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We are guilty, we are beyond hope
We beg to differ, we are a terminal case
Press darlings, press darlings, press darlings
Press darlings, press darlings
We depress the press, darlings
We're on the outside, but we're not looking in
We are the vaseline gang, don't play your little games
Press darlings, press darlings, press darlings
Press darlings, press darlings
We depress the press, darlings
And if evil be the food of genius
There aren't many demons around
If passion ends in fashion
Nick kent / bushell is the best-dressed man in town
Are we different? - no
We are exactly the same
There are no boxes for us
The ones you love to hate - so read on!
It was Goldburg's character that stated messing with life in such a way would have repercussions, and it was he that was shown correct. Having watched the movie within the last few months, I found that exchange where he lodges his complaint to be highly interesting.
I would not be one bit surprised if Obama and his band of flunkies held a press conference and announced such a plan. The ineptitude of this White House makes Jimmy carter look like a genius.
I would not be one bit surprised if Obama and his band of flunkies held a press conference and announced such a plan. The ineptitude of this White House makes Jimmy carter look like a genius.
Heh. While ago, I asked if it was too much that Obama at least rise to Carter's level of incompetence.
That was intended as sarcastic humor. It's now become an honest request.
Obama and his bunch of bumbling buffoons are just too tired to achieve that. You'll have to settle for a level of incompetence not seen since Caligula sent a horse to the senate.
Obama and his bunch of bumbling buffoons are just too tired to achieve that. You'll have to settle for a level of incompetence not seen since Caligula sent a horse to the senate.
Well, you could say that Obama is half of a horse. The back half, that is.
He cannot fail too soon for me. The quicker we can rid ourselves of this incompetent Marxist the better, and begin repairing the damage already done.
Hopefully, the magnitude of their failure will ensure that the secular progressives who've co-opted the classic liberal definition will be consigned to roam the wilderness for eons to come.
Lets see, bioengineered crabs, capable of solving puzzles, highly inteliigent. Will probably exterminate all signs of man and his legacy, declare that Crab evolved from the ether and that was no such thing/it/creator as Man.
Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions.
"The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,'' Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city's Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions from the Chicago Sun-Times. "We're reaching out to them this week."
Stacie Paxton, a spokeswoman for the Obama-controlled DNC, explained the reimbursement delay by saying, "We are still looking at various costs and bills.'' She would not say whether parts of the bill are disputed.
I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility... for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it, you want to sell it!
And:
Don't you see the danger, John, inherent in what you're doing here? Genetic power is the most awesome force the planet's ever witnessed, yet you wield it like a kid that's found his dad's gun
Jaysus...just voted "Poor" and found that 59% of my fellow citizens say "Excellent" or "Good." Inherent flaw of Democracy.
Well, not really, just 59% of CNN.com visitors. And considering that CNN.com is a left-wing Obamamania site that was visited mainly by mindless Obamatons just a few short months ago, I'd call that progress.
You don't offend me. You amuse me. I like watching you squirm when you are called on your B.S. Are you sure that you are just a shill for the MSM and not a career politician?
You don't offend me. You amuse me. I like watching you squirm when you are called on your B.S. Are you sure that you are just a shill for the MSM and not a career politician?
I'm so far behind on my reading list, it's not funny. Then another book pops up and I can't wait to read it and it jumps ahead of other books on the list and I'm still behind! It doesn't help that I took a break from my heavier reading to re-enjoy the Potter books at Christmas and LOTR after that. Oh, well. It was a great break with great books.
I'm so far behind on my reading list, it's not funny. Then another book pops up and I can't wait to read it and it jumps ahead of other books on the list and I'm still behind! It doesn't help that I took a break from my heavier reading to re-enjoy the Potter books at Christmas and LOTR after that. Oh, well. It was a great break with great books.
All "Jurassic Park" demonstrated was that a nature park with a combination of corrupt technicians and poor fencing is going to to fail. The fact that this particular nature reserve contained dinosaurs is irrelevant. Better fencing, decent staff - problem solved.
All "Jurassic Park" demonstrated was that a nature park with a combination of corrupt technicians and poor fencing is going to to fail. The fact that this particular nature reserve contained dinosaurs is irrelevant. Better fencing, decent staff - problem solved.
All "Jurassic Park" demonstrated was that a nature park with a combination of corrupt technicians and poor fencing is going to to fail. The fact that this particular nature reserve contained dinosaurs is irrelevant. Better fencing, decent staff - problem solved.
Also, as a backup plan, more guns. Street sweepers loaded with 000 buck for the raptors, and a couple of those .700 Nitro rifles available for the T.Rex.
Cognito, cool it! There must something wrong with you today. Bringing up that that thread is like a button that has "push this button and you will be shocked" written on it. Most people would stop pushing the button after they get jolted two or three times, but you just keep right on pushing away.
Yesandno: I will just go and reason with the Cogulan
Crew Member Red Shirt Sixma: Do you even READ the posts? Sure, he seems rational now, but soon, he'll start asking questions about things you never posted, make you quote things that he will ignore. . .and then, the worst part. . . .
Phaser blast
hey, I WAS a red shirt. . .
Do NOT enter into a blog post with Cog without checking your sanity at the door
re: #147 JohnAdams
Uh, I don't have crabs, Giant or otherwise, but I like the idea of sending thin mints (Girl Scout, right?) or Samoa's to the troops!
Where do I sign up?!
Cognito, cool it! There must something wrong with you today. Bringing up that that thread is like a button that has "push this button and you will be shocked" written on it. Most people would stop pushing the button after they get jolted two or three times, but you just keep right on pushing away.
What on earth are you talking about?
Seriously. Enough of this crap. Someone made a comment about a "frame war" -- a pun -- and so in like form I made a post about "feeling gilt."
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
Well, you missed an in depth discussion on the topic of facial skin care on the last thread. I know, I know. You'll never forgive yourself for signing in so late. We can sum up if you'd like.
I'll let Sharm give you the rest of the skinny.
re: #154 HoosierHoops
Hi ya Hoops! Well Leno has a pretty fair staff of "crack joke writers" (as the late, great Johnny Carson called them) but he does have a great delivery!
Is he telling any jokes about Obama yet?
Kinda disappointed there's been no thread (that I know of) regarding Marie Antoinette's abuse of the military with her asswit exploitation of the government supplied private airplane. And she's busting the chops of actual qualified American CEOs? We should have an LGF Bust-Up-Nancy Pelosi Day.
I got a bargain model ... some classy person took the Kimber mag out of the box. I have some Wilson Combats and some cheapies ... so far, no issues. I have not been brave enough to cram any of my $5 GI wonderment mags in it, though.
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
It started as a crab bisque stirred with a CNN poll which was soon transformed into Borscht and then someone farted in a forest and Girl Scout Cookies appeared. All while vague recollections of the prior thread came forward and receded, adding to the surrealism.
Everyone's got the giant crabs but we're donating Thin Mints to the troops!
Whoops..against the rules to send chocolate overseas to the troops..
But..I can post everything you can send them.. And if you go to the post office you can buy those boxes for 8.95 and stuff them as heavy as you want to send to Iraq. or anywhere..When our boy was in Iraq we sent a package every other day..Soon we got an email..For God's sakes tell mom to stop sending me underwear! please!
You run out of ideas to send after a while..but never love...
Dr. Mordock needs to invent giant vats of genetically engineered sauce next.
No, next he needs to invent a ray gun that will stop Barack Obama from acting like a fool. It'll be the most powerful weapon in the world. It would be called the Clue Ray.
Well, you missed an in depth discussion on the topic of facial skin care on the last thread. I know, I know. You'll never forgive yourself for signing in so late. We can sum up if you'd like.
I'll let Sharm give you the rest of the skinny.
Good for when you want a break from the serious without wonder to far into the frivolous.
I'm more of a non-fiction girl, so a lot of books like Jurassic Park just never make my reading list. I find reality is often stranger than fiction. But if I ever get caught up, I'll check it out.
I got a bargain model ... some classy person took the Kimber mag out of the box. I have some Wilson Combats and some cheapies ... so far, no issues. I have not been brave enough to cram any of my $5 GI wonderment mags in it, though.
I think putting bad mags in a good pistol is like putting cheap tires on a Porsche. Kind of defeats the purpose. Stick to the Wilsons. (High end Kimber mags are also really nice.)
Uh, I don't have crabs, Giant or otherwise, but I like the idea of sending thin mints (Girl Scout, right?) or Samoa's to the troops!
Where do I sign up?!
Seriously. Enough of this crap. Someone made a comment about a "frame war" -- a pun -- and so in like form I made a post about "feeling gilt."
