poof!...just like magic one appears

Newest Rassmuusen poll shows Deal Leaders popularity dropping - ain't it wonderful!

"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."

Is this a thread about Nancy Pelosi?

Crap, can't spell today, meant to say 'Dear' Leader... Oh well.

thus the pre chosen questions for a presser (with no rebuttal)

re: #1 albusteve

poof!...just like magic one appears

"Ah, but where did the lighter fluid come from?" - George Oscar Bluth

re: #4 buzzsawmonkey

Not to rain on the parade, but he's still in office for more than three years. And he still has a compliasant Congress.

It's also called pissing in the punch?

re: #5 Czarny_Smok

Crap, can't spell today, meant to say 'Dear' Leader... Oh well.

Works either way really

re: #5 Czarny_Smok

Crap, can't spell today, meant to say 'Dear' Leader... Oh well.

That's okay, I always misspell it as well, I get the "D" and screw up the rest - Dumbfuck

re: #5 Czarny_Smok

Crap, can't spell today, meant to say 'Dear' Leader... Oh well.

Your original sounded so Lil Kim-ish.

re: #4 buzzsawmonkey

Not to rain on the parade, but he's still in office for more than three years. And he still has a compliasant Congress.

But the Congress can be changed - in 2010. Change we can Hope for.

re: #4 buzzsawmonkey

Not to rain on the parade, but he's still in office for more than three years. And he still has a compliasant Congress.

True, but it appears that the great unwashed masses are stirring and they ain't happy - given the makeup of those masses, that complacent Congress will listen if in danger of loosing an election. Hey I have HOPE that we can all effect CHANGE - I'm sick of the socialization of America.

re: #3 Nevergiveup

"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."

Is this a thread about Nancy Pelosi?

Image: File:Whorebab.jpg

you mean this nancy pelosi?

re: #12 LGoPs

But the Congress can be changed - in 2010. Change we can Hope for.

Change before it's to late

*Walks in, plops down*

re: #7 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

"Ah, but where did the lighter fluid come from?" - George Oscar Bluth

from one of the Marx Brothers I think

Honduras?

Iran?

What is Obama going to do?

Paine knew all about the strategy O is using re: dropping any mention of jobs from the Energy Department project.

Hmm...When I'm putting in an application for some of these railways, should I mention that some of my attributes include staying awake for my shift and not texting while operating a vehicle?

re: #16 DEZes

*Walks in, plops down*

I did a nice 3 point landing myself. Hey {Dez}...'my evil twin'.
:)

re: #16 DEZes

*Walks in, plops down*

Thats my foot bro.

re: #18 Syrah

Honduras?

Iran?

What is Obama going to do?

I don't know. What would Lenin do?

or is it this Nancy
[Link: www2.webpages.uidaho.edu...]

?

re: #20 Fenway_Nation

Hmm...When I'm putting in an application for some of these railways, should I mention that some of my attributes include staying awake for my shift and not texting while operating a vehicle?

No. You'll get bounced for being unqualified.

re: #4 buzzsawmonkey

Not to rain on the parade, but he's still in office for more than three years. And he still has a compliasant Congress.

I got four numbers for Congress:
2-0-1-0.

This has probably been discussed, but Hannity had on the Director of a new movie last night, "The Stoning of Soroya M."
it is an actual incident that happened in Iran a few years ago. A guy falsley accuses his wife of adultrey because he is tired of her.
Under Sharia she is stoned to death with her husband & sons participating.
Jim Cavezal plays the husband & it looks brutal.
Probably won't get shown on movie night at the White House.

re: #21 LGoPs

I did a nice 3 point landing myself. Hey {Dez}...'my evil twin'.
:)

Evil is my middle name. ;)
re: #22 VegasRick

Thats my foot bro.

You always did want to put a foot in my ass. ;)

Someone mention pure Scotch?

re: #30 Czarny_Smok

Someone mention pure Scotch?

Highland, Lowland, or Borderer?

re: #26 buzzsawmonkey

just don't do it into a glass of coors as it would improve the taste

re: #23 Nevergiveup

I don't know. What would Lenin do?

He would let the innocent suffer.

re: #16 DEZes

*Walks in, plops down*

Hi, how's ya?

re: #26 buzzsawmonkey

Hey, that's pure Scotch.

Then I'm in the right place.

re: #25 ~Fianna

You see? This is why I'm more interested in hiring on with one of the freight railways. When was the last time some coal or lumber videotaped somebody misbehavin'?

/

re: #31 Honorary Yooper

Highland, Lowland, or Borderer?

yuck, scotch. Probably a good time for turn to get out of here. Later all, time to go walk the lab along the American.

re: #26 buzzsawmonkey

Hey, that's pure Scotch.

I'll have a Vodka Martini, dry, with ice and an olive

oh , and hold the ice
and the olive
and the vermouth

re: #31 Honorary Yooper

Highland, Lowland, or Borderer?

By this time of the day, as long as it's single malt who cares! However I would gracefully accept a couple fingers of a nice Balvenie Port Wood Aged!

re: #16 DEZes

Clever egress.

re: #28 opnion

This has probably been discussed, but Hannity had on the Director of a new movie last night, "The Stoning of Soroya M."
it is an actual incident that happened in Iran a few years ago. A guy falsley accuses his wife of adultrey because he is tired of her.
Under Sharia she is stoned to death with her husband & sons participating.
Jim Cavezal plays the husband & it looks brutal.
Probably won't get shown on movie night at the White House.

Jim Cavezal is an awesome actor. He was great in Count of Monte Cristo.

re: #38 sattv4u2

I'll have a Vodka Martini, dry, with ice and an olive

oh , and hold the ice
and the olive
and the vermouth

Shaken, not stirred?

re: #42 Honorary Yooper

Shaken, not stirred?

me , or the vodka?

re: #34 callahan23

Hi, how's ya?

Chilling after running the gauntlet at the super market.

How ya doing buddy?

well that reminds me of a joke
and englismman, and irishman and a scot

re: #4 buzzsawmonkey

Not to rain on the parade, but he's still in office for more than three years. And he still has a compliasant Congress.

The closer we come to the mid terms, the less amiable they will become.

re: #23 Nevergiveup

I don't know. What would Lenin do?

What do the Beatles have to do with this?
/ ;>)

re: #36 Fenway_Nation

You see? This is why I'm more interested in hiring on with one of the freight railways. When was the last time some coal or lumber videotaped somebody misbehavin'?

/

They're working on the AI for that.

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Jim Cavezal is an awesome actor. He was great in Count of Monte Cristo.

I love his sandwiches!

re: #38 sattv4u2

I'll have a Vodka Martini, dry, with ice and an olive

oh , and hold the ice
and the olive
and the vermouth

Dirty Martini's are the best...
Yum.

