How many new lizards joined yesterday?

Only three more hours to drink time.

A Hopenchange thread.

I am done with work, so I'm writing.

Someone, stop me!

re: #4 Dianna

I am done with work, so I'm writing.

Someone, stop me!

You not having fun?

re: #4 Dianna

I am done with work, so I'm writing.

Someone, stop me!

I could always say some bullshit about military SF writers and alternate history. That'll keep you busy :^)

re: #4 Dianna

I am done with work, so I'm writing.

Someone, stop me!

I'm just beating this giant drum. Keep pulling at that oar!

/

re: #1 midwestgak

How many new lizards joined yesterday?

More to the point: how many lizards, not toads from Lew Rockwell's site?

re: #4 Dianna

I am avoiding work.

Don't stop me now!

what is this "Work" you speak of? It sounds horrible

As we say at work..

You live to serve this ship, row well and live!

re: #5 unreconstructed rebel

You not having fun?

No.

I hate one of my characters.

I am sorry to have missed the CMoH thread.

May our fallen heroes rest in peace, and may the living have the honor they deserve.

re: #6 Zimriel

I could always say some bullshit about military SF writers and alternate history. That'll keep you busy :^)

Oh, yeah. But I don't think anyone else would enjoy it, much!

re: #12 Dianna

No.

I hate one of my characters.

I told you fictionalizing Andrew Cuomo was a mistake.

/

Anxiously awaiting news of today's Texas state school board vote ...

It’s the midday open thread for the middle of the week...

Doesn't sound very sensational but at least it's moderate.

re: #13 OldLineTexan

I am sorry to have missed the CMoH thread.

May our fallen heroes rest in peace, and may the living have the honor they deserve.

Well put, and me too. . .

re: #12 Dianna

No.

I hate one of my characters.

Then assasinate him...

re: #17 Killgore Trout

Doesn't sound very sensational but at least it's moderate.

we could call it the Hump Day thread. . . .

I'm going to step out for a bit until my hands stop shaking.

re: #19 LGoPs

Then assasinate him...

OR convert him to Judaism. . .:)

Maybe I'm alone in this but I would like to see a day with temperatures over ten degrees Celsius!

re: #16 spaceman

Anxiously awaiting news of today's Texas state school board vote ...

WSJ says the vote is Friday, and that public testimony started today.

re: #21 Dianna

I'm going to step out for a bit until my hands stop shaking.

ok, feel better. . .{D}

F-22 went down near Edwards AFB.

repeat from last thread -

I just heard a radio commercial from MoveOn telling me to call my Senator and urge her to support Obama's budget.
Anyone else heard these?
Are we going to have to spend the next 3 3/4 yrs listening to their instructions/commercials?

re: #19 LGoPs

Then assasinate him...

He dies at the start. It was satisfying.

But he's pretty much the focus of the whole book.

...midday open thread for the middle ...

Just a middling thread.

re: #28 Dianna

He dies at the start. It was satisfying.

But he's pretty much the focus of the whole book.

Good grief. Sounds like Absalom, Absalom!.

re: #3 Honorary Yooper

A Hopenchange thread.

Loss of hope and effinchange more like it. . .:)

Found a place in Mission Valley for the San Diego Lizard Meet up. Looking at the end of April right now. Email me for details

The markets don't like the result of today's debt auction. I'd predicted the Dow would be up, based on last night's presser from O. It did rise... but not enough to offset the bad news. We're back to Monday afternoon.

My first day as an avanti disciple is going poorly.

O'S FOREIGN FAILURES
NEW PREZ FLUNKING GLOBAL TESTS
by Ralph Peters

AMERICA'S enemies smell blood and it's type "O."

All new administrations stumble a bit as they seek their footing. But President Obama's foreign-policy botches have set new records for instant incompetence.

Contrary to left-wing myths, I wasn't a fan of the Bush administration. (I called for Donald Rumsfeld to get the boot in mid-2001.) But fair's fair. Despite his many faults, Bush sought to do good. Obama just wants to look good.

Vice President Dick Cheney was arrogant. Vice President Joe Biden is arrogant and stupid. Take your pick.

Don't worry about the new administration's ideology. Worry about its terrifying naivete.

Consider a sampling of the goofs O and his crew have made in just two months:

[Link: www.nypost.com...]

re: #1 midwestgak

How many new lizards joined yesterday?

37.

re: #1 midwestgak

How many new lizards joined yesterday?

My boy finally got in. He used the priveledge to take cheap shots at his old man.

I am so proud!

re: #16 spaceman

Anxiously awaiting news of today's Texas state school board vote ...

Actually, the vote probably won't come until Friday. They've allotted three days for discussion.

re: #28 Dianna

He dies at the start. It was satisfying.

But he's pretty much the focus of the whole book.

The rest of the book can be everyone else saying how glad they are he's dead.

re: #27 Killer Tomato

repeat from last thread -

I just heard a radio commercial from MoveOn telling me to call my Senator and urge her to support Obama's budget.
Anyone else heard these?
Are we going to have to spend the next 3 3/4 yrs listening to their instructions/commercials?

You will listen to the pretty ear candy and follow its directions. . .

Repeat. . .

Hmm Dianna was upset awhile back when writing some bad stuff that was happening to her character. I wonder if it is the same book?

re: #36 DaddyG

My boy finally got in. He used the priveledge to take cheap shots at his old man.

I am so proud!

Yay! I like Tekkun, but keep wanting to call him Tikkun. . .

re: #30 OldLineTexan

Good grief. Sounds like Absalom, Absalom!.

Finest novel in American literature, bar none.

Obama will answer questions on the web tomorrow.

An opportunity for Lizards with more time than I have.

re: #26 Racer X

F-22 went down near Edwards AFB.

Yikes, I have a friend whose son is a test pilot out there.

re: #12 Dianna

Kill him/her off; if you ask me, doing so is one of the truly satisfying aspects of writing fiction.