How on earth, I ask you, is that offensive?
re: #184 JohnAdams
Hey, I'll drink (soda) to That. Bitch wants one of 5 G-5 USAF "luxury jets" ON MEMORIAL DAY - ya know, cause she supports the troops - perish forbid any injured or incapcitated Troops get to ride in that luxury jet.
Bitch.
Hey, I'll drink (soda) to That. Bitch wants one of 5 G-5 USAF "luxury jets" ON MEMORIAL DAY - ya know, cause she supports the troops - perish forbid any injured or incapcitated Troops get to ride in that luxury jet.
Bitch.
I'm sure she penned one in for herself in the new spending bill she has in the pipeline
Hi ya Hoops! Well Leno has a pretty fair staff of "crack joke writers" (as the late, great Johnny Carson called them) but he does have a great delivery!
Is he telling any jokes about Obama yet?
No..not about Obama yet..I'll need to call Buzzsawmonkey..I know a limo driver that claims he lives on the upper east side and is chief of staff for the tonight show's Jay Leno staff..Let him deny it all he wants..It's all a ruse.. *wink*
It started as a crab bisque stirred with a CNN poll which was soon transformed into Borscht and then someone farted in a forest and Girl Scout Cookies appeared. All while vague recollections of the prior thread came forward and receded, adding to the surrealism.
Adding to the surrealism? Whoa, those musta been some really good mushrooms y'all was eating before you got to the crab bisque etc! LOL!
I think putting bad mags in a good pistol is like putting cheap tires on a Porsche. Kind of defeats the purpose. Stick to the Wilsons. (High end Kimber mags are also really nice.)
The $5 GI mags are V-N issue ... they are the real deal. However, since they lack all the bumpers and stuff, I have hesitated to ram them in.
But I do really enjoy the way the Wilson Combats leap outta that magazine well ...
Whoops..against the rules to send chocolate overseas to the troops..
But..I can post everything you can send them.. And if you go to the post office you can buy those boxes for 8.95 and stuff them as heavy as you want to send to Iraq. or anywhere..When our boy was in Iraq we sent a package every other day..Soon we got an email..For God's sakes tell mom to stop sending me underwear! please!
You run out of ideas to send after a while..but never love...
Thanks! I will follow the channels. I've heard the troops like flea collars (seriously). That right?
I think putting bad mags in a good pistol is like putting cheap tires on a Porsche. Kind of defeats the purpose. Stick to the Wilsons. (High end Kimber mags are also really nice.)
I've never had a misfeed. Over-enthusiastic ejection of the brass, yes, but never a misfeed.
Kinda disappointed there's been no thread (that I know of) regarding Marie Antoinette's abuse of the military with her asswit exploitation of the government supplied private airplane. And she's busting the chops of actual qualified American CEOs? We should have an LGF Bust-Up-Nancy Pelosi Day.
Kinda disappointed there's been no thread (that I know of) regarding Marie Antoinette's abuse of the military with her asswit exploitation of the government supplied private airplane. And she's busting the chops of actual qualified American CEOs? We should have an LGF Bust-Up-Nancy Pelosi Day.
I recall a story about a guy called...razorfronter...who, seeing 6 nice bucks flushed from a thicket that wasn't supposed to hold but one, was unable to chose just one target and thus missed all targets.
re: #200 Dianna
Are you kidding me - you spent over a GRAND for a 1911 model .45 caliber pistol? Regardless of who made it or what the grips are like, that's waaay too much dinero to spend on a handgun!
Just in from a pleasant night at the pub and my traditional Irish music session, where I spent the evening sipping good hard cider and grinding out tunes. We had some surprise guests drop in tonight around 8pm, the good folks from Beoga.
Beoga is currently one of the top Irish trad bands in the world, and they're in town to perform at our pub tomorrow night. They decided to show up an evening early to join in the session, and we jammed with them for over two hours. I even spent some time rubbing shoulders with Damian McKee, one of the top button accordion players in Ireland.
The entire evening was just f*cking brilliant, what an awesome experience.
It was decided a simple skin care regimen seems to be favored by most lady lizards. Stay out of the sun and don't run your moped off a cliff, thus requiring emergency dermabrasion. Oh and there was a discussion between Sharm and Cog. I was a little late to that thread so I can't speak to all the details.
How about "White and Nerdy"
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bonus points to anyone who can name the equation in the background when he's dancing. It's actually a real equation.
All About The Pentiums is classic too. It's been on rotation for me since a decade ago.
Hey, I'll drink (soda) to That. Bitch wants one of 5 G-5 USAF "luxury jets" ON MEMORIAL DAY - ya know, cause she supports the troops - perish forbid any injured or incapcitated Troops get to ride in that luxury jet.
Bitch.
That bitch and her husband have more money than most countries. She's an asshole without a body.
Are you kidding me - you spent over a GRAND for a 1911 model .45 caliber pistol? Regardless of who made it or what the grips are like, that's waaay too much dinero to spend on a handgun!
As before noted, I'd have to develop a better class of enemy, as none of the current crop deserve to be shot with so fine a weapon.
Are you kidding me - you spent over a GRAND for a 1911 model .45 caliber pistol? Regardless of who made it or what the grips are like, that's waaay too much dinero to spend on a handgun!
Not after you've shot it. Trust me, I used to think the same way, until the day I fired a Kimber.
I used to pine like a puppy over it in the display case. The day I got it, though it had to stay at the store until the next week, they let me take it on the range, and I shot extraordinarily well, even for me. It was the first time I took my Male to the range with me (we'd only been dating a week at that point), and I think I impressed him.
25 yards, and you could cover the group with your fist. That was my first time out with my Kimber.
This is true. Egotistical and evasive as ever. But you still refuse to answer a direct question. Just for the record. Are you a shill for the msm or a politician?
I recall a story about a guy called...razorfronter...who, seeing 6 nice bucks flushed from a thicket that wasn't supposed to hold but one, was unable to chose just one target and thus missed all targets.
I'm more of a non-fiction girl, so a lot of books like Jurassic Park just never make my reading list. I find reality is often stranger than fiction. But if I ever get caught up, I'll check it out.
My taste range very wide. I am getting more discriminating as I get older. It becomes more and more a mater of what do I have time to indulge myself with.
Fiction is nice for escape and distraction when the cares of the day get rough and intense, or for when for sanities sake I just have to step back from the screaming cacophony of the world for a timeout.
I just received my copy of the Conflict of Visions so that is what I will be dedicating the next couple of days to. It is not the type of book that is for fast reading. I find myself stopping in parts to think about the implications of what he is saying. Its the kind of book the reminds of my days back in college where I would have to read through a book once quickly and then twice again slowly to savor its full flavor.
Are you kidding me - you spent over a GRAND for a 1911 model .45 caliber pistol? Regardless of who made it or what the grips are like, that's waaay too much dinero to spend on a handgun!
Eh, mine was $800, but someone had swiped the magazine out of the case.
And I will have to respectfully disagree. An upper-end Kimber is fitted and tricked out very close to a custom pistol ... and a real custom 1911 will run you $2K and up.
Quality firearms are worth the money. One good pistol is better than four cheap ones.
Must tell the truth - never eating crabs in my life. But on d other side - never consumer what yo called serials 4 breakfast. Nor the horrible england form of nourishing' at morning, with potatoes & some meat-lefts-packed-down-horizontal.
Sausages? Hot-Dogs barking amid sun rising? Blind tarantula dancing naked at Madagascar shore?
Thanks! I will follow the channels. I've heard the troops like flea collars (seriously). That right?
OMG the stories we heard about those F'n sand fleas! You know what the Marines bought a ton of doing the Fallujah battle..Silly string..Could not get enough for the 3/5 Marines..we sent special packages.
The Marines would bust into an unknown doorway and spray it in the air..The string would land on the trip wires..and show them the trip wires..Saved alot of our Marines.
I almost added that to the post...now I see, you got the message anyway! I live in the mountains of North Carolina and I am sure that is where this was filmed...and there are bears!
Must tell the truth - never eating crabs in my life. But on d other side - never consumer what yo called serials 4 breakfast. Nor the horrible england form of nourishing' at morning, with potatoes & some meat-lefts-packed-down-horizontal.
Sausages? Hot-Dogs barking amid sun rising? Blind tarantula dancing naked at Madagascar shore?
Sweetie? We already have a resident mad genius incomprehensible blank-verse poet in residence.
SOME sexual experimentation landed an American woman in a hospital with injuries tough to imagine and even more difficult to forget.
The Maryland woman was flown to hospital on Monday after she was injured in the incident involving a sex toy attached to a sabre saw blade, according to NBCWashington.com.
