If anything, I think the press have been sympathetic to Chavez's dictatorial control over Venezuela.

First!

What reality do these people live in?

Yeah, and poor little Hugo called the Honduran Cardinal a "clown" because he was critical of Hugo's regime. And let ban all foreigners who might have bad thoughts about Hugo. Sure, it's the Western press who's wrong here, lalalalalalalal, I can't hear you!

Perfect application of Orwellian semantics -- distort language in order to obfuscate.

Kos kids need to switch to chamomile tea.

Didn't Kos tell us there's no support for Chavez on his site?

My word!

Wingnuts must get more than the normal 24 hours in a day, because it would take at least 30 to think up all this evil stuff. Somehow we manage.

Venezuela likely has greater oil reserves than those in the Middle East and the U.S. wants to control them.

The tinfoil is strong in this one.

BADGERS

They all support Chavez.

There is no danger of "Us against Us" in supporting Chavez over in Kosland.

Let's all sing along!

"This is the song that never ends
Yes, it goes on and on, my friends!
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was,
And they'll keep singing it forever just because..."

(Repeat until you find the Breasts Not Bombs ladies attractive or have a craving for anything wrapped in tinfoil.)

Why do they worship stupidity?

Daily Kos: Who's Pro-Chavez, You Idiot?

This is rich. Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas is being contacted by media to explain the pro-Chavez sentiment at his own site—and Kos denies knowing anything about it: Daily Kos: Idiot press.
...

I’m on the road, so perhaps I had missed some outpouring of pro-Chavez blogging on the left. But a look at my RSS reader doesn’t show much of anything, and I’ve got about 80 blogs on it. The feeds don’t always update regularly, so perhaps something was missed.

Also see: Pelosi/Rangel Statements Send Kos Kidz Into Tailspin

At the “progressive” left’s premier loony bin web site, they’re incredibly wound up about the anti-Chavez statements from Nancy Pelosi and Charles Rangel; the cognitive dissonance is reaching a crescendo.

re: #10 MandyManners

Cause it makes them look smart.

Sweet! Another Kos thread!

killgore~~ bless you, dear one, for wading through the vomit that is dkos to find these gems for us to mock and fisk.

you are braver than i!

While on vacation here in the People's Republic of Taxachusetts, I accidentally stopped in a Citgo station, quickly realized my error, and proceeded on my way.

I likely forked cash over to an oil tick down at Mobil, but I sure as hell will never patronize Citgo.

re: #11 Killgore Trout

You are the master.

You should change your nick to Yoda Trout.

re: #16 Noam Sayin'

I link therefore I am.

When you're a communist, there is only ONE party. Let the DailyKaos rant.

The Democrat Party - "We never met a two-bit dictator, thug, punk, asshat, or despot we did not like!"

...with my apologies to Will Rogers!

May a thousand chiggers infest the underwear of every Kos Kid.

I can't stand to even bring up the Kos site - it looks like something the Soviet Union would have as its modern-day webpage! Same content, too!

...coincidence? I think not!

re: #3 Dublin(CA)Dude Hello there my friend! Didja get my e-mail?

Venezuela likely has greater oil reserves than those in the Middle East and the U.S. wants to control them.

And control them we shall! Bwahahahahahhaa!

They wouldn't even know a dictator if they were ruled by one...maybe it's what they want..

OT - I find it amusing and ironic that the two airports in Oklahoma City, Will Rogers World and Wiley Post Airport, were named for native Okies that died...in the same plane crash. In Alaska.

re: #15 JammieWearingFool

Welcome to every day of my life. When I watch my Red Sox play, I want to yell "F*ck You Chavez!" every time they show the gigantic Citgo sign. One has to think Citgo wasn't always as bad as it is today...but being Boston, I suppose it's not truly surprising.

