just juggling the chaos, trying to make sense of the madness

"On The Waterfront" – I think I've heard of that.

Some of the maintenance guys at my plant worked on this car.

Ron Heagy Driving

That is so true. Rescued a baby kestrel once at my old job. The person that picked it up told me that they are kicked out of the nest by the parents and then fed on the ground until they can fly. Asked me if I could take it outside and leave it. I pointed out to the person the crowds of people, dog walkers...

Am I a hawk, or am I a pigeon?

And HERE'S the late night thread. Home of the Raptors!
Hello, lizards!

re: #5 FurryOldGuyJeans

Am I a hawk, or am I a pigeon?

I thought you used to be an orangutang?

re: #5 FurryOldGuyJeans

Am I a hawk, or am I a pigeon?

You wanna eat lunch, or be lunch?

I had fun today, away from the roommate...

Return to Roosevelt Dam

re: #2 gmsc

How are you GMSC? Doing OK?

Fenway Park had an infestation of falcons last year. In the middle of the ballgame, there was one struggling with one of Boston's notoriously big vermin (a wharf rat, not Whitey Bulger) in it's talons. Almost dropped it onto the field right along Pesky's pole...came all the way out of it's talons, but it somehow managed to snatch it out of mid-air and keep flying.

Not sure if it's the same falcon that attacked A-Rod.

re: #11 Fenway_Nation

Wasn't that Madonna?
;)

re: #6 Floral Giraffe

And HERE'S the late night thread. Home of the Raptors!
Hello, lizards!

Raptor! That's my favorite Blondie song!
;)

re: #10 Floral Giraffe

How are you GMSC? Doing OK?

Have I ever been OK?
;)

Doing fine now. Thanks for asking.

re: #11 Fenway_Nation

Fenway Nation department of corrections:

In post #11, it was mentioned that it was a falcon that attacked A-Rod in Fenway park. According to the article linked, it was a hawk.

Also in post #11, the link provided made no mention that the victim of the hawk attack was actually 13 year old Alexa Rodriguez of Connecticut.

/looks like I picked the wrong week to give up falconry.

re: #8 Floral Giraffe

You wanna eat lunch, or be lunch?

Oh dang! You mean I have to make a decision?!?

Choices, choices, choices.

No done deal on the non-release of more Abu Ghraib photos...

Says Barney Frank.

You wuz my brother Chawlie, you shoulda looked owt fowah me.

re: #12 Floral Giraffe

Did the falcon have a phony British accent?

Obama to Appoint Pay Czar

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to appoint a "Special Master for Compensation" to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds are abiding by executive-pay guidelines, according to people familiar with the matter.

The administration is expected to name Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw the federal government's compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to act as a pay czar for the Treasury Department, these people said.

And now, it's time for geek poetry corner . . .

Oh my...another opening for a bridge-tender. The first one was in Nova Scotia, the second one in northern California. This one is in the Midwest- on trackage now owned by a Canadian railroad.

So if I get the job, should I say 'I for one welcome our Canadian overlords'?

re: #19 Fenway_Nation

Did the falcon have a phony British accent?

Shhh, I think that was the snowman...

There is the cutest book about a couple of Red-tailed Hawks in love, right in Manhattan.
[Link: search.barnesandnoble.com...]

re: #20 pink freud

Obama to Appoint Pay Czar

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to appoint a "Special Master for Compensation" to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds are abiding by executive-pay guidelines, according to people familiar with the matter.

The administration is expected to name Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw the federal government's compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to act as a pay czar for the Treasury Department, these people said.

Perhaps if being President of the United States wasn't 0bama's first job running an organization of any kind, he wouldn't need a new "czar" every week.

On a semi-related note, I do think the constant use of the word "czar" by the 0bama administration is stating more than they really want it to.

re: #24 Pvt Bin Jammin

Are those the ones on 5th Ave, or was it Park? That the HOA wanted removed.

re: #20 pink freud

What's up with all these Czars? I feel like I'm in a time warp, back in Russia circa 1917.

re: #21 gmsc

"Sadly, there are no integers on this scale, so your gangly adolescent attempt to be clever has proved futile."

re: #21 gmsc

And Kumar became an Obama adviser. Maybe he can teach him math.

re: #22 Fenway_Nation

Oh my...another opening for a bridge-tender. The first one was in Nova Scotia, the second one in northern California. This one is in the Midwest- on trackage now owned by a Canadian railroad.

So if I get the job, should I say 'I for one welcome our Canadian overlords'?

Shhh _{^{you are going to give the plan away don't want to get shot now do you?}}

re: #22 Fenway_Nation

Oh my...another opening for a bridge-tender. The first one was in Nova Scotia, the second one in northern California. This one is in the Midwest- on trackage now owned by a Canadian railroad.

So if I get the job, should I say 'I for one welcome our Canadian overlords'?

LOL, don't say that. Did you try for the No Cal job too? Where are those two jobs?

re: #17 eddiespaghetti

No done deal on the non-release of more Abu Ghraib photos...

Says Barney Frank.

They're charging the execs at Countrywide for pimping their stock when they it had problems.

Why aren't Barney Franks and Chris Dodd being charged for doing the same damn thing with Freddie mac and Fannie Mae?

I'm waiting...

For the rain endowed Lizards...

re: #27 MrPaulRevere

What's up with all these Czars? I feel like I'm in a time warp, back in Russia circa 1917.

1917 was the end of the Czar's. We are at the beginning.

re: #27 MrPaulRevere

What's up with all these Czars? I feel like I'm in a time warp, back in Russia circa 1917.

First you have the czar, then the commissar.

re: #27 MrPaulRevere

What's up with all these Czars? I feel like I'm in a time warp, back in Russia circa 1917.

Exactly what I was thinking . . .

re: #25 gmsc

On a semi-related note, I do think the constant use of the word "czar" by the 0bama administration is stating more than they really want it to.

I feel like I'm in a 1917 time warp, too.

It's astounding. Time is fleeting . . .

re: #25 gmsc

Perhaps if being President of the United States wasn't 0bama's first job running an organization of any kind, he wouldn't need a new "czar" every week.

On a semi-related note, I do think the constant use of the word "czar" by the 0bama administration is stating more than they really want it to.

“The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak”

The dude's got it in spades. (to use a Vegas-ism)

Nice to see you back, gmsc. :-)

re: #35 Van Helsing

First you have the czar, then the commissar.

Don't turn around.

re: #27 MrPaulRevere

What's up with all these Czars? I feel like I'm in a time warp, back in Russia circa 1917.

Weakness.

