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Absolute truth belongs only to one class of humans … the class of absolute fools.
— Ashley Montagu
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Syrah Sat, May 23, 2009 11:23:13pm |
The only absolute truth can be purchased by the bottle. Of course, once you drain the bottle, truth becomes a little fuzzy and you may find that you have developed some serious doubts about gravity as the room begins to spin.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, May 23, 2009 11:23:56pm |
In the name of Lizardom I hereby declare this thread to be Troll Free.
Well, we can hope, can't we? ;)
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Kronocide Sat, May 23, 2009 11:24:38pm |
Hm... I find the truth between syrah and pinot to be relevant.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, May 23, 2009 11:24:44pm |
re: #2 Syrah
The only absolute truth can be purchased by the bottle. Of course, once you drain the bottle, truth becomes a little fuzzy and you may find that you have developed some serious doubts about gravity as the room begins to spin.
*urp* I need 'nother drink!
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JacksonTn Sat, May 23, 2009 11:25:34pm |
re: #3 FurryOldGuyJeans
In the name of Lizardom I hereby declare this thread to be Troll Free.
Well, we can hope, can't we? ;)
FOGJ ... ha ha ... you spoke too soon ... well, maybe not a troll .. I am done with him so you guys will have to take it on ... ya'll can post better than I can anyway ...
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Kronocide Sat, May 23, 2009 11:26:05pm |
On that note, I'm going to go open a bottle. Syrah or pinot? Choose wisely....
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, May 23, 2009 11:27:14pm |
re: #7 BigPapa
On that note, I'm going to go open a bottle. Syrah or pinot? Choose wisely....
Booze, distilled.
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Syrah Sat, May 23, 2009 11:27:17pm |
re: #7 BigPapa
On that note, I'm going to go open a bottle. Syrah or pinot? Choose wisely....
Choose both.
Some truths are best shared with friends.
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BatGuano Sat, May 23, 2009 11:27:43pm |
I read a book by Ashley Montagu 40 years ago. I don't remember the title. Anyone?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, May 23, 2009 11:28:03pm |
re: #8 BigPapa
You guys done trashing AB? I had to fuss over Mrs BP.
A troll is only done when they are a greasy stain on the floor and walls.
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Kronocide Sat, May 23, 2009 11:28:42pm |
I've done some crazy things. And then I've done some crazy things. But I've never drank pinot, syrah, and tequila. All at the same moment.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, May 23, 2009 11:30:29pm |
re: #15 BatGuano
And that's the absolute truth.
I disagree, that (pointing in the opposite direction) is the absolute truth.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, May 23, 2009 11:31:47pm |
What is the proper funerary rite for a dead and defunct microwave oven? My tried and true gave up the ghost earlier this afternoon.
*Sigh* no more popcorn, no more hot pockets.
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Syrah Sat, May 23, 2009 11:32:05pm |
re: #14 BigPapa
I've done some crazy things. And then I've done some crazy things. But I've never drank pinot, syrah, and tequila. All at the same moment.
*Gasp!*
Heavens forfend!
Savor separately. Each is joy unto itself. Mixing them would be sinful.
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Syrah Sat, May 23, 2009 11:32:44pm |
re: #17 FurryOldGuyJeans
What is the proper funerary rite for a dead and defunct microwave oven? My tried and true gave up the ghost earlier this afternoon.
*Sigh* no more popcorn, no more hot pockets.
If you have a boat, you now have an anchor.
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gmsc Sat, May 23, 2009 11:32:57pm |
Absolute truth belongs only to one class of humans ... the class of absolute fools.— Ashley Montagu
"Are you sure about that?"
"Absolutely!"
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JacksonTn Sat, May 23, 2009 11:33:16pm |
I swear ... I think I have spent almost a hundred bucks tonight on itunes tonight ... are they getting to me or what ... they make it too easy ... do I get an itunes bailout .. just wondering ...
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IslandLibertarian Sat, May 23, 2009 11:34:16pm |
Absolute truth belongs only to one class of humans ... the class of absolute fools.
And just because you believe something doesn't make it true.
/but of course, we all knew that, right?
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jcm Sat, May 23, 2009 11:34:35pm |
re: #17 FurryOldGuyJeans
What is the proper funerary rite for a dead and defunct microwave oven? My tried and true gave up the ghost earlier this afternoon.
*Sigh* no more popcorn, no more hot pockets.
Out to the woods, put it out of it's misery with multiple rounds from a variety of firearms. Then deposit it in the appropriate conveyance to the dump.
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BatGuano Sat, May 23, 2009 11:36:35pm |
re: #16 FurryOldGuyJeans
I disagree, that (pointing in the opposite direction) is the absolute truth.
I think the absolute truth is a circular construct having many facets and yet no sides; a malleable commodity with form yet an amorphous identity. In short, I'm sure we were all thing along the same lines.
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BatGuano Sat, May 23, 2009 11:38:04pm |
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Kronocide Sat, May 23, 2009 11:39:37pm |
For Syrah, a syrah. Probably won't be really good until tomorrow's glass, but smells good right now.
In anybody was shocked at my statements, I would never mix pinot, syrah, and tequila. In the same glass. With a big glass of water between, I could enjoy all three in one night. Sipping, of course.
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jcm Sat, May 23, 2009 11:42:10pm |
Night Honcos!
"No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty than that on which the objection is founded. The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."
James Madison 1788 - Federalist No. 48
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, May 23, 2009 11:42:28pm |
re: #25 BatGuano
I think the absolute truth is a circular construct having many facets and yet no sides; a malleable commodity with form yet an amorphous identity. In short, I'm sure we were all thing along the same lines.
Absolute truth is like a ice cream bar left out in the sun for 30 minutes.
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gmsc Sat, May 23, 2009 11:42:57pm |
re: #28 jcm
Night Honcos!
"No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty than that on which the objection is founded. The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."
James Madison 1788 - Federalist No. 48
G'Night, jcm!
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Syrah Sat, May 23, 2009 11:43:38pm |
re: #27 BigPapa
Looks like a good one.
I have seen that label around the local shops up here. I may give it a closer look next time.
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ArchangelMichael Sat, May 23, 2009 11:46:32pm |
Sharmuta posted a link back in the Skewed view of science thread to a site with maps showing different continental arrangements going back hundreds of millions of years of plate tectonics. I found one with better quality maps if anyone is interested.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, May 23, 2009 11:46:49pm |
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BatGuano Sat, May 23, 2009 11:47:54pm |
re: #32 Fenway_Nation
So what happened on this day in 1964?
On this day in 1964 I discovered my special purpose.
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gmsc Sat, May 23, 2009 11:49:15pm |
re: #32 Fenway_Nation
So what happened on this day in 1964?
Madeline Dassault was kidnapped, and Pablo Picasso painted his fourth Head of a Bearded Man.
Note: Those tooke place on May 23, 1964. Hey, where I am, it's still May 23rd!
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gmsc Sat, May 23, 2009 11:50:45pm |
re: #35 BatGuano
On this day in 1964 I discovered my special purpose.
...and your special purpose is?
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ArchangelMichael Sat, May 23, 2009 11:52:13pm |
re: #37 BatGuano
You're welcome. I just wish I could find one that was interactive and/or animated.
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JacksonTn Sat, May 23, 2009 11:53:45pm |
Hope all of ya'll have a great rest of the weekend ...
the last song I am listening to tonight ... I love all types of music ... this kinda reminds me of something that might be in Kill Bill movie ... anyway ... actually it is a kinda sexy song ...
Good Night Lizards ...
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gmsc Sat, May 23, 2009 11:55:53pm |
re: #39 ArchangelMichael
You're welcome. I just wish I could find one that was interactive and/or animated.
Try Science On A Sphere!
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Kronocide Sat, May 23, 2009 11:58:01pm |
re: #31 Syrah
Give one a try. They're big and rich. Decant em and drink em a little warmer...
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BatGuano Sat, May 23, 2009 11:58:29pm |
re: #39 ArchangelMichael
You're welcome. I just wish I could find one that was interactive and/or animated.
Those would be great but what you posted helps to understand evolutionary discoveries and putting them in geographic perspective.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, May 23, 2009 11:58:30pm |
Good evening, Lizards!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend.
I'm grilling, and you?
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 12:00:00am |
Today in History, May 24th:
Highlights of this day in history: Samuel Morse opens America's first telegraph line; Four men sentenced for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Britain's Queen Victoria born; The Brooklyn Bridge opens; Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan born
Other notable May 24th events include:
1830 – "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
1830 – The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.
1895 – Henry Irving becomes the first personage from the theatre to be knighted.
1940 – Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
1956 – The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
1976 – The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.
1990 – A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both.
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:00:03am |
re: #48 Floral Giraffe
Good evening, Lizards!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend.
I'm grilling, and you?
Working. :(
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 12:01:03am |
re: #48 Floral Giraffe
Good evening, Lizards!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend.
I'm grilling, and you?
Just finished two consecutive days of working retail during a Vegas Memorial Day weekend!
(*collapses*)
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Kronocide Sun, May 24, 2009 12:02:11am |
re: #48 Floral Giraffe
Drinking a fat syrah right now. Wish I had some grilled cow or lamb to go with it.
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:04:15am |
damn, embedding disabled, by request...
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Kronocide Sun, May 24, 2009 12:04:41am |
I wonder how many fossils are buried under ice in Antarctica. Must be massive fossil beds if we could find them.
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 12:05:26am |
re: #56 BigPapa
I wonder how many fossils are buried under ice in Antarctica. Must be massive fossil beds if we could find them.
Probably some interesting ones – they've already found an underground sea with living creatures under Antarctica!
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Throbert McGee Sun, May 24, 2009 12:06:35am |
re: #7 BigPapa
On that note, I'm going to go open a bottle. Syrah or pinot? Choose wisely....
My favorite libations rhyme with "crotch," "frisky," and "turban." But when I'm drinking wine, I go with syrah (although I call it "shiraz").
/pours self another shot of "turban"
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, May 24, 2009 12:06:50am |
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:07:40am |
re: #55 eddiespaghetti
I just clicked again and it came up. Still listening/watching.
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:08:16am |
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:09:18am |
Going to California, with a 24B deficit, I don't think this is what they were going for:
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:09:58am |
re: #57 gmsc
Quit right. I could have guessed that you keep with the literature.
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Kronocide Sun, May 24, 2009 12:10:08am |
re: #58 Throbert McGee
I looooove shiraz. And spirits with color, especially ones that rhyme with the words you stated. Strange.... coincedence? Hm...
What would we do without yeast? No spirits, no fluffy bread or dough, crappy cake. Wonderful stuff.
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:10:44am |
re: #60 BatGuano
Sorry, U tube in persnickity. Linky to the Cali 24B Linky..
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 24, 2009 12:11:21am |
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Throbert McGee Sun, May 24, 2009 12:11:52am |
re: #17 FurryOldGuyJeans
What is the proper funerary rite for a dead and defunct microwave oven? My tried and true gave up the ghost earlier this afternoon.
*Sigh* no more popcorn, no more hot pockets.
Did you know you can make popcorn on the stovetop, and hot pockets in the oven? Yes, for reals!
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:13:29am |
re: #67 Throbert McGee
Did you know you can make popcorn on the stovetop, and hot pockets in the oven? Yes, for reals!
The devil you say!
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:14:12am |
Cali is dazed and confuzed! And I like it!
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IslandLibertarian Sun, May 24, 2009 12:14:17am |
We're going to have ice cream now.
mbbl
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, May 24, 2009 12:14:56am |
re: #67 Throbert McGee
Did you know you can make popcorn on the stovetop, and hot pockets in the oven? Yes, for reals!
You, sir, are a HERETIC! FIE ON THEE! ;)
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:15:27am |
re: #66 Floral Giraffe
Holiday pay be good! I still see my wife after work (that's always good).
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Rich H Sun, May 24, 2009 12:16:20am |
That there is no absolute truth is in itself an absolute truth.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 24, 2009 12:17:50am |
re: #69 eddiespaghetti
That's some kinda hair going on!
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 12:18:28am |
re: #74 Rich H
That there is no absolute truth is in itself an absolute truth.
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:19:32am |
re: #75 Floral Giraffe
I wish I had the courage to wear that kind of hair!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, May 24, 2009 12:22:13am |
re: #78 eddiespaghetti
I wish I had the courage to wear that kind of hair!
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Throbert McGee Sun, May 24, 2009 12:22:37am |
re: #64 BigPapa
I looooove shiraz. And spirits with color, especially ones that rhyme with the words you stated. Strange.... coincedence? Hm...
What would we do without yeast? No spirits, no fluffy bread or dough, crappy cake. Wonderful stuff.
Um, cake as we think of it in America is seldom (or never) yeast-raised -- rather, it uses baking powder, or baking soda, or beaten egg whites to create the little air bubbles needed for a light, tender texture.
And when it comes to bread products, traditional biscuits as well as Irish soda bread are made without yeast -- as are pancakes, waffles, and muffins.
But you're right that yeast is essential for making alcohol!
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pink freud Sun, May 24, 2009 12:22:54am |
Woot's running a one day on that little Asus EeePC 900 Netbook, for $149.99 + $5 shipping if anyone here's been watching them. Refurb. Linux xandros.
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:23:09am |
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:23:24am |
Over The Hills and Far Away:
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Karridine Sun, May 24, 2009 12:24:14am |
Before the day trickles past, here's a short essay to Charles and to this Day...
He does such good work... I LOVED the VDO on Science and Bias
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pink freud Sun, May 24, 2009 12:24:58am |
Hello, goodevening to all, and best wishes for a nice Memorial Day.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, May 24, 2009 12:25:03am |
re: #78 eddiespaghetti
I wish I had the courage to wear that kind of hair!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, May 24, 2009 12:25:43am |
re: #82 BatGuano
What the hell is that!?
Your guess is as good as mine, but I think it is supposed to be a dog.
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Kronocide Sun, May 24, 2009 12:25:48am |
re: #80 Throbert McGee
Oh ya, right about cake. Not my expertise. Need for pizza dough, almost as important as alchohol!
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Kronocide Sun, May 24, 2009 12:26:37am |
re: #86 FurryOldGuyJeans
that eagle sure looks askerd to me...
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:28:47am |
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 12:32:17am |
re: #89 BigPapa
that eagle sure looks askerd to me...
How about this Eagle? Do you think he looks scared?
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:33:09am |
re: #87 FurryOldGuyJeans
Your guess is as good as mine, but I think it is supposed to be a dog.
I thought...cat. Then I thought... Oh I don't know what I thought!
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 24, 2009 12:34:55am |
re: #87 FurryOldGuyJeans
That's a blogging hampster! Doing it's thang!
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:37:39am |
re: #89 BigPapa
that eagle sure looks askerd to me...
I think the Eagle is thingking.. Here kitty, kitty!
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:37:50am |
Sleep well friends, if a "durka" has a spare F-4 Phantom and decides to crash it into a nuclear reactor....
Nothing to fear, its all good:
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 24, 2009 12:38:52am |
Mmmmk, thread killer!
So, I'll go back to reading my latest book.
Marine Sniper
93 confirmed kills
By Charles Henderson.
I like it do far.
'Twas an LGF recomend.
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:41:00am |
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Fenway_Nation Sun, May 24, 2009 12:42:17am |
re: #88 BigPapa
Unless you're one of those freakin' degenerates who actually like pineapple on their pizza.
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:44:26am |
I know this guy, what an asshole:
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Crux Australis Sun, May 24, 2009 12:47:31am |
re: #99 Fenway_Nation
Unless you're one of those freakin' degenerates who actually like pineapple on their pizza.
You obviously haven't been to Australia.
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:47:47am |
re: #101 eddiespaghetti
That looked dangerously low. You know him?
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:49:06am |
re: #104 BatGuano
indeed, not dangerous. I assure u!
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 12:53:04am |
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Fenway_Nation Sun, May 24, 2009 12:53:37am |
re: #103 Crux Australis
Don't you guys put kangaroo on your pizzas?
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 24, 2009 12:54:21am |
re: #100 BatGuano
I'm liking it, so far!
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:56:54am |
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 12:57:09am |
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BignJames Sun, May 24, 2009 12:58:26am |
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 24, 2009 12:58:40am |
re: #102 BatGuano
Amazon linky!
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
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theheat Sun, May 24, 2009 12:58:41am |
re: #99 Fenway_Nation
What's the matter with pineapple on pizza? It's good!
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 24, 2009 12:59:54am |
Good night, lizards! Stay scaly!
