Kiss my ass, LeBron. Asshole.

I'm in the overnight! That never happens!

How serene.

Is this going to be an apolitical thread then?

re: #3 Sharmuta

How serene.

Would be paradise if there was only a supertanker in that pic...
/:)

*sigh*

Why are the pretty ones always so stupid? Or kleptomaniacs? Or bi-polar?

re: #6 Fenway_Nation

Just the pretty ones?

/

Kind of.

re: #2 HoosierHoops

Heya HH! Immediately thought of you when I came across this image.

re: #6 Fenway_Nation

and teh manly species is sooo perfect!

And now for something completely different

re: #2 HoosierHoops

I'm in the overnight! That never happens!

Get some, Hoopster!

re: #6 Fenway_Nation

24 months of supervised probation? Isn't Singapore the country that years ago caned an American for spitting his gum outside on the street?

re: #6 Fenway_Nation

*sigh*

Why are the pretty ones always so stupid? Or kleptomaniacs? Or bi-polar?

It's the stress of looking like that.

re: #11 Sharmuta

sharm!! you here again? lol

re: #12 GNIDAthe#seCond

24 months of supervised probation? Isn't Singapore the country that years ago caned an American for spitting his gum outside on the street?

Yes, but she's cute. He was just a dumb teenager.

re: #5 Varek Raith

Would be paradise if there was only a supertanker in that pic...
/:)

You know- I was never that wild about the supertankers. They're just not that pretty. They really crimp the serenity vibe.

re: #12 GNIDAthe#seCond

No...he vandalized some cars, IIRC. I think he & a Brit did that. The chewing gum thing was an example of how strict they were at the time.

Look- if the authorites in Singapore change their mind about Miss Low's sentencing and decide to outsource some for of corporal punishment...like an over-the-knee spanking for instance...they can get in touch with me via my blog.

re: #15 SanFranciscoZionist

Yes, but she's cute. He was just a dumb teenager.

But a dumb foreign national teenager, an American... Wasn't Clinton (Bill) expected to free the schmuck? Why didn't Bubba's charm work back then?

re: #12 GNIDAthe#seCond

24 months of supervised probation? Isn't Singapore the country that years ago caned an American for spitting his gum outside on the street?

Well, they caned him for spray-painting graffiti on parked cars. Something that would get you a whole lot more than a caning if you got caught doing it in Detroit.

re: #18 GNIDAthe#seCond

Bubba was saving it to spring some Asian-American hotties from a N. Korean gulag?

I have to go to sleep.

"I've been up since this morning, yesterday morning! My body is yearning for sleep desperately. I have things I have to do today. I would like to be awake when I am doing them. I am not blessed with an excess of adrenaline. I am cursed by the need, once every day or so...to close my eyes and to actually sleep. "To actually sleep". You've got me so punchy I'm even splitting infinitives! My mind is cracking.
Soon I won't be responsible for my actions.- I'm warning you!"

"You're a real tiger when you're aroused."

"Please! Doris, I'm asking you...in the name of everything we hold sacred...go to sleep."

re: #18 GNIDAthe#seCond

But a dumb foreign national teenager, an American... Wasn't Clinton (Bill) expected to free the schmuck? Why didn't Bubba's charm work back then?

I don't know, but honestly, I don't know how much trouble he could be expected to go to.

re: #18 GNIDAthe#seCond

But a dumb foreign national teenager, an American... Wasn't Clinton (Bill) expected to free the schmuck? Why didn't Bubba's charm work back then?

Actually, it was Bush I. And out of deference to his intervention, the number of strokes was reduced. From four to three, I think.

re: #19 SixDegrees

Well, they caned him for spray-painting graffiti on parked cars. Something that would get you a whole lot more than a caning if you got caught doing it in Detroit.

Extra-judicially, however.

re: #14 mikeymom

sharm!! you here again? lol

I love the ocean threads- I have to come chill for at least a few on them. It's such a nice way to end the day.

re: #23 SixDegrees

Wow, Bush I! I can't believe how old I'm getting. I feel like that was like 20 years ago, oh wait... it was!

re: #24 SanFranciscoZionist

Extra-judicially, however.

Correct.

"Just time for a wrap-up of this evening's latest headlines before we sign off. The body of writer Felix Sherman was found early this morning in a New York apartment. Autopsy reports indicate that the cause of death was aggravated exhaustion. And that's this evening's headlines.

"Tonight's sermonette deals with one of God's greatest gifts to man: the power of sleep. Sleep that refreshes the body and nourishes the mind. Sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care. Sleep that seizes minister, priest and rabbi alike without regard for color or national origin.

"This is F-E-L-I-X TV, the Sherman Station, signing off...forever."

/The Owl And The Pussycat. Love that movie.

Actually it WAS during Clinton's first term:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

While I am again caning, it should be pointed out that the crime was significantly worse than spitting chewing gum.

Good night all.

re: #29 bratwurst

Actually it WAS during Clinton's first term:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

While I am again caning, it should be pointed out that the crime was significantly worse than spitting chewing gum.

Oops - my bad.

re: #30 SanFranciscoZionist

Good night!

Supertankers could be relaxing in the sense they're as good as any to put one's money.

re: #29 bratwurst

Actually it WAS during Clinton's first term:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

While I am against caning, it should be pointed out that the crime was significantly worse than spitting chewing gum.

PIMF

re: #29 bratwurst

... it should be pointed out that the crime was significantly worse than spitting chewing gum.

Indeed. Again my faulty memory. Developing...

Since the first one was popular, I'll play another

re: #35 GNIDAthe#seCond

If only I could apply my memory for trivial information to something USEFUL, I might have made something of myself by now!

Shakira on SNL right now. Only reason why anyone would even consider watching that shit show.

re: #37 bratwurst

If only I could apply my memory for trivial information to something USEFUL, I might have made something of myself by now!

I feel the same sometimes. /sighing

re: #38 TheMatrix31

Is CNN going to fact check Sakira's lyrics?

re: #40 Fenway_Nation

Is CNN going to fact check Sakira's lyrics?

Why? Do you watch her with the sound turn on?

re: #40 Fenway_Nation

I wanna fact-check her.

re: #42 TheMatrix31

I wanna fact-check her.

I'd rather be doing the hibbity-dibbity with her, but to each their own.

I'd do a quick check of Shakira's erogenous zones. /snap [Are there any females here tonite? - ed.]

re: #43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It was my attempt at using a snappy term to represent sexual relations, lol

re: #45 TheMatrix31

It was my attempt at using a snappy term to represent sexual relations, lol

In bed.

Hello out there in the Fog.

re: #46 Fenway_Nation

If only. Shakira should be illegal.

re: #39 GNIDAthe#seCond

I lived in Germany for YEARS and could never master noun articles...but ask me to name Todd Rundgren's 35+ plus albums in chronological order, no problem.

Shakira and Glenn Danzig

re: #48 TheMatrix31

Speaking of illegal, I reiterate that if any members of the judiciary in Singpore are considering retroactively sentencing klepto beauty pageant winner Ris Low to daily over-the-knee spankings and would consider outsourcing enforcement of this sentnece (because of the economy and everything), they can contact me via the Not Another New England Sports Blog!

