Charles, just heard on the news and I just got on line so I don't know if you've heard that Kenny Rankin has passed away...heartbreak here...
Peace

This is great, Charles... wonderful guitar... and I loved the video, until the music picked up and then it started making me trainsick...wow...
Still loved the music.

"I travel on this train regularly. Twice a week!"

Second half was smokin', but I liked the build up too.

I like traveling by train.

re: #3 Bloodnok

"I travel on this train regularly. Twice a week!"

"Knock it off, Paul, you can't win with his sort. After all it's his train, isn't it mister?"

Nice!

(don't watch video whilst the "guitarotechnics" are going. Made me dizzy)

that was good. Second half rocked. The train worked well with that.

George Caldwell: [each time he jumps, falls, is thrown or is pushed off the train] Son of a bitch!

More cow bell.

re: #5 Sharmuta

I like traveling by train.

You'd love the Shinkansen
160+mph

Remember when a can of coffee went from 16 to 13 ounces?
I noticed recently they are doing the same thing with paper towels rolls. I thought, hey these are cheaper than usual,
then I looked , and they were 2/3 the diameter of the
old ones. oh well, what can you do.

re: #12 NonNativeTexan

Remember when a can of coffee went from 16 to 13 ounces?
I noticed recently they are doing the same thing with paper towels rolls. I thought, hey these are cheaper than usual,
then I looked , and they were 2/3 the diameter of the
old ones. oh well, what can you do.

ShamWow, dude. Sham freakin' Wow.

re: #6 Bloodnok

I am embarrassed I didn't catch the first quote sooner.

re: #11 IslandLibertarian

And what is impressive is how smooth the travel really is... the rails themselves are a marvel, not just the train.

Oh, and the train stations put anything in the US to shame, too (other than the architecture of some 19th century US stations.)

re: #14 Sharmuta

I am embarrassed I didn't catch the first quote sooner.

I knew you would, though.

*High Five*

re: #12 NonNativeTexan

Yea, and a "pint" of haggen daz is now 14 oz.

re: #12 NonNativeTexan

Remember when a can of coffee went from 16 to 13 ounces?
I noticed recently they are doing the same thing with paper towels rolls. I thought, hey these are cheaper than usual,
then I looked , and they were 2/3 the diameter of the
old ones. oh well, what can you do.

And the towels themselves are getting narrower, so you still get the number.

re: #17 Tarkus289

That is what I loved about the British pubs,, they overfilled
just to make sure you got a pint.

re: #12 NonNativeTexan

Remember when a can of coffee went from 16 to 13 ounces?
I noticed recently they are doing the same thing with paper towels rolls. I thought, hey these are cheaper than usual,
then I looked , and they were 2/3 the diameter of the
old ones. oh well, what can you do.

Follow Sheryl Crow's advice about wiping with one sheet?

Sheryl Crow is an ass.

re: #15 freetoken

Kyoto Station...nothing else to say...

South Shore 6ft+, wind, straight offshore...
I'm gone...
Later 'tiles.

re: #21 Tarkus289

Sheryl Crow is an ass.

The butt of all the humour, yes indeed.

That song will be even better when the train is replaced by high-speed rail, courtesy of the US taxpayer.

Just a suggestion, could we have a "book thread" like maybe once a week? I'm always on the lookout for new authors. A couple of weeks ago Charles recommended Ken Bruen. That turned out not to be my cup of tea, but a book thread would be nice to go along with the Kindle threads, even for those of us who covet the Kindle but get hardcovers from the library.

Just a suggestion.

re: #16 Bloodnok

I have long considered Ringo to be the first head banger.

re: #24 Occasional Reader

That song will be even better when the train is replaced by high-speed rail, courtesy of the US taxpayer.

Fabulous! I've been wanting to get some railroad stock!
/

re: #25 Alouette

Just a suggestion, could we have a "book thread" like maybe once a week? I'm always on the lookout for new authors. A couple of weeks ago Charles recommended Ken Bruen. That turned out not to be my cup of tea, but a book thread would be nice to go along with the Kindle threads, even for those of us who covet the Kindle but get hardcovers from the library.

Just a suggestion.

I second this.

Good evening, everyone!

re: #26 Sharmuta

I had a dog named Ringo.

re: #25 Alouette

Good idea. All the kindles keep falling off my bookshelves anyway.

re: #24 Occasional Reader

High speed rail without a supporting local rail infrastructure is a no-go, IMO. That is what is overlooked when drooling over the Shinkansen. Whenever I rode Nozomi (the express) I took the local trains/subway to the Shinkansen station. No car was necessary.

re: #25 Alouette

Just a suggestion, could we have a "book thread" like maybe once a week? I'm always on the lookout for new authors. A couple of weeks ago Charles recommended Ken Bruen. That turned out not to be my cup of tea, but a book thread would be nice to go along with the Kindle threads, even for those of us who covet the Kindle but get hardcovers from the library.

Just a suggestion.

Are you looking for new authors, as in those who are still alive and perhaps not well-known or others who may be dead but are still not well known (but arguably worth reading)?

re: #32 John Neverbend

Are you looking for new authors, as in those who are still alive and perhaps not well-known or others who may be dead but are still not well known (but arguably worth reading)?

"New authors" = that I haven't read before.

re: #26 Sharmuta

I have long considered Ringo to be the first head banger.

[Video]

Are you talking about his little "boxing" dance move? That used to absolutely crack me up when I was a kid. To this day if my friends mention "I Wanna be Your Man" I launch into that move.

re: #33 Alouette

"New authors" = that I haven't read before.

Have you read anything by Robertson Davies?

I keep seeing the sidebar ad for the Brad Thor novel. I recommend this book! It's a page turner. Brad Thor is excellent, if you're a Vince Flynn fan.

Something to ponder:

More money is spent each year on alcohol and cigarettes than on Life insurance.

re: #35 John Neverbend

Have you read anything by Robertson Davies?

Nope. What genre does he write? I like mysteries, thriller, adventure, but not sci-fi.

re: #31 freetoken

High speed rail without a supporting local rail infrastructure is a no-go, IMO. That is what is overlooked when drooling over the Shinkansen. Whenever I rode Nozomi (the express) I took the local trains/subway to the Shinkansen station. No car was necessary.

I think the bigger issue is population density.

re: #39 Occasional Reader

I think the bigger issue is population density.

Well, good grief, it should be a hit here. 53% of the population voted for Obama ... that's pretty dense.

