Good luck on whatever it is you are doing!

Ron Paul

Charles, enjoy if you can and be safe, above everything.

I’m traveling and will have sporadic access to the web today

Forget socialized medicine. What this country needs is ocean-to-ocean "free" WiFi.

/

Charles' Mystery Excursion is good news for me too: knowing that there will be no new LGF threads today, I can safely ignore the computer and get some real-world work done!

And then it's off to my LGFA meeting:

"Hello, my username is zombie, and I am an LGF addict."

"One thread at a time, zombie, one thread at a time."

[Group hug, weeping.]

Anybody else have computer trouble on the "Shock Troops" thread? Even now, it wants to load, then reload, etc.

al awwal!

re: #5 zombie

Charles' Mystery Excursion is good news for me too: knowing that there will be no new LGF threads today, I can safely ignore the computer and get some real-world work done!

Hah! That's what you think. Just when you think you are safe working, you will check LGF and find Charles finished up early and there are six new threads on hot subjects, each with excess of 500 comments. And you would have missed it because you would have been at some touchy feely group sensitivity group hug thingee.

I would rather die in a terrorist attack than read a KOS diarheaist. Give me sanity or give me chocolate!

re: #9 ducktrapper

Give me sanity or give me chocolate!

Chocolate is much more satisfying than sanity. ;-)>

re: #4 Silhouette

I’m traveling and will have sporadic access to the web today

Forget socialized medicine. What this country needs is ocean-to-ocean "free" WiFi.

/

I advocated considering nation wide hi-speed Internet access like a "utility" here at LGF a few months back.

re: #4 Silhouette

I’m traveling and will have sporadic access to the web today

Forget socialized medicine. What this country needs is ocean-to-ocean "free" WiFi.

/

Now wait a minute. During the Clinton years, I remember hearing about the "Great Digital Divide". You SURE Algore didn't fix that already?
//

Good luck, Charles. Remember to keep a sharp lookout for diverse people engaged in activities.

so does anyone have any good tips about asking my boss for a few days off? Im due for a vacation...Been 20 months I have been working without a single day off...im about ready to tear my hair out :) Help me Lizards!

Charles can't attach a laptop to his bicycle, and type while he rides? Who knew?

re: #14 socalinfidel

so does anyone have any good tips about asking my boss for a few days off? Im due for a vacation...Been 20 months I have been working without a single day off...im about ready to tear my hair out :) Help me Lizards!

Phone in dead?

i want it beamed right into my head so I don't have to lug a computer around!

re: #9 ducktrapper

I would rather die in a terrorist attack than read a KOS diarheaist. Give me sanity or give me chocolate!

Someone on here a while back coined the phrase "Save the Earth, its the only known Planet to have Chocolate". (Wish I could remember who.)

re: #16 ducktrapper

Haha...Now why didnt I ever think of that

re: #14 socalinfidel

so does anyone have any good tips about asking my boss for a few days off? Im due for a vacation...Been 20 months I have been working without a single day off...im about ready to tear my hair out :) Help me Lizards!

How about, "I quit"?

re: #14 socalinfidel

It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

re: #18 Prisoner of Diesel

re: #9 ducktrapper

I would rather die in a terrorist attack than read a KOS diarheaist. Give me sanity or give me chocolate!

Someone on here a while back coined the phrase "Save the Earth, its the only known Planet to have Chocolate". (Wish I could remember who.)

It wasn't me but I totally agree. Dark chocolate.

He must be traveling more than 100 miles. Otherwise, he would ride the "Cycle of Violence" and be back by noon.

re: #14 socalinfidel

Im due for a vacation...Been 20 months I have been working without a single day off...im about ready to tear my hair out :)

That works

2000!

re: #14 socalinfidel

so does anyone have any good tips about asking my boss for a few days off? Im due for a vacation...Been 20 months I have been working without a single day off...im about ready to tear my hair out :) Help me Lizards!

Seriously, when I get to that point I don't ask. I tend to present it as a fait accompli. In other words, I'm taking time, you have a preference of days, but my not taking is not an option and isn't going to happen.

re: #20 windbag

Nah...its a startup company that is making huge leaps...I knew I was gonna have to work my ass off for a long time from the beginning...its just starting to hit me right now...but the future looks bright...I just really want to go to costa rica and go surfing :)

I just wanted to say, good luck, we're all counting on you.

re: #14 socalinfidel

Just tell your boss what you told us -- you haven't had a day off in X time, and you want to take off from Y date to Z date. Don't ask, tell him calmly and politely. You're probably entitled to vacation time, why would he say no?

re: #26 beblebrox

I like that approach

re: #18 Prisoner of Diesel

I don't know who the wise person was who said that, but I use it as a tag line on my e-mails at least twice a year. Do not stand between me and my chocolate!

re: #18 Prisoner of Diesel

Someone on here a while back coined the phrase "Save the Earth, its the only known Planet to have Chocolate". (Wish I could remember who.)

It's obviously not Deanna Troi, who never met a Chocolate she didn't like...

Safe travels Charles!

re: #14 socalinfidel

Why don't you make him an offer he can't refuse? Tell him that either his signature or his brains will be your sign out sheet...

Worked for Mr. Corleone.

re: #14 socalinfidel

so does anyone have any good tips about asking my boss for a few days off? Im due for a vacation...Been 20 months I have been working without a single day off...im about ready to tear my hair out :) Help me Lizards!

You have to ask? What kind of jack booted communist thug do you work for? Take a couple days off and tell him/her I said it was okay.

re: #14 socalinfidel

so does anyone have any good tips about asking my boss for a few days off? Im due for a vacation...Been 20 months I have been working without a single day off...im about ready to tear my hair out :) Help me Lizards!

First, go cry victim to the media, painting a picture of hopeless desperation. Next, lob a few rockets into his front yard and kidnap one of his children. Finally, threaten to really start blowing shit up if he doesn't comply. Repeat, as necessary.

/ hey, it works for some...

re: #14 socalinfidel
Myhusband once said: "My wife wants to get pregnant and I think I should be there".

Just like this Friday. It's my wedding anniversery and i AM taking it with my wife. I told all involved that If they have any meetings scheduled to either reschedule them or cancel them because they'd be sitting across from an empty table.

re: #29 doppelganglander

Hes the type of guy that is super motivated and hasnt taken a day off in 5 years...Reminds me of the guy in boiler room who says if you want to take time off go get a teaching job...you get 3 months off a year...That is his whole mentality...it blows

re: #5 zombie

Charles' Mystery Excursion is good news for me too: knowing that there will be no new LGF threads today, I can safely ignore the computer and get some real-world work done!

And then it's off to my LGFA meeting:

"Hello, my username is zombie, and I am an LGF addict."

"One thread at a time, zombie, one thread at a time."

[Group hug, weeping.]

I'm addicted to the new comments button. I just keep pressing and pressing it!

re: #37 beblebrox

What is wife?

re: #34 Just_A_Grunt

Hey Boss...Just a grunt said to tell you that I need time off...what? take 4 weeks off and its paid...thanks boss...oh and thank you grunt! :)

I’m traveling

ZOINKS!

re: #36 Pvt Bin Jammin

re: #14 socalinfidel
Myhusband once said: "My wife wants to get pregnant and I think I should be there".

Got dispatch on a call once.

Imminent pregnancy.

re: #40 Macker

re: #37 beblebrox

What is wife?