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theheat Sun, May 24, 2009 1:00:47am |
re: #118 eddiespaghetti
And lots of mushrooms cooked until they're just starting to curl on the edges.
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 1:01:01am |
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 1:08:26am |
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IslandLibertarian Sun, May 24, 2009 1:08:34am |
re: #120 theheat
And lots of mushrooms cooked until they're just starting to curl on the edges.
yeah, there's lots that works on pizza except avocado.......just doesn't work.
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eddiespaghetti Sun, May 24, 2009 1:10:43am |
love hate love, heroin and shit:
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theheat Sun, May 24, 2009 1:10:47am |
re: #123 IslandLibertarian
Absolutely, avocado is too mushy. Artichoke hearts are pretty good, though, especially over some goat cheese with lots of sun dried tomatoes.
Come to think of it, I'm starving.
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IslandLibertarian Sun, May 24, 2009 1:12:00am |
re: #125 theheat
Come to think of it, I'm starving.
you're not really hungry, it's just the bong talking.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, May 24, 2009 1:12:07am |
re: #116 theheat
Something sweet like pineapple is better off as a dessert or crushed into juice and served chilled with some Kamchatka vodak.
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theheat Sun, May 24, 2009 1:15:55am |
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Fenway_Nation Sun, May 24, 2009 1:21:42am |
re: #129 theheat
I have had sun-dried tomato on pizza before....that was pretty good.
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 1:22:07am |
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 1:29:37am |
re: #133 BignJames
Somebody mention Youtube Video>
There was some talk of pizza which implies cheesy comestibles.
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theheat Sun, May 24, 2009 1:31:24am |
I can't take it any more. I'm dashing into the kitchen to whip up something quick. I think we have stuff in the fridge to whip up a little mini pizza.
Be back when my stomach stops growling, unless I gorge and pass out...
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 1:39:46am |
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Fenway_Nation Sun, May 24, 2009 1:42:21am |
Where are some of the more heavy-hitter lizards who trade like Killian Bundy, 3wood or chicagodudewhotrades?
I'm thinking about investing in some of those Royalty trusts north of the border that are listed on the TSX. Wondering how feasable/worthwhile it might be.........
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 1:54:15am |
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 1:59:35am |
I'll be fine as soon as I get fruit cup. Hint, hint.
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 2:00:03am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 2:01:32am |
re: #145 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!
Thank you littleoldlady. Just in time. gmsc was trying to skeer me.
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:03:19am |
re: #145 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!
Yummy! Thanks!
I tried to cheer him up after I skeered him, though!
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Fenway_Nation Sun, May 24, 2009 2:04:18am |
re: #145 littleoldlady
Awesome....I even see there's some pineapple! Who's pizza did you rescue those from?
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 2:06:02am |
gmsc! :-)
Fenway! :-)
Is picking pineapple off a pizza the same as peter piper picked a peck of pickles?
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:06:38am |
re: #153 littleoldlady
gmsc! :-)
Fenway! :-)
Is picking pineapple off a pizza the same as peter piper picked a peck of pickles?
Or eating a crate of eighty rated grade-A dates?
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freetoken Sun, May 24, 2009 2:07:22am |
re: #145 littleoldlady
Fruitcup is on the buffet ----------------->
!
Yaaayyyy...
Sure beats the pencils...
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 2:08:48am |
freetoken! :-)
Shoulda covered it in chocolate! ;-)
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 2:09:14am |
Thanks to gmsc, this is what I'm listening to.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, May 24, 2009 2:09:42am |
re: #152 laZardo
Needs some
AbsoluteAbsolut Sweetening.
You're thinking of Red's fruitcup.
Then again, it would be more like Absolut corn mash run through a carbeurator multiple times fruitcup.
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:12:21am |
re: #158 BatGuano
Thanks to gmsc, this is what I'm listening to.
[Video]
So, if zombie were here, you'd be listening to gmsc jamboree?
;)
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laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 2:15:27am |
re: #159 Fenway_Nation
You're thinking of Red's fruitcup.
Then again, it would be more like
Absolutcorn mash run through a carbeurator multiple times fruitcup.
Well, I was channeling him for a bit there. (-%
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:16:44am |
re: #162 BatGuano
If there was one, hell yeah! :)
Here are probably the two closest things to a "gmsc jamboree" (the first one is even a cappella!):
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:20:14am |
re: #165 littleoldlady
Where IS red, btw?
Last I saw him, he was eating his own fruitcup and . . . OH NO!
/////
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 2:20:27am |
Morning folks..... another day, another dollar (waiting impatiently for very slow coffee maker)
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Fenway_Nation Sun, May 24, 2009 2:20:46am |
Well lizards......can't keep my eyes open for much longer, so I think I'll just go ahead and-
*THUD*
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:21:04am |
re: #167 srb1976
Morning folks..... another day, another dollar (waiting impatiently for very slow coffee maker)
G'morning, srb? How's the little srb?
(That doesn't sound quite right, but you get the idea.)
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:21:19am |
re: #169 Fenway_Nation
Well lizards......can't keep my eyes open for much longer, so I think I'll just go ahead and-
*THUD*
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
G'Nite, Fenway!
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 2:21:35am |
'Morning, srb1976! :-)
'Night, Fenway! :-)
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 2:22:05am |
re: #169 Fenway_Nation
Well lizards......can't keep my eyes open for much longer, so I think I'll just go ahead and-
*THUD*
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Good night. I shall soon follow.
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 2:23:14am |
re: #170 gmsc
G'morning, srb? How's the little srb?
(That doesn't sound quite right, but you get the idea.)
Both of the littles are doing quite well = ). I am taking their pictures to the grocery store this evening after work to see if I can have them put on better half's birthday cake.
(running out of gift ideas though....birthday, father's day, anniversary...all next month)
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:24:25am |
re: #174 srb1976
Both of the littles are doing quite well = ). I am taking their pictures to the grocery store this evening after work to see if I can have them put on better half's birthday cake.
(running out of gift ideas though....birthday, father's day, anniversary...all next month)
Should've married in August . . . nothing ever happens in August!
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BatGuano Sun, May 24, 2009 2:25:55am |
Just before I leave, another ear worm courtesy of gmsc, :) I love it!
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 2:26:21am |
re: #175 gmsc
Should've married in August . . . nothing ever happens in August!
That's the truth, but august is much too hot for formal wear...couldn't imagine the guy standing around in a tux in the nasty muggy heat (got married in iowa...august is awful)
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:31:39am |
re: #179 BatGuano
Good night lizards! Stay ectothermic,
Sleep well, BatGuano! Enjoy any Yellow Birds you catch!
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 2:32:31am |
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:32:38am |
re: #177 srb1976
That's the truth, but august is much too hot for formal wear...couldn't imagine the guy standing around in a tux in the nasty muggy heat (got married in iowa...august is awful)
Which is the reason nothing happens in August!
///Weather today: Muggy, followed by Tuggy, Wiggy, Thurggy and Friggy.
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 2:36:26am |
re: #181 littleoldlady
'Night, BatGuano! :-)
Yes, PLEASE!
/intravenously should do it
I've had days like that! Cup of coffee I hope that works....if not, I blame not enough coffee
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Mardukhai Sun, May 24, 2009 2:36:57am |
Ashley Montagu was an asinine creep who frequented the late night talk shows of the 1960s, as I recall. Born Israel Ehrenberg, he was a pretentious jerk from London's East End who adopted a false posh accent.
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:37:57am |
re: #181 littleoldlady
'Night, BatGuano! :-)
Yes, PLEASE!
/intravenously should do it
That reminds me of an episode of M*A*S*H where their generator is stolen, and they have to rig up a Wangensteen suction machine made of tubing, a mustard jar and a pickle relish jar.
After Radar comments how ingenious the device is, B.J. responds, "And very handy if we ever want to put him on intravenous hot dogs!"
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 2:40:30am |
re: #183 littleoldlady
Are those TeleTubbies?
Teletubbies are evil (fortunately little man's teletubby phase was very short and Her Royal Stoutness could care less about the tv, it doesn't giver her chocolate, therefore it's not worthy of her attention = ) )
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 2:43:35am |
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:44:48am |
re: #189 srb1976
Teletubbies are evil (fortunately little man's teletubby phase was very short and Her Royal Stoutness could care less about the tv, it doesn't giver her chocolate, therefore it's not worthy of her attention = ) )
If a baby isn't into Teletubbies by the time they're 1 month old, the show will be beneath their intelligence.
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 2:45:36am |
re: #191 littleoldlady
Listen, I lived through Barney.
/somehow
//I think;-)
Barney was never allowed in the house....he saw it @ daycare, but not enough to start a craze.....besides, he went straight from teletubbies to disney movies and hot wheels...funny kid, but really easy on us
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gmsc Sun, May 24, 2009 2:47:31am |
re: #193 srb1976
Barney was never allowed in the house....he saw it @ daycare, but not enough to start a craze.....besides, he went straight from teletubbies to disney movies and hot wheels...funny kid, but really easy on us
Sounds like some smart kids!
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 2:49:11am |
re: #194 gmsc
Sounds like some smart kids!
We like to think so, also that they are gorgeous and perfect and could never do anything wrong = )
Lots of fun too!
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laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 2:50:07am |
re: #191 littleoldlady
I did. Parents even accumulated a collection of the VHSes, including the older ones where he was more lavender-colored.
/might have implanted subliminal scaly urges underneath the episode-ending melody...
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 2:50:24am |
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 2:52:03am |
re: #196 laZardo
It's one thing for a child to watch Barney, it's something completely different when a parent does.
/brain cells? WHAT brain cells?!
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 2:54:06am |
re: #197 littleoldlady
Oh boy.
/I miss those days.
;-)
As bad as it sounds, I find that the older they get, the more fun they are. Babies are cute and sweet and precious, but really not much fun... toddlers though are a blast! Little man will be 5 in a few months, and I catch myself thinking "this is the reason I wanted kids". Baby girl gets more fun every day, esp. now that she's started sticking up for herself, and ratting her brother out....better than cable any day
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BignJames Sun, May 24, 2009 3:00:06am |
re: #191 littleoldlady
How about a Scooby Doo marathon every day?
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 3:00:34am |
re: #201 srb1976
MNTS was the same - a rather boring baby, a FABULOUS toddler. In fact, things were super up until age 9 then it was downhill for many years. We started turning things around about a year ago, or so.
The good news is...I STILL HAVE HAIR!
/I really thought I was going to be a bald mommy! ;-)
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 3:01:48am |
re: #202 BignJames
BignJames! :-)
Aw come on! Scooby Doo is FAR superior to Barney!
/I don't remember wanting to shoot my TV when Scooby Doo was on...
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laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 3:02:25am |
re: #199 littleoldlady
Adding that third main dino was jumping the ankylosaurus IMO. 0:
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 3:03:53am |
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 3:04:09am |
re: #203 littleoldlady
MNTS was the same - a rather boring baby, a FABULOUS toddler. In fact, things were super up until age 9 then it was downhill for many years. We started turning things around about a year ago, or so.
The good news is...I STILL HAVE HAIR!
/I really thought I was going to be a bald mommy! ;-)
I have rather long curly hair...no matter what I do, every child I meed who is under 3, feels the need to try to yank it out....my 2 more than most. even tied back in a pony tail, baby girl will spend hours trying to make sure I am bald headed....but any mention of getting it cut short sends better half into a tizzy.
I cut enough off to donate right after baby girl was born, and he complained for months....but she still tried her hardest to pull it all out. I don't need stress to go bald = )
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 3:05:15am |
meed ... should be meet....early typing.....need more coffee!
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 3:05:47am |
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 3:08:05am |
re: #209 littleoldlady
hopefully not til after some of what they've pull out grows back! I even tried wearing necklaces, hoping they would pull on them instead...no dice, hair is better! Ouch!
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srb1976 Sun, May 24, 2009 3:11:51am |
re: #211 littleoldlady
thankfully I've never been a dangle earring person....they tangle up in the hair (so do necklaces)
I think I'm just growing it out to donate again anyway...that's a great feeling! if you're willing to part with 14" or so of hair at a time
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 3:13:24am |
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littleoldlady Sun, May 24, 2009 3:17:58am |
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Ojoe Sun, May 24, 2009 4:35:49am |
Good morning, except I am going back to bed.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, May 24, 2009 4:42:59am |
BEIJING (May 23) - Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.Chen fell 26 feet onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion laid out by authorities and survived, suffering spine and elbow injuries, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
heh...
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SteveC Sun, May 24, 2009 5:01:06am |
Good morning!
TRUTH: Living on the East Coast and coming to Colorado for a few days leaves your body wondering WTF time it is! I'm sleeping at strange times, and I haven't really been hungry yet. I'm just trying to stay on a "normal" eating schedule.
Yesterday I walked up to the Boulder Farmer's Market and bought some HUGE cherries! Delicious, too! Wound up walking around almost all day - just took everything slow and easy, pretty sure I walked 2 miles, at least. Knock on wood, I'm not having any problems adjusting the the altitude.
Saw several individuals selling left leaning publications ("Know the Troof!") but all in all people are friendly. Saw a guy balanced on a rocker board juggling knives, resisted the urge to call 1822. Somehow he did it and retained all his original body parts!
(call 1822? Yeah, call 911... TWICE!)
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 5:08:48am |
Fox reported that during an interview with C-SPAN, FCBBHO said he has turned to Pres. Bush for advice.
HA1
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SteveC Sun, May 24, 2009 5:14:48am |
re: #222 MandyManners
Fox reported that during an interview with C-SPAN, FCBBHO said he has turned to Pres. Bush for advice.
HA1
Little more difficult than you thought, ain't it?
Kinda wonder why he hasn't leaned on his buddy Bill Clinton. Might not be possible: I keep hearing that there's some friction between O and Mrs. Clinton, and when momma ain't happy, NOOOOOOOOOBODY'S happy!
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yochanan Sun, May 24, 2009 5:15:13am |
re: #221 SteveC
if you want to adjust to hight go to santa fe, n.m. it is a couple of thousand feet higher than denver
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Aye Pod Sun, May 24, 2009 5:18:04am |
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb LIVE
Awesome, arguably definitive, version of a classic song :D
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 5:19:57am |
re: #224 SteveC
Little more difficult than you thought, ain't it?
Kinda wonder why he hasn't leaned on his buddy Bill Clinton. Might not be possible: I keep hearing that there's some friction between O and Mrs. Clinton, and when momma ain't happy, NOOOOOOOOOBODY'S happy!
I wonder how long before some extreme lefties claim that Pres. Bush, V.P. Cheney and Karl Rove are STILL in control. Or, as David Icke would say, that FCBBHO is just another tool of the Illuminati.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 5:20:19am |
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SteveC Sun, May 24, 2009 5:23:03am |
re: #225 yochanan
if you want to adjust to hight go to santa fe, n.m. it is a couple of thousand feet higher than denver
No reason, I'll be heading home Wednesday. I came to help cheer on a group of friends in the Bolder Boulder 10K.
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formercorpsman Sun, May 24, 2009 5:27:55am |
re: #222 MandyManners
We have not heard one word from Bush since he left office.
To me, that shows a sign of respect for the office.
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SteveC Sun, May 24, 2009 5:28:00am |
re: #229 MandyManners
HA1 should've been HA!.
The HA1, gentlemen. Finest insult weapon yet. Colbalt blue, weighs about a pound, easy grips. Pull the trigger and you can hit everyone in range with a sneering snort. Flip this switch, you're in Kennedy/Kerry mode, which add a pretensious New England accent to your charge. Devestating. Now, what am I bid?
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formercorpsman Sun, May 24, 2009 5:29:20am |
Everyone have a good morning. Coffee time.
To my brethren fore and aft, thank you.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 5:30:34am |
re: #231 formercorpsman
We have not heard one word from Bush since he left office.
To me, that shows a sign of respect for the office.
We don't need Pres. Bush. We have V.P. Cheney.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 5:31:10am |
re: #232 SteveC
The HA1, gentlemen. Finest insult weapon yet. Colbalt blue, weighs about a pound, easy grips. Pull the trigger and you can hit everyone in range with a sneering snort. Flip this switch, you're in Kennedy/Kerry mode, which add a pretensious New England accent to your charge. Devestating. Now, what am I bid?
One bagel with cream cheese, sprouts and diced, red onion.
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SteveC Sun, May 24, 2009 5:35:23am |
BTW, we have an entrant in the Rubber Duckie race. Everybody pull for number 611 on Monday afternoon!
/why yes, we do have a duck in this race!
