Our strategy has been to change the subject a bit so that we can get the issue of intelligent design, which really means the reality of God, before the academic world and into the schools.
— Phillip E. Johnson, father of “intelligent design”
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Killian Bundy Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:07:36pm |
I see pork people.
/for generations to come
| 4 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:07:59pm |
Oh sweet release valve of overnight pressure.
A fresh thread!
| 5 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:08:31pm |
re: #3 Killian Bundy
I see pork people.
/for generations to come
I am telling you...
There will be political hell to pay for this on the Dems.
I hope. But it looks likely to me.
| 6 |
suboptimal Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:09:12pm |
What porky beast is this, that slouches towards 1600 to be signed?
| 7 |
dapperdave Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:09:14pm |
What we really need is some I.D. in our government, fat chance for 2 years.
| 9 |
Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:10:13pm |
re: #5 astronmr20
I am telling you...
There will be political hell to pay for this on the Dems.
I hope. But it looks likely to me.
In January people will still be saying, Hey, where is all that money and all those jobs that the Dems got back when? Has anyone seen a dime of it?
| 10 |
suboptimal Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:10:27pm |
re: #7 dapperdave
What we really need is some I.D. in our government, fat chance for 2 years.
Only the cylons were intelligently designed.
/too much TV
| 11 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:10:43pm |
Re-posting my comment for the Big Thread;
Just a thought...
So this "stimulus" package is about saving our economy and safeguarding our checkbooks, right?
Then why would it not have a provision in it for drilling? Now I'm all for renewable energy, and I think the government should support it. However, can you imagine what would happen to this country and it's economy if there was a flare-up in the Middle East?
We would be on our knees. Lying on the floor. If you think this recession is bad, get ready for mass strife all over the world with regard to energy if anything twitchy happens with regard to Iran/ israel/ Syria, Saudi, etc etc. Which all seem like very likely scenarios with O in power.
This bill should have "drill now" written all over it. Firstly, it would bring an immediate drop and enormous impact on oil and oil futures, making an almost instant change in people's "take home" pay from fuel prices, and would cushion us greatly in case of any shenanigans in the M.E.
Obama is making his own rope.
| 12 |
zeebeach Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:11:03pm |
Insomnia. Woke up on the sofa with FoxNews on and realized the Dems have sold the country. Unfeakinbelievable!
| 13 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:11:06pm |
re: #10 suboptimal
Only the cylons were intelligently designed.
/too much TV
I missed tonight's epi. Will Itunes it tomorrow.
| 14 |
dapperdave Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:11:25pm |
The political machine of the ruling liberal Democrat party is oiled with the blood of the tax payers!
| 15 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:11:46pm |
re: #14 dapperdave
The political machine of the ruling liberal Democrat party is oiled with the blood of the tax payers!
Quote of the Year.
| 16 |
Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:11:53pm |
re: #11 astronmr20
Re-posting my comment for the Big Thread;
Just a thought...
So this "stimulus" package is about saving our economy and safeguarding our checkbooks, right?
Then why would it not have a provision in it for drilling? Now I'm all for renewable energy, and I think the government should support it. However, can you imagine what would happen to this country and it's economy if there was a flare-up in the Middle East?
We would be on our knees. Lying on the floor. If you think this recession is bad, get ready for mass strife all over the world with regard to energy if anything twitchy happens with regard to Iran/ israel/ Syria, Saudi, etc etc. Which all seem like very likely scenarios with O in power.
This bill should have "drill now" written all over it. Firstly, it would bring an immediate drop and enormous impact on oil and oil futures, making an almost instant change in people's "take home" pay from fuel prices, and would cushion us greatly in case of any shenanigans in the M.E.
Obama is making his own rope.
Ahem, Obama is not about fossil fuels. Didnt Joe send you that memo?
| 17 |
x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:12:16pm |
Perfect timing. New thread, just put a new keg of beer on, lie is good.
| 18 |
zeebeach Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:13:09pm |
#17, where are you? I'll be there in 10 minutes!
| 19 |
Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:13:18pm |
re: #17 x-wing
Perfect timing. New thread, just put a new keg of beer on, lie is good.
Ok I got the part about the new thread, and the part about the keg. Could u explain the part about the lie?
/it must be late
| 20 |
suboptimal Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:13:21pm |
re: #13 astronmr20
I missed tonight's epi. Will Itunes it tomorrow.
Oh, yes, do. If you pay attention, there will be a moment when you say, if that happened, then what about him?
| 21 |
jcm Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:13:29pm |
re: #17 x-wing
Perfect timing. New thread, just put a new keg of beer on, lie is good.
I'll give you an f for that comment.....
;-P
life
| 22 |
schnapp Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:13:54pm |
Our strategy has been to change the subject a bit so that we can get the issue of intelligent design, which really means the reality of God, before the academic world and into the schools.
— Phillip E. Johnson, father of “intelligent design”
can't they do that in a place where it is ok to force religion on other people? like iran!
| 23 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:14:23pm |
re: #16 Wishing
Ahem, Obama is not about fossil fuels. Didnt Joe send you that memo?
Well, we can see that from the greenie weenie AlGore Carbon Credit Scammers he appointed to his cabinet.
He honestly has a chance to gain some political capitol here by doing this.. but he can't even see past his own ego to recognize it.
Bullshit comes in many colors. In this case, "green." America will find out, after a war flares up in the middle east, that Green will destroy us with regards to not having drilled for our own oil.
| 24 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:14:59pm |
re: #17 x-wing
Perfect timing. New thread, just put a new keg of beer on, lie is good.
You mean "life."
That's Obama's saying, dude.
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Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:15:16pm |
re: #23 astronmr20
Well, we can see that from the greenie weenie AlGore Carbon Credit Scammers he appointed to his cabinet.
He honestly has a chance to gain some political capitol here by doing this.. but he can't even see past his own ego to recognize it.
Bullshit comes in many colors. In this case, "green." America will find out, after a war flares up in the middle east, that Green will destroy us with regards to not having drilled for our own oil.
Yep, I think that is part of the game plan.
no sarc
| 26 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:15:17pm |
re: #17 x-wing
Perfect timing. New thread, just put a new keg of beer on, lie is good.
never mind the beer...more wall paper!
| 27 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:15:33pm |
re: #20 suboptimal
Oh, yes, do. If you pay attention, there will be a moment when you say, if that happened, then what about him?
So... a plot hole, or a clue/ revelation?
| 28 |
x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:16:03pm |
| 29 |
Pietr Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:16:22pm |
Iraqs' Sadr-ites now peacefull art lovers...I smells a rat:
| 30 |
Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:16:35pm |
re: #28 x-wing
Not late yet, just can't spell for shit. But wait till later. woo-boy.
/
lol I meant late for ME, in that I couldn't for the life of me figure it out!
| 31 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:17:10pm |
re: #30 Wishing
lol I meant late for ME, in that I couldn't for the life of me figure it out!
Wonder what they used for the red?
| 32 |
Dancing along the light of day Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:17:16pm |
Is Phillip E. Johnson the architect?
| 33 |
suboptimal Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:17:22pm |
re: #27 astronmr20
So... a plot hole, or a clue/ revelation?
That's just it, it could be a clue, or it could be yet another distraction. But it goes by pretty quick, so I'm leaning towards clue.
| 34 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:17:36pm |
re: #29 Pietr
Iraqs' Sadr-ites now peacefull art lovers...I smells a rat:
(Oops) replied to wrong comment)
Wonder what they used for the red?
| 35 |
gmsc Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:17:48pm |
Do you know what famous event happened in Chicago on Valentine's Day? That's right! The League of Women Voters was formed on this day in 1920!
;)
1803 - Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void.
1849 - In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
1855 - Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
1859 - Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
1899 - Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
1903 - The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor).
1912 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
1918 - The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar).
1920 - The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1929 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relationship.
1946 - The Bank of England is nationalized.
1966 - Australian currency is decimalised.
1989 - Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.
1998 - Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.
2008 - Northern Illinois University shooting: a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in 24 casualties; 6 fatalities (including gunman) and 18 injured.
Happy Birthday wishes to:
Hugh Down (88 today)
Judd Gregg (62 today)
Teller, of Penn & Teller (61 today)
Meg Tilly (49 today)
It's also Scott McClellan's 41st birthday. Jimmy Hoffa, wherever he is, was born 94 years ago today.
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jcm Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:17:50pm |
My beer is gone and so am I.
The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.
All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out.
Ludwig Von Mises
| 37 |
Capitalistincharge Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:18:00pm |
Reposting from last thread....Just got in from dinner out with Liberal, Obama supporting friends who are PISSED about the stimulus package. They vowed they would NOT vote in Wisconsin Democrats in 2010. Too bad the American Citizens weren't allowed enough time to defeat this. Is it possible for all citzens to organize and refuse to pay taxes effecting a CHANGE regarding this mess? I think the House, Senate and Administration underestimated the support for their BS. I
| 38 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:18:38pm |
re: #11 astronmr20
So this "stimulus" package is about saving our economy and safeguarding our checkbooks, right?
Then why would it not have a provision in it for drilling?
Is that a rhetorical question? Why doesn't it spend a dime addressing the housing or banking "crises"?
/you know, the [expletive deleted] that's really stalling out our economy
| 39 |
x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:18:43pm |
| 40 |
Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:19:02pm |
re: #34 astronmr20
(Oops) replied to wrong comment)
Wonder what they used for the red?
Whew! I was really getting worried!
| 41 |
Pietr Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:19:40pm |
re: #34 astronmr20
(Oops) replied to wrong comment)
Wonder what they used for the red?
Are you sure you want to know? Maybe we can get som one to sneak samples-and check for DNA.......:>O
| 42 |
x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:19:45pm |
re: #30 Wishing
lol I meant late for ME, in that I couldn't for the life of me figure it out!
At least you can spell it right ;>}
| 43 |
Emperor Norton Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:19:52pm |
In San Francisco, we've suddenly started to see huge billboard advertising on the sides of many of the city's transit buses asking people to call a toll-free number to learn about Islam. (Normally, these spaces advertise radio stations, theme parks, and so forth.) In the photo on the home page here of the Islamic Center of North America, Bay Area Chapter, you can see a San Francisco city bus with an ad saying, "Islam. Submission to God" in huge letters.
| 44 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:19:55pm |
re: #33 suboptimal
That's just it, it could be a clue, or it could be yet another distraction. But it goes by pretty quick, so I'm leaning towards clue.
It's been a very odd season. Of course they learned last season they had to "wrap it up," so major sea-changes are happening quickly. It's impossible for them to resolve all the gaps I think with only something like 8 epi's left.
Originally I was disappointed to learn of the cancellation, but two more seasons could have been tedious and soap-ish in retrospect.
| 45 |
Noam Sayin' Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:19:57pm |
Dammit. All of a sudden I'm drunk.
I blame pink freud. ;)
G'night, all.
| 46 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:20:07pm |
re: #39 x-wing
And upding for you, wishing and astronomer.
/spell check no helpy on that one.
all right what smart ass put Saigon Tea in my beer!
| 47 |
incessant_din Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:20:22pm |
Anybody else notice that the Dems all refer to POTUS as "Barack Obama" as opposed to "President Obama"? A friend pointed this out as the Speaker of the House was fawning over the President's herculean feat of getting the left side of the aisle to vote for wanton spending.
I think that it's a crutch to keep people from inadvertently using a "s" in Obama following the "s" in president. I think that it's a shrewd move. It's unfortunate that their names are that close, and they sure don't need more Chris Matthews out there filling the air with malapropisms.
| 48 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:20:33pm |
re: #23 astronmr20
Bush only lifted the offshore drilling ban when oil reached record highs. Now that prices have dropped Obama is reconsidering. When prices rise people will start talking about it again. It really doesn't have anything to do with energy independence or the future of the country. It's about pandering for votes.
| 49 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:21:04pm |
re: #38 Killian Bundy
Is that a rhetorical question? Why doesn't it spend a dime addressing the housing or banking "crises"?
/you know, the [expletive deleted] that's really stalling out our economy
...because we have him another 350 billion for that.
| 50 |
dapperdave Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:21:20pm |
re: #29 Pietr
Art brings peace, isn't that nice? I know Art, he owes me five bucks and when I see him I'll give him some flashlight therapy.
| 51 |
suboptimal Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:21:26pm |
re: #44 astronmr20
It's been a very odd season. Of course they learned last season they had to "wrap it up," so major sea-changes are happening quickly. It's impossible for them to resolve all the gaps I think with only something like 8 epi's left.
Originally I was disappointed to learn of the cancellation, but two more seasons could have been tedious and soap-ish in retrospect.
Yes, sir, nothing focuses your attention quite like a gun to the head.
| 52 |
Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:22:40pm |
re: #47 incessant_din
and they sure don't need more Chris Matthews out there filling the air with malapropisms.
Sure they do!
| 53 |
jcw46 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:23:12pm |
A cautionary tale to ponder whilst commenting on this or any other site.
| 54 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:23:19pm |
re: #43 Emperor Norton
Let them waste their money. Atheists and Christians are buying bus ads in London like crazy. Nobody converts because they see a billboard or a bus ad. It's just idiots wasting money. Wake me up when they start feeding the hungry or doing something useful with their money.
| 55 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:23:35pm |
re: #49 astronmr20
...because we have him another 350 billion for that.
And what does that tell you?
/that we just flushed trillions of dollars over the next decade or so down the galaxy's largest toilet?
| 56 |
Pietr Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:25:19pm |
re: #46 Dustyvet
all right what smart ass put Saigon Tea in my beer!
Not me-but I've got cold Miller High Life, if you need a fresh one....:>))
| 57 |
x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:26:26pm |
re: #46 Dustyvet
all right what smart ass put Saigon Tea in my beer!
Wasn't me. I was knocking the poison off my fresh keg. And I didn't see any Veitnamese sneaking around here ;>}
| 58 |
tackle Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:26:43pm |
(Because I'm a dork and posted this on the dead thread downstairs...)
re: #1202 Pollster
I would guess (although I could be wrong) that Charles's apparent distaste for social conservatives have altered much of the direction of his articles. (Sadly, many social conservatives have deserved to be excluded. And happily, this blog has been excellent in severing ties to any fascist orgs.)
Sometimes I bristle when I see certain aspects of social conservatism being mocked and feel that we're fracturing ourselves in an effort to maintain what is seen as a pure set of ideals. However, I respect others opinions here and try and see their merit. I focus on our commonalities rather than our differences and learn some things on the way.
Question: does the label "creationist" as it is used on this board pertain to all those who believe God is behind the creation of the earth, or is this label only for those who wish to have this and other ID beliefs taught in schools?
Is it okay to be to be a "creationist" if one believes in keeping those beliefs strictly private? Shouldn't that label be qualified in a certain way? In other words, you could teach any dumb thing you wanted as long as you didn't compel anyone else to accept it.
| 59 |
blackpajamas Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:27:19pm |
Taxpayers torch, and sharp pitch fork
Beat up Baboons with extra pork
Then set them free by election
Once and for all, they'll be gone
Amid small print, lurks in the bill,
Tax code swells, "We'll screw 'em well"
Inflating budgets checks to kite
Ninety-nine dumb Baboons will sign
Ninety-nine dumb Baboons
Inflating market's stocks tonight
Panic lads, it's a red alert
The commune's here, so get to work!
The pork machine springs to life
Printing up fake bonds to buy
For mortgaging your children's lives
Ninety-nine dumb Baboons will vye
Ninety-nine Sinister Street
Ninety-nine Fat Gangsters meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Bail out the fools in a hurry
This is what we're waiting for
This is it boys, this is war
Spanked Blue asses hang out to dry
Ninety-nine dumb Baboons cry
Ten thousand knights of the air
Firing up the blog-o-sphere
Everyone's a super hero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify, to clarify and classify
Spitting on the pork deep fried
As ninety-nine Baboons get fired
Ninety-nine dumb Baboons will cry
Ninety-nine bail-outs have failed
And every Baboon then gets jailed
When it's over and they're found guilty
All our wallets will be empty
Then we'll leave a souvenir
To prove free markets fought them here
Go earmark the dumb Baboons
And track them all as they run ...
(It's really 57 dumb baboons, and three traitors)
| 60 |
jcw46 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:27:36pm |
re: #54 Killgore Trout
I know there are Christian charities. (maybe not the same ones buying the ads) Do atheists have any organized charities that they are directly associated with other than the generic secular charities?
(not snark, serious question brought about by your comment).
| 62 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:29:30pm |
Heh, I forgot about this, FOX is reporting on Leon Panetta being confirmed as CIA Director. Apparently he had to promise not to interfere with day to day operations.
/my oh my, doesn't that inspire confidence?
| 63 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:29:40pm |
The old Navy Chief finally retired and got that chicken ranch he always wanted. He took
with him his life-long pet parrot.
First morning at 0430, the parrot squawked loudly and said, “Reveille, Reveille. Up all
hands. Heave out and trice up. The smoking lamp is lighted, now Reveille.”
The old chief told the parrot, “We are no longer in the Navy. Go back to sleep.”
The next morning, the parrot did the same thing. Chief told the parrot, “If you keep this up, I'll put you out in the chicken pen.”
Again the parrot did it, and true to his word, the Chief put the parrot in the chicken pen.
About 0630 the next morning, the Chief was awakened by one heck of a ruckus in the chicken pen. He went out to see what was the matter. The parrot had about 40 white chickens at attention in formation, and on the ground laid 3 bruised and beaten brown chickens. The parrot was saying, “By God, when I say fall out in dress whites, I don't
mean Khakis!”
| 64 |
x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:29:46pm |
re: #46 Dustyvet
all right what smart ass put Saigon Tea in my beer!
O.K. duh x-wing. Sorry Joe, I have sister that go boom-boom long time ;>}
| 65 |
pink freud Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:31:25pm |
re: #45 Noam Sayin'
Dammit. All of a sudden I'm drunk.
I blame pink freud. ;)
G'night, all.
'Nite Noam
;-)
Weet dreams
| 66 |
JHW Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:31:33pm |
i guess I'll post another pic of one of those gorgeous Ethiopian ladies. Esti Mamo is an Israeli super-model of Falasha ethnicity.
A Model Israeli Citizen
| 67 |
x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:32:08pm |
re: #61 jcw46
I'd rather it was in German. Nein?
It does sound better in German, but then you gotta deal with Ninas' hairy armpits.
/bleck,
| 69 |
jcw46 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:32:13pm |
re: #62 Killian Bundy
Well we all knew these positions were all sinecures for political associates but jeesh at least they should seem to have some semblance of "administrating" the Department.
| 70 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:32:46pm |
re: #64 x-wing
re: #46 Dustyvet
all right what smart ass put Saigon Tea in my beer!
O.K. duh x-wing. Sorry Joe, I have sister that go boom-boom long time ;>}
Another key board bites it...:)
| 71 |
gmsc Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:33:00pm |
In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a video involving a wedding and the song "Good Lovin'":
| 72 |
Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:33:18pm |
re: #66 JHW
i guess I'll post another pic of one of those gorgeous Ethiopian ladies. Esti Mamo is an Israeli super-model of Falasha ethnicity.
A Model Israeli Citizen
Ethipian Jews are the most beautiful, stately, regal people on earth, bar none.
| 73 |
SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:33:22pm |
re: #43 Emperor Norton
In San Francisco, we've suddenly started to see huge billboard advertising on the sides of many of the city's transit buses asking people to call a toll-free number to learn about Islam. (Normally, these spaces advertise radio stations, theme parks, and so forth.) In the photo on the home page here of the Islamic Center of North America, Bay Area Chapter, you can see a San Francisco city bus with an ad saying, "Islam. Submission to God" in huge letters.
Your Majesty!
Yes, I've seen two of those now. I checked out the site. It's pretty gooey. Apparently we are the second ad campaign, the first one was on the NYC subways.
| 75 |
jcw46 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:34:21pm |
re: #67 x-wing
It does sound better in German, but then you gotta deal with Ninas' hairy armpits.
/bleck,
Ugg, forgot about the Europits. THANK YOU for that image. :>
| 76 |
x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:35:17pm |
re: #66 JHW
i guess I'll post another pic of one of those gorgeous Ethiopian ladies. Esti Mamo is an Israeli super-model of Falasha ethnicity.
A Model Israeli Citizen
Dude, dude, do you have those pics from the other night? I meant to save them and didn't.
| 77 |
JHW Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:36:11pm |
re: #76 x-wing
Just a minute, I'll find them in my history (Firefox).
| 78 |
SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:36:48pm |
re: #54 Killgore Trout
Let them waste their money. Atheists and Christians are buying bus ads in London like crazy. Nobody converts because they see a billboard or a bus ad. It's just idiots wasting money. Wake me up when they start feeding the hungry or doing something useful with their money.
I read some of their conversion stories on the site. Reminded me a lot of the ones in Watchtower, and some evangelical Christian material. I was alone, nothing made sense, then I read the Koran, it was so amazing, I totally got the point of my life...
Am I just totally lacking in the revelatory faith gene or something? I'm reasonably observant, but I just don't get this moment of totally getting it from scripture business.
| 79 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:37:12pm |
Things You Wouldn't Know Without Movies
-It is always possible to park directly outside any building you are visiting.
-A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
-If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.
-Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communication systems of any invading alien civilization.
-It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
-When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussion or brain damage.
-No one involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock.
-Police Departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.
-When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
-You can always find a chainsaw when you need one.
-Any lock can be picked by a credit card or a paper clip in seconds, unless it's the door to a burning building with a child trapped inside.
-An electric fence, powerful enough to kill a dinosaur will cause no lasting damage to an eight-year-old child.
-Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at that precise moment you turn the television on.
| 80 |
astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:38:40pm |
re: #66 JHW
i guess I'll post another pic of one of those gorgeous Ethiopian ladies. Esti Mamo is an Israeli super-model of Falasha ethnicity.
Yes, please:
[Link: images.google.com...]
| 81 |
TheMatrix31 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:38:46pm |
This song lyric seems oddly appropriate tonight...
"There must be some kinda way outta here, said the Joker to the Thief...."
| 82 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:39:12pm |
The things you learn at the movies
During all police investigations it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.
Most dogs are immortal.
If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year.
All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.
All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.
It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.
The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No-one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty.
If you need to reload your gun, you will always have more ammunition -even if you haven't been carrying any before now.
You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. Even a bad German accent will do.
If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster or killer beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist trade or his forthcoming art exhibition.
The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.
When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a bill just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.
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astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:39:16pm |
re: #81 TheMatrix31
This song lyric seems oddly appropriate tonight...
"There must be some kinda way outta here, said the Joker to the Thief...."
Especially if you watch Battlestar Galactica.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:39:18pm |
re: #60 jcw46
Interesting question. I quick google turns up some results....
Secular Humanist Aid and Relief Efforts
..But few of them are overtly atheist. Most of them are secular orgaziations like Habitat for Humanity, etc.
An Interesting article here: Atheist Charity
It's not too surprising. Atheists aren't really an organized bunch who gather once a week and pass the plate to collect money. The infrastructure and fundraising just aren't there.
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x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:41:09pm |
re: #75 jcw46
Ugg, forgot about the Europits. THANK YOU for that image. :>
Spent two years there. Mostly the older women went natural,heck was in this bar and the bar maid(40ish) had the hairiest pits I've ever seen, don't know what Ninas' beef was.
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gmsc Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:41:23pm |
re: #79 Dustyvet
-If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:41:25pm |
re: #66 JHW
i guess I'll post another pic of one of those gorgeous Ethiopian ladies. Esti Mamo is an Israeli super-model of Falasha ethnicity.
A Model Israeli Citizen
Oy, a sheyne maydl. As they don't say in Ethiopia. But what in God's name have they done to her hair?
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Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:42:22pm |
Shlomo and Sheba made beautiful kids, is all I can say.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:42:23pm |
re: #72 Wishing
Ethipian Jews are the most beautiful, stately, regal people on earth, bar none.
Most Ethiopian girls aren't tall enough to do international supermodeling, though.
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Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:43:03pm |
re: #89 SanFranciscoZionist
Most Ethiopian girls aren't tall enough to do international supermodeling, though.
They are still the most beautiful people on earth.
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astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:43:16pm |
re: #87 SanFranciscoZionist
Oy, a sheyne maydl. As they don't say in Ethiopia. But what in God's name have they done to her hair?
I'm not too concerned about her hair. Are you?
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Pietr Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:44:07pm |
Yesterday, I got this as a Canadian saying it-today as a Texan-still funny......
One thing about TEXANS is that their hearts are always in the right place !
T. B. Bechtel, a part-time City Councilman from Midland, TX, was asked on a local live radio talk show, just what he thought of the allegations of torture of the Iraqi prisoners.
His reply prompted his ejection from the studio, but to thunderous applause from the audience.
HIS STATEMENT:
'If hooking up an Iraqi prisoner's nuts to a car's battery cables will save just one Texas GI's life, then I have just three things to say,'
'Red is positive, black is negative and make sure his nuts are wet.'
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Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:44:08pm |
Gnite lizards, sleep well.
Cya around the bend.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:44:54pm |
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JHW Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:47:12pm |
re: #76 x-wing
Dude, dude, do you have those pics from the other night? I meant to save them and didn't.
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astronmr20 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:47:29pm |
Well, I'm off to catch wednesday's Lost that I missed.
So long, lizards!
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Bob Dillon Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:48:16pm |
[Link: www.newseum.org...]
for news hounds.
The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Afrocity Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:49:27pm |
re: #82 Dustyvet
You forgot one...
If you are the only black person in a horror flick, you will surely die.
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TheMatrix31 Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:49:53pm |
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:50:20pm |
re: #100 Afrocity
You forgot one...
If you are the only black person in a horror flick, you will surely die.
sorry...:(...sniff...moving to corner...
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:50:45pm |
re: #100 Afrocity
You forgot one...
If you are the only black person in a horror flick, you will surely die.
So I'm sitting with a group of high school freshmen, in a darkened library, watching Baz Luhrman's "Romeo and Juliet". As Mercutio bleeds out his last on the beach, a resigned fourteen-year-old voice says out of the dark. "Yeah, the black guy always gets killed."
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Bob Dillon Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:50:46pm |
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Wishing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:51:14pm |
re: #99 Bobibutu
[Link: www.newseum.org...]
for news hounds.
The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised.
Great link!
Now I really am going to bed!
Gnite!
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gmsc Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:52:34pm |
re: #100 Afrocity
You forgot one...
If you are the only black person in a horror flick, you will surely die.
That's just one of an unbelievable amount of race-related tropes out there.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:52:40pm |
re: #78 SanFranciscoZionist
Am I just totally lacking in the revelatory faith gene or something? I'm reasonably observant, but I just don't get this moment of totally getting it from scripture business.
For some people it's part of their personality. I've known people who read a book or see a movie and feel their lives have been transformed. I've always been unimpressed by religion and bored by scripture but this fall I took a nice long vacation and took a bunch of philosophy books; existentialists, stoics and zen. I'd always enjoyed the existentialists but found myself really impressed by the zen stuff. I'm still completely non-religious but I do zazen (sitting meditation) a few times a week and I use the techniques several time every day. It hasn't really transformed my life in a spiritual way but it has certainly has changed the way I deal with things. I'm still a committed atheist. Maybe you just haven't found the right thing.
I talked about it with my Mom (a life long Catholic) and now she's into Zen too. Very odd.
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x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:52:47pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:53:42pm |
re: #100 Afrocity
You forgot one...
If you are the only black person in a horror flick, you will surely die.
Afrocity, isn't it like two in the AM where you are?
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HelloDare Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:54:15pm |
Just came from a party where I confronted a guy wearing a Che t-shirt. I've know this guy casually for about ten years.
Here is a snippet of the conversation.
Me: So you're making a comparison between George Bush and Che Guevara?
Him: No, I'm not.
Me: You just said, "Let's draw a parallel between Bush and Che"
Him: Drawing a parallel is not making a comparison.
Me: Yes it is.
Him: No it's not.
Me: Of course it it.
Him: No it's not. Parallel lines don't meet.
( Later)
Me: So you're not concerned with what Che did. You wear the t-shirt because of his ideology.
Him: Yes.
At that point I end the conversation. I walk over to two guys. One I know and one I just met. They ask me what the heated conversation was about. I mention the Che t-shirt. Both seemed to think that revolution in general is a good idea. One threw out some old hippie bromide -- I forget which one. The other said in all seriousness, not sarcastically. "Ever since 9-11, extremists have gotten a bad name. It's weird. "
I left the party shortly after that.
Oh, the guy with the Che t-shirt is negotiating with a studio to direct his first feature film.
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Bob Dillon Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:54:18pm |
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:54:43pm |
Palestinian virus warning
A new virus has been detected that you may want to take precautions against. Be careful, if you try to solve this virus problem, you will be castigated in the media and by the UN. This is the Palestinian Virus - a virus that settles in your PC, claims it was there before your PC was built or Bill Gates was born, then demands parts of your hard drive.
If you want the virus to leave you and your PC alone, you can try to give the virus the hard drive space it wants, but it will refuse the deal and start killing data on your computer.
Some people have suggested a solution for this virus problem is to give the virus its own PC. As stated above, this virus has been known to refuse the offer. Other nearby PCs wont take the virus either, even if the virus is compatible with the other computers. The virus seams to want nothing less than to take over your entire computer and with the removal and destruction of all your data.
Software based anti-virus solutions have been proposed, but so far only hardware solutions have had any impact. The only solution we have been able to determine that may work is physical removal of the virus from your computer. The only problem with this solution is all the other computers will object.
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Pietr Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:54:43pm |
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Cygnus Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:55:12pm |
re: #43 Emperor Norton
In San Francisco, we've suddenly started to see huge billboard advertising on the sides of many of the city's transit buses asking people to call a toll-free number to learn about Islam. (Normally, these spaces advertise radio stations, theme parks, and so forth.) In the photo on the home page here of the Islamic Center of North America, Bay Area Chapter, you can see a San Francisco city bus with an ad saying, "Islam. Submission to God" in huge letters.
(Self-deleted). Gag.
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:55:59pm |
re: #109 SanFranciscoZionist
Afrocity, isn't it like two in the AM where you are?
"Chicago, Chicago..."...
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x-wing Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:57:10pm |
re: #96 JHW
That's it, Thank You. These women are all that, WOW.
I want to show these to my friends. I guess all the Ethiopian jokes have them stereo typed as starving pot bellied people.
Boy is that soooo wrooong.
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Bob Dillon Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:58:30pm |
re: #110 HelloDare
Talking with an idiot and challenging him is a waste of time.
Move on to fertile pastures.
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Afrocity Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:59:27pm |
re: #109 SanFranciscoZionist
Afrocity, isn't it like two in the AM where you are?
Umm, do you have to be so obvious about pointing out how pathetic and sexless my life is?
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:59:53pm |
Yesterday,
All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
Now my database has gone away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be,
And there's a milestone hanging over me
The system crashed so suddenly.
I pushed something wrong
What it was I could not say.
Now all my data's gone
And I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
Yesterday,
The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
I knew my data was all here to stay,
Now I believe in yesterday.
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Kragar Fri, Feb 13, 2009 11:59:54pm |
re: #100 Afrocity
You forgot one...
If you are the only black person in a horror flick, you will surely die.
When a serial killer is picking people off one by one, the group will always decide to split up to improve their chances
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Cygnus Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:00:56am |
re: #82 Dustyvet
The things you learn at the movies
During all police investigations it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.
Most dogs are immortal.
If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year.
All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.
All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.
It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.
The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No-one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty.
If you need to reload your gun, you will always have more ammunition -even if you haven't been carrying any before now.
You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. Even a bad German accent will do.
If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster or killer beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist trade or his forthcoming art exhibition.
The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.
When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a bill just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.
The Space Needle can be seen from any window in Seattle.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:00:58am |
re: #116 x-wing
That's it, Thank You. These women are all that, WOW.
I want to show these to my friends. I guess all the Ethiopian jokes have them stereo typed as starving pot bellied people.
Boy is that soooo wrooong.
I used to teach at a school where one of my students was Ethiopian, the youngest of about five girls who'd gone there are one point or another. At graduation, everyone showed up, sisters, cousins, aunts. All the girls are lanky and gorgeous, and like the height of fashion. At some point I turned to another teacher and said "What is this, outtakes from America's Next Top Model?" as a mob of beautiful gazelle-like girls in jeans and high-heeled boots clattered by.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:01:52am |
re: #118 Afrocity
Umm, do you have to be so obvious about pointing out how pathetic and sexless my life is?
Oh dear. I do apologize. I have to work in the AM, so I was just telling myself to go to sleep...
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:02:31am |
re: #116 x-wing
Ayaan Hrsi Ali is from Somalia. They are some good looking people in that part of the world.
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NoelArmourson Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:03:32am |
re: #100 Afrocity
You forgot one...
If you are the only black person in a horror flick, you will surely die.
The pretty girl in the skimpy clothing will always scream in horror and walk backwards into the monster's reach.
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Shr_Nfr Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:04:10am |
re: #79 Dustyvet
"Any lock can be picked by a credit card or a paper clip in seconds, unless it's the door to a burning building with a child trapped inside." If you are fairly good with it, you can indeed hack most standard locks using 2 paperclips. One you use as your spring, and the other you use as your rake. Takes practice, but its possible. Alternatively, if you have some paper clips, some rubber bands and and some wood, you can make a pickgun. I do steel bolt hacking as a hobby. Most locks are pathetic.