"these are times that try men's souls"
T Paine

Okays, off do do that thing they pay me to do for a bit.

Laters all. :)

re: #50 buzzsawmonkey

I'll have "Reactions to Obama Speeches" for $500, Alex.

buzz ... What is ... eewww ...

re: #47 LGoPs

What do the Beatles have to do with this?
/ ;>)

he'd give peace a chance

re: #44 DEZes

Chilling after running the gauntlet at the super market.
How ya doing buddy?

Really swell, thanks. I am here today to have fun!

re: #55 albusteve

he'd give peace a chance

Every time we do, people end up dead.

“My mind is my own church.”
T Paine

re: #50 buzzsawmonkey

I'll have "Reactions to Obama Speeches" for $500, Alex.

That depends on whether one is an Obamabot or not.

Obamabot: *SWOON*

Not: Ewww! *vomit*

re: #52 albusteve

"these are times that try men's souls"
T Paine

You're quoting rappers now?

the three sit at the bar and all order a drink and as the drinks are passed out a fly falls into each one,
the englishman sends his drink back, the irshman takes the fly out as says the boze will kill the germs and drinks it
the scot takes the fly out and grabs its wings and says 'spit it ou ya'wee b'astard'

re: #56 callahan23

Really swell, thanks. I am here today to have fun!

Lets get this party started.
Cheers.

re: #57 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Every time we do, people end up dead.

only one chance that is

By the way I've been a tad busy this week, but has anyone here discussed Obama's oldest daughter wearing 2 very prominent "Peace" shirts the other day in EUROPE?

re: #60 doppelganglander

You're quoting rappers now?

Is he on a boat?

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Jim Cavezal is an awesome actor. He was great in Count of Monte Cristo.

Yeah he is good. The clip that I saw of this movie though looks really rough.

re: #45 yochanan

well that reminds me of a joke
and englismman, and irishman and a scot

Three guys walk into a bar, the 4th one ducks.

re: #65 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Is he on a boat?

On a boat NSFW NSFW

re: #57 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

re: #55 albusteve

Every time we do, people end up dead.

As long as they die nice and quietly out of sight, then it's OK.

/Zimbabwe, Myanmar, N. Korea, Sudan etc

re: #57 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Every time we do, people end up dead.

I'm almost to the point of defining peace as: "The state of affairs when bad people are allowed to do bad things, unchallenged by the good."

re: #62 DEZes

Lets get this party started.
Cheers.

Party? Where's the booze and the food?

re: #64 Nevergiveup

By the way I've been a tad busy this week, but has anyone here discussed Obama's oldest daughter wearing 2 very prominent "Peace" shirts the other day in EUROPE?

couple threads back a few of us discussed it briefly. Mainly that it's sad that it reflects her parent's beliefs and being so, we are all fucked.

re: #58 albusteve

“My mind is my own church.”
T Paine

Well unless it's Sunday.. His mind would be empty and silent
/

Some serious point counterpoint going on in Iran.

Huffington Post

"Today they sounded very different..." Via reader Allie, Tehran Bureau has accounts from all over the city. Here's one: "All the friends I spoke to today have been relatively depressed for the past few days. But today they sounded very different. They said while the security forces were trying their best to separate the demonstrators, the city overall was alive and filled with peaceful protests. Their voice sounded excited, and much more confident and determined than in recent days."

from the NIAC:

EU putting entry visas for Iranian diplomats on hold – The Financial Times of Germany (German) reported today that none of the 27 members of the EU will approve entry visas for Iranian Diplomats. High-ranking diplomats from the Member States have agreed to extend the review time for processing visa applications by holders of diplomatic and service passports, according to a letter from Sweden. These countries are not allowed to make decisions on visa applications until further notice.

And Sullivan does a fantastic job of pulling various sources together.

Does anyone else know other good sources for the Iranian Protests/Revolution?

“One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests”
T Paine

re: #50 buzzsawmonkey

I'll have "Reactions to Obama Speeches" for $500, Alex.

What is: A lot of people believe he has quit smoking?

re: #62 DEZes

Lets get this party started.
Cheers.

Which song would be a good party entreé, I am wondering.
And don't let me Eileen on you. ;-)

re: #69 Mithrax

can i have my 2 mins back?

re: #73 LGoPs

couple threads back a few of us discussed it briefly. Mainly that it's sad that it reflects her parent's beliefs and being so, we are all fucked.

I normally do NOT comment on the President's family, especially his kids, but if they are gonna shove her in front of the cameras and make a political statement, then all bets are off. Especially if and when they do it over seas.

re: #65 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Is he on a boat?

I do believe he is.

re: #72 FurryOldGuyJeans

Party? Where's the booze and the food?

Booze is in Buzz's punch bowl, ANnd as soon as Mandy kills the pig, dresses it and cooks it in the pit, we eat.

re: #75 bloodstar

Some serious point counterpoint going on in Iran.

Huffington Post

And Sullivan does a fantastic job of pulling various sources together.

Does anyone else know other good sources for the Iranian Protests/Revolution?

Head for Teheran, real good source. :)

Some information...

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

re: #55 albusteve

he'd give peace a chance

Didn't the Beatles do a song titled "Give a dangerously naive Bolshevik a chance"?...
/ *maybe not*

re: #69 Mithrax

On a boat NSFW NSFW

I about fell outta' my chair laughing at the video about that guy's pants.

re: #80 Nevergiveup

I normally do NOT comment on the President's family, especially his kids, but if they are gonna shove her in front of the cameras and make a political statement, then all bets are off. Especially if and when they do it over seas.

Here, here.

It doesn't happen often, but here are two things I can appluad a Democrat about

Obama urges poorer nations to fight global warming
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

Pelosi shuts down resolution on Michael Jackson
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

By my calculations, hell is now freezing over!

re: #85 MandyManners

I about fell outta' my chair laughing at the video about that guy's pants.

I aim to please!

re: #82 DEZes

Booze is in Buzz's punch bowl, ANnd as soon as Mandy kills the pig, dresses it and cooks it in the pit, we eat.

I've not seen them today.

re: #50 buzzsawmonkey

I'll have "Reactions to Obama Speeches" for $500, Alex.

What is "It's been 4 hours already and he's still talking?"

re: #80 Nevergiveup

I normally do NOT comment on the President's family, especially his kids, but if they are gonna shove her in front of the cameras and make a political statement, then all bets are off. Especially if and when they do it over seas.

I agree with that, but it is not the kids fault.
Imagine if a the youngest Palin girl was parading around in a Christian shirt.
Maureen Dowd & the other snarky elite would go nuclear.

automatically sunshine ... it is so hot outside .. she is backup mama ...

re: #82 DEZes

Booze is in Buzz's punch bowl, ANnd as soon as Mandy kills the pig, dresses it and cooks it in the pit, we eat.

