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Commit them to memory.
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And then everything will be groovy.
UPDATE at 3/13/09 2:55:31 pm:
Now closed, with 80 hatchlings on a fine sunny Friday afternoon.
1179 comments
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Nevergiveup Fri, Mar 13, 2009 1:55:26pm |
Maybe I should get my wife to register? Nah, then I'd have to behave.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Mar 13, 2009 1:55:36pm |
And let me be the second to welcome the newbies.
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Ghost707 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 1:55:42pm |
Are we still America, or have we become North Mexico?
Only time will tell.
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HelloDare Fri, Mar 13, 2009 1:56:10pm |
I find the term "Friday Afternoon Open" a little harsh.
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Boxy_brown Fri, Mar 13, 2009 1:57:06pm |
Your Orientation:
Them clothes got laundry numbers on them. You remember your number and always wear the ones that has your number. Any man forgets his number spends a night in the box. These here spoons you keep with you. Any man loses his spoon spends a night in the box. There's no playing grab-ass or fighting in the building. You got a grudge against another man, you fight him Saturday afternoon. Any man playing grab-ass or fighting in the building spends a night in the box. First bell's at five minutes of eight when you will get in your bunk. Last bell is at eight. Any man not in his bunk at eight spends the night in the box. There is no smoking in the prone position in bed. To smoke you must have both legs over the side of your bunk. Any man caught smoking in the prone position in bed... spends a night in the box. You get two sheets. Every Saturday, you put the clean sheet on the top... the top sheet on the bottom... and the bottom sheet you turn in to the laundry boy. Any man turns in the wrong sheet spends a night in the box. No one'll sit in the bunks with dirty pants on. Any man with dirty pants on sitting on the bunks spends a night in the box. Any man don't bring back his empty pop bottle spends a night in the box. Any man loud talking spends a night in the box. You got questions, you come to me. I'm Carr, the floor walker. I'm responsible for order in here. Any man don't keep order spends a night in..the box.
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Kragar Fri, Mar 13, 2009 1:57:45pm |
Ah, an open thread.
Just scheduled a nice big game of 40k this weekend. My entire Cadian Mechanized Infantry Brigade versus my buddies Tyranid swarm. I expect a high body count on both sides.
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Wishing Fri, Mar 13, 2009 1:58:04pm |
Welcome newbies, please clean up your shells upon arrival and be sure to tend to the beverage needs of your elders.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 1:58:39pm |
I only came to say I must be going. Have a great weekend, Lizards.
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6pat6 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 1:59:46pm |
It's a crazy day today.
Ciao, y'all. That's from southern Italy, ya know!
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:00:25pm |
Quick, someone tell the Vatican to register!
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:00:53pm |
Welcome to the Friday Hopen Best Dow Week of 2009 Cocktail Party. Conga line forms to the left. You will need your Lizard credentials and a permission slip from your mother to drink. It's a cash bar; gold, silver, or Zionist Conspiracy Script only, please. Now if you would be so kind as to place your forehead on this pad and stare straight into the light with your left eye ... thank you. Please enter.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:01:31pm |
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:01:45pm |
Forget the New Meat, Where's the Beer?
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:02:04pm |
Time to replenish the troll stock; there has been a dearth of gamy buttocks lately, and the Lizards are growing a tad hungry...
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:02:23pm |
re: #13 Spare O'Lake
Quick, someone tell the Vatican to register!
I'll tell Ratzinger when he gets back from his beer run.
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JustABill Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:02:24pm |
Welcome hatchlings and anyone changing their socks...
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Kragar Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:02:26pm |
re: #17 Conservative in Liberal Hands
Forget the New Meat, Where's the Beer?
New Meat was supposed to bring it.
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:02:30pm |
re: #17 Conservative in Liberal Hands
Forget the New Meat, Where's the Beer?
Beat me to it! Come on, Newbies, I'm thirsty!
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:02:50pm |
Will the creation of new hatchlings result in the evolution of new threads! Stay tuned...
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jjmckay1216 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:02:51pm |
can i order the gamey buttocks burger? extra hot sauce mmm
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:02:58pm |
re: #19 Killgore Trout
I'll tell Ratzinger when he gets back from his beer run.
Ah, yes. New guy buys.
/
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:03:08pm |
Welcome newbies - read the rules - read them again - you dont' want to make an early acquaintance with Stinky's wrench!
Otherwise - enjoy!
Oh - and mine's a Paddy, seeing that St Patrick's Day is just round the corner!
:-)
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:03:09pm |
Beer, Beer, Beer, Beer...
{Happy Friday All!}
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Karmapolice Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:03:10pm |
You know, I've been registered for awhile, but I was just thinking about how it took me three years of being a regular to LGF to finally happen to be on during a open registration.
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simonml Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:03:31pm |
Willkommen! Play by the rules...
or if you don't want to, at least be entertaining before you get banned
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Diamond Bullet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:03:44pm |
The Obama Administration has announced that the phrase "troll" is henceforth to be replaced with the term "foreign counter-arguer deserving of consideration and respect." Please revise posts accordingly.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:03:48pm |
Good Afternoon Lizards!
I wonder if you get good or bad karma registering on Friday the 13th..
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:03:53pm |
What's the over and under on the sock puppet count?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:03pm |
re: #29 Kobalt
FINALLY! I'M IN!
I feel a l'il better already
OK, here's a ding for ya.
Now where's the beer?
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brookly red Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:07pm |
(Hmmm, if I re-register can I get my "n" back)?
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:08pm |
re: #28 Karmapolice Welcome - upding for the name. Is it too late to change mine to Karmawhore?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:09pm |
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:13pm |
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eschew_obfuscation Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:25pm |
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:32pm |
re: #13 Spare O'Lake
Quick, someone tell the Vatican to register!
How do we know that one of their lower prelates isn't a Lizard - but hasn't confessed to the Pope yet?
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cichco Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:39pm |
*waves*
hiii... can california haz missiles now?
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:39pm |
Report: U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Drone Flying Over Iraq
Are they getting impatient waiting for their unicorn?
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KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:04:56pm |
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:05:20pm |
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Kragar Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:05:28pm |
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:05:30pm |
re: #29 Kobalt
FINALLY! I'M IN!
I feel a l'il better already
Welcome, lizard named after tools from Lowe's.
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:05:51pm |
re: #19 Killgore Trout
I'll tell Ratzinger when he gets back from his beer run.
When does he usually get bock?
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HoosierHoops Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:06:05pm |
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:06:07pm |
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simonml Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:06:22pm |
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Karmapolice Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:06:25pm |
re: #37 DaddyG
Welcome - upding for the name. Is it too late to change mine to Karmawhore?
I'm not knew daddyg, I've been registered for over a year now. I was just commenting on how I was a big fan of LGF for years before I finally got lucky and was reading when an opening came up. I was so excited!
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:06:41pm |
re: #40 Alaska Kim
Hi folks.
Here's hoping you're not related to Alexa Kim; that one was tossed after going on a gratuitous and revengeful downdinging rampage.
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:06:42pm |
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Boxy_brown Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:06:46pm |
re: #16 Killgore Trout
...And don't put your dirt in Boss Keane's ditch...
Failure to communicate I see.
Here, another orientation clip before I split.
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Alaska Kim Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:06:49pm |
re: #47 DaddyG
Nope! I wish.
We are still getting nailed with snow.
Four weeks til Vegas.
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eschew_obfuscation Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:07:17pm |
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:07:29pm |
re: #57 Karmapolice
I'm not knew daddyg, I've been registered for over a year now. I was just commenting on how I was a big fan of LGF for years before I finally got lucky and was reading when an opening came up. I was so excited!
OK - You just passed your one year anniversary though. Take the ding for that!
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Alaska Kim Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:07:44pm |
re: #53 HoosierHoops
Kim! Missed you! what has been going on?
Not much. I quit smoking, and wouldn't you know I've been sicker than a dog!
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:07:45pm |
re: #32 HoosierHoops
Good Afternoon Lizards!
I wonder if you get good or bad karma registering on Friday the 13th..
Hey my Karma hit 1300 today and stayed there all mornining. I've been looking aver my shoulder ever since.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:07:47pm |
re: #63 Alaska Kim
Nope! I wish.
We are still getting nailed with snow.
Four weeks til Vegas.
Vegas is closing in three weeks...you didn't get the memo?
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purple Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:07:47pm |
Hello-
My name is purple and I am constructed of new meat. I'll be going on a beer run later, anybody need anything?
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Kobalt Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:07:56pm |
Thanks for all of your kind welcomes...I heard a rumor about...beer? I'm a rightie spending some time in Washington so you know I need one!
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simonml Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:08:22pm |
re: #69 purple
Hello-
My name is purple and I am constructed of new meat. I'll be going on a beer run later, anybody need anything?
Beer. I'll drink any kind... except French. ew
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Miss Molly Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:08:23pm |
taxfreekiller -- sanity may be way overrated in these times!
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Alaska Kim Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:08:28pm |
re: #60 Salamantis
Here's
hoping you're not related to Alexa Kim; that one was tossed after going
on a gratuitous and revengeful downdinging rampage.
Naw! i'm the nice kim!
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Kragar Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:08:32pm |
re: #56 simonml
I'll take the under.
/slips Charles a note offering the usual cut
I'll take that bet.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:08:49pm |
re: #13 Spare O'Lake
Quick, someone tell the Vatican to register!
Leading to an epic battle between the Vatican and KT on a bad day?
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:09:04pm |
re: #69 purple
Hello-
My name is purple and I am constructed of new meat. I'll be going on a beer run later, anybody need anything?
Alcohol . . .and make it cold please.
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Kragar Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:09:32pm |
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Alaska Kim Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:09:45pm |
re: #68 albusteve
Vegas is closing in three weeks...you didn't get the memo?
no, but Elton John is closing on April 22. That's why i have a ticket to see him on April 11!
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callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:09:45pm |
re: #28 Karmapolice
You know, I've been registered for awhile, but I was just thinking about how it took me three years of being a regular to LGF to finally happen to be on during a open registration.
Yep, those times of lurking.
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:09:51pm |
re: #69 purple
Hello-
My name is purple and I am constructed of new meat. I'll be going on a beer run later, anybody need anything?
Welcome!
What about a Guinness - in honour of the coming St Patrick's Day?
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simonml Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:09:52pm |
re: #75 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
/slips Charles a note offering the usual cut
I'll take that bet.
I bet my whole Zionist check. Cmon big moneyyy!
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KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:09:56pm |
re: #76 Dianna
Leading to an epic battle between the Vatican and KT on a bad day?
Lol, I'm having enough trouble keeping up reading the threads without that one.
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Kobalt Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:09:59pm |
re: #50 Ward Cleaver
...fist thing that came to mind had to think fast before registration closed!
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jjmckay1216 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:10:06pm |
can u add an order of hot wings, too, purple?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:10:09pm |
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:10:23pm |
re: #69 purple
Hello-
My name is purple and I am constructed of new meat. I'll be going on a beer run later, anybody need anything?
A nice little Petite Sirah would be very welcome.
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Karmapolice Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:10:26pm |
So how long before the Fairness Doctrine is passed with an amendment banning conservative blogs?
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lostlakehiker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:10:26pm |
Welcome to the threads, newly scalys. Here's something the host can't very well claim outright, but for what it's worth, here it is: the quality of discourse in here is high. Stick around and read for a while and it'll begin to sink in. Even in flame wars, the combatants support their opinions with links to reputable sources or with careful argument. Illiterate venting is rare. So have a little respect. The author of a post, even a whimsical one, probably has a lot on the ball. (That doesn't immunize him from being wrong. It's fair enough to call somebody wrong. )
Pun threads are instructive. You'll be amazed how many ingenious twists our community can braid together just in a bout of one-upmanship.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:10:38pm |
re: #69 purple
Hello-
My name is purple and I am constructed of new meat. I'll be going on a beer run later, anybody need anything?
Hi there! Are you related to the Haze or the Rain Family?
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:10:57pm |
re: #69 purple
Hello-
My name is purple and I am constructed of new meat. I'll be going on a beer run later, anybody need anything?
I have no problems except time and money. Got any to spare?
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baritone Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:07pm |
New guy here. I mostly read, because I can't spell for beans. Spell checkers be damned!
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Kragar Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:11pm |
re: #92 HoosierHoops
Hi there! Are you related to the Haze or the Rain Family?
RUN! ITS A PEOPLE EATER!
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Ghost707 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:19pm |
Glen Beck has, I think, started the revolution.
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Desert Dog Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:24pm |
re: #3 Ghost707
Are we still America, or have we become North Mexico?
Only time will tell.
No habla, mi amigo
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:32pm |
Hitchens on the latest stupidity regarding the Taliban and Pakistan -
...[O]ne should be careful of the seductions of this compromise. In a wishful attempt to bring peace with the Taliban in Pakistan itself, the government has recently ceded a fertile and prosperous and modernized valley province—the former princedom of Swat—to the ultraviolent votaries of the one party and the one God. This is not some desolate tribal area where government and frontier have been poorly delineated for decades, as in Waziristan. It is a short commute from the capital city of Islamabad. The Taliban have never won an election in the area; indeed, the last vote went exactly the other way. And refugees are pouring out of Swat as the fundamentalists take hold and begin their campaign of cultural and economic obliteration: no music, no schooling for females, no recognition of the writ of the central government. (See the excellent report by Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah in the March 5 New York Times.)According to this and other reports, the surrender of authority by the already crumbling Pakistani authorities has had an emboldening effect on the extremists rather than an appeasing one. The nominal interlocutor, Maulana Sufi Muhammad, with whom the deal was signed, is related by clan and ideology to much fiercer and younger figures, including those suspected in the murder of Benazir Bhutto, in the burning of hundreds of girls' schools, in the killing of Pakistani soldiers, and in the slaughter of local tribal leaders who have resisted Taliban rule. Numberless witnesses attest that the militants show not the smallest intention of abiding by the terms of the so-called "truce." Instead of purchasing peace, the Pakistani government has surrendered part of its heartland without a fight to those who can and will convert it into a base for further and more exorbitant demands. This is not even a postponement of the coming nightmare, which is the utter disintegration of Pakistan as a state. It is a stage in that disintegration.
In Afghanistan and Iraq, where many very hard-line Muslims take the side of the elected governments against the nihilists, there is also a determined NATO or coalition presence that can bring firepower to bear as part of the argument. This was the necessary if not sufficient condition for the "awakening" movements on which Gen. David Petraeus relied and still relies. But even in default of that factor, the handing over of large swaths of sovereign and strategic territory to the enemy was never a part of any such plan, and it would have been calamitous if it had been.
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:33pm |
re: #76 Dianna
Leading to an epic battle between the Vatican and KT on a bad day?
My money would be on the Vatican, teeheehee!
They've been schooled in argueing for so much longer than KT ...
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:39pm |
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:41pm |
re: #66 Alaska Kim
I was talkin' to the owner of a local Bodega. He tells me that cigarettes are going up in price to $10 bucks per pack at his store. Says he's not making very much on each pack. makes me very happy that I quit more than 25 years ago.
The initial two weeks are the toughest, then you have to fight off the behavioral queues - drinking coffee, after meals, after sex, in a bar, etc.
Hang in there and here's hoping that you make it!
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:42pm |
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:11:57pm |
re: #70 Kobalt
Thanks for all of your kind welcomes...I heard a rumor about...beer? I'm a rightie spending some time in Washington so you know I need one!
So buy us one already!
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Nevergiveup Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:12:01pm |
re: #94 baritone
New guy here. I mostly read, because I can't spell for beans. Spell checkers be damned!
Everyone can spell, it's just that some don't spell write?
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snowcrash Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:12:21pm |
re: #96 Ghost707
He is a very emotional guy. Waiting to see the interview with Marcus Luttrell.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:12:22pm |
re: #85 KitchenQueen
Lol, I'm having enough trouble keeping up reading the threads without that one.
I vote for watching from behind a solid plate of bullet-proof glass. That periodically gets sluiced down to remove the blood and body bits.
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Karmapolice Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:12:50pm |
re: #94 baritone
New guy here. I mostly read, because I can't spell for beans. Spell checkers be damned!
neither can I. Welcome!
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:13:03pm |
re: #66 Alaska Kim
Not much. I quit smoking, and wouldn't you know I've been sicker than a dog!
{Alaska Kim}...hope you feel better soon.
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:13:09pm |
I am boycotting Big Tobacco; I buy my shag in bulk, along with Tops rolling papers. It works out to less than ten bucks a carton.
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Alaska Kim Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:13:27pm |
re: #101 Conservative in Liberal Hands
I
was talkin' to the owner of a local Bodega. He tells me that cigarettes
are going up in price to $10 bucks per pack at his store. Says he's not
making very much on each pack. makes me very happy that I quit more
than 25 years ago.The initial two weeks are the toughest, then
you have to fight off the behavioral queues - drinking coffee, after
meals, after sex, in a bar, etc.Hang in there and here's hoping that you make it!
I quit cold turkey 3 weeks ago. Now i have these damn anxiety attacks that have sent me to the E.R. 3 times. They're awful, and I have to take meds for it. I felt better when I was smoking!
Thanks for the well wishes though.
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:13:30pm |
re: #82 callahan23
Yep, those times of lurking.
Worst times evah!
Well - reading threads about doors opening and closing while not there were actually even wosre - the pits, actually ...
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:13:36pm |
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:13:37pm |
re: #94 baritone
New guy here. I mostly read, because I can't spell for beans. Spell checkers be damned!
Ours appears to be British in its inspiration.
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Miss Molly Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:13:40pm |
I do love St Patrick's Day. A little something to smile about next week.
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:13:51pm |
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:13:55pm |
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:14:27pm |
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:14:28pm |
re: #91 lostlakehiker
Pun threads are instructive. You'll be amazed how many ingenious twists our community can braid together just in a bout of one-upmanship.
I resemble that remark.
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KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:14:40pm |
re: #94 baritone
New guy here. I mostly read, because I can't spell for beans. Spell checkers be damned!
Welcome!
I mostly read, too, but I love my upding button.
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UFO TOFU Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:14:45pm |
I don't agree with all of these, put the first poster seems appropriate.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:14:45pm |
re: #99 yma o hyd
My money would be on the Vatican, teeheehee!
They've been schooled in argueing for so much longer than KT ...
Yes, but they trained KT.
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:15:16pm |
re: #121 scottishbuzzsaw
Now I'm thinking about that ale you mentioned! I DID get me some M&M cookies after the "cookie thread" the other day. :)
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:15:21pm |
re: #76 Dianna
Leading to an epic battle between the Vatican and KT on a bad day?
Yes, there would be that side-benefit.
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:15:31pm |
re: #94 baritone
Welcome! I note that your Tenor is better than the rest.
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:15:31pm |
re: #91 lostlakehiker
Pun threads are instructive. You'll be amazed how many ingenious twists our community can braid together just in a bout of one-upmanship.
I enjoy the fun upmanship.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:15:36pm |
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:15:50pm |
re: #94 baritone
New guy here. I mostly read, because I can't spell for beans. Spell checkers be damned!
Welcome!
Don't worry about spelling too much - whats more interesting is, with that nic: do you actually sing?
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Alaska Kim Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:15:52pm |
re: #123 Chicago Blonde
(((Alaska Kim)))
*holds out can of Almond Roca*
These help?
I'll try anything!
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:15:54pm |
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:15:58pm |
re: #125 KitchenQueen
I mostly read, too, but I love my upding button.
I'm addicted to updinging...is there a 12 step group to help?
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Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:16:29pm |
Hassan pleads 'not guilty' in decapitation killing of wife
Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan today was ordered to remain jailed without bail after pleading not guilty to second-degree murder charges in the slaying and beheading of his wife in February in Orchard Park.
/it was loose, yeah, that's the ticket, just kinda fell off
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:16:38pm |
re: #94 baritone
New guy here. I mostly read, because I can't spell for beans. Spell checkers be damned!
Baritone? Sing us some "Old Man River".
/like paul robeson
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Alaska Kim Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:17:09pm |
re: #138 scottishbuzzsaw
I'm addicted to updinging...is there a 12 step group to help?
try the patch!
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:17:17pm |
re: #122 taxfreekiller
Hell whats the use, the links tfk uses get banned as fringe thinking any how, tfk loves the fringe, its wavy like the navy.
I think the links that count are the ones in spin-offs, not those in the threads.
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:17:26pm |
People who are still smoking but wanna stop can buy licorice root to chew. It gives you something to do with your mouth, and makes cigarettes taste hella nasty.
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simonml Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:17:40pm |
re: #128 Chicago Blonde
Now I'm thinking about that ale you mentioned! I DID get me some M&M cookies after the "cookie thread" the other day. :)
It made me want to get an enemy combatant just a few minutes ago. Weird. Just playing.
I agree about the ale though or a Guinness even. Sounds delish
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:17:58pm |
re: #144 Salamantis
People who are still smoking but wanna stop can buy licorice root to chew. It gives you something to do with your mouth, and makes cigarettes taste hella nasty.
Thank you, I'll tell my brother about that. He's trying to quit too.
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jjmckay1216 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:18:01pm |
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:18:09pm |
re: #128 Chicago Blonde
Now I'm thinking about that ale you mentioned! I DID get me some M&M cookies after the "cookie thread" the other day. :)
Oh, good choice for cookies...seems our newbies are a little slow delivering the drinks...would you like an ale from my private stash?
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Alaska Kim Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:18:22pm |
re: #144 Salamantis
People who are still smoking but wanna stop can buy licorice root to
chew. It gives you something to do with your mouth, and makes
cigarettes taste hella nasty.
I've heard black licorice helps.
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:18:33pm |
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callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:18:39pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:18:51pm |
re: #139 Killian Bundy
Hassan pleads 'not guilty' in decapitation killing of wife
/it was loose, yeah, that's the ticket, just kinda fell off
After he told her he was divorcing her, she lost her head.
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:18:53pm |
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:19:16pm |
Just don't try to upding yourself. That can end up being very messy.
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:19:22pm |
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:19:25pm |
re: #145 simonml
I'm debating what I want. I'm thinking fajitas for dinner so that'll be the deciding factor.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:19:34pm |
re: #141 Chicago Blonde
Happy Friday! Finally here!
Happy Friday the 13th!
I'm ready for the annual audit! I'm writing (so I'm anti social, but happy)!
I hope your Friday is going brilliantly.
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simonml Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:19:53pm |
re: #138 scottishbuzzsaw
I'm addicted to updinging...is there a 12 step group to help?
I'm addicted to the new comments button. Its like a slot machine for me. Sometimes I let it save up for a few minutes and then JACKPOT!
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:19:58pm |
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KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:20:01pm |
re: #107 Dianna
I vote for watching from behind a solid plate of bullet-proof glass. That periodically gets sluiced down to remove the blood and body bits.
I'm betting on the Pope.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:20:05pm |
re: #155 DaddyG
Just don't try to upding yourself. That can end up being very messy.
yup, you get it all over yourself
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HoosierHoops Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:20:11pm |
re: #149 scottishbuzzsaw
Oh, good choice for cookies...seems our newbies are a little slow delivering the drinks...would you like an ale from my private stash?
Scottish! Hi there..Everything good for you today?
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toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:20:14pm |
Welcome to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe new Lizards!
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Right mind left Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:20:19pm |
re: #86 Kobalt
...fist thing that came to mind had to think fast before registration closed!
You should probably put something about NOT being a TOOL in your avatar...but I'm sure we've already figured that out from your intro asking for beer!
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:20:37pm |
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:20:52pm |
re: #139 Killian Bundy
Hassan pleads 'not guilty' in decapitation killing of wife
/it was loose, yeah, that's the ticket, just kinda fell off
Nonononono. No.
It was a magical sword.
The sword did it all by its magical self.
Thats how it was.
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:20:58pm |
re: #167 HoosierHoops
Scottish! Hi there..Everything good for you today?
Just great, HH! How's everything with you?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:20:58pm |
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KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:21:01pm |
re: #138 scottishbuzzsaw
I'm addicted to updinging...is there a 12 step group to help?
Can't...stop...must...hit...the...+...button (gasp)
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Right mind left Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:21:02pm |
re: #169 Right mind left
You should probably put something about NOT being a TOOL in your avatar...but I'm sure we've already figured that out from your intro asking for beer!
BUT as a hatchling YOU are supposed to buy this round...
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:21:02pm |
re: #155 DaddyG
Just don't try to upding yourself. That can end up being very messy.
And it can lead to a hairy mouse finger.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:21:06pm |
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Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:21:29pm |
re: #162 Buffoon
What constitutes a "troll?"
Hmmm . . .
Buffoon
Karma: -3
No. of comments posted: 11
/having a bad day?
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Miss Molly Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:21:32pm |
Hassan pleads "not guilty" for beheading his wife. Well, she probably just didn't duck low enough when he was swinging that ax or sword or something sharp so it has to be her fault that all this messy stuff happened.
| 180 |
Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:21:38pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:21:43pm |
THIS is one of the reasons why I voted for McCain, not his idiotic push to close Gitmo:
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Right mind left Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:21:52pm |
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callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:22:18pm |
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:22:31pm |
re: #179 Miss Molly
Hassan pleads "not guilty" for beheading his wife. Well, she probably just didn't duck low enough when he was swinging that ax or sword or something sharp so it has to be her fault that all this messy stuff happened.
Admit it... who's wife hasn't lost her head during an argument.
///
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:22:32pm |
re: #149 scottishbuzzsaw
Why thank you!
*opens bottle of Glen Moray she brought back from Scotland and told her husband she'd hold the freaking thing all the way home like a baby if she had to*
May I? :) Yes, I'm part Scot.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:22:45pm |
re: #181 FurryOldGuyJeans
THIS is one of the reasons why I voted for McCain, not his idiotic push to close Gitmo:
it's a push at worst...we can survive losing that kook
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:22:51pm |
re: #152 callahan23
Thats true - and one actually knew most of the Lizards already, just from reading.
It did help a lot.
Still ...
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:22:59pm |
re: #183 callahan23
Turning to stone when exposed to natural light.
At this rate, I'm going to put in Tolkien's poem about the troll.
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Right mind left Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:23:33pm |
re: #162 Buffoon
What constitutes a "troll?"re: #183 callahan23
Turning to stone when exposed to
natural light.
Lizard's GAZE
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:23:37pm |
re: #187 albusteve
it's a push at worst...we can survive losing that kook
Wait to see who would replace her before you say that.
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ArchangelMichael Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:23:38pm |
One of my lefty friends is firing full bore with the MorOn.org talking points today. He's an Obamunist and a CA public school teacher. I have a couple of friends who are CA public school teachers and with today being "I'm going to wear pink so you will give into the CTA's demands and bankrupt the state" day the agitprop is flying.
Today's subject for 2 minutes hate: Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagen because taxes were extremely high when they were president (90%, 70%, 50% respectively for the top bracket). "All Obama want's to do it raise them to 39% he can't be a socialist if it was 90% under Eisenhower!"
I wrote a really long rant in reply to his facebook garbage but I deleted it and never posted it. Last time I shot down leftist talking points like a CIWS they all ganged up on me. It's not even worth arguing with some people.
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:23:39pm |
re: #113 Salamantis
I am boycotting Big Tobacco; I buy my shag in bulk, along with Tops rolling papers. It works out to less than ten bucks a carton.
Not for long. All the signs in the gas stations around here are saying that the Fed has intervened and the $20 bag of tobacco is about to go up to $60.
On April 1, 2009. Triple the price for my tobacco. At first I thought I could just go to Indiana, you know, like we do for fireworks, but it's not State, it's Fed. I wonder if indoor tobacco growing will catch on?
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:00pm |
re: #159 Dianna
Happy Friday the 13th!
I'm ready for the annual audit! I'm writing (so I'm anti social, but happy)!
I hope your Friday is going brilliantly.
Hey there! Thanks, you too! I'm so glad it's Friday and I'm not going to let the fact it's the 13th bother me.
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tackle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:01pm |
Let me count them up, in no particular order. Some are big. Some are small.
My favorite? #47. A window is not a door.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:08pm |
re: #190 simonml
You skipped the links posted: 186
/well, that makes it a blog pimp and God hates blog pimps
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HoosierHoops Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:11pm |
re: #172 scottishbuzzsaw
Just great, HH! How's everything with you?
I'm doing great..
Thinking about going clubbing tonight..But it is the 13th..probably sprain my ankle on the dance floor
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:18pm |
re: #187 albusteve
it's a push at worst...we can survive losing that kook
The problem is the longevity of the appointment O makes. That makes it worse than just a simple push.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:27pm |
re: #139 Killian Bundy
IF he's proven guilty ... how about an [self-deleted] for an [self-deleted]?
/Goddess would want me to change "an" to "a"
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:31pm |
re: #192 Dianna
Wait to see who would replace her before you say that.
she's one liberal vote...expect another just like her
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Buffoon Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:39pm |
Urban Dictionary:
1.(n) -A pathetic and moronic person who maintains a blog with an unhealthy obsessive-compulsive drive, especially angsty goths (sorry to all the likeable goths out there). The content of their blogs usually includes events that no sane person would care about. Here's sample of what a blog troll might write on their blog:
"today, I ate a sanwich. It bad - it was just ok, mediocre, I guess you could call it. After that I read a few chapters out of an Anne Rice book and was deeply moved by her erotic descriptions of gay vampires fornicating. . Then I took a nap.
2.(n) -A depraved individual who sits in front of a computer all day and posts flames of an idiotic or pseudo-intellectual nature on public forums and private websites. Many of these people actually become emotional about what is said on the afore-said mediums and feel it is their duty to punish those who disagree with them. They too may pursue this object in an obsessive-compulsive manner.
Oh, I'm cool...
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KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:46pm |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:55pm |
re: #189 Dianna
At this rate, I'm going to put in Tolkien's poem about the troll.
Troll sat alone on a seat of stone
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:24:56pm |
re: #199 HoosierHoops
I'm doing great..
Thinking about going clubbing tonight..But it is the 13th..probably sprain my ankle on the dance floor
Here...take my lucky rabbit's foot...should keep you safe.
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:25:21pm |
re: #193 ArchangelMichael
It's not even worth arguing with some people.
When you wrestle with a pig you eventually find out that the pig likes it.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:25:34pm |
re: #201 pre-Boomer Marine brat
IF he's proven guilty ... how about an [self-deleted] for an [self-deleted]?
/Goddess would want me to change "an" to "a"
That would depend on what the redacted words are, you know. ;)
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jjmckay1216 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:25:47pm |
re: #194 Taqiyyotomist
Not for long. All the signs in the gas stations around here are saying that the Fed has intervened and the $20 bag of tobacco is about to go up to $60.
On April 1, 2009. Triple the price for my tobacco. At first I thought I could just go to Indiana, you know, like we do for fireworks, but it's not State, it's Fed. I wonder if indoor tobacco growing will catch on?
based on what's happening so far with the Messiah, they will somehoe make it illegal.
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opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:26:01pm |
re: #181 FurryOldGuyJeans
THIS is one of the reasons why I voted for McCain, not his idiotic push to close Gitmo:
IT could be John Paul Stevens.A McCain appointee could have changed the make up of the Court.
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Buffoon Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:26:11pm |
re: #195 callahan23
My avatar can kick your avatars ass! Oh wait, westerns Clint or Dirty Harry Clint... hmm, that's be something to see indeed...
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:26:18pm |
re: #200 FurryOldGuyJeans
The problem is the longevity of the appointment O makes. That makes it worse than just a simple push.
ha!...true enough but I'll be a gonner and it will be someone elses problem I guess
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:26:23pm |
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toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:26:26pm |
re: #101 Conservative in Liberal Hands
Every time I think about quitting my state government ups the cigarette tax and I think "I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some overreaching political hack think he taxed me out of my vice." and I go out and buy another pack just for spite.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:26:33pm |
re: #202 albusteve
she's one liberal vote...expect another just like her
The longevity of the new justice is the point. That is chilling no matter who the actual pick is.
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:00pm |
re: #163 KitchenQueen
I'm betting on the Pope.
Erm - only if he's actually visible.
I've heard how even pretty outstanding academics felt like first year students in a seminar when he had the chair at a meeting in Rome last October.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:03pm |
re: #217 taxfreekiller
FLASH
tfk solved Obama's word problem on the mad dog killers of children at GITMO.
"enemy hostages"
after all that's how the hide the "kidnapping in Az now" ,,
that and we can put them in Sheriff Arpaho jail in pink outfits,,,sweet...
case solved by tfk with pink pj's
Some dillweed congress"man" from New York is out after Sheriff Joe now.
| 224 |
Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:12pm |
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callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:21pm |
re: #189 Dianna
At this rate, I'm going to put in Tolkien's poem about the troll.
Just go ahead. If you please.
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Miss Molly Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:27pm |
DaddyG-- Maybe she got upset when Hassan wanted to bring home his other three wives and their 27 children for her to live with and she objected to the arrangement. For sure that is criminal enough for her to lose her head!
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:29pm |
re: #218 Dianna
And munched and mumbled an old bare bone.
But did Tolkein write about gamey troll buttocks?
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:38pm |
re: #185 Chicago Blonde
Why thank you!
*opens bottle of Glen Moray she brought back from Scotland and told her husband she'd hold the freaking thing all the way home like a baby if she had to*May I? :) Yes, I'm part Scot.
Yes please! You sure know how to class up the joint, hon!
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simonml Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:41pm |
re: #203 Buffoon
From the LGF Dictionary
troll - Unwelcome, offensive, stupid or abusive commenter on a blog, chat room, user group or BBS. Common Internet slang dating back to the early days of the Web in the '90s and BBSs in the '80s.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:48pm |
re: #203 Buffoon
Oh, I'm cool...
14 comments and 186 links posted in less than a month.
/shamelessly pimp your blog, much?
| 231 |
Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:27:49pm |
re: #162 Buffoon
What constitutes a "troll?"
