Yeah - monsters!

Landshark, Candy gram,....

re: #2 Floral Giraffe

This valley is just one long smorgasbord.

It sound like the critters from "Tremors"

Dune

What happened? Why doesn't everyone want to talk about football for the rest of the night?///

re: #6 palomino

What happened? Why doesn't everyone want to talk about football for the rest of the night?///

I don't know how it works.

re: #4 Joven

It sound like the critters from "Tremors"

They are...

ahahahahaha. They even worked in the little buggers from the sequel.

AND a reference to The Giant Claw at the end.

howdy all! wassup this night?

This is just me nit picking but if the graboid can detect solid rock, than how come the graboids don't detect solid walls of concrete or even cliff walls? Could it be that the graboids, while in chase of a prey, can easily become too distracted by their target that they not notice the dangerous obstacles?

re: #11 Iron-Confederate

This is just me nit picking but if the graboid can detect solid rock, than how come the graboids don't detect solid walls of concrete or even cliff walls? Could it be that the graboids, while in chase of a prey, can easily become too distracted by their target that they not notice the dangerous obstacles?

I'd say yes. Their blood lust is like a teen aged football player's blind lust for cheerleaders regardless of the cheerleader's state of arousal.

just saying...

//

12:44 PDT and I seem to be the only kook posting... yarrrrrr

Thumbs up Governor:

[Link: www.sacbee.com...]

In an extraordinary court filing, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger asked Friday that gay marriages be allowed to resume immediately in California after a federal ruling that the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.

The Republican governor filed his brief with U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker before a Friday deadline to submit arguments on whether to continue a stay of Walker's decision against Proposition 8.

"The Administration believes the public interest is best served by permitting the Court's judgment to go into effect, thereby restoring the right of same-sex couples to marry in California," wrote Kenneth C. Mennemeier, an attorney representing Schwarzenegger, in the brief. "Doing so is consistent with California's long history of treating all people and their relationships with equal dignity and respect."

posting with myself.. posting with myself

echo......

I once worked out the math for the energy required for graboid locomotion through thick, rocky soil. It appears that they would require so much energy that their radiated heat would melt the rock.

They would, essentially, swim through lava of their own making.

Oh yes, the 1960's...

re: #15 boxhead

posting with myself.. posting with myself

....oh, oh, oh....

Nice and roomy in here.....think I'll stretch out.......put my feet on the coffee table....

So, anyway.......

Giraffe walks into a bar and says, "The highballs are on me".

{rimshot}

More 60's music, this quartet, sort of a Japanese Barber Shop group, the "Dark Ducks":

re: #22 tnguitarist

So, anyway...

Giraffe walks into a bar and says, "The highballs are on me".

{rimshot}

so a dude walks into a bar carrying a piece of asphalt. He tells the bartender, "two beer, one for me, and one for the road."

so a hamburger walks into a bar. He asks the bartender for a beer. The bartender says, "sorry, we don't serve food."

a priest, a rabbi and a horse walk into a bar. The bartender say, "what is this, a joke?"

Hmmm.... bar jokes....

I think I'll stay with the music.

Here's more of the Dark Ducks, perhaps the most unusual and unique Japanese music group I've found on Youtube:

re: #27 freetoken

Hmmm... bar jokes...

I think I'll stay with the music.

Here's more of the Dark Ducks, perhaps the most unusual and unique Japanese music group I've found on Youtube:

[Video]

uhhhhh.. very interesting...

I'll see your Japanese acappella and raise you some blues...

Anyone ever heard of Unknown Hinson? I'm going to see him tomorrow night. He does the voice of Early Cuyler on the Squidbillies. He's also a hell of a guitarist and Billy Bob Thornton's bass player.

re: #29 tnguitarist

Anyone ever heard of Unknown Hinson? I'm going to see him tomorrow night. He does the voice of Early Cuyler on the Squidbillies. He's also a hell of a guitarist and Billy Bob Thornton's bass player.

[Video]

punkabillie?

re: #29 tnguitarist

Hmmm... "Hinson" - sounded familiar. Let's see:

If tomorrow night when the act opens the musicians come out in powder-blue tuxedoes then you'll know you're in trouble.

re: #31 freetoken

Hmmm... "Hinson" - sounded familiar. Let's see:

[Video]If tomorrow night when the act opens the musicians come out in powder-blue tuxedoes then you'll know you're in trouble.

ooohhh ... not my cup of tea... :)

re: #30 boxhead

punkabillie?

Hard to explain. He's got a schtick. He started on his own public access show back in the early 90's. I would say he leans toward punkabilly. Hank Williams III has a tattoo of Unknown. The sound quality sucks on this video, but his licks.....

re: #33 tnguitarist

Hard to explain. He's got a schtick. He started on his own public access show back in the early 90's. I would say he leans toward punkabilly. Hank Williams III has a tattoo of Unknown. The sound quality sucks on this video, but his licks...

[Video]

OK... I dig this... :)

re: #30 boxhead

And the chops are fake. He's a super cool dude and funny as hell.

re: #34 boxhead

OK... I dig this... :)

Have you ever seen the cartoon Squidbillies on Adult Swim?

Giant foam Dickhat trouble

He's the voice of Early. It may be a southern thing, but I love it.

re: #36 tnguitarist

Have you ever seen the cartoon Squidbillies on Adult Swim?

Giant foam Dickhat trouble

He's the voice of Early. It may be a southern thing, but I love it.

hmm looks cool..... I saw The Reverend Horton Heat a few months back. I was in the pit slam dancing with the youngins... :)

re: #37 boxhead

hmm looks cool... I saw The Reverend Horton Heat a few months back. I was in the pit slam dancing with the youngins... :)

I hurt my neck in a pit at a Motorhead show years ago. Still can't turn it all the way to the left. Also saw a lady get shot in the parking lot that night. Interesting evening.

re: #36 tnguitarist

I see you are new member here as well. I was reading here for a while and always missed the open registration windows. Does Charles have it open all the time now?

re: #38 tnguitarist

I hurt my neck in a pit at a Motorhead show years ago. Still can't turn it all the way to the left. Also saw a lady get shot in the parking lot that night. Interesting evening.

wow...... not cool... I got socked at Bad Religion's 30th year tour in June. I grabbed him and road the guy down to the ground... :) I really am a peaceful dude though..

re: #39 boxhead

I see you are new member here as well. I was reading here for a while and always missed the open registration windows. Does Charles have it open all the time now?

Not sure. I happened to jump in one day when he had an open window. I haven't seen him do an open registration in a while, and I see new folks popping up all the time.....

re: #40 boxhead

wow... not cool... I got socked at Bad Religion's 30th year tour in June. I grabbed him and road the guy down to the ground... :) I really am a peaceful dude though..

Ah, Bad religion. What a great band.

I trip on the internal squabbling here. Some very protective folks here.

I fully understand, but it is weird when I am posting normal stuff while flames are flying between my posts and whomever I and talking with... :)

Overall this place rocks!

re: #42 tnguitarist

Ah, Bad religion. What a great band.

[Video]

yep... They are my age.. :) lol I have seen them more times than I can count!!

re: #43 boxhead

I trip on the internal squabbling here. Some very protective folks here.

I fully understand, but it is weird when I am posting normal stuff while flames are flying between my posts and whomever I and talking with... :)

Overall this place rocks!

Amen.

alright tn... time to sleep... btw, your name implies u r a guitarist? do you rock?

re: #44 boxhead

yep... They are my age.. :) lol I have seen them more times than I can count!!