Thankfully, the bars I frequent do not contain a majority socialist fools. Though once in awhile it's fun to drop in to the Commie bar, the People's Republik, in Cambridge and listen to the should-be-classified-retarded students/trust fund kiddies talk "politics".

re: #11 Killgore Trout Can't tell you how much I admire you for your courage in going over to the Kos site so the rest of us don't have to. If you haven't already done so, go take a HOT shower! LOL!

re: #21 6pat6

I hate that site too. I think its organized like a phonebook thats not in alphabetical order.

re: #16 Noam Sayin' ROTFLMAO!

re: #27 realwest

Thanks, I'm about spent for the night so I'm bailing out. I hope to hear good news about your epidural on the early morning thread.
G'nite

re: #30 Killgore Trout
Good night my friend - I hope to give you good news about my epidural on tomorrows Dead Thread!

Venezuela likely has greater oil reserves than those in the Middle East and the U.S. wants to control them.

Wow. Who knew?

Funny, the Saudis sit on more oil than anyone and we don't take their oil. We buy it. I suppose we could go over to Saudi Arabia, stick a flag in the ground, and declare "this is our oil now, get off!" But again, that's just not our style.

I sure hope the KOS kidz don't find out about the pipeline that extends from oil-barren Afghanistan to Dick Cheney's backyard pool.

re: #32 FrogMarch

I sure hope the KOS kidz don't find out about the pipeline that extends from oil-barren Afghanistan to Dick Cheney's backyard pool.

Shhh That's a secret !

re: #26 Deseeded

re: #15 JammieWearingFool

Welcome
to every day of my life. When I watch my Red Sox play, I want to yell
"F*ck You Chavez!" every time they show the gigantic Citgo sign. One
has to think Citgo wasn't always as bad as it is today...but being
Boston, I suppose it's not truly surprising.

Thankfully, the
bars I frequent do not contain a majority socialist fools. Though once
in awhile it's fun to drop in to the Commie bar, the People's Republik,
in Cambridge and listen to the should-be-classified-retarded
students/trust fund kiddies talk "politics".

So, becoming a Yankees fan isn't in the cards?

One commenter out of thousands or millions...nothing here...so don't create something out of nothing. It is disingenuous.

re: #34 JammieWearingFool Of course not! The Cards play in St. Louis, I think!

The CPUSA site took down thier link to Kos, what does that tell ya.

BTW, This thread is not fair, anyone can be a diarihist on kos, doesn't reflect Markos' or the majorities beliefs, Blah, blah, blah...

/CZ you're work is done now go away.

Bush is a Dictator! He doesn't want to regulate TV and Radio more strictly
Chavez is not a Dictator! He simply closes down TV stations that disagree with him

***TWANG!***
cognitive dissonance fuse blowing

Hehe - "The British BBC"! As oppose to the non-British British Broadcasting Corporation, I suppose?

re: #35 sandrine

One commenter out of thousands or millions...nothing here...so don't create something out of nothing. It is disingenuous.

You take all the fun out of it sandrine.

re: #40 DesertSage Hey Sage! How are ya (and don't mind sandrine, no sense of humor anyway!)?

ditto for sardine, see #35

re: #36 realwest

Did you have your procedure done? you okay?

Okay, then why is the British press so full of hatred for Israel but now KOS says the British press loves the U.S.?

Chavez himself states that he wants a one-party system with him being the only leader. Is KOS saying Chavez is a liar?

See [Link: feathersblog.blogspot.com...] or
[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]
for an excellent short piece on this topic.

Some other links:
[Link: daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com...]
[Link: caracaschronicles.blogspot.com...]

Correction #37

Chavez is not a dictator!

He is a stern, lovable, cuddly, pudgy father figure for lots of pampered ignorant cowards and self-hating gene-pool rejects.

/ugh

re: #35 sandrine

One commenter out of thousands or millions

Thats about the dumbest thing you've said since telling us all that the Arabs were kicking our ass in Iraq yesterday.

re: #43 ornery elephant Ayup, had it done yesterday. Doc says I won't know how well it worked for three to five days, thanks for asking!

Venezuela likely has greater oil reserves than those in the Middle East and the U.S. wants to control them.

