Oh, dear, lawd. More self reflection? What a maroon.

Yes, but we all don't commit ourselves to mass murder of civilians.

Just sayin'.

Of course it was a failure of human understanding! Clinton failed to understand that OBL meant what he said about destroying the West and declined the opportunity to get Bin Laden when he was just about handed to us on a silver platter.

Wasn't there some guy during WWII who said he could have avoided it if he could just have talked to Hitler?

Given the previous thread on the politics of the brain, it sounds like they are blaming conservatives for 9/11.

Failures of human understanding exist solely in the right-wing brain.

/

Indeed. Just a little misunderstandin'. A minor disagreement. Nuttin much.

Not quite a John Kerry though. 9/11 was a nuisance then.

Nuisances are much worse than mis-unner-stand-ins.

re: #3 song_and_dance_man

Left brains gone wild.

I think the governor is missing the right part of his brain, the part that controls his spine.

“It was a mean and nasty and bitter attack on the United States. But it was also a failure of human beings to understand each other, to learn to love each other.”

When did the Dalia Lama become governor of Mass?

A failure of human understanding? No kidding! lol

9/11 Was a 'Failure of Human Understanding'

No, a failure of subhuman understanding - that is, understanding of medieval subhuman barbarians.

The failure to love each other part gets me. Kumbayah-R US, huh, Gov?

We don't have to all love each other!

There are a lot of people I don't love and don't WANT to love. That doesn't mean I plan to kill them!

Clearly a "left-wing brain" at work.

Nothing good has come out of Massachusetts since the revolutionary war.
Makes me wonder about Mitt.

My lack of God! What a moron!

I like stories.

-Homer J. Simpson

But it was also a failure of human beings to understand each other,

We failed to understand some things, but it wasn't how to love one another, it was we failed, or rather people like Clinton failed, to understand that there murdering savages hate us and will kill us in any way they know how.

When an animal is sick with rabies, we shoot it and put it out of its misery. Well, these "animals" have "rabies".

“Among many other things, 9/11 was a failure of human understanding,” Patrick said. “It was a mean and nasty and bitter attack on the United States. But it was also a failure of human beings to understand each other, to learn to love each other realize the Little Eichman's deserved it.”

Ward Churchill RIP

re: #7 rappmandu

Given the previous thread on the politics of the brain, it sounds like they are blaming conservatives for 9/11.

/

Well of COURSE it was.

I mean, like, DUH.

/

re: #15 lookingup

Nothing good has come out of Massachusetts since the revolutionary war.
Makes me wonder about Mitt.

Hey, now! I came out of there and, well, I have been fortunate to not go back.

re: #13 Cattt

Which is the difference between a civilized person and a barbarian.

I think I'm getting autistic.

As a resident of the unfortunate state of Taxachusetts let me state that there has been no governor of Taxachusetts (Republican or Democratic) that has had enough brains to know which end of a gun you use to fire with and which end you do not look into.

Mr. Partrick has done as much as Mr. Romney since he took office exactly nothing except to pump for himself and run down everyone else in sight sound and hearing.

re: #21 cpuller
Willing to make you an exception!

Well it was a spiritual failure on the part of the Moslems, or shall we say a victory for 'Stan', on the Muslim side.

By the way, 15 minutes 'till midnight in New York, and nothing.

You're dead Osama, and your organization is twitching its last.

Neener neener neener.

re: #23 yenta-fada

Meaning?

/mild confusion, waiting for the punchline.

Well, while we all are part of the same human story, I'd appreciate it if the superior left-wing brains would stop reading out loud and demanding that they narrate.

It's distracting.

"A Failure of Human Understanding."

Hmmm. He must mean a failure to understand that some humans adhering to the most defunct and insane of ideologies are capable of flying planes into giant buildings causing massive damage and incalculable loss with the deaths of over 3000 of our fellow Americans. Right?

I know Deval Patrick very well, having worked for one of his opponents last year. These comments are exactly the type of thing he says all the time. Instead of proffering ideas or plans, he likes to pontificate about the "politics of hope." So, basically, he's a regular ultra liberal Massachusetts politician.

OMG ... nooo
[hangs head in shame and mortification]
I was hoping we could just keep this embarrassment to ourselves until he is voted out in 43 years 2 months. He is a mooonbat from the Clintoon administration that won the governorship this year with the slogan -

TOGETHER, WE CAN

/and it was the only thing he won on

//ugh

re: #6 zmdavid

Wasn't there some guy during WWII who said he could have avoided it if he could just have talked to Hitler?

He was reincarnated to a multi-headed beast with the likes of Shehag-al Bore-Shrillary-Dhimmi Carter-Babs "The Bitch" Boxer-Dihag Feinstien and every ones favorite: Kos his very lowly self. The heads rotate as needed or as determined by LLL.

HOW VERY SAD! ggrrr

re: #8 Wyatt Junker

I escaped from MA permanently, in 1965, before our second kid was born. I am from there originally.

This is the POS who said that...

re: #31 Andy Dufresne

I know Deval Patrick very well, having worked for one of his opponents last year. These comments are exactly the type of thing he says all the time. Instead of proffering ideas or plans, he likes to pontificate about the "politics of hope." So, basically, he's a regular ultra liberal Massachusetts politician.

Holy smokes, if that is "hope" I would hate to see what he considers "pessimism"...

re: #24 Shr_Nfr

My sympathy...Brighton and Newton...before I escaped.

Here's one who "understands" it. Another Muslim who rejects Islam and admits it.

For the past nine months, this blog has been a place for me to grow and evolve, both mentally and emotionally. When I first started this blog, I was worried that my parents would disown me, or that somehow I was making a mistake and that there had to be an easier way to deal with the situation I was in. In with dealing with the situation of being in a relationship with a non-Muslim, I realized that there was more at issue. ...

Read the rest, if you wish.

You can see the Gov here in the striped shirt:

If it's the same human story, why does theirs only have pictures?

Re: #27 Dianna

I just keep wondering if there's anybody out there...maybe in the sense of running things. Or maybe I keep wanting to bang my head against the wall to make sure I'M really here. It's just all so strange. okay. It's a cry for help.

Goodnight to all.

re: #32 ctrlL

You, too? Would all the prisoners lizards in Taxachusetts like the freed lizards to form an army and come rescue you?

re: #42 Ojoe

Goodnight to all.

ditto

re: #43 NY Nana
lol

re: #42 Ojoe

Goodnight to all.

I concur. Night everyone.

re: #42 Ojoe

G'night! Sweet dreams.

Thank God that the dems FAILED to steal FL and algore was not in the White House on 9/11.

re: #46 Oh no...Sand People!

You, too? A mass defection? :)

G'nite.

AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA DEVAL PATRICK

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAAHAHAH

Ahah... heh... Yeah.

Sorry, the only proper response to a populist cartoon character like him is mockery.

Someone who is outstanding in his field!

In this case, he is out standing in the field where the bulls stay because he is steeped in BS...

Every year we move from 2001 there are people who keep screaming never forget, but they failed to ever remember. They never understood that 9/11 wasn't only about the death of 3000 people. It was the final ultimatum from a 6th century culture to those who have moved beyond and left them in the past that the future must be erased to appease the 6th century point of view. And that this is a war of civilization where many more will be killed before a winner will be declared. It is a lack of understanding...but only of the fact that we are at war. Time to grow up and leave the little boy toys behind.

Do the DemoGovernors have their own version of "Townhouse"? I bet both of these turds are HillStars.

I though I was on the road to recovery after last week's heart attack, then I read this sh*t and my BP goes through the roof. I gotta stop reading this stuff, upsets me too much.

Let me guess, does this human story start with "Once upon a time" and end with "and they lived happily ever after"?

I've spent a good deal of time reading many blogs today about the remembrance of 9/11. And everyone has done a wonderful job of paying tribute to the honor of those victims. But I'm still mad as hell. Six years later and my fury is greater now, than it was the day after.