It's that person you see once or twice a week on the way to or from work.

re: #27 socalinfidel

Send them the link to this thread and hope they have a sense of humor. They at least will see the contrast between your approach and that of us less patient lizards. Maybe that will buy you some mercy and a few days off.

re: #36 Pvt Bin Jammin

hahahahahaha...yeah I think you should be there too

re: #41 socalinfidel

re: #34 Just_A_Grunt

Hey Boss...Just a grunt said to tell you that I need time off...what? take 4 weeks off and its paid...thanks boss...oh and thank you grunt! :)

Of course then yo are stuck with explaining to him what you are doing on LGF when you are supposed to be working. Isn't that enough time off?
/

re: #14 socalinfidel

Tell him Jimmy Carter called and he needs you in Israel to solve the Palistinian problem.

re: #39 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

re: #5 zombie

Charles' Mystery Excursion is good news for me too: knowing that there will be no new LGF threads today, I can safely ignore the computer and get some real-world work done!

And then it's off to my LGFA meeting:

"Hello, my username is zombie, and I am an LGF addict."

"One thread at a time, zombie, one thread at a time."

[Group hug, weeping.]

I'm addicted to the new comments button. I just keep pressing and pressing it!

Hey Pulch!

How are you today?

re: #42 MandyManners

I’m traveling

ZOINKS!

I've seen one of those too...

re: #40 Macker

re: #37 beblebrox

What is wife?

Sheesh...you sure you want to start trouble?

SAVE THE EARTH! IT'S THE ONLY PLANET WITH CHOCOLATE!

In the "who would have thunk it" news:

Wanted men 'dupe Israel on weapons deal'

Most members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades group granted amnesty last month by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have not turned in all their weapons despite of media reports to the contrary, while some haven't even signed their amnesty contracts, WND has learned.

I AM SHOCKED! If you can't trust a bunch of murdering bastards, who can you trust?

re: #40 Macker

re: #37 beblebrox

What is wife?

It's a serious affliction. Avoid unless absolutely necessary. Also, it is only to be entered into if you have done all the golf/fishing/hunting/etc. you ever want to do for the rest of your life.

re: #48 bulwrk

hahahahahaha...I dont think the palestinians would like what I have to say...But I would love to give it the ole college try...I bet I would get farther than clinton and condi put together

I've just been on that Kos website. They've got some frothing at the mouth item about a "Christian Embassy" at the Pentagon. I couldn't be bothered to read it after seeing "radical" and "fundimentalist" being tossed around.

The bit that made me laugh was the comment that how dare they think the media wouldn't notice. They haven't noticed terrorists. They haven't noticed the indoctrination of your schoolchildren, it's all just an exercise in understanding. Apparently. All suspicious behavour is done by "people" rather than one particular section of your poulation. The list just goes on.

Are they all mad as a box of frogs over there or Is it me?

re: #14 socalinfidel

so does anyone have any good tips about asking my boss for a few days off? Im due for a vacation...Been 20 months I have been working without a single day off...im about ready to tear my hair out :) Help me Lizards!

go into the office (or wherever) and ask "I'm trying to figure out the holidays with the wife/kids/mother/father and am wondering how much vacation time I have stored up"

Then say
"wow, that much; I should take a couple of days next week/month to get the house ready for winter/visit the kids/folks etc"

I saved up almost three years worth of vacations so that I'd have lots of time when my dad passed away.

Beuchamp and his ilk aren't bad people. They're INDIGO CHILDREN.

Charles..

The "Shock Troop" Diary by Beauchamp on TRN. I was able to find it.

[Link: www.tnr.com...]

re: #55 socalinfidel

clinton and condi put together

AAARRRGH! My eyes, my eyes! Have mercy, please.

re: #56 Is it me?

Are they all mad as a box of frogs over there or Is it me?

Yes but they very well could decide who the next president is since according to Markos they are the center of the political spectrum now.
/sleep well tonight

re: #14 socalinfidel

so does anyone have any good tips about asking my boss for a few days off? Im due for a vacation...Been 20 months I have been working without a single day off...im about ready to tear my hair out :) Help me Lizards!

boss, I have multi-drug resistent TB

re: #57 Eowyn2

Sorry to hear about your father Eowyn...Thats really not a bad plan though...This is the problem about working a commission only job...theoretically you should have as much time off as you want, just make sure you hit goal...But if your not in the office your not getting the phone calls or the leads so it makes it harder...I feel like a hamster running on one of those wheels...the harder you run the faster it spins and your still in the same spot...its like credit card debt...neverending

Everyone is invited to see Daniel Pipes lecture at Wayne State University (lunch time), and the University of Michigan (around 7pm) on October 8, 2007. The Detroit and Dearborn crazies will be out in full force. Video should be available for those that can't make it.

re: #58 MandyManners

Beuchamp and his ilk aren't bad people. They're INDIGO CHILDREN.

They come into the world with a feeling of royalty (and often act like it).
They have a feeling of "deserving to be here," and are surprised when others do not share that.
Self-worth is not a big issue; they often tell the parents "who they are."
They have difficulty with absolute authority (authority without explanation or choice).
They simply will not do certain things; for example, waiting in line is difficult for them.
They get frustrated with systems that are ritually oriented and do not require creative thought.
They often see better ways of doing things, both at home and in school, which makes them seem like "system busters" (non-conforming to any system).
They seem antisocial unless they are with their own kind. If there are no others of like consciousness around them, they often turn inward, feeling like no other human understands them. School is often extremely difficult for them socially.
They will not respond to "guilt" discipline ("Wait till your father gets home and finds out what you did").
They are not shy in letting it be known what they need.

re: #58 MandyManners

Beuchamp and his ilk aren't bad people. They're INDIGO CHILDREN.

You need this.

re: #5 zombie

same here. i'm most productive at work when LGF is down

re: #46 socalinfidel
Well, we tried. Ten years later he started his own business and turned into your boss...took only three vacations in twenty years.

By the way, I went on the lifeliberty.com website to look at the Infidel Tshirt. It made me laugh until I realised I'M NOT THE INFIDEL. It's my country not theirs. It should read YOU ARE THE INFIDEL. That should fix it.
Should we let Lifeliberty know?

re: #67 jcm

re: #58 MandyManners

Beuchamp and his ilk aren't bad people. They're INDIGO CHILDREN.

You need this.

Oh, yeah. Inventing such a convoluted explanation for why kids are brats is spacey.

re: #54 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #40 Macker

re: #37 beblebrox

What is wife?

It's a serious affliction. Avoid unless absolutely necessary. Also, it is only to be entered into if you have done all the golf/fishing/hunting/etc. you ever want to do for the rest of your life.

Thank god I don't hunt, fish, or golf! She gets drunk with me so I don't have her holding me back there. Overall it's a pretty good arrangement.

Please read my comment on the dead thread. This is supremely important. We have to make our leaders understand that greed should not supersede our right to live without being poisoned by our stealth enemies.

15 minutes until the Fed announcement, buckle your seatbelts, tray in the upright position!

/I hope they at least throw us a bone

The mind wobbles...

re: #63 Shug

LOL!

re: #55 socalinfidel

re: #48 bulwrk

hahahahahaha...I dont think the palestinians would like what I have to say...But I would love to give it the ole college try...I bet I would get farther than clinton and condi put together

Would we wind up with a "Compassionate Conservative that holds hands with the Saudi"s?

re: #61 Just_A_Grunt

thats gonna keep me up for days.

re: #75 DesertSage

The mind wobbles...

Is that what that is?