I would guess you're a tad older than me. I grew up on the music of the 80's, but Alice in Chains was probably my biggest musical influence.

re: #46 boxhead

alright tn... time to sleep... btw, your name implies u r a guitarist? do you rock?

I do indeed rock. Although I'm from TN, I despise country.

re: #48 tnguitarist

I do indeed rock. Although I'm from TN, I despise country.

lol.... the older country is cool. The mainstream stuff I hear today is as bad as pop.

nite!

re: #49 boxhead

lol... the older country is cool. The mainstream stuff I hear today is as bad as pop.

nite!

It's pop with a cowboy hat. Nite!

Since when did "retard" become an acceptable word here?

And, since when did I claim to be "pure"?

Man, my knickers are in a major twist.

The very fucking idea.

re: #51 MandyManners

Since when did "retard" become an acceptable word here?

And, since when did I claim to be "pure"?

Man, my knickers are in a major twist.

The very fucking idea.

that is one of the favorite words from the left, I've noticed.
It is bothersome, but those who use it can't be swayed to understand it is offensive to others.

re: #51 MandyManners

Since when did "retard" become an acceptable word here?

And, since when did I claim to be "pure"?

Man, my knickers are in a major twist.

The very fucking idea.

Use of that term torques my gourd also.
I do not recall any such claims on your part, either. Someone building strawmen again?

re: #52 Stonemason

that is one of the favorite words from the left, I've noticed.
It is bothersome, but those who use it can't be swayed to understand it is offensive to others.

and before I am attacked for making the above statement, here are the search results.

Other then Cato, who seems to be both left and right, the overwhelming majority of those who comment here who use that word are left of center.

re: #52 Stonemason

that is one of the favorite words from the left, I've noticed.
It is bothersome, but those who use it can't be swayed to understand it is offensive to others.

Its use knows no ideological boundaries.

re: #53 Taqyia2Me

Use of that term torques my gourd also.
I do not recall any such claims on your part, either. Someone building strawmen again?

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #56 MandyManners

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Damn. I went to sleep and wake up and come here to find this?

Here, this is from the 2007 Fiskies at LGF:

2007 LGF Awards Nominations Open
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 2:18:44 pm PST

Ray Hanania
Ray Taliaferro
Retard In A Leotard Galloway
Reuters
Richard Dawkins

re: #54 Stonemason

and before I am attacked for making the above statement, here are the search results.

Other then Cato, who seems to be both left and right, the overwhelming majority of those who comment here who use that word are left of center.

Is it a Palin thing?

Rush used it, too.

re: #57 Gus 802

So?

I'm just gonna' step back.

re: #59 MandyManners

So?

Right. So. Whatever. You just want to keep beating a dead horse. Trying to start trouble.

Morning all!

re: #56 MandyManners

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Gus 802 qualifies, IMHO, as a very solid poster here, a non-idiot.
I guess I would have to know more about the context of this particular thread.

re: #58 MandyManners

Rush? don't listen, but it doesn't surprise me.
A certain arrogance plays into the use of that term.

re: #63 Taqyia2Me

Gus 802 qualifies, IMHO, as a very solid poster here, a non-idiot.
I guess I would have to know more about the context of this particular thread.

Thanks. I used it referring to the stalker site.

OK, here's the deal. I won't use it again. I also think we need to stop bringing up that place from now on.

re: #54 Stonemason

and before I am attacked for making the above statement, here are the search results.

Other then Cato, who seems to be both left and right, the overwhelming majority of those who comment here who use that word are left of center.

Not sure that I'm left of center, I consider myself straight down the middle, but I use it all the time. I use it so often that I've been afraid to have children for fear of paybacks. I've refrained from using it here because someone complained. I try to play nice.

re: #66 RogueOne

Which, Rogue, is why I used 'overwhelming majority', and 'left of center' rather than 'all moonbats who post here' or 'everyone' or...

you get the picture. I know that there is no true ideological line where slurs are concerned, but that search shows which posters use it most, and those are, well, left of center.

re: #67 Stonemason

Which, Rogue, is why I used 'overwhelming majority', and 'left of center' rather than 'all moonbats who post here' or 'everyone' or...

you get the picture. I know that there is no true ideological line where slurs are concerned, but that search shows which posters use it most, and those are, well, left of center.

I take a great deal of pleasure in making fun of people, friend or foe. It's my hobby. I've managed to refrain here because it's hard to do sarcasm in text and people don't know if I'm serious or not. My first day here I made a wisecrack about people from Denver and completely set people off. I think I started off with close to -100 karma.

re: #65 Gus 802

Thanks. I used it referring to the stalker site.

OK, here's the deal. I won't use it again. I also think we need to stop bringing up that place from now on.

Other than a site called The Drudge Retort, I have seen nothing on the interwebs that comes close to that place...and last time I looked, The.Drudge Retort wasn't even close.

One good thing about the economy, you can buy stuff at crack addict prices. I bought a set of dumbbells, used, yesterday for $100. That's less than $1/lb.

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

re: #70 RogueOne

Crack addicts buy dumbbells?

re: #70 RogueOne

But the freight will be a workout!!

re: #71 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

No, crack addicts end up selling all their shit for $5 an item. Don't you know any proper crack whores?

re: #72 reloadingisnotahobby

But the freight will be a workout!!

No freight, bought straight out of the guys garage. I haven't bought any new equipment for at least a decade. I'm very impressed with the quick switch. Gotta love modern technology, it's like magic. A MF'ing miracle!

For any of those with the opinion that the U.S. and/or NATO should up a pull out of Afghanistan - this morning comes a reminder of the type of pain and suffering that will result of our departure:

6 Americans on medical team killed in Afghanistan
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

""This tragedy negatively impacts our ability to continue serving the Afghan people as IAM has been doing since 1966," the charity said in a statement. "We hope it will not stop our work that benefits over a quarter of a million Afghans each year."

The team, made up of doctors, nurses and logistics personnel, was attacked as it was returning to Kabul after the two-week mission in Nuristan, Frans said. They had decided to travel through Badakhshan province to return to the capital because they thought it would be the safest route, Frans said."

This is not an issue to be soft about. It's tough for not just the Military folks we have in harm's way and their families, but for all westerners trying to improve the lives of those caught in this conflict.
We must not abandon those who depend on the western world - which includes the U.N. - to help and enable the people of Afghanistan build a nation that will embrace those ideals and freedoms that all free people strive for and deserve.
And I say this with a son in ROTC who upon getting his Butter Bars next spring might well be posted there.

Yesterday I had a conversation with some concerning taking MediaMatters seriously when they do the same thing as Breitbart. I wish I had seen this yesterday:

Media Matters Gives Glenn Beck’s Co-Hosts The Shirley Sherrod Edited Audio Treatment
[Link: www.mediaite.com...]

Let’s end the week with some Shirley Sherrod-ing – editing a clip to make it sound like a person is saying something that is actually the complete opposite of what they’re saying.

In this case, the offender is Media Matters, which tries to prove that Glenn Beck’s radio co-hosts were saying Keith Olbermann was responsible for the deadly Manchester workplace shooting.

To their credit they owned up to their "mistake" after they were called on it. Of course, there is no way they didn't know they were lying when they originally posted the story. There was also another Breitbart problem:

Andrew Breitbart’s Video ‘Evidence’ Of Lying Congressmen Is Anything But
[Link: www.mediaite.com...]

As long as people continue to give them any credibility and traffic this phony "gotcha" crap will continue. Stop believing one side is better than the other just because you agree politically.

re: #74 Ericus58

My best friends boy is shipping out tomorrow. They've pushed his date back 3 times now. We were talking this morning and he pointed out his boy was only 10 yrs old when the towers came down.

re: #75 RogueOne

Hee hee. I love it when people insist, over and over again, that both 'sides' are equally bad. Not that there are actually two sides.