Geithner 'open' to China proposal
We’re actually quite open to that suggestion – you should see it as rather evolutionary rather building on the current architecture rather than moving us to global monetary union," he said.

"The only thing concrete I saw was expanding the use of the [special drawing rights]," Geithner said. "Anything he’s thinking about deserves some consideration."

The continued use of the dollar as a reserve currency, he added, "depends..on how effective we are in the United States...at getting our fiscal system back to the point where people judge it as sustainable over time."

President Obama flatly rejected the notion of a new global currency at last night's press conference.

UPDATE: Evidently sensing a gaffe, moderator Roger Altman told Geithner that it would be "useful" to return to the question, and asked if he foresaw a change in the dollar's centrality.

"I do not," Geithner said, adding several forceful promises, including, "We will do what's necessary to say we're sustaining confidence in our financial markets."

Geithner is a hooked fish just thrown into the river bank. flip, flop.

Dow currently down about 33 points. What about the hope? The change?

re: #34 Opinionated

Vice President Dick Cheney was arrogant. Vice President Joe Biden is arrogant and stupid. Take your pick.

Might I be the first to say:

Oh, snap.

Kitty's first snow - freaks him out

re: #32 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Found a place in Mission Valley for the San Diego Lizard Meet up. Looking at the end of April right now. Email me for details

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Way to go, Californian lizards. Hope you have a huge turnout.

re: #38 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The rest of the book can be everyone else saying how glad they are he's dead.

and the epilogue can be him, from the grave- reflectiing on his death and realizing that with him gone, people in his life we better for him being gone. . .wait. . .sorry, my own twisted Bizaro It's a wonderful life. . .

re: #43 Ojoe

Obama will answer questions on the web tomorrow.

An opportunity for Lizards with more time than I have.

Do you really think any of our questions would be the *chosen* ones?

Wow, radar be lookin' pretty ugly around here.

re: #47 Occasional Reader

Dow currently down about 33 points. What about the hope? The change?

People are cashing in hoping to keep some change.

re: #26 Racer X

F-22 went down near Edwards AFB.

Crap.

I hope the pilot got out okay.

re: #52 Wishing

One can "hope".

re: #44 Ward Cleaver

Yikes, I have a friend whose son is a test pilot out there.

No specifics are given; no info on the condition of the pilot. Lets hope for the best.

Stupid world currency thing

I know this was discussed earlier, but are these people insane? It's like they just looked at the worst idea in the history of the world and said, "Hmmm, now that's worth thinking about...".

Bunch of incompetents and criminals.

re: #33 Zimriel

The markets don't like the result of today's debt auction. I'd predicted the Dow would be up, based on last night's presser from O. It did rise... but not enough to offset the bad news. We're back to Monday afternoon.

My first day as an avanti disciple is going poorly.

What impact did Geithner's comments on the U.S. dollar as an international reserve currency have? He's the only guy that needs a teleprompter more than Obama.

re: #59 gregg

What impact did Geithner's comments on the U.S. dollar as an international reserve currency have? He's the only guy that needs a teleprompter ballgag more than Obama.

re: #49 Killgore Trout

Heh. When we lived in Alaska we got a black lab puppy and then moved to the lower 48 before winter in AK was over. The poor thing got to Seattle, saw grass for the first time, and tried to do a running jump into it. A hard-learned lesson.

re: #49 Killgore Trout

lol

Are stock analysts just gullible? Geithner managed to put his trousers on the right way around last weekend, which must have been a first, and the market shot up on Monday. Obama gave a content-free (if you don't count fibs) speech last night, and (as I predicted), again, the markets rose. Until some actual results came in, at which point they fell again.

It seems to me that this administration could coo at the camera and wave a little jingly teddy bear, and the markets would respond favourably.

re: #41 DisturbedEma

Yay! I like Tekkun, but keep wanting to call him Tikkun. . .

I need to ask him about the origins of that nic. I'm guessing it has something to do with a Role Playing Game or Anime character.

I did warn him that Lizards have excellent BS detectors so read carefully and post factually.

re: #53 Ward Cleaver

Wow, radar be lookin' pretty ugly around here.

I need to get some coffee before I watch radar.

I always have coffee when I watch radar. Everybody know that, right?

re: #33 Zimriel

The markets don't like the result of today's debt auction. I'd predicted the Dow would be up, based on last night's presser from O. It did rise... but not enough to offset the bad news. We're back to Monday afternoon.

My first day as an avanti disciple is going poorly.

Don't fold your cards yet.

re: #67 avanti

Don't fold your cards yet.

Fold.
Spindle.
Mutilate.

Here's something you don't see everyday...
Dog stuck in tree rescued

re: #49 Killgore Trout

Not funny!

re: #67 avanti

Don't fold your cards yet.

Yeah- because you're a market whiz, right?

re: #10 Desert Dog

It's this shit I do in between web surfing.

Hillary Clinton's invading Mexico today, along with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren, who always follows damsels in distress stories & other freak shows.

Hope Hillary doesn't appease the Druglords like she did the Chinese Totalitarians--who contributed to Clinton campaigns in past.

Can't you just hear Hillary say to the cartels "We won't interfere in our open borders." "Let's RESET our relationship--how much will you pay us, Amigos?"

Hey Geithner, how about some consideration for the U.S. markets!

Idiots.

Dollar Declines on Geithner’s Comment on Special Drawing Rights

[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]

re: #27 Killer Tomato

repeat from last thread -

I just heard a radio commercial from MoveOn telling me to call my Senator and urge her to support Obama's budget.
Anyone else heard these?
Are we going to have to spend the next 3 3/4 yrs listening to their instructions/commercials?

Da, tovarisch. Or you can listen to instructions from kommandant of gulag.

re: #36 DaddyG

I saw that-isn't he going overseas?

re: #71 wrenchwench

Heh

re: #43 Ojoe

Obama will answer questions on the web tomorrow.

