Overnight Open Thread
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
— Ingrid Bergman
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
— Ingrid Bergman
2 | Sharmuta Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:26:26pm |
Blessed are the Forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.
6 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:27:50pm |
Hey look- you can see all the other threads from here....
7 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:29:53pm |
Any other lizards getting the Amazon sidebar ad that's all 0bama books and DVDs?
8 | gmsc Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:31:01pm |
Is Obama skidding or crashing?
By Penn Jillette
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Penn Jillette: If you're on ice, turning into a skid can help avoid a crash
Jillette says such counterintuitive actions sometimes work
Jillette: Other times, we're better off following our intuition
He asks whether we can get out of a debt-driven crisis by taking on lots more debt
President Obama is so damn smart. He just drips smart. He clearly understands stuff that we could never understand. He's trustworthy. If Obama were teaching fire-eating, we would all learn fast. If he told you that the burns would be minor and the fire would go out when you closed your mouth, you'd believe him. If I weren't twice his weight, I'd fall back with my eyes closed into his caring arms in one of those cheesy '70s church trust exercises. He could talk me into anything.
Obama tells us that we can spend our way out of debt. He tells us that even though the government had control over the banks and did nothing to stop the bad that's going on, if we give them more control over more other bank-like things, then they can make sure bad stuff doesn't happen ever again. He says we can get out of all those big wars President Bush caused by sending more troops into Afghanistan. And I don't know. I really don't know.
I trusted my Dad that turning into a skid would work. I trusted my carny mentor, Doc Swan, that closing my mouth around a burning torch would put it out. They were right. Maybe the United States borrowing more money than I could imagine in a billion years with a billion computers and a billion monkeys typing on them, will get us out of financial trouble. I really don't know. It's certainly true that many counterintuitive things are true, and when you have the guts to do something counterintuitive that works, it's really cool. It's a superpower under our yellow sun.
Read the whole thing.
(h/t Instapundit)
9 | Buster Bunny Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:31:09pm |
Anyone who mentions the word vaccine on this thread will be savaged by a mysteriously angry bunny.
You have been warned. GRR
10 | gmsc Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:31:19pm |
re: #7 Fenway_Nation
Any other lizards getting the Amazon sidebar ad that's all 0bama books and DVDs?
Yep.
11 | MrPaulRevere Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:32:47pm |
re: #7 Fenway_Nation
Its a tad ironic, but then again I've seen ads for a muslim dating service on the sidebars of prominent anti-jihad sites. One does what one has to do.
12 | Dustyvet Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:33:24pm |
re: #9 Buster Bunny
Anyone who mentions the word vaccine on this thread will be savaged by a mysteriously angry bunny.
You have been warned. GRR
Knock,knock. Who's there? Ether Ether who? Ether bunny.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Stella Stella who? Stella nother ether bunny.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Justin Justin who? Justin other Ether Bunny.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Samoa Samoa who? Samoa Ether Bunnies.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Beryl Beryl who? Beryl of ether bunnies.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Dewey Dewey who? Dewey have to listen to any more ether bunny jokes?
Knock, knock. Who's there? Consumption. Consumption who? Consumption be done about all these ether bunnies?
13 | gmsc Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:33:38pm |
re: #11 MrPaulRevere
Its a tad ironic, but then again I've seen ads for a muslim dating service on the sidebars of prominent anti-jihad sites. One does what one has to do.
Countering muslim hate with muslim love perhaps?
14 | Buster Bunny Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:33:42pm |
re: #11 MrPaulRevere
Its a tad ironic, but then again I've seen ads for a muslim dating service on the sidebars of prominent anti-jihad sites. One does what one has to do.
Everyone knows with muslim girls you get to fit more in the black sack to take home.
16 | Taqiyyotomist Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:35:01pm |
re: #11 MrPaulRevere
The ads are computer-matched based on key words on the site. Oops! Yes, it is quite ironic.
17 | Fenway_Nation Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:35:14pm |
19 | Buster Bunny Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:35:45pm |
re: #13 gmsc
Countering muslim hate with muslim love perhaps?
Yes .. but do the two forces cancel each other out? Or do they swap places? Do you end up with a timid non religious husband and a passionately homicidal religious nut wife?
21 | gmsc Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:36:08pm |
re: #12 Dustyvet
Knock,knock. Who's there? Ether Ether who? Ether bunny.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Stella Stella who? Stella nother ether bunny.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Justin Justin who? Justin other Ether Bunny.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Samoa Samoa who? Samoa Ether Bunnies.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Beryl Beryl who? Beryl of ether bunnies.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Dewey Dewey who? Dewey have to listen to any more ether bunny jokes?
Knock, knock. Who's there? Consumption. Consumption who? Consumption be done about all these ether bunnies?
22 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:37:31pm |
24 | MrPaulRevere Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:38:15pm |
re: #16 Taqiyyotomist
I was sure it was something along those lines, thanks for clarifying. Speaking strictly in terms of a cost benefit analysis, they are wasting their ad money however.
25 | Dustyvet Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:39:04pm |
Heavenly Punishment
Billy Graham goes to heaven and is approached by St. Peter. They greet each other.
Billy recognizes a man with 2 somewhat ... er ... unattractive lizards on his neck.
He asks "Why does the Pope have 2 lizards around his neck?"
To which St. Peter replies "Well, the Pope had some unresolved sins, and he must wear the lizards until he gives up them up.
He nods, and then notices Howard Stern with 10 lizards around his neck and states "Ah, I get it. He had even more unresolved sins, and he must wear them for longer."
"Correct," replies St. Peter.
Finally he sees Bill Clinton, with only one lizard on his neck. Surprised to see the low number of lizards on Bill Clinton's neck he asks St. Peter about this.
St. Peter replies,"Well, we needed to punish this particular lizard."
26 | gmsc Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:40:03pm |
re: #19 Buster Bunny
Yes .. but do the two forces cancel each other out? Or do they swap places? Do you end up with a timid non religious husband and a passionately homicidal religious nut wife?
Well, if encouraging more love doesn't work, perhaps we could try and vacci . . . er, uh . . . send them on on a vacation!
/Yeah! That's what I was going to say!
27 | Sharmuta Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:40:28pm |
re: #4 MrPaulRevere
"Hell...is other people" Jean Paul Sartre.
This makes me sad. It's true and yet also false, for while other people can be hell, some people are the heights of Heaven. Because where there is Love, hell seems quite remote.
29 | gmsc Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:43:30pm |
re: #27 Sharmuta
This makes me sad. It's true and yet also false, for while other people can be hell, some people are the heights of Heaven. Because where there is Love, hell seems quite remote.
I think it largely depends on whether one in an introvert or an extrovert.
Here's a good definition, from Caring for Your Introvert:
Introverts are not necessarily shy. Shy people are anxious or frightened or self-excoriating in social settings; introverts generally are not. Introverts are also not misanthropic, though some of us do go along with Sartre as far as to say "Hell is other people at breakfast." Rather, introverts are people who find other people tiring.
Extroverts are energized by people, and wilt or fade when alone. They often seem bored by themselves, in both senses of the expression. Leave an extrovert alone for two minutes and he will reach for his cell phone. In contrast, after an hour or two of being socially "on," we introverts need to turn off and recharge. My own formula is roughly two hours alone for every hour of socializing. This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression. It does not call for medication. For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating. Our motto: "I'm okay, you're okay-in small doses."
30 | MrPaulRevere Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:43:35pm |
re: #27 Sharmuta
Its a controversial statement to be sure, perhaps he was having a bad day. But the man did have a way with words.
31 | Taqiyyotomist Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:44:11pm |
re: #27 Sharmuta
Sartre was from Europe? Well, then. There ya go!
/white smoke
32 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:45:17pm |
33 | Buster Bunny Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:46:51pm |
34 | Macker Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:47:06pm |
35 | IslandLibertarian Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:47:41pm |
Happiness is.........
a warm puppy...?......
a warm gun....?......
loose shoes and a warm bathroom......?........
no........it's an option.
36 | gmsc Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:49:25pm |
re: #35 IslandLibertarian
Happiness is.........
a warm puppy...?......
a warm gun....?......
loose shoes and a warm bathroom......?........no........it's an option.
...it's own reward?
37 | IslandLibertarian Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:50:30pm |
re: #36 gmsc
I thought that was virtue. Which I think is a highly overrated reward.
40 | Dustyvet Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:52:17pm |
Two Rabbits are running from a group of foxes. They hide in a pile of hay, one rabbit says to the other one "ok we can run for it or we can stay here and out number them. And the other rabbit says, "were going to run for it you idiot I'm your brother.
42 | gmsc Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:53:36pm |
re: #37 IslandLibertarian
I thought that was virtue. Which I think is a highly overrated reward.
I've heard it as both "Virtue" and "happiness".
43 | IslandLibertarian Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:54:06pm |
The difference between American and French bunnies?
American bunnies go hippitty-hop.
French bunnies go lick-it-de-split.
44 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:54:27pm |
"The secret to happiness is to make others believe they have caused it."
Or something like that. Not mine, but don't remember who said it.
47 | kelidor Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:56:54pm |
THIS NEEDS OUR SUPPORT: Barclays Bank sponsored the Dubai Tennis tournament which banned Israeli tennis star Shahar Pe'er. The Wall Street Journal and the Tennis TV channel pulled their sponsorships immeditately. Barclays refused. There is a petition that is being delivered to the Barclays AGM in London on the 23rd April.
Go to this site and sign on in support of Israel.
[Link: www.petitiononline.com...]
AND PASS IT ALONG TO YOU LISTS
48 | astronmr20 Wed, Apr 1, 2009 11:58:56pm |
50 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:01:34am |
re: #9 Buster Bunny
Anyone who mentions the word vaccine on this thread will be savaged by a mysteriously angry bunny.
You have been warned. GRR
you just had to inject that here, didn't you?
/white smoke
55 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:05:50am |
re: #52 Fenway_Nation
Seems like nobody's immune...
well, you take your best shot and see what happens....
57 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:06:37am |
re: #55 redc1c4
well, you take your best shot and see what happens....
speaking of which, i shoulod go check on the local raton population hapenings.....
62 | Buster Bunny Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:10:06am |
re: #61 redc1c4
but as least i'm not a dictator.
If you'd been a dictatorial prick .. heck .. you could have been in the Whitehouse .. its the only qualification you'd have needed.
63 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:10:34am |
re: #62 Buster Bunny
If you'd been a dictatorial prick .. heck .. you could have been in the Whitehouse .. its the only qualification you'd have needed.
If he'd been pricktatorial?
64 | Buster Bunny Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:11:55am |
re: #63 gmsc
If he'd been pricktatorial?
Just a good community organiser. With no need for finance knowledge or the intricasies of social relationships. Just a load of hate, scaremongering and bravado. And heck .. you could save the world !
65 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:13:58am |
Capitalistic Results By Socialist Means?
"Workers of the world, unite!" used to be a rallying cry for employees to have safer and cleaner working conditions. Today, the updated version of this sentiment is for workers to have ever-expanding benefits and income even as the company for which they work falls into bankruptcy. Unions and workers want the benefits of capitalism, the only social system that raises the standard of living for everyone, along with the impossible guarantees of childhood fantasy.
Those who place hope in this are destined to be disappointed in their leaders. Our current leaders will deliver on their promises to further nationalize the private economy, if not complete the process begun in the years of FDR and LBJ. On the surface, and at first, this will mean workers getting everything they want.
But the well is going to run dry, and soon. When the political leaders are unable to do the impossible, i.e. provide the benefits of capitalism without capitalism itself, workers will be far worse off than they started. They will have lost the illusion of impossible guarantees--an illusion all along--but, along with it, they will have lost the source of private wealth that writes their paychecks and pays their insurance premiums. Keep in mind that other countries that went Marxist or socialist never had genuine, unhampered capitalism in the first place.
America once roared with free markets and the rising tide that lifted all economic boats. It was the greatest wealth producer in human history, to date. No more, under socialism. Bosses and business owners are certainly capable of being unfair. But who else is to take responsibility for making a profit, profits that must exist for paychecks to exist? A workplace without bosses and with unlimited gratification is pure fantasy. A workplace with no jobs will be reality at its most cruel.
66 | TheMatrix31 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:14:42am |
67 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:15:47am |
68 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:17:26am |
re: #63 gmsc
Good one. I love neologisms. Noun: Prictator; verb Prictate.
69 | TheMatrix31 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:17:31am |
70 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:17:55am |
re: #67 redc1c4
tell that to the furry little bastard i just gave a "pin-prick" to.....
Are you calling him a hypdemic nerdle?
72 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:21:06am |
re: #70 gmsc
Are you calling him a hypdemic nerdle?
no: s/he when from being a Norwegian Rat to a Muerto Rat at about 1000 fps.
/circle of life......... %-)
73 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:21:11am |
re: #8 gmsc
So the question is... would you support moves to replace the $ as the reserve currency and (by some means) institute an internationally agreed reserve currency that would legally bind the participants (such as the US)?
74 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:22:29am |
re: #68 BatGuano
Good one. I love neologisms. Noun: Prictator; verb Prictate.
Same here. Ever read Roald Dahl's BFG? It's full of them. As is Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky:
75 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:25:59am |
re: #73 freetoken
So the question is... would you support moves to replace the $ as the reserve currency and (by some means) institute an internationally agreed reserve currency that would legally bind the participants (such as the US)?
i don't see an upside there for us, but i'm not an expert...... %-)
76 | Salem Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:27:04am |
re: #7 Fenway_Nation
Any other lizards getting the Amazon sidebar ad that's all 0bama books and DVDs?
Mine has the DVD of The Brain from Planet Arous on it, too. "Coincidence? Read the book!" (obscure reference)
77 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:27:43am |
re: #73 freetoken
So the question is... would you support moves to replace the $ as the reserve currency and (by some means) institute an internationally agreed reserve currency that would legally bind the participants (such as the US)?
How about internationally agreeing on a gold-backed currency?
79 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:28:40am |
How about we keep our American dollars and the rest or the world can ditch socialism?
80 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:30:00am |
re: #77 gmsc
How about internationally agreeing on a gold-backed currency?
and you're going to get all that gold where?
82 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:31:28am |
The nightly Fenway market watch....owing to my preoccupation with shiny things, lets start with precious metals:
Gold- $922.3 an ounce (down .005%)
Silver- $12.98 an ounce (down .003%)
Platinum- $1137 an ounce (up .0017%)
Palladium- $218 an ounce (down .004%)
Rhodium- $1010 an ounce (down .015%)
84 | Neutral President Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:32:41am |
re: #80 redc1c4
and you're going to get all that gold where?
The fantasy land that Ron Paul and Peter Schiff live in where apparently theres enough gold for a post 19th century population to actually experience economic growth without an out of control deflationary spiral.
85 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:32:51am |
re: #81 astronmr20
Incredible film.
I just watched it again the other day, for the first time in a long while. I'd forgotten how good it was!
86 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:33:24am |
re: #75 redc1c4
i don't see an upside there for us, but i'm not an expert...... %-)
Charles has made it clear he does not want LGF to become a portal for doomer porn... which is good. However, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to think about the future without seeing some very real difficulties emerging (for everyone.)
The current G20 meeting is just one example of where image will likely take precedence over substance, and not see some difficult choices being made (thus my question on reserve currencies.)
As an American I know my life depends upon our trade with many other nations, and we do this favorably (for us) by being the dominant military and economic nation on Earth. That however is fading, especially compared to the days when I was a child (when no one outside the Soviet Bloc would even question the role of the $.)
Times are a changing... and I'm trying to figure out how I should change (I have some large decisions coming.)
87 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:33:43am |
re: #74 gmsc
That's funny. I haven't seen that but I have read Jabberwocky many times. I'll look into Roald Dahl's BFG
88 | astronmr20 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:34:27am |
re: #85 gmsc
As many of us, I grew up as a boy hearing raucous stories of valor and adventure of the old heroes in my family. One of VERY few films that brings tears to my eyes.
89 | Buster Bunny Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:34:32am |
re: #86 freetoken
Charles has made it clear he does not want LGF to become a portal for doomer porn... which is good. However, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to think about the future without seeing some very real difficulties emerging (for everyone.)
Does doomer porn have hot chicks that do everything while worrying about the fate of the world?
90 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:34:59am |
re: #82 Fenway_Nation
The nightly Fenway market watch....owing to my preoccupation with shiny things, lets start with precious metals:
Gold- $922.3 an ounce (down .005%)
Silver- $12.98 an ounce (down .003%)
Platinum- $1137 an ounce (up .0017%)
Palladium- $218 an ounce (down .004%)
Rhodium- $1010 an ounce (down .015%)
you should include copper, lead and brass in those
91 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:35:52am |
re: #83 Macker
That chart only counts the gold owned by the respective countries. Not only is our own gold stored in Fort Knox, many other countries have their gold stored there, as well.
(For that matter, Fort Knox has often held priceless artifacts from other countries, including the Hungarian Crown Jewels!)
92 | Macker Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:36:51am |
re: #91 gmsc
That chart only counts the gold owned by the respective countries. Not only is our own gold stored in Fort Knox, many other countries have their gold stored there, as well.
(For that matter, Fort Knox has often held priceless artifacts from other countries, including the Hungarian Crown Jewels!)
Is there a better indicator?
93 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:37:35am |
re: #82 Fenway_Nation
I have a "box of shiny things" under my bed. I don't have any of those though. It's mostly tin foil. I make hats. sad, really.
94 | blackpajamas Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:37:35am |
//channel on
The Un-fair Non-Maiden Voyage of the U.S.S. Schadenfreud,
(Savage Capital Ship-of-the-Product-Line)
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil. -- Admiral Chester Nimitz
It is the function of the product to help pound the enemy so far into the earth, their blood springs from U.S. wells. -- Blackpajamas
A special thanks to the blackpajamas team, and the companion cavalry, crossing the Granicus, conquering presumptive braggart foes, delivering on promised goods, and training deeper sights into competitor's territory, without relent!
To the 500 chiefs and forward deployed consumers of might, our product salutes you and your objectives!
To the opposition:
Do you know against what type of men you'll have to fight? We who dine on sharpened swords, and drink down blazing torches as our win. Then for dessert they bring us broken Cretan darts and splintered pike shafts. Our pillows are our shields and breastplates, and beside our feed lie bows and slings, We crown ourselves with catapult wreaths. --Mnesimachus
You witness but the contrail of the meteor, the burning free wheel of commerce, stoking the light of this century, passing you in nights long ago while you slept, crushing your product lines like Ixion's revolving retribution;
Even here, into the centre of repose, your shady visions come to domineer, insult, and blind, and stifle up my pomp. -- Fall! -- No, by technology's fluid strides!
Over the fiery frontier of our realms we shall advance a terrible right arm shall scare your infant thunderer, rebel mouths, and bid new vision claim thy throne.*
//channel off
95 | astronmr20 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:38:08am |
re: #91 gmsc
That chart only counts the gold owned by the respective countries. Not only is our own gold stored in Fort Knox, many other countries have their gold stored there, as well.
(For that matter, Fort Knox has often held priceless artifacts from other countries, including the Hungarian Crown Jewels!)
For now. I'd like to see a fekking inventory list. I have come to believe very little from our government. My fiancee and I have converted a sizable amount of our savings to physical gold.
96 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:38:20am |
re: #86 freetoken
Would it be "doomer porn" if it's based on facts and reason?
97 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:39:20am |
Australia's All Ordinaries- up 2.69%
Shanghai Composite- up .72%
Mumbai Sensex- up 4.41%
Taiwan Weighted- up 3%
New Zealand NZSE50- up .64%
Seoul KOPSI composite- up 3.54%
Johannesburg JSE limited- up 2.84%
Singapore's STI- up 4.73%
Nikkei- up 4.4%
Tel Aviv TA100- up .02%
98 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:40:41am |
We had snow mixed in our rain today.
Did somebody cancel our summer?
99 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:40:46am |
re: #86 freetoken
Charles has made it clear he does not want LGF to become a portal for doomer porn... which is good. However, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to think about the future without seeing some very real difficulties emerging (for everyone.)
The current G20 meeting is just one example of where image will likely take precedence over substance, and not see some difficult choices being made (thus my question on reserve currencies.)
As an American I know my life depends upon our trade with many other nations, and we do this favorably (for us) by being the dominant military and economic nation on Earth. That however is fading, especially compared to the days when I was a child (when no one outside the Soviet Bloc would even question the role of the $.)
Times are a changing... and I'm trying to figure out how I should change (I have some large decisions coming.)
I'm not a doom-and-gloomer myself.
We will need to be prepared for high inflation, and we can see that coming a mile away at this point. We got through it before, and we'll get through it again. It does drive me crazy that we could see it coming before it happened, and nobody with the power to do so did anything to stop it.
BTW, QandO has an excellent post on why you should prepare for inflation.
100 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:41:14am |
re: #97 Fenway_Nation
Australia's All Ordinaries- up 2.69%
Shanghai Composite- up .72%
Mumbai Sensex- up 4.41%
Taiwan Weighted- up 3%
New Zealand NZSE50- up .64%
Seoul KOPSI composite- up 3.54%
Johannesburg JSE limited- up 2.84%
Singapore's STI- up 4.73%
Nikkei- up 4.4%
Tel Aviv TA100- up .02%
so they have all drunk from the same cup?
kool-ade!
101 | rawmuse Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:41:20am |
OK, get your minds off all this nonsense and have a good laugh.
I watched that tonight, and about split my ribcage.
