What do you think the carbon footprint was for Obama's Valentine's Day Date back in Chicago?

I took today off because I am celebrating our great Presidents. Also because there is no mail. And no mail means no money, so why work?

Opinion Poll:

Who was the most influential President?

To All our Past Presidents! A toast!

[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

Top ten!

Here’s an open thread for the day of the Obama presidents, formerly known as Washington’s birthday...

re: #3 Ford_Prefect

Madison

George Washington is my favorite former President. They sadly broke the mold with that one.

Thank you, President Washington, for everything, and I mean everything, you did for this nation.

If you get a chance, pisk up a copy of "His Excellency, George Washington" I believe that the author is David McCullough.
It is a great read & you gain such respect for the man.

re: #5 Pooncakes, Hero of Zion

Top ten!

re: #5 Pooncakes, Hero of Zion

Top ten!

Obama!
Obama!
Obama!
Obama!
Obama!
Obama!
Obama!
Obama!
Obama!
Obama!

/

Speaking of dead white men...my Senator just answered my angry letter about the stimulus bill:

Dear citizen, while the inevitable was not unexpected, the fan was positioned closer to the effluent chute than previously anticipated. We are trying to retain the moral high ground but Newt Gingrich's message machine said he was busy re-reading "Winston Churchill: the wilderness years" and would not be available for counsel until 2010. Oracles sent to the Reagan gravesite were instantly immolated from friction generated heat caused by record GGTs (Gipper Grave Turnovers).

In some positive economic news dollar-meals, apple polish and sandwich board sales are all up.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you, your children, your children's children, ad infinitum...

The Grand Old Party

/

Tippicanoe and Tyler too!

re: #8 Sharmuta

George Washington is my favorite former President. They sadly broke the mold with that one.

Thank you, President Washington, for everything, and I mean everything, you did for this nation.

He did.

When will Obama Day come about?

To All the Past Presidents wives!
[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

Heck, Washington's birthday is Feb. 22; "President's Day" makes people forget the actual day, as you may possibly imply from the sentence at the top of the thread there.

It is parallel to the dismantling of language in 1984 if you ask me.

The Clinton Memorial

And speaking of Presidents:

Obama Drops 'Car Czar' for Task Force to Oversee Detroit

From the article:

The task force will be led by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. Other members will be drawn from relevant Cabinet agencies and offices, such as the transportation, labor, energy and commerce departments.

Hmm...didn't the old Soviet Union rely on "committees" to manage and direct every facet of the economy?

"A camel is a horse built by committee."

re: #8 Sharmuta

George Washington is my favorite former President. They sadly broke the mold with that one.

Thank you, President Washington, for everything, and I mean everything, you did for this nation.

The one thing I adore most about President Washington is that, even though people BEGGED him to stay in office, he resigned it anyway. He understood how bad the idea of a career politician was.

re: #14 MandyManners

When will Obama Day come about?

Every day is now Obama Day. What did you do to celebrate today?

re: #3 Ford_Prefect

Opinion Poll:

Who was the most influential President?

Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Reagan

After that it goes down hill pretty fast...I'm struggling to fill out the top 5.

re: #3 Ford_Prefect

In the good sense, Lincoln, hands down IMHO.

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The Clinton Memorial

Oh, dear me.

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The Clinton Memorial

I was always under the impression he was standing up?

Can the Obama Presidency Be Lame Duck after 1 month ?

re: #3 Ford_Prefect

Opinion Poll:

Who was the most influential President?

I think Theodore Roosevelt set a new precedent for "activist" Presidential policy. It didn't take so much with Harding, for example, but TR set the stage.

re: #24 Nevergiveup

I was always under the impression he was standing up?

And shouldn't she be off to the side a bit?

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The Clinton Memorial

It's not accurate. Where's Monica's blue dress?

re: #20 Alouette

Every day is now Obama Day. What did you do to celebrate today?

I got out of bed.

re: #11 DaddyG

Check out the Modern Whig party.

www.Modernwhig.org

re: #18 subsailor68

And speaking of Presidents:

Obama Drops 'Car Czar' for Task Force to Oversee Detroit

From the article:

The task force will be led by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. Other members will be drawn from relevant Cabinet agencies and offices, such as the transportation, labor, energy and commerce departments.

Hmm...didn't the old Soviet Union rely on "committees" to manage and direct every facet of the economy?

"A camel is a horse built by committee."

But this is better, this is a "task force" which is a more fun name than "committee."

re: #3 Ford_Prefect

Opinion Poll:

Who was the most influential President?

Washington. He won our independence, he headed the Constitutional convention that would have fallen apart without his steadying influence, he molded the Presidency that we still see to this day in ways many people don't realize, he shocked the world resigning his commission after defeating the British- I could go on and on. But there was no man that could have assumed the Presidency besides him- he was considered the Father of the nation, and the people would have no other. Without him, the great experiment known as America might not have even happened.

re: #27 DaddyG

And shouldn't she be off to the side a bit?

Something to do with the angle of the dangle?

re: #20 Alouette

Every day is now Obama Day. What did you do to celebrate today?

I sent out a bunch of resumes...

re: #3 Ford_Prefect

Opinion Poll:

Who was the most influential President?

In my lifetime, President Ronald Reagan.

re: #33 Nevergiveup

Something to do with the angle of the dangle?

Oh, no you didn't.

re: #30 Ojoe

You like them don't you? That's the second reference in the past week I believe. (I bookmarked it!)

re: #21 HoosierHoops

Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Reagan

After that it goes down hill pretty fast...I'm struggling to fill out the top 5.

I particularly like the inclusion of Reagan. We could use another one right about now.

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The Clinton Memorial

Ha! Is it just me or does that silhouette look more like Hillary?

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The Clinton Memorial

"Tragedy struck when the 50 foot Carrera marble broke loose during construction and rolled into the Tidal Basin."

re: #25 ThinkRight

Can the Obama Presidency Be Lame Duck after 1 month ?

Not with a lib congress.

re: #30 Ojoe Bookmarked!

Obama left, it smells so much better here in Chicago now. His jet flew over my apartment. I said SO LONG!

Somehow I think he will be back as Chicago is the new Crawford, TX

Clinton On The Silver Screen

/enlarge to read the text at lower right

re: #1 jester6

What do you think the carbon footprint was for Obama's Valentine's Day Date back in Chicago?

President O(ut of office)

Can you believe that the C-Span poll rated Carter at 25? 25!

re: #31 Walter L. Newton

But this is better, this is a "task force" which is a more fun name than "committee."

Okay dude. Thanks a bunch! Monitor, meet coffee. Coffee, meet monitor.

