Great work, LAWHAWK

Thanks for pointing it out, Charles

Nice going Lawhawk! It looks great!

it's blank for me...sonofabitch!

re: #3 albusteve

it's blank for me...sonofabitch!

Me too!

It's blank for me too.

Happy blogaversary, Lawhawk!

For a while i worked right across the street from that hallowed ground... I lost alot of friends and classmates when the towers went down - when they do actually put something there i hope it is a fitting tribute to those who lost their lives.

re: #4 HoosierHoops

Me too!

yup, blank...

re: #8 brookly red

I think we overloaded his server already.

Firefox?

re: #8 brookly red

yup, blank...

BIG CONTENT IS RIPPING US OFF!

re: #7 huggy77

For a while i worked right across the street from that hallowed ground... I lost alot of friends and classmates when the towers went down - when they do actually put something there i hope it is a fitting tribute to those who lost their lives.

I think the current design is just awful...

maybe it represenst the building thats NOT THERE after all this time!!

re: #10 albusteve

FF and IE too.

re: #9 Killgore Trout

I think we overloaded his server already.

I don't think so, it let me go to the home page, with a click!

re: #12 brookly red

I think the current design is just awful...

so do I...I want the Towers back, or something similar, powerful looking

Charles, you could not have picked a better poster to feature, and timely as can be. Thanks.

LAWHAWK
Congratulations, it is a great series, and BTW you do have some of the sharpest, most cogent posts at LGF. Love your stuff here.

re: #14 Killgore Trout

FF and IE too.

yup, tried that too...we'll have to be patient

[Link: lawhawk.blogspot.com...]

re: #5 Floral Giraffe

I cleared my cache and reloaded the page..

re: #19 abolitionist

[Link: lawhawk.blogspot.com...]

that works, thanks

re: #16 albusteve

so do I...I want the Towers back, or something similar, powerful looking

I still like this design...

re: #19 abolitionist

yay!

re: #16 albusteve

so do I...I want the Towers back, or something similar, powerful looking

my choice would be a memorial, but if they are going to build there it should be something more meaningful that an office building & much more secure too if you know what I mean.

Alright, who told them about the Zionist checks for the frequent commenters here? You do realize that you could be stoned for that, don't you?

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re: #21 albusteve

that works, thanks

I used the Select a label function in the left column, looking for Ground Zero.
:)

re: #22 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I still like this design...

yup...go for it

re: #24 brookly red

I think rebuilding the towers would speak volumes to the terrorists and be the best memorial to the dead.. a big screw you to those that murdered them. That is what I would have wanted had I been in those towers... and add a floor.

re: #24 brookly red

my choice would be a memorial, but if they are going to build there it should be something more meaningful that an office building & much more secure too if you know what I mean.

that skinny needly thing just does not evoke strength...too delicate looking compared to the massive skyline around there...I want a beast of a structure

Outrageous outrage of the day: Chiligate!
Obama: 'Bowl of chili, I can afford'

Inside, President Barack Obama met a 98-year-old Charles Raynor.

"I am just pleased to see Charlie is still eating fries at 98," Obama said as he posed for a photograph with the patron.

Greeting Shawn Hatcher, celebrating his 42nd birthday, the president proclaimed: "Nothing wrong with 42. I am 48... I am going to buy this guy's lunch."

Told the man's order was chili, Obama said: "A bowl of chili, I can afford."

Dan Riehl sez...

Oof!: Obama's Restaurant Comment, So "Camelot-ish"
...
Yeah, I guess he can afford a bowl of chili, alright. Just don't let the Mrs. spill it on her $3,000 jacket. The cleaning bill might cost you.

Good work, Lawhawk!

re: #29 albusteve

that skinny needly thing just does not evoke strength...too delicate looking compared to the massive skyline around there...I want a beast of a structure

the site it self will forever be a target... I would have like to have seen a shorter, bunker like building as a new and secure home for the stock market & emergency command center.

I've learned a lot from you Lawhawk in my short time as a lizard, may your Blog be as successful and insightful as LGF. Congratulations and here's to many years to come of insightful bloging. Cheers!

re: #30 Killgore Trout

These people.

BBL, have a great afternoon Lizards. :-)

Shipping Container Subway Shop Scales the Freedom Tower

New York City’s Freedom Tower is currently 5 stories high, and as it grows taller and taller it could take up to 45 minutes for construction workers to get to the bottom, making it impossible to go out for lunch during their half hour break.

That’s why the project’s contractors have hired sandwich maker Subway to build a restaurant at the same level as the ongoing construction. Last week, the franchise hoisted nine shipping containers alongside the tower, which will serve the construction workers with the same menu offered on street level – even the freshly baked bread.

re: #36 Racer X

Shipping Container Subway Shop Scales the Freedom Tower

New York City’s Freedom Tower is currently 5 stories high, and as it grows taller and taller it could take up to 45 minutes for construction workers to get to the bottom, making it impossible to go out for lunch during their half hour break.

That’s why the project’s contractors have hired sandwich maker Subway to build a restaurant at the same level as the ongoing construction. Last week, the franchise hoisted nine shipping containers alongside the tower, which will serve the construction workers with the same menu offered on street level – even the freshly baked bread.

I'd call Jimmy johns

Sitting in hotel lobby. Beck's on. Lots of commies and nazis keep flashing on the screen.

Not watching, but, damn dude! Lighten up!

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sitting in hotel lobby. Beck's on. Lots of commies and nazis keep flashing on the screen.

Not watching, but, damn dude! Lighten up!

interesting choice for a hotel lobby... what city?

re: #36 Racer X

Shipping Container Subway Shop Scales the Freedom Tower

New York City’s Freedom Tower is currently 5 stories high, and as it grows taller and taller it could take up to 45 minutes for construction workers to get to the bottom, making it impossible to go out for lunch during their half hour break.

That’s why the project’s contractors have hired sandwich maker Subway to build a restaurant at the same level as the ongoing construction. Last week, the franchise hoisted nine shipping containers alongside the tower, which will serve the construction workers with the same menu offered on street level – even the freshly baked bread.

next...a saloon for after work...call it the High Stool

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sitting in hotel lobby. Beck's on. Lots of commies and nazis keep flashing on the screen.

Not watching, but, damn dude! Lighten up!

I heard a commercial for a Beck show on commies and nazis a couple of days ago for Friday... I will not be watching that kook for any reason.

re: #22 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I still like this design...

I like the following image, too.

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sitting in hotel lobby. Beck's on. Lots of commies and nazis keep flashing on the screen.

Not watching, but, damn dude! Lighten up!

Yeah, he's doing some special "secret" history thing tonight about all the hidden evils of communism and fascism that are hidden by our liberal public school system.

re: #39 brookly red

interesting choice for a hotel lobby... what city?