102 | Neutral President Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:42:42am |
re: #86 freetoken
Charles has made it clear he does not want LGF to become a portal for doomer porn... which is good. However, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to think about the future without seeing some very real difficulties emerging (for everyone.)
There is a difference between being concerned about the future, preparing for contingencies, even the unlikely and being a fear-monger with wild claims that only create panic and don't help the situation.
There will be difficulties I'm sure. I'm developing my own personal plans to try to deal with the possibilities the best I can without going off into batshit-crazyville. What I'm not doing is walking up and down the street with a "The End is Near" sign and a tin-foil hat on screaming to anyone who will listen.
My point is legitimate discussion and concern is warranted and I don't believe that you will get the smackdown from Charles for doing so. Discussing it rationally with facts and reasonable conjecture based on those facts I would think would be encouraged.
103 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:43:00am |
Owning gold could stand one in good stead in the event of severe inflation. I think I will be buying some gold coins once I'm off this job.
I also hold shares in a couple of junior gold ventures.
104 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:43:30am |
re: #100 redc1c4
so they have all drunk from the same cup?
kool-ade!
I think you can account for those good numbers for nearly the same reason you can credit the good numbers from the NASDAQ and NYSE so far this week.
/Hussein Dolt isn't in any of those countries...
105 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:44:21am |
re: #98 Syrah
How are you dong on Conflict? I'm really enjoying it so far.
106 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:44:45am |
re: #77 gmsc
How about internationally agreeing on a gold-backed currency?
Well, I guess I too am one to wonder how in a world of 7 billion people the limited gold supplies held by governments could be of much use.
Again, if nations did not trade so much then perhaps that wouldn't be such an issue, but here in 2009 international trade is huge, and indeed one of the pillars of US foreign policy has been that the continued expansion of international trade is a keystone to bettering everybody's lives.
On a more personal note... I'm at an age now when I need to decide what to do with a small window of years before I reach my true "golden years". Is a third career worth it (to save a few more dollars in hopes that if say, I reach my 70's, I can be a bit more "financially secure" (whatever that means))?
107 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:46:59am |
re: #103 Alberta Oil Peon
Owning gold could stand one in good stead in the event of severe inflation. I think I will be buying some gold coins once I'm off this job.
I also hold shares in a couple of junior gold ventures.
Stay the hell away from Bre-X.
That shit literally scared me off of the Canadian Markets for a decade.
108 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:49:26am |
re: #103 Alberta Oil Peon
Owning gold could stand one in good stead in the event of severe inflation. I think I will be buying some gold coins once I'm off this job.
I also hold shares in a couple of junior gold ventures.
as long as no one around you owns guns, including the government, you're okay......
/unless, of course, they are physically violent.
109 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:49:57am |
re: #104 Fenway_Nation
I think you can account for those good numbers for nearly the same reason you can credit the good numbers from the NASDAQ and NYSE so far this week.
/Hussein Dolt isn't in any of those countries...
IOW, we still have a long way down to go......
110 | astronmr20 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:49:59am |
re: #97 Fenway_Nation
Australia's All Ordinaries- up 2.69%
Shanghai Composite- up .72%
Mumbai Sensex- up 4.41%
Taiwan Weighted- up 3%
New Zealand NZSE50- up .64%
Seoul KOPSI composite- up 3.54%
Johannesburg JSE limited- up 2.84%
Singapore's STI- up 4.73%
Nikkei- up 4.4%
Tel Aviv TA100- up .02%
Yes.. the asian markets are taking off like a rocket tonight.
111 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:50:03am |
re: #106 freetoken
At my age, "financially secure" means my children are rich and still speaking to me. Otherwise, I am lewd, blued, screwed and tattood.
113 | astronmr20 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:51:16am |
114 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:51:31am |
re: #111 BatGuano
At my age, "financially secure" means my children are rich and still speaking to me. Otherwise, I am lewd, blued, screwed and tattood. I just wish I'd stayed in a Holiday Inn last night.
FTFY!
115 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:52:23am |
re: #99 gmsc
We will need to be prepared for high inflation, and we can see that coming a mile away at this point.
Yes, that is what I'm struggling with, the idea that we won't have just the usual amount of inflation (based on the last 30 years), but something much more serious, that essentially would diminish my retirement.
117 | Salem Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:53:41am |
Eh. When has the world ever not been in crisis? When it comes right down to it, good times or bad-everybody dies. You can either spend your life living or bracing yourself for death.
118 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:53:49am |
re: #105 Sharmuta
I have hardly started.
There has been a lot of trauma and chaos in my life recently. It has made finding the time to read very difficult.
I am starting what amounts to a new job this week. I am still learning the ropes and feeling more like I am just in the way than value added. Things should settle down for me in the next week or two.
As for what little of the book that I have read, I am very impressed. Its a subject that has always fascinated me. I like delving into what is the genesis of a person's world view and this is the first book that addresses that head on.
How far into it are you?
119 | Mithrax Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:55:31am |
Mornin Lizards.
The coffee shops were closed to I got me a coke slushie.....
Yup, nice and healthy at 4am :P
120 | Buster Bunny Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:56:04am |
re: #117 Salem
Eh. When has the world ever not been in crisis? When it comes right down to it, good times or bad-everybody dies. You can either spend your life living or bracing yourself for death.
Eh, I'm a bunny. When i'm not eating everything .. shitting on everything or mating like crazy .. I got other things to worry about.
Predators scare me.
121 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:57:26am |
re: #119 Mithrax
Mornin Lizards.
The coffee shops were closed to I got me a coke slushie.....
Yup, nice and healthy at 4am :P
0100 here.... red wine, of course.
/Skoal!
122 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:57:44am |
123 | Salem Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:58:27am |
re: #120 Buster Bunny
Eh, I'm a bunny. When i'm not eating everything .. shitting on everything or mating like crazy .. I got other things to worry about.
Predators scare me.
We kept rabbits when I was a kid. I used to help my dad slaughter them.
124 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 12:58:40am |
re: #120 Buster Bunny
Eh, I'm a bunny. When i'm not eating everything .. shitting on everything or mating like crazy .. I got other things to worry about.
Predators scare me.
Sssssssshhhhhhhhh!
Be very, very quiet.
red
125 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:00:51am |
re: #118 Syrah
I'm sorry things have been so hectic for you lately, but glad that they're settling down a bit. Hang in there.
As for the book- still in Ch. 2, but I'm intentionally taking it slow. I had a thought about creating a spinoff link for the book where you and I could compare some notes. We could comment for a week back and forth on that spinoff thread until it archives. What do you think about that idea- maybe starting it this weekend?
126 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:00:53am |
re: #115 freetoken
Yes, that is what I'm struggling with, the idea that we won't have just the usual amount of inflation (based on the last 30 years), but something much more serious, that essentially would diminish my retirement.
I posted some excellent thoughts from Coyote in my previous money tips post on preparing and dealing with inflation. Here's Part 1 and here's Part 2.
re: #117 Salem
Eh. When has the world ever not been in crisis?
In hindsight!
127 | Gus Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:01:10am |
Happiness is being able to sleep and not experiencing excruciating tooth pain.
128 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:02:24am |
Since we are at least partialy on the subject of retirement and death: Macbeth
She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
129 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:02:41am |
re: #127 Gus 802
Happiness is being able to sleep and not experiencing excruciating tooth pain.
I was going through exactly that this time last year. After the root canal was over, it felt soooooo good!
130 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:02:47am |
re: #107 Fenway_Nation
Stay the hell away from Bre-X.
That shit literally scared me off of the Canadian Markets for a decade.
Believe it or not, in an alternate universe, it might have been me that took the swan dive from the helicopter in Indonesia. Back in the mid-'80s, I was an unemployed geologist in Calgary, doing odd jobs to keep body and soul together. I fixed the engine in a VW Rabbit for Sean Walsh, the son of Bre-X president David Walsh. He mentioned to me that his father was embarking on a big gold venture in Indonesia, and might be needing technical people. He actually drove me to his father's home, but the elder Walsh was off on a trip somewhere, so nothing ever came of it.
FWIW, having talked with people who were well-acquainted with David Walsh, it's my belief that he was not a party to the fraud. I think he honestly believed that he had finally found the Big One. Perhaps the eagerness to believe that kept him from exercising the due diligence he should have done.
One result of the whole fiasco is that the regulatory burden, and the hoops that one must jump through to start a junior mineral exploration company have hugely increased.
131 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:03:19am |
re: #119 Mithrax
Mornin Lizards.
The coffee shops were closed to I got me a coke slushie.....
Yup, nice and healthy at 4am :P
Life will end up killing you in the end. If you are going to do something unhealthy, do it decadently, or not at all. No half measures in virtue or sin. Full on, or not all.
Coke slushies are good.
132 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:04:06am |
re: #128 BatGuano
Since we are at least partialy on the subject of retirement and death: Macbeth
She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
I prefer a more optimistic outlook:
133 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:04:15am |
re: #126 gmsc
Yes, thank you....
Another issue is whether to leave California. Today the sales tax in my area went up to over 9%... Yes, I realize many lizards may say "leave", but California still has much to commend itself, and when most everyone you know lives in a particular region it makes it even more difficult.
134 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:04:28am |
re: #108 redc1c4
as long as no one around you owns guns, including the government, you're okay......
/unless, of course, they are physically violent.
They have to know you have gold. People who possess physical gold should be very circumspect.
BTW, our government has introduced legislation to dismantle the federal long-gun registry.
135 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:04:58am |
re: #125 Sharmuta
I'm sorry things have been so hectic for you lately, but glad that they're settling down a bit. Hang in there.
As for the book- still in Ch. 2, but I'm intentionally taking it slow. I had a thought about creating a spinoff link for the book where you and I could compare some notes. We could comment for a week back and forth on that spinoff thread until it archives. What do you think about that idea- maybe starting it this weekend?
I like it. A spinoff salon.
You set the terms and I will try to follow along.
I work on the weekends. The overnight thread might be the place to do it.
136 | Gus Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:05:02am |
re: #129 gmsc
I was going through exactly that this time last year. After the root canal was over, it felt soooooo good!
Felt better after mine too. I need more work but couldn't afford it. Now it's on the opposite side of all things and it's driving me nuts -- the whole row. Haven't taken anything for it but I did try some ice.
137 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:06:08am |
re: #133 freetoken
Yes, thank you....
Another issue is whether to leave California. Today the sales tax in my area went up to over 9%... Yes, I realize many lizards may say "leave", but California still has much to commend itself, and when most everyone you know lives in a particular region it makes it even more difficult.
9 years ago, when I left California, everyone was asking me, "How can you even think of leaving California?"
Today, the same people asked me, "How did you know to leave California?"
139 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:09:03am |
Interest rates on US Savings bonds are set to change at the end of the month.
Until April 30, the rate for the zero-coupon Series EE bond is 1.3%
Until April 30, the rate for the Variable-rate Series I bond is 5.64%
140 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:09:15am |
re: #137 gmsc
9 years ago, when I left California, everyone was asking me, "How can you even think of leaving California?"
Today, the same people asked me, "How did you know to leave California?"
were you a native?
141 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:09:39am |
re: #139 Fenway_Nation
Interest rates on US Savings bonds are set to change at the end of the month.
Until April 30, the rate for the zero-coupon Series EE bond is 1.3%
Until April 30, the rate for the Variable-rate Series I bond is 5.64%
and after that?
142 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:09:47am |
re: #138 freetoken
neat video.
Thanks.
The internet, despite all the high-tech trappings, seems to be drawing me towards an interest in classic poetry. I've even saved a few poems on YouTube!
143 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:10:44am |
re: #140 redc1c4
were you a native?
Nope – moved there with my family at age 6, left most of my family there at age 32.
144 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:12:27am |
re: #135 Syrah
Well- I was thinking since the spinoff is available for comments for 7 days, we could just post interesting points, comment back and forth on them, post other points and so on. Not so much a live back and forth, but rather like a message board. We can stick the spinoff in our favorites to access as we think of other things to comment upon during the week. How about we start Friday night- that gives us both a couple more days to get a little further into the book?
145 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:12:37am |
re: #133 freetoken
Yes, thank you....
Another issue is whether to leave California. Today the sales tax in my area went up to over 9%... Yes, I realize many lizards may say "leave", but California still has much to commend itself, and when most everyone you know lives in a particular region it makes it even more difficult.
When I left California, I just quit my job, packed up everything I owned, and moved to Seattle. I didn't know a soul here. I didn't have a job or even a place to stay lined up. All that I had was my fill of California and place on a map to head to.
It has worked out very well.
Washington is just as screwed up and crazy as California, but the rain keeps the kookiest of the nuts indoors and out of sight.
There is no frontier left to run to.
We will have to take our stand somewhere. Pick someplace pleasant.
146 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:13:35am |
re: #144 Sharmuta
Well- I was thinking since the spinoff is available for comments for 7 days, we could just post interesting points, comment back and forth on them, post other points and so on. Not so much a live back and forth, but rather like a message board. We can stick the spinoff in our favorites to access as we think of other things to comment upon during the week. How about we start Friday night- that gives us both a couple more days to get a little further into the book?
Sounds good.
Friday night then.
149 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:17:16am |
re: #141 redc1c4
and after that?
Not sure- but I have my own unscientific lithmus test for this. Sometimes the higher-end CD rates are a good indicator of what the upcoming savings-bond rates are.
In other words- not very good at this time. I purchased a few hundred in Savings bonds about a year ago before the rates fell to absolute crap.
[Also, at this time the current Series I bond has a built-in .7% interest rate while the rest of it varies every 6 months.]
150 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:17:30am |
re: #132 gmsc
I try. Sometimes personal experience leads to other paradigms. Upding for giving some hope. Kipling could be a little dark sometimes. I forgot what this is from but is was a poem of advice to young British soldiers (from memory):
When you find yourself wounded on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
And go to your Gawd like a soldier.
151 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:20:53am |
re: #148 Syrah
Maybe we'll start a trend and other book discussions threads will start popping up. Who knows?
152 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:21:20am |
re: #142 gmsc
I bookmarked that. Thank you for doing my work for me! You are more than just a math and magic guy, (although I consider math and magic the same). :)
153 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:21:45am |
re: #145 Syrah
When I left California, I just quit my job, packed up everything I owned, and moved to Seattle. I didn't know a soul here. I didn't have a job or even a place to stay lined up. All that I had was my fill of California and place on a map to head to.
It has worked out very well.
Washington is just as screwed up and crazy as California, but the rain keeps the kookiest of the nuts indoors and out of sight.
There is no frontier left to run to.
We will have to take our stand somewhere. Pick someplace pleasant.
then i'm staying right here..... Molon Labe!
154 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:22:01am |
re: #137 gmsc
Sold my house before the bubble popped, but a year or so early. In theory, I could have gotten more for it, but in practice I did very well, essentially living "rent free +" for my adult life in California (which has been most of my adult life.)
Syrah said:
When I left California, I just quit my job, packed up everything I owned, and moved
I had no problem doing that... when I was younger.
155 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:24:29am |
re: #150 BatGuano
I try. Sometimes personal experience leads to other paradigms. Upding for giving some hope. Kipling could be a little dark sometimes. I forgot what this is from but is was a poem of advice to young British soldiers (from memory):
When you find yourself wounded on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
And go to your Gawd like a soldier.
One of my favorite Kippling stories, and a very dark and grim one at that, is The Gate Of A Hundred Sorrows
It lies between the Copper-smith's Gully and the pipe-stem sellers' quarter, within a hundred yards, too, as the crow flies, of the Mosque of Wazir Khan. I don't mind telling any one this much, but I defy him to find the Gate, however well he may think he knows the City. You might even go through the very gully it stands in a hundred times, and be none the wiser. We used to call the gully, "the Gully of the Black Smoke," but its native name is altogether different of course. A loaded donkey couldn't pass between the walls; and, at one point, just before you reach the Gate, a bulged house-front makes people go along all sideways.
156 | redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:24:40am |
re: #150 BatGuano
I try. Sometimes personal experience leads to other paradigms. Upding for giving some hope. Kipling could be a little dark sometimes. I forgot what this is from but is was a poem of advice to young British soldiers (from memory):
When you find yourself wounded on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
And go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Halfway down the trail to Hell,
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped,
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddlers' Green.
Marching past, straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen.
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marines,
For none but the shades of Cavalrymen
Dismount at Fiddlers' Green.
Though some go curving down the trail
To seek a warmer scene.
No trooper ever gets to Hell
Ere he's emptied his canteen.
And so rides back to drink again
With friends at Fiddlers' Green.
And so when man and horse go down
Beneath a saber keen,
Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee
You stop a bullet clean,
And the hostiles come to get your scalp,
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head
And go to Fiddlers' Green.
157 | Neutral President Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:26:21am |
re: #149 Fenway_Nation
I'm probably going to move most of my 401k and RothIRA out of bonds (I moved into Bond funds at the beginning of 2008 knowing what was coming at the time.) Not sure what I'll do with the rest thats in money market funds though. Too high of inflation and those could be a disaster. I'm leery about jumping totally back into stocks and index funds because I don't really trust the little rallys we have been having arent just part of a see-saw that could last months or years.
Everyone is paying attention to the stock market. Generally a "bottom" happens when people give up and don't care anymore. In 2003 at the dot com crash bottom I barely heard a peep about the stock market in the MFMSM.
158 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:28:33am |
re: #155 Syrah
Bookmarked it. Kipling could consume ones life.
159 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:28:34am |
re: #157 ArchangelMichael
Persoanlly I'm waiting for a pullback in gold right now.
160 | Neutral President Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:31:25am |
re: #159 Fenway_Nation
Persoanlly I'm waiting for a pullback in gold right now.
Me too. I have silver in my Roth IRA. I had some gold that I bought when it was down in the 700s and sold at 900ish and I'm waiting to get back into that. Under 820 is what I'm looking for. That might solve the money market fund problem of mine if it happens soon.
161 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:32:26am |
re: #103 Alberta Oil Peon
Owning gold could stand one in good stead in the event of severe inflation. I think I will be buying some gold coins once I'm off this job.
I also hold shares in a couple of junior gold ventures.
By the way.....where (or from whom) are you getting your gold, AOP?
162 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:33:45am |
re: #160 ArchangelMichael
Me too. I have silver in my Roth IRA. I had some gold that I bought when it was down in the 700s and sold at 900ish and I'm waiting to get back into that. Under 820 is what I'm looking for. That might solve the money market fund problem of mine if it happens soon.
That's a little optimistic, but I wouldn't mind seeing it (and taking advantage of it) myself.
163 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:36:31am |
re: #150 BatGuano
Kipling could be a little dark sometimes.
But you shouldn't stop being kippled!
;)
re: #152 BatGuano
I bookmarked that. Thank you for doing my work for me! You are more than just a math and magic guy, (although I consider math and magic the same). :)
Oh, I have what some would call eclectic and/or eccentric tastes. Have you seen some of my other playlists?
Speaking of math AND poetry, check out Cadaeic Cadenza.
It's a short story (about 4000 words) featuring classic poems that have been slightly re-written in a mysterious format. Here's the amazing explanation behind this incredible work.
164 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:38:11am |
re: #151 Sharmuta
Maybe we'll start a trend and other book discussions threads will start popping up. Who knows?
So many books, so little time.
We will have some fun.
165 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:40:40am |
Fenway shiny stuff update (i.e. my lazy ass hit the 'refresh' button):
Gold- $919 an ounce (down .009%)
Silver- $12.97 an ounce (down .004%)
Platinum- $1133 an ounce (down .0017%)
Palladium- $219 an ounce (unchanged)
Rhodium- $1010 an ounce (unchanged since last shiny stuff update- altho' Rhodium itself isn't that shiny)
166 | Syrah Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:41:53am |
Goodnight Lizards.
It has been a long day, from sunrise snowfall to evening rain and wind.
There is plenty of magic in the simple things that are all around us. Snowflakes, starfish, raindrops, moonlight and on and on.
Relish the moment, as many moments as you can.
We have but such a short time on this earth, it would be a shame to have missed the good parts in the hurry hurry of the every day.
167 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:42:21am |
re: #161 Fenway_Nation
By the way.....where (or from whom) are you getting your gold, AOP?
There is a big coin dealer in Calgary, called Albern Coins, that sells a lot of gold coinage. I might also look into buying some wafers, and I believe the Bank of Nova Scotia still deals in wafers.
168 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:42:57am |
re: #166 Syrah
Goodnight Lizards.
It has been a long day, from sunrise snowfall to evening rain and wind.
There is plenty of magic in the simple things that are all around us. Snowflakes, starfish, raindrops, moonlight and on and on.
Relish the moment, as many moments as you can.
We have but such a short time on this earth, it would be a shame to have missed the good parts in the hurry hurry of the every day.
Good night, Syrah!
I can't really do magic. I can only help you see it.
170 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:46:03am |
re: #167 Alberta Oil Peon
Blue Canuck told me all about Scotiabank (Hockey Night in Canada sponsors to boot!). I was talking to them back in October on a toll-free number. They were very helpful, but told me I'd have to physically show up at a Scotiabank branch to purchase bullion- and since I'm quite a ways away from Canada right now......that's a little problematic.
172 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:50:51am |
re: #170 Fenway_Nation
Blue Canuck told me all about Scotiabank (Hockey Night in Canada sponsors to boot!). I was talking to them back in October on a toll-free number. They were very helpful, but told me I'd have to physically show up at a Scotiabank branch to purchase bullion- and since I'm quite a ways away from Canada right now......that's a little problematic.
