The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.
— Henry Clay
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Emperor Norton Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:37:20pm |
Henry Clay, an alumnus of William and Mary, same as Glenn Close, Vic Raschi and Jon Stewart.
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Buster Bunny Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:37:35pm |
Oh .. so what you say .. what Obama is doing aint new?
Surprise .. sur@#$%^& surprise.
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Buster Bunny Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:39:13pm |
Charles .. the sheer fact that people are going out of their way to defleece you would suggest that you are probably doing just enough to irritate their perspective of the world.
And from my point of view that means you must be doing something right.
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Gus Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:41:14pm |
A rather appropriate quote in light of the "fail" article.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:41:41pm |
Nice a new thread to round out my week. Here comes the weekend. :)
/which means a planning session and lots of beer drinking for me.
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Fenway_Nation Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:41:46pm |
Wierd. I was trying to look up more info from the Army about the 88U MOS (rail transport) and I get some sort of warning message when I try and click on the official Army website. Are they having issues or am I being blocked for some reason...
I'm not being blocked from the Nat'l Guard's page, however.
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Pietr Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:42:08pm |
re: #5 lostlakehiker
I and Gee are words, but A is only 1 if you attach it to a hole.....:>))
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redc1c4 Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:42:18pm |
re: #1 Dustyvet
Fruit cup hour is
cominghere!
help yerself...... i have to go to w*rk in a few hours, so party on and tell LoL i said "high"!
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:42:24pm |
re: #7 BlueCanuck
Nice a new thread to round out my week. Here comes the weekend. :)
/which means a planning session and lots of beer drinking for me.
Moose Beer...:)
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MrPaulRevere Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:42:48pm |
Too bad Limbaugh or any GOP politicians can't speak like this...The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government:
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:43:07pm |
One day the teacher decides to play an animal game. She holds up a
picture of a giraffe and asks if anyone knows what it is. No one
raises his/her hand. The teacher says "See it's long neck? What
animal has a long neck?"
Sally holds up her hand and asks if it is a giraffe. "Very good
Sally," the teacher replies. Next she holds up a picture of a zebra.
None of the students holds up his/her hands. "See the stripes on
this animal? What animal has stripes?" Billy holds up his hand and
says it is a zebra. "Very good Billy," the teacher replies. Next
she holds up a picture of a deer. None of the students recognized
the animal.
"See the big antlers on this animal. What animal has horns like this?"
Still no one guesses. "Let me give you another hint, it's
something your mother calls your father."
Johnny shouts out "I know what it is, it's a horny bastard."
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Alberta Oil Peon Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:43:24pm |
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:43:42pm |
As a sergeant in a parachute regiment I took part in serveral night time
excersises. Once, I was seated next to a Lieutenant fresh from Jump
School. He was quiet sad looked a bit pale so I struck up a conversation.
"Scared, Lieutenant?", I asked.
He replied, "No, just a bit apperhensive."
I asked, "What's the diffrence?"
He replied, "That means I'm scared with a university education."
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Gus Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:43:42pm |
re: #12 MrPaulRevere
Too bad Limbaugh or any GOP politicians can't speak like this...The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government:
[Video]
Yes! I saw that this morning and was thinking, "why can't we have a speaker like that on our side."
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redc1c4 Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:44:02pm |
re: #8 Fenway_Nation
Wierd. I was trying to look up more info from the Army about the 88U MOS (rail transport) and I get some sort of warning message when I try and click on the official Army website. Are they having issues or am I being blocked for some reason...
I'm not being blocked from the Nat'l Guard's page, however.
the Army webpages are notorious for not having what microshaft considers to be proper security certificates..... if you're using IE, that can result in lots of headaches.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:44:43pm |
A young Jewish boy starts attending public school in a small
town. The teacher of the one-room school decides to use her
position to try to influence the new student. She asks the
class, "Who was the greatest man that ever lived?"
A girl raises her hand and says, "I think George Washington
was the greatest man that ever lived because he is the Father
of our country." The teacher replies, "Well...that's a good
answer, but that's not the answer I am looking for."
Another young student raises his hand and says, "I think
Abraham Lincoln was the greatest man that lived because he
freed the slaves and helped end the civil war." ... "Well, that's
another good answer, but that is not the one I was looking for."
Then the new Jewish boy raises his hand and says, "I think
Jesus Christ was the greatest man that ever lived." The
teacher's mouth drops open in astonishment. "Yes!" she says,
"that's the answer I was looking for." She then brings him up to
the front of the classroom and gives him a lollipop.
Later, during recess, another Jewish boy approaches him as he
is licking his lollipop. He says, "Why did you say, 'Jesus Christ'?"
The boy stops licking his lollipop and replies, "I know it's
Moses, and YOU know it's Moses, but business is business."
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:45:08pm |
"Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth." Steve Allen
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:46:50pm |
"Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say, "I'm thirsty, not dirty".
Joe Lewis
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Fenway_Nation Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:47:02pm |
re: #17 redc1c4
OK....I thought maybe the server was up to something nefarious, but that doesn't make sense because
A) I can get onto the Nat'l Guard page just fine and
B) Pardon my queasiness; Even if they were full-blown Radio Pacifica moonbats running the server, the Army is under the command of one of the 'good guys' in their mind's eye....
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:47:39pm |
A young woman had been taking golf lessons.
She had just started playing her first round
of golf when she suffered a bee sting.
Her pain was so intense that she decided to
return to the clubhouse for help and to complain.
Her golf pro saw her come into the clubhouse
and asked, 'Why are you back in so early?
What's wrong?' 'I was stung by a bee', she said.
'Where', he asked.
'Between the first and second hole', she replied.
He nodded knowingly and said,
'Then your stance is too wide.'
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Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:48:05pm |
Every day I'm a little more done with "right wing" politics. Maybe it never really suited me anyways.
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redc1c4 Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:48:54pm |
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
W.C. Fields and myself
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BlueCanuck Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:48:55pm |
re: #23 Killgore Trout
Oh? And left wing politics are any better?
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redc1c4 Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:50:10pm |
re: #21 Fenway_Nation
OK....I thought maybe the server was up to something nefarious, but that doesn't make sense because
A) I can get onto the Nat'l Guard page just fine and
B) Pardon my queasiness; Even if they were full-blown Radio Pacifica moonbats running the server, the Army is under the command of one of the 'good guys' in their mind's eye....
naw.... it's just that the Army, unsurprisingly, is FUBAR.... i used to even get those messages when on an Army netw*rk.
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:51:29pm |
The Buffalo Theory of Beer Drinking and Brain Development
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo, much like the brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. The slowest buffalo are the sick and weak so they die off first, making it possible for the herd to move at a faster pace. Like the buffalo, the weak, slow brain cells are the ones that are killed off by excessive beer drinking and socializing, making the brain operate faster.
The moral of the story: Drink more beer, it will make you smarter.
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redc1c4 Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:51:41pm |
re: #23 Killgore Trout
Every day I'm a little more done with "right wing" politics. Maybe it never really suited me anyways.
don't know about you, but i'm a conservative: i ain't got no fucking wings.
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redc1c4 Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:52:54pm |
re: #29 Salem
Well if it ain't that gawt-damned overnight open thread!
yup, and as of now, you are in charge: i'm going to bed.
/try to keep them in line....... %-)
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Alberta Oil Peon Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:53:04pm |
re: #23 Killgore Trout
Every day I'm a little more done with "right wing" politics. Maybe it never really suited me anyways.
Well, IMHO, the so-called "religious right" is just another manifestation of Leftism, just like Communism and Naziism are manifestations of Leftism.
The characteristic that they all share is that they wish to use the power of the State to impose their mode of belief upon the population. The only differences are the specific beliefs they want imposed, and the degree of force they are willing to apply.
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Fenway_Nation Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:53:06pm |
re: #28 Dustyvet
Isn't that courtesey of Cliff Clavin?
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:53:40pm |
There is a dangerous virus going around. It is called WORK.
If you receive WORK from your colleagues, your boss, or anyone else, via e-mail or any other means, DO NOT TOUCH IT! This virus wipes out your private life completely.
If you should come into contact with WORK, put on your jacket, take two good friends and go straight to the nearest pub. Order the antidote known as BEER. Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system.
Forward this warning immediately to at least 5 friends. Should you realize that you do not have 5 friends, this means that you are already infected and that WORK already controls your life.
REMEMBER, THIS VIRUS IS DEADLY!
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MrPaulRevere Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:53:40pm |
re: #23 Killgore Trout
Lotsa folks are doing a lot of introspection. And that's a good thing. I'm a recovering knee-jerker myself.
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Gus Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:54:33pm |
re: #8 Fenway_Nation
Wierd. I was trying to look up more info from the Army about the 88U MOS (rail transport) and I get some sort of warning message when I try and click on the official Army website. Are they having issues or am I being blocked for some reason...
I'm not being blocked from the Nat'l Guard's page, however.
I tried a mil site on Safari and it prompted me to install a new certificate which I did and proceeded into the site. Might be MSIE bunking things up.
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Kragar Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:54:42pm |
Seemsre: #25 BlueCanuck
Oh? And left wing politics are any better?
Screw the wings, aim for center mass
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Salem Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:54:57pm |
re: #31 redc1c4
yup, and as of now, you are in charge: i'm going to bed.
/try to keep them in line....... %-)
Actually, I'm okay with total anarchy.
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Buster Bunny Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:55:49pm |
re: #35 MrPaulRevere
Lotsa folks are doing a lot of introspection. And that's a good thing. I'm a recovering knee-jerker myself.
When I did all my jerking .. many moons ago .. it wasnt with my knee.
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Erik The Red Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:58:11pm |
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost.
She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below.
She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me?
I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago,
but I don't know where I am."
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied,
"You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above
a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level.
You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100
degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."
She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican!
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist," everything you told me is technically
correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still
lost.
Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
The man smiled and responded, "You must be Democrat!
"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going.
You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air.
You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep,
and you expect me to solve your problem.
You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met,
but somehow, now it's my fault."
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Mar 25, 2009 11:59:44pm |
re: #38 Salem
Actually, I'm okay with total anarchy.
Me too. How else will I get to bag anarchists without serving life?
//
Say, fuck all this agreeing shit, I want to argue! The color blue is stupid and evil! So are potatoes! Anyone who says different is a gawt-damned RINO!
//
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Kragar Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:00:20am |
re: #38 Salem
Actually, I'm okay with total anarchy.
I'm pulling for a Heinleinian military democracy myself
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:00:23am |
re: #42 Slumbering Behemoth
Me too. How else will I get to bag anarchists without serving life?
//Say, fuck all this agreeing shit, I want to argue! The color blue is stupid and evil! So are potatoes! Anyone who says different is a gawt-damned RINO!
//
Commie!
//
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:00:52am |
re: #42 Slumbering Behemoth
Me too. How else will I get to bag anarchists without serving life?
//Say, fuck all this agreeing shit, I want to argue! The color blue is stupid and evil! So are potatoes! Anyone who says different is a gawt-damned RINO!
//
Potatoes aren't really evil, just lazy. But Brussels Sprouts are sneaky little devils.
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Pietr Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:01:56am |
On a Saturday afternoon, in Washington, D. C., House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's aide visited the Cardinal of the
Catholic cathedral.
He told the Cardinal that Nancy Pelosi would be attending
the next day's sermon, and he asked if the Cardinal
would kindly point out Pelosi to the congregation and say a
few words that would include calling Pelosi a saint.
The Cardinal replied, "No. I don't really like the
woman, and there are issues of conflict with the Catholic Church over certain of Pelosi's views." Pelosi's aide then said, "Look. I'll write a check here and now for a donation of $100,000 to your church if you'll just tell the congregation you see Pelosi as a saint."
The Cardinal thought about it and said, "Well, the church can use the money, so I'll work your request into tomorrow's sermon." As Pelosi's aide promised, House Speaker Pelosi appeared for the Sunday
sermon and seated herself prominently at the edge of the main aisle.
And, during the sermon, as promised, the Cardinal pointed
out that House Speaker Pelosi was present.
Then the Cardinal went on to explain to the congregation --
"While Speaker Pelosi's presence is probably an honor to some, she is not my favorite person. Some of her views are contrary to those of the church, and she tends to flip-flop on many other views. Nancy Pelosi is a petty, self-absorbed hypocrite, a thumb sucker, and a nit-wit. Nancy Pelosi is also a serial liar, a cheat, and a thief. Nancy Pelosi is the worst example of a Catholic I have ever personally witnessed.
She married for money and is using it to lie to the
American people. She also has a reputation for shirking
her Representative obligations both in Washington , and in
California . She simply is not to be trusted."
The Cardinal completed his view of Pelosi with, "But,
when compared to Senators Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, and
John Kerry, House Speaker Pelosi is a saint."
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:02:08am |
re: #43 gmsc
Today in History, March 26th:
[Video]
Hey GMSC.
March 26th. Got to call my sister today.
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Kragar Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:02:28am |
Just found out a won a radio station contest, free T-Shirt on the way
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:03:03am |
re: #38 Salem
Actually, I'm okay with total anarchy.
A few months ago, while going to work, there was a kid with this logo on his jacket and hat.
I didn't know what it was, so I asked him. He replied, "It's the logo for anarchy."
I replied, incredulously, "THE logo for anarchy? There's only one?"
(How did they all agree on one logo?)
| 51 |
Dustyvet Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:03:05am |
Try to imagine what life will be like in the near future. To help you out here are some News Headlines In The Year 2035
1. Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, California.
2. White minorities still trying to have English recognized as California's third language.
3. Baby conceived naturally....Scientists stumped.
4. Authentic year 2000 "chad" sells at Sotheby's for $4.6 million.
5. Iraq still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least ten more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
6. Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.
7. George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036.
8. Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesday only.
9. Results of 35 year study: diet and exercise are the key to weight loss.
10. Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative.
11. Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.
12. Upcoming NFL draft likely to focus on use of mutants.
13. Average height of NBA players now nine feet, seven inches.
14. Microsoft announces it has perfected its newest version of Windows so it crashes BEFORE installation is completed.
15. New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters, and rolled up newspapers must be registered by January 2036.
16. Congress authorizes direct deposit of illegal political contributions to campaign accounts.
17. Capital Hill intern indicted for refusing to have sex with Congressman.
18. IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75%.
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Buster Bunny Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:03:08am |
re: #34 Dustyvet
If you should come into contact with WORK, put on your jacket, take two good friends and go straight to the nearest pub. Order the antidote known as BEER. Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system.
Can you take the antidote BEER as like .. an .. innoculation against the possibility of WORK?
| 53 |
Jr ewing Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:03:10am |
I have no idea if this is credible site..
Obama about to betray Israel, says former intel official
"I have every reason to believe, based on what I’ve seen at my level of [security] clearance especially over the last several years, that Israel will soon be completely on their own… or worse."
He went on to note that the betrayal likely won't happen in one dramatic moment, but rather subtly, behind the scenes, and over the course of several years.
The Obama Administration is preparing to "provide more support to Arab countries [with] financial and military aid, undercutting Israel’s defense efforts all while pushing Israel to succumb to the pressure of unreasonable demands designed to end with their political annihilation as a nation," said the source.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:03:28am |
re: #49 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Just found out a won a radio station contest, free T-Shirt on the way
A Che shirt?
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pat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:03:58am |
True story.
In bayonet instruction the Sarg explains the thrust into the ribs. Then points out that if the bayonet is locked in by the bones, you should fire your rifle as you reverse the thrust.
Sarge asked the quiet room if there were any questions.
One recruit raises his hand. Sarge says yes?
"Sargent, if I got bullets in my gun, there ain't going to be no bayonet fighting. "
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Kragar Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:05:57am |
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:06:00am |
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
| 61 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:06:55am |
re: #45 Gus 802
Shut up you damn RINO! Call me a commie to my face!
///
re: #46 Alberta Oil Peon
You're just a damned potato enabler. You're worse than the potatoes, you perpetuate the problem by giving them license. And damn your slander of Brussels Sprouts. Limboulter has said time and again that they are the strength of our nation and our Party. And if you disagree, you are a libtard traitor.
///
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:06:56am |
| 63 |
Kragar Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:07:07am |
To all the Lizards, the Friend Song
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Salem Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:07:15am |
re: #50 gmsc
A few months ago, while going to work, there was a kid with this logo on his jacket and hat.
I didn't know what it was, so I asked him. He replied, "It's the logo for anarchy."
I replied, incredulously, "THE logo for anarchy? There's only one?"
(How did they all agree on one logo?)
It's easy to remember because it's the first letter in the alphabet :)
| 65 |
Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:07:25am |
re: #59 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Think its just the station logo, but hey, free shirt
Nothing wrong with a free shirt. I like wearing my (free) Halliburton shirt, and watching the moonbats' heads explode.
| 66 |
Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:08:22am |
re: #61 Slumbering Behemoth
Shut up you damn RINO! Call me a commie to my face!
///Pinko! Get a job Meathead!
///
;)
| 68 |
BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:08:49am |
re: #61 Slumbering Behemoth
Well potatoes are a communist plot. After all the pesky reds made vodka out of them.
/as conspiracies go it's one of the better ones.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:12:03am |
re: #68 BlueCanuck
Well potatoes are a communist plot. After all the pesky reds made vodka out of them.
/as conspiracies go it's one of the better ones.
Communist plot: where they buried Lenin after they finally took him out of the drive-thru window at the Moscow counterpart to Tim Horton's.
(of course we have no donuts, Comrade, but wait in line anyway)
| 73 |
Dustyvet Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:12:18am |
| 75 |
Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:13:12am |
| 76 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:14:23am |
re: #66 Gus 802
I got a job, and it's all about calling RINOs like you to the carpet! I don't need to get paid, 'cuz I am a True Conservative American PatriotTM! You don't like it, leave the country!
///
re: #68 BlueCanuck
See, RINO? That's how it's done. That there is the statement of a True American PatriotTM!
///wait, what?
| 78 |
freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:14:41am |
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:16:29am |
re: #76 Slumbering Behemoth
I got a job, and it's all about calling RINOs like you to the carpet! I don't need to get paid, 'cuz I am a True Conservative American PatriotTM! You don't like it, leave the country!
///Oh yeah, well why don't you move to Cuba and take Code Pinko with ya!
:)
//
| 80 |
MrPaulRevere Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:18:43am |
Archie Bunker math...classic stuff
| 81 |
gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:19:12am |
Interesting take on 0bama and failure – written a week ago!
Why Obama's Failure Will Be Good for America
"President Obama" is the result of people recognizing, correctly, that they need a leader -- and incorrectly assuming that ANY leader will do. Obama looks, talks and speaks like a leader, if you pay absolutely no attention whatsoever to any of his words or actions. Will Americans wake up at some point and realize their mistake in voting for form without any regard for content? I fear not. I fear that they'll keep supporting him until or unless they find someone else who looks, speaks and acts like a leader -- this time, maybe someone who has something rational and substantive toward which to lead us. But will that happen in time, or is it already too late? My sense is that it's too late. America isn't necessarily done for, but it will have to start completely over if any more damage is done. What's passing in Congress now, as well as in coming months and years, will probably put us over the cliff, unless what's left of our economy is stronger than I realize (as it may be). What we now need to start looking for is leadership to clean up the mess created by policies in the years leading up to Obama -- and now being magnified tenfold by him.
Do I want Obama to fail? You bet I do. I want Obama to fail because I love what America is supposed to stand for, and originally did stand for. You don't have to be a paranoid conspiracy theorist to want Obama (and his cohorts in Congress) to fail. All you need to do is love liberty. And freedom. And capitalism. And individual rights. If you love these things, proudly oppose this man, his supporters and all that they're trying to do. Obama's failure would only be the culminating failure -- the climax of all failures since the United States embarked on being a welfare-regulatory state, many decades ago. In this context, failure is an opportunity. Failure has been gradually coming and its culmination, sooner or later, was inevitable. Wanting Obama to fail is not wishing ill on America. It's simply accepting the reality that sooner or later we had to reach this point. If people can learn from Obama's failure the true nature of America's economic decline and fall, the stage will be set for America to rise again.
Discuss.
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Buster Bunny Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:20:00am |
re: #76 Slumbering Behemoth
Good grief .. Charlie Brown.
| 83 |
Silvergirl Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:20:44am |
re: #60 Gus 802
I'm glad you posted that. I was humming it after watching Today in History.
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freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:21:00am |
re: #12 MrPaulRevere
The joy of the English parliamentary system is that it produces great orators.
/The bad part is that it can make for lousy management.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:21:35am |
re: #83 Silvergirl
I'm glad you posted that. I was humming it after watching Today in History.
Yeah, me too. I had to hear the whole song. Still a great song.
| 86 |
Silvergirl Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:22:04am |
re: #81 gmsc
Discuss? I decline. I discussed enough in that other thread.
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Dustyvet Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:22:25am |
| 88 |
Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:24:26am |
re: #84 freetoken
The joy of the English parliamentary system is that it produces great orators.
/The bad part is that it can make for lousy management.
Just in case it's not clear, the speaker in that video is a Member of the European Parliament, not the British one. And apparently he's a fan of Obama, according to some links I saw posted on Small Dead Animals.
| 89 |
freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:25:05am |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:25:30am |
re: #79 Gus 802
Oh, now you've done it! I am not a gawt-damned commie you gawt-damned RINO. I hate your beloved Cuba, and I hate all your girlfriends/sisters in Code Pink! How dare you associate me with them, you libtard.
You have crossed the line with that, and I have not choice but to pursue my nookyoular option that will be sure to take you down and absolutely refute all of you talking points:
I HOPE YOU FAIL!
///waaaah!
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:26:28am |
re: #90 Slumbering Behemoth
Oh, now you've done it! I am not a gawt-damned commie you gawt-damned RINO. I hate your beloved Cuba, and I hate all your girlfriends/sisters in Code Pink! How dare you associate me with them, you libtard.
You have crossed the line with that, and I have not choice but to pursue my nookyoular option that will be sure to take you down and absolutely refute all of you talking points:
I HOPE YOU FAIL!
///waaaah!
It's the big one 'Lizabeth!
::clunk::
Call 911!
//
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freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:26:55am |
re: #88 Alberta Oil Peon
Yes, from the EU flag I had gathered that it wasn't the normal UK parliament... but the speaker looks and acts like he was bred and trained for the UK parliament.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:27:24am |
re: #88 Alberta Oil Peon
Just in case it's not clear, the speaker in that video is a Member of the European Parliament, not the British one. And apparently he's a fan of Obama, according to some links I saw posted on Small Dead Animals.
Really? He's an Obamanaut?
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:28:18am |
re: #92 freetoken
Yes, from the EU flag I had gathered that it wasn't the normal UK parliament... but the speaker looks and acts like he was bred and trained for the UK parliament.
No doubt. He's a British member of the EU Parliament.
Recite the Yellow Pages with an upper-crust Brit accent, and you sound erudite.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:28:36am |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:30:25am |
re: #82 Buster Bunny
Good grief .. Charlie Brown.
WTF dude! This is supposed to be an anonymous forum, how can you just go and "out" me like that, and reveal my secret identity. C'mon!
You are sooo off the Christmas list!
///
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freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:30:25am |
re: #95 gmsc
If only...
... we would be arguing about "free silver" and complaining about the RR companies rather than the banking industry.
/What goes around comes around?
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:31:04am |
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:33:38am |
re: #98 Alberta Oil Peon
Apparently he fancies Obama: a recent blog post by him.
Oh. Cripes. He's a populist. Even quotes Andrew Sullivan. That's confusing considering the rhetoric in that speech against Brown. Just another case of someone being "all about me."
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:36:23am |
re: #99 Gus 802
Oh. Cripes. He's a populist. Even quotes Andrew Sullivan. That's confusing considering the rhetoric in that speech against Brown. Just another case of someone being "all about me."
Seemingly, he saw Obama as the lesser of two evils. I guess maybe not being close enough to the action, he missed a little of the baggage Obama brought to the arena.
Anyway, he may be a stirring speaker, but he's not a fount of wisdom.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:38:07am |
re: #100 Alberta Oil Peon
Anyway, he may be a stirring speaker, but he's not a fount of wisdom.
Hmm....where have we heard that before?
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:38:23am |
re: #97 freetoken
... we would be arguing about "free silver" and complaining about the RR companies rather than the banking industry.
/What goes around comes around?
Well, sure, we'll always have idiots who have no true idea behind what they like to complain about.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:39:18am |
The Empire's Official Defense Strategy
Somehow reminds of the current, and pointless, 'conservative' talking head strategy.
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Salem Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:40:15am |
re: #93 Gus 802
Really? He's an Obamanaut?
Yeah, he turned out to be real face-palm material when I saw him on Cavuto. But it seems like most Europeans think America should be more liberal even while decrying the depths it's reached in their own countries. I assume it's kind of their in-grained perception of Americans as being intolerant,racist and backwards. If you become used to your own smell you tend to forget how much you really stink.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:40:54am |
re: #100 Alberta Oil Peon
Seemingly, he saw Obama as the lesser of two evils. I guess maybe not being close enough to the action, he missed a little of the baggage Obama brought to the arena.
Anyway, he may be a stirring speaker, but he's not a fount of wisdom.
I'll say. I must say he take the Obama obsession all the way to a new level:
Once I had declared for him, qualified as my declaration was, I became an "Obamaniac" - which attitude, by the way, neatly demonstrates the with-us-or-against-us bellicosity that has put so many Republicans off their party.
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Pietr Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:42:49am |
A couple in Smithville , Texas had a lot of potted plants. During a recent cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them from a possible freeze.
It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one of the plants. When it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it go under the sofa.
She let out a very loud scream.
The husband (who was taking a shower) ran out int o the living room naked to see what the problem was. She told him there was a snake under the sofa. He got down on the floor on his hands and knees to look for it. About that time the family dog came and cold-nosed him on the behind. He thought the snake had bitten him, so he screamed and fell over on the floor.
His wife thought he had had a heart attack, so she covered him up, told him to lie still and called an ambulance.
The attendants rushed in, would not listen to his protests, loaded him on the stretcher, and started carrying him out.
About that time, the snake came out from under the sofa and the Emergency Medical Technician saw it and dropped his end of the stretcher. That's when the man broke his leg and why he is still in the hospital.
The wife still had the problem of the snake in the house, so she called on a neighbor who volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself with a rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the couch. Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman, who sat down on the sofa in relief.
But while relaxing, her hand dangled in between the cushions, where she felt the snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, the snake rushed back under the sofa.
The neighbor man, seeing her lying there passed out, tried to use CPR to revive her .
The neighbor's wife, who had just returned from shopping at the grocery store, saw her husband's mouth on the woman's20mouth and slammed her husband in the back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking him out and cutting his scalp to a point where it needed stitches.
The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she saw her neighbor lying on the floor with his wife bending over him, so she assumed that the snake had bitten him. She went to the kitchen and got a small bottle of whiskey, and began pouring it down the man's throat.
By now, the police had arrived. (Breath here...... )
They saw the unconscious man, smelled the whiskey, and assumed that a drunken fight had occurred. They were about to arrest them all, when the women tried to explain how it all happened over a little green snake.
The police called an ambulance, which took away the neighbor and his sobbing wife.
Now, the little snake again crawled out from under the sofa and one of the policemen drew his gun and fired at it. He
missed the snake and hit the leg of the end table. The table fell over, the lamp on it shattered and, as the bulb broke, it started a fire in the drapes..
The other policeman tried to beat out the flames, and fell through the window into the yard on top of the family dog who, startled, jumped out and raced into the street, where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed into the parked police car.
Meanwhile, neighbors saw the burning drapes and called in the fire department. The firemen had started raising the
fire ladder when they were halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires, put out the power, and disconnected the telephones in a ten-square city block area (but they did get the house fire out)..
Time passed! Both men were discharged from the hospital, the house was repaired, the dog came home, the police acquired a new car and all was right with their world.
A while later they were watching TV and the weatherman announced a cold snap for that night. The wife asked her husband if he thought they should bring in their plants for the night.
And that's when he shot her.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:43:04am |
re: #105 Salem
Yeah, he turned out to be real face-palm material when I saw him on Cavuto. But it seems like most Europeans think America should be more liberal even while decrying the depths it's reached in their own countries. I assume it's kind of their in-grained perception of Americans as being intolerant,racist and backwards. If you become used to your own smell you tend to forget how much you really stink.
It's a outright hypocrisy on Hannan's part. It clearly points out that he may be more fluent in prose and public speaking than he is on policy. No wonder they're in the minority.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:44:00am |
re: #106 Gus 802
I'd read that as saying, "(in the eyes of my opponents) I became an Obamaniac."
He seems to be decrying the polarization of politics, all the while participating in it.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:44:48am |
re: #109 Alberta Oil Peon
I'd read that as saying, "(in the eyes of my opponents) I became an Obamaniac."
He seems to be decrying the polarization of politics, all the while participating in it.
Yep. Or as they would say on the street, "just another bullshit artist."
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:45:41am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:46:15am |
re: #111 Gus 802
All the good ones are either banned or edited to shit.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:46:43am |
re: #111 Gus 802
That looks like another banned cartoon.
I can just picture someone saying that the cartoon is offensive to 0bama.
;)
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freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:47:12am |
Some excerpts from the 1892 Omaha Platform of the US Populist Party:
The conditions which surround us best justify our co-operation; we meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot-box, the Legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench. The people are demoralized; most of the States have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to prevent universal intimidation and bribery. The newspapers are largely subsidized or muzzled, public opinion silenced, business prostrated, homes covered with mortgages, labor impoverished, and the land concentrating in the hands of capitalists. [...]
The national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bondholders; a vast public debt payable in legal tender currency has been funded into gold-bearing bonds, thereby adding millions to the burdens of the people. [...]
We have witnessed for more than a quarter of a century the struggles of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon the suffering people. We charge that the controlling influences dominating both these parties have permitted the existing dreadful conditions to develop without serious effort to prevent or restrain them. [...]
The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people, and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. [...]
RESOLVED, That we condemn the fallacy of protecting American labor under the present system, which opens our ports to the pauper and criminal classes of the world and crowds out our wage-earners; and we denounce the present ineffective laws against contract labor, and demand the further restriction of undesirable emigration. [...]
RESOLVED, That we oppose any subsidy or national aid to any private corporation for any purpose. [...]
/The more things change, the more they stay the same?
// Compared to today, the US Populist Party of that time would be a strange combination of socialists and Ron Paul supporters...
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:47:14am |
re: #110 Gus 802
Yep. Or as they would say on the street, "just another bullshit artist."
The problem is: British Tories are no longer very conservative.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:48:15am |
re: #111 Gus 802
That looks like another banned cartoon.
re: #112 BlueCanuck
All the good ones are either banned or edited to shit.
Well, it is from before 1984, so I'm sure Congress will ban it at some point.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:48:32am |
re: #115 Alberta Oil Peon
The problem is: British Tories are no longer very conservative.
No doubt. Considering that Labour is a de facto Socialist Party. Regardless of what the leftists in England say.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:49:51am |
re: #116 gmsc
Well, it is from before 1984, so I'm sure Congress will ban it at some point.
Looks like a post-war cartoon. Donald Duck was a hoot.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:50:18am |
re: #117 Gus 802
No doubt. Considering that Labour is a de facto Socialist Party. Regardless of what the leftists in England say.
Under Margaret Thatcher, the British Conservative Party (i.e., the Tories) was conservative in fact as well as in name. Now they are Labour-lite.
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Pietr Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:51:30am |
re: #116 gmsc
Well, it is from before 1984, so I'm sure Congress will ban it at some point.