Lewisburg, WV. Holiday Inn. Purdy lobby too...

re: #39 brookly red

interesting choice for a hotel lobby... what city?

Not really. They'll (hotels) will usually have either CNN or FoxNews on

re: #45 sattv4u2

Not really. They'll (hotels) will usually have either CNN or FoxNews on

not the ones I go to ;)

re: #30 Killgore Trout

Outrageous outrage of the day: Chiligate!
Obama: 'Bowl of chili, I can afford'

Ummm...he bought the man lunch. What would Dan Riehl like him to in this case?

re: #41 CapeCoddah

But... But... I heard him say I couldn't miss this episode!

*wringing hands*

he is doing a show about che and mao today... Are we taking bets on whether he cries this afternoon... He was on Imus this morning and was actually pretty funny.

re: #47 SanFranciscoZionist

Ummm...he bought the man lunch. What would Dan Riehl like him to in this case?

He should've said, "Chili? How pedestrian." And turned and walked out.

Mebbe that's what Dan wanted...

re: #32 brookly red

the site it self will forever be a target... I would have like to have seen a shorter, bunker like building as a new and secure home for the stock market & emergency command center.

I would have left it as an open plaza.

re: #48 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

But... But... I heard him say I couldn't miss this episode!

*wringing hands*

LOL, you will be OK, I promise!
Please dont cry...

re: #52 CapeCoddah

(hand me the Vick's)

re: #49 huggy77

he is doing a show about che and mao today... Are we taking bets on whether he cries this afternoon... He was on Imus this morning and was actually pretty funny.

Dont worry, he will cry.. it is all he does.

CRY BECK CRY!

re: #43 Killgore Trout

Yeah, he's doing some special "secret" history thing tonight about all the hidden evils of communism and fascism that are hidden by our liberal public school system.

Yeah. I used to teach in public schools. We would sit around figuring out ways to teach fascism and communism and disguise it all as innocent grammar exercises.

re: #53 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

(hand me the Vick's)

Here you go... fresh roll..take two rolls.

He's wearing glasses again...

Time to find my glasses...

I likey the money I get for looking like him...

re: #51 SanFranciscoZionist

I would have left it as an open plaza.

my first choice is a memorial, but if they are going to build it should be something enhances the security of the city. IMO.

re: #59 brookly red

my first choice is a memorial, but if they are going to build it should be something enhances the security of the city. IMO.

You are rooting for the Jets Sunday aren't you?

re: #56 SanFranciscoZionist

BUSTED!

re: #55 HoosierHoops

CRY BECK CRY!

Hey you would cry too if 'the world's best health care system' botched your ass surgery.

re: #59 brookly red

my first choice is a memorial, but if they are going to build it should be something enhances the security of the city. IMO.

Missile launchers?

At Lawhawk's site,
Thursday, December 31, 2009
The Rebuilding of Ground Zero, Part 90

UPDATE:
Curbed has more photos of Ground Zero, including an insider look at the 1WTC/Freedom Tower construction. The 9/11 Memorials are taking shape, including the walls that will eventually comprise the waterfalls at the heart of each of the tower "footprints".

Anyone pouring single malt scotch?

re: #47 SanFranciscoZionist

Don't you get it? The Chili is just a ploy! It's a false flag to distract from his radical fascist agenda of arrogance!
/Wingnut

re: #60 HoosierHoops

You are rooting for the Jets Sunday aren't you?

Rooting yes (I am a Green Bay fan actually) thinking they have a snowman's chance in hell? not so much.

Hello. I must be going.

Have an appointment at a dilapidated single wide mobile home.

No, I'm not an elitist. I just don't understand why I have an appointment at a house that is collapsing. That's all.

I'm betting I'm about to make a PILE of money.
/

re: #63 CapeCoddah

Missile launchers?

not my first choice... see my #32

re: #68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Bet you will be able to retire in style!

re: #68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Injury claim after it collapses on you?

/

re: #69 brookly red

not my first choice... see my #32

I saw it, just a joke.

re: #66 Killgore Trout

Don't you get it? The Chili is just a ploy! It's a false flag to distract from his radical fascist agenda of arrogance!
/Wingnut

no that was the speech.

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

Freedom Tower

re: #65 Spare O'Lake

Anyone pouring single malt scotch?

My boss frowns upon that at work.

re: #75 Racer X

My boss frowns upon that at work.

Heh.
But spending a few hours on the net is OK.
Seems unreasonable.
I'd call in the union rep.

re: #74 albusteve

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

Freedom Tower

It's gonna' be a big "FUCK YOU" to Bin Laden.

re: #50 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

He should've said, "Chili? How pedestrian." And turned and walked out.

Mebbe that's what Dan wanted...

/Chili? no thank you... I'll just have a cup of tea.

re: #77 MandyManners

It's gonna' be a big "FUCK YOU" to Bin Laden.

more like an invitation to try it again...

This is interesting...
Right-wing Saudi dynasty endorses right-wing Fox News dynasty.

The prince met with Murdoch last week to discuss a “future potential alliance with News Corp,” and he told Charlie Rose Wednesday about his respect for the Murdoch dynasty:

ALWALEED: I met with Mr. Rupert Murdoch and Mr. James Murdoch. We are always in tough. I’m second biggest shareholder there. And no doubt that News Corp is moving on all the fronts. You’ve seen how FOX rating is skyrocketing. … James is now managing Europe and Asia. … I’ll be the first one to nominate him to be the successor of Mr. Rupert Murdoch, god forbid if something happens to him. … I have full confidence in [James], full trust in him, and he’s capable. He’s really Rupert Murdoch in the making, and he’s almost there now.

Alwaleed came to most Americans’ attention following the 9/11 terror attacks when New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani turned down a $10 million donation from Alwaleed over a controversial comment he had made about U.S. foreign policy. As Media Matters noted, several Fox News personalities criticized Alwaleed at the time. Fox News host Sean Hannity called Alwaleed’s comment an “egregious, outrageous, unfair offense.” That was before Alwaleed purchased a seven percent stake in its parent company.

Hmmm, I'll have to think about this one.

re: #67 brookly red

Rooting yes (I am a Green Bay fan actually) thinking they have a snowman's chance in hell? not so much.

I have never seen a Colts team want revenge on a team so badly.. They are highly motivated and pissed off.. I say take the points...
unless Sanchez can score 31-41 points Sunday it's all over..
The Jets are talking trash alot.. The Colts are seething...

re: #76 Spare O'Lake

Heh.
But spending a few hours on the net is OK.
Seems unreasonable.
I'd call in the union rep.

Hey I just said he frowns on it. I didn't say I wasn't drinking Scotch.

That link to Lawhawk's page is coming up "empty."