Anyway...my favorite from the blogs today was this from The Gunslinger.

9/11 is the day I remember what the Islamic pukes did to my country and my countrymen. It is the day I stoke my hatred of Islam at the fire of the Twin Towers; the day I renew my honor-oath to do everything I can to see Islam crushed to dust like the buildings and people at Ground Zero, and it's the day I celebrate as the Road to Damascus moment that converted me from a feckless former Liberal hippy into a fierce, armed, angry American Sheep-Dog.

9/11 is the day I clean my guns.

The Gunslinger

Here's her whole post

Rumble in Brussels
To an American it's surreal watching the police go all Kung Fu on peaceful protesters. 'Rumble in Brussels' is a trivial way of noting the death of free speech in the EU and the dhimmification of a continent.

Why do we have Massachusetts, anyway? If they put up a border fence like East Germany and officially declared Communism, would anybody notice?

/glad I left, proud member of the Mass Exodus, 2005

re: #45 lookingup

Could we see a show of hands for those who require rescue? Vermonters can also apply, as it is a sparsely populated commune. Just watch out for Ben and Jerry and Howard 'the scream' Dean!

/Sorry, no room for all the cows, and anyway, they emit too much methane into the atmosphere. Dang that global warming.

Please forgive me if this has already been posted:
Fidel is a troofer

BTW, just a FYI on Gov. Patrick -
His employment prior to becoming Gov of Mass. was as CEO (I think) of Ameriquest ... a now bankrupt (or in the current process) Loan company that was heavy into the scandal of approving and providing mortgages to people who were not credit-worthy. The bail-out for some of these holders will cost you and me plenty as time goes by, imo.

/guess he was really putting the TOGETHER WE CAN mantra to good use

Both will now dedicate their crescent shaped harbors to Mo.

re: #48 newsjunkie_ky

Thank God that the dems FAILED to steal FL and algore was not in the White House on 9/11.

hmmm. if the Gorebot had been the Prez on 9/11, what would he have done? Heres my top 3.

1) Bemoaned the global warming effect from the uncontrolled fires.
2) Blamed Ronald Reagan
3) Asked Joe Lieberman to resign

re: #54 Dublin(CA)Dude

I though I was on the road to recovery after last week's heart attack, then I read this sh*t and my BP goes through the roof. I gotta stop reading this stuff, upsets me too much.

Dude, slow down, deep breaths. Ok? cool. Now to quote from simple words of wisdom: Stupid is as Stupid does. Now repeat that over to yourself when a moonbat pontificates.

/No need to work one's self up over the stupidity of moonbats

re: #41 yenta-fada

I hear that.

Just remember, they're blathering because they don't know what to say, really.

Is there a politician who isn't an empty suit (Or dress)?

No one comes to mind.

re: #58 Pawn of the Oppressor

My theory is that they empathize with OBL. They have in common corrupt politicians and big digs that might cave in at any moment.

re: #54 Dublin(CA)Dude

after last week's heart attack

Dude! Take care man. We need you around here. Glad you made it through.

re: #54 Dublin(CA)Dude

You had a heart attack? I missed this news?

Are you all right?

re: #66 Hucbald

Is there a politician who isn't an empty suit (Or dress)?

ummm. You forgot "or pantsuit".

This is the kind of crap that pisses me off. I was having a very careful discussion with my friend a while ago, and the surface subject matter was the war in Iraq. As with most people around here, she is dead set against any kind of violence at all, whether it's called for or not (which it never is, according to her). The thing she said was that she just thinks about these people who are our "so-called" enemies and the fact that they have children just like we do, and they want the best for their kids, just like we do. But THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. I was all for this train of thought til I saw them hand their children guns to kill us with and taught them to look forward to blowing themselves up to get rid of a few of us. THEY ARE NOT LIKE US.
/period.

re: #54 Dublin(CA)Dude

I though I was on the road to recovery after last week's heart attack, then I read this sh*t and my BP goes through the roof. I gotta stop reading this stuff, upsets me too much.

Good grief, Dublin. Take care, get better and return to the aggravation strong.

? Video: 9/11 was a “failure of human understanding,” says Mass. governor; Update: “[W]e are all part of the same human story,” says NY governor.

Well, in a sense he is correct. Those of the islamofascist persuasion have failed to understand and recognize that not all people agree with their fanatical devotion to the beast. We are all part of the human story, unfortunately, those who are entrapped in the Beast's faith have given their souls to an evil, depraved spirit. So yes, the governor is correct in that there is a failure of human understanding, he just doesn't get who is failing in that understanding.

So, what are the rest of us to do? We understand what the problem is, but those entrapped in that ideology do not and are lethal to those not of their persuasion with whom they come in contact. The ultimate answer is to provide access to the truth and attempt to persuade them away from that cult. However, at the same time, we also need to take steps to assure that they cannot further their evil plans. Our side's efforts to foil the evil plans of the islamofascists will ultimately be lethal to many of them -- but we must not shy away from that fact otherwise we are offering our own innocents as sacrifices to the Beast. And governors like the Taxachussetts governor are the willing accomplices to those sacrifices.

Umm...electing this fool was 'a failure of human understanding".

re: #70 Dianna

Yeah, last Tuesday at 2:30 am had bad chest pains, called 911, went to SAn Ramon Medical, at 10 am had the attack, they caught it on monitor before I knew it, went right to angioplasty, got the clogged (99%) artery balloned out and a stent installed. Very lucky, NO heart damage. Was home by Thursday and back to work yesterday.

re: #69 song_and_dance_man

re: #66 Hucbald

Is there a politician who isn't an empty suit (Or dress)?

No one comes to mind.

Tancredo

Hunter

43 NY Nana
Transplanted for a time to New Hampshire mid 70's when Dukakis was Gov and we couldn't afford a house here. Enjoyed Florida for a few years in the early 80's but have been a loyal resident and member of the opposition since. I do my own damage to moonbats on the local level.
LOL
/not quite ready to bail yet

Never Forget

re: #66 Hucbald

Is there a politician who isn't an empty suit (Or dress)?

No one comes to mind.

I think so. A very few.

The problem here is the special brand of blinkered arrogance peculiar to Massachusetts politicians. My pet theory is that it comes from vestiges of 17th-century Calvinism, with statism replacing God.

re: #77 Dublin(CA)Dude

b-b-but I thought American health care was the worst in the world? Geeze someone find my cognitive dissonance meds.

///

I gotta car that needs the oil checked.

This man can have the job as dip-stick

re: #83 A Kiwi Infidel

I gotta car that needs the oil checked.

This man dip-stick can have the job as dip-stick

Self correction, there

re: #77 Dublin(CA)Dude

Yow!

It's good you're back at work, and commenting, and best of all that there's no damage. I am profoundly relieved.

BTW, we're having the pinot you gave us on Thursday; I will send a report.

re: #82 Mich-again

I'd rate it A+. If I was in Canada, probably still be sitting in a waiting room.

re: #85 Dianna

From my experience with that pinot, let it breath for a good half hour before you drink it, seems to bring it to full flavor.

re: #77 Dublin(CA)Dude

re: #70 Dianna

Yeah, last Tuesday at 2:30 am had bad chest pains, called 911, went to SAn Ramon Medical, at 10 am had the attack, they caught it on monitor before I knew it, went right to angioplasty, got the clogged (99%) artery balloned out and a stent installed. Very lucky, NO heart damage. Was home by Thursday and back to work yesterday.

