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The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

H. P. Lovecraft

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1 gmsc  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:14:28pm

gmsc’s money tips #6:

As you may have noticed in previous entries, I have no problem with learning about money with fun and humor. Here’s a few more resources that do just that.

First, there’s the “Money Rock” videos from Schoolhouse Rock. These include $7.50 Once a Week, Dollars and Sense, Tax Man Max, The Check’s In the Mail, This For That, Tyrannosaurus Debt, Walkin’ On Wall Street, and Where the Money Goes.

While this video is mainly intended as an ad for the Ca$hflow Board Game, it has some basic, yet excellent, advice on building wealth. Speaking as someone who has actually played the board game itself, I highly recommend it, as well. If you want to try it before buying it, you may be able to find a Ca$hflow Meetup Group near you where you can learn and play the game first.

To close up this entry, watch the SNL informercial parody for Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford. Not only is it funny and entertaining, but it drives home an excellent point.

2 Jack Burton  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:20:48pm

At the risk of causing a meltdown or eruption (since we got rid of them there volcano monitors)

Youtube Video

3 suboptimal  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:23:41pm

I can always tell the last week of February, I have to turn the AC on again.

4 BatGuano  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:27:03pm

My favorite H.P. Lovecraft quote ,” life is a Horrible thing”.

5 suboptimal  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:28:19pm

re: #4 BatGuano

My favorite H.P. Lovecraft quote ,” life is a Horrible thing”.

You hear an odd buzzing noise?

6 BatGuano  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:30:24pm

re: #5 suboptimal

In my head, all the time.

7 suboptimal  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:35:21pm

re: #6 BatGuano

You did know that Lovecraft is missing?

8 Macker  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:35:39pm

Dang it, I’m wound up from watching BSG….it may be awhile yet till I go to bed.

9 BatGuano  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:36:36pm

re: #6 BatGuano

It is edritch noise.

10 suboptimal  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:38:07pm

re: #8 Macker

Dang it, I’m wound up from watching BSG….it may be awhile yet till I go to bed.

I’ve got it DVR’d, you gonna make me bail out to avoid spoilers?

11 Jack Burton  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:38:40pm

re: #8 Macker

Dang it, I’m wound up from watching BSG….it may be awhile yet till I go to bed.

I fear they are going to leave all questions unanswered until the last episode and then will try to ram them all in at once too quickly. I will find that, most irritating.

12 BatGuano  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:39:40pm

re: #9 BatGuano

eldritch. PIMF

13 suboptimal  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:41:15pm

re: #9 BatGuano

It is edritch noise.


Oh, good. I was worried it may be the blasphemous buzzings of the Outside Beings.

14 HelloDare  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:43:03pm
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. — H. P. Lovecraft

All the contents of what? The human mind or the world? Seriously.

15 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:43:04pm

BSG?

Wait, nevermind. Just got it.

Battlestar Galactica.

Is it really that good?

How’s Erin Grey looking these days?

Man, that series has been on a long time.

;P

16 gmsc  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:43:45pm

re: #15 Noam Sayin’

How’s Erin Grey looking these days?

Let’s just say she’s living up to her name.
;)

17 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:44:00pm

re: #10 suboptimal

I’ve got it DVR’d, you gonna make me bail out to avoid spoilers?

Don’t worry. They have to catch me up from 1979, first.

18 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:44:38pm

re: #16 gmsc

She was a total cutie back in the day, though, huh?

19 Jack Burton  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:46:48pm

re: #15 Noam Sayin’

How’s Erin Grey looking these days?

That was Buck Rodgers but, Not bad for her age.

20 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:47:07pm

re: #18 Noam Sayin’

She was a total cutie back in the day, though, huh?

Sorry. It’s customary to link.

21 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:47:59pm

re: #19 ArchangelMichael

That was Buck Rodgers but, Not bad for her age.

Umm… sure.

22 BatGuano  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:48:15pm

re: #13 suboptimal

I gotta get out of this Lovecraft thing. The Mountains of Madness still gives me the creeps. Lovecraft was weird.

23 gmsc  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:48:18pm

re: #18 Noam Sayin’

She was a total cutie back in the day, though, huh?

Definitely!

Actually, she’s not too bad today, but she has gotten older, as we all do:

Youtube Video

24 Jack Burton  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:49:51pm

re: #11 ArchangelMichael

Or… like the Star Wars prequels and the Matrix. They are making it up as they go along and will be left with 100 loose threads that they will patch up in dumb, unrealistic, or deus ex machina requiring ways.

After I finished watching Revenge of the Sith and the Matrix Revolutions I said this:

Youtube Video

25 BatGuano  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:50:13pm

Erin Gray? Erin Gray.. hot? Yep!

26 suboptimal  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:50:23pm

re: #22 BatGuano

I gotta get out of this Lovecraft thing. The Mountains of Madness still gives me the creeps. Lovecraft was weird.

He used to give me the creeps, then Keith Olbermann got a job at MSNBC.

/I know, but it was too easy to resist.

27 wiffersnapper  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:53:44pm

And this is why girls are confusing as hell

28 Maximu§  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:53:48pm

re: #7 suboptimal

You did know that Lovecraft is missing?

How about Reanimated?

29 Jack Burton  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:54:05pm

re: #21 Noam Sayin’

That show was on in like 1979-80… and she was 30-ish then so yes, like I said “Not bad for her age”.

Shes older than my parents. My mother looks like the old woman from the Titanic movie in comparison.

30 Maximu§  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:54:57pm

I meant re-animation

31 pbird  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:55:02pm

This is dark, but I often think that the most merciful thing is how easily we slip beyond the power of anything to hurt us, here. In that sense death is merciful.

32 BatGuano  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:57:15pm

re: #30 Maximu§

Reanimator?

33 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:58:43pm

re: #29 ArchangelMichael

I guess, for her age. And judging by the video gmsc posted, she’s still quite a handsome woman.

But in a way, I walk in the footsteps of George Burns, who said something on the order of, “I liked 25-year-old women when I was 25. Sometimes you learn to stick with a good thing.”

34 gmsc  Fri, Feb 27, 2009 11:59:59pm

Today in History, February 28:
Youtube Video

35 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:02:39am

Dane Cook is not funny.

I’ve watched nearly an hour of this crap and he has not made me laugh. Right now he’s talking about trimming his stuff, and referring to women’s stuff as a badly edited kung fu movie.

Something tells me he watched Dennis Miller perform and thought, ‘oh, incomprehensible is funny. I’ll do that - with dick jokes.’

36 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:02:59am

re: #33 Noam Sayin’

The problem with that is, unless you are extremely rich, when you are 85, no 25 year old woman is going to want to help you change your Depends. If you are extremely rich, they might do it but they will be nagging you about your will and life insurance policies the whole time.

37 srb1976  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:04:59am

re: #35 Noam Sayin’

I couldn’t tell you which jokes but I have heard him be funny….just not as funny as he thinks he is. My brother is a big fan, course, he’s also a big Jeff Dunham fan so I suppose it evens out

38 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:05:49am

re: #36 ArchangelMichael

The problem with that is, unless you are extremely rich, when you are 85, no 25 year old woman is going to want to help you change your Depends.

Simple solution: Become extremely rich!
:-D

39 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:05:56am

re: #33 Noam Sayin’

From W.C. Fields, The Bank Dick.

Bank Examiner:”Do you like Children Mr, Souse’”
W.C. Fields, ” Yes, I do. Girl children. About 18…19”.

40 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:09:01am

I don’t know how good the distribution is on this new beer, but anyone who can’t get a Surly Furious is totally missing out.

Furious is an incredibly hoppy ale. You should really like hops if you want to try this one, though.

New, Twin Cities brewing company. Just going to pimp this once, for the local lizards.

41 zombie  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:10:02am

Did anyone here ever catch a glimpse of that damned comet Lulin? The media pimped it, but for the life of me I see nothing in the night sky.

Sure, the incessant clouds around here make skywatching difficult, but in the breaks I still see nothing.

Hmmmph!

42 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:11:47am

re: #41 zombie

It’s been cloudy here every night since I’ve heard about it unfortunately.

43 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:12:27am

Anyone catch 0bama’s appearence at Camp Lejune earlier today? How enthusiastically was he recieved by the Marines?

I’m used to catching sounbites of him on the radio followed by loud, raucous applause because the venue is packed with 0bamatons.

This time around, nothing but stony silence….

44 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:14:13am

re: #43 Fenway_Nation

This time around, nothing but stony silence….

They know their enemy.

45 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:14:25am

re: #36 ArchangelMichael

I’m not likely to live to 85, so perhaps it will work out for me anyway. Current girlfriend is 29; I’m 46 as of a week ago (I look 10 years younger, and act younger yet).

46 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:14:49am

re: #43 Fenway_Nation

Stony faces too. I saw a bit of it.

47 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:15:24am

re: #41 zombie

Did anyone here ever catch a glimpse of that damned comet Lulin? The media pimped it, but for the life of me I see nothing in the night sky.

Sure, the incessant clouds around here make skywatching difficult, but in the breaks I still see nothing.

Hmmmph!

I thought that was supposed to be last Sunday or Monday.

48 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:16:16am

re: #40 Noam Sayin’

I don’t know. I’ve about given up on beer. I’m more into wine. Heine wine to be specific. It is made by Thor and Big Red Heine, right here in Milpitas , ca. Comes in six pack cans.

49 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:17:52am

re: #41 zombie

IT was just like comet Kahoutek in ‘74.

50 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:19:10am

re: #48 BatGuano

I’m a wine drinker myself. Love red wine. I had a couple Surly beers at a - believe it or not - sake brew pub last week and just went nuts for it. Stopped by my favorite bottle shop on my way home to see if they carried it. It’s a bit pricey - 10 bones for a 4-pack of pints - bud I don’t drink that much beer anymore so it’s about right.

51 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:20:14am

re: #46 pink freud

I thought as much. I kinda figured if there was anything more than tepid, polite applause for their Commander in Chief, his MSM lapdogs would be shouting from the mountaintops about the enthusiastic welcome he recieved from our baby-murdering, drug-addled, semi-literate, wife-beating, psychologiaclly unhinged cannon fodder….whoops defaulted to the MSM’s Bush Admin. template to describe our soldiers and marines; let’s try that again-

the enthusiastic welcome he recieved from our fighting heroes.

52 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:21:48am

re: #50 Noam Sayin’

I’ll give it try if it’s available on the west coast.

53 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:24:03am

re: #49 BatGuano

IT was just like comet Kahoutek in ‘74.

I was 11. I watched it with my (same-age) cousin and my Grampa, who was then 90. Funny. I remember that moment like it was yesterday. I still remember what Grampa was wearing. He liked a swig of Old Grandad in the morning, just after oatmeal. For lunch he served us cake doughnuts and 7-up. Then we went out to shoot the BB-gun.

54 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:25:52am

re: #53 Noam Sayin’

And nobody saw the friggin’ comet!

55 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:26:18am

re: #53 Noam Sayin’

I wasn’t alive back then.

56 Crux Australis  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:26:54am

re: #41 zombie

Did anyone here ever catch a glimpse of that damned comet Lulin? The media pimped it, but for the life of me I see nothing in the night sky.

Sure, the incessant clouds around here make skywatching difficult, but in the breaks I still see nothing.

Hmmmph!

Comets are usually hard things to find unless you know exactly where to look.

Comet Lulin is too faint to be seen with the naked eye now. Best use a pair of binoculars or a small telescope if you have one.

It should be near Regulus (Alpha Leonis) in the constellation of Leo for the next couple of days (or should I say nights).

57 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:27:11am

re: #51 Fenway_Nation

I rarely watch anything news related since the inauguration. Seeing his face has the same effect on me as being thrown up on. However, as I flipped past the news channels earlier I caught a flash of military garb …I went back, unaware that it was an 0-thing. The glory of the flag draped in backdrop, men and women in fatigues at attention, lined 2-3 rows deep behind the podium, and out he walked. Arrogant, pseudo-superiority …and nothing changed. I saw a few jaws flex …there was a beautiful African American female standing just behind him in camera view as I watched …nothing but flint in her eyes. No applause that I heard.

58 I heart the USA  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:30:08am

re: #57 pink freud

That’s the same bit I saw and I had the same impression as you. IIRC, some anchor or reporter said there was going to be 300 non-military personnel there. No doubt Obambi-soxers to make sure the CIC got a rousing welcome. :(

59 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:31:28am

re: #55 Fenway_Nation

I wasn’t alive back then.

Well, you missed it.

And you just missed another. Get off yer ass.

Go Celtics!

60 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:32:49am

re: #57 pink freud

I’m more or less in the same boat as you are. I tend to avoid his lapdogs in the MSM, although I’ve been tuning in to the financial networks (CNBC and Bloomberg primarily). Unfortunately for me, the only way I can get market updates on my phone is through CNN and I have to skate past some guffawingly biased headlines to get to those….

As for the radio, the only time I hear 0bama’s voice is when one of the talk-show hosts play back something he says or the top-of-the-hour news updates plays a soundbyte…..

61 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:35:04am

-15° windchill for the morning in Minneapolis.

Glad I have oatmeal in the cabinet.

Was going to bring my scooter to my mechanic, but 9 inches of snow put the kibosh on that plan.

Took the WSJ home from the office for just such a contingency.

62 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:35:10am

re: #59 Noam Sayin’

Never mind that- you see what the Bruins did to the Ducks the other night? Holy shit! It’s almost as bad as what 0bama’s been doing to the stock market…

63 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:35:48am

re: #60 Fenway_Nation

It’s going to be a long, long four years.

64 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:37:10am

gmsc’s money tips #7:

This entry will focus on capitalism as a philosophy. I’ll keep it short, but interesting.

The best place to start is the Capitalism Tour. The philosophical underpinnings are presented in easy-to-follow bite-size morsels. It can be an eye opener, even for people who think they know about capitalism.

In the book, The Vision-Driven Life (not to be confused with Rick Warren’s The Purpose-Driven Life), by Luther Setzer, there is an appendix (graciously posted for free on the internet by the author) that teaches how to truly understand how your cash is flowing and how it relates to your values by using Quicken (or any financial management software that allows you to use custom categories).

Is that short and sweet enough for you?

65 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:38:42am

re: #62 Fenway_Nation

I’ve never followed hockey, which is ironic, since I grew up in Minnesota.

G’night, y’all.

66 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:40:17am

re: #56 Crux Australis

MY post a few days ago.

re: #285 zombie

If it is Jupiter-Sized, 38, million miles away it should be have a diameter close to that of a full moon. Anyone want to do the math?

67 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:42:30am

re: #66 BatGuano

I went back to the link and the Jupiter-sized refernce was remove, probably because it was idiotic.

68 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:43:34am

re: #63 pink freud

We’re barely into his second months as president and we’ve got nationalized banks, unconditional surrender in Iraq, a $787 billion kickback to his leftist allies disguised as a ‘stimulus package’, taxpayer money going to people who can’t pay mortgages they shouldn’t have had in the first place and a garunteed secure detention facility for terrorist detainees shut down to satisfy a bunch of agitators who hate America regardless.

/I’d ask what this assclown does for an encore, but I fear I wouldn’t recognize this country by the time he’s finished…..

69 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:44:35am

re: #65 Noam Sayin’

I’ve never followed hockey, which is ironic, since I grew up in Minnesota.

G’night, y’all.


Long story short, Boston beat the shit out of them and took their lunch money.

70 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:47:31am

re: #64 gmsc

Appreciate the links, gmsc, in fact, appreciate your whole recent series (which I have been following in silence). I like the Capitalism Tour link; I know a bunch of “young adults” to whom I will forward.

71 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:49:40am

re: #64 gmsc

Ah….but what’s a thrifty person to do with the money they’ve set aside now that the interest rates for the traditional and ‘safe’ financial insturments (i.e. Savings Bonds, Certificates of Deposit) are crap?

72 JacksonTn  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:49:48am

Hello Lizards …

Just passing by …back just now from 24 hours on the road …no sleep …gets me thinking …what in the hell am I working for? …IT’S BAILOUT CITY IN D.C. …

So …I guess Obama is still prez …

Off to read a few threads before winding down …raining like crazy outside …

73 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:50:48am

re: #68 Fenway_Nation

Only 3 years and 11 months to go. We can just wait this out, right?

74 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:52:00am

re: #68 Fenway_Nation

Not to mention unprecedented (in my lifetime) polarization of the populace. I live in the deep South and have never seen racism as ugly and powerful as it has been since he won.

/perhaps I should clarify; I am referring to what is known as “reverse racism”.

75 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:52:46am

re: #72 JacksonTn

Jackson! Good morning, so nice to see you on this late. I’ve missed you in the threads lately.

76 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:54:29am

re: #70 pink freud

Appreciate the links, gmsc, in fact, appreciate your whole recent series (which I have been following in silence). I like the Capitalism Tour link; I know a bunch of “young adults” to whom I will forward.

I’m glad you’re enjoying them.

I hope the “young adults” will take that tour to heart. We can use all the capitalists we can get.
re: #71 Fenway_Nation

Ah….but what’s a thrifty person to do with the money they’ve set aside now that the interest rates for the traditional and ‘safe’ financial insturments (i.e. Savings Bonds, Certificates of Deposit) are crap?

Thank you for that delight segue into…

77 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:54:33am

gmsc’s money tips #8:

There’s far more wise advice out there than I could ever fit in these little money tip entries. The question then becomes, where to find it? Below are a few blogs that regularly feature excellent advice of various aspects of managing your money:

All Financial Matters

Consumerist (Consumer news that can come in handy when deciding where to spend your money)

DIY Dollars (Focused on online money-making opportunities)

Free Money Finance

Get Rich Slowly

Getting Finances Done

Lifehacker’s Personal Finance Category

Money Musings

Zen Personal Finance

78 JacksonTn  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:54:56am

re: #75 pink freud

Jackson! Good morning, so nice to see you on this late. I’ve missed you in the threads lately.

Hey Pink …been working so much … it is a busy time of year with farm biz …and I am opening my new biz soon …not a great time to open a new business … but I am keeping my fingers crossed …and hey … I could always get a bailout right? …probably not …

I am thinking of giving up paying my bills for lent …so sleepy …

79 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:55:52am

re: #71 Fenway_Nation

Don’t worry about the interest rates for now because inflation is blowing anyway any rate you could possibly get anyway. Just keep adding to them until the rate of return on something becomes decent, then move your money there. Since “saving money” is an alien concept to most people, even with 0% interest you’ll be better off than most.

80 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:56:04am

re: #73 UncleRancher

Only 3 years and 11 months to go. We can just wait this out, right?

Or, to be more precise…
;)

81 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:57:24am

re: #73 UncleRancher

Ideally I can wait this out somewhere up in Montana in a remote house (kitted out with DirecTV so I can keep track of my Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots, Celtics and B.C. Eagles) with a Ruger Ranch Rifle Death Spewing Assault Weapon- making frequent runs up to Calgary to stock up gold and silver from one of the banks…..and generally limit my contact with the outside world to something definitively, unambiguously red-state.

82 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:57:34am

re: #78 JacksonTn

I thought you were in the restaurant biz? Maybe I am thinking of someone else. Best of luck and double crossed fingers for you on the new business!

83 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:58:14am

re: #71 Fenway_Nation

Ah….but what’s a thrifty person to do with the money they’ve set aside now that the interest rates for the traditional and ‘safe’ financial insturments (i.e. Savings Bonds, Certificates of Deposit) are crap?

Oh, and besides the links in post #77, there’s another good source of investment information in message #424 from another thread.

84 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:58:40am

re: #80 gmsc

Or, to be more precise…
;)

Egad. That clock is running WAY too slow.

85 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:58:44am

re: #80 gmsc

Those people still haven’t realized that 12 noon in their time zone, isn’t 12 noon EST.

1422 days 8 hours 1 minutes 57 seconds

is the right time left.

86 JacksonTn  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 12:59:54am

re: #82 pink freud

I thought you were in the restaurant biz? Maybe I am thinking of someone else. Best of luck and double crossed fingers for you on the new business!

You probably thinking of jorline he has a restaurant …we are farmers …I am opening a business outside of that soon …first one on my own without the husband …and he better not butt into it either …just kidding … kinda …

87 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:00:23am

re: #80 gmsc

Does anybody have any idea what those fuckwads were thinking when they voted for him? I remember at least on lizard who did, but I can’t remember which one.

88 JacksonTn  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:01:24am

re: #87 BatGuano

Does anybody have any idea what those fuckwads were thinking when they voted for him? I remember at least on lizard who did, but I can’t remember which one.

I know but … I am trying not to get into any more posting confrontations with him …because he is truly in Love with The One …

89 Wendya  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:02:06am

re: #45 Noam Sayin’

and act younger yet).

And therein lies the key….. ;)

90 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:02:17am

re: #87 BatGuano

Does anybody have any idea what those fuckwads were thinking when they voted for him?

Free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff….

91 Wendya  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:04:37am

re: #90 Fenway_Nation

Free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff free stuff….

hoeandchange hopeandchange hopeandchange.

Nothing specific, there.

92 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:06:38am

re: #87 BatGuano

“free shit”
“those greedy wall street assholes are gonna pay now”
“Obama is gonna declare world peace on 1/21”
“if I vote for a black man, no one can call me a racist anymore”
“Republicans are spooky bible beaters who are gonna ruin my good time”
“GoReBuLL Warming ZOMG!1!ONE!1!ELEVEN”

Roll 1d6 to select random Obama voting reason.

93 Windhorse  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:06:55am

as they say down at the fab shop…. this is riveting….

94 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:07:18am

re: #88 JacksonTn

Blinded by the love, agreed.

Moonbats I work with are the same and no matter my refutations, the glazed-eye look remains. They’re like a newlywed married to an abuser who will need to get beat up a few times until reality dawns.

95 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:07:45am

re: #88 JacksonTn

I see. I will inquire no further. Just asking.

96 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:08:42am

re: #87 BatGuano

avanti

97 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:09:09am

re: #90 Fenway_Nation

Ah! I get it, nudge,nudge, wink wink.

98 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:10:06am

re: #94 pink freud

Blinded by the love, agreed.