An opportunity for Lizards with more time than I have.

Don't go there - the WH and others will get your ISP, no trouble.

Sorry, I may sound abit ott here - but I can not forget what Mao did when he gave the parole 'let a Hudnerd flowers bloom'. People thought this meant freedom of expression - and after a short while, snap - the trap shut and all those who fell for it ended up dead - either immediately or later in the camps.

So - take care.
Look but dont engage!

re: #27 Killer Tomato

repeat from last thread -

I just heard a radio commercial from MoveOn telling me to call my Senator and urge her to support Obama's budget.
Anyone else heard these?
Are we going to have to spend the next 3 3/4 yrs listening to their instructions/commercials?

That's nice, I just called my Representative this morning (Jane Harman D-CA) to tell her not to support it. We'll see how much good it does (she is not exactly the administrations favorite democrat).

re: #73 WriterMom

It's this shit I do in between web surfing.

I'm into this "Delegating" thing now...it's great. That is why I have employees!

California considers ban on energy devouring TVs

Once again, proving that California is the land of fruits and nuts.

HEY, BRAIN DEAD LEGISLATORS! WE'RE BROKE! STOP PASSING STUPID LAWS! THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS LAUGHING AT US!

re: #26 Racer X

F-22 went down near Edwards AFB.

Unproven technology, won't fund unproven technology!
/BHO

re: #82 acwgusa

California considers ban on energy devouring TVs

Once again, proving that California is the land of fruits and nuts.

HEY, BRAIN DEAD LEGISLATORS! WE'RE BROKE! STOP PASSING STUPID LAWS! THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS LAUGHING AT US!

The electorate in California should consider banning it's legislature.

re: #69 Killgore Trout

Here's something you don't see everyday...
Dog stuck in tree rescued

Liveleak Video

Buford will never live that down.

re: #83 jcm

Unproven technology, won't fund unproven technology!
/BHO

We keep funding him, don't we?

re: #53 Ward Cleaver

Wow, radar be lookin' pretty ugly around here.

Dude! I'm down in Kerr County. Looks like we may get some - but nothing like what I'm seeing for up there. Stay dry - and safe!

re: #86 acwgusa

We keep funding him, don't we?

Involuntarily, yep.

It's official folks - the ShamWow! beats the Zorbeez.

The Shamwow soaked three paper towels' worth of blueberry beer on a single swipe, but the Zorbeez pushed the liquid off the edge of the table. We sopped and wiped with both sides of the Zorbeez, but a single stroke of the Shamwow chugged the beer with fratboyish speed.

re: #84 Desert Dog

The electorate in California should consider banning it's legislature.

Can't throw them into the Pacific, dumping laws.

re: #81 Desert Dog

Ha ha...

re: #83 jcm

Unproven technology, won't fund unproven technology!
/BHO

That F-22 is a clenched fist, we need nicer and kinder jets

re: #64 Zimriel

It seems to me that this administration couldbelieves it can just coo at the camera and wave a little jingly teddy bear, and the markets would respond favourably.

Fixed it for you.

re: #89 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Slow news day?

re: #77 WriterMom

I saw that-isn't he going overseas?

He will be serving a two year mission for the LDS Church (they always travel in pairs and wear little black name tags). Two years of speaking another language, eating different food and doing service projects for people will do him a world of good at this age.

He leaves in two weeks! The first of my children to leave the nest on a long term basis.

re: #43 Ojoe

Obama will answer questions on the web tomorrow.

An opportunity for Lizards with more time than I have.

What happens if he doesn't like my question?
"Are you insisting that the Palestinians renounce terrorism and publicly accept Israel's right to exist?"

re: #74 alegrias

Good point.
Did all of the Liberals with their "Free Tibet" bumper stickers and t-shirts ever slam "Bill's burden" for her relegating "human rights" abuses in China as a lower priority than "important" stuff like global warming?

re: #82 acwgusa

California considers ban on energy devouring TVs

Once again, proving that California is the land of fruits and nuts.

HEY, BRAIN DEAD LEGISLATORS! WE'RE BROKE! STOP PASSING STUPID LAWS! THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS LAUGHING AT US!

We don't need no stinkin' electrcity! A fire in a cave was good enough for our ancestors, it should be good enough for us!

re: #95 DaddyG

May G-d protect him and keep him safe.

re: #52 Wishing

Do you really think any of our questions would be the *chosen* ones?

I think our questions would get us chosen for the re-education camps.

re: #64 Zimriel

Are stock analysts just gullible? Geithner managed to put his trousers on the right way around last weekend, which must have been a first, and the market shot up on Monday. Obama gave a content-free (if you don't count fibs) speech last night, and (as I predicted), again, the markets rose. Until some actual results came in, at which point they fell again.

It seems to me that this administration could coo at the camera and wave a little jingly teddy bear, and the markets would respond favourably.

You got that right!

I'm beginning to think that the huge losses earlier were due to the man who made $1.1 billion in the last year - and nobody is saying he needs to pay 90% tax on that.

But then - he's $oros ...

re: #99 jcm

We don't need no stinkin' electrcity! A fire in a cave was good enough for our ancestors, it should be good enough for us!

Oog MAD! Oog SMASH! Oog petition legislature!

re: #84 Desert Dog

The electorate in California should consider banning it's legislature.

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California was better run by the Spanish theocratic governors of yesteryear, than the current elected ones.

re: #86 acwgusa

We keep funding him, don't we?

Not for long...

re: #89 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

It's official folks - the ShamWow! beats the Zorbeez.

Proven technology!

We should divert missile defense funding toward ShamWow! procurement immediately.

What are you looking at?!

re: #99 jcm

I think Ahnold is harking back to his role in Conan the Barbarian. And not the "crush your enemies" part, either.

re: #37 Charles

Actually, the vote probably won't come until Friday. They've allotted three days for discussion.