"Cry Hamhock and let slip the Hogs of War"

re: #89 MandyManners

I've not seen them today.

We better send out for pizza then. ;)

"Israel should know that it is not alone and look at all this calm. If I have fought so hard in the name of France to get people talking about Iran it's also a message to the Israelis that they are not alone," he said.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Yeah, right. Nations sleep soundly knowing FRANCE has their backs?

re: #90 FurryOldGuyJeans

What is "It's been 4 hours already and he's still talking and STILL hasn't said anything substanitive?"

ftfy

re: #72 FurryOldGuyJeans

Party? Where's the booze and the food?

I've got pita chips and just made some guacamole, will that do?

Beatle's ode to Obama

re: #87 sattv4u2

It doesn't happen often, but here are two things I can appluad a Democrat about

Obama urges poorer nations to fight global warming
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

Pelosi shuts down resolution on Michael Jackson
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

By my calculations, hell is now freezing over!

She did it for political reasons.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise "contrary views" about the pop star's life.

Lawmakers are free to use House speeches "to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish," said Pelosi, D-Calif. "I don't think it's necessary for us to have a resolution."

A resolution sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, cites some of the singer's charitable acts and proclaims him an American legend, musical icon and world humanitarian.

Even before Pelosi's comments, some Democrats said privately they did not support the resolution and a divisive debate would hurt House efforts to muster the votes for priorities such as health care and climate change.

re: #85 MandyManners

I about fell outta' my chair laughing at the video about that guy's pants.

We try and play their Like a Boss song at least once a day at work

Hit on Deborah, like a Boss.
Get rejected, like a Boss.

NSFW

re: #88 Mithrax

I aim to please!

Dead center for sure.

re: #99 MandyManners

Don't care WHY she did it, THAT she did it is significant

re: #91 opnion

I agree with that, but it is not the kids fault.
Imagine if a the youngest Palin girl was parading around in a Christian shirt.
Maureen Dowd & the other snarky elite would go nuclear.

Your right but to bad she is being brain washed. But I do blame her "parents".

re: #87 sattv4u2

It doesn't happen often, but here are two things I can appluad a Democrat about

Obama urges poorer nations to fight global warming
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

[snip]

By my calculations, hell is now freezing over!

The first article is actually funny. Obama is NOT getting the cooperation from other countries like he thought he would, so now he is basically trying to salvage his position, treading water, while the rest of the major nations is saying "fuck it."

re: #98 albusteve

Beatle's ode to Obama

Youtube Video

"While my 401K gently weeps"

re: #94 DEZes

We better send out for pizza then. ;)

I'm taking The Kid out to dinner as soon as he decides to get dressed.

re: #83 Walter L. Newton

Head for Teheran, real good source. :)

Some information...

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

*grins* I'd stick out like a sore thumb in Iran, trust me, if i thought I could make a difference by going there I would. I'm actually happy with CNN's coverage today, they're doing a ton better than MSNBC and Fox so far.

re: #102 sattv4u2

Don't care WHY she did it, THAT she did it is significant

debating that resolution would expose M Jackson for other than a pop icon

re: #101 MandyManners

Dead center for sure.

Perfect. My good deed for the day is done!

Now I can kick puppies and push old ladies down the stairs!

/sarc :)

re: #105 VegasRick

With a Cameo by William Ayers as 'Paperback Writer'

/

re: #95 Nevergiveup

"Israel should know that it is not alone and look at all this calm. If I have fought so hard in the name of France to get people talking about Iran it's also a message to the Israelis that they are not alone," he said.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Yeah, right. Nations sleep soundly knowing FRANCE has their backs?

Hey , I'd rather have Sarkozy backing me up than Obama!

That stated, I would prefer the US military over any 3 in the world combined, of course

re: #100 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

We try and play their Like a Boss song at least once a day at work

Hit on Deborah, like a Boss.
Get rejected, like a Boss.

NSFW

Who ARE these guys?

re: #100 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I have been treated to so many performances of that and the boat song by my daughters, I think I will go nuclear if I have to hear either one again. They just do not strike me as funny.

re: #105 VegasRick

"While my 401K gently weeps"

N Pelosi
Fool on the Hill

Florida Eliza Update:

Just got an email. The procedure has been pushed back to at least 7:00 PM Eastern (2300 GMT). Her mom thinks that there have been several emergency cases come in in the last couple of hours - there is a lot of activity in the ICU. Her mom asks for prayers not only for her daughter, but for the other people who are hurting.

re: #75 bloodstar

Nobody's coverage is better than Huffpo's. Sullivan has also done a great job on his Iran coverage but he mixes in so much other bullshit that I'll steal his links instead of linking directly to him. The guy's such a jerk.

re: #98 albusteve

Beatle's ode to Obama

I was thinking it would be Tax Man

re: #106 MandyManners

I'm taking The Kid out to dinner as soon as he decides to get dressed.

It's summer, how much dressing it there?

re: #91 opnion

I agree with that, but it is not the kids fault.
Imagine if a the youngest Palin girl was parading around in a Christian shirt.
Maureen Dowd & the other snarky elite would go nuclear.

Sad that that's the closest to nuclear power the Environazi's will let us come...

re: #106 MandyManners

I'm taking The Kid out to dinner as soon as he decides to get dressed.

Good evening Mandy...Hope you are well today..
No McDonald's right? *wink*

re: #115 SteveC

done.

re: #108 albusteve

debating that resolution would expose M Jackson for other than a pop icon

and again, I don;'t care WHY , just that she DID. This type of thing is NOT the work of congress, unless it was some distinguished military or political leader, imho

Keith Olbermann made that Arizona state senator (from yesterday's post - the '6,000 years old' lady) his "Worst Person in the World" last night ... and completely ripped off Phil Plait's point about uranium and carbon dating with no credit. What a scumbag.

re: #103 Nevergiveup

Your right but to bad she is being brain washed. But I do blame her "parents".

I blame he parents too. Heck I blame her parents for a lot of things, being bitter & racist ,after all of the breaks they caught for openers.

re: #108 albusteve

debating that resolution would expose M Jackson for other than a pop icon

albusteve ... What! ... you mean he is not ... oh, brother ...

/

re: #115 SteveC

No problem, said one at 4 pm, will just say another at 7

For USA Today to actually be reporting on this blatant political patronage scam is mind-boggling.

Billions in aid go to areas that backed Obama in '08
By Brad Heath, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported President Obama in last year's presidential election.

That aid — about $17 billion — is the first piece of the administration's massive stimulus package that can be tracked locally. Much of it has followed a well-worn path to places that regularly collect a bigger share of federal grants and contracts, guided by formulas that have been in place for decades and leave little room for manipulation.

