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My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.
— George Bernard Shaw
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HappyWarrior Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:37:07pm |
Always liked Shaw’s way with words. My favorite by him is the one that RFK often quote: “Some men see the world as is and asked why, I dream of things that never were and ask why not.” Never read any of his plays when I took Irish film and literature while I studied there last summer. I did read a play called Playboy of the Western World by his friend, J.M Synge which was interesting.
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HappyWarrior Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:54:55pm |
HAve this Badfinger stuck in my head at the moment. Really an underrated song by an even more underrated band. Got in to them after hearing Baby Blue in The Departed and before that I remember really liking No Matter What in a couple movies I saw but had no idea it was them.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:08:53pm |
“Some men see the world as is and asked why, I dream of things that never were and ask why not.”
Thanks much for the reminder of a great quote.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:26:36pm |
In the spirit of Shaw:
Sawah Pawin
should be shot
full of helium
so that when
she speaks aloud
folks can hear
the dumb.
Meanwhile
Chrissie Anti-Sex
can go
blow
kingdom’s
come.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:28:44pm |
re: #6 Cato the Elder
moonbat (huh?) appreciation
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laZardo Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:32:56pm |
Everyone is nirther for Stephen Colbert.
Also good afternoon.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:39:20pm |
Funny thought to think:
Karl Rove is now an élitist according to the monsters to whom he played midwife.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Sep 18, 2010 12:09:53am |
Because we are nearly in my favorite month, an October song.
“For rulers like to lay down laws,
and rebels like to break them,
and poor priests like to walk in chains
and God likes to forsake them.”
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Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Sep 18, 2010 12:47:47am |
re: #4 HappyWarrior
These guys were produced by Paul McCartney, who wrote their first hit. They also showed up for George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh and were touted as a sort of ersatz-Beatles, which they actually suffered under, as it kept them from being appreciated int heir own light.
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Kragar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 2:06:31am |
2 Days and significant progress on the 2 special characters I was working on. Decided to knock out an Enginseer and a Cadian conversion of Iron Hands Straken before I went back in on the grenadiers.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Sep 18, 2010 2:17:49am |
You just cannot fuck with Clutch
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 2:23:44am |
re: #15 WindUpBird
You just cannot fuck with Clutch
[Video]
One of the favorite bands of Duff from Ace of Cakes.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Sep 18, 2010 3:56:12am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:02:46am |
re: #18 laZardo
/testing if you can see this…
Yes. And the idiot preacher who brought all this shit up that lives in Gainesville is thinking of moving to St. Pete. Fucking douche.
[Link: www.abcactionnews.com…]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:13:58am |
Don’t root against the Lions, bitch!!!
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Winny Spencer Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:24:25am |
re: #21 Cannadian Club Akbar
Don’t root against the Lions, bitch!!!
[Video]
Wow, that guy was pissed.
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laZardo Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:25:32am |
I can actually name one, no, TWO good things that spawned from capitalism in Russia.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:29:30am |
re: #23 laZardo
I can actually name one, no, TWO good things that spawned from capitalism in Russia.
Me too.
[Link: www.google.com…]
[Link: www.google.com…]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:33:05am |
re: #24 Cannadian Club Akbar
Me too.
[Link: www.google.com…][Link: www.google.com…]
On page 5 of her pics, Maria Sharapova is eating a banana. It’s just funny.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:33:57am |
I would like to take this time to wish my fellow Jewish Lizards a easy fast for Yom Kippur. May we and our friends be sealed in the Book of Life for this year.
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laZardo Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:34:42am |
re: #25 Cannadian Club Akbar
On page 5 of her pics, Maria Sharapova is eating a banana. It’s just funny.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:35:23am |
re: #26 PhillyPretzel
I would like to take this time to wish my fellow Jewish Lizards a easy fast for Yom Kippur. May we and our friends be sealed in the Book of Life for this year.
Meanwhile, I’m getting ready to put beans and pork chops in the crock pot. Insensitive?
/
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:36:24am |
re: #28 Cannadian Club Akbar
Some would be upset. I am not because I realize you are kidding. right?
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:37:19am |
re: #28 Cannadian Club Akbar
Meanwhile, I’m getting ready to put beans and pork chops in the crock pot. Insensitive?
/
That could be a horrific euphemism.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:39:33am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:40:39am |
re: #29 PhillyPretzel
Some would be upset. I am not because I realize you are kidding. right?
No. I am actually about to make beans and chops. But I would never insult another religion.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:41:48am |
re: #28 Cannadian Club Akbar
Meanwhile, I’m getting ready to put beans and pork chops in the crock pot. Insensitive?
/
No, not insensitive at all, not eating pork a matter of choice.
Telling, say, a diabetic that you are going to eat a big slice of chocolate cake with double frosting might be insensitive.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 4:50:23am |
re: #34 ralphieboy
No, not insensitive at all, not eating pork a matter of choice.
Telling, say,
a diabeticFBV that you are going to eat a big slice of chocolate cake with double frosting might be insensitive.
And he gets none!!
/har
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Sep 18, 2010 5:04:05am |
I wish I had a beard. I would comb it. At night.
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 5:04:33am |
re: #32 Cannadian Club Akbar
No. I am actually about to make beans and chops. But I would never insult another religion.
IRL, nothing is off limits. If people don’t want me to make fun of them then they should stay home.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 5:08:41am |
re: #38 negativ
I wish I had a beard. I would comb it. At night.
[Video]
Also see: Dude who will never get laid.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 5:12:29am |
Gonna go to the store for smokes in a bit. Debating buying a cuppa. I’ve had about 2 in 4 weeks.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Sep 18, 2010 5:16:35am |
re: #42 Cannadian Club Akbar
Gonna go to the store for smokes in a bit. Debating buying a cuppa. I’ve had about 2 in 4 weeks.
Cool story, bro.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 5:24:50am |
Ya know, I was concerned with some rapid weight loss I had. Now I know what it was. No caffeine. I drink about 1 pepsi a day and don’t intake much sugars. Been walking. Eating lotsa cereal. And my belly is a bit flatter.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:16:53am |
A jillion years ago, I read a science fiction story that sort of goes like this:
An astronaut is sent on a solo mission to the moon. While he’s there, global nuclear war erupts back on earth. The whole world is fucked, and the astronaut soon realizes he’s not going home.