I'm almost through the evolution book I'm reading, and next I'm tackling Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative, which is a short read. Then I'll be on to the Sowell, so we can compare notes. There are a lot of books I'd like to reread, but if I did, I'd never get through my book list! Although I do know exactly what you mean. I gain more and more each time I reread the Potter books and LOTR. I know they're fiction, but they're so well written that you can pick up on things you missed the first time through, or the second or third time. To me, that's what makes a great book- you want to reread it again and again.
Huh. That's funny, I don't remember any Army issued chocolate EVER melting!
Not the army stuff, while i was in Vietnam, a friend sent me a box of Hershey Bars for Christmas, what she sent and what the Army Postal system deleivered...well you get the idea...:)
Not the army stuff, while i was in Vietnam, a friend sent me a box of Hershey Bars for Christmas, what she sent and what the Army Postal system deleivered...well you get the idea...:)
Reminds me that when my father was in WWII, because he didn't smoke, he'd trade his cigarettes for chocolate bars from the ration packs.
He got sick of chocolate.
re: #265 Dianna
OhKay then. I've never shot that tight a group with a .45 in my life, so I'll take your obviously expert word on it!
BTW, you do know, of course, that if you shoot a .45 at someone and even just hit him or her in the arm, they are gonna go DOWN, right?!
True story-Basic at Ft Dix, in December, we got fed in the field, half cooked chicken, barely warm, diced dehydrated potatoes and some thing they called green beans--supposedly.
The kicker was the dessert. this was a day that the temp was 20 degrees, They served us ICE CREAM.
re: #271 OldLineTexan
"Quality firearms are worth the money. One good pistol is better than four cheap ones." Well I'm not arguing for cheap guns, but jeebus if I'd a shot you with my Army issued .45 (long before the Army went to the wussy 9mm) you'd be just as dead as if I'd shot you with a Kimber.
My email today or yesterday from Capitalism Magazine was chock full of good articles (as usual). I actually had the time to read some of them (not as usual). I linked a few, but this one is quite good. Written in 2002 it deserves to be re-read. I think it might make a good companion to the Troll Hammer.
OK, serious right/left question. Why are most of the big time gun fans on the right ? Is it the urban/rural demographics split ? I would guess most of you that love guns are hunters or at least have some place to shoot them other then a city range.
Don't take me as anti gun lib, I was interested enough to buy a few and enjoyed shooting at the range, but most of the serious collectors seem to be from the right.
BTW, most old car collectors lean right too, so it just might be the urban/rural thing again. BTW, my first gun might be collectible by now, if I'd kept it. It was a 60's Rugar Blackhawk 357 single action with a 10 inch barrel. Useless to me, but so cool.
Its not that I am against evolving, its just that I think that everything has gone strait down hill since our ancestors left the oceans.
Be patient. In a few generations we can be genetically modified to return to the oceans if you want. We'll have to do something about those pesky sharks though.
OhKay then. I've never shot that tight a group with a .45 in my life, so I'll take your obviously expert word on it!
BTW, you do know, of course, that if you shoot a .45 at someone and even just hit him or her in the arm, they are gonna go DOWN, right?!
Be patient. In a few generations we can be genetically modified to return to the oceans if you want. We'll have to do something about those pesky sharks though.
I used to get the dream where you have a class you "forgot", and suddenly show up for the final exam.
Not any longer. No more anxiety dreams.
I was working on a project turning a multipage schematic provided by an engineer for a board to go into a million dollar piece of hardware. Mistakes can be expensive. I couldn't get the pages to reconcile or compile in the CAD program we use.
Finally figure it out. Typo, some pages he used a dash - on others a em dash – .
. . . and the poor slob sweating over the grill in the back is the one with a Political Science Degree.
Actually, In my neck of the woods, the aerospace guys are the ones who still have cushy jobs (less than an hour's drive from Marshall Space Flight Center)
"Quality firearms are worth the money. One good pistol is better than four cheap ones." Well I'm not arguing for cheap guns, but jeebus if I'd a shot you with my Army issued .45 (long before the Army went to the wussy 9mm) you'd be just as dead as if I'd shot you with a Kimber.
A military issue 1911A1 will cost you more than my Kimber. I've had one or two over the years. Plus, I can actually hit stuff with it. ;)
And the Chinese copy is close to crap.
I have this thing against high-pressure chemical reactions going off within arm's reach of my face and other parts I value. A good firearm relieves that worry.
I have anxiety dreams involving chorus lines of numbers.
It's not pretty.
The biggest stress I ever had was back when I was doing string theory. I was working on page 170 or so of what ended up being a 212 page calculation. I got some stuff that really really just did not look right.
I went to my advisor and asked him what he thought was going on with it. He poked through it a bit, and because he had endless experience from those types of calculations, he went back to about page 40 or so.
He found the error because he had an idea about what the overall "shape" of the terms should look like. I later learned that trick, but I was still a newbie then.
I had miss-copied a factor of i. I lost over 100 pages of now meaningless work.
I cried. I had the grace to go to my office and do it quietly, but I cried.
"Quality firearms are worth the money. One good pistol is better than four cheap ones." Well I'm not arguing for cheap guns, but jeebus if I'd a shot you with my Army issued .45 (long before the Army went to the wussy 9mm) you'd be just as dead as if I'd shot you with a Kimber.
That is making the assumption that you'd hit the target with the Army issue.
Thai monkeys have been observed showing their young how to floss -- proof primates teach offspring to use tools, a Japanese researcher said Wednesday.
"I was surprised because teaching techniques on using tools properly to a third party are said to be an activity carried out only by humans," Professor Nobuo Masataka of Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute told AFP.
Actually, In my neck of the woods, the aerospace guys are the ones who still have cushy jobs (less than an hour's drive from Marshall Space Flight Center)
Glad to hear. Hope they weather the economic crunch well.
I just appreciate them as fine machines that will last much longer than any of the other machines that I have to buy. The 'very fast rock throwing' aspect is a bonus.
Many on the left dislike arms of any kind. To them, disarmament is something you always push for because it is good in and of itself. Thus they hate weapons. Also, self-defense involves self-reliance, which most on the left are hostile to. They want people dependent on the state.
Ummm. Just a shot in the dark, but perhaps it is that those of us on the right don't expect the government aka the police to be there to cover our ass when the shit hits the fan. A point many Federal Courts have made in the past.
re: #309 HoosierHoops
Please do when you get the chance Hoops! I remember a buddy of mine of Italian heritage and his mom always sent him a Salami and a Pepperoni and home-baked Italian bread wrapped in tin-foil. Rest of the guys (not from anyplace where Italians lived in any significant numbers) would turn their nose up at it but we'd woof it down in nothing flat.
Strange how clearly I remember that - and that somehow the bread was always still fresh, too.
Damn, now I'm hungry! LOL!
OK, serious right/left question. Why are most of the big time gun fans on the right ? Is it the urban/rural demographics split ? I would guess most of you that love guns are hunters or at least have some place to shoot them other then a city range.
Don't take me as anti gun lib, I was interested enough to buy a few and enjoyed shooting at the range, but most of the serious collectors seem to be from the right.
BTW, most old car collectors lean right too, so it just might be the urban/rural thing again. BTW, my first gun might be collectible by now, if I'd kept it. It was a 60's Rugar Blackhawk 357 single action with a 10 inch barrel. Useless to me, but so cool.
I was a Dem when I bought my gun. As soon as was legal, I exercised my rights to vote, and bear arms.
A lot of leftists are totemists ... they ascribe powers to objects. The gun is an object of killing power, and is feared as a corrupter of normally "peaceful" people.
They are, of course, completely and utterly bonkers.
I'm as urban as they come. I wouldn't call myself a collector, but I fancy guns. I don't like hunting, mostly because it involves killing the cute.
Guns are a defence from a lot of things. Especially when you're a smallish female.
I get the fancy part, I was into them many years ago, but not since I retired. I did keep a 9 MM in my stereo store, but that was purely a defense thing. Now that I think about my store manager was a gun lover, and he lived in the suburbs too.
re: #322 irongrampa Oh I can believe it! Wow, I did Basic and Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Dix in November, December, January and February - 68-69 - when where you there?
OK, serious right/left question. Why are most of the big time gun fans on the right ? Is it the urban/rural demographics split ? I would guess most of you that love guns are hunters or at least have some place to shoot them other then a city range.
Don't take me as anti gun lib, I was interested enough to buy a few and enjoyed shooting at the range, but most of the serious collectors seem to be from the right.