Shakira? I like Beyoncé more.

re: #50 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

LOL.

re: #51 Fenway_Nation

Fuck em.

re: #52 Sharmuta

Shakira? I like Beyoncé more.

Beyonce with Justin Timberlake

re: #52 Sharmuta

So does Kanye, apparently.

re: #53 TheMatrix31

LOL.

WOMAN!!!

Is it Shakira's hips or lips that don't lie, or both?? I'd look up the lyrics but i don't want to get a virus...

re: #56 Fenway_Nation

So does Kanye, apparently.

Hey now, just hold a minute Fenway, I'll let you finish in a minute.

re: #56 Fenway_Nation

Fuck him too.

re: #59 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"...but Sharmie's shout-out to Beyonce was the best LGF post of ALL-TIME!"

re: #55 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

There is only one Timberlake/SNL parody worth linking. Racy content warning:

re: #60 TheMatrix31

Fuck him too.

I hate him for ripping off a classic bit of techo and making a crap rap song off it.

re: #62 Sharmuta

There is only one Timberlake/SNL parody worth linking. Racy content warning:

Hulu has the Barry Gibbs talk show with him thats pretty funny.

re: #63 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He's the king of ripping songs and samples. Unoriginal fuck. I have absolutely zero respect for him.

re: #6 Fenway_Nation

Just put that post about Miss Singapore on another site. While Singapore is a US ally and has great relations with other Western nations, I do urge you to look at how elections are conducted there and how dissidents are treated. It is very much an authoritarian country, and one does have to wonder if that affects mores in particular ways.

Balloon Boy - The Game!

Now I've got to watch all of Interstella 5555, good album and the movie was awesome.

She learned her lesson. Who knows why she was in jail, the media doesn't dare tell. My guess is that it wasn't for stealing a loaf of bread.

re: #66 akarra

We kind of had it pegged that Singapore was an authoritarian country since we learned that chewing gum was illegal there.

Look at it this way- Miss Low is a black eye on Singapore's seemingly squeakly-clean image.

/and if I could find file photos of busty Somali women to accompany that article on the Islamic al Shabaab milita's fetishistic enforcement of their ban on bras, they'd be front-and-center on NANESB! too...

re: #67 Bagua

Balloon Boy - The Game!

Awesome. Highlarious.

re: #10 Sharmuta

Good one. :)

Cool, Youtube has the whole film for Interstella as one hour-long block now.

Papaer Planes - MIA

Nothing like the classics:

Balloon Boy and his brothers - Music Video

re: #72 Timmeh

Thank you. Having manners is a good way to reach ding status, too.

re: #71 GNIDAthe#seCond

That game is hard. I only made it past level 1 once.

Should I run for Congress now?

re: #75 suboptimal

That's one of my favorite songs.

re: #70 Fenway_Nation

Also, your article has just been submitted to the linkviewer.

re: #78 akarra

That game is hard. I only made it past level 1 once.

Should I run for Congress now?

Only if you failed to file a tax return or declare assets...

/Or is that for a cabinet-level appointement in 0bama's White House?

re: #81 Fenway_Nation

Stop being a taxist.

/

Does anybody else feel like Mohamed ElBaradei could be on the take from Iran like George Galloway was from Saddam? This is like the umpteenth time he's declared Iran's nuclear program "hyped." Something stinks. No?

re: #80 akarra

Also, your article has just been submitted to the linkviewer.

Thanks- but you forgot to do the attention-getting intentionally deceptive headline.

/pout

Several Iran Revolutionary Guard Members Killed In Bombing

Good, FUCK them.

re: #79 Sharmuta

That's one of my favorite songs.

Maybe you'll appreciate this:

Yello - Tied Up

Cyndi Lauper "True Colors" live

and Cyndi's playing too- cool version. Check it out.

re: #85 TheMatrix31

Several Iran Revolutionary Guard Members Killed In Bombing

Good, FUCK them.

And here I am...my World's Tiniest Violin in the shop.

re: #83 GNIDAthe#seCond

Does anybody else feel like Mohamed ElBaradei could not be on the take from Iran like George Galloway was from Saddam?

Fixed.

Nancy Sinatra: Bang Bang

re: #90 Bagua

Huh?

re: #85 TheMatrix31

Several Iran Revolutionary Guard Members Killed In Bombing

The homicidal bombers were...
a) Kurds,
b) Sunnis,
c) Episcopalians; or
d) the evil jooos

re: #93 GNIDAthe#seCond

The homicidal bombers were...
a) Kurds,
b) Sunnis,
c) Episcopalians; or
d) the evil jooos

Sunni Kurds backed by the Evil JOOOS!

re: #93 GNIDAthe#seCond

Who is not all that interesting here. Location location location.

re: #92 Fenway_Nation

Huh?

I'm saying that it's so obvious he is on the take it would be more remarkable if anyone thought he wasn't.

re: #88 Sharmuta

Did you find what you needed regarding Malignant Narcissism texts? I have a number of pirated ebooks on personality disorders if we can figure out a way I can give you the url to my local server without exposing it publicly.

re: #94 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

As a part of the secret episcopalian plan to take over the world (in order to give everyone the choice of cake or death?)

re: #93 GNIDAthe#seCond

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's official news agency is reporting that at least 20 people, including five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard, have been killed in a homicide bombing in southeastern Iran.

Wouldn't that be a crying shame?

re: #99 Fenway_Nation

Wouldn't that be a crying shame?

re: #99 Fenway_Nation

Wouldn't that be a crying shame?

I'm all broke up over it...

///

re: #97 Conservative Moonbat

That's very thoughtful of you, but I likewise don't like exposing my email -- what with my fabulous fan club at the stalker sites, and all. I will pay the library a visit next week. I'm sure they'll be able to supply me with ample reading materials. Do you have any titles in particular you would recommend, or authors?

re: #101 Sharmuta

That's very thoughtful of you, but I likewise don't like exposing my email -- what with my fabulous fan club at the stalker sites, and all. I will pay the library a visit next week. I'm sure they'll be able to supply me with ample reading materials. Do you have any titles in particular you would recommend, or authors?

I'll have a load of links for you too, just too tired and lazy to dig them up at the moment. I will do so by tomorrow night, i reckon.

Robin Guthrie(Cocteau Twins) & Harold Budd : She Is My Strength

re: #102 iceweasel

Thanks, iDub.

re: #101 Sharmuta

That's very thoughtful of you, but I likewise don't like exposing my email -- what with my fabulous fan club at the stalker sites, and all. I will pay the library a visit next week. I'm sure they'll be able to supply me with ample reading materials. Do you have any titles in particular you would recommend, or authors?

shit.. now I have to look. I was just going to let you have a go at the archive and browse. Hang on a bit..

re: #106 Conservative Moonbat

Thanks- I'm sending an email now.

charles et al, if you could delete the prior post with my email in it I'd appreciate it. If not, I can deal with what comes.

Every month or so, some well-meaning Canadian journalist writes about this up-and-coming hockey star in Toronto named Nazem Kadri, the writer points out that the National Hockey League (NHL) is apparently quite happy to show its "diversity" since white people dominate the sport.