Moonbats I work with are the same and no matter my refutations, the glazed-eye look remains. They’re like a newlywed married to an abuser who will need to get beat up a few times until reality dawns.

Sometimes it doesn’t dawn on them until they are decomposing in a hefty bag in a hastily dug shallow grave somewhere out in the boonies.

/rhetorically

99 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:10:49am

re: #96 pink freud

Ok. I think I remember now.

100 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:12:06am

pink! :-)

101 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:12:39am

re: #98 Fenway_Nation

It’s a horrible analogy but I see in the shine of their eyes the cult-like worship that oftentimes leads to death and destruction. And like Jim Jones he cares not a whit about “the people”, this is all about the glory, the power, the adulation. Gonna be some hard lessons learned before this is over.

102 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:13:26am

re: #100 littleoldlady

pink! :-)

Hello you darlin sweet lady! How are you!?

103 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:13:56am

I frikken peachy keen!

You?

;-)

104 JacksonTn  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:14:37am

Gotta go night lizards …cannot keep my eyes open …must remember to stop working so much … winter is my only real down time …spring is coming so back to work …but need to remember not too make gobs of money …cuz “You Know Who” will take it …

See ya’ll tomorrow …

And Pink you might have been thinking I was in the restaurant biz because I LOVE TO COOK ! … speciality my old family New Orleans recipes …

105 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:15:25am

Good night Jackson

106 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:16:29am

re: #101 pink freud

Using the Jim Jone’s analogy, there’s some pretty downright creepy parallels between Jim Jones’ Apostolic Socialism and Jerimiah Wright’s teachings of Liberation Theology in the Trinity United Church….

107 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:17:06am

re: #103 littleoldlady

I be fine fine like frog’s hair. Doing good!

BOTH kids had a five-day bout with the flu, fever of 103.5, both of them, then my son’s g/f got it, her ma said “You stay there until you are better!” I nursed ‘em all and somehow escaped it myself. How cool is that? 51 and never had the flu!

108 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:18:08am

re: #104 JacksonTn

Bye Jackson!

109 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:18:08am

re: #104 JacksonTn

Yes! the cookbook …”Talk about Good” …yes, that was it!

110 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:23:23am

re: #107 pink freud

ANTIBODIES!

I was 22-23 when I first got the flu. Thought I was gonna die! I swear I was sick for a month. Since then, I get it about once every 7 years, but never as bad as that first time.

ANTIBODIES! You must have a natural immunity. :-)

Is your daughter home now?

111 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:23:41am

re: #106 Fenway_Nation

Call me nuts, but I see the same thing in the eyes of Bundy, Jim Jones, Manson and yes ….him. Remember that scream of rage Bundy let go in the courtroom, the famous picture? I have little difficulty picturing 0 that way.

I truly believe him to be pure sociopath, beyond the oft-repeated “narcissist”. He is far worse than a narcissist.

112 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:25:56am

re: #110 littleoldlady

The angels look over me, I believe.

Yes, she is/was home, I withdrew her on a medical leave two weeks ago, a flare-up of her condition.

We should talk one of these days!

113 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:28:08am

Blind followers of The One remind me of the story about the bronze rat.
Guy walks into a little curio shop in San Francisco. He spots a cute little bronze rat all dusty on the back shelf. “How much for the bronze rat?”
The little old shopkeeper told him it wasn’t for sale. He says “I have to have the little bronze rat, just give me a price.”
“Ok, I’ll sell you the little bronze rat for one dollar but you have to leave immediately, and get out of the neighborhood”, said the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper wrapped up the little bronze rat in a dozen layers of old newspapers and handed it to the customer. He turned and headed toward the door. He didn’t see the rat follow him out the door. He walked down the block and everywhere, out of every door and window, rats came out and followed him. He picked up is pace as he turned the corner and more rats were climbing out of the street drains and joining the crowded street. He began to run. Luckily he was headed toward the waterfront. Behind him the streets were alive with rats. He was on a dead run when he ran out onto a pier and then he climbed up a light pole at the end of the pier. The pier was completely covered with rats and more were still flowing out of every street in sight.
He took the little bronze rat and threw it as far as he could out into the sea. The rats followed. He continued to cling to the light pole for another half hour until the last rat had run off the pier, and then he climbed down.
He stood there for another half hour contemplating the whole affair, and then walked back to the little curio shoppe.
He walked in the door to the surprise of the shopkeeper.
He said to the shopkeeper, “Do you happen to have any little bronze lawyers?”

114 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:29:26am

re: #103 littleoldlady

I frikken peachy keen!

You?

;-)

LOL! Good to see you made an early trip in here!

115 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:29:57am

re: #112 pink freud

We should talk one of these days!

Yeah.

/sigh

I feel like I don’t have any time for anything anymore. :-(

116 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:31:21am

re: #111 pink freud

I’m not sure about Bundy, and Jim Jones was before my time (altho his cult was revisited a few years back on the 30th anniversary of Jonestown) but Jones stock-in-trade race-baiting, class warfare and making his followers feel as though everyone else was out to get them [and by extention, he was the only one who could help them]….

/any of this sounding familiar?

117 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:33:14am

re: #115 littleoldlady

Yeah.

/sigh

I feel like I don’t have any time for anything anymore. :-(

With the way Mardi Gras fell this year, I had a whole luxurious TEN DAYS off of work and school! …..been reading lots, playing in the yard (blooms just a’bursting out everywhere, azaleas are a SHOCK of color in the back yard) and just being low key. I strap back in Monday.

118 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:35:23am

I have watched a few presidential elections in my time but nothing approaches the outspoken adulation of the press nor the adulation of the masses over this mediocrity. Would it be hyperbole to compare this insanity *itlers rise to power?

119 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:35:29am

re: #116 Fenway_Nation

I’m not sure about Bundy, and Jim Jones was before my time (altho his cult was revisited a few years back on the 30th anniversary of Jonestown) but Jones stock-in-trade race-baiting, class warfare and making his followers feel as though everyone else was out to get them [and by extention, he was the only one who could help save them]….

/any of this sounding familiar?

Yep.

120 Spar Kling  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:36:02am

re: #68 Fenway_Nation

We’re barely into his second months as president and we’ve got nationalized banks, unconditional surrender in Iraq, a $787 billion
kickback to his leftist allies disguised as a ‘stimulus package’,
taxpayer money going to people who can’t pay mortgages they shouldn’t
have had in the first place and a garunteed secure detention facility
for terrorist detainees shut down to satisfy a bunch of agitators who
hate America regardless.

/I’d ask what this assclown does for an encore, but I fear I wouldn’t recognize this country by the time he’s finished…..

Yes, welcome to the USSA, the United Socialist States of America, which will in a few short years, led by an orgasmically giddy press, celebrate the amazing achievement of managing an orderly transition of the former United States into a completely bankrupt third world country with the enthusiastic cooperation of the majority of Americans.

These enlightened Americans keenly feel the huge collective guilt for our former national prosperity, and thus have the irresistable and perpetual moral obligation to pay financial reparations (with someone else’s money of course) for the economic degradation of profit and Capitalism that we inflicted on the world.

The USSA will then be at long last politically compatible with the majority of countries and perhaps once again, after a probationary period of reflection, be allowed to join the true community of nations (minus Israel, naturally).

Finally, as all Americans, now equal in all respects, begin to enter the reality of the socialist utopian ideal, the starvation and disease in this country will only be a small, no a trivial, price to pay when we think of the common good, the political redemption, the social fairness, and the ecological sanctification that we will have achieved.

So friends, do vote for Obama again in 2012, but this time as President for Life. With his unfailing energy, only he has and will continue to have the vision, the hope, and the determination for a new tomorrow! And how, friends, let us join our voices together in our new national hymn, Kumbaya.

Good night and Oblessings to you all.

-sk

121 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:37:19am

re: #118 BatGuano

1.5 million hits for that on google.

122 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:40:02am

re: #117 pink freud

Azaleas!

/sob!

Well by March 1st I usually figure I’ve lived through another winter. There’s one or two more “snow events” to get through. Snow drops are out here. And every year at this time I kick myself for not planting hellebores.

123 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:41:09am

And don’t get me started on these bullshit cap & carbon credits Ear Leader brought up on Tuesday.

/’Cuase we’re just not paying enough for electricity or goods shipped by truck or rail

124 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:44:24am

re: #116 Fenway_Nation

Jim Jones did make his gullible followers feel that “they” were going to get them. I am old enough to remember the news report about what happened there. I don’t know about race baiting and class war fare but besides 900 dead bodies his claim to infamy is when anyone says, “drink the Kool Aid”, it is a direct reference to that monster.

125 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:45:06am

re: #122 littleoldlady

Azaleas!

/sob!

Well by March 1st I usually figure I’ve lived through another winter. There’s one or two more “snow events” to get through. Snow drops are out here. And every year at this time I kick myself for not planting hellebores.

Good Morning little old lady! I hope today finds you well

126 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:45:48am

Hoosier! :-)

Well enough.

How’s by you?

127 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:46:49am

re: #122 littleoldlady

Ooooh ….hellobores! Yes, they are beautiful. This is a picture of Miss Julie, my all time most-adored cane begonia in full bloom. She’s in bloom already, though not as showy yet as the one in the picture.

128 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:47:06am

re: #126 littleoldlady

Hoosier! :-)

Well enough.

How’s by you?

doing wonderful myself…Are we eating fruitcups for breakfast today?

129 ASU86PE  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:47:51am

re: #80 gmsc Good Stuff!

To All:
I’ve been wondering which is better to express my displeasure, “Nd O” or “N! O!” or “F! O!”.

I am not real pleased with myself for suggesting the last, but sometimes it just won’t stay in my head; the second is too subtle, I think; the first is my favorite but is it too soon to slogan?

130 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:49:43am

re: #127 pink freud

I’m not a big fan of begonias, but mostly because our local ones look NOTHING like that! GORGEOUS!

Someday (when I find a place to put them) I’ll ask you to send me a cutting.

131 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:49:51am

Looks like my breakfast consists mostly of Bacardi…

132 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:50:03am

re: #128 HoosierHoops

Yup! In about 10 minutes…

133 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:50:11am

Time for me to get some sleep folks, my eyes won’t stay open. Nice to see all of you! (hiya Hoosier, and g’nite :)

Little Old Lady, take care of yourself, we’ll talk soon. Goodnight! :)

134 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:53:17am

Bye, pink! :-)

135 pink freud  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:54:06am

re: #130 littleoldlady

I have 50-60 unique varieties. I would be pleased to send as many cuttings as you can handle. (One of my oldest, the aconitifolia, is 6’ tall, bushy, blooms white umbels from top to bottom in the fall …and easy to root!) Nite!

136 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:55:11am

re: #121 pink freud

Ach! I never thought about googling it. I knew the idea was not original, I didn’t know it was so widespread.

137 Pigtown Water Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:57:29am

Hi, everyone—
Thanks, gmsc, for your financial links. I will see if I can wedge some of this information into mini lessons for my class—I teach next door to a socialist who is going deaf, so he screams all his cr@p and we get hosed down by it.

138 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:00:27am

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ———————————->
Help yourselves!

139 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:00:38am

Good morning littleoldlady

140 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:01:10am

re: #137 Pigtown Water Dog

I’d say he’s probably faking his loss of hearing as a pretense to shout others down, but he’s a socialist- so he’s not liable to listen in the 1st place…

141 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:01:12am

re: #138 littleoldlady

Thank you.

142 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:01:34am

re: #137 Pigtown Water Dog

Hi, everyone—
Thanks, gmsc, for your financial links. I will see if I can wedge some of this information into mini lessons for my class—I teach next door to a socialist who is going deaf, so he screams all his cr@p and we get hosed down by it.

You’re welcome. BTW everyone, please don’t take the links as investment advice or endorsements. The links are intended for you to peruse and use your own judgement in pursuing any action based on them.

If you’re looking for all the previous ones, here are all the links:

littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com
littlegreenfootballs.com

143 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:01:48am

re: #138 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ———————————->
Help yourselves!

Yummy as always! Thanks!

144 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:02:32am

BatGuano! :-)

gmsc! :-)

145 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:04:47am

What am I? Chopped fruitcup liver?

146 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:05:46am

re: #138 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ———————————->
Help yourselves!

Thank you little old lady..you are a sweetheart..
hey! these cherry’s taste like they have been soaking in vodka!
and what is with the oranges? Is that rum?
yummy! LOL

147 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:07:28am

Fenway! :-)

Chopped liver and fruitcup?!

/blech

Chopped liver, fatty corned beef, and a hefty slice of onion on fresh rye bread!

148 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:08:04am

re: #146 HoosierHoops

Hoosier,

You’re confusing me with redc1c4. ;-)

/or Teresa Heinz…

149 Pigtown Water Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:08:14am

re: #147 littleoldlady

NOW I’m hungry!

150 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:08:18am

re: #146 HoosierHoops

Mmmm. Maraschino cherries.

151 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:09:57am
152 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:10:00am

re: #147 littleoldlady

Fenway! :-)

Chopped liver and fruitcup?!

/blech

Chopped liver, fatty corned beef, and a hefty slice of onion on fresh rye bread!

…with fava beans and a nice chianti.
;)

153 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:10:18am

Pigtown Water Dog! :-)

Bon appetit!

154 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:12:24am

re: #152 gmsc

Nope. A nice cardiologist goes better with that sandwich. ;-)

155 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:13:21am

If the economy is so bad..how come I’ve read that America has bought 20 million snuggies? What’s up with that America? Don’t have any sweaters in the closet?
Gak!

156 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:14:10am

re: #152 gmsc

gmsc, now you are making fruit cup creepy.I adjure you, back off. Don’t make me come over there.

157 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:14:24am

re: #155 HoosierHoops

Must….purchase…..snuggy……

158 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:14:29am

re: #155 HoosierHoops

Cheaper than heating oil. :-/

159 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:15:10am

re: #155 HoosierHoops

If the economy is so bad..how come I’ve read that America has bought 20 million snuggies? What’s up with that America? Don’t have any sweaters in the closet?
Gak!

Well, we can’t keep our thermostats at 72….

160 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:15:26am

re: #156 BatGuano

gmsc, now you are making fruit cup creepy.I adjure you, back off. Don’t make me come over there.

Backing off.

161 freetoken  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:17:26am

re: #138 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ———————————->
Help yourselves!

At last, something to nourish me as I pour through the Doomer Pr0n….

162 Pigtown Water Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:19:02am

Have a great day, all.

163 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:19:04am

freetoken! :-)

I don’t really want to know, do I?

164 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:19:53am

Pigtown Water Dog! :-)

Oh, dee do dah day!

/sorry. that’s what I think of when I see your nik! ;-)

165 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:19:58am

re: #142 gmsc

I went out on a (small) limb today and bought three September 4.00 Call options for Citigroup. I figure if they get nationalized, languish at the current price, or totally collapse, I’ll only be out $63. If they don’t the upside could be nice.

Couldn’t justify to myself pulling the trigger on NYT puts just yet though.

166 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:20:02am

re: #160 gmsc

Well you should, you little guttersnipe.

167 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:20:27am

Awesome computer graphics on the science channel right now..A show about the oceans..amazing

168 songbird  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:22:36am

When Goddessoftheclassroom comes on, please someone tell her to put me and Mr. Songbird on the prayer list. He found out that his ex did not accept mediation and is taking him to court, and he flipped out last night. Literally flipped out!

Needless to say, I’m not singing much right now.

Thanks!

169 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:23:00am

Awesome God graphics Charles posted from the Hubble yesterday!

170 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:23:34am

re: #168 songbird

OY. {songbird}

171 tappin52  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:23:44am

re: #159 gmsc

Speaking of thermostats, During a jury duty session in court last week the thermostat was programmed for 74 degrees in a closed courtroom. We had to request the thermostat guard to please lower the heat. I guess they didn’t get O’s memo.

172 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:24:22am

re: #163 littleoldlady

Littleoldlady, do ask about the Doomer Pr0n

173 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:24:53am

re: #165 ArchangelMichael

Went out on a limb and got some shares of an electric Utility last week- the thing is I did it via a direct purchse plan and mailed off the check via snail mail. My understanding is that I get the shares at the closing price the day it clears, so every day this week has been kind of like watching the little ball skip and slow down on the roulette wheel as it’s coming to a stop….

174 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:25:14am

re: #169 littleoldlady

Awesome God graphics Charles posted from the Hubble yesterday!

That was a great thread..I love science threads

175 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:26:01am

re: #165 ArchangelMichael

I went out on a (small) limb today and bought three September 4.00 Call options for Citigroup. I figure if they get nationalized, languish at the current price, or totally collapse, I’ll only be out $63. If they don’t the upside could be nice.

Couldn’t justify to myself pulling the trigger on NYT puts just yet though.

As long as it’s money you can afford to lose, this could prove interesting.

176 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:26:06am

{Songbird} You are in our prayers

177 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:29:12am

re: #173 Fenway_Nation

That could be nerve-wracking.

178 songbird  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:29:38am

re: #170 littleoldlady

re: #176 HoosierHoops

Thanks. I’m really worried he will do something stupid. His fear of his ex is incredible, and he said he’s rather die or go to jail so his ex gets nothing.
He said he will stop taking his blood pressure med and even quit the new job he got before he starts. And he’s in VA and I’m still here in NM and I’m really feeling a little helpless right now.

179 bullskin  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:31:05am

Sweden probes ‘anti-US’ attacks

Three supermarkets have been destroyed and a fourth damaged in central Sweden in what police say might have been a series of anti-American arson attacks.
Police spokeswoman Kia Samrell said more than 100 firefighters were called in to put out the fires overnight at the Swedish supermarkets in Sodertalje.
Ms Samrell said the police were investigating whether the left-wing group, Global Intifada, was connected.
Global Intifada claimed responsibility for two fires in Sodertalje last year.
It has also said it was behind arson attacks on vehicles belonging to the Danish and Russian embassies in 2005, and an attack on a Polish consulate in 2004, according to the Swedish Security Service.
“The targets have primarily been countries that are participating in the war in Iraq and the Swedish defence industry,” it said.
The supermarkets targeted on Thursday were branches of Willys, and Ica and Tempo. The chains are all Swedish, but sell American goods.
Swedish Radio reports that Global Intifada had recently distributed leaflets in Sodertalje encouraging the public to firebomb shops selling American products.
The US embassy in Stockholm has been in contact with the police and has advised people to exercise “caution while shopping and be attentive to suspicious behaviour”, Swedish media report.
Sodertalje, an industrial town of 60,000 people, received worldwide attention in recent years after accepting nearly 6,000 Iraqi refugees.

I wonder, refugees from saddam dictatorship or, others who now can not go back to Iraq?.

180 freetoken  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:31:24am

re: #163 littleoldlady

I don’t really want to know, do I?

It’s not all about the US… indeed, most of it is about other countries. As weak as our economy may seem here, plenty of other nations are in worse shape.

Charles doesn’t want (if I understand his few statements on this matter) LGF to be aiding and abetting panic… a very reasonable position to take. I really don’t like rumor sites (of any kind) and don’t link to them.

However, the news yesterday and today from other parts of the world is not particularly happy.

To whit: Argentina threatening to nationalize their grain trading (to stop exports during a historically great drought.) Eastern European currencies are in the tank (seriously, even Russia can’t keep its currency from tanking because $30/bbl oil is way too low to repay debt) and going down. And so on and so forth.

NOT rumor stuff, just the news of the unwinding of a couple of years of worldwide bubble-economies. So the US is not only not alone in troubles, it is likely we will not be as bad off as many other people in other parts of the world.

181 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:31:49am

re: #175 gmsc

Yep but if I couldn’t afford to lose 63 bucks, I should be tarred and feathered for messing with stocks or options at all.

182 tappin52  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:32:55am

re: #168 songbird

Family law confrontations are the worst. My son’s ex nearly cost my son his sanity and did cost him all of his savings. I am grateful that my son’s commitment to the well being of his son was the primary motivator for how he handled himself. His ex took up with a string of boyfriends of all stripes with my grandson in the middle of it all. My son wouldn’t even date until the divorce was almost final. I was over three years of hell.

183 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:32:56am

re: #177 ArchangelMichael

Kind of- but for the time-being it’s working out for my favor.

/Took a huge hit when Ear Leader brought up carbon cap & trade in his non State Of the Union State of the Union….

184 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:35:36am

re: #178 songbird

Is he starting that new job in VA? Like, on Monday? Is there nobody there who can go see him?

185 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:36:24am

re: #180 freetoken

It’s not all about the US… indeed, most of it is about other countries. As weak as our economy may seem here, plenty of other nations are in worse shape.

That’s one of the weirder things about this financial crisis. We’re supposedly the cause of these worldwide economic hard times. If that’s true, shouldn’t our GDP, especially over the last 4 quarters, have the largest drop in the world?

And yet, the US is the country with the smallest GDP decline during that time.

For that matter, why is consumer lending stronger in this recesssion than in any of the past 9 recessions?

186 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:37:38am

re: #178 songbird

For what it is worth,I put you and Mr. Songbird on my prayer list. I want things to come out right for you.

187 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:37:48am

re: #180 freetoken

I’ve been watching Glenn Beck. I can’t decide if it’s entertainment or panic-time.

Either way, I’m planning for the worst. :-/

188 BignJames  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:39:13am

re: #187 littleoldlady

My mom calls him “chicken little”.

189 tappin52  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:39:21am

re: #187 littleoldlady

It’s a little bit of both. How long are you going to be able to provide free fruitcup for the LGF masses?

190 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:39:57am

I have a bad feeling I’m going to have to go into the office… at 3am on a Saturday morning to finish what I was doing that should have been finished hours ago while I was watching BSG. The VPN is working as fast and consistent as a government union employee on a “shovel-ready” project.

My grandfather told me during the Great Depression they all called the WPA “We Poke Along”.

191 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:40:31am

re: #187 littleoldlady

I’ve been watching Glenn Beck. I can’t decide if it’s entertainment or panic-time.

Either way, I’m planning for the worst. :-/

That’s always the best strategy - plan for the worst, then hope for the best. It will usually wind up being somewhere in-between.

Too many people think optimism is seeing only the good side of things. True optimism is seeing both the good and the bad side of things, and having the confidence to know that you can effectively deal with the bad.

