And Now for Some Tommy
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Another smokin’ hot version of Tommy Emmanuel’s Beatles medley…
595 comments
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:31:23pm |
re: #1 SurferDoc
So those long legs are working out for you then?
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SurferDoc Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:34:09pm |
re: #3 Killgore Trout
So those long legs are working out for you then?
I thought I lost them when I hit "Refresh"--but Noooo!
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:36:32pm |
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SurferDoc Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:39:38pm |
Fire ants are the leading cause of illness and death among slow moving Americans. You can help fight this dreaded plague. Send your generous check to SurferDoc@URaDumbass.com.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:42:31pm |
Here's an amazing cover of A Day in the Life.
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:42:36pm |
re: #8 SurferDoc
Fire ants are the leading cause of illness and death among slow moving Americans. You can help fight this dreaded plague. Send your generous check to SurferDoc@URaDumbass.com.
Should have said 'slow-thinking'. Then you get the irony in there.
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:45:06pm |
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:47:33pm |
Tommy Emmanuel kicks ass!
Obviously he never studied with my classical guitar teacher, who threatened to break my pinky finger if I placed it on the soundboard.
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SurferDoc Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:51:13pm |
re: #11 esch
Should have said 'slow-thinking'. Then you get the irony in there.
I thought of that. I was trying not to out-clever myself. Y"know?
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:51:31pm |
re: #15 Alouette
Tommy Emmanuel kicks ass!
Obviously he never studied with my classical guitar teacher, who threatened to break my pinky finger if I placed it on the soundboard.
I don't do it with classical. Still do it with electric, though. Thing is, to get smooth pick action, it just makes it much easier to maintain the 'sweet spot' on the pick if I stabilize with the pinky/ring combo.
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:52:18pm |
re: #15 Alouette
Tommy Emmanuel kicks ass!
Obviously he never studied with my classical guitar teacher, who threatened to break my pinky finger if I placed it on the soundboard.
What's a soundboard?
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:56:31pm |
A veritable "who's who" of Obama staffers, surrogates and affiliates were among those served with subpoenas. Put simply, within one week of President Barack Obama's administration taking office, it is already under significant legal scrutiny that will -- at a minimum -- take precious time away from dealing with the country's monumental economic and foreign policy challenges.
SNIP
Hat-tip to a Lizard whose nic I cannot recall.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:56:48pm |
re: #18 MandyManners
What's a soundboard?
It's, uh, the front part of the guitar.
I took guitar lessons back in the early '60's. My parents thought that it might help me, a nerdy kid, advance socially.
I once took my guitar to class, and one of the "cool" girls grabbed it and wouldn't give it back. She couldn't play for shit, and then untuned it before she finally gave it back to me. What a bitch.
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sngnsgt Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:59:02pm |
Nice. Day Tripper is going to be running through my head for the next few days.
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:01:12pm |
re: #8 SurferDoc
Fire ants are the leading cause of illness and death among slow moving Americans. You can help fight this dreaded plague. Send your generous check to SurferDoc@URaDumbass.com.
Kinda close to home there, Doc. My DD has been to ER twice due to her allergic reaction to those evil critters. She has had to follow a regular course of allergy shots for well over a year now.
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rawmuse Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:02:27pm |
rawmuse will be playing the jazz trombone, in public, at a night club, with a large and hot band, somewhere in San Francisco tonight.
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:02:49pm |
re: #20 MandyManners
SNIP
Hat-tip to a Lizard whose nic I cannot recall.
Bottomless pit of shit, filth and garbage. I am ashamed that BHO is our POTUS.
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DEZes Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:02:53pm |
OK, I missed this place.
I may as well lurk a bit. ;)
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Bubblehead II Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:02:56pm |
I'm Baaaaaaaccccckkkkkkk.
Isn't that a Jack Nickolas line?
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sngnsgt Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:03:04pm |
re: #15 Alouette
I never studied classical, but the teacher I had told me to wrap a rubberband around my pinky to keep it closed when I practiced. That broke me of that bad habit after a few lessons and practice. Simple but effective.
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:05:07pm |
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SurferDoc Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:05:10pm |
re: #23 USBeast
Kinda close to home there, Doc. My DD has been to ER twice due to her allergic reaction to those evil critters. She has had to follow a regular course of allergy shots for well over a year now.
No offense intended. I was sending up the "Dreaded Disease" Commercial appeals.
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:06:01pm |
re: #27 Bubblehead II
I'm Baaaaaaaccccckkkkkkk.
Isn't that a Jack Nickolas line?
Amazing! You've managed to confuse Jack Nicholas, Jack Nickalson, "The Shining" and "Poltergeist" all in one post.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:06:04pm |
Fifty-nine-year-old Palestinian man Hisham Dawod (R) smiles after collecting compensation money from Hamas official Marwan Abu Ras at a Hamas-staged event to distribute funds at the Al-Mahata mosque on January 24, 2009 in Gaza City, Gaza. Hisham's home was destroyed, one of his grandchildren killed and seven of his children and grandchildren injured following an Israeli air strike on his house.
He seems pretty happy about $800.
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SurferDoc Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:07:58pm |
re: #35 USBeast
Amazing! You've managed to confuse Jack Nicholas, Jack Nickalson, "The Shining" and "Poltergeist" all in one post.
You left out Randy Quaid and "Independence Day".
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Bubblehead II Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:08:55pm |
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:08:57pm |
fellow lizards who play Little Big Planet might recognise these
The Go Team - "Get It Together"
Cafe Tacvba -"Volver A Comenzar"
enjoy!
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:08:59pm |
re: #34 SurferDoc
No offense intended. I was sending up the "Dreaded Disease" Commercial appeals.
None taken, but fire ants are no joke in my neck of the woods. They are the insect equivalent of radical Muslims.
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:09:10pm |
re: #31 songbird
This is gonna put a lot of smart people out of work.
This just in...Obama is banning war.
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:10:41pm |
re: #21 Alouette
It's, uh, the front part of the guitar.
I took guitar lessons back in the early '60's. My parents thought that it might help me, a nerdy kid, advance socially.
I once took my guitar to class, and one of the "cool" girls grabbed it and wouldn't give it back. She couldn't play for shit, and then untuned it before she finally gave it back to me. What a bitch.
That's why I usually don't touch things I don't know how to use.
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:10:43pm |
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:11:38pm |
re: #39 buzzdroid
Charles recommended it once. I'm waiting for it to hit the bargain bin before I even consider it.
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:11:45pm |
re: #25 NYCHardhat
Bottomless pit of shit, filth and garbage. I am ashamed that BHO is our POTUS.
You forgot the vipers.
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:13:29pm |
re: #41 NYCHardhat
This just in...Obama is banning war.
Obama needs to read a history book, preferably one published before 1960. If he did he would realize that banning weapons has never prevented war. It only gives outlaw nations a chance to get the drop on those obeying the ban.
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Bubblehead II Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:14:33pm |
re: #35 USBeast
One is a Golfer and one is an actor. But hey, I had the first name right.
I claim PWI.
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:15:08pm |
re: #48 Sharmuta
LOVE IT!
As one of the resident Beatles fans I was waiting to see your response! :)
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:15:36pm |
re: #41 NYCHardhat
This just in...Obama is banning war.
without space weapons , we're utterly screwed if this happens
gee - thanks Obama...
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:15:43pm |
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UberInfidel67 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:15:56pm |
re: #36 Killgore Trout UTTER DEPRAVITY! That is some fucked up shit there! OMG....there is no humanity in that part of the world. NONE!
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:16:01pm |
re: #44 Bloodnok
The President has declared "War is dumb"
/
What is he running for now, wasn't the Miss America contest yesterday?
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:16:52pm |
re: #50 Bubblehead II
One is a Golfer and one is an actor. But hey, I had the first name right.
I claim PWI.
Someone might be tempted to say you don't know Jack. Not me, but someone...
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:17:19pm |
re: #45 Killgore Trout
Charles recommended it once. I'm waiting for it to hit the bargain bin before I even consider it.
yeah - its pricey alright... wait for the bargain bin.
thankfully i got it with my PS3.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:20:14pm |
re: #43 MandyManners
That's why I usually don't touch things I don't know how to use.
Yeah, but you are not one of those bitches whose purpose is to make life hell for the "uncool."
BTW the bitch became a divorce lawyer.
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:20:31pm |
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:20:58pm |
Beatles covers are only fun live, and I'm not easily impressed. I usually hate them.
Tommy was the first to impress me with a Beatles cover.
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:21:12pm |
re: #56 Sharmuta
shar- my fav denver song is 'perhaps"--cant do linky thing, sorry. hubby has learned this and i just love the lyrics and melody.
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Noam Sayin' Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:21:20pm |
re: #24 rawmuse
rawmuse will be playing the jazz trombone, in public, at a night club, with a large and hot band, somewhere in San Francisco tonight.
Ah, shouldn't you be at sound-check, or something?
Dang musicians...
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:21:21pm |
re: #31 songbird
This is gonna put a lot of smart people out of work.
Hey d00fus!
Go read Sun Tzu, most especially when he's talking about 'high ground'.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:21:31pm |
re: #36 Killgore Trout
He seems pretty happy about $800.
That should buy the missus a nice pair of earrings.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:22:18pm |
re: #64 Sharmuta
Beatles covers are only fun live, and I'm not easily impressed. I usually hate them.
Tommy was the first to impress me with a Beatles cover.
In The movie ' I am Sam' All the music was covers.. Too sweet!
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:22:22pm |
I just came back from the gun range, .357 S&W, .223 Daewoo and 9mm Ruger...I musta blasted away $500 in ammo and the beer tab afterwards was almost as bad. Aw well, it was a great day!
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:23:32pm |
re: #54 UberInfidel67
I'd really like to know where those fresh new C notes are from.
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Bubblehead II Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:23:48pm |
re: #57 USBeast
I beg your pardon But I do know Jack Schitt :-)
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:24:36pm |
re: #70 Maximu§
I just came back from the gun range, .357 S&W, .223 Daewoo and 9mm Ruger...I musta blasted away $500 in ammo and the beer tab afterwards was almost as bad. Aw well, it was a great day!
Sounds like it. Do you save your brass or leave it for reloaders?
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:26:22pm |
re: #74 USBeast
Sounds like it. Do you save your brass or leave it for reloaders?
Naw, I leave all my brass there...they don't allow steel-jacketed (wolf)rounds there tho. I had to leave them at home.
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:26:37pm |
re: #60 Sharmuta
Hey Bulldog
Cool! I had neer seen that synched up with Hey Bulldog before. I've always seen that same footage with Lady Madonna played over it (I think The Anthology even showed it that way).
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:26:45pm |
re: #71 songbird
{HoosierHoops!}
How are you this fine day?
Hiya Songbird!
{Songbird}
Watching the Da Vinci code.. I thought it would be better..oh well!
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gregg Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:26:53pm |
Anyone ever been to a "Burns supper" and had a bit of haggis?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:28:21pm |
re: #60 Sharmuta
Love the Beatles. But, don't you [finger] think that Timbuk3 was under-rated?
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:29:12pm |
re: #70 Maximu§
I just came back from the gun range, .357 S&W, .223 Daewoo and 9mm Ruger...I musta blasted away $500 in ammo and the beer tab afterwards was almost as bad. Aw well, it was a great day!
Last week, my daughter visited for the first time in a long while. Asked her if there was anything special she would like to do while home. She had never fired a gun. She asked me if I had one (I kept it locked up at home for years for fear of the kids getting into it; it was top secret). Anyway, I said yup, got a nice .357 S&W. We went to the range and shot it together. a real hoot! Turns out I had deprived her (and me) all these years since after just a couple of pointers she was shooting a tight circle. What a blast.
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:29:42pm |
re: #20 MandyManners
SNIP
Hat-tip to a Lizard whose nic I cannot recall.
Note that it was done on Saturday morning, when most of the MSM bureaus are busy doing other things, and can later claim they "didn't notice".
On the other hand, I don't believe that even Nixon's or Clinton's staffers managed to get subpoenaed before they were even past the FBI SPINs. This has to be a new record.
/Somebody call Guinness.
cheers
eon
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:30:02pm |
re: #64 Sharmuta
Beatles covers are only fun live, and I'm not easily impressed. I usually hate them.
Tommy was the first to impress me with a Beatles cover.
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:30:27pm |
re: #78 HoosierHoops
Hiya Songbird!
{Songbird}
Watching the Da Vinci code.. I thought it would be better..oh well!
I've not seen that film. Was interested but think I might be underwhelmed.
Mr Songbird is doing well but the car is not used to the cold there.
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:30:33pm |
re: #70 Maximu§
I just came back from the gun range, .357 S&W, .223 Daewoo and 9mm Ruger...I musta blasted away $500 in ammo and the beer tab afterwards was almost as bad. Aw well, it was a great day!
saw CBS News the other night (we get it here in the UK on Sky) - they had a segment on gun sales - which have gone through the roof since Obama got elected...
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:31:13pm |
re: #82 The Shadow Do
Last week, my daughter visited for the first time in a long while. Asked her if there was anything special she would like to do while home. She had never fired a gun. She asked me if I had one (I kept it locked up at home for years for fear of the kids getting into it; it was top secret). Anyway, I said yup, got a nice .357 S&W. We went to the range and shot it together. a real hoot! Turns out I had deprived her (and me) all these years since after just a couple of pointers she was shooting a tight circle. What a blast.
I saw a couple of Dad's there with their daughters, it was great to see parents shooting with kids.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:32:45pm |
re: #63 winston06
Charles, do you like Steve Vai
His name is Stevie Vai,
And he’s a crazy guy.
Last November, I recall,
He needed a spanking.
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:33:07pm |
Read The Stimulus..
[Link: www.readthestimulus.org...]
it sure does make for some interesting reading to say the least...
$200 million for contraceptives?
huh?
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:33:34pm |
re: #79 gregg
Anyone ever been to a "Burns supper" and had a bit of haggis?
Be sure to wear your kilt. With enough Scotch, haggis is wonderful.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:33:37pm |
re: #89 Maximu§
"Their" kids I mean...too much Coor's Light.