I always thought that logic would dictate that if the war in Iraq was just about oil, the US would've had a LOT easier time just sprinting down to Venezuela to get it. We could've taken that country without a hiccup and not had to worry about the Arab asshats. That is - if it was just about the oil. But then, I did say LOGIC would dictate - we know the left has no concept of logic or reality.

re: #48 realwest

good deal! I'll keep fingers crossed for the next three to five days although it's hwrd te tyxe thos wya : )

#41 Realwest

Got your email, let me know how the epidural works out, I get into pain management next week, expect to have some nerve blocks done.

re: #41 realwest

re: #40 DesertSage Hey Sage! How are ya (and don't mind sandrine, no sense of humor anyway!)?

Hey epidural man, how are you doing!

I know sandrine has no sense of humor. I mean, her hero is Hillary Clinton for Gods sake.
Her and I go through this little exercise about once or twice a week, it keeps me on my toes.

:')

re: #45 BenZacharia Hey Ben, hate to say it, but you're gonna have to defend us more mature folk now, as I really have to go to bed before the pain meds kick in any more than they have!
And crap, only 7 more posts to go - hope to crap I don't die in my sleep tonight or I won't ever forgive myself!

Good Night Y'all - hope you have a Great one and that I get to see y'all on the DT tomorrow morning!

re: #51 Dublin(CA)Dude

best of luck to you next week Dublin

Yes, the pro-Bush State Department BBC. We got the Brits in our pocket, they parrot everything we say. Yup, it's obvious, really.

In the immortal words of JeffK:

K0s = fag0t

re: #34 JammieWearingFool

The Yankees, eh? ...well I'm not one of those "Yankees Suck" people. That's just stupid. If the Yankees were really that bad, they wouldn't have owned Boston for some many years out of the last century.

I like to think that without the Yankees, I wouldn't be such a big Sox fan.

As far as the Cardinals go, I've been to St. Louis for business a couple times and I always make sure I catch a game. Great team and the old Busch stadium was awesome.

re: #53 realwest

Sorry, right behind you. *yawn
"Once a King, always a King, but once a night is enough."

WD-40, American Product, shoulda used some saudi oil.

i enjoy the number of people over at Kos that simply call BS on a lot of their over-the-top or just flat out lies that they call threads

re: #57 Deseeded

Just teasing. Sacrilegious as it may seem, if I weren't a Yankees fan, I'd be a Sawx fan. I'm surrounded by them.

Realwest: We'll have to catch up when I return from vacation.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

"Single Venezuelan party planned
By James Ingham, professional idiot and totalitarian apologist
BBC News, Caracas

Propaganda: Plans to form a single political party in Venezuela have taken a step forward with the first activists' meetings.

Reality: Plans to destroy all other political parties have begun by assembling groups of thugs to continue the systematic intimidation and violence that has been perpetuated against opposition parties for the last few years.

Propaganda: Six million people have signed up to become members of the President's United Socialist Party.

Reality: 100% of the people of Iraq also voted for Saddam Hussein.

Propaganda: Critics worry about the threat to plurality, but organisers say it will give ordinary Venezuelans more chance to shape the future of the country.

Reality: The BBC will print anything a socialist dictator's propaganda ministry will tell them to, and only an idiot journalist could repeat the notion that less freedom, and less political discourse could help the ordinary people.

Propaganda: Venezuela's parliament, the National Assembly, is made up purely of politicians who support the president.

Reality: Imagine that, a socialist dictator creating a politburo that follows his every whim. If this writer was even barely competent he would mention that this is reminiscent of Stalin.

Activist battalions

Propaganda: Hugo Chavez is changing that by creating one united party, which he says will be constructed from the bottom up.

Reality: Hugo Chavez, like other totalitarians is establishing a cult of personality centered around him, rather than a political body.

Propaganda: Six million people have volunteered to become activists.

Reality: This is the second time he's printed this number, as if it actually means anything.