Glad to hear you're ok. Try to stay cool and not get yourself worked up over the b.s.

re: #87 Dublin(CA)Dude

I'll pass that on to the Male. He's staying home Thursday, which is why there will be a meal worthy of a good wine.

re: #54 Dublin(CA)Dude Hey there Dude! I'm sure glad to see you out here. I guess you weren't kidding when you said you were going back to work yesterday and, I assume today.
Unless your doctor tells you not to get angry and not to let your anger out (verbally or in writing only!) go ahead and post out here. You're a smart man and it's nice to have you back and to read your other comments today as well!

re: #86 Dublin(CA)Dude

probably still be sitting

If that were really the case I doubt you'd still be sitting. Anyway, you're still with us and thats a good thing bro. Keep on keepin on!

re: #58 Pawn of the Oppressor

re: #77 Dublin(CA)Dude
Wow.

re: #90 realwest

Hey realwest, yeah, back to work, but only part time this week. Hope you're doing well youself on this solemn anniversary.

re: #77 Dublin(CA)Dude
I hope that it was a modern, drug-eluting stent, and that your doc has read up on alpha lipoic acid and L'carnitine, along with Omega oil(s) and CoQ10, they'rethe bomb.

Docs are seeing damaged heart, artery, brain and liver tissue repair.

re: #77 Dublin(CA)Dude

re: #70 Dianna

Yeah, last Tuesday at 2:30 am had bad chest pains, called 911, went to SAn Ramon Medical, at 10 am had the attack, they caught it on monitor before I knew it, went right to angioplasty, got the clogged (99%) artery balloned out and a stent installed. Very lucky, NO heart damage. Was home by Thursday and back to work yesterday.

Well done, you recognised the signs and got help. There are so many people who ignore the signs and then, boomph, its all over.

Good to see you are still around for the bun fight.

(from a NZ Kiwi on hypertension meds)

Hey Governor, ya see my Nick? Wanna know why I chose it? Well lemme tell ya.

You see, I am the eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest son, etc. all the way back to Capt. Edmund Allen Howard (Cxxx), who outfitted the 1st Maryland Regiment in Gen. Washington's Army with uniforms. That makes him Continental Line.

The regiment saw its first action at a little place on the southern tip of Manhattan Island called Brooklyn Hill.

Funny thing about that place - although no one can really be sure where it was, it is thought the World Trade Center was built on top of it. In 1976 a plaque was placed on the South Tower by a revolutionary war historical society commemorating the action. My grandfather and father were there. I've always regretted that I didn't take the time away from college to be with them.

So maybe you'll understand why I might be a tad heated today - maybe you'll understand me when I say

STFU you sniveling coward.

CL

re: #80 cbinflux

Never Forget

Thanks for sharing. Now he is a Great American. I wore my 9/11 t-shirt (with the picture of the 3 Firefighters raising the Flag in the rubble) today and had my small American Flag on the front door. Next year I'll do more.

#65 Dianna

"Just remember, they're blathering because they don't know what to say, really."

OK. I'm taking three months worth of living expenses out of the bank because I don't think the government knows how to deal with the current financial blowups. If you think the Fed knows what it is doing anymore than the rest of the talking heads out there, you are too trusting. IMHO, of course.

Dublin (CA) Dude, good to hear of your recovery. I love the fact that when something of substance comes up, in this case your health, we immediately forget the idiocy and focus on the important. It seems as though, to conservatives at least, life is always more important than politics.

And, although I don't drink myself, you might want to start drinking that fine pinot noir daily, for medicinal purposes, of course!

re: #94 cbinflux

Yes, it is drug eluding, Taxus Express 2 stent. And to think my cholesteral is all of 141. Who would have guessed.

I had the unfortunate experience of watching this. I guess the Left brain=Brilliant hypotheses is not so factually based, after all. One moron can throw the whole table.

re: #101 Dublin(CA)Dude

You'd be dead if not for the medicinal red wine... no bout adout it.

re: #101 Dublin(CA)Dude

BTW, that's a good product

re: #98 yenta-fada

I'm not too trusting when it comes to money; but I would counsel you not to panic. The sub-prime meltdown isn't as bad as people are being told it is.

But I would definitely not borrow any money for a while.

re: #94 cbinflux

re: #77 Dublin(CA)Dude
I hope that it was a modern, drug-eluting stent, and that your doc has read up on alpha lipoic acid and L'carnitine, along with Omega oil(s) and CoQ10, they'rethe bomb.

Docs are seeing damaged heart, artery, brain and liver tissue repair.

Excellent advise!

This is like "9-11 Inside Job"... in the sense that Islamist-supremacist terrorists GOT INSIDE our beliefs in the rationality and basic human decency of most humans; and GOT INSIDE the American desire to share the wealth, give the other guy the benefit of the doubt and believe the best of even this world's slimiest, filthiest and most blood-stained scum, then YES, 9-11 WAS an "inside job"...

"...9-11 was a failure of understanding..." was it? Then change your mind NOW, and UNDERSTAND!

Understand that they want to KILL OR SUBJUGATE YOU!

Understand that they believe God WANTS THEM to kill or subjugate you!

Understand that you are moving dung in their eyes.

Understand that they will stop at NOTHING to maim, kill or subjugate you!

re: #96 Conserve Liberty

Wow, congratulations on your lineage and proud understanding of its meaning. As I have said before, most DEMOCRATS/liberals/progressives/assholes are afraid and weak; they are sniveling cowards, as you have said.

re: #101 Dublin(CA)Dude

re: #94 cbinflux

Yes, it is drug eluding, Taxus Express 2 stent. And to think my cholesteral is all of 141. Who would have guessed.

So glad you are doing well. It isn't always the ones you would expect to have heart attack. A friend of my at 46 had a heart attack. She is thin, never smoked, good cholesteral. Had to have a triple by-pass.
Start slow buy build up to some exercise. My brother had a heart attack couple years ago and still eats crap and smokes. I have no sympathy for him.

re: #102 savage_nation

re: #96 Conserve Liberty

Wow, that's quite a bloodline you have. Outstanding!

I don't normally speak (or write) about that because it says everything about dead people and nothing about me - but I'm just pissed again - same as every year.

CL

re: #101 Dublin(CA)Dude

Have they settled the connection between cholesterol levels and plaque? I read something contradicting earlier certainties a while ago - reliability unknown, it was a summary on a blog, more "will they please make up their minds?" than anything else.

re: #93 Dublin(CA)Dude I'm doing ok, I guess.
Say, didja get the e-mail I sent to y'all?

Anyone who is not looking for housing bargains now is a fool. Or a left brain Democrat. Trust me on this. And remember, location first, replacement cost right after. That is all I have to say on this.

Normally, the Dims make me angry. But this week my blood is BOILING!
For the sake of argument let's say the terrorists responded to something we did, say it was for a legitimate reason. Well I say SO WHAT! We have to respond to the attack regardless. Just like the argument that we are creating terrorists by being in Iraq. SO WHAT! They are responsible for their own actions--we're not MAKING them terrorists.
I am so sick of liberals defending our enemies.

Dublin(CA)Dude,

Cut back on the deep-fried moonbat wings. Try 'em baked or steamed.

Seriously, though, try to laugh at the moonbattery instead of getting, well, steamed. Glad you're doing better, fellow lizard!

re: #67 cbinflux

Having finished David McCullough's "1776" only a few weeks ago, I know for sure that's something to be proud of. I did not know about the WTC/Brooklyn Hill connection.

One of the great disappointments of my (short) intellectual life has been discovering what an utter sham my public education was. I had no idea, for example, that the main street nearest to my neighborhood back in Mass. is named for the second man to fall at the North Bridge in Concord. Or just how much of a "close-run thing" the war itself was... I've learned more from three weeks of reading McCullough and Hitchens' book on Jefferson than I did in entire classes during High School. And this was IN Massachusetts, where I was a half-hour drive from all kinds of historical places...

Feh...

He is right you know -

...we failed to understand just how blood-thirsty the religious disciples of Muhammad are...

...and they failed to understand that there are still some people in this nation who aren't willing to become their pet Dhimmis (minus every obsequious liberal within our borders that is).

