Here’s the official video for ‘Saturday Sun’ from the new album by Crowded House: Intriguer. And what an excellent album it is. It’s impossible for Neil Finn to write a bad song.
Here’s an Amazon MP3 widget with more samples from Intriguer:
And here’s a promotional video for the album, also from Amazon:
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Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 7, 2010 5:31:28pm |
This is one of the best Crowded House albums in years. Really digging it. The iTunes version comes with 11 videos and a very cool digital booklet.
Here's an iTunes store link with the LGF affiliate ID embedded:
[Link: click.linksynergy.com...]
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Sat, Aug 7, 2010 5:38:18pm |
Hello! I hope that everyone has has a great Friday/Saturday.
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darthstar Sat, Aug 7, 2010 5:50:37pm |
Howdy, everyone...drive by posting, we're headed to Skool for dinner. Have a good Saturday evening...
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:02:37pm |
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:06:51pm |
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Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:14:30pm |
I'm surprised no one has brought up the issue of Neil's odd mustache yet.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:16:57pm |
Injury Update:
Right Wrist still in sling and splint, and will be until I see the Orthopedic doctor again on August 13. I'm thinking he'll leave it on longer than that, but that's no problem. It is broken but non-dislocated, so the splint, the sling, and some time *should* fix it. Surgery does not appeal to me!
Left hand much better, still a little bruising.
Bruises on both knees almost gone and they feel much better!
Stitches out of lip, no bleeding, and no pain!
Still got a lot of deep bruising on my chest. Time will fix that.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:17:35pm |
re: #8 Charles
I'm surprised no one has brought up the issue of Neil's odd mustache yet.
A tragic shaving incident, no doubt
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:18:30pm |
re: #7 LudwigVanQuixote
Hey Hoops! How's one of my favorite people tonight?
I'm watching the Hall of Fame Ceremonies tonight in a Hotel..I've been so inspired tonight..Yes I have cried with the stories with these great men..
I want to be a better man...I will strive to be the best..I will work harder and longer...I want to be be in in God's Hall of fame..To be humble and strong...To inspire people like I have been inspired..Dang...To be all I can be in this life..
That is my goal..This is my life when I listen to the greatest among us..
This night tears me up cause I get so inspired by these men.. I hope someday I will be looked upon by my family and friends as a inspiration
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:18:34pm |
re: #8 Charles
I'm surprised no one has brought up the issue of Neil's odd mustache yet.
Neil sure has an odd mustache, doesn't he? :)
(Evening, Charles!)
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:18:45pm |
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Kruk Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:19:26pm |
Today's right wing looniness:
Glenn Beck: Obama's America is like "Planet of the Apes" (Get it? Get it? Do ya? Hur, hur, hur).
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Rush Limbaugh:
Michelle Obama gets a media free pass as reparation for our slave past.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Jesus wept.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:19:52pm |
re: #11 HoosierHoops
I want to be a better man...I will strive to be the best..I will work harder and longer.
For just 8 payments of $59.99 I can help you with that
(operators standing by)
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bratwurst Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:20:44pm |
re: #8 Charles
I'm surprised no one has brought up the issue of Neil's odd mustache yet.
I would except that I don't want to antagonize any lizards by invoking the name of Sean Penn!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:22:14pm |
re: #17 SteveC
Buddha didn't feel so good, either.
maybe if someone rubbed his belly he'd feel better!
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Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:23:34pm |
re: #14 Kruk
Today's right wing looniness:
Glenn Beck: Obama's America is like "Planet of the Apes" (Get it? Get it? Do ya? Hur, hur, hur).
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Rush Limbaugh:
Michelle Obama gets a media free pass as reparation for our slave past.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Jesus wept.
Rush Limbaugh is far richer than Michelle Obama will ever be.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:23:38pm |
re: #18 sattv4u2
maybe if someone rubbed his belly he'd feel better!
Good tummy rub makes my dog happy!
/
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:24:33pm |
Saturday night, a fine music post, almost like a lounge night. I am resting in, just finished steak and caramelized onions. Cocktail next.
Re fueling after a major hike. At least for me. About 2 1/2 miles but 2000 foot climb. Starting at 6000 feet. Now that will get your heart pumping.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:26:00pm |
re: #21 Rightwingconspirator
Saturday night, a fine music post, almost like a lounge night. I am resting in, just finished steak and caramelized onions. Cocktail next.
Re fueling after a major hike. At least for me. About 2 1/2 miles but 2000 foot climb. Starting at 6000 feet. Now that will get your heart pumping.
That is a good walk!
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:28:08pm |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:28:21pm |
re: #21 Rightwingconspirator
Saturday night, a fine music post, almost like a lounge night. I am resting in, just finished steak and caramelized onions. Cocktail next.
Re fueling after a major hike. At least for me. About 2 1/2 miles but 2000 foot climb. Starting at 6000 feet. Now that will get your heart pumping.
you BASTAHD!!
/
I still have half an hour to go here at work (been here 12 1/2 already) followed by an hour + ride hom,e before I can even THINK about an adult beverage!
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:31:38pm |
re: #15 sattv4u2
I want to be a better man...I will strive to be the best..I will work harder and longer.
For just 8 payments of $59.99 I can help you with that
(operators standing by)
Are you fucking with me? I didn't even get adopted until I was 12 years old..I hated every human on the face of the earth until a family took me in and taught me love...I am inspired again tonight by great men and my life has changed by love and friendship...Don't fuck with me Satt,,Cause unlike Obama my Birth certificate is available by request...
/
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:33:18pm |
re: #24 sattv4u2
you BASTAHD!!
/I still have half an hour to go here at work (been here 12 1/2 already) followed by an hour + ride hom,e before I can even THINK about an adult beverage!
My docs want me to drink an "Enhanced Nutrition Drink" until all my bumps, breaks and bruises are healed. My Adult Beverage selection has been limited to Ensure for a little while!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:35:51pm |
re: #25 HoosierHoops
Are you fucking with me? I didn't even get adopted until I was 12 years old..I hated every human on the face of the earth until a family took me in and taught me love...I am inspired again tonight by great men and my life has changed by love and friendship...Don't fuck with me Satt,,Cause unlike Obama my Birth certificate is available by request...
/
Okay ,, in that case, cut it to 7 payments!
/
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:37:43pm |
re: #28 sattv4u2
Okay ,, in that case, cut it to 7 payments!
/
*wink*
HOF speeches get me all choked up every single time
Hope today finds you well my friend...
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swamprat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:39:22pm |
re: #29 HoosierHoops
*wink*
HOF speeches get me all choked up every single time
Hope today finds you well my friend...
I love you for that. You have fed the correct dog.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:41:29pm |
And on that note, gotta go get things set up for the overnight guys
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:44:07pm |
re: #31 sattv4u2
And on that note, gotta go get things set up for the overnight guys
Aren't they manly men? Can't they do that for themselves?
//
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The Shadow Do Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:45:06pm |
re: #29 HoosierHoops
*wink*
HOF speeches get me all choked up every single time
Hope today finds you well my friend...
I knew Floyd could run the ball. Turns out he a hell of an orator as well!
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Velvet Elvis Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:45:09pm |
The Finn Brothers was one of the best live shows I've ever seen. One thing I was prepared for is just how good a guitar player Neil Finn is when he takes a solo.
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Velvet Elvis Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:45:34pm |
re: #35 Conservative Moonbat
The Finn Brothers was one of the best live shows I've ever seen. One thing I was prepared for is just how good a guitar player Neil Finn is when he takes a solo.
was not
PIMF
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:45:55pm |
re: #14 Kruk
Today's right wing looniness:
Glenn Beck: Obama's America is like "Planet of the Apes" (Get it? Get it? Do ya? Hur, hur, hur).
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Rush Limbaugh:
Michelle Obama gets a media free pass as reparation for our slave past.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Jesus wept.
Yes. I would normally get really upset that the First Lady went on vacation, but then I think about the history of the United States as a slave-holding nation, and I realize I have to silently put up with the First Lady taking a trip during the summer.
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:48:27pm |
re: #34 The Shadow Do
I knew Floyd could run the ball. Turns out he a hell of an orator as well!
Here comes Smith next...Dang the best HOF speeches of all time...
I really need to wipe these tears from my eyes..I am so inspired...Sorry Lizards..I never get emotional like this..I am so sorry
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The Shadow Do Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:50:08pm |
re: #38 HoosierHoops
Here comes Smith next...Dang the best HOF speeches of all time...
I really need to wipe these tears from my eyes..I am so inspired...Sorry Lizards..I never get emotional like this..I am so sorry
Love your passion for sport and the lessons taught, Hoosier.
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avanti Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:52:53pm |
re: #14 Kruk
The extreme hatred of Michelle Obama and the POTUS is almost scary over at the stalker site. I had to quit reading the comments on a racist thread about the trip to Spain. Again, I thought some of what I thought were decent banned Lizards would speak up over there.
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:58:20pm |
re: #14 Kruk
Today's right wing looniness:
Glenn Beck: Obama's America is like "Planet of the Apes" (Get it? Get it? Do ya? Hur, hur, hur).
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Rush Limbaugh:
Michelle Obama gets a media free pass as reparation for our slave past.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Jesus wept.
And people wonder why there are only three black teabaggers, maybe four Hispanics.
For pundits who claim to be colorblind, Beck and the Fat Man sure do spend a lot of time talking about race. Usually in the form of, "Help! Help! Black people are oppressing me and other whites!" It plays well with a segment of the public that is (slowly) dying out.
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:59:08pm |
re: #41 albusteve
preach it Brother Emmitt
Amen Brother...These are the greatest men among us...
I am so inspired by these great men..It happens every year
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:59:49pm |
re: #25 HoosierHoops
Are you fucking with me? I didn't even get adopted until I was 12 years old..I hated every human on the face of the earth until a family took me in and taught me love...I am inspired again tonight by great men and my life has changed by love and friendship...Don't fuck with me Satt,,Cause unlike Obama my Birth certificate is available by request...
/
Hoops we love you!
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:00:07pm |
re: #43 HoosierHoops
Amen Brother...These are the greatest men among us...
I am so inspired by these great men..It happens every year
I think he's boring, but that's just me
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:01:46pm |
Actress Eva Longoria looks at a Spiderman comic that she received from a journalist who gave it to her to give to Michelle Obama prior to the Starlight Charity Gala at the Villa Padierna Hotel in Marbella, Spain, Saturday Aug. 7, 2010.
Could it be a Spiderman comic previously owned by Charles Johnson??!!
Stay tuned...
/
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:03:00pm |
re: #35 Conservative Moonbat
Every time I go out for music I am happily surprised. I see 5 or 6 bands in a few hours at a time. We live in an era of exploding talent. Music, science, math, apparently everything except politics. These may be truly great artistic renaissance days. We just don't know it yet. A result of stress and population, plus the internet.
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:03:01pm |
re: #45 albusteve
I think he's boring, but that's just me
He is crying on stage..You call that boring?
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Obdicut Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:03:31pm |
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:03:35pm |
re: #14 Kruk
Today's right wing looniness:
Glenn Beck: Obama's America is like "Planet of the Apes" (Get it? Get it? Do ya? Hur, hur, hur).
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Rush Limbaugh:
Michelle Obama gets a media free pass as reparation for our slave past.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Jesus wept.
///Don't you realize that by quoting Huff Post you've completely invalidated your argument?
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:03:54pm |
re: #40 avanti
The extreme hatred of Michelle Obama and the POTUS is almost scary over at the stalker site. I had to quit reading the comments on a racist thread about the trip to Spain. Again, I thought some of what I thought were decent banned Lizards would speak up over there.
They hates us, my precious!
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:04:03pm |
re: #40 avanti
My hypothesis is that the anger/rage comes from envy and jealousy. The Village of the Banned is the Village of the Losers, but on the contrary. by most measurements used in our society, the Obamas are "winners".
Oh, and then there is the racism thing...
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:05:15pm |
re: #51 jamesfirecat
///Don't you realize that by quoting Huff Post you've completely invalidated your argument?
They couldn't possibly be telling the troof about Beck and Limbaugh!!
/
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:05:16pm |
Damn, I did nothing but sleep and eat all day. I feel like a million bucks.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:06:16pm |
re: #48 HoosierHoops
He is crying on stage..You call that boring?
crying isn't boring, no...he's too wordy with his ordained presumption and all that
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:06:51pm |
Instapundit is running another photoshop of Obama being an uppity tyrant again. It's amazing they think this scores them political points.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:06:56pm |
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Obdicut Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:09:17pm |
You know what's great about Larry Bird?
In the highlight reels about him, about half or more of the 'wow that's cool' shots are him passing the ball, not taking shots.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:09:40pm |
re: #57 Killgore Trout
Instapundit is running another photoshop of Obama being an uppity tyrant again. It's amazing they think this scores them political points.
He's a lowlife asshole. Did you see the arms they pasted on to the Michelle Obama edit? The whole think is childish and pure mental masturbation.
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:11:27pm |
re: #57 Killgore Trout
Instapundit is running another photoshop of Obama being an uppity tyrant again. It's amazing they think this scores them political points.
InstaIdiot doesn't care. All he wants is his 15 years of fame as the target of adulation from the nut-o-sphere. Like all Libertarian Fundamentalists, he's in it for himself.
Why people at his school would ever enroll in any classes he teaches is beyond me.
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The Shadow Do Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:12:30pm |
re: #59 Obdicut
You know what's great about Larry Bird?
In the highlight reels about him, about half or more of the 'wow that's cool' shots are him passing the ball, not taking shots.
[Video]
The most complete basketball player ever.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:12:49pm |
re: #54 Gus 802
They couldn't possibly be telling the troof about Beck and Limbaugh!!
/
The last time I checked, the troof was on fire.
(We don't need no water, let the Mothafucka burn!)
/
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:14:40pm |
re: #57 Killgore Trout
Instapundit is running another photoshop of Obama being an uppity tyrant again. It's amazing they think this scores them political points.
Here's the "best" part:
"[Obama]blew apart the budget, and lives more royally than any Republican.”
Total amnesia, and unwillingness to take any responsibility, on the budget. As for living royally, this is just talking point demagoguery--it means nothing.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:18:10pm |
re: #65 palomino
Total amnesia, and unwillingness to take any responsibility, on the budget. As for living royally, this is just talking point demagoguery--it means nothing.
Hmm. Sounds like class warfare to me. Didn't they get the memo?
Irony.
//More like class envy. Or is that penis envy?
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:18:44pm |
re: #65 palomino
Total amnesia, and unwillingness to take any responsibility, on the budget. As for living royally, this is just talking point demagoguery--it means nothing.
I'd say he fucked up the deficit pretty good, and he's living large...certainly better than he needs to in these austere time
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:19:21pm |
re: #60 Gus 802
He's a lowlife asshole. Did you see the arms they pasted on to the Michelle Obama edit? The whole think is childish and pure mental masturbation.
Yeah. It's weird that the guy is educated and a professor but he still thinks that's some sort of clever political commentary.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:19:51pm |
re: #67 albusteve
I'd say he fucked up the deficit pretty good, and he's living large...certainly better than he needs to in these austere time
Yes did you see the fancy mustard that he put on his food, did you see the fancy play that he took his wife out to?