Yep, since it's for Kids-you'll have to prove it doesn't contain lead, etc............
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:52:20am |
re: #118 Gus 802
Looks like a post-war cartoon. Donald Duck was a hoot.
It was released in 1943, while the war was still going on.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:53:07am |
re: #119 Alberta Oil Peon
Under Margaret Thatcher, the British Conservative Party (i.e., the Tories) was conservative in fact as well as in name. Now they are Labour-lite.
Not unlike Sarkozy who is still an Obama boot licker to a certain extent even though he's touted as being more conservative.
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Salem Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:54:59am |
Disney released a set with all the wartime stuff in it. They didn't ban it, they just got Leonard Maltin to apologize for the political incorrectness at the beginning of each short. Seriously! See for yo'self!: [Link: www.amazon.com...]
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:55:13am |
re: #121 gmsc
It was released in 1943, while the war was still going on.
Great animation work then. I could have sworn it could pass for a 50s cartoon.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:55:55am |
re: #120 Pietr
Yep, since it's for Kids-you'll have to prove it doesn't contain lead, etc............
I'd love to see just one thrift store owner keep selling the banned books, and promote their store as such. When they receive notice of their fine, they should make it as public as possible that they will not be paying the fine.
If arrested, play it up as much as possible that they're being taken to jail for not banning the books in accordance with the government – make a large public stink over it!
The government would not come out of this well.
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Pietr Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:56:52am |
Gotta crash-but will leave you with this:
Do you know what happened 158 years ago this fall... back in 1850?
California became a state
The people had no electricity.
The state had no money.
Almost everyone spoke Spanish.
There were gunfights in the streets.
So basically nothing has changed except the women had real breasts and the men didn't hold hands.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:57:17am |
re: #124 Gus 802
Great animation work then. I could have sworn it could pass for a 50s cartoon.
Animation started its decline in the '50s. IMHO, the Golden Age of the animated short was from 1935 to about 1955. First thing that started to go was the rich detail in the backgrounds.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:58:20am |
re: #124 Gus 802
Great animation work then. I could have sworn it could pass for a 50s cartoon.
The history behind the cartoon, and its influence, are well worth checking out!
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:58:33am |
re: #123 Salem
Disney released a set with all the wartime stuff in it. They didn't ban it, they just got Leonard Maltin to apologize for the political incorrectness at the beginning of each short. Seriously! See for yo'self!: [Link: www.amazon.com...]
Thanks. You know. I really don't want to blow up right now but apologize for what? For making a cartoon about a European regime that slaughtered millions (the Axis to the tune of over 40,000,000 people) and he had to apologize for making a CUTE cartoon about those bastards? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:59:03am |
re: #126 Pietr
Gotta crash-but will leave you with this:
Do you know what happened 158 years ago this fall... back in 1850?
California became a state
The people had no electricity.
The state had no money.
Almost everyone spoke Spanish.
There were gunfights in the streets.So basically nothing has changed except the women had real breasts and the men didn't hold hands.
Later.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Mar 26, 2009 12:59:08am |
re: #125 gmsc
I have some librarians in the family- they don't take too kindly to banning books. I'll have to see what their thoughts are on this...
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:01:10am |
re: #127 Alberta Oil Peon
Animation started its decline in the '50s. IMHO, the Golden Age of the animated short was from 1935 to about 1955. First thing that started to go was the rich detail in the backgrounds.
One of the cartoons I was most impressed with was Popeye Meets Ali Baba and his 40 Thieves:
| 133 |
Silvergirl Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:01:49am |
Good-night guys, you've given me some smiles!
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:02:12am |
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:03:42am |
re: #133 Silvergirl
Good-night guys, you've given me some smiles!
G'nite, silvergirl! Always glad to help bring a smile into the world.
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Salem Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:04:00am |
re: #129 Gus 802
Thanks. You know. I really don't want to blow up right now but apologize for what? For making a cartoon about a European regime that slaughtered millions (the Axis to the tune of over 40,000,000 people) and he had to apologize for making a CUTE cartoon about those bastards? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
What I want to know, is why Leonard Maltin? Do they think he is beloved by the public, or something? Maybe it's because he looks so much like a cartoon character.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:04:17am |
re: #128 gmsc
The history behind the cartoon, and its influence, are well worth checking out!
I have a collection of 78 RPM records handed down from my parents, and amongst them are two recordings of Der Fuhrer's Face, one by Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and one by Johnny Bond and his Red River Valley Boys.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:09:22am |
re: #136 Salem
What I want to know, is why Leonard Maltin? Do they think he is beloved by the public, or something? Maybe it's because he looks so much like a cartoon character.
Don't know. Maybe he's under a Disney contract or got the job. His work is probably the fine print for people that don't know who was the aggressor during WWII so he plays the apologist role.
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:10:12am |
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:10:57am |
re: #136 Salem
Jay Sherman was unavailable?
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:10:59am |
re: #139 littleoldlady
Hey, I'm listening to the Beatles! I was just watching Popeye and some nomads.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:12:34am |
re: #143 littleoldlady
That's because you SLEEP! ;-)
gmsc! :-)
It's a habit I'd be loathe to break, yes.
;)
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:13:39am |
re: #143 littleoldlady
That's because you SLEEP! ;-)
gmsc! :-)
I woke up at 3:30pm today and went to the bank. The guy asked me "How's your day been, man?" I said "I just woke up." He's like "Wow, well, how was last night?" I'm like "Nothing special, I just love to sleep."
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:14:01am |
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Salem Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:14:02am |
I really recommend the "Tomorrowland: Disney in Space" treasury. I grew up watching those shorts in school and they really inspired a lot of the scientists of the baby-boom generation. AToo bad they don't do educational films like that anymore. And they were so charmingly optimistic.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:15:35am |
re: #151 littleoldlady
HELLLLOOO, Mr Eclectic! ;-)
Howdy. Before that it was Donald Duck and a confused Member of Parliament. ;)
| 154 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:15:41am |
Well, this is interesting.
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:17:46am |
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:18:17am |
re: #154 Slumbering Behemoth
Well, this is interesting.
Oh yeah, Mauice Sendak. I think I had that book as a kid.
| 159 |
BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:20:31am |
re: #154 Slumbering Behemoth
Very interesting. Might have to go see it. :)
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:20:33am |
re: #156 littleoldlady
Slumbering! :-)
They made a movie?!
It won't be out until mid-October, later this year.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:22:23am |
re: #156 littleoldlady
*MWAH!*
It looks like someone has. Today is the first that I've heard of it.
Any bets on who will be the first to decry this as an abominable introduction of satanism and demonology to America's Children?
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:22:26am |
re: #160 gmsc
It won't be out until mid-October, later this year.
Aha! I read that book to my kid all the time. We both loved it, except I'd have a sore throat afterwards from all the growling.
/Sound Effects 'R Us™
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:23:53am |
re: #162 littleoldlady
Aha! I read that book to my kid all the time. We both loved it, except I'd have a sore throat afterwards from all the growling.
/Sound Effects 'R Us™
Save your copy – if it was printed in 1984 or before, the democrats will have it banned!
| 166 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:25:14am |
re: #165 gmsc
That's sarcasm, right?
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:26:42am |
re: #166 Slumbering Behemoth
That's sarcasm, right?
Nope – It's a law that went into effect February 10th of this year.
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:28:04am |
re: #165 gmsc
Save your copy – if it was printed in 1984 or before, the democrats will have it banned!
I have a ton of kid-books saved.
/Grandmothers 'R WILL BE Us™
//someday
///not soon
////I hope I live that long
;-)
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Salem Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:28:10am |
re: #140 Gus 802
Don't know. Maybe he's under a Disney contract or got the job. His work is probably the fine print for people that don't know who was the aggressor during WWII so he plays the apologist role.
That and the portrayals of the Japanese made them all out to be buck-toothed simian dwarfs.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:28:30am |
re: #167 gmsc
Nope – It's a law that went into effect February 10th of this year.
Commence the burning of the books? No wait we can't burn them.
What a world.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:30:11am |
re: #169 Salem
That and the portrayals of the Japanese made them all out to be buck-toothed simian dwarfs.
Heaven forbid we allow or encourage people to understand the context on their own. The government must protect us, them.
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:30:47am |
re: #167 gmsc
Oh boy. That explains it. I listed some vintage 1960's Barbie clothes on ebay and got a recall alert.
/a little late now, ain't it folks?
//Mattel has already poisoned the Baby Boomers!
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:33:10am |
re: #173 littleoldlady
Oh boy. That explains it. I listed some vintage 1960's Barbie clothes on ebay and got a recall alert.
/a little late now, ain't it folks?
//Mattel has already poisoned the Baby Boomers!
Might explain some of the left wing craziness don't you think? :)
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:34:36am |
re: #174 BlueCanuck
Might explain some of the left wing craziness don't you think? :)
I'm just shaking my head. This has gone too far. We can thank the 2006 election for this.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:36:36am |
re: #170 Gus 802
Commence the burning of the books? No wait we can't burn them.
What a world.
Seems to me that law, if interpreted strictly would also ban the sale of cellphones, Ipods, X-boxes, and computers if they were intended to be used by children. After all, these products all contain printed circuit boards, and components are attached to the boards by soldering, and solder contains lead. There are some lead-free solders, but few of those have a sufficiently low melting point to suitable for electronics work. And lead-free solders may contain other nasty heavy metals, like antimony or bismuth.
I agree that any article meant for very young children, and which is meant to be, or is likely to be put in a child's mouth, say a pacifier, should be lead-free. That's a no-brainer. But banning a book because of lead-based ink, or a mini-bike because there are lead plates in the storage battery, is craptacularly stupid.
I would simply ignore the stupid applications of this law.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:38:56am |
re: #176 Alberta Oil Peon
I would simply ignore the stupid applications of this law.
Thrift store owners don't have that convenience. They've already received notices that they'll receive 6-figure fines if they continue to sell children's books from 1984 and before.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:40:30am |
re: #167 gmsc
Alright, I dig. But the ideas, the literature itself isn't being banned. Just the books printed before 1985 that might contain lead in the ink. Fucking stupid if you ask me. How much lead can be in that ink, really?
For a second there, I thought this might be some kind of alarmist, Fahrenheit 451 thing you were spoofing on.
Collectors might want to storm the used book stores, but otherwise I don't see this as being anything more alarming (and stupid) as outlawing the sale of lead based paint.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:41:47am |
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:42:01am |
re: #178 gmsc
Thrift store owners don't have that convenience. They've already received notices that they'll receive 6-figure fines if they continue to sell children's books from 1984 and before.
Then it's time for thrift-store owners to organize, and file a class-action suit, or all pitch in and fight the first such attempt to enforce this law all the way to the Supreme Court. I'd also look into filing "lead" complaints against Microsoft, Apple, and Mattel, and Sony, regarding the toys etc. with lead-containing circuit boards. If these big companies get bit, you can be sure the law will get amended.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:42:04am |
re: #176 Alberta Oil Peon
Sure. Having been through a few Heath Kits myself I know what you mean. Anything directly applicable to kids is one thing. Books on the other do not really apply. The old solder was mostly all lead and included the extra bonus of solder flux fumes. It's how we re-soldered broken wiring joints on old pots. Now they're saying that they have lead in old books? You're not supposed to eat the book. These people have gone mad. There's lead and toxins in many oil paints. Ban those next? Why not ban soils with natural lead contents.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:43:33am |
re: #186 Alberta Oil Peon
Then it's time for thrift-store owners to organize, and file a class-action suit, or all pitch in and fight the first such attempt to enforce this law all the way to the Supreme Court. I'd also look into filing "lead" complaints against Microsoft, Apple, and Mattel, and Sony, regarding the toys etc. with lead-containing circuit boards. If these big companies get bit, you can be sure the law will get amended.
That's a good alternative to my proposal in #125:
I'd love to see just one thrift store owner keep selling the banned books, and promote their store as such. When they receive notice of their fine, they should make it as public as possible that they will not be paying the fine.
If arrested, play it up as much as possible that they're being taken to jail for not banning the books in accordance with the government – make a large public stink over it!
The government would not come out of this well.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:44:02am |
re: #178 gmsc
Enforcement of that might come off as Farenheit 451-lite.
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:44:27am |
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:44:51am |
re: #188 ploome hineni
we can thank unrestricted immigration and the racism of low expectations and victimhood, brought to you by poor parenting and our non judgemental, rabidly anti religious culture
Ironically, they want to protect themselves from their own fate. Seemingly. I never thought I would fall ill from a book.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:44:53am |
re: #189 gmsc
Exactly. Get a pit-bull of a lawyer to defend them in court, maybe a guy like Ezra Levant.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:44:56am |
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Edouard Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:45:20am |
The Dubliners featuring Ronnie Drew
The Pogues featuring Shane MacGowan
...together doing THE IRISH ROVER ... classic!
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:45:33am |
re: #188 ploome hineni
we can thank unrestricted immigration and the racism of low expectations and victimhood, brought to you by poor parenting and our non judgemental, rabidly anti religious culture
Found this video on a message-board thread discussing the perils of hiring "kids today."
It's Branford Marsalis — noted jazz musician (bio) whose brother Wynton (bio) was my trumpet-wailing idol in my school years — answering the question, "What have you learned from your students today?"
I pretty much agree with what Branford has to say, although I tend to look at it from a more money-centric perspective ... AND I apply it to "today's kids" parents as well.
Until just lately, it's been pretty rare for someone to be told they couldn't have something: That new McMansion? Sure, you can afford it. Credit's cheap and easy. And after all, house prices never go down.
Need a new $40k SUV? No problem. With nothing-down financing and terms to seven years, we'll mold the payment to your budget.
Couple rooms of new furniture? Extravagant stereo/theater setup for your living room?
Done, and done. All can be yours, with payments.
And look how well "Never say no!" has worked out for us.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:46:38am |
re: #198 gmsc
If you get the lead out!
I guess Viagra will be banned, too. After all, it puts lead in your pencil.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:46:45am |
re: #183 Slumbering Behemoth
Seriously, this is a stupid, pointless law that may work in favor of the book collectors/traders. Check your shelves and toy boxes, you may have a pre '85 Dr. Seuss that will shortly be worth a mint.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:47:54am |
re: #194 Alberta Oil Peon
Exactly. Get a pit-bull of a lawyer to defend them in court, maybe a guy like Ezra Levant.
Better yet, state that they do not recognize such an unjust law, refuse to enter a plea of any kind, and state that they will have to force them into complicity at every step.
(Going "Hank Rearden" instead of "John Galt".)
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:48:21am |
re: #201 Slumbering Behemoth
Seriously, this is a stupid, pointless law that may work in favor of the book collectors/traders. Check your shelves and toy boxes, you may have a pre '85 Dr. Seuss that will shortly be worth a mint.
Yeah, but it protects the minority of people that eat their books.
//
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:49:43am |
re: #193 Gus 802
Ironically, they want to protect themselves from their own fate. Seemingly. I never thought I would fall ill from a book.
No one ever has – there's not a single case of lead poisoning from a children's book.
Of course, evidence has never been required for any convictions by democrats.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:50:28am |
re: #203 Gus 802
Yeah, but it protects the minority of people that eat their books.
//
When I was in elementary school, I caught Hell for tearing pieces off the corners of textbook pages and eating them...they were the school's books! But I didn't eat the printed portion. Must not have fancied the taste of lead, I guess.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:50:51am |
re: #204 gmsc
No one ever has – there's not a single case of lead poisoning from a children's book.
Of course, evidence has never been required for any convictions by democrats.
Common sense doesn't have a place with these people.
These laws are created to protect the lowest common denominator.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:52:20am |
re: #205 Alberta Oil Peon
When I was in elementary school, I caught Hell for tearing pieces off the corners of textbook pages and eating them...they were the school's books! But I didn't eat the printed portion. Must not have fancied the taste of lead, I guess.
I've worked with this old architect that used to chew on the tracing paper. He's over 80 now. Guess the "dioxin" hasn't killed him. //
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:53:12am |
And what do you bet that the most common type of lead poisoning experienced by kids in Democratic districts is acute lead poisoning? The kind that's caused by absorbing a .38 slug fired by another gang-banger.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:53:24am |
re: #203 Gus 802
Yeah, but it protects the minority of people that eat their books.
//
Tastes just like glue!
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:54:42am |
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:54:47am |
G'mornin' lizards! The weather report says it will be dark tonight.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:54:52am |
re: #203 Gus 802
I was thinking of the folks who lick their fingers to turn pages, but yeah, the book eaters might be adversely affected.
Though you may have to eat encyclopedic volumes to get lead poisoning from the ink. And if you're doing that, lead based ink wouls be the last of your health problems.
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HelloDare Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:55:14am |
Perfect casting: Loony leftists Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro to star in Three Stooges
MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for "The Three Stooges."
Studio has set Sean Penn to play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome "Curly" Howard.
The studio is zeroing in on Benicio Del Toro to play Moe.
The film is not a biopic, but rather a comedy built around the antics of the three characters that Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Howard played in the Columbia Pictures shorts.
The quest by the Peter and Bobby Farrelly to harness the project spans more than a decade and three studios. They first tried at Columbia, again at Warner Bros., and finally at MGM, where Worldwide Motion Picture Group chairman Mary Parent championed the cause and bought the WB-owned scripts and made a deal with Stooges rights holders C3.
In case you haven't heard about Del Toro see
Benicio del Toro: Che Guevara’s Useful Idiot
and
Hollywood leftists del Toro and Damon still angry despite Obama victory
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:56:26am |
re: #214 Slumbering Behemoth
I was thinking of the folks who lick their fingers to turn pages, but yeah, the book eaters might be adversely affected.
Though you may have to eat encyclopedic volumes to get lead poisoning from the ink. And if you're doing that, lead based ink wouls be the last of your health problems.
Yeah, I think so. By then you should be telling yourself, "OK, I'm eating the book I'm really supposed to be just reading. This ain't right"
//No wait, congress will save me!
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:57:59am |
re: #214 Slumbering Behemoth
The teacher told the class they should consume the history book information and the children just misunderstood and ate the book.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:58:58am |
re: #209 Alberta Oil Peon
Heh. I have a friend that used to work as a bouncer at a strip club in a "stressed" location. I tell people he quit because of the threat of "acute lead poisoning".
When they give me that WTF? look, I say "You know, the high velocity kind".
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:59:12am |
This partially explains why there is an abundance of ignorance today.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:59:39am |
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 1:59:48am |
re: #219 Slumbering Behemoth
Heh. I have a friend that used to work as a bouncer at a strip club in a "stressed" location. I tell people he quit because of the threat of "acute lead poisoning".
When they give me that WTF? look, I say "You know, the high velocity kind".
It had to be lead poisoning – 0bama just said there are no silver bullets.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:00:01am |
re: #217 UncleRancher
The teacher told the class they should consume the history book information and the children just misunderstood and ate the book.
You think that's bad. There's also second hand book lead!
Run away! Run away!
Three weeks later the New York Times reports about 3rd hand book lead.
Then blame the Republicans.
//
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:00:23am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------>
Help yourselves!
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:00:41am |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:00:50am |
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:00:58am |
re: #224 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------>
Help yourselves!
Yummy! Lead-free, post-1984 fruitcup!
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:01:16am |
re: #224 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------>
Help yourselves!
Woo-hoo! Fruitcup. Thanks, littleoldlady! And how are you this fine morning?
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:01:39am |
AHHHHHHHHHHH FRUITCUP! My favorite! Thank you Thank You Thank YOU.
You're the best.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:01:44am |
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:02:30am |
Good morning! Looks like I missed all sorts of action last night! Anyway, got this in an email, and I bet others have as well, but anyway, It makes good points, IMHO...
Think about this:
1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
THE CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .. why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians ... it creates a hostile work environment .
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:02:53am |
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:03:29am |
re: #220 rightside
During the election a friend (loony Leftist - 60 years old!) sent me a bunch of links from Jon Stewart's show to prove whatever point she was trying to make at the time.
/"Um...hello? How do you spell ENTERTAINMENT"?
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Erik The Red Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:03:44am |
re: #224 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------>
Help yourselves!
{lol} Thanks
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:04:11am |
re: #222 gmsc
It had to be lead poisoning – 0bama just said there are no silver bullets.
To be honest. Obama looks like a former lead chip consumer.
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Erik The Red Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:04:32am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:04:48am |
Mmmmm, I love Thursday fruitcup. It smells of weekend. :)
BTW, red had to duck out earlier so he doctored it ahead of schedule.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:06:00am |
re: #237 littleoldlady
During the election a friend (loony Leftist - 60 years old!) sent me a bunch of links from Jon Stewart's show to prove whatever point she was trying to make at the time.
/"Um...hello? How do you spell ENTERTAINMENT"?
Send her the Popeye cartoons above in rebuttal.
;)
(No offense intended to any of the people who created and developed Popeye and his friends.)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:06:09am |
re: #222 gmsc
It had to be lead poisoning – 0bama just said there are no silver bullets.
It had to be lead poisoning – 0bama just said there are no silver bullets.
He must be an LGF reader, then. Quite often I have said (re: the nirth certifikate crowd) that Obama is not a werewolf, and the BC issue is not a silver bullet.
I can't stand that he is biting my style. If this were the 1980s, I would challenge him to a dance off, pop 'n lock style.
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:06:11am |
OT
I need some opinions if I may.
My sons blackberry was stolen at school a few weeks back. Thankfully, the student who pilfered it, was dumb enough to try and sell it IN SCHOOL!
He was suspended and is being charged by the county in a juvenile criminal case.
His father has agreed to pay me a sum of money to purchase a new one. His son (the boy who stole it) scratched his name into the old one. Now they would like the old one back, presumably to let his son use, since they are coughing up the money for the new one.
My question is, should I let them have it back, or keep it for myself? I can understand him wanting it back, but would they let a bank robber keep the dough? Extreme example, I know.
Thoughts?
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:06:16am |
re: #241 Erik The Red
Passed out cold. Ate to much of his own fruitcup. :)
They would probably ban fruitcups with too much sugar in Boulder.
I joke but I can see that happening.
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:06:24am |
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:06:47am |
re: #237 littleoldlady
During the election a friend (loony Leftist - 60 years old!) sent me a bunch of links from Jon Stewart's show to prove whatever point she was trying to make at the time.
/"Um...hello? How do you spell ENTERTAINMENT"?
What? You mean that's not "real" news? ///
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:07:06am |
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freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:07:11am |
re: #224 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------>
Help yourselves!
Well, normally I would be cheering you on... but according to the book Inorganic Lead Exposure (By Pietro Castellino, Nicola Sannolo) :
It has also been ascertained that the highest concentration of lead in fruit are found in the peel and stem.
Given that, I have to adjure you to be sure to peel the fruit, and totally remove the stem, before you serve the fruit-cup.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:07:53am |
re: #237 littleoldlady
During the election a friend (loony Leftist - 60 years old!) sent me a bunch of links from Jon Stewart's show to prove whatever point she was trying to make at the time.
/"Um...hello? How do you spell ENTERTAINMENT"?
My ex SIL used to cut his mother's hair. Stewart is a dolt.
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:09:06am |
re: #247 littleoldlady
gmsc! :-)
Alberta Oil Peon! :-)
UncleRancher! :-)
ploome! :-)
Erik! :-)
BlueCanuck! :-)
littleoldlady ;-)))
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:09:10am |
re: #250 freetoken
freetoken! :-)
Somebody (my memory...a thing of the past ;-) peeled the grapes for me the other day.
Was it you, Alberta Oil Peon?
The stems, we smoke.
/recycle!
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:09:56am |
re: #237 littleoldlady
I honestly don't think I've ever seen his show.
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:10:06am |
BatGuano! :-)
Late, again?
/two demerits
;-)
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:10:24am |
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:10:28am |
re: #245 rightside
Boy, that's a tough one! Kid doesn't deserve it, but they paid for a new one....Perhaps you can give it to them if someone else in their family gets it?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:10:29am |
re: #245 rightside
You're too nice. I would tell them they should feel lucky that my son didn't smash their son's balls to the curb. But I'm not a father, and I highly doubt that my opinion helps you here.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:10:33am |
re: #256 rightside
I honestly don't think I've ever seen his show.
I saw his show once. That was enough.
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Erik The Red Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:10:49am |
re: #245 rightside
OT
I need some opinions if I may.
My sons blackberry was stolen at school a few weeks back. Thankfully, the student who pilfered it, was dumb enough to try and sell it IN SCHOOL!
He was suspended and is being charged by the county in a juvenile criminal case.
His father has agreed to pay me a sum of money to purchase a new one. His son (the boy who stole it) scratched his name into the old one. Now they would like the old one back, presumably to let his son use, since they are coughing up the money for the new one.
My question is, should I let them have it back, or keep it for myself? I can understand him wanting it back, but would they let a bank robber keep the dough? Extreme example, I know.
Thoughts?
Do not give it back. If his parents don't want to teach him a lesson you can.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:12:21am |
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:12:31am |
re: #224 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------>
Help yourselves!
Mind if I have some Ma'am? My tapeworm is powerful hungry this early AM!
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:12:46am |
re: #253 littleoldlady
freetoken! :-)
Somebody (my memory...a thing of the past ;-) peeled the grapes for me the other day.
Was it you, Alberta Oil Peon?
The stems, we smoke.
/recycle!
I posted a Youtube of "Peel Me a Grape" as performed by Diana Krall.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:13:00am |
re: #263 Erik The Red
Dig it. "If you steal, it's okay. We'll bail you out an let you keep the spoils". Sounds like the lesson there.
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:13:24am |
re: #245 rightside
OT
I need some opinions if I may.
My sons blackberry was stolen at school a few weeks back. Thankfully, the student who pilfered it, was dumb enough to try and sell it IN SCHOOL!
He was suspended and is being charged by the county in a juvenile criminal case.
His father has agreed to pay me a sum of money to purchase a new one. His son (the boy who stole it) scratched his name into the old one. Now they would like the old one back, presumably to let his son use, since they are coughing up the money for the new one.
My question is, should I let them have it back, or keep it for myself? I can understand him wanting it back, but would they let a bank robber keep the dough? Extreme example, I know.
Thoughts?
Donate it to the military. They send them overseas so our troops can call home. Or, don't, and tell the kid's father that you did. (or will as the case may be)
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:13:41am |
re: #254 rightside
I cannot view youtube at work, but thanks.
It's Winton Marsalis, during an interview, being asked what he's learned from his students. His reply is:
"The one thing I've learned from my students is that students today are full of shit. They're only interested in being told how good they are and how right they are."
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:14:29am |
re: #257 littleoldlady
Sorry. I wasn't paying attention to the clock. :(
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:14:47am |
re: #262 gmsc
I saw his show once. That was enough.
Like a lot of other folks on the left, he used to be funny. I saw him have Dennis Miller on awhile back, and you could see the coldness, laughing, but not like they were old buddies, which is the way Miller was acting. Then I saw of clip of Stewart on youtube, back when Miller had his old show on HBO. Best of friends they seemed then....
He makes Obama seem humble....
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:16:29am |
re: #245 rightside
OT
I need some opinions if I may.
My sons blackberry was stolen at school a few weeks back. Thankfully, the student who pilfered it, was dumb enough to try and sell it IN SCHOOL!
He was suspended and is being charged by the county in a juvenile criminal case.
His father has agreed to pay me a sum of money to purchase a new one. His son (the boy who stole it) scratched his name into the old one. Now they would like the old one back, presumably to let his son use, since they are coughing up the money for the new one.
My question is, should I let them have it back, or keep it for myself? I can understand him wanting it back, but would they let a bank robber keep the dough? Extreme example, I know.
Thoughts?
Get the original Blackberry back!
Otherwise, you're only teaching both the kid and the parents that they can buy their way out of a crime.
They should return the old one, and since it was destroyed by their son, you should ALSO receive the money to buy a new one.
After that, if they want their son to have a Blackberry, they can cough up even more money!
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:16:57am |
And thanks to all for your opinions on my quandary. I appreciate it, and will take them all under advisement.
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:17:11am |
9 things ALL women say
1. Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
2. Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the football before helping around the house.
3. Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
4. A Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer quickly to No 9 for the meaning of nothing.)
5. That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
6. Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot', which is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' - that will bring on No. 7).
7. Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying, "F-- YOU!"
8. Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to No. 4.
9. Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in "Fine".
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:17:13am |
re: #245 rightside
OT
I need some opinions if I may.
My sons blackberry was stolen at school a few weeks back. Thankfully, the student who pilfered it, was dumb enough to try and sell it IN SCHOOL!
He was suspended and is being charged by the county in a juvenile criminal case.
His father has agreed to pay me a sum of money to purchase a new one. His son (the boy who stole it) scratched his name into the old one. Now they would like the old one back, presumably to let his son use, since they are coughing up the money for the new one.
My question is, should I let them have it back, or keep it for myself? I can understand him wanting it back, but would they let a bank robber keep the dough? Extreme example, I know.
Thoughts?
I'd say, well, the original Blackberry is damaged goods, now. If the kids father came up with the full replacement cost, and insurance is not involved, then, IMHO, he's bought himself a damaged Blackberry. But I'd give it to him on the condition that he agrees to make his son work off the debt. If the father won't agree to that stipulation, then he's a lousy father, IMHO.
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:18:24am |
re: #274 gmsc
We have it now, although we can't do anything with it, until after he's gone to trial. The deputy who works in the school returned it to my son, but with instructions to "not do anything with it" until after the case has been adjudicated.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:19:29am |
re: #269 gmsc
Dig that too. My favorite and most respected teachers (formal or otherwise) were the ones that called me on my shit. Same goes for what I consider to be my closest friends.
I may or may not have liked it at the time, but the instruction was for my benefit, and shortly appreciated.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:19:31am |
re: #280 rightside
We have it now, although we can't do anything with it, until after he's gone to trial. The deputy who works in the school returned it to my son, but with instructions to "not do anything with it" until after the case has been adjudicated.
Good!
Keep it, make the other kid/parents pay you for a new one, and let the parents worry about it beyond that.
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Gus Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:21:38am |
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:21:44am |
re: #280 rightside
We have it now, although we can't do anything with it, until after he's gone to trial. The deputy who works in the school returned it to my son, but with instructions to "not do anything with it" until after the case has been adjudicated.
It's a sad state of affairs when we need deputies working in the school. Didn't need that when I was young. Now there's a drug cop working in the school right down the road. He's there about half the time taking care of business.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:22:42am |
re: #268 UncleRancher
Donate it to the military. They send them overseas so our troops can call home. Or, don't, and tell the kid's father that you did. (or will as the case may be)
I like your idea even better than mine.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:25:48am |
re: #224 littleoldlady
Sorry I'm late, but thanks for the Fruitcup, lol!
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:26:00am |
re: #283 Gus 802
Good night!
One last video: The Bunny Sniper
Hasta Whisky Tango Foxtrot
Ummm, err.....well....interesting? ;)
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:26:16am |
re: #283 Gus 802
I thought bunnies were gentle creatures that ate your carrots and radishes before you could get them out of the ground. I'll be more careful now.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:27:02am |
Jay Leno defines communism, or as we call it, the stimulus bill!
Check it out for yourself:
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:27:07am |
re: #281 Slumbering Behemoth
Dig that too. My favorite and most respected teachers (formal or otherwise) were the ones that called me on my shit. Same goes for what I consider to be my closest friends.
I may or may not have liked it at the time, but the instruction was for my benefit, and shortly appreciated.
Just don't do that to your political allies, huh?
(Wrote something down there on that thread- maybe you'd like it...)