/

Just glad we don't have to look at bill ayers anymore, on the sidebar.

re: #34 Bloodnok

Are you talking about his little "boxing" dance move? That used to absolutely crack me up when I was a kid. To this day if my friends mention "I Wanna be Your Man" I launch into that move.

It always cracks me up too. :)

re: #40 OldLineTexan

Well, good grief, it should be a hit here. 53% of the population voted for Obama ... that's pretty dense.

/

That's why the Spaniards call us estadosunidenses.

re: #41 Tarkus289

Just glad we don't have to look at bill ayers anymore, on the sidebar.

That is quite a relief, isn't it? Ann Coulter is looking a little creepy over there, but I'll take her face over Bill Ayers' any day.

re: #44 Last Mohican

That is quite a relief, isn't it? Ann Coulter is looking a little creepy over there, but I'll take her face over Bill Ayers' any day.

I'm just waiting for Adriana Lima to write the Great Brazilian Novel.

What do we know about Brad Thor, who's book is being advertised on the upper right?
Brad Thor discusses Fitna with Glenn Beck

re: #36 Alouette

I was just wondering about him.

re: #44 Last Mohican

I've got Newt at the moment, but that is much better than ayers.

re: #38 Alouette

I like mysteries, thriller, adventure, but not sci-fi.

Lee Child. Stephen White.

re: #38 Alouette

Nope. What genre does he write? I like mysteries, thriller, adventure, but not sci-fi.

I'm not sure he had a genre. If you search on Google, you'll find many hits. If you like the sound of it, try The Deptford Trilogy. It's more of a mystery than anything else, but markedly influenced by Jung.

See also Bio

*Drool*

Star Wars: The Old Republic

The decline and fall of General Motors
Detroitosaurus wrecks
Apt title.

...It could still be a great business

For all its peculiarities, the car industry is no dinosaur—Toyota, for instance, is a byword for manufacturing excellence. But the unevolved GM deserved extinction. Detroit employed so many people and figured so large in American culture that governments felt they had to protect it; but in doing so, they made it vulnerable to less-coddled competitors from abroad. By trying to keep their car industry big, America’s leaders ended up preventing it from becoming good. There is a lesson in that which all governments would do well to learn.

Great piece of guitar virtuosity.
Some video of a train in the mountains or even along a river would've been nicer.

Brad Thor is on the board of the Vlaams Belang supporting, ethnic nationalist "Free Press Society" along with Geert and Spencer.

Right now I'm reading "Revelation" by C.J. Sansom. It's a historical mystery, set during the time of Henry VIII. It's a page turner. The author adds historical flavor but uses modern speech for his characters.

re: #54 Killgore Trout

Free Press society (google Cache)

re: #38 Alouette

Nope. What genre does he write? I like mysteries, thriller, adventure, but not sci-fi.

It doesn't really fit into any of those categories; but one of the best American novels I've read in the last 7 or 8 years is Underworld, by Dom Delillo.

(And no, it has nothing to do with the Mafia.)

re: #54 Killgore Trout

Brad Thor is on the board of the Vlaams Belang supporting, ethnic nationalist "Free Press Society" along with Geert and Spencer.

What about Vince Flynn?

re: #58 Alouette

Who's that?

WooHooo! The Kid's team whipped the No. 1 team again! He had three RBI's, four runs, three double-plays and tagged four outs at first base. He is pumped beyond belief! I took him out to McDonald's after the game and he ate a quarter-pounder and a McFlurry (on top of the dinner he ate before the game).

re: #59 Killgore Trout

Who's that?

Author of bestselling political thrillers, featuring macho man Mitch Rapp.

re: #60 MandyManners

WooHooo! The Kid's team whipped the No. 1 team again! He had three RBI's, four runs, three double-plays and tagged four outs at first base. He is pumped beyond belief! I took him out to McDonald's after the game and he ate a quarter-pounder and a McFlurry (on top of the dinner he ate before the game).

[Video]

(Starts chant) "MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP!"

re: #51 Jewels (AKA Julian)

That was awesome.

re: #57 Occasional Reader

I no longer read fiction...the "real" world is enough...

re: #60 MandyManners

WooHooo! The Kid's team whipped the No. 1 team again! He had three RBI's, four runs, three double-plays and tagged four outs at first base. He is pumped beyond belief! I took him out to McDonald's after the game and he ate a quarter-pounder and a McFlurry (on top of the dinner he ate before the game).

that is sooo great! why didnt the coach(s) take the whole team out?thats what they did in my sons' day of playing! anyway--yahooo!

Youtube Video

re: #60 MandyManners

I'll have to let Mr. Henry and Mr. Epstein know about this...

/picks up the special direct access Red Sox Hotline phone

re: #62 Bloodnok

(Starts chant) "MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP!"

Nope. There was a player with better whatchamacallits.

re: #60 MandyManners

You have no idea how much you just reminded me of when my son was a young boy.
Enjoy!

Not that anyone asked, but... how about some Lizard-generated content?

Here's a pop rock tune my friend Scott and I wrote and recorded last weekend... some 12-string electric candy pop with a dark lyrical flavor core. :)

It's amazing what you can do in a home studio these days!

-steve

re: #50 John Neverbend

I never particularly liked him (I read some of his work 20 odd years ago...some of the critics said, he's a "roman a cle" writer -- a "novel with a key" and the key? Carl Jung...)

re: #60 MandyManners

It's just plain wrong to teach children that there are "winners" and "losers". They should be taught to share all things equally, and all be exactly alike.

/

re: #69 infopimp

Heh. Nice!

re: #65 mikeymom

that is sooo great! why didnt the coach(s) take the whole team out?thats what they did in my sons' day of playing! anyway--yahooo!

The coach has two kids and is looking at a lay-off.

re: #66 Fenway_Nation

I'll have to let Mr. Henry and Mr. Epstein know about this...

/picks up the special direct access Red Sox Hotline phone

Funny you should say that...

re: #73 MandyManners

The coach has two kids and is looking at a lay-off.

Oy.

re: #68 Spare O'Lake

You have no idea how much you just reminded me of when my son was a young boy.
Enjoy!

Oh, I love it when they win. When they lose, he's a beast.

re: #56 Killgore Trout

Free Press society (google Cache)

Interesting. The board includes Ezra Levant (check out his fight with the Alberta Human Rights Commission), Roger Scruton (an excellent British philosopher) and Mark Steyn.

re: #71 Occasional Reader

It's just plain wrong to teach children that there are "winners" and "losers". They should be taught to share all things equally, and all be exactly alike.