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:04:18am |
re: #116 x-wing
That's it, Thank You. These women are all that, WOW.
I want to show these to my friends. I guess all the Ethiopian jokes have them stereo typed as starving pot bellied people.
Boy is that soooo wrooong.
..except if your a supermodel. There is extreme poverty going on in Ethiopia. That is where my niece is from.
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Cygnus Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:04:26am |
re: #125 NoelArmourson
The pretty girl in the skimpy clothing will always scream in horror and walk backwards into the monster's reach.
And if she tries to run away from the monster, she will always stumble and fall.
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Pietr Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:04:51am |
re: #118 Afrocity
I thought that GOP thong took care of everything? Call Maintenance-let's get this thing fixed.....as an electronic maintenance tech type, I'd volunteer, but the missus would object....:>))
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dapperdave Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:05:16am |
re: #118 Afrocity
IMO sex is over rated and as far as pathetic, that depends on what you define pathetic as.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:05:52am |
re: #118 Afrocity
Umm, do you have to be so obvious about pointing out how pathetic and sexless my life is?
Hey it's 3am here,
/ok I'm a sexless dork too.
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Kragar Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:07:22am |
Since we're talking movies, this is my favorite "OH SHIT!" scenes in recent movie history.
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:08:18am |
re: #132 x-wing
re: #118 AfrocityUmm, do you have to be so obvious about pointing out how pathetic and sexless my life is?
Hey it's 3am here,
/ok I'm a sexless dork too.
Wow, lot of married people here tonight.
/do I really need to?
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MrPaulRevere Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:08:49am |
re: #124 Killgore Trout
David Bowie has excellent taste in women... [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:09:52am |
re: #132 x-wing
Hey it's 3am here,
/ok I'm a sexless dork too.
Don't you have some blow up Ethiopian models to keep you busy ;-)
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:10:21am |
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:10:49am |
re: #127 Afrocity
..except if your a supermodel. There is extreme poverty going on in Ethiopia. That is where my niece is from.
It's just amazing the stark difference then I guess. Until the net I would've never guessed they had these types of women living there. And Ethiopia does have a kick ass Military. Just learned that in the past year.
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:12:38am |
re: #138 x-wing
There are beautiful women all over the world. In all shades.
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:12:39am |
A bunch of cows and bulls are standing in a field. A huge gust of wind comes along and all the cows fall over, but the bulls just stand there, bracing themselves against the
gale.
All the cows stand up and go back to their chewing.
Pretty soon, an even stronger wind blows through and all of the cows are knocked to the ground, but the bulls just munch on the grass.
Next, a bona fide tornado comes through and all the cows are knocked clean into the next pasture. The bulls just say, "Mooo..."
Finally, one of the cows walks up to one of the bulls and says, "Moo? Is that all you can say? How come the wind always knocks us right over and you just stand there?"
"Isn't it obvious?" the bull replies. "We bulls wobble, but we don't fall down."
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Ben G. Hazi Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:14:42am |
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:15:12am |
Ethiopians are East Africans and have influences from farther North as well as the Middle East, in terms of both racial and cultural make-up. They are 40% Caucasoid.
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Pietr Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:15:17am |
re: #133 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
The fight scenes inside after they landed were good, as well-to bad the Pilot died after getting it down........:>((
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JHW Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:15:22am |
Ethiopia has an interesting history. They've maintained their independence almost continuously for centuries, except for a brief time when Mussolini invaded and held the country. It is even more extraordinary when you look at the map and see how close they are to the Arabian peninsula and how they maintained the indigenous religions and repulsed several Muslim invasions. Very much a contrast to the sad history of Somalia.
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:15:37am |
If Noah had lived in the United States today the story may have gone something like this:
And the Lord spoke to Noah and said, "In one year, I am going to make it rain and cover the whole earth with water until all flesh is destroyed. But I want you to save the righteous people and two of every kind of living thing on earth. Therefore, I am commanding you to build an Ark." In a flash of lightning, God delivered the specifications for an Ark. In fear and trembling, Noah took the plans and agreed to build the ark. "Remember," said the Lord, "you must complete the Ark and bring everything aboard in one year."
Exactly one year later, fierce storm clouds covered the earth and all the seas of the earth went into a tumult. The Lord saw that Noah was sitting in his front yard weeping. "Noah!" He shouted. "Where is the Ark?"
"Lord, please forgive me," cried Noah. "I did my best, but there were big problems.
First, I had to get a permit for construction, and your plans did not meet the building codes. I had to hire an engineering firm and redraw the plans.
Then I got into a fight with OSHA over whether or not the Ark needed a sprinkler system and approved floatation devices.
Then, my neighbor objected, claiming I was violating zoning ordinances by building the Ark in my front yard, so I had to get a variance from the city planning commission.
Then, I had problems getting enough wood for the Ark, because there was a ban on cutting trees to protect the Spotted Owl. I finally convinced the U.S. Forest Service that I really needed the wood to save the owls. However, the Fish and Wildlife Service won't let me take the 2 owls.
The carpenters formed a union and went on strike. I had to negotiate a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board before anyone would pick up a saw or hammer. Now, I have 16 carpenters on the Ark, but still no owls.
When I started rounding up the other animals, an animal rights group sued me. They objected to me taking only two of each kind aboard. This suit is pending.
Meanwhile, the EPA notified me that I could not complete the Ark without filing an environmental impact statement on your proposed flood. They didn't take very kindly to the idea that they had no jurisdiction over the conduct of the Creator of the Universe.
Then, the Army Corps of Engineers demanded a map of the proposed flood plain. I sent them a globe.
Right now, I am trying to resolve a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that I am practicing discrimination by not taking atheists aboard.
The IRS has seized my assets, claiming that I'm building the Ark in preparation to flee the country to avoid paying taxes. I just got a notice from the state that I owe them some kind of user tax and failed to register the Ark as a 'recreational water craft'.
And finally, the ACLU got the courts to issue an injunction against further construction of the Ark, saying that since God is flooding the earth, it's a religious event, and, therefore unconstitutional.
I really don't think I can finish the Ark for another five or six years."
Noah waited. The sky began to clear, the sun began to shine, and the seas began to calm. A rainbow arched across the sky.
Noah looked up hopefully. "You mean you're not going to destroy the earth, Lord?"
"No," He said sadly. "I don't have to. The government already has."
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:16:44am |
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:17:00am |
re: #134 suboptimal
Wow, lot of married people here tonight.
/do I really need to?
LOL. And whoever just said that sex is overrated, I'll tell you what. How about cutting me in on a little of your action ;>}
////no seriously ;>}////////////
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:17:02am |
If Ethiopians are from Ethiopia, and Australians are from Australia, why aren't Canadians from Canadia?
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freetoken Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:17:29am |
It is fascinating... I put up a spin-off link, it has no clicks, but already a -1 rating... I'd say somebody has a definite opinion.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:18:39am |
re: #149 Afrocity
I think he's recently divorced. I really admire the guy, he dates waaay out of his league.
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Kragar Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:19:13am |
re: #143 Pietr
The fight scenes inside after they landed were good, as well-to bad the Pilot died after getting it down........:>((
Yup. Bar fight was good too.
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Killian Bundy Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:20:30am |
/If this movie doesn't make your skin crawl... It's On Too Tight!
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:21:01am |
re: #144 JHW
Ethiopia has an interesting history. They've maintained their independence almost continuously for centuries, except for a brief time when Mussolini invaded and held the country. It is even more extraordinary when you look at the map and see how close they are to the Arabian peninsula and how they maintained the indigenous religions and repulsed several Muslim invasions. Very much a contrast to the sad history of Somalia.
Let's not forget one of the first nations to adopt Christianity (I'm not sure if they were THE first or the Armenians were)...awhile back the History Channel had a show about some of their aincent monestaries hewn out of the mountainside.
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:21:39am |
Wow you Republican guys are really surprising me. I thought that you only dated within your own races---the Christie Brinkley types. I went to a GOP mixer and mostly held up the wall.
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dapperdave Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:22:26am |
re: #147 x-wing
Darn! overrated is one word, I thought so, learn something new on this blog everyday.
Oh ya, there are 6 billion people in the world, sex is overrated and nothing new.////
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:22:40am |
re: #158 Afrocity
Wow you Republican guys are really surprising me. I thought that you only dated within your own races---the Christie Brinkley types. I went to a GOP mixer and mostly held up the wall.
Time for a lizard mixer in Chicago...
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:23:56am |
re: #156 Killian Bundy
/If this movie doesn't make your skin crawl... It's On Too Tight!
Just as I started the video, my cat jumped onto the back of my office chair...
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JHW Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:24:00am |
re: #157 Fenway_Nation
Yes, that's true, a form of Coptic? Anyway that led to a lot of pressure from jihads, they were nearly surrounded.
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MrPaulRevere Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:24:46am |
re: #158 Afrocity
I was engaged to a Mexican lady once, too bad I later found out she was nuts.
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:24:57am |
Isn't the definition of conservative ...how can I out this straight laced. meaning you stick to the norm. In terms of dating = stick to the devil you know.
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abolitionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:25:08am |
Recently, my daughter was somewhat traumatized by a false accusation of shoplifting at a convenience store/gas station. Her accusers had reported to police that she had entered, cruised the candy aisle, and left without buying anything, and that they "had it on tape."
It was close to curfew when an officer knocked on my door, inquiring about my daughter's car and her whereabouts. He informed me about the accusation of shoplifting, "on tape." A minute or so later he was talking to my daughter on my portable phone, and several minutes later, he was on the scene. I had told her to stay put and wait for him.
County police investigating the complaint searched her car and her purse, and repeatedly urged her to 'fess up. It helped that she was able to produce a receipt for the items she had actually purchased at the cashier, with her debit card. After talking among themselves and discussing how various details of the accusations didn't add up, they let her go, and went on to question the store personnel some more.
Daughter is mostly white, the store clerks not. Fortunately, the police behaved quite professionally in this case. The store clerks, not so much.
This could have easily turned out very different.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:25:43am |
re: #139 Afrocity
There are beautiful women all over the world. In all shades.
I should've added.. that the Media portays. They always seem to show the poor and down trodden.
I don't know if you saw my posts the other night but, I have a thing for the darker shaded women.
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:26:41am |
re: #165 Afrocity
Isn't the definition of conservative ...how can I out this straight laced. meaning you stick to the norm. In terms of dating = stick to the devil you know.
Stick to the devil you know? I married her!
/She's actually an angel, most of the time
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dapperdave Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:26:45am |
re: #159 dapperdave
OOPS! sorry I didn't mean to put a sarc tag...I meant this ;)
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Wendya Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:26:49am |
re: #158 Afrocity
Wow you Republican guys are really surprising me. I thought that you only dated within your own races---the Christie Brinkley types. I went to a GOP mixer and mostly held up the wall.
Most men don't give a rat's ass what color beauty comes in.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:27:04am |
re: #158 Afrocity
Wow you Republican guys are really surprising me. I thought that you only dated within your own races---the Christie Brinkley types. I went to a GOP mixer and mostly held up the wall.
The GOP has mixers?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:27:11am |
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JHW Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:27:14am |
re: #157 Fenway_Nation
re: #163 JHW
Wiki article on the rock hewn churches you mentioned, with photos.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:27:38am |
re: #149 Afrocity
I thought he was married to Padma
Nope she canned his ass. She has her own cooking show now or something.
Salman has some other chickie-poo by his side, Don't know her name.
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:28:41am |
re: #167 x-wing
I should've added.. that the Media portays. They always seem to show the poor and down trodden.
I don't know if you saw my posts the other night but, I have a thing for the darker shaded women.
Promise me something. Do not I repeat do not. Approach a woman of color and ask"Why do you like white guys?"
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:29:23am |
The hips that haunt my dreams....
chaiya chaiya
/It's a nice Valentine's Day video too.
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MrPaulRevere Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:30:49am |
re: #158 Afrocity
I'm a libertarian on Saturday night, and on most nights actually.
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:31:01am |
re: #176 Killgore Trout
The hips that haunt my dreams....
chaiya chaiya/It's a nice Valentine's Day video too.
I'm not opening another video till I locate the frigging cat!
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:31:10am |
re: #171 Fenway_Nation
The GOP has mixers?
Yes, in Chicago at least. They meet at the art galleries or ball games. I went and soon the $270 was not worth me standing alone most of the evening (sniffing my armpits to see whats wrong)
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:31:30am |
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.
Congress said,"Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said,"How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.
Then Congress said,"How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.
Then Congress said,"How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.
Then Congress said,"Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said,"We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost." So they laid off the night watchman.
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Killian Bundy Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:32:31am |
Paraguay celebrates Rutherford B. Hayes
As the U.S. celebrates Presidents Day on Monday, citizens of this small South American country wonder why anyone would overlook Rutherford B. Hayes.
Forget Lincoln or Washington. Hayes — a one-term U.S. president who is undistinguished at home — has a holiday, a province, a town, a museum and a soccer team all named in his honor, thanks to an 1878 arbitration in which he handed Paraguay 60 percent of its land.
"If it weren't for Hayes, Paraguay would have a smaller territory than it has today," said Salvador Garozzo, director of the municipal museum in the town of Villa Hayes, capital of Presidente Hayes province.
/who knew?
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:33:17am |
re: #158 Afrocity
Wow you Republican guys are really surprising me. I thought that you only dated within your own races---the Christie Brinkley types. I went to a GOP mixer and mostly held up the wall.
y'all need to get out more.
my college sweetheart was a Druze.
/my fault it didn't go anywhere
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:33:26am |
re: #175 Afrocity
Promise me something. Do not I repeat do not. Approach a woman of color and ask"Why do you like white guys?"
Heh....when I was in the Army, I was in the same room as one of the black NCOs in my platoon as he was having a lengthy and heated exchange with his girlfriend at the time (who I'm assuming was black).
Without any prompting, he looks at me and asks in a loud voice 'You know why the brothers like white women so much, specialist?'
I kinda shrugged, not wanting to get dragged into it, but he answeres his own query regardless by snarling 'Black women!' as he slammed the phone down....
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Pietr Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:33:42am |
re: #158 Afrocity
This night crew has a lot of ex-GI's on it, but this is LGF, and I'd venture you'd enjoy any Lizard you actually meet. GMTA, and all that.....
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:34:52am |
re: #185 Fenway_Nation
I have never dated a black man. Your story is one of the reason's why.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:35:01am |
re: #182 Killian Bundy
Paraguay celebrates Rutherford B. Hayes
/who knew?
I did, believe it or not....
/Come for the Rutherford B. Hayes adulation- stay for the 100+ year old wood-burning British steam locomotives.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:35:21am |
re: #185 Fenway_Nation
Heh....when I was in the Army, I was in the same room as one of the black NCOs in my platoon as he was having a lengthy and heated exchange with his girlfriend at the time (who I'm assuming was black).
Without any prompting, he looks at me and asks in a loud voice 'You know why the brothers like white women so much, specialist?'
I kinda shrugged, not wanting to get dragged into it, but he answeres his own query regardless by snarling 'Black women!' as he slammed the phone down....
There speaks a man who has never dated a white woman--or at least a man who has never dated me.
I think.
What date, approximately?
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:37:12am |
re: #180 Afrocity
Yes, in Chicago at least. They meet at the art galleries or ball games. I went and soon the $270 was not worth me standing alone most of the evening (sniffing my armpits to see whats wrong)
for $270, can i sniff your armpits?
/white smoke
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:38:20am |
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:38:39am |
re: #182 Killian Bundy
Paraguay celebrates Rutherford B. Hayes
/who knew?
All: We are the mediocre presidents.
You won't find our faces on dollars or on cents!
There's Taylor, there's Tyler,
There's Fillmore and there's Hayes.
There's William Henry Harrison,
Harrison: I died in thirty days!
All: We... are... the...
Adequate, forgettable,
Occasionally regrettable
Caretaker presidents of the U-S-A!
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:39:59am |
re: #180 Afrocity
Yes, in Chicago at least. They meet at the art galleries or ball games. I went and soon the $270 was not worth me standing alone most of the evening (sniffing my armpits to see whats wrong)
Meeting up at art galleries or ballparks sounds nice. The $270, not so much...
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:40:16am |
re: #180 Afrocity
Yes, in Chicago at least. They meet at the art galleries or ball games. I went and soon the $270 was not worth me standing alone most of the evening (sniffing my armpits to see whats wrong)
Wow, I wouldn't go to a Republican mixer if they paid me $270. Ok, maybe for an hour or two but they'd better pay in cash.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:40:23am |
re: #187 Afrocity
I have never dated a black man. Your story is one of the reason's why.
Damn and you just told me to never ask why. Now I'm really curious. And I'm not just talking black women. The Asians used to dig me. Also, how did you know I was white?
/do I type funny ;>}
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:42:33am |
re: #158 Afrocity
Wow you Republican guys are really surprising me. I thought that you only dated within your own races---the Christie Brinkley types. I went to a GOP mixer and mostly held up the wall.
well, i got shot down so many times at the "multi-cultural" mixers that i gave up and just drank their booze......... even us rednecks can tell when we're not wanted.
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:42:54am |
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:43:53am |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:44:03am |
I have to go and pass out now. I am fighting off round two of this stupid cold, and the Sudafed is kicking in hard.
Good night Lizards. May you all find the Lizard of your dreams...
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:44:05am |
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:44:28am |
re: #199 suboptimal
It's not my fault, I was born this way.
It has to do with heredity and sex.
It's like having children. If your parents didn't haven't any children, then you probably won't either.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:44:41am |
re: #194 Fenway_Nation
Bookstores work well too. You can tell alot about a person from the books they're looking at (he said, ending a sentence in a preposition). I met a really nice German chick looking at ancient Egyptian pornography in the British National Museum a few years ago.
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:44:50am |
re: #176 Killgore Trout
The hips that haunt my dreams....
chaiya chaiya/It's a nice Valentine's Day video too.
My fiancee is Indian (:
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:45:32am |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:45:37am |
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:46:12am |
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JHW Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:46:27am |
Where I live, a Republican mixer could probably be held in a phone booth and might be a bit dangerous to the participants if they're seen.
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:46:36am |
re: #193 Afrocity
lol, I use deodorant I assure you.
that's to bad.... musk is sexy.
/funk, otoh, is not.
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:46:53am |
re: #198 redc1c4
well, i got shot down so many times at the "multi-cultural" mixers that i gave up and just drank their booze......... even us rednecks can tell when we're not wanted.
Shot Down? Are you sure you were not involved in combat and not attending a party?
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:47:40am |
re: #203 gmsc
It has to do with heredity and sex.
It's like having children. If your parents didn't haven't any children, then you probably won't either.
But they had a dog, and now I've got a dog. That means something doesn't it?
/probably not, but what the heck
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:47:45am |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:48:01am |
re: #199 suboptimal
It's not my fault, I was born this way.
One last teacher story--when I got engaged, my seventh graders wanted to know the race of my future husband. (Oakland!) I said he was white (mostly, but close enough for seventh graders).
"Why does he have to be white?" complained a seventh grader.
"Well," I explained, "it really wasn't a choice he made, his mom and dad did it to him..."
Seventh grader was still slightly annoyed with me, I think.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:48:09am |
re: #197 Afrocity
Everyone on here is white except for me.
You mean I'm gonna stay this color? ;>}
/
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:48:43am |
re: #207 astronmr20
Why do you think that?
You know it is true..
Okay guys demographics poll:
Black female, 30's, masters degree
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dapperdave Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:49:33am |
re: #216 suboptimal
That and $1.90 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:50:43am |
re: #221 Afrocity
You know it is true..
Okay guys demographics poll:
Black female, 30's, masters degree
Well how many people are we polling here? 10?
Anyhow;
American Indian/ Greek/ Italian, 30's, Engineer.
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:51:00am |
re: #218 SanFranciscoZionist
One last teacher story--when I got engaged, my seventh graders wanted to know the race of my future husband. (Oakland!) I said he was white (mostly, but close enough for seventh graders).
"Why does he have to be white?" complained a seventh grader.
"Well," I explained, "it really wasn't a choice he made, his mom and dad did it to him..."
Seventh grader was still slightly annoyed with me, I think.
Beautiful deflection withthe humor, though. Excellent work.
/You mean I'm gonna stay this color? - Navin R Johnson
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:51:59am |
re: #223 dapperdave
What's k-1?
It's basically referred to as a fiancee visa. (She lived here for a while under a work visa.. B1/ B2... we applied for a K-1 a few months ago.)
Once the K-1 is granted, we'll have 6 months to get married here.
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dapperdave Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:53:31am |
re: #226 astronmr20
Ohh o.k. I hope it goes smooth for you two, I'm getting married this June.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:53:47am |
re: #204 redc1c4
but we are all members of the NAACP.
I have my card but never get invited to the meetings.
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:54:28am |
re: #227 dapperdave
Ohh o.k. I hope it goes smooth for you two, I'm getting married this June.
Congrats!
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:54:35am |
re: #222 dapperdave
That and $1.90 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks
There's a habit I'm glad I never picked up. Even if it is more socially acceptable than flicking ear wax at strangers.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:54:57am |
re: #211 astronmr20
You should talk her into taking you to India. It can be a bit tough if you haven't traveled in Asia or Africa before but the place does get under your skin.
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:55:41am |
re: #228 x-wing
I have my card but never get invited to the meetings.
I have the same problem with the non-conformists' club. I took the oath and never heard from them again.
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Pietr Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:55:48am |
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:55:56am |
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:56:16am |
Hell on Wheels. Isn't that 2AD? Artillery Division?
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:56:52am |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:56:55am |
re: #219 x-wing
You mean I'm gonna stay this color? ;>}
/
Lol, I'm not sure how many got that reference.
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Render Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:57:07am |
re: #29 Pietr
I dunno Pietr, art is a far cry from IEDs and AK-47's. I'd call it an improvement.
Much like this story from the same edition...
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
“Basically it is a Palestinian decision — whether they want to send flowers or rockets." Maj. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Ministry.
I'll take the flowers and art anytime.
MODERATION
SELLS,
R
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dapperdave Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:57:13am |
re: #229 astronmr20
Thanks, same to you hope all goes with the two of you, my poor girl doesn't know yet but I think she might be an LGF widow.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:58:00am |
re: #221 Afrocity
You know it is true..
Okay guys demographics poll:
Black female, 30's, masters degree
White male ,40's, oh you just had to throw that masters out there ;>}
/H.S. Grad.
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:58:03am |
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:58:10am |
re: #214 Afrocity
Shot Down? Are you sure you were not involved in combat and not attending a party?
it was part of the ongoing war between the sexes......
fortunately, i have since been taken prisoner and will be held until the cessation of hostilities.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:59:07am |
re: #224 astronmr20
I'm a white mutt (english/ukranian). My family name has old (9th/10th century) Jewish origin.
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 12:59:32am |
re: #240 dapperdave
Thanks, same to you hope all goes with the two of you, my poor girl doesn't know yet but I think she might be an LGF widow.
Well, along with no more late nights posting randomly in an anti-jihad site, I believe you and I will be making major changes in our lives, brother.
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:00:15am |
re: #245 Killgore Trout
I'm a white mutt (english/ukranian). My family name has old (9th/10th century) Jewish origin.
Actually, my great great great grandmother was a Romanian Jew.
So I am indeed a mutt.
There's actually a tiny bit of German in there, too.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:02:32am |
re: #235 Afrocity
Hell on Wheels. Isn't that 2AD? Artillery Division?
Armor Division but you have a cute avatar so I'll let that slide ;>}
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:02:38am |
re: #252 Render
Not true my dear lady. Here we are all green.
OLIVE
DRAB,
R
..and we have so many people attack us for our beliefs, it's not easy!
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:02:55am |
re: #244 dapperdave
I perfer flicking boogers myself///
Your own or somebody else's?
/please, I don't really want the answer
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Killgore Trout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:03:11am |
re: #250 astronmr20
Oddly enough my Jewish side comes from England via the French. I have no idea about the Ukrainians. They very well might have been Jewish too, they fled in the 30's or 40's.
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dapperdave Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:04:14am |
re: #255 suboptimal
You pick your friends, you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friends nose ;)
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Afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:04:15am |
I am turning in guys I just made some s'mores and a cup of hot chocolate, I got my cat here in bed all snugg, and comfy
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:04:59am |
re: #259 Afrocity
I am turning in guys I just made some s'mores and a cup of hot chocolate, I got my cat here in bed all snugg, and comfy
I think you have just provided some good dreams to several lizards on here... (:
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:05:04am |
re: #239 Afrocity
I am 1/4 Native American
i'm just 100% American........
not sure how much of what is what, but damn sure glad we don't still live wherever that was, mostly because if it was so wonderful, my ancestors wouldn't have shagged ass for here to begin with.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:06:04am |
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capitalist piglet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:08:31am |
re: #258 dapperdave
You pick your friends, you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friends nose ;)
That is demonstrably untrue.
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abolitionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:08:40am |
re: #221 Afrocity
Male, 60, widower, mix of german, french, english, irish(?), a little native american(?), BS, physics.
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sngnsgt Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:08:53am |
Rep. Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican, has signed on as a co-sponsor of legislation introduced by House Judiciary Chair John Conyers to investigate President Bush.
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dapperdave Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:09:52am |
re: #264 capitalist piglet
Ya but somethings are just wrong.
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:09:58am |
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:10:08am |
re: #259 Afrocity
I am turning in guys I just made some s'mores and a cup of hot chocolate, I got my cat here in bed all snugg, and comfy
Whenever someone asks me about my ideal woman, I always describe her with an emphasis on the comfortable type. Instead of talking about the looks and measurements, I always tend to focus on what we'll be like with each other after years together.
What will we be like together after 20 or 30 years? Would her smile still make my heart beat when we both have gray hair?
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:10:13am |
re: #257 Render
2nd Armored Division.
PATTONS
OWN,
R
Hoo-rah.
Only unit to wear the patch on our chest.
Pattons
Doing.
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:10:31am |
re: #266 sngnsgt
Rep. Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican, has signed on as a co-sponsor of legislation introduced by House Judiciary Chair John Conyers to investigate President Bush.
What?
I'm in NC now. I may need to pick up the phone and crush some heads...
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:11:02am |
re: #263 x-wing
OMG that is hilarious. Up-ding just for finding that,
I remembered it from a post here a while back.
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suboptimal Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:13:42am |
re: #269 gmsc
Whenever someone asks me about my ideal woman, I always describe her with an emphasis on the comfortable type. Instead of talking about the looks and measurements, I always tend to focus on what we'll be like with each other after years together.
What will we be like together after 20 or 30 years? Would her smile still make my heart beat when we both have gray hair?
When asked, I point them to SWMBO.
Who then calls me a kiss-ass.
/I always reply, "later, dear, can't you wait?"
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:13:45am |
I remember when science was my favorite class, from grade school on up. I would sometimes get science books at Christmas, and spend hours and hours reading. My dad even got dinosaur flash cards for me as a kid, and I would try to break down the names in Latin. (Actually, all that Latin helped me later in biology.)
Man, as a naive kid I had no idea where all this shit would end up. Well, and as a kid you aren't supposed to say 'shit', so there's one more difference...
Just saying. I think I miss being a kid. It seemed so much simpler, then. OTOH, I still like to be able to say shit. Maybe it's a tradeoff.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:13:57am |
re: #261 redc1c4
i'm just 100% American........
not sure how much of what is what, but damn sure glad we don't still live wherever that was, mostly because if it was so wonderful, my ancestors wouldn't have shagged ass for here to begin with.
Got that right red. Mine bugged out in the late 1700's, spent 2 years in the old country in the mid 1980's
did I mention I don't reall care for krauts? I like sourkraut tho' ;>}
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:17:38am |
Mostly of Irish stock, myself....
Having said that, I went on a trip to Ireland back in 2001 and remember quietly genuflecting in front of a worn celtic cross in an old cemetary, thanking the lord that one of my ancestors had it in them to get off that boggy, windswept rock and seek out a better path...
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:20:38am |
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pink freud Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:24:07am |
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:26:12am |
re: #278 x-wing
I knew you were just a softie. I was expecting the worst.
/good show ;>}
When I read about Afrocity talking about s'mores, hot chocolate, and getting all snugg in her bed, it made me smile.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:26:22am |
O.K. where'd everyone go? Half hour till fruitcup,unless Tall Old Man got after Little Old Lady last night ;>}
/
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:31:22am |
re: #231 Killgore Trout
...and the food is awesome. G*d forgive me, but I love my curry.
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:32:35am |
re: #281 x-wing
O.K. where'd everyone go? Half hour till fruitcup,unless Tall Old Man got after Little Old Lady last night ;>}
/
Well, let's see . . . Afrocity probably doesn't want s'mores or hot chocolate dripping on her computer (or cat for that matter), Red's off trying to get the deodorant taste out of his mouth . . .
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:32:40am |
re: #280 gmsc
When I read about Afrocity talking about s'mores, hot chocolate, and getting all snugg in her bed, it made me smile.
Old Burl Ives. Reminds me of the days when we still had a country that resembled America.
Hell I'd take America of 30 years ago, even though I couldn't say shit. I don't use it in front of my son now, so it wouldn't be that much of a biggie.
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:34:09am |
re: #259 Afrocity
Nothing says I love you like a rotten little Jack Russell ;-)
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:36:56am |
re: #283 gmsc
Well, let's see . . . Afrocity probably doesn't want s'mores or hot chocolate dripping on her computer (or cat for that matter), Red's off trying to get the deodorant taste out of his mouth . . .
That red he just wonders off sometimes. He should learn to say bye or something. And he wonders why he wasn't a hit with the ladies ;>}
//I'm just kidding red
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abolitionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:37:58am |
Ban Those Old Books! It’s For The Children™
It’s hard to believe, but true: under a law Congress passed last year aimed at regulating hazards in children’s products, the federal government has now advised that children’s books published before 1985 should not be considered safe and may in many cases be unlawful to sell or distribute. Merchants, thrift stores, and booksellers may be at risk if they sell older volumes, or even give them away, without first subjecting them to testing—at prohibitive expense. Many used-book sellers, consignment stores, Goodwill outlets, and the like have accordingly begun to refuse new donations of pre-1985 volumes, yank existing ones off their shelves, and in some cases discard them en masse.The problem is the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), passed by Congress last summer after the panic over lead paint on toys from China. Among its other provisions, CPSIA imposed tough new limits on lead in any products intended for use by children aged 12 or under, and made those limits retroactive: that is, goods manufactured before the law passed cannot be sold on the used market (even in garage sales or on eBay) if they don’t conform.
[snip]Penalties under the law are strict and can include $100,000 fines and prison time, regardless of whether any child is harmed.
[snip]Not to mention that those older books may not have been quite so leftist in their agenda. Ahem.
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:38:06am |
re: #286 x-wing
That red he just wonders off sometimes. He should learn to say bye or something. And he wonders why he wasn't a hit with the ladies ;>}
//I'm just kidding red
Ladies like the aloof men.
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:39:30am |
re: #287 abolitionist
What?
I have some pre-1985 books that I consider SACRED from my childhood, and I will pass on to my kids.
Are they mad?
Lead paint? Or what? WTF? Why?
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Pietr Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:41:18am |
re: #285 theheat
Nothing says I love you like a rotten little Jack Russell ;-)
Beasts from hell(JK)-but you gotta love them. Our 12 yr old died last year-spent a lot trying to keep her going, until she had no real joy-my friendly vet found me a rescue that is mostly JR-and she's stronger than any big dog I ever owned. She breaks chains-and if she can get around me fast enough, can hogtie my ankles with the leash.....unreal.
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:41:43am |
re: #242 suboptimal
The investigation revealed that Klan members were in the military, including two at NORAD who controlled the triggers for nuclear weapons.
But a happy ending.
"I was told they were being reassigned to somewhere like the North Pole or Greenland," Stallworth said.
I hear Siberia's nice, too. NOT. My SIL is from there.
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:41:53am |
re: #290 Pietr
Beasts from hell(JK)-but you gotta love them. Our 12 yr old died last year-spent a lot trying to keep her going, until she had no real joy-my friendly vet found me a rescue that is mostly JR-and she's stronger than any big dog I ever owned. She breaks chains-and if she can get around me fast enough, can hogtie my ankles with the leash.....unreal.
They certainly have a lot of energy..
And are really smart dogs.
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:45:14am |
re: #290 Pietr
Honestly, they're dreadful little dogs. Strong-minded, spastic, unholy little terrors. But, once you've have one or two, they kind of grow on you. Kids love them.
I've seen people with 'nice' ones, though I've never been as fortunate. Mine's awful. I don't know she has any redeeming qualities, whatsoever, as far as pets are concerned.
What? Of course we love her! Wouldn't trade her for anything.
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abolitionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:46:13am |
re: #289 astronmr20
Newest excuse for cultural amnesia, I think.
Have a generations-old family bible? Get it tested, or face $100000 fine, or maybe prison.
I wonder how museum curators feel about this? Library of Congress? Is even Jefferson's Koran safe?
Charles? Bueller? Anyone?
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Render Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:46:22am |
re: #287 abolitionist
Another late night WTF?!?
What am I going to do with my walls of books?
BOXES
AND
BOXES,
R
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Pietr Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:51:56am |
re: #287 abolitionist
Seems like a good excuse for getting rid of "Dick and Jane", not to mention ACTUAL history books-to be replaced with PROGRESSIVE crap (translation-DemocRAT/PC propaganda-truth be Damned shite).....:>((
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:52:14am |
re: #289 astronmr20
What?