So, the astronaut turns on his radio transmitter and begins broadcasting every fact he knows, along with his thoughts and memories out into space, in the hope that some alien civilization’s version of SETI will some day pick up his signal and acknowledge, however dimly, that the human species once existed.
The last thing he says before his oxygen runs out is a knock-knock joke.
I can’t remember the title or author of that story to save my life, but I’m dying to read it again. Anyone know what I’m talking about?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:21:26am |
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KenJen Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:30:38am |
Got up ate a bagel, fed the dogs, ate another bagel, brushed my…………..oops! Thought I was on Facebook./
Morning Lizards!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:41:21am |
re: #48 KenJen
Got up ate a bagel, fed the dogs, ate another bagel, brushed my…oops! Thought I was on Facebook./
Morning Lizards!
A bagel with a TON of cream cheese, thick patty of sausage, 2 eggies as a samich and a giant glass of chocolate milk. And some tater tots please!!!
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:45:23am |
re: #44 Cannadian Club Akbar
Ya know, I was concerned with some rapid weight loss I had. Now I know what it was. No caffeine. I drink about 1 pepsi a day and don’t intake much sugars. Been walking. Eating lotsa cereal. And my belly is a bit flatter.
Good, at least you know it’s not cancer.
Braggin’ time! 4 months ago I went on a strict diet in preparation for quitting smoking. Thanks to the diet, natural metabolism, and cutting my calorie intake from 4000 to roughly 1800 calories a day I lost 30lbs in less than 6 weeks cutting my body fat percentage to less than 10%. I haven’t had a cigarette in 9 weeks 4 days and 3 hours, approximately. Most importantly, in a competition I’m having with my brother, I’ve put on almost 15 lbs of mostly muscle in 6 weeks mostly thanks to a different diet and muscle memory. I’ve gone from only being able to work out 20 mins a day to almost 2 hours and I haven’t worn a shirt in a week.
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KenJen Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:46:31am |
re: #49 Cannadian Club Akbar
That would have been better. actually had two bagels with a side of V8. mmmmmm!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:50:41am |
re: #50 RogueOne
Yes, I was a bit concerned.
As far as the gaining weight, I own this book. I don’t like to pimp stuff here, but check it out.
[Link: www.amazon.com…]
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KenJen Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:52:17am |
re: #50 RogueOne
Fist bump! Good for you. All without taking the magic grapefruit pill that makes you loose pounds while you sleep./ Congrats!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:52:58am |
re: #51 KenJen
That would have been better. actually had two bagels with a side of V8. mmm!
Eggs Benedict with crab cakes covered in a Bearnaise sauce. With pearled new potatoes.
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KenJen Sat, Sep 18, 2010 6:54:50am |
re: #54 Cannadian Club Akbar
We have a winner folks! Can’t top that.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:01:50am |
re: #55 KenJen
We have a winner folks! Can’t top that.
That will be $12.95 for your breakfast. More V8?
/
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HoosierHoops Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:03:30am |
re: #54 Cannadian Club Akbar
Eggs Benedict with crab cakes covered in a Bearnaise sauce. With pearled new potatoes.
I think I hate you..They had 2 donuts in the lobby..And free coffee…
Morning all
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:04:43am |
re: #57 HoosierHoops
I think I hate you..They had 2 donuts in the lobby..And free coffee…
Morning all
Get in line, mister!!
/
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:06:01am |
re: #52 Cannadian Club Akbar
Yes, I was a bit concerned.
As far as the gaining weight, I own this book. I don’t like to pimp stuff here, but check it out.
[Link: www.amazon.com…]
I’ve seen that before, good book? My brother is using that PX90 which I assume is using similar techniques?
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Cathypop Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:06:15am |
re: #57 HoosierHoops
I think I hate you..They had 2 donuts in the lobby..And free coffee…
Morning all
That’s a crappy breakfast. Will Winston share some of his food with you?
Morning
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HoosierHoops Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:06:41am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:06:55am |
re: #59 RogueOne
I’ve seen that before, good book? My brother is using that PX90 which I assume is using similar techniques?
The exercises are effing tough.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:08:10am |
re: #61 HoosierHoops
I cut the line! What’s kick’n chicken?
Debating on whether of not to have a coffee. Lunch is already in the oven. You don’t want to know.
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HoosierHoops Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:08:47am |
re: #60 Cathypop
That’s a crappy breakfast. Will Winston share some of his food with you?
Morning
Winston ate well last night..His first night in a hotel.. He had a Philly cheese steak and Fiji bottled water
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:09:41am |
re: #64 HoosierHoops
Winston ate well last night..His first night in a hotel.. He had a Philly cheese steak and Fiji bottled water
Freaking dog eats better than I do!!!
//
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:10:18am |
re: #62 Cannadian Club Akbar
My brother went through a big fall maybe 5-6 years ago where they had to take out bone in elbow and wrist so using weights is a problem. He’s enjoying the Yoga portion of the program, says it’s hard as hell.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:11:56am |
re: #66 RogueOne
My brother went through a big fall maybe 5-6 years ago where they had to take out bone in elbow and wrist so using weights is a problem. He’s enjoying the Yoga portion of the program, says it’s hard as hell.
Yoga is very intense. Hard for me because you need balance and I have vertigo. And I’m drunk!!
/Actually, I do have vertigo.
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:13:02am |
re: #67 Cannadian Club Akbar
plus I hear those leotards chafe
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HoosierHoops Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:13:21am |
re: #66 RogueOne
My brother went through a big fall maybe 5-6 years ago where they had to take out bone in elbow and wrist so using weights is a problem. He’s enjoying the Yoga portion of the program, says it’s hard as hell.
Coach suggested in College we take Aikido.. It great for stretching out and balance
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:14:26am |
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:20:12am |
re: #69 HoosierHoops
Coach suggested in College we take Aikido.. It great for stretching out and balance
plus the techniques are very helpful in the “get them on the ground and stomp ‘em” strategy, which is what the army currently teaches.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:21:08am |
I wonder if anti-Halloween hysteria and Satanic Panic are going to make an appearance next month. We seem to be ripe for it.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:22:07am |
re: #71 RogueOne
plus the techniques are very helpful in the “get them on the ground and stomp ‘em” strategy, which is what the army currently teaches.