Erin Anderssen (who may or may not enjoy the game of hockey) is the latest of these inspired journalists. Writing in Saturday's Globe and Mail she says:

They don't speak much English – Sam's father refers to the penalty box as habis, Arabic for jail – but having arrived almost empty-handed 40 years ago from Lebanon, where they'd never heard of hockey, they understand the feat their grandson has achieved. They don't miss a game.

More HERE.

Mr Bean - Goes hot air ballooning and rescues a balloon boy

re: #93 GNIDAthe#seCond

The homicidal bombers were...
a) Kurds,
b) Sunnis,
c) Episcopalians; or
d) the evil jooos

"There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but suspicion would likely fall on the Sunni militant group Jundallah, or Soldiers of God, [Jundallah, comprising Sunnis from the Baluchi ethnic minority -ed.] which has carried out attacks in southeastern Iran against Shiite targets." (Ha'aretz)

Developing...

Dog trapped in Balloon!

re: #107 Sharmuta

Thanks- I'm sending an email now.

I sent you the link to the parent directory and to one specific title that might be of help. I can help point out others tomorrow when I'm sober and stuff.. Dig around as you want but keep in mind this is running off my DSL and bandwidth is limited.

re: #113 Conservative Moonbat

Thank you so much for your help.

Rio Police Helicopter shot down by gangs

Abbas given 'life sentence' in Gazan trial

A Palestinian "court" in the Gaza Strip on Monday found Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas guilty of high treason and sentenced him to life in prison.

Abbas was convicted because of his decision to withdraw a resolution to the UN Human Rights Council concerning the findings of the Goldstone fact-finding mission into Operation Cast Lead.

re: #111 GNIDAthe#seCond

The [Iranian] Revolutionary Guard blamed Sunday's attack on what it called the "global arrogance," a reference to the United States. (Associated Press)

Here we go!

The Iranians are blaming the bombing today on "foreign elements" linked to "global arrogance."

"Surely foreign elements, particularly those linked to the global arrogance, were involved in this attack," [an Iranian Revolutionary] Guards statement quoted by state television said. (BBC)

Global Arrogance refers to:
a) the CIA,
b) MI6,
c) the Zionist Entity; or
d) Al Gore

re: #118 GNIDAthe#seCond

The Iranians are blaming the bombing today on "foreign elements" linked to "global arrogance."

Global Arrogance refers to:
a) the CIA,
b) MI6,
c) the Zionist Entity; or
d) Al Gore

This just in... al-Reuters says that Iranian TV is reporting that according to "informed sources" "the British" are "directly involved" in today's bombing. Developing...

re: #119 GNIDAthe#seCond

This just in... al-Reuters says that Iranian TV is reporting that according to "informed sources" "the British" are "directly involved" in today's bombing. Developing...

Q! Bond! What have you two done this time?

Hey... we only have 68 more shopping days till Christmas!!!

Nice blog post here about the self-help scammer responsible for the deaths of now three people in a sweat lodge in Arizona as well as a long history of parting fools and their money with nonsensical new-age self-help mumbo-jumbo. The stupid really burns bad here.

re: #119 GNIDAthe#seCond

My guess is that it's an INSAAHHD JAWB.

Take this whichever way you please...

Bush's TARP is currently turning a profit.

Hi, kids! Running out to Church (LGF HERETIC!) See y'all in a bit!

Onward with the latter day Beckians...

I notice that the latest PJM article, the headline by Herbert London, titled "Barack Obama: A Man Apart", has as its first comment:

[...] As a certain great American patriot said of another seeming international bumbler, if he were just stupid, the laws of probability would result in his being right every now and then.

(The seeming international bumbler was George C. Marshall; the great American patriot was Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. As for who most memorably called the unfairly vilified McCarthy a great American patriot, that was Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts.)

[...]

"Unfairly villified" Sen. McCarthy?

Yes, Lizards, Beck and his followers, and their ODS, is the return of McCarthyism.

Hurricane Rick still looking mighty impressive on the satellite imagery:

[Link: www.ssd.noaa.gov...]

Southern Baja looks likely to get hit by a strong hurricane.

re: #124 laZardo

Take this whichever way you please...

Bush's TARP is currently turning a profit.

The Goldman Sachses and JP Morgans will pay back their loans with interest, but the money that is almost certainly gone forever is the money for AIG, GM and Chrysler. Then there's Fannie and Freddie, although that maybe didn't fall under TARP but was a separate bailout IIRC.

re: #125 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Remember, your apre: #116 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Abbas given 'life sentence' in Gazan trial

Israel has universal healthcare and lets open gays serve in the military. How this makes Israel morally inferior in the eyes of many leftists compared to a group of crazed religious fundamentalists that teach kids to be furry suicide bombers is beyond me.

/hurr.

re: #129 laZardo

Whoops, forgot to delete this post I was getting to. >__>

QEII is stylin':

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

I like the hat.

re: #131 freetoken

QEII is stylin':

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

I like the hat.

China's Fashion Police

Good morning, lizards!
I've been offline most of the weekend, did I miss anything important?

The sun is shining, the sky is brilliant blue and the glories of Autumn are all around us. The dog and I went down to the beach this morning for a run, and we had the whole beach to ourselves.

re: #132 laZardo

Nothing quite like magenta + white to say "authority"!

re: #133 Irish Rose

Good morning, lizards!
I've been offline most of the weekend, did I miss anything important?

Jesus returned.

We had a couple drinks, then He said He had to go judge the world.

Speaking of which it's gotten rather hot where I am. >__>;

re: #135 laZardo

Jesus returned.

We had a couple drinks, then He said He had to go judge the world.

Speaking of which it's gotten rather hot where I am. >__>;

Here too!
Damn, I thought it was just menopause.

Slow thread, slow music.

Something to fit the ocean photo. :B

Latest polls show a majority of Americans now disapprove of Obama’s handling of a war which may come to define his presidency. Many senior members of his own party are in open revolt.

[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]

and it just gets worse...this is turning into a gigantic mess for BO

[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]

re: #137 laZardo

BTW, if you want music and don't want video, we now have mp3 embed capability:

re: #139 freetoken

Cool, where do you go upload?

re: #138 albusteve

Not only can he not please either group (those who want to retreat vs. those who want to "surge"), he will please neither group no matter what he decides.

re: #140 laZardo

Just put in the url to the actual mp3 file (i.e., the file ending in ".mp3" .

re: #1 TheMatrix31

Kiss my ass, LeBron. Asshole.

Here's the closest thing to him getting his wish:

re: #141 freetoken

Not only can he not please either group (those who want to retreat vs. those who want to "surge"), he will please neither group no matter what he decides.

this is not activism, or legislation, or campaigning, and he cannot vote present...this is the real deal and people are dying...he has never made decisions like this in his life or even been part of any issue so important...he is way out of his league here...his rhetoric has put him in bind and he knows he can't talk his way out of it anymore

re: #10 Sharmuta

And now for something completely different

Nice! I'll bet this is even more different than that:

Good Morning Lizards...
I'll be posting the prayer list in 20 minutes.. Any additions this morning?

re: #144 albusteve

this is not activism, or legislation, or campaigning, and he cannot vote present...this is the real deal and people are dying...he has never made decisions like this in his life or even been part of any issue so important...he is way out of his league here...his rhetoric has put him in bind and he knows he can't talk his way out of it anymore

Let's hope he can find some honkin' big reserves of inner leadership. All of our futures depend on him getting this right.