This one seems to work:

[Link: lawhawk.blogspot.com...]

re: #77 MandyManners

It's gonna' be a big "FUCK YOU" to Bin Laden.

He's dead, Jim.

re: #79 brookly red

more like an invitation to try it again...

But one that will never be acted upon.

re: #81 HoosierHoops

I have never seen a Colts team want revenge on a team so badly.. They are highly motivated and pissed off.. I say take the points...
unless Sanchez can score 31-41 points Sunday it's all over..
The Jets are talking trash alot.. The Colts are seething...

Seething? It may be their undoing... revenge is best served cold after all.

re: #84 Racer X

He's dead, Jim.

No dialysis clinics in Waziristan?

re: #85 MandyManners

But one that will never be acted upon.

I hope you are right, but I am sure the plans are already being made... no New Yorker I know has any intention of ever setting foot in it.

re: #56 SanFranciscoZionist

Hey, SFV -- from downstairs, and late, I know -- but regarding kosher turkey bacon:

I talked with our meat guy, and he knows of no one right offhand; plenty of farms that produce turkey bacon, none that possess kosher-qualified facilities or procedures -- and, unfortunately, vice versa: those that are kosher don't make the bacon.

I am guessing you probably know of this place:

[Link: oaklandkosherfoods.com...]

From what I've been seeing, it seems like they know their business pretty well, and might know of a small producer somewhere. It's a really intriguing question, one that I'll idly follow up on with my contacts here as I get the opportunity.

re: #79 brookly red

more like an invitation to try it again...

Brookly, if we hide, they win. Never hide from a bully, you break his nose.

re: #88 brookly red

I hope you are right, but I am sure the plans are already being made... no New Yorker I know has any intention of ever setting foot in it.

Forgive me, but I find that very difficult to understand.

re: #87 MandyManners

No dialysis clinics in Waziristan?

There is a collapsed cave up in the mountains of Waziristan that has Osama bits scattered throughout the interior. Never to be found.

re: #88 brookly red

I hope you are right, but I am sure the plans are already being made... no New Yorker I know has any intention of ever setting foot in it.

Why not?

re: #90 CapeCoddah

Brookly, if we hide, they win. Never hide from a bully, you break his nose.

exactly... we should be rebuilding with that in mind not some ugly ass glass tower that can't be protected.

re: #92 Racer X

There is a collapsed cave up in the mountains of Waziristan that has Osama bits scattered throughout the interior. Never to be found.

Or, a flattened Bin Laden.

re: #90 CapeCoddah

Brookly, if we hide, they win. Never hide from a bully, you break his nose.

Or invade their country and steal all the oil!

/moonbat mode off.

re: #86 brookly red

Seething? It may be their undoing... revenge is best served cold after all.

Yeah..I don't think so...The Colts are highly motivated for Sunday...More so than a couple of years ago when they won the SB... 10-31 Colts.. Rumors from camp..They don't want to win the game..The want to destroy loud mouth Rex and the Jet they came in on..

re: #89 Slap

Hey, SFV -- from downstairs, and late, I know -- but regarding kosher turkey bacon:

I talked with our meat guy, and he knows of no one right offhand; plenty of farms that produce turkey bacon, none that possess kosher-qualified facilities or procedures -- and, unfortunately, vice versa: those that are kosher don't make the bacon.

I am guessing you probably know of this place:

[Link: oaklandkosherfoods.com...]

From what I've been seeing, it seems like they know their business pretty well, and might know of a small producer somewhere. It's a really intriguing question, one that I'll idly follow up on with my contacts here as I get the opportunity.

Thanks. Have had little luck. Bagua gave me a lot of links, but none appear to be quite the item.

I'd start a business myself if I knew the first thing about meatpacking, or selling bacon.

re: #88 brookly red

I hope you are right, but I am sure the plans are already being made... no New Yorker I know has any intention of ever setting foot in it.

Really? I have never heard that. Is it because you'd rather a memorial vs. a new building?

re: #93 MandyManners

Why not?

1. out of respect for the dead
2. cause it is a giant bull's eye.

re: #94 brookly red

exactly... we should be rebuilding with that in mind not some ugly ass glass tower that can't be protected.

I already said my preference would be an exact rebuild, with an additional floor. But, that's just me.

re: #100 brookly red

1. out of respect for the dead
2. cause it is a giant bull's eye.

*sigh*
Have a great weekend.

re: #96 Racer X

Or invade their country and steal all the oil!

/moonbat mode off.

Like we did in Kuwait?

re: #89 Slap

[Link: www.jews4bacon.com...]

re: #97 HoosierHoops

Yeah..I don't think so...The Colts are highly motivated for Sunday...More so than a couple of years ago when they won the SB... 10-31 Colts.. Rumors from camp..They don't want to win the game..The want to destroy loud mouth Rex and the Jet they came in on..

I hope Indy crushes the jets ... I can't stand rex ryan ... he runs his mouth a lot for a guy who has never won squat ... I think Peyton will make us forget "Revis Island" right quick.

re: #74 albusteve

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

Freedom Tower

Couple of more links:

World Trade Center - Silverstein Properties, Inc.

One World Trade Center - Skidmore Owings & Merrill

re: #30 Killgore Trout

Here's what ticked me off about today's tour of the rust belt, featuring stops in Pennsylvania and Ohio to commiserate with citizens about how bad unemployment is and how important jobs are.

He once again skipped Michigan.

We lead the nation in unemployment, and have for years now. Our manufacturing base continues to shrink, and nothing is taking it's place. Over half of the graduates from our state universities leave the state when they're done with school, further draining our talent pool and making business relocation to the state even less attractive.

In Detroit, unemployment is over 30%, the adult illiteracy rate is around 50%, and the city looks like a war zone, filled with abandoned properties too decrepit to be attractive even to crack dealers.

Yet Obama has never visited Detroit. He made a couple of token stops in Grand Rapids - basically, a well-off suburb of Chicago in the far western side of the state - but has avoided the most ravaged state in the nation like it was plague infested.

We can't quite claim that distinction yet. But a little acknowledgment - and, at a minimum, a slowing of the continual bleed-off of our Federal tax dollars, ranking us around 40th in return on Federal taxes in the nation - would be appreciated.

I won't be holding my breath. We also lead the nation in idiot politicians, and no one wants to get any of that on themselves by standing too close.

re: #85 MandyManners

There was a strong sense during the design phase of the new WTC 1 that if they really went up to 100 stories, the top 40 or so would be un-rentable. (Commercial tenants would balk at taking the risk of renting those high floors. As it is, a lot of the early leases for space in that building are government agencies like the Port Authority. In the lower floors.) That's why the current design has most of the top filled with infrastructure and such. It really has a large "false top" to look higher than it really is.