It's so wildly improbable it boggles the mind.

It's kinda cute.

re: #77 Obdicut

Hee hee. I love it when people insist, over and over again, that both 'sides' are equally bad. Not that there are actually two sides.

It's so wildly improbable it boggles the mind.

It's kinda cute.

Of course you do because you're more interested in how your team is doing than reality. Do you still wonder why I call you "cheerleader"?

re: #78 RogueOne

Of course you do because you're more interested in how your team is doing than reality. Do you still wonder why I call you "cheerleader"?

No, I know why you call me cheerleader. It's because you think there actually are 'teams'.

There aren't teams. Obama is not my guy. Obama is not doing much good at all about renewable energy, which is my main concern, health care, while a tiny first step, is still screwed, and the country is still full of unadressed, systemic problems. The finance reform won't do jack because it's not algorithmically evolutionary, and the markets are.

Yet somehow to you, because I say that the right-wing is currently crazier-- which it is-- you transform that into me being a cheerleader-- and you don't even notice the irony of that.

Media matters has distorted crap before and will distort stuff in the future. However, it is really easy to compare them to Breitbart and use common sense to see that Brietbart is far more extreme than they are, and far more damaging to the national discourse.

Except, for you, somehow the magical balance fairy means that the 'sides' are always equal.

Like I said, kinda cute.

re: #65 Gus 802

Thanks. I used it referring to the stalker site.

OK, here's the deal. I won't use it again. I also think we need to stop bringing up that place from now on.

Gus,

Good on you! I have a son with autism and absolutely hate that word.

Good Morning Lizards!

re: #78 RogueOne

Of course you do because you're more interested in how your team is doing than reality. Do you still wonder why I call you "cheerleader"?

Is it his cute legs and the short skirt he always wears?
//

re: #81 rwdflynavy

I do have amazing calves.

re: #78 RogueOne

Of course you do because you're more interested in how your team is doing than reality. Do you still wonder why I call you "cheerleader"?

*shaking pom-poms*

re: #81 rwdflynavy

Is it his cute legs and the short skirt he always wears?
//

@@@round-off_*_

I really want to see more of this. Mr. Robink needs to pitch this show to Discovery Channel.

Six fucking days a week I get up long before the sun rises. Sundays? I'm lucky to be able to force myself to sleep until 6:00. Cranky. Grouchy. Bitchy.

Like I got the right to sing the blues.

Holy Mackerel!

Chinese are developing some serious shit.

re: #79 Obdicut

Sorry obdi but I've seen you parrot the company line way too many times up to and including the whole "HCR is going to reduce costs" BS. You want to believe in the goodness of democrat leadership and that's ok. I, otoh, take for granted that just about everything I'm told is a lie in one way or another.

You want to believe MM is an ok site (comparatively) because it agrees with your politics while when I see a 60 sec clip being posted I automatically assume it's crap regardless of the source. MM and Breitbart are the same, they make their living out of distorting reality for the gullible.

I think it might be you're just young and idealistic while I've never been either. It's alright, you're young. You'll adjust.

re: #79 Obdicut

re: #89 RogueOne

Get a room, you two.

re: #90 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #89 RogueOne

Get a room, you two.

Yeah, it's too early for fighting. Lets start over.

Morning Obdi!

rwdflynavy, how do you like that Tasker program now that you've had time to use it?

re: #89 RogueOne

Sorry obdi but I've seen you parrot the company line way too many times up to and including the whole "HCR is going to reduce costs" BS.

What would the cost of not passing HCR have been, Rogue?

You want to believe in the goodness of democrat leadership and that's ok.

Even though I just explained why they're being nearly ineffective. Yep. Your view of me totally matches with reality!

You want to believe MM is an ok site (comparatively)

I don't think they're okay. I think they go too far, and defeat their own agenda on a regular basis-- like Alan Grayson. I prefer Weiner to Grayson, for that very reason. I would rather Media Matters not even exist.

That doesn't mean that Breitbart isn't worse.

MM and Breitbart are the same, they make their living out of distorting reality for the gullible.

Heh. Trying to find some way they're balanced against each other. That magical balance fairy really has you jumping through hoops.

I think it might be you're just young and idealistic while I've never been either. It's alright, you're young. You'll adjust.

Hee hee. Yeah, Rogue, that'll get to me. Ooh, I got called young.

Aren't I older than you?

re: #81 rwdflynavy

Is it his cute legs and the short skirt he always wears?
//

BTW, I never meant that term as a challenge to anyones manhood. I'll stop using it and pick a better term like "Company Man".

Federal law enforcement officials are praising Somali-Americans for their help in an investigation which resulted in the indictment Thursday of 14 people on charges of providing money, services and personnel to the terrorist organization al-Shabaab. A large part of the credit goes to Abdirizak Bihi, a Somali community leader in Minneapolis who persevered despite opposition from the Council on American-Islamic Relations and hostile mosque leaders.

SNIP

Mosque leaders also tried to discourage parents from speaking out when young Somalis began disappearing in 2007 - warning that if they talked to the FBI, their children will be incarcerated at a detention facility like Guantanamo Bay. Bihi singled out the local CAIR chapter for criticism, after the group discouraged families from cooperating with law enforcement.

"We were the first [Muslim community in the United States] to stand up to them," Bihi said regarding CAIR's objections to Somalis talking to the FBI without a lawyer. He was referring to this 2009 protest by Somali families outside a July 4 CAIR event.

SNIP

re: #91 RogueOne

This isn't fighting.

I think we know what fighting looks like.

re: #92 RogueOne

rwdflynavy, how do you like that Tasker program now that you've had time to use it?

It is cool, but I haven't had time to do too much with it. Right now I have it turn GPS on when I put the X in the Car Dock and I have it go to vibrate when I place my phone face down at work. It is a really powerful program, I just haven't done much with it. Lifehacker.com keeps featuring new things you can do, but I haven't implemented any yet.

re: #93 Obdicut

Aren't I older than you?

Not by a long shot. Judging by your wedding photos (which were nice btw) I'd say I'm at least 15 years older unless you just look young.

re: #98 RogueOne

Not by a long shot. Judging by your wedding photos (which were nice btw) I'd say I'm at least 15 years older unless you just look young.

Heh. Okay. No offense, but I thought you were about ten years younger than I was.

Noted; less slack granted in future.

re: #97 rwdflynavy

It is cool, but I haven't had time to do too much with it. Right now I have it turn GPS on when I put the X in the Car Dock and I have it go to vibrate when I place my phone face down at work. It is a really powerful program, I just haven't done much with it. Lifehacker.com keeps featuring new things you can do, but I haven't implemented any yet.

I like the one I use but it's not as powerful as Tasker and it keeps screwing up my settings when I use bluetooth. I was going to check out tasker this weekend.

You want a fight? I'll show you a fight.

re: #99 Obdicut

Heh. Okay. No offense, but I thought you were about ten years younger than I was.

Noted; less slack granted in future.

The people I joined the army with are now retiring. My HS 25th reunion is this month. I'm Ooold, but I do look damn good.

re: #100 RogueOne

I like the one I use but it's not as powerful as Tasker and it keeps screwing up my settings when I use bluetooth. I was going to check out tasker this weekend.

It seems real powerful. Check out articles on lifehacker, plus the tasker website has a wiki that is being populated by users. Your imagination seems to be the limiting factor in what it can do.

re: #100 RogueOne

I like the one I use but it's not as powerful as Tasker and it keeps screwing up my settings when I use bluetooth. I was going to check out tasker this weekend.

