now, they’re about CBBHO and the havoc he’s wreaking.
I’d rather dream about monsters in the closet.
He was a monster in your closet. The problem is that now he has come out….
203 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:18:29am |
re: #196 Carl in Jerusalem
Yes, they have. Didn’t you hear the Dow Jones whishing by on it’s way down?
Oh, yeah. Funny how my Obama-voting relatives (who are a lot more “comfortable” than we are) are studiously ignoring me these days. Last week I sent my little brother an email, “Buyers remorse yet?”
/nada back ;-)
204 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:18:36am |
re: #197 Carl in Jerusalem
Shhh…. Can’t say that stuff….
Well….look at New Orleans….a virtual utopian paradise of harmony and good governance ‘til Carl Rove turned his Zionist weather machine onto the happless city.
/
208 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:21:06am |
re: #200 Carl in Jerusalem
Yup, that’s The One.
And, SEIU was the union that took away one legal holiday and replaced it with some Muslim holiday at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville, TN.
210 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:21:49am |
re: #201 Carl in Jerusalem
He was a monster in your closet. The problem is that now he has come out….
I can hardly wait until we shove him back into the closet, i.e., the private sector.
212 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:22:14am |
re: #203 littleoldlady
I almost hate to say it, LoL….but I plan on saying nothing to my 0-adoring sister and brother-in-law for awhile because I have a feeling they’re in for another 3 and 2/5ths years worth of buyer’s remorse and I suspect I’ll have ample opportunity to say ‘I told you so’…
214 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:25:38am |
re: #204 Fenway_Nation
Well….look at New Orleans….a virtual utopian paradise of harmony and good governance ‘til Carl Rove turned his Zionist weather machine onto the happless city.
/
Rove did that? I thought it was Bushitler.
215 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:26:23am |
216 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:27:29am |
re: #212 Fenway_Nation
I almost hate to say it, LoL….but I plan on saying nothing to my 0-adoring sister and brother-in-law for awhile because I have a feeling they’re in for another 3 and 2/5ths years worth of buyer’s remorse and I suspect I’ll have ample opportunity to say ‘I told you so’…
How much of that 64% in favor (of the bailouts) do you think are just ashamed to admit so quickly that they were wrong?
217 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:27:51am |
re: #214 Carl in Jerusalem
Rove did that? I thought it was Bushitler.
*Tsk tsk*
Rove was the one pulling the strings- how could you be so naiive?
218 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:30:48am |
re: #212 Fenway_Nation
I really don’t want to say “I told you so”. I really don’t want my capitalist/communist cousin to go out of business, my podiatrist cousin to not be able to retire, and my brother (“He’s gonna be moderate if he wants to be re-elected”) to be stuck in that tiny Manhattan apartment forever.
219 | goddessoftheclassroom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:31:05am |
{littleoldlady}
{MandyManners}
(Fenway_Nation}
(Carl in Jerusalem}
220 | rightside Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:32:12am |
re: #219 goddessoftheclassroom
Feeling less stressed today?
221 | jim in virginia Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:33:37am |
Morning all!
Some random thoughts on last night’s speechifying:
Nancy Pelosi’s cheerleading and Biden’s smirk: what kind of drugs are they on?
The relentless (sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant ) bashing of big business and former Presidents. “For the last ten years….” I bet Clinton is pissed.
No memorable phrases. WaPo end of world headline this morning is “Day of Reckoning.” I reckon that was the best they could do.
Utter lack of specifics. Two of Barry’s points stick out. “No earmarks in the stimulus” but the people of Minneapolis are safer because we funded 54 new police officers there.
Do the good people of Minneapolis really want and need to trust their safety to the generosity of the Federal government?
I miss Ronald Reagan. Heck, I miss both G. Bushes.
222 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:33:44am |
I’m trying to decide which of them is the bigger moron.
By the way, I heard that Octomom is a ‘Palestinian’ (at least on her father’s side).
Perfectly within the national character….
223 | goddessoftheclassroom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:34:13am |
re: #220 rightside
Feeling less stressed today?
Well, in fact, my anxiety/stress is maxing out right now. This afternoon my boys and I are going to a custody mediation with my EH. He is petitioning for joint legal custody.
225 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:35:22am |
re: #221 jim in virginia
Morning all!
Some random thoughts on last night’s speechifying:
Nancy Pelosi’s cheerleading and Biden’s smirk: what kind of drugs are they on?
The relentless (sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant ) bashing of big business and former Presidents. “For the last ten years….” I bet Clinton is pissed.
No memorable phrases. WaPo end of world headline this morning is “Day of Reckoning.” I reckon that was the best they could do.
Utter lack of specifics. Two of Barry’s points stick out. “No earmarks in the stimulus” but the people of Minneapolis are safer because we funded 54 new police officers there.
Do the good people of Minneapolis really want and need to trust their safety to the generosity of the Federal government?I miss Ronald Reagan. Heck, I miss both G. Bushes.
I’m surprised the 54 cops aren’t contingent on Franken being declared the winner (maybe they are).
I miss Bush 43. I don’t miss Bush 41. Sorry. I lived through the end of that administration in Israel.
226 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:36:12am |
re: #223 goddessoftheclassroom
Well, in fact, my anxiety/stress is maxing out right now. This afternoon my boys and I are going to a custody mediation with my EH. He is petitioning for joint legal custody.
Good luck. How old are the boys now?
227 | rightside Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:36:30am |
re: #223 goddessoftheclassroom
I hope all goes well for you.
228 | goddessoftheclassroom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:37:45am |
230 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:39:11am |
G’day from Down Under to {everyone}
{goddessoftheclassroom} Thinking of you, and I wish you all the best for the mediation hearing - what an ordeal this is for you
231 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:39:33am |
re: #221 jim in virginia
Nancy Pelosi’s cheerleading and Biden’s smirk: what kind of drugs are they on?
Drunk with power.
234 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:43:41am |
Here’s a story of one school bus driver ……
UPDATE: Couriermail.com.au readers have backed the actions of a frustrated school bus driver who took a coach load of children to a police station.
The driver reacted after he was hit in the back of the head by a flying lolly.
The Queensland Times at Ipswich reports that local police then entered the bus and gave the students “a good dressing down
I can just imagine the outrage from some of the parents defending their little horrors..
235 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:44:16am |
236 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:48:09am |
re: #223 goddessoftheclassroom
I hope the hearing goes well in your favour.
237 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:48:18am |
re: #218 littleoldlady
I really don’t want to say “I told you so”. I really don’t want my capitalist/communist cousin to go out of business, my podiatrist cousin to not be able to retire, and my brother (“He’s gonna be moderate if he wants to be re-elected”) to be stuck in that tiny Manhattan apartment forever.
The thing is, I have no kids as of now. It’s my nephew’s future that’s being mortgaged by his parent’s choice for president.
Of course, they’ll tell me it’s all Bush’s fault if I bring it up.
238 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:48:26am |
re: #233 littleoldlady
aussie! :-)
{littleoldlady} good to see you!
I was trying to get here for fruitcup but I spent an hour on the phone with a dear friend who is still grieving for her marriage, two and a half years after her hubby decided to trade her in for a younger model
In a couple of weeks, we’re going into town for a very long lunch - and we’ll organise a limo driver to come and get us (limo driver = Mr Aussiemagpie)
239 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:49:45am |
240 | goddessoftheclassroom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:50:06am |
re: #236 BlueCanuck
I hope the hearing goes well in your favour.
Thanks. The best outcome is for my EH to accept my visitation offer before the whole process starts. Second best is for the mediator to suggest that he accept the offer. The mediator can’t MAKE either of us accept anything.
If we can’t agree, he can take his case to a judge. I’m resigned to have to deal with that later.
241 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:51:12am |
re: #222 Carl in Jerusalem
I’m trying to decide which of them is the bigger moron.
By the way, I heard that Octomom is a ‘Palestinian’ (at least on her father’s side).
Perfectly within the national character….
No. She’s an American, through and through. Pig-headed entitlement is a trait present in all nations.
I feel for the grandmother because she cannot just kick that ungrateful cow out of the house because that would mean kicking out the six kids who already live there. However, her daughter’s disrespect is breath-takingly base.
I don’t know if I can bring myself to watch Part 2 of the video. I heard the audio played on the radio (a rock station, of all things, that has no morning show) yesterday morning and it pissed me off for hours and hours.
My parents took me in when I had to flee my abusive husband while I was pregnant. Heck, they flew in as the movers were packing me up and rented a car to take them back to Denver, over 1,000 miles away. I will forever be in their debt for this. Sure, we butted heads a bit but, I never would’ve dreamed of treating them as that selfish cow is treating her mother.
She should kiss the ground her parents tread. Instead, she treats her mother as if she’s a fucking moron worthy of derision and mocking.
I don’t blame her dad for going back to Iraq to be a translator for our forces. I’d rather be in a war zone than put up with that ingrate.
242 | littleoldlady Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:51:45am |
re: #238 aussiemagpie
a dear friend who is still grieving for her marriage, two and a half years after her hubby decided to trade her in for a younger model
I have a friend in the same boat.
/except for her it’s been TEN YEARS
//and she DOESN’T drink!
///so there’s NO helping her!
245 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:52:48am |
re: #223 goddessoftheclassroom
Well, in fact, my anxiety/stress is maxing out right now. This afternoon my boys and I are going to a custody mediation with my EH. He is petitioning for joint legal custody.
AAAIIIYEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Stand fast, goddess. I’ll keep you and your sons in my thoughts and prayes.
246 | goddessoftheclassroom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:52:49am |
re: #238 aussiemagpie
{littleoldlady} good to see you!
I was trying to get here for fruitcup but I spent an hour on the phone with a dear friend who is still grieving for her marriage, two and a half years after her hubby decided to trade her in for a younger model
In a couple of weeks, we’re going into town for a very long lunch - and we’ll organise a limo driver to come and get us (limo driver = Mr Aussiemagpie)
Aussie, PLEASE tell your friend that you have another friend who endured the same thing. Tell her that in effect, her husband “died”—the fault is not hers but her husband’s pursuit of his own pleasure instead of his honor and commitments. Yes, it’s painful, but there isn’t anything she could have done.
Tell her that a real man wants to BE a man, not Peter Pan, and that she’s neither Tinker Bell nor Wendy.
I’m keeping her in my prayers.
247 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:53:42am |
Bye littleoldlady. See you tomorrow morning.
248 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:54:45am |
re: #240 goddessoftheclassroom
Thanks. The best outcome is for my EH to accept my visitation offer before the whole process starts. Second best is for the mediator to suggest that he accept the offer. The mediator can’t MAKE either of us accept anything.
If we can’t agree, he can take his case to a judge. I’m resigned to have to deal with that later.
IIRC, he doesn’t have a good record of being a dad before/during/after the divorce, does he?
250 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:56:24am |
re: #238 aussiemagpie
with a dear friend who is still grieving for her marriage, two and a half years after her hubby decided to trade her in for a younger model
Why do some men do this? Is it a desperate bid to stay young themselves? (No, I am NOT excusing this.)
251 | goddessoftheclassroom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:57:01am |
re: #248 MandyManners
IIRC, he doesn’t have a good record of being a dad before/during/after the divorce, does he?
Correct. I’ve submitted a narrative to that effect. I’m fighting a family court mindset that it’s always in the children’s best interest for the parents to have joint legal custody. I have to show that in this case, it isn’t.
If it goes to a judge and he/she awards joint legal custody, I’ll have to communicate with the EH despite my have a court order protecting me from just that.
252 | jim in virginia Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:57:02am |
253 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:58:06am |
re: #239 BlueCanuck
A six martini power lunch?
/sounds like she deserves it.
Hi there!
Power lunch, though not with martinis - we’re both committed Aussie chardy and bubbly drinkers :-)
We both like to make sure the quality of Aussie wines is kept at a high standard, by regularly testing it :-)
254 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:58:12am |
re: #250 MandyManners
Maybe. When I turned 30 mine took up with a 19 year old.
255 | goddessoftheclassroom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 3:58:16am |
Well, it’s a beautiful dawn here in Western PA—that helps, but not nearly as much as your sympathy and good wishes/prayers. I will get through this.
Have a great day!
256 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:00:14am |
re: #242 littleoldlady
I have a friend in the same boat.
/except for her it’s been TEN YEARS
//and she DOESN’T drink!
///so there’s NO helping her!
Goodness, ten years? The woman needs help…send her here to me and I’ll soon have her drinking/
257 | jim in virginia Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:01:30am |
Fox news: Did Obama shade the truth?
258 | Crux Australis Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:02:21am |
Hi aussiemagpie,
Do you think that Kevin Rudd is going to call an early election for either later this year or early next year (2010). I’m getting a little suspicious because Anna Bligh in Queensland is going early (March 21). 6 Months before the end of her term. If she does win it will be the first time a woman has won a state election in her own right in Australia’s history.
Somethings obviously going on behind the scenes. I wish I was still working at my old bosses electoral office at this time.
259 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:02:57am |
re: #251 goddessoftheclassroom
Correct. I’ve submitted a narrative to that effect. I’m fighting a family court mindset that it’s always in the children’s best interest for the parents to have joint legal custody. I have to show that in this case, it isn’t.
If it goes to a judge and he/she awards joint legal custody, I’ll have to communicate with the EH despite my have a court order protecting me from just that.
I HATE rebuttable presumption. It is based upon the idea that both parties in all divorces are decent people and good parents, and that is not always the case.
260 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:03:43am |
re: #246 goddessoftheclassroom
Aussie, PLEASE tell your friend that you have another friend who endured the same thing. Tell her that in effect, her husband “died”—the fault is not hers but her husband’s pursuit of his own pleasure instead of his honor and commitments. Yes, it’s painful, but there isn’t anything she could have done.
Tell her that a real man wants to BE a man, not Peter Pan, and that she’s neither Tinker Bell nor Wendy.
I’m keeping her in my prayers.
Thank you {goddess} I will tell her this - she is still blaming herself for being awful, stupid, unattractive etc etc None of which apply to her
I left you a message of support ^^^I’m thinking of you too and all the best for the mediation hearing
261 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:03:55am |
re: #254 Killer Tomato
Maybe. When I turned 30 mine took up with a 19 year old.
Moron. What’ll happen when this one turns 30?
262 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:04:18am |
re: #255 goddessoftheclassroom
Well, it’s a beautiful dawn here in Western PA—that helps, but not nearly as much as your sympathy and good wishes/prayers. I will get through this.
Have a great day!
GOOD LUCK!
263 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:04:35am |
re: #252 jim in virginia
Off 325 today.
Is that a guess or based on the futures market?
/So much for yesterday’s rise - it was probably just technical
264 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:05:42am |
re: #261 MandyManners
LOL
No idea - at some point you’d think they get too old to trade up/down. (unless they’re fabulously wealthy)
265 | jim in virginia Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:05:43am |
Wretchard has a sobering look at The Way Things Are
Brooks long ago learned to distrust people who thought they had all the answers. “The political history of the 20th century is the history of social-engineering projects executed by well-intentioned people that began well and ended badly.” And Obama sounds like he’s got a big project for us all.
I’m off to work Play safe y’all.
266 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:06:43am |
re: #260 aussiemagpie
Thank you {goddess} I will tell her this - she is still blaming herself for being awful, stupid, unattractive etc etc None of which apply to her
I left you a message of support ^^^I’m thinking of you too and all the best for the mediation hearing
This might sound superficial and silly but, have you considered treating her to a few hours at a day spa, complete with a make-over? It’s not meant to convince her that she isn’t attractive but, that she IS. Sometimes a little indulgence goes a long way.
267 | rightside Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:07:43am |
re: #264 Killer Tomato
I was just going to say, look at Hugh Heffner lol. You’d have to pay a lot to date him.
268 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:08:02am |
re: #264 Killer Tomato
LOL
No idea - at some point you’d think they get too old to trade up/down. (unless they’re fabulously wealthy)
Or, have a supply of Viagra.
271 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:10:37am |
I didn’t watch much of CBBHO’s speech last night but, looking at the footage on Fox this morning, I see what others commented on. She had a self-satisfied smirk that I’d love to see wiped off.
274 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:12:50am |
re: #268 MandyManners
Excuse me, could you pass the brain bleach?
Thanks.
275 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:14:12am |
re: #250 MandyManners
Why do some men do this? Is it a desperate bid to stay young themselves? (No, I am NOT excusing this.)
Mandy, my friend had been with her husband since high school, and they were married for 34 years!
He’d taken off before years ago but they got back together - so this was no shock to their friends
He’s in a job where he’s surrounded by young women…
BTW my ex is getting married on Saturday and we’re going to the wedding :-)
His new bride is 20 years younger than him! However they are suited and she has been a friend for many years
We’ve been divorced for many years, and I’ve lived through a series of his girlfriends - a golddigger, a bimbo, a girl with definite problems, etc so at last he’s settling down with someone decent
Understanding men is a real challenge……
276 | jim in virginia Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:15:12am |
re: #263 Carl in Jerusalem
wild guess.
See you guys later.
277 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:15:32am |
re: #274 Killer Tomato
Excuse me, could you pass the brain bleach?
Thanks.
Want the wire brush, too?
278 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:16:09am |
re: #271 MandyManners
I didn’t watch much of CBBHO’s speech last night but, looking at the footage on Fox this morning, I see what others commented on. She had a self-satisfied smirk that I’d love to see wiped off.
I didn’t watch any of it, but frankly, I’m done with the slugs that took over my country (and I’m not exactly overwhelmed with the response from the other side of the aisle).
If I wasn’t one of the people in the US who are lucky enough to still be working full time, I’d start an opposition movement.
L.O.M.A.
Loyal Opposition, My Ass.
I don’t think there’s anything they’re doing, proposing or thinking about that I’m even remotely interested in being loyal to.
279 | SteveC Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:16:43am |
Well, after the Great One’s speech, I had a good night’s sleep…
… because I didn’t lie in bed trying to figure out what he really meant. It was all “Yes, you can have that… and you can have a little of this! Oh, you want a big helping, too? Well step right up!”
He intends to give the whole frakkin’ country away, and we’ve got to pay for it. Pretty easy to figure out.
280 | 3 wood Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:17:23am |
Good morning.
Look for the market to open down slightly, for 2 reasons.
First, there will be the obligatory profit taking and short selling off of yesterdays rise.
Second, last night’s speech by the Messiah was not exactly President Reagan saying that our best day’s are still ahead of us, and he again was absent any details on the bank plan.
The bank stress test being done by Geithner is a joke. It is ni news to anyone that the banks are stressed. I think my black labrador knows that the banks are stressed. And the single biggest reason why they are stressed is this ridiculous “mark to market” standard that the SEC and the Treasury keep sticking to.
Giethner reminds me of the manager who does not know how to fix real problems in the office, so he looks busy doing all kinds of special projects instead.
281 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:18:29am |
re: #275 aussiemagpie
Mandy, my friend had been with her husband since high school, and they were married for 34 years!
He’d taken off before years ago but they got back together - so this was no shock to their friends
He’s in a job where he’s surrounded by young women…
BTW my ex is getting married on Saturday and we’re going to the wedding :-)
His new bride is 20 years younger than him! However they are suited and she has been a friend for many years
We’ve been divorced for many years, and I’ve lived through a series of his girlfriends - a golddigger, a bimbo, a girl with definite problems, etc so at last he’s settling down with someone decent
Understanding men is a real challenge……
Thirty-four years? Oh, that must be a kick in the stomach! I hope the bastard reaps what he sows.
As for understanding men, I’m thinking raising The Kid might give me a few insights into the male psyche. One of my more important goals is to teach him to never, ever hit a woman.
282 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:19:33am |
re: #275 aussiemagpie
Understanding men is a real challenge……
Hmmm, I have heard and said the same thing about women. :)
/men are simple, drink, eat, sleep. Everything else is just extras.
283 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:21:27am |
re: #278 Killer Tomato
I didn’t watch any of it, but frankly, I’m done with the slugs that took over my country (and I’m not exactly overwhelmed with the response from the other side of the aisle).
If I wasn’t one of the people in the US who are lucky enough to still be working full time, I’d start an opposition movement.
L.O.M.A.
Loyal Opposition, My Ass.
I don’t think there’s anything they’re doing, proposing or thinking about that I’m even remotely interested in being loyal to.
Even if the plan had some good points in it, I couldn’t support those points because they’d come at the expense of the damage that will be done to the entire nation.
284 | SteveC Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:22:20am |
Guys are like Captain Kirk. We want to sit in the big comfy chair, right in front of the big screen TV, and have a lot of people answer our every beck and call.
285 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:22:38am |
re: #280 3 wood
Good morning.
Look for the market to open down slightly, for 2 reasons.
First, there will be the obligatory profit taking and short selling off of yesterdays rise.
Second, last night’s speech by the Messiah was not exactly President Reagan saying that our best day’s are still ahead of us, and he again was absent any details on the bank plan.
The bank stress test being done by Geithner is a joke. It is ni news to anyone that the banks are stressed. I think my black labrador knows that the banks are stressed. And the single biggest reason why they are stressed is this ridiculous “mark to market” standard that the SEC and the Treasury keep sticking to.
Giethner reminds me of the manager who does not know how to fix real problems in the office, so he looks busy doing all kinds of special projects instead.
Pardon my ignorance but, what’s “mark to market”?
286 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:22:57am |
re: #258 Crux Australis
Hi aussiemagpie,
Do you think that Kevin Rudd is going to call an early election for either later this year or early next year (2010). I’m getting a little suspicious because Anna Bligh in Queensland is going early (March 21). 6 Months before the end of her term. If she does win it will be the first time a woman has won a state election in her own right in Australia’s history.
Somethings obviously going on behind the scenes. I wish I was still working at my old bosses electoral office at this time.
I bet you still wish you were working there!
My prediction - an early Federal election as most people aren’t suffering enough yet so PM Rudd is still popular
He’d be worried about the publicity given to job losses now - this has been hushed up all last year even with big job losses in the financial sector
Now the union jobs are going - the gloss will come off Kevin soon enough
He also wants that emissions trading scheme up and running in 2010 and this would be impossible to sell in this climate - I reckon it will go on the backburner until after he’s re- elected early
287 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:23:54am |
re: #275 aussiemagpie
Mandy, my friend had been with her husband since high school, and they were married for 34 years!
He’d taken off before years ago but they got back together - so this was no shock to their friends
He’s in a job where he’s surrounded by young women…
BTW my ex is getting married on Saturday and we’re going to the wedding :-)
His new bride is 20 years younger than him! However they are suited and she has been a friend for many years
We’ve been divorced for many years, and I’ve lived through a series of his girlfriends - a golddigger, a bimbo, a girl with definite problems, etc so at last he’s settling down with someone decent
Understanding men is a real challenge……
And understanding women isn’t?
/Happily married for 27+ years
288 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:24:01am |
289 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:25:36am |
Good Morning Lizards!
OK, I will admit right up front that I did not watch any of last nights drama. I can’t stand that stuff. SOTU addresses just aggravate me. All that political theater is such a waste of time. Mine and theirs.
I have a busy day ahead of me so I will be here very sporadically.
290 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:26:34am |
re: #266 MandyManners
This might sound superficial and silly but, have you considered treating her to a few hours at a day spa, complete with a make-over? It’s not meant to convince her that she isn’t attractive but, that she IS. Sometimes a little indulgence goes a long way.
Mandy, thanks for the suggestion
She’s locked herself away really, except for work and I will give her a little gift voucher when we go out for lunch :-)
291 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:26:50am |
re: #285 MandyManners
Pardon my ignorance but, what’s “mark to market”?
It means you have to use the real market value rather than the historical one.
Values of financial instruments move with interest rates and economic prospects. Marking them to market gives you their real value rather than their historical one.
292 | yesandno Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:27:08am |
Even though this wasn’t the SOTU, the fact they were in that hallowed chamber should have meant something to all of us.
For me, it was the first time I ever looked at the people who represent us with disdain and loathing. Ususally I can focus on the good. But last night I just saw pictures of people that lied and cheated and sold this country down the pike for a few bucks in kickbacks….power hungry narcissists.
As camera’s jumped from one “leader” to another, I saw the tax cheats, the race baiters, the ineffective, the anti-Americans and I was appalled.
Time to march on Washington………………
293 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:27:59am |
re: #290 aussiemagpie
Mandy, thanks for the suggestion
She’s locked herself away really, except for work and I will give her a little gift voucher when we go out for lunch :-)
Is she morphing into depression that’s beyond situational depression?
296 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:28:56am |
re: #291 Carl in Jerusalem
It means you have to use the real market value rather than the historical one.
Values of financial instruments move with interest rates and economic prospects. Marking them to market gives you their real value rather than their historical one.
So, what’s wrong with that?
297 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:30:11am |
re: #266 MandyManners
Exellent idea!I know when my marridge failed i felt worthless.it took the help of some good friends to bring me around.
298 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:30:18am |
re: #292 yesandno
Even though this wasn’t the SOTU, the fact they were in that hallowed chamber should have meant something to all of us.
For me, it was the first time I ever looked at the people who represent us with disdain and loathing. Ususally I can focus on the good. But last night I just saw pictures of people that lied and cheated and sold this country down the pike for a few bucks in kickbacks….power hungry narcissists.
As camera’s jumped from one “leader” to another, I saw the tax cheats, the race baiters, the ineffective, the anti-Americans and I was appalled.
Time to march on Washington………………
Pitch-forks and torches?
299 | SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:30:50am |
re: #289 Ford_Prefect
Good Morning Lizards!
OK, I will admit right up front that I did not watch any of last nights drama. I can’t stand that stuff. SOTU addresses just aggravate me. All that political theater is such a waste of time. Mine and theirs.
I have a busy day ahead of me so I will be here very sporadically.
Didn’t watch it either. Saw the news item on Fox with the “we’re not quitters” letter the girl wrote from some school in SC.
I don’t get it. If you’re asking the gov’t to save you, isn’t that quitting on yourself ?
BamBam seemed to like that line, me not so much.
I’m digging holes….
300 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:31:00am |
302 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:33:11am |
re: #295 SteveC
I heard that record. Please, Scotty, if you love humanity….
I once saw Leonard Nimoy portray Sherlock Holmes. He was pretty awesome. Jeremy Britt did a good job on the BBC, but Nimoy was just as good.
As good as Brett? Wow. That’s high praise.
I’m reminded of David Suchet. Never was an equal to his portrayal of Poirot.
303 | 3 wood Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:33:46am |
re: #285 MandyManners
Hi Mandy. “Mark to market” is a requirement that the banks value assets on their books based on whatever their market value is at the moment. The problem with this is it makes you overvalue assets in a good economy and undervalue them in a bad economy.
Imagine that you had to sell your house by the end of today, and everyone knew it. You’d be lucky to get 40 cents on the dollar for the property. But if you could sell it over the next few months, the price (value) you get would be much higher.
This requirement if “mark to market” if forcing banks to write down big losses based on that pricing mechanism, even on loans that will end up being good in the long run. This financially damages the banks and makes them not want to lend anymore.
If we just drop the “mark to market” stupidity and go back to what we used before that, which was discounted cash flows, this banking problem would be cut in half at least, and the banks would be willing to lend again.
But Geithner sticks with this insanity, I believe, cause he does not know what else to do.
It’s an obvious move to make and the fact that he does not do it is speaking loudly to the market that he is in over his head.
304 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:34:26am |
I’m looking at Pelosi before she jumped to her feet last night. It appears that she had a list of cues—she was looking to something to her right on the table. Anyone else notice this?
305 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:34:59am |
re: #281 MandyManners
Thirty-four years? Oh, that must be a kick in the stomach! I hope the bastard reaps what he sows.
As for understanding men, I’m thinking raising The Kid might give me a few insights into the male psyche. One of my more important goals is to teach him to never, ever hit a woman.
I always loved her hubby, we were a group of 3 couples, all of us with two kids each about the same ages, and we did everything together - holidays, parties, we even built houses in the same suburb
All three couples divorced - not a good record at all
As for teaching the kid not to hit women, I wish this was something that just was natural and didn’t need to be taught but I did the same with my boy
One thing that distressed me recently, a patient with cigarette burns and she was not telling anything about it to us
Just one of those things, she said….
306 | 3 wood Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:36:46am |
re: #296 MandyManners
What’s wrong with is is forcing a spot market price on a long term asset.
Your house is not valued by the local tax assessor based on mark to market. It is done by comparable worth over time.
307 | SteveC Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:36:49am |
re: #299 SasquatchOnSteroids
Didn’t watch it either. Saw the news item on Fox with the “we’re not quitters” letter the girl wrote from some school in SC.
I don’t get it. If you’re asking the gov’t to save you, isn’t that quitting on yourself ?
BamBam seemed to like that line, me not so much.I’m digging holes….