Obama ought to be living out of a carboard box and eating bagged lunches, or else he's not in touch with real Americans!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:19:54pm |
re: #67 albusteve
I'd say he fucked up the deficit pretty good, and he's living large...certainly better than he needs to in these austere time
He should rent out the White House residence and move Michelle and the girls to a two-bedroom in a DC apartment building.
Get his shirts at JC Penney.
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:20:01pm |
OT -
From 1965, a patent for an Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force.
Holy smokes! I can see why this idea didn't catch on.
Note the basket in the proper position to catch Junior when he hits the EJECT button.
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:20:57pm |
The 2010 class has been inducted into the HOF..Great speeches!
Damn that was emotional.. So I'm good till next year...
So what are we talking about?
That was great..just great....Deep breathe..Dang that was great!
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:21:00pm |
re: #69 jamesfirecat
Yes did you see the fancy mustard that he put on his food, did you see the fancy play that he took his wife out to?
Obama ought to be living out of a carboard box and eating bagged lunches, or else he's not in touch with real Americans!
hmmm...cardboard box?
you have an active imagination....why do you react so over the top?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:21:24pm |
re: #65 palomino
Total amnesia, and unwillingness to take any responsibility, on the budget. As for living royally, this is just talking point demagoguery--it means nothing.
Bush golfed his way through two wars and a hurricane while lefties bitched pointlessly about it. I don;t see why wingnuts think it's going to work any differently for them.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:21:34pm |
re: #70 SanFranciscoZionist
He should rent out the White House residence and move Michelle and the girls to a two-bedroom in a DC apartment building.
Get his shirts at JC Penney.
same for you...get a grip
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:22:19pm |
re: #73 albusteve
hmmm...cardboard box?
you have an active imagination...why do you react so over the top?
Cause its late at night and my ADHD meds have worn off.
That and it's not like anybody has ever before made a point by extrapolating his opponent's argument to the point of absurdity....
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:22:39pm |
re: #69 jamesfirecat
Yes did you see the fancy mustard that he put on his food, did you see the fancy play that he took his wife out to?
Obama ought to be living out of a carboard box and eating bagged lunches, or else he's not in touch with real Americans!
All pols should be forced to do that once in a while...it wouldn't do them any harm to get off their publicly funded high horses once in a while.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:22:45pm |
re: #68 Killgore Trout
Yeah. It's weird that the guy is educated and a professor but he still thinks that's some sort of clever political commentary.
Yeah. I read somewhere that Newt Gingrich is allegedly a history professor.
Back in the "old days" being educated and a professor used to mean something. Today, you have to account for the never ending adolescence in most people.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:22:50pm |
re: #74 Killgore Trout
Bush golfed his way through two wars and a hurricane while lefties bitched pointlessly about it. I don;t see why wingnuts think it's going to work any differently for them.
golfed through a hurricane!...outrage!
LINKS!
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:22:56pm |
re: #69 jamesfirecat
Yes did you see the fancy mustard that he put on his food, did you see the fancy play that he took his wife out to?
Dammit, isn't French's Mustard good enough for him? And this is an Economic Crisis, he shouldn't shake the bottle like that, either!
///
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:22:56pm |
re: #71 SteveC
OT -
From 1965, a patent for an Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force.
Holy smokes! I can see why this idea didn't catch on.
Note the basket in the proper position to catch Junior when he hits the EJECT button.
That woman looks much more serene than I would be under such circumstances. (And while in labor.)
I can see some potential problems with this little doodad, personally.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:23:44pm |
re: #75 albusteve
same for you...get a grip
Why? The man can't win. No reason not to have a little fun with it.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:24:18pm |
re: #77 Spare O'Lake
All pols should be forced to do that once in a while...it wouldn't do them any harm to get off their publicly funded high horses once in a while.
Valid suggestion is reasonably valid, but it's foolish to point Obama out as the one who HAS TO live like a pauper right now.
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:24:30pm |
re: #74 Killgore Trout
I don;t see why wingnuts think it's going to work any differently for them.
Because, you know, those people (like the Obamas) are inherently lazy.
Didn't you know that?
(heh, be prepared for anything.)
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:25:10pm |
re: #81 SanFranciscoZionist
I can see some potential problems with this little doodad, personally.
STOP!
We can all quit and go home now. SFZ has just made the understatement of the year! :)
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:25:20pm |
re: #82 HoosierHoops
Hi James..What up?
Nothing much half watching the traditional channel six episodes of Monk that come on now and another after it...
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:27:22pm |
re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist
Why? The man can't win. No reason not to have a little fun with it.
what?...he WON!, remember?
and I always try to have fun
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:27:24pm |
2 weeks into Katrina Bush had fired and replaced his top guy.
How long did it take Obama to even make a phone call to a BP exec?
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:27:37pm |
Has this been brought here yet?
Is There A Coup In The Maine Tea Party?
Something weird is happening with the tea party in Maine. In the past few days, tea party websites in the Pine Tree State have offered glimpses of what some are calling a coup at the one of the state's largest tea party groups, The Maine Patriots.
On Tuesday night, Amy Hale -- one of the leaders of the Patriots group -- posted an odd message to the group's website, suggesting that she'd been forced to give up control of the site, according to media reports (the post has since been removed):
I was cornered in the parking lot by 10+ people and told that bad things would happen to me if I did not give them the password and hand over Maine Patriots. Therefore, I no longer have control of Maine Patriots. Amy
Recommend reading the whole story. (Normally I don't like depending upon TPM, not because I have anything against them, but because they usually aren't the original source. Yet they seem to have taken the lead here stringing together a couple of reports.)
Is the Populism of the Tea Parties turning into the thuggery that is not uncommon in such movements?
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:27:37pm |
re: #84 jamesfirecat
Valid suggestion is reasonably valid, but it's foolish to point Obama out as the one who HAS TO live like a pauper right now.
Its not fair to pick on him when they're all at the trough.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:28:39pm |
re: #84 jamesfirecat
Valid suggestion is reasonably valid, but it's foolish to point Obama out as the one who HAS TO live like a pauper right now.
who said he has to live like a pauper?
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:29:01pm |
re: #91 Racer X
2 weeks into Katrina Bush had fired and replaced his top guy.
How long did it take Obama to even make a phone call to a BP exec?
If I learned anything from watching the Gulf Disaster unfold it was that no BP exec knew anything worth Obama wasting a phone call to find out....
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avanti Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:29:14pm |
re: #57 Killgore Trout
Instapundit is running another photoshop of Obama being an uppity tyrant again. It's amazing they think this scores them political points.
The village of the dammed has the first lady photo shopped with man arms. I guess toned arms are a threat to our freedom.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:29:27pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:29:50pm |
re: #93 Spare O'Lake
Its not fair to pick on him when they're all at the trough.
What trough are they all at? The Obamas are not exactly living in a style that's unusual for a first family, and I haven't seen any indication of fiscal impropriety.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:30:54pm |
re: #95 jamesfirecat
If I learned anything from watching the Gulf Disaster unfold it was that no BP exec knew anything worth Obama wasting a phone call to find out...
hahahaha!
good one
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:31:25pm |
re: #96 avanti
The village of the dammed has the first lady photo shopped with man arms. I guess toned arms are a threat to our freedom.
Ah, they're just jealous of Michelle's shoulders.
Or something.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:31:50pm |
re: #98 SanFranciscoZionist
What trough are they all at? The Obamas are not exactly living in a style that's unusual for a first family, and I haven't seen any indication of fiscal impropriety.
$1800 sneakers doesn't bother you?
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:32:04pm |
re: #95 jamesfirecat
If I learned anything from watching the Gulf Disaster unfold it was that no BP exec knew anything worth Obama wasting a phone call to find out...
Watch the National Geographic special on the gulf oil disaster. Very enlightening.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:32:36pm |
re: #100 SanFranciscoZionist
Ah, they're just jealous of Michelle's shoulders.
Or something.
Beta males always cower at the sight of a mentally strong woman.
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:32:58pm |
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:33:11pm |
re: #88 jamesfirecat
Nothing much half watching the traditional channel six episodes of Monk that come on now and another after it...
LOL.. I'm in a Hotel room watching TV...The HOF speeches are over...I'm done being super emotional for once a year..( I really get emotional every year )
Looking for a movie to watch and calmed down now..Who wants to go swimming in the pool at 9:30 pm tonight? You never know when a cute girl is in the pool..
*wink*
Be well
/.calling all angels
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:34:13pm |
re: #102 Racer X
Watch the National Geographic special on the gulf oil disaster. Very enlightening.
Also on a more serious note, you're basically arguing over the lack of a metaphorical photo op.
Why couldn't Obama have some middle man call the BP execs and then chat them up then let the Prez know what he needed to?
Hell why couldn't the BP people call Obama he was cleaning up their mess, they should have been beating down the door to help him!
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:34:17pm |
re: #98 SanFranciscoZionist
What trough are they all at? The Obamas are not exactly living in a style that's unusual for a first family, and I haven't seen any indication of fiscal impropriety.
I said all pols and I said the publicly-funded trough.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:34:28pm |
re: #103 Gus 802
Beta males always cower at the sight of a mentally strong woman.
quite an assumption there
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:34:39pm |
It's August 7th. BP said it would have this thing sealed by August. Well, the oil well has been capped and cemented and holding well.
Right on schedule.
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avanti Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:35:15pm |
re: #101 albusteve
$1800 sneakers doesn't bother you?
I heard they were $7000./ You've been learning from Walter I see.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:35:38pm |
re: #106 jamesfirecat
Also on a more serious note, you're basically arguing over the lack of a metaphorical photo op.
Why couldn't Obama have some middle man call the BP execs and then chat them up then let the Prez know what he needed to?
Hell why couldn't the BP people call Obama he was cleaning up their mess, they should have been beating down the door to help him!
I think Caraville nailed it when he was down there, imploring BO to get off his ass and do something
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:36:21pm |
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:36:29pm |
re: #105 HoosierHoops
Who wants to go swimming in the pool at 9:30 pm tonight? You never know when a cute girl is in the pool..
*wink*
Be well
/.calling all angels
None of the nice girls are swimming at 9:30, the only ones down there are the naughty girls - Give me a sec, I'll grab my swim trunks!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:36:56pm |
re: #101 albusteve
$1800 sneakers doesn't bother you?
First, I think we established that they weren't $1800.
Secondly, no. It's no business of mine what kind of shoes the FLOTUS is wearing, and believe me, Michelle's closet, and Laura's, and Hillary's, and Barbara's, and Nancy's were all filled with multiple pairs of $500 shoes from good designers.
Last thing I could give a damn about. A pair of sneakers?
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:37:16pm |
re: #115 SanFranciscoZionist
First, I think we established that they weren't $1800.
Secondly, no. It's no business of mine what kind of shoes the FLOTUS is wearing, and believe me, Michelle's closet, and Laura's, and Hillary's, and Barbara's, and Nancy's were all filled with multiple pairs of $500 shoes from good designers.
Last thing I could give a damn about. A pair of sneakers?
$540
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:37:50pm |
re: #109 Gus 802
It's August 7th. BP said it would have this thing sealed by August. Well, the oil well has been capped and cemented and holding well.
Right on schedule.
all hail BO the CONQUEROR!
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avanti Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:38:16pm |
re: #112 albusteve
I think Caraville nailed it when he was down there, imploring BO to get off his ass and do something
At the time, I wondered what he had in mind. Perhaps the POTUS and family soaking up oil with paper towels ? I think we were better off with him in the WH doing the President stuff.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:38:31pm |
re: #106 jamesfirecat
Also on a more serious note, you're basically arguing over the lack of a metaphorical photo op.
No I'm not. Leaders lead.
Why couldn't Obama have some middle man call the BP execs and then chat them up then let the Prez know what he needed to?
Hell why couldn't the BP people call Obama he was cleaning up their mess, they should have been beating down the door to help him!
This was a serious disaster. It called for the top guy to get involved. BP sent their top guy - it was that serious to them. I think Obama missed an opportunity to demonstrate leadership. Thats all.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:38:37pm |
re: #107 Spare O'Lake
I said all pols and I said the publicly-funded trough.
You may have meant that, but you didn't actually say that.
OK, what does that mean? That we pay politicians too much? That politicians make backroom deals?
Still has nothing to do with the President's family's standard of living.
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:39:36pm |
re: #119 brookly red
I got some nice Reebocks for 30 bucks...
Buy new balance! They are made in America!
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avanti Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:39:46pm |
re: #115 SanFranciscoZionist
First, I think we established that they weren't $1800.
Secondly, no. It's no business of mine what kind of shoes the FLOTUS is wearing, and believe me, Michelle's closet, and Laura's, and Hillary's, and Barbara's, and Nancy's were all filled with multiple pairs of $500 shoes from good designers.
Last thing I could give a damn about. A pair of sneakers?
Steve knows the cost, he's just pulling a Walter.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:39:49pm |
re: #120 Racer X
This was a serious disaster. It called for the top guy to get involved. BP sent their top guy - it was that serious to them. I think Obama missed an opportunity to demonstrate leadership. Thats all.
I think the fact that when it first happened BP was doing everything in their power to try and make it look like they had everything under control might have had something to do with it.
What would Obama have had to do to make you feel he didn't miss the opportunity?
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:40:12pm |
re: #115 SanFranciscoZionist
First, I think we established that they weren't $1800.
Secondly, no. It's no business of mine what kind of shoes the FLOTUS is wearing, and believe me, Michelle's closet, and Laura's, and Hillary's, and Barbara's, and Nancy's were all filled with multiple pairs of $500 shoes from good designers.
Last thing I could give a damn about. A pair of sneakers?
what do I know...my flip flops were like $5
but I hears things, you know?
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:40:25pm |
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SteveC Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:40:45pm |
re: #123 HoosierHoops
Buy new balance! They are made in America!
My dad (6 miles walking per day) swears by them, too!
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:40:58pm |
re: #120 Racer X
This was a serious disaster. It called for the top guy to get involved. BP sent their top guy - it was that serious to them. I think Obama missed an opportunity to demonstrate leadership. Thats all.
he was 'present'
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:41:08pm |
re: #125 jamesfirecat
I think the fact that when it first happened BP was doing everything in their power to try and make it look like they had everything under control might have had something to do with it.
What would Obama have had to do to make you feel he didn't miss the opportunity?
Ha! If Obama had "spoken out" during the beginning of the oil like it would have been followed up by another round of Malkin like outrageous outrage.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:41:57pm |
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:42:47pm |
re: #130 Gus 802
Ha! If Obama had "spoken out" during the beginning of the oil like it would have been followed up by another round of Malkin like outrageous outrage.
yeah, don't fuck with her
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:43:00pm |
re: #128 SteveC
My dad (6 miles walking per day) swears by them, too!
I love running in New Balance running shoes..Of course we had a huge fight about that at lunch with my Bro's...
/.They suck *wink*
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:43:04pm |
re: #67 albusteve
I'd say he fucked up the deficit pretty good, and he's living large...certainly better than he needs to in these austere time
you wanna break that down for us numerically? good luck, because it's not accurate, just more dittohead sloganeering.
fact is, his addition to the deficit--bailouts and stimulus. without this, the deficit would still be 1 trillion+ due to war spending, recession lowering revenues, and other structural factors. how would another president--mccain, hillary, palin--have produced a significantly lower deficit?