"Tasker"?

I thought you said "Talisker".

Man, I hate Scotch right now.

re: #102 RogueOne

The people I joined the army with are now retiring. My HS 25th reunion is this month. I'm Ooold, but I do look damn good.

We're about the same age then, I graduated HS in 86 and have 20 years in the Navy so far.

re: #102 RogueOne

The people I joined the army with are now retiring. My HS 25th reunion is this month. I'm Ooold, but I do look damn good.

*pinches butt*

re: #103 rwdflynavy

It seems real powerful. Check out articles on lifehacker, plus the tasker website has a wiki that is being populated by users. Your imagination seems to be the limiting factor in what it can do.

I did some reading on their wiki last weekend when you posted the app. I like the idea of being able to implement all of my apps and not just my hardware into my settings.

re: #105 rwdflynavy

We're about the same age then, I graduated HS in 86 and have 20 years in the Navy so far.

How did you end up in aviation? When I graduated OCS we only had one guy get the aviation branch. We also only had one person go intel, me!

re: #102 RogueOne

The people I joined the army with are now retiring. My HS 25th reunion is this month. I'm Ooold, but I do look damn good.

Meh - my 30 yr was 3 years ago......

*shuffles off to spray ant-killer while muttering "young whipper snappers anywho.....".

re: #108 RogueOne

How did you end up in aviation? When I graduated OCS we only had one guy get the aviation branch. We also only had one person go intel, me!

Lots of aviators out of ROTC at Va Tech in 1990. Intel is fairly rare for ROTC guys.

re: #110 rwdflynavy

Lots of aviators out of ROTC at Va Tech in 1990. Intel is fairly rare for ROTC guys.

Here I've liked you all this time and I didn't know you were a ROTC puke. That almost hurts my feelings.//

re: #109 Ericus58

Meh - my 30 yr was 3 years ago...

*shuffles off to spray ant-killer while muttering "young whipper snappers anywho...".

HEY ,, YOU KIDS ,,, GET OFF MY LAWN

Ericus, your son graduates next spring?

Heh, Senior Hour!
:P

re: #114 Varek Raith

Heh, Senior Hour!
:P

huh ,,, what,,, speak up, sonny!

I'll tell you what. The Kid better give me his Super Bowl ring.

re: #117 MandyManners

I'll tell you what. The Kid better give me his Super Bowl ring.

When mine was his age, he gave us a bath tub ring
Does that count !?!?

Mornin' folks...good day for a swim...on Mt. Everest.

re: #111 RogueOne

Here I've liked you all this time and I didn't know you were a ROTC puke. That almost hurts my feelings.//

Worse, Corps of Cadets at Va Tech. All Army drill and discipline. Navy ROTC had very little to do with my training. Wore a Corps uniform all through college and lived in the Corps dorms.

re: #120 rwdflynavy

Worse, Corps of Cadets at Va Tech. All Army drill and discipline. Navy ROTC had very little to do with my training. Wore a Corps uniform all through college and lived in the Corps dorms.

just ONE?

Hope you at least washed it every once in awhile!!

re: #121 sattv4u2

just ONE?

Hope you at least washed it every once in awhile!!

Once a year whether it needed it or not.

re: #118 sattv4u2

When mine was his age, he gave us a bath tub ring
Does that count !?!?

Cook chunks of Italian sausage with chopped up red bell peppers and a bunch of minced garlice, oregano and basil. Let it simmer with about a 1/2 cup of veggie stock. Serve it over a mess of bow-tie pasta.

I just discovered a few minutes ago that sometime last night before bed, The Kid ate every single piece of meat in the dish so all I have for breakfast is freakin' pasta with red bell peppers.

GARLIC.

re: #122 rwdflynavy

Once a year whether it needed it or not.

Heh...that's like what I tell my wife when she asks if I've watered the plants. "They know where the faucet is...if they're thirsty enough, they'll use it."

A $10 billion teacher bailout bill that is on a fast track to congressional approval is paid for, in part, with a $3.3 billion cut in defense programs.

The defense cuts may not cause much harm because it is money previously approved but unspent that is simply being rescinded, including $683.5 million unspent from last year’s economic stimulus package and $325 million that was supposed to pay for construction projects.

However, diverting money from the defense budget to education programs would eliminate any opportunity for the Defense Department or Congress to take unobligated money from one defense program to spend on another defense program.

BOOKS NOT BOMBS!!!!

re: #120 rwdflynavy

Worse, Corps of Cadets at Va Tech. All Army drill and discipline. Navy ROTC had very little to do with my training. Wore a Corps uniform all through college and lived in the Corps dorms.

I'd make fun of you but that's actually pretty cool. Plus, it could be worse. You could have been a graduate of VMI.

re: #127 RogueOne

I'd make fun of you but that's actually pretty cool. Plus, it could be worse. You could have been a graduate of VMI.

*shudders*

I wanted to go to a college with girls!

re: #128 rwdflynavy

*shudders*

I wanted to go to a college with girls!

I'm told that we're squishy.

Speaking of girls, off for a day date with my bride and fellow Hokie. Later Lizards.

If I had a brain I'd take it out and play with it.

re: #129 MandyManners

I'm told that we're squishy.

in bed

How not to be a tracker

Wednesday afternoon as our building held an ice cream social in the lobby, a young man showed up at Media Matters office armed with a camera. Positioning himself outside our office, he proceeded to ask people leaving the building what it was like to work for George Soros.

I decided to go have a conversation with him:

Another young 20 something kid doing obnoxious "political" interviews who won't say who he works for.

re: #123 MandyManners

Cook chunks of Italian sausage with chopped up red bell peppers and a bunch of minced garlice, oregano and basil. Let it simmer with about a 1/2 cup of veggie stock. Serve it over a mess of bow-tie pasta.

That sounds a lot like my favorite pizza. All you need to do is take out the pasta and add pepporoni and bacon.

re: #132 sattv4u2

in bed

Deviated prevert.

re: #126 MandyManners

A $10 billion teacher bailout bill that is on a fast track to congressional approval is paid for, in part, with a $3.3 billion cut in defense programs.

Good. Though I don't consider funding teachers necessarily a "bail out". I mean, they get shit wages to begin with...though I'm sure Fox will run a story showing some teacher on a Jet-ski and everyone will see that as government waste.

re: #113 RogueOne

Ericus, your son graduates next spring?

Indeed - he'll be back on campus after next week to start training up the Juniors in ROTC. Likes the school and city, hates the weather ;)
Univ of San Fran

re: #135 MandyManners

Deviated prevert.

IN BED!

re: #137 Ericus58

Indeed - he'll be back on campus after next week to start training up the Juniors in ROTC. Likes the school and city, hates the weather ;)
Univ of San Fran

When will find out his branch, will that happen sometime during this school year or after graduation? I guess he could already have a contract too. Well, which is it? I'm nosy!

re: #133 Killgore Trout

From its Wiki:

Media Matters initially received "more than $2 million in donations from wealthy liberals" with ties to the Democratic party (including Peter Lewis of Progressive Insurance, Steve Bing, Marcy Carsey, Susie Tompkins Buell, Leo Hindrey, Gail Furman, and James Hormel) and "was developed with help from the newly formed Center for American Progress".[15][16][17] It also has received significant funding from Democracy Alliance (funded in large measure by George Soros), MoveOn.org, and the New Democrat Network.[17][18] Media Matters hired numerous political professionals who had worked for Democratic politicians and for other progressive groups.[19] [20] Former chief of staff to president Bill Clinton John Podesta provided office space for Media Matters early in its formation at the Center for American Progress, a Democratic think tank that he had created in 2002.[21] Hillary Clinton advised Media Matters in its early stages out of a belief that progressives should follow conservatives in forming think tanks and advocacy groups to support their political goals.[22] [23] A May 2004 article on Media Matters in the conservative National Review referred to MMfA staffers who had recently worked on the presidential campaigns of John Edwards and Wesley Clark, for Congressman Barney Frank, and for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.[24]. In July 2006, Media Matters for America opened a state chapter, Colorado Media Matters [1]. Media Matters recruited Colorado natives to run Colorado Media Matters and to analyze the local state media using the original Media Matters' research techniques. The chapter closed its doors in March 2009.[25]

re: #133 Killgore Trout

Wannabe O'Keefe Fail. Ha!

re: #136 darthstar

Good. Though I don't consider funding teachers necessarily a "bail out". I mean, they get shit wages to begin with...though I'm sure Fox will run a story showing some teacher on a Jet-ski and everyone will see that as government waste.