Propaganda: They have been formed into battalions. More than 1,000 of these have now met for the first time.

Reality: Like the S.A. of Hitler and the Black Shirts of Mussolini, Chavez is assembling groups of civilian vigilantes and thugs to enforce his will.

Propaganda: They will choose representatives who will soon take part in a national congress which will decide how the party will work.

Reality: They will form a government based on the Soviet system.

Propaganda: However, all this is creating division within the coalition.

Reality: Amazingly, some people aren't willing to surrender their voice to a chubby, megalomaniacal, Castro-wannabe.

Propaganda: Three key parties have so far refused to dissolve their groups and they have expressed concerns that this new style of politics could lead to one way of thinking.

Reality: They're afraid that this will lead to fucking civil war, and mass-murder, which is what happens when socialists get in charge.

Propaganda: But Mr Chavez says the battalions will be centres of debate which will drive the socialist revolution.

Reality: The BBC should be fucking ashamed of itself for hiring this asshole."

"...Venezuela likely has greater oil reserves than those in the Middle East and the U.S. wants to control them..."

Kind of like we control all that Middle Eastern oil? And are paying the highest gas prices we have ever paid? If that is the case, I can hope we never gain control over Venezuelan oil. We would probably be paying $8 a gallon if the past few years are any indicator.
What gullible fools these Kos Kids be.

Ah, geez, don't worry: elect Barack and he will be Hugo's buddy.
Chavez and Kim and Fidel and Assad all just want someone who will listen to them and respect them and look at things from their perspective.
Whoever says they're a bunch of murdering psychopathic thugs just hasn't sung Kumbaya enough.
Barack's your guy!

"...creating a “single, separate party”, suggesting thereby that he is creating a single party state.."

Didn't he already place the other political parties on "vacation", thus effectively giving him sole rule?

#54 Ornery

Thanks, can only be an improvement.

re: #38 billhedrick

bill, I believe cognitive dissonance fuse blowing sounds more like

!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!POOOF!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. !.!.!.!

than

***TWANG!***

Dear Kosling,

Just thought I'd drop you a little note to tell you The Hugo Chavez Show is a remake. The rest of the world has seen this movie before. Let me tell you how it ends; most of the people are starving, and a bunch of them are dead. The End.

Sincerely,

stevieray

p.s. Please buy a history book... and read it.

re: #67 experiencedtraveller

I thought there was a "sizzle" before the "poof", and then a strong smell of ozone.

But I could be wrong.

Don't worry. Dear old Hugo is slowly turning his country into a Rhodesia. Everyone with brains is scramming. Slowly, the people that know how to operate the oil rigs are going away and the oil rigs are not going to get fixed. Sorta sounds like Iran and its gas refineries. He will not be able to pump any of the heavy sludge that they have there to "steal" much less sell.

Once again, I wish to extend my middle finger to Dhimmi Carter for certifying the election that put this 2 bit dictator in place.

re: #70 Shr_Nfr

True dat. And so many of us thought Jimmy Carter was done screwing things up for the USA the minute Reagan was inaugurated. No such luck.

Gee, just when they get some scrutiny, someone changes the subject...

re: #6 sifty

The tinfoil is strong in this one.

My God man, have you no sympathy for the tired and wary? I lost half a cup of coffee and had to Windex my screen because of that line.
Can I use it, please?

Those wacky folks over at the Beeb - always pushing the neo-con agenda!

/

From the Kos thread, this post is responding to a previous critical post of Chavez :

To equate Chavez with Stalin is a neocon position. Is that your position? If it is, why in the hell are you visiting a progressive Democratic website like D-Kos?

In short, Chavez must be thought of as not that bad or you're on the wrong website. That was one of the only truths I've read at Kos (By that I mean the person being in the wrong place not Chavez being awesome).

None of the liberals are for peace. That are just as vicious, if not more vicious, when they take power.

Every time liberals take power, rights are violated and people die because of their stupid policies.

i m not surprised..

re: #37 BenZacharia

The CPUSA site took down thier link to Kos, what does that tell ya.