I have some pre-1985 books that I consider SACRED from my childhood, and I will pass on to my kids.
Are they mad?
Lead paint? Or what? WTF? Why?
I knew it was bad but not this bad...books? A guy I work with has a boy that races moto-cross, and the Dealer told him that he can't sell his new 50cc motorcycles because some of the parts and paint are made of lead. This is getting down right assinine.
I guess they think the kids are going to chew on these things.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:52:20am |
Who needs all those nasty old books when there's YouTube or American Idol?
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:53:34am |
re: #295 Render
Ummm... I suppose as long as you aren't devouring them, you're probably safe. We were taught to read books, not eat them. Collecting old books always had its own unique kind of comfort. A whole library of old books is a real treasure. Consider yourself lucky.
I swear, there's hysteria about the dumbest things, any more.
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:54:00am |
re: #286 x-wing
That red he just wonders off sometimes. He should learn to say bye or something. And he wonders why he wasn't a hit with the ladies ;>}
//I'm just kidding red
i'm a hit with one (most days) and that's all any sane man aspires to.
i'm damn lucky, smart enough to know it, and wise enough to w*rk at staying that way.
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:57:36am |
re: #301 redc1c4
i'm a hit with one (most days) and that's all any sane man aspires to.
Another failed pluralist, red. Sorry to break it to you.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:58:38am |
re: #295 Render
Another late night WTF?!?
What am I going to do with my walls of books?
BOXES
AND
BOXES,
R
You just can't sell them.
Assault weapons ban of 1994 all over again...only lead and kids this time.
Total
Insanity
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Pietr Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:58:39am |
WTF! I had just posted, refreshed the page after reaching my comment 3 posts down-and had to log back in? Not the first time it's happened, but I haven't figured out the rhyme or reason of it. Hint, anyone?
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 1:58:55am |
fruit cup, who wants fruit cup? i've got yer fruit cup right here-------->
/white smoke
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:00:12am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet --------------->
Help yourselves!
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:00:21am |
re: #305 redc1c4
fruit cup, who wants fruit cup? i've got yer fruit cup right here-------->
/white smoke
Premature fruit-cupulation.
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:00:24am |
re: #306 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet --------------->
Help yourselves!
Yum! Thanks! And here's a Julie Andrews treat just for you!
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:00:35am |
re: #304 Pietr
WTF! I had just posted, refreshed the page after reaching my comment 3 posts down-and had to log back in? Not the first time it's happened, but I haven't figured out the rhyme or reason of it. Hint, anyone?
you're not popular?
/white smoke
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:00:37am |
re: #304 Pietr
Dead cookies, bad Ajax, gnomes, or locusts could all be responsible.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:02:51am |
re: #310 theheat
Dead cookies, bad Ajax, gnomes, or locusts could all be responsible.
Isn't that what they found in that Peanut processing plant int Texas?
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:03:13am |
re: #301 redc1c4
i'm a hit with one (most days) and that's all any sane man aspires to.
i'm damn lucky, smart enough to know it, and wise enough to w*rk at staying that way.
There you are, just gettin' ready for fruitcup.
Glad to hear that you found a woman to keep you happy.
/not looking so promising over here, I beginning to think it might be me ;>}
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:03:21am |
re: #283 gmsc
Well, let's see . . . Afrocity probably doesn't want s'mores or hot chocolate dripping on her computer (or cat for that matter), Red's off trying to get the deodorant taste out of his mouth . . .
actually, it's kind of an acquired taste.......... %-)
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:03:46am |
re: #313 x-wing
There you are, just gettin' ready for fruitcup.
Glad to hear that you found a woman to keep you happy.
/not looking so promising over here, I beginning to think it might be me ;>}
How old are you?
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:04:44am |
re: #304 Pietr
WTF! I had just posted, refreshed the page after reaching my comment 3 posts down-and had to log back in? Not the first time it's happened, but I haven't figured out the rhyme or reason of it. Hint, anyone?
Your not drinking fast enough ;>}
/please try to keep up ;>}
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:04:45am |
re: #312 Fenway_Nation
No, I believe that was dead rodents, rodent feces, and bird feathers. However, if any of those things find their way into your hard drive, the outcome could be similar.
Even USDA pristine peanut butter would kill a hard drive, though.
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Pietr Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:05:36am |
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:06:03am |
re: #318 redc1c4
not really: *i* don't have a timing fetish........
Obviously, neither does my computer... :-/
red! :-)
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:06:43am |
re: #313 x-wing
There you are, just gettin' ready for fruitcup.
Glad to hear that you found a woman to keep you happy.
/not looking so promising over here, I beginning to think it might be me ;>}
undoubtedly..... weren't you an officer?
/white smoke
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pink freud Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:06:47am |
re: #319 littleoldlady
gmsc! :-)
pink! pink! pink! :-) :-) :-)
Our efforts at fixing the world have come to naught, Lol. Our great-great grandchildren will still be paying for this disaster!
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:07:37am |
re: #315 astronmr20
How old are you?
43. It's a long story, believe me. I swear I have a loonies only tatoo somewhere on my forehead.
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:07:52am |
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:08:34am |
re: #325 x-wing
43. It's a long story, believe me. I swear I have a loonies only tatoo somewhere on my forehead.
When you specifically said 'Tribal Armband'!
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abolitionist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:09:20am |
re: #294 abolitionist
Maybe I overstated the reach of the new laws/regulations, re Bible, Koran. However, if such books are "intended for children" who knows?
[Link: www.cpsc.gov...]
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:10:17am |
re: #324 pink freud
Our efforts at fixing the world have come to naught, Lol. Our great-great grandchildren will still be paying for this disaster!
Actually, I'm not worried about them anymore.
/they're on their own ....and good luck! :-/
I figured out that there's one and only one way for the government to get that money - NOBODY will buy our bonds - and that's to print it.
/INFLATION, here we come! :-(
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:12:09am |
re: #323 redc1c4
undoubtedly..... weren't you an officer?
/white smoke
Ouch red... I worked for a living damnit ;>}
/
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theheat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:12:18am |
Must. Get. Sleep. I don't know how the heck you link youtube videos, but I'll try here. Give everyone a laugh before bed. Nothing cfunnier than Jack Russell Terrier races. They're utterly ridiculous, every time. You can always count on a few dashing off course for parts unknown, a couple of tumbles, and the rest running like maniacs.
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:12:19am |
re: #324 pink freud
Our efforts at fixing the world have come to naught, Lol. Our great-great grandchildren will still be paying for this disaster!
good thing i won't have any, eh?
/gotta make sure we drink the wine cellar before we go
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:12:25am |
re: #326 littleoldlady
Ruh roh. I'm not getting youtube?!
/sob!
Try refreshing your browser, and then try again (Charles made some youtube-related improvements today).
If that doesn't work, click here to see the video.
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pink freud Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:12:37am |
And now I will have to get rid of my Velveteen Rabbit and my Rabbit, Run, and my 1935 French translation of Crime and Punishment!
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:12:50am |
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:14:34am |
An interesting resolution came from the House yesterday as they officially sent their representatives into conference with the Senate to resolve the differences in the two passed bill versions:
From yesterday's Congressional Record, Page H1096:
Mr. LEWIS of California moves to instruct the managers on the part of the House that they shall not record their approval of the final conference agreement (as such term is used in clause 12(a)(4) of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives) unless the text of such agreement has been available to the managers in an electronic, searchable, and downloadable form for at least 48 hours prior to the time described in such clause.
I hope you guys are getting this.
I hope the American people are getting this.
...but Comrade Pelosi had a plane to catch: [Link: www.lifeinitaly.com...]
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BakaRanger Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:14:38am |
Any predictions how the markets will react to the bill from hell?
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:14:52am |
re: #331 x-wing
Ouch red... I worked for a living damnit ;>}
/
i was a career E-4, without demotions.
(impossible, i know, but i did it anyway. %-)
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:15:11am |
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:16:05am |
re: #340 BakaRanger
Any predictions how the markets will react to the bill from hell?
Well, Thursday and Friday everyone knew it would pass.
The markets were down.
That about explains it.
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:16:50am |
re: #340 BakaRanger
Any predictions how the markets will react to the bill from hell?
The futures seemed to suggest that the markets were holding their breath today, and will drop sharply on Monday, when the bill is signed.
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:17:12am |
re: #340 BakaRanger
Any predictions how the markets will react to the bill from hell?
"glug, glug, glug............."
just a swag, but a safe one.
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pink freud Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:17:18am |
re: #338 TheMatrix31
Sugarland's a nice place. I am surprised, I thought real estate values there and here (Lafayette) would be similar ....that *is* a great price!
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BakaRanger Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:18:48am |
Weren't we sort of hoping for the bill to be trimmed? It seems only to have gotten larger. The markets might react poorly to this reality.
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:19:45am |
re: #344 gmsc
The futures seemed to suggest that the markets were holding their breath today, and will drop sharply on Monday, when the bill is signed.
but Juggy said that he'd let America have days to comment on important bills before they were signed.......
/white smoke
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:19:52am |
Spending slowdown will last 15 years, author says
Stock markets and commodity prices may have one last gasp and climb back toward their highs on the back of massive government stimulus programs, but a spending slowdown by Baby Boomers will create an even weaker economic environment that will last for the next decade and a half, according to Harry Dent.
The demographics-based economist and author of The Great Boom Ahead, published in 1993, and The Roaring 2000s back in 1998, outlines a gloomier long-term future than even some of the most bearish economists are currently forecasting. In his new book, The Great Depression Ahead, How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History, Mr. Dent warns that the de-leveraging process coming out of the banking crisis and the collapse of commodities is too big a tide for government to fight.
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pink freud Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:20:04am |
Good night all! I wish you all a wonderful weekend :-)
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:20:40am |
re: #347 BakaRanger
Weren't we sort of hoping for the bill to be trimmed? It seems only to have gotten larger. The markets might react poorly to this reality.
I am telling you, these criminals are not going to get away with this.
They have shit on the process.
This may be the needed fire in Republicans and voters' bellies to take back Congress in '10.
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:21:22am |
re: #348 redc1c4
but Juggy said that he'd let America have days to comment on important bills before they were signed.......
/white smoke
Well, he is giving us the whole weekend to look it over!
///
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:21:24am |
re: #350 pink freud
It was great seeing you pink! Wish you could have stayed longer. Hope all is well with you and yours! :-)
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TheMatrix31 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:21:40am |
re: #342 littleoldlady
Matrix! :-)
WOW. Great buy!
re: #346 pink freud
Sugarland's a nice place. I am surprised, I thought real estate values there and here (Lafayette) would be similar ....that *is* a great price!
I've been pushing for my family to move to Texas for YEARS now. California is in ruin, it's only going to get worse. We need a place to properly raise my little brother and sister. We have a big family (six people still in the house). A house like this would be PERFECT. My Dad hasn't been working for quite some time, and my Mom's been dying just to pay ridiculous amounts of rent for a piece of crap, broken down house here in Los Angeles.
That price, for that type of house, in that suburb of Houston....it's just, it's painful to see these houses coming around and not being able to do anything about them.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:22:53am |
re: #341 redc1c4
i was a career E-4, without demotions.
(impossible, i know, but i did it anyway. %-)
I remember.
If you were my go to guy, I would've kept you anyway I could. A pay raise would've been nice though.
E-4 was the best rank to be IMHO. Just enough seniority to not be picked for shit jobs, and not enough to be responsible for much.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:23:40am |
re: #340 BakaRanger
NYSE was down about 80 points today- I'm surprised it wasn't in the triple digits. CNN had the rather amusing headline that read something like 'Stocks down despite House approving Stimulus bill'
I'm not sure it's despite
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:24:24am |
re: #357 Fenway_Nation
NYSE was down about 80 points today- I'm surprised it wasn't in the triple digits. CNN had the rather amusing headline that read something like 'Stocks down despite House approving Stimulus bill'
I'm not sure it's despite
If the markets take a tremendous dump again nest week- I wonder how they will spin this?
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BakaRanger Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:24:51am |
re: #351 astronmr20
I hope the hell you are right. Although it does seem that most Americans have a very short attention span and will forget all of this soon.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:25:01am |
re: #344 gmsc
The futures seemed to suggest that the markets were holding their breath today, and will drop sharply on Monday, when the bill is signed.
Yaaaaay, my 401k will be glad to hear that. What's left of it anyway :(
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gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:26:40am |
re: #361 x-wing
Yaaaaay, my 401k will be glad to hear that. What's left of it anyway :(
I figure, while the market is down, it's a great time to put money into companies you expect to stay around in the long term. Motley Fool is a great help here.
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:27:00am |
re: #351 astronmr20
Our government - both parties - is completely broken. We need a new party, and (whaddayaknow!) I just happen to be the chairman of it:
The ThrowTheBumsOut Party.
/okay, so it's a single issue party. the electorate might actually understand it!
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:27:24am |
re: #362 gmsc
I figure, while the market is down, it's a great time to put money into companies you expect to stay around in the long term. Motley Fool is a great help here.
I still wouldn't encourage anyone to dump their 401k...
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:27:45am |
re: #363 littleoldlady
Our government - both parties - is completely broken. We need a new party, and (whaddayaknow!) I just happen to be the chairman of it:
The ThrowTheBumsOut Party.
/okay, so it's a single issue party. the electorate might actually understand it!
Where do I donate?
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:28:12am |
re: #363 littleoldlady
Our government - both parties - is completely broken. We need a new party, and (whaddayaknow!) I just happen to be the chairman of it:
The ThrowTheBumsOut Party.
/okay, so it's a single issue party. the electorate might actually understand it!
...and more importantly, what is your position on the fruitcup issue?
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:30:14am |
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:30:36am |
re: #362 gmsc
I figure, while the market is down, it's a great time to put money into companies you expect to stay around in the long term. Motley Fool is a great help here.
Maybe Utilities are the way to go- no matter how shitty the economy gets, people still need electricity. Plus some of them pay a dividend...
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Hengineer Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:31:19am |
re: #12 zeebeach
Insomnia. Woke up on the sofa with FoxNews on and realized the Dems have sold the country. Unfeakinbelievable!
Who bought it? China?
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astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:31:20am |
Obligatory mouse loves kitty video:
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Hengineer Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:32:12am |
re: #369 Fenway_Nation
Maybe Utilities are the way to go- no matter how shitty the economy gets, people still need electricity. Plus some of them pay a dividend...
Look at US industries that China needs for its own stimulus package.
Those would be the way to go.
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:32:46am |
re: #362 gmsc
I figure, while the market is down, it's a great time to put money into companies you expect to stay around in the long term. Motley Fool is a great help here.
Well I hope Fidelity is on top of this,cuz I'm not stock savvy to say the least.
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Hengineer Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:33:09am |
re: #361 x-wing
Yaaaaay, my 401k will be glad to hear that. What's left of it anyway :(
Weren't the Demonrat Senators talking about confiscating 401(k)'s anyway?
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:36:25am |
re: #368 littleoldlady
A fruitcup in every pot!
/and my PayPal account is waiting...
Can I get you next week LoL, I'm thinking I'm a little short right now ;>}
BTW, the fruitcup is outstanding today. Did you add something different today?
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redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:36:30am |
re: #356 x-wing
I remember.
If you were my go to guy, I would've kept you anyway I could. A pay raise would've been nice though.
E-4 was the best rank to be IMHO. Just enough seniority to not be picked for shit jobs, and not enough to be responsible for much.
yeah.... that's why when McBirdbrain relieved *my* 1SG for *his * incompetence i was left to run the HHT LOGPAC's all by myself....... nothing like showing up at a cluster..... excuse me.... meeting where you're the rep for the senior unit and the junior person attending.....
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:36:35am |
re: #372 Hengineer
Such as?
/Can't believe we're so joined at the hip economically w/the ChiComs, although after our 'stimulus' passes, I don't think the 'Coms' part is fair to the Chinese.
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Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:36:58am |
The 3 asshats in senate still crossing the aisle? Or have Collins, Snowe, and Specter finally grown brains and are doing the right thing in not voting for the porkulous bill?
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wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:38:01am |
re: #370 Hengineer
Who bought it? China?
Probably. But they're not happy about it.
"We hate you guys. Once you start issuing $1 trillion-$2 trillion... we know the dollar is going to depreciate, so we hate you guys but there is nothing much we can do....
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:38:15am |
re: #370 Hengineer
Who bought it? China?
Luo Ping, a director-general of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, explaining how China feels about having to continue to buy U.S. Treasuries:
"We hate you guys. Once you start issuing $1 trillion-$2 trillion... we know the dollar is going to depreciate, so we hate you guys but there is nothing much we can do....
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x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:38:56am |
re: #369 Fenway_Nation
Maybe Utilities are the way to go- no matter how shitty the economy gets, people still need electricity. Plus some of them pay a dividend...
I'm waitng for the caps. to be lifted next year. We may need to invest in the just to make up for the rate increases.
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littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:39:52am |
re: #377 x-wing
x-wing! :-)
CHOCOLATE! Of course.
/littleoldlady's Survival Plan™
wahabi! :-)
You beat me to it... ;-)
| 385 |
TheMatrix31 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:39:53am |
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the bill have passed even if Snow, Collins, and Specter didn't vote for it?
| 386 |
redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:40:21am |
re: #377 x-wing
Can I get you next week LoL, I'm thinking I'm a little short right now ;>}
BTW, the fruitcup is outstanding today. Did you add something different today?
yes, we did........
/white smoke
| 387 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:42:19am |
re: #385 TheMatrix31
Snow Specter and Collins give it 61 votes in the senate which is neough to break a republican filibuster.
| 388 |
redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:42:19am |
re: #385 TheMatrix31
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the bill have passed even if Snow, Collins, and Specter didn't vote for it?
no: it needs at least 60 votes, iirc.
| 389 |
TheMatrix31 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:42:49am |
re: #387 Rustler
Snow Specter and Collins give it 61 votes in the senate which is neough to break a republican filibuster.
Oh, that's right. I knew there was some sort of technicality, it was just slipping my mind.
| 391 |
littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:42:55am |
re: #385 TheMatrix31
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the bill have passed even if Snow, Collins, and Specter didn't vote for it?
Simple majority, yes, but the prevailing attitude seems to be that they need 60 votes to "get anything done around here".
| 393 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:44:11am |
re: #389 TheMatrix31
Plus Obama and Pelosi need Republican names on it as scapegoats when this Porkulous blows up in their faces so they can call it a bipartisan effort.
| 394 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:44:48am |
re: #378 redc1c4
yeah.... that's why when McBirdbrain relieved *my* 1SG for *his * incompetence i was left to run the HHT LOGPAC's all by myself....... nothing like showing up at a cluster..... excuse me.... meeting where you're the rep for the senior unit and the junior person attending.....
Red, when the shit hits the fan I want you in the foxhole right there with me.
/and no I'm not hitting on you ;>}
purple smoke
| 396 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:45:56am |
We ever get a final tally for the Feb 12 troll hunt? Looked like were were set to do a deck of cards worth for a while?
| 397 |
redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:46:00am |
re: #392 littleoldlady
Oh! Oh! A newbie? :-)
and a cutie too, if you can trust a picture on the net.
/cynical
| 398 |
gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:46:07am |
re: #374 x-wing
Well I hope Fidelity is on top of this,cuz I'm not stock savvy to say the least.
If it's any help, I think you can safely scratch Caterpillar off the list of potential stock buys:
| 401 |
Render Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:47:31am |
re: #304 Pietr
Lemme guess, XP/Pro IE7?
Same thing has happened to me a few times.
On the really long threads I get what can only be described as gaming lag. Which is kinda frustrating since I'm using a very fast custom built gaming rig.
DIGITAL
DEATH
DEALER,
R
| 403 |
astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:49:18am |
re: #401 Render
Lemme guess, XP/Pro IE7?
Same thing has happened to me a few times.
On the really long threads I get what can only be described as gaming lag. Which is kinda frustrating since I'm using a very fast custom built gaming rig.
DIGITAL
DEATH
DEALER,
R
Getamac (:
My 5 year-old G5 does fine on 1,300 plus comment threads.
| 404 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:49:48am |
re: #384 littleoldlady
It's yummy. But it ....o.k. red what's the rye taste about?
| 405 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:49:56am |
re: #399 Arkay
I'd say it's 1 which is why he doesn't post anti christian stuff here he only posts with reference to the DI's psuedo science. I can't answer for Charles tho.
| 406 |
gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:50:29am |
re: #402 Fenway_Nation
W00t! Karma's past 1500 now....
Congrats!
I just noticed mine passed 5,000 recently.
| 409 |
Arkay Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:51:52am |
re: #391 littleoldlady
They needed 60 votes for cloture on filibustering.
So guess what. The bill is glued to the GOP. It will be ll OUR fault when it goes to shit.
| 410 |
songbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:52:22am |
re: #406 gmsc
Congrats!
I just noticed mine passed 5,000 recently.
What's a girl got to do to get a little karma around here! :-)
I've been on LGF for years and I'm still under 200!
| 411 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:53:23am |
re: #385 TheMatrix31
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the bill have passed even if Snow, Collins, and Specter didn't vote for it?
If and when Teddy comes back they will only 2 of our dipship RINOs.
But then again if Teddy can't come back,whoever the Gov. appoints well, they'll still only need2 of our dipshit RINOs.
| 412 |
songbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:54:07am |
re: #409 Arkay
They needed 60 votes for cloture on filibustering.
So guess what. The bill is glued to the GOP. It will be ll OUR fault when it goes to shit.
I'm hoping in two years time the Republicans can wrest the majority from the Dems and start reversing some of the Pelosi/Reid/Obama Follies.
| 413 |
gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:54:29am |
re: #407 Render
No games. No Mac.
ERGO,
R
If you'll allow me to debunk your argument from 1995, there are plenty of games on the Mac.
Also, since the Mac can easily run Linux, Windows, OS X, or just about any other operating system you care to throw at it, you can run their games, too.
| 414 |
redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:56:22am |
re: #394 x-wing
Red, when the shit hits the fan I want you in the foxhole right there with me.
/and no I'm not hitting on you ;>}
purple smoke
since i have no intention of being in a foxhole, you could have saved the purple smoke, as there is an ongoing shortage in that line item at the unit level......
however, the fallacy of the fixed defense is so well known that expecting me to be anywhere but in the mobile defense/attack is to ignore Guderian, Rommel, Paton and Air Land Battle......but then again, i was just an e-4, so what could i possibly know?
| 415 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:56:48am |
re: #396 Rustler
We ever get a final tally for the Feb 12 troll hunt? Looked like were were set to do a deck of cards worth for a while?
I asked that night never got an answer. It was headed for a bloodbath. Reminds me of a song.
/the freaks come out at night
| 416 |
freetoken Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:57:29am |
re: #399 Arkay
*Those advocates of "intelligent design" are in fact not true Christians, but heretics, advocating a fundamentalist Bibliocentric view of the Creation not supported by the facts.
Well, they may not be "true" Christians in your eyes, but at least they don't sprinkle their babies!
/runs for cover....
| 417 |
gmsc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:57:34am |
Good night, all!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Birthday, Ohio, Arizona, and League of Women Voters!
| 418 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:58:28am |
re: #410 songbird
What's a girl got to do to get a little karma around here! :-)
I've been on LGF for years and I'm still under 200!
Just ask sweetie.
/you don't mind me calling you sweetie just this once?
| 419 |
littleoldlady Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:58:39am |
| 421 |
songbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:59:17am |
re: #418 x-wing
Just ask sweetie.
/you don't mind me calling you sweetie just this once?
I rarely mind being called 'sweetie'! Thanks!
| 422 |
Hengineer Sat, Feb 14, 2009 2:59:20am |
re: #413 gmsc
If you'll allow me to debunk your argument from 1995, there are plenty of games on the Mac.
Also, since the Mac can easily run Linux, Windows, OS X, or just about any other operating system you care to throw at it, you can run their games, too.
gmsc, if they claim anything about no games on a MAC, they're referring to POWER games, like Crysis, Far Cry 2, upcoming Empire: Total War, and such.
Speaking as a power gamer who purchased a 17.1" Clevo D901C Laptop with 1920x1200 Resolution, Intel Core 2 Extreme xv6800 (About 2.9 Ghz), Dual nVidia 9800M GT in SLI, 3 Seagate 200 GB IDD's, 2 2GB Kingston DDR2 RAM sticks, and including an internal Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Burner/Reader, I really don't think anything Apple puts out can come close to my machine.
| 424 |
Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:00:28am |
re: #406 gmsc
Upon further reflection, I probably would've reached the 1500 milestone sooner if I didn't post that link about Sen. Leahy's proposed 'Truth and Reconciliation' Comittee...
| 425 |
redc1c4 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:05:09am |
rack time for this old Cav Trooper
hasta y'all..................
L8r!
| 426 |
Hengineer Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:05:12am |
re: #130 Pietr
I thought that GOP thong took care of everything? Call Maintenance-let's get this thing fixed.....as an electronic maintenance tech type, I'd volunteer, but the missus would object....:>))
GOP Thong?
Didn't know they sold those, might have to buy one for my gf.
| 427 |
Render Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:05:14am |
re: #413 gmsc
I don't mean to burst yer bubble but the handful of Mac users that show up in COD4 or COD/WAW get waxed very quickly and usually go away mad.
Furthermore, those Macs that actually can run the COD series use PC based video cards (usually the Nvidia 8800 series) to do so. Have fun getting an XFX 9800GTX (1 meg) video card to work though...
You are, of course, more then welcome to show up on the servers that I play on (DSSG) and attempt to prove me wrong.
I'M
A
PRO,
R
| 429 |
Hengineer Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:06:31am |
re: #427 Render
I don't mean to burst yer bubble but the handful of Mac users that show up in COD4 or COD/WAW get waxed very quickly and usually go away mad.
Furthermore, those Macs that actually can run the COD series use PC based video cards (usually the Nvidia 8800 series) to do so. Have fun getting an XFX 9800GTX (1 meg) video card to work though...
You are, of course, more then welcome to show up on the servers that I play on (DSSG) and attempt to prove me wrong.
I'M
A
PRO,
R
I'm with you bro, I have a Clevo laptop myself. Look up @re: #422 Hengineer
;)
| 431 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:07:30am |
Not sure if this floats anyones boat but "A Slobbering Love Affair" might be a good read. Linked to the Amazon page tho I'm not sure Charles gets anything from them anymore.
| 433 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:08:03am |
re: #414 redc1c4
Well I'd want you beside me. How's that. Right now I'm looking at protecting the homeland, specifically my own home, if things get real ugly here in the USA.
I hope it doesn't happen,but I'm trying to prepare for it.
| 435 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:09:27am |
re: #421 songbird
I rarely mind being called 'sweetie'! Thanks!
Well then you get a little more karma ;>}
| 436 |
Hengineer Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:09:33am |
And I should prob get going, we have an early callout for an UNREP and the Chief tends to use the ERC Computer during UNREPs.
Have a good day everyone
| 437 |
Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:09:41am |
re: #431 Rustler
A fitting read for Valentine's Day...
| 439 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:10:36am |
| 440 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:10:56am |
Btw the Local news today had a quick blurb about the volume of letters they have received in hte past couple weeks complaining about failure to use the title President every time they mention Obama's name in a story. According to the newscaster they always use the title for first mention in a story but it is acceptable to just say Mr. Obama after. 8 years of hearing just plain Bush on hte news and never saw a statement like that coming on 3 weeks of the big 0 and it comes out already.
| 441 |
songbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:10:58am |
re: #436 Hengineer
And I should prob get going, we have an early callout for an UNREP and the Chief tends to use the ERC Computer during UNREPs.
Have a good day everyone
Too late for me to talk about Merchant Seamen! Rest well!
| 442 |
Arkay Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:13:08am |
What's a girl got to do to get a little karma around here! >
Well, if you want to lose some, come out of the closet as a theist.
| 443 |
songbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:13:09am |
re: #440 Rustler
Btw the Local news today had a quick blurb about the volume of letters they have received in hte past couple weeks complaining about failure to use the title President every time they mention Obama's name in a story. According to the newscaster they always use the title for first mention in a story but it is acceptable to just say Mr. Obama after. 8 years of hearing just plain Bush on hte news and never saw a statement like that coming on 3 weeks of the big 0 and it comes out already.
I guess it's not just me noticing Obama's lack of decorum. Does anyone have the link about Obama replacing the Marine Corp Band with a Jazz Pianist?
| 444 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:13:18am |
re: #426 Hengineer
GOP Thong?
Didn't know they sold those, might have to buy one for my gf.
Take your pick.
[Link: clothing.cafepress.com...]
| 445 |
Arkay Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:14:04am |
sprinkling babies>
Well, if some people want to risk their newborns' eternal souls, that's not MY problem....
| 446 |
Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:14:45am |
re: #431 Rustler
Still rated pretty high; looks like you got to it before the 0bamatons and Kostards did.....
| 448 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:18:43am |
Haha O reilly has rove on atm talking about the Leahy/cheney incident. Guess leahy was talking about Cheney benefitting from the war via Halliburton so cheney told him to F' off.
| 449 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:20:04am |
re: #440 Rustler
And here I thought all that Pres-Elect shit before he took office was enough to make me barf. Now they aren't calling him Pres. enough.
/good thing I'm not near any sharp objects
| 450 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:20:14am |
re: #443 songbird They weren't attacking Obama's lack of decorum they were commenting on the News not giving Obama the proper respect. Yet there was never a like movement for Bush.
| 451 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:21:56am |
re: #446 Fenway_Nation
Yeah the high rating gave me some willies like maybe it's a trojan horse. I still might buy it tho can't say it's good or bad having not read it yet just saw an advertisment for it.
| 452 |
songbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:22:24am |
re: #450 Rustler
True. Although it seems that President Obama likes the prestige of the office and the recognition and power it affords, but not the Ceremony and, for lack of a better term, Patriotism that usually surrounds the office.
| 453 |
astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:22:41am |
re: #422 Hengineer
gmsc, if they claim anything about no games on a MAC, they're referring to POWER games, like Crysis, Far Cry 2, upcoming Empire: Total War, and such.
Speaking as a power gamer who purchased a 17.1" Clevo D901C Laptop with 1920x1200 Resolution, Intel Core 2 Extreme xv6800 (About 2.9 Ghz), Dual nVidia 9800M GT in SLI, 3 Seagate 200 GB IDD's, 2 2GB Kingston DDR2 RAM sticks, and including an internal Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Burner/Reader, I really don't think anything Apple puts out can come close to my machine.
Let's run some benchmarks, then. (:
| 454 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:23:49am |
re: #452 songbird We(lizards) knew that when he was still running for office. Sad that most of the country didn't however. Now get to work we don't want to make you late.
| 456 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:24:34am |
re: #448 Rustler
Haha O reilly has rove on atm talking about the Leahy/cheney incident. Guess leahy was talking about Cheney benefitting from the war via Halliburton so cheney told him to F' off.
Well the clean version was Cheney told Leahy to "stick his penis in his anus"
/it really works either way I guess ;>}
| 457 |
songbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:26:11am |
re: #454 Rustler
It's already late, and I have a three day weekend. Today is a packing party for my household. On top of that, I'm going to invite some friends to help me celebrate the fact that I passed my German Content Knowledge test and am now qualified to teach German as well as Music.
| 458 |
Fenway_Nation Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:26:55am |
re: #451 Rustler
There's also this from the 'reccomended' link
| 459 |
Render Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:28:57am |
Coolermaster Centurian 5 case with two 120mm case fans.
Antec True Power 1000 watt power supply.
Intel Extreme Mobo w/ Intel Extreme 3.4gig Dual Core (true dual, not Duocore).
Geminii twin 120mm fan CPU cooler.
2gig Corsair Heatspreader RAM.
Single XFX 9800 GTX (1gig). (only one PCI-E slot)
Soundblaster 24bit HD. (a retread from my last rig)
Twin 150gig WD Raptor 10,000rpm hard drives. (RAID 1)
Single 500gig stand alone Fantom Drive.
Lightscribe DVD (another retread).
Generic CD (another retread).
90mm hard drive fan.
twin 90mm card slot fans (still more retreads).
Thermaltake four channel fan controller (waste of money, I leave all the fans on high all the time).
Single 90mm fan tie-wired to the front of the case.
Single Samsung 906BW 2ms 19 inch widescreen.
Razor Deathadder wired gaming mouse.
MS/Razor Reclusa wired gaming keyboard.
Rocketfish 7G20A gaming headphones.
Fan total - four 120mm, six 90mm.
Built to kill and stay cool.
AKA
THE
MAUS,
R
| 460 |
x-wing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:32:08am |
re: #452 songbird
The only thing that surrounds that office now is Obamas' ego.
He will meet with the opposition and if they don't agree and go along with him they are the ones being partisan.
We've got a long 4 years coming, but we already knew that.
Just glad his supporters are starting to see it too.
| 461 |
astronmr20 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:34:06am |
re: #459 Render
Coolermaster Centurian 5 case with two 120mm case fans.
Antec True Power 1000 watt power supply.
Intel Extreme Mobo w/ Intel Extreme 3.4gig Dual Core (true dual, not Duocore).
Geminii twin 120mm fan CPU cooler.
2gig Corsair Heatspreader RAM.
Single XFX 9800 GTX (1gig). (only one PCI-E slot)
Soundblaster 24bit HD. (a retread from my last rig)
Twin 150gig WD Raptor 10,000rpm hard drives. (RAID 1)
Single 500gig stand alone Fantom Drive.