It is easy for us to want a replica of the twin towers built on principle, but real people would be the one taking the risk. Secretaries, clerks, waiters, delivery guys and all the rest. And the Port Authority would be risking billions of dollars of public money. Discretion was called for.

I used to end my morning commute by coming out of a subway stop at Broadway and John St. The North Tower filled my field of vision as I climbed the stairs. More often than not, it had a pink tinge as the rising sun hit it. It was beautiful, and I miss it every day. But rebuilding it as is would have been a sentimental and prideful mistake.

re: #106 Gus 802

Couple of more links:

World Trade Center - Silverstein Properties, Inc.

One World Trade Center - Skidmore Owings & Merrill

One more:

Freedom Tower - Silverstein Properties, Inc.

re: #101 CapeCoddah

I already said my preference would be an exact rebuild, with an additional floor. But, that's just me.

the original design was actually pretty good but it's is just not defendable ...
besides we already have a glut of office space here in NY.

re: #100 brookly red

1. out of respect for the dead
2. cause it is a giant bull's eye.

Me? I'd figure it would be an act of defiance to go there. However, I'd have to take the stairs all the way up and down.

re: #36 Racer X

Oh man they got screwed. Where is In N Out when you need them?
//

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That guy just makes me want to clean the TV all over again...

re: #105 _RememberTonyC

I hope Indy crushes the jets ... I can't stand rex ryan ... he runs his mouth a lot for a guy who has never won squat ... I think Peyton will make us forget "Revis Island" right quick.

Exactly! Rex doesn't have Namaith playing Sunday.. But we have Peyton Manning..
Go Colts!

My forehead hurts.

re: #108 garhighway

There was a strong sense during the design phase of the new WTC 1 that if they really went up to 100 stories, the top 40 or so would be un-rentable. (Commercial tenants would balk at taking the risk of renting those high floors. As it is, a lot of the early leases for space in that building are government agencies like the Port Authority. In the lower floors.) That's why the current design has most of the top filled with infrastructure and such. It really has a large "false top" to look higher than it really is.

It is easy for us to want a replica of the twin towers built on principle, but real people would be the one taking the risk. Secretaries, clerks, waiters, delivery guys and all the rest. And the Port Authority would be risking billions of dollars of public money. Discretion was called for.

I used to end my morning commute by coming out of a subway stop at Broadway and John St. The North Tower filled my field of vision as I climbed the stairs. More often than not, it had a pink tinge as the rising sun hit it. It was beautiful, and I miss it every day. But rebuilding it as is would have been a sentimental and prideful mistake.

I can kinda' understand that but, isn't that also an admission that we're letting them win?

re: #115 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My forehead hurts.

Could be worse. could be your afthead

re: #115 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My forehead hurts.

Stop pounding it.

re: #118 MandyManners

Stop pounding it.

in bed

re: #115 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My forehead hurts.

re: #115 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My forehead hurts.

I'll stop hitting you.. Just say when...

re: #116 MandyManners

I can kinda' understand that but, isn't that also an admission that we're letting them win?

when at war build forts not sculptures...

re: #122 brookly red

when at war build forts not sculptures...

Know thy Enemy..
Just don't profile them..

re: #118 MandyManners

Stop pounding it.

The object of my frustration is some 3000 miles away, so I can't deal with it properly and have to resort to creating a cranial shaped indentation to my desk.

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sitting in hotel lobby. Beck's on. Lots of commies and nazis keep flashing on the screen.

Not watching, but, damn dude! Lighten up!

I was at a bar last night waiting for the power to be restored to my house and Beck was on one of the TVs there. I couldn't hear it and I couldn't read most of the CC from where I was sitting but I saw the word communism come up more times than I could count on 2 hands over the course of 5 minutes. I think he was also drawing a graph about Federal deficit spending and he had little pictures of GWB and Obama stuck up on the board too.

Gotta' go wash my lettuce for BLAT sammiches.

re: #116 MandyManners

"Letting them win" would be renouncing your religion because they demanded it. Or your system of government. Or paying them tribute. This is more like buckling your seat belt because you know there are drunk drivers on the road.

It was a building. With some symbolic and aesthetic value (although it was harshly reviewed when it was built), yes, but a building. If you were a corporate real estate manager, whose job was to arrange your firm's office space, would you take that risk? Would you roll the dice with your firm's future, if there was a 1% chance your company could end up like Cantor Fitzgerald? I wouldn't. And that was the calculation: how many potential tenants would do that math?

re: #79 brookly red

Every standing building here, every American heartbeat, each and every plane, ship and church is an invitation to strike. I wish to withdraw exactly none of these "invitations". I hope he is listening. I have another invitation for him, but it's not suitable for this forum. It does bear a relation to recent comments about Trijicon though...

re: #124 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The object of my frustration is some 3000 miles away, so I can't deal with it properly and have to resort to creating a cranial shaped indentation to my desk.

Careful, you can put an eye out like that..

re: #126 MandyManners

Gotta' go wash my lettuce for BLAT sammiches.

A for avacado.

re: #112 Rightwingconspirator

Oh man they got screwed. Where is In N Out when you need them?
//

Okay, I'm back and oh my God you did not say that! Oh, are those sac tags I see? Unhuh. Mr. Cynic stricks again! :-P

The 15 minute installation on my primary server turned into a 5 hour outage because some idiot never thought to use a phone.

re: #131 Dragon_Lady

Heh. See my 128

re: #128 Rightwingconspirator

Every standing building here, every American heartbeat, each and every plane, ship and church is an invitation to strike. I wish to withdraw exactly none of these "invitations". I hope he is listening. I have another invitation for him, but it's not suitable for this forum. It does bear a relation to recent comments about Trijicon though...

Not to mention cross hairs...

re: #133 Rightwingconspirator

Heh. See my 128

See my 134!

re: #134 Dragon_Lady

Oh noes! There is a cross in the scope too? Will those guys at Trijicon never learn what this means? The Jihadis will be offended all over again!
//

re: #102 Spare O'Lake

*sigh*
Have a great weekend.

I was recently doing a freelance gig about a block from the Empire State Building... I was issued a survival/evacuation kit with a glow stick, face mask and some other goodies that one normally does not need in the office.

Bernanke is in for a tough fight to be re-appointed.

re: #124 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The object of my frustration
Who'd I'd love to hit
is some 3000 miles away,
And it's giving me fits
so I can't deal with it properly
My heart had really started so softly
and have to resort
With the ball in my court
to creating
Cause we ain't relating
a cranial shaped indentation to my desk.
Cause today that's what I'll do best
You rap that to 50 cent..It's great..Try it..
*wink*

re: #115 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My forehead hurts.

I'll email you some aspirin...

re: #137 brookly red

We have those at my office, too. They are standard issue in NYC skyscrapers.

re: #138 TampaKnight

Bernanke is in for a tough fight to be re-appointed.