BTW, This thread is not fair, anyone can be a diarihist on kos, doesn't reflect Markos' or the majorities beliefs, Blah, blah, blah...

/CZ you're work is done now go away.

Ben, you almost got it, unwittingly. The Kooky Kos Kidz let people post there, aka 'Diarrheaists'.

I went to KOS to check it out, and the way the site is organized is just about as deranged as their political arguments.
It kind of makes your brain ache just looking at it.

Socialist dictator good, America bad. The individual must be destroyed for the collective good:

Now show your tits and sorry asses to confirm that you're nasty, old patheic commie rats...

from bbc

Chavez to expel foreign critics
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has vowed to expel foreigners who publicly criticise him or his government.

"No foreigner can come here to attack us. Anyone who does must be removed from this country," he said during his weekly TV and radio programme.

Mr Chavez also ordered officials to monitor statements made by international figures in Venezuela.

His comments came shortly after a senior Mexican politician publicly criticised the Venezuelan government.

"How long are we going to allow a person - from any country in the world - to come to our own house to say there's a dictatorship here, that the president is a tyrant, and nobody does anything about it?" Mr Chavez said during his "Hello, President" broadcast on Sunday.

"It cannot be allowed - it is a question of national dignity," he said.

He did not mention any names, but his comments came on the same weekend that Manuel Espino, president of Mexico's ruling National Action Party, criticised Mr Chavez at a pro-democracy conference in Caracas.

Mr Espino told the conference a plan by Mr Chavez to end term limits on Venezuela's presidency were a threat to democracy.

He accused Mr Chavez of trying to extend his rule indefinitely with the proposed constitutional reform, which would let Mr Chavez run for the presidency again in 2012.

Mr Chavez said the reform package would increase the influence of local community councils and student groups as part of his "21st-Century socialism" revolution.

He is due to present the proposal to Venezuela's National Assembly next month. The assembly consists solely of politicians who back the president.

which gives America all the moral right it will ever need to expell Chavez the moment he is even slightly ude to America or its president, next time he visits the UN

Yup, love that ol' straw man argument: it's always about the oil. I mean, hell if looks like pinko, speaks like a pinko and acts like a pinko, he must be "Progressive" and therefore worthy of our undying support.

Oil.

lol.

Typical Liberal Disease! See the best intentions in those opposed to US (Chavez certainly has made that clear) and the worst in ourselves. Its like the human condition writ large. It is human nature, due to our own inherently myopic view of ourselves, to see our flaws and think the other guy is far less flawed. Liberals just take this aspect of human nature and apply it to nations.

I wish people would stop posting 'first!' at the top of the threads.

It's getting annoying. Many many times I've sat on the first post and let it go because I was trying to think of something intelligent to say. Who cares if you are first, just say something relevant.

re: #81 uptight

from bbc

Chavez to expel foreign critics
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has vowed to expel foreigners who publicly criticise him or his government.

This is from the guy who came to the UN last year and made that 'I smell sulfur' comment about Bush. Unbelievable.

#69 stevieray

I thought there was a "sizzle" before the "poof", and then a strong smell of ozone.

It probably sounds like all of these in sequence-- but I think you're right about the smell.

I after reading 5 minutes from KOS, I have to wonder how many stupid pills they take a day? The cognitive disconnect is simply astounding.

re: #62 Venezuela lover

Sunday, July 22, 2007

"Single Venezuelan party planned
By James Ingham, professional idiot and totalitarian apologist
BBC News, Caracas

Propaganda: Plans to form a single political party in Venezuela have taken a step forward with the first activists' meetings.

Reality: Plans to destroy all other political parties have begun by
assembling groups of thugs to continue the systematic intimidation and
violence that has been perpetuated against opposition parties for the
last few years.

Propaganda: Six million people have signed up to become members of the President's United Socialist Party.

Reality: 100% of the people of Iraq also voted for Saddam Hussein.