Lightscribe DVD (another retread).
Generic CD (another retread).
90mm hard drive fan.
twin 90mm card slot fans (still more retreads).
Thermaltake four channel fan controller (waste of money, I leave all the fans on high all the time).
Single 90mm fan tie-wired to the front of the case.
Single Samsung 906BW 2ms 19 inch widescreen.
Razor Deathadder wired gaming mouse.
MS/Razor Reclusa wired gaming keyboard.
Rocketfish 7G20A gaming headphones.Fan total - four 120mm, six 90mm.
Built to kill and stay cool.
AKA
THE
MAUS,
R
Now the raptor 10k rpm drives... that's impressive!
If you are on XP, that's indeed a mean machine.
| 463 |
HelloDare Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:39:50am |
If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read
some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.
-- Charles Darwin
| 464 |
songbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:40:12am |
re: #460 x-wing
The only thing that surrounds that office now is Obamas' ego.
He will meet with the opposition and if they don't agree and go along with him they are the ones being partisan.
We've got a long 4 years coming, but we already knew that.
Just glad his supporters are starting to see it too.
It is a shame that the first African American president has to be this incompetent, but I think many Americans thought he would be based on a documented lack of leadership experience.
The "Egg of Power" is going to end up as egg on the face of his supporters.
| 465 |
Render Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:43:39am |
re: #461 astronmr20
XP Pro SP3.
Ironically, I'm close to a bottom feeder rig wise in Dssg. My motherboard and CPU are circa 2004.
VISTA
STINKS,
R
| 467 |
Throbert McGee Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:45:27am |
re: #442 Arkay
What's a girl got to do to get a little karma around here! >
Well, if you want to lose some, come out of the closet as a theist.
What a heavy, heavy cross you bear! But remember Matthew 5:11 and be comforted:
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and downding you, for my sake."
| 469 |
Render Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:49:20am |
re: #468 ploome hineni
Not all bad, considering.
I'm an obedience person, breed is not my thing.
Need a Schipperke.
BADLY,
R
| 473 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:54:12am |
Well Arkay's supposedly innocent question is turning into her being a very poor but polite troll from the looks of subsequent posts so.
/green smoke target is illuminated(while it may still be nice tender troll veal)
| 474 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:55:08am |
re: #472 sattv4u2
Al Gore did he is entitled to eatting random leavings on the Interweb since he invented it.
| 475 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:55:30am |
re: #442 Arkay
What's a girl got to do to get a little karma around here! >3 Rules for that
RULE #1,,, NEVER EVER ask for some
RULE #2,,, Post something either A) cogent or B) Funny
RULE #3,,, If ruke #2 fails ,,, revert to Rule #1
| 476 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:56:32am |
re: #474 Rustler
Al Gore did he is entitled to eatting random leavings on the Interweb since he invented it.
Al Gore ,,,, BYTE ME ~~
| 477 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:57:48am |
re: #475 sattv4u2
She can also avoid shoehorning the collective intellect here as being anti theistic. A goodly number of folks here are believers they just understand that science and religion aren't mutually exclusive.
| 479 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 3:59:27am |
Al Gore ,,,,,, John Coleman (founder of the Weather Channel) would like a word with you!
In years past he has called global warming “the greatest scam in history” and has called for suing Al Gore and others that hype the theory in order to force a debate on the merits of it.
[Link: www.examiner.com...]
| 480 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:00:11am |
re: #477 Rustler
She can also avoid shoehorning the collective intellect here as being anti theistic. A goodly number of folks here are believers they just understand that science and religion aren't mutually exclusive.
you just described ME!
| 481 |
Render Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:02:14am |
re: #470 ploome hineni
Considering the state of the union.
I've always had a Schipperke. I'm overdue for #3 but still searching.
Absolutely. Luckily we have a regular house guest Schipperke for daycare, so I get a daily fix on weekdays. He, of course, gets the extreme privilege of hanging with me when he's here - in the Dobersafe zone.
As soon as Wordpress gets done screwing around with whatever update they screwing around with, I'm going to post some pix of my boys (and their cats) on my bloglet.
JUST
CUZ,
R
| 483 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:03:23am |
re: #480 sattv4u2
Well damn I was trying to describe myself. My belief structure is more Deiestic than any widely recognized modern religion. I believe in a higher power I attribute to that higher power such things as science is currently unable to explain(I.E. where did the initial matter or energy in the cosmos come from) but my God doesn't demand of me he observes like any good scientist what his experiment(earth) is doing without interferring to get his desired results.
| 484 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:03:34am |
re: #481 Render
I'm going to post some pix of my boys
ummm,,,,, eerrrrrr ,,,,,,, I didn't think this was that kinda site !
//
| 486 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:05:22am |
re: #482 ploome hineni
I now regret having answered her first question no clue why I am trying to give this troll a female pronoun.
| 487 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:09:01am |
re: #486 Rustler
I now regret having answered her first question no clue why I am trying to give this troll a female pronoun.
Perhaps her/ his bio on his/ her log in. A male more than likely qwouldn't have used the term "peacekeeper" in describing his role in a combat zone.
| 489 |
coquimbojoe Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:12:37am |
re: #486 Rustler
I now regret having answered her first question no clue why I am trying to give this troll a female pronoun.
A troll? Are there some gamey buttocks to be had?
I am religious, always have been. I look at things two ways: I don't look for signs or 'proof' to substantiate my FAITH, and I fervently believe all truth comes from God. So, when science discovers something, I think it is just revealing more of His great creation (that includes the elegance of evolution). It might make me seem bipolar to some, but it brings me peace.
| 490 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:12:49am |
re: #487 sattv4u2
Didn't even read the bio it was more a cadence issue in it's typing.
| 491 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:13:26am |
Well, it appears that the cats have determined that I am not allowed to sleep, as their food bowls are empty, and therefore I must be awakened to feed them.
Heh. They forget: I can choose when to feed them. They are going to wait a while for waking me so early.
| 492 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:14:43am |
re: #489 coquimbojoe
Arkay may end up being a troll. First asks an innocous question maybe having heard from someone Charles want anti religion. I tryed answering her question she comes back asking for updings while in the same breath disparraging the lizard community for downdinging theists.
| 493 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:17:18am |
re: #491 vxbush
Well, it appears that the cats have determined that I am not allowed to sleep, as their food bowls are empty, and therefore I must be awakened to feed them.
Heh. They forget: I can choose when to feed them. They are going to wait a while for waking me so early.
heh ,,,, YOU forget ,,, THEY WOKE YOU !
//
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coquimbojoe Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:18:25am |
re: #492 Rustler
Arkay may end up being a troll. First asks an innocous question maybe having heard from someone Charles want anti religion. I tryed answering her question she comes back asking for updings while in the same breath disparraging the lizard community for downdinging theists.
It amazes me that people don't get it. Theists aren't down-dinged here for being religious. They are downdinged for being strident and spewing crap everywhere - the same goes for non-'theists'.
Her/His/its question of 'what Charles "really' fears' is inane at best. It is all over this blog. Islamofascism and nonsense portraying itself as science to the detriment of our children.
| 495 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:18:43am |
re: #493 sattv4u2
heh ,,,, YOU forget ,,, THEY WOKE YOU !
//
Heh. True. But now they must wait on ME. There is a price to pay for waking me so early, you see.
| 496 |
coquimbojoe Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:19:30am |
I go beddy bye now, Happy Valentines Day Lizardim. Ploomie, the card is in the mail!
| 499 |
AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:20:15am |
re: #483 Rustler
I'm not religious at all but I have experienced some really weird, unexplainable shit from when I was "this high" so I suspect that we really don't know diddley about how the Universe works. Put me down in the "better safe than sorry" column.
| 500 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:20:51am |
re: #494 coquimbojoe What amazes me is it's been registered since 2007 and still doesn't understand. I pretty much got the tone of this place within an hour or 2 of reading posts my first day.
| 502 |
Crux Australis Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:21:23am |
I am a Christian. What kind of things are off limits for discussion on LGF so I don't accidently seem like I'm a troll. I value my account at LGF.
| 503 |
goddessoftheclassroom Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:22:21am |
re: #495 vxbush
Heh. True. But now they must wait on ME. There is a price to pay for waking me so early, you see.
| 504 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:23:36am |
re: #502 Crux Australis No clue but according to Arkay we should downding you for being a believer.
| 505 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:23:42am |
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AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:25:12am |
re: #502 Crux Australis
I am a Christian. What kind of things are off limits for discussion on LGF so I don't accidently seem like I'm a troll. I value my account at LGF.
...sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, politics and puns. Never "pun"! Ever!
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goddessoftheclassroom Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:26:03am |
re: #502 Crux Australis
I am a Christian. What kind of things are off limits for discussion on LGF so I don't accidently seem like I'm a troll. I value my account at LGF.
{Crux Australis}
The only topic I know of Charles asks we avoid is abortion. Honest debate on other topics is fine--it's personal attacks that are not welcome.
Frankly, I avoid the evolution/ID threads because I feel some people equate believing in a Creator with stupidity, but that's my choice.
Also, I maintain the Lizard Prayer List, which I post at least once a week on Sundays. I'll post it in a minute so you can see what it looks like.
| 508 |
goddessoftheclassroom Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:27:29am |
re: #505 vxbush
I sent that one to my husband as a warning.
| 509 |
goddessoftheclassroom Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:28:31am |
Lizard Prayer List 2/14/09
Prayers for thanks, praise, comfort, strength, healing, and hope
Seeking Updates
Many thanks to Ben Z and Cap'n Doc for starting this.
Community issues:
Australia fighting wild fires
Our country going forward
Our troops
Israel
Georgia/Ossetia
Gilad Schalit, for his release.
The contractors still held hostage
Brian at Snapped Shot: for justice
Thanksgivings
knitwit: mother’s peaceful passing after long illness
HoosierHoops: son Jordan deployed to Japan instead of Afghanistan & grandchild on the way
BaseballMom57: husband recovering at home
Vxbush: health issues diagnosed
Wolfie: nephew (USAR-spec ops) got home from Iraq a couple of months ago safe and sound, and he and his wife are expecting their second child.
eschew_obfuscation: family’s health and happiness
Empire1: out of the hospital after suffering a stroke, practically fully recovered
Loppyd: future plans
Health issues:
bbuddha: mother-in-law not eating or drinking
Hoppes: has sick children, lost her MIL, and is very stressed
Kenneth: mom diagnosed with cancer and has been told she has a matter of weeks left.
UberInfidel67: brothers health after polyps removal
Aussiemagpie: children with health issues
Walter Cronanty: son with recurrence of leukemia & recovering from bone marrow transplant.
logboy: recovery from injuries received in combat in Iraq
Dublin(CA)Dude – extensive cancer
gettinby: sister diagnosed with Sjogren’s Syndrome
Yochanan: d-i-l (ronite bas golda) undergoing surgery.
Knitwit: niece Elizabeth has a nasty MRSA infection after orthopedic surgery
tfc3rid: gf's 89 year old grandmother (suffered a a large stroke and is in rehab) and her uncle who is suffering from throat cancer; and continued prayers for dad who has MS
Typicalwhitey: father’s undergoing tests for pancreatic cancer
MNsnowlizard: Had open heart surgery in February (35 years old) and could be facing another one
twincitiesgirl: husband fighting cancer
Cato the elder: health issues
mikeymom: sister suffered a stroke
Josephine: daughter diagnosed with rare, chronic illness
yma o hyd: dear friend Anne has a blood disorder
jamsler: sister, just diagnosed with thyroid cancer; father, getting biopsy of a possible malignancy in his throat.
CoCo: mother paralyzed (due to strokes) and is now having new health problems
gop_patriot: friend’s 8-year-old son starting chemo
Pingjockey: friend Bob with a carcinoma, recovering from surgery
jorline: scleritis (eye disease), rheumatoid arthritis; father who has colon cancer
realwest: metastasizing cancer; mom Type II diabetes
AKAK: Parkinson’s diagnosis confirmed
eaglewingz08: intestinal cancer; has bad case of Grave’s disease, thyroid disorder
Noamsayin: niece and dad battling cancer
Truck Monkey: Brady (11-year-old with brain cancer who is on the football team he coaches)
Shaky Louie: chronic pancriatitis, and an (as yet) undiagnosed liver problem.
loppyd: step-father back in the hospital
Macker: health issues and treatment
newsjunkie_ky: Step-Dad
Sarah: dad (cancer);
Zonie: cancer and renal failure
Pro-Bush Canuck: sister’s illness
kcladderman: father’s throat cancer; just finisher second round of radiation
Clutch: 82-year-old mom’s recovery from eye surgery
BBev: wife’s illness and great pain, having gone from bad to worse
Kenneth: beloved daughter "M" serious chronic illness.
Cartman: liver and other health problems
Irene NYC: mom’s cancer
/cont’d
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goddessoftheclassroom Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:28:44am |
Lizard Prayer List, cont’d:
Family, friend, and life situations:
Safe travels for those traveling to lobby for Heart Defect Research 2/10/09
Lizards in need of particular career opportunities.
Vxbush: two Lizard friends dealing with big issues
Army Green since '92: post has lost three soldiers in Afghanistan; friends deploying there next week.
yma o hyd: ease the grief of friend who lost her husband of 59 years
Taqiyyotomist: strength in difficult times
FBV: that the unknowns find fulfillment
Vxbush: daughter’s financial issues
Yochanan: son in IDF
Bcgirl: sponsored child, Alia in Egypt
Wyatt Earp: Uncle Joe; prostate cancer returned
West Texas: brother’s decision
Victor_yugo: job
laZardo: strength of purpose
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey: mom home from the hospital but may be regressing
A Kiwi Infidel: Natasha and her husband mourning the loss of the younger child.
MandyManners: finding answers and solutions
neocon hippie: grieving for big black kitty, Ripple
Cast Iron Magnolia: nephew, David, who's a Marine serving in Iraq
HHC 2-2 SCR: for those we lost and their family and friends and for thanks for those that are finally back and one for the safety of those still waiting to return.
lightsout: to make a wise decision
BeerDrinking VictoryMonkey: strength to overcome a personal issue, and for wisdom in discerning another one
Flynmudd: son deployed to Middle East
x-wing: son diagnosed with Asperger’s (mild autism)
Mars Needs Neocons: job
jcm: previous foster daughters going back with families; new 5-week-old foster daughter.
Pvt Bin Jammin: best friend’s passing
Josephine: painful loss
Jammiewearingfool: sister’s passing
David Simon: mom (Alzheimer's)
Intrepid: Mom has Alzheimer's and Intrepid is caretaker
conservgirl: atheist SPM, that he finds the Lord
Lizards with family issues
Hayseed: extended family challenges
Noraono: colleagues laid off in building industry
antiislamist: in need of prayers
lone_wolf_in_illinois: friends and family in Israel
GotC: strength for kids and her dealing with EH.
Danger close: general
zulubaby, Carl in Jerusalem, Mr Pol, Golden Jerusalem, basically all the minion in eretz Yisrael
noam sayin': comfort for a lost brother
Buckeye Abroad: in the belly of the beast of Eurabia
ChildOfMary: job for hubby and health for self
nonic: general
yank in EU: general
MdiM: general
Suzette: general
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:29:06am |
re: #502 Crux Australis
I am a Christian. What kind of things are off limits for discussion on LGF so I don't accidently seem like I'm a troll. I value my account at LGF.
Nothing is "off limits", but if you insist that ID be taught in public school science class, be prepared to catch some flak, to say the least
| 512 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:30:16am |
re: #506 AuntAcid
...sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, politics and puns. Never "pun"! Ever!
I only pun for fun , and never in the sun
| 513 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:30:47am |
re: #508 goddessoftheclassroom
{goddess}
Thanks, dear! Yes, that was cute.
My husband got me a Kermit the Frog card. Nothing special, but it was really cute and it also made me feel better last night.
| 515 |
AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:35:01am |
It's 4:30 am here in the PNW. Why are you up and where are you?
| 516 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:36:01am |
re: #515 AuntAcid
It's 4:30 am here in the PNW. Why are you up and where are you?
who ,, me ? I'm in Atlanta, at work (overnight shift). Been here since 10 pm last night. Am here till 10 this morning (7;35 here now)
| 517 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:36:05am |
I didn't go out and party last night. Feel pretty solid good for a Saturday morning. Hi Y'all!
| 518 |
Crux Australis Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:36:36am |
re: #511 sattv4u2
Nothing is "off limits", but if you insist that ID be taught in public school science class, be prepared to catch some flak, to say the least
That's good. I live in Australia and creationism and ID are not taught in PUBLIC schools and no one is pushing for creationism and ID to be taught at all. Christian independent schools are another story altogether.
| 519 |
goddessoftheclassroom Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:36:39am |
re: #515 AuntAcid
It's 4:30 am here in the PNW. Why are you up and where are you?
I'm getting ready to teach an SAT prep class here in Western Pennsylvania.
| 520 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:36:41am |
Welcome FVB
(and a belated welcome and { } to Goddess)
| 521 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:37:53am |
re: #518 Crux Australis
That's good. I live in Australia and creationism and ID are not taught in PUBLIC schools and no one is pushing for creationism and ID to be taught at all. Christian independent schools are another story altogether.
Where, may I ask. Thats one place in the world I've always wanted to go too. Wifey, however wants to "do" Paris.
| 522 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:38:36am |
re: #515 AuntAcid
It's 4:30 am here in the PNW. Why are you up and where are you?
Because the cats demanded to be fed. And I'm in central Illinois. And I couldn't get back to sleep.
| 523 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:39:52am |
re: #519 goddessoftheclassroom
I'm getting ready to teach an SAT prep class here in Western Pennsylvania.
So you're going to SIT for a SAT class!?!?!?
| 524 |
goddessoftheclassroom Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:39:56am |
Well, dear Lizards, I must get ready. Take care!
| 526 |
gregg Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:42:31am |
re: #522 vxbush
Because the cats demanded to be fed. And I'm in central Illinois. And I couldn't get back to sleep.
Cats need to be fed in the middle of the night? I didn't know that (probably because I'm highly allergic to cats).
| 527 |
Crux Australis Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:42:32am |
re: #521 sattv4u2
Where, may I ask. Thats one place in the world I've always wanted to go too. Wifey, however wants to "do" Paris.
On the outskirts of Sydney (about 30 miles from the downtown).
| 528 |
freetoken Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:42:32am |
re: #502 Crux Australis
I am a Christian. What kind of things are off limits for discussion on LGF so I don't accidently seem like I'm a troll. I value my account at LGF.
Doomer porn is off the table.
Anything that could be construed as wishing, hoping, or predicting elected officials' demise is also off the table, I believe.
There are others no doubt... and I also doubt you'd be one who would be likely to post such stuff.
| 529 |
AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:43:19am |
re: #523 sattv4u2
So you're going to SIT for a SAT class!?!?!?
There you go again. What did I tell you about puns? Go to your room! No dinner for you! Jeesh!
| 530 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:43:58am |
re: #526 gregg
Cats need to be fed in the middle of the night? I didn't know that (probably because I'm highly allergic to cats).
Oh, no. Need to be fed is wrong. Demanding, whining, pleading, begging to be fed is more accurate.
We feed our cats twice a day. They apparently think this is half as often as we should be feeding them.
| 531 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:44:30am |
re: #529 AuntAcid
There you go again. What did I tell you about puns? Go to your room! No dinner for you! Jeesh!
I have twinkies hidden under my pillow
| 532 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:44:35am |
re: #528 freetoken
Doomer porn is off the table.
Anything that could be construed as wishing, hoping, or predicting elected officials' demise is also off the table, I believe.
There are others no doubt... and I also doubt you'd be one who would be likely to post such stuff.
Oh, and revolution. Charles has stated pretty clearly that folks pushing for revolution will be banned.
| 533 |
AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:45:06am |
re: #527 Crux Australis
On the outskirts of Sydney (about 30 miles from the downtown).
...and do ya wear a slip with that skirt, matey?
| 534 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:45:34am |
re: #531 sattv4u2
I have twinkies hidden under my pillow
Wow. I bet they don't taste as good smashed.
| 535 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:46:55am |
re: #532 vxbush
Oh, and revolution. Charles has stated pretty clearly that folks pushing for revolution will be banned.
Then how will I ever talk about my LP collection!?!?!?! OR ,,, the regular maintenance of the tires on my car!?!?!?!?!
| 536 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:47:09am |
| 537 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:47:34am |
| 538 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:50:23am |
re: #537 sattv4u2
Why ,,, you swallow them WHOLE!?!?!?
I never touch Twinkies. I'm a chocolate cupcake kind of gal.
| 539 |
Crux Australis Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:50:23am |
re: #533 AuntAcid
...and do ya wear a slip with that skirt, matey?
I personally wear jeans and trousers as I am a male.
The outskirts I'm thinking about are 5 and 10 acre properties and sheep, cattle, horses and chicken farms.
| 540 |
AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:53:12am |
re: #539 Crux Australis
I personally wear jeans and trousers as I am a male.
The outskirts I'm thinking about are 5 and 10 acre properties and sheep, cattle, horses and chicken farms.
Any plans for Bush Week?
| 542 |
hellosnackbar Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:57:08am |
re#58 tackle
Why not ID and creationism packaged up with "Easter bunny"and Mother goose" studies just to add a little gravitas to a full university degree.
After all,sociology has now attained academic status.
re #181 dusty vet
That's Parkinson's law pure and simple and still an ongoing reality'
(look up Professor Northcott Parkinson)as he exposes the bureaucrat's "raison d'etre".
And thanks to all Lizard's tropes contributions.
Best laugh I've had for a long time.
| 543 |
Crux Australis Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:58:17am |
re: #540 AuntAcid
Any plans for Bush Week?
I don't live in the outback or a country town. The center of Sydney is just over an hours drive.
| 544 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:58:18am |
re: #541 sattv4u2
BRB ,,,, gotta make a pot of WakeMeUp
Tea sounds good, but that would require that I actually get up. And if I do that, I'll make noise. And that will wake the son up, which would wake the hubby up, and hubby is already cranky today and back in bed.
Hope, I think I'll stay here for now.
| 545 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:58:29am |
re: #502 Crux Australis
I am a Christian. What kind of things are off limits for discussion on LGF so I don't accidently seem like I'm a troll. I value my account at LGF.
It seems to be a wise decision not to complain to Charles about the content of his site.
Lizard Cemetery is has an entire section of those misguided (dumb) ones who have ceased to be.
| 546 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:59:00am |
Night all signing off an hour before shift is up today since guests are talkative today. Happy valentine's day and be safe.
| 547 |
gregg Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:59:27am |
I think the peanut butter salmonella outbreak is also off limits, but I could be wrong.
| 548 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 4:59:58am |
GAH--my fingers have decided to type independently of rational thought. That was supposed to say, "Nope, I think I'll stay here for now."
I'm afraid the fingers are going to start an insurrection.
| 549 |
Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:00:24am |
re: #545 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
FBV before I leave did you see the new national seal/logo i posted upthread?
| 550 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:01:30am |
re: #547 gregg
I think the peanut butter salmonella outbreak is also off limits, but I could be wrong.
Why. Is Stinky's relative Image: File:Mr_peanut.png ?
| 551 |
AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:01:52am |
re: #539 Crux Australis
I personally wear jeans and trousers as I am a male.
The outskirts I'm thinking about are 5 and 10 acre properties and sheep, cattle, horses and chicken farms.
In my part of the planet, 5 or 10 acre plots are considered evil and the developers are "encouraged" to build on 4-5000 sq. ft lots so we are forced to live "asshole to belly button."
| 552 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:02:29am |
re: #548 vxbush
GAH--my fingers have decided to type independently of rational thought. That was supposed to say, "Nope, I think I'll stay here for now."
I'm afraid the fingers are going to start an insurrection.
Hope
OR ,,, your indoctrination has started!
| 554 |
gregg Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:03:47am |
re: #550 sattv4u2
Sorry, just my stupid sense of humor. I've been told it's very dry.
| 555 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:04:09am |
re: #552 sattv4u2
Hope
OR ,,, your indoctrination has started!
Egads! You mean my fingers are listening to OBAMA!?!?
It may be time to retype some speeches of Reagan's to re-educate them.
| 556 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:04:10am |
re: #554 gregg
Sorry, just my stupid sense of humor. I've been told it's very dry.
| 557 |
gregg Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:05:20am |
| 559 |
AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:06:25am |
re: #545 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
It seems to be a wise decision not to complain to Charles about the content of his site.
Lizard Cemetery is has an entire section of those misguided (dumb) ones who have ceased to be.
I have 2 strikes so I count "10" before posting... would really hate being "eighty-sixed".
| 561 |
SnoozeAlarm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:09:02am |
In a previous thread, I made reference to a recent article by George Will. In that article, Will claims that for Darwin, evolution and belief in God are mutually exclusive. Here is the article.
I made that post because I have seen Charles post many times on this website a saying highly critical of such a position.
My post received a high number of negs, and a few very hostile replies from one poster, and I am mystified. I am genuinely interested in hearing people articulate what they found offensive about my post.
Let me clarify what claims I am NOT making:
1. I am NOT saying that George Will personally believes that evolution and belief in God are mutually exclusive.
2. I am NOT saying that Geoge Will rejects evolution. (I have read him state on at least one occasion that evolution is a foregone conclusion.)
3. I am NOT saying that Darwin himself believed that evolution and belief in God are mutually exclusive. (In other words: I am not saying that Darwin actually believed what Will thinks he believed -- although I am not ruling out that possibility, but it's not of paramount importance to me.)
4. I am NOT saying that the mere fact that Will states that Darwin held that belief in God and evolution to be mutually exclusive, that this constitutes any evidence whatsoever that such a position is correct or that such an interpretation of Darwin is correct.
5. I do NOT have any hidden agenda. (Read: I am not a Creationist who is planning on using this post as a springboard for rejecting evolution.)
My only point here is this: for George Will, a man whose intellect I respect greatly, the view that evolution and belief in God are indeed mutually exclusive is not a view to ridicule. He presents this view respectfully, and does NOT dismiss it as nonsense.
And I think that this meta-question about evolution is a fascinating and important question: are there serious minds out there who do indeed believe that belief in God and evolution are mutually exclusive?
I know for example that Charles Krauthammer, the two notions are most definitely compatible. He posits evolution as God's elegant means of creating the world.
But I am very curious whether it is universally held among the great, serious, honest minds that belief in God and evoution are compatible.
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Crux Australis Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:09:41am |
re: #551 AuntAcid
In my part of the planet, 5 or 10 acre plots are considered evil and the developers are "encouraged" to build on 4-5000 sq. ft lots so we are forced to live "asshole to belly button."
I wouldn't be surprised if sometime in the not too distant future my area is developed. The edge of suburbia is only 6 miles away as the crow flies.
As you would imagine fertile farming areas are a premium in Australia (only about 9% of Australia is arable). It seems stupid that governments would allow sprawl to go over this precious commodity in western Sydney.
| 563 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:10:15am |
re: #559 AuntAcid
I have 2 strikes so I count "10" before posting... would really hate being "eighty-sixed".
Hmmm,,,, maybe we should start a "Death Count Credit' (ala Al Gores Carbon Credit) program.
Those on the precipice of getting whacked can buy a credit from a lizard in good standing! In exchange, the "selling" lizard could have the 'buying" lizard perform some task for them!
| 565 |
Ojoe Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:14:11am |
re: #502 Crux Australis
It is important to distinguish between islam and muslims in general here.
| 566 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:14:19am |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:19:50am |
| 570 |
nonic Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:20:32am |
Hi, guys.
The movie "Marley and Me" is available for pre-order at amazon. But they have two versions, one called the "Bad Boy" edition. Anyone know what that means? I don't see any clues on the two pages.
regular [Link: www.amazon.com...]
bad boy [Link: www.amazon.com...]
| 571 |
AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:21:28am |
re: #562 Crux Australis
Many farmers struggle a life-time to make a go of their land. Their kids want no part of farm life and go off to the city to find easier work so when the parents are worn out and want to retire they could sell to developers and finally get enough money to enjoy a decent retirement but the local gov. want to preserve the land for city folk to drive about and enjoy the rural landscape.
| 572 |
Ojoe Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:23:56am |
re: #569 sattv4u2
Here is another unintelligent design, the Renault Dauphin.
Now I'm going to go back to sleep.
BBL
| 573 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:27:26am |
Insufficient Evidence Could Force U.S. Navy to Return Suspected Pirates to Somalia
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
And closing Gitmo is good idea why?
| 574 |
monkeytime Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:28:38am |
This is from WND but you have to at least look at the picture - if it wasn't so sad - it would be hilarious.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:28:53am |
re: #573 Nevergiveup
Insufficient Evidence Could Force U.S. Navy to Return Suspected Pirates to Somalia
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
And closing Gitmo is good idea why?
WASHINGTON — Questions emerged Friday about whether the U.S. Navy can continue to hold a group of suspected pirates captured on the high seas and kept for now in floating jail cells ringed with barbed wire.
Release them and let them walk home!
| 576 |
nonic Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:30:28am |
Point of information for city folks: an acre is roughly 40,000 square feet or a plot of land 200' x 200'.
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AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:31:16am |
re: #573 Nevergiveup
Insufficient Evidence Could Force U.S. Navy to Return Suspected Pirates to Somalia
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
And closing Gitmo is good idea why?
It's a ploy by the "pirates". They are just trying to get a free pass to Minneapolis.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:33:05am |
re: #577 AuntAcid
It's a ploy by the "pirates". They are just trying to get a free pass to Minneapolis.
I've been to Minneapolis. There's more to do in the floating jail cells !
JUST KIDDING for any Minny Lizards!
| 579 |
freetoken Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:33:48am |
re: #561 SnoozeAlarm
[...] the view that evolution and belief in God are indeed mutually exclusive is not a view to ridicule. He presents this view respectfully, and does NOT dismiss it as nonsense.
The Lao of Stinky, as it has been presented on this website, is a statement of passivity. That is, it takes a non-combatant role, simply saying that doors of possibility could remain open for those who want to hold to both a belief in God and acceptance of evolution.
The Lao of Stinky does not actively make a statement regarding what George Wills was discussing.
Yes, there are some atheists out there who maintain that acceptance of evolution must necessitate non-belief in a God (as presented by practicing theists, as opposed to the more philosophical God of Spinoza and Einstein.)
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nyc redneck Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:34:04am |
re: #574 monkeytime
This is from WND but you have to at least look at the picture - if it wasn't so sad - it would be hilarious.
over 47% of americans are getting more and more incensed by the spectacle that is the O.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:34:08am |
re: #574 monkeytime
This is from WND but you have to at least look at the picture - if it wasn't so sad - it would be hilarious.
I'll go to my local Borders on the way home and see if it's the same there. If so, i'll move as many as I can to the Sci Fi section!
| 582 |
gregg Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:34:14am |
I'm doing my taxes and normally I worry that I'm messing something up. This year, thanks to Turbo Tax Timmy, I don't give a rat's butt.re: #577 AuntAcid
It's a ploy by the "pirates". They are just trying to get a free pass to Minneapolis.
Don't send 'em here, they belong in Pittsburgh.
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Rustler Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:34:48am |
re: #570 nonic Bad boy edition is the 2 disc special edition likely has some extra footage and 2nd disc will have the Making and some other goodies usually.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:35:48am |
re: #582 gregg
I'm doing my taxes and normally I worry that I'm messing something up. This year, thanks to Turbo Tax Timmy, I don't give a rat's butt.
Don't send 'em here, they belong in Pittsburgh.
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present your next Cabinet Appointee,, GREGG !
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vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:36:39am |
re: #581 sattv4u2
I'll go to my local Borders on the way home and see if it's the same there. If so, i'll move as many as I can to the Sci Fi section!
I like that plan.
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thefallingman Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:38:35am |
Just so everybody's tracking, Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday or Beouf Gras or Mardi Gras or whatever you want to call it, is only 10 days away. LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER!
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gregg Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:39:11am |
re: #584 sattv4u2
Whoops, I mixed a couple of posts together. The "Don't send 'em here, they belong in Pittsburgh." was suppose to be a reply to the pirates story. The taxes bit has nothing to do with pirates (on second thought, it's just a different type of pirate).
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freetoken Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:39:44am |
re: #561 SnoozeAlarm
If I might draw an analogy...
There is a difference (for some purposes) between saying:
1) A is impossible; and
2) A is not proved possible.
(where A is some proposition.)
Likewise, there is a difference between what the Lao of Stinky allows and the proposition that Wills is examining.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:42:49am |
re: #587 gregg
I know. I still say let them (the pirates) walk home from the floating jail cells
| 590 |
Dar ul Harbarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:43:59am |
This will make you puke your coffee.
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On Iran
Sorry if it has already been posted.
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AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:44:24am |
re: #587 gregg
Whoops, I mixed a couple of posts together. The "Don't send 'em here, they belong in Pittsburgh." was suppose to be a reply to the pirates story. The taxes bit has nothing to do with pirates (on second thought, it's just a different type of pirate).
we just figured it was part of your plan to reduce your carbon fingerprint.
| 592 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:44:33am |
re: #589 sattv4u2
I know. I still say let them (the pirates) walk home from the floating jail cells
I don't know but where are the Battleships when you got such good target barges?
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nonic Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:45:58am |
re: #583 Rustler
Yeah, I just went back and looked. The "bad boy" says 2 discs while the other says 1. (Yet the regular costs $2 less. Both of them are pretty pricey, actually.) So, they could just SAY what they mean and not confuse the old ladies!