Good evening, MrPaulRevere!

re: #37 pink freud

“The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak”

The dude's got it in spades. (to use a Vegas-ism)

Nice to see you back, gmsc. :-)

It's great to be back, pink freud!

(Are you familiar with the group that produced such albums as "The Wall" and "Dark Side of the Moon" yet? Last time we talked, you were having a little trouble with that one . . .)

re: #38 gmsc

Don't turn around.

re: #24 Pvt Bin Jammin

Heh...one of the schools near where I grew up in Western Mass had the politically incorrect name of the Redskins.

I wasn't surprised to see that they changed the name to Redhawks when I went by there a few years ago. What I was surprised to learn was that there was something like a 5-year span where they went without a name before adopting 'Redhawks'. I'm not sure if that was by design (a passive protest against the student-atheletes having no say in the name-change, perhaps) or some sort of deadlock...

The thing is, I think most of the surrounding schools still have their American-Indian mascots (i.e. Mohawks, Warriors, etc).

re: #41 ArchangelMichael

Itl's about time! Falco was the best.

re: #40 gmsc

It's great to be back, pink freud!

(Are you familiar with the group that produced such albums as "The Wall" and "Dark Side of the Moon" yet? Last time we talked, you were having a little trouble with that one . . .)

Ah yes! I see you are back in fine form! :-)

re: #41 ArchangelMichael

Excellent avaiators!
LOL!

re: #43 BatGuano

I didn't even realize that was the O.G. German language version until I posted it... double score.

re: #32 Van Helsing

I assume the Countrywide theme is a rhetorical question, one which you answered well yourself...

The decision to not release the photos was a sober one by the current administration, however, the Barney Frank's on the hill see the world through a different skewed prism.

re: #46 ArchangelMichael

Alles Klar, Herr Komissar?

re: #42 Fenway_Nation

Heh...one of the schools near where I grew up in Western Mass had the politically incorrect name of the Redskins.

I wasn't surprised to see that they changed the name to Redhawks when I went by there a few years ago. What I was surprised to learn was that there was something like a 5-year span where they went without a name before adopting 'Redhawks'. I'm not sure if that was by design (a passive protest against the student-atheletes having no say in the name-change, perhaps) or some sort of deadlock...

The thing is, I think most of the surrounding schools still have their American-Indian mascots (i.e. Mohawks, Warriors, etc).

Don't you get sick of that PC crap. I always think of a "redskin" as a "brave warrior" from an American Indian nation. I guess I am just too old to get it, or watched too many westerns back in the day.;-) Our Mexican friend gave us the "Speedy Gonzalez" series for Christmas last year. It's not PC in the US either. He and his family love it.

From what I have read, these so-called czars do not require congressional approval, thus increasing Presidential authority. I remember back in the day when the left was screaming to high heaven about the 'unitary executive' theory of Presidential power. The silence is now deafening.

re: #47 eddiespaghetti

Yeah, you caught me.
It's kind of like social security - if you're the government, it's a wonderful benefit to help us all. If you're not, it's a Ponzi scheme.

Oh what a world, what a world.

Just 15 minutes from now, the latest vomit-inducing global warming dreck will be released . . .

HOME

re: #48 BatGuano

Alles Klar, Herr Komissar?

Alles in Ordnung.

Too bad I haven't ever been able to find "Kinder, Kader, Kommandeure" other than the samples in industrial music.

re: #27 MrPaulRevere

What's up with all these Czars? I feel like I'm in a time warp, back in Russia circa 1917.

A weird throwback to WWII when American business was shifted over to war production. The idea at the time was for centralizing the command structure, and the admirers of Soviet Socialism in FDR's administration who proposed the entire setup chose the title.

re: #50 MrPaulRevere

From what I have read, these so-called czars do not require congressional approval, thus increasing Presidential authority. I remember back in the day when the left was screaming to high heaven about the 'unitary executive' theory of Presidential power. The silence is now deafening.

And generally someone is picked that does not know feces from shoe polish about what they are tsar-ing.

It's a great gig if you can get it.

re: #50 MrPaulRevere

From what I have read, these so-called czars do not require congressional approval, thus increasing Presidential authority. I remember back in the day when the left was screaming to high heaven about the 'unitary executive' theory of Presidential power. The silence is now deafening.

That is because now the authority is doing things the way the Left wants, on the whole.

re: #55 Van Helsing

And generally someone is picked that does not know feces from shoe polish about what they are tsar-ing.

It's a great gig if you can get it.

I'm working on a musical about all this.

It's called "0bama Christ Super Czar"

re: #52 gmsc

Deary, deary me.
Doom, on so many levels.

None of which are will be addressed in that abomination.

re: #57 gmsc
What's the buzz, tell me what's a happening?LOL

I am so old I had that record. Yes, a record.

re: #59 Pvt Bin Jammin

What's the buzz, tell me what's a happening?LOL

I am so old I had that record. Yes, a record.

I have it on cuneiform.

re: #59 Pvt Bin Jammin

What's the buzz, tell me what's a happening?LOL

I am so old I had that record. Yes, a record.

I had the movie on Laser Disc, CAV, 3 discs. Woo.

re: #59 Pvt Bin Jammin

What's the buzz, tell me what's a happening?LOL

I am so old I had that record. Yes, a record.

I had it, too!

Now, it's actually not too hard to find the original movie on YouTube in its entirety!

re: #60 BatGuano

I have it on cuneiform.

Yeah, but is it signed by the original?

Best wishes all, have a great Friday!

Good night, lizards. I am sleeepy!
Stay scaly! & Whack a troll for me!

re: #61 FurryOldGuyJeans

re: #62 gmsc

I think we need to put our heads together. We could have a broadway hit.

Who gets to play Judas?

re: #65 Floral Giraffe

Good night, Floral.

re: #20 pink freud

Obama to Appoint Pay Czar

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to appoint a "Special Master for Compensation" to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds are abiding by executive-pay guidelines, according to people familiar with the matter.

The administration is expected to name Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw the federal government's compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to act as a pay czar for the Treasury Department, these people said.

Yet another reason for companies not to take any Federal aid, even if it's desperately needed.

I don't necessarily disagree with this idea, but it has the effect of locking in failure.

re: #66 Pvt Bin Jammin

re: #62 gmsc

I think we need to put our heads together. We could have a broadway hit.

Who gets to play Judas?

I could be Herod, but being that, um, gay, might be a stretch.

re: #65 Floral Giraffe

Good night, lizards. I am sleeepy!
Stay scaly! & Whack a troll for me!

G'Nite, FG!

re: #66 Pvt Bin Jammin

re: #62 gmsc

I think we need to put our heads together. We could have a broadway hit.