/

MY KID CAN WHIP YOUR HONOR STUDENT'S ASS.

re: #69 infopimp

I love the production! The mix is nice, drums sound good and not over processed. Very good job.

re: #75 Occasional Reader

Oy.

Heck, some kids' parents have NEVER shown up and it's not because they're working. Prostitution, drugs, gangs...you name it. Yes, in this itsy-bitsy village, we have big-city shit going down.

re: #78 MandyManners

MY KID CAN WHIP YOUR HONOR STUDENT'S ASS.

Sorry, my honor student just isn't into that sort of thing. NTTAWWT.

re: #77 John Neverbend

There's a mix of people on there. Not all bad but they are supporting an evil cause.

re: #81 Occasional Reader

Sorry, my honor student just isn't into that sort of thing. NTTAWWT.

NTTAWWT?

re: #70 J.S.

I never particularly liked him (I read some of his work 20 odd years ago...some of the critics said, he's a "roman a cle" writer -- a "novel with a key" and the key? Carl Jung...)

I did enjoy his stuff, but I probably have read less than 1/3 of his output. He certainly was into Jung in a big way. His prose was very well crafted.

re: #83 Joo-LiZ

NTTAWWT?

Not That There's Anything Wrong With That

re: #51 Jewels (AKA Julian)

That looks awesome...

re: #63 Sharmuta

Give In...To The Dark Side. we have Cookies

re: #83 Joo-LiZ

NTTAWWT?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

(Seinfeld reference)

Not That There's Anything Wrong With That.

re: #82 Killgore Trout

There's a mix of people on there. Not all bad but they are supporting an evil cause.

You're saying for this reason I shouldn't enjoy reading Brad Thor's novels? I like to watch movies too, even if they are made by moonbat actors and directors. It must be very difficult finding entertainment only by people who are on you politically approved list.

Please, someone tell me Jesse Jackson is not heading to NK.

Good evening all.

re: #79 Killgore Trout

Thanks! In the second part, we are using a $49 Yamaha keyboard for the pianos... I think it shows a little thin there. The Moog is 'real', at least.

If you want all the gear geek details... well, don't get me started... or I won't shut up about the Peluso C12 clone mic we used on the acoustics, or the new Gretcsh snare, or the compression setting we found for the bass on the 1176... etc etc etc

/"SHUT UP AND PLAY YER GUITAR"

re: #71 Occasional Reader

It's just plain wrong to teach children that there are "winners" and "losers". They should be taught to share all things equally, and all be exactly alike.

/

Hi OR..Hope you are well..The most important thing in life which my mother taught me with threat of violence.. Was to be a good sport...To hold your head high in a lose or a win..and always be a gracious winner..Those are the most important lessons to teach a young child about sports...
It makes the winning taste sweeter and the loses teach the art of good sportsmanship, hard work and lots of practice..Oh and one little other thing..
FUN...Kids need to have FUN
Congrads Many..You must be very very proud tonight

re: #87 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Give In...To The Dark Side. we have Cookies

I will never join you! I'll pay for a cookie, though.

re: #82 Killgore Trout

What's the evil cause? (ostensibly it's all about a Free Press...do you see something more sinister?)

re: #85 Sharmuta

re: #88 Occasional Reader

re: #89 J.D.

Thanks!

re: #88 Occasional Reader

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

(Seinfeld reference)

Beat me by a second.

re: #81 Occasional Reader

Sorry, my honor student just isn't into that sort of thing. NTTAWWT.

ROFLMAO!

re: #91 jorline

Please, someone tell me Jesse Jackson is not heading to NK.

Good evening all.

Why should Lil' Kim get special treatment?

/

re: #97 J.D.

Beat me by a second.

I am Master of My Domain.

Tired of sitting alone in mom's basement plotting revenge on the world but not really accomplishing anything?

Have an idea of what carnage you'd like to wreck onto others but aren't sure how to make it happen?

Having a hard time coming up with an evil plan?

Well, now there is an easy solution available to you!

Evil Plan Generator

re: #94 Sharmuta

I will never join you! I'll pay for a cookie, though.

Great, now you're supporting the Dark Side's fund-raising.

/

Boy, when they told Sotomayor to break a leg, she really took it to heart.

re: #94 Sharmuta

Double Chocolate, Chocolate Chip. Members only *dangle dangle*

re: #102 OldLineTexan

Great, now you're supporting the Dark Side's fund-raising.

/

But- those Girl Scout cookies are just too delicious to resist!

re: #99 OldLineTexan

Why should Lil' Kim get special treatment?

/

lol...maybe Jesse will stay in NK as a prisoner exchange student.

re: #91 jorline

Please, someone tell me Jesse Jackson is not heading to NK.

Good evening all.

Trade Algore and Jesse for the women? Lil' Kim would be a fool to pass up a deal like that!

///

re: #107 jorline

lol...maybe Jesse will stay in NK as a prisoner exchange student.

Maybe Jesse could just pick Lil' Kim up and toss him into Algore's gullet.

/

re: #105 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Double Chocolate, Chocolate Chip. Members only *dangle dangle*

IT. IS. YOUR. CONFECTIONERY.

re: #105 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Double Chocolate, Chocolate Chip. Members only *dangle dangle*

OK...what's with the dangling Jewels.
//

re: #100 Occasional Reader

I am Master of My Domain.

I hate to break it to you but I think Sharmuta is Master of Our Domain.

re: #85 Sharmuta

re: #108 jcm

Trade Algore and Jesse for the women? Lil' Kim would be a fool to pass up a deal like that!

///

This could be an ingenious plan. Between Al and Jesse, doing what they do best, they should be able to shake down the Nork regime to its last penny in no time.

re: #103 Iron Fist

This Particular Storline takes palce 300 years after the Knights of the Old Republic and Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords (both far superior Storys that properly captured the pulp feel of the original movies).

300 hundred Years after the Disappearance of Darth Revan and the Defeat of Darth Malak, The True Sith Return To Scourge The Galaxy

re: #109 OldLineTexan

Maybe Jesse could just pick Lil' Kim up and toss him into Algore's gullet.

/

OTOH Al could feed quite a few starving norks.

re: #105 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Double Chocolate, Chocolate Chip. Members only *dangle dangle*

Your Jedi tricks won't work on me, Darth Julian! I happen to know what True Wisdom means. Bwahahaha!

re: #101 Racer X

Tired of sitting alone in mom's basement plotting revenge on the world but not really accomplishing anything?

Have an idea of what carnage you'd like to wreck onto others but aren't sure how to make it happen?

Having a hard time coming up with an evil plan?

Well, now there is an easy solution available to you!