Thanks, by the way. :-)
| 594 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:47:10am |
re: #590 Dar ul Harbarian
This will make you puke your coffee.
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On IranSorry if it has already been posted.
It;s the old Carrot/ Stick stratergy. Only this time, Obama is giving Iran the carrot, and then they'll stick it to us!
| 595 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:48:02am |
re: #590 Dar ul Harbarian
This will make you puke your coffee.
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On IranSorry if it has already been posted.
I find that very hard to believe and my expectations of this Administration are pretty low
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AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:50:26am |
re: #594 sattv4u2
It;s the old Carrot/ Stick stratergy. Only this time, Obama is giving Iran the carrot, and then they'll stick it to us!
It's amazing how few people it takes to really screw things up and bring a great country to it's knees.
"History, repeat thyself!"
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monkeytime Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:50:51am |
re: #590 Dar ul Harbarian
This will make you puke your coffee.
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On IranSorry if it has already been posted.
And Syria too! The O says sanctions are not working anyway. Let's nurse and feed the baby that will grow to destroy Isreal and everyone else that it can. Brilliant!
| 598 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:51:33am |
[Link: www.boston.com...]
MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. - The man who led a Ku Klux Klan chapter in North Carolina that was involved in a deadly 1979 clash with members of the Communist Workers Party has died
Enjoy HELL, Virgil
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Dar ul Harbarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:51:51am |
re: #595 Nevergiveup
I find that very hard to believe and my expectations of this Administration are pretty low
Normally I would agree, but this administration has shown a pretty severe lack of judgment so far.
| 600 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:52:34am |
Good Morning Lizards! Watching Freedom writers with hilary Swank.
Seems pretty good so far...Don't tell me the ending!
How is everyone today?
| 601 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:54:02am |
re: #600 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards! Watching Freedom writers with hilary Swank.
Seems pretty good so far...Don't tell me the ending!
How is everyone today?
Sleepy. Cats holding last night's sleep as a hostage in exchange for food.
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lincolntf Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:54:35am |
re: #590 Dar ul Harbarian
How scary is it that our best hope for an Iran hawk in this Administration is freakin' Hillary Clinton? We are sca-rewed.
Morning all.
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AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:54:40am |
re: #600 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards! Watching Freedom writers with hilary Swank.
Seems pretty good so far...Don't tell me the ending!
How is everyone today?
in the end everyone dies...at least that's my plan.
| 604 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:54:41am |
re: #600 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards! Watching Freedom writers with hilary Swank.
Seems pretty good so far...Don't tell me the ending!
How is everyone today?
Counting down the last hour at work. How's by thee?
| 605 |
monkeytime Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:54:53am |
Hey Hossier. Another day, another "THEY DID WHAT?" in politics.
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AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:58:30am |
re: #605 monkeytime
Hey Hossier. Another day, another "THEY DID WHAT?" in politics.
...that'd be WTF friday.
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BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:58:47am |
re: #604 sattv4u2
Counting down the last hour at work. How's by thee?
Hi VX,Satt,Auntie..
Doing great..burning a few hours till we go shopping..We are doing our part to stimulate the economy...
| 608 |
Bob Z Sat, Feb 14, 2009 5:59:35am |
Good Morning and welcome to the Socialist States Of Obamaland
| 609 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:00:12am |
re: #605 monkeytime
Hey Hossier. Another day, another "THEY DID WHAT?" in politics.
Are you calling me a hossier? LOL
| 610 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:02:08am |
Johnson - this thread:
Our strategy has been to change the subject a bit so that we can get the issue of intelligent design, which really means the reality of God, before ....
Huckabee - from last night's thread:
... that’s what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.
Rhetorical questions for Huckabee and company:
How are these any different from the politicized Islamist, Salafist, mindset?
How, in principle, does the D.I.'s strategy differ from CAIR's?
... and finally ...
Since when does God depend upon your specific worldly help, to the exclusion of all others' ?
| 611 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:03:08am |
re: #607 HoosierHoops
Hi VX,Satt,Auntie..
Doing great..burning a few hours till we go shopping..We are doing our part to stimulate the economy...
Thats like Wifey and me. I told her I refuse to be part of this recession. From 2 months ago and planned within the next 3 months
Bought a new vehicle.
Kitchen countertops to be changed to granite
New Washer/ Dryer
New Hot Water heater
Trip to Boston (home to see the family)
Kids tuition to private high school for 2009-2010
New laptop by summer
| 612 |
monkeytime Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:03:23am |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:03:31am |
re: #601 vxbush
Sleepy. Cats holding last night's sleep as a hostage in exchange for food.
How are you doing this AM?
Migraine gone?
| 614 |
SurferDoc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:04:31am |
Greetings from the chilly Mojave where only the coffee is hot this morning.
Are we still a Republic?
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Dar ul Harbarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:05:53am |
re: #614 SurferDoc
Greetings from the chilly Mojave where only the coffee is hot this morning.
Are we still a Republic?
About half the nation is.
The rest is a cult.
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Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:06:31am |
Erdogan, in an interview with Reuters and two Turkish newspapers late on Friday said the results of the Israeli elections this week, showing gains by right-wing parties, had "painted a very dark picture" for the future.
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]
Interesting view of a sovereign country's democratic election, but then it's Turkey?
| 617 |
srb1976 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:07:43am |
Morning, folks! Sitting in a dark house trying to type quietly because there is someone asleep in every room besides bathroom and kitchen.
What's new?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:08:33am |
re: #616 Nevergiveup
Erdogan, in an interview with Reuters and two Turkish newspapers late on Friday said the results of the Israeli elections this week, showing gains by right-wing parties, had "painted a very dark picture" for the future.
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]Interesting view of a sovereign country's democratic election, but then it's Turkey?
I'd like to see the Turkish Army's opinion, as point-counterpoint.
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SurferDoc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:09:59am |
Considering the caliber of people who don't like the Israeli election results, they must be even better than I thought.
| 620 |
Dar ul Harbarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:10:00am |
re: #617 srb1976
Morning, folks! Sitting in a dark house trying to type quietly because there is someone asleep in every room besides bathroom and kitchen.
What's new?
Read this and go back to bed
re: #590 Dar ul Harbarian
This will make you puke your coffee.
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On IranSorry if it has already been posted.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:10:27am |
re: #614 SurferDoc
Greetings from the chilly Mojave where only the coffee is hot this morning.
Are we still a Republic?
Just curious. Are you down in the Edwards AFB end of it?
My mother lived and worked in Ridgecrest/NWC for years.
| 622 |
Luigi Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:11:32am |
President Obama continues to take our foreign policy in directions that are either badly misguided or guided by serious badness.
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On Iran
[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...]
| 623 |
srb1976 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:12:09am |
re: #620 Dar ul Harbarian
how reliable is that? rather a disgusting thought first thing in the morning
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BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:13:03am |
re: #611 sattv4u2
Thats like Wifey and me. I told her I refuse to be part of this recession. From 2 months ago and planned within the next 3 months
Bought a new vehicle.
Kitchen countertops to be changed to granite
New Washer/ Dryer
New Hot Water heater
Trip to Boston (home to see the family)
Kids tuition to private high school for 2009-2010
New laptop by summer
Good on you and ours..I ain't hiding under the bed..
/In freedom writers she takes the kids to the Holocaust museum..Dang moving.
| 626 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:13:10am |
re: #622 Luigi
President Obama continues to take our foreign policy in directions that are either badly misguided or guided by serious badness.
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On Iran
[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...]
What's in those thin, cylindrical, things he smokes?
| 627 |
Dar ul Harbarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:13:37am |
re: #623 srb1976
how reliable is that? rather a disgusting thought first thing in the morning
I don't know how reliable it is but I have been sensitized to insanity coming from the White House recently.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:13:38am |
re: #622 Luigi
President Obama continues to take our foreign policy in directions that are either badly misguided or guided by serious badness.
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On Iran
[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...]
In other news,,,,
President Obama announced today, due to his aversion to cold weather, he is moving the White House to a warmer climate
Havana Cuba is the odds on front runner
| 629 |
Dar ul Harbarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:14:30am |
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SurferDoc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:14:39am |
re: #621 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Just curious. Are you down in the Edwards AFB end of it?
My mother lived and worked in Ridgecrest/NWC for years.
Yes, I am right down there. I drive past Edwards on the way to my weekend place. I was a contractor to the China Lake NWC for a few years, too. It was NAWS then.
| 631 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:14:48am |
re: #625 HoosierHoops
Mornin', Hoops!
Was last night filled with nightmares of routers and switches? ... (-:
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srb1976 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:15:08am |
re: #627 Dar ul Harbarian
I don't know how reliable it is but I have been sensitized to insanity coming from the White House recently.
is anything other that insanity coming from the white house these days?
| 633 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:16:36am |
re: #631 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Mornin', Hoops!
Was last night filled with nightmares of routers and switches? ... (-:
Morning Brat! LOL
Nothing a few bud lights can't cure..I almost forgot friday the 13th at work..thanks for that...;)
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:18:31am |
re: #630 SurferDoc
Yes, I am right down there. I drive past Edwards on the way to my weekend place. I was a contractor to the China Lake NWC for a few years, too. It was NAWS then.
I don't know the genealogy of the base. IIRC, it was NOTS when she first moved there. Maybe that was the airfield/range part of it, not the design center.
I was up there several times in the mid-60's, including once when my squadron went for 2 weeks of bombing practice.
| 635 |
srb1976 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:20:09am |
Friday the 13th has got nothin'. My better half decided to give me my valentines gift early......lovely purple sapphire tennis bracelet. Today, though I get to take the Little Man to get a haircut to which he is violently opposed, and also scared of......much scarier than superstitious bad luck
| 636 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:21:18am |
re: #618 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I'd like to see the Turkish Army's opinion, as point-counterpoint.
Personally I think the days of the Turkish Army taking control have Long since past. But that's just my opinion.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:22:20am |
re: #633 HoosierHoops
Morning Brat! LOL
Nothing a few bud lights can't cure..I almost forgot friday the 13th at work..thanks for that...;)
I've been doing hardware mods on a group of prototypes (electronics OEM stuff). I'm cool, though busy. The two guys dealing with the firmware are pulling their hair out.
/software is the Dark Side
| 638 |
wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:23:55am |
re: #616 Nevergiveup
Erdogan, in an interview with Reuters and two Turkish newspapers late on Friday said the results of the Israeli elections this week, showing gains by right-wing parties, had "painted a very dark picture" for the future.
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]Interesting view of a sovereign country's democratic election, but then it's Turkey?
The NYT has a puff piece today on a Turkish/Jewish business man's view
HIS Jewishness did affect him, and in many ways was the reason that his beginnings were so humble. His father, a yarn importer, lost everything in 1942 when Turkey imposed the infamous Wealth Tax. While its stated aim was to fill state coffers during World War II, larger amounts were levied on non-Muslims, like Jews, Armenians and Greeks. It was widely seen as a racist attempt to diminish the economic power of minorities in Turkey.
'minorities'? No. Try 'non-muslim'.
| 639 |
SurferDoc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:24:01am |
re: #634 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I don't know the genealogy of the base. IIRC, it was NOTS when she first moved there. Maybe that was the airfield/range part of it, not the design center.
I was up there several times in the mid-60's, including once when my squadron went for 2 weeks of bombing practice.
It was NOTS in the beginning, NAWS in the eighties, NWC recently, and at least one other acronym somewhere along there. It is a fascinating place, BTW. Lots of interesting research goes on there.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:24:11am |
re: #636 Nevergiveup
Personally I think the days of the Turkish Army taking control have Long since past. But that's just my opinion.
I've picked up those vibes too. However, I hope that if worst-case occurs ....
| 641 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:25:53am |
re: #640 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I've picked up those vibes too. However, I hope that if worst-case occurs ....
What's the worst case scenario? Turkey is Islam"s key to Europe and they ain't letting go so easy.
| 642 |
gregg Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:26:22am |
re: #609 HoosierHoops
Are you calling me a hossier? LOL
Once I called someone from Indiana an Indianan and she just about bit my head off. Lesson learned.
| 643 |
wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:26:50am |
| 644 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:27:17am |
Last update - 11:03 14/02/2009
U.S., EU indicate they prefer Kadima-Likud unity government in Israel
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]
I preferred a Duncan Hunter Administration, but that didn't work out so great?
| 645 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:27:35am |
re: #642 gregg
Once I called someone from Indiana an Indianan and she just about bit my head off. Lesson learned.
Which head?
| 646 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:28:11am |
re: #639 SurferDoc
Lots of interesting research goes on there.
PLEASE do not tell me!
(*grin*, I've never worked in the DOD-related sector, but I know about "black programs".)
Thanks for the history. I thought NOTS was right for way back then.
| 647 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:28:30am |
re: #635 srb1976
Friday the 13th has got nothin'. My better half decided to give me my valentines gift early......lovely purple sapphire tennis bracelet. Today, though I get to take the Little Man to get a haircut to which he is violently opposed, and also scared of......much scarier than superstitious bad luck
Isn't that hard to hit with the racket?
| 648 |
srb1976 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:28:49am |
re: #643 wahabicorridor
yep, he's a good one, decided that since both kids are september babies, I just HAD to have some sapphire jewelry....what a guy = )
| 649 |
srb1976 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:29:50am |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:30:12am |
re: #641 Nevergiveup
What's the worst case scenario? Turkey is Islam"s key to Europe and they ain't letting go so easy.
Worst case would be if Ataturk's legacy (secular gov't/society) gets thrown under the bus by Erdogan and company.
| 651 |
Marvo76 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:30:18am |
re: #632 srb1976
Bullshit seems to be in good supply, maybe they can fertilize the fields of america instead of trying to feed it to us directly...
| 652 |
srb1976 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:32:01am |
Well folks, Her Royal stoutness calls.... later all
| 653 |
Marvo76 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:32:03am |
Hoosier, I sent you an email last night on your sight, I noticed the difference, the address I tried the other night that bounced has a small letter and the other that went thru was a capitol letter, you might check it on your site
| 654 |
wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:33:25am |
re: #648 srb1976
yep, he's a good one, decided that since both kids are september babies, I just HAD to have some sapphire jewelry....what a guy = )
Mine's a good one too.
When we were dating I told him "Honey, when you propose - AT CHRISTMAS - I don't need a ring."
Too much money, to my mind. But he thought I just didn't like rings.
I got a diamond tennis bracelet instead! We were married in June. He figured out I had no problems with rings, so that Christmas he gave me a 1.5 carat oval engagement ring.
I'm loaded.
| 655 |
Marvo76 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:33:45am |
re: #650 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Hopefully there is still enough secular leaning army to prevent that, but with the rise of the madrass schools, the new generations coming in are not as secular as they once were.....
| 656 |
SurferDoc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:34:38am |
re: #646 pre-Boomer Marine brat
PLEASE do not tell me!
(*grin*, I've never worked in the DOD-related sector, but I know about "black programs".)Thanks for the history. I thought NOTS was right for way back then.
I heard some hair-curling stories back in the day. I'd never put any of them in print.
| 657 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:34:57am |
re: #655 Marvo76
Hopefully there is still enough secular leaning army to prevent that, but with the rise of the madrass schools, the new generations coming in are not as secular as they once were.....
Yes.
| 658 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:35:05am |
re: #654 wahabicorridor
I'm loaded.
I can't type as well as you when I'm loaded!
(hell ,,, I can't type that well SOBER !)
| 659 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:35:06am |
re: #650 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Worst case would be if Ataturk's legacy (secular gov't/society) gets thrown under the bus by Erdogan and company.
That's what I see coming down the road.
| 660 |
Marvo76 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:35:46am |
re: #654 wahabicorridor
My wife was one of those practicle gals..."I don't need a diamond" that right there told me enough about her so I literally taped the engagement ring to the end of my nose and proposed....
| 661 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:36:00am |
re: #653 Marvo76
Hoosier, I sent you an email last night on your sight, I noticed the difference, the address I tried the other night that bounced has a small letter and the other that went thru was a capitol letter, you might check it on your site
Good morning! My nic is blue..Send the email to this address..The emails to my charity get read by friends and family...there is no real expectation of the normalcy of privacy in an email..
Regards
| 662 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:38:27am |
Such sweet stories.
Told my wife, "If you're crazy enough to marry me, then we're made for each other."
| 663 |
sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:38:54am |
| 664 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:39:05am |
re: #610 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Since when does God depend upon your specific worldly help, to the exclusion of all others' ?
Excellent point. How vain it is for humans to think the creator needs their assistance.
| 665 |
wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:39:32am |
re: #660 Marvo76
My wife was one of those practicle gals..."I don't need a diamond" that right there told me enough about her so I literally taped the engagement ring to the end of my nose and proposed....
ROTFLMAO!
Today we're taking The Fat Beagle to doggy day care and going on a lunch date. Wait till I tell him your story!
| 666 |
SlartyBartfast Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:39:52am |
re: #622 Luigi
President Obama continues to take our foreign policy in directions that are either badly misguided or guided by serious badness.
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On Iran
[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...]
From the article:
Obama decided to end sanctions against Iran after determining that the U.S. measures had failed to block Teheran's missile or nuclear weapons program, officials said. Under the administration of former President George Bush, the United States accelerated sanctions on Iran in 2008.
I feel like a passenger on a 777 who's just been informed that the pilot is handing over the controls to a 3-year-old...
| 667 |
Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:40:09am |
Good morning everyone! No Valentines stuff for this convinced bachelorette. However, I have a wine recommendation. The wine I had with dinner yesterday surprised the heck out of me, in a good way. It is from a winery that is literally right by where I am currently stationed. St. James winery in MO. It is, in scientific terms DA BOMB!
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Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:40:38am |
Miami swoons over its hometown hero
Miami hero Alex Rodriguez jokes about his steroid situation
[Link: www.nydailynews.com...]
By all means keep him!
| 669 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:41:57am |
re: #656 SurferDoc
I heard some hair-curling stories back in the day. I'd never put any of them in print.
A good friend (and recent hatchling here) had his first job as a EE at China Lake. He was working with a gray-headed engineer one day, completed his immediate task, and quipped, "Close enough for government work."
The older guy turned to him and said ... very quietly ...
... "We don't say that here."
My friend (who's now 20 years into the industry) told me that he just about croaked.
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Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:41:59am |
re: #666 SlartyBartfast
I feel like a passenger on a 777 who's just been informed that the pilot is handing over the controls to a 3-year-old...
Yeah the big difference is that a 777 has a pretty good auto-pilot, but this administrations does not.
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ciaospirit Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:42:07am |
Make no mistake. Michelle says she's going to make sure life for her daughters is as normal as possible.
Miley Cyrus is used to traveling with lots of security, but one of her upcoming stops may involve the Secret Service.
The 16-year-old has been invited to screen her upcoming movie, "Hannah Montana: The Movie" for First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama, reports The Insider.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:43:42am |
re: #659 Nevergiveup
That's what I see coming down the road.
I'm afraid you're probably right. Erdogan's gov't seems to be undermining the Army's periodic "purges" (moving out the extremists.)
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AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:44:12am |
"stinkulus" passes...What would Charlie Brown say?
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:44:23am |
re: #666 SlartyBartfast
Obama decided to end sanctions against Iran after determining that the U.S. measures had failed to block Teheran's missile or nuclear weapons program, officials said. Under the administration of former President George Bush, the United States accelerated sanctions on Iran in 2008.
If Obama ends sanctions on Iran it will be a huge victory for the Mullahs and a disaster for dissidents in Iran.
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Cathypop Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:44:24am |
re: #671 ciaospirit
Make no mistake. Michelle says she's going to make sure life for her daughters is as normal as possible.
Something tells me that Michelle does not invite but demands your presence.
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Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:44:57am |
re: #670 Nevergiveup
Yeah the big difference is that a 777 has a pretty good auto-pilot, but this administrations does not.
There is a Russian joke to that extent. A plane crashes in the middle of nowhere... Search party retrieves the Black Box and listens to the recording: "This is the commander... I'm drunk!
This is the Co-pilot... I'm drunk!" Then a pause and: "This is the autopilot... I'm drunk!".
I realize it is a lot funnier in Russian and when you're.... drunk!
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Bloodnok Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:46:11am |
re: #667 Natasha
Good morning everyone! No Valentines stuff for this convinced bachelorette. However, I have a wine recommendation. The wine I had with dinner yesterday surprised the heck out of me, in a good way. It is from a winery that is literally right by where I am currently stationed. St. James winery in MO. It is, in scientific terms DA BOMB!
Is it Valentines Day already? BAH, HUMBUG!
/bachelor
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BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:46:14am |
re: #667 Natasha
Good morning everyone! No Valentines stuff for this convinced bachelorette. However, I have a wine recommendation. The wine I had with dinner yesterday surprised the heck out of me, in a good way. It is from a winery that is literally right by where I am currently stationed. St. James winery in MO. It is, in scientific terms DA BOMB!
Ahhh heck..there is no way they make great wine in MO. It's against the law!
was it as red or white wine?
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Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:47:32am |
re: #678 HoosierHoops
It was a dry red, and it went fantastically with the Porterhouse steak. I also smoked a Cohiba afterwards with another glass of the stuff. Pure heaven!
| 680 |
Achilles Tang Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:48:25am |
Joe the Plumber has written a book already? (Banner ad on the front page)
Wow, this is a man with many skills, not least being able to grab an opportunity when it comes.
Good or bad, I've got to say good for him.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:48:44am |
re: #678 HoosierHoops
Ahhh heck..there is no way they make great wine in MO. It's against the law!
was it as red or white wine?
black and gold
official colors for Mizzou are black and gold
[Link: www.missouri.edu...]
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realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:49:03am |
Good morning y'all - from a rainy, coolish (50 degrees going all the wasy up to 60 degrees, with snow in Monday's forecast!) Charlotte - how is everyone doing today?
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AuntAcid Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:49:10am |
re: #678 HoosierHoops
Ahhh heck..there is no way they make great wine in MO. It's against the law!
was it as red or white wine?
Chateau Bud...with a twist-off cap.
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Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:49:13am |
re: #677 Bloodnok
Heh... My single buddies and I are having an anti-Valentine's Day drink-a-thon at the Officers Club tonight.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:49:40am |
re: #682 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a rainy, coolish (50 degrees going all the wasy up to 60 degrees, with snow in Monday's forecast!) Charlotte - how is everyone doing today?
GREAT, now that my relief has driven thru the gates ! !
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David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:49:52am |
The Senate has passed the 78,700,000,000,000¢ Spendopulous plan.
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BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:49:54am |
re: #679 Natasha
It was a dry red, and it went fantastically with the Porterhouse steak. I also smoked a Cohiba afterwards with another glass of the stuff. Pure heaven!
wow..I think I love you..lol
I grew up in Napa Valley..But I'm not a wine snob..I likes me some good beer too...
| 688 |
Marvo76 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:50:13am |
Ok Hoosier, check your email, I had a bit of a problem getting the damn outlook mail to work so I had to go to my regular account and send it...
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David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:50:35am |
No Republican Senator voted for it.
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Amer-I-Can Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:50:39am |
re: #667 Natasha
Good morning everyone! No Valentines stuff for this convinced bachelorette. However, I have a wine recommendation. The wine I had with dinner yesterday surprised the heck out of me, in a good way. It is from a winery that is literally right by where I am currently stationed. St. James winery in MO. It is, in scientific terms DA BOMB!
I really like their Velvet Red, but I have to take it in small doses. I like wine but it doesn't like me... if you know what I mean.
And you may be a convinced bachelorette, but Happy Valentines day anyway! Treat yourself to something special today besides the good wine.
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Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:50:41am |
re: #684 Natasha
Heh... My single buddies and I are having an anti-Valentine's Day drink-a-thon at the Officers Club tonight.
Actually, it is technically an all-ranks club, but only senior NCOs and Officers go there. We plan on taking over the thing today. There are many of us bachelors and bachelorettes.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:51:32am |
re: #664 Mich-again
Excellent point. How vain it is for humans to think the creator needs their assistance.
However, that is precisely the mindset of the Islamist Jihadist.
Bernard Lewis, "The Roots of Muslim Rage", Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 1990
The 7th para begins:
This phrase, which recurs so frequently in the language of the Iranian leadership, in both their judicial proceedings and their political pronouncements, must seem very strange to the modern outsider, whether religious or secular. The idea that God has enemies, and needs human help in order to identify and dispose of them, is a little difficult to assimilate.
You'll need to begin at the beginning to get the context.
Lewis is a premier Western scholar on Islam.
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SurferDoc Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:51:48am |
re: #682 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a rainy, coolish (50 degrees going all the wasy up to 60 degrees, with snow in Monday's forecast!) Charlotte - how is everyone doing today?
Good morning, RW. I'm doing great, how about you?
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Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:52:10am |
16:27 Turkey summons Israeli envoy over critical comments made by IDF general (AP)
This train wreck is rolling down hill real fast.
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realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:52:16am |
re: #685 sattv4u2
Good morning - what do you mean your "relief" has
driven through the gates? What, have you been here all night long?!?
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Marvo76 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:52:50am |
re: #665 wahabicorridor
Her mom got a bigger kick out of it than she did, cause she had to explain to her about hog rings and why they are used for her to understand....
of course she had to deal with something else too, I do't celebrate Valintines day I wish everyone a happy V.D. and leave it at that. But at least she knows not to expect anythng and is never disappointed!
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Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:52:50am |
re: #691 Natasha
Actually, it is technically an all-ranks club, but only senior NCOs and Officers go there. We plan on taking over the thing today. There are many of us bachelors and bachelorettes.
And this is were?
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realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:53:02am |
re: #689 David IV of Georgia Specter, Collins and Snowe voted for it and wether or not we like it, they all have (R) after their names.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:53:17am |
re: #682 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a rainy, coolish (50 degrees going all the wasy up to 60 degrees, with snow in Monday's forecast!) Charlotte - how is everyone doing today?
Morning, Real!
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Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:53:39am |
re: #687 HoosierHoops
I love beer as well. My home is in Indiana, there used to be this awesome small brewery, most known for its Infidel Ale. It is a pity and a shame the brewery no longer exists.
But, vodka is my favorite, and I am a big vodka snob. Nothing beats a good martini.
| 701 |
David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:53:51am |
re: #682 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a rainy, coolish (50 degrees going all the wasy up to 60 degrees, with snow in Monday's forecast!) Charlotte - how is everyone doing today?
The temperature has been dropping here since the Sun came up. 36°F right now. I think I'll make some carbon footprints to warm things up.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:54:15am |
re: #695 realwest
Good morning - what do you mean your "relief" has
driven through the gates? What, have you been here all night long?!?
Yup ,, at work , came in at 10 last night. Will be back at 10 tonight
| 704 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:54:47am |
re: #693 SurferDoc
Hi SurferDoc - once I wake up, I'll let ya know how I'm doing! LOL!
Glad to hear you're doing well, though!
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Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:55:12am |
re: #697 Nevergiveup
Fort Lost in the Woods, Missouri. I thought I was going to hate the place, but I love it.
| 706 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:56:03am |
re: #699 pre-Boomer Marine brat Hey , hi yourself! How are you today?
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Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:56:05am |
re: #705 Natasha
Fort Lost in the Woods, Missouri. I thought I was going to hate the place, but I love it.
A tad to far for me to come for a drink.
| 709 |
Amer-I-Can Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:56:57am |
re: #705 Natasha
Fort Lost in the Woods, Missouri. I thought I was going to hate the place, but I love it.
Engineer?
| 710 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:57:06am |
re: #688 Marvo76
Ok Hoosier, check your email, I had a bit of a problem getting the damn outlook mail to work so I had to go to my regular account and send it...
Got it! thanks for the email.. We'll have to get together fellow Hoosier..
/I'm not a real Hoosier..Transfered from Cali...I'm thinking about getting a truck with a gun rack and becoming a real Hoosier..whadda think?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:58:01am |
| 712 |
David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:58:06am |
re: #698 realwest
Specter, Collins and Snowe voted for it and wether or not we like it, they all have (R) after their names.
I misread my source. You are correct. According to [Link: www.foxnews.com...] No Republican Representative voted for the Stimupork.
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Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:58:21am |
re: #690 Amer-I-Can
Thank you very much! I think I am actually going to buy myself a piece of white gold jewelry today. I wuvz me!
| 714 |
Marvo76 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:58:30am |
re: #710 HoosierHoops
To be a real hoosier, you have to learn to warsh your clothes....
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:59:25am |
re: #701 David IV of Georgia
Good morning!
How are the whales in Ray Hubbard taking it? I betcha they like the cold.
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yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 6:59:51am |
OT a bit...
But read this at the Corner and then read the link to it. Remeber the old "Crescent of Embrace"? Might be good to consider that the Arabs might well be picking up some of that debt that this ponzie scheme is going to create....and all of this will be getting worse.
[Link: corner.nationalreview.com...]
[Link: creepingsharia.wordpress.com...]
Oh, and who could look at the faces of either Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid and believe that either one of them understands what stimulate means?
| 717 |
Marvo76 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:00:25am |
well gotta go take care of some scrap metal that is waiting for me...have fun and try not to let the world end before I get back...
| 718 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:00:30am |
Turkey demands Israel explain general's remarks
[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]
the Israeli general accused Turkey of massacring Armenians, oppressing Kurds and occupying Cyprus
I'm no English Major but I think the General meant that Turkey had massacred Armenians, oppressed the Kurds , and occupied Cyprus?
| 721 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:01:02am |
re: #700 Natasha
I love beer as well. My home is in Indiana, there used to be this awesome small brewery, most known for its Infidel Ale. It is a pity and a shame the brewery no longer exists.
But, vodka is my favorite, and I am a big vodka snob. Nothing beats a good martini.
Damn..Hoosiers coming out of the woodwork today...We are going to do a lizard meet up this summer and have a blow-out dinner...
My nic is blue
| 722 |
opnion Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:01:33am |
Greetings & salutations Lizards, Slumdog Hundredaire here.
The Chicago Tribune this morning covers the Stimulus vote , with no real analysis. The big issues are where the Obamas will go for their Valentine day dinner & what gifts that they will exchange.
They also published fawing letters from 6th graders to the President.
| 723 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:01:57am |
| 724 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:02:25am |
re: #711 pre-Boomer Marine brat I hear that! Course, being retired means that the weekends are just like any other day, except I don't have any damn appoitments or anything! And it promises to be weather just PERFECT for power napping! LOL!
| 725 |
Amer-I-Can Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:02:40am |
| 726 |
Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:02:49am |
| 727 |
Truck Monkey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:03:13am |
| 728 |
Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:03:40am |
re: #725 Amer-I-Can
ESSAYONS!
(Combat, Retired)
There ain't nothin' a few pounds of C4 can't fix. LOL
| 729 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:03:57am |
re: #714 Marvo76
To be a real hoosier, you have to learn to warsh your clothes....
Ya you guys talk funny..freaking hillbillies! LOL just teasing..
Indiana is cool..They love Basketball here almost as much as I love balling...
The greatest athletes in the world!
| 730 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:05:21am |
re: #712 David IV of Georgia That's true, but I prefer to say that EVERY DAMN DEMOCRAT in the Senate voted for it and only 7 Dems in the House were smart enough to vote against it!
Make no mistake, this "stimulus bill" is a DEMOCRAT'S BILL ALL THE WAY.And because I do love my country, I hope I'm wrong and that this bill will in fact help our economy a great deal, but that's not how I'm betting it will turn out!
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wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:06:17am |
re: #696 Marvo76
Her mom got a bigger kick out of it than she did, cause she had to explain to her about hog rings and why they are used for her to understand....
of course she had to deal with something else too, I do't celebrate Valintines day I wish everyone a happy V.D. and leave it at that. But at least she knows not to expect anythng and is never disappointed!
Your wife is a lucky lady.
And so am I.
Happy Valentine's Day to you and your sweetie.
{realwest}
| 732 |
Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:07:10am |
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Amer-I-Can Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:07:12am |
re: #728 Natasha
There ain't nothin' a few pounds of C4 can't fix. LOL
LOL, there are stories we could share! I used to train 7th Group on bridge demo, among other adventures, ... it was alway interesting to say the least.
| 735 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:07:24am |
re: #716 yesandno
Good morning to you - uh, repsectfully, this be the Dead Thread so you can't really be OT!
"who could look at the faces of either Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid and believe that either one of them understands what stimulate means?" I'm just ROTFLMAO over that line and I'm telling you right now, I'm gonna steal it!
| 736 |
David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:07:38am |
re: #715 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Good morning!
How are the whales in Ray Hubbard taking it? I betcha they like the cold.
There are whales in Lake Ray Hubbard? What's the hunting season on those? Do you think a 9mm would work or should I try the other angle and fish using 125lbs. test line?
| 737 |
Truck Monkey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:08:20am |
re: #689 David IV of Georgia
No Republican Senator voted for it.
But wait.... Collins, Spector, and Snow voted for the.... Oh wait. You're right. No Republican Senator voted for it.
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Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:08:55am |
re: #736 David IV of Georgia
There are whales in Lake Ray Hubbard? What's the hunting season on those? Do you think a 9mm would work or should I try the other angle and fish using 125lbs. test line?
Dynamite.
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vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:09:35am |
re: #613 pre-Boomer Marine brat
How are you doing this AM?
Migraine gone?