:-)

I highly recommend His Excellency: George Washington for anyone who would like to know more about this incredible man.

Today's holiday is Washington's Birthday (observed). A Nixon quip led to it being erroneously called "Presidents' Day." This is well documented, but I fear it is too embedded in the culture and people don't want to honor the Father of our Country anymore. Only one person is now considered worthy of a personal birthday holiday by the culture.

re: #42 buzzsawmonkey

I did say I could go on and on.

re: #28 MandyManners

It's not accurate. Where's Monica's blue dress?

That's coming later

/*duck*

re: #1 jester6

What do you think the carbon footprint was for Obama's Valentine's Day Date back in Chicago?

It's on my ass now.

re: #41 vapig

Not with a lib congress.

Well I think his honeymoon is over
They are pulling the strings now
They are are gonna pull the pay to play back on him now

re: #18 subsailor68

And speaking of Presidents:

Obama Drops 'Car Czar' for Task Force to Oversee Detroit

The term "czar" for anybody with more than the usual range of powers in Washington should be dropped. It is an insult to the czars/tsars. "Commissar" would be more apt.

re: #52 pre-Boomer Marine brat

That's coming later

/*duck*

LOL!

re: #44 Afrocity

Obama left, it smells so much better here in Chicago now. His jet flew over my apartment. I said SO LONG!

Somehow I think he will be back as Chicago is the new Crawford, TX

Better you than Colorado... er... never mind.

re: #47 donntiger

Can you believe that the C-Span poll rated Carter at 25? 25!

My vote? Carter 43. Obama 44.

re: #40 subsailor68

"Tragedy struck when the 50 foot Carrera marble broke loose during construction and rolled into the Tidal Basin."

Was that the cigar ... or something else?

re: #47 donntiger

Can you believe that the C-Span poll rated Carter at 25? 25!

Lots of news about bad peanuts lately - probably a pity vote.

Gee, I wonder how long we will continue to celebrate Washington and Jefferson? After all, as slave owners, are they not to be denigrated and vilified? How long before they are airbrushed from history like some poor party official who fell from Comrade Stalin favor?

re: #47 donntiger

Can you believe that the C-Span poll rated Carter at 25? 25!

Obama is President, I'll believe anything.

re: #32 Sharmuta

Madison was the primary author of the constitution, the Federalist papers, Bill of Rights, and set up the great framework of our federal government. Those institutions we take for granted were for the most part his brainchildren.

re: #53 Afrocity

It's on my ass now.

Can I look?

re: #54 ThinkRight

Well I think his honeymoon is over
They are pulling the strings now
They are are gonna pull the pay to play back on him now

Define they.....

I like Ike. (Take that JBS.)

re: #55 Cato the Elder

The term "czar" for anybody with more than the usual range of powers in Washington should be dropped. It is an insult to the czars/tsars. "Commissar" would be more apt.

I second that. From this point forward, I shall refer to anyone called a "czar" in DC "commissar".

Love it.

re: #58 Walter L. Newton

Better you than Colorado... er... never mind.

I think I saw the Greek columns tied to the airplane as it left Chicago.

(yep it's little Caesar)

re: #39 turn

Ha! Is it just me or does that silhouette look more like Hillary?

That comment warrants a thread of its own.

/[censored]

re: #62 calcajun

Gee, I wonder how long we will continue to celebrate Washington and Jefferson? After all, as slave owners, are they not to be denigrated and vilified? How long before they are airbrushed from history like some poor party official who fell from Comrade Stalin favor?

True! Schools all over the country are renaming their schools because of the evil of these slave-owners.

re: #41 vapig

Not with a lib congress.

Well, now that the stimulus bill has been passed I am thinking that they turn on each other to fight for the spoils... just a thought.

re: #60 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Was that the cigar ... or something else?

LOL! I'm not sure. The design was so "art dicko".

re: #66 vapig

Define they.....

All the senior dems in both houses
They help put him in power and they ain't gonna let him forget it

re: #69 buzzsawmonkey

Not to mention that Washington, as a wearer of wooden teeth, did not show proper reverence to our leafy forest friends.

No no no--he was one with the trees--it showed his solidarity with them. But, he was also the largest distiller in VA--which alone makes him OK in my book.

re: #55 Cato the Elder

The term "czar" for anybody with more than the usual range of powers in Washington should be dropped. It is an insult to the czars/tsars. "Commissar" would be more apt.

re: #65 Walter L. Newton

Can I look?

MANNNDY!
AISLE 65!

re: #69 buzzsawmonkey

Not to mention that Washington, as a wearer of wooden teeth, did not show proper reverence to our leafy forest friends.

That is why Martha gets my vote for #1 first lady. Putting up with the splinters and all.

re: #62 calcajun

Wasn't there a move to get rid of Columbus Day? Or did that already happen?

re: #70 Afrocity

I think I saw the Greek columns tied to the airplane as it left Chicago.

(yep it's little Caesar)

I would PAY someone if I was able to get up in front of him tomorrow and GUSH like that 30 year old McDonald employee.

I'm 56 and I want to know, face to face, from his lip, who his stimulus package will help me get a full time programming job.

I could make him SO uncomfortable.

And get my 15 minutes on Ophrah.

re: #34 brookly red

I sent out a bunch of resumes...

...all things considered ...better you fashion yourself a "woe-is-me" sign and go stand on an off-ramp out by the interstate.

re: #73 brookly red

Well, now that the stimulus bill has been passed I am thinking that they turn on each other to fight for the spoils... just a thought.

The last time they were in total power they began to devour one another. No reason to think it won't happen this time.

re: #75 subsailor68

LOL! I'm not sure. The design was so "art dicko".

*rimshot*

George Washington is my favorite president, as a child i found out that i had relatives that fought beside him.

re: #57 buzzsawmonkey

No problem. And the two term limit became a standard for Presidents well before the Amendment that made it so, until FDR, because of Washington.

In those days, politicians served in a manner known as "disinterestedness". We could sure stand to see that spirit return to all levels of politics now.

Washington didn't seek the Presidency, it was thrust upon him. He wanted to stay a Mount Vernon, but he knew his country needed him, so he served. There really was no one else that could have sealed the Constitution and the new form of government beside Washington. The first election could have been a disaster without such a unifying figure.

So yes, Washington is the most influential President, imo. We could have lost it all before it began if it weren't for this man.

Happy Birthday, Your Excellency!

As its that time of year again, and as we're listening to some fabulous natinal anthems again, what are your favourite national anthems?

That of your own country strictly excluded!

Here are my trhee favourites, in ascending order:

3) Poland

2)France

1)Italy

re: #85 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*rimshot*

O.K.

www.instantrimshot.com

re: #47 donntiger

Can you believe that the C-Span poll rated Carter at 25? 25!