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:43:32pm |
It was a very beautiful day here today; out walking it was wonderful. The last few weeks have been rather cool in San Diego, as has been most of the year.
JUST DON'T MOVE HERE.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:43:37pm |
Who does Obama think he is trying to assume power of an oil leak? This is largely the domain of BP since it is essentially a private property and free market issue! It's their well after all! His attempts only prove that he is intent on the socialist take-over of the oil industry!!11ty
/
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:44:53pm |
re: #134 palomino
you wanna break that down for us numerically? good luck, because it's not accurate, just more dittohead sloganeering.
fact is, his addition to the deficit--bailouts and stimulus. without this, the deficit would still be 1 trillion+ due to war spending, recession lowering revenues, and other structural factors. how would another president--mccain, hillary, palin--have produced a significantly lower deficit?
Well, I know Palin's plan was to take away the taxes, and the government barriers to success, and watch the economy ZOOM back to life.
To which I could only say, "Zoom? Lady, this economy wouldn't zoom if you put ten thousand volts through it! It's bleeding demised!"
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:45:34pm |
re: #136 Gus 802
Who does Obama think he is trying to assume power of an oil leak? This is largely the domain of BP since it is essentially a private property and free market issue! It's their well after all! His attempts only prove that he is intent on the socialist take-over of the oil industry!!11ty
/
I think he misunderhandled it nicely....best he's out of the loop and all that, we don't need the POTUS running amok kicking ass here and there
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:45:37pm |
re: #125 jamesfirecat
I think the fact that when it first happened BP was doing everything in their power to try and make it look like they had everything under control might have had something to do with it.
What would Obama have had to do to make you feel he didn't miss the opportunity?
Act like a leader.
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:45:38pm |
re: #121 SanFranciscoZionist
You may have meant that, but you didn't actually say that.
Yes I did say that, and I meant what I said.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:46:09pm |
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:46:35pm |
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:46:40pm |
re: #137 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, I know Palin's plan was to take away the taxes, and the government barriers to success, and watch the economy ZOOM back to life.
To which I could only say, "Zoom? Lady, this economy wouldn't zoom if you put ten thousand volts through it! It's bleeding demised!"
no, it could zoom... who it zoomed for may be up for debate but it could zoom...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:46:51pm |
re: #140 Spare O'Lake
Yes I did say that, and I meant what I said.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
OK, if you put together a few posts, all the words are there.
Now, what does it mean?
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:46:59pm |
I know. It hurts when I criticize upper management.
Deal with it.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:47:53pm |
re: #38 HoosierHoops
Hooray for you for enjoying the wonderful life stories!
*waves*
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:47:59pm |
re: #143 brookly red
no, it could zoom... who it zoomed for may be up for debate but it could zoom...
the banks are doing fine, and the donations will be rolling in shortly, right behind the unions...
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:48:21pm |
re: #142 albusteve
inflation
so beck and the paulians were right when they predicted hyper-inflation!
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:48:33pm |
re: #147 albusteve
the banks are doing fine, and the donations will be rolling in shortly, right behind the unions...
same as it ever was, same as it ever was...
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Obdicut Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:48:57pm |
re: #139 Racer X
Act like a leader.
Heh. And how should he act like a leader?
"By leading!"
And how should he lead?
"By acting like a leader!"
and around and round we go.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:49:10pm |
re: #148 palomino
so beck and the paulians were right when they predicted hyper-inflation!
I don't pay attention to those guys, but I love Laurel and Hardy
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webevintage Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:49:26pm |
Good God, Maureen Dowd, talk about a hit job....
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
If a man wrote that I'd call him a backward misogynist who thinks that the job of a wife is to only "be there" for her husband, at his beck and call no matter what she wants to do.
As it is I can't think of what to call her.....
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:50:01pm |
re: #138 albusteve
I think he misunderhandled it nicely...best he's out of the loop and all that, we don't need the POTUS running amok kicking ass here and there
Well, he was on top of the situation. The main responsibility lay with the Coast Guard and they were already at the scene. Otherwise what do we expect? A dog and pony show from the White House? It wouldn't have changed anything really since it was only BP that could seal that well and they did.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:50:05pm |
re: #114 SteveC
None of the nice girls are swimming at 9:30, the only ones down there are the naughty girls - Give me a sec, I'll grab my swim trunks!
LOL!
Um, you only need the trunks until you get to the pool.
I'm just saying!
//sorta
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:50:07pm |
re: #150 Obdicut
Heh. And how should he act like a leader?
"By leading!"
And how should he lead?
"By acting like a leader!"
and around and round we go.
he bombed, face it
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:51:17pm |
re: #155 albusteve
he bombed, face it
Ah. So you wanted an Amidol response?
Irony.
A lot of good that did for Bobby Jindal who largely made a fool out of himself on technical grounds.
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Obdicut Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:52:09pm |
re: #155 albusteve
he bombed, face it
You might was well just write a script that criticizes Obama on everything, man. It's not like anything else is expected of you.
I think Obama is failing to lead on renewable energy right now-- we need a lot more, a lot faster. We need more public education about the dangers we're facing, both in terms of national security and economic, from climate change and other environmental disasters we're brewing through not having renewable energy. He needs to step up to that.
See that? That's a substantial criticism on an actual issue, not just "Obama what a joke hurr hurr he sucks".
Try it some time.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:52:43pm |
re: #153 Gus 802
Well, he was on top of the situation. The main responsibility lay with the Coast Guard and they were already at the scene. Otherwise what do we expect? A dog and pony show from the White House? It wouldn't have changed anything really since it was only BP that could seal that well and they did.
yes, I expect a dog and pony show from the WH...he took plenty of criticism then and it's showing up in the polls now...pretty soon everybody will be a racist lunatic but you, and a couple others here....gonna be lonely dude
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:53:24pm |
re: #158 albusteve
yes, I expect a dog and pony show from the WH...he took plenty of criticism then and it's showing up in the polls now...pretty soon everybody will be a racist lunatic but you, and a couple others here...gonna be lonely dude
What the fuck are you talking about? Racist? Who the fuck said anything about racism.
Get a grip.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:53:38pm |
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:54:17pm |
re: #157 Obdicut
You might was well just write a script that criticizes Obama on everything, man. It's not like anything else is expected of you.
I think Obama is failing to lead on renewable energy right now-- we need a lot more, a lot faster. We need more public education about the dangers we're facing, both in terms of national security and economic, from climate change and other environmental disasters we're brewing through not having renewable energy. He needs to step up to that.
See that? That's a substantial criticism on an actual issue, not just "Obama what a joke hurr hurr he sucks".
Try it some time.
I always state why I think he sucks....tell us a joke
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:54:49pm |
re: #159 Gus 802
What the fuck are you talking about? Racist? Who the fuck said anything about racism.
Get a grip.
you getting mad again?
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webevintage Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:55:14pm |
re: #160 jamesfirecat
Can you give me some examples?
Why bother?
If Obama had flown down there and stuck his penis in the hole these guys would still be bitching that he was not doing enough and that using your penis that way is not what a "leader" would do.
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:55:43pm |
re: #157 Obdicut
You might was well just write a script that criticizes Obama on everything, man. It's not like anything else is expected of you.
I think Obama is failing to lead on renewable energy right now-- we need a lot more, a lot faster. We need more public education about the dangers we're facing, both in terms of national security and economic, from climate change and other environmental disasters we're brewing through not having renewable energy. He needs to step up to that.
See that? That's a substantial criticism on an actual issue, not just "Obama what a joke hurr hurr he sucks".
Try it some time.
I will take that as the glass being half full...
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:55:50pm |
re: #163 webevintage
Why bother?
If Obama had flown down there and stuck his penis in the hole these guys would still be bitching that he was not doing enough and that using your penis that way is not what a "leader" would do.
BOs PENIS!
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:55:56pm |
re: #162 albusteve
you getting mad again?
Yes I'm getting mad. Because you're claiming that people are alleging that anyone that criticizes Obama is racist and you're including yourself.
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:56:02pm |
re: #115 SanFranciscoZionist
First, I think we established that they weren't $1800.
Secondly, no. It's no business of mine what kind of shoes the FLOTUS is wearing, and believe me, Michelle's closet, and Laura's, and Hillary's, and Barbara's, and Nancy's were all filled with multiple pairs of $500 shoes from good designers.
Last thing I could give a damn about. A pair of sneakers?
The Obamas are so uppity. Who do they think they are? Living in a big fancy house with servants...and during a recession! And wearing shoes other than Crocs. Sending their kids to fancy private schools, flying around in fancy aeroplanes, and worst of all, using fancy electricity! How dare they? What kind of example is that for American consumers?
Everyone knows FDR lived in a cardboard Hooverville hut that he and Eleanor built themselves. And he never took a vacation; all that talk about Warm Springs was lie.
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:57:04pm |
re: #144 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, if you put together a few posts, all the words are there.
Now, what does it mean?
Quite frankly I am getting sick and tired of having every word I say around here twisted to create false controversies and to fit others' agendas.
When I want to pick on Obama you will know it. In this case I was defending Obama from being picked on and I was taking a swipe at politicians in general, many of whom tend to act and dress more like royalty than public servants, and all at public expense.
Get it?
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:57:20pm |
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webevintage Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:58:07pm |
re: #169 brookly red
/shame he didn't get none for his birthday...
Dowd seems to be very concerned about that among other things....
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:58:49pm |
re: #166 Gus 802
Yes I'm getting mad. Because you're claiming that people are alleging that anyone that criticizes Obama is racist and you're including yourself.
yes, I've been called a racist for criticizing BO...it's the new pink, but more than that I get a kick out of your thin skin and hypersensitivity....you're dislike for me is greater than my dislike for BO!...LOL!
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 7:59:40pm |
re: #171 webevintage
Dowd seems to be very concerned about that among other things...
hey, If I got left out on my birthday I would be concerned too & I am not even married...
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:00:09pm |
re: #168 Spare O'Lake
Quite frankly I am getting sick and tired of having every word I say around here twisted to create false controversies and to fit others' agendas.
When I want to pick on Obama you will know it. In this case I was defending Obama from being picked on and I was taking a swipe at politicians in general, many of whom tend to act and dress more like royalty than public servants, and all at public expense.
Get it?
no they don't most of the time
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:00:11pm |
re: #173 albusteve
yes, I've been called a racist for criticizing BO...it's the new pink, but more than that I get a kick out of your thin skin and hypersensitivity...you're dislike for me is greater than my dislike for BO!...LOL!
Not really. I was just thinking about something else.
Put the mirror down you're starting to sound like a narcissist.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:00:30pm |
re: #159 Gus 802
What the fuck are you talking about? Racist? Who the fuck said anything about racism.
Get a grip.
What he's talking about is the prediction that Obama will be revealed to be an especially, horribly bad president, and everyone will turn on him, but nutjobs like ourselves will just call them racists to make ourselves feel better.
I think I translate accurately.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:00:39pm |
re: #173 albusteve
yes, I've been called a racist for criticizing BO...it's the new pink, but more than that I get a kick out of your thin skin and hypersensitivity...you're dislike for me is greater than my dislike for BO!...LOL!
This place doesn't revolve around you.
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:00:58pm |
re: #161 albusteve
I always state why I think he sucks...tell us a joke
the gop's rapidly shrinking demographic base
republican presidential candidates
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reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:01:29pm |
re: #95 jamesfirecat
If I learned anything from watching the Gulf Disaster unfold it was that no BP exec knew anything worth Obama wasting a phone call to find out...
An hour after that disaster, BP knew exactly what had happened and why.
The day BEFORE the disaster, Schlumberger chartered a helicopter to get its people OFF THE RIG, instead of waiting until the next day when the folks were scheduled to be sent home on BP's dime.
BP, of course, continues to try to put the blame in the failed BOP, when their actions probably contributed to that failure.
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:02:14pm |
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:02:33pm |
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:03:26pm |
re: #182 reine.de.tout
How are you this fine evening?
Sent ya a note...
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:03:43pm |
re: #182 reine.de.tout
An hour after that disaster, BP knew exactly what had happened and why.
The day BEFORE the disaster, Schlumberger chartered a helicopter to get its people OFF THE RIG, instead of waiting until the next day when the folks were scheduled to be sent home on BP's dime.
BP, of course, continues to try to put the blame in the failed BOP, when their actions probably contributed to that failure.
I'd comment on this fact, but at the moment I'm too busy BEING LITERALLY ANGRY WITH RAGE!
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:03:50pm |
re: #179 Gus 802
This place doesn't revolve around you.
nor does it revolve around BO worship, but he did okay whacking those pirates...otherwise I've seen no reason to shower him and his highly accomplished wife with platitudes
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:03:57pm |
The GOP platform on science.
"The Earth is flat! That's what Ye Olde Testament sez."
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:04:12pm |
re: #168 Spare O'Lake
Quite frankly I am getting sick and tired of having every word I say around here twisted to create false controversies and to fit others' agendas.
When I want to pick on Obama you will know it. In this case I was defending Obama from being picked on and I was taking a swipe at politicians in general, many of whom tend to act and dress more like royalty than public servants, and all at public expense.
Get it?
Yes. You don't want to elaborate on what you said.
Politicians generally buy their own clothes.
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:04:29pm |
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:04:49pm |
re: #184 palomino
how do you know?
because his wife was in Spain... I don't like the man but I am not going to accuse him of infidelity just because I don't like his politics.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:05:11pm |
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webevintage Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:05:23pm |
re: #184 palomino
how do you know?
Because his wife had the nerve, the nerve to go on vacation with one of their children and friends so poor, poor BO was left all alone.
She's never there when he needs her.
Will no one think of the poor lonely man being dissed by his harpy wife.
/
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:05:47pm |
re: #188 albusteve
nor does it revolve around BO worship, but he did okay whacking those pirates...otherwise I've seen no reason to shower him and his highly accomplished wife with platitudes
Who's worshiping him? I'm not worshiping him. That's the same crap some on the left would pull if I defended Bush. That I was worshiping Bush.
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:05:50pm |
re: #192 brookly red
because his wife was in Spain... I don't like the man but I am not going to accuse him of infidelity just because I don't like his politics.
again, how do you know he didn't get any?
clinton certainly wasn't the only prez to get more tail when wifey was outta town.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:06:15pm |
re: #192 brookly red
because his wife was in Spain... I don't like the man but I am not going to accuse him of infidelity just because I don't like his politics.
somebody just mentioned his penis...I wonder?
what are these people thinking?
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:07:01pm |
re: #196 palomino
again, how do you know he didn't get any?
clinton certainly wasn't the only prez to get more tail when wifey was outta town.
well you can accuse him if you wish... I will give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:08:19pm |
re: #191 freetoken
We are not mind readers.
Heh, I wasn't referring to you...but I'm gonna hold you to that part about not being a mind reader.
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:09:06pm |
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:09:41pm |
re: #198 brookly red
well you can accuse him if you wish... I will give him the benefit of the doubt.
i have no idea, couldn't care less, has nothing to do with his job. just like it had nothing to do with clinton's, jfk's, fdr's, etc.