GOOD? THAT THE BUDGET FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM HAS BEEN CUT???

Later, taters!

Mornin' Honcos.

Oh, and the person from whom I found out about Peter Lewis is, was Charles Johnson.

re: #136 darthstar

Good. Though I don't consider funding teachers necessarily a "bail out". I mean, they get shit wages to begin with...

as opposed to troops who make a damn fortune. Toss in the bonus you get for being in a war zone and we're talking some serious dollars here.

re: #145 MandyManners

Oh, and the person from whom I found out about Peter Lewis is, was Charles Johnson.

Fuck him. (Lewis, that is)

re: #139 RogueOne

When will find out his branch, will that happen sometime during this school year or after graduation? I guess he could already have a contract too. Well, which is it? I'm nosy!

He's submitted his wish-list for his field choices and post assignments about two months ago. Now that he's completed LDAC, his assessments will be factored in and he should have some feedback around October I think.
Mech Inf, Arty, EOD, Chem I think is what is his leanings. MP was at one time.

re: #142 MandyManners

GOOD? THAT THE BUDGET FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM HAS BEEN CUT???

Our budget for the men and women in uniform is the most bloated military budget on the planet. The article you copy/pasted from even says that most of the money comes from funds that the military never spent (i.e. They've got so much money allocated to them they can't spend it all).

In other words, this is not the outrageous outrage you're looking for.

re: #140 MandyManners

Now now Mandy

Media Matters is a totally legit impartial observer which always excoriates blatant lies and distortions put out by all sides of the 4th estate!

((okay ,,, my hair now hurts from typing that!!)

re: #146 RogueOne

as opposed to troops who make a damn fortune. Toss in the bonus you get for being in a war zone and we're talking some serious dollars here.

Hey, I'm all for paying our troops more money. But this is manufactured outrage. Be pissed at the bank bailouts, or auto bailouts, or whatever floats your boat, but really...10 billion for teachers and police and suddenly everyone's CONCERNED??? Fuck. Me.

re: #150 sattv4u2

Now now Mandy

Media Matters is a totally legit impartial observer which always excoriates blatant lies and distortions put out by all sides of the 4th estate!

((okay ,,, my hair now hurts from typing that!!)

Yet people piss and moan about Fox News. (which, BTW, I don't watch)

re: #149 darthstar

Our budget for the men and women in uniform is the most bloated military budget on the planet

4.3% of GDP is "bloated'?

re: #141 darthstar

Wannabe O'Keefe Fail. Ha!

I suspect this might be the same kid here....
Congressman Assaults Student on Washington Sidewalk

re: #152 Cannadian Club Akbar

Yet people piss and moan about Fox News. (which, BTW, I don't watch)

Media Matters is a blog. Yes, a liberal blog that posts videos of media personalities talking out their asses, primarily. But really, equating them with Fox news? Don't you think that's just a little bit of a stretch?

On second thought, I guess in the micro-universe of the internet that Media Matters and Fox are on fairly equal footing. It's a good thing most Americans don't live on the internet (myself and present company excluded)...otherwise, this could be bad news for Murdoch.

re: #154 Killgore Trout

I'll bet these guys get that shit from "students" every day. Won't identify themselves... film them, etc.

I'd fucking kill a "student" at some point.

But that would be wrong, so? I don't run.

re: #155 darthstar

I get your point. I actually had this conversation yesterday with my boss. The best thing I can say is if you and I are sitting on a couch and we watch Fox or read Media Matters, we know how to filter through the bullshit. Sad more people can't.

re: #148 Ericus58

He's submitted his wish-list for his field choices and post assignments about two months ago. Now that he's completed LDAC, his assessments will be factored in and he should have some feedback around October I think.
Mech Inf, Arty, EOD, Chem I think is what is his leanings. MP was at one time.

Best of luck to you both. Anyone who has signed up or decided to stay in during the last 7 years or so all get extra credit on the ballsiness scale. Especially those young men who have to know they're going in a combat arms job.

Mech Infantry is where he'll have the most fun. For myself I was hoping for Chem but I figured I'd get Mech. IMO, A 2lt job in mech is best job ever.

Hey RogueOne:

Yesterday you said that most of the racist Rush Limbaugh quotes were made up as you recalled. Care to take a look at the verified racist quote list Charles put together?

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #146 RogueOne

as opposed to troops who make a damn fortune. Toss in the bonus you get for being in a war zone and we're talking some serious dollars here.

My son, a high school junior, has a tough choice to make

Become a business tycoon
Become a major league sports star

Or go into the military so he can make the BIG bucks!!!

re: #156 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

OT- Prayers, my friend.

re: #156 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #161 Cannadian Club Akbar

OT- Prayers, my friend.

Ditto

We're here for you, big guy!

re: #160 sattv4u2

My son, a high school junior, has a tough choice to make

Become a business tycoon
Become a major league sports star

Or go into the military so he can make the BIG bucks!!!

Or he could smoke pot and live under a bridge and own a shopping cart. Why limit him?
///

re: #160 sattv4u2

My son, a high school junior, has a tough choice to make

Become a business tycoon
Become a major league sports star

Or go into the military so he can make the BIG bucks!!!

How about college?

re: #164 darthstar

How about college?

Alex, I'll take a clue for a hundred please!

re: #163 Cannadian Club Akbar

Or he could smoke pot and live under a bridge and own a shopping cart. Why limit him?
///

All the good bridges are already spoken for

re: #161 Cannadian Club Akbar

re: #162 sattv4u2

Turns out that the kid has had a UTI (urinary tract infection); common with paralysis victims. Un-detected. Has turned in to storm of infection through him. In his lungs, and he went septic. It's in his blood now.

Just a matter of time, it appears.

Heading to hospital. Y'all?

Thanks.

re: #165 sattv4u2

Alex, I'll take a clue for a hundred please!

Hey, it's your kid...you encourage him however you want.

re: #167 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #162 sattv4u2

Turns out that the kid has had a UTI (urinary tract infection); common with paralysis victims. Un-detected. Has turned in to storm of infection through him. In his lungs, and he went septic. It's in his blood now.

Just a matter of time, it appears.

Heading to hospital. Y'all?

Thanks.

A transfusion wouldn't cure it?
damn!

re: #167 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Fuck.

re: #167 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Shit. Sorry to hear that. Lost a fellow ski patroller last year after an infection went rampant on him.

re: #167 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Best wishes for your daughter. It sounds like she needs them more than anyone.

re: #159 bratwurst

Hey RogueOne:

Yesterday you said that most of the racist Rush Limbaugh quotes were made up as you recalled. Care to take a look at the verified racist quote list Charles put together?