Youtube Video

192 songbird  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:41:32am

re: #184 littleoldlady

Is he starting that new job in VA? Like, on Monday? Is there nobody there who can go see him?

I contacted a good friend of his to call him and asked him to not let Mr. Songbird know I asked.

193 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:42:13am
194 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:43:18am

re: #190 ArchangelMichael

I have a bad feeling I’m going to have to go into the office… at 3am on a Saturday morning to finish what I was doing that should have been finished hours ago while I was watching BSG. The VPN is working as fast and consistent as a government union employee on a “shovel-ready” project.

My grandfather told me during the Great Depression they all called the WPA “We Poke Along”.

We have had issues with Comcast and VPN lately..Changing from UDP to TCP sockets in the settings seemed to do the trick..What kind of VPN do you use? Cisco?

195 songbird  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:43:50am

re: #186 BatGuano

For what it is worth,I put you and Mr. Songbird on my prayer list. I want things to come out right for you.

Thank you. We know we are supposed to go out there. Both of us have felt confident about that. This is a huge wrench in the works.

196 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:44:19am

re: #191 gmsc

I always see the bad side of things, and I’m never disappointed.

197 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:46:02am

re: #188 BignJames

BignJames! ;-)

There’s a lot of that, no question. But I come from a Holocaust-survivor family. We’re genetically wired to WHAT IF?

NOBODY EXPECTED THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

;-)

198 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:46:08am

re: #195 songbird

God bless you and keep you.

199 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:46:38am

re: #193 Fenway_Nation

I went to a gun show in September. It was dead. They were talking about either shutting it down or having it less often at the time. If I only knew then, what should have been obvious.

I went in November and last month and it was packed both times, wall to wall people. Guys with hand carts trucking out mountains of ammo. The prices on everything skyrocketed. You can hardly squeeze up to any of the tables to look at anything.

200 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:47:35am

re: #189 tappin52

tappin! :-)

It’s hard to imagine our financial situation getting much worse.

/who am I kidding?! I have a VIVID imagination! ;-)

At least for now….Bon appetit!

201 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:48:07am

re: #192 songbird

I contacted a good friend of his to call him and asked him to not let Mr. Songbird know I asked.

Let’s hope…

202 Crux Australis  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:48:20am

I found comet Lulin! And it only took me about 30 seconds to find it. You will need a pair of good binoculars though.

203 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:50:57am

re: #194 HoosierHoops

It’s just PPTP. I setup the Cisco VPN and too many employees had troubles with it or could not use/install it at their locations so I had to go back to crap that I knew would work. (Half of our employees work on-site at DHS and and US military facilites and they aren’t allowed to install anything on those systems or make any major changes) I just told everyone to use SSL as much as possible over it and don’t bitch if it gets snooped…. or do without.

204 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:51:01am

re: #196 BatGuano

I always see the bad side of things, and I’m never disappointed.

Frank: The enemy cuts off your supply lines, lets you get cold and hungry, and then they go right for your soft underbelly. That’s why the rifle, fella!
Trapper: Just like you to panic, Frank.
Frank: Who’s panicking?!
Hawkeye: Well do you see anybody else pressing the soft underbelly button!?

205 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:51:06am

re: #202 Crux Australis

I found comet Lulin! And it only took me about 30 seconds to find it. You will need a pair of good binoculars though.

Awesome..how green was it? Really green or just faint?
/did you see the flying saucer flying right behind it? Does the mothership look big enough to take all of us or just the rich and well placed?

206 freetoken  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:54:34am

re: #185 gmsc

One think to note about that first link of yours - just this week I believe the decline in the US GDP for the 4th calendar quarter was significantly increased in magnitude (these things are always revised after researching the data). So the 12 month decline would have been larger than that shown in the article to which you linked. Nevertheless, the other nations’ declines may still be larger.

My tentative conclusion: like with many complex systems, the catalyst of rapid change can be smaller, perhaps much smaller, than the major effect. Consider a stick of dynamite with a blasting cap. Now, the energy released by the blasting cap is much smaller than the stick of dynamite, when ignited, but the cap is required to get the whole thing going.

Likely the housing bubble collapse in the US was merely the catalyst exposing a world-wide strongly over-leveraged economic system that had become un-moored from the physical reality. This is why the UK is in such bad shape. The Brits were intent on making London the financial capitol of the world (taking over the spot from NYC) and that led some significant oversight in managing the growth there.

In Russia the oil boom caused a strongly over-extension of debt in a set of industries that cannot be maintained at low oil prices… and oil prices are low in significant part because the US (being by far the largest oil consumer) is plunging deep into recession and concurrently oil demand has fallen. Remember, prices are made on the margin, and the loss of a million bbl/day of oil demand in the US, say, would be felt widely.

As for China, one really wonky site (for economists) that I peruse from time to time were warning almost two years ago that the infrastructure-building industry in China was unsustainable and that proposed expansions by China would cause tremendous over-capacity. Guess what - those economists were right.

And so on and so forth.

I have more local concerns… e.g. Arnie today declared a water emergency… which will cut down on needless watering of grass, hopefully, but also highlights that even more jobs will be loss in California due to agricultural losses (less water = fewer plantings by farmers.) Jobs are getting quite scarce here in California, commerce is ailing, and some of my plans are being put on hold or derailed.

207 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:54:54am

re: #199 ArchangelMichael

The bloody narcoinsurgency in Mexico is the latest pretense for more gun control laws (instead enforcing the laws already in place). I got a taste back in January or December when See-BS ran a story on it while I was channel surfing- my initial reaction was ‘Oh good- at least somebody’s paying attention to this’. But a few minutes in, they show some file footage of some seized narcotics and a wicked-looking belt-fed heavy caliber machine gun displayed by the police while the announcer ominously intones ‘Many of the weapons seized by police can be traced back to the United States…’.

So right then and there, I found out WHY See-BS was so interested in the story.

Never once did they consider how closely guarded some of those police or military armories were down in Mexico.

208 Crux Australis  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:58:42am

re: #205 HoosierHoops

Awesome..how green was it? Really green or just faint?
/did you see the flying saucer flying right behind it? Does the mothership look big enough to take all of us or just the rich and well placed?

Just a blurry faint white blob, my binoculars aren’t powerful enough to pick up any color. I didn’t see any tail.

I also checked out the Orion nebula and the real Crux Australis (Southern Cross) as well.

209 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:00:02am

It’s edtime for me - good night, all!

210 gmsc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:00:19am

re: #209 gmsc

It’s bedtime for me - good night, all!

FTFM

211 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:00:53am

Ed…bed…

‘Night, gmsc! :-)

212 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:01:07am

re: #209 gmsc

It’s edtime for me - good night, all!

Who’s Ed?

213 littleoldlady  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:01:47am

Well since I wrote rubber checks yesterday I guess I’d better go figure out what bank to rob today…

Good day, ALL!™

214 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:01:52am

re: #210 gmsc

Good night gmsc, I shall soon follow,

215 freetoken  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:02:51am

re: #209 gmsc

Sleep well…

216 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:03:13am

re: #213 littleoldlady

Open an account with Citibank- I hear they give out free Check Kites with every new account….

217 freetoken  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:03:36am

re: #213 littleoldlady

Ah, we are all bailing out! G’dn’t Lol.

218 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:03:36am

re: #212 Fenway_Nation

You silly twit! He means bed!

219 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:04:18am

re: #209 gmsc

re: #214 BatGuano

re: #213 littleoldlady


Bye!

220 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:05:33am

re: #218 BatGuano

I thought maybe it was a variation of ‘Hammertime’ only ‘Ed’ instead of MC Hammer…

221 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:05:34am

re: #219 Fenway_Nation

Hasta lumbago!

222 Jack Burton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:08:39am

re: #207 Fenway_Nation

They always use lame excuses. The expansion of the CA Assault Weapons Ban in 2000 was the result of that Bank robbery in North Hollywood in 1997 where the robbers had illegally-obtained, illegally-modified AK47s and homemade body armor.

The cops only had 9mm and .38 pistols and 12g shotguns. Which were useless against the robbers. They had to go to gun stores mid-crisis and buy AR-15s and .308 ammo from the stores. Even then, officers reported that the AR-15 shots were not penetrating the armor either, and if they had protected their legs better, the outcome of the whole incident would have been totally different.

So what does the Sacramento Mafia do? Bans AR-15s and a number of other guns, basically because they are “scary looking”. Had that ban been in place before the incident. The criminals still would have had AK47s and body armor anyway, but this time when the cops went to gun stores… sorry no AR-15s, or only disabled or dumbed down ones.

223 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:10:07am

re: #220 Fenway_Nation

Must I come over and slap you too?.

224 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:12:16am

re: #222 ArchangelMichael

The law of unintended consequences.

225 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:18:42am

re: #222 ArchangelMichael

When people bring that up, I can think of a few sheriff’s offices or tribal police departments in Arizona that were better equipped to go up against the North Hollywood bank robbers than the LAPD (Ruger Ranch Rifles w/20-round magazines)- altho’ to be fair an urban police department like that often has different requirements than some of the ones in Arizona.

And all the ‘assault weapons’ bans, background checks and waiting periods in the world won’t keep us safe if criminals are brazen enough to steal shotguns and rifles out of police cars.

226 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:19:44am

re: #223 BatGuano

I get enough of that when I’m pub-crawling….

227 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:28:15am

Well..maybe Obama is a miracle worker..
He sat court side last night for the Bulls/Wizards game…
The lowly wizards were so inspired they destroyed chicago..One player after a dunk turned and saluted the president..You can’t make this shit up..here is a link..lol
nbcsports.msnbc.com

228 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:34:29am

re: #227 HoosierHoops

I’m guessing 0bama is a Bulls fan….

229 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:34:49am

re: #227 HoosierHoops

I only read part of that.I am glad that the bulls were destroyed.

230 Amer-I-Can  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:40:38am

Good morning Lizards!
Today is the day for the Kansas City Tea Party

We woke this morning to 3” of snow, it’s going to be a very interesting day.

See you at Nichols Fountain at 10AM, drink lots of coffee to keep warm!

231 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:40:53am

re: #228 Fenway_Nation

I’m guessing 0bama is a Bulls fan….

yea..Bulls fan..
you know he sat courtside..not in some owners suite..
I wonder if you texted Scarlet on his Blackberry during the game?

232 Pigtown Water Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:41:12am

re: #227 HoosierHoops


Where was da lovely Michelle? Hmmm…?

233 Pigtown Water Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:42:17am

I sneaked back here after almost everyone left. Now, I really have to go, too. *sigh*

234 SixDegrees  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:44:14am

re: #155 HoosierHoops

If the economy is so bad..how come I’ve read that America has bought 20 million snuggies? What’s up with that America? Don’t have any sweaters in the closet?
Gak!

There’s a Best Buy I drive past every day, and their parking lot is always full. Restaurants - typically the first to get slammed by an economic downturn - are also packed, even on weeknights.

Apparently, not all is gloom and doom with the economy.

235 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:45:06am

re: #232 Pigtown Water Dog


Maybe it’s the copious amounts of rum speaking, but I don’t think Michelle 0bama is particularly harsh on the eyes. It’s the things she says about her fellow Americans or how she views this country that I find off-putting…

236 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:45:28am

re: #232 Pigtown Water Dog

Where was da lovely Michelle? Hmmm…?

OK It’s time to compose a Blackberry spoofed text messages between Scarlet and Obama while he sits courtside at the wizards game last night..not dirty but funny like Iowahawk would write…
I’m working it…

237 BatGuano  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:47:20am

Good night all.

238 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:47:37am

re: #235 Fenway_Nation

Maybe it’s the copious amounts of rum speaking, but I don’t think Michelle 0bama is particularly harsh on the eyes. It’s the things she says about her fellow Americans or how she views this country that I find off-putting…

Oh I totally agree..Michelle is a beautiful woman…personally I’ve never been one to be snarky about a persons looks…we disagree on ideas and politics.

239 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:47:45am

re: #234 SixDegrees

Heh…one of the bars I go to on a regular basis is attached to a larger resturant. To be sure, it’s had its share of dead nights but at the most unexpected times it will be packed to the rafters at which point I’ll sarcastically ask other patrons ‘Aren’t we supposed to be in a recession!?’

240 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:47:53am

re: #237 BatGuano

Good night all.

night!

241 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:49:57am

re: #238 HoosierHoops

I’ve heard more about her copious booty (both pro and anti) since 0bama got the nomination than I would’ve if she was the wife of a Chicago community organizer…..

242 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:50:39am

re: #237 BatGuano


Bye, batty!

243 Pigtown Water Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:50:47am

Lovely is as lovely does.

P.S. You do not want to know my pirate name—guarenteed not lovely! ;D

244 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:53:30am

re: #241 Fenway_Nation

I’ve heard more about her copious booty (both pro and anti) since 0bama got the nomination than I would’ve if she was the wife of a Chicago community organizer…..

His girls are adorable…
/fenway..we went out drinking and dancing last night..I haven’t been to sleep yet..although I have been to bed..
LOL

245 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:53:38am

Morning all. Anything interesting up thread or should I just go and browse the news sites and get depressed.

246 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:56:50am

re: #245 Bubblehead II

Morning all. Anything interesting up thread or should I just go and browse the news sites and get depressed.

Anything Fenway or I post in the next hour is going to be way better than any news sites you read..

247 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:57:28am

re: #244 HoosierHoops

I should probably get some shuteye….I’m a little eager to catch the Bruins/Caps game a little later on today.

Plus I’m not exactly sure how much Bacardi I mixed in w/my 32 oz coke

248 Pigtown Water Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:58:05am

re: #247 Fenway_Nation


You’re not slurring your words yet. You’re still good.

249 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:58:30am

re: #247 Fenway_Nation

I should probably get some shuteye….I’m a little eager to catch the Bruins/Caps game a little later on today.

Plus I’m not exactly sure how much Bacardi I mixed in w/my 32 oz coke

kind regards friend weet dreams

250 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:58:38am

re: #246 HoosierHoops

And just like that I went and proved you wrong…..

251 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:01:02am

re: #250 Fenway_Nation

And just like that I went and proved you wrong…..

LOL
I’m watching a weird movie on showtime..I’m about to do a review on it..sleep well

252 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:03:11am

re: #251 HoosierHoops

I get the feeling I’ll be watching a bizzare, surreal movie from the inside of my eyelids….and yet be unable to do a review because I’m unable to remember most of it.

253 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:03:53am

re: #246 HoosierHoops

Probably. Especially when I read shit like this.

Mugabe celebrates 85th birthday with huge party

CHINHOYI, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe celebrates his 85th birthday on Saturday at a huge party which critics say is insensitive to an economic crisis which has left many families destitute.

REALLY?

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254 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:06:05am

Night Fenway. I somehow think we will all be having a surreal dream for the next 4 years. And the kicker is that we are going to be awake for most of it.

255 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:06:38am

re: #253 Bubblehead II

When’s 0bama’s birthday?

256 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:06:39am

re: #253 Bubblehead II

Probably. Especially when I read shit like this.

Mugabe celebrates 85th birthday with huge party

CHINHOYI, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe celebrates his 85th birthday on Saturday at a huge party which critics say is insensitive to an economic crisis which has left many families destitute.

REALLY?

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He is 85? I guess you have to wish the bastasd happy birthday..But I ain’t wishing him any more..

257 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:07:30am

re: #255 Fenway_Nation

When’s 0bama’s birthday?

Why? You looking to do his astrological charts?
/

258 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:12:45am

re: #255 Fenway_Nation

Birthdate: 08/04/1961

Not a nirther site, but just as weird. :-)

259 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:14:05am

re: #256 HoosierHoops

No, I don’t. I can’t post what I would like to see happen to the SOB, but I think you get my drift.

260 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:14:48am

re: #254 Bubblehead II

My idle Move-to-Montana-stock-up-on- non-perishable foods-Canadian-gold-and Semiautomatic rifles pistols and shotguns Death-Spewing-Assault-Weapons-of-Death-sell-stuff-online-or-mail order-when-not-watching sports-on-DirecTV daydream is looking better and better.

/since it’s a daydream, might as well throw in meet-up-with-unbelivably-hot-yet-down-to-earth prarie-girl-who-inexplicably finds-me-attractive for good measure

261 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:16:11am

Your Saturday early morning open thread movie review..
I’m in the middle of the 4 star movie ‘there will be blood’ and it is pretty good.
Daniel Day-Lewis as a texas oil prospector..The problem with watching Daniel in any movie is that he will always be Bill in the gangs of new york.. No matter what.. He’ll always be Bill playing another part..Sorry about your luck Danny boy.

262 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:17:29am

re: #261 HoosierHoops

One thumb ding up….

263 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:22:51am

Oh great…..I killed it.

264 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:25:06am

re: #260 Fenway_Nation

Well since I am already in the general area of Montana (Idaho), location wise I am already set. As for the rest, (excluding gold) I took care of the firearms side during the Reagan years. Nonperishable food we always try to keep on hand as you never know when something will happen. As for the good looking woman. I married her 25 years ago.

265 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:31:33am

Anyone know anything about the Gent who sent HIV infected blood to Obama?

And did anyone else note Hannity now admitts hes a Moby. His new mobile web site thru fox is foxnews.com/mobi

266 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:32:21am

re: #264 Bubblehead II

Call me crazy, but I’m almost intruiged at the prospect of the nearest ‘big’ city being Calgary.

Guns- an old S&W .357 that’s long overdue for a visit to the gunsmith

Precious metals- not as much as I’d like, but not totally unprepared in that department

Nonperishable food- Pantry is stocked with Campbells [so much so that I might as well own stock in Campbells’] and there’s some MRE’s and bottled water in an adjacent outbuilding.

Disproprtionately hot woman- ongoing process….

267 Mithrax  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:33:57am

re: #266 Fenway_Nation

Disproprtionately hot woman- ongoing process….

If you find her, lemme know if she has a sister….

268 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:34:34am

re: #261 HoosierHoops

Your Saturday early morning open thread movie review..
I’m in the middle of the 4 star movie ‘there will be blood’ and it is pretty good.
Daniel Day-Lewis as a texas oil prospector..The problem with watching Daniel in any movie is that he will always be Bill in the gangs of new york.. No matter what.. He’ll always be Bill playing another part..Sorry about your luck Danny boy.

I’ve got to admit now..That this movie has some really powerful scenes in it..Every thing i said about day-lewis has changed..This part is better than Bill..
jeez..the dude is a genius..more later

269 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:36:55am

re: #267 Mithrax

Friend of mine from high school wound up marrying a stunning amazon that just happened to hail from Alberta.

But then again, out of all my friends from high school or the Army, I’m the only one who hasn’t married yet.

Having said that, out of all my friends from high school or the Army, I’m the only one who isn’t divorced, either.

270 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:37:10am

re: #265 Rustler

WASHINGTON (CNN) — An Ethiopian immigrant with a history of mental health problems is in custody after being accused of mailing a letter with HIV-tainted blood to Barack Obama when he was president-elect, according to court records.

Read it all

And good morning.

271 kcladderman  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:39:29am

re: #258 Bubblehead II

Birthdate: 08/04/1961

Not a nirther site, but just as weird. :-)

Thats perfect . We need a holiday between Independence Day and Labor Day.
/

272 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:40:29am

re: #271 kcladderman

Thats perfect . We need a holiday between Independence Day and Labor Day.
/

Hoopster Day!

273 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:44:45am

re: #266 Fenway_Nation

I like the idea of being outside of metropolitan areas. Something about being caught up in a mass panic/evacuation situation that I just don’t like.

Firearms wise. Acquired what I wanted back in the 80’s. Some of them the kind that scares liberals (actually, they ALL scare liberals).

Precious metals, like you I have some, not alot and what I do have is Silver as I think it will be easier to business with it vs Gold.

Canned foods is a staple around here and gets rotated out on a weekly basis. Same with bottled water.

Good luck on the disproportionately hot woman.

274 abolitionist  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:46:05am

March 7-15, 2009: Mountain Justice Spring Break 2009!

In less than four weeks, you’ll have a chance to get totally plugged into the growing movement to end mountaintop removal and bring justice to the coal fields.

By justice, they likely mean replacing coal industries with windmills.*
On the right, I found this link:

Call for Mass Civil Disobedience Against Coal
by Bill McKibben and Wendell Berry
Cherry-picking excerpts:

…it may be necessary for some to break the law in order to bear witness to an evil, bring it to wider attention, and push for its correction. We think such a time has arrived, and we are writing to say that we hope some of you will join us in Washington D.C. on Monday March 2 in order to take part in a civil act of civil disobedience outside a coal-fired power plant near Capitol Hill. [snip]

Coal-fired power is driving climate change. [snip]

It’s time to make clear that we can’t safely run this planet on coal at all. So we feel the time has come to do more—we hear President Barack Obama’s call for a movement for change that continues past election day, and we hear Nobel Laureate Al Gore’s call for creative non-violence outside coal plants. As part of the international negotiations now underway on global warming, our nation will be asking China, India, and others to limit their use of coal in the future to help save the planet’s atmosphere. This is a hard thing to ask, because it’s their cheapest fuel. Part of our witness in March will be to say that we’re willing to make some sacrifices ourselves, even if it’s only a trip to the jail. [snip]

We will cross the legal boundary of the power plant, and we expect to be arrested. [snip]

*
SEAC Readings on Collective Liberation, January/February 2009
Student Environmental Action Coalition
Cherry-pickings:

SEAC works to create progressive social change on both the local and global level.

…its broad definition of the environment that includes racism, sexism, militarism, heterosexism, economic justice, and animal rights.

…sometimes disruptive and willing to break the law, …

“No Coal Days of Action” exposed Citibank and Bank of America’s support of destructive coal companies when SEACers performed a “die-in” and effectively shut down Washington DC Citibank branch. 1,9

March 2007 - Students protested mountaintop coal removal at “Mountain Justice Spring Break”, West Virginia.

Those participating in Tampaction believe that tampons and menstrual pads oppress sexually mature women.

SEAC also fights military conflicts. … “No War No Warming”

I suspect Obama and Gore may be serious about shutting down coal America.