I'm sure there must be some U.S.-based bullion dealers.
174 | UncleRancher Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:51:10am |
re: #171 Iron Fist
Yeah, I invested some money today in brass and lead. I expect to make a killing with it sometime...
*chuckle!*
175 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:51:52am |
re: #163 gmsc
gmsc, you're amazing. I just bookmarked you're references. Now I am going to have to delete many of my other bookmarks of which I have many.
I did put a smiley face after my "math and magic" remark so I hope you know I wasn't trying to limit you breadth of knowledge. I am always a envious of how much you know. : )
176 | TheMatrix31 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:53:50am |
Had to install some driver updates for my wireless adapter which would randomly crap out on me and I wouldn't be able to turn it back on or re-connect unless I restarted the whole system! Hopefully this was the solution.
Now if I could just get why my instant messaging client (Trillian Pro 3.1) crashes out randomly also...
178 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:54:43am |
re: #171 Iron Fist
Yeah, I invested some money today in brass and lead. I expect to make a killing with it sometime...
I'm putting my money in taxes – I know they're going up!
/brass taxes?
179 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:54:54am |
re: #172 Alberta Oil Peon
Yea...but seems like the markups are greater here. Ironically, they look like they're the highest on the bullion coins struck by the US Mint.
182 | UncleRancher Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:00:02am |
The Sermon I think this Mom will never forget....
this particular Sunday sermon...'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust...' He would have continued but at that moment a very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to her mother and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four year
old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'
183 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:00:12am |
re: #179 Fenway_Nation
Yea...but seems like the markups are greater here. Ironically, they look like they're the highest on the bullion coins struck by the US Mint.
You always pay a premium on bullion coins, because they go to a collector market. The markup is less on wafers and actual bullion, but it still exists.
My thought is that it would be nice to own enough gold in small pieces, that one would be able to live for a year on the proceeds of selling it, and it would be wealth that was sufficiently portable that you could stuff it in your pockets and bug out, if the world were falling in upon you.
184 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:01:13am |
re: #175 BatGuano
gmsc, you're amazing. I just bookmarked you're references. Now I am going to have to delete many of my other bookmarks of which I have many.
I did put a smiley face after my "math and magic" remark so I hope you know I wasn't trying to limit you breadth of knowledge. I am always a envious of how much you know. : )
One of my biggest problems is trying not to come across as a know-it-all.
I just love learning, and I try and keep the things handy that I've really found fun, enjoyable, and/or useful.
As you've seen, fun knowledge is something I revel in, and love to share!
186 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:01:58am |
Hmm . . . it looks like littleoldlady is probably getting some well-deserved rest.
187 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:03:24am |
Happy Thursday, Everyone!
Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------>
Help Yourself!
/Hope lol is okay.....
188 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:04:40am |
re: #187 Sharmuta
Happy Thursday, Everyone!
Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------>
Help Yourself!
/Hope lol is okay.....
Sharmuta to the rescue! Thank you!
Sending my best thoughts and hopes to littleoldlady.
189 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:05:08am |
re: #183 Alberta Oil Peon
You always pay a premium on bullion coins, because they go to a collector market. The markup is less on wafers and actual bullion, but it still exists.
Percentage-wise, it's worse with silver. Anywhere from 10% to 33% here.
But for some reason, the Gold Maple Leafs, Krugerrands or Philharmonics have less than a markup than the Liberty or Buffalo bullion coins...
190 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:05:37am |
Hmmm...blueberries, blue raspberries, blue stawberries, blue kiwi fruit, blue pineapple. What's happening here?
191 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:07:13am |
re: #189 Fenway_Nation
There's a coin called a Philharmonic?
192 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:08:07am |
re: #188 gmsc
Sharmuta to the rescue! Thank you!
Sending my best thoughts and hopes to littleoldlady.
Likewise!
193 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:08:10am |
194 | Scorch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:08:46am |
This is the second morning this week the boards have been pretty quiet. Guess everyone is exhausted.
195 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:09:52am |
re: #194 Scorch
This is pretty normal. It doesn't pick up for a few hours yet.
196 | Scorch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:11:35am |
re: #195 Sharmuta
This is pretty normal. It doesn't pick up for a few hours yet.
Ah, well guess I'll go do some paper work and check the irrigation crew. Have a good day all.
197 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:13:40am |
198 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:14:49am |
re: #191 Alberta Oil Peon
There's a coin called a Philharmonic?
Yep. Not surprisingly, it's Austria's contribution to bullion coin production.
199 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:22:49am |
re: #198 Fenway_Nation
Yep. Not surprisingly, it's Austria's contribution to bullion coin production.
Interesting, Fenway. They might provide a useful way to get gold in sub-ounce units, I guess. If one is planning on using gold only as an investment, the size of the individual hunks is probably less important. But if we ever found ourselves in a real economic melt-down, I think it's a safe bet that coins of this type would soon have a "street-value" higher than their book value. So that maybe you could exchange that quarter-ounce coin for a car with a full tank of gas. ;>)
200 | Crux Australis Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:23:55am |
On the news tonight in Australia there was a story about Michelle Obamas breach of protocol in touching the Queen.
I know that former Prime Ministers of Australia John Howard and Paul Keating committed such a faux pas and were rebuked.
Does Michelle Obama get a free pass?
202 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:28:03am |
re: #200 Crux Australis
On the news tonight in Australia there was a story about Michelle Obamas breach of protocol in touching the Queen.
I know that former Prime Ministers of Australia John Howard and Paul Keating committed such a faux pas and were rebuked.
Does Michelle Obama get a free pass?
Some sources said that Her Majesty put a comforting arm on Michelle first. In any case, I don't think there's much to be made of it. Michelle really doesn't have an elected or appointed position, so it's less of a protocol faux pas, (if it's one at all) than it would have been if Obama himself had done it.
203 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:28:06am |
re: #199 Alberta Oil Peon
I thought the Maple Leaf, Liberty and Krugerrand were also available in fractional/sub-ounce units, too....
204 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:29:58am |
re: #203 Fenway_Nation
I thought the Maple Leaf, Liberty and Krugerrand were also available in fractional/sub-ounce units, too....
You may well be right. I haven't really researched the market. I'm just now more or less able to think about having enough surplus cash to buy a little gold.
205 | Crux Australis Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:30:30am |
What do the Obamas know about decorum and protocol and chivalry?
At least Kevin Rudd had the decency to address the Queen appropriately.
207 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:32:35am |
re: #205 Crux Australis
What do the Obamas know about decorum and protocol and chivalry?
At least Kevin Rudd had the decency to address the Queen appropriately.
I can see it now: Michelle gives the Queen a high five, and the Queen responds with a fist-bump.
208 | Spiritualized Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:33:17am |
The gift that keeps on giving! Barry's iPod was even more awesome than you originally thought....
Confirmed: Queen’s iPod includes Obama’s speeches
Uploaded onto the iPod:
* Photos from the Queen's 2007 White House State Visit
* Photos from the Queen's 2007 Jamestown, Va., Visit
* Photos from the Queen's 2007 Richmond, Va., Visit
* Video from the Queen's 1957 Jamestown Visit
* Video from the Queen's 2007 Jamestown Visit
* Video from the Queen's 2007 Richmond Visit
* Photos from President Obama's Inauguration
* Audio of then-state senator Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and
* Audio of President Obama 2009 Inauguration Address
209 | TheMatrix31 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:34:48am |
re: #208 Spiritualized
The gift that keeps on giving! Barry's iPod was even more awesome than you originally thought....
I would toss it over London Bridge.
210 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:35:23am |
re: #208 Spiritualized
The gift that keeps on giving! Barry's iPod was even more awesome than you originally thought....
Wow!
It's beginning to look like those people who have been claiming that Obama is a pathological narcissist aren't just singing Dixie.
211 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:36:15am |
re: #208 Spiritualized
The Queen always wanted an iPod but had too wait until The One gave it too her.
212 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:36:28am |
re: #204 Alberta Oil Peon
I've been looking at bullion for a little over a year now- but I haven't had any money to do anything about it until fairly recently. But for the most part, I'm sitting on my money and waiting/hoping for a pullback to October-December '08 prices in gold, silver and maybe even platinum.
213 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:37:30am |
re: #209 TheMatrix31
I would toss it over London Bridge.
I know a guy here in Vegas who brags that his arms are so strong, he could throw a rock from London Bridge and have it land in Arizona!
As it turns out, it's not all that difficult to do.
;)
214 | gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:40:16am |
I'm dozing off at the keyboard, so I'd better say good night to all!
216 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:41:40am |
re: #214 gmsc
I'm dozing off at the keyboard, so I'd better say good night to all!
Good night to you! By the way, was the fellow who brought London Bridge to Lake Havasu City Robert Paxton McCullogh?
221 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:47:48am |
222 | livefreeor die Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:50:21am |
Here's a shockah (seriously)-Time now has an article up on Obama's Top 10 gaffes. I thought the MSM wasn't supposed to acknowledge those. Rahm must have forgot to put them on the talking points/ non talking points e-mail list.
224 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:52:39am |
re: #221 Alberta Oil Peon
Still in business although most racers are familiar with roots blower.
225 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:53:13am |
re: #223 littleoldlady
Whooopsie!
Thanks, Sharmuta! :-)
Good morning, littleoldlady! Glad to see you are OK.
226 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:53:38am |
227 | littleoldlady Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:53:48am |
228 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:54:20am |
re: #224 BatGuano
Still in business although most racers are familiar with roots blower.
Paxton Products is now owned by the Granatelli brothers, AFAIK.
229 | littleoldlady Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:54:49am |
BatGuano! :-)
I think I've already used up my quota for the year. :-/
230 | littleoldlady Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:57:15am |
Well....nice seeing y'all. (Now that I screwed up my day.)
Good day, ALL!™
231 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 2:57:37am |
re: #229 littleoldlady
Dang right. you have responsibilities. Do not worry us like that. We always get counterfeit fruitcup.
233 | BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:00:03am |
Good night all. I had to wait for littleoldlady. Weet dreams.
235 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:07:18am |
re: #234 BatGuano
Is Andy Granatelli still alive?
I do believe he is.
Have a good night. Catch you on the flip-flop.
236 | TheMatrix31 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:08:16am |
They're showing the Ipod playlist on F&F. Don't get me wrong, I don't have much of a problem with the gift (as much as the DVDs), but don't they figure that if this is the Queen's favorite stuff, that she would already have access to it one way or another anyway? And don't they figure that she's what, 80 years old now? Is she really going to be walkin' around with an Ipod? LOL that's a funny mental image.
238 | Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:13:56am |
re: #237 rightside
Morning rightside!
G'nite rightside- lizards! Looks like I'll be sleeping thru the European and precious metal markets and first few hours of the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq trading.
240 | TheMatrix31 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:16:13am |
re: #238 Fenway_Nation
Morning rightside!
G'nite rightside- lizards! Looks like I'll be sleeping thru the European and precious metal markets and first few hours of the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq trading.
Good night, man.
Good morning, Rightside!
241 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:18:27am |
re: #236 TheMatrix31
They're showing the Ipod playlist on F&F. Don't get me wrong, I don't have much of a problem with the gift (as much as the DVDs), but don't they figure that if this is the Queen's favorite stuff, that she would already have access to it one way or another anyway? And don't they figure that she's what, 80 years old now? Is she really going to be walkin' around with an Ipod? LOL that's a funny mental image.
During WWII, she and her younger sister, Margaret, volunteered to work in a motor pool for the British Army, as vehicle mechanics. And she has been known to take a hand in the care and feeding of the Land Rovers on her country estates.
No moss on that lady.
242 | TheMatrix31 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:21:38am |
re: #241 Alberta Oil Peon
During WWII, she and her younger sister, Margaret, volunteered to work in a motor pool for the British Army, as vehicle mechanics. And she has been known to take a hand in the care and feeding of the Land Rovers on her country estates.
No moss on that lady.
Not too shabby. They're more handy than I'll ever be!
246 | TheMatrix31 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:28:33am |
re: #244 goddessoftheclassroom
Good morning, Lizards!
Good morning Goddess!
I still find it weird how so many people are waking up and I haven't even gone to bed yet!
247 | goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:30:43am |
{TheMatrix31}
{Alberta Oil Peon}
{rightside}
{RenwayNation}
249 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:38:22am |
So, how has Obama embarrassed us or screwed us this AM overseas?
250 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:40:59am |
Last update - 13:36 02/04/2009
13-year-old killed, 7-year-old wounded in West Bank terror attack
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]
Sure give em a State!
251 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:44:07am |
re: #249 Nevergiveup
If he's breathing, you can be sure it's a doozy!
252 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:46:23am |
253 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:48:14am |
13:38 UN human rights chief says pushing U.S., Canada to drop Durban II concerns (Reuters)
Sure right wonderful. Love is breaking out all over?
255 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:54:23am |
re: #244 goddessoftheclassroom
Good morning, goddess. I'm going to email you later with an idea for a sort of book club for you here at LGF.
257 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:55:31am |
re: #253 Nevergiveup
13:38 UN human rights chief says pushing U.S., Canada to drop Durban II concerns (Reuters)
Sure right wonderful. Love is breaking out all over?
Must suck, when your very job title is an oxymoron.
258 | goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Apr 2, 2009 3:57:53am |
My citation--I am NOT promoting this
The new dean of the Episcopal Divinity School, Dr. Katherine Ragsdale, has elevated an emotional, divisive issue to that of a "blessing."
I left my beloved local church when it chose to stay with TEC to join a small, new congregation of Anglicans. I've wavered recently because I miss people and the community, but this article reminds my why I cannot remain a member of TEC,
259 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:02:06am |
re: #258 goddessoftheclassroom
My citation--I am NOT promoting this
The new dean of the Episcopal Divinity School, Dr. Katherine Ragsdale, has elevated an emotional, divisive issue to that of a "blessing."
I left my beloved local church when it chose to stay with TEC to join a small, new congregation of Anglicans. I've wavered recently because I miss people and the community, but this article reminds my why I cannot remain a member of TEC,
Sheesh! I am pro-choice, simply because I believe that there are some circumstances in which abortion is the lesser of two evils. But it is nevertheless an ugly and wasteful thing. That woman is batshit crazy.
260 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:03:35am |
re: #258 goddessoftheclassroom
I wouldn't belong to a church that promoted that either.
261 | goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:04:03am |
re: #259 Alberta Oil Peon
Sheesh! I am pro-choice, simply because I believe that there are some circumstances in which abortion is the lesser of two evils. But it is nevertheless an ugly and wasteful thing. That woman is batshit crazy.
As a secular, political issue, I respect the pro-choice position; as a plank in the beliefs of a CHURCH, I can't.
262 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:08:33am |
re: #261 goddessoftheclassroom
As a secular, political issue, I respect the pro-choice position; as a plank in the beliefs of a CHURCH, I can't.
Exactly. I cannot see a church endorsing abortion. I can see a church showing compassion to women who choose to have an abortion, and in fact, I would want to have nothing to do with a church that failed to show compassion to a woman in that situation.
But there is a difference between having compassion for sinners, and gleefully promoting the sin.
263 | goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:09:03am |
re: #262 Alberta Oil Peon
Exactly. I cannot see a church endorsing abortion. I can see a church showing compassion to women who choose to have an abortion, and in fact, I would want to have nothing to do with a church that failed to show compassion to a woman in that situation.
But there is a difference between having compassion for sinners, and gleefully promoting the sin.
EXACTLY.
264 | goddessoftheclassroom Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:09:33am |
I've got to run--have a great day!
265 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:10:54am |
Good Morning LGF.
Was it just my imagination, or did the Queen kinda grab WAB's ass?
266 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:11:50am |
re: #264 goddessoftheclassroom
I've got to run--have a great day!
You, too! I'm working the graveyard shift tonight, and it may turn into an all-day affair, too, since we are at a crucial stage in proceedings here. But, I'll have a bit of a break once this is past.
267 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:12:14am |
re: #265 Spare O'Lake
Good Morning LGF.
Was it just my imagination, or did the Queen kinda grab WAB's ass?
Well there goes my appetite?
268 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:13:48am |
I see someone posted a link to Pastor James Manning in the spin-offs. My memory fails me quite a bit... but I seem to remember Manning links being non grata here?
Anyway, it is to more "tea party" stuff... of which I am increasingly skeptical as a viable political means of addressing the issues of the day.
269 | 3 wood Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:15:34am |
Good morning.
Look for the market to open up sharply as the futures are all up by about 2% at the moment.
The reason why is a little complicated. First, the market has been so far down for so long that a lot of the money standing on the sidelines is starting to get a bit eager to get back in the market Second, there is a growing sense that the market and the economy has leveled out. Third, "mark to market" is likely to be altered by FASB within the next day or so, and that will free up a lot of bank capital and reduce the "toxic asset" problem significantly, and it will be retroactive to january 1st.
270 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:17:29am |
re: #265 Spare O'Lake
Good Morning LGF.
Was it just my imagination, or did the Queen kinda grab WAB's ass?
I haven't seen the video. Some folks here have said that Michelle put an arm around the Queen's waist, which is apparently a big protocol no-no.
Could be, that if such a thing happened, the Queen, having not just fallen off the turnip truck, would simply make a reciprocal gesture, simply to save Michelle the embarrassment of a protocol faux pas.
271 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:19:06am |
re: #269 3 wood
Reuters seems to think it is due to markets' happiness with the G20 meeting:
G20 heads craft crisis response, markets rise
MARKET LIFTEDWorld stock prices, battered by the crisis for months, have recovered some lost ground in the last month and shot higher on Thursday on hopes for a strong agreement by the G20 leaders. The index of top European shares jumped 3.9 percent after Japan's Nikkei gained 4.4 percent.
"A good rally is coming through, particularly from Asian markets overnight on hopes for a decent stimulus package from the G20 to lift confidence, especially with regards to emerging economies and a boost to the International Monetary Fund," said Henk Potts, strategist at Barclays Wealth.
272 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:19:20am |
re: #269 3 wood
Good morning.
Look for the market to open up sharply as the futures are all up by about 2% at the moment.
The reason why is a little complicated. First, the market has been so far down for so long that a lot of the money standing on the sidelines is starting to get a bit eager to get back in the market Second, there is a growing sense that the market and the economy has leveled out. Third, "mark to market" is likely to be altered by FASB within the next day or so, and that will free up a lot of bank capital and reduce the "toxic asset" problem significantly, and it will be retroactive to january 1st.
Good analysis, but I attribute the market going up in the next week to opening of the Major League Baseball Season. It's Obvious isn't it? Play BALL!
273 | BlueCanuck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:22:05am |
Morning all. Any way the morning isn't going to suck?
/I am not a morning person.
274 | 3 wood Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:24:59am |
re: #271 freetoken
Reuters seems to think it is due to markets' happiness with the G20 meeting:
Another obvious MSM shill job.
Reuters has no clue how the market works
275 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:25:12am |
Morning, Blue. Another 3 hours or so, and I can call it a night, and grab some shut-eye.
276 | 3 wood Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:25:57am |
re: #272 Nevergiveup
Good analysis, but I attribute the market going up in the next week to opening of the Major League Baseball Season. It's Obvious isn't it? Play BALL!
I will go out on a limb and predict that the Cubs will not win the World Series.
277 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:26:15am |
I reread Hitchens op-ed in today's National Post, and I still cannot accept the proposition that freedom of speech trumps a prohibition on fundraising for terrorist groups.
*sigh*
278 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:27:59am |
re: #276 3 wood
I will go out on a limb and predict that the Cubs will not win the World Series.
You never know. Obama may put Acorn on the case.
279 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:30:31am |
re: #278 Alberta Oil Peon
You never know. Obama may put Acorn on the case.
Can Acorn throw or hit a curve ball? How many divisions does Acorn have...ugh- never mind that's a whole other discussion.
280 | BlueCanuck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:31:27am |
re: #275 Alberta Oil Peon
Heh, nice. Only thing about night shifts I really, really hate? Switching back to a day schedule. It's been so bloody long. :p
281 | 3 wood Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:34:35am |
The gift that keeps on giving will be back in the news today.
Look for Rod Blagojevich to be indicted today.
282 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:35:18am |
re: #279 Nevergiveup
Can Acorn throw or hit a curve ball? How many divisions does Acorn have...ugh- never mind that's a whole other discussion.
It's not who throws the strikes; it's who calls the strikes. (from the Marxist-Leninist guide to Baseball)
284 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:35:56am |
Japan, U.S. to shelve seeking additional U.N. sanctions on N. Korea+
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
Yeah that's the ticket, that'll scare em.
287 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:38:51am |
re: #285 rightside
Good one!
Gee, thanks! I'd like to see Iowahawk run with that concept. He could make a pretty funny story out of it, I'm certain.
288 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:38:58am |
re: #270 Alberta Oil Peon
I haven't seen the video. Some folks here have said that Michelle put an arm around the Queen's waist, which is apparently a big protocol no-no.
Could be, that if such a thing happened, the Queen, having not just fallen off the turnip truck, would simply make a reciprocal gesture, simply to save Michelle the embarrassment of a protocol faux pas.
Michelle's ass is so big that I guess HRH couldn't avoid it.
289 | 3 wood Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:40:26am |
I see where the Messiah apologized to the world yesterday, saying that the US more or less caused the world wide recession (funny, I remember that a lot of other businesses around the world had a role to play in it too, but I digress).
Today I expect him to apologize for World War II, and for that ugly scene some years ago in Boston involving tea.