As an SC resident, I can tell you that yes, that area is in bad shape, in some cases even worse than what is portrayed. There is a documentary out called “Corridor of Shame” about schools along the I-95 corridor; that seems to be where a lot of the problems are focused. But when you go there to do practically anything to help, no one wants to show any gumption and try to help themselves. Everyone has their hand out, and the “What are YOU going to do for US?” attitude is everywhere.
308 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:36:53am |
re: #282 BlueCanuck
Hmmm, I have heard and said the same thing about women. :)
/men are simple, drink, eat, sleep. Everything else is just extras.
LOL! There are so many books written about this!
309 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:37:26am |
BTW, Boston Red Sox play their first Spring Training game at 7:05 tonight against the Twins! They have an exhibition game at 1:05 against Boston College. Spring is here! OK, it is about 25 degrees out right now, but still, Spring is here!
310 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:37:43am |
re: #297 Boondock St. Bender
Exellent idea!I know when my marridge failed i felt worthless.it took the help of some good friends to bring me around.
311 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:38:17am |
re: #284 SteveC
Guys are like Captain Kirk. We want to sit in the big comfy chair, right in front of the big screen TV, and have a lot of people answer our every beck and call.
Have you been to my place then?/
312 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:38:29am |
re: #300 Killer Tomato
THAT’s what I should’ve bought stock in.
It’s not too late! You might also wanna’ check out stock in tar and feathers.
313 | right_wing2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:38:31am |
Ronald Reagan 2012. He may be gone, but at least he’s not Obama.
315 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:40:08am |
316 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:40:35am |
re: #287 Carl in Jerusalem
And understanding women isn’t?
/Happily married for 27+ years
Hi Carl
BTW Great blog you have :-) And congratulations on a happy 27+ years marriage!
317 | BlueCanuck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:41:09am |
Well time to bow out gracefully. Have a good one lizards, and I may lurk later. Stay scaly.
318 | right_wing2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:41:23am |
re: #307 SteveC
Unfortunately, it’s not just a lot of people in SC with the ‘What are you going to do for me’ attitude. It’s a lot of people around the country.
JFK once said ‘Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.’ The Democratic party (and too many Republicans) have turned that around 180 degrees.
319 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:41:44am |
re: #303 3 wood
Hi Mandy. “Mark to market” is a requirement that the banks value assets on their books based on whatever their market value is at the moment. The problem with this is it makes you overvalue assets in a good economy and undervalue them in a bad economy.
Imagine that you had to sell your house by the end of today, and everyone knew it. You’d be lucky to get 40 cents on the dollar for the property. But if you could sell it over the next few months, the price (value) you get would be much higher.
This requirement if “mark to market” if forcing banks to write down big losses based on that pricing mechanism, even on loans that will end up being good in the long run. This financially damages the banks and makes them not want to lend anymore.
If we just drop the “mark to market” stupidity and go back to what we used before that, which was discounted cash flows, this banking problem would be cut in half at least, and the banks would be willing to lend again.
But Geithner sticks with this insanity, I believe, cause he does not know what else to do.
It’s an obvious move to make and the fact that he does not do it is speaking loudly to the market that he is in over his head.
Isn’t one big problem the lack of credit right now?
320 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:42:56am |
re: #305 aussiemagpie
I always loved her hubby, we were a group of 3 couples, all of us with two kids each about the same ages, and we did everything together - holidays, parties, we even built houses in the same suburb
All three couples divorced - not a good record at all
As for teaching the kid not to hit women, I wish this was something that just was natural and didn’t need to be taught but I did the same with my boy
One thing that distressed me recently, a patient with cigarette burns and she was not telling anything about it to us
Just one of those things, she said….
Can you give her the numbers to local shelters and shrinks associated with them?
321 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:43:02am |
re: #293 MandyManners
Is she morphing into depression that’s beyond situational depression?
I’m thinking that - that’s why I called her tonight
322 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:43:29am |
re: #306 3 wood
What’s wrong with is is forcing a spot market price on a long term asset.
Your house is not valued by the local tax assessor based on mark to market. It is done by comparable worth over time.
It’s sinking in. Thanks for the explanations!
323 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:43:49am |
re: #318 right_wing2
And what’s going on now is designed to create more and more of them. Much easier to rule a nation of people trained to sit on their butts and wait for direction than a nation of people whose attitude is “I don’t need/want anything from you - get out of my way”.
324 | Bloodnok Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:44:50am |
Good morning. I go to bed at 11:30 and I miss four new threads? I gotta start drinking coffee at night.
326 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:46:33am |
re: #296 MandyManners
So, what’s wrong with that?
It sometimes makes your financial statements not look very good.
When you’re a broker and you have to maintain something called the net capital ratio, the valuations of financial instruments matter in determining what you have to hold in safe accounts and what you can keep trading.
327 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:46:45am |
re: #320 MandyManners
Can you give her the numbers to local shelters and shrinks associated with them?
Yes we did do that, and we know her lowlife partner too - he’s going to prison soon (we hope) on a drugs charge
328 | SteveC Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:46:49am |
re: #318 right_wing2
Unfortunately, it’s not just a lot of people in SC with the ‘What are you going to do for me’ attitude. It’s a lot of people around the country.
True, but I live here. This I can comment on and be reasonably certain I’m not just making noise. Other places…. not so much.
329 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:50:00am |
re: #309 Ford_Prefect
BTW, Boston Red Sox play their first Spring Training game at 7:05 tonight against the Twins! They have an exhibition game at 1:05 against Boston College. Spring is here! OK, it is about 25 degrees out right now, but still, Spring is here!
Sox are playing tonight? That calls for Sweet Caroline….
330 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:50:51am |
re: #316 aussiemagpie
Hi Carl
BTW Great blog you have :-) And congratulations on a happy 27+ years marriage!
Thanks and thanks again!
331 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:52:09am |
re: #319 MandyManners
Isn’t one big problem the lack of credit right now?
Yes, but the banks have to keep certain capital ratios and if their assets are undervalued they have less available for lending.
332 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:53:04am |
Headline in the Herald Sun
Obama Promises US the World….
That just about covers the speech?
334 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:55:35am |
335 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:56:16am |
re: #332 aussiemagpie
Headline in the Herald Sun
Obama Promises US the World….
That just about covers the speech?
With that group in charge? It’s more like “Obama promises the World the US”
(come and get it! ripe for the picking!)
336 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:57:09am |
re: #326 Carl in Jerusalem
It sometimes makes your financial statements not look very good.
When you’re a broker and you have to maintain something called the net capital ratio, the valuations of financial instruments matter in determining what you have to hold in safe accounts and what you can keep trading.
Geithner looks/acts like a frat rat in his first job out of college.
337 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:57:12am |
re: #333 scion9
Yeah. Pretty accurate.
No need to read all about it then :-)
We have our own version of Dear Leader here who is matching yours in throwing our hard earned around
338 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:57:21am |
Mmmmm. Holiday Inn Express coffee. Mmmmmm.
339 | chicago blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:57:30am |
Morning Lizards! Anyone else toss & turn last night?
340 | chicago blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:58:21am |
re: #338 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
OOO! Hey FBV, Did you wake & cake today?
*shamelessly holds her little paw out*
Cake? :)
341 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:58:31am |
re: #339 chicago blonde
All freakin’ night. All night.
342 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:59:13am |
re: #335 Killer Tomato
With that group in charge? It’s more like “Obama promises the World the US”
(come and get it! ripe for the picking!)
With all those trillions President Obama could have bought half the world for you all/
343 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 4:59:21am |
re: #327 aussiemagpie
Yes we did do that, and we know her lowlife partner too - he’s going to prison soon (we hope) on a drugs charge
Sometimes battered women hook up with a new partner who is cut from the same cloth as the old one in the mistaken belief that she *needs* a man in her life to give it validity.
344 | chicago blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:00:05am |
re: #341 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Yeah, me too. I’m nervous about what’s going to happen, then when I drift off one of the cats decides to play and jumps on my hair. Good thing I’m patient…
345 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:00:51am |
re: #331 Carl in Jerusalem
Yes, but the banks have to keep certain capital ratios and if their assets are undervalued they have less available for lending.
So if they get rid of the “mark to market” thingy, there will be more money to loan. Why doesn’t Geithner not see this? Does he not want to see it? Is he determined to help wreck this nation?
346 | Crux Australis Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:01:13am |
re: #337 aussiemagpie
Today I heard Obamas address and then Kevin Rudd in question time in the Australian parliament straight after each other.
Talking about saying a lot but not saying much at all.
347 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:01:31am |
re: #339 chicago blonde
Morning Lizards! Anyone else toss & turn last night?
No but, I dreamed that ACORN took over the National Weather Service and the SEIU.
348 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:02:07am |
re: #343 MandyManners
Sometimes battered women hook up with a new partner who is cut from the same cloth as the old one in the mistaken belief that she *needs* a man in her life to give it validity.
That’s so true Mandy
For some women it’s a never ending supply of lowlife men drifting through their lives - often leaving a baby as a souvenir
349 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:02:35am |
AmEx Encourages Cardholders to Leave
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It used to be that credit-card companies lured customers with cash rewards. Now American Express Co. is paying to get rid of them. The card issuer is offering selected customers a $300 AmEx prepaid gift card if they pay off their balances and close their accounts.
(Sounds like a good deal to me.)
Selected members — the company wouldn’t disclose how many — began receiving letters with the voluntary offer earlier this month, according to Molly Faust, an American Express spokeswoman. “It’s a relatively small number of cardmembers who have sizeable balances and little spending and payment activity,” she says.
(Sounds like good a good business move to me.)
“The intention is to help cardholders lower their debt and encourage responsible management of their credit,” says Ms. Faust. It’s being promoted as a means for customers to “simplify their finances.”
(OK, sounds like BS to me. They are not doing this for the customer, they are doing it for thenselves.)
This story has been getting negative coverage. I understand that it means fewer people with available credit, but it sounds as though these are people that have racked up large bills, aren’t paying them off and aren’t using them anymore. From a business stand point it would seem to make sense to get these people off their lists. I don’t have a problem with it. Opinions?
350 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:02:39am |
I listened to Doh!bama’s speech last night. It was really sweet, lets see, his personal stories…
Rich man gives away all his wealth, voluntarily
Town re-builds after tornado, using green (hippie) technology
Girl says, can you come and fix my school….
The America he wants….
Haves to the have-nots
Windmills (as long as Teddy and John can’t see them)
Daddy Gubment to fix everything.
351 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:03:05am |
re: #347 MandyManners
You win!
Man, I just tossed around and had a cat trying to give me a mohawk, but I didn’t have any hell dreams…
352 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:03:15am |
re: #345 MandyManners
Is he determined to help wreck this nation?
Yes. If you want to build a new building on an existing city block, you need to demolish the building that’s there.
353 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:03:18am |
re: #329 Carl in Jerusalem
Sox are playing tonight? That calls for Sweet Caroline….
Yeah baby! (Can you tell I am excited?)
354 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:03:24am |
355 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:03:44am |
re: #346 Crux Australis
Today I heard Obamas address and then Kevin Rudd in question time in the Australian parliament straight after each other.
Talking about saying a lot but not saying much at all.
Crux
I just NEVER listen to PM Rudd as I just can’t bear to hear his voice or look at his smug mug
Saves me getting angry :-)
356 | SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:04:55am |
I wouldn’t have been able to bear the sight of watching Telebama with Thing 1 and Thing 2 behind him.
I skipped it, went to bed, and woke up feeling good.
357 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:05:13am |
re: #354 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Mr. Blonde says I’m too long-winded to worry ‘bout that.
358 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:06:08am |
re: #353 Ford_Prefect
Hey Ford! Coffee today buddy, or are you so energized by the Sox you don’t need it?
359 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:06:53am |
re: #348 aussiemagpie
That’s so true Mandy
For some women it’s a never ending supply of lowlife men drifting through their lives - often leaving a baby as a souvenir
I’m loathe to blame the victim but, sometimes she has a flashing, neon sign over her head reading, “VICTIM”. Many need to work on themselves in therapy.
360 | Spare O'Lake Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:08:59am |
Good Morning LGF.
Rant on:
I find it physically sickening to watch as good people exercise such restraint and tie themselves up in constitutional knots while the precious right to freedom of speech is so brazenly abused by assorted political and religious zealots and racists as a cover for their openly discriminatory, hate-filled, xenophobic, pet grievances.
Holocaust denial, tolerance or even approval of genocides, calls for mass deportations of entire religious groups, vilification of the entire capitalist system, violent religious fundamentalism, attacks on the scientific curriculum, and any number of other assaults on our societal structures - take your pick. As the shrill cacophony increases in volume and scope, the sheer noise threatens to drown out attempts at rational discussion and debate of important mainstream political and religious issues.
Is it paranoid to worry that all this screaming and hatred may ultimately result in the limits of free speech soon being overwhelmed and even submerged - not because of any particular position, but rather because of the cumulative disruption of society’s ability to conduct rational debate? And if so, can the erosion of cherished liberties be far behind?
Rant off.
361 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:09:43am |
re: #350 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I listened to Doh!bama’s speech last night. It was really sweet, lets see, his personal stories…
Rich man gives away all his wealth, voluntarily
Town re-builds after tornado, using green (hippie) technology
Girl says, can you come and fix my school….The America he wants….
Haves to the have-nots
Windmills (as long as Teddy and John can’t see them)
Daddy Gubment to fix everything.
I wonder if it was a coincidence that The Weather Channel featured Greensburg’s green rebuilding yesterday.
362 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:10:12am |
Good Morning Comrades. Everybody have tingly legs last night.
364 | aboo-Hoo-Hoo Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:11:21am |
This is a quick chart and tech analysis of the Dow. We appear to have developed into a pattern known as a ‘falling channel’(the area I’ve noted in the brackets and between the two falling, parallel green lines) - a pattern considered bearish.
In the lower portion of the chart, I’ve underlined a couple of rising indicator’s and pointed to the corresponding rise(or even fall) in the Dow - this is a pattern we should expect to repeat itself in the near future.
Currently we appear to be in for a short-term rally(dead-cat); either to a level indicated by the lowest of the horizontal ‘white lines’(a resistance/support line) or to the upper bounds of the the ‘falling channel’ as indicated by the (1) - at which time the markets should resume their decline.
If by some chance we break-out of the upper bounds of the channel, this might be an indication of a reversal but at present there certainly doesn’t seem to be any grounds for optimism.
Personally, I’ve one position underwater which I hope to get out of with this little pop, after that, it’s all cash -baby- and stay short.
This is not a recommendation/solicitation and should only be considered for informational purposes, take-it for what its worth.
365 | SteveC Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:11:21am |
re: #362 opnion
Good Morning Comrades. Everybody have tingly legs last night.
Yes, but I took my medication and sat down, and it passed.
366 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:11:22am |
re: #352 Killer Tomato
Yes. If you want to build a new building on an existing city block, you need to demolish the building that’s there.
Well, they’re not just demolishing the building. They’re destroying the water and electric lines, too.
367 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:11:56am |
re: #358 Chicago Blonde
Hey Ford! Coffee today buddy, or are you so energized by the Sox you don’t need it?
What is this need thing? I just want it.
Do you have french vanilla?
368 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:12:42am |
re: #366 MandyManners
Well, they’re not just demolishing the building. They’re destroying the water and electric lines, too.
Utilities, infrastructure - it’s all overrated.
/
369 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:12:49am |
re: #351 Chicago Blonde
You win!
Man, I just tossed around and had a cat trying to give me a mohawk, but I didn’t have any hell dreams…
I’m glad my cat had a tendonectomy. At 22 pounds (mostly muscle), he could do some serious damage.
370 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:12:59am |
re: #359 MandyManners
I’m loathe to blame the victim but, sometimes she has a flashing, neon sign over her head reading, “VICTIM”. Many need to work on themselves in therapy.
Many of these women come from the same background - welfare mentality, no-one with a job in the family for generations, women used and abused, drugs, alcohol - it’s a different world they live in
and the support they get is the kind that keeps them in that life - welfare agencies whose employees would be out of jobs if they really worked on getting these people out of the welfare pit
371 | Beach Lover Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:13:28am |
Morning, Lizards. Yuck…Schumer on F&F right now. Did you see him last night when dear leader announed that “this mess we inherited”…Schumer shot up, leered at the GOP side and gleefully clapped. Geesh, what an idiot.
372 | legalpad Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:13:50am |
re: #349 Ford_Prefect
Good idea. Amex hasn’t liked me since my divorce. They keep their own special credit records.
373 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:14:11am |
re: #360 Spare O’Lake
Good Morning LGF.
Rant on:
I find it physically sickening to watch as good people exercise such restraint and tie themselves up in constitutional knots while the precious right to freedom of speech is so brazenly abused by assorted political and religious zealots and racists as a cover for their openly discriminatory, hate-filled, xenophobic, pet grievances.
Holocaust denial, tolerance or even approval of genocides, calls for mass deportations of entire religious groups, vilification of the entire capitalist system, violent religious fundamentalism, attacks on the scientific curriculum, and any number of other assaults on our societal structures - take your pick. As the shrill cacophony increases in volume and scope, the sheer noise threatens to drown out attempts at rational discussion and debate of important mainstream political and religious issues.
Is it paranoid to worry that all this screaming and hatred may ultimately result in the limits of free speech soon being overwhelmed and even submerged - not because of any particular position, but rather because of the cumulative disruption of society’s ability to conduct rational debate? And if so, can the erosion of cherished liberties be far behind?
Rant off.
You’re in fine form today!
We’re catching it from all sides.
And, no. It’s not paranoia. They ARE out to get us.
374 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:14:23am |
re: #366 MandyManners
Personally, I think the entire program should be titled ‘the bridge to nowhere’ because that’s exactly where we’re headed.
375 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:14:33am |
re: #367 Ford_Prefect
I can add a bit of vanilla for you, but sorry, just plain java.
376 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:14:40am |
re: #362 opnion
Good Morning Comrades. Everybody have tingly legs last night.
No but, that reminds me that I gotta’ go pee.
377 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:14:52am |
re: #365 SteveC
Yes, but I took my medication and sat down, and it passed.
Very wise, but be advised that the phenomenon will persist for the next four years.
378 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:15:21am |
re: #369 MandyManners
Aw, big boy! Mine only damaged my sleep, the little brat…
379 | summergurl Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:15:32am |
re: #349 Ford_Prefect
AmEx Encourages Cardholders to Leave
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(OK, sounds like BS to me. They are not doing this for the customer, they are doing it for thenselves.)This story has been getting negative coverage. I understand that it means fewer people with available credit, but it sounds as though these are people that have racked up large bills, aren’t paying them off and aren’t using them anymore. From a business stand point it would seem to make sense to get these people off their lists. I don’t have a problem with it. Opinions?
The idea that all credit is good credit is ludicrous. Banks have money for people with good payment history and jobs. If you can’t, or haven’t paid your debts, why is it necessary to “free up” credit for you? It’s not.
This is not a credit crisis, it is a repayment crisis.
It is the culmination of our years of poor lending practices and the forcing down the bank’s throat the CRIA. Becoming squatters in homes that are foreclosed on that we can’t afford, credit card companies paying down some of our balances…we are becoming a nation of irresponsible borrowers; a bailout mentality has enveloped the masses.
We need to suck it up and let the free market work this out. Maybe, heaven forbid, not buy something we can’t afford. Owning a home is not a right. We rented for years until we had saved enough for a down payment - our first home wasn’t much but it was a palace to us because we earned it.
380 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:15:40am |
re: #375 Chicago Blonde
I can add a bit of vanilla for you, but sorry, just plain java.
Oh, what the heck. As long as it is hot.
*holds out mug.
381 | SteveC Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:16:15am |
re: #371 Beach Lover
Morning, Lizards. Yuck…Schumer on F&F right now. Did you see him last night when dear leader announed that “this mess we inherited”…Schumer shot up, leered at the GOP side and gleefully clapped. Geesh, what an idiot.
There was a guy on Fox yesterday morning getting HAMMERED, and of course he turned around and blamed everything on GWB. We got to figure a way to get them off of that page.
382 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:16:28am |
re: #368 Killer Tomato
Utilities, infrastructure - it’s all overrated.
/
Let’s make sure that the unions demand three supervisors for every two workers when the lines are replaced!
383 | summergurl Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:16:59am |
re: #369 MandyManners
I’m glad my cat had a tendonectomy. At 22 pounds (mostly muscle), he could do some serious damage.
well my dog is 6 pounds soaking wet. She can lie on my stomach at night and all I get is a slight ab workout…
384 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:17:50am |
re: #370 aussiemagpie
Many of these women come from the same background - welfare mentality, no-one with a job in the family for generations, women used and abused, drugs, alcohol - it’s a different world they live in
and the support they get is the kind that keeps them in that life - welfare agencies whose employees would be out of jobs if they really worked on getting these people out of the welfare pit
I’ve seen DV in middle-class and upper-class situations here, and I bet it’s that way in Australia. The difference is that women from those backgrounds usually have the means to cover it up better.
385 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:18:02am |
re: #371 Beach Lover
I watched on Fox news…did you see the one GOPer stretch his hands out in disgust/disbelief when that was said? Good on him.
387 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:19:13am |
re: #374 Killer Tomato
Personally, I think the entire program should be titled ‘the bridge to nowhere’ because that’s exactly where we’re headed.
More like “The Bridge to Socialism” ‘cause that’s where CBBHO and his comrades in Congress and the MFM want us to go.
When a man tells you who he is, believe him.
388 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:19:22am |
re: #380 Ford_Prefect
*Adding some fresh half & half*
There you go.
389 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:19:40am |
Gotta’ get the day rolling for The Kid. bbl
390 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:22:31am |
re: #387 MandyManners
More like “The Bridge to Socialism” ‘cause that’s where CBBHO and his comrades in Congress and the MFM want us to go.
When a man tells you who he is, believe him.
Right, he is who he told us he is. I saw a poll somewhere just before the election that something like 26% of Americans favor Socialism.
I would qustion that, excepy I have extended family members that would be in that 26%.
391 | lurking faith Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:23:48am |
re: #349 Ford_Prefect
Well, in the current market they could be raising fees or interest rates on these customers, to rake in extra cash off the debts, but instead they’re offering cash back to holders of static accounts who are in a position to pay off their balance. A lot of companies would just quietly turn the screws.
Now, there’s a good chance that many of these customers won’t be able to pull out savings or tap other credit to pay off their AmEx account, but if they can do it, it might be a good deal for them.
However, any time you close a credit line, your credit rating can take a hit, because one part of your score depends on the ratio of how much you owe to how much credit you have available. So closing a credit card account is normally a bad idea for anybody who expects to make a large purchase or refinance anytime soon.
392 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:24:23am |
re: #384 MandyManners
I’ve seen DV in middle-class and upper-class situations here, and I bet it’s that way in Australia. The difference is that women from those backgrounds usually have the means to cover it up better.
Yes you’re right - domestic violence can happen in all classes -and don’t forget men can suffer silently as well
393 | right_wing2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:25:44am |
re: #323 Killer Tomato
And if you do have the ‘get out of my way’ attitude, you’re portrayed as selfish & greedy.
394 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:26:00am |
re: #388 Chicago Blonde
*Adding some fresh half & half*
There you go.
mmmmm. Delicious. Many thanks.
395 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:26:43am |
re: #390 opnion
Ever wonder how many young people with no knowledge of history or no idea of what socialism really means think it’s a great idea?
397 | Beach Lover Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:28:26am |
re: #385 Chicago Blonde
No, I missed that. I just couldn’t believe he has the guts to say out right lies now, and is getting away with it. Without somebody somewhere getting thru the haze of deception, we are certainly doomed. At least, in time to change anything. Still say he has to hurry to shove this all down our collective throats before the truth can get out there. I’m so frustrated our party leaders are so “complacent” for lack of a better word right now.
398 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:28:44am |
re: #395 Chicago Blonde
Ever wonder how many young people with no knowledge of history or no idea of what socialism really means think it’s a great idea?
Thats the really disturbing part. Ask them where socilaism has or is workink & you get an eye roll. Not an answer, just an eye roll.
399 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:30:02am |
Good morning lizards!
Obama Less Popular Than Chimpy-Bush McHitlerburton After 1 Month in Office
Racists!
401 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:31:05am |
re: #393 right_wing2
Yup - that’s me - Miss Selfish & Greedy!
re: #395 Chicago Blonde
Therein lies the problem. Speaking of which -
Massachusetts - The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 8-2 Tuesday to waive for at least two years the history and social science subject graduation requirement slated to kick in for students in the class of 2012.
402 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:32:39am |
re: #397 Beach Lover
There was a small group sitting stock-still last night as he spoke, not standing up or even clapping, that it did my heart some good. If just one comes forward and we can help him or her get the word out…
403 | FrogMarch Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:32:47am |
Is that Olberdouche saying “Oh God” before Bobby Jindal speaks?
[Link: www.realclearpolitics.com…]
Our media is so unprofessional.
404 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:33:28am |
re: #395 Chicago Blonde
Ever wonder how many young people with no knowledge of history or no idea of what socialism really means think it’s a great idea?
The thing with socialism, and even communism, is that, on the surface, it sounds like a good idea. Everybody is equal and has what they need. You don’t have to worry about money, etc. The problem is that they both run completely contrary to human nature and, therefore, will simply never work on a large scale. There will always be people that are lazy-good-for-nothings that will suck the system dry. The people that are good hard workers will then end up being resentful of the lazy people that do nothing and still get whatever they want. Young people often haven’t learned that lesson yet and so they think the idea sounds idyllic.
405 | right_wing2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:33:38am |
The Obamessiah has met my expectations at this point in his administration.
I thought he’d be doing a terrible job, and I expected he’d be doing everything he could to sprint towards socialism, and he is.
406 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:33:56am |
re: #398 opnion
Thats the really disturbing part. Ask them where socilaism has or is workink & you get an eye roll. Not an answer, just an eye roll.
“Like, dude, he’s going to take care of EVERYTHING. Chillax!”
Don’t get me started…
407 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:34:12am |
re: #401 Killer Tomato
Massachusetts - The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 8-2 Tuesday to waive for at least two years the history and social science subject graduation requirement slated to kick in for students in the class of 2012.
Sorry - hurried cut & paste - left out…
History testing in all grades (grades 5, 7, and 10/11) for 2009 and 2010 as well as the graduation requirement for high school students will be suspended. The high school History and Social Science exam was slated to become part of the state’s graduation requirement for students beginning with the class of 2012.
History? Who needs to know about that?
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408 | right_wing2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:35:06am |
re: #404 Ford_Prefect
Exactly right. And at some point, the people who work and have everything taken from them are going to say ‘F-ck it’, and stop working too.
409 | right_wing2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:36:34am |
re: #407 Killer Tomato
History? Who needs to know about that?
/////
Let me guess- they’ve decided some ethnic studies, Obama Worshipping and global warming-environmental activism classes come first?
410 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:36:53am |
re: #408 right_wing2
Exactly right. And at some point, the people who work and have everything taken from them are going to say ‘F-ck it’, and stop working too.
Either that or they decide to put their work ethic toward overturning the system. Either way the system breaks down.
411 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:37:08am |
re: #404 Ford_Prefect
And I remembered when I were a wee sprog in school they never talked about that aspect of it. The history classes were odd - a mix of superficial, with extreme detail being given to obscure things. I swear I remember being given the same packet on Sumerian city-states twice in two years and we barely glossed over, say, Russia/Stalin.
412 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:38:05am |
re: #395 Chicago Blonde
Ever wonder how many young people with no knowledge of history or no idea of what socialism really means think it’s a great idea?
The Mighty Litter Kicker thinks that socialism means you have to share your litter box, with the feline done the hall…:)
413 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:38:45am |
re: #401 Killer Tomato
And here I see they’re waiving more. *sigh*
Hey, I’m selfish and greedy with you, sister…
414 | Crux Australis Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:38:48am |
Is it true that American Idol was preempted for Obamas address?
415 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:39:46am |
re: #409 right_wing2
Let me guess- they’ve decided some ethnic studies, Obama Worshipping and global warming-environmental activism classes come first?
Hey - there’s only so many hours in a day, ya know.
416 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:40:45am |
re: #411 Chicago Blonde
That is true. I always thought it odd that my American History class in High School ran out of time right around the beginning of the 20th century. We never really got to WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, FDR, Kennedy… And we never really discussed the current government, which for me was Reagan.
417 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:41:08am |
re: #412 Dustyvet
Hey buddy!
In true Feline Socialism, all kitties would share all boxes, but some kitties would be more equal and get larger boxes with fresh litter (for the good of the Kitty Worker Party of course).
418 | yochanan Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:41:15am |
re: #201 Carl in Jerusalem
He was a monster in your closet. The problem is that now he has come out….
my wife used to tell the stories of the ‘mamaliga’ under the bed.
hand made matzah esp the round ones hard as a rock we could toss’um at the pali.
419 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:41:31am |
This has to be one of the funniest things I have seen in a while…
Taliban forces in the tribal areas have just joined together to form a united front against the Pakistani government. Their new organization?