Yeah, said he promised to do better helping the economy...you mean he is NOT doing all he can or his best now? Why? Don't know if I would have made that particular statement.

re: #140 Dragon_Lady

I'll email you some aspirin...

Oh great you posted about drugs..Now Ad-sense will have Viagra ads in the sidebar...
/

re: #141 garhighway

We have those at my office, too. They are standard issue in NYC skyscrapers.

the threat is real.

re: #142 CapeCoddah

He is going to have a tough fight. The Federal Reserve is not popular these days.

re: #138 TampaKnight

That's a shame. The measures he took in the fall of 2008 really did save us from a depression. He was the right guy for that job. Although I would like him more if he proposed a serious way to keep it from happening again. That's what drives me nuts: it seems like everyone has already forgotten how bad it nearly was, and no one wants to fix it. (Of course, the big sums the finance industry drops on Congress probably have something to do with that. And post-Citizens United, it will be way worse.)

re: #144 brookly red

the threat is real.

It is real, but you cannot live your life fearful every minute of every day.. that must just suck.

re: #142 CapeCoddah

Yeah, said he promised to do better helping the economy...you mean he is NOT doing all he can or his best now? Why? Don't know if I would have made that particular statement.

Interesting case. If you believe in the Fed system, I'd say you'll probably think he did a pretty good job, according to the mechanism at hand, in the previous disaster. If you think the Fed itself is the problem, then he instantly is a de facto loser, at truthfully no fault of his own. I'm in the camp that thinks a giant central economic planning center is the problem.

re: #145 Killgore Trout

He is going to have a tough fight. The Federal Reserve is not popular these days.

LOL, master of understatement, KT!

re: #141 garhighway

We have those at my office, too. They are standard issue in NYC skyscrapers.

Since 9-11-01? Or earlier?

re: #145 Killgore Trout

He is going to have a tough fight. The Federal Reserve is not popular these days.

not too many things are popular these days... well maybe populism.

re: #147 CapeCoddah

It is real, but you cannot live your life fearful every minute of every day.. that must just suck.

no, not fear, reality . shit happens... you have a flashlight in you home don't you?

re: #151 brookly red

not too many things are popular these days... well maybe populism.

It's quite popular to be a populist.

re: #150 wrenchwench

Post 9-11.

We have "shelter-in-place" supplies, too. In case there is some sort of toxic substance (dirty bomb, anthrax, etc...) outside the building that traps us indoors for an extended period.

re: #143 HoosierHoops

Oh great you posted about drugs..Now Ad-sense will have Viagra ads in the sidebar...
/

Well it is Friday... :-P

re: #153 TampaKnight

It's quite popular to be a populist.

I'll drink to that...

re: #146 garhighway

I think that it is just as corrupt as any governmental entity, and if run as it was intended to, we would be just fine.

re: #157 CapeCoddah

I think that it is just as corrupt as any governmental entity, and if run as it was intended to, we would be just fine.

/maybe we should audit em...

re: #152 brookly red

no, not fear, reality . shit happens... you have a flashlight in you home don't you?

Um, yes... but I don't carry it around with me constantly in case the electricity goes out, or to deal with the occasional mouse.

re: #158 brookly red

Yeah, lets do that and watch the nightmare that ensues..

I work with the government daily. If there's one thing I've learned, on any level of government employment, is that 1. They know their jobs aren't going anywhere 2. They're in no rush to be productive or efficient and 3. If an employee isn't being productive, they won't fire them- they'll merely hire 2 more people to do the job that 1 person should do.

It's insane.

re: #160 CapeCoddah

Yeah, lets do that and watch the nightmare that ensues..

Are you scared of truth?

For what it's worth, this could be interesting.

The Science and Technology Committee today announces an inquiry into the unauthorised publication of data, emails and documents relating to the work of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

re: #162 TampaKnight

Are you scared of truth?

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

/

re: #162 TampaKnight

NO, but the country would not survive the answer... careful what you wish for.

re: #159 CapeCoddah

Um, yes... but I don't carry it around with me constantly in case the electricity goes out, or to deal with the occasional mouse.

we also take our circumstance into account and reasonably prepare for it... commons sense is not fear.

Hmmm,,

Just got an e-mail from a local theatre that i've donated too and have gone to plays/ concerts at for a few years

They're asking for a washing machine!

Hmmm,,, could just be the final push Mrs. SATTY needs to go get that new Washer/Dryer combo I've wanted

re: #155 Dragon_Lady

Well it is Friday... :-P

Just finished scanning what is on Tonight.. I see Brokeback Mountain is playing..When Mom was sick I asked her what movie she wanted to watch..And of course it was Brokeback Mountain cause she heard about it..
I have never been so embarrassed in my whole life...Never watch that movie with your mom..The sex in the pup tent scene was uncomfortably silent in the room ...* More popcorn mom?*

re: #165 CapeCoddah

NO, but the country would not survive the answer... careful what you wish for.

what do you suppose the answer is ?

re: #161 TampaKnight

I work with the government daily. If there's one thing I've learned, on any level of government employment, is that 1. They know their jobs aren't going anywhere 2. They're in no rush to be productive or efficient and 3. If an employee isn't being productive, they won't fire them- they'll merely hire 2 more people to do the job that 1 person should do.

It's insane.

Second that.

I had a project recently where a state agency wanted some information and they always give you a 30-day deadline to respond. We responded in April 2009 and just got their response in December, eight months later.

re: #166 brookly red

I agree, but I just could not live that level of fear. I would not allow myself to do it. I enjoy enjoying life, and not always looking over my shoulder, but again, that is just me.

re: #169 brookly red

I am not sure, but I am sure that most anything Ron Paul advocates is not a good idea.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) came out against Ben Bernanke today. That's clue number one. Considering who would be in charge of replacing him I think our best option is to keep him on board.

re: #152 brookly red

no, not fear, reality . shit happens... you have a flashlight in you home don't you?

We not only have a flashlight in every room, but we have heavy duty work gloves, an extra set of clothing & shoes for the both of us at the foot of our bed and enough canned foods and waterproof matches to supply our apt bldg for a week. It's earthquake country here.
Not only that, but the Los Angeles City Council went to such extremes as to warn us citizens a year after 9/11 that we are prime targets for terrorism and to be ready anytime for an attack. Had more than a few people rushing to the store to stock up, causing a mild shortage on batteries, water and foodstuffs for a few weeks. That was fun.//

OT, but a very good post from the Mayor of San Diego, who just testified in the gay marriage case in CA.

It's the Huffington Post, but I hope some will click and read

My eyes were opened in 2007, when I had to decide whether to support a ban on same-sex marriage in my capacity as mayor of San Diego. Through conversations with friends and supporters, I realized that my position was inconsistent with one of my core principles as a police officer and as mayor, which is that every community deserves to be treated with equal dignity and respect.