Whats wrong. Don;t they sell real beer on sundays there ?
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:33:48pm |
re: #86 buzzdroid
saw CBS News the other night (we get it here in the UK on Sky) - they had a segment on gun sales - which have gone through the roof since Obama got elected...
Most of them failed to notice that ammunition sales spiked, too. But then, I've long been fascinated to observe the astounding ignorance of weaponry amongst the "enlightened" haters of same. They wear their lack of knowledge as a badge of honor.
/My mother believed that stupidity tended to make itself very obvious in such a context.
cheers
eon
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:34:14pm |
re: #89 Maximu§
"Their" kids I mean...too much Coor's Light.
Hey, at least they weren't shootin' at them!
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:34:28pm |
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:34:31pm |
re: #84 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
NO!
No no no no no.
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:34:33pm |
re: #88 Maximu§
I saw a couple of Dad's there with their daughters, it was great to see parents shooting with kids.
my guess is that they want to do it while they still have the freedom to do so.
watch out for some whacky Obamalaw banning "minors" from shooting guns with their parents - cos it's "child abuse"...
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:34:45pm |
re: #82 The Shadow Do
Last week, my daughter visited for the first time in a long while. Asked her if there was anything special she would like to do while home. She had never fired a gun. She asked me if I had one (I kept it locked up at home for years for fear of the kids getting into it; it was top secret). Anyway, I said yup, got a nice .357 S&W. We went to the range and shot it together. a real hoot! Turns out I had deprived her (and me) all these years since after just a couple of pointers she was shooting a tight circle. What a blast.
Thats what Ive heard from a couple of gunshops, alot of people don't trust the Dali-Bama. His comments about a "national security force" got alot of peoples attention.
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gregg Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:35:03pm |
re: #91 buzzdroid
Read The Stimulus..
$200 million for contraceptives?
huh?
With that much stimulus, you'll need a contraceptive.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:35:19pm |
re: #85 songbird
I've not seen that film. Was interested but think I might be underwhelmed.
Mr Songbird is doing well but the car is not used to the cold there.
It is cold here..Just wait till you get in our Neighborhood.Brrrrrr!
Take care friend
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:35:23pm |
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:35:37pm |
re: #79 gregg
Anyone ever been to a "Burns supper" and had a bit of haggis?
Never been to a Burns Supper but I did enjoy a bit of haggis back in '77 on my one sojourn overseas. Burns' poetry is some of my favorite.
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:35:39pm |
re: #61 Alouette
Yeah, but you are not one of those bitches whose purpose is to make life hell for the "uncool."
BTW the bitch became a divorce lawyer.
A divorce attorney can make life good for all kinds of people.
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Cathypop Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:35:49pm |
It is because of music like this that I DO NOT turn on the tv.
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:36:33pm |
re: #102 OldLineTexan
What? You don't appreciate The Shat?
I prefer him as "Priceline Negotiator" to being a 'singing' star!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:36:39pm |
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:37:05pm |
Mommy, Mommy! Why is dad running across the field?
"shut up and reload"
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:37:20pm |
re: #93 sattv4u2
Whats wrong. Don;t they sell real beer on sundays there ?
Aw c'mon, Coors Light in a frosted glass is as good-as-it-gets!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:38:06pm |
re: #110 Maximu§
Aw c'mon, Coors Light in a frosted glass is as good-as-it-gets!
Sure ,, as long as you don;t drink it, and get another frosted glass for sumfin else!
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:38:13pm |
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Abu Al-Poopypants Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:38:14pm |
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:38:33pm |
re: #102 OldLineTexan
What? You don't appreciate The Shat?
He. Can't. Sing.
As those of us who are veterans of dead-dog parties at cons going back three decades can readily attest.
/Fortunately, he does have a sense of humor about it.
cheers
eon
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:38:55pm |
re: #83 eon
Note that it was done on Saturday morning, when most of the MSM bureaus are busy doing other things, and can later claim they "didn't notice".
Maybe something was very time-sensitive that couldn't wait until Monday.
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:38:55pm |
re: #110 Maximu§
Aw c'mon, Coors Light in a frosted glass is as good-as-it-gets!
Silver Bullet! What else would a shooter drink?
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:39:19pm |
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:39:25pm |
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:39:29pm |
re: #102 OldLineTexan
What? You don't appreciate The Shat?
Curling up in a ball in the corner and whimpering.
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:40:41pm |
re: #115 MandyManners
Note that it was done on Saturday morning, when most of the MSM bureaus are busy doing other things, and can later claim they "didn't notice".
Maybe something was very time-sensitive that couldn't wait until Monday.
That is possible, too. But I'm naturally suspicious in these matters.
/Ohio politics makes you that way.
cheers
eon
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:41:43pm |
re: #119 Jim in Virginia
Jim, my husband just got a job in N VA. Looks like we will be moving to your neck of the woods!
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lostlakehiker Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:41:52pm |
re: #74 USBeast
Sounds like it. Do you save your brass or leave it for reloaders?
That shows a lot of brass. You could recycle it and open a brasserie. Or you could prepare peoples' taxes and get down to brass tax.
If Kennedy was shot multiple times from a knoll, wouldn't it have been the brassy knoll afterward?
What did Desbrasscartes say to the policeman?
Copper, I zinc, therefore I am.
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:42:18pm |
re: #117 USBeast
I won't downding ya, Bastard, but you do have a mean streak.
Mr Spock sings about Bilbo Baggins..
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:42:35pm |
re: #110 Maximu§
Aw c'mon, Coors Light in a frosted glass is as good-as-it-gets!
All "light beer" is an abomination and yet another indication of the assault on Western Civilization by the forces of evil.
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:43:14pm |
re: #124 lostlakehiker
can i have some of what you are on?/
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:43:24pm |
re: #111 sattv4u2
Sure ,, as long as you don;t drink it, and get another frosted glass for sumfin else!
Oh, we had Buffalo Wings too (2 plates) and a buncha other stuff, but you can't beat a cold, crisp Coors Light. C,mon!
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:44:53pm |
re: #125 buzzdroid
Mr Spock sings about Bilbo Baggins..
Low budget and in line with Obama's magic unicorns! Those girls were scary!
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:45:02pm |
re: #127 mikeymom
can i have some of what you are on?/
Ah, I think he's just trying to be a-brass-ive. The brasstard.
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USBeast Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:45:28pm |
re: #125 buzzdroid
Mr Spock sings about Bilbo Baggins..
[Video]
The sadists are out in force tonight.
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:45:39pm |
re: #126 USBeast
All "light beer" is an abomination and yet another indication of the assault on Western Civilization by the forces of evil.
Or as John Ringo called it in Kildar, "love in a small boat" beer.
/Mother Lenka's response- "F**king close to water, eh?"
cheers
eon
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:46:13pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:46:17pm |
re: #128 Maximu§
Oh, we had Buffalo Wings too (2 plates) and a buncha other stuff, but you can't beat a cold, crisp Coors Light. C,mon!
I'm jut an old fashioned guy. I remember the days when you could only get a Coors (NO light beers back then) in and around Colorado. Same thing for other regionals. Thats why I used to love a job I had when I was in my 20's-early 30's. Every summer we wouild travel cross country. We would sample all the regionals. Coors , Lone Star, Narragansett,,, etc etc
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:46:22pm |
re: #123 songbird
Jim, my husband just got a job in N VA. Looks like we will be moving to your neck of the woods!
Cool! Where at?
Where are you coming from?
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BBev Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:46:49pm |
re: #111 sattv4u2
Sure ,, as long as you don;t drink it, and get another frosted glass for sumfin else!
Man how true is that, you might as well be drinking water.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:47:03pm |
re: #130 songbird
Low budget and in line with Obama's magic unicorns! Those girls were scary!
The dancers in that video are proof that sometimes getting "the gig" is not always a good thing.
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:47:07pm |
re: #130 songbird
Low budget and in line with Obama's magic unicorns! Those girls were scary!
I loved the '60's chicks!
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Bubblehead II Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:47:30pm |
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:47:39pm |
FBV, I see your Shatner and raise you a Donovan.
(He can sing but he's just so damn annoying.)
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:48:03pm |
I was over at a buddy's house watching some TV and he flips to the communist news networks, they are talking about the "economic stimulus package" Part of it will be spent on (from BHO's own wish list)
Head start
Pell grants
AND THE FUCKING NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS FOR ARTS!
Will someone please explain to me how the NEA is going to help turn the fucking economy around? Please...anyone? How many days till this idiot is toast in the eyes of voters on an election day?
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:48:05pm |
re: #136 Jim in Virginia
Cool! Where at?
Where are you coming from?
He's working in Reston now - started Wednesday - and is staying in Falls Church with his aunt. I come out there in May after my teaching contract is up.
I'm in Las Cruces, NM. not quite south of the border but 40 miles from it!
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:48:17pm |
re: #126 USBeast
All "light beer" is an abomination and yet another indication of the assault on Western Civilization by the forces of evil.
Sam Adams light is actually pretty good as light beers go.
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:49:29pm |
i am not a beer connessuer(sp?) in any way--but--narragansett was skunk piss IMHO
| 147 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:49:30pm |
re: #143 songbird
You're moving to Falls Church? From Santa Cruz?
Sheesh. Hope you like foreigners.
/
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:50:25pm |
re: #147 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You're moving to Falls Church? From Santa Cruz?
Sheesh. Hope you like foreigners.
/
I live in the part of America where EVERYONE is a minority!
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:50:42pm |
re: #143 songbird
He's working in Reston now - started Wednesday - and is staying in Falls Church with his aunt. I come out there in May after my teaching contract is up.
I'm in Las Cruces, NM. not quite south of the border but 40 miles from it!
Can you say "Real estate sticker shock"?
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BBev Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:51:08pm |
re: #146 mikeymom
i am not a beer connessuer(sp?) in any way--but--narragansett was skunk piss IMHO
Ya kind of like "Black Label"
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:51:17pm |
re: #142 Marvo76
I was over at a buddy's house watching some TV and he flips to the communist news networks, they are talking about the "economic stimulus package" Part of it will be spent on (from BHO's own wish list)
Head start
Pell grants
AND THE FUCKING NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS FOR ARTS!
Will someone please explain to me how the NEA is going to help turn the fucking economy around? Please...anyone? How many days till this idiot is toast in the eyes of voters on an election day?
You don't think "Piss Christ" or a Madonna with a dog's head smeared (smudged?) with elephant dung will help?
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:51:22pm |
re: #125 buzzdroid
Mr Spock sings about Bilbo Baggins..
I dont who's odder: Spock or you for knowing about that video.
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:51:46pm |
re: #149 Jim in Virginia
Can you say "Real estate sticker shock"?
We've been looking and there are some nice homes, 4 br 2 bath in the Sterling area that are less than 250K.
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:51:48pm |
re: #142 Marvo76
I was over at a buddy's house watching some TV and he flips to the communist news networks, they are talking about the "economic stimulus package" Part of it will be spent on (from BHO's own wish list)
Head start
Pell grants
AND THE FUCKING NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS FOR ARTS!
Will someone please explain to me how the NEA is going to help turn the fucking economy around? Please...anyone? How many days till this idiot is toast in the eyes of voters on an election day?
[Link: www.readthestimulus.org...]
google spreadsheet:
[Link: spreadsheets.google.com...]
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:51:52pm |
re: #142 Marvo76
AND THE FUCKING NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS FOR ARTS!
Will someone please explain to me how the NEA is going to help turn the fucking economy around?
ummm,,,maybe the money is going to open more strip clubs. I recall the ladies used to be called "performing artists". So more strip clubs ='s more lap dances ='s more money in (wait for it) CIRCULATION!
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:52:10pm |
re: #135 sattv4u2
I'm jut an old fashioned guy. I remember the days when you could only get a Coors (NO light beers back then) in and around Colorado. Same thing for other regionals. Thats why I used to love a job I had when I was in my 20's-early 30's. Every summer we wouild travel cross country. We would sample all the regionals. Coors , Lone Star, Narragansett,,, etc etc
So you drank most every beer from California to NYC? Thats a dream job.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:52:12pm |
re: #148 songbird
I live in the part of America where EVERYONE is a minority!
You did see the sarc tag, right?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:52:31pm |
re: #146 mikeymom
i am not a beer connessuer(sp?) in any way--but--narragansett was skunk piss IMHO
yeah ,,but it was OUR skink piss (if you were from eastern Mass)
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:52:55pm |
re: #1 SurferDoc
Fire ants chased me to this thread.
Yeah they are very cute in their little turn out coats and helmets...
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unrealizedviewpoint Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:52:56pm |
re: #142 Marvo76
I was over at a buddy's house watching some TV and he flips to the communist news networks, they are talking about the "economic stimulus package" Part of it will be spent on (from BHO's own wish list)
Head start
Pell grants
AND THE FUCKING NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS FOR ARTS!
Will someone please explain to me how the NEA is going to help turn the fucking economy around? Please...anyone? How many days till this idiot is toast in the eyes of voters on an election day?
Why so negative?
/
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:53:01pm |
re: #157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You did see the sarc tag, right?
Yes, but I'm serious! Hispanic, Black, White, Asian.....
We're all minorities down here!
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gregg Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:53:12pm |
re: #142 Marvo76
And don't forget ACORN: ACORN Could Get Billions from Democrats' Trillion Dollar Spending Plan
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:53:30pm |
re: #144 avanti
Sam Adams light is actually pretty good as light beers go.
I'll have to try it next time I see it on tap.
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:53:35pm |
re: #146 mikeymom
i am not a beer connessuer(sp?) in any way--but--narragansett was skunk piss IMHO
Most beer makes me sick, in the literal sense of the word, which is one more reason I don't drink anything with alcohol in it. That said, I early on learned that not only did Budweiser do the same thing to me that beer in general did, it tasted absolutely horrible.
I've yet to find a beer I can digest properly, but at least most of the better quality ones don't taste like horse p**s.
cheers
eon
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:53:44pm |
re: #156 Maximu§
So you drank most every beer from California to NYC? Thats a dream job.