I agree with this for one reason: if you go to their level, you are at their level. Always keep the upper hand.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:23:31am |
re: #73 Cannadian Club Akbar
I agree with this for one reason: if you go to their level, you are at their level. Always keep the upper hand.
Also see: Kick the Fuckers to Sleep.
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:23:35am |
re: #72 negativ
I wonder if anti-Halloween hysteria and Satanic Panic are going to make an appearance next month. We seem to be ripe for it.
It will in Detroit
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Decatur Deb Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:25:20am |
This is a little spooky, lifted from “Left in Alabama” blogsite:
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:26:51am |
re: #74 Cannadian Club Akbar
Also see: Kick the Fuckers to Sleep.
I’m all for the army doing whatever it thinks is necessary when teaching combat skills but I’m also thinking about a million, young, just turned 21, well-trained men hanging out in the local bars. I’m sure it will all end well.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:30:20am |
re: #72 negativ
I wonder if anti-Halloween hysteria and Satanic Panic are going to make an appearance next month. We seem to be ripe for it.
That’s a good metric for the mood here in AL. A few years ago Halloween was almost dead, but for the last few years the candy has been going faster. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, but conflicts with the Restoring Sanity rally this cycle.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:30:26am |
re: #77 RogueOne
I’m all for the army doing whatever it thinks is necessary when teaching combat skills but I’m also thinking about a million, young, just turned 21, well-trained men hanging out in the local bars. I’m sure it will all end well.
When I was in “A” school I was at the E Club and a Marine tried to punch a Navy guy. Navy guy ducked. Marine hit Navy girl. KO’d. They shut the whole place down. Not pretty. No one got to leave.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:37:02am |
All right. I need to run to the store. I will debate myself on getting coffee on the way. I walk about 6 MPH so I can’t walk and drink. BBIAB.
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Romantic Heretic Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:38:17am |
re: #69 HoosierHoops
Coach suggested in College we take Aikido.. It great for stretching out and balance
It’s also one of the most difficult martial arts for people to understand, especially Westerners. A martial art with
no
offensive techniques. A very tricky philosophy to wrap your mind around.
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:39:31am |
re: #79 Cannadian Club Akbar
When I was in “A” school I was at the E Club and a Marine tried to punch a Navy guy. Navy guy ducked. Marine hit Navy girl. KO’d. They shut the whole place down. Not pretty. No one got to leave.
Right after I received my commission I went to Jacksonville, NC to visit my enlisted marine brother. He and his friends took me out to celebrate in a town bar full of marines and a mini-riot broke out. The majority of the crowd was using everything that they could get their hands on as a weapon, chairs, pool sticks, pool balls. I was just trying to get the hell out of the way, there was no way I was getting arrested in my first week.
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KenJen Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:43:21am |
Check out my foster pup! Hoops you interested? I’ll drive him up!
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HoosierHoops Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:45:35am |
re: #83 KenJen
Check out my foster pup! Hoops you interested? I’ll drive him up!
hi Jen! cute dog…How have you been?
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Political Atheist Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:46:38am |
re: #81 Romantic Heretic
I had understood that Aikido has those techniques, but that they are taught last. 3rd degree Black belts get it from the senior masters. So I was told by a guy with a school in Mexico. It would ordinarily take ten years to get to that level.
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cliffster Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:52:41am |
Mornin’ yall.. a Saturday full of helmet smashing awaits. Tonight, last year’s best team in the country faces their first test against Texas Tech.. if they can get past this one it might be another good season. Hope everyone’s doing mighty fine..
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laZardo Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:55:05am |
re: #46 negativ
A jillion years ago, I read a science fiction story that sort of goes like this:
An astronaut is sent on a solo mission to the moon. While he’s there, global nuclear war erupts back on earth. The whole world is fucked, and the astronaut soon realizes he’s not going home.
So, the astronaut turns on his radio transmitter and begins broadcasting every fact he knows, along with his thoughts and memories out into space, in the hope that some alien civilization’s version of SETI will some day pick up his signal and acknowledge, however dimly, that the human species once existed.
The last thing he says before his oxygen runs out is a knock-knock joke.
I can’t remember the title or author of that story to save my life, but I’m dying to read it again. Anyone know what I’m talking about?
I don’t, but I’ve been watching gameplay videos of this game called DEFCON on YouTube and I can say my outlook on humanity really can’t get any dimmer. :D
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Killgore Trout Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:56:39am |
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Varek Raith Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:58:28am |
re: #88 laZardo
I don’t, but I’ve been watching gameplay videos of this game called DEFCON on YouTube and I can say my outlook on humanity really can’t get any dimmer. :D
Ah, you nihilist pasnie!
/
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Political Atheist Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:58:31am |
Hello all!
What a gorgeous day in LA this am. I feel an urge to get up into the mountains for an overnight photo/hiking session.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 7:59:33am |
re: #88 laZardo
I don’t, but I’ve been watching gameplay videos of this game called DEFCON on YouTube and I can say my outlook on humanity really can’t get any dimmer. :D
What kind of game is it?
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Jadespring Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:00:14am |
re: #72 negativ
I wonder if anti-Halloween hysteria and Satanic Panic are going to make an appearance next month. We seem to be ripe for it.
Ha. That first link is hilarious. In a black humor hilarious sort of way. They even have it connected with the ghey! now.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:06:12am |
re: #94 laZardo
Casual armchair nuclear apocalypse.
[Video]
“Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
How about a nice game of chess?”
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Political Atheist Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:06:41am |
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]
A domestic terrorist tried to blow up Warner Brothers.
Fortunately another fail.
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Varek Raith Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:07:23am |
re: #96 Rightwingconspirator
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]
A domestic terrorist tried to blow up Warner Brothers.
Fortunately another fail.
He got tired of all the bad movies???
/
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Decatur Deb Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:07:47am |
re: #96 Rightwingconspirator
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]
A domestic terrorist tried to blow up Warner Brothers.