It is now. I fell sleep in the chair with my laptop on me. :D
| 740 |
yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:09:54am |
re: #719 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Y'all check out my new avatar?
That's no simple avatar.....
That is the purpose of life!
many kowtows to you!
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David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:10:37am |
re: #730 realwest
That's true, but I prefer to say that EVERY DAMN DEMOCRAT in the Senate voted for it and only 7 Dems in the House were smart enough to vote against it!
Make no mistake, this "stimulus bill" is a DEMOCRAT'S BILL ALL THE WAY.And because I do love my country, I hope I'm wrong and that this bill will in fact help our economy a great deal, but that's not how I'm betting it will turn out!
I agree. I hope I am wrong and the bill will do more good than harm. I hope I am wrong and BHO will turn out to be a great president. (I also hope my unicorn will arrive in the mail soon.)
| 742 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:10:40am |
re: #736 David IV of Georgia
There are whales in Lake Ray Hubbard? What's the hunting season on those? Do you think a 9mm would work or should I try the other angle and fish using 125lbs. test line?
If you like swimming with the whales, use a VERRRY heavy line.
/and hang on to the rod
*grin* ... figgered that'd wake you up!
| 743 |
Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:10:42am |
re: #736 David IV of Georgia
There are whales in Lake Ray Hubbard? What's the hunting season on those? Do you think a 9mm would work or should I try the other angle and fish using 125lbs. test line?
If you can't land it on 10lb test, well, you aren't much of a fisherman.
| 744 |
yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:11:50am |
re: #735 realwest
Good morning to you - uh, repsectfully, this be the Dead Thread so you can't really be OT!
"who could look at the faces of either Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid and believe that either one of them understands what stimulate means?" I'm just ROTFLMAO over that line and I'm telling you right now, I'm gonna steal it!
:)
| 745 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:12:21am |
re: #718 Nevergiveup
Good morning to you! Uh, "
Turkish media says the Israeli general accused Turkey of massacring Armenians, oppressing Kurds and occupying Cyprus in an apparent response to Turkey's prime minister, who scolded President Shimon Peres over the Gaza war at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
may be one of the most poorly written sentences ever - that's something Turkey did a long, long time ago (ask Robert Spencer, he'll tell ya that!). But it reads as if - in response to remarks made by Peres, Turkey then went out and massacred Armenians,took over Cyprus and oppressed the Kurds!
Just sayin...........!
| 746 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:12:28am |
re: #739 vxbush
It is now. I fell sleep in the chair with my laptop on me. :D
Good news!
If you were logged in all night, it must have been the vibes from the night shift which made the difference.
| 748 |
wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:15:44am |
This in from the email I get from Sen. Inhoffe
"Democrats must be held accountable for the lack of infrastructure spending in this massive government spending bill," Senator Inhofe said. "Despite originally being sold as an infrastructure bill, the fact is this bill contains less than 7% for infrastructure in the entire bill. Furthermore, despite all the references to money going to shovel-ready highway and bridge projects, investment in highways comprises only 3% of the package.
| 749 |
David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:16:06am |
re: #743 Wishing
If you can't land it on 10lb test, well, you aren't much of a fisherman.
What bait or lures do whales prefer? Flies, worms, minnows, crawfish, small dogs, frogs, children, shrimp or something else?
| 750 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:16:11am |
re: #731 wahabicorridor
Hey{wahabi} Happy St. Valentines Day to you! Hope you are doing well today!
| 751 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:16:31am |
re: #738 Natasha
Dynamite.
Heh. That's the Army for ya'!
You need to develop your sensitive side. Swim with the whales like Spock in Star Trek's "The Voyage Home".
*duck*
| 752 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:17:12am |
re: #734 Amer-I-Can
Good morning! Uh, where was it you trained the 7th SFG in blowing up bridges and stuff?
| 753 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:17:32am |
re: #745 realwest
Good morning to you! Uh, "
may be one of the most poorly written sentences ever - that's something Turkey did a long, long time ago (ask Robert Spencer, he'll tell ya that!). But it reads as if - in response to remarks made by Peres, Turkey then went out and massacred Armenians,took over Cyprus and oppressed the Kurds!
Just sayin...........!
And remind me when Turkey EVER took responsibility for killing all them Armenians?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:18:46am |
re: #749 David IV of Georgia
What bait or lures do whales prefer? Flies, worms, minnows, crawfish, small dogs, frogs, children, shrimp or something else?
See if you can find an old geezer who once captained a whaling ship.
| 755 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:19:46am |
Obama: Stimulus bill 'major milestone'
More like a 'major kidney stone'
/s
| 756 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:19:47am |
re: #739 vxbush Good morning {vxbush} - glad you're finished with that migrane! Ya know I hear that if you eat a LOT of chocolate, that helps with a migrane headache!
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vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:20:05am |
re: #746 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Good news!
If you were logged in all night, it must have been the vibes from the night shift which made the difference.
No, I got up early because the cats were demanding food. But I had no intention of staying awake. I just thought I'd make it back to the bed before I crashed.
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David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:20:29am |
re: #745 realwest
Turkish media says the Israeli general accused Turkey of massacring Armenians, oppressing Kurds and occupying Cyprus in an apparent response to Turkey's prime minister, who scolded President Shimon Peres over the Gaza war at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
I'm wondering what part of the general's comments the Turks are protesting—or are they upset that he forgot to mention that 80% of the Greeks living in Asia Minor in 1920 were either killed or forced to flee?
| 759 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:20:50am |
re: #754 pre-Boomer Marine brat
See if you can find an old geezer who once captained a whaling ship.
Let's be watching that 'old geezer stuff'
/s
| 760 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:21:32am |
re: #756 realwest
Good morning {vxbush} - glad you're finished with that migrane! Ya know I hear that if you eat a LOT of chocolate, that helps with a migrane headache!
Mmmmmmm. Chocolate. Actually, I do need to make a batch of banana chocolate-chip muffins, but before I can do that I have to do the dishes that are left over from last night.
I think I'm going to wait a while. I can't say I'm actually awake yet.
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wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:21:43am |
re: #750 realwest
Hey{wahabi} Happy St. Valentines Day to you! Hope you are doing well today!
Yep. The Beagle is going to doggy day care and hubby and I have a lunch date.
Love to Mom from us.
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Truck Monkey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:22:09am |
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realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:22:44am |
re: #747 SurferDoc Well, not really - I mean, if y'all use a puny 9mm on a whale, y'all better bring a LOT of ammo and hope it doesn't get pissed off at those irritating scratches it feels!
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wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:23:08am |
re: #753 Nevergiveup
And remind me when Turkey EVER took responsibility for killing all them Armenians?
Oh, they take responsibility. They just don't want it referred to as 'genocide'.
Seriously.
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Arkay Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:23:37am |
just a little bit of distortion there.... Lots of religious people here, we get our hackles up when someone is determined to force their religion into the secular public space/>
If the space it public, religion is a part of it. End of story. A government that enforces a purely secular space is by nature oppressive. Secularism does not have a monopoly on the public square. Where it does it becomes fascist.
what does a peacekeeper in Bosnia do?>
Keep Serb Nazis from killing helpless people. Keep Serb Nazis from rioting during Muslim memorial services for the dead from genocide. Make sure that those who lost the Bosnian Civil War through their atrocities don't forget the lessons learned. And later we get to annoy you.
immigration attorney? charge 4000$ to fill out and submit applications>
Charge $1500 to keep the husbands, wives, mothers and fathers of American citizens from being deported for $100 misdemeanor tickets and shoplifting charges and 35 year old drug convictions (all of these are real cases I have handled). All to support my 2002 Neon driving habit.
poor people beaten up in the USA? Is that why more people want to immigrate to USA than anywhere else in the world>
The ones I am talking about immigrate here LEGALLY, get a $100 ticket, and then goons in jackboots from ICE come and beat them up then throw them in jail. For a secularist you seem to miss on the concept of metaphor.
That's what I'm talkin'. Sorry it annoys you.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:23:42am |
re: #759 Dustyvet
Let's be watching that 'old geezer stuff'
/s
Heh ... I've got enough gray hair to have the privilege.
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Amer-I-Can Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:23:48am |
re: #752 realwest
Good morning! Uh, where was it you trained the 7th SFG in blowing up bridges and stuff?
Ft. Bragg in '91 just before Desert Storm
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:24:07am |
Found it on a t-shirt site. Thought it was purdy funny.
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realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:24:36am |
re: #754 pre-Boomer Marine brat Why is it ALWAYS an OLD geezer? Huh? Seems to me a young geezer would work just as well!
:)
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:25:32am |
re: #766 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Heh ... I've got enough gray hair to have the privilege.
I look like a cross between Robert E Lee, Ernest Hemingway, and Santa Clause...:)
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:26:19am |
re: #769 realwest
Why is it ALWAYS an OLD geezer? Huh? Seems to me a young geezer would work just as well!
:)
GEEZE
/hell if I know, but it sounded cute when I wrote it
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yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:26:46am |
Devil in the details:
Meanwhile, Nancy took a private government funded jet to all over Europe no doubt and weeks after granting everyone a pay hike in Congress...even after Obama capped his administrators/staff/cabinet.
Why does Congress get a pay hike when the gov't is in such lousy shape? Shouldn't their pay be tied to performance?
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:27:19am |
re: #769 realwest
Why is it ALWAYS an OLD geezer? Huh? Seems to me a young geezer would work just as well!
:)
Geezer, General Purpose, 1 Each.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:27:39am |
re: #770 Dustyvet
I look like a cross between ...Robert E Lee..., Ernest Hemingway, and Santa Clause...:)
Damn near stood up and saluted!
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:27:49am |
Morning Lizards! We lost an officer last night. Murdered in the line of duty by a scumbag. It is the 7th Philly officer killed in the last two years.
Please pray for him and his family. His wife is two months pregnant.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:28:21am |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:28:41am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Morning Lizards! We lost an officer last night. Murdered in the line of duty by a scumbag. It is the 7th Philly officer killed in the last two years.
Please pray for him and his family. His wife is two months pregnant.
Oh, how awful.
Prayers on the way.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:29:07am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Sorry Wyatt. Y'all need to go all "Wild West" there.
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wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:29:11am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Morning Lizards! We lost an officer last night. Murdered in the line of duty by a scumbag. It is the 7th Philly officer killed in the last two years.
Please pray for him and his family. His wife is two months pregnant.
Oh. Fuck.
Prayers, Wyatt.
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:30:03am |
Thanks, guys. I worked with his brother when I was in patrol. Cop family. Father, brother. All good people.
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:30:20am |
re: #692 pre-Boomer Marine brat
That was a nice read on a snowy Saturday morning. Thanks for that link.
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pingjockey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:30:35am |
Mornin' all. My condolences and prayers to your officer Wyatt. Goddamn goblins anyway.
Did any of you catch the Nat Geo special about Darwin? BTW, it wasn't the finches that really got his attention, it was the mocking birds.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:31:07am |
re: #764 wahabicorridor
Oh, they take responsibility. They just don't want it referred to as 'genocide'.
Seriously.
Precisely.
Also, they dispute the death toll numbers which the Armenian activists use. I haven't researched it in depth, but I'm inclined to give the Turks more credence on that point.
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Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:31:27am |
re: #749 David IV of Georgia
What bait or lures do whales prefer? Flies, worms, minnows, crawfish, small dogs, frogs, children, shrimp or something else?
Small cats.
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:32:05am |
re: #718 Nevergiveup
I'm no English Major but I think the General meant that Turkey had massacred Armenians, oppressed the Kurds , and occupied Cyprus?
LOL!
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unclassifiable Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:32:12am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Sorry to hear that.
The nephew graduated and is on the job in a small Texas town.
His mom worries about the highway scumbags.
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:32:47am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Morning Lizards! We lost an officer last night. Murdered in the line of duty by a scumbag. It is the 7th Philly officer killed in the last two years.
Please pray for him and his family. His wife is two months pregnant.
Prayers for Officer J P and his family.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:32:55am |
re: #749 David IV of Georgia
What bait or lures do whales prefer? Flies, worms, minnows, crawfish, small dogs, frogs, children, shrimp or something else?
Teeny tiny little bitty planktons. Wittle teeny sea monkeys.
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Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:32:59am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Morning Lizards! We lost an officer last night. Murdered in the line of duty by a scumbag. It is the 7th Philly officer killed in the last two years.
Please pray for him and his family. His wife is two months pregnant.
I am so sorry, Wyatt. I work for the Sheriff's Dept, this hurts us all. Prayers for his family and friends.
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:34:02am |
re: #788 Dustyvet
Prayers for Officer J P and his family.
Thanks Dusty. John worked in my building. I am getting sick and tired of wearing my mourning crepe. And our mayor wants to lay off police officers and firefighters. *spit*
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:34:25am |
re: #782 Mich-again
That was a nice read on a snowy Saturday morning. Thanks for that link.
You're welcome.
Lewis is very savvy, a professional.
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Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:34:38am |
re: #791 Wyatt Earp
Thanks Dusty. John worked in my building. I am getting sick and tired of wearing my mourning crepe. And our mayor wants to lay off police officers and firefighters. *spit*
He wasn't wearing protective vest?
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David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:34:50am |
re: #789 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Teeny tiny little bitty planktons. Wittle teeny sea monkeys.
They are hard to get on a hook—they wiggle too much.
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realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:34:52am |
re: #761 wahabicorridor Well I'll surely pass along the love message to mom and thank you very kindly - sounds like you have a GREAT day planned out!
Oh, btw, with reference to your #748, I've now e-mailed Michael Steele the new head of the RNC, twice, and have received two repies - neither one a form response. The first one was about the stealth health provision and how I want The Three Stooges drummed out of our party. His polite repsonse was that he didn't have the authority to tell someone to remove the (R) after their name but you can never tell who's gonna be a candidate until after a primary! The second one was to the effect that he's been busily raising dough for the RNC (which - he said and I don't know if it's true or not - raised more money than McCain did for the last election) and that he intends to spend that money judiciously - as in that district in NY that has always been Republican but twice elected that Dem woman who is going to get Hillary's seat and the other was some House member in Virginia who's name I've forgotten). So it looks to me as if he already has a "target list" of seats the Repub's can pick up in the House - he didn't mention Senate races, other than alluding to primary races for the Three Stooges.
And to top it all off, he called me by my real first name and signed it, "Michael"!
So there is someone in the Republican Party you can reach and get a response from. Specter responded that he only helps folks who live in Pennsylvania - so I replied perhaps he should refer to himself as Arlen Specter (R for PA ONLY) and drop the US Senator from his name.
Collins and Snowe never even sent me a form letter response.
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:35:11am |
re: #790 Wishing
I am so sorry, Wyatt. I work for the Sheriff's Dept, this hurts us all. Prayers for his family and friends.
Thanks, Wishing. Some freinds offered condolences, and I told them that after all the muredered officers, I just don't have anything left.
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:35:48am |
re: #793 Wishing
He wasn't wearing protective vest?
He was. He turned when the suspect fired, and it caught him in the chest between the panels.
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:36:22am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Morning Lizards! We lost an officer last night. Murdered in the line of duty by a scumbag. It is the 7th Philly officer killed in the last two years.
Please pray for him and his family. His wife is two months pregnant.
[Link: www.metacafe.com...]
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Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:36:30am |
re: #798 Wyatt Earp
He was. He turned when the suspect fired, and it caught him in the chest between the panels.
Wow, just wow.
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Arkay Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:36:56am |
For those who think I'm being inconsistent when I say that "the religious have a right to be part of the public square" and when I say "religion has no part in evolution classes or in science"--
A science class is by nature not entirely "public", it's a class, where science is studied. If you want to study religion, take a religion class.
OTOH, the open air, where the matters of the day are debated--politics, public affairs, web sites, etc--theists in general and Christians in particular have an absolute right to be heard, and to be heard for what they are without having to put on "please excuse my Christianity" sackcloth and ashes. Christianity is nothing to be ashamed of and a Christian has every inch a right to speak and be heard as anyone else.
Societies that forget this are very quickly ruled by thugs in jackboots. At least, they have historically this last century.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:37:12am |
re: #785 Wishing
Small cats.
*yelling to the northeast*
"Hey Goddess, I'm buyin' you a plane ticket to Dallas.
... David's goin' fishing for whales down here.
... ... You can be a big help ! "
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tackle Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:37:24am |
There has been a video threat released over the American kidnapped in Pakinstan. God help him.
Kidnappers threaten American Kidnapped in Pakistan
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:37:42am |
re: #800 Wishing
Wow, just wow.
The suspect was allegedly shot seven times. We're hearing he is going to live. Frakkin' fantastic. I was really praying for his death.
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:38:41am |
re: #772 yesandno
Congress gave themselves a pay raise, I think it was 4 or 5%, but worse in my mind was that they increased each member's "petty cash fund" by $93,000.
Thats just a different pocket in the same pair of pants. They should just call it what it is. A slush fund to buy whatever they want without having to report it as income.
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pingjockey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:38:46am |
re: #798 Wyatt Earp
Damn, just damn. Does your asshat mayor think by laying off the PD and FD it is going to get safer for the civilians? I got it, ACORN is gonna ride to the rescue with a shit load of community organizers and calm down the goblins. That is really heavy sarcasm right there.
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:39:15am |
Goddess, if you're on, can you please ass Officer John Pawlowski and his family to our prayer list? See my #775.
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wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:39:42am |
re: #795 realwest
so I replied perhaps he should refer to himself as Arlen Specter (R for PA ONLY) and drop the US Senator from his name.
Oh, VERRY good, real!
There's an article in today's NYT that he sold out in order to get more funding to NIH for cancer research.
I told my husband - and hubby will tell his staff - that we all die of something - it's no reason to sell out your country.
People are unbelievably pissed with him.
As for Gillibrand - as Dems go - she's pretty moderate.
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:40:46am |
re: #807 Wyatt Earp
Goddess, if you're on, can you please
assADD Officer John Pawlowski and his family to our prayer list? See my #775.
Sorry. I'm kinda out of sorts today.
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BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:40:51am |
re: #783 pingjockey
Mornin' all. My condolences and prayers to your officer Wyatt. Goddamn goblins anyway.
Did any of you catch the Nat Geo special about Darwin? BTW, it wasn't the finches that really got his attention, it was the mocking birds.
Good Morning Ping! I saw that show last night..Wow..what a great show
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Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:41:07am |
re: #804 Wyatt Earp
The suspect was allegedly shot seven times. We're hearing he is going to live. Frakkin' fantastic. I was really praying for his death.
Medical care, then the trial, for years, then his meals and housing til death. Total drag.
Whatever happened to *a life for a life*?
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wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:41:36am |
re: #801 Arkay
Excuse me, are you 'speaking' to someone specifically?
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realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:41:44am |
re: #767 Amer-I-Can
Ah, geez, I really gotta try to keep up with military news - when I served with the 8th SFG (I was NOT SF qualified, just TDY'd to them for a couple years) in the Canal Zone and elsewhere, the 7th was a Ft Devon, Mass, IIRC and I was just wondering if y'all ever got the coordinates wrong and managed to place a few charges around Lt. Kerry's place, cause ya know he'd understand mistakes in navigation! LOL! But it'd be really hard to do that if they were at Ft. Bragg!
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:42:43am |
re: #806 pingjockey
Damn, just damn. Does your asshat mayor think by laying off the PD and FD it is going to get safer for the civilians? I got it, ACORN is gonna ride to the rescue with a shit load of community organizers and calm down the goblins. That is really heavy sarcasm right there.
He didn't blink an eye when he closed 7 fire stations, and Lord knows that won't make things safer for the citizens. It's a shame, because I thought Nutter was better than this.
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:42:50am |
re: #807 Wyatt Earp
Goddess, if you're on, can you please ass Officer John Pawlowski and his family to our prayer list? See my #775.
Police Officer John Pawlowski
Philadelphia Police Department
Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Friday, February 13, 2009
Biographical Info
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Friday, February 13, 2009
Weapon Used: Handgun; .357 caliber
Suspect Info: Shot and wounded
Officer John Pawlowski was shot and killed while responding to a street fight in the city's Logan section at approximately 8 pm. One of the two men involved in the fight shot him as he exited his cruiser.
Other officers at the scene returned fire and wounded the suspect. Officer Pawlowski was transported to Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Officer Pawlowski's brother also serves with the Philadelphia Police Department, and his father retired from the agency.
Agency Contact Information
Philadelphia Police Department
One Franklin Square
Philadelphia, PA 19106
[Link: www.odmp.org...]
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:43:00am |
re: #804 Wyatt Earp
The suspect was allegedly shot seven times. We're hearing he is going to live.
And there will be calls from certain groups within the USA and abroad to let him go free because he is a political prisoner like Mumia.
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pingjockey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:43:05am |
re: #810 HoosierHoops
The guy was seasick forever on that trip. I was lucky, was never seasick in twenty years. I have talked to folks who were seasick and its like you just want to curl up and die. Darwin was still doing writing and research while still in that state.
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realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:43:26am |
re: #771 pre-Boomer Marine brat Aw hell, y'all know I was just kidding.....sorta..........doncha?!
:)
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BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:43:33am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Morning Lizards! We lost an officer last night. Murdered in the line of duty by a scumbag. It is the 7th Philly officer killed in the last two years.
Please pray for him and his family. His wife is two months pregnant.
I'm so sorry Wyatt.. prayer goes out for your fallen officer..
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:44:20am |
re: #815 Dustyvet
Police Officer John Pawlowski
Philadelphia Police Department
Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Friday, February 13, 2009Biographical Info
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not availableIncident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Friday, February 13, 2009
Weapon Used: Handgun; .357 caliber
Suspect Info: Shot and woundedOfficer John Pawlowski was shot and killed while responding to a street fight in the city's Logan section at approximately 8 pm. One of the two men involved in the fight shot him as he exited his cruiser.
Other officers at the scene returned fire and wounded the suspect. Officer Pawlowski was transported to Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Officer Pawlowski's brother also serves with the Philadelphia Police Department, and his father retired from the agency.
Agency Contact Information
Philadelphia Police Department
One Franklin Square
Philadelphia, PA 19106
[Link: www.odmp.org...]
I know you got it from ODMP, but his badge was #5649, and he was working the 4pm-12am shift.
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pingjockey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:44:53am |
re: #814 Wyatt Earp
What a fool. I always vote myself higher local taxes for fire, police, school. To hell with the Feds.
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Arkay Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:45:32am |
re: #801 Arkay
Excuse me, are you 'speaking' to someone specifically?
>
Ploome Hienei, #482. The quote site somehow disappeared in the posting process.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:45:42am |
re: #807 Wyatt Earp
Goddess, if you're on, can you please ass Officer John Pawlowski and his family to our prayer list? See my #775.
I just emailed links to your #775, this #807, and your web site to her
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Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:45:59am |
re: #816 Mich-again
And there will be calls from certain groups within the USA and abroad to let him go free because he is a political prisoner like Mumia.
The only good thing out of this is where the incident happened. Broad and Olney is one of the busiest intersections in the city - there's a major bus terminal there - and there are plenty of witnesses. Lot of people saw this happen.
Ironically enough, the scene is two blocks south from our HQ and two blocks north of the hospital where John was pronounced.
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Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:46:33am |
re: #820 Wyatt Earp
I know you got it from ODMP, but his badge was #5649, and he was working the 4pm-12am shift.
I'm on their email list, just as you came on with the announcement, the email came in.
| 826 |
David IV of Georgia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:46:54am |
re: #801 Arkay
Science classes are a specific forum with a specific focus. Teaching religion is not part of the focus of most science classes and is therefore out of place. It would be similar to teaching economic theories in a class on Buddhism. While a person has a right to be heard and a right to speak, not all times and places are appropriate. Now if the class were about science and religion or how religious views shape science or how science has influenced religion or something along those lines, then it would be appropriate to teach both in the same class.
| 827 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:46:58am |
re: #823 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I just emailed links to your #775, this #807, and your web site to her
Thank you. I thought about doing that, but I'm at work, and things are pretty bad here today. I'm working, but just going through the motions, ya know?
| 828 |
doppelganglander Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:47:07am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Morning Lizards! We lost an officer last night. Murdered in the line of duty by a scumbag. It is the 7th Philly officer killed in the last two years.
Please pray for him and his family. His wife is two months pregnant.
I saw the story this morning and thought of you immediately. His family is in my thoughts. I hope you and your fellow officers are taking care of yourselves emotionally as you have to go through this yet again.
| 829 |
pingjockey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:47:50am |
re: #827 Wyatt Earp
Yes sir, we sure do. Thoughts and prayers Wyatt.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:48:27am |
re: #821 pingjockey
What a fool. I always vote myself higher local taxes for fire, police, school. To hell with the Feds.
the feds are nothing less than criminal...they have no moral right to steal from the people...they hide behind the law
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yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:48:56am |
re: #805 Mich-again
Congress gave themselves a pay raise, I think it was 4 or 5%, but worse in my mind was that they increased each member's "petty cash fund" by $93,000.
Thats just a different pocket in the same pair of pants. They should just call it what it is. A slush fund to buy whatever they want without having to report it as income.
And then they get so rightous and condescending about similar practices by others.
Need a complete change in Washington.....
| 832 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:49:16am |
re: #828 doppelganglander
I saw the story this morning and thought of you immediately. His family is in my thoughts. I hope you and your fellow officers are taking care of yourselves emotionally as you have to go through this yet again.
Thanks. I wrote earlier that after seven officers murdered in two years, I don't have much left. I should have shed some tears, but it hasn't happened yet. That worries me.
| 835 |
pingjockey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:50:03am |
re: #830 albusteve
Leastwise here, I can see where the money is going, unlike that sucking black hole in DC!
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realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:50:04am |
re: #775 Wyatt Earp
Howdy Wyatt - left a message on your blog - prayers and sympathies to his widow and unborn child......and to all y'all brave LE folks out there.
Glad the scumbag was shot DEAD at the scene.
| 837 |
Amer-I-Can Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:50:28am |
re: #813 realwest
Ah, geez, I really gotta try to keep up with military news - when I served with the 8th SFG (I was NOT SF qualified, just TDY'd to them for a couple years) in the Canal Zone and elsewhere, the 7th was a Ft Devon, Mass, IIRC and I was just wondering if y'all ever got the coordinates wrong and managed to place a few charges around Lt. Kerry's place, cause ya know he'd understand mistakes in navigation! LOL! But it'd be really hard to do that if they were at Ft. Bragg!
LOL, that's OK, I wasn't assigned to 7th Group, just attached for training. I was also NOT SF qualified, those guys are HALF NUTS on a good day. I don't think I trained them for anything relating to DS, I'm not even sure that they got deployed to the Middle East. Of course, everything was real hush, hush back then because the fun hadn't started yet.
Thank you for your service, it has made a difference for all Americans.
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doppelganglander Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:50:54am |
re: #836 realwest
Howdy Wyatt - left a message on your blog - prayers and sympathies to his widow and unborn child......and to all y'all brave LE folks out there.
Glad the scumbag was shot DEAD at the scene.
Unfortunately, the scumbag is not dead.
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outsidephilly Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:51:25am |
re: #832 Wyatt Earp
Thanks. I wrote earlier that after seven officers murdered in two years, I don't have much left. I should have shed some tears, but it hasn't happened yet. That worries me.
Same here . . . , we're beyond tears, and sadden by the breakdown of our society
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:51:36am |
re: #827 Wyatt Earp
Thank you. I thought about doing that, but I'm at work, and things are pretty bad here today. I'm working, but just going through the motions, ya know?
I can well imagine.
I had friends in law enforcement while I lived in Tucson. And I had once met a U of AZ officer who was killed in just that manner, bullet going in from the side -- fired by a punk high school kid who was mad about having been turned away from a university fraternity party.
| 841 |
Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:51:39am |
re: #838 doppelganglander
Unfortunately, the scumbag is not dead.
Do we have the scumbag's name. btw?
| 842 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:51:43am |
re: #836 realwest
Howdy Wyatt - left a message on your blog - prayers and sympathies to his widow and unborn child......and to all y'all brave LE folks out there.
Glad the scumbag was shot DEAD at the scene.
Unfortunately, he wasn't. Shot seven times. Still alive, and the docs think he'll make it. Figures.
| 843 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:51:55am |
re: #835 pingjockey
Leastwise here, I can see where the money is going, unlike that sucking black hole in DC!
of course...don't get me wrong
| 844 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:52:26am |
The Prince of hypocrites: Charles embarks on 16,000 mile 'green' crusade... aboard a private jet
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
And such a handsome couple? Anybody else got a hankering to go to the horse track?
| 845 |
Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:53:06am |
re: #844 Nevergiveup
The Prince of hypocrites: Charles embarks on 16,000 mile 'green' crusade... aboard a private jet
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
And such a handsome couple? Anybody else got a hankering to go to the horse track?
Actually, that is one of the kindest photos I have seen.
| 846 |
pingjockey Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:53:13am |
re: #832 Wyatt Earp
You are numb, a human can only take so many emotional body blows then, IIRC you kinda shut down. Defense mechanism maybe? I'm talking without being a psshrink or having stayed at a Holiday Inn. Had one of my troops lose his parents and grandparents a week a part and the kid just went into a shell.
| 847 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:53:29am |
re: #841 Wishing
Do we have the scumbag's name. btw?
The media, in their infinite wisdom, has not released it yet. It's Rasheed Scrugs. He is no stranger to our cell room.
| 848 |
yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:53:41am |
re: #833 ploome hineni
as someone posted yesterday,
'Michelle doesn't smile, she bares her teeth'
/I think barry is gay
That thought has passed my mind as well..
| 850 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:54:05am |
re: #804 Wyatt Earp
Ah crap! I thought he'd been shot DEAD at the scene!
Damnit.
| 852 |
NonNativeTexan Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:54:41am |
re: #821 pingjockey
It's an old trick, Politicians never cut where they can, where there
is a lot of waste. They cut police, fire and prison funding , that way
they can tell the voters, hey - we need a tax increase or we are going
to have to cut police, fire and prison funding.
| 853 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:54:49am |
re: #846 pingjockey
You are numb, a human can only take so many emotional body blows then, IIRC you kinda shut down. Defense mechanism maybe? I'm talking without being a psshrink or having stayed at a Holiday Inn. Had one of my troops lose his parents and grandparents a week a part and the kid just went into a shell.
I'm really angry, but that's about it. I expect the rest will come soon enough.
The sad part? It's my son's first birthday today. I have to go home and try to have a good time with my extended family.
| 854 |
outsidephilly Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:54:51am |
Next week at PA State Representative Joe Sestak's Town Hall Meeting where he wants to discuss the stimulus bill, I'm going to ask him about his slant on this.
| 855 |
Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:54:53am |
re: #848 yesandno
That thought has passed my mind as well..
Do you all remember the youtube video put out by a gay guy in Chaicago who claimed this to be true? Said he had done the deed with barryboy and also got high with him. This was a few years ago.
| 857 |
outsidephilly Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:56:12am |
| 858 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:56:12am |
re: #853 Wyatt Earp
I'm really angry, but that's about it. I expect the rest will come soon enough.
The sad part? It's my son's first birthday today. I have to go home and try to have a good time with my extended family.
{Wyatt}
| 859 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:56:20am |
re: #808 wahabicorridor
Well she'd have to me "moderate" to get elected in that district, but how did Gillibrand vote on the Pork Bill, do ya know? I don't think she's given up her congressional seat yet.
| 860 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:56:21am |
re: #849 ploome hineni
taxi drivers carry guns?
He is a "hack." An unlicensed taxi driver who ferries other toads around the city for a few bucks. Most of them have long criminal records, and it doesn't look like the murder weapon was legally registered. Go figure.
| 861 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:56:29am |
re: #827 Wyatt Earp
Thank you. I thought about doing that, but I'm at work, and things are pretty bad here today. I'm working, but just going through the motions, ya know?
My condolences to the both and immediate and law enforcement.
Here in WA in the last two years we've lost 6 officers. Each and everyone the murder was under supervised release by the Department of Corrections.
It makes it even worst when the "system" cares more for criminal right than the lives of those sworn to protect us.
| 863 |
Natasha Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:56:53am |
It is really sad news about the murder of the police officer. And it is too damn bad the scumbag who murdered him is going to live. No doubt, leftards are going to make this murderer into some sort of a heroic martyr.
| 864 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:56:53am |
re: #853 Wyatt Earp
I'm really angry, but that's about it. I expect the rest will come soon enough.
The sad part? It's my son's first birthday today. I have to go home and try to have a good time with my extended family.
A Happy Birthday to your son! Hang in there Wyatt!
| 865 |
yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:57:14am |
re: #844 Nevergiveup
The Prince of hypocrites: Charles embarks on 16,000 mile 'green' crusade... aboard a private jet
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
And such a handsome couple? Anybody else got a hankering to go to the horse track?
Yes......with a large whip......
| 867 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:57:48am |
Last update - 08:33 14/02/2009
Top 33 most embarrassing moments in Knesset history
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]
Pretty funny reading. As an example:
Most moving eulogy
August 1999: Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg states in the Knesset plenum that veteran MK Amnon Rubinstein has died. The MKs rise and honor him with a minute of silence; Burg delivers a moving eulogy which is broadcast on television. One of those moved is Rubinstein himself, watching the event from his sickbed in Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem. It later turns out that Zalman Shoshi, a transgender celebrity, posed as a doctor and announced Rubinstein?s death. Burg had not checked the facts.
| 868 |
wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:57:55am |
re: #859 realwest
Well she'd have to me "moderate" to get elected in that district, but how did Gillibrand vote on the Pork Bill, do ya know? I don't think she's given up her congressional seat yet.