Europe loves it, by the way.
290 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:40:34am |
re: #269 3 wood
Good morning.
Look for the market to open up sharply as the futures are all up by about 2% at the moment.
The reason why is a little complicated. First, the market has been so far down for so long that a lot of the money standing on the sidelines is starting to get a bit eager to get back in the market Second, there is a growing sense that the market and the economy has leveled out. Third, "mark to market" is likely to be altered by FASB within the next day or so, and that will free up a lot of bank capital and reduce the "toxic asset" problem significantly, and it will be retroactive to january 1st.
Complicated or not, some good news is a relief.
Thanks, 3wood
292 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:41:09am |
293 | BlueCanuck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:41:40am |
re: #286 rightside
Mmmmm, coffee. Should buy some. :)
/smoke sounds like a good idea though.
//and two tea bag tea is just a little too strong. :p
294 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:45:16am |
re: #293 BlueCanuck
Mmmmm, coffee. Should buy some. :)
/smoke sounds like a good idea though.
//and two tea bag tea is just a little too strong. :p
So we will have to get a prescription to buy a pack of cigs or what?
295 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:45:24am |
To the smoking lizards, has the price jumped significantly from the tax increase? I no longer smoke, butt the signs haven't changed their prices (yet)
296 | 3 wood Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:45:39am |
re: #290 Wishing
Complicated or not, some good news is a relief.
Thanks, 3wood
My pleasure.
Got to go to work and pay for Obama's IPOD gift to the Queen.
One last thought.
Anybody else notice out there that Sarah Palin got roasted by the MSM for her wardrobe cost, but all you hear about the First Lady is what a style setter she is?
Not a question by the slobbering worshipful MSM about how much the woman who never was proud of her country has spent on her wardrobe
297 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:46:04am |
re: #295 rightside
To the smoking lizards, has the price jumped significantly from the tax increase? I no longer smoke, butt the signs haven't changed their prices (yet)
4.79 for Mistys in TN.
298 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:48:15am |
G'day from Down Under to {everyone}
Just found this while looking at the BBC site.....
Michelle Obama fever hits the UK
She's being compared to Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis...
299 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:50:18am |
re: #298 aussiemagpie
G'day from Down Under to {everyone}
Just found this while looking at the BBC site.....
Michelle Obama fever hits the UK
She's being compared to Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis...
Give me a freak en break?
300 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:50:21am |
re: #298 aussiemagpie
G'day from Down Under to {everyone}
Just found this while looking at the BBC site.....
Michelle Obama fever hits the UK
She's being compared to Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis...
Hopefully the UK gets sick with the fever and WE are immune!
302 | Mithrax Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:51:48am |
re: #298 aussiemagpie
G'day from Down Under to {everyone}
Just found this while looking at the BBC site.....
Michelle Obama fever hits the UK
She's being compared to Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis...
But remember only Jacquie knew what her Own-ass-is worth!
304 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:51:50am |
re: #297 Wishing
Wow.
Rush was saying yesterday that smokers are funding the S-chip program from the cigarette taxes, and instead of bitching at them for smoking, they should thank them for saving the yoots lives.
305 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:53:08am |
re: #303 Wishing
lol, I photoshopped WAB with those grillz for her mouth. Diamond teeth!
307 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:53:31am |
308 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:54:21am |
re: #304 rightside
Wow.
Rush was saying yesterday that smokers are funding the S-chip program from the cigarette taxes, and instead of bitching at them for smoking, they should thank them for saving the yoots lives.
The California cigarette tax fund paid some medical bills for me, so I dont whine about it.
I made a dumb mistake and they covered my sorry butt (heh) after I had a catastrophic MVA.
309 | yochanan Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:54:33am |
[Link: wcbstv.com...]
would this be the BLACK CAT OF ANARCHISM?
310 | Mithrax Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:54:40am |
311 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:55:31am |
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.— Ingrid Bergman
Well, my wife will tell you I have the latter part of that equation down.
Good Morning Lizards!
314 | MandyManners Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:56:44am |
re: #307 Spare O'Lake
I was reacting to your link in No. 290. She didnt force Queen Elizabeth to put her arm around her.
315 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:56:50am |
re: #304 rightside
Hey there!
So this morning we're talking about smokers and wardrobes, and the cost of each? :)
317 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:57:57am |
re: #313 rightside
Hey Ford
Hey back atcha. I work with a number of smokers and at least one of them is quitting because of the price. At least he says he is, we will see.
318 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:58:09am |
re: #315 Chicago Blonde
I just wondered how much cigatettes went up after the new tax.
More discussion about faux pas from FCBBHO
319 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:58:13am |
re: #299 Nevergiveup
Give me a freak en break?
Everyone loves the US now! Thanks to glamour girl Michelle and her handsome, clever hubby/////
320 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:58:32am |
321 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:58:35am |
re: #309 yochanan
[Link: wcbstv.com...]
would this be the BLACK CAT OF ANARCHISM?
Wow, interesting. The video on that link was pretty good!
Who goes there? Wooooooo woooooo
322 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:58:55am |
323 | Pullus Iulius Thu, Apr 2, 2009 4:59:17am |
re: #298 aussiemagpie
I understand that the press are already speculating that Air Force One may fly back empty, while Mr. and Mrs. Messiah stroll back on the ocean's surface, stopping here and there to raise yesterday's dead, and causing the Sun to reverse its course, as necessary. Already I feel myself being lifted up, though that may be the coffee.
324 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:00:18am |
re: #318 rightside
I just wondered how much cigatettes went up after the new tax.
More discussion about faux pas from FCBBHO
You mean like giving the Queen of England a freaking IPod? Nothing like going to another country and presenting their monarchy a gift made in China to make everyone see how gracious you are.
325 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:00:22am |
326 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:01:12am |
328 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:01:32am |
re: #300 Wishing
Hopefully the UK gets sick with the fever and WE are immune!
She's pushing Brittney, Brangelina, and friends off magazine covers.. at least she won't be on the cover of cooking and motor mags :-)
329 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:01:50am |
330 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:01:51am |
332 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:02:07am |
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
— Ingrid Bergman
It is interesting how we tend to treat the brain as being different or separate from the rest of the body. This quote illustrates the dichotomy, in that a bad memory is not recognized as a health issue. And of course we make jokes about mental illness in a way that we never do about other medical illnesses which affect the rest of the body.
333 | BlueCanuck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:02:20am |
re: #328 aussiemagpie
She's pushing Brittney, Brangelina, and friends off magazine covers.. at least she won't be on the cover of cooking and motor mags :-)
Give it time, give it time.
/and on that note, time to get this butt in gear and get ready to face the day....
334 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:02:36am |
re: #328 aussiemagpie
She's pushing Brittney, Brangelina, and friends off magazine covers.. at least she won't be on the cover of cooking and motor mags :-)
What makes you say that? She owns GM.
335 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:02:59am |
re: #324 Ford_Prefect
From what I have heard, she has an iPod, this was a video iPod, which she wanted.
It doesn't really register on my give-o-shit meter, but I just wonder, I can't imagine the Queen would enjoy viewing video on that small screen.
336 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:03:05am |
re: #326 Wishing
Hmm, have you been on hay or something?
HA! I had some dental stuff done and have been on soft food for a week. Baby food and soups seemed easiest - got my fruits and veggies. I am dying for a nice piece of brie on a hard garlic cracker or something...
337 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:03:12am |
339 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:04:16am |
re: #302 Mithrax
But remember only Jacquie knew what her Own-ass-is worth!
Michelle's is like the economy - and her head too
Inflation ahead....
340 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:04:54am |
re: #330 Wishing
I am miserable. LOL
I just saw upthread you're trying to quit - hang in there. My brother wants to but hasn't done it yet.
341 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:05:00am |
re: #336 Chicago Blonde
HA! I had some dental stuff done and have been on soft food for a week. Baby food and soups seemed easiest - got my fruits and veggies. I am dying for a nice piece of brie on a hard garlic cracker or something...
Terrific! Then you must be healed up!
Nothing worse than mouth discomfort, imo.
342 | Mithrax Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:05:00am |
re: #339 aussiemagpie
Michelle's is like the economy - and her head too
Inflation ahead....
Oh, I was gonna say full of shit.
Or that it was cracked :P
343 | Crux Australis Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:05:01am |
To think that up until the 1984 God Save the Queen was the official national anthem of Australia.
God Save the Queen is only played in the presence of Royalty in Australia now.
344 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:05:03am |
re: #336 Chicago Blonde
I am dying for a nice piece of brie on a hard garlic cracker or something...
That sounds good, but not with my morning coffee.
345 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:05:39am |
re: #337 Ford_Prefect
Don't give in. You deserve to treat yourself better than that.
The problem is that I LIKE to smoke, most of the time, anyway.
346 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:06:03am |
re: #340 Chicago Blonde
I just saw upthread you're trying to quit - hang in there. My brother wants to but hasn't done it yet.
Thanks. I hate this!
347 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:06:43am |
re: #344 Ford_Prefect
That sounds good, but not with my morning coffee.
LOL! No, ya need a bowl of Cap'n Crunch for that.
What's funny is I thought I'd be dying for some good chocolate, and...no. But I saw one of those stupid Ihop commercials for loaded hash browns and that was torture!
349 | quickjustice Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:06:53am |
re: #103 Alberta Oil Peon
I owned shares in a Canadian gold mine back before the first Iraq War. Their value skyrocketed when the war broke out, and I unloaded them.
I haven't been in gold since then. It's a speculative play. It keeps pace with inflation, but has no upside potential beyond that. If all you want is an inflation hedge, it'll work for that. There's no added benefit, however, and a lot of downside risk. I'd say go to commodities instead for an inflation hedge. There'll be a severe energy shortage around 2012, so oil and gas are looking like good longer-term investments right now.
National Geographic had an article about how much environmental damage occurs in unregulated gold mining in Africa. Labor conditions are horrendous. Beyond that, the total amount of gold mined in all of human history is the equivalent of something like two Olympic-sized swimming pools.
350 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:07:38am |
re: #323 Pullus Iulius
I understand that the press are already speculating that Air Force One may fly back empty, while Mr. and Mrs. Messiah stroll back on the ocean's surface, stopping here and there to raise yesterday's dead, and causing the Sun to reverse its course, as necessary. Already I feel myself being lifted up, though that may be the coffee.
What an image and I'm sure there are some who believe they could do that :-)
352 | Mithrax Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:08:05am |
re: #350 aussiemagpie
What an image and I'm sure there are some who believe they could do that :-)
You mean they can't?
/sarc
353 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:08:06am |
re: #348 taxfreekiller
What's Al Gore going to do? fly on bull shit wings into the sun and make it stop the snow?
Sure all that excess fat will make a short lived small sun spot, but stop the snow, no.
Oh, that would be a GREAT South Park cartoon...
354 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:08:13am |
re: #345 Wishing
The problem is that I LIKE to smoke, most of the time, anyway.
Yes, but the way you will feel, both physically and emotionally, when you have quit will make up for all the struggle you are going through now. I believe in you!
355 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:09:05am |
re: #347 Chicago Blonde
LOL! No, ya need a bowl of Cap'n Crunch for that.
I prefer Fruit Loops myself.
356 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:09:39am |
re: #354 Ford_Prefect
Yes, but the way you will feel, both physically and emotionally, when you have quit will make up for all the struggle you are going through now. I believe in you!
Thanks Ford, I wish I felt half as confident.
357 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:09:48am |
re: #333 BlueCanuck
Give it time, give it time.
/and on that note, time to get this butt in gear and get ready to face the day....
Have a great day, and I hope all is well with your job, Blue :-)
358 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:10:11am |
Will FCBBHO ever learn?
I thought that a clean, articulate, harvard educated man would know protocol on foreign visits.
I am seeing tons of comments in stories posted at newsblogs, etc., as "We're sorry we voted for this _______", "Please forgive us for this embarrassment", LOL!
359 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:12:01am |
Yo Yo, Prez Barry rockin the G20, stayin cool, in da house with the Queen,layin an I Pod on her, keepin it real.
360 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:12:39am |
re: #358 rightside
It's not so much the error of referring to the UK as England that bugs me as knowing the media hyena would be blasting Bush or Palin for this for days on end.
361 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:12:45am |
re: #359 opnion
Yo Yo, Prez Barry rockin the G20, stayin cool, in da house with the Queen,layin an I Pod on her, keepin it real.
Did he and Chuck shoot some hoops down by the garage?
362 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:13:53am |
re: #348 taxfreekiller
The real deal is about to be known.
Sun activity?
Way low, 100 year low, sun low ='s snow.
What's Al Gore going to do? fly on bull shit wings into the sun and make it stop the snow?
Sure all that excess fat will make a short lived small sun spot, but stop the snow, no.
And the scientists are finally starting to debunk the PC bullshit that climate change is all man made.
363 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:14:02am |
re: #361 Wishing
Did he and Chuck shoot some hoops down by the garage?
No, but they probably smoked a joint behind it.
364 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:14:21am |
re: #343 Crux Australis
To think that up until the 1984 God Save the Queen was the official national anthem of Australia.
God Save the Queen is only played in the presence of Royalty in Australia now.
Hello Crux!
I'm pretty hopeless playing the piano, but I can play God Save the Queen - my only tune..
How's the job hunting going?
365 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:15:00am |
re: #360 Chicago Blonde
No doubt. Their silence speaks volumes.
My teen daughter is taking intro to journalism in school. I told her real journalism died in 2000.
367 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:15:49am |
re: #362 Spare O'Lake
And the scientists are finally starting to debunk the PC bullshit that climate change is all man made.
I listened in to a town hall phone meeting with Phil Roe (R-TN) the other day and he said that cap and trade is a done deal. IS this so? No debate allowed on the science (or lack thereof) of this nonsense?
368 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:16:00am |
re: #365 rightside
No doubt. Their silence speaks volumes.
My teen daughter is taking intro to journalism in school. I told her real journalism died in 2000.
Maybe she can be a voice for US.
370 | MandyManners Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:17:08am |
re: #365 rightside
No doubt. Their silence speaks volumes.
My teen daughter is taking intro to journalism in school. I told her real journalism died in 2000.
Journalism still lives. It's just harder to practice it nowadays with the MFM in the way.
371 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:17:09am |
re: #368 Chicago Blonde
She wants to work with animals. That class is mandatory for a semester!
372 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:17:31am |
re: #361 Wishing
Did he and Chuck shoot some hoops down by the garage?
Barry O'Bomber gittin his game on!
373 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:17:32am |
374 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:18:32am |
re: #370 MandyManners
True, there are still journalists who know what it is. I was referring to the drive-bys though.
Pretty sad that 30% believe colbert/stewart are real news.
375 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:18:40am |
re: #371 rightside
She wants to work with animals. That class is mandatory for a semester!
Does she want to be a vet?
376 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:20:10am |
re: #375 Chicago Blonde
Eventually, yes. She loves animals period (except snakes, bugs, and other creepy-crawly things LOL). Wants to volunteer to help at our local vet.
377 | MandyManners Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:20:57am |
re: #374 rightside
True, there are still journalists who know what it is. I was referring to the drive-bys though.
Pretty sad that 30% believe colbert/stewart are real news.
That makes my head hurt.
379 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:21:13am |
Anybody see the Barry Chia advertised? I saw it this morning, it's a small bust of the One. You spread the Chia on it"s head, water it & it grows green hair!
It is supposwed to be a serious tribute , but it looks like a circus clown.
380 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:21:25am |
Good news from my home state, CT:
Q Poll: Dodd Would Lose To Simmons
The fact that Simmons would win isn't new, but the margin is getting bigger and now two other GOP candidates would win as well.
The poll shows Simmons defeating Dodd by a 50 percent to 34 percent margin. Dodd trails state Sen. Sam Caligiuri (kahl-uh-JER'-ee) 41 percent to 37 percent, and former ambassador Tom Foley 43 percent to 35 percent.
The part that disturbs me though is this:
The survey of nearly 2,000 registered voters also shows that Dodd is experiencing his lowest job approval numbers, with only 33 percent approving of the job that he's doing and 58 percent disapproving.
Who are the 33% that think Dodd is doing a good job? These are obviously blind Democrats that would vote for my dog if she were on the Dem ticket. Actually my dog would do a better job than Dodd, and she is not a very bright dog.
381 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:22:08am |
re: #379 opnion
Anybody see the Barry Chia advertised? I saw it this morning, it's a small bust of the One. You spread the Chia on it"s head, water it & it grows green hair!
It is supposwed to be a serious tribute , but it looks like a circus clown.
So you are saying that it is very realistic?
382 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:22:14am |
re: #376 rightside
You must be very proud. :)
You're right about Colbert & Stewart - they're like nails on a blackboard to me.
383 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:22:22am |
re: #366 Chicago Blonde
(((Aussiemagpie))) Morning!
{Chicago blonde} I'm glad you survived that dental torture :-)
I had to get some cheese and crackers after you just mentioned that!
384 | Mithrax Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:23:10am |
re: #383 aussiemagpie
{Chicago blonde} I'm glad you survived that dental torture :-)
I had to get some cheese and crackers after you just mentioned that!
Now now, did you bring enough for the rest of us? :P
385 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:23:26am |
re: #362 Spare O'Lake
That NationalPost article has both strawmen (about what climatologists say) as well as an inadequate summary of what the NOAA report was all about.
386 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:23:52am |
re: #381 Ford_Prefect
So you are saying that it is very realistic?
It would be a spot on replica with a red nose & slap shoes.
387 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:24:27am |
re: #383 aussiemagpie
{Chicago blonde} I'm glad you survived that dental torture :-)
I had to get some cheese and crackers after you just mentioned that!
Thanks! :) It wasn't nearly as bad as I feared but in the States we have a chain called Ihop - they're not even a place that I like but they've been airing these commercials for fried potatoes loaded with ham, cheese, green onions...those actually looked so good I had to look away!
388 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:24:44am |
re: #382 Chicago Blonde
I am, but she is a woman, and will change her mind incessantly for the rest of her life, claiming "it's her prerogative"
389 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:25:07am |
re: #386 opnion
It would be a spot on replica with a red nose & slap shoes.
Ha! Is that what those are called? Clown shoes are slap shoes?
Learn something new everyday!
391 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:25:48am |
re: #384 Mithrax
Now now, did you bring enough for the rest of us? :P
Of course, and some nice dip for you all too :-)
392 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:25:50am |
re: #324 Ford_Prefect
You mean like giving the Queen of England a freaking IPod? Nothing like going to another country and presenting their monarchy a gift made in China to make everyone see how gracious you are.
It's what the FCB downloaded onto the IPod. Himself giving a fucking speech. Maybe it would have been more appropriate had he given her something of historical importance, say a speech by Churchill. But his speech at the 2004 DNC and his inaugural address, pretty soon his head will be so big you won't notice his ears.
393 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:26:10am |
Al Gore appeared at the Chicago Theatre last night, to spread the Climate Change hysteria. According to the Chicago Tribune the turn out was not good.
394 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:26:28am |
re: #387 Chicago Blonde
Thanks! :) It wasn't nearly as bad as I feared but in the States we have a chain called Ihop - they're not even a place that I like but they've been airing these commercials for fried potatoes loaded with ham, cheese, green onions...those actually looked so good I had to look away!
IHOP = International House of Pancakes.
Do they still serve a carafe of coffee?
395 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:26:35am |
re: #389 Wishing
Ha! Is that what those are called? Clown shoes are slap shoes?
Learn something new everyday!
yup
396 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:27:48am |
re: #358 rightside
When gassing on about how great health care is for single-payer countries, Obama repeatedly referred to Canada and “England”.
Mr. Brilliant ought to try talking to some Canadians and Brits about their "great" health care. My neighbor next door is from GB and is increasingly appalled at the care their relatives back there are supplied by their "health care" system, and my neighbor down the street (still owns home in Canada and can only be here 3 months. period. end of discussion), tells us what a nightmare it is unless you are wealthy enough to come here for decent health care.
Mr. Brilliant ought to shut up and listen to people who know a hell of a lot more than he does about a hell of a lot more than he does.
I can't believe we have to endure this.
WTH did people think they were getting when they voted for... this?
397 | summergurl Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:27:56am |
re: #344 Ford_Prefect
That sounds good, but not with my morning coffee.
A toasted bagel with cheese sounds good though
398 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:28:11am |
I guess *clown shoes* always got the point across, but I prefer to use the proper name. Thanks!
399 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:28:39am |
Doctors meeting on allegations Arafat poisoned postponed
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
I guess the "proof" they need hasn't been manufactured yet?
400 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:29:22am |
re: #379 opnion
Anybody see the Barry Chia advertised? I saw it this morning, it's a small bust of the One. You spread the Chia on it"s head, water it & it grows green hair!
It is supposwed to be a serious tribute , but it looks like a circus clown.
I think the fact that it looks like a circus clown proves that it is, in fact, a serious tribute.
401 | summergurl Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:30:09am |
re: #387 Chicago Blonde
Thanks! :) It wasn't nearly as bad as I feared but in the States we have a chain called Ihop - they're not even a place that I like but they've been airing these commercials for fried potatoes loaded with ham, cheese, green onions...those actually looked so good I had to look away!
Thank goodness Waffle House doesn't have commercials - I would be huge
402 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:30:23am |
re: #398 Wishing
I guess *clown shoes* always got the point across, but I prefer to use the proper name. Thanks!
Barry alweays wears clown shoes , even if they are loafers.