Council of United Mujahideen, or CUM. I kid you not.
Best jihadi acronym ever?
Or does that title still belong to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, or MILF?
CUM.
It’s like they want us to mock them.
Tomorrow’s headlines, today:
“New Video: Taliban CUM on Filipino MILF”
Heh.
420 | FrogMarch Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:41:39am |
Good morning all.
So - I missed the big show last night. (I went to the Banff Film Festival instead - awesome)
I missed the semantic gymnastics, the rhetorical flourishes, the bullshit, the deception, the empty promises, and the display of a democrat attempting to act and sound like Ronald Reagan.
How was it?
421 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:43:11am |
re: #406 Chicago Blonde
“Like, dude, he’s going to take care of EVERYTHING. Chillax!”
Don’t get me started…
Obama is to a lot of people who they want him to be. He has told us who he is & yeyt many just ignore that part. For many though, they know who he is & buy in.
422 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:43:39am |
re: #416 Ford_Prefect
You too? Did it make you crazy too? We studied the Colonies and American Revolution so many times…of course that was important but yeah, where was Watergate? Where was WWII, which we again glossed over? And no, no mention of Viet Nam.
423 | yesandno Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:44:09am |
re: #343 MandyManners
Sometimes battered women hook up with a new partner who is cut from the same cloth as the old one in the mistaken belief that she *needs* a man in her life to give it validity.
Kind of like how the people in need see the government!
424 | yochanan Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:44:09am |
re: #419 NJDhockeyfan
This has to be one of the funniest things I have seen in a while…
Heh.
now i have to wipe the tea off the monitor. ROFLMAO
425 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:45:02am |
re: #421 opnion
For what it’s worth, I know. I do not buy in.
426 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:46:49am |
re: #421 opnion
Obama is to a lot of people who they want him to be. He has told us who he is & yeyt many just ignore that part. For many though, they know who he is & buy in.
I know who and what he is, and I’m not buying…period! The frigging village idiot sits in the White House. With work, just maybe we can make him a one-termer in 2012!
427 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:46:56am |
re: #425 Chicago Blonde
For what it’s worth, I know. I do not buy in.
Because you are actually thinking & have a sense of history.
428 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:48:11am |
re: #426 Dustyvet
I know who and what he is, and I’m not buying…period! The frigging village idiot sits in the White House. With work, just maybe we can make him a one-termer in 2012!
That is a beautiful thought, but to stop the bleeding, let’s turn over the House in 2010.
429 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:48:26am |
re: #427 opnion
Thanks. That and a sense of horror when I think about all that money being spent.
430 | Chicago Blonde Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:49:17am |
Guys, I’m gonna miss you. Gotta go for the day, I’ll be back tonight if I can.
431 | lurking faith Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:49:22am |
re: #360 Spare O’Lake
Response rant on:
Various stripes of leftists deliberately began a takeover of our educational system and our informational media, with the goal of indoctrinating us with the idea that there is no truth. Later leftists ran further amok and have been assiduously training the last couple of generations to believe that logic is the tool of the oppressor and that therefore argument does not need logic or evidence to be valid.
How do we hold a rational public discourse when much of the public has been trained to be unable to follow a rational argument, unable to distinguish between rational arguments and mere rhetorical flourishes, and unwilling to accept any argument that doesn’t tell them they are entitled to instant gratification all the time and without effort?
I know there have always been and will always be people who can’t reason their way out of a wet paper bag, and people who can think but often won’t take the trouble, but I fear the results of the deliberate crippling of minds that should have been fully functional. A crucial element of America’s strength has been its encouragement of ingenuity and self-reliance. We have been allowing the left to chip away at that quality for generations, to our great peril.
Rant off.
432 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:50:05am |
re: #428 opnion
That is a beautiful thought, but to stop the bleeding, let’s turn over the House in 2010.
Yup, I was getting to that…:)
433 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:50:23am |
re: #429 Chicago Blonde
Thanks. That and a sense of horror when I think about all that money being spent.
It is like a comedy, except it is setting up an actual disaster.
434 | Carl in Jerusalem Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:51:46am |
re: #414 Crux Australis
Is it true that American Idol was preempted for Obamas address?
I thought Obama is The American Idol.
435 | lurking faith Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:52:17am |
re: #381 SteveC
There was a guy on Fox yesterday morning getting HAMMERED, and of course he turned around and blamed everything on GWB. We got to figure a way to get them off of that page.
Well, the economy overall did very well under GWB, in spite of 9/11/01, until the Democrats took back control Congress. Hmmmmm…
438 | Killer Tomato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 5:59:51am |
Well comrades, I need to go talk to my investment guru and see about Mandy’s stock recommendations -
Torches
Pitchforks
Tar
Feathers
Maybe I’ll look into Rails, too.
Have a good day, all! I’ll check in later.
439 | lurking faith Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:02:23am |
re: #404 Ford_Prefect
I was taught the Tragedy of the Commons in school, both in history and in econ (twice each: middle school and high school). Don’t they teach about that anymore?
Seriously, if you think about it for more than two minutes, it becomes obvious that communism or socialism clashes with human nature and fails in any but the smallest communities. I don’t have much respect for the brains of anybody who thinksbelieves otherwise.
440 | lurking faith Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:03:03am |
441 | Beach Lover Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:03:45am |
re: #435 lurking faith
ya know, there’s always a little truth to what they say…but just a little. Bush did spend a lot, but look at the economy when those decisions were being made. and congress spends the money…the DEMS were in charge the last 2 years of spending. Interest rates were down, inflation a non event and jobs were plentiful. None of the problems we have now were even on the radar when we were rolling happily along. The GOP should mention this every chance they can get. It all started falling apart for the economy when the WOT no longer could be the issue for the Dems to take over the White House. Just my humble opinion.
442 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:05:39am |
443 | godfrey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:05:49am |
Morning, lizards. Here’s a truth that needs to be told widely:
Obama has already blown at least twice as much money in his first month in office as the total cost of the Iraq War.
Change!
444 | lurking faith Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:08:39am |
Well, lizards, I’m off to a job fair. I don’t have high hopes of this one, but still… wish me luck!
bbl
446 | FrogMarch Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:10:46am |
447 | Vicious Babushka Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:12:45am |
re: #444 lurking faith
Well, lizards, I’m off to a job fair. I don’t have high hopes of this one, but still… wish me luck!
bbl
Good luck!
I haven’t had a full time job since my last contract at Ford ended 2 years ago. If it wasn’t for the Zionist Mall I’d be in deep shit.
448 | FrogMarch Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:14:34am |
449 | Beach Lover Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:15:10am |
good comments over at NRO…
Wednesday, February 25, 2009Is He Really This Ignorant? [Charles Murray]
About halfway through the speech, my wife, watching me mutter darkly at the television screen, said: “Why are you so upset? He hasn’t said anything.” And that pretty much sums it up.I know the speech was supposed to be upbeat and not for policy wonks.
But I’m worried that it’s not just a matter of what he chooses to put in speeches, but what he knows. It looks very much as if the president is oblivious to everything we’ve learned about social programs and educational reforms in the last 40 years—and by “we” I include policy analysts on the left as well as right. The guy never indicates that he is aware that we’ve tried a whole bunch of the same stuff he wants to try and evaluated it repeatedly and—read my lips—it doesn’t work.
He makes a great candidate, though.
451 | SurferDoc Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:22:20am |
If He falls off the mound of bullshit he is adding to every time He opens his mouth, will the fall just break His ankle or our asses?
452 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:22:56am |
re: #349 Ford_Prefect
High balances,little activity.brilliant idea,if these folks had the cash to pay off their balances….don’t you think they would have by now..unless folks enjoy the orgasmic thrill of paying intrest on their purchases.Perhaps am/ex is betting folks would roll over the debt owed to them onto another card?If any other companies take that lying down,well,they deserve what they get.
And so am/ex ushers in the retail credit card meltdown…(this has been simmering for months now,the floodgates may have just opened.)
453 | rightside Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:24:37am |
Greasy Joe: “Do you know the website number?”
454 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:24:38am |
You’re not the only ones suffering with an egomaniac
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has splurged close to $3.4 million on overseas travel since coming to power, making him one of Australia’s most extravagant jet-setters.
The globe trotting PM has racked up one overseas trip every month on average - and spent close to one in six days on foreign soil.
Taxpayers have paid a hefty price for Mr Rudd’s 15 global trips but the PM is stoutly defending the amount of time he spends meeting world leaders.
But with the Government now forecasting a hefty budget deficit, the Opposition has slammed the travel costs an “absolute disgrace” and branded the PM “Emperor Kevin”.
One 18-day odyssey to the US, Belgium, Romania, Britain and China cost $640,749, according to details obtained by The Daily Telegraph.
Five-star accommodation and meals cost just over $100,000 while the cost of commercial airfares for Mr Rudd’s advance team hit $52,000.
Mr Rudd took 11 of his personal staff and wife Therese Rein, along with a flotilla of public servants, security personnel and his personal GP.
Meanwhile us poor plebs at home are earning the money to keep Kevin 747 in his grand lifestyle..*spit*
455 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:24:43am |
Evidence of one of Obama’s many lies. Obama insinuated that the school had not been touched since it was built 150 years ago and that it is falling apart. Relevant quote:
On November 8, 1980, the central portion of the main building was destroyed by fire. The administrative office, the library, and 16 classrooms were obliterated. While this portion of the school was being rebuilt, students attended school in Little Rock. New facilities were completed in March of 1983. Also, during the summer of 1982, the classrooms in the white building were remodeled.
Oh, white is referring to the color of the building and not a segregated building. FYI.
Here is the website for the school. Doesn’t look too bad to me. I’ve been to rundown schools in my youth and they didn’t look nearly as nice.
If you check out the media center you see that they have a computer lab, in school television studio, and video production and editing equipment.
No money? Check this out! Every year they take a school sponsored trip to Washington, D.C. When I was in school, in southern Georgia, we were lucky to be able to go on a school field trip to the Okefenokee swamp. Seriously! When I was in high school we went to Atlanta one year.
456 | Amer-I-Can Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:26:09am |
Good Morning Lizards! It’s official:
Kansas City Tea Party - Sponsored by Blind Mule
Come One, Come All to the Walk A Mile In MY Responsible Shoes Tea Party.
Bring Your Signs and Your Tea
Join Responsible Americans in peaceful protest aginst the Congressional Theft Act 2009 and the Swindle Us Mortgage Bail OutWhere To Meet: J.C. Nichols Fountain, 47th and J.C. Nichols Parkway K.C.MO.
1Mile Walk To: Senator Claire McCaskill (D) K.C. Office 4141 Pennsylvania Ave. K.C.MO.
Although American Tea Party and PJTV will list some of the planned Tea Party protests, we cannot vouch for their legitimacy.
I don’t know who else will be there, but I will… with bells on. I am open to suggestions for a good sign though…
457 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:26:19am |
Salutations, everyone.
I completely ignored Obama’s speech last night and instead focused on getting dishes done, making muffins, and watching an episode of House from a few weeks back that I had missed. And it was far more thought provoking than Obama could ever have been.
To my ears, all of Obama’s speeches sound the same. So I’m sure I missed nothing of value last night. The media will cover up for him, anyway.
458 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:26:41am |
Is it me, or is the final withdrawal of the troops coinciding with the peak 2010 mid-term elections?
Just want to know if anyone else caught that, or was I fashionably late for the dance as usual?
459 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:26:56am |
460 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:28:43am |
re: #458 smokefire
Is it me, or is the final withdrawal of the troops coinciding with the peak 2010 mid-term elections?
Just want to know if anyone else caught that, or was I fashionably late for the dance as usual?
Nope, he’s sent the surrender message loud and clear…
/S
461 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:28:55am |
re: #455 topazpilot
Evidence of one of Obama’s many lies. Obama insinuated that the school had not been touched since it was built 150 years ago and that it is falling apart. Relevant quote:
Oh, white is referring to the color of the building and not a segregated building. FYI.
Here is the website for the school. Doesn’t look too bad to me. I’ve been to rundown schools in my youth and they didn’t look nearly as nice.
If you check out the media center you see that they have a computer lab, in school television studio, and video production and editing equipment.
No money? Check this out! Every year they take a school sponsored trip to Washington, D.C. When I was in school, in southern Georgia, we were lucky to be able to go on a school field trip to the Okefenokee swamp. Seriously! When I was in high school we went to Atlanta one year.
That’s the school Obama’s complaining about? Oy. My junior high was far worse than this, and I’ve seen neighborhood schools that were almost as bad as mine. This is nothing.
462 | Amer-I-Can Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:29:14am |
Oh, and the “March” is organized on Facebook for anyone who has an account.
463 | Leonidas Hoplite Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:30:09am |
re: #458 smokefire
Is it me, or is the final withdrawal of the troops coinciding with the peak 2010 mid-term elections?
Just want to know if anyone else caught that, or was I fashionably late for the dance as usual?
Good point. The last I saw of the porkulus spending much of it seemed to coincide with the next presidential election though that may have changed as I stopped following it closely as I found it just made me ill.
Of course, even though AQI seems flat on its back doesn’t mean things can’t change if we don’t keep up the pressure.
464 | pingjockey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:31:16am |
re: #460 Dustyvet
How else are they gonna pay for any of this porkulus/union buy off/donk backer/repub shills/ bipartisan theivery? Gut the military. Clinton did it. That turned out well.////
465 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:31:34am |
Should be some good stuff to comment on later today,as the reveiws of hopeychanges pep-rally last nite come in.
I’m batting the times has a headline along the lines of:
Fearless messiah ushers in new golden age!eleventy!11
466 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:31:39am |
re: #456 Amer-I-Can
I don’t know who else will be there, but I will… with bells on. I am open to suggestions for a good sign though…
Stop the madness before we get Tetley.
467 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:32:35am |
Good morning y’all - from a moderate (35 degrees, going up to 56 degrees) but mostly cloudy Charlotte!
How is everyone doing this morning?
468 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:32:42am |
re: #460 Dustyvet
Dusty…………that was not what I meant. I mean, if things continue as they are, won’t the bringing home of the troops, at that specific time boost some of the Liberal Left’s candidates chances in the November elections?
469 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:32:46am |
re: #459 Dustyvet
Magpie,
I just got some wonderful news from down under…:)
Hi there! OK what is this news? *Dying of curiousity*
470 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:33:05am |
re: #465 Boondock St. Bender
Whoops…betting…PIMF..sigh
472 | Cathypop Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:33:31am |
re: #458 smokefire
Is it me, or is the final withdrawal of the troops coinciding with the peak 2010 mid-term elections?
Just want to know if anyone else caught that, or was I fashionably late for the dance as usual?
Exactly!
473 | pingjockey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:33:45am |
re: #467 realwest
Mornin’ RW. We are doing as fine as the hair on a frogs’ back this am.
474 | Pianobuff Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:33:54am |
And in other news, Arnold will be playing a weak and unprincipled girlie-man in an upcoming Stallone flick.
475 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:33:58am |
476 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:33:59am |
re: #458 smokefire
It didn’t occur to me until you mentioned it. Not surprised though with Democrats playing politics with the military.
477 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:34:07am |
re: #467 realwest
Morning real. 35 will be our high today.
478 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:34:25am |
re: #467 realwest
Morning realwest! spring is coming soon.
479 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:34:58am |
re: #467 realwest
Good morning y’all - from a moderate (35 degrees, going up to 56 degrees) but mostly cloudy Charlotte!
How is everyone doing this morning?
*Smooch* {darls} I’m wonderful and how are you? :-)
I’m extra happy because I’ve just completed most of a course, just a little exam to go!
480 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:35:12am |
re: #458 smokefire
1st thing I thought of. Same thing I thought when they rolled out the timetable for the stimulus spending
481 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:35:21am |
re: #465 Boondock St. Bender
Did you hear about the comment Olberdork made about Governor Jindal when he walked out? “Oh my God” or something like that.
482 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:35:54am |
re: #473 pingjockey
Morning ping, glad to hear that! I’m as fine as fresh spun cotton candy myself!
483 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:36:16am |
re: #474 Pianobuff
If Ahnald is the future of the Republican Party then…God love ‘em.
484 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:36:24am |
re: #475 sattv4u2
Dusty’s “chafing problem” has been resolved !
// j/k
LOL! As it’s late here and I’m always a lot more brain challenged at this time of night, it took me a minute or two to get that…..
485 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:36:33am |
re: #481 topazpilot
[Link: www.realclearpolitics.com…]
486 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:36:45am |
re: #467 realwest
I’m fine, and you?
OT HERE
Special info, for cook book owners, I will add a note of caution, when making the Spicy Thai Burgers.
Take Tums or some other Anti-Acid product.
Did a little variation on the Thai Burgers, and made Thai Meat Loaf. Was very good, but Damn, the acid/heartburn later was a killer.
Just a note of caution.
487 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:37:31am |
re: #480 sattv4u2
Now the enemy knows our exit strategy and timetable. Good job Obama. A lot of people are going to die for your political career.
488 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:37:47am |
re: #477 Ford_Prefect
Hi Ford! Gee, I’m sorry to hear that - y’all must be pretty cold right now if 35 is gonna be your high today!
489 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:38:32am |
Good morning all!
What’s going on?
Things are grey and cold in Obamaland (Illinois). I’m doing fine, but I really wish reality would catch up with His Pretenderness.
490 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:38:51am |
re: #481 topazpilot
This is even better. Biden, who is supposed to be taking a lead roll in letting the public know where all the money os going to go can’t remember the name of the website set up for us to track it
[Link: wbztv.com…]
492 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:39:02am |
re: #469 aussiemagpie
Hi there! OK what is this news? *Dying of curiousity*
I found my “Adopted Son, and two Grand kids” from Sydney, through Face Book. and they sent me a message this morning…:)
493 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:39:23am |
re: #478 Boondock St. Bender Hey there BSB! THAT”S what they keep TELLING US. I’ll believe it when I see it myself!
Crap - three weeks ago it was in the low 60’s here, then we spent two weeks with evening and early morning temps in the 20’s!
How are you doing today?
494 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:39:44am |
re: #481 topazpilot
Ahh,yes,classy as always.That jack-ass is gonna step on his dick big time one day.His contempararies must have to bite their tongues at his amatuerish antics.I’m not a big fan of Ann Coulter,but would love to see her slap him around for a little while.
495 | Silhouette Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:39:52am |
If Obama and dems think that
Old buildings = bad education,
someone really needs to get on the phone to Oxford and Cambridge and tell them.
496 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:40:02am |
re: #477 Ford_Prefect
Damn Ford………………..It’s New England, it’s winter, of course it’s going to be cold. Cmon Bud, we New Englanders should be able to handle it.
497 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:40:21am |
re: #484 aussiemagpie
LOL! As it’s late here and I’m always a lot more brain challenged at this time of night, it took me a minute or two to get that…..
No it’s not, I lost my chaffing dish in the divorce settlement…:)
498 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:40:32am |
re: #490 sattv4u2
I saw that on Fox and Friends this morning. Unbelievable! No one messes with Joe because Joe doesn’t know shit!
499 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:40:47am |
re: #479 aussiemagpie Hey good morning - late night? to you *smooch*! What course have you been studying and for how long?
500 | Leonidas Hoplite Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:41:23am |
re: #486 smokefire
I’m fine, and you?
OT HERE
Special info, for cook book owners, I will add a note of caution, when making the Spicy Thai Burgers.Take Tums or some other Anti-Acid product.
Did a little variation on the Thai Burgers, and made Thai Meat Loaf. Was very good, but Damn, the acid/heartburn later was a killer.
Just a note of caution.
Thai Meatloaf? Sounds delicious! Link to a recipe?
501 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:41:26am |
re: #497 Dustyvet
No it’s not, I lost my chaffing dish in the divorce settlement…:)
A chaffing dish? Not a bad euphemism for an ex-wife.
502 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:41:27am |
re: #490 sattv4u2
This is even better. Biden, who is supposed to be taking a lead roll in letting the public know where all the money os going to go can’t remember the name of the website set up for us to track it
[Link: wbztv.com…]
“Chuck ,,,stand up.. let them see ya… oh God love ya,, what am I talking about!”
503 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:41:28am |
re: #494 Boondock St. Bender
Well, I think he’d rather have Hannity slap him around. He seems to have Hannity on the brain. Perv.
504 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:41:29am |
re: #489 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Good morning all!
What’s going on?
Things are grey and cold in Obamaland (Illinois). I’m doing fine, but I really wish reality would catch up with His Pretenderness.
ATTITUDE CHECK!
////////SSSS
505 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:42:12am |
506 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:42:56am |
re: #492 Dustyvet
I found my “Adopted Son, and two Grand kids” from Sydney, through Face Book. and they sent me a message this morning…:)
That is just wonderful! How lovely! No wonder you’re so happy :-) And now I’m happy for you!
Through Facebook, we’ve found some long lost friends - met them after 15 years just before Christmas
And an old schoolfriend found me too…
507 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:43:32am |
re: #502 sattv4u2
Biden is like everyone’s crazy old uncle who says the most ridiculous shit but we always say, “Oh, that’s just good ol’ Joe!” A complete laughingstock.
508 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:44:02am |
re: #489 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Good morning LT! Well, you’re sure as hell gonna have to wish very hard indeed for that to happen!
I hate it when Presidents “lecture us” - hey you idjit, we (well ok, not me, but a majority of voters) hired your ass now get to work!
How are you doing today, other than idle daydreaming, I mean?!?
509 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:44:15am |
re: #493 realwest
Fine.My oldest is home sick(12 yrs.old)but he’s on the upswing,and begining to be more himself again.
Oh and the weather,same here.we were in shirtsleeves three weeks ago,then the cold came back(hate it when that happens!)
I keep looking for the Crocus to pop their little heads up.
510 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:44:24am |
Morning all.
And this tidbit from the Politics section of today’s NYT
“Mrs. Obama’s super-sculpted arms are the result of years of effort.”
Oh, and Barbra Bush wears fake pearls.
I missed the threads on O’s speech last night. Was everybody respectful?
The turnwife cracked me up last night, she said Blinky must have a spring on her ass the way she was jumping up to applaud the one at every line.
511 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:44:25am |
512 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:44:25am |
“Obama loves me this I know,
for the stimulus tells me so!”
S/
513 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:44:39am |
Ford Prefect, this is for you, Loppy, and all of those other New England Lizards
* If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping it will swim by, you might live in New England.
* If you’re proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Mt. Washington is the coldest spot in the nation, and Boston gets more snow than any other majority in the US, you live in New England.
* If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in New England.
* If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you live in New England.
* If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don’t work there, you live in New England.
* If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England.
* If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in New England.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A NEW ENGLANDER WHEN:
* “Vacation” means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend.
* You measure distance in hours.
* You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
* You have switched from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day, and back again.
* You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
* You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked.
* You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to use them.
* You design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
* Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
* You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction .
* Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
* “Down South” to you means Philadelphia.
* Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed.
* Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
* You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
* You find 10 degrees “a little chilly.”
* You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your New England friends.
514 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:44:44am |
re: #495 Silhouette
If Obama and dems think that
Old buildings = bad education,
someone really needs to get on the phone to Oxford and Cambridge and tell them.
There’s always the old “have a fundraiser, buy some paint and caulk and fix it up some” thing.
Or you could sit there and wait for the Federal Government to come the rescue.
/we are so screwed. Our local school district is dirt poor and couldn’t afford a real baseball diamond (they played on a nearby town’s JrHS diamond, which just wasn’t right). My wife spearheaded a fundraising effort combined with the sweat equity of the parents and the team. We built the damn thing (first season is this year). I guess we should have written a letter to the Feds claiming that we “don’t quit” instead.
515 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:45:23am |
516 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:45:28am |
Good morning lizards.
The holocaust-denying bishop arrived in London, raised his first to a reporter. Lovely.Scuffle with Reporter
517 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:45:52am |
re: #497 Dustyvet
No it’s not, I lost my chaffing dish in the divorce settlement…:)
LOL! Of course you really miss the dish :-)
518 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:45:58am |
re: #492 Dustyvet
Hey Dusty!
I found my “Adopted Son, and two Grand kids” from Sydney, through Face Book. and they sent me a message this morning…:)
How did ya lose track of ‘em and I’m really very happy that you’ve found them and that they’ve responded to you!
519 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:46:00am |
re: #495 Silhouette
If Obama and dems think that
Old buildings = bad education,
someone really needs to get on the phone to Oxford and Cambridge and tell them.
And he spends like $24k to put his girls through one year of private school. Imagine how much peeling paint could be repaired with that money.
520 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:46:10am |
re: #500 Leonidas Hoplite
It’s in the LGF cook book, under Thai Burgers.
One of my contributions to the cookbook
521 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:46:24am |
522 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:46:52am |
re: #495 Silhouette
Damn, that was just really GOOD and FUNNY! Thanks!
523 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:46:54am |
re: #508 realwest
Good morning LT! Well, you’re sure as hell gonna have to wish very hard indeed for that to happen!
I hate it when Presidents “lecture us” - hey you idjit, we (well ok, not me, but a majority of voters) hired your ass now get to work!
How are you doing today, other than idle daydreaming, I mean?!?
Doing good. That main line of bullshit last night was just too much. Platitudes… I hate platitudes.
524 | yochanan Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:47:04am |
off to the salt mines have a good day my lizards.
525 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:47:16am |
re: #503 topazpilot
Hannity would do his usual shtick,and it could be spun as a draw.Ann,that acid tounge would make him hurt.
526 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:47:30am |
re: #516 Wishing
Good morning lizards.
The holocaust-denying bishop arrived in London, raised his first to a reporter. Lovely.Scuffle with Reporter
lol fist! PIMF!
527 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:47:41am |
re: #515 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Pissed off.
Does that count?
Yup but I was, oh never mind, I’m not ready to say F*** IT yet…:)
528 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:47:49am |
re: #513 smokefire
upding to you. Those are all true. I was born and raised just outside of Boston. Lived there for most of the 1st 45 years of my life.
529 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:47:53am |
re: #507 topazpilot
Biden is like everyone’s crazy old uncle who says the most ridiculous shit but we always say, “Oh, that’s just good ol’ Joe!” A complete laughingstock.
America has become like the South in which I grew up. Instead of hiding our crazy relatives in the attic, we bring them down to the parlor and even out to the veranda.
530 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:48:20am |
re: #503 topazpilot
Well, I think he’d rather have Hannity slap him around. He seems to have Hannity on the brain. Perv.
He is actually obsessed with Hannity. Obviously Hannity get’s under his skin.
I know that it is not a unanimous opinion, but I like him.(Hannity)
532 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:49:00am |
re: #499 realwest
Hey good morning - late night? to you *smooch*! What course have you been studying and for how long?
Darls, it’s part of a Reproductive and Sexual Health course I’m doing, so I can do certain *ahem* procedures and run women’s screening clinics :-)
The course is 4 modules over a year
533 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:49:19am |
re: #530 opnion
He is actually obsessed with Hannity. Obviously Hannity get’s under his skin.
I know that it is not a unanimous opinion, but I like him.(Hannity)
Hell ,, I like Hannity just BECAUSE he gets under Olbermans skin!
534 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:49:37am |
re: #510 turn
Morning all.
And this tidbit from the Politics section of today’s NYT
“Mrs. Obama’s super-sculpted arms are the result of years of effort.”
Oh, and Barbra Bush wears fake pearls.
I missed the threads on O’s speech last night. Was everybody respectful?
The turnwife cracked me up last night, she said Blinky must have a spring on her ass the way she was jumping up to applaud the one at every line.
I watched very little of the speech—even with the sound on MUTE—but this morning I noticed in the clips that Pelosi seemed to look down, to her right, right before she popped up. Did she have a set of instructions?
535 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:49:44am |
536 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:50:06am |
re: #529 MandyManners
……Mandy, correct if I am wrong here, but didn’t they say the same thing about Rev Wright, calling him that crazy uncle?
537 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:50:26am |
re: #515 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Pissed off.
Does that count?
Better pissed off than pissed on but, I think we’re getting pissed on, too.
538 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:50:50am |
re: #533 sattv4u2
Hell ,, I like Hannity just BECAUSE he gets under Olbermans skin!
That’s reason enough right there.
540 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:51:07am |
re: #527 Dustyvet
Yup but I was, oh never mind, I’m not ready to say F*** IT yet…:)
Being PO’d doesn’t involve F*** IT for me… more a call to action.
But we’ll deal with that later… when the proverbial shit hits the wall.
541 | Cato Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:51:17am |
re: #3 Confuzed
I have no doubt that my children will live a better life than I have. In fact, they already have. But it will not be because of this glib and unknowing man who is now our president or the preening idiots who surround him. It will be because millions of us want to make our lives better and can transmit the information necessary to do that to others. It is because one good idea can spread throughout the world in an instant and elevate millions. It is irrelevant that he and his cronies do not have that idea — or any idea at all except those found on Prius bumper stickers. He shall pass into oblivion but Atlas will not shrug.