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Did media matters not run phony limbaugh quotes since that's what we were talking about?

re: #173 RogueOne

Did media matters not run phony limbaugh quotes since that's what we were talking about?

A. Why would anyone need to run phony quotes by Limbaugh?

B. You're defending Limbaugh?

fuuuck.

Gaza power plant shuts down citing lack of fuel

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Engineers shut down Gaza City's sole power plant on Saturday because of a lack of fuel, switching off electricity to some half a million people in the midst of a heat wave.

The fuel for the plant is supplied by the rival Palestinian government in the West Bank, which says it has reduced shipments because the Gaza's Hamas government is behind on payments.

It's still the Jews' fault though, right?

/

re: #174 darthstar

A. Why would anyone need to run phony quotes by Limbaugh?

B. You're defending Limbaugh?

fuuuck.

No. I was discouraging people yesterday for taking a MediaMatters report at face value. I didn't realize that would be so controversial.

re: #174 darthstar

A. Why would anyone need to run phony quotes by Limbaugh?

Media Matters thought they had too obviously

B. You're defending Limbaugh?

No defense of him there. He stated some shitty things. He also DIDN'T say some shitty things he was accused of and thats what Rogue was referring too

fuuuck.

I hate the fucking media. Both sides.

re: #176 RogueOne

No. I was discouraging people yesterday for taking a MediaMatters report at face value. I didn't realize that would be so controversial.

Okay...my bad. I just didn't have the full context. Media matters is a blog, you know...like this place, or Huffpo, or dkos, or Redstate...it never hurts to cross-check a story for validity. Sadly, we have to do that with a lot of our network news these days as well.

re: #173 RogueOne

Did media matters not run phony limbaugh quotes since that's what we were talking about?

There were 2 or 3 quotes attributed to Limbaugh on MM and elsewhere that were dubious. Care to say anything about the verified quotes linked above?

re: #179 darthstar

Okay...my bad. I just didn't have the full context. Media matters is a blog, you know...like this place, or Huffpo, or dkos, or Redstate...it never hurts to cross-check a story for validity. Sadly, we have to do that with a lot of our network news these days as well.

LGF is the fucking bomb when it comes for fact checking. TAKE THAT NYT!! Bitches.

re: #176 RogueOne

No. I was discouraging people yesterday for taking a MediaMatters report at face value. I didn't realize that would be so controversial.

I think there were a few (3-4) unsourced quotes on their original list of 20 -30 quotes. Not a big deal. He's still a racist fuck.

re: #180 bratwurst

There were 2 or 3 quotes attributed to Limbaugh on MM and elsewhere that were dubious. Care to say anything about the verified quotes linked above?

Care to stay on point?

I take it all back and I apologize. You can trust a partisan site that cuts up clips and posts them as "damaging news blurbs!" while simultaneously not trusting sites that do exactly the same thing with opposing partisanship. One mans partisan is another mans patriot so to speak. I'll try to be more open minded in the future.

re: #182 Killgore Trout

I think there were a few (3-4) unsourced quotes on their original list of 20 -30 quotes. Not a big deal. He's still a racist fuck.

bolded for truth

re: #183 RogueOne

Care to stay on point?
Goal post moving is not a lost art

re: #185 sattv4u2

Care to stay on point?
Goal post moving is not a lost art

It's more like trying to keep everyone on the dance floor when they're all moving to whatever's playing on their iPod.

re: #183 RogueOne

Care to stay on point?

I take it all back and I apologize. You can trust a partisan site that cuts up clips and posts them as "damaging news blurbs!" while simultaneously not trusting sites that do exactly the same thing with opposing partisanship. One mans partisan is another mans patriot so to speak. I'll try to be more open minded in the future.

Let's go back and read what you said yesterday:

I seem to remember that the worst of the rush comments were made up.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Now you have a list of obnoxious comments he definitely DID make and audio/video of each of them. Are you suggesting that MM dummied up each and every one of the many clips that Charles linked?

re: #186 darthstar

It's more like trying to keep everyone on the dance floor when they're all moving to whatever's playing on their iPod.

Not really

Rogue made a point (that as of yet hasn't been disputed)

Instead of acknowledging he was correct and leaving it at that, it was expanded to include comments that WERE made (goal post moved). Rogue never stated that Rush didn't make racist comments, only that Media Matters DID attribute other comments to him

Can't we all get along?

I was looking for the In Living Color clip but ran across this. Interesting. I'm not sure who Perceiving Reality is so if they turn out to be some weird cult it's not my fault.

re: #189 RogueOne

Can't we all get along?

What fun would that be!?!?!?!
/

Look at this racist headline!!
[Link: www.time.com...]

re: #187 bratwurst

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Now you have a list of obnoxious comments he definitely DID make and audio/video of each of them. Are you suggesting that MM dummied up each and every one of the many clips that Charles linked?

No, I'm saying they put words in his mouth that never uttered by him. I'm saying last week someone posted another MM story about rush that turned out to be completely misleading. I'm saying they're no better than their counterparts. They're all slime and in the business to do nothing other than sling mud. It's one continual out of context flame war. I don't patronize sites like that but you're welcome to knock yourself out.

re: #191 Cannadian Club Akbar

Look at this racist headline!!
[Link: www.time.com...]

Time magazine = right wing kooks!!!
//

re: #188 sattv4u2

Not really

Rogue made a point (that as of yet hasn't been disputed)

Instead of acknowledging he was correct and leaving it at that, it was expanded to include comments that WERE made (goal post moved). Rogue never stated that Rush didn't make racist comments, only that Media Matters DID attribute other comments to him

Here was his point:

the worst of the rush comments were made up

I am disputing that. "Worst" is, of course, subjective. A few of the most blatantly racist quotes do not have supporting audio/video. This is correct, but these quotes were found several places...so attributing them to MM may not be accurate. In any case, I personally find that some of the verified quotes are just as racist as some of the disputable ones, so yes...I dispute his point.

re: #194 bratwurst

Here was his point:

the worst of the rush comments were made up

I am disputing that

Then you should have just said that and left it at that, instead of coming up with a 'Gotchya,, see ,, Rush DID make racists comments"

Rogue never stated he (Rush) didn't!

Funny, I'm looking for the "Barack the Magic Negro" written as an opinion piece by the LA Times and can't find it. Weird.

re: #194 bratwurst

I am disputing that. "Worst" is, of course, subjective. A few of the most blatantly racist quotes do not have supporting audio/video. This is correct, but these quotes were found several places...so attributing them to MM may not be accurate. In any case, I personally find that some of the verified quotes are just as racist as some of the disputable ones, so yes...I dispute his point.

I agree... Rush makes racist comments. He has in the past and he probably will in the future.

Media Matters has made up or attributed phony statements to Rush. Agree?

(Crickets in 5,4,3,2,1... )

re: #197 Walter L. Newton

I agree... Rush makes racist comments. He has in the past and he probably will in the future.

Media Matters has made up or attributed phony statements to Rush. Agree?

(Crickets in 5,4,3,2,1... )

I have stated here that there were approximately 3 racist quotes attributed to Rush on MM and elsewhere that are not verifiable. If you have crickets in your house, you should call an exterminator.

re: #196 Cannadian Club Akbar

Funny, I'm looking for the "Barack the Magic Negro" written as an opinion piece by the LA Times and can't find it. Weird.

[Link: articles.latimes.com...]

re: #187 bratwurst

Maybe the problem I'm having communicating this is because of Rush but I'm not talking about their take on him specifically. They do it to everybody, it's in their nature. Either you're on the other side of an issue or you aren't keeping with the correct dogma so therefore you're a target. We see it all the time on both sides of the aisle and yet somehow people get it in their head that they because they happen to agree with a political stance then it's ok to trust one of those sites as a source.