BTW, most old car collectors lean right too, so it just might be the urban/rural thing again. BTW, my first gun might be collectible by now, if I'd kept it. It was a 60's Rugar Blackhawk 357 single action with a 10 inch barrel. Useless to me, but so cool.
I defer the the Dean of Firearms,
"Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons."
"The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized."
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles." —Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government" -- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
Liberty and the First Amendment are inextricably linked.
Please do when you get the chance Hoops! I remember a buddy of mine of Italian heritage and his mom always sent him a Salami and a Pepperoni and home-baked Italian bread wrapped in tin-foil. Rest of the guys (not from anyplace where Italians lived in any significant numbers) would turn their nose up at it but we'd woof it down in nothing flat.
Strange how clearly I remember that - and that somehow the bread was always still fresh, too.
Damn, now I'm hungry! LOL!
Those are the rules Real..There is a slight chance that Parents of Marines might have broke those rules..I never saw it happen...Really...Never happens.
You have to declare on the bill of laden what is in the box at the post office..always tell the truth..
Many on the left dislike arms of any kind. To them, disarmament is something you always push for because it is good in and of itself. Thus they hate weapons. Also, self-defense involves self-reliance, which most on the left are hostile to. They want people dependent on the state.
Many, maybe, but not all. I'd suspect that a lifelong city slicker may never have thought of owning a gun, and thus suspect something they don't understand.
"Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons."
"The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized."
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles." —Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government" -- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
Liberty and the First Amendment are inextricably linked.
I think the topic of guns boils down to one thing --choice. In this country we, as individuals, have the choice to be armed or not. It is not the case in other countries.
Moonbats only want the choice to complain when Mommy doesn't bring dinner down to the basement fast enough.
Growing up, weapons were such a fact of life I never gave it a second thought. Wasn't until I met my wife and her parents that the idea that they WEREN'T a fact of life reared it's head. She, and they, thought guns were something civilized people didn't have around. Wifey was a city girl, and the years have seen a paradigm shift on her part.Now, while she yet won't shoot one, they're no longer a thing to be feared.
I'm not a 'gun guy'. I don't fetishize them, or spend quality alone time gently cleaning and oiling each perfect little spring and screw...wait, where was I going with this?...oh, yeah. I'm not a gun guy. Once I figured out that 0 at 25 yards meant 1.75 high at 100 yards meant 0 again at 200 yards and about 4.25 low at 300 yards I pretty much just quit learning.
Except for the wind. And gravity. And the breathing/heartbeat timing.
Pretty much. People who live in large cities (New York, Chicago, LA, etc) have a different concept of guns than people who live in more rural or even suburban areas.
We used to get Hershey "tropical" chocolate bars for the summer back pack trips with the Scouts in the 1960s, and they wouldn't melt. They were pretty hard and waxy , IIRC.
re: #349 OldLineTexan
"A military issue 1911A1 will cost you more than my Kimber." No Shit?
Damn that's the second weapon I shoulda kept when I got out.
I can't hardly believe that it is worth that much! I mean I do believe you, but wow.
A lot of leftists are totemists ... they ascribe powers to objects. The gun is an object of killing power, and is feared as a corrupter of normally "peaceful" people.
They are, of course, completely and utterly bonkers.
That makes sense. The old car hobby has some similar issues. A old car, needing restoration is a thing of beauty to me, while others want to pass laws saying I can't work on my own car in my yard. Their tools all fit in a kitchen drawer and don't understand the joy I have in fixing up a old car, so they want to pass a law banning it.
I'm not a 'gun guy'. I don't fetishize them, or spend quality alone time gently cleaning and oiling each perfect little spring and screw...wait, where was I going with this?...oh, yeah. I'm not a gun guy. Once I figured out that 0 at 25 yards meant 1.75 high at 100 yards meant 0 again at 200 yards and about 4.25 low at 300 yards I pretty much just quit learning.
Except for the wind. And gravity. And the breathing/heartbeat timing.
Then you load a faster burning powder, a heavier grain round and start again.
It's a head shaker alright. Power tools and ... what are some people thinking?
OK here is a true story from the life of Quixote.
When I was an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins, I had by didnt of taking organic chemistry found that I had just completed a pre-medical requirement. It was not my goal to go to medical school, but I took orgo because I thought a well rounded scientist ought to have seen it.
Anyway, I now qualified to be able to follow a doctor around at Hopkins hospital for a day. I took the oppurtunity. I went to the ER.
Now Hopkins hospital is in a bad part of the world. There are a lot of gunshot wounds and serious tragedies that come through the ER. I saw a lot of very heavy stuff.
Then this gentleman comes in. He was middle aged and well dressed.
Now I must warn all lizards here is the time to skip over to some other post if you are squeemish.
He had a problem... His problem was that he had a phone reciever in his bottom and he could not get it out. I wasn't a modern one, it was one of the old fashiond kind, with the two knobs.
The doctor asked "How did that happen?"
He said he must have sat on it.
The doctor said "I completely understand, sometimes, I'm just walking around my house naked, and I will have accidently left the phone sitting upright on the couch, covered in vasoline and, well, I'll get careless and just flump down on it."
The man smiled sheepishly.
So he was put up on a gurney and they gave him a muscle relaxant. I was standing off and to the side. The head nurse told me that I definitely wanted to stand back behind the guy where she was.
This seemed counter-intuitve to me, but I knew enough to listen to the lady. I am glad she listened, because the guy's kink was not having the phone in his bottom - it was having it pulled out. He became "very happy" for want of a more polite metaphor.
I had never in my life been more disgusted or weirded out by anything I had ever seen up to that point.
The world is certainly full of interesting people.
re: #356 ggt Hey ggt! No, not after my afternoon medicinally induced nap today.
But who knows what adventures lie ahead for me tonight!
Hope you're doing well?!
I'm not a 'gun guy'. I don't fetishize them, or spend quality alone time gently cleaning and oiling each perfect little spring and screw...wait, where was I going with this?...oh, yeah. I'm not a gun guy. Once I figured out that 0 at 25 yards meant 1.75 high at 100 yards meant 0 again at 200 yards and about 4.25 low at 300 yards I pretty much just quit learning.
Except for the wind. And gravity. And the breathing/heartbeat timing.
Nor do I use a Q tip to get the dust out of Studebaker grill molding, nor paint and detail every nut and bolt on the chassis, that would just be silly. s/
Many, maybe, but not all. I'd suspect that a lifelong city slicker may never have thought of owning a gun, and thus suspect something they don't understand.
That's why I used the words 'many' and 'most'. I know not to try to paint everyone with the same brush. I was simply attempting to describe the general principles I feel are at work on the left.
OK, serious right/left question. Why are most of the big time gun fans on the right ? Is it the urban/rural demographics split ? I would guess most of you that love guns are hunters or at least have some place to shoot them other then a city range.
Don't take me as anti gun lib, I was interested enough to buy a few and enjoyed shooting at the range, but most of the serious collectors seem to be from the right.
BTW, most old car collectors lean right too, so it just might be the urban/rural thing again. BTW, my first gun might be collectible by now, if I'd kept it. It was a 60's Rugar Blackhawk 357 single action with a 10 inch barrel. Useless to me, but so cool.
I don't know. My father is a life-long Democrat, but he loves his guns, and would own a lot more if he made more money. He's an ex-cop, and a military history enthusiast, so that may explain some of it.
But yeah, I think the lack of woods to go shoot cans in makes a difference, be it party-linked or not. When I was a kid, my dad would take me shooting in the woods, but we had to pack a lunch and DRIVE to the woods. An hour each way. Not a casual activity.
That's why I used the words 'many' and 'most'. I know not to try to paint everyone with the same brush. I was simply attempting to describe the general principles I feel are at work on the left.
re: #364 Dark_Falcon
Spot on comment my friend. Spot on.
Although I WILL say that some of my former leftist friends carried without any qualms at all. The real disconnect is that the Left believes that if you take away every citizens' guns, then we'll have a safer society. And they are wrong cause crooks ain't givin' up, period. But for some reason the Left still beieves in that meme.
How cool..My dad is a big time car guy.. ( i like driving them) We worked for Ford Mongoose racing when I was a little kid..I used to sit in the garage and watch them build racing cars..I grew up about 20 minutes from Sears point..
How cool..My dad is a big time car guy.. ( i like driving them) We He worked for Ford Mongoose racing when I was a little kid..I used to sit in the garage and watch them build racing cars..I grew up about 20 minutes from Sears point..
Got a call one night. "Unknown Medical Emergency" was the dispatch. We queried the dispatch for more information. They said the caller refused to provide more information.
This should be interesting.