403 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:30:26am |
re: #396 J.D.
Mr. Brilliant ought to try talking to some Canadians and Brits about their "great" health care. My neighbor next door is from GB and is increasingly appalled at the care their relatives back there are supplied by their "health care" system, and my neighbor down the street (still owns home in Canada and can only be here 3 months. period. end of discussion), tells us what a nightmare it is unless you are wealthy enough to come here for decent health care.
Mr. Brilliant ought to shut up and listen to people who know a hell of a lot more than he does about a hell of a lot more than he does.
I can't believe we have to endure this.
WTH did people think they were getting when they voted for... this?
Some people out there know more than Zero. That could be considered blasphemey in this day and age.///
404 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:31:05am |
re: #387 Chicago Blonde
Thanks! :) It wasn't nearly as bad as I feared but in the States we have a chain called Ihop - they're not even a place that I like but they've been airing these commercials for fried potatoes loaded with ham, cheese, green onions...those actually looked so good I had to look away!
I wonder why so many of us have this fear of dentists?
As for food...
Just watch the baby food commercials :-)
405 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:31:19am |
re: #399 Nevergiveup
Doctors meeting on allegations Arafat poisoned postponed
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
I guess the "proof" they need hasn't been manufactured yet?
Karposi's isn't acceptable I guess? He had those all over. Blecch.
406 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:31:28am |
re: #396 J.D.
Anything is better than Chimperor MsBushitlerburton. FCBBHO will continue ignoring the constitution, and be in continuous campaign mode, to sustain his approval ratings. He will make speeches to appeal to the masses by excoriating the greedy rich, and promise everyone universal everything under his new "oconomy™"
407 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:31:36am |
Biden credits stimulus for fire station funded under Bush
[Link: www.mcclatchydc.com...]
Some piece of work ha?
408 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:31:39am |
re: #400 J.D.
I think the fact that it looks like a circus clown proves that it is, in fact, a serious tribute.
It is bizzare & on the side of the thing is inscribed "Yes we can."
409 | Crux Australis Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:31:55am |
re: #364 aussiemagpie
Hello Crux!
I'm pretty hopeless playing the piano, but I can play God Save the Queen - my only tune..
How's the job hunting going?
Very slow at the moment. Not many people interested.
And to add to my concerns I need 4 new tires for my car. Plus registration and insurance at the same time.
411 | summergurl Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:33:10am |
re: #393 opnion
Al Gore appeared at the Chicago Theatre last night, to spread the Climate Change hysteria. According to the Chicago Tribune the turn out was not good.
Did they have to slog thru snow to get there? It's April and isn't it still cold up there?
412 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:33:15am |
re: #409 Crux Australis
Very slow at the moment. Not many people interested.
And to add to my concerns I need 4 new tires for my car. Plus registration and insurance at the same time.
See? If you'd followed the One's advice, and kept your tires properly inflated, they would have lasted longer.
///
413 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:34:14am |
You notice that BHO did not give the Queen a copy of either one of his memoirs. If she read one of those , she would implore the next Prime Minister to bar Barry as an undesireable.
414 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:35:53am |
re: #394 Wishing
re: #404 aussiemagpie
I don't even care for IHOP so I don't know - it was just those commercials getting under my skin. It was like waving a donut around Homer Simpson! Mr. Blonde cooked himself some very nice pork medallions and the SMELL of that being in the same room as me didn't even tempt me.
415 | Crux Australis Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:36:33am |
re: #412 Alberta Oil Peon
See? If you'd followed the One's advice, and kept your tires properly inflated, they would have lasted longer.
///
But they have lasted 6 years and 70,000 km (45,000 miles)
416 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:37:31am |
417 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:39:18am |
re: #416 opnion
They're claiming globull warming is causing all the cold air!
418 | summergurl Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:39:42am |
Nothing but a bunch of theatrics and trickery---
The money was coming all along but now they will switch the funding stream to say it was part of thr $timulu$
419 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:40:14am |
re: #417 rightside
They're claiming globull warming is causing all the cold air!
Climate Chaos! Very complicated.
420 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:40:30am |
re: #409 Crux Australis
Very slow at the moment. Not many people interested.
And to add to my concerns I need 4 new tires for my car. Plus registration and insurance at the same time.
And it's getting worse, with the new IR regime, many small businesses will not be hiring new staff
At my workplace, new staff are being put on as casuals now
I wish you all the best with your job search, Crux
As for those bills, I'm noticing huge jumps in all of them - and no pay increases of course to cover them
I'm sure you'll shop around for tires, I found a place at Peakhurst which is a bit far from your area, but the tires were much cheaper than elsewhere and I saved a fair bit
421 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:41:11am |
re: #419 opnion
Climate Chaos! Very complicated.
And to really understand it, you must comply with cap and trade. With doing paying comes understanding.
422 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:41:39am |
re: #403 soxfan4life
Some people out there know more than Zero. That could be considered blasphemey in this day and age.///
Makes you wonder how he got into Harvard.
/I think there's no question at this point
I'd have loved to be there when my Canadian friend heard about Mr. Brilliant's aunt. He says if they are so much as one minute late getting back across the border, there is hell to pay. Big time. He is one of the funniest people I know, and I can't wait to hear what he has to say about it.
423 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:42:01am |
425 | Irish Rose Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:43:23am |
Good morning, lizards.
I see that the topic of anti-vaccine idiocy is still generating a lot of angst.
426 | summergurl Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:43:31am |
Hey here is some good news --- Gov Mark Sanford will probably officially refuse the $timulu$ money tomorrow. Lots of publicity here about it... as he put it "Chicago style politics"... Some of the media is portratying it as he doesn't care about the people put of work. Balderdash!
As he said on FOX this AM, "There is no such thing as free money".
I know folks that have met him and says the guy is not just grandstanding and vying for a spot on the next Presidential ticket but really wants to do the right thing.
427 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:43:34am |
re: #414 Chicago Blonde
re: #404 aussiemagpie
I don't even care for IHOP so I don't know - it was just those commercials getting under my skin. It was like waving a donut around Homer Simpson! Mr. Blonde cooked himself some very nice pork medallions and the SMELL of that being in the same room as me didn't even tempt me.
Just stick to LGF, no telly for you :-)
428 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:43:43am |
re: #396 J.D.
WTH did people think they were getting when they voted for... this?
Everything they've always dreamt of, in too many cases.
Universal health care scares the crap out of me. A friend of mine from Canada thinks it's wonderful, going on and on about it. Of course, he's a twentysomething that only had to pop in the clinic for an antibiotic for the odd sinus infection and the rest of his family is healthy so far. That's the problem - too many very young people not thinking ahead.
429 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:44:04am |
430 | Leonidas Hoplite Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:45:39am |
Good morning all. Here is a link to a piece by Victor Davis Hanson that is a bit more optimistic than some of his recent posts...
In other words, there are millions of impressive Americans, who get up in the morning at 5AM, go to bed at 10PM, avoid the bars, the drugs, the crime — and carry the rest of the country on their backs. My only worry is that those in Washington misunderstand this rare cohort, and so demonize them as the “wealthy,” as if they bundled subprime mortgages on Wall Street and took $10 million annual bonuses. What President Obama should be doing is allotting a mini-second timeout from all the Chicago demagogic rhetoric about the “rich and powerful,” the noble needy and victimized, instead to praise those who paid their mortgages without a hitch, aren’t late on their rarely used credit cards, pay their bills when they arrive, and thereby allowing by their code others to default without ruining the country.
He needs to thank this invisible nation for paying most of the taxes, for creating the wealth to pay for community organizers and politicians, for not costing the government billions for self-induced health problems, crime, parole, counseling, drug rehab, and all the other pathologies that instead garner our attention. We are lucky to have these brilliant Americans of the old school; in toto they comprise a nation larger than France or Britain, and more or less ensure that the world abroad does not completely look like Libya, Venezuela, North Korea or Iran.
Read the whole thing
431 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:46:21am |
re: #406 rightside
The more he talks, the worse it gets, but he's so carried away with himself he can't get enough, which will be his downfall.
You have to at minimum vote for the adult when you make your choice in the voting booth. Sometimes, it's just that simple.
432 | Leonidas Hoplite Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:47:28am |
Here's another part from the same VDH article...
3. Soldiers. We are protected by the most competent, judicious — and lethal — military in the history of civilization. The great tragedy of Iraq is that no one really credits our soldiers for doing the near impossible: they went into the heart of the ancient caliphate, took out a genocidal monster, stayed on to foster consensual government, endured often poisonous attacks from critics at home (Cf. Harry Reid’s the war is “lost”, the slurs from Durbin, Kennedy, Kerry, and Murtha that our boys were terrorists or analogous to Baathists, Pol Pot, Stalin, etc.), and triumphed at a cost less than during a major campaign in World War II (e.g., far less than say Iwo Jima, the Bulge, Okinawa, etc).
Today Obama was boasting that he could redirect soldiers to Afghanistan now that Iraq was quiet — as if in his mere 70 days he had anything to do with the bravery and skill that brought Iraq to its improving state, as if we’ve forgotten that he wanted all troops gone by March 2008, declared the surge a failure, and voted to cut off funding for the war. Iraq was won despite the politicians, contrary to the conventional wisdom, and largely due to the ingenuity of our soldiers.
What is the key to the success of our military, other than the traditional civic militarism as outlined in the Constitution and honed over two centuries of fighting? I can think of five reasons why the 21st-century American military is so successful.
1) There is an officer corps whose members are, to be frank, relics of an American past. They are ossified in amber as it were, and really do believe in passé things like honor, duty, country, God, sacrifice, and the continuation of the American experiment. Meet a Marine colonel, an Army major, an Air Force one-star, or a Navy captain and it is often as if you are talking to a younger version of your grandfather, as if we packed thousands of our best in ice around 1945, and then thawed them out in the 21st century. These odd men and women of the old breed will do almost anything as outlined in the Constitution to ensure that their country — you and I — is safe and continues on in perpetuity.
2) Our enlisted men have a rambunctious, upbeat attitude, if you will. This generation of youth seems unafraid, reckless even, and — despite the demonization in popular culture of the military, the male, physicality, etc. — seems to pride in being on the cutting edge of danger. They are superb fighters. Few would wish to test the U.S. Marines; the Marines or Rangers I had met in two visits to Iraq seemed to me far scarier than a masked al-Qaeda terrorist rambling on videos waving his scimitar. Indeed, they were scarier. Talking to a 20-year old Marine in Ramadi with bulging biceps, loaded down with 70 pounds of gear and weaponry, smiling as he lets on that he’s been up for 30 straight hours is a surreal experience.
3) The military has married intellectual life with command. Some of the brightest PhDs I have encountered are Army officers at the LTC and colonel level. The service’s recent efforts to send its best and brightest to graduate history and political science programs are paying real dividends. During the Anbar awakening, I watched a number of presentations by Army colonels on the Iraqi tribal system; they were often more sophisticated and astute talks than what I had usually heard as an academic at scholarly symposia. In short, we have some brilliantly educated and inquisitive — and outspoken — officers who do not see “book” learning at odds at all with Pattonesque audacity. (Now let us hope we can promote this new generation of colonels to generals.)
433 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:47:55am |
434 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:48:14am |
re: #422 J.D.
Makes you wonder how he got into Harvard.
/I think there's no question at this pointI'd have loved to be there when my Canadian friend heard about Mr. Brilliant's aunt. He says if they are so much as one minute late getting back across the border, there is hell to pay. Big time. He is one of the funniest people I know, and I can't wait to hear what he has to say about it.
There are people here in Boston who think she has done nothing wrong. Of course when I make the argument that if I a tax paying citizen who is a veteran ignored a judges order, guess where I would be, they are quick to tell me what a crime contempt of court is. Amazes me that these so called intelligent liberals can't make the connection. I really can't wait to move out of here.
435 | Ford_Prefect Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:48:32am |
Work is getting the way of keeping up with the dialogue here. that leaves me with the option of ignoring work or logging off lgf. Oh well, guess work will hafta wait.
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Aw hell. I love you guys, but you don't pay my bills. Although I suppose if I were to get laid off you would be paying my bills.
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Naw, I don't want that.
Later Lizards!
436 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:49:01am |
re: #430 Leonidas Hoplite
Morning Leonidas! Great article.
437 | summergurl Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:49:11am |
re: #428 Chicago Blonde
Everything they've always dreamt of, in too many cases.
Universal health care scares the crap out of me. A friend of mine from Canada thinks it's wonderful, going on and on about it. Of course, he's a twentysomething that only had to pop in the clinic for an antibiotic for the odd sinus infection and the rest of his family is healthy so far. That's the problem - too many very young people not thinking ahead.
Yeah well I had a snowmobile accident in 2000 up near Banff. The hospital I was taken to had no MRI - just an Xray machine. Ended up with a broke nose and a hematoma spread from one side to the other across my midsection where the handlebar jabbed me right before I double flipped over the sled. They were more equipped to deal with broken bones from the snowboarders and skiers. I heard on the news that wherever Natasha Richardson was their wasn't an MRI - and that is a big difference - most resorts here you can reach a hospital with that type of equipment within the critical time window.
438 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:49:48am |
re: #403 soxfan4life
Some people out there know more than Zero. That could be considered blasphemey in this day and age.///
The difference between Jesus and President Obama: Jesus knew how to assemble a Cabinet.
/read it on reader comments of Daily Mail, lol
439 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:50:41am |
re: #430 Leonidas Hoplite
And it's a great point - the people making a decent wage through hard work are going to look "rich" to those who do not. That's a sore spot with me, because Mr. Blonde and I were accused of being rich.
/Yeah, I wish.
440 | Alberta Oil Peon Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:50:46am |
Well, I must bid you all Good Morning, and log out and get some work done here. Be well.
441 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:51:33am |
re: #438 Lively
The difference between Jesus and President Obama: Jesus knew how to assemble a Cabinet.
/read it on reader comments of Daily Mail, lol
Obama has more halos...
Tells you all you need to know about leg-tinglers.
442 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:51:40am |
re: #438 Lively
The difference between Jesus and President Obama: Jesus knew how to assemble a Cabinet.
/read it on reader comments of Daily Mail, lol
Jesus died to forgive our sins, Zero will make us die because of his.
443 | Crux Australis Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:52:15am |
re: #420 aussiemagpie
I'm sure you'll shop around for tires, I found a place at Peakhurst which is a bit far from your area, but the tires were much cheaper than elsewhere and I saved a fair bit
There is a place in Baulkham Hills that always has good deals on tires. I always get mine there.
Have you enjoyed the rain over the last 3-4 days. I can see stars tonight for the first time in 5 nights.
444 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:52:58am |
445 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:54:39am |
re: #437 summergurl
I am so sorry.
You and I know. The problem is all the late-teen and early 20 people, or the unbelievably lucky out there, who think UHC is a grand plan because they've never needed anything more than some meds for that strep throat.
446 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:55:22am |
re: #429 opnion
Seriously, ya gotta see the thing.
I found it.
WARNING
SPEW ALERT
Chia Obama Handmade Decorative Planter
I need one of those.
I'll order one for myself and one for my neighbor from GB. I didn't tell him for 3 months that it was I who left the
O
shit!
poster on their front porch. He said his wife hated it.
447 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:57:04am |
448 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:57:20am |
re: #421 Wishing
And to really understand it, you must comply with cap and trade. With
doingpaying comes understanding.
And by then, it's too late.
Ya know, you buy 'em books and you buy 'em books...
449 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:57:34am |
re: #446 J.D.
I found it.
WARNING
SPEW ALERT
Chia Obama Handmade Decorative Planter
I need one of those.
I'll order one for myself and one for my neighbor from GB. I didn't tell him for 3 months that it was I who left theO
shit!poster on their front porch. He said his wife hated it.
Would be appropriate if it came with some marijuana seeds, or poppy seeds.
450 | lawhawk Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:58:08am |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. I see Israel's partners for peace are busy showing their peaceful intentions once again today. Axe murderer butchers a 16 year old child and injures a 7-year-old; Hamas hails the terrorist as a hero and says this is a natural reaction to occupation.
Fatah's Palestinian Authority says that those Palestinians selling land to Israelis (read: Jews) will be subject to the death penalty for treason.
Syria and Hizbullah are reasserting their ties and calling for Israel to return the Golan or else they'll go to war to take it back.
These are the partners in peace? Only in an insane asylum would that even be contemplated.
451 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:59:05am |
452 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 5:59:25am |
re: #450 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. I see Israel's partners for peace are busy showing their peaceful intentions once again today. Axe murderer butchers a 16 year old child and injures a 7-year-old; Hamas hails the terrorist as a hero and says this is a natural reaction to occupation.
Fatah's Palestinian Authority says that those Palestinians selling land to Israelis (read: Jews) will be subject to the death penalty for treason.
Syria and Hizbullah are reasserting their ties and calling for Israel to return the Golan or else they'll go to war to take it back.
These are the partners in peace? Only in an insane asylum would that even be contemplated.
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"
453 | Leonidas Hoplite Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:00:29am |
re: #439 Chicago Blonde
And it's a great point - the people making a decent wage through hard work are going to look "rich" to those who do not. That's a sore spot with me, because Mr. Blonde and I were accused of being rich.
/Yeah, I wish.
It is coming to that, where those who are responsible, mature adults who value hard work, saving, and preparation will be carrying around the entire rest of the country on their backs (if they aren't already). It used to be that ambition, achievement, diligence and success were esteemed values - and they still are but only in the political arena. Those values, among others, are what made us a great country, but they have gradually been eroded and degraded by hard-core lefties and for what purpose I just don't understand. I guess they are trying to create utopia, heaven-on-earth, or the Garden of Eden, but the reason that will ultimately fail is human nature, which they seem to ignore completely in all their grandiose planning.
454 | Leonidas Hoplite Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:00:58am |
re: #443 Crux Australis
There is a place in Baulkham Hills that always has good deals on tires. I always get mine there.
Have you enjoyed the rain over the last 3-4 days. I can see stars tonight for the first time in 5 nights.
I get my tires from tirerack.com.
455 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:01:42am |
re: #428 Chicago Blonde
Everything they've always dreamt of, in too many cases.
Universal health care scares the crap out of me. A friend of mine from Canada thinks it's wonderful, going on and on about it. Of course, he's a twentysomething that only had to pop in the clinic for an antibiotic for the odd sinus infection and the rest of his family is healthy so far. That's the problem - too many very young people not thinking ahead.
Yes, too many young people not thinking ahead, but also too many old people who have done the same for their entire lives. What makes people think this is supposed to be easy? What satisfaction is there in sitting around with your hand out? I hate it for them but, even more, I hate it for you and me and the rest of us who take pride in accomplishment.
456 | ciaospirit Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:01:59am |
More of the same lunacy using our money. Why fast track it? Is it racist to ask for a plan first?
House Democrats are pressing a plan to make it easier to use "fast-track" rules to expedite passage of health care legislation backed by Obama, even as their GOP rivals in the Senate won a key vote Wednesday emphatically rejecting such an approach on global warming.
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Congressional budget resolutions are nonbinding blueprints that set the parameters for legislation to follow. Unlike budget resolutions typically advanced in the first years of a presidency, the 2010 budget plans are remarkably light on detail, offering little guidance on how to pay for a health care overhaul or an extension of Obama's signature $400 tax credit for most workers.
457 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:02:19am |
re: #452 soxfan4life
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"
Vito Corleone never had to deal with animals like this. I am sure what he would do with them might get me banned so use your imagination.
458 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:02:55am |
re: #430 Leonidas Hoplite
Good morning all. Here is a link to a piece by Victor Davis Hanson that is a bit more optimistic than some of his recent posts...
Read the whole thing
I shall.
Thank you!
459 | Crux Australis Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:04:11am |
And it's time for bed. I have to get up early to run a few errands tomorrow.
460 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:04:40am |
re: #453 Leonidas Hoplite
I guess they are trying to create utopia, heaven-on-earth, or the Garden of Eden, but the reason that will ultimately fail is human nature, which they seem to ignore completely in all their grandiose planning.
Ding Ding Ding!
And it's happening at an accelerated pace too - dumbing down and rejecting personal responsibility. My dad still worked at a time when hard work was rewarded. Now it's all about how cool you are, with idiots voting for someone because they look so cool in coat and shades (almost verbatim words).
They don't factor in the people who resent carrying freeloaders wising up.
461 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:07:22am |
re: #449 soxfan4life
Would be appropriate if it came with some marijuana seeds, or poppy seeds.
Seriously, I'm going to buy one.
Or maybe several.
All but about 5% of my neighborhood would give it as a gag gift.
462 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:08:00am |
Good morning y'all - from a moderate (61 degrees, BOOOMING all the way up to 62 degrees!) rainy and cloudy Charlotte!
Hope everyone is doing well today!
463 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:08:08am |
re: #455 J.D.
I'd love it to be easy, but it ISN'T. I'm fine with working my butt off as long as I get to keep what I make. Don't tell me I have to "share" with some lazy idiot.
As for the newer batch of 20somethings, I think they look at geezers past 35 and think we should all just be dragged to Logan's Run.
464 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:08:36am |
465 | 3 wood Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:09:37am |
Just a quick note. Look for the markets to really jump todya. Here's why:
FASB Eases Fair-Value Accounting Rules Amid Lawmaker Pressure
April 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board, pressured by U.S. lawmakers and financial companies, voted to relax fair-value rules that Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. say don’t work when markets are inactive.