Many of you may have seen this already but it is pretty interesting.

Global Incident Map
A global display of terrorism and other suspicious events

re: #74 Killian Bundy

i'm clueless, what announcement?

re: #56 Is it me?

I've just been on that Kos website. They've got some frothing at the mouth item about a "Christian Embassy" at the Pentagon. I couldn't be bothered to read it after seeing "radical" and "fundimentalist" being tossed around.

I'm not interested in going to the Kos website to see what they say about a "Christian Embassy" at the Pentagon, but I can tell you that back during WWII the Pentagon held Christian services there during Holy Week each year. My father and Virgil Fox had been drafted in the military and were assigned to the Pentagon for that week each year to take turns playing for the services. I don't think a gun was held to anyone's head forcing them to go to the services, "convert" or be killed as the RoP likes to do.

re: #77 Prisoner of Diesel

Oh man...The saudis are gonna hate what I would have to say more than the palestinians...You know what...I should just run for office...my campaign is going to be walking around with a Quran and just shouting verses from it and having daniel pipes and robert spencer backing me up...Then were gonna travel to the middle east and do a more hands on approach when elected...Who would vote for me and my vice president Robert spencer?

re: #14 socalinfidel

How about the plain truth? 20 months is a long time without a break, just go in there and tell him that...if you take all your clothes off first, you may even get 6 wks.!

re: #79 jcm

re: #75 DesertSage

The mind wobbles...

Is that what that is?

Pay no attention to 60's flashbacks...

Ron Paul goes to see his doctor and complains everytime he has a cup of coffee he gets this stabbing pain in his eye,doctor tells him to remove the spoon first.

I’m traveling and will have sporadic access to the web today

Charles is on his way to the "resort" again.

re: #84 ishabibble

Hahahaha...ummm...I dont know what to say about that but these clothes are staying on...When Im running for president I dont want any pictures surfacing

re: #71 MandyManners

re: #67 jcm

re: #58 MandyManners

Beuchamp and his ilk aren't bad people. They're INDIGO CHILDREN.

You need this.

Oh, yeah. Inventing such a convoluted explanation for why kids are brats is spacey.

Got two foster boys in my house, 10 months apart one will turn 4 shortly the other just turned 3. Never, ever a dull moment. Just little brains bathed in testosterone exploring the world, God help me.

Oh, look...it's the return of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy!:

Gore: Polluters manipulate climate info

SINGAPORE - Research aimed at disputing the scientific consensus on global warming is part of a huge public misinformation campaign funded by some of the world's largest carbon polluters, former Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday.

"There has been an organized campaign, financed to the tune of about $10 million a year from some of the largest carbon polluters, to create the impression that there is disagreement in the scientific community," Gore said at a forum in Singapore. "In actuality, there is very little disagreement."

That's a really amazing piece of propaganda from Al-AP. basically, everything Gore says in it is 180 degrees from the truth.

re: #81 bosforus

They're monthly announcement on interest rates, with accompanying statements about their thinking going forward.

/this month's announcement, given the current stock market turmoil, is huge

re: #54 Leonidas Hoplite

Oh, I am married to the great white hunter, fisherman, car-builder, every other damn thing you could ever imagine. All you have to do is tell "said wife" you don't care what she thinks or feels about anything, and have your self a grand old time while she deals with the kids and every other damn thing in life. Some women will stay, but the smart gals will live a life of their own.

Their announcement

/damn it

re: #92 Carolyn

re: #54 Leonidas Hoplite

Oh, I am married to the great white hunter, fisherman, car-builder, every other damn thing you could ever imagine. All you have to do is tell "said wife" you don't care what she thinks or feels about anything, and have your self a grand old time while she deals with the kids and every other damn thing in life. Some women will stay, but the smart gals will live a life of their own.

/sore spot

re: #83 socalinfidel

re: #77 Prisoner of Diesel

Oh man...The saudis are gonna hate what I would have to say more than the palestinians...You know what...I should just run for office...my campaign is going to be walking around with a Quran and just shouting verses from it and having daniel pipes and robert spencer backing me up...Then were gonna travel to the middle east and do a more hands on approach when elected...Who would vote for me and my vice president Robert spencer?

I will contribute to the campaign fund! Put out fliers, pass out bumper stickers...

re: #66 MandyManners

re: #58 MandyManners

Beuchamp and his ilk aren't bad people. They're INDIGO CHILDREN.

They come into the world with a feeling of royalty (and often act like it).
They have a feeling of "deserving to be here," and are surprised when others do not share that.
Self-worth is not a big issue; they often tell the parents "who they are."
They have difficulty with absolute authority (authority without explanation or choice).
They simply will not do certain things; for example, waiting in line is difficult for them.
They get frustrated with systems that are ritually oriented and do not require creative thought.
They often see better ways of doing things, both at home and in school, which makes them seem like "system busters" (non-conforming to any system).
They seem antisocial unless they are with their own kind. If there are no others of like consciousness around them, they often turn inward, feeling like no other human understands them. School is often extremely difficult for them socially.
They will not respond to "guilt" discipline ("Wait till your father gets home and finds out what you did").
They are not shy in letting it be known what they need.

Sounds to me like spoiled brats but the, I'm old-school. The writer is one of them; 'guilt' discipline does not involve 'wait until your father gets home" that's a threat of physical discipline. jeesh. no wonder they are so screwed up.

Just heard this Utah Mine owner talk on the radio. Is it just me or does this seem like another publicity whore riding a disaster to his 15 minutes of fame? He reminds me of the crying judge in the Anna Nicole Smith custody of her daughter trial. Seem we have more and more people who's main goal in life is to get in front of a camera. Like the losers that mug for the camera behind the windows for some of the morning shows.

re: #94 Killian Bundy

i wasn't going to say anything. ;)

In a bit of shameless blog pimping here is an update for those who are political junkies.

I was in Aspen yesterday and saw a brand new Jaguar with Ron Paul stickers plastered on it.

re: #96 Prisoner of Diesel

Ok, gonna make some fliers...gotta email Robert Spencer...gotta make a platform...I should have Daniel pipes as a campaign manager and bring on Hirsi Ali as another advisor...Its gonna take a few millions of dollars to do the marketing right but I have no skeletons in my closet and I have americas best interest at heart...its about time we started asking the tough questions and doing something about it...Plus im no politician... I call it as I see it :)

re: #98 jehu

Just heard this Utah Mine owner talk on the radio. Is it just me or does this seem like another publicity whore riding a disaster to his 15 minutes of fame? He reminds me of the crying judge in the Anna Nicole Smith custody of her daughter trial. Seem we have more and more people who's main goal in life is to get in front of a camera. Like the losers that mug for the camera behind the windows for some of the morning shows.

We had a method on the fire department for those types.
Name or picture in newspaper, buy the crew donuts.
Name on radio, picture on TV buy desert.
Interviewed, buy dinner.

On TV and before Congress, mine owner railed against more regulation

The president of the Utah mine where six miners are missing has been vocal against more regulation of the coal industry, even going as far as to call Sen. Hillary Clinton "anti-American" for suggesting the nation needed a president who is for workers' safety.

During an interview with Fox News' Neil Cavuto in May, Robert Murray responded to a comment from Clinton, who asked a crowd whether they were ready for a president who is "pro-labor and will appoint people who actually care about workers' rights and workers' safety..

"Bob, do you view this rhetoric as pro-labor, anti-business, what?" Cavuto asked Murray.