542 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:51:28am |
re: #534 MandyManners
I watched very little of the speech—even with the sound on MUTE—but this morning I noticed in the clips that Pelosi seemed to look down, to her right, right before she popped up. Did she have a set of instructions?
No ,, there was a little guy there that pushed the Ejector Seat Button so Pelosi would fly up at the proper times. She was looking down at him giving him cues
543 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:51:32am |
re: #516 Wishing
Ahhh,That “old Time religion”(please noone link to the “inherit the wind”opening…thank you)
544 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:51:35am |
re: #537 MandyManners
Better pissed off than pissed on but, I think we’re getting pissed on, too.
………….yeah, and they are trying to tell us that we are getting rained on, not pissed on.
545 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:51:55am |
re: #536 smokefire
……Mandy, correct if I am wrong here, but didn’t they say the same thing about Rev Wright, calling him that crazy uncle?
If they did, I missed it.
546 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:51:58am |
re: #525 Boondock St. Bender
Completely agree, but I was speaking of Obama’s preference. He is always namechecking Hannity so I think he has a mancrush on the guy.
547 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:52:01am |
re: #496 smokefire
I’m not complaining. I’m just trying to make realwest feel better about his weather.
548 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:52:18am |
re: #537 MandyManners
Better pissed off than pissed on but, I think we’re getting pissed on, too.
Morning Mandy!
How are things in the big city?
549 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:52:25am |
re: #544 smokefire
………….yeah, and they are trying to tell us that we are getting rained on, not pissed on.
Rain…it’s bloody monsoon…!
550 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:52:56am |
Two things about Hannity: he is just DYING to be mentioned in the same breath as Rush and I think he trolls for women callers.
Oh and way too much *Look at me!* stuff.
551 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:53:27am |
re: #534 MandyManners
I watched very little of the speech—even with the sound on MUTE—but this morning I noticed in the clips that Pelosi seemed to look down, to her right, right before she popped up. Did she have a set of instructions?
Don’t know, but I noticed Charles posted Biden must have been checking his Blackberry for cues. Probably joking but they might have been prompted, who knows. She did have a piece of paper she kept looking at I noticed.
552 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:53:39am |
re: #521 redstateredneck
re: #506 aussiemagpie
Good Morning, {real} *smoochie-smoochie*!
And Good Morning to {all the rest of y’all}.
{aussie}
Great news about renewing old friendships!
Hi {redstateredneck} Feeling better?
It was so good to find each other again too - especially all our kids (who did the initial getting together on Facebook)
553 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:53:49am |
I didn’t watch the speech at all last night. Read the transcript this morning. It helps to not get me so worked up. Plus, I miss a lot of what is said because I’m screaming back at the television.
554 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:54:02am |
re: #549 Dustyvet
Rain…it’s bloody monsoon…!
…………….and it’s not 40 days and 40 nights worth either.
More like 4 years worth of days and 4 years worth of nights
555 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:54:14am |
re: #552 aussiemagpie
Hi {redstateredneck} Feeling better?
It was so good to find each other again too - especially all our kids (who did the initial getting together on Facebook)
What time is it down there…:)
556 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:54:38am |
re: #550 Wishing
Two things about Hannity: he is just DYING to be mentioned in the same breath as Rush and I think he trolls for women callers.
Oh and way too much *Look at me!* stuff.
Listening to Rush vs Hannity confirms (in case there was any doubt) that there is a thing called talent.
It’s like watching the Yankees play the Toledo Mudhens…
557 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:55:03am |
re: #539 buzzsawmonkey
You wouldn’t have a spare julep or two handy, by any chance?
Why, certainly, suh. May Ah interest you in a serving of some of mah fine grits to go with your chicken-frahd steak? Do you like them with one or two pats of buttah?
558 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:55:14am |
re: #550 Wishing
Two things about Hannity: he is just DYING to be mentioned in the same breath as Rush and I think he trolls for women callers.
Oh and way too much *Look at me!* stuff.
ALL the shows do. The majority of callers to conservative syndicated shows has always been male. People like Dennis Prager and Hugh Hewitt often do shows that they will only take calls from females. IMHO, it’s to try to show that conservatives are NOT just older white males.
559 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:55:21am |
re: #545 MandyManners
Obama himself said it, calling Rev. Wright “an old uncle who says things I don’t always agree with.”
561 | UFO TOFU Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:55:32am |
re: #523 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Platitudes… I hate platitudes.
I’m listening to several employees discussing the speech (I’m actually pretty surprised any of them watched it). They’re raving about what a great speaker he is, how it won’t be long before all the unemployed construction workers go back to work and housing becomes more affordable. I’m getting blurry-eyed from shaking my head.
562 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:55:46am |
re: #556 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Listening to Rush vs Hannity confirms (in case there was any doubt) that there is a thing called talent.
It’s like watching the Yankees play the Toledo Mudhens…
Rush is entertaining. Hannity ain’t.
564 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:56:01am |
re: #542 sattv4u2
No ,, there was a little guy there that pushed the Ejector Seat Button so Pelosi would fly up at the proper times. She was looking down at him giving him cues
So, that’s what George Soros has been up to lately.
565 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:56:11am |
re: #558 sattv4u2
ALL the shows do. The majority of callers to conservative syndicated shows has always been male. People like Dennis Prager and Hugh Hewitt often do shows that they will only take calls from females. IMHO, it’s to try to show that conservatives are NOT just older white males.
In Hannity’s case, he wants the fawning. Icky.
566 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:56:29am |
re: #544 smokefire
………….yeah, and they are trying to tell us that we are getting rained on, not pissed on.
Our noses still work.
567 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:56:35am |
re: #551 turn
Don’t know, but I noticed Charles posted Biden must have been checking his Blackberry for cues. Probably joking but they might have been prompted, who knows. She did have a piece of paper she kept looking at I noticed.
He was checking the house roster to see if any are in wheelchairs so he wouldn;t ask them to ‘stand up” and take a bow later!
//
569 | topazpilot Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:56:44am |
re: #550 Wishing
Yeah, sometimes he’s a little too rah rah and robotic when he starts citing his stats and talking points. He is definitely not Rush, but who can compare to El Rushbo? I’d take Hannity, though, over Glenn Beck or some of the other talk radio hosts.
570 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:57:00am |
re: #559 topazpilot
thanks topaz, I thought it was the O, but was not 100% sure.
571 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:57:13am |
re: #555 Dustyvet
What time is it down there…:)
It’s almost 1.57am :-(
Which means it’s almost bedtime as it’s work, work, work soon….
572 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:57:33am |
re: #548 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Morning Mandy!
How are things in the big city?
I don’t know about the big city but, things are as quiet as usual in my village. The birds are singing, the daffodils are blooming and the trees are budding.
573 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:57:54am |
re: #571 aussiemagpie
It’s almost 1.57am :-(
Which means it’s almost bedtime as it’s work, work, work soon….
Thank you…:)
574 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:58:16am |
re: #551 turn
Don’t know, but I noticed Charles posted Biden must have been checking his Blackberry for cues. Probably joking but they might have been prompted, who knows. She did have a piece of paper she kept looking at I noticed.
Biden actually had a Blackberry out? Are you kidding me?
575 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:58:24am |
re: #553 redstateredneck
I didn’t watch the speech at all last night. Read the transcript this morning. It helps to not get me so worked up. Plus, I miss a lot of what is said because I’m screaming back at the television.
Glad to know I”m not the only one who screams at the tube. BTW, you didn’t miss much, he did a great delivery on empty promises. How are you supposed to cut the deficit in half when all you are proposing is to spend, spend, spend? I know, cut the military and increase taxes.
576 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:58:36am |
re: #572 MandyManners
I don’t know about the big city but, things are as quiet as usual in my village. The birds are singing, the daffodils are blooming and the trees are budding.
Wow! How nice! Where are you, Mandy, that spring has spung?
577 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:58:53am |
re: #572 MandyManners
I don’t know about the big city but, things are as quiet as usual in my village. The birds are singing, the daffodils are blooming and the trees are budding.
Really?
I thought you were in NYC. My bad.
Certainly sounds warmer than where I am. :-(
578 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:58:55am |
re: #509 Boondock St. Bender Sorry to hear about your oldest being ill, but glad to hear he’s getting better!
I’m not waiting on the damn Crocus - what if they’re late?!? I want spring and I want it now!
[Link: www.imeem.com…]
579 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:59:01am |
re: #569 topazpilot
Yeah, sometimes he’s a little too rah rah and robotic when he starts citing his stats and talking points. He is definitely not Rush, but who can compare to El Rushbo? I’d take Hannity, though, over Glenn Beck or some of the other talk radio hosts.
See if Dennis Prager and/ or Hugh Hewitt are available in your area. Michael Medved is good also
580 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:59:17am |
OT, When will the LGF cookbook be on the NYT Best Seller List?
581 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:59:19am |
re: #559 topazpilot
Obama himself said it, calling Rev. Wright “an old uncle who says things I don’t always agree with.”
Well, I wouldn’t associate with even a REAL uncle who said those things.
582 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 6:59:35am |
re: #568 buzzsawmonkey
I’ll pass on the grits, thanks all the same; the butter wouldn’t go with the chicken-fried steak. But the steak and the juleps sure sound tasty.
How about rice and gravy to go with the chicken fried steak?
585 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:00:19am |
re: #563 Boondock St. Bender
Obama said it was rain….
If he said that the sun rose in the east, I’d get up before dawn just to check.
586 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:00:35am |
re: #567 sattv4u2
He was checking the house roster to see if any are in wheelchairs so he wouldn;t ask them to ‘stand up” and take a bow later!
//
Someone linked to that youtube video of his gaffes yesterday. I actually cringed when he made that one, what a doofus.
587 | bolivar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:00:49am |
re: #392 aussiemagpie
Yes you’re right - domestic violence can happen in all classes -and don’t forget men can suffer silently as well
There is no excuse to hit a woman - nor is there an excuse to hit a man - so there! Violence breeds violence. I am no peacenik and if somebody hits me they better watch out but, I try to work stuff out verbally and with reason. People that have to hit have small intellects. Do you agree?
588 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:00:57am |
re: #575 turn
Glad to know I”m not the only one who screams at the tube. BTW, you didn’t miss much, he did a great delivery on empty promises. How are you supposed to cut the deficit in half when all you are proposing is to spend, spend, spend? I know, cut the military and increase taxes.
He couldn’t cut the military enough to pay for the stimulus porkage.
589 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:01:11am |
re: #521 redstateredneck
Hey {red} *smoochie’s* to you too! How are you doing today?
590 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:01:16am |
re: #585 MandyManners
If he said that the sun rose in the east, I’d get up before dawn just to check.
I’ve tried that, but Dawn always got me “up” 1st! ,Darn, I miss her !
591 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:01:57am |
re: #580 smokefire
OT, When will the LGF cookbook be on the NYT Best Seller List?
I was wondering how the sales were going.
592 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:02:09am |
re: #568 buzzsawmonkey
I’ll pass on the grits, thanks all the same; the butter wouldn’t go with the chicken-fried steak. But the steak and the juleps sure sound tasty.
Would you lahk some gravy on your steak or to the sahd? How about a side of frahd-green tomatoes?
593 | bolivar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:02:13am |
re: #583 buzzsawmonkey
Yes, Spring is here. I heard the First Robbin’ addressing Congress last night.
Thought that was a PEAcock.
594 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:02:19am |
re: #557 MandyManners
How do you like your grits,well done,regular or al dente’?
595 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:02:22am |
re: #574 MandyManners
Biden actually had a Blackberry out? Are you kidding me?
He was probably getting off-color jokes texted to him from various staffers.
596 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:02:36am |
re: #586 turn
Someone linked to that youtube video of his gaffes yesterday. I actually cringed when he made that one, what a doofus.
One would need a 24 hour cable channel set aside for “all” of them!
597 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:02:51am |
Well, if nothing else, Obama is creating the world’s greatest bank of sound bites that can be used to illustrate unfulfilled promises…
/not that he seems to be deterred by the idea of his words coming back to haunt him.
598 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:02:59am |
re: #589 realwest
Hey {red} *smoochie’s* to you too! How are you doing today?
I’m doing well and it’s HUMP DAY! Always good to be on the downside toward the weekend.
599 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:03:06am |
re: #586 turn
I am waiting for either the video or book on Joe Biden’s Greatest Gaffes.
Rate them right up there with Gerald Ford’s pratfalls, golf, tennis problems,
Lyndon Johnson’s showing us his scar, and pulling the ears on the dogs.
Now there would be a book on the NYT’s Best Seller list.
600 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:03:29am |
re: #591 turn
I was wondering how the sales were going.
I have got to order my copy. I keep forgetting. Will do it today without fail!
601 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:03:59am |
re: #532 aussiemagpie
Reproductive and Sexual Health ? They have course on that now?!? Geez when I was in college we hadda figure it out on our own (sometimes with the help of the University infirmary)!
Betcha my way was waaaay more fun than yours! LOL!
602 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:04:15am |
re: #597 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Well, if nothing else, Obama is creating the world’s greatest bank of sound bites that can be used to illustrate unfulfilled promises…
/not that he seems to be deterred by the idea of his words coming back to haunt him.
604 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:04:30am |
re: #572 MandyManners
I don’t know about the big city but, things are as quiet as usual in my village. The birds are singing, the daffodils are blooming and the trees are budding.
I think I’m gonna’ break out in song!
605 | Kenneth Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:04:52am |
Good morning folks. I missed the Sermon on the Mount last night… did the One say anything spayshul?
Hey realwest, I got your email, thanks for your kind words & I very much agree with you. I sent a response back. Hope you have a fine day.
606 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:04:56am |
re: #588 Kosh’s Shadow
He couldn’t cut the military enough to pay for the stimulus porkage.
I would really like to believe that Kosh. I have a feeling he wants to provide everyone in America with education, health care, and alternative fuels but not protection by the military.
607 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:05:04am |
re: #601 realwest
Reproductive and Sexual Health ? They have course on that now?!? Geez when I was in college we hadda figure it out on our own (sometimes with the help of the University infirmary)!
Betcha my way was waaaay more fun than yours! LOL!
a crab circus was FUN!?!?! Remind me to never go have a “fun” day with you !
//
608 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:05:32am |
re: #576 Wishing
Wow! How nice! Where are you, Mandy, that spring has spung?
I’m in an undislcosed location in a fly-over state. We can still have a cold snap but, it looks like Spring is gearing up.
609 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:05:39am |
re: #596 sattv4u2
One would need a 24 hour cable channel set aside for “all” of them!
Which just reinforces my theory that the Obama administration is really just a reality show - what happens when we put together the most unqualified group of incompetent quasi-socialists & let them run the most powerful nation on Earth? Tune in & find out!
610 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:05:54am |
re: #597 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Well, if nothing else, Obama is creating the world’s greatest bank of sound bites that can be used to illustrate unfulfilled promises…
/not that he seems to be deterred by the idea of his words coming back to haunt him.
Of course not. That never happened during the campaign. He could change his mind a day later, and the MFMSM would either ignore it or fawn over the new statement. I hoped for so much more in a president.
612 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:06:13am |
/not that he seems to be deterred by the idea of his words coming back to haunt him.
Dusty, he won’t have to be worried about the words coming back to haunt him.
He has NBC, CBS, CNN, ABC, etc to “surgically” remove all those bad words.
613 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:06:25am |
re: #603 buzzsawmonkey
The essence of Five Year Plan governance is to stress we are always halfway to achieving the half full glass.
Yes comrade… that is the spirit. This month the lines for bread are only 5 hours, studies show that last month they were averaging 6.35 hours.
614 | Lincolntf Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:06:26am |
Morning all.
Anyone happen to see the story at Drudge about Girtmo becoming a much more hostile place since Obama won? It’s framed (of course) as a tale of brutal American soldiers trying to beat the hell out of detainees while they still have the chance. I suppose that’s just so that Obama can claim that it’s not his fault, should it be true.
I’d link to it, but my little “paperclip” icon seems to be missing.
615 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:06:38am |
re: #547 Ford_Prefect
Why thanks for that Ford - but I’m ok with the weather - we WERE some 18 degrees cooler yesterday morning!
616 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:06:38am |
re: #587 bolivar
Absolutely,argue the point,and be done with it.
617 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:06:44am |
re: #577 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Really?
I thought you were in NYC. My bad.
Certainly sounds warmer than where I am. :-(
I’d love to live there just for the restaurants, museums and shopping.
618 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:06:53am |
re: #612 smokefire
/not that he seems to be deterred by the idea of his words coming back to haunt him.
Dusty, he won’t have to be worried about the words coming back to haunt him.
He has NBC, CBS, CNN, ABC, etc to “surgically” remove all those bad words.
NUTS!…:(
619 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:07:06am |
re: #603 buzzsawmonkey
The essence of Five Year Plan governance is to stress we are always halfway to achieving the half full glass.
And of course, the Ministry of Truth’s job is to shrink the size of the glass so it doesn’t look like it is getting emptier.
620 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:07:17am |
re: #574 MandyManners
I don’t recall seeing it but then again I was in and out on his speech. Charles mentioned it on one of the threads he started last night.
621 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:07:28am |
re: #606 turn
I would really like to believe that Kosh. I have a feeling he wants to provide everyone in America with education, health care, and alternative fuels but not protection by the military.
Which is the only item on that list required by the Constitution.
622 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:07:38am |
re: #614 Lincolntf
[Link: www.reuters.com…]
I’d link to it, but my little “paperclip” icon seems to be missing.
There it is
623 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:07:53am |
re: #583 buzzsawmonkey
Yes, Spring is here. I heard the First Robbin’ addressing Congress last night.
LOL!
He reminds me more of a buzzard, just waiting to gorge himself off the carcass that was America.
624 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:07:53am |
re: #605 Kenneth
Good morning folks. I missed the Sermon on the Mount last night… did the One say anything spayshul?
No. You’ve heard his campaign speech before.
But he is going to impose carbon caps on us… we just surrendered in the global trade war. Have a nice life.
625 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:08:06am |
re: #553 redstateredneck
“I miss a lot of what is said because I’m screaming back at the television.” LOL! You TOO?!
626 | jorline Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:08:08am |
Guantanamo abuse has worsened since Obama: lawyer
LONDON (Reuters) - Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards “get their kicks in” before the camp is closed, according to a lawyer who represents detainees.
Abuses began to pick up in December after Obama was elected, human rights lawyer Ahmed Ghappour told Reuters. He cited beatings, the dislocation of limbs, spraying of pepper spray into closed cells, applying pepper spray to toilet paper and over-forcefeeding detainees who are on hunger strike.
Why do I not trust the word of Ahmed Ghappour?
Good morning, Lizards.
627 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:08:10am |
re: #613 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Yes comrade… that is the spirit. This month the lines for bread are only 5 hours, studies show that last month they were averaging 6.35 hours.
BEAT ME TO IT.
Didn’t Stalin have those 5 year plans, and we all know how those worked out.
Next stage……………….Gulags, then purges.
629 | Nevergiveup Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:08:30am |
Russia to focus on upgrading its nuclear arsenal
[Link: www.jpost.com…]
Ivanov told lawmakers Wednesday that the government will also focus on improving the military’s information networks and procuring smart weapons. He said the most important program for the air force is the development of a next-generation fighter jet.
But Obama is gonna gut ours?
630 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:08:30am |
re: #587 bolivar
There is no excuse to hit a woman - nor is there an excuse to hit a man - so there! Violence breeds violence. I am no peacenik and if somebody hits me they better watch out but, I try to work stuff out verbally and with reason. People that have to hit have small intellects. Do you agree?
I agree, but other factors include alcohol and drug abuse, cultural (as in Islam where it’s OK to hit your wife where it won’t leave bruises visible to others), power -
Just today a story in the Daily Telegraph tells of a well known psychiatrist hitting his partner around the head while they were boarding a Qantas flight!
631 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:09:11am |
re: #587 bolivar
There is no excuse to hit a woman - nor is there an excuse to hit a man - so there! Violence breeds violence. I am no peacenik and if somebody hits me they better watch out but, I try to work stuff out verbally and with reason. People that have to hit have small intellects. Do you agree?
The thing about a man responding in kind when a woman hits him is that they typical male packs a much more powerful punch than the typical female.
632 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:09:17am |
re: #613 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Yes comrade… that is the spirit. This month the lines for bread are only 5 hours, studies show that last month they were averaging 6.35 hours.
Of course, half the people that were in the lines last month starved, but MinTruth won’t let you know that.
633 | Kenneth Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:09:21am |
You know, this is kind of funny…
Guantanamo abuse has worsened since Obama: lawyer
Not the alleged abuse, which I believe is a false accusation anyway, but the fact that after endorsing similar charges against Bush for years, now the Dems have to defend their Beloved Leader from the same crap. Payback, bitch.
634 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:09:29am |
re: #582 redstateredneck
How about rice and gravy to go with the chicken fried steak?
I missed out on posting a recipe for the cookbook, but it would have been turn’s chicken fired steak for sure.
635 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:09:34am |
re: #631 MandyManners
The thing about a man responding in kind when a woman hits him is that they typical male packs a much more powerful punch than the typical female.
Sexist!
/
636 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:09:34am |
637 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:10:19am |
re: #621 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Which is the only item on that list required by the Constitution.
Brilliant! Upding.
638 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:10:32am |
re: #594 Boondock St. Bender
How do you like your grits,well done,regular or al dente’?
I despise grits. It’s like eating sand with butter. I also don’t like iced tea.
639 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:10:36am |
re: #624 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
No. You’ve heard his campaign speech before.
But he is going to impose carbon caps on us… we just surrendered
in the global trade war. Have a nice life.
Fixed it for you.
640 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:10:44am |
re: #631 MandyManners
The thing about a man responding in kind when a woman hits him is that they typical male packs a much more powerful punch than the typical female.
present company excluded!
//
641 | acwgusa Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:10:53am |
Biden needs to get a roll of duct tape, and tape Obama’s mouth shut before the big 0 completely tanks the market.
642 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:11:03am |
Obama’s first full meeting with all of his cabinet members.
It’s just a model.
643 | _RememberTonyC Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:11:06am |
In tennis news, the Israel/Sweden Davis Cup match will be played in Malmo, Sweden with no fans allowed to watch.
[Link: www.startribune.com…]
I can’t begin to tell you al how much this pisses me off. First Dubai bans the Israeli player because she is presumably Jewish and now Sweden capitulates to its raging islamist mob and stages a big tennis event with no fans allowed? It’s beyond unbelievable and is a sure sign that Sweden and Europe have become dhimmified and petrified. Sick freaking stuff.
644 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:11:35am |
re: #629 Nevergiveup
Russia to focus on upgrading its nuclear arsenal
[Link: www.jpost.com…]
Ivanov told lawmakers Wednesday that the government will also focus on improving the military’s information networks and procuring smart weapons. He said the most important program for the air force is the development of a next-generation fighter jet.
But Obama is gonna gut ours?
Yes, why bother improving their weapons when the 0 is unilaterally disarming and apologizing to our enemies?
645 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:11:45am |
re: #595 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
He was probably getting off-color jokes texted to him from various staffers.
Or, reminding himself of more care-free times.
646 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:11:59am |
re: #632 Kosh’s Shadow
Of course, half the people that were in the lines last month starved, but MinTruth won’t let you know that.
The important part is we are only 7 months away from no lines at all, comrade.
647 | Leonidas Hoplite Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:12:03am |
re: #520 smokefire
It’s in the LGF cook book, under Thai Burgers.
One of my contributions to the cookbook
Where do if find this LGF cookbook of which you speak?
648 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:12:26am |
re: #601 realwest
Reproductive and Sexual Health ? They have course on that now?!? Geez when I was in college we hadda figure it out on our own (sometimes with the help of the University infirmary)!
Betcha my way was waaaay more fun than yours! LOL!
LOL! It’s just an extension and advanced version of what I do anyway - gives me the accreditation to actually run clinics independently of doctors :-)
I was a midwife for many years, so I’ve seen and heard it all :-)
649 | godfrey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:12:34am |
Buzz, if you want good southern food, head on down to the Zeeland Street Market in Baton Rouge.
650 | gonecamping Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:12:39am |
He was probably still fondling himself over Obama’s spiel.
re: #481 topazpilot
Did you hear about the comment Olberdork made about Governor Jindal when he walked out? “Oh my God” or something like that.
651 | Nevergiveup Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:13:11am |
re: #644 Kosh’s Shadow
Yes, why bother improving their weapons when the 0 is unilaterally disarming and apologizing to our enemies?
Because even the commie ruskie bastards are thinking: “This must be capitalist trick. No One is that stupid comrade?”?
652 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:13:13am |
re: #620 turn
I don’t recall seeing it but then again I was in and out on his speech. Charles mentioned it on one of the threads he started last night.
I read something about someone’s phone or whatever ringing.
654 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:13:22am |
re: #625 realwest
“I miss a lot of what is said because I’m screaming back at the television.” LOL! You TOO?!
It drives my husband crazy.
655 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:13:25am |
re: #630 aussiemagpie
I agree, but other factors include alcohol and drug abuse, cultural (as in Islam where it’s OK to hit your wife where it won’t leave bruises visible to others), power -
Just today a story in the Daily Telegraph tells of a well known psychiatrist hitting his partner around the head while they were boarding a Qantas flight!
656 | Last Mohican Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:13:29am |
Good thing we elected the modern, technologically savvy, web-friendly Obama-Biden team, rather than those backwards luddites McCain and Palin:
657 | acwgusa Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:13:37am |
re: #650 gonecamping
He was probably still fondling himself over Obama’s spiel.
Olberman is a waste of skin and brain.
658 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:14:01am |
re: #599 smokefire
I am waiting for either the video or book on Joe Biden’s Greatest Gaffes.
Rate them right up there with Gerald Ford’s pratfalls, golf, tennis problems,Lyndon Johnson’s showing us his scar, and pulling the ears on the dogs.
Now there would be a book on the NYT’s Best Seller list.
I was seriously embarrassed for him over the wheelchair gaffe believe it or not. Hey it’s just Joe / I still think O picked him to deflect attention and criticism away from himself, I can’t think of a more logical reason.
659 | acwgusa Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:14:15am |
re: #656 Last Mohican
Good thing we elected the modern, technologically savvy, web-friendly Obama-Biden team, rather than those backwards luddites McCain and Palin:
Well, at least he didn’t ask the web to stand up.
660 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:14:19am |
re: #651 Nevergiveup
Because even the commie ruskie bastards are thinking: “This must be capitalist trick. No One is that stupid comrade?”?
You’d think that they would have seen enough of our TV to know that there are plenty of people that stupid.
662 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:14:29am |
re: #645 MandyManners
Hey Mandy. How do you get the You Tube video to show up on your post?
663 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:14:31am |
re: #644 Kosh’s Shadow
They can start by pumping the water out of their missile silos’.lol
664 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:14:36am |
re: #598 redstateredneck
Ah yes, weekends! I remember when they were important! LOL!
/ducks to avoid incoming……….
666 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:15:06am |
667 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:15:25am |
668 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:15:26am |
Out of here… have a great day Lizards. Things seem better to me now, thanks!
669 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:15:30am |
re: #634 turn
I missed out on posting a recipe for the cookbook, but it would have been turn’s chicken fired steak for sure.
My problem with chicken fried steak is that I get a good crust on the first side, but when I turn it over the other side always sticks to the pan. Makes for good milk gravy with lots of goodie in it, but I’d rather have it stick to the meat. What am I doing wrong?
670 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:15:34am |
re: #649 godfrey
Buzz, if you want good southern food, head on down to the Zeeland Street Market in Baton Rouge.
I’m not driving to Wellington, I don’t care how good the food is…:)
/S
671 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:15:49am |
re: #605 Kenneth
Hey good morning Kenneth my friend. I’m gonna check for your e-mail shortly. And there’s no need to thank me, we’re friends and that’s all that matters!
672 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:16:15am |
673 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:16:16am |
Good morning, boker tov and buenos dias to all Lizards of all stripes.
I told the missus (who really loves Obama!) that his speech was pretty good. He gives a good speech. Then I told her that he just doubled the debt, that same debt the democrats swore was way too high, just a few weeks ago.
It just got 20 degrees colder here in the Golem household.
674 | jorline Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:16:38am |
Yesterday Obama said his address would be Reaganess…the markets +250.
The day after Obama’s non-Reaganess address…the markets are -147 in less than an hour.
Wake up Mr. President…a lot of people aren’t buying.
675 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:16:46am |
676 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:16:46am |
re: #614 Lincolntf
Morning all.
Anyone happen to see the story at Drudge about Girtmo becoming a much more hostile place since Obama won? It’s framed (of course) as a tale of brutal American soldiers trying to beat the hell out of detainees while they still have the chance. I suppose that’s just so that Obama can claim that it’s not his fault, should it be true.
I’d link to it, but my little “paperclip” icon seems to be missing.