Republican SD Mayor Jerry Sanders

re: #172 CapeCoddah

I am not sure, but I am sure that most anything Ron Paul advocates is not a good idea.

what is the worst that could happen? we find out that the pols have stolen everything?

re: #173 Gus 802

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) came out against Ben Bernanke today. That's clue number one. Considering who would be in charge of replacing him I think our best option is to keep him on board.

There is that.

re: #175 Stanley Sea

He's a good man.

re: #176 brookly red

LOL, we already know that.

Ron Paul has some wacked ideas...but his economic ideas are usually very, very good. I don't understand the disdain for him on this board, beyond calling him a "wing nut" which is patently false as he's held these economic ideas his entire life.

re: #176 brookly red

Brookley, if I had the answer for you, I would not be sitting on my couch talking to you all, my ass would be on the next flight to D.C.

re: #177 CapeCoddah

There is that.

I see the White House is still backing him. Even so if he was to leave I'm sure they'd force a political hand on the president for his replacement.

re: #168 HoosierHoops

Just finished scanning what is on Tonight.. I see Brokeback Mountain is playing..When Mom was sick I asked her what movie she wanted to watch..And of course it was Brokeback Mountain cause she heard about it..
I have never been so embarrassed in my whole life...Never watch that movie with your mom..The sex in the pup tent scene was uncomfortably silent in the room ...* More popcorn mom?*

If your Mom is anything like mine... You poor thing! Mine would have screeched and run out of the room then blamed me for not warning her about the content. Parents...sigh...

re: #167 sattv4u2

Hmmm,,

Just got an e-mail from a local theatre that i've donated too and have gone to plays/ concerts at for a few years

They're asking for a washing machine!

Hmmm,,, could just be the final push Mrs. SATTY needs to go get that new Washer/Dryer combo I've wanted

All my shit has to go into storage cause I'm moving to Singapore...I'm stressing a little about it..Park my car at Dad's house in Napa Valley and move to the other side of the world...I'm nervous and it's a great adventure. Your post about washer/dryer while I'm thinking about that it would be cheaper to sell stuff like than to pay storage for 3 years...
I'm making a list

re: #180 TampaKnight

Ron Paul has some wacked ideas...but his economic ideas are usually very, very good. I don't understand the disdain for him on this board, beyond calling him a "wing nut" which is patently false as he's held these economic ideas his entire life.

Return to the gold standard? Really?

re: #178 Obdicut

I really hope the tide is changing. I really hope.

re: #185 wrenchwench

Return to the gold standard? Really?

Ok, that's dumb. But I wouldn't argue that moving towards it a little would be harmful. The alternative is to keep moving more and more into severely inflated currency and the devaluation of the dollar.

And he's spoken on many, many more topics than that.

re: #180 TampaKnight

Ron Paul has some wacked ideas...but his economic ideas are usually very, very good. I don't understand the disdain for him on this board, beyond calling him a "wing nut" which is patently false as he's held these economic ideas his entire life.

So it is possible to be a wingnut your whole life..Who would have thunk it?

re: #180 TampaKnight

Ron Paul has some wacked ideas...but his economic ideas are usually very, very good. I don't understand the disdain for him on this board, beyond calling him a "wing nut" which is patently false as he's held these economic ideas his entire life.

How about doing some research on him on this blog? There is plenty of material here.

re: #184 HoosierHoops

All my shit has to go into storage cause I'm moving to Singapore...I'm stressing a little about it..Park my car at Dad's house in Napa Valley and move to the other side of the world...I'm nervous and it's a great adventure. Your post about washer/dryer while I'm thinking about that it would be cheaper to sell stuff like than to pay storage for 3 years...
I'm making a list

And checking it twice? I won't ask if you've been naughty or nice... ;-)

re: #186 Stanley Sea

I really hope the tide is changing. I really hope.

There's always hope...

re: #180 TampaKnight

Here's a start.

re: #188 HoosierHoops

So it is possible to be a wingnut your whole life..Who would have thunk it?

See, I don't get that. He is at huge odds with the many idiots who ran in the Republican primaries...in fact he tore the idiot Guliani a new a-hole in the debate. So are now labeling 90% of conservatives as "wing nuts" who don't fit the extreme moderate Republican mold?

re: #193 TampaKnight

TK, your downy head is not even dry here yet... listen to the old lizards, read what Mandy linked for you.

Just popping on for a quick comment before I leave to play chess (nerd alert!)

Being relatively new, I really support this idea Charles. While getting to know people around here, I have found some of their fine blogs I would not have noticed otherwise.

It would be great to have the occasional "lizard blog of the week/month" to feature all the good shit out there (and would probably be especially useful when you yourself are cramped for time.) Just a thought.

re: #194 CapeCoddah

We get occasional Paulian trolls here sometimes. They really hate us.

Rep. Frank: Abolish Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Good idea or not?

re: #193 TampaKnight

"Idiot Giuliani"?!

Oh, dear me. I'm gonna' go fry some bacon before I unleash a 55-gallon drum of whup-ass.

re: #196 Killgore Trout

Hopefully, he is just young and will listen!

re: #194 CapeCoddah

TK, your downy head is not even dry here yet... listen to the old lizards, read what Mandy linked for you.

I did. But I'm not an impulsive, impressionable person. While I respect Charles and what he says, I'm not going to suddenly reshuffle everything I think because of a few blog posts.

Keep in mind I'm speaking specifically economically here...not about what nutjobs choose to follow him.

re: #197 Gus 802

Rep. Frank: Abolish Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Good idea or not?

First, we need to abolish Bawney, which will happen this November, and he now knows it.

re: #199 CapeCoddah

Nah, smells like a Paulian. They hate the Neocons like Giuliani (support for Israel and all that)

re: #196 Killgore Trout

We get occasional Paulian trolls here sometimes. They really hate us.

Troll? I've contributed in most discussions since joining.

I didn't know counter opinions get you the label "troll" here.

Hey Hoops! Singapore Slingers! Drink it up my man!

re: #203 TampaKnight

Sorry but I have as much patience for debating Paulian economics as I do 9-11 "truth". It's a waste of time.

re: #193 TampaKnight

See, I don't get that. He is at huge odds with the many idiots who ran in the Republican primaries...in fact he tore the idiot Guliani a new a-hole in the debate. So are now labeling 90% of conservatives as "wing nuts" who don't fit the extreme moderate Republican mold?

Ron Paul debated? Sounded more like a comedy routine.