"Absolutely not," Murray responded. "I view it as anti-American. These people should -- are misleading the American worker then they talk about jobs. These are the people advocating draconian global warming conditions that are going to drive American jobs to foreign countries and raise electric rates for everybody on fixed incomes."

Murray continued that he found it contradictory that union people are supporting Democratic candidates "who are advocating environmental and other regulations that will actually drive jobs out of this country. And the American people should not be bamboozled by this."

re: #65 insanity police

Everyone is invited to see Daniel Pipes lecture at Wayne State University (lunch time), and the University of Michigan (around 7pm) on October 8, 2007. The Detroit and Dearborn crazies will be out in full force. Video should be available for those that can't make it.

I always enjoying seeing videos of Daniel Pipes. I remember his presentation at UC Irvine when those idiots tried to interupt him. After hearing so many things about Dearborn, I can only imagine what will happen. I look forward to the video.

re: #101 Ginn

I was in Aspen yesterday and saw a brand new Jaguar with Ron Paul stickers plastered on it.

I periodically see Range Rovers and other expensive SUVs with "No blood for oil" stickers on them in Colorado Springs.

Always good for a laugh.

re: #89 jcm

One was enough at that age. I cannot fathom two. Just thinking of it has me reaching for the Valium.

My little darling is whining right now that he neeeds a new PS2 game.

re: #72 beblebrox

Ahhh, the Holy Grail of Marriage! I have heard of this peculiar species but have only manged to catch fleeting glimpses...

re: #106 lobo91

re: #101 Ginn

I was in Aspen yesterday and saw a brand new Jaguar with Ron Paul stickers plastered on it.

I periodically see Range Rovers and other expensive SUVs with "No blood for oil" stickers on them in Colorado Springs.

Always good for a laugh.

They are good for a laugh!

re: #97 Eowyn2

Buncha' future sociopaths!

re: #106 lobo91

Would these be the same people that foam at the mouth and have conniption fits when drilling in ANWR is mentioned?

re: #107 MandyManners

re: #89 jcm

One was enough at that age. I cannot fathom two. Just thinking of it has me reaching for the Valium.

My little darling is whining right now that he neeeds a new PS2 game.

Wouldn't trade the little terrors for anything :-)
We got a little girl who was abandoned a few months ago.
The easy part is the kids, dealing with the State, requires the Valium.

re: #107 MandyManners

My little darling is whining right now that he neeeds a new PS2 game.

Yeah, well, just wait until the little darling is 16 (like my little one) and whining that he neeeds wheels with a most excellant sound system and a rag top.

re: #101 Ginn

I was in Aspen yesterday and saw a brand new Jaguar with Ron Paul stickers plastered on it.

Wow, those Paul types are dumber than I thought.

Though on the other hand, perhaps the Jag was vandalized?

re: #92 Carolyn

I was teasing...sorry to touch a nerve though I suspected it might with someone

re: #114 JammieWearingFool

Speaking of vandalsm, would it be wrong of me to place Support Our Troops bumper stickers over the Impeach Bush bumper stickers I see in my train station parking lot?

Fed rates unchanged, wimpy statements, market drops 100 points.

/thanks for the help guys

Try this for a fun exercise, install Office 2000 and updates (site license), on Vista.
Vista does not recognize a Windows product.
Have to run in 2K compatibility mode to install.
Sigh!

re: #118 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #114 JammieWearingFool

Speaking of vandalsm, would it be wrong of me to place Support Our Troops bumper stickers over the Impeach Bush bumper stickers I see in my train station parking lot?

Go for it...:)

re: #116 taxfreekiller

Faking the jobs that Americans won't do? These bastards never need to breathe air on the outside of a prison ever again! Got a link we can pass around?

re: #118 Leonidas Hoplite

Throw 'em a curve ball. Wear a Ron Paul button while doing this.

re: #113 3 wood

you can always tell your kid what I told my kid:
"get a haircut and get a real job, get it together and quit being a slob"
then buy your own.

they did too.

re: #118 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #114 JammieWearingFool

Speaking of vandalsm, would it be wrong of me to place Support Our Troops bumper stickers over the Impeach Bush bumper stickers I see in my train station parking lot?

Of course it would. We actually support their right to say these things. Don't we? Besides not all lefties are total wimps. You might find a "make my day" type.

re: #114 JammieWearingFool

re: #101 Ginn

I was in Aspen yesterday and saw a brand new Jaguar with Ron Paul stickers plastered on it.

Wow, those Paul types are dumber than I thought.

Though on the other hand, perhaps the Jag was vandalized?

No Jammie, it wasn't vandalized.

re: #117 taxfreekiller

of some note

question,

how many of the 6 trapped miners speak English?

Since I live in this area I think you should hold off on casting aspersions on these miners at this particular time.

re: #108 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #72 beblebrox

Ahhh, the Holy Grail of Marriage! I have heard of this peculiar species but have only manged to catch fleeting glimpses...

I've been divorced for 16 years, my son is grown up now (and wants nothing to do with me, no thanks to his mother)...and I long to find someone else who can help me get past all this hurt and pain.
Hence the rhetorical question. Thanks fellow Lizaroids! BTW Leonidas...I gave you kudos on my own blog too!

re: #121 buzzsawmonkey

re: #106 lobo91

I have often asked "No Blood for Oil" people "why not?"

Not one of them has been able to give me an answer.

Buzz..

You always ask the "hard hitting" questions.

according to Drudge Rudi says that Mccain would be his choice for POTUS, if he were not running.

this means that there is now only one so called republican that i ca vote for, Tancrado.

great way to go Rudi.
piss off true conservatives.

re: #113 3 wood

Or 20, like my eldest, and she thinks we should take her to Ireland because she found a really low airfare.

re: #105 POLAR WIND

re: #65 insanity police

Everyone is invited to see Daniel Pipes lecture at Wayne State University (lunch time), and the University of Michigan (around 7pm) on October 8, 2007. The Detroit and Dearborn crazies will be out in full force. Video should be available for those that can't make it.

I always enjoying seeing videos of Daniel Pipes. I remember his presentation at UC Irvine when those idiots tried to interupt him. After hearing so many things about Dearborn, I can only imagine what will happen. I look forward to the video.

Yeah, it should be crazy. I know this guy (in the video), featured on LGF will be there to cause trouble, as well as the guy with the swastika sign. Hopefully they will be in the video of the Pipes lecture.

re: #121 buzzsawmonkey

I have often asked "No Blood for Oil" people "why not?"

Not one of them has been able to give me an answer.

I just ask them where is all the oil we are supposed to have got for the blood? As far as I can ascertain we, like everyone else in the world, are paying market prices.

re: #131 Ginn

My other favorite is "War is never the answer."

I always want to ask those people if they speak German or Japanese.

re: #118 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #114 JammieWearingFool

Speakingof vandalsm, would it be wrong of me to place Support Our Troops bumper stickersover the Impeach Bush bumper stickers I see in my train station parking lot?

While part of me would relish such mischief, going tit-for-tat and playing their games is beneath us.

re: #135 insanity police

Although they make fools of themselves (which is mildly amusing), it is sad to see their anti-Semitism and racism on display.

re: #129 Ginn

I used to run Vegas to Salt Lake many moons ago and Utah didn't seem to have a major illegal immigrant problem is it still that way?

re: #138 lobo91

let us not forget "Wage Peace"

how do you "Wage Peace"?

re: #138 lobo91

My other favorite is "War is never the answer."