The changes approved today to fair-value, also known as mark-to-market, allow companies to use “significant” judgment in valuing assets to reduce writedowns on certain investments, including mortgage-backed securities. Accounting analysts say the measure, which can be applied to first-quarter results, may boost banks’ net income by 20 percent or more.
The bank stocks should really take off today. This move also greatly reduces the amount of toxic assets that have to be dealt with, plus the banks can now actually value their assets and know how much capital they have to work with.
466 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:09:40am |
Well I've got 50% of Ingrid Bergman's receipe for uh, hmmm........Happiness! Now if I could get the other 50% I'd probably plotz from joy with a cardiac event, LOL!
467 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:09:41am |
re: #450 lawhawk
Only in an insane asylum would that even be contemplated.
And what does that tell you, grasshopper?
468 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:10:28am |
re: #443 Crux Australis
There is a place in Baulkham Hills that always has good deals on tires. I always get mine there.
Have you enjoyed the rain over the last 3-4 days. I can see stars tonight for the first time in 5 nights.
We had the usual local flooding here, my garage and some of the streets around here were a bit waterlogged
And I've just looked outside too, and the stars are there! It's lovely and clear here
469 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:10:30am |
re: #465 3 wood
Hey thanks 3 wood - hope you're well and have a great day!
470 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:11:01am |
re: #463 Chicago Blonde
I'd love it to be easy, but it ISN'T. I'm fine with working my butt off as long as I get to keep what I make. Don't tell me I have to "share" with some lazy idiot.
As for the newer batch of 20somethings, I think they look at geezers past 35 and think we should all just be dragged to Logan's Run.
The fact that it's hard makes it all the more worthwhile. We sacrificed early to get to where we're at, but that is lost on the PS3 generation. They only see the end result, not what it took to get there. And they want it now...
471 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:11:12am |
re: #456 ciaospirit
More of the same lunacy using our money. Why fast track it? Is it racist to ask for a plan first?
Now it is.
472 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:11:26am |
*GAG ALERT*
More fawning media coverage by the usual suspects.
When everything crumbles, watch the drive-by's scramble for cover in avoiding responsibility for shamlessly shilling for this fraudulent manchild.
Anytime a conservative is being interviewed by the drive-by's, they should remark that their clothes are still wet, from being in the tank for FCBBHO.
473 | summergurl Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:11:43am |
re: #465 3 wood
Just a quick note. Look for the markets to really jump todya. Here's why:
FASB Eases Fair-Value Accounting Rules Amid Lawmaker Pressure
Wow what incredible timing - as the Prez is in Europe and can be hailed accordingly
The bank stocks should really take off today. This move also greatly reduces the amount of toxic assets that have to be dealt with, plus the banks can now actually value their assets and know how much capital they have to work with.
474 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:11:51am |
Good morning folks.
If you need a morning chuckle (and these days, who doesn't?), do yourself a favour and read Quentin Letts' column in the Daily Mail:
Obama told a joke and Brown laughed... and laughed... and laughed... and laughed
Mr Obama uttered a sentence. Mr Brown nodded. Mr Obama paused. Mr Brown froze, frowning. Mr Obama made a very slight joke. Mr Brown gassed himself, laughing for a good 30 seconds, eyelids fluttering like the wings of a soft-flapping Cabbage White.
Allegedly the most charismatic politician in the world, Mr Obama was a disappointment. It sounded as though he had a blocked nose and so his lack of energy may have been a symptom of a cold. Jet lag, too. He probably wished he could have stayed in bed.
Then there were the bodyguards. The US of A guys have buttons in their lapels and scowl at the world in a quite unnecessary fashion. One is tempted to go up to them and tickle their armpits, just to see if they might smile.
Mr Obama fiddled with the cuff of one sleeve, Prince Charles-style, while Mr Brown hosed him down with treacle. The Prime Minister, fluffing with nerves in a couple of places, spoke of the president's 'leadership, vision, courage, dynamism, energy, achievements...'
He spoke slowly, in a meandering manner. Some might say that he was thoughtful and professorial. Others might call his manner circuitous, even yarny.
Am I saying that he was a bore? Oh dear. I find that I possibly am.
But in a good way, arguably. He came across as a president who would consult and think thrice before bombing the smithereens out of a foreign capital.
This, comrades, can be counted progress.
The usual goons were in attendance. What a kerfuffle an American presidential creates. Outside, in the road off Whitehall and in the great court of the Foreign Office, I counted 24 Range Rovers, all of them pretty brand spanking new.
Before Messrs Brown and Obama entered the room where we had been cooped up for two hours, flunkeys and bit-part players came slinking in, David Miliband and Hillary Clinton among them. What an odd duo Mrs Clinton and the boy Milipede make. She looks like a mother taking her teenage son round a university campus on Open Day.
475 | notutopia Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:12:04am |
New Jobless Claims Jump Unexpectedly to 669,000
The number of people filing new jobless claims jumped unexpectedly last week, while those continuing to receive benefits hit a 10th straight record-high. Both figures show the labor market remains weak and is unlikely to recover anytime soon.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
How's this for Obama creating new jobs.
Just sickening.
476 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:12:41am |
re: #459 Crux Australis
And it's time for bed. I have to get up early to run a few errands tomorrow.
Goodnight Crux, see you again soon
477 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:12:57am |
re: #7 Fenway_Nation
Any other lizards getting the Amazon sidebar ad that's all 0bama books and DVDs?
yes. Charles doesn't control the ad, obviously. but it just goes to show that Obama pimping is everywhere.
478 | 3 wood Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:13:24am |
re: #469 realwest
Hey thanks 3 wood - hope you're well and have a great day!
Yep, just real busy.
Got to run and I'll email you later.
479 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:13:40am |
re: #456 ciaospirit
More of the same lunacy using our money. Why fast track it? Is it racist to ask for a plan first?
I think they have realized 2010 is not going to be a good year for them, so they are going for maximum damage as quickly as possible. Funny how fast things turn when you promise everything and deliver nothing.
480 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:13:49am |
re: #463 Chicago Blonde
As for the newer batch of 20somethings, I think they look at geezers past 35 and think we should all just be dragged to Logan's Run.
Some do, without a doubt.
482 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:14:49am |
re: #462 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a moderate (61 degrees, BOOOMING all the way up to 62 degrees!) rainy and cloudy Charlotte!
Hope everyone is doing well today!
*Smooch* darls, and it's finally stopped raining here!
Warm and humid night, here in the Far Deep South :-)
483 | Leonidas Hoplite Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:15:27am |
Phew! I'm blushing with all the updings this AM - thank you all! I have a cool karma-in-history number right now - 1066!
484 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:15:51am |
re: #470 SasquatchOnSteroids
The fact that it's hard makes it all the more worthwhile. We sacrificed early to get to where we're at, but that is lost on the PS3 generation. They only see the end result, not what it took to get there. And they want it now...
I agree. I'll admit I don't enjoy sacrificing but I'll do it. I'm angry about having to bail out people who knowingly bought too much house. I spent 9 years in a starter home in a scary area and I hated it, but it didn't kill me. Won't kill them either.
485 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:16:25am |
re: #475 notutopia
New Jobless Claims Jump Unexpectedly to 669,000
The number of people filing new jobless claims jumped unexpectedly last week, while those continuing to receive benefits hit a 10th straight record-high. Both figures show the labor market remains weak and is unlikely to recover anytime soon.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
How's this for Obama creating new jobs.
Just sickening.
A plant near me tossed out 650 employees yesterday. I think their plant in GA closed altogether, as well. (Exide)
486 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:17:18am |
Meanwhile, the tabloids are all abuzz,
America's First Lady Michelle Obama broke royal protocol during a reception at Buckingham Palace when she placed her arm around the Queen.
But rather than take offence, Her Majesty took the unusual step of returning the gesture by putting her arm round Mrs Obama's waist - almost as if to confirm the special relationship the politicians are so keen to play up.
The extraordinary scenes took place yesterday as Barack Obama made his first visit to Britain as U.S. President.
According to eyewitnesses, the exchange occurred as the Queen was waiting in the Throne Room following the official group picture with the national leaders here for the G20 Summit.
One said: 'There was a bit of a bottleneck as all of the leaders filed out so the Queen started chatting to Michelle Obama. She appeared to look up at her and make a comment about how tall she was.
'As she did, she put her arm around Mrs Obama and rested her gloved hand on the small of her back.' Almost simultaneously, Mrs Obama put her arm around the Queen's shoulders rather more firmly. 'The pair then looked at their feet and appeared to be discussing their shoes.
'The Queen then dropped her arm and, a few seconds later, Michelle did the same. The entire exchange lasted around eight to ten seconds but was absolutely extraordinary.'
No-one - including the ladies-in-waiting standing nearby - could believe their eyes. In 57 years, the Queen has never been seen to make that kind of gesture and it is certainly against all protocol to touch her.
'But she didn't seem to mind a bit and was smiling and joking throughout,' the eyewitness said.
488 | lawhawk Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:17:35am |
re: #467 J.D.
And what does that tell you, grasshopper?
That the Obama Administration will double down and demand a peace conference? /wish I were kidding, but you know that's going to be in the cards before long.
489 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:18:08am |
re: #482 aussiemagpie
Hey {aussie} *smooch* back to you - sorry you've got such "interesting" weather - our humidity is coming down by the bucketful! LOL!
How are ya this morning?
490 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:19:15am |
re: #444 Wishing
that thing is so disgusting.
i bet some people would buy his gilded excrement.
and put it on the coffee table as a center piece.
491 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:19:20am |
re: #474 Kenneth
Mr Obama had managed to make Mr Brown look good. Another amazing achievement.
Same reason they Mick Jagger has kept Keith Richards around all this time.
492 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:19:28am |
re: #489 realwest
Hey {aussie} *smooch* back to you - sorry you've got such "interesting" weather - our humidity is coming down by the bucketful! LOL!
How are ya this morning?
Always be thankful for the rain.
..recovering from drought here.
493 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:19:56am |
re: #490 nyc redneck
that thing is so disgusting.
i bet some people would buy his gilded excrement.
and put it on the coffee table as a center piece.
Nah, they wouldn't gild it.
495 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:20:14am |
re: #486 Kenneth
Meanwhile, the tabloids are all abuzz,
Just goes to show the Queen has true class and Michelle doesn't. Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when they talked about grace, Michelle wouldn't know it if she had a whole truckload of it dumped on her.
496 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:21:20am |
Nice. The POTUS and his bunch of thugs.
Wall St. Journal online
The President is Keeping Score
By KARL ROVE
"Don't think we're not keeping score, brother." That's what President Barack Obama said to Rep. Peter DeFazio in a closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus last week, according to the Associated Press.
So are we, Mr. Rove.
497 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:21:34am |
re: #486 Kenneth Good morning Kenneth - must be that the WAB had just put on some deodorant or perfume!
498 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:22:11am |
re: #487 Iron Fist
Hell, that's not looking so bad these days. I'd at least get a day off, a sort of minivacation into the afterlife :-)
LOL! Not me buddy, I love life and I hope my mom doesn't overhear the words I'll use if someone tells me I'm too old or not valuable enough to save.
When that horrible Oliphant cartoon came out, I was thinking about getting a Star of David to wear, as a "try coming for me, buddy!" gesture. With universal health care looming, I'm getting a Chai sign and killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
499 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:23:19am |
re: #490 nyc redneck
that thing is so disgusting.
i bet some people would buy his gilded excrement.
and put it on the coffee table as a center piece.
I've heard that the seed used in the chia pet are very nutritional.
500 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:23:46am |
re: #481 Iron Fist
They bitch about contempt of court? I'd be willing to bet you that to a man (or woman or wymon, whatever :0-) they were behind Bill Clinton. Like sexual harassment, contempt of court is a crime that varies in severity based on the Party that the one doing the "crime" belongs to.
Republicans == Awful, terrible, deserving of long jail sentence
Democrats == Problem? What problem? These are not the droids you are looking for...
Really, ice, snow, cold weather, liberals. Except for the beautiful landscape there is no good reason to live here. The local news was reporting they weren't sure if she was living in public housing or not, how hard is it to call the Housing Authority and find out. They know what unit she was in. Journalism really is dead.
501 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:23:55am |
re: #489 realwest
Hey {aussie} *smooch* back to you - sorry you've got such "interesting" weather - our humidity is coming down by the bucketful! LOL!
How are ya this morning?
All is well here, how about you? Your back any better?
Julie is a bit crook though, and we're hoping it's not more of the same
She had blood tests, with results back later today
After two years of no hospital admissions, she's a bit worried now that she's having a relapse
502 | godfrey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:24:42am |
A fricking iPod... loaded with his own speeches!
What a complete horse's ass.
503 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:25:16am |
re: #490 nyc redneck
that thing is so disgusting.
i bet some people would buy his gilded excrement.
and put it on the coffee table as a center piece.
Now, now nyc redneck - y'all have to admit he looks BETTER with green hair than with his normal (am I gray today or not) hair or no hair at all! LOL!
How are you doing today?
504 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:25:20am |
re: #491 J.D.
Same reason Mick Jagger has kept Keith Richards around all this time.
Keith makes Mick look sober?
Some tabloid wag wrote that Brown was grinning like a bookworm schoolboy who has finally been invited to the cool kids' party.
506 | _RememberTonyC Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:25:58am |
My great fear is that we "Balkanize" ourselves in the USA. The "Melting Pot" made us great. The "Salad Bowl" does not. It emphasizes our differences instead of binding us together as the Melting Pot did.
508 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:26:01am |
re: #499 KenJen
I've heard that the seed used in the chia pet are very nutritional.
indeed they are,
but can you imagine the puke factor of pulling the sprouts off
of o's head and putting them on your sandwich.
gag
509 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:26:05am |
re: #500 soxfan4life
She had a job working for the City of Boston, too.
510 | Lincolntf Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:26:37am |
re: #502 godfrey
Morning all.
Did that Ipod story turn out to be NOT an A-F-Day hoax?
511 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:26:57am |
re: #504 Kenneth
Some tabloid wag wrote that Brown was grinning like a bookworm schoolboy who has finally been invited to the cool kids' party.
That's what's happening to our culture - we're being "cooled" to death.
513 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:27:43am |
re: #492 Wishing Good morning Wishing! Where is he hear that y'all are suffering from a drought? And let's not be catty now, they may not gild it, but they would certainly bronze it!
514 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:27:51am |
re: #488 lawhawk
That the Obama Administration will double down and demand a peace conference? /wish I were kidding, but you know that's going to be in the cards before long.
I imagine Richard Holbrooke already has that in the works.
Did you know he was on AIG's board?
515 | godfrey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:28:04am |
re: #510 Lincolntf
This isn't evidence it isn't a hoax, but AP, CNN, LaTimes, etc. all carried the story.
517 | Wishing Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:29:08am |
re: #513 realwest
Good morning Wishing! Where is he hear that y'all are suffering from a drought? And let's not be catty now, they may not gild it, but they would certainly bronze it!
LOL nope, they would take it as is and plop it (forgive me!) right on the coffee table!
And yes, TN has been in a terrible drought the last few years. We are hoping to recover SOME this year. Thank God for rain!
518 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:29:16am |
re: #510 Lincolntf
Morning all.
Did that Ipod story turn out to be NOT an A-F-Day hoax?
It's not a hoax but, it did make Obama look like a total joke.
519 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:29:25am |
re: #513 realwest
Good morning Wishing! Where is he hear that y'all are suffering from a drought? And let's not be catty now, they may not gild it, but they would certainly bronze it!
Well now that Mythbusters proved you could, they would polish it every day like they did him leading up to his election.
521 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:29:45am |
re: #497 realwest
Who knows? What is remarkable is that the Queen put her hand on Michelle in return. A few years ago some visiting head of state reached out like he was going to hug her and she stepped back & turned away. Protocol says you don't touch the Queen, but if she hugs you I guess it's ok.
522 | VioletTiger Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:30:06am |
Morning friends. We are talking about Obama and IPODs and Chia pets, oh my?
523 | Lincolntf Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:30:12am |
re: #515 godfrey
Oh jeez. I don't even want to know if it wasn't a hoax. I'm going to cling to the hope that it was.
524 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:30:18am |
How do you make money off of YouTube? This Dallas ninth-grader, Carlita, knows:
Ad program helps Dallas student profit from YouTube videos
Her first monthly check (last September) was $365.56.
526 | godfrey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:30:39am |
UPI:
The New York Times reported that a White House aide said the first family gave the queen an iPod loaded with video and photos of her 2007 trip to the United States, as well as Broadway show tunes.
Classy.
527 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:31:01am |
re: #502 godfrey
A fricking iPod... loaded with his own speeches!
What a complete horse's ass.
I heard it was video of her trip to the U.S. last year.
528 | VioletTiger Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:31:03am |
re: #521 Kenneth
Who knows? What is remarkable is that the Queen put her hand on Michelle in return. A few years ago some visiting head of state reached out like he was going to hug her and she stepped back & turned away. Protocol says you don't touch the Queen, but if she hugs you I guess it's ok.
I thought I heard that the Obama's studied protocol before they left. Why then the touchy touchy?
530 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:31:31am |
re: #526 godfrey
Here's another link on the story.
iPod contents
531 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:32:07am |
532 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:32:51am |
On Fox & Friends the other morning they were talking about protocol with the Queen. You briefly touch her hand (if offered) do not grip it or shake it. When eating with the Queen, when she puts her fork down, you do not continue eating, etc.
533 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:33:11am |
re: #511 Chicago Blonde
Interesting observation. Gordon Brown really is a brainy bookworm, PhD in History, author of several books, but nobody ever accused him of having charisma.
I would take dull competence over empty flash in a politician any day!
534 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:33:55am |
re: #532 redstateredneck
On Fox & Friends the other morning they were talking about protocol with the Queen. You briefly touch her hand (if offered) do not grip it or shake it. When eating with the Queen, when she puts her fork down, you do not continue eating, etc.
So how many of the rules did TOTUS and his Klingon Bride violate?
536 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:33:58am |
re: #496 Killer Tomato
Good morning KT! from your link
Americans United is going after Democrats who are skeptical of Mr. Obama's plans to double the national debt in five years and nearly triple it in 10. The White House is taking aim at lawmakers in 12 states, including Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor. MoveOn.Org is running ads aimed at 10 moderate Senate and House Democrats. And robocalls are urging voters in key districts to pressure their congressman to get in line.
Not only are we keeping track Brother Barry, but so is the RNC - and don't think we don't already have a list of folks who may not like your special brand of "persuassion" and if you lose your automatic majorities in the house or the Senate, y'all can kiss your hope and changey ass goodbye!
537 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:34:07am |
re: #531 soxfan4life
Don't forget his 2004 DNC keynote speech or his inaugural address.
I'm truely suprised that it didn't contain the audio version of "Dreams from my Father"
538 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:34:16am |
re: #530 Chicago Blonde
Here's another link on the story.
iPod contents
The coffee table book by Rodgers & Hart was autographed by Richard Rodgers. Cha-ching!
539 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:34:20am |
re: #534 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
So how many of the rules did TOTUS and his Klingon Bride violate?
God only knows.
540 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:34:28am |
re: #530 Chicago Blonde
Were his TWO autobiographies included on there in pdf format?
541 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:34:56am |
re: #503 realwest
hey {real}
i'm back in the city and doing great this morning.
now i can recover from all that hard work i did last wk.
how are you? do you have a place where you can garden?
542 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:35:20am |
re: #524 Ward Cleaver
How do you make money off of YouTube? This Dallas ninth-grader, Carlita, knows:
Ad program helps Dallas student profit from YouTube videos
Her first monthly check (last September) was $365.56.
Excellent !
Good for her.
543 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:35:20am |
re: #528 VioletTiger
That they were told protocol doesn't mean they remembered it. In the heat of the moment people return to habits. In US politics, it is a given you touch people you want to influence.
546 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:35:28am |
re: #496 Killer Tomato
Nice. The PO
TUS and his bunch of thugs.
Wall St. Journal onlineSo are we, Mr. Rove.
Digital brownshirts!
/thanks for that one, al gore!
547 | Gella Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:35:48am |
548 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:35:56am |
re: #504 Kenneth
Keith makes Mick look sober?
Some tabloid wag wrote that Brown was grinning like a bookworm schoolboy who has finally been invited to the cool kids' party.
You don't think Keith makes Mick look at least a little bit sober?
I have heard many Brits who complained about Tony Blair, but as far as a transatlantic alliance partner is concerned, I really liked him. If I had him at home, though, probably not so much...
549 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:35:57am |
re: #498 Chicago Blonde
Hey there Blondie - I like the Star of David idea, especially if it's accompanied by a snub nosed .38 in your handbag or coat pocket!
550 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:36:37am |
re: #542 SasquatchOnSteroids
Excellent !
Good for her.
Isn't it cool? They wouldn't give her last name in the story, because they don't want her fans to figure out where she lives. Looks like her college education is paid for.
551 | godfrey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:36:40am |
re: #538 Ward Cleaver
Does HRH love Broadway tunes? If so, fine. If this is out of the blue, what kind of crack is the WH protocol office smoking?
552 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:36:55am |
re: #507 Iron Fist
It was murdered by Walter Cronkite during the Tet offensive. It's just been rotting since then.
It is beyond ripened.
553 | lawhawk Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:37:39am |
So, apparently Obama never realized that the State Department has an office of protocol to handle such things as appropriate gifts, etc.?