The drinking wasn't the job,, just a perk! I USED to remember the most famous ones from each region. Hamms ,, Lone Star,, Coors ,,
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:54:13pm |
re: #162 gregg
And don't forget ACORN: ACORN Could Get Billions from Democrats' Trillion Dollar Spending Plan
Follow the money. It's tried and true.
Silver lining: Obama must be honest...lookit how fast he's paying the bill.
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:54:15pm |
re: #164 eon
Most beer makes me sick, in the literal sense of the word, which is one more reason I don't drink anything with alcohol in it. That said, I early on learned that not only did Budweiser do the same thing to me that beer in general did, it tasted absolutely horrible.
I've yet to find a beer I can digest properly, but at least most of the better quality ones don't taste like horse p**s.
cheers
eon
Killians Red is kinda nice!
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:54:16pm |
re: #153 songbird
We've been looking and there are some nice homes, 4 br 2 bath in the Sterling area that are less than 250K.
Demographically, Sterling is a lot like Las Cruces.
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:54:27pm |
re: #162 gregg
And don't forget ACORN: ACORN Could Get Billions from Democrats' Trillion Dollar Spending Plan
This is the basic motivation. Enslave you with your own money.
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:54:31pm |
re: #158 sattv4u2
see-you were drinking skink piss-i was drinking skunk piss- maybe thats the difference
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:55:06pm |
re: #164 eon
I've yet to find a beer I can digest properly, but at least most of the better quality ones don't taste like horse p**s.
I'm not EVEN gonna ask how you know!
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:55:25pm |
re: #152 MandyManners
I dont who's odder: Spock or you for knowing about that video.
I never knew about the video, but that song (by Nimoy) has been a longtime standard on the Dr. Demento radio show.
cheers
eon
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:55:45pm |
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jaunte Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:55:49pm |
re: #154 buzzdroid
The GSA is going to spend $6,000,000,000,000 altering Federal buildings to conserve energy. Maybe they could just wear cardigan sweaters.
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:55:52pm |
re: #169 Jim in Virginia
Demographically, Sterling is a lot like Las Cruces.
That's what we heard!
I guess my minimal knowledge of Spanish should help me get a teaching job, too.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:55:59pm |
re: #171 mikeymom
see-you were drinking skink piss-i was drinking skunk piss- maybe thats the difference
[Link: www.dogbreedinfo.com...]
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:56:31pm |
re: #162 gregg
And don't forget ACORN: ACORN Could Get Billions from Democrats' Trillion Dollar Spending Plan
Pay-back for helping CBBHO win the election by fraud?
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:56:32pm |
re: #164 eon
Most beer makes me sick, in the literal sense of the word, which is one more reason I don't drink anything with alcohol in it. That said, I early on learned that not only did Budweiser do the same thing to me that beer in general did, it tasted absolutely horrible.
I've yet to find a beer I can digest properly, but at least most of the better quality ones don't taste like horse p**s.
cheers
eon
Try English real ale...
you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:56:36pm |
re: #164 eon
Most beer makes me sick, in the literal sense of the word, which is one more reason I don't drink anything with alcohol in it. That said, I early on learned that not only did Budweiser do the same thing to me that beer in general did, it tasted absolutely horrible.
I've yet to find a beer I can digest properly, but at least most of the better quality ones don't taste like horse p**s.
cheers
eon
You need to drink beer thats at a colder temperature, like 45F.
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David IV of Georgia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:56:39pm |
I'm tempted to nuke this thread with a David Hasselhoff song....
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:56:54pm |
re: #173 sattv4u2
I've yet to find a beer I can digest properly, but at least most of the better quality ones don't taste like horse p**s.
I'm not EVEN gonna ask how you know!
Farm kid. And no, you don't want to know.
cheers
eon
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Mich-again Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:56:54pm |
MSN's new Live Search browser doesn't link to this site when you search little green footballs . But it will take you to the stalker site. Deep in there it does link to a single thread from a year ago, but to not link right to the home page when you search that? C'mon.
When you search Daily Kos, low and behold The Daily Kos is the first hit. Same for Huffington Post. Ace even gets the top link when you search Ace of Spades. Not sure why Charles merits the special IXNAY treatment in the browser algorithm.
| 186 |
jaunte Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:57:01pm |
Sorry, I meant $6,000,000,000.000
[Link: spreadsheets.google.com...]
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:57:07pm |
re: #176 jaunte
The GSA is going to spend $6,000,000,000,000 altering Federal buildings to conserve energy. Maybe they could just wear cardigan sweaters.
pr turn the heat up and own. That would be about $20.00 extra a month!
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:57:43pm |
re: #169 Jim in Virginia
Demographically, Sterling is a lot like Las Cruces.
We may end up further west, closer to Luckins (sp?). Hubby's family lives in Frederick, MD, too. Who knows at the moment.
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:58:35pm |
re: #165 sattv4u2
The drinking wasn't the job,, just a perk! I USED to remember the most famous ones from each region. Hamms ,, Lone Star,, Coors ,,
Hamms, the one with the Bear? I had an Uncle that drank Pabst Blue Ribbon...put him in the grave ( he was an AH anyways).
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:58:48pm |
re: #179 sattv4u2
my hubby likes imports, but for a "plain" beer, his fave is old milwaukee over bud or coors- go figure--our sons mock him when he drinks one w/pizza
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nyc redneck Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:58:49pm |
re: #142 Marvo76
I was over at a buddy's house watching some TV and he flips to the communist news networks, they are talking about the "economic stimulus package" Part of it will be spent on (from BHO's own wish list)
Head start
Pell grants
AND THE FUCKING NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS FOR ARTS!
Will someone please explain to me how the NEA is going to help turn the fucking economy around? Please...anyone? How many days till this idiot is toast in the eyes of voters on an election day?
i have friends who can't wait for the n.e.a. money spigot to be turned on again.
they need gov't money to finance their anti-american "art".
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:59:04pm |
where do we lizards sign up to get our piece of this "stimulus package"?
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 4:59:27pm |
re: #182 Maximu§
You need to drink beer thats at a colder temperature, like 45F.
All the beer I've been served has been iced or refrigerated. I'm thinking more along the lines of English (served at room temperature) or Japanese sake' (served at blood heat).
/Warm may be more digestible than cold.
cheers
eon
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:00:19pm |
re: #183 David IV of Georgia
I'm tempted to nuke this thread with a David Hasselhoff song....
The Hoff, Berlin Wall, 1989
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:00:22pm |
re: #181 buzzdroid
Try English real ale...
you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Thanks for the tip.
cheers
eon
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UberInfidel67 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:00:26pm |
re: #175 OldLineTexan
Nah...it's just some of that good ol "foreign aid" we keep coughing up.
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Bubblehead II Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:00:32pm |
Night all. I have really to work on my on my postings. The last time Mandy *wacked* me was because I asked her to put me to bed...................
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Mandy ?
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:00:49pm |
re: #194 nyc redneck
i have friends who can't wait for the n.e.a. money spigot to be turned on again.
they need gov't money to finance their anti-american "art".
"A government supported artist is an incompetent whore!"
- J Harshaw
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:00:55pm |
re: #189 songbird
We may end up further west, closer to Luckins (sp?). Hubby's family lives in Frederick, MD, too. Who knows at the moment.
My error, it's Lovettsville.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:01:06pm |
the heavier beers over in Europe I tasted in the navy all did taste better at the warmer temps, but give me an Ice cold Coors Light over them any day... ( unless you're buying)
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:01:21pm |
re: #194 nyc redneck
i have friends who can't wait for the n.e.a. money spigot to be turned on again.
they need gov't money to finance their anti-american "art".
bet they're the 1st ones to complain about the gov't giving out farm subsidies ,,, or tax breaks to businesses that employ people!
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:01:42pm |
re: #196 eon
All the beer I've been served has been iced or refrigerated. I'm thinking more along the lines of English (served at room temperature) or Japanese sake' (served at blood heat).
/Warm may be more digestible than cold.
cheers
eon
I like Sake also, I used to think it tasted like battery acid, but now Ive acquired a taste for it.
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David IV of Georgia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:02:29pm |
re: #198 buzzdroid
The Hoff, Berlin Wall, 1989
[Video]
I was wondering if anyone would be so cruel. I didn't watch—I'd have to watch Yentl or something to burn the memory away.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:02:33pm |
re: #206 Maximu§
I like Sake also, I used to think it tasted like battery acid, but now Ive acquired a taste for it.
I'll remember to call you next time my battery needs checking
| 209 |
UberInfidel67 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:02:52pm |
re: #193 mikeymom
Around these parts, we refer to it as "Old MilHunky" due to the millworkers. (In days goneby of course)
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:02:57pm |
re: #143 songbird
He's working in Reston now - started Wednesday - and is staying in Falls Church with his aunt. I come out there in May after my teaching contract is up.
I'm in Las Cruces, NM. not quite south of the border but 40 miles from it!
Have you ever really experienced traffic before? You will.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:03:27pm |
I just wonder if China will be willing to start a war to pull us all out of the "reccession/Dpression light" we are in, according to the article I just read, they are getting nervous about civil unrest...
[Link: www.guardian.co.uk...]
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gregg Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:03:48pm |
re: #165 sattv4u2
The drinking wasn't the job,, just a perk! I USED to remember the most famous ones from each region. Hamms ,, Lone Star,, Coors ,,
The best thing about Hamms beer were their commercials:
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:04:07pm |
I'm sorry, but if you can't find anyone to pay for your 'art' YOU'RE A FAILURE AS AN ARTIST and need to go do something else.
| 214 |
unrealizedviewpoint Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:04:10pm |
For those interested, winston woke up and has returned to the Bishop thread.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:04:11pm |
re: #210 Killgore Trout
Have you ever really experienced traffic before? You will.
Nothing like the 495 loop at 5 in the afternoon huh? LOL
| 217 |
Hobbes Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:04:24pm |
re: #25 NYCHardhat
Bottomless pit of shit, filth and garbage. I am ashamed that BHO is our POTUS.
The Impeachment trial of Rod Blagojevich begins tomorrow. He won't be present, nor will his attorney. Blago will be embarking on a national public relations gambit which may include some interesting implications about the current President. "Good Morning America", "The View", and "Larry King Live" are scheduled national level outlets for the arguments Blago brought to those of us in Illinois on Friday through a lengthy interview on a popular Chicago talk-radio show and a subsequent press conference on the Chicago ABC-TV network affiliate.
Blago argued, correctly, that he will be impeached through a process which denies him his Constitutional right to offer witnesses in his own defense. One such witness he referred to repeatedly in that context (and almost certainly will on Monday) is Rahm Emanuel, who has stated publicly that nothing inappropriate took place in the contacts he (as BHO's Chief of Staff) had with Blogojevich regarding the appointment of a Senator to fill the Messiah's Senate seat. No quid-pro-quo discussion took place. This he said in the face of Blogo's tape recorded rage at the rejection of such a deal by BHO's "people".
Within hours after Blago took his case to the public in Chicago, Edward Genson his high-powered defense lawyer in the Federal corruption case resigned. John Kass, a Chicago Tribune columnist, assessed that event as follows:
"...demands about Emanuel forced Genson to fire himself from the case. Emanuel had been the U.S. representative of the 5th Congressional District. The previous congressman was Blagojevich. The district is dominated by western suburban towns with long mob histories. It is politically dominated by Genson's good friend and Balgojevich's former shadow governor, state Sen. James DeLeo. Surely, President Obama would not appreciate his chief of staff publicly reminding America about those earthy political allies."
Call me paranoid, if you will, but consider the following:
U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald's reputation for ferreting out corruption in Illinois government caused widespread speculation that BHO, if elected, would reassign him to prevent further activity of that sort.
Fitzgerald arrested Blago on the grounds of conspiracy to sell BHO's Senate seat before the more serious crime of actually selling that seat for personal gain was been committed.
Blago hired the best criminal attorney in Illinois, probably one of the best in the country insofar as success at trial is concerned.
Blago's public statements directed light on the activities - past and present - of Emmanuel and, by association, of BHO himself.
His attorney hits the road.
I ask you, who's calling the shots here and why? Tune in Monday to the above listed broadcasts which you usually ignore for the next installment in what may be a very interesting story.
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:05:17pm |
re: #199 eon
Thanks for the tip.
cheers
eon
Ale is very like wine - in that every make of ale tastes different. some have chocolatey tastes, others are fruity, others more earthy... there's a huge variety of them.
next time you're in england - go to a real ale festival.
probably have them in America too.
[Link: www.camra.org.uk...]
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Mich-again Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:05:18pm |
The cheapest beer and the most expensive beer have the same active ingredient.
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stevieray Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:05:37pm |
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gregg Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:05:55pm |
re: #181 buzzdroid
Try English real ale...
you'll be pleasantly surprised.
I'm partial to the bitters (Fuller's ESB and London Pride being a couple of my favorites).
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:06:11pm |
re: #214 unrealizedviewpoint
For those interested, winston woke up and has returned to
thewaxing his Bishopthread.
for all the intellectual fodder he brought!
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:06:49pm |
re: #216 Marvo76
The Springfield Interchange is complete insanity.
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:07:11pm |
Some of the new president’s most ardent supporters already feel let down
All together now......
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:07:17pm |
re: #220 Mich-again
The cheapest beer and the most expensive beer have the same active ingredient.
The ugliest woman and the most attractive one does also!
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:07:21pm |
re: #208 sattv4u2
I'll remember to call you next time my battery needs checking
The first time I tried Sake, those words came to my mind "this is what battery acid must taste like", but now I have to drink Sake (and a couple Saporo's) when we go out for Sushi.
| 228 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:07:38pm |
| 229 |
buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:07:44pm |
re: #204 Marvo76
the heavier beers over in Europe I tasted in the navy all did taste better at the warmer temps, but give me an Ice cold Coors Light over them any day... ( unless you're buying)
there's a different terminology over here too... what you call "beer" , we call "lager"...
ale , is what we call "beer".