We get there and a naked guy opens the door holding a towel very awkwardly in front of his privates. He sits down on the couch and removes the towel. The beater brush attached for a vacuum is in his lap.
With his personal equipment wrapped around the brush.
Seems an intimate evening with the vacuum hose alone wasn't stimulating enough so he thought he might try something a little more interesting.
Just decided to jump in prior to hitting the rack. Reading through the thread it seems to have something to do with Cognito and crabs and then guns.
Avanti seems to wonder at the attraction to guns on the right vs. the left. My theory is pretty obvious, to me at least: lefty, the elite leadership aside who will be running the fantasy of course, is drawn like a moth to flame to the whole Utopian peace on earth, imagine if you will, thing. Guns obviously have no place in this construct. Gun ownership, and all it implies, cracks that bubble and that simply is not tolerable. Fantasy separated from reality is what separates the left from the right. Never challenge lefties reality, not if you know what is good for you.
re: #376 HoosierHoops
Well I wasn't a Marine, I was an Army infantryman and it was Vietnam - I suspect the rules have changed somewhat. Hell, they don't even have my old rank in the Army these days!
Yes, indeed. He might actually be able to save the NYT. Clean out the worst of the crazies there and focus it back on reporting the news.
I wonder if the journalists at the NYT would applaud --they might actually get to print something they could be proud of. I think there are some very good journalists there --those that actually deserve the professional title of "journalist". The problem is, IMHO, those who decide what is going to be printed.
Hey MJ - and iirc, NYT stock was selling at about $4.00 a pop - common shares with no real power over the content of the paper, either.
When the NYT goes down to 5 cents a share I'm buying the whole operation..
Think I'll fire everybody..Hire all my crazy buddies and still make a million the first year..Ya with me? LOL
Nor do I use a Q tip to get the dust out of Studebaker grill molding, nor paint and detail every nut and bolt on the chassis, that would just be silly. s/
Now chances are that we're not going to find ourselves trading Christmas cards, or swapping bubblegum between classes, but I am something of a Studebaker fan, myself.
And yes, I know that the back windows of the first run of Avantis would blow out at speed. I know that they overheat. I know that the R-2 Paxton superchargers were hard on the engines (and I know that neither the Stude's 289 or 352 had anything to do with Ford at all). I know all that.
But damn, I sure like the looks of that Lowery design.
Got a call one night. "Unknown Medical Emergency" was the dispatch. We queried the dispatch for more information. They said the caller refused to provide more information.
This should be interesting.
We get there and a naked guy opens the door holding a towel very awkwardly in front of his privates. He sits down on the couch and removes the towel. The beater brush attached for a vacuum is in his lap.
With his personal equipment wrapped around the brush.
Seems an intimate evening with the vacuum hose alone wasn't stimulating enough so he thought he might try something a little more interesting.
Yeah, the things people do... My brother (an MD) had one come in who tried to "buff" himself with an electric buffer...
Avanti seems to wonder at the attraction to guns on the right vs. the left. My theory is pretty obvious, to me at least: lefty, the elite leadership aside who will be running the fantasy of course, is drawn like a moth to flame to the whole Utopian peace on earth, imagine if you will, thing. Guns obviously have no place in this construct. Gun ownership, and all it implies, cracks that bubble and that simply is not tolerable. Fantasy separated from reality is what separates the left from the right. Never challenge lefties reality, not if you know what is good for you.
This is because the right understands that human nature is relatively fixed- there will always be someone who will try to take advantage of others, and the means to prevent that is allowing for self protection.
Most of those are not surprising. The shocking one is Switzerland. The leftie group there wants to ban pump-actions. Once again, their language is that of 'disarmament'. Fools, all of them.
I should have added, for Avanti's benefit, that gun ownership and NASCAR have zip to do with rural vs urban. You are a woosie lib fantasist sheep, or you are not. I have lived in every possible political environment red, blue, purple, green or whatever. It is sense vs nonsense. simple.
How cool..My dad is a big time car guy.. ( i like driving them) We worked for Ford Mongoose racing when I was a little kid..I used to sit in the garage and watch them build racing cars..I grew up about 20 minutes from Sears point..
Lucky kid you were. I've been collecting, restoring and recently racing old Studebakers. I like to collect the rarer supercharged models, but tend to sell them and start over when they are done.
I teach in an urban area, though, and some of my kids like to shoot. They go to a local gun club and use the range there.
Apparently, once upon a time, we had a sort of improvised range in the basement of the damn school, that one of the priests put together for the campus gun club. I don't think we could get away with that these days, but we have talked about getting a school shooting club started, using other facilities. There's already a paintball club forming.
re: #395 irongrampa
Yep - that's where I was in Advanced Infantry Training! Coal stoves and all! LOL!
"hey Private realwest, this hears a pretend Vietnamese Village - how do you clear it of bad guys?"
"Well Sgt, I reckon I'd just follow those tracks in the snow and shoot wherever they ended!"
"Private realwest, drop and give me 50!"
Well, that's interesting. There is a story and some comment at Spencer's little place, and the first comment is in regards to the BNP winning elections and taking care of the muslim problem.
It looks like Robert is willing to just let everyone know that his site supports outright white racism.
I should have added, for Avanti's benefit, that gun ownership and NASCAR have zip to do with rural vs urban. You are a woosie lib fantasist sheep, or you are not. I have lived in every possible political environment red, blue, purple, green or whatever. It is sense vs nonsense. simple.
Is it necessary to own guns and watch NASCAR to avoid being a woosie lib fantasist sheep?
The BNP party of Britain is a nationalist group, yes?
Turning serious, they are the inheritors of the British brown shirts. They are xenophobic, racist, nationalistic, and quite simply fascist. They are currently focusing on hating mUslims, but they also hate Jews, Black people, and anyone who is not lilly white. They are mildly hostile to Catholics as well.
Well, that's interesting. There is a story and some comment at Spencer's little place, and the first comment is in regards to the BNP winning elections and taking care of the muslim problem.
It looks like Robert is willing to just let everyone know that his site supports outright white racism.
Well, that's interesting. There is a story and some comment at Spencer's little place, and the first comment is in regards to the BNP winning elections and taking care of the muslim problem.
It looks like Robert is willing to just let everyone know that his site supports outright white racism.
After that Facebook group he joined, can there be any doubt?
robert's been tip toeing around the fascists for quite some time now. He may as well be open about it. He has no problem with them so long as they're "fighting islamization".
re: #429 HoosierHoops
Ah, but iirc, it's the preferred shareholders (the Punch/Pinch family owns all of the preferred shares) who make all the editorial decisions. Save your money!
After that Facebook group he joined, can there be any doubt?
I'm not doubting anything. But Spencer keeps screaming about not being racist and yet this thread has 90 comments, and the BNP comment is the very first one.
He's had more than enough time to clean up that comment if he doesn't support that sort of thinking.
Sweet. I'm the proud owner of a brand new 68 RoadRunner, a clone of the one I bought in January of 69. Is yours a standard like that one? If so, it's a real rarity, amd would have to have been special ordered.
re: #431 irongrampa
Specialist 4! Same pay grade as a corporal. But Army now only has one grade of specialist - used to have spec 4's,5, and 6's when I was in.
I should have added, for Avanti's benefit, that gun ownership and NASCAR have zip to do with rural vs urban. You are a woosie lib fantasist sheep, or you are not. I have lived in every possible political environment red, blue, purple, green or whatever. It is sense vs nonsense. simple.
Actually, it is not clear that owning firearms or not makes you a woosie liberal. Also, I think that urban vs. rural makes a big difference. I grew up in rural Pa. I mean schools got an extra day off for deer season. Everyone knew how to shoot.
You really will not see that in the typical suburban environment, and the inner city kids learn about weapons for different reasons entirely.
As to not liking guns. My great uncle was a Merril's Marauder. He was hardly a pansie woosie anything. He considered that one of the things he was fightin for was to prevent his kids from ever needing to have a gun. He said he had used them enough.
re: #437 Walter L. Newton
I believe all the evidence presented by Charles would indeed indicate that the BNP is a bunch of White Supremacists and Fascists.
Now chances are that we're not going to find ourselves trading Christmas cards, or swapping bubblegum between classes, but I am something of a Studebaker fan, myself.
And yes, I know that the back windows of the first run of Avantis would blow out at speed. I know that they overheat. I know that the R-2 Paxton superchargers were hard on the engines (and I know that neither the Stude's 289 or 352 had anything to do with Ford at all). I know all that.
But damn, I sure like the looks of that Lowery design.
Let me know when you want one, I'll hook you up. You know a great deal about Studebakers, but here's some recent news you may be unaware of. We've been racing the Avanti's and Avanti engined Larks at the Pure Stock Muscle car drags for a few years and doing very well.