Someone whose posted comments shine an antiseptic light upon their own obtuse offensiveness, resulting in a Stinky Beaumont cleansing.
They come in several flavors, racist, sexist, homophobic, creationist, genocide-justifying, and fascist apologist (Islamo or otherwise) chief among them.
| 232 |
Right mind left Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:28:05pm |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:28:10pm |
re: #218 Dianna
And munched and mumbled an old bare bone.
For many a year he had gnawed it near
For meat was hard to come by
/I think ... maybe
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:28:11pm |
re: #219 toaster_empire
Every time I think about quitting my state government ups the cigarette tax and I think "I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some overreaching political hack think he taxed me out of my vice." and I go out and buy another pack just for spite.
So you keep giving that overreaching political hack every reason to keep upping the taxes since you are a reliable revenue stream.
| 235 |
UFO TOFU Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:28:14pm |
| 236 |
So? Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:28:28pm |
re: #221 So?
Somebody had to do it...
[Video]
It was in response to this:
Don’t be a jerk.
Don’t be a troll.
Do play nice.
And then everything will be groovy.
| 237 |
jjmckay1216 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:28:31pm |
re: #217 taxfreekiller
OMG, TFK. can u imagine if they did THAT at Gitmo? The left would be beside themselves
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:28:45pm |
re: #194 Taqiyyotomist
SAULT STE. MARIE — These are the good old days for those who enjoy tobacco.
Okay, maybe not. Federal and state taxes are already exorbitant, but rest assured ye seekers of the nicotine fix that next month’s increase will make today’s prices seem like a bargain. The April Fool will come in the form of any addict or recreational user who failed to stockpile before prices skyrocket at the end of the month.
The increases: Cigarettes are set to jump 62 cents per pack; individual cigars will go up 40 cents apiece, little cigars will jump 96 cents a pack and pipe tobacco will increase $1.71 per pound.
Those who chew will not be able to side-step the increases either with the federal government tacking on 30.5 cents a pound for chewing tobacco and 91.5 cents per pound for snuff.
The hardest hit, however, are those who have been going to the work and effort of rolling their own cigarettes as the federal government will tack on $23.53 a pound for this product.
And that’s not all as the increase moves beyond tobacco to hit this customer with increases on cigarette papers and tubes as well.
Did we not have a revolution about the excesses of Government and taxation?
[deleted] this [deleted] [deleted] government, with a big rubber [deleted] in the [deleted] [deleted]@!
They will tax caffeine next. Then fat. Then the damn air we breathe. And you know what? We're gonna TAKE IT. Like we ALWAYS DO.
*spit*
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:29:01pm |
re: #219 toaster_empire
Toaster, It was one of the most difficult things I've ever done.
If you're a mind to spite your local government, just use your handy-dandy power-saw and remove a couple of parking meters.
| 241 |
Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:29:32pm |
re: #228 scottishbuzzsaw
Yes please! You sure know how to class up the joint, hon!
LOL! Thanks! Single malt + Friday are like bacon & eggs, aren't they?
| 242 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:29:39pm |
re: #215 Buffoon
My avatar can kick your avatars ass! Oh wait, westerns Clint or Dirty Harry Clint... hmm, that's be something to see indeed...
Mine definitely has the 'most powerful handgun' of it's time. But yours got two guns. Hmmm
| 244 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:29:39pm |
re: #226 Miss Molly
DaddyG-- Maybe she got upset when Hassan wanted to bring home his other three wives and their 27 children for her to live with and she objected to the arrangement. For sure that is criminal enough for her to lose her head!
These uppity women. Let them use colored fabric for their Burkha and the next think you know they want to be treated like human beings.
///
| 245 |
Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:29:45pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:30:29pm |
re: #212 FurryOldGuyJeans
That would depend on what the redacted words are, you know. ;)
heh ... there are numerous posibilities
Too bad I didn't think a-head and anticipate your rejoinder.
/gee, where'd that hyphen come from?
| 248 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:30:48pm |
re: #224 Dianna
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k80nc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:31:01pm |
re: #92 HoosierHoops
Hi there! Are you related to the Haze or the Rain Family?
Either of those are fine, but if he's of that Nerple crowd I'm outta here.
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:31:01pm |
re: #194 Taqiyyotomist
Not for long. All the signs in the gas stations around here are saying that the Fed has intervened and the $20 bag of tobacco is about to go up to $60.
On April 1, 2009. Triple the price for my tobacco. At first I thought I could just go to Indiana, you know, like we do for fireworks, but it's not State, it's Fed. I wonder if indoor tobacco growing will catch on?
I'm still buying 6oz sacks of shag for $7.95.
| 251 |
Conservative in Liberal Hands Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:31:16pm |
Have a safe weekend, all! BBL
| 252 |
yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:31:16pm |
re: #217 taxfreekiller
FLASH
tfk solved Obama's word problem on the mad dog killers of children at GITMO.
"enemy hostages"
after all that's how the hide the "kidnapping in Az now" ,,
that and we can put them in Sheriff Arpaho jail in pink outfits,,,sweet...
case solved by tfk with pink pj's
Outstanding!
tfk for president - I mean it!
| 253 |
HoosierHoops Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:31:18pm |
re: #243 jorline
Welcome hatchlings...play nicely.
Hi Jorline! What a game last night! That was fun wasn't it?
Hope today finds you well
| 254 |
Right mind left Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:31:20pm |
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:31:32pm |
re: #238 Taqiyyotomist
They will tax caffeine next. Then fat. Then the damn air we breathe.
You know, via the wonderful new healthcare they're proposing, they'll sure try.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:31:43pm |
re: #233 OldLineTexan
For many a year he had gnawed it near
For meat was hard to come by/I think ... maybe
Correct. Skipping the chorus.
Up came Tom with his big boots on,
and says he to Troll, "Pray, what is yon?"
| 257 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:31:48pm |
Dianna - check this Tolkien link out! Pretty exciting, IMO.
| 258 |
Mirage Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:32:04pm |
re: #184 DaddyG
Admit it... who's wife hasn't lost her head during an argument.
///
They did know where the head was so technically it wasn't ... "lost"
///
| 260 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:32:38pm |
re: #245 Dianna
Old Line Texan and I are trading lines.
No, post it. I fold. Poor memory, and the book's at home.
| 261 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:32:47pm |
re: #250 Salamantis
Well, April 1, you'll be paying $31.48 for that same bag.
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Wishing Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:33:16pm |
re: #96 Ghost707
Glen Beck has, I think, started the revolution.
I just tried to get on that website, The912Project.com, but it is overloaded
| 264 |
Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:33:20pm |
re: #238 Taqiyyotomist
Did we not have a revolution about the excesses of Government and taxation?
[deleted] this [deleted] [deleted] government, with a big rubber [deleted] in the [deleted] [deleted]@!They will tax caffeine next. Then fat. Then the damn air we breathe. And you know what? We're gonna TAKE IT. Like we ALWAYS DO.
*spit*
Only if they contrive to demonize air as they have tobacco.
| 265 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:33:24pm |
re: #256 Dianna
Correct. Skipping the chorus.
Up came Tom with his big boots on,
and says he to Troll, "Pray, what is yon?"
For it looks like the shin o'my nuncle Tim
Who ought to be lying in the graveyard
| 266 |
Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:33:53pm |
re: #257 OldLineTexan
Dianna - check this Tolkien link out! Pretty exciting, IMO.
Oh! Oh!
You have made my week!
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:34:15pm |
| 269 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:34:30pm |
| 270 |
Ojoe Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:34:34pm |
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
The age of Aquarius
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revalation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
The age of Aquarius
Aquarius!
Aquarius! OOOooo.
| 271 |
Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:34:40pm |
re: #265 OldLineTexan
For it looks like the shin o'my nuncle Tim
Who ought to be lying in the graveyard
Caveyard! Paveyard!
For many a year has Tim been gone,
And I thought he were lying in graveyard.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:34:41pm |
re: #261 Taqiyyotomist
Well, April 1, you'll be paying $31.48 for that same bag.
feds regulating the important stuff...keep yer eye on the ball donks!
I hate the feds
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Empire1 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:34:52pm |
re: #70 Kobalt
Thanks for all of your kind welcomes...I heard a rumor about...beer? I'm a rightie spending some time in Washington so you know I need one!
You need something stronger than beer for that! Here, some nice vanilla vodka -- take all you need.
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:34:53pm |
Heeere little hatchlings. Here lizard lizard lizard!
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Buffoon Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:34:56pm |
re: #242 callahan23
Can't we just get along ? I hope Heartbreak Ridge Clint doesn't show up and kick both our asses... :o
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:34:59pm |
re: #261 Taqiyyotomist
Well, April 1, you'll be paying $31.48 for that same bag.
GAK!
Time to buy licorice root...
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jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:35:00pm |
re: #253 HoosierHoops
Hi Jorline! What a game last night! That was fun wasn't it?
Hope today finds you well
I'm well thanks, Hoopster.
Great game last night. How much gas is left in Syracuse's tank for tonight? I'll be watching along with "J"...Jordan.
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:35:25pm |
"Moneys collected from the tobacco tax increase will apparently go to fund a new program providing health insurance to poor children."
M***F***ING LIARS.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:35:26pm |
re: #261 Taqiyyotomist
Well, April 1, you'll be paying $31.48 for that same bag.
/but hey, you'll be getting an extra $13 a week in your paycheck thanks to Lord Obama, Lady Pelosi and their three Senate Republican toadies
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yma o hyd Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:35:37pm |
Gotta go, Lizards - Madame has got up and is giving me the Collie stare!
Seeya tomorrow, all being well!
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CynicalConservative Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:35:40pm |
And it's not just the taxes. Manufacturers raising prices to offset expected drop in sales.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:36:14pm |
re: #263 Wishing
I just tried to get on that website, The912Project.com, but it is overloaded
Let's hope it is due to overcapacity issues and not down.
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:36:17pm |
re: #281 yma o hyd
'Bye Yma o Hyd! Give Madame a snuggle from me!
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Miss Molly Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:36:33pm |
DaddyG --- "Uppity women". Good point, its not like Hassan can't get an endless supply of wives when he needs to replace one of his uppity wives. Why put himself through the pain of having a wife "talk back" when all he has to do is behead her and then look in the "wives for sale" column at his local mosque.
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:36:34pm |
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The Other Les Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:36:50pm |
I'll just remind the new lizards of the other forum rules.
Rule one, no Nirthers!
Rule Two, no member of this forum is to maltreat the socialists if there anyone watching.
Rule Three, no Nirthers!.
Rule four, I don't want to catch anyone not drinking in their room after lights out.
Rule five, no Nirthers!
Rule six, there is no rule six.
Rule seven, no Nirthers!
That concludes the reading of the rules.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:36:53pm |
re: #282 CynicalConservative
And it's not just the taxes. Manufacturers raising prices to offset expected drop in sales.
in NM Indians sell tobacco very cheap...$2 a pack for the left overs
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DisturbedEma Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:37:08pm |
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jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:37:24pm |
re: #278 Taqiyyotomist
"Moneys collected from the tobacco tax increase will apparently go to fund a new program providing health insurance to poor children."
M***F***ING LIARS.
NO liars in this government...everyone in DC believes in Kings X's.
//
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:37:30pm |
re: #287 The Other Les
That means it's time to crack open the tubes of beer, Bruce!
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:37:59pm |
re: #70 Kobalt
Thanks for all of your kind welcomes...I heard a rumor about...beer? I'm a rightie spending some time in Washington so you know I need one!
I just caught that.
*extends bottle of single malt*
Neat or a bit of water?
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jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:37:59pm |
re: #281 yma o hyd
Gotta go, Lizards - Madame has got up and is giving me the Collie stare!
Seeya tomorrow, all being well!
Bye {yma}
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jjmckay1216 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:38:06pm |
Please do NOT judge. So, I am parusing the left wing rag from AARP (ex gave it to me as a joke when i hit 50) and reading it in room where it ONLY makes sense to read it ;) Apparently, Barbie turned 50 this year and they had an artist to a rendition of what she would look like. HORRIBLE! I was thinking Christie Brinkley. But NO, looks like my Aunt Harriet. YUK.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:38:17pm |
re: #289 buzzsawmonkey
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the moon is no longer in the Seventh House, having defaulted on its subprime mortgage.
True dat. that moon can only afford 2 houses and that is including the bailout money it gets from the producers in this society.
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The Other Les Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:38:21pm |
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:38:24pm |
re: #288 albusteve
in NM Indians sell tobacco very cheap...$2 a pack for the left overs
Are you sure that's tobbacco there pilgrim?
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UberInfidel67 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:38:41pm |
re: #101 Conservative in Liberal Hands I am on my last pack of smokes right now. I refuse to pay for those things JUST to fund health care for those who don't deserve it. I aint gonna do it no more. How about a little support from the Lizard Army? I have been a smoker for a long time but cannot justify paying that much money for 'em.
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:38:55pm |
re: #289 buzzsawmonkey
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the moon is no longer in the Seventh House, having defaulted on its subprime mortgage.
But we still have to pay its mortgage. Because it's not its fault it bought 6 other houses too.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:38:57pm |
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Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:39:06pm |
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:39:07pm |
From a quick search of Google News, it seems as if MSNBC is the only mainstream news organization to have reported Dick's Death Squads—because, I presume, most journalists are just now remembering that Hersh insists upon a distinction between what he says to paying audiences and what he writes for the New Yorker. There is literal truth, he argues, and then there is speaks-to-a-larger-truth. As Chris Suellentrop demonstrated in New York magazine, Hersh has something of a "loose relationship with literal truth," explaining that when behind the lectern he tends to exaggerate his "scoops." (New York's headline? "Sy Hersh Says It's Okay to Lie (Just Not in Print)"). Some selections from Suellentrop's 2005 story:
"On the podium, Sy is willing to tell a story that's not quite right, in order to convey a Larger Truth. ‘I can't fudge what I write. But I can certainly fudge what I say...I find that totally not inconsistent with anything I do professionally. I'm just communicating another reality that I know, that for a lot of reasons having to do with, basically, someone else's ass, I'm not writing about it...I get paid to do speeches...And I'm not there to be on straight I'm there to tell, you know, give somebody, exchange views with people."
You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!
I envy the reality based party. I surely do. To have a ready-made villian for every drama, well, that must be a comforting thing.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:39:11pm |
re: #260 OldLineTexan
No, post it. I fold. Poor memory, and the book's at home.
Oh, I just replied to the last couplet, so here goes from there.
"My lad," says Troll, "this bone I stole.
But what be bones that lie in a hole?
Thy nuncle was dead as a lump o' lead
Before I stole his shinbone.
Tinbone! Thinbone!
He won't begrudge a poor old troll,
and he don't need his shinbone."
"Now I don't see why the likes o' thee
Without axin' leave should go makin free
With the shank nor shin of my father's kin,
So hand the old bone over!
Rover! Trover!
Though dead he be, it belongs to he,
So hand the old bone over!"
to be continued...
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:39:19pm |
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CynicalConservative Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:39:27pm |
re: #301 UberInfidel67
I am on my last pack of smokes right now. I refuse to pay for those things JUST to fund health care for those who don't deserve it. I aint gonna do it no more. How about a little support from the Lizard Army? I have been a smoker for a long time but cannot justify paying that much money for 'em.
I quit exactly 1 week ago. I'm with ya.
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toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:40:18pm |
re: #234 FurryOldGuyJeans
Don't I know it. Still, I can't abide the idea that some self righteous buffoon will think I was successfully bullied. When they kicked all the smokers outside here, I went on a smoking jag that would make the devil weep.
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opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:40:31pm |
re: #297 Truck Monkey
True dat. that moon can only afford 2 houses and that is including the bailout money it gets from the producers in this society.
Our Moon will not get the bail out money. That will go to moons that jumped the fence.
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Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:40:50pm |
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:41:04pm |
A curmudgeon after my own heart (and my hubbie loves me anyway):
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
~W. C. Fields
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:41:13pm |
Well its not tobacco but I've been weaning myself from Caffeine the last two weeks because of my ticker having a prolapsed valve.
It makes it hard to stay alert during afternoon meetings.
It may also explain my increase in afternoon postings...
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:41:14pm |
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:41:14pm |
re: #268 buzzsawmonkey
Leaving aside any discussion of the health effects of tobacco or whether or not it is socially offensive to some, it is ironic indeed that the taxmaniacs are, in effect, relying on the habit's addictiveness to soak as much money as possible out of its users.
It is particularly obnoxious to see cities, states, and the federal government reviling the tobacco user when these entities are hoping to stave off splatterings of red ink by imposing these taxes on those they are reviling.
Is there any other substance so addictive, so strongly addictive, that has be dropped by so many millions of former users?
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Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:41:33pm |
re: #308 CynicalConservative
I quit exactly 1 week ago. I'm with ya.
/make it three weeks and you're home free and you'll feel much better too
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:41:36pm |
re: #301 UberInfidel67
I am on my last pack of smokes right now. I refuse to pay for those things JUST to fund health care for those who don't deserve it. I aint gonna do it no more. How about a little support from the Lizard Army? I have been a smoker for a long time but cannot justify paying that much money for 'em.
May I add you to the Prayer List?
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:41:50pm |
re: #308 CynicalConservative
I quit exactly 1 week ago. I'm with ya.
I gotta quit. I can't afford this filthy and counterproductive habit any longer. I can't afford them like I used to either because the economy is hitting my business real bad. Everyone run for the tall grass!
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:42:13pm |
re: #310 opnion
Our Moon will not get the bail out money. That will go to moons that jumped the fence.
And don't forget the methane tax on the cow. Carbon footprint and all that.
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CynicalConservative Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:42:47pm |
re: #316 Killian Bundy
/make it three weeks and you're home free and you'll feel much better too
Yeah, I've done it before several times (longest for 10 years). Not sure why I restarted this time, just dumb I guess. Willpower and activity.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:43:02pm |
re: #315 razorbacker
Is there any other substance so addictive, so strongly addictive, that has be dropped by so many millions of former users?
Water?
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KenJen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:43:14pm |
re: #301 UberInfidel67
Stay away from the nicotine gum. I quit smoking a year ago and now I am addicted to the gum. Good luck.
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Miss Molly Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:43:20pm |
I would say Keith Olbermann has lost his mind but he probably has never had a brain to begin with .
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:43:36pm |
:For a couple o' pins," says Troll, and grins,
"I'll eat thee too, and gnaw thy shins.
A bit o' fresh meat will go down sweet!
I'll try my teeth on thee now.
Hee now! See now!
I'm tired o' gnawing old bones and skins;
I've a mind to dine on thee now."
But just as he thought his dinner was caught,
He found his hands had hold of naught.
Before he could mind, Tom slipped behind
And gave him the boot to larn him.
Warn him! Darn him!
A bump o' the boot on the seat, Tom thought,
Would be the way to larn him.
But harder than stone is the flesh and bone
Of a troll that sits in the hills alone.
As well set your boot to the mountain's root,
For the seat of a troll don't feel it.
Peel it! Heal it!
Old Troll laughed, when he heard Tom groan,
And he knew his toes could feel it.
Tom's leg is game, since home he came,
And his bootless foot is lasting lame;
But Troll don't care, and he's still there
With the bone he boned from its owner.
Doner! Boner!
Troll's old seat is still the same,
And the bone he boned from its owner!
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:43:41pm |
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:43:42pm |
re: #301 UberInfidel67
I am on my last pack of smokes right now. I refuse to pay for those things JUST to fund health care for those who don't deserve it. I aint gonna do it no more. How about a little support from the Lizard Army? I have been a smoker for a long time but cannot justify paying that much money for 'em.
You got my support. I quit a couple years ago, after smoking for 30. It's hard but do-able. Problem is now I'm hooked on nicorettes...
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:43:54pm |
re: #262 Buffoon
sure
A troll is like a mosquito - by its very nature it cannot help but piss off every living thing around it. And after drawing a little blood it usually dies a quick and violent death.
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:44:04pm |
re: #321 Truck Monkey
Water?
Man that's dangerous stuff. Probably killed more people than cigarettes and handguns combined!
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Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:44:08pm |
re: #318 Truck Monkey
I gotta quit. I can't afford this filthy and counterproductive habit any longer.
Don't do it!
/Obama will just tax the rest of us that much more to pay for his socialist Utopia
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:44:15pm |
re: #319 Chicago Blonde
And don't forget the methane tax on the cow. Carbon footprint and all that.
When a cow makes methane, that ain't carbon on your footprint. ;)
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:44:17pm |
re: #326 Kosh's Shadow
Careful there with the dihyrogen monoxide. It is dangerous!
Someone should start a petition to point out its dangers.
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opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:44:50pm |
re: #319 Chicago Blonde
And don't forget the methane tax on the cow. Carbon footprint and all that.
Cows! What do we really know about them? Sure they seem nice & all but they are trying to ruin the planet.
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:10pm |
re: #324 Oxnuts What a great nic! The three people left in the office are wondering why I'm laughing out loud.
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:14pm |
How many gas stations are going to have to cut back on employees?
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:19pm |
re: #331 Killian Bundy
Don't do it!
/Obama will just tax the rest of us that much more to pay for his socialist Utopia
I always feel good as I fire one up because I know that I am helping so many people.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:28pm |
Sigh.
I did that from memory, and no one's noticed?
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bulwrk Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:32pm |
re: #268 buzzsawmonkey
As soon as they've squeezed every last penny out of tobacco and alcohol its on to soft drinks fast food and sugary snacks.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:37pm |
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:43pm |
re: #335 opnion
The cow, as we know it, is a docile animal...except when enraged.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:49pm |
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:50pm |
re: #336 UFO TOFU
Any ex-smokers here use the patch to quit?
I did...worked fine for me...two years later I was smoking a pack a day again tho
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callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:52pm |
re: #275 Buffoon
Can't we just get along ? I hope Heartbreak Ridge Clint doesn't show up and kick both our asses... :o
Sure I am just playin' around. And great idea about "Heartbreak Ridge Clint".
/shiver
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toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:45:54pm |
re: #239 Conservative in Liberal Hands
A constructive suggestion.
Though I actually prefer cheating on my taxes. /Geitner
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:46:14pm |
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:46:15pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:46:28pm |
re: #341 bulwrk
As soon as they've squeezed every last penny out of tobacco and alcohol its on to soft drinks fast food and sugary snacks.
Massachusetts is ahead here; Deval Patrick has already proposed that.
Why do I think they won't tax arugula?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:46:33pm |
re: #340 Dianna
Sigh.
I did that from memory, and no one's noticed?
Obviously a pack of barbarians, reminiscent of Jinjiss Khan ...
/
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:46:46pm |
re: #341 bulwrk
As soon as they've squeezed every last penny out of tobacco and alcohol its on to soft drinks fast food and sugary snacks.
Remember fatty foods, especially from fast food places, is next on the agenda since that has already been proposed by a number of municipalities.
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:46:59pm |
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:47:25pm |
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:47:26pm |
re: #354 FurryOldGuyJeans
Remember fatty foods, especially from fast food places, is next on the agenda since that has already been proposed by a number of municipalities.
When do you think they'll just set up a shopping cart patrol for us?
/I'm only half kidding here...
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:47:27pm |
It actually takes 60 days for the human body to completely wean itself from its physical dependence upon nicotine. And the psychological dependence persists long afterwards.
The comforting warmth of the cig between your lips...that tasty tobacco flavor...the tingling on the tip of your tongue...that sweet sharp bite at the back of your throat..the joy of your lungs filling with thick pleasant smoke...the thrilling rush of the nicotine surging through your veins...
All those beloved memories take much time to fade.
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:47:34pm |
This tax is also known as the "F*** the Poor Act"
Just like Democrats always do.
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:47:36pm |
The only poem I have memorized is:
There once was a man from Nantucket
Whose...
nevermind.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:48:00pm |
re: #345 Dianna
I used asthma.
Ah yes, the wonders and joy of coughing up large quantities of phlegm.
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:48:02pm |
You folks wah-wahing about the seeming contradiction involved in taxing an unhealthy product in order to fund healthcare simply have not been paying attention.
No one ever said that they want you to quit buying tobacco. They just want you to quit using tobacco.
Keep on buying as much as ever you did. Just don't you dare try to use it.
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opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:48:14pm |
re: #336 UFO TOFU
Any ex-smokers here use the patch to quit?
Cold turkey. It is the only way that I could do it.
You cleanse your blood stream in 72 hours, the rest is psychological.
I still would like to fire up a Marlboro.
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:48:15pm |
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:48:20pm |
re: #353 Chicago Blonde
I did!
I saw that you, Old Line Texan and Pre-Boomer all dinged me up. Thanks!
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:48:26pm |
re: #351 Kosh's Shadow
Massachusetts is ahead here; Deval Patrick has already proposed that.
Why do I think they won't tax arugula?
Why not? The Democrats are already taxing my patience.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:48:42pm |
Here's a Tolkiem poem I gifted FBV with a while back. It's about a nice Troll.
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:48:56pm |
re: #352 OldLineTexan
Obviously a pack of barbarians, reminiscent of Jinjiss Khan ...
Like I said, I roll my own.
:)
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:02pm |
21+ years as a dry Mormon and I still crave Guiness. Is that psycological or physical dependency?
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:08pm |
re: #359 Salamantis
It actually takes 60 days for the human body to completely wean itself from its physical dependence upon nicotine. And the psychological dependence persists long afterwards.
The comforting warmth of the cig between your lips...that tasty tobacco flavor...the tingling on the tip of your tongue...that sweet sharp bite at the back of your throat..the joy of your lungs filling with thick pleasant smoke...the thrilling rush of the nicotine surging through your veins...
All those beloved memories take much time to fade.
I thought I heard a wistful sigh and a smothered curse while I read that.
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CaptObviousman Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:16pm |
Greetings everyone! Boy, I'm glad I checked my RSS feed just now.
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Miss Molly Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:30pm |
With the taxes on tobacco by the Feds making it unafordable I would imagine there will be an opportunity for a growing black market in tobacco.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:31pm |
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callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:32pm |
re: #340 Dianna
Sigh.
I did that from memory, and no one's noticed?
Refresh the page and you'll see lots of updings on your posts. Deservedly.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:34pm |
re: #364 opnion
Cold turkey. It is the only way that I could do it.
You cleanse your blood stream in 72 hours, the rest is psychological.
I still would like to fire up a Marlboro.
No matter how many small towns in Massachusetts you burn down, it won't help. So just don't do it!
/
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:37pm |
re: #364 opnion
Cold turkey. It is the only way that I could do it.
You cleanse your blood stream in 72 hours, the rest is psychological.
I still would like to fire up a Marlboro.
I tried cold turkey but the cavity wasn't big enough to get over my head so as to keep me from smoking...
:)
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:46pm |
re: #370 DaddyG
21+ years as a dry Mormon and I still crave Guiness. Is that psycological or physical dependency?
Maybe you just miss it on a Friday with a pizza or good take-out?
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opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:49pm |
re: #359 Salamantis
It actually takes 60 days for the human body to completely wean itself from its physical dependence upon nicotine. And the psychological dependence persists long afterwards.
The comforting warmth of the cig between your lips...that tasty tobacco flavor...the tingling on the tip of your tongue...that sweet sharp bite at the back of your throat..the joy of your lungs filling with thick pleasant smoke...the thrilling rush of the nicotine surging through your veins...
All those beloved memories take much time to fade.
STOP IT!
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:51pm |
re: #370 DaddyG
21+ years as a dry Mormon and I still crave Guiness. Is that psycological or physical dependency?
You have something for Alec Guiness? Isn't he dead?
/
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MJ Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:49:58pm |
I'm sure any of you who has ever watched a show about ancient Egypt on Nat Geo or the History or the Discovery Channel has seen this guy on it.
Renowned Egyptian Archeologist Zahi Hawass: Jews Control the Entire World
Following is an excerpt from an interview with Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, which aired on Egyptian TV on February 11, 2009.
Interviewer: So [the Jews were dispersed in 133 C.E.?
Zahi Hawass: That’s right.
Interviewer: And they didn’t reunite until 1900?
Zahi Hawass: Exactly.
Interviewer: So they were dispersed for 18 centuries?
Zahi Hawass: For 18 centuries they were dispersed throughout the world. They went to America and took control of its economy. They have a plan. Although they are few in number, they control the entire world.
Interviewer: Dr. Hawass, you are a great historian and archaeologist. I would like to figure out the mystery of how 15 million people, 5 or 6 million of whom do not share this vile Jewish logic... With regard to Israel and Zionism – we are talking about 7 or 8 millions. How is it possible that these 7 or 8 millions have taken control of the entire world, and have convinced the world of their cause, while we, over one billion Muslims, cannot convince the world of our cause? How would you explain this from a historical perspective?
Zahi Hawass: The reason is that they are always united over a single view. They always move together, even if in the wrong direction. We, on the other hand, are divided. If even two Arab countries could be in agreement, our voice would be stronger. Look at the control they have over America and the media.
Interviewer: So in your opinion, the secret lies in unity?
Zahi Hawass: Yes. It was unity that gave them this power...
Interviewer: You mean from a historical perspective?
Zahi Hawass: Of course.
[Link: www.memritv.org...]
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jjmckay1216 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:50:05pm |
re: #370 DaddyG
21+ years as a dry Mormon and I still crave Guiness. Is that psycological or physical dependency?
nah... taste buds
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:50:33pm |
re: #370 DaddyG
21+ years as a dry Mormon and I still crave Guiness. Is that psycological or physical dependency?
It's a reason to not be a dry Mormon, I think.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:50:36pm |
re: #370 DaddyG
21+ years as a dry Mormon and I still crave Guiness. Is that psycological or physical dependency?
That's Good Taste. Kill it. Quick, eat some freeze-dried rotated foodstock!
/
Just kiddin' you there!
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:50:51pm |
Time to head home
BBL; I'll pick up later.
If any gamey trolls show up, save me a serving.
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:50:55pm |
re: #378 Chicago Blonde
Maybe you just miss it on a Friday with a pizza or good take-out?
The commercials are just cruel. Of course I get all the funeral potatoes I can eat at potlucks!
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:50:58pm |
re: #359 Salamantis
The comforting warmth of the cig between your lips...that tasty tobacco flavor...the tingling on the tip of your tongue...that sweet sharp bite at the back of your throat..the joy of your lungs filling with thick pleasant smoke...the thrilling rush of the nicotine surging through your veins...
Please, allow him to introduce himself. He's a man of wealth and taste. ;)
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UFO TOFU Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:50:59pm |
re: #345 Dianna
I used asthma.
Wow.
Mrs. Tofu, an ex-smoker, has emphysema, just spent a week in the hospital with pneumonia and bronchitis. It scared the hell out of me. I want to try the patch tomorrow.
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opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:51:02pm |
re: #370 DaddyG
21+ years as a dry Mormon and I still crave Guiness. Is that psycological or physical dependency?
It's good taste. I had a Guiness at a St. Pat's Party today.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:51:08pm |
re: #375 callahan23
Refresh the page and you'll see lots of updings on your posts. Deservedly.
I never seem to do that - thanks!
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:51:09pm |
re: #377 LGoPs
I tried cold turkey but the cavity wasn't big enough to get over my head so as to keep me from smoking...
:)
You are supposed to get two and cram your forearms in them so smoking is an obvious impossibility. Geez
/
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Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:51:13pm |
re: #373 Miss Molly
With the taxes on tobacco by the Feds making it unafordable I would imagine there will be an opportunity for a growing black market in tobacco.
Yup.
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UberInfidel67 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:51:23pm |
re: #317 goddessoftheclassroom
Of course! I could use it : )
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toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:51:28pm |
re: #371 Dianna
The sigh was definitely mine.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:51:49pm |
re: #382 MJ
Someone tell this asshole that if Jews controlled the entire world, he would no longer be talking to the press.
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Kragar Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:52:02pm |
YAY! I just found out the 5% pay cut which I blame for my heart attack does not apply to my team since we've actually been productive.
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:52:12pm |
re: #387 DaddyG
Funeral potatoes, o man!
I'm a Methodist - I've seen we have more grieving sweets than funeral potatoes.
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:52:28pm |
re: #392 Truck Monkey
You are supposed to get two and cram your forearms in them so smoking is an obvious impossibility. Geez
/
I treed it with forzen turkey's and all I got was frostbite...
:)
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KenJen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:52:32pm |
They are raising the cig tax here in KY next month. Hitting liquor also. Its all about the children. If they raise the tax then children wont be able to afford cigs and the children will be healthy and the children will be happy.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:52:46pm |
re: #391 Dianna
I never seem to do that - thanks!
You can just click the number to the left of the buttons and get an update without having to reload the whole page.
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Miss Molly Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:52:48pm |
DaddyG -- 21 + years as a Mormom and you still crave Guiness only means you are human.
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:53:19pm |
re: #384 Dianna
It's a reason to not be a dry Mormon, I think.
True- but I can't imagine my life any other way so I'll deal with the sacrifice. Ironically if I hadn't given up some things for the priveledge I'd probably have done some serious damange to my heart and lungs not knowing I have some of the conditions I've recently been diagnosed with.
I won't pretend to choose someone elses path but taking the one I did sure has been a blessing. (Now I've gone and got serious...sorry)
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:53:23pm |
re: #362 FurryOldGuyJeans
Ah yes, the wonders and joy of coughing up large quantities of phlegm.
Yep - but stopping the smokes hasn't helped, because my sensitivity to the cat has increased.
Really, really annoying.
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:53:45pm |
re: #401 LGoPs
I treed it with forzen turkey's and all I got was frostbite...
:)
Not only did I tree it...but I also tried it.
Sheesh.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:54:34pm |
re: #389 UFO TOFU
Wow.
Mrs. Tofu, an ex-smoker, has emphysema, just spent a week in the hospital with pneumonia and bronchitis. It scared the hell out of me. I want to try the patch tomorrow.