Evil Plan Generator

Funny form letters he has set up there!

re: #109 OldLineTexan

Maybe Jesse could just pick Lil' Kim up and toss him into Algore's gullet.

/

Funny you should say that.

My hidden stash of chocolate has saved me from the Dark Side!

re: #112 J.D.

I hate to break it to you but I think Sharmuta is Master of Our Domain.

re: #85 Sharmuta

SPWEW

re: #120 Sharmuta

My hidden stash of chocolate has saved me from the Dark Side!

Is it all gone, yet?

re: #119 Iron Fist

I almost shot the motherfucker I first saw with that bumpersticker on his car.

Well, that would have definitely been an... overreaction.

re: #115 Spare O'Lake

OTOH Al could feed quite a few starving norks.

What goes down his gullet could feed several villages.

re: #120 Sharmuta

Ah but you have revealed your hidden stash of Chocolate, which has been replaced with Hershey's White Chocolate

Well,well,well, what have we here...

re: #119 Iron Fist

I almost shot the motherfucker I first saw with that bumpersticker on his car. Almost, but I thought better of it, and we drove on our seperate ways. I still remember it, though. Half a lifetime ago.

Um...the bumpersticker said what I posted or, what?

So I may have missed it from earlier today, but was there any talk about the latest animal rights abuses by Gazan terrorists?

Under the cover of morning fog, some 10 gunmen staged a failed assault at the Karni cargo crossing into Gaza on Monday, in which horses laden with explosives were used, a security source told The Jerusalem Post.

Four terrorists killed in firefight with IDF on Gaza border
At least four terrorists and a number of their horses were killed in the ensuing exchange of fire with the IDF. No soldiers were wounded.

"A very big terrorist attack was thwarted," the security source told the Post.

"These terrorists were armed with a huge quantity of explosives. They launched a combined attack, using mortars, and attempted to approach the border fence with booby-trapped horses to harm our soldiers, before firing on our force," he added.

Not to mention the incredible skill of the IDF! Taken by surprise, early in the morning, by a mixed force of suicide-vest wearing, booby-trapped horse-leading, and mortar firing terrorists, they managed to take out 4, without even a scratch.

Kol HaKavod to those soldiers involved.

re: #108 jcm

Trade Algore and Jesse for the women? Lil' Kim would be a fool to pass up a deal like that!

///

hey jcm!

Make it Jimmy Carter, Algore and Jesse and it's a slam dunk.

Jimmy can show them how to grow peanuts
Algore will cure any global warming problem NK may have.
And Jesse will build them a fucking rainbow!

re: #121 MandyManners

SPWEW?

re: #101 Racer X

Tired of sitting alone in mom's basement plotting revenge on the world but not really accomplishing anything?

Have an idea of what carnage you'd like to wreck onto others but aren't sure how to make it happen?

Having a hard time coming up with an evil plan?

Well, now there is an easy solution available to you!

Evil Plan Generator

That was fun. Thanks.

I hate to "go geek", but has anyone else downloaded the new Safari 4 download and found their system started running slooowly?

Ah, crud. Off to run the triumvirate of spy/mal/registry software.

I miss the Beta already...

re: #127 SasquatchOnSteroids

Well,well,well, what have we here...

That reminds me, I must buy that Viva Steyn t-shirt.

re: #120 Sharmuta

My hidden stash of chocolate has saved me from the Dark Side!

The dark side's callin' now
Nothin' is real
She'll never know just how I feel
From out of the shadows
She walks like a dream
Makes me feel crazy
Makes me feel so mean

Ain't nothin' gonna save you
From a love that's blind
You slip to the dark side
Across that line
On the dark side, oh yeah
On the dark side, oh yeah

The dark side's callin' now
Nothin' is real
She'll never know just how I feel
From out of the shadows
She walks like a dream
Makes me feel crazy
Makes me feel so mean

Ain't nothin' gonna save you
From a love that's blind
You slip to the dark side
Across that line
On the dark side, oh yeah
On the dark side, oh yeah

[Instrumental Interlude]

Ain't nothin' gonna save you
From a love that's blind
You slip to the dark side
Across that line
On the dark side, oh yeah
On the dark side, oh yeah
On the dark side, oh yeah
On the dark side, oooh yeah

re: #112 J.D.

I hate to break it to you but I think Sharmuta is Master of Our Domain.

re: #85 Sharmuta

That's a paying gig, right?

re: #101 Racer X

Tired of sitting alone in mom's basement plotting revenge on the world but not really accomplishing anything?

Have an idea of what carnage you'd like to wreck onto others but aren't sure how to make it happen?

Having a hard time coming up with an evil plan?

Well, now there is an easy solution available to you!

Evil Plan Generator

Congratulations on being the creator of a new

Evil Plan (tm)!

Your objective is simple: World Domination.
Your motive is a little bit more complex: Revenge
Stage One

To begin your plan, you must first incinerate a news reporter. This will cause the world to slaughter a sacred calf to appease the gods, horrified by your arrival. Who is this criminal mastermind? Where did they come from? And why do they look so good in battle armor?

Stage Two

Next, you must disintegrate the moon (ooh, tides!). This will all be done from a underground secret headquarters of doom, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will die in a way you just don't want to think about, as countless hordes of computer programmers hasten to do your every bidding.

Stage Three

Finally, you must tauntingly wave your thermonuclear missiles, bringing about an end to sanity. Your name shall become synonymous with fuzzy bunnies, and no man will ever again dare take your lunch money. Everyone will bow before your mind-boggling insanity, and the world will have no choice but to give you control of the planet.

re: #136 Sharmuta

That's a paying gig, right?

Yes.
You collect from OR.

re: #92 infopimp

It's a very impressive recording. I thought the piano was real, probably just because it wasn't overloaded with massive cathedral reverb. Kudos.

re: #131 J.D.

SPWEW?

Spew.

re: #136 Sharmuta

That's a paying gig, right?

Min wage plus tips and all you call eat..:)
hi Sharm

re: #138 J.D.

Yes.
You collect from OR.

YES! [maniacal laughter here]

re: #130 jorline

hey jcm!

Make it Jimmy Carter, Algore and Jesse and it's a slam dunk.

Jimmy can show them how to grow peanuts
Algore will cure any global warming problem NK may have.
And Jesse will build them a fucking rainbow!

Brilliant plan!
Maybe Madeline Halfbright to distract Lil' Kim with a game of one on one.

re: #135 HoosierHoops

I liked that movie. Hi {Hoops}

re: #129 Joo-LiZ

So I may have missed it from earlier today, but was there any talk about the latest animal rights abuses by Gazan terrorists?