'Morning all, btw.

re: #146 HoosierHoops

Good Morning Lizards...
I'll be posting the prayer list in 20 minutes.. Any additions this morning?

Yeah, one. May seem minor, but my wife's nephew is in graduate school and is buckling under the strain. His relations with his mother are tense, which is extra-tough on her, since she's half a world away. I might send him a tin of cookies or something, to get him to ungrip a little.

re: #148 The Sanity Inspector

Got it

re: #147 The Sanity Inspector

Leadership is one thing--leadership in the direction of personal freedom and liberty is another. So far,...

Syria - wrong.
Iran - wrong.
Honduras - wrong.
Sudan - wrong.
Poland/Czech - wrong.

Afghanistan? We can hope, but the current trend does not give me reason for optimism.

(Can anyone provide an example for which we can conclude "right" instead of "wrong"??)

The Little Green Football Prayer List

Part one: We pray Father for our dear Lizards in need... Those that cry out for help and comfort in a dark hour.
The victims of the Philippine typhoons, the earthquakes in Indonesia, and the tsunami in Samoa..
Reine: Health and Family
gregb - 4 year old son who suffered a head injury last Friday and spent the
weekend in the ICU with some lingering effects all week.
Semper Fi – longtime friend and co-worker “Jim” diagnosed with intestinal cancer. Surgery to remove entire large intestine scheduled for the 6th of October. Also pray for his wife, Debbie.
irish rose… midlife retraining for a new career
lurking faith… prayers for an aunt
Sanity Inspector: Wives Nephew: is in graduate school and is buckling under the strain. His relations with his mother are tense,
In Memoriam:
Obi Wan
Dublin(CA)Dude
USMC 1968
ElderZion
All our Troops who have died protecting our Freedom and their families.
Lord. Hear our Prayers

Part Two:
Please submit a story for next week of answered prayer and thanksgiving

Part three:
There is something special in your heart...Something that moves you like no other... Something that lives in your heart.. Share it. We will pray with you.

Part four:
Israel
Many lizards at LGF have Parents, children and friends living in the holy land…
Please submit their names here and your prayer for them... Once a month I will translate your prayers into Hebrew and mail them to a Lizard to place them into the Wall of the
Temple…
{ Names and prayers here}
Lord hear our cry

Part Five:
Our Military
Faith without Works is dead…

This Section is the special part of the prayer list... Please submit names below of our Military serving in the War Zone. We will collect names here and send $8.95 Post office packages for Christmas. These boxes are available at any post office and you can pick a name of a brave hero serving for our freedom and send a box for Christmas...
I will post a list of things to send... Canned Tuna, Chicken, (mega protein stuff) Hard Candies etc... You can stuff the box as much as it will handle without busting...
Save just enough room to slip in a card saying how much you appreciate them fighting for America…That you are praying for their Safety...
Your 9 dollar message of love and respect may end up in the hands of a Soldier during the Christmas season that hasn’t even had a shower in a week and has cleaned blood off his uniform in the middle of Hell. Your Prayer and package can make a difference…
Please list names of our hero’s below…We have only about 40 days to make this happen.
I will match names to donors and supply you with shipping addresses…
This is what prayers are all about.
{Air Force, Army, Marines names and posting here}

"When a child looks at a bird, he looks at its splendid colours, the texture of its feathers, its surprised movements, its cooing and the whole spectrum of events delights him. Then comes along Father who must intervene in the son's own interests and tell him that this is a robin, that is a swallow and that he had better know the difference." -J. Krishnamurti

A displeasing aura of vanity and authoritarianism pervades the uncivil, daily dead-end discourse. Increasingly it seems, truth is masked in myriad lies, political ideologies beget fascism, religions are warped and practiced to advance the agendas of ignorance and hate, and lunacy and suffering are displacing common sense and charity. Given humankind’s proclivity toward violence, it is foolishly dangerous to feed the rancorous atmosphere, and we should recognize the insanity of repetitively indulging in pointless, polarizing behavior. Lost and engaged in the ceaseless social/political fray, we should set aside our evil nature and seek the higher, healing stream of lovingkindness that clears our heads. Only by absorbing what is good and true, allowing ourselves to receive all we can hold, and then reflecting it in every thought and action, may we overcome the irrational doctrines of those who play poisonous games in the twilight - feigning virtue and disguising vice. Finally, empowered by positive effort, we jump on the scale of life, tipping it away from the darkness toward the light. When will humankind reject the hopeless spiral of debasement it has chosen and accept the elevating power of Love as its salvation?

"Our salvation from all evil lies in separating the sin from man's true selfhood, and in condemning the sin but not the man." -C.W. Chadwick

To elevate humanity’s collective thought toward the eternal plane of spiritual consciousness – absolute Love - should be the primary purpose of our every endeavor. The paradox is that we are endowed with God's gift of pure sanity, but surrender to the "Adam-dream," which enfolds all earthly discord. Sleeping on, we lose the reason of our existence in a world of chaos we create. While promulgating hatred and division by word and by deed, we futilely attempt to recover everlasting clarity of mind, which we abandoned for a transitory animation in an electromagnetically charged shell of foam. That is the reality of our mortal existence - delivered into corporeality - drenched, screaming, fists clenched, hungering for battle. When we awake, we are able to rise above the falsehoods, sweep away our shadows and addictions, find peace, unclench and embrace the constant remembrance of God.

“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." -John 1:5

The Little Green Football is not a perfect sphere, yet a positive vibe mostly flows from here. And people may not like it, and kick you and call you crazy or worse, but when you are doing the best you can to enlighten, you are on the righteous track. Today is a new day. Awaken and lift your mind into the dance. End the polarization; begin the elevation. Get back to the Garden and plant only seeds of goodness for all humanity, and revel in an existence bathed in the warm glow of Love.

"One-eyed men aren't really reigning
They just march in place until
Two-eyed men with mystery training
Finally feel the power fill
Three-eyed men are not complaining.
They can yo-yo where they will
They slip inside this house as they pass by." -Tommy Hall

With acrimony toward no man, I'm letting my hair down and just livin' on.
-Kreuzueber Halbmond

re: #150 SlartyBartfast

(Can anyone provide an example for which we can conclude "right" instead of "wrong"??)

Slart: According to a couple of K-blogs I follow, North Korea isn't entirely a lost cause, despite our lack of leverage there. According to them, the Dear Leader played the Bush administration like a pawn-shop Gibson in a Pete Townshend impersonation contest, but signs of firmness from the Obama team give cause for hope.

re: #150 SlartyBartfast

Leadership is one thing--leadership in the direction of personal freedom and liberty is another. So far,...

Syria - wrong.
Iran - wrong.
Honduras - wrong.
Sudan - wrong.
Poland/Czech - wrong.

Afghanistan? We can hope, but the current trend does not give me reason for optimism.