What was the question? ;-)>

FauxNews talking about the TNR scandal now

re: #110 MandyManners

future? I'm guessing they already are sociopaths. Classic definition
of a sociopath is an anti-social, self centered putz with delusions of grandeur with an over-zealous sense of entitlement. Always right, cannot feel love. heck, I was married to one. in them days we just called them assholes.

re: #136 Outrider

I just ask them where is all the oil we are supposed to have got for the blood? As far as I can ascertain we, like everyone else in the world, are paying market prices.

Ah, but they have an answer for that one, too: Record oil company profits.

If it wasn't a war to steal the oil, then it was a war to drive the price up, so the evil Bushitlercheneyhaliburton people could get richer.

Have I mentioned how much my wife and I are looking forward to escaping from the Bay Area and getting back to sane people in Colorado Springs at the end of the week?

re: #142 wargammer2005

re: #138 lobo91

let us not forget "Wage Peace"

how do you "Wage Peace"?

kneel

re: #125 Eowyn2

Oh, I say the same thing to. Doesn't stop them from whining though.

Remember your very first car? Mine was a beat up 1966 Dodge Dart 2 door with the smallest 8 cylinder I think they ever made (284 cubic inches IIRC) and automatic on the floor. Bought it off a guy down the street for 20 bucks the summer I was 16. Back then (1974) the insurance cost me $1200 a year for liabiltiy alone.

Six mionths later I traded up to a 1968 ford station wagon with a 428 big block V8. Got 12 miles to the gallon, but it was quick.

re: #142 wargammer2005

With flowers,
self restricting chains,
blindfolds,
gags

re: #148 3 wood

The first car I actually bought and paid for myself was a ford maverick
1973? V8 It was old when I got it. I'd been married and we bought cars together but after the divorce, I was car-less so had to buy something to get the kids to school or at least daycare. $600.00

re: #133 doppelganglander

Or 20, like my eldest, and she thinks we should take her to Ireland because she found a really low airfare.

LOL. Next year is our 25th anniversary, and I'm taking the Mrs. to Ireland to celebrate (going to try to fit in a quick jump to St. Andrews to golf too). Now my oldest two (22 and 18), who have moved out on their own, think they are owed a trip to Ireland at my expense.

Um, better think again.

re: #130 Macker

Sorry to hear of your pain. You have friends here.

re: #146 lobo91

Have I mentioned how much my wife and I are looking forward to escaping from the Bay Area and getting back to sane people in Colorado Springs at the end of the week?

Be a whole different world I am thinking. My impressions of the Bay Area are based on reports from Zombie and contacts via E-mail from old Army buddies. But, I was stationed at Fort Carson, the 4th ID (Colorado Springs) for a couple of years. Although they had moonbats, I think you could probably refer to them as Liberal Lite.

re: #147 jcm

that is what i was afraid of... :-)

i hate the TV show MASH.
in the last episode Hawkeye casued a woman to smother her baby.
he is against the war, but in order to not get found by the chi-coms, he allows a baby to be smothered.

why?
if the war is so bad and fighting the chi-coms is so wrong, why does he allow a baby to die?

the answer is simple, Hawkeye, like most liberals, is a coward.
he will not fight
he will allow others to die so he is not captured or killed.
it is ok for others to be slaves of communism, so long as he is ok.

re: #130 Macker

Thanks for the kudos, though I am truly sorry to hear of your own experience. I have a son and a daughter and I can't imagine not being a part of their lives. I hope you do find someone to inspire you, and I also hope that, as your son grows older and wiser, you will both heal.

I do have to say, it took my spouse and I 10 years to figure it out...she's stubborn and strong willed, and I just let stuff roll off me like water on a duck's back. It's almost always never dull...

re: #149 Eowyn2

are you comming on to me? :-)
(sorry, could not resist)

re: #139 JammieWearingFool

re: #118 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #114 JammieWearingFool

Speakingof vandalsm, would it be wrong of me to place Support Our Troops bumper stickersover the Impeach Bush bumper stickers I see in my train station parking lot?

While part of me would relish such mischief, going tit-for-tat and playing their games is beneath us.

Yes, I think you're right though its fun to think about...

re: #148 3 wood

re: #125 Eowyn2

Oh, I say the same thing to. Doesn't stop them from whining though.

Remember your very first car? Mine was a beat up 1966 Dodge Dart 2 door with the smallest 8 cylinder I think they ever made (284 cubic inches IIRC) and automatic on the floor. Bought it off a guy down the street for 20 bucks the summer I was 16. Back then (1974) the insurance cost me $1200 a year for liabiltiy alone.

Six mionths later I traded up to a 1968 ford station wagon with a 428 big block V8. Got 12 miles to the gallon, but it was quick.

Mine was a 1963 Dart (in 1966) with a 225 slant-six and automatic pushbuttons on the dash. Gas then was 25¢ a gallon, they pumped it and you got glasses, steak knives and S&H Green Stamps. Those were the good old days.

re: #138 lobo91

re: #131 Ginn

My other favorite is "War is never the answer."

I always want to ask those people if they speak German or Japanese.

You can ask but would they comprehend?

re: #154 Outrider

We live in Colorado Springs. There's a small moonbat contingent, but they're mostly refugees from CA.

I've been out at Camp Parks (Dublin, CA) for the past 6 months on a temporary assignment, and my wife decided to come along, since she'd never been to CA before.

I think she was ready to go home by the time we got past Sacramento, actually.

re: #155 wargammer2005

re: #147 jcm

that is what i was afraid of... :-)

i hate the TV show MASH.
in the last episode Hawkeye casued a woman to smother her baby.
he is against the war, but in order to not get found by the chi-coms, he allows a baby to be smothered.

why?
if the war is so bad and fighting the chi-coms is so wrong, why does he allow a baby to die?

the answer is simple, Hawkeye, like most liberals, is a coward.
he will not fight
he will allow others to die so he is not captured or killed.
it is ok for others to be slaves of communism, so long as he is ok.

My parents, who were old-school FDR/JFK Democrats, wouldn't let me watch MASH growing up. Now I know why.

re: #150 Eowyn2

The first car I actually bought and paid for myself was a ford maverick
1973? V8 It was old when I got it

Beauty! I bought a 72 Maverick used in 1984 when I came back from Oki. Only had 26,000 real miles on it. If I recall it had a 170 or 200 engine or some puny little thing and the only feature in the car was an AM radio. It was also that puky green that was in vogue back in the early 70s. But the damn thing would never quit. Most reliable car I have ever owned, even if it wasn't the most comfortable.

re: #141 bulwrk

re: #129 Ginn

I used to run Vegas to Salt Lake many moons ago and Utah didn't seem to have a major illegal immigrant problem is it still that way?

They're in Utah, yes.

re: #144 BabbaZee

FauxNews talking about the TNR scandal now

Hey Babba.

What's the scoop on the FauxNews TRN scandal?

Rush 24/7=54.00
LGF Reg.=0.00
Reading LGF, listening to parody commercials=priceless

re: #162 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

please do not get me started on FDR/JFK...

one allowed hundreds of millions of people to become slaves to a dictator, with hundreds of his spies in our goverment.

one showed weakness to the soviets and almost got a good piece of the world blown up.

re: #158 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #139 JammieWearingFool

re: #118 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #114 JammieWearingFoolSpeakingof vandalsm, would it be wrong of me to place Support Our Troops bumper stickersover the Impeach Bush bumper stickers I see in my train station parking lot?