Fortunately another fail.
Never buy your liquid explosives from Acme.
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Varek Raith Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:08:23am |
re: #98 Decatur Deb
Never buy your liquid explosives from Acme.
SHIT!
I missed a golden Wile E. Coyote joke!!!
:(
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KenJen Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:09:22am |
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Political Atheist Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:10:50am |
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:13:13am |
re: #95 Dark_Falcon
“Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
[snip]
Must be a liberal game :)
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Varek Raith Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:14:12am |
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cliffster Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:15:12am |
How to get the girl - based on science.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:15:23am |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:16:34am |
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Political Atheist Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:17:16am |
re: #103 Varek Raith
Feeling fine. Off to teach my very young martial arts student today then off to the mountains. Quality time away from the gray concrete. Going green has a few meanings around here.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:19:14am |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:19:16am |
re: #102 Walter L. Newton
Must be a liberal game :)
Of course it is. If was made Real Americans, it would show Jesus miraculously stopping the nukes, following which the godless scientists would realize the error of their ways.
/Dominionist logic. I exaggerate, but not by much,
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:20:51am |
re: #109 Dark_Falcon
Of course it is. If was made Real Americans, it would show Jesus miraculously stopping the nukes, following which the godless scientists would realize the error of their ways.
/Dominionist logic. I exaggerate, but not by much,
Er… yes you do.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:23:38am |
re: #110 Walter L. Newton
Er… yes you do.
Sorry, I’m not as good at it as you are. :( I keep trying, but I think I’m too literal-minded to joke as well as you do.
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laZardo Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:24:33am |
re: #109 Dark_Falcon
Of course it is. If was made by Real Americans, it would show
JesusDr. Manhattan miraculously stopping the nukes, following which the godless scientists would realize the error of their ways./
DominionistNew Frontiersman logic. I exaggerate, but not by much,
//obscure comic references ftw
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Decatur Deb Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:24:35am |
re: #111 Dark_Falcon
Sorry, I’m not as good at it as you are. :( I keep trying, but I think I’m too literal-minded to joke as well as you do.
Hopelessly mired in reality.
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Varek Raith Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:25:27am |
re: #106 Killgore Trout
Christine O’Donnell Flashback: ‘I Dabbled Into Witchcraft’ (VIDEO)
[Video]
SHE’S A SATANIST!!!
/
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:26:02am |
re: #108 Killgore Trout
O’Donnell cancels Face The Nation appearance. Is she running away from the press?
Do keep in mind that Media Matters editorials like that are biased. That said, that isn’t a good sign. Next up, O’Donnell walks off the stage on Sunday when Chris Wallace asks her a question about her foreclosure (and he’s promised to ask).
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Decatur Deb Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:26:03am |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:26:58am |
re: #112 laZardo
//obscure comic references ftw
I wouldn’t call Watchmen obscure anymore. Not after the movie last summer.
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:27:50am |
O’Donnell Snubs Schieffer
GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell (DE) cancels her scheduled appearance tomorrow on CBS’s Face the Nation. She is apparently still planning on doing Fox News Sunday.
bobschieffer
Bob Schieffer
“Ms. O’Donnell, what kind of magazines do you read?”
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cliffster Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:28:37am |
re: #111 Dark_Falcon
Sorry, I’m not as good at it as you are. :( I keep trying, but I think I’m too literal-minded to joke as well as you do.
I fail to understand how “getting to the other side” is a rational reason for crossing the road. If that were the only reason, the chicken would have simply chosen to remain on the side he was on.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:29:37am |
re: #115 Dark_Falcon
Do keep in mind that Media Matters editorials like that are biased. That said, that isn’t a good sign. Next up, O’Donnell walks off the stage on Sunday when Chris Wallace asks her a question about her foreclosure (and he’s promised to ask).
Media Matters bias aside; I was surprised she agreed to go on the show in the first place. She’s another Republican who can’t appear anywhere else but on Fox for fear of being asked a real question. This trend has to be a nightmare for Republican strategists.
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:31:07am |
re: #120 Killgore Trout
Media Matters bias aside; I was surprised she agreed to go on the show in the first place. She’s another Republican who can’t appear anywhere else but on Fox for fear of being asked a real question. This trend has to be a nightmare for Republican strategists.
Yep. See #118. She already canceled on Bob Schieffer on CBS.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:33:18am |
Amateur gardener promises to share monster vegetables with neighbours
Mr Hill, 53, has grown a row of the monster vegetables, the biggest of which is 5ft across and will weigh 80lb when it’s ready to cut.
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Varek Raith Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:33:40am |
Pentagon: 2 Russian aircraft buzzed U.S. warship
Washington (CNN) — A pair of Russian aircraft buzzed a U.S. warship off the Arctic coast of Russia on consecutive days last week, leading the U.S. Navy chief of naval operations to raise the issue with his Russian counterpart, a Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said.The first incident occurred September 10 in international waters of the Barents Sea. A U.S. military official, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the incidents, said a Russian Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft flew about 50 yards off the side of the guided missile frigate USS Taylor at just about 100 feet above sea level.
The official said the aircraft made several passes near the ship.
The next day a Russian Helix helicopter circled the Taylor, also at low altitude.
The official described the activity as “abnormal” operating procedure, because of the risk of an accident at such close range.
Adm. Gary Roughead, the U.S. chief of naval operations, discussed the matter with his Russian counterpart, Adm. Vladimir Vysotskiy, according to Lapan.
Lapan said the ship’s crew did not interpret the Russian overflights to be hostile, but said the two sides are still talking to determine whether standard maritime procedures were followed.
The two admirals met earlier this week during a visit of Russian military officials to the Pentagon. The incidents were disclosed by U.S. military officials only after that visit was over.
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Obdicut Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:34:05am |
re: #122 Killgore Trout
Is it a rural myth that larger vegetables don’t taste as good?
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Varek Raith Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:34:23am |
re: #122 Killgore Trout
Amateur gardener promises to share monster vegetables with neighbours
Holy Cabbage Batman!
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:34:36am |
re: #111 Dark_Falcon
Sorry, I’m not as good at it as you are. :( I keep trying, but I think I’m too literal-minded to joke as well as you do.