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:07:55pm |
re: #223 sattv4u2
for all the intellectual fodder he brought!
Waiting for Charles to let Winston get out enough of his chain, then jerk him right out the door.
| 231 |
Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:08:21pm |
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake -The Small Faces
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:08:21pm |
re: #227 Maximu§
The first time I tried Sake, those words came to my mind "this is what battery acid must taste like", but now I have to drink Sake (and a couple Saporo's) when we go out for Sushi.
just to negate the taste of the sushi, huh !?!?!
| 233 |
J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:08:25pm |
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:08:56pm |
re: #218 UberInfidel67
Like get a real job? lol
Heh. That or anything else that doesn't require the state to take from me by force to support their lazy butt.
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:08:56pm |
re: #189 songbird
We may end up further west, closer to Luckins (sp?). Hubby's family lives in Frederick, MD, too. Who knows at the moment.
re: #210 Killgore Trout
There is a real benefit to living close to work (like two or three miles) as traffic in the Dulles corridor is, well, like traffic everywhere else in northern Virginia. Close in is either very expensive or in iffy neighborhoods. If you go out a half hour (between Leesburg and Reston) you can probably find new houses or foreclosures at decent prices.
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David IV of Georgia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:09:32pm |
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:09:39pm |
found another moonbat "charity"
[Link: www.map-uk.org...]
"Medical Aid For Palestinians" - UK based...
( cant the Saudi's not build a few gold palaces, and just help the Pallywooders out - nah., of course not.
instead we get moonbat schmucks in the UK , while the Saudi's count their money...)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:09:39pm |
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:09:56pm |
re: #210 Killgore Trout
Have you ever really experienced traffic before? You will.
40,000 Headmen couldt'n make em change my mind
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:09:56pm |
re: #203 songbird
That would be a long commute. Lovely area though.
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:10:05pm |
re: #69 HoosierHoops
In The movie ' I am Sam' All the music was covers.. Too sweet!
All of those musicians should be taken out back and beaten severely.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:10:16pm |
re: #236 David IV of Georgia
Zombie banned?
Oh gosh. Stupid joke. I'll be punched in the mouth for that all night.
KIDDING! I WAS KIDDING!
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:10:20pm |
re: #206 Maximu§
I like Sake also, I used to think it tasted like battery acid, but now Ive acquired a taste for it.
I really never acquired any sort of taste for alcohol. Since my profession was in law enforcement (CSI, Stone Age era) , and I never knew exactly when I was going to get a call in the wee small hours, I early on figured that doing anything with any testable level of alcohol in my bloodstream was bad joss. As a result, on Friday night, when the gang went out for a few cold ones, I was always the designated driver. Being the guy with the biggest car (a '70 Torino GT Brougham) helped, too.
/On the plus side, I got to drink Coke all night, for free, at every bar and tavern we went to.
cheers
eon
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:10:39pm |
re: #227 Maximu§
The first time I tried Sake, those words came to my mind "this is what battery acid must taste like", but now I have to drink Sake (and a couple Saporo's) when we go out for Sushi.
Heathen! Sake is quite tasty! ;)
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:11:00pm |
re: #238 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Kidding. Saw the undead yesterday. And today.
I couldn't begin to imagine zombie doing anything to be banned.
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:11:01pm |
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:11:15pm |
Like when Sheryl Crow thought she should record Led Zeppelin. Shame on her!
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:11:22pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:11:38pm |
re: #243 eon
On the plus side, I got to drink Coke all night, for free, at every bar and tavern we went to.
,,,,,,,and on the negative side my teeth all rotted out in a years time!"
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:11:55pm |
re: #242 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh gosh. Stupid joke. I'll be punched in the mouth for that all night.
KIDDING! I WAS KIDDING!
You realize how close you came to a down-dingalanche?
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:12:25pm |
re: #209 UberInfidel67
lol-he really likes it w/certain foods
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:12:25pm |
re: #248 albusteve
I like a good stout Belchanfarten myself....jus sayin
as long as she aims that thing downwind, it's fine by me!
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David IV of Georgia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:13:08pm |
re: #242 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'll be punched in the mouth for that all night.
We need a reason to do that?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:13:19pm |
re: #245 J.D.
I couldn't begin to imagine zombie doing anything to be banned.
That is as inconceivable as Hillary winning the Presidency.
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:13:25pm |
if you thought the moonbat IslamoHatred towards Israel would stop in the UK once the Gaza war was over, think again..
now they're going crazy over the BBC refusing to broadcast a "charity" gig for all the poor Pallywooders
[Link: www.mirror.co.uk...]
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Mich-again Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:13:30pm |
re: #226 sattv4u2
The ugliest woman and the most attractive one does also!
Only to someone who has had too much cheap beer.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:13:58pm |
re: #228 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
zombie got banned? dahyum...
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:14:39pm |
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:14:43pm |
Can he deliver? Mr Obama ran on a platform of having cake and eating it. Those who attended his rallies came away convinced that he was offering them lower taxes, better health care and cheaper, cleaner energy, all paid for by somebody else. That was not exactly what he promised, but that was what people heard. His inauguration speech was a veiled warning not to take his campaign hype at face value.
And now to work...backpedaling.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:15:19pm |
re: #242 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
repeat after me "I won't forget to put my sarc tag out, I won't forget to put my sarc tag out..."
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:15:49pm |
re: #256 Mich-again
Only to someone who has had too much cheap beer.
there is simply no such thing...
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:16:04pm |
re: #250 FurryOldGuyJeans
i did down ding- my heart went WHOMP
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:16:05pm |
re: #254 FurryOldGuyJeans
That is as inconceivable as Hillary winning the Presidency.
For zombie to be banned would be far more inconceivable than that! I never thought Obama could possibly beat her, until he did.
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buzzdroid Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:16:15pm |
re: #258 buzzsawmonkey
I would argue with that to the extent that it is worth remembering that the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Iwo Jima statue and any number of other noble works have been paid for with public money--and that sculptors of stature used to design our coinage as little as 50 or 60 years ago.
The problem is that the sort of work which now gets the notice of "public arts commissions"--and hence, public money--is terrible. And our current coinage is a sad joke, below the artistic level of amusement-park tokens.
"public art" is also part of the Gramscian Marxist strategy of undermining Western Civilisation.
there's a LOT on it if you google around...
its quite deliberate. instead of works of art to inspire, you get works of art to repulse..
happens all the time in socialist UK.
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:16:16pm |
re: #232 sattv4u2
just to negate the taste of the sushi, huh !?!?!
Sushi in California is very good, if you never liked it, there are great restaurants here that would change your mind.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:16:36pm |
re: #258 buzzsawmonkey
I would argue with that to the extent that it is worth remembering that the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Iwo Jima statue and any number of other noble works have been paid for with public money--and that sculptors of stature used to design our coinage as little as 50 or 60 years ago.
The problem is that the sort of work which now gets the notice of "public arts commissions"--and hence, public money--is terrible. And our current coinage is a sad joke, below the artistic level of amusement-park tokens.
especially with a Clinton presidential quarter, but then he might actually be worth two bits for once....
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:16:59pm |
re: #258 buzzsawmonkey
Agreed. However, weren't most of the artists involved in those works recognized in their field beforehand and were self-sufficient? The NEA has basically turned into welfare for 'artists'.
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rain of lead Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:16:59pm |
re: #238 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
oh you son of a bitch....
right after that comment I lost my wireless connection and I about had a
F*&%ing stroke till I could get back on
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Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:17:01pm |
Good Evening Lizards!
How are things in the People's Republic of America?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:17:19pm |
re: #266 Maximu§
Sushi in California is very good, if you never liked it, there are great restaurants here that would change your mind.
BTDT. It's okay, but I'm a kill it/ cook it/ eat it while it's hot kinda guy
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Maximu§ Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:17:20pm |
oh, dinners ready!
Fried Chicken here I come...cya all later.
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:17:24pm |
re: #216 Marvo76
Nothing like the 495 loop at 5 in the afternoon huh? LOL
You in the DC area? Alexandria here.
I have a brutal commute. Eight minutes.
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Bubblehead II Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:17:24pm |
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:17:56pm |
re: #266 Maximu§
San Fran has some of the best (and cheap) sushi.
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cygnus Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:18:17pm |
re: #125 buzzdroid
Mr Spock sings about Bilbo Baggins..
I think Spock is undergoing pon farr again. Better get him back to Vulcan quick!
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:18:33pm |
And thank you to whoever updinged me, I am now officially "out of the hole" I dug for myself when I first arrived. As of last night I was still in the boat with "O" as a zero....
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Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:18:48pm |
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:19:06pm |
re: #249 sattv4u2
On the plus side, I got to drink Coke all night, for free, at every bar and tavern we went to.
,,,,,,,and on the negative side my teeth all rotted out in a years time!"
When I went to my present dentist for the first time, he sat me down, and started examining my choppers. Then he called in his associate. Then his PN. Then the other PN. (I'm getting nervous at this point.) Finally, he looks at me, and says, "You have the hardest enamel on your teeth I've ever seen on a person." He concluded that they were significantly tougher than those of the average... leopard.
I've just passed my 51st birthday. I still have all my teeth. And have never had a cavity. And yes, I do brush after every meal and snack. My only real problem is grinding my teeth unconsciously- usually when I'm reading an op-ed in the New York Times or Washington Post.
cheers
eon
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:19:17pm |
re: #264 J.D.
For zombie to be banned would be far more inconceivable than that! I never thought Obama could possibly beat her, until he did.
I never had any doubt he wouldn't once I saw the initial media fellatio party. Two protected minorities were going head to head, and the O was an empty suit waiting to be filled with media glitz.
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solomonpanting Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:19:35pm |
re: #267 Marvo76
especially with a Clinton presidential quarter, but then he might actually be worth two bits for once....
What would that be--Clinton on one side and Monica on the backside?
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rain of lead Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:19:37pm |
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:19:41pm |
re: #273 Jim in Virginia
You in the DC area? Alexandria here.
I have a brutal commute. Eight minutes.
I have good friends over in Falls Church that I visit every year and just about everything they do revovles around the time of day and the traffic...well slight exaggeration..awsome traffic
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:19:55pm |
re: #279 Marvo76
Heh. Looks like you had a rough start.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:20:02pm |
re: #276 Killgore Trout
San Fran has some of the best (and cheap) sushi.
The BLOWFISH Sushi bar on Bryant (iirc) was okay, but again, I'm a kill it/ cook it/ eat it while it's hot kinda guy
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David IV of Georgia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:20:11pm |
re: #274 Bubblehead II
What!
I want verification Charles?
Someone was making a lame joke.
The undead one still lives among us.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:20:26pm |
re: #273 Jim in Virginia
You in the DC area? Alexandria here.
I have a brutal commute. Eight minutes.
Nope used to drive thru there on weekends when sttioned in Norfolk, drove a buddy up to Northwales PA to spend the weekend with his mom, and to get us both ot of the swamp for a while. I have also hunted Ft. A P Hill but all this was around 77-82
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:20:42pm |
re: #224 Killgore Trout
The Springfield Interchange is complete insanity.
Much better than it used to be.
I know one of the guys who worked on the redesign.
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:20:51pm |
bbiab--my fab hubby of 41 yrs has din-din ready--fish with picata/garlic sauce, risotto w/ peas, salad/crumbled blue--chilled wine--GOD I LOVE THIS MAN! and i have to make my mikey (see avatar) his shrimp-he gets 3-4 fresh boiled shrimp as we eat--not tooooo spoiled-sigh
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:21:22pm |
re: #287 rain of lead
whack him again mandy, that kind of a joke calls for at least 2-3
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:21:25pm |
re: #291 David IV of Georgia
Someone was making a lame joke.
The undead one still lives among us.
VERY lame joke.
*Glares at FBV*
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unrealizedviewpoint Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:21:27pm |
re: #223 sattv4u2
for all the intellectual fodder he brought!
He's degenerating before our eyes. I've never seen anything as this.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:21:33pm |
re: #241 Sharmuta
All of those musicians should be taken out back and beaten severely.
Now Sharm..Be good here.. That movie brought tears to my eyes...
I'm a big softie..I love movies like I am Sam..
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Cygnus Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:21:56pm |
re: #183 David IV of Georgia
I'm tempted to nuke this thread with a David Hasselhoff song....
Please. No. Have mercy on us.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:22:04pm |
re: #293 Jim in Virginia
I noticed that after I linked. I left the area in about '87. Looks like it's more complicated now but it has to work better than the version I knew.
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nyc redneck Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:22:17pm |
re: #202 esch
"A government supported artist is an incompetent whore!"
- J Harshaw
LOL,
oh, so that's why i have NEVER applied for a gov't grant.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:22:19pm |
re: #284 ArmyWife
What are we discussing this evening?
Mass whacking of FBV for making one rude and lame joke.
*Glares daggers at FBV*
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:22:44pm |
re: #286 solomonpanting
What would that be--Clinton on one side and Monica on the backside?
Imagine if you will a desk....with two feet sticking out from it going the wrong way... and hint of blue cloth...
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:23:08pm |
re: #210 Killgore Trout
Have you ever really experienced traffic before? You will.
Remember, my hubby was born and raised there, and I learned to drive in Baltimore! We'll be ok!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:23:24pm |
re: #297 unrealizedviewpoint
He's degenerating before our eyes. I've never seen anything as this.
It's even worse than before. Holy Merde!
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:23:29pm |
re: #298 HoosierHoops
Now Sharm..Be good here.. That movie brought tears to my eyes...
I'm a big softie..I love movies like I am Sam..
I have specifically avoided that movie simply because of the soundtrack. Shame on Michael Jackson- or whatever the hell his name is now.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:23:37pm |
re: #294 mikeymom
Damn can I come eat at your house for dinner tonight?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:23:41pm |
If it was a conceivable joke, I wouldn't have made it.
Was a very funny joke (until I clicked "post this comment"). Then those submarine warning bells started going off in my head.