Nothing like seeing a 64 Studebaker take out a 427 Yenko Chevy to get the crowds attention.
We also have one guy that runs twin turbos on a 289 in a 51 Studebaker that runs in the low 10's. His name is Ted Harbit, and he's in the NHRA hall of fame for drag racing since the 60's with the same car.
Sweet. I'm the proud owner of a brand new 68 RoadRunner, a clone of the one I bought in January of 69. Is yours a standard like that one? If so, it's a real rarity, amd would have to have been special ordered.
Nice, family has been MOPAR for 3 generations, funny how that works out my truck and Van are both Dodge. The Van is just badged Dodge, it's the Benz import Dodge brought over to replace the Ram Van.
Time to call it a night. Dark Falcon, Sorry that you felt the need to ding me down tonight. But hey, Shit happens.
L8R
Good night, BHII. The downding won't be a regular thing (here's an upding to compensate). You're very good to talk and I enjoy having you around. Sleep well.
Also- Walter has an interesting email exchange, maybe he can post it again or forward it to you. And I've been watching this for quite some time. I have no problem stating that robert has fascist leanings. He's on record as saying vlaams belang is not fascist.
Careful - before we attribute to him what's said in the comments section, think how we resent it when people do that to Charles.
Until I've read that thread - and that won't happen until tomorrow - I won't have an opinion.
What Robert Spencer's up to, I cannot fathom. I'm deeply disturbed, but I want to be very careful.
I'm not attributing anything to Spencer, I simply asked a question about a political group that I wasn't totally familiar with, but which I thought I had heard that they had nationalist connections.
Well Lizards..I did it..I stayed up late and watched the Jimmy Fallon show ( i'm never here late during the week)
My review: Possibly the worst late night show I've ever seen..The writers need to be fired also Jimmy just isn't very funny..If I needed his dry humorless tone I'd just spend more time chatting with my boss over coffee at 8am every morning.. Jimmy..I knew Johnny and you are no Johnny..
when you interview somebody Jimmy...try not to be so breathless..don't faint..jeez..
I thought the The Today Show interviews were bad..
/that might have been mean..But that is my review..sorry
Is it necessary to own guns and watch NASCAR to avoid being a woosie lib fantasist sheep?
I stopped being interested stock car racing, when they stopped racing stock cars. Once, a NASCAR car was showroom stock with maybe a roll bar and shoulder harness, now they look sorta like a factory car from the stands.
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
Actually, it is not clear that owning firearms or not makes you a woosie liberal. Also, I think that urban vs. rural makes a big difference. I grew up in rural Pa. I mean schools got an extra day off for deer season. Everyone knew how to shoot.
You really will not see that in the typical suburban environment, and the inner city kids learn about weapons for different reasons entirely.
As to not liking guns. My great uncle was a Merril's Marauder. He was hardly a pansie woosie anything. He considered that one of the things he was fightin for was to prevent his kids from ever needing to have a gun. He said he had used them enough.
The pointed end of my comment was directed to those who denigrate gun owners and race enthusiasts - also known as hicks among the enlightened fantasist camp. Hell, I don't folow NASCAR either, but that is not my point.
Also- Walter has an interesting email exchange, maybe he can post it again or forward it to you. And I've been watching this for quite some time. I have no problem stating that robert has fascist leanings. He's on record as saying vlaams belang is not fascist.
"Robert, can you answer one simple question for me. This would help a lot in deciding what is really going on here. Which European political parties do you UNCONDITIONALLY condemn because of their proven ties to racist nationalism?" (Walter L. Newton email to Robert Spencer sent on Friday, November 07, 2008 1:16 PM)
And his answer...
"Actually, I am fighting jihad, and have no interest in or intention to investigate these groups. Insofar as they are fighting jihad, I applaud them. Insofar as they are doing anything else, my endorsement is not implied." (Robert Spencer email answer to Walter L. Newton sent on Sat 11/8/2008 10:39 AM)
Well y'all, I'm gonna try going to sleep at a decent hour and see if I feel more rested tomorrow!
Hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
The pointed end of my comment was directed to those who denigrate gun owners and race enthusiasts - also known as hicks among the enlightened fantasist camp. Hell, I don't folow NASCAR either, but that is not my point.
You are quite correct, however, as far as the BNP goes, that is not one of their main planks - unless I am mistaken.
It's been a while since I studied the BNP; when last I did, I reacted with deep and angry disgust to pretty much all their positions. But I noted the anti-Catholic one, because that is an interest of mine.
Lots of people study anti-semitism, and various stripes of racism, but most people ignore anti-Catholicism.
Has anyone posted this American Civics quiz yet? Apologies for redundancy. The average American's score is 49%. I got 97%, 32 out of 33. Anybody do 100%?
Due to the beefer frame on Stude pickups, most every Champ that hit our junkyard was soon cut down to make a trailer.
We destroyed, for pennies on the dollar, vehicles that would sell for astonishing prices nowadays.
I mean really, who would have expected late '60s Mopars to go for six figures?
Had you have not crushed them, the few survivors would not bring six figures. BTW, here's a collector car story that is a great read. It's one that you would have crushed without a thought.
Morning/Afternoon/Evening Lizards. I received this via email and thought I would share it.
One of my sons serves in the military, he is stationed in
Ontario , Canada . He called me yesterday To let
me know how warm and welcoming people were to
Him and his troops everywhere they go.
Telling me how people shake their hands and thank them
For being willing to serve and fight, not only for our own
Freedoms but so that others may have Freedom too.
Then he told me about an incident in the grocery store
He stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the
Base. He said that several people were in the line
Ahead of him, including a woman dressed in a Burkha.
He said when she got to the cashier, she made a loud
Remark about the Canadian Flag, lapel pin, the cashier
wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched
The pin and said,
"Yes, I always wear it proudly, because I ' m Canadian."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when
She was going to stop bombing her countrymen,
Explaining that she was Iraqi.
Then, a Gentleman standing behind my son stepped
Forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders and
nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle
Voice to the Iraqi woman:
"Lady, hundreds of thousands Of men and women like this young
man have fought and Died so that YOU could stand here,
in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR
countrymen. It is my belief that had YOU been this outspoken in
YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today.
But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so
Loudly and clearly, I ' ll gladly buy you a ticket and pay
YOUR way back to Iraq , so you can Straighten out the
Mess in YOUR Country, that you are Obviously here in
MY country to avoid."
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
Celebrate! or is it, Celebration? & The old Coke song: I'd like to teach the world to sing . . .
As I recall, Spencer has condemned the BNP but his site is full of BNP supporters. He allows it. Brussels Journal welcomed the BNP into the couterJihad movement a month or two ago. It's not really a surprise.
(Couldn't sleep. Just too keyed up. And the belt of gause ain't helping :-)
Having a "US Property" marked .45, especially if it is WWII specific (Remington Rand, etc.) can be worth as much as a high-end Kimber, almost into Wilson Combat territory. It depends on the condition, of course, but no one expects a WWII issue gun to be in pristine condition (I'd be suspicious if it was. Refinishing one will knock the bottom out of its value). Pre-WWII, I wouldn't even have seen enough of to hazard a concrete guess. Lots andlots, I'd bet you.
If I had such a prize, I wouldn't shoot it. Put it back in safekeeping. They will make more Kimbers, and even Wilson Tacticals. They aren't making more WWII issue guns.
I stepped back from the post mortum buzzard like division of my Dad's belongings when he went. His .45 WWII issue pistol ended up with my nephew. I didn't want much, but damn I wanted that pistol.
It's been a while since I studied the BNP; when last I did, I reacted with deep and angry disgust to pretty much all their positions. But I noted the anti-Catholic one, because that is an interest of mine.
Lots of people study anti-semitism, and various stripes of racism, but most people ignore anti-Catholicism.
I did not mean to ignore anything. I did mention that they are anti-Catholic, and obviously, I have a problem with that. Honestly, once I determined that they were scum, I did not look into them much more. If you feel they are much more than just "mildly" anti-Catholic, then I stand corrected.
Perhaps it is a matter of contrast, they did not seem to foam as much about Catholics as they do about other groups. Then again, I might have missed something wretched they were vomiting about Catholics also.
Had you have not crushed them, the few survivors would not bring six figures. BTW, here's a collector car story that is a great read. It's one that you would have crushed without a thought.
Morning/Afternoon/Evening Lizards. I received this via email and thought I would share it.
One of my sons serves in the military, he is stationed in
Ontario , Canada . He called me yesterday To let
me know how warm and welcoming people were to
Him and his troops everywhere they go.