Propaganda: Critics worry about the threat to plurality, but
organisers say it will give ordinary Venezuelans more chance to shape
the future of the country.

Reality: The BBC will print anything a socialist dictator's
propaganda ministry will tell them to, and only an idiot journalist
could repeat the notion that less freedom, and less political discourse
could help the ordinary people.

Propaganda: Venezuela's parliament, the National Assembly, is made up purely of politicians who support the president.

Reality: Imagine that, a socialist dictator creating a politburo
that follows his every whim. If this writer was even barely competent
he would mention that this is reminiscent of Stalin.

Activist battalions

Propaganda: Hugo Chavez is changing that by creating one united party, which he says will be constructed from the bottom up.

Reality: Hugo Chavez, like other totalitarians is establishing a
cult of personality centered around him, rather than a political body.

Propaganda: Six million people have volunteered to become activists.

Reality: This is the second time he's printed this number, as if it actually means anything.

Propaganda: They have been formed into battalions. More than 1,000 of these have now met for the first time.

Reality: Like the S.A. of Hitler and the Black Shirts of Mussolini,
Chavez is assembling groups of civilian vigilantes and thugs to enforce
his will.

Propaganda: They will choose representatives who will soon take part
in a national congress which will decide how the party will work.

Reality: They will form a government based on the Soviet system.

Propaganda: However, all this is creating division within the coalition.

Reality: Amazingly, some people aren't willing to surrender their voice to a chubby, megalomaniacal, Castro-wannabe.

Propaganda: Three key parties have so far refused to dissolve their
groups and they have expressed concerns that this new style of politics
could lead to one way of thinking.

Reality: They're afraid that this will lead to fucking civil war,
and mass-murder, which is what happens when socialists get in charge.

Propaganda: But Mr Chavez says the battalions will be centres of debate which will drive the socialist revolution.

Reality: The BBC should be fucking ashamed of itself for hiring this asshole."

Worth repeating.

ok

we found lots of oil in the Gulf a while back

there is more oil in Alaska

the former-soviets found gas and oil in the islands they took from Japan at the end of World War 2 (funny how they get a pass of keeping them)

yet we want hugo and his country under our control

yup, that's it, oil, oil, oil, oil...

not that we have a proble with little-stalins
nope that isnt it.

and these people can vote, that is what scares me.

This Kos kid is the uber annoyance.
Hugo is a blood thirsty thug ala Che who is constructing a dictatorship & he slams neo-conservatives

damn those 'ne-conservative's!

I am sooo sick and tired of these left wing lib (Stalinists) complaining about oil.

You want to put your ass where your mouth is?
I propose that all you ass hats from now on swear of oil or STFU.
Ride a bike. Ride a skateboard. A unicycle. Ride a friggin squirrel. But from now on you should be banned from owning any car, truck, boat, airplane, or riding any public transportation (train, bus, cab, cindy sheehan, whateva) No airplanes for all you celebs. Got a gig on the opposite cost? Take an effin stage coach!
Do not heat your homes with oil nore use electricity fired by it.
You want oil? Start hunting whales.

Meanwhile I will be racing around in a race car that gets 6 gallons to the mile!

So put up or shut up!

...and also!

How do we know Kos is really against this?

Or was he just paid off by Big Corn to tear down Big Oil.
I mean, the little political whore sells himself and his opinions to the highest bidder.
We need the TROOTH!

The Democrats and their LLL buddies never met a dictator they didn't love.

re: #35 sandrine

One commenter out of thousands or millions...nothing here...so don't create something out of nothing. It is disingenuous.

One? Now who's being disingenous? You're just mad we are showing everyone what kind of people vermin you are.

#96 Hard Right

How stupid can he be to think we are stupid enough to buy that?
Yeah. This is the first time we have heard this from them, right?
I guess we are supposed to forget the patron saint of Kos was practically dating Chavez.
Stoopid, stoopid libs.

re: #97 hous bin pharteen

#96 Hard Right

How stupid can he be to think we are stupid enough to buy that?
Yeah. This is the first time we have heard this from them, right?
I guess we are supposed to forget the patron saint of Kos was practically dating Chavez.
Stoopid, stoopid libs.