275 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:46:52am

re: #271 kcladderman

*uuuuuUUUUURRRRRPPPPP*

276 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:53:40am

re: #272 HoosierHoops

Morning all!

Hoopster Day? Sure, how do we celebrate and what special foods?

277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:54:00am

Story on NBC about Michelle’s “trend setting” fashion sense.

Remember how evil Nancy Reagan was for wearing designer clothes during the Reagan administration.

This worship is truly beginning to piss me off.

278 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:54:06am

Wow! There will be blood turns into a great movie..rated 4 stars..i give it 5..
Watching Daniel Day-lewis sink to totally disparity is a lesson in acting at it’s best.. Like when you watch Sharon Stone sink into oblivion in Casino..
From a smoking hot woman to somebody you want to push out of a moving car.. Remember how Cruz slowly melted down in Blow? Delicious..
or better yet..The innocent girl in goodfellas that becomes a mafia wife..
Danny Day-Lewis puts them to shame in this movie..

279 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:55:31am

re: #278 HoosierHoops

You just named 4 of my favorite movies. I had to laugh when people said Cruz was too annoying in Blow - wasn’t that the point?

280 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:55:34am

re: #274 abolitionist

Hard to believe some of the coal-producing states went to 0bama. I guess the transition from coal-fired to unicorn-fart-powered electric plants is underway.

281 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:55:50am

re: #268 HoosierHoops

I… kind of…. didn’t…. uh…. like it.

But, “I drink your milkshake.”

282 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:57:13am

re: #278 HoosierHoops

Like when you watch Sharon Stone sink into oblivion in Casino..
From a smoking hot woman to somebody you want to push out of a moving car….

That hardly seems fair. I’ve wanted to shove her out of a moving car for years….

283 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:57:38am
284 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:57:41am

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
— H. P. Lovecraft

Ah, The Beauty of the Magnificent Human Brain!
Youtube Video

285 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:58:00am

re: #277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey FBV!

I remember them going on and on and freaking ON about someone - Galliano? - giving her a dress. Even as a kid I was annoyed by that - how did that affect us? Didn’t cost us a dime for him to give her that gift.

Huh. Good movies, a new holiday, and media hypocrisy. I woke up to a good thread.

286 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:58:41am

re: #285 Chicago Blonde

You doped up yet?

287 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:00:27am

re: #286 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh, I’m livin’ large today. I usually drink trucker coffee but today, I put in a splash of heavy cream. It’s SATURDAY!

288 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:00:36am

re: #279 Chicago Blonde

You just named 4 of my favorite movies. I had to laugh when people said Cruz was too annoying in Blow - wasn’t that the point?

Another great movie..I am Sam..And the sound track was all Beatles tunes done by other artists…

289 Bubblehead II  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:01:43am

Things to do. Have a good one.

L8R

290 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:02:03am

re: #277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian


Or- more recently- Sarah Palin’s wardrobe…

291 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:02:08am

re: #288 HoosierHoops

Touching movie but - I almost blush to admit this - if I want to look at Penn I’d rather see The Falcon and the Snowman, just to watch his pointed head get stuffed in a toilet. :)

292 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:02:36am

re: #284 notutopia

*checking notes*
Where’s the Coffee Gland?

293 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:03:03am

Gonna make an omelet. Anybody hungry?

294 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:04:07am

re: #293 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

With cheese please! Thanks!
*extends coffee pot*
Coffee?

295 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:06:04am

re: #277 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Story on NBC about Michelle’s “trend setting” fashion sense.

Remember how evil Nancy Reagan was for wearing designer clothes during the Reagan administration.

This worship is truly beginning to piss me off.

Somehow, I think this fashion thing, is Oprah’s doings…Ever see the front covers of her magazines?


Fashion
Youtube Video

296 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:06:17am

re: #293 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Gonna make an omelet. Anybody hungry?

Been up all night..drinking..dancing..having a good time..been to bed but not to sleep yet..I’ve got to eat something and go to sleep…
didn’t like the ending to there will be blood…otherwise great movie..
Watching Spanglish now..oh lawdy..help me

297 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:08:40am

re: #270 Bubblehead II Morning and thanks was busy reading last nights meltdown. I wish Winston would have been a big enough man after the first blowup to avoid Theological threads because I hate seeing such bigotry especially when he contributes so well to other threads.

298 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:11:04am

Didn’t they just bring a ton of things to Palin with the idea she’d “shop” from what they brought and the rest would be returned? But no, the MSM let us think she went on a shopping glut, just like so many people still think she’s the one that said she can see Russia from her house…watching how she was treated made me furious.

299 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:11:31am

re: #296 HoosierHoops

Last two movies I saw were The Kingdom and Last King of Scotland.

I guess some lizards took exception to the last line in The Kingdom but I was bothered by another line from earlier in the film where they were canvassing the housing compound for witnesses and this middle-aged lady says she saw something that struck her as odd- a Saudi doing some of the landscaping around the compound. When asked why she thought it was out of the ordinary, she says ‘Saudi’s are just like Americans- they get someone else to do that kind of work’….

Keep in mind this is supposed to take place in a housing compound for American oil workers in Saudi Arabia.

300 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:12:18am

re: #292 Chicago Blonde

*checking notes*
Where’s the Coffee Gland?

Decaf and no artificial sweeteners with milk!
Youtube Video

301 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:14:53am

re: #298 Chicago Blonde
Yeah but thats only because the GOP spent money on her. Hillary on hte other hand had 5 $6000 dresses in same style different colors for the Colorado Dem Primary, but nothing was made over it as they were donated by the designer. I saw it as a $30,000 campaign contribution to Hillary but it was never declared as such. Looking presidential is part of running for office so the McCain campaign took it upon themselves to dictate to her the type of clothing she should wear.

302 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:15:09am

re: #300 notutopia

*handing over decaf with milk* Here ya go!

Your avatar is so cute! Your critter, and is it as snuggly as it looks? Mine latches on to me some mornings and I’m literally typing one-handed…

303 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:18:48am

Beware the Sea Kitteh’s. Think I may have found a new avatar if i can get teh file down to size.

304 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:19:15am

re: #301 Rustler

Hi Rustler, how are you?

Oh I hear you, it was fine that Hillary got those threads donated (but it was not fine for Nancy Reagan). I know the McCain camp picked the stuff out but what I was getting at was - didn’t they bring her extra stuff so she could pick on the run, and the stuff she didn’t choose was just returned? I thought I read the real tab was less than the MSM made it out to be.

305 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:19:53am

re: #302 Chicago Blonde

*handing over decaf with milk* Here ya go!

Your avatar is so cute! Your critter, and is it as snuggly as it looks? Mine latches on to me some mornings and I’m literally typing one-handed…

She’s my fav of the four cats. Just an absolute joy!
She growls when the postman or UPS delivers the mail. That’s how I know it’s here. The mailbox is 1/10th of a mile from the house! Hearing like radar.

306 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:19:59am

re: #303 Rustler

OH! You have to!

307 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:21:30am

re: #303 Rustler

Beware the Sea Kitteh’s. Think I may have found a new avatar if i can get teh file down to size.

Rustler, that will give me nochtmares!

308 Ojoe  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:23:10am
309 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:23:11am

re: #305 notutopia

She’s adorable. Our kittehs hide when people come. OTOH the WaterBed hound, as I call him, makes a noise like the Panzer Division. Especially for the pizza guy.

310 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:23:13am

re: #304 Chicago Blonde
The stuff she didn’t use were donated to charities as were the clothes she wore after they were used as far as I know.

311 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:24:33am

re: #308 Ojoe

Beautiful, Ojoe. Good morning to you!

312 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:24:52am

re: #308 Ojoe Morning Ojoe.

313 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:26:07am

BBL, Time to go hay and water the barn critters.

314 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:26:29am

re: #310 Rustler

Thanks. I also thought they bought extra and when she picked, the stuff she didn’t want was refunded, but I could be mistaken. (Plus I didn’t finish coffee #2 yet.) Either way it makes me sick how we never hear a peep about Dem spending.

The sea kitteh is hilarious…

315 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:27:36am

The thing about Spanglish is that it’s a pretty good story line and movie..But Adam Sandler just should not have played in it.. But I’ll admit this.. in the top 5 funny sex scenes of all time was Adam and Tea Leoni in the movie..Just funnier than hell..
It’s totally funny because it is uncomfortably close to what many of us have experienced..But I ain’t talking!
Woody Allen would have to be in at least the top 10..
/ I don’t like Woody..I’m just say’n movie wise

316 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:28:41am

re: #308 Ojoe

Dawn comes to the San Gabriel Mountains of California. The Towercam.

Good Morning All, on this Sunday Morning.

wait..I went out friday night..I’m still awake..and you say it’s Sunday? What the heck is going on here?

317 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:29:13am

re: #315 HoosierHoops

Are you a fan of horror movies? I like a good one but nowadays they’re all just gore. I think Roman Polanski is a pig, but I have to admit, Rosemary’s Baby is one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever seen.

318 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:31:58am

So other than the HIV blood what else did I miss these last 3 days I believe I’m done with the News(other than the couple of hours of CNN I have to listen to at work since 0600-1000 has to be on CNN here at hotel) only positive things I’ve seen since January 20th really were spin jobs making Obama look good.

319 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:33:40am

re: #315 HoosierHoops
I just couldn’t watch Spanglish. Kept expecting Sandler antics and never got em gave up after about 30 minutes now I may have to go back and watch it for the Adam/Tea scene.

320 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:34:43am

re: #317 Chicago Blonde

Maybe I watched it too late in life. Movie bored the crap out of me. I don’t like scary movies though. Gore doesn’t bother me. But, I don’t like being startled.

In the movie Jaws, when Richard Dryfuss is diving and the head pops out… I still look away, leave the room, anything not to watch it.

Okay, FBVCoward.

321 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:36:11am

re: #317 Chicago Blonde

(Lois walks in on Stewie torturing a bully)
Stewie: We’re playing house…
Lois: But that kid is all tied up!
Stewie: Roman Polanski’s house.
322 Crux Australis  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:37:26am

re: #316 HoosierHoops

wait..I went out friday night..I’m still awake..and you say it’s Sunday? What the heck is going on here?

I’m running around in circles here as well. It’s just turned Sunday here and Sydney is 19 hours ahead of LA.

323 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:38:48am

re: #320 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Everyone has something that freaks them out, even if the other people watching the same thing don’t get it. You guys know the hospital corridor scene in Exorcist III? THAT made me sleep with a light on for a few nights…

324 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:39:50am

re: #321 Rustler

EW! LOL! Did you see the South Park with MegaBarbara? And Robert Smith as Mothra? That. Was. Funny.

325 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:40:41am

re: #323 Chicago Blonde

Hospitals in general freak me out. I hate them. The smell, the bright lights, No fresh air they just get me. Plus I’ve woken up in far to many hospitals and tend to assosciate them with pain rather than the stupid things i did to get put there.

326 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:41:40am
327 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:42:03am

re: #317 Chicago Blonde

Are you a fan of horror movies? I like a good one but nowadays they’re all just gore. I think Roman Polanski is a pig, but I have to admit, Rosemary’s Baby is one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever seen.

LOL No..no horror stuff…The kids always watched that stuff.. I watch comedy’s, sports movies, drama and because I’m married I’ve scene every f’n chick flick in the last 20 years..And last Christmas a bunch of us took dozens of kids..and family members to see the chipmunk movie…and it was really pretty good..but then again..I had my oldest daughter home from UC Davis with her head on my shoulder laughing like crazy..So..I liked the movie

328 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:42:57am

re: #324 Chicago Blonde
Mechastreisand was awesome. The Pokemon southpark was funny too. Especially if you translate some of the random quotes in Japanese.

329 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:44:37am

re: #320 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Maybe I watched it too late in life. Movie bored the crap out of me. I don’t like scary movies though. Gore doesn’t bother me. But, I don’t like being startled.

In the movie Jaws, when Richard Dryfuss is diving and the head pops out… I still look away, leave the room, anything not to watch it.

Okay, FBVCoward.

Morning, Lizards.

Count me in that category, too. I don’t go out of my way to see gory films- I’ve seen (and cleaned up after) a few too many fatal car crashes for them to be really entertaining. (You don’t want the details, trust me.)

I may actually break my long standing “wait for the DVD” policy and drag my dead backside out to the theater to see Watchmen when it’s released on March 6. I have the graphic novel (now old enough to vote) and it’s one of the few “comic books” I can reread for sheer enjoyment due to its content. In the Science Fiction Encyclopedia, John Clute and Peter Nicholls named Watchmen as “one of the central science fiction novels of the 1980s” for the way that it rewrote the basic narrative of “superhero” comics, holding up their contradictions to the harsh light of reality. Seeing it on the big screen might be interesting.

OK, I admit that Malin Akerman in skintight latex as Silk Spectre II looks interesting, too.

cheers

eon

330 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:45:54am

re: #325 Rustler

I hate ‘em too. I remember as a kid my grandma went into this old, creepy looking one to have her heart checked - thankfully it was a false alarm but for a couple days she was in this old creaky thing. It was clean and the staff was nice but it just LOOKED like one of the hospitals from Jacob’s Ladder. *shudder*

331 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:47:18am

re: #329 eon

OK, I admit that Malin Akerman in skintight latex as Silk Spectre II looks interesting, too.

Ya think?!

332 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:48:10am

re: #331 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Nah it’s beyond opinion into the realms of fact :P.

333 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:48:32am

re: #330 Chicago Blonde

I really like the movie “The Frighteners” Michael J. Fox. Black comedy/turns into horror movie.

334 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:50:09am

re: #327 HoosierHoops

I love dramas and comedies too. I’m by no means an Angelina fan but I thought Changeling was well-done (but heartbreaking) - for one thing it was interesting to see a clergyman (the Malkovich character) as a good guy.

My best friend wanted to see Zohan on her birthday. *sigh* THAT was painful…

335 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:50:41am

re: #333 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
FBV you ever see teh Movie lake Placid? That’s one where it would behoove ya to look away a few times as well.

336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:51:33am

re: #335 Rustler

Thought that was what you called a Jewish American Princess on a waterbed.

/Uh..oh…

337 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:52:00am

Sharing this. I got in an email this a.m.

THE JOB - URINE TEST

(Whoever wrote this one down deserves a HUGE pat on the back!)
Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test with which I have no problem. What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don’t have to pass a urine test.

Shouldn’t one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them? Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their A—, doing drugs, while I work… . Can you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?


I guess we could title that program, ‘Urine or You’re Out’.

338 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:52:13am

re: #334 Chicago Blonde

I love dramas and comedies too. I’m by no means an Angelina fan but I thought Changeling was well-done (but heartbreaking) - for one thing it was interesting to see a clergyman (the Malkovich character) as a good guy.

My best friend wanted to see Zohan on her birthday. *sigh* THAT was painful…

Godzilla VS The Chicago Machine…now that would be a movie…:)

/S

339 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:52:23am

re: #334 Chicago Blonde

I walked out of Zohan. Not offended or anything… just pissed.

340 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:52:33am

I’m sure this can only result in good things.

Hollywood team in Iran on cultural exchange

341 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:53:36am

re: #339 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I walked out of Zohan. Not offended or anything… just pissed.

I feel asleep watching it. Where was the editor?

342 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:53:40am

re: #337 notutopia
/super sarc/But it is racist to assume someone recieving Govt help is on drugs./super sarc/

343 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:53:51am

re: #339 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I wanted to but it was my friend’s birthday. LOL, she OWES me…
Now, Watchmen does look good and Mr. Blonde wants to see it. I think Watchmen and a little Italian food after may be in order.

344 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:54:24am

re: #335 Rustler

FBV you ever see teh Movie lake Placid? That’s one where it would behoove ya to look away a few times as well.

I saw LP. I’m still trying to figure out why they thought it was worth a sequel.

Of course, they thought Xtro was worth two, so I guess there’s no accounting for taste.

cheers

eon

345 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:54:45am

re: #341 monkeytime

I feel asleep watching it. Where was the editor?

Guessing it was Sandler. Guessing he was drunk.

Full disclosure… Adam Sandler movies, in general, are guilty pleasures of mine.

346 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:55:15am

re: #337 notutopia

Works for me!

cheers

eon

347 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:55:27am

re: #340 monkeytime

I’m sure this can only result in good things.

Hollywood team in Iran on cultural exchange

Cultural exchange of ideas?…The next Hollywood movie…about Bionic spy Squirrels…

348 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:55:29am

re: #334 Chicago Blonde

I love dramas and comedies too. I’m by no means an Angelina fan but I thought Changeling was well-done (but heartbreaking) - for one thing it was interesting to see a clergyman (the Malkovich character) as a good guy.

My best friend wanted to see Zohan on her birthday. *sigh* THAT was painful…

One thing people forget..Angelina is a great actor.. Her part in Girl interupted was one of the best I’ve ever seen..Pushing Tin was perfect..Then it was time to make the cash and sell out…like everybody does..but deep down..that woman has chops

349 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:55:33am

re: #342 Rustler

/super sarc/But it is racist to assume someone recieving Govt help is on drugs./super sarc/

No, because people on the govt doll are not a “race”.

350 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:55:37am
351 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:56:29am
352 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:56:30am

re: #342 Rustler

Racist!

353 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:56:33am

re: #348 HoosierHoops Her Daddy Jon Voight is quite a good actor as well. I wonder if she got it from him.

354 Cathypop  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:56:39am

re: #340 monkeytime

I’m sure this can only result in good things.

Hollywood team in Iran on cultural exchange

AAAWW! How sweet of them. Makes me feel warm all over.
Jackasses!

355 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:57:03am

re: #350 taxfreekiller

TFK, you shouldn’t hold back so much. You’ll get an ulcer.

356 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:57:17am

re: #343 Chicago Blonde

I wanted to but it was my friend’s birthday. LOL, she OWES me…
Now, Watchmen does look good and Mr. Blonde wants to see it. I think Watchmen and a little Italian food after may be in order.

Just don’t get Tandoori to go.

/You have to have read the GN to understand why it’s a Really Bad Idea.

cheers

eon

357 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:57:27am

re: #347 notutopia

Cultural exchange of ideas?…The next Hollywood movie…about Bionic spy Squirrels…


At best. I was thinking the next movie about how America/Jews have oppressed the poor innocent Iranians. Starring: Sean Penn, George Clooney, Julia Roberts and special guest appearance: Barbara Streisand.

358 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:57:44am

re: #349 monkeytime
I’ve been called rasict numerous times for speaking out against welfare. See the left assumes only Minorites recieve welfare for some reason.

359 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:58:09am

Good morning Lizard nation!

How is everyone today?

Doing good here, have to work today, so I wasn’t able to recover from the sleep lost in the early start to Chicago yesterday… but that will come.

360 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:58:12am

re: #351 Chicago Blonde

Just for you, Dustyvet…

Oh neat, BRB making popcorn…Thanks…:)

361 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:59:28am

re: #358 Rustler

I’ve been called rasict numerous times for speaking out against welfare. See the left assumes only Minorites recieve welfare for some reason.

Well duh, that’s because the darkies can’t make it without lots of help… being incapable and all.

/channeling LLL democrat group think

362 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:59:40am

re: #348 HoosierHoops

She is a good actress, I just having giving cash to moonbats. But I felt Changeling merited it. Never saw Girl Interrupted.

I better get to Gran Torino before it’s gone.

363 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:00:00am

re: #358 Rustler

I’ve been called racist numerous times for speaking out against welfare. See the left assumes only Minorites recieve welfare for some reason.

Exactly right. The next time they call you a racist for talking about welfare ask them “What “race” are welfare recipients? I have never heard of that”.

364 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:00:43am

re: #359 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Good morning Lizard nation!

How is everyone today?

Doing good here, have to work today, so I wasn’t able to recover from the sleep lost in the early start to Chicago yesterday… but that will come.

Morning LT…you still in Chicago?

365 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:00:57am

So, I’m watching Soundscapes (or listening to it, Music Choice). Nice pleasant background noise mostly, doesn’t move me…just nice noise. Have been sitting here staring at the screen and out of nowhere the music absolutely moved me.

Looked up to see WTF? Tchaikovsky, Hymn of the Cherubim, Universe 5.

Tchaikovsky on the Yanni channel… and it is mesmerizing.

366 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:00:58am

re: #346 eon

Works for me!

cheers

eon

Me too! I think they really aught to have to be tested as well to qualify. No unequal discrimination!

367 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:01:28am

re: #356 eon

Thanks for the heads-up, but I’m craving gnocchi that day.

…Or am I the only oddball that pairs food with movies? :)

368 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:01:35am

re: #364 Dustyvet

Morning LT…you still in Chicago?

Nope, got as far as Peotone when I had to turn around due to road ice yesterday.

369 Elcid  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:01:50am

Livni shuns Netanyahu coalition offer…Insists on commitment to two-state solution

How to kowtow to the Obama administration and surrender a nation, for Dummies 1.0.

Livni has about 4 weeks or less, to toss Israel under the bus, with her petulance. The recent elections In Israel, will then be in total chaos, which it seems she wanted from the very start.

A Golda Meir, she ISN’T…Sweetie, (yes meant derogatorily) what part of ISLAM DOESN’T WANT JEWS IN THAT AREA AT ALL, DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND?

370 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:02:00am

re: #361 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Yeah I was just called out prior to that one because I Sarced callling requiring urinalysis racist.

371 summergurl  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:02:11am

re: #365 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So, I’m watching Soundscapes (or listening to it, Music Choice). Nice pleasant background noise mostly, doesn’t move me…just nice noise. Have been sitting here staring at the screen and out of nowhere the music absolutely moved me.

Looked up to see WTF? Tchaikovsky, Hymn of the Cherubim, Universe 5.

Tchaikovsky on the Yanni channel… and it is mesmerizing.


eating veggies must put you in a calmer state of mind

372 Rustler  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:02:23am

Later all be safe.

373 notutopia  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:02:59am

re: #365 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So, I’m watching Soundscapes (or listening to it, Music Choice). Nice pleasant background noise mostly, doesn’t move me…just nice noise. Have been sitting here staring at the screen and out of nowhere the music absolutely moved me.

Looked up to see WTF? Tchaikovsky, Hymn of the Cherubim, Universe 5.