Same with shoes and vacations. This is Beckian dittohead talk, meaningless and meant only to appeal to those who already dislike the man personally.
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:10:50pm |
BTW, there are two major disasters in progress around the world this past week and continuing on during this week, in Russia and Pakistan. They haven't gotten much play here (or even in US media), but they are affecting millions of people.
E.g.:
Fury Grows over Moscow's Failures and Mounting Deaths
and
The Great Russian Heat Wave of July 2010
for example, for Russia.
In Pakistan millions are displaced by floods that are ongoing.
Just a reminder that arguing over the price of tennis shoes probably only matters to a select few.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:11:20pm |
re: #201 palomino
i have no idea, couldn't care less, has nothing to do with his job. just like it had nothing to do with clinton's, jfk's, fdr's, etc.
Same with shoes and vacations. This is Beckian dittohead talk, meaningless and meant only to appeal to those who already dislike the man personally.
juggling illicit pussy is not something I prefer my POTUS to have to think about....I care a little about that...have you learned nothing?
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:12:42pm |
re: #200 brookly red
re: #199 Spare O'Lake
Did you notice that I used the plural "we". That was not the Imperial "We", either.
One thing to remember about a public blog is just that - you are writing for many sets of eyes. You may think are are interacting with a particular individual, but in reality you aren't. Thus the onus is on the writer to try and communicate what they mean.
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:12:47pm |
re: #201 palomino
i have no idea, couldn't care less, has nothing to do with his job. just like it had nothing to do with clinton's, jfk's, fdr's, etc.
Same with shoes and vacations. This is Beckian dittohead talk, meaningless and meant only to appeal to those who already dislike the man personally.
well from you 196 I assumed you did... sorry if I mis-read "again, how do you know he didn't get any?" but it's all good.
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Digital Display Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:12:49pm |
Good night Lizards..I'm signing off..I looked out the window at my Hotel and there are are a bunch of girls in the the Hot tub 4 stories below me..I really need to swim laps and make friends tonight..Who the hell sits in a hot tub when it's a million degrees outside? Who does that?
I'm just going to have fun talking with these girls and nothing more...I'm not a creep..* puts on swimming trucks and runs down stairs*
See you shortly..Don't you judge me...LOL
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:15:08pm |
re: #203 albusteve
juggling illicit pussy is not something I prefer my POTUS to have to think about...I care a little about that...have you learned nothing?
i've learned that obsessing over a pol's extramarital affairs is counterproductive...you think the '98 impeachment spectacle was worthwhile?
There's no connection between marital fidelity and competent governance.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:15:50pm |
re: #207 palomino
i've learned that obsessing over a pol's extramarital affairs is counterproductive...you think the '98 impeachment spectacle was worthwhile?
There's no connection between marital fidelity and competent governance.
Or golfing skill!
Play me off boys!
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:16:05pm |
re: #205 brookly red
well from you 196 I assumed you did... sorry if I mis-read "again, how do you know he didn't get any?" but it's all good.
maybe i need more sarc tags...i just think the prez's personal life is irrelevant, even if he has affairs
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:16:53pm |
re: #207 palomino
i've learned that obsessing over a pol's extramarital affairs is counterproductive...you think the '98 impeachment spectacle was worthwhile?
There's no connection between marital fidelity and competent governance.
Clinton set himself up then fell into his own steaming pile...a misfit
but hey...'PRESENT"
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:18:48pm |
re: #209 palomino
maybe i need more sarc tags...i just think the prez's personal life is irrelevant, even if he has affairs
like I said I give him the benefit of the doubt... no one is claiming an affair
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:20:09pm |
re: #210 albusteve
Clinton set himself up then fell into his own steaming pile...a misfit
but hey...'PRESENT"
What was worse: Getting an occasional blowjob from a young woman OR having the US Congress spend most of a year using it to score political points and go through a waste of time impeachment?
The latter was a much bigger distraction.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:20:40pm |
The FLOTUS is in Alhambra!
Meanwhile the POTUS had a mistress in the White House!!11ty
Read it all at Instagossip and Drudge!
/
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:21:00pm |
re: #209 palomino
maybe i need more sarc tags...i just think the prez's personal life is irrelevant, even if he has affairs
except when his 'personal life' crosses over into his public life...the charges against Clinton were legit no matter what you think...you sound like some starry eyed groupie
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:21:35pm |
re: #212 brookly red
like I said I give him the benefit of the doubt... no one is claiming an affair
of course i don't think he's having an affair...but what's more important is that I don't care because it's really beside the point of the prez's job
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:21:54pm |
re: #213 palomino
What was worse: Getting an occasional blowjob from a young woman OR having the US Congress spend most of a year using it to score political points and go through a waste of time impeachment?
The latter was a much bigger distraction.
you have no clue, read some history or something
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:22:33pm |
re: #197 albusteve
somebody just mentioned his penis...I wonder?
what are these people thinking?
One thing I deeply appreciated about George W. Bush is that I did not have to think about the Presidential penis for a full eight years.
So far Obama has allowed me to continue the run, and I am grateful.
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:22:56pm |
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:23:51pm |
re: #219 SanFranciscoZionist
One thing I deeply appreciated about George W. Bush is that I did not have to think about the Presidential penis for a full eight years.
So far Obama has allowed me to continue the run, and I am grateful.
The Presidential Penis?
Sounds like something that would come on a red velvet pillow with gold piping and tassels.
//
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:24:33pm |
re: #215 albusteve
except when his 'personal life' crosses over into his public life...the charges against Clinton were legit no matter what you think...you sound like some starry eyed groupie
charges against clinton were politically motivated horseshit, a complete waste of time--the fucking SOH also had an affair, just like HALF of all married Americans too...you sound like the church lady
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:25:15pm |
re: #221 Gus 802
The Presidential Penis?
Sounds like something that would come on a red velvet pillow with gold piping and tassels.
//
//or a little blue dress... doh!
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:26:00pm |
re: #217 albusteve
you have no clue, read some history or something
tell me what history, other than the dittohead variety, would say the impeachment was time well spent or that the country benefitted from learning about monica's blue dress
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The Shadow Do Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:26:15pm |
A few years back a certain ex-president in my company thought it wise to invite his secretary into his office to observe him flogging the old dolphin.
This is poor management in my humble opinion, though the company was performing swimmingly.
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:26:37pm |
re: #222 palomino
charges against clinton were politically motivated horseshit, a complete waste of time--the fucking SOH also had an affair, just like HALF of all married Americans too...you sound like the church lady
yeah you are right, it wasn't the affair- it was the perjury.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:27:36pm |
re: #219 SanFranciscoZionist
One thing I deeply appreciated about George W. Bush is that I did not have to think about the Presidential penis for a full eight years.
So far Obama has allowed me to continue the run, and I am grateful.
I have no problem there...agreed
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:27:55pm |
re: #221 Gus 802
The Presidential Penis?
Sounds like something that would come on a red velvet pillow with gold piping and tassels.
//
But no gold fringe!!!
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:28:18pm |
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:28:52pm |
re: #222 palomino
charges against clinton were politically motivated horseshit, a complete waste of time--the fucking SOH also had an affair, just like HALF of all married Americans too...you sound like the church lady
let Janet Reno explain it to you...I'm done until you get some facts straight
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:29:46pm |
re: #227 brookly red
yeah you are right, it wasn't the affair- it was the perjury.
about a private sexual matter in a civil case...that amounts to high crimes and misdemeanors?
the dittohead right feasted on this crap for the last two years of Clinton's term, and then he left with a 63% approval rating...yeah, that was time well spent
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:29:52pm |
re: #226 The Shadow Do
A few years back a certain ex-president in my company thought it wise to invite his secretary into his office to observe him flogging the old dolphin.
This is poor management in my humble opinion, though the company was performing swimmingly.
I worked for one of the top law firms in the 80s (long gone bankrupt). It was like Sodom and Gomorrah, I tell's ya.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:30:16pm |
re: #227 brookly red
yeah you are right, it wasn't the affair- it was the perjury.
Perjury because of what though? Because they wanted to know if he was having an affair? Let's say it was a moral faux pas on his part given his office. But is having an affair illegal for a president? Is their a law that states "thou shalt not have oral sex with a White House staffer... subject to the following penalties... so sayeth on this day of our Lord 1998 AD"?
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:30:33pm |
re: #232 palomino
about a private sexual matter in a civil case...that amounts to high crimes and misdemeanors?
the dittohead right feasted on this crap for the last two years of Clinton's term, and then he left with a 63% approval rating...yeah, that was time well spent
you are really looking foolish...get a clue
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:31:05pm |
re: #231 albusteve
let Janet Reno explain it to you...I'm done until you get some facts straight
you haven't named one fact i got wrong, you're clueless on this issue
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:31:48pm |
re: #232 palomino
about a private sexual matter in a civil case...that amounts to high crimes and misdemeanors?
the dittohead right feasted on this crap for the last two years of Clinton's term, and then he left with a 63% approval rating...yeah, that was time well spent
gee you are awfully defensive... I really don't care about Clinton.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:31:52pm |
re: #230 Racer X
Rudy in New York.
Keep going.
What did Rudy do in New York that was so great that Obama didn't.
Sorry to be so out of it, but please explain your views point by point so that I can better understand where you're coming from. (Serious)
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:32:10pm |
re: #234 Gus 802
Perjury because of what though? Because they wanted to know if he was having an affair? Let's say it was a moral faux pas on his part given his office. But is having an affair illegal for a president? Is their a law that states "thou shalt not have oral sex with a White House staffer... subject to the following penalties... so sayeth on this day of our Lord 1998 AD"?
I just find it amazing that people can say with a straight face that the whole thing was not a set-up.
It just sort of happened to happen, and then, oh no, he LIED, and we had to to something then...
It was a political set-piece that was hatched when Whitewater didn't work.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:32:16pm |
sexual harassment is serious, regardless if the perp is a president or not...women deserve better that to submit because of status
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:32:46pm |
re: #237 Racer X
Charles Rangel
Yes? Is he in trouble for something new? Or are we just naming congresspeople?
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:33:16pm |
re: #234 Gus 802
Perjury because of what though? Because they wanted to know if he was having an affair? Let's say it was a moral faux pas on his part given his office. But is having an affair illegal for a president? Is their a law that states "thou shalt not have oral sex with a White House staffer... subject to the following penalties... so sayeth on this day of our Lord 1998 AD"?
Well, back at the ranch...
Kendrick Meek is going to be hosting a rally in downtown Miami with Bill later this month. I'm so excited!
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:33:20pm |
re: #235 albusteve
you are really looking foolish...get a clue
but it's not foolish to obsess over a blowjob from 12 years ago? omg, a woman sucked the presidential penis! who gives a shit?
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:33:33pm |
re: #240 jamesfirecat
Keep going.
What did Rudy do in New York that was so great that Obama didn't.
Sorry to be so out of it, but please explain your views point by point so that I can better understand where you're coming from. (Serious)
Rudy demonstrated leadership to those who needed to see it. He went down there every day and dealt with things. In a crisis situation you need a Leader to see through the muck and get things done. He did that.
Not saying he was/is great, just saying he stepped up when it was needed.
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:33:36pm |
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:33:41pm |
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:33:42pm |
re: #204 freetoken
re: #199 Spare O'Lake
Did you notice that I used the plural "we". That was not the Imperial "We", either.
One thing to remember about a public blog is just that - you are writing for many sets of eyes. You may think are are interacting with a particular individual, but in reality you aren't. Thus the onus is on the writer to try and communicate what they mean.
You may or may not choose to self-identify with a comment which is not directed to you, that is your choice.
Enjoy.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:33:52pm |
re: #243 SanFranciscoZionist
Yes? Is he in trouble for something new? Or are we just naming congresspeople?
Yes.
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:34:06pm |
re: #239 brookly red
gee you are awfully defensive... I really don't care about Clinton.
it was one of the biggest wastes of presidential time in history.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:34:15pm |
re: #246 Racer X
Rudy demonstrated leadership to those who needed to see it. He went down there every day and dealt with things. In a crisis situation you need a Leader to see through the muck and get things done. He did that.
Not saying he was/is great, just saying he stepped up when it was needed.
So you feel Obama should have been on the Gulf Coast every day during the disaster?
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:34:36pm |
re: #236 palomino
you haven't named one fact i got wrong, you're clueless on this issue
what was Clinton being investigated for?...who was Reno?, who appointed Starr?...what about the FBI files?...let alone Paula Jones, on and on
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:34:40pm |
re: #252 palomino
it was one of the biggest wastes of presidential time in history.
As was Whitewater.
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:35:43pm |
re: #243 SanFranciscoZionist
Yes? Is he in trouble for something new? Or are we just naming congresspeople?
Ooooh what a great idea for a game show! Alex describes the crime and contestants "Name That Congress Person"! this could be big & we could go for years with out having to show a re-run :)
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:35:45pm |
re: #246 Racer X
Rudy demonstrated leadership to those who needed to see it. He went down there every day and dealt with things. In a crisis situation you need a Leader to see through the muck and get things done. He did that.
Not saying he was/is great, just saying he stepped up when it was needed.
He was also the mayor of a city that had suffered a major terrorist attack. It was a fairly clear-cut situation, both in terms of his duties and his loyalties.
Not to say he didn't do well, just that it's not really a comparable situation.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:35:51pm |
re: #253 jamesfirecat
So you feel Obama should have been on the Gulf Coast every day during the disaster?
No.
I'm saying Obama missed a chance to demonstrate leadership. Thats all. I think he could have done a better job. He did not even speak to a BP representative for over 60 days. I see that as a fail. Others may disagree.
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:35:54pm |
re: #241 SanFranciscoZionist
I just find it amazing that people can say with a straight face that the whole thing was not a set-up.
It just sort of happened to happen, and then, oh no, he LIED, and we had to to something then...
It was a political set-piece that was hatched when Whitewater didn't work.
They've been after him since he was governor. In Hillary's book, btw, the only affair she believed happened was Lewinsky. I don't know, of course, but I don't believe all the claims of a roll in the presidential hay are valid.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:36:50pm |
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:37:14pm |
re: #245 palomino
but it's not foolish to obsess over a blowjob from 12 years ago? omg, a woman sucked the presidential penis! who gives a shit?
the judge...Clinton was under oath and he himself walked right into it...it's all there for you to learn, but you'd rather howl about a blow job like some teenager....it's not worth even arguing with you because little do you realize, it's you who is obsessed
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:38:01pm |
Bill Clinton was in fact impeached by the House. He was acquitted in the Senate.
Fred Thompson was the deciding vote iirc.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:38:26pm |
re: #260 Racer X
No.
I'm saying Obama missed a chance to demonstrate leadership. Thats all. I think he could have done a better job. He did not even speak to a BP representative for over 60 days. I see that as a fail. Others may disagree.
Okay.
My general response would be that while Rudy was the mayor of one city which had just suffered one terrorist attack, Obama is the president of all of the US in the midst of an economic down turn and two wars among other stuff.....
So yeah, Obama probably had ALOT more on his plate than Rudy did.