(Can anyone provide an example for which we can conclude "right" instead of "wrong"??)

he clipped a couple of pirates, but that was a no brainer to me

re: #153 The Sanity Inspector

If properly applied, sanctions can be used to drag North Korea kicking and screaming to the negotiation table, e.g. freeze certain dictatorial money stashes.

until November 2008 Americans did not have any reason to contemplate what a more European approach would mean in real-life terms. Now, with Obama in the White House and a heavily Democratic Congress, they do. And they mostly don't like it.

[Link: www.washingtonexaminer.com...]

in other words...Americans are not cows or honey bees, so quit trying to treat us as if we are

re: #155 laZardo

If properly applied, sanctions can be used to drag North Korea kicking and screaming to the negotiation table, e.g. freeze certain dictatorial money stashes.

tell them if we don't like their behavior we will deal with it, shooting off missiles and shipping nuclear contraband to and fro is unacceptable...warn them once then close the book on them...it's not as complicated as people make it

re: #155 laZardo

If properly applied, sanctions can be used to drag North Korea kicking and screaming to the negotiation table, e.g. freeze certain dictatorial money stashes.

Our downfall in previous attempts on that front is that Kim simply transfers the suffering to his own people, or "the enemy classes" among his own people. We in the West, being the humane types we are, can't bear to watch them starve, so we clamor for permission to send food aid. Sure, he says, for a price...

re: #157 albusteve

tell them if we don't like their behavior we will deal with it, shooting off missiles and shipping nuclear contraband to and fro is unacceptable...warn them once then close the book on them...it's not as complicated as people make it

Well, if Russia and China aren't on board with getting tough on the Norks, our scope of action is limited.

re: #159 The Sanity Inspector

Well, if Russia and China aren't on board with getting tough on the Norks, our scope of action is limited.

time to call their bluff, same with Iran...it's folly to trust any four of them

re: #160 albusteve

time to call their bluff, same with Iran...it's folly to trust any four of them

I wouldn't hold my breath with this administration. The continual backpedalling on Iran only shows the other three weakness or lack of conviction on our part.

Looks like "Heene" is going to be the new internet verb for "hoax"...

Those poor kids.

re: #161 soxfan4life

I wouldn't hold my breath with this administration. The continual backpedalling on Iran only shows the other three weakness or lack of conviction on our part.

yeah, I know...just my usual Sunday morning bluster...I just hate to think we are so screwed...

Americans are not warlike; nor does imperial ambition fill their soul. They have done almost nothing for which daily apologies are necessary. Their blood soaks the beaches of Normandy; their graves litter European towns. And their fortune saved millions from the plight of destitution. Americans do not appreciate a man so removed from their history, so out of tune with the American experience, that he reflexively expresses regret for the very conditions that should engender pride

Herbert London

re: #152 Kreuzueber Halbmond

Thanks for that.

re: #150 SlartyBartfast

Leadership is one thing--leadership in the direction of personal freedom and liberty is another. So far,...

Syria - wrong.
Iran - wrong.
Honduras - wrong.
Sudan - wrong.
Poland/Czech - wrong.

Afghanistan? We can hope, but the current trend does not give me reason for optimism.

(Can anyone provide an example for which we can conclude "right" instead of "wrong"??)

Tell me again how we're "wrong" in Honduras? We should have embraced the coup against an elected leader? Because he's a leftist leader? Or should we have been more forceful in standing up for that leaders rights? Seems like if anything we're not wrong, we're just waffling like crazy. Which I suppose is wrong.

As for Czecho and Poland, do you seriously think those missiles would have worked? And how would we like it if the Russians tried installing missiles in Cuba again or in Venezuela, right in our back yard? If the Czechs and Poles ever though we'd fry ourselves and the rest of the world for them, it's time they were disabused. And it was never about Iran. The missile scheme goes back to Reagan, for Pete's sake.

re: #163 albusteve

yeah, I know...just my usual Sunday morning bluster...I just hate to think we are so screwed...

Americans are not warlike; nor does imperial ambition fill their soul. They have done almost nothing for which daily apologies are necessary. Their blood soaks the beaches of Normandy; their graves litter European towns. And their fortune saved millions from the plight of destitution. Americans do not appreciate a man so removed from their history, so out of tune with the American experience, that he reflexively expresses regret for the very conditions that should engender pride

Herbert London

Try telling a Filipino that bit about how America is not an empire.

re: #163 albusteve

Back to the good old days of President James Earl Carter.
*spit*

re: #165 Cato the Elder

Well the USA helped kick the Japanese out of the Philippines, I suppose that was imperial, but you might ask a Filipino if it was a good idea to kick the Japanese out.

re: #167 Ojoe

There are some who believe we are wrong no matter what we do. Unfortunately they are in the majority in DC.

re: #165 Cato the Elder

Try telling a Filipino that bit about how America is not an empire.

*clears throat*

/now or then?

re: #167 Ojoe

Pretty damn good idea to kick them out. They were a lot more clear-cut-imperialistic than the Americans were then.

re: #162 Cato the Elder

Looks like "Heene" is going to be the new internet verb for "hoax"...

Those poor kids.

Yep. A father forcing his children to lie - to lie on national television. Is it any wonder the poor kid was throwing up?

re: #168 soxfan4life

Do you refer to the Democratic majority?! Or, (I would think) to the previous admin?

re: #170 FrogMarch

Yep. A father forcing his children to lie - to lie on national television. Is it any wonder the poor kid was throwing up?

We don't know if it was a hoax.
//

re: #168 soxfan4life

There are some who believe we are wrong no matter what we do. Unfortunately they are in the majority in DC.

This is a gross oversimplification on par with saying there are "pro-abortion" people. Of course it will always seem like there is opposition when a country is healthy and there are opinions being voiced across the entire spectrum of thought. Having a people of one mind is not a good sign.

re: #169 laZardo

My dad fought in the Philippines. He said the Filipinos were very fine people. I believe we have some troops there in the south even now, helping the Filipino military fight the jihadis.

re: #172 Walter L. Newton

We don't know if it was a hoax.
//

I heard the first call out of the house was to a TV station.. The second call was a tearful 911 call..

re: #171 Rightwingconspirator

For all of his faults George W. Bush never felt the need to apologize for America or her actions.

re: #175 HoosierHoops

I heard the first call out of the house was to a TV station.. The second call was a tearful 911 call..

No, first call was to the FAA, second call was to Denver Channel 9. Third call was 911.

re: #177 Walter L. Newton

No, first call was to the FAA, second call was to Denver Channel 9. Third call was 911.

That is damning...First call should be 911...I wonder if he was sobbing uncontrollably to Channel 9.

re: #118 GNIDAthe#seCond

The Iranians are blaming the bombing today on "foreign elements" linked to "global arrogance."

Global Arrogance refers to:
a) the CIA,
b) MI6,
c) the Zionist Entity; or
d) Al Gore

You missed one:

e) Ron Paul

re: #174 Ojoe

My dad fought in the Philippines. He said the Filipinos were very fine people. I believe we have some troops there in the south even now, helping the Filipino military fight the jihadis.

Yes you do. Local lefties don't particularly like it but I suspect most of us are silently grateful that they don't escape their home islands.

U.S. Marines also personally out with aid efforts during typhoons, which is actually quite nice of them.