Who gets to play Judas?

I think we'll have to wait and find out.

re: #65 Floral Giraffe

Good night, lizards. I am sleeepy!
Stay scaly! & Whack a troll for me!

Night, sweet dreams.

I don't think I ever whacked one myself. I think my forceful thing was "go away". LOL...I am a little bit Irish, though, you never know.

re: #63 gmsc

Yeah, but is it signed by the original?

Jesus Christ Superstar: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice signed by all 12 apostles (Audio - Mar 21, 34) [IMPORT: ARAMAIC & HELLENISTIC GREEK LANGUAGE EDITION]

I cant find that on Amazon unfortunately.

re: #54 FurryOldGuyJeans

A weird throwback to WWII when American business was shifted over to war production. The idea at the time was for centralizing the command structure, and the admirers of Soviet Socialism in FDR's administration who proposed the entire setup chose the title.

Kind of a weird choice, given that the Czars were what the Russian Communists were intent on overthrowing. But since when have socialists of any stripe been particularly keen on accuracy?

Today in History, June 5th:

Highlights of this day in history: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles; The Six-Day War erupts in the Mideast; Birth of the Marshall Plan; First reported AIDS cases in the U.S.; Former President Ronald Reagan dies.

Other notable June 5th events include:

1837 – Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.

1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.

1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.

1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.

1933 – The U.S. Congress abrogates the United States' use of the gold standard by enacting a joint resolution (48 Stat. 112) nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold.

1946 – A fire in the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois kills 61 people.

1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.

1977 – The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.

1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).

2001 – U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords leaves the Republican Party, an act which shifts control of the United States Senate from the Republicans to the Democratic Party.

re: #72 Pvt Bin Jammin

Night, sweet dreams.

I don't think I ever whacked one myself. I think my forceful thing was "go away". LOL...I am a little bit Irish, though, you never know.

Once you start, you won't be able to quit. No once can whack just one troll.

re: #69 FurryOldGuyJeans

I could be Herod, but being that, um, gay, might be a stretch.

I've got Herod's song almost worked out . . .

"0bama, I am overjoyed to meet you face to face.
You've been getting quite a name, all around this place.

"Healing economies, voting by the dead,
and now I understand you're god . . . at least that's what you've said . . . "

re: #76 FurryOldGuyJeans

Once you start, you won't be able to quit. No once can whack just one troll.

I used to "whack the troll" frequently when I was teenager. Is that what you're talking about?

re: #74 SixDegrees

Kind of a weird choice, given that the Czars were what the Russian Communists were intent on overthrowing. But since when have socialists of any stripe been particularly keen on accuracy?

Czar had been used before, but really gained prominence during the war. But as you say, consistency is not a common trait of socialist thinking.

re: #30 BlueCanuck

Blue- it starts with the acquisition (through legit means) of the railway network. And it's been going on for the last 25 years.

Canadian Pacific's USA Holdings: Soo Line (1985); Delaware & Hudson (1991); Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (2008)

Canadian National's USA Holdings: Illinois Central (1998); Wisconsin Central Bessemer & Lake Erie (2003), Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range (2003); Elgin Joliet & Eastern (2009)

Also worth mentioning that Canadian national had four US subsidiaries prior to their 1998 expansion; Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific; Grand Trunk Western; Central Vermont (sold off to RailTex [now Rail America] and became New England Central) and Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (also sold off to RailTex and became the Indiana & Ohio).

And to be fair, CN has also gobbled up their share of smaller Canadian railways (Savage Alberta, New Brunswick East Coast, Ottawa Central, British Columbia Rail) in the same timeframe.

re: #77 gmsc

I've got Herod's song almost worked out . . .

"0bama, I am overjoyed to meet you face to face.
You've been getting quite a name, all around this place.

"Healing economies, voting by the dead,
and now I understand you're god . . . at least that's what you've said . . . "

Do I have to LISP all that? ;)

re: #77 gmsc

I've got Herod's song almost worked out . . .

"0bama, I am overjoyed to meet you face to face.
You've been getting quite a name, all around this place.

"Healing economies, voting by the dead,
and now I understand you're god . . . at least that's what you've said . . . "

Pulling up the lyrics, there seem to be so many that wouldn't need any work at all. :-)

re: #80 Fenway_Nation

You ever play the computer game Railroad Tycoon or any of the sequels?

Just askin', you know. You seem to have a slight interest in trains and railroading.

re: #63 gmsc

Yeah, but is it signed by the original?

Yes, but I suspect it's a forgery. It's in Latin.

re: #82 pink freud

Pulling up the lyrics, there seem to be so many that wouldn't need any work at all. :-)

I'm all for "Could We Start Again Please?"

re: #49 Pvt Bin Jammin

Don't you get sick of that PC crap. I always think of a "redskin" as a "brave warrior" from an American Indian nation. I guess I am just too old to get it, or watched too many westerns back in the day.;-) Our Mexican friend gave us the "Speedy Gonzalez" series for Christmas last year. It's not PC in the US either. He and his family love it.

Yep...altho' there are some tribes that don't go along with the PC crap. I remember hearing somewhere that getting Florida State to change their name and mascot from the Seminoles was a tough sell among not just the students and alumni, but also members of the Seminole tribe who wanted their name attached to a popular NCAA sports program.

re: #77 gmsc

I've got Herod's song almost worked out . . .

"0bama, I am overjoyed to meet you face to face.
You've been getting quite a name, all around this place.

"Healing economies, voting by the dead,
and now I understand you're god . . . at least that's what you've said . . . "

'It seems to me a strange thing, mystifying, that a commie like you could make a stand to save the people of this great land...'

We could do this.

I had the original on vinyl and I had no idea that there was a 2000 version of JC superstar.

I don't get out much. Rules are kinda tight at the home...

re: #66 Pvt Bin Jammin

re: #62 gmsc

I think we need to put our heads together. We could have a broadway hit.

Who gets to play Judas?

Crap. Now I've got that whole production rolling through my head.

Judas is definitely the juiciest role in the work. It's traditionally been filled by a black man. No one is leaping to mind at the moment from today's pantheon of actors.

re: #85 gmsc

I'm all for "Could We Start Again Please?"