On a much more serious note - the real problem isn't that we don't understand human culture and history; the real problem is that we haven't a clue about our own need for mercy and grace - all of us. In the end, the greater lesson of 9/11 is found in Luke 13:1-5.

Selah

re: #111 Conserve Liberty

re: #102 savage_nation

re: #96 Conserve Liberty

Wow, that's quite a bloodline you have. Outstanding!

I don't normally speak (or write) about that because it says everything about dead people and nothing about me - but I'm just pissed righteously indignant again - same as every year.

CL

#103 pat 9/11/07 9:14:42 pm reply quote report 0

I had the unfortunate experience of watching this. I guess the Left brain=Brilliant hypotheses is not so factually based, after all. One moron can throw the whole table.

One?

What about Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and most of all Algore? None of them exactly strike me as rocket scientist material. Nor Barney Frank, Leaky Leahy (sp?), Kucinich, Hagel, or Kerry. All seem kind of mediocre to low-end of the bell curve. Devious? yes, brain surgeons? Nope

g'nite everyone.
Never Forget!
Never Forgive!
Never Submit!

so sad that I have to live in the state that he is Gov of and should have never been elected but that is what happens when you live in a very blue state

re: #10 goodbye_natalie

You think thats bad, Trying driving around this messed up state reading all the "Yes we can! Deval Patrick" Bumper Stickers.

re: #64 kreigwagon

Poor Dublin lives near san francisco...home of the moonbats!

Hey Dublin...Please take care of yourself. We need you around :) .

re: #110 newsjunkie_ky

I've been on a heart healty diet (Mediterran) for the last 12 years since I quit smoking. Now they've decide that 141 isn't low enough for me, so on cholestral lowering meds, Plavix, aspirin, etc. And until my back surgery was very active, former jock, used to walk 5-8 miles a day, so you are right, you never know who's going to get hit.

But thanks to all for the good wishes!

re: #113 realwest

Yes I did, that flag is waving at the bottom right of my screen as I type this. Thanks!

re: #114 pat

If you can get a loan. The banks have frozen like deer in the headlights. Unless your credit is 780 or above, you're not getting a loan until sometime in fourth quarter, at least.

re: #113 realwest

[Link: green.yahoo.com...]

re: #104 cbinflux

no bout adout it.

Heh.

re: #106 Dianna Hey Dainna - hope you're well!
Um, don't want to fight over this, not here and certainly not today, but the subprime meltdown is every bit as big as they are telling us - although I still don't want the government to intervene.
As for borrowing money, good luck. There's not a whole lot of capital out there for folks to lend nor borrow.

Speaking of politicians:

Obama Distances Himself From Controversial Book on U.S.-Israeli Relations

'Right With God' But Not Churchgoer Says Thompson

More Foreclosure Ties for Edwards

Romney Blames Consultants For Thompson Parody Site

Discuss amongst yourselves!

re: #129 MandyManners
Alcohol fueled youmer

re: #112 Dianna

Dianna, I was always told to keep the count below 200, so I thought I was doing well. But I have an extensive family history, both sides, of heart disease, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I'm just grateful I recognized the signs and got to a good hospital with an outstanding cardiac program, made a big difference.

re: #130 realwest

But some can still get loans w/o SSN's!

Zombie: BRAAAINSSS.
Deval: I'll pass.

re: #121 newsjunkie_ky

g'nite everyone.
Never Forget!
Never Forgive!
Never Submit!

on every anniversary I get chills all over just like when i found out about the towers 6 years ago.

re: #127 Dianna

There is a great deal of owner financing out there, and rentals are still very strong.
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Dianna, I know you did that to make me address the topic one more time after saying I would not! LOL (I am going to keep an eye on you. ;) )

re: #130 realwest

Good to see you, too! No, I won't fight about this.

Interesting article in Forbes, this week, about it that shares my viewpoint, though.

Did you see Megan McCardle's article? I think Instapundit linked it last Thursday. Very interesting. Inconclusive, but interesting.

re: #110 newsjunkie_ky I understand where you're coming from, but to be so angry with your brother that you can say "My brother had a heart attack couple years ago and still eats crap and smokes. I have no sympathy for him."
Is just plain sad.

re: #133 Dublin(CA)Dude

That history, diabetes, etc. are now told to stay below 100. Some docs are returning to niacin vs. the often muscle strength draining Lipitor, etc. YMMV

re: #123 B A Rabbit

re: #10 goodbye_natalie

You think thats bad, Trying driving around this messed up state reading all the "Yes we can! Deval Patrick" Bumper Stickers.

I do see them and want to cover them up everytime i see them with a republican sticker just to tick them off : )

re: #101 Dublin(CA)Dude

re: #94 cbinflux

Yes, it is drug eluding, Taxus Express 2 stent. And to think my cholesteral is all of 141. Who would have guessed.

Mazel tov on your recovery! And a cholesterol of 141? Ouch! That does happen, but still..thank G-d you didn't sit and wait for something to happen.

It is far better to go, and find out that you are OK, than to wait til you really feel awful. And men are lousy patients..you are a wise man.

re: #133 Dublin(CA)Dude

Family history is the clincher, I think. Well, I'm the last person to give advice on heart healthy behaviors. Just take care of yourself!

re: #119 cbinflux

re: #111 Conserve Liberty

re: #102 savage_nation

re: #96 Conserve Liberty

Wow, that's quite a bloodline you have. Outstanding!

I don't normally speak (or write) about that because it says everything about dead people and nothing about me - but I'm just pissed righteously indignant again - same as every year.CL

Yep.

re: #140 song_and_dance_man

I'm watching a History channel program on the grounding of Airliners on 9/11/2001. Once American Airlines heard the news of planes hitting the Twin Towers they decided to ground their planes. One pilot who was going to taxi decided to return to the terminal. According to this program and the pilot, when they returned six middle eastern men ran from the plane and left their luggage. When the luggage was searched they found Al Qaeda documents and false ID's in their luggage.

I have never heard this story before.

I am watching the same thing and heard the same thing and never heard that either

re: #140 song_and_dance_man

That is news to me, but I have read that Atta's list of scheduled hijackers shows a few are still out there.

re: #137 pat

Snickering sounds on this side of the screen!

re: #146 Nascar70

WOW!

re: #141 cbinflux

Interesting, I hadn't heard that. I see the cardiologist on Thursday, will bring the topic up with him. Thanks for the heads up.

Speaking of those who lost their lives, he says:

We miss them not because they are gone but because they were here.

What the hell does that mean.

(I think my headache is getting worse, must stop listening to fools).

Freedom in danger in Europe.

Hi all,

Ok, nothing new except now the Belgian police beats elected UE representatives protesting against islamization of Europe...

I translated / subtitled the video as well as I could...

Enjoy !

re: #143 NY Nana

Thanks for the good wishes!

re: #151 ChildOfMary

It means precisely nothing. It's a windy platitude, which, like a lot of things, sounds deep until you try to think about it. And it's not like zen, no matter what they try to tell you.

re: #151 ChildOfMary

The Whiskey Speech took bolder stands. Jeesh!

I can't stand to watch idiots like those two governors, so I'm going to take the liberty of condemning them sight unseen.

Anyway, I'm back from Disneyland. There was a nice little commemoration at 4:30 p.m., the time at which they customarily do their Flag Retreat. Disneyland does bill itself as "The Happiest Place on Earth" so it was celebratory (of America and freedom) as much as solemn. I wasn't the only one hiding a few tears behind their Foster Grants.