I saw that idiotic list. First let me just say as a curator and someone who deals with collective memory and public history, it is really far too early to assess what Bush's legacy will be. I was not a fan of Bush but I think he was better than Carter who was an inept leader. History has allowed these legacy makeovers for ex-presidents. No one has benefited more from it than Carter.

re: #64 Pooncakes, Hero of Zion

And I would list him as #2, but it took Washington to seal the deal, and that's pretty well known.

re: #88 yma o hyd

As its that time of year again, and as we're listening to some fabulous natinal anthems again, what are your favourite national anthems?

That of your own country strictly excluded!

Here are my trhee favourites, in ascending order:

3) Poland

2)France

1)Italy

Italy's is too flutey.

re: #76 ThinkRight

All the senior dems in both houses
They help put him in power and they ain't gonna let him forget it

You are correct on this. However, the "One" has such an ego that he believes he got there through his own merit. And since he is on board with their country altering policies I can't see them putting him in his place.

re: #87 Sharmuta

I would argue with you but I don't want to get your French up. ;-)

re: #87 Sharmuta

So yes, Washington is the most influential President, imo. We could have lost it all before it began if it weren't for this man.

Well said. Amen.

re: #72 vapig

True! Schools all over the country are renaming their schools because of the evil of these slave-owners.

This is the fight the ID/Creationists should be fighting. If you look at the big picture, those folks are fighting against the social re-engineering going on in our skools. It's a good war--bad battle. Revisionism--not Darwinism--is the enemy. If you undermine the founders, then you undermine their validity. You undermine that, then you are left with the Constitution having been written by a bunch of Indian-abusing, slave-owning white guys. Why should we be beholding to a document written by these bums? That is where we are heading unless we are very careful.

re: #88 yma o hyd

As its that time of year again, and as we're listening to some fabulous natinal anthems again, what are your favourite national anthems?

That of your own country strictly excluded!

Here are my trhee favourites, in ascending order:

3) Poland

2)France

1)Italy

Hail! Hail! Freedonia.

re: #91 Afrocity

I saw that idiotic list. First let me just say as a curator and someone who deals with collective memory and public history, it is really far too early to assess what Bush's legacy will be. I was not a fan of Bush but I think he was better than Carter who was an inept leader. History has allowed these legacy makeovers for ex-presidents. No one has benefited more from it than Carter.

There's not a better book on that theme then "Foucault's Pendulum" which I just finished reading yesterday. The connections to memory, sign and symbols and the building of self-fulfilling prophecy is amazing, when you really look into it.

Washingwho? There is only one. The One. The Alpha and Omega.
The Obama.

Let history books be rewritten (again) for now is America's true beginning.

/sniff

The Presidents depicted on Mt. Rushmore will do for a short list of the greatest. To them, I'd add Reagan.

Washington and Lincoln remain the greatest.

spacejesus/ron paul 2012

re: #93 MandyManners

Italy's is too flutey.

I agree, it would sound better with a tuba.

Here is a very interesting link...hold on to your wallet.

Stimulus Watch...

re: #81 Cato the Elder

Wasn't there a move to get rid of Columbus Day? Or did that already happen?

Still going on. In Europe, it's celebrated as the day "we found a spot to dump our unwanted population." The Native Americans should celebrate; they went from hunter-gatherers to casino owners in 500 years.

"Mommy, Mommy, where's Hopey Changey?"
"Gone to the White House, hee, hee, hee!"

"socrates" is back

*yawn*

re: #89 buzzsawmonkey

Elementary schools in my oh-so-PC hometown trashed a batch of WPA murals--the PC of their day--because they were not PC enough any more; they actually showed Indians as...Indians, blacks in the cotton fields, etc., and this might have caused someone, somehow, to feel bad.

Add Columbus and the Pilgrims to that list and you have a perfect lib pc-world! There is no history except lib revisionist history.

Idiot moonbat!

Depends where you get your information from. The entire bill has been available to read by the public online at the library of congress website Thomas. Republicans did a very good job of changing the conversation and I have never witnessed such blatant "gamesmanship" on the Republican part than to appoint three Senators to vote for it and then everybody else doesn't have to just in case it doesn't work (my opinion). Democrats were not innocent either in this debate, but in the end Democrats did concede quite a bit to those three Republicans. But Republicans did a great job at the misinformation game and kept the focus off of what was really in the bill, which has been available to the public this entire time.

The text is technically available on Thomas, but that doesn't mean anyone has read the whole bill, right? "Did my pet pork get in?.. good"

re: #32 Sharmuta

Washington. He won our independence, he headed the Constitutional convention that would have fallen apart without his steadying influence, he molded the Presidency that we still see to this day in ways many people don't realize, he shocked the world resigning his commission after defeating the British- I could go on and on. But there was no man that could have assumed the Presidency besides him- he was considered the Father of the nation, and the people would have no other. Without him, the great experiment known as America might not have even happened.

His Presidency was remarkable for what it wasn't, or could have been had a less honorable man had the job at that crucial time. His humility and sense of country allowed the President to be a citizen first and not a king or despot.

re: #106 calcajun

Still going on. In Europe, it's celebrated as the day "we found a spot to dump our unwanted population." The Native Americans should celebrate; they went from hunter-gatherers to casino owners in 500 years.

Not funny. And did you just learn to walk upright last week?

re: #99 DaddyG

Hail! Hail! Freedonia.

Italy's sounds like it was written by PDQ Bach.

re: #91 Afrocity

I have an autographed copy of Jefferson's papers, published in 1825. I also have an autographed copy of Grant's memoirs.

re: #98 buzzsawmonkey

The greatest stroke of genius in the recent election was the substitution of "Change" for the word "Revolution."

One word, skillfully chosen, enabled an (initially) bloodless coup.

Great point!

They are having trouble with the new slogan though:

"Changers of the World Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Change."

re: #31 Walter L. Newton

But this is better, this is a "task force" which is a more fun name than "committee."

The word "task" is representative of a single event (even if the single event only comes about after a number of smaller tasks have been completed.) Therefore, we can draw the conclusion that once the O has completely restructured the car industry, the task force will be disbanded and detroit will be left 'alone' under government supervision.

re: #91 Afrocity

I saw that idiotic list. First let me just say as a curator and someone who deals with collective memory and public history, it is really far too early to assess what Bush's legacy will be. I was not a fan of Bush but I think he was better than Carter who was an inept leader. History has allowed these legacy makeovers for ex-presidents. No one has benefited more from it than Carter.