The problem with "casting" Judas is we need a disillusioned former Obama supporter/voter. I can't think of any here that fit that bill.

re: #82 pink freud

Pulling up the lyrics, there seem to be so many that wouldn't need any work at all. :-)

We need to enlist buzzsawmonkey for the lyrics. He's the best.

re: #83 FurryOldGuyJeans

I played RR Tycoon. Think I still have the disc for the 486 kicking around here somewhere. Tried it on a pentium and lost in 2 seconds. :p

re: #75 gmsc

On this date in 1944, General Eisenhower was agonizing over when to launch the D-Day invasion of Normandy.

re: #83 FurryOldGuyJeans

Actually, no. And it was only two years ago that one of my buddies (who day-trades) said what I did know about railways could translate to actionable investment information.

/I still maintain he's giving me too much credit.

re: #87 Van Helsing

'It seems to me a strange thing, mystifying, that a commie like you could make a stand to save the people of this great land...'

We could do this.

I had the original on vinyl and I had no idea that there was a 2000 version of JC superstar.

I don't get out much. Rules are kinda tight at the home...

A couple of different versions have been recorded. In my opinion, none holds a candle to the original.

re: #91 BlueCanuck

I played RR Tycoon. Think I still have the disc for the 486 kicking around here somewhere. Tried it on a pentium and lost in 2 seconds. :p

RRT2 is such a quantum leap over the original. The graphics, ooof.

re: #88 SixDegrees

Crap. Now I've got that whole production rolling through my head.

Judas is definitely the juiciest role in the work. It's traditionally been filled by a black man. No one is leaping to mind at the moment from today's pantheon of actors.

I'm going to bed thinking of those songs too. LOL

re: #94 SixDegrees

A couple of different versions have been recorded. In my opinion, none holds a candle to the original.

The "0bama Christ, Super Czar" musical opens with a crowd cheering 0bama's election, and one supporter who is already starting to see the mistake he's made.

He's off away from the crowd singing, "Too Much Heaven On Their Minds" . . .

re: #95 FurryOldGuyJeans

Tried the demo, didn't like it to much. Too much emphasis on graphics IMHO. But then again, I was disgusted with most 3D games at that time. They've gotten better since then.

re: #97 gmsc

The "0bama Christ, Super Czar" musical opens with a crowd cheering 0bama's election, and one supporter who is already starting to see the mistake he's made.

He's off away from the crowd singing, "Too Much Heaven On Their Minds" . . .

Crap, time for bed. See you folks later on. Say high to littleoldlady for me.

re: #100 BlueCanuck

Crap, time for bed. See you folks later on. Say high to littleoldlady for me.

G'Nite, Blue!

re: #90 Pvt Bin Jammin

We need to enlist buzzsawmonkey for the lyrics. He's the best.

I say we hold gmsc's feet to the fire, let him show off his creative genius.

:-)

re: #75 gmsc

Fenway's This Day In History (Edited by Xinhua News agency)

1989- Chinese PLA troops and armor
move into Beijing's Tianamen Square to brutally crush a student uprising. To this day, the exact death toll remains unknown. Absolutely nothing happened.

re: #99 gmsc

My mind is clearer now.
At last, all too well, we got change but not what we were hoping for...

re: #97 gmsc

The "0bama Christ, Super Czar" musical opens with a crowd cheering 0bama's election, and one supporter who is already starting to see the mistake he's made.

He's off away from the crowd singing, "Too Much Heaven On Their Minds" . . .

Barney Fwank has announced that he is not pleased with the decision not to release the latest Abu Grhaib photos. Opposing the One - might make an interesting Herod, if it weren't for that speech impediment.

I've getting visions of Fwank, onstage, in heavy drag. Must stop now.

re: #98 BlueCanuck

'Nite, BLue!

re: #99 gmsc
Dang, now that beat is in my head and I'm about to go to bed.

re: #105 SixDegrees

Barney Fwank has announced that he is not pleased with the decision not to release the latest Abu Grhaib photos. Opposing the One - might make an interesting Herod, if it weren't for that speech impediment.

According to FOGJ, the speech impediment might be just the key to the part . . .

re: #81 FurryOldGuyJeans

Do I have to LISP all that? ;)

re: #107 Pvt Bin Jammin

Dang, now that beat is in my head and I'm about to go to bed.

Sorry.

Good night, PBJ!

re: #107 Pvt Bin Jammin

Dang, now that beat is in my head and I'm about to go to bed.

It is compelling, is it not?

re: #100 BlueCanuck

'Nite, Blue. Take care. I don't see the LOL too much either. I have to get up at regular times, mostly.

re: #108 gmsc

Dang! I cast myself out of yet another role.

re: #99 gmsc

www.youtube.com...] target="_blank">

I didn't care as much for the film as the stage production, but one of the great things about the movie is the ability to have the performers sign and dance like crazy at the same time, something they just can't pull off live.

Gotta go dig out my old CD now.

re: #105 SixDegrees

Barney Fwank has announced that he is not pleased with the decision not to release the latest Abu Grhaib photos. Opposing the One - might make an interesting Herod, if it weren't for that speech impediment.

I've getting visions of Fwank, onstage, in heavy drag. Must stop now.

That would be the latest pictures from 5(?) years ago? That miserable pile of human waste doesn't understand that doing so WILL cause an increase in violence?

Is that piece of feces unaware of the effect that the f***ing Mo-Toons had? The roundabout dogs that used Mohammed as theme?

I truly despise that idiot barney franks.

The dog with the same name was smarter.

re: #114 Van Helsing

That would be the latest pictures from 5(?) years ago? That miserable pile of human waste doesn't understand that doing so WILL cause an increase in violence?

Is that piece of feces unaware of the effect that the f***ing Mo-Toons had? The roundabout dogs that used Mohammed as theme?

I truly despise that idiot barney franks.

The dog with the same name was smarter.

He's obsessing over scoring political points, not the real world. He's an ass.

re: #110 Van Helsing

It is. I actually enjoyed it back in the day. Still have a turntable somewhere, hooked to a CD player but I could switch the wires & play that old album...if I could find it and it's not warped.

Good night lizards. Love ya!

re: #116 Pvt Bin Jammin

G'night Pvt.

re: #114 Van Helsing

I'd like to think this could be a bluff and that pretty much the worst of it is already out there. Then, when the release is fought tooth and nail, it appears that those fighting it have that much more to hide.

Even if it isn't the case, I still think Barney Frank and Sy Hersch are excerable.

re: #116 Pvt Bin Jammin

'Nite PB&J!

re: #115 SixDegrees

He's obsessing over scoring political points, not the real world. He's an ass.

He's f***ing political points WILL cause real, non-political, soldier type blood to get spilled.

Miserable puke.

The wonderful photos were posted on one of the threads yesterday and I cannot remember the name of the poster to attribute. They are worth re-posting.

The first set is North Korea; the second is of a beach in Morocco.

[Link: drugoi.livejournal.com...]