She voted 'yes'.
She has given up her seat in the House, I think. At least her office has moved to the Senate side because we spent half a day talking to staffers who were getting lost in the move!
| 869 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:58:10am |
re: #864 Dustyvet
A Happy Birthday to your son! Hang in there Wyatt!
Hey, we gotta keep fighting or the criminals win, right?
| 871 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:58:31am |
re: #824 Wyatt Earp
We have a friend who's husband was a police officer killed in the line of duty in Detroit when their daughter was very young. The woman and her daughter who is now 14 are both the very nicest people you'd ever meet and they do a lot of volunteer work with an organization who helps children of policemen killed in the line of duty. You know the scars must still be there, but they both always seem so positive and friendly. Very inspiring people.
| 872 |
TheAntichrist Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:58:49am |
re: #855 Wishing
Do you all remember the youtube video put out by a gay guy in Chaicago who claimed this to be true? Said he had done the deed with barryboy and also got high with him. This was a few years ago.
That was Larry Sinclair, and he's about as credible as Bill promising Hillary she's the only one for him.
| 873 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:58:50am |
re: #861 jcm
My condolences to the both and immediate and law enforcement.
Here in WA in the last two years we've lost 6 officers. Each and everyone the murder was under supervised release by the Department of Corrections.
It makes it even worst when the "system" cares more for criminal right than the lives of those sworn to protect us.
Six officers in two years? My God.
| 874 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:58:53am |
| 875 |
ILoveIsrael Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:59:22am |
From wikipedia:
Indeed, Maimonides, one of the great rabbis of the Middle Ages, wrote that if science and Torah were misaligned, it was either because science was not understood or the Torah was misinterpreted. Maimonides argued that if science proved a point, then the finding should be accepted and scripture should be interpreted accordingly.
Rabbi Simeon Bar Yohai in the 2nd century wrote:
"If a man looks upon the Torah as merely a book presenting narratives and everyday matters, alas for him! Such a torah, one treating with everyday concerns, and indeed a more excellent one, we too, even we, could compile. More than that, in the possession of the rulers of the world there are books of even greater merit, and these we could emulate if we wished to compile some such torah. But the Torah, in all of its words, holds supernal truths and sublime secrets.
Thus the tales related in the Torah are simply her outer garments, and woe to the man who regards that outer garb as the Torah itself, for such a man will be deprived of portion in the next world. Thus David said:" Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law" (Psalms 119:18), that is to say, the things that are underneath. See now. The most visible part of a man are the clothes that he has on, and they who lack understanding, when they look at the man, are apt not to see more in him than these clothes. In reality, however, it is the body of the man that constitutes the pride of his clothes, and his soul constitutes the pride of his body.
Woe to the sinners who look upon the Torah as simply tales pertaining to things of the world, seeing thus only the outer garment. But the righteous whose gaze penetrates to the very Torah, happy are they. Just as wine must be in a jar to keep, so the Torah must also be contained in an outer garment. That garment is made up of the tales and stories; but we, we are bound to penetrate beyond."
| 876 |
wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:59:28am |
| 877 |
Miss Trixie Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:59:44am |
♪ ♬ Good morning, {lizards!} ♬ ♪
Happy Valentine's Day!
{ ♥ realwest ♥ } *smoochie-smooch* :D
New avatar, BTW.
| 878 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:00:03am |
| 879 |
outsidephilly Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:00:30am |
re: #871 Mich-again
We have a friend who's husband was a police officer killed in the line of duty in Detroit when their daughter was very young. The woman and her daughter who is now 14 are both the very nicest people you'd ever meet and they do a lot of volunteer work with an organization who helps children of policemen killed in the line of duty. You know the scars must still be there, but they both always seem so positive and friendly. Very inspiring people.
An organization that takes care of their own!
| 880 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:00:39am |
re: #823 pre-Boomer Marine brat Excellent work! I was gonna do that and looked up and saw you'd done it already!
Something to be said for you youngin's after all!
/ducks
| 881 |
wahabicorridor Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:01:30am |
re: #877 Miss Trixie
AARRGH! You just got here and I have GOT to go get gussied up for our lunch date!
damn
{Miss Trixie}
| 882 |
yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:01:39am |
re: #855 Wishing
Do you all remember the youtube video put out by a gay guy in Chaicago who claimed this to be true? Said he had done the deed with barryboy and also got high with him. This was a few years ago.
Well wasn't his "mentor" a black gay man when 0 was in his teens? Not that that would mean anything, but it does raise the eyebrows that the significant male in his life at the time was gay.....
Don't really care if Barry is gay.....it would be one more slap against Michelle...and who would complain about that?
| 883 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:02:28am |
re: #877 Miss Trixie
♪ ♬ Good morning, {lizards!} ♬ ♪
Happy Valentine's Day!
{ ♥ realwest ♥ } *smoochie-smooch* :D
New avatar, BTW.
Good Morning miss Trixie! How are you today?
| 886 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:03:25am |
re: #837 Amer-I-Can
You're welcome and thank you for your service as well.
| 888 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:03:54am |
re: #866 ploome hineni
not one ex girlfriend...or anyone he dated
WAB larger than he is, and more formidable
lol
obsessed with exercise
fasts one day a week
lol
We have not seen one friend from HS, or college or a former employer or roommate come forward about the O.
His life before he became a politician is almost completely blank.
| 889 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:04:30am |
re: #880 realwest
Excellent work! I was gonna do that and looked up and saw you'd done it already!
Something to be said for you youngin's after all!
/ducks
Careful ... an old g**z*r like you might sprain something when you duck
:D
| 890 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:04:47am |
re: #873 Wyatt Earp
Six officers in two years? My God.
the ABQ police are generally well behaved and trusted out here...one thing...you do not draw down on APD...they will kill you, and they do on a regular basis usually in a maelstom of lead...do not fuck with the APD
| 891 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:05:05am |
re: #860 Wyatt Earp
He is a "hack." An unlicensed taxi driver who ferries other toads around the city for a few bucks. Most of them have long criminal records, and it doesn't look like the murder weapon was legally registered. Go figure.
Yeah, go figure. They tried to close the "gun show loophole" up here. One (R) legislator ask the AG to provide figures for gun show guns used in crimes.
Results.....
none.
| 892 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:05:15am |
re: #889 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Careful ... an old g**z*r like you might sprain something when you duck
:D
"I've ducked and I can't get up"
| 894 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:06:44am |
re: #890 albusteve
the ABQ police are generally well behaved and trusted out here...one thing...you do not draw down on APD...they will kill you, and they do on a regular basis usually in a maelstom of lead...do not fuck with the APD
People used to not frak with us, too. Those days are gone forever - especially in a town where the media paints all of us as lying, racist killers.
| 895 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:07:13am |
re: #842 Wyatt Earp
Yeah I posted that before I read your update. Can't really say what I want to out here and not get deleted.
But I really hope all his "doctors" graduated last in their class at Medical School, ya know?!
And about the lack of tears - don't worry Wyatt, they'll come but the shock of that - even if you weren't involved in that firefight directly - will wear off.
| 896 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:07:34am |
| 897 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:08:15am |
re: #873 Wyatt Earp
Six officers in two years? My God.
Two were traffic accidents but the perps and both been released days before both were drunk and high.
| 898 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:08:44am |
re: #844 Nevergiveup
Don't know why the Mail was bitching about it; at least he'll be outta GB for a while!
| 900 |
Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:08:56am |
re: #875 ILoveIsrael
Exactly! Torah is not a science book, an economics book, a history book. It is Scripture. People who try to twist it to fit their current worldview are just wrong, wrong, wrong!
I said this on an earlier thread: The Almighty is no stranger to giving details: the instructions for the Tabernacle are exquisite in their detail. If He had a mind to teach HOW things were *created* He certainly could have. He did not.
| 902 |
tokyobk Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:09:09am |
re: #882 yesandno
I think Obama's sexuality or Michelle's comparative beauty (I find her attractive) are totally irrelevant to the question of his ability to lead effectively.
Lincoln slept in the same bed as two men with whom he was very close, Josh Speed and the captain of his guard when Mary Todd was away. Perhaps these relationships were homoerotic, perhaps homosexual but really who cares? He was a great president and a great man.
| 903 |
Miss Trixie Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:09:24am |
re: #881 wahabicorridor
AARRGH! You just got here and I have GOT to go get gussied up for our lunch date!
damn
{Miss Trixie}
Hi honey! Have a great time and we can gab later when you return. :D
{wahabbi}
| 904 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:09:49am |
re: #893 ploome hineni
quite amazing
and those who we do know about...the Pakistani and the other roommate fromMalaysia (?)
the rev Wright....etc
Haven't heard about the roomies.
The Rev Wright - I believe the church and his attendance was a "cover", to provide legitimacy - he has perhaps some surface beliefs, but not any real deeply held religious beliefs. Just as he does not seem to have any genuine or deeply held feelings for the grandparents who raised him, provided for him, gave him those things that made his life possible.
| 905 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:09:54am |
re: #894 Wyatt Earp
especially in a town where the media paints all of us as lying, racist killers.
And the pictures that go along with this story are enough to make me ill.
| 907 |
abaleh Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:10:19am |
re: #867 Nevergiveup
Last update - 08:33 14/02/2009
Top 33 most embarrassing moments in Knesset history
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]
Pretty funny reading. As an example:
Most moving eulogy
August 1999: Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg states in the Knesset plenum that veteran MK Amnon Rubinstein has died. The MKs rise and honor him with a minute of silence; Burg delivers a moving eulogy which is broadcast on television. One of those moved is Rubinstein himself, watching the event from his sickbed in Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem. It later turns out that Zalman Shoshi, a transgender celebrity, posed as a doctor and announced Rubinstein?s death. Burg had not checked the facts.
I liked this one:
Most diplomatic welcome
March 1979: Chief of staff Rafael Eitan and Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek are photographed fast asleep in the VIP gallery as U.S. president Jimmy Carter addresses the Knesset.
| 908 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:11:37am |
re: #895 realwest
Yeah I posted that before I read your update. Can't really say what I want to out here and not get deleted.
But I really hope all his "doctors" graduated last in their class at Medical School, ya know?!
And about the lack of tears - don't worry Wyatt, they'll come but the shock of that - even if you weren't involved in that firefight directly - will wear off.
Albert Einstein Medical Center is one of the best in the business. I have a great deal of respect for the docs and nurses there. They will do what they can to save everyone - even those who may not deserve to be saved. What are ya gonna do?
| 909 |
afrocity Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:12:43am |
re: #902 tokyobk
I don't find Michelle attractive. She is Okay.
| 910 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:13:23am |
re: #894 Wyatt Earp
People used to not frak with us, too. Those days are gone forever - especially in a town where the media paints all of us as lying, racist killers.
No different here. The cops here were forced to go through a huge profiling study.
The media had a hayday, but when you dug into numbers, something the media never does. The numbers where consistent with neighborhood population demographics and complaint suspect description.
| 911 |
outsidephilly Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:13:45am |
re: #908 Wyatt Earp
Albert Einstein Medical Center is one of the best in the business. I have a great deal of respect for the docs and nurses there. They will do what they can to save everyone - even those who may not deserve to be saved. What are ya gonna do?
They do their job, and they are very good at what they do!
| 912 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:14:44am |
re: #894 Wyatt Earp
People used to not frak with us, too. Those days are gone forever - especially in a town where the media paints all of us as lying, racist killers.
when I first came down here I was sitting in traffic at an X shaped intersection...suddenly squad cars came roaring in from all directions, may eight cars weaving in and out and swarming...cops jumped out of all these cars with oistols and shotguns moving up to us civvies for protection, motioning people to get down or move their car where they could...while others surrounded the bad guys car and took him down....it was obvious they did a good job of protecting the public...I sat there stunned by the whole scene but was very impressed...
| 913 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:14:56am |
re: #877 Miss Trixie
Good morning gorgeous and a few *smooches* for you as well as Happy Valentine's Day wishes as well!
Love the new avatar!
Hope y'all are doing well!
| 914 |
Jim in Virginia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:14:59am |
So this morning (the day --after-- the final House and Senate stimulus vite), there's a a dude putting flyers on car windshields in the neighborhood:
Five reasons bailouts and stimulus are bad ideas.... contact your Congressman and Senator and tell them to vote against all bailouts and stimulus. For more information contact [Link: www.ronpaulmeetup...]
| 915 |
tokyobk Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:15:27am |
I didn't say hot. But definitely attractive by any standard especially the standard of women you meet in law school. I want to see the wives and girlfriends of the people calling her toothy and ugly etc..!
| 916 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:15:49am |
re: #909 afrocity
I don't find Michelle attractive. She is Okay.
What puts me off is the sour look on her face most of the time.
| 917 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:15:54am |
re: #905 Mich-again
And the pictures that go along with this story are enough to make me ill.
In the photo's I saw someone with a sign which read:
'THE PEOPLE WILL BRING MUMA HOME'
Hopefully in a box, and delivered in a hearse!
*spit*
| 918 |
Miss Trixie Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:16:09am |
re: #883 HoosierHoops
Good Morning miss Trixie! How are you today?
Good morning! I'm just fine, thanks for asking. Although it's a bright winter day, I've got the heat cranked 'cause it's very cold and Lil Miss is trembling with every fibre of her being at the patio door in hunt-mode daring the squirrels to scamper along her fence.
What snoo with you?
| 919 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:16:26am |
re: #885 wahabicorridor
Hey {wahabi} - have a great day.....and evening, too!
| 920 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:16:56am |
| 921 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:17:14am |
re: #916 jcm
What puts me off is the sour look on her face most of the time.
I think that's just an orthodontia problem. Her jaw juts a bit naturally, so it gives her face an odd look.
| 922 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:17:53am |
re: #889 pre-Boomer Marine brat *sputter* why you young mflelrds.......stops to put teeth back in... young whipersnapper!
| 923 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:18:36am |
re: #908 Wyatt Earp
Albert Einstein Medical Center is one of the best in the business. I have a great deal of respect for the docs and nurses there. They will do what they can to save everyone - even those who may not deserve to be saved. What are ya gonna do?
take better aim...exactly like your nic-sake did
| 924 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:18:53am |
re: #908 Wyatt Earp
Albert Einstein Medical Center is one of the best in the business. I have a great deal of respect for the docs and nurses there. They will do what they can to save everyone - even those who may not deserve to be saved. What are ya gonna do?
They have their calling (and it is a high one.) I hope they save the scumbag's life.
Past that, I'm feeling antsy to spell out what I'd like to have happen next. With one eye on Stinky's pipe wrench, I'll just say that I hope the perp will soon feel antsy too.
/that's positively crawling with metaphor
| 925 |
Jim in Virginia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:18:55am |
re: #900 Wishing
Exactly! Torah is not a science book, an economics book, a history book. It is Scripture. People who try to twist it to fit their current worldview are just wrong, wrong, wrong!
I said this on an earlier thread: The Almighty is no stranger to giving details: the instructions for the Tabernacle are exquisite in their detail. If He had a mind to teach HOW things were *created* He certainly could have. He did not.
Why were the Israelites in the Wilderness forty years? God was trying to explain to Moses about the Big Bang, dark matter, evolution and dinosaurs. Finally he feel back on "In the Beginning..."
| 926 |
outsidephilly Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:18:58am |
re: #917 Dustyvet
In the photo's I saw someone with a sign which read:
'THE PEOPLE WILL BRING MUMA HOME'
Hopefully in a box, and delivered in a hearse!
*spit*
And spit we do! Then there's all the 'celebrities' that 'support' muma - UGH!
Sad to say, Paul Newman was a BIG muma supporter . . . ,
And remember, an officer died . . . . .
| 927 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:19:13am |
re: #892 Dustyvet
Thibbbit! You're older than I am, Dusty! That's why we keep brushing them cobwebs off of you!
| 929 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:19:45am |
re: #910 jcm
No different here. The cops here were forced to go through a huge profiling study.
The media had a hayday, but when you dug into numbers, something the media never does. The numbers where consistent with neighborhood population demographics and complaint suspect description.
It's strange. When I got out of the Academy, I worked in a Latino neighborhood. I stopped a lot of Latinos. Then I got transferred to a white neighborhood. I stopped a lot of whites. Now, I work in a black neighborhood. Guess who gets stopped?
| 930 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:19:47am |
re: #921 vxbush
I think that's just an orthodontia problem. Her jaw juts a bit naturally, so it gives her face an odd look.
Maybe, but I seem to see a lot of this and not much of this. She sat through the whole Denver Temple speech with the first look on her face.
| 931 |
outsidephilly Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:20:50am |
re: #929 Wyatt Earp
It's strange. When I got out of the Academy, I worked in a Latino neighborhood. I stopped a lot of Latinos. Then I got transferred to a white neighborhood. I stopped a lot of whites. Now, I work in a black neighborhood. Guess who gets stopped?
. . . , and don't be doin' no profiling
| 932 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:21:01am |
re: #927 realwest
Thibbbit! You're older than I am, Dusty! That's why we keep brushing them cobwebs off of you!
Hence the name Dustyvet...:) Oh look a nice spider....eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek.
| 933 |
Jim in Virginia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:21:21am |
re: #914 Jim in Virginia
Yikes. It wasn't meant to be a live link.
| 934 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:21:59am |
re: #902 tokyobk
Huh
Lincoln slept in the same bed as two men with whom he was very close, Josh Speed and the captain of his guard when Mary Todd was away.
Y'all got a link for that - even if it doesn't matter.
| 935 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:22:10am |
re: #929 Wyatt Earp
It's strange. When I got out of the Academy, I worked in a Latino neighborhood. I stopped a lot of Latinos. Then I got transferred to a white neighborhood. I stopped a lot of whites. Now, I work in a black neighborhood. Guess who gets stopped?
See you're profiling!
RACIST!
/////////
| 936 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:22:29am |
| 937 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:22:44am |
re: #930 jcm
Maybe, but I seem to see a lot of this and not much of this. She sat through the whole Denver Temple speech with the first look on her face.
Yes, I see. But if you look at me when I'm concentrating on my computer, I have a scowl on my face--worse than hers. It's the natural way my face looks when it's resting. Again, I think part of it is just the set of her face.
Sorry, but old age and gravity don't play nice with women's faces.
| 938 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:22:54am |
Funny. My brother sent me this:
THANGS I LARNED WILE LIVIN IN LUSIANA
1. Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in LOUISIANA .
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in LOUISIANA plus a couple no one's seen before.5. It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.
4. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM LOUISIANA IF:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.
3. You use 'fix' as a verb. Example: 'I'm fixing to go to the store '
4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
6. You only own five spices: Tony Chachere's cajun spice, salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.
7. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
8. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit 'a little warm'.
9. You know all four seasons: Deer Season, Duck Season, Crawfish Season, Summer.
10. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good gumbo weather.? YEP!
11. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: 'What kinda coke you want?'
12. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
| 939 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:23:13am |
re: #922 realwest
*sputter* why you young mflelrds.......stops to put teeth back in... young whipersnapper!
*smacks monitor with walking stick*
*drops stick*
/doomed
| 940 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:23:18am |
| 941 |
Miss Trixie Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:23:21am |
| 943 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:23:38am |
re: #940 Dustyvet
Realwest will handle your defense...:)
Oh, great. Should I buy my prison blues now?
///
| 944 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:23:54am |
Odd that since Obama became President, the drones firing missiles in Pakistan only hit militants now. Suspected US missile attack kills 27 in Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD – A suspected U.S. missile strike by a drone aircraft flattened a militant hide-out in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 27 local and foreign insurgents, intelligence officials said.
Back when GWB was in office, that same story would have reported that the missile killed 27 civilians and we'd get a picture of rage boy stomping on a burning US flag.
| 945 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:23:59am |
re: #934 realwest
Huh
Y'all got a link for that - even if it doesn't matter.
Men sharing beds was common back then.
| 946 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:24:01am |
re: #905 Mich-again
The people in those photos make me ill - violently.
| 947 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:25:01am |
re: #938 reine.de.tout
Funny. My brother sent me this:
....11. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: 'What kinda coke you want?'
That's true of Indiana, too. At least southern Indiana.
| 948 |
tokyobk Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:25:20am |
re: #934 realwest
Of course, it is well known and not controversial that Lincoln did live with a Josh Speed for several years, and that they slept in the same bed.
The controversy is whether this indicated homosexuality. Just google the names.
The term "laying an egg" as in "...Robin laid a..." is the supposed product of a homosexual union and there was contemporary doggrel about Speed laying a love child egg for Lincoln, meaning this was the subject of speculation in his lifetime.
| 949 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:26:36am |
re: #918 Miss Trixie
Good morning! I'm just fine, thanks for asking. Although it's a bright winter day, I've got the heat cranked 'cause it's very cold and Lil Miss is trembling with every fibre of her being at the patio door in hunt-mode daring the squirrels to scamper along her fence.
What snoo with you?
Doing wonderful...Happy Valentines day to you..
We are leaving in about 1/2 for lunch and shopping...
I'm the guy in the corner holding mrs hoopster purse while she rips through everything in the ENTIRE STORE..
I learned long ago not to ask..Why are you looking at shoes? Didn't you really want to look at.....GAZE...mmmm ok.. I'll be over here if you need me..
LOL
| 950 |
Miss Trixie Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:26:37am |
re: #922 realwest
*sputter* why you young mflelrds.......stops to put teeth back in... young whipersnapper!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You crack me up! :D
| 951 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:26:40am |
re: #908 Wyatt Earp
"What are ya gonna do?" Uh, get to the firing range more often I reckon.
I know the doc's will try to save his life - it's what I'd want them to do; don't want doctors deciding who deserves to live and who deserves to die.
| 952 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:26:49am |
re: #937 vxbush
Yes, I see. But if you look at me when I'm concentrating on my computer, I have a scowl on my face--worse than hers. It's the natural way my face looks when it's resting. Again, I think part of it is just the set of her face.
Sorry, but old age and gravity don't play nice with women's faces.
Okay.... I guess I don't just get a "pleasant" impression from her. Laura Bush, just exuded a "pleasant" disposition.
| 953 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:26:51am |
re: #947 vxbush
That's true of Indiana, too. At least southern Indiana.
When I hear somebody use soda, cola or pop - I immediately know they're from somewhere else.
| 954 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:27:13am |
re: #945 jcm
Men sharing beds was common back then.
Folks in the army shared bunks in the 1800's, hence the term "bunkie"...Hmmm must have been before the "Don't Talk, Don't Tell Policy"
| 955 |
yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:27:13am |
re: #902 tokyobk
I think Obama's sexuality or Michelle's comparative beauty (I find her attractive) are totally irrelevant to the question of his ability to lead effectively.
Lincoln slept in the same bed as two men with whom he was very close, Josh Speed and the captain of his guard when Mary Todd was away. Perhaps these relationships were homoerotic, perhaps homosexual but really who cares? He was a great president and a great man.
His ability to lead effectively is indeed the question of the day. So far, ain't so good.
Leave Lincoln out of this....irrelevant to Obama on every level.
| 956 |
Jim in Virginia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:27:30am |
re: #934 realwest
Huh
Y'all got a link for that - eve n if it doesn't matter.
No link but I've heard the same thing, and that sharing a bed with a person of same sex (even a stranger in in ainn) was not unusual. No Holiday Inns back then.
| 957 |
abaleh Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:28:44am |
Turkey demands Israel explain general's remarks
Turkish media says the Israeli general accused Turkey of massacring Armenians, oppressing Kurds and occupying Cyprus
truth [trooth] ,
–noun, plural truths [troothz, trooths] .
1. the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
2. conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.
3. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.
4. the state or character of being true.
5. actuality or actual existence.
6. an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.
| 958 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:28:50am |
re: #951 realwest
"What are ya gonna do?" Uh, get to the firing range more often I reckon.
I know the doc's will try to save his life - it's what I'd want them to do; don't want doctors deciding who deserves to live and who deserves to die.
I'm pretty proficient. Never shot less than a 94 in 14 years. Last year, I qualified with a 98. Thankfully, I have never been involved in a shooting. Hopefull, I never will.
| 959 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:28:51am |
re: #954 Dustyvet
Folks in the army shared bunks in the 1800's, hence the term "bunkie"...Hmmm must have been before the "Don't Talk, Don't Tell Policy"
The first chapter of Moby Dick Ishmael and Queequeg shared a room and a bed.
| 960 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:29:07am |
re: #914 Jim in Virginia
ROTFLMAO! Ron Paul, natch! How are you my friend, geez I hardly ever get to see you out here! Hope all is well with you and yours!
| 961 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:29:07am |
re: #956 Jim in Virginia
No link but I've heard the same thing, and that sharing a bed with a person of same sex (even a stranger in in ainn) was not unusual. No Holiday Inns back then.
The good places to stay in those days all had signs that read:
"George Washington slept here"
| 962 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:29:21am |
re: #952 jcm
Okay.... I guess I don't just get a "pleasant" impression from her. Laura Bush, just exuded a "pleasant" disposition.
I think the difference is the eyes, myself.
| 963 |
Desert Dog Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:29:41am |
Well, the Dems have already made Lincoln a liberal with all of this revisionist history spewing forth, so why not make him a gay guy as well? Next, the liberals will start tell everyone Lincoln was "Green" too......UGH
| 964 |
Desert Dog Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:30:05am |
re: #959 jcm
The first chapter of Moby Dick Ishmael and Queequeg shared a room and a bed.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.....you get lonely at sea....
| 965 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:31:11am |
re: #946 realwest
It is disgusting to see what appear to be normal people idolizing a murderer and dancing on the grave of a fallen police officer. Makes me sick too. Moonbats with dead and rotted brains wasting perfectly good oxygen.
| 966 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:31:20am |
re: #964 Desert Dog
Not that there's anything wrong with that.....you get lonely at sea....
"ALL ASHORE WHO'S GOING ASHORE"
| 967 |
tokyobk Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:31:20am |
re: #955 yesandno
Yes, my original point was that speculating about Obama's sexuality was a waste of time that as you say, what matters is his ability to lead or perhaps inability.
I brought up Lincoln to make the point that on much greater evidence than some crack addict trying to get publicity Lincoln's sexuality could be speculate don but that it was totally irrelevant to his having been a great president and a great man.
Funny how things get turned around in speed posting. I was making the same point you just made.
| 970 |
Jim in Virginia Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:31:50am |
re: #955 yesandno
His ability to lead effectively is indeed the question of the day. So far, ain't so good.
Leave Lincoln out of this....irrelevant to Obama on every level.
Look at all the similarities.
They were both from Illinois!
And, ahh, umm...........
| 971 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:32:19am |
re: #959 jcm
The first chapter of Moby Dick Ishmael and Queequeg shared a room and a bed.
/now why did he put the title in italics? ... hmmm
| 972 |
winston06 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:32:27am |
wtf
[Link: www.amazon.ca...]
Hitler's Mein Kampf is now number 87 on list of Canada's Amazon best sellers.
| 973 |
gymmom Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:32:35am |
re: #947 vxbush
Grew up in WV, same there. What kinda coke? Diet Rite, 7 Up or RC?
| 975 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:32:50am |
re: #964 Desert Dog
Not that there's anything wrong with that.....you get lonely at sea....
*whack*
LOL
| 976 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:32:52am |
re: #970 Jim in Virginia
Look at all the similarities.
They were both from Illinois!
And, ahh, umm...........
big ears
| 977 |
tokyobk Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:33:32am |
re: #959 jcm
That is brought up by people saying the Lincoln/Speed relationship was not gay. But Melviille was apparently going for a little transracial homosexual romantic spice. Men on ships. Again, who knows and who cares. Lets hope our country and world does not fall apart on Obama's watch or the next guy or gal who may have to do some cleanup.
| 978 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:33:57am |
Valentines day, marketing.....
And in Eau Claire, Wisconsin a new take on getting more bang for your buck; A free gun to customers who buy a pair of diamond earrings. ...
Someone call Michael Moore!
/////
| 979 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:34:11am |
re: #938 reine.de.tout
Funny. My brother sent me this:
THANGS I LARNED WILE LIVIN IN LUSIANA
1. Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in LOUISIANA .
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in LOUISIANA plus a couple no one's seen before.5. It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.
4. Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM LOUISIANA IF:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.
3. You use 'fix' as a verb. Example: 'I'm fixing to go to the store '
4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.6. You only own five spices: Tony Chachere's cajun spice, salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.
7. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
8. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit 'a little warm'.
9. You know all four seasons: Deer Season, Duck Season, Crawfish Season, Summer.
10. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good gumbo weather.? YEP!
11. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: 'What kinda coke you want?'
12. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
{reine} Happy Valentines day and best wishes to your family..
That post was great! loved it..Let's do a ' you know you are a Hoosier if:'
1. There are at least 4 empty beer cans in the bed of your truck
2. You can't remember your wives birthday..But you know the exact second deer season opens..
3. ( help me lizards) This will be email worthy in a day or so..
| 980 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:34:21am |
re: #916 jcm
Hey jcm, how are you this morning?
What puts me off is her statement (before becoming First Lady) that when she was overseas she was ashamed to say she was an American.And yes, some of us will always remember that.
Always.
| 981 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:34:25am |
re: #938 reine.de.tout
. . .
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM LOUISIANA IF:
. . .6. You only own five spices: Tony Chachere's cajun spice, salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.
. . .
I just looked in my pantry and sure enough - I only have those five! LOL.
| 982 |
doppelganglander Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:35:17am |
re: #929 Wyatt Earp
It's strange. When I got out of the Academy, I worked in a Latino neighborhood. I stopped a lot of Latinos. Then I got transferred to a white neighborhood. I stopped a lot of whites. Now, I work in a black neighborhood. Guess who gets stopped?
I hate it when the police are accused of targeting certain groups disproportionately. Do they think you guys have time on your hands to go harassing people for no reason? It's not like you don't have actual criminals to catch.
Also, if the media would like our help spotting a suspect at large, maybe they should tell us more than that he has brown hair and brown eyes.
| 983 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:35:17am |
re: #981 reine.de.tout
I just looked in my pantry and sure enough - I only have those five! LOL.
fried catfish!....mmmmm!
| 984 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:35:20am |
re: #973 gymmom
Grew up in WV, same there. What kinda coke? Diet Rite, 7 Up or RC?
See, the difference between "coke" (generic noun) and "Coke" (product name) is the implied capital when you speak it.
/
| 985 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:35:25am |
re: #970 Jim in Virginia
Look at all the similarities.
Mary Todd Lincoln was certifiably crazy. Michelle Obama is just a bossy moonbat.
| 986 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:35:36am |
re: #958 Wyatt Earp
I'm pretty proficient. Never shot less than a 94 in 14 years. Last year, I qualified with a 98. Thankfully, I have never been involved in a shooting. Hopefull, I never will.
That's a pretty good golf score...
/
| 987 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:36:04am |
re: #981 reine.de.tout
I just looked in my pantry and sure enough - I only have those five! LOL.
LOL!
Good girl!
| 988 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:36:13am |
re: #980 realwest
Hey jcm, how are you this morning?
What puts me off is her statement (before becoming First Lady) that when she was overseas she was ashamed to say she was an American.And yes, some of us will always remember that.
Always.
Morning!
Mr. Mom day. Just fed 'em all breakfast, time to get them occupied and start on some laundry.
| 989 |
winston06 Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:36:29am |
correction
[Link: www.amazon.ca...]
Hitler's Mein Kampf is now number 89 on list of Canada's Amazon best sellers.
| 990 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:37:01am |
re: #979 HoosierHoops
{reine} Happy Valentines day and best wishes to your family..
That post was great! loved it..Let's do a ' you know you are a Hoosier if:'
1. There are at least 4 empty beer cans in the bed of your truck
2. You can't remember your wives birthday..But you know the exact second deer season opens..
3. ( help me lizards) This will be email worthy in a day or so..
The NCAA basketball tournament is a month unto itself, and the championship game is considered a holiday.
| 991 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:37:21am |
re: #980 realwest
Hey jcm, how are you this morning?
What puts me off is her statement (before becoming First Lady) that when she was overseas she was ashamed to say she was an American.And yes, some of us will always remember that.
Always.
Yep, I'll remember that.
| 993 |
Mich-again Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:39:26am |
re: #991 jcm
Yep, I'll remember that.
To me that is the moment she defined herself. Nothing she can say now can ever remove that indelible mark. I have no use for her at all.
| 994 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:39:28am |
re: #979 HoosierHoops
{reine} Happy Valentines day and best wishes to your family..
That post was great! loved it..Let's do a ' you know you are a Hoosier if:'
1. There are at least 4 empty beer cans in the bed of your truck
2. You can't remember your wives birthday..But you know the exact second deer season opens..
3. ( help me lizards) This will be email worthy in a day or so..
Only 4?
The man who lived behind us "saved" his empty beer cans, and one day he finally got rid of them - he had to rent a TRAILER, and he took away 3 loads.
| 995 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:39:48am |
re: #990 vxbush
The NCAA basketball tournament is a month unto itself, and the championship game is considered a holiday.
If you want to rob a bank..do it on a friday night while everybody..including all the police are at the high school basketball game...
| 997 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:40:14am |
re: #980 realwest
...some of us will always remember that.
Always.