Not to mention the incredible skill of the IDF! Taken by surprise, early in the morning, by a mixed force of suicide-vest wearing, booby-trapped horse-leading, and mortar firing terrorists, they managed to take out 4, without even a scratch.

Kol HaKavod to those soldiers involved.

Palestinian horse swarm

re: #109 OldLineTexan

Maybe Jesse could just pick Lil' Kim up and toss him into Algore's gullet.

/

lmao...I thought that pic Charles had of the seal on the "Obama Nirth Certifikit" looked familiar.

re: #95 J.S.

What's the evil cause? (ostensibly it's all about a Free Press...do you see something more sinister?)

Cruise around their webpage. They're mostly concerned with promoting Eurofascist ethnic nationalist parties. Very bad business.

re: #140 MandyManners

Spew.

Oh!
Never mind.

Here's the shit we have put up with now in Dallas:

Small crowd joins Cindy Sheehan-led Bush protest in Dallas

About 50 people joined Cindy Sheehan, the antiwar activist whose son was killed in the war on Iraq, in a protest this afternoon near former President George W. Bush’s Preston Hollow home.

The march was sponsored by the Dallas Peace Center, which has been involved in protests with Sheehan since 2005, when the California mother staged a prolonged demonstration outside Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas.

Protesters gathered about 4:30 p.m. at the southwest corner of Preston Road and Royal Lane. From there, they walked about a mile to John J. Pershing Elementary School, which is near the Bush home on Daria Place...

re: #137 jcm

Congratulations on being the creator of a new

Evil Plan (tm)!

Your objective is simple: World Domination.
Your motive is a little bit more complex: Revenge
Stage One

To begin your plan, you must first incinerate a news reporter. This will cause the world to slaughter a sacred calf to appease the gods, horrified by your arrival. Who is this criminal mastermind? Where did they come from? And why do they look so good in battle armor?

Stage Two

Next, you must disintegrate the moon (ooh, tides!). This will all be done from a underground secret headquarters of doom, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will die in a way you just don't want to think about, as countless hordes of computer programmers hasten to do your every bidding.

Stage Three

Finally, you must tauntingly wave your thermonuclear missiles, bringing about an end to sanity. Your name shall become synonymous with fuzzy bunnies, and no man will ever again dare take your lunch money. Everyone will bow before your mind-boggling insanity, and the world will have no choice but to give you control of the planet.

That's quite a bit more complex than:

Stage One

Collect underpants!

Stage Two

---

Stage Three

Profit!

re: #144 Sharmuta

I liked that movie. Hi {Hoops}

{Sharm}
That is a one of my top songs when I hear it it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.. I liked the movie also...

re: #149 Ward Cleaver

Small crowd joins Cindy Sheehan-led Bush protest in Dallas

Will she ever get a life?

re: #137 jcm

I picked "fluffy bunnies", too.

re: #125 Iron Fist

Oh god, Knights of the Old Republic was a killer game for the PC that had it all. and the Twist near the end was something which no one saw coming. One of the Best of the Star Wars Stories

Hi lizards!

What have I missed the past 4 days?

re: #129 Joo-LiZ

So I may have missed it from earlier today, but was there any talk about the latest animal rights abuses by Gazan terrorists?

Not to mention the incredible skill of the IDF! Taken by surprise, early in the morning, by a mixed force of suicide-vest wearing, booby-trapped horse-leading, and mortar firing terrorists, they managed to take out 4, without even a scratch.

Kol HaKavod to those soldiers involved.

That just pisses me off beyond belief. However, I wish I could say that I'm shocked. These murderous motherfuckers have absolutely no concept of how to build, how to go forward.

re: #153 J.D.

Will she ever get a life?

I hope she gets help. But, I doubt she will unless her family stages a mental-health intervention. I pity her.

re: #156 NJDhockeyfan

Hi lizards!

What have I missed the past 4 days?

According to Newsweek, Obama is God.

Other than that, nothing much.

re: #149 Ward Cleaver

Her 15 minutes were up 14 minutes and 59 seconds ago.

re: #149 Ward Cleaver

Here's the shit we have put up with now in Dallas:

Small crowd joins Cindy Sheehan-led Bush protest in Dallas

She's starved for attention still.

re: #159 Occasional Reader

According to Newsweek, Obama is God.

Other than that, nothing much.

Obama is God? I thought he was the Messiah. Is that the same thing?

Some folks organized a memorial for Pvt. Andrew Long today. Rev. Phelps didn't make it, but this lady did.

Jihadist at Pvt. Long memorial

Well, I understand that Mr. Holder is making sure that her right to protest is fully protected.

re: #158 MandyManners

I hope she gets help. But, I doubt she will unless her family stages a mental-health intervention. I pity her.

It's sad, no question.

re: #160 Iron Fist

Yeah. I was quite incensed about it. Left to my own devices maybe I'd have just been another honor student. Maybe not. Who really knows. Like I told OR, I've been thinking about that part of my life lately. Between, say, twelve and twenty-two.

Oh, I understand that POV.

How dare you rip off Captain Omerica!

re: #152 HoosierHoops

{Sharm}
That is a one of my top songs when I hear it it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.. I liked the movie also...

It was a great soundtrack.

re: #92 infopimp

I've listened to it a couple times now, it's very hard to find anything to offer creative criticism on but I think the singer needs more confidence. Back off from the mic and really belt it out. Whoever is singing has the voice and sense of pitch but I think the first section could be helped by more aggressive vocals. Shyness is an instinct but there's some pretty good vocal talent there, don't crowd the mic and sing like you're afraid the neighbors might hear. Back off and really belt it out.

re: #159 Occasional Reader

According to Newsweek, Obama is God.

Other than that, nothing much.

This week Newsweek gets a pass..They took Oprah on straight up about the anti-vaxx stuff..
[Link: blogs.discovermagazine.com...]

re: #165 J.D.

It's sad, no question.

I can't bring myself to despise her. In fact, I'd love to hug her and talk with her.

I simply cannot imagine the hell she's endured losing her child. I think she's unhinged.

I LOVE YOU, CINDY!

re: #149 Ward Cleaver

Here's the shit we have put up with now in Dallas:

Small crowd joins Cindy Sheehan-led Bush protest in Dallas

Do they still have an ugly ordinance in Addison?
/

re: #163 NJDhockeyfan

Obama is God? I thought he was the Messiah. Is that the same thing?