Take the being scared, and just don't buy any more.
I do not enjoy doing without, by the way. I'd rather have the damned smokes, but it was worrying my Male too much.
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callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:54:40pm |
re: #382 MJ
Renowned Egyptian Archeologist Zahi Hawass: Jews Control the Entire World
I always felt uncomfortable watching that guy. Now I know why. thanks.
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:54:41pm |
re: #399 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
YAY! I just found out the 5% pay cut which I blame for my heart attack does not apply to my team since we've actually been productive.
The Daughter was pretty self-satisfied when she called last night.
She earned 100% of her potential bonus, and the bonus is 20% of her base pay.
Nice to work for a still-profitable concern, what?
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:55:01pm |
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:55:03pm |
re: #405 DaddyG
True- but I can't imagine my life any other way so I'll deal with the sacrifice. Ironically if I hadn't given up some things for the priveledge I'd probably have done some serious damange to my heart and lungs not knowing I have some of the conditions I've recently been diagnosed with.
I won't pretend to choose someone elses path but taking the one I did sure has been a blessing. (Now I've gone and got serious...sorry)
Dude. You are harshing my mellow.
/
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:55:03pm |
I only know one other poem that's clean.
If I were punished
For every puny pun I shed
I would not have a puny shed
In which to hang my punished head
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:55:07pm |
I read a story about a man, in England I think, had laser surgery on his brain and it inadvertantly erased his desire for nicotine...his family was amazed since he was quite a heavy smoker...he needed to be reminded that he had this addiction...the point being there seems to be some switch that can be turned off, if they could find it everytime...it seems pretty obvious that addictions could be controlled in that regard...maybe for the next generation
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:55:32pm |
re: #388 Chicago Blonde
Please, allow him to introduce himself. He's a man of wealth and taste. ;)
heh...
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:56:10pm |
re: #388 Chicago Blonde
Please, allow him to introduce himself. He's a man of wealth and taste. ;)
Yep...the sssibilant voiccce of the ssserpent...;~)
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Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:56:25pm |
re: #402 KenJen
They are raising the cig tax here in KY next month. Hitting liquor also. Its all about the children. If they raise the tax then children wont be able to afford cigs and the children will be healthy and the children will be happy.
...and the children will be immortal living their tobacco-free lives in absolute perfection.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:56:28pm |
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:56:43pm |
re: #382 MJ
I had no idea he was such a pin-head! Thanks. Won't watch him any more.
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:56:56pm |
re: #415 smijer
Yay. Welcome to me.
Drinks are woefully lacking...bring us a round, Newbie! Oh, and welcome!
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:57:02pm |
re: #417 Salamantis
Yep...the sssibilant voiccce of the ssserpent...;~)
Salamantis is a Parseltongue! He's the Heir of Slytherin!
/oh noes!
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:57:17pm |
It's always about the chil'ren. It's always a lie. When states introduce new ways for poor people to gamble, like Keno and other lotteries, that's the heartstring-tugging tactic they use every time. It's for the kids. It's always a lie. Every damn time. The legendary Big Tobacco Settlement almost a decade ago was all about that. In one state, IIRC, the monies went to a Democrat-Union printing shop which printed antismoking aids for schools for about a month, then closed up shop completely, and Democrats pocket the money.
I'm not a fighter, but if there's ever a revolution, someone loan me a weapon and some ammo.
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opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:57:21pm |
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:57:33pm |
re: #390 opnion
It's good taste. I had a Guiness at a St. Pat's Party today.
There was this guy who always showed up at the same bar every year and ordered three shots of whiskey, downed them, left a tip and exited the bar. This went on year after year until one year he showed up, ordered two shots of whiskey and downed them.
The bartender asked, "excuse me but aren't you the guy who always orders three shots of whiskey every year?" The guy says, "yeah".
So the bartender asks him why.
The guy says "you see... I was with my buddies in the war. We fell under terrible enemy fire and promised each other if any one of us survived we'd come here to our favorite bar and order a drink for our fallen comrades every year on the anniversary of their death."
"I See" said the bartender. "But why did you only drink two this year?
The guy says "Oh that. I just joined the Mormon Church and I don't drink anymore."
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:57:35pm |
re: #389 UFO TOFU
Wow.
Mrs. Tofu, an ex-smoker, has emphysema, just spent a week in the hospital with pneumonia and bronchitis. It scared the hell out of me. I want to try the patch tomorrow.
Being scared is effective. Being an ex-smoker, I'll never be a cigarrette nazi or preach to anyone else but I sincerely wish you luck.
:)
| 427 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:57:47pm |
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:57:47pm |
re: #417 Salamantis
Yep...the sssibilant voiccce of the ssserpent...;~)
So...that guy that made me eat the last cookie...skip the gym...buy stuff I didn't need...that was YOU!
/Cool. :)
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MJ Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:58:41pm |
re: #398 Kosh's Shadow
Someone tell this asshole that if Jews controlled the entire world, he would no longer be talking to the press.
Logic and antisemitism have a problem co-existing.
Next time one of his TV specials airs, I'm writing to the advertisers to complain about having an antisemite on the show.
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toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:59:22pm |
re: #382 MJ
I'm sure any of you who has ever watched a show about ancient Egypt on Nat Geo or the History or the Discovery Channel has seen this guy on it.
Renowned Egyptian Archeologist Zahi Hawass: Jews Control the Entire World
(Two crazy dudes wondering why people think they're crazy.)
[Link: www.memritv.org...]
Thanks for posting that, I totally missed it.
Plus, maybe people support Israel because Israelis aren't strapping bombs to themselves and walking into crowded supermarkets? Just a thought.
| 433 |
Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:00:17pm |
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:00:22pm |
re: #415 smijer
Yay. Welcome to me.
Yay. And there was much rejoicing. Until they ate Sir Robin's minstrels.
| 435 |
newsjunkie_ky Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:00:22pm |
KenJen,
The Tea Party is set for next Sat., March 21 at noon on the lower plaza of the new courthouse in downtown Lexington.
WooHoo!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:01:26pm |
re: #423 Taqiyyotomist
It's always about the chil'ren. It's always a lie. When states introduce new ways for poor people to gamble, like Keno and other lotteries, that's the heartstring-tugging tactic they use every time. It's for the kids. It's always a lie. Every damn time. The legendary Big Tobacco Settlement almost a decade ago was all about that. In one state, IIRC, the monies went to a Democrat-Union printing shop which printed antismoking aids for schools for about a month, then closed up shop completely, and Democrats pocket the money.
I'm not a fighter, but if there's ever a revolution, someone loan me a weapon and some ammo.
WA State used that tactic, funding schools, as the whip needed to get voters to approve the state lottery. They published highly inflated figures of the amount of revenue generated, and as part of the passage saw state-wide local levies begin to fail with appalling regularity. The voters decided if the state was getting money from the lootery (spelling intended) why should they get raped with levies. What also happened is the administration costs of the lootery turned out to be nearly 100%.
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Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:02:30pm |
re: #429 Iron Fist
Sooo, who's sockpuppet are we definistrating today?
Defestrating, IF. "Throwing out the window."
Fenestra - ae, "window."
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goose Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:02:37pm |
New guy here. Who wanted meat and beer? I've got venison chops on the grill and Bud in the cooler. Come on over. I'm sure it will be OK with the wife.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:02:39pm |
DaddyG...it helps to alter several habits at the same time when you stop smoking...at least temporarily...change your morning coffee habits is a starter...make quitting part of a larger life change...it's worked for me before
| 442 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:03:42pm |
re: #433 Chicago Blonde
*Passes bottle of Glen Moray back* :)
I've just sipped on my Jameson. Sorry it's Irish.
/
| 443 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:03:45pm |
re: #433 Chicago Blonde
*Passes bottle of Glen Moray back* :)
Again, thank you! But we really have to train the newbies, and they have it so easy! Why, when I was a newbie, the old timers made us run around the block nekkid! And it was not a pretty sight, let me tell you.
| 444 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:03:55pm |
re: #440 goose
New guy here. Who wanted meat and beer? I've got venison chops on the grill and Bud in the cooler. Come on over. I'm sure it will be OK with the wife.
You have a few thousand chops and beers to spare for all the lizards? Wow! ;)
| 445 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:03:58pm |
Date Night! Mommy G is dressing up and we're going to paint the dollar theatre red. (Yeah we're cheap but we make up our own fun).
See ya Lizards - enjoy the new hatchlings.
(And if I haven't said it before I really enjoy escaping to this crazy sane place) Thanks Charles!
| 446 |
gearhead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:04:13pm |
I wish I could have a sock puppet. I would name him 'Fartacus', or maybe 'Blingwraith'.
| 447 |
Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:04:28pm |
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rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:04:33pm |
re: #423 Taqiyyotomist
It's always about the chil'ren. It's always a lie. When states introduce new ways for poor people to gamble, like Keno and other lotteries, that's the heartstring-tugging tactic they use every time. It's for the kids. It's always a lie. Every damn time. The legendary Big Tobacco Settlement almost a decade ago was all about that. In one state, IIRC, the monies went to a Democrat-Union printing shop which printed antismoking aids for schools for about a month, then closed up shop completely, and Democrats pocket the money.
I'm not a fighter, but if there's ever a revolution, someone loan me a weapon and some ammo.
Dems always use emotional blackmail to get what they want.
Also, when Pelosi became speaker, didn't she say something moronic about her role and the gavel now being all about the 'children'?
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:04:41pm |
re: #440 goose
New guy here. Who wanted meat and beer? I've got venison chops on the grill and Bud in the cooler. Come on over. I'm sure it will be OK with the wife.
WELCOME!
(Where's Maverick?)
| 450 |
opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:04:44pm |
re: #430 MJ
Logic and antisemitism have a problem co-existing.
Next time one of his TV specials airs, I'm writing to the advertisers to complain about having an antisemite on the show.
I do believe that the way to settle the rift is to have living Jewish Nobel recipients fight it out with Muslim recipients. Hmm, who would have the numbers? Let me think
| 451 |
Dianna Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:05:06pm |
I'm out.
Take care, and toughen the hatchlings!
| 452 |
UFO TOFU Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:05:18pm |
re: #441 albusteve
Aw hell, I drink coffee all day. This could get ugly (but they'll have to pry the Grand Marnier from my cold, dead hands).
| 453 |
spinmore Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:05:20pm |
I'm in! I'm in! I'm in!
I'm sorry . . . couldn't help myself.
(Philadelphia, PA)
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:05:32pm |
re: #441 albusteve
DaddyG...it helps to alter several habits at the same time when you stop smoking...at least temporarily...change your morning coffee habits is a starter...make quitting part of a larger life change...it's worked for me before
THanks - I gave up the coffee a long time ago. It's the Dr. Pepper in the afternoon that I need to eschew now. Without substituting large amounts of suger in its place.
You are correct- I need to find some kind of replacement like a walk around the building or something equally as energizing without the side effects.
Appreciate it!
| 455 |
Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:05:35pm |
re: #443 scottishbuzzsaw
True, true.
Perhaps some donuts? My sweet tooth is really on Defcon 5 today.
| 457 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:06:32pm |
Really I'm going now...
really...
I am...
(such an addict - sigh)
| 458 |
MJ Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:07:06pm |
re: #450 opnion
Zahi Hawass has probably been taking kickbacks for years from the producers of those programs as well as stealing antiquities.
| 460 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:07:14pm |
re: #426 LGoPs
Being scared is effective. Being an ex-smoker, I'll never be a cigarrette nazi or preach to anyone else but I sincerely wish you luck.
:)
I quit smoking a pipe after my dentist noticed the black ulcers on the back of my tongue. I had it checked, the doc said it was not cancer, but it was likely I would develop it, so I quit a few months back and have a nice pink tongue again. Now to lose the 15 pounds I gained.:)
| 461 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:07:43pm |
re: #440 goose
New guy here. Who wanted meat and beer? I've got venison chops on the grill and Bud in the cooler. Come on over. I'm sure it will be OK with the wife.
You are a man.
Anyone remember what March 14th is?
Steak and BJ Day!
/ ducks and runs in zigzag lines for cover
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:07:52pm |
re: #452 UFO TOFU
Aw hell, I drink coffee all day. This could get ugly (but they'll have to pry the Grand Marnier from my cold, dead hands).
coffee goes through me like poop through a goose...2c. max is all I can handle
| 463 |
Kenneth Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:08:04pm |
re: #382 MJ
Renowned Egyptian Archeologist Zahi Hawass: Jews Control the Entire World
///Well clearly the Jews control the Arab world. How else to explain the all the idiotic, insane, sick, medieval nonsense people like this professor spout, cleverly designed by Jews to make Islam look bad?
| 464 |
David IV of Georgia Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:08:05pm |
Now closed, with 80 hatchlings on a fine sunny Friday afternoon.
Sunny? We've had so much rain the fish are drowning in North Texas. At least it warmed up to 38°F.
| 465 |
opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:08:14pm |
re: #458 MJ
Zahi Hawass has probably been taking kickbacks for years from the producers of those programs as well as stealing antiquities.
Likely true.
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:08:16pm |
re: #457 DaddyG
Really I'm going now...
really...
I am...
(such an addict - sigh)
"My name is DaddyG-"
*chorus* "HI, DADDYG!"
/I had to.
| 467 |
Russkilitlover Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:08:19pm |
Welcome, newbies! I'm getting the 3:00 blahs - will one of you get me a Triple Grande Latte, pronto? Thanks.
| 468 |
Truck Monkey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:08:38pm |
re: #453 spinmore
I'm in! I'm in! I'm in!
I'm sorry . . . couldn't help myself.
(Philadelphia, PA)
Phillies in HOUSE!
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:10:03pm |
re: #455 Chicago Blonde
True, true.
Perhaps some donuts? My sweet tooth is really on Defcon 5 today.
LOL! I'm always on Defcon 5 where sweets are concerned...how about plain, fresh off the line Krispy Kreme?
| 471 |
Kenneth Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:10:07pm |
re: #440 goose
New guy here. Who wanted meat and beer? I've got venison chops on the grill and Bud in the cooler. Come on over. I'm sure it will be OK with the wife.
Mmm... excellent venison, but I'll bring my own Canadian beer, if you don't mind. Welcome!
| 472 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:10:15pm |
re: #467 Russkilitlover
Welcome, newbies! I'm getting the 3:00 blahs - will one of you get me a Triple Grande Latte, pronto? Thanks.
EWWW! Starblechs!
| 473 |
Dustyvet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:10:36pm |
re: #469 Iron Fist
As long as they fall for at least ten seconds and then bounce, we can call it doing the hokey pokey.
:-)
It's always difficult to bring sad news, but you should know...
There was a great loss today in the entertainment world. The man who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey" died. What was really horrible is that they had trouble keeping the body in the casket. They'd put his left leg in and ... well, you know the rest.
| 474 |
Kenneth Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:10:53pm |
Have we started the First New Troll count-down clock yet?
| 475 |
opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:10:56pm |
re: #463 Kenneth
///Well clearly the Jews control the Arab world. How else to explain the all the idiotic, insane, sick, medieval nonsense people like this professor spout, cleverly designed by Jews to make Islam look bad?
That is most certainlty true.It is all a Zionist plot executed by the Criminal Bush. It is all so obvious.
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:11:08pm |
re: #448 rightymouse
Dems always use emotional blackmail to get what they want.
Also, when Pelosi became speaker, didn't she say something moronic about her role and the gavel now being all about the 'children'?
Yes she did. I really fucing hate it when they use the children. Only democrats and scoundrels use children to hide behind. Scoundrels because they're cowards and Democrats because they're intellectual cowards.
When these totalitarian bastards comes for us it won't be with jackboots and goosesteps...it'll be with Nikes and smiley face t-shits and chants of 'It's for the children'...
That's when I lock and load.
| 478 |
Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:12:14pm |
re: #470 scottishbuzzsaw
LOL! I'm always on Defcon 5 where sweets are concerned...how about plain, fresh off the line Krispy Kreme?
Those are good, but what really do it for me...are those Dunkin' Donut sour cream things the size and shape of clenched fist. Those are just...mmm.
| 479 |
Dustyvet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:12:19pm |
Tom Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (Made in Japan ) for 6am.
While his coffeepot (Made in China) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (Made in Hong Kong).
He put on a dress shirt (Made in Sri Lanka), brand new mens designer jeans (Made in Singapore) and tennis shoes (Made in Korea).
After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (Made in India),
he sat down with his calculator (Made in Mexico) to see how much he could spend today.
After setting his watch (Made in Taiwan) to the radio (Made in India) he got in his car (Made in Germany) filled it with gasoline (from Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia), Joe decided to relax for a while.
He put on his sandals (Made in Brazil) poured himself a glass of
wine (Made in France) and turned on his TV (Made in Indonesia ), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in AMERICA?
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Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:12:19pm |
re: #470 scottishbuzzsaw
lizard cupcakes, getcher lizard-green cupcakes here...
| 481 |
UberInfidel67 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:12:38pm |
re: #435 newsjunkie_ky
I just wanted to say that I LOVE driving through Kentucky on my way to Nashville. I wanna stop and take a picture at the LaRue sign where the time zone changes. lol Also, there is this little teeny tiny ramp that leads to (I believe) Owenton? Such a pretty state. Just wanted to share : )
| 482 |
Kenneth Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:12:44pm |
re: #475 opnion
But now that you have figured it out, Cheney will have to send his Super Double Top Secret Executive Assassin Sqad to kill you. Sorry 'bout that.
| 483 |
code red 21 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:13:48pm |
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:14:09pm |
re: #480 Querent
lizard cupcakes, getcher lizard-green cupcakes here...
Girl lizards are pink...Charles gave us a choice. I'll have pink please, with sprinkles...
| 485 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:14:21pm |
re: #476 LGoPs
Yes she did. I really fucing hate it when they use the children. Only democrats and scoundrels use children to hide behind. Scoundrels because they're cowards and Democrats because they're intellectual cowards.
When these totalitarian bastards comes for us it won't be with jackboots and goosesteps...it'll be with Nikes and smiley face t-shits and chants of 'It's for the children'...
That's when I lock and load.
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opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:14:23pm |
re: #482 Kenneth
But now that you have figured it out, Cheney will have to send his Super Double Top Secret Executive Assassin Sqad to kill you. Sorry 'bout that.
How much time do you think I have?
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Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:14:26pm |
re: #482 Kenneth
But now that you have figured it out, Cheney will have to send his Super Double Top Secret Executive Assassin Sqad to kill you. Sorry 'bout that.
as long as they're not Remo Williams and Chiun, Master of Sinanju...
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smijer Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:14:29pm |
Now let's see if this avatar works, or if Sir Robin's minstrels have eaten it.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:14:38pm |
re: #476 LGoPs
Yes she did. I really fucing hate it when they use the children. Only democrats and scoundrels use children to hide behind. Scoundrels because they're cowards and Democrats because they're intellectual cowards.
When these totalitarian bastards comes for us it won't be with jackboots and goosesteps...it'll be with Nikes and smiley face t-shits and chants of 'It's for the children'...
That's when I lock and load.
And when the hyped Utopian policies fail to achieve their objectives will the search and denunciation of Enemies of the State begin.
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Dustyvet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:14:42pm |
THE BOTTLE OF WINE
For all of us women who are married, were married, wish
you were married, or wish you weren't married, this
is something to smile about the next time you see a
bottle of wine:
Sally was driving home from one of her business
trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly
Navajo woman walking on the side of the road.
As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped
the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like
a ride.
With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into
the car.
Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make
a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old
woman just sat silently, looking intently at
everything she saw, studying every little detail,
until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to
Sally.
'What in bag?' asked the old woman.
Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, 'It's
a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband.'
The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or
two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder,
she said:
'Good trade...'
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:14:59pm |
re: #460 avanti
I quit smoking a pipe after my dentist noticed the black ulcers on the back of my tongue. I had it checked, the doc said it was not cancer, but it was likely I would develop it, so I quit a few months back and have a nice pink tongue again. Now to lose the 15 pounds I gained.:)
I'm glad you did...
:)
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:15:11pm |
re: #481 UberInfidel67
I just wanted to say that I LOVE driving through Kentucky on my way to Nashville. I wanna stop and take a picture at the LaRue sign where the time zone changes. lol Also, there is this little teeny tiny ramp that leads to (I believe) Owenton? Such a pretty state. Just wanted to share : )
I love Kentucky...tried to buy some land in the east for awhile...gave that up but I adore the place, and the people...Louisville is a great town
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MJ Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:15:13pm |
re: #475 opnion
That is most certainlty true.It is all a Zionist plot executed by the Criminal Bush. It is all so obvious.
If you google "George Bush Jewish", you get 1,810,000 hits...
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opnion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:15:57pm |
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rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:16:18pm |
re: #476 LGoPs
Yes she did. I really fucing hate it when they use the children. Only democrats and scoundrels use children to hide behind. Scoundrels because they're cowards and Democrats because they're intellectual cowards.
When these totalitarian bastards comes for us it won't be with jackboots and goosesteps...it'll be with Nikes and smiley face t-shits and chants of 'It's for the children'...
That's when I lock and load.
My moonbat/commie sister and her husband have used their children as emotional bait all their adult lives to suck financial support out of our parents, rather than being productive and making it on their own. Makes me sick to my stomach.
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Russkilitlover Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:17:00pm |
re: #472 FurryOldGuyJeans
EWWW! Starblechs!
Yep. That's the taste I like. I've tried other coffee houses, Starbucks is IT for me.
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:17:47pm |
re: #485 MandyManners
[Video]
EeeeEEE! *brandishes cross*
Long story short - my husband got me babysitting with his brother's wife. Love her, love the kids, but...they...watched...BARNEY. The whole time. I told him he owed me a high-end Chinese dinner after that.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:17:52pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:18:01pm |
re: #497 Russkilitlover
Yep. That's the taste I like. I've tried other coffee houses, Starbucks is IT for me.
I've had better tasting bilge water.
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Russkilitlover Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:18:02pm |
re: #490 Dustyvet
THE BOTTLE OF WINE
For all of us women who are married, were married, wish
you were married, or wish you weren't married, this
is something to smile about the next time you see a
bottle of wine:Sally was driving home from one of her business
trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly
Navajo woman walking on the side of the road.As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped
the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like
a ride.With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into
the car.Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make
a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old
woman just sat silently, looking intently at
everything she saw, studying every little detail,
until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to
Sally.'What in bag?' asked the old woman.
Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, 'It's
a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband.'The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or
two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder,
she said:'Good trade...'
I heard that one while horseback riding in Cerrillos, NM. (No, the horse didn't tell it.)
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MJ Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:18:09pm |
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Dustyvet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:18:44pm |
An attractive, calm, respectable lady went into a pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, "I would like to buy some cyanide."
The pharmacist asked, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"
The lady replied, "I need it to poison my husband."
The pharmacist's eyes got big and he exclaimed, "I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband! That's against the law! I will lose my license! They'll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen! Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!"
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband at a fancy restaurant, having dinner with the pharmacist's wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and said, "Well now, that's different. You didn't tell me you had a prescription."
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:19:01pm |
Jews control the world?
Well, then, they're doing a piss-poor job of it.
How long has this been going on?
Did Jews control the world when they were toting them off into exile?
How about when Mr. Hitler was throwing his hissy-fit?
How about when (fill in the blank with the idjit of the moment) is bringing them to their cheering feet with denunciations in the UN?
How come the Jews let themselves be thrown out of every mussulman country that I can think of? Not to mention the ongoing dust-up in Fwance (but I repeat myself)?
I repeat. The Jews are doing a piss-poor job of running the world.
Might as well step back and let the Amish have their try.
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:19:31pm |
Weather forecast for tonight: dark.
~George Carlin
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HoosierHoops Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:20:10pm |
re: #505 scottishbuzzsaw
Weather forecast for tonight: dark.
~George Carlin
followed by widely scattered sunlight in the morning
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Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:20:44pm |
re: #500 FurryOldGuyJeans
I've had better tasting bilge water.
You've actually sipped bilge water like you would a cup of coffee?
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Dustyvet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:21:13pm |
A man asked to God "How long is your 1min for me?" The God replied "your 1 min is 100 million years for me."
The man asked another question "what is your exchange rate of currency?" The God smiled and replied "my $1 is equal to your $100 million.
Then the man requested "can you please, grant me $1 of your?"
The God said "just wait for a minute."
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:21:33pm |
re: #498 Chicago Blonde
EeeeEEE! *brandishes cross*
Long story short - my husband got me babysitting with his brother's wife. Love her, love the kids, but...they...watched...BARNEY. The whole time. I told him he owed me a high-end Chinese dinner after that.
The Kid never got into Barney. But, he loved Teletubbies, and so did I.
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:21:35pm |
re: #506 HoosierHoops
followed by widely scattered sunlight in the morning
Did you find the luck rabbit's foot I left you upthread? It'll keep you safe on the dance floor tonight...;>)
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LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:22:00pm |
re: #489 FurryOldGuyJeans
And when the hyped Utopian policies fail to achieve their objectives will the search and denunciation of Enemies of the State begin.
Oh yeah. These fuckers never reflect and say 'maybe that wasn't such a good idea'. They pour it on even more. That's when they put Billy Ayers in charge to figure out who those 25 million of us are that are the Enemies of the State keeping them from the utopian dream.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:22:31pm |
re: #507 Soona'
You've actually sipped bilge water like you would a cup of coffee?
Not intentionally, but I had to taste it at times when I was in the Navy.
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summergurl Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:22:49pm |
re: #509 MandyManners
The Kid never got into Barney. But, he loved Teletubbies, and so did I.
Doodlebops here - they looked like some strange Play-Doh people that have come to life..
Welcome hatchlings!
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Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:22:58pm |
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code red 21 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:23:37pm |
re: #460 avanti
I quit smoking a pipe after my dentist noticed the black ulcers on the back of my tongue. I had it checked, the doc said it was not cancer, but it was likely I would develop it, so I quit a few months back and have a nice pink tongue again. Now to lose the 15 pounds I gained.:)
I'm glad you quit. I'm a former cigarette smoker so I know how hard it is to quit. The weight you can loose your life you want to keep.
| 518 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:23:38pm |
re: #509 MandyManners
The Kid never got into Barney. But, he loved Teletubbies, and so did I.
Ditto with teenlet when he was young.
Now he has discovered 'Family Guy'. I wanna cry.
| 519 |
Chicago Blonde Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:23:48pm |
Goodbye all, I have to get going - have a GREAT Friday night! And welcome new peeps!
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KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:24:38pm |
re: #358 Chicago Blonde
When do you think they'll just set up a shopping cart patrol for us?
/I'm only half kidding here...
Well...for those of us who use them, the stores that require us to use 'bonus' cards to get the sale prices will already have data on what we buy. When 0 gets around to taking over the grocery stores..
/hope I'm joking, too
| 521 |
Intifan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:24:40pm |
re: #518 rightymouse
Ditto with teenlet when he was young.
Now he has discovered 'Family Guy'. I wanna cry.
In a good way or in a bad way?
| 522 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:24:42pm |
re: #519 Chicago Blonde
Goodbye all, I have to get going - have a GREAT Friday night! And welcome new peeps!
Take care, CB!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:24:50pm |
re: #518 rightymouse
Ditto with teenlet when he was young.
Now he has discovered 'Family Guy'. I wanna cry.
Family makes the Simpsons look like Davey and Goliath.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:25:20pm |
re: #523 FurryOldGuyJeans
Family makes the Simpsons look like Davey and Goliath.
Family GUY *sigh* PIMF!
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:25:20pm |
re: #511 LGoPs
Oh yeah. These fuckers never reflect and say 'maybe that wasn't such a good idea'. They pour it on even more. That's when they put Billy Ayers in charge to figure out who those 25 million of us are that are the Enemies of the State keeping them from the utopian dream.
I'll volunteer my name...Bill Ayres don't scare me and neither do the rest of them...I hate the feds...there will be a reckoning and Bill Ayres and his ilk will go down
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HoosierHoops Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:25:21pm |
re: #510 scottishbuzzsaw
Did you find the luck rabbit's foot I left you upthread? It'll keep you safe on the dance floor tonight...;>)
Yes..Thanks!
3 hours or so till show time!
| 527 |
code red 21 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:25:29pm |
re: #508 Dustyvet
I don't know where you get your jokes but keep 'em coming. We really need 'em.
| 528 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:26:58pm |
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Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:27:01pm |
Cows & Politics Explained
A CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor.
A SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
AN AMERICAN REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So what?
AN AMERICAN DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous.
A COMMUNIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk, but you have to wait in line all day to get your ration.
A FASCIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you the milk. When the price of milk rises beyond your means, you join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage.
DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
CAPITALISM, WITH FRANCHISING: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and breed more cows, which you sell by the pair to people who do the same thing, until you have a nationwide network of branded small family farms.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the drain.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:27:27pm |
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yochanan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:27:45pm |
re: #404 Miss Molly
DaddyG -- 21 + years as a Mormom and you still crave Guiness only means you are human.
not a problem for me IT JUST MEANS THERE IS MORE4THERESTOFUS
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Empire1 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:27:47pm |
re: #460 avanti
I quit smoking a pipe after my dentist noticed the black ulcers on the back of my tongue. I had it checked, the doc said it was not cancer, but it was likely I would develop it, so I quit a few months back and have a nice pink tongue again. Now to lose the 15 pounds I gained.:)
Congratulations on quitting ... and better luck than I've had on losing weight!
| 533 |
Pietr Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:28:44pm |
Thought for the day:
Did you realize that President Obama probably signed his stimulus package
at the same desk where President Clinton got his package stimulated?
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:28:59pm |
re: #489 FurryOldGuyJeans
Well said. Sad, scary, and true.
During Bushitler, their boogeyman had no teeth. Will this administration be different? I've been almost conditioned to know that whatever ills the Left is complaining about are generally things they are doing, or would like to do, or are planning to do. When they said Bush was stifling dissent (which he wasn't, evidenced by Mother Sheehan's band of morons camped in Crawford, among a million-plus other examples), I know that they want to stifle dissent. I think that it is quite likely that every single thing the Left hyperventilated about regarding the eeevil Bush administration is actually GOING to happen in the current administration.
Wait and see.
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wrenchwench Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:29:08pm |
The campaign continues...
Organizing for America
Xxxx --The next few weeks will be some of the most important our movement for change has encountered yet.
Mitch wrote to you earlier this week about Organizing for America's Pledge Project -- an effort to identify and mobilize support across the country for the economic vision President Obama has outlined in his budget.
If you haven't yet done so, pledge your support now and ask your friends, family, and neighbors to do the same.
The budget that passes Congress has the potential to take our country in a truly new direction -- the kind of change we all worked so hard for. We didn't fight to shy away from the tough long-term decisions Washington has ducked for far too long.
President Obama knows, as you do, that our future strength and prosperity depends on Washington finally taking the hard and smart steps in energy, health care, and education that will make sure America and its families are strong for decades to come.
And while his budget reflects those important values and priorities, the President also understands the government has to cut spending like so many families and businesses are being forced to do now. He invests where we need to and cuts where we must.
In the next few weeks we'll be asking you to do some of the same things we asked of you during the campaign -- talking directly to people in your communities about the President's ideas for long-term prosperity. But first, start with your own pledge of support, and the support of your friends, family, and neighbors:
[link disabled]
We know this fight won't be easy. But important battles never are. Together, we have the opportunity to shape our country's future. We believed in the power of people to win an improbable election victory. And we believe in the power of people to drown out the cynics and entrenched interests in Washington to bring lasting, meaningful change we can all be proud we played a role in.
Thanks,
David Plouffe
I think they should quit campaigning and try governing...
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DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:29:12pm |
I'm baaack... The Mrs. isn't quite ready for the date.
So with 80 new hatchlings why don't more introduce themselves? Are we in for a Spring full of troll droppings?
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Dustyvet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:29:52pm |
Birds of a feather flock together . . . and then crap on your car.
When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.
A penny saved is a government oversight.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. AMEN!
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
He who hesitates is probably right.
Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are XL.'
If you think there is good in everybody, you
haven't met everybody.
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.
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USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:30:52pm |
re: #490 Dustyvet
Some years ago I was on my way home, dreading the evening which was to be spent at my mother in law's house. I stopped at the super market to buy some beer. The lady at the check out, obviously a woman of high moral standards, commented on me "spending my money on beer". I said: "It's for my mother in law." The check out lady's eyes opened wide and she said: "Really...?" I said: "Yes. She doesn't drink but she's a whole lot easier to take when I do."
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debutaunt Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:31:43pm |
re: #505 scottishbuzzsaw
Weather forecast for tonight: dark.
~George Carlin
A line of thunderstorms, but don't sweat it -- a bunch of NK missiles...
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yochanan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:31:53pm |
re: #444 FurryOldGuyJeans
You have a few thousand chops and beers to spare for all the lizards? Wow! ;)
NAKUD HATCHLING BUTTS a cause of lizard blindness
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:32:20pm |
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Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:32:45pm |
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create cute, clever cow cartoon mascots, called Cowkimon, and a global marketing campaign for them.
A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
A BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. They get BSE and die. Pass the shepherd's pie, please.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. While looking for them, you meet an old friend. You break for lunch and drink some wine together – life is good.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows, none of which actually belong to you. You charge their owners for letting them graze in your backyard.
A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation declares bankruptcy.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, and consider them sacred.
A CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported on them.
AN ISRAELI CORPORATION: There are these two Jewish cows, right? One has an ice cream factory and the other has a dairy farm. They merge, expand, and then take the company public. They send their calves to Harvard to become doctors. So, who needs people?