[Link: drugoi.livejournal.com...]

re: #118 Fenway_Nation

I'd like to think this could be a bluff and that pretty much the worst of it is already out there. Then, when the release is fought tooth and nail, it appears that those fighting it have that much more to hide.

Even if it isn't the case, I still think Barney Frank and Sy Hersch are excerable.

May be so. However, the Mohammedan fucks that need little excuse to riot (and shoot a nun, for instance) over a cartoon or a bogus Newsweek story about a flushed Q'uran will still increase the threat level not only to our troops but to the civilian populations in Iraq, A-stan, and P-stan.

Surely even Franks can see this.

re: #121 pink freud

The wonderful photos were posted on one of the threads yesterday and I cannot remember the name of the poster to attribute. They are worth re-posting.

The first set is North Korea; the second is of a beach in Morocco.

[Link: drugoi.livejournal.com...]

[Link: drugoi.livejournal.com...]

The North Korean soldier sticking his thumb between his 1st 2 fingers seems to have an attitude that he's giving the photographer a really offensive gesture.

He probably has no idea that in the United States, all that gesture means is, "Got your nose!"

re: #123 gmsc

Haha! True. Aren't they wonderful?

Oh...and I still think 0bama is a narccisitic, self-aggrandizing, vacuous suit who can hardly function without a teleprompter.

Having said that, I think it's 'Aren't-I-wonderful?' Middle East tour gives him some leverage over Frank. Which I don't mind, since this is one of the two or three decisions he's made since taking office that I can support.

Watch out for an 'unofficial' release of some of these photos, tho'. This isn't the Bush Admin., where classified military and counterintelligence documents wind up in the pages of the New York Times (may their stock forever be in the toiler)...but enough 0DS-suffering lefites could try and undercut his decision if they don't get their way.

re: #123 gmsc

Tell him to come over here and say that.

Hmmm. Last night it was Bats. Tonight Hawks. I doubt the twain will merge.

re: #125 Fenway_Nation

toilet...

/Bacari's back in the house, so there may be more egregious errors to come.

re: #128 Fenway_Nation

toilet...

/Bacari's back in the house, so there may be more egregious errors to come.

yep

re: #125 Fenway_Nation

wasn't the last couple of days on the news obsessing about incitement wrt to
tiller's death?

Currently watching:

The Dick Van Dyke Show – Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra

re: #131 gmsc

Currently watching:

The Dick Van Dyke Show – Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra

Is this the one?

Millie: Mark Antony, pray tell. How are things in Rome?
bob Crane: Rotten!
something like that?

re: #131 gmsc

Currently watching:

The Dick Van Dyke Show – Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra

Interesting to note: When Mary Tyler Moore is dancing her "Cleopatra" number in that episode, the bongo player is Bob Crane (Col. Hogan from Hogan's Heroes)!

re: #132 BatGuano

Is this the one?

Millie: Mark Antony, pray tell. How are things in Rome?
bob Crane: Rotten!
something like that?

Yep!

re: #134 gmsc

Yep!

I'm a winner, chicken dinner! :)

re: #130 Van Helsing

Not that I saw, altho' I haven't watched the alphabet soup networks in over a week. It's been either online articules or the top-of-the-hour news updates on the radio.

I remember some of the MSM outlets treating Pvt. Long's murder as 'Breaking News' when it was breaking news, but it seemed as though they were glossing it over to cover 0bama's preperations for his trip to the middle east once developments out of Arkansas weren't to their liking.

Probably difficult to juxtapose 0bama's 'Repairing America's Image' with the same religion who's converts come here and kill Americans.

Good night all. I'm being beckoned.

Far past my bedtime.
G'nite lizards.

re: #137 BatGuano

Good night all. I'm being beckoned.

Turn that thing off and come to bed...NOW!

G'nite VanHelsing, Guano of the nocturnal flying mammalian persuasion!

re: #138 Van Helsing

Far past my bedtime.
G'nite lizards.

Good night!

OMG I can't believe I came all the way downstairs again to post this but I've got a little bit of the lyrics for the production. LOL

"What's the Hill Buzz, tell me what's a happening?"
"What's the Hill Buzz, tell me what's a happening?"

There really is a HillBuzz blog.

Nite. I am going upstairs.

re: #142 Pvt Bin Jammin

OMG I can't believe I came all the way downstairs again to post this but I've got a little bit of the lyrics for the production. LOL

"What's the Hill Buzz, tell me what's a happening?"
"What's the Hill Buzz, tell me what's a happening?"

There really is a HillBuzz blog.

Nite. I am going upstairs.

That works! It's great!

stupid Globe sentence of the day

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/poli…

Red carpet greetings, designer clothes, Broadway shows, and an upcoming trip to Paris. Are the Obamas, who wooed voters with their down-to-earth charm on the campaign trail, losing the common touch?

Oh, yes, a millionaire politically-connected Harvard lawyer used to have the common touch.

Beekeeper 1: Hmmm. Awfully quiet around here.
Beekeeper 2: Yes... a little TOO quiet, if you know what I mean.
Beekeeper 1: Hmmm. Afraid I don't.
Beekeeper 2: You see, bees usually make a lot of noise. No noise suggests no bees.
Beekeeper 1: Hmm... oh look, there goes one.
Beekeeper 2: To the bee mobile.
Beekeeper 1: You mean your Chevy?
Beekeeper 2: ...Yes.

I just finished reading "I'Jaam - An Iraqi Rhapsody" as one of two books I need to read for a paper due at 11am Pacific...and it was one of the most ridiculous books I've ever read.

Guy gets imprisoned for speaking out against Saddam's government or something, keeps having flashbacks to his grandma, normal life, his GF, soccer matches, weird conversations, etc. Then it'll come back to a prison abuse scene, then it'll go to another flashback, then it'll cut back to a gay prison rape scene, then it'll go to him with his GF in a graphic erotica scene, and then it'll go to something else.

So worthless, and the one I'm reading now, entitled "The Earthquake" be Tahir Wattar, looks to be even more worthless.

re: #145 Fenway_Nation

Homer: Got any of that beer that has candy floating in it? You know, Skittlebrau?
Apu: Such a beer does not exist, sir. I think you must have dreamed it.
Homer: Oh. Well, then just give me a six-pack and a couple of bags of Skittles.

re: #146 TheMatrix31

As much as I enjoyed it, I think I need something besides Bowden's Killing Pablo to hang my hat on.

/Thanks for reccomending two books to NOT read.