No one had more room to benefit than Carter.

re: #83 AuntAcid

...all things considered ...better you fashion yourself a "woe-is-me" sign and go stand on an off-ramp out by the interstate.

no, I think I will just do another liquor store///

re: #97 calcajun

This is the fight the ID/Creationists should be fighting. If you look at the big picture, those folks are fighting against the social re-engineering going on in our skools. It's a good war--bad battle. Revisionism--not Darwinism--is the enemy. If you undermine the founders, then you undermine their validity. You undermine that, then you are left with the Constitution having been written by a bunch of Indian-abusing, slave-owning white guys. Why should we be beholding to a document written by these bums? That is where we are heading unless we are very careful.

Good point, but we are already full throttle ahead with that agenda!

re: #112 Walter L. Newton

Not funny. And did you just learn to walk upright last week?

Wasn't meant to be--putz.

re: #1 jester6

What do you think the carbon footprint was for Obama's Valentine's Day Date back in Chicago?

I had to do a double take when I first saw "0bama", "Valentine's Day" and "Chicago" in the same sentence.
;)

re: #69 buzzsawmonkey

Not to mention that Washington, as a wearer of wooden teeth, did not show proper reverence to our leafy forest friends.

That calls for a reprise of the best YouTube video EVER.

"I want you to know that, trees...THAT WE CARE!" I could watch this thing a hundred times!

Fraunces Tavern Museum in Lower Manhattan: worth a visit the next time you're in NYC: [Link: www.frauncestavernmuseum.org...]

re: #122 gmsc

I had to do a double take when I first saw "0bama", "Valentine's Day" and "Chicago" in the same sentence.
;)

The sentence needed the words "bugs" and "garage" to be complete. /

How long before the call it Glorious Leader Day?

re: #47 donntiger

Can you believe that the C-Span poll rated Carter at 25? 25!

I wonder if they remember 76 to 80?

re: #126 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

How long before the call it Glorious Leader Day?

Ever hear the expression over my dead body?

re: #126 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

How long before the call it Glorious Leader Day?

It's coming. Be patient. The man's got his own anthem, sung by schoolchildren. His political beatification is not far behind.

re: #112 Walter L. Newton

Not funny. And did you just learn to walk upright last week?

Shirley, you jest.

Maccabee-era tablets found near Jerusalem shed light on ancient Jewish warriors

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

Something else to consider about Washington's presidency- the Constitution isn't much of a guide when you're the first guy to take the office. It was really his job to establish just what exactly the President was supposed to do

And I cannot stress enough that there was no one else for the job that the newborn country would have rallied to besides him. God bless him.

Hot Air: Obama administration no longer issuing denials on Fairness Doctrine

My favorite analysis so far of the "Fairness Doctrine" talk:

It's Not Fair!

A growing number of "elites," including Bill Clinton, are calling for a return of the "fairness doctrine" to talk radio, a sure indication that Congress and the new President will soon be taking on this issue.

Supporters of the "fairness doctrine" are actually evading the only way to achieve true "fairness" in a free society: To come up with a better product. For several decades now, talented but unsuccessful left-wing broadcasters have attempted to please their audiences on the scale Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and others have pleased theirs. It hasn't worked. Their product didn't sell. Nobody listened.

In talk radio, the product for sale is ideas. The left-wing politicians who, up to now, cannot sell their ideas, are now attempting to do the next best thing: Prevent the ideas that DO sell from being offered for sale. They know they can't openly come out for censorship, so they call for laws and regulations to require broadcasters to do the impossible: To sell what doesn't sell. In practice, this means either broadcasting what nobody will listen to (at a loss, since there will be no advertisers), or getting rid of the shows and ideas that do sell and replace them with—-you guessed it—the speeches and ideas of politicians who support the "fairness doctrine."

If a young child loses when playing a game, you'll sometimes see him throw the game pieces into the air, screaming, "Not fair!" This is the earliest known demand for a "fairness doctrine." When that child grows up and acquires the power of coercion, watch closely what's about to emerge in Congress.

As a noteworthy postscript, it will be interesting to see how far the government gets in spreading this blatantly obvious attempt at censorship, lurking behind the feel-good word "fairness." They'll probably get what they want on conventional (terrestrial) radio, unless a furious legal battle is waged--and won--by the Rush Limbaughs of the world.

Of course, now the liberal censorship fun begins: What about cable and satellite broadcasts? What about the Internet? Will government go after those too? How would that work and look in practice? Will there be a central server in Washington DC, and everything written for the Internet will have to go through some bureaucrat's office for approval?

I'd like to hear these politicians defend why it's constitutional to stifle one area of broadcast, but not another. Indeed, if they think that all forms of human association and contact are subject to government restrictions and control, they should be forced to disclose that opinion. After all, it's only fair.

re: #106 calcajun

The Native Americans should celebrate;

My grandfather's favorite joke:

'You know, when the white people got here, male Indians hunted, fished, and fought. The women did all the work. You guys thought that you could improve on that?

re: #82 Walter L. Newton

How do you get those tickets? I look at those townhall meetings and for once I would love to see someone there that does not appear to be an Obamabot. But after what the MSM did to Joe the Plumber, I bet people are scared to death to ask or do anything that would discredit THE ONE.

Actually my being AA has afforded me the luxury of sitting in Obot discussions w/o being detected. they always assume that I am packing Kool Aid.I like to play dumb but say something that is so stupid they look at me for a second. During the election I was talking to two Obots and they were upset about Palin bringing up Ayers. I said:

"Like what is Sarah Plain's like problem?Ayers only bombed like a few buildings and like killed some people. Didn't his girlfriend like die or something? When she was like making a bomb?He like got off on a technicality, so isn't it like okay?Who is Sirhan Sirhan anyway? So what if Ayers like dedicated a book to him. It is not like Caroline Kennedy doesn't like know that so it makes it like okay because she loves Obama too"

re: #93 MandyManners

Italy's is too flutey.

Oh noes!

So what are your favourite anthems then?

:-)

re: #3 Ford_Prefect

Opinion Poll:

Who was the most influential President?

Most influential is not the same as greatest, but ok. My picks for that would be:

Lincoln
Jefferson
Washington
Reagan
FDR (I really don't care for FDR, but he certainly was influential)

re: #103 SpaceJesus

spacejesus/ron paul 2012

Congradulations.. It almost takes an act of Congress to get me to downding a post...
I saw a pickup truck last week with 3 huge Ron Paul Stickers on it.. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry..

re: #131 Nevergiveup

Maccabee-era tablets found near Jerusalem shed light on ancient Jewish warriors

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

Very cool find!

re: #138 buzzsawmonkey

Psssssst! I've got an ancient inscription for sale, cheap! It's a stele!