Tchaikovsky on the Yanni channel… and it is mesmerizing.

Did you put morrel mushrooms in your omelet again this morning?

374 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:03:05am

re: #371 summergurl

I just find it interesting that the Masters are called Masters for a reason.

375 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:03:15am

re: #372 Rustler

Have a good one, Rustler!

376 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:03:50am

re: #368 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Nope, got as far as Peotone when I had to turn around due to road ice yesterday.

Glad you made it back to home base…I had trouble going three miles for groceries last night, and on foot…:(

377 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:04:07am

re: #353 Rustler

Her Daddy Jon Voight is quite a good actor as well. I wonder if she got it from him.

I will give that woman props..Long before I knew who she was she played a part of a woman in a mental institute based on a true story..she just nailed the part…She has acting chops..Plus..she is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful..And Brad..Man up and marry that girl..

378 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:05:22am

re: #365 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That’s cool, but surprising. I pictured you enjoying your veggie dishes or waking-and-caking to Hendrix.

/But I have stuff from Hendrix to Yma Sumac to Mozart on my iPod, so I get it.

379 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:05:24am

re: #367 Chicago Blonde

Thanks for the heads-up, but I’m craving gnocchi that day.

…Or am I the only oddball that pairs food with movies? :)

I’m like you. Movie first, food after. Each helps to digest the other.

/Well, except for the utterly indigestible, like Battlefield Earth.

cheers

eon

380 summergurl  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:06:23am

Rant section in our paper today has a rant from a person that actually says “why can’t grocery stores bring down their prices so we can afford more food rather than just a few things? Everyone has a right to eat.”

I am not floored.

What have we brought down on ourselves?

381 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:06:44am

re: #370 Rustler

Yeah I was just called out prior to that one because I Sarced callling requiring urinalysis racist.

Huh?

382 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:06:49am

re: #379 eon

Oh, I’ve never even tried to watch that thing. From what everyone’s told me, I wouldn’t desecrate Spam with BE.

383 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:07:33am

re: #380 summergurl

Rant section in our paper today has a rant from a person that actually says “why can’t grocery stores bring down their prices so we can afford more food rather than just a few things? Everyone has a right to eat.”

I am not floored.

What have we brought down on ourselves?

Well that is a perfect example of our fine, govt run, education system at it’s best. People graduate with a fine understanding of basic market principles and economics.

384 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:08:23am

re: #376 Dustyvet

Glad you made it back to home base…I had trouble going three miles for groceries last night, and on foot…:(

Crap… are the roads still bad up there? I’m supposed to be going to take the family to visit my mother in Palatine Sunday.

385 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:08:36am
386 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:09:31am

re: #385 taxfreekiller

[Link:

387 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:09:33am

re: #383 monkeytime

Well that is a perfect example of our fine, govt run, education system at it’s best. People graduate with a fine understanding of basic market principles and economics.

Dude, you are just a tool of Big Food…

388 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:09:40am

re: #380 summergurl

“Why can’t people who write stupid rants get cholera?”

There’s a rant.

389 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:10:13am

re: #387 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

BIG FOOD IS RIPPING US OFF!

390 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:10:23am

oops

Just meant to say - Nice. Wish I was there.

391 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:10:32am

re: #384 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Crap… are the roads still bad up there? I’m supposed to be going to take the family to visit my mother in Palatine Sunday.

Roads are good at the moment, it’s just damn cold…:(

392 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:10:41am
393 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:10:50am

re: #387 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Dude, you are just a tool of Big Food…

LOL!

394 summergurl  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:11:22am

Hey, I finally made it over 500 karma points. Woohoo for me!

(smiling)

395 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:11:57am

re: #394 summergurl

ding whore.

396 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:12:26am

re: #377 HoosierHoops

I will give that woman props..Long before I knew who she was she played a part of a woman in a mental institute based on a true story..she just nailed the part…She has acting chops..Plus..she is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful..And Brad..Man up and marry that girl..

Absolutely. Furthermore;

Brad; Shave already. You don’t look macho, you look like a dork.

Angie; Eat. A. Dam. Sammich. Girl. Now. That black leather uniform that looked so good on you in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and the wetsuit you filled out so perfectly in Tomb Raider; The Cradle of Life would hang on you like garment bags today. Looking undernourished and desperate for Changeling? Bravo, way to get in character. Still looking that way afterward? Reality check needed. Set a good example for your kids, nutrition-wise, Gorgeous.

/rant mode off

cheers

eon

397 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:12:52am

re: #336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That was funny dammit! (speaking of ding whores)

398 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:13:05am

re: #391 Dustyvet

Roads are good at the moment, it’s just damn cold…:(

Good… cold we can deal with… spending several hours on a Sunday waiting for a tow out of a ditch (or worse) is not cool.

399 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:13:39am

oh crap..everybody is coming on-line and I’ve been up all night…
You know my time ain’t long? ( Canned Heat reference )
Hi lizards!

400 summergurl  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:13:42am

re: #395 Fat Bastard Vegetarian


Hey hey hey ——(lol)

401 Cathypop  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:14:14am

re: #397 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
LOL had to upding you on the ding whore

402 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:15:07am

Did anybody every have a better “porn stache” than John Oates?

403 summergurl  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:15:08am

Heck - even I updinged him—-

404 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:15:24am

re: #398 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Good… cold we can deal with… spending several hours on a Sunday waiting for a tow out of a ditch (or worse) is not cool.

I know…being from Minnesota, been there, done that, lost the t-shirt.:)

405 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:15:27am

re: #396 eon

Nice to see a guy encouraging a woman to eat and enjoy food. Yes you CAN be too thin.

406 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:15:38am

Good Morning Y’all - from a moderate (52 degrees, going up, er, down, to 50 degrees) but very rainy Charlotte!
We are advised that Charlotte, North Carolina, in the heart of the SOUTHLAND is supposed to get up to FOUR INCHES of Global Warming tomorrow night into Monday morning.
Oh. Joy. Where’s that mofo Al Gore at?!?
How is everyone doing this morning?

407 summergurl  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:15:42am

re: #402 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Did anybody every have a better “porn stache” than John Oates?

I have no idea what that even is.

408 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:15:58am

re: #394 summergurl

Hey, I finally made it over 500 karma points. Woohoo for me!

(smiling)

I dinged you..but the forensics will never lead back to me..
/

409 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:16:00am

re: #407 summergurl

I have no idea what that even is.

Hall and Oates, silly.

410 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:16:18am

re: #406 realwest

Morning Realwest…

411 summergurl  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:16:58am

re: #408 HoosierHoops

re: #409 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hall and Oates, silly.

So now I am a silly whore?

412 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:17:16am

re: #406 realwest

Morning Realwest! Freezing but otherwise fine in Chicago.

413 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:17:19am

re: #404 Dustyvet

I know…being from Minnesota, been there, done that, lost the t-shirt.:)

Not like you ever got to wear it… T-shirt season in Mn is what, two weeks?

414 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:17:51am

re: #406 realwest

Morning Real! How are things in Charlotte?

415 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:17:51am

re: #398 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Good… cold we can deal with… spending several hours on a Sunday waiting for a tow out of a ditch (or worse) is not cool.

Hey LT, Arizonans don’t have that problem!

416 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:18:02am

re: #411 summergurl

re: #409 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So now I am a silly ding whore?

FTFY

417 monkeytime  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:18:49am

re: #411 summergurl

re: #409 Fat Bastard Vegetarian


So now I am a silly whore?

I think that would be “silly, ding whore” but I’m not sure.

418 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:18:53am

re: #413 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Not like you ever got to wear it… T-shirt season in Mn is what, two weeks?

You know why folks in Minnesota live so long? They frozen 6 months out of the year…:)

419 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:18:56am
420 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:19:13am

I had to go to Minneapolis once in February for a work function. I know I squawk about digging out of snow, but I really can’t say much about being cold after that.

421 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:19:58am

re: #415 rightwinger3

Hey LT, Arizonans don’t have that problem!

Tell me about it… I’ve been wanting to leave this hell hole (Illinois) and go someplace warm forever. Wife talked me into staying here till the kids get out of HS… one more to go.

422 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:20:02am

re: #405 Chicago Blonde

Nice to see a guy encouraging a woman to eat and enjoy food. Yes you CAN be too thin.

Thanks. I believe that real women have curves, and that muscles are sexy.

/Hopelessly un-PC of me, I know, but I’m too old to change.

cheers

eon

423 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:20:25am

re: #420 Chicago Blonde

I had to go to Minneapolis once in February for a work function. I know I squawk about digging out of snow, but I really can’t say much about being cold after that.

But, but, but…The Mall of America is so warm…:)

424 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:20:34am

re: #418 Dustyvet

You know why folks in Minnesota live so long? They frozen 6 months out of the year…:)

8 months of winter and 4 months of bad sledding.

425 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:22:07am

re: #424 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

8 months of winter and 4 months of bad sledding.

Your Know You’re From Minnesota If…
You’ve never met any celebrities.
“Vacation” means going to Valleyfair.
You’ve seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You measure distance in minutes.
You know several people who have hit a deer.
Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
You’ve ever had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.
You think ethanol makes your truck “run a lot better.”
You know what’s knee-high by the Fourth of July.
Stores don’t have bags; they have sacks.
You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: “Where’s my coat at?” or “If you go to town I wanna go with.”
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You know what “cow tipping” and “snipe hunting” is.
You design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
You think that deer season is a national holiday.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You find -20 degrees F “a little chilly”.
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.
You know if another Minnesotan is from southern, middle or northern Minnesota as soon as they open their mouth.
You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Minnesota friends.

-Author Unknown

426 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:22:21am
427 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:22:58am

More Signs That You Could Be A Minnesotan If…
You measure distance in minutes.
Down south to you means Iowa.
Snow tires came standard on your car.
75% of your graduating class went to the University of Minnesota.
People from other states love to hear you say words with O’s in them.
You hate Fargo but realize that a lot of your family has that accent.
You assume when you say “Twin Cities” people know to where you’re referring.
You know what uff-da means and how to use it properly.
You own an icehouse, snowmobile, and a 4-wheel drive vehicle.
You know that when it comes to AM, there is only WCCO; besides, what else do you need?
Everyone you know has a cabin.
You consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping the food will swim by.
You are proud that your state makes the national news 96 nights each year because International Falls is the coldest spot in the nation.
You have refused to buy something because it’s too “spendy.”
You’re a card-carrying member of both the NRA and the ACLU.
Your local Dairy Queen is closed from December through February.
You have no concept of public transportation.
You instinctively walk like a penguin for three months out of the year.
Someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don’t work there.
You know more than one person that has hit a deer.
Your dad’s sun tan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead.
You have apologized to a telemarketer.
You may not have actually eaten it, but you have heard of Lutefisk.
You know what Mille Lacs is and how to spell it.
Nothing gets you madder than seeing a Green Bay sticker on a Minnesota car.
You have worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
You have either a pet or a child named “Kirby.”
Your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
You have had an entire telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.
The only reason you go to Wisconsin is to get fireworks, to fish, or to buy beer on Sunday.
You know how to say Wayzata, Mahtomedi, and Shakopee.
You grew up thinking rice was only for dessert.
You think that ketchup is a little too spicy.
You drink POP, not SODA.
You always believed that vacation meant “going up north.”
Every January, from age 2 to l3, you let your older siblings talk you into putting your tongue on a steel post.
You consider Lime Jell-O a highly versatile food: a breakfast dish when filled with fruit, a salad when it has shredded carrots and a dab of mayonnaise, and a dessert when topped with Dreamwhip.
You never had to rewind any part of “Fargo” because you missed some of the dialogue.
You call highways freeways.
Your town has an annual festival honoring a fruit, vegetable, or ethnic food.
The first time you saw “Grumpy Old Men,” you thought it was a documentary.
You can recite, from memory, more than a half-dozen “Ole and Lena” jokes.
Every time you see moonlight on a lake, you think of a dancing bear, and sing, gently, “From the land of sky-blue waters…..Hamm’s the beer that’s so refreshing…”
Your dog dies, your spouse leaves you, you lose your job, and your car breaks down, all on the same day, and your first thought is, “It could be worse.”
You’ve gone trick-or-treating in 3 feet of snow.

—Author Unknown

428 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:23:01am

Morning all.
Realwest, I have to drive to the airport in your fair city on Sunday night (from the Triad) to pick up wifey. I guess I’ll get to see some real Carolina snow-driving. Wish me luck.

429 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:23:06am

re: #421 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Tell me about it… I’ve been wanting to leave this hell hole (Illinois) and go someplace warm forever. Wife talked me into staying here till the kids get out of HS… one more to go.

Well hopefully he/she(?) is a senior this year. It’s great, I can SEE snow where I live but can’t FEEL it. It does get cold at night in the winter sometimes but I put that down to algore.

430 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:23:33am

re: #410 Dustyvet
and
re: #412 Chicago Blonde
and
re: #414 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Good Morning to all y’all! Wow, stepped out to refill my coffee mug, listened for a minute to Karl Rove on Fox and Friends and whew, for a Saturday morning DT this thread went skipping along like a flat rock on a calm lake!
I’m doing beter than I was yesterday or the day before or the day before that so I think whatever was ailing me is on it’s way out the door!
I surely hope you are each doing well!

431 summergurl  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:23:40am

IE is giving me fits this morning—-grrrrrrr

432 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:24:21am

re: #422 eon

Many moons ago I dated (note the past tense) a bonehead that thought it was “unladylike” to eat and enjoy good food. He thought I should eat like a bird. Mr. Blonde thought that was just stupid.

/I married Mr. Blonde. No regrets.

433 tappin52  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:25:07am

re: #319 Rustler

Where is the hotel?

434 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:26:26am

re: #426 taxfreekiller

Want some action, go to one of Earth First meet up’s, let it get going,
when they have question and answer time ,,

“That guy from NASA, his numbers were all fake and fraud, what are we to do about that if challenged.”

be sure you have your back to the wall when you do it

incoming

Being close to an outside exit door helps, too.

/Hit opener bar, start running, do not stop.

cheers

eon

435 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:27:30am

re: #430 realwest

(((RealWest))) And hopefully that’ll boot whatever it is out the door that much faster. Spring is coming here, like a snail on a muscle relaxant and 3-day hangover, but it’s coming!

436 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:27:31am

re: #429 rightwinger3

Well hopefully he/she(?) is a senior this year. It’s great, I can SEE snow where I live but can’t FEEL it. It does get cold at night in the winter sometimes but I put that down to algore.

He’s a freshman. :-(

437 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:27:49am

re: #432 Chicago Blonde

Many moons ago I dated (note the past tense) a bonehead that thought it was “unladylike” to eat and enjoy good food. He thought I should eat like a bird. Mr. Blonde thought that was just stupid.

/I married Mr. Blonde. No regrets.

Mr. Blonde is a lucky man. Seriously.

cheers

eon

438 TS  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:28:27am

re: #74 pink freud

That is the truth. You should hear the stories at my son’s high school of the students going down the hall chanting Obama as a form of intimidation.
I also heard a black female colleague who let her insurance lapse call the agent a racist because he was just explaining the facts, and before she slammed the phone down she shouted OBAMA! in the phone.

439 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:28:43am

re: #430 realwest

Glad to hear it Real. Thinking about you, buddy.

440 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:29:46am

re: #438 TS

That is the truth. You should hear the stories at my son’s high school of the students going down the hall chanting Obama as a form of intimidation.
I also heard a black female colleague who let her insurance lapse call the agent a racist because he was just explaining the facts, and before she slammed the phone down she shouted OBAMA! in the phone.

Obama sells insurance?…Go figure…

441 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:29:52am

re: #427 Dustyvet

Very troubling things happen to people when they live north of the Cheddar Curtain.

442 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:30:29am

re: #438 TS

She shouted “Obama”?
What the hell point was she trying to make with that?

443 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:30:42am

re: #440 Dustyvet

Obama sells insurance?…Go figure…

“Your In Good hands with Obama”….Nope not working…:)

444 theheat  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:30:43am

re: #432 Chicago Blonde

Wow, talk about deja vu. The one before MrHeat thought all arm candy should disappear when it turned sideways. I think I spent half my time on the bathroom scale, weighing myself. My wardrobe at the time was about the size of doll clothes.

MrHeat always sent chocolates. Smart man.

445 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:30:50am

re: #436 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

He’s a freshman. :-(

You could always go with the “They have high schools in AZ” argument. It might work. I know how you feel though. My job takes me all over. I’m in IN right now and just got here from NY. That sucked.

446 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:30:54am

re: #440 Dustyvet

Obama sells insurance?…Go figure…

Sure, he also pays mortgages and buys you gas.

447 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:32:15am

re: #437 eon

Thanks. He’s a good guy. He is what I think would be termed a Kennedy Democrat, so in addition to good chow we have some interesting talks at dinner too. :)

448 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:32:19am

Work with a woman who thinks she is smokin’.

I didn’t hire her, but was granted the “pleasure” of training her. I asked her about herself, first thing she said, “Well, I am married.”.

I said, “What?”
She says, “First thing men want to know about me.”
I said, “Really?”
She says, “Yeah.”
I said, “Funny. You do absolutely nothing for me. Perhaps I should rephrase, ‘What makes you think you can do this job?”

449 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:32:22am

re: #428 Lincolntf
Oh brother - I wish y’all the BEST OF LUCK if we really do get that 4 inches of snow - SERIOUSLY - if we get 2” of snow everyone who hasn’t got a clue as to how to drive in icy or snowy road conditions is out ON THE ROADS buying flashlight batteries and bread!
Just drive MUCH more slowly than the folks in SUVS who seem to think that 4 wheel drive means they can stop faster, stay in the middle lane or far right lane if a two lane street, put your headlights on as soon as your car warms up and don’t turn ‘em off until your home and you should be ok.
Oh and bring a cell phone with you to call 911 in case you find yourself stuck in the middle of a caravan of SUV’s!

450 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:32:33am

re: #446 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Sure, he also pays mortgages and buys you gas.

Gas? Mortgages?…. I don’t have car, and I live in an apartment…:)

451 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:32:37am

Pooh… have to go earn the government more of my income.

Play nice everyone!

452 Unakite  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:32:45am

Obama challenges lobbyists to legislative duel

Whoever spends the most by the end of his term and ruins the economy in the process wins.

453 TS  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:33:21am

re: #442 Lincolntf

She was trying to say that because they wouldnt break their rules and policies it was because they were racist against her, not because she didnt pay her bills! She basically just wanted to abuse a white person because she was upset and is a racist herself.

454 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:33:25am

re: #448 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Forgot important part of that… she’s major thin. Ech.

455 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:34:10am
456 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:34:37am

re: #435 Chicago Blonde
“like a snail on a muscle relaxant and 3-day hangover, but it’s coming!” ROTFLMAO! (ouch, well it ain’t all gone!). Just loved that one!

457 theheat  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:35:26am

re: #454 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Probably a salad and mineral water gal. They aren’t much fun.

458 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:35:37am

re: #439 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thank you LT - it means a lot to know that.

459 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:36:05am

re: #444 theheat

(theheat)
Upding for your upgrade. Bonehead counted calories; Mr. Blonde just asked what I wanted on my pizza. I don’t understand when it became “hawt” for women to look like Gollum with big hair.

460 jwb7605  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:36:37am

For all fans of the Apple Computer and Steve Wozniak:
at Pajamas Media the oz of woz

I’ve met Steve Wozniak, and I’ve admired him since 1978 for a variety of reasons. If you click the link, note near the end of the article his relationship with Steve Jobs today, despite the falling out.

461 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:37:54am

re: #457 theheat

‘Cause they’re CRABBY! :)
Salad and mineral water one day, pizza and a nice chianti the next. BALANCE, peeps!

462 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:37:57am

re: #456 realwest

Knock on the door, guy goes to door opens it…no one is there.
Another knock on the door, guy opens door, looks around. Looks down, snail is staring up at him. Picks the snail up and flings it as far as he can.
Two days later, knock on the door, guy opens door… looks down, snail is looking up at him.
Snail says, “What the fuck was that about?”

463 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:38:24am

HEY Y’ALL - does anyone out here know who the hell the “Jonas” brothers are? There’s three of ‘em, they are apparently rock and rollers and all about 11 years old or so and F&F was interviewing them while they were sitting in chairs in front of a private jet so they could get away FAST if a mob of their fans happened upon them.
Talking ‘bout some 3D movie they’d made about being on the road.
Any of y’all ever heard of these presumptious precious brats young men?!

464 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:38:59am

re: #448 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

How did she fit her head through the door?

465 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:39:09am

re: #463 realwest

Yep. They’re huge with the “Hey, I got my first period” crowd.

466 quickjustice  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:39:18am

re: #350 taxfreekiller

“Third generation on welfare”— As I’ve noted elsewhere, welfare reform, i.e., moving people from welfare into the work force, was the policy that enabled former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to save New York City from bankruptcy. “Between 1989 and 1995, more than 270,000 New Yorkers had been added to the welfare roles, creating a total greater than in all but the two worst years of the Great Depression. That left Gotham with an unsustainable ratio of one adult welfare recipient for every seven workers, at a time when the national ratio was one to twenty-eight.” Fred Siegel, The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life”. amazon.com

“Workfare in New York served to reduce the welfare rolls at both the front and back end. It encouraged people to find work on their own rather than clean the parks. At the same time, workfare laborers contributed markedly to the improvement of the parks and the cash-strapped city’s overall well-being.”

The outcome: “The upshot of workfare and the eligibility reviews was that by the end of 1996, with the city still in recession, the welfare rolls had declined by 18 percent from 1.16 million to 950,000. But that was only the beginning. The revision of the rules also began to change the way people thought about work versus welfare.”

The Obama “stimulus” permanently repeals welfare reform if New York State takes money for welfare recipients.

467 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:39:42am
468 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:40:11am

re: #449 realwest

Thanks and yup, yup and yup.
I’m gonna crawl down there.

469 quickjustice  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:40:24am

re: #432 Chicago Blonde

Control freak. Avoid them. You married the right man!

470 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:40:40am

re: #464 Chicago Blonde

I changed her attitude very quickly. I can handle (expect) professional conceit. Can not tolerate personal conceit.