Lisa: Thank you, Mr. President.
Bill Clinton: No, thank you, Lisa. For teaching kids everywhere a valuable lesson: If things don't go your way, just keep complaining until your dreams come true.
Marge: That's a pretty lousy lesson.
Bill Clinton: Hey, I'm a pretty lousy president.

re: #148 Fenway_Nation

As much as I enjoyed it, I think I need something besides Bowden's Killing Pablo to hang my hat on.

/Thanks for reccomending two books to NOT read.

It's been ridiculous, and we have to write an essay on it. Here's the prompt:

1. What are the personal circumstances each protagonist faces in the novella? What are the general historical circumstances (global and regional) which provide the setting for each novella? What are the local circumstances (meaning in one case Algerian, in the other Iraqi) which provide the setting for each novel? (15%)

2. Citing specific examples, describe the attitude of each protagonist to the contemporary authoritarian state. Citing specific examples, describe the attitude of each author. (10%)

3. Symbols play an important role in parables such as the two you are reading. The central symbol of The Earthquake is the earthquake/apocalypse. The central symbol of I’jaam is language itself—particularly the use of language as a source of resistance or inspiration, on the one hand, and its distortion in the hands of authoritarian governments. Explain, citing specific examples from the book. (10%)

4. In each novella, the protagonists perform acts of resistance against the state. What are those acts? Based on the lectures, your reading of Gelvin, The Modern Middle East and Gelvin, “The Rise and Fall of the Populist State in the Middle East from the Perspective of Global Political Economy” (see syllabus), what other acts of resistance have the inhabitants of the region taken? What do these acts tell us about the limits of the power of the authoritarian state in the Middle East? (15%)

5. When they took power, the revolutionary Algerian regime, the revolutionary Iraqi regime, and similar regimes throughout the region were extremely popular. Using the sources cited in question 4, explain why. What international, regional, and domestic factors explain why the early promise of these regimes was doomed to failure? (40%)

re: #150 TheMatrix31

I couldn't make it through 15% of the prompt...

re: #149 Fenway_Nation

I think we're reading the same website at exactly the same speed.
;)

re: #152 gmsc

I came for the beekeeper quotes,,,stayed for the irreverent asides from secondary charachters.

re: #153 Fenway_Nation

I came for the beekeeper quotes,,,stayed for the irreverent asides from secondary charachters.

Mr. Burns: That's your excuse for everything!

re: #151 Fenway_Nation

I couldn't make it through 15% of the prompt...

Don't know how I'm even going to stay awake to do this.

re: #149 Fenway_Nation

Well lookie who's a Simpsons fan.
Also
H: Beer - the solution and cause of all problems!

Dunno if he said it exactly like that but whatever. Good morning EU-lizards

re: #156 Mikky

Well lookie who's a Simpsons fan.
Also
H: Beer - the solution and cause of all problems!

Dunno if he said it exactly like that but whatever. Good morning EU-lizards

I think it was something like

"Alcohol, the cause of, AND SOLUTION TO...all of life's problems!"

Homer: And now we play the waiting game...

[lengthy pause]

Homer: eh, the waiting game sucks, let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos.

re: #156 Mikky

I was until the infamous GI D'Oh! episode.

Still...about 15 years worth of nuggets prior to that excerable cock-up of an episode.

re: #159 Fenway_Nation

I was until the infamous GI D'Oh! episode.

Still...about 15 years worth of nuggets prior to that excerable cock-up of an episode.

I liked it for about the first 8 seasons, and then it just seemed to get too old.

The fact that it's been on for 20 years now is mind-boggling!

re: #5 FurryOldGuyJeans

Am I a hawk, or am I a pigeon?

Some days are pigeons and other days are poop.

re: #160 gmsc

There's some debate as to when exactly the Simpsons jumped the shark. I can say that crapping all over the United States Army and its soldiers on Veteran's Day Weekend counts as unambiguous shark-jumping in my book

re: #161 Sharmuta

Heh...some days you're the fly, some days you're the windshield.

re: #161 Sharmuta

Some days are pigeons and other days are poop.

That's poultry in motion!

re: #163 Fenway_Nation

Heh...some days you're the fly, some days you're the windshield.

Days?

re: #165 Sharmuta

Verbatim quote from an old NCO of mine...

re: #166 Fenway_Nation

Verbatim quote from an old NCO of mine...

He must've made a fortune from all the bumper stickers he sold that say exactly the same thing.

Something fruitcup this way comes...

FRUITCUP!

(and two dead rats... %-)

hasta, y'all.

L8r!

/white smoke

re: #162 Fenway_Nation

There's some debate as to when exactly the Simpsons jumped the shark. I can say that crapping all over the United States Army and its soldiers on Veteran's Day Weekend counts as unambiguous shark-jumping in my book

I didn't even know that HAPPENED!

I stopped regularly watching new episodes around 2001 or 2002.

re: #169 redc1c4

FRUITCUP!

(and two dead rats... %-)

All in the same serving dish?

very early good morning, Lizards.
anyone watching Obama's joint press conference with Merkel? He is really stumbling in his speaking. Embarrassing

re: #167 gmsc

Needs to be said with a thick southern drawl...which doesn't translate to a bumper-sticker that well.

re: #171 gmsc

All in the same serving dish?

never... unless you forgot to clear the table afterward.

Well...LoL seems to be running late, so:

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening lizards!

Fruitcup is now on the buffet --->

/Rat-free, of course.

re: #175 Fenway_Nation

Well...LoL seems to be running late, so:

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening lizards!

Fruitcup is now on the buffet --->

/Rat-free, of course.

Sounds better!

No littleoldlady brand Fruitcup. See? Some days really are poop.

re: #176 gmsc

Well...to Red's credit, I'm sure he uses only free-range rats.

Homer: Webster's defines WEDDING as "The process of removing weeds from one's garden" . . .

re: #170 TheMatrix31

It happened...and I can't bring up that episode without mentioning to what CBC's Hockey Night in Canada aired that same weekend by comparison:

A little telling that a left-leaning network in a country that's sometimes ridiculed for having no military to speak of had such a well-done and appropriate tribute to their fallen soldiers versus the supposedly jingoistic, right-wing FOX.

Well, good night, all!

Someone issue a bolo for lol.

re: #180 Fenway_Nation

It happened...and I can't bring up that episode without mentioning to what CBC's Hockey Night in Canada aired that same weekend by comparison:

A little telling that a left-leaning network in a country that's sometimes ridiculed for having no military to speak of had such a well-done and appropriate tribute to their fallen soldiers versus the supposedly jingoistic, right-wing FOX.

Some things are just a bit ironic, I guess.

re: #181 gmsc

Tour Guide: Good night! Don't let the bedbugs parylize!

