Bad Idea of the Day: The Criminals’ Tour De France

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Those wacky, irrepressible French! What will they think of next? What could possibly go wrong?

NANTES, France (Reuters) – Close to 200 prisoners will cycle around France next month, watched by scores of guards on bicycles, in the first penal version of the Tour de France, authorities said Monday.

The 196 prisoners will cycle in a pack and breakaway sprints will not be allowed. They will be accompanied by 124 guards and prison sports instructors. There will be no ranking, the idea being to foster values like teamwork and effort.

“It’s a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison,” said Daniel, a 48-year-old prisoner in the western city of Nantes, at the official launch of the event. His last name was not given.

“If we behave well, we might be able to get released earlier, on probation,” he told reporters.

The prisoners’ Tour de France will take them 2,300 km (1,400 miles) around the country, starting in the northern city of Lille on June 4 and stopping in 17 towns, each of which has a prison. However, participants will sleep in hotels.

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434 comments
1 MandyManners  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:07:52pm

Too bad we can't send them some from GITMO.

2 MandyManners  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:08:31pm

Will they make sure their tires are inflated properly?

3 DEZes  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:09:53pm

This is the best idea since raw bread.

4 MandyManners  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:09:54pm

I bet Ayers loves this.

5 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:10:19pm

What will be the cost? Oh, who cares, it's all for a good cause.
/

6 MandyManners  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:10:26pm

Gotta' finish preparing the big dinner. bbl

7 MacDuff  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:10:26pm

It's amazing that even aged cultures seem to learn nothing from their experience.

8 DEZes  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:10:29pm

DOH. ;)

9 callahan23  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:10:36pm

How much is that extravaganza going to cost the French taxpayer?

10 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:10:47pm
Close to 200 prisoners will cycle around France next month, watched by scores of guards on bicycles,

That's nothing. That's not 1/100th the scrutiny that Lance Armstrong gets during a normal Tour.

11 DEZes  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:11:02pm

re: #9 callahan23

How much is that extravaganza going to cost the French taxpayer?

In dollars or crime waves?

12 Pvt Bin Jammin  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:11:02pm

What's next? Prison soccer teams.

13 dmandman  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:11:19pm

And they are providing fast escape vehicles....how kind.

14 Macker  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:11:39pm

Was this where the French were hoping they could send Lance to?

15 calcajun  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:12:05pm

The French version of "The Longest Yard"?

How will they check for doping, one wonders?

16 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:12:14pm

If someone is injured they'll probably sue the state.

17 Killgore Trout  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:12:19pm
It’s a kind of escape for us


Heh.

18 Macker  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:12:32pm

re: #15 calcajun

The French version of "The Longest Yard"?

How will they check for doping, one wonders?

The Nether Regions....

19 callahan23  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:12:48pm

re: #11 DEZes

In dollars or crime waves?

Both and the good will of the populace.

20 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:13:49pm

Papillion! ....

/just like to talk about my dog ...

21 Gearhead  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:13:58pm

A means of locomotion and a potential crowd to disappear into. Brilliant.

Why not add a marksmanship stage and give them each a weapon?

22 DEZes  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:14:36pm

re: #19 callahan23

Both and the good will of the populace.

Is hard to say, but rumor has it, next year they will have a formula 1 race.

23 pegcity  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:15:03pm
“It’s a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison,”

lol times a million

24 Kulhwch  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:15:24pm

"participants will sleep in hotels"?

What next, the Tour-de-Gitmo?

}:)     [OT: funnier still, see this evolution article.]

25 wrenchwench  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:15:31pm

I hope the guards have been training harder than the inmates.

26 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:15:36pm

re: #1 MandyManners

Too bad we can't send them some from GITMO.

We wouldn't want to do that. That might lead to an escape attempt. We need those terror goons locked up, not murdering people in another country.

27 pegcity  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:15:42pm

“It’s a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison,”

nope, no problem with that statement

28 MacDuff  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:15:51pm

re: #20 JacksonTn

Papillion! ....

/just like to talk about my dog ...

"I'm still here, ya bastards!" McQueen's greatest movie, IMO.

29 DEZes  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:15:53pm

re: #23 pegcity

lol times a million

Even the onion couldnt make this stuff up.

30 dmandman  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:16:23pm

re: #27 pegcity

Probably sounds better in French....more vowels

31 jantjepietje  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:16:50pm

Don't you people think this is going to be fun for those criminals. Ever tried cycling 200 km in a day for 3 weeks in a row? I'll take prison over the tour de France any day.

32 Charles Johnson  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:17:07pm

I notice that the psychos at the stalker blog now require registration to post comments. I had to laugh.

Anyone who gives personal information to those freaks should have their heads examined.

33 wrenchwench  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:17:09pm

Even the cyclists who get paid to ride in the Tour de France consider it torture.

34 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:18:02pm

re: #31 jantjepietje

Don't you people think this is going to be fun for those criminals. Ever tried cycling 200 km in a day for 3 weeks in a row? I'll take prison over the tour de France any day.

j(whateverelseisinyournic) .... at least with the cycling ... the only thing threatening to get near your a*** is the bike seat ... I would take cycling for 100 or 200 anyday ...

35 opnion  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:18:13pm

Leave it to the French, this is a great idea.
I played football against a prison team. There is a reason that they were always the home team.

36 Gearhead  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:18:14pm

On the other hand, give them each a pointy stick and a bag and let them clean along the route. I could support that.

37 pegcity  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:18:37pm

re: #32 Charles

how many LGF stalker blogs are their now?

38 dmandman  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:18:45pm

Maybe the winner can go to Eruo-Disneyland (if he is fast enough).

39 pegcity  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:19:23pm

re: #35 opnion

Leave it to the French, this is a great idea.
I played football against a prison team. There is a reason that they were always the home team.

Im pretty sure i saw that movie, i liked the original better.

40 sheepdog  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:19:23pm

“It’s a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison,”
Interesting choice of words

41 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:19:30pm

What's next .... COWBOY RODEOS? ....

/oh yeah ... we got em ...

42 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:19:30pm

re: #32 Charles

I notice that the psychos at the stalker blog now require registration to post comments. I had to laugh.

Anyone who gives personal information to those freaks should have their heads examined.

I'm guessing that when the registration window opened the users registered 15 times each, out of habit.

43 Charles Johnson  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:19:38pm

I doubt the prisoners are going to ride the same course as the real Tour -- somehow I can't picture a bunch of jailbirds and guards going up the Alpe d'Huez.

44 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:20:32pm

Seriously, Charles, I thought you made this up, and then I thought it was an Onion story.

45 Charles Johnson  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:21:27pm

Maybe the winner will get to wear the black and white striped jersey.

46 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:21:35pm

re: #28 MacDuff

"I'm still here, ya bastards!" McQueen's greatest movie, IMO.

MD ... Devil's Island ... now there is terrorist prison I could get behind ... hell yeah, let's ship em to the French ! ...

47 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:21:43pm

Add another entry to the 'What could possibly go wrong?' category...

For One Night, Baghdad Gets a Pink Zone

Change has certainly come to Baghdad. And it appears that includes the U.S. Embassy, where they are holding what the invitation says is the first-ever U.S. Embassy Gay Pride Theme Party next Friday at Baghdaddy's, which is the embassy employee association's pub.

"Come celebrate the start of Summer with color . . . and in costume!" the May 10 invitation says. "Dress in drag or as a gay icon. All are welcome." The invitation was attached to what was called an "All Hands Alerts" e-mail.

An embassy spokesman said by way of explanation: "This is an event organized and sponsored by a group of employees. Given the lack of places to meet in Baghdad, the embassy allows groups to use its social facilities for events on a first-come, first-served basis."

48 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:21:45pm

re: #41 JacksonTn

What's next .... COWBOY RODEOS? ....

/oh yeah ... we got em ...

Yeah, but they're - corralled.

49 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:22:12pm

Think positive, Charles.

If you don't expect trouble, Nantes such will happen.

50 opnion  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:22:48pm

re: #39 pegcity

Im pretty sure i saw that movie, i liked the original better.

It was interesting , you go into a big bullpen & the guards check all equipment & get a head count. On the way out they count again, they don't want one more leaving.

51 Perplexed  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:22:49pm

File this under a what were they thinking moment.

52 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:23:15pm

re: #49 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Think positive, Charles.

If you don't expect trouble, Nantes such will happen.

Is that a Bordeaux-line banning offense?

53 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:23:27pm

The French really want to play the fool, don't they? Surely they see the lunacy in this idea? Oui? Non?

54 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:23:32pm

re: #48 Catttt

Yeah, but they're - corralled.

Catttt ... I like them ... I was just joking ... but that guy in Urban Cowboy ... creep ... not the actor the character ... man did that movie start some weird cowboy stuff ... city slickers! ...

55 The Other Les  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:24:42pm

The French as a nation have a long history of insisting on being different and claiming it's a superior practice. A case in point is that at the beginning of the First World War is that while all other nations had adopted earth toned uniforms for their soldiers the French politicians INSISTED that their soldiers go into combat with the traditional dark blue coats and bright red trousers. As you can imagine this didn't work out well for the French Army. The French also had the best bayonets mounted on the worst rifle, but that's another story.

56 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:24:56pm

Will they wear full cycling gear?
Pads on their Nice?

57 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:25:15pm

re: #47 NJDhockeyfan

Add another entry to the 'What could possibly go wrong?' category...

For One Night, Baghdad Gets a Pink Zone

[facepalm] Like the sign says: "Expressing just how dumb that idea is with words just doesn't cut it".

58 ErkWit  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:25:22pm

I really don't give a damn about prisoners being given an opportunity like this as a reward for good behavior or whatnot. The main problem with an event like this is that it costs money and I have a feeling the prisoners aren't spending a dime. If you figure they have to pay extra wages for over a hundred guards and somehow obtain all the necessary equipment, food, and other travel expenses, this is gonna end up being a very expensive event put on for the sole enjoyment of individuals who would not have this opportunity if they had obeyed the law like the rest of us.

But it's France so in the long run I'll concentrate my attention on a rolling doughnut.

59 unrealizedviewpoint  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:25:26pm
The prisoners’ Tour de France will take them 2,300 km (1,400 miles) around the country, starting in the northern city of Lille on June 4 and stopping in 17 towns, each of which has a prison. However, participants will sleep in hotels.

What is wrong with France?

60 Gearhead  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:26:45pm

re: #56 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Will they wear full cycling gear?
Pads on their Nice?

I can't i-Maginot a worse idea.

61 Last Mohican  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:26:59pm

This little race is the best idea to come out of France since the Maginot line!

I like this part:

The 196 prisoners will cycle in a pack and breakaway sprints will not be allowed.
62 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:27:01pm

re: #47 NJDhockeyfan

Add another entry to the 'What could possibly go wrong?' category...

For One Night, Baghdad Gets a Pink Zone

And they talk about Gitmo being a jihadi recruitment tool. Are these people nuts?

63 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:27:11pm

re: #55 The Other Les

The French as a nation have a long history of insisting on being different and claiming it's a superior practice. A case in point is that at the beginning of the First World War is that while all other nations had adopted earth toned uniforms for their soldiers the French politicians INSISTED that their soldiers go into combat with the traditional dark blue coats and bright red trousers. As you can imagine this didn't work out well for the French Army. The French also had the best bayonets mounted on the worst rifle, but that's another story.

Be quiet. If we want your opinion, we'll poilu.

64 DEZes  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:27:17pm

Is this like Another 48 Hours movie?

65 Gearhead  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:27:34pm

re: #59 unrealizedviewpoint

What is wrong with France?

The French.

66 The Other Les  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:27:37pm

re: #12 Pvt Bin Jammin

What's next? Prison soccer teams.

I remember an episode of DRAGNET where someone committed a burglary in order to to be put back into prison in order to get on a prison baseball team.

67 MacDuff  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:27:47pm

re: #59 unrealizedviewpoint

What is wrong with France?

The French?

68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:28:00pm

re: #13 dmandman

"Goin' to the bathroom boss!"

"Rustle them bushes."

"Got any string?"

69 jantjepietje  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:28:19pm

re: #34 JacksonTn

j(whateverelseisinyournic) .... at least with the cycling ... the only thing threatening to get near your a*** is the bike seat ... I would take cycling for 100 or 200 anyday ...


Your ass is going to feel like it's worked with sandpaper after 2 days on top of that if your not properly trained your package so to say goes numb after 4 hours orso it will feel like when you sit on your leg for some time, you know that feeling? Now imagine that in your penis.
I'll still go for prison seriously

70 Velvet Elvis  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:28:38pm

Ya know, sometimes I get the feeling that the French are really foreign.

71 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:29:02pm

From hands-on-bars to handlebars
From being in chains to bicycle chains
From exercise breaks to handbrakes
From the pokey to the spoke-y
Watch the wheels of justice spin this summer at the Criminals Tour de France.

72 Ojoe  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:29:32pm

This lends new meaning to the term "Road Rash."

73 Racer X  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:29:55pm

Heh. Tony Stewart is eating crow right about now.

David Reutimann has won the Coca-Cola 600 on rain delay.

74 Idle Drifter  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:30:53pm

re: #43 Charles

Half would die of exhaustion.

75 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:31:46pm

re: #74 Idle Drifter

Half would die of exhaustion.

And that's just the guards.

76 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:31:53pm

Sorry for the early OT

U.N. Security Council Condemns North Korea's Nuclear Test

The council is demanding that North Korea abide by two previous resolutions, which among other things banned further nuclear tests and called for a return to six-party talks aimed at eliminating its nuclear program.

Tough words the UN...both are small in stature.

Good thing Kim Jong-il is only 5'3"...this just flew over his head.
/

77 DEZes  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:31:54pm

Inmate 15676 has taken the lead.
And inmate 16266 is on his tail.

78 IslandLibertarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:31:57pm

re: #71 Bloodnok

Well spoke-n.

/death to small punsters......

79 pat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:32:12pm

talk about drug testing

80 MacDuff  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:32:13pm

re: #70 Conservative Moonbat

Ya know, sometimes I get the feeling that the French are really foreign.

They're aliens from Remulak, which is a small town in France.

81 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:32:13pm

re: #71 Bloodnok

Bloodnok is Jesse Jackson!

82 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:32:36pm

re: #57 Dark_Falcon

[facepalm] Like the sign says: "Expressing just how dumb that idea is with words just doesn't cut it".

I like to think things are less dangerous for gays and that's why they are having a party. A lot of the militias are shut down, but there are still a lot of stone-age men with issues and knives and guns in Bagdad.

83 solomonpanting  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:32:36pm

Putting the "dope" in doping.

84 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:32:58pm

re: #81 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Bloodnok is Jesse Jackson!

LOL!

85 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:33:02pm

re: #68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Good. Someone got my "Cool Hand Luke" reference! Yay!

86 AuntAcid  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:33:07pm

French prisoners racing bicycles? Pass the Poupon, please...

87 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:33:12pm

re: #77 DEZes

Inmate 15676 has taken the lead.
And inmate 16266 is on his tail.

Inmate 14575 took a shortcut a few miles back and has not been seen since.

88 Ojoe  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:33:27pm

re: #55 The Other Les

With all that they still stopped the Huns at the Marne.

The WW1 French soldiers have great honor in my book.

89 Idle Drifter  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:34:24pm

re: #55 The Other Les

Don't forget the Chauchat.

90 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:34:27pm

re: #76 jorline

Sorry for the early OT

U.N. Security Council Condemns North Korea's Nuclear Test


Tough words the UN...both are small in stature.

Good thing Kim Jong-il is only 5'3"...this just flew over his head.
/

Man! Those UN guys are getting tough.
/

91 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:34:30pm

re: #61 Last Mohican

That's it - France IS The Onion.

92 screaming_eagle  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:34:42pm

If the criminals revolt- will the French goverment surrender to them?

93 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:35:06pm

re: #77 DEZes

Inmate 15676 has taken the lead.
And inmate 16266 is on his tail.

Frankly put.

94 Mr. In get Mr. Out  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:35:15pm

re: #76 jorline

There are a few things I'd use before the failed six-party talks.

95 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:35:41pm

Be funny if they were just making them ride bikes to the new secret "Supermax".

96 ROP?LOL  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:35:48pm

re: #76 jorline

Sorry for the early OT

U.N. Security Council Condemns North Korea's Nuclear Test

Dang it. If you do that again we'll have no choice but to issue a third resolution. Don't try us........


Good thing Kim Jong-il is only 5'3"...this just flew over his head.
/

Was that in the form of a resolution or a strongly worded letter?

97 VegasRick  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:35:48pm

re: #92 screaming_eagle

If the criminals revolt- will the French goverment surrender to them?

The French are revolting!

98 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:35:56pm

re: #92 screaming_eagle

If the criminals revolt- will the French goverment surrender to them?

nahh ,, the french gov't beat them to it. The gov't has been pretty revolting for decades !

////////////

99 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:36:30pm

re: #97 VegasRick

The French are revolting!

GMTA ,,,,

100 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:36:37pm

Well, the word parole is french in origin.

101 IslandLibertarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:36:37pm

re: #58 ErkWit

That's nothing.
Over here we take hundreds of thousands of taxpayer $$$ and dump it on a traditional sailing canoe so a few juvenile delinquents can have a learning moment.
I'm all for it, but not with taxpayer money.

102 quickjustice  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:36:52pm

re: #28 MacDuff

Sorry, but in this context, the McQueen movie of choice is "The Great Escape".

Announcing a new major French motion picture: "Great Escape: Part Deux." Break for the Swiss border, anyone?

103 VegasRick  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:37:18pm

re: #99 sattv4u2

GMTA ,,,,

Even the same sometimes!
/

104 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:37:19pm

re: #97 VegasRick

The French are revolting!

Of all de Gaulle, you sayin' that!

105 callahan23  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:37:36pm

re: #80 MacDuff

They're aliens from Remulak, which is a small town in France.

Seriously there is a real village named Borg close to the French and Luxembourg borders in Germany.

106 irongrampa  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:38:01pm

It's becoming increasingly difficult to separate parody from sincerity in this world.

Had to read that 3 times to realize this wasn't.

107 Racer X  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:38:11pm

Any word on who the sponsors of the race are?

108 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:38:13pm

re: #94 Mr. In get Mr. Out

There are a few things I'd use before the failed six-party talks.

Maybe the UN meant to say that someone will sit down and talk to Kim over a six-pack.

109 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:38:20pm

re: #89 Idle Drifter

Don't forget the Chauchat.

I won't. The Chauchat was the worst LMG of WWI and probably all time. The US Army was also stuck with it for a time (The Marines had better sense and went with the Lewis Gun), though by the end of the war the BAR was replacing it.

110 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:38:37pm

re: #107 Racer X

Any word on who the sponsors of the race are?

Chico's Bail Bonds?

111 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:38:38pm

The fleur de lis has a certain resemblance to a chicken's tail feathers.

112 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:38:42pm

re: #76 jorline

PIMF...word from the UN

113 dmandman  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:39:07pm

re: #105 callahan23
Sounds like they well assimilated Burgundians.

114 callahan23  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:39:19pm

re: #107 Racer X

Any word on who the sponsors of the race are?

Red Bull?

115 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:39:38pm

Sounds like a Jerry Lewis movie.

116 Mr. In get Mr. Out  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:39:55pm

I wonder how many guards will be patrolling the race. If the two-hundred criminals break out, they could be riding and raiding French villages for days.

117 DEZes  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:39:59pm

re: #107 Racer X

Any word on who the sponsors of the race are?

I heard of two, The Great Escape theater chain and the Getaway Club.

118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:40:21pm

re: #107 Racer X

"Bad Idea Jeans"?

119 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:40:35pm

re: #115 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sounds like a Jerry Lewis movie.

With Monty Python and Inspector Clouseau thrown in.

120 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:40:37pm

re: #96 ROP?LOL

Was that in the form of a resolution or a strongly worded letter?

The council said in a statement Monday that it will begin work immediately on a new legally binding resolution addressing North Korea's violations.

121 VegasRick  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:41:00pm

re: #104 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Of all de Gaulle, you sayin' that!

I like the new avatar. You and I registered (as Lizards) the same day, about an hour apart. Weird.

122 solomonpanting  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:41:13pm

Some French citizens along this Tour are so angry with the authorities that when these prisoners pass through their towns, in order to show their disaffection, citizens plan to protest by working on those days.

123 Shr_Nfr  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:41:28pm

Fads like this come in cycles you know.

124 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:41:32pm

re: #118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Bad Idea Jeans"?



...so I thought, "when am I ever going to come back to Haiti"?

125 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:41:33pm

re: #121 VegasRick

I like the new avatar. You and I registered (as Lizards) the same day, about an hour apart. Weird.

HA!
Had never noticed that.

/condolences

126 MacDuff  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:41:44pm

re: #118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Bad Idea Jeans"?

Jordrash?

127 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:41:59pm

Here's two of the guards...

128 VegasRick  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:42:05pm

re: #107 Racer X

Any word on who the sponsors of the race are?

Drug and Alcohol companies.

129 IslandLibertarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:42:06pm

re: #118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Bad Idea Jeans"?

De-Nimes,,,,,,,,

130 Racer X  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:42:27pm

re: #122 solomonpanting

Some French citizens along this Tour are so angry with the authorities that when these prisoners pass through their towns, in order to show their disaffection, citizens plan to protest by working bathing on those days.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

131 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:42:32pm

re: #123 Shr_Nfr

Fads like this come in cycles you know.

If they have flat tires, they will merely ride on the Rheims.

132 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:43:27pm

re: #124 Bloodnok

You get me....

133 screaming_eagle  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:43:32pm

re: #120 jorline

A a legally binding strongly worded letter?

134 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:45:24pm

re: #133 screaming_eagle

A a legally binding strongly worded letter?

Business as usual...all bark no bite!

135 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:45:28pm

re: #131 pre-Boomer Marine brat

If they have flat tires, they will merely ride on the Rheims.

They could always call Bicycle Repair Man.

Youtube Video
136 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:46:10pm

re: #122 solomonpanting

Some French citizens along this Tour are so angry with the authorities that when these prisoners pass through their towns, in order to show their disaffection, citizens plan to protest by working on those days.

It'll be a new experience for many of them.

137 The Other Les  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:46:24pm

re: #89 Idle Drifter

Don't forget the Chauchat.

I used that for the name of a ship in some bad fan fiction.

[Bad fan fiction? Isn't that redundant?]

138 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:46:39pm

Bad Idea Jeans

139 Racer X  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:46:42pm

"Wanna get away?"
- Southwest Airlines - sponsor of the Tour de Con

140 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:48:01pm

re: #138 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Bad Idea Jeans

So that was you that was clogging the bandwidth on that site a few minutes ago! Just watched it. Probably the best commercial parody they've ever done.

141 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:48:17pm

The Frenchmen are probably pretty good cyclists.
If Charles accepted the Châlons, he couldn't keep aBrest of the leader.
NorMandy, either.

/I need a life

142 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:48:28pm

Queen is talking to Adam Lambert. Seriously.

143 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:48:53pm

re: #62 Soona'

And they talk about Gitmo being a jihadi recruitment tool. Are these people nuts?

I believe homosexuality in Iraq is punishable by death. This should get interesting.

144 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:49:00pm

re: #122 solomonpanting

Some French citizens along this Tour are so angry with the authorities that when these prisoners pass through their towns, in order to show their disaffection, citizens plan to protest by working on those days.

LMAO!

145 itellu3times  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:50:29pm

If they want to pedal their asses around town, why not hook them to generators, a great new source of renewable energy.

146 DEZes  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:50:37pm

I have to bail.
Later lizards.
[Callahan}

147 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:51:23pm

re: #146 DEZes

Beautiful picture there. Night Z.

148 solomonpanting  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:51:24pm

re: #145 itellu3times

If they want to pedal their asses around town, why not hook them to generators, a great new source of renewable energy.

Re-cycle-able energy.

149 callahan23  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:51:36pm

re: #146

I have to bail.
Later lizards.
[Callahan}

Have a good one.
[DEZes}

150 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:52:05pm

re: #1 MandyManners

Too bad we can't send them some from GITMO.

Why not just enter them in the race and hope for the best? Ya know ..Pull a Castro/Carter on them?

151 Idle Drifter  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:52:41pm

re: #109 Dark_Falcon

I won't. The Chauchat was the worst LMG of WWI and probably all time. The US Army was also stuck with it for a time (The Marines had better sense and went with the Lewis Gun), though by the end of the war the BAR was replacing it.

I came across this youtube video of a Chauchat firing.


Youtube Video


I could swear the damn thing is flopping all over the place. Not as smooth as this Lewis Gun.

Youtube Video
152 NelsFree  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:52:48pm

re: #47 NJDhockeyfan

Given the lack of places to meet in Baghdad, the embassy allows groups to use its social facilities for events on a first-come, first-served basis."

They got that backwards.
/s

153 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:52:51pm

Alsace this again.
Lorraine will help the race go faster and safer.

154 itellu3times  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:53:31pm

re: #142 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Queen is talking to Adam Lambert. Seriously.

Kewl. Are The Monkees talking to Kris?

155 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:53:39pm

re: #135 NJDhockeyfan

What the hell!?

156 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:53:53pm

So the French are going to let prisoners bike race around a la the tour de France

I say we let the GITMO prisoners start swimming towards Miami as the 1st leg of the triathalon!

157 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:54:15pm

re: #144 Dark_Falcon

LMAO!

5,000+ karma! You like me, you really like me!

158 callahan23  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:54:15pm

re: #153 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Alsace this again.
Lorraine will help the race go faster and safer.

How did you know I live north of both of these regions?
;-)

159 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:54:21pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

So the French are going to let prisoners bike race around a la the tour de France

I say we let the GITMO prisoners start swimming towards Miami as the 1st leg of the triathalon!

I volunteer to chum the waters!

160 itellu3times  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:54:43pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

So the French are going to let prisoners bike race around a la the tour de France

I say we let the GITMO prisoners start swimming towards Miami as the 1st leg of the triathalon!

I suspect most of them are too dense to float.

161 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:55:05pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

So the French are going to let prisoners bike race around a la the tour de France

I say we let the GITMO prisoners start swimming towards Miami as the 1st leg of the triathalon!

satt ... oh, good one ... but you know at least one would touch land in Key West and he would be allowed to stay ... FREE!

162 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:55:09pm

re: #154 itellu3times

I think it'd be smart. The Paul Rodgers thing didn't work out very well. This would bring in Adam fans (can't believe I'm calling them fans) and old school Queen fans.

163 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:55:19pm

re: #139 Racer X

"Wanna get away?"
- Southwest Airlines - sponsor of the Tour de Con

It's the Tour de Cannes (plural)

164 Lincolntf  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:56:00pm

The French, what can ya' do? They're freaking French for crying out loud.
Psychopaths in tanks never stirred them to action, why should felons on bikes?

165 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:56:15pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

So the French are going to let prisoners bike race around a la the tour de France

I say we let the GITMO prisoners start swimming towards Miami as the 1st leg of the triathalon!

Excellent.

166 itellu3times  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:56:18pm

re: #162 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I think it'd be smart. The Paul Rodgers thing didn't work out very well. This would bring in Adam fans (can't believe I'm calling them fans) and old school Queen fans.

I'm underwhelmed by it, either way.

167 solomonpanting  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:56:42pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

So the French are going to let prisoners bike race around a la the tour de France

I say we let the GITMO prisoners start swimming towards Miami as the 1st leg of the triathalon!

That trip would be made even more difficult as each prisoner would be towing legal representation, in triplicate.

168 brookly red  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:56:43pm

re: #161 JacksonTn

satt ... oh, good one ... but you know at least one would touch land in Key West and he would be allowed to stay ... FREE!

/not if we point them south...

169 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:56:44pm

Wait! Can we have a distance swim from Gitmo? Guards in boats... prisoners in the water.... little bit of the old chum?

170 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:56:45pm

re: #152 NelsFree

Given the lack of places to meet in Baghdad, the embassy allows groups to use its social facilities for events on a first-come, first-served basis."

They got that backwards.
/s

You know perhaps the Congress should send a fact finder to this event. Perhaps congressman Frank would be interested. :D

171 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:56:59pm

re: #161 JacksonTn

satt ... oh, good one ... but you know at least one would touch land in Key West and he would be allowed to stay ... FREE!

Thats fine,, ,2nd leg of the triathlon is running ,,,,,,,, a nice jog through the Okefenokee swamp

172 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:57:32pm

re: #169 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sorry Sattv. Didn't see yours.

173 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:57:39pm

re: #155 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What the hell!?

First time seeing Bicycle Repair Man?

174 debutaunt  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:57:44pm

re: #46 JacksonTn

MD ... Devil's Island ... now there is terrorist prison I could get behind ... hell yeah, let's ship em to the French ! ...

Kayak races around Devil's Island.

175 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:58:11pm

re: #167 solomonpanting

That trip would be made even more difficult as each prisoner would be towing legal representation, in triplicate.

That just makes it better: Set out to lose a terrorist at sea, gain the additional bonus of losing three lawyers as well!

176 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:58:13pm

satt ... sweet ... chomp chomp ... gators got ya Tali ... Poke Salad! ...

177 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:58:21pm

re: #171 sattv4u2

Then they run through the red neckiest part of GA to finish it off?

178 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:58:24pm

For Memorial day and MY President:

Bush conducts US Marine Band

Youtube Video
179 callahan23  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:58:25pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

Deserves multiple up-dings!

180 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:58:52pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

So the French are going to let prisoners bike race around a la the tour de France

I say we let the GITMO prisoners start swimming towards Miami as the 1st leg of the triathalon!

How about swimming toward their own country....or Mecca?

181 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:58:52pm

re: #161 JacksonTn

satt ... oh, good one ... but you know at least one would touch land in Key West and he would be allowed to stay ... FREE!

Of course not. With the modified triathalon, if any swimmer makes it to Miami, the next phase would be climbing Chimney Rock without ropes.

182 Idle Drifter  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:58:56pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

So the French are going to let prisoners bike race around a la the tour de France

I say we let the GITMO prisoners start swimming towards Miami as the 1st leg of the triathalon!

Someone order 3000 lbs of chum?

183 solomonpanting  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:59:08pm

re: #45 Charles

Maybe the winner will get to wear the black and white striped jersey.

And all of the losers receive an iPod of Obama speeches.

184 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:59:27pm

re: #158 callahan23

How did you know I live north of both of these regions?
;-)

That's Nassau I know!

/wanting to hide his secrets, callahan Bonns pBMb at the stake

185 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 3:59:46pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

So the French are going to let prisoners bike race around a la the tour de France

I say we let the GITMO prisoners start swimming towards Miami as the 1st leg of the triathalon!

re: #171 sattv4u2

Thats fine,, ,2nd leg of the triathlon is running ,,,,,,,, a nice jog through the Okefenokee swamp

3rd and final leg is the bike riding. I say 4 trips back and forth from Bayonne New Jersey to Harlem late at night with cycle suits made out of $100 bills

186 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:00:03pm

Now, for the Memorial Day grilling.

Later taters!

187 callahan23  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:02:33pm

re: #184 pre-Boomer Marine brat

That's Nassau I know!

/wanting to hide his secrets, callahan Bonns pBMb at the stake

Oh, you're keeling me pundidly.

188 quickjustice  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:03:18pm

re: #161 JacksonTn

Sorry to break it to you, but that law only applies to Cubans! Now if the French refugees stopped by some of the bed and breakfasts in Key West to whip up some French cuisine . . .

189 Lincolntf  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:03:51pm

Just sucked down mad quantities of ribs, potato salad and beer.
Time to go groggily listen to (somewhat cheesy) Patriotic music on YouTube, etc.
Happy Memorial Day and fond remembrances to all.

190 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:04:28pm

re: #32 Charles

I notice that the psychos at the stalker blog now require registration to post comments. I had to laugh.

Anyone who gives personal information to those freaks should have their heads examined.

Are the doofuses who run the place worried they are going to get spammed with pro-lgf/Charles sockpuppets?

191 quickjustice  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:04:44pm

re: #185 sattv4u2

Sorry, but thanks to Giuliani, Harlem now is safe. Now a bike trip through North Philly . . .

192 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:05:00pm

Well, I have not gotten this in my head and cannot get it out .... suffer along ...

POKE SALAD ANNIE ... BABY!

Youtube Video

Chomp Chomp!

193 Truck Monkey  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:05:12pm

re: #154 itellu3times

Kewl. Are The Monkees talking to Kris?

Hermans Hermits.

194 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:05:46pm

re: #191 quickjustice

Sorry, but thanks to Giuliani, Harlem now is safe. Now a bike trip through North Philly . . .

Or East St Louis,,,,, or detroit ,,,,

195 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:05:49pm

re: #138 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Bad Idea Jeans

*HARRUMPH*

/ stomps off in disgust. ;)

196 Truck Monkey  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:07:51pm

re: #175 Dark_Falcon

That just makes it better: Set out to lose a terrorist at sea, gain the additional bonus of losing three lawyers as well!

What do you call 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
A good start!

197 irongrampa  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:08:40pm

Puns on these threads seem to come in cycles.

198 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:08:50pm

A serious Memorial Day post, before I head out for the evening:

Up Front, Bill Mauldin. This is a 2000 hardcover reprint, $16.47 on Amazon.
(Use Charles' Amazon link on the Info/Tools menu, if you want to buy it.)

I have the original 1945 edition. Using Amazon's "search inside" tool, this reprint looks like an exact reproduction -- original font and everything.

Mauldin was a cartoonist for Stars & Stripes during WWII. The book covers the Italian and southern France campaigns. His cartoons and commentary give a first-hand, poignant, look at the common soldier's life.

It's a classic.

199 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:09:27pm

U.N. Security Council Condemns North Korea's Nuclear Test

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Well shiver me timbers?

200 solomonpanting  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:09:55pm

re: #197 irongrampa

Puns on these threads seem to come in cycles.

All come with a certain spin as well.

201 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:10:19pm

re: #197 irongrampa

Puns on these threads seem to come in cycles.

(rimshot)

202 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:10:46pm

re: #200 solomonpanting

All come with a certain spin as well.

They are always just so much fluff.

203 Throbert McGee  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:10:53pm

"The 196 prisoners will cycle in a pack and breakaway sprints will not be allowed."

This reminded me of a scene where Laurel and Hardy are in a military prison, and Ollie stumbles across a tunnel that another prisoner has dug (I think the movie was The Flying Deuces, but it's been a while). Anyhew:

Ollie: A tunnel! This is our chance to escape!
Stan: Oh... [scratching head and blinking] ...are we ALLOWED to do that?
[Ollie smacks him; crying ensues]

204 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:10:56pm
The Sentinel's Creed are the 99 words we live by. The words bring vast emotions to the surface when spoken by a Sentinel. We tend to stand a little taller, back a little straighter and our head just a little higher. These words capture the true meaning of why we are Tomb Guards. When ever a Tomb Guard salutes a commissioned officer, they always say in a loud voice:

"Line Six, Sir!"

Line Six of the Creed

Surrounded by well meaning crowds by day,
Alone in the thoughtful peace of night,
This soldier will in honored glory rest
Under my eternal vigilance.

Sentinels Creed

My dedication to this sacred duty
Is total and whole-hearted.
In the responsibility bestowed on me
Never will I falter.
And with dignity and perseverance
My standard will remain perfection.
Through the years of diligence and praise
And the discomfort of the elements,
I will walk my tour in humble reverence
To the best of my ability.
It is he who commands the respect I protect,
His bravery that made us so proud.
Surrounded by well meaning crowds by day,
Alone in the thoughtful peace of night,
This soldier will in honored glory rest
Under my eternal vigilance.

205 Dr. Shalit  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:10:57pm

La France -

Cest "kidding" - oui o non?

-S-

206 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:11:26pm

Alaskans Adjust to Life Without 'Uncle Ted'
Alaskans are taking a hit without Ted Stevens in the Senate, with the state seeing cuts in everything from missile defense to public works.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

I think you file that under: Be careful what you wish for?

207 kynna  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:11:26pm

Maybe they got this idea from Grenland's prison system. A country where you're more likely to be a victim of violent crime than not. Can't say the idea works all that well.

208 kynna  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:12:02pm

re: #207 kynna

Erm ... that would be Greenland, of course.

*blushes*

209 pink freud  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:13:32pm

re: #204 jorline

Thank you, jorline. I just saw that at the end of Fox's roundtable. I was going to look it up myself; appreciate you posting it.

(Baier is doing an admirable job if filling Brit Hume's shoes, the kid is first rate.)

210 quickjustice  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:13:32pm

re: #199 Nevergiveup

From the major motion picture "Team America: World Police", an example of how the U.N. deals with North Korea:

Kim Jong Il: Hans Brix? Oh no! Oh, herro. Great to see you again, Hans!
Hans Blix: Mr. Il, I was supposed to be allowed to inspect your palace today, but your guards won't let me enter certain areas.
Kim Jong Il: Hans, Hans, Hans! We've been frew this a dozen times. I don't have any weapons of mass destwuction, OK Hans?
Hans Blix: Then let me look around, so I can ease the UN's collective mind. I'm sorry, but the UN must be firm with you. Let me in, or else.
Kim Jong Il: Or else what?
Hans Blix: Or else we will be very angry with you... and we will write you a letter, telling you how angry we are.
Kim Jong Il: OK, Hans. I'll show you. Stand to your reft.
Hans Blix: [Moves to the left]
Kim Jong Il: A rittle more.
Hans Blix: [Moves to the left again]
Kim Jong Il: Good.
[Opens up trap, Hans falls in]

211 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:14:06pm

re: #199 Nevergiveup

U.N. Security Council Condemns North Korea's Nuclear Test

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Well shiver me timbers?



"a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution banning them and said it will start work immediately on a new one that could result in stronger measures

And if that fails, the UN will put them on super double secret probation

212 hazzyday  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:14:15pm

OT: California 42 billion in the red

Caifornia 21 Billion stimulus package

Am I just being stupid here and all these politicians brilliant? It doesn't add up to me. So the Governor has to slash budgets and cut jobs, then US fed tax receipts from all US taxpayers are redirected to "needy?" areas? Isn't this basically robbing Peter to pay Paul. Reparations to the Democrats and their friends while they wreck the rest of the economy? The stimulus package is a recipe for a disaster if this is how it goes down. It's basically an inside fire sale. A ponzi scheme.

It's like living on a budget at home and suddenly losing your job and saying lets have one big last splurge and go to disneyland before we go broke. We can worry about paying for it later. We will end up with the Chinese land purchase of 2012. Where everything West of the Mississippi becomes property of China.

213 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:14:30pm

Here's some insanity from San Diego...

...A San Diego pastor and his wife claim they were interrogated by a county official and warned they will face escalating fines if they continue to hold Bible studies in their home. The couple, whose names are being withheld until a demand letter can be filed on their behalf, told their attorney a county government employee knocked on their door on Good Friday, asking a litany of questions about their Tuesday night Bible studies, which are attended by approximately 15 people.

“’Do you have a regular weekly meeting in your home? Do you sing? Do you say “amen”?’ the official reportedly asked. ‘Do you say, “Praise the Lord”?’ The pastor’s wife answered yes. She says she was then told, however, that she must stop holding ‘religious assemblies’ until she and her husband obtain a Major Use Permit from the county, a permit that often involves traffic and environmental studies, compliance with parking and sidewalk regulations and costs that top tens of thousands of dollars. And if they fail to pay for the MUP, the county official reportedly warned, the couple will be charged escalating fines beginning at $100, then $200, $500, $1000, ‘and then it will get ugly’.

214 Randall Gross  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:14:59pm

re: #142 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Queen is talking to Adam Lambert. Seriously.

Now that is very cool, do you have a link to the story?

215 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:15:46pm

re: #211 sattv4u2


"a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution banning them and said it will start work immediately on a new one that could result in stronger measures

And if that fails, the UN will put them on super double secret probation

amd if THAT doesn't work they'll send Kim Jomg il to bed without dessert

216 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:16:04pm

Sorry to Derailleur enthusiasm, but some of you don't have your gear in order.

217 pink freud  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:16:13pm

re: #213 NJDhockeyfan

Here's some insanity from San Diego...

...sounds like it's already gotten ugly.

No surprise coming from California.

218 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:16:55pm

Calf in Colorado born with 7 legs, 2 spines

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. - It's an unlucky No. 7 for a calf born with a few extra legs in Colorado.

The Steamboat Pilot & Today of Steamboat Springs reports that a veterinary hospital helped deliver a seven-legged calf Thursday.

The staff at the Steamboat Veterinary Hospital said the Black Angus calf, which was delivered by cesarean section, had two spines but one head. One leg also had two hooves.

The calf lived for only about 10 minutes.

219 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:17:35pm

re: #218 FurryOldGuyJeans

Calf in Colorado born with 7 legs, 2 spines

I suddenly have the urge for Veal Parmagian

220 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:17:35pm

re: #215 sattv4u2

amd if THAT doesn't work they'll send Kim Jomg il to bed without dessert

Actually it sounds to me like Little Kim is in bed already and the for all intent and purpose the hard liners in the Military have taken over.

221 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:18:35pm

Be careful lizards...

Iguana trapper making headway

MARCO ISLAND, FL--Experts say an iguana problem on Florida's Marco Island is getting better.

However, according to a final report from the city's environmental specialist, trapping needs to continue.

Six months ago the city hired a trapper on a trial-basis to catch and kill invasive iguanas.

222 Ojoe  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:18:57pm

OT
May the politicians and financial big shots responsible for tanking the economy rot in hell.

223 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:19:26pm

re: #222 Ojoe

OT
May the politicians and financial big shots responsible for tanking the economy rot in hell.

We're gonna need a bigger hell !

224 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:19:35pm

re: #142 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Queen is talking to Adam Lambert. Seriously.

I've never watched that show, but I know who that is from the news - then watched some of his videos. He's a hottie - and a natural for Queen.

225 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:19:38pm

re: #221 NJDhockeyfan

Be careful lizards...

Iguana trapper making headway

Iguana throw up!
*running for the bathroom*

226 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:20:01pm

re: #222 Ojoe

OT
May the politicians and financial big shots responsible for tanking the economy rot in hell.

Ojoe ... what up Ojoe? ... just open your financial statement? ...

227 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:20:10pm

re: #222 Ojoe

OT
May the politicians and financial big shots responsible for tanking the economy rot in hell.

Is hell big enough?

228 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:20:24pm

If the man is so disgusted with his films, why make 'em?

Sam Raimi insists film world is not glamorous

Sam Raimi is disgusted by his films.

The movie director—whose latest horror film "Drag Me to Hell" stars Alison Lohman, Lorna Raver and Justin Long—is appalled by the extreme effects needed to keep the audience entertained these days.

He said: “Alison Lohman swallowed a lot of fluids on this movie. It’s disgusting what the audience wants nowadays. It’s really sad. I am ashamed and embarrassed by the crowd these days.”

The 49-year-old director—who is also behind the ‘Spider-Man’ trilogy—insists that nothing about the film industry is glamorous.

229 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:20:33pm

re: #209 pink freud

Thank you, jorline. I just saw that at the end of Fox's roundtable. I was going to look it up myself; appreciate you posting it.

(Baier is doing an admirable job if filling Brit Hume's shoes, the kid is first rate.)

That's where I saw and was moved to post it. I didn't know about Line Six.
My son just returned from his 8th grade DC trip this past Friday...I'm glad he was able to visit Arlington and The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

230 quickjustice  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:20:50pm

All the North Korean nuke will do is spur a nuclear arms race in the region. The Japanese and South Koreans also will go nuclear if Obama doesn't intervene aggressively. I'm not counting on Obama doing anything of the sort.

Same holds true for the Persian Gulf. The Sunni nations will scramble for their own nukes as the radical Iranian Shiites get their bomb. It's actually an opportunity for the Israelis if they play their cards right.

231 Ojoe  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:21:03pm

re: #212 hazzyday

There does not seem to be any building design work in my part of California right now. So there won't be many construction jobs a few months out. It is a disaster.

232 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:21:30pm

Arrrgh. Overstock is tempting me with Memorial Day Sale e-mails with rug pictures!

233 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:21:43pm

re: #217 pink freud

...sounds like it's already gotten ugly.

No surprise coming from California.

And the shoving will probably work, too. Most people have to give in when the county pushes at them. Pushing back often fails and is very expensive.

234 Ojoe  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:22:07pm

re: #226 JacksonTn

No work at the moment. Of course, the weather is chewing up buildings all the time so a backlog is developing. That is the bright view.

235 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:22:47pm

re: #232 Catttt

Arrrgh. Overstock is tempting me with Memorial Day Sale e-mails with rug pictures!

You're in the market for a toupee'?

236 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:22:58pm

Janitors cleaning up crime now:

Helpful NY janitor holds cop's gun during arrest

NEW YORK - A New York janitor found himself holding a policeman's gun when the officer needed a free hand to handcuff a suspect.

The handoff happened at the end of a wild chase through Manhattan on Friday.

Police spent an hour trying to collar a motorist who struck a taxi and a jogger, then fled on foot after hitting a van.

237 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:23:00pm

re: #230 quickjustice

All the North Korean nuke will do is spur a nuclear arms race in the region. The Japanese and South Koreans also will go nuclear if Obama doesn't intervene aggressively. I'm not counting on Obama doing anything of the sort.

Same holds true for the Persian Gulf. The Sunni nations will scramble for their own nukes as the radical Iranian Shiites get their bomb. It's actually an opportunity for the Israelis if they play their cards right.

The spread of Nukes amongst the rabble of the middle east is no good for anyone, Israel included.

238 quickjustice  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:23:01pm

re: #231 Ojoe

There's enough construction money in the pipeline in NYC to keep the trades busy for another six months. Then it all runs out. In 18 months, the "stimulus" runs out, and everything in the state and federal governments hits the wall.

239 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:23:42pm

re: #228 FurryOldGuyJeans

Maybe it's just silly me, but "Alison Lohman swallowed a lot of fluids on this movie" is a loaded statement, imho.

240 Ojoe  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:23:51pm

re: #238 quickjustice

Yep.

241 Bucky Katt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:23:53pm
“It’s a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison,” said Daniel

Oh....I'm sure it is. Question is how many of these miscreants will be on a "break away" and not in cycling sense either.

242 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:23:58pm

re: #235 sattv4u2

You're in the market for a toupee'?

You sure want your eyes clawed out with such a catty remark. ;)

243 avanti  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:24:10pm

re: #213 NJDhockeyfan

Here's some insanity from San Diego...

Be careful with worldnet daily stories like that. Chance are, a little digging would probably show the "Bible study" in their home with singing and the rest was a church in a residential neighborhood. The last one reported like that turned out with church goers parking on the lawn, and organ music early on Sunday mornings.

244 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:24:33pm

re: #235 sattv4u2

You're in the market for a toupee'?

lmao...I was thinking the same thing. I need one with velcro...damn wind.

245 quickjustice  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:24:35pm

re: #237 Nevergiveup

The Israelis already have their bombs. If the Arabs are smart, they'll broker a secret deal for Israeli nuclear protection from the Iranians. On that, their interests are allied.

246 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:24:49pm

Heading out for the evening now.
(Those with digestive upset can relax and heal.)

*Salute* to all those who served at home, supporting us in the field by doing your part to maintain our nation.

We needed you.

247 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:24:57pm

re: #244 jorline

lmao...I was thinking the same thing. I need one with velcro...damn wind.

I have an industrial stapler!

248 Vicious Babushka  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:25:12pm

I made grilled London Broil, tossed salad and corn on the cob for Memorial Day, and raised a toast to Uncle Ike.

249 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:25:15pm

re: #245 quickjustice

The Israelis already have their bombs. If the Arabs are smart, they'll broker a secret deal for Israeli nuclear protection from the Iranians. On that, their interests are allied.

OK THAT I can go along with.

250 ArrowSmith  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:25:47pm

re: #243 avanti

Be careful with worldnet daily stories like that. Chance are, a little digging would probably show the "Bible study" in their home with singing and the rest was a church in a residential neighborhood. The last one reported like that turned out with church goers parking on the lawn, and organ music early on Sunday mornings.

Yup in the end it's just a zoning violation. But you can count on the thumpers to turn it into something horrible.

251 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:26:08pm

MORE KIDS FOR ‘MULLAH LIGHT’

MAD mullah Omar Bakri Mohammed has gone on a crash diet so he can breed more “jihadi” recruits.

The amorous cleric is planning a “summer of loving” with his second wife, Lebanese beauty Ruba, in a bid to get her pregnant.

And Bakri, left, has slimmed down from 20st to 13st to improve his chances of becoming a dad again.

Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star Sunday, he said: “Inshallah (God willing), I will have more children.

“My wife is still young and we would like to start a family together.”

The 50-year-old father-of-six is now shacked up with Ruba, 26, and his ten-year-old son Bilal in his new bolthole in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.

But he added: “Unlike what you might have read my second wife is not a model.

“She wears a niqab and a burkha – she covers her face. My first wife never did that. Life in Lebanon is good for me. I have everything I need – my wife, my supporters and the freedom to spread Islam.”

Bakri shocked his supporters when he dumped his first wife Hanah, 48, the mother of his six children, last year.

New wife Ruba is a year younger than his daughter Yasmin Fostok, 27, who outraged her family last year when she was exposed for having a £4,000 boob job and for working as a pole dancer.

A pal said: “His dream is to produce more children, all committed to following his jihadi cause.”

...He was exiled to Lebanon in 2006 after costing British taxpayers £300,000 while he raised his family here on hand-outs.

Last month, the Daily Star Sunday revealed Bakri spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash setting himself up in a luxury Lebanese apartment when he fled the UK in 2006.

252 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:26:12pm

Is this one of those "if you treat them like great people they will act like great people" social experiments? Sort of like what the hippies suggest for 2 year olds? It doesn't work with 2 year olds, either.

253 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:26:25pm

re: #246 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Heading out for the evening now.
(Those with digestive upset can relax and heal.)

*Salute* to all those who served at home, supporting us in the field by doing your part to maintain our nation.

We needed you.

pbmb ... ha ha ... I either just reported your post or hearted it ... I went back and updinged tho .... no ... I am not drinking beer ...

254 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:26:27pm

re: #233 Dark_Falcon

The above post should be disregarded. The story ultimately tracks back to Weird Nut Daily, and thus should be ignored as craziness.

255 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:26:32pm

re: #246 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Heading out for the evening now.
(Those with digestive upset can relax and heal.)

*Salute* to all those who served at home, supporting us in the field by doing your part to maintain our nation.

We needed you.

Good night pBMb...I like the avatar.

256 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:27:01pm

re: #235 sattv4u2

You're in the market for a toupee'?

Har de har har. ;p

I'm a rug freak, and they know it, darn their eyes. I had a roomie whose BF's family had a rug business (they're Persian), and I got spoiled.

257 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:27:05pm

re: #213 NJDhockeyfan

Here's some insanity from San Diego...

Reality as we know it is breaking down. Is Stephen King secretly writing official policy now?

258 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:27:16pm

re: #247 sattv4u2

I have an industrial stapler!

Ouch

259 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:27:37pm

re: #244 jorline

lmao...I was thinking the same thing. I need one with velcro...damn wind.

I knew someone would post that. I did.

260 quickjustice  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:27:59pm

re: #213 NJDhockeyfan

If it was a few people in a home, then the authorities are out of line. If it's a large crowd violating residential zoning, then they're going to have to find another location that doesn't disturb the neighbors.

261 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:28:00pm

re: #253 JacksonTn

pbmb ... ha ha ... I either just reported your post or hearted it ... I went back and updinged tho .... no ... I am not drinking beer ...

heh
no problem, and thanks

262 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:29:04pm

re: #255 jorline

Good night pBMb...I like the avatar.

I have a patch like that, bought in Yokosuka, circa '64/65

263 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:29:34pm

Gone now

264 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:29:51pm

re: #256 Catttt

Har de har har. ;p

I'm a rug freak, and they know it, darn their eyes. I had a roomie whose BF's family had a rug business (they're Persian), and I got spoiled.


So is Mrs SATTV. I spent a LOT of serious cash on the hardwood floors in our entry hal, l dining room, and sitting room for her to cover about 80% of them with rugs!

GGGRRRRR (I often roll them up and hide them for awhile)

265 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:30:12pm

Postal carrier gets probation for hiding mail
May. 21, 2009 10:44 AM
Associated Press

DETROIT - A Michigan postal worker who hid thousands of pieces of mail in a storage unit has been placed on probation for two years.

Jill Hull appeared in federal court in Detroit Thursday, three months after pleading guilty to deserting the mail, a misdemeanor.

266 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:30:47pm

re: #265 FurryOldGuyJeans

Postal carrier gets probation for hiding mail
May. 21, 2009 10:44 AM
Associated Press

NEWMAN


///channeling Seinfeld

267 John Neverbend  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:31:05pm

re: #211 sattv4u2


"a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution banning them and said it will start work immediately on a new one that could result in stronger measures

And if that fails, the UN will put them on super double secret probation

And if that fails, the UN will get....the comfy chair.

268 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:31:46pm

The more I think about N Korea, the only way to stop them is for Japan to publicly and very loudly declare itself a Nuclear Power. That is about the only thing that might push the Chinese to take action against N Korea. China could stop N Korea tomorrow, and a Nuclear Aggressive Japan might just scare them enough to do that.

269 jorline  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:32:18pm

re: #262 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I have a patch like that, bought in Yokosuka, circa '64/65

I lived at Kanto Mura and Tachikawa in the mid 60's.

270 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:32:30pm

re: #265 FurryOldGuyJeans

Postal carrier gets probation for hiding mail
May. 21, 2009 10:44 AM
Associated Press

Paid Probation?

271 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:32:40pm

re: #243 avanti

Be careful with worldnet daily stories like that. Chance are, a little digging would probably show the "Bible study" in their home with singing and the rest was a church in a residential neighborhood. The last one reported like that turned out with church goers parking on the lawn, and organ music early on Sunday mornings.

OMG! Organ music?
//

272 VegasRick  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:33:20pm

re: #271 Soona'

OMG! Organ music?
//

Skin flute.

273 Throbert McGee  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:33:24pm

re: #141 pre-Boomer Marine brat

/I need a life

Say la vie.

(In France, that is. In German, say das Leben, and in Russia, say zhizn, or the locals won't understand you.)

274 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:33:31pm

re: #268 Nevergiveup

Agreed. Or we elect a Republican president to restore America's cojones.

/and no, Ron Paul and the darling Huckabee DO NOT COUNT

275 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:33:41pm

re: #251 NJDhockeyfan

MORE KIDS FOR ‘MULLAH LIGHT’

Protests from feminists about the obvious misogyny of this man will start in 4, 3, 2, 1....

[crickets]

276 The Shadow Do  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:33:44pm

Watching Patton again for the --teenth time. George C. Scott reminds me of Dick Cheney. Looks like him too!

Love them both I do. Happy Memorial Day all.

277 kynna  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:34:05pm

re: #224 Catttt

I've never watched that show, but I know who that is from the news - then watched some of his videos. He's a hottie - and a natural for Queen.

I don't watch AI, either, but this news made me youtube them. Adam Lambert's the only person I've seen that could come close to taking Freddie Mercury's place. I'd love to see him perform with Queen regularly. David Bowie should bring him on to sing "Under Pressure" with him instead of Annie Lennox. Love Annie, but that song is just wrong for her. :P

278 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:34:10pm

re: #271 Soona'

OH THE HUMANITY!

(this is for organ music. WND be damned. hehe)

279 Truck Monkey  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:34:39pm

re: #265 FurryOldGuyJeans

Postal carrier gets probation for hiding mail
May. 21, 2009 10:44 AM
Associated Press

You mean I actually have to DELIVER it? This Mailman'n is HARD!

280 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:34:57pm

Wanna bet the greens will not like this idea?

Wood-chip fueled pickup headed to Maine from Ala.
May. 23, 2009 10:09 AM
Associated Press

LEWISTON, Maine - A pickup truck that was modified in Alabama to burn wood chips for fuel is headed to Maine with its new owners behind the wheel of the vehicle they call "Termite."

Auburn, Maine, businessman Ford Reiche and his son George left Birmingham, Ala., on Tuesday. The Lewiston Sun Journal says a device in the bed of the truck roasts chips to form a wood gas, which is cooled, filtered and fed into the engine.

281 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:35:04pm

re: #268 Nevergiveup

China could give a rats ass weather Japan is nuclear or not. It knows Japan won't do anything in the region unless
A) the US approves (which it won't vis a vis Chinas stranglehold on the US bond market)
or
B) NorK attacks Japan without provocation (which it won't do without chinas okay)

282 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:36:20pm

re: #257 Soona'

Reality as we know it is breaking down. Is Stephen King secretly writing official policy now?

re: #243 avanti

Be careful with worldnet daily stories like that. Chance are, a little digging would probably show the "Bible study" in their home with singing and the rest was a church in a residential neighborhood. The last one reported like that turned out with church goers parking on the lawn, and organ music early on Sunday mornings.

re: #254 Dark_Falcon

[My] above post should be disregarded. The story ultimately tracks back to Weird Nut Daily, and thus should be ignored as craziness.

283 Racer X  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:36:45pm

re: #251 NJDhockeyfan

Hahahaha!

That is how muslims view infidels - we are theirs to take advantage of in order to promote jihad. And we let them.

284 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:36:47pm

re: #275 Dark_Falcon

Did he need to slim down so beautiful burqa clad Ruba will want to procreate with him? For, umm, ability to reach certain key parts?

285 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:36:52pm

re: #281 sattv4u2

China could give a rats ass weather Japan is nuclear or not. It knows Japan won't do anything in the region unless
A) the US approves (which it won't vis a vis Chinas stranglehold on the US bond market)
or
B) NorK attacks Japan without provocation (which it won't do without chinas okay)

Not so sure about that. An "Independent" "Nuclear" Japan would give China Nightmares.

286 John Neverbend  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:37:44pm

re: #268 Nevergiveup

The more I think about N Korea, the only way to stop them is for Japan to publicly and very loudly declare itself a Nuclear Power. That is about the only thing that might push the Chinese to take action against N Korea. China could stop N Korea tomorrow, and a Nuclear Aggressive Japan might just scare them enough to do that.

Japan probably has the technology to build a bomb within a year or so. However, I don't think they're motivated to do it, as long as they are protected by the US nuclear umbrella.

287 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:37:49pm

See pictures of the most amazing trick-of-the eye 3D wall art

Cool!

288 Truck Monkey  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:38:01pm

re: #285 Nevergiveup

Not so sure about that. An "Independent" "Nuclear" Japan would give China Nightmares.

The Last time China and Japan had a run in it wasn't much fun for China.

289 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:38:25pm

re: #280 FurryOldGuyJeans

Wanna bet the greens will not like this idea?

Wood-chip fueled pickup headed to Maine from Ala.
May. 23, 2009 10:09 AM
Associated Press

I can't afford the "wood chip" grade. I usually ask for 20 bucks of "sawdust".

290 avanti  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:38:45pm

re: #271 Soona'

OMG! Organ music?
//

I sleep in on Sunday morning, trust me, Rock of ages on a organ at a homemade church next door would get my attention. Bible study is a small group, sitting around a table, not singing and organ playing.

291 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:38:51pm

re: #285 Nevergiveup

Not so sure about that. An "Independent" "Nuclear" Japan would give China Nightmares.

Why? It's not like China isn't targeted by US nukes 24/7 anyway. And like I said, they know Japan wouldn't so anything without the US's approval

Even IF Japan had a few nukes they'd be aimed at North Korea, not China

292 screaming_eagle  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:39:09pm

re: #268 Nevergiveup

I concur, if Japan would just announce they are gonna pursue the bomb full tilt and also upgrade their missle defenses, the whole thing would be a different game. If nobody cares to do anything with North Korea while would they care about Japan.

293 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:39:15pm

re: #280 FurryOldGuyJeans

Wanna bet the greens will not like this idea?

Wood-chip fueled pickup headed to Maine from Ala.
May. 23, 2009 10:09 AM
Associated Press

Hey, it runs on renewable fuels what not to like? Oh, I forgot; The Greens will dismiss it under the "Not Invented Here" syndrome. In order to be a Good Idea, it must come from a Green, not a redneck from a state that supported the evil Bush.

/spits on the Greens

294 Sharmuta  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:39:26pm

Just when I thought the idiots at the stalker blog couldn't get any more asinine, they prove they are indeed capable of increased stupidity. "Chen Zhen" has now made it his "mission" to liberate people from LGF. Good luck with that, moron.

I doubt these people could think their way out of a three sided box.

295 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:40:02pm

re: #264 sattv4u2

So is Mrs SATTV. I spent a LOT of serious cash on the hardwood floors in our entry hal, l dining room, and sitting room for her to cover about 80% of them with rugs!

GGGRRRRR (I often roll them up and hide them for awhile)

Waves at Mrs. Sattv. Sistah! :D

My apartment is covered with a hideous, cheap, disgusting wall to wall carpet. I relish covering it with beautiful rugs. A beautiful rug just pulls everything together and makes a place special. Again, I am SPOILED.

296 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:40:11pm

re: #280 FurryOldGuyJeans

Wanna bet the greens will not like this idea?

Wood-chip fueled pickup headed to Maine from Ala.
May. 23, 2009 10:09 AM
Associated Press

The Germans did the same thing right after the end of WWII, except they use cow manure and dried sewage.

297 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:40:14pm

re: #286 John Neverbend

Japan probably has the technology to build a bomb within a year or so. However, I don't think they're motivated to do it, as long as they are protected by the US nuclear umbrella.

They probably have the "pieces" already and could assemble one in hours or days. And if they feel the US will not or can not defend them, then all bets are off.

298 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:41:10pm

re: #291 sattv4u2

Why? It's not like China isn't targeted by US nukes 24/7 anyway. And like I said, they know Japan wouldn't so anything without the US's approval

Even IF Japan had a few nukes they'd be aimed at North Korea, not China

Because of History

299 Throbert McGee  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:41:38pm

re: #272 VegasRick

Skin flute.

Hmmm... calling someone a "skin flautist" does have the advantage of sounding more elegant than "Cocksucker!"

300 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:41:39pm

re: #293 Dark_Falcon

Hey, it runs on renewable fuels what not to like? Oh, I forgot; The Greens will dismiss it under the "Not Invented Here" syndrome. In order to be a Good Idea, it must come from a Green, not a redneck from a state that supported the evil Bush.

/spits on the Greens

Plus, it burns WOOD! To a green trees are not a renewable resource.

301 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:41:50pm

re: #284 ArmyWife

Did he need to slim down so beautiful burqa clad Ruba will want to procreate with him? For, umm, ability to reach certain key parts?

I don't care. If we know where he is, I say we wait till he gets in a car to go to some event and then make Ruba a widow. A Predator-launched Hellfire should be the job nicely.

302 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:41:59pm

re: #294 Sharmuta

Liberate? Setting aside that we don't need to be liberated, how does he plan on doing this? Contacting us? That would be a hoot. We could beg Charles for a post dedicated to the publication of all solicitous emails.

303 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:42:21pm

re: #294 Sharmuta

Just when I thought the idiots at the stalker blog couldn't get any more asinine, they prove they are indeed capable of increased stupidity. "Chen Zhen" has now made it his "mission" to liberate people from LGF. Good luck with that, moron.

I doubt these people could think their way out of a three sided box.

I could give a rats ass what anyone at a "stalker blog" would say or do, or do i have any interest in going there to see.

(wouldn;t that in itself be a form of stalking!?!?!?!)

///// (well ,, the last part anyway)

304 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:42:54pm

re: #298 Nevergiveup

Because of History

China isn;t the China of the 30's and 40's, and Japan knows it

305 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:44:05pm

re: #294 Sharmuta

Just when I thought the idiots at the stalker blog couldn't get any more asinine, they prove they are indeed capable of increased stupidity. "Chen Zhen" has now made it his "mission" to liberate people from LGF. Good luck with that, moron.

I doubt these people could think their way out of a three sided box.

That sounds - very strange. Don't they have - you know - lives?

306 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:44:13pm

re: #294 Sharmuta

Just when I thought the idiots at the stalker blog couldn't get any more asinine, they prove they are indeed capable of increased stupidity. "Chen Zhen" has now made it his "mission" to liberate people from LGF. Good luck with that, moron.

I doubt these people could think their way out of a three sided box.

Let 'em try and liberate me. I don't come cheap. A 77" plasma with a full home theater setup is my minimum bid, along with a new car, house, and $6,000 a month tax free.

307 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:44:30pm

re: #300 FurryOldGuyJeans

Plus, it burns WOOD! To a green trees are not a renewable resource.

Only a idiot would think like that. But I've just repeated what you said, since these are Greens we're talking about. :)

308 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:45:10pm

re: #301 Dark_Falcon

All I could think of when I read this was a letter from the UN containing viagra to assist in making this guy less evil. Sort of like a strongly worded letter, only different.

Just a quick peek into the inner workings of my mind.

309 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:45:24pm

re: #303 sattv4u2

I could give a rats ass what anyone at a "stalker blog" would say or do, or NOR do i have any interest in going there to see.

(wouldn;t that in itself be a form of stalking!?!?!?!)

///// (well ,, the last part anyway)


pimf

310 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:45:29pm

re: #303 sattv4u2

satt ... who cares about them ... I am bored, full and cannot move ... what you got on that feed? ... hook us up with something juicy ... come on ... share ...

311 screaming_eagle  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:45:42pm

re: #306 FurryOldGuyJeans

Let 'em try and liberate me. I don't come cheap. A 77" plasma with a full home theater setup is my minimum bid, along with a new car, house, and $6,000 a month tax free.

Greedy, I'd bail for a 65" plasma ,a used house, and old car, and $5,000 a month and would even pay taxes on it.

312 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:45:48pm

re: #304 sattv4u2

China isn;t the China of the 30's and 40's, and Japan knows it

No it isn't, but Japan threatening to become an 'Independent" Nuclear power just might nudge the Chinese into dealing with N Korea. Nothing else seems to be working?

313 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:45:54pm

re: #294 Sharmuta

Just when I thought the idiots at the stalker blog couldn't get any more asinine, they prove they are indeed capable of increased stupidity. "Chen Zhen" has now made it his "mission" to liberate people from LGF. Good luck with that, moron.

I doubt these people could think their way out of a three sided box.

I read a few comments at one of them the other day and there was a completely transparent "Yesssss. We understandssss you" quality to the way they treated anyone who said they came from here. Anyone foolish enough to be taken in by that deserves what they will inevitably get.

314 brookly red  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:46:29pm

re: #306 FurryOldGuyJeans

Let 'em try and liberate me. I don't come cheap. A 77" plasma with a full home theater setup is my minimum bid, along with a new car, house, and $6,000 a month tax free.

/that is not liberated... that is elected.

315 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:46:42pm

re: #248 Alouette

I made grilled London Broil, tossed salad and corn on the cob for Memorial Day, and raised a toast to Uncle Ike.

Alouette ... and the best google thing ...

316 Racer X  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:46:48pm

re: #294 Sharmuta

Sheesh. Obsessed does not begin to describe them.

317 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:46:51pm

re: #311 screaming_eagle

Greedy, I'd bail for a 65" plasma ,a used house, and old car, and $5,000 a month and would even pay taxes on it.

It would be new to me, the car and house. ;)

318 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:48:29pm

re: #316 Racer X

Sheesh. Obsessed does not begin to describe them.

And they consider US to be the crazies. *rolls eyes*

319 SixDegrees  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:48:39pm

Maybe it's already been mentioned, but I believe it's France that has a restaurant that his open to the public which is entirely run by prison inmates, from the kitchen throughout the front room. Apparently, it is highly rated. The inmates involved are in for the long haul - murderers, bank robbers, etc.

I'm guessing it isn't a good idea to piss your waiter off.

320 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:48:42pm

re: #308 ArmyWife

All I could think of when I read this was a letter from the UN containing viagra to assist in making this guy less evil. Sort of like a strongly worded letter, only different.

Just a quick peek into the inner workings of my mind.

UN: Mr. Kim. If given a choice, would you want a viable nuclear device or a lifetime supply of Viagra?
Kim: Hmmmm........

321 freetoken  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:48:45pm

re: #212 hazzyday

First off, those are old news stories to which you are linking. The budget compromise of Feb changed the deficit number.... but as I've mentioned before, the actual number depends upon the tax receipts, and those aren't known in fact until they actually come in. Current estimates are that the state will start bouncing checks sometime in June if something more isn't done.

Secondly, on the whining about what California gets from the Feds... like so much of the hyperventilating about California, facts are overlooked. Indeed, look at the $21billion in your second link - that is $21 out of > $800 billion, or about 1/40th of the amount. However, California has over 10% of the population. Now you tell me, who's getting the good deal?

322 Sharmuta  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:04pm

re: #302 ArmyWife

Liberate? Setting aside that we don't need to be liberated, how does he plan on doing this? Contacting us? That would be a hoot. We could beg Charles for a post dedicated to the publication of all solicitous emails.

I know- the whole thing is laughable. We're not being held here against our will, so there is no need to liberate anyone.

323 Killgore Trout  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:14pm

re: #316 Racer X

I've noticed they've now added a disclaimer about deleting abusive comments (which is what most of them were banned for). Bunch of idiots.

324 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:15pm

re: #319 SixDegrees

Maybe it's already been mentioned, but I believe it's France that has a restaurant that his open to the public which is entirely run by prison inmates, from the kitchen throughout the front room. Apparently, it is highly rated. The inmates involved are in for the long haul - murderers, bank robbers, etc.

I'm guessing it isn't a good idea to piss your waiter off.

Is it France or Italy?

325 Sharmuta  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:35pm

For freetoken:

[Link: www.nationalreview.com...]

326 Racer X  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:40pm

re: #318 FurryOldGuyJeans

And they consider US to be the crazies. *rolls eyes*

Ignoring them completely is the best course of action. They should not even be mentioned.

327 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:40pm

re: #319 SixDegrees

Maybe it's already been mentioned, but I believe it's France that has a restaurant that his open to the public which is entirely run by prison inmates, from the kitchen throughout the front room. Apparently, it is highly rated. The inmates involved are in for the long haul - murderers, bank robbers, etc.

I'm guessing it isn't a good idea to piss your waiter off.

Or the chef!

328 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:40pm

re: #319 SixDegrees

I'm guessing it isn't a good idea to piss your waiter off.

piss being the operative word !

329 [deleted]  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:52pm
330 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:59pm

re: #314 brookly red

/that is not liberated... that is elected.

Ok, where do I sign up? ;)

331 freetoken  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:49:59pm

re: #292 screaming_eagle

I concur, if Japan would just announce they are gonna pursue the bomb full tilt and also upgrade their missle defenses, the whole thing would be a different game. If nobody cares to do anything with North Korea while would they care about Japan.

Hmmm... grammar aside, have you ever lived in Japan? Korea? China?