Hope they use it wisely to learn about the insidious nature of the Discovery Institute and the Wedge Document.

re: #96 Kosh's Shadow

What happens if he doesn't like my question?
"Are you insisting that the Palestinians renounce terrorism and publicly accept Israel's right to exist?"

Where can I find a transcript of your remarks at the dinner honoring a terrorist? The tape has been lost. . .

re: #74 alegrias

Hillary Clinton's invading Mexico today, along with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren, who always follows damsels in distress stories & other freak shows.

Hope Hillary doesn't appease the Druglords like she did the Chinese Totalitarians--who contributed to Clinton campaigns in past.

Can't you just hear Hillary say to the cartels "We won't interfere in our open borders." "Let's RESET our relationship--how much will you pay us, Amigos?"

She'll want to light our joint relationship.

re: #100 WriterMom

May G-d protect him and keep him safe.

What WM said. . .:)

OH MAMMA!

re: #90 acwgusa

Can't throw them into the Pacific, dumping laws.

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Recycle California's legislature, that's a green solution. Start locally, help us recycle Pelosi's punks all across the country in 2010.

re: #100 WriterMom

May G-d protect him and keep him safe.

Thank you. Two years on a Pacific Island is probably safer for a 20 year old than being at home with a car. But we will worry anyway.

re: #114 alegrias

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Recycle California's legislature, that's a green solution. Start locally, help us recycle Pelosi's punks all across the country in 2010.

Soylent Mulch is people!

re: #111 Kosh's Shadow

Unclench the roach clip?

re: #111 Kosh's Shadow

She'll want to light our joint relationship.

hmmm, really now?

re: #99 jcm

We don't need no stinkin' electrcity! A fire in a cave was good enough for our ancestors, it should be good enough for us!

And if Californians all revert to pictograms & simple grunts, then there w'll be no need for bi-lingual services. That should save a few bucks!

re: #119 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

And if Californians all revert to pictograms & simple grunts, then there w'll be no need for bi-lingual services.

From what I've seen of much of pop-cult here lately (so-called "music" in particular, and some of the texting as well) we aren't too far from this already.

This from a "friendly" country we give lots of money to:
Despite warrant, Egypt welcomes Sudanese president
And next on his itinerary is Qatar. They won't let Israeli tennis players in, but it looks like they'll let mass-murdering dictators in.

Al-Bashir is also planning to attend an Arab summit in Qatar at the end of the month, though its prime minister says the country is under pressure not to host him.

re: #35 Charles

37.

what is the morbidity rate?

Green initiative. . .dear zero style

They identified Stephanie Condon today.

Missing since 1998

re: #102 yma o hyd

You got that right!

I'm beginning to think that the huge losses earlier were due to the man who made $1.1 billion in the last year - and nobody is saying he needs to pay 90% tax on that.

But then - he's $oros ...

That would be a great question for Obama's web conference.

President Obama, do you feel it is appropriate for rich multi-billionaire financiers to profit from the misfortune of others during this economic crisis? Follow-up: Would you advocate taxing George Soros on his ill gotten gains 90% like you advocated doing to the AIG executives?

re: #111 Kosh's Shadow

She'll want to light our joint relationship.

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You CRACK me up.
I understand we have a $10 Billion dollar drug business with Mexico, which isn't TAXED YET.

Maybe Hillary can negotiate some "investment" for our bailouts--the way her boss wants to talk with the narcotrafficking Taliban.

re: #115 DaddyG

Thank you. Two years on a Pacific Island is probably safer for a 20 year old than being at home with a car. But we will worry anyway.

Which Pacific Island specifically is he going to?

re: #98 buzzsawmonkey

But who is going to go into the Mines of Moria to bring back the Ballgag?

Send Grima Wormtongue...aka Robert Gibbs.

Well, guess he shouldn't have pissed it off:

Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff

re: #124 Dianna

They identified Stephanie Condon today.

Missing since 1998

my, what a shame. . .tragic, hope this helps the family and they catch whoever did it. . .

re: #74 alegrias

Hillary Clinton's invading Mexico today, along with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren, who always follows damsels in distress stories & other freak shows.

To symbolize how she views him as "a good egg", she'll be presenting President Calderón with a big red button marked HUEVON.

/

re: #84 Desert Dog

The electorate in California should consider banning it's legislature.

how long will it take before it is missed?

re: #121 Kosh's Shadow

This from a "friendly" country we give lots of money to:
Despite warrant, Egypt welcomes Sudanese president
And next on his itinerary is Qatar. They won't let Israeli tennis players in, but it looks like they'll let mass-murdering dictators in.

Why would this astonish you?
He's a muslim, after all - just like they are.

Israelis, on the other hand ...

re: #129 subsailor68

Well, guess he shouldn't have pissed it off:

Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff

That's what happens when you give Toonces the Cat administrative rights to the server...

re: #129 subsailor68

Well, guess he shouldn't have pissed it off:

Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff

Was it one of those Budget writing GPSs? I hear that happens. . .

re: #124 Dianna

They identified Stephanie Condon today.

Missing since 1998

May God bless and keep this family in their time of grief...

re: #72 Sharmuta

Yeah- because you're a market whiz, right?

It's only a hobby with me, so listen to your broker not me. My broker is a hope and change guy, so I may be screwed if we're wrong.

re: #131 Occasional Reader

To symbolize how she views him as "a good egg", she'll be presenting President Calderón with a big red button marked HUEVON.

/

In a word. . .AWESOME

I AM DANIEL HANNAN.

re: #129 subsailor68

Well, guess he shouldn't have pissed it off:

Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff

Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?

re: #131 Occasional Reader

To symbolize how she views him as "a good egg", she'll be presenting President Calderón with a big red button marked HUEVON.

/

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They can push the cajones together!

re: #129 subsailor68

Well, guess he shouldn't have pissed it off:

Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff

Mom: If you GPS unit tells you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?
Son: YES!

re: #138 avanti

It's only a hobby with me, so listen to your broker not me. My broker is a hope and change guy, so I may be screwed if we're wrong.

if "we're" wrong? Do you often include yourself in the singular when speaking of a third party?