I don't go to newsbusters (I even had to look it up because I couldn't remember their name), I don't go to Media Matters, I don't go to Hot Air, and I don't go to DKos. We already know what slant they're going to take on an issue or a media personality. What the hell is the point?

Racist!!! HAR!!
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

re: #199 Stonemason

Thank you sir.

re: #197 Walter L. Newton

I agree... Rush makes racist comments. He has in the past and he probably will in the future.

Media Matters has made up or attributed phony statements to Rush. Agree?

(Crickets in 5,4,3,2,1... )

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #202 Cannadian Club Akbar

I found it, then read it...holy crap...I thought the LA Times was left leaning, strange to find out they are actually tea party (before the tea party existed).

It's driving Al crazy that Obama is as impressive and popular as he is, and he's not happy about it," a black Democratic activist was quoted as saying.

HEH!! Linky:
[Link: www.suntimes.com...]

re: #198 bratwurst

approximately 3 racist quotes attributed to Rush on MM and elsewhere that are not verifiable.

You can't even bring yourself to say they were made up,, exaggerated,, taken out of context ,,,

"not verifiable"

re: #198 bratwurst

If you know you're going to be spun before you even start watching or reading then why would you waste your time? Did we not already know what side of the HCR debate Ed Shultz and Sean Hannity were going to be on before it was even a consideration? I don't have that kind of patience so I just refuse to watch and/or give traffic.

Nothing racist here. Move along.
[Link: opinion.latimes.com...]

re: #206 sattv4u2

approximately 3 racist quotes attributed to Rush on MM and elsewhere that are not verifiable.

You can't even bring yourself to say they were made up,, exaggerated,, taken out of context ,,,

"not verifiable"

It is absolutely possible that they were indeed made up,, exaggerated,, taken out of context ,,,

Now can you bring yourself to say that it is possible (not likely but POSSIBLE) they were indeed accurate but made before his show was archived?

By the way, I don't have any great love of Media Matters. The truth is that I had never even heard of it until I came here about a year ago. Thanks LGF!

re: #176 RogueOne

No. I was discouraging people yesterday for taking a MediaMatters report at face value. I didn't realize that would be so controversial.

That was my post regarding Limbaugh, where he stated that talk about secession and civil war "are not the rantings of extreme kookism" (his words) that you're still taking issue with .

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Please make a note that I link I provided includes the audio segment so you can judge for yourself whether the statement is accurate.

After you said not to trust the MM clip because "that partisan sites just might put edited clips out there that take things out of context", I replied to your accusation here:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

with this statement:

The clip is an unedited, self-contained segment. It begins with a call taken by Limbaugh, followed by his response in monologue form (no interaction with caller outside of opening part of segment). The only way this could have been edited is if sections were taken out mid-segment, and the flow of the clip indicates there are no gaps.

There was no Brietbart-style editing here - Here's the link to the transcript taken directly from Limbaugh's own site.

[Link: www.rushlimbaugh.com...]

CALLER: I'm calling because I don't know if the election is even going to solve the problems in this country. I'm very conservative, but I don't think... You know, look at what's happening in California. Let's say that most of the conservatives win reelection in midterm elections. They don't have to accept it. There will be other judges. I think it's already too far gone.

RUSH: Well, okay. If we're too far gone, then what are you going to do?

CALLER: I think the states may be be looking at secession, maybe another Civil War -- and tell you the truth, I'm ready for it because I'm so hopping mad.

RUSH: You know, this is --

CALLER: I'm mad every day.

RUSH: I know. You're mad.

CALLER: I'm mad at the --

RUSH: You are mad every day. Other people are depressed every day. Look at what people in this... This is a reasonable woman and she's talking about secession, Civil War! She's not alone, folks. This is not the rantings of extreme kookism anymore. Minorities do not... You know, if we give way to the minority every time, we got minority rule -- which is what we've got, by the way, and look where it's taking us. Minority rule. So, "The midterms aren't going to matter. We need a revolution. We need secession." She's mad. A lot of other people are mad. (interruption) Well, some might say the Civil War's already on, a nonviolent one with no arms that have been taken up, but some would say a Civil War's going on. Not started by us. If you're of the opinion that the Civil War is underway, it's been started by the American left years and years and years ago and is just now intensifying.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT

Wanna explain where Media Matters took his words out of context?

re: #79 Obdicut

No, I know why you call me cheerleader. It's because you think there actually are 'teams'.

There aren't teams. Obama is not my guy. Obama is not doing much good at all about renewable energy, which is my main concern, health care, while a tiny first step, is still screwed, and the country is still full of unadressed, systemic problems. The finance reform won't do jack because it's not algorithmically evolutionary, and the markets are.

Yet somehow to you, because I say that the right-wing is currently crazier-- which it is-- you transform that into me being a cheerleader-- and you don't even notice the irony of that.

Media matters has distorted crap before and will distort stuff in the future. However, it is really easy to compare them to Breitbart and use common sense to see that Brietbart is far more extreme than they are, and far more damaging to the national discourse.

Except, for you, somehow the magical balance fairy means that the 'sides' are always equal.

Like I said, kinda cute.

Right on Breitbart vs MM, right on renewable energy, on finance reform, etc.

Unfortunately, Obamacare is no small step. Since the law hasn't gone into force yet, we can't be sure just how bad it'll be, but it's already added to the demoralization of business and consumer confidence.

re: #211 lostlakehiker

As a small business owner, I wish that HCR was taking effect sooner.

And calling it "Obamacare" is silly.

Eventually, we will have to move to a public option at the least. Our system, even with HCR, is not sustainable.

There is racism on both sides guys. Let's not pile it all on the right. Me, I'll tell ya to grab a beer. There are lawn chairs in the garage (grab your own, I'm not you mother) and we'll kick back. Then I will decide if I like you. And I don't care about skin color and all that. If you are an asshole, I might be able to figure it out.

re: #213 Cannadian Club Akbar

There is racism on both sides guys. Let's not pile it all on the right. Me, I'll tell ya to grab a beer. There are lawn chairs in the garage (grab your own, I'm not you mother) and we'll kick back. Then I will decide if I like you. And I don't care about skin color and all that. If you are an asshole, I might be able to figure it out.

You had me at "grab a beer"!

re: #210 RadicalModerate

After listening to the audio it sure seemed to me that he was talking about the callers, and a lot of his callers, point-of-view. I didn't here any calls for secession. Plus, we have no idea what was being talked about for the previous hour, or two, or possibly 3. If you want to believe that clip represents the entirety of his views, I'm not going to try to stop you. I don't know what his actual views are because I don't listen but I do know what MM does for a living and I'm unwilling to take their word for it. I don't really have the time or the inclination to listen to the whole show to decide if they're take is correct or not.

re: #215 RogueOne

I made it almost all the way through without a grammatical error.

If I want to start my morning off with a slow burn I go here:
[Link: twitter.com...]

But even though they don't do a lot of commentary they're still a very biased source. Take that into consideration.

re: #210 RadicalModerate

This is when the crickets really come in...

re: #217 RogueOne

BTW, the 4th story down is about where I went to HS.

re: #213 Cannadian Club Akbar

There is racism on both sides guys. Let's not pile it all on the right. Me, I'll tell ya to grab a beer. There are lawn chairs in the garage (grab your own, I'm not you mother) and we'll kick back. Then I will decide if I like you. And I don't care about skin color and all that. If you are an asshole, I might be able to figure it out.