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:28:13am |
re: #283 Gus 802
It requires a very sick mind to produce something that delightful. :-)
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:28:18am |
re: #284 UncleRancher
I know what you mean. The only time there were police in any of my schools when I was growing up, was for the annual "just say no" campaigns.
When I retired from the Navy, I moved back from cal-ee-forn-ya to virginia, and I enrolled my children in school, both in elementary at the time, and they have a full time deputy sherrif, or state trooper in them!
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:29:17am |
re: #288 UncleRancher
I thought bunnies were gentle creatures that ate your carrots and radishes before you could get them out of the ground. I'll be more careful now.
Do you know why bunnies like that are so frustrated?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:33:57am |
re: #290 Sharmuta
Read it. Dug it. Dung it.
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:34:25am |
re: #294 gmsc
Do you know why bunnies like that are so frustrated?
[Video]
Yes, I have an opinion. Bunnies like that are 2-dimensional, i.e., flat. Sex doesn't work if you're flat.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:35:01am |
re: #296 Slumbering Behemoth
{Sleepy B} I thought you'd like it.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:35:42am |
re: #297 UncleRancher
Yes, I have an opinion. Bunnies like that are 2-dimensional, i.e., flat. Sex doesn't work if you're flat.
So that's why breast implants are so popular!
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freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:36:30am |
re: #286 Sharmuta
I'm thinking about putting a whole bunch of links up in the spin-offs about the Texas SBOE meetings... How many do you think would be too many?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:37:44am |
re: #299 Sharmuta
You know me well enough to be my sister. Or ex-wife.
//full disclosure, never been married...
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:38:12am |
re: #301 freetoken
I'm thinking about putting a whole bunch of links up in the spin-offs about the Texas SBOE meetings... How many do you think would be too many?
How many links does it take to adequately present the evidence?
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:39:03am |
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UncleRancher Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:44:27am |
[yawn] Guess I better hit the sack. Got livestock to feed in the morning. It's been fun. keep a steady strain on it.
nite-all
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freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:46:05am |
re: #304 Alberta Oil Peon
How many links does it take to adequately present the evidence?
Hah! We wish it were that simple!
There are some, shall we say, choice statements by various interested parties showing up and trying to influence the vote. I think I'll post some links that have videos of some particularly Orwellian persons.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:46:38am |
re: #301 freetoken
I'm thinking about putting a whole bunch of links up in the spin-offs about the Texas SBOE meetings... How many do you think would be too many?
Personally, I'd put them all up, but reasonably? Maybe 5.
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:46:59am |
re: #307 UncleRancher
[yawn] Guess I better hit the sack. Got livestock to feed in the morning. It's been fun. keep a steady strain on it.
nite-all
Sleep well, UncleRancher!
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:47:37am |
re: #304 Alberta Oil Peon
How many links does it take to adequately present the evidence?
Hahaha- all the links in the world would not be enough for some!
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:49:03am |
re: #306 gmsc
Heh!
Imagine now, if some guy dressed in a helmet and camo were to hang out near a kids playground. He'd probably be arrested on suspicion of being a sexual predator. Or a bad influence.
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freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:52:11am |
The double-speak behind some of the statements coming out of TX is really mind boggling. The forums there are full of people who simultaneously claim that all they want is that science to be taught well, while in the next paragraph they go into rants about the evil "Darwinists".
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:52:28am |
re: #312 Alberta Oil Peon
Heh!
Imagine now, if some guy dressed in a helmet and camo were to hang out near a kids playground. He'd probably be arrested on suspicion of being a sexual predator. Or a bad influence.
...or defined as such retroactively.
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:53:49am |
re: #307 UncleRancher
But, but, but...the rooster is about to crowwwwwwwwwww!
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gmsc Thu, Mar 26, 2009 2:59:04am |
I'm going to sleep, as well.
Will I have math dreams?
;)
Let's just say I'm a regular visitor to Digitopolis and Dictionopolis.
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littleoldlady Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:00:40am |
'Night, gmsc! :-)
Time for my morning LinkDive and SudokuFest...
Good day, ALL!™
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:02:03am |
re: #320 littleoldlady
'Night, gmsc! :-)
Time for my morning LinkDive and SudokuFest...
Good day, ALL!™
Good night and good day.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:04:39am |
re: #313 freetoken
The double-speak behind some of the statements coming out of TX is really mind boggling. The forums there are full of people who simultaneously claim that all they want is that science to be taught well, while in the next paragraph they go into rants about the evil "Darwinists".
It really is mind boggling and to think- they just don't see how they reveal their agenda with rhetoric like that.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:06:12am |
I just walked downstairs and found my wife in her scrubs.
"Why are you up so early?", I asked
"I have to go to work.", She responded, puzzled.
"When did you start working on Saturdays?" I asked.
She said, "It's Thursday."
How did I lose two days? I feel like someone who just woke up from a coma. Don't get it.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:09:58am |
re: #326 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I just walked downstairs and found my wife in her scrubs.
"Why are you up so early?", I asked
"I have to go to work.", She responded, puzzled.
"When did you start working on Saturdays?" I asked.
She said, "It's Thursday."How did I lose two days? I feel like someone who just woke up from a coma. Don't get it.
Too much Hope and Change. &trade
The four-day weekends are stuck in the queue behind the unicorns and the rainbows.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
/
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:09:58am |
re: #326 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I think you gained two days. Get the morning newspaper and tell us what the headline says.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:12:31am |
re: #330 rightside
Cue Queen:Another one under the bus!
Oh, FFS! Is there anyone, ANYONE this man can find that isn't tainted?
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:14:17am |
re: #332 Sharmuta
Apparently not. That's the trouble with trying to draw from the former Clinton pack.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:15:23am |
re: #332 Sharmuta
Oh, FFS! Is there anyone, ANYONE this man can find that isn't tainted?
What does that tell about the crowd he runs with?
As if we didn't already know. Damn few people with a well-developed set of ethics that adhere to his political principles.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:15:29am |
re: #332 Sharmuta
Oh, FFS! Is there anyone, ANYONE this man can find that isn't tainted?
I think that's the real reason Judd Gregg stepped down, he was making everyone else look bad by not having some manjor conflict of interest...
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:18:48am |
re: #335 ziggyelman
I think that's the real reason Judd Gregg stepped down, he was making everyone else look bad by not having some manjor conflict of interest...
And just maybe that some of the smarter, more ethical Democrats see ZerO's administration as a train wreck in progress, and don't want to be found in the wreckage.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:19:36am |
Man, how will anyone be able to pay parking meter's in Chicago from now on?
This part sounds like a bad joke...
There are no more breaks for Sundays or holidays; meters must now be fed every day of the year. In the Loop, drivers also must feed meters 24 hours a day in most locations, although the rates drop between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.
[Link: cbs2chicago.com...]
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:20:35am |
re: #336 Alberta Oil Peon
And just maybe that some of the smarter, more ethical Democrats see ZerO's administration as a train wreck in progress, and don't want to be found in the wreckage.
Ethical Demmycrat? Ain't that one of them oxymorons? ;)
You may be right though.
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:20:47am |
re: #336 Alberta Oil Peon
But their incessant need to spend as much of other peoples money as humanly possible, keeps them in line. They will ride this gravy train as long as possible.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:23:59am |
Yup, I'm clocking out as well. G'nite Lizards.
//female dorks are my favorite
///Imadorktoo
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:30:54am |
re: #337 ziggyelman
Man, how will anyone be able to pay parking meter's in Chicago from now on?
This part sounds like a bad joke...
There are no more breaks for Sundays or holidays; meters must now be fed every day of the year. In the Loop, drivers also must feed meters 24 hours a day in most locations, although the rates drop between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.
[Link: cbs2chicago.com...]
Very bad policy. Nothing like turning your city core into a wasteland at night by discouraging people from shopping there, or visiting the restaurants and theaters. Might as well hand the keys of the city to the criminal element.
Calgary has adopted electronic "zone metering". Each block is divided into a number of zones, say the south side of 200 block 6th Ave. S.W. might be zone 3212. You park on the curb, take note of the zone number, and proceed to a pay station, located near a corner, usually, and key in the zone number, followed by your plate number. Then you key in how much time you want, up to the maximum, and either deposit coins, or insert a credit or debit card. You can also pay via cellphone, once you set up an account, and avoid the pay stations. The data of which plate has paid, and for how long is relayed to the city parking patrollers, who can issue tickets if a vehicle is parked in a zone and does not have paid time on record.
Bit of a learning curve to get used to it, but now it's old hat for me. Nice thing about it is you don't have to have correct change, and the pay kiosks issue receipts if you call for one.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:35:56am |
Good morning {goddess}. Things are a little slow right now, but I am sure it will pick up shortly.
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:35:57am |
I went to Borders today to buy Levin's new book, and it was sold out. Damn!
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Erik The Red Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:36:37am |
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:37:45am |
re: #341 Alberta Oil Peon
Well, that sounds a bit better...are those pay stations manned, or only automated?
What about folks that don't deal with credit or debit cards? they are out there. And I am sure in some parts of Chicago, you really don't want to be fumbling for a cc at night, not paying attention to who is walking up behind you...
Saw another story about this where people are vandalizing meters. I say good for them. All the money is going to some guy in New York who is paid a over a billion for the rights.
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:38:30am |
re: #339 rightside
But their incessant need to spend as much of other peoples money as humanly possible, keeps them in line. They will ride this gravy train as long as possible.
Given the whole earmark debacle in the budget, and the unbridled spending done during President Bush's administration because he wanted to be seen as bipartisan or whatever reason, both sides seem to have that need.I wish Steele or someone else would show this bunch of hypocrites that they are guilty of the same shit they are railing against 0bama doing.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:39:12am |
re: #344 TheMatrix31
I went to Borders today to buy Levin's new book, and it was sold out. Damn!
I worked at borders back in the 90's. Probably only ordered 10 copies. They usually get stuff in quickly from distributors...at least they used to.
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opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:39:43am |
Good morning from the airport where I have successfuly perp walked through security.
The guy behind me may not have done so well. He has an artificial metal foot. The alert TSA Security Experts looked like they wanted to ticket him for Gitmo.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:40:10am |
re: #349 ziggyelman
I worked at borders back in the 90's. Probably only ordered 10 copies. They usually get stuff in quickly from distributors...at least they used to.
Well, as long as it isn't a right wing book. :)
/they apparently have a very leftist bent these days.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:40:23am |
re: #342 goddessoftheclassroom
Good morning, goddess! Feels like forever since I've had the chance to say that.
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:41:10am |
re: #349 ziggyelman
I worked at borders back in the 90's. Probably only ordered 10 copies. They usually get stuff in quickly from distributors...at least they used to.
With today's economic climate, I'm sure they try and keep inventories low on about everything. Figuring if you really want it you will wait for a special order or the weekly order.
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:41:20am |
re: #349 ziggyelman
I worked at borders back in the 90's. Probably only ordered 10 copies. They usually get stuff in quickly from distributors...at least they used to.
I only went there because Barnes & Noble was too far and I didn't want to sit through LA traffic. Otherwise, I'm a BN guy.
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:41:27am |
re: #347 soxfan4life
Agreed. Both sides are guilty as charged. The dems being in power though, and some republicans not wanting to be seen as "obstructing" the recovery, exacerbates the problem, IMO.
It would not bother me one bit if every single person in the house and senate were replaced. I welcome it.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:42:15am |
re: #346 ziggyelman
Well, that sounds a bit better...are those pay stations manned, or only automated?
What about folks that don't deal with credit or debit cards? they are out there. And I am sure in some parts of Chicago, you really don't want to be fumbling for a cc at night, not paying attention to who is walking up behind you...
Saw another story about this where people are vandalizing meters. I say good for them. All the money is going to some guy in New York who is paid a over a billion for the rights.
The pay stations are completely automated; there's several per block, so one rarely has to cross the street to access one. Just a screen and a keypad, and a card reader, not too different from an ATM. But there is a coin slot that accepts quarters and $1 and $2 coins. So the "cash only" crowd is accommodated. And the parking (so far) is free after 6 P.M.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:42:27am |
{BlueCanuck}
(Erik The Red}
{rightside}
I just wish Liberals would be honest enough to admit that our president has some unexpected (to them) weaknesses.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:42:49am |
re: #338 ziggyelman
Ethical Demmycrat? Ain't that one of them oxymorons? ;)
You may be right though.
Hey- with the way they handle their taxes after their VP called it a patriotic duty, you best believe it's an oxymoron.
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:43:50am |
What a lot of politicians don't know (or ignore), is that taxes discourage behavior. That means if you tax charitable contributions there will be less charity. Municipalities depend on taxes on business. Tax consumers and they will spend less at the businesses that the municipalities depend on for revenue.
The government munchkins think by raising taxes a certain percent that they will increase revenue by the same percentage not taking into account that consumers will cut back spending in those area.
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opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:44:16am |
re: #357 goddessoftheclassroom
{BlueCanuck}
(Erik The Red}
{rightside}I just wish Liberals would be honest enough to admit that our president has some unexpected (to them) weaknesses.
Liberals don't see the President as displaying weakness. They see the weakness & call it nuance.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:44:37am |
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:44:54am |
re: #352 Sharmuta
{Sharmuta}
It's nice to see you!
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:45:00am |
re: #351 BlueCanuck
Well, as long as it isn't a right wing book. :)
/they apparently have a very leftist bent these days.
These days? ;) Out of a staff of 50, I think there were 5 of us that weren't liberal...of course some were uninvolved in politics in any way, shape or form. But, at least then even if management wasn't a fan of say Rush Limbaugh, or Neal Boortz, they liked sales, and that's all that mattered.
Did you know their stock trades at .63 cents a share? I do hope they manage to survive.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:45:12am |
re: #354 TheMatrix31
I only went there because Barnes & Noble was too far and I didn't want to sit through LA traffic. Otherwise, I'm a BN guy.
Order it from Amazon.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:45:31am |
re: #362 goddessoftheclassroom
Hope all is well with you, goddess.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:45:46am |
re: #360 opnion
Liberals don't see the President as displaying weakness. They see the weakness & call it nuance.
Liberals call it new-ants.
I call it the same old roaches.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:46:42am |
re: #353 soxfan4life
With today's economic climate, I'm sure they try and keep inventories low on about everything. Figuring if you really want it you will wait for a special order or the weekly order.
Most likely you are right. The problem is, if Ingram, or whomever they get books in from these days does the same thing, they are screwed.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:47:17am |
{opnion}
{FBV}
Isn't it ironic that while the rest of the world may "like" America more than it did when Mr. Bush was president, it clearly RESPECTS us less?
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opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:48:26am |
re: #367 Alberta Oil Peon
Liberals call it new-ants.
I call it the same old roaches.
The Libs are certainly using some new form of economics, "increase the debt to cut the deficit." Genius!
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:48:47am |
re: #356 Alberta Oil Peon
The pay stations are completely automated; there's several per block, so one rarely has to cross the street to access one. Just a screen and a keypad, and a card reader, not too different from an ATM. But there is a coin slot that accepts quarters and $1 and $2 coins. So the "cash only" crowd is accommodated. And the parking (so far) is free after 6 P.M.
One and 2 dollar coins? Man, we can't even get folks to use $1 dollar or 50 cent coins in this country...
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:48:56am |
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:50:02am |
re: #355 rightside
Agreed. Both sides are guilty as charged. The dems being in power though, and some republicans not wanting to be seen as "obstructing" the recovery, exacerbates the problem, IMO.
It would not bother me one bit if every single person in the house and senate were replaced. I welcome it.
Seems like with the whole lot of them that they have become the ruling elite our Founding Fathers were so opposed to.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:50:47am |
re: #360 opnion
Liberals don't see the President as displaying weakness. They see the weakness & call it nuance.
He's damn near perfect! If he has any minor flaws, he's 1000% better then W ever was!
/
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:52:04am |
re: #371 ziggyelman
One and 2 dollar coins? Man, we can't even get folks to use $1 dollar or 50 cent coins in this country...
On the one-buck and two-buck coins, we have no choice. They've long since stopped printing the bills.
They still make 50 cent coins, but you almost never see one. And I have never seen a vending machine or parking meter that accepted them. They are, to all intents and purposes, useless. Quarters fill their role insofar as making change goes.
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opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:52:12am |
re: #369 goddessoftheclassroom
{opnion}
{FBV}Isn't it ironic that while the rest of the world may "like" America more than it did when Mr. Bush was president, it clearly RESPECTS us less?
Morning Goddess. We are in the deep end of the pool when the Chineese & French crtiticise the wild Obama spending.
BHO actually thought that he could bully the G20 nations into following us off of the cliff. If Obama is as intelligent as they would have us believe, then he is deliberately destroying America.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:53:39am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:54:22am |
re: #378 Alberta Oil Peon
Darn...been working the brain for that one...nutin'. Nice.
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:54:37am |
re: #359 BatGuano
What a lot of politicians don't know (or ignore), is that taxes discourage behavior. That means if you tax charitable contributions there will be less charity. Municipalities depend on taxes on business. Tax consumers and they will spend less at the businesses that the municipalities depend on for revenue.
The government munchkins think by raising taxes a certain percent that they will increase revenue by the same percentage not taking into account that consumers will cut back spending in those area.
Well the current majority party sees paying taxes as something patriotic for the little people, but unnecessary for themselves
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:54:54am |
re: #376 Alberta Oil Peon
On the one-buck and two-buck coins, we have no choice. They've long since stopped printing the bills.
They still make 50 cent coins, but you almost never see one. And I have never seen a vending machine or parking meter that accepted them. They are, to all intents and purposes, useless. Quarters fill their role insofar as making change goes.
Wow, that's weird! Are the coins paper thin or small in diameter ? I can't imagine that it's cheaper for the government to make coins vs paper currency.
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opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:55:07am |
re: #374 ziggyelman
He's damn near perfect! If he has any minor flaws, he's 1000% better then W ever was!
/
They can't let Bush go. That fool Letterman keeps it up.
What would really get Liberals all pumped up would be W back as president & US troops fighting in Viet Nam.
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TheMatrix31 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:55:48am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:56:34am |
re: #382 ziggyelman
The reason why they went with coins was it was actually cheaper to produce them in the long run. A coin has a longer lifespan than a paper bill. Besides since they have come out with the loony back in the late 80's, and the Twoony in 95 we have gotten used to them.
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:57:32am |
re: #373 soxfan4life
Perhaps. I do feel there are a small percentage of those who do have core principles of less government, more liberty, but sadly, that disappears because they are up for re-election every 2 years. The fact that that percentage is very small is disheartening.
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:57:55am |
re: #374 ziggyelman
He's damn near perfect! If he has any minor flaws, he's 1000% better then W ever was!
/
0bama can have no flaws, I think he is either a terminator like in T2 or a shape shifter.//
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:57:59am |
re: #384 TheMatrix31
I was gonna do that, but the wait is 1-3 weeks. WTF?
Then must be a screw up at the publisher's end. They underestimated demand big time. Probably thought no one would want conservative's books with the big O in office.
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:58:31am |
re: #375 Sharmuta
What's a prevert?
It's from a line in Dr. Strangelove where Keenan Wynn (Colonel Bat Guano) tells Peter Sellers (Captain Mandrake) that he is a "deviated prevert".
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:59:05am |
re: #387 taxfreekiller
Plug your cows, hold your breath, inspire your trees to suck it up.
Oh gosh! That original?! Great!
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 3:59:54am |
re: #385 BlueCanuck
The reason why they went with coins was it was actually cheaper to produce them in the long run. A coin has a longer lifespan than a paper bill. Besides since they have come out with the loony back in the late 80's, and the Twoony in 95 we have gotten used to them.
Ah, didn't think about lifespan. I just know that here in the states, we the people are losing our shirts making pennies and nickels, but "we" keepmaking them....
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:00:07am |
re: #386 rightside
Perhaps. I do feel there are a small percentage of those who do have core principles of less government, more liberty, but sadly, that disappears because they are up for re-election every 2 years. The fact that that percentage is very small is disheartening.
We as the voting public have the power to keep them in check, unfortunately more would rather vote for the next American Idol than vote in an off Presidential year election.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:01:46am |
Commies don't get that cutting taxes increases revenue to the government.
But my biggest problem with taxes is they tax every cent I make, then they turn around and tax me again when I spend it. And if I save it or invest it- they tax that too. They tax my same $1 more than once. I think before this administration is out of office, people will be saving their money in their mattresses.
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BlueCanuck Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:02:31am |
re: #393 ziggyelman
We solved that problem by lowering the copper and nickel contents of those coins. :)
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:02:38am |
re: #382 ziggyelman
Wow, that's weird! Are the coins paper thin or small in diameter ? I can't imagine that it's cheaper for the government to make coins vs paper currency.
No, by no means. The dollar coin is gold-tinted cupronickel, and is a little larger than a 50-cent piece (which is about the same size as yours). Called a "loonie" since the reverse side depicts a loon on a lake. The two-dollar coin, known as a "toonie", is larger still, and is bimetallic, with a gold-tinted center about the size of a nickel, surrounded by a ring of white nickel alloy.
The coins cost more to make, but they last for years, whereas paper currency wears out in a few months. So, long term, the coins save money. And vending machines nearly all accept both $1 and $2 coins. None of Canada's coins contain any precious metal anymore, except, of course, the special collector's issues, sold at a premium price.
Canada is one of the larger custom producers of banknotes and coins for countries that lack facilities for producing their own.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:03:30am |
Got to run--have a good day, Lizards!
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:03:42am |
re: #394 soxfan4life
So very true. And if you live in a predominantly African-American district like I do, sadly, you are stuck with the ultra liberal African-American.
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:04:04am |
re: #387 taxfreekiller
Where is this global warming I have been promised? All I hear is about is blizzards, record cold, ice storms etc.,
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Erik The Red Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:05:00am |
re: #385 BlueCanuck
The reason why they went with coins was it was actually cheaper to produce them in the long run. A coin has a longer lifespan than a paper bill. Besides since they have come out with the loony back in the late 80's, and the Twoony in 95 we have gotten used to them.
The smallest bill we have here is R10.00. We get 1,2,5 Rand coins. Works for me. I will have to get used the all the paper again when I return.
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opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:06:43am |
re: #401 BatGuano
Where is this global warming I have been promised? All I hear is about is blizzards, record cold, ice storms etc.,
Chicago expects snow flurrys overnight. The fear mongers of course now use 'Climate Change", so that they can look right either way.
My favorite is what Daryl Hannah calls it, "Climte Chaos!"
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:08:18am |
re: #401 BatGuano
Where is this global warming I have been promised? All I hear is about is blizzards, record cold, ice storms etc.,
recent photo of algore
Image: gore-freezing.jpg
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:08:43am |
re: #396 Sharmuta
Mr. Taxman by the Beatles, Circa 1966. If you know what is don't trouble yourself. If you don't, listen
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:09:06am |
re: #396 Sharmuta
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:09:22am |
re: #402 Erik The Red
The smallest bill we have here is R10.00. We get 1,2,5 Rand coins. Works for me. I will have to get used the all the paper again when I return.
Not certain, but I suspect the Canadian $5 bill is due to get the axe in a few years.
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opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:10:55am |
re: #405 ziggyelman
recent photo of algore
[Link: chemicallygreen.com...]
Whe Al Gore ic confronted by common sense he reverts to that voice of the reverend on the Simpsons. He speaks very slooooow& enunciates like he is talking to idiots. 'The science is settled" is a bunch of crap.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:11:21am |
Morning.
At 6:00am, Mountain time, a blizzard warning goes into effect for the Denver front range area.
Five to 16 inches of snow in the Denver metro area, up to two feet in the front range foothills.
Whoopee... we need the moisture.
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freetoken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:13:42am |
re: #409 taxfreekiller
Why do you think it strange that a ski resort area gets snow?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:14:12am |
re: #411 Walter L. Newton
How does local traffic deal with this? Was in Detroit, thought people'd be used to it...was the craziest damn thing...people were without a clue. What are you doing up so early on a Saturday morning?
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:15:04am |
re: #413 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
How does local traffic deal with this? Was in Detroit, thought people'd be used to it...was the craziest damn thing...people were without a clue. What are you doing up so early on a Saturday morning?
Er, it's Thursday morning.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:15:05am |
re: #410 opnion
Whe Al Gore ic confronted by common sense he reverts to that voice of the reverend on the Simpsons. He speaks very slooooow& enunciates like he is talking to idiots. 'The science is settled" is a bunch of crap.
I hope to live long enough to hear him called a Charlatan, a money grubbing fraud, on tv and in print. I'd also like to flap my arms, and fly as well, but I don't see that happening either.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:15:20am |
re: #409 taxfreekiller
[Link: www.arapahoebasin.com...]
web cams world wide know things
the center one here has the early morning snow cats at work
looks like 4 to 6 inches on the table there,,,,
Speaking of Webcams, here's Tumbler Ridge. My present location is pretty damn near the "d" in Chetwynd on the accompanying map.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:16:00am |
re: #407 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
They tax it when I make it and they tax it when I part with it.
I call that double taxation, but that's just me.
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opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:16:54am |
re: #415 ziggyelman
I hope to live long enough to hear him called a Charlatan, a money grubbing fraud, on tv and in print. I'd also like to flap my arms, and fly as well, but I don't see that happening either.
Well Gore does have a point, August is projected to be warmer than February this year. That never happens!
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:17:14am |
re: #413 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
How does local traffic deal with this? Was in Detroit, thought people'd be used to it...was the craziest damn thing...people were without a clue. What are you doing up so early on a Saturday morning?
Heehee- you're STILL stuck on Saturday.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:18:05am |
re: #420 Sharmuta
Heehee- you're STILL stuck on Saturday.
Ok, I'm confused again. What's with the Saturday morning thing?
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Spare O'Lake Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:18:31am |
Good Morning Lizards, and remember:
You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-BetweenYou've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Is liable to walk upon the scene- Bing Crosby, Mister In-Between
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:19:31am |
re: #422 Walter L. Newton
Woke up this morning, convinced it was Saturday morning.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:20:58am |
re: #424 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Woke up this morning, convinced it was Saturday morning.
Wow. That's cool. I woke up once and thought it was Sept. 17th, 1915.
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:22:38am |
re: #424 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Woke up this morning,
convinced it was Saturday morning.with a wine glass in my hand, who's wine? what wine? where the hell did I dine?
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:23:20am |
I know this belongs in last night's thread, but I was so pissed I couldn't think straight.
Ok. I want Obama to fail. If any of his policies succeed, he will be looked upon as a success and our way of life is doomed. You may call this cutting your own throat, but I believe 53% of the population cut it for us already. You may also say that the American people elected him. Partially true. How much help did the MSM give this guy? How much help did ACORN and voter fraud give this guy? How much help did ignorant voters give him? With that said, I agree the GOP needs to find a more positive message to win. Lastly, I don't understand why some people are looking for the perfect candidate? That person doesn't exist. Drop the nonsense and find the person that is fiscally responsible and has the guts to defend the Constitution and the USA. Ok. Down ding me if you think its defeatist.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:24:06am |
re: #424 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Woke up this morning, convinced it was Saturday morning.
To finish answering your question about what we do when we get a blizzard...
Well, normally it doesn't stop us much, except when it a storm like a March storm, which are normally very wet snow, heavy and thick.
It's near next to impossible to drive in that kind of snow. It's like driving through semi-hard water, grabs the wheels, you don't drive on it, you drive through it.
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3 wood Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:24:08am |
Good morning.
Look for the markets to open up as the futures are in positive territory so far.
Tim Geithner proved to me yesterday that he has no concept of what he is doing and is so incompetant that he is dangerous. The market was bubbling along doing just fine, and then Geithner started talking into a microphone. Somebody asked him about his response to the Chinese who have been suggesting that the Dollar should be replaced with some new universal currency. Geithner responded with words to the effect that the idea was worth considering. Blammo, the market dropped like a rock. Geithner was then forced to quickly issue a "clarification" of his earlier remarks, refuting them. The market then ended up positively on the day.
Folks, we have a President, a Vice President, and a Treasury Secretary who do not understand the impact of their own words and actions.
It is going to be a very bumpy ride.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:24:25am |
Well, I need to go to bed...anyone have idea how to remove a wort? Have had one for months and months on the bottom of my foot! I was told to get the expensive freeze away stuff...used it more times than they recommend, and the wort laughed at the treatment! Now it's getting bigger, and more painful. Perhaps I angered it.
I shall check back when I look up, fully knowing the smarty's here will have suggested several foolproof methods of removal! ; )
Until we meet again, you can bet your last money, it's all a stoned gas honey...or something.
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:26:26am |
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:26:45am |
re: #431 3 wood
They know exactly what we are doing, and very good at it.
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Spare O'Lake Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:26:54am |
re: #424 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Woke up this morning, convinced it was Saturday morning.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:27:22am |
We got the major school districts closing this morning, before the blizzard has even started. Right now the streets are just wet, I don't even see any snow falling.
If they are closing schools before the day is even starting, then we are in for a real mess.
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:27:24am |
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:27:48am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:27:51am |
re: #429 NYCHardhat
I like ya to much to down-ding ya.
I just think that wanting our president to fail...is wanting our Country to fail.
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3 wood Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:28:20am |
re: #418 taxfreekiller
Our only hope is that the msm and the loon commie Democrats will OD on the lies and go into rehab for the next 24 to 36 years.
Agreed. I watched Gibbs press conference yesterday and at one point he said words to the effect that the Obama budget is geared to get the country back on solid ground.
I laughed out loud at that.
The slobbering worshipers known as the White HOuse Press Corps. let this go with out comment or challenge. Pravda is alive and well and working in the US.
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Erik The Red Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:29:46am |
re: #432 ziggyelman
Well, I need to go to bed...anyone have idea how to remove a wort? Have had one for months and months on the bottom of my foot! I was told to get the expensive freeze away stuff...used it more times than they recommend, and the wort laughed at the treatment! Now it's getting bigger, and more painful. Perhaps I angered it.
I shall check back when I look up, fully knowing the smarty's here will have suggested several foolproof methods of removal! ; )
Until we meet again, you can bet your last money, it's all a stoned gas honey...or something.
Cut your foot off. Will work every time.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:29:56am |
re: #429 NYCHardhat
I can't really disagree with anything you say! I don't want to root against the economy, people will suffer greatly if it doesn't improve...but what will happen to us if we somehow get out of this recession in 6 months(Won't it be about the longest one ever at that point anyway?) and "they" are emboldened to put even more government pressure, influence into every single aspect of our lives? Will they kill off coal? What happens if Obama wins in 2012? Won't they really take the gloves off and go after guns, talk radio, etc, etc, etc?
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:31:02am |
re: #435 rightside
They know exactly what we are doing, and very good at it.
DAMN, I'm glad to hear someone else say it besides myself. They are doing just what they have planned to do. This is not a bunch of people stuck on stupid, they are trying their best to keep the economy in a crisis situation.
All in an effort to move us toward a socialistic based government. EVERYTHING that they have purposed (or have already put into effect) advances a socialistic agenda.
Period. You can gauge all future decisions on that fact.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:31:07am |
re: #444 Erik The Red
Thanks! By the way, do you work for the federal government by any chance? ; )
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:32:22am |
re: #440 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I like ya to much to down-ding ya.
I just think that wanting our president to fail...is wanting our Country to fail.
His success is America's failure.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:33:15am |
re: #433 BatGuano
How about Romney?
What will he be able to run on? How long will he have been out of any elected office by 2012? And he's a white dude? No chance....