471 theheat  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:41:03am

re: #459 Chicago Blonde

And ever notice how grumpy you are when you’re starving?

Usually, the ex-kind of guys also like the rail thin girls with the porn star fake boobs. They can’t give up the boobs, no matter how small their ladies are.

472 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:41:17am

re: #453 TS

Charming lady.

473 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:41:29am

re: #463 realwest

HEY Y’ALL - does anyone out here know who the hell the “Jonas” brothers are? There’s three of ‘em, they are apparently rock and rollers and all about 11 years old or so and F&F was interviewing them while they were sitting in chairs in front of a private jet so they could get away FAST if a mob of their fans happened upon them.
Talking ‘bout some 3D movie they’d made about being on the road.
Any of y’all ever heard of these presumptious precious brats young men?!

The Jonas Brothers are an American pop-rock band. The band gained their popularity from the Disney Channel children’s television network. Hailing from Wyckoff, New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. In the summer of 2008, they starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock.

en.wikipedia.org

474 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:41:42am

re: #463 realwest

HEY Y’ALL - does anyone out here know who the hell the “Jonas” brothers are?

Good morning Real.
I suspect they are another in the latest round of “boy bands”. I think they might be owned by Disney.

475 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:41:51am

re: #456 realwest

Glad you liked it! :) Have you been to Chicago? We get a few warmer days in February or early March, then BAM! When I let the North American Waterbed Hound out yesterday I thought I was going to die.

476 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:43:23am

re: #455 FrogMarch
Good morning FrogMarch! Last line from your link: “Well then, do conservatives dare say: We told you so?”
Hell I’ve been telling folks that since around, oh, Novermber 5th, 2008.
Oh and for all y’all that’s having trouble with Black folks like the insurance dude someone mentioned up thread, just remind them that Obama is a very smart, very well educated and article person. Then add “but sweetie (or “slick” if a guy) you ain’t no Obama.”

477 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:43:25am

Morning Honcos!

Is there a hatchling on coffee service is or is it serve your self?

478 jwb7605  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:43:57am

re: #474 FrogMarch

Good morning Real.
I suspect they are another in the latest round of “boy bands”. I think they might be owned by Disney.

Wikipedia agrees with that SWAG.

479 tappin52  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:44:25am

re: #448 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ouch! You meanie.

480 theheat  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:44:39am

re: #463 realwest

I know who they are, but I can’t say I’ve heard one of their songs. They’re some family of kids that act all hipster, yet proclaim they’re all virgins i.e. “We know we’re hawt, but we don’t drop trou.”

Funny, but almost every celebrity who claims they are, is not. You find out in their biographies they were quietly humping someone, or lots of someones.

481 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:45:13am

re: #462 Fat Bastard Vegetarian EXCELLENT! Thankew kindly! Hope you’re doing well today?!

482 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:45:32am

Look at this hate-filled little Rove Plant:
Image: teapartychicagodaddy.jpg


/////////////KOS/Andrew Sullivan

483 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:46:30am

re: #469 quickjustice

re: #471 theheat

Yes I did (thanks QJ) and yes I do. I can’t abide shallow men. A friend of mine was ill, battling cancer (she conquered it) but for a while she had to wear a wig. Her idiot boyfriend was NOT sympathetic.

She dumped him. >:)

484 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:47:37am

Hey Realwest! Would you please email me? my nic is blue.. I lost your email addy and need to talk to you about something..just ping me bro

485 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:47:41am

re: #465 Fat Bastard Vegetarian Ya mean they sell Tampax products?
Seriously I never heard of ‘em and while F&F showed some footage from their 3D concert film, they were careful to talk over it so’s you couldn’t hear if they could sing or play!
But they musta been rockin’ out to “RockStar” or some such cause they LOOKED like the WHO some 40 years ago!

486 SurferDoc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:47:46am

re: #463 realwest

HEY Y’ALL - does anyone out here know who the hell the “Jonas” brothers are? There’s three of ‘em, they are apparently rock and rollers and all about 11 years old or so and F&F was interviewing them while they were sitting in chairs in front of a private jet so they could get away FAST if a mob of their fans happened upon them.
Talking ‘bout some 3D movie they’d made about being on the road.
Any of y’all ever heard of these presumptious precious brats young men?!

They are the latest squeezings out of the Disney sausage factory. Pay them no mind, gone by next Tuesday.

487 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:48:01am

re: #470 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hence your avatar.

488 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:48:56am

re: #477 jcm

Morning Honcos!

Is there a hatchling on coffee service is or is it serve your self?

Honco! If you can reach thru the inner net tubes - coffee is on the table. cream/or sugar?

489 theheat  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:48:57am

re: #483 Chicago Blonde

And when he starts losing his hair, and gets a bit of a belly on him, I hope he remembers what a superficial ass he was. PWND!

490 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:49:18am

Bit of an eyefull with your morning coffee…

Cup size has more than one meaning at a new central Maine coffeehouse.

And Seattle thought Bikini Baristas were racy.

491 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:49:52am

re: #488 FrogMarch

Honco! If you can reach thru the inner net tubes - coffee is on the table. cream/or sugar?

Thanks! Black, thank you.

492 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:50:21am

re: #478 jwb7605

Wikipedia agrees with that SWAG.

I missed the Disney original movie - camp rock. *darn*
;-)

493 kcladderman  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:51:01am

re: #474 FrogMarch

Good morning Real.
I suspect they are another in the latest round of “boy bands”. I think they might be owned by Disney.

They are a Disney discovery. Though unlike the boy bands of the 90’s these young men are talented. Well two of the three anyway. The youngest and the oldest are both very good musicians. The youngest one plays several instruments and writes music too.
So while they do play to the teenie crowd I would give the higher marks than any of the back sync in street boy bands that we all know and hate.

494 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:51:08am

re: #471 theheat
Well shoot - I’ve always been a legs and ass man myself - not to say I don’t appreciate nice, NATURAL, boobies but the girls who are so thin that they don’t cast a shadow don’t do anything for me. What meat they got is mostly flabby anyway and that’s just “ugh!” squared.

495 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:51:23am

re: #463 realwest

Any of y’all ever heard of these presumptious precious brats young men?!

Wholesome clean cut non foul lyrics. Been around for about 3-4 years playing to the 9-15 year old ‘crowd”. never heard anything untoward about them. They are as they seem. Respectful young family oriented artists (so far)

496 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:51:48am

re: #489 theheat

More like dis-PWND.

497 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:52:46am

re: #495 sattv4u2

Any of y’all ever heard of these presumptious precious brats young men?!

Wholesome clean cut non foul lyrics. Been around for about 3-4 years playing to the 9-15 year old ‘crowd”. never heard anything untoward about them. They are as they seem. Respectful young family oriented artists (so far)

Hi Satt!

498 apachegunner  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:52:49am

re: #480 theheat Hiya RW, those kids are around 16 or so and represent the “hopes” of america, don’tcha think? Hope your well.

499 apachegunner  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:53:20am

re: #484 HoosierHoops Hi Hoops!

500 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:53:32am

re: #455 FrogMarch

Good morning peeps.

Obama Declares War on Investors, Entrepreneurs, Businesses, And More

Liberals like to declare everything “the moral equivalent of war” except war itself. Liberals, as a rule, do not like war. There’s generally too much virtue involved.

- P. J. O’Rourke.

And liberals dearly love to exercise their “moral equivalents” on their own country, in the belief that by grinding it down, they are somehow building it up.

/For an encore, they believe all skyscrapers should be constructed from the top down, too.

cheers

eon

501 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:53:35am

Terrorism is a criminal law enforcement matter again.

With indictment unsealed, al Qaeda suspect moves into civilian court system

Federal authorities unsealed an indictment Friday against Ali al-Marri, accused of being an al Qaeda sleeper agent, moving him into the civilian court system as the Obama administration considers a new strategy for handling terrorism suspects.

Ahhh, Clinton did that and it was perceived as weakness and was a contributing factor to 9/11. Nothing new under the sun.

502 albusteve  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:53:38am

re: #455 FrogMarch

Good morning peeps.

Obama Declares War on Investors, Entrepreneurs, Businesses, And More

yes, things are going well for him…moving along with his congress in his pocket

503 jwb7605  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:53:56am

If you are like me (as you should be), you probably click on links posted and a few days later wish you could remember what the URL was so you could go back and read it again or send it to a friend.

IF you are using FireFox, I found a real handy add-on called Read It Later.

It allows you to temporarily bookmark an article and maintain a list, deleting articles as you wish. Much handier than “bookmarks”.

504 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:54:08am

re: #499 apachegunner

Hi Hoops!

Hi Gunner! What up today? Cold outside here

505 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:54:27am

re: #497 HoosierHoops

Hi Satt!

Morning HOOS. The Celtics “introduced” Stephon Marbury last night. One game down, no meltdown!
Could be a great move!

506 theheat  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:55:36am

re: #494 realwest

To each their own, I suppose. I think the majority of men prefer some substance. Usually, I find it’s the men with less intellectual substance prefer their women on the emaciated side. I think those men are more insecure, so the tiny arm candy gives them an ego boost.

507 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:56:22am

re: #500 eon

Great post!

508 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:56:27am

re: #473 Dustyvet
Hi ya Dusty! From your link: “After being signed to Columbia, the brothers considered naming their group “Sons of Jonas” before settling on the name “Jonas Brothers.”[20]
Throughout 2005, the Jonas Brothers had gone on several tours, opening for various artists including, Kelly Clarkson, Jesse McCartney, the Backstreet Boys, and The Click Five.[1][21] They spent the latter portion of the year on an anti-drug tour with Aly & AJ and The Cheetah Girls.[21][22] Additionally, they opened for The Veronicas in early 2006.[10] [emphasis realwest]

Oh sweet Lord, I never heard of ANY of the “performers” in bold faced type.

Have you (before heading to Wiki, I mean)?

509 Chicago Blonde  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:56:58am

Guys, I have to go, but as always it was great talking to everyone. If I’m not back later today I’ll be here tomorrow.

And Dustyvet, give the Mighty Litter Kicker an ear-scratch for me.

510 Authoritarian F*ckpuddles  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:57:01am

What I’m playing just now:

Call of Cthulhu - Dark Corners of the Earth

Youtube Video

511 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:57:56am

re: #509 Chicago Blonde

Guys, I have to go, but as always it was great talking to everyone. If I’m not back later today I’ll be here tomorrow.

And Dustyvet, give the Mighty Litter Kicker an ear-scratch for me.

Will do…:) He’s doing road duty again…:)

512 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:57:59am

re: #508 realwest

Hi ya Dusty! From your link: “After being signed to Columbia, the brothers considered naming their group “Sons of Jonas” before settling on the name “Jonas Brothers.”[20]
Throughout 2005, the Jonas Brothers had gone on several tours, opening for various artists including, Kelly Clarkson, Jesse McCartney, the Backstreet Boys, and The Click Five.[1][21] They spent the latter portion of the year on an anti-drug tour with Aly & AJ and The Cheetah Girls.[21][22] Additionally, they opened for The Veronicas in early 2006.[10] [emphasis realwest]

Oh sweet Lord, I never heard of ANY of the “performers” in bold faced type.

Have you (before heading to Wiki, I mean)?

You’re not alone, I haven’t heard of them either.

513 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:58:05am

re: #505 sattv4u2

I was just reading the Herald article about the game. He got a standing ovation? All the C’s are making the right noises, so it looks like everyone is happy.

514 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:58:08am

re: #493 kcladderman

Good to know they are actual musicians.

515 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:58:49am

re: #475 Chicago Blonde
Oh yeah, I’ve been to Chicago. Hottest day I’ve EVER SPENT, including in SE Asia, was one early August day in Chicago. By Ocotober I was wearing my winter clothes, including L.L.Bean PARKA and was still cold.
Too bad I can’t buy anything anymore from L.L. Bean.

516 quickjustice  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:59:14am

For me, smart and pretty is good in a women. Kindness is critical, however, and trumps everything else.

517 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:59:16am

Good morning, lizard friends. Any GOOD news in the world today?

518 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:59:48am

re: #505 sattv4u2

Morning HOOS. The Celtics “introduced” Stephon Marbury last night. One game down, no meltdown!
Could be a great move!

I like it! It’s kindof funny..Marbury has always been diised for his play at point for the Knicks..And everybody always questioned his assists..
But really it was..I passed them the rock and they never could score so somebody in this stinking gym needs to score some points! you feeling me?
LOL

519 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:59:52am

re: #476 realwest
PIMF, articulate, damn it all.

520 kcladderman  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:59:57am

re: #517 VioletTiger

Good morning, lizard friends. Any GOOD news in the world today?

One day closer to the end of Obamas administration.

521 theheat  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 6:59:58am

re: #508 realwest

Only Kelly Clarkson. After she won American Idol (which I don’t watch), she came out with the a pop album that got a lot of airplay. She’s actually pretty talented.

The rest of them mean zero to me. I have no idea who they are.

522 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:01:36am

Morning, all!
Rather cool, blustery but sunny day today. Has been getting warmer - last week we had 40’s & 50’s for temps. Now we’re expecting 2” of snow tomorrow, more on Monday and more on Tuesday. Enough, already!

Heading to my sister’s later this morning - she’s always had a small vegetable garden in the corner of her yard. Today we’re removing the rocks, block and boards that frame it - we’re going to enlarge it considerably and turn it into a family ‘collective’ garden. We’re planning to raise ‘crops’ to supplement our groceries for the summer and have enough left to put stuff up for the fall/winter.

Next weekend, if the weather cooperates, we’ll be over at a friend’s house doing the same thing.

I’m limited to what I can grow in pots on my deck, but I’ll be doing that this year. Every little bit helps!

523 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:02:38am

Hollywood team in Iran on cultural exchange

breitbart.com

Does anyone have the phone number of the Iranian Embassy anywhere or their foreign ministry, so I can try to convince them to keep these people over there? I’ll even throw in my old 8 track collection.

524 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:02:54am

re: #520 kcladderman

One day closer to the end of Obamas administration.

Upding for that! made me smile.

525 theheat  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:03:14am

re: #510 Jimmah

Whoa, Jimmah. You weren’t the sunny kid in class, were you!

526 albusteve  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:03:16am

pass the ammo….where it goes


pajamasmedia.com

527 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:03:46am

re: #518 HoosierHoops

I like it! It’s kindof funny..Marbury has always been diised for his play at point for the Knicks..And everybody always questioned his assists..
But really it was..I passed them the rock and they never could score so somebody in this stinking gym needs to score some points! you feeling me?
LOL

hehehe…. reminds me of a story. I was doing some work in the old Boston Garden. During a break, I went down near the floor as the Celtics were practicin/ scrimmaging. Danny Ainge inbounds the ball to Larry Bird. Bird dribbles the length of the court into one corner, then around the 3 point arc all the way to the otgher corner. He shoots a 3 and misses, looks at Ainge and shouts ‘F***ING Danny, give me a better pass next time and I’ll make that shot”!

528 eon  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:04:31am

Well, I have to run, too. Chores await.

Have a great day, Lizards.

cheers

eon

529 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:04:37am

re: #520 kcladderman

One day closer to the end of Obamas administration.

Countdown!

530 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:04:38am

re: #518 HoosierHoops

Hi. Today’s TV lineup on CBS starting at noon: ACC, Big East, SEC.
And it’s pouring outside, so I have an excuse to sit in front of the TV all day. Win-win.

531 Irish Rose  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:05:28am

Good morning, lizards.

Yesterday my Marine son was told to pack up his bags and prepare for deployment to Japan in a week and a half.

Last night they told him that it looks like the Marine that he was to fill in for, is not going to be able to get out of his deployment.

So we are back to square one today, waiting for word of where they are going to send him. So far over the last few months he has been scheduled to deploy to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Japan and all three deployments were changed.

All he knows at this point, is that they’re going to send him somewhere.
He told me this time that he’s not even going to bother unpacking.

532 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:06:50am

The Obama Team’s Drink of Choice? Coke, Not Pepsi

time.com

Has anyone told them that it was Coke that didn’t comply with the Arab boycott against Israel. And Pepsi did?

533 kcladderman  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:06:51am

re: #529 rightwinger3

Countdown!

Already bookmarked. Its my special place I go when I need some assurance things will get better.

534 SurferDoc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:07:06am

re: #526 albusteve

Yep. Buy ammo.

535 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:07:13am

re: #531 Irish Rose

Morning, and God Speed no matter where he ends up. Does he have a “preference”” (not that it matters)

536 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:07:23am

re: #512 jcm
Hey jcm! How are ya this morning? Uh, have y’all ever heard of the folks I mentioned in my #508?

537 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:07:29am

re: #531 Irish Rose

Good morning, lizards.

Yesterday my Marine son was told to pack up his bags and prepare for deployment to Japan in a week and a half.

Last night they told him that it looks like the Marine that he was to fill in for, is not going to be able to get out of his deployment.

So we are back to square one today, waiting for word of where they are going to send him. So far over the last few months he has been scheduled to deploy to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Japan and all three deployments were changed.

All he knows at this point, is that they’re going to send him somewhere.
He told me this time that he’s not even going to bother unpacking.

Japan sounds mighty nice!

538 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:07:35am

re: #533 kcladderman

Already bookmarked. Its my special place I go when I need some assurance things will get better.

Roger that. I’m with you.

539 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:07:59am

re: #537 Nevergiveup

Japan sounds mighty nice RICE !

540 Irish Rose  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:08:16am

re: #535 sattv4u2

Morning, and God Speed no matter where he ends up. Does he have a “preference”” (not that it matters)

Nope, no preference.

He’s a typical Marine, and just wants to get on with it fer cying out loud.

541 bbuddha  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:08:32am

re: #490 jcm

Hey that is right up the road from me. It has caused quite a stir. I’ve heard they also have topless male servers.

542 SurferDoc  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:08:42am

re: #532 Nevergiveup

The Obama Team’s Drink of Choice? Coke, Not Pepsi

[Link: www.time.com…]

Has anyone told them that it was Coke that didn’t comply with the Arab boycott against Israel. And Pepsi did?

Buncha cokesuckers.

543 apachegunner  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:08:48am

re: #504 HoosierHoops

Hi Gunner! What up today? Cold outside here

yeah, it’s raining on me and RW. Snow late tomorrow night in the Carolinas, geeesh. Left PR and it was 88 w/sun and now this :>(

544 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:08:49am

re: #531 Irish Rose

Good morning, lizards.

Yesterday my Marine son was told to pack up his bags and prepare for deployment to Japan in a week and a half.

Last night they told him that it looks like the Marine that he was to fill in for, is not going to be able to get out of his deployment.

So we are back to square one today, waiting for word of where they are going to send him. So far over the last few months he has been scheduled to deploy to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Japan and all three deployments were changed.

All he knows at this point, is that they’re going to send him somewhere.
He told me this time that he’s not even going to bother unpacking.

Rose, you can ALWAYS count on our beloved Corps sending him SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME!

545 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:09:02am
546 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:09:14am

re: #526 albusteve

I got off the phone about 10 minutes ago - the NRA called looking for a donation re: the UN’s gun ban treaty and the anti 2nd Amendment attitude of our Secretary of State.

547 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:09:16am

re: #527 sattv4u2

hehehe…. reminds me of a story. I was doing some work in the old Boston Garden. During a break, I went down near the floor as the Celtics were practicin/ scrimmaging. Danny Ainge inbounds the ball to Larry Bird. Bird dribbles the length of the court into one corner, then around the 3 point arc all the way to the otgher corner. He shoots a 3 and misses, looks at Ainge and shouts ‘F***ING Danny, give me a better pass next time and I’ll make that shot”!

MJ was so competitive that he bet a teammate a 1000 dollars to see who’s bag would come off the plane first..Little did the sucker know that he had already paid off the handlers to put his bag out first off the private plane…

548 Irish Rose  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:09:26am

crying

/pimf

549 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:09:36am

re: #484 HoosierHoops
It’s on it’s way!

550 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:09:52am

re: #536 realwest

Hey jcm! How are ya this morning? Uh, have y’all ever heard of the folks I mentioned in my #508?

Not a clue….

Kids got me up early this morning!

551 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:09:53am

re: #531 Irish Rose

How long has he been in the Marines, Irish?

552 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:10:13am

re: #539 sattv4u2

I up dinged ya but……

553 apachegunner  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:10:22am

re: #506 theheat

To each their own, I suppose. I think the majority of men prefer some substance. Usually, I find it’s the men with less intellectual substance prefer their women on the emaciated side. I think those men are more insecure, so the tiny arm candy gives them an ego boost.


uh, you mean intellectuals like soptic women? gosh, I’ve always preferred size 2.

554 saberry0530  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:10:27am

re: #531 Irish Rose

Good morning, lizards.

Yesterday my Marine son was told to pack up his bags and prepare for deployment to Japan in a week and a half.

Last night they told him that it looks like the Marine that he was to fill in for, is not going to be able to get out of his deployment.

So we are back to square one today, waiting for word of where they are going to send him. So far over the last few months he has been scheduled to deploy to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Japan and all three deployments were changed.

All he knows at this point, is that they’re going to send him somewhere.
He told me this time that he’s not even going to bother unpacking.

AHHH The memories! The old “HURRY UP AND WAIT GAME” Glad to see that some things remain the same

555 Irish Rose  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:11:50am

re: #551 VioletTiger

How long has he been in the Marines, Irish?

Three and a half years.
He’s in for five, so he still has another year and a half to serve.

556 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:11:55am

re: #549 realwest

It’s on it’s way!

You rock!

557 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:12:39am

re: #490 jcm HEY! What, no photos to ah, um, illustrate the story? Well Seattles safe from me - cause I ain’t going back to Maine until at least 2010 (and sattv4u2 we’ve been through this before and I wouldn’t be renting a vacation home anyway!).

558 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:13:32am

re: #508 realwest

No teenage girls in your house? Oh wait, you are a guy. Bet my husband has never heard of them either. A few years back I had to explain Paris Hilton.

559 bbuddha  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:13:41am

re: #522 Killer Tomato

Have you seen those upside down hanging planters for tomatoes? We are doing a bigger garden this year and luckily have the room but I’m considering the hanging tomatoes because I think it would keep them from breaking the vines when the fruit gets heavy. they might be an option if you only have a deck

560 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:13:44am

re: #493 kcladderman
Well thank you for that positive review!