Can you throw a bridge in with that?

re: #103 SpaceJesus

spacejesus/ron paul 2012

That explains a lot.

re: #135 Afrocity

. . . During the election I was talking to two Obots and they were upset about Palin bringing up Ayers. I said:

"Like what is Sarah Plain's like problem?Ayers only bombed like a few buildings and like killed some people. Didn't his girlfriend like die or something? When she was like making a bomb?He like got off on a technicality, so isn't it like okay?Who is Sirhan Sirhan anyway? So what if Ayers like dedicated a book to him. It is not like Caroline Kennedy doesn't like know that so it makes it like okay because she loves Obama too"

You did not do that!

Did you?

LOL!

Wish I could have been a fly on the wall . .

re: #123 capitalist piglet

That calls for a reprise of the best YouTube video EVER.

"I want you to know that, trees...THAT WE CARE!" I could watch this thing a hundred times!

Where have I seen that before?

re: #135 Afrocity

Heh.

re: #138 buzzsawmonkey

Psssssst! I've got an ancient inscription for sale, cheap! It's a stele!

You should column up and see if he's interested.

re: #131 Nevergiveup

Maccabee-era tablets found near Jerusalem shed light on ancient Jewish warriors

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

How were they able to sneak those under Muslim holy land?

///

re: #99 DaddyG

Hail! Hail! Freedonia.

Where is that? Can' find it in my atlas ...

:-)

re: #139 HoosierHoops

I saw a pickup truck last week with 3 huge Ron Paul Stickers on it.. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry..

Was it a garbage truck?

re: #137 Mikey_Dallas

Most influential is not the same as greatest, but ok. My picks for that would be:

Lincoln
Jefferson
Washington
Reagan
FDR (I really don't care for FDR, but he certainly was influential)

Don't forget the Monroe Doctrine, James Monroe.Also Gerald Ford he pardoned Nixon so that the country could start to heal and not go on the witch hunt we see today.

re: #133 gmsc

Hot Air: Obama administration no longer issuing denials on Fairness Doctrine

My favorite analysis so far of the "Fairness Doctrine" talk:

It's Not Fair!

“

He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible,” said Ortiz.

Two things. First, shut the fuck up if you don't agree. Second, "diverse viewpoints" is the POV that CBBHO will use to get us to agree with his plans to stomp all over the First Amendment.

re: #149 yma o hyd

Where is that? Can' find it in my atlas ...

:-)

You can only find it in your atlas if you're a Marxist.
;)

re: #127 Eowyn2

I wonder if they remember 76 to 80?

those are all the dead guys from the 19th century.

In all fairness, some of the "leaders" of this country before 1860 were miserable failures--any one with sense saw the train wreck that was coming and they compromised and made deals, all the while ignoring the looming storm. Pierce and Buchanan are probably two of the worst ones we ever had.

Then, there is the George W. Bush of his day, James K. Polk. There is no doubt that he picked a fight with Mexico solely for the chance to expand the US westward. That's not revisionism, either.

re: #139 HoosierHoops

I want to find a bumper sticker that says "Bush/Cheney 2012." Put it on a big, black Hummer. And drive around Berkeley for a couple of weeks!

Washington's thirteen toasts: [Link: www.founderspatriots.org...]

"The fighting had ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in Virginia, on 19 October 1781 but it took over 2+ years for the last British soldier to leave our shores. Washington had not returned to New York since his retreat in 1776. Now he would attend a Public Dinner at Fraunces Tavern on Pearl Street where he would propose 13 Toasts of Hot Butter'd Rum.'

The 13 Official Toasts: To the United States of America, To His Most Christian Majesty Louis XVI of France; To the United Netherlands; To the King of Sweden; To the American Army; To the Fleet and Armies of France which have served in America; To the memory of those heroes who have fallen for our freedom; May our country be grateful to her military children; May justice support what courage has gained; To the indicators of the rights of mankind in every quarter of the globe, May America be an asylum to the persecuted of the Earth; May a close union of states guard the temple they have erected to Liberty; May the remembrances of the day be a lesson to princes."

Since it's an open thread and all, I thought I'd give you all a little gift, found last night on YouTube.

Valentine's Day is over, but here's a little postscript courtesy of Will Shakespeare. (From "Twelfth Night", music by Thomas Morley.)

O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear! your true-love’s coming
That can sing both high and low;
Trip no further, pretty sweeting,
Journeys end in lovers’ meeting—
Every wise man’s son doth know.

What is love? ’tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What’s to come is still unsure:
In delay there lies no plenty,—
Then come kiss me, sweet-and-twenty,
Youth’s a stuff will not endure.

And now you have a pretty good idea of what kind of music I prefer.

re: #131 Nevergiveup

Maccabee-era tablets found near Jerusalem shed light on ancient Jewish warriors

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

This is something that needs to be hammered into people. (sorry--obscure Jewish pun)

re: #136 yma o hyd

Oh noes!

So what are your favourite anthems then?

:-)

This one.

re: #114 quickjustice

I have an autographed copy of Jefferson's papers, published in 1825. I also have an autographed copy of Grant's memoirs.

In what hand? Is in manuscript form? Sorry have to ask. Did you get them in Virgina?

re: #156 Timbre

I want to find a bumper sticker that says "Bush/Cheney 2012." Put it on a big, black Hummer. And drive around Berkeley for a couple of weeks!

And your auto insurance rates will skyrocket.

re: #115 subsailor68

Great point!

They are having trouble with the new slogan though:

"Changers of the World Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Change."

There's an old sea story in the Marine Corps about a Lieutenant who inspected his Marines in the field, and afterward told the "Gunny" that the men smelled bad.

The Lieutenant suggested the solution would be to change their underwear. So the Gunny responded, "Aye aye sir, I'll see to it immediately!"

The Gunny went straight to the squad. "The lieutenant thinks you guys smell bad, and wants you to change your underwear. Smith, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowsky, and Brown, you change with Schultz. Now get to it!"

THE MORAL: A candidate may promise 'change' in Washington , but don't count on things smelling any better. You still have the same old nasty.

re: #149 yma o hyd

Where is that? Can' find it in my atlas ...

:-)

It's next to Ruritania.

re: #149 yma o hyd

Where is that? Can' find it in my atlas ...

:-)

I believe Freedonia was a democratic state until the UN helped with its elections.

re: #157 quickjustice

Washington's thirteen toasts: [Link: www.founderspatriots.org...]

"The fighting had ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in Virginia, on 19 October 1781 but it took over 2+ years for the last British soldier to leave our shores. Washington had not returned to New York since his retreat in 1776. Now he would attend a Public Dinner at Fraunces Tavern on Pearl Street where he would propose 13 Toasts of Hot Butter'd Rum.'