"There's no politics at work when it comes to spending for the recovery," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says.

Counties that supported Obama last year have reaped twice as much money per person from the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus package as those that voted for his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, a USA TODAY analysis of government disclosure and accounting records shows. That money includes aid to repair military bases, improve public housing and help students pay for college.

re: #123 Charles

Keith Olbermann made that Arizona state senator (from yesterday's post - the '6,000 years old' lady) his "Worst Person in the World" last night ... and completely ripped off Phil Plait's point about uranium and carbon dating with no credit. What a scumbag.

Careful. The International United Brotherhood of Scumbags is going to demand an apology.

re: #123 Charles

Keith Olbermann made that Arizona state senator (from yesterday's post - the '6,000 years old' lady) his "Worst Person in the World" last night ... and completely ripped off Phil Plait's point about uranium and carbon dating with no credit. What a scumbag.

I don't find it one bit surprising that Olbermann plagarizes so much or so easily.

re: #112 MandyManners

Who ARE these guys?

JOOOS!
/

They were writers for SNL and have done other comedy work over the years.

Lazy Sunday was one of their best ones.

[Link: www.nbc.com...]

re: #127 FurryOldGuyJeans

For USA Today to actually be reporting on this blatant political patronage scam is mind-boggling.

Billions in aid go to areas that backed Obama in '08
By Brad Heath, USA TODAY

I call Big Ass Bullshit on this whopper:

"There's no politics at work when it comes to spending for the recovery," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says.

re: #117 Kosh's Shadow

I was thinking it would be Tax Man

he has many odes...a double CD at least

re: #124 opnion

I blame he parents too. Heck I blame her parents for a lot of things, being bitter & racist ,after all of the breaks they caught for openers.

Well...I can understand Michelle's bitterness at the $300K job (that she never had to show up for). Any fool would know that anything less than $500K is a racist insult.
///

re: #69 Mithrax

On a boat NSFW NSFW

Excellent!

re: #129 FurryOldGuyJeans

I don't find it one bit surprising that Olbermann plagarizes so much or so easily.

A mind is a terrible thing to have misplaced.

re: #123 Charles

What a scumbag.

What has he been drinking that enables him to piss on Edward Murrow's grave for this many years?

re: #123 Charles

re: #129 FurryOldGuyJeans

I don't find it one bit surprising that Olbermann plagarizes so much or so easily.

Who would even call him on it. His audience is
A) miniscule
B) sychophants of his

Going to AT&T ... Reine talked me into the iPhone which is stupid for me since it will only be my "city" phone ... but I am gonna try it out ... now I can have a phone in each ear yeah! ... and the apps better be a cool as everyone says they are ...

Later ya'll ... and please drink beer for me ...

re: #131 Russkilitlover

I call Big Ass Bullshit on this whopper:

"There's no politics at work when it comes to spending for the recovery," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says.

2+2=5...simple

re: #72 FurryOldGuyJeans

Party? Where's the booze and the food?

My BQ grill is cooking Buffalo wings as we speak. Next to them are a few dozen rib eyes (the ones with the good marbling). Next to them are same-day-caught shrimp about to be doused with fresh lemon juice.

In the bin under the grill are many foil wrapped Idaho potatoes just about ready for sour cream, chives, bacon bits and lots of butter. Kosher salt in a bowl nearby, to be added to taste. Pepper too.

In the outdoor cooler are various brands of beer. Bass, Heineken, Miller, just to name a few. The vodka has been chilling in the freezer. To be applied to any drink desired. Fruit juices and ice abound. Hennessey, well that comes after dessert.

Desserts. Refreshing strawberry shortcake. Sixteen flavors of ice cream. Ki lime and apple pie. Oh ya, seven flavors of Eli's cheese cake.

re: #130 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
They were writers for SNL and have done other comedy work over the years.

Lazy Sunday was one of their best ones.

[Link: www.nbc.com...]

I love that angry Natalie Portman vid. Should also please MM. ;-)
NSFW at all!

re: #140 midwestgak

All for you?

re: #140 midwestgak

My BQ grill is cooking Buffalo wings as we speak. Next to them are a few dozen rib eyes (the ones with the good marbling). Next to them are same-day-caught shrimp about to be doused with fresh lemon juice.

In the bin under the grill are many foil wrapped Idaho potatoes just about ready for sour cream, chives, bacon bits and lots of butter. Kosher salt in a bowl nearby, to be added to taste. Pepper too.

In the outdoor cooler are various brands of beer. Bass, Heineken, Miller, just to name a few. The vodka has been chilling in the freezer. To be applied to any drink desired. Fruit juices and ice abound. Hennessey, well that comes after dessert.

Desserts. Refreshing strawberry shortcake. Sixteen flavors of ice cream. Ki lime and apple pie. Oh ya, seven flavors of Eli's cheese cake.

no Beef-O-Roni?...bummer

Hand politicians basically a blank check, tell them to spend it as quickly as possible, and people wonder why stimulus funds are not going where intended?

Report: States aren't using stimulus funds as intended
By Matt Kelley, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — Under pressure to spend stimulus money quickly, many states are using the federal funds for short-term projects and to fill budget gaps rather than spending on long-term improvements, according to a report by congressional investigators.

The report, scheduled to be released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) at a House oversight hearing, also says many states aren't meeting some goals and requirements of the economic recovery program. Some states, for example, are not sending transportation funding to the most economically distressed areas, and they are using education funds to prevent layoffs rather than fund innovative new programs, the report says.

re: #140 midwestgak

My BQ grill is cooking Buffalo wings as we speak. Next to them are a few dozen rib eyes (the ones with the good marbling). Next to them are same-day-caught shrimp about to be doused with fresh lemon juice.

In the bin under the grill are many foil wrapped Idaho potatoes just about ready for sour cream, chives, bacon bits and lots of butter. Kosher salt in a bowl nearby, to be added to taste. Pepper too.

In the outdoor cooler are various brands of beer. Bass, Heineken, Miller, just to name a few. The vodka has been chilling in the freezer. To be applied to any drink desired. Fruit juices and ice abound. Hennessey, well that comes after dessert.

Desserts. Refreshing strawberry shortcake. Sixteen flavors of ice cream. Ki lime and apple pie. Oh ya, seven flavors of Eli's cheese cake.

You bastard. All I have is gruel to eat here...
/ ;.)

re: #140 midwestgak

I'll be right over, I just need to put on shoes.

re: #140 midwestgak

Eli's cheese cake

Elis coming?

re: #127 FurryOldGuyJeans

For USA Today to actually be reporting on this blatant political patronage scam is mind-boggling.