While part of me would relish such mischief, going tit-for-tat and playing their games is beneath us.

Yes, I think you're right though its fun to think about...

I walk past a car with a "I Support Iraq Veterans Against The War" bumper sticker every time I walk my Mom's dog. The temptation to do something with that little bag of poop I'm carrying is nearly overwhelming...

re: #159 Barking Pumpkin

Gas then was 25? a gallon, they pumped it and you got glasses, steak knives and S&H Green Stamps. Those were the good old days.

I still have a large metal toy firetruck that Dad got for filling up at a Texaco station. ;-)>

I remember banks used to give all kinds of stuff like toasters for opening an account. Now you get an investigation just to open an account.

re: #146 lobo91

Have I mentioned how much my wife and I are looking forward to escaping from the Bay Area and getting back to sane people

About 10 years ago I had to go to Frisco for business for a week. Longest week of my life, I could not wait to get out of there. It would take being paid an incredible amount of money to even get me to consider the possiblity of going back there again.

I remember the first day, walking down Market Street to meet a businees associate and some skanky woman walked by me, stark naked, painted silver all over with TV antennae coming out of her head. And nobody but me seemed to notice. Then the next day was the Gay Pride parade.

Not my cup of tea.

re: #168 wargammer2005

re: #162 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

please do not get me started on FDR/JFK...

one allowed hundreds of millions of people to become slaves to a dictator, with hundreds of his spies in our goverment.

one showed weakness to the soviets and almost got a good piece of the world blown up.

But...but...I thought the Vietnam War would never have happened if JFK hadn't been assassinated. No?

:)

re: #152 3 wood

If you can't get to St. Andrews, I recommend Lahinch in Ireland, it is highly memorable! You can also play a new course, Doonbeg, nearby, and the town of Doolin is famous for music...

re: #168 wargammer2005

re: #162 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

please do not get me started on FDR/JFK...

one allowed hundreds of millions of people to become slaves to a dictator, with hundreds of his spies in our goverment.

one showed weakness to the soviets and almost got a good piece of the world blown up.

OK, I'm just saying that I'm glad my parents wouldn't let me watch MASH & let me watch Three's Company instead.

re: #161 lobo91

We live in Colorado Springs. There's a small moonbat contingent, but they're mostly refugees from CA.

Ahhh. OK. We used to live in that tract housing acoss from the Sears Mall and around the corner from the Peppermint Lounge (if it is still there)

re: #171 taxfreekiller
The mine owner said they were 1,000 feet down.

Here's a good article about the murder of Chauncey Bailey in Oakland. I particularly liked this part with prophet in quotes "...Like the “prophet” Mohammed, Yusuf Bey was reputed to have fathered as many as 50 children–many by underage girls."
Gee, what a guy. /

re: #172 3 wood

About 10 years ago I had to go to Frisco for business for a week

This was the first thing that popped into my head when I read that.

re: #173 loppyd

Hi Loppyd

JFK killed the leaders of Vietman that had the conflict under control
he also sent 16,000+ US troops there in secret.

i had been taught that he was removing troops, but that was a lie, he had been talked into not trusting the south's leaders and had the CIA remove them, abotu 2 weeks before he was shot in Dallas.

re: #159 Barking Pumpkin

automatic pushbuttons on the dash.

I remember those shifting systems. Know why they got stopped from being made? Cause too many dummies accidentaly hit reverse while the car was moving forwar, and sheared a tiny little metal part that cost 40 cents to buy and $200 in labor tear the tranny apart to replace. I know cause I did some of those repair jobs when I was mechanic in the 70's.

But I loved those push button systems anyway.

re: #175 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

I loved Janet!
the episodes in whcih she danced were my favorite.

re: #152 3 wood

Yeah, she's a piece of work. She wants a car, so I told her if she lived at home and transferred to the local, less prestigious college, the money I save on tuition could pay for her car. I didn't hear any more about it for a while. Next she decided that when her brother joins the Navy next month, her dad should drive his car so she can have Dad's nicer car (on which he is still making payments). I suggested she could take over the payments. Now we've bargained her down to taking brother's old car but she has to learn to drive a stick. This ought to be fun.

re: #172 3 wood

About 10 years ago I had to go to Frisco for business for a week. Longest week of my life, I could not wait to get out of there.

We've been a 45 minute BART ride from downtown SF for the past 6 months, and we've gone over there exactly twice.

Neither of us understands the appeal of the place. Outrageously overpriced, lousy weather, full of aggressive homeless people, the locals are all whackjobs, and, depending on what part of town you're in, it smells like either urine or dead fish.

Not really impressed...

re: #181 wargammer2005

re: #173 loppyd

Hi Loppyd

JFK killed the leaders of Vietman that had the conflict under control
he also sent 16,000+ US troops there in secret.

i had been taught that he was removing troops, but that was a lie, he had been talked into not trusting the south's leaders and had the CIA remove them, abotu 2 weeks before he was shot in Dallas.

See, that's just not as sexy as the story we have been fed for all of these years.

re: #174 Leonidas Hoplite

Thanks for the tip. I've made a note. These are links style too, I assume?

re: #186 loppyd

the really sick part is that RFK was against a war he helped make worst.

re: #184 doppelganglander

I suggested she could take over the payments. Now we've bargained her down to taking brother's old car but she has to learn to drive a stick. This ought to be fun.

A small price to pay for a CAR! :)

re: #171 taxfreekiller

What kind of person would send men down in a coal mine 5 miles from the surface, and they not know how to read or speak Engilsh, do you think they have directions on how to operate the equipment or signs
"This way to Surface" in English.?

nuts,
greed is out of control in America, and the guilty stare back at us
each morning in the mirrors we all use

How about you save this until those miner's fate is known. As for whether or not they didn't know English you do not know this is yet true. Miners are unionized out here. It is very hard on them when their own are in danger or killed.

re: #177 Outrider

Ahhh. OK. We used to live in that tract housing acoss from the Sears Mall and around the corner from the Peppermint Lounge (if it is still there)

Hmm...sounds like you're talking about somewhere around Citadel Mall, in the south end of town. These days, that's as close to a ghetto as Colorado Springs gets. Unfortunately, we didn't realize that when we first moved there.

We live up near the Air Force Academy now. It's nice not having police helicopters hovering overhead at night...

Market now back above where it was before the Fed took a dump on the rug.

/still an hour to go, like a swing set

re: #189 loppyd

Oh, she just gets to use it, not keep it. Plus, it's a Saab. Didn't you have a bad experience with one of those a while back?

re: #184 doppelganglander

Now we've bargained her down to taking brother's old car but she has to learn to drive a stick. This ought to be fun.

Then I bet you will have to pay for a new clutch before this is all said and done, but that will still be a lot cheaper.

re: #182 3 wood

Luckily I wasn't one of them. I used to run it thru the gears (1-2-D) at full throttle. As much as I abused that car it refused to die. My sister finally killed it by putting it into the back of a Mercedes. The Mercedes sustained a bent bumper and the Dart got a punctured radiator. The cost of the repair was more than the car was worth so I took the insurance money and used it for a down payment on a brand new 1969 Datsun 510. Cost $1895 brand new. Put almost 180,000 miles on that car with no mechanical problems. But the body must have been made out of old beer cans and toothpaste tubes because it just sort of disintegrated over time.

re: #188 wargammer2005

Bobby Kennedy spied on more Americans than the Bush Administration
ever has.

I'm afraid of black people.