I will commemorate 9/11 EVERY year for the rest of my life. Anyone who's in my life will get dragged along.

re: #134 cbinflux I assume you're referring to the Bank of America's unbelievablly stupid idea to allow peope (read: illegal immigrants) to obtain credit cards without SSN's. I'm told by folks fairly high up in BoA that those credit cards are no longer being offered; no credit history, no credit card.

re: #151 ChildOfMary

Well if they hadn't been here, we wouldn't be able to miss them.
Of course, they also have to be gone for us to miss them.
So I suppose they had to have been here but now be gone in order for us to miss them.
gack
(it's all I can do to live in these parts and not go completely insane)

If we'd only understood Jeffrey Dahmer, no doubt he wouldn't have cooked all those young gay boys on his stove.

re: #157 realwest

No sir, I'm referring to home loans, nationwide, and they advertise "NO SSN needed".

#106 Dianna

"The sub-prime meltdown isn't as bad as people are being told it is."
I'm going to go with realwest on this. The Fed is frozen in the headlights. If they raise interest rates, it tanks the stock market and slows down the economy. If they lower interest rates, the dollar becomes a less competitive trading currency and goes down in value.

This situation has been building for years and this is the moment of truth the Fed has been avoiding. Also the CDO's are just the tip of the iceberg. Those loans have been re-packaged and sold all over the world. They are trying to prevent two banks from going under in Germany. That's just fact, however nobody wants to talk about it because it's boring and somewhat technical. I back my savings with gold, not a printing press like the Fed
does. Really, I'm not trying to argue with you. I just get upset that people are not being warned about all of the things that the housing market and mortgages are connected to. Health IS wealth too!

Yup, those wonderful Democrats who control congress aren't going to be happy until they completely destroy the legislative branch of government. They're aiming for an all time historical low:

President Bush Job Approval:
Approve / 32.7%
Disapprove / 61.0%
Spread - 28.3%
___

Congressional Job Approval:
Approve / →→21.5%←←
Disapprove / →→66.8%←←
Spread - 45.3%

How low can they go?

[Link: realclearpolitics.com...]

What we have here is: Failure...to-communicate.

CHL

re: #158 Killer Tomato

CZ was here; I won't miss him.

//Does that make me a bad Lizard?//

re: #152 Flying Dutchman

Thanks for your work to translate this.

re: #163 joemama

Awesome, life-lessons movie!

To repeat something I posted on an earlier dead thread:

Before this day ends, I wish to offer a prayer in memory of all who perished on 9/11/01 and in honor of all our men and women at arms; your profession is a noble one.

May God guide this great nation through its dark hours and help it emerge from the storm stronger and worthier.

We are a kind people, but a just people. Justice demands that the innocent dead be avenged; the evil that killed them must be eliminated.

May God bless America.

Never Forget, Never Forgive, Never Submit.

Brian, you would be as proud of your children as they are of you.

re: #156 squarepeg

I can't stand to watch idiots like those two governors, so I'm going to take the liberty of condemning them sight unseen.

Anyway, I'm back from Disneyland. There was a nice little commemoration at 4:30 p.m., the time at which they customarily do their Flag Retreat. Disneyland does bill itself as "The Happiest Place on Earth" so it was celebratory (of America and freedom) as much as solemn. I wasn't the only one hiding a few tears behind their Foster Grants.

I will commemorate 9/11 EVERY year for the rest of my life. Anyone who's in my life will get dragged along.

I think every person that has our country's best wishes in mind will commemorate 9-11 every year for the rest of their lives. except those dorks that belong the the truther movement

re: #131 NY Nana

I'll take the one on Fred Thompson.

I really loathe people who want it both ways on religion. "America needs a godly man like me, although I don't go to church. I have people who do that for me. You're one of them."

re: #156 squarepeg

And, as Captain Miller urges Private Ryan at the end of the film,

"Deserve this!"

When we live the Good Life, the American Way, we honor and commemorate 9/11 and ALL OTHER American heroes & heroines, every day!

re: #161 yenta-fada

I am aware of all that; and yes, the consequences are going to be long-term negatives.

But the treasury's doing some very interesting things. The fed will only move publicly, but the treasury is quietly moving. I'm not sure I entirely approve of some of it.

The financial pages are the first things I read in the mornings, even before my e-mail and LGF.

re: #164 cbinflux

Of course not. Just means you're suffering from a failure of human understanding. Or you got that right brain thing going. Or something.

re: #168 Dublin(CA)Dude

To repeat something I posted on an earlier dead thread:

Before this day ends, I wish to offer a prayer in memory of all who perished on 9/11/01 and in honor of all our men and women at arms; your profession is a noble one.

May God guide this great nation through its dark hours and help it emerge from the storm stronger and worthier.

We are a kind people, but a just people. Justice demands that the innocent dead be avenged; the evil that killed them must be eliminated.

May God bless America.

Never Forget, Never Forgive, Never Submit.

that I will 2nd

re: #160 cbinflux
No SSN, No Visa, No Problemo
[Link: search.yahoo.com...]

Subdivisionsare filling up with undocumented folks who can default and disappear.

re: #133 Dublin(CA)Dude

Ouch! I have a brutal family history on my maternal side..and am a Type 2 diabetic who is disabled and can't really exercise. I am on meds for cholesterol and triglyceride control, and the numbers are good. My paternal side? Superb circulatory systems, but Ca of the pancreas,which is a higher risk for diabetics. My Dad zt'l died of it, and had been misdiagnosed as a diabetic at the Joslin, in Boston...it would not have made that much difference, though, if it had been diagnosed earlier, sadly.

One of my cousins zt'l was an MD, as is his wife, and she advised me years ago that a family medical history is a must-have. I am so glad I took her advise, but did find out that if you shake my family tree, diabetics will come falling out...after I called all my cousins to tell me that I was a diabetic. I knew some relatives had it, but was flabbergasted to find out how many had it, and never said a word..stigma attached. I am very in your face about it, though. And our 4 grown kids sadly are not as concerned as they should be, for themselves, with 2 diabetic parents. 3 are now in their 40's, and 1 is 35. It is time to really get serious on their part.

Stay well!

re: #168 Dublin(CA)Dude

Agreed.

“Among many other things, 9/11 was a failure of human understanding,” Patrick said. “It was a mean and nasty and bitter attack on the United States. But it was also a failure of human beings to understand each other, to learn to love each other.”

failure...mean, nasty, bitter attack 9/11...understand each other, love each other?

What interesting PC word choices.

*failure - failure on our part to realize what type of beast we are dealing with. Failure on a lot of people's parts to shield the public from the horrors that have been going on for decades over there. Failure on our schools and gov't for not teaching the right history so that it gives kids a basis to understand bad regimes when they see them. OH yeah, I see failures all right, just not exactly YOUR type, mr. governor. Let's not mix up the word failure with who actually perpetrated the massacre on our country domestic and foreign.

*mean, nasty, bitter attack 9/11 - interesting choice of words. I prefer the word massacre myself. That was no mere attack, that was a planned, cold, caluculating, ideological based massacre. And we are FAR from the only victims of these types of barbarians. You are offensive in even calling it an attack as an elected official that is suppose to guard your citizens from enemies.

*understand each other - The only understanding we need to have is to understand our terrorist enemy is not one that can be reasoned with. Their ideology comes from the koran and mo. They will not change if we throw money at them, cuddle them, and call them george. Just ask the people that died in the beslan massacre there, chief. Oh excuse me, the biggest men were put into another room, lined up and shot, and the children were raped with guns and forced to use their urine and other's urine in order to stay alive...capturing it in ...and most are dead...damn I'm so mad..at your ignorance, mr. governor.

*love each other - I am NOT commanded to LOVE evil. I am NOT commanded to love barbarians who don't ask for it nor are interested in forgiveness. Tell you what, how about you first. Go live among the barbarians as a westerner and get back to us on how that works out...preferrably either iran or pakistan.

Wake up and smell the coffee.

re: #31 Andy Dufresne

I know Deval Patrick very well, having worked for one of his opponents last year. These comments are exactly the type of thing he says all the time. Instead of proffering ideas or plans, he likes to pontificate about the "politics of hope." So, basically, he's a regular ultra liberal Massachusetts politician.