The 13 Official Toasts: To the United States of America, To His Most Christian Majesty Louis XVI of France; To the United Netherlands; To the King of Sweden; To the American Army; To the Fleet and Armies of France which have served in America; To the memory of those heroes who have fallen for our freedom; May our country be grateful to her military children; May justice support what courage has gained; To the indicators of the rights of mankind in every quarter of the globe, May America be an asylum to the persecuted of the Earth; May a close union of states guard the temple they have erected to Liberty; May the remembrances of the day be a lesson to princes."

Thanks for that! Now I know what I'll be doing this evening...

Re-watching "The Patriot." (I know Mel Gibson is a little strange, but I love that movie.)

re: #156 Timbre

I want to find a bumper sticker that says "Bush/Cheney 2012." Put it on a big, black Hummer. And drive around Berkeley for a couple of weeks!

I saw a Palin/2012 "you can keep the change" bumper sticker the other day.

re: #3 Ford_Prefect

I'd rather have a different opinion poll:

1. Most underrated President.
2. Most overrated President (44 excluded).

1. Harding and Coolidge.
2. FDR.

re: #139 HoosierHoops

Congradulations.. It almost takes an act of Congress to get me to downding a post...
I saw a pickup truck last week with 3 huge Ron Paul Stickers on it.. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry..

what does congradulations mean

Charles:

It may be known as Presidents Day but it really is Washington's Birthday, even though his birthday isn't until the 22nd.

Although it was celebrated as early as 1778, and by the early 19th Century was second only to the Fourth of July as a patriotic holiday, Congress did not officially recognize Washington's Birthday as a national holiday until 1870. The Monday Holiday Law in 1968 -- applied to executive branch departments and agencies by Richard Nixon's Executive Order 11582 in 1971 -- moved the holiday from February 22 to the third Monday in February. Section 6103 of Title 5, United States Code, currently designates that legal federal holiday as 'Washington's Birthday.' Contrary to popular opinion, no action by Congress or order by any President has changed 'Washington's Birthday' to 'Presidents' Day'.

re: #158 Cato the Elder

Thank you!

re: #154 gmsc

You can only find it in your atlas if you're a Marxist.
;)

Phew.
Thanks.
Looks like I'm in the clear ...

:-))

My top 5 Presidents for influence:

Washington
Madison
Lincoln
Jefferson
Reagan

Top 5 Founders for influence:

Franklin
Washington
Jefferson
John Adams
Madison

re: #163 rightwinger3

LOL!

THE MORAL: A candidate may promise 'change' in Washington , but don't count on things smelling any better.

How true that is!

re: #37 Timbre

I'm checking the Modern Whigs out. I nominally joined. I also like them because I am a history buff.

re: #134 razorbacker

My grandfather's favorite joke:

'You know, when the white people got here, male Indians hunted, fished, and fought. The women did all the work. You guys thought that you could improve on that?

Good one.

This ought to tell us something, too. Many whites who had been captured by the Indians chose to remain among their captors when "rescued"; the Indian lifestyle was preferable to going back among white "civilization".

But, I still like flush toilets and warm beds.

Well, we have global warming under control now. :-)

re: #145 DaddyG

Where have I seen that before?

Too bad he doesn't stumble upon that North Carolina group of hippies, screaming and crying. I'd like to see Clint's reaction to that.

Pretty cool national tune despite this island country being all cocked up.

re: #151 NY Nana

Was it a garbage truck?

{Nana}
This truck had 3 huge stickers across the Tailgate..End to end..I pulled behind him at a light.. I really did laugh out loud...and shake my head..
But I grew up in California.. If Sister Boom Boom isn't running for the mayor of Yountville then something is amiss..
/where did all the nuts go? Is today their day off?

re: #163 rightwinger3

THE MORAL: A candidate may promise 'change' in Washington , but don't count on things smelling any better. You still have the same old nasty.

I think they need to dig a deep pit next to the Capitol and dump about 10 tons of lime in it--for all the bills that will be coming out of Congress these next four years...

re: #169 SpaceJesus

what does congradulations mean

I think it means he was holding his nose while posting that.

re: #136 yma o hyd

Oh noes!

So what are your favourite anthems then?

:-)

Sooner or later this will get posted:

re: #169 SpaceJesus

what does congradulations mean

It means you're a piss ant.

re: #136 yma o hyd

Oh noes!

So what are your favourite anthems then?

:-)

I'm kind of partial to "Oh Canada" myself (other than the Star Spangled Banner, that is). "God Save the King/Queen" is pretty good too. France's isn't too bad either.

re: #184 MandyManners

Like your answer better.

;-)

So it has come to this. Think long and hard on the tobacco tax. If and when they succeed and outlaw it entirely, where will THAT income come from? Now it may, if certain lawmakers have their way, cost more to just frigging forget who you elected in a certain state. If I owned a micro, I would be packing up about now. [Link: www.kgw.com...]

Netanyahu: Israel needs to strengthen PA security forces

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

I know that Netanyahu has support here, but this is another guy who would sell his kids and mother down the river for power. And then he wouldn't exercise it so well either. And this ain't meant to be an endorsement of Livni.

re: #158 Cato the Elder

Nice seeing you Cato.. Hope today finds you well

re: #133 gmsc

considering that many Air America hosts and hostesses couldn't get through a single sentence without turning the air blue, I wonder what forcing them upon public access radio will do to the censorship laws. Any bets?

re: #88 yma o hyd

As its that time of year again, and as we're listening to some fabulous natinal anthems again, what are your favourite national anthems?

That of your own country strictly excluded!

Here are my trhee favourites, in ascending order:

3) Poland

2)France

1)Italy

Russian Federation
Canada
Australia

re: #169 SpaceJesus

what does congradulations mean

"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." President Andrew Jackson

There's a distinct lack of discussing how awesome Teddy Roosevelt was here.

I pretty much model my entire life after this amazing American's example

re: #161 Afrocity

I acquired a collection of rare Virginia papers from the estate of an old friend of my father's (a Virginian). Everything is printed.

re: #187 buzzsawmonkey

Klopstakia? Sounds like a disorder of the joints.

re: #160 MandyManners

This one.

[Video]

Heh - ya didn't read the rules!
The anthem of one's own country was specifically excluded.

So ...

?

:-)

re: #188 nines09

Junk food tax coming soon.

re: #190 HoosierHoops

Nice seeing you Cato.. Hope today finds you well

Better each day. I still can't walk very long distances, and my dog Haku is getting antsy because of that. But the foot is slowly getting better.