PALESTINIAN CORPORATION: Long ago, your grandfather had one camel and crossed the Negev in search of work in the area where all those Jews were living. He worked for some Israeli stockmen and was paid in animals. While the camel has long since died, your family now has two cows. First the PLO rents one of the cows, and it leaves to provide milk for the brave resistance fighters of Fatah. Then Hamas kidnaps your eldest son and the other cow as he’s taking it out to graze, presses him into being a human shield for a rocket crew, and holds the cow for ransom. You could ransom the second cow back if the PLO would just pay you for the use of the first cow, but since Arafat keeps transferring all the government’s money to Suha’s Swiss bank account, there’s never any left to pay you. You appeal to the UN, claiming that the eeevil Zionists stole both your cows. The UN gives you two cows in compensation. Lather, rinse, repeat for 60 years…
AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION: You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute.
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Cathypop Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:35:07pm |
re: #537 Dustyvet
Birds of a feather flock together . . . and then crap on your car.
When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.
A penny saved is a government oversight.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. AMEN!
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
He who hesitates is probably right.
Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are XL.'
If you think there is good in everybody, you
haven't met everybody.If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.
And as we get older these all make sense or resemble us.
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rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:36:16pm |
re: #530 FurryOldGuyJeans
And all the others are even worse.
Have seen maybe one or two that were slightly amusing. I dislike the way Lois is treated and Peter is just another cartoon male idiot that the left adores to project.
The dog is funny.
| 546 |
MJ Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:36:38pm |
This is from today's State Dept briefing. Anyone know which country is sending a delegation to Syria to meet with Khaled Meshaal? It's not clear from the transcript.
QUESTION: A (inaudible) delegation is heading to Syria and will meet Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas, and might get in contact with Hezbollah, so – and as we know, London will have (inaudible) discussion with the political – with Hezbollah political wing. So how do you see this – these actions, and would the U.S. reconsider its position toward Hezbollah?
MR. DUGUID: I don’t have any new position for you on Hezbollah and contacts with Hezbollah. I addressed this question last week, and I haven’t anything new to share with you on that.
The United States right now is looking for a dialogue with Syria, and we want to work with Syria in the context of Middle East peace and nonproliferation. That’s where we see our efforts best placed and that’s what we’re focusing on at the moment.
QUESTION: (Inaudible.)
QUESTION: But how --
QUESTION: Is the United States pleased that the British are opening up contacts with Hezbollah?
MR. DUGUID: I’ve given you the U.S. position. I’m not going to characterize the positions of other governments at this time. We have a clear and defined position on both groups, Hamas and Hezbollah. Those haven’t changed. So I’m not going to belabor the point with you.
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Intifan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:37:35pm |
re: #545 rightymouse
Family Guy is funniest if you only watch 2 or 3 minute clips of certain gags.
| 549 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:37:45pm |
Two Cows explain the state of the economy:
AIG: You have two cows. John Paulson borrows one cow so he can sell it for $100. He gives you $10 as collateral. You buy your neighbor’s cow for $100, which you finance by taking out a $90 loan from the bank and use John's $10 to make up the rest. You brag to everyone about your financial health. You have assets -- two cows you own, plus one Paulson owes you -- worth $300, and liabilities of just $100.
A third of the country goes vegetarian, and those cows you thought were worth $200 are now worth $140. You express confidence in your financial health. Your assets are now worth only $200 -- your two cows plus the one John owes you -- but your liabilities are still only $100. If necessary, you could sell the assets, even at this distressed price, and pay off all your loans, but you hold onto your cows because you are sure the market is "dislocated." Some day, someone will want to eat beef again…
The rest of the country goes vegetarian. Your two cows are now worth $2 each to guys who want to make dog food. John Paulson buys a cow in the market for $2 and he gives it to you as repayment of the loan.
You now have three cows, worth a total of six bucks, and John calls. He wants his $10 back.
The bank calls. It wants its $90 back.
You call the Federal Reserve and ask for a bailout.
| 550 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:38:42pm |
re: #543 Querent
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create cute, clever cow cartoon mascots, called Cowkimon, and a global marketing campaign for them.
A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
A BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. They get BSE and die. Pass the shepherd's pie, please.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. While looking for them, you meet an old friend. You break for lunch and drink some wine together – life is good.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows, none of which actually belong to you. You charge their owners for letting them graze in your backyard.
A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation declares bankruptcy.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, and consider them sacred.
A CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported on them.
AN ISRAELI CORPORATION: There are these two Jewish cows, right? One has an ice cream factory and the other has a dairy farm. They merge, expand, and then take the company public. They send their calves to Harvard to become doctors. So, who needs people?
PALESTINIAN CORPORATION: Long ago, your grandfather had one camel and crossed the Negev in search of work in the area where all those Jews were living. He worked for some Israeli stockmen and was paid in animals. While the camel has long since died, your family now has two cows. First the PLO rents one of the cows, and it leaves to provide milk for the brave resistance fighters of Fatah. Then Hamas kidnaps your eldest son and the other cow as he’s taking it out to graze, presses him into being a human shield for a rocket crew, and holds the cow for ransom. You could ransom the second cow back if the PLO would just pay you for the use of the first cow, but since Arafat keeps transferring all the government’s money to Suha’s Swiss bank account, there’s never any left to pay you. You appeal to the UN, claiming that the eeevil Zionists stole both your cows. The UN gives you two cows in compensation. Lather, rinse, repeat for 60 years…
AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION: You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute.
You weren't planning on visiting my beautiful home state any time soon, were you?
| 551 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:38:47pm |
| 552 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:39:43pm |
re: #542 Taqiyyotomist
Time for them to "get in our faces".
This should be fun.
No kidding - escuse me while I board up the windows. The only cars getting keyed in our area during the elections had McCain stickers. Meanwhile the moonbats run around with every cause known to man plastered on their tailgate and whine about how they are persecuted. I'm beggining to think they all suffer from projection - and given their paranoid fantasies about what conservatives want to do to them, that scares the crap out of me.
| 553 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:40:04pm |
re: #548 Intifan
Family Guy is funniest if you only watch 2 or 3 minute clips of certain gags.
True.
| 554 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:40:12pm |
Good news on the gubernatorial election in New Jersey. According to Rasmussen Governor Corzine has fallen behind by 15 points against one challenger in his bid for reelection.
New Jersey’s Democratic Governor Jon S. Corzine, who hopes to win a second term in November, has now fallen behind Republican challenger Christopher J. Christie by 15 points – 49% to 34%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state shows that seven percent (7%) prefer some other candidate, and 10% are undecided.
Corzine's "draconian" budget was released prior to this poll so it his fall may be higher than indicated. Under Corzine's watch, New Jersey citizens have seen taxes rise to record levels and regulations increase under the nanny state leadership.
[Link: www.rasmussenreports.com...]
| 555 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:40:27pm |
When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.
~George Burns
And on that note, I'll say good night, and have a great weekend, Lizard Clan!
| 556 |
Cathypop Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:40:30pm |
re: #551 rightymouse
"Plouffe"
Sounds like what happened when one of my souffles collapsed.
Liberals think thats the sound their farts make
| 557 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:40:56pm |
re: #535 wrenchwench
In the next few weeks we'll be asking you to do some of the same things we asked of you during the campaign -- talking directly to people in your communities about the President's ideas for long-term prosperity. But first, start with your own pledge of support, and the support of your friends, family, and neighbors:
We know this fight won't be easy. But important battles never are. Together, we have the opportunity to shape our country's future. We believed in the power of people to win an improbable election victory. And we believe in the power of people to drown out the cynics and entrenched interests in Washington to bring lasting, meaningful change we can all be proud we played a role in.
*spit*
| 558 |
Empire1 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:41:14pm |
re: #547 Iron Fist
I've gained about 70 pounds since I was diagnosed with diabetes. It is really unamusing. And I had always prided myself on my physical shape. It sucks, but what are you going to do?
Mr. Empire has the same problems. With me, it's anti-cancer and hpertension drugs, plus salt tablets for a chronic sodium deficiency. I can lose briefly on Atkins, but that's not only durn expensive unless you want to live on hamburger and eggs, but it has ... hmm. Let's just say an unfortunate digestive after-effect.
| 559 |
mojo jojo Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:41:25pm |
It looks like we have a Rachel Corey II here; no bulldozer this time.
not again
Anybody out there every here of this guy who had this accident?
| 560 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:41:52pm |
re: #550 USBeast
to be honest, i almost left Arkansas out. Then again, unless things turn around, i'm not planning on visiting any lizard's home states in the near future!
now understand that i'm just sharing silly jokes (like i figure you're joking with me), and sit back and have an Irish Coffee and a cupcake!
| 561 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:42:07pm |
re: #533 Pietr
Thought for the day:
Did you realize that President Obama probably signed his stimulus package
at the same desk where President Clinton got his package stimulated?
Thank you so very much for that visual. I **coff** updinged you anyway.
| 562 |
VioletTiger Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:43:15pm |
re: #554 Gus 802
Good news on the gubernatorial election in New Jersey. According to Rasmussen Governor Corzine has fallen behind by 15 points against one challenger in his bid for reelection.
Corzine's "draconian" budget was released prior to this poll so it his fall may be higher than indicated. Under Corzine's watch, New Jersey citizens have seen taxes rise to record levels and regulations increase under the nanny state leadership.[Link: www.rasmussenreports.com...]
Hey Gus, fellow Jersey citizen here. Great to see Christie ahead. I think he's a good guy. Lonegan isn't too bad either. Either way, Corzine is toast come November.
| 563 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:43:16pm |
| 564 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:43:19pm |
re: #552 DaddyG
you do know that all those bumper stickers make their cars run cleaner, right?
| 565 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:43:59pm |
re: #550 USBeast
You weren't planning on visiting my beautiful home state any time soon, were you?
So you live in the State of Palestine, eh? ;)
| 566 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:44:56pm |
re: #532 Empire1
Congratulations on quitting ... and better luck than I've had on losing weight!
I can lose weight fairly easy, I just steal the meal plan ideas from those companies that sell meals. I eat 3, 300-350 calorie TV dinners a day with a occasion regular meal out, and lose about 3-4 pounds a week.
| 567 |
Pietr Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:45:42pm |
"I'm Tired"
Robert A. Hall
I'll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when
jobs were scarce, and a six-month period when I was
between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I've worked,
hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I
still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in
seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn't
inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I
am. Given the economy, there's no retirement in sight, and
I'm tired. Very tired.
I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the
wealth around" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm
tired of being told the government will take the money I
earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too
lazy or stupid to earn it.
I'm tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to
"keep people in their homes." Sure, if they lost their
jobs or got sick, I'm willing to help. But if they bought
McMansions at three times the price of our paid-off,
$250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the
leftwing Congress critters who passed Fannie and Freddie
and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble
help them-WITH THEIR OWN MONEY!
I'm tired of being told how bad America is by leftwing
millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros and
Hollywood entertainers who live in luxury because of the
opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if they get
their way, the United States will have the religious
freedom and women's rights of Saudi Arabia , the economy of
Zimbabwe, the freedom of the press of China, the crime and
violence of Mexico, the tolerance for Gay people of Iran,
and the freedom of speech of Venezuela. Won't
multiculturalism be beautiful?
I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of
Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of
Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for
their family "honor;" of Muslims rioting over some slight
offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because
they aren't "believers;" of Muslims burning schools for
girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death
for "adultery;" of Muslims mutilating the genitals of
little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an
and Shari'a law tells them to.
I believe "a man should be judged by the content of his
character, not by the color of his skin." I'm tired of
being told that "race doesn't matter" in the post-racial
world of President Obama, when it's all that matters in
affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and
graduation standards for minorities (harming them the
most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the
ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that
hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment
of US Senators from Illinois. I think it's very cool that
we have a black president and that a black child is doing
her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the
emancipation proclamation. I just wish the black president
was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom
and the individual and less in an all-knowing government.
---Part 1---
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:45:45pm |
OT--if we had a topic
I have to put my boys' nerf guns away when science is happening, for obvious reasons. I took inventory today:
4 light sabers
1 nerf vulcan
1 nerf long shot
3 nerf mavericks (I'm told that's the name)
4 blaster guns from the Star Wars universe
9 other random nerf guns
6 super soaker or other water gun
1 bug zapper (don't ask)
1 plastic saber
1 antique looking gun with batteries
1 rubber band gun made out in the garage
1 foam bat
I only have four boys, so I'm not sure what appendages they are planning on holding all these weapons with. On the other hand, when the giant genetically engineered crabs come, we'll be ready.
| 569 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:46:05pm |
re: #565 FurryOldGuyJeans
So you live in the State of Palestine, eh? ;)
FOGJ, you're evil -- and i like that about you B )
(okay, confession, i left the Arkansas cows in after Pietr posted that snark about Clinton.)
| 570 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:46:08pm |
re: #556 Cathypop
Liberals think thats the sound their farts make
Liberals don't think they fart...that would contribute to Global Warming.
| 571 |
Cathypop Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:46:15pm |
re: #566 avanti
I can lose weight fairly easy, I just steal the meal plan ideas from those companies that sell meals. I eat 3, 300-350 calorie TV dinners a day with a occasion regular meal out, and lose about 3-4 pounds a week.
///I don't think I like you
| 572 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:46:21pm |
re: #566 avanti
I can lose weight fairly easy, I just steal the meal plan ideas from those companies that sell meals. I eat 3, 300-350 calorie TV dinners a day with a occasion regular meal out, and lose about 3-4 pounds a week.
3X300-350 per day? Oh, that may be my problem.
//
How's the new old car project coming?
| 573 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:47:21pm |
re: #550 USBeast
You weren't planning on visiting my beautiful home state any time soon, were you?
Leave him alone. Encourage all unsavory rumors. Spread all jokes. Laugh about the place whenever possible. Be sure everyone knows how backward, racist, homophobic, sexist, poor, unhealthy, and just plain miserable it is.
Place is crowded enough, already. Don't want any more, don't need any more.
| 574 |
KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:47:29pm |
re: #533 Pietr
Thought for the day:
Did you realize that President Obama probably signed his stimulus package
at the same desk where President Clinton got his package stimulated?
I want Reagan back.
| 575 |
goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:47:38pm |
re: #568 EmmmieG
OT--if we had a topic
I have to put my boys' nerf guns away when science is happening, for obvious reasons. I took inventory today:
4 light sabers
1 nerf vulcan
1 nerf long shot
3 nerf mavericks (I'm told that's the name)
4 blaster guns from the Star Wars universe
9 other random nerf guns
6 super soaker or other water gun
1 bug zapper (don't ask)
1 plastic saber
1 antique looking gun with batteries
1 rubber band gun made out in the garage
1 foam batI only have four boys, so I'm not sure what appendages they are planning on holding all these weapons with. On the other hand, when the giant genetically engineered crabs come, we'll be ready.
Ok. when did you sneak into my house?
/I have two boys
| 576 |
Empire1 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:47:59pm |
re: #566 avanti
I can lose weight fairly easy, I just steal the meal plan ideas from those companies that sell meals. I eat 3, 300-350 calorie TV dinners a day with a occasion regular meal out, and lose about 3-4 pounds a week.
I oughta be jealous, but all I can say is good for you!
| 577 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:48:00pm |
re: #562 VioletTiger
Hey Gus, fellow Jersey citizen here. Great to see Christie ahead. I think he's a good guy. Lonegan isn't too bad either. Either way, Corzine is toast come November.
Howdy. Former New Jerseyian actually but I still have a lot of family there now. I hope Christie wins. What Corzine has done is repulsive. Property taxes in New Jersey (as you know) are one of the highest in the country. My father's assessment was nearly tripled and my uncles over double. The latter having his property taxes going over twice the previous years.
If Corzine is reelected it would be a surprise considering the damage he has done to people's finances over the years. Go Christie!
| 578 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:48:26pm |
re: #560 Querent
to be honest, i almost left Arkansas out. Then again, unless things turn around, i'm not planning on visiting any lizard's home states in the near future!
now understand that i'm just sharing silly jokes (like i figure you're joking with me), and sit back and have an Irish Coffee and a cupcake!
It's okay to joke with me. I'm not a native. I just love it here. There are however many good ol' boys it would not be healthy to try to entertain in this manner. You would be far safer here telling this joke: What constitutes foreplay in Oklahoma? "Brace yourself, Betty Lou!"
| 580 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:49:27pm |
re: #571 Cathypop
///I don't think I like you
It's strange, I actually embrace the hunger pains. I just tell myself it's a sign that weight is coming off. I don't kill myself either, if i go out to dinner, I have a nice meal and just call it one lost day.
| 581 |
VioletTiger Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:49:44pm |
re: #577 Gus 802
Howdy. Former New Jerseyian actually but I still have a lot of family there now. I hope Christie wins. What Corzine has done is repulsive. Property taxes in New Jersey (as you know) are one of the highest in the country. My father's assessment was nearly tripled and my uncles over double. The latter having his property taxes going over twice the previous years.
If Corzine is reelected it would be a surprise considering the damage he has done to people's finances over the years. Go Christie!
Every single county in New jersey is in the top 50 for property taxes in the country. If it moves in Jersey, they tax it.
| 582 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:49:57pm |
re: #565 FurryOldGuyJeans
So you live in the State of Palestine, eh? ;)
No. I live in the State of Confusion. I reside in Arkansas.
| 583 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:50:01pm |
re: #579 ArmyWife
Hi guys! How's it going this evening? Any meltdowns yet?
None here, but there might have been one or two in earlier threads.
| 584 |
Bloodnok Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:50:05pm |
re: #579 ArmyWife
Hi guys! How's it going this evening? Any meltdowns yet?
Hi AW. Any luck house hunting?
| 585 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:51:02pm |
re: #584 Bloodnok
I found one place that is on the list, but so far, that's it. Not a great sign for all the dang time I have now spent searching! Thank you for asking, though.
| 587 |
Pietr Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:51:36pm |
I'm tired of a news media that thinks Bush's fundraising
and inaugural expenses were obscene, but that think
Obama's, at triple the cost, were wonderful. That thinks
Bush exercising daily was a waste of presidential time,
but Obama exercising is a great example for the public to
control weight and stress, that picked over every line of
Bush's military records, but never demanded that Kerry
release his, that slammed Palin with two years as governor
for being too inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with
three years as senator as potentially the best president
ever.
Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or
switching to Fox News? Get a clue. I didn't vote for Bush
in 2000, but the media and Kerry drove me to his camp in
2004.
I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other
cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to
fund mosques and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate
in America, while no American group is allowed to fund a
church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia to
teach love and tolerance.
I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard
to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to
debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and
carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a
three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter
live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and
if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough.
I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a
disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay
for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a
dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their
noses while they tried to fight it off? I don't think gay
people choose to be gay, but I damn sure think druggies
chose to take drugs. And I'm tired of harassment from cool
people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never
tried marijuana.
I'm tired of illegal aliens being called "undocumented
workers," especially the ones who aren't working, but are
living on welfare or crime. What's next? Calling drug
dealers, "Undocumented Pharmacists"? And, no, I'm not
against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic and it's been
a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for
my religion. I'm willing to fast track for citizenship any
Hispanic person who can speak English, doesn't have a
criminal record and who is self-supporting without family
on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in our
military. Those are the citizens we need.
---part 2---
| 588 |
Learned Mother of Zion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:51:50pm |
re: #341 bulwrk
As soon as they've squeezed every last penny out of tobacco and alcohol its on to soft drinks fast food and sugary snacks.
Then meat.
| 589 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:52:11pm |
re: #579 ArmyWife
Hi guys! How's it going this evening? Any meltdowns yet?
I had to restrin myself from going back to the "a fetus is just a cluster of cells" discussion. But other than that its been relatively mellow today.
| 590 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:52:11pm |
re: #568 EmmmieG
OT--if we had a topic
I have to put my boys' nerf guns away when science is happening, for obvious reasons. I took inventory today:
4 light sabers
1 nerf vulcan
1 nerf long shot
3 nerf mavericks (I'm told that's the name)
4 blaster guns from the Star Wars universe
9 other random nerf guns
6 super soaker or other water gun
1 bug zapper (don't ask)
1 plastic saber
1 antique looking gun with batteries
1 rubber band gun made out in the garage
1 foam batI only have four boys, so I'm not sure what appendages they are planning on holding all these weapons with. On the other hand, when the giant genetically engineered crabs come, we'll be ready.
Whoa! Four boys? What ages? I thought my one was a handful.
| 591 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:53:04pm |
| 593 |
Pietr Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:53:29pm |
I'm tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would
never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let
their entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting
station, trashing our military. They and their kids can
sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions
under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better
people then themselves. Do bad things happen in war? You
bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave? Sure. Does this
compare with the atrocities that were the policy of our
enemies for the last fifty years-and still are? Not even
close. So here's the deal. I'll let myself be subjected
to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on
terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let
themselves be subject to captivity by the Muslims who
tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the
Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William
Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the
blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in
Iraq , or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls
in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian. Then we'll
compare notes. British and American soldiers are the only
troops in history that civilians came to for help and
handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.
I'm tired of people telling me that their party has a
corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on
corruption. Read the papers-bums are bi-partisan. And I'm
tired of people telling me we need bi-partisanship. I live
in Illinois, where the " Illinois Combine" of Democrats
and Republicans has worked together harmoniously to loot
the public for years. And I notice that the tax cheats in
Obama's cabinet are bi-partisan as well.
I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and
politicians of both parties talking about innocent
mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we
all know they think their only mistake was getting caught.
I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or
poor.
Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with
air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor.
The majority of Americans didn't have that in 1970, but we
didn't know we were "poor." The poverty pimps have to keep
changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars
flowing.
I'm real tired of people who don't take responsibility
for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them
blame the government, or discrimination, or big-whatever
for their problems.
Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 63.
Because, mostly, I'm not going to get to see the world
these people are making. I'm just sorry for my
granddaughter.
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served
five terms in the Massachusetts state senate. He blogs
atwww.tartanmarine.blogspot.com
| 594 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:54:00pm |
re: #572 DaddyG
3X300-350 per day? Oh, that may be my problem.
//
How's the new old car project coming?
Got it running and driving, but both power windows are stuck from sitting. Folks don't realize how fast a car will go down hill if not driven. I hate to see someone store a car under a plastic tarp or cheap car cover, it's a moisture trap. Thank goodness Avanti's are fiberglass.
| 596 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:54:06pm |
Well they should sue Clinton and the liberals that the lenders give out money to people who couldn't afford it in order to say they were putting minorities in homes.
| 597 |
Dustyvet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:54:06pm |
re: #575 goddessoftheclassroom
Ok. when did you sneak into my house?
/I have two boys
Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one .45 caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days concentrated emergency raisons; one drug issue containing: antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair a nylon stockings. Shoot, a fellah could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
/S
| 598 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:54:12pm |
re: #581 VioletTiger
Every single county in New jersey is in the top 50 for property taxes in the country. If it moves in Jersey, they tax it.
Yikes. Woops, just double checked. New Jersey is number one in highest property taxes. Outrageous.
Yeah, even if it doesn't move they tax it. I'm not sure but they're probably taxing dead people. If it moves to fast they also ticket you. In Colorado the tickets are still pretty low. I know once you hit the East Coast the tickets get astronomical -- like well over 100 dollars.
| 599 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:54:30pm |
re: #568 EmmmieG
OT--if we had a topic
I have to put my boys' nerf guns away when science is happening, for obvious reasons. I took inventory today:
4 light sabers
1 nerf vulcan
1 nerf long shot
3 nerf mavericks (I'm told that's the name)
4 blaster guns from the Star Wars universe
9 other random nerf guns
6 super soaker or other water gun
1 bug zapper (don't ask)
1 plastic saber
1 antique looking gun with batteries
1 rubber band gun made out in the garage
1 foam batI only have four boys, so I'm not sure what appendages they are planning on holding all these weapons with. On the other hand, when the giant genetically engineered crabs come, we'll be ready.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm not sure what hurts worse. Stepping on a nerf blaster or a barbie car.
| 600 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:54:35pm |
re: #586 Iron Fist
Isn't that just a lovely thought. IIRC, one of the Clinton Blowjobs was conducted while he conferred with the Foreign Relations oversight commitee. I guess that Monica counted as foreign, as she wasn't his wife. Hey, at least she wasn't with the Russians too...
The transcripts revealing what went on, including the Oval Office bathroom, were unbelievable. He's a pig. She was young and naive.
| 601 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:55:21pm |
re: #586 Iron Fist
Isn't that just a lovely thought. IIRC, one of the Clinton Blowjobs was conducted while he conferred with the Foreign Relations oversight commitee. I guess that Monica counted as foreign, as she wasn't his wife. Hey, at least she wasn't with the Russians too...
What do you have against multitasking?
| 602 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:55:27pm |
re: #590 Bobblehead
Whoa! Four boys? What ages? I thought my one was a handful.
11, 9, 7 and 3. Centuries from now, when even my headstone is too eroded to read, people who walk past my grave will hear, coming up from the ground: "Stop hitting him."
I'll be saying it even when I'm dead.
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Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:55:31pm |
re: #596 monkeytime
Well they should sue Clinton and the liberals that the lenders give out money to people who couldn't afford it in order to say they were putting minorities in homes.
Interesting. The man's last name is "Jealous." Interesting last name. I wonder how they attained that.
| 604 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:56:23pm |
re: #596 monkeytime
Well they should sue Clinton and the liberals that the lenders give out money to people who couldn't afford it in order to say they were putting minorities in homes.
PIMF - They should sue Clinton and the liberals that made the lenders...
| 606 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:56:32pm |
re: #594 avanti
Got it running and driving, but both power windows are stuck from sitting. Folks don't realize how fast a car will go down hill if not driven. I hate to see someone store a car under a plastic tarp or cheap car cover, it's a moisture trap. Thank goodness Avanti's are fiberglass.
Those are cool cars. My relatives are from Northern Indiana so I saw a few in my youth. Ever been to the Auburn museum near Ft. Wayne?
| 607 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:56:37pm |
re: #568 EmmmieG
OT--if we had a topic
I have to put my boys' nerf guns away when science is happening, for obvious reasons. I took inventory today:
4 light sabers
1 nerf vulcan
1 nerf long shot
3 nerf mavericks (I'm told that's the name)
4 blaster guns from the Star Wars universe
9 other random nerf guns
6 super soaker or other water gun
1 bug zapper (don't ask)
1 plastic saber
1 antique looking gun with batteries
1 rubber band gun made out in the garage
1 foam batI only have four boys, so I'm not sure what appendages they are planning on holding all these weapons with. On the other hand, when the giant genetically engineered crabs come, we'll be ready.
Welcome to the Boy Luck Club. :)
| 608 |
IslandLibertarian Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:56:46pm |
re: #559 mojo jojo
It looks like we have a Rachel Corey II here; no bulldozer this time.
not again
Anybody out there every here of this guy who had this accident?
Just another lemming...but check this out:
"The protest took place in the West Bank town of Na'alin, where Palestinians and international backers frequently gather to demonstrate against the barrier. Israel says the barrier is necessary to keep Palestinian attackers from infiltrating into Israel. But Palestinians view it as a thinly veiled land grab because it juts into the West Bank at multiple points. "
Oh those clever Jews. Creating a security barrier to grab land so they can DO WHAT WITH IT?
| 611 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:58:44pm |
re: #608 IslandLibertarian
Just another lemming...but check this out:
"The protest took place in the West Bank town of Na'alin, where Palestinians and international backers frequently gather to demonstrate against the barrier. Israel says the barrier is necessary to keep Palestinian attackers from infiltrating into Israel. But Palestinians view it as a thinly veiled land grab because it juts into the West Bank at multiple points. "Oh those clever Jews. Creating a security barrier to grab land so they can DO WHAT WITH IT?
In other words the demonstrator was caught between some shmucks and a hard place?
| 612 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:59:06pm |
re: #610 Iron Fist
It sounds to me that they are getting what they voted for. That shoul;d serve as a lesson for anyone who's thinking about voting Democrat in the upcoming Presidential campaign.
Wait a minute...
Yep. That was a short minute.
Hope! Change!
///
| 613 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:59:22pm |
re: #603 Gus 802
Interesting. The man's last name is "Jealous." Interesting last name. I wonder how they attained that.
Well if the shoe fits. I do not think it was right to charge black people more interest then white people of similar financial circumstances and I hope whoever did it burns but the whole system stunk to begin with.
| 614 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:59:23pm |
re: #578 USBeast
It's okay to joke with me. I'm not a native. I just love it here. There are however many good ol' boys it would not be healthy to try to entertain in this manner. You would be far safer here telling this joke: What constitutes foreplay in Oklahoma? "Brace yourself, Betty Lou!"
Please tell me when you're coming to my state. I'd like to send out a welcoming committee.
/
| 615 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:00:11pm |
re: #602 EmmmieG
11, 9, 7 and 3. Centuries from now, when even my headstone is too eroded to read, people who walk past my grave will hear, coming up from the ground: "Stop hitting him."
I'll be saying it even when I'm dead.
I see trouble brewing.. The three older boys are going to lead the little one astray.
| 616 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:00:59pm |
re: #606 DaddyG
Yes, I was born and raised in South Bend, you need to check out the Studebaker museum there sometime.
| 617 |
Learned Mother of Zion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:01:04pm |
re: #590 Bobblehead
Whoa! Four boys? What ages? I thought my one was a handful.
Heh. I have six boys. Well, they are men now. Legally, anyway.
| 618 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:02:07pm |
re: #602 EmmmieG
11, 9, 7 and 3. Centuries from now, when even my headstone is too eroded to read, people who walk past my grave will hear, coming up from the ground: "Stop hitting him."
I'll be saying it even when I'm dead.
My wife once witnessed a mother who had snapped in the store. She was yelling at her boy as she whacked him on the shoulder.
I told you not *whack*
to *whack*
hit *whack*
your *whack*
sister *whack*
/Do as I say...
| 619 |
Learned Mother of Zion Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:02:24pm |
re: #608 IslandLibertarian
Just another lemming...but check this out:
"The protest took place in the West Bank town of Na'alin, where Palestinians and international backers frequently gather to demonstrate against the barrier. Israel says the barrier is necessary to keep Palestinian attackers from infiltrating into Israel. But Palestinians view it as a thinly veiled land grab because it juts into the West Bank at multiple points. "Oh those clever Jews. Creating a security barrier to grab land so they can DO WHAT WITH IT?
Build settlements! (The worst form of terrorism: Jooz building houses to live in)
| 620 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:02:36pm |
re: #615 Bobblehead
I see trouble brewing.. The three older boys
are going tohave already lead the little one astray.
| 621 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:03:02pm |
re: #616 avanti
Yes, I was born and raised in South Bend, you need to check out the Studebaker museum there sometime.
Thanks for the recommendation. I may do that the next time we come up North to visit family.
Have a great evening!
| 622 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:03:19pm |
re: #613 monkeytime
Well if the shoe fits. I do not think it was right to charge black people more interest then white people of similar financial circumstances and I hope whoever did it burns but the whole system stunk to begin with.
The banks were forced to lend. I don't know if they charged them more interest but it looks like the courts will decide this now. Somehow I get the feeling that the courts are about to be booked for the next decade.
The whole mortgage/RE system has been rather corrupt for a long time. It started at the "top" with HUD, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac.
| 623 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:03:20pm |
Nearly a year later, Obamas still looking for a church home
Nearly a year after a painful break from his Chicago church, President Barack Obama and his family are considering joining several churches of various denominations in the nation's capital but have yet to settle on one, and aides said that they're unlikely to decide before Easter.
/meanwhile, their children are slowly reverting into heathens, WITHOUT A PUPPY!
| 624 |
IslandLibertarian Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:03:32pm |
California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters,
Sainted Socialist
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., requested the September meeting, in which the chief executive of OneUnited Bank asked for $50 million in special bailout funds.
OneUnited did not get the $50 million it requested, but it did eventually get $12 million through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Waters' husband, Sidney Williams, had served on the bank's board until early last year.
/hey, give it up for social engineering! Yo yo yo!
| 625 |
aboo-Hoo-Hoo Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:03:41pm |
The definition of a Shit-Sandwich pictorially.
| 626 |
toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:04:21pm |
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
| 627 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:04:27pm |
re: #596 monkeytime
The NAACP needs to be suing Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Franklin Raines, and Barack Hussein Obama. The NAACP needs to be suing ACORN.
I knew it, though. When they don't have Bush to kick around, they go after business.
| 628 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:04:58pm |
Open registration thread? An ID/Evolution thread must be coming up!
Today is the 84th anniversary of the Tennessee law banning the teaching of evolution. This is the same law that resulted in the Scopes "Monkey Trial".
| 629 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:05:00pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
I thought action figures were supposed to do more than vote present and finish their waffles.
| 630 |
goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:05:26pm |
| 631 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:05:34pm |
re: #614 Soona'
Please tell me when you're coming to my state. I'd like to send out a welcoming committee.
/
Careful. You make the Arkies mad, and they might not send any more castoffs to coach y'alls' sports teams.
Like Switzer. Or Sutton.
| 633 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:05:46pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
They just keep getting better as you scroll down! Samurai Obama is the best.
| 634 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:05:49pm |
re: #623 Killian Bundy
Nearly a year later, Obamas still looking for a church home
/meanwhile, their children are slowly reverting into heathens, WITHOUT A PUPPY!
How could it have been a painful break if FCBBHO didn't know what Wright was preaching?
| 635 |
Buffoon Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:06:04pm |
re: #347 callahan23
I think if we say the name Clint too many times in a day, Mr T shows up for a stern throttling... we should be more careful :)
| 636 |
toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:06:14pm |
re: #629 EmmmieG
Changeable neck ties don't count?
| 637 |
snowcrash Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:06:20pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
That is hilarious! Obama with a gun or a light saber? Boggles the imagination.
| 638 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:06:25pm |
re: #624 IslandLibertarian
A lot of this reminds me of how businesses not impacted by natural disasters end up with FEMA money -- such as we've seen in Florida with hurricanes. Another example is the post 911 relief funding that funneled money across the country to "hair salons" and "widget makers."
| 639 |
Pietr Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:06:52pm |
re: #595 ArmyWife
latte conservatives are a-ok, right?