Getting my address book in order, listening to the soundtrack from Das Boot. It's Friday in Afghanistan :-)

re: #42 Fenway_Nation

Heh...one of the schools near where I grew up in Western Mass had the politically incorrect name of the Redskins.

I wasn't surprised to see that they changed the name to Redhawks when I went by there a few years ago. What I was surprised to learn was that there was something like a 5-year span where they went without a name before adopting 'Redhawks'. I'm not sure if that was by design (a passive protest against the student-atheletes having no say in the name-change, perhaps) or some sort of deadlock...

The thing is, I think most of the surrounding schools still have their American-Indian mascots (i.e. Mohawks, Warriors, etc).

When I went to UMass (Amherst) we were known as the "Redman". I still have my Bobby Head mascot which is labeled the same.

Not only the Simpsons; Family Guy never seems to miss an opportunity to void their bowels all over the military, or the right, which they probably see as synonymous.

re: #186 Cheechako

Where are you, "Whitey"?

I'm in the Moonbat Capitol in SE alaska.

I grew up (somewhat) on Douglas and out on Mendenhall loop. Back when the IGA was all that was out there.

Oh, and the Nugget Mall.

re: #183 TheMatrix31

I'm glad Canada's soldiers have such a prominent and enthusiastic supporter in Don Cherry, otherwise I feel they'd be subjected to an endless stream of unchecked anti-war, our-boys-are-dying-for-nothing -but-they're-uneducated-babykillers-anyway propaganda.

Also, the NHL network now carries the CBC Hockey Night in Canada feed live, so I got to Cherry's Veteran's Dat Edition of Coaches Corner back in November.

I have to say, it was somewhat cathartic after the fairly depressing turn of events the week before (i.e. the American electorate choosing a smooth-talking used car salesman over a war hero with a track record of working with both parties).

I leve in the Mendenhall Valley. If it's been awhile you wouldn't recognize the place. The Nugget Mall is still here. Where are you?

re: #186 Cheechako

UMass Minutemen...one of the better NCAA div. Iaa football programs out there.

Of course, a bunch of moonbats were trying to get rid of the Minuteman logo because it was a White Guy brandishing a Firearm!

re: #194 Fenway_Nation

Well they did get rid of the Redman logo. When I was there they were Div 1 in the Yankee conference.

re: #195 Cheechako

I think my father was there around the same time as Bill Cosby and Dr. J.

I was there before them - early 60's.

re: #187 haakondahl

Not only the Simpsons; Family Guy never seems to miss an opportunity to void their bowels all over the military, or the right, which they probably see as synonymous.

That almost goes without saying. I sat through one episode where the baby and dog join the Army thinking 'Who knows? Maybe it will actually be funny?'. 28 minutes later, I was still waiting for it to be funny.

McFarlane makes clear his disdain for Mid America at every opportunity as well.

re: #197 Cheechako

I think it's been the UMass Minutemen my whole life.

There's just no pleasing some moonbats- the Redman is replaced with an armed revolutionary and eventually they want that replaced!

The times...they are changing.

Going to call it a night before the sun comes up at 3 am.

re: #200 Cheechako

Weet dreams then!

Guess it's just me and the lurkers...

re: #201 Fenway_Nation

Whaaa?

Stupid dog got up. I could still be asleep. But I am not.

re: #201 Fenway_Nation

Weet dreams then!

Guess it's just me and the lurkers...

If we don't wanna waterboard Guantanamo detainees, I suggest sending them the crap I'm reading.

Yeah. Back to bed.

A little something for post #202

Morning Lizards, Happy Friday!

re: #193 Cheechako

I leve in the Mendenhall Valley. If it's been awhile you wouldn't recognize the place. The Nugget Mall is still here. Where are you?

Last time I was there was 1979. The old bridge, etc.
The place I lived in Mendenhall is now supposed to be covered in Condos. That was "the green house" to my family. I then moved to a beautiful old wooden 2-story in Douglas. Actually, would be interested to find out how the house is.

re: #207 rightside

Morning Lizards, Happy Friday!

Friday is getting ready to wind down over here. It's about 110 in the shade, and I have a full belly. It's all I can do to remain upright while walking. Somehow, I shall persevere.

re: #206 Fenway_Nation

FAIL

/*sigh*

re: #207 rightside

Morning rightside!

re: #209 haakondahl

Reminds me of Panama

A little something for post #213...

Let's see if I have any more luck w/ #214

Speaking of cute animals...

Here is another picture of that cutie!

re: #215 Dar ul Harbarian

I was actually speaking of NY route 213 and Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range SD38-2 #214.

//

Here's a cutie

re: #211 Fenway_Nation

FN!

re: #219 rightside

What's up this morning, rightside?

re: #220 Fenway_Nation

raining here like usual, ready to head into work though...will be back on in 15.

Looks like the Magic took 0's NBA Finals prediction to heart.

Good sleepin' weather. Sigh. Can't sleep.

re: #223 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Guess y'all can.

re: #222 soxfan4life

Looks like the Magic took 0's NBA Finals prediction to heart.

Bastards. The Lakers AND Barack.

re: #225 TheMatrix31

Bastards. The Lakers AND Barack AND Tarheels.

He's pretty good at calling it, gotta admit it.

Of course, as LeBron showed...hard to win consistently with 1 on 5 basketball.

I'm looking at leaving the Republican Party. I know I'm not a democrat, or a libertarian. I just believe I am not longer represented by the core of the Republican Party.

Off to work. Have a peachy day good lizards!

Good morning.

Look for the market to open on the upside before the unemployment numbers come out. I think we will be at or over 9% unemployment;

Here's something to chill your heart. Congress is now playing NIMBY with car delaership closings.

Barney Frank, Car Czar

President Obama may have "no interest" in running General Motors, as he averred Monday. But even if that's true, we are already discovering that he shares Washington with 535 Members of Congress, many of whom have other ideas.

The latest self-appointed car czar is Massachusetts's own Barney Frank, who intervened this week to save a GM distribution center in Norton, Mass. The warehouse, which employs some 90 people, was slated for closure by the end of the year under GM's restructuring plan. But Mr. Frank put in a call to GM CEO Fritz Henderson and secured a new lease on life for the facility.

Mr. Frank's spokesman, Harry Gural, says the Congressman discussed, among other things, "the facility's value to GM." We'd have thought that would be something that GM might have considered when it decided to close the Norton center, but then a call from one of the most powerful Members of Congress can certainly cause a ward of the state to reconsider what qualifies as "value." A CEO who refuses the offer can soon find himself testifying under oath before Congress, or answering questions from the Government Accountability Office about his expense account. To that point, Mr. Henderson spent Wednesday with Chrysler President Jim Press being castigated by the Senate Commerce Committee for their plans to close 3,400 car dealerships. Every Senator wants dealerships closed in someone else's state.