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:33:37am |
re: #445 ziggyelman
I can't really disagree with anything you say! I don't want to root against the economy, people will suffer greatly if it doesn't improve...but what will happen to us if we somehow get out of this recession in 6 months(Won't it be about the longest one ever at that point anyway?) and "they" are emboldened to put even more government pressure, influence into every single aspect of our lives? Will they kill off coal? What happens if Obama wins in 2012? Won't they really take the gloves off and go after guns, talk radio, etc, etc, etc?
Exactly. We fucked up. We have cancer. We need aggressive medication. If we let it go dormant, we will die anyway.
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:34:13am |
re: #447 Walter L. Newton
Tell me if this rings any bells. "Because of the mess we inherited from the that other guy, we tried our best to resuscitate the economy. But it just wasn't enough, and there are too many rich and greedy corporations out there preventing us from a full recovery. Therefore, we are goint to set price controls for the country"
Something to that effect.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:34:23am |
re: #432 ziggyelman
Well, I need to go to bed...anyone have idea how to remove a wort? Have had one for months and months on the bottom of my foot! I was told to get the expensive freeze away stuff...used it more times than they recommend, and the wort laughed at the treatment! Now it's getting bigger, and more painful. Perhaps I angered it.
I shall check back when I look up, fully knowing the smarty's here will have suggested several foolproof methods of removal! ; )
Until we meet again, you can bet your last money, it's all a stoned gas honey...or something.
If you do find out, send word to Washington.
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:34:26am |
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:34:35am |
You guys want to act like the idiot left. Keep it up, guys. You're damning us to more of the same because you WANT to have your tantrum. Grow up. Get a grip. And give me one damn good reason to vote FOR a republican. And not because they're not 0bama. I want to hear something positive. I want to hear a viable alternative. YOU want to pitch a tantrum, then wonder what we're doing wrong. If 0bama wins in 2012, I'm blaming you.
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:35:42am |
I want our country to succeed as it has done for more than 200 years. I want Obama's socialistic plans to fail.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:35:50am |
FFS- I get it. His policies are bad.
What is your alternative?!
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:37:05am |
re: #460 taxfreekiller
Give these crazy ass loons "enabling" and they will suck U.S. dry.
Then we should really propose a viable alternative.
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3 wood Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:37:10am |
Gordon Brown has problems:
Brown ‘Terribly Fragile’ After Bond Auction Flops
March 26 (Bloomberg) -- The first failed British bond auction in more than seven years leaves Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s reputation for economic competence even more tarnished as he battles recession and a rising tide of voter anger.
Brown, who had the backing of 30 percent of the electorate in a ComRes Ltd. poll last week, must now cope with what amounts to a vote of no confidence by investors in his ability to end the recession. Bank of England Governor Mervyn King, his ally for much of the past decade, warned a day earlier that there’s no more money for further spending.
“The notion that Brown is leading us to the promised land is laughable,” said Ruth Lea, economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group Plc in Solihull, England. “He cannot get to grips with how other people see this country now, as the sick man of Europe.”
A failed bond issue is a vote of "no confidence" by the market on the leadership.
Speaking of which the U.S had some trouble with a treasury sale yesterday. The market is looking for a lot higher yield than was offered, due to anticipated inflation due to Obama's policies.
Seems to me the market is making a judgment on Obama too.
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:37:29am |
re: #457 Sharmuta
You guys want to act like the idiot left. Keep it up, guys. You're damning us to more of the same because you WANT to have your tantrum. Grow up. Get a grip. And give me one damn good reason to vote FOR a republican. And not because they're not 0bama. I want to hear something positive. I want to hear a viable alternative. YOU want to pitch a tantrum, then wonder what we're doing wrong. If 0bama wins in 2012, I'm blaming you.
No. I don't want to act like the left. I'm not the left. I don't want a tantrum. I want my country back. Grow up? Yeah, I'm trying, but I keep losing my money. You won't vote for a Repub because they are not "perfect" Talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face. Sorry. With all due respect. I don't agree.
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SteveC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:38:32am |
OFF TOPIC!
They kept pushing Tony's heart transplant back and back, making everyone worried, and finally took him to the Operating Room at about 11:00 PM Eastern Time. I got word about 10 minutes ago that he is out of surgery and things look good!
/Fruit cup is on me, I'm buying!
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:38:39am |
Strange, I didn't intend to make a double post. I only hit the post button once. Must be a disturbance in the Force.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:40:25am |
re: #466 Alberta Oil Peon
Strange, I didn't intend to make a double post. I only hit the post button once. Must be a disturbance in the Force.
re: #466 Alberta Oil Peon
Strange, I didn't intend to make a double post. I only hit the post button once. Must be a disturbance in the Force.
It looks fine on this end.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:40:29am |
re: #464 NYCHardhat
You know- don't put words in my mouth. Didn't ay shit about anyone being "perfect". I asked for a fucking positive alternative, and you give me BS. That's the problem right there in a nutshell.
What's your alternative?
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rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:40:50am |
re: #459 Sharmuta
I'll give you one. Since the GOP is no better than the dems, vote every single one of them out of office, period. That's the first step.
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:41:32am |
re: #450 ziggyelman
He will run on fiscal responsibility and expertise. He will be out of office for several years. He can say that his mother and grandmother were typical whiteys!
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:43:31am |
I want an alternative, presented in such a way as to be positive and explaining why it's better for me than 0bama's policy. Not because I'm a moderate, but because I need something to take to my moderate friends as an alternative. I can tell them what I would do all the live long day, but what matters i what the party say they're going to do.
What's the plan besides bitching?
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:43:38am |
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:45:20am |
re: #468 Sharmuta
You know- don't put words in my mouth. Didn't ay shit about anyone being "perfect". I asked for a fucking positive alternative, and you give me BS. That's the problem right there in a nutshell.
What's your alternative?
I didn't put words in your mouth. I'm not quoting YOU. I keep hearing "I won't vote for Jindal, Palin, Romney, etc. Apologies if it came off that way.
My alternative. ANYONE that follows the constitution, is fiscally conservative, and keeeps us out of harms way. I'm desperate.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:45:39am |
You know...I've tried to delude myself about Obama. I have hoped that if you could talk to him man to man, woman to man...he'd tell you he went through a radical time in school, but as he's gotten older, he's wised up. Still a "progressive" but understands the importance of a strong economy, a strong defense, not having the government control every aspect of your lives.
But, that is delusional. I don't think he's an evil man. Pelosi? Dingy Harry? They have said, and done things that lead me to believe they are truly against the U.S. What Reid said about the surge would have caused him to be tarred and feathered (Or worse) in WW2.
Our best bet, the best thing for folks to do, whether they are excited about the candidate or not, is vote for Republicans and hope/pray Republican's can wrest control of the house from Dems, and slow down the damage Obama, et al do to this country.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:45:39am |
re: #471 taxfreekiller
I agree we're not taking civic responsibility for ourselves. Completely agree, tfk.
So- the solution is what? Bitch? (not you tfk- you kick ass and this country would be better if more people got involved like you and the Mrs.)
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Pullus Iulius Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:45:53am |
re: #465 SteveC
Best wishes and prayers for the patient, the family and the doctors.
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SteveC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:46:23am |
Off to do my walking, be back later. Anyone leave before I return, have a great day!
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3 wood Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:47:50am |
Treasuries Fall as Stocks Gain, Reducing Demand Before Auction
March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury 10-year notes fell for a sixth day, the longest run of declines in almost five months, after gains in Asian stocks trimmed demand for government debt as the U.S. prepared to sell $24 billion of seven-year notes.Ten-year notes dropped even after the Federal Reserve bought $7.5 billion of Treasuries yesterday, its first targeted purchases since the 1960s. Government reports today will show the world’s largest economy shrank the most since 1980 in the fourth quarter and the pace of firings accelerated last week, surveys of economists showed.
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Pullus Iulius Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:48:49am |
re: #478 Pullus Iulius
Oops - and the nurses, too. The folks who do the real work.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:49:07am |
re: #475 NYCHardhat
I'm desperate.
And it's a turn off. How are we going to convince people to join our side when we reek of desperation? THINK! Think of a real solution. All of us- think of something positive and contact a republican representative or Chairman Steele and let's start taking our country back, but DO NOT think for a second that desperation, or fit pitching will attract votes.
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:49:39am |
re: #477 Sharmuta
Hi, Sharmuta. Do you have a candidate in mind for 2012? I can only think of Romney.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:51:26am |
re: #484 BatGuano
I think I'm agreeing. A calm, firm hand would be a nice change of pace.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:51:37am |
re: #484 BatGuano
Totally fine with Mitt. But we need to focus on recapturing Congress first.
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:51:46am |
re: #483 Sharmuta
And it's a turn off. How are we going to convince people to join our side when we reek of desperation? THINK! Think of a real solution. All of us- think of something positive and contact a republican representative or Chairman Steele and let's start taking our country back, but DO NOT think for a second that desperation, or fit pitching will attract votes.
I would say we are in the most desperate of times. However, I agree with you. Desperation is a stinky cologne. And I don't like bumping heads with you. It hurts.
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Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:54:37am |
Well, I'm off like a bride's nightie.
Have a good day, everyone.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:55:36am |
re: #489 Alberta Oil Peon
If anything like my bride's...it's still on...and it's flannel...
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:55:50am |
re: #483 Sharmuta
And it's a turn off. How are we going to convince people to join our side when we reek of desperation? THINK! Think of a real solution. All of us- think of something positive and contact a republican representative or Chairman Steele and let's start taking our country back, but DO NOT think for a second that desperation, or fit pitching will attract votes.
easier said than done to convince people to join our side. It's like a divorce. The people(the kid) are confused, and Daddy is offering them everything including the kitchen sink. Mom can't/won't do that. She is thinking about the bills that have to be paid. Dad is maxing out all his cards to buy the kids love.
Well, right now, the kid is wanting playstation 3, the 8 Gig I-pod, and all Mom can offer is a buck for doing the dishes.
Yeah, it's kind of a stupid analogy, but I am way too tired to think clearly.
Fair is fair though, what do you suggest would be a positive message to get folks to vote for Republicans?
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:56:02am |
re: #491 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If anything like my bride's...it's still on...and it's flannel...
That is so hot. Grunge chicks rule.
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:57:32am |
re: #492 ziggyelman
easier said than done to convince people to join our side. It's like a divorce. The people(the kid) are confused, and Daddy is offering them everything including the kitchen sink. Mom can't/won't do that. She is thinking about the bills that have to be paid. Dad is maxing out all his cards to buy the kids love.
Well, right now, the kid is wanting playstation 3, the 8 Gig I-pod, and all Mom can offer is a buck for doing the dishes.
Yeah, it's kind of a stupid analogy, but I am way too tired to think clearly.
Fair is fair though, what do you suggest would be a positive message to get folks to vote for Republicans?
Upholding of the Constitution and Fiscally responsiblity are the main talking points.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:57:35am |
re: #487 NYCHardhat
Well, I'm starting to get concerned here. We have an opportunity to propose a very different alternative to 0bama's policies, and we need to present our ideas in a positive light. Instead, we're freaking out. We can't do that. This country needs us to be the grown-ups now more than ever. Freaking out helps the democrats and 0bama.
America needs us- so this is no time to freak out.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:57:52am |
re: #493 NYCHardhat
That is so hot. Grunge chicks rule.
But Grungy girls don't! ;)
And now, truly to bed....man, I bet it's going to be bumpy here today. As a wise man once said...zzzz.
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:58:10am |
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:58:56am |
re: #492 ziggyelman
easier said than done to convince people to join our side.
And down right impossible if you're flipping out. We need a deep breath, collect ourselves, and go on offense with a positive message.
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ziggyelman Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:59:01am |
re: #496 NYCHardhat
Upholding of the Constitution and Fiscally responsiblity are the main talking points.
Perhaps we need to get tons of free copies out there for people to read. I sure never read about it in school...
dammit, I need to go now!
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:59:46am |
re: #492 ziggyelman
Fair is fair though, what do you suggest would be a positive message to get folks to vote for Republicans?
Get me two hours with Michael Steele.
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 4:59:53am |
re: #497 Sharmuta
Well, I'm starting to get concerned here. We have an opportunity to propose a very different alternative to 0bama's policies, and we need to present our ideas in a positive light. Instead, we're freaking out. We can't do that. This country needs us to be the grown-ups now more than ever. Freaking out helps the democrats and 0bama.
America needs us- so this is no time to freak out.
Understood.
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seekeroftruth Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:00:29am |
re: #462 Sharmuta
Then we should really propose a viable alternative.
The House Republicans have - it just gets no media attention for obvious reasons:
[Link: republicanleader.house.gov...]
House Republicans are offering a better solution: an economic recovery plan that will create 6.2 million new American jobs over the next two years, according to a methodology used by President Obama’s own nominee as Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, Dr. Christina Romer.
[Link: republicanleader.house.gov...]
House Republicans will oppose the spending spree and offer an Economic Recovery alternative that allows middle-class families, small businesses, job-seekers, and home-buyers to keep more of what they earn and encourage investment to help create jobs and get our economy back on track.
[Link: republicanleader.house.gov...]
Dow Jones News reports:
“A group of U.S. House Republicans unveiled legislation Tuesday aimed at rebuilding families’ savings accounts by providing tax incentives and easing savings regulations that could penalize some working Americans.”
“The group, led by Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, is among several measures, calling on Congress to extend the suspension of required minimum withdrawals on savings accounts until 2012. A certain portion of retirement savings have to be withdrawn after an individual turns 70 1/2 or retires.”
Republicans also have taken to the airwaves and the pages of local newspapers in recent days to discuss their savings solutions. Here is just a sampling of their efforts to help Americans rebuild their college, 401(k), and personal savings:
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seekeroftruth Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:02:50am |
One more:
[Link: republicanleader.house.gov...]
BOEHNER REMINDS THE WHITE HOUSE THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE OFFERED BETTER SOLUTIONS TO HELP OUR ECONOMY:
“I made it clear from the beginning of the year that we would the party of better solutions. The President invited our solutions back during the stimulus debate. Eric Cantor and I were at the White House and presented those ideas to the president, to Rahm Emanuel, to Robert Gibbs. All those who are at the White House suggesting that we’re the party of no, we have offered our ideas. The President, frankly made very encouraging comments about our proposal. And yet, all of those ideas were ignored when the stimulus bill was put together. We’re going to continue to work with the president, but it’s time for us to focus on the emergency that we have in front of us.” (AUDIO)
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:03:50am |
re: #506 seekeroftruth
That's great. I hope some Lizards here will read your links, and instead of pitching a fit defending Rush, let's promote our plan instead.
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NYCHardhat Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:08:09am |
re: #508 Sharmuta
That's great. I hope some Lizards here will read your links, and instead of pitching a fit defending Rush, let's promote our plan instead.
Am I pitching a fit?
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:09:17am |
On the thread Charles posted last night, pink freud posted the information on the new 0bama tax brackets. Maybe just printing that information and handing it out would wake up quite a few people.
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:10:18am |
re: #506 seekeroftruth
The House Republicans have - it just gets no media attention for obvious reasons:
[Link: republicanleader.house.gov...]
House Republicans are offering a better solution: an economic recovery plan that will create 6.2 million new American jobs over the next two years, according to a methodology used by President Obama’s own nominee as Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, Dr. Christina Romer.[Link: republicanleader.house.gov...]
House Republicans will oppose the spending spree and offer an Economic Recovery alternative that allows middle-class families, small businesses, job-seekers, and home-buyers to keep more of what they earn and encourage investment to help create jobs and get our economy back on track.[Link: republicanleader.house.gov...]
Dow Jones News reports:“A group of U.S. House Republicans unveiled legislation Tuesday aimed at rebuilding families’ savings accounts by providing tax incentives and easing savings regulations that could penalize some working Americans.”
“The group, led by Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, is among several measures, calling on Congress to extend the suspension of required minimum withdrawals on savings accounts until 2012. A certain portion of retirement savings have to be withdrawn after an individual turns 70 1/2 or retires.”
Republicans also have taken to the airwaves and the pages of local newspapers in recent days to discuss their savings solutions. Here is just a sampling of their efforts to help Americans rebuild their college, 401(k), and personal savings:
Why aren't they pushing these ideas on the Sunday AM news shows as well as a large dose on Fox News. And rather than having Bobby Jindal speak after 0bama why not have Romney or Rudy be their point man on the economy and let them hammer the Zero. If the GOP can't find a way to combat FCBBHO then they will lose in 2010 and 2012.
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:12:48am |
re: #395 rightside
Amen, person of who's gender I do not know.
LOL
/pink or blue border Charles
I was infantry if that helps.
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:13:08am |
re: #511 taxfreekiller
That reminds me:
"I'm not the fig plucker,
I'm the fig pluckers son,
But I'll pluck figs 'til
the fig plucker comes."
Say that real fast.
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seekeroftruth Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:13:34am |
re: #508 Sharmuta
That's great. I hope some Lizards here will read your links, and instead of pitching a fit defending Rush, let's promote our plan instead.
Thanks. I am so fustrated with the media for purposely refusing to make this information known to the public. I love Rush and am a big fan, but how sad it is for this country, that I need to listen to Rush to hear what the Republicans are doing that is good, and what the Democrats are doing that is corrupt. Or I need to come to this blog or other blogs for that information. The media and the Democrats are preventing debate and discussion in this country and it is not a good thing.
And as for the Republicans getting their message out - they have their work cut out for them in this media environment. As you can see from the links - the Republicans do have alternative plans that have been presented to the President! Damn the media and the Democrats from continuing to lie and prevent this fact from getting out.
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seekeroftruth Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:14:53am |
re: #512 soxfan4life
Why aren't they pushing these ideas on the Sunday AM news shows as well as a large dose on Fox News. And rather than having Bobby Jindal speak after 0bama why not have Romney or Rudy be their point man on the economy and let them hammer the Zero. If the GOP can't find a way to combat FCBBHO then they will lose in 2010 and 2012.
I completely agree.
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:15:49am |
re: #509 NYCHardhat
I'm sorry if I was too hard on you. I'm just at my wits end, because I fear we're going to keep fucking up and have 8 years of 0bama.
| 520 |
Irish Rose Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:16:31am |
Good morning, lizards! Just getting up to a mild and partly sunny morning here along the Lake Michigan shoreline... looks like it's going to be a nice day today.
Prayers going up for the folks out in Fargo, a very scary situation.
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:16:57am |
For everyone who hasn't gotten enough pearls from our Communist in Chief he will be on the net tonight. I'm sure there will be some pretty tough questions come out of that.///
[Link: www.comcast.net...]
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Sharmuta Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:18:24am |
re: #511 taxfreekiller
I suppose- I'm pitching my own fit. I need to go for a walk and get some air
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seekeroftruth Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:18:56am |
re: #510 Sharmuta
On the thread Charles posted last night, pink freud posted the information on the new 0bama tax brackets. Maybe just printing that information and handing it out would wake up quite a few people.
Rush had a caller who talked about these tax brackets yesterday. That was the first I had heard of these changes. This is ridiculous that this information is not available to the public.
| 524 |
Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:19:49am |
Now they have unknown comedians pimping for Obama...
Grab a Laugh, Mr. President
COMMENTARY
Hard-times comedy
Comedian Jane Condon says it's good to see Obama laugh given all the nation's problems
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
Everything is GOOD as long as it's the Messiah.
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seekeroftruth Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:20:30am |
re: #521 soxfan4life
For everyone who hasn't gotten enough pearls from our Communist in Chief he will be on the net tonight. I'm sure there will be some pretty tough questions come out of that.///
[Link: www.comcast.net...]
I wonder who will be answering the questions.... TOTUS? //
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:22:08am |
re: #525 rightside
Morning, what's happening in Fargo?
Gonna have a whole bunch of water in places where they do not want a whole bunch of water.
They're sandbagging the whole town.
They're in my thoughts.
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:23:27am |
Good night everyone. Play nice: you know you all love another. :-)
| 529 |
BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:24:21am |
Good night everyone. Play nice: you know you all love one another. :-) PIMF
| 530 |
Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:24:30am |
re: #528 BatGuano
Good night everyone. Play nice: you know you all love another. :-)
Well, no, I don't necessarily love everyone.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:25:29am |
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:25:49am |
re: #526 seekeroftruth
I wonder who will be answering the questions.... TOTUS? //
Carville and Emmanuel, Zero will be in secret surrender negotiations with Karzai.
| 534 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:26:46am |
Last update - 14:21 26/03/2009
IAF hits Sudan arms convoy bound for Gaza; Sudan confirms strike
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]
TSK TSK TSK
| 535 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:27:46am |
Egypt is not celebrating 30 years of peace with Israel
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]
Ain't peace with Arabs grand?
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BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:29:06am |
re: #530 Walter L. Newton
OK. I didn't say you had to. I meant that there is general agreement on the issues and I wouldn't let relatively minor policy differences affect the comity that is maintained on this website. Now, Mr. Newton: Are you going to allow me to go to sleep or are going to dispute this for the next several hours?
(I'm kidding, of course)
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Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:30:14am |
Rahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant
Short Freddie Mac stay made him at least $320,000
[Link: www.chicagotribune.com...]
ne of those allegedly asleep-at-the-switch board members was Chicago's Rahm Emanuel—now chief of staff to President Barack Obama—who made at least $320,000 for a 14-month stint at Freddie Mac that required little effort.
Nice work if you can get it?
| 538 |
Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:30:22am |
re: #536 BatGuano
OK. I didn't say you had to. I meant that there is general agreement on the issues and I wouldn't let relatively minor policy differences affect the comity that is maintained on this website. Now, Mr. Newton: Are you going to allow me to go to sleep or are going to dispute this for the next several hours?
(I'm kidding, of course)
I'm not going to argue with anyone who has a screen name based on rodent poop.
:)
| 539 |
Irish Rose Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:31:08am |
If there's one thing I learned with the last election, it's this: the GOP must move away from the religious right.
I'm not talking about jettisoning the religious right, but I am talking about not letting the ultra-conservative religious right continue to bully and badger GOP policy makers.
They never want to hear it... ever... but the religious right is NOT the party base. They are a special interest group within the GOP, which encompasses a broad spectrum of ideologies from ultraconservative to moderate, Christian to atheist, and everything in between.
Our binding tie is social moderation and fiscal responsibility, and this is what we need to focus on.
| 540 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:32:09am |
Good morning Lizards. Grey, cloudy Chicagoland day, but I have my coffee.
| 541 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:33:25am |
re: #539 Irish Rose
Our binding tie is social moderation and fiscal responsibility, and this is what we need to focus on.
Yeah, like that.
| 542 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:33:30am |
US deploys warships as North Korea prepares to launch missile
The US has deployed two warships with anti-missile capabilities in the waters off Japan as tensions mount over North Korea's plans to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile capable of striking Alaska.
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
And I am sure Obama would give the order to shoot?
/
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:33:39am |
re: #537 Nevergiveup
Rahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant
Short Freddie Mac stay made him at least $320,000[Link: www.chicagotribune.com...]
ne of those allegedly asleep-at-the-switch board members was Chicago's Rahm Emanuel—now chief of staff to President Barack Obama—who made at least $320,000 for a 14-month stint at Freddie Mac that required little effort.
Nice work if you can get it?
You didn't really expect 0bama to have any clean people in his administration did you?
| 544 |
BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:34:01am |
re: #538 Walter L. Newton
And I know how to sling it. Good night, Mr. Newton. :)
| 545 |
SteveC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:34:03am |
re: #495 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You didn't get it.
/
Sounds like you didn't get any, either!
*runs away!*
| 546 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:34:52am |
Official: Obama's half-brother falls ill in KenyaKISUMU, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan health official says President Barack Obama's older half-brother has been hospitalized with stomach pains and is being tested for cholera.
Local disease surveillance officer James Sande says that Malik Obama, a 51-year-old businessman, was taken to Siaya District Hospital in western Kenya on Tuesday evening. Sande says Obama's condition is improving enough for him to be discharged Thursday or Friday. Results of his cholera test have not come back.
There is an outbreak of cholera in the area and hospital official Frederick Osanya says a domestic employee of Obama's was hospitalized with the disease last week. Cholera is easily treated but can be deadly.
Obama family members in Kenya did not return phone calls seeking comment. Barack Obama has five Kenyan half-brothers and a half-sister.
I only knew about the dollar a month brother.
| 547 |
Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:34:54am |
re: #540 Chicago Blonde
Good morning Lizards. Grey, cloudy Chicagoland day, but I have my coffee.
Good morning, our weather here in the Denver Colorado area, blizzard warnings, from 8 inches to two feet of snow in the next 24 hours.
I have lots of coffee.
| 548 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:35:02am |
re: #542 Nevergiveup
US deploys warships as North Korea prepares to launch missile
The US has deployed two warships with anti-missile capabilities in the waters off Japan as tensions mount over North Korea's plans to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile capable of striking Alaska.[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
And I am sure Obama would give the order to shoot?
/
How does one shoot when holding your weapon over your head?
| 549 |
BatGuano Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:36:13am |
re: #540 Chicago Blonde
Good morning Lizards. Grey, cloudy Chicagoland day, but I have my coffee.
Good morning Chi Blonde. I'm retiring now, have a good day!
| 550 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:36:35am |
re: #543 soxfan4life
You didn't really expect 0bama to have any clean people in his administration did you?
In all seriousness, no, but I did not expect it to be this bad.
| 551 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:36:44am |
re: #547 Walter L. Newton
Spring snow are pretty cool though. You know they won't last for too long, they are wet, and they are pretty.
| 552 |
SteveC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:38:00am |
Gross Domestic Product down 6.3% in 4th quarter 2008.
| 554 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:39:26am |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:40:08am |
N. Korea warns may resume nuclear plans if U.N. acts
BEIJING, March 26 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman on Thursday warned that any action by the U.N. Security Council in response to the North's planned rocket launch will be viewed as a "hostile action" that will cause it to reverse its denuclearization, according to a Korean Central News Agency report.
HA !
Clenched.
| 557 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:40:16am |
re: #547 Walter L. Newton
Do you have lots of good movies and junk food ready too? I always do that when we get our last dumping of snow in April.
| 558 |
yesandno Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:40:27am |
Good Morning all..........
Interesting article on Geithner in the Sidney Morning Herald:
[Link: www.smh.com.au...]
Not exactly complimentary.
| 559 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:40:34am |
For any NJ Lizards who have to go to NYC or Across the GW this AM. Well, how can I say this, oh yeah, Your FUCKED. There is an accident and a 2 hour back up. Good Luck.
| 560 |
vagabond trader Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:40:37am |
re: #546 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
What, you were't aware that The Obama's father was known as "The father of his country?"
| 561 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:41:08am |
| 562 |
Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:41:35am |
re: #557 Chicago Blonde
Do you have lots of good movies and junk food ready too? I always do that when we get our last dumping of snow in April.
Yep.
| 563 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:41:44am |
re: #552 SteveC
With the current administrations feelings toward business you haven't seen anything yet. Or maybe we'll start to see the different ministries giving artificial numbers for fear of punishment from the Dear Leader shades of the demise of the Soviet Union. Do you think Gorgbachev ever thinks Damn if I only held out a little longer?
| 564 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:41:48am |
re: #560 vagabond trader
Dude must have always been playing Barry White on his I-pod.
| 566 |
Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:42:28am |
re: #559 Nevergiveup
For any NJ Lizards who have to go to NYC or Across the GW this AM. Well, how can I say this, oh yeah, Your FUCKED. There is an accident and a 2 hour back up. Good Luck.
Use CT. as an alternate route!
| 567 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:42:37am |
re: #562 Walter L. Newton
What kind of movies do serious actors watch? What do you have on DVD that you would watch next?
| 568 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:42:47am |
re: #546 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I only knew about the dollar a month brother.
That really disturbed me - exhorting us to share and spread the wealth when his brother was living on a dollar a month.
| 569 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:43:36am |
re: #568 Chicago Blonde
That really disturbed me - exhorting us to share and spread the wealth when his brother was living on a dollar a month.
0bama the do as I say not as I do President.
| 570 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:44:37am |
re: #568 Chicago Blonde
Just think of how much better his life could be in his hut, sweet hut, if WAB would sell or donate a pair of her earrings for him.
| 571 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:44:47am |
re: #568 Chicago Blonde
That really disturbed me - exhorting us to share and spread the wealth when his brother was living on a dollar a month.
Well maybe the brother can attach his name to a beer, like Carter's brother did. Billy Beer.
| 572 |
vagabond trader Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:45:41am |
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:45:47am |
re: #571 Nevergiveup
Well maybe the brother can attach his name to a beer, like Carter's brother did. Billy Beer.
Muslims don't drink, but he could develop his own suicide bomber jacket.
| 574 |
Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:45:49am |
re: #567 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
What kind of movies do serious actors watch? What do you have on DVD that you would watch next?
My too watch stack...
1) Saw IV
2) Life of Brian
3) No Country for Old Men
4) The Dark Crystal
5) Shawn of the Dead.
I haven't watched Saw IV and Country, the others are scheduled repeats.
| 575 |
SteveC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:45:57am |
re: #568 Chicago Blonde
That really disturbed me - exhorting us to share and spread the wealth when his brother was living on a dollar a month.
Standard "Do as I say, not as I do." or "I'm one of the Chosen, so I'm exempt." philosophy. Disturbing.... but not new.
| 576 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:46:08am |
re: #571 Nevergiveup
Well maybe the brother can attach his name to a beer, like Carter's brother did. Billy Beer.
Think the brother is into weed. Obama Gold (private label weed?)
| 577 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:47:15am |
ADL furious over 'NY Times' cartoon
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
And the ADL thought the NYTs was EVER on their side? Time to wake up and open your eyes.
| 578 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:47:19am |
re: #574 Walter L. Newton
Just finished reading "No Country for Old Men". Love the movie/book.
Shawn of the Dead was a freaking hoot (as was Hot Fuzz).
| 579 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:47:26am |
re: #570 rightside
I love it when any celeb tsk-tsks us little people. Especially Hollywood women. They use $1K-a-jar face creams but tell us we need to cut back...
| 580 |
Rustler Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:47:46am |
re: #472 Sharmuta I have no idea on a viable alternative to Obama from the Republican party. I could vote for Romney or palin but the problem is I don't think I could get moderates to vote for Sarah after this years media rape of her character. Nor do I think Romney would be electable becasue tehre are far to many Americans who believe him to be a religious nut because of the way the Republican primaries played out. Right now I'm hoping to hear about some young shining star Conservative who has no whacky religion skeletons et al in his closet.
| 581 |
apachegunner Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:48:06am |
re: #576 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Think the brother is into weed. Obama Gold (private label weed?)
why not? his brother was or is. morning lizards, gotta bottle of baileys for coffee here, anyone interested?
| 582 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:48:12am |
Back... Mother doing fine after surgery. Hoping she can move to the Rehab Hospital today, but we'll see how she's doing.
Thanks for all the well wishes!
| 583 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:48:30am |
re: #573 soxfan4life
Muslims don't drink, but he could develop his own suicide bomber jacket.
Muslims don't drink my ass!
| 584 |
Walter L. Newton Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:48:31am |
re: #578 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Just finished reading "No Country for Old Men". Love the movie/book.
Shawn of the Dead was a freaking hoot (as was Hot Fuzz).
I think I've already name-dropped this to you, but I know Simon Pegg.
| 585 |
vagabond trader Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:48:50am |
re: #577 Nevergiveup
I thought I was looking at something from a Middle East newspaper.
| 586 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:49:09am |
re: #574 Walter L. Newton
No Country for Old Men is a favorite of mine. Did you see There Will be Blood?
| 587 |
Irish Rose Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:49:17am |
For those that missed it we had a fun discussion about the Three Stooges mystique on yesterdays' afternoon open.