Yup, he's a typical (M)assachusetts politician. Just goes you can fool enough of the people long enough to get elected. Oh, wait, he just had to fool moonbats. I live in MA, but wasn't fooled.

As for Mitt, he did absolutely nothing except start running for president and lose more support for the Mass GOP

re: #141 cbinflux

Thanks, also, from me, for the heads up!

re: #178 song_and_dance_man

Red Ties are scanning your files, and right-brain.

Time for dog walking and bed.

Take care, folks.

A "failure of human understanding"? Why- that's islam from beginning to end- from The Opening to The People the koran is nothing but a failure of human understanding.

re: #182 NY Nana
De nada. Put a good word in with Cattt for me.

re: #180 Highrise

Right on target. Well said.

re: #187 song_and_dance_man

It's too late for you. Just take the extra wimmin'; it's yer only chance.

re: #171 Carridine

When we live the Good Life, the American Way, we honor and commemorate 9/11 and ALL OTHER American heroes & heroines, every day!

Very true! Work hard, do what your mother says, get an education, give what you can to charity, support American ideals, and never stop improving your mind. It's the American way!

re: #180 Highrise

mean, nasty, bitter ...understand each other, love each other

It would seem that everything he thinks he needs to know about being Governor he learned in kindergarten.

re: #185 Sharmuta

Hey Sharm, I sent you an email.

re: #186 cbinflux

Thanks for pimping my blog today!

re: #172 song_and_dance_man

The last I checked, Harry Reid's approval was hovering around 19%.
The guy is just creepy.

Zogby 9/11 Truther poll sponsored by Iran?

Following are the comments from Neil Cavuto at the end of his show on Fox News today:

Sometimes numbers matter. But I guess being the different kind of business geek I am, six years later, they're not the numbers you would think.

They're the numbers that most stick with me. Actually, haunt me.

Numbers like 3,051. The number of children who lost a mom or dad that day.

Or like 1,609. The number of people who lost a spouse or girlfriend or boyfriend that day.

Or 115. The number of nations whose citizens died in those attacks. Or 343. The number of firefighters killed. Or 23, the number of police who died. Or 37, the number of Port Authority police who died.

I could go on, and talk about the 289 bodies found intact, and the 19,858 body parts found, clearly not intact.

I could mention the more than 1,700 families who got no remains.

I could talk about the 658 lives lost at one Wall Street firm, Cantor Fitzgerald.

Or that most who died that day were younger than 39 years old.

I could talk about dads who never got to see their kids born. And kids who will only know those dads in pictures.

Much is made in my business of markets that came back, but barely a mention of souls left empty.

Time is good for markets. I'm not so sure it's always good for us.

Over time, numbers can tell us how far we've come.

I hope they never gloss over how much we've lost.

Ah the Governor of the great state of Massachusetts, how can I begin to explain to LGF'ers about my states' top man, Deval the Cadillac of Governors Patrick - D...

The man who, while campaigning for the office, arrived at many campaign stops in a Toyota Prius, promising all state vehicles would be hybrids if he was elected. Then, once elected, leased a $1,2oo.00/month Cadillac DTS for his use on the taxpayer's tab.

The man who spent another 10,000.00 of the taxpayer's money for office furnishings immediately after taking office, and 8,000.00 of that was for French drapes, for one window. His excuse? The previous Governor had used his own furnishings, so they had to be replaced.

A man who, after apx. 6 months in office, took a four-week vacation, and couldn't even be bothered to cut his vacation a few days short and return to Boston from his multi-million dollar mansion in the berkshires when two firefighters died doing what firefighters do.

Our previous Governor, Mitt Romney -R, rode in a state police issue Ford LTD during his tenure in office.

Mitt Romney -R also made a campaign promise that he'd never take a salary if elected. he kept that promise, he never did.

So there you have it, Deval Patrick - D The Cadillac of Governors... a heck of a guy. Together we can!

For those who care, if any one:

Prime minister of Japan Abe will resign in 15 minutes.

re: #192 ChenZhen

De nada; special request.

On 9/11/2001 many innocent people lost their lives at the hands of radical muslims. My heart goes out to the families of the victims.

On 9/12/2001 many started to learn about islam, and continue to do so.

I have yet to see any clear evidence that islam is a peaceful religion. I see very little talk, mostly rhetoric, and even less action when it comes to helping to bring peace to the world. I see brutality (muslim vs. muslim vs. kaffir violence), torture (FGM), lies and deceit.

You would think such a large, powerful religion would have more of a positive impact on the world. Where are the peaceful signs of islam? Where is the enlightenment? Charity? Spirituality? Good will?

Mr. muslim: show me.

On 9/11/2001 islam left a bad taste, and it is still there. And islam has been doing nothing to make the bad taste go away. It only gets worse.

/spit.

#173 Dianna
Re:

" But the treasury's doing some very interesting things. The fed will only move publicly, but the treasury is quietly moving. I'm not sure I entirely approve of some of it.

The financial pages are the first things I read in the mornings, even before my e-mail and LGF."

I'm glad you are paying attention. The treasury creates money by issuing bonds which it sells to all of us and other nations. The Chinese are holding up those bonds for now. However, they are slowly diversifying out of the dollar by buying up resource companies around the world. The Islamic war is a war on the dollar as much as it is on anything else. There are very few real currencies out there: oil, drugs, gold, arms, food, water...all commodities and all, in the longish run much more valuable than paper currencies which can (a la Argentina and South Korea) change overnight.
Topic I get obsessed about. Hope you didn't mind.

Hey Sharm, give CZ my regards!

All the best!

Don't fall for it Sharmuta!

Remember...you are the Bomb™!

re: #198 tokyobk

For those who care, if any one:

Prime minister of Japan Abe will resign in 15 minutes.

why?

re: #77 Dublin(CA)Dude

Same story 10/23/06 for me. Except I walked in to the E-room, and collapsed at the desk. (hadd'a make a good show of it, ya know?) ;) The procedure itself is so deceptively simple. Painless, and quicker than a trip to the dentist. Be aware that the whole experience that you went through will take some time to digest. You will be in for some changes, and not just 'take the pills, and watch your diet.'
All your time now is a gift. You're in extra innings, so to speak. Like I said, it will take a while for the truth of that to fully sink in. A good spiritual grounding helps- but I don't know where you're coming from in that regard, so I'll leave it at that. Take care.
PS: the strength will come back. I worked moving furniture, pouring concrete, and digging out sprinkler lines all summer. It was fun

JWM

re: #198 tokyobk

For those who care, if any one:

Prime minister of Japan Abe will resign in 15 minutes.

holy sons of nippon!

OT: A glimpse into the psyche of a "progressive":

I gave up on humanity as a positive force in the world a long time ago, and have been waiting eagerly for nature to exterminate us.

we are like yeast in a fermenter, gobbling the sugar as fast as we can while drowning in our own alcoholic excrement.

The sooner we're wiped out as a species, or at least cut down to a much more manageable population, the better the world is.

If that makes me a misanthrope, so be it.

from a Global Warming thread over at dKos. Wow. He should be a motivational speaker.

re: #196 ChildOfMary

Thanks for the quote, I miss seeing Neil because I'm usually at work, but he's always been a sharp guy, and apparently, he still is.

re: #193 DesertSage

Sage, have you skipped over to DKos and beheld the rants about "capitulation"? The kossacks have made the shocking discovery that their party "leadership" is a bunch of sheep. Imagine! The Democrats betrayed them out of gutless self-interest!

DON'T BLAME ME
I VOTED FOR MUFFY

re: #209 squarepeg

Only Cindy/Rosie/Baba/MoveOn can save them!

Understanding? Me thinks you no understand:

Me thinks you cry for mama when Musulman cutta yor head off...

What a pethetic PoS!