So I don't feel that Obama missed a chance, so yeah, lets just leave it there for now.... and agree to disagree...
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:38:43pm |
re: #245 palomino
but it's not foolish to obsess over a blowjob from 12 years ago? omg, a woman sucked the presidential penis! who gives a shit?
Those who do that (::cough... Republicans... cough::) only do so because they can't admit to the great job he did as a President.
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:39:11pm |
re: #254 albusteve
what was Clinton being investigated for?...who was Reno?, who appointed Starr?...what about the FBI files?...let alone Paula Jones, on and on
Starr was investigating whtewater, stumbled on the deposition and affair, and then the country lost its mind for a year talking about fellatio.
Paula Jones was just another unattractive woman Clinton had sex with, or at least tried to. So what?
The impeachment was a huge waste of time and money, as well as the attention of the president and the public.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:39:39pm |
re: #265 Racer X
Bill Clinton was in fact impeached by the House. He was acquitted in the Senate.
Fred Thompson was the deciding vote iirc.
Cue Law and Order Sound Effect.... DUNH DUNH DUHHHH or however it goes...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:39:56pm |
re: #263 albusteve
the judge...Clinton was under oath and he himself walked right into it...it's all there for you to learn, but you'd rather howl about a blow job like some teenager...it's not worth even arguing with you because little do you realize, it's you who is obsessed
Says the man who claims Clinton had people murdered.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:40:11pm |
re: #265 Racer X
Bill Clinton was in fact impeached by the House. He was acquitted in the Senate.
Fred Thompson was the deciding vote iirc.
probably the best thing at that point, but sadly the Whitewater, Paula Jones, Hilary's stolen FBI files, all that just faded away...a travesty of justice
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:40:18pm |
re: #267 marjoriemoon
Those who do that (::cough... Republicans... cough::) only do so because they can't admit to the great job he did as a President.
Clinton did a great job of balancing the budget and creating a surplus. Kudos to him for that.
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:40:26pm |
re: #222 palomino
charges against clinton were politically motivated horseshit, a complete waste of time--the fucking SOH also had an affair, just like HALF of all married Americans too...you sound like the church lady
She was a WH intern, and some of the actual sexual conduct was truly disgusting...not to mention his subsequent bragging about it. It was a third-rate tryst, unbecoming of someone of his stature.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:40:39pm |
re: #268 palomino
Starr was investigating whtewater, stumbled on the deposition and affair, and then the country lost its mind for a year talking about fellatio.
Paula Jones was just another unattractive woman Clinton had sex with, or at least tried to. So what?
The impeachment was a huge waste of time and money, as well as the attention of the president and the public.
It was all because of the far right and pro-life groups. Especially after Ruby Ridge, Waco, Schiavo, abortion, etc. This was during a time when anti-abortion violence was its height.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:41:15pm |
re: #269 jamesfirecat
Cue Law and Order Sound Effect... DUNH DUNH DUHHH or however it goes...
Someone upstream claimed he had not been impeached.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:41:44pm |
re: #275 Racer X
Someone upstream claimed he had not been impeached.
Yeah I know I saw, and I saw you set them right.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:42:21pm |
re: #267 marjoriemoon
Those who do that (::cough... Republicans... cough::) only do so because they can't admit to the great job he did as a President.
so a sexually abused woman does not get her day in court because clinton won the presidency?....presidents are immune?
not where I come from
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:42:27pm |
re: #268 palomino
Starr was investigating whtewater, stumbled on the deposition and affair, and then the country lost its mind for a year talking about fellatio.
Paula Jones was just another unattractive woman Clinton had sex with, or at least tried to. So what?
The impeachment was a huge waste of time and money, as well as the attention of the president and the public.
what if we just say that some people expect their leaders to be moral people & you are not one of those people... it's all good.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:43:18pm |
re: #273 Spare O'Lake
She was a WH intern, and some of the actual sexual conduct was truly disgusting...not to mention his subsequent bragging about it. It was a third-rate tryst, unbecoming of someone of his stature.
Yeah. It was sleazy as hell.
So was using it to try to impeach a president over it out of cold-blooded opportunism.
Watching Henry Hyde's past affairs blow up in the middle of it was absolutely amazing.
It was like watching mass hysteria in action.
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:43:23pm |
sup, yall. So are we now arguing that lewinski was planted and Clinton was set up?
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:44:09pm |
re: #270 SanFranciscoZionist
Says the man who claims Clinton had people murdered.
who knows...a lot of people in Arkansas ended up dead...the entire thing is not some cooked up fable and now the truth is a gonner
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:44:47pm |
re: #273 Spare O'Lake
She was a WH intern, and some of the actual sexual conduct was truly disgusting...not to mention his subsequent bragging about it. It was a third-rate tryst, unbecoming of someone of his stature.
sorry, i don't think the cigar thing is that disgusting. maybe you're referring to something else.
as for his affair being unbecoming of the presidency, they all are, but it doesn't impact his job performance at all. It was his chosen form of stress relief.
We should ignore the president's sex life. It worked in the past.
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bratwurst Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:44:55pm |
re: #280 cliffster
sup, yall. So are we now arguing that lewinski was planted and Clinton was set up?
Well seeing as there is nothing of note going on in the world presently, we are reaching back to the 90s.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:45:07pm |
re: #280 cliffster
sup, yall. So are we now arguing that lewinski was planted and Clinton was set up?
No, only that the GOP was only being a bunch of d***s to try and get Clinton kicked out for lieing about if he had sex or not...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:45:36pm |
re: #280 cliffster
sup, yall. So are we now arguing that lewinski was planted and Clinton was set up?
Lewinsky was not planted, but somehow I don't think Linda Tripp befriended the little dear out of a sense of cameraderie, so about 50/50.
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albusteve Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:45:42pm |
google
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I'm out...suit yourselves, the congregation has spoken I guess
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:45:57pm |
re: #281 albusteve
who knows...a lot of people in Arkansas ended up dead...the entire thing is not some cooked up fable and now the truth is a gonner
'Obsessed'.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:46:19pm |
re: #284 jamesfirecat
No, only that the GOP was only being a bunch of d***s to try and get Clinton kicked out for lieing about if he had sex or not...
That was the whole reason for his impeachment hearings. He LIED under oath. You are not supposed to do that. For any reason.
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:46:54pm |
re: #272 Racer X
Clinton did a great job of balancing the budget and creating a surplus. Kudos to him for that.
Welfare reform
Family Leave Act
6 million new jobs created
Lowest unemployment in 3 decades
Increased minimum wage
Lots more...
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:47:03pm |
re: #284 jamesfirecat
No, only that the GOP was only being a bunch of d***s to try and get Clinton kicked out for lieing about if he had sex or not...
well there is lying & there is lying under oath...
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:47:12pm |
re: #286 albusteve
I'm out...suit yourselves, the congregation has spoken I guess
Quack! //
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:47:46pm |
re: #289 marjoriemoon
Welfare reform
Family Leave Act
6 million new jobs created
Lowest unemployment in 3 decades
Increased minimum wageLots more...
Agreed. FMLA is a good thing.
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:47:49pm |
re: #278 brookly red
what if we just say that some people expect their leaders to be moral people & you are not one of those people... it's all good.
no, i think private sexual matters should remain private. and that lies on depsoitions shouldn't lead to impeachment. he slept around, so have a lot of presidents. and so have half of all Americans. so what?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:48:02pm |
re: #288 Racer X
That was the whole reason for his impeachment hearings. He LIED under oath. You are not supposed to do that. For any reason.
And no one could have possibly foreseen that he would do that.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:48:22pm |
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:48:34pm |
re: #284 jamesfirecat
No, only that the GOP was only being a bunch of d***s to try and get Clinton kicked out for lieing about if he had sex or not...
Yeah, I think that is the heart of the matter.
I do think Bill C. was wrong, as in doing wrong, immoral, on several counts. Yet the outsized response by the GOP Congress turned what should have been a personal moral failure into a national waste of time.
In regards to the abuse of power - remember we're talking about the most senior manager in the US government having sex with one of the most junior employees of the US government - yes, that was possible but I am not sure who was abusing whom. Monica seemed to be all for it.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:48:37pm |
re: #288 Racer X
That was the whole reason for his impeachment hearings. He LIED under oath. You are not supposed to do that. For any reason.
Fair enough, maybe they'll be able to catch Obama claiming he understands the plot of LOST under oath, and then Impeach him because nobody understands the plot of LOST....
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:48:46pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:49:08pm |
re: #293 palomino
no, i think private sexual matters should remain private. and that lies on depsoitions shouldn't lead to impeachment. he slept around, so have a lot of presidents. and so have half of all Americans. so what?
'So what' is, Clinton was the devil before Obama was the devil. And Whitewater failed as a pry-bar.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:49:21pm |
re: #293 palomino
no, i think private sexual matters should remain private. and that lies on depsoitions shouldn't lead to impeachment. he slept around, so have a lot of presidents. and so have half of all Americans. so what?
Seriously. We should be more like France in that regard. At least it would match reality instead of this puritan feigning of moral superiority.
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:49:22pm |
re: #283 bratwurst
Well seeing as there is nothing of note going on in the world presently, we are reaching back to the 90s.
Why the hell not? I do think it's funny watching people squirm, trying to play off Clinton's antics. What a fucking disgrace. Crazy - Newt Gingrich was pretty much King of Congress then, and Clinton was president. Newt was an asshole, Clinton was an asshole. Together, they put our country in a better position that it'll probably ever be in again. How's that for irony?
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:49:43pm |
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:50:11pm |
re: #297 jamesfirecat
Fair enough, maybe they'll be able to catch Obama claiming he understands the plot of LOST under oath, and then Impeach him because nobody understands the plot of LOST...
That would be funny.
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:50:21pm |
re: #288 Racer X
That was the whole reason for his impeachment hearings. He LIED under oath. You are not supposed to do that. For any reason.
But does it really rise to the level of "high crime and misdemeanor" as delineated in the Constitution?
I would say no, it was partisan distraction.
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The Shadow Do Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:50:29pm |
re: #282 palomino
as for his affair being unbecoming of the presidency, they all are, but it doesn't impact his job performance at all. It was his chosen form of stress relief.
Isn't it obvious that it did impact his job performance? He should have taken up badminton or bowling for stress relief.
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brookly red Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:50:53pm |
re: #301 cliffster
Why the hell not? I do think it's funny watching people squirm, trying to play off Clinton's antics. What a fucking disgrace. Crazy - Newt Gingrich was pretty much King of Congress then, and Clinton was president. Newt was an asshole, Clinton was an asshole. Together, they put our country in a better position that it'll probably ever be in again. How's that for irony?
and on that note I got an new cue stick that needs to get broken in...
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:51:22pm |
re: #301 cliffster
Does the internet and Microsoft ever get any credit for that economy? Not when people are talking politics. Nor the fact that off shoring was just getting underway.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:51:26pm |
I am totally sick of politicians on both sides. Period.
I'm going to criticize both as I see fit. They all suck imo.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:51:29pm |
re: #301 cliffster
Why the hell not? I do think it's funny watching people squirm, trying to play off Clinton's antics. What a fucking disgrace. Crazy - Newt Gingrich was pretty much King of Congress then, and Clinton was president. Newt was an asshole, Clinton was an asshole. Together, they put our country in a better position that it'll probably ever be in again. How's that for irony?
Oddly, I would have been much more angry about the revelations about Clinton's sex life if it hadn't all come tumbling out in the middle of most the hypocritical political circus I have ever seen. It's hard to be pissed at the President for fucking up when you're watching the rest of the government lose it's damn mind and bark like dogs. That impeachment was like something out of the Salem Witch Trials.
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bratwurst Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:51:56pm |
re: #299 SanFranciscoZionist
'So what' is, Clinton was the devil before Obama was the devil. And Whitewater failed as a pry-bar.
But what about all of the people in Arkansas who wound up dead, SFZ? Won't someone please think of all the dead people?!?!?
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The Shadow Do Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:51:57pm |
Tiger Woods is great presidential material. I wonder if he is a (D) or and (R)?
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palomino Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:52:05pm |
re: #305 The Shadow Do
Isn't it obvious that it did impact his job performance? He should have taken up badminton or bowling for stress relief.
have you ever played badminton? i think i'd much rather get laid.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:52:28pm |
re: #304 palomino
But does it really rise to the level of "high crime and misdemeanor" as delineated in the Constitution?
I would say no, it was partisan distraction.
I agree. It was a waste of time. He should have stood up and said "Yes. I got a BJ in the oval office. So what."
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The Shadow Do Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:53:54pm |
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:54:15pm |
re: #313 Racer X
I agree. It was a waste of time. He should have stood up and said "Yes. I got a BJ in the oval office. So what."
You get to say "so what" if your single. Married? Not So Much.
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bratwurst Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:54:27pm |
re: #314 Gus 802
1998!
Marcy Playground - Sex And Candy
[Video]
Ugh. The Clinton impeachment is a pleasant memory by comparison!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:54:40pm |
re: #313 Racer X
I agree. It was a waste of time. He should have stood up and said "Yes. I got a BJ in the oval office. So what."
Dear God, I wish he had, although it would have been a bit ungentlemanly.
Of course, then it would have time for the next move. The goal all along was impeachment.
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bratwurst Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:54:50pm |
re: #316 Rightwingconspirator
You get to say "so what" if your single. Married? Not So Much.
Letterman didn't get that memo!
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:55:05pm |
re: #317 bratwurst
Ugh. The Clinton impeachment is a pleasant memory by comparison!
You no like? I like.
/
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:55:17pm |
re: #300 Gus 802
Seriously. We should be more like France in that regard. At least it would match reality instead of this puritan feigning of moral superiority.
It all goes against those social issues so many folks are so fond of legislating.
The thing I kept asking myself during the dog-pile on Clinton was, "What should he be doing now instead of this? What real world business should he be focusing on?" Because for all he did for the good of the nation, he could have done that much more.
Water under the bridge at this point.
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:56:27pm |
re: #307 Rightwingconspirator
Does the internet and Microsoft ever get any credit for that economy? Not when people are talking politics. Nor the fact that off shoring was just getting underway.
You know, that is a great post. For all politicians go on and on about how Clinton gave Bush a recession, or Bush gave Obama a recession, that is the absolute wrong message. When the cleverness, integrity, and innovation of the American businesspeople is high, our economy does well. When the collective businesses are douchebags, the economy does poorly. I really don't want to hear people talking shit about any president for the economy. On the other hand, when Bush and Obama sign bills that rack up debt for the country that would send a private citizen into the streets in nothing-flat, THAT pisses me off.
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:56:29pm |
re: #319 bratwurst
Heh. Letterman was never President, never looked at the camera and said "I never had sex with..."
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:57:29pm |
re: #321 marjoriemoon
It all goes against those social issues so many folks are so fond of legislating.
The thing I kept asking myself during the dog-pile on Clinton was, "What should he be doing now instead of this? What real world business should he be focusing on?" Because for all he did for the good of the nation, he could have done that much more.
Water under the bridge at this point.
It also set a terrible precedent. So many Democrats just wished they could impeach Bush, the concept kept coming up, and now you see people using the same language about Obama. The idea got put in people's heads, if you don't like the president, you can force him out. So far so good for trying it again, but HELL. Not a good notion to have flying around.