You know, I've been thinking that I had better place a warning sign on my front door, in case any Obots decide to drop by and try to involve me in the "O" pledge project.

Really, it is best if they don't knock on my door.

re: #126 alegrias

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You CRACK me up.
I understand we have a $10 Billion dollar drug business with Mexico, which isn't TAXED YET.

Maybe Hillary can negotiate some "investment" for our bailouts--the way her boss wants to talk with the narcotrafficking Taliban.

The Dems need this to keep their constituents happy.

Time was they bought votes with whiskey, but one has to keep up with the times.

re: #141 Guanxi88

Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?

ROFLMAO

re: #136 DisturbedEma

Was it one of those Budget writing GPSs? I hear that happens. . .

Are you implying that a CHIMP wrote it? Racist!

re: #141 Guanxi88

Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?

LOL! Open the pod bay doors HAL.

...HAL?

Hey, is that a cliff?

ARRRGGGHHH!

U.S. to blame for much of Mexico violence: Clinton

Are we allowed to mention His drug use yet?

re: #129 subsailor68

Well, guess he shouldn't have pissed it off:

Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff

Just when I think I've seen the bottom of humanity's stupidity, some moron comes along to prove me wrong.

re: #138 avanti

It's only a hobby with me, so listen to your broker not me. My broker is a hope and change guy, so I may be screwed if we're wrong.

You're screwed.

re: #115 DaddyG

Thank you. Two years on a Pacific Island is probably safer for a 20 year old than being at home with a car. But we will worry anyway.

Hope when he returns in two years, he recognizes America.

May he be safe and sound on his journey.

re: #145 SummerSong

You know, I've been thinking that I had better place a warning sign on my front door, in case any Obots decide to drop by and try to involve me in the "O" pledge project.

Really, it is best if they don't knock on my door.

"Change not welcome here"

DO NOT ASK ME TO HEAR YOU OUT

Hope is not welcome here

Shove your change. . .

re: #127 yma o hyd

Which Pacific Island specifically is he going to?

One in the Philippines. I don't want to get to specific to protect his anonymity on line.

There is a large LDS population there and an active mission. Our missionaries split their time between service labor, ministering to our church members and teaching/tracting.

re: #138 avanti

It's only a hobby with me, so listen to your broker not me. My broker is a hope and change guy, so I may be screwed if we're wrong.

Well Mr. Wizard, maybe you should watch this video about PM Brown in England, it's sort lays out the shape of things to come...

re: #134 Iron Fist

Obama's just trying to score some heroin. That being about the only drug he has never been an "enthusiastic" user of.

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Yikes!

I thought it was pretty obvious he's hooked on teleprompters & adulation (adoration?) of the masses.

re: #129 subsailor68

Well, guess he shouldn't have pissed it off:

Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff

Its like a disease, this satnav - certainly here in the UK.
People end up in rivers, on railway tracks, lorries get stuck under bridges which are too low, or in coutry lanes which are too narrow - its as if nobody can be bothered to map-read any more, or, worse, as if they trust a computerised voice more than the evidence of their own eyes.

Blydi idiots - should all be banned from driving!

re: #124 Dianna

They identified Stephanie Condon today.

Missing since 1998

Sadness and relief...

re: #148 Zimriel

Are you implying that a CHIMP wrote it? Racist!

:) so GPS is code for monkey gone bananas?

re: #136 DisturbedEma

Was it one of those Budget writing GPSs? I hear that happens. . .

Commercial GPS units are only accurate to about 13 feet. MOst are better than that. The military units I worked on a few years ago had a resolution of 36 inches.

re: #155 DaddyG

One in the Philippines. I don't want to get to specific to protect his anonymity on line.

There is a large LDS population there and an active mission. Our missionaries split their time between service labor, ministering to our church members and teaching/tracting.

Prayers for his safety and a good mission, and for your family.

re: #145 SummerSong

You know, I've been thinking that I had better place a warning sign on my front door, in case any Obots decide to drop by and try to involve me in the "O" pledge project.

Really, it is best if they don't knock on my door.

Oh, I want them to knock on my door, badly want them to knock on my door, if there was some way to assure that they knock on my door, I would do it.

re: #133 yma o hyd

Why would this astonish you?
He's a muslim, after all - just like they are.

Israelis, on the other hand ...

That doesn't surprise me, but this does:
Al-Qaida says Sudan leader deserves arrest warrant
But it is for a different reason:

"It expelled the mujahideen, who had taken refuge in the Sudan, foremost among them Sheik Osama bin Laden," he added in the message posted on militant Web sites.

re: #156 buzzsawmonkey

Who's Daniel Hannan?

Glad you asked!

Via Jammie.

re: #150 Ben Hur

U.S. to blame for much of Mexico violence: Clinton

Are we allowed to mention His drug use yet?

Sigh- yes, when in doubt. . .blame US

re: #167 DisturbedEma

Sigh- yes, when in doubt. . .blame US

There has to be a way to blame the JOOOSSS!

re: #159 yma o hyd

The California Auto Club just quit publishing paper maps.

So much for the big picture. May it rest in peace. But I don't think we can get along without it.

re: #162 saberry0530

Commercial GPS units are only accurate to about 13 feet. MOst are better than that. The military units I worked on a few years ago had a resolution of 36 inches.

13 feet is a far smaller error than the one induced by the loose nut behind the wheel.

E.U. President [Prime Minister of the Czech Republic], which holds the European Union presidency, described the President Obama’s stimulus measures as the “way to hell.”

Neville Obama: I have in my stimulus measures "Recovery in Our Time"?

re: #156 buzzsawmonkey

This is beatiful:

re: #162 saberry0530

Commercial GPS units are only accurate to about 13 feet. MOst are better than that. The military units I worked on a few years ago had a resolution of 36 inches.