Telling me how people shake their hands and thank them
For being willing to serve and fight, not only for our own
Freedoms but so that others may have Freedom too.
Then he told me about an incident in the grocery store
He stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the
Base. He said that several people were in the line
Ahead of him, including a woman dressed in a Burkha.
He said when she got to the cashier, she made a loud
Remark about the Canadian Flag, lapel pin, the cashier
wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched
The pin and said,
"Yes, I always wear it proudly, because I ' m Canadian."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when
She was going to stop bombing her countrymen,
Explaining that she was Iraqi.
Then, a Gentleman standing behind my son stepped
Forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders and
nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle
Voice to the Iraqi woman:
"Lady, hundreds of thousands Of men and women like this young
man have fought and Died so that YOU could stand here,
in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR
countrymen. It is my belief that had YOU been this outspoken in
YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today.
But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so
Loudly and clearly, I ' ll gladly buy you a ticket and pay
YOUR way back to Iraq , so you can Straighten out the
Mess in YOUR Country, that you are Obviously here in
MY country to avoid."
As I recall, Spencer has condemned the BNP but his site is full of BNP supporters. He allows it. Brussels Journal welcomed the BNP into the couterJihad movement a month or two ago. It's not really a surprise.
He wants it both ways. You can't condemn the BNP and them allow your site to advocate for them. It's like the commenters are a proxy.
He wants it both ways. You can't condemn the BNP and them allow your site to advocate for them. It's like the commenters are a proxy.
His opposition to the BNP is pretty weak and he only made one passing mention. He's had BNP supporters on his site for years (Lionheart among them) and Spencer gives them tacit support.
The First BNP comment has a +10 rating. The highest rated comment on the thread.
He clearly doesn't care if the BNP is held up as a model on his site.
It's similar to fjordy- who stopped running his own blog because he was attracting nazis. Well- when you continuously attract the same sorts of people, I'm of the mind to sit and ponder "why?"
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
"Tainted Love." Oh, and anything - anything at all - by Spandau Ballet. "True" springs forcefully to mind. And let's not forget "Don't you want me, Baby?" while we're at it.
Had you have not crushed them, the few survivors would not bring six figures. BTW, here's a collector car story that is a great read. It's one that you would have crushed without a thought.
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product.
Has anyone posted this American Civics quiz yet? Apologies for redundancy. The average American's score is 49%. I got 97%, 32 out of 33. Anybody do 100%?
Bless you Dad. What an experience, waking up like that...but he did!
Families need to work things out before a parent is lost, otherwise it can get very ugly. I have not spoken to my sister for 20 years over her really shameful behavior when my Dad died. Took 15 years through an intermediary to get a couple dozen family photos. That was it. Having grown up with her I thought I knew her, I thought wrong.
Has anyone posted this American Civics quiz yet? Apologies for redundancy. The average American's score is 49%. I got 97%, 32 out of 33. Anybody do 100%?
Has anyone posted this American Civics quiz yet? Apologies for redundancy. The average American's score is 49%. I got 97%, 32 out of 33. Anybody do 100%?
I missed one, but I don't understand their answer.
33) If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent
They said D, but, how is that possible with a progressive tax? While, if I do not spend more then I take in, I am not in debt for the year. Am I just really tired and missing something?
"Macho Sauce Productions promotes these basic positions:
You believe we are one mighty nation under All Mighty God.
(Anyone in the world can be part of the All Mighty's Nation)
We're a constitutional republic, not a democracy.
You believe your first fruits belong to God, not Government.
You believe capitalism is the best enabler of hiring power, and charitable contributions.
You believe capitalism promotes strong individualism, to make us elements of a stronger whole.
You believe public school is great, but school choice is greater.
You believe competitive based health care is better than government rationed health care.
You believe people would do better to pay into their own retirement, instead of being forced to pay into someone else's.
You believe the Declaration of Independence says you must have Life before liberty, and happy pursuits.
You believe we don't need permission to defend ourselves, and that we're not interested in taking over other countries, only protecting ourselves and our allies from those who threaten us with the capability of acting on it, or who actually attack us.
You believe the 2nd Amendment is essential for protecting ourselves when government can't, and from the government themselves should they grossly misinterpret the Constitution, or ignore it.
If you support the above stated, get a shirt, and spread the Macho Sauce!"
Pamela and Spencer have both gone over to the other side, and now? There is no turning back for them. Nor can either of them deny their words, as they are there for the sane world to see.
Pamela is an attention whore who will say or do anything for the attention...she reminds me more and more of Gloria Swanson, in 'Sunset Boulevard'.
I missed one, but I don't understand their answer.
33) If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent
They said D, but, how is that possible with a progressive tax? While, if I do not spend more then I take in, I am not in debt for the year. Am I just really tired and missing something?
That's the one I missed too, they are using Keynesian economics, with Keynes D would be correct. The also conflate debt and deficit, debt is not necessarily bad, large ticket items may entail debt. Deficit is bad, spending more than comes in.
Bless you Dad. What an experience, waking up like that...but he did!
Families need to work things out before a parent is lost, otherwise it can get very ugly. I have not spoken to my sister for 20 years over her really shameful behavior when my Dad died. Took 15 years through an intermediary to get a couple dozen family photos. That was it. Having grown up with her I thought I knew her, I thought wrong.
My husband lost his dad and grandma in about a 3 month span, and absolutely refused to participate in squabbling over who got what... he never wanted anything of value so luckily the vultures left the important stuff (photos, keepsakes...that kind of thing)...it's really sad
That's the one I missed too, they are using Keynesian economics, with Keynes D would be correct. The also conflate debt and deficit, debt is not necessarily bad, large ticket items may entail debt. Deficit is bad, spending more than comes in.
But we don't have pure Keynsian economics... I call foul!
Pamela and Spencer have both gone over to the other side, and now? There is no turning back for them. Nor can either of them deny their words, as they are there for the sane world to see.
Pamela is an attention whore who will say or do anything for the attention...she reminds me more and more of Gloria Swanson, in 'Sunset Boulevard'.
I missed one, but I don't understand their answer.
33) If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent
They said D, but, how is that possible with a progressive tax? While, if I do not spend more then I take in, I am not in debt for the year. Am I just really tired and missing something?
I missed that too. I don't get it. Tax doesn't get taxed evenly, or spent evenly.
A person with six kids in public schools is using more tax money than a person with no kids in school. People use all kinds of different services, or don't. Can someone explain it to me?
Also, it does not, uh, come across entirely unbiased, although thank God they actually know where 'separation of church and state' comes from, unlike an oddball I had an argument with at a party a while back.
I missed that too. I don't get it. Tax doesn't get taxed evenly, or spent evenly.
A person with six kids in public schools is using more tax money than a person with no kids in school. People use all kinds of different services, or don't. Can someone explain it to me?
The premiss of their question is incorrect.
In simplistic terms in a Keynesian system Total Revenue / Population compared to Total Spending / Population.
Grossly over simplified and using an incorrect economic model.
I missed that too. I don't get it. Tax doesn't get taxed evenly, or spent evenly.
A person with six kids in public schools is using more tax money than a person with no kids in school. People use all kinds of different services, or don't. Can someone explain it to me?
The answer they wanted was that if you have 100 people pay x dollars in taxes, and the govt spends exactly x dollars, then the average tax per person = the average amount spent per person by the government, i.e. x/100 = x/100.
To JCM we have a right to over analize because we are white and nerdy damnit and when I was a boy I was taught the following by my parents:
A = Adequate
B = Bad
C = Catastrophe
D = Don't even want to think about it.
The Total Number of people who voted in this poll: 102940
1) Who is most to blame for America’s current economic crisis?
75% voted: Democrats and US Congress
10% voted: The Bush Administration
2% voted: Wall Street
10% voted: Banks and sub-prime lenders
1% voted: Real estate and mortgage professionals
0% voted: Investors
1% voted: Home buyers
2) Do you agree government bailouts are the answer to America’s financial crisis?
6% voted: Yes
89% voted: No
5% voted: Undecided
3) Do you believe the American taxpayers should have to foot the bill for our financial systems mistakes?
7% voted: Yes, we have to or we’ll end up in a prolonged recession or worse a depression.
23% voted: No, America is too far in debt already.
67% voted: Absolutely not, the American people should never be responsible for bailing out the private sector.
2% voted: Undecided
4) Do you believe the government bailouts will ultimately rescue our country's financial system?
7% voted: Yes
87% voted: No
6% voted: Undecided
5) Do you believe Barack Obama was the best choice to handle the country's future economic policy?