I haven’t made it over the Drudge yet this AM but I’ll check it out, thanks.
677 | acwgusa Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:16:55am |
re: #672 sattv4u2
can’t waste what one never has had!
I’m sure someone could use some unused brain tissue in mint condition.
678 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:16:56am |
re: #638 MandyManners
I despise grits. It’s like eating sand with butter. I also don’t like iced tea.
What? No sweet tea?
679 | Last Mohican Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:17:12am |
re: #642 Ford_Prefect
Obama’s first full meeting with all of his cabinet members.
It’s just a model.
Speaking of killer rabbits:
682 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:18:42am |
re: #675 smokefire
Leonidas………..here is the link
[Link: lgfcookbook.blogspot.com…]
Has the cook book have a section on cooking water, I keep burning it!
/S
683 | HoosierHoops Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:18:45am |
re: #608 MandyManners
I’m in an undislcosed location in a fly-over state. We can still have a cold snap but, it looks like Spring is gearing up.
So how is Dick Cheeney doing? :)
Good Morning Lizards!
684 | bolivar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:18:49am |
re: #625 realwest
“I miss a lot of what is said because I’m screaming back at the television.” LOL! You TOO?!
My wife gets so mad at me - I yell and call him everything I can come up with other than the obvious (and that too) and she tells me to shut the f&$* up - you will have a heart attack. My health is not bad but, a dear friend dropped dead in November and she has been very protective of me.
I could not bring myself to watch or listen to it. My dear wife turned it on in the bedroom and turned it up (bitch) and wondered why I stormed out of the room slamming doors. Geeee could be I didn’t want to hear the idjit or sumpthin?
685 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:19:04am |
re: #658 turn
…………I agree, but sooner or later the Mouth that Roars, is going to get him into some really deep Sh*t.
It’s just a matte of time.
686 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:19:10am |
re: #667 Ford_Prefect
Skin maybe, brain not so much.
He was once a pretty good sports reporter. Then some ijit decided to promote him, beyond his competence.
687 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:19:29am |
Morning Honcos!
Media Malpractice
How Obama Got Elected and Sarah Palin Targeted.
This is the full length this famous clip is from the movie.
Does anyone else have a hang over from The One’s speech last night?
688 | Ben Hur Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:19:31am |
Strange Fish Has See-Through Head
Totally tubular.
689 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:19:37am |
re: #621 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Which is the only item on that list required by the Constitution.
Thanks for that reminder BDVM. Federal government is waaaay out of control. Socialism is the next logical extension unless we turn things around somehow.
690 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:19:53am |
re: #622 sattv4u2
Ah yes
“According to my clients, there has been a ramping up in abuse since President Obama was inaugurated,” said Ghappour, a British-American lawyer with Reprieve, a legal charity that represents 31 detainees at Guantanamo.“If one was to use one’s imagination, (one) could say that these traumatized, and for lack of a better word barbaric, guards were just basically trying to get their kicks in right now for fear that they won’t be able to later,” he said.
[from your link] - No reasona at all to doubt him or his clients, now is there?
BTW, wonder if he’s gonna take ‘em home with him once we close Gitmo, him being such a humanitarian and all?
691 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:19:59am |
re: #655 Dustyvet
Thanks for posting that video, now I’m just so homesick! /
Love that ad - makes me go all tingly :-)
692 | Nevergiveup Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:20:08am |
re: #687 jcm
Morning Honcos!
Media Malpractice
How Obama Got Elected and Sarah Palin Targeted.This is the full length this famous clip is from the movie.
[Video]
Does anyone else have a hang over from The One’s speech last night?
Apparently the stock market?
693 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:20:50am |
re: #687 jcm
Morning Honcos!
Media Malpractice
How Obama Got Elected and Sarah Palin Targeted.This is the full length this famous clip is from the movie.
Does anyone else have a hang over from The One’s speech last night?
Someone made a speech last night? I was too busy rearranging my sock drawer and contemplating my naval to have watched!
694 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:20:54am |
re: #667 Ford_Prefect
………..I did like his comment as he was leaving ESPN.
…………………Nothing finer than seeing Bristol CT. in your rear view mirror
695 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:20:54am |
Joke I heard this morning: Obama’s solution to the energy crisis— vaseline. Gas won’t cost any less, it just won’t hurt so much.
698 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:21:07am |
re: #656 Last Mohican
Good thing we elected the modern, technologically savvy, web-friendly Obama-Biden team, rather than those backwards luddites McCain and Palin:
Websites have numbers?
I know that IP addresses are numbers, but I don’t think that’s what ol’ Joe was thinking.
699 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:21:14am |
re: #626 jorline
Good morning jorline! GMTA - see my #690! BTW, I never did get that e-mail you sent (the second one I mean) last night!
HOwa re you ding today?
700 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:21:34am |
re: #684 bolivar
My wife gets so mad at me - I yell and call him everything I can come up with other than the obvious (and that too) and she tells me to shut the f&$* up - you will have a heart attack. My health is not bad but, a dear friend dropped dead in November and she has been very protective of me.
I could not bring myself to watch or listen to it. My dear wife turned it on in the bedroom and turned it up (bitch) and wondered why I stormed out of the room slamming doors. Geeee could be I didn’t want to hear the idjit or sumpthin?
I didn’t watch, because even hearing him on the radio makes me upset. I don’t need to raise my blood pressure any more.
And I just got a new TV, so I don’t want to break it.
My wife was busy preparing for trial today, so she wasn’t going to turn it on.
702 | jorline Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:21:45am |
re: #687 jcm
Morning Honcos!
Media Malpractice
How Obama Got Elected and Sarah Palin Targeted.This is the full length this famous clip is from the movie.
[Video]Does anyone else have a hang over from The One’s speech last night?
Good morning, jcm.
I’m queasy this morning…like being in a dingy with 10 foot waves.
703 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:21:59am |
re: #682 Dustyvet
…………….You are a sick bastid Dusty. That’s why I like you so much.
704 | WriterMom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:22:16am |
re: #673 Golem Akbar
Golem, if you want sugar in your coffee you better say a few Hail Obamas.
705 | aboo-Hoo-Hoo Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:22:55am |
boy investors sure didn’t like Obummer, gunna screw-up my plans. bastids, all of’em. But the day is still young :) - I hope.
Dow -153, spx -16, compx -26.
708 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:23:09am |
re: #631 MandyManners
Hmmmm - that would seem to me to be all the more reason for the “typcial woman” to not hit the “typical man” in the first place.
709 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:23:11am |
re: #691 aussiemagpie
Thanks for posting that video, now I’m just so homesick! /
Love that ad - makes me go all tingly :-)
I was looking for an ad with a drop bear…:)
710 | jorline Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:23:22am |
re: #699 realwest
Good morning jorline! GMTA - see my #690! BTW, I never did get that e-mail you sent (the second one I mean) last night!
HOwa re you ding today?
Hey, RW.
lol…on the #690.
I will send the email again tonight…I don’t know what happened.
711 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:23:23am |
re: #693 sattv4u2
Someone made a speech last night? I was too busy rearranging my sock drawer and contemplating my naval to have watched!
Far more productive than the rest of us I see….
712 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:23:30am |
re: #693 sattv4u2
Someone made a speech last night? I was too busy rearranging my sock drawer and contemplating my naval to have watched!
I would have joined Mike Rowe in any of the dirty jobs rather than watch the 0. And I hate poo, but the stuff Mike deals with is nowhere near as bad as the BS from the 0’s speeches.
714 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:24:06am |
re: #693 sattv4u2
I switched between UCONN women’s basketball, and box set of the Soprano’s.
Try that for a combination.
715 | Nevergiveup Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:24:07am |
California Dentist Says Groping Was Part of Treatment
[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
The attorney for a Woodland dentist told jurors that his client massaged women’s chests as part of a medical treatment.
Defense attorney Michael Rothschild told the six-man, six-woman Yolo County jury that Mark Anderson was treating his female clients for temporomandibular disorder, or TMD. The attorney says the condition affects the muscles of the upper body.
Oh Boy ( rubbing my hands together furiously ) I can’t wait to get to the Office tomorrow and try that!
716 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:24:34am |
re: #696 taxfreekiller
That trust fund keeps getting smaller and smaller
Good job pinch!
717 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:24:53am |
re: #644 Kosh’s Shadow
“Yes, why bother improving their weapons when the 0 is unilaterally disarming and apologizing to our enemies?”
China.
718 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:24:57am |
re: #624 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
No. You’ve heard his campaign speech before.
But he is going to impose carbon caps on us… we just surrendered in the global trade war. Have a nice life.
That reminds me, I couldn’t believe that smile on Blinky’s face when he announced that. I was thinking there goes our economic engine and Blinky was there applauding and smiling like a complete idiot. There is no evidence that man made carbon dioxide is changing the climate, or carbon dioxide at all for that matter, but they are completely oblivious to that.
721 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:25:33am |
re: #704 WriterMom
HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Mom
Kisses thrown across the border, evading the border patrol.
722 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:25:50am |
K Kiddies. In my crusade to continue to NOT participate in this “crises”, I’m off to the shower so wifey and I can go off in my newly delivered SUV and go shopping for a new washer/ dryer combo!
723 | gonecamping Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:25:52am |
A book of that nature would have to have annual updates because each day provides additional material…hmmm…perhaps daily updates for those electronic book things Charles was talking about the other day.
It would be hilarious, the oaf is a walking joke without even trying. To think he is the VP (shakes head).
re: #599 smokefire
I am waiting for either the video or book on Joe Biden’s Greatest Gaffes.
Rate them right up there with Gerald Ford’s pratfalls, golf, tennis problems,Lyndon Johnson’s showing us his scar, and pulling the ears on the dogs.
Now there would be a book on the NYT’s Best Seller list.
724 | acwgusa Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:25:54am |
Coming soon from LGF Games:
Hungry Hungry Honchos!
725 | WriterMom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:25:59am |
726 | Lincolntf Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:26:14am |
re: #633 Kenneth
Is it too early to have Obama tried at the Hague? Probably, but it’ll be interesting to see how many of the people who claim that “Human Rights” are there number one priority suddenly decide that “….ummm…err…patience and caution should be exercised when accusations such as these are made”. Bunch of flaming hypocrites.
Anyway, I don’t really buy the story. It could be true, but these “watchdogs” at Gitmo have pretty much a 0 percent accuracy rate.
727 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:26:15am |
re: #704 WriterMom
Golem, if you want sugar in your coffee you better say a few Hail Obamas.
! omayn
729 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:26:29am |
re: #715 Nevergiveup
California Dentist Says Groping Was Part of Treatment
[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
The attorney for a Woodland dentist told jurors that his client massaged women’s chests as part of a medical treatment.
Defense attorney Michael Rothschild told the six-man, six-woman Yolo County jury that Mark Anderson was treating his female clients for temporomandibular disorder, or TMD. The attorney says the condition affects the muscles of the upper body.
Oh Boy ( rubbing my hands together furiously ) I can’t wait to get to the Office tomorrow and try that!
Be sure to give ‘em a little gas first.
;-)
730 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:26:31am |
re: #714 smokefire
I switched between UCONN women’s basketball, and box set of the Soprano’s.
Try that for a combination.
Gino would have made a nice soldier in Tony’s crew!
731 | Kenneth Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:26:33am |
The Big Test
By David Brooks
The political history of the 20th century is the history of social-engineering projects executed by well-intentioned people that began well and ended badly. There were big errors like communism, but also lesser ones, like a Vietnam War designed by the best and the brightest, urban renewal efforts that decimated neighborhoods, welfare policies that had the unintended effect of weakening families and development programs that left a string of white elephant projects across the world.…Readers of this column know that I am a great admirer of Barack Obama and those around him. And yet the gap between my epistemological modesty and their liberal worldviews has been evident over the past few weeks. The people in the administration are surrounded by a galaxy of unknowns, and yet they see this economic crisis as an opportunity to expand their reach, to take bigger risks and, as Obama said on Saturday, to tackle every major problem at once.
…I fear that in trying to do everything at once, they will do nothing well. I fear that we have a group of people who haven’t even learned to use their new phone system trying to redesign half the U.S. economy.
… I worry that we’re operating far beyond our economic knowledge. Every time the administration releases an initiative, I read 20 different economists with 20 different opinions. I worry that we lack the political structures to regain fiscal control. Deficits are exploding, and the president clearly wants to restrain them. But there’s no evidence that Democrats and Republicans in Congress have the courage or the mutual trust required to share the blame when taxes have to rise and benefits have to be cut.
All in all, I can see why the markets are nervous and dropping. And it’s also clear that we’re on the cusp of the biggest political experiment of our lifetimes.
You know Obama is in trouble when one of his biggest fans doesn’t think he or his team is up to the challenge.
Hubris sucks.
732 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:26:42am |
re: #709 Dustyvet
I was looking for an ad with a drop bear…:)
Look up Bundy Rum and you’ll find the bundy bear dropping out of a tree in an ad - it’s great :-)
733 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:26:42am |
re: #715 Nevergiveup
California Dentist Says Groping Was Part of Treatment
[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
The attorney for a Woodland dentist told jurors that his client massaged women’s chests as part of a medical treatment.
Defense attorney Michael Rothschild told the six-man, six-woman Yolo County jury that Mark Anderson was treating his female clients for temporomandibular disorder, or TMD. The attorney says the condition affects the muscles of the upper body.
Oh Boy ( rubbing my hands together furiously ) I can’t wait to get to the Office tomorrow and try that!
734 | _RememberTonyC Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:26:48am |
re: #694 smokefire
………..I did like his comment as he was leaving ESPN.
…………………Nothing finer than seeing Bristol CT. in your rear view mirror
that wasn’t olbermann … it was sal marchiano … keith isn’t that clever.
735 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:27:19am |
re: #715 Nevergiveup
you gotta give the lawyer credit.
Can’t dazzle em with brilliance
Baffle em with Bullshit
736 | WriterMom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:27:27am |
I would rather have poked holes in my eyeballs with a finely sharpened unicorn horn than have watched The One.
737 | Kenneth Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:27:55am |
re: #688 Ben Hur
Strange Fish Has See-Through Head
Totally tubular.
Here’s another picture of that strange fish with a see-through head. Creepy!
738 | WriterMom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:28:00am |
739 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:28:42am |
*cough*
What is it about computer power supplies that they just are magnets for dust? I had to swap one out today for a machine that had a bad supply and man, I look like I’ve been rolling in the dirt.
*blows nose*
740 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:29:11am |
The Dear Leader intends to slash the deficit in half with his Great Leap Forward, by increasing the debt. Have I got that?
741 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:29:16am |
re: #737 Kenneth
Here’s another picture of that strange fish with a
see-throughempty head. Creepy!
more accurate/
742 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:29:33am |
743 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:29:39am |
re: #736 WriterMom
I would rather have poked holes in my eyeballs with a finely sharpened unicorn horn than have watched The One.
I would rather wear Rosie O’Donnell’s panties as a ski mask than have watched The One.
744 | VioletTiger Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:29:45am |
Morning lizards. I’m on the left coast waiting for the plane to take me back to the right coast. How is everyone this morning? I didn’t get to hear the One last night, so no hangover.
746 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:30:17am |
re: #740 opnion
The Dear Leader intends to slash the deficit in half with his Great Leap Forward, by increasing the debt. Have I got that?
Yes, comrade! You have embraced Doublethink!
747 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:30:22am |
re: #669 redstateredneck
My problem with chicken fried steak is that I get a good crust on the first side, but when I turn it over the other side always sticks to the pan. Makes for good milk gravy with lots of goodie in it, but I’d rather have it stick to the meat. What am I doing wrong?
My brother taught me the trick for that, put the meat in the refrigerator for about a half hour before you cook it. It won’t stick when you flip it.
749 | aussiemagpie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:30:53am |
Bedtime here, so goodnight {everyone} and have a wonderful yesterday!
Tonight’s view of OZ for you….
750 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:30:54am |
re: #736 WriterMom
I would rather have poked holes in my eyeballs with a finely sharpened unicorn horn than have watched The One.
His speeches are excellent. His delivery, timing, everything, just perfect. His message, not so much.
751 | ilzito guacamolito Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:31:13am |
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I would rather wear Rosie O’Donnell’s panties as a ski mask than have watched The One.
Shoot! You must have a huge head.
752 | MJ Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:31:33am |
Reporter Loses Job Over Altered Video Of Fox’s Gibson
A Baltimore television reporter has lost his job after acknowledging that he doctored a video to make it appear that Fox News Radio host John Gibson had made a racial slur.
In the bogus video, which was picked up across the Internet, Gibson seemed to be comparing Attorney General Eric Holder to a monkey with a “bright blue scrotum.” There had been chatter on Fox News earlier about such a monkey, which had escaped from a Seattle zoo.
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com…]
No word yet on if Obama will apologize for calling on the Huffington Post during his news conference…
753 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:31:50am |
re: #734 _RememberTonyC
really?
Always thought it was Olby. Matter of fact, oh never mind TonyC.
I always loved Tony C too.
Summer of 67, junior year high school, the Impossible Dream Season.
754 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:31:59am |
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I would rather wear Rosie O’Donnell’s panties as a ski mask than have watched The One.
I don’t know if I’d go that far.
755 | VioletTiger Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:32:04am |
re: #722 sattv4u2
K Kiddies. In my crusade to continue to NOT participate in this “crises”, I’m off to the shower so wifey and I can go off in my newly delivered SUV and go shopping for a new washer/ dryer combo!
Good idea. I’ll tell hubby we’re not participating either. What can I buy, hmmmmmmm
756 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:32:12am |
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I would rather wear Rosie O’Donnell’s panties as a ski mask than have watched The One.
DAMN YOU ,,, BRAIN BLEACH ,, BRAIN BLEACH ,, BRAIN BLEACH
LOBOTOMY ,, LOBOTOMY ,,, LOBOTOMY !
757 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:32:13am |
re: #739 vxbush
*cough*
What is it about computer power supplies that they just are magnets for dust? I had to swap one out today for a machine that had a bad supply and man, I look like I’ve been rolling in the dirt.
*blows nose*
It has a fan that pulls air through the supply. Inside are cooling fins. Dust catches on the fins and builds up. The dust insulates the components and lets heat build up burning out stuff.
One a month or so, use compressed air and blow the dust out.
759 | redstateredneck Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:32:44am |
re: #747 turn
My brother taught me the trick for that, put the meat in the refrigerator for about a half hour before you cook it. It won’t stick when you flip it.
Thank you!
760 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:32:53am |
re: #739 vxbush
horefully it was a p.c. and not for a rack server.(data center/dust=bad juju.)
761 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:32:56am |
re: #732 aussiemagpie
Look up Bundy Rum and you’ll find the bundy bear dropping out of a tree in an ad - it’s great :-)
TA…:)
762 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:33:08am |
re: #748 VegasRick
Nappy headed hit men.
………………………….Whoooooo, nice comeback.
Watch out for Al Sharpton though.
764 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:33:38am |
re: #746 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Yes, comrade! You have embraced Doublethink!
Hmm, strange math, but hey I do not want to go to a reeducation camp.
765 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:33:39am |
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I would rather wear Rosie O’Donnell’s panties as a ski mask than have watched The One.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
766 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:34:08am |
re: #688 Ben Hur
Strange Fish Has See-Through Head
Totally tubular.
Deep-sea fishes are some of the strangest looking animals on Earth.
767 | VioletTiger Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:34:08am |
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Oh geez, I’m having breakfast….
770 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:34:22am |
re: #715 Nevergiveup
Oh gawd, only in my home state would somebody try and get off on that excuse. Scary thing is, knowing the jury pool here it might just work. I’m thinking twinky defense and all.
772 | Ben Hur Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:34:46am |
Where’s Obama’s foreign policy spine?
The Krauthammer.
773 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:34:56am |
re: #684 bolivar Well Obama certainly isn’t worth dying over, but on the other hand, if you just hold it in…………….that’s not healthy, either. So I just let it all out! LOL!
774 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:35:23am |
re: #755 VioletTiger
Good idea. I’ll tell hubby we’re not participating either. What can I buy, hmmmmmmm
Well ,, we’re all measured for the granite counter tops (wifey can’t choose between 3 different colors/ patterns is thew only thing holding up the installation) and sons next years private high school tuition is due in 2 weeks. Then theres always getting the lawn/ yard prepped (wifey has the lawn people on speed dial)
775 | Nevergiveup Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:35:23am |
Israel Air Force aircraft bombed smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border on Wednesday after two rockets hit southern Israel, the army said.
[Link: www.haaretz.com…]
Lets see we had a war over this shit and then a truce. And nothing changed? Hum? I don’t even know why I read the news. I mean my memory still is OK. Nothing changes.
776 | WriterMom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:35:46am |
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Don’t start with me!I can make it much much worse.
777 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:36:23am |
re: #722 sattv4u2
K Kiddies. In my crusade to continue to NOT participate in this “crises”, I’m off to the shower so wifey and I can go off in my newly delivered SUV and go shopping for a new washer/ dryer combo!
Hey sat, if you are still there check out those front loading washing machines. Those things clean like crazy and don’t use practically any hot water
778 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:36:32am |
re: #760 Boondock St. Bender
horefully it was a p.c. and not for a rack server.(data center/dust=bad juju.)
A rack server? Is that the new job description for a waitress at Hooters?
779 | UFO TOFU Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:36:41am |
781 | NJDhockeyfan Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:37:18am |
Iran’s nuke chief to announce ‘good news’ in April
Iran’s nuclear chief Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said “good news” regarding Iran’s nuclear plan will be announced on April 9, Iranian news agency Mehr reported on Wednesday.
No further details were provided regarding the expected announcement.The nuclear chief added the country has increased the number of uranium-enriching centrifuges to 6,000, noting that “their number is expected to grow.” This is Tehran’s latest defiance of United Nations demands to halt its nuclear program.
782 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:37:22am |
re: #766 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Deep-sea fishes are some of the strangest looking animals on Earth.
Better gallery of the weird fishes that inhabit the deep oceans.
783 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:37:25am |
re: #766 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Deep-sea fishes are some of the strangest looking animals on Earth.
Obviously, you’ve never seen a group picture of the leading Democrats !
784 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:37:29am |
re: #757 jcm
It has a fan that pulls air through the supply. Inside are cooling fins. Dust catches on the fins and builds up. The dust insulates the components and lets heat build up burning out stuff.
One a month or so, use compressed air and blow the dust out.
Oh, I know all that. I just need a reason to gripe. And as I didn’t watch Obama last night, I had to go searching for something.
Oh, wait. Obama’s president. So dissent is patriotic, right? So I should be SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF!
785 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:37:44am |
re: #696 taxfreekiller
Hey TFK! It ain’t gonna eat Obama up from the inside for two reasons: he ain’t got no “inside” and also he doesn’t have a conscience and can’t accept that he might be wrong about something.
786 | Nevergiveup Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:37:46am |
16:51 Iran: U.S. choice of Ross for Persian Gulf adviser means no change in policy (AP
What Policy?
787 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:38:02am |
re: #760 Boondock St. Bender
horefully it was a p.c. and not for a rack server.(data center/dust=bad juju.)
and my luck: I’m allergic to dust.
*sneezing for the 40th time*
788 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:38:08am |
re: #760 Boondock St. Bender
horefully it was a p.c. and not for a rack server.(data center/dust=bad juju.)
789 | gonecamping Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:38:11am |
I would think they would be better suited as a sea anchor…if you didn’t get cited by EPA or the Coast Guard for polluting the environment.
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I would rather wear Rosie O’Donnell’s panties as a ski mask than have watched The One.
790 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:38:12am |
re: #777 turn
Hey sat, if you are still there check out those front loading washing machines. Those things clean like crazy and don’t use practically any hot water
Our plumber advised against those. Said if we wash with bleach (we do) the bleach eats away at the doors seal
791 | Amer-I-Can Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:38:22am |
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I would rather wear Rosie O’Donnell’s panties as a ski mask than have watched The One.
**HORK**
792 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:39:19am |
re: #757 jcm
It has a fan that pulls air through the supply. Inside are cooling fins. Dust catches on the fins and builds up. The dust insulates the components and lets heat build up burning out stuff.
One a month or so, use compressed air and blow the dust out.
Dusty just fainted…:)
/S
793 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:39:25am |
re: #704 WriterMom
Ah great song! Thanks! How are ya doing today?
795 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:39:56am |
re: #728 buzzsawmonkey
If man-made carbon dioxide were a genuine threat, they’d be trying to shut down Coca-Cola and the other soft drink makers.
And making it illegal to burp too. Morning buzz!
796 | UFO TOFU Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:40:08am |
797 | WriterMom Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:40:38am |
re: #793 realwest
Hi realwest-fantastic. Just searching for coffee.
798 | VioletTiger Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:40:38am |
re: #774 sattv4u2
Well ,, we’re all measured for the granite counter tops (wifey can’t choose between 3 different colors/ patterns is thew only thing holding up the installation) and sons next years private high school tuition is due in 2 weeks. Then theres always getting the lawn/ yard prepped (wifey has the lawn people on speed dial)
Sounds very like the Tiger household. Watch out for those Obambi’ pick pockets, coming your way
799 | yma o hyd Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:40:55am |
Hiya, Lizard Nation!
Had a quick shufti at the PB0/Jindal threads - oh dearie me …
The Beeb showed the last words of tha PB0 on the early morning news - that part where Biden stands up to clap, and so do the rest of them.
Reminded me powerfully of speeches by Stalin and other assorted commies in front of their grateful ‘parliamentarians’ …
Disgusting.
800 | Nevergiveup Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:40:57am |
New Israel killer drone can take out Iran’s S-300 anti-air missile
[Link: www.debka.com…]
That would be nice.
801 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:41:18am |
Finally ordered LGF cook book.
About Damn Time.
802 | VegasRick Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:42:06am |
803 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:42:32am |
re: #772 Ben Hur
Where’s Obama’s foreign policy spine?
The Krauthammer.
Sends chills (not thrills) up the spine.
804 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:42:45am |
re: #799 yma o hyd
Hiya, Lizard Nation!
Had a quick shufti at the PB0/Jindal threads - oh dearie me …
The Beeb showed the last words of tha PB0 on the early morning news - that part where Biden stands up to clap, and so do the rest of them.
Reminded me powerfully of speeches by Stalin and other assorted commies in front of their grateful ‘parliamentarians’ …
Disgusting.
People were so afraid to be the first to stop applauding, that their hands would bleed from clapping.
805 | tfc3rid Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:42:59am |
Did not listen to one word from Obama last night a I really can’t stand him…
I’m glad I did not… He’s gonna make us all pay… Reparations come in the form of socialism, bitch!
As for Jindal, I don’t mind him talking down to people. Look at those who voted for Obama… If this is the electorate, what the hell are we going to do?
Overall, there is no way a GOP member could have fiven any response last night that would not have been panned… Obama is untouchable.
806 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:43:04am |
re: #740 opnion
The Dear Leader intends to slash the deficit in half with his Great Leap Forward, by increasing the debt. Have I got that?
You’ll figure out how it’s done when you fill out your next 1040.
807 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:43:25am |
re: #804 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
People were so afraid to be the first to stop applauding, that their hands would bleed from clapping.
And Jindal provided nothing to applaud whatsoever.
808 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:44:01am |
re: #744 VioletTiger
Morning lizards. I’m on the left coast waiting for the plane to take me back to the right coast. How is everyone this morning? I didn’t get to hear the One last night, so no hangover.
Morning, you in SF?
809 | Nevergiveup Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:44:08am |
re: #803 Golem Akbar
Sends chills (not thrills) up the spine.
Yeah but who in the Obama administration has a spine?
810 | yma o hyd Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:44:13am |
re: #745 taxfreekiller
David Brooks:
Where he born an octopus and had the best 8 arms ever, he still could not find his ass with all 8 hands a rubbing.
like that only worse
I’m sooo gonna steal that!
811 | bolivar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:44:18am |
re: #773 realwest
Nothing there worth even working up a sweat over. I just tell em as I see em. And no # 785 he has no guts - just spite and he is a mee too kinda person….he has it - I want it - give it to me! Problem is now he has the power to enforce his ambition and the moronic dolts that voted for him have only themselves to blame. We tried - God knows we did but, ultimately overcoming a suck-ass media and with Mclame as the candidate I had to hold my nose and that is just not gonna fly.
812 | aboo-Hoo-Hoo Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:44:28am |
the market giveth, the Obamamessiah taketh away:
Down -177, spx -18, compx -32
813 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:44:31am |
re: #807 Wishing
And Jindal provided nothing to applaud whatsoever.
Was Jindal really that bad? I heard differing opinions. Some said he started off wooden but did better by the end. Others said it was bad through and through.
814 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:44:32am |
815 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:45:14am |
re: #809 Nevergiveup
Yeah but who in the Obama administration has a spine?
I overheard this comment, last night: Obama has us bending over backward and frontward…
816 | Gus Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:45:22am |
DJI
7,172.53
-178.41 (-2.43%)
Real-time: 10:43AM EST
“There’s got to be a morning after…”
Guess they didn’t like all that “cradle to grave” talk from Mayor Obama.