By way of experimention, I went to the pub last night and asked a couple of the guys at the bar to explain the "Three Stooges" thing to me.
Almost immediately had a crowd of men standing around, all of them nodding their heads in approval and recalling their favorite Stooge moments. The women did what they usually do, when the topic comes up.
WTF is it with that, really? Why the hell are men so mesmerized by violent humor? The "Stooge" obsession seems to be an almost universal American male bonding ritual.
/still clueless
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:49:35am |
re: #581 apachegunner
What's up rich boy!? Waiting on the coffee to finish, then? Yeah, just a splash though, and I'll sock ya!
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Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:49:51am |
re: #585 vagabond trader
I thought I was looking at something from a Middle East newspaper.
I know, pretty amazing, even for the NY Slime?
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Irish Rose Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:49:59am |
re: #582 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Back... Mother doing fine after surgery. Hoping she can move to the Rehab Hospital today, but we'll see how she's doing.
Thanks for all the well wishes!
Very glad to hear it!
| 591 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:50:11am |
re: #577 Nevergiveup
ADL furious over 'NY Times' cartoon
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
And the ADL thought the NYTs was EVER on their side? Time to wake up and open your eyes.
Somehow I don't see the media outrage over this equalling the chimp.
| 592 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:50:11am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:51:06am |
re: #584 Walter L. Newton
I think I've already name-dropped this to you, but I know Simon Pegg.
No you haven't, and you lucky bastard! (I'm assuming you're lucky, he might be a tool, but, I would not guess that).
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Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:51:09am |
re: #587 Irish Rose
For those that missed it we had a fun discussion about the Three Stooges mystique on yesterdays' afternoon open.
By way of experimention, I went to the pub last night and asked a couple of the guys at the bar to explain the "Three Stooges" thing to me.
Almost immediately had a crowd of men standing around, all of them nodding their heads in approval and recalling their favorite Stooge moments. The women did what they usually do, when the topic comes up.
WTF is it with that, really? Why the hell are men so mesmerized by violent humor? The "Stooge" obsession seems to be an almost universal American male bonding ritual.
/still clueless
Two words:
It's funny.
(ok, maybe that's three...) Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:51:45am |
re: #587 Irish Rose
Three Stooges movie is being made. Didja know?
| 596 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:51:45am |
Referring to Mubarak as "my dear friend," Peres expressed deep appreciation for Mubarak's leadership and his efforts towards peace and stability in the Middle East. Peres told Mubarak that for many years he had been like a solid rock that could not be moved by swirling waters, and added that every Israeli leader has the most profound respect for him.
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
Well, I guess Peres can sling the bullshit with the best of them.
| 597 |
Irish Rose Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:52:19am |
re: #595 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Three Stooges movie is being made. Didja know?
Yeah that's what started the discussion yesterday.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:52:41am |
re: #594 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Two words:
It's funny.
(ok, maybe that's three...) Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
The Eye Poke Block is my favorite.
| 599 |
apachegunner Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:53:06am |
re: #588 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
What's up rich boy!? Waiting on the coffee to finish, then? Yeah, just a splash though, and I'll sock ya!
eeeeerrrrrrrr, I don't want people to know I'm rich ya know? kinda unpopular thing to be dontcha thinK?
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:53:09am |
re: #595 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Three Stooges movie is being made. Didja know?
The casting seems kind of odd. Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio del Torro.
| 601 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:53:38am |
re: #595 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Three Stooges movie is being made. Didja know?
A modern "version" just won't be right. Actors trying to act like the stooges just can't give the feel of stooges raised on Vaudeville.
| 602 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:53:47am |
re: #595 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Three Stooges movie is being made. Didja know?
Sean Penn, Larry
Jim Carrey, Curly
Benicio Del Toro, Moe.
Seriously.
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Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:54:02am |
re: #600 soxfan4life
The casting seems kind of odd. Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio del Torro.
Sean Penn is a stooge!
Oh wait...you meant...never mind?
| 604 |
Irish Rose Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:54:55am |
I mean seriously fellows, wtf?
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Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:55:15am |
re: #598 SasquatchOnSteroids
The Eye Poke Block is my favorite.
Move up to graduate levels of stooge, where Curly shows Moe is hand out, Moe hits it and it goes in a circle and slaps Curly on the nose.
...ahhh... that feels good.
| 606 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:55:22am |
re: #603 Chicago Blonde
Maybe he'll get several "accidental" pokes in the eye...
"Cut! Okay, let's try that again. Action! Cut! Okay, let's try that again."
| 607 |
Rustler Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:55:29am |
re: #601 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Carrey is a good stooge Penn and Del Toro probably terrible choices.
| 608 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:55:33am |
re: #603 Chicago Blonde
Sean Penn is a stooge!
Oh wait...you meant...never mind?
If a stooge is a commie America hating deuche then Sean Penn is a stooge.
| 609 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:57:14am |
re: #604 Irish Rose
I mean seriously fellows, wtf?
[Video]
There... now you see what we mean.
That's great stuff.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:58:59am |
re: #604 Irish Rose
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
BWAHAHAHAHAH!
| 612 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:59:00am |
re: #606 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That's why I could never be a director. Temptation would be too great.
"But Sean, you NEED to wear that suit made of honey and crawl through the bear cave. It ADDS, baby."
/Of course...
| 613 |
Erik The Red Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:59:26am |
Anyone else see this? 'Obama's brother falls ill'
Kenya - A Kenyan health official says President Barack Obama's older half-brother has been hospitalised with stomach pains and is being tested for cholera.
I wonder if 44 will send him his personal doctor?
| 614 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 5:59:43am |
re: #608 soxfan4life
I wanted to see Milk but I'm worried Penn's mug would trip the gag reflex...
| 615 |
Irish Rose Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:00:33am |
Charles apparently shares your enthusiasm.
/
| 616 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:00:48am |
re: #607 Rustler
Carrey is a good stooge Penn and Del Toro probably terrible choices.
Once again proving Hollywood hasn't had an original idea in 30 years. (Exception in the case of Matrix, that was new and different).
| 617 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:02:52am |
re: #616 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Original is really, really hard.
| 618 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:03:58am |
re: #617 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Original is really, really hard.
They get paid really, really a lot. :-)
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:04:09am |
re: #614 Chicago Blonde
I wanted to see Milk but I'm worried Penn's mug would trip the gag reflex...
Watched it with the missus,(the things we do for love). Was actually able to stomach him in that.
| 621 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:05:22am |
I can separate the actor and the role.
"Burn After Reading" was fantastic.
| 622 |
Irish Rose Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:05:31am |
Trying to envision the male bonding scenario at the local movie theatre when the remake of the Three Stooges arrives.
Do they have an actual production date yet for this masterpiece of American film making?
| 623 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:07:06am |
re: #621 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
"Burn After Reading" was fantastic.
Yes it was. I like pretty much everything the Coens do. And yep, it's original.
| 624 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:07:13am |
re: #622 Irish Rose
2010, I'll see it. And, "Why I oughta...."
| 625 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:09:04am |
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:11:32am |
re: #620 rightside
Just another part of the master plan.
And yet the lefties all screamed Bush and Cheney were the fascists. Fn idiots.
| 627 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:11:57am |
Since we're talking movies, what did you Lizards think of Fargo?
I loved it but the first time I saw it, it was like a kick in the stomach.
| 628 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:12:44am |
NORK rocket on the pad!
Calls Clinton's empty bluff.
Over/Under on flight distance?
I get 10 miles.
| 629 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:13:08am |
re: #627 Chicago Blonde
Since we're talking movies, what did you Lizards think of Fargo?
I loved it but the first time I saw it, it was like a kick in the stomach.
Fargo was a great movie.
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soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:13:14am |
re: #627 Chicago Blonde
Since we're talking movies, what did you Lizards think of Fargo?
I loved it but the first time I saw it, it was like a kick in the stomach.
Fargo is great.The wife and I refer to each other as Norm and Marge.
| 631 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:13:22am |
re: #627 Chicago Blonde
Never looked at a wood-chipper the same again.
| 632 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:13:57am |
re: #628 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Reported or actual?
| 633 |
Irish Rose Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:14:00am |
| 634 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:14:33am |
re: #632 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Reported or actual?
Heh... reported... FNC just ran the headline, no details yet.
| 635 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:15:03am |
It was great - but none of my friends got it! Not even Mr. Blonde. I love it though. When it first started and we had that dark music and that shot of all that freaking SNOW I knew I was in for something good.
| 636 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:16:09am |
re: #628 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Where's J. Bolton when we need him!
I'd love to hear his take on this whole thing!
Although I think I know what he'd say.....And it would be
edited!
Love that guy!
| 637 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:17:11am |
re: #636 reloadingisnotahobby
Hey Reloading!
Long time, no see... has the price of 45 ammo figured itself out yet?
| 638 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:17:17am |
re: #636 reloadingisnotahobby
Was on John Gibson's radio show yesterday. He sounds so much more even keeled that he was reported to be. I'd vote of him for National office.
ROMNEY/BOLTON '12!
| 640 |
summergurl Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:19:06am |
re: #568 Chicago Blonde
That really disturbed me - exhorting us to share and spread the wealth when his brother was living on a dollar a month.
And when he was talking about giving to charity in his news conference all I could think about was that charity begins at home. Look at his aunt, in public housing and on the dole.
| 641 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:19:12am |
Give me a break. Here's someone who doesn't get it.
It's good to see his sense of humor! LAUGH at that economy!
| 642 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:19:48am |
re: #639 rightside
If you have a dark sense of humor you would probably love Fargo.
| 643 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:20:24am |
Fox News is showing how the Post Office is losing billions and wants to cut mail delivery to 5 days aweek, how long until Geithner, Frank, 0bama, and company call for a government takeover. After all the US Postal service is too big to fail.
| 644 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:20:42am |
re: #640 summergurl
And when he was talking about giving to charity in his news conference all I could think about was that charity begins at home. Look at his aunt, in public housing and on the dole.
Yep. Charity is only for us plebeians.
| 645 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:20:45am |
re: #637 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
It's advertised as still below 20$ ?
But allways out of stock!
I've got plenty ...but I don't waste it at the range!
I'm saving up for a progressive press for 9mm and .45!
Single stag is so time consuming!
My evil; assualt pistol is on it's way!
(9mm .....)
| 646 |
_RememberTonyC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:21:40am |
2012 Prediction:
Judd Gregg/John Bolton
I like JB as the VP and Consigliere ...
Gregg is the only Repub stepping up right now.
| 647 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:21:43am |
re: #641 Chicago Blonde
Obama supporters are trying to give vapidity a good name.
| 648 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:22:24am |
re: #645 reloadingisnotahobby
It's advertised as still below 20$ ?
But allways out of stock!
I've got plenty ...but I don't waste it at the range!
I'm saving up for a progressive press for 9mm and .45!
Single stag is so time consuming!
My evil; assualt pistol is on it's way!
(9mm .....)
OK... so supply still stinks. (Forgot to ask about both).
Assault pistol? You empty it at the bad guy, then throw it at him and get charges with assault?
| 649 |
livefreeor die Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:22:27am |
re: #613 Erik The Red
Anyone else see this? 'Obama's brother falls ill'
Kenya - A Kenyan health official says President Barack Obama's older half-brother has been hospitalised with stomach pains and is being tested for cholera.
I wonder if 44 will send him his personal doctor?
No, but he'll send him 25 DVDs and a Marine One plastic helicopter.
Morning, everyone.
| 650 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:22:29am |
re: #646 _RememberTonyC
Just love the idea of Bolton in the Cheney Chair.
| 652 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:23:46am |
re: #647 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Obama supporters are trying to give vapidity a good name.
I thought it was stupidity.
| 653 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:23:56am |
re: #648 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Wouldn't be much left with thirty rounds in the bad guy!
LOL
| 654 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:24:07am |
re: #645 reloadingisnotahobby
There is still no non-hollow point .45 ACP near me. Shot my last 100 rounds the other day at the range. (Still have two magazines full though just in case)
Next weekend, the son turns 18, taking him to the range, and letting him have at it.
| 655 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:24:51am |
re: #650 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Bolton speaks his mind and means EVERYTHING he say's!
IMHO!
| 656 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:25:42am |
FNC: "Military sources say their satellite images show the rocket on the pad."
Easy to kill it there... hint, hint.
| 657 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:26:27am |
re: #654 rightside
Spoke to my son in Fl.. last night !
He hinted at wanting a hand gun for his twenty first BD!
I think I can make that happen!;-)
| 658 |
_RememberTonyC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:26:37am |
re: #650 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Just love the idea of Bolton in the Cheney Chair.
It helps to get solid advice from the VP ...
| 659 |
livefreeor die Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:26:49am |
re: #656 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
FNC: "Military sources say their satellite images show the rocket on the pad."
Easy to kill it there... hint, hint.
It will probably blow up on the pad or crash and burn within seconds. They are likely using Soviet technology after all.
| 660 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:27:05am |
re: #656 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
FNC: "Military sources say their satellite images show the rocket on the pad."
Easy to kill it there... hint, hint.
Alot easier than once it's in the air.
| 661 |
Macker Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:27:28am |
re: #104 Slumbering Behemoth
The Empire's Official Defense Strategy
Somehow reminds of the current, and pointless, 'conservative' talking head strategy.
Um...shouldn't that be spelled with a 'c' instead of an 's' because so many Imperial officials spoke Galactic Standard with an English accent?
| 662 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:28:34am |
re: #657 reloadingisnotahobby
Going to teach my younger daughter the proper use of firearms and take her there too, after she completes the basic hunters safety course.
| 663 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:28:38am |
re: #659 livefreeor die
Or go off course and land in So.Korea and ruine everyones day!
////
| 664 |
Macker Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:28:45am |
re: #613 Erik The Red
Anyone else see this? 'Obama's brother falls ill'
Kenya - A Kenyan health official says President Barack Obama's older half-brother has been hospitalised with stomach pains and is being tested for cholera.
I wonder if 44 will send him his personal doctor?
Either that, or throw more money at Kenya...at Taxpayers' expense of course.
/ugh
| 665 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:28:47am |
re: #650 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Just love the idea of Bolton in the Cheney Chair.
Unfortunately for us as a nation after 4 years of 0bama/Biden the VP Chair will look more like the court jester.
| 666 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:29:05am |
re: #660 soxfan4life
Alot easier than once it's in the air.
Also might take a few technicians with it.
| 667 |
livefreeor die Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:29:29am |
re: #663 reloadingisnotahobby
Or go off course and land in So.Korea and ruine everyones day!
////
Well, the good news for Obama in that scenario is that he get's to have another-gasp-press conference!
| 668 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:30:07am |
re: #666 Nevergiveup
Also might take a few technicians with it.
Won't happen then, 0bama and crew would look at them as innocent civilians.
| 669 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:31:07am |
re: #667 livefreeor die
Well...He will be test!
Joe said so!
I thought that happened when the teleprompter failed!
But what do I now!/
| 670 |
yesandno Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:32:24am |
re: #656 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
FNC: "Military sources say their satellite images show the rocket on the pad."
Easy to kill it there... hint, hint.
Guess they are hoping the Israelis do it.....
/very sarcastic
| 671 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:32:51am |
re: #670 yesandno
Guess they are hoping the Israelis do it.....
/very sarcastic
Gonna be a long assed flight in an F-16...
| 672 |
Beach Lover Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:33:09am |
Morning, lizards. Sorry if this is a repost, but if this doesn't get your blood moving, you need medical help. And from what I understand, the first step if this is being voted on today in the Senate. Read it and make sure to send it on.
FTA...
As WorldNetDaily reported:
The legislation also refers to ‘uniforms’ that would be worn by the ‘volunteers’ and the ‘need’ for a ‘public service academy, a 4-year institution’ to ‘focus on training’ future ‘public sector leaders.’ The training, apparently, would occur at ‘campuses.’... The new bill specifically references the possibilities ‘if all individuals in the United States were expected to perform national service or were required to perform a certain amount of national service.’ Such new requirements perhaps, the legislation notes, ‘would strengthen the social fabric of the Nation and overcome civic challenges by bringing together people from diverse economic, ethnic, and educational backgrounds.’No one, apparently with the exception of infants, would be excluded: ‘The means to develop awareness of national service and volunteer opportunities at a young age by creating, expanding, and promoting service options for elementary and secondary school students, through service learning or other means, and by raising awareness of existing incentives.’
And now just look at what some of the Organising for America cadres were saying on the streets of Birmingham, Alabama:
‘We're looking for supporters,’ said DeHaven of Hoover, one of the event's organizers. ‘We're not looking for a fight. That will come later, when we have an army.’
Two months in – and it’s all there, folks, for those with eyes to see.
| 673 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:33:19am |
re: #669 reloadingisnotahobby
Well...He will be test!
Joe said so!
I thought that happened when the teleprompter failed!
But what do I now!/
Maybe he's planning on sending Kim Jong Il some kimchi and ramen noodles as a peace offering.
| 674 |
_RememberTonyC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:33:30am |
re: #664 Macker
at the next press conference, maybe someone in the media will grow a pair and ask him to comment on his brother's plight.
Or perhaps "Bro" was tossed under the bus but refuses to die?
| 675 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:33:50am |
re: #670 yesandno
Guess they are hoping the Israelis do it.....
/very sarcastic
I am not sure why you are being sarcastic. Are you assuming Obama knows where both North Korea and Israel are to each other?
| 676 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:33:53am |
re: #665 soxfan4life
Unfortunately for us as a nation after 4 years of 0bama/Biden the VP Chair will look more like the court jester.
2 days in the chair/Bolton will improve the perception. 2 days.
| 677 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:35:03am |
Good morning you all - from a cool (44 degrees, going up to 62 degrees) and VERY rainy Charlotte!
How is everyone this morning?
| 678 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:35:14am |
Good morning Lizards. Anyone catch South Park last night?
| 679 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:35:19am |
re: #672 Beach Lover
Hi Beach Lover.
Yes, I've read that and it's creepy that such an idea would even see the light of day.
| 680 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:35:59am |
re: #676 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
2 days in the chair/Bolton will improve the perception. 2 days.
Can't we just make Cheney VP for life? There is no term limit for VP is there?
| 681 |
livefreeor die Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:36:25am |
re: #678 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Good morning Lizards. Anyone catch South Park last night?
Taped it but haven't watched it yet. What was the theme?
| 682 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:36:39am |
Maybe I'm just allitle twited!LOL
But if they followed the "Mouse That Roared" model they would be picking a fight with China!
Let them "Marshall Plan China" into oblivion!
| 684 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:39:02am |
re: #681 livefreeor die
Taped it but haven't watched it yet. What was the theme?
The economy. Pretty good swipes at the Treasury, the media, Wall Street, the American consumer & The One. And Cartman coined a new anti-Semitic phrase - "Jew-cave"
| 685 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:39:30am |
And I just heard about this tidbit:
Saudi women upset lingerie shops won't employ female clerks
Words fail.
| 686 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:39:49am |
The Taliban offensive in Afghanistan is aided partly by support from operatives in Pakistan's military intelligence agency, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
Maybe this is news to the NY Times, but this is like 15 years old. Maybe someone should clue them in?
| 687 |
_RememberTonyC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:41:57am |
Judd Gregg could have been in Obama's cabinet, but declined. In the first months of the Obama Era, Gregg has stepped up with plenty of negative feedback on the new Prez. What about a New Englander to oppose Obama in 2012?
Gregg/Romney or Romney/Gregg perhaps?
| 688 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:41:58am |
re: #686 Nevergiveup
Good morning! Why clue in the NY Times NOW? We're close to being rid of 'em and I sure don't want to throw them a lifeline!
| 689 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:42:36am |
re: #685 Chicago Blonde
So.... MEN sell Lingerie to women?
WTF...Then behead them for showing alittle.....
| 690 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:42:53am |
re: #688 realwest
Good morning! Why clue in the NY Times NOW? We're close to being rid of 'em and I sure don't want to throw them a lifeline!
You just answered your own question, RW.
| 691 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:43:43am |
re: #689 reloadingisnotahobby
So.... MEN sell Lingerie to women?
WTF...Then behead them for showing alittle.....
Right? I can't even...hang on, my head just 'sploded and I need a squeegee to clean my monitor.
| 692 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:43:51am |
re: #688 realwest
Good morning! Why clue in the NY Times NOW? We're close to being rid of 'em and I sure don't want to throw them a lifeline!
Good point.
| 693 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:44:08am |
re: #690 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thanks BDVM! I can always count on me to answer my own questions! LOL!
How are you today?
| 694 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:44:17am |
Wow!
this thing is slow today!
OR...I've had to much coffee!
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:44:22am |
re: #690 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Forget I said that, I thought you were talking about the NYT informing the world that Pakistan was aiding in the anti-Taliban fight, not responding to Nevergiveup's own comment.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:45:34am |
re: #693 realwest
Thanks BDVM! I can always count on me to answer my own questions! LOL!
How are you today?
Doing OK. Still trying to raise awareness for my "Terminal Lack of Motivation: Sit Around For The Cure" charity.
| 698 |
Mad Al-Jaffee Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:45:42am |
re: #678 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Yeah, it was pretty good. I loved the headless chicken bit.
| 699 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:45:51am |
re: #689 reloadingisnotahobby
So.... MEN sell Lingerie to women?
WTF...Then behead them for showing alittle.....
Uh, I think that's the idea - if no women or men can sell lingerie, then it won't be sold and Mohammed (PBUH) won't be offended.
God forbid we should offend him.
| 700 |
FrogMarch Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:46:08am |
Good morning everyone! (and good day and good night)
| 701 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:47:01am |
re: #691 Chicago Blonde
Need a ShamWow?
I'll market clear tear off monitor protecters!
Yea! That's the ticket!
I'll make Million in the next four years!
| 702 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:47:03am |
re: #687 _RememberTonyC
Judd Gregg could have been in Obama's cabinet, but declined. In the first months of the Obama Era, Gregg has stepped up with plenty of negative feedback on the new Prez. What about a New Englander to oppose Obama in 2012?
Gregg/Romney or Romney/Gregg perhaps?
Because of people like Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, and Micheal Dukakis most of the country believes nothing but liberals come from New England.
| 703 |
vxbush Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:47:10am |
Hello, everyone. I'm working at home today because I decided to practice my axel on the concrete last night. Oh, yeah--no ice. Stepped on a large rock and rolled my ankle but good. I can stand, but being in the shower this morning convinced me that I wasn't up to going anywhere. And the thought of driving nearly made me cry.
| 704 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:47:40am |
re: #696 rightside
Hye rightside! I love this " The Fishwrap Rescue and Recovery Act of 2009"! LOL!
| 705 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:47:48am |
re: #699 realwest
Uh, I think that's the idea - if no women or men can sell lingerie, then it won't be sold and Mohammed (PBUH) won't be offended.
God forbid we should offend him.
islam's view of the Almighty has him as being more sensitive to offense than a "womyn's studies" professor at a mid-sized liberal arts college.
| 706 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:48:52am |
re: #697 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Hey, do y'all need some members of the board of directors of that charity?!?
| 707 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:49:10am |
re: #704 realwest
Hye rightside! I love this " The Fishwrap Rescue and Recovery Act of 2009"! LOL!
Michelle comes up with some great headlines, but the thought of taking taxpayer money to prop up failing liberal media outlets make me apoplectic.
| 708 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:49:20am |
re: #703 vxbush
Hot water and Epsom's Salt!
Call me in the Morning.......ah After 9am ...I'm off tomm....
| 709 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:50:00am |
re: #703 vxbush
When I woke up this morning I seriously thought it was Saturday.
But...my ankle's okay. So, you win.
| 710 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:50:01am |
re: #701 reloadingisnotahobby
That's it - ShamWow dude is behind all this mess. He makes a killing selling those things to those of us left with common sense when our heads 'splode.
/Alex Jones said.
| 711 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:50:34am |
re: #702 soxfan4life
And don't forget (as if we could) Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe from Maine!
Are there any Republican office holders in New England (I mean congresscritters, not local politicians)?
| 712 |
vxbush Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:50:35am |
re: #708 reloadingisnotahobby
Hot water and Epsom's Salt!
Call me in the Morning.......ah After 9am ...I'm off tomm....
Heh. But 2 aspirin aren't going to handle it very well. Now I do have some vicodin....
| 714 |
yesandno Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:51:08am |
re: #675 Nevergiveup
I am not sure why you are being sarcastic. Are you assuming Obama knows where both North Korea and Israel are to each other?
: ) You do have a legitimate point!
(Based on the ever popular comment, "Let George do it"...now George is BeBe)
| 715 |
vxbush Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:51:23am |
re: #709 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
When I woke up this morning I seriously thought it was Saturday.
But...my ankle's okay. So, you win.
All day yesterday I kept thinking it was either Monday or Friday. I couldn't decide which. Very weird. Maybe that's why i ended up falling to the ground--I couldn't decide which way to go.
| 716 |
Beach Lover Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:51:30am |
re: #679 Chicago Blonde
I guess his plan is to throw so much crap at us, we will miss most of the truly scary stuff cause the MSM has focused us on the economy and the AIG mess. (Glenn Beck had a demo with the rotten fish) Made his point, even if he is a little off the wall...I like him.
| 717 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:51:46am |
re: #707 rightside
Michelle comes up with some great headlines, but the thought of taking taxpayer money to prop up failing liberal media outlets make me apoplectic.
You aint seen nothin yet. Wait until they get their diversity in ownership of media outlets in. We'll be propping up newspapers, radio stations and television networks to promote their progressive agenda. Even more than we no with NPR and PBS.
| 718 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:51:47am |
re: #712 vxbush
I couldn't operate a Vacumn Cleaner on that shit!
Must why I liked it...............hmmmmm!
| 719 |
turn Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:51:51am |
Good morning all,
I had to laugh when I read this from the AP just now:
"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned such a "provocative act" could jeopardize the stalled talks on supplying North Korea with aid and other concessions in exchange for dismantling its nuclear program."
jeopardie stalled talks? Ha!
| 720 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:51:56am |
OT (since there isn't one)...
I just had visions of Van Gogh, "Starry Night".
Sigh. Nice.
| 721 |
_RememberTonyC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:52:23am |
I've been saying for months that I suspected george soros was doing well off of our misery. In fact, I think he has caused some of it.
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
| 722 |
lurking faith Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:52:24am |
re: #510 Sharmuta
On the thread Charles posted last night, pink freud posted the information on the new 0bama tax brackets. Maybe just printing that information and handing it out would wake up quite a few people.
I'm not sure what wake-up call you're expecting this to be. The marginal tax brackets for 2009 look pretty similar to those for 2008; they've just raised the threshholds a bit for each new rate to kick in. And the top marginal rate on ordinary income is still 35 percent.
When you look at the 2009 chart, you have to remember that "0" is the beginning of taxable income, not gross income. We will still have personal exemptions and deductions. linky So a single person with $15,050 in gross income for 2009 will have zero taxable income.
| 723 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:52:40am |
Good morning from the Land of Larceny*.
Some jackass in the state senate is proposing revenue speed cameras along our interstates. Why not just raise the limits from and silly, archaic, outdated, outmoded 55 to a safe, sane, modern 70 mph instead? That would make more sense, IMHO.
Also, Rahm Emanuel made the paper, and not in a good way. It's potentially threadworthy.
Rahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant
Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge fines and scalding condemnation of passive directors by a top federal regulator.
One of those allegedly asleep-at-the-switch board members was Chicago's Rahm Emanuel—now chief of staff to President Barack Obama—who made at least $320,000 for a 14-month stint at Freddie Mac that required little effort.
As gatekeeper to Obama, Emanuel now plays a critical role in addressing the nation's mortgage woes and fulfilling the administration's pledge to impose responsibility on the financial world.
Emanuel's Freddie Mac involvement has been a prominent point on his political résumé, and his healthy payday from the firm has been no secret either. What is less known, however, is how little he apparently did for his money and how he benefited from the kind of cozy ties between Washington and Wall Street that have fueled the nation's current economic mess.
Emanuel's as deep into this as Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. Wonder how deep Obama's involvement is?
*I propose this as the new state slogan for Illinois instead of Land of Lincoln.
| 724 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:52:43am |
Congress should have to dress like NASCAR drivers.
| 725 |
FrogMarch Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:53:04am |
re: #672 Beach Lover
Based on what's happening - it seems like our own government will push for more unions in the private sector, which will inevitably kill off entire industries at a time, and make them ripe for government take over. This fits nicely with the promotion of "GIVE" - working for the state. Soon - there will only BE the state.
| 726 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:54:02am |
re: #712 vxbush
That's it ..keep that foot up there....
By the way....Close the drapes!
Or get out the robe! Just sayin!
| 727 |
turn Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:54:04am |
re: #721 _RememberTonyC
I've been saying for months that I suspected george soros was doing well off of our misery. In fact, I think he has caused some of it.
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
He's "having a very good crisis". spit
| 728 |
FrogMarch Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:55:19am |
re: #685 Chicago Blonde
And I just heard about this tidbit:
Saudi women upset lingerie shops won't employ female clerksWords fail.
No kidding. I'm surprised selling lingerie is even possible?
| 729 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:55:26am |
re: #716 Beach Lover
What really scares me are the people who think this is a GOOD idea. It's a bad idea, on every level.
| 731 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:55:48am |
re: #711 realwest
And don't forget (as if we could) Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe from Maine!
Are there any Republican office holders in New England (I mean congresscritters, not local politicians)?
Not from here in MA we got the commie sweep. I think VT does as well. NH put Jeanne Shaheen in office so they're travelling down the path of MA and VT. We see what a R from ME looks like, Snowe and Collins. That leaves CT and RI, so no, I don't believe there are any Congress Critters from New England that are real Republicans.
| 732 |
WriterMom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:55:58am |
re: #278 TheMatrix31
OHMAHGAWD that is funny. That's going into my favourites. LOLOLOL!
| 733 |
_RememberTonyC Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:57:14am |
re: #702 soxfan4life
Because of people like Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, and Micheal Dukakis most of the country believes nothing but liberals come from New England.
we ARE outnumbered in New England ... but that makes us smarter and more resourceful.
| 734 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:57:23am |
re: #703 vxbush
Gee {vxbush} I really feel for ya! Are you sure you just pulled a muscle or something? I've "twisted" my ankle so badly playing sports, that I hadda sit - leg in the air - for a week or two and I was MUCH younger then!
| 735 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:57:56am |
re: #723 Honorary Yooper
0bama is in it up to and over his ears, why else would the waters be rising.
| 736 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:58:09am |
re: #728 FrogMarch
No kidding. I'm surprised selling lingerie is even possible?
The lingerie competition is an important part of the camel beauty contests.
| 737 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:58:17am |
re: #728 FrogMarch
No kidding. I'm surprised selling lingerie is even possible?
Well, it's just...blindingly stupid. I understand that mosques, restaurants and the like have different entrances for men and women. Wouldn't it make sense to have the shop with two separate rooms and counters, and have a man to sell stuff to men for their wives, and a woman for the woman shoppers?
Of course, aren't I silly thinking anything over there could make sense?
| 738 |
Lincolntf Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:59:12am |
re: #672 Beach Lover
Morning all.
A few years ago, I would have said that this "uniformed domestic security corps" or whatever the hell they call it, was the paranoid fantasy of some fringe element. But, having personally heard Obama state that that's exactly what he wants, including the hundreds of billions he proposed spending on it, I guess it's a real effort.