Especially if they post as 'ArmyWife"...You've worn the uniform, in a special and seldom recognized way-at least the LLL could never see it...:>))
| 640 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:06:54pm |
once again, i'm here to hand out up-dings and cupcakes, and some of you witty reptiles are making me grin...
| 641 |
IslandLibertarian Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:06:54pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
where's the TELEPROMPTER?
| 642 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:06:59pm |
Much better. Got tired of looking at filth.
Lake Michigan sunsets are much prettier than angry jihadis, no?
Not trying to copy ya Iron Fist...just noticed the similarities!
| 643 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:07:09pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
Great find. The 0 with weapons in his enchanted hands, so very unf***ing believable.
| 644 |
toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:07:21pm |
re: #641 IslandLibertarian
Can't forget the sidekick!
| 645 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:07:31pm |
re: #635 Buffoon
I think if we say the name Clint too many times in a day, Mr T shows up for a stern throttling... we should be more careful :)
/you don't have a blog by any chance, do you?
| 646 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:07:55pm |
re: #602 EmmmieG
11, 9, 7 and 3. Centuries from now, when even my headstone is too eroded to read, people who walk past my grave will hear, coming up from the ground: "Stop hitting him."
I'll be saying it even when I'm dead.
This is where Dads are important when the boys are in testosterone overload.
Wife: "You do something or I will."
Husband: "No problem. I have everything under control. Boys! Let's go to Dairy Queen. Otherwise, Mom will experiment with duct tape on your faces".
| 647 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:08:07pm |
re: #628 gmsc
Open registration thread? An ID/Evolution thread must be coming up!
Today is the 84th anniversary of the Tennessee law banning the teaching of evolution. This is the same law that resulted in the Scopes "Monkey Trial".
Scopes trial anniversary and green replacements! Crack your knuckles and go buy a six pack or two because tonight is going to get busy!
//
| 648 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:08:44pm |
re: #623 Killian Bundy
Nearly a year later, Obamas still looking for a church home
/meanwhile, their children are slowly reverting into heathens, WITHOUT A PUPPY!
McClatchy's still sticking up for the enemies of freedom.
| 649 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:08:44pm |
| 650 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:09:16pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
The interchangeable hands? The pointy hand is pointing with the wrong finger.
/just saying...
| 651 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:09:28pm |
| 652 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:09:44pm |
re: #631 razorbacker
Careful. You make the Arkies mad, and they might not send any more castoffs to coach y'alls' sports teams.
Like Switzer. Or Sutton.
In case you haven't noticed lately, we haven't needed anyone from you steeenking razorhogs.
| 653 |
goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:10:08pm |
re: #649 pre-Boomer Marine brat
So now you two are ganging up on me?
I'm getting MandyManners, Cattt, and some others together...
| 654 |
CyanSnowHawk Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:10:10pm |
re: #633 DaddyG
They just keep getting better as you scroll down! Samurai Obama is the best.
I like the Sith Apprentice Obama.
| 655 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:10:19pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
That's pretty funny. Especially the "action" photos with the weaponry. They managed to make him appear like a secret agent and more macho than the stick figure he really is.
| 656 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:10:43pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
FCBBHO has never been that wrinkled, even on the day he was born.
| 657 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:11:01pm |
re: #653 goddessoftheclassroom
So now you two are ganging up on me?
I'm getting MandyManners, Cattt, and some others together...
AAUUUGGGHHH!
| 658 |
IslandLibertarian Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:11:13pm |
re: #644 toaster_empire
Can't forget the sidekick!
If action figure Captain "0" had a sidekick, who or what would it/he/she/they be?
/the kids are off limits!
| 659 |
toaster_empire Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:11:28pm |
re: #650 EmmmieG
The pose with the American flag is too ironic to take.
| 660 |
DaddyG Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:11:59pm |
Yay! The beautiful bride of 20+ years is ready for our date.
No offense lizards but she's more interesting than you.
Bye!
| 661 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:12:02pm |
re: #632 Taqiyyotomist
New avatar?
That is very peaceful, very mellow. I can actually hear the waves lapping against the pier, smell the salt. OH MY GOSH I GOTTA GO PEE.
| 662 |
LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:12:04pm |
re: #596 monkeytime
Well they should sue Clinton and the liberals that the lenders give out money to people who couldn't afford it in order to say they were putting minorities in homes.
(CNN) -- The NAACP filed lawsuits Friday against two of the nation's largest mortgage lenders -- HSBC and Wells Fargo -- alleging "systematic, institutionalized racism" in their subprime lending.
NAACP CEO Benjamin Jealous says, "We are not seeking damages; we just want them to fix the problem.""We have targeted these banks because we have gone through what we can get our hands on, and it seems like there's a real problem here," NAACP CEO Benjamin Jealous told CNN.
Jealous said the group wants "transparency." "We want to see the books," he added. "We are not seeking damages; we just want them to fix the problem."
This guys name is rich. Particularly since this sounds like a nice shakedown operation.
Seems to me that a large part of what led to this mortgage meltdown was the threat of being branded racists if these lenders didn't lend to minorities - whether they were qualified or not.
Lewis Carroll was a prophet.
| 664 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:12:15pm |
re: #648 MandyManners
McClatchy's still sticking up for the enemies of freedom.
McClathcy: still psychotic after all these years.
| 665 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:12:35pm |
re: #652 Soona'
In case you haven't noticed lately, we haven't needed anyone from you steeenking razorhogs.
okay, you two -- outside, with cap pistols at 10 paces...
(bets, anyone?)
| 666 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:12:53pm |
re: #660 DaddyG
Yay! The beautiful bride of 20+ years is ready for our date.
No offense lizards but she's more interesting than you.
Bye!
Good luck and good night. ;-)
| 667 |
Dustyvet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:12:55pm |
re: #649 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Cute!
You can blame jcm for that video.
He gave it to me a couple of days ago, just for you.
Tiger has asked me to tell you to look for his special pressie under your pillow tonight...)
/S
| 668 |
Cathypop Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:13:01pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
something new for the O to give as gifts.
| 669 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:13:15pm |
re: #617 Alouette
Heh. I have six boys. Well, they are men now. Legally, anyway.
Your avatar is actually a self portrait then. :)
| 670 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:13:41pm |
re: #602 EmmmieG
11, 9, 7 and 3. Centuries from now, when even my headstone is too eroded to read, people who walk past my grave will hear, coming up from the ground: "Stop hitting him."
I'll be saying it even when I'm dead.
Made me think of a new trend, 'Green Burials" They have a site near us in Annapolis. They put you in a biodegradable box and put you in the ground, no headstone, just trees and grass. They give you the GPS position so years latter your relatives can visit.
Nothing really new about the idea, it's only recently been the custom to be put in a $5000 coffin.
| 671 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:13:49pm |
re: #652 Soona'
In case you haven't noticed lately, we haven't needed anyone from you steeenking razorhogs.
Tulsa was pretty happy to get Malzohn.
| 672 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:14:08pm |
re: #667 Dustyvet
Tiger has asked me to tell you to look for his special pressie under your pillow tonight...)
/S
I'm goin' out and sleepin' in th' CAR!
(-:
| 673 |
jcm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:14:18pm |
Afternoon Honcos.
Had to take some mandatory time off from work as a cost savings. So my thought putting tile in the bathroom might be a profitable use of my free time.
Anyway a little mold problem was discovered so I've been in demolition mode.
Here's what it looks like, ready to start putting stuff back in. In for a penny in for a pound, my wife gets a whole new bathroom out of the deal.
| 676 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:15:08pm |
re: #658 IslandLibertarian
If action figure Captain "0" had a sidekick, who or what would it/he/she/they be?
/the kids are off limits!
Pwivate Fwank, of course.
| 677 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:15:25pm |
re: #673 jcm
Be very careful. I just tossed that headphones video at Goddess (and told her where it came from ... heh)
| 678 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:15:41pm |
re: #634 MandyManners
How could it have been a painful break if FCBBHO didn't know what Wright was preaching?
It's painful because he is not going to find another hate whitey and American preacher unless Bill Ayers starts a congregation.
| 679 |
Ateam Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:15:55pm |
re: #207 scottishbuzzsaw
Here...take my lucky rabbit's foot...should keep you safe.
Do not want to be sound as an idiot silly moron (not realy care - after all it's only d web, not life & death), why American tradition takes a dead rabbit's leg as kind of good luck? I wonder about when seeing one of the episodes T.V. 'LOST'.
And BTW, if I may repeat a question from aging thread - why Friday 13st considers to be a form of troubles?
| 680 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:15:59pm |
| 681 |
jcm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:16:04pm |
re: #677 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Be very careful. I just tossed that headphones video at Goddess (and told her where it came from ... heh)
I know nothing, I see nothing!
| 682 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:16:07pm |
re: #653 goddessoftheclassroom
So now you two are ganging up on me?
I'm getting MandyManners, Cattt, and some others together...
| 684 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:17:25pm |
re: #671 razorbacker
Tulsa was pretty happy to get Malzohn.
Tulsa isn't considered to be in the big picture of Okla. athletics. So he doesn't count.
| 685 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:17:26pm |
re: #673 jcm
Afternoon Honcos.
Had to take some mandatory time off from work as a cost savings. So my thought putting tile in the bathroom might be a profitable use of my free time.
Anyway a little mold problem was discovered so I've been in demolition mode.
Here's what it looks like, ready to start putting stuff back in. In for a penny in for a pound, my wife gets a whole new bathroom out of the deal.
makes the tub drain alot easier to hook up...they can be fussy
| 686 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:17:39pm |
re: #673 jcm
Afternoon Honcos.
Had to take some mandatory time off from work as a cost savings. So my thought putting tile in the bathroom might be a profitable use of my free time.
Anyway a little mold problem was discovered so I've been in demolition mode.
Here's what it looks like, ready to start putting stuff back in. In for a penny in for a pound, my wife gets a whole new bathroom out of the deal.
OMG!
| 687 |
yochanan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:18:48pm |
re: #543 Querent
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create cute, clever cow cartoon mascots, called Cowkimon, and a global marketing campaign for them.
A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
A BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. They get BSE and die. Pass the shepherd's pie, please.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. While looking for them, you meet an old friend. You break for lunch and drink some wine together – life is good.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows, none of which actually belong to you. You charge their owners for letting them graze in your backyard.
A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation declares bankruptcy.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, and consider them sacred.
A CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported on them.
AN ISRAELI CORPORATION: There are these two Jewish cows, right? One has an ice cream factory and the other has a dairy farm. They merge, expand, and then take the company public. They send their calves to Harvard to become doctors. So, who needs people?
PALESTINIAN CORPORATION: Long ago, your grandfather had one camel and crossed the Negev in search of work in the area where all those Jews were living. He worked for some Israeli stockmen and was paid in animals. While the camel has long since died, your family now has two cows. First the PLO rents one of the cows, and it leaves to provide milk for the brave resistance fighters of Fatah. Then Hamas kidnaps your eldest son and the other cow as he’s taking it out to graze, presses him into being a human shield for a rocket crew, and holds the cow for ransom. You could ransom the second cow back if the PLO would just pay you for the use of the first cow, but since Arafat keeps transferring all the government’s money to Suha’s Swiss bank account, there’s never any left to pay you. You appeal to the UN, claiming that the eeevil Zionists stole both your cows. The UN gives you two cows in compensation. Lather, rinse, repeat for 60 years…
AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION: You have two cows.
That one on the left is kinda cute.
BOTH COWS HAVE BEEN GOV''R OF YOUR STATE ONE FROM EACH PARTY and the wife of one of the cows is now sec. of state
fixed that for you
| 688 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:18:54pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
If it were a Voodoo doll, I'd buy one to use as a pin cushion.
| 689 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:19:16pm |
re: #679 Ateam
Friday the 13th's always been my lucky day...
| 690 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:20:03pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
That is...interesting. Where was the teleprompter accoutrement?
| 691 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:20:10pm |
| 692 |
Dustyvet Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:20:25pm |
re: #677 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Be very careful. I just tossed that headphones video at Goddess (and told her where it came from ... heh)
Oh no shades of Fat Freddy Freekowtski's cat...
| 693 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:20:29pm |
re: #684 Soona'
Tulsa isn't considered to be in the big picture of Okla. athletics. So he doesn't count.
Neither Barry nor Jimmy Johnson ever lost to anyone on a blue playing field.
| 694 |
LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:20:29pm |
re: #673 jcm
Afternoon Honcos.
Had to take some mandatory time off from work as a cost savings. So my thought putting tile in the bathroom might be a profitable use of my free time.
Anyway a little mold problem was discovered so I've been in demolition mode.
Here's what it looks like, ready to start putting stuff back in. In for a penny in for a pound, my wife gets a whole new bathroom out of the deal.
Afternoon JCM. Looks like a lotta work. I am totally unskilled at that. My skill resides in being able to dial the phone for a contractor. :)
By the way - I love the pic of the view on the way to grandmas for Thanksgiving. Reminds me of the view I had out my living room window when I lived up there. Hardly had a need for paintings with a view like that. Brings back nice memories.
| 695 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:20:40pm |
re: #689 Querent
Friday the 13th's always been my lucky day...
Then you've got one more lucky day left this year (November).
| 696 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:21:14pm |
| 697 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:21:20pm |
re: #689 Querent
Friday the 13th's always been my lucky day...
Mine as well, married on a Friday the 13th.
We are still together after 15 1/2 years.
| 698 |
aboo-Hoo-Hoo Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:21:28pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
Great viral. My compliments. :)
| 699 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:21:30pm |
| 700 |
jcm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:21:43pm |
re: #686 pre-Boomer Marine brat
OMG!
Just got back, the boys and I took it all to the transfer station (the one with $250,000 in art) dumped the fixtures and molding stuff, went to McDonalds (big treat for the boys MD is something we don't do very often). Then picked up the floor decking and fiber cement paneling. Next run will be with the better half to pick out tub, sinks, toilet and tiles.
I'll post another picture when I'm done.
| 701 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:22:13pm |
| 702 |
jcm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:23:04pm |
re: #694 LGoPs
Afternoon JCM. Looks like a lotta work. I am totally unskilled at that. My skill resides in being able to dial the phone for a contractor. :)
By the way - I love the pic of the view on the way to grandmas for Thanksgiving. Reminds me of the view I had out my living room window when I lived up there. Hardly had a need for paintings with a view like that. Brings back nice memories.
It's views like that and literally an hour drive from wilderness and recreation that makes Seattle tolerable.
| 703 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:23:35pm |
re: #700 jcm
Just got back, the boys and I took it all to the transfer station (the one with $250,000 in art) dumped the fixtures and molding stuff, went to McDonalds (big treat for the boys MD is something we don't do very often). Then picked up the floor decking and fiber cement paneling. Next run will be with the better half to pick out tub, sinks, toilet and tiles.
I'll post another picture when I'm done.
Why not post a before and after picture of your wallet.
*Says the fellow who recently finished building one bath and remodeling the other*
| 704 |
debutaunt Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:25:26pm |
re: #640 Querent
once again, i'm here to hand out up-dings and cupcakes, and some of you witty reptiles are making me grin...
Chocolate cupcakes?
| 705 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:25:29pm |
re: #700 jcm
Just got back, the boys and I took it all to the transfer station (the one with $250,000 in art) dumped the fixtures and molding stuff, went to McDonalds (big treat for the boys MD is something we don't do very often). Then picked up the floor decking and fiber cement paneling. Next run will be with the better half to pick out tub, sinks, toilet and tiles.
I'll post another picture when I'm done.
You're doin' all the work yourself?
Most impressive!
| 706 |
jcm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:26:02pm |
With all that Congress has on it's plate what did they do today?
Ya can't make it up: House praises pi
With the world swirling about it, the House took a moment Thursday to honor pi, the Greek letter symbolizing that great constant in mathematics representing the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
Roll call vote, just in case you thought it's a Friday the 13th prank.
| 708 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:26:50pm |
re: #700 jcm
Just got back, the boys and I took it all to the transfer station (the one with $250,000 in art) dumped the fixtures and molding stuff, went to McDonalds (big treat for the boys MD is something we don't do very often). Then picked up the floor decking and fiber cement paneling. Next run will be with the better half to pick out tub, sinks, toilet and tiles.
I'll post another picture when I'm done.
WHAT?
| 709 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:27:19pm |
re: #706 jcm
With all that Congress has on it's plate what did they do today?
Ya can't make it up: House praises pi
Roll call vote, just in case you thought it's a Friday the 13th prank.
Did they get tired of naming post offices?
| 710 |
jcm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:27:24pm |
re: #705 pre-Boomer Marine brat
You're doin' all the work yourself?
Most impressive!
Too cheap to hire someone... ;-)
| 711 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:27:30pm |
re: #626 toaster_empire
Just thought I share this randomly creepy toy with everyone.
You know he actually looks macho. Go figure.
| 712 |
debutaunt Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:27:32pm |
re: #653 goddessoftheclassroom
So now you two are ganging up on me?
I'm getting MandyManners, Cattt, and some others together...
The Jets!
| 713 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:27:38pm |
Phony mortgage plan
by Dick Morris
President Obama and his big spenders are moving quickly, to the relief of those who are facing foreclosure on their mortgages. But the program they are offering will do nothing for those most in need.
In the fine print, Obama’s plan provides no relief for any homeowner whose mortgage exceeds the total value of his home. But these folks are the ones who have been conned into taking sub-prime mortgages so loaded with brokerage commissions, interest rate subsidies, bank fees and lawyer and title-company charges that the amount of the mortgage has ballooned. These high mortgage amounts, coupled with declining property values, have turned about 20 percent of American mortgages upside down, so that the debt exceeds the value of the property.
| 714 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:27:48pm |
re: #706 jcm
The Congress critter thought it was pie, and were celebrating taking a piece of everyone's.
| 715 |
godfrey Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:28:03pm |
/a case of champagne for the insensitive new lizards
| 716 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:28:03pm |
re: #704 debutaunt
Chocolate cupcakes?
I already have a rule that anyone who mentions "cake" gets an upding.
Cake..yummm
| 717 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:28:08pm |
re: #706 jcm
All the military planes were busy so Nancy was stuck and had to come up with something? Another (more intelligent) congress critter suggested this as a joke and Nancy, being quite intellectually challenged, didn't really understand and to avoid being embarrassed just went ahead with it?
| 718 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:28:14pm |
re: #706 jcm
With all that Congress has on it's plate what did they do today?
Ya can't make it up: House praises pi
Roll call vote, just in case you thought it's a Friday the 13th prank.
They're going to tax pi?
| 720 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:28:25pm |
re: #714 DEZes
The Congress critter thought it was pie, and were celebrating taking a piece of everyone's.
critters, pimf
| 721 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:28:29pm |
| 722 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:28:45pm |
re: #711 Bobblehead
Because it was fantasy. You can tell because they posed him holding the American flag and guns.
| 723 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:28:58pm |
| 725 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:30:43pm |
re: #716 monkeytime
I already have a rule that anyone who mentions "cake" gets an upding.
Cake..yummm
well in that case, have a cupcake!
| 726 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:30:43pm |
| 727 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:30:48pm |
re: #710 jcm
Too cheap to hire someone... ;-)
Still (having been a homeowner), it's damned good experience.
I once replaced a hot water heater, including the flex pipes at the top. Bought a torch kit. Got the guys at the local (and very good) hardware store to give me advice. ... No leaks.
/batting 1000, cause I never tried it again ... :D
| 729 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:32:06pm |
re: #727 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Still (having been a homeowner), it's damned good experience.
I once replaced a hot water heater, including the flex pipes at the top. Bought a torch kit. Got the guys at the local (and very good) hardware store to give me advice. ... No leaks.
/batting 1000, cause I never tried it again ... :D
those are easy...the cold water heaters are a bitch
| 730 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:32:08pm |
| 731 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:32:10pm |
re: #706 jcm
With all that Congress has on it's plate what did they do today?
Ya can't make it up: House praises pi
Roll call vote, just in case you thought it's a Friday the 13th prank.
Yay, Pi!
| 732 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:32:17pm |
re: #719 jcm
Yep, quarter of a million in art... made out of old tires.
Too much and the tires will eventually rot. Article says it was 1% of the project. That means the total cost was 22,500,000 dollars. What did they do? No wait, let me guess. Most of it was in administrative costs and "environmental remediation."
| 733 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:32:25pm |
re: #719 jcm
Yep, quarter of a million in art... made out of old tires.
King County says it could have used the money for art in a park, but when they consulted the community, at meetings, and even at schools, this is what people wanted.
That is one of the most fucking ignorant things I've read in a long time.
| 735 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:32:44pm |
re: #719 jcm
Yep, quarter of a million in art... made out of old tires.
I am amazed. Congrats to your son.
| 736 |
CyanSnowHawk Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:33:12pm |
| 737 |
mikalm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:33:16pm |
Already posted this in the "Moonbats" links, but it deserves a second alert here: Ex-Cal tree-sitter hurt in West Bank protest.
This week Memorial Grove -- next week, "Occupied Palestine". Those Berkeley moonbats sure get around, don't they?
| 738 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:34:16pm |
re: #722 ArmyWife
Because it was fantasy. You can tell because they posed him holding the American flag and guns.
There's not an ounce of macho in O. Funny how other cultures see him. Or is it just wishful thinking on their part?
| 739 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:34:31pm |
re: #729 albusteve
those are easy...the cold water heaters are a bitch
?
/I probably should be afraid to ask
| 740 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:34:33pm |
| 742 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:35:09pm |
re: #737 mikalm
Already posted this in the "Moonbats" links, but it deserves a second alert here: Ex-Cal tree-sitter hurt in West Bank protest.
This week Memorial Grove -- next week, "Occupied Palestine". Those Berkeley moonbats sure get around, don't they?
i KNEW there was a reason to bake a cake today...
| 743 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:35:29pm |
re: #737 mikalm
Already posted this in the "Moonbats" links, but it deserves a second alert here: Ex-Cal tree-sitter hurt in West Bank protest.
This week Memorial Grove -- next week, "Occupied Palestine". Those Berkeley moonbats sure get around, don't they?
Sure these trust fund kids are getting around as they are spending daddy's money.
| 744 |
yochanan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:35:35pm |
re: #716 monkeytime
I already have a rule that anyone who mentions "cake" gets an upding.
Cake..yummm
YELLOW CAKE?
| 745 |
fat bastard vegetarian Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:35:46pm |
re: #740 screaming_eagle
Obama is gonna redistribute the cake equally
As long as I get most of the cake, it's okay.
Wait! What is this "equally" of which you speak?
| 746 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:35:54pm |
re: #711 Bobblehead
You know he actually looks macho. Go figure.
That's what I thought. It looks more like "Mission Impossible Obama" - doesn't really catch him. Has a broader jaw and the face isn't long and skinny enough.
| 747 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:35:55pm |
re: #673 jcm
Anyway a little mold problem was discovered so I've been in demolition mode.
You're not naive enough to thing that the mold is only contained to the bathroom, do you?
/you're into the joists and they lead everywhere, prepare to tear your whole house apart
| 748 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:36:30pm |
| 749 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:36:39pm |
re: #733 MandyManners
That is one of the most fucking ignorant things I've read in a long time.
I'm taking that you didn't read the stimulus bill.
| 750 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:37:15pm |
re: #739 pre-Boomer Marine brat
?
/I probably should be afraid to ask
there is no such thing as a stupid question...there is only water heaters...gotcha!
| 751 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:37:24pm |
re: #719 jcm
Yep, quarter of a million in art... made out of old tires.
The liberal taste for art is all in their mouths and other folk's wallets.
| 752 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:37:31pm |
| 753 |
CyanSnowHawk Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:37:36pm |
| 754 |
debutaunt Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:37:47pm |
re: #747 Killian Bundy
You're not naive enough to thing that the mold is only contained to the bathroom, do you?
/you're into the joists and they lead everywhere, prepare to tear your whole house apart
The neighborhood is ready for total destruction and then there will be chocolate cake.
| 755 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:38:00pm |
re: #745 fat bastard vegetarian
As long as I get most of the cake, it's okay.
Wait! What is this "equally" of which you speak?
1 for you
1 for me
2 for you
1,2 for me
3 for you
1,2,3 for me
etc...
| 756 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:38:07pm |
re: #740 screaming_eagle
Obama is gonna redistribute the cake equally
No, Congress, you cannot tax and redistribute my Lizard Cupcakes! It's un-Constitutional!
However, you may certainly subsidize me to bake them and distribute them myself...
| 757 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:38:35pm |
re: #750 albusteve
there is no such thing as a stupid question...there is only water heaters...gotcha!
(-:
I realized what you were talking about after I replied.
*shrug* ... I grew up calling it a "hot water heater"
| 758 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:38:49pm |
re: #745 fat bastard vegetarian
I think he meant "relatively equal" so that those of us who deserve more get more.
| 759 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:39:04pm |
re: #744 yochanan
how about a lemon cake, so lemony it registers on a Geiger counter?
| 760 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:39:14pm |
| 762 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:39:59pm |
re: #733 MandyManners
That is one of the most fucking ignorant things I've read in a long time.
Either King county officials are lying, or their constituents are some of the stupidist people in the country. Probably both are correct.
| 763 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:39:59pm |
re: #746 monkeytime
That's what I thought. It looks more like "Mission Impossible Obama" - doesn't really catch him. Has a broader jaw and the face isn't long and skinny enough.
They got the big mole right, didn't they?
lol
| 764 |
Opilio Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:40:14pm |
| 765 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:40:16pm |
re: #757 pre-Boomer Marine brat
(-:
I realized what you were talking about after I replied.
*shrug* ... I grew up calling it a "hot water heater"
so do 99.9% of everyone else...I'm a builder, therefore I'm hip to these wild illusions perped on innocent laymen...no penalty
| 766 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:40:20pm |
| 767 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:40:39pm |
| 768 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:41:15pm |
re: #762 Soona'
Either King county officials are lying, or their constituents are some of the stupidist people in the country. Probably both are correct.
Isn't this the same county that approved dead people as valid voters?
| 769 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:41:35pm |
I'm catching up on news and I see we've had another foreign relations issue, this time with Brazil. Sigh. Can someone order up a copy of Emily Post and mail it to the Pennsylvania Avenue stat?
| 770 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:41:38pm |
re: #706 jcm
Why are all 10 no votes Republicans?
| 772 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:42:09pm |
re: #747 Killian Bundy
Thanks for the photos of Kitten Bill you posted the other night. He's a handsome little guy.
| 774 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:42:21pm |
re: #768 rightymouse
Isn't this the same county that approved dead people as valid voters?
2 people? How many dead voters are in Cook county Illinois?
| 775 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:42:24pm |
re: #762 Soona'
Either King county officials are lying, or their constituents are some of the stupidist people in the country. Probably both are correct.
Hey, I found this. Here's the construction firm that probably "made out" in the whole deal.
You can see a close up of the "art." It's basically a median with a bunch of old tires with speakers as hubs.
$250,000
I bet this doesn't include maintenance.
| 776 |
fat bastard vegetarian Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:42:43pm |
| 778 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:43:22pm |
re: #765 albusteve
so do 99.9% of everyone else...I'm a builder, therefore I'm hip to these wild illusions perped on innocent laymen...no penalty
I sometimes do the same sort of thing (with laymen) regarding electronics.
| 779 |
mikalm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:43:36pm |
re: #687 yochanan
The version I heard was:
FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. A German comes walking down the road. You immediately surrender your cows to him. Life has no meaning.
| 780 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:43:46pm |
re: #749 screaming_eagle
I'm taking that you didn't read the stimulus bill.
No lest I stroke out or have a heart attack.
| 781 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:44:02pm |
re: #774 screaming_eagle
2 people? How many dead voters are in Cook county Illinois?
I don't know but it would be interesting to have a match-up between King county and Cook county to see which one is the most into necrophilia.
| 782 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:44:08pm |
re: #733 MandyManners
That is one of the most fucking ignorant things I've read in a long time.
That describes most of the people in this state.
| 783 |
CyanSnowHawk Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:44:11pm |
| 784 |
LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:44:16pm |
re: #744 yochanan
YELLOW CAKE?
They have lots of that in Niger. Just ask Joe Wilson and his wife Valerie Plame.
Oops, there I went and did it. I outed a couple of world class liars. Under the Obama administration I'm afraid that might be against the law...
/
| 785 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:44:30pm |
re: #770 Killgore Trout
Republicans hate math and science, silly! Where've ya been?
///
Seriously, because 10 people decided it was a waste of time, money, and government.
Those 10 pass the test. The rest can [deleted]
| 786 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:44:48pm |
re: #769 ArmyWife
I'm catching up on news and I see we've had another foreign relations issue, this time with Brazil. Sigh. Can someone order up a copy of Emily Post and mail it to the Pennsylvania Avenue stat?
What has FCBBHO done now?
| 787 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:44:57pm |
| 788 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:45:05pm |
re: #776 fat bastard vegetarian
Let me try it...
All for me...
none for you...That it? Seems easy enough.
Nope. The American people didn't vote for that. If you don't play nice you'll be in jail and never again get to even look at cake.
| 789 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:45:10pm |
re: #767 DEZes
Bad cake, bad!
How could they have named something so bad after something so yummy like cake?
| 790 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:45:18pm |
re: #737 mikalm
Already posted this in the "Moonbats" links, but it deserves a second alert here: Ex-Cal tree-sitter hurt in West Bank protest.
This week Memorial Grove -- next week, "Occupied Palestine". Those Berkeley moonbats sure get around, don't they?
The first that I heard about 'tree-sitting' to protest was when the usual gang of suspects were tree-sitting to protest the construction of a Kohls department store in Fayetteville, AR. There was a barefoot hippy-chick named Butterfly, or Moonbeam, or Sunshine...something like that. She next turned up in Bezerkly doing the same 'protest'.
Wouldn't be surprised to learn that she was involved here, too.
BTW, Kohls built the store.
| 791 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:45:42pm |
re: #766 monkeytime
Is it Soylent Green Cake?
Yes. Very tasty cake. Have some. No more questions please.
| 792 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:45:44pm |
re: #779 mikalm
The version I heard was:
FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. A German comes walking down the road. You immediately surrender your cows to him. Life has no meaning.
i like that one...
| 793 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:45:50pm |
re: #782 FurryOldGuyJeans
That describes most of the people in this state.
They like to bitch about all the poor people yet they blow their tax money on touchy-feely-shitty art!
| 795 |
KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:47:08pm |
re: #730 DEZes
And Soylent Green.
mmm... (dips her Soylent Green stick into the chocolate fudge sauce)
| 796 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:47:09pm |
re: #786 MandyManners
Brazil has become a major U.S. trading partner, with cautious economic policies that have helped it weather the crisis better than almost all other major economies. With huge new offshore oil finds and abundant ethanol, Brazil could be key to helping wean the U.S. off Venezuelan crude and shift to cleaner energies.
Still, the White House made several moves interpreted as snubs by the Brazilian media.
Silva aides said the trip was pushed forward from Tuesday because of the St. Patrick’s Day holiday - making Latin America once again look like an afterthought. Then, the White House announcement misspelled his name as “Luis Ignacio” and put “Lula” - a nickname that decades ago became a legal part of the Brazilian leader’s name - in quotes.
The White House quickly corrected the mistake.
from Hot Air [Link: hotair.com...]
| 798 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:47:16pm |
re: #791 Soona'
Yes. Very tasty cake. Have some. No more questions please.
Soylent green cake, Its hatchlings.
| 799 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:48:10pm |
Anyone watch Glenn Beck's panic inducing publicity stunt today?
| 800 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:48:13pm |
Remember all the the Democrat derision, indignation and uproar when George W. Bush issued signing statements, statements that have been issued by Presidents since the inception of the country?
Ruh roh, people are asking questions, there might be a disturbance in the Hope (or the Change, I get confused), unleash the pet weasel!
Well, so much yada, yada yada.
Signing Statements Reappear in Obama White House
Democrats often criticized the Bush White House for its use of the presidential signing statement, a means by which the president can reject provisions of a bill he deems unconstitutional without vetoing the entire legislation. Now the approach is back.
President Barack Obama, after signing into law a $410 billion budget bill on Wednesday, declared five provisions in the bill to be unconstitutional and non-binding, including one that would effectively restrict U.S. troop deployments under U.N. command and another aimed at preventing punishment of whistleblowers.
The move came two days after Mr. Obama ordered a review of his predecessor’s signing statements and said he would rein in the use of such declarations.
“As I announced this past Monday, it is a legitimate constitutional function, and one that promotes the value of transparency, to indicate when a bill that is presented for Presidential signature includes provisions that are subject to well-founded constitutional objections,” Mr. Obama said in the statement.
[SIGNING] STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
/Barack Obama, complete, utter assclown or just an arrogant, condescending, cynical, lying assclown?
| 801 |
fat bastard vegetarian Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:48:33pm |
re: #799 Killgore Trout
Anyone watch Glenn Beck's panic inducing publicity stunt today?
No, but I am ready to slap the shit out of him.
| 802 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:48:41pm |
re: #799 Killgore Trout
Anyone watch Glenn Beck's panic inducing publicity stunt today?
Missed that, do tell.
| 803 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:48:54pm |
re: #793 MandyManners
The left is a walking bundle of insane contradictions and paradoxes.
From the link:
* Liberals want to help the poor - yet they won't give money to charities.
* They won't give money to charities - yet they'd like the government to become a gigantic charity.
* They'd like the government to become a gigantic charity - yet the money has to be taken from people by force.
* The money has to be taken from people by force - yet they call it welfare.