Billions in aid go to areas that backed Obama in '08
By Brad Heath, USA TODAY

That aid — about $17 billion — is the first piece of the administration's massive stimulus package that can be tracked locally. Much of it has followed a well-worn path to places that regularly collect a bigger share of federal grants and contracts, guided by formulas that have been in place for decades and leave little room for manipulation.

This is what I have been pointing out for months. Most of the money is going to existing contracts, to the same people who have been getting federal money all the long, whether it was Democratic money or Republican money (really, our money).

It's really not going to NEW jobs, it's simply supporting all the people that have always been heavily in debt to federal funds.

This is the answer folks, if you are looking for NEW jobs, you won't find them, all the old cronies are getting most of the money.

Any NEW jobs are small demonstration projects used for public relations and media consumption.

re: #146 doppelganglander

I'll be right over, I just need to put on shoes.

no clothes , just shoes!

re: #149 sattv4u2

no clothes , just shoes!

I'm already dressed! Unless a t-shirt and jeans isn't good enough for you fancy types.

re: #80 Nevergiveup

Especially if and when they do it over seas.

And who is surprised by the lack of judgment shown by her parents?

re: #141 callahan23

They were writers for SNL and have done other comedy work over the years.

Lazy Sunday was one of their best ones.

[Link: www.nbc.com...]

I love that angry Natalie Portman vid. Should also please MM. ;-)
NSFW at all!

Ah, the joys of secured office and an internet connection which bypasses the proxy server.

re: #140 midwestgak

In the bin under the grill are many foil wrapped Idaho potatoes just about ready for sour cream, chives, bacon bits...

Ah, but did you make the bacon bits or are they the teeth cracking store bought kind?

re: #150 doppelganglander

I'm already dressed! Unless a t-shirt and jeans isn't good enough for you fancy types.

depends

a wet t shirt and daisy dukes !

re: #82 DEZes

some how i think we will have space cowboy on the spit before we have a porker

re: #151 Wendya

And who is surprised by the lack of judgment shown by her parents?

The Obama have exhibited tremendous lack of judgement, they married each other.

re: #140 midwestgak

My BQ grill is cooking Buffalo wings as we speak. Next to them are a few dozen rib eyes (the ones with the good marbling). Next to them are same-day-caught shrimp about to be doused with fresh lemon juice.

In the bin under the grill are many foil wrapped Idaho potatoes just about ready for sour cream, chives, bacon bits and lots of butter. Kosher salt in a bowl nearby, to be added to taste. Pepper too.

In the outdoor cooler are various brands of beer. Bass, Heineken, Miller, just to name a few. The vodka has been chilling in the freezer. To be applied to any drink desired. Fruit juices and ice abound. Hennessey, well that comes after dessert.

Desserts. Refreshing strawberry shortcake. Sixteen flavors of ice cream. Ki lime and apple pie. Oh ya, seven flavors of Eli's cheese cake.

Oh gosh. My stomach just had an instant err ... reaction.
;-)

re: #144 FurryOldGuyJeans

Hand politicians basically a blank check, tell them to spend it as quickly as possible, and people wonder why stimulus funds are not going where intended?

Report: States aren't using stimulus funds as intended
By Matt Kelley, USA TODAY

You can file this under "Duh"

BBL

Last week I got a call from a young man who was a customer of mine from the time he was about 9 years old (he's now about 20.) He moved to the big city and opened his own bike shop. He called to thank me for being his inspiration.

:)

Can't fight H1N1... we're broke!

NHS hospitals could be forced to slash services because the Treasury is refusing to fund the costs of the swine flu pandemic, officials warned tonight.

The damaging internal wrangle could lead to thousands of operations being delayed or cancelled, wards being shut or nurses losing their jobs.

The Department of Health has spent at least £2billion on preparations for a mass swine flu outbreak on British soil.

Huge orders have been placed for 90 million doses of vaccine, enough flu-busting drugs such as Tamiflu for 80 per cent of the population, and millions of facemasks for doctors and nurses.

Officials were counting on the Treasury to pay for these emergency costs out of a crisis budget.

But, with public services squeezed as a result of the recession, the Daily Mail has learned that Chancellor Alistair Darling's department has told health secretary Andy Burnham that there is no spare cash.

They say the £2 billion will have to be found from existing health budgets.

It means hospitals could have to make huge savings, such as rationing operations and drugs, and reducing the number of nurses and midwives they employ.

***
Can't fund the healthcare system? Rationing operations and drugs? But Mr. President, you promised -

re: #155 yochanan

some how i think we will have space cowboy on the spit before we have a porker

Space Cowboy?...sure

re: #147 sattv4u2

Eli's cheese cake

Elis coming?

[Video]

What's the story on that song?

re: #140 midwestgak

My BQ grill is cooking Buffalo wings as we speak. Next to them are a few dozen rib eyes (the ones with the good marbling). Next to them are same-day-caught shrimp about to be doused with fresh lemon juice.

In the bin under the grill are many foil wrapped Idaho potatoes just about ready for sour cream, chives, bacon bits and lots of butter. Kosher salt in a bowl nearby, to be added to taste. Pepper too.

In the outdoor cooler are various brands of beer. Bass, Heineken, Miller, just to name a few. The vodka has been chilling in the freezer. To be applied to any drink desired. Fruit juices and ice abound. Hennessey, well that comes after dessert.

Desserts. Refreshing strawberry shortcake. Sixteen flavors of ice cream. Ki lime and apple pie. Oh ya, seven flavors of Eli's cheese cake.

A thursday feast! Be right over..I'll make the Salads

The Dems in 2006 campaigned on a promise to end pork barreling, so why haven't they stopped doing it in 2009?

In health bill, billions for parks, paths
Supporters cite prevention, but add-ons’ critics see pork
By Michael Kranish
Globe Staff / July 9, 2009

WASHINGTON - Sweeping healthcare legislation working its way through Congress is more than an effort to provide insurance to millions of Americans without coverage. Tucked within is a provision that could provide billions of dollars for walking paths, streetlights, jungle gyms, and even farmers’ markets.

The add-ons - characterized as part of a broad effort to improve the nation’s health “infrastructure’’ - appear in House and Senate versions of the bill.

Critics argue the provision is a thinly disguised effort to insert pork-barrel spending into a bill that has been widely portrayed to the public as dealing with expanding health coverage and cutting medical costs. A leading critic, Senator Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, ridicules the local projects, asking: “How can Democrats justify the wasteful spending in this bill?’’

re: #154 sattv4u2

depends

a wet t shirt and daisy dukes !

Obviously you haven't met me.

re: #160 buzzsawmonkey

most excellent...better than the original

re: #166 FurryOldGuyJeans

The Dems in 2006 campaigned on a promise to end pork barreling, so why haven't they stopped doing it in 2009?