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Mich-again Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:23:55pm |
re: #213 esch
I'm sorry, but if you can't find anyone to pay for your 'art' YOU'RE A FAILURE AS AN ARTIST and need to go do something else.
Vincent van Gogh was a failure throughout his life.
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:24:10pm |
re: #304 Marvo76
Imagine if you will a desk....with two feet sticking out from it going the wrong way... and hint of blue cloth...
There's a sign post up ahead...
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:25:02pm |
re: #308 Marvo76
if you can make it to co in 5 mins--sure! (i am blessed)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:25:18pm |
re: #309 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If it was a conceivable joke, I wouldn't have made it.
Was a very funny joke (until I clicked "post this comment"). Then those submarine warning bells started going off in my head.
Was it you, or someone else who said,
"Ready, Fire, Aim"?
For the record, I knew you were kidding. When people get banned, it's usually not a surprise.
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rain of lead Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:25:23pm |
FBV got real quiet
I think mandy had to much english on her whack and knocked him out
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:25:43pm |
re: #310 Mich-again
Might have been the fact he was nuts enough to cut off an ear...
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David IV of Georgia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:25:55pm |
re: #297 unrealizedviewpoint
He's degenerating before our eyes. I've never seen anything as this.
Have a little pity, he was probably raised by Westboro Baptists or something.
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:25:56pm |
re: #235 Jim in Virginia
re: #210 Killgore Trout
There is a real benefit to living close to work (like two or three miles) as traffic in the Dulles corridor is, well, like traffic everywhere else in northern Virginia. Close in is either very expensive or in iffy neighborhoods. If you go out a half hour (between Leesburg and Reston) you can probably find new houses or foreclosures at decent prices.
There will be some nice foreclosures that we will look at. It's amazing at how much house you can get for so little money!
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:25:58pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:26:03pm |
re: #258 buzzsawmonkey
I would argue with that to the extent that it is worth remembering that the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Iwo Jima statue and any number of other noble works have been paid for with public money--and that sculptors of stature used to design our coinage as little as 50 or 60 years ago.
The problem is that the sort of work which now gets the notice of "public arts commissions"--and hence, public money--is terrible. And our current coinage is a sad joke, below the artistic level of amusement-park tokens.
I would argue back that such artists weren't given grants because they couldn't sell their work elsewhere, they were paid because their services were valuable to society. Paying a sculptor because your city wants a war memorial is different from paying someone to produce work just 'cause they're an artist.
I have a grudge against the NEA, though, based on a terrifyingly bad, vaguely racist art-class substitute teacher from my youth who had one of their grants, so my opinion may not be worth much...
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:26:45pm |
re: #309 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If it was a conceivable joke, I wouldn't have made it.
Was a very funny joke (until I clicked "post this comment"). Then those submarine warning bells started going off in my head.
I thought it was pretty funny.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:26:46pm |
re: #315 rain of lead
FBV got real quiet
I think mandy had to much english on her whack and knocked him out
He was quickly putting on his fire-proof undies before he stepped back into the firestorm he created.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:26:53pm |
re: #315 rain of lead
FBV got real quiet
I think mandy had to much english on her whack and knocked him out
*Where am I?
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Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:27:03pm |
re: #310 Mich-again
Vincent van Gogh was a failure throughout his life.
Maybe that is not such a bad thing. When an artist starts worrying about getting paid they begin creating art for money instead of love.
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reine.de.tout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:27:03pm |
re: #279 Marvo76
And thank you to whoever updinged me, I am now officially "out of the hole" I dug for myself when I first arrived. As of last night I was still in the boat with "O" as a zero....
Well, and I just gave you another upding.
Things here are rough on those of us who've been here a year or two, and longer.
I took up for Ploome today and suffered in the karma department (she owes me a manicure!)
And then I come on and see the post about the Pope having reinstated some previously ex-communicated bishop, who had good reason for being excommunicated in the first place and that reason has not disappeared, and who is an anti-semitic holocaust denier, and I'm just waiting for the first person to ask me "how can you support such and such" when I most definitely do not, and I'm afraid I'll be rude when I don't want to be.
So, Marvo, hon - grit your teeth and hang in there.
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:27:08pm |
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mikeymom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:27:10pm |
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:27:12pm |
re: #300 Killgore Trout
I noticed that after I linked. I left the area in about '87. Looks like it's more complicated now but it has to work better than the version I knew.
You left about the time I got here. Traffic has gotten orders of magnitude worse in the past twenty years.
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:27:32pm |
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David IV of Georgia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:27:56pm |
re: #299 Cygnus
Please. No. Have mercy on us.
No matter how good the song, hearing Hoff sing it ruins it forever.
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rain of lead Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:28:25pm |
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:28:37pm |
re: #307 Sharmuta
I have specifically avoided that movie simply because of the soundtrack. Shame on Michael Jackson- or whatever the hell his name is now.
Sharm...The soundtrack was the Beatles..not bad..
The plot of the movie was a man who was slow raising a daughter who was normal..I thought it was beautiful..and when the Hoopster saw it with mrs. hoopster I cried my eyes out.. It moved me deeply...
That's just the way I am....
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:28:39pm |
re: #328 mikeymom
Sometimes I know more about her sex life than I do about mine.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:29:04pm |
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goddessoftheclassroom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:30:02pm |
re: #337 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Brown Chicken. Brown Cow.
But I thought you were a vegetarian?
/cluelessness off
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Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:30:44pm |
re: #324 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
*Where am I?
Everything wil be OK. Just close your eyes and give me your wallet and checkbook.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:30:53pm |
I cannot ever see my husband and me agreeing to this.
I just like my privacy too much.
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:31:02pm |
re: #334 HoosierHoops
The soundtrack is evil. First, it puts money in the pocket of Michael Jackson. Second- you cannot improve on perfection. NONE of those songs needed to be re-recorded. How do you perfect this?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:31:34pm |
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Bubblehead II Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:32:34pm |
re: #291 David IV of Georgia
A very bad joke FBV. Major FAIL in my book.
BB II signing off IAWIFR.
(In Accordance With Iron Fist Rule)
Night all
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:32:54pm |
re: #340 EmmmieG
I don't google if I can help it, I don't them or their politics so I don't use them so as not to make them any extra $ to further their agenda's..
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:33:17pm |
re: #329 Jim in Virginia
You left about the time I got here. Traffic has gotten orders of magnitude worse in the past twenty years.
What are some good high schools in the area? I'm going to try to teach in Loudoun county (I'm a music teacher/choral director), but my daughter is going to be a junior next year.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:33:26pm |
re: #341 Sharmuta
Nowhere to go but down on that.
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:34:24pm |
re: #341 Sharmuta
The soundtrack is evil. First, it puts money in the pocket of Michael Jackson. Second- you cannot improve on perfection. NONE of those songs needed to be re-recorded. How do you perfect this?
[Video]
great song from a true artist...I hate it when people diss John Lennon...really
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Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:34:44pm |
OK, I was just looking at the Bottom Comments. Does anyone know if this winston06 is now a former lizard? I don't think I have ever seen anyone dominate the list quite so thoroughly.
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:35:02pm |
HH- you just need to understand my line on the Beatles. I don't like Beatles covers as a general rule. Tommy is one of the few that I actually like. But so strong is my dislike of Beatles cover tunes, it's caused me to avoid an entire movie that everyone tells me is pretty good. But- that's my line.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:35:15pm |
re: #347 albusteve
great song from a true artist...I hate it when people diss John Lennon...really
I'll diss him for his politics any time, his music I can't and won't.
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:35:46pm |
re: #305 songbird
Remember, my hubby was born and raised there, and I learned to drive in Baltimore! We'll be ok!
Here in Central Oh, our own commuter's nightmare, the I-70/I-71 interchange in Columbus, OH is going to be "improved' as part of The One's infrastructure program. I personally have stopped trying to count up the number of times I've nearly been punted across several lanes by a merging semi coming down the grade off '70 West to '71 North; the present setup keeps northbound traffic in the lane nearest to the merging lane with concrete barriers. They're taking three years to redo the whole mess.
Of course, Columbus mayor Michael Coleman is already angling to siphon money off the project to pay for his toy train light rail streetcar system through Downtown. While telling everyone it will be the "core" of an intercity system linking Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. (He is not an engineer, doesn't understand the difference, and apparently no one on his staff has the cojones' to explain it to him.)
The scary thing is, The One might actually buy Coleman's spiel. Even scarier, this doofus could end up as our next U.S. Senator, since Voinovich isn't running again and Coleman is term-limited out as Mayor next year.
/Either way, I predict things are going to get stupid in Columbus.
cheers
eon
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:35:50pm |
re: #310 Mich-again
Vincent van Gogh was a failure throughout his life.
True.
Then he needed patronage, not a government bailout.
| 353 |
Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:35:50pm |
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ArmyWife Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:36:03pm |
re: #342 FurryOldGuyJeans
his. My heart stopped there a minute!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:36:23pm |
re: #348 Ford_Prefect
Don't tell anybody...it's still on that thread. You should see the "I didn't do anything wrong" stuff. He was there a half hour ago. Probably checking his dings.
| 356 |
J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:36:29pm |
The growing, and mysterious, irrelevance of al-Qaeda
Doesn't seem particularly mysterious to me, but whatever.
OSAMA BIN LADEN’S messages from the wilderness get little attention nowadays. Al-Qaeda has been unable to land a blow on Western soil since the 2005 London bombings. Its leaders lurk in Pakistan’s tribal belt, hiding from regular lethal attacks by America’s unmanned Predator aircraft. Their Pushtun hosts are tiring of their troublesome guests. Perhaps most damaging, former supporters publicly denounce its ideology.The resultant bickering and low morale do not mean that al-Qaeda and its followers cannot still mount spectacular attacks. Western intelligence services are convinced the group tried to blow up several transatlantic airliners in 2006. It can still pose a menace in, say, parts of Asia. But for now, Mr bin Laden has to try to exploit the news, rather than to make it.
So it was with his last philippic, an audio recording issued on January 14th, in which he claimed that his jihad against America since 2001 had been responsible for bringing about the superpower’s economic collapse. His followers would “continue jihad for another seven years, seven more after that, and even seven more after.” The inauguration of Barack Obama, he said, changes nothing; democracy is a form of “polytheism”. The new president is “like one who swallows a double-edged sword” and will be hurt however he moves. If he withdraws from his predecessor’s wars, Mr Obama suffers military defeat; if he continues, he deepens the economic crisis.
Above all, Mr bin Laden sought to exploit Muslim outrage over Israel’s war in Gaza. Forget about street protests, diplomatic mediation or treacherous Arab leaders, said Mr bin Laden; the only way to defeat Israel was through jihad. Jonathan Evans, the head of MI5, Britain’s domestic intelligence service, is among those who worry that the war in Gaza will have radicalised more Muslims.
Yet Palestine is a problem as well as an opportunity for al-Qaeda. It wants to be linked with the cause that is dearest to Muslims’ hearts, but it has little to offer. Others have fought harder against Israel, chiefly Hamas, the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Hizbullah, the Shia militia in Lebanon. But jihadists of al-Qaeda’s sort regard the Muslim Brotherhood as, at best, deviant. By taking part in elections they place man’s law above God’s. And they see Shias as apostates.
Al-Qaeda’s failure to fight for Palestine comes up repeatedly in jihadist internet forums. It also forms part of the latest ideological counter-attack against al-Qaeda by Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, one of its founders in 1998 and a leading jihadist ideologue under the pen-name “Dr Fadl”. He has since fallen out with its leaders, particularly Ayman al-Zawahiri, who succeeded him as head of Egypt’s Islamic Jihad group. Al-Qaeda, he now says, “did not offer Palestine anything except words”.
Dr Fadl was arrested in Yemen in 2001 and extradited to Egypt. His first assault on al-Qaeda for its profligate killing of Muslims, at the end of 2007, prompted Mr Zawahiri to write a rebuttal of nearly 200 pages. The rejoinder to that, issued in November, was serialised in an Egyptian newspaper. His latest critique ranges from personal attacks on Mr Zawahiri to accusations that al-Qaeda has distorted Islamic law on jihad and inflicted a series of disasters on Muslims.
Dr Fadl accuses Mr Zawahiri of being an agent of the Sudanese intelligence services who agreed to carry out ten attacks in Egypt in the 1990s in exchange for $100,000. He denounces him as a liar and a coward who incites others to die in jihad while not taking part in the fighting. Egyptian prisons and graveyards were filled with jihadists, but Mr Zawahiri fled abroad, he says. ...
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:36:46pm |
re: #354 ArmyWife
his. My heart stopped there a minute!
Ah, ok, then you agree with my mass whacking comment?
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Karridine Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:36:57pm |
re: #309 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If it was a conceivable joke, I wouldn't have made it.Was a very funny joke (until I clicked "post this comment"). Then those submarine warning bells started going off in my head.
Klaxons!
Submarine warning KLAXONS!
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Opinionated Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:37:06pm |
They are more and more insane out there.
The next step in human evolution is ........Obama.
With his call for change, Barack Obama made evolutionary transformation the centerpiece of his campaign. He was all of two years old when Martin Luther King proclaimed his dream to the world. Less than half a lifetime later, Obama had realized this dream - as if to furnish proof of the penetrating power of cultural evolution. He owes his victory in large part to a collective spirit extending throughout the world. His victory also signals a breakthrough for the most basic biological principle of cooperation - a giant step for mankind from "I" to "we." His winning phrase was not I can, but we can.
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
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Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:38:10pm |
re: #355 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Don't tell anybody...it's still on that thread. You should see the "I didn't do anything wrong" stuff. He was there a half hour ago. Probably checking his dings.
So just someone looking to stir things up. What a maroon.
| 363 |
Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:38:21pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:38:33pm |
re: #349 Sharmuta
Joe Cocker's "Come Together" cover in that movie was excellent. Movie was very good (for what it was trying to be). But, I wish I could have seen the Cocker part and went and had a beer or 12.
| 365 |
songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:38:35pm |
re: #359 Karridine
Klaxons!
Submarine warning KLAXONS!