817 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:45:33am |
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I would rather wear Rosie O’Donnell’s panties as a ski mask than have watched The One.
*WHACK*
818 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:45:39am |
re: #740 opnion
Good morning opnion! “The Dear Leader intends to slash the deficit in half with his Great Leap Forward, by increasing the debt. Have I got that?”
Yes, but do NOT try this at home - Obama’s got legal printing presses!
820 | dentate Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:46:16am |
re: #813 vxbush
Was Jindal really that bad? I heard differing opinions. Some said he started off wooden but did better by the end. Others said it was bad through and through.
He started off bad, then sounded like he was teaching a class to preschoolers.
821 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:46:17am |
re: #813 vxbush
Was Jindal really that bad? I heard differing opinions. Some said he started off wooden but did better by the end. Others said it was bad through and through.
It was just horrid…he channeled Mr Rogers, for petes sake.
And must have said 15 times, Americans can do anything.
822 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:46:25am |
re: #816 Gus 802
DJI
7,172.53
-178.41 (-2.43%)
Real-time: 10:43AM EST“There’s got to be a morning after…”
Guess they didn’t like all that “cradle to grave” talk from Mayor Obama.
See, Obama should learn to watch what happens when he speaks. Oh, wait, this is probably the result he wants.
823 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:46:26am |
re: #816 Gus 802
DJI
7,172.53
-178.41 (-2.43%)
Real-time: 10:43AM EST“There’s got to be a morning after…”
Guess they didn’t like all that “cradle to grave” talk from Mayor Obama.
Remember, he indicated that he did not like Wall Street very much. They evidently got the message.
824 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:46:37am |
re: #743 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Thanks a lot for that visual imagery. I just threw up in my mouth a little.
825 | tfc3rid Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:47:00am |
I sincerely wonder how the military brass feels about this community organizer posing as Commander in Chief.
827 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:47:26am |
re: #821 Wishing
It was just horrid…he channeled Mr Rogers, for petes sake.
And must have said 15 times, Americans can do anything.
Well, the sentiment is right. Personally, I would have had Sarah Palin deliver the statement, just to spite Obama.
828 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:47:36am |
re: #820 dentate
He started off bad, then sounded like he was teaching a class to preschoolers.
I thought he was pretty good. Logical and patriotic. Not a style-master like Obama, however. But I give him high marks for substance.
829 | tfc3rid Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:47:45am |
re: #823 Golem Akbar
Remember, he indicated that he did not like Wall Street very much. They evidently got the message.
Commies don’t like the free market system…
830 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:47:53am |
831 | Kosh's Shadow Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:48:05am |
re: #781 NJDhockeyfan
The question is, where will the “good news” be announced? Tel Aviv? NYC?
I hope Israel announces some good news soon, causing an indefinite delay to Iran’s “good news”.
832 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:48:07am |
re: #824 realwest
Thanks a lot for that visual imagery. I just threw up in my mouth a little.
A LITTLE? I threw up back to last weeks lunch!
833 | VioletTiger Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:48:16am |
834 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:48:30am |
re: #827 vxbush
Well, the sentiment is right. Personally, I would have had Sarah Palin deliver the statement, just to spite Obama.
To be honest, I am not so sure Sarah Palin wants anything to do with DC or the piranhas in the MSM.
836 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:48:49am |
re: #744 VioletTiger
Morning lizards. I’m on the left coast waiting for the plane to take me back to the right coast. How is everyone this morning? I didn’t get to hear the One last night, so no hangover.
Hey did I ever mention one time I was in the SF international airport having a beer? Yeah, I was sitting at this table off in the corner. Suddenly I noticed the entire room cleared out except for this one black guy at the bar with what appeared to be his son. He was all decked out in leather and I finally caught a glimpse of his face. It was OJ and just about that time he drank up and split. I thought that was so right on that everybody walked out on him.
837 | dentate Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:49:04am |
re: #828 Golem Akbar
I thought he was pretty good. Logical and patriotic. Not a style-master like Obama, however. But I give him high marks for substance.
Sadly, substance alone is not going to be enough to sway voters. It needs to be delivered properly. People respond to inspiration, always have. No one is going to get excited enough to listen to the message if it either puts them to sleep or appears to be talking down to them.
838 | Miss Trixie Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:49:12am |
♪ ♬ Good morning, {lizards!} ♬ ♪
Another bright and shiny day in the valley and it’s warming up. :D
{realwest} Morning, luv *smoochie-smooch* :D
839 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:49:18am |
re: #829 tfc3rid
Commies don’t like the free market system…
Or, as they say: socialism works, until they run out of the other people’s money.
840 | yma o hyd Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:49:18am |
re: #804 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
People were so afraid to be the first to stop applauding, that their hands would bleed from clapping.
See - that what I remember: reports in the papers of Soviet representatives giving Stalin (or Breshnev or whoever) a standing ovation for an hour because nobody dared to stop.
Never thought I’d see something like that in the USA.
841 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:49:26am |
re: #813 vxbush
Was Jindal really that bad? I heard differing opinions. Some said he started off wooden but did better by the end. Others said it was bad through and through.
He seemed like the first day of public speaking 101.
It was like he was not paricularly thinking about what he was saying & just wanted to get through.
He can do much better & will
842 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:49:27am |
re: #834 Wishing
To be honest, I am not so sure Sarah Palin wants anything to do with DC or the piranhas in the MSM.
No, you’re probably right. She probably had enough of that during the election. But oh, how sweet would it have been if she had just sparkled delivering the Republican speech….
843 | Gus Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:49:43am |
844 | Lincolntf Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:49:45am |
re: #827 vxbush
That would’ve been great, and smart on the part of the RNC.
846 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:49:54am |
re: #833 VioletTiger
Why, yes I am!
..turns to left and right..
You see me?
No I’m here in Sac, see my #836
847 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:50:09am |
re: #836 turn
Hey did I ever mention one time I was in the SF international airport having a beer? Yeah, I was sitting at this table off in the corner. Suddenly I noticed the entire room cleared out except for this one black guy at the bar with what appeared to be his son. He was all decked out in leather and I finally caught a glimpse of his face. It was OJ and just about that time he drank up and split. I thought that was so right on that everybody walked out on him.
Well, clearly the search for the real killers goes on in the airport bar, eh Juice?
/spit
848 | gonecamping Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:50:43am |
Not so loud! Obama will decide to outlaw home brewing of beer because the fermentation of the malt produces CO2. Eventually only State owned breweries will be able to operate (like State owned car factories and banks).
re: #728 buzzsawmonkey
If man-made carbon dioxide were a genuine threat, they’d be trying to shut down Coca-Cola and the other soft drink makers.
849 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:51:10am |
re: #821 Wishing
It was just horrid…he channeled Mr Rogers, for petes sake.
And must have said 15 times, Americans can do anything.
Look on the bright side - he probably grenaded any chances he has of being the 2012 nominee.
850 | smokefire Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:51:17am |
bbiaw
Everyone else have a joyous wonderful day.
851 | yma o hyd Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:51:30am |
re: #807 Wishing
And Jindal provided nothing to applaud whatsoever.
The admittedly very brief clip they showed ofJindal’s speech made me think ‘political lightweight’. No substance, no personal charisma - could’ve been the Beeb choice of clip, but I do hope he’s now finished as potential candidate for Pres.
852 | godfrey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:51:37am |
re: #848 gonecamping
Exhaled air is rich in carbon dioxide, a waste product of cellular respiration during the production of ATP.
You know what to do.
853 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:51:47am |
re: #837 dentate
Sadly, substance alone is not going to be enough to sway voters. It needs to be delivered properly. People respond to inspiration, always have. No one is going to get excited enough to listen to the message if it either puts them to sleep or appears to be talking down to them.
Yes, sadly that’s true.
That’s why I say Obama gives excellent speeches. People just don’t get it that his speeches are empty promises. Great sounding, but empty.
854 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:52:07am |
re: #849 Ward Cleaver
Look on the bright side - he probably grenaded any chances he has of being the 2012 nominee.
That is my assessment as well, and isn’t that good news!
856 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:52:58am |
re: #834 Wishing
To be honest, I am not so sure Sarah Palin wants anything to do with DC or the piranhas in the MSM.
After being so savaged by the MSM and SNL, she’s probably lost interest in being a national candidate. They made her into a punchline.
857 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:53:10am |
re: #852 godfrey
Exhaled air is rich in carbon dioxide, a waste product of cellular respiration during the production of ATP.
Which I remember from grade school science. Now kids are taught that every animal on Earth is a polluter. The GOP isn’t the only party where people have problems with basic science.
858 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:53:12am |
re: #800 Nevergiveup
Ah yeah, but it IS Debka so don’t go getting your hopes up just yet!
859 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:53:50am |
re: #856 Ward Cleaver
After being so savaged by the MSM and SNL, she’s probably lost interest in being a national candidate. They made her into a punchline.
I wouldn’t blame her at all if she never ever took the national stage again. We will be poorer for it, though.
860 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:54:38am |
re: #759 redstateredneck
Thank you!
I forgot to add it doesn’t work all the time. You also need to have a very hot frying pan. I love chicken fried steak, it’s just about the only thing the turnwife lets turn cook. Even she likes my CFS, and that’s saying a lot (she studied french cooking in France).
861 | Ben Hur Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:54:41am |
SOUTH Yorkshire peer Lord Ahmed was today jailed for 12 weeks for texting while driving on a motorway just before he was involved in a crash in which a man died.
12 weeks?!?!?!
And the man was KILLED.
You can smell the fear even when it’s merely written words.
This man is an ISLAMONAZI.
862 | Nevergiveup Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:54:42am |
re: #858 realwest
Ah yeah, but it IS Debka so don’t go getting your hopes up just yet!
Yeah I know, but after last night, I’ll grab at any positive news. And this is the kind of stuff Debka gets right.
863 | livefreeor die Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:54:42am |
re: #859 Wishing
I wouldn’t blame her at all if she never ever took the national stage again. We will be poorer for it, though.
It’s disgusting how they treated her like dirt and fawn all over dimwits like Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer.
864 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:55:07am |
re: #858 realwest
Ah yeah, but it IS Debka so don’t go getting your hopes up just yet!
It might be one of those rare ones they get right. It’s their analysis and intel pieces that are usually out in left field.
865 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:55:30am |
re: #848 gonecamping
Not so loud! Obama will decide to outlaw home brewing of beer because the fermentation of the malt produces CO2. Eventually only State owned breweries will be able to operate (like State owned car factories and banks).
866 | Gus Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:55:33am |
The propagandists at ABC are headlining the follow up after the speech: Obama ‘Gets It’ — But Will the Nation Actually Buy It? This is at the ABC Go dot com website.
Not worth reading. Kind of reads like something from “Vogue” magazine.
867 | rawmuse Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:55:44am |
re: #863 livefreeor die
It’s disgusting how they treated her like dirt and fawn all over dimwits like Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer.
Yes, it was. And completely predictable, sadly.
868 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:55:52am |
re: #863 livefreeor die
It’s disgusting how they treated her like dirt and fawn all over dimwits like Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer.
Yes, the way they faun over Pelosi, you’d think blinking was going to be the next fashion trend.
869 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:55:52am |
re: #861 Ben Hur
12 weeks?!?!?!
And the man was KILLED.
You can smell the fear even when it’s merely written words.
This man is an ISLAMONAZI.
Next time he’ll get 24 weeks - maybe.
870 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:56:49am |
re: #864 Ward Cleaver
It might be one of those rare ones they get right. It’s their analysis and intel pieces that are usually out in left field.
If it is accurate, the IDF will most likely just deny it.
871 | livefreeor die Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:56:49am |
re: #868 vxbush
Yes, the way they faun over Pelosi, you’d think blinking was going to be the next fashion trend.
My eyes water just watching her.
872 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:57:13am |
IMO, the MSM will consider their greatest legacy, not getting the King of Nothing elected, but rather the destruction of the only true feminist candidate, Sarah Palin.
873 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:57:21am |
re: #832 jcm ROTFL! Good morning jcm - other than having an empty stomach and that acidy after taste in your mouth, how are ya?!
874 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:57:30am |
875 | VioletTiger Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:57:49am |
re: #859 Wishing
I wouldn’t blame her at all if she never ever took the national stage again. We will be poorer for it, though.
Very true. Much as I like Sarah I think the MSM did too much damage for her to recover her (much deserved) credibility.
876 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:58:11am |
re: #874 Ward Cleaver
The idiots have taken over the asylum.
Yes, and yet—
I wonder how our grandparents felt when the next generation took over. Did they feel the same way?
878 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:58:36am |
re: #790 sattv4u2
Our plumber advised against those. Said if we wash with bleach (we do) the bleach eats away at the doors seal
Really? I didn’t know that. I don’t know how much a door seal would cost but it would seem like you should be able to replace that yourself. The efficiency gain might pay for quite a few seals. I don’t have one but used one at a hotel in San Diego recently, I was amazed at how clean my greasy pants came out.
879 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:58:53am |
re: #875 VioletTiger
Very true. Much as I like Sarah I think the MSM did too much damage for her to recover her (much deserved) credibility.
She’s smart and resilient. I wouldn’t count her out, ever.
880 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:58:56am |
re: #868 vxbush
Yes, the way they faun over Pelosi, you’d think blinking was going to be the next fashion trend.
I’m amazed that she has any muscle movement left in her face with all the Botox
881 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:59:26am |
re: #875 VioletTiger
Very true. Much as I like Sarah I think the MSM did too much damage for her to recover her (much deserved) credibility.
Actually, she never lost any credibility with us, but they probably pissed her off so much, she will just stay in Alaska: at least the Alaskans will get to benefit from her leadership.
882 | Lincolntf Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:59:30am |
Palin can either allow the MSM/moonbats to define her, or she can define herself. The only way for her to recover from the cynical hatchet job that was done on her is to get in front of the cameras and let the rest of the nation see why she is the most popular Governor in the country. I don’t expect the media to ever treat her with any decency, but the voters have a far more open mind.
883 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:59:42am |
re: #861 Ben Hur
12 weeks?!?!?!And the man was KILLED.
You can smell the fear even when it’s merely written words.
This man is an ISLAMONAZI.
Is that the standard sentence?
884 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 7:59:44am |
re: #838 {Miss Trixie} Hey there gorgeous *Smoochies* back to you! How are y’all doing way up North?!
How’s Lil Miss doing?
885 | godfrey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:00:02am |
re: #877 buzzsawmonkey
We’re worried that our personal vision of an anti-capitalist paradise won’t come true! Waaaaaaaaahh!
/
886 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:00:04am |
re: #880 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I’m amazed that she has any muscle movement left in her face with all the Botox
During the speech, she kept staring into the camera. I honestly had to avert my eyes from her. It was too weird.
888 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:00:22am |
re: #873 realwest
ROTFL! Good morning jcm - other than having an empty stomach and that acidy after taste in your mouth, how are ya?!
Pretty, good survived a round of layoffs, 10% at my company. Some other semiconductor companies are cutting deep 30-35%.
889 | gonecamping Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:00:23am |
Well, we had Billy Beer during the Carter Administration…perhaps we shall see Obama Beer…guaranteed to make you tongue tied, fumble mouthed, and unable to balance a checkbook.
re: #865 Golem Akbar
890 | ilzito guacamolito Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:00:47am |
re: #878 turn
Really? I didn’t know that. I don’t know how much a door seal would cost but it would seem like you should be able to replace that yourself. The efficiency gain might pay for quite a few seals. I don’t have one but used one at a hotel in San Diego recently, I was amazed at how clean my greasy pants came out.
I have 4 children and do a LOT of laundry. The front loaders do a great job with less water. The only drawback is that the regular cycle is quite long.
892 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:01:10am |
re: #886 Golem Akbar
During the speech, she kept staring into the camera. I honestly had to avert my eyes from her. It was too weird.
The best line of defense against a Gorgon.
893 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:01:53am |
re: #790 sattv4u2
Our plumber advised against those. Said if we wash with bleach (we do) the bleach eats away at the doors seal
Well, you just replace the seal every once in awhile. I’ve heard that early Maytag Neptune machines had problems with mold growing on the door seal.
894 | VioletTiger Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:02:04am |
re: #879 Golem Akbar
She’s smart and resilient. I wouldn’t count her out, ever.
I do hope you are right.
Boading plane, have a great day!
896 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:02:45am |
re: #890 ilzito guacamolito
I have 4 children and do a LOT of laundry. The front loaders do a great job with less water. The only drawback is that the regular cycle is quite long.
I loved having a front loader. I had to sell it with the house when we moved, but I really wanted it to come with me.
897 | VegasRick Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:02:52am |
re: #827 vxbush
Well, the sentiment is right. Personally, I would have had Sarah Palin deliver the statement, just to spite Obama.
Where the hell is Mitt Romney?
898 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:02:58am |
re: #847 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Well, clearly the search for the real killers goes on in the airport bar, eh Juice?
/spit
There is some psychiatric term for this but I really think he’s convinced himself he didn’t do it.
899 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:03:32am |
re: #898 turn
There is some psychiatric term for this but I really think he’s convinced himself he didn’t do it.
Denial?
901 | Summersong Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:03:49am |
Ugh
Another day of DJI hemorrhaging -178 and counting
and my car was ransacked last night -$4,000 in various equipment was stolen.
Happy new year!
902 | dentate Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:03:57am |
re: #877 buzzsawmonkey
Since we’re talking intermittently about carbon dioxide, global warming, etc., if there is more carbon dioxide there is more for plants to breathe. If it gets warmer, Greenland’s icecaps may melt—well, so what? It was Greenland when it was first settled. If it is warmer, then the atmosphere can absorb more water—and there will be more rain. North Africa, desert now, was the breadbasket of the Roman Empire; more water, more rain, might make that area fertile again.
What the hell is everyone worried about?
The whole AGW thing is based on the assumption that the way the earth was 150 years ago was its eternal, ideal, normal, unchanging state and that we nasty people have just ruined it. It completely ignores the huge ongoing changes in climate that have occurred not just in the time frame you mention, but over the last 30,000 years of human habitation on this planet, through ice ages, rising and sinking of coastlines, etc. I’ve said here several times before that it makes no difference what you do about AGW, other, far stronger forces are going to change the climate. Stop wasting time on AGW, and spend your time and efforts on planning what you will do when the climate changes, because it will.
903 | xtraBilly Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:03:58am |
Good Morning
So Joe Biden’s going to oversee how the money is being spent.
Isn’t this like Uncle Billy running the Bailey’s Savings and Loan?
905 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:04:02am |
re: #861 Ben Hur
Good morning Ben. That was such an excellent comment I reported it to Charles in the hope that he’ll make it a thread.
Motherfucker’s a murderer and he gets 12 weeks?!
906 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:04:18am |
re: #891 godfrey
Beer is too street for Obama.
That’s too bad. I’m a sucker for good vodka. hmmm….Obama vodka…
907 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:04:53am |
re: #848 gonecamping
Not so loud! Obama will decide to outlaw home brewing of beer because the fermentation of the malt produces CO2. Eventually only State owned breweries will be able to operate (like State owned car factories and banks).
I used to love to hear the sound of that co2 bubbling out of the airtrap. I’m going to have to start brewing again.
908 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:05:24am |
re: #905 realwest
Good morning Ben. That was such an excellent comment I reported it to Charles in the hope that he’ll make it a thread.
Motherfucker’s a murderer and he gets 12 weeks?!
He’s a Lord. Different rules apply for our betters, don’t you know?
910 | Bubblehead II Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:06:44am |
Morning all. Anyone post this yet?
CBS Tries to Discredit Homegrown Jihad Documentary
Since it was made and shown by the Christian Action Network (CAN), take it for what it is worth.
BTW, my copy of the cookbook shipped yesterday
911 | Wishing Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:06:45am |
re: #909 godfrey
Kinda like he was telling us a bedtime story, imo.
912 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:07:18am |
re: #904 ploome hineni
once you see how effective NObama is on camera
Gov Palin and anyone else running for office need to concentrate on their APPEARANCE
because obviously, experience and accomplishments mean nothing
loook at Nobama……he has temperment, and attitude
nothing else
look at how awful BObby Jindal presented himself yesterday
maybe they are too concieted to reaqlize that they need help presenting themselves sucessfully
You might be right. On style, Obama is a 10, substance, about -1. Jindal was maybe a two on style, and 8 on substance. But in the eyes of those not paying attention, style is everything.
913 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:07:55am |
re: #853 Golem Akbar
Yes, sadly that’s true.
That’s why I say Obama gives excellent speeches. People just don’t get it that his speeches are empty promises. Great sounding, but empty.
Oh you guys are talking about Jindal. I thought he did, well, a horrible job with his speech. He talked too fast and was obviously nervous. Not nearly the poise the One has … just saying.
914 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:08:11am |
re: #901 Summersong
Ugh
Another day of DJI hemorrhaging -178 and counting
and my car was ransacked last night -$4,000 in various equipment was stolen.
Happy new year!
BUMMER! My wife’s Camry was stolen and trashed 3 times!
915 | redheadredstate Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:10:07am |
Here’s something that has been eating away at me and keeps me up at night. Let’s say that 4 years from now enough of the electorate has woken up and realized that BHO is the worst president ever. Will their added votes be enough to overcome the blatant cheating by ACORN? Especially after ACORN got all that additional money from the porkulus pkg? Who can guarantee that this will be a fair election with ACORN and the DEMS in control? I’m still not convinced that this last election was on the up and up. All my life (and I’m in my 40’s) I’ve taken for granted that there will be a peaceful transition of power. That illusion got shattered in 2000. It’s even worse today. So my question for my fellow lizards is what chance do we have in 2012 with the deck stacked against us? Even if we get a Repub in office in 12 how long will it take to undo all this damage that BHO is inflicting? I’m not trying to be a Debbie Downer but I’m honestly worried about all this.
916 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:10:45am |
re: #872 Wishing
IMO, the MSM will consider their greatest legacy, not getting the King of Nothing elected, but rather the destruction of the only true feminist candidate, Sarah Palin.
I’m too far upthread to elaborate, so I just dinged ya. Sad but true.
917 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:11:09am |
re: #913 turn
Oh you guys are talking about Jindal. I thought he did, well, a horrible job with his speech. He talked too fast and was obviously nervous. Not nearly the poise the One has … just saying.
I try to watch all of Obama’s speeches. I listen for him to say something meaningful, which is rare. I notice that his speechifying (word?) is excellent.
I suggest all Lizards watch Obama carefully. We could learn something from this master orator.
918 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:11:20am |
the time has come…off yer butts
[Link: www.pjtv.com…]
919 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:11:36am |
re: #901 Summersong
Ugh
Another day of DJI hemorrhaging -178 and counting
and my car was ransacked last night -$4,000 in various equipment was stolen.
Happy new year!
How terrible! I hope nothing was lost that can’t be replaced, like photographs, etc.
920 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:11:52am |
re: #882 Lincolntf
“the voters have a far more open mind.” How can you say that, the voters elected that empty suit Obama didn’t they?
Still and all, I’d love to have enough money to be able to give to Palin for her to hire investigators to investigate the MSM’s talking heads and see what dirt or pusedo dirt they can come up with. Shouldn’t take much work or money, but since she’d have to BUY airtime or commercial pages in magazines, newspapers and such, it could run up a pretty sizeable tab.
921 | aboo-Hoo-Hoo Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:11:52am |
re: #915 redheadredstate
Short answer, no. That was just about the whole point of Stimu-Less©.
922 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:12:20am |
re: #905 realwest
Good morning Ben. That was such an excellent comment I reported it to Charles in the hope that he’ll make it a thread.
Motherfucker’s a murderer and he gets 12 weeks?!
No, he’s not a murderer. Doesn’t murder require a different level of intent than that which causes an accident? Also, is his sentence the same as those of others who’re convicted of the same charges? The judge COULD have suspended the sentence but, he didn’t.
923 | Kenneth Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:12:35am |
re: #823 Golem Akbar
Remember, he indicated that he did not like Wall Street very much. They evidently got the message.
The feeling is mutual.
924 | gonecamping Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:13:01am |
I boycotted the Obama Platitude Pitch last night to enjoy some delicious homebrew with the DW, going to brew up a batch of Stout next week.
re: #907 turn
I used to love to hear the sound of that co2 bubbling out of the airtrap. I’m going to have to start brewing again.
925 | vxbush Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:13:01am |
re: #915 redheadredstate
Here’s something that has been eating away at me and keeps me up at night. Let’s say that 4 years from now enough of the electorate has woken up and realized that BHO is the worst president ever. Will their added votes be enough to overcome the blatant cheating by ACORN? Especially after ACORN got all that additional money from the porkulus pkg? Who can guarantee that this will be a fair election with ACORN and the DEMS in control? I’m still not convinced that this last election was on the up and up. All my life (and I’m in my 40’s) I’ve taken for granted that there will be a peaceful transition of power. That illusion got shattered in 2000. It’s even worse today. So my question for my fellow lizards is what chance do we have in 2012 with the deck stacked against us? Even if we get a Repub in office in 12 how long will it take to undo all this damage that BHO is inflicting? I’m not trying to be a Debbie Downer but I’m honestly worried about all this.
Even if a Republican gets in, if s/he tries to roll back any of these changes there will be howls and screams of how horrible all the changes are. Any such president will not have the cover of the media and therefore will be eviscerated. Only someone of really stern stuff would be able to withstand that for four years.
926 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:13:42am |
re: #877 buzzsawmonkey
And previously frozen land will will open up to farming too.
927 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:14:02am |
re: #915 redheadredstate
Here’s something that has been eating away at me and keeps me up at night. Let’s say that 4 years from now enough of the electorate has woken up and realized that BHO is the worst president ever. Will their added votes be enough to overcome the blatant cheating by ACORN? Especially after ACORN got all that additional money from the porkulus pkg? Who can guarantee that this will be a fair election with ACORN and the DEMS in control? I’m still not convinced that this last election was on the up and up. All my life (and I’m in my 40’s) I’ve taken for granted that there will be a peaceful transition of power. That illusion got shattered in 2000. It’s even worse today. So my question for my fellow lizards is what chance do we have in 2012 with the deck stacked against us? Even if we get a Repub in office in 12 how long will it take to undo all this damage that BHO is inflicting? I’m not trying to be a Debbie Downer but I’m honestly worried about all this.
we need 40 or so votes back in the House…it will begin there…without those votes you can kiss your ass goodbye…imo
928 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:14:06am |
re: #888 jcm Wow, I’m sure glad to hear that you survived my friend, but geez, if other companies laid off 30-35% of their workforce, how did your company do?
929 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:14:23am |
re: #922 MandyManners
No, he’s not a murderer. Doesn’t murder require a different level of intent than that which causes an accident? Also, is his sentence the same as those of others who’re convicted of the same charges? The judge COULD have suspended the sentence but, he didn’t.
How many ways can I mangle a sentence?
930 | VegasRick Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:15:26am |
re: #927 albusteve
we need 40 or so votes back in the House…it will begin there…without those votes you can kiss your ass goodbye…imo
Yep.
931 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:15:26am |
re: #897 VegasRick
Where the hell is Mitt Romney?
That would be my choice. I wonder if the Republicans were trying to demonstrate diversity , to see Obama’s bet?
932 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:16:07am |
re: #901 Summersong
GACK! I’m really sorry to hear about your car! Where was it parked and what all got taken to = $4k?!
933 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:16:14am |
re: #882 Lincolntf
Palin can either allow the MSM/moonbats to define her, or she can define herself. The only way for her to recover from the cynical hatchet job that was done on her is to get in front of the cameras and let the rest of the nation see why she is the most popular Governor in the country. I don’t expect the media to ever treat her with any decency, but the voters have a far more open mind.
Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!
934 | bolivar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:16:17am |
re: #917 Golem Akbar
I try to watch all of Obama’s speeches. I listen for him to say something meaningful, which is rare. I notice that his speechifying (word?) is excellent.
I suggest all Lizards watch Obama carefully. We could learn something from this master
oratorbator.
Fixed that for ya!
935 | Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:17:17am |
The Lewis Carroll quote reminds me of one of my favorite Saturday Night Live sketches, when Steve Buscemi played the Mad Hatter.
[Link: snltranscripts.jt.org…]
936 | redheadredstate Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:18:23am |
re: #927 albusteve
we need 40 or so votes back in the House…it will begin there…without those votes you can kiss your ass goodbye…imo
OK I get what you’re saying but again if 2012 is looking shaky then 2010 is looking shakier. If ACORN has been and continues to be a negative factor in presidential elections which are on a grand scale how much easier will it be to manipulate local elections for senators/representatives? It will be shooting fish in a barrel. This stuff scares me skinny.
937 | VegasRick Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:18:50am |
re: #931 opnion
That would be my choice. I wonder if the Republicans were trying to demonstrate diversity , to see Obama’s bet?