Any Administration/Party that would authorize/send a busload of agitators into wealthy areas, in the most naked display of ginning up class warfare that I've ever seen, would most certainly want a permanent standing force to enforce their policies or influence and intimidate citizens over the long haul.
Never underestimate the contempt for American ideals held by Leftists like Obama and his zombies in Congress.
| 739 |
vxbush Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:59:14am |
re: #726 reloadingisnotahobby
That's it ..keep that foot up there....
By the way....Close the drapes!
Or get out the robe! Just sayin!
Actually, I'm dressed with my nice mini-electric blanket on me and one of the kitties laying between my legs (I've got the recliner leaning back to prop up my foot), all toasty and warm. If I could get rid of my headache, I'd be doing quite well. Well, if I take the vicodin, I'll be doing well no matter what.
| 740 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:59:22am |
BTW, anyone else catch South Park last night. I damn near split my sides laughing at the end. The economy goes sour, and Kyle is the one helping to get it back on its feet. After Kyle does that (interestingly enough playing in a messiah role), the media credit none other than Barack Obama with it at the end.
| 741 |
FrogMarch Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:59:24am |
re: #736 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
The lingerie competition is an important part of the camel beauty contests.
up next - the goats. sexy goats.
| 742 |
reine.de.tout Thu, Mar 26, 2009 6:59:29am |
re: #703 vxbush
Hello, everyone. I'm working at home today because I decided to practice my axel on the concrete last night. Oh, yeah--no ice. Stepped on a large rock and rolled my ankle but good. I can stand, but being in the shower this morning convinced me that I wasn't up to going anywhere. And the thought of driving nearly made me cry.
OUCH!
Been there, done that.
I really can feel your pain.
| 744 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:00:09am |
re: #736 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
The lingerie competition is an important part of the camel beauty contests.
from the article:
The contestants were judged according to strict criteria that included long eyelashes and neck, curvature of the ears, the size of the nose relative to the face and fullness of the hump.
heh.
| 745 |
UFO TOFU Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:00:35am |
re: #720 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'll have whatever you're having.
| 746 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:01:07am |
re: #733 _RememberTonyC
we ARE outnumbered in New England ... but that makes us smarter and more resourceful.
We also have to deal with the Lib machine in Cambridge. They like to tell us how much smarter they are than us, don't you know. You can always tell a Harvard man, you just can't tell him anything.
| 747 |
reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:01:23am |
re: #739 vxbush
Ha! Hope ya heal up quick!Sprians just......ah..SUCK!
Gotta get busy again! It's SNOWING!
Have a great day All!
| 748 |
justabill Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:01:57am |
re: #68 BlueCanuck
Well potatoes are a communist plot. After all the pesky reds made vodka out of them.
/as conspiracies go it's one of the better ones.
I think your overgeneralizing a bit. While I have encountered some red potatoes, most of them are not...
| 749 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:02:04am |
I thought we were going to "bring the troops home now!"? ...oh yeah, except it will be more expensive than leaving them there, doncha know!
| 750 |
FrogMarch Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:02:08am |
re: #737 Chicago Blonde
Well, it's just...blindingly stupid. I understand that mosques, restaurants and the like have different entrances for men and women. Wouldn't it make sense to have the shop with two separate rooms and counters, and have a man to sell stuff to men for their wives, and a woman for the woman shoppers?
Of course, aren't I silly thinking anything over there could make sense?
No you are not silly - they are! If I were a Saudi female, I'd be terrified to even wander in there. I'd fear an undercover police man would grab her and say "the man across the street was looking at you and thinking dirty thoughts - off with your head" or something.
| 751 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:02:13am |
re: #723 Honorary Yooper
Good Morning HY - I like that for a State Motto, but 3 wood came up with a better one (I think) "Welcome to Illinois Where Our Govenors Make The License Plates"
LOL!
| 752 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:02:41am |
re: #740 Honorary Yooper
BTW, anyone else catch South Park last night. I damn near split my sides laughing at the end. The economy goes sour, and Kyle is the one helping to get it back on its feet. After Kyle does that (interestingly enough playing in a messiah role), the media credit none other than Barack Obama with it at the end.
Parker & Stone, unlike the twerps at SNL & The Daily Show, really don't give a rat's scrotum what people think about them & don't care to be invited to all the "right" Hollywood parties.
| 753 |
vxbush Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:03:15am |
re: #734 realwest
Gee {vxbush} I really feel for ya! Are you sure you just pulled a muscle or something? I've "twisted" my ankle so badly playing sports, that I hadda sit - leg in the air - for a week or two and I was MUCH younger then!
I've rolled my ankles so many times and had physical therapy for them I'm surprised they still hang together. So I know the drill fairly well. Rest, elevation, try to get the swelling down, then slowly start building the muscles back up.
| 754 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:03:19am |
Why aren't the Nork's convinced about Change We Can Believe In? Why are they so angry?
Blow the missile out of the sky...
| 755 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:04:42am |
re: #738 Lincolntf
Yep. Using our taxes for it too. And no matter what the intentions, why aren't people freaking out over the mandatory part?
The people that insist were crazy and there's nothing wrong with it need to wake up.
| 756 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:04:42am |
Good Morning Lizards! How is everyone today?
VX.. Do have much swelling in the ankle? Are you icing it down?
| 757 |
Beach Lover Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:04:49am |
re: #725 FrogMarch
agree...which makes perfect sense why he doesn't perform his "presidential" duties like any other. He does not see this job as another president. It was just the starting point he needed.
re: #723 Honorary Yooper
for some insight...read that substitute the names of Rove for Emanuel and Bush for Obama and see how that would have affected the news coverage.
| 759 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:05:49am |
re: #731 soxfan4life
Ah, that's what I thought. Wonder why that is? I mean I'm reasonably familiar with most of the NE States, and VT and NH at least USED to be bastions of free enterprize and individual responsibility.
Maybe because so much industry has left NE, they all feel the need for a "Nanny State" to protect 'em and put food on the table?
| 761 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:06:04am |
re: #728 FrogMarch
No kidding. I'm surprised selling lingerie is even possible?
But don't they sell women?
| 762 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:06:25am |
re: #758 rightside
HH!
Hi Rightside! Hope you are doing well today...
Guess what tonight is? March Maddess Continues!
| 763 |
vxbush Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:06:35am |
re: #756 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards! How is everyone today?
VX.. Do have much swelling in the ankle? Are you icing it down?
No, it didn't swell that much this time. There's a tiny bit under the part where the ankle bone protrudes on the outside, but there's no discoloration. So while I did ice it last night, I'm not sure how much I'm going to ice it today considering that any weight on it makes me very grumpy.
| 764 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:07:01am |
| 765 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:07:37am |
re: #738 Lincolntf
"Never underestimate the contempt for American ideals held by Leftists like Obama and his zombies in Congress."
Now THAT's a keeper!
| 766 |
Lincolntf Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:07:40am |
re: #755 Chicago Blonde
The people who insist such worries are "crazy" will have to explain to me why they think Obama lied about it. I distinctly remember his campaign pledge to spend as much as we do on our military on this absurd abomination.
Methinks the crazy ones are the ones who disbelieve their own ears because what they hear makes them feel "icky".
| 767 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:07:49am |
Well guys, I hate to leave but I need to get going. Have a great day all; I'll be back later if I can.
| 768 |
FrogMarch Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:08:26am |
Where's Walter? It's snowing! Colorado lizards - wake up and rejoice.
*most are probably stuck in traffic*
| 769 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:08:28am |
re: #759 realwest
Ah, that's what I thought. Wonder why that is? I mean I'm reasonably familiar with most of the NE States, and VT and NH at least USED to be bastions of free enterprize and individual responsibility.
Maybe because so much industry has left NE, they all feel the need for a "Nanny State" to protect 'em and put food on the table?
Because the libs that screwed up Massachusetts fled that state to the neighboring states, and the process begins anew. Like with locusts.
| 770 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:08:49am |
re: #764 HoosierHoops
Great! Just getting ready to scoot. You know. Work. Task. Chore.
/Real four-letter words. :)
| 771 |
FrogMarch Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:09:22am |
re: #761 Nevergiveup
But don't they sell women?
I would guess so. Slavery is alive and well in many parts of the world. Not sure about Saudi Arabia.
| 772 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:10:18am |
| 774 |
Beach Lover Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:10:46am |
re: #724 SasquatchOnSteroids
That is the best idea i've heard in a long time! Can you imagine a patch for every group you took money from? LOL and the bigger the contribution the larger (and more cororful)the patch! make em show who owns em!
| 775 |
Chicago Blonde Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:11:08am |
re: #766 Lincolntf
Before I go - yeah, I remember that too. The word "mandatory" is such a flag I still don't know why more people aren't questioning this. The ones that think it's a great idea can't articulate why either - they just insult us and call us wingnuts.
OK, really gotta go. Bye O Scaly Ones!
| 777 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:12:45am |
re: #754 tfc3rid
Good morning my friend, how's things in the Big Apple? I hear the MTA just put into effect a 25% increase in bus/subway fares?
And I LOVE the idea of shooting down the NORK missile, and if Obama thought about it, he would too (imagine the pressure that would take off of the US in terms of Russia and China?!) but it isn't going to happen. Obama will be afraid the NORKS won't love us again!
| 778 |
Ward Cleaver Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:12:59am |
re: #775 Chicago Blonde
Before I go - yeah, I remember that too. The word "mandatory" is such a flag I still don't know why more people aren't questioning this. The ones that think it's a great idea can't articulate why either - they just insult us and call us wingnuts.
OK, really gotta go. Bye O Scaly Ones!
Obama's shock troops.
| 779 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:13:16am |
re: #776 Ward Cleaver
Good morning all. it's almost Friday.
Like my dad says almost only counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades...
| 780 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:13:17am |
re: #773 Iron Fist
Food for thought on Obama and the need for his policies to fail, we have this little piece from PJ Media:
Obama's real policy to gun control appears to be as pervasively bad as any of the other policies he has espoused. It is becoming a distressingly familiar process. Obama makes a policy proposal, it receives little scrutiny, and then when you look at the details what he is really proposing goes much further in a much more controversial direction than his modest public statements would indicate. I'm not saying he's lying, I'm saying he's being deceptive. Even if there is truth in what he says there are still concealed aspects of it that won't bear the light of day.He must be vigorously opposed. On this, as on other policy positions Obama has taken, if Obama succeeds then America will be gravely harmed.
Shh! Don't say you want him to fail!
| 781 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:13:45am |
| 782 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:14:10am |
re: #756 HoosierHoops
Hi there Hoops! Well I'm feeling ok, just tired as all get out - LGF is addicting I tells ya! I was up past 2:30AM this morning out here!
Wish Charles would move to the Eastern Time Zone!
| 783 |
Ward Cleaver Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:14:23am |
re: #777 realwest
Good morning my friend, how's things in the Big Apple? I hear the MTA just put into effect a 25% increase in bus/subway fares?
And I LOVE the idea of shooting down the NORK missile, and if Obama thought about it, he would too (imagine the pressure that would take off of the US in terms of Russia and China?!) but it isn't going to happen. Obama will be afraid the NORKS won't love us again!
Obama's a dweeb. If he had to actually meet Kim Jong-Il, I bet he'd wet his pants.
| 784 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:14:26am |
re: #779 tfc3rid
Like my dad says almost only counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades and Atom Bombs...
| 785 |
Ward Cleaver Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:14:59am |
re: #784 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
And daisy cutters. And MOABs.
| 786 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:15:09am |
re: #777 realwest
Good morning my friend, how's things in the Big Apple? I hear the MTA just put into effect a 25% increase in bus/subway fares?
And I LOVE the idea of shooting down the NORK missile, and if Obama thought about it, he would too (imagine the pressure that would take off of the US in terms of Russia and China?!) but it isn't going to happen. Obama will be afraid the NORKS won't love us again!
Fare increases coming May 31 provided the MTA is not 'bailed out' by Albany... Not certain if that will ome to pass... My friend who commutes in via LIRR will have her monthly pass go from $280 to $351 per month... Yikes... More reasons to leave!
Do we expect a sternly worded letter to the norks? Will Japan do something? It's all very interesting...
BTW, enjoyed our trip last weekend to the Atlanta area... It's a possibility for us in terms of relocation...
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:15:12am |
re: #783 Ward Cleaver
Obama's a dweeb. If he had to actually meet Kim Jong-Il, I bet he'd wet his pants.
"Barack Obama, you are worthress!"
| 788 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:15:43am |
re: #774 Beach Lover
It would've stopped the AIG bonus bullshit dead in its' tracks.
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acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:16:00am |
re: #778 Ward Cleaver
Obama's shock troops.
As in, their in for a real shock when they try to implement his policies at people's front door, right?
/Don't Taze Me, Bro.
/Fine. Where'd I put the metal baseball bat?
| 790 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:16:13am |
re: #780 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Shh! Don't say you want him to fail!
He he he... I don't want America to fail but I want the President's agenda to fail... Because his agenda is destructive...
| 791 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:16:56am |
re: #769 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Because the libs that screwed up Massachusetts fled that state to the neighboring states, and the process begins anew. Like with locusts.
I'll say that about NH, but VT voted for Bernie Sanders overwhelmingly and he ran as a socialist.
| 792 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:17:27am |
Hiya, Lizard Nation!
Was just opening my online peper, and came across this - has it beenr eported yet?
Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
Suspect all ye want, FMFM - I think we all know in our bones who did it, so well done IAF, I say! Well done indeed!
| 793 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:17:32am |
re: #789 acwgusa
As in, their in for a real shock when they try to implement his policies at people's front door, right?
/Don't Taze Me, Bro.
/Fine. Where'd I put the metal baseball bat?
Ouch! That must have hurt!
| 794 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:17:47am |
Seriously. How many hours a day can a dog sleep?
| 795 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:18:01am |
| 796 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:18:15am |
re: #771 FrogMarch
I would guess so. Slavery is alive and well in many parts of the world. Not sure about Saudi Arabia.
Slavery is technically illegal in Saudi Arabia (since 1968, IIRC), but I would suspect that it is still practiced.
| 797 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:18:19am |
re: #769 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey LOL! Yep, just like Californians have moved to Washington State and Orgegon - or so the lizards from those two states say!
BTW - did you hear where California is thinking of either prohibitively taxing or out right outlawing cars that are painted black?! No shit - someone posted a link to that story yesterday on the DT!
| 798 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:18:31am |
re: #794 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Seriously. How many hours a day can a dog sleep?
Something like 18....
| 799 |
lawhawk Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:18:55am |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Two disturbing stories to report on this morning. The first is that despicable cartoon by Pat Oliphant. It's so wrong and evil on so many levels. I can't wait to hear Oliphant's excuse for the imagery chosen. /
The second is the 14-year-old girl facing child porn for posting nude photos of herself on her myspace page.
| 800 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:19:00am |
re: #794 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Seriously. How many hours a day can a dog sleep?
Have you met cats? Mine was still snoring on my keyboard when I left for work this morning.
| 801 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:19:54am |
re: #799 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Two disturbing stories to report on this morning. The first is that despicable cartoon by Pat Oliphant. It's so wrong and evil on so many levels. I can't wait to hear Oliphant's excuse for the imagery chosen. /
The second is the 14-year-old girl facing child porn for posting nude photos of herself on her myspace page.
Did you cross the GW this morning?
| 802 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:20:01am |
re: #782 realwest
Hi there Hoops! Well I'm feeling ok, just tired as all get out - LGF is addicting I tells ya! I was up past 2:30AM this morning out here!
Wish Charles would move to the Eastern Time Zone!
Hiya, {rw}!
It was an addictive thread - I had to read it all as well, couldn't tear myself away. Chores around the house were only done perfunctorily, as a resut.
Mind - at least it was morning here - I hope you can somehow make up for that lost sleep!
| 803 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:20:03am |
re: #797 realwest
LOL! Yep, just like Californians have moved to Washington State and Orgegon - or so the lizards from those two states say!
BTW - did you hear where California is thinking of either prohibitively taxing or out right outlawing cars that are painted black?! No shit - someone posted a link to that story yesterday on the DT!
Outlawing black cars, Rascists///
Who's their governor Nathan Bedford Forrest?
| 804 |
FrogMarch Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:20:08am |
re: #775 Chicago Blonde
Before I go - yeah, I remember that too. The word "mandatory" is such a flag I still don't know why more people aren't questioning this. The ones that think it's a great idea can't articulate why either - they just insult us and call us wingnuts.
OK, really gotta go. Bye O Scaly Ones!
"mandatory" is concerning.
| 805 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:20:23am |
re: #799 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Two disturbing stories to report on this morning. The first is that despicable cartoon by Pat Oliphant. It's so wrong and evil on so many levels. I can't wait to hear Oliphant's excuse for the imagery chosen. /
The second is the 14-year-old girl facing child porn for posting nude photos of herself on her myspace page.
When is Pat Oliphant not disgusting?
| 807 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:21:01am |
re: #803 soxfan4life
Outlawing black cars, Rascists///
Who's their governor Nathan Bedford Forrest?
Our leaders here in CA are idiots. Full stop.
| 808 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:21:22am |
re: #800 acwgusa
Have you met cats? Mine was still snoring on my keyboard when I left for work this morning.
My cats don't sleep all the time, but they do tend to take these naps between sleep sessions?
| 809 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:21:33am |
re: #783 Ward Cleaver
Nah, Obama would just challenge Kim to a game of Horse, winner takes all! And be astounded when Kim comes onto the court riding a real horse! LOL!
| 810 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:21:58am |
re: #799 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Two disturbing stories to report on this morning. The first is that despicable cartoon by Pat Oliphant. It's so wrong and evil on so many levels. I can't wait to hear Oliphant's excuse for the imagery chosen. /
The second is the 14-year-old girl facing child porn for posting nude photos of herself on her myspace page.
Wow, that fucker's 'cartoon's are insanely terrible... I wonder if people will make hell over this like the 'racist' NY Post political cartoon...
| 811 |
lobo91 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:22:10am |
re: #768 FrogMarch
Where's Walter? It's snowing! Colorado lizards - wake up and rejoice.
*most are probably stuck in traffic*
Hmm...thanks for reminding me to look outside (I'm about a mile from Walter). It wasnt snowing when I got up an hour ago, but it is now.
| 812 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:22:23am |
re: #808 Nevergiveup
My cats don't sleep all the time, but they do tend to take these naps between sleep sessions?
Mine take naps between destroying birds and chasing rabbits. Sad thing is, the rabbits win the foot race.
| 813 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:22:45am |
re: #786 tfc3rid
Oh great! Atlanta's a great city - not as nice as Charlotte perhaps, but we've already had that discussion!
| 814 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:22:47am |
re: #807 acwgusa
Our leaders here in CA are idiots. Full stop.
Being from the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts I'm all too familiar with idiots in charge. See Deval Patrick, Barney Frank, John Forbes Kerry, need I go on?
| 815 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:22:54am |
re: #782 realwest
Hi there Hoops! Well I'm feeling ok, just tired as all get out - LGF is addicting I tells ya! I was up past 2:30AM this morning out here!
Wish Charles would move to the Eastern Time Zone!
Glad to hear you are feeling good today..
I'm going to ignore Avanti from now on..He ruins the fun I have here..
The first lizard to earn a GAZE from the Hoopster.
| 816 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:23:03am |
re: #792 yma o hyd
Hiya, Lizard Nation!
Was just opening my online peper, and came across this - has it beenr eported yet?
Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
Suspect all ye want, FMFM - I think we all know in our bones who did it, so well done IAF, I say! Well done indeed!
Y'know, it's roughly the same distance from Israel to Sudan as it is from Israel to Iran...
And I love that photo of the Israeli F-16I - it's like an F-16 on steroids! As soon as things settle down with my Mom & I can spare a few bucks, I know a guy in Israel who makes custom model kits for the F-16I, and one has my name on it!
| 817 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:23:10am |
re: #794 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Seriously. How many hours a day can a dog sleep?
22 hours minimum - the remaining time is needed for feeding, going out and marking the territory, feeding, chewing some prize human possessions, feeding, playing with the human and feeding again.
Hope this answers your question!
:-)
| 818 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:23:20am |
re: #809 realwest
Nah, Obama would just challenge Kim to a game of Horse, winner takes all! And be astounded when Kim comes onto the court riding a real horse! LOL!
I thought Kim Jong Il has like some major brain surgery recently and on death's door... Man, he is good...
| 819 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:23:42am |
re: #799 lawhawk
The comments after that cartoon glaringly show why people like obama get elected.
| 820 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:24:03am |
re: #790 tfc3rid
Oh. Please. We went round and round and round on that last night until - well, after 2:00AM Eastern time!
| 821 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:24:12am |
re: #813 realwest
Oh great! Atlanta's a great city - not as nice as Charlotte perhaps, but we've already had that discussion!
Sorry realwest, my company has a very small suite in Charlotte and probably would not let me relocate there... They may not even let me relocate to ATL.
| 822 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:24:29am |
re: #819 rightside
The comments after that cartoon glaringly show why people like obama get elected.
Good lord. I need bleach for my eyes, brain, and soul now.
| 823 |
soxfan4life Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:25:00am |
re: #818 tfc3rid
I thought Kim Jong Il has like some major brain surgery recently and on death's door... Man, he is good...
If we went by the NK News Reports Kim Jong Il would have performed the brain surgery on himself.
| 824 |
lawhawk Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:25:07am |
re: #801 Nevergiveup
Nope. I take mass transit, but I heard about the massive traffic jams due to the multiple accidents (on the Deegan and under the apartments).
| 825 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:25:13am |
re: #797 realwest
LOL! Yep, just like Californians have moved to Washington State and Orgegon - or so the lizards from those two states say!
BTW - did you hear where California is thinking of either prohibitively taxing or out right outlawing cars that are painted black?! No shit - someone posted a link to that story yesterday on the DT!
Why? Black cars aren't harder to track on police radar or lasers. Doesn't anyone watch Mythbusters?
| 826 |
VegasRick Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:25:41am |
em>re: #812 acwgusa
Mine take naps between destroying birds and chasing rabbits. Sad thing is, the rabbits win the foot race.
The rabbits must have lucky feet.
| 827 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:25:52am |
re: #806 Iron Fist
I have two .40's, so I buy lots of that as well, it's in good supply though. I do need a few hundred rounds of .45, plus a 100 or so 30.06, and maybe 100 double ought buck.
| 828 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:25:52am |
re: #794 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Seriously. How many hours a day can a dog sleep?
I ruined my Dog! After feeding him really healthy foods..Italian, Chinese and the like..He refuses to eat dog food anymore..I bought 65 dollars of different dog foods and he refuses to even touch them.. He is a nut over Moo Goo Gai pan.
Now what?
| 829 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:26:15am |
Bold claims of stimulus jobs can't be measured
You know? I might just be smarter than I thought. I knew this was crap the minute it left their freaking lips.
| 830 |
lawhawk Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:26:19am |
re: #805 acwgusa
It's beyond the pale, even by his execrable standards.
| 831 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:26:37am |
re: #825 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Why? Black cars aren't harder to track on police radar or lasers. Doesn't anyone watch Mythbusters?
Remember, we let the crazies out of the asylum and elected to office here.
The really crazy ones run the budget.
| 833 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:27:44am |
re: #820 realwest
Oh. Please. We went round and round and round on that last night until - well, after 2:00AM Eastern time!
I see.... I was down the flu yesterday so I am catching up on threads...
| 834 |
lawhawk Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:27:46am |
re: #829 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Bold claims of stimulus jobs can't be measured
You know? I might just be smarter than I thought. I knew this was crap the minute it left their freaking lips.
You can't measure how he creates or saves X number of jobs.
You can measure jobs created. They either exist, or they don't. When you start throwing in jobs saved, anyone who has a job today that had a job yesterday is counted as a save. That means that Obama starts off with 536 people whose jobs were saved by his stimulus package - Congress plus the President.
| 835 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:27:47am |
re: #816 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Y'know, it's roughly the same distance from Israel to Sudan as it is from Israel to Iran...
And I love that photo of the Israeli F-16I - it's like an F-16 on steroids! As soon as things settle down with my Mom & I can spare a few bucks, I know a guy in Israel who makes custom model kits for the F-16I, and one has my name on it!
Excellent!
Yeah - I'm sure some people in the Iranian military will have taken notice of this.
Not that it'll influence the minds of the Mad Mullahs or of Dinenrjacket, but it is a very subtle hint addressed at Teheran, while being extremely useful at the same time.
Note that this took place in January - there must have been quite a few heavy-duty attempts to keep this secret.
Wonder if there was a helpful 'leak' from someone in the IDF?
| 836 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:28:24am |
re: #824 lawhawk
Nope. I take mass transit, but I heard about the massive traffic jams due to the multiple accidents (on the Deegan and under the apartments).
What a nightmare driving into town from Jersey... Man alive...
| 837 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:28:30am |
re: #826 VegasRick
em>re: #812 acwgusa
The rabbits must have lucky feet.
It's embarrassing to watch the rabbit outrun the cat. On the other hand, the rabbit is running full bore for its life, so its motivated! My cat gets bored halfway through. I didn't realize my short attention span was contagious to my cats.
| 838 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:28:38am |
re: #799 lawhawk
Good morning lawhawk! Some of the comments to the cartoon in your link are just astoundingly ignorant, like this one from "Howboutthemcowboys": ""The implication is of an Israeli policy without a head or a heart."
If the shoe fits..."
| 839 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:28:44am |
| 840 |
Kosh's Shadow Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:28:46am |
re: #832 Iron Fist
Obama ain't got the balls to do that. I'd say we're doing good if Obama doesn't offer to gift the Norks with our best telemetry data on the launch.
As a goodwill gesture, of course.
Or, if it blows up, offer to send our experts to figure out why and solve the problem.
| 841 |
lobo91 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:28:49am |
re: #825 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Why? Black cars aren't harder to track on police radar or lasers. Doesn't anyone watch Mythbusters?
They're convinced that black cars take more energy to cool off when they've been in the sun (which is probably true, but insignificant), so they want to ban them.
Seriously.
| 842 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:29:03am |
re: #797 realwest
What's wrong with a black car?
| 843 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:29:25am |
re: #829 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Bold claims of stimulus jobs can't be measured
You know? I might just be smarter than I thought. I knew this was crap the minute it left their freaking lips.
You can be President too! Or at minimum Treasury Secretary...
| 845 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:29:48am |
re: #841 lobo91
If I could have just held off for 14 seconds. Thanks.
| 846 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:30:22am |
re: #843 tfc3rid
I am also smart enough to know that I don't want the job(s).
| 847 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:30:22am |
re: #842 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
What's wrong with a black car?
I read the SF Gate every day..And have not come across any story about outlawing black cars.
| 848 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:30:54am |
re: #841 lobo91
They're convinced that black cars take more energy to cool off when they've been in the sun (which is probably true, but insignificant), so they want to ban them.
Seriously.
And I thought the Illinois General Assembly was bad. That's just fucking nuts.
| 849 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:30:58am |
re: #846 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I am also smart enough to know that I don't want the job(s).
And that alone makes you smarter than all politicians...
| 850 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:31:00am |
re: #828 HoosierHoops
I ruined my Dog! After feeding him really healthy foods..Italian, Chinese and the like..He refuses to eat dog food anymore..I bought 65 dollars of different dog foods and he refuses to even touch them.. He is a nut over Moo Goo Gai pan.
Now what?
Starve him for a couple of days - no food, no titbits, nothing.
Won't harm him, may even help his waistline - and after that he'll scoff what is in his bowl.
Mind - you've got to put up with his outrage - and the whole family must strictly follow the rules and not even give him a sneaky titbit.
Its hard to be a dog owner ...
| 851 |
Kosh's Shadow Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:31:16am |
re: #841 lobo91
They're convinced that black cars take more energy to cool off when they've been in the sun (which is probably true, but insignificant), so they want to ban them.
Seriously.
Obviously, they need cars that can change color, from reflective in the summer to black in the winter.
As a plus, gangs will love them for drive-by shootings.
/
| 852 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:31:20am |
re: #815 HoosierHoops
And let us hope that Avanti is the last lizard you need to GAZE.
| 853 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:31:20am |
| 854 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:31:45am |
re: #828 HoosierHoops
I ruined my Dog! After feeding him really healthy foods..Italian, Chinese and the like..He refuses to eat dog food anymore..I bought 65 dollars of different dog foods and he refuses to even touch them.. He is a nut over Moo Goo Gai pan.
Now what?
make him pay for it?
| 855 |
FrogMarch Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:32:52am |
re: #796 Honorary Yooper
Slavery is technically illegal in Saudi Arabia (since 1968, IIRC), but I would suspect that it is still practiced.
thanks.
| 857 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:33:23am |
re: #853 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You read the SF Gate?
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Grew up in No Cal. It's my connection to back home..Oh and I love reading the Napa Valley Register...got to keep up with my hometown ya know.
| 858 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:33:31am |
re: #839 Honorary Yooper
Never did figure out why rabbit's feet are considered lucky. It sure as hell wasn't a lucky foot for the rabbit.
Some people think a horse-shoe's gonna bring them lotsa luck;
A horse-shoe is a lucky charm of course;
But for every set of horse-shoes, human beings use for luck
Somewhere in this world's a barefoot horse...
-Alan Sherman, Lotsa Luck
| 859 |
lawhawk Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:33:38am |
Hmmm... this is a curiously worded report and headline: US Takes Ownership of Afghan War.
It talks about how the US is taking "ownership" of the war because of disputes with NATO and how the US is sending more troops and civilians to stabilize the country.
Here's the thing.
It ignores the real reason that NATO is getting sidelined. A large number of NATO members are not sending their fair share and are refusing to send their troops into the heat of combat, instead restricting them to safer duties in areas of the country that aren't beset by Taliban infiltration from Pakistan. The US is shouldering that burden pretty much by itself, as it has since 2001. NATO isn't living up to its obligations under the Treaty, but the Obama Administration is now engaging in what would have been called cowboy diplomacy back when Bush was in office because Obama's going it alone in Afghanistan - with a greatly reduced foreign troop presence assisting him.
Funny how that works.
| 860 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:34:15am |
re: #825 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Because in sunny, warm climes, black cars absorb a lot of heat and therefore take MUCH more air conditioning to cool off.
No, I'm not kidding - that IS the rationale.
| 861 |
lawhawk Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:34:43am |
re: #836 tfc3rid
On a good day, I could get from my home into midtown in under 30 minutes. When things get backed up, it could take me 30 minutes to get to the GW Bridge alone, and then another hour to get downtown.
At least with NJ Transit, I have a steady commute.
| 862 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:34:44am |
re: #850 yma o hyd
Starve him for a couple of days - no food, no titbits, nothing.
Won't harm him, may even help his waistline - and after that he'll scoff what is in his bowl.
Mind - you've got to put up with his outrage - and the whole family must strictly follow the rules and not even give him a sneaky titbit.Its hard to be a dog owner ...
Yup..Poor Winston is going to go hungry for a day or so..It's my fault he won't eat dog food anymore...
| 865 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:34:52am |
re: #852 realwest
And let us hope that Avanti is the last lizard you need to GAZE.