He's typical of the mentally ill lefties. If they can't deal with the reality of a situation, they pretend it doesn't exist and create an alternate reality that is to their liking-as he demonstrated.

It's scary we have people like him that are in desperate need of anti-psychotic medications at all levels of govt.

re: #93 hous bin pharteen

No airplanes for all you celebs. Got a gig on the opposite cost? Take an effin stage coach!

Well, since the US still produces something like 40% of our own oil, we should allow Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon and their ilk to fly from LA to, say, Salt Lake City... then see if they can get any Mormons to ferry them on horse & carriage to their New Hampshire fund-raising event. That would be a very enlightening trip for all involved.

Meanwhile I will be racing around in a race car that gets 6 gallons to the mile!

Nice, a fellow driver! Club-level track days, regional competition, national competition? I'm running with a couple of track-time clubs... I'll go through about 15 gallons every 2 hours on track - I'd complain about the impact of increased fuel price, but the price of new pads, oil, coolant, racing brake fluid, occasional bushing and tires over the year makes the fuel increase cost just get lost in the noise.

#99 Seraphym

Regional club racing. East coast.
I am exaggerating. The car is not that bad on gas.
Now the tow vehicle? Thats another story!
We have been having engine woes lately. Last year it was body work. My co-driver tore the front end off after hitting an immovable object. At least we found out the cage is safe!
I am in the middle of building a second car and fixing the first one is not helping. Having a job and family does not help either!

I have been trying to entice a few cone killers to step up to road racing and doing some endurance events, but so far no dice. Share the expense and work load kind of thing.
This is a pretty expensive habit isn't it.
I could try golf, but I am afraid I would fall asleep at the second tee.

re: #100 hous bin pharteen

What sanctioning group are you with? SCCA, NASA, Spec series of some type? What car do you run/repair most often?

I'd like to get into regional or national, in maybe NASA American Iron or a smaller series like Spec Ford (my ultimate dream would be IMSA Lites). I have yet to attend a certified school, but I am running with Chin Motorsports, who have certified instructors available at every event, 1-on-1, so it's a good education about full-course, threshold driving. I've also done some events with PBOC, who are also very professional and responsible in their conduct. I'm gearing up to attend Skip Barber this spring.

Apart from that, I'm just building track time (have a heavily modified Mustang GT). Track time is good to have before I head to school next year, but I don't want to build too much time at full speed before heading to school, lest I pick up some bad habit that none of the instructors have managed to notice yet. I'm an ex-cone-killer who decided to step up too while I'm still in my 20's, trying to persuade his cone-killer-friends that the view is much better at 140+ mph. You ever need another co-driver or suspension/chassis engineer (did Formula SAE back in college), lemme know (lol)!

In any case, yeah, an expensive hobby... but you can't choose what gets your adrenaline fired up, you can just choose whether or not to pursue it!

Hey! Andbody see Bill O'Reilly rip the shreds out of the Hillary Campaign Coordinator over the garbage on DailyKOS?

Check it out if you can.

Take care good people of Lizardlandia! :)

Seraphym

I am an SCCA member. NASA seems to be upping there game too.
I wouldn't mind trying that series either. The mustang would fit the Iron series or SCCA American Sedan class or Touring 1 or 2 depending on how much prep you want to do. AS are mustangs, camaros, etc. They are getting more and more like the old Trans Am cars of the sixties and seventies as far as prep goes.
We run in Production class but can run in IT with a few changes.
TT is good to get to learn the car and driving at high speed.
I was amazed how different it was driving at speed than it is on the street. Skip is a good school. I know an instructor or two.
Roos runs a good school too I here.
I believe Bonderant is the granddady of the schools. Can't go wrong there either.
Try a few hillclimbs if you get a chance as well.
That will get your adrenal glands working.