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:58:44pm |
re: #282 palomino
sorry, i don't think the cigar thing is that disgusting. maybe you're referring to something else.
as for his affair being unbecoming of the presidency, they all are, but it doesn't impact his job performance at all. It was his chosen form of stress relief.
I don't know if I'd go that far! He shouldn't be having affairs.
I'll tell you one thing I know for certain. Obama will never, ever have an affair while in office.
I do think ignoring the president's sex life is probably a good thing, but that ain't gonna happen in this day and age. They just have to keep it in their pants.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:58:45pm |
re: #322 cliffster
You know, that is a great post. For all politicians go on and on about how Clinton gave Bush a recession, or Bush gave Obama a recession, that is the absolute wrong message. When the cleverness, integrity, and innovation of the American businesspeople is high, our economy does well. When the collective businesses are douchebags, the economy does poorly. I really don't want to hear people talking shit about any president for the economy. On the other hand, when Bush and Obama sign bills that rack up debt for the country that would send a private citizen into the streets in nothing-flat, THAT pisses me off.
You know what pisses me off?
When presidents sit back and do nothing rather than spend money because they're more concerned about the deficit than the unemployment rate.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:59:48pm |
re: #324 SanFranciscoZionist
It also set a terrible precedent. So many Democrats just wished they could impeach Bush, the concept kept coming up, and now you see people using the same language about Obama. The idea got put in people's heads, if you don't like the president, you can force him out. So far so good for trying it again, but HELL. Not a good notion to have flying around.
I don't know about the legalities but one thing is true. It was actually Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi that rightly prevented any attempt at impeaching Bush from going forward.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:00:08pm |
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:00:14pm |
re: #326 jamesfirecat
You know what pisses me off?
When presidents sit back and do nothing rather than spend money because they're more concerned about the deficit than the unemployment rate.
You're right. And it's a good thing we've been doing all this spending because otherwise, like Obama said, the unemployment rate would go over 8%. Oh wait...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:01:13pm |
re: #327 Gus 802
I don't know about the legalities but one thing is true. It was actually Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi that rightly prevented any attempt at impeaching Bush from going forward.
And thank God for that. But I'm seriously afraid of what kind of buffoonery we're going to hit down the road, especially if the midterms favor the TPers.
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ghazidor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:01:37pm |
So the Hospice people that I only met the day before yesterday have decided that I need to take a vacation, duhh, I could have told them that myself.
The "social worker" and some kind of nurse with about twelve letters attached to her name came over yesterday just a day after my Mom enrolled with the Hospice program. They talked to Mom, talked to dad, ordered a bath bench, a hospital bed, a wheelchair, and other stuff for Mom and then came and talked to me.
They both told me that I have been here way too long without a break and that I am going to burn myself out now just when things are "really" getting tough. The problem is after considering letting my Nephew replace me for three days or a week while I got away, I had the opportunity to work with him yesterday and was forced to remember what a worthless shiftless lazy piece of shit he really is.
Hospice says they can send aides over, but not one that stays here, like I'm going to leave my parents with some CNA that I have never even met, and hope he shows up for work that day so that they get fed?
They are right though, I need a break, I've gone from being angry and snappish to being depressed and weepy, I'm just plain burned out. From the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed it just seems like a marathon now, and I'm tired of running. I need some effing help dammit!
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:02:11pm |
The left would have impeached Bush in a heartbeat if he lied under oath about eating Twinkies.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:02:54pm |
re: #330 SanFranciscoZionist
And thank God for that. But I'm seriously afraid of what kind of buffoonery we're going to hit down the road, especially if the midterms favor the TPers.
Yeah. Frankly, I don't see the TPers gaining much ground in November. The GOP will only pick up a lot of seats in the House. They won't get the Senate.
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:03:06pm |
re: #324 SanFranciscoZionist
It also set a terrible precedent. So many Democrats just wished they could impeach Bush, the concept kept coming up, and now you see people using the same language about Obama. The idea got put in people's heads, if you don't like the president, you can force him out. So far so good for trying it again, but HELL. Not a good notion to have flying around.
I guess it's there for a reason, but I do agree with you. Thing is, they wanted to impeach Bush for getting into a war by way of faulty intelligence. Well, they call it lies. I'm not sure which is right and I suspect both are right, actually. Either way, it was his baby.
Compare to having an affair with a woman? The former means a great deal more to the nation, or should.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:03:46pm |
re: #331 ausador
Get some help.
You may be surprised how much your nephew steps up when you are not there to hold his hand. Get some rest. You need to recharge.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:04:09pm |
re: #329 cliffster
You're right. And it's a good thing we've been doing all this spending because otherwise, like Obama said, the unemployment rate would go over 8%. Oh wait...
Well then should we be spending more since the first stimulus wasn't big enough?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:04:16pm |
re: #333 Gus 802
Yeah. Frankly, I don't see the TPers gaining much ground in November. The GOP will only pick up a lot of seats in the House. They won't get the Senate.
I tend to agree, but we'll see. There's a lot of moving parts at the moment.
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:05:20pm |
re: #333 Gus 802
I believe the GOP won't do nearly as well in the Senate races as their propagandists are claiming.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:05:58pm |
Nitro Circus Live World Record Aaron "TNT Wheelz" Fotheringham
"Don't tell me I can't"
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:07:44pm |
re: #333 Gus 802
Yeah. Frankly, I don't see the TPers gaining much ground in November. The GOP will only pick up a lot of seats in the House. They won't get the Senate.
You think the GOP will form a majority in the House?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:07:48pm |
re: #334 marjoriemoon
I guess it's there for a reason, but I do agree with you. Thing is, they wanted to impeach Bush for getting into a war by way of faulty intelligence. Well, they call it lies. I'm not sure which is right and I suspect both are right, actually. Either way, it was his baby.
Compare to having an affair with a woman? The former means a great deal more to the nation, or should.
True, but also, as angry as I am with the Bush administration about the circumstances under which we got into Iraq, it is not a road we want to go down to impeach a president for fucking up getting us into a war. There will always be dicey intelligence. There will always be ideologically driven mistakes. The line between lying and being mistaken is thin and wavering, and the last thing you need added to the stress of the presidency is, "I could be impeached if I make the wrong call".
Pelosi took endless shit for refusing to discuss impeachment proceedings against Bush. I recall my left-of-me friends sending petition after petition, begging her to go there.
I think the right call was made, though. In the long run.
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:08:49pm |
re: #338 freetoken
I believe the GOP won't do nearly as well in the Senate races as their propagandists are claiming.
How well do you think they'll do?
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:09:53pm |
re: #340 Spare O'Lake
You think the GOP will form a majority in the House?
Substantial gains, yes. It's easier to win congressional districts for them.
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:10:04pm |
re: #331 ausador
Yes, you do need a break. Glad your mom is in hospice care. I take it she will be staying at home then. Hope your dad is doing well, too.
Keep calling about having someone stay overnight. You said your dad has great insurance, yes? I know you're probably exhausted with it at this point, but you may be able to convince them to let someone stay overnight.
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:10:26pm |
re: #338 freetoken
I believe the GOP won't do nearly as well in the Senate races as their propagandists are claiming.
I sure hope not. I don't want to give moonbats any way to wiggle out of giving the Democrats 100% ownership of this mess of debt and government incompetency they are creating. Hopefully they keep enough control to keep things at a stalemate, so that no ill-conceived legislation can be passed.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:12:23pm |
re: #345 cliffster
I sure hope not. I don't want to give moonbats any way to wiggle out of giving the Democrats 100% ownership of this mess of debt and government incompetency they are creating. Hopefully they keep enough control to keep things at a stalemate, so that no ill-conceived legislation can be passed.
Oh, that sounds delightful. Let's keep government completely locked up with partisan bickering!
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:12:59pm |
re: #345 cliffster
I sure hope not. I don't want to give moonbats any way to wiggle out of giving the Democrats 100% ownership of this mess of debt and government incompetency they are creating. Hopefully they keep enough control to keep things at a stalemate, so that no ill-conceived legislation can be passed.
I disagree with you I think it is wrong of you to want to see the elections set things up so that the democrats the blame, but not enough power to actually do anything.
Except that this is the situation we already have do to the average American's ignorance concerning how the Senate/Filibusters work....
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:13:30pm |
re: #347 Racer X
Giant Cat Sofa
Now we need to get a shot of a tiger lounging on top of it, with a cat sleeping on top of that tiger!
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pharmmajor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:13:32pm |
How would y'all like a little nostalgic nightmare? Imagine this in our near future...
[Link: www.seattlepi.com...]
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pharmmajor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:14:19pm |
re: #345 cliffster
I sure hope not. I don't want to give moonbats any way to wiggle out of giving the Democrats 100% ownership of this mess of debt and government incompetency they are creating. Hopefully they keep enough control to keep things at a stalemate, so that no ill-conceived legislation can be passed.
The Democrats AND Republicans created the mess we're in, and the bickering and stalemates are just going to hurt both sides unless they get their act together.
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:14:33pm |
re: #346 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh, that sounds delightful. Let's keep government completely locked up with partisan bickering!
Seriously - better that than digging us deeper in the hole.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:15:17pm |
re: #346 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh, that sounds delightful. Let's keep government completely locked up with partisan bickering!
I agree. The Republicans had their chance and they blew it. Badly.
Let the dems have their chance to screw things up. How bad could it get?
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pharmmajor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:16:16pm |
re: #353 Racer X
I agree. The Republicans had their chance and they blew it. Badly.
Let the dems have their chance to screw things up. How bad could it get?
Why not let third party candidates get in and give them a chance to fix things, rather than relying on the same two parties to keep screwing things up?
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Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:17:01pm |
Good Evening Everyone from Las Vegas Nevada! I'm on my brothers borrowed laptop so be paintent, it seems to have as much speed as a turtle! Hows everone in Lizard land tonight?
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:17:22pm |
Small Tales from Baltimore, Episode LXXIV:
Went out on a whim tonight for crabs at the city's oldest crabhouse, Obrycki's. Haku and I had to sit at the bar to eat, because, you know, it was a Saturday.
Had snow crabs as well as the good old Chesapeake blue swimmers (long may they swim!), and a bucket of the house brew.
The barkeep/waitress was run off her feet and taking abuse from the other waitresses because she was new to the bar and couldn't keep up. Left her a giant tip, and told her which Bible verse her name (Tabitha) comes from.
Stepped out a couple of times for a smoke and met a guy from Honduras named Salvador and a taxi driver from Nigeria named Olatunde. Salvador gave me a Honduran cigarette to smoke and Olatunde told me where to buy one of the comfortable-looking suits like he was wearing. And I gave Salvador a five-spot for watching out for my car.
Stabbed my thumb deep in the ball with a dull knife trying to clear out the meat from a smaller snow-crab leg, and discovered that one's own blood makes a tasty sauce to go with seafood.
We were there for five hours, and got home just in time for me to get a four-pack of Boddington's Pub Ale and a Macanudo to enjoy while I wind down and think about the diversity of Old Baltimore and the cool people you can meet here on the street if you're willing to just talk.
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:18:28pm |
re: #357 pharmmajor
Why not let third party candidates get in and give them a chance to fix things, rather than relying on the same two parties to keep screwing things up?
Why not quit asking Congress to fix all of our problems?
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What, me worry? Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:18:32pm |
re: #341 SanFranciscoZionist
True, but also, as angry as I am with the Bush administration about the circumstances under which we got into Iraq, it is not a road we want to go down to impeach a president for fucking up getting us into a war. There will always be dicey intelligence. There will always be ideologically driven mistakes. The line between lying and being mistaken is thin and wavering, and the last thing you need added to the stress of the presidency is, "I could be impeached if I make the wrong call".
Pelosi took endless shit for refusing to discuss impeachment proceedings against Bush. I recall my left-of-me friends sending petition after petition, begging her to go there.
I think the right call was made, though. In the long run.
That's why there's rules of law about going to war. You can't just be "pretty sure". You have to have hard evidence and you don't want people fabricating that kind of evidence.
Now Charles Taylor is on trial for real, honest-to-goodness war crimes and I hope they hang him for it (hanging's too good for him...). And he reigned far too long.
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Nimed Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:19:08pm |
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:19:12pm |
re: #357 pharmmajor
Why not let third party candidates get in and give them a chance to fix things, rather than relying on the same two parties to keep screwing things up?
Ralph Nader
Ross Perot
Pat Buchanan
Next question?
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pharmmajor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:19:21pm |
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Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:19:30pm |
re: #358 Dragon_Lady
Good Evening Everyone from Las Vegas Nevada! I'm on my brothers borrowed laptop so be paintent, it seems to have as much speed as a turtle! Hows everone in Lizard land tonight?
PIMF!!! Lord this thinks akward, sorry bout the typos!
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:20:00pm |
re: #358 Dragon_Lady
Good Evening Everyone from Las Vegas Nevada! I'm on my brothers borrowed laptop so be paintent, it seems to have as much speed as a turtle! Hows everone in Lizard land tonight?
Hey, DL. Fun times in the city of sin?
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ghazidor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:21:49pm |
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:23:02pm |
re: #366 Dragon_Lady
I think you are on dial up, or a slow router.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:25:31pm |
re: #365 pharmmajor
They broke it
I'm not convinced they are competent enough to fix it. It seems like many good intentions they enact as law have terrible consequences down the road.
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Nimed Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:26:11pm |
re: #359 Cato the Elder
Sounds like you had a hell of a night. I had a few beers myself for dinner (in Sylvia's, Bill O'Reilly's favorite black restaurant!) so when I first read your "Stabbed my thumb deep in the ball with a dull knife...", I was momentarily (and painfully) confused.
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freetoken Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:26:23pm |
re: #345 cliffster
I don't want to give moonbats any way to wiggle out of giving the Democrats 100% ownership of this mess of debt and government incompetency they are creating.
Not even close.
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:27:25pm |
re: #366 Dragon_Lady
So I looked at google earth-exactly where the trail is. Found it was the epicenter of an earthquake in '85. And its all granite scree and rock fall. Oh well what are the odds of an earthquake when you are right there?
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pharmmajor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:27:52pm |
re: #371 Racer X
I'm not convinced they are competent enough to fix it. It seems like many good intentions they enact as law have terrible consequences down the road.
Another good reason for voting them out and voting in independents and third party candidates. To get some functioning brain cells in the halls of congress.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:27:58pm |
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Nimed Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:29:06pm |
re: #369 Gus 802
[Video]
Great music selection tonight, Gus (wadya mean "tonight?"). Have an unusually short Greenwald rant to go with that.
[Link: www.salon.com...]
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:31:05pm |
re: #372 Nimed
Sounds like you had a hell of a night. I had a few beers myself for dinner (in Sylvia's, Bill O'Reilly's favorite black restaurant!) so when I first read your "Stabbed my thumb deep in the ball with a dull knife...", I was momentarily (and painfully) confused.
It's one of the prices you pay for eating seafood the old-fashioned way.
'Course, it could also be because I'm a Sinistro-American.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:31:28pm |
re: #364 jamesfirecat
Though John Anderson could have been interesting back in 1980 when I worked for his campaign. Couldn't vote till '82, alas.