And as the days lengthen, the mood rises!

re: #193 DaddyG

"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." President Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was a blatant and unrepentant racist

re: #194 spacejesus

Teddy Roosevelt was here at LGF!?

re: #155 calcajun

those are all the dead guys from the 19th century.

In all fairness, some of the "leaders" of this country before 1860 were miserable failures--any one with sense saw the train wreck that was coming and they compromised and made deals, all the while ignoring the looming storm. Pierce and Buchanan are probably two of the worst ones we ever had.

Then, there is the George W. Bush of his day, James K. Polk. There is no doubt that he picked a fight with Mexico solely for the chance to expand the US westward. That's not revisionism, either.

I'm curious, do you believe that GW Bush picked a fight with Iraq to expand the US?

re: #188 nines09

So it has come to this. Think long and hard on the tobacco tax. If and when they succeed and outlaw it entirely, where will THAT income come from? Now it may, if certain lawmakers have their way, cost more to just frigging forget who you elected in a certain state. If I owned a micro, I would be packing up about now. [Link: www.kgw.com...]

A $49.61 tax on each barrel of beer produced by Oregon brewers? That's insane.

re: #47 donntiger

Can you believe that the C-Span poll rated Carter at 25? 25!

Any list which does not have Carter in the bottom five is a joke.

re: #169 SpaceJesus

what does congradulations mean

LOL
It means PIMF..and spell check..
You really don't want a piece of me dude....

re: #193 DaddyG Wow! SpaceJesus gave me my first ever downding - and for someone elses quote. Nice. I will treasure it forever.

re: #188 nines09

So it has come to this. Think long and hard on the tobacco tax. If and when they succeed and outlaw it entirely, where will THAT income come from? Now it may, if certain lawmakers have their way, cost more to just frigging forget who you elected in a certain state. If I owned a micro, I would be packing up about now. [Link: www.kgw.com...]

Dems are doing it here in KY. Raising taxes on cigs and booze. Bourbon makers are pissed.

re: #197 yma o hyd

Heh - ya didn't read the rules!
The anthem of one's own country was specifically excluded.

So ...

?

:-)

Rules? I don't like rules.

re: #188 nines09

So it has come to this. Think long and hard on the tobacco tax. If and when they succeed and outlaw it entirely, where will THAT income come from? Now it may, if certain lawmakers have their way, cost more to just frigging forget who you elected in a certain state. If I owned a micro, I would be packing up about now. [Link: www.kgw.com...]

Thanks for the post and link. It is strange isn't it, that the same folks who want to ban something also see taxing it as a good way to fund a pet project. And when they succeed at one, they're left with trying to find alternative funding for the other.

Think the luxury tax back in the early 90's (thanks Ted Kennedy), and what it did to the yacht builders in Kennedy's own state (and others).

re: #114 quickjustice

I have an autographed copy of Jefferson's papers, published in 1825. I also have an autographed copy of Grant's memoirs.

That's remarkable. How did you get them to come back from the dead to sign your books?

re: #198 bulwrk

Junk food tax coming soon.

As long as they keep their fucking hands off my Basil,...

re: #201 Timbre

Teddy Roosevelt was here at LGF!?

Back in the pre-registration days

re: #184 MandyManners

It means you're a piss ant.

When SpaceJesus/Ron Paul sweeps the electorate in 2012, I am going to appoint you to the cabinet position of Minister of Person Who Gets Their Filthy Mouth Washed Out With Soap Every Day

re: #179 AuntAcid

Pretty cool national tune despite this island country being all cocked up.

Nice one!

re: #212 MandyManners

As long as they keep their fucking hands off my Basil,...

I've never heard it called that before?

re: #208 KenJen

Dems are doing it here in KY. Raising taxes on cigs and booze. Bourbon makers are pissed.

How long until they tax blog posts?

Happy Birthday George.

}:)     [You were the best of us; we sure need you now.]

re: #204 buzzsawmonkey

Everybody in Klopstakia is a natural athlete, so they enter the Olympic trials to win money to retire the national debt. It is a completely ridiculous and thoroughly enjoyable film.

Do they all have their own bongs?

re: #184 MandyManners

It means you're a piss ant.

Mandy, you have such a way with words.

And I cannot join you all in celebrating Presidents Day, I will just have sit in the bleaches and make the occassional pithy, if not witty, comment.

re: #187 buzzsawmonkey

As long as we're mentioning small imaginary countries, try to find a copy of the WC Fields/Jack Oakie film "Million Dollar Legs," which takes place in Klopstakia. Principal exports: goats and nuts; principal imports, goats and nuts, principal inhabitants, goats and nuts.

It features the great Lyda Roberti as Mata Machree, the Woman No Man Can Resist.

I'm somewhat partial to Genovia. Their new queen is gorgeous.

re: #208 KenJen

Dems are doing it here in KY. Raising taxes on cigs and booze. Bourbon makers are pissed.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

re: #214 spacejesus

When SpaceJesus/Ron Paul sweeps the electorate in 2012, I am going to appoint you to the cabinet position of Minister of Person Who Gets Their Filthy Mouth Washed Out With Soap Every Day

Yeah, well fuck you, too.

re: #166 subsailor68

At the time of Washington's toasts, the U.S. didn't yet have a Navy. We relied on the French for our naval support. Naval support was critical in enabling General Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.

re: #200 spacejesus

Andrew Jackson was a blatant and unrepentant racist

I wasn't citing his civil rights record. I was sharing his quote on spelling.

/why did my pig wrestling warning just go off?

re: #216 Nevergiveup

I've never heard it called that before?

*splutter*

re: #188 nines09

So it has come to this. Think long and hard on the tobacco tax. If and when they succeed and outlaw it entirely, where will THAT income come from? Now it may, if certain lawmakers have their way, cost more to just frigging forget who you elected in a certain state. If I owned a micro, I would be packing up about now. [Link: www.kgw.com...]

The tax would raise revenue for the state at a time when budgets are running in the red. Specifically, the bill says it would fund prevention, treatment and recovery programs for those addicted to alcohol and other substances.
It also defends the tax by claiming alcoholism and “untreated substance abuse” costs the state $4.15 billion in “lost earnings” as well as more than $8 million for health care and nearly $1 billion in law enforcement-related expenditures.

Additional 50 dollars a barrel. Good for micro brewers in other states.

re: #202 Eowyn2

I'm curious, do you believe that GW Bush picked a fight with Iraq to expand the US?

No. "Mr. Polk's War" was analogous to Iraq insofar as we allegedly went in under a contrived pretext. WMD's in Iraq--Mexican territorial ambitions/Catholics fomenting slave revolts for The Mexican War. Both leaders were accused of ginning up a war for their own political ends.

re: #211 doppelganglander

That's really, really really really funny!

re: #220 A Kiwi Infidel

Mandy, you have such a way with words.