561 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:13:56am

re: #555 Irish Rose

Well Rose, if you could deploy him over here, I’ve got a bunch of yard work lined up I could use help with, and it’d do my morale a world of good to have a young Marine around!
:D

562 albusteve  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:14:19am

re: #546 Killer Tomato

I got off the phone about 10 minutes ago - the NRA called looking for a donation re: the UN’s gun ban treaty and the anti 2nd Amendment attitude of our Secretary of State.

my dues are paid….I’ll donate but not much…I’m getting shorter by the day

563 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:14:27am

re: #558 VioletTiger

Could you explain her to me?

564 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:15:49am

re: #495 sattv4u2
“Wholesome clean cut non foul lyrics. Been around for about 3-4 years playing to the 9-15 year old ‘crowd”. never heard anything untoward about them. They are as they seem. Respectful young family oriented artists (so far)”
Waitaminute, I thought they were Rockers?!?! You just described something like “Hootenanny Hayride” or somesuch!

565 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:15:56am
566 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:15:57am

It’s America’s Fault

(great Lou M. post)

567 Authoritarian F*ckpuddles  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:16:11am

re: #525 theheat

Whoa, Jimmah. You weren’t the sunny kid in class, were you!

lol. There were no sunny kids in my class. (just kidding)

On a brighter note: kittens (at war)

Youtube Video

568 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:16:18am

re: #559 bbuddha

I fell alseep on the couch last night and when I woke up there was a commercial for those on. They looked like a good idea. I may give them a try.

569 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:16:36am

re: #557 realwest

HEY! What, no photos to ah, um, illustrate the story? Well Seattles safe from me - cause I ain’t going back to Maine until at least 2010 (and sattv4u2 we’ve been through this before and I wouldn’t be renting a vacation home anyway!).

been through what before!?!?!?

570 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:16:49am

Lieberman: Willing to evacuate my settlement for peace

ynetnews.com

This should make that dave guy from yesterday happy?

571 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:17:20am
572 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:17:31am

re: #498 apachegunner
Hi ya Guns! Good to see you - hope you’re doing well!
Whaddya mean “the hopes of America” - are they or are they not Rock and Rollers?!

573 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:18:03am

re: #571 ploome hineni

Paris HIlton

Rich bitch spoiled airhead

574 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:18:07am
575 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:18:17am

re: #562 albusteve

my dues are paid….I’ll donate but not much…I’m getting shorter by the day

Yeah, I’m paid through next year. They wanted $100, $75, $50… I coughed up $30.
Need to get the coin jar out and start rolling change tonight.

576 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:18:45am
577 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:18:50am

re: #557 realwest

HEY! What, no photos to ah, um, illustrate the story? Well Seattles safe from me - cause I ain’t going back to Maine until at least 2010 (and sattv4u2 we’ve been through this before and I wouldn’t be renting a vacation home anyway!).

I still have learned the “new” coffee sizes, venti, uber venti or uber duper venti. Now they are bringing out even more cup sizes?

578 Bloodnok  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:19:40am

Arrrgh! Just a word of warning about Verizon. “Someone” decided to disconnect my phone and internet. They “can’t”/won’t tell me who did this or if it was a mistake on their end. I called yesterday (from work) and they could only treat me as a “new customer” which means 2-3 business days before I get a dial tone. I demanded they expedite this -they said they would.

Today? No dial tone or internet. I came in to work just so that I could call and yell at them. “Nothing they can do until Monday”.

I tried to explain LGF addiction to them and got nowhere…

Back into the dark I go. Have a great day, Lizards.

579 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:19:48am

re: #563 Lincolntf

Could you explain her to me?

Ah, maybe not…..(grin)

580 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:19:51am

re: #569 sattv4u2

been through what before!?!?!?

Real took video of the whole trip……..

581 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:20:04am
582 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:20:13am

re: #576 ploome hineni

6.5 MILLION A YEAR

/does she care?

lol

probably didn’t or doesn’t even know.

583 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:20:37am

re: #576 ploome hineni

Well, that’s quite a bit more than most people with her partcular skill set earn. I understand the industry standard is more like forty bucks a turn.

584 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:21:01am

re: #523 Nevergiveup
I’d like to introduce those Hollywood types to some of the hostages taken in 1979 by shortshit and his fellow “students” when they come back - then leave the room and lock the door behind me.

585 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:21:20am
586 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:21:27am

re: #581 ploome hineni

DD?

587 irongrampa  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:21:40am

Good morning from the Adirondacks. Back to 25 and snow flurries today. The Cardinal is sitting in a bush by the garage, bitching up a storm about it.

And 2 more of my adoptees are rotating home shortly. Happy for them.

588 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:22:03am

re: #581 ploome hineni

DD?


More than a mouthful is a waste heaven!

589 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:22:16am

re: #585 ploome hineni

I don;t think she is too stupid to count

lol

Ploome, probably not but it was funny. Yes, sometimes I do crack myself up.

590 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:22:47am
591 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:23:09am

re: #563 Lincolntf

Could you explain her to me?

I always thought she looked skanky and stoned. Such a lovely combination.
/ugh

592 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:23:37am
593 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:23:45am

re: #590 ploome hineni

well,I wouldn;t know about the industry standard, although I did know 2 ‘working girls’ who worked from a bus bench near my office

that musb be one popular bus route!@

594 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:23:59am

re: #590 ploome hineni

Ummm…errr…ummmm…I read it somewhere, I swear…

595 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:24:15am
596 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:25:04am

re: #595 ploome hineni

Ah yes, I left that out.
Skinny, skanky and stoned.

597 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:25:50am

re: #580 jcm

Real took video of the whole trip……..

I’ll wait till it’s comes out on DVD, and then be sure to not get it !

//

598 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:25:57am

Good morning you all.
Anyone feel stimuluslated this morning?

599 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:26:38am
600 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:26:45am

re: #581 ploome hineni

DD?

That’s how much coffee?
;-P

601 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:27:05am

re: #598 newsjunkie_ky

Good morning you all.
Anyone feel stimuluslated this morning?

Good morning news!
How are you today?

602 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:27:11am
603 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:27:59am

re: #546 Killer Tomato
Hey there Killer Tomato - if it’s any consolation to you, even if Obama were to sign on to ANY treaty (UN or otherwise) that would violate our constitutional rights, that act itself would be unconsitituional and unenforceable. We not only have a dumb (but street smart sorta ‘slick’ POTUS) but a Jackass as an AG.
Folks either there isn’t a DEMOCRAT PARTY remaining or what’s passing itself off as the DEMOCRAT PARTY has left it’s brains behind - to say nothing of whatever morals they ever had.

604 Authoritarian F*ckpuddles  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:28:14am

Tarantino’s latest looks like it’s going to be awesome:

Youtube Video

“Nazi ain’t got no humanity - they need to be destroyed”“

605 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:28:24am

If you have 4 minutes, watch this. Be prepared to LAUGH. This guy puts our current “problems” into perspective

Youtube Video

606 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:29:34am

re: #595 ploome hineni

and she is skinny…..that’s the look du jour

I did see bit on Heidi Klum being fat, then they showed a picture. FAT? WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?

If that’s fat, what’s Michael Moore?

607 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:29:49am

re: #558 VioletTiger
Wxplain Paris Hilton?!? What is there to explain?!

608 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:29:55am

re: #601 HoosierHoops

Good morning news!
How are you today?


Under the cold weather, with a sinus infection. Either it has affected my hearing or ‘there be ghosts’ in the next room. I swear I heard people talking in the guest bedroom.
Have you gotten the snow yet today?

609 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:30:20am

Focusing on Card Check.

Gingrich met with some bloggers and students and talked a bit about general strategy. He focused a lot on card check.

Private sector unions — nevermind the police, teachers’, civil servants’ unions — already have $7 billion per year in dues. In addition to destroying the rest of our economy, card check would bring in another $3-5 billion per year in additional dues, and, since the infrastructure is already taken care of with the $7 billion, that $3-5 billion would go directly to politicking.

The democrats not only want to raise your taxes, and punish your employer, they want to force you into a union - where your paycheck will be further eroded by union dues. (union dues that end up in democrat coffers)

610 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:30:37am
611 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:31:01am

re: #603 realwest

Hey there Killer Tomato - if it’s any consolation to you, even if Obama were to sign on to ANY treaty (UN or otherwise) that would violate our constitutional rights, that act itself would be unconsitituional and unenforceable. We not only have a dumb (but street smart sorta ‘slick’ POTUS) but a Jackass as an AG.
Folks either there isn’t a DEMOCRAT PARTY remaining or what’s passing itself off as the DEMOCRAT PARTY has left it’s brains behind - to say nothing of whatever morals they ever had.

Real, exactly right. I mentioned on another thread a couple days ago it can’t happen. I don’t care that he and his administration are socialist / marxist / communist etc. They are still sworn to defend the constitution. They have an obligation to do that.

612 shanec99  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:31:18am

Howdy everyone, been hibernating a while (is there a species of lizard that hibernates?), anyway I missed ya’ll (said with a Texas drawl). can I get some love in here?

613 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:31:19am

re: #569 sattv4u2
My non-support of Maine thanks to Collins and Snowe!

614 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:32:09am

re: #606 jcm

I did see bit on Heidi Klum being fat, then they showed a picture. FAT? WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?

If that’s fat, what’s Michael Moore?


The new 9th planet

615 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:32:34am

re: #603 realwest

Hey there Killer Tomato - if it’s any consolation to you, even if Obama were to sign on to ANY treaty (UN or otherwise) that would violate our constitutional rights, that act itself would be unconsitituional and unenforceable. We not only have a dumb (but street smart sorta ‘slick’ POTUS) but a Jackass as an AG.
Folks either there isn’t a DEMOCRAT PARTY remaining or what’s passing itself off as the DEMOCRAT PARTY has left it’s brains behind - to say nothing of whatever morals they ever had.

Morning, real!
Yeah, I couldn’t see how a treaty that tries to usurp Constitutional rights would be Constitutional. Assuming that the SCOTUS has read the Constitution, and plans to abide by it because I’m relatively sure the POtuS and his cabinet don’t.

616 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:33:00am

re: #613 realwest

My non-support of Maine thanks to Collins and Snowe!

Oh ,, okay ,, well,, are you boycotting Maine products?

617 shanec99  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:33:14am

re: #613 realwest

My non-support of Maine thanks to Collins and Snowe!


You should hear what Mark Levin has to say about those two… it would make you laugh.

618 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:33:23am

re: #616 sattv4u2

Blueberries and lobster?

619 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:34:38am

re: #598 newsjunkie_ky
Hey good morning news! How are ya today?

620 Athens Runaway  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:34:48am

I’m at CPAC right now.

The Ron Paul events are not well attended (thank God), mostly people there to secure seats for the next big speaker that’s afterwards. Yesterday, Romney was after Paul, and the ballroom was seriously packed to capacity for him. Paul had low turnout, if you subtract out the people trying to get a seat for Romney and the various Ron Paul Youth groups (Campaign for Liberty, etc.) who are just hardcore Paulheads.

The Paulheads resorted to having an after-hours panel with Paul, Napolitano, etc. with an open bar. To hear them, you’d have to be drunk, I suppose.

Geert Wilders made an appearance at the Omni Shoreham, but attendence was very low (>50), it was not a CPAC-endorsed event.

Lots of anti-McCain sentiment here. Mostly just people laugh derisively when he comes up.

I personally don’t feel that CPAC is as bad as Charles and some of you are saying it is. I chatted with the woman running the Muslims for America booth, she was concerned about some of the speakers, I told her that this is an off-year for CPAC and that the power vacuum is being filled by opportunists like Paul, etc. All I know is I have been telling people why they shouldn’t go to him and the others who are shifty.

Just doing my part.

621 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:35:15am

re: #618 Lincolntf

Blueberries and lobster?

Lots of wood (and wood products) for building, furniture, etc comes from Maine.

LOTS

622 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:35:15am

re: #607 realwest

Wxplain Paris Hilton?!? What is there to explain?!

My husband did not know who she was. This was back when she got caught with that, ah, video.

623 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:35:29am

re: #618 Lincolntf

Blueberries and lobster?

Hey! You can buy those from New Hampshire! We have one (R) Senator.

624 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:35:41am

re: #603 realwest

Hey there Killer Tomato - if it’s any consolation to you, even if Obama were to sign on to ANY treaty (UN or otherwise) that would violate our constitutional rights, that act itself would be unconstitutional and unenforceable. We not only have a dumb (but street smart sorta ‘slick’ POTUS) but a Jackass as an AG.
Folks either there isn’t a DEMOCRAT PARTY remaining or what’s passing itself off as the DEMOCRAT PARTY has left it’s brains behind - to say nothing of whatever morals they ever had.

DEMOCRAT PARTY=MORLY BANKRUPT AND EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED

/S

625 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:35:47am

re: #617 shanec99

You should hear what Mark Levin has to say about those two… it would make you laugh.

Re-pubic-ans.

626 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:35:57am

re: #618 Lincolntf

re: #621 sattv4u2

Lots of wood (and wood products) for building, furniture, etc comes from Maine.

LOTS


maineproducts.org

627 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:36:01am

BBIAM!

628 shanec99  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:36:39am

re: #606 jcm

I did see bit on Heidi Klum being fat, then they showed a picture. FAT? WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?

If that’s fat, what’s Michael Moore?


Garbage cannot be classified as fat… to be fat you have to at least be a living breathing being… the Moore thing is garbage… refuse and should quickly be relegated to a compost pile containing human waste.

629 A Man for all Seasons  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:36:48am

re: #608 newsjunkie_ky

Under the cold weather, with a sinus infection. Either it has affected my hearing or ‘there be ghosts’ in the next room. I swear I heard people talking in the guest bedroom.
Have you gotten the snow yet today?

Nice seeing you..Been up since yesterday at 5am..went out drinking and dancing last night i logged on at 5am here to get Little old ladies fruit cup..Been silly since then..offered movie reviews and counnting the minutes until my head hits the keyboard..Red bull? On the brightside..Microwaving leftovers for breakfast rocks…

630 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:36:57am

re: #620 Athens Runaway

Thanks for the report.
Ace has some thoughts.

ace.mu.nu

631 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:37:05am

I realize the Israeli Newspapers are reporting that the US is not going to participate in Durban 2, but how come it’s not all over the USA papers or anywhere?

632 bbuddha  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:37:05am

re: #609 FrogMarch

We really need to fight against this union scourge. I’m doing my small part, I work in a “union shop” with fair share (what’s fair about it) but i did a bit of research and got out of it. If card check passes I really believe that our economic future is bleak

633 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:37:22am

re: #614 sattv4u2

The new 9th planet

A logic black hole, all reality in the region gets sucked into it.

634 sattv4u2  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:37:23am

BBL ,,, Coffee is ready and family breakfast is next on the agenda

635 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:37:42am

re: #628 shanec99

Garbage cannot be classified as fat… to be fat you have to at least be a living breathing being… the Moore thing is garbage… refuse and should quickly be relegated to a compost pile containing human waste.

LOL!

636 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:38:20am
637 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:38:47am

re: #626 sattv4u2

Just messin’ with ya.
I’m from MA where all we export is jobs and all we produce is Liberals.

638 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:38:49am

re: #619 realwest

Hey good morning news! How are ya today?


Hanging in there, Real. But the question is…how are you feeling today?

639 shanec99  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:38:59am

re: #625 jcm

Re-pubic-ans.


That is the kindest thing he says about them… and to tell the truth the pubic region does have some uses… cant say the same about those two.

640 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:39:19am
641 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:40:04am

re: #605 sattv4u2
Huh, I got an “Embedding disabled by request” when I tried to play that video!

642 Athens Runaway  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:40:11am

re: #636 ploome hineni

It’s like Alien vs. Predator. No matter who won, we lost.

643 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:40:17am

re: #632 bbuddha

We really need to fight against this union scourge. I’m doing my small part, I work in a “union shop” with fair share (what’s fair about it) but i did a bit of research and got out of it. If card check passes I really believe that our economic future is bleak

My wife and I challenged the SEIU under Beck, and other WA State court rulings. They are required to disclose their finances so that the political portion of dues can be determined, and then folks only pay the collective bargaining portion.

SEIU opted to let my wife “slide” rather than disclose their finances.

644 irongrampa  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:40:45am

re: #640 ploome hineni

If you’ve ever watched a clip of Pelosi or Reid, you’ve found pr0n.

645 Irish Rose  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:41:01am

re: #620 Athens Runaway

Geert Wilders made an appearance at the Omni Shoreham, but attendence was very low (>50), it was not a CPAC-endorsed event.

This was the reception hosted by Geller and Spencer, right?
I’m sure that the reports and look-at-meeee photos on their respective sites are positively glowing.

646 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:41:41am

re: #612 shanec99
Hey howdy shanec99 - I was kinda wondering where you’d disappeared to! How’ve you been?

647 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:41:50am

I just received an e-mail (well I just read it) that purports to be a serious attack on 1st amendment rights of free speech and the press. Seems as if there’s a US House bill that implies the Bloggers aren’t journalists. The link is Federal Shield Bills Offer Rival Takes On Who’s A Journalist; Bloggers Could Be Left Unprotected.

I have no idea that this is for real, but…

648 shanec99  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:42:09am

re: #640 ploome hineni
Paris Hilton is now in Porn videos? Good lord I have been in an Islamic country for too long… what was the title of the movie? Paris does Paris?

649 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:42:44am

re: #616 sattv4u2 Yep I am. Including, regrettably, L.L. Bean. Wrote ‘em a letter and explained why, too.
No answer.

650 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:43:04am

re: #648 shanec99

Paris Hilton is now in Porn videos? Good lord I have been in an Islamic country for too long… what was the title of the movie? Paris does Paris?

No it’s called Paris sucks in bed

651 shanec99  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:43:09am

re: #646 realwest

Hey howdy shanec99 - I was kinda wondering where you’d disappeared to! How’ve you been?


If you have been paying attention to the news you might get some idea about what we are doing here in the Indian Ocean south of Somalia.

652 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:43:09am

re: #641 realwest

Huh, I got an “Embedding disabled by request” when I tried to play that video!

When it comes up to that “Embedding disabled by request” there will be little previews on the bottom. If you find the right preview you can click to view it anyway.

653 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:43:43am

re: #629 HoosierHoops

Nice seeing you..Been up since yesterday at 5am..went out drinking and dancing last night i logged on at 5am here to get Little old ladies fruit cup..Been silly since then..offered movie reviews and counnting the minutes until my head hits the keyboard..Red bull? On the brightside..Microwaving leftovers for breakfast rocks…

LOL, you nut. I do remember nights (normings) like that.

654 bbuddha  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:43:49am

re: #643 jcm

Good for you! sunlight does seem to have a disinfectant effect.

655 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:43:54am
656 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:44:54am
657 shanec99  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:45:17am

re: #650 Nevergiveup

No it’s called Paris sucks in bed


She was sucking too… good lord… so she did an imitation of Monica Lewinski…
Was it worth the cost of the movie?

658 Sizzlack  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:45:37am

Just got back from taking some photos of the Red Tailed Hawk in Union Square Park. THIS is probably the best photo of the guy I’ve ever taken…

659 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:45:39am
660 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:45:40am

re: #655 ploome hineni

CNN: How to get Michelle Obama’s toned arms

TIME magazine: The Obama Team’s Drink of Choice? Coke, Not Pepsi

It just worries me that until the State Department of the WH announces it, it ain’t official. Could be some infighting going on?

661 rightwinger3  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:45:48am

re: #655 ploome hineni

TIME magazine: The Obama Team’s Drink of Choice? Coke, Not Pepsi

Great piece of investigative reporting by TIME magazine.
/

662 Athens Runaway  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:45:49am

re: #645 Irish Rose

This was the reception hosted by Geller and Spencer, right?
I’m sure that the reports and look-at-meeee photos on their respective sites are positively glowing.

I don’t know, if you say so. I just saw fliers advertising it. I didn’t see anyone even giving the fliers (a first) or second look.

The Ron Paul people are annoying people here.

663 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:45:51am

Stimulusol XR


Youtube Video

664 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:45:57am

re: #632 bbuddha

We really need to fight against this union scourge. I’m doing my small part, I work in a “union shop” with fair share (what’s fair about it) but i did a bit of research and got out of it. If card check passes I really believe that our economic future is bleak

Great!
Card check is just on more nail in our economy. Unions have ruined entire industries in America. The Democrats want to ensure that all private business go the way of GM and Chrystler. Corruption and pay-to-play politics trumps common sense business.

665 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:46:42am

re: #657 shanec99

She was sucking too… good lord… so she did an imitation of Monica Lewinski…
Was it worth the cost of the movie?

Well if memory serves me she did, if you want to call it that. But I meant she sucks, is really not good, in bed.

666 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:48:15am

re: #654 bbuddha

Good for you! sunlight does seem to have a disinfectant effect.

It got nasty for a while. SEIU organizers on our doorstep repeatedly, harassment at work for my wife.

I took care home part…. they’re a bunch of cowards at the core. I gave ‘em seconds to get off my property, and if they came back there wouldn’t be a grace period.

667 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:48:25am
668 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:48:40am

Chicago Man Arrested for Allegedly Targeting Obama With HIV-Infected Blood


foxnews.com

669 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:48:40am

re: #655 ploome hineni

CNN: How to get Michelle Obama’s toned arms

TIME magazine: The Obama Team’s Drink of Choice? Coke, Not Pepsi

So while we swirl down the economic toilet - we are supposed to care about what soft-drink Obama prefers - and Michelle’s arms? Of course! Good thing the Obama’s have a perpetual campaign going on - and these in-the-tank publications are part of that campaign.