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saberry0530 Sun, May 24, 2009 5:36:00am |
re: #232 SteveC
The HA1, gentlemen. Finest insult weapon yet. Colbalt blue, weighs about a pound, easy grips. Pull the trigger and you can hit everyone in range with a sneering snort. Flip this switch, you're in Kennedy/Kerry mode, which add a pretensious New England accent to your charge. Devestating. Now, what am I bid?
2 Quatlos.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, May 24, 2009 5:38:05am |
Morning Lizards ... I just got one of those come-ons from the NY Times to resume my subscription, which I dropped about 4-5 years ago. They sent a form and a postage paid envelope. And I do what I always do when I get one of these. I write a note to them and let them pay for the postage. I love giving them "feedback" and making them pay the USPS for the privilege of reading my "kind" words.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, May 24, 2009 5:39:52am |
re: #222 MandyManners
Fox reported that during an interview with C-SPAN, FCBBHO said he has turned to Pres. Bush for advice.
HA1
I hope Dubya said something like "when Israel takes out iran's nukes, back them up."
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 5:41:22am |
re: #220 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
heh...
Apparently, the would-be leaper had traffic over the bridge at a dead stop for over five hours, and his "rescuer" had had enough. This is like the eighth such attempt from this particular bridge in the last few weeks, and every time it causes major traffic snarls.
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 5:45:23am |
re: #224 SteveC
Little more difficult than you thought, ain't it?
Kinda wonder why he hasn't leaned on his buddy Bill Clinton. Might not be possible: I keep hearing that there's some friction between O and Mrs. Clinton, and when momma ain't happy, NOOOOOOOOOBODY'S happy!
The Clinton's are the current Administration's enemy. They are angling their way back into the White House, and if an opportunity for undermining presents itself, they would love for that to happen in four years rather than eight. Hillary was brought on board under the old adage, "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."
There was apparently a quid pro quo concerning Bill, too. Bill has been yapping about ascending to a UN position since he left the White House - he really wants to become Secretary General, as unlikely as that is. Just last week, 0 announce that he was nominating Bill to the first step on this trail: UN ambassador.
To Haiti.
Somehow, I doubt that's the posting Slick had in mind.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 5:48:36am |
While creating a Word document as part of The Kid's summer review, I came across these phrases:
Order Property of Addition,
Grouping Property of Addition,
Identity Property of Addition,
Commutative Property of Multiplication,
Associative (Grouping) Property of Multiplication,
Identity Property of Multiplication,
Zero Property of Multiplication and
Distributive Property of Multiplication.
He knows what all these mean, as well as what a frequency table is and what is an inverse operation, and about 50 more words/phrases/concepts such as mean, mode, range and median. I didn't learn those until I was in junior high!
So, I'm gonna' hafta' do a lot of studying myself just to be able to help him review and to help him next year. I figured I'd be hiring a tutor for him but, I reckoned it'd happen when he hit junior high--not the fourth grade. WTF is up with this?
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 5:49:38am |
re: #239 _RememberTonyC
I hope Dubya said something like "when Israel takes out iran's nukes, back them up."
I'm glad Pres. Bush didn't cackle into the phone before he hung up.
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dmandman Sun, May 24, 2009 5:51:20am |
Are links to Flopping Aces blocked? I was trying to post a link to their Sunday Funnies feature today and I got a block message.
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rightside Sun, May 24, 2009 5:51:47am |
re: #242 MandyManners
Now that his meds are adjusted, have him tested for the gifted program.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 5:58:06am |
re: #245 rightside
Now that his meds are adjusted, have him tested for the gifted program.
These are things that everyone should know by the end of the third grade. Also, the difference between deducting and inferring and the like.
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albusteve Sun, May 24, 2009 5:58:47am |
re: #227 Jimmah
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb LIVE
[Video]Awesome, arguably definitive, version of a classic song :D
pretty funny...dico Floyd
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Kenneth Sun, May 24, 2009 5:59:40am |
re: #247 MandyManners
These are things that everyone should know by the end of the third grade. Also, the difference between deducting and inferring and the like.
Ducks don't have fur.
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:00:36am |
re: #242 MandyManners
While creating a Word document as part of The Kid's summer review, I came across these phrases:
Order Property of Addition,
Grouping Property of Addition,
Identity Property of Addition,
Commutative Property of Multiplication,
Associative (Grouping) Property of Multiplication,
Identity Property of Multiplication,
Zero Property of Multiplication and
Distributive Property of Multiplication.He knows what all these mean, as well as what a frequency table is and what is an inverse operation, and about 50 more words/phrases/concepts such as mean, mode, range and median. I didn't learn those until I was in junior high!
So, I'm gonna' hafta' do a lot of studying myself just to be able to help him review and to help him next year. I figured I'd be hiring a tutor for him but, I reckoned it'd happen when he hit junior high--not the fourth grade. WTF is up with this?
Hmmm. I would doubt that a fourth grader would have the abilities to understand and apply these concepts. They're abstract in themselves, and they apply to an abstract topic. It's not harmful to expose them to the terms, but I don't see any real education taking place here. It seems more like some "educator's" attempt to claim that they are teaching "advanced" mathematics.
The central tendency measures (mean, mode, average, etc.) aren't so bad; they are simple to compute, and can be applied to tangible problems, even if they're not fully understood until later.
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Kenneth Sun, May 24, 2009 6:03:03am |
Obama: We're out of money
No problemo dude, just print some more!
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 6:03:48am |
re: #249 Kenneth
Ducks don't have fur.
Good thing 'cause they'd smell bad hanging out in all that water.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 6:05:12am |
re: #250 SixDegrees
Hmmm. I would doubt that a fourth grader would have the abilities to understand and apply these concepts. They're abstract in themselves, and they apply to an abstract topic. It's not harmful to expose them to the terms, but I don't see any real education taking place here. It seems more like some "educator's" attempt to claim that they are teaching "advanced" mathematics.
The central tendency measures (mean, mode, average, etc.) aren't so bad; they are simple to compute, and can be applied to tangible problems, even if they're not fully understood until later.
I think it's just an introduction to those concepts but, The Kid can explain them and give examples. I've never heard of some of them.
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:09:34am |
re: #252 Kenneth
Obama: We're out of money
No problemo dude, just print some more!
His responses to the interviewer's questions are a huge, steaming pile of cluelessness. It is extremely disturbing reading his trivializations of people's suffering into a political equation that starts and ends with "Everyone's made bad decisions and mistakes until I came along," and then provides no actual answers.
Fortunately, the guy has no power to make law. The only hope to rein in spending and keep the government aimed in a generally sane direction is through Congress, particularly the Senate. That's where we ought to be focusing our efforts. There are enough Democrats and Republicans willing to commit to fiscal responsibility to build an effective coalition, if both sides are willing to put partisanship aside.
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3 wood Sun, May 24, 2009 6:09:35am |
I see where Obama admits that the deficit is unsustainable and that we are out of money.
Watch now as the MSM allows him to pretend that he and the Democrats are not responsible for this, but blames Bush for everything. .
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Kenneth Sun, May 24, 2009 6:10:01am |
re: #253 MandyManners
LOL. Youngsters are scary sometimes. My 4 yr old knows the difference between sauropods and ceratopian dinosaurs. Makes me feel like an old codger sometimes.
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:10:57am |
re: #254 MandyManners
I think it's just an introduction to those concepts but, The Kid can explain them and give examples. I've never heard of some of them.
OK. I could be wrong; childhood education isn't one of my specialties. If he seems to understand these things conceptually, that's a good thing and I'm glad to hear it.
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:12:43am |
re: #256 3 wood
I see where Obama admits that the deficit is unsustainable and that we are out of money.
Watch now as the MSM allows him to pretend that he and the Democrats are not responsible for this, but blames Bush for everything. .
Actually, in the article linked about 0 is already blaming Bush for everything, as you predict. And he never quite gets around to saying that the projected deficits are unsustainable; he only acknowledges that we are now out of money.
And that's before anything as outrageously expensive as nationalized health care hits the menu.
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Kenneth Sun, May 24, 2009 6:13:01am |
re: #255 SixDegrees
Obama doesn't communicate' he fends, evades and deceives.
It's the narcissist in him speaking.
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Kenneth Sun, May 24, 2009 6:15:45am |
Question for 3 Wood:
With the value of the dollar slipping, and the threat of inflation rising, at what point do the Chinese step in and bail out the US by buying more Treasury bills? Or do they give up hope and dump what debt they now hold to cut their losses?
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 6:16:39am |
re: #257 Kenneth
LOL. Youngsters are scary sometimes. My 4 yr old knows the difference between sauropods and ceratopian dinosaurs. Makes me feel like an old codger sometimes.
For some reason, The Kid never got into dinosaurs.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 6:19:09am |
re: #258 SixDegrees
OK. I could be wrong; childhood education isn't one of my specialties. If he seems to understand these things conceptually, that's a good thing and I'm glad to hear it.
This is standard fare for private schools around here. I wonder when he'll be getting into quadrilinear equations. Maybe I should find a mathematics professor to date....
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:19:57am |
re: #252 Kenneth
Obama: We're out of money
No problemo dude, just print some more!
I read here, too, that there will be no bailout for California. This is a decision I applaud, if it is true. But it probably means that 0bama and Nancy aren't going to be BFFs for much longer.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 6:20:23am |
re: #260 Kenneth
Obama doesn't communicate' he fends, evades and deceives.
It's the narcissist in him speaking.
True communication requires an ability to admit you're not perfect as well as a spirit of humility.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 6:21:18am |
re: #264 SixDegrees
I read here, too, that there will be no bailout for California. This is a decision I applaud, if it is true. But it probably means that 0bama and Nancy aren't going to be BFFs for much longer.
Maybe this, in addition to her penchant for telling outrageous lies, will push the voters to boot her butt.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, May 24, 2009 6:22:17am |
This didn't take long .... The NYC jihadis are saying they were set up ...
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
They WERE set up ... by their perverted sense of faith ...
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Aye Pod Sun, May 24, 2009 6:24:40am |
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Kenneth Sun, May 24, 2009 6:26:21am |
Gulags, Nukes and a Water Slide: Citizen Spies Lift North Korea's Veil
Mr. Melvin is at the center of a dozen or so citizen snoops who have spent the past two years filling in the blanks on the map of one of the world's most secretive countries. Seeking clues in photos, news reports and eyewitness accounts, they affix labels to North Korean structures and landscapes captured by Google Earth, an online service that stitches satellite pictures into a virtual globe. The result is an annotated North Korea of rocket-launch sites, prison camps and elite palaces on white-sand beaches.
Amazing stuff!
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:28:22am |
re: #263 MandyManners
This is standard fare for private schools around here. I wonder when he'll be getting into quadrilinear equations. Maybe I should find a mathematics professor to date....
Math is good. You can't ever have too much math, in my opinion. I took a minor in it along with my bachelor's degree, and although I rarely make use of anything more advanced than algebra, the exposure to more advanced mathematics definitely makes you think about things in a different way.
My approach to my own kid's math homework, and all their other topics, is to make them explain it to me, while providing barely enough help to get them over the rough spots. They do better when they come to understand it on their own, rather than being spoon-fed the answers. It's helpful, too, to keep them focused on what the problem they're trying to solve actually, is, and whether their answers make sense in terms of that. If their answer winds up stating that a chicken weighs more than two elephants, I would guess that there is something wrong somewhere.
The "something wrong," though, can often be the math teacher. Your son's in a private school, so this is probably not so much an issue, but in the public schools there is no requirement at all that teachers in charge of a mathematics class have any background in mathematics, and they are sometimes incapable of solving the problems they assign to their students; instead, they compare students answers to the answers provided in the course curriculum materials, without any understanding.
But I'm working myself into a rant if I keep going down that road, so I'll stop now.
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lawhawk Sun, May 24, 2009 6:28:47am |
re: #267 _RememberTonyC
They were saying they were set up from the get-go.
Except no one forced them to go forward with jihad. No one told them to pick targets. No one told them to buy weapons. No one told them to say that they wished they could have hit the WTC, but for al Qaeda already blowing it up.
No, they're going to get what they so richly deserve - still more prison time...
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3 wood Sun, May 24, 2009 6:30:24am |
re: #261 Kenneth
With the value of the dollar slipping, and the threat of inflation rising, at what point do the Chinese step in and bail out the US by buying more Treasury bills? Or do they give up hope and dump what debt they now hold to cut their losses?
With the dollar slipping, the Chinese and other foreign capital sources have no reason to buy US Treasuries, as they lose wealth relative to their own currency when the dollar slips.
So... we will have to offer a very high interest rate to make it worth their while to hold or even buy more treasuries.
Therefore, we will have a very high interest and inflation rate in the foreseeable future.
This will also serve to drain capital from the stock market, as you will be able to get a very high return for less risk in fixed income.
I've already instructed my broker to be ready to shift my portfolio much more heavily into fixed as interest rates climb.
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Aye Pod Sun, May 24, 2009 6:30:55am |
re: #248 albusteve
pretty funny...dico Floyd
An 'original' cover, you might say. Pretty accomplished too. And guaranteed to make purists heads pop (I know people this wouldn't be safe to show to...lol).
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3 wood Sun, May 24, 2009 6:31:24am |
re: #264 SixDegrees
I read here, too, that there will be no bailout for California. This is a decision I applaud, if it is true. But it probably means that 0bama and Nancy aren't going to be BFFs for much longer.
I know he says that now, but don't be surprised if he flip flops on that.
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quickjustice Sun, May 24, 2009 6:32:21am |
re: #267 _RememberTonyC
They got their educations in Islam and jihad in a N.Y. prison from a radical Muslim chaplain paid by the state of New York. That's a separate scandal brewing under the surface for which N.Y. state officials, including Governor Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg, are responsible.
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lawhawk Sun, May 24, 2009 6:32:59am |
re: #256 3 wood
Would Obama have it any other way? He's not going to take responsibility for his own bloated $3.4 trillion (and that's probably a conservative estimate).
Democrats refused to budget on entitlement reform of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, and the situation is getting worse by the day. That's on them.
The trillions spent without the money to back it up - deficit spending is out of control, and higher taxes is going to actually widen the gap because it will suck money out of the economy, rather than encourage spending.
Meanwhile, we keep seeing that government programs to help homeowners has fallen flat. Hope for Homeowners got one person out of the entire nation to adjust their mortgage. Other state and local programs are failures as well. The credit is out there - but people with bad credit shouldn't be getting mortgages, and that's just the hard economics. Congress wants to change all that - and the result is the "affordable housing" programs, which are anything but affordable - as witnessed by the trillions lost in real estate when the bubble burst and not the trillions more being spent to prop up that sector.
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Digital Display Sun, May 24, 2009 6:33:19am |
Good Morning Lizards...Heading out to the track in 30 minutes..
I would like to deeply thank all the men and women who gave their full measure for our country and our precious freedoms today.
May they rest in Peace..And may God bless their souls.
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quickjustice Sun, May 24, 2009 6:34:19am |
re: #274 3 wood
Obama will bail out California once Arnold and the rest of state government have submitted to him. That process already is well under way.
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albusteve Sun, May 24, 2009 6:34:22am |
six hot air balloons have launched from the property next to mine...they are stalled right over my bunkhouse about 300ft up there....beautiful morning in ABQ, but there is not even a breeze
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lawhawk Sun, May 24, 2009 6:34:34am |
re: #275 quickjustice
The radical Islamists proselytizing in prisons began long before Paterson. It was starting years before - back in Pataki's day, along with Spitzer. I'm sure with enough looking, it was present during Cuomo's day.
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:35:26am |
re: #266 MandyManners
Maybe this, in addition to her penchant for telling outrageous lies, will push the voters to boot her butt.
I doubt it, although I would welcome her departure. However, I would strongly oppose any sort of bailout for states, especially California.
California had a huge economic boom thanks to the software and hardware growth over the last 30 years in Silicon Valley and across the rest of the state. They splurged in their new-found wealth by enacting a huge raft of entitlement programs and pie-in-the-sky regulations, from free college tuition to regulations on weeding your garden. Now that economic hard times have hit, none of these programs can be paid for. Schwarzenegger went to the state legislature and asked them for cuts in non-essential programs; the legislature flat-out refused to cut even a dime from the budget. Then he went to the voters, noting that if no one was willing to cut spending, it would be necessary to raise taxes to keep paying for all this fluff. Voters, themselves strapped by a flood of dismal economic circumstances, flatly rejected this request. So now it falls to Schwarzenegger to make cuts where he can, with the limited powers available to him as Governor. Mostly, this only enables him to close selected facilities, like prisons, state police posts and firefighting facilities.