So- why are people complaining about this- the thing doesn't drive the car, right?

re: #166 Ben Hur

Notice that he's NOT using a teleprompter.

re: #150 Ben Hur

No, cokeheads get full immunity from the media.
Probably has nothing to do with the fact that half of the bubbleheaded dolts on TV end up lying on the floor of some rehab facility before their career is through.

re: #168 MikeAlv77

There has to be a way to blame the JOOOSSS!

Well, I am a Jooo, so. . .well, sigh

re: #159 yma o hyd

Blydi idiots

Cymraeg mwy?

re: #150 Ben Hur

U.S. to blame for much of Mexico violence: Clinton

Are we allowed to mention His drug use yet?

* * * *
Sorry but I have to agree millions of Americans make bad choices buying junk that's bad for all of us, and enriching criminals and those on the take.

We

PG has posted an update on her Aqsa Parvez road show.

Yippee!
I can't wait until we do this here!
/
spy plane

Now snooping on the public has reached new heights with local authorities putting spy planes in the air to snoop on homeowners who are wasting too much energy.
Thermal imaging cameras are being used to create colour-coded maps which will enable council officers to identify offenders and pay them a visit to educate them about the harm to the environment and measures they can take.

re: #87 subsailor68

Dude! I'm down in Kerr County. Looks like we may get some - but nothing like what I'm seeing for up there. Stay dry - and safe!

It's not the rain that bothers me, it's the hail.

re: #164 Walter L. Newton

Oh, I want them to knock on my door, badly want them to knock on my door, if there was some way to assure that they knock on my door, I would do it.

Hi Walter! Yeah, you and me both!

Just before I opened the door, I'd yell "Cujo! Down boy!"

(Actually, our dog Cujo is a bichon frise, but what the heck.)

re: #159 yma o hyd

Its like a disease, this satnav - certainly here in the UK.
People end up in rivers, on railway tracks, lorries get stuck under bridges which are too low, or in coutry lanes which are too narrow - its as if nobody can be bothered to map-read any more, or, worse, as if they trust a computerised voice more than the evidence of their own eyes.

Blydi idiots - should all be banned from driving!

From my brief experience in the UK, I say you blokes need all the help you can get driving. How can anyone figure out how to drive around this without a GPS?!?

re: #129 subsailor68

Well, guess he shouldn't have pissed it off:

Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff

Driver follows GPS off a cliff.
President follows Teleprompter off a cliff.

Technology is out to kills us!

re: #150 Ben Hur

U.S. to blame for much of Mexico violence: Clinton

Are we allowed to mention His drug use yet?

She is traipsing around the world to findc things to blame on America.
Asshat.
I am so sick of them, all already, and we are only two months in to this nightmare.

re: #155 DaddyG

One in the Philippines. I don't want to get to specific to protect his anonymity on line.

There is a large LDS population there and an active mission. Our missionaries split their time between service labor, ministering to our church members and teaching/tracting.

Thats excellent - and quite sufficient information!

When I hear 'Pacific Isles', I immediately think of Samoa, Fiji, Tonga - for obvious and entirely rugby-related reasons ... just wondered, if he were to end up in one of those, if he'd lean a bit of that beautiful game!

re: #164 Walter L. Newton

Oh, I want them to knock on my door, badly want them to knock on my door, if there was some way to assure that they knock on my door, I would do it.

Tell me about Change

Come on in and speak about change

Obama double speak spoken here. .

re: #180 Killer Tomato

Yippee!
I can't wait until we do this here!
/
spy plane

How 'bout putting a giant "FUCK YOU!" on the roof?

re: #178 alegrias

* * * *
Sorry but I have to agree millions of Americans make bad choices buying junk that's bad for all of us, and enriching criminals and those on the take.

We

We also buy booze, which enriches honest businessmen.

Funny how that works...

re: #180 Killer Tomato

Yippee!
I can't wait until we do this here!
/
spy plane

sheesh- does this mean my sav u mor care will just save me money?

re: #129 subsailor68

Well, guess he shouldn't have pissed it off:

Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff

Did it have a mocking French accent? And was it snickering when it was giving out directions?

re: #152 jcm

You're screwed.

I'm in good shape so far, bought lot's of GE at $7.22 on his advice, up 30% so far. Lots of scared conservatives selling to hope and changers I'd bet.

re: #180 Killer Tomato

Thermal imaging cameras are being used to create colour-coded maps which will enable council officers to identify offenders and pay them a visit to educate them about the harm to the environment and measures they can take.

I thought that was to spot grow-houses.

re: #181 Ward Cleaver

It's not the rain that bothers me, it's the hail.

Copy that, as Jack Bauer would say. Got my fingers crossed for ya.

re: #169 Ojoe

The California Auto Club just quit publishing paper maps.

That's a shame, they were always among the best, and an art form of sorts.

of course, I haven't been a member for twenty years, but even so.

re: #11 MikeAlv77

As we say at work..

You live to serve this ship, row well and live!

You work on a trireme?

All I can say is, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!:

Global Recession, Security Challenges Test Obama's Popularity Among World Leaders

From France to Poland, from the Czech Republic to China, nations are rebuffing President Obama and offering little wiggle room for him to negotiate economic and security policies.

re: #172 chicagodudewhotrades

Wow. Without a teleprompter.

re: #138 avanti

It's only a hobby with me, so listen to your broker not me. My broker is a hope and change guy, so I may be screwed if we're wrong.

I'll admit I have not, but unlike some others, I hope he succeeds in turning the economy. If being happy when the market goes ups, and my IRA goes up is selfish, so be it. I never said word when some on here were almost gleeful when the market tanked, allow me to be happy if it goes up. If BHO plan does not work. or can't work, then the market will tank again.

re: #180 Killer Tomato

Yippee!
I can't wait until we do this here!
/
spy plane

Now snooping on the public has reached new heights with local authorities putting spy planes in the air to snoop on homeowners who are wasting too much energy.
Thermal imaging cameras are being used to create colour-coded maps which will enable council officers to identify offenders and pay them a visit to educate them about the harm to the environment and measures they can take.