Iran Suicide Bomb: Senior Revolutionary Guard Commanders Killed In Iran Bomb

Top provincial prosecutor Mohammad Marzieh was quoted by the semi-official ISNA news agency as saying that a militant group from Iran's Sunni Muslim minority called Jundallah, or Soldiers of God, claimed responsibility.

The region in Iran's southeast has been the focus of violent attacks by Jundallah, which has waged a low-level insurgency in recent years. The group accuses Iran's Shiite-dominated government of persecution and has carried out attacks against the Revolutionary Guard and Shiite targets in the southeast.

re: #179 Dark_Falcon

Ron Paul!

This one's a little tough to read this early in the morning...
African Children Denounced As "Witches" By Christian Pastors

re: #181 Killgore Trout

Iran Suicide Bomb: Senior Revolutionary Guard Commanders Killed In Iran Bomb

Yep, it looks like it was just a splody dope sploding. At least this murderous asshole took some other scumbags to hell with him. But don't praise the scumbag who did this, since a Islamist Sunni like that probably would have preferred to blow up Americans or Britishers.

re: #167 Ojoe

Well the USA helped kick the Japanese out of the Philippines, I suppose that was imperial, but you might ask a Filipino if it was a good idea to kick the Japanese out.

Umm, hello?

The Japanese occupation of the Philippines happened more than four decades after the American conquest.

The Philippine–American War was an armed military conflict between the Philippines and the United States, which arose from the struggle of the insurgent First Philippine Republic against United States annexation of the islands. The war was a continuation of the Philippine struggle for independence, following the Philippine Revolution, led by Emilio Aguinaldo and the Spanish-American War.

The struggle officially began on June 2, 1899, when the First Philippine Republic declared war against the United States and it officially ended on July 4, 1902, after Aguinaldo's surrender.However, remnants of the Katipunan and other resistance groups, such as the Pulajanes and the Moro, continued hostilities until June 15, 1913 (Battle of Bud Bagsak).

The war led to the establishment of the Anti-Imperialist League by Mark Twain, who staunchly opposed the war, as well as to writing of The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling which is a poem about colonialism. In its aftermath, the war would change the cultural landscape of the islands with the introduction of the English language, the disestablishment of the Catholic Church, and the impact of an estimated 200,000-1,500,000 casualties.

But of course, America Is Not An Empire.

re: #173 cenotaphium

Having people of one mind is not a good thing, but apologizing for previous Presidents is a precedent we need not establish. Democrat or Republican, we elected you to lead and solve problems, not blame our fathers and grandfathers for their excess, and pass the buck when we need real leadership.

re: #181 Killgore Trout

I can't cheer that kind of stuff on, but I can't say I'm broke up about it either.

Here is some Really Big News:

If you don't care for the Snuggie colors, you can now Make Your Own Snuggie., the Blanket with Sleeves, in 3 different sizes. Pattern does not include the pattern for pet snuggies.

Back from researching the growth habits of the globe artichoke.
Quiet thread this morning.

Hoops, an addition to your prayer list.

I have a loved one who has been out of work now for almost 2 years. He's a highly certified IT pro, raising his son alone since the boys' mother passed away. Years of diligent saving and unemployment has made it possible for them to survive this long without dad working, but it's come down to the wire now and he's faced with having to abandon his career for a low wage job so that they can survive, if he can even find one. It's a very difficut time for them.

Please keep them on the list until he finds a job.

So in my morning travels I came across a really odd relationship.

Turns out that balloon boy's dad shares the beliefs of David Icke. Not sure how familiar people are with that guy here but he basically believes lizard people from the center of the earth masquarade as world leaders at will. He has a not insignificant following.

Not that I'm going to link to any of that stuff from Charle's site but here's the Gawker article from the guy's would be business partner.

[Link: gawker.com...]

re: #189 Irish Rose

Back from researching the growth habits of the globe artichoke.
Quiet thread this morning.

Hoops, an addition to your prayer list.

I have a loved one who has been out of work now for almost 2 years. He's a highly certified IT pro, raising his son alone since the boys' mother passed away. Years of diligent saving and unemployment has made it possible for them to survive this long without dad working, but it's come down to the wire now and he's faced with having to abandon his career for a low wage job so that they can survive, if he can even find one. It's a very difficut time for them.

Please keep them on the list until he finds a job.

Added it..Thanks

re: #188 reine.de.tout

Here is some Really Big News:

If you don't care for the Snuggie colors, you can now Make Your Own Snuggie., the Blanket with Sleeves, in 3 different sizes. Pattern does not include the pattern for pet snuggies.

Do you actually own one of those things, and how the hell do you walk around in it without falling on your face?

re: #184 Dark_Falcon

Yep, it looks like it was just a splody dope sploding.

The Baluchi insurgency has been going on for decades. They almost got to Ahmadinejad a couple years back, shooting up his convoy.

re: #190 dugmartsch

So in my morning travels I came across a really odd relationship.

Turns out that balloon boy's dad shares the beliefs of David Icke. Not sure how familiar people are with that guy here but he basically believes lizard people from the center of the earth masquarade as world leaders at will. He has a not insignificant following.

Not that I'm going to link to any of that stuff from Charle's site but here's the Gawker article from the guy's would be business partner.

[Link: gawker.com...]

Saw that.

Charles, this Heene fellow must be stopped before he reveals the awful secret of LGF.

What's that? Your secret agents encouraged him to go ahead with the hoax so no one would believe him when he tells the world about you? How clever, Lizard Master...bwahaha!

re: #192 Irish Rose

Do you actually own one of those things, and how the hell do you walk around in it without falling on your face?

People that buy snuggies must have never heard of sweaters

re: #188 reine.de.tout

Here is some Really Big News:

If you don't care for the Snuggie colors, you can now Make Your Own Snuggie., the Blanket with Sleeves, in 3 different sizes. Pattern does not include the pattern for pet snuggies.

They also sell premium versions of Snuggie at Lord & Taylor now. I saw them while I was shopping with my mother on Wednesday. I might get one of them for her. Her cats would especially like being able to lie on it when they lie in her lap.

re: #185 Cato the Elder

The "pacification" of the early 1900s was a bad thing, mind. Curiously, the American legacy here could be regarded differently and in some aspects even more positively from other former colonies in the region. We even gained our proper independence in '46 rather peacefully, though many features of American influence remained well into the Cold War.

re: #192 Irish Rose

Do you actually own one of those things, and how the hell do you walk around in it without falling on your face?

NO, I do not own one of those things!
As to your other question, I have no clue. I have enough trouble walking around without falling WITHOUT wearing a snuggie.

Also I cannot figure out why anyone would want to embarrass their dog. Embarrass yourself all you want, imo, but leave your dog alone!

re: #188 reine.de.tout

Here is some Really Big News:

If you don't care for the Snuggie colors, you can now Make Your Own Snuggie., the Blanket with Sleeves, in 3 different sizes. Pattern does not include the pattern for pet snuggies.

I have a reverse Snuggie. I believe it's called - wait, wait - right, a bathrobe.

It has pockets and a belt and sleeves and it doesn't fall off when I stand up.

re: #195 HoosierHoops

People that buy snuggies must have never heard of sweaters

Maybe its just that have a cat. Cats love to sit or lie on blankets/

re: #164 The Sanity Inspector

Sanity

The Constant Remembrance of God

re: #198 reine.de.tout

Also I cannot figure out why anyone would want to embarrass their dog. Embarrass yourself all you want, imo, but leave your dog alone!