Under these circumstances, a bailout would be unthinkable. Don't even try to come after my tax money while you're still spending state funds on a huge pile of bullshit that you can easily and reasonably do without.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 6:37:08am |
re: #270 SixDegrees
Math is good. You can't ever have too much math, in my opinion. I took a minor in it along with my bachelor's degree, and although I rarely make use of anything more advanced than algebra, the exposure to more advanced mathematics definitely makes you think about things in a different way.
My approach to my own kid's math homework, and all their other topics, is to make them explain it to me, while providing barely enough help to get them over the rough spots. They do better when they come to understand it on their own, rather than being spoon-fed the answers. It's helpful, too, to keep them focused on what the problem they're trying to solve actually, is, and whether their answers make sense in terms of that. If their answer winds up stating that a chicken weighs more than two elephants, I would guess that there is something wrong somewhere.
The "something wrong," though, can often be the math teacher. Your son's in a private school, so this is probably not so much an issue, but in the public schools there is no requirement at all that teachers in charge of a mathematics class have any background in mathematics, and they are sometimes incapable of solving the problems they assign to their students; instead, they compare students answers to the answers provided in the course curriculum materials, without any understanding.
But I'm working myself into a rant if I keep going down that road, so I'll stop now.
That's why I'll need to hire a tutor sooner or later.
As far as teachers go, they all have at least an Masters. Students won't be changing classrooms for another year or so which means that the teachers are able to teach all the subjects.
One bright spot is that I'm a writer and love the English language. Sure, my grammar is not perfect but, it's good enough for now.
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3 wood Sun, May 24, 2009 6:37:56am |
Some good news mixed in with a lot of "maybe's":
Goods Orders, Home Sales Probably Rose: U.S. Economy Preview
May 24 (Bloomberg) -- Orders for durable goods and home sales probably rose in April as the worst U.S. recession in at least half a century started to loosen its grip, economists said before reports this week.Bookings for goods meant to last several years increased 0.4 percent, the second gain in three months, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey ahead of a Commerce Department report May 28. Combined sales of new and existing homes likely advanced to a 5.02 million annual rate from a 4.93 million pace in March, other figures may show.
Stabilization in housing and manufacturing, the two areas suffering the biggest contractions, will help ease the economic slump. Still, gains will be difficult to sustain in coming months as banks remain hesitant to lend and unemployment climbs, underscoring projections from Federal Reserve officials and private economists that a recovery will be subdued.
“Evidence that the 16-month recession is coming to an end continues to build,” said David Resler, chief economist at Nomura Securities International Inc. in New York. “Home sales and building activity seem to be stabilizing and manufacturing surveys point to smaller production cuts and smaller job losses.”
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_RememberTonyC Sun, May 24, 2009 6:38:07am |
re: #277 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards...Heading out to the track in 30 minutes..
I would like to deeply thank all the men and women who gave their full measure for our country and our precious freedoms today.
May they rest in Peace..And may God bless their souls.
Amen Brother
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albusteve Sun, May 24, 2009 6:38:56am |
now there are 12 balloons....one looks like an Ocean Spray bottle...there are hardly moving at all
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3 wood Sun, May 24, 2009 6:39:57am |
re: #281 SixDegrees
We are in an era of trying to transfer the pain to somebody else.
Only when the powers that be recognize that the paid is not avoidable will the solutions be forthcoming.
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:39:59am |
re: #272 3 wood
With the dollar slipping, the Chinese and other foreign capital sources have no reason to buy US Treasuries, as they lose wealth relative to their own currency when the dollar slips.
So... we will have to offer a very high interest rate to make it worth their while to hold or even buy more treasuries.
Therefore, we will have a very high interest and inflation rate in the foreseeable future.
This will also serve to drain capital from the stock market, as you will be able to get a very high return for less risk in fixed income.
I've already instructed my broker to be ready to shift my portfolio much more heavily into fixed as interest rates climb.
Amen to that. I remember during the late 70s/early 80s recession when interest rates skyrocketed (different reasons, but similar results); it was possible to purchase 20-year CDs that bore double-digit interest rates. If I had had any dough at the time, I would have sunk it all into those instruments; they beat any historical stock market return, and they were as near to totally safe as it is possible to be. I'm preparing for their return, although these days most CDs are callable, which takes some of the shine off of them under such circumstances.
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quickjustice Sun, May 24, 2009 6:40:12am |
re: #280 lawhawk
You're correct, of course. The WSJ had a front page article on radical Muslim chaplains in N.Y. prisons back in 2003. And City Journal ran this article back in 2006: [Link: www.city-journal.org...]
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:42:03am |
re: #274 3 wood
I know he says that now, but don't be surprised if he flip flops on that.
I wouldn't be surprised, either; he apparently has no grasp at all of economics, and doesn't understand that you can't keep running gargantuan deficits year after year after year with no end in sight and expect to ever regain economic health.
Once California goes on the dole, every other state will want their own slice of the pie, and will never stop to consider that there's really no pie in the first place.
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albusteve Sun, May 24, 2009 6:42:12am |
re: #289 lawhawk
We want pictures!
they are directly over my house all bunched up, waving to me....unreal
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Digital Display Sun, May 24, 2009 6:43:07am |
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 6:43:21am |
re: #281 SixDegrees
regulations on weeding your garden
WTF?
Oops! I forgot that this is the state that floated the idea of regulating thermostats inside private residences.
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albusteve Sun, May 24, 2009 6:44:21am |
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jaunte Sun, May 24, 2009 6:46:27am |
re: #281 SixDegrees
"Those aren't weeds, they're indigenous botanical specimens!"
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 6:46:52am |
Good morning y'all - from a moderate (66 degrees going up to 72 degrees with lots of T-Storm activity predicted) cloudy Charlotte.
I hope everyone is doing well this morning!
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_RememberTonyC Sun, May 24, 2009 6:48:18am |
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_RememberTonyC Sun, May 24, 2009 6:49:18am |
re: #285 albusteve
now there are 12 balloons....one looks like an Ocean Spray bottle...there are hardly moving at all
Cranberry Juice is the best
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 6:49:39am |
Hey Y'all, I have a comment regarding the etiquette of Flying Old Glory - I know that you're not supposed to put it up if it's raining or snowing, but don't know if you're supposed to take it down if it starts raining after the Flag has been put up (obviously I'm not talking about folks who put the flag up all day every day here).
And yes I've checked the Flag Etiquette rules and couldn't find an answer so if any of you know and could help me out I'd appreciate it.
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lincolntf Sun, May 24, 2009 6:50:05am |
Morning all.
Waiting to see which geniuses and masters of statecraft the Obama/Pelosi defense team trots out onto the talking head shows this morning.
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reine.de.tout Sun, May 24, 2009 6:52:36am |
re: #302 realwest
Hey Y'all, I have a comment regarding the etiquette of Flying Old Glory - I know that you're not supposed to put it up if it's raining or snowing, but don't know if you're supposed to take it down if it starts raining after the Flag has been put up (obviously I'm not talking about folks who put the flag up all day every day here).
And yes I've checked the Flag Etiquette rules and couldn't find an answer so if any of you know and could help me out I'd appreciate it.
Morning, Realwest!
I don't know what the Flag Etiquette says.
But we bring ours in if it begins to rain.
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lincolntf Sun, May 24, 2009 6:52:43am |
re: #302 realwest
We used to take it down in the rain (flag detail often had to scramble to get formed up when a storm came through). That was on base (US Army), but I assume it's universal..
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albusteve Sun, May 24, 2009 6:52:54am |
re: #301 _RememberTonyC
Cranberry Juice is the best
two are purple and white 'Curves'...another is a local eatery 'Little Anita's'...they are not really moving and burning alot of gas just to stay aloft...
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jaunte Sun, May 24, 2009 6:53:40am |
re: #302 realwest
Looks like it's dependent on the flag material:
Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 6 of the flag code states the time and occasions for flying the flag.
a. It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.
c. The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all-weather flag is displayed.
[Link: www.mjldomain.com...]
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Nevergiveup Sun, May 24, 2009 6:53:53am |
re: #303 lincolntf
Morning all.
Waiting to see which geniuses and masters of statecraft the Obama/Pelosi defense team trots out onto the talking head shows this morning.
Will they have biggies today? With the long Memorial Day Weekend, all the bigshots may be sleeping in today?
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lincolntf Sun, May 24, 2009 6:54:56am |
re: #308 Nevergiveup
Prob. right.
Oh well, maybe the second-stringers will be worth a few laughs.
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Nevergiveup Sun, May 24, 2009 6:56:23am |
re: #309 lincolntf
Prob. right.
Oh well, maybe the second-stringers will be worth a few laughs.
On Fox it's Senators Kyle and Nelson?
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Nevergiveup Sun, May 24, 2009 6:57:00am |
re: #309 lincolntf
Prob. right.
Oh well, maybe the second-stringers will be worth a few laughs.
Dickie Durbin on NBC
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SixDegrees Sun, May 24, 2009 6:57:23am |
re: #286 3 wood
We are in an era of trying to transfer the pain to somebody else.
Only when the powers that be recognize that the paid is not avoidable will the solutions be forthcoming.
Mixed in with all that is the desire of politicians to use any crisis to further their own political ends and to expand their political power.
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lawhawk Sun, May 24, 2009 6:57:25am |
re: #281 SixDegrees
The situation in CA is obscene because it's the result of decades of unsustainable government growth and spending. The politicians don't want to cut projects and programs because it would look bad, since they can't take the pork home to their constituents. Never mind that their constituents are getting fleeced at every turn by governments with their hands deep in their pockets.
Unfunded mandates fall on governments at all levels, and they must stop - if a program exists - the government that demands them must pay for them. If they don't the program can't go forward. That should be the law of the land for all levels of government.
It shouldn't fall on localities to fund programs that were imposed from the top without care for who pays for it (but then again, that's often the point - the feds want to show that they're doing something, but leave it to the localities to impose it).
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Nevergiveup Sun, May 24, 2009 6:57:49am |
re: #309 lincolntf
Prob. right.
Oh well, maybe the second-stringers will be worth a few laughs.
And on CBS Former Secretary of State and current ingrate Colin Powell.
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lincolntf Sun, May 24, 2009 6:57:54am |
re: #311 Nevergiveup
That's where I'm headed. He's more fun than a barrel of Murthas.
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 6:58:02am |
re: #304 reine.de.tout
and
re: #305 lincolntf
and
re: #307 jaunte
Thank each of you very much! I do appreciate it - they are calling for intermittent showers (some T-Storms too) tomorrow, so if it's not "inclement" I'm putting her up tomorrow and will take her down if it does start to rain.
Thanks again to all of you.
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Digital Display Sun, May 24, 2009 7:01:43am |
re: #316 realwest
and
re: #305 lincolntf
and
re: #307 jaunte
Thank each of you very much! I do appreciate it - they are calling for intermittent showers (some T-Storms too) tomorrow, so if it's not "inclement" I'm putting her up tomorrow and will take her down if it does start to rain.
Thanks again to all of you.
OK..Time to head out to the track...
Have a wonderful day lizards..And don't forget to say a prayer for our fallen hero's today..
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jaunte Sun, May 24, 2009 7:03:16am |
re: #316 realwest
Say, I was in your neck of the woods briefly last weekend. My son and I met my brother in law, father in law, and a group of his buddies to attend the Sprint All Stars race. It was a little sprinkly then, too.
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 7:03:25am |
Oh and btw, if y'all would like to add a 1+1/4" by 1+1/4" flag to your desktop - you can get one here:
[Link: www.deskflags.com...]
They used to be free, but I guess the demand was so high (or Memorial Day so near!) that they are charging $3.99 for it. However you can change the speed at which it waives, make it darker or lighter on your desktop, move it around on your desktop and if you left click it, it'll play about 16 bars of the National Anthem!
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reine.de.tout Sun, May 24, 2009 7:04:39am |
re: #319 realwest
Oh and btw, if y'all would like to add a 1+1/4" by 1+1/4" flag to your desktop - you can get one here:
[Link: www.deskflags.com...]
They used to be free, but I guess the demand was so high (or Memorial Day so near!) that they are charging $3.99 for it. However you can change the speed at which it waives, make it darker or lighter on your desktop, move it around on your desktop and if you left click it, it'll play about 16 bars of the National Anthem!
They have some free offers there "for a limited time" it says.
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Digital Display Sun, May 24, 2009 7:05:20am |
re: #319 realwest
Did you know there are only 24 notes to taps? only 24.. The most powerful 24 notes I've ever heard
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:05:21am |
Once again, the battle of the freakin' tie. First, it entails wearing an Oxford-cloth, button-down shirt and he detests that material. Next, I get the "Why do you wanna' torture me, Mom? It's gonna' choke me! When does the water-boarding begin?" After a few minutes of bickering about this, we reach the usual compromise of not buttoning the top button. Some days I could just scream.
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 7:06:17am |
re: #318 jaunte Dang, wish you could have contacted me; love to meet you in person my friend!
And yeah, this time of year we get showers or sometimes pretty violent Thunderstoms (with truly horrific lightning and frequently hail the size of golf balls) several day each week. Should end in a week or two!
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 7:07:25am |
re: #320 reine.de.tout
LOL! Well my limited time is up to around 18 months now, so I don't know what "limited" means for them!
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jaunte Sun, May 24, 2009 7:09:25am |
re: #323 realwest
Yes, sorry about that. With all the scurrying around we were doing I simply didn't connect Charlotte the NASCAR destination together with Charlotte the realwest location.
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 7:11:20am |
re: #321 HoosierHoops
Hi Hoops - yes and frankly I've heard TAPS played too often over too many of my friends and relatives to be able to listen to it again.
In fact, I've left directions in my will (I'll have to be buried in a military cemetery cause there isn't enough money to do otherwise) that Taps not be played and something else (which I'll reveal tomorrow) played - on a boom-box if necessary - in lieu thereof. Don't know if that will be allowed, but I'm gonna try.
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Taqyia2Me Sun, May 24, 2009 7:12:31am |
re: #277 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards...Heading out to the track in 30 minutes..
I would like to deeply thank all the men and women who gave their full measure for our country and our precious freedoms today.
May they rest in Peace..And may God bless their souls.
May their sacrifice never be forgotten.
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Bloodnok Sun, May 24, 2009 7:13:41am |
re: #321 HoosierHoops
Did you know there are only 24 notes to taps? only 24.. The most powerful 24 notes I've ever heard
And one of the hardest to play on a trumpet (no valves, all open notes so it's all done by lip muscle tightening). I played it once for a VFW funeral when I was a kid and it was freezing cold. I completely missed the highest note and it sounded like a bleat. It sounded horrible. I felt SO bad. The VFW guys didn't care (there were only about 10 people there) and told me it was okay, but I was shaken, thinking of the significance of the event. I never did it again.
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 7:15:59am |
re: #332 buzzsawmonkey
Good morning buzz! Sounds to me as if Land's End shirts are made in China!
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 7:17:53am |
Well y'all it's been great as usual but I gotta run - chores and all that.
Hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!
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Bloodnok Sun, May 24, 2009 7:18:07am |
re: #333 Summersong
Robert Spencer on FOX news...
FOX News Channel's transformation is now complete.
Argh.
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Sheila Broflovski Sun, May 24, 2009 7:18:21am |
Got my flag outside, been flying it all week long.
I'm the only one on the block showing a flag.
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Summersong Sun, May 24, 2009 7:18:40am |
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justdanny Sun, May 24, 2009 7:18:44am |
Morning good lizards.
Im a little confused.
I didnt work yesterday and,
I dont work today and then,
Im not working tomorrow.
Can this be true?
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reine.de.tout Sun, May 24, 2009 7:19:33am |
re: #332 buzzsawmonkey
Moms who fight the tie battle should print that out and keep it for life.
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Summersong Sun, May 24, 2009 7:20:45am |
re: #338 Alouette
Got my flag outside, been flying it all week long.
I'm the only one on the block showing a flag.
That is shocking to me. I'm glad your flag is flying.
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justdanny Sun, May 24, 2009 7:27:10am |
About the flag. A nephew of mine currently serving his 21st year in the military has a tattoo of the flag that is so cool. On his upper arm there is what appears to be a a wound where some kind of animal has torn three open wounds open and the skin is peeled back. Beneath the open tears you can see Old Glory. Now thats cool.
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irongrampa Sun, May 24, 2009 7:28:45am |
re: #338 Alouette
Good morning, all.
You should see our road--there's flags on everyone's house. Great sight.