* They call it welfare - yet higher taxes make everyone poorer.
* Higher taxes make everyone poorer - yet liberals find ways not to pay taxes.
* Liberals find ways not to pay taxes - yet they get to be chosen to run the government.
There are many more at the site. Liberalism is a mental disorder, or the manifest symptoms of one.
| 804 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:49:03pm |
re: #787 Killgore Trout
Mystery solved: Responding to pressure from religious groups, Alabama's state legislature redefined the value of pi from 3.14159 to 3 in order to bring it in line with Biblical precepts.
Heh.
Celebrate Pi Day by learning Pi out to 400 digits past the decimal point! (Yes, I actually learned it.)
When you've done that, proudly display your geekiness by buying some of my Pi goodies!
| 805 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:49:17pm |
re: #781 rightymouse
I don't know but it would be interesting to have a match-up between King county and Cook county to see which one is the most into necrophilia.
If we offered Fed funds to the winner I bet they'd fight for that title.
| 806 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:49:24pm |
re: #791 Soona'
Yes. Very tasty cake. Have some. No more questions please.
OK - but where's Grandpa?
| 807 |
brennk2 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:49:25pm |
Hello All! – A new hatchling from the great state of Minnesota has joined in and is making his first comment after reading comments posted on this site for the last 2-years. Figured it was about time not to mention today was the first time I’ve been on the site when registration was open. A peril of working nights I guess.
| 808 |
LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:49:38pm |
re: #777 Iron Fist
I'm printing that out and showing it to everybody I know. My compliments.
| 809 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:49:51pm |
re: #770 Killgore Trout
Why are all 10 no votes Republicans?
/because its a dumbass congressional waste of time and resources
| 810 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:49:57pm |
re: #796 ArmyWife
Brazil has become a major U.S. trading partner, with cautious economic policies that have helped it weather the crisis better than almost all other major economies. With huge new offshore oil finds and abundant ethanol, Brazil could be key to helping wean the U.S. off Venezuelan crude and shift to cleaner energies.
Still, the White House made several moves interpreted as snubs by the Brazilian media.
Silva aides said the trip was pushed forward from Tuesday because of the St. Patrick’s Day holiday - making Latin America once again look like an afterthought. Then, the White House announcement misspelled his name as “Luis Ignacio” and put “Lula” - a nickname that decades ago became a legal part of the Brazilian leader’s name - in quotes.
The White House quickly corrected the mistake.
from Hot Air [Link: hotair.com...]
I'm smelling deliberation again, not incompetence.
| 811 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:50:23pm |
re: #802 DEZes
Here's one of the promotions (via Hot Air)...
'You're Begrudging Him His Success'
He's calling from the Doom Room or the Panic Chamber or something.
| 812 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:50:27pm |
Shire Network News have unveiled their new site.
Shire Network News is back with a new look, a new home and a renewed sense of purpose...Now hosted from deep within a labyrinthine maze of corridors and vaults, in a subterranean volcanic cavern, strategically situated below somewhere new and very vague, we feel confident in tackling the blogoshpere, the jihadists, the loony left... and anyone else who might take 'offense' at our brand of news, commentary and satire.
The only podcast I always listen to.
| 813 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:50:32pm |
re: #804 gmsc
Celebrate Pi Day by learning Pi out to 400 digits past the decimal point! (Yes, I actually learned it.)
When you've done that, proudly display your geekiness by buying some of my Pi goodies!
Alabamans are very pious folk
| 814 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:51:06pm |
Soylents! I want soylents from the lot of ye. If I hear so much as a sound I lather ye with me shillelagh.
| 816 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:51:37pm |
re: #803 Taqiyyotomist
The left is a walking bundle of insane contradictions and paradoxes.
From the link:
There are many more at the site. Liberalism is a mental disorder, or the manifest symptoms of one.
I don't know if I can read more at thepeoplescube.com without having a very bad headache.
| 817 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:51:54pm |
On the CIA:
* The CIA is a reactionary institution - yet its agents always leak information that helps liberals politically.
* CIA agents always leak information that helps liberals politically - yet liberals say the CIA is clueless.
* Liberals say the CIA is clueless - yet in their movies the CIA is running the world.
* In their movies the CIA is running the world - yet they tell us that better intelligence could have prevented the war.
* Better intelligence could have prevented the war - yet "enhanced interrogations" of captured terrorists must not be allowed.
On Love and Marriage:
* Sex differences are the result of social conditioning - yet homosexuality is biological.
* Homosexuality is biological - yet everybody is encouraged to experiment with it.
* Everybody is encouraged to experiment with it - yet venereal diseases are treated at the taxpayers' expense.
* Venereal diseases are treated at the taxpayers' expense - yet taxpayers have no right to impose standards since there are no moral absolutes.
* There are no moral absolutes - yet gay marriage is an absolute must.
* Gay marriage is an absolute must - yet family is an antiquated tool of bourgeois oppression.
| 818 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:51:56pm |
re: #804 gmsc
As I recall they use it as the international standard to judge who has the best memory.
| 820 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:52:23pm |
re: #807 brennk2
Hello All! – A new hatchling from the great state of Minnesota has joined in and is making his first comment after reading comments posted on this site for the last 2-years. Figured it was about time not to mention today was the first time I’ve been on the site when registration was open. A peril of working nights I guess.
Welcome!
| 821 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:52:23pm |
re: #799 Killgore Trout
Anyone watch Glenn Beck's panic inducing publicity stunt today?
Are we gonna die?
| 823 |
Bloodnok Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:52:43pm |
re: #807 brennk2
Hello All! – A new hatchling from the great state of Minnesota has joined in and is making his first comment after reading comments posted on this site for the last 2-years. Figured it was about time not to mention today was the first time I’ve been on the site when registration was open. A peril of working nights I guess.
Welcome! (As long as you didn't vote for Franken)
| 826 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:53:03pm |
Speaking of cake, my son's writing report that was due this Friday as sent in an email from his language arts teacher was "If You Were Shipped Wrecked On A Dessert Island What Would You Do Until You Were Rescued?"
I told teenlet that he was too young too drink and if he was going to land on a dessert island I'd go with him if it was a chocolate mousse.
| 828 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:53:45pm |
Good evening everyone! Is it too early to propose it become a drinking thread? Because I have Caramel Bailey's, and it's goood!
| 830 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:54:03pm |
| 831 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:54:15pm |
re: #805 screaming_eagle
If we offered Fed funds to the winner I bet they'd fight for that title.
I bet you're right about that. :)
| 832 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:54:30pm |
re: #829 taxfreekiller
Are we still on topic about something?
| 833 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:54:31pm |
re: #811 Killgore Trout
Video wont load, been having that problem with youtube all evening though.
Thanks.
| 835 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:55:02pm |
re: #832 Killgore Trout
I just checked.; "Open Thread"
| 836 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:55:04pm |
re: #828 Natasha
Good evening everyone! Is it too early to propose it become a drinking thread? Because I have Caramel Bailey's, and it's goood!
But,...aren't they all drinking threads?
| 838 |
CyanSnowHawk Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:56:09pm |
| 839 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:56:37pm |
re: #810 MandyManners
Part of me wants to agree because, seriously, no one is this dumb, right? Then again... I'm waiting to see what the gift is. Recipe for a Reuben hand printed by Michelle on a presidential napkin?
| 840 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:57:09pm |
re: #826 rightymouse
Speaking of cake, my son's writing report that was due this Friday as sent in an email from his language arts teacher was "If You Were Shipped Wrecked On A Dessert Island What Would You Do Until You Were Rescued?"
I told teenlet that he was too young too drink and if he was going to land on a dessert island I'd go with him if it was a chocolate mousse.
That should be grounds for outright dismissal for this teacher. Unless, maybe, the teacher had a student write up the email? Doubtful. It was probably the teacher. Probably a teacher who would say "Oh jesus..." when a student says they like McCain.
| 842 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:57:22pm |
re: #826 rightymouse
Speaking of cake, my son's writing report that was due this Friday as sent in an email from his language arts teacher was "If You Were Shipped Wrecked On A Dessert Island What Would You Do Until You Were Rescued?"
I told teenlet that he was too young too drink and if he was going to land on a dessert island I'd go with him if it was a chocolate mousse.
LOL Proofreading is not one of that teacher's skills I see.
| 843 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:57:25pm |
re: #772 Bobblehead
Thanks for the photos of Kitten Bill you posted the other night. He's a handsome little guy.
He's only a kitten for two more weeks.
/and he's not little any more, he stands taller than Bob
| 844 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:57:34pm |
| 845 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:58:20pm |
re: #810 MandyManners
I'm smelling deliberation again, not incompetence.
I am also. He is going to align this good nation with despots and tyrants.
| 846 |
LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:58:27pm |
re: #803 Taqiyyotomist
I have to say - that is an excellent post and link. Thanks. Printing it as I type.
| 847 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:58:56pm |
| 848 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:58:57pm |
re: #838 CyanSnowHawk
Life is terminal after all.
Yes, and dead is as old as anyone ever gets. This makes us all the same age: younger than dead.
| 849 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:59:00pm |
re: #804 gmsc
Celebrate Pi Day by learning Pi out to 400 digits past the decimal point! (Yes, I actually learned it.)
When you've done that, proudly display your geekiness by buying some of my Pi goodies!
Nice Shirts! Do you have one that says "I learned Pi out to 4 digits past the decimal"? :>)
| 850 |
Bobblehead Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:59:02pm |
re: #843 Killian Bundy
He's only a kitten for two more weeks.
/and he's not little any more, he stands taller than Bob
Well then, he's a handsome young gentleman.
| 851 |
aboo-Hoo-Hoo Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:59:05pm |
...I{me, the 'One'...your God} want to emphasize is that we are spending every day workingthrough how to get credit flowing again so that businesses, large and small, as well as consumers, are ableto obtain credit...
| 853 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:59:25pm |
| 854 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 4:59:50pm |
re: #849 monkeytime
Nice Shirts! Do you have one that says "I learned Pi out to 4 digits past the decimal"? :>)
Not yet, but you could cover up the 2 zeroes on the "400" shirts!
| 856 |
Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:00:29pm |
Woo Hoo! I just got my bail out money!
Wait, no, I got absolutely jack.
| 857 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:00:41pm |
re: #845 Soona'
I am also. He is going to align this good nation with despots and tyrants.
of course it's deliberate...
| 858 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:00:44pm |
re: #844 Natasha
Well, only on days that end in "y"...
Oh. Most of my days start with "why". Does that count?
| 859 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:00:58pm |
re: #814 USBeast
Soylents! I want soylents from the lot of ye. If I hear so much as a sound I lather ye with me shillelagh.
I'm only part Irish, but would you please keep your shillelagh in your pants.
| 860 |
LGoPs Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:01:09pm |
Gotta run - out of town and off the air for a few days. Wish you all a great weekend. Later reptiles.
| 861 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:01:21pm |
| 862 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:01:25pm |
re: #846 LGoPs
You're welcome! I found it in the links, can't remember who posted it there, though. That site is and always has been just incredible. It's kinda like the Onion, without all the Jew-hate.
| 863 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:01:40pm |
re: #819 Iron Fist
I still want my bailout. I am beginning to get a bit miffed about it.
| 865 |
jaunte Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:03:01pm |
re: #863 MandyManners
Smaller:
Image: bucket.jpg
| 866 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:03:28pm |
re: #863 MandyManners
You're doing it wrong. Here's your bailout money.
| 867 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:03:39pm |
| 868 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:03:42pm |
re: #840 Taqiyyotomist
That should be grounds for outright dismissal for this teacher. Unless, maybe, the teacher had a student write up the email? Doubtful. It was probably the teacher. Probably a teacher who would say "Oh jesus..." when a student says they like McCain.
And he's in a private school for learning disabled children. Go figure.
I doubt she had a student write up the email.
She gave him a topic recently that was more for a political science class, and yup, she didn't like the answers because it wasn't all kumbaya, take care of everyone crappola.
She's not a bad person, but I must confess that these misspellings on the part of a language teacher in a school for learning disabled children gave me cause for pause. I'll have to pay closer attention to his vocabulary homework.
| 869 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:04:43pm |
Has anyone here downloaded the Onion's Google Earth plugin? Seems that there's a lot of comedy gold in Israel and the Flyover areas of the USA, and nope, there's nothing even mildly humorous about anything in any Muslim nation whatsoever.
After I d/l'ed that plugin, thinking it'd be funny, and saw the bias even there, I said no more Onion for me. Unless Charles links to a funny one. or someone else here. um.
Okay, I like the Onion, but they need to quit fearing Islam.
| 871 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:05:04pm |
re: #777 Iron Fist
WOW! That was one awesome sermon. Updinged and favorited. Thank you! Sometimes words fail me to describe what goes through my mind when I see events unfold in front of me and around me. This expresses some of my thoughts.
| 872 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:05:24pm |
re: #839 ArmyWife
Part of me wants to agree because, seriously, no one is this dumb, right? Then again... I'm waiting to see what the gift is. Recipe for a Reuben hand printed by Michelle on a presidential napkin?
Or, her recipe for arroz branco.
| 873 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:06:03pm |
re: #841 taxfreekiller
If you lie with commies that lie, and you support their lies how far from a liar are you?
You get up with lying fleas!
| 874 |
Empire1 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:06:03pm |
re: #775 Gus 802
Art? Not by any standards I learned. Dumb? YES!
| 876 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:06:41pm |
| 877 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:06:47pm |
re: #859 Soona'
I'm only part Irish, but would you please keep your shillelagh in your pants.
I'm part Irish too, but it's only temporary. I switched from bourbon to Tullamore Dew.
| 878 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:06:50pm |
re: #845 Soona'
I am also. He is going to align this good nation with despots and tyrants.
When is our first official visit from some asshole leader?
| 879 |
brennk2 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:07:05pm |
re: #830 Taqiyyotomist
Never voted for Franken but I did vote for Jesse Ventura (once). Hope that’s not enough to lower your opinion of someone so newly hatched. On the other hand I voted for Reagan when I was had my first opportunity to vote.
| 880 |
goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:08:11pm |
re: #670 avanti
Made me think of a new trend, 'Green Burials" They have a site near us in Annapolis. They put you in a biodegradable box and put you in the ground, no headstone, just trees and grass. They give you the GPS position so years latter your relatives can visit.
Nothing really new about the idea, it's only recently been the custom to be put in a $5000 coffin.
re: #868 rightymouse
And he's in a private school for learning disabled children. Go figure.
I doubt she had a student write up the email.
She gave him a topic recently that was more for a political science class, and yup, she didn't like the answers because it wasn't all kumbaya, take care of everyone crappola.
She's not a bad person, but I must confess that these misspellings on the part of a language teacher in a school for learning disabled children gave me cause for pause. I'll have to pay closer attention to his vocabulary homework.
Teachers are (rightly) held to higher standards. Proofreading an email carefully is no-brainer. I admit a few typos sneak past me on activity sheets, but NEVER in communications with parents. You need to bring it to the teacher's attention so that she knows she must take greater care--it's better than being fired.
| 881 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:08:11pm |
re: #870 taxfreekiller
The bailout commie Obama theft of all of Americas net worth was and will always be one of the greatest evils of all History.
Communism, as well as other strains of collectivism, will always deliver the greatest evil to the greatest number!
| 882 |
Querent Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:08:13pm |
re: #877 USBeast
I'm part Irish too, but it's only temporary. I switched from bourbon to Tullamore Dew.
EVERYBODY's Irish on St. Patty's Day... unless, of course, they are English.
| 883 |
DEZes Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:08:22pm |
re: #876 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Drinking willl be forbidden tomorrow.
By then it will be today. ;)
Gonna watch some tube, have a great one Lizards.
| 884 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:08:24pm |
re: #842 Bobblehead
LOL Proofreading is not one of that teacher's skills I see.
Yep. And now I'm a bit worried about his vocabulary homework and tests which I haven't paid too much attention to because he's maintained an A/B grade this year.
| 885 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:09:10pm |
re: #852 Iron Fist
When I was in eith grade I tried to borrow a pincil from my "Language Arts" teacher (I was always losing mine). She replied that she "ain't got none".
This woman was perporting to teach me English. I was entirely unamused.
I can see why. :)
| 887 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:09:46pm |
here's a hell of a story...follow up on that Alabama spree
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
| 889 |
CyanSnowHawk Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:11:01pm |
| 890 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:11:02pm |
re: #879 brennk2
Aw heck, I was just crackin' a joke. My opinion of you is high, so far. Just like with all hatchlings. If anyone wants to register at LGF I like them right away.
If and when they prove they registered for other reasons than that they love the site and it's discourse, you know, like Mobies and previously-banned Sockpuppets, my opinion gets an adjustment.
Again, welcome! From one Northerner (SW MI) to another.
| 891 |
Soona' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:11:35pm |
re: #878 MandyManners
When is our first official visit from some asshole leader?
When it happens, we'll then see the red carpets, the golden gifts, the lavish state dinners, etc.
| 892 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:11:40pm |
re: #872 MandyManners
Why you always be hating?
Why can't you sympathize with the struggles of a poor soul that for some reason is expected to pay back college loans?
Who has to scrimp along with trashy $600 earrings?
Who has had to hang her head in shame at living in a country that she just couldn't be proud of?
Who's talents were so devalued by this racist society that all she could find to do for a living was a measely $317K a year job with a hospital. Prolly had to empty bedpans or something, at that.
Why you be hating?
| 893 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:11:48pm |
re: #881 Natasha
Communism, as well as other strains of collectivism, will always deliver the greatest evil to the greatest number!
whatever you call it, it is out and out thievery and I want some payback...BO is a fucking lying, traitorous thug that has ripped me but good
| 894 |
Kreuzueber Halbmond Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:12:37pm |
Assclowns deal in trillions, and who are we to ask when our side are assclowns, too?
| 895 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:12:41pm |
re: #880 goddessoftheclassroom
Teachers are (rightly) held to higher standards. Proofreading an email carefully is no-brainer. I admit a few typos sneak past me on activity sheets, but NEVER in communications with parents. You need to bring it to the teacher's attention so that she knows she must take greater care--it's better than being fired.
You're absolutely right. I stand corrected and shamed. Hopefully upon learning of the errors, the teacher will take steps to keep that from happening again. I am so freakin cynical sometimes.
| 896 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:12:58pm |
Maybe I could put my green thumb to work...
'Socialize' it? Oregon may grow, tax and sell medical marijuana
| 898 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:14:17pm |
re: #896 Killgore Trout
Maybe I could put my green thumb to work...
'Socialize' it? Oregon may grow, tax and sell medical marijuana
that's ridiculous...nobody would pay that amt tax for pot...they are delusional
| 899 |
Bloodnok Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:14:19pm |
re: #879 brennk2
Never voted for Franken but I did vote for Jesse Ventura (once). Hope that’s not enough to lower your opinion of someone so newly hatched. On the other hand I voted for Reagan when I was had my first opportunity to vote.
Heck no. Welcome aboard! Glad to have you here.
| 901 |
goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:14:49pm |
| 902 |
invictus1 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:15:00pm |
re: #891 Soona'
When it happens, we'll then see the red carpets, the golden gifts, the lavish state dinners, etc.
Whatever they do, though, they'll have to really work hard to do better than their welcome to Gordon Brown. Someone had to drive all the way to Wal-Mart to get a DVD box set.
| 903 |
Bloodnok Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:15:47pm |
re: #894 Kreuzueber Halbmond
Assclowns deal in trillions, and who are we to ask when our side are assclowns, too?
Who is more of an assclown, the assclowns or the assclowns who follow them?
| 905 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:16:09pm |
re: #898 albusteve
It's an interesting proposition. Would you rather get a misdemeanor ticket or a visit from the IRS?
| 906 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:16:12pm |
re: #880 goddessoftheclassroom
Teachers are (rightly) held to higher standards. Proofreading an email carefully is no-brainer. I admit a few typos sneak past me on activity sheets, but NEVER in communications with parents. You need to bring it to the teacher's attention so that she knows she must take greater care--it's better than being fired.
I wrote a jokey note on his report in the upper right corner about the chocolate mousse scenario. Hopefully, she'll be more careful.
| 907 |
Kreuzueber Halbmond Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:16:17pm |
re: #896 Killgore Trout
Maybe I could put my green thumb to work...
'Socialize' it? Oregon may grow, tax and sell medical marijuana
Trout can haz subsidy.
| 908 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:16:18pm |
re: #900 taxfreekiller
You didn't even include:
11. Hugo Chavez
12. Mahmoud Amahdinejad
13. Kim Jong Il
14. ...et al
| 909 |
Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:16:37pm |
re: #898 albusteve
that's ridiculous...nobody would pay that amt tax for pot...they are delusional
Are you kidding? In a heartbeat they would.
| 910 |
CyanSnowHawk Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:16:47pm |
re: #898 albusteve
that's ridiculous...nobody would pay that amt tax for pot...they are delusional
But the prosecutions for tax evasion will be much easier.
| 911 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:17:23pm |
re: #902 invictus1
Whatever they do, though, they'll have to really work hard to do better than their welcome to Gordon Brown. Someone had to drive all the way to Wal-Mart to get a DVD box set.
They're going to do better!
I understand that the Brazilians are getting a real nice wooden penholder and a multivolume edition of Winnie Churchill.
| 913 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:17:32pm |
| 914 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:18:05pm |
re: #887 albusteve
here's a hell of a story...follow up on that Alabama spree
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
There was a school shooting a day after the Alabama shooting in Germany.
No heroism here though.
'A Totally Normal Teenager'Inconspicuous. Friendly. Shy. That's how former schoolmates of Tim K. describe him -- one day after he gunned down 15 people in a rampage that started at his former school. An eyewitness reports how self-assured he looked with a Beretta in his hands.
Sad. Very sad.
| 915 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:18:41pm |
re: #905 Killgore Trout
It's an interesting proposition. Would you rather get a misdemeanor ticket or a visit from the IRS?
neither one scares me in the least...the point is it won't work...it is easier to grow good pot than a good tomato by far
| 916 |
brennk2 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:19:07pm |
re: #890 Taqiyyotomist
Thanks. You have no need for concern. I’m too old to be a Kos Kiddie not to mention by brain still functions. I won’t say I’ve agreed with every comment ever posted here (heck, who could) but I wouldn't have keep coming back if I didn’t like what I saw. I don’t need a fairness doctrine to direct what I read or hear unlike our leftist friends.
| 917 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:19:52pm |
re: #909 Racer X
Are you kidding? In a heartbeat they would.
I don't know that type of person I guess
| 918 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:20:33pm |
re: #912 taxfreekiller
Obama is not stealing from others, HE IS STEALING FROM YOU.
Obama is not taking others freedom, HE IS TAKING YOUR RIGHTS.
The scary part is... 52% of voting Americans said it was perfectly OK.
| 919 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:20:49pm |
re: #910 CyanSnowHawk
But the prosecutions for tax evasion will be much easier.
my feeling is the public won't stand for it...it's absurd
| 920 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:20:58pm |
re: #900 taxfreekiller
Put it another way.
Obama has the support of.
1. Nancy Pelosi
2. Harry Ried
3. Ted Kennedy
4. John F. Kerry
5. John Murtha
6. Dennis Ken-he-sin-with-itch
7. Chuck Schummer
8. Barney Frank
9. Chris Dodd
10. The f'n no good msm.If you have a brain, what does this list tell you.
Don't forget Specter, Collins and Snowe.
| 922 |
Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:21:24pm |
re: #913 Killgore Trout
I agree with Dr. Kissinger to a point. Doesn't mean Obama should get a free pass.
| 923 |
Pietr Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:21:34pm |
re: #777 Iron Fist
I persevered in posting that lengthy a message, only because it spoke to all my concerns of what's been going down in this country for years. It was lengthy, but it was such a compressed and fervent statement of my feelings, I made sure that it all got posted. I didn't snopes to see if the man or his site existed, I posted what I felt was a true statement of how I wished I could express my frustrations. That was my RANT, and I'll probably post a joke soon-but I probably really needed to vent, and that 3 part post did it exceptionally well...look for a laugh soon...:>))
| 924 |
invictus1 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:21:44pm |
re: #911 razorbacker
They're going to do better!
I understand that the Brazilians are getting a real nice wooden penholder and a multivolume edition of Winnie Churchill.
I bet the British are hoping that, if Obama ever goes to the U.K., that he wouldn't notice that he's seen that American classic movies box set before.
| 925 |
Kreuzueber Halbmond Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:22:01pm |
re: #903 Bloodnok
Who is more of an assclown, the assclowns or the assclowns who follow them?
Or the assclowns who allow them to be assclowns?
| 927 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:22:30pm |
re: #914 callahan23
Sad. Very sad.
Very sad and notice how it is always the "quiet, nice, friendly" ones. That's why all of us here are trustworthy. Bunch of rude, crude, loud mouth, opinionated asses like us don't fit the profile of fixing to go postal killer.
| 928 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:22:44pm |
The 10 Biggest Amateur Mistakes By the Obama Administration So Far
10) The stimulus bill that was so urgent that 0bama took a 3-day vacation before signing it.
9) Having a State Department without a single person who could speak enough Russian to figure out the word "reset".
8) 0bama stating that, once the stimulus bill passes, Caterpillar will hire more people, and stating this right before Caterpillar's CEO said they'd be laying off more people if it passes.
7) After electing a president that would supposedly prove Americans weren't racist, we get an Attorney General who calls the US a "nation of cowards".
6) 0bama picking a fight with Rush Limbaugh and bringing the idea of a Presidential "enemies list" back into discussion (and adding Rick Santelli, Jim Cramer...).
5) His appointees. 'Nuff said.
4) 0bama destroys eight years of diplomacy with Poland and the Czech Republic by letting Russia know we'll let those two countries twist in the wind if Russia helps stop nukes from getting to Iran.
3) Sending back the Winston Churchill bust to the UK, and giving the UK Prime Minister a set of DVDs that couldn't be played in his country.
2) Appointing a tax cheat to be the head of the department that runs the IRS.
1) Making a stock market killing, but not in a good way.
| 929 |
jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:23:01pm |
re: #916 brennk2
Thanks. You have no need for concern. I’m too old to be a Kos Kiddie not to mention by brain still functions. I won’t say I’ve agreed with every comment ever posted here (heck, who could) but I wouldn't have keep coming back if I didn’t like what I saw. I don’t need a fairness doctrine to direct what I read or hear unlike our leftist friends.
Welcome
| 930 |
Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:23:03pm |
re: #917 albusteve
I don't know that type of person I guess
Or how much they are currently paying for weed. Good stuff will run you upwards of $200 an ounce. State grown will be much cheaper - but with a $98 tax.
| 931 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:23:42pm |
If someone had told me 11 years ago that 11 years from then that I would be doing laundry on a warm, spring night, I'd have said that person was crazy.
Oh, how the social butterfly has settled down!
| 933 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:24:32pm |
re: #898 albusteve
that's ridiculous...nobody would pay that amt tax for pot...they are delusional
The anyone caught with marijuana could be charged with tax evasion, couldn't they?
;)
| 935 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:25:37pm |
re: #930 Racer X
Or how much they are currently paying for weed. Good stuff will run you upwards of $200 an ounce. State grown will be much cheaper - but with a $98 tax.
excellent pot is very cheap grown right here in NM...city slickers will fend for themselves...disobedience will not stand up in court imo...pot is sold at 200 per oz because that's the market value
| 937 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:26:46pm |
re: #933 gmsc
The anyone caught with marijuana could be charged with tax evasion, couldn't they?
;)
bring it on...it's a frikken weed...beer brewers take heed
| 938 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:26:46pm |
| 940 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:27:30pm |
re: #927 monkeytime
Very sad and notice how it is always the "quiet, nice, friendly" ones. That's why all of us here are trustworthy. Bunch of rude, crude, loud mouth, opinionated asses like us don't fit the profile of fixing to go postal killer.
Even if we were mild mannered we would count as the bad guys.
Does anyone need reminding? Zionist paychecks, anyone?
/
| 941 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:28:27pm |
re: #898 albusteve
that's ridiculous...nobody would pay that amt tax for pot...they are delusional
It's medical maryjane. By perscription. So...covered by insurance, mayhap?
| 942 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:29:23pm |
re: #931 MandyManners
If someone had told me 11 years ago that 11 years from then that I would be doing laundry on a warm, spring night, I'd have said that person was crazy.
Oh, how the social butterfly has settled down!
Warm, spring night? Enjoy! :)
The low in NE Ohio tonight where I live will be 19 degrees.
| 943 |
Noam Sayin' Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:29:29pm |
| 945 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:31:35pm |
re: #941 razorbacker
It's medical maryjane. By perscription. So...covered by insurance, mayhap?
that's another angle that continues to complicate a simple problem...it's simply indefensible to have Mexican growers here in the US taking advantage of arcane drug laws, creating these enormous profits...tearing up the wilderness...shooting people...it's insane
| 946 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:31:35pm |
re: #939 taxfreekiller
drugs are one of the main reasons our county is in the shitter
drug use and drug dealing is a core evil that must end
Amen.
| 947 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:31:50pm |
| 948 |
yochanan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:32:36pm |
re: #781 rightymouse
I don't know but it would be interesting to have a match-up between King county and C(R)ook county to see which one is the most into necrophilia.
FIXED THAT FOR YOU
| 949 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:32:55pm |
re: #937 albusteve
bring it on...it's a frikken weed...beer brewers take heed
I'd bet Obama will push for decriminalizing personal use of grass in his second term. Many states are just imposing a fine already.
| 950 |
Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:33:44pm |
re: #939 taxfreekiller
drugs are one of the main reasons our county is in the shitter
drug use and drug dealing is a core evil that must end
Easy to say; not so easy to do.
| 951 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:34:20pm |
| 953 |
JimInMN Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:34:24pm |
re: #115 Alaska Kim
I quit smoking 6-years ago and have had to be on anxiety meds ever since I felt better when I smoked too damn cigs.
| 954 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:35:02pm |
re: #938 screaming_eagle
OH How I HOPE they do !
Me too. Japan has always had good destroyers and their 4 AEGIS DDG's are entirely capable of ABM duties. The question is: What will the Norks do if Japan knocks down their missile?
| 955 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:35:38pm |
| 956 |
Kreuzueber Halbmond Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:35:49pm |
Deny the Apache his mescaline? And the three-eyed men their dempty? Harsh..
| 957 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:36:07pm |
re: #933 gmsc
The anyone caught with marijuana could be charged with tax evasion, couldn't they?
;)
Back in the '70s some of the older bad boys told me that the problem with pot was that you had to pay the federal tax on it, and then you were fine with the Feds. But that the Feds would then share their tax list with the states and the states would come for you.
Prolly just a smoke screenHeh but a good story, anyway.
| 959 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:36:32pm |
re: #942 rightymouse
Warm, spring night? Enjoy! :)
The low in NE Ohio tonight where I live will be 19 degrees.
I have the windows open. Woohoo.
The hyacinths are blooming, though. So are the dogwoods.
| 960 |
Bloodnok Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:36:51pm |
| 962 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:37:31pm |
re: #956 Kreuzueber Halbmond
Deny the Apache his mescaline? And the three-eyed men their dempty? Harsh..
Don't forget the peyote.
| 963 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:38:14pm |
re: #939 taxfreekiller
drugs are one of the main reasons our county is in the shitter
drug use and drug dealing is a core evil that must end
I have lost family members from drugs. I see how they ruin lives, families and communities but I don't see them going anywhere anytime soon. Look at Mexico and drug cartels - they run Mexico and are now moving in to Texas. Poppy pays for terror. I wish we could get rid ot if all.
| 964 |
jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:38:17pm |
re: #958 taxfreekiller
If you will not fight against drug use, drug dealers, you are the problem.
Saying it is to hard is the cowards way out.
Holder already told me I was a coward in a nation of cowards.
//
| 965 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:38:18pm |
O/T whatever it is.
Just got a call. My divorce is final. Took off my ring and tossed it in my top dresser drawer.
It's a relief, I suppose, but...damn...damn.
| 966 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:38:19pm |
re: #950 Racer X
Easy to say; not so easy to do.
possession and trafficking narcotics and cocaine/crack/meth and the like should carry a very heavy penalty...these substances can and often kill you almost instantly...the system is out of control...it is not complicated at all...same with illegal use of firearms
| 967 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:39:29pm |
re: #933 gmsc
Only if it's medical m.j., AND they have a prescription, AND their stash doesn't have a Tax Stamp on it, like cigarettes and liquor do.
The rest of the potsmokers are still going to jail, feeding the hungry mouths of thousands of State psychologists, cops, lawyers, secuirity companies who run jails, clerks, judges, testing companies, etc.
Those who think the multibillion dollar industry I hint at above would stand for full legalization are smoking way too much. They'd have to charge a hundred thousand dollars a joint in order to make up for the losses.
Ever been in a county courtroom during arraignments? Just the posession cases: Bam! $500 fine. Bam! $500 fine. Bam! $500 fine. Bam! $500 fine. Bam! $500 fine. All day long, 10 times an hour, every day, 365 days a year. Do the math. Prohibition is a multibillion dollar industry. Get caught with half a joint? You are now in the system, and all those people now benefit from you wanting a buzz that is less mind-altering than 100 anti-depressant, anti-anxiety meds they sell every night on television. FAR less deadly than the drug they advertise during every sporting event on television, as the Budweiser Clydesdales look pretty, and the Budweiser car races around the track.
Oh and don't forget the hundreds of companies like Seagrams and Anheuser-Busch, companies with timber holdings (Scott paper, for example), pharmaceuticals who pimp their mind altering drugs on the TV and in every magazine who are all on the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, who spend 9/10's of their dollars keeping pot illegal while spending 1/10 on the other, far more deadly drugs.