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windsagio Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:32:11pm |
re: #375 pharmmajor
Driveby in the night.
Its nice to see that trumped-up conservative cynicism is alive and well!
/off to work!
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:32:26pm |
re: #331 ausador
Please, do whatever you can do, to get yourself a break.
I've been there for 3 elders. YOU deserve some care and attention too.
Can blue my nic, if you want to email...
HANG IN THERE!
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pharmmajor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:33:33pm |
re: #380 windsagio
Driveby in the night.
Its nice to see that trumped-up conservative cynicism is alive and well!
/off to work!
Smile when you say that, man. I'm no conservative and I resent being called one.
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:33:41pm |
re: #322 cliffster
Thanks. D_L sent me a text- rebooting clunky older computer... Says Hi
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:33:54pm |
re: #365 pharmmajor
They broke it
Yes, they are good at breaking the economy. To me, seems like a good reason to get them out of it as much as possible. Weird logic, I know..
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:34:01pm |
I'm confident America will survive and become better than ever. Technology will play a part.
One example is political graft and corruption. Those assholes in Bell CA were exposed in part due to the internet. This will lead to even more transparency in local government. Asshole politicians will no longer be able to line their pockets from the public trough.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:34:08pm |
re: #374 Rightwingconspirator
So I looked at google earth-exactly where the trail is. Found it was the epicenter of an earthquake in '85. And its all granite scree and rock fall. Oh well what are the odds of an earthquake when you are right there?
LOL!
For you, or for her?
///
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Nimed Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:34:48pm |
re: #378 Cato the Elder
It's one of the prices you pay for eating seafood the old-fashioned way.
'Course, it could also be because I'm a Sinistro-American.
Hey, me too.
When will there be justice for our kind?
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jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:34:51pm |
re: #384 cliffster
Yes, they are good at breaking the economy. To me, seems like a good reason to get them out of it as much as possible. Weird logic, I know..
Umm... didn't the people who made all those horrible loans that came crashing down break the economy rather than congress?
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:35:29pm |
re: #385 Racer X
I'm confident America will survive and become better than ever. Technology will play a part.
One example is political graft and corruption. Those assholes in Bell CA were exposed in part due to the internet. This will lead to even more transparency in local government. Asshole politicians will no longer be able to line their pockets from the public trough.
Bullshit.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:35:29pm |
re: #377 Nimed
Great music selection tonight, Gus (wadya mean "tonight?"). Have an unusually short Greenwald rant to go with that.
[Link: www.salon.com...]
Thanks Nimed. Read the article. Trying hard not to think about my recent stressors tonight. Being that I still feel like I'm in a handbasket.
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Nimed Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:35:56pm |
re: #382 pharmmajor
Smile when you say that, man. I'm no conservative and I resent being called one.
You can't be that resentful if you're smiling...
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:36:01pm |
re: #388 jamesfirecat
Umm... didn't the people who made all those horrible loans that came crashing down break the economy rather than congress?
Congress enacted a LAW that promoted those horrible loans. Fail.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:36:27pm |
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:36:45pm |
re: #387 Nimed
Hey, me too.
When will there be justice for our kind?
When every gun is ambidextrous.
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pharmmajor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:36:54pm |
re: #392 Racer X
Congress enacted a LAW that promoted those horrible loans. Fail.
Beat me to it. Thank you.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:37:02pm |
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:37:04pm |
re: #392 Racer X
Congress enacted a LAW that promoted those horrible loans. Fail.
Which law? Refresh my memory, please.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:37:11pm |
re: #388 jamesfirecat
Umm... didn't the people who made all those horrible loans that came crashing down break the economy rather than congress?
Heck. They got a raise, a bigger golden parachute and larger stock options.
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:37:47pm |
re: #398 Gus 802
Heck. They got a raise, a bigger golden parachute and larger stock options.
Success stories!
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:38:15pm |
re: #382 pharmmajor
Smile when you say that, man. I'm no conservative and I resent being called one.
Doesn't matter to certain people.
Hell, I'm a left-wing fascist wingnut prog. Just ask anyone.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:39:00pm |
re: #399 JasonA
Success stories!
You reap what you sow!
Personal responsibility!
Free enterprise!
/////////////////
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:39:10pm |
re: #386 Floral Giraffe
LOL!
For you, or for her?
///
Funny thing. I pull in this place to park for the night. Take pictures drink beer, all good. The next morning 5 am I see I'm parked at the bottom of a huge rockfall slope, and then I start to read the beware of bears signs "recent activity" etc. etc. Then I tell the ranger where I slept and he says "really" in that certain voice that is reserved for fools and kids...
| 403 |
Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:39:48pm |
Wait. We're not talking about the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, are we?
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:40:00pm |
re: #397 JasonA
Which law? Refresh my memory, please.
CRA.
Which led to bad loans made with the understanding that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will cover any losses. While the overseers of FM and FM were not watching the till. Which led to loan bundling and selling off bad loans. Which led to bank failures and dogs and cats living together and . . . .
| 405 |
Nimed Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:42:17pm |
re: #390 Gus 802
Thanks Nimed. Read the article. Trying hard not to think about my recent stressors tonight. Being that I still feel like I'm in a handbasket.
I've read some of your posts. I'm sorry about the very rough time you're going through, dude. More than once I meant to say something along the lines of "better days will come", but it felt sorta stupid and phony. I do hope things will improve soon.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:43:04pm |
re: #404 Racer X
CRA.
Which led to bad loans made with the understanding that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will cover any losses. While the overseers of FM and FM were not watching the till. Which led to loan bundling and selling off bad loans. Which led to bank failures and dogs and cats living together and . . .
Too many eggs in that basket.
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:43:32pm |
I could not surf the internet in the early-mid 2,000s without seeing ads trying to get me to take out a loan. Usually with people dancing. Those were really weird ads. Point is, I don't really think they needed much nudging...
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:44:14pm |
re: #404 Racer X
CRA.
Which led to bad loans made with the understanding that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will cover any losses. While the overseers of FM and FM were not watching the till. Which led to loan bundling and selling off bad loans. Which led to bank failures and dogs and cats living together and . . .
And bogus securities based on bad loans... Fictitious capitol all around.
| 409 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:44:52pm |
re: #406 Gus 802
Too many eggs in that basket.
It was a house of dominoes that was destined to fail. Many things precipitated the financial meltdown. It goes back decades.
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cliffster Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:45:16pm |
re: #388 jamesfirecat
Umm... didn't the people who made all those horrible loans that came crashing down break the economy rather than congress?
Loans made courtesy of the US government, backed by the US government. Packaged and sold at insanely low risk levels, because of this backing. And now, the same US government that caused the problems is presuming to fix the problem. Doesn't make much sense to me.
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:46:05pm |
re: #410 cliffster
Loans made courtesy of the US government, backed by the US government. Packaged and sold at insanely low risk levels, because of this backing. And now, the same US government that caused the problems is presuming to fix the problem. Doesn't make much sense to me.
o.O
The market will correct?
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:46:19pm |
How to help fascists get elected in America:
Blame everything wrong with this country on anything that was ever done or may ever still be done to to help poor people.
Die Armen sind unser Unglück!
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:46:19pm |
re: #405 Nimed
I've read some of your posts. I'm sorry about the very rough time you're going through, dude. More than once I meant to say something along the lines of "better days will come", but it felt sorta stupid and phony. I do hope things will improve soon.
Thanks Nimed. Tonight's business plan involves two lottery ticket. If I win 3 bucks I can almost buy a pack of smokes! Seriously though the strange part is that it all makes me want to sleep more.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:46:52pm |
re: #409 Racer X
It was a house of dominoes that was destined to fail. Many things precipitated the financial meltdown. It goes back decades.
Yeah. It's like the human body or any other large complex organism.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:47:00pm |
re: #408 Rightwingconspirator
And bogus securities based on bad loans... Fictitious capitol all around.
Exactly!
People saw the silicon valley explosion and all those people getting rich and they wanted more. More ways to make money off of money. Enron should have been a bigger warning signal.
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:47:33pm |
re: #413 Gus 802
Thanks Nimed. Tonight's business plan involves two lottery ticket. If I win 3 bucks I can almost buy a pack of smokes! Seriously though the strange part is that it all makes me want to sleep more.
I'm buying an electronic cigarette. Hopefully tomorrow. Phil Morris can go to hell.
| 417 |
Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:48:50pm |
re: #402 Rightwingconspirator
Funny thing. I pull in this place to park for the night. Take pictures drink beer, all good. The next morning 5 am I see I'm parked at the bottom of a huge rockfall slope, and then I start to read the beware of bears signs "recent activity" etc. etc. Then I tell the ranger where I slept and he says "really" in that certain voice that is reserved for fools and kids...
Well, last week I finally came "face to face" so to speak with our neighborhood bear. I've seen him stumbling through the woods 150 or so feet from the front porch on the other side of the fence, off our property, once before sundown even... but last week, Wolfie was on the porch, barking out at the garbage cans that are right on the other side of the fence on the proch, and I step out onto the porch expecting no more than to see a mess of scattered garbage or maybe hear the bear waling off though the woods, like most of the times in the past.
Nope... I step out on the porch, and there he is, about 15 feet away, on the other side of the 6 foot wood fence, nuzzling through the garbage bags he has pulled out of the garbage cans, and Wolfie is standing right at the fence, barking at him, the bear no more than 5 feet away from the husky.
The bear couldn't give a shit about the dog or me. I looked for about 15 seconds and figured that bear is not bothered by the dog or me, and it would probably be best if I stepped back inside.
So I did.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:49:59pm |
re: #416 JasonA
I'm buying an electronic cigarette. Hopefully tomorrow. Phil Morris can go to hell.
Nutty habit. Besides the health problem it's just getting ridiculous having to spend almost 5 bucks a day for just one pack. Heck, an electronic cigarette could be fun too walking into non-smoking areas and puffing away.
| 419 |
Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:51:00pm |
re: #418 Gus 802
Nutty habit. Besides the health problem it's just getting ridiculous having to spend almost 5 bucks a day for just one pack. Heck, an electronic cigarette could be fun too walking into non-smoking areas and puffing away.
Heh. I'd advise against it. Unless you're just looking for a tussle. Knowing you...
| 420 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:51:29pm |
re: #412 Cato the Elder
How to help fascists get elected in America:
Blame everything wrong with this country on anything that was ever done or may ever still be done to to help poor people.
Die Armen sind unser Unglück!
I don't have this view at all.
Teach a man to fish, and all that.
| 421 |
Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:52:06pm |
re: #419 JasonA
Heh. I'd advise against it. Unless you're just looking for a tussle. Knowing you...
I know. That's what I tell people. Even if you have an electronic cigarette as soon as they see "smoke" it would lead to small skirmish.
| 422 |
Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:52:13pm |
re: #417 Walter L. Newton
Cool.
I know that fence, I know that dog, and I know those garbage cans.
Sounds like everybody did the smart thing, including the bear.
| 423 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:52:49pm |
re: #417 Walter L. Newton
A wise choice I'm sure. I should get bear spray. If a bear were to try to break into my truck with me in it.... Well if I had to shoot it would be a damn shame and I'd be deaf.
| 424 |
Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:53:48pm |
re: #421 Gus 802
I know. That's what I tell people. Even if you have an electronic cigarette as soon as they see "smoke" it would lead to small skirmish.
The FDA, UK, and some states (including my own) have been trying to ban it. With Big Tobacco's blessing. I can't wait to get one.
| 425 |
jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:53:58pm |
re: #412 Cato the Elder
How to help fascists get elected in America:
Blame everything wrong with this country on anything that was ever done or may ever still be done to to help poor people.
Die Armen sind unser Unglück!
"There's that great quote about war, and I'm trying to remember who said it. That the people can always be brought, to do the bidding of a leader. You just tell em they're under attack and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism. Now who said that? Oh yeah it was Hermann Goering!"
| 426 |
Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:54:07pm |
re: #420 Racer X
I don't have this view at all.
Teach a man to fish, and all that.
And then tell him all the fishing grounds are privately owned.
Yeah. Fuck that.
| 427 |
Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:54:35pm |
re: #424 JasonA
The FDA, UK, and some states (including my own) have been trying to ban it. With Big Tobacco's blessing. I can't wait to get one.
Ban it? What for?
| 428 |
jamesfirecat Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:55:50pm |
re: #420 Racer X
I don't have this view at all.
Teach a man to fish, and all that.
You're right, you don't, because teach a man to fish is still helping the poor. Its providing the poor man with money for school/education which can be quite expensive these days, but its still helping poor people...
| 429 |
Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:56:52pm |
re: #426 Cato the Elder
And then tell him all the fishing grounds are privately owned.
Yeah. Fuck that.
Teach a man to fish and the lords and knights will limit your fishing.
| 430 |
Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:57:00pm |
Yeah. Tried to get into the Star Trek Convention but they had too many people and couldn't sell even one more general admission ticket or they would get fined by the fire dept. I was so pissed! I drove for 35 mins to get ther and missed getting in by 10 minutes! Grrrrr!
em>re: #367 cliffster
Hey, DL. Fun times in the city of sin?
| 432 |
Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:57:50pm |
re: #427 Gus 802
Ban it? What for?
You have to ask???
Oh. You want to know the pretense. Untested, blah blah blah, possible trace amounts of toxins (which can be found in far greater quantities in real tobacco products) blah blah blah. Bills that are introduced and sold as trying to ban the sale of them to minors (that's good!) and also adults (not good). Cali passed one not too long ago, but the governator banned it.
You know the real rea$on, though...
| 433 |
Walter L. Newton Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:58:20pm |
re: #422 Cato the Elder
Cool.
I know that fence, I know that dog, and I know those garbage cans.
Sounds like everybody did the smart thing, including the bear.
re: #423 Rightwingconspirator
A wise choice I'm sure. I should get bear spray. If a bear were to try to break into my truck with me in it... Well if I had to shoot it would be a damn shame and I'd be deaf.
Wise to be sure... I'm not in the least afraid of wild bears, I've mentioned it before on LGF that for a boy born in the city of Brooklyn, I've had a awful lot of encounters with bears in the wild in my life, so, they don't rattle me.
But I also have a healthy common sense to be careful and tread lightly, and carefully, stay calm and get away at the first opportunity.
| 435 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:58:49pm |
re: #428 jamesfirecat
You're right, you don't, because teach a man to fish is still helping the poor. Its providing the poor man with money for school/education which can be quite expensive these days, but its still helping poor people...
Agreed. I'm cool with all that. Where I am not cool is the fraud and waste, and government programs that are ineffective. Too many politicians confuse effort with results.
| 436 |
Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:59:07pm |
re: #423 Rightwingconspirator
A wise choice I'm sure. I should get bear spray. If a bear were to try to break into my truck with me in it... Well if I had to shoot it would be a damn shame and I'd be deaf.
All that and in jail, lets avoid that please!
| 437 |
Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:59:54pm |
re: #432 JasonA
You have to ask???
Oh. You want to know the pretense. Untested, blah blah blah, possible trace amounts of toxins (which can be found in far greater quantities in real tobacco products) blah blah blah. Bills that are introduced and sold as trying to ban the sale of them to minors (that's good!) and also adults (not good). Cali passed one not too long ago, but the governator banned it.