I'd like to think that was my doing, moved here last year, and the first thing done was to put the flag up. After a year, I see nearly everybody's flying one, today we ALL are.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:30:06am |
re: #332 buzzsawmonkey
BB does not have variable neck measurements for boys but, they do have broadcloth. The neck size is not too small--I can insert half of my hand into it once I get it buttoned. If he had to spend more than two hours a week in Oxford-cloth shirts, I'd buy shirts made of smoother material but, bitching is just his way of asserting power.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:30:50am |
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:32:11am |
re: #344 buzzsawmonkey
I know Land's End makes them in a number of places, including Honduras. I think Brooks has fallen to having stuff made in Malaysia. Most of what we get here is made elsewhere.
Nonetheless, Brooks maintains better quality control than Land's End does. Also, Land's End has gone to the abomination of "no-iron cotton." I understand its appeal for people who are not willing to blow the money on having a laundry do one's shirts--but neither "no-iron cotton", which is, of course, treated, or cotton-poly blends (ugh) will ever be as comfortable as a properly-fitted all-cotton shirt.
There are some things you just can't cut corners on.
I'll buy no-iron shirts for me but, not for The Kid. I hate ironing but, I can suck it up for him.
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laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 7:35:30am |
re: #350 MandyManners
Sounding like a broken record here...
...but when conservatives AND liberals hate Fox News...That's Fair and Balanced!™
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Summersong Sun, May 24, 2009 7:36:59am |
Mandy my oldest son was so picky with his clothes (and his food and his hair, etc). Every tag and label had to be removed from the neck area. He used to tell me jeans were "scratchy".
I used to tell him he couldn't live life in a cotton ball!
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rain of lead Sun, May 24, 2009 7:37:04am |
morning all,
got on the computer and the mouse didn't work.
messed with it for a while trying everthing.
momcat comes in and says did you try a battery?
............
[inserts new battery] works
d'oh
sheepish look
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Bloodnok Sun, May 24, 2009 7:38:13am |
re: #356 rain of lead
morning all,
got on the computer and the mouse didn't work.
messed with it for a while trying everthing.
momcat comes in and says did you try a battery?
............
[inserts new battery] worksd'oh
sheepish look
Ah, a wireless mouse. As long as you didn't take it apart looking for that damned trackball.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:39:22am |
re: #352 buzzsawmonkey
Now, that's love.
He has no idea. I grew up with a maid so I had to learn how when I went to college. I would fire up a while ironing--it took a long, long time but, it was fun.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:39:58am |
re: #353 laZardo
Sounding like a broken record here...
...but when conservatives AND liberals hate Fox News...That's Fair and Balanced!™
No. We're talking about Robert Spencer, a fascist sympathizer.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:45:24am |
re: #357 buzzsawmonkey
If you've gotten him Brooks oxfords, then they're probably pretty smooth and supple; the Brooks product is on an entirely different order of quality than the Land's End.
You might want to check the Sierra Trading Post website; they do all sorts of closeouots at drastically reduced rates, and are good about taking returns if something doesn't suit.
For two out of 168 hours, he can put up with Nautica, Perry Ellis. Ralph Lauren and the like. (I love Kenneth Cole shoes for boys! They are sharp.)
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Summersong Sun, May 24, 2009 7:46:56am |
You are right, in those days, the labels were sewn all the way around and I had to carefully pull the stitches out so I didn't harm the garment. Sometimes those stitches were tiny.
He wears khaki chinos, too. I gave up on the jeans years ago.
Oh, he also buys shoes 1/2 size too big...because they give him room to move around in. LOL
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:47:40am |
re: #355 Summersong
Mandy my oldest son was so picky with his clothes (and his food and his hair, etc). Every tag and label had to be removed from the neck area. He used to tell me jeans were "scratchy".
I used to tell him he couldn't live life in a cotton ball!
I read a while back that high irritation over certain fabrics/labels might be an indicator of Aspergers.
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Summersong Sun, May 24, 2009 7:48:00am |
Sorry, forgot to direct my comment to Buzz.
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reine.de.tout Sun, May 24, 2009 7:48:32am |
re: #361 buzzsawmonkey
If you compare labels today to labels on shirts from a few years ago, he's probably right. Labels used to be made of a rayon which got softer with each washing, and were sewn down all the way around; they now are sewn only on the top in many cases, so can tickle and scratch, and are made of a polyester which does not soften.
I often remove labels for this reason.
And I've never liked jeans, even when fashion dictated that I wear them; khaki chinos for mine. They give you room to move around in.
I take ALL labels out of my clothes (and wash the items) before I ever wear them. You are right about labels - some manufactureres are now beginning to print the label on the inside, and that is so much better.
As for jeans - THANK GOODNESS for lycra = I do not buy jeans (or, actually, shirts or khakis or anything else) unless it has lycra in it.
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alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 7:50:55am |
re: #360 MandyManners
No. We're talking about Robert Spencer, a fascist sympathizer.
* * * * *
Were you aware as Mr. Spencer said this morning on that Fox interview, that perhaps 6% of the US jail population may be getting proselytized by moslem imams, and are reading islamic texts in US jail libraries that urge jihad?
This related to the four US citizens radicalized in US jail to commit jihad against their own US citizens and apprehended last week.
Seemed like factual reporting to me. Do you know what Mr. Spencer alleged is untrue?
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SummerSong Sun, May 24, 2009 7:53:10am |
re: #364 MandyManners
I read a while back that high irritation over certain fabrics/labels might be an indicator of Aspergers.
I can understand that it might be. Not the case with my son, thankfully.
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laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 7:54:14am |
re: #364 MandyManners
I read a while back that high irritation over certain fabrics/labels might be an indicator of Aspergers.
That might explain why my mom used to cut the tags out of almost every shirt I wore back when I was young...
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:56:21am |
re: #367 alegrias
* * * * *
Were you aware as Mr. Spencer said this morning on that Fox interview, that perhaps 6% of the US jail population may be getting proselytized by moslem imams, and are reading islamic texts in US jail libraries that urge jihad?This related to the four US citizens radicalized in US jail to commit jihad against their own US citizens and apprehended last week.
Seemed like factual reporting to me. Do you know what Mr. Spencer alleged is untrue?
I never said that what he said was false. I'm stating what Charles has repeatedly posted here.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:59:07am |
re: #368 buzzsawmonkey
He can and should. Being able to wear decent clothing like you own it, and it doesn't own you, is a skill acquired by practice, and a very necessary one. It is not merely the wearing of garments that makes you look good, it is how you wear them.
As I said, that was one of the great benefits of having worn a school uniform for a while when I was a kid; I learned to wear a jacket and tie as natural clothing, not as some sort of straitjacket to be unwillingly buckled into. It makes a big difference being able to move in a suit as though you are not conscious that you are in it--in situations where you need to be "dressed," it gives you as much authority as the suit itself. In situations such as job interviews or public presentations, which can be stressful at the best of times, not having to fight your clothes puts you in a much better position.
He's fine once he gets dressed. (Oh, heck, he's more than fine. He looks like a million dollars.) It's just the power struggle while getting him dressed that grates.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 7:59:36am |
re: #369 SummerSong
I can understand that it might be. Not the case with my son, thankfully.
I was just saying....
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:00:06am |
re: #370 laZardo
That might explain why my mom used to cut the tags out of almost every shirt I wore back when I was young...
You have it?
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SummerSong Sun, May 24, 2009 8:01:34am |
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laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 8:05:28am |
re: #374 MandyManners
Yep. Crazy as it sounds I don't like to admit I have it or at least play it down when I already/inadvertently have. It's got a stigma of "emo/hipster self-diagnosis" attached to it, even though I actually have the doctors' papers to prove mine..
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debutaunt Sun, May 24, 2009 8:12:46am |
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opnion Sun, May 24, 2009 8:18:13am |
Greetings, fun seekers. I didn't see Colin Powell on CBS this morning , but he was covered in the paper yesterday. He sees a "New" Republican Party emerging.
If he thinks that he is a Party Reformer , he should not have endorsed Obama. It is hard to have infleuence in a party that you have deserted.
The MSM will make a big deal out of it, but the Party probably won't take him very serious.
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LC LaWedgie Sun, May 24, 2009 8:19:39am |
I see google is back to their normal non-committal ignorance.
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sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 8:21:23am |
re: #380 opnion
Greetings, fun seekers. I didn't see Colin Powell on CBS this morning , but he was covered in the paper yesterday. He sees a "New" Republican Party emerging.
If he thinks that he is a Party Reformer , he should not have endorsed Obama. It is hard to have infleuence in a party that you have deserted.
The MSM will make a big deal out of it, but the Party probably won't take him very serious.
General Powell ,, I honor and applaud your service to this country, but I don't see you delivering any Key Note addresses to the Republican Convention
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sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 8:22:25am |
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laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 8:23:00am |
re: #377 MandyManners
Not sure, but I am told Albert Einstein did.
/invented the nuke, married his cousin. Achievements!
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opnion Sun, May 24, 2009 8:26:36am |
re: #382 sattv4u2
General Powell ,, I honor and applaud your service to this country, but I don't see you delivering any Key Note addresses to the Republican Convention
Yeah, I would value his military opnions, but his politics are pretty situational.
I would like someone to ask him if he would have jumped ship for Hillary.
She & BHO have pretty similar policies.
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LC LaWedgie Sun, May 24, 2009 8:27:03am |
re: #383 sattv4u2
I suppose in fairness they could put it up tomorrow, but the whole concept of "Memorial Day weekend" seems to ring in my head for some reason.
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lincolntf Sun, May 24, 2009 8:28:00am |
re: #383 sattv4u2
Apparently Memorial Day isn't really important like, say, Mary Cassat's birthday, which got the full treatment a couple weeks ago.
Bunch of twits.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, May 24, 2009 8:28:55am |
Isreali PM Netanyahu gives Obama the straight arm in return for that warm reception in DC last week:
[Link: www.alertnet.org...]
The Israelis are right. If the arabs want peace, settlement issues will be part of the negotiations, not a unilateral concession before any negotiations begin. BO could learn a thing or two about dealmaking and negotiating from Bibi.
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laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 8:35:55am |
re: #387 lincolntf
I remember LGF was in an uproar when Google commemorated the launching of Sputnik.
/not that the beginning of the Space Age wasn't worth commemorating.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:38:26am |
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Sheila Broflovski Sun, May 24, 2009 8:39:50am |
I designed this Memorial Day logo for Google a couple of years ago.
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American Sabra Sun, May 24, 2009 8:39:57am |
re: #388 _RememberTonyC
Isreali PM Netanyahu gives Obama the straight arm in return for that warm reception in DC last week:
[Link: www.alertnet.org...]
The Israelis are right. If the arabs want peace, settlement issues will be part of the negotiations, not a unilateral concession before any negotiations begin. BO could learn a thing or two about dealmaking and negotiating from Bibi.
Mmmm... don't be so quick to heap tons of praise on Bibi. His track record is not the greatest either.
Here's a short opinion piece I found this morning that sums it up pretty well. Don't get me wrong. I don't dislike Bibi, but I really pray for some new minds, fresh blood and ideas for Israel.
[Link: www.jewishexponent.com...]
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:40:25am |
Five million miles. I wonder what kind of frequent flyer miles you'd get if you flew that many in an airplane.
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occasional reader Sun, May 24, 2009 8:41:17am |
Suits and ties are symbols of OPPRESSION!
Little wonder they are favored by a Zionist Honco like buzzsawmonkey.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, May 24, 2009 8:42:20am |
re: #394 American Sabra
Mmmm... don't be so quick to heap tons of praise on Bibi. His track record is not the greatest either.
Here's a short opinion piece I found this morning that sums it up pretty well. Don't get me wrong. I don't dislike Bibi, but I really pray for some new minds, fresh blood and ideas for Israel.
[Link: www.jewishexponent.com...]
Nobody's perfect, but the Israelis chose the guy they needed at the time. I would think in Israel certain issues are less subject to "nuance" than here in the states.
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lincolntf Sun, May 24, 2009 8:42:37am |
re: #395 MandyManners
Nowadays, you'd probably get enough to earn a one-way ticket to Branson, MO and an extra bag of mini-pretzels.
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alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 8:42:38am |
Hooray for the shuttle landing! Excellent mission.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:42:51am |
re: #398 occasional reader
Suits and ties are symbols of OPPRESSION!
Little wonder they are favored by a Zionist Honco like buzzsawmonkey.
According to The Kid, it's the step below water-boarding!
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:43:34am |
re: #400 lincolntf
Nowadays, you'd probably get enough to earn a one-way ticket to Branson, MO and an extra bag of mini-pretzels.
I'd rather stay home.
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occasional reader Sun, May 24, 2009 8:44:00am |
re: #395 MandyManners
Five million miles. I wonder what kind of frequent flyer miles you'd get if you flew that many in an airplane.
Two million gets you lifetime "Exec utive Platinum" status on American.
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austin_blue Sun, May 24, 2009 8:44:58am |
re: #13 FurryOldGuyJeans
A troll is only done when they are a greasy stain on the floor and walls.
No troll. Different viewpoint. Great to watch the shuttle landing at Edwards. Too bad they couldn't make it at Kennedy, as they were scheduled to reenter right over us.
"A screaming comes across the sky..."
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summergurl Sun, May 24, 2009 8:45:22am |
re: #403 MandyManners
I'd rather stay home.
Anyplace without gambling and limited alcohol doesn't excite me... maybe a day or two but spend a whole week there?
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occasional reader Sun, May 24, 2009 8:46:55am |
Page A4 of today's NYT has a photo of a "moderate Sufi Muslim" in Somalia. So I guess that's his "moderate" Kalashnikov.
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Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 8:47:14am |
Good morning, lizards.
Another fine morning on tap, on a long holiday weekend.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:47:18am |
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MacDuff Sun, May 24, 2009 8:47:57am |
re: #388 _RememberTonyC
Isreali PM Netanyahu gives Obama the straight arm in return for that warm reception in DC last week:
[Link: www.alertnet.org...]
The Israelis are right. If the arabs want peace, settlement issues will be part of the negotiations, not a unilateral concession before any negotiations begin. BO could learn a thing or two about dealmaking and negotiating from Bibi.
Bibi's no paper tiger and he has no intention of rolling over and being obedient to the Obama administration. He's reasonable, but it's clear that he sees that unbalanced Israeli concessions have always been the centerpiece of the "peace plans" and he will simply have no more of it; it's time for the other side to concede a bit.
In related news, Obama's Military Chief says that Iran wants nuclear weapons - and that threatens the region. He further says that we must "engage" Iran's leaders.
Barack Chamberlain Obama: Peace is at hand.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:47:59am |
re: #404 occasional reader
Two million gets you lifetime "Exec utive Platinum" status on American.
My father had about 1,500,000 on United when he retired.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:48:31am |
re: #406 summergurl
Anyplace without gambling and limited alcohol doesn't excite me... maybe a day or two but spend a whole week there?
Limited booze?
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FrogMarch Sun, May 24, 2009 8:48:53am |
Hi all. It's a beautiful Sunday morning and I don't want to ruin it for anyone. Don't click on this link unless you have a strong stomach.
Jewish man tortured and killed in France by radical Islamists with ties to Hamas.
(you know -the same types earth-cancer the Andrew Sullivan/Barack Obama left are crying and moaning about because the CIA water-boarded three of them)
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alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 8:49:05am |
re: #398 occasional reader
Suits and ties are symbols of OPPRESSION!
Little wonder they are favored by a Zionist Honco like buzzsawmonkey.
* * * *
How true-- 1979's Iranian revolution uniform was anti-ties & pro beards, like the socialists in Europe.
Mao-suits were also in vogue in the 1960s, those Nehru jackets & mandarin collars considered so "progressive".
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:49:12am |
re: #407 occasional reader
Page A4 of today's NYT has a photo of a "moderate Sufi Muslim" in Somalia. So I guess that's his "moderate" Kalashnikov.
Does it have a smiley face on top of the barrel?
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alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 8:51:20am |
re: #407 occasional reader
Page A4 of today's NYT has a photo of a "moderate Sufi Muslim" in Somalia. So I guess that's his "moderate" Kalashnikov.
* * * *
Moderate jihadis have the human right to carry guns and weapons everywhere without restrictions. It's part of their culture.////NYT logic
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occasional reader Sun, May 24, 2009 8:51:48am |
re: #415 MandyManners
Does it have a smiley face on top of the barrel?
No, but it DOES have a Playboy logo sling. (I'm not kidding.)
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Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 8:52:02am |
Wow, very quiet this morning.
Is everyone sleeping in?