In health bill, billions for parks, paths
Supporters cite prevention, but add-ons’ critics see pork
By Michael Kranish
Globe Staff / July 9, 2009

You are seriously harshing my mellow.

re: #164 callahan23

What's the story on that song?

means something bad is going down

Heh, the tally ban have a book out, and they don't like those darned ol' predator drones.
Predator drones and Hellfire missles...when you care enough to send the very best.

re: #165 HoosierHoops

A thursday feast! Be right over..I'll make the Salads

You're so nice. You're the only one who offered to help.

re: #173 wrenchwench

You're so nice. You're the only one who offered to help.

I make a mean salad...:)
Thanks Wrench!
How are you today?

re: #166 FurryOldGuyJeans

The Dems in 2006 campaigned on a promise to end pork barreling, so why haven't they stopped doing it in 2009?

In health bill, billions for parks, paths
Supporters cite prevention, but add-ons’ critics see pork
By Michael Kranish
Globe Staff / July 9, 2009

What a joke. Seems as though it's never going to end with these Democrats. Billions for parks under the guise of prevention. What next? Sidewalks as part of health prevention spending? Can't people do anything anymore without having the Federal government do it for them? Did some of these folks figure out that you can ride your bicycle on asphalt or concrete roads?

re: #142 wrenchwench

All for you?

All for you all.

re: #176 midwestgak

All for you all.

I thought it was all for Damien.

re: #166 FurryOldGuyJeans

The Dems in 2006 campaigned on a promise to end pork barreling, so why haven't they stopped doing it in 2009?

In health bill, billions for parks, paths
Supporters cite prevention, but add-ons’ critics see pork
By Michael Kranish
Globe Staff / July 9, 2009

WASHINGTON - Sweeping healthcare legislation working its way through Congress is more than an effort to provide insurance to millions of Americans without coverage. Tucked within is a provision that could provide billions of dollars for walking paths, streetlights, jungle gyms, and even farmers’ markets.

The add-ons - characterized as part of a broad effort to improve the nation’s health “infrastructure’’ - appear in House and Senate versions of the bill.

Critics argue the provision is a thinly disguised effort to insert pork-barrel spending into a bill that has been widely portrayed to the public as dealing with expanding health coverage and cutting medical costs. A leading critic, Senator Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, ridicules the local projects, asking: “How can Democrats justify the wasteful spending in this bill?’’

This is a naked all out assault on the Treasury and on each and everyone of our pockets. This is Obama's 'Spreading the Wealth' with a vengeance.
It has nothing at all to do with helping the economy. A hostile power could not be doing more damage to us.
I feel like we are under enemy occupation.
Fuck.

BBIAB

re: #145 LGoPs

You bastard. All I have is gruel to eat here...
/ ;.)

um, that would be bitch.

re: #169 Russkilitlover

You are seriously harshing my mellow.

Would this help? Congress wants to control things even more down to what kids can or can't eat, screw what parents think.

USDA to oversee school snack food: Senate ag chair
Tue Jul 7, 2009 2:30pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department would be given the power to regulate all food sold in schools -- including vending machine snacks -- when Congress renews child nutrition programs, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said on Tuesday.

Chairman Tom Harkin said he hopes the committee will start work on legislation to reauthorize school lunch programs in October or November, with a goal to conclude the work by the end of the year.

"I can tell you it won't be this month," Harkin told reporters who asked when work would begin. He said precedence must go, for now, to his work on health care reform and on drafting the annual federal spending bills.

Agriculture Committee work on child nutrition will begin with a draft that gives the USDA the authority to oversee all food in schools, so nutrition programs are not "undermined" by junk food in vending machines, Harkin said at a confirmation hearing for the head of the USDA's nutrition programs.

re: #180 midwestgak

um, that would be bitch.

My deepest apologies, you...heck. I can't say it.
:)

re: #174 HoosierHoops

I make a mean salad...:)
Thanks Wrench!
How are you today?

I'm well, thank you. Been up and down today, but I'm up now, so I should get back to work!

re: #178 LGoPs

This is a naked all out assault on the Treasury and on each and everyone of our pockets. This is Obama's 'Spreading the Wealth' with a vengeance.
It has nothing at all to do with helping the economy. A hostile power could not be doing more damage to us.
I feel like we are under enemy occupation.
Fuck.

The hippies bought business suits, and they're in charge.

re: #178 LGoPs

This is a naked all out assault on the Treasury and on each and everyone of our pockets. This is Obama's 'Spreading the Wealth' with a vengeance.
It has nothing at all to do with helping the economy. A hostile power could not be doing more damage to us.
I feel like we are under enemy occupation.
Fuck.

Land Whale Kennedy's remarks really show the hypocrisy:

But advocates, including Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, defend the proposed spending as a necessary way to promote healthier lives and, in the long run, cut medical costs. “These are not public works grants; they are community transformation grants,’’ said Anthony Coley, a spokesman for Kennedy, chairman of the Senate health committee whose healthcare bill includes the projects.

That bloated tub of lard knows nothing about living healthy.

re: #183 buzzsawmonkey

Toasted harshmellows for everyone!

And then there's Buzz, who can always make me burst out laughing :D

re: #116 Killgore Trout

Nobody's coverage is better than Huffpo's. Sullivan has also done a great job on his Iran coverage but he mixes in so much other bullshit that I'll steal his links instead of linking directly to him. The guy's such a jerk.

Agreed. NIAC is great though also.

re: #172 pingjockey

...when you care enough to send the very best.

Heh. I heard that joke 25+ years ago wrt penetrating Moscow's ABM defense. I bet it's even older than that.

re: #140 midwestgak

My BQ grill is cooking Buffalo wings as we speak. Next to them are a few dozen rib eyes (the ones with the good marbling). Next to them are same-day-caught shrimp about to be doused with fresh lemon juice.

In the bin under the grill are many foil wrapped Idaho potatoes just about ready for sour cream, chives, bacon bits and lots of butter. Kosher salt in a bowl nearby, to be added to taste. Pepper too.

In the outdoor cooler are various brands of beer. Bass, Heineken, Miller, just to name a few. The vodka has been chilling in the freezer. To be applied to any drink desired. Fruit juices and ice abound. Hennessey, well that comes after dessert.

Desserts. Refreshing strawberry shortcake. Sixteen flavors of ice cream. Ki lime and apple pie. Oh ya, seven flavors of Eli's cheese cake.

NO salad? Are you kidding? - hahahahahahahahhahahahaaa

Another excellent op-ed piece from the Wall Street Journal.

Obama Can't Be Trusted With Numbers
So why should we trust him with health care?