I call BS. Anyone with a frakking computer and Google can pull up the office simply entering the terms White House protocol. It's the first option to come up. You click on it and all of a sudden you find yourself on the State Department website (a part of the Executive Branch, and headed up by Sec. State. Hillary Clinton, who apparently had issues with protocol herself). These people aren't ignorant that the protocol office existed. They're incompetent to not use it.
554 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:37:41am |
re: #532 redstateredneck
On Fox & Friends the other morning they were talking about protocol with the Queen. You briefly touch her hand (if offered) do not grip it or shake it. When eating with the Queen, when she puts her fork down, you do not continue eating, etc.
Those must've been some good waffles.
555 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:37:53am |
re: #501 aussiemagpie
Ah geez {aussie} - I'm sorry to hear that - please give Julie a hug and a *smooch* on the cheek from me - prayers and best wishes going up for her and for you.
557 | godfrey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:38:22am |
The iPod thing is still hilarious. GWB gave the Queen all sorts of beautiful things, and Obama & Co. gave her ... a mix tape.
They must be having a field day over there.
558 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:38:25am |
re: #513 realwest
Good morning Wishing! Where is he hear that y'all are suffering from a drought? And let's not be catty now, they may not gild it, but they would certainly bronze it!
I fear you may misunderestimate them.
559 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:38:41am |
re: #551 godfrey
Does HRH love Broadway tunes? If so, fine. If this is out of the blue, what kind of crack is the WH protocol office smoking?
I imagine they did a little research this time, after the DVD snafu.
560 | Ojoe Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:38:54am |
Another day starts up on the San Gabriel Mountains of California. The Towercam, Pacific time zone.
Much human folly, these mountains see.
Good Morning All.
561 | Gella Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:38:56am |
re: #553 lawhawk
So, apparently Obama never realized that the State Department has an office of protocol to handle such things as appropriate gifts, etc.?
I call BS. Anyone with a frakking computer and Google can pull up the office simply entering the terms White House protocol. It's the first option to come up. You click on it and all of a sudden you find yourself on the State Department website (a part of the Executive Branch, and headed up by Sec. State. Hillary Clinton, who apparently had issues with protocol herself). These people aren't ignorant that the protocol office existed. They're incompetent to not use it.
question is does know how to use a computer or ever heard of google?
according to him no
562 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:38:59am |
re: #534 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
So how many of the rules did TOTUS and his Klingon Bride violate?
The attempt to chest-thump Her Majesty was way out of line, IMHO.
563 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:39:05am |
re: #549 realwest
Ha! :) Walk softly but carry a little snub nose, huh?
I don't have anything like that - silly as it may sound, they spook me (but I support the 2nd Amendment).
I do want a Chai sign though. After Lent I'll go shopping.
564 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:39:10am |
re: #553 lawhawk
Failure to use the Protocol Office isn't the only thing making the 0bama's incompetent.
565 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:39:17am |
re: #501 aussiemagpie
{aussie} So sorry to hear that Julie is sick again. Prayers for her speedy recovery.
566 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:39:37am |
re: #557 godfrey
The iPod thing is still hilarious. GWB gave the Queen all sorts of beautiful things, and Obama & Co. gave her ... a mix tape.
They must be having a field day over there.
Hey, it could have been loaded with gangsta rap.
567 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:39:46am |
re: #521 Kenneth
Well, they are "cool" and all, you know.
And then there are the bonus points for...
568 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:40:32am |
re: #556 Iron Fist
I wouldn't give such deference to all the kings and queens of the world. I'm not saying I'd whip it out and piss all over her royal boots, but I wouldn't treat her as anything but an equal. I'm an American. We don't have any royalty. That's the way it was set up.
Yeah, but when in Rome...or London as the case may be!
569 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:40:41am |
re: #536 realwest
Good morning KT! from your link
Not only are we keeping track Brother Barry, but so is the RNC - and don't think we don't already have a list of folks who may not like your special brand of "persuassion" and if you lose your automatic majorities in the house or the Senate, y'all can kiss your hope and changey ass goodbye!
Hmmm, Barry is acting like the Community Organizer, Chicago Street Hustler that he is. Who knew?
570 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:41:08am |
re: #553 lawhawk
I think they are just arrogant. Why should Obama and Michelle have to follow protocol? They won after all. They make the rules now. That's the vibe I'm getting.
571 | VioletTiger Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:41:50am |
re: #557 godfrey
The iPod thing is still hilarious. GWB gave the Queen all sorts of beautiful things, and Obama & Co. gave her ... a mix tape.
They must be having a field day over there.
One of my coworkers from England was over on this side of the pond visiting the Mother Ship and we got to the topic of the DVD gift. It was in every single paper and news-media. It was a huge gaff in their minds.
I have to agree. It goes without saying that anything you can pick up at Walmart or a gift shop is not an appropriate gift for a head of state.
572 | Golem Akbar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:42:05am |
Good morning, kalimera and boker tov, Lizards. It's Spring in LA.
573 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:42:12am |
re: #561 Gella
question is does know how to use a computer or ever heard of google?
according to him no
But he can't live without his crackberry.
574 | godfrey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:42:20am |
re: #566 Ward Cleaver
Surely the iPod was the lesser of the two (the Queen already has one, and I'm sure her trip was well-documented). No, the real gift was the autographed coffee table book of show tunes.
Feels random. They're clueless.
575 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:42:34am |
re: #548 J.D.
Interesting history between Blair & Brown, they go back a long way. Brown was the dull introverted intellectual, Blair was the outgoing charmer.
It was good to see Blair giving such strong support to the US after 9-11, but any UK PM would have done the same. The "special relationship" is vital to Britain in that it allows them to leverage their influence in Europe and stand up to France & Germany.
576 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:43:27am |
re: #533 Kenneth
I'm sorry - my mouse died on me. :)
I agree, dull competence over empty charisma any day. When I see people posting on blogs they can't wait to vote for Obama because he looks so cool in his Ray-Bans, it makes me want to cry.
577 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:43:48am |
re: #524 Ward Cleaver
How do you make money off of YouTube? This Dallas ninth-grader, Carlita, knows:
Ad program helps Dallas student profit from YouTube videos
Her first monthly check (last September) was $365.56.
Good for her!
5 Yr Old's First Job
Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that will make you believe that we all can make a difference when we give a child the gift of our time.
A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot. One day, a construction crew began to build a house on the empty lot. The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in the goings-on and spent much of each day observing the workers.
Eventually the construction crew, all of them 'gems-in-the-rough,' more or less, adopted her as a kind of project mascot. They chatted with her during coffee and lunch breaks and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important. At the end of the first week, they even presented her with a pay envelope containing ten dollars. The little girl took this home to her mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars 'pay' she'd received to
the bank the next day to start a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own pay check at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, 'I worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house next door to us.'
'Oh my goodness gracious,' said the teller, 'and will you be working on the house again this week, too?'
The little girl replied, 'I will, if those assholes at Home Depot ever deliver the fucking sheet rock.'
Kind of brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?
578 | Gella Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:44:20am |
579 | VioletTiger Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:44:22am |
580 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:44:36am |
re: #576 Chicago Blonde
Did you give it the proper burial under your mouse pad?
581 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:44:58am |
re: #555 realwest
Ah geez {aussie} - I'm sorry to hear that - please give Julie a hug and a *smooch* on the cheek from me - prayers and best wishes going up for her and for you.
Thank you so much, and she will really appreciate your hugs,and smooches :-)
582 | newmelleman Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:45:03am |
How long until BHO simply falls back on the ubiquitous gift card (Wal Mart, Best Buy, etc) for foreign dignitaries?
583 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:45:09am |
re: #578 Gella
hypocrisy?
Speaking of the crackberry, didn't I read or hear on the news that it rang during the reception...he didn't even mute the mofo!
584 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:45:41am |
re: #530 Chicago Blonde
Here's another link on the story.
iPod contents
"Once in Love with Amy (Where's Charley?)," Ray Bolger
Didn't Ray Bolger also do "If I Only Had a Brain"?
585 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:46:08am |
re: #582 newmelleman
How long until BHO simply falls back on the ubiquitous gift card (Wal Mart, Best Buy, etc) for foreign dignitaries?
{NMM}! How 'bout some MacDonald gift cards?
586 | lifeofthemind Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:46:17am |
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.— Ingrid Bergman
Any man who says that he can do at 50 what he claimed he was doing at 15 is lying now as he was lying then.
- lifeofthemind
587 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:46:17am |
re: #474 Kenneth
Good morning folks.
If you need a morning chuckle (and these days, who doesn't?), do yourself a favour and read Quentin Letts' column in the Daily Mail:
Obama told a joke and Brown laughed... and laughed... and laughed... and laughed
Is there a link to a video anywhere? I looked on youtube and google and couldn't find one. I love to see it, lol.
588 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:46:47am |
Go ahead, I dare you to, barry.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's military on Thursday threatened immediate retaliation if "even the slightest effort" is made to intercept a long-range rocket it has begun fueling and that it plans to launch in the next few days.President Barack Obama warned the liftoff would be a "provocative act" that would generate a U.N. Security Council response, but North Korea's military threatened those who opposed the launch with a "thunderbolt of fire" if they interfered.
Oh Noes! not the dreaded UN security council reponse!
589 | lawhawk Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:47:25am |
re: #570 KenJen
I think they are just arrogant. Why should Obama and Michelle have to follow protocol? They won after all. They make the rules now. That's the vibe I'm getting.
Ace nails it. Obama gets a piece of history with significant relevance. Obama gives the Queen a mix tape of his Best ofs.
590 | newmelleman Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:47:40am |
{rsrn}!
...thanks, now I've got that filet-o-fish song looping through my head!
591 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:47:42am |
Hiya, Lizard Nation!
After another perishing morning, where I was cursing the weather forecasters again, its now at least sunny, albeit still colder than predicted.
Anybody interested in WAB fashion?
I'll get the photos ...
:-)))
592 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:48:01am |
re: #556 Iron Fist
The Queen is more of a symbol than an actual person. As a person, yes she is equal to anybody else. But as a symbol of British history, culture, state, traditions, institutions and honour, she is very important. Compare her to the US flag. Americans show great respect and honor to their flag. It's not just another sheet of cloth. When a visitor respects royal protocol, they are showing respect to all of the United Kingdom, not just to Mrs. Betty Windsor.
593 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:48:05am |
re: #565 redstateredneck
{aussie} So sorry to hear that Julie is sick again. Prayers for her speedy recovery.
Hello {redstateredneck} and thanks so much!
She's got so used to not having to be in hospital, so she's a bit scared about ending up there again
594 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:48:18am |
I heard that Michelle gave the Queen a ped egg as an early Easter gift.
595 | Walter L. Newton Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:48:26am |
re: #589 lawhawk
Ace nails it. Obama gets a piece of history with significant relevance. Obama gives the Queen a mix tape of his Best ofs.
Boo, boo.
596 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:48:46am |
re: #537 KenJen
I'm truely suprised that it didn't contain the audio version of "Dreams from my Father"
I think that and an Obama Chia are probably on a list somewhere; the question is where and when.
598 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:48:54am |
599 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:49:02am |
re: #269 3 wood
Good morning.
Look for the market to open up sharply as the futures are all up by about 2% at the moment.
The reason why is a little complicated. First, the market has been so far down for so long that a lot of the money standing on the sidelines is starting to get a bit eager to get back in the market Second, there is a growing sense that the market and the economy has leveled out. Third, "mark to market" is likely to be altered by FASB within the next day or so, and that will free up a lot of bank capital and reduce the "toxic asset" problem significantly, and it will be retroactive to january 1st.
Market already up. You are good.
600 | Walter L. Newton Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:49:22am |
re: #591 yma o hyd
Hiya, Lizard Nation!
After another perishing morning, where I was cursing the weather forecasters again, its now at least sunny, albeit still colder than predicted.
Anybody interested in WAB fashion?
I'll get the photos ...
:-)))
Buck up, Yma. We just had 6 inches of snow over night and we are due for a foot of snow on Friday night.
Spring time in the Rockies.
601 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:49:39am |
603 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:49:58am |
re: #594 KenJen
I heard that Michelle gave the Queen a ped egg as an early Easter gift.
They also have them available for dogs, too.
/yuk
604 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:50:04am |
re: #594 KenJen
I heard that Michelle gave the Queen a ped egg as an early Easter gift.
Don't know about that, but she gives me a head egg every time she opens her yap
605 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:50:05am |
re: #536 realwest
Morning real!
(they keep interrupting me with work, what's up with that?)
606 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:50:05am |
Anybody interested in WAB fashion?
No thanks, I get the J Crew catalog.
607 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:50:52am |
re: #606 redstateredneck
No thanks, I get the J Crew catalog.
Do they commission coats for your kids too?
609 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:51:18am |
A Palestinian attacker wielding an axe has killed an Israeli boy and wounded another in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, police say.
Monsters.
610 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:51:49am |
re: #506 _RememberTonyC
Whatcha mean "we"?!? Take a look at the 2008 Presidential map - most every state that voted for Obama is a coastal or New England state - you know, those states that have some way to get food and stuff to their states without using those mean ole trucks - at least not until the ships dock.
And I'm not joking - all this bullshit about alternative energy (that so far hasn't demonstrated ANY ability to replace fossil fuels for the masses), dramatically reduces the ability of red state folks to heat their homes, get to and from work etc. etc. We lost our ability to be a melting pot when Al Gore not only challenged the results in the Democratic counties in Florida in the SCOTUS - thereby becoming iirc the only presidential candidate to ever do so - but also lost his HOME STATE of Tenn. If he had won the state where the voters know him best, we'd a had President Gore for 9/11/ 2001 and the World would still love us cause we wouldn't have done a damn thing.
And the Republicans NEVER tried anything as ridiculous as having the Federal Government - so WELL KNOWN for it's successes in everything except WAR- decide what management level personnel will get as income, and the performance evaluation of such people. So as I said last night, when the local bank branch managers don't get a raise or bonuse and don't therefore buy a new home or new car or whatever, when the lower level but still "management class" folks on Wall Street, USA are put in the same boat, then MAYBE the mofo voters in some of the Blue States will rediscover that SOCIALISM has never worked well anywhere for any length of time.
Mixing bowl? Nope the Dems are playing Class Warfare and are THEY gonna be surprised when it turns around and bite's 'em on the ass.
611 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:52:03am |
re: #601 redstateredneck
Something went terribly wrong with my post. More coffee!
612 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:52:13am |
re: #570 KenJen
I think they are just arrogant. Why should Obama and Michelle have to follow protocol? They won after all. They make the rules now. That's the vibe I'm getting.
That is exactly what I came up with yesterday.
613 | ilzito guacamolito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:52:36am |
re: #609 Kenneth
A Palestinian attacker wielding an axe has killed an Israeli boy and wounded another in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, police say.
Monsters.
Damn it! The scum got away.
614 | Golem Akbar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:52:44am |
re: #584 J.D.
Didn't Ray Bolger also do "If I Only Had a Brain"?
Obama is the Metrosexual in Chief, I guess...
615 | lifeofthemind Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:53:12am |
re: #591 yma o hyd
Anybody interested in WAB fashion?
I found out where she gets her stuff.
Image: 005-001-1.jpg
616 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:53:30am |
All you Lizards, look away - now!
Lizardesses - what do you think:
Morning visit to 10 Downing Street
The other lady is Mrs Brown - and the dinner was for all the G20 spouses.
You go first ...
:-)))
617 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:53:30am |
re: #572 Golem Akbar
Good morning, kalimera and boker tov, Lizards. It's Spring in LA.
Are those blue trees blooming yet?
What are those called?
Now those are cool looking.
618 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:53:31am |
re: #608 rightside
Anything like J Peterman?
The models are all so skinny I usually just pitch it in the trash.
619 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:53:45am |
re: #592 Kenneth
The Queen is more of a symbol than an actual person. As a person, yes she is equal to anybody else. But as a symbol of British history, culture, state, traditions, institutions and honour, she is very important. Compare her to the US flag. Americans show great respect and honor to their flag. It's not just another sheet of cloth. When a visitor respects royal protocol, they are showing respect to all of the United Kingdom, not just to Mrs. Betty Windsor.
michelle and that chip on her shoulder were not going to see the queen of england
(and what she represents) as anyone but betty windsor.
620 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:53:51am |
So where has Biden been at these past few months? Still wandering the streets of Wilmington looking for Katie's Restaurant?
621 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:54:25am |
re: #618 redstateredneck
The models are all so skinny I usually just pitch it in the trash.
I always wondered why models can't or won't smile. Hey, if I couldn't eat I wouldn't smile either!
622 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:54:26am |
re: #525 J.D.
{J.S.} - Hi there J.D.! Hope you're well today?!
623 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:54:41am |
Very excited that the DREAM Act is back in place...
Just heard on FNC that fuel trucks are movning to the launcgh pad in N Korea...
Ooooh... If launch occurs, it seems that we're going to go to the UN Security Council...
We're so fucking dead...
624 | godfrey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:54:58am |
re: #571 VioletTiger
hi VT
Yes, the gifts so far are pretty much tone-deaf. This, from a Harvard guy? Where's the intelligence in these gifts? Where's the stature? So far, I don't think it's too far to say that they've been degrading.
Now I have nothing really against Rodgers & Hart and American film, but as gifts to a head of state? Ridiculous. For perspective, here is what W's administration gave HRH:
President and Mrs. Bush gave The Prince Philip an exclusive sterling silver eagle box by Tiffany & Co. with personal inscription on the inside lid.President and Mrs. Bush gave Their Majesties a leather presentation box filled with a collection of documents from the National Archives. One of the items was a copy of an original letter from President Roosevelt to her father, King George, written in 1938. There were also photos from previous royal visits and a DVD of the footage from the Queen’s visit to the United States when she was Princess Elizabeth in 1951.
President and Mrs. Bush gave Her Majesty a bronze statuette “High Desert Princess” with a personal inscription on the bottom of the base. It is a replica of the original life size statue that is located in front of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Any questions?
625 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:55:15am |
re: #575 Kenneth
The "special relationship" is vital to Britain in that it allows them to leverage their influence in Europe and stand up to France & Germany.
Yes.
626 | Golem Akbar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:55:24am |
re: #617 J.D.
Are those blue trees blooming yet?
What are those called?
Now those are cool looking.
Everything is in bloom. It's sinus hell for those suffering allergies. For the rest of us, it's very cool.
627 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:55:47am |
re: #587 Lively
Here's a link to the BBC page with several videos... I haven't found the Brown-Obama presser in it. But you can see one of Obama sucking up to Brazillian President Lulu
628 | VioletTiger Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:55:56am |
re: #616 yma o hyd
She needs a visit from that lady on What Not to Wear. The stuff is all wrong for her figure and the occasion.
629 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:56:02am |
re: #600 Walter L. Newton
Buck up, Yma. We just had 6 inches of snow over night and we are due for a foot of snow on Friday night.
Spring time in the Rockies.
So I take it that this means you're hard at work, shovelling snow - and couldn't give a toss about how Michelle looked?
I mean, you couldn't possibly hint, could you, that I might be just a leeettle bit whingey about our weather?
;-)
630 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:56:07am |
re: #620 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
So where has Biden been at these past few months? Still wandering the streets of Wilmington looking for Katie's Restaurant?
LOL. They sell maps at 7-eleven, don't they ?
631 | ilzito guacamolito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:56:19am |
re: #616 yma o hyd
All you Lizards, look away - now!
Lizardesses - what do you think:
Morning visit to 10 Downing Street
The other lady is Mrs Brown - and the dinner was for all the G20 spouses.
You go first ...
:-)))
EEEW and EEEW! That's the best our tax dollars could get?!?
632 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:56:27am |
re: #582 newmelleman
How long until BHO simply falls back on the ubiquitous gift card (Wal Mart, Best Buy, etc) for foreign dignitaries?
LOL!
633 | newmelleman Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:56:28am |
re: #615 lifeofthemind
I found out where she gets her stuff.
[Link: gslisfs1.simmons.edu...]
OK. I am the absolute last person with any credentials to make fashion comments but...I recently saw a picture of the first lady. She was pictured along side several other women (the G20 wives club?). It looked really out of place that she was the only one with bare arms.
634 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:56:52am |
re: #603 Lively
Hands down it is the most disgusting commercial out there. I dont like feet. When they show that old lady scrapping her feet in what looks like a kitchen I get ill. Then they show someone opening the ped egg and dumping the contents into the garbage. eeeeeewwww!
635 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:56:56am |
re: #619 nyc redneck
michelle and that chip on her shoulder were not going to see the queen of england
(and what she represents) as anyone but betty windsor.
Did Michelle try to shake the Queen down for some Royal Bling? You know reparations & all.
636 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:57:33am |
re: #633 newmelleman
But they look so fabulous, befitting of the first lady, doncha know!
637 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:57:35am |
For a truly American gift, they should consider the vintage Horny Toad.
638 | Ojoe Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:57:44am |
re: #589 lawhawk
Obama would have done well to give the Queen something made out of a part of a Liberty Ship, as the Brits had given him something made from a British warship which chased slavers.
639 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:57:49am |
re: #627 Kenneth
Here's a link to the BBC page with several videos... I haven't found the Brown-Obama presser in it. But you can see one of Obama sucking up to Brazillian President Lulu
Ugh! He reminds me of Eddy Haskel off Leave it to Beaver!
/thanks for the link.
640 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:57:53am |
re: #585 redstateredneck
{NMM}! How 'bout some MacDonald gift cards?
You'd have to throw in a Kentucky Fried Chicken one.