I wasn’t judging you, nor was I fishing for a compliment.
In my opinion, the influence of Dominionist is over stated. First off, Dominionism is far from a new concept, simply a contemporary labeling of a very old theocratic ideology.
Much of what our constitution became/is, was a direct response to certain Dominionist-like concepts. We threw off Dominionist-like thought, as regards to governing, we threw off the religionist, the Papist, and the numerous assaults on our secularism.
People on LGF point this out on a daily basis. We are a secular nation, with some moral underpinnings based on on certain theological ideas, mixed with enlightened humanist understanding of humanity and human rights.
Our constitution has been able to stand up to over 200 years of challenges to it’s validity.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:34:38am |
re: #120 Killgore Trout
Media Matters bias aside; I was surprised she agreed to go on the show in the first place. She’s another Republican who can’t appear anywhere else but on Fox for fear of being asked a real question. This trend has to be a nightmare for Republican strategists.
It is. That’s why I think she may not have such an easy ride with Wallace. O’Donnell is not doing well, and even Fox is picking up on that. She needs honest questions about her past. Not hard-hitting, just straight. If she can’t answer them, she’s toast. We’ll have to wait till tomorrow and see.
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:35:02am |
re: #108 Killgore Trout
O’Donnell cancels Face The Nation appearance. Is she running away from the press?
This is a good thing. I think if the Teabagger candidates all eschew the other networks and rely solely on Fox news, they may find themselves coming up short at the polls in November. And then what would be the narrative? Surely not that Fox exclusivity or Palin’s advice had anything to do with their losses.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:36:39am |
re: #128 darthstar
This is a good thing. I think if the Teabagger candidates all eschew the other networks and rely solely on Fox news, they may find themselves coming up short at the polls in November. And then what would be the narrative? Surely not that Fox exclusivity or Palin’s advice had anything to do with their losses.
This is a stupid move if she has any intention of appealing to the independents.
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:37:08am |
re: #127 Dark_Falcon
Poor Wallace (though I don’t care for him much so take that with a grain of salt)…thanks to Palin, he gets to talk to all the nutsacks in the GOP since their strategy of avoiding all other networks like the plague means he’s the default interviewer.
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:37:32am |
re: #129 Walter L. Newton
This is a stupid move if she has any intention of appealing to the independents.
Nobody ever accused her of being intelligent.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:37:50am |
re: #124 Obdicut
Is it a rural myth that larger vegetables don’t taste as good?
It depends on which vegetables. Zucchini sucks when they get too big. Cabbage should be fine.
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Renaissance_Man Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:38:18am |
re: #120 Killgore Trout
Media Matters bias aside; I was surprised she agreed to go on the show in the first place. She’s another Republican who can’t appear anywhere else but on Fox for fear of being asked a real question. This trend has to be a nightmare for Republican strategists.
Ultimately, it depends on how successful the Conservative cult media is at expanding the cult. Cult votes are already secure, and no amount of stupidity in other interviews will sway them. The trick is then not to modify your ideas to broaden their appeal, but rather to expand your cult base so that your ideas are irrelevant.
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Varek Raith Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:38:23am |
re: #131 darthstar
Nobody ever accused her of being intelligent.
Seriously. There are spells that can increase one’s intelligence. All she needs to do is cast a few of them on herself.
/
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:39:58am |
re: #121 Gus 802
Yep. See #118. She already canceled on Bob Schieffer on CBS.
If the other networks want to get her on, they simply need to ignore her for a week. She’ll be begging for an interview. Right now, Fox sets the message, and the rest of the networks get to share the tape from that show. Stop airing clips of candidate interviews on Fox, and the candidates will come around.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:41:26am |
re: #126 Walter L. Newton
I wasn’t judging you, nor was I fishing for a compliment.
In my opinion, the influence of Dominionist is over stated. First off, Dominionism is far from a new concept, simply a contemporary labeling of a very old theocratic ideology.
Much of what our constitution became/is, was a direct response to certain Dominionist-like concepts. We threw off Dominionist-like thought, as regards to governing, we threw off the religionist, the Papist, and the numerous assaults on our secularism.
People on LGF point this out on a daily basis. We are a secular nation, with some moral underpinnings based on on certain theological ideas, mixed with enlightened humanist understanding of humanity and human rights.
Our constitution has been able to stand up to over 200 years of challenges to it’s validity.
Well said and well supported.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:42:18am |
re: #115 Dark_Falcon
Do keep in mind that Media Matters editorials like that are biased. That said, that isn’t a good sign. Next up, O’Donnell walks off the stage on Sunday when Chris Wallace asks her a question about her foreclosure (and he’s promised to ask).
Bob Sheiffer tweeted it.
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:44:32am |
re: #135 darthstar
If the other networks want to get her on, they simply need to ignore her for a week. She’ll be begging for an interview. Right now, Fox sets the message, and the rest of the networks get to share the tape from that show. Stop airing clips of candidate interviews on Fox, and the candidates will come around.
It depends. If her handlers, which I’m sure she has plenty of now, decide to keep her away from the alleged “liberal media” this will probably remain constant until election day. Unless they find a way to completely control the interview. Bottom line is the GOP is not looking for ideas or rhetoric from O’Donnell. All they seek is a warm body in the Senate to vote either yes or no according in unison with a homogeneous GOP Senate body. Until 2012 they’re just looking for no votes.
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:44:39am |
re: #118 Gus 802
O’Donnell Snubs Schieffer
bobschieffer
Bob Schieffer“Ms. O’Donnell, what kind of magazines do you read?”
Well, it was considerate of Schieffer to replace her with someone who would defend her against critics. It’s too bad she doesn’t have a Democratic opponent who can appear on Face the Nation. That would have been a reasonable replacement.
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RogueOne Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:44:58am |
Delaware is so lucky. The weird one or the pet, shit sandwich or douche.
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:45:53am |
re: #139 darthstar
Well, it was considerate of Schieffer to replace her with someone who would defend her against critics. It’s too bad she doesn’t have a Democratic opponent who can appear on Face the Nation. That would have been a reasonable replacement.
Well, now we have to ask. Where’s Mike Coons?