11% voted: Yes
86% voted: No
3% voted: Undecided
Pamela and Spencer have both gone over to the other side, and now? There is no turning back for them. Nor can either of them deny their words, as they are there for the sane world to see.
Pamela is an attention whore who will say or do anything for the attention...she reminds me more and more of Gloria Swanson, in 'Sunset Boulevard'.
The Total Number of people who voted in this poll: 102940
1) Who is most to blame for America’s current economic crisis?
75% voted: Democrats and US Congress
10% voted: The Bush Administration
2% voted: Wall Street
10% voted: Banks and sub-prime lenders
1% voted: Real estate and mortgage professionals
0% voted: Investors
1% voted: Home buyers
2) Do you agree government bailouts are the answer to America’s financial crisis?
6% voted: Yes
89% voted: No
5% voted: Undecided
3) Do you believe the American taxpayers should have to foot the bill for our financial systems mistakes?
7% voted: Yes, we have to or we’ll end up in a prolonged recession or worse a depression.
23% voted: No, America is too far in debt already.
67% voted: Absolutely not, the American people should never be responsible for bailing out the private sector.
2% voted: Undecided
4) Do you believe the government bailouts will ultimately rescue our country's financial system?
7% voted: Yes
87% voted: No
6% voted: Undecided
5) Do you believe Barack Obama was the best choice to handle the country's future economic policy?
11% voted: Yes
86% voted: No
3% voted: Undecided
Not necessarily debating with everything there, but it would seem clear to me that the poll was of a certain cut of the populace and not particularly representative. More representative numbers would be much different.
Wednesday, my son in law's Mum, who I adore, had her leg amputated. She has cancer. I won't go into the details, but this should have been done at least 2 years ago. She was in excellent hospitals and medical centers, too.
She has a tough road ahead, but has battled cancer once before, and knocked it out and never looked back.
I do not want to give her name, but any prayers for her complete recovery would be appreciated. She has been there for anyone who needed help, and now? We are all there for her. Explaining to our 2 1/2 year old grandson will be difficult, as he notices everything, and will question the prostheses, etc. She will go from the hospital to a rehab facility.
Kiss your easily-available electricity at (somewhat) affordable rates goodbye. Obama's insane leftist kook base is on the march.
Ah, er, actually it's true that coal-fired generators produce the most CO2 per Kwh of electricity. This isn't insanity. It's reality. Reality really is real, both when we're talking evolution, and when we're talking CO2.
What to do about it is a good question. Bjorn Lomborg suggests we just ride it out and pay the price of mitigation. With plenty of coal-fired electricity, we can just run the air conditioners ever more.
I've got my doubts. Lomborg is an economist, and economists don't take the long view. They make a mistake to think that the discount rate for future wealth is 7%, or 5%, or 2%. It's actually almost zero. Seen through the lens of centuries, that is, it's almost zero. A one percent growth rate in food production per capita, sustained over the past thousand years, would have seen us each eating sixteen thousand times as much as the peasants of 1009. We haven't had that much of an improvement in standards of living. For all of those centuries being times of amazing progress, one percent is a staggering rate of change.
We should be wary of thinking that super-insane humongously rich future people will easily be able to pay the cost of global warming out of pocket change, should it come to pass.
Even if you grant that global warming is a problem and that we need to curb carbon emissions, Obama's Cap and Trade scheme invites corruption, maximizes disruptive side effects, and must end in failure. It will be much more expensive than an open, honest plain old tax on fossil CO2 emissions would be. Because of its cost and its disruptive effects, it will fail. Either it will be rescinded, or it will fail as loopholes are put in place, one after the other, for all the friends of O, until the scheme leaks like a sieve that has had all its wire rust out.
Wednesday, my son in law's Mum, who I adore, had her leg amputated. She has cancer. I won't go into the details, but this should have been done at least 2 years ago. She was in excellent hospitals and medical centers, too.
She has a tough road ahead, but has battled cancer once before, and knocked it out and never looked back.
I do not want to give her name, but any prayers for her complete recovery would be appreciated. She has been there for anyone who needed help, and now? We are all there for her. Explaining to our 2 1/2 year old grandson will be difficult, as he notices everything, and will question the prostheses, etc. She will go from the hospital to a rehab facility.
Ah, er, actually it's true that coal-fired generators produce the most CO2 per Kwh of electricity. This isn't insanity. It's reality. Reality really is real, both when we're talking evolution, and when we're talking CO2.
What to do about it is a good question. Bjorn Lomborg suggests we just ride it out and pay the price of mitigation. With plenty of coal-fired electricity, we can just run the air conditioners ever more.
I've got my doubts. Lomborg is an economist, and economists don't take the long view. They make a mistake to think that the discount rate for future wealth is 7%, or 5%, or 2%. It's actually almost zero. Seen through the lens of centuries, that is, it's almost zero. A one percent growth rate in food production per capita, sustained over the past thousand years, would have seen us each eating sixteen thousand times as much as the peasants of 1009. We haven't had that much of an improvement in standards of living. For all of those centuries being times of amazing progress, one percent is a staggering rate of change.
We should be wary of thinking that super-insane humongously rich future people will easily be able to pay the cost of global warming out of pocket change, should it come to pass.
Even if you grant that global warming is a problem and that we need to curb carbon emissions, Obama's Cap and Trade scheme invites corruption, maximizes disruptive side effects, and must end in failure. It will be much more expensive than an open, honest plain old tax on fossil CO2 emissions would be. Because of its cost and its disruptive effects, it will fail. Either it will be rescinded, or it will fail as loopholes are put in place, one after the other, for all the friends of O, until the scheme leaks like a sieve that has had all its wire rust out.
That was really well written. The only technology that we have in hand that can provide the elctricity we need and reduce emissions is fission. The math just does not add up for any other resource. That does not mean that there isn't a lot we can help by using a lot more solar, but all of these so called "economic" fixes do not reflect the real world physics.
Thank you! I just got this from a friend 's son...Israelis, who live in the SF area. I have known them for nearly 50 years...
Mayonnaise Jar & Two Beers...
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and
proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed..
'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else---the small stuff.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small
stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Spend time with your children.
Spend time with your parents.
Visit with grandparents.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your spouse out to dinner.
Play another 18.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented.
The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.' The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.
I saw a movie when I seven years old where some civil war soldiers got in a hot air balloon and crashed on an Island that had giant creatures including a giant crab. The pushed the giant crab into boiling volcanic pool of water and eated it and Captain Nemo was there. What movie was that?
Yes, that's the only one I missed. I still don't understand it.
33) If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent
Their answer (D) works like this.
A country has 100 people and raises $100 in tax revenue, so the average tax is $1 per person. The country then spends $100 for an average of $1 per person.
The answer A doesn't make sense since debt is longer term. Deficit is spending more than income. Debt is long term like a loan and not necessarily bad, car, house, business loans.
C and E are plain silly.
D doesn't hold up to examination since taxes aren't collected or spent on an "average."
The correct answer would be the government does not have a deficit, it's income is equal to it's spending.
I missed 4. 3 history questions and #30, "decrease taxes, increase spending", which I knew was incorrect, but long run, the "right answer" is just bad business.
On topic :)
My favorite Biology Prof was Monty Lloyd who did a slide show for what today would be called an Ecology class. Such things were just becoming popular then. He was an entertaining fellow who told us he had two families in two countries and used slide shows to describe various fauna and their habitats. He was good and knew his stuff. We were all 18 or 19 year olds. I still remember when he put one slide in a series of 50 or more up and it was a Common Louse. Without missing a beat he said "If you've ever had crabs you know what a bitch these are" and then he went to the next slide. He never did make Full Professor, during Vietnam he just gave everyone an A so they wouldn't have to face the draft, and forgot to stop the year the draft ended. Remember that back then Chicago was the home of the Gentleman's D. Nowadays some pinhead would probably destroy his free spirit with a sexual harassment complaint.
I guess I see what they're getting at, but it's a thin tautology -- "We spend as much as we get from everyone so everybody gets their money back because we spent all we took in." I'm certainly not an economist, but there's probably an economic principle or theory at work there. I'd just call it non-deficit non-surplus spending.
I simply do not understand the posts here. Over 600 posts on an important topic regarding genetically engineered giant crabs, and people are talking about all kinds of irrelevant silliness, like tephones stuck in rectums and God knows what else.
There's a place to discuss such stuff.
I want to know more about these crabs. I don't think we should dismiss the pros and cons without more serious discussion.
Consider for a moment any beauty in the name Ralph. -- In an interview with Joan Rivers who had just asked him why he gave his children such odd names, Frank gave the reply above.
Frank says:
