Just in time for me to say good night!

Goodnight zombie...

Me three, goodnight all. Take care.

Reservoir Dogs Take Manhattan

NSFW!

Had a cup of coffee earlier...anyone else awake?

“We can’t stop here. This is bat country!"

I say that to myself often when I cruise the WWW.

re: #1 zombie

G'nite Zombie!

re: #3 Pvt Bin Jammin

Me three, goodnight all. Take care.

Good night, PBJ and Zombie!

Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this...

Doctor: Then don't do that...

re: #8 gmsc

Good night, PBJ and Zombie!

Where have you been? I was ready to call out the national guard last night. lol

re: #9 sngnsgt

Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this...

Doctor: Then don't do that...

Speaking of good nights and old jokes . . .

re: #10 Pvt Bin Jammin

Where have you been? I was ready to call out the national guard last night. lol

re: #76 gmsc

I've had a few major problems in real life to deal with, and honestly, I wasn't honestly sure if I'd ever be able to get back to LGF.

It's nothing I want to go into detail about, but the major hurdles are done with, and little hurdles could still screw things up (so don't be suprised if I disappear again).

For now, though, everything should be OK.

Looking back through the archives, it seems I've missed some interesting events, though.

Hello & Good night, Lizards of the evening.
Play nicely!

re: #13 Floral Giraffe

Hello & Good night, Lizards of the evening.
Play nicely!

Good night, FG!

Just a daily routine...

re: #12 gmsc

Good to see you here. Hope all is well. Take care, Vegas.

'Nite.

re: #16 Pvt Bin Jammin

Good to see you here. Hope all is well. Take care, Vegas.

'Nite.

Thanks, PBJ!

re: #3 Pvt Bin Jammin

G'nite PBJ!

re: #16 Pvt Bin Jammin

ZZZzzz. G'nite! Sweet dreams. I am actually really going to sleep..

G'nite, Lizards, sweet dreams!

re: #17 gmsc
Take care.

;-)I didn't intend my numero tres but it's pretty cool anyhow. lol

Yay! I managed to avoid comments #13 and #17 for the first time this week.

re: #21 Fenway_Nation

Yay! I managed to avoid comments #13 and #17 for the first time this week.

Does that mean you've used up all your luck?

How goes the job search?

re: #19 NY Nana

G'nite NYNana!

Now the stalkers are attacking hot air.

re: #19 NY Nana

I am actually going to sleep too. I am really not a vampire, contrary to popular opinion.

Love ya, {nana}. I am really and truly out.

re: #23 Fenway_Nation

G'nite NYNana!

G'nite, Fenway Nation. I am a charter member .;)

Sweet dreams. NY Grampa is prying my fingers off the keyboard! I think he is trying to tell me something.

I really stay up waaay too late.

re: #24 Sharmuta

Now the stalkers are attacking hot air.

Never a truer word . . .
;)

re: #24 Sharmuta

Now the stalkers are attacking hot air.

Dang. I am too tired. Goodnight, Sharmuta.

re: #25 Pvt Bin Jammin

Love ya, Pvt...get a good night's sleep. I nearly am on my keyboard, and it leaves some really nasty marks on my face!

re: #29 NY Nana

Love ya, Pvt...get a good night's sleep. I nearly am on my keyboard, and it leaves some really nasty marks on my face!

How well I know.

Love ya.

re: #29 NY Nana

Love ya, Pvt...get a good night's sleep. I nearly am on my keyboard, and it leaves some really nasty marks on my face!

Ever have a guy say afterwards, "You know, I'm attracted to your type . . ."

Good night to everyone who left while I was doing work related stuff...
(catching up and couldn't keep track) = )

re: #22 srb1976

I think I used up all my luck avoiding #13 and #17.

/lots of paperwork to fill out, even more ambiguity.

Ever seen a man in the depths of an ether binge?

or something like that

re: #32 srb1976

Good night to everyone who left while I was doing work related stuff...
(catching up and couldn't keep track) = )

G'nite, srb1976!

re: #33 Fenway_Nation

I think I used up all my luck avoiding #13 and #17.

/lots of paperwork to fill out, even more ambiguity.

Well...I hope you have some good luck soon anyway...wish I could help

If anyone wants to see how magic meetings go in Las Vegas, check out the live video feed at streetofcards.tv.

I used to attend, by my schedule doesn't allow it anymore.

Today in History, June 4th:

Highlights of this day in history: Chinese troops crush a pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square; World War II's Battle of Midway begins; Henry Ford tests his quadricycle; Bruce Springsteen releases 'Born in the U.S.A.'

Other notable June 4th events include:

781 BC – The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.

1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh establishes the first English colony on Roanoke Island, old Virginia (now North Carolina).

1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.

1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.

1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.

1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.

1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.

1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

re: #36 srb1976

Thanks for the good wishes...

Anybody have some links I can send to a friend to dispute her theory that the whole world hated us when we "invaded Iraq" . Short links preferrable because her attention span is short.

Thank you in advance.

Yet another very slow night here...at least you guys keep it from being AS boring...

re: #41 srb1976

Yet another very slow night here...at least you guys keep it from being AS boring...

:)

re: #42 gmsc

:)

Seems to be a slow night on the Inter-webs in general.

re: #40 kateca

Anybody have some links I can send to a friend to dispute her theory that the whole world hated us when we "invaded Iraq" . Short links preferrable because her attention span is short.

Thank you in advance.

Here's a start:

re: #43 Alberta Oil Peon

Seems to be a slow night on the Inter-webs in general.

Working the night shift here, been slow enough, for long enough, that I'm not sure I want to do anything at this point = )

re: #44 gmsc

Here's a start:

[Video]

Even better:

re: #4 Racer X

I see your Muppets, and raise you cartoon rabbits.

Also NSFW.

Ha! Bat country!

re: #24 Sharmuta

They'd attack mayonnaise if they thought it didn't toe their particular line.

re: #4 Racer X

Reservoir Dogs Take Manhattan

NSFW!

re: #47 Slumbering Behemoth

I see your Muppets, and raise you cartoon rabbits.

Also NSFW.

I never saw Reservoir Dogs, and now I know I'm not missing anything.

re: #49 Slumbering Behemoth

They'd attack mayonnaise if they thought it didn't toe their particular line.

We should get a fund together, and award it to the first person who can successfully get the stalker blog to complain about "Big Mayo".

re: #50 gmsc

I never saw Reservoir Dogs, and now I know I'm not missing anything.

If you want an entertaining Tarantino movie, I prefer 4 rooms...more funny than violent (violent too...but more funny)

re: #27 gmsc

Never a truer word . . .
;)

Naturally- it's Allah Pundit they're going after.

re: #31 gmsc

Ever have a guy say afterwards, "You know, I'm attracted to your type . . ."

you might say that they key on your looks...

re: #40 kateca

Anybody have some links I can send to a friend to dispute her theory that the whole world hated us when we "invaded Iraq" . Short links preferrable because her attention span is short.

Thank you in advance.

Ever Wonder Why Some People Hate America? (Thomas Sowell)

re: #40 kateca

Anybody have some links I can send to a friend to dispute her theory that the whole world hated us when we "invaded Iraq" . Short links preferrable because her attention span is short.

Thank you in advance.

send her something from lolcats... that sounds about her speed.

otherwise, i fear you are trying to conduct pig singing lessons.

re: #52 srb1976

If you want an entertaining Tarantino movie, I prefer 4 rooms...more funny than violent (violent too...but more funny)

If I want an entertaining movie, I usually start by making sure Tarantino is nowhere in the credits.

re: #57 gmsc

= )
(I still like 4 Rooms though)

re: #58 srb1976

Me too.

re: #57 gmsc

If I want an entertaining movie, I usually start by making sure Tarantino is nowhere in the credits.

if i want an entertaining movie, i look for Clint Eastwood or John Wayne. %-)

re: #51 gmsc

We should get a fund together, and award it to the first person who can successfully get the stalker blog to complain about "Big Mayo".

That would be too easy- Charles would win it by just saying he loves mayo.

re: #40 kateca

Anybody have some links I can send to a friend to dispute her theory that the whole world hated us when we "invaded Iraq" . Short links preferrable because her attention span is short.

Thank you in advance.

re: #55 gmsc

Ever Wonder Why Some People Hate America? (Thomas Sowell)

Short version:

1. America symbolizes freedom.

2. Freedom is the ability to live one's life as they see fit, regardless of what their betters think.

3. Many intellectuals see themselves as betters, so freedom is disturbing to them.

4. The more freedom prevails, the more the vision of the intellectual fails, so the more they hate America.

re: #61 Sharmuta

That would be too easy- Charles would win it by just saying he loves mayo.

naw... closet leftie that he is he undoubtedly likes Miracle Whip.

/white smoke

re: #61 Sharmuta

How about going to the Mayo clinic?

re: #38 gmsc

As for the 1876 quote: Considering the transcontinental railroad was completed well before 1876, their figures are questionable at best.

Try 1869.

re: #50 gmsc

It's not such a bad film, actually. Borrow a copy from someone. If you still think it sucks, I'll trade you 99 minutes of my life. Somehow.

re: #66 Slumbering Behemoth

It's not such a bad film, actually. Borrow a copy from someone. If you still think it sucks, I'll trade you 99 minutes of my life. Somehow.

i'll take 99 beers... should i email you my addy?

Butter!

Parkay...

Butter!

Parkay...

69!

re: #69 Sharmuta

69!

Whoo Hoo!

re: #65 Steffan

As for the 1876 quote: Considering the transcontinental railroad was completed well before 1876, their figures are questionable at best.

Try 1869.

it possible that was the first scheduled transcontinental train, and previously you had to switch back and forth to get there?

re: #70 srb1976

Whoo Hoo!

i see you jumped right on that offer...

gmsc, watch "Reservoir Dogs" if for no other reason than performances by Tim Roth and Harvey keitel.

re: #38 gmsc

1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.

re: #65 Steffan

As for the 1876 quote: Considering the transcontinental railroad was completed well before 1876, their figures are questionable at best.

Try 1869.

Where does it say anything about the First Transcontinental Railroad not being completed before 1876?

June 4th, 1876 was the date the Transcontinental Express arrived in San Francisco from New York in 83 hours and 39 minutes. The speed of traveling that distance was impressive for the time, and widely reported in newspapers at the time.

As it happened, it used the First Transcontinental Railroad, so it's a good thing it was built. (Otherwise, the trip would've been much slower! ;)

re: #57 gmsc

If I want an entertaining movie, I usually start by making sure Tarantino is nowhere in the credits.

Hey now, I thought 'True Romance' was pretty cool. Granted, that film was picked on a whim by my date for that evening, and I thought I was being suckered into a chick-flick, so I was pleasantly surprised.

re: #68 Sharmuta

Margarine!

re: #76 sngnsgt

Margarine!

Parkaaa-aaayyy...

re: #67 redc1c4

That's worth WAAAY more than 99 minutes of my life. Red, you suck at negotiations.
/

re: #72 redc1c4

i see you jumped right on that offer...

Just happened to be watching at the right time = )
(didn't mean to beat you to it)

re: #38 gmsc
June 1944 Gen. Mark Clarks 5th army liberates Rome. Of course he wasn't supposed to be liberating Rome, his army was supposed to be heading across the pennisula to meet with the British and trap the Germans trying to escape. Good photo op, bad strategic and tactical move.

re: #67 redc1c4

i'll take 99 beers... should i email you my addy?

99 bottles of beer on the wall...

re: #71 redc1c4

it possible that was the first scheduled transcontinental train, and previously you had to switch back and forth to get there?

99 bottles of beer..
Take one down, pass it around,
98 bottles of beer on the wall...

It gets better from there.

Sorry, but there was no transcontinental railroad before the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific met at Promontory Summit, UT.

June 4, 1876
Express train crosses the nation in 83 hours

A mere 83 hours after leaving New York City, the Transcontinental Express train arrives in San Francisco.

That any human being could travel across the entire nation in less than four days was inconceivable to previous generations of Americans. During the early 19th century, when Thomas Jefferson first dreamed of an American nation stretching from "sea to shining sea," it took the president 10 days to travel the 225 miles from Monticello to Philadelphia via carriage. Even with frequent changing of horses, the 100-mile journey from New York to Philadelphia demanded two days hard travel in a light stagecoach. At such speeds, the coasts of the continent-wide American nation were months apart. How could such a vast country ever hope to remain united?

As early as 1802, Jefferson had some glimmer of an answer. "The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam," he predicted, "[to a carriage on wheels] will make a great change in the situation of man." Though Jefferson never saw a train in his lifetime, he had glimpsed the future with the idea. Within half a century, America would have more railroads than any other nation in the world. By 1869, the first transcontinental line linking the coasts was completed. Suddenly, a journey that had previously taken months using horses could be made in less than a week.

Five days after the transcontinental railroad was completed, daily passenger service over the rails began. The speed and comfort offered by rail travel was so astonishing that many Americans could scarcely believe it, and popular magazines wrote glowing accounts of the amazing journey. For the wealthy, a trip on the transcontinental railroad was a luxurious experience. First-class passengers rode in beautifully appointed cars with plush velvet seats that converted into snug sleeping berths. The finer amenities included steam heat, fresh linen daily, and gracious porters who catered to their every whim. For an extra $4 a day, the wealthy traveler could opt to take the weekly Pacific Hotel Express, which offered first-class dining on board. As one happy passenger wrote, "The rarest and richest of all my journeying through life is this three-thousand miles by rail."

The trip was a good deal less speedy and comfortable for passengers unwilling or unable to pay the premium fares. Whereas most of the first-class passengers traveled the transcontinental line for business or pleasure, the third-class occupants were often emigrants hoping to make a new start in the West. A third-class ticket could be purchased for only $40--less than half the price of the first-class fare. At this low rate, the traveler received no luxuries. Their cars, fitted with rows of narrow wooden benches, were congested, noisy, and uncomfortable. The railroad often attached the coach cars to freight cars that were constantly shunted aside to make way for the express trains. Consequently, the third-class traveler's journey west might take 10 or more days. Even under these trying conditions, few travelers complained. Even 10 days spent sitting on a hard bench seat was preferable to six months walking alongside a Conestoga wagon on the Oregon Trail.

Railroad promotions, however, naturally focused on the speedy express trains. The arrival of the Transcontinental Express train in San Francisco on this day in 1876 was widely celebrated in the newspapers and magazines of the day. With this new express service, a businessman could leave New York City on Monday morning, spend 83 hours in relaxing comfort, and arrive refreshed and ready for work in San Francisco by Thursday evening. The powerful agent of steam had effectively shrunk a vast nation to a manageable size.

re: #69 Sharmuta

Lemme check my notes...
checking...
checking...
checking...

Oddly enough, I have nothing suitably sexist/humorous enough prepared for that. What a disappointment.

/FAIL

re: #81 Steffan

Actually...that didn't quite do it either...they bridged the Missouri River after that...according to the Wiki article

re: #83 Slumbering Behemoth

Lemme check my notes...
checking...
checking...
checking...

Oddly enough, I have nothing suitably sexist/humorous enough prepared for that. What a disappointment.

/FAIL

Wow. Not even "UP ding!"?

re: #81 Steffan

Sorry, but there was no transcontinental railroad before the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific met at Promontory Summit, UT.

Who said there was?

In the year numbering system I use, 1876 (the year of the 83 hour, 39 minute trip) comes after 1869 (the date of the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad).

re: #44 gmsc
Thank you!

It's come to this...

re: #87 kateca

Thank you!

You're welcome.

There's more for you at #55 and #62.

re: #86 gmsc

Who said there was?

In the year numbering system I use, 1876 (the year of the 83 hour, 39 minute trip) comes after 1869 (the date of the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad).

And you couldn't take the train the whole way until 1872 (growing up in Nebraska, that little tidbit comes up in history class...with emphasis)

re: #90 srb1976

And you couldn't take the train the whole way until 1872 (growing up in Nebraska, that little tidbit comes up in history class...with emphasis)

I think Steffan is reading something into the original post that isn't there.

His attitude suggests that there is a difference of opinion, but everything Steffan has stated so far supports the original post.

re: #78 Slumbering Behemoth

That's worth WAAAY more than 99 minutes of my life. Red, you suck at negotiations.
/

but not mine...

re: #84 srb1976

Actually...that didn't quite do it either...they bridged the Missouri River after that...according to the Wiki article

Yep. Their main focus at the time was Omaha - Sacramento. Bridging the Missouri River took another year or so, when their feeder line (the Rock Island Line) made it to Council Bluffs, NB.

re: #85 Sharmuta

What can I say? I take the concept and practice of oral very seriously.

Why are we arguing about trains?

re: #95 Sharmuta

Why are we arguing about trains?

Nothing better to do?

re: #95 Sharmuta

Why are we arguing about trains?

Fenway did it. He won't be happy until we all have a locomotive.

re: #62 gmsc

G-d bless you

re: #95 Sharmuta

Why are we arguing about trains?

I'm not sure. Steffan seems to be saying that an 83+ hour train trip in 1876 wasn't possible because the railroad path that built it was created 7 years earlier.

re: #97 Panhandler

Fenway did it. He won't be happy until we all have a locomotive.

I spent the weekend in a caboose once...does that count?
(they make nice camping facilities)

re: #92 redc1c4

Right then. I will give you a good 99 minutes of my life, and in exchange you can give 1,000 bottles of your good beer. Deal?
/

re: #96 srb1976

Nothing better to do?

I thought we were fighting about condiments.

re: #102 Sharmuta

My mustard can beat up your mustard!

re: #102 Sharmuta

I thought we were fighting about condiments.

Nah, then we'd be fighting with more relish.

re: #103 Slumbering Behemoth

My mustard can beat up your mustard!

Well, my mustard can poup on your mustard!

re: #102 Sharmuta

I thought we were fighting about condiments.

Oh...in that case, laet me go on record as against Mayo, in favor of Miracle Whip...it's a personal choice = )

re: #100 srb1976

From the Dutch "kabhuis" for a cabin on a ship where meals were prepared.

Great- I'm already playing ketchup.

re: #96 srb1976

Nothing better to do?

no one is willing to pull their weight

Bah! Down with your mayo, your relish, your "miracle whip" (ha, miracle my arse).

Yellow mustard and sriracha FTW!

re: #97 Panhandler

Fenway did it. He won't be happy until we all have a locomotive.

moon bats have loco motives

re: #110 Slumbering Behemoth

Bah! Down with your mayo, your relish, your "miracle whip" (ha, miracle my arse).

Yellow mustard and sriracha FTW!

tabasco rules all, you heathen.

re: #106 srb1976

Oh...in that case, laet me go on record as against Mayo, in favor of Miracle Whip...it's a personal choice = )

"I'll take Ham on 5, hold the Mayo."
-Captain Oveur

re: #104 gmsc

Nah, then we'd be fighting with more relish.

and likely wind up in a pickle

re: #107 Panhandler

From the Dutch "kabhuis" for a cabin on a ship where meals were prepared.

If you say so...
One of our local parks converted a bunch of the old Union Pacific cabooses into cabins (since they already had basic living quarters in them) and rented them out.

Parkaaayy.

re: #113 gmsc

"I'll take Ham on 5, hold the Mayo."
-Captain Oveur

[Video]

i'd like some dry toast...

re: #116 Sharmuta

Parkaaayy.

what a crock.

re: #108 Sharmuta

I see your game. You would try to fool us. You are actually playing catsup, trickster!

re: #100 srb1976

I spent the weekend in a caboose once...does that count?
(they make nice camping facilities)

They're more prevelant than I thought.

Can your condiment talk?

what they need is a product called "i can't believe it's not margarine".

re: #112 redc1c4

tabasco rules all, you heathen.

I can support tabasco as a compromise candidate...but it really is more of a third party, no real election prospects = )

re: #119 Slumbering Behemoth

I see your game. You would try to fool us. You are actually playing catsup, trickster!

Blue ketchup?

In two hours, we should be able to watch President Obama's speech from Cairo, live, at the WH youtube channel:

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Wait...so what were we talking about? Running over some condiments with some locomotives?

Chiffon margarine commercial from the late 60's: " When you think it's butter but its snot, it's Chiffon"

re: #121 Sharmuta

Can your condiment talk?

Great, here we go. Condiment argument.

re: #120 Panhandler

They're more prevelant than I thought.

Also here

re: #99 gmsc

I'm not sure. Steffan seems to be saying that an 83+ hour train trip in 1876 wasn't possible because the railroad path that built it was created 7 years earlier.

Sorry about that. I'm quoting a book (I can't find for the moment) that says the trip from New York to San Francisco, in 1869/1870, took a bit less than a week after the rails were connected at Promontory Summit. The selling point, IIRC, was that you could take a bath in the Atlantic and then, a week later, take your next bath in the Pacific. There was also a major advantage in military shipments, which was the main reason the federal government invested in the railroads.

I don't know where I put the book, but I'll give y'all the ISBN as soon as I find it.

re: #126 Fenway_Nation

... with ketchup/catsup (neither of which I like.)

funny. there is a dianetics ad on the main page.

re: #112 redc1c4

On a serious note, if you dig hot sauce you might dig this.

Not for the feint of tongue (or, *ahem*), but it is mighty tasty.

re: #129 srb1976

Er, your park made the list.

re: #125 freetoken

In two hours, we should be able to watch President Obama's speech from Cairo, live, at the WH youtube channel:

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

i'll be busy pulling my finger and toe nails out, followed by do it yourself trepanning...

re: #89 gmsc

noted and forwarded. In fact I'm forwarding the whole thread. The woman in question is my sis and I love her dearly but she hung up on me tonight. Unable to listen to any criticism of the O.

Mind set. It's Bush's fault. Everything...She loves Obama. That is all.

Nevertheless, I keep trying...

re: #134 Panhandler

Er, your park made the list.

Sorry, I run into a lot of blocked links, since I'm on company time...sometimes for no apparent reason...didn't mean to repeat

re: #116 Sharmuta

Butter.

re: #132 captwfcall

funny. there is a dianetics ad on the main page.

we don't get anywhere near as much Scientology mail as we used to...

guess they finally figured out those freaks had moved on.

re: #137 srb1976

de nada, I'm retired do this is my "work" computer.

re: #136 kateca

noted and forwarded. In fact I'm forwarding the whole thread. The woman in question is my sis and I love her dearly but she hung up on me tonight. Unable to listen to any criticism of the O.

Mind set. It's Bush's fault. Everything...She loves Obama. That is all.

Nevertheless, I keep trying...

Obama is the shepherd I did not want.
He leadeth me beside the still factories.
He restoreth my faith in the Republican party.
He guideth me in the path of unemployment for his party's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the bread line,
I shall fear no hunger for his bailouts are with me.
He has anointed my income with taxes.
My expenses runneth over.
Surely, poverty and hard living will follow me all the days of my life.
And I will live in a mortgaged home forever.

I am glad I am American.
I am glad that I am free.
But I wish I was a male dog
...And Obama was a tree.

re: #136 kateca

noted and forwarded. In fact I'm forwarding the whole thread. The woman in question is my sis and I love her dearly but she hung up on me tonight. Unable to listen to any criticism of the O.

Mind set. It's Bush's fault. Everything...She loves Obama. That is all.

Nevertheless, I keep trying...

how old is this person?

re: #141 gmsc

Damn, I just spit my dentures out!

re: #116 Sharmuta

Butter.

re: #143 Panhandler

Damn, I just spit my dentures out!

as long as they didn't land in the mayo, we're okay.

re: #136 kateca

noted and forwarded. In fact I'm forwarding the whole thread. The woman in question is my sis and I love her dearly but she hung up on me tonight. Unable to listen to any criticism of the O.

Mind set. It's Bush's fault. Everything...She loves Obama. That is all.

Nevertheless, I keep trying...

You have better things to do than argue about 0bama with her. It doesn't sound like you're going to change her mind, so there's probably little point in bringing these things up with her.

If you feel you must challenge her, I suggest granting her premises and following from those. Start by saying, "Oh, I know absolutely nothing could ever change your mind about 0bama. It wouldn't matter what he did, I know your opinion would be unchanging . . ."

re: #146 gmsc

You have better things to do than argue about 0bama with her. It doesn't sound like you're going to change her mind, so there's probably little point in bringing these things up with her.

If you feel you must challenge her, I suggest granting her premises and following from those. Start by saying, "Oh, I know absolutely nothing could ever change your mind about 0bama. It wouldn't matter what he did, I know your opinion would be unchanging . . ."

hell, just take her your bills and ask her to cover them, since you need a bail out and are too big to fail.

re: #144 Slumbering Behemoth

Butter.

It's the treat of the week.

re: #147 redc1c4

hell, just take her your bills and ask her to cover them, since you need a bail out and are too big to fail.

I like that! Updinged and favorited!

I'm sitting here trying to think of a pun on nam pla or nuoc mam, and coming up dry. (Under-appreciated condiment, though.)

re: #136 kateca

noted and forwarded. In fact I'm forwarding the whole thread. The woman in question is my sis and I love her dearly but she hung up on me tonight. Unable to listen to any criticism of the O.

Mind set. It's Bush's fault. Everything...She loves Obama. That is all.

Nevertheless, I keep trying...

i find myself having to just bite my tongue most times. if i say a single thing about Obama that is not positive, i catch too much grief.
my aunt who has no insurance because she chooses to live off of my grandmother. my cousins who've had their lives financed by other family members. they think Obama is a God and can do no wrong. and anyone that says otherwise is a misinformed hick or religious zealot.

and there's a common thread i've noticed about the people in my family who think Obama can do no wrong. they all have hardly ever worked and have leeched off other people. they've never had to work for anything, nor will they ever.

Here are 2 quotes:

"Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory ... of how we are taking responsibility."

"Account must be taken of every single article, every pound of grain, because what socialism implies above all is keeping account of everything"

Here's your challenge: Which one was said by Nancy Pelosi in 2009, and which was said by Lenin in 1917?

re: #150 Throbert McGee

I'm sitting here trying to think of a pun on nam pla or nuoc mam, and coming up dry. (Under-appreciated condiment, though.)

there's something fishy about nuoc mam...

Good Morning you bunch of insomniacs. I trust all of you are well. I am very busy tying up loose ends here and have limited net access. My family fly out on the 17th of June and I should not be to far behind. :)

re: #150 Throbert McGee

I'm sitting here trying to think of a pun on nam pla or nuoc mam, and coming up dry. (Under-appreciated condiment, though.)

Which came first, nuoc mam or Tiger 33, they seem to offset each other.

re: #151 captwfcall

i find myself having to just bite my tongue most times. if i say a single thing about Obama that is not positive, i catch too much grief.
my aunt who has no insurance because she chooses to live off of my grandmother. my cousins who've had their lives financed by other family members. they think Obama is a God and can do no wrong. and anyone that says otherwise is a misinformed hick or religious zealot.

and there's a common thread i've noticed about the people in my family who think Obama can do no wrong. they all have hardly ever worked and have leeched off other people. they've never had to work for anything, nor will they ever.

family or not, i'd cut off contact with them... let'em whistle.

re: #148 Panhandler

I now feel cold, and more than a bit paranoid.
/

re: #156 redc1c4

family or not, i'd cut off contact with them... let'em whistle.

i get super pissed when talking to my aunt. she seriously thinks she's getting free insurance from Obama. and I'm sitting there thinking 'it ain't free, i'm paying for it!'.

that was a big honkin rat, 'cause he made a helluva racket going down the far side of the fence.

2 for 2 tonight %-)

re: #154 Erik The Red

The Erik theme song.

just watched tonight's Conan ep. can't believe how Julia Dreyfus was foaming at the mouth over seeing the First Lady. I felt embarassed for her.

re: #158 captwfcall

i get super pissed when talking to my aunt. she seriously thinks she's getting free insurance from Obama. and I'm sitting there thinking 'it ain't free, i'm paying for it!'.

all the more reason to quit talking: you get riled up and throw a shoe, there won;t be anyone to pay for her insurance, you thoughtless bastid!

I think the obvious condiment champion 'round these parts is Fruitcup™.

re: #162 redc1c4

all the more reason to quit talking: you get riled up and throw a shoe, there won;t be anyone to pay for her insurance, you thoughtless bastid!

haha! good point. i'm a sorry mofo!

re: #161 captwfcall

just watched tonight's Conan ep. can't believe how Julia Dreyfus was foaming at the mouth over seeing the First Lady. I felt embarassed for her.

i'd be embarrassed to watch Conan... we saw Jay at the local gas station the other night, in one of his fancy cars.

Does anyone like cats? I regrettably showed this to my wife, who played it constantly. It's amusing.

re: #163 Sharmuta

I think the obvious condiment champion 'round these parts is Fruitcup™.

it's not a condiment...

re: #108 Sharmuta

Great- I'm already playing ketchup.

LOL!

re: #163 Sharmuta

I think the obvious condiment champion 'round these parts is Fruitcup™.

gmsc likes it with absinthe.

re: #166 BatGuano

Does anyone like cats? I regrettably showed this to my wife, who played it constantly. It's amusing.

that's just weird.

Edmund Burke and President Obama
by Thomas Sowell
Part 1 of 2

The other day I sought a respite from current events by re-reading some of the writings of 18th century British statesman Edmund Burke. But it was not nearly as big an escape as I had thought it would be.

When Burke wrote of his apprehension about "new power in new persons," I could not help think of the new powers that have been created by which a new President of the United States -- a man with zero experience in business -- can fire the head of General Motors and tell banks how to run their businesses.

Not only is Barack Obama new to the presidency, he is new to running any organization. One of Burke's fears was that "we may place our confidence in the virtue of those who have never been tried."

Neither eloquence nor zeal was a substitute for experience, according to Burke. He said, "eloquence may exist without a proportionate degree of wisdom." As for zeal, Burke said: "It is no excuse for presumptuous ignorance that it is directed by insolent passion."

The Obama administration's going back and forth on the question whether American intelligence agents who forced information out of captured terrorist leaders will be subjected to legal jeopardy, even though they were told at the time that what they were doing was not only legal but a service to the nation, came to mind when reading Burke's warning about the dangers of continuing to change the rules and values by which people lived.

Burke asked how we could expect a sense of honor to exist when "no man could know what would be the test of honour in a nation, continually varying the standard of its coin?"

The current drive to take from "the rich" for the benefit of others came to mind when reading Burke's warning against creating a situation where "any one description of citizens should be brought to regard any of the others as their proper prey."

He also warned that "those who attempt to level, never equalise." What they end up doing is concentrating power in their own hands-- and Burke saw such new powers as dangerous, even if they were used only sparingly at first.

He said, "the true danger is, when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients and by parts." He also said: "It is by lying dormant a long time, or being at first very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people."

People who don't like "the rich" or "big business" or the banks may be happy that President Obama is sticking it to them. But such arbitrary powers can be turned on anybody. As Robert Burns said: "Send not to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." There was a lot of wisdom in the 18th century.

re: #141 gmsc

But I wish I was a male dog
...And Obama was a tree.

You think small!

Consider the ways of the pygmy hippopotamus, thou sluggard...

Edmund Burke and President Obama
by Thomas Sowell
Part 2 of 2

The Constitution of the United States set out to limit the powers of the federal government but judges have greatly eroded those limitations over the years and the dispensing of bailout money has allowed the Obama administration to exercise powers that the Constitution never gave them.

Edmund Burke understood that, no matter what form of government you had, in the end the character of those who wielded the powers of government was crucial. He said: "Constitute government how you please, infinitely the greater part of it must depend upon the exercise of the powers which are left at large to the prudence and uprightness of ministers of state."

He also said, "of all things, we ought to be the most concerned who and what sort of men they are that hold the trust of everything that is dear to us." He feared particularly the kind of man "whose whole importance has begun with his office, and is sure to end with it"-- the kind of man "who before he comes into power has no friends, or who coming into power is obliged to desert his friends." Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers and others came to mind.

The biggest challenge to America -- and to the world -- today is the danger of Iran with nuclear weapons. President Obama is acting as if this is something he can finesse with talks or deals. Worse yet, he may think it is something we can live with.

Burke had something to say about things like that as well: "There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief." Acting -- not talking.

re: #160 Panhandler

The Erik theme song.

I am in for a BIG SURPRISE when I get off the plane in Orlando. The humidity is going kill me.

re: #165 redc1c4

i'd be embarrassed to watch Conan... we saw Jay at the local gas station the other night, in one of his fancy cars.

always dug conan, but he's not for everyone, that's for sure.
jay has an impressive car collection.

re: #169 BatGuano

gmsc likes it with absinthe.

i prefer everclear...

(fruitcup is optional %-)

re: #167 redc1c4

But... I relish it.

re: #167 redc1c4

it's not a condiment...

If you use the fruitcup to add flavor (and fiber!) to your booze, then it is by definition a condiment.

re: #170 redc1c4

that's just weird.

Of course it's weird! :)

re: #151 captwfcall

As you describe it, it seems rational debate is pointless.

I recommend tossing out random non sequitors for your own amusement when the subject of Obama or politics arises.

"What about all those pregnant, unwed, teenage mimes that drink hub cab polish? Who's gonna pay for their habit?"

re: #177 Sharmuta

But... I relish it.

so *thats* what all the weird green stuff is... i though LoL had sneezed or something. %-)

re: #180 Slumbering Behemoth

As you describe it, it seems rational debate is pointless.

I recommend tossing out random non sequitors for your own amusement when the subject of Obama or politics arises.

"What about all those pregnant, unwed, teenage mimes that drink hub cab polish? Who's gonna pay for their habit?"

nuns?

re: #182 redc1c4

Ooooh, you are quick you sly rat killer.

re: #178 Throbert McGee

If you use the fruitcup to add flavor (and fiber!) to your booze, then it is by definition a condiment.

*hic*

re: #180 Slumbering Behemoth

As you describe it, it seems rational debate is pointless.

I recommend tossing out random non sequitors for your own amusement when the subject of Obama or politics arises.

"What about all those pregnant, unwed, teenage mimes that drink hub cab polish? Who's gonna pay for their habit?"

My hobby: Appending "no pun intended" to lines with with no pun in them.

That's why they call it a Fruit Cocktail.

re: #184 Sharmuta

*hic*

Why are there tiny blue bubbles obscuring my screen?

re: #180 Slumbering Behemoth

As you describe it, it seems rational debate is pointless.

I recommend tossing out random non sequitors for your own amusement when the subject of Obama or politics arises.

"What about all those pregnant, unwed, teenage mimes that drink hub cab polish? Who's gonna pay for their habit?"

Maybe we could ween them off slowly. Start with something that's not so different from hub cap polish, like red's fruitcup . . .

Damnit, where is mai frootkup?!

re: #163 Sharmuta

You dare reduce the Sanctified Fruit Cup to the status of a mere "condiment"? Infidel!

May you suffer in the swirling sands of a fruitless desert!
/

re: #190 Slumbering Behemoth

You dare reduce the Sanctified Fruit Cup to the status of a mere "condiment"? Infidel!

May you suffer in the swirling sands of a fruitless desert!
/

...or dessert, as the case may be.

No condiments!

re: #185 gmsc

My hobby: Appending "no pun intended" to lines with with no pun in them.

i keep forgetting to read that comic regularly...

re: #190 Slumbering Behemoth

You dare reduce the Sanctified Fruit Cup to the status of a mere "condiment"? Infidel!

May you suffer in the swirling sands of a fruitless desert!
/

May she have to exist on the leavings of 3 year old trail mix.

re: #193 redc1c4

i keep forgetting to read that comic regularly...

I like the recent advice on slaying internet trolls.

re: #192 littleoldlady

No condiments!

{lol} Good Morning

re: #192 littleoldlady

No condiments!

i still want to know how they got the cat to stay still for that...

re: #192 littleoldlady

No condiments!

No condom mints?

re: #192 littleoldlady

good morning, littleoldlady.

re: #185 gmsc

Probably NSFW...

Nobody cares if your puns were intended.

Erik! :-)

red! :-)

/duct tape, obviously.

gmsc! :-)

BatGuano! :-)

re: #191 gmsc

...or dessert, as the case may be.

Sonuva...

When I try to spell right, I mess up. When I try to spell wrong, intentionally, I mess that up too.

I blame my keyboard. It was made by Haliburton.

Pun intended:

A Russian couple was walking down the street in St. Petersburg the other night, when the man felt a drop hit his nose. "I think it's raining," he said to his wife.

"No, that felt more like snow to me," she replied. "No, I'm sure it was just rain, he said." Well, as these things go, they were about to have a major argument about whether it was raining or snowing. Just then they saw a minor communist party official walking toward them. "Let's not fight about it," the man said, "let's ask Comrade Rudolph whether it's officially raining or snowing."

As the official approached, the man said, "Tell us, Comrade Rudolph, is it officially raining or snowing?"

"It's raining, of course," he answered and walked on. But the woman insisted: "I know that felt like snow!" To which the man quietly replied: "Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear!"
___

On the 2nd of June a couple of Republicans made idiots of themselves again, on the House floor, when discussing climate change. Truly idiots. Choreographed by Rep. Akins of MO. Here's part of the exchange:

Mr. AKIN. I appreciate your bringing that up, and I'd like to get into that just a little bit more as we move on this evening into that area, about the Democrat proposal, what it does to people's costs, average costs.

But we're also joined by a good friend of mine, Dr. FLEMING. And people that have a technical or scientific background are a little rare in the Chambers here. So to have actually a guy who's passed high school science is tremendously helpful. And Dr. FLEMING is from Louisiana. [...]

Geez... there are actual Republicans on Capitol Hill who have studied physics... why not ask them? ( As if Akins would care...)

Was going to link the actual Federal Register transcription (available via THOMAS) in the spin-offs, but I realize most people here don't really care how idiotic these politicians can be.

re: #202 Slumbering Behemoth

Sonuva...

When I try to spell right, I mess up. When I try to spell wrong, intentionally, I mess that up too.

I blame my keyboard. It was made by Haliburton.

That's OK, Sporcle.com caused similar confusion recent by posting a desert quiz and a dessert quiz within a few hours of each other.

Blood sugar must be low... I'm grumpy... where's my fruitcup?

Okay, she whined about it and then disappeared?!

SHARMUTA! Wake up!

re: #206 freetoken

Another country heard from...

freetoken! :-)

You know...YOU are better at fruitcup than I am.

/ahem!

Here is more erudition from the good Rep. Akin:

Mr. AKIN. Just reclaiming my time, somehow or another, this whole thing strikes me, if it weren't so serious, as being a comedy. You know, we just went from winter to spring in Missouri. When we go from winter to spring, that's a good climate change. [...]

re: #207 littleoldlady

I was eating chocolate.

re: #210 Sharmuta

I'm jealous...

re: #210 Sharmuta

Oh. Well. Understandable.

;-)

re: #187 Panhandler

Why are there tiny blue bubbles obscuring my screen?

"Did you enjoy blowing bubbles when you were a kid?"

"Yes!"

"Well, Bubbles is back in town, and he wants your phone number . . . "
;)

for those of you who Facebook, here's a great way to deal with all those pesky extra hours in the day... Chain Rxn

ya know, it's never a good sign when the cop car howls by this late at night, on code 3, and crosses the division border to do so...

re: #210 Sharmuta

I was eating chocolate.

"Did you enjoy eating chocolate when you were a kid?"

"Yes!" . . .

;)

re: #215 redc1c4

ya know, it's never a good sign when the cop car howls by this late at night, on code 3, and crosses the division border to do so...

Where I live in Vegas, I get nervous if I don't hear a cop car siren this time of night.

re: #217 gmsc

Where I live in Vegas, I get nervous if I don't hear a cop car siren this time of night.

That sounds like the neighborhood we lived in in Vegas...right near the base

For freetoken- The Oreo Cookie Blues

another place to while away your extra time: Shorpy's

re: #218 srb1976

That sounds like the neighborhood we lived in in Vegas...right near the base

If you want to see what crimes have come up recently in the ol' neighborhood, check out Las Vegas Crime View Community. It'll tell you what happened, and where.

re: #213 gmsc

Reminded me of that Paula Abdul song Blowing Kisses in the Wind waaay back in the day. My first thought was 'Who the hell is 'Kisses'?'

re: #219 Sharmuta

For freetoken- The Oreo Cookie Blues

"I've got the 501 blues,
and I'm tellin' you,
I'm so fat I have to wear the 1 0 0 2's . . . "

re: #212 littleoldlady
Hey there lol! How are you doing these days?

speaking of the blues, now i'll never get to see The Queen

it's a sad day

{realwest!} GOOD GOLLY! What are you doing up?!

is the Queen of England still not invited to France for the D-Day memorial?

re: #221 gmsc

If you want to see what crimes have come up recently in the ol' neighborhood, check out Las Vegas Crime View Community. It'll tell you what happened, and where.

Cool!

red FRUITCUP!

re: #227 redc1c4

is the Queen of England still not invited to France for the D-Day memorial?

Here's an editorial just posted a few minutes ago:

Snubbing the Queen

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

re: #226 littleoldlady
MISS MOLLY! I just dropped in for a minute cause I was awoken by a bad dream - and cause it's hot and humid down here!
Whatcha doing up yourownself?

Thank you littleoldlady!

re: #229 redc1c4

*hic*

re: #231 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

Thank you so kindly, {littleoldlady}.

re: #229 redc1c4

red FRUITCUP!

LGF hamsters are about 7 seconds behind mine.

re: #231 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

Yummy! It's good to be back!

re: #232 realwest

Whatcha doing up yourownself?

You're joking, right?

;-)

re: #231 littleoldlady

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->

My...My...My...

/Your budget is so busted...

re: #238 littleoldlady
Moi? kidding? NEVER! Or hardly ever.
You know I'll bet it's a lot easier typing when the lights are on.

re: #142 redc1c4

An adult approaching retirement who has lost 40K since Obama has been elected. No disconnect... It's Bush's fault. She's a school teacher, a union rep. and has served on City Council.

Her class room celebrated Obama Day, because it was "historic".

You're all welcome!

/even the whiners (profit center)

;-)

re: #241 kateca

An adult approaching retirement who has lost 40K since Obama has been elected. No disconnect... It's Bush's fault. She's a school teacher, a union rep. and has served on City Council.

Her class room celebrated Obama Day, because it was "historic".

Isn't that celebrated on Sept. 24th in Hawaii?

///

re: #239 freetoken

I gots a plan! (#242)

re: #240 realwest

How've you been, real? And mom?

re: #146 gmsc

Word.

Thank you. I'm going to take your advice.

re: #244 littleoldlady

I gots a plan! (#242)

You could always stretch the amount and not kill the budget with this recipe. It'll sate the sweet tooth and impart some needed carbs.

Hey {littleoldlady}- y'all got any more fruit cup - we seem to have had an early RUN on your first offering (he says, casting dirty looks at gmsc and Freetoken)!

re: #241 kateca

An adult approaching retirement who has lost 40K since Obama has been elected. No disconnect... It's Bush's fault. She's a school teacher, a union rep. and has served on City Council.

Her class room celebrated Obama Day, because it was "historic".

You want some real fun? Whenever anybody mentions 0bama's election being "historic", ask them what was so historic about it.

"Really? His skin color? I thought we were supposed to be colorblind . . ."

There are a million directions to take such a discussion.

re: #241 kateca

An adult approaching retirement who has lost 40K since Obama has been elected. No disconnect... It's Bush's fault. She's a school teacher, a union rep. and has served on City Council.

Her class room celebrated Obama Day, because it was "historic".

well, we know why test scores are down but education costs are up.

better you than me.

re: #248 realwest

Hey {littleoldlady}- y'all got any more fruit cup - we seem to have had an early RUN on your first offering (he says, casting dirty looks at gmsc and Freetoken)!

fruitcup causes the runs?

re: #245 littleoldlady
Ah, we been doing ok, I guess - hope y'all are still hanging in there.

re: #247 Panhandler

Panhandler! :-)

Where's the chocolate?!

re: #253 littleoldlady

Panhandler! :-)

Where's the chocolate?!

Sharmie ate it all...

re: #252 realwest

Things are...the same, you know. I see you're in charge of The Prayer List™ now.

/thankyewverymuch! :-)

re: #251 redc1c4 Y'all didn't know that? After that HUGE amount you just scarfed down?

re: #247 Panhandler

What the ---?! Really lol, it is a great recipe for fruit salad with pasta. Trust me on this.