It's all about the money, and it will never be legal. Ever.
| 968 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:39:40pm |
I don't think that decriminalizing weed is such a bad idea. Maybe even (OH NOES!) decriminalizing other, stronger drugs... I mean, come on, Prohibition worked sooo well with alcohol, back in the 30s... If by "well" you mean creating organized crime networks AND generating more alcoholics, simply because booze was a "forbidden fruit". If dope is legal, violence surrounding it will drop off dramatically, as the more noxious among the "suppliers" will move on to other markets, where prohibition still exists. People who choose to partake will, at the same time, become more selective when it comes to their habits. Certainly, there will still be addicts, as there are still alcoholics and prescription drug abusers... But making laws that protect people not from each other but from themselves causes more problems than it solves.
| 969 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:39:46pm |
re: #949 avanti
I'd bet Obama will push for decriminalizing personal use of grass in his second term. Many states are just imposing a fine already.
In this state, your smaller amounts of pot are misdemeanors. The papers, they're 'instruments of crime' and thus felony weight.
| 970 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:40:37pm |
re: #965 USBeast
O/T whatever it is.
Just got a call. My divorce is final. Took off my ring and tossed it in my top dresser drawer.
It's a relief, I suppose, but...damn...damn.
Heh, send that bad boy in and get your cash for unwanted gold!
| 971 |
Bloodnok Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:41:31pm |
re: #965 USBeast
O/T whatever it is.
Just got a call. My divorce is final. Took off my ring and tossed it in my top dresser drawer.
It's a relief, I suppose, but...damn...damn.
Aw heck, Beast. Next drink's on me.
| 972 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:41:34pm |
re: #967 Taqiyyotomist
indeed...well said...I'm way too lazy to spell it out, so thank you
| 973 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:41:44pm |
re: #959 MandyManners
I have the windows open. Woohoo.
The hyacinths are blooming, though. So are the dogwoods.
You're killing me, so will go snuggle on the couch with the male units and enjoy the warmth of the fireplace.
| 974 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:41:56pm |
re: #969 razorbacker
In this state, your smaller amounts of pot are misdemeanors. The papers, they're 'instruments of crime' and thus felony weight.
So make brownies. :)
| 976 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:42:22pm |
re: #970 razorbacker
Heh, send that bad boy in and get your cash for unwanted gold!
It will go to my daughter when I get to be as old as anyone ever gets.
| 977 |
Bloodnok Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:42:28pm |
re: #973 rightymouse
You're killing me, so will go snuggle on the couch with the male units and enjoy the warmth of the fireplace.
ummm... Nah. Won't say anything.
| 978 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:42:50pm |
re: #944 taxfreekiller
I agree, except for marijuana.
You want to include alcohol? What about Redbull+alcohol? What about all the legal prescription painkiller meds that seeming everyone besides me thinks is a-OK? What about that recreational drug, Viagra?
| 979 |
callahan23 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:42:57pm |
re: #965 USBeast
O/T whatever it is.
Just got a call. My divorce is final. Took off my ring and tossed it in my top dresser drawer.
It's a relief, I suppose, but...damn...damn.
My condolences and congratulations to you.
| 980 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:43:04pm |
re: #965 USBeast
O/T whatever it is.
Just got a call. My divorce is final. Took off my ring and tossed it in my top dresser drawer.
It's a relief, I suppose, but...damn...damn.
Even a "mutual agreement" divorce is hell. Now is a new time. A new page. Healing and fresh air. Good luck!
| 981 |
Opilio Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:43:39pm |
re: #954 Dark_Falcon
Me too. Japan has always had good destroyers and their 4 AEGIS DDG's are entirely capable of ABM duties. The question is: What will the Norks do if Japan knocks down their missile?
What can the Norks do if Japan knocks down their missile?
| 982 |
Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:44:14pm |
Stone-throwing Santino the chimp shows apes can carry out plans
A chimpanzee named Santino has shown researchers that the great apes can plan ahead and execute carefully plotted maneuvers. Santino, the alpha male chimp at Sweden's Furuvik Zoo, planned rock-throwing attacks against zoo visitors, which shocked zoo staff and fascinated scientists.
| 983 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:44:19pm |
re: #971 Bloodnok
Aw heck, Beast. Next drink's on me.
Awfully nice of you. My PayPal account is...;)
| 984 |
rightymouse Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:44:21pm |
re: #977 Bloodnok
ummm... Nah. Won't say anything.
To clarify. Hubby and son. lol!
Outta here now. Later!
| 985 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:44:35pm |
re: #965 USBeast
O/T whatever it is.
Just got a call. My divorce is final. Took off my ring and tossed it in my top dresser drawer.
It's a relief, I suppose, but...damn...damn.
Congrats! I understand it's both a relief and a kind of sad ending. Don't forget that it's a new beginning, though.
| 986 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:44:43pm |
re: #981 Opilio
What can the Norks do if Japan knocks down their missile?
demand money and attention
| 987 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:44:45pm |
re: #965 USBeast
Got mine finalized in May 08. After a 2-year battle it was a relief. I felt like I emerged out of hell, slightly singed but generally OK, and breathed the sweet air of freedom. I wish you my best in building a new life.
| 988 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:44:58pm |
re: #978 Taqiyyotomist
I agree, except for marijuana.
You want to include alcohol? What about Redbull+alcohol? What about all the legal prescription painkiller meds that seeming everyone besides me thinks is a-OK? What about that recreational drug, Viagra?
I've seen a lot more mean drunks then anyone high on weed, they tend to get mellow and have the munchies.
| 989 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:44:59pm |
re: #967 Taqiyyotomist
That dude from Arkansas that does the outlandish Christmas light displays, I want to say that his last name is Osburne but I could be wrong. He's a multimillionaire who goes about spreading his wealth making pretty fireworks displays and light displays.
He made his money selling drug test kits.
| 990 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:45:32pm |
re: #968 Natasha
It might not seem like a bad idea. Unless you're a cop, a lawyer, a clerk, a prison guard, a legal forms company, a state psychologist, or a holder of any of the many other jobs whose existance depends on keeping it criminal.
It will never happen.
| 992 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:46:12pm |
re: #978 Taqiyyotomist
Yeah, drugs are bad. They ruin lives and kill people. So, I'm thinking about getting some alcohol for tonight. Can't decide whether to get some whisky, vodka, or Everclear and orange juice.
//
| 994 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:46:55pm |
re: #974 avanti
So make brownies. :)
A double waste.
A waste of weed and waste of brownies.
Now, honey slides, now you're talking. Or so I've heard.
| 995 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:47:35pm |
re: #939 taxfreekiller
Thank you. Just a few days ago I picked up one of my closest friend's 22 year old daughter and put her on a plane back to her parents so she could enter rehab. I've know this girl since she was a child, a breath taking auburn haired beauty with all those cool freckles. She got caught up in a rough crowd in high school, drinking and carrying on. Then failed out of college, pot smoking and carrying on. What got her convinced she needed to go home for help? Her drug dealing boyfriend was in jail, she had been fired from the last 3 waitressing jobs she held, she was evicted from her apartment that was in a cheap and horrible part of the city, she slept in her car for 3 nights until she crashed it and it wouldn't run anymore, and oh yeah, she was shooting up heroin. When she called me from a payphone sobbing "Aunt Armywife, I need you", I drove like a bat out of hell to pick up a shell of that former gorgeous girl. She told her Daddy she was snorting heroin, not shooting up. Mr. Armywife sat her down before we left to airport and asked her what, besides alcohol, she had done that day. She replied "nothing". He said, ok, when you remember, tell me. A few minutes later she said "pot". He said hmmm. Then he said "little sister, I know what you just did in that bathroom. I know. Tell me I'm wrong. Roll up your sleeves." She started crying. I won't go into the rest, I think what he did was OK being an EMT-P, but I am not positive. But she was sobered up quickly, given a meal, given $10 for a snack later and then (somehow) Mr. Armywife flashed his military ID and got to escort her right on the plane home. We shipped her clothes to her, going through the pockets before we mailed them. We threw out a whole package of used syringes. She finishes week one of rehab Sunday. My fingers are crossed.
| 996 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:47:47pm |
| 997 |
jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:48:05pm |
re: #965 USBeast
O/T whatever it is.
Just got a call. My divorce is final. Took off my ring and tossed it in my top dresser drawer.
It's a relief, I suppose, but...damn...damn.
I know how you feel...I went through that in 1989...beer?
| 998 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:48:49pm |
re: #981 Opilio
What can the Norks do if Japan knocks down their missile?
I'm not sure. They might try some sort of attack on South Korea. It wouldn't have to be a full-scale assault: they could probably target some non-urban or naval unit and use missiles or aircraft. Any forces in the vicinity would defend it of course, but I doubt BHO would allow any retaliation, pussy that he is.
| 1000 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:49:06pm |
re: #965 USBeast
We are here for you - no matter what emotions you are having with this.
| 1001 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:49:16pm |
re: #992 Gus 802
Yeah, drugs are bad. They ruin lives and kill people. So, I'm thinking about getting some alcohol for tonight. Can't decide whether to get some whisky, vodka, or Everclear and orange juice.
//
Just make sure you know what you're drinking...
Kids mistakenly drink wiper fluid at Ark. day care
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Ten children at an Arkansas day-care center drank windshield wiper fluid after the owner served it from a container mistaken for Kool-Aid and placed in a refrigerator, authorities said Friday. The day-care owner voluntarily surrendered her state license Friday.
Doctors estimate the children, ages 2 to 7, drank about an ounce of the blue fluid late Thursday afternoon before realizing it tasted wrong, said Laura James, a pediatric pharmacologist and toxicologist at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
Only one child remained hospitalized Friday in good condition, after blood samples showed "measurable levels" of methanol, a highly toxic alcohol that can induce comas and cause blindness, officials said. In moderate cases, it can cause nausea, vomiting, staggering and sleepiness, James said.
| 1002 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:49:34pm |
re: #992 Gus 802
Yeah, drugs are bad. They ruin lives and kill people. So, I'm thinking about getting some alcohol for tonight. Can't decide whether to get some whisky, vodka, or Everclear and orange juice.
//
Get some Caramel Bailey's. It is absolutely delicious on the rocks! They had a tasting at the liquor store when I went there today to buy wine to accompany dinner... Ended up buying a bottle of Caramel Bailey's along with the bottle of fantastic Argentinean red. Looks like dessert will be served in a glass, over ice.
| 1003 |
Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:50:18pm |
Good evening, Lizards, and welcome to all of the hatchlings. :-)
| 1004 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:50:24pm |
re: #992 Gus 802
Yeah, drugs are bad. They ruin lives and kill people. So, I'm thinking about getting some alcohol for tonight. Can't decide whether to get some whisky, vodka, or Everclear and orange juice.
//
One of my best friends has a drinking problem and I have to babysit her when we go out, She goes from normal, to slutty, then mean. I'm about the only friend she has because of the Dr Jeckal and Mr Hyde deal.
| 1005 |
goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:50:44pm |
re: #995 ArmyWife
Thank you. Just a few days ago I picked up one of my closest friend's 22 year old daughter and put her on a plane back to her parents so she could enter rehab. I've know this girl since she was a child, a breath taking auburn haired beauty with all those cool freckles. She got caught up in a rough crowd in high school, drinking and carrying on. Then failed out of college, pot smoking and carrying on. What got her convinced she needed to go home for help? Her drug dealing boyfriend was in jail, she had been fired from the last 3 waitressing jobs she held, she was evicted from her apartment that was in a cheap and horrible part of the city, she slept in her car for 3 nights until she crashed it and it wouldn't run anymore, and oh yeah, she was shooting up heroin. When she called me from a payphone sobbing "Aunt Armywife, I need you", I drove like a bat out of hell to pick up a shell of that former gorgeous girl. She told her Daddy she was snorting heroin, not shooting up. Mr. Armywife sat her down before we left to airport and asked her what, besides alcohol, she had done that day. She replied "nothing". He said, ok, when you remember, tell me. A few minutes later she said "pot". He said hmmm. Then he said "little sister, I know what you just did in that bathroom. I know. Tell me I'm wrong. Roll up your sleeves." She started crying. I won't go into the rest, I think what he did was OK being an EMT-P, but I am not positive. But she was sobered up quickly, given a meal, given $10 for a snack later and then (somehow) Mr. Armywife flashed his military ID and got to escort her right on the plane home. We shipped her clothes to her, going through the pockets before we mailed them. We threw out a whole package of used syringes. She finishes week one of rehab Sunday. My fingers are crossed.
{ArmyWife}
God bless you and your husband. I'm praying for your friend's daughter.
| 1006 |
Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:50:44pm |
re: #993 taxfreekiller
Same old shit, misdirect, just because we humans make one mistake,
beer, whiskey, alcohol,,, does not make it follow we should make
1 or 10 more stupid ass mistakes that are only worse than alcohol.
How many "stoned" drivers kill innocent people on the roads each year? Not many. Drunk drivers? Way too many.
I'm not looking to debate drug use - it is all bad. I just don't think you can wave a magic wand to make it stop.
| 1007 |
jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:51:37pm |
re: #999 rightside
and never again?
I found a better wife and married her in 93...best decision I ever made.
| 1008 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:51:43pm |
re: #1001 gmsc
Yikes. You think they would have noticed that it wasn't drinkable by the odor. Windshield washer fluid?
Never touched Everclear. Sound too much like a solvent and probably makes a great fuel.
| 1009 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:51:54pm |
re: #980 monkeytime
Even a "mutual agreement" divorce is hell. Now is a new time. A new page. Healing and fresh air. Good luck!
Thanks to you and all others. It wasn't a total loss. I have a beautiful daughter who will be a world beater when she gets her legs under her. I've got a house free and clear (if in desperate need of remodeling) and a mountain of debt that gives me incentive to get up and go to work in the morning. What more could a man ask for?
| 1010 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:52:32pm |
re: #1002 Natasha
Kalua and cream or milk is always good. Pricey though.
| 1012 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:53:17pm |
re: #1008 Gus 802
Never touched Everclear. Sound too much like a solvent and probably makes a great fuel.
It's great to use on top of drinks, to light on fire! Just a tiny amount, a drop, really, for effect. Although I usually use Bacardi 151 run when making "flaming" drinks.
| 1013 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:53:33pm |
re: #1006 Racer X
How many "stoned" drivers kill innocent people on the roads each year? Not many. Drunk drivers? Way too many.
I'm not looking to debate drug use - it is all bad. I just don't think you can wave a magic wand to make it stop.
the social cost of alcohol abuse must be in the scores of billions every year...yet billions are spent promoting it's sales
| 1014 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:53:44pm |
re: #1004 avanti
One of my best friends has a drinking problem and I have to babysit her when we go out, She goes from normal, to slutty, then mean. I'm about the only friend she has because of the Dr Jeckal and Mr Hyde deal.
Yep, the mean drunk syndrome. I knew one that would do that on occasion. It wasn't pretty. I've also seen people change personalities at bars and suddenly try to start trouble with other people.
| 1015 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:53:50pm |
re: #1006 Racer X
How many "stoned" drivers kill innocent people on the roads each year? Not many. Drunk drivers? Way too many.
I'm not looking to debate drug use - it is all bad. I just don't think you can wave a magic wand to make it stop.
Still, driving while stoned is properly a DUI. Some one who smokes pot and drives should suffer the same punishment as if they were drunk.
| 1016 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:54:08pm |
re: #1009 USBeast
Thanks to you and all others. It wasn't a total loss. I have a beautiful daughter who will be a world beater when she gets her legs under her. I've got a house free and clear (if in desperate need of remodeling) and a mountain of debt that gives me incentive to get up and go to work in the morning. What more could a man ask for?
beer?
| 1017 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:54:13pm |
Here's the deal, boys and girls.
I no longer grow, transport, package, sell, or use pot. Not because of the cops. Law enforcement was never a problem as long as you followed the rules.
It was the competition. Once big money came into what had been a nice little organic herb business then people who would kill you and your family got involved.
I like my family living.
| 1018 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:54:17pm |
Is Goddess still around? When I logged off for a bit, it was because we found out my FIL was just diagnosed with leukemia. I need to get him on the prayer list. He has crohn's (with colostomy), so we are very concerned, obviously. My husband could use prayers, too, he is pretty upset. This is the only the third time I've seen him cry - I debated saying anything, but I really think we could use the power of positive thoughts and/or prayers right now.
| 1019 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:54:33pm |
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| 1020 |
Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:54:54pm |
Harlan Ellison (who doesn't use drugs) once got a close-to-retirement police captain drunk, and asked him what happened to respect for the law and those who enforce it, and why cops were so much mener these days. The captain told him something like this (paraphrased from memory - I read it long ago and can't find it):
Back in the day, there were us, the good people - everybody, including cops, who worked every day, and raised their children, and paid their txes - and there were them, the bad people - the morderers and robbers and thieves and muggers and rapists. The good people helped the cops catch the bad ones whenever they could, and things were pretty peaceful and friendly.
Then the war on drugs was declared, and we were told that alla that good stuff didn't matter if they'd rather smoke a joint in the evening than drink a brew; they were now bad people, and law enforcement targets. Ours was not to question why, and so on. We were to bust them, and bust them HARD. And we did our job, and did it well. We have busted millions of people for smoking dope - people who wouldn't go near anything harder. And a pot bust can really screw with your future. Practically everyone in the US has family members or friends, whom they consider to be good people, that we busted, and millions more smoke dope themselves, and we haven't been able to bust them yet - but we keep on trying. It's the job we were given to do.
So they began to distrust us, and to fear us, and to resent us. And we have responded in kind.
Now, as far as us cops are concerned, US means alla the people in blue uniforms, and you and everybody else out there are THEM.
| 1021 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:54:56pm |
re: #1012 Natasha
It's great to use on top of drinks, to light on fire! Just a tiny amount, a drop, really, for effect. Although I usually use Bacardi 151 run when making "flaming" drinks.
Yeah, like a volcano bowl served with a flame! I think I might have had a drink like that once. Pretty neat.
| 1022 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:54:58pm |
re: #1009 USBeast
Thanks to you and all others. It wasn't a total loss. I have a beautiful daughter who will be a world beater when she gets her legs under her. I've got a house free and clear (if in desperate need of remodeling) and a mountain of debt that gives me incentive to get up and go to work in the morning. What more could a man ask for?
there is no price they can put on freedom for your soul..I know this to be true
| 1023 |
rightside Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:55:21pm |
re: #1015 Dark_Falcon
true, but that also goes for cold remedies and the like. Still impairs your reflexes.
| 1024 |
jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:55:26pm |
re: #1011 rightside
Good for you!
My ex is separated from her third husband, I was her first...helps me to understand that it wasn't all my fault.
| 1025 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:55:52pm |
Don't get me wrong. Although I think pot should logically be legal, since far worse drugs are, and are even advertised, I do not think that it ever will be, and I think that those who do think so are delusional and naive. Therefore I do not get involved in any efforts to make it legal. I sometimes wish I could fly, too, but I don't try jumping really hard, because it ain't gonna happen.
Same with the abortion mill our country has become. It will never be illegal. So I don't try. Insanity is trying to bring about things that will never happen.
| 1026 |
screaming_eagle Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:56:01pm |
re: #1015 Dark_Falcon
Still, driving while stoned is properly a DUI. Some one who smokes pot and drives should suffer the same punishment as if they were drunk.
Or Meds. Even if there prescribed.
| 1028 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:56:26pm |
re: #1014 Gus 802
Yep, the mean drunk syndrome. I knew one that would do that on occasion. It wasn't pretty. I've also seen people change personalities at
barsblogs and suddenly try to start trouble with other people.
| 1029 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:56:52pm |
re: #1018 ArmyWife
Positive thoughts, for you and your family!
| 1030 |
Pietr Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:56:59pm |
LIVING WILL FORM:
I, ___, being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means.
Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead partisan politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it or, lawyers, doctors, and hospitals interested in simply running up the bills.
If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to ask for at least one of the following:
___ A Martini
___ A Margarita
___ A Scotch and soda
___ A Bloody Mary
___ A Gin and Tonic
___ A Glass of Chardonnay
___ A Steak
___ Lobster or Crab legs
___ The remote control
___ A bowl of Ice Cream
___ The Sports Page
___ Chocolate
___ Sex
It should be presumed that I won't ever get any better.
When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call it a day.
At this point, it is time to call the New Orleans Jazz Funeral Band to come do their thing at my funeral, and ask all of my friends to raise their glasses to toast the good times we have had.
Signature: ___
Date: ___
NOTE:
I also hear that in Ireland they have a Nursing Home with a Pub.
The patients are happier and they have a lot more visitors.
Some of them don't even need embalming when their time comes.
If anyone knows the name of this happy place PLEASE pass it on.
| 1031 |
Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:57:11pm |
re: #1015 Dark_Falcon
Still, driving while stoned is properly a DUI. Some one who smokes pot and drives should suffer the same punishment as if they were drunk.
Agreed.
Weed makes you paranoid, and not want to drive at all. Alcohol makes you reckless / fearless behind the wheel.
| 1033 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:57:23pm |
| 1034 |
rightside Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:57:44pm |
re: #1024 jorline
I can understand you feeling that way. I have been blessed with over 22 years now with Mrs. rightside.
| 1035 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:57:58pm |
re: #965 USBeast
O/T whatever it is.
Just got a call. My divorce is final. Took off my ring and tossed it in my top dresser drawer.
It's a relief, I suppose, but...damn...damn.
So far 2009 has been rough for you. I hope and pray the rest is better.
(((USBeast)))
| 1037 |
Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:58:04pm |
re: #1012 Natasha
It's great to use on top of drinks, to light on fire! Just a tiny amount, a drop, really, for effect. Although I usually use Bacardi 151 run when making "flaming" drinks.
Flaming drinks are kinda cool. Illegal in California bars now, however.
| 1038 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:58:18pm |
re: #1014 Gus 802
Yep, the mean drunk syndrome. I knew one that would do that on occasion. It wasn't pretty. I've also seen people change personalities at bars and suddenly try to start trouble with other people.
I'm actually more passive when I drink. Driving sober is another matter. I shudder to think how many people owe their lives to the fact that none of my vehicles have come equipped with a rocket launcher.
| 1039 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:58:42pm |
re: #1033 Gus 802
True. Don't drink and blog! Or post!
Friends don't let friends blog drunk. ;)
I have no friends I guess...poor albu
| 1040 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:59:05pm |
re: #995 ArmyWife
Bless your heart! And, Mr. Armywife's heart, too!
| 1041 |
jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:59:05pm |
re: #1034 rightside
I can understand you feeling that way. I have been blessed with over 22 years now with Mrs. rightside.
I salute the both of you. :)
| 1042 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:59:12pm |
Man unwisely tries to rob Tae Kwon Do studio
/do I really need to post the text?
| 1043 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:59:32pm |
re: #1037 Pvt Bin Jammin
Flaming drinks are kinda cool. Illegal in California bars now, however.
Seriously? Talk about nanny state. Fire codes?
| 1045 |
goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:00:08pm |
re: #1018 ArmyWife
Is Goddess still around? When I logged off for a bit, it was because we found out my FIL was just diagnosed with leukemia. I need to get him on the prayer list. He has crohn's (with colostomy), so we are very concerned, obviously. My husband could use prayers, too, he is pretty upset. This is the only the third time I've seen him cry - I debated saying anything, but I really think we could use the power of positive thoughts and/or prayers right now.
Done.
| 1046 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:00:19pm |
re: #1038 USBeast
I'm actually more passive when I drink. Driving sober is another matter. I shudder to think how many people owe their lives to the fact that none of my vehicles have come equipped with a rocket launcher.
I hear that. Especially when I lived in Jersey. Rocket launcher armed and ready! Woosh!
| 1047 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:00:20pm |
| 1048 |
rightside Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:00:40pm |
re: #1041 jorline
thanks! We're in the hallway sex stage in our marriage.
| 1049 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:00:44pm |
re: #1014 Gus 802
Yep, the mean drunk syndrome. I knew one that would do that on occasion. It wasn't pretty. I've also seen people change personalities at bars and suddenly try to start trouble with other people.
My friends favorite thing to do in her mean phase is to walk up to a happy couple and flirt her ass off with the guy. We literally made up some rules when she was sober, one was to grab her by the hair and drag her to the car when she's out of control. She'll then tells me she hates me, never to call again and the rest. The next morning, she'll call and ask "Was I mean to you last night ? "
| 1050 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:00:46pm |
re: #1035 MandyManners
So far 2009 has been rough for you. I hope and pray the rest is better.
(((USBeast)))
Thanks, Mandy.
| 1051 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:01:08pm |
re: #1012 Natasha
One quart Everclear + six pack of Sun Drop soda=Springwater
Apply as needed. You've reached the proper dosage when you hear, "Say, you're cute."
| 1052 |
Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:01:08pm |
re: #1043 Gus 802
Nanny state is right. I do believe it's because of the fire code.
| 1054 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:01:15pm |
re: #1042 Killian Bundy
LOL, hahahaaa no, that headline is all we need.
| 1055 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:01:45pm |
re: #1049 avanti
My friends favorite thing to do in her mean phase is to walk up to a happy couple and flirt her ass off with the guy. We literally made up some rules when she was sober, one was to grab her by the hair and drag her to the car when she's out of control. She'll then tells me she hates me, never to call again and the rest. The next morning, she'll call and ask "Was I mean to you last night ? "
an alcoholic...she needs therapy
| 1056 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:01:48pm |
| 1057 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:01:49pm |
re: #1039 albusteve
I have no friends I guess...poor albu
I don't either so to speak. Lost mine. Had some actually but they used to smoke too much weed and talk about weird stuff.
| 1058 |
jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:01:59pm |
| 1059 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:02:20pm |
re: #1037 Pvt Bin Jammin
Flaming drinks are kinda cool. Illegal in California bars now, however.
For some crazy reason, this does not surprise me. I have a friend who lives in San Francisco. I joke with her, and ask her if they have started regulating how much breaths she can take in a day, and how many squares of TP she can use.
| 1060 |
USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:02:27pm |
re: #1046 Gus 802
I hear that. Especially when I lived in Jersey. Rocket launcher armed and ready! Woosh!
I am also humbled by the knowledge that I owe my life to fact that no vehicle of mine has come equipped with a loud speaker.
| 1062 |
rightside Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:02:47pm |
re: #1058 jorline
well...no. You know what hallway sex is, right?
| 1063 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:03:06pm |
re: #1049 avanti
Wow, that's pretty evil and demented. But I can believe it. Booze can have an awful effect on people in high doses.
| 1064 |
6pat6 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:03:40pm |
re: #1037 Pvt Bin Jammin
Flaming drinks are kinda cool. Illegal in California bars now, however.
Why is this not surprising, from the People's Democratic Republik of Kalifornia?
| 1065 |
mikalm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:03:41pm |
re: #1018 ArmyWife
Prayers and good thoughts for their healing and strength.
| 1066 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:03:51pm |
re: #1059 Natasha
They're going to quit selling TP in the stores, I hear, and send everyone a weekly allotment of TP squares in the mail.
| 1067 |
ArmyWife Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:04:26pm |
re: #1045 goddessoftheclassroom
Thank you so very much. All of you.
| 1068 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:04:28pm |
re: #1066 Taqiyyotomist
They're going to quit selling TP in the stores, I hear, and send everyone a weekly allotment of TP squares in the mail.
Is that the Sheryl Crowe method?
//
| 1069 |
avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:04:44pm |
re: #1038 USBeast
I'm actually more passive when I drink. Driving sober is another matter. I shudder to think how many people owe their lives to the fact that none of my vehicles have come equipped with a rocket launcher.
I'm a kick ass bowler after the beer frame, and a very happy drunk.
| 1070 |
Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:04:47pm |
If marijuana were legalized, it could be legally purchased, and people wouldn't have to go to illicit dealers to buy it, and come in contact with the other, harder stuff they frequently also sell. Also, the cops could concentrate their time and efforts on busting those who sell the harder stuff, instead of spending so much energy busting pot. For these two reasons, I can see marijuana legalization leading to a significant decrease in the percentage of people who abuse harder drugs.
| 1071 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:04:54pm |
re: #1025 Taqiyyotomist
Don't get me wrong. Although I think pot should logically be legal, since far worse drugs are, and are even advertised, I do not think that it ever will be, and I think that those who do think so are delusional and naive. Therefore I do not get involved in any efforts to make it legal. I sometimes wish I could fly, too, but I don't try jumping really hard, because it ain't gonna happen.
Same with the abortion mill our country has become. It will never be illegal. So I don't try. Insanity is trying to bring about things that will never happen.
Compare how hard it is to distill liquor v. grow some pot.
It cannot be taxed. That's why it probably never will be legal.
| 1072 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:05:01pm |
Rolls of TP just encourage wastefulness.
| 1073 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:05:10pm |
re: #1062 rightside
You pass each other in the hall and say, "F*ck you?"
| 1074 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:05:18pm |
| 1075 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:05:31pm |
| 1078 |
mikalm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:06:27pm |
re: #1055 albusteve
an alcoholic...she needs therapy
Agreed. I've always thought that the difference between a problem drinker, and a true alcoholic, is that the latter always seems to go through that Jekyll/Hyde transformation when they're boozing.
| 1079 |
Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:06:32pm |
re: #1059 Natasha
For some crazy reason, this does not surprise me. I have a friend who lives in San Francisco. I joke with her, and ask her if they have started regulating how much breaths she can take in a day, and how many squares of TP she can use.
LOL I did hear a little story on the local L.A. news the other day about the soft toilet paper. Apparently they have to cut trees to make the soft stuff so that is going to be a thing of the past. Might as well go back to the sears catalog or something.
| 1080 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:06:32pm |
re: #1057 Gus 802
I don't either so to speak. Lost mine. Had some actually but they used to smoke too much weed and talk about weird stuff.
I really didn't think I did either but my sister forced me to join Facebook and all of the suddon I have 32 friends - I didn't realize that I even knew that many people.
| 1081 |
MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:06:33pm |
re: #1050 USBeast
You're welcome.
My divorce took more than two years and cost more than $85,000.00 so I know what you're going through.
| 1082 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:06:34pm |
re: #1070 Salamantis
That's a good point. One of my arguments is that a lot of good people are exposed to an evil sub-culture when they go to dealers homes. From there it can expand into harder drug use not because of the marijuana use but simply from socializing with dealers.
| 1083 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:06:35pm |
re: #1066 Taqiyyotomist
They're going to quit selling TP in the stores, I hear, and send everyone a weekly allotment of TP squares in the mail.
LMAO... Sure it will be TP, and not corn cobs sans kernels?
| 1085 |
Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:08:16pm |
re: #1080 monkeytime
I really didn't think I did either but my sister forced me to join Facebook and all of the suddon I have 32 friends - I didn't realize that I even knew that many people.
You ever watch My Name is Earl? They had a funny episode a couple of weeks ago were Crabman creates all of these friends for some "Facebook" like page she set up.
| 1086 |
Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:08:22pm |
Marijuana decrim or legalization will put 1/4 the cops out of work, and all those other jobs I've mentioned, from state psychs whose job it is to tell the gal busted with a half-joint that she's a POS twice a week, to the companies running the jails, like Wackenhut Security.
It's probably NOT a good idea in the short-term.
Imagine teleportation? How many truckers would be out of a job? Mailmen?
I haven't even smoked, and I'm talkin' about teleportation. Yikes.
| 1087 |
albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:08:25pm |
re: #1078 mikalm
Agreed. I've always thought that the difference between a problem drinker, and a true alcoholic, is that the latter always seems to go through that Jekyll/Hyde transformation when they're boozing.
it's not volume...it's behavior
| 1088 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:08:36pm |
re: #1079 Pvt Bin Jammin
LOL I did hear a little story on the local L.A. news the other day about the soft toilet paper. Apparently they have to cut trees to make the soft stuff so that is going to be a thing of the past. Might as well go back to the sears catalog or something.
Good luck with that. I've not seen a Sears wishbook in twenty years.
| 1089 |
Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:08:53pm |
re: #1079 Pvt Bin Jammin
LOL I did hear a little story on the local L.A. news the other day about the soft toilet paper. Apparently they have to cut trees to make the soft stuff so that is going to be a thing of the past. Might as well go back to the sears catalog or something.
NY Times... Communist Manifesto... Mao's Little Red Book... Anything by Obama... The list is endless... Then, there is always the [deleted]...
| 1090 |
monkeytime Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:09:59pm |
re: #1085 Gus 802
You ever watch My Name is Earl? They had a funny episode a couple of weeks ago were Crabman creates all of these friends for some "Facebook" like page she set up.
Yes! LOL! I was dying laughing watching that - good one. That crazy blonde lady was cracking me up!
| 1091 |
Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:10:17pm |
re: #1088 razorbacker
Good luck with that. I've not seen a Sears wishbook in twenty years.
Guess we're stuck with the old corn cobs. LOL
| 1092 |
Ateam Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:10:17pm |
re: #804 gmsc
Celebrate Pi Day by learning Pi out to 400 digits past the decimal point! (Yes, I actually learned it.)
When you've done that, proudly display your geekiness by buying some of my Pi goodies!
There is a guy (IIRC from China) who can quote more then 3K digits after the 3. point Pi. I heard that with enormous calculation methods & computing powers - mankind came to know more 12 trillion digits. something connecting to studies of prime numbers.
| 1093 |
gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:10:32pm |
re: #1079 Pvt Bin Jammin
LOL I did hear a little story on the local L.A. news the other day about the soft toilet paper. Apparently they have to cut trees to make the soft stuff so that is going to be a thing of the past. Might as well go back to the sears catalog or something.
They could just use the NY Times! It would save money, too!