332 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:50:04pm

re: #306 FurryOldGuyJeans

on second thought...if we can bid for our liberation, I need:

1. custom window treatments for my new home
2. New furniture for the living room, dining room and my bedroom
3. assorted furniture and decorating items from Pierre Deux ([Link: www.pierredeux.com...]
3. New flat panel TV as the children have burned lines in the old one
4. Private visits from the dog whisperer to train my stupid chihuahuas to go potty OUTSIDE

Probably more, but that is a start.

333 Killgore Trout  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:50:11pm

re: #322 Sharmuta

Most of them hated Chen when he was here as a troll. I think I was one of the few people who liked him.

334 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:50:25pm

re: #319 SixDegrees

Maybe it's already been mentioned, but I believe it's France that has a restaurant that his open to the public which is entirely run by prison inmates, from the kitchen throughout the front room. Apparently, it is highly rated. The inmates involved are in for the long haul - murderers, bank robbers, etc.

I'm guessing it isn't a good idea to piss your waiter off.

Italian Diners Going to Prison for Dinne

[Link: goitaly.about.com...]

335 brookly red  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:50:29pm

re: #320 Soona'

UN: Mr. Kim. If given a choice, would you want a viable nuclear device or a lifetime supply of Viagra?
Kim: Hmmmm........

actually its about the same deal.

336 John Neverbend  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:50:36pm

re: #305 Catttt

That sounds - very strange. Don't they have - you know - lives?

And how does he propose to liberate us? Is he going to use sparkling wit and repartee?

337 Sharmuta  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:50:51pm

re: #323 Killgore Trout

They've also added a registration, and apparently the nics "Killgore" "Sharmuta" and "Charles" are no longer an option. We'll have to see how long that lasts.

338 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:51:26pm

re: #308 ArmyWife

All I could think of when I read this was a letter from the UN containing viagra to assist in making this guy less evil. Sort of like a strongly worded letter, only different.

Just a quick peek into the inner workings of my mind.

The fist thing I tough of was Mark Steyn's America Alone. Articles like this bring his demographic point into stark relief.

339 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:52:05pm

re: #332 ArmyWife

on second thought...if we can bid for our liberation, I need:

1. custom window treatments for my new home
2. New furniture for the living room, dining room and my bedroom
3. assorted furniture and decorating items from Pierre Deux ([Link: www.pierredeux.com...]
3. New flat panel TV as the children have burned lines in the old one
4. Private visits from the dog whisperer to train my stupid chihuahuas to go potty OUTSIDE

Probably more, but that is a start.

1, 2, & 3 was already a part of my hostage demands. ;)

340 Sharmuta  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:52:06pm

re: #333 Killgore Trout

Most of them hated Chen when he was here as a troll. I think I was one of the few people who liked him.

I liked Chen. Until he showed his back stabbing nature, that is.

341 dmandman  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:52:25pm

re: #331 freetoken

The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party is already advocating first strike doctrines. I think that they are being scared completely out of pacifism by a combination of Obama and Kim.

342 screaming_eagle  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:53:05pm

re: #331 freetoken

Hmmm... grammar aside, have you ever lived in Japan? Korea? China?

Have you ever asked me if I really give a shit about my grammer?

343 SixDegrees  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:53:08pm

re: #304 sattv4u2

China isn;t the China of the 30's and 40's, and Japan knows it

Incidents like the Rape of Nanking are still fresh in the Chinese mind, and not likely to be forgotten anytime soon. The spectre of a nuclear-armed Japan will be met with massive opposition from China. Things could get very unpleasant very quickly.

344 Racer X  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:53:15pm

re: #340 Sharmuta

I liked Chen. Until he showed his back stabbing nature, that is.

That is probably the glue that holds all of them together.

345 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:53:21pm

re: #251 NJDhockeyfan

Good heavens. He married the pole dancer? And she married him? Ewwwwwww!

This world is truly weird.

346 Killgore Trout  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:53:30pm

re: #340 Sharmuta

He even emailed me after he was banned telling me that he'll miss me. Now he runs a blog partially devoted to stalking me. The internet is a creepy place.

347 SixDegrees  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:54:19pm

re: #324 Nevergiveup

Is it France or Italy?

I thought it was France, but I could be wrong. I don't remember the name of it.

348 Randall Gross  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:54:21pm

Obama sends wreath to confederate monument

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

349 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:54:41pm

re: #336 John Neverbend

And how does he propose to liberate us? Is he going to use sparkling wit and repartee?

He knows damn good and well that I'll claw the heck out of his hand if he makes a grab for the big kitty. You know what I'm saying, Chen.

350 SixDegrees  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:55:19pm

re: #334 Nevergiveup

Italian Diners Going to Prison for Dinne

[Link: goitaly.about.com...]

My bad. Thanks.

351 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:55:20pm

re: #337 Sharmuta

They've also added a registration, and apparently the nics "Killgore" "Sharmuta" and "Charles" are no longer an option. We'll have to see how long that lasts.

I doubt I will ever be "blessed" with getting any real notice from the stalkers.

/ I want my own stalker!

352 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:55:41pm

re: #348 Thanos

Good on him. Don't say that often.

353 The Shadow Do  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:56:12pm

Now Taiwan with nukes, or even the threat of, would be a game changer. Wonder what that would do for Chinese cooperation.

354 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:56:17pm

re: #347 SixDegrees

I thought it was France, but I could be wrong. I don't remember the name of it.

See my reply after that. It is Italy.

355 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:56:26pm

re: #351 FurryOldGuyJeans

I'll stalk you and you can stalk me, ok? I'm never going to be able to give in to your "liberation" demands, so it will be a long time stalking relationship.

356 Charles Johnson  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:56:31pm

re: #323 Killgore Trout

I've noticed they've now added a disclaimer about deleting abusive comments (which is what most of them were banned for). Bunch of idiots.

It's hilarious.

The administrators are the ones who post the most abusive comments over there.

Image: thestupiditburns.jpg.jpg

357 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:56:52pm

re: #350 SixDegrees

My bad. Thanks.

I just remember reading about it when I was in Italy

358 _RememberTonyC  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:56:59pm

They should call it "The Cycle Of Violence"

359 Randall Gross  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:57:19pm

re: #352 ArmyWife

Good on him. Don't say that often.

He even dissed Ayers when he did it:

Among those who signed petition is 1960s radical William Ayers. The University of Chicago education professor helped found the radical group the Weather Underground that carried out bombings at the Pentagon and the Capitol. Republicans tried to link Obama and Ayers during the presidential campaign because they lived in the same neighborhood and served on a charity board together.

360 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:57:30pm

re: #348 Thanos

Obama sends wreath to confederate monument

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

Now that is some real class. Agree or disagree with what they did, the Confederates were Americans also.

361 Killgore Trout  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:57:57pm

re: #348 Thanos

He also sent one to a memorial for black soldiers. I think it was a classy move.

362 ArmyWife  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:58:27pm

re: #359 Thanos

I can only muster one "good". It hurts my head. ;)

363 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:58:40pm

re: #348 Thanos

Obama sends wreath to confederate monument

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

Good for you, President Obama.

364 tradewind  Mon, May 25, 2009 4:58:40pm

Well remember, ya'll..... these are the people who collaborated with/surrendered to the Nazis. It takes a certain mindset to engage in behavior this ridiculously obsequious, and the French have it in spades.
Of course, sometimes their idiocy pays off....... today the streets of Paris are gloriously tree-lined, because the Germans so disliked marching in the sun.......

.

365 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:00:58pm

re: #359 Thanos

That makes the gesture of sending wreaths all the better.

366 tradewind  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:01:30pm

re: #351 FurryOldGuyJeans

No, you don't. It's not fun on any level.......

367 freetoken  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:01:44pm

re: #325 Sharmuta

Waaayyy back in 8th grade, I seem to remember, we did various role-playing, either acting out early American history, or playing as if we were in the Congress, etc. I believe it was useful.

As for the textbook discussion to which you linked... heh... what can I say. As for discussions about abuse, such as child or spousal, I do think they are important to have, but really don't belong in a Civics course. It seems to me the abuse topics should be covered in special PhysEd classes, especially along with ones covering sex ed. As for the other topics... they all seem like what were covered (back when I was in college) as "contemporary issues" in basic sociology courses.

Many Americans today have a poor grasp of governance and our history of such. According to your link, that is going to get worse.

368 Killgore Trout  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:02:19pm

re: #356 Charles

I think Chen is the genius of the bunch. The rest of them can't seem to form complete sentences.

369 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:02:39pm

re: #366 tradewind

No, you don't. It's not fun on any level.......

I have an ex-wife doing it already, my comment was meant as sarcasm.

370 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:02:49pm

Every team in major league Baseball are wearing Red Hats in honor of Memorial Day. They will also wear the hats on July 4th and Sept 11th.

371 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:03:26pm

re: #359 Thanos

Good. He actually lived up to his hype with his actions on this one. He followed sane moderate policies and came up with a solution that all sane people can support. Thumbs up for Obama for today.

372 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:04:07pm

OT but this caught my eye, from Karl Du Fresne an journo from Wellington.

So award-winning Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif was indignant at being detained for three hours by "racist" immigration officers at Auckland airport.

Diddums, as former prime minister Helen Clark might have said.

Everyone who travels is inconvenienced to some extent by the stringent security checks made necessary by terrorism.

What Hanif experienced was merely an extra degree of the delay and indignity experienced by anyone who flies, including flustered mothers with tired children, whose teddy bears are highly unlikely to conceal plastic explosives.

Hanif needs reminding that all this security rigmarole would be unnecessary if it weren't for murderous Muslim fanatics. Many of them come from his home country, which makes it inevitable that immigration officers are going to pay particular attention to someone travelling on a Pakistani passport.

Rather than venting his spleen on immigration officers, who apparently compounded the offence to Hanif's precious ego by not knowing he was here for Auckland's Readers and Writers Festival (I wonder if he uttered the immortal line, "Don't you know who I am?"), he should direct his resentment where it belongs: at those of his fellow Muslims who insist on making targets of innocent people

At least he doesnt mind calling a spade a spade, excuse the pun.

373 The Shadow Do  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:04:18pm

re: #360 FurryOldGuyJeans

Now that is some real class. Agree or disagree with what they did, the Confederates were Americans also.

He is very adroit with the symbols. Never misses a chance to be perceived as President Unity, until it comes to substantive matters that is.

Call me cynical but it ain't class, it's politics.

374 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:04:36pm

re: #371 Dark_Falcon

Good. He actually lived up to his hype with his actions on this one. He followed sane moderate policies and came up with a solution that all sane people can support. Thumbs up for Obama for today.

I don't doubt that the fringies on both ends will burst into flames or have their heads explode, though.

375 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:04:59pm

re: #351 FurryOldGuyJeans

I doubt I will ever be "blessed" with getting any real notice from the stalkers.

/ I want my own stalker!

I do too. And she should have a 38-22-36 measurement, red hair, blue/green eyes, and rich.

376 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:05:44pm

re: #375 Soona'

I do too. And she should have a 38-22-36 measurement, red hair, blue/green eyes, and rich.

If she has a sister, call me.

377 VegasRick  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:07:04pm

re: #356 Charles

It's hilarious.

The administrators are the ones who post the most abusive comments over there.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

LGF2 Rules
1) Obscene, abusive, silly, or annoying remarks may only be posted by us idiotic administrators.
2) Posters that are stupid enough to give out phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or other personal information will immediately be stalked.
3) Anyone using the word "First!" anytime after the first post will be deemed too stupid to post here and will be banned.
4) Comments that advocate violence will be cause for immediate updinging and will be blamed on Charles Johnson.
5) Disagreement and debate are welcome, as long as they say really nasty things about LGF.
6) Sockpuppets are required so you can talk to yourself.

378 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:08:14pm

Well, I've enjoyed lurking, but my daughter is signaling me that she wants the computer. She does this by sitting at the piano, four feet away, and playing LOUD.

I can't exactly tell her to stop practicing, can I?

I get revenge by waiting until she's on computer, and then telling her younger brother to practice. Not as loud, but a lot more painful.

379 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:08:21pm

re: #373 The Shadow Do

He is very adroit with the symbols. Never misses a chance to be perceived as President Unity, until it comes to substantive matters that is.