Klaxons! Now that is a scary word! And it should be knowing what they portend.
| 366 |
albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:38:37pm |
re: #350 FurryOldGuyJeans
I'll diss him for his politics any time, his music I can't and won't.
yes he was such a huge political force....he needs to be spanked after all this time...John Lenin yeah?
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goddessoftheclassroom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:38:38pm |
I don't think Winston and Winston06 are the same person.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:38:56pm |
re: #341 Sharmuta
The soundtrack is evil. First, it puts money in the pocket of Michael Jackson. Second- you cannot improve on perfection. NONE of those songs needed to be re-recorded. How do you perfect this?
[Video]
What can I say? You know I love you Sharm...
what did you think of the movie? I thought it was a movie that had many tender moments...It moved the Hoopster to tears...That doesn't happen often..unless you drop me in the lane with an elbow...
It's just one guys opinion..But that movie moved me...
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:39:23pm |
re: #356 J.D.
The growing, and mysterious, irrelevance of al-Qaeda
Doesn't seem particularly mysterious to me, but whatever.
The Economist was rooting for the 7th Century turds to win. That they didn't is a mystery to the pinheads at the Economist.
| 372 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:39:37pm |
re: #363 Dustyvet
Now, how freaking cool was that!?
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Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:39:38pm |
re: #357 FurryOldGuyJeans
Ah, ok, then you agree with my mass whacking comment?
Hey! This is a family blog! .... Isn't it?
/
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:39:48pm |
re: #367 goddessoftheclassroom
I don't think Winston and Winston06 are the same person.
The former is a dentist in the military and the latter is an Iranian in Canada.
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:40:17pm |
re: #369 HoosierHoops
I haven't seen the movie because the soundtrack offends me! lol
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goddessoftheclassroom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:40:31pm |
re: #374 MandyManners
The former is a dentist in the military and the latter is an Iranian in Canada.
Is he really Iranian?
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:40:36pm |
re: #371 FurryOldGuyJeans
The Economist was rooting for the 7th Century turds to win. That they didn't is a mystery to the pinheads at the Economist.
Do you suppose we should write to them and clue them in?
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esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:40:49pm |
re: #360 Opinionated
They are more and more insane out there.
The next step in human evolution is ........Obama.
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
It has gone far beyond parody. This is the kind of stuff they said about Stalin/Lenin/Mao at the time.
| 379 |
Jim in Virginia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:40:50pm |
re: #345 songbird
What are some good high schools in the area? I'm going to try to teach in Loudoun county (I'm a music teacher/choral director), but my daughter is going to be a junior next year.
Loudoun and Fairfax public schools are all generally good, so is Prince William. Every county is in a budget crunch so your chances of getting a job probably hinge on someone else leaving. Keep in mind the commute before you sign on.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:40:59pm |
re: #366 albusteve
yes he was such a huge political force....he needs to be spanked after all this time...John Lenin yeah?
His politics were as influential as his music to those of my generation. So yeah, I still diss his politics.
| 381 |
Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:41:10pm |
re: #372 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Now, how freaking cool was that!?
I was looking for better ones....How about a British police car...:)
| 382 |
J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:41:23pm |
re: #357 FurryOldGuyJeans
Ah, ok, then you agree with my mass whacking comment?
Now, that sounds x-rated.
| 383 |
Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:41:39pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:42:13pm |
re: #364 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Joe Cocker's "Come Together" cover in that movie was excellent. Movie was very good (for what it was trying to be). But, I wish I could have seen the Cocker part and went and had a beer or 12.
Was talking about the movie "Across the Universe" from last year. I'm not sure, but I do not think Joe Cocker was in "I am Sam".
| 385 |
Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:42:17pm |
re: #351 eon
Here in Central Oh, our own commuter's nightmare, the I-70/I-71 interchange in Columbus, OH is going to be "improved' as part of The One's infrastructure program. I personally have stopped trying to count up the number of times I've nearly been punted across several lanes by a merging semi coming down the grade off '70 West to '71 North; the present setup keeps northbound traffic in the lane nearest to the merging lane with concrete barriers. They're taking three years to redo the whole mess.
Of course, Columbus mayor Michael Coleman is already angling to siphon money off the project to pay for his
toy trainlight railstreetcar system through Downtown. While telling everyone it will be the "core" of an intercity system linking Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. (He is not an engineer, doesn't understand the difference, and apparently no one on his staff has the cojones' to explain it to him.)The scary thing is, The One might actually buy Coleman's spiel. Even scarier, this doofus could end up as our next U.S. Senator, since Voinovich isn't running again and Coleman is term-limited out as Mayor next year.
/Either way, I predict things are going to get stupid in Columbus.
cheers
eon
Have they ever gotten more than 4 lanes one way thru Columbus? I remember it was a bite to get thru there midday
| 386 |
esch Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:42:35pm |
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:42:57pm |
re: #348 Ford_Prefect
OK, I was just looking at the Bottom Comments. Does anyone know if this winston06 is now a former lizard?
No, it's still going strong down there, insulting religion in general and Catholics in particular.
/the amusing part that it's still claiming to be the aggrieved party
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songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:43:07pm |
re: #379 Jim in Virginia
Loudoun and Fairfax public schools are all generally good, so is Prince William. Every county is in a budget crunch so your chances of getting a job probably hinge on someone else leaving. Keep in mind the commute before you sign on.
The Loudoun county School district website says they are growing so much they need teachers in all fields including music.
| 390 |
Karridine Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:43:59pm |
re: #365 songbird
Klaxons! Now that is a scary word! And it should be knowing what they portend.
You got it! My ex-wife was into the Klu Klox Klaxons, with all their white-sufficiency bigotry and noise...
/sheesh!
| 391 |
Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:44:10pm |
re: #380 FurryOldGuyJeans
His politics were as influential as his music to those of my generation. So yeah, I still diss his politics.
Have to admit that I have never been a big fan of his post-Beatles. I don't think you can really separate his politics from his music, though, since his music is infused with his politics.
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Opinionated Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:44:35pm |
re: #378 esch
It has gone far beyond parody. This is the kind of stuff they said about Stalin/Lenin/Mao at the time.
The piece/idea comes from Germany. Draw your own conclusion.
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Colonel Panik Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:45:03pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:45:14pm |
re: #391 Ford_Prefect
Have to admit that I have never been a big fan of his post-Beatles. I don't think you can really separate his politics from his music, though, since his music is infused with his politics.
One reason while I like Ed Sullivan era Beatles and vomit at the later stuff.
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:45:18pm |
re: #360 Opinionated
They are more and more insane out there.
The next step in human evolution is ........Obama.
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
Here comes the Lightworker meme' again.
At what point do they claim he's descended from True Enlightened Masters from Zeta Reticuli, I wonder?
/I'd expect more reasoned analysis, and less swooning, from a researcher at the Planck Institute. I am disappointed.
cheers
eon
| 396 |
BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:45:31pm |
re: #375 Sharmuta
I haven't seen the movie because the soundtrack offends me! lol
LOL
/How did we get talking about Sean Penn Movies? :)
| 397 |
songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:45:41pm |
re: #390 Karridine
You got it! My ex-wife was into the Klu Klox Klaxons, with all their white-sufficiency bigotry and noise...
/sheesh!
My husband, a former ships officer, tenses up and gets very nervous every time he hears anything similar to a klaxon.
| 398 |
Karridine Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:45:52pm |
re: #387 Sharmuta
I love early Beatles!
A lotta LOVE in early Beatles work, and a lot of ego and angst and pain in their later creations...
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ArmyWife Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:46:02pm |
re: #357 FurryOldGuyJeans
Yes - but there have been a few times I wish there was a self editing or self deleting option. It sounded good - until you re-read it. Ya know?
| 400 |
Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:46:05pm |
re: #391 Ford_Prefect
Have to admit that I have never been a big fan of his post-Beatles. I don't think you can really separate his politics from his music, though, since his music is infused with his politics.
Plastic Ono Band is an incredible album IMO. Second only to All Things Must Pass among Beatle solo albums for me (and that's high praise).
| 401 |
Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:46:11pm |
I've seen this one preformed live- and if done well, it's tons of fun
Everybody clap along!
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:46:21pm |
re: #380 FurryOldGuyJeans
His politics were as influential as his music to those of my generation. So yeah, I still diss his politics.
not me...his political influence has always been way over rated, usually by his critics....he was a young guy opposed to war...he did his thing in Toronto...big whoop
| 403 |
Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:46:38pm |
Ok what did I do wrong on the you tube,
I was trying to post the inbed code?
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:46:39pm |
On John Lennon, I am like Opus the penguin.
As a boy, when I heard "Imagine", I used to think of porpoises playing in the sun-kissed sea under rainbows.
When MTV started, I saw the video-mostly explosions and half-naked women slinking around.
Now every time I hear the song, all I can think of are half-naked exploding porpoises!
/
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:47:48pm |
re: #363 Dustyvet
Deck's awash...
Bow's under...
Stern gone...
Down 'scope.
/Channeling Captain Crane
cheers
eon
| 407 |
David IV of Georgia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:47:56pm |
re: #361 Jim in Virginia
How did winston get that much karma?
Normally he is pretty level headed. But the "bishop" thread earlier shows that he seems to have problems with both the Catholic Church and religion in general.
| 408 |
Opinionated Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:48:07pm |
re: #395 eon
At what point do they claim he's descended from True Enlightened Masters from Zeta Reticuli, I wonder?
You mean he is not Zeus' son?
| 409 |
Karridine Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:48:19pm |
re: #404 OldLineTexan
Now every time I hear the song, all I can think of are half-naked exploding porpoises!
EEEEK!
| 410 |
Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:48:22pm |
re: #404 OldLineTexan
On John Lennon, I am like Opus the penguin.
As a boy, when I heard "Imagine", I used to think of porpoises playing in the sun-kissed sea under rainbows.
When MTV started, I saw the video-mostly explosions and half-naked women slinking around.
Now every time I hear the song, all I can think of are half-naked exploding porpoises!
/
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish!
| 412 |
Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:48:29pm |
re: #404 OldLineTexan
On John Lennon, I am like Opus the penguin.
As a boy, when I heard "Imagine", I used to think of porpoises playing in the sun-kissed sea under rainbows.
When MTV started, I saw the video-mostly explosions and half-naked women slinking around.
Now every time I hear the song, all I can think of are half-naked exploding porpoises!
/
I bet you do it on porpoise too...:)
| 413 |
Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:49:25pm |
re: #411 jaunte
Beatles songs are meant to be song along with- not re-recorded.
Tommy Emmanuel gets a pass, though.
| 414 |
BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:49:36pm |
| 415 |
Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:49:38pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:49:55pm |
re: #399 ArmyWife
Yes - but there have been a few times I wish there was a self editing or self deleting option. It sounded good - until you re-read it. Ya know?
Wish there was one practically every time I re-read what I post. The grammar, the spelling, the lapses of complete thoughts, ugh. Always too much I want to say for 4000+ characters.
If only I could pull a Star Trek and have my computer type what I think or say. ;)
| 417 |
Colonel Panik Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:50:07pm |
Pat Condell speaks out in support of Geert Wilders: "Shame on the Netherlands!"
| 418 |
Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:50:11pm |
| 420 |
nyc redneck Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:50:46pm |
| 422 |
J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:51:12pm |
...What's happening now is not pacifism but passivism-a terrible inertia filled with feel-good platitudes that absolve us from action, or even feeling. It was thus inevitable that an all-network, all-star telethon should have featured John Lennon's anthem for fluffy nihilists:Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today . . .You may say he's a dreamer, but he's not. A couple of years ago, it emerged that Lennon was a very generous contributor not just to organizations that support and fund the IRA, but to the IRA itself. He could "imagine there's no countries" and "nothing to kill or die for," but until that blessed day he was quite happy to support an organization that blows up people in shopping centers and railway stations. It's heartening to know that, though he grew rich peddling illusory pap to the masses, he didn't fall for it himself. ...
| 423 |
jaunte Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:51:25pm |
re: #413 Sharmuta
Seeing "Across the Universe" turned my three younger kids into Beatles fans,
so there is some small benefit to other musicians doing covers.
| 424 |
songbird Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:51:28pm |
re: #395 eon
Here comes the Lightworker meme' again.
At what point do they claim he's descended from True Enlightened Masters from Zeta Reticuli, I wonder?
So he's one of the Indigo Children?
This may seem funny, but my husband's ex really believed this stuff and it screwed up his daughters.
| 425 |
goddessoftheclassroom Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:51:33pm |
I'm off to bed--take care, Lizards!
BTW: I posted the Lizard Prayer List on the overnight thread this morning. Please let me know of any additions or changes--my nic is blue.
| 426 |
albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:51:42pm |
re: #387 Sharmuta
I love early Beatles!
most people do....my 25yr old daughter is totally addicted to anything to do with them....
| 427 |
ArmyWife Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:51:43pm |
re: #405 Sharmuta
I am sitting here drawing up a layoff plan calculating savings with 2 options to propose to the Pres of Ops tomorrow, which is totally depressing, but I can just picture you clapping along with your song. I needed that mental image! (not that I know what you look like, but you know what I mean)
| 428 |
Opinionated Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:51:44pm |
If this woman was killed in an Israeli bombing in Gaza would CNN and the UN call her a civilian?
Gaza bride marries to raise 'martyrs' to Islamist cause
[Link: timesofindia.indiatimes.com...]
Or is she a weapons factory?
| 429 |
Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:52:08pm |
re: #421 Sharmuta
This is why I don't like the Rolling Stones much
Their (RS) version is unlistenable!
| 430 |
Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:52:10pm |
re: #420 nyc redneck
Then I'll stick to early Beatles just for you.
| 431 |
Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:53:01pm |
re: #427 ArmyWife
I really did clap along too. What the neighbors must be thinking, I don't know.
| 434 |
Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:53:44pm |
re: #421 Sharmuta
This is why I don't like the Rolling Stones much
I don't like the Stones much because I think they suck.
| 435 |
Silhouette Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:54:08pm |
re: #416 FurryOldGuyJeans
Wish there was one practically every time I re-read what I post. The grammar, the spelling, the lapses of complete thoughts, ugh. Always too much I want to say for 4000+ characters.