Messiah is his fallback position.

re: #147 Killgore Trout

Cruise around their webpage. They're mostly concerned with promoting Eurofascist ethnic nationalist parties. Very bad business.

I've looked at the site. There are several articles about Wilders, but there's also a lot about the British Home Secretary's own goal of banning Michael Savage, some details of Ezra Levant's "scrape" with the HRC and a whole section devoted to the excesses of the UN. So, on a first inspection, I would not personally dismiss the site as bad.

re: #164 razorbacker

Some folks organized a memorial for Pvt. Andrew Long today. Rev. Phelps didn't make it, but this lady did.

Jihadist at Pvt. Long memorial

Well, I understand that Mr. Holder is making sure that her right to protest is fully protected.

Talk about unhinged...

re: #175 J.D.

Talk about unhinged...

That's not unhinged. That's fucking nuts.

re: #147 Killgore Trout

I don't go to such websites. (typically, I just chalk them up as "fringe"...and I write it off...I don't visit the websites, etc., but should their existence be objected to? isn't that what Free Speech is all about?...there's so much of this (extremist rhetoric) on the Internet...I just go to a select few websites...that's it...maybe I'm just too tired/old.)

re: #155 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Oh god, Knights of the Old Republic was a killer game for the PC that had it all. and the Twist near the end was something which no one saw coming. One of the Best of the Star Wars Stories

I'll have to second this. KotOR was an excellent PC game and the story line and character development was far superior to those vominous prequels.

Just now watching a new Showtime series, "Nurse Jackie", trust me TV drama at it's best.

re: #171 MandyManners

I can't bring myself to despise her. In fact, I'd love to hug her and talk with her.

I simply cannot imagine the hell she's endured losing her child. I think she's unhinged.

I LOVE YOU, CINDY!

I sympathize... I do... but I have my limits...

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this report on NPR today. The subject: behavioral economics and its growing role in the Obama administration. For those of you with rudimentary knowledge of psychology, it appears that this is an unholy marriage of Skinnerian behaviorism and economic theory, culminating in a shiny new justification for authoritarianism. Note the repeated use of the term "the human animal" in the report. Read it/listen to it. It's scary, and it explains EVERYTHING.

re: #163 NJDhockeyfan

Obama is God? I thought he was the Messiah. Is that the same thing?

If Obama is God and the Messiah, who is the Holy Ghost?

re: #164 razorbacker

Some folks organized a memorial for Pvt. Andrew Long today. Rev. Phelps didn't make it, but this lady did.

Jihadist at Pvt. Long memorial

Well, I understand that Mr. Holder is making sure that her right to protest is fully protected.

Crazy, evil bitch.

re: #179 avanti

Just now watching a new Showtime series, "Nurse Jackie", trust me TV drama at it's best.

I am too...TIVO also..I'll watch it again before I weight in with a review...So far so good..Jeez they have hyped the hell out this show

Here is the TOTUS without his teleprompter talking about nuclear weapons.

Obama In France: "Nuclear Club" Can't Tell Others Not To Have Nuclear Weapons

I need more music, so I'm going to link to my favorite Preston Reed song:

re: #182 jcm

If Obama is God and the Messiah, who is the Holy Ghost?

The Holy Ghost is not coming to this party. We only get his wayward cousin, Holy Shit

Star Wars: The Old Republic Data file 1

re: #181 Nom de boom

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this report on NPR today. The subject: behavioral economics and its growing role in the Obama administration. For those of you with rudimentary knowledge of psychology, it appears that this is an unholy marriage of Skinnerian behaviorism and economic theory, culminating in a shiny new justification for authoritarianism. Note the repeated use of the term "the human animal" in the report. Read it/listen to it. It's scary, and it explains EVERYTHING.

They're only trying to keep us from being hit by trucks!

re: #187 Desert Dog

The Holy Ghost is not coming to this party. We only get his wayward cousin, Holy Shit

New keyboard please!
ROFL!

Having some problems uploading a website. Dreamweaver is telling me I have incorrect login/password. But I don't. I logged in with my username, and entered my password - all accepted. Then when it comes to uploading the website, it tells me they are wrong. Tried resetting the password, still getting the same message. Also tried installing a different program to do the FTP upload, it is doing the same thing, with the additional delight of playing a little squeaky high pitched "uh-oh!" when it fails.

FFFUUUCCCKKK!

re: #185 NJDhockeyfan

Here is the TOTUS without his teleprompter talking about nuclear weapons.

Obama In France: "Nuclear Club" Can't Tell Others Not To Have Nuclear Weapons

[Video]

This one from the same Photo Op...SCARY...he is worthless without the TOTUS!

Talk about cute? Beluga whale gives birth at Vancouver Aquarium.

It reminds me of my 3 little grandkids' favorite:

re: #181 Nom de boom

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this report on NPR today. The subject: behavioral economics and its growing role in the Obama administration. For those of you with rudimentary knowledge of psychology, it appears that this is an unholy marriage of Skinnerian behaviorism and economic theory, culminating in a shiny new justification for authoritarianism. Note the repeated use of the term "the human animal" in the report. Read it/listen to it. It's scary, and it explains EVERYTHING.

This disturbs me on several levels.

BREITBART: Know thy enemy: This is not your mother's Democratic Party

The Democratic Party's attitude to elections is admirable: Win. And recent history has shown it will do anything to do so.

When, if not now, will Republicans develop such a fighting spirit?

Democrats invest - with taxpayer money, mind you - in groups like ACORN that, among other sordid tactics, seek out Skid Row bodies and wheel them to polling places. All the Democratic National Committee needs are vans and smelling salts. Pop culture and the "education system" have done the rest, making "D" the default choice on Election Day.

Democrats brazenly take policy positions - think government services and even amnesty for illegal immigrants - not because they are the right thing to do, but because they are time-tested demographic bribes. Forget cigarettes and beer, Democrats would distribute needles, methadone, medical marijuana and biscotti in voter goodie bags if they could get away with it.

Democrats long ago jettisoned America's melting-pot ideal - E Pluribus Unum ("Out of Many, One") - because it imperils their campaign for permanent rule. Splitting the country into separate identity groups and playing them against each other works a lot better. And anyone who disagrees is a racist.

Win. Win. Win.

[snip]

In the next election cycle, things need to be drastically different. Democracy is not Augusta National Golf Club. It's a messy free-for-all, and in a two-party system, the GOP will not survive if it doesn't accept the fact that the Democrats are its enemy and that it must begin to play for keeps. That means finding another Lee Atwater - only meaner - and not apologizing when we get him.

re: #189 J.D.