"Critics agree, Ron Paul was a laugh riot in the tradition of the tragic comedy." - Variety

re: #190 Dragon_Lady

And checking it twice? I won't ask if you've been naughty or nice... ;-)

It's a 3 year gig..I'm excited and I am absolutely terrified...I'm going to haul everything I own back Home to California ( Cause I ain't never coming back to Indiana ) Then fly and live on the other side of the World with Winston..( If the Gov't accepts him..Lot of paperwork for taking animals to Singapore)

re: #200 TampaKnight

I did. But I'm not an impulsive, impressionable person. While I respect Charles and what he says, I'm not going to suddenly reshuffle everything I think because of a few blog posts.

Keep in mind I'm speaking specifically economically here...not about what nutjobs choose to follow him.

Careful TK, now you are implying we cannot think for ourselves. You may not want to go there.

re: #201 CapeCoddah

First, we need to abolish Bawney, which will happen this November, and he now knows it.

Who's going to beat him? He's not going anywhere.

re: #202 Killgore Trout

Nah, smells like a Paulian. They hate the Neocons like Giuliani (support for Israel and all that)

I do believe you are right, Killgore.
Fresh batch of marinade?

re: #188 HoosierHoops

So it is possible to be a wingnut your whole life..Who would have thunk it?

And not even KNOW it

re: #203 TampaKnight

Troll? I've contributed in most discussions since joining.

I didn't know counter opinions get you the label "troll" here.

not by everyone... but Ron Paul is not really well excepted here.

re: #208 CapeCoddah

Careful TK, now you are implying we cannot think for ourselves. You may not want to go there.

No, I'm not. I'm merely saying that a list of blog entries isn't going to persuade me to suddenly condemn the man.

And for the record I voted McCain in 2008 and supported him the entire way.

re: #200 TampaKnight

I did. But I'm not an impulsive, impressionable person. While I respect Charles and what he says, I'm not going to suddenly reshuffle everything I think because of a few blog posts.

Keep in mind I'm speaking specifically economically here...not about what nutjobs choose to follow him.

Actually, Luap Nor follows nutjobs himself. His views on economics are strongly influenced by this

Griffin, G. Edward. The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve, 4th ed. Westlake Village, Calif.: American Media, 2002.

which is written by a Bircher and is a filthy, Jew-hating, piece of propaganda. It's on Paul's recommended reading list.

re: #207 HoosierHoops

It's a 3 year gig..I'm excited and I am absolutely terrified...I'm going to haul everything I own back Home to California ( Cause I ain't never coming back to Indiana ) Then fly and live on the other side of the World with Winston..( If the Gov't accepts him..Lot of paperwork for taking animals to Singapore)

Definatly nice! Since I live in L.A. I'll say break a leg!

re: #197 Gus 802

Rep. Frank: Abolish Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Good idea or not?

I'd rather keep Fannie and Freddie and do away (metaphorically) with Barney!

I'll have to reexamine my values, Rudy is a nut job and Ron Paul makes a lot of sense? I'll go reflect on the meaning of life for a while, or not.

/I'm too old for this shit

re: #203 TampaKnight

No, but refusing to look at facts suggested to you, then suggesting Charles is brainwashing the Lizards will not win you any points.

re: #216 sattv4u2

I'd rather keep Fannie and Freddie and do away (metaphorically) with Barney!

Yeah, that would be a metaphor. He's in one of those uncontested districts.

re: #212 brookly red

not by everyone... but Ron Paul is not really well excepted here.

Lot's of Ron Paul fans in Indiana.. lot's of bumper stickers on trucks..
And lots of Confederate flags..
There is more to a man than his economic policies...

re: #220 HoosierHoops

Lot's of Ron Paul fans in Indiana.. lot's of bumper stickers on trucks..
And lots of Confederate flags..
There is more to a man than his economic policies...

oh that is for sure.

re: #219 Gus 802

Yeah, that would be a metaphor. He's in one of those uncontested districts.

Who you telling. I used to live in that district!

re: #209 recusancy

Who's going to beat him? He's not going anywhere.

Bet?

re: #218 CapeCoddah

No, but refusing to look at facts suggested to you, then suggesting Charles is brainwashing the Lizards will not win you any points.

Uh, I didn't say that. And I came here, as a conservative, AFTER I saw Charles' post on breaking from the right. I'm fairly sure I wouldn't become a participating member here if I thought the host blogger was brainwashing the members.

C'mon.

re: #223 CapeCoddah

Bet?

Sure.

re: #207 HoosierHoops

It's a 3 year gig..I'm excited and I am absolutely terrified...I'm going to haul everything I own back Home to California ( Cause I ain't never coming back to Indiana ) Then fly and live on the other side of the World with Winston..( If the Gov't accepts him..Lot of paperwork for taking animals to Singapore)

When you first started talking about that gig, I thought it was for three weeks. Three years will be an experience. How does Mrs. Hoopster feel about it?

BREAKING ON MY LOCAL NEWS

They just pulled a man alive out of the rubble in Haiti

10 DAYS after the quake

re: #142 CapeCoddah

Yeah, said he promised to do better helping the economy...you mean he is NOT doing all he can or his best now? Why? Don't know if I would have made that particular statement.

Possibly because he is an idiot? That works for me. The guy is a disaster.

re: #227 sattv4u2

BREAKING ON MY LOCAL NEWS

They just pulled a man alive out of the rubble in Haiti

10 DAYS after the quake

Pop the Champagne! Excellent news! You think he'll be okay?

re: #222 sattv4u2

Who you telling. I used to live in that district!

I've lived in several. Right now I'm living in another one. You ask the devout locals about our Representative and their eyes glaze over in admiration for her political orthodoxy. The GOP doesn't even bother. The DNC also doesn't bother since she's a lifer.

It's getting worser and worser - or maybe it's really the same old-same old.

Michelle Malkin is alarmed about John McCain running for office, Sarah Palin supporting him, McCain's support for various candidates. She starts off with this:

Conservatives have worked hard over the past year to rebuild after Big Government Republican John McCain’s defeat. But McCain isn’t going gently into that good night.

What that means is that tea-party leaders and religious fundamentalists have worked hard over the past year to kick out of the party anyone they deem a RINO.

She continues (and the bold is my bolding of phrases I found interesting):

The question isn’t why Sarah Palin is helping John McCain. The question is: What are you doing to stop him from cementing his Big Government Republican legacy?

. . .

And pay attention to the hidden, more troubling irony: While he runs to the right to protect his seat, McCain’s political machine is working across the country to install liberal and establishment Republicans to secure his legacy.

In Florida, McCain’s Country First Political Action Committee is supporting the Senate bid of fellow illegal alien amnesty supporter and global warming alarmist, GOP Gov. Charlie Crist, whose crucial 2008 primary endorsement rescued McCain from disaster. Grass-roots conservatives support former GOP statehouse leader Marco Rubio – who is hitting Crist hard for lying to voters about his embrace of President Obama’s pork-laden, fraud-ridden stimulus package.