671 Desert Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:48:58am

re: #655 ploome hineni

CNN: How to get Michelle Obama’s toned arms

TIME magazine: The Obama Team’s Drink of Choice? Coke, Not Pepsi

Because Paris Hilton and OctoMom are not attending…The “Herd” hasn’t taken notice of it yet. If Angela Jolie announced she was going to attend, we’ve have 100 reports by morning. Of course, most of them would be about what Angela was wearing or discussing her new “Che” tattoo. I would not chalk this up to anything but typical American ignorance of the outside world. It is simply not on the radar screen for the MSM

672 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:49:47am
673 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:49:54am

re: #669 FrogMarch

So while we swirl down the economic toilet - we are supposed to care about what soft-drink Obama prefers - and Michelle’s arms? Of course! Good thing the Obama’s have a perpetual campaign going on - and these in-the-tank publications are part of that campaign.

Give the people circuses!

674 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:50:35am

re: #662 Athens Runaway

Does Ron Paul still have ‘people’? Thought he was a has-been.

675 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:50:52am

re: #636 ploome hineni
Sorry ploome but I have to disagree with you; Obama is there because most American’s were scared to death for the economy and didn’t see McCain as having any answers (neither did I) and they were tired of the Iraq war and Obama pledged to pull out all of our troops from Iraq in ‘08.
Well the economy is shittier and getting worse by the day and Obama just said we’ll have all BUT 50,000 combat troops out of Iraq by 2010. Even Pelosi and Reid weren’t happy with that.
Obama and the MSM BOUGHT this election, with Obama outspending McCain something like 7-1 when McCain stood by his agreement to take public financing and Obama reneged on HIS promise to take public financing, becoming the first candidate for POTUS to do so in over 20 years, from either party.

676 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:50:53am

A father is suing the Turkish Education Ministry for forcing his 11-year-old daughter to watch a “racist” and “disturbing” film countering claims that Ottoman Turks committed genocide against Armenians in 1915 with graphic allegations of Armenian atrocities against Turks.

foxnews.com

And George Mitchell thinks the Turks are our good friends?

677 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:50:54am

re: #632 bbuddha

did you see this? The fight is on. The idiot business-killing left-wingers are desperate to pimp their precious union thugs. Pay-to-play.
Bloggers and unions form group to push Democrats to the left

678 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:50:54am

re: #673 jcm

Give the people circuses!

May as well, we won’t be able to afford bread.

679 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:51:02am
680 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:52:13am

re: #638 newsjunkie_ky
I’m considerably better, thank you - still a lot of pain on one side, but the new “happy pills” from the doctors make me not mind it so much! LOL!

681 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:52:38am
682 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:53:27am

re: #677 FrogMarch

I posted that yesterday - notice the part at the end where they mention Republicans…

the group may also involve itself in Republican primary contests


These people are like fungus.

683 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:53:27am

re: #673 jcm

Give the people circuses!

Circuses, diversions, deception, smoke and mirrors and freak shows.

684 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:54:01am

re: #648 shanec99
Nope, it’s called “Paris does Paris and the Suburbs Too!”

685 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:54:12am
686 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:55:05am

re: #652 rightwinger3
Ah ha! Thankew kindly rightwinger3!

687 Dustyvet  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:55:26am

re: #683 FrogMarch

Circuses, diversions, deception, smoke and mirrors and freak shows.


Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!


/s

688 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:56:22am

re: #659 ploome hineni
Chasing Pirates and protecting shipping.

689 Desert Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:56:38am

re: #676 Nevergiveup

A father is suing the Turkish Education Ministry for forcing his 11-year-old daughter to watch a “racist” and “disturbing” film countering claims that Ottoman Turks committed genocide against Armenians in 1915 with graphic allegations of Armenian atrocities against Turks.

[Link: www.foxnews.com…]

And George Mitchell thinks the Turks are our good friends?

The poor lad…..he should watch a real Turkish war film instead. Here in the “real” world, everyone knows the Americans are the bad guys, not the honorable Turks!

/

690 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:56:44am

re: #682 Killer Tomato

I posted that yesterday - notice the part at the end where they mention Republicans…


These people are like fungus.

Yes. The only way the leftists can sell their stealth unionization is by the tactic The One uses most - semantic gymnastics and deception. If folks understood the truth about modern unions - 95% of the would say HELL NO.

But the left excels at deceptive propaganda.

691 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:57:04am

re: #680 realwest

I’m considerably better, thank you - still a lot of pain on one side, but the new “happy pills” from the doctors make me not mind it so much! LOL!


Good, glad you are feeling better.

692 bbuddha  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:57:47am

re: #666 jcm

Wow, I got off easy. That might have been because they were busy in court fighting for the fair share piece. There were quite a few of us that weren’t happy about being railroaded into paying to keep our jobs.

693 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:58:30am

re: #675 realwest

Yeah, that 50,000 number jumped out at me, too. I’m not sure how many troops we normally have in either Germany or SKorea, but if Iraq ends up with a situation similar to either, then I think that’s a good thing.

694 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:58:46am

re: #690 FrogMarch

First job one of my nephews had when he was in high school was bagging groceries. Union job. You should’ve seen the kid when he got his first paycheck and saw the deductions.

695 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:58:51am

re: #681 ploome hineni
How am I wrong?

696 Nevergiveup  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:59:25am

re: #679 ploome hineni

a woman just has to be there

the man is supposed to be good in bed

/didn;t you learn that early?

No argument with ya on that, but that just shows how BAD she appeared.

697 jwb7605  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:59:47am

An Opinionated Play-by-Play of the Plantinga-Dennett Exchange

Seriously long read, and something Charles might be interested in.
Summary:

The debate was between Alvin Plantinga and Daniel Dennett. Plantinga is one of the founders of the Society of Christian Philosophers and one of the fathers of the current desecularization of philosophy. He is widely regarded - even by his critics - as one of the finest epistemologists of the last fifty years and one of the finest philosophers of religion since the Medieval period. Daniel Dennett is one of the New Atheists and is a well-known proponent of atheistic Darwinism and critic of religion. He is widely regarded - even by his critics - as one of the most important early philosophers of mind that opened the field to cognitive science and evolutionary biology. He has contributed enormously to the serious study of the mind and its relationship to the brain. Both philosophers are over sixty and perhaps at the height of their philosophical powers. They have also faced off before but, as far as I know, not in person.
698 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:00:58am

re: #675 realwest

McCain? How did we wind up with McCain exactly? He certainly was nowhere near my “A” list. Then he is chosen after only about 4 state primaries? I never got over the feeling that it was a fix from the git-go.

699 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:01:42am

re: #694 Killer Tomato

First job one of my nephews had when he was in high school was bagging groceries. Union job. You should’ve seen the kid when he got his first paycheck and saw the deductions.

Democrats will never allow the individual to think for him or herself. The collective must “fight for you”. yeah - right. Fight to reduce your paycheck and hurt your employer with 12,000 pages of competition killing rules.

unions are just a modern manifestation of what progressives worship: the power of the collective over the individual.

700 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:02:34am

re: #698 UncleRancher

Huckabee colluding with him to knock out Romney was a bizarre bit of self-sabotage among Repubs. I didn’t like it then, and I like it even less now.

701 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:03:38am

re: #680 realwest

Glad you are feeling better.

702 Desert Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:03:48am

re: #699 FrogMarch

Democrats will never allow the individual to think for him or herself. The collective must “fight for you”. yeah - right. Fight to reduce your paycheck and hurt your employer with 12,000 pages of competition killing rules.

unions are just a modern manifestation of what progressives worship: the power of the collective over the individual.

And, their misguided obsession with “fairness and equality”. They cannot understand that fairness and equality are not the state of the world. We need equality of opportunity and let everyone do as well or as bad as THEY chose.

703 Athens Runaway  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:04:51am

re: #674 VioletTiger

Does Ron Paul still have ‘people’? Thought he was a has-been.

Think “cult of personality”. That’s what it’s always been, but the threads are showing. He’s down to rolling with the sycophants. Random thought: Paul seems to have a more ethnically diverse crowd (if you can call >100 people at a convention of thousands a “crowd”), I wonder if they know that he hangs with people who hate their kind, or if they just don’t care.

704 bbuddha  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:06:32am

re: #677 FrogMarch

“centrist democrats”? I thought that was a myth, like unicorns. It seems weird that they are talking about pushing democrats further left. They have already moved into left field

705 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:06:46am
706 ladycatnip  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:06:52am

We’re so fortunate to have investigative journalists working hard on behalf of the American citizen - to uncover truth, justice and the American way. Thanks to Drudge for bringing this to our attention:

CNN investigates how to have Michelle Obama’s toned arms.

Time has investigated Obama’s drink of choice.

Now that’s journalism.

707 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:06:55am

re: #698 UncleRancher

McCain? How did we wind up with McCain exactly? He certainly was nowhere near my “A” list. Then he is chosen after only about 4 state primaries? I never got over the feeling that it was a fix from the git-go.

The only way to prevent another mccain is to change the Republican State Party’s rules concerning primaries. They must NOT allow Ds and Is to vote in R primaries. Talking to you NH and SC.

708 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:06:57am

re: #699 FrogMarch

You don’t have to tell me about it, I work for a union contractor. Guy works for 2 hours you have to pay him for 4. Guy works for 4 hours you have to pay him for 8. Piece of electric equipment is running, you have to pay a guy to sit there looking at it. Got 4 guys working you have to hire a steward too and he’s more than likely someone’s good-for-nothing relative. Can’t fire anyone for incompetence. The BS is non-stop. I don’t know how we manage to turn a profit.

709 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:07:37am

re: #698 UncleRancher

McCain? How did we wind up with McCain exactly? He certainly was nowhere near my “A” list. Then he is chosen after only about 4 state primaries? I never got over the feeling that it was a fix from the git-go.

I can’t figure that out either. He was not at the top of my list. Once you win a couple of early primaries, the snowball starts to roll. That was Rudy’s mistake.

710 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:07:54am

re: #700 Lincolntf

Huckabee colluding with him to knock out Romney was a bizarre bit of self-sabotage among Repubs. I didn’t like it then, and I like it even less now.

And no more caucuses.

711 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:08:30am

Watching morning news, they just showed a clip of Obama’s Iraq withdrawal plan speech. The Marines behind Obama, not one smile. The “at attention” neutral look. It seems to me everything time GWB was around the troops were always smiling.

712 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:08:51am
713 Desert Dog  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:09:08am

re: #710 newsjunkie_ky

And no more caucuses.

That’s what Hillary thinks too..Obama got the nomination because he was better at stacking the deck at the caucuses

714 nyc redneck  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:09:12am

i ordered a coke w/ my take out lunch yesterday and when the food showed up there was a can of pepsi in the bag. i have never liked peps, i sat there looking at the can w/ the dumb O design on it.
pepsi has endorsed O shamelessly, groveled for his attention, and shown weakness. lol, yes shown weakness. in trying to get noticed and be liked.
it is not surprising that the the O people prefer coke.
tho O is a can of pepsi, himself.

715 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:09:46am

re: #702 Desert Dog

And, their misguided obsession with “fairness and equality”. They cannot understand that fairness and equality are not the state of the world. We need equality of opportunity and let everyone do as well or as bad as THEY chose.

Exactly! and The left willfully ignore the destruction they leave behind while they push their faux “fairness and equality”.

716 nyc redneck  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:10:30am

re: #691 newsjunkie_ky

hey {newsjunkie}
hope all is well. we’re hanging on.

717 Lincolntf  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:10:33am

re: #712 ploome hineni

I have never, ever watched his show. He’s an automatic channel flip to me. I wouldn’t know, but I hope he doesn’t have much support in the Party.

718 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:10:54am

re: #707 newsjunkie_ky

The only way to prevent another mccain is to change the Republican State Party’s rules concerning primaries. They must NOT allow Ds and Is to vote in R primaries. Talking to you NH and SC.

WA also, as if it would ever make any difference. Everything is all over with before WA polls close. Always. Even so I would have to go back and check the numbers but as I recall McCain got more votes than registered repubs in the state.

719 pingjockey  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:10:56am

re: #711 jcm
That’s because troops can smell a BS artist a mile away!

720 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:11:03am

re: #714 nyc redneck
Hey, got your message this AM. Is this a good time to call you? Want to use my landline phone, so I will call you.

721 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:11:10am

re: #691 newsjunkie_ky
Hey - how are y’all doing?

722 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:11:14am

re: #704 bbuddha

“centrist democrats”? I thought that was a myth, like unicorns. It seems weird that they are talking about pushing democrats further left. They have already moved into left field

Never left enough for the proggie machine.

723 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:11:35am

re: #707 newsjunkie_ky

The only way to prevent another mccain is to change the Republican State Party’s rules concerning primaries. They must NOT allow Ds and Is to vote in R primaries. Talking to you NH and SC.

Technically they don’t. You change your registration, pick up a ballot and vote. Then you change your registration back. That is what needs to change.

724 nyc redneck  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:11:39am

re: #720 newsjunkie_ky

yes.

725 bbuddha  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:11:55am

re: #707 newsjunkie_ky

That is part of the problem, allowing D’s to help us choose. the other part of the problem is that primaries should be simultaneous. Dragging it out over all that time is just stupid and allows for massaging the outcome

726 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:12:26am

re: #721 realwest

Hey - how are y’all doing?

Those ‘happy pills’ are doing a number on you. You already gave me a shoutout. LOL

727 yma o hyd  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:12:43am

Hiya, Lizard Nation!
While its grey here, and not really spring-like, the early, Welsh daffodils are out in force - drifts of sunshine on the ground, ready for tomorrow’s St David’s Day!

Daffs really cheer me up!

728 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:12:48am

re: #701 VioletTiger
Thank you very much - I do appreciate your concern!

729 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:12:55am
730 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:13:45am

re: #723 Killer Tomato

Technically they don’t. You change your registration, pick up a ballot and vote. Then you change your registration back. That is what needs to change.

Really? Is that changing on the day of? Yes, that needs to change. Here you have to change something like 90 days out or maybe 30. Can’t remember because I’m not changing parties.

731 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:14:00am

re: #725 bbuddha

That is part of the problem, allowing D’s to help us choose. the other part of the problem is that primaries should be simultaneous. Dragging it out over all that time is just stupid and allows for massaging the outcome

Absolutely right on that one. A dozen hundred +’s for you. We sent a resolution to the state convention to that effect.

732 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:14:08am

re: #712 ploome hineni

Do you think he will run? I was thinking he just likes the TV spotlight. Maybe that’s just wishful thinking.

733 pingjockey  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:14:50am

re: #729 ploome hineni
Every time I hear Beckels name I think of Heckel and Jeckel, 2 crows from a very unPC cartoon of my childhood. Much better than the crap for kids now!

734 jaunte  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:15:25am

re: #714 nyc redneck

i ordered a coke w/ my take out lunch yesterday and when the food showed up there was a can of pepsi in the bag. i have never liked peps, i sat there looking at the can w/ the dumb O design on it.
pepsi has endorsed O shamelessly, groveled for his attention, and shown weakness. lol, yes shown weakness. in trying to get noticed and be liked.
it is not surprising that the the O people prefer coke.
tho O is a can of pepsi, himself.

Don’t know if you saw this, but the same people that designed the new Pepsi graphics have run into a problem with their Tropicana redesign. Consumers votes count in a free market…

nytimes.com

735 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:15:27am

Do any of the Obama cabinet people actually have any idea how to make “improvements”’ to their particular department. Here is a short interview with the education chief Arne Duncan, who can only keep repeating the same two proposals. Send more money and longer school days.

“What’s going on, state after state, due to this tough economy, is devastating educationally. And we can’t afford to get worse now. We have to get dramatically better,” said Duncan, former chief of Chicago Public Schools.

Is talking point number one of the Obama administration to blame everything on the economy? And by the way, notice this guy was running Chicago public schools. Check out how good those schools are.

This kind of proposal is not different than watching the directors cut of an already bad movie. Making it longer doesn’t fix a thing.

736 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:15:36am

re: #732 VioletTiger

Do you think he will run? I was thinking he just likes the TV spotlight. Maybe that’s just wishful thinking.

They always run again. The money is too good.

737 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:15:43am

re: #725 bbuddha

That is part of the problem, allowing D’s to help us choose. the other part of the problem is that primaries should be simultaneous. Dragging it out over all that time is just stupid and allows for massaging the outcome

Well that’s a problem because you’d have to get all 50 (or is it 57?) states to agree to it.

738 Charles Johnson  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:16:21am

re: #620 Athens Runaway

I personally don’t feel that CPAC is as bad as Charles and some of you are saying it is.

Uh, I don’t recall saying that CPAC was “bad” at all. But it’s disturbing to see so many extreme right speakers and so many creationists.

739 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:16:27am

re: #726 newsjunkie_ky
NO - I know I already gave you a shout out, I meant your sinuses/medications?!

740 newsjunkie_ky  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:16:57am

BBL

741 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:17:13am

re: #730 newsjunkie_ky

Yup. Walk into the poll the day of and switch. If it was 30 or 90 days out it would cut down a lot of this gaming the system crap.

742 pingjockey  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:18:17am

re: #735 Walter L. Newton
I’m actually surprised some obamabot hasn’t troted out Maos’ quote about “permanent revolution”. Or “continious revolution”. Something like that.

743 jcm  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:18:44am

re: #735 Walter L. Newton

Do any of the Obama cabinet people actually have any idea how to make “improvements”’ to their particular department.

BHO’s cabinet is vetted for ideological purity, not actual experience or success for the task at hand.

744 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:19:04am

re: #729 ploome hineni

Beckel makes me hit the mute button every time.

745 pingjockey  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:19:40am

re: #738 Charles
Haven’t seen any of it. On purpose, because of said idjits. Has it been that rabid?

746 Killer Tomato  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:20:20am

OK gotta go play in the dirt for a few hours.
Whatever you’re doing and wherever you are, hope you all have a good day/night!

747 jaunte  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:20:42am

re: #735 Walter L. Newton

If you look at the Obama team’s solutions overall, they boil down to more government control over individual choices. “Schools ineffective? Keep the student in them longer.” It’s going to be a long eight years unless the population wakes up faster.

748 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:23:01am

re: #708 Killer Tomato

You don’t have to tell me about it, I work for a union contractor. Guy works for 2 hours you have to pay him for 4. Guy works for 4 hours you have to pay him for 8. Piece of electric equipment is running, you have to pay a guy to sit there looking at it. Got 4 guys working you have to hire a steward too and he’s more than likely someone’s good-for-nothing relative. Can’t fire anyone for incompetence. The BS is non-stop. I don’t know how we manage to turn a profit.

What you just described is the left’s idea of an America that works.

749 bbuddha  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:23:09am

Gotta go, friends coming over to see the new toy, probably should put more clothes on

750 VioletTiger  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:23:27am

re: #747 jaunte

It’s going to be a long eightfour years unless the population wakes up faster.

Please, just 4……

751 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:24:55am

re: #749 bbuddha

Gotta go, friends coming over to see the new toy, probably should put more clothes on

What kind of a new toy?

752 FrogMarch  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:26:17am

re: #735 Walter L. Newton

Do any of the Obama cabinet people actually have any idea how to make “improvements”’ to their particular department. Here is a short interview with the education chief Arne Duncan, who can only keep repeating the same two proposals. Send more money and longer school days.

Is talking point number one of the Obama administration to blame everything on the economy? And by the way, notice this guy was running Chicago public schools. Check out how good those schools are.

This kind of proposal is not different than watching the directors cut of an already bad movie. Making it longer doesn’t fix a thing.

“Improvements to public education” is (D) code for: Throw more money at the problem, Further cement the power of the teachers union, make sure lousy teachers get a raise, and take a huge crap all over vouchers and school choice.

753 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:27:15am

re: #750 VioletTiger

Please, just 4……

I think we all need to read up on recall elections.

754 realwest  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:28:43am

re: #753 UncleRancher
“I think we all need to read up on recall elections.”
OK, you first!
:)

755 jwb7605  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:29:53am

re: #738 Charles

Uh, I don’t recall saying that CPAC was “bad” at all. But it’s disturbing to see so many extreme right speakers and so many creationists.

Did you catch my #697?
That looked like an interesting discussion, but I can’t find any detail.
Meltdown thread material, maybe? :)

As far as “extreme right” and “creationist” speakers, I tend to agree, but the alternative seems to be McCain Republicans at the moment.

756 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:30:22am

re: #754 realwest

“I think we all need to read up on recall elections.”
OK, you first!
:)

I will check and advise. It will probably take a couple of days.

757 gymmom  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:31:21am

re: #723 Killer Tomato

I agree that people changing registration just to mess the opposition is wrong, but how will anyone ever be able to determine whether they really want to be a republican or just want to be a nuisance? I’m not sure telling people what they can or cannot do in the voting booth is the best approach to winning elections, IMHO.

758 UncleRancher  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:35:03am

re: #757 gymmom

I agree that people changing registration just to mess the opposition is wrong, but how will anyone ever be able to determine whether they really want to be a republican or just want to be a nuisance? I’m not sure telling people what they can or cannot do in the voting booth is the best approach to winning elections, IMHO.

The way I understand it, a political party is a private organization, not a public entity and as such they can make their own rules about who is a member and who is not, and whether a nonmember can vote in what amounts to their private elections.

759 [deleted]  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:39:42am
760 yesandno  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:40:38am

re: #655 ploome hineni

CNN: How to get Michelle Obama’s toned arms


My favorite part:

Boston Herald columnist Lauren Beckham Falcone wrote to Obama, “It’s February. Going sleeveless in subzero temperature is just showing off. All due respect.”

But others were amazed, like 25-year-old Jessie Rosen. After seeing Obama at the speech Tuesday, she went to the Adidas store in New York and bought two five-pound dumbbells. “It was her arms being so toned in spite of her life,” she said.

“This woman is redecorating White House, trying to raise two children and backseat driving the nation,” Rosen said. “She seems to have time to keep her arms toned, so why can’t I?”

/”Backseat”…isn’t that racist?

761 2soonold2latesmart  Sat, Feb 28, 2009 9:26:48am

re: #81 Fenway_Nation

Ideally I can wait this out somewhere up in Montana in a remote house (kitted out with DirecTV so I can keep track of my Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots, Celtics and B.C. Eagles) with a Ruger Ranch Rifle Death Spewing Assault Weapon- making frequent runs up to Calgary to stock up gold and silver from one of the banks…..and generally limit my contact with the outside world to something definitively, unambiguously red-state.

Merle Haggard had the answer to this many years ago.

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