I'll give Avanti some credit. He hasn't pulled a Nodrog yet and gotten himself banned, and he is just purely annoying due to his own ignorance and naivity than anything else. As long as he isn't malicious, he'll stick around, and might actually learn something.
| 866 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:35:29am |
re: #833 tfc3rid
Well I sure hope you're feeling better today my friend!
| 867 |
WriterMom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:35:57am |
Whatever happened to "Just My View" ViewFromIreland's Second Incarnation? Anyone? Beuler?
| 868 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:36:03am |
re: #859 lawhawk
But never will you hear that the us is 'going it alone'... And never will you hear a criticism of Obama for it... It will be George Bush's fault because 'he started it...'
| 869 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:36:18am |
re: #860 realwest
Because in sunny, warm climes, black cars absorb a lot of heat and therefore take MUCH more air conditioning to cool off.
No, I'm not kidding - that IS the rationale.
They can pry my black car from my cold, dead hands.
| 870 |
lobo91 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:36:19am |
re: #845 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If I could have just held off for 14 seconds. Thanks.
The people running the California Air Research Board (CARB) are criminally stupid.
I bought my Mustang while I was on an extended TDY trip out there in 2007. The modifications I've done to it have both increased the horsepower by about 15% and increase the fuel economy by about 25% on the highway.
You'd think that would be a good thing, but nt in California. I was warned not to attempt to renew the CA registration, because the modifications were illegal there.
It now happily wears Colorado plates, and I get 27 mpg on the highway
| 871 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:36:24am |
re: #861 lawhawk
On a good day, I could get from my home into midtown in under 30 minutes. When things get backed up, it could take me 30 minutes to get to the GW Bridge alone, and then another hour to get downtown.
At least with NJ Transit, I have a steady commute.
Unless the caternary wires are down...
| 872 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:36:26am |
| 873 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:36:45am |
re: #867 WriterMom
Whatever happened to "
Just My View"ViewFromIreland's Second Incarnation? Anyone? Beuler?
Just My View From Ireland dropped out (not banned) after the election. I haven't seen him/her/it since then.
| 874 |
vxbush Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:36:52am |
re: #860 realwest
Because in sunny, warm climes, black cars absorb a lot of heat and therefore take MUCH more air conditioning to cool off.
No, I'm not kidding - that IS the rationale.
They will take my black car from my cold, dead, hands.
| 875 |
tfc3rid Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:37:24am |
re: #866 realwest
Well I sure hope you're feeling better today my friend!
Thanks realwest! Good news is that I got my VERY PRETTY Mets season ticket package yesterday... The Grand Opening game tickets for Citi Field are VERY nice, silver lining, apparently much nicer than the Yankees tix...
| 876 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:37:53am |
So, if they are going to ban black cars because of them taking too long to cool off....what other things would they ban to make even more so? Most roads are dark, ban those too. Buildings of dark color, Trees, etc., ban them all!
| 877 |
MandyManners Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:38:31am |
re: #839 Honorary Yooper
Never did figure out why rabbit's feet are considered lucky. It sure as hell wasn't a lucky foot for the rabbit.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
| 878 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:38:48am |
re: #865 Honorary Yooper
I'll give Avanti some credit. He hasn't pulled a Nodrog yet and gotten himself banned, and he is just purely annoying due to his own ignorance and naivity than anything else. As long as he isn't malicious, he'll stick around, and might actually learn something.
Stick around I am pretty sure, the learn part, ah not so sure about that.
| 879 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:38:52am |
re: #870 lobo91
The people running the California Air Research Board (CARB) are criminally stupid.
I bought my Mustang while I was on an extended TDY trip out there in 2007. The modifications I've done to it have both increased the horsepower by about 15% and increase the fuel economy by about 25% on the highway.
You'd think that would be a good thing, but nt in California. I was warned not to attempt to renew the CA registration, because the modifications were illegal there.
It now happily wears Colorado plates, and I get 27 mpg on the highway
I threaten to unhook my catalytic converter every Earth Day. On that stupid earth hour thing, I'm going to turn on every light in my house, and run every TV, game system, and appliance I have. Nutters in California ruin everything.
/Get a flashlight, I blew a fuse!
| 880 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:40:13am |
re: #852 realwest
And let us hope that Avanti is the last lizard you need to GAZE.
I didn't like the way he refers to the Navy...His stories about blowing up Vietnam Fishing boats with 3" shells is beyond the pale..I don't care about how much money he makes..How many times he goes to Vegas..or his opinions of Obama..
I know who this guy is..He is one of those old farts that sit at the slot machines in Vegas getting drunk and smoking every weekend with the blue hair ladies.. I'd like to buy him a drink and a pack of his favorite smokes....Here..let me light that for ya Avanti...
| 881 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:40:25am |
Teeheehee! See this:
David Cameron did his research before opening the new Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery of Medieval Europe at the British Museum. “There was actually a very very severe credit crunch in 1294,” the Conservative leader said. “Edward I had massively overborrowed from the Ricciardi Italian banker family. There was an enormous boom followed by a catastrophic bust. He didn’t muck around with recapitalising the banks, or even the G20. He just promptly seized their assets and declared war on France.”
Pity we can't do this any longer!
[Link: women.timesonline.co.uk...]
| 883 |
quickjustice Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:41:19am |
re: #842 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Black cars are sinister. They're used by sinister characters for black ops, and they're the rolling version of the black helicopters occupied by little green men carrying little green footballs that are constantly following me! ;-)
Oh, and you're not paranoid if the little green men really are after you! ;-)
| 884 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:41:49am |
re: #880 HoosierHoops
I didn't like the way he refers to the Navy...His stories about blowing up Vietnam Fishing boats with 3" shells is beyond the pale..I don't care about how much money he makes..How many times he goes to Vegas..or his opinions of Obama..
I know who this guy is..He is one of those old farts that sit at the slot machines in Vegas getting drunk and smoking every weekend with the blue hair ladies.. I'd like to buy him a drink and a pack of his favorite smokes....Here..let me light that for ya Avanti...
Now, now. Putting napalm in his exploding cigar would be funny, but think of the other gamblers.
| 885 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:41:50am |
re: #858 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That was from memory by the way. Haven't heard the song in over 20 years.
| 886 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:43:30am |
re: #884 acwgusa
Now, now. Putting napalm in his exploding cigar would be funny, but think of the other gamblers.
Chances are they are losers anyway. I mean according to the stats I read? Just saying.
/
| 887 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:43:57am |
re: #859 lawhawk
Well hell, everyone knows that Obama's just a cowboy practicising cowboy diplomacy! Y'all didn't beleive that nonsense about a "mix up" or "gaffe" on the gift to Gordon Brown, did ya? The sending of the letter to the FORMER President of France was in errror? Huh?
The video of New Year's greetings that Obama sent to the Iranian people?
C'mon folks - wise up - Obama's a Cowboy - those are some very thickly veiled diplomatic "shots across the bow" of other nations, Obama just did it to NATO cause he could rile up all of the European nations at one time with one little bitty sentence!
| 888 |
Bumr50 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:44:01am |
re: #879 acwgusa
I guess Nickelodeon is telling the kids to unplug and go outside on Earth Day.
Maybe we can all stand outside of a kids' house with a brightly pictorial copy of 'The Road to Serfdom.'
| 889 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:44:22am |
re: #881 yma o hyd
Teeheehee! See this:
David Cameron did his research before opening the new Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery of Medieval Europe at the British Museum. “There was actually a very very severe credit crunch in 1294,” the Conservative leader said. “Edward I had massively overborrowed from the Ricciardi Italian banker family. There was an enormous boom followed by a catastrophic bust. He didn’t muck around with recapitalising the banks, or even the G20. He just promptly seized their assets and declared war on France.”
Pity we can't do this any longer!
[Link: women.timesonline.co.uk...]
Declare war on France? It's been done to the point of becoming a cliche.
| 890 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:44:23am |
re: #862 HoosierHoops
Yup..Poor Winston is going to go hungry for a day or so..It's my fault he won't eat dog food anymore...
Beware his beseeching eyes!
I swear dogs practise how to look like the last, starving dog in the universe in front of the mirror, while we are away!
Harden your heart for a day or two - don't look in his eyes!
The one brilliant thing about dogs is that they are so immediate, and do not bear grudges for ever and ever.
Even if we subject them to that water torture known to us as shampooing ...
| 891 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:44:29am |
Obama bypassing news media, answering questions online
President Nitwit, when are you stepping down for the good of the country?
| 892 |
UFO TOFU Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:45:17am |
re: #870 lobo91
How would the DMV know about modifications that you did?
| 893 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:45:24am |
re: #865 Honorary Yooper
You're just the eternal optimist, aren't you?!?
:)
| 894 |
badger1970 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:45:36am |
re: #627 Chicago Blonde
A little late in replying but being from up there "Doncha' know." The dialect I thought was over the top until I listened to myself. I haven't seen it in awhile but I acutely remember the leg in the wood chopper and Macy running out on France McDonald's interview. Oh and Busecmi bitching about having to pay the parking fee.
| 895 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:47:02am |
re: #871 tfc3rid
"caternary wires"?!? Um, what the heck are they?
| 896 |
opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:47:22am |
re: #865 Honorary Yooper
I'll give Avanti some credit. He hasn't pulled a Nodrog yet and gotten himself banned, and he is just purely annoying due to his own ignorance and naivity than anything else. As long as he isn't malicious, he'll stick around, and might actually learn something.
I do not detect any malice in the guy. He gets beat up pretty good & seems to handle it.
My only criticism is when he is proven wrong on a point beyond a shadow of a doubt, he does not acknowledge it & just moves on.
That isn't a fatal flaw, but you know it would be nice.......
| 897 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:47:25am |
re: #890 yma o hyd
Beware his beseeching eyes!
I swear dogs practise how to look like the last, starving dog in the universe in front of the mirror, while we are away!
Harden your heart for a day or two - don't look in his eyes!The one brilliant thing about dogs is that they are so immediate, and do not bear grudges for ever and ever.
Even if we subject them to that water torture known to us as shampooing ...
He is a mega cute dog...It's hard to resist those eyes..
| 901 |
opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:49:04am |
re: #880 HoosierHoops
I didn't like the way he refers to the Navy...His stories about blowing up Vietnam Fishing boats with 3" shells is beyond the pale..I don't care about how much money he makes..How many times he goes to Vegas..or his opinions of Obama..
I know who this guy is..He is one of those old farts that sit at the slot machines in Vegas getting drunk and smoking every weekend with the blue hair ladies.. I'd like to buy him a drink and a pack of his favorite smokes....Here..let me light that for ya Avanti...
The Navy was not shelling fishing boats in Nam.
| 902 |
UFO TOFU Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:49:34am |
In California, if you find money on freeway and keep it, you might get charged with money laundering.
| 903 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:50:18am |
re: #889 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Declare war on France? It's been done to the point of becoming a cliche.
Not by Great Britain - and the last time, about 200 years ago, was more about Napoleon than about France.
But its true - the Fench, like the Germans, need occasionally to be taken down a peg or two, else they become uppity!
:-)
| 904 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:50:19am |
/Looks at pile of paperwork on desk.
/Looks back at Outlook Task List.
/Sigh.
/Must work, for the glory of the state.
/Gags....
| 905 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:51:07am |
re: #903 yma o hyd
Not by Great Britain - and the last time, about 200 years ago, was more about Napoleon than about France.
But its true - the Fench, like the Germans, need occasionally to be taken down a peg or two, else they become uppity!
:-)
Uppity French vs Uppity Germans. Hmmm. I'll take the uppity French, thank you.
| 906 |
quickjustice Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:51:11am |
re: #902 UFO TOFU
Putting filthy cash in washing machine = money laundering! ;-)
| 907 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:51:18am |
re: #897 HoosierHoops
He is a mega cute dog...It's hard to resist those eyes..
They are not meant to be resisted
| 908 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:51:39am |
re: #874 vxbush
Wonder if they'll make an exception for the President's motorcades in California or make the USSS and the President ride in all white automobiles?
| 911 |
vxbush Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:52:21am |
re: #908 realwest
Wonder if they'll make an exception for the President's motorcades in California or make the USSS and the President ride in all white automobiles?
HA! Good point!
| 912 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:52:23am |
It's only 11:00 AM and already I can't wait for the day to end. I don't think that is a good sign?
| 913 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:52:30am |
re: #897 HoosierHoops
He is a mega cute dog...It's hard to resist those eyes..
See - he's been practising in secret! I knew it!
| 914 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:52:55am |
re: #909 Iron Fist
OOO Krispy Kreme. I miss those. We don't have them in Chicago.
| 915 |
quickjustice Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:53:00am |
British foreign policy for the last eight hundred years, with a couple of minor exceptions: When in doubt, declare war on France! ;-)
| 916 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:53:47am |
re: #915 quickjustice
British foreign policy for the last eight hundred years, with a couple of minor exceptions: When in doubt, declare war on France! ;-)
That's been foreign policy for EVERYBODY at one time or another.
| 917 |
opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:53:49am |
| 918 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:53:51am |
re: #873 Honorary Yooper
Just My View From Ireland dropped out (not banned) after the election. I haven't seen him/her/it since then.
was that the one nicknamed assview, or some such thing?
| 919 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:54:13am |
re: #912 Nevergiveup
It's only 11:00 AM and already I can't wait for the day to end. I don't think that is a good sign?
All depends. Would be okay if your day had started at about 1 a.m.
| 920 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:54:16am |
re: #905 acwgusa
Uppity French vs Uppity Germans. Hmmm. I'll take the uppity French, thank you.
Heh - trouble is, they're so much closer to the British Isles ...
;-)
| 921 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:54:32am |
re: #889 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
"Declare war on France?" Why - what is it they have that we need? Oh wait, maybe we could grab all those nuclear reactors from which those uncivilized French people get 75% of their electricity!
| 922 |
MandyManners Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:54:49am |
| 923 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:54:58am |
re: #917 opnion
Successfuly avoided actual work.
Where is the town hall meeting today? Paris, France?
| 924 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:55:17am |
re: #913 yma o hyd
See - he's been practising in secret! I knew it!
He is so funny..When I walk into the door he starts hopping up and down squeeking and running in circles...
| 925 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:55:25am |
re: #909 Iron Fist
I think my co-workers are trying to kill me. After my lovely episode with my bloodsugar yesterday (it went almost to 500; I was good and wonkey for a while) we have one guy who brought in carmel-pecan cheesecake, and now they have Krispy Kream doughnuts in the breakroom.
Really, I think they are trying to kill me :-)
Yeah- and the whole "hae fruit! Natural sugar is so good" doesn't quite cut it. . . {IF}
| 926 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:55:26am |
re: #902 UFO TOFU
In California, if you find money on freeway and keep it, you might get charged with money laundering.
Got two words for them: Tough Shit. Once the money is simply flying through the air, it can be grabbed by anyone. Odds are, it's already been spent.
| 927 |
Vicious Babushka Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:55:27am |
re: #914 Afrocity
How are you feeling this morning, Afrocity?
| 928 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:55:50am |
re: #924 HoosierHoops
He is so funny..When I walk into the door he starts hopping up and down squeeking and running in circles...
So does my senile mother in law?
| 929 |
itellu3times Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:56:10am |
re: #799 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Two disturbing stories to report on this morning. The first is that despicable cartoon by Pat Oliphant. It's so wrong and evil on so many levels. I can't wait to hear Oliphant's excuse for the imagery chosen.
That is truly disgusting, coming from Oliphant, who back in the day was an outstanding cartoonist.
Looks like he has Creeping Carteritis, otherwise known as "the jimmies", in which an aging so-called progressive loses all connection with reality and recenters their world on antisemitism.
| 932 |
acwgusa Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:57:07am |
re: #926 Honorary Yooper
Got two words for them: Tough Shit. Once the money is simply flying through the air, it can be grabbed by anyone. Odds are, it's already been spent.
I don't think I would even want to touch that money. God knows only knows what kind of residue is still on it.
/Honey, what's a contact high?
| 933 |
badger1970 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:57:13am |
re: #907 Nevergiveup
They are not meant to be resisted
My beagle (aka beg-el) with those brown eyes, floppy ears and a head tilt makes it near impossible to resist giving him my food. Then I wake up, pretend to throw something and quickly finish my food before he realizes he's been duped.
Hounds are dumb dogs, beagles are dumb hounds and my dog is a dumb beagle (but wouldn't give him up for anything).
| 934 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:57:26am |
| 935 |
opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:57:26am |
re: #923 Afrocity
Where is the town hall meeting today? Paris, France?
Oh God, they have to get ouit of the White House. YHe & Michelle feel like prisoners.
Hell, I'll be a prisoner there. Wherfe is the phone to call the White House chef?
| 936 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:57:41am |
re: #927 Alouette
How are you feeling this morning, Afrocity?
Better, still weak. I will get some energy and then it goes. I am irritable now because I need to pee and the IV thingy is attached and I cant get up.
| 937 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:57:49am |
Senate reviewing how college football picks No. 1
[Link: www.google.com...]
And who was it that fiddled, while.........
| 938 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:57:58am |
re: #898 Iron Fist
That's where I've been getting my ammo from with the exception of the .45
100 rds of .40SW is $21, 30 rds of 12ga for $25, and 20 rds of 30.06 was $18
Not a garand, I have a Remington model 770, but would love one of those, or an M-14. Love that rifle.
Looking at a mini 30, and a AR15 soon.
| 940 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:58:34am |
re: #907 Nevergiveup
They are not meant to be resisted
Weellll .....
A clever dog who hasn't experienced any resistance will soon rule the roost!
Its not so bad if its a small dog - but try reasoning with an Alsatian who thinks he's the top dog in the house, and if he doesn't like you to go upstairs, you simply won't ... nor will you be allowed to relax on your sofa when he's on it.
| 941 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:58:53am |
re: #930 ploome hineni
like all trolls, Avanti's agenda is
CONTROLLING THE THREAD and POOOOOSHING BUTTONS
and you'all cooperate with him...........by RESPONDING
he is not very intelligent, nothing he posts is particularly illumination only AGGRIVATING AND ANNOYING
but y'all fall for it every timewhy do you assume he tell the truth about anything?
I don't believe him anymore..And he has earned eternal silence from me.
/Unless he snaps at another lizard or something
| 942 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:59:11am |
re: #935 opnion
Oh God, they have to get ouit of the White House. YHe & Michelle feel like prisoners.
Hell, I'll be a prisoner there. Wherfe is the phone to call the White House chef?
I thought he was going to meet the Queen of England at some point. Knowing Obama that may be Boy George. You never know anymore.
| 943 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:59:11am |
re: #930 ploome hineni
like all trolls, Avanti's agenda is
CONTROLLING THE THREAD and POOOOOSHING BUTTONS
and you'all cooperate with him...........by RESPONDING
he is not very intelligent, nothing he posts is particularly illumination only AGGRIVATING AND ANNOYING
but y'all fall for it every timewhy do you assume he tell the truth about anything?
I do not- all of his nonsense was laughable until the fishing boat thing. . .GAZE for him from me now. . .
| 944 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:59:30am |
re: #901 opnion Ah well, actually the Riverine Forces did indeed shoot up a lot of Vienamese fishing boats and other small craft, sometimes with 20 or 40 mm cannon fire. But took pride, justifiable pride, in killing a lot of the enemy when they did so.
3" guns? Hmmmmmm - don't think so. Don't even know any Navy ships that carried 3" guns in Vietnam. I think they went .50 caliber, 20mm, 40mm, 5" cannons.
But I was a groundpounder so ya can't take my word for it! I know, lets ask John Kerry - I'll bet it's SEARED into his brain!
| 945 |
UFO TOFU Thu, Mar 26, 2009 7:59:55am |
re: #926 Honorary Yooper
Yeah, how they consider it their money before it actually changed hands is beyond me.
Oh, never mind, I get it.
| 946 |
itellu3times Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:00:04am |
A tad more detail on the cold fusion.
Just ain't happenin, folks. This is about on a par with, 6000 years ago neutrons were much larger, and cavemen used to roast their brontosaurus burgers by crashing two neutrons together with stone axes.
| 947 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:00:10am |
re: #936 Afrocity
Better, still weak. I will get some energy and then it goes. I am irritable now because I need to pee and the IV thingy is attached and I cant get up.
{Afrocity} Hope you just keep getting better. . .:)
| 948 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:00:25am |
re: #915 quickjustice
British foreign policy for the last eight hundred years, with a couple of minor exceptions: When in doubt, declare war on France! ;-)
it worked, didn't it!
Who ruled the waves? Britannia - and not that cockerel from across the Channel!
;-)
| 949 |
opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:00:36am |
re: #930 ploome hineni
like all trolls, Avanti's agenda is
CONTROLLING THE THREAD and POOOOOSHING BUTTONS
and you'all cooperate with him...........by RESPONDING
he is not very intelligent, nothing he posts is particularly illumination only AGGRIVATING AND ANNOYING
but y'all fall for it every timewhy do you assume he tell the truth about anything?
That was close to John Kerry territory. If Avanti is actually a Navy vet & I do believe it, he should scrap the political agenda often used against the troops then & now.
| 950 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:01:11am |
re: #941 HoosierHoops
I don't believe him anymore..And he has earned eternal silence from me.
/Unless he snaps at another lizard or something
Only times I respond to him is when I cut and paste 2 diametrically opposed statements that he has made,, IN THE SAME THREAD. Sorta like Geithner or Kerry
Thats it, from now on, I'll respond
"Hey Avanti, can you explain your recent GEITHNER?"
| 951 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:01:41am |
re: #943 DisturbedEma
I do not- all of his nonsense was laughable until the fishing boat thing. . .GAZE for him from me now. . .
I take it Avanti is here for a reason. Otherwise he would have been banned. Sometimes opposition makes you stronger.
| 952 |
rightside Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:01:44am |
re: #944 realwest
lol...pssst realwest, we don't have cannons. They're 5" guns with rifling.
| 953 |
opnion Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:01:48am |
re: #942 Afrocity
I thought he was going to meet the Queen of England at some point. Knowing Obama that may be Boy George. You never know anymore.
I say that he meets with both, just to get out of the house.
Later Lizards.
| 954 |
UFO TOFU Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:02:20am |
| 955 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:02:29am |
re: #944 realwest
Ah well, actually the Riverine Forces did indeed shoot up a lot of Vienamese fishing boats and other small craft, sometimes with 20 or 40 mm cannon fire. But took pride, justifiable pride, in killing a lot of the enemy when they did so.
3" guns? Hmmmmmm - don't think so. Don't even know any Navy ships that carried 3" guns in Vietnam. I think they went .50 caliber, 20mm, 40mm, 5" cannons.
But I was a groundpounder so ya can't take my word for it! I know, lets ask John Kerry - I'll bet it's SEARED into his brain!
we weren't discussing the brown water navy..He was talking about fishing boats off the coast..
| 956 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:02:31am |
re: #924 HoosierHoops
He is so funny..When I walk into the door he starts hopping up and down squeeking and running in circles...
That is really sweet!
Dogs are just so happy to greet a pack member coming back to the patch - even if they've been away for just five minutes - doesn't make any difference.
I love it!
| 957 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:02:32am |
re: #914 Afrocity
Good morning Afrocity! You do know that Krispy Kremes started out in and are still headquartered in North Carolina doncha?!
| 958 |
Ayeless in Ghazi Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:02:48am |
Artworks by Richard Dawkins wife Lalla Ward, on the theme of the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands (set of 40 postcards)
[Link: media.richarddawkins.net...]
| 960 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:03:12am |
re: #944 realwest
Ah well, actually the Riverine Forces did indeed shoot up a lot of Vienamese fishing boats and other small craft, sometimes with 20 or 40 mm cannon fire. But took pride, justifiable pride, in killing a lot of the enemy when they did so.
3" guns? Hmmmmmm - don't think so. Don't even know any Navy ships that carried 3" guns in Vietnam. I think they went .50 caliber, 20mm, 40mm, 5" cannons.
But I was a groundpounder so ya can't take my word for it! I know, lets ask John Kerry - I'll bet it's SEARED into his brain!
I am pretty sure the post from him about the boats were of the "they did it on purpose, but were sorry that the people were hurt and they rescued who they could" there was no reference to VC in the posts I read about this- it was eeerily similar to the meme of zero's "air raiding villages in Iraq and strafing them" demonization of troops from this war. . .just saying
| 961 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:03:32am |
re: #951 Afrocity
I take it Avanti is here for a reason. Otherwise he would have been banned. Sometimes opposition makes you stronger.
Following the rules, he has (as far as I see) committed no "bannable" offenses. I agree with you though. We need opposing view pints. We just don't need made up ones
BTW ,, whats wrong with you? I V's ?!?!?!
| 963 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:03:38am |
Napolitano says thanks but no thanks, DHS has funds
[Link: thehill.com...]
For those of you who do not speak bullshit. " I have no intention of doing anything, so I don't need the money".
| 965 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:04:08am |
re: #951 Afrocity
I take it Avanti is here for a reason. Otherwise he would have been banned. Sometimes opposition makes you stronger.
could be. . .and well, he has done nothing yet to get banned. . .:)
| 966 |
unreconstructed rebel Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:04:30am |
re: #921 realwest
"Declare war on France?" Why - what is it they have that we need? Oh wait, maybe we could grab all those nuclear reactors from which those uncivilized French people get 75% of their electricity!
Breeder reactors that Mr. Carter made damn sure we would never get to use.
| 967 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:04:55am |
re: #909 Iron Fist Good morning Bro' - two words for ya "Self Defense".
You know what I mean, too!
| 969 |
Golem Akbar Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:05:02am |
Good morning, boker tov, and bom dia to all Lizards and monkeys. It's Spring and I want to go back to sleep....
| 970 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:05:24am |
re: #936 Afrocity
Better, still weak. I will get some energy and then it goes. I am irritable now because I need to pee and the IV thingy is attached and I cant get up.
{Afrocity}!
Being irritable is a sure sign that you're on the way to recovery!
Prayers that it may be a very speedy one!
| 971 |
Lincolntf Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:05:35am |
re: #957 realwest
I've been told (don't know for sure) that the very first Krispy Kreme is the one here in Winston-Salem. I think they still have their corporate HQ around here somewhere.
| 972 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:05:53am |
re: #947 DisturbedEma
{Afrocity} Hope you just keep getting better. . .:)
Thanks. Was supposed to get a call from my dad. He never fails to attain deadbeat status. He sent a text to me at like 3am, hours after my surgery "hope you are okay". No asshole, I am in cold storage. (shakes head). He is in Chicago yet I see him about 2 times a year.
| 973 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:05:54am |
| 974 |
unreconstructed rebel Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:06:16am |
| 975 |
abolitionist Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:06:23am |
re: #796 Honorary Yooper
Slavery is technically illegal in Saudi Arabia (since 1968, IIRC), but I would suspect that it is still practiced.
Some sources indicate slavery was formally abolished in Saudi Arabia and Yemen in 1962; others say 1964, the year King Saud was deposed and replaced by Faisal. (And co-incidentally, the year Malcolm-X did Hajj.)
# 1962 Abolition of slavery in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
# 1964 The sixth World Muslim Congress pledges global support for all anti-slavery movements.
Foreigners Face Slavery-Like Life in Saudi -- Report
Slavery was formally abolished in 1964; ...
| 976 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:06:50am |
re: #942 Afrocity
I thought he was going to meet the Queen of England at some point. Knowing Obama that may be Boy George. You never know anymore.
He will meet her, briefly, when he's in London next week for that G20 summit.
Looks like that may well be the only highlight of his European tour.
| 977 |
itellu3times Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:07:16am |
re: #944 realwest
[Link: pcf45.com...]
This page is courtesy of:
Mobile Riverine Force
106 Belleview Drive NE
Conover, NC 28613
The 165-foot PGs capable of 37-knot speeds, carried one 3-inch/.50-caliber gun forward, one 40-millimeter gun aft, and four .50-caliber machine guns.
| 978 |
ilzito guacamolito Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:07:27am |
re: #962 Iron Fist
I've been craving grapes for the last couple of months. The kind of thing where I set down and eat a pound or two of them. For some reason, that seems to have a negative effect on me. They are fruit sugar, surely they are natural. Natural can't hurt me...
I crave them all the time too. I just pull out the cork and pour myself a nice glass. ;-)
| 980 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:08:26am |
re: #978 ilzito guacamolito
I crave them all the time too. I just pull out the cork and pour myself a nice glass. ;-)
I swallow potatoes the same way!
| 981 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:08:37am |
All new administrations stumble a bit as they seek their footing. But President Obama's foreign-policy botches have set new records for instant incompetence.
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
Ralph Peters
| 983 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:08:56am |
re: #952 rightside
Ah, well then. What do you call 20mm and 40mm's then - guns or cannon?
And where the hell is Dustyvet, artilleryman Extraordinare to help out his Army grunt buddy, anyway?!
| 984 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:09:08am |
| 985 |
MandyManners Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:09:08am |
re: #974 unreconstructed rebel
I missed when it came in fashion ... the FCB is?
FuckingCommieBastard.
| 986 |
unreconstructed rebel Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:09:11am |
| 987 |
ilzito guacamolito Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:09:26am |
| 988 |
unreconstructed rebel Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:09:37am |
| 990 |
Ben Hur Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:09:44am |
'I'm having a very good crisis,' says Soros as hedge fund managers make billions off recession
Windfall Tax!
Salary Cap!
Connect the dots!
| 991 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:10:07am |
re: #965 DisturbedEma
could be. . .and well, he has done nothing yet to get banned. . .:)
I would think that calling names would get one banned. But I guess when both sides are doing it, it is okay.
I say he is politically finding himself. Where does he live? That may have an influence if it is a place like NYC, where there are many liberals.
| 992 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:10:23am |
re: #962 Iron Fist
I've been craving grapes for the last couple of months. The kind of thing where I set down and eat a pound or two of them. For some reason, that seems to have a negative effect on me. They are fruit sugar, surely they are natural. Natural can't hurt me...
Grapes are actually one of THOSE fruits. . .very high concentration of the sugar. . .
| 993 |
Lincolntf Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:10:38am |
re: #990 Ben Hur
George Soros is the closest thing to 'Lex Luthor" to ever exist outside of fiction.
| 994 |
MandyManners Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:10:52am |
| 995 |
unreconstructed rebel Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:10:56am |
re: #990 Ben Hur
'I'm having a very good crisis,' says Soros as hedge fund managers make billions off recession
Windfall Tax!
Salary Cap!
Connect the dots!
I have always believed that shit had a hand in this
| 996 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:11:04am |
17:08 Afghan suicide bomber accidentally blows self up, killing 6 other militants (Reuters)
Shit happens.
| 997 |
Russkilitlover Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:11:16am |
re: #981 Nevergiveup
All new administrations stumble a bit as they seek their footing. But President Obama's foreign-policy botches have set new records for instant incompetence.
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
Ralph Peters
From your link.....
Vice President Dick Cheney was arrogant. Vice President Joe Biden is arrogant and stupid. Take your pick.
Heh. And double heh!
| 998 |
ilzito guacamolito Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:11:22am |
re: #986 unreconstructed rebel
Sometimes it's barley. Sometimes maize.
Ah, yes! Brown liquid of maize origin poured from a bottle with red wax on it. Mmmmmmmm!
| 999 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:11:25am |
| 1000 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:11:39am |
re: #961 sattv4u2 IIRC, she had surgery this morning - now THAT'S a dedicated LGFer - blogging while in a hospital bed!
| 1001 |
Ben Hur Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:12:13am |
| 1002 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:12:25am |
re: #992 DisturbedEma
Grapes are actually one of THOSE fruits. . .very high concentration of the sugar. . .
Grapes have also been known to cure cancer. Especially if you eat the seeds.
| 1003 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:12:32am |
re: #972 Afrocity
Thanks. Was supposed to get a call from my dad. He never fails to attain deadbeat status. He sent a text to me at like 3am, hours after my surgery "hope you are okay". No asshole, I am in cold storage. (shakes head). He is in Chicago yet I see him about 2 times a year.