My dog wouldn't be caught dead in one of those things.

Good morning everyone. Working today, which sucks, but it's a gorgeous day here in Central Texas.

re: #189 Irish Rose

Back from researching the growth habits of the globe artichoke.
Quiet thread this morning.

Hoops, an addition to your prayer list.

I have a loved one who has been out of work now for almost 2 years. He's a highly certified IT pro, raising his son alone since the boys' mother passed away. Years of diligent saving and unemployment has made it possible for them to survive this long without dad working, but it's come down to the wire now and he's faced with having to abandon his career for a low wage job so that they can survive, if he can even find one. It's a very difficut time for them.

Please keep them on the list until he finds a job.

re: #189 Irish Rose

Back from researching the growth habits of the globe artichoke.
Quiet thread this morning.

Hoops, an addition to your prayer list.

I have a loved one who has been out of work now for almost 2 years. He's a highly certified IT pro, raising his son alone since the boys' mother passed away. Years of diligent saving and unemployment has made it possible for them to survive this long without dad working, but it's come down to the wire now and he's faced with having to abandon his career for a low wage job so that they can survive, if he can even find one. It's a very difficut time for them.

Please keep them on the list until he finds a job.

Just a bit of information, something that your loved one may or may not know, but he may want to approach the low paying job search withe the understanding that that market is as tight as the IT market, even more so.

As most here know, I am a 25 year IT pro, programmer, and the last two years, I have been working part time minimum wage and I have been trying to find full time minimum wage, and haven't been able to (Denver area).

I am technically competing against my step daughter, who has been looking for the same sort of work for 3 months, and has not found anything.

My point simply being, it's tough all around, in all areas of employment.

re: #195 HoosierHoops

People that buy snuggies must have never heard of sweaters

But my sweater doesn't make me look like Obi Wan Kenobi.

re: #200 Dark_Falcon

Maybe its just that have a cat. Cats love to sit or lie on blankets/

Yep. I keep a supply of soft blankets around to put on my lap for my cat.
These have the added bonus that I can quickly remove the blanket from said lap when I need to, without getting all tangled up in it or falling down when I stand up.

re: #186 soxfan4life

Having people of one mind is not a good thing, but apologizing for previous Presidents is a precedent we need not establish. Democrat or Republican, we elected you to lead and solve problems, not blame our fathers and grandfathers for their excess, and pass the buck when we need real leadership.

What? You're clearly not "apologizing" for Presidents, you're evaluating specific actions. The alternative is glossing over mistakes or rewriting history to fit the narrative of "never wrong" - a common source for the stereotypical arrogant American image.
I see being able to honestly evaluate history as more important than sticking to the mythology, nevermind if the evaluations of history differ. Don't we get a better insight into the minds of presidents and elected officials who dare give their view of events, rather than spouting platitudes?
This reminds me a bit about people talking about american exceptionalism as if back-patting was somehow superior to a critical examination of policy.

As for using history as a means to escape action and responsibility (e.g. bushdidit), I agree with you.

re: #202 Irish Rose

My dog wouldn't be caught dead in one of those things.

Don't show him this.

re: #198 reine.de.tout

NO, I do not own one of those things!
As to your other question, I have no clue. I have enough trouble walking around without falling WITHOUT wearing a snuggie.

Also I cannot figure out why anyone would want to embarrass their dog. Embarrass yourself all you want, imo, but leave your dog alone!

I bought Winston a Red silk Chinese doggie coat.. He looks like the Karate Dog when I put it on him..:)

re: #205 SixDegrees

But my sweater doesn't make me look like Obi Wan Kenobi.

Stay on Target!

Gonna head to bed early tonight. Cheers.

You know what could do with an update? The LGF Drinking Game.

re: #206 reine.de.tout

Yep. I keep a supply of soft blankets around to put on my lap for my cat.
These have the added bonus that I can quickly remove the blanket from said lap when I need to, without getting all tangled up in it or falling down when I stand up.

Do they make blankets that suck dander out of the air? I'm allergic to cats, but my cat goes nuts if I don't let him sleep on the bed with me. So when I wake up in the morning, it's 15 to 30 minutes of intense sinus therapy before I'm normal.

re: #189 Irish Rose

Back from researching the growth habits of the globe artichoke.
Quiet thread this morning.

I've had a lot of luck with artichokes. You can start them from seed and they'll set bulbs the first year. After that they just keep coming back every year.

Can I make a suggestion for a little discussion?

What about the idea of pure isolationism? limit immigration, protect our borders effectively (how to do this?) withdraw large deployments worldwide and develop a missile defense shield using space platforms?

Can something in there work? I know it seems like an easy-fix too-simple solution that couldn't work due to the global economy and nuke proliferation but is there something in there that might be a good idea or effective. I notice a few folks here touting the Modern Whigs and after learning more about them I see this as a plank of theirs. not saying I personally agree or disagree just wanting to hear ideas on the subject. Any thoughts appreciated...

re: #203 cliffster

Good morning everyone. Working today, which sucks, but it's a gorgeous day here in Central Texas.

I'm off to work in about 30 minutes. Pretty cold here in Atlanta.

re: #212 The Sanity Inspector

You volunteering?

re: #215 anno

Can I make a suggestion for a little discussion?

What about the idea of pure isolationism? limit immigration, protect our borders effectively (how to do this?) withdraw large deployments worldwide and develop a missile defense shield using space platforms?

Can something in there work? I know it seems like an easy-fix too-simple solution that couldn't work due to the global economy and nuke proliferation but is there something in there that might be a good idea or effective. I notice a few folks here touting the Modern Whigs and after learning more about them I see this as a plank of theirs. not saying I personally agree or disagree just wanting to hear ideas on the subject. Any thoughts appreciated...

So long as "our" oil is buried under "their" deserts, we've gotta be out in the world. People also don't realize the job our Navy does in protecting the world's sealanes, making the global economy possible.

re: #215 anno

Can I make a suggestion for a little discussion?

What about the idea of pure isolationism? limit immigration, protect our borders effectively (how to do this?) withdraw large deployments worldwide and develop a missile defense shield using space platforms?

Can something in there work? I know it seems like an easy-fix too-simple solution that couldn't work due to the global economy and nuke proliferation but is there something in there that might be a good idea or effective. I notice a few folks here touting the Modern Whigs and after learning more about them I see this as a plank of theirs. not saying I personally agree or disagree just wanting to hear ideas on the subject. Any thoughts appreciated...

Not for that. We need the world, and the world needs us. Borders are a legal fiction anyway.

re: #204 Walter L. Newton

He does have some retail management experience to fall back on.
It may help.

But yeah, he knows. Up here in Michigan even the low-wage job openings are flooded with hundreds of resumes. People are hungry and desperate up here, losing their homes and livelihoods along with everything else. Families are being forced to split up just to survive. It's tragic.