Then they really are as dumb as they look. They did not learn a thing sending old man McCain to bat? We really are in trouble.
938 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:18:53am |
Sarah should hire Mark Levin as campaign manager.
939 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:19:11am |
re: #869 Ward Cleaver
Next time he’ll get 24 weeks - maybe.
Lord Ahmed was also banned from driving for a year, ordered to retake his test before he can drive again and told to pay £740 court costs.
Nothing for the victim’s family?
940 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:19:11am |
re: #928 realwest
Wow, I’m sure glad to hear that you survived my friend, but geez, if other companies laid off 30-35% of their workforce, how did your company do?
Our company runs pretty lean to begin with. We’re not losing money, we’re cash flow positive, and all the other metrics are good. Our revenue has dropped dramatically in the last 2 quarters.
941 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:19:17am |
re: #890 ilzito guacamolito
I have 4 children and do a LOT of laundry. The front loaders do a great job with less water. The only drawback is that the regular cycle is quite long.
I’ll say mother of four, welcome to LGF! When I used that one is SD I wasn’t sure it was even working correctly. The thing would go swish-swish-swish then stop for a moment. It was coin operated and I wasn’t sure I had the right amount of money in it or something. Ha!
942 | yma o hyd Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:20:01am |
This is so sad:
Tributes in the House after David Cameron’s son Ivan dies, aged six
‘Politicians from all three main parties put aside their differences today to give heartfelt condolences to David Cameron and his family over the death of his six-year-old son, Ivan.
The Conservative leader’s first child, who suffered from a rare form of cerebral palsy involving severe degenerative seizures, died at a hospital in West London this morning after being taken ill overnight. ‘
943 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:20:29am |
re: #935 Mad Al-Jaffee
The Lewis Carroll quote reminds me of one of my favorite Saturday Night Live sketches, when Steve Buscemi played the Mad Hatter.
[Link: snltranscripts.jt.org…]
Mad Hatter: Why I’m so mad I constantly burn my penis with red hot cigar butts.
SNIP
Mad Hatter: Well I do that too. And I also build little race cars out of my poop! It’s Wing-Dangily wonderful madness!
944 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:20:41am |
Good morning.
Don’t know if this has been reported here before, but here in DC, our supposedly squeaky-clean Mayor, Adrian Fenty, is in hot water over accepting a week-long junket to Dubai, paid fully by the United Arab Emirates, at which (among other things) he attended the womens’ tennis match from which that Israeli athlete had been banned.
Fenty’s reaction so far is a combination of evasiveness, and apparent bafflement that there could possibly be anything wrong with accepting a ritzy junket offer from a morally questionable foreign government.
945 | Gus Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:20:44am |
IT’S OBAMA SPREADING PANIC
By Dick Morris
Instead, Obama has been instrumental in purveying fear and spreading doubt. It is his pronouncements, reinforced by the developments they kindle and catalyze, that are destroying good businesses, bankrupting responsible people and wiping out even conservative financial institutions. Every time he speaks, he sends the markets down and stocks crashing. He doesn’t seem to realize that the rest of the world takes its cue from him. He forgets that he stands at the epicenter of power, not on the fringes campaigning for office. This ain’t Iowa.
946 | Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:21:01am |
I’ve been reading some of the Dumbass Underground comments about Jindal. Those losers are disgusting and delusional.
947 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:21:01am |
948 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:21:33am |
re: #939 Dustyvet
Lord Ahmed was also banned from driving for a year, ordered to retake his test before he can drive again and told to pay £740 court costs.
Nothing for the victim’s family?
What gets me, around here if I get drunk and fire a round down the street and kill someone I’d get negligent homicide.
I get drunk drive down the street and kill someone I’d get vehicle manslaughter.
I’d do way more time for the first offense.
I’ve never figured that one out.
949 | BigAl Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:21:38am |
re: #931 opnion
That would be my choice. I wonder if the Republicans were trying to demonstrate diversity , to see Obama’s bet?
Begin with 2010. Help Michael Steele. This one-party rule with Pelosi-Reid-Obama is insane and dangerous.
950 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:22:06am |
re: #922 MandyManners
Well I could make the argument that “driving” while texting does equal murder, but in point of fact I DO BELIEVE it shows a reckless disregard for human life.
And yeah, the judge could’ve let him go free, and I don’t really care what other folks who’ve done the same thing get in the way of punishment. If he was driving and texting at the same time, here in the US we’d call that manslaughter - showing a reckless disregard for human life.
Plus since cell phone usage while drivng a car is illegal in most of the states I know of, the analagy to texting is just sitting right there.
But I don’t want to be the one to tell the victim’s family “oops, sorry, he didn’t mean to kill your loved one, he was only texting.”
951 | right_wing2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:22:48am |
Dow’s down over 150. Looks like Wall Street just LOVES the Obamessiah’s plan.
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952 | Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:22:50am |
re: #944 Occasional Reader
I posted something about that a couple of days ago.
I’m in DC too. (work here, live in MD)
953 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:22:54am |
the GOP made a disasterous choice with the Jindal rebutt…typical…
BO needs to be resisted every single inch of the way…calm cool analysis of his economic stupidity and social engineering…not for glamor points but for ideolgical honesty…people will listen if there is no hysteria and knee jerk…the best and the brightest have to come forth…names and personalities will sort themselves out…one thing for sure is I don’t want Jindal speaking for me
954 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:23:34am |
re: #944 Occasional Reader
Good morning.
Don’t know if this has been reported here before, but here in DC, our supposedly squeaky-clean Mayor, Adrian Fenty, is in hot water over accepting a week-long junket to Dubai, paid fully by the United Arab Emirates, at which (among other things) he attended the womens’ tennis match from which that Israeli athlete had been banned.
Fenty’s reaction so far is a combination of evasiveness, and apparent bafflement that there could possibly be anything wrong with accepting a ritzy junket offer from a morally questionable foreign government.
No shit?!
Which “bitch” is he gonna’ blame?
955 | yma o hyd Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:23:43am |
re: #939 Dustyvet
Lord Ahmed was also banned from driving for a year, ordered to retake his test before he can drive again and told to pay £740 court costs.
Nothing for the victim’s family?
Here’s the full story, worth reading before jumping to conclusions:
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk…]
956 | ilzito guacamolito Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:23:53am |
re: #941 turn
I’ll say mother of four, welcome to LGF! When I used that one is SD I wasn’t sure it was even working correctly. The thing would go swish-swish-swish then stop for a moment. It was coin operated and I wasn’t sure I had the right amount of money in it or something. Ha!
Thank you!
And, yes, it seemed to me that the machine was not working properly at first as well, but that is the nature of the beast.
957 | avanti Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:23:54am |
re: #877 buzzsawmonkey
Since we’re talking intermittently about carbon dioxide, global warming, etc., if there is more carbon dioxide there is more for plants to breathe. If it gets warmer, Greenland’s icecaps may melt—well, so what? It was Greenland when it was first settled. If it is warmer, then the atmosphere can absorb more water—and there will be more rain. North Africa, desert now, was the breadbasket of the Roman Empire; more water, more rain, might make that area fertile again.
What the hell is everyone worried about?
Nothing to worry about if you are willing to trade a warm Greenland for a desert Kansas for example. Even if you discount mans effect on the current warming, some area’s will be devastated, while others will thrive.
i.e. losing Greenland’s ice cap will cost the USA some coastal cities while Greenland grows more crops. You can argue about man’s effect on climate change, but climate change is something to worry about if your part of the planet suffers.
958 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:24:02am |
re: #946 Mad Al-Jaffee
I’ve been reading some of the Dumbass Underground comments about Jindal. Those losers are disgusting and delusional.
Lots of 7/11 jokes, I bet.
959 | Summersong Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:24:10am |
re: #914 jcm
Sorry that happened to you and your wife :(
re: #919 vxbush
Nothing I can’t replace, thank goodness.
re: #932 realwest
GACK! I’m really sorry to hear about your car! Where was it parked and what all got taken to = $4k?!
Thanks, Realwest -Parked in my driveway, in a quiet safe neighborhood.
My son does videography for nightclubs and various other events. He had borrowed my car and left his equipment in it. We are missing a Sony Video cam, a sound mixer, a GPS system, a Dell tablet computer, and external harddrive - various cables and cases…
960 | AuntAcid Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:24:24am |
re: #913 turn
Oh you guys are talking about Jindal. I thought he did, well, a horrible job with his speech. He talked too fast and was obviously nervous. Not nearly the poise the One has … just saying.
I tried to watch Gov. Geek give his SOTS speech. No doubt he is smart, but, boy is he annoying. Style counts, big time. Who the hell picked him anyway? The GOP has got to up their game or be satisfied to sit on the side lines.
961 | Bloodnok Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:24:56am |
962 | Kenneth Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:24:57am |
re: #800 Nevergiveup
Here’s another report on Israel’s Harop drone. Way cool.
Israel special - IAI’s Harop ups the stakes on SEAD missions
It can be launched from land, sea or air, has 6 hours loiter time, passive electro-optic sensors (ie. send out no signal that can be detected) and a 23kg HE warhead.
963 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:25:13am |
re: #950 realwest
In which states is using a cell phone while driving illegal?
964 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:25:19am |
re: #944 Occasional Reader
Good morning.
Don’t know if this has been reported here before, but here in DC, our supposedly squeaky-clean Mayor, Adrian Fenty, is in hot water over accepting a week-long junket to Dubai, paid fully by the United Arab Emirates, at which (among other things) he attended the womens’ tennis match from which that Israeli athlete had been banned.
Fenty’s reaction so far is a combination of evasiveness, and apparent bafflement that there could possibly be anything wrong with accepting a ritzy junket offer from a morally questionable foreign government.
Women’s tennis in Dubai? Don’t they trip over the burkhas?
965 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:25:38am |
re: #936 redheadredstate
OK I get what you’re saying but again if 2012 is looking shaky then 2010 is looking shakier. If ACORN has been and continues to be a negative factor in presidential elections which are on a grand scale how much easier will it be to manipulate local elections for senators/representatives? It will be shooting fish in a barrel. This stuff scares me skinny.
for one thing ACORN should be sued in every state in the union….that would be a start…reduce their wiggle room and they will blow sooner or later…there is a lot of criminal activity there
966 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:26:02am |
re: #960 AuntAcid
I tried to watch Gov. Geek give his SOTS speech. No doubt he is smart, but, boy is he annoying. Style counts, big time. Who the hell picked him anyway? The GOP has got to up their game or be satisfied to sit on the side lines.
The GOP hasn’t put forth a Presidential candidate with style since Reagan.
967 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:26:17am |
re: #952 Mad Al-Jaffee
I posted something about that a couple of days ago.
I’m in DC too. (work here, live in MD)
I miss Tony, don’t you? That nerdy bowtie was somehow reassuring.
968 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:26:18am |
re: #960 AuntAcid
I tried to watch Gov. Geek give his SOTS speech. No doubt he is smart, but, boy is he annoying. Style counts, big time. Who the hell picked him anyway? The GOP has got to up their game or be satisfied to sit on the side lines.
True, why didn’t they get Palin to do that?
“See what you get when you hire a community organizer as leader of the free world.”
969 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:27:01am |
re: #958 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Lots of 7/11 jokes, I bet.
But enough about Vice President Biden…
970 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:27:07am |
So who in the GOP has the oration skills equal to Obama? Maybe Mitt Romney. Any others?
971 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:27:09am |
re: #962 Kenneth
Here’s another report on Israel’s Harop drone. Way cool.
Israel special - IAI’s Harop ups the stakes on SEAD missionsIt can be launched from land, sea or air, has 6 hours loiter time, passive electro-optic sensors (ie. send out no signal that can be detected) and a 23kg HE warhead.
From the article:
The Harop is a bigger, improved version of IAI’s Harpy
So Hillary works for IAI?
972 | VegasRick Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:27:33am |
re: #962 Kenneth
Here’s another report on Israel’s Harop drone. Way cool.
Israel special - IAI’s Harop ups the stakes on SEAD missionsIt can be launched from land, sea or air, has 6 hours loiter time, passive electro-optic sensors (ie. send out no signal that can be detected) and a 23kg HE warhead.
Highly Efficient?
974 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:27:52am |
re: #915 redheadredstate
I really think Charles is on the right track trying to bring light to the creationist in the GOP. I think a large chunk of GOP votes could be gained if these guys didn’t try and mix politics with religion or come across like religious nut cases. I think Acorn has an effect but I don’t think it is significant compared to the other issues, like religion, at work here. These are my personal feelings, I don’t have evidence to back them up.
975 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:27:57am |
re: #959 Summersong
Sorry that happened to you and your wife :(
re: #919 vxbush
Nothing I can’t replace, thank goodness.
re: #932 realwest
Thanks, Realwest -Parked in my driveway, in a quiet safe neighborhood.
My son does videography for nightclubs and various other events. He had borrowed my car and left his equipment in it. We are missing a Sony Video cam, a sound mixer, a GPS system, a Dell tablet computer, and external harddrive - various cables and cases…
Almost sounds like someone knew the stuff would be there.
Watch eBay and craigslist, the stuff may show up there.
976 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:28:45am |
re: #954 MandyManners
No shit?!
Which “bitch” is he gonna’ blame?
It’s disappointing, because he just didn’t seem the type.
Also, I’ve bought my running shoes from his family business for many years now. Darn.
977 | Summersong Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:28:52am |
Oh and they missed a 17” HP laptop, some cash in the glovebox and a ViewSonic projector! I figure something scared them off before they got it all.
978 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:29:06am |
re: #974 turn
I really think Charles is on the right track trying to bring light to the creationist in the GOP. I think a large chunk of GOP votes could be gained if these guys didn’t try and mix politics with religion or come across like religious nut cases. I think Acorn has an effect but I don’t think it is significant compared to the other issues, like religion, at work here. These are my personal feelings, I don’t have evidence to back them up.
That’s OK. There’s no evidence to support evolution, either.
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979 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:29:07am |
re: #915 redheadredstate
In a close election fraud can be a determining factor(see coleman/stuart smalley)but in a normal race it’s a non-factor.(too many votes to overcome)
980 | yma o hyd Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:29:08am |
Schiphol air disaster toll: nine dead and 50 injured after Turkish Airlines jet crashes
‘A Turkish Airlines flight has crashed into farmland just short of Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, killing nine people and injuring a further 50.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft broke into three in the force of the impact, but worse casualties were spared because fire did not break out. ‘
981 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:29:25am |
re: #955 yma o hyd
Here’s the full story, worth reading before jumping to conclusions:
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk…]
Thanks, I was asking?:)
982 | Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:29:33am |
re: #967 Occasional Reader
Fenty and Obama are almost making me miss Marion Barry! At least he’s still in the news, entertaining us.
983 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:29:36am |
re: #937 VegasRick
Then they really are as dumb as they look. They did not learn a thing sending old man McCain to bat? We really are in trouble.
We need to turn over the House in 2010 & then get a good Republican from the Republican Wing of the Party nominated in 2012. I suggest Romney. You are right about McCain.
984 | Gus Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:29:41am |
They should consider bringing out Romney next time. Also, drop the suit and tie and put him in front of a background familiar with people — perhaps like a restaurant or outdoors.
985 | avanti Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:29:45am |
re: #951 right_wing2
Dow’s down over 150. Looks like Wall Street just LOVES the Obamessiah’s plan.
//
Fox Business says it’s the record housing sales decline announced this A.M. driving the market down. Plans good or bad don’t drive the markets, facts do. They say it may turn upward later today once they absorb the bad housing news.
986 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:29:50am |
re: #944 Occasional Reader
Good morning O.R.! Seems the comments at that column don’t reflect your more cultured tastes! LOL!
987 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:30:19am |
re: #955 yma o hyd
Here’s the full story, worth reading before jumping to conclusions:
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk…]
The texting had no direct link but, a pattern of dangerous driving before the accident? And, I can see that the actions of the victim helped cause the accident and death—he had been drinking before he crashed before Ahmed even got there.
988 | J.S. Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:30:47am |
989 | eschew_obfuscation Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:30:51am |
990 | Summersong Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:30:52am |
re: #975 jcm
Almost sounds like someone knew the stuff would be there.
Watch eBay and craigslist, the stuff may show up there.
Good thinking! My son had worked a hair show earlier that day…might have been followed home….
991 | VegasRick Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:30:53am |
re: #983 opnion
We need to turn over the House in 2010 & then get a good Republican from the Republican Wing of the Party nominated in 2012. I suggest Romney. You are right about McCain.
I like Romney as well.
992 | jcm Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:31:01am |
re: #972 VegasRick
Highly Efficient?
High Explosive. Extremely fast propagation of the chemical reaction. More energy released in a shorter time frame, results in higher forces on the target.
993 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:31:19am |
re: #917 Golem Akbar
I try to watch all of Obama’s speeches. I listen for him to say something meaningful, which is rare. I notice that his speechifying (word?) is excellent.
I suggest all Lizards watch Obama carefully. We could learn something from this master orator.
I agree, he really is good at public speaking. Then again I liked Bush’s no-nonsense from the heart style too. I always had the feeling Bush was telling the truth, I don’t have the same feeling when O speaks.
994 | Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:31:25am |
re: #858 realwest
Ah yeah, but it IS Debka so don’t go getting your hopes up just yet!
True, but hopefully the system works. It won’t be a ‘magic bullet’ though. You could swat even stealth drones with AAA barrage fire prior to setting up your missiles. And it won’t do anything about Iran’s MiG-29s.
995 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:31:26am |
re: #963 MandyManners
In new jersey,you need to use a hands free device.(blue tooth,head set speakerphone etc.)don’t let the cop see you holding it.
996 | Mike from NY Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:31:33am |
Gov. Jindal has potential for the resurgence of the GOP. He has Reagan like views on the economy, reducing the size of the federal gov., and the social issues. Give him time in office in Louisiana.
997 | kansas Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:31:47am |
re: #985 avanti
Fox Business says it’s the record housing sales decline announced this A.M. driving the market down. Plans good or bad don’t drive the markets, facts do. They say it may turn upward later today once they absorb the bad housing news.
Like it was big surprise this AM when they announced that? That was all over the news and well know last week. Every time the market rallies a bit and O puts his and stupid Joe’s mugs on TV, the market crashes. I think they are shorting stocks.
998 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:31:50am |
re: #980 yma o hyd
Schiphol air disaster toll: nine dead and 50 injured after Turkish Airlines jet crashes
‘A Turkish Airlines flight has crashed into farmland just short of Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, killing nine people and injuring a further 50.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft broke into three in the force of the impact, but worse casualties were spared because fire did not break out. ‘
Gah.
Our thoughts with the families and survivors.
999 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:31:54am |
re: #987 MandyManners
The texting had no direct link but, a pattern of dangerous driving before the accident? And, I can see that the actions of the victim helped cause the accident and death—he had been drinking before he crashed before Ahmed even got there.
operating a cell phone while driving is illegal in ABQ…and they enforce the law without hesitation
1000 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:32:05am |
re: #982 Mad Al-Jaffee
Fenty and Obama are almost making me miss Marion Barry! At least he’s still in the news, entertaining us.
How about some marionberry ice cream?
1001 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:32:14am |
Dryer buzzer’s buzzing. I’m having to wash just about every washable article of clothing now that I’ve figured out I’m allergic to my regular Tide. GAH. bbiab
1002 | Honorary Yooper Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:32:23am |
re: #957 avanti
Nothing to worry about if you are willing to trade a warm Greenland for a desert Kansas for example. Even if you discount mans effect on the current warming, some area’s will be devastated, while others will thrive.
i.e. losing Greenland’s ice cap will cost the USA some coastal cities while Greenland grows more crops. You can argue about man’s effect on climate change, but climate change is something to worry about if your part of the planet suffers.
A few notes:
1. No one knows that a warm Greenland equals a desert Kansas. In fact, it may be that a warm Greenland equals better farming in what is currently the desert Southwest. The Ancient Pueblo were able to farm it until the later stages of the Medieval Climatic Optimum.
2. Greenland’s ice cap is mostly on water in the center of the island. It has a depression in the middle that is connected to the outside ocean. Thus, sea levels will not rise by much, if they do at all.
3. Panic mongering about climate change is irresponsible when we don’t fully know what can or will happen, and our models are poor at best at predicting it.
1003 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:32:52am |
re: #996 Mike from NY
Gov. Jindal has potential for the resurgence of the GOP. He has Reagan like views on the economy, reducing the size of the federal gov., and the social issues. Give him time in office in Louisiana.
no…he is poison
1004 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:33:00am |
re: #983 opnion
We need to turn over the House in 2010 & then get a good Republican from the Republican Wing of the Party nominated in 2012. I suggest Romney. You are right about McCain.
Part of the problem is that in large part the republicans are only a little less corrupt than the dems. Recall that the bailout crap was started by Bush/Paulson. Paulson lied to us as to the reason for the bailout and what was going to be done with the money. Why is this never discussed?
Wonder why they kept Palin from the front stage in the McCain campaign? I do.
1005 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:33:19am |
re: #924 gonecamping
I boycotted the Obama Platitude Pitch last night to enjoy some delicious homebrew with the DW, going to brew up a batch of Stout next week.
Cool! DW? Hey, you into whole grain brewing yet?
1006 | redheadredstate Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:34:04am |
Thanks guys for the answers. I’m trying to talk myself off the ledge but it’s hard these days. It doesn’t help when you are a natural born worrier like I am. My kids say I have it down to a fine art. My son got me a fridge magnet which says “Worry is like a rocking chair, it gets you nowhere but it keeps you busy” I’ll try to be more optomistic. If anyone knows of a grass roots org that they could recommend joining to help in the fight against the left I would be open to joining. I think if I get more involved the worry will lessen. A good lesson for all of us.
1007 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:34:54am |
re: #993 turn
I agree, he really is good at public speaking. Then again I liked Bush’s no-nonsense from the heart style too. I always had the feeling Bush was telling the truth, I don’t have the same feeling when O speaks.
True true and true. Bush bumbled and messed up his words, but they were from the heart, and he spoke honestly. He was real and I never get the feeling that Obama has anything real to say. In that way, Obama is the anti-Bush. Maybe that’s why Obama got elected: too much reality GWB.
1008 | avanti Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:34:58am |
re: #962 Kenneth
Here’s another report on Israel’s Harop drone. Way cool.
Israel special - IAI’s Harop ups the stakes on SEAD missionsIt can be launched from land, sea or air, has 6 hours loiter time, passive electro-optic sensors (ie. send out no signal that can be detected) and a 23kg HE warhead.
We need more weapons systems like that, but the Air Force and Navy don’t like pilotless air craft. They’d prefer one much cooler 400 million dollar fighter over a 100 killer drones.
We are approaching the day when remotely piloted aircraft will do the job safer and cheaper.
1009 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:35:18am |
re: #1006 redheadredstate
Thanks guys for the answers. I’m trying to talk myself off the ledge but it’s hard these days. It doesn’t help when you are a natural born worrier like I am. My kids say I have it down to a fine art. My son got me a fridge magnet which says “Worry is like a rocking chair, it gets you nowhere but it keeps you busy” I’ll try to be more optomistic. If anyone knows of a grass roots org that they could recommend joining to help in the fight against the left I would be open to joining. I think if I get more involved the worry will lessen. A good lesson for all of us.
Illigitimi non-carbondurum.
1010 | Honorary Yooper Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:35:23am |
re: #985 avanti
Fox Business says it’s the record housing sales decline announced this A.M. driving the market down. Plans good or bad don’t drive the markets, facts do. They say it may turn upward later today once they absorb the bad housing news.
Um, plans, good or bad, do help drive the market. In fact, because FDR kept changing plans and kept Wall Street in limbo as to what he would do, the markets stayed down during the 1930s rather than recovering. I see Obama making much the same mistake.
1011 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:35:25am |
re: #992 jcm
High Explosive. Extremely fast propagation of the chemical reaction
IIRC the technical definition of “high explosive” is that the blast wave is supersonic. (Or maybe that’s a necessary but not sufficient condition… I don’t recall for sure.)
1012 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:35:40am |
re: #1006 redheadredstate
Thanks guys for the answers. I’m trying to talk myself off the ledge but it’s hard these days. It doesn’t help when you are a natural born worrier like I am. My kids say I have it down to a fine art. My son got me a fridge magnet which says “Worry is like a rocking chair, it gets you nowhere but it keeps you busy” I’ll try to be more optomistic. If anyone knows of a grass roots org that they could recommend joining to help in the fight against the left I would be open to joining. I think if I get more involved the worry will lessen. A good lesson for all of us.
[Link: www.pjtv.com…]
1013 | Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:35:46am |
re: #963 MandyManners
In which states is using a cell phone while driving illegal?
It’s illegal in Chicago if you’re not using a headset, but it is not a statewide law.
1014 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:36:05am |
re: #994 Dark_Falcon
True, but hopefully the system works. It won’t be a ‘magic bullet’ though. You could swat even stealth drones with AAA barrage fire prior to setting up your missiles. And it won’t do anything about Iran’s MiG-29s.
The MiG-29 has had a pretty disappointing combat record against other fighters. I’d be really worried about the pinnacle of Iranian aerospace technology - the Saequeh! Oh no, they added an extra tail fin to an 40 year old F-5! In another 20 years, they might develop the Hornet!
1015 | redheadredstate Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:36:09am |
re: #1009 Harry Tuttle
Illigitimi non-carbondurum.
Funny I thought I was the only one who used that phrase and you are right.
1016 | Mike from NY Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:36:22am |
#1003 albusteve: Why do you say Gov. Jindal is poison? If not him, then who can rescue the GOp for 2012?
1017 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:36:22am |
1018 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:36:28am |
re: #955 yma o hyd
Afternoon {yma} from your link:
But the judge went on: “It is of the greatest importance that people realize what a serious offense dangerous driving of this type is.”He concluded: “I have come to the conclusion that by reason of the prolonged, deliberate, repeated and highly dangerous driving for which you have pleaded guilty, only an immediate custodial sentence can be justified.”
After jailing him for 12 weeks, the judge also imposed a one year driving ban and ordered the peer to pay £500 prosecution costs.
Sure seems to be a pretty stiff sentence for someone who apparently did nothing wrong. Wonder why such a stiff sentence?
1020 | bolivar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:36:54am |
re: #957 avanti
Nothing to worry about if you are willing to trade a warm Greenland for a desert Kansas for example. Even if you discount mans effect on the current warming, some area’s will be devastated, while others will thrive.
i.e. losing Greenland’s ice cap will cost the USA some coastal cities while Greenland grows more crops. You can argue about man’s effect on climate change, but climate change is something to worry about if your part of the planet suffers.
None of this malarkey can be proved nor can the “models” that spout this crap be. All smoke and mirrors - just like the porkulus package. All baloney all the time.
1021 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:37:10am |
re: #1010 Honorary Yooper
Um, plans, good or bad, do help drive the market. In fact, because FDR kept changing plans and kept Wall Street in limbo as to what he would do, the markets stayed down during the 1930s rather than recovering. I see Obama making much the same mistake.
Thank you.
1022 | Summersong Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:37:12am |
re: #963 MandyManners
In which states is using a cell phone while driving illegal?
It’s illegal in CA.
1023 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:37:38am |
re: #996 Mike from NY
With the ID baggage,he’s poison now.they’ll pound the crap out of him on that alone.(not to mention the whole exorcism thing)jindal is the democrats choice for the rep.They are drooling at the thought of him.
1024 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:38:09am |
re: #959 Summersong
Geez. I’d guess you’d better not figure you’re living in a quiet, SAFE neighborhood from now on.
1025 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:38:18am |
re: #1009 Harry Tuttle
Illigitimi non-carbondurum.
Illigitimi non carbundum est. According to my Latin-speaking bud who says this is not real Latin. My buzzkill buddy.
1026 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:38:20am |
re: #963 MandyManners
In which states is using a cell phone while driving illegal?
It is illegal in CT.
1027 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:38:31am |
re: #901 Summersong
Ugh
Another day of DJI hemorrhaging -178 and counting
and my car was ransacked last night -$4,000 in various equipment was stolen.
Happy new year!
Four thousand dollars? Good grief, what did you have in the car?
1028 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:00am |
re: #1013 Dark_Falcon
It’s illegal in Chicago if you’re not using a headset, but it is not a statewide law.
Does it need to be a Bluetooth like headset, or can I continue to duct tape my cellphone to a baseball cap?
1029 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:04am |
re: #960 AuntAcid
I tried to watch Gov. Geek give his SOTS speech. No doubt he is smart, but, boy is he annoying. Style counts, big time. Who the hell picked him anyway? The GOP has got to up their game or be satisfied to sit on the side lines.
Yes, we need a Fred Thompson style speaker or something. This creationist thing is really going to hurt Jindal in 2012.
1030 | Walter L. Newton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:07am |
re: #1003 albusteve
no…he is poison
He certainly is. And, you can already see the GOP, regionally and countrywide, lining up behind politicians like this.
Locally, there are a number of “new blood” positioning themselves with the GOP, and they are all publicly big social issues conservatives.