[Link: sheikyermami.com...]

re: #207 opilio

Obviously not a very strongly held conviction, or s/he would've already committed suicide.

They don't understand why we won't just die.

re: #138 Dianna Hum, so you would appear to agree with me re: lenders have no (or very little cash) to lend to anyone!
I haven't read Megan McCardle's article, I'm afraid. I'm basing a great deal of my less than optimistic outlook on over 35 years of experience in the real estate field; I've suffered through three MAJOR real estate recessions: the mid 70's due to OPEC's fuel embargo; the later half of the 80's due to, among other things, Reagan's Tax revolution ; and the S&L and Savings Bank crisis of the early 90's when I was the partner in charge of most of the FDIC and RTC's legal activities in New York taking over over-extended (to say the least) S&L's and Savings Banks and then selling off their assets - all of their assets, to try to ease the squeeze on the FSLIC and FDIC insurance programs.
They all had ONE thing in common - a shortgage of investors willing to inject private cash into the system, resulting in a credit crunch which ruined many developers and homowner's who were used to refinancing their mortgage debt when it became due and suddenly, their mortgage debts have or are starting to come due (or the Interest Only borrowers are seeing the principal payments at fairly steep rates ) and there is no money available for refinancing.
FWLIT, I think this is a good thing, as it will deter speculators and "flippers" from being in the market and producing truly ridiculous "valauations" of property.

re: #186 cbinflux

Does Cattt need a good word? I must have missed something. I haven't got a bad word to say about you.

re: #198 tokyobk

tokyo, what is the greatest significance of Abe's resignation in your or general opinion?

OMG, realwest, ya still here?

HI!

re: #209 squarepeg

I try to stay away from Kos, I only read them when Killgore posts something stupid that they said.
Kos Kiddies (and Leftists in general) are not "progressive" as they have labeled themselves. Lefty hasn't 'progressed' in over a half century.

Plus, the last time I went over there I had to wash my brain out with bleach.

re: #205 JWM

You make an interesting point. Right now, I don't think I'm taking it very seriously because nothing was particularly painful, and the cure seemed amazingly simple. As you said, no pain, 45 minutes in and out. I actually remarked to my doctor today that I wished it had been more serious so I would take it more seriously. Intellectually, I understand the implications, but in actuality, it really hasn't sunk in yet. And being able to go back to work in just a couple of days, and feeling better now than I have in months, I'm still having trouble thinking seriously about it. I hope that changes with time.

re: #203 DesertSage

No Sage- you are the Bomb™!

Oh, and yeah we are all part of the same story- just like the Elves and the Orcs.

JWM

Whats nuts is not that the libs spout this nonsense.,,,
Whats nuts is that the voters trust the lives of their children to these fence posts by voting them in office.

What a (M)asshole. He just doesn't get it. He just cannot identify evil. Why, why, why?

I'm so angry right now...I can't even express it really...the whole 9/11 images I watched happen IN REAL TIME on tv of people jumping out of too high of a building and I knew they fell to their death...watching those towers come down...hearing glenn beck's update on the REAL beslan massacre and what details our gov't and russia kept from people...those HORRIBLE HORRIBLE details...

People NEED to know this stuff.

DAMN YOU media...damn you to HELL for keeping this stuff from the public.

Bless YOU Charles! This is why I defend people like YOU Charles...I'm so mad at this stuff going on and it's people like YOU and Malkin, and Hot air, and Spencer and others that are doing their best to expose it. Charles, YOU are the bomb, your blog is THE bomb. That is the truth. That is why your blog is worth defending.

I'm hoping to calm down here...glenn beck was too much tonight...I asked my husband to watch this week's glenn beck with me...he tried to hide his own distress I could tell...on what barbarians we face. Glenn beck is just amazing..bless him. God is using him, he's the lone voice on tv atm exposing this.

Righteous anger and hate is healthy..it's a survival mechanism deep within us against Evil.

re: #168 Dublin(CA)Dude

perfect

“Among many other things, 9/11 was a failure of human understanding,” Patrick said. “It was a mean and nasty and bitter attack on the United States. But it was also a failure of human beings to understand each other, to learn to love each other.”

Ah, the joys of reductionism. "Mean", "nasty", and "bitter" are words used to describe Keith Olbermann's special comments, not acts of pre-meditated mass murder.

If people are to be taught to remember 9/11 as a "failure of human understanding", I'd rather they forget it altogether.

re: #203 DesertSage

Don't fall for it Sharmuta!

Remember...you are the Bomb™!

re: #223 Sharmuta

re: #203 DesertSage

No Sage- you are the Bomb™!

Now cut that out! You are both the Bomb™! Shees.

re: #221 DesertSage

Entirely understandable. One day the train wreck will cease to fascinate me.

9/11 was a failure of human understanding but more a failure of acceptance. The Mohammedans utterly failed to understand or accept our society. They do understand their Qur'an. It orders them NOT to seek understanding with the infidels. Instead it orders them to destroy the infidels who are not "convenient" to have around and pay taxes to support the indolent Mohammedans.

I understand the Mohammedans all too well. Their holy book is a self-contradictory ball of disjointed nonsense which only makes sense with 2.106's principle of abrogation. (That's the one that declares the good Mohammedan should forget the old declarations, the new declarations are better.)

All they undestand is that I exist. And as such I must cease to exist, for I shall surely NEVER pay them jizyah and submit to them except as a sham before I chew off the private parts of at least one of them.

I will NOT submit.

{^_^}

re: #216 realwest

The entire mortgage broker end of the market has been pushing bad paper for years, and now its is coming back to bitethe rest of us in the ass.
They have been pushing for inflated appraisals for years now.
Over lending on value to folks who are over extended. Since they have no liability if a loan goes belly up they could care less if they are writing bad paper. Just as long as they get their money at closing.

re: #66 Hucbald

NY Mayor Bloomberg has been on my mind all freakin' day since I read the following from the NYT (spit) coverage (ha!) of today's 9/11 remembrance:

. . . Mr. Bloomberg, who spurns dwelling on the past and prefers to keep his emotions to himself, has been pushing the city from the start to move beyond its tragedy. Early on, he championed building schools and housing at ground zero and suggested that the soaring memorial envisioned by his predecessor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, would turn it into “a cemetery” and drive residents and businesses away.

Yes, it's much better to build schools and housing over the site of some 3000 deaths.
You're right Mike, we must all Move-On get over it.
Maroon!
(mega-spit)

Mo' blog-pimping
LGF Watch
ChenZhen said...
I'm not so sure about that Muslim slaves stuff. What did they say recently? 90 guns for every 100 Americans?

I think the main thing we have to fear is each other.

8/30/2007 10:41:00 PM

re: #228 Highrise

It's cool that you need to let out your anger Highrise, that's what we're here for.

And yes, Charles and this blog are very much worth defending...because he "gets it". And so do many of the people here.

re: #228 Highrise

I'm hoping to calm down here...glenn beck was too much tonight...I asked my husband to watch this week's glenn beck with me...he tried to hide his own distress I could tell...on what barbarians we face. Glenn beck is just amazing..bless him. God is using him, he's the lone voice on tv atm exposing this.

Indeed, Glenn is amazing -- he's doing a great job of making those who watch him aware. Now we must make others aware, as many as we can, so they will do the same.

Whisket Tango Foxtrot?

Out of all of the emotions I have each 9/11 (also my birthday), anger was the the one I felt the least today... until I read this article.

To those who asked, imo:

In general, unlike Koizumi, Abe came into office owing a lot of people a lot of things. Therefore he had to appoint a lot of hacks to positions to which they were horribly suited. Therefore there were more than the usual resignations and even reappointments led to resignations. No cabinet or ministry level stability which is a very key indicator for the Japanese who like stability in all things.