Call me cynical but it ain't class, it's politics.

I am as cynical as they come, but in this instance, because this is Memorial Day, I put aside my disdain for the man's politics and give him a salute for doing the "right thing", no matter what the reasons.

He will give me plenty of other reasons to find fault starting tomorrow.

380 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:09:01pm

That stalker blog gives me the willies.

381 Sharmuta  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:09:18pm

re: #368 Killgore Trout

I think Chen is the genius of the bunch. The rest of them can't seem to form complete sentences.

And really- if Chen is the brains of the outfit, it speaks volumes.

382 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:09:26pm

re: #379 FurryOldGuyJeans

I am as cynical as they come, but in this instance, because this is Memorial Day, I put aside my disdain for the man's politics and give him a salute for doing the "right thing", no matter what the reasons.

He will give me plenty of other reasons to find fault starting tomorrow.

Same. Same.

383 NelsFree  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:09:31pm

Japan's Constitution bans offensive nuclear weapons. Some Gov't officials have, in the last few years, discusses changing that policy:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

384 Bloodnok  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:10:10pm

re: #377 VegasRick

Mmmmm, that's good satire.

385 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:10:17pm

re: #381 Sharmuta

And really- if Chen is the brains of the outfit, it speaks volumes.

So is that why the bookshelf is only stocked with blank books?

386 Sharmuta  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:10:44pm

re: #384 Bloodnok

Mmmmm, that's good satire.

Satire? I thought it was fairly accurate.

387 abolitionist  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:11:08pm

re: #356 Charles

It's hilarious.

The administrators are the ones who post the most abusive comments over there.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Reminds me of when I was trying to retrieve some math books from my attic for a friend, and bumped my head on the hanging light. The bulb broke and my hair caught fire. Could have been in trouble had I not remained calm.

388 _RememberTonyC  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:11:27pm

re: #376 Nevergiveup

If she has a sister, call me.

what if sis looks like janeane garofalo?

389 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:11:44pm

re: #383 NelsFree

Japan's Constitution bans offensive nuclear weapons. Some Gov't officials have, in the last few years, discusses changing that policy:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]


I wonder how their Constitution defines being a sitting duck for a rogue nuclear nation run by hermits?

390 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:12:20pm

re: #381 Sharmuta

And really- if Chen is the brains of the outfit, it speaks volumes.

Chen is the only one I think of as a human being. I wish he would stop wasting his time with those losers - I think of them as psycho. He needs to grow up.

391 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:12:36pm

re: #388 _RememberTonyC

what if sis looks like janeane garofalo?

How good is her body and how rich again?

392 brookly red  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:13:46pm

re: #389 Nevergiveup

I wonder how their Constitution defines being a sitting duck for a rogue nuclear nation run by hermits?

it only bans offensive nuclear weapons... minor detail.

393 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:13:59pm

re: #381 Sharmuta

re: #368 Killgore Trout

Just out of curiosity, but why would you continue to monitor a blog where you know ex LGF members congregate for the sole purpose of denigrating the blog you are on and lie about certain people here all the while knowing there is nothing you can do about it but come back here and tell us what we already know/

NOW ,,, that stated, i understand Charles periodically checking just to make sure they haven;'t taken anything proprietary to LGF

I'm not judging, just curious

394 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:14:14pm

re: #387 abolitionist

Reminds me of when I was trying to retrieve some math books from my attic for a friend, and bumped my head on the hanging light. The bulb broke and my hair caught fire. Could have been in trouble had I not remained calm.

LOL!

395 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:14:39pm

re: #392 brookly red

it only bans offensive nuclear weapons... minor detail.

So one word then. They make erasers over there don't they?

396 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:15:41pm

re: #395 Nevergiveup

So one word then. They make erasers over there don't they?

miniature transistor ones !

(i am SO 1960's!)

397 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:15:43pm

re: #388 _RememberTonyC

what if sis looks like janeane garofalo?

And sounds like Janet Reno?

398 freetoken  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:15:54pm

re: #342 screaming_eagle

Have you ever asked me if I really give a shit about my grammer?

Too bad... for if you did care you could communicate better.

E.g., you sentence:

"If nobody cares to do anything with North Korea while would they care about Japa

n."

399 Killgore Trout  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:16:25pm

re: #393 sattv4u2

Because they have threads about me and make parody videos about me. Until recently the title of the blog was "Charles and Killgore Free LGF". If somebody is going to devote a blog to me I'm at least going to give it an occasional skim to see what's going on.

400 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:16:26pm

re: #397 Soona'

And sounds like Janet Reno?

I'm outa there!

401 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:16:51pm

re: #398 freetoken

n."

E.g., you sentence

pot ,,,, meet kettle !

402 ladycatnip  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:16:53pm

Really late to this thread, but this cracked me up.

"The 196 prisoners will cycle in a pack and breakaway sprints will not be allowed."

Breakaway sprint = when all 196 prisoners cycle off in all different directions, really fast.

403 Soona'  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:17:17pm

Eatn' time. BBL, maybe.

404 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:17:39pm

re: #391 Nevergiveup

How good is her body and how rich again?

Ms. Garofalo is an attractive woman, but she smothers her basic good looks in slovenly dress and messy hair.

405 VegasRick  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:18:06pm

BBL all.

406 screaming_eagle  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:18:31pm

re: #398 freetoken

n."

Hell check your own grammer.

407 sattv4u2  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:18:33pm

re: #399 Killgore Trout

Because they have threads about me and make parody videos about me. Until recently the title of the blog was "Charles and Killgore Free LGF". If somebody is going to devote a blog to me I'm at least going to give it an occasional skim to see what's going on.

Fair enough, but I guess I'm just too old and resigned to the fact that not everyone is going to like me, and I prefer NOT to get my blood pressure up by viewing things i have no control over

408 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:18:44pm

re: #399 Killgore Trout

Because they have threads about me and make parody videos about me. Until recently the title of the blog was "Charles and Killgore Free LGF". If somebody is going to devote a blog to me I'm at least going to give it an occasional skim to see what's going on.

I wondered about that - I thought they were giving away free footballs with "Charles and Killgore" written on them. Seriously.

409 NelsFree  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:19:12pm

re: #389 Nevergiveup

I wonder how their Constitution defines being a sitting duck for a rogue nuclear nation run by hermits?

Japan has been under the US "nuclear umbrella" since the beginning of the Cold War. Things have changed since then. By the way, no one has corrected my spello (spelling error) "discussed" vs. discusses. My bad.

410 screaming_eagle  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:20:37pm

re: #401 sattv4u2

E.g., you sentence

pot ,,,, meet kettle !

Bingo. I know my grammer sucks, why I don't correct anyone. Plus there is the addition of typing mistakes. But when you fuck-up correcting someone--

411 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:21:05pm

re: #409 NelsFree

Japan has been under the US "nuclear umbrella" since the beginning of the Cold War. Things have changed since then. By the way, no one has corrected my spello (spelling error) "discussed" vs. discusses. My bad.


The "Umbrella" may be developing leaks?

412 NelsFree  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:21:27pm

re: #404 Catttt

Ms. Garofalo is an attractive woman, but she smothers her basic good looks in slovenly dress and messy hair.

That's what is called "Yuppie Camouflage".
/s

413 NelsFree  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:22:21pm

re: #411 Nevergiveup

The "Umbrella" may be developing leaks?

Tactical missles have a way of making holes in things, yes.

414 NelsFree  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:23:26pm

Okay, two posts in a row. I've killed ANOTHER thread.

"STOP ME BEFORE I KILL AGAIN!"
/h

415 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:24:03pm

re: #411 Nevergiveup

The "Umbrella" may be developing leaks?

Yep, a big leak called CBBHO.

416 nyc redneck  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:25:50pm

this is rather ridiculous.
these cons need to do their time and then go on a bike ride.

417 Catttt  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:26:23pm

re: #412 NelsFree

That's what is called "Yuppie Camouflage".
/s

I'm responding just so you'll know you aren't alone - yet. :D

418 JacksonTn  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:27:04pm

re: #417 Catttt

I'm responding just so you'll know you aren't alone - yet. :D

Catttt ... yes, and I pity-updinged him ...

/ducking from Nels

419 Nevergiveup  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:27:51pm

re: #416 nyc redneck

this is rather ridiculous.
these cons need to do their time and then go on a bike ride.

The French think the Arabs should get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, so this hardly ranks up there with their worst ideas?

420 Dark_Falcon  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:30:15pm

re: #419 Nevergiveup

The French think the Arabs should get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, so this hardly ranks up there with their worst ideas?

Concur.

421 screaming_eagle  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:31:30pm

re: #419 Nevergiveup

The French think the Arabs should get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, so this hardly ranks up there with their worst ideas?

The French also think they liberated themselves from nazi-Germany.

422 nyc redneck  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:32:55pm

for sale: FRENCH RIFLE, never fired , dropped once.

423 nyc redneck  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:33:55pm

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, i never get tired of that joke.
LOL

424 pink freud  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:37:37pm

re: #404 Catttt

Ms. Garofalo is an attractive woman, but she smothers her basic good looks in slovenly dress and messy hair.

It's not the clothes or the hair that makes her grotesque, it's whats inside.

425 A Kiwi Infidel  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:41:23pm

re: #380 Catttt

That stalker blog gives me the willies.

Heaven forbid, you wouldnt want a willy!

426 freetoken  Mon, May 25, 2009 5:50:59pm

re: #406 screaming_eagle

Dude, grammar is not punctuation, or in my case the problems of cutting and pasting.

Your sentence was either a question or a statement, and it was not clear to me which you desired.

If you get your panties tied up in a wad over my wondering what you had intended by your original statements then so be it.

427 screaming_eagle  Mon, May 25, 2009 6:08:27pm

re: #426 freetoken

Look, I might have over-reacted some, but I get sick and tired of so many people wanting to correct grammer and spellings.

428 _RememberTonyC  Mon, May 25, 2009 6:10:34pm

re: #404 Catttt

Ms. Garofalo is an attractive woman, but she smothers her basic good looks in slovenly dress and messy hair.

too much ink for my taste .... people who cover themselves in tatoos have psychological issues IMHO.

429 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 6:19:04pm

re: #388 _RememberTonyC

what if sis looks like janeane garofalo?

What if she looks like ME? Nyah! ;)

430 FurryOldGuyJeans  Mon, May 25, 2009 6:21:44pm

re: #425 A Kiwi Infidel

Heaven forbid, you wouldnt want a willy!

Not even a wet one? ;)

431 Dr. Shalit  Mon, May 25, 2009 6:21:59pm

re: #46 JacksonTn

MD ... Devil's Island ... now there is terrorist prison I could get behind ... hell yeah, let's ship em to the French ! ...

JacksonTn -

Ever hear about "Al-Catraz?" Maximum Security, on an Island, Never Escaped from.
Really TOO BAD it is in San Francisco, CA Harbor. By the way, the full name is - in Moorish influenced Spanish-
"La Isla de los Alcatraces" - in English - Pelican Island.

-S-

432 hazzyday  Mon, May 25, 2009 6:57:53pm

re: #321 freetoken

First off, those are old news stories to which you are linking. The budget compromise of Feb changed the deficit number.... but as I've mentioned before, the actual number depends upon the tax receipts, and those aren't known in fact until they actually come in. Current estimates are that the state will start bouncing checks sometime in June if something more isn't done.

Secondly, on the whining about what California gets from the Feds... like so much of the hyperventilating about California, facts are overlooked. Indeed, look at the $21billion in your second link - that is $21 out of > $800 billion, or about 1/40th of the amount. However, California has over 10% of the population. Now you tell me, who's getting the good deal?

My point would be that these problems are all accounting smoke and mirrors. Panic generated spending.

433 2by2  Mon, May 25, 2009 6:58:48pm

Damn, missed all the fun on this one.
Completely unbelievable, hilarious, what's next ?

434 greenmiler  Mon, May 25, 2009 8:02:23pm

This has clusterf@ck written all over it


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