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:48:14am |
re: #141 Gus 802
Well, now we have to ask. Where’s Mike Coons?
Mike Coons is not important. Christine O’Donnell is important. We need fair and balanced 24/7 coverage of her campaign and how she’s closing the gap on her opponent.
And people wonder why these assholes have a chance in elections…
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prairiefire Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:48:14am |
President In Her Own Mind Sarah Palin told her to do it:[Link: politicalwire.com…]
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cliffster Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:49:27am |
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:49:47am |
re: #143 prairiefire
President In Her Own Mind Sarah Palin told her to do it:[Link: politicalwire.com…]
There you go then. In other words she’s going to spend the next month or so preaching to the choir.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:49:52am |
re: #135 darthstar
If the other networks want to get her on, they simply need to ignore her for a week. She’ll be begging for an interview. Right now, Fox sets the message, and the rest of the networks get to share the tape from that show. Stop airing clips of candidate interviews on Fox, and the candidates will come around.
The problem is that she’s already attracted attention. If they ignore her, their own viewers will wonder why. They also don’t want to play into the ‘Fox vs. MSM’ theme.
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:50:39am |
I guess the key to garnering the most media attention is to be the most dysfunctional.
Squirrel!
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Varek Raith Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:55:02am |
re: #147 Gus 802
I guess the key to garnering the most media attention is to be the most dysfunctional.
Squirrel!
A squirrel with shiny keys!
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:55:24am |
re: #146 Dark_Falcon
The problem is that she’s already attracted attention. If they ignore her, their own viewers will wonder why. They also don’t want to play into the ‘Fox vs. MSM’ theme.
Fine, mention her. Mention her every day. But don’t play video from Fox as coverage. Simply interview her opponent and then say she refused to be interviewed for comment.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:55:37am |
re: #142 darthstar
Mike Coons is not important. Christine O’Donnell is important. We need fair and balanced 24/7 coverage of her campaign and how she’s closing the gap on her opponent.
And people wonder why these assholes have a chance in elections…
She’s not closing the gap. That’s what Scott Rasmussen and Karl Rove have made clear. Rove went on O’Reilly last night and made it clear that he thought it’s because she won’t address her past. He’s got a point. She’s got baggage and if she does not deal with it (and dealing with it will involve some humility and embarrassment) she cannot win, not matter what her supporters do. Charles Krauthammer made the point as well: Deleware isn’t Florida, and she’s not Marco Rubio. She’s a weaker candidate running in a more liberal state.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:57:44am |
re: #149 darthstar
Fine, mention her. Mention her every day. But don’t play video from Fox as coverage. Simply interview her opponent and then say she refused to be interviewed for comment.
That could work. Of course, she’d complain about ‘bias and attacks’. But it’s not a safe world. What you suggest would be focus on real journalism. However, most news organizations real first priority is making money, and so they’ll take the easy route.
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 8:58:20am |
re: #150 Dark_Falcon
Yes, but if you say she’s closing the gap enough times, it will come true.
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Oh, maybe that wasn’t such a good idea.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:00:52am |
re: #152 darthstar
Yes, but if you say she’s closing the gap enough times, it will come true.
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
BeetlejuiceOh, maybe that wasn’t such a good idea.
It’s showtime.
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:00:53am |
re: #151 Dark_Falcon
That could work. Of course, she’d complain about ‘bias and attacks’. But it’s not a safe world. What you suggest would be focus on real journalism. However, most news organizations real first priority is making money, and so they’ll take the easy route.
Imagine if three of the major networks focused on real journalism for seven weeks. Report the facts, ignore the spin-doctors from both sides, and just cover everything with simple detachment.
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Taqyia2Me Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:01:50am |
re: #154 darthstar
Imagine if three of the major networks focused on real journalism for seven weeks. Report the facts, ignore the spin-doctors from both sides, and just cover everything with simple detachment.
We can dream!!!
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prairiefire Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:02:34am |
re: #149 darthstar
Play the clips from Bill Maher’s show![Link: politicalwire.com…]
“O’Donnell said she practiced witchcraft”
Mr. Maher says he is going to keep playing old clips until she comes back on his show.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:03:21am |
Christine should get busted for her flaky campaign finances. I mean, paying your rent from campaign donations???
[Link: edition.cnn.com…]
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:04:06am |
re: #156 prairiefire
Play the clips from Bill Maher’s show![Link: politicalwire.com…]
“O’Donnell said she practiced witchcraft”Mr. Maher says he is going to keep playing old clips until she comes back on his show.
I think we’ve got a new euphemism for either sexual intercourse or a sex toy…or both.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:04:09am |
re: #154 darthstar
Imagine if three of the major networks focused on real journalism for seven weeks. Report the facts, ignore the spin-doctors from both sides, and just cover everything with simple detachment.
Pretty dream, but it will not happen. They’ve got owners who demand profit, same as the newspapers of old. It’s like that, and that’s the Way It Is.
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Renaissance_Man Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:04:10am |
re: #154 darthstar
Imagine if three of the major networks focused on real journalism for seven weeks. Report the facts, ignore the spin-doctors from both sides, and just cover everything with simple detachment.
That’s sort of like saying ‘imagine if children’s cereal companies just focused on making healthy, nutritious food that didn’t have a lot of sugar and junk, and didn’t rely on some glitzy manipulative ad campaign to sell’. It’s not a formula for success, given the audience.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:04:21am |
re: #157 Stanley Sea
h/t researchcok in the Pages.
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:04:52am |
re: #154 darthstar
Imagine if three of the major networks focused on real journalism for seven weeks. Report the facts, ignore the spin-doctors from both sides, and just cover everything with simple detachment.
That would mean the news organizations would actually have to work. Go out in the field and do some old school journalism. Get on an old GE rotary phone instead of pretending to communicate with people via email. Stories would have to be investigated and composed. Instead, the way they’re doing it now, they just regurgitate a campaign press release.
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:05:43am |
re: #160 Renaissance_Man
That’s sort of like saying ‘imagine if children’s cereal companies just focused on making healthy, nutritious food that didn’t have a lot of sugar and junk, and didn’t rely on some glitzy manipulative ad campaign to sell’. It’s not a formula for success, given the audience.