You know the real rea$on, though...
Yeah. Not enough money to go through the testing process. Unless of course the tobacco companies get involved in which case they'll find a way so that electronic cigarettes don't save you any money and costs as much as regular cigarettes.
| 438 |
Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 9:59:58pm |
| 439 |
Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:00:57pm |
re: #431 Rightwingconspirator
And $70 admission?
No, that was a typo. It was only supposed to be $35 admission.
| 440 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:01:07pm |
re: #438 Cato the Elder
Sigh.
Rattle off the talking points, parrot.
I have no idea what you are rattling on about.
| 441 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:01:14pm |
re: #436 Dragon_Lady
I don't think they would arrest me for that. Not with a tore up shell. After all "the gun was in a locked container until I needed it..."
| 442 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:01:43pm |
re: #438 Cato the Elder
Sigh.
Rattle off the talking points, parrot.
I am very glad you are back. Stick around. The Blog needs you.
| 443 |
Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:02:53pm |
re: #441 Rightwingconspirator
I don't think they would arrest me for that. Not with a tore up shell. After all "the gun was in a locked container until I needed it..."
Uh huh. Tell it to the judge. I wouldn't put it past them to fine the heck out of you and throw your tush in the slammer for a day at least.
| 444 |
Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:02:55pm |
It's like the other day they reported some compound that can regrow a tooth. I immediately though, "guess this means they'll find a way so that it costs $10,000 to regrow a tooth."
| 445 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:03:33pm |
re: #436 Dragon_Lady
I wish I could embed a google earth KML file and show you the parking area at icehouse.
| 447 |
Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:04:15pm |
New device invented that works wonders in revealing internal physiology! It's called the MRI! X-Rays to be replaced!
Starting price for an MRI? 3000 dollars.
No more x-rays. Which means now you can't even get a 100 dollar x-ray to find "spots".
Progress.
| 448 |
Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:04:48pm |
re: #444 Gus 802
It's like the other day they reported some compound that can regrow a tooth. I immediately though, "guess this means they'll find a way so that it costs $10,000 to regrow a tooth."
Yeah. I figure if I'm going to jump on this then now's the time. I'm looking forward to being able to smell and taste again.
| 449 |
windsagio Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:05:30pm |
re: #447 Gus 802
There's some issues with that interpretation, the simplest of which is called 'cancer' :p
(Work posting tonight for a while, George said I could use his laptop :D)
| 450 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:05:38pm |
re: #443 Dragon_Lady
Hence I need bear spray, if we are to stay well up the mountain. Hey, the truck beats mere nylon to keep that safe distance. Now if you only could get to the drivers seat from the back...
| 451 |
Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:05:48pm |
Two hours before closest approach to Neptune in 1989, the Voyager 2 robot spacecraft snapped this picture. Clearly visible for the first time were long light-colored cirrus-type clouds floating high in Neptune's atmosphere. Shadows of these clouds can even be seen on lower cloud decks.
Most of Neptune's atmosphere is made of hydrogen and helium, which is invisible. Neptune's blue color therefore comes from smaller amounts of atmospheric methane, which preferentially absorbs red light. Neptune has the fastest winds in the Solar System, with gusts reaching 2000 kilometers per hour.
Speculation holds that diamonds may be created in the dense hot conditions that exist under the clouds-tops of Uranus and Neptune.
| 452 |
Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:06:29pm |
MRI Bill
Turn on MRI machine: $3000
MRI specialist I: $800
MRI specialist II: $400
MRI room rental: $500
MRI Gown: $200
MRI hospital fee: $1000...
//
| 453 |
windsagio Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:07:18pm |
re: #452 Gus 802
heh I'm presuming I"m missing something behind this ;)
| 454 |
Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:07:38pm |
re: #449 windsagio
There's some issues with that interpretation, the simplest of which is called 'cancer' :p
(Work posting tonight for a while, George said I could use his laptop :D)
Yeah, but it effectively shut out a cheaper diagnostic tool. It was just an excuse to use only more advanced machine which yes, are more effective, but are not available to all people.
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Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:07:43pm |
Ya know what, after all the hassel of trying to log in yada, yada, yad I'm bushed! I wake up at 6 am reguardless of needing to or not and I'm doing all the chauffering so if you all don't mind I'm gonna crash. *Yawn*
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:08:27pm |
re: #455 Dragon_Lady
Did you see the page?
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windsagio Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:08:39pm |
re: #454 Gus 802
Its actually an interesting dilemma. The liability insurance issue doesn't make it any easier either :p
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:08:44pm |
re: #440 Racer X
I have no idea what you are rattling on about.
Like Glenn Beck has no idea what he incites every day with his shit.
I'm onto you.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:08:49pm |
re: #376 jamesfirecat
Doesn't count, he's not a third party candidate, he's a republican...
That's not really a nice thing to say about Republicans. He's more like a barnacle.
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Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:09:31pm |
re: #456 Rightwingconspirator
Did you see the page?
How do I get there again? I'm so tired I don't remember.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:10:01pm |
re: #453 windsagio
heh I'm presuming I"m missing something behind this ;)
Oh, just how we've advanced technology but at the same time made everything cost an arm and a leg and then some. I was thinking last night. My brother had his appendix removed in NYC of all places. It was $1700. Of course this was back in 1968 but still. We were still able to live in a 3 bed room apartment in Brooklyn at the same time and my father was the only one that worked at the time. And he was not mover and shaker by any means.
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Racer X Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:10:27pm |
re: #458 Cato the Elder
Like Glenn Beck has no idea what he incites every day with his shit.
I'm onto you.
*he slurred*
;-)
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:11:42pm |
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:12:17pm |
re: #457 windsagio
Its actually an interesting dilemma. The liability insurance issue doesn't make it any easier either :p
Yeah. It's important that we keep rich doctors from losing their riches if they fuck up. Wealth before humanity! It's the American ethos. Make that hospital corporations. Of course. Private hospitals don't do shit for the uninsured or underinsured.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:14:11pm |
re: #441 Rightwingconspirator
I don't think they would arrest me for that. Not with a tore up shell. After all "the gun was in a locked container until I needed it..."
I'd be more worried about the fight to get back my illegally confiscated firearm after the rest of the legal actions were finished. Major hassles would be awaiting.
Around here we only have black bears. Unlike browns or grizzlies, they almost never attack. BUT if they do it's because of hunger and the sprays are far less effective as a result. YOU are the prey & they want a full tummy. If it's me, Mr. Bruin will have a tummy full of 158gr. LSWCHP+P munchies...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:14:21pm |
re: #418 Gus 802
Nutty habit. Besides the health problem it's just getting ridiculous having to spend almost 5 bucks a day for just one pack. Heck, an electronic cigarette could be fun too walking into non-smoking areas and puffing away.
One of those things produces no second-hand smoke, no? Be OK by me.
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:15:09pm |
re: #467 SanFranciscoZionist
One of those things produces no second-hand smoke, no? Be OK by me.
Yep. Would simply have to explain to the people around you.
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:15:38pm |
re: #467 SanFranciscoZionist
One of those things produces no second-hand smoke, no? Be OK by me.
No first-hand smoke, either. All that comes out is vapor. It's the same principle behind the smoke machine you might see in a club.
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windsagio Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:16:45pm |
re: #469 JasonA
Well there's still the toxicity of the nicotene, but its way better than actual smoke ;P
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:17:25pm |
re: #466 wlewisiii
I brought .45 golden sabre +p A bit light for the job but yeah kinda like swimming where sharks sometimes occupy but with massive legal complications.
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:17:26pm |
Part of what's really gotten me looking into e-cigs is that there's a whole community of users who seem to enjoy "vaping" more than I ever did smoking. They're very enthusiastic about it.
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Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:17:33pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:17:36pm |
re: #468 Gus 802
Yep. Would simply have to explain to the people around you.
If they become more common, though, people will get used to the idea.
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:18:15pm |
re: #475 SanFranciscoZionist
If they become more common, though, people will get used to the idea.
Assuming they don't get banned first... (three airlines already have)
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:18:30pm |
re: #474 Dragon_Lady
Found it! Thanks, they are great pics and I can't wait to go up and see if for myself!
Next weekend!
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:19:26pm |
re: #476 JasonA
Assuming they don't get banned first... (three airlines already have)
Though this is something where you really could pop in the bathroom and use it. No smoke=no smell. Just hope the vapor doesn't slip through the door cracks...
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:20:19pm |
re: #478 Gus 802
Humans.
These things are made to give you the perception that you're smoking. But that's a double-edged sword. Anyone who sees you using it, and hasn't been educated, will perceive the same thing.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:20:26pm |
For your perusal, here are two kendo champions, radiating awesomeness.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:20:52pm |
re: #442 LudwigVanQuixote
You have mails...
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Donna Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:21:54pm |
re: #477 Rightwingconspirator
Next weekend!
Its a date! I'm going to log off now, good night everyone! Keep Laughing!
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:21:58pm |
re: #481 LudwigVanQuixote
For your perusal, here are two kendo champions, radiating awesomeness.
That is bad crazy kwel. Thanks!
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Gus Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:22:27pm |
re: #479 JasonA
Though this is something where you really could pop in the bathroom and use it. No smoke=no smell. Just hope the vapor doesn't slip through the door cracks...
That's the thing. I remember though my ex-gfs father. He was this old former WWII B-24 pilot and when we met him at the airport he was walking without a care through the airport terminal smoking a cigarette. You should have seen people's reactions. I thought it was a hoot.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:25:51pm |
re: #481 LudwigVanQuixote
For your perusal, here are two kendo champions, radiating awesomeness.
It may be just a pipe dream of mine, but it seems to me that's what it would be like watching Racer X and Windsagio hold a debate, if either one of them had skillz.
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Irenicum Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:26:30pm |
Hi kids. I see some of the usual suspects are being the usual suspects. Howz it hangin'?
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:26:33pm |
re: #486 Cato the Elder
LOL!
Which one could whack the other on the head first?
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:26:44pm |
re: #481 LudwigVanQuixote
For your perusal, here are two kendo champions, radiating awesomeness.
[Video]
Awesome skills there. I loved sparring escrima vs kendo.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:27:11pm |
re: #490 Rightwingconspirator
Going to have to look that up....
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ghazidor Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:27:23pm |
Friendship...
1... When you are sad --I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the bastard who made you sad.
2... When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you
3... When you smile -- I will know you are thinking of something that I would probably want to be involved in.
4... When you are scared -- I will make fun of you every chance I get until you're NOT
5...When you are worried -- I will tell you stories about how much worse it could be until YOU STOP WHINING!
6... When you are confused -- I will try to use only little words.
7...When you are sick --Stay the hell away from me until you are well again. I don't want whateveryou have
8... When you fall -- I will laugh at you, you clumsy ass.
9... This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end. 'Why?' you may ask; Because you are my friend.
Remember: Friendship is just like pissing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth. ;)
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:27:35pm |
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windsagio Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:29:22pm |
re: #495 JasonA
Lets just let it pass, eh? > You avenged her anyways :p
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:29:42pm |
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:29:59pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:30:36pm |
re: #495 JasonA
Um, I didn't...
I very rarely downding.
Unless I miss...
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:31:42pm |
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:31:57pm |
re: #497 windsagio
Lets just let it pass, eh? > You avenged her anyways :p
She's not involved in the Cato/Windy feud. I can't say I know her, but I don't think she meant it to be as negative as you thought she did.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:31:59pm |
re: #499 LudwigVanQuixote
Yes, Dear. LOL!
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:32:07pm |
re: #485 Gus 802
That's the thing. I remember though my ex-gfs father. He was this old former WWII B-24 pilot and when we met him at the airport he was walking without a care through the airport terminal smoking a cigarette. You should have seen people's reactions. I thought it was a hoot.
I love hanging with WWII vets. They lived through everything that they expected to kill them - why worry about little shit like cigs or seat belts or too much booze?
My wife has a photo taken by her older sister - she was standing on the back seat while her dad was driving and mom was holding my new born wife. The speedometer reads about 120mph at the time... No, there were no belts on anyone. There were two other families in the car at the time too. But it just didn't register the same way - they'd already looked death in the eye and laughed as a result. My FiL was navy on PT boats, his brother was infantry with Patton (and hated remembering the Bulge - a southern guy in a bitch cold winter without appropriate clothing. He never forgave the army & this army vet doesn't blame him), his best friend was a P-51 pilot, and so on.
God bless them, everyone of them.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:32:18pm |
re: #495 JasonA
Why the fuck did you downding FG?
Because she thought something I said was funny.
re: #487 windsagio
Oh come ON!
Feewing extra-sensitive tonight?
re: #489 Floral Giraffe
LOL!
Which one could whack the other on the head first?
Racer X. He's not so busy downdinging his perceived "enemies".
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Ben Jhazi Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:32:54pm |
re: #500 Floral Giraffe
Um, I didn't...
I very rarely downding.
Unless I miss...
I know you didn't.
I said: Why the fuck did you downding FG?
Had I been talking to you I would have said:
Why the fuck did you downding, FG?
:)
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:33:00pm |
re: #500 Floral Giraffe
Um, I didn't...
I very rarely downding.
Unless I miss...
Windy saw fit to downding your 489. I don't see why, it's a whimsical moment.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:33:18pm |
re: #502 JasonA
She's not involved in the Cato/Windy feud. I can't say I know her, but I don't think she meant it to be as negative as you thought she did.
AND, FWIW, I didn't down ding, unless I made a mistake.
YET.
Tonight.
So, be on your best behavior, or be Ludwig.
OK?
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:34:15pm |
re: #506 JasonA
I know you didn't.
I said: Why the fuck did you downding FG?
Had I been talking to you I would have said:
Why the fuck did you downding, FG?:)
OK, sparky. Thanks for the clarification.
*smooch*
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windsagio Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:35:00pm |
re: #505 Cato the Elder
I was just hoping you'd show better judgement ;P
/I forgot you flounce worked tho'
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:35:01pm |
re: #507 Rightwingconspirator
Windy saw fit to downding your 489. I don't see why, it's a whimsical moment.
And, it's going to keep me from getting the free toaster from my dings?
LOL!
Heartbreaker!
///
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:36:36pm |
re: #510 windsagio
I was just hoping you'd show better judgement ;P
/I forgot you flounce worked tho'
You and I, we have a hudna.
Google it to find out what that's worth.
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windsagio Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:38:50pm |
re: #512 Cato the Elder
funny/ironic thing is that you're HAMAS in this case >>
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Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 7, 2010 10:40:08pm |
re: #501 LudwigVanQuixote
A tsuki is a point attack.
Warning - this is brutal...
Very brutal...
Unfortunately, in many wussified venues today, it is considered impolite to have a point, much less attack with it.
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deranged cat Sun, Aug 8, 2010 12:41:41am |
damn. for a second i thought you said Neil Flynn, the janitor from scrubs (who is an excellent improv/stand up comedian)
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Wozza Matter? Sun, Aug 8, 2010 6:38:47am |
re: #8 Charles
I'm surprised no one has brought up the issue of Neil's odd mustache yet.
i was trying to be polite
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