I can think of some creative shapes that the attic insulation could be installed that would let them know exactly how welcome their monitoring was.

re: #24 OldLineTexan

WSJ says the vote is Friday, and that public testimony started today.

Thanks, and the Same to Charles. I saw the date of 25th in the WSJ article, but must have missed the testimony/voting distinction.

re: #180 Killer Tomato

Yippee!
I can't wait until we do this here!
/
spy plane

We won't have to spy, the Smart Grid will control your consumption.

re: #165 Kosh's Shadow

Heh.
I can see why that would p*ss off Al Qaeda just a bit!
Now I wonder if they'd try to take the law into their own blood-stained hands while he's visiting ...

Probably too much to hope for ...

hugo's real name
(Venezuela) a synonym for asshole

re: #196 Leonidas Hoplite

You work on a trireme?

It just feels like it... The pounding in my ears... The beatings will continue until morale improves...

re: #188 Ward Cleaver

How 'bout putting a giant "FUCK YOU!" on the roof?

Or this:

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

re: #173 DisturbedEma

So- why are people complaining about this- the thing doesn't drive the car, right?

The throttle and steering input are NOT included in most GPS systems.

/

Good Afternoon Lizards!

Just a driveby today. I saw a bumper sticker yesterday that I really liked. It had a P.O.W. symbol on it and said:

"For those who defend it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."

I am one of the protected and I thank the defenders for all that you have done and continue to do.

Later Lizards!

re: #157 Walter L. Newton

Well Mr. Wizard, maybe you should watch this video about PM Brown in England, it's sort lays out the shape of things to come...

[Video]

You listen to your English guy, I'll stick with Americans.

re: #180 Killer Tomato

Yippee!
I can't wait until we do this here!
/
spy plane

THAT is scary...technology is a two edged sword. As much as it can be used for good, it has an equal application for those who seek to control us as well.

re: #164 Walter L. Newton

Oh, I want them to knock on my door, badly want them to knock on my door, if there was some way to assure that they knock on my door, I would do it.

I'd be arrested.

re: #84 Desert Dog

The electorate in California should consider banning it's legislature.

You know the down side of legislatures is all they do is legislate.

re: #192 avanti

You are an idiot.
And i aint buyin...

re: #197 Ward Cleaver

From France to Poland, from the Czech Republic to China, nations are rebuffing President Obama and offering little wiggle room for him to negotiate economic and security policies.

The Czech Republic is no more

re: #187 DisturbedEma

Tell me about Change

Come on in and speak about change

Obama double speak spoken here. .

re: #187 DisturbedEma

Tell me about Change

Come on in and speak about change

Obama double speak spoken here. .

here is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

***
'My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me.
'Speak to me. Why do you never speak? Speak.
'What are you thinking of? What thinking? What?
'I never know what you are thinking. Think.'

I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

re: #182 subsailor68

Hi Walter! Yeah, you and me both!

Just before I opened the door, I'd yell "Cujo! Down boy!"

(Actually, our dog Cujo is a bichon frise, but what the heck.)

We have seven poodles, four toys and three standards.
They make a racket; I won't have to say much.

re: #213 kansas

You know the down side of legislatures is all they do is legislate.

We are only safe when they are not in session

Meeting again
Back later

re: #196 Leonidas Hoplite

You work on a trireme?

LOL! Old joke:

Overseer comes down to the galley rowers and says, "I've got good news and bad news."

"First the good news. Double rations for each man today!"

"Now the bad news. The captain wants to go water skiing this afternoon."

re: #82 acwgusa

California considers ban on energy devouring TVs

Once again, proving that California is the land of fruits and nuts.

HEY, BRAIN DEAD LEGISLATORS! WE'RE BROKE! STOP PASSING STUPID LAWS! THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS LAUGHING AT US!

And that legislation is getting backed by the LCD industry, hoping to kneecap the plasma tv makers (who are making a cheaper product and cutting into LCD sales). Just ignore that the markets are forcing the plasmas out of favor because they're not nearly as good as the LCDs and other tech on the horizon.

The market will sort this out without government interference, but the government statists will never stop trying to pick the winners.

re: #216 Guanxi88

The Wasteland! Please, more!

re: #215 midwestgak

The government failed a no-confidence vote, that doesn't mean that the country doesn't exist anymore.

MGM gets its 'Stooges'

MGM is trying to re-do the "Three Stooges"...what are these Fools smoking? Larry, Moe and Curly can never be replaced.

re: #192 avanti

I'm in good shape so far, bought lot's of GE at $7.22 on his advice, up 30% so far. Lots of scared conservatives selling to hope and changers I'd bet.

I'm buying. If Obama doesn't completely tank the economy we should be near bottom. If he does it won't matter how much was lost, we'll be starting over anyway all of us. If enough Congress critters grow a backbone and trim the budget we'll be at least stable until Obama's economic policies can be reversed.

re: #209 avanti

I thought our "unpopularity" in Europe during the Bush years was a huge disaster?
Unpopularity under Obama is simply a "myth", right?
What a dope you are.

re: #209 avanti

You listen to your English guy, I'll stick with Americans.

Whoa whoa whoa!

Now we SHOULDN"T give a shit what the world thinks?!?

What happened to Citizens of the World?

What happened to Berlin?

re: #169 Ojoe

The California Auto Club just quit publishing paper maps.

So much for the big picture. May it rest in peace. But I don't think we can get along without it.