Yes, she did get the prairie fired up with that one.
| 998 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:41:21am |
re: #995 HoosierHoops
If you want to rob a bank..do it on a friday night while everybody..including all the police are at the high school basketball game...
LOL! Yup.
Oh, and we need one about the Indy 500....
| 999 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:41:30am |
| 1000 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:41:47am |
re: #958 Wyatt Earp I hope you never do either Wyatt. Do y'all get those "Shoot, Don't Shoot" training stuff - films and all?
| 1001 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:42:04am |
re: #993 Mich-again
To me that is the moment she defined herself. Nothing she can say now can ever remove that indelible mark. I have no use for her at all.
I remember the (D) convention keynote speech by Obama, typical leftist drivel. But the media's fawning over him made me pay attention made start digging. The more I dug the less l liked. She just added to that dislike.
| 1002 |
Desert Dog Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:42:11am |
You know you are from Arizona when......
(long version, sorry)
-You buy salsa by the gallon.
-All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.
-You think someone driving while wearing oven mitts is clever.
-Most of the restaurants in your town have the first name "El" or "Los."
-You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful yard.
-You notice your car overheating before you drive it.
-Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.
-You can say Hohokam(HO-ho-ko'm) and people don't think you're laughing funny.
-You no longer associate bridges or rivers with water.
-You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River.
-You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.
-You can say 120 degrees without fainting.
-Every other vehicle is a 4x4.
-You can be in the snow, and then drive for an hour and it will be more than 100 degrees.
-Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.
-You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves.
-People break out coats when the temperature drops below 70.
-You discover, in July, it only takes two fingers to drive your car.
-The pool can be warmer than you are.
-You can make sun tea instantly.
-People will drive over 100 miles just to see snow.
-You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your
fireplace.
-Most people will not drink tap water unless they are under dire conditions.
-People with black cars or have black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out-of-state or nuts.
-You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
-You realize Valley Fever isn't a disco dance.
-You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.
-The water from the cold water tap is the same temperature as the hot one.
-You can (correctly) pronounce the words: "Saguaro(?Saguaro (suh-WA'R-o)
An arborescent cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) "Tempe," "Gila Bend," "San Xavier," "Canyon de Chelly," "Mogollon Rim," "Cholla," and "Ajo."
-It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is moving on the streets.
-You actually burn your hand opening the car door. Sunscreen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter, a formula less than 30 SPF is a joke, and you wear it just to go to the Circle K.
-Some fool can market mini-misters for joggers and other fools will actually buy them.
-Hot-air balloons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air
inside.
-No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car.
-You eat hot chilis to cool your mouth off.
-You learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron.
-The temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly.
-You discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window.
-You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m. before work.
-Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up
lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
-You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
| 1003 |
HelloDare Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:42:47am |
re: #989 winston06
correction
[Link: www.amazon.ca...]
Hitler's Mein Kampf is now number 89 on list of Canada's Amazon best sellers.
| 1004 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:42:48am |
re: #997 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Yes, she did get the prairie fired up with that one.
I read the other day that Mary Lincoln was part bear...Because she was bi-polar.
| 1005 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:44:01am |
re: #1000 realwest
I hope you never do either Wyatt. Do y'all get those "Shoot, Don't Shoot" training stuff - films and all?
Heh. Thsi year we did the FATS program. It's interactive, where you use laser guns to shoot (or not shoot) at suspects on a video. My scenario had a guman holding a shotgun to a guy on the floor. Turned out the gunman was the good guy, and when the guy on the floor reached for a gun, I shot him five times - including three head shots.
I turned to the instructor and said, "Oops!" He replied, "What oops? That's great shooting!"
True story. I LOL the rest of the day.
| 1006 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:44:11am |
re: #1002 Desert Dog
Great ones! I enjoyed.
LOL
| 1007 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:44:11am |
re: #973 gymmom
Um, I'll have me an RC and a moonpie, thank you kindly!
| 1008 |
opnion Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:44:23am |
re: #993 Mich-again
To me that is the moment she defined herself. Nothing she can say now can ever remove that indelible mark. I have no use for her at all.
Michelle is a very angry , dour woman & to me it shows in her face.
She seems to have little or now loyalty to this nation.
"America is a mean country" I assume she means the America that gave her so much, like an Ivy League education, when by her own admission she wrote a poor SAT.
| 1009 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:44:27am |
re: #994 reine.de.tout
Only 4?
The man who lived behind us "saved" his empty beer cans, and one day he finally got rid of them - he had to rent a TRAILER, and he took away 3 loads.
LOL
The weekend party we had before our kid went to Iraq was a blow-out..
People we stopping by constantly and the were like 30 cases of beer bottles in the trash..It was a mountain for the trashman..Wish I took a picture..
/I'll email you some crazy pics monday of the party...It was so fun.
| 1010 |
Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:44:27am |
re: #978 jcm
Valentines day, marketing.....
Someone call Michael Moore!
/////
I like free gun promos (though they'll never be any where I live). They give the left the two-fingered, two-handed salute it has earned.
| 1011 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:45:27am |
re: #995 HoosierHoops
If you want to rob a bank..do it on a friday night while everybody..including all the police are at the high school basketball game...
So during March Madness all you in Indiana gonna be rooting for my Tar Heels?
| 1012 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:46:09am |
| 1013 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:46:29am |
re: #1008 opnion
Michelle is a very angry , dour woman & to me it shows in her face.
She seems to have little or now loyalty to this nation.
"America is a mean country" I assume she means the America that gave her so much, like an Ivy League education, when by her own admission she wrote a poor SAT.
not to mention a 300k job doing nothing...despicable bitch imo...trash
| 1014 |
Wyatt Earp Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:46:56am |
re: #1012 HoosierHoops
So..You wanna play sometime? *wink*
As long as it's not for money. If I break 100, I do my happy dance. I usually shoot about 105-110.
| 1015 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:47:49am |
re: #1011 Nevergiveup
So during March Madness all you in Indiana gonna be rooting for my Tar Heels?
Excuse me? Them's fightin' words.
| 1016 |
opnion Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:48:42am |
re: #1013 albusteve
not to mention a 300k job doing nothing...despicable bitch imo...trash
To compound it, by a fotrmer's coworker's accoujnt, Michelle rarely showed up & when she did, she did next to nothing.
| 1017 |
Desert Dog Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:49:11am |
re: #1013 albusteve
not to mention a 300k job doing nothing...despicable bitch imo...trash
I read that they did not hire someone for her job when she left either, they just let that job "go"....which means, it was not a very vital position. Didn't she want to get paid for being the First Lady too? Or, was that just some rumor?
| 1018 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:49:32am |
re: #1016 opnion
To compound it, by a fotrmer's coworker's accoujnt, Michelle rarely showed up & when she did, she did next to nothing.
Hmm. That would be linkworthy to have, just to pull out when needed. Do we have a reference?
| 1019 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:50:09am |
You know you're from Washington when: (edited)
1. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Enumclaw and Issaquah.
2. You consider swimming an indoor sport.
3. You keep snow chains in your trunk but they've never been used.
4. You see a person carrying an umbrella and know they must be a tourist.
5. Eating seafood isn't anything special.
6. Your lawn is mostly moss and you don't really care.
8. You know the difference between "showers followed by rain" and "rain followed by showers".
9. The sight of Mt. Rainier is still awe inspiring.
10. You're extremely picky about your coffee.
11. You yell at the TV if they pronounce the name of a city wrong or make an inaccurate Seattle reference on "Frasier".
12. You rarely wash your car because it's just going to get muddy again tomorrow.
13. You wouldn't dream of putting an air conditioner in your house.
14. You go to Eastern Washington to get some sun.
15. You can drive from your home to a lake, a river or the Puget Sound in 20 minutes or less.
16. You've seen or know someone who has seen Bigfoot.
18. You get a terrible sunburn on the first really nice day of summer.
19. You look forward to SeaFair and all its related activities.
20. You take a heavy coat and a hat with you for a day at the beach.
31. You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.
32. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon.
33. You never go camping without water proof matches and a poncho.
34. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
35. You can point to at least 2 volcanoes even if you can't actually see them through the cloud cover.
36. You wear shorts when the temperature gets above 50 but still wear your hiking boots and parka.
37. You switch to your sandals at about 60 degrees but keep your socks on.
40. You measure distance in hours.
58. It's not a real mountain unless it has snow year round and has erupted within the last 200 years
61. You can tell it's summer because the rain is warmer.
64. You realize no education is required to be a weatherman. Just predict, "Partly cloudy with a chance of rain."
65. You have an earthquake story, and so does everyone else you know.
66. You can identify seven different types of rain
68. You thing espresso was invented in Seattle.
73. You know exactly where Tom Hank's boathouse was in "Sleepless In Seattle".
90. You can endure 100 days of rain and wind but an inch of snow means school cancellations.
96. You change your wiper blades more often than your oil.
100. when someone honks at you, you think they are trying to say "hi".
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:50:10am |
re: #1002 Desert Dog
When you think that little mom-and-pop place down in the barrio is the best danged restaurant in town.
When "snowbird" is a cussword instead of a song title.
When a chile relleno is NOT a stuffed bell pepper.
| 1021 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:51:23am |
re: #1017 Desert Dog
I read that they did not hire someone for her job when she left either, they just let that job "go"....which means, it was not a very vital position. Didn't she want to get paid for being the First Lady too? Or, was that just some rumor?
true the job was not filled...the FL thing was a rumor I believe....
trailor trash...in a fancy suit
| 1022 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:51:23am |
re: #1011 Nevergiveup
So during March Madness all you in Indiana gonna be rooting for my Tar Heels?
Well..I am a native Californian and played ball there..I moved to a place where these f*ckers love basketball more than I do.. It's like heaven or something...
My pals and I can hang out at a pub for hours and talk about trades, expiring contracts , coaches, and all the players...
With that said.. Indiana has deep Tar heel roots and a local helped you win your last national championship...I'm picking them and rooting for them this year.. Tyler will win it for them this year...
| 1023 |
Desert Dog Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:51:48am |
re: #1020 pre-Boomer Marine brat
When you think that little mom-and-pop place down in the barrio is the best danged restaurant in town.
When "snowbird" is a cussword instead of a song title.
When a chile relleno is NOT a stuffed bell pepper.
Good ones! and true!
| 1024 |
opnion Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:52:05am |
re: #1018 vxbush
Hmm. That would be linkworthy to have, just to pull out when needed. Do we have a reference?
No, because the individual that told me is a friend of the coworker , who still works there, & does not want trouble.
| 1025 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:52:27am |
re: #1014 Wyatt Earp
As long as it's not for money. If I break 100, I do my happy dance. I usually shoot about 105-110.
Me too.. 3 wood could kick our ass..
| 1026 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:53:26am |
re: #1024 opnion
No, because the individual that told me is a friend of the coworker , who still works there, & does not want trouble.
Ah. Fair enough. I can appreciate that.
| 1027 |
Catttt Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:53:35am |
re: #916 jcm
What puts me off is the sour look on her face most of the time.
I have a friend who resembles her, which made me feel kinda positive towards Mrs. O to an extent. However, you put your finger on the essential thing that makes my friend much more attractive. She has the intelligence, wit, and a superficial resemblance, including her height (she is 6 feet tall, and I am jealous of that!). But she has more - she is outgoing, welcoming, and friendly in demeanor, even when she is scowling because she is ticked off about something. In essence, she has that essential desire to empathize with you and to share her talents and ideas, rather than show off. I think that - in essence - Mrs. O is not so. In the depth of her personality, Mrs. O. does not want to really connect; she wants to prove something rather than reach out.
| 1028 |
yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:53:54am |
re: #990 vxbush
The NCAA basketball tournament is a month unto itself, and the championship game is considered a holiday.
That could apply to NC as well....exept it is the ACC tourney that is most important...the rest of the season is to stomp all the other leagues.
| 1029 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:54:15am |
re: #1025 HoosierHoops
Me too.. 3 wood could kick our ass..
How golf was invented.
Robin Williams ****language warning****
| 1030 |
Charles Johnson Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:54:19am |
'Arkay' emailed to demand that I remove his account, so I granted his wish.
| 1031 |
opnion Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:54:31am |
re: #1017 Desert Dog
I read that they did not hire someone for her job when she left either, they just let that job "go"....which means, it was not a very vital position. Didn't she want to get paid for being the First Lady too? Or, was that just some rumor?
Her job title was either VP or Director of 'Community Outreach"
The job description was to steer indigent patients from U of C Med Ctr to the County Hospital. It was a make believe job.
| 1032 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:55:00am |
re: #1027 Catttt
. . . . In the depth of her personality, Mrs. O. does not want to really connect; she wants to prove something rather than reach out.
Great observation!
| 1033 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:55:08am |
Aha! Here's a link that mentions Michelle's job being eliminated:
[Link: exposingliberallies.blogspot.com...]
It points to a page at cdobs.com.
| 1034 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:56:04am |
re: #1031 opnion
Her job title was either VP or Director of 'Community Outreach"
The job description was to steer indigent patients from U of C Med Ctr to the County Hospital. It was a make believe job.
her wage was astronomical...and when BO hit the senate she copped a 100k raise
| 1035 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:56:23am |
| 1036 |
FrogMarch Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:56:23am |
re: #1019 jcm
You know you're from Washington when: (edited)
1. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Enumclaw and Issaquah.
I just happen to know 1/4 of the answer to question #1.
Sequim = squim.
Am I right? (no idea how to pronounce the others)
| 1037 |
realwest Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:56:31am |
re: #982 doppelganglander
LOL! We had a bankrobber push his way into a bank that's about 1/4 mile from here, with a handgun (which he dropped, kicked around some and then picked up). We get a call from our local PD saying "it was a white male 5'8" to 5'10" wearing a ski mask and surgical gloves, last seen headed for your apartment complex." Now mom and I live in the first ground floor apartment nearest to that bank, so I ask the officer if - assuming he was smart enough to take off the ski mask and gloves and put the pistol in his waistband or somesuch, can they tell me what color jacket or shirt he's wearing? They responded "no, we have no other description". WTF?
I asked if they'd looked at the surveillance cameras yet - long pause - "uh, no, not yet." As we're talking about eleventymillion police cars pull into the apartment complex, officers out and running around with pistols in their hands - one of 'em knocks on our door and asks us if we've seen a white dude with a ski mask, latex gloves about 5'8-5'10" tall running around with a gun in his hand!
Then the cop looks at me - white, 5' 10" tall and - pistol still held in his hand, asks me where have I been for the last 20 minutes or so. So I told him - talking to your dispatcher and hand him the phone!
Sometime racial profile is truly meaningless!
| 1038 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:56:43am |
re: #1028 yesandno
That could apply to NC as well....exept it is the ACC tourney that is most important...the rest of the season is to stomp all the other leagues.
You know..this may e heresy..But i never liked Dean Smith...Never..For many reasons.. But I think Roy Williams is one of my all time favorite coach..I really respect and like the guy...
| 1039 |
Charles Johnson Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:57:00am |
And since the same tedious points have come up again in this thread -- even in spite of a quote from the founder of intelligent design that specifically says it's a religious agenda -- here's what I just posted in the thread below:
There is absolutely nothing 'conservative' about wanting to amend the Constitution of the United States, to make it an explicitly Christian document. This goes totally against every principle of the founding fathers -- they built in protections against this kind of thing specifically to prevent what Mike Huckabee is advocating.
And there is nothing "anti-Christian" about standing against this kind of thing. You are absolutely entitled to believe in any God -- or lack thereof -- in this country. But you are not entitled to force the teaching of your beliefs into science classes as "intelligent design" or creationism or whatever name these deceptive people put on it.
A true 'conservative' respects and honors the US Constitution. Mike Huckabee is a fraud.
And by the way, the reason there are a lot of posts about Charles Darwin on the front page is that it was the 200th anniversary of his birthday on Thursday -- as you could easily see if you actually read any of what I posted on the subject. I believe it's an important date, because Darwin was one of the most influential and brilliant scientists in all of history. And it's really sad to see so many self-labeled 'conservatives' who not only don't respect that, but feel threatened by someone who does.
| 1040 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:57:24am |
re: #1030 Charles
'Arkay' emailed to demand that I remove his account, so I granted his wish.
What if I write you and demand $25,000?
| 1041 |
Desert Dog Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:57:32am |
re: #1031 opnion
Her job title was either VP or Director of 'Community Outreach"
The job description was to steer indigent patients from U of C Med Ctr to the County Hospital. It was a make believe job.
That job was a "Chicago Payoff".....no different than Blago trying to get a cushy job for his wife by "selling" the Obama's Senate seat. That is probably why Blago is still hanging around and seems mad.....everyone else in his position did exactly the same thing and nobody said a thing......
| 1042 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:57:54am |
re: #1035 Nevergiveup
Is anybody from Indiana in the top 10?
Not yet, but soon! Give it a year or two.
/hope springs eternal
| 1044 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:58:01am |
"You Betcha" you're from Minnesota when.....
1. You own only 3 spices...salt, pepper, and ketchup.
2. You have more miles on your snowblower than on your car.
3. You know Ole and Lena personally.
4. You design your halloween costumes to fit over snowmobile suits.
5. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
6. You know the 4 seasons... winter, still winter, not winter, and almost winter.
7. You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
8. You thought the movie "Grumpy Old Men" was a documentary.
9. You think everyone from a different state has an accent.
10. Your husband thinks sexy lingerie is a flannel nightgown with only 8 buttons.
11. You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
12. You think wild rice is exotic and white rice is a hotdish.
13. Somewhere in the state is a piece of frozen metal with bits of your tongue stuck to it.
| 1045 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:58:31am |
re: #1040 Nevergiveup
What if I write you and demand $25,000?
A visit from Stinky Beaumont and his wrench.
;-P
| 1046 |
jaunte Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:58:33am |
re: #1030 Charles
'Arkay' emailed to demand that I remove his account, so I granted his wish.
He could just stop clicking a link, but he goes to the trouble of announcing his departure. What a poser.
| 1047 |
Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:58:55am |
| 1048 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 8:59:01am |
| 1049 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:00:08am |
re: #1023 Desert Dog
Good ones! and true!
When a (male) friend of yours, who was raised in the barrios, is psychologically incapable of calling an older woman by her first name ... instead of "ma'am".
When you love the cheekiness of cactus wrens.
When you don't do a double-take when you see a coyote trotting across your front yard in the middle of the afternoon.
When you take better care of the teddy bear cholla in your front yard than that desperate clump of flowers in the pot on your back porch.
When your 5 pound piss-ant of a dog absolutely REFUSES to go out in the back yard to do his stuff.
| 1050 |
pbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:00:18am |
re: #1019 jcm
Sounds mostly right. We also can distinguish between Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Cambodian cusine. Lots of people can't.
| 1051 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:00:30am |
re: #1042 vxbush
Not yet, but soon! Give it a year or two.
/hope springs eternal
Crean's Crew is going to be a force in 2-3 years..Great coach! Indiana is building to be a force in basketball again..There is not hope involved...But there will be change..
| 1052 |
Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:00:34am |
re: #1002 Desert Dog
the best: -You discover, in July, it only takes two fingers to drive your car.
ROFL
| 1053 |
Desert Dog Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:01:05am |
re: #1044 Dustyvet
You forgot something about your State Bird
| 1054 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:01:25am |
re: #1050 pbird
Sounds mostly right. We also can distinguish between Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Cambodian cusine. Lots of people can't.
Northwest Campers.....
| 1055 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:01:43am |
re: #1051 HoosierHoops
Crean's Crew is going to be a force in 2-3 years..Great coach! Indiana is building to be a force in basketball again..There is not hope involved...But there will be change..
Yes, but prayers never hurt, do they? :D
| 1056 |
tokyobk Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:02:29am |
re: #1050 pbird
I would only be able to tell the Cambodian because it is not the others. What does Cambodian food taste like?
| 1057 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:02:44am |
re: #1053 Desert Dog
You forgot something about your State Bird
Did not, the State bird of Minnesota is "The Liberal Loon"...:)
| 1058 |
yesandno Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:03:17am |
re: #1038 HoosierHoops
You know..this may e heresy..But i never liked Dean Smith...Never..For many reasons.. But I think Roy Williams is one of my all time favorite coach..I really respect and like the guy...
Sorry....Dean was the Dean. He will always be the man of Carolina Basketball.
He was smart, innovative, and respectful. He is a breed unknown to the sportsworld today.
And Roy Williams comes from the area I live in. He is a great coach....but remember who taught him.
| 1059 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:04:57am |
re: #1053 Desert Dog
You forgot something about your State Bird
thank god not many of those guys in NM....but conversly I miss the mid west lightning bugs
| 1060 |
pbird Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:05:35am |
re: #1054 jcm
Oh Lord. I have so been there. We got stuck in the mud of a dirt road in Moclips one night and had to sleep in the van and in the morning I made a fire by chopping into a soaking cedar tree to get dry splinters and made a fire. It was great. Husband had to walk into town and get someone to pull us out. I was 9 months pregnant too.
| 1062 |
FrogMarch Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:06:27am |
| 1063 |
opnion Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:06:38am |
re: #1041 Desert Dog
That job was a "Chicago Payoff".....no different than Blago trying to get a cushy job for his wife by "selling" the Obama's Senate seat. That is probably why Blago is still hanging around and seems mad.....everyone else in his position did exactly the same thing and nobody said a thing......
Of course, it was influence peddling. Blago even is heard on one of his conversations complaining that his wife didn't get a job like Michelle.
I do not think that either one of the Obama"s are as bright as advertised.
| 1064 |
VegasRick Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:06:52am |
re: #1060 pbird
Oh Lord. I have so been there. We got stuck in the mud of a dirt road in Moclips one night and had to sleep in the van and in the morning I made a fire by chopping into a soaking cedar tree to get dry splinters and made a fire. It was great. Husband had to walk into town and get someone to pull us out. I was 9 months pregnant too.
Pretty cool story. Updinged.
| 1065 |
Desert Dog Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:07:03am |
re: #1039 Charles
Sounds like that email made you mad....
The nice thing about your blog is you can have any opinion or political stance you wish.....you just have to be prepared to back it up if you get called on it. For some people, when they cannot debate or defend their beliefs with rational and empirical answers, they go right to ad hominem or hyperbolic.
Not to be too big of an ass-kisser, but this blog is awesome, keep it up, Charles!
| 1066 |
Catttt Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:07:20am |
re: #1020 pre-Boomer Marine brat
When you think that little mom-and-pop place down in the barrio is the best danged restaurant in town.
When "snowbird" is a cussword instead of a song title.
When a chile relleno is NOT a stuffed bell pepper.
When I want chile rellenos, I have to make them myself here in Baltimore. My kitchen looks like a cat 6 hurricane hit it afterwards.
| 1067 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:08:04am |
re: #1063 opnion
Of course, it was influence peddling. Blago even is heard on one of his conversations complaining that his wife didn't get a job like Michelle.
I do not think that either one of the Obama"s are as bright as advertised.
Sigh. What can I say? Sometimes life seriously sucks and is pretty unfair. The unworthy end up in positions of honor.
| 1068 |
Sharmuta Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:08:04am |
re: #1044 Dustyvet
"You Betcha" you're from Minnesota when.....
1. You own only 3 spices...salt, pepper, and ketchup.
2. You have more miles on your snowblower than on your car.
3. You know Ole and Lena personally.
4. You design your halloween costumes to fit over snowmobile suits.
5. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
6. You know the 4 seasons... winter, still winter, not winter, and almost winter.
7. You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
8. You thought the movie "Grumpy Old Men" was a documentary.
9. You think everyone from a different state has an accent.
10. Your husband thinks sexy lingerie is a flannel nightgown with only 8 buttons.
11. You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
12. You think wild rice is exotic and white rice is a hotdish.
13. Somewhere in the state is a piece of frozen metal with bits of your tongue stuck to it.
Now, now- every one knows there's only two seasons in Minnesota- winter and road construction.
| 1069 |
vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:09:04am |
re: #1068 Sharmuta
Now, now- every one knows there's only two seasons in Minnesota- winter and road construction.
I thought that was Illinois.
| 1070 |
BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:09:18am |
re: #1055 vxbush
Yes, but prayers never hurt, do they? :D
I don't ask for much in life..
But if Stanford or Cal ever won the National Championship I would consider streaking down the street drunk and screaming..( If Stanford wins I'll duct tape tree branches to my body )
/whats one night in jail to see a lifelong dream? LOL
| 1071 |
Dustyvet Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:09:27am |
You might be from Illinois if:
You've never met any celebrities
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular
You measure distance in minutes
Down south to you means Kentucky
You know several people who have hit a deer
You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Plaines"
You think Chicago is a completely different state from Illinois.
You know the answer to the question, "Is this Heaven?"
Your school classes were cancelled because of cold
Your school classes were cancelled because of heat
You know where all the Yoders live
You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day
You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July
Stores don't have bags, they have sacks
You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or vegetable
You can locate Illinois on the United States map
Detassling was your first job
You've ever been on a "Geode Hunt"
Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice
You still pronounce the "s" in Illinois.
You learn your pickup will run without a muffler
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked
You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, pop, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows
When asked how your trip was to any foreign, exotic place, you say, "It was different."
You consider being called a "Pork Queen" an honor
People from other states love to hear you say "Illinois" and other words with "Os" in them.
Your dream vacation is a trip to Rock Home Gardens
You carry jumper cables in your car
You drink "pop."
You know what the numbers I-80, 75 and 57 mean
You know what "cow tipping" is
| 1072 |
albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:09:50am |
re: #1067 vxbush
Sigh. What can I say? Sometimes life seriously sucks and is pretty unfair. The unworthy end up in positions of honor.
my gramma used to say you had to find the sunshine
| 1073 |
jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:10:09am |
re: #1062 FrogMarch
:-)
So you the heck to you pronounce Enumclaw?
E-num-claw......
That one is there to fool everyone.
Some times locals will say Enumscratch.
| 1074 |
Wishing Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:10:10am |
re: #1070 HoosierHoops
I don't ask for much in life..
But if Stanford or Cal ever won the National Championship I would consider streaking down the street drunk and screaming..( If Stanford wins I'll duct tape tree branches to my body )
/whats one night in jail to see a lifelong dream? LOL
Isn't UCONN in first place, both men and women?
Go Huskies!
| 1075 |
tokyobk Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:10:16am |
re: #1061 pbird
Kinda like Vietnamese, heh.
Lots of cilantro? I notice there is an "I hate cilantro" group on Facebook.
I love Clilantro and Vietnamese food.
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opnion Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:10:38am |
re: #1067 vxbush
Sigh. What can I say? Sometimes life seriously sucks and is pretty unfair. The unworthy end up in positions of honor.
How true, but shouldn't she have a better attitude about things?
A lot has been handed to both of them, but she is just bitter.
'Barrack Ain't gonna let you stay the way you been" What the hell does that mean?
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vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:10:51am |
re: #1070 HoosierHoops
I don't ask for much in life..
But if Stanford or Cal ever won the National Championship I would consider streaking down the street drunk and screaming..( If Stanford wins I'll duct tape tree branches to my body )
/whats one night in jail to see a lifelong dream? LOL
I so want to be there with a camera. For posterity, of course.
My husband gets really nervous when he watches his teams play b-ball on TV. And during the tournament, he's just on pins and needles. I think you two would get along really well. Of course, he's not that pleased that despite all his knowledge of the game and teams, I have beaten him twice in the last two tournament pools we've had!
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jcm Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:11:24am |
re: #1060 pbird
Oh Lord. I have so been there. We got stuck in the mud of a dirt road in Moclips one night and had to sleep in the van and in the morning I made a fire by chopping into a soaking cedar tree to get dry splinters and made a fire. It was great. Husband had to walk into town and get someone to pull us out. I was 9 months pregnant too.
We went camping at Lake Ozette, pouring rain. Woke up at 4 am with the Lake in our tent.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:11:51am |
re: #1076 opnion
How true, but shouldn't she have a better attitude about things?
A lot has been handed to both of them, but she is just bitter.
'Barrack Ain't gonna let you stay the way you been" What the hell does that mean?
inferiority complex....resentful
she's trash
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VegasRick Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:11:59am |
re: #1076 opnion
How true, but shouldn't she have a better attitude about things?
A lot has been handed to both of them, but she is just bitter.
'Barrack Ain't gonna let you stay the way you been" What the hell does that mean?
WAB.
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FrogMarch Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:12:11am |
re: #1073 jcm
E-num-claw......
That one is there to fool everyone.
Some times locals will say Enumscratch.
LOL. thanks.
oh - and I so appreciate #9. The sight of Mt. Rainier is still awe inspiring.
It is glorious.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:12:52am |
re: #1030 Charles
'Arkay' emailed to demand that I remove his account, so I granted his wish.
Troll self-immolates, Lizards laugh.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:13:24am |
re: #1068 Sharmuta
Now, now- every one knows there's only two seasons in Minnesota- winter and road construction.
No, you're thinking of Chicago with that line.
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BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:13:29am |
re: #1058 yesandno
Sorry....Dean was the Dean. He will always be the man of Carolina Basketball.
He was smart, innovative, and respectful. He is a breed unknown to the sportsworld today.
And Roy Williams comes from the area I live in. He is a great coach....but remember who taught him.
I'm sorry..Dean as a person was a great great man..The way he lived and taught young people is about reproach..
I never liked his style of play..nay..hated his style of play..I know he was a mentor to Roy..But his style and Roy's style and coaching is Black and white.. It was probably the era..
But Dean Smith was the Dean
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vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:14:29am |
re: #1076 opnion
How true, but shouldn't she have a better attitude about things?
A lot has been handed to both of them, but she is just bitter.
'Barrack Ain't gonna let you stay the way you been" What the hell does that mean?
If only it meant, "you have to clean up your neighborhoods, pay attention to your children, push them to work hard and get good grades, and keep them off the streets."
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opnion Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:14:57am |
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ciaospirit Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:15:20am |
re: #921 vxbush
I think that's just an orthodontia problem. Her jaw juts a bit naturally, so it gives her face an odd look.
What's her jaw have to do with those scowling eyes and frowning eyebrows?
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BenghaziHoops Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:15:36am |
re: #1071 Dustyvet
So i am so much stealing some of that...
Hi Dusty!
/Got the 10 minute warning from mama..yea right..
That woman could live in a bathroom..
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albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:15:40am |
re: #1085 vxbush
If only it meant, "you have to clean up your neighborhoods, pay attention to your children, push them to work hard and get good grades, and keep them off the streets."
B Cosby says that and they hate him for it
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opnion Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:15:42am |
re: #1085 vxbush
If only it meant, "you have to clean up your neighborhoods, pay attention to your children, push them to work hard and get good grades, and keep them off the streets."
Yeah, but we know better.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:16:15am |
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FrogMarch Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:16:25am |
re: #1071 Dustyvet
You might be from Illinois if:
All of your local and national political representatives are corrupt.
(fixed)'
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vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:16:40am |
re: #1087 ciaospirit
What's her jaw have to do with those scowling eyes and frowning eyebrows?
Because if her jaw is larger than it "should" be (meaning, if she should be having orthognastic surgery), it can pull the skin down and create some of those features.
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albusteve Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:18:21am |
re: #1093 vxbush
Because if her jaw is larger than it "should" be (meaning, if she should be having orthognastic surgery), it can pull the skin down and create some of those features.
it takes more muscles to frown than to smile...or whatever
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vxbush Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:20:26am |
Okay, gotta go start working on the dishes, otherwise I won't have room to make lunch.
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tokyobk Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:20:42am |
re: #1093 vxbush
Just for my tastes which I can't ask any one to share, calling her on her scowl as an embodiment of a bad attitude is fair but some of the other stuff which she can't help is snide and inappropriate. AND, I think is is exaggerated since she is at least as good looking as any other First Lady and probably better looking and more fit than most of the wives, girlfriends and daughters of the people scowling at her like she is hideous.
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Shay4l Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:34:56am |
re: #1030 Charles
'Arkay' emailed to demand that I remove his account, so I granted his wish.
Arkay got upset nobody would argue with them? Weirdo.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:36:30am |
re: #1069 vxbush
I thought that was Illinois.
No, it's Houston.
Here in Louisiana, we just let the roads fall apart -
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reine.de.tout Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:38:27am |
re: #1096 tokyobk
Just for my tastes which I can't ask any one to share, calling her on her scowl as an embodiment of a bad attitude is fair but some of the other stuff which she can't help is snide and inappropriate. AND, I think is is exaggerated since she is at least as good looking as any other First Lady and probably better looking and more fit than most of the wives, girlfriends and daughters of the people scowling at her like she is hideous.
Well, she is not a classic beauty, but I think Michelle is an attractive woman - not pretty or beautiful, but very attractive.
She would be even more so if she had any softness about her at all.
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Catttt Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:42:58am |
re: #1096 tokyobk
Just for my tastes which I can't ask any one to share, calling her on her scowl as an embodiment of a bad attitude is fair but some of the other stuff which she can't help is snide and inappropriate. AND, I think is is exaggerated since she is at least as good looking as any other First Lady and probably better looking and more fit than most of the wives, girlfriends and daughters of the people scowling at her like she is hideous.
I like most of her clothes sense. I didn't like that black dress with the red paint on it, though.
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Catttt Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:44:00am |
re: #1103 reine.de.tout
Well, she is not a classic beauty, but I think Michelle is an attractive woman - not pretty or beautiful, but very attractive.
She would be even more so if she had any softness about her at all.
She would be more so, indeed. My friend is not classically beautiful, but she is stunning.
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