This is not just spot and miss. I can’t keep up with all the local “personalities,” but I suspect Lizards reporting in, we would find a similar situation as I am finding.
The only way it works will be in spite of itself. That would be if the Democrats so screw up things that it comes around that the country would resurrect Jerry Fawell and vote for him if needed.
Sort of a total meltdown in DC, these social issue conservatives are going to loose it for us in the next election cycle.
1031 | J.S. Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:23am |
re: #1022 Summersong
from Wiki article. Cell phones are banned:
California
Connecticut
District of Columbia
—The city of Chicago, Illinois
—The City of Ft. Smith, Arkansas
New Jersey
—The cities of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico
New York
—The city of Brooklyn, Ohio
Washington
All United States Department of Defense Installations
1032 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:23am |
re: #1025 Golem Akbar
Illigitimi non carbundum est. According to my Latin-speaking bud who says this is not real Latin. My buzzkill buddy.
No it’s not Latin but it is still valid, google it.
1033 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:35am |
re: #1026 Ford_Prefect
It is illegal in CT.
I saw some some dimbulb lady talking on her cellphone in the school zone this morning. Ticketable offfense.
1034 | Kenneth Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:40am |
re: #985 avanti
Confidence, fear and expectation drive markets. So far the markets have little confidence in Obama’s response to the crisis. Selling now indicates a fear things will get worse before any expectation that it will get better.
1035 | Mike from NY Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:49am |
re: #1023 Boondock St. Bender
With the ID baggage,he’s poison now.they’ll pound the crap out of him on that alone.(not to mention the whole exorcism thing)jindal is the democrats choice for the rep.They are drooling at the thought of him.
Help me understand your concern. What is the ID baggage?
1036 | ilzito guacamolito Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:50am |
re: #995 Boondock St. Bender
In new jersey,you need to use a hands free device.(blue tooth,head set speakerphone etc.)don’t let the cop see you holding it.
Yeah, but have you ever noticed all the freakin’ cops in Jersey driving around with cell phones glued to their ears? They sure as hades aren’t talking to their wives.
1037 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:39:54am |
re: #1016 Mike from NY
#1003 albusteve: Why do you say Gov. Jindal is poison? If not him, then who can rescue the GOp for 2012?
Jindal is a creationist…
I have no clue who can rescue the GOP
1038 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:40:03am |
re: #963 MandyManners
At the very least, New York State. Don’t know about others, but I’d reckon if you check the blue states you’d find the same thing. And if you drive while using a cell phone in NYC it’s really your butt. Points on license and big fine.
1039 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:40:06am |
Mastermind of 9/11 gives Texans a chill
[Link: www.chron.com…]
1040 | bulwrk Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:40:10am |
re: #1022 Summersong
It’s illegal in CA.
Not exactly,you can use your cell while driving as long as you are using it with a hands free device.
1041 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:40:13am |
re: #963 MandyManners
In which states is using a cell phone while driving illegal?
California for one.
1042 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:40:24am |
re: #1029 turn
Yes, we need a Fred Thompson style speaker or something. This creationist thing is really going to hurt Jindal in 2012.
If he keeps giving speeches like the one last night, he won’t be a factor in 2012.
1043 | Ford_Prefect Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:40:56am |
re: #1029 turn
Yes, we need a Fred Thompson style speaker or something. This creationist thing is really going to hurt Jindal in 2012.
Fred Thompson would be my choice. Problem is he is already 66.
1044 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:41:06am |
re: #1023 Boondock St. Bender
With the ID baggage,he’s poison now.they’ll pound the crap out of him on that alone.(not to mention the whole exorcism thing)jindal is the democrats choice for the rep.They are drooling at the thought of him.
And they’d wait to do it after he got the nomination.
1045 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:41:14am |
re: #1014 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
The MiG-29 has had a pretty disappointing combat record against other fighters.
That “The Last Ace” article from The Atlantic Monthly I keep linking to includes an actual photo recovered from an Iraqi MiG-29 pilot’s HUD, of an AIM-7 missile inbound from a USAF F-15, microseconds before impact. That last thing that pilot ever saw. Quite startling.
That said, I don’t know if the MiG-29 has been tested in air combat under conditions in which it didn’t have the odds HEAVILY stacked against it. I am always leery about “misunderestimating” enemy equipment.
1047 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:41:30am |
re: #963 MandyManners
In which states is using a cell phone while driving illegal?
Oh and turnspawn (the dumb a@#) just got a ticket for that believe it or not.
1048 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:41:59am |
In Georgia I think driving while talking on a cell phone is MANDATORY!
When I drive near a cop car, I put mine up to my ear and pretend I’m talking, just in case!
//
1049 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:42:07am |
re: #1043 Ford_Prefect
Fred Thompson would be my choice. Problem is he is already 66.
Fred aint the guy.
1050 | kansas Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:42:14am |
re: #996 Mike from NY
Gov. Jindal has potential for the resurgence of the GOP. He has Reagan like views on the economy, reducing the size of the federal gov., and the social issues. Give him time in office in Louisiana.
He seemed like a doofus to me. I was disappointed.
1051 | jaunte Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:42:15am |
Spiegel online slide show: Some interesting floats in the form of 3d political cartoons from Carnival parades in Germany.
“This one depicts banks vomiting bad debt on tax payers.”
[Link: www.spiegel.de…]
1052 | aboo-Hoo-Hoo Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:42:16am |
Can’t stand the SoB but I’ll give credit where do, if accurate: Byrd: Obama in power grab
1053 | Kenneth Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:42:39am |
re: #1008 avanti
For most tasks, but not all. No drone can do the work of an interceptor, not yet. But we definitely need some of these Israeli machines. Who knows, we may soon see a demonstration of how effective the are in destroying a top-of-the-line air defense system.
1054 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:43:04am |
re: #1045 Occasional Reader
That “The Last Ace” article from The Atlantic Monthly I keep linking to includes an actual photo recovered from an Iraqi MiG-29 pilot’s HUD, of an AIM-7 missile inbound from a USAF F-15, microseconds before impact. That last thing that pilot ever saw. Quite startling.
That said, I don’t know if the MiG-29 has been tested in air combat under conditions in which it didn’t have the odds HEAVILY stacked against it. I am always leery about “misunderestimating” enemy equipment.
Like they say, it’s the singer & not the song, but the Serbs & Iraqis in MiG-29s couldn’t match up against our F-15s, I doubt if the Iranians in theirs will fare much better against the Israelis & their F-15s.
1055 | yma o hyd Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:43:17am |
re: #1018 realwest
Afternoon {yma} from your link:
Sure seems to be a pretty stiff sentence for someone who apparently did nothing wrong. Wonder why such a stiff sentence?
Hiya, {rw}!
The sentence was given, probably, because he did send text messages while driving, even if these had nothung to do with the crash itself.
I think …
1056 | kansas Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:43:35am |
re: #1049 Harry Tuttle
Fred aint the guy.
We could always hope for Sarah Palin and get another media food fight and Obama for 4 more. //
1057 | Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:43:45am |
re: #1028 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Does it need to be a Bluetooth like headset, or can I continue to duct tape my cellphone to a baseball cap?
It needs to be a dedicated headset.
1058 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:43:47am |
1059 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:43:49am |
1060 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:44:09am |
re: #1046 realwest
RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!
it seems to me he should be out in front a bit more regardless of his political future…people love him…wtf is Rudy?
1061 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:44:18am |
re: #1039 Dustyvet
Mastermind of 9/11 gives Texans a chill
[Link: www.chron.com…]
Some good comments there. We Texans don’t put up with their crap. KSM should already be in hell, instead of relaxing at Club Gitmo.
1062 | karmic_inquisitor Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:44:22am |
Morning all.
Instapundit has a poll on what should be done to constrain government spending.
One idea that I like - get Congress to meet only a few months a year and force them to meet in cities other than DC.
That would force lobbyists onto the road and force them to spend more money visiting different members districts.
Meanwhile, it gets congress out of the DC spend spend spend culture.
Lastly, it makes it more likely that you will be heard by your representative.
1063 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:44:49am |
re: #995 Boondock St. Bender
In new jersey,you need to use a hands free device.(blue tooth,head set speakerphone etc.)don’t let the cop see you holding it.
Doesn’t merely talking distract a driver?
1064 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:45:03am |
re: #1004 Harry Tuttle
Part of the problem is that in large part the republicans are only a little less corrupt than the dems. Recall that the bailout crap was started by Bush/Paulson. Paulson lied to us as to the reason for the bailout and what was going to be done with the money. Why is this never discussed?
Wonder why they kept Palin from the front stage in the McCain campaign? I do.
You are right about W & Paulson.
As for Palin , I think that the McCain campaign kept her low key, becuse McCain couldn’t deal with the competition.
1065 | Summersong Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:45:18am |
re: #1040 bulwrk
Not exactly,you can use your cell while driving as long as you are using it with a hands free device.
Yes. You are right. Thanks for the fact check!
1066 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:45:30am |
re: #999 albusteve
operating a cell phone while driving is illegal in ABQ…and they enforce the law without hesitation
Good. What about a head-set?
1067 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:45:40am |
re: #1052 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Can’t stand the SoB but I’ll give credit where do, if accurate: Byrd: Obama in power grab
Who woke up Byrd? Or is he afraid that there’ll be more things named after BHO than are named after him?
1068 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:45:48am |
re: #1056 kansas
We could always hope for Sarah Palin and get another media food fight and Obama for 4 more. //
So you are letting the MFM choose your candidate then?
1069 | Walter L. Newton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:45:59am |
re: #1052 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Can’t stand the SoB but I’ll give credit where do, if accurate: Byrd: Obama in power grab
Byrd, bus, thump, in 5,4,3…
1070 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:00am |
re: #1063 MandyManners
Doesn’t merely talking distract a driver?
So do shiny things & dogs with puffy tails.
1071 | BigAl Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:03am |
The GOP shapes up this way:
Romney
Giuliani
Palin
They are proven successful executives. Based on MSM attacks, the left fears Palin the most.
But 2010 is first. The above three can raise a hunk of $$. The RNC, led by Michael Steele, looks promising.
1072 | VegasRick Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:13am |
1073 | J.S. Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:14am |
re: #1058 MandyManners
hmmm…five states (five cities in the U.S., if one includes Washington, D.C.)
1074 | avanti Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:20am |
re: #1002 Honorary Yooper
A few notes:
3. Panic mongering about climate change is irresponsible when we don’t fully know what can or will happen, and our models are poor at best at predicting it.
I agree with your number 3. On the other hand, some on the right take the extreme on the other side by claiming the earths warming is somehow a fake conspiracy by science to destroy the economy or make money for certain industries.
To continue to dispute the science gives the ID crowd a valid argument to be anti-science. Fight about the how much of a effect man has on the warming, what effect it will have good or bad, and what if anything to do about it.
It’s not unreasonable to take a position that we can reduce use of fossil fuel no matter your feelings on AGW .
1075 | Walter L. Newton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:36am |
re: #1058 MandyManners
Morning Mandy… can I have a breakfast whack?
1076 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:44am |
re: #1039 Dustyvet
Mastermind of 9/11 gives Texans a chill
[Link: www.chron.com…]
From your link:
Rep. Michael McCaul called the moment chilling and eerie. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said she froze in place. And Rep. Pete Olson stared through the one-way glass, thinking, “My God, that’s the man who planned the attacks.”
There he was in a stark cell at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, kneeling on a prayer rug, head bowed, wearing the white cap of faithful Muslim men worldwide.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 44, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 al-Qaida attacks on the United States, appeared thinner than in the photos taken the 2003 night of his capture in Pakistan.
But from what three members of Houston’s congressional delegation observed and were told during a one-day tour of the Guantanamo Bay facility, Mohammed appeared every bit as bent on America’s destruction as the day he orchestrated the synchronized suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
The lawmakers said they did not speak with Mohammed after they observed him through a one-way glass
Reminds me of that scene from Independence Day where the President asks the captured E.T., “what do you want us to do?”, and it replies, “die”.
(As an aside, I’m surprised Sheila Jackson Lee didn’t give KSM a big hug)
1077 | bolivar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:45am |
re: #1064 opnion
You are right about W & Paulson.
As for Palin , I think that the McCain campaign kept her low key, becuse McCain couldn’t deal with the competition.
Bingo! She shone so much brighter than Mclame ever did that they could not allow her to overshadow his incompetence.
1078 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:52am |
re: #1052 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Can’t stand the SoB but I’ll give credit where do, if accurate: Byrd: Obama in power grab
Now why on Earth would a former Grand Kleagle of the KKK want to say something like that about Obama?
/
1079 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:46:55am |
re: #1006 redheadredstate
Thanks guys for the answers. I’m trying to talk myself off the ledge but it’s hard these days. It doesn’t help when you are a natural born worrier like I am. My kids say I have it down to a fine art. My son got me a fridge magnet which says “Worry is like a rocking chair, it gets you nowhere but it keeps you busy” I’ll try to be more optomistic. If anyone knows of a grass roots org that they could recommend joining to help in the fight against the left I would be open to joining. I think if I get more involved the worry will lessen. A good lesson for all of us.
I’m late so excuse me if someone’s already mentioned this but, are you near where a tea party is being planned?
1080 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:47:31am |
re: #1032 Harry Tuttle
No it’s not Latin but it is still valid, google it.
No, that’s true. I use it all the time.
1081 | kansas Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:47:34am |
re: #1068 Harry Tuttle
So you are letting the MFM choose your candidate then?
Not sure what you mean. But if Sarah Palin is our candidate, the MFM will go nuts and destroy her again. They still are doing everything they can to further damage her.
1082 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:47:48am |
re: #1018 realwest
Afternoon {yma} from your link:
Sure seems to be a pretty stiff sentence for someone who apparently did nothing wrong. Wonder why such a stiff sentence?
He plead guilty to dangerous driving.
1083 | SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:47:52am |
re: #1067 Ward Cleaver
Who woke up Byrd? Or is he afraid that there’ll be more things named after BHO than are named after him?
Ding !
1084 | Dustyvet Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:47:56am |
re: #1063 MandyManners
Doesn’t merely talking distract a driver?
A former friend of mine, used to read his morning paper on the drive to work…Till the morning he encountered the back end of an 18 wheeler on I-35W.
1085 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:48:00am |
re: #1071 BigAl
The GOP shapes up this way:
Romney
Giuliani
PalinThey are proven successful executives. Based on MSM attacks, the left fears Palin the most.
But 2010 is first. The above three can raise a hunk of $$. The RNC, led by Michael Steele, looks promising.
“the left fears Palin the most.”
One of her strongest factors!
1086 | turn Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:48:09am |
re: #1007 Golem Akbar
True true and true. Bush bumbled and messed up his words, but they were from the heart, and he spoke honestly. He was real and I never get the feeling that Obama has anything real to say. In that way, Obama is the anti-Bush. Maybe that’s why Obama got elected: too much reality GWB.
I go back on occasion and listen to his speech in the Cathedral after 9/11. Talk about speaking from the heart, and he did exactly what he said he would do. He took the fight to the terrorists.
1087 | Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:48:32am |
re: #1054 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Like they say, it’s the singer & not the song, but the Serbs & Iraqis in MiG-29s couldn’t match up against our F-15s, I doubt if the Iranians in theirs will fare much better against the Israelis & their F-15s.
Not unless they pilots are a lot better than I expect them to be.
1088 | sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:48:55am |
re: #1063 MandyManners
Doesn’t merely talking distract a driver?
I know when my wife starts yammering at me while I’m driving, it’s distracting!
//
1089 | Walter L. Newton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:48:56am |
re: #1072 VegasRick
Yep. Rudy/Romney, Romney/Rudy can win.
Why, in heaven name would anyone want Rudy? His campaigning, or lack of it, should be enough to suggest to anyone that he is either not ready or there is some major flaw going on here.
There is no way to blame his poor performance on anyone but himself.
1090 | kansas Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:49:29am |
Hey, look at the Dow, down only 86, coming back strong. Quick get some Demmy on TV to fuck it up.
1091 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:49:37am |
re: #1081 kansas
Not sure what you mean. But if Sarah Palin is our candidate, the MFM will go nuts and destroy her again. They still are doing everything they can to further damage her.
Again, that to me is a reason to support her. The media doesn’t automatically win.
1092 | yma o hyd Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:49:52am |
I’m still in shock about the sudden death of Dave Cameron’s first child.
He was severely disabled - but Dave Cameron never hid him, always included him, and you could see the deep love he had for that boy.
Dave Cameron, btw, is the leader of the Tory Party, and we will do our best to see him as the new Prime Minister of the UK.
Thats why it is news here, very sad news.
1093 | MandyManners Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:50:06am |
re: #1075 Walter L. Newton
Morning Mandy… can I have a breakfast whack?
With or without syrup and powdered sugar?
1094 | tfc3rid Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:50:10am |
re: #1038 realwest
At the very least, New York State. Don’t know about others, but I’d reckon if you check the blue states you’d find the same thing. And if you drive while using a cell phone in NYC it’s really your butt. Points on license and big fine.
They get you at the toll booths, big time…
1095 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:50:15am |
1096 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:50:29am |
re: #1086 turn
I go back on occasion and listen to his speech in the Cathedral after 9/11. Talk about speaking from the heart, and he did exactly what he said he would do. He took the fight to the terrorists.
I had some disagreements with Bush on a few issues, but I never doubted his sincerity. I trusted his words. Not so with Obama.
1097 | Walter L. Newton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:50:33am |
1098 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:50:46am |
re: #1035 Mike from NY
Intrlligent design,teaching creationism in science class as an oposing veiw to darwinian evolution.He signed a law that allows this in louisiana.That may get him kudos locally,nationally they’ll bludgeon him and by assoc.the rep.party.Charles has lots-o-threads on this.
1099 | redheadredstate Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:50:48am |
re: #1079 MandyManners
I’m late so excuse me if someone’s already mentioned this but, are you near where a tea party is being planned?
Tea Party? As in Boston? I don’t know, do tell me more. I’m in the D/FW area of Texas
1100 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:50:57am |
1101 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:51:06am |
re: #1004 Harry Tuttle
Um, excuse me but first of all the GOP has NO chance of capturing the House in 2010 - just too many seats that they’d have to take. They can however gain enough seats in the Senate to help stop the madness from continuing.
Secondly, Bush didn’t really start the bailout (though you’re correct that Paulson and Bernake urged him to do so with EXTREMELY dire warnings about what would happen if he didn’t, but it was the DEMOCRATSLEFTISTS in the House that wrote the bills Bush signed - that he perhaps shouldn’t have signed them is debatable - the US Banking Industry WAS going through an unprecedented credit crisis and lots of businesses - small and large, suddenly found that they had no access to their approved credit lines (cause the Banks weren’t lending to ANYONE) and were starting to go under at an accelerating pace. But this Stimulus Bill and everything after it is all on The LEFTISTS - they will, with the help of the MSM - blame Bush for it, but that’s just not the case.
1102 | avanti Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:51:06am |
re: #1020 bolivar
None of this malarkey can be proved nor can the “models” that spout this crap be. All smoke and mirrors - just like the porkulus package. All baloney all the time.
A perfect example of the kind of comment that make you appear anti-science, just add a one word.
“None of this “evolution” malarkey can be proved nor can the “models” that spout this crap be. All smoke and mirrors - just like the porkulus package. All baloney all the time.”
1103 | kansas Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:51:25am |
re: #1091 Harry Tuttle
Again, that to me is a reason to support her. The media doesn’t automatically win.
Well, I support her in my heart, but I would not wish that thrashing on her again. I really would like to see someone like a Michael Steele, or David Patreus that media bashing would not work on.
1105 | Golem Akbar Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:51:59am |
re: #1091 Harry Tuttle
Again, that to me is a reason to support her. The media doesn’t automatically win.
If she is as smart as I think she is, she could do real battle with the liberal media and win. Most people would applaud that. That would be a sweet win worth having.
1107 | kansas Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:52:31am |
1108 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:52:48am |
re: #1053 Kenneth
For most tasks, but not all. No drone can do the work of an interceptor, not yet. But we definitely need some of these Israeli machines. Who knows, we may soon see a demonstration of how effective the are in destroying a top-of-the-line air defense system.
Correct. There’s a ways to go before a guy remotely piloting a drone can match the situational awareness and vision of a live pilot in the cockpit. Clipping people in cars and truck on the ground, or shooting down AA missiles is quite different from air-to-air combat.
1109 | Ward Cleaver Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:53:13am |
1111 | Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:53:20am |
re: #1044 Ward Cleaver
You know it.
“come into my parlor,said the spider to the fly…..”
1112 | VegasRick Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:53:22am |
re: #1089 Walter L. Newton
Why, in heaven name would anyone want Rudy? His campaigning, or lack of it, should be enough to suggest to anyone that he is either not ready or there is some major flaw going on here.
There is no way to blame his poor performance on anyone but himself.
I believe the Republicans knew they were going to lose in 08’ so they sent McCain to slaughter. Rudy and Romney were kinda low key in 08’ not so much in 2012. Just my opinion.
1113 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:53:36am |
re: #1099 redheadredstate
Tea Party? As in Boston? I don’t know, do tell me more. I’m in the D/FW area of Texas
I just sent you a link….check M Malkins site foe more
1114 | Walter L. Newton Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:54:12am |
re: #1094 tfc3rid
They get you at the toll booths, big time…
In my opinion, the easiest way to see the effect of cell phone usage on a driver’s ability to concentrate is to watch drivers entering and exiting runabouts.
We have 5 smalls ones in the course of one mile on my street, and I have seen this over and over. Most of the drivers who enter the runabout without yielding of even looking are the ones talking on a cell phone.
And I have actually seen a cell phone user t-bone a SUV and flipped it on to the circle median, right outside of my apartment.
1115 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:55:24am |
re: #1063 MandyManners
Doesn’t merely talking distract a driver?
From what I’ve seen (sorry, no link), the evidence is indeed mounting that cellphone use is more distracting, and hence more of a risk than merely talking to a passenger. Anecdotally, in my personal experience this makes sense to me. I can recall being a passenger in a car on a curvy hillside road, the driver took a phone call, and as he become more and more engrossed in the call, he drove slower and slower, until we were nearly stopped. I had to yell at him to “wake up and drive”.
People just seem to drift off into another plane with cellphones, in a way that doesn’t happen so much talking in person to someone who’s in the same “frame” you are.
1116 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:56:59am |
re: #1090 kansas
Hey, look at the Dow, down only 86, coming back strong. Quick get some Demmy on TV to fuck it up.
Has Timmy Geithner opened his mouth yet? That should do the trick.
1117 | realwest Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:57:14am |
re: #1017 Occasional Reader Don’t want to get into any long arguments over this, but while we all worry about the Socons, how come no one ever talks about the Democrats social programs, beliefs and what not?
And why don’t we focus some on the Focons (word I just made up for Foreign Policy Conservatives, over which the POTUS has complete control - or nearly complete control vs the FoDems (another made up word)?
1118 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:57:28am |
re: #1089 Walter L. Newton
Why, in heaven name would anyone want Rudy? His campaigning, or lack of it, should be enough to suggest to anyone that he is either not ready or there is some major flaw going on here.
There is no way to blame his poor performance on anyone but himself.
Yeah, but he would have campaigned in the General Election better than McCain & out dueled BHO in debates.
1119 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:58:44am |
re: #1101 realwest
Um, excuse me but first of all the GOP has NO chance of capturing the House in 2010 - just too many seats that they’d have to take. They can however gain enough seats in the Senate to help stop the madness from continuing.
Secondly, Bush didn’t really start the bailout (though you’re correct that Paulson and Bernake urged him to do so with EXTREMELY dire warnings about what would happen if he didn’t, but it was theDEMOCRATSLEFTISTS in the House that wrote the bills Bush signed - that he perhaps shouldn’t have signed them is debatable - the US Banking Industry WAS going through an unprecedented credit crisis and lots of businesses - small and large, suddenly found that they had no access to their approved credit lines (cause the Banks weren’t lending to ANYONE) and were starting to go under at an accelerating pace. But this Stimulus Bill and everything after it is all on The LEFTISTS - they will, with the help of the MSM - blame Bush for it, but that’s just not the case.
Paulson lied (to us) about buying distressed mortgages. He was Bushes man.
1120 | right_wing2 Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:59:08am |
The Dow WAS down 155, it’s now down 126, so the media will spin that as a 30 point increase.
1121 | Harry Tuttle Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:59:17am |
re: #1105 Golem Akbar
If she is as smart as I think she is, she could do real battle with the liberal media and win. Most people would applaud that. That would be a sweet win worth having.
Uh huh!
1122 | Occasional Reader Wed, Feb 25, 2009 8:59:22am |
re: #1117 realwest
how come no one ever talks about the Democrats social programs, beliefs and what not?
Um, you’re kidding me, right? You mean no one HERE ever talks about the Dems social programs, etc.? Are you and I reading different LGFs?!
1123 | albusteve Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:00:12am |
re: #1101 realwest
Um, excuse me but first of all the GOP has NO chance of capturing the House in 2010 - just too many seats that they’d have to take. They can however gain enough seats in the Senate to help stop the madness from continuing.
Secondly, Bush didn’t really start the bailout (though you’re correct that Paulson and Bernake urged him to do so with EXTREMELY dire warnings about what would happen if he didn’t, but it was theDEMOCRATSLEFTISTS in the House that wrote the bills Bush signed - that he perhaps shouldn’t have signed them is debatable - the US Banking Industry WAS going through an unprecedented credit crisis and lots of businesses - small and large, suddenly found that they had no access to their approved credit lines (cause the Banks weren’t lending to ANYONE) and were starting to go under at an accelerating pace. But this Stimulus Bill and everything after it is all on The LEFTISTS - they will, with the help of the MSM - blame Bush for it, but that’s just not the case.
the GOP turned 56 in 1994….jus sayin
1124 | BigAl Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:00:12am |
re: #1112 VegasRick
I believe the Republicans knew they were going to lose in 08’ so they sent McCain to slaughter. Rudy and Romney were kinda low key in 08’ not so much in 2012. Just my opinion.
Rudy was crucified by the New York Times. His record in NYC is the template of conservative success.
His stand on abortion was terribly misunderstood by the pro-life lobby. Please don’t ask him if he’s a creationist or evolutionist.
1125 | avanti Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:01:59am |
re: #1108 Ward Cleaver
Correct. There’s a ways to go before a guy remotely piloting a drone can match the situational awareness and vision of a live pilot in the cockpit. Clipping people in cars and truck on the ground, or shooting down AA missiles is quite different from air-to-air combat.
I agree, but the day is coming when even that will not be true. There is no reason a remote pilot could not be more aware of the situational awareness and without some distractions. He could be controlling a fighter that could pull 12G turns that would kill him if he was on board and out fight a human pilot by just letting the computer lock on the enemy and do the kill at the air frames maximum loading.
1126 | bulwrk Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:02:37am |
re: #1102 avanti
Evolution has withstood 150 years of critic.
1127 | aboo-Hoo-Hoo Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:05:19am |
re: #1067 Ward Cleaver
Who woke up Byrd? Or is he afraid that there’ll be more things named after BHO than are named after him?
Now that I hadn’t considered!
1128 | Silvergirl Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:05:53am |
re: #897 VegasRick
Where the hell is Mitt Romney?
Giving Checks to the Ones Who Voted Against Pork
Today, as ABC’s perceptive Rick Klein notes, Romney’s PAC — Free and Strong America — donated $1,000 each to 11 Republican congressmen targeted in a retaliatory ad campaign by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for voting against President Obama’s economic stimulus bill. Romney praised the Republicans as “standing up for fiscal responsibility and saying no to spending abuse.”
1129 | aboo-Hoo-Hoo Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:08:26am |
UN Secretary-General Calls for Release of Political Prisoners in Zimbabwe
Doesn’t that mean the entire population?
1130 | opnion Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:27:10am |
re: #1112 VegasRick
I believe the Republicans knew they were going to lose in 08’ so they sent McCain to slaughter. Rudy and Romney were kinda low key in 08’ not so much in 2012. Just my opinion.
I think that Rudy was playing for Florida to be his firewall & he miscalculated.
Romney got sabotaged by McCain Spreading a lie about him one week before the Florida Primary & getting ganged up on by McCain & Huckabee.
I think that Romney still would have won the nomination, if it wasn’t for open primaries.
1131 | gonecamping Wed, Feb 25, 2009 9:58:45am |
Have not ventured into the whole grain experience, but have read about it. The DW is short for ‘dear wife’
re: #1005 turn
Cool! DW? Hey, you into whole grain brewing yet?
1132 | RickatLandstuhl Wed, Feb 25, 2009 11:19:07am |
re: #57 theheat
There ARE many wind farms, an single towers all over the place. In our village, there were 5-6, and new going up as we were leaving. Farmers sold the land required to the gov’t for the use of their lands, as well as the access to the towers.
Hell, I live in Colorado Springs, and would put one in my back yard if they’d let me….