Linked by Drudge:

"In some ways, it's the way we have to go," [Elizabeth] Edwards says. "We can't make John black, we can't make him a woman. Those things get you a lot of press, worth a certain amount of fundraising dollars.

Reaction to this should be interesting. At least Edwards can be useful for once in his life and remind people that being black or a woman should not be the only reason to vote for that person.

re: #187 3 wood

Yes, very much so. Famous hole is The Dell...here's a link [Link: www.lahinchgolf.com...]

While there I also played Old Head - it was great, though it has not stood the test of time and is expensive. For what it's worth, one guy I was there with told it Old Head is better than Spyglass...

Arnold Palmer's Tralee course was great. Front nine more forgiving than back nine.

Balllybunion New Course. It was a bear - but we had it all to ourselves as we could not get a time on the Old Course. If you want to play the Old Course, there is an Inn in town, I beleive called the 19th Green, that can get you on the course if you stay at the inn.

Other courses I have researched and put on my next itinerary include Cork Golf Cub (also called Little Island - its an Alistair MacKenzie design and he was a principle arcitect of Augusta), Dooks and Doonbeg.

Hope you have fun!

re: #185 lobo91

Outrageously overpriced, lousy weather, full of aggressive homeless people, the locals are all whackjobs, and, depending on what part of town you're in, it smells like either urine or dead fish.

Yep, that about describes teh Frisco I saw for a week. In the first three hours I was there, I saw a young lady shoot up right in front of me on the street corner, two guys having anal sex in a door way in broad daylight, a guy get mugged by a homeless nut 30 yards in front of me on the street, and a hooker going down on a john in another doorway across the street from the hotel while I was having dinner.

And I was staying in a nice place too.

Gee I could not wait to get out of there.

#198 MadJadBad 8/07/2007 12:05:43 pm PDT reply quote

Linked by Drudge:

"In some ways, it's the way we have to go," [Elizabeth] Edwards says. "We can't make John black, we can't make him a woman. Those things get you a lot of press, worth a certain amount of fundraising dollars.

lol! Of course they can!

re: #194 3 wood

No doubt. This is actually her second try at driving a stick shift and the first attempt also ended in a new clutch.

re: #191 lobo91

Hmm...sounds like you're talking about somewhere around Citadel Mall, in the south end of town. These days, that's as close to a ghetto as Colorado Springs gets. Unfortunately, we didn't realize that when we first moved there.

Yes. Southside. It was lower end then. What can I say, I was a young Sergeant wife an expectant wife and a toddler and absolutely no desire to live in government quarters or rent a place. It was at least reasonably respectable and affordable in the mid to late 70s.

re: #202 Ginn

#198 MadJadBad 8/07/2007 12:05:43 pm PDT reply quote

Linked by Drudge: "In some ways, it's the way we have to go," [Elizabeth] Edwards says. "We can't make John black, we can't make him a woman. Those things get you a lot of press, worth a certain amount of fundraising dollars.

lol! Of course they can!

Sex changes & Negroplasty operations are quite common these days. He can also be made into a dolphin.
/South Park

re: #200 taxfreekiller

I wouldn't blame it ALL on union officers, the employers can't be totally stupid and guiltless and politicians want nothing to do with it, besides look what happened before unions. Anyone from any walk of like can be crooked. Fortunately most folks aren't. (crooks)

re: #192 Killian Bundy

Market now back above where it was before the Fed took a dump on the rug.

/still an hour to go, like a swing set

Rub the Fed's nose in it or it'll never learn.

re: #199 Leonidas Hoplite

Lahinch looks like the real deal. It will do just fine. Did you play with the smaller European golf balls or American?

re: #200 taxfreekiller

Union officers in America are handing fake work books to illegals in order they get work, they then take a kick back from the illegals from their pay,
the Union officers help with the fake ID's, help with the fake SS#s,and worse of all the "work book" fake .

This isn't anything new. In 1971 I was working for a construction firm in New England, a non-union shop. We got a contract to work on the government housing on the Naval/Sub base in Conn(?). Then we were informed that union members only could work on site. When we came into work the next day, we were all paid union members that had completed trade school and were now journeyman carpenters. The boss had worked a deal with the union folks. Never cost us workers a dime. But, damn if that wasn't one fine LTD stretch sedan the union guy drove.

re: #203 doppelganglander

re: #194 3 wood

No doubt. This is actually her second try at driving a stick shift and the first attempt also ended in a new clutch.

Get this...in my early 20s I tried driving my dad's Jeep and it had a stick. One morning it was quite dewy outside and I somehow managed to twist the driveshaft completely around, lurching from a stop sign right in front of our house!
Dad made the twisted driveshaft into a trophy! And I'm kicking myself in the ass because I didn't keep it. I wish I did. (snicker)

re: #171 taxfreekiller

What kind of person would send men down in a coal mine 5 miles from the surface, and they not know how to read or speak Engilsh, do you think they have directions on how to operate the equipment or signs
"This way to Surface" in English.?

nuts,
greed is out of control in America, and the guilty stare back at us
each morning in the mirrors we all use

I saw the wife of one of the miners on TV this morning ~ she has blond hair, blue eyes and speaks perfect English.

re: #207 Jack Reacher

Rub the Fed's nose in it or it'll never learn.

From the Fed's viewpoint, there is no reason right now to tweak the rate. They won't until they see clear signs of either significant inflation or deflation.

re: #208 3 wood

I brought my own golf balls. Damn that's why I shot lousy scores! Next time...

If you get to Doolin the beef stew at McDermotts was great...[Link: www.mcdermottspubdoolin.com...]

re: #210 Macker

I somehow managed to twist the driveshaft completely around,

You know, that is almost impossible to do. Wow.

re: my #179--Sorry about the drive-by earlier, I just happened to read the article and saw an open thread.

re: #184 doppelganglander

re: #152 3 wood

Yeah, she's a piece of work. She wants a car, so I told her if she lived at home and transferred to the local, less prestigious college, the money I save on tuition could pay for her car. I didn't hear any more about it for a while. Next she decided that when her brother joins the Navy next month, her dad should drive his car so she can have Dad's nicer car (on which he is still making payments). I suggested she could take over the payments. Now we've bargained her down to taking brother's old car but she has to learn to drive a stick. This ought to be fun.

I told my kids that if they want a car, get a job. I am not paying for their wheels. I will help with showing them how to do the maintenance, etc. but "you want it you buy it" is my philosophy.

So is Stinky manning the fort today?

Don Corleone vs. Smokey il Orso?

Organised crime suspected in Italy's fires

ROME (AFP) - A new rash of fires broke out in southern Italy on Tuesday, with officials increasingly accusing organised crime of being behind many of the blazes that have claimed six lives this summer.

re: #198 MadJadBad

You can't make him not an arrogant ass either, Elizabeth.

I somehow managed to twist the driveshaft completely around

Hulk SMASH driveshaft

re: #213 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #208 3 wood

I brought my own golf balls. Damn that's why I shot lousy scores! Next time...

If you get to Doolin the beef stew at McDermotts was great...[Link: www.mcdermottspubdoolin.com...]

Hey I loved Doolin! Actually, I loved all of Ireland...

re: #213 Leonidas Hoplite

I brought my own golf balls. Damn that's why I shot lousy scores! Next time...