Unfortunately, one of the major issues, indeed the last straw related to our number one issue which is that Abe felt it was vital that Japan keep its promise to the world, frankly to the US, to refuel tankers in the Indian ocean and the gulf as support to the war against terror. Abe said so much this week, that if he was not able to keep this promise he would quit. That made him look like a lap dog for Bush in the eyes of the press and many people here.

I hear that Koizumi wants a comeback.

Yen shorters will enjoy a temporary dip.

Rage Boy in training linked from Ace of Spades.

Good night to all. Remember those who left us on 9/11. And remember who took them from us.

re: #241 astronmr20

Happy Birthday!

Hope you had a cold beverage and a great meal today!

re: #170 squarepeg

I agree with you..it is very dishonest. And no, he can't have it both ways. For some reason, this reminds me of Skerry Kerry.

'Don't do as I do, do as I say'? No, that does not work.

re: #239 song_and_dance_man

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ChenZhen said...
I'm not so sure about that Muslim slaves stuff. What did they say recently? 90 guns for every 100 Americans?

I think the main thing we have to fear is each other.

8/30/2007 10:41:00 PM

islam is a perfidious pigshit cult - understand that.

re: #245 Racer X

re: #241 astronmr20

Happy Birthday!

Hope you had a cold beverage and a great meal today!

Thanks.
That I did.. and I am blessed for it.

For I have been to south asia, and I know full well what the median standard of living is like in the rest of the world.

Tonight, I did not think twice to go shopping and buy myself a sushi grade tuna steak, cook it with pepper and hot mango chutney, and wash it down with a Guiness. I know that our system of OPEN Idealogy and economic trade.. our system of freedom, allowed me to do so... and I enjoyed every bite and swig.

God bless America.

re: #230 song_and_dance_man

re: #207 opilio

OT: A glimpse into the psyche of a "progressive":
...

Self hatred is nothing new for the left.

I am repeatedly astonished by the depth of the misery, despair, rage, and hysteria they regurgitate to one another over there. Like squarepeg said upthread in #233: "One day the train wreck will cease to fascinate me."

re: #176 cbinflux One of the largest of these "lenders" was StateStreet Mortgages (not a bank) who would loan if you didn't have an SSN, but did have an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number - in other words, had some history of pay US personal income taxes. No ITIN or no SSN, then no loan.
And, btw, for reasons I alluded to above, it's increasingly difficult for anyone to get a mortgage loan these days, due to the credit crunch on the primary lenders; just very little cash available for anyone to get a mortgage or get their current mortgage(s) refinanced.

re: #236 least

I loathe him. He has a rock where his heart should be, and is a pretend Republican. He is the one who pimped the madrassa in Brooklyn, wants congestion parking for NYC that would be horrific, and also demand money from people in the suburbs and NJ...

He has been despicable from Day One re 9/11.

What did they say recently? 90 guns for every 100 Americans?

When I saw that statistic the other day my first thought was "OK - who's been slacking off?"

re: #237 cbinflux

That link does NOT go to LGF-Watch, Bud...

Some directory page of links, CB...

re: #252 song_and_dance_man

Chen is posting on LGF Watch?

RE: Mortgage Lending today:

Incomes Lagging Behind Home Values
WASHINGTON - An Associated Press analysis of new census data provides insight into the reasons for the slumping housing market: Since 1990, homeowners have faced a growing gap between their incomes and the price of their homes.

The widening gap in all but a handful of the nation's 500 largest cities helped make the recent boom in housing prices unsustainable, according to analysts. The rising prices were fueled largely by low interest rates and risky borrowing, rather than increasing incomes.

"We had an artificial economy," said Brad Geisen, founder of Foreclosure.com, a Web site that lists foreclosure properties. "There was all this wealth created in real estate, and it wasn't really created."

Nationally, the median household income grew by about 60 percent from 1990 to 2006, roughly matching inflation. At the same time, the median home value - the point at which half were more and half were less - more than doubled, to $185,200.

The gap between incomes and home values was even bigger in many cities.

For example, incomes in Miami roughly kept pace with inflation - meaning they were effectively stagnant - while the median home value quadrupled, to $315,900. In places such as Bend, Ore., and North Las Vegas, Nev., incomes about doubled, but home values increased fivefold.

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com, likened the current housing market to the dot-com boom and bust a few years ago, when stock prices for many high tech companies soared - before some of them ever turned a profit - and then crashed.

"The parallels are quite similar," Zandi said.

The Census Bureau on Wednesday released 2006 housing data for every state, county, metro area and city with a population of at least 65,000. Income data were released last month.

Together, the figures provide a snapshot of the nation's economy just as housing prices were peaking in many areas. Since then, housing prices have started to tumble in many markets, fueled by a crisis in the subprime loan market and dwindling credit even for some wealthier borrowers.

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re: #255 Killer Tomato

What did they say recently? 90 guns for every 100 Americans?

When I saw that statistic the other day my first thought was "OK - who's been slacking off?"

That's a silly statistic, and does not necessarily say much. It makes the reader assume that 90 percent of Americans may be armed, which is not the case.

Fact is, I have most of them (:

re: #252 song_and_dance_man
It is shocking given his and his stated distaste for ad hominem.

Legalize said...
Wow, that woman on the right does not look well.

8/29/2007 02:02:00 PM

Anonymous said...
Wow. That guy needs to get out in the sun and back on his bicycle.

Chuckles isn't looking too healthy.

8/29/2007 02:10:00 PM

Musashi said...
A pair of m&m's.

8/30/2007 03:42:00 AM

xylonhexes said...
What are you gonna do when CAIR and KOS shut down Charles for good?

CZ, like LGF Witchhunt view most here as rubes and racists. Why are so many here yukking it up with scoundrel?! Would you have such an ungrateful, backstabbing guest back in your home?!

I'm not so sure about that Muslim slaves stuff.

You know, Chen- I'd like to say something on this. Please review your own comments and see for yourself- slavery was never denied. It is not hara'am, Chen- period. No matter how they sugar-coat it, as he tried with the slavery and surah 4:34, there is no getting around it. Slavery is halal. Wife hitting is halal. Period.

Mass. Governor: 9/11 Was a 'Failure of Human Understanding'

This is all so, uhmmm...beautiful. Or, er, something...

re: #260 astronmr20

That'll make birthday present shopping easy then. I'll just get you any old ammo - it'll be sure to fit something you have!

re: #260 astronmr20

What did they say recently? 90 guns for every 100 Americans?

When I saw that statistic the other day my first thought was "OK - who's been slacking off?"
That's a silly statistic, and does not necessarily say much. It makes the reader assume that 90 percent of Americans may be armed, which is not the case.

Fact is, I have most of them (:

LOL!

"Guns don't kill people, I do!"

re: #264 song_and_dance_man

We are still awaiting your vote on the dictionary! You're the last hold-out.

re: #263 BLBfootballs

To rest my eyes in shades of Green

re: #257 hous bin pharteen

re: #252 song_and_dance_man

Chen is posting on LGF Watch?

He posted once that I saw..I haven't gone back..because I hate that place. It was a thread making fun of Charles...but when has that stopped the little pecker. chenzhen has been disingenuous for a long time...he also baited charles here and then went back to his own blog and dissed charles..completely twisting his words. I took nearly 2 hours to read through EVERYTHING and came to the conclusion that chen is nothing but an self serving moby that will agree at times just enough to keep his job here...to harass...then disagree to keep people in circles. That isn't just to insult him..it really is what I saw when I read through it all..and I hope people get the link (I refuse to go to his blog) and read for themselves. I think sage may have it.

I hate people who come here, spark fights, then go back to their blog to *finish the conversation off*.

It's disingenuous.

re: #79 ctrlL

Hang in there...you are needed to make sense..it will confuse people.

Sad re NH. It used to be sane until the same lefties who despoil MA moved there as Taxachusetts was so damned expensive.

re: #264 song_and_dance_man

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