She visits Lexington...the horses and all...
641 | Walter L. Newton Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:58:20am |
re: #629 yma o hyd
So I take it that this means you're hard at work, shovelling snow - and couldn't give a toss about how Michelle looked?
I mean, you couldn't possibly hint, could you, that I might be just a leeettle bit whingey about our weather?
;-)
I live in a flat. The landlord does the shoveling. But, no, I don't care about Michelle.
"Whingey," obviously slang, translate (or does it translate to what it sounds like, flighty, batty?)
642 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:58:22am |
re: #634 KenJen
Hands down it is the most disgusting commercial out there. I dont like feet. When they show that old lady scrapping her feet in what looks like a kitchen I get ill. Then they show someone opening the ped egg and dumping the contents into the garbage. eeeeeewwww!
I just go to the nail salon and have them use that potato peeler thing on me.
643 | Chicago Blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:58:29am |
And on that note - I need to get going.
Have a scaly day all, and I'll be back later if I can.
644 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:58:31am |
645 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:58:34am |
re: #633 newmelleman
OK. I am the absolute last person with any credentials to make fashion comments but...I recently saw a picture of the first lady. She was pictured along side several other women (the G20 wives club?). It looked really out of place that she was the only one with bare arms.
that chip on her shoulder needs the room, sleeves are so restricting.
646 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:58:42am |
647 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:58:48am |
re: #541 nyc redneck
Hey there - no I don't have a place where I can garden, which is a GOOD THING cause I have a very BLACK THUMB when it comes to growing plants and all!
And I'm doing ok, thankew! but do have a LOT of chores to do today, starting in about 15 minutes with a trip to the Dentist.
Oh. Joy.
648 | Gella Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:58:48am |
QUEEN IPOD LOADED WITH OBAMA SPEECHES
[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]
President and First Lady Obama gave Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II a video iPod with inscription, songs uploaded and accessories, plus a rare musical songbook signed by Richard Rodgers.
Uploaded onto the iPod:
* Photos from the Queen's 2007 White House State Visit
* Photos from the Queen's 2007 Jamestown, Va., Visit
* Photos from the Queen's 2007 Richmond, Va., Visit
* Video from the Queen's 1957 Jamestown Visit
* Video from the Queen's 2007 Jamestown Visit
* Video from the Queen's 2007 Richmond Visit
* Photos from President Obama's Inauguration
* Audio of then-state senator Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and
* Audio of President Obama 2009 Inauguration Address
Britain's Press Association reports that the Royal couple gave the Obamas "a silver-framed, signed photograph of themselves."
649 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:58:56am |
re: #623 tfc3rid
Very excited that the DREAM Act is back in place...
Just heard on FNC that fuel trucks are movning to the launcgh pad in N Korea...
Ooooh... If launch occurs, it seems that we're going to go to the UN Security Council...
We're so fucking dead...
We will bribe them with cash as usual. Lil Kim knows this. If they can actually fire the thing without it dropping back on the pad, he will have lots of leverage.
650 | Ojoe Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:59:09am |
re: #617 J.D.
Jackaranda trees, though I don't know if I am spelling it correctly.
651 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:59:12am |
re: #639 Lively
Oh wow, does that date you! And me too, since I know exactly what you mean.
652 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 6:59:58am |
re: #634 KenJen
Hands down it is the most disgusting commercial out there. I dont like feet. When they show that old lady scrapping her feet in what looks like a kitchen I get ill. Then they show someone opening the ped egg and dumping the contents into the garbage. eeeeeewwww!
LOL! I don't watch tv so I've never seen the commercial. But my daughter has complained about that particular commercial before.
653 | lawhawk Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:00:02am |
re: #609 Kenneth
A Palestinian attacker wielding an axe has killed an Israeli boy and wounded another in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, police say.
Monsters.
Well, the rest of the world would rather continue calling them partners for peace.
654 | lifeofthemind Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:00:08am |
re: #620 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
So where has Biden been at these past few months? Still wandering the streets of Wilmington looking for Katie's Restaurant?
Found it
Image: maximum-security-prison.jpg
655 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:00:17am |
re: #637 redstateredneck
For a truly American gift, they should consider the vintage Horny Toad.
Maybe a Jackalope instead?
656 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:00:43am |
re: #589 lawhawk
Ace nails it. Obama gets a piece of history with significant relevance. Obama gives the Queen a mix tape of his Best ofs.
Wow.
You didn't mean to do that link here.
I suppose it's good and all, but I still cringe when I happen to glance at the clock and it says 9:11.
658 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:01:07am |
US Intel folks are saying that fueling has begun... Launch might take place Saturday overnight...
660 | godfrey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:01:19am |
661 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:01:22am |
re: #628 VioletTiger
She needs a visit from that lady on What Not to Wear. The stuff is all wrong for her figure and the occasion.
Isn't it just!
Thats no way of wearing a cardi, be it ever so nice, and be it an ever so expensive designer one.
And she should definitely refrain from wearing dirndl skirts - or pencil skirts.
Gawd - its not how much an outfit costs, its how you pull it together and how to choose what suits you.
I think I ought to set up as fashion-and-style guru ...
664 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:01:39am |
665 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:01:48am |
If GWB would have trotted around the globe passing out thoughtless gifts, we never would have heard the end of it. And if it weren't for the British Press, it still would be a non-story.
667 | JimmyTheClaw Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:02:14am |
> > Two
> > women were playing golf. One
> > teed off and watched
> > in horror as her
> > ball headed directly toward a
> > foursome of men playing the next hole.
> >
> >
> >
> > The ball hit one of the
> > men. He immediately clasped his
> > hands together at
> > his groin, fell to the
> > ground and proceeded to roll around
> > in agony.
> >
> >
> >
> > The woman rushed
> > down to the man, and immediately began to
> > apologize.
> > 'Please allow
> > me to help. I'm a Physical
> > Therapist and I know I could
> > relieve your pain
> > if you'd allow me," she told him..
> >
> >
> >
> > 'Oh no, I'll be all right.
> > I'll be fine in a
> > few minutes,' the man
> > replied. He was in obvious agony,
> > lying in the fetal position, still
> > clasping his hands together at his
> > groin.
> >
> >
> >
> > At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to
> > help. She gently
> > took his hands away and laid
> >
> > them to the side,
> > loosened his pants and put her hands
> > inside. She then
> > administered a very
> > tender
> >
> > and artful massage for several minutes and then
> > asked,
> > 'How does that
> > feel?
> >
> >
> >
> > He replied: 'It feels great,
> > but I still think my
> > thumb's broken.'
668 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:02:24am |
re: #616 yma o hyd
All you Lizards, look away - now!
Lizardesses - what do you think:
Morning visit to 10 Downing Street
The other lady is Mrs Brown - and the dinner was for all the G20 spouses.
You go first ...
:-)))
Hello {yma o hyd}
Michelle loves her cardies doesn't she?
I like the cream number, but the skirt looks awful, and that blue thing is rather casual for the occasion, and isn't buttoned right or maybe it's just "the edgy look :-)
669 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:02:45am |
re: #661 yma o hyd
And she should definitely refrain from wearing dirndl skirts - or pencil skirts.
But she's bootylicious!
670 | Golem Akbar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:02:53am |
re: #650 Ojoe
Jackaranda trees, though I don't know if I am spelling it correctly.
Yes, jacaranda trees are also in bloom around here.
671 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:02:55am |
672 | lifeofthemind Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:03:16am |
re: #637 redstateredneck
For a truly American gift, they should consider the vintage Horny Toad.
Bill Clinton?
674 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:03:54am |
Big Labor making the big push for thuggish "Card Check" Will our ridiculous corrupt congress give in? My guess - yes.
The clueless, endlessly corrupt, economic illiterates in congress will surely chose thugs over a strong and healthy private sector free market business climate.
675 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:04:02am |
re: #616 yma o hyd
With all the teleprompters packed on AF1 there was no room for Michelle's mirror?
676 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:04:05am |
re: #666 Kenneth
Knock. It. Down.
Amen brotha... This is truly the global test of President O's balls from a defense role...
Will he call the Nork's bluff of retaliation? Will he do nothing but simply go to the UN? Will Japan try something?
679 | Lincolntf Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:05:12am |
If Obama gives Sarkozy a "donation to the Human Fund" in his name, then I'm gonna hurl.
680 | Walter L. Newton Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:05:23am |
re: #674 FrogMarch
Big Labor making the big push for thuggish "Card Check" Will our ridiculous corrupt congress give in? My guess - yes.
The clueless, endlessly corrupt, economic illiterates in congress will surely chose thugs over a strong and healthy private sector free market business climate.
And your point is?
/
681 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:05:24am |
re: #609 Kenneth
A Palestinian attacker wielding an axe has killed an Israeli boy and wounded another in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, police say.
Monsters.
the horde of savages is already planning a celebration to honor this pos.
these monsters are vile thru and thru,
for an adult to target children like this means we are dealing w/ the worst evil imaginable.
they are rabid animals.
683 | godfrey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:05:38am |
Well, looks like Team Obama™ is still a massive train wreck, in every conceivable direction.
/out
684 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:05:39am |
re: #679 Lincolntf
If Obama gives Sarkozy a "donation to the Human Fund" in his name, then I'm gonna hurl.
No, he's getting a Chia Pet.
686 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:06:32am |
re: #641 Walter L. Newton
I live in a flat. The landlord does the shoveling. But, no, I don't care about Michelle.
"Whingey," obviously slang, translate (or does it translate to what it sounds like, flighty, batty?)
To whinge is the equivalent of to moan, or to whine.
So 'whingey' translates to 'whiney'.
It might indeed be a more English-English usage, although I'm certain the Aussies are using it as an inseparable adjective to 'Pom', i.e. 'whiney Pom'.
Thats what they call the English ...
687 | newmelleman Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:06:49am |
688 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:06:57am |
Michelle Obama will have eight of her own staff, including a secretary, a press officer and bodyguards.
Surely there was room for her stylist?
689 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:07:09am |
690 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:07:28am |
re: #679 Lincolntf
If Obama gives Sarkozy a "donation to the Human Fund" in his name, then I'm gonna hurl.
He'll get a Kindle... Since we are all about giving technology...
691 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:07:37am |
692 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:08:08am |
re: #626 Golem Akbar
Everything is in bloom. It's sinus hell for those suffering allergies. For the rest of us, it's very cool.
So I've heard from my son who lives in Pasadena.
But what are those blue trees called? I can't think of the name.
694 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:08:08am |
Sounds like the budget might get agreed to today... Awful... Sad.
696 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:08:46am |
697 | JimmyTheClaw Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:08:48am |
re: #679 Lincolntf
If Obama gives Sarkozy a "donation to the Human Fund" in his name, then I'm gonna hurl.
costanza was more competant
699 | newmelleman Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:09:10am |
re: #691 redstateredneck
He's giving him Biden?
BHO isn't fully utilizing the Biden gaffe machine to cover his own. (would not doubt for a minute this is why Biden was his choice)
701 | Gella Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:09:13am |
re: #679 Lincolntf
If Obama gives Sarkozy a "donation to the Human Fund" in his name, then I'm gonna hurl.
his kidney?
//////////
702 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:09:34am |
Speaking of Biden, his daughter is caught on video snorting a line of cocaine and all we hear about is the guy shooting the video was out for the money. Does anyone think it's unbecoming for a VP daughter to be breaking the law?
703 | Golem Akbar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:10:06am |
re: #687 newmelleman
Damn, I thought I pressed 7 for English!
/My IE 7 is programmed to translate for Los Angeles...
704 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:10:20am |
re: #702 Lively
Speaking of Biden, his daughter is caught on video snorting a line of cocaine and all we hear about is the guy shooting the video was out for the money. Does anyone think it's unbecoming for a VP daughter to be breaking the law?
If it's good enough for the President...
705 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:10:31am |
re: #688 redstateredneck
Michelle Obama will have eight of her own staff, including a secretary, a press officer and bodyguards.
Surely there was room for her stylist?
Picture in your head what Laura Bush would've been wearing.
Michelle can't hold a candle to her.
Laura Bush was the First Lady.
Mrs. O is married to the President.
706 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:10:40am |
re: #695 Iron Fist
Being photogenic is a requirement for winning the Presidency in this day and age. I think it's going to get worse as the MTV/playstation generation gets old enough to vote.
Looking back at former presidents, a lot of them wouldn't have had a chance getting the nomination, let alone elected. Poor old Abe wouldn't have made it for sure.
707 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:10:47am |
re: #504 Kenneth
Keith makes Mick look sober?
Some tabloid wag wrote that Brown was grinning like a bookworm schoolboy who has finally been invited to the cool kids' party.
Keith makes Mick look young.
708 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:10:58am |
re: #702 Lively
Speaking of Biden, his daughter is caught on video snorting a line of cocaine and all we hear about is the guy shooting the video was out for the money. Does anyone think it's unbecoming for a VP daughter to be breaking the law?
Only if her last name is Bush.
709 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:11:01am |
re: #679 Lincolntf
If Obama gives Sarkozy a "donation to the Human Fund" in his name, then I'm gonna hurl.
Money for People.
710 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:11:11am |
re: #695 Iron Fist
Being photogenic is a requirement for winning the Presidency in this day and age. I think it's going to get worse as the MTV/playstation generation gets old enough to vote.
Sadly, I agree.
712 | VioletTiger Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:11:30am |
re: #668 aussiemagpie
Hello {yma o hyd}
Michelle loves her cardies doesn't she?
I like the cream number, but the skirt looks awful, and that blue thing is rather casual for the occasion, and isn't buttoned right or maybe it's just "the edgy look :-)
The cardigan just doesn't fit.
I have nothing against J Crew. I wear their stuff. But if I have an important occasion, even a big presentation, I would look for something better. And I would make sure it fit properly.
713 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:11:42am |
re: #695 Iron Fist
Agreed... And since the media is controlled by Libs, I can see that they are going to pimp the Dems, especially if the economy turns around, which is currently becoming part of the talking points... 'The signs are starting to show that the economy is starting to turn around because of the President Obama's new direction.'
And then, you get a permanent minority...
714 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:12:01am |
re: #668 aussiemagpie
Hello {yma o hyd}
Michelle loves her cardies doesn't she?
I like the cream number, but the skirt looks awful, and that blue thing is rather casual for the occasion, and isn't buttoned right or maybe it's just "the edgy look :-)
Hiya, {aussiemagpie}!
The cream cardi is nice - but not the way she wears it! Its the wrong length - and the skirt is just yuck, no matetr how many $$$$ she shelled out for it.
The other one is just plain awful - even though it might well be cashmere.
Thing is, WAB hasn't got a clue about how to wear a cardi, probably never done so in her life!
Well, its a peculiarly British habit - we know all about how to wear which one when - and ffs, there are such things a shrugs and pashminas!
As for dirndl skirts on women over forty - OMG!
715 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:12:01am |
716 | Lincolntf Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:12:05am |
re: #702 Lively
The only political children who are "fair game" are teenaged Republicans. Democrat Campaign professionals and public policy staffers aren't nearly as important in the grand sceme of things, apparently.
717 | lawhawk Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:12:30am |
re: #662 Kenneth
Moderate axe murderers?
Moderate because the terrorist didn't fully lop off the heads of either of the two Israeli kids. /
718 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:12:33am |
re: #702 Lively
Speaking of Biden, his daughter is caught on video snorting a line of cocaine and all we hear about is the guy shooting the video was out for the money. Does anyone think it's unbecoming for a VP daughter to be breaking the law?
How come this isn't all over the papers the way it was when the Bush girls drank underage (which isn't as serious as using illegal drugs)?
719 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:13:12am |
re: #675 Killer Tomato
With all the teleprompters packed on AF1 there was no room for Michelle's mirror?
She probably thought there would be one or two in the US Embassy in Lunnon ...
720 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:13:18am |
re: #718 Kosh's Shadow
How come this isn't all over the papers the way it was when the Bush girls drank underage (which isn't as serious as using illegal drugs)?
You know the answer... Come on, if it was a Bush or Palin, forget it, they would be seen as politically radioactive...
721 | VioletTiger Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:13:20am |
re: #708 redstateredneck
Only if her last name is Bush.
Interesting--a program I watched yesterday wondered why the right leaning blogs were not skewering the VP's daughter as the left wing blogs had done to Sarah Palin's daughter.
Easy answer--we've got more class.
722 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:13:33am |
re: #705 Killer Tomato
Picture in your head what Laura Bush would've been wearing.
Michelle can't hold a candle to her.
Laura Bush was the First Lady.
Mrs. O is married to the President.
Before she is done Michelle will make Eleanor Roosevelt look like a fashion icon.
723 | chicago blonde Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:13:35am |
re: #695 Iron Fist
In short, the media lied to us with the intent of influencing the election. I imagine that comes as a surprise to you.
Being photogenic is a requirement for winning the Presidency in this day and age. I think it's going to get worse as the MTV/playstation generation gets old enough to vote.
Oh no, just because I'm complaining about something doesn't mean it surprises me. I know the MSM was in the tank for him. And yes, it will get worse.
OK, now I really gotta go - bye all!
724 | Irish Rose Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:13:38am |
re: #490 nyc redneck
that thing is so disgusting.
i bet some people would buy his gilded excrement.
and put it on the coffee table as a center piece.
Oprah would be the first one in line.
725 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:13:52am |
re: #706 redstateredneck
Looking back at former presidents, a lot of them wouldn't have had a chance getting the nomination, let alone elected. Poor old Abe wouldn't have made it for sure.
Zac Efron for president!
/thinking ahead
726 | VioletTiger Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:14:12am |
re: #724 Irish Rose
How did you do at your appointment yesterday?
727 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:14:19am |
re: #712 VioletTiger
The cardigan just doesn't fit.
I have nothing against J Crew. I wear their stuff. But if I have an important occasion, even a big presentation, I would look for something better. And I would make sure it fit properly.
Hi {Violet Tiger}, and it's not a really good look although I love that cream cardie
I've not heard of J Crew, never seen the label here in the shops
728 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:14:23am |
re: #719 yma o hyd
She probably thought there would be one or two in the US Embassy in Lunnon ...
She broke them.
729 | freetoken Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:14:39am |
re: #718 Kosh's Shadow
Because it was some guy's lawyer shopping a supposed video for money.
730 | cvandeve Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:14:45am |
Hello,
This is my first post here, though I have been a lurker for a long time.
Any comments on "Uncle Ted", the Alaskan senator having all charges dropped against him, now that the elections are over and the Dems control congress.
731 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:14:49am |
re: #646 {yma o hyd}
Hiya, {J.D.} - any news of your friend's son?
After waiting yesterday to hear something most of the morning, she finally called and said they had delayed it until today. So, good memory (ahem) that I have, I remembered what you said yesterday and decided to change my outlook. I'm on the mend and can't do much, so being here really helps to keep my mind off it.
Thanks for asking.
732 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:15:08am |
re: #722 soxfan4life
Before she is done Michelle will make Eleanor Roosevelt look like a fashion icon.
That earned an upding.
:D
733 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:15:16am |
re: #721 VioletTiger
Interesting--a program I watched yesterday wondered why the right leaning blogs were not skewering the VP's daughter as the left wing blogs had done to Sarah Palin's daughter.
Easy answer--we've got more class.
The O'Reilly Factor was actually talking abou that... Amanda Carpenter was giving a comparison of Right Wing blogs vs. Lefty Blogs and there was not a lot of harsh namecalling from the right over thid matter...
Also on O'Reilly Dick Morris was once again talking about this G-20 meeting leading to a scenario where the SEC and Federal Reserve would be oput under the auspices of the IMF... I have not found anything on it...
734 | badger1970 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:15:31am |
Good morning, great quote. A similar one I like to use when I feel a little low is from Job 11:13-18; but at heart, I tend to be a sanctimonious hypocrite.
Anyway, first story I read was Bawney Fwank shooting his/her mouth off, MO gave a bear hug to the queen, Biden gives credit to a firehouse built under bo's stimulus (when in reality, it was under President Bush's monies that built it) 669k jobs lost but bo's popularity is still sky high.
At least I didn't wake up to "I'm a loser baby..." on Jack FM ;)
735 | JimmyTheClaw Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:15:34am |
re: #702 Lively
Speaking of Biden, his daughter is caught on video snorting a line of cocaine and all we hear about is the guy shooting the video was out for the money. Does anyone think it's unbecoming for a VP daughter to be breaking the law?
compared to the bush twins and underage drinking
736 | Lively Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:15:55am |
re: #718 Kosh's Shadow
How come this isn't all over the papers the way it was when the Bush girls drank underage (which isn't as serious as using illegal drugs)?
The gossip rags say she was set-up and have dropped the story. But I will tell you, if someone gave me a straw and a line of cocaine, I wouldn't know how to snort it because I don't use drugs.
/don't mean to be an oldy, but just sayin
737 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:15:58am |
re: #681 nyc redneck
the horde of savages is already planning a celebration to honor this pos.
these monsters are vile thru and thru,
for an adult to target children like this means we are dealing w/ the worst evil imaginable.
they are rabid animals.
The fact that the murderer used an axe to kill a child is prima facie proof of severe mental derangement. This is, I understand, what happens in the final stage of rabies./
738 | Gella Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:16:03am |
re: #735 JimmyTheClaw
compared to the bush twins and underage drinking
well apparently she was cough under age drinking too
739 | VioletTiger Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:16:04am |
re: #727 aussiemagpie
Hi {Violet Tiger}, and it's not a really good look although I love that cream