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lincolntf Sun, May 24, 2009 8:52:35am |
Just happened to flip over to Stephanopoulos in time to hear him telling viewers to "follow me on Facebook and Twitter".
I know it's the modern media and all, but it just sounded so lame.
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alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 8:53:02am |
re: #409 MandyManners
SNIP
* * *
This was discussed yesterday at length. Guess Libery U. won't be giving Pres. Obama any honorary degrees either.
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sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 8:53:43am |
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Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 8:54:23am |
Such arrogant far-right elitism.
And they wonder why they're irrelevant.
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DEZes Sun, May 24, 2009 8:54:36am |
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itellu3times Sun, May 24, 2009 8:54:58am |
re: #407 occasional reader
Page A4 of today's NYT has a photo of a "moderate Sufi Muslim" in Somalia. So I guess that's his "moderate" Kalashnikov.
Depends which way it's pointed.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 8:55:37am |
re: #420 alegrias
* * *
This was discussed yesterday at length. Guess Libery U. won't be giving Pres. Obama any honorary degrees either.
I guess they can do anything they want and sanction what ever groups they want, but IMO this is stupid. Why is anyone afraid of free discourse and differing opinions?
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 8:55:57am |
Good morning again y'all! Back from Chores early (well, a break from chores for a while!).
Hope everyone is still doing well.
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J.S. Sun, May 24, 2009 8:56:52am |
This is somehow like deja-vu...is it 9/10 all over again? only, in some respects it's even worse -- Hamas in Gaza; Hezbollah poised to take over the Lebanese parliament; Somalia in total meltdown; Pakistan areas under the control of radical/Taliban; ditto for Afghanistan, etc., etc. Meanwhile terrorists are to be re-housed in U.S. prisons -- yet another means to "enter the U.S."? (should create a new category of "immigrant"...)
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alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 8:56:53am |
re: #419 lincolntf
Just happened to flip over to Stephanopoulos in time to hear him telling viewers to "follow me on Facebook and Twitter".
I know it's the modern media and all, but it just sounded so lame.
* * * * *
Like John McCain now being a twitterer when it was widely acknowledge he couldn't type because of injuries to his arms last year.
Nothing says leadership to me like twittering all day, signifying nothing.
To think Colin Powell who was originally a McCain campaign advisor, left McCain's camp for an even bigger twitterer & Facebooker...such leadership I wish to forget this day when we honor TRUE US military heroes who paid the ultimate price.
Please get to the WWII, Korea and Vietnam Memorials if you've never been there.
Thank you all veterans on this blog, for your service.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:57:26am |
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American Sabra Sun, May 24, 2009 8:57:53am |
re: #399 _RememberTonyC
Nobody's perfect, but the Israelis chose the guy they needed at the time. I would think in Israel certain issues are less subject to "nuance" than here in the states.
Nobody's perfect? Clinton gets the axe from the Republican party for doing the exact some thing Bibi did, i.e. making nicey with Arafat and reaching out to him during the Wye Accord agreements. Bibi also withdrew from the territories and Hebron in the late 90s, not a popular decision. If we criticize Clinton for the way he handled the Middle East, Bibi at the time was certainly no better.
Bibi also, like Clinton, was involved in a number of personal scandals during his last tenure as PM.
I'm very slow to criticize American and Israeli policy in the matter especially when the larger chunk of the burden of peace belongs to the Arabs who consistently fight against it.
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 8:58:12am |
re: #420 alegrias
* * *
This was discussed yesterday at length. Guess Libery U. won't be giving Pres. Obama any honorary degrees either.
I musta' missed that.
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austin_blue Sun, May 24, 2009 8:58:16am |
re: #417 occasional reader
No, but it DOES have a Playboy logo sling. (I'm not kidding.)
A Koran, an AK, a Playboy sling, a woman's hand. Such is "moderation" in East Africa. Hoo boy.
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itellu3times Sun, May 24, 2009 8:58:30am |
re: #390 lincolntf
Everyone watching the shuttle landing?
Waiting for the boom. There's supposed to be an earth-shattering boom!
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sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 8:59:27am |
re: #433 itellu3times
Waiting for the boom. There's supposed to be an earth-shattering boom!
Why ,,l did Rosie O'Donnell fall down and land on her butt !?!?!?
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MacDuff Sun, May 24, 2009 8:59:31am |
re: #422 Irish Rose
Such arrogant far-right elitism.
And they wonder why they're irrelevant.
They know that their audience is one who has a short attention span, can't really think for itself and can only take intellectual nutrition in limited sound bites that have been pre-chewed.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 8:59:39am |
Expect a harshly worded letter...
VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- After visiting a displacement camp in Sri Lanka on Saturday and flying over the site of the last battle in the country's recently ended civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the sites "appalling."
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
Gosh, Ki-moon got out of the office and accidently step on the real world. Holy shit, are these people dense or what?
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occasional reader Sun, May 24, 2009 8:59:57am |
re: #413 FrogMarch
Hi all. It's a beautiful Sunday morning and I don't want to ruin it for anyone. Don't click on this link unless you have a strong stomach.
Jewish man tortured and killed in France by radical Islamists with ties to Hamas.(you know -the same types earth-cancer the Andrew Sullivan/Barack Obama left are crying and moaning about because the CIA water-boarded three of them)
Horrible.
So, when do French Jews start rioting over this?
/rhetorical Q:
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:00:23am |
re: #433 itellu3times
Waiting for the boom. There's supposed to be an earth-shattering boom!
*psssst* Stop waiting.
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sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:00:27am |
re: #430 American Sabra
Clinton gets the axe from the Republican party
Clinton was a Republican !?!?!?!?!?!
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Gus Sun, May 24, 2009 9:01:02am |
Watching the STS-125 landing feed here on CNN.
They're asleep at the wheel over at CNN. They've got Edwards AFB labeled as Andrews AFB.
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austin_blue Sun, May 24, 2009 9:01:19am |
re: #436 Walter L. Newton
Expect a harshly worded letter...
VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- After visiting a displacement camp in Sri Lanka on Saturday and flying over the site of the last battle in the country's recently ended civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the sites "appalling."
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
Gosh, Ki-moon got out of the office and accidently step on the real world. Holy shit, are these people dense or what?
Hey, Walter, good morning. Hope you understand there was nothing personal last night. Just thought I was getting slammed for an opinion. Hope you are well.
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occasional reader Sun, May 24, 2009 9:02:19am |
re: #429 MandyManners
LOL!
Really, not kidding. Photo shows guy reading Koran, with AK with Playboy logo sling close at hand.
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ladycatnip Sun, May 24, 2009 9:02:23am |
Here's a well written piece on Obama's 7 Strawmen regarding the reasons he says "we're out of money."
On a different note, thank you veterans for serving our country!
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Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 9:02:35am |
re: #425 Walter L. Newton
I guess they can do anything they want and sanction what ever groups they want, but IMO this is stupid. Why is anyone afraid of free discourse and differing opinions?
They're not afraid of free discourse and differing opinions, they just "know" (like the vast majority of right-wing fundamentalist elitists) that they're the only ones who are right. If you don't parrot their ideologies, then you're a misguided sinner and of no use to them.
I'm sure they're more than willing to offer spiritual counciling to the misguided and disenfranchised. Love the sinner, not the sin.
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alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 9:02:35am |
re: #425 Walter L. Newton
I guess they can do anything they want and sanction what ever groups they want, but IMO this is stupid. Why is anyone afraid of free discourse and differing opinions?
* * * * * *
Walter, I don't know. It's petty when either side does it, and Liberty is probably just a two bit school.
When Harvard & Columbia Universities, supposedly truly ELITE & ENLIGHTENED, take federal dollars, and still prohibit ROTC (Reserve Officers Training C_______) on their leftist campuses...that's right in our faces.
By the way, Pres. Obama is considering nominating as a Supreme Court justice, Elena Kagan the Dean of Harvard U or its law school, who banned the ROTC from that hallowed school in the first place. How offensive is that to taxpayers and Americans who want to serve their country while in college?
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:03:23am |
re: #442 occasional reader
Really, not kidding. Photo shows guy reading Koran, with AK with Playboy logo sling close at hand.
Maybe he doesn't know what it means, thinks it's just about bunnies of the four-legged kind.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 24, 2009 9:03:41am |
Mandy--on the clothes war--
Have you tried playing ZZ Top's Sharp Dressed Man for him? That's what we do. It's not a magic bullet, but it makes things a little better. They still change back into regular shirts as soon as they can, of course.
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 9:04:12am |
re: #425 Walter L. Newton
I guess they can do anything they want and sanction what ever groups they want, but IMO this is stupid. Why is anyone afraid of free discourse and differing opinions?
Hi Walter - well I have to disagree. Liberty University exists in (and no doubt because of) America and the freedoms of speech enjoyed ONLY by Americans.
Even if it's legal (and I'm not so sure it is) for any university anywhere in this country to deny a student members of a political party the right to gather and meet at the University, then I think ALL federal funding (and frankly State funding) should be pulled from that university for denying some students the right to form a Democratic Club as constituting a denial of Freedom of Speech.
I wonder if that "university" allows Pro-Choice groups the right to form a club and use Univeristy space to hold meetings?
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Truck Monkey Sun, May 24, 2009 9:04:38am |
re: #440 Gus 802
Watching the STS-125 landing feed here on CNN.
They're asleep at the wheel over at CNN. They've got Edwards AFB labeled as Andrews AFB.
And they wonder why they are unwatchable. Maroons!
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MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:05:27am |
re: #447 EmmmieG
Mandy--on the clothes war--
Have you tried playing ZZ Top's Sharp Dressed Man for him? That's what we do. It's not a magic bullet, but it makes things a little better. They still change back into regular shirts as soon as they can, of course.
I hate that song with a passion.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:05:35am |
re: #441 austin_blue
Hey, Walter, good morning. Hope you understand there was nothing personal last night. Just thought I was getting slammed for an opinion. Hope you are well.
None taken. Lizards normally have thick skins. And like I said last night, if that review/performer I linked to was not about you, then again I'm sorry.
Other than that, I don't agree with anything you have posted, and I am still waiting for you to answer my and other questions.
So, start here. If you call yourself a fiscal conservative and a social liberal, and you voted for Obama, what policies of Obama do you NOT like?
May as well separate the wheat from the chaff first.
| 453 |
Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 9:06:05am |
Has anyone seen Hoops this morning? He was in such a sad mood yesterday, I sure hope that he's feeling better today.
| 454 |
laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 9:06:13am |
re: #440 Gus 802
I went downstairs about 11:45 Manila Time, the landing was already over. ;_;
BBC World was still playing it for a few minutes after CNN International was.
| 455 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 24, 2009 9:06:16am |
re: #449 Truck Monkey
And they wonder why they are unwatchable. Maroons!
Next it will be Charles AFB, then Anne AFB, then on to the next generation for Williams AFB.
Did someone tell them we broke with the British Royal House 200 years ago?
*Grin*
| 456 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:06:24am |
re: #448 realwest
Hi Walter - well I have to disagree. Liberty University exists in (and no doubt because of) America and the freedoms of speech enjoyed ONLY by Americans.
Even if it's legal (and I'm not so sure it is) for any university anywhere in this country to deny a student members of a political party the right to gather and meet at the University, then I think ALL federal funding (and frankly State funding) should be pulled from that university for denying some students the right to form a Democratic Club as constituting a denial of Freedom of Speech.
I wonder if that "university" allows Pro-Choice groups the right to form a club and use Univeristy space to hold meetings?
It's a private university--does it receive any federal funding?
| 457 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 24, 2009 9:06:26am |
| 458 |
reine.de.tout Sun, May 24, 2009 9:06:43am |
re: #453 Irish Rose
Has anyone seen Hoops this morning? He was in such a sad mood yesterday, I sure hope that he's feeling better today.
What was he sad about?
| 459 |
Altermite Sun, May 24, 2009 9:06:46am |
re: #447 EmmmieG
Mandy--on the clothes war--
Have you tried playing ZZ Top's Sharp Dressed Man for him? That's what we do. It's not a magic bullet, but it makes things a little better. They still change back into regular shirts as soon as they can, of course.
I didn't start liking dress clothes until a couple years ago, when I went out and got my own. I'm not sure how old your kids are, so that may have to wait a bit.
| 460 |
American Sabra Sun, May 24, 2009 9:07:12am |
re: #439 sattv4u2
Clinton gets the axe from the Republican party
Clinton was a Republican !?!?!?!?!?!
I meant he gets criticized by the Republicans for the way he handled Israel.
| 461 |
Gus Sun, May 24, 2009 9:07:17am |
re: #449 Truck Monkey
And they wonder why they are unwatchable. Maroons!
Yeah, they did it in two place. On the video screen and right below on the cnn.com Live window.
Dummies.
| 462 |
Truck Monkey Sun, May 24, 2009 9:07:36am |
re: #455 EmmmieG
Next it will be Charles AFB, then Anne AFB, then on to the next generation for Williams AFB.
Did someone tell them we broke with the British Royal House 200 years ago?
*Grin*
Yeah. I still can't believe they named the base in CA after John Edwards.
/snark
| 463 |
Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 9:07:57am |
re: #458 reine.de.tout
Goddessoftheclassroom.
| 464 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:08:04am |
re: #448 realwest
Hi Walter - well I have to disagree. Liberty University exists in (and no doubt because of) America and the freedoms of speech enjoyed ONLY by Americans.
Even if it's legal (and I'm not so sure it is) for any university anywhere in this country to deny a student members of a political party the right to gather and meet at the University, then I think ALL federal funding (and frankly State funding) should be pulled from that university for denying some students the right to form a Democratic Club as constituting a denial of Freedom of Speech.
I wonder if that "university" allows Pro-Choice groups the right to form a club and use Univeristy space to hold meetings?
Does a privately owned business have a legal obligation to allow speech with which it does not agree? No.
| 465 |
Gus Sun, May 24, 2009 9:08:07am |
re: #454 laZardo
I went downstairs about 11:45 Manila Time, the landing was already over. ;_;
BBC World was still playing it for a few minutes after CNN International was.
They're still doing the live feed. NASA TV of course has it up and running.
| 466 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:08:12am |
re: #448 realwest
Hi Walter - well I have to disagree. Liberty University exists in (and no doubt because of) America and the freedoms of speech enjoyed ONLY by Americans.
Even if it's legal (and I'm not so sure it is) for any university anywhere in this country to deny a student members of a political party the right to gather and meet at the University, then I think ALL federal funding (and frankly State funding) should be pulled from that university for denying some students the right to form a Democratic Club as constituting a denial of Freedom of Speech.
I wonder if that "university" allows Pro-Choice groups the right to form a club and use Univeristy space to hold meetings?
I said I "guess" they have the right. Unless I'm missing something, LU is a private school, just like Bob Jones U., and they can make up their own rules about clubs (and like Bob Jones, dating).
Anyway, that wasn't my real point, my real point was why are they afraid of open discourse and differing opinions?
| 467 |
sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:08:28am |
re: #456 MandyManners
It's a private university--does it receive any federal funding?
I'm 99% sure I read somewhere that it does NOT (read it when there was another "controversy" about a decision it had made)
| 468 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:08:30am |
| 469 |
reine.de.tout Sun, May 24, 2009 9:08:35am |
re: #463 Irish Rose
Goddessoftheclassroom.
I sent him an e-mail. He seemed OK to me when he wrote back.
| 471 |
sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:09:17am |
re: #460 American Sabra
I meant he gets criticized by the Republicans for the way he handled Israel.
And that was wrong because ,,,,,,?!?!?!?!?
| 472 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:09:32am |
re: #469 reine.de.tout
I sent him an e-mail. He seemed OK to me when he wrote back.
Maybe he partied to hardy in the pool last night.
| 473 |
American Sabra Sun, May 24, 2009 9:09:55am |
re: #471 sattv4u2
And that was wrong because ,,,,,,?!?!?!?!?
Of for Gawd's sake, did you even read the thread above it?
| 474 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:09:56am |
re: #467 sattv4u2
I'm 99% sure I read somewhere that it does NOT (read it when there was another "controversy" about a decision it had made)
Well, I think that that would be an end to that issue.
| 475 |
itellu3times Sun, May 24, 2009 9:10:16am |
re: #438 MandyManners
*psssst* Stop waiting.
*psssst*? No boom, just *psssst*?
Aw heck, there usually *is* an earth-shattering boom, and ABC ran a warning crawl across the bottom of the screen, but I think they ran it after the event, too.
| 477 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 24, 2009 9:10:28am |
re: #468 MandyManners
It's that "girl" and "man" thing.