Meanwhile, the assholes in Washington are too busy dicking around with the healthcare bill to be concerned about people who are hungry, destitute and being forced onto the streets with their children. A lot of people who have exhausted their unemployment benefits and now have no income, have no idea how they're going to buy food and pay for heat this winter... and it's getting very cold up here.

re: #194 Cato the Elder

I'd always wondered if that's where the Lizard nickname came from.

re: #204 Walter L. Newton

Just a bit of information, something that your loved one may or may not know, but he may want to approach the low paying job search withe the understanding that that market is as tight as the IT market, even more so.

As most here know, I am a 25 year IT pro, programmer, and the last two years, I have been working part time minimum wage and I have been trying to find full time minimum wage, and haven't been able to (Denver area).

I am technically competing against my step daughter, who has been looking for the same sort of work for 3 months, and has not found anything.

My point simply being, it's tough all around, in all areas of employment.

Location, location, location.

Things are looking better. I am seeing more job listings. I got a call from a recruiter for a position, but it's a 32-mile commute and I don't think I could handle that.

re: #222 Alouette

Location, location, location.

Things are looking better. I am seeing more job listings. I got a call from a recruiter for a position, but it's a 32-mile commute and I don't think I could handle that.

So you are home now from the Holy Land? How are the Kids?

re: #217 Cato the Elder

You volunteering?

Negatomic. Actually, I don't even drink.

Good Morning LGF.

re: #220 Irish Rose

He does have some retail management experience to fall back on.
It may help.

But yeah, he knows. Up here in Michigan even the low-wage job openings are flooded with hundreds of resumes. People are hungry and desperate up here, losing their homes and livelihoods along with everything else. Families are being forced to split up just to survive. It's tragic.

Meanwhile, the assholes in Washington are too busy dicking around with the healthcare bill to be concerned about people who are hungry, destitute and being forced onto the streets with their children. A lot of people who have exhausted their unemployment benefits and now have no income, have no idea how they're going to buy food and pay for heat this winter... and it's getting very cold up here.

No kidding, don't I know, this has been a 5 year trek for me (and I know, many others), since I was laid off. And what are they bragging about in D.C.? 16 billions spent to create (or save) 30,000 jobs. Hooverville here we come.

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The first direct stimulus reports showed that stimulus contracts saved or created just 30,083 jobs, prompting more Republican criticism of the $787 billion package.

The data posted Thursday was the result of the government's initial attempt at counting actual stimulus jobs. Obama administration officials stressed that data was partial -- it represented just $16 billion out of the $339 billion awarded -- but they said it exceeded their projections.

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[Link: thehill.com...]

re: #219 Cato the Elder

I can't rate comments yet, so: I couldn't agree more.

re: #223 HoosierHoops

So you are home now from the Holy Land? How are the Kids?

I miss them.

re: #228 Alouette

I miss them.

Web cam!

re: #227 suchislife

I can't rate comments yet, so: I couldn't agree more.

You are in training my young apprentice..
Remember upon graduation you must upding your master every time you see my nic. And especially if I say something really dumb..
/You'll see alot of that
Now repeat after me.. I will always upding the Hoopster

re: #213 cliffster

Do they make blankets that suck dander out of the air? I'm allergic to cats, but my cat goes nuts if I don't let him sleep on the bed with me. So when I wake up in the morning, it's 15 to 30 minutes of intense sinus therapy before I'm normal.

non-drug sinus problems treatment.

re: #201 Kreuzueber Halbmond

Thanks for those. In return, have some Rabindranath Tagore epigrams:

He who wishes to do good knocks at the gate
He who loves finds the gate open.

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Its store of snow is the hill's own burden
its outpouring of streams is borne by all the world.

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I am able to love my God
because he gives me freedom to deny him.

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"Let me light my lamp", says the star, "And never debate if it
will help to remove the darkness."

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Many have sought the meaning of Thy Truth
And they are great;
I have heard the music of Thy Play
And I am glad.

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While God waits for His temple to be built of love,
men bring stones.

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When death comes and whispers to me,
"Thy days are ended,"
let me say to him, "I have lived in love
and not in mere time."
He will ask, "Will thy songs remain?"
I shall say, "I know not, but this I know
that often when I sang I found my eternity."

re: #225 Spare O'Lake

Good Morning LGF.

good morning, Spare O'Lake.

Yesterday evening I tried to make a "funny" to try to calm things down . . . it was not intended to be dismissive of you. Sorry if it came off that way.

Good morning or afternoon as the case may be.
Looks as if there is not much going on in the news right now. That's good
though.

re: #231 reine.de.tout

non-drug sinus problems treatment.

Awesome. I've done the Netty Pot and it works great, but first thing in the morning when I'm just 100% congested, it can't do its work.

re: #226 Walter L. Newton

No kidding, don't I know, this has been a 5 year trek for me (and I know, many others), since I was laid off. And what are they bragging about in D.C.? 16 billions spent to create (or save) 30,000 jobs. Hooverville here we come.

As long as our government insists on vilifying private industry (especially the insurance industry) and as long as we assume the government can save us -- all while killing-off private sector employers and jobs, the employment situation will go from bad to worse.

Is there a waiting period for dinging now?

re: #233 reine.de.tout

Yesterday evening I tried to make a "funny" to try to calm things down . . . it was not intended to be dismissive of you.

Glad you were there, keeping it 'cool.'

re: #237 cliffster

Is there a waiting period for dinging now?

Need 50+ comments to do so.

re: #237 cliffster

Is there a waiting period for dinging now?

No, but a poster has to have 50 comments posted before their dinger is made operational. This prevents stealth dingers and troll from causing trouble while not greatly effecting established lizards.

re: #237 cliffster

Is there a waiting period for dinging now?

yup..50 comments..It rids us of all those lizards that never said a word but just downdinged entire threads..
Now you will have to join the community before using one of the tools here.

re: #233 reine.de.tout

good morning, Spare O'Lake.

Yesterday evening I tried to make a "funny" to try to calm things down . . . it was not intended to be dismissive of you. Sorry if it came off that way.

Thanks, Reine.
No apology necessary, and no offense taken.

re: #230 HoosierHoops

HoosierHoops is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my short life as a sock puppet. ;-)

re: #239 Varek Raith

re: #240 Dark_Falcon

re: #241 HoosierHoops

Great idea. I've always thought that going through threads dinging comments is a monumental waste of precious time. One day, people who do (did) that will want those hours back.

re: #243 suchislife

HoosierHoops is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my short life as a sock puppet. ;-)

Bless you son..Now go and sin no more..
/

re: #245 HoosierHoops

daughter, in fact.

re: #185 Cato the Elder

Every stage is an improvement in that story.

re: #246 suchislife

daughter, in fact.

How presumptuous of you, HH..

re: #248 cliffster

How presumptuous of you, HH..

It's what I do...Welcome suchislife to LGF...You're going to have a great time here..Check out the cookbook!

re: #236 FrogMarch

As long as our government insists on vilifying private industry (especially the insurance industry) and as long as we assume the government can save us -- all while killing-off private sector employers and jobs, the employment situation will go from bad to worse.

Thanks for that update, I'm gonna shoot myself now.
/

re: #236 FrogMarch

As long as our government insists on vilifying private industry (especially the insurance industry) and as long as we assume the government can save us -- all while killing-off private sector employers and jobs, the employment situation will go from bad to worse.

Quite Concur.