:( so sorry. . .my father in law was like that. . .the original hands off parent. . .
| 1004 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:12:41am |
re: #984 HoosierHoops
LOL
How are you Satt?
Tired,,, but the finish line is in site! heading in to work in a few hours for transmission tests of the games tonight!
You have NO idea of the "joy" it is working with some of these "technicians" the networks have. Union guys all! Each one has a specific task that they do, and ONLY they can do it even though the guy right next to them can do the same thing as well, but HE has his own task that only HE can do!
We won;t even get into dealing with the directors and their assistants!
| 1005 |
ilzito guacamolito Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:12:52am |
| 1006 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:13:01am |
re: #1001 Ben Hur
Rahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant
Short Freddie Mac stay made him at least $320,000Cheney! Halliburton!
I could use a part time job like that to pay down some debt. Were do i apply?
| 1007 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:13:14am |
re: #966 unreconstructed rebel Um, ok, I may be more stupid than usual this morning, but could y'all explain "Breeder reactors that Mr. Carter made damn sure we would never get to use."?
| 1008 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:13:21am |
re: #989 realwest
Ah, well then, nevermind!
Doesn't matter at all..He is dead to me..I gave him the Godfather Kiss..
The short time he's been here he has over a thousand downdings...His Karma will catch up to him..
| 1009 |
Ayeless in Ghazi Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:13:31am |
re: #976 yma o hyd
He will meet her, briefly, when he's in London next week for that G20 summit.
Looks like that may well be the only highlight of his European tour.
If Obama is looking for any gift ideas, I'd like to recommend this stunningly sensitive portrait of her Majesty by American artist George Condo:
| 1010 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:13:34am |
re: #1000 realwest
Anyone who tries to take away my laptop is a dead person.
| 1011 |
WriterMom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:13:41am |
re: #962 Iron Fist
See your doctor, if you are a diabetic and craving sugar, something could be up...a lot of diabetics are diagnosed when they have unsatiable cravings for sweet, sugared colas...
| 1012 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:13:47am |
re: #996 Nevergiveup
17:08 Afghan suicide bomber accidentally blows self up, killing 6 other militants (Reuters)
Shit happens.
would this be a work accident. . .or a failure to commute. . .
| 1013 |
Kosh's Shadow Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:13:51am |
re: #908 realwest
Wonder if they'll make an exception for the President's motorcades in California or make the USSS and the President ride in all white automobiles?
Racists!
| 1014 |
VegasRick Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:13:57am |
re: #996 Nevergiveup
17:08 Afghan suicide bomber accidentally blows self up, killing 6 other militants (Reuters)
Shit happens.
Great news!
I bet the Juice had something to do with it.
/
| 1016 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:14:06am |
re: #1000 realwest
IIRC, she had surgery this morning - now THAT'S a dedicated LGFer - blogging while in a hospital bed!
CRIPES ,,,,, I'd be wailing for the nurses to spoon feed me and sponge bateh me 24/7
| 1017 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:14:23am |
re: #1010 Afrocity
Anyone who tries to take away my laptop is a dead person.
Who was guarding it while you were "out"?
| 1019 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:14:55am |
re: #1002 Afrocity
Grapes have also been known to cure cancer. Especially if you eat the seeds.
I am a firm believer in the healing power of grape juice. . .
| 1020 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:14:57am |
re: #1003 DisturbedEma
:( so sorry. . .my father in law was like that. . .the original hands off parent. . .
Well my dad is the original hands out parent. Calls when he needs money or medicine.
| 1021 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:15:11am |
re: #914 Afrocity
OOO Krispy Kreme. I miss those. We don't have them in Chicago.
Huh? There are at least 4 in the Chicago area according to their website, with 2 of those locations in the city itself.
| 1022 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:15:45am |
re: #1016 sattv4u2
CRIPES ,,,,, I'd be wailing for the nurses to spoon feed me and sponge bateh me 24/7
I would just want the dishes done for me. . .
| 1023 |
WriterMom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:16:07am |
Krispy Kreme is disgusting. Might as well mainline fat into an artery.
| 1024 |
Lincolntf Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:16:11am |
re: #1001 Ben Hur
I'm eagerly awaiting the reports of a busload of malcontents camped outside of Rahm's house.
Somehow, I think Acorn will give their favorite thug a pass.
| 1025 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:16:20am |
| 1027 |
lobo91 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:16:57am |
re: #892 UFO TOFU
How would the DMV know about modifications that you did?
Cars have to have an annual emissions test/inspection in CA before you can renew the tags. Any parts that don't have the magic CARB number on them cause you to fail, regardless of the actual effect of those parts.
| 1028 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:17:04am |
re: #1020 Afrocity
Well my dad is the original hands out parent. Calls when he needs money or medicine.
Oh. . . .yeah, no father in law was of the "well son, you are 9 years old now- I have raised you. . .time to pay your own way through life" variety
| 1029 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:17:09am |
re: #1017 Nevergiveup
Who was guarding it while you were "out"?
They had a locker to keep my things in.
| 1030 |
WriterMom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:17:23am |
re: #1016 sattv4u2
sponge bateh me 24/7
Ooh, that sounds kinky. What's a 24/7 Sponge Bateh marathon?
| 1031 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:17:24am |
re: #1023 WriterMom
Krispy Kreme is disgusting. Might as well mainline fat into an artery.
but they're such tasty fat treats!
| 1033 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:18:01am |
re: #1025 sattv4u2
2 words for you
PAPER PLATES
Hard to cook on those. . .:) but yeah, since the twins, I am not sure my kids remember what it was like to eat off of real dishes. . .
| 1034 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:18:19am |
re: #1030 WriterMom
Ooh, that sounds kinky. What's a 24/7 Sponge Bateh marathon?
If you were a 24 year old 36/24/36 nurse I'd tell ya
| 1035 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:18:19am |
re: #996 Nevergiveup
17:08 Afghan suicide bomber accidentally blows self up, killing 6 other militants (Reuters)
Shit happens.
OK Ali..Is this the button I push? Noooooooo!
| 1037 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:18:44am |
re: #1021 Honorary Yooper
Huh? There are at least 4 in the Chicago area according to their website, with 2 of those locations in the city itself.
Did not know that. I have never seen one, honest. Some Jewel stores carry them but they look old. Let me check it out.
| 1039 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:19:03am |
re: #1023 WriterMom
Krispy Kreme is disgusting. Might as well mainline fat into an artery.
you say t hat like it is a BAD thing. . .:) jk
| 1040 |
VegasRick Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:19:17am |
re: #1030 WriterMom
Ooh, that sounds kinky. What's a 24/7 Sponge Bateh marathon?
It involves square pants, and a guy named "Bob" (Neil's cousin).
| 1041 |
unreconstructed rebel Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:20:00am |
re: #1007 realwest
Um, ok, I may be more stupid than usual this morning, but could y'all explain "Breeder reactors that Mr. Carter made damn sure we would never get to use."?
Researching. Thinking I used the wrong term.
Anyhow, there is a reactor technology that makes use of all the spent fuel we don't know what to do with. The French use it. Jimmy Carter, newcular physicist & all, decided it was too dangerous or some such shit & saw to it the US would not use.
So, instead of putting spent fuel to good use, we are trying to stuff in in places like Yucca Mountain before the terrorists get their hands on it.
| 1042 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:20:08am |
re: #977 itellu3times
Thanks, but, although as I said I'm not Navy, methinks the .50 was to mark the target for the 3" gun. Cause a 3 inch gun is sure as hell a lot bigger than a .50 caliber MG.
But I sit corrected about 3" cannons guns being in use based on your link!
| 1043 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:20:17am |
re: #1023 WriterMom
Krispy Kreme is disgusting. Might as well mainline fat into an artery.
Hey I have IV here, dont give me any ideas. /
| 1044 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:20:45am |
re: #1023 WriterMom
Krispy Kreme is disgusting. Might as well mainline fat into an artery.
Don't know about the fat part, but I've had better doughnuts locally than Krispy Kreme. They became a big fad in the area and petered out. Dunkin's not bad, but I prefer some of our local ones.
| 1045 |
A Man for all Seasons Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:20:54am |
re: #1023 WriterMom
Krispy Kreme is disgusting. Might as well mainline fat into an artery.
Oh I totally agree..
How are you today WM?
| 1047 |
Nevergiveup Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:22:03am |
re: #1041 unreconstructed rebel
Researching. Thinking I used the wrong term.
Anyhow, there is a reactor technology that makes use of all the spent fuel we don't know what to do with. The French use it. Jimmy Carter, newcular physicist & all, decided it was too dangerous or some such shit & saw to it the US would not use.
So, instead of putting spent fuel to good use, we are trying to stuff in in places like Yucca Mountain before the terrorists get their hands on it.
Well Obama just shit canned Yucca Mountain, so what is Plan C?
| 1048 |
UFO TOFU Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:22:09am |
| 1049 |
UFO TOFU Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:23:05am |
re: #1023 WriterMom
Krispy Kreme is disgusting. Might as well mainline fat into an artery.
Hey now. I made a pretty good chunk of change on them when they went public.
| 1051 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:23:13am |
Time to go get ready to work the 'thru. . .lunch rush on a Thursday. . .should be McGreat!////
| 1052 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:23:38am |
| 1053 |
Ben Hur Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:23:40am |
| 1055 |
UFO TOFU Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:24:20am |
re: #1048 UFO TOFU
Guess I better quit trying to walk and chew gum at the same time.
| 1057 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:26:09am |
re: #1056 godfrey
no lapdogs while driving, ploome!
I once had a lapdance while driving !
no ,, wait ,,, TWICE !
| 1058 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:26:15am |
re: #990 Ben Hur
Good morning Ben! Say what nation is it that has an arrest warrant out for Soros - cause he was convicted of manipulating currency? And how come he's allowed to do the same thing HERE?
| 1059 |
godfrey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:26:26am |
So what's the latest news in economic and cultural degradation?
| 1061 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:27:02am |
re: #1037 Afrocity
Did not know that. I have never seen one, honest. Some Jewel stores carry them but they look old. Let me check it out.
I usually buy my donuts from places closer to home, little mom-and-pop type places, one of which doesn't even have a website.
Homecut Donuts
Milano Bakery
| 1062 |
lawhawk Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:27:08am |
re: #871 tfc3rid
Thankfully, I commute via a line that only has diesel service. No overhead lines to crap out, although we do have a cranky bridge that sometimes flakes out (still not quite like the Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River that dooms the NE corridor from time to time).
| 1063 |
lobo91 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:27:14am |
re: #1048 UFO TOFU
Duh, that was a stupid question. I haven't had a vehicle with a gasoline engine for years, forgot about that. Did you do any engine work, or was it all bolt on enhancementsre: #1023 WriterMom
?
All bolt ons. Ceramic coated headers, K&N "off road" cold air intake, Magnaflow exhaust system, computer reprogrammed with a Hypertech programmer. Also a Hurst Competition Plus shifter, which doesn't really affect the power or gas mileage any, but is certainly easier to shift than the Ford POS setup.
| 1064 |
Ayatollah Ghilmeini Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:27:18am |
Nice shooting by somebody in the Sudanese desert!
the report of a weapons shipment getting the aerial treatment is just good news. It is a big up yours to the criminals in Khartou, Gaza and Iran. A threefer and possibly a fourfer if Hezbollah was actually in charge of the logistics.
figure 20 trucks, $100k of goodies per truck (hopefully a lot more but lets assume a couple of trucks were just regular ammo and C4 and you have a beautiful man made disaster for the scum of the scum.
USAF or IAF it was what we call good shooting. Shame about the trucks.
| 1066 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:28:01am |
Honorary Y,
Krisy Kreme
Chicago
210 South Canal
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone:[no phone numbers allowed]
approximate distance:
2.45 miles
Doughnuts delivered fresh daily from a nearby factory store.
Sounds like a place that is not Krispy Kreme shop but gets them shipped in.
| 1068 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:29:00am |
re: #1010 Afrocity I'm on your side! We'll kill anyone who tries to take away your laptop! LOL!
Seriously, how did the surgery go and how are you feeling?
| 1070 |
godfrey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:29:17am |
re: #1058 realwest
Rank: 4
George Soros
Soros Fund Management
Est. 2008 earnings: $1.1 billion
Est. 2007 earnings: $2.9 billion
| 1071 |
lobo91 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:30:23am |
re: #1042 realwest
Thanks, but, although as I said I'm not Navy, methinks the .50 was to mark the target for the 3" gun. Cause a 3 inch gun is sure as hell a lot bigger than a .50 caliber MG.
But I sit corrected about 3"cannonsguns being in use based on your link!
That description had a typo in it. Should be 3"/50 caliber, not .50.
In that context, "caliber" refers to the length of the barrel expressed in multiples of the gun's bore diameter (3" x 50=150").
| 1072 |
sattv4u2 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:30:45am |
K Kiddies,,, Gotta go to the pet store and get filters for the sons turtle tank. God, what a disgusting critter this thing is. Even with 2 filters in a 20 gallon tank (and there's only about 2 gallons of water in it) I have to change the water weekly and the filters monthly!
and theres only ONE turtle in there!
| 1073 |
Honorary Yooper Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:30:57am |
| 1074 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:31:01am |
re: #1068 realwest
I'm on your side! We'll kill anyone who tries to take away your laptop! LOL!
Seriously, how did the surgery go and how are you feeling?
(Thumbs up) I feel weak, and feels like Freddy Kruger is in my uterus but A-OK otherwise.
| 1075 |
unreconstructed rebel Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:31:20am |
re: #1070 godfrey
Neat trick how that bastard makes tons whilst foisting Obama on the rest of us, huh?
| 1077 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:32:11am |
re: #1023 WriterMom
"Krispy Kreme is disgusting. Might as well mainline fat into an artery."
Uh, your point being what? That we should all eat breakfast at, say Denny's and get a Grand Slam?
You could give up ALL the food that's bad for you (at least as of today) and live forever - or at least feel as if you had!
| 1078 |
godfrey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:33:19am |
re: #1075 unreconstructed rebel
He can make all the money he wants. I just wish there was a way to seize all his assets and put his ass in jail.
| 1079 |
MandyManners Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:33:23am |
re: #1064 Ayatollah Ghilmeini
Nice shooting by somebody in the Sudanese desert!
the report of a weapons shipment getting the aerial treatment is just good news. It is a big up yours to the criminals in Khartou, Gaza and Iran. A threefer and possibly a fourfer if Hezbollah was actually in charge of the logistics.
figure 20 trucks, $100k of goodies per truck (hopefully a lot more but lets assume a couple of trucks were just regular ammo and C4 and you have a beautiful man made disaster for the scum of the scum.
USAF or IAF it was what we call good shooting. Shame about the trucks.
Link?
| 1080 |
Golem Akbar Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:33:28am |
re: #1011 WriterMom
See your doctor, if you are a diabetic and craving sugar, something could be up...a lot of diabetics are diagnosed when they have unsatiable cravings for sweet, sugared colas...
Reminds me of an old joke: three men are walking through the desert, a Frenchman, a German and a Jew. Frenchman says I am very hot and dry, I must have wine. German says I am very hot and dry, I must have beer. The Jew says I am very hot and dry, I must have diabetes.
| 1081 |
ilzito guacamolito Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:33:44am |
re: #1077 realwest
"Krispy Kreme is disgusting. Might as well mainline fat into an artery."
Uh, your point being what? That we should all eat breakfast at, say Denny's and get a Grand Slam?
You could give up ALL the food that's bad for you (at least as of today) and live forever - or at least feel as if you had!
Don't worry, it has started. The food police in NYC are already on the case to make you give up all the food that is bad for you.
| 1082 |
aggieann Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:33:56am |
re: #921 realwest
"Declare war on France?" Why - what is it they have that we need? Oh wait, maybe we could grab all those nuclear reactors from which those uncivilized French people get 75% of their electricity!
Not a bad idea to prevent France from becoming the first nuclear Muslim nation.
| 1084 |
unreconstructed rebel Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:34:41am |
re: #1078 godfrey
He can make all the money he wants. I just wish there was a way to seize all his assets and put his ass in jail.
After what he's done to a few currencies, I'm surprised he's still alive.
| 1085 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:34:43am |
re: #1064 Ayatollah Ghilmeini
Nice shooting by somebody in the Sudanese desert!
the report of a weapons shipment getting the aerial treatment is just good news. It is a big up yours to the criminals in Khartou, Gaza and Iran. A threefer and possibly a fourfer if Hezbollah was actually in charge of the logistics.
figure 20 trucks, $100k of goodies per truck (hopefully a lot more but lets assume a couple of trucks were just regular ammo and C4 and you have a beautiful man made disaster for the scum of the scum.
USAF or IAF it was what we call good shooting. Shame about the trucks.
What I found interesting about this: this raid (and I somehow don't think it was the USAF ...) took place in January.
The islamic countries involved have been amazingly quiet about this - countries which usually howl when a terrorist breaks a fingernail! And the howls get, of course reported by the FMFM around the world in no time at all ...
I suspect that someone, in a certain organistaion from a certain country in the ME, may have dissemianted some helpful 'leaks' ...
| 1087 |
Mr. In get Mr. Out Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:36:08am |
re: #996 Nevergiveup
17:08 Afghan suicide bomber accidentally blows self up, killing 6 other militants (Reuters)
Shit happens.
Change of heart?
| 1088 |
funky chicken Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:36:30am |
re: #245 rightside
OT
I need some opinions if I may.
My sons blackberry was stolen at school a few weeks back. Thankfully, the student who pilfered it, was dumb enough to try and sell it IN SCHOOL!
He was suspended and is being charged by the county in a juvenile criminal case.
His father has agreed to pay me a sum of money to purchase a new one. His son (the boy who stole it) scratched his name into the old one. Now they would like the old one back, presumably to let his son use, since they are coughing up the money for the new one.
My question is, should I let them have it back, or keep it for myself? I can understand him wanting it back, but would they let a bank robber keep the dough? Extreme example, I know.
Thoughts?
HELL NO.
| 1089 |
Russkilitlover Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:37:16am |
Wicked tough diplomacy from our State Dept
"We have made it very clear that the North Koreans pursue this pathway at a cost and with consequences to the six-party talks, which we would like to see revived," Clinton said.
"We intend to raise this violation of the Security Council resolution, if it goes forward, in the U.N.," she said. "This provocative action in violation of the U.N. mandate will not go unnoticed and there will be consequences."
God Almighty! Does she sound like a schoolmarm, or what? We'll go to the UN? That'll set the fear into NK.
| 1090 |
subsailor68 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:37:44am |
Morning all! Hey guys, I need a little help here.
Last night I stopped by my local watering hole. Someone had left a paper on the bar called The Free Press. I took a look, and it's "edited" by a guy here who used to write pretty wacko letters to the local paper. Everything in it was from some fringe case - including Pamela Geller and WND. It was all conspiracy/they're out to get us crap.
It looked to me like a template-built rag, where this guy bought a franchise of some sort, and could edit in his name, address, etc. as editor/publisher.
He even has a Ponzi scheme for subscribers. Get 12 issues for $25. But, for every three "friends" you sign up, you get 3 months' subscription free. And the come-on is - if you sign up enough folks, you never have to subscribe again yourself. Right!
Have any of you guys seen this in your area? Or know anything about it?
Thanks!
| 1091 |
godfrey Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:37:49am |
re: #1084 unreconstructed rebel
Yah. I don't mean it about seizing his assets and jailing him. You'd have to give teeth to the ICC, and that is a step too far. Let's put it this way: I won't mourn his passing.
If you're all looking for weird things to watch during lunch, visit A Welsh View. Reliably entertaining.
| 1092 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:38:04am |
re: #1079 MandyManners
Link?
Dunno A.G.'s link, but here is mine:
Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
| 1093 |
turn Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:39:46am |
re: #1088 funky chicken
ditto. Otherwise the father would essentially be rewarding the kid for steeling. If the father is too stupid to realize this then rightside should teach him the lesson.
| 1094 |
Gang of One Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:40:16am |
re: #861 lawhawk
On a good day, I could get from my home into midtown in under 30 minutes. When things get backed up, it could take me 30 minutes to get to the GW Bridge alone, and then another hour to get downtown.
At least with NJ Transit, I have a steady commute.
Was driving west on Route 4 this morning around 7:10 -- eastbound traffic backed up all the way to Teaneck ... before my teaching gig, I drove a Babe's Taxi day shift -- getting in and out of NYC midtown run took sometimes up to three hours.
| 1095 |
ilzito guacamolito Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:41:26am |
re: #1093 turn
ditto. Otherwise the father would essentially be rewarding the kid for steeling. If the father is too stupid to realize this then rightside should teach him the lesson.
He should keep it and donate it to one the 'cellphones for the troops' charities.
| 1097 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:42:11am |
| 1098 |
Kosh's Shadow Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:42:18am |
re: #1089 Russkilitlover
Wicked tough diplomacy from our State Dept
God Almighty! Does she sound like a schoolmarm, or what? We'll go to the UN? That'll set the fear into NK.
Oh no! A strongly worded letter!
Kim knows how to deal with those.
| 1099 |
lurking faith Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:42:49am |
Oh, barf.
The 0ne's town hall is starting. FoxNews is running it.
I may have to turn the TV off.
| 1100 |
ilzito guacamolito Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:42:59am |
re: #1092 yma o hyd
Dunno A.G.'s link, but here is mine:
Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
There go those damned Juice again clenching their fist!
/
Thanks for the link!
| 1101 |
turn Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:43:08am |
re: #1095 ilzito guacamolito
He should keep it and donate it to one the 'cellphones for the troops' charities.
I can't believe the kids father would actually consider rewarding him for stealing. Yes, anything but give it to the little thief.
| 1102 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:43:49am |
re: #1081 ilzito guacamolito
Well the Food Police ain't in N.C. yet so no sweat for me!
But they'll have to pry this piece of bacon out of my cold, dead hands if they ever do make an appearance down here.
| 1104 |
ilzito guacamolito Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:44:04am |
re: #1101 turn
I can't believe the kids father would actually consider rewarding him for stealing. Yes, anything but give it to the little thief.
Dad sounds like a demoncrat, no?
| 1105 |
Mr. In get Mr. Out Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:44:18am |
| 1106 |
Gang of One Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:44:22am |
re: #1099 lurking faith
Oh, barf.
The 0ne's town hall is starting. FoxNews is running it.
I may have to turn the TV off.
On those TVs with the closed captioning, how does the software interpret all of The Zero's uhhs and umms? Have not yet had the pleasure of watching him ...
| 1108 |
Afrocity Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:44:47am |
re: #1102 realwest
Well the Food Police ain't in N.C. yet so no sweat for me!
But they'll have to pry this piece of bacon out of my cold, dead hands if they ever do make an appearance down here.
Are you getting check ups? Do you have a wellness doctor?
| 1111 |
MandyManners Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:45:16am |
re: #1092 yma o hyd
Dunno A.G.'s link, but here is mine:
Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
THANKS!
| 1112 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:45:39am |
re: #1100 ilzito guacamolito
There go those damned Juice again clenching their fist!
/Thanks for the link!
I confess that I'm a bad person.
I realise that people were killed in that raid - but something like glee filled me when I read about it.
I just hope that the weapons providers (Iran, probably) are sh*tting their pants, non-stop, since that day.
Nothing like a jolly good demonstration of what a certain air force is capable of while keeping the operation secret ...
| 1113 |
VegasRick Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:45:43am |
re: #1092 yma o hyd
Dunno A.G.'s link, but here is mine:
Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
Told you so. Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
It's da Juice fault!
/
| 1114 |
Mr. In get Mr. Out Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:45:44am |
re: #1102 realwest
Well the Food Police ain't in N.C. yet so no sweat for me!
But they'll have to pry this piece of bacon out of my cold, dead hands if they ever do make an appearance down here.
A man that eats bacon for breakfast, while others become bitter without it.
| 1116 |
MandyManners Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:46:43am |
re: #1099 lurking faith
Oh, barf.
The 0ne's town hall is starting. FoxNews is running it.
I may have to turn the TV off.
FCBBHO is an attention-whore.
| 1117 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:46:43am |
re: #1086 Iron FistHmm. SOG huh?
Was he SF, Seal, Force Recon? Do you know when he was there and whether or not he was in Cambodia, Laos or North Vietnam?
| 1119 |
Russkilitlover Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:47:15am |
re: #1096 Afrocity
What's "tent City" ?
One of the below is the correct answer:
1. HUD's new Housing Stimulus plan.
2. Gov Ahnold setting up homeless camp at fairgrounds.
| 1120 |
WriterMom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:47:29am |
re: #1077 realwest
My point is that it's disgusting and bad for you. That's all.
| 1121 |
faraway Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:47:38am |
Obama just said he received scholarships for his education. Really? havent heard that. Who from? Marx?
| 1124 |
lurking faith Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:48:46am |
re: #1103 Iron Fist
Holy cow. With blood sugar like that, if you went outside with an open wound, you'd be swarmed by hummingbirds.
| 1127 |
itellu3times Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:49:40am |
re: #1092 yma o hyd
Dunno A.G.'s link, but here is mine:
Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
Interesting. Just before entering Egypt. Possibly with Egypt's approval?
| 1128 |
capitalist piglet Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:50:00am |
re: #1116 MandyManners
FCBBHO is an attention-whore.
He's not going to make the same mistake Bush did, keeping his head down and working...he's going to make sure you see his face or hear his voice every single frigging day, somewhere.
| 1129 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:50:08am |
re: #1113 VegasRick
Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
Told you so. Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
It's da Juice fault!
/
They can suspect all they like!
Interesting, isn't it, that tehre ahs been no real wailing about the poor weapons smugglers - nor any protests from either Sudan or Egypt.
Or Iran, for that matter.
But do the FMFM even vaguely think that that mught perhaps be a tiny bit suspicious?
Nope.
Lets #'suspect' Israel - and wait for the UN to come up with a reason why that is another 'war crime'!
| 1130 |
WriterMom Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:50:44am |
re: #1103 Iron Fist
Are you seeing an endocrinologist for the first time? It's really important that endocrin disorders are managed by an endocrinologist. Certain endocrin disorders run in my family and believe me-the LAST thing you want is a GP mucking around with levels of hormones that they really are not experts in. At any rate-I hope you feel better and that the doc helps.
| 1131 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:50:58am |
re: #1090 subsailor68
Hey subsailor! There are lots of free "newspapers" all over the country - some good, little community papers, some with pretensions to be an actual newspapere (like the Village Voice) and about a gazillion "free presses" but I've never heard of any of 'em charging for the "newspaper" - is that the full name of the paper, "The Free Press"?
| 1132 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:51:01am |
Wouldn't it be nice if we could use Obama's technique, and make things happen just by saying nice words, even though we understand nothing about it?
I will now be developing super-cheap, super-effective solar panels for every home. I know nothing about these technologies, but I can say some really nice words about it.
| 1134 |
aggieann Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:52:03am |
re: #1121 faraway
Obama just said he received scholarships for his education. Really? havent heard that. Who from? Marx?
Dr. Khalid al-Mansour
| 1135 |
JohnnyReb Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:52:29am |
re: #1128 capitalist piglet
He's not going to make the same mistake Bush did, keeping his head down and working...he's going to make sure you see his face or hear his voice every single frigging day, somewhere.
This is going to be a very long 4 years with him on TV every single day. Sooner or later the MSM is going to have to tell him to STFU and get to work. At least fill all of your treasury spots.
| 1136 |
Kosh's Shadow Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:52:42am |
re: #1129 yma o hyd
They can suspect all they like!
Interesting, isn't it, that tehre ahs been no real wailing about the poor weapons smugglers - nor any protests from either Sudan or Egypt.
Or Iran, for that matter.But do the FMFM even vaguely think that that mught perhaps be a tiny bit suspicious?
Nope.
Lets #'suspect' Israel - and wait for the UN to come up with a reason why that is another 'war crime'!
I'm surprised that if they were blaming Israel, they didn't claim the convoy was food for Darfur (even if it was nowhere Darfur and heading in the wrong direction.)
Where's Saddam's PR department?
| 1137 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:52:56am |
Now here's a song that - even if you hate fish - you can relate to in this economy: [Link: www.imeem.com...]
| 1138 |
lurking faith Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:53:23am |
re: #1110 faraway
What is the online teleprompter saying?
The usual drivel, misdirection, stammers, and lies.
I'm not listening very hard; if I did I might have to shoot the TV.
Aargh. So far he's pretended to support charter schools and responsible homeowners.
| 1139 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:53:33am |
re: #1127 itellu3times
Interesting. Just before entering Egypt. Possibly with Egypt's approval?
Possibly with Egypt's approval after the fact - I doubt very much that the IAF would have informed them beforehand.
If they did it.
Could have been some aliens, who knows ...
:-)
| 1140 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:55:04am |
re: #1108 Afrocity I have incurable cancer. So I don't give a shit about my cholesterol or anything else.
| 1141 |
subsailor68 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:55:05am |
re: #1131 realwest
Hey subsailor! There are lots of free "newspapers" all over the country - some good, little community papers, some with pretensions to be an actual newspapere (like the Village Voice) and about a gazillion "free presses" but I've never heard of any of 'em charging for the "newspaper" - is that the full name of the paper, "The Free Press"?
Hi RW! I think that's the full name of this one. And yep, I've never seen a "subscription" deal either. I only asked, because the guys we hang out with aren't real net savvy, and I'd like to be able to tell them why they shouldn't take this stuff seriously.
| 1142 |
faraway Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:56:04am |
I went to Punahou [HI high school] on a scholarship. I was raised by a single mom and my grandmother.”
[Link: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com...]
I had never seen this before. I wonder what kind of scholarship?
| 1143 |
yma o hyd Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:56:05am |
re: #1136 Kosh's Shadow
I'm surprised that if they were blaming Israel, they didn't claim the convoy was food for Darfur (even if it was nowhere Darfur and heading in the wrong direction.)
Where's Saddam's PR department?
Heh.
There might be too much evidence on satellite photos available - perhaps even on google earth! - so that lie wouldn't have had any legs.
| 1144 |
lobo91 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:57:08am |
re: #1106 Gang of One
On those TVs with the closed captioning, how does the software interpret all of The Zero's uhhs and umms? Have not yet had the pleasure of watching him ...
Closed captioning isn't software driven. It's done manually, particularly on live TV. A human listens and types out what they hear, using the same kind of equipment a court reporter uses. That's why there's always a delay, and it often looks strange.
Closed captioning on a regular TV show (drama, sitcom, etc) is done in post-production, by transcribing what's in the script, which is why it looks much cleaner.
| 1145 |
lobo91 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:59:37am |
| 1148 |
DisturbedEma Thu, Mar 26, 2009 9:05:55am |
| 1149 |
realwest Thu, Mar 26, 2009 9:07:46am |
re: #1146 Iron Fist
Well it would figure a guy with skills such as his would be involved in a lot of spook work over there - there were some places you couldn't go to without tripping over all the CIA types. And the ones from the real CIA (as opposed to the military ones the CIA used) could always be spotted, even in uniform. Don't know why, but you could always tell 'em.
As for your diabetes my friend, I thought you were already seeing a diabetes specialist, No? And if not, WHY NOT?!
| 1150 |
NamDoc67 Thu, Mar 26, 2009 9:40:08am |
I never knew that Saul Alinsky stole from Henry Clay - I thought he was an "original thinker."
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
- Alinsky, Rules for Radicals.
Anyone notice these tactics anywhere lately?
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