Well, for the rest of my life, it's now psychologically associated with 2 year-olds in clip-on ties.
| 478 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:10:50am |
re: #444 Irish Rose
They're not afraid of free discourse and differing opinions, they just "know" (like the vast majority of right-wing fundamentalist elitists) that they're the only ones who are right. If you don't parrot their ideologies, then you're a misguided sinner and of no use to them.
I'm sure they're more than willing to offer spiritual counciling to the misguided and disenfranchised. Love the sinner, not the sin.
I know, I was sort of being rhetorical, I already had the answer. You just help confirm it. Sad.
| 479 |
austin_blue Sun, May 24, 2009 9:11:21am |
re: #445 alegrias
* * * * * *
Walter, I don't know. It's petty when either side does it, and Liberty is probably just a two bit school.When Harvard & Columbia Universities, supposedly truly ELITE & ENLIGHTENED, take federal dollars, and still prohibit ROTC (Reserve Officers Training C_______) on their leftist campuses...that's right in our faces.
By the way, Pres. Obama is considering nominating as a Supreme Court justice, Elena Kagan the Dean of Harvard U or its law school, who banned the ROTC from that hallowed school in the first place. How offensive is that to taxpayers and Americans who want to serve their country while in college?
Umm.... no. She didn't. Why would you continue to perpetrate a mistruth? The facts are easy to find. Here:
"Dean of Harvard Law School
Lawrence Summers appointed Kagan the first female dean of Harvard Law School in 2003.[4] She succeeded Robert C. Clark who had served as dean for over a decade. The focus of her tenure has been improving student satisfaction. Efforts include constructing new facilities and reforming the first year curriculum, as well as aesthetic changes and creature comforts, such as free morning coffee. She has been credited for employing a consensus-building leadership style which surmounted the school's previous ideological discord.
She also inherited a $400 million capital campaign, "Setting the Standard," in 2003. It ended in 2008 with a record breaking $476 million raised, 19% more than the original goal.[5] Kagan is also credited with overcoming ideological disputes among the Law School faculty that had hindered new faculty appointments. She has made a number of prominent new hires, increasing the size of the faculty considerably.[citation needed]
Her name was briefly mooted to replace Summers as president of Harvard.[4] During her deanship, Kagan supported a long-standing policy barring military recruiters from campus."
Recruiters, not ROTC. ROTC has *always* been an undergraduate program. I know because that's how I went to college before flying in the Air Force.
| 480 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:11:24am |
re: #475 itellu3times
*psssst*? No boom, just *psssst*?
Aw heck, there usually *is* an earth-shattering boom, and ABC ran a warning crawl across the bottom of the screen, but I think they ran it after the event, too.
I've never heard one from the shuttle but, I've never lived under its flight path.
| 481 |
Miss Trixie Sun, May 24, 2009 9:12:45am |
♪ ♬ Good morning {lizards!} ♬ ♪
A beeYOOOOOOOtiful day in the valley, my courtyard is cleaned up and my plants are thriving, we`ve terrorized the `hood and I`m thinking about a little lunch.
realwest *hugs* Glad to see you today and you sound chipper.
- New avatar, BTW - :D
| 482 |
Altermite Sun, May 24, 2009 9:12:58am |
re: #445 alegrias
* * * * * *
Walter, I don't know. It's petty when either side does it, and Liberty is probably just a two bit school.When Harvard & Columbia Universities, supposedly truly ELITE & ENLIGHTENED, take federal dollars, and still prohibit ROTC (Reserve Officers Training C_______) on their leftist campuses...that's right in our faces.
By the way, Pres. Obama is considering nominating as a Supreme Court justice, Elena Kagan the Dean of Harvard U or its law school, who banned the ROTC from that hallowed school in the first place. How offensive is that to taxpayers and Americans who want to serve their country while in college?
Liberty isn't just a two bit school. My campus isn't that far away from it- its possibly one of the most outwardly 'conservative christian' schools in the country. Their science faculty espouses creationism, IIRC, and I happen to know that they outright deny evolution. Their pre-med program isn't very successful. They consider themself part of the 'christian ivy league'.
Incidently, Harvard was not receiving federal funding while they prohibited recruiters from campus, although the law campus is receiving it now that they are allowing recruitment again. I don't know about columbia, but its important to get one's facts straight before lambasting a college for taking money while refusing recruitment.
| 483 |
realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 9:13:44am |
re: #453 Irish Rose
Good morning Irish Rose! Yes, Hoops was on earlier today - he was in a great mood - drinking some beer and getting ready to go off to the race!
Hope you're doing well.
| 484 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, May 24, 2009 9:14:39am |
Absolute truth belongs only to one class of humans ... the class of absolute fools.
— Ashley Montagu
If anyone says he knows the absolute truth, you can be sure he's fool of it.
| 486 |
laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 9:15:15am |
re: #483 realwest
Speaking of the Indy 500, I'm observing the lineup on Jalopnik and I think they might have made a mix-up on Row 4.
/snickering
| 487 |
lincolntf Sun, May 24, 2009 9:16:48am |
Indy 500 fans-
My racing ignorance is always a burden on days like today.
Couple questions: Should I be rooting for Helio Castanueves (sp?) because he beat the IRS?
Is Danica Patrick racing (I'm 98% sure she is) or is there another American driver that I can root for/expect to contend?
| 488 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:17:02am |
re: #476 occasional reader
Goin' sailin'. Later.
Must resist reference to Village People's In the Navy.
| 489 |
Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 9:17:22am |
Can someone give me a good reason for subscribing to Twitter?
I'm trying to find one and it just seems like another waste of time to me.
| 490 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:17:44am |
re: #489 Irish Rose
Can someone give me a good reason for subscribing to Twitter?
I'm trying to find one and it just seems like another waste of time to me.
Everybody is doing it.
| 491 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:17:54am |
re: #477 EmmmieG
Well, for the rest of my life, it's now psychologically associated with 2 year-olds in clip-on ties.
Oh, I remember those! Now he's moved on to the ones that zip up and the real deals.
| 492 |
laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 9:17:59am |
re: #489 Irish Rose
Can someone give me a good reason for subscribing to Twitter?
I'm trying to find one and it just seems like another waste of time to me.
I'm on it. :3 Same username.
/UNWARRANTED EGO BOOST MODE
| 493 |
sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:18:11am |
re: #473 American Sabra
Of for Gawd's sake, did you even read the thread above it?
Yes I did, you were equating Bibi's actions back then with Clitons and the critizism it generated for one an not trhe other. The problem with your analysis is that Bibi was (is) in charge of the country it's HAPPENING too, while Clinton was trying to broker a deal that would be disadvantagious to our closest ally in the region
| 494 |
lincolntf Sun, May 24, 2009 9:18:42am |
re: #489 Irish Rose
You could have just "tweeted" that and the whole world know how you felt.
I "twittered" once, on the evening of one of the Pres. debates. First and last time.
| 495 |
realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 9:18:46am |
re: #481 {Miss Trixie} Hey there gorgeous! *smooches* back to you! I'm doing ok I guess, and feeling chipper (though less so since I read about Liberty U. - I reckon if they don't receive Federal OR State funding then they don't have to allow academic free speech or any free speech if they choose not too).
Hope you're doing well - and Lil Miss, too!
And btw, THANK YOU for that new Avatar as well.
| 496 |
Truck Monkey Sun, May 24, 2009 9:19:24am |
re: #487 lincolntf
Indy 500 fans-
My racing ignorance is always a burden on days like today.
Couple questions: Should I be rooting for Helio Castanueves (sp?) because he beat the IRS?
Is Danica Patrick racing (I'm 98% sure she is) or is there another American driver that I can root for/expect to contend?
Hudson Hornet!
/
| 497 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:19:26am |
re: #479 austin_blue
It still sucks banning recruiters but, it's a private school.
| 498 |
Truck Monkey Sun, May 24, 2009 9:19:50am |
re: #489 Irish Rose
Can someone give me a good reason for subscribing to Twitter?
I'm trying to find one and it just seems like another waste of time to me.
All the cool kids are doing it.
| 499 |
Afrocity Sun, May 24, 2009 9:20:36am |
Good Sunday Lizards. I just wanted to let you know that I have a commemorative Memorial Day post up at my blog which is dedicated to my family and Lizards who served our country in the Military. I have several screen names up. If I have left out someone please let me know.
My nic is blue and links to the post.
| 500 |
Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 9:20:46am |
Well hell, I'll get right on it then.re: #490 Walter L. Newton
Everybody is doing it.
Well hell, I'll get right on it then!
/////
| 501 |
Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 9:21:24am |
re: #500 Irish Rose
Sometimes Ajax sux (gotta remember to shut that thing off when commenting)
| 502 |
alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 9:21:35am |
re: #479 austin_blue
Umm.... no. She didn't. Why would you continue to perpetrate a mistruth? The facts are easy to find. Here:
"Dean of Harvard Law School
Lawrence Summers appointed Kagan the first female dean of Harvard Law School in 2003.[4] She succeeded Robert C. Clark who had served as dean for over a decade. The focus of her tenure has been improving student satisfaction. Efforts include constructing new facilities and reforming the first year curriculum, as well as aesthetic changes and creature comforts, such as free morning coffee. She has been credited for employing a consensus-building leadership style which surmounted the school's previous ideological discord.
She also inherited a $400 million capital campaign, "Setting the Standard," in 2003. It ended in 2008 with a record breaking $476 million raised, 19% more than the original goal.[5] Kagan is also credited with overcoming ideological disputes among the Law School faculty that had hindered new faculty appointments. She has made a number of prominent new hires, increasing the size of the faculty considerably.[citation needed]
Her name was briefly mooted to replace Summers as president of Harvard.[4] During her deanship, Kagan supported a long-standing policy barring military recruiters from campus."Recruiters, not ROTC. ROTC has *always* been an undergraduate program. I know because that's how I went to college before flying in the Air Force.
* * * *
Thank you for your service. Off the top of my head I said Kagan was Dean of one OR the other at Harvard U.
Banning US military recruiters from Harvard or other "elite" US universities is offensive ON ITS FACE.
Your opinion of leftist management and CONTROL may differ.
| 503 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:22:16am |
re: #479 austin_blue
Austin. When alegrias mentioned ROTC, he was talking about ROTC recruiters, which everyone on this thread understood except you.
A bit of advice, when you post information, also post a link to that information so we can see where it came from. Sources and context is important to any bit of information.
| 505 |
VegasRick Sun, May 24, 2009 9:22:29am |
re: #486 laZardo
Speaking of the Indy 500, I'm observing the lineup on Jalopnik and I think they might have made a mix-up on Row 4.
/snickering
I don't see it.
| 506 |
Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 9:23:07am |
re: #499 Afrocity
That looks wonderful, I'm bookmarking it for later reading.
| 507 |
debutaunt Sun, May 24, 2009 9:23:23am |
re: #417 occasional reader
No, but it DOES have a Playboy logo sling. (I'm not kidding.)
Terrorism has a class clown?
| 508 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:23:24am |
re: #500 Irish Rose
Well hell, I'll get right on it then.
Well hell, I'll get right on it then!
/////
Good, you caught my sarcasm.
| 509 |
itellu3times Sun, May 24, 2009 9:23:42am |
re: #484 pre-Boomer Marine brat
If anyone says he knows the absolute truth, you can be sure he's fool of it.
Maybe.
| 510 |
babes Sun, May 24, 2009 9:23:43am |
Good day all - Rolling Thunder is in town today.
| 512 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:24:03am |
| 513 |
reine.de.tout Sun, May 24, 2009 9:24:13am |
re: #489 Irish Rose
Can someone give me a good reason for subscribing to Twitter?
I'm trying to find one and it just seems like another waste of time to me.
I subscribed AND NEVER USE IT.
| 514 |
austin_blue Sun, May 24, 2009 9:24:33am |
re: #452 Walter L. Newton
None taken. Lizards normally have thick skins. And like I said last night, if that review/performer I linked to was not about you, then again I'm sorry.
Other than that, I don't agree with anything you have posted, and I am still waiting for you to answer my and other questions.
So, start here. If you call yourself a fiscal conservative and a social liberal, and you voted for Obama, what policies of Obama do you NOT like?
May as well separate the wheat from the chaff first.
I wish the stimulus package could have been packaged differently. The idea was basically sound, a continuation of the Bush policies, but it smells bad. I have read as much as I can about the various bailouts, and as a layman, I am still somewhat confused. It appears that the problem is not the mortgages and commercial loans (which was the problem in the '86 crash which resulted in the S&L bailouts), but the various derivatives that were floated that were *based* upon the original loans. It was layer upon layer of risk that was piled on the banking system, and then insured by groups like AIG. So when the party ended, pretty much everybody was left holding various pieces of paper that were impossible to value. Hence the gridlock in loans. The sad thing, to me, was that the people who originally sold the suspect paper had already made their profits and were off stage, grinning.
I suppose we could have let everyone go bankrupt because the basis of "wealth" was fictional, but then where would we be? Could we really afford another shutdown of the world economy? I just don't know....
| 515 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:24:40am |
The stampede caused a fence to give way, killing five women, two teenagers and four men. Forty people were injured, eight of them seriously.
The victims were among 70,000 spectators at a concert by Moroccan pop star Abdelaziz Stati at the Hay Nahda soccer stadium in Rabat.
"An investigation is under way to establish the exact causes and circumstances of the incident," the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The concert was part of a week-long annual Mawazine music festival in Rabat which ended in the early hours of Sunday.
Mawazine is one of a growing number of well-funded music festivals aimed at promoting an image of tolerance and modernity in the Muslim north African kingdom.
SNIP
Moroccan Islamist politicians have denounced pop concerts as encouraging immoral behavior. They argue it would be better to spend the money to create jobs.
| 516 |
realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 9:25:30am |
re: #482 Altermite
"...but its important to get one's facts straight before lambasting a college for taking money while refusing recruitment." NO it isn't. As a general proposition, any college or University which receives Federal Funding and they refuses to allow the Armed Forces to recruit on campus, the same way they allow other businesses to recruit on campus, then my opinion is that that college or university should NOT receive Federal Funding. And Liberty U. isn't worth wasting my time over researching the issue.
Moreover, I find it hard to believe that Harvard wasn't receiving any government funding in say it's science department, doing research for, among others, the DoD. You have a link to that statement of fact that they weren't receiving Federal Funds of any type?
And finally remember the whole reason why I find it so abhorrent for a public school to teach ID/YEC in it's science department is because it is FUNDED by taxpayer dollars.
| 517 |
babes Sun, May 24, 2009 9:25:50am |
Vets and patriots on bikes - rolling from the Pentagon down Constitution Ave. -- just so that people don't forget.
| 518 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, May 24, 2009 9:26:48am |
re: #509 itellu3times
Maybe.
I once knew a fool who tried to become an art collector,
......... but he and his Monet were soon parted.
/sorry, it's a compulsive disorder
| 519 |
MacDuff Sun, May 24, 2009 9:26:48am |
re: #499 Afrocity
Good Sunday Lizards. I just wanted to let you know that I have a commemorative Memorial Day post up at my blog which is dedicated to my family and Lizards who served our country in the Military. I have several screen names up. If I have left out someone please let me know.
My nic is blue and links to the post.
As usual, a very beautiful an moving post from a wonderful and thoughtful individual.
| 520 |
Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 9:26:54am |
I have a blog and a MySpace, and they take up enough of my valuable time.
I just can't see the point in Twittering.
But perhaps I'm missing something.
| 521 |
laZardo Sun, May 24, 2009 9:27:29am |
re: #515 MandyManners
I will agree, unfortunately, that pop culture kills.
| 522 |
alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 9:27:30am |
re: #510 babes
Good day all - Rolling Thunder is in town today.
* * * *
Rolling Thunder was behind me on Route 50 in Virginia--between their Harley Davidson of Fairfax and Downtown DC destination.
Rolling Thunder was all over the Beltway.
| 523 |
VegasRick Sun, May 24, 2009 9:27:33am |
re: #517 babes
Vets and patriots on bikes - rolling from the Pentagon down Constitution Ave. -- just so that people don't forget.
On FOX right now. Cool!
| 524 |
sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:28:01am |
re: #514 austin_blue
I wish the stimulus package could have been packaged differently. The idea was basically sound, a continuation of the Bush policies,
No it wasn;t. You're confusing the "stimulus package" with the TARP program. TARP can be debated as needed or not to bolster the banking/ credit/ insurance industries.