By KARL ROVE

In February, President Barack Obama signed a $787 billion stimulus bill while making lavish promises about the results. He pledged that "a new wave of innovation, activity and construction will be unleashed all across America." He also said the stimulus would "save or create up to four million jobs." Vice President Joe Biden said the massive federal spending plan would "drop-kick" the economy out of the recession.

But the unemployment rate today is 9.5% -- nearly 20% higher than the Obama White House said it would be with the stimulus in place. Keith Hennessey, who worked at the Bush White House on economic policy, has noted that unemployment is now higher than the administration said it would be if nothing was done to revive the economy. There are 2.6 million fewer Americans working than Mr. Obama promised...

re: #150 doppelganglander

I'm already dressed! Unless a t-shirt and jeans isn't good enough for you fancy types.

Come as you are. Bibs will be provided. And napkins even. But if you prefer, your short sleeve will do.

re: #184 wrenchwench

I'm well, thank you. Been up and down today, but I'm up now, so I should get back to work!

Mind those steaks, missy. I like mine med. rare!

re: #178 LGoPs

This is a naked all out assault on the Treasury and on each and everyone of our pockets. This is Obama's 'Spreading the Wealth' with a vengeance.
It has nothing at all to do with helping the economy. A hostile power could not be doing more damage to us.
I feel like we are under enemy occupation.
Fuck.

It seems very obvious that this raid on the treasury is an attempt to drain it. Why another stimulus when the first failed?

I think that he believed all of the Socialist, Utopian dogma that he learned in college & now wants to create the conditions for that model.

re: #181 FurryOldGuyJeans

Tom Harkin -- the imaginary fighter pilot.

re: #185 capitalist piglet

The hippies bought business suits, and they're in charge.

You're right about that. The one consolation I have is that they were pussies back then and they're still pussies.
They need their asses kicked.

Hope to open a Banana, the monkey way!

re: #185 capitalist piglet

The hippies bought business suits, and they're in charge.

The Anti-Establishment people are now the Establishment, and still are trying to create anarchy.

re: #185 capitalist piglet

The hippies bought business suits, and they're in charge.

Yup, but underneath it all, they are still the same leftist puppets they've always been. Instead of "sticking it to The Man", they've become "The Man" and are out to stick it to US. Grrr...

re: #195 Gus 802

Tom Harkin -- the imaginary fighter pilot.

I thought the name sounded somewhat familiar. A pox on the bastard.

re: #191 Gus 802

Another excellent op-ed piece from the Wall Street Journal.

Obama Can't Be Trusted With Numbers
So why should we trust him with health care?

Or the economy. Or national security. Or our freedoms and values...

re: #127 FurryOldGuyJeans

For USA Today to actually be reporting on this blatant political patronage scam is mind-boggling.

Billions in aid go to areas that backed Obama in '08
By Brad Heath, USA TODAY

Probably not patronage, and more a result of more money flowing to urban areas than otherwise. As the article states,

Much of it has followed a well-worn path to places that regularly collect a bigger share of federal grants and contracts, guided by formulas that have been in place for decades and leave little room for manipulation.

It might be worth deeper analysis, but I don't think there's any quid pro quo here.

A more important observation is: one reason that only a tiny fraction of the stimulus bill has actually reached the economy - well under 10% of what was allocated six months ago - is that the money is being distributed in the most inefficient manner possible - through endless layers of Federal bureaucracy into another maze of state agencies and from there through a warren of smaller municipal authorities where finally a dollop of it falls into the hands of consumers. Rather than simply cutting withholding taxes and returning a significant lump of cash into employee's hands with every paycheck, a move that would take no more than a couple of weeks to implement. "Targeted" stimulus, though not likely distributed as political patronage payments, is being used to promote a distinct political agenda, rather than doing what it was supposed to do: stimulate the economy.

re: #198 FurryOldGuyJeans

The Anti-Establishment people are now the Establishment, and still are trying to create anarchy.

Well then dissent against them must be the highest form of patriotism
Speak truth to power!

re: #198 FurryOldGuyJeans

The Anti-Establishment people are now the Establishment, and still are trying to create anarchy.

We need to rebel against their fucking establishment just like they did when they were snot nosed punks.
Lesson learned for the future - when the snot nosed punks rebel - kick the shit out of them. Or pay the price later.

re: #197 Mithrax

Hope to open a Banana, the monkey way!

I just whack off the stem with my butcher knife.

re: #153 Russkilitlover

Ah, but did you make the bacon bits or are they the teeth cracking store bought kind?

Only the best for lizards. Bacon pan fried until crispy, but not burnt. Delicious bacon bits, home fried with tender care and attention. The only goal: Their scrumptious goodness.

GM Expected to Emerge from Bankruptcy by Friday

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

Yawn. Wake me when they re-enter bankruptcy?

re: #205 MandyManners

I just whack off the stem with my butcher knife.

That sounds uncomfortable when you put it like that.

re: #200 FurryOldGuyJeans

I thought the name sounded somewhat familiar. A pox on the bastard.

Yep, that's him.

From Wiki:

Vietnam combat missions controversy

While running for his Senate seat in 1984, and again while running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, Harkin has faced criticism for claiming that he had flown combat missions over North Vietnam. In a 1979 round table discussion with other Congressional military veterans, Harkin said of his service as a Navy pilot: "One year was in Vietnam. I was flying F-4s and F-8s on combat air patrols and photo-reconnaissance support missions". These comments were later published in a 1981 book by David Broder. After subsequent inquiries by Barry Goldwater and The Wall Street Journal, Harkin clarified that that he had been stationed in Japan and sometimes flew recently repaired aircraft on test missions over Vietnam. His service flying F-4s and F-8s was later, while he was stationed in Cuba.

re: #205 MandyManners

I just whack off the stem with my butcher knife.

Uh...ouch?

re: #205 MandyManners

I just whack off the stem with my butcher knife.

Brute force. Another way of achieving ones goals.
;-)

re: #198 FurryOldGuyJeans

The Anti-Establishment people are now the Establishment, and still are trying to create anarchy.

Its funny that the people who for decades have preached "Question Authority" suddenly want everyone to fall in line with their plans.

re: #205 MandyManners

I just whack off the stem with my butcher knife.

That's just wrong, no matter how you cut it, but I bet you do a bris business.

Dinner time!

re: #201 Russkilitlover

Or the economy. Or national security. Or our freedoms and values...

The list is endless. It would probably take a reading of at least 10 working days at 24 hours per day.

/More or less.

re: #204 LGoPs

We need to rebel against their fucking establishment just like they did when they were snot nosed punks.
Lesson learned for the future - when the snot nosed punks rebel - kick the shit out of them. Or pay the price later.

Richard Daley at least got that right.

re: #215 MandyManners

Dinner time!