Are you saying Apple Jacks, Cap’t Crunch, and Froot Loops aren’t healthy?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:06:47am |
re: #157 Stanley Sea
Christine should get busted for her flaky campaign finances. I mean, paying your rent from campaign donations???
[Link: edition.cnn.com…]
She’s a financial disaster. I can’t believe idiots are giving her money. Even if she’s elected she won’t serve very long. I strongly suspect her campaign in going to result in jail time for her.
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:08:39am |
re: #164 Killgore Trout
She’s a financial disaster. I can’t believe idiots are giving her money. Even if she’s elected she won’t serve very long. I strongly suspect her campaign in going to result in jail time for her.
She’ll learn…if the GOP wins a majority she’ll get to chair the Senate Finance Committee…lots of learnin’ to do there.
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:10:33am |
re: #164 Killgore Trout
She’s a financial disaster. I can’t believe idiots are giving her money. Even if she’s elected she won’t serve very long. I strongly suspect her campaign in going to result in jail time for her.
Krauthammer and Rove were 100 percent correct. It’s just laughable how they were treated. Technically she shouldn’t even gone as far as she did but to take it this far is only further damaging an already damaged GOP brand.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:10:41am |
Well, I walked a mile today and had 6 ounces of coffee. What have you slackers done?
/
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:10:56am |
re: #164 Killgore Trout
She’s a financial disaster. I can’t believe idiots are giving her money. Even if she’s elected she won’t serve very long. I strongly suspect her campaign in going to result in jail time for her.
Which may be another reason she loses: The campaign professionals see the risk and will keep their distance. Ed Rollins make talk for her on Sunday morning, but he won’t work for her. On the other hand, that’ll just make some in the Tea Party even more angry. Even when the evidence comes out and she’s indicted, the TP crowd will yell “Eric Holder is just trying to silence a conservative!”.
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laZardo Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:11:13am |
re: #154 darthstar
Imagine if three of the major networks focused on real journalism for seven weeks. Report the facts, ignore the spin-doctors from both sides, and just cover everything with simple detachment.
“Is the world ending? We hope so, we need the ratings. The news is next.”
/actual line from San Andreas Radio
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:11:14am |
re: #165 darthstar
She’ll learn…if the GOP wins a majority she’ll get to chair the Senate Finance Committee…lots of learnin’ to do there.
No experience necessary.
Free brochure. /
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:11:34am |
Is there anyone out there who seriously believes that votiing Republican means voting for theocracy? I hear the theocracy scare a lot on this blog, but no once ever says how.
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laZardo Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:12:06am |
re: #167 Cannadian Club Akbar
Well, I walked a mile today and had 6 ounces of coffee. What have you slackers done?
/
3K on the treadmill and a quart-ish of water at the gym, not counting the weights.
/oh yeah, calling and raising :)
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:12:34am |
re: #170 Gus 802
No experience necessary.
Free brochure. /
Is it written by Charlie Rangel? Oh, wait, that is Ways and Means. My bad.
/
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:12:36am |
re: #167 Cannadian Club Akbar
Well, I walked a mile today and had 6 ounces of coffee. What have you slackers done?
/
I power walked 1 1/2 miles last night at 11:00 pm after I got off work. Then had a salad for a late supper.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:13:22am |
re: #171 aerial_drone
Is there anyone out there who seriously believes that votiing Republican means voting for theocracy? I hear the theocracy scare a lot on this blog, but no once ever says how.
Yes there is.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:13:40am |
re: #172 laZardo
3K on the treadmill and a quart-ish of water at the gym, not counting the weights.
/oh yeah, calling and raising :)
You’re half my age. GET OFF MY LAWN!!
/
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:13:50am |
re: #173 Cannadian Club Akbar
Is it written by Charlie Rangel? Oh, wait, that is Ways and Means. My bad.
/
Hey, I already compared her to a low budget version. They’re supporting a candidate that’s already primed for a Senate investigation.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:14:06am |
re: #171 aerial_drone
Hello, troll. How’s the bridge lurking job coming along?
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Jadespring Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:14:16am |
re: #167 Cannadian Club Akbar
Well, I walked a mile today and had 6 ounces of coffee. What have you slackers done?
/
Walked the pup through her morning border patrol training. Fed and watered chickens and ducks. Collected eggs. Moved some feed bags into storage. Put some beans on to soak. Made a loaf of bread. Sent hubby out with a grocery list. Shucked some corn and drank two cup of coffee.
:D
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:14:25am |
re: #174 Walter L. Newton
I power walked 1 1/2 miles last night at 11:00 pm after I got off work. Then had a salad for a late supper.
You’re twice my age. GET OFF MY WIFE!!
/
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:14:26am |
re: #175 Walter L. Newton
How would one install a theocracy in the USA?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:14:33am |
re: #171 aerial_drone
Politicians who advocate teaching creationism in schools or refuse to acknowledge the separation of church and state are examples of the theocratic mindset.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:14:50am |
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:15:34am |
Mindset does not abolish the constitution.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:15:50am |
re: #181 aerial_drone
How would one install a theocracy in the USA?
Control of all 3 branches and the Supreme Court.
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:16:01am |
re: #183 Walter L. Newton
I’m asking anyone who cares to answer
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Stan the Demanded Plan Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:16:36am |
re: #179 Jadespring
Walked the pup through her morning border patrol training. Fed and watered chickens and ducks. Collected eggs. Moved some feed bags into storage. Put some beans on to soak. Made a loaf of bread. Sent hubby out with a grocery list. Shucked some corn and drank two cup of coffee.
:D
I’m shamed. I did a load of laundry (well, it’s in the washer) and am on coffee #2.
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darthstar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:16:43am |
re: #167 Cannadian Club Akbar
Well, I walked a mile today and had 6 ounces of coffee. What have you slackers done?
/
I’m drinkin’ my second cup of PG tips lyin’ nekkid next to my wife in bed. Will be leaving soon though as she needs me to help her pick up about six or seven bottles of Patron Silver on her way to work (apparently, the tequila drinkers were out in force last night).
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cliffster Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:17:00am |
re: #181 aerial_drone
How would one install a theocracy in the USA?