One of my comments here was used in a Washington Times story about LGF, and had three errors they had to fix.
Instead of honored, I am mortified.
I promise, I graduated from college!
| 436 |
Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:54:23pm |
| 437 |
Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:54:36pm |
re: #428 Opinionated
ON the risk of being slapped with a possible deletion, I would say give her the benefit of the doubt till the first one says allah clarkbar and throws a stone at an Israeli outpost, then take them both out..
| 438 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:54:57pm |
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:55:05pm |
re: #385 Marvo76
Have they ever gotten more than 4 lanes one way thru Columbus? I remember it was a bite to get thru there midday
Nope. This plan is supposed to make it six lanes each way. The trouble is, to do that, they'll have to tear out three bridges and a railway line to make room for it. Not to mention take half of University Hospital's parking area. Or else, chop out a chunk of the area around the Levecque Tower. The reason that I-70/71 is a cluster-f**k to begin with is that the original ACE proposal of 1956 was ignored so they could sell more real-estate in the Downtown area. And now, the bill is coming due.
/It's going to be interesting to watch- from the 270 outerbelt, which is how anyone south of Columbus will have to get north of Broad Street while it's going on.
cheers
eon
| 441 |
nyc redneck Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:55:21pm |
wow, i love john wayne in "rio bravo"
i like the way he wears his britches short w/ a 2 inch cuff.
the length off- sets the cowboy boots and the spurs.
and dean martin is in it. i sure want to hug his neck.
he was hot in l959.
| 442 |
BenghaziHoops Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:55:27pm |
re: #430 Sharmuta
Then I'll stick to early Beatles just for you.
I have a gold album of the Beatles in my Den.. It is the Single ' Baby it's you'
When I'm dead the kids will sell it on eBay...
| 444 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:55:54pm |
re: #403 Marvo76
Don't post the embed code, just the URL for the youtube link. The conversion happens magically.
| 446 |
nyc redneck Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:56:10pm |
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x-wing Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:56:54pm |
re: #434 Ford_Prefect
I don't like the Stones much because I think they suck.
LOL, they were a garage band that should've stayed there.
| 449 |
Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:56:55pm |
A hilarious, repeat hilarious sketch the Beatles did as Pyramus and Thisbe from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.
| 450 |
The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:57:30pm |
re: #434 Ford_Prefect
I don't like the Stones much because I think they suck.
Greatest rock band of all time.
Unless you count Pink Floyd...
| 451 |
Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:57:36pm |
re: #440 Sharmuta
Here is a question that a lot of people get wrong - though you people will likely spoil my fun and get it right. Which former Beatle was the first with a solo number one hit?
| 454 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:58:19pm |
re: #448 x-wing
LOL, they were a garbage band that should've stayed there.
But many people like them. I do not. But far be it from me to tell someone that their musical tastes are wrong.
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:58:37pm |
I don't think it gets much better than this.
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:58:57pm |
re: #448 x-wing
LOL, they were a garage band that should've stayed there.
Like Freddie and the Dreamers...Last thing i heard about Freddie, he was a house painter in Manchester, England
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:59:08pm |
re: #443 NYCHardhat
Republicans already are trying to portray Obama's review of detainee rights as soft on terrorism.
It plainly is soft on terrorism. Maybe he'll take one bit of Cheney's advice and...you know...find out what's really going on. But maybe not.
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Silhouette Sun, Jan 25, 2009 5:59:33pm |
re: #457 Dustyvet
Like Freddie and the Dreamers...Last thing i heard about Freddie, he was a house painter in Manchester, England
Anyone who paints house can't be bad.
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Colonel Panik Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:00:16pm |
re: #395 eon
Here comes the Lightworker meme' again.
At what point do they claim he's descended from True Enlightened Masters from Zeta Reticuli, I wonder?
/I'd expect more reasoned analysis, and less swooning, from a researcher at the Planck Institute. I am disappointed.
True Enlightened Masters from Zeta Reticuli? I thought Zeta Reticuli was where the Gray alien rectal probers were from, which fits, since Obama is going to f*** this country up the a**.
Max Planck Institute? Maybe the radiation has gotten to his/her brain. One this this election year has shown for certain is how many "brilliant" people are utterly lacking in common sense.
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:00:36pm |
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Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:00:42pm |
re: #455 Marvo76
Ringo wasn't it?
See, I told you. Ruined my fun. On that note I am heading off to bed. Have to get up early and go make some money. Play nice. Later Lizards!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:01:54pm |
re: #451 Ford_Prefect
Wasn't it "Whatever gets you through the night" Lennon?
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:02:14pm |
re: #413 Sharmuta
Beatles songs are meant to be song along with- not re-recorded.
Tommy Emmanuel gets a pass, though.
it takes a hell of a confident musician to reinterpret and cover a Beatles song...kudos to TE...very well done
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:02:34pm |
re: #465 Iron Fist
I like "You Can't Always Get What You Want".
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Ford_Prefect Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:02:44pm |
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:03:21pm |
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:03:55pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:04:10pm |
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Colonel Panik Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:04:13pm |
I'm so bloody sick of John Lennon and his pretentious hippie crap.
He ruined the Beatles, him and that whacko "artist" wife of his.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:05:04pm |
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:05:12pm |
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:05:34pm |
re: #475 Colonel Panik
I'm so bloody sick of John Lennon and his pretentious hippie crap.
He ruined the Beatles, him and that whacko "artist" wife of his.
I agree with the second part
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:05:53pm |
re: #472 J.D.
The oldest Beatle was...? ? ?
Ringo -July 1940. (Others might have been having fun when they were 12 years old -I was holed up in my room reading dozens of books on the Beatles)
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:06:03pm |
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:06:49pm |
re: #479 Bloodnok
John Lennon was born the same year in October?
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x-wing Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:07:09pm |
re: #465 Iron Fist
Pretty much. The only song they have that I like is "Sympathy for the Devil", and even it gets a little tedious with the "Whoo, Whooo!" shit.
Satisfaction was the only song I liked by them. They really started stinking up the place when they came out with Miss You.
/there again with the whoo-oooo-ooo-oo
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:07:25pm |
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:07:37pm |
re: #476 Alouette
Ringo is the oldest (he has lived the longest)
Ringo was the oldest by 3 months or so.
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:08:28pm |
re: #467 Silhouette
It was a Hitler reference. ;-)
Franz Liebkind: Hitler... there was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in ONE afternoon! TWO coats! :)
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:08:36pm |
re: #479 Bloodnok
Which I wouldn't trade for anything (even though I do know an unhealthy amount about them)!
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:08:47pm |
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Abu Al-Poopypants Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:08:58pm |
re: #476 Alouette
Ringo is the oldest (he has lived the longest)
I wonder how he feels, being the only surviving Beatle?
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:09:32pm |
re: #489 Abu Al-Poopypants
I wonder how he feels, being the only surviving Beatle?
Paul is still alive
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:09:32pm |
re: #489 Abu Al-Poopypants
I wonder how he feels, being the only surviving Beatle?
Oh noes! Did Paul die again?
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:09:51pm |
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:09:59pm |
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:10:09pm |
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:10:14pm |
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Colonel Panik Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:10:21pm |
The Who. Quadrophenia. Now, that was a bloody good album.
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:10:27pm |
Actually- It was George Harrison to hit a #1 song first with this song
Most people get that trivia question wrong
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:10:29pm |
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:10:38pm |
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Abu Al-Poopypants Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:11:04pm |
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:11:26pm |
re: #469 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I like "You Can't Always Get What You Want".
"Gimme Shelter"
"Wild Horses"
"Miss You"
"Waiting on a Friend"
Yeah, I know about the last two, but each contains one of greatest lyrics of all time.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:11:42pm |
re: #499 J.D.
Did he really?
I don't remember that...
I could never figure out how to get my stereo LP to play records backwards.
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:12:06pm |
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:12:17pm |
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:12:57pm |
re: #502 Alouette
I could never figure out how to get my stereo LP to play records backwards.
Oh! Right right right!
I had the same problem.
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:13:13pm |
re: #495 Alouette
Paul died 40 years ago. (the first time)
Dead or alive he released some great albums in the 70's:
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:13:21pm |
re: #451 Ford_Prefect
Here is a question that a lot of people get wrong - though you people will likely spoil my fun and get it right. Which former Beatle was the first with a solo number one hit?
Teehee- you got it wrong too!
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:13:30pm |
re: #503 OldLineTexan
That's not what I heard backwards!
Let's now all gather in a circle and watch Dusty nail his foot to the floor and run in circles...:)
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:13:58pm |
re: #483 x-wing
Satisfaction was the only song I liked by them. They really started stinking up the place when they came out with Miss You.
/there again with the whoo-oooo-ooo-oo
Too all ye who would dis the Stones, I give you this:
I see your red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see your girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I want to see your face, painted black
black as night, black as coal
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:14:25pm |
re: #458 J.D.
It plainly is soft on terrorism. Maybe he'll take one bit of Cheney's advice and...you know...find out what's really going on. But maybe not.
The supreme court ruled under the Bush administration that even accused terrorists have under our constitution the right to know what they are charged with so they can attempt a defense. It just means they get a trial before we throwaway the key, nothing new about that.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Franklin's Contributions to the Conference on February 17 (III) Fri, Feb 17, 1775
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David IV of Georgia Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:14:46pm |
I have a friend who used to watch the Beatles in Hamburg in the early 60's.
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x-wing Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:14:59pm |
re: #490 Dustyvet
Paul is still alive
Never understood why Paul rearried. He's got a young child now. He'll be what,almost 80 when the kid graduates from high school?
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:15:39pm |
re: #511 David IV of Georgia
I have a friend who used to watch the Beatles in Hamburg in the early 60's.
Wow. I would give anything...
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:15:54pm |
re: #506 Bloodnok
Bah! Or is that Baaa? Anyways- this is his best 70s song, by a mile!
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SurferDoc Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:16:24pm |
re: #441 nyc redneck
wow, i love john wayne in "rio bravo"
i like the way he wears his britches short w/ a 2 inch cuff.
the length off- sets the cowboy boots and the spurs.
and dean martin is in it. i sure want to hug his neck.
he was hot in l959.
We named our last band "Rio Bravo" after that film. We did a few Rick Nelson covers, too.
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:16:37pm |
re: #512 x-wing
Never understood why Paul rearried. He's got a young child now. He'll be what,almost 80 when the kid graduates from high school?
a 100 year old father of an eagle scout?...:)
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MandyManners Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:17:13pm |
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:19:03pm |
So many sappy McCartney songs to pick from, but I like this one
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Abu Al-Poopypants Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:20:03pm |
During the 70's you would not believe how many times I played
1967-1970 (Blue Album)
Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
Who's Next
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:20:12pm |
re: #514 Sharmuta
Bah! Or is that Baaa? Anyways- this is his best 70s song, by a mile!
GOTC might have a problem with "in which we live in". Other than that it is KICK-ASS!
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x-wing Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:20:17pm |
I thought sabaticals usually lasted 6 months. Or is that just for teachers?
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Dustyvet Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:20:22pm |
Republicans Suggest Moving Gitmo Detainees to Alcatraz
Where they will all be given a bird...:)
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Silhouette Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:20:42pm |
re: #512 x-wing
Never understood why Paul rearried. He's got a young child now. He'll be what,almost 80 when the kid graduates from high school?
He'd better pay the taxes on those nannies.
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Abu Al-Poopypants Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:21:14pm |
re: #522 Bloodnok
GOTC might have a problem with "in which we live in". Other than that it is KICK-ASS!
"... in which we're livin'..."
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spirochete Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:21:42pm |
Hey 3Wood, is the TED spread under 100 yet? I don't know where to find it online.
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:22:05pm |
re: #510 avanti
The supreme court ruled under the Bush administration that even accused terrorists have under our constitution the right to know what they are charged with so they can attempt a defense. It just means they get a trial before we throwaway the key, nothing new about that.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Franklin's Contributions to the Conference on February 17 (III) Fri, Feb 17, 1775
I don't think Franklin was quite prepared to have people blowing themselves up and murdering his family. The Brits were rude to a fault, buy hey..
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:24:25pm |
re: #529 Sharmuta
And who could forget this awesome late George hit?
[Video]
Cloud 9 is a fantastic album front to back.
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:24:34pm |
the Beatles suck!
the Rolling Stones suck!
Nirvana was awsome...
Nine Inch Nails is awsome dude!
hahahaha...good grief
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:24:45pm |
re: #514 Sharmuta
Bah! Or is that Baaa? Anyways- this is his best 70s song, by a mile!
[Video]
One of my all-time favorites. Thank you.
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SurferDoc Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:24:49pm |
re: #522 Bloodnok
GOTC might have a problem with "in which we live in". Other than that it is KICK-ASS!
I listened to it very carefully recently and it sounds more like "in which we're livin'"
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:25:27pm |
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:25:30pm |
re: #531 albusteve
the Beatles suck!
the Rolling Stones suck!Nirvana was awsome...
Nine Inch Nails is awsome dude!hahahaha...good grief
Johnny Cash singing "Hurt". Best of all worlds.
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:26:38pm |
re: #531 albusteve
the Beatles suck!
the Rolling Stones suck!Nirvana was awsome...
Nine Inch Nails is awsome dude!hahahaha...good grief
Oh come on man! The Beatles were the shit. Every band is a direct/indirect offshoot of the Beatles.
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:26:44pm |
re: #535 OldLineTexan
Johnny Cash singing "Hurt". Best of all worlds.
sorry...Johnny Cash sucks....pill poppin junkie
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eon Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:26:54pm |
re: #424 songbird
So he's one of the Indigo Children?
This may seem funny, but my husband's ex really believed this stuff and it screwed up his daughters.
I've often wondered how many moonbats know that most of their dogmas, from New Age stuff to Gaia worship, originated in the UFO contactee cults of the post-WW II/early Cold War period.