*crosses legs and watches for the knife

re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Its funny that the people who for decades have preached "Question Authority" suddenly want everyone to fall in line with their plans.

And it was less than 6 months ago when Dissent was still the highest form of Patriotism. A pox on them all.

re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Its funny that the people who for decades have preached "Question Authority" suddenly want everyone to fall in line with their plans.

All the more reaon to get in their goddammed faces.

Drudge has changed his headline again :P

re: #205 MandyManners

I just whack off the stem with my butcher knife.

Is that what you kids call it now a days.
/

re: #217 Truck Monkey

Richard Daley at least got that right.

Yeah, but everybody else lost their balls. And we're paying the price for it today.

re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Its funny that the people who for decades have preached "Question Authority" suddenly want everyone to fall in line with their plans.

Exactly. That's usually the first clue that something's wrong when one hangs around liberals. They're the largest organized group of busy bodies on the planet.

re: #216 Gus 802

re: #201 Russkilitlover

The list is endless. It would probably take a reading of at least 10 working days at 24 hours per day.

/More or less.

Do we have to read the whole thing? It's not like the house or senate would pass some sort of sweeping bill without reading the whole thing, y'know...

re: #182 LGoPs

My deepest apologies, you...heck. I can't say it.
:)

I'm keeping a plateful warm for you.

re: #225 Fenway_Nation

Do we have to read the whole thing? It's not like the house or senate would pass some sort of sweeping bill without reading the whole thing, y'know...

/Rimshot

Remember Obama's laundry list during the campaign? Damn the thing was long. They just copied and pasted it over to his official site. I think some of it is over at some site called White House dot gov. (/)

re: #226 midwestgak

I'm keeping a plateful warm for you.

Thanks. It may be a while. I'm one of the last conservatives in Kalifornia and I'm manning the ramparts right now...
:)

re: #229 LGoPs

Thanks. It may be a while. I'm one of the last conservatives in Kalifornia and I'm manning the ramparts right now...
:)

I'm tunneling out with a spoon myself

Go away for a minute and that goddamn oaf in the WH has apologized for global warming, Fucking numbnuts.

re: #231 pingjockey

Go away for a minute and that goddamn oaf in the WH has apologized for global warming, Fucking numbnuts.

Well, he does spew enough hot air.

re: #221 Mithrax

she still has a hot touckas

OOH, Creation thread, let me take another percocet and I'll be all warmed up for whack jobs!

re: #230 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I'm tunneling out with a spoon myself

Not before you fill out this Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and contact the California Spoon Excavation and Gender Regulatory Agency (CSEGR) first!

//

re: #190 debutaunt

NO salad? Are you kidding? - hahahahahahahahhahahahaaa

Hoosier is bring one. Don't know if it's going to be avacado salad, tuna salad, "house" salad or his own creation. But, he's bringing one.

re: #156 opnion

The Obama have exhibited tremendous lack of judgement, they married each other.

Michelle knew exactly what she was doing.
Echos of Hillary...wonder if the outcome will be the same...POTUS goal usurped by inexperienced upstart.

i think i will stay right here stays far away from creationism threads

re: #232 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Yah. There is that. Him and the swimmer, blinky, and dirty harry by themselves probably raise the temp in DC by a couple degrees with all their bloviating.

re: #221 Mithrax

Drudge has changed his headline again :P

Michelle is gonna whoop some ass over that pic.

re: #156 opnion

The Obama have exhibited tremendous lack of judgement, they married each other.

At least they prevented two additional people from living a life of misery.

re: #240 DEZes

first time i saw a normal reaction from the zero

re: #236 midwestgak

Hoosier is bring one. Don't know if it's going to be avacado salad, tuna salad, "house" salad or his own creation. But, he's bringing one.

I'll bring a nice spinach/mushroom salad with a dash of honey in the dressing on the side.

re: #240 DEZes

Michelle is gonna whoop some ass over that pic.

"President Obama, Hal Blinkentstop from the Associated Press. Where those panties or thongs that you were gazing at while at the G-8?"

//

re: #202 SixDegrees

Yes, it' on the those easily debunked conspiracy theories that are so popular these days. 5 seconds on googling will turn up maps like this...
Stimulus Spending by State

I don't know why people keep falling for these stories. I guess ODS is probably the cause. They'll believe anything.

re: #245 Killgore Trout
A majority of our fellow citizens believed the smoke and mirrors to vote for the one.

re: #178 LGoPs

This is a naked all out assault on the Treasury and on each and everyone of our pockets. This is Obama's 'Spreading the Wealth' with a vengeance.
It has nothing at all to do with helping the economy. A hostile power could not be doing more damage to us.
I feel like we are under enemy occupation.
Fuck.

To be fair, so far it's Congress' assault on the Treasury. It won't be Obama's assault until he signs their bill.

In recent years, this sort of porking and earmarking has become business as usual in Congress, with every single bill that passes through the chamber larded to the point where you could use it as the target in a greased pig contest. It isn't unique to the Obama Administration.

And earmarking can be stopped in a heartbeat. Earmarks are riders attached to, but not legally part of, actual bills. There has been a gentleman's agreement between Congress and the Executive branch for decades that these formerly small tokens tossed back to the constituents at home would be passed along with the bill when it was signed, despite not being written into it. This not only makes transparency impossible to maintain - it is nearly impossible to determine who is responsible for inserting earmarks into a bill after the fact - but has grown into a massive abuse of Congressional power.

And all that's needed to stop it is a President willing to yank those riders off the bill, toss them in the wastebasket and sign the bill itself, only approving what it actually contains and ending this nonsense once and for all. There is nothing Congress could do about it, other than go back to the old practice of actually including pork in the bill itself, and exposing themselves as the authors.

But so far, no President has seen fit to end this odious practice. Not Clinton - under whose Administration it grew enormously - not Bush, and certainly not Obama, although he paid lip service to ending earmarking during the campaign. Instead, with the Democrats in complete control of both Congress and the White House, look for earmarking and similar dodges to grow by orders of magnitude and be abused ever more blatantly than they have in the past.

re: #245 Killgore Trout

Interesting that Alaska seems to be the largest recipient of stimulus money.

re: #248 Killgore Trout
Really? I figured it'd be NY, CA, MI, or another populous state.

re: #197 Mithrax
Hope to open a Banana, the monkey way!

...but where's the condom?

/

re: #249 pingjockey

That chart is Per Capita spending. I should have been more clear. In terms or raw data I'd guess, California, Texas and New York would be the largest total recipients.

re: #249 pingjockey

Really? I figured it'd be NY, CA, MI, or another populous state.

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re: #252 LGoPs

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re: #249 pingjockey

Looks like Texas is the winner: $5,139,542,000.
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