Insert the CD labelled, “Theocracy”.. wait for the prompt, then click Next at all the screens.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:17:31am |
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Jadespring Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:18:27am |
re: #189 Stanley Sea
I’m shamed. I did a load of laundry (well, it’s in the washer) and am on coffee #2.
Oh crap that reminds me I need to put stuff in the dryer. I’m horrible at doing laundry. I put something in a completely forget about it. Sometimes for a couple of days. Then I have to rewash it to get the mildew smell out….
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:18:36am |
Going upstairs. I can see this is gonna get no where.
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wrenchwench Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:18:43am |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:19:06am |
re: #184 aerial_drone
Mindset does not abolish the constitution.
No, but it can sure do a lot of damage. For examples, see the damage Don McLeroy and his bunch did to textbook standards in Texas. Also see the damage the Chicago machine’s increase in influence in Springfield has done to the state of Illinois. In both cases, a destructive mindset has done great damage without fully converting the state to its desires.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:19:09am |
re: #180 Cannadian Club Akbar
You’re twice my age. GET OFF MY WIFE!!
/
I just started going back to the gym about a month ago. I had stopped when I moved up into the hills here, we are a unincorporated town, and no official government, so nothing like a community center. I was paying peanuts for the community center gym in Golden, but up here, we have two private small strip-mall sized gyms.
But, I found out my employer Kroger offers a deal with one of these gyms up here, half price, so… I’m managing the payments… and going 3 or so times a week, mostly after work.
I’m not doing anything excessive, not really trying to build muscle, more aerobic to help keep the weight down.
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:19:10am |
Well I am more afraid of spending the country into insolvency than theocracy.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:19:22am |
re: #193 Jadespring
Oh crap that reminds me I need to put stuff in the dryer. I’m horrible at doing laundry. I put something in a completely forget about it. Sometimes for a couple of days. Then I have to rewash it to get the mildew smell out…
yep. happens all the time!
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wrenchwench Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:20:05am |
re: #198 aerial_drone
Well I am more afraid of spending the country into insolvency than theocracy.
I think that makes you a modern libertarian. Am I right?
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:20:32am |
re: #198 aerial_drone
Well I am more afraid of spending the country into insolvency than theocracy.
Then vote for the Christine O’Donnells of America. She’s really good with money.
/
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:20:51am |
re: #188 aerial_drone
Still not enough.
I will answer you with something I wrote up thread to someone else…
“In my opinion, the influence of Dominionist is over stated. First off, Dominionism is far from a new concept, simply a contemporary labeling of a very old theocratic ideology.
Much of what our constitution became/is, was a direct response to certain Dominionist-like concepts. We threw off Dominionist-like thought, as regards to governing, we threw off the religionist, the Papist, and the numerous assaults on our secularism.
People on LGF point this out on a daily basis. We are a secular nation, with some moral underpinnings based on on certain theological ideas, mixed with enlightened humanist understanding of humanity and human rights.
Our constitution has been able to stand up to over 200 years of challenges to it’s validity.”
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:20:53am |
re: #200 wrenchwench
Well I avoid labels whenever possible…a libertarian who believes in strong defense and border enforcement.
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:23:36am |
re: #201 Gus 802
Senators say Yes or No to bills. I want people who will say No to more spending. Don’t care if they think that God is a turtle balancing a flower pot on his back.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:24:59am |
re: #204 aerial_drone
well said
But… for partisan debating purposes, it’s much more fun to scream “Dominionist… Dominionist… Dominionist” all over the place, rent your apron and whine.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:25:00am |
re: #205 aerial_drone
Senators say Yes or No to bills. I want people who will say No to more spending. Don’t care if they think that God is a turtle balancing a flower pot on his back.
You’re going to get this question anyway, so I’m just going to ask it now:
Wahat spending do you want to reduce?
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Jadespring Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:25:28am |
re: #195 wrenchwench
That sounds like half a day right there.
Breadmaker. Love the thing. Makes it super easy.
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Gus Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:25:39am |
re: #205 aerial_drone
Senators say Yes or No to bills. I want people who will say No to more spending. Don’t care if they think that God is a turtle balancing a flower pot on his back.
I am not willing to sacrifice modernity and The Enlightenment for fiscal prudence.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:25:50am |
re: #181 aerial_drone
How would one install a theocracy in the USA?
We could pass laws saying I can’t buy a beer tomorrow because it’s someone’s holy day. Nah—couldn’t happen.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:26:51am |
re: #207 Dark_Falcon
You’re going to get this question anyway, so I’m just going to ask it now:
What spending do you want to reduce?
PIMF
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:27:44am |
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:28:27am |
re: #210 Decatur Deb
We could pass laws saying I can’t buy a beer tomorrow because it’s someone’s holy day. Nah—couldn’t happen.
That’s not theocracy.
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:29:06am |
re: #209 Gus 802
I am not willing to sacrifice modernity and The Enlightenment for fiscal prudence.
The gov’t job is not to give you modernity. You can get that yourself without my tax dollars.
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Jadespring Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:29:26am |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:29:56am |
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Decatur Deb Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:30:00am |
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aerial_drone Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:36:51am |
re: #217 Decatur Deb
It’s a law based on a moral choice. Theocracy requires everyone to practice the state religion. See Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:40:14am |
re: #218 aerial_drone
It’s a law based on a moral choice. Theocracy requires everyone to practice the state religion. See Iran and Saudi Arabia.
It’s a crack in the wall that separates us from Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Sep 18, 2010 10:03:20am |
Obvious troll is getting even more obvious.
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ClaudeMonet Sat, Sep 18, 2010 10:50:28am |
re: #69 HoosierHoops
Coach suggested in College we take Aikido.. It great for stretching out and balance
People are always telling me to stretch more. I try it and don’t get any taller. so f*** it.
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ClaudeMonet Sat, Sep 18, 2010 10:53:31am |
re: #87 cliffster
Mornin’ yall.. a Saturday full of helmet smashing awaits. Tonight, last year’s best team in the country faces their first test against Texas Tech.. if they can get past this one it might be another good season. Hope everyone’s doing mighty fine..
Last year’s best team was Alabama IIRC. This is a new year anyway.
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