And I cannot join you all in celebrating Presidents Day, I will just have sit in the bleaches and make the occassional pithy, if not witty, comment.

Does New Zealand still have no extadition treaty with the U.S.?

re: #223 MandyManners

Mandy, have I told you lately that you rock? LOL

re: #183 gregg

Omigawd!
Cripes!

(Well made - though I hope you all never have to sing it!)

re: #220 A Kiwi Infidel

Mandy, you have such a way with words.

And I cannot join you all in celebrating Presidents Day, I will just have sit in the bleaches and make the occassional pithy, if not witty, comment.

"bleaches" ?
LOL!
Was that a Freudian slip?

re: #150 Iron Fist

Just picked up a new toy over the weekend ..... S&W 1911 PD . Haven't been able to get to the range with it yet, but it's been getting good reviews since it was introduced in 2004.

re: #132 Sharmuta

Something else to consider about Washington's presidency- the Constitution isn't much of a guide when you're the first guy to take the office. It was really his job to establish just what exactly the President was supposed to do

And I cannot stress enough that there was no one else for the job that the newborn country would have rallied to besides him. God bless him.

I daresay Washington could have never said "I inherited this".

re: #224 quickjustice

At the time of Washington's toasts, the U.S. didn't yet have a Navy. We relied on the French for our naval support. Naval support was critical in enabling General Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.

Yep, and if IIRC, there's a great sweeping vista of the harbor in one scene in "The Patriot." - and the French officer who fights alongside Gibson's character is great too.

re: #225 DaddyG

I wasn't citing his civil rights record. I was sharing his quote on spelling.

/why did my pig wrestling warning just go off?

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeele*

re: #195 quickjustice

Every summer at the University of Virgina in Charlottesville there is Rare Book School. It is open to curators and rare book lovers. I go every year. Here is link. UVA has a copy of the constitution in the Small Library and the best Jefferson Diary I have ever seen. The only thing that sucked was he basically was explaining how inferior black people are (even said we smelled) but being a bibliophile, I was still in awe. These classes will allow you to network with other bibliophiles and learn tricks of the trade. We also get hammered and dance around "the lawn' where Jefferson stayed.

It is a blast!

(okay i am a nerd)

Rare book School

re: #229 quickjustice

Why, thank you!

re: #223 MandyManners

Yeah, well fuck you, too.

Poetry. Sheer poetry. If you tried, you could work that into an haiku.
Like this:

Yeah
well fuck you
too

Btw, it is not "President's day" its "Washington's Birthday." click on my name to find a snopes article on the subject. the idea that we balled all our presidents into one holliday is a myth. There was never a federal Lincoln holiday, though there should be. This is Washington's birthday, period.

Btw, Charles, maybe this is my crappy windows programs at fault here, but this site is getting so overloaded with features, it is really causing my computer to strain. I honestly would rather see a bit of cut back on thinks like live updating of the latest commmenters and the like. Or something. Just something to chew on.

Or maybe make an alternative stripped down version of the site.

Just a thought.

re: #231 capitalist piglet

Mandy, have I told you lately that you rock? LOL

*blush*

re: #180 HoosierHoops

This truck had 3 huge stickers across the Tailgate..End to end..I pulled behind him at a light.. I really did laugh out loud...and shake my head..
But I grew up in California.. If Sister Boom Boom isn't running for the mayor of Yountville then something is amiss..
/where did all the nuts go? Is today their day off?

Ugh. I am glad that you were able to keep control of the wheel! Anyone dumb enough to have those Onray Aulpay stickers is, IMHO, too dumb to have a driver's license. He is a hazard on the road!

So we are both lucky...you escaped California, and I got out of The People's Republic of Massatwoshits ! ;) Alas, most of my first cousins also escaped...to California!

re: #237 MandyManners

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeele*

Has Ned Beatty joined us?

re: #210 subsailor68

Thanks for the post and link. It is strange isn't it, that the same folks who want to ban something also see taxing it as a good way to fund a pet project.

It really is a perfect model for them they tax the evil industry to death reap the profits while they can then move on to the next target.

re: #233 pre-Boomer Marine brat

"bleaches" ?
LOL!
Was that a Freudian slip?

Dropped the "r" it is PIMF moment. I am used to PIMF moments.

Bleachers

re: #225 DaddyG

I wasn't citing his civil rights record. I was sharing his quote on spelling.

/why did my pig wrestling warning just go off?

"Anyone who quotes Andrew Jackson, should first point out that he is a blatant and unrepentant racist.'

-George Washington

re: #192 Alouette

Russian Federation
Canada
Australia

Excellent choices!

I do like the Aussie anthem meself - but we have issues with them, regarding rugby :-))

re: #194 spacejesus

There's a distinct lack of discussing how awesome Teddy Roosevelt was here.

I pretty much model my entire life after this amazing American's example

I openly admit I'm a Founderphile.

re: #238 Afrocity

Every summer at the University of Virgina in Charlottesville there is Rare Book School. It is open to curators and rare book lovers. I go every year. Here is link. UVA has a copy of the constitution in the Small Library and the best Jefferson Diary I have ever seen. The only thing that sucked was he basically was explaining how inferior black people are (even said we smelled) but being a bibliophile, I was still in awe. These classes will allow you to network with other bibliophiles and learn tricks of the trade. We also get hammered and dance around "the lawn' where Jefferson stayed.

It is a blast!

(okay i am a nerd)

Rare book School

You sound like a pretty cool nerd ;~)

A love note from a Coulter fan, referred here from Steve Gilbert's site (who falsely accused me of stealing his material, then sent abusive emails threatening to "expose" me as a "plagiarist" and boasting about all the connections he had):

obviously host GUTLESS ASSHOLES whining about Coulter...

consider pulling your COLLECTIVE HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSHOLES and smell
the reality...

Classy!

re: #244 calcajun

Has Ned Beatty joined us?

You got a purdy mouth?

re: #234 eschew_obfuscation

Just picked up a new toy over the weekend ..... S&W 1911 PD . Haven't been able to get to the range with it yet, but it's been getting good reviews since it was introduced in 2004.

Lock and load
keep and eye on the thread
when spaced-out-pseudo-J*sus goes past ...

re: #251 Charles

A love note from a Coulter fan, referred here from Steve Gilbert's site (who falsely accused me of stealing his material, then sent abusive emails threatening to "expose" me as a "plagiarist" and boasting about all the connections he had):

Classy!

Hooray! Although it's always great to see people supporting you, I have to admit some of the entertainment value is reading the hate mail.