Yes. Big economic ones towing trailers of expensive healthcare. Picture the chariot race in Ben Hur and you're getting the idea of what we're being saved from, dullards that we are. If only we had the good sense to see the world the way Barry sees it. Alas, mere mortals, alas.

/

re: #192 Desert Dog

This one from the same Photo Op...SCARY...he is worthless without the TOTUS!

[Video]

I beg to differ.

He's worthless even with it.

re: #187 Desert Dog

The Holy Ghost is not coming to this party. We only get his wayward cousin, Holy Shit

When Gordie and Mark Howe had dinner at Terry Sawchuk's house, it was called the Father, the Son and the Goalie Host.

How many people a year just fall out of one of those trains? Looks like a nutty way to travel.

Algore Global Warming Update #121

Recent Upswing in Lightning

HAVE THUNDERSTORMS BEEN MORE ELECTRIFIED THIS YEAR?

One of the reasons for this could be colder-than-normal weather across the northern tier of the country that has suppressed the number of thunderstorms and has significantly reduced the number of tornadoes this year. The number of reported tornadoes so far this year is 685, just over half of the average annual amount, which is 1,297.

According to Long Range Expert Joe Bastardi, areas from the northern Plains into the Northeast will have a "year without a summer." The jet stream, which is suppressed abnormally south this spring, is also suppressing the number of thunderstorms that can form. The ones that do form in areas of the Ohio Valley and West are forming in places with very cold temperatures, which can lead to more electrified thunderstorms than normal this year.

re: #185 NJDhockeyfan

What a dunce.

re: #195 jcm

BREITBART: Know thy enemy: This is not your mother's Democratic Party

The Dems having been playing for keeps for a long time and the Republicans just don't seem to get it. The double standards, mean spirited attitudes and do anything/say anything to get elected mentality has gotten us where we are today.

re: #181 Nom de boom

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this report on NPR today. The subject: behavioral economics and its growing role in the Obama administration. For those of you with rudimentary knowledge of psychology, it appears that this is an unholy marriage of Skinnerian behaviorism and economic theory, culminating in a shiny new justification for authoritarianism. Note the repeated use of the term "the human animal" in the report. Read it/listen to it. It's scary, and it explains EVERYTHING.

Here's a statement from the article that applies to the last election:
"Human beings, it turns out, don't always make good decisions, and frequently the choices they do make aren't in their best interest."

re: #193 NY Nana

Talk about cute? Beluga whale gives birth at Vancouver Aquarium.

Oh, Nana! That was amazing!

re: #198 Spare O'Lake

When Gordie and Mark Howe had dinner at Terry Sawchuk's house, it was called the Father, the Son and the Goalie Host.

That's a good one! I met Gordie Howe in Denver when I was a wee lad (well 16 years old). Nice man, STRONG handshake

re: #82 Killgore Trout

There's a mix of people on there. Not all bad but they are supporting an evil cause.

After a few more minutes of surfing round the site, I still don't get the impression that there's an evil cause here. Their policy statement sounds reasonable, although clearly there's an anti-Jihadi bias. If it turns out that it's being used as a front for fascism, I would of course agree with your analysis, and would wonder also why a person like Ezra Levant, could allow himself to be duped. However, I can't see any evidence that that is the case.

re: #194 MandyManners

As well it should. Skinnerian behaviorism is probably the most disturbing branch of psychological theory, and its central thesis (if I understand it correctly) is that we are animals to be programmed. I hope that doesn't make me sound like a FEMA camper. The likelihood is that the officials subscribing to this kind of theory have a more benign and less comprehensive programming agenda than did Skinner, but the fact remains that this is fundamentally contrary to democracy and representative government. In this model, government represents the ideals of a few visionaries, not the will of the people, constrained by the law.

re: #204 jaunte

Here's a statement from the article that applies to the last election:
"Human beings, it turns out, don't always make good decisions, and frequently the choices they do make aren't in their best interest."

Good thing our benevolent Federal Government is here to make all of our decisions for us, eh? BARF!

re: #177 J.S.

should their existence be objected to? isn't that what Free Speech is all about?

Yes, despite their name they are not promoting free speech.

re: #13 Bloodnok

ShamWow, dude. Sham freakin' Wow.

ShamWow was going to be the name of Obama's Stimulus bill, but the name was already taken.

re: #204 jaunte

And that's the 800 pound gorilla in the report. Is it acceptable at a certain point for some wise bureaucrat to step in and overturn the election results if they aren't in "our best interests?" Where does it end?

re: #192 Desert Dog

Sarko looks like he's trying desperately to keep from bursting out laughing.

re: #211 HelloDare

ShamWow was going to be the name of Obama's Stimulus bill, but the name was already taken.

Too bad, we'd be better off if the the Hooker had bite the Stimulus bill rather than old Vince.

re: #211 HelloDare

ShamWow was going to be the name of Obama's Stimulus bill, but the name was already taken.

SPWEW!

re: #193 NY Nana

Great song, one of my favorites from Raffi.

re: #207 John Neverbend

After a few more minutes of surfing round the site, I still don't get the impression that there's an evil cause here.

They are hitching their evil bandwagon on to good causes. It takes a little background to recognize what they are doing but their intentions are not good.

re: #209 Desert Dog

"Here's a shiny new free buck,
now go and buy a GM truck!"

Do I ever get tired of this song ... no ...

re: #214 Occasional Reader

Sarko looks like he's trying desperately to keep from bursting out laughing.

"Uh...uh...uh...the two parties...uh..." It's like he's on Luudes...We should mandate NO TOTUS for a week and then see how his approval rating will be then. He is a very BAD speaker away from that thing. An amazing transformation

re: #219 jaunte

"Here's a shiny new free buck,
now go and buy a GM truck!"

Trucks are shiny.

re: #201 jorline

Algore Global Warming Update #121

Recent Upswing in Lightning

God trying to hit Pelosi and Murtha.

re: #201 jorline

You mean this Albore?

re: #218 Killgore Trout

They are hitching their evil bandwagon on to good causes. It takes a little background to recognize what they are doing but their intentions are not good.

Fascist enablers.

re: #200 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

How many people a year just fall out of one of those trains? Looks like a nutty way to travel.

Well, you always hear about bus plunges, but train plunge stories are pretty rare. Where was that train ride in the video?

re: #222 Sharmuta

The closing paragraph is creepy:
"The Obama administration believes it needs to shape policy in a way that will keep us all from getting hit by trucks — health care trucks, financial trucks, trucks that come from every direction and affect every aspect of our lives."[Link: www.npr.org...]

re: #227 jaunte

The closing paragraph is creepy:
"The Obama administration believes it needs to shape policy in a way that will keep us all from getting hit by trucks — health care trucks, financial trucks, trucks that come from every direction and affect every aspect of our lives."[Link: www.npr.org...]