The reason those cults sprang up so rapidly is easy enough to see now. The atomic bomb had abruptly changed the paradigm of war. Instead of war being fought on a battlefield thousands of miles away on another continent, the A-bomb plus first long-range bombers and then ICBMs meant that the next war would very likely be fought on everybody's home soil. Which meant that anybody could be a casualty. Race, religion, social status, or "who you knew" would make no difference. And to put it bluntly, a lot of people just couldn't cope with the knowledge.
Vannevar Bush's book Modern Arms and Free Men (1949) made the prediction that the next war would be a total war (defined as destruction of the homelands of the participants). It is noteworthy that the first contactee cults sprang up within a year after its wide dissemination to U.s libraries in 1950-51 courtesy of the U.S. government. The first wave of popular books on "Flying Saucers" hit the news-stands about the same time, mostly in paperbacks. The first wave of contactee books came out about eighteen months later, and the movement was in full cry by the Korean ceasefire in 1953.
Their message was one we all know today; unilateral disarmament, a one-world government, and a "return to nature" under the "benevolent" rule of an "enlightened elite". The same message we heard from the "anti-war" activists in the Sixties, the "anti-nuclear" activists in the Seventies, the "anti-imperialism" activists in the Eighties, and the whole moonbat crowd today.
The assassinations of the Kennedy brothers were what really sent the madness mainstream. Because they were murdered by a disaffected Communist (Oswald) and an Islamist radical (Sirhan)- who were exactly the kind of people that the "contactee" types, and the leftist intellectuals who adopted their dogmas, sympathized with. The reason the left has blamed the U.S. government and other conspiracies for both for the last forty-plus years is that the alternative is to admit that it was their own "movement" that resulted in their idols' murders. And that just isn't going to happen, ever.
The combination of the contactees' fear of our technological culture, and the "progressives" desire for power, sent American liberalism up an intellectual cul-de-sac in the 1960s, that it has yet to emerge from, and in fact may never find its way out of.
And it all began with a few groups of traumatized fringe cultists who could not accept the possibility that nuclear weapons might in fact be the one thing that could prevent a final, catastrophic war- by making it abundantly clear to the leaders on both sides that they, personally, would not survive it.
So I'm not surprised when moonbats behave in entirely irrational ways today. What would surprise me is if they actually began to make sense.
cheers
eon
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x-wing Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:27:08pm |
re: #524 Dustyvet
Republicans Suggest Moving Gitmo Detainees to Alcatraz
Where they will all be given a bird...:)
I guess we'll see where they end up. I'd rather they be out there close to San Fran. than where ex-Marine Murtha suggested. (right here in Pa.) of course he wants to build a new prison for them, which all his union buddies will be given the contracts to build it, and who knows how much that piece of shit will get in kick backs.
Why oh why does he keep getting re-elected.
*spit*
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:27:16pm |
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:28:09pm |
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:28:50pm |
Ringo's hit, It Don't Come Easy (didn't hit #1, but topped out at #4)
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ciaospirit Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:29:15pm |
re: #510 avanti
The supreme court ruled under the Bush administration that even accused terrorists have under our constitution the right to know what they are charged with so they can attempt a defense. It just means they get a trial before we throwaway the key, nothing new about that.
You got a link for that?
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NYCHardhat Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:29:59pm |
re: #541 albusteve
I deserve down dingness
Not my style. I downding on complete and utter bullshit, not opinion.
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:30:38pm |
was that some leftwing statement I heard in Tommys music?....
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Ozark Mountain Daredevil Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:31:29pm |
Check out this powerful yet wonderful video that separates the facts from the fiction propagated by Hamas, the PLO, CAIR, al Qaeda, terrorists, the mainstream media, Jimmy Carter, Patrick Buchanan, the American left, etc. and all the other apologists for these 7th century savages...
[Link: fun.mivzakon.co.il...]
| 548 |
OldLineTexan Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:32:32pm |
re: #537 albusteve
sorry...Johnny Cash sucks....pill poppin junkie
Yes, Nirvana and NIN are famous for their stands on teetotalling!
///
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:32:35pm |
re: #528 The Shadow Do
I don't think Franklin was quite prepared to have people blowing themselves up and murdering his family. The Brits were rude to a fault, buy hey..
Hey, it's the only constitution we have and I don't like ignoring it as the mood moves us. The internment of all the Japanese Americans in WW II is a example. To me, that's a conservative constitutional position.
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Occasional Reader Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:33:19pm |
re: #535 OldLineTexan
Johnny Cash singing "Hurt". Best of all worlds.
Indeed.
I heard that Cash believed that the "the needle tears a hole" line referred to drug use; drawing, of course, on his own experience. But Cobain was referring to self-mutilation.
| 552 |
BlueCanuck Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:34:38pm |
re: #535 OldLineTexan
Johnny Cash singing "Hurt". Best of all worlds.
Here. Tell me that this isn't just awesome.
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x-wing Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:34:49pm |
re: #529 Sharmuta
And who could forget this awesome late George hit?
Cool Sharm. George was my favorite Beatle.
Traveling wilburys'
| 554 |
albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:35:46pm |
re: #548 OldLineTexan
Yes, Nirvana and NIN are famous for their stands on teetotalling!
///
now THAT'S what I'm talkin about!....
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BlueCanuck Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:35:51pm |
re: #551 Occasional Reader
Ummm, Trent Reznor. Cobain was dead when this was recorded.
| 556 |
ciaospirit Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:36:15pm |
re: #551 Occasional Reader
Did you see the sad sad story of Mariana Bridi. Truly heartbreaking.
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Occasional Reader Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:36:47pm |
re: #538 eon
The first wave of contactee books came out about eighteen months later, and the movement was in full cry by the Korean ceasefire in 1953.
Their message was one we all know today
Klaatu Barada Nikto.
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albusteve Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:37:27pm |
re: #553 x-wing
Cool Sharm. George was my favorite Beatle.
Traveling wilburys'
Wilburys were the best two record band ever to record...period
| 559 |
Occasional Reader Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:37:41pm |
re: #555 BlueCanuck
Ummm, Trent Reznor. Cobain was dead when this was recorded.
Eh, all those frickkin' hippies look alike to me.
/
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inquisitive Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:38:55pm |
OT...
What was these parents thinking....?
Kids With Nazi Names Taken From Home
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Jan. 14) - Three New Jersey siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in the custody of the state, police said. The children, ranging in age from 3 to under 1, were removed from their home Friday. They drew attention last month when a supermarket bakery refused to put the name of the oldest — Adolf Hitler Campbell — on a birthday cake.
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:41:14pm |
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x-wing Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:42:33pm |
re: #549 avanti
Hey, it's the only constitution we have and I don't like ignoring it as the mood moves us. The internment of all the Japanese Americans in WW II is a example. To me, that's a conservative constitutional position.
So,does Lincolns' suspension of Habeas Corpus bothers you?
What do you want to do in this war? Just remember, this could mean life or death to alot of people.
| 567 |
Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:43:13pm |
And don't you dare Scoff at this Nirvana song, o ye Kurdt fans
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:43:39pm |
re: #549 avanti
Hey, it's the only constitution we have and I don't like ignoring it as the mood moves us. The internment of all the Japanese Americans in WW II is a example. To me, that's a conservative constitutional position.
The internment of the Japanese would only be a legitimate argument had the pilots who attacked Pearl Harbor been native to America. They weren't so that is a straw man. That is to say, I agree that this episode was wrong.
But, how in the world do you get to the position, from there, that these creatures who have very carefully been kept outside of our domestic borders, and who are totally illegitimate combatants taken into custody abroad, are somehow deserving of this precious constitutional compact?
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:44:57pm |
Yeah but remember he can blame Bush for not doing it right the first time...///////
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:45:36pm |
re: #567 Sharmuta
And don't you dare Scoff at this Nirvana song, o ye Kurdt fans
[Video]
Ding for including the "d". You're awesome!
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:45:56pm |
This has been a great thread- hand clapping and head banging. Woohoo!
| 572 |
Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:46:18pm |
re: #570 Bloodnok
I take my Nirvana as seriously as my Beatles.
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:46:41pm |
re: #564 J.D.
Both Obama and McCain pledged to eliminate torture, so it would have been eliminated who ever won.If anything, McCain was more vocal on the issue.
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Sharmuta Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:47:12pm |
re: #570 Bloodnok
Also- I knew the real fans would know it was intentional. ;)
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J.D. Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:48:39pm |
re: #573 avanti
Both Obama and McCain pledged to eliminate torture, so it would have been eliminated who ever won.If anything, McCain was more vocal on the issue.
I doubt either of them had the details available to them to have made those "pledges".
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Bloodnok Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:49:17pm |
I can't believe I'm voluntarily leaving a Beatles thread, but the Japanese clients are in tomorrow and I need to look my best.
For you Sharm. (I actually scored this song from the sheet music on my computer when I was 18 -sounded perfect!)
| 577 |
The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:49:43pm |
re: #573 avanti
Both Obama and McCain pledged to eliminate torture, so it would have been eliminated who ever won.If anything, McCain was more vocal on the issue.
In spite of what you and the NYT says, there has been no documented torture of anyone in the war. Institutional American torture is a big fat lie.
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:50:27pm |
re: #568 The Shadow Do
But, how in the world do you get to the position, from there, that these creatures who have very carefully been kept outside of our domestic borders, and who are totally illegitimate combatants taken into custody abroad, are somehow deserving of this precious constitutional compact?
It's not my opinion that counts, it's our constitution. I might like to see OJ sent to the chair if the murder weapon was found in him living room, but the constitution/ bill of rights prohibits double jeopardy.
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x-wing Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:51:24pm |
re: #573 avanti
Both Obama and McCain pledged to eliminate torture, so it would have been eliminated who ever won.If anything, McCain was more vocal on the issue.
Uh, Obama is letting a classified loop-hole in the order just in case he needs to put a HVP on the rack.
Alot changes when it's your ass on the line for Americas' safety.
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nyc redneck Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:52:01pm |
re: #515 SurferDoc
We named our last band "Rio Bravo" after that film. We did a few Rick Nelson covers, too.
john wayne just changed his shirt. to a soft indigo blue from that warm burnt orange.
same vest. chocolate brown suede.
i think something is going on w/ him and angie dickinson.
(btw, it's a 3 inch cuff on his pants. and his boots have a nice subtle contrasting stitching.)
i'm not sure i get the black and white gingham shirt ricky nelson is wearing.
wow, you had a band named rio bravo?
i'm in.
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:55:50pm |
re: #578 avanti
It's not my opinion that counts, it's our constitution. I might like to see OJ sent to the chair if the murder weapon was found in him living room, but the constitution/ bill of rights prohibits double jeopardy.
do you want to explain to me what OJ and Khalid Sheik Mohammad have in common, constitutionally of course.
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:56:46pm |
re: #565 x-wing
So,does Lincolns' suspension of Habeas Corpus bothers you?
What do you want to do in this war? Just remember, this could mean life or death to alot of people.
Not only me, it was later ruled unconstitutional. Lincoln even wanted to arrest the Supreme court justice at the time, a bit too much a extension of executive power in my opinion.
Link here
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nyc redneck Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:58:25pm |
"sorry don't get it done, dude." john wayne to dean martin who can't quit drinking. (on the job)
tho he looks good.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:02:06pm |
The Patriot act was great for foriegn nationals doing "business" in our country, but they expanded it to cover US citizens while at the same time only giving us lip service to securing our borders. They also gave us the abortion known as TSA which only gave a new layer of buracracyto deal with and to steal our nail clippers...I really don't think it helped much for the most part, although certain aspects of it did. However I don't want my government eliminating my 4th ammendment rights on search and seizure to be "abridged" in order to make me "safer"
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:03:43pm |
re: #581 The Shadow Do
do you want to explain to me what OJ and Khalid Sheik Mohammad have in common, constitutionally of course.
Both are protected by are constitution, OJ by the double jeopardy clause, the Sheik by the right to know what he is charged with and a defense. The Nuremberg war crimes trials are a example of that right even for the most despicable.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:08:26pm |
re: #585 avanti
would those same trials be ruled constitutional today?
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The Shadow Do Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:13:51pm |
re: #585 avanti
Both are protected by are constitution, OJ by the double jeopardy clause, the Sheik by the right to know what he is charged with and a defense. The Nuremberg war crimes trials are a example of that right even for the most despicable.
Uh, those trials were not done in say, Pittsburgh.
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:16:00pm |
re: #586 Marvo76
would those same trials be ruled constitutional today?
The war crimes ? I'm no expert, but I don't see why not.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:19:23pm |
re: #585 avanti
Both are protected by are constitution, OJ by the double jeopardy clause, the Sheik by the right to know what he is charged with and a defense. The Nuremberg war crimes trials are a example of that right even for the most despicable.
enemy combatants are not protected by the US constitution, but rather by Geneva Conventions and recognized international war tribunals
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:29:29pm |
re: #589 sattv4u2
enemy combatants are not protected by the US constitution, but rather by Geneva Conventions and recognized international war tribunals
The Supreme court ruled otherwise for combatants in US custody. We are arguing in vain unless the constitution is amended or congress votes to suspends Habeas Corpus. You are correct when it comes to the WW II war crimes though.
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Marvo76 Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:38:47pm |
By that line of reasoning the war crimes trial with them in our custody in WW2 would have been ruled in the same way...
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avanti Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:45:43pm |
re: #591 Marvo76
By that line of reasoning the war crimes trial with them in our custody in WW2 would have been ruled in the same way...
You'd have to take that argument up with the Supreme court.
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Hobbes Sun, Jan 25, 2009 7:48:24pm |
re: #592 avanti
You'd have to take that argument up with the Supreme court.
I doubt seriously if those required to confront the enemy first-hand will resort to the courts. Take no prisoners would seem a more effective and efficient course of action. When they had a reasonable alternative they took it. At this point why should they?
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garycooper Sun, Jan 25, 2009 8:41:14pm |
"Tommy, can you hear me?"
He's a wildman virtuoso. I am only a fan of the music, but I feel it deep down. I wish I had learned how to play an instrument when I was a kid, but my parents weren't into that at all. I can probably play hockey better than Tommy, though. ;)
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