Yep, we now have people like Barney Frank using their "influence" to decide which dealerships get closed and which don't. What makes this different from any other situation where a politician calls out of interest to try to save some jobs, is that Frank has the power to drag people to Congress and crucify them on TV. Remember the AIG hearing?

He has done it before and I am sure he will do it again.

As Mr. Gural put it, Mr. Frank was "just doing what any other Congressman would do" in looking out for the interests of his constituents. And that's the problem with industrial policy and government control of American business. In Washington, every Member of Congress now thinks he's a czar who can call 'ol Fritz and tell him how to make cars.

The only hope GM has of eventually turning a profit (I know that is a bad word in our age of Marxism), and that will only happen if the government stays out of the business decision making.

I now expect that the GM bail-out/restructure efforts will be a failure, and we will shovel money into them for at least the next 3.5 years.

re: #227 justdanny

They left you, man. Have a good one.

re: #228 3 wood

They are good at the "hard choices" which punch the other guy in the nose, aren't they.

I remember right before the first Gulf War, when the matter was before the UN, Dennis Miller was the anchor for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update and said somthing along the lines of 'The U.N. Security Council Approved the resolution against Iraq with only China abstaining, saying that military intervention was only neccecary if Iraq was entirely populated by unarmed college students'

re: #231 Fenway_Nation

Yesterday was the Anniversary, wasn't it?

re: #230 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

They are good at the "hard choices" which punch the other guy in the nose, aren't they.

The Messiah said we have to sacrifice. The Dems are saying, "sure, but not me."

It is the use of influence to shift pain to somebody else.

re: #232 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Tianamen? Yep...

20 years later, the ChiComs get a pass.

20 years from now, the Arab street will still be howling about some murder-happy jihadis getting locked up in what amounts to a white-collar prison facility on a tropical island.

re: #233 3 wood

What's you take on the majority of Chrysler dealerships targeted for closure being GOP donors? I think it's been explained away that some 75%-80% of auto dealers are GOP donors, but that raises a larger issue for me as to why these 'car czars' are taking the axe to a majority republican section of the auto industry instead of getting more concessions from the union (i.e. reliable Dem donors).

re: #235 Fenway_Nation

I personally do not think it is relevant. Production will be cut by about 40%, don't think that there will be enough cars made to support an over-supply of dealers.

Three Chrysler dealerships in the area where I live. One would be plenty.

Of course, I'd trust Wood's opinion over mine.

MORNIN' WOOD!

Frank has the power to drag people to Congress and crucify them on TV.

If the Republican Party could find it within themselves to put down its favorite non-governmental social pursuits for a minute and call out Representative Frank for his role in creating this economic disaster, then perhaps people like justdanny would feel something worth fighting for under the rapidly shrinking GOP tent.

I am all for the party getting rid of those people who seem more supported by, rather than supportive of, the party. In this sense I am a bit of a small-tenter. But that tent should be centered over the core values of small government, fiscal responsibility, and accountability of officeholders.

re: #236 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

MORNIN' WOOD!

Yeah yeah yeah...I get that too, but you don't hear me shouting it from the mountaintops.

re: #238 Fenway_Nation

heh

re: #237 haakondahl

The only damn time they don't want to "gay bash"!
/

re: #235 Fenway_Nation

What's you take on the majority of Chrysler dealerships targeted for closure being GOP donors?

I don't know enough about it to have a take one way or the other.

re: #238 Fenway_Nation

Yeah yeah yeah...I get that too, but you don't hear me shouting it from the mountaintops.

Then you're doing it wrong.

Re-post from upthread:

Fenway's This Day In History (Edited by Xinhua News agency)

1989- Chinese PLA troops and armor
move into Beijing's Tianamen Square to brutally crush a student uprising. To this day, the exact death toll remains unknown. Absolutely nothing happened.

re: #237 haakondahl

If the Republican Party could find it within themselves to put down its favorite non-governmental social pursuits for a minute and call out Representative Frank for his role in creating this economic disaster, then perhaps people like justdanny would feel something worth fighting for under the rapidly shrinking GOP tent.

I am all for the party getting rid of those people who seem more supported by, rather than supportive of, the party. In this sense I am a bit of a small-tenter. But that tent should be centered over the core values of small government, fiscal responsibility, and accountability of officeholders.

I agree.

But also I would not be excusing Frank for his efforts cause the Republicans don't stop him. This is what happens when one party rules, and you need look no farther than Chicago or Detroit to see how that works out.

And on that somewhat depressing life-imitates-satire note, I'll be leaving.

Play nice, lizards...

Ooops...follow-up.

Fenway's This Day in History (As Edited by Xinhua)

June 5, 1989- Chinese officials begin cleaning up after absolutely nothing happened at Tianamen Square.

G'day from Down Under to {everyone}!

About time I got back on deck here I reckon :-)

It's winter Down Under so you skiers out there, here's a bit about the OZ and NZ snowfields for you! Come and visit :-)

re: #228 3 wood

Un-fucking-precedented! Out-fucking-rageous!

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the United States under obama.

BRISBANE, Australia — An American man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday for the manslaughter of his wife, who drowned during their honeymoon scuba diving trip in Australia. Her body was found on the ocean floor.

In move that outraged the victim's family, David Gabriel Watson will serve just one year of the four-and-a-half-year sentence in the death of his wife of 11 days, Christina Mae Watson. She died in 2003 as the couple dove off the tropical coast of Queensland. The suspended sentence is not unusual in such crimes in Queensland.

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

"Oh honey is our life insurance all paid up to date? Yes, Great. Hey how about we go to Australia for a vacation? No, you don't look fat in that bathing suit."

re: #247 aussiemagpie

{aussie} good to see you again.

Good morning, lizards.

re: #248 rightside

Good morning, sir.

NIMBY pre-dates Obama. Knows no political affiliation.

re: #251 irish rose

Hiya Rose...purrr

re: #250 rightside

{aussie} good to see you again.

Hi rightside, good to see you too :-) I'm glad I'm not chopped liver tonight!

re: #254 aussiemagpie

Nope. How's things down under?

re: #254 aussiemagpie

Chopped Liver?

Ugh. I hope not.

re: #253 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hiya, FBV ;).

re: #257 irish rose

Looking at your blog... What a pathetic life some of them lead, being able to troll blogs all day for comments and such. Get a frakkin' life!