In Colorado, McCain and his meddlers infuriated the state party by anointing former lieutenant governor Jane Norton to challenge endangered Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet. She’s a milquetoast public official who has served on a lot of task forces and GOP clubs – and who happens to be the sister-in-law of big Beltway insider Charlie Black. An estimated 40 percent of her coffers are filled with out-of-state money (and much of that is flowing from the Beltway) (REINE'S NOTE: But out-of-state tea party money flowing into a candidate's coffers is OK?)

She's speaking against reasonable and moderate Republicans in favor of creationist hard-right candidates.

re: #229 Dragon_Lady

Pop the Champagne! Excellent news! You think he'll be okay?

They didn't give his condition, only that he's alive, then stated something about someone getting pulled out 12 days (alive) from a different quake in the past

re: #213 TampaKnight

No, I'm not. I'm merely saying that a list of blog entries isn't going to persuade me to suddenly condemn the man.

And for the record I voted McCain in 2008 and supported him the entire way.

I voted for McCain also, so what?
A lot of research went into those "Blog Entries" and if you are not interested in reading them, why are you here? I am here for truth and fairness, You?
Careful, cause Mandy Will open that drum of whupass, and you will not be able to sit for a month. Mandy and I BTW, are both just to the right of Atilla the Hun, so the vote argument means squat.

re: #232 sattv4u2

They didn't give his condition, only that he's alive, then stated something about someone getting pulled out 12 days (alive) from a different quake in the past

I'll say a prayer for him...

re: #231 reine.de.tout

It's getting worser and worser - or maybe it's really the same old-same old.

Michelle Malkin is alarmed about John McCain running for office, Sarah Palin supporting him, McCain's support for various candidates. She starts off with this:

She's speaking against reasonable and moderate Republicans in favor of creationist hard-right candidates.

Creationist hard-right candidates and undereducated psychopaths like Chris Simcox who would be the alternative to McCain in Arizona.

re: #219 Gus 802

Yeah, that would be a metaphor. He's in one of those uncontested districts.

No district will be uncontested come November here. We are fired up.

Speaking of Ron Paul and other assorted Birch society loons: I just started watching Glenn Beck's special revised history of "progressivism". He starts out by claiming that some of the founding fathers had evil plans to redistribute the wealth and start an evil central bank but were thwarted by the Constitution. Only later when America turned its back on the Constitution did these evils plans become reality...
Glenn Beck Show - Documentary on Progressivism - January 22, 2010 - Pt 1 of 7

Looks like I might try to watch this one.

re: #230 Gus 802

I've lived in several. Right now I'm living in another one. You ask the devout locals about our Representative and their eyes glaze over in admiration for her political orthodoxy. The GOP doesn't even bother. The DNC also doesn't bother since she's a lifer.

Niki Tsongas?

re: #233 CapeCoddah

I voted for McCain also, so what?
A lot of research went into those "Blog Entries" and if you are not interested in reading them, why are you here? I am here for truth and fairness, You?
Careful, cause Mandy Will open that drum of whupass, and you will not be able to sit for a month. Mandy and I BTW, are both just to the right of Atilla the Hun, so the vote argument means squat.

I think you're waging a fairly unnecessary battle with me, and one that is far too serious for a Friday evening...

re: #238 sattv4u2

Niki Tsongas?

Diana DeGette

re: #240 Gus 802

Diana DeGette

Sorry ,, I thought you were talking about Massachusetts

re: #202 Killgore Trout

Nah, smells like a Paulian. They hate the Neocons like Giuliani (support for Israel and all that)

I think your field identification is correct. Note the way he flew past #214.

re: #236 CapeCoddah

No district will be uncontested come November here. We are fired up.

bad time for all incumbents me thinks...

re: #231 reine.de.tout

She's speaking against reasonable and moderate Republicans in favor of creationist hard-right candidates.

McCain's immigration policies have always been a big problem for her.

re: #225 recusancy

You got it. See me in November. If they run a German Shepard, the Shepard will be a shoo in.

Scott Brown:

[Brown's] prior visits to Washington, he explained, were mostly to watch his daughter Ayla, a college basketball player, play against American University, or to visit the monuments "as a tourist."

"I'm a history buff," he said. "I love the Museum of Natural History."

-- Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R-MA), as quoted by the Washington Post.

re: #228 Bagua

Possibly because he is an idiot? That works for me. The guy is a disaster.

I think it would be easire to list those officials who are NOT disasters. The list would have maybe 3 names on it. I don't know which 3 names.

re: #241 sattv4u2

Sorry ,, I thought you were talking about Massachusetts

Oh, yeah, I'm talking Colorado.

re: #226 wrenchwench

When you first started talking about that gig, I thought it was for three weeks. Three years will be an experience. How does Mrs. Hoopster feel about it?

I work for a large Japanese global Corporation..Many positions are rotated after 3-5 years..From the top down through the ranks...It's part of the Environment and culture. I know I have a few years to make my mark and advance or decline in the next position.. You become highly motivated to do a great job and impress Tokyo...

re: #245 CapeCoddah

You got it. See me in November. If they run a German Shepard, the Shepard will be a shoo in.

re: #245 CapeCoddah

You got it. See me in November. If they run a German Shepard, the Shepard will be a shoo in.

I am voting for the American Staffordshire Terrier my self.

re: #180 TampaKnight

Ron Paul has some wacked ideas...but his economic ideas are usually very, very good. I don't understand the disdain for him on this board, beyond calling him a "wing nut" which is patently false as he's held these economic ideas his entire life.

Not really. Sure he is able to say some sensible things and is framing his ideas to be more mainstream than in the past, but taken in its entirety his platform is wacky. He is basically a slightly more presentable version of Larouche, another compete nutter who also says some sensible things.

re: #249 HoosierHoops

You become highly motivated to do a great job and impress Tokyo...

Sounds like Godzilla.

re: #245 CapeCoddah

You got it. See me in November. If they run a German Shepard, the Shepard will be a shoo in.

Luv ya cape, but I don't think Barneys going anywhere. Suffolk County went BIG for Coakley (66% to 33%)

UK raised the terrorist threat warning to "Severe" today...I'm going there in a week. Crap?

re: #244 Killgore Trout

McCain's immigration policies have always been a big problem for her.

You know, I'm not sure what it is she thinks we're going to do with those illegal aliens who are already here and who have been absorbed into our society and economy.

Is it reasonable to think we can round 'em all up? That would have a huge impact, not necessarily a good one.

I would like to see illegal immigration stopped - but I don't think there's much we can do with the folks who are here except just accept the situation.

re: #250 brookly red

I am voting for the American Staffordshire Terrier my self.