"STIMULUS" is nothing more than 97% payback (kickbacks) for Obamas/ Democrats supporters pet projects
| 525 |
babes Sun, May 24, 2009 9:28:15am |
The mission of Rolling Thunder: The major function of Rolling Thunder®, Inc. is to publicize POW-MIA issues: To educate the public that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all previous wars and to help correct the past and to protect future veterans from being left behind should they become prisoners of war-missing in action.
We are also committed to helping American veterans from all wars.
| 526 |
avanti Sun, May 24, 2009 9:28:29am |
re: #496 Truck Monkey
Hudson Hornet!
/
I once drag raced with a Hudson Hornet coupe with Twin H power back in the old F stock class. I'd just go to the strip, race, win, pick up my trophy and go home. 308 cu flathead, 6 cylinder with 170 HP.
| 527 |
MandyManners Sun, May 24, 2009 9:29:29am |
re: #516 realwest
The latest news and notices from federal agencies;
Links to RFPs as they are introduced by specific agencies;
Links to federal agencies that have implemented Recovery websites;
Other relevant recovery information as it becomes available.
Once a specific RFP has been identified as a potential source of funds, please be in contact with your school's research administration team and Office of Sponsored Projects for pre-award processes related to these special programs. If you identify through your own sources related information that should be widely shared, please send it to Greg Llacer in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.
SNIP
| 528 |
babes Sun, May 24, 2009 9:29:33am |
re: #522 alegrias
I started seeing them on Friday on Constitution Ave and on the GW Parkway .. cool .. way cool.
| 529 |
sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:31:55am |
RE INDY
My mind isn't letting me recall the famous old sportswriter that said it, but at the beginning of that years race, in the press box, he looked at his fellow writers and stated
"gentlemen start your coffins"
| 530 |
VegasRick Sun, May 24, 2009 9:32:24am |
re: #518 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I once knew a fool who tried to become an art collector,
......... but he and his Monet were soon parted./sorry, it's a compulsive disorder
You gotta Gogh.
| 531 |
Irish Rose Sun, May 24, 2009 9:32:27am |
I'm out for the day, lizards.
Have good one!
| 532 |
realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 9:32:36am |
re: #499 Afrocity
Good morning Afrocity - just did a quick read of your article and I have three quick observations: a) minor very minor quibble, but Iron Fist was not in the Military b) there are a ton of lizards - or at least a hundred or more who served in uniform and c) although I loved what little I could read while quickly fact checking, as you requested, you should be aware that Memorial Day is NOT a day to honor Active Duty Troops nor veterans. It is a day to honor and remember those members of the Armed Forces who gave their lives in defense of America.
I, of course, have no qualms about anyone giving kudos to our Active Duty Military or to Veterans, but think the distinction is an important one.
And I want to thank you for posting that comment at your blog - I could tell how much emotion was put into it and how well written it was, too.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:33:13am |
re: #514 austin_blue
I wish the stimulus package could have been packaged differently. The idea was basically sound, a continuation of the Bush policies, but it smells bad. I have read as much as I can about the various bailouts, and as a layman, I am still somewhat confused. It appears that the problem is not the mortgages and commercial loans (which was the problem in the '86 crash which resulted in the S&L bailouts), but the various derivatives that were floated that were *based* upon the original loans. It was layer upon layer of risk that was piled on the banking system, and then insured by groups like AIG. So when the party ended, pretty much everybody was left holding various pieces of paper that were impossible to value. Hence the gridlock in loans. The sad thing, to me, was that the people who originally sold the suspect paper had already made their profits and were off stage, grinning.
I suppose we could have let everyone go bankrupt because the basis of "wealth" was fictional, but then where would we be? Could we really afford another shutdown of the world economy? I just don't know....
I'll take option two, let them go bankrupt, it's part of what happens in the business cycle, and the industry would have self-corrected, those boys like money and they would have figured out where they went wrong.
So, now we have all the makings of a Euro styled soft-socialism, that can now be built upon. Obama now has the government hands far enough into some major banks and business, and he will expand on this in the near future. Health care, fuel standards, carbon emissions and so on.
He will start stepping on your social liberalism when he starts telling you what you can smoke, what you can drink, what you can eat, what kind of car you should drive etc.
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sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:34:32am |
re: #533 Walter L. Newton
He will start stepping on your social liberalism when he starts telling you what you can smoke, what you can drink, what you can eat, what kind of car you should drive etc.
Coming soon to a GM dealrership near you !
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alegrias Sun, May 24, 2009 9:35:11am |
re: #528 babes
I started seeing them on Friday on Constitution Ave and on the GW Parkway .. cool .. way cool.
* * * *
I'm suprised motorcycles haven't been outlawed for environmental damage to the planet by Rep. Henry Waxman's UN-drafted 900 page cap & trade legislation.
Did anyone here see footage of that 900 page dawg being speed-read into the record? You couldn't understand a word! They didn't post it online, just tried ramming cap & trade through.
No Hawgs for you!
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Truck Monkey Sun, May 24, 2009 9:36:44am |
re: #533 Walter L. Newton
I'll take option two, let them go bankrupt, it's part of what happens in the business cycle, and the industry would have self-corrected, those boys like money and they would have figured out where they went wrong.
So, now we have all the makings of a Euro styled soft-socialism, that can now be built upon. Obama now has the government hands far enough into some major banks and business, and he will expand on this in the near future. Health care, fuel standards, carbon emissions and so on.
He will start stepping on your social liberalism when he starts telling you what you can smoke, what you can drink, what you can eat, what kind of car you should drive etc.
Creative destruction is essential in capitalism. Socialism subsidizes failing industries and companies. If we practiced socialism at the turn of the 1900's we would still have a buggy whip and buggy manufacturing industry.
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rollingdivision Sun, May 24, 2009 9:36:49am |
re: #533 Walter L. Newton
It's a matter of freedom. Empowering politicians and the government comes completely by taking away freedom of individuals. It is one of the truly zero sum games.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, May 24, 2009 9:37:07am |
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austin_blue Sun, May 24, 2009 9:37:20am |
re: #524 sattv4u2
I wish the stimulus package could have been packaged differently. The idea was basically sound, a continuation of the Bush policies,
No it wasn;t. You're confusing the "stimulus package" with the TARP program. TARP can be debated as needed or not to bolster the banking/ credit/ insurance industries.
"STIMULUS" is nothing more than 97% payback (kickbacks) for Obamas/ Democrats supporters pet projects
Well, if you mean the "shovel ready' projects, I suppose that could be argued. But from where I sit, it appears that a lot of the money is going to support unemployment benefits and health care programs within the various States, which would be otherwise have to be picked up by taxpayers within each State. A lot of the rest of the cash is going to infrastructure improvements like highways and public transit, and basic technological research, which has been sorely ignored by the Feds in recent administrations (both Dems and 'Pubs). I think the 97% number might be a little hyperbolic.....
| 540 |
realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 9:37:38am |
re: #527 MandyManners
Um, good afternoon Mandy! You had a [snip] at the end of that post - does that mean that there's more coming from you on that subject?
And forgive me, I'm trying to multi-task here and don't quite get the point of that comment. Sorry!
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babes Sun, May 24, 2009 9:37:41am |
Obama wasn't scheduled to meet them ---but was eventually was shamed into meeting them before he went off to Camp David. Last year, GW welcomed them with open arms!
| 542 |
VegasRick Sun, May 24, 2009 9:39:26am |
re: #538 pre-Boomer Marine brat
At least you didn't Picasso-so comeback for that one.
I'm gonna have to brush up on my art puns.
| 543 |
Afrocity Sun, May 24, 2009 9:40:42am |
re: #532 realwest
Good morning Afrocity - just did a quick read of your article and I have three quick observations: a) minor very minor quibble, but Iron Fist was not in the Military b) there are a ton of lizards - or at least a hundred or more who served in uniform and c) although I loved what little I could read while quickly fact checking, as you requested, you should be aware that Memorial Day is NOT a day to honor Active Duty Troops nor veterans. It is a day to honor and remember those members of the Armed Forces who gave their lives in defense of America.
I, of course, have no qualms about anyone giving kudos to our Active Duty Military or to Veterans, but think the distinction is an important one.
And I want to thank you for posting that comment at your blog - I could tell how much emotion was put into it and how well written it was, too.
Hi realwest. I am aware that Memorial Day is for fallen soldiers as opposed to Veteran's Day but I feel it necessary to mention the active ones because there is such a strong antagonism against our troops. I also don't know a ton of lizards except the ones I have interacted with. I will not remove Iron Fist because he has been my one of my LGF mentors and a soldier in the war against liberals and socialism. For me Memorial Day symbolizes my thoughts towards ALL of our troops, living, dead and retired. This is what it has meant for my family. However my posts, are about men who served who are dead.Just because one passes away at home after duty does not mean that his passing was not a long term effect of his duty.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, May 24, 2009 9:41:11am |
re: #542 VegasRick
I'm gonna have to brush up on my art puns.
Heh, I'm too mellow this AM, and anyway ... there's a new thread -->
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AuntAcid Sun, May 24, 2009 9:41:55am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:44:37am |
re: #539 austin_blue
Well, if you mean the "shovel ready' projects, I suppose that could be argued No ,, I meant EXACTLY what I said. Only 3% of the "stimulus" monies is scheduled to be spent this year. Please tell me what is stimulative about that? The economy is arguably rebounding already. If that trend continues into the 4th quarter, would you agree that the other "stimulus money" scheduled to be allocated in 2010 and 2011 be cancelled?
| 547 |
austin_blue Sun, May 24, 2009 9:44:58am |
re: #533 Walter L. Newton
I'll take option two, let them go bankrupt, it's part of what happens in the business cycle, and the industry would have self-corrected, those boys like money and they would have figured out where they went wrong.
So, now we have all the makings of a Euro styled soft-socialism, that can now be built upon. Obama now has the government hands far enough into some major banks and business, and he will expand on this in the near future. Health care, fuel standards, carbon emissions and so on.
He will start stepping on your social liberalism when he starts telling you what you can smoke, what you can drink, what you can eat, what kind of car you should drive etc.
I understand your qualms. Hopefully, what we will see happen is a recovery in various bank and auto stocks, now owned by the government, which can be sold at a profit to lay off the government spending that saved those companies in the first place. That is my understanding of the plan. I hope that is correct. The government shouldn't be in the business of micromanaging private firms. Rather, it should set up enough regulatory rules that prevents companies from selling unregulated financial instruments that got us into this cock-up in the first place.
| 548 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:45:31am |
re: #539 austin_blue
Well, if you mean the "shovel ready' projects, I suppose that could be argued. But from where I sit, it appears that a lot of the money is going to support unemployment benefits and health care programs within the various States, which would be otherwise have to be picked up by taxpayers within each State. A lot of the rest of the cash is going to infrastructure improvements like highways and public transit, and basic technological research, which has been sorely ignored by the Feds in recent administrations (both Dems and 'Pubs). I think the 97% number might be a little hyperbolic.....
let me explain "shovel ready projects." State and local governments have been using the same union based contractors and/or favored contractors for years. The money filtering down to these projects do not create NEW jobs. At least not any new jobs that help the average American. The same contractors get the money, they pay the same engineers and designers that they have had on employ forever, and that's what takes up most of the money. This doesn't open up any high level jobs to anyone.
And who gets the money at the bottom. The same Illegal workers who have been doing this work for years.
This money won't help NEW contractors and NEW engineers and NEW designers and NEW support personal.
It's a good old boy network, and Obama just opened the financial floodgates to feed them.
How does this stimulus create NEW jobs? It doesn't.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:47:05am |
re: #547 austin_blue
I understand your qualms. Hopefully, what we will see happen is a recovery in various bank and auto stocks, now owned by the government, which can be sold at a profit to lay off the government spending that saved those companies in the first place. That is my understanding of the plan. I hope that is correct. The government shouldn't be in the business of micromanaging private firms. Rather, it should set up enough regulatory rules that prevents companies from selling unregulated financial instruments that got us into this cock-up in the first place.
If you have to say "hopefully," then there is a problem.
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sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:47:46am |
re: #548 Walter L. Newton
Ahh ,,,, but there's the rub. Notice that The One changed the metrics from CREATE NEW JOBS to Create AND SAVE jobs. How the hell does one quantify IF a job was "saved" or not due to this crappola!?!?!
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realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 9:49:31am |
re: #543 Afrocity
"Just because one passes away at home after duty does not mean that his passing was not a long term effect of his duty." Very true indeed. One former LGFer, USMC 1968 passed away late last year from prostate cancer and there is a growing body of evidence that those of us who served in Vietnam contracted various cancers from exposure to Dioxin (the active ingredient in the defoliant Agent Orange - or Purple Haze - depending on the coloring the pilots used to enable them to see where the Dioxin was landing) and other factors.
But if a veteran has passed away, for causes completely beyond his/her service in the military, I have absolutely no quarrel at all in including them on Memorial Day.
And, of course, everyone is entitled to interpret Memorial Day and to honor those whom one chooses, but as the sole remaining survivor of my own little "band of brothers" and having lost family near and dear to my heart in war, I prefer to think of Memorial Day as day to honor all those who made the "ultimate sacrifice" for our Nation.
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MacDuff Sun, May 24, 2009 9:49:34am |
re: #537 rollingdivision
It's a matter of freedom. Empowering politicians and the government comes completely by taking away freedom of individuals. It is one of the truly zero sum games.
I was considering that very thing yesterday, but mainly in terms of the auto companies. Since I find writing cathartic, I spent a good part of the day venting my spleen on the subject.
It's very disturbing, indeed.
| 553 |
sattv4u2 Sun, May 24, 2009 9:51:49am |
re: #547 austin_blue
re: #549 Walter L. Newton
SHELL GAME ,,,,
The way that Obama has framed it now is like me saying i'm going on a diet and lost 100 pounds. The math I use is as follows.
I weigh 300 lbs and want to diet
Prior to the diet I was gaining 10 lbs a month, projection 90 lbs in 9 months
I lose 20 LBS
I also did not GAIN the 90 lbs
Total "LOSS AND SAVED ,,,,, 110 LBS
I now weigh 280 !
Obamath
| 554 |
realwest Sun, May 24, 2009 9:55:50am |
re: #547 austin_blue
Well
The government shouldn't be in the business of micromanaging private firms. Rather, it should set up enough regulatory rules that prevents companies from selling unregulated financial instruments that got us into this cock-up in the first place.
we could start by either eliminating or severely limiting the Community Reinvestment Act (first signed into law by Jimmy Carter, then "revitalized" by amendment signed by Bill Clinton). The CRA LITERALLY created the "Sub Prime Mortgage" which has broken so many people, mostly those it was intended to help in the first place and gave the financial markets another "toy" to play with.
| 555 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, May 24, 2009 9:57:56am |
re: #550 sattv4u2
Ahh ,,,, but there's the rub. Notice that The One changed the metrics from CREATE NEW JOBS to Create AND SAVE jobs. How the hell does one quantify IF a job was "saved" or not due to this crappola!?!?!
And that's what I said, in a more verbose way than you did, but, it comes down to the same thing. He's moved the target, and yes, maybe he is "saving" some jobs, but it the same "old boy" club that we have seen benefit from government handouts for ever.
And this money also filters through state employees hands, and they get a cut of the pie, managing the programs at the state level.
The bulk of this money will not create new jobs, it will simply maintain the honey pot for those beholden to the government.
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irongrampa Sun, May 24, 2009 10:01:24am |
re: #526 avanti
Heh-we used to have some guy at our local strip run an Opel station wagon in Q Stock do that.
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Altermite Sun, May 24, 2009 10:57:11am |
re: #516 realwest
"...but its important to get one's facts straight before lambasting a college for taking money while refusing recruitment." NO it isn't. As a general proposition, any college or University which receives Federal Funding and they refuses to allow the Armed Forces to recruit on campus, the same way they allow other businesses to recruit on campus, then my opinion is that that college or university should NOT receive Federal Funding. And Liberty U. isn't worth wasting my time over researching the issue.
Moreover, I find it hard to believe that Harvard wasn't receiving any government funding in say it's science department, doing research for, among others, the DoD. You have a link to that statement of fact that they weren't receiving Federal Funds of any type?
And finally remember the whole reason why I find it so abhorrent for a public school to teach ID/YEC in it's science department is because it is FUNDED by taxpayer dollars.
You may find it hard to believe, but they weren't. Harvard WAS NOT receiving federal funding. When they first banned recruiters, as part of their statement they acknowledged that they would no longer be accepting federal money. Harvard has a massive endowment, and they claimed that they would be relying on that.
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