Oh man! it's like cheating playing witht he European ball. About the same weight but maybe 10% smaller in weight. All that boils down to a lot less surface area for air friction and the ball goes much farther. Last time I was in Ireland I got to play a private country club In Newtonards. I was playing standard American balls to start out with. About the 3rd hole I found a European ball in the rough, and so hit and extra drive on #4 with that. I did not hit it all that well, and it still went 20 yards farther than the standard sized ball. Biggest problem I had was clubbing down so I did not fly the greens all the time with the european ball.

re: #208 3 wood

re: #199 Leonidas Hoplite

Lahinch looks like the real deal. It will do just fine. Did you play with the smaller European golf balls or American?

I knew European balls were smaller than American ones!

re: #220 Occasional Reader

Hulk SMASH driveshaft

re: #214 3 wood

You know, that is almost impossible to do. Wow.

What can I say...left foot slipped off the clutch. (snicker)

re: #222 3 wood

I should have said "about the same wieight, but 10% smaller in surface area."

re: #210 Macker

Wow. I can't even get the lid off a jar of pickles.

re: #212 3 wood

/they could have been a little more sympathetic with their comments

re: #213 Leonidas Hoplite

Actually, if you want to blow the minds of your buddies on the next weekend golf outing, put a couple european golf balls in your bag. Wait for a nice long downwind hole and sneak the European ball onto your tee and hit it. Then watch their faces when you fly their drives with ease.

re: #212 3 wood
On a serious note, I agree that a rate cut would have been unwarranted. The dollar is already scandalously cheap against numerous currencies; no need to aggravate that. Diddling with interest rates to pump up the DJA is a game for fools and politicians (Redundant).

re: #221 loppyd

Yes the whole country was awesome, loved Kinsale and can't wait to go back to Doolin!

re: #164 buzzsawmonkey

Yes, the truth will usually leave them slack-jawed:
Percent of total US petroleum imports by country, YTD 2007
CANADA         21%
MEXICO         14%
SAUDI ARABIA   13%
VENEZUELA      12%
NIGERIA        10%
ALGERIA         6%
ANGOLA          5%
IRAQ         &n bsp; 4%
RUSSIA          4%
VIRGIN ISLANDS  3%
UNITED KINGDOM  3%
ECUADOR         2%
KUWAIT          2%
COLOMBIA        1%
NETHERLANDS     1%

from [Link: www.eia.doe.gov...]

I HATE driving stick shift. My husband insisted that we buy one in Israel (better on gas, cheaper yadda yadda) and Jerusalem is so full of hills. It was not a pretty picture. I hated every second of driving the car. I will never drive standard again.

re: #228 3 wood

Next chance I get...hoping to go back to Ireland next year. Keeping my fingers crossed...

re: #227 Killian Bundy

They're Economists. We Economists are a cold hearted, flinty eyed lot. One Professor I had in Grad School told me once I had the heart of an assassin when it came to analyzing finance and economic stuff.

I took that as a compliment

re: #229 Jack Reacher

Diddling with interest rates to pump up the DJA is a game for fools and politicians (Redundant).

Dead on.

It's not the Fed's role to try to underwrite risk taking in money market. You start doing that, you have just abdicated your monetary policy to the politicians.

re: #232 WriterMom

I, on the other hand, love stick shift. But I too buy automatics now out of consideration for my better half.

re: #236 3 wood

Wise.

re: #223 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

I knew European balls were smaller than American ones!

lol I was just waiting on that comment. ;-)>

The New York Times is discontinuing Times Select, its paid service. I'm sure they were shocked, shocked to discover no one wants to pay for their opinions.

re: #239 doppelganglander

The New York Times is discontinuing Times Select, its paid service. I'm sure they were shocked, shocked to discover no one wants to pay for their opinions.

In a blow to caged birds everywhere, The Times is also reducing the sheet size of their daily paper.

re: #232 WriterMom

I HATE driving stick shift. My husband insisted that we buy one in Israel (better on gas, cheaper yadda yadda) and Jerusalem is so full of hills. It was not a pretty picture. I hated every second of driving the car. I will never drive standard again.

I hear the "better on gas" rational all the time. Problem is, so few people can drive efficiently and professionally enough to squeeze out the efficiency of a standard transmission. These drivers are easily heard coming down the road.
But, of course almost three quarters of the male population say they drive better than the average driver.

re: #239 doppelganglander
So if the print version contains "All the news that's fit to print," does the Select version offer just some of the news, or news that's unfit to print? Just curious.

re: #230 Leonidas Hoplite

I hope to get back someday, too.

Italy or Greece first!

re: #243 loppyd

I go to Alba, Italy every spring for two weeks for the music festival there and it is truly a most wonderful experience. Almost any place in Northern Italy is lovely to visit.

re: #243 loppyd

I have been to Florence, Italy can't wait to go back there as well! Highly recommend Tuscany!

Algore says polluters manipulate climate data--does that include him?

I hear the "better on gas" rational all the time.

From what I understand, this rationale has pretty much disappeared with modern automatics.

I grew up driving an automatic (well, okay, by "grew up" I mean as of age 17, not like I was driving at 2 years old, you know); then deliberately switched to a stick about 9 years ago. I much prefer it now.

For my next car, though, I want to check out those nifty shifter paddles.

re: #245 Leonidas Hoplite

re: #243 loppyd

I have been to Florence, Italy can't wait to go back there as well! Highly recommend Tuscany!

The Piemonte Region is to Italy wine as Bordeaux is to French wine. The wonderful Barolo wines are grown/bottled there. I have friends who spent a month in Umbria last year and loved every minute of it.

'From what I understand, this rationale has pretty much disappeared with modern automatics. "

I grew up with bolt actions and revolvers but Sig and Glock won me over.

re: #247 Occasional Reader

I grew up driving an automatic (well, okay, by "grew up" I mean as of age 17, not like I was driving at 2 years old, you know); then deliberately switched to a stick about 9 years ago. I much prefer it now.

Any of the vehicles I drove while in the Army were standard shift and I think they worked out better than the automatics for field conditions. After I retired from the Army, I tried my hand driving OTR for a little while.
Now days I just cruise with my automatic transmission because most of my driving is Stop(light) and Go type traffic.

Northern Italy is definitely worth defending against the neo-Caliphate. Just too beatiful to lose.

re: #231 MadJadBad

Since it was just about stealing oil, we should have invaded the Virgin Islands and Ecuador for pennies, and stolen even more oil than we did in Iraq!

/

You have underestimated me and the element of surprah!

#250 Outrider:

because most of my driving is Stop(light) and Go type traffic.

Tell me about it... I live in DC, which is no slouch in the stop n' go traffic department. But I've basically gotten to the point with the stick shift that I barely notice.

#249 PK:

Sig and Glock won me over

But do they use less gas? (I suppose they'd use more if they're gas-operated)

If you find yourself in the Adriatic, I highly recommend driving the Dalmation Coast from Split to Dubrovnik in Croatia.

/Mr Effete

What's all this about invading virgins?

re: #244 pianogirl

re: #245 Leonidas Hoplite

I am hoping to go next year...I will be sure to ask you both for more info if the trip comes to fruition!

Glock is embodies KISS but I just love the luxurious style and heft of the P220.
[Link: executivegunworks.com...]

re: #231 MadJadBad

That's about 25% from islamic countries and if we were a rational society we'd already have cut that percent out and tightened up.

As it is our enemies take us for the biggest fools.

If you find yourself in the Adriatic

Tread water, remain calm, and try to signal for rescue.

re: #256 Occasional Reader

What's all this about invading virgins?

Are we attacking San Diego Comic-Con?
/I kid because I love.

re: #256 Occasional Reader