Idiots.
I love maps.
We used all the nice, alrge-scale Odrnance survey maps when driving around with he dogs.
I had to map-read, and tell of all the interesting views coming up as well, like 13thC church on the left - Elizabethan Manor on the right - botanicla gardens - no, not mountains! 'I can see there are blydi mountains in front!' said hubby - but hill forts, anything ...
Great fun!

re: #224 Maximu§

MGM gets its 'Stooges'

MGM is trying to re-do the "Three Stooges"...what are these Fools smoking? Larry, Moe and Curly can never be replaced.

Hell, they tried replacing Curly 3 times & it didn't work.

By the way, the world currency story is bogus. Forex traders aren't stupid and the dollar drop was probably due to the T bill auction that didn't go well. Don't believe everything that you read. Check out what the dollar was trading at a year ago (under the Bush administration). There is no dollar crisis no matter how many times people repeat it.

Here is something pretty funny. I just checked to see what is on History Channel the next couple hours. This hour: 'Mega Disasters: Glacier Meltdown'... and the next hour: "Mega Disasters: Mega Freeze'

re: #162 saberry0530

Commercial GPS units are only accurate to about 13 feet. MOst are better than that. The military units I worked on a few years ago had a resolution of 36 inches.

I would want to see what that dipshit programmed into the unit before I took his word that is was the unit that fucked up.

re: #206 Ben Hur

Or this:

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

fig the bbc would notice self portraits

re: #224 Maximu§

MGM gets its 'Stooges'

MGM is trying to re-do the "Three Stooges"...what are these Fools smoking? Larry, Moe and Curly can never be replaced.

That is blasphemy...SEAN PENN as Larry? Jim Carrey as Curly? Benicio Del Toro as MOE? I hope this is a joke...

re: #214 Wishing

You are an idiot.
And i aint buyin...

Someone has to sell, so others can buy, that's how the market works.

re: #222 Dianna

The Wasteland! Please, more!

Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
***

'What is that noise?'
The wind under the door.
'What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?'
Nothing again nothing.
'Do
'You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember
'Nothing?'
I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
'Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?'
But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag—
It's so elegant
So intelligent
'What shall I do now? What shall I do?'
'I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
'With my hair down, so. What shall we do to-morrow?
'What shall we ever do?'
The hot water at ten.
And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.

re: #224 Maximu§

MGM gets its 'Stooges'

MGM is trying to re-do the "Three Stooges"...what are these Fools smoking? Larry, Moe and Curly can never be replaced.

More TV nostalgia for terminally-infantile aging boomers... kinda like the return to Gilligans' Island, only no boobs.

re: #191 Desert Dog

Did it have a mocking French accent? And was it snickering when it was giving out directions?

I knew a guy who was in Army Spacecom (this was 15+ years ago), and he used to laugh about training soldiers in using early handheld GPS. Apparently the ones they had were about the size of an inch-thick hardback book, had a numeric coordinates display on the end, and had to be carried flat to get a fix. He said that soldiers would carry them while walking, and stare at the display, mesmerized by the coordinates changing on the display, and walk into trees, holes, etc. Hilarious.

re: #231 chicagodudewhotrades

Here is something pretty funny. I just checked to see what is on History Channel the next couple hours. This hour: 'Mega Disasters: Glacier Meltdown'... and the next hour: "Mega Disasters: Mega Freeze'

When do they run "Mega Disasters: 2008 Presidential Election"?

re: #209 avanti

You listen to your English guy, I'll stick with Americans.

Well, look stupid, considering your King Obama is moving closer and closer to a European Socialistic Democratic model, I would suspect a smart person would look at Europe and England to see if that model works at all.

You're such a jerk. Do you even look pass your selfish, self-centered little world and try to understand the bigger picture? Or are you only concerned with how much money you may score from this country going down in the tubes?

Because, from your comments above, you seem like you would be happy to see it all go to hell in a hand basket, as long as you make a buck off selling the hand baskets.

re: #177 Zimriel

Cymraeg mwy?

Only 'honoris causae' ... because I love Rubgy and can sing hymns in Welsh!
And have Welsh sheepdogs - well, only one now ...

Dow +86.58, been a pretty volatile day.

re: #206 Ben Hur

Or this:

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

What, is he on a sex tour of Thailand?

Obama's preparing to rebalance the tax code. (h/t Drudge)

re: #224 Maximu§

MGM gets its 'Stooges'

MGM is trying to re-do the "Three Stooges"...what are these Fools smoking? Larry, Moe and Curly can never be replaced.

WTF!? Benicio Del Toro as Moe? You've gotta be kidding. (Hope he decides to use that accent he used in The Usual Suspects.)

Hottie Daniel Hannan the british conservative member of the European Parliament who told his prime minister Brown: You have run out of our money! is now a youtube sensation.

Is on Fox News with Neal Cavuto.

Just say NO to these taxing fiends.

re: #236 Guanxi88

Am I the only person who reads that and feels the hair on the back of the neck rising?

re: #239 DaddyG

When do they run "Mega Disasters: 2008 Presidential Election"?

They should run it right now!

re: #237 Irish Rose

More TV nostalgia for terminally-infantile aging boomers... kinda like the return to Gilligans' Island, only no boobs.

I guess I'm one of those "terminally-infantile aging boomers" and a proud one at that. I'll never get sick of the Three Stooges.

re: #246 alegrias

Hottie Daniel Hannan the british conservative member of the European Parliament who told his prime minister Brown: You have run out of our money! is now a youtube sensation.

Is on Fox News with Neal Cavuto.

Just say NO to these taxing fiends.

You're female?

re: #249 Maximu§

No offense intended.

re: #247 Dianna

Am I the only person who reads that and feels the hair on the back of the neck rising?

Wanda? Is that really you?!?

re: #238 Ward Cleaver

I seem to recall stories of German gps users driving into buildings and off road because the gps "ordered" them so

re: #230 Killgore Trout

What's "bogus" about the story?
None of the stories I've seen say it's imminent or even likely. The problem (if there is one) would come from the lack of confidence instilled by Geithner's stated "openness" to the idea.
I don't think the Geithner quotes are faked, do you?