Maybe they should just fix the stop sign.

re: #204 jaunte

Here's a statement from the article that applies to the last election:
"Human beings, it turns out, don't always make good decisions, and frequently the choices they do make aren't in their best interest."

When was the last time other than around here you talked to anyone who understood the concept of "enlightened self interest." Let alone vote that way.

re: #224 NY Nana

You mean this Albore?

You know, that's 22x the amount of sulfur and brimstone that the average American uses.

Trucks; why do they hate hit us

Buenas noches.

re: #227 jaunte

The closing paragraph is creepy:
"The Obama administration believes it needs to shape policy in a way that will keep us all from getting hit by trucks — health care trucks, financial trucks, trucks that come from every direction and affect every aspect of our lives."[Link: www.npr.org...]

Life has sharp corners.
Bruises are natures way of teaching us to avoid them.

re: #224 NY Nana

You mean this Albore?

That's him...Godzilla...run for your life!

re: #205 Sharmuta

That was amazing!

I loved it...and with all that is going on in the world? It was even more precious somehow.

re: #231 jaunte

Trucks; why do they hate hit us

I hope that's a Hybrid or a "Bio-Diesel" Truck, my friend. If not, perhaps we should send over the "Green Police" and give you some instructions on saving Mother Earth.

re: #225 Sharmuta

Little fuckers.
/BTW, I should be sending you a 1st draft of my hydroponics article early next week. I made some changes this week to simplify the project. It might take a few drafts to get this written. Thanks in advance for helping me out.

re: #227 jaunte

I know. I was in rush hour traffic when I heard this. It's the first time I've ever hit my car stereo in anger. Irrational, I know, and probably confirmation of this lunatic theory, if the approving tone of the presenter was any indication. Ugh.

re: #233 jcm

Caution, Road Occupied by Massive, Hurtling Vehicles.

re: #185 NJDhockeyfan

Here is the TOTUS without his teleprompter talking about nuclear weapons.

Obama In France: "Nuclear Club" Can't Tell Others Not To Have Nuclear Weapons

Game, set, match.

Youtube Video

re: #228 Sharmuta

Maybe they should just fix the stop sign.

No, you don't understand. We're too stupid to read the stop sign. Someone has to be there to physically restrain us from walking into the path of the Healthcare Truck.

re: #208 Nom de boom

As well it should. Skinnerian behaviorism is probably the most disturbing branch of psychological theory, and its central thesis (if I understand it correctly) is that we are animals to be programmed. I hope that doesn't make me sound like a FEMA camper. The likelihood is that the officials subscribing to this kind of theory have a more benign and less comprehensive programming agenda than did Skinner, but the fact remains that this is fundamentally contrary to democracy and representative government. In this model, government represents the ideals of a few visionaries, not the will of the people, constrained by the law.

OTOH, how else can people be persuaded to do the right thing? These folks aren't worried about the body politic nor how their behaviors affect others.

re: #227 jaunte

The closing paragraph is creepy:
"The Obama administration believes it needs to shape policy in a way that will keep us all from getting hit by trucks — health care trucks, financial trucks, trucks that come from every direction and affect every aspect of our lives."[Link: www.npr.org...]

Wonder if it ever crossed their minds that they may indeed be that truck that hits us. Doesn't matter to them because their heart was in the right place. Scrape him off the road, boys.

re: #218 Killgore Trout

They are hitching their evil bandwagon on to good causes. It takes a little background to recognize what they are doing but their intentions are not good.

I'm sorry, but I can't see this, at least based on what I've read so far. I'll continue to look at the site, as there seems to be some interesting stuff there on the UN. Maybe my view will change.

Sellotape meltdown

Good night you Princes of Maine, you Kings of New England.

Y'all stay cool.

Oota here.

re: #244 John Neverbend

I'm sorry, but I can't see this, at least based on what I've read so far. I'll continue to look at the site, as there seems to be some interesting stuff there on the UN. Maybe my view will change.

They are learning to hide their motives better. It's not easy to see for people who haven't been following them closely.

re: #230 Desert Dog

You know, that's 22x the amount of sulfur and brimstone that the average American uses.

Sounds about right for Albore...in fact, it may actually be more.

re: #237 Killgore Trout

Little fuckers.
/BTW, I should be sending you a 1st draft of my hydroponics article early next week. I made some changes this week to simplify the project. It might take a few drafts to get this written. Thanks in advance for helping me out.

It's my pleasure, KT.

Nice photo of Mrs. Palin vs Mrs.0

re: #246 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Good night you Princes of Maine, you Kings of New England.

Y'all stay cool.

My ears are burning...

I went out this morning to water my strawberries, and dammit, squirrels eated them.

re: #242 MandyManners

Frankly, I would hope they would have enough confidence in their ideas to present them to the public in a forthright manner and let debate take its course. But that isn't going to happen. It's easier to "nudge," a polite way of saying manipulate.

re: #243 SasquatchOnSteroids

Wonder if it ever crossed their minds that they may indeed be that truck that hits us. Doesn't matter to them because their heart was in the right place. Scrape him off the road, boys.

What about the tax trucks? There's a few 18 wheelers comin' at us!

re: #210 Killgore Trout

The ACLU (as I'm sure you must be aware) faces the same charges over and over again. Whenever the ACLU takes up an issue, they're accused of political partisanship, and the detractors of the ACLU maintain that they're not really a non-profit organization championing "Free Speech", only champion a "cause" if it's leftist "free speech"...(sometimes I think the critics of the ACLU have made a very good case in support of this argument...) So I don't know if making an allegation that organization X is really NOT all about supporting Free Speech but is far more interested in supporting the political claims of an identified political orientation (the so-called Free Speech organization is not "even handed" or "non-partisan") is all that unexpected or outrageous... (it's simply what we have now-a-days...obvious bias masquerading as something else...not that "two wrongs make a right" but it's just "reality.")

re: #253 Alouette

I went out this morning to water my strawberries, and dammit, squirrels eated them.

Damn rodents! Rats with furry tails.

re: #241 Nom de boom

No, you don't understand. We're too stupid to read the stop sign. Someone has to be there to physically restrain us from walking into the path of the Healthcare Truck.

It's a speeding, runaway truck that requires Superman to stop.

Unfortunately, we got 0bama and Speaker Smirky.