For that matter, they could use NY Times stock certificates, as well.
| 1094 |
UncleRancher Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:10:38pm |
Howdy Lizards! This will be my first opportunity to welcome the new hatchlings. I got just a little time here, then more snakes to kill.
| 1095 |
cichco Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:10:39pm |
#1070 Salamantis
If marijuana were legalized, it could be legally purchased, and people wouldn't have to go to illicit dealers to buy it, and come in contact with the other, harder stuff they frequently also sell. Also, the cops could concentrate their time and efforts on busting those who sell the harder stuff, instead of spending so much energy busting pot. For these two reasons, I can see marijuana legalization leading to a significant decrease in the percentage of people who abuse harder drugs.
i can't help to think what Mexico has to say about this. i mean, the "current" government in Mexico.
| 1096 |
razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:10:40pm |
re: #1082 Gus 802
That's a good point. One of my arguments is that a lot of good people are exposed to an evil sub-culture when they go to dealers homes. From there it can expand into harder drug use not because of the marijuana use but simply from socializing with dealers.
Consider this.
Smoke a joint and it'll take maybe 30 days to pass a drug test.
Use meth and you can pass a drug test in 2 days.
Matter of fact, pot takes longer than 'bout near anything to pass through.
Or so I'm told.
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Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:10:44pm |
re: #1070 Salamantis
If marijuana were legalized, it could be legally purchased, and people wouldn't have to go to illicit dealers to buy it, and come in contact with the other, harder stuff they frequently also sell. Also, the cops could concentrate their time and efforts on busting those who sell the harder stuff, instead of spending so much energy busting pot. For these two reasons, I can see marijuana legalization leading to a significant decrease in the percentage of people who abuse harder drugs.
Better yet - let people grow their own. It is real easy to do.
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mikalm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:10:54pm |
re: #1071 MandyManners
Personally, I favor total decriminalization of the stuff -- for adults to grow and use in the privacy of their own home. That way, you cut the government, the gangs, and businesses out of the deal, and make it a personal choice for grownups. Sale and distribution would still be illegal.
As for other drugs? Reduce the demand, and all the associated problems will decrease. How to do that, I have no clue...
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KitchenQueen Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:11:14pm |
re: #976 USBeast
It will go to my daughter when I get to be as old as anyone ever gets.
I have my mother's rings. Even though their marriage ended in divorce, the rings have meaning to me. They were married for a long time. I wear her rings beside my own wedding rings once in a while.
(wishes USBeast peace)
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:11:25pm |
re: #1089 Natasha
NY Times... Communist Manifesto... Mao's Little Red Book... Anything by Obama... The list is endless... Then, there is always the [deleted]...
Bill Ayres' books would be just dandy.
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:11:42pm |
re: #1070 Salamantis
If marijuana were legalized, it could be legally purchased, and people wouldn't have to go to illicit dealers to buy it, and come in contact with the other, harder stuff they frequently also sell. Also, the cops could concentrate their time and efforts on busting those who sell the harder stuff, instead of spending so much energy busting pot. For these two reasons, I can see marijuana legalization leading to a significant decrease in the percentage of people who abuse harder drugs.
How much money was wasted on LE during prohibition and how many people were exposed to the rough element that sold the booze? Who profited? The Mafia and the Kennedy clan.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:12:04pm |
re: #1087 albusteve
it's not volume...it's behavior
True dat, but I would substitute "dependence" for "behavior".
Another key component of alcoholism vs. heavy drinking is that alcoholics typically find someone else to drag down with them ... spouse, parents, kids, etc.
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USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:12:18pm |
re: #1081 MandyManners
You're welcome.
My divorce took more than two years and cost more than $85,000.00 so I know what you're going through.
$85,...Whoa, I mean...Whoa. You may know what I'm going through but I hope I never have a clue as to what you went through. God bless you!
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:12:25pm |
re: #1093 gmsc
They could just use the NY Times! It would save money, too!
For that matter, they could use NY Times stock certificates, as well.
That could bring the stock price up. LOL
NY Times, are you paying attention?
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avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:12:47pm |
re: #1055 albusteve
an alcoholic...she needs therapy
She goes to one. She's also manic, and the only thing that makes her happy is a few beers. She's been on every med in the book, nothing works. We got her to the point where she does not drink at home, just with friends, but she has only a few left. I've learned that 6 beers is the tipping point, and have been pretty good at restraining her.
We've been friends for 20 years, and I love her, but she can be a pain in my ass.
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:12:54pm |
re: #1086 Taqiyyotomist
Marijuana decrim or legalization will put 1/4 the cops out of work, and all those other jobs I've mentioned, from state psychs whose job it is to tell the gal busted with a half-joint that she's a POS twice a week, to the companies running the jails, like Wackenhut Security.
It's probably NOT a good idea in the short-term.
Imagine teleportation? How many truckers would be out of a job? Mailmen?
I haven't even smoked, and I'm talkin' about teleportation. Yikes.
Doood. Where's the bag of Cheetos?
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Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:12:55pm |
re: #1096 razorbacker
Sounds about right. Of course it would be hard to judge whom of the two would be more of a security risk. A meth-addict generally speaking would be the greatest risk. However, a pot smoker that smokes on the job (in the morning or on breaks) is also a risk.
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:13:06pm |
re: #1101 Pvt Bin Jammin
Bill Ayres' books would be just dandy.
You mean "Dreams from my Father" and "Audacity of Hope", right?
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Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:13:36pm |
re: #1094 UncleRancher
Howdy Lizards! This will be my first opportunity to welcome the new hatchlings. I got just a little time here, then more snakes to kill.
"I'm sick and tired of these damn snakes on my ranch!"
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Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:14:03pm |
re: #1107 MandyManners
Doood. Where's the bag of Cheetos?
"Like wow man you know, like Darfur man that really bums me out man, like you know.
You got any ice cream?"
//
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:14:07pm |
re: #1098 mikalm
Personally, I favor total decriminalization of the stuff -- for adults to grow and use in the privacy of their own home. That way, you cut the government, the gangs, and businesses out of the deal, and make it a personal choice for grownups. Sale and distribution would still be illegal.
As for other drugs? Reduce the demand, and all the associated problems will decrease. How to do that, I have no clue...
quit fucking around and penalize it bigtime...caught with an oz of coke and a pistol, say 10 yrs, no good time...boom...problem solved
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:14:23pm |
Horizon: Can We Make a Star on Earth? Nuclear fusion explored.
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:14:25pm |
re: #1104 USBeast
$85,...Whoa, I mean...Whoa. You may know what I'm going through but I hope I never have a clue as to what you went through. God bless you!
That was only legal fees. I took on all the marital debt, as well as his pre-marital debt just to get the motherfucker out of my life. Add another $20,000.00 or so. I quit counting.
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avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:15:10pm |
re: #1098 mikalm
Personally, I favor total decriminalization of the stuff -- for adults to grow and use in the privacy of their own home. That way, you cut the government, the gangs, and businesses out of the deal, and make it a personal choice for grownups. Sale and distribution would still be illegal.
As for other drugs? Reduce the demand, and all the associated problems will decrease. How to do that, I have no clue...
I like that plan, and have a yard.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:15:13pm |
re: #1103 OldLineTexan
True dat, but I would substitute "dependence" for "behavior".
Another key component of alcoholism vs. heavy drinking is that alcoholics typically find someone else to drag down with them ... spouse, parents, kids, etc.
indeed...dependency is behavior...you have to break the chain
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:15:40pm |
re: #1106 avanti
I'm guessing one beer is the actual tipping point here. I've been friends with a few, too. It's one of the reasons I hardly ever drink. Any drug that makes people act like I've seen people act, I don't want much to do with. I do enjoy a good beer on hot summer nights, but no more than 1 or 2.
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UberInfidel67 Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:16:03pm |
re: #995 ArmyWife O wish all the best to that young lady. I have a niece who is a crack head and was hooking for money. Sad sad sad. Damn it makes me sooo angry!
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:16:09pm |
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:16:28pm |
Here's a government marijuana conspiracy theory short story:
Leisure Time
We-ell, me an Barney an Frank an Scudder was alla sittin' there drinkin' Falstaff anna smokin' good Mex anna watchin' the tube. Nuthin' elseta do uva Satidee night, ya know, an besides, somea them programs er pretty good. We-ell, anyhow, we just plumb ran outta beer. Now when thar ain't nuthin' ta do uva Satidee night, that is, when YOU ain't got nuthin' ta do uva Satidee night, but drink beer, smoke dope, an watch tha tube, that's a pretty major disaster, lemme tellya.
Anyhow, ya know, our place is pretty closeta tha docks, an Barney an Frank an Scudder decided ta go on down ta tha brewery warehouse an lifta coupla cases. I stayed home an watched TV, 'cause in our neighborhood if everbody leaves the place at once, there might not BE no TV ta watch whenya get back. Besides, like I said before, somea them programs wuz pretty good, an onea tha good ones wuz on. I kinda hadda funny feelin' about the whole idea, too. Don't go gettin' tha wrong idea yaSELF, now; I wudn aFRAID er nuthin'. But when that little voice inna backa yer head says, "Hey, fella, this just don't FEEL right", ya learn ta back off, 'cause whenya don't, -cha can get inta some pretty strange situations, lemme tellya.
Anyhow, I promised 'em I wudn smoke morena coupla joints while they wuz gone, us runnin' kinda low, doncha know, and they took off ta tha docks fer tha beer.
We-ell, I'd been thinkin' on sumthin' fera pretty long time, in fact, fera WHILE. An what I'd been thinkin on, an what I started thinkin' on then, wuz what we all DO. Yaknow, the guvment's been gettin' pretty strong lately, an not many people er havin' much ta say about it, leastwise not that I'D heard. It didn useta be that way, years back. When people didn like sumthin' tha guvment did, they'd up an bitch an moan an get sumthin' DONE about it. We-ell, tha way I sees it, there'sa helluva damn lot ta bitch about these days, but nuthin's gettin' said. So why, huh? We-ell, maybe tha guvment's stoppin' 'em somehow. But howwud they go about doin' that, huh? Then I remembered that I useta speak out now an then maself. What do I do now, instead, I asked maself? Why, I saysta maself, I drink beer an smoke dope an watch TV. Then it hit me. To control tha people, ya gotta control what they do in their leisure time, when they ain't workin' er sleepin' er eatin'. Didja ever notice that just about everbody smokes dope these days? An there always seems ta be enuf around. It's ilLEGAL, leastwise they CALL it illegal, but so's a lotta other things ya can't always get, but dope's always around. Goes real good with beer, too, an that's legal. An they both seem ta go real well with watchin' TV. The programs change, butcha always git high ta watch 'em. Now, we all git this little satisfaction outta smokin' a joint, like weuz protestin' again, an gettin' over on Unk Sam, like. We-ell, yaknow what hit me? Unk Sam's gettin' over on US, an we don't even realize it. They just program them shows ta appeal ta a stoned audience, yasee, an look tha other way when smoke gets moved in. Then insteada protestin' an raisin' Cain an' gettin' tha shit strightened OUT, we just all kick back, pop a tab onna cool one, smoke a joint, an watch TV. And dammit, that's all anybody ever DOES anymore! Then I wondered, iffit works so well, wht don't tha guvment just LEGALize it? Because then we wudn feel like weuz gettin' over on Unk Sam, then. Is it a protest whenya drink a brew, get my drift? Also, sum people 'ud protest anyways, so they kin bust them fer dope an leave the quiet folks alone. Hell, they was controllin' our lives, an we didn even realize it, an mosta us didn even CARE anymore!
to be continued...
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:17:04pm |
continued...
Now this, with me a sittin' there smokin a joint an watchin that damn tube, just scared tha livin' SHIT outta me. That musta caused tha flashback. There's not much else any good besides smoke around because the guvment's serious about tha other stuff, but a week before I'd scored a hitta good windowpane acid. Did me pretty good, too. We-ell, I musta flashed back on it, 'cause alluva sudden, there closeta midnight, tha sun started shinin' inna windows. I jumped up ta go look see, but a Special Bulletin came onna tube, an without thinkin', I sat back down ta watch. Yaknow how THAT is, I'm sure. Yer house could be fallin' down around ya, an still ya'd sit there an watch tha Special Bulletin on tha earthquake. We-ell, a guvment man in a blue bizness suit came on, an guess what? They'd caught my three friends down at tha docks liftin' beer. He wuz smilin' anna lookin' pretty smug about it, too. Then he said it wuz all due to a new SCI-en -TIFFIC Break-Through. He couldn give no DEtails, he said, but the guvment had founda wayta turn tha sun off an on, anywhere, anytime. I looked back outta tha window then, an it went out while I wuz starin' at it. I don't mean it SET, ya unnerstand, it just plumb WENT OUT!
We-ell, I ran outta tha door ta go tell alla the people, hey man, now the guvment even controls tha SUN, an like, hey, we gotta do somethin' about it. I couldn find nobody, though. Four houses I went to, an nobody wuzzat home in ANY uv 'em, but they wuz all OPEN, man, an all tha TV's were on, an even turned to different channels, tha same damned program wuz on ALLuvem! I even went inside the last house an turned it off, an it kept right onna runnin'. Then I unplugged tha damn thing, annit STILL kepta runnin'!
We-ell, I don't mind tellin' ya, I wuz scared SHITless then, so I ran back home, an guess what? My friends were all back, an with two casesa cold brew!
We-ell, I didn know WHATthahellta think, ya know, so I said, HEY people, I thought tha feds'd busted ya, the TV said so, so whatch doin' back here so soon? Didja get away, or did they letcha go?
We-ell, Frank, he smiled at me an said, "Friend, we didn get away. We're here doin' time. When tha whole damn country's a prison, what's it matter which cell they stick ya in? Here, hava brew." An he popped a top an tried ta hand me one.
An' that's when I threw tha brick through tha TV an flushed tha dope an kicked tha beer an started screamin' over an over, give me liberty er give me death, an somebody called tha cops, an they called tha hospital, an here I am. How'd YOU go crazy, man?
I was about to tell the man that it was all a mistake, that I was definitely NOT crazy, and that in my professorial opinion the only way that I could demonstrate my absurd freedom was by raping THAT little girl, and no other, that they had unfairly imprisoned the only truly free person in this determined world, and a doctor of philosophy besides, when the siren sounded, and I remembered that today was Thursday, the early day. I immediately turned away from the poor crazy and scurried towards my cubicle, and my waiting tube. When the sun goes out, it is bad - very bad - to be caught outside your own den.
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:17:28pm |
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SteveC Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:17:34pm |
"25th mission, boys, one more and home. And leading a bunch of rooks, too. I hope it is a milk run."
"Gentlemen, Your objective today is... Berlin."
*Groans*
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:17:48pm |
re: #1113 Jimmah
Good god. Can we make a star on Earth? That's not the right f***ing question. SHOULD we? Why don't they just go all out with their post-ethical science and make us a black hole? Just because they can. We can name it the Gore/Obama Memorial Black Hole. For a few milliseconds.
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Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:18:15pm |
re: #1108 Gus 802
Sounds about right. Of course it would be hard to judge whom of the two would be more of a security risk. A meth-addict generally speaking would be the greatest risk. However, a pot smoker that smokes on the job (in the morning or on breaks) is also a risk.
Even with legalization of drugs, employers, since they own their businesses, can demand that employees do not partake, and can administer tests if there is reason to believe an employee's performance is affected by substance use. People can and do get fired for showing up drunk on the job. Same should apply to being wasted on other things.
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:18:40pm |
Pot is easy to grow. Good pot is not easy to grow.
You have to germinate the seeds, get them up and sex the plants (don't miss a single male plant or you're going to have a seedy mess). Need some nice soil and a close supply of water. Watch for the deer and rabbits, who will eat more than the cops can carry off. Keep them plants trimmed so they don't stick ten feet higher than everything else around and stick out like an erection in a bathing suit. Enter and leave by a different route every time so you don't wear a path right to the spot. You start in early spring and finish around first frost. You can trust no one, and rely on fewer to help.
It's work, I tells ya.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:19:35pm |
re: #1128 razorbacker
Pot is easy to grow. Good pot is not easy to grow.
You have to germinate the seeds, get them up and sex the plants (don't miss a single male plant or you're going to have a seedy mess). Need some nice soil and a close supply of water. Watch for the deer and rabbits, who will eat more than the cops can carry off. Keep them plants trimmed so they don't stick ten feet higher than everything else around and stick out like an erection in a bathing suit. Enter and leave by a different route every time so you don't wear a path right to the spot. You start in early spring and finish around first frost. You can trust no one, and rely on fewer to help.
It's work, I tells ya.
heh...two words...
cloning
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Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:19:53pm |
re: #1127 Natasha
Even with legalization of drugs, employers, since they own their businesses, can demand that employees do not partake, and can administer tests if there is reason to believe an employee's performance is affected by substance use. People can and do get fired for showing up drunk on the job. Same should apply to being wasted on other things.
I agree 100%. In instances of public safety it should be a rock solid requirement. An employer should have the right to create his or her own standards.
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mikalm Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:20:05pm |
re: #1118 Taqiyyotomist
There's a saying that goes something like, "For an alcoholic, one drink is too much, and one hundred drinks are not enough."
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avanti Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:20:49pm |
re: #1118 Taqiyyotomist
I'm guessing one beer is the actual tipping point here. I've been friends with a few, too. It's one of the reasons I hardly ever drink. Any drug that makes people act like I've seen people act, I don't want much to do with. I do enjoy a good beer on hot summer nights, but no more than 1 or 2.
You either have a addictive personally or you don't. I can get shit faced maybe once a month, and be fine with that. Back in the 60's I did grass, tried acid, and never had the urge since. I can sit down at a Blackjack table and get up and leave when I'm winning. Others smoke pot and move on to heavier drugs, or can't stop after a six pack, or gamble away the rent.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:21:05pm |
re: #1126 Taqiyyotomist
Good god. Can we make a star on Earth? That's not the right f***ing question. SHOULD we? Why don't they just go all out with their post-ethical science and make us a black hole? Just because they can. We can name it the Gore/Obama Memorial Black Hole. For a few milliseconds.
LOL! What the Barack Hussain Obama was that?
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:21:09pm |
re: #1125 taxfreekiller
So, you got Budweiser, Coors, etal adds now getting people hooked on that, the solution is not to have , Mexico Gold be the 3 min add at the super bowl in year 2012?
You can bet your ass if its legal, the use will go to very very high levels due to the greed . Your unGoverment will then tax it and behind your backs the re-election money from the sellers of the dope will be the way your congress and senate and Pres. gets re-elected.
Evil grows when you do not weed it out.
easy is not the way
That has not been the experience in the Netherlands, or in Alaska, or in Canada. Pot usage percentages remained the same, or even slightly declined.
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USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:21:53pm |
re: #1114 MandyManners
That was only legal fees. I took on all the marital debt, as well as his pre-marital debt just to get the motherfucker out of my life. Add another $20,000.00 or so. I quit counting.
I accepted some terms just to buy some peace too. Luckily, neither my ex or I were in a position to profit mightily by making a huge stink of the matter. Poverty has it's advantages.
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SteveC Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:21:56pm |
re: #1116 avanti
I like that plan, and have a yard.
We used to have a problem with dog owners letting Rover conduct his business on our mobile home lot at the beach.
Daddy bought a 3 foot length of PVC pipe, then buried it right at the corner where all the "visitors" seemed to stop. Right above the buried pipe he placed this sign:
HERE LIES THE LAST DOG THAT C***PED ON OUR LOT
Problem solved.
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Gus Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:23:03pm |
re: #1134 Salamantis
That has not been the experience in the Netherlands, or in Alaska, or in Canada. Pot usage percentages remained the same, or even slightly declined.
I can believe it considering it's a depressant of sorts.
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USBeast Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:23:45pm |
re: #1128 razorbacker
Pot is easy to grow. Good pot is not easy to grow.
You have to germinate the seeds, get them up and sex the plants (don't miss a single male plant or you're going to have a seedy mess). Need some nice soil and a close supply of water. Watch for the deer and rabbits, who will eat more than the cops can carry off. Keep them plants trimmed so they don't stick ten feet higher than everything else around and stick out like an erection in a bathing suit. Enter and leave by a different route every time so you don't wear a path right to the spot. You start in early spring and finish around first frost. You can trust no one, and rely on fewer to help.
It's work, I tells ya.
You don't happen to live around Bismark, do ya?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:23:49pm |
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gmsc Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:24:08pm |
re: #1098 mikalm
Reduce the demand, and all the associated problems will decrease. How to do that, I have no clue...
One of the best ideas I've ever heard along this line is to pass legislation taxing various drugs at various amounts. Marijuana, for example, might be taxed at $750/ounce and cocaine might be, say, $2000/ounce.
The authorities would also be allowed to confiscate personal property where the drugs are found, to be returned only when the tax is paid. Police could then make an arrest for possession AND tax evasion.
In addition, there would be an amnesty program for first-time offenders. The person would only have to pay 10% of the fine, attend a drug education class (6 months or so), and probation for 2-3 years. If they complete all those requirements, no criminal charges would go on their record. If they violate those requirements, they are liable for the full standard amount of the tax, and the criminal charges go on their record.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:24:21pm |
re: #1117 albusteve
indeed...dependency is behavior...you have to break the chain
Dependence is chemical. Somewhere around 85% of the population can drink, and use most* drugs and not be addicted. Their brain chemistry is not affected. You can drink yourself to death and never be an addict.
The other approximately 15% (and both numbers VARY by ethnicity, oddly enough) CAN develop abnormal brain chemistry, i.e. addiction. Many will never touch it and never have a problem.
The people who do become addicted will treat their drug of choice or a suitable (i.e., acceptable to society/family/whatever) like OXYGEN. You may as well make them stay at the bottom of a pool as deny them their drug.
The "heavy drinker" can put the bottle down a HELL of a lot easier, and often does to keep a job, etc. An addict eventually screws up.
By adopting NEW and DIFFICULT TO MASTER behaviors, an addict can live with the addiction and stay clean and sober.
And that's the rub in the whole deal. They have to want it as badly as oxygen.
*some drugs are SO potent at stimulating the brain's receptors they are dangerous for anyone
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HoosierHoops Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:24:25pm |
re: #1120 MandyManners
HAPPY PLACE! I NEED MY HAPPY PLACE!
[Video]
Just every so often I think to myself Mandy..
Why sometimes the people we think deserve the most luck..the nicest people..those we respect and admire the most..never live the dream..
And why sometimes those folks that I can't stand and that are such losers and just you wish NCIS would catch them in a drug sting..end up on the lot buying a new G5 private jet.
I don't have answers.. But can I say this in a street blog form?
Bitch you Rock
/
hehehhe
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Salamantis Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:25:14pm |
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:26:12pm |
re: #1105 Pvt Bin Jammin
That could bring the stock price up. LOL
NY Times, are you paying attention?
Think of the ink stains.
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Photon Cowboy Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:26:33pm |
I was in a Dollar store and found a key chain with sound effects of various weapons being fired so I bought one. I hung it from the gear shift and blew away hundreds of lane changers a week. My favorite was button number 2. It was a missile launch and big boom. I miss having a fully armed pick-up truck.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:28:08pm |
re: #1143 gmsc
One of the best ideas I've ever heard along this line is to pass legislation taxing various drugs at various amounts. Marijuana, for example, might be taxed at $750/ounce and cocaine might be, say, $2000/ounce.
The authorities would also be allowed to confiscate personal property where the drugs are found, to be returned only when the tax is paid. Police could then make an arrest for possession AND tax evasion.
In addition, there would be an amnesty program for first-time offenders. The person would only have to pay 10% of the fine, attend a drug education class (6 months or so), and probation for 2-3 years. If they complete all those requirements, no criminal charges would go on their record. If they violate those requirements, they are liable for the full standard amount of the tax, and the criminal charges go on their record.
pot should not be illegal or it's use restricted by adults except for job related issues...period...the feds have no right or authority to criminalize a harmless substance such as pot...any problems with relationships to other more harmful drugs is conjured
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:28:32pm |
re: #1118 Taqiyyotomist
"I do enjoy a good beer on hot summer nights, but no more than 1 or 2."
That makes absolutely no sense to my mind at all.
1 or 2? Why bother.
Let's warm up with a 6 pack, then crack the tequila, then let's go out...
Haven't had to do that for 22 years now...hope I can make it 44...
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:28:43pm |
re: #1140 USBeast
Erm, ahhh, no.
re: #1143 gmsc
The authorities would also be allowed to confiscate personal property where the drugs are found,
They already can. That's why state and national forests are the place to grow, nowadays. Well, unless you don't like your neighbors. Then you can plant on them and watch their property go under the hammer.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:30:09pm |
re: #1144 OldLineTexan
Dependence is chemical. Somewhere around 85% of the population can drink, and use most* drugs and not be addicted. Their brain chemistry is not affected. You can drink yourself to death and never be an addict.
The other approximately 15% (and both numbers VARY by ethnicity, oddly enough) CAN develop abnormal brain chemistry, i.e. addiction. Many will never touch it and never have a problem.
The people who do become addicted will treat their drug of choice or a suitable (i.e., acceptable to society/family/whatever) like OXYGEN. You may as well make them stay at the bottom of a pool as deny them their drug.
The "heavy drinker" can put the bottle down a HELL of a lot easier, and often does to keep a job, etc. An addict eventually screws up.
By adopting NEW and DIFFICULT TO MASTER behaviors, an addict can live with the addiction and stay clean and sober.
And that's the rub in the whole deal. They have to want it as badly as oxygen.
*some drugs are SO potent at stimulating the brain's receptors they are dangerous for anyone
I concede...I used behavior too liberally
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Pvt Bin Jammin Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:31:07pm |
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Racer X Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:31:09pm |
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:32:15pm |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:33:01pm |
re: #1154 albusteve
and a good info post too
I got lessons during "Family Week" from the best addiction doctors in Texas last summer ... it didn't take, unfortunately, and I know how many heads this Hydra has. It has exactly one more than you could ever cut off by yourself.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:34:13pm |
re: #1158 OldLineTexan
I got lessons during "Family Week" from the best addiction doctors in Texas last summer ... it didn't take, unfortunately, and I know how many heads this Hydra has. It has exactly one more than you could ever cut off by yourself.
there is virtue in persistance...
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Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:35:02pm |
Ultimately, the harm from drugs comes from individual choices. If a potential addict never tries a drug, they never become an addict. However, illegalizing something does not put it out of existence. On the contrary, it puts this "something" into the realm of "forbidden fruit", and doing it becomes one's rebellion against overbearing totalitarian authority. Whatever the solution to the drug "problem", government is NOT it. A nanny with a weapon to my head will just piss me off and cause me to think of ways to spite her and destroy her.
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jorline Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:35:04pm |
re: #1062 rightside
well...no. You know what hallway sex is, right?
I've heard it before, but I can't remember.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:36:05pm |
re: #1159 albusteve
there is virtue in persistance...
Bro, you and I both know there are things a person can't walk away from ... whether debts of honor, money, love ... there are chains in this world that you can't break without breaking yourself.
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:36:26pm |
'In a stunning announcement, Citigroup showed a profit and had its best quarter since 2007. They made $8 billion dollars in profit.
That just shows you: If you give a company $45 billion in government bailout money, they’ll show you how to turn it into $8 billion in profit.' - Jay Leno
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Ateam Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:37:29pm |
re: #1128 razorbacker
Pot is easy to grow. Good pot is not easy to grow.
You have to germinate the seeds, get them up and sex the plants (don't miss a single male plant or you're going to have a seedy mess). Need some nice soil and a close supply of water. Watch for the deer and rabbits, who will eat more than the cops can carry off. Keep them plants trimmed so they don't stick ten feet higher than everything else around and stick out like an erection in a bathing suit. Enter and leave by a different route every time so you don't wear a path right to the spot. You start in early spring and finish around first frost. You can trust no one, and rely on fewer to help.
It's work, I tells ya.
You can buy solid feminine seeds through Internet sites. You can grow a very good plants at home. It's only need love & green soul. Of course hope, change, and 'yes we can'. more of that - proper treatment & environment for d babies weed...
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:38:19pm |
Alright, I'm out to smoke a handcrafted, homemade tobacco cigarette.
tfk, I hear ya. I don't agitate for legalization of pot. And I do think that you're right about drugs and our nation, in a sense. Replace the word "drugs" in your posts with the word "sin" and I would be in full agreement.
Drugs have become a god in this nation, put before the Almighty in importance. Television has, too. So has the popular-culture industry. So have videogames (guilty as charged). Our nation has done what God punished Israel so many times for in the Old Testament. We have erected a whole bunch of gods to worship instead of Him. And God hasn't changed, and is still working through history, just like He was during the time outlined in the Bible. Israel's fortunes and security rose and fell based on how far or how close to God they were in their lives, and how much idolotry her kings allowed, participated in, condoned, or promoted. God still is the same.
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cichco Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:40:15pm |
re: #1134 Salamantis
That has not been the experience in the Netherlands, or in Alaska, or in Canada. Pot usage percentages remained the same, or even slightly declined.
Smaller territory though, and less greedy big pharma/farma... haha, i did a wordplay.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:40:27pm |
re: #1162 OldLineTexan
Bro, you and I both know there are things a person can't walk away from ... whether debts of honor, money, love ... there are chains in this world that you can't break without breaking yourself.
heh...indeed I know that well enough...well said
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:40:40pm |
re: #1165 Taqiyyotomist
And that's not even mentioning Baal/Planned Parenthood.
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Ateam Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:43:16pm |
re: #1164 Ateam
You can buy solid feminine seeds through Internet sites. You can grow a very good plants at home. It's only need love & green soul. Of course hope, change, and 'yes we can'. more of that - proper treatment & environment for d babies weed...
Eleven weeks, and you are loaded 4 the next half year needs.
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:45:50pm |
re: #1164 Ateam
You can buy solid feminine seeds through Internet sites. You can grow a very good plants at home. It's only need love & green soul. Of course hope, change, and 'yes we can'. more of that - proper treatment & environment for d babies weed...
If you buy seeds through internet sites, and grow them in your own home, you should be prepared to lose said home.
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Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:52:38pm |
re: #1165 Taqiyyotomist
Alright, I'm out to smoke a handcrafted, homemade tobacco cigarette.
tfk, I hear ya. I don't agitate for legalization of pot. And I do think that you're right about drugs and our nation, in a sense. Replace the word "drugs" in your posts with the word "sin" and I would be in full agreement.
Drugs have become a god in this nation, put before the Almighty in importance. Television has, too. So has the popular-culture industry. So have videogames (guilty as charged). Our nation has done what God punished Israel so many times for in the Old Testament. We have erected a whole bunch of gods to worship instead of Him. And God hasn't changed, and is still working through history, just like He was during the time outlined in the Bible. Israel's fortunes and security rose and fell based on how far or how close to God they were in their lives, and how much idolotry her kings allowed, participated in, condoned, or promoted. God still is the same.
I understand what you're saying. Yet, individuals make choices. They face consequences of their choices, it is between them and God. And putting government in the place of God, and legislating virtue and sin is just plain wrong. God may be in charge of all of us, but our government is our servant. It is not there to protect us from ourselves, but only from others trying to violate our right to life, liberty and property.
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razorbacker Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:56:24pm |
To speak of a different, perhaps more dangerous addiction...
I see where a Chinese premier is all concerned about the high (and getting bigger) American debt.
Sheesh. He's concerned. He oughta come talk to me.
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Natasha Fri, Mar 13, 2009 6:57:34pm |
The worst addiction this country is facing is the addiction to the poison flowing from the Nanny-State's saggy teat.
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Ateam Fri, Mar 13, 2009 7:16:58pm |
re: #1170 razorbacker
If you buy seeds through Internet sites, and grow them in your own home, you should be prepared to lose said home.
OK
lets assume I'm US citizen (which I'm not) - renting apartment with my great uncle name (already dead during the great recession on 30'). Ordering female seeds through Dutch sites. Paining cash electricity bills for the all operation.
What' the problem?
(especially when BHO is with Michelle looking forward d next crowning
'the one and only' mirror tasking' with aside glimpse?)
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hazzyday Fri, Mar 13, 2009 7:30:21pm |
re: #982 Racer X
Stone-throwing Santino the chimp shows apes can carry out plans
A chimpanzee named Santino has shown researchers that the great apes can plan ahead and execute carefully plotted maneuvers. Santino, the alpha male chimp at Sweden's Furuvik Zoo, planned rock-throwing attacks against zoo visitors, which shocked zoo staff and fascinated scientists.
Some football team should sign him up as third string.
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a5minmajor Fri, Mar 13, 2009 7:30:26pm |
Long-time reader, first-time hatchling. (after long hours by the screen waiting for registration to open, I FINALLY got one!)
Just wanted to say how happy I am to be here!
...There aren't any hazing rituals or anything, are there?
...cause that would kinda suck.
Anyway, I pretty well hold to my Libertarian stance on the legalization of Geef. Legalize it. Legalize most controlled substances, let voters decide which drugs pose the greatest risk to the common good. ( I know in light of their recent selections, this option scares the shit out of most people, and it should.) The Government will approve sales, and tax the items, but there should also be taxpayer say on expenditure of drug revenue. (See State of Colorado TABOR laws. We can let 'em spend it on parks, military, education...but NO stinkin' free health care!)
It's none of the Governments business what you put in your body. (FDA safety standards notwithstanding; although I would get rid of them as well, and let Darwin do his thing.)
I say, you wanna smoke? Smoke it up. Get baked to the gills. Hell, it would be nice to buy pharmaceutical grade stuff from Walgreens, and not worry about what other household cleaning poison is in your dope. Just Remember:
If you do it with children in the house, or God forbid, in the car; Your ass is headed to lockdown just like it is under current child endangerment laws. And don't even think about headin' down to the 'Ol E.R. for some free medical treatment when your heart is poundin' outta yer chest because of too much crank. You ingested it, you take the ride.
Thanks for listenin'.
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