There is of course racism on both the left and the right but I don't see it in the links you posted. Could someone explain it to me?

and I just learned something from the Injustice feed, there's a town named "cooter".

Former Cooter police officer accused of stealing from evidence room
[Link: www.kfvs12.com...]

re: #209 bratwurst

Again, you're straying from the original point

You accused Rogue of defending Rush (which he didn't) because Rogue pointed out that MM less than accurate and honest in their reportage.
You even admitted that there were comments attributed to him that
weren't verifiable" because they (alledgedly) before the show was archived
Looks as if you're the one defending someone!

re: #220 3kids3dogs

LA Times guy write a opinion piece called "Barak The Magic Negro" and not a sound. Rush turns it into a song and OUTRAGE!!
The other two are just funny because one hated Obama for running for President and the other talked about cutting off his nuts. But that is OK since both guys are black.

Meanwhile, in Gaza....
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re: #220 3kids3dogs

There is of course racism on both the left and the right but I don't see it in the links you posted. Could someone explain it to me?

It's quite simple. By saying both sides do it, you can ignore the possibility that your side is doing it...or at least dilute the negative attention your side is getting because of it. Whatever it happens to be (racism, sexism, ageism, theism, ismism...)

re: #225 darthstar

It's quite simple. By saying both sides do it, you can ignore the possibility that your side is doing it...or at least dilute the negative attention your side is getting because of it. Whatever it happens to be (racism, sexism, ageism, theism, ismism...)

OR

if you constantly yell that the OTHER side is doing it you can ignore that your side is!

re: #220 3kids3dogs

what kinda dogs, btw

(we have two, a Westie and a terrier/ mix)

re: #226 sattv4u2

OR

if you constantly yell that the OTHER side is doing it you can ignore that your side is!

OR
You yell about the other side yelling about you yelling at them for yelling at you!

re: #223 Cannadian Club Akbar

LA Times guy write a opinion piece called "Barak The Magic Negro" and not a sound. Rush turns it into a song and OUTRAGE!!
The other two are just funny because one hated Obama for running for President and the other talked about cutting off his nuts. But that is OK since both guys are black.

I didn't see anything racist in the opinion piece. Can you explain to me what was racist in it?

I still don't understand what was racist about Sharpton being upset about Obama running or Jackson talking about cutting off Obama's nuts. Can you explain that as well?

re: #228 Varek Raith

OR
You yell about the other side yelling about you yelling at them for yelling at you!

GET OFF MY LAWN!

I can't be racist. I hate everyone.
//I actually do hate people in general.

re: #222 sattv4u2

Again, you're straying from the original point

You accused Rogue of defending Rush (which he didn't) because Rogue pointed out that MM less than accurate and honest in their reportage.
You even admitted that there were comments attributed to him that
weren't verifiable" because they (alledgedly) before the show was archived
Looks as if you're the one defending someone!

I alleged nothing, I just presented a possibility. I also conceded that your explanation (that the quotes were completely fictional or totally out of context) might also be true.

Now are you going to grab a beer or not?

re: #230 sattv4u2

GET OFF MY LAWN!

YOUNG PEOPLE USE CURSE WORDS!

re: #227 sattv4u2

what kinda dogs, btw

(we have two, a Westie and a terrier/ mix)

A shepherd/collie mix, a Golden Retriever and a Bichon/Yorkie mix.

BTW, my mother had a Westie that she just had to put down. He was about 17 years old.

re: #229 3kids3dogs

I didn't see anything racist in the opinion piece. Can you explain to me what was racist in it?

I still don't understand what was racist about Sharpton being upset about Obama running or Jackson talking about cutting off Obama's nuts. Can you explain that as well?

I think that was either an attempt at sarcasm or an attempt to derail the discussion altogether.

re: #229 3kids3dogs

I didn't see anything racist in the opinion piece. Can you explain to me what was racist in it?

I still don't understand what was racist about Sharpton being upset about Obama running or Jackson talking about cutting off Obama's nuts. Can you explain that as well?

I should have used sarc tags for the Sharpton/Jackson stuff. My bad. But "Barack the Magic Negro"? That is offensive.

re: #167 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Prayers for Kyle, FBV.

re: #225 darthstar

It's quite simple. By saying both sides do it, you can ignore the possibility that your side is doing it...or at least dilute the negative attention your side is getting because of it. Whatever it happens to be (racism, sexism, ageism, theism, ismism...)

True but I wasn't even talking about racism or even secession. For all I know Limbaugh could have screamed out "It's time to take up arms becuase I hate minorities and fereigners!" but if he did it better come from source other than a noted partisan site.

re: #233 Varek Raith

YOUNG PEOPLE USE CURSE WORDS!

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re: #223 Cannadian Club Akbar

LA Times guy write a opinion piece called "Barak The Magic Negro" and not a sound. Rush turns it into a song and OUTRAGE!!
The other two are just funny because one hated Obama for running for President and the other talked about cutting off his nuts. But that is OK since both guys are black.

LOL, a writer quotes Spike Lee in a relevant analytical context and it's racism? Rush uses it as carte blanche to sing the word Negro like the smarmy, childish, negrophobic piece of worthless trash that his track record separately establishes, and he's misunderstood.

Awe, the poor little racist fuck got taken out of context, get your bitch ass over it.

Wife and SiL have been out all morning. 2 minute warning before it's time to open the beer on my desk.

re: #235 darthstar

I think that was either an attempt at sarcasm or an attempt to derail the discussion altogether.

Listen, mister. It wasn't an attempt. I'm quite funny.
//

re: #239 darthstar

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re: #240 goddamnedfrank

Way to miss the point.

re: #234 3kids3dogs

A shepherd/collie mix, a Golden Retriever and a Bichon/Yorkie mix.

BTW, my mother had a Westie that she just had to put down. He was about 17 years old.

We had to put one down at 15 years old

The two we have now we took from a shelter. The mixed one we got about 3 years ago. At the time they stated he was 4-6 years old
The Westie we've had almost a year. They told us he was 1 1/2 -2 when we got him

re: #238 RogueOne

True but I wasn't even talking about racism or even secession. For all I know Limbaugh could have screamed out "It's time to take up arms becuase I hate minorities and fereigners!" but if he did it better come from source other than a noted partisan site.

I get it. You don't like Media Matters, so you don't visit them or believe anything they have to say.

Here's the problem with unemployment benefits... we are not marketing the concept correctly... I never realized how the British term unemployment benefits...

"Kevin Gaffney had to face up to a double setback on Friday. The 53-year-old, made redundant by the airline that employed him at London’s Heathrow airport, was obliged to sign on for jobseeker’s allowance for the first time."

It has such a nice pleasant sound to it... points out to the recipient what the real goal of the benefit is for...

In the current economy, it doesn't change jack shit, but it's still one of those calm sounding terms.

[Link: www.ft.com...]

re: #243 Varek Raith

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That's the one I wanted.

re: #242 Cannadian Club Akbar

Listen, mister. It wasn't an attempt. I'm quite funny.
//

Of course you are.

re: #242 Cannadian Club Akbar

Listen, mister. It wasn't an attempt. I'm quite funny.
//

Yeah ,, but looks aren't everything!

/

re: #236 Cannadian Club Akbar

I should have used sarc tags for the Sharpton/Jackson stuff. My bad. But "Barack the Magic Negro"? That is offensive.

OK, simple misunderstanding on my part regarding the Shartpon/Jackson links.

I don't find the other offensive. I think the magic negro thing is something used in movies/tv and is annoying. In regards to it use with Obama, I look at it similar to his being called the messiah. Would you agree that there is nothing racist about the opinion piece other than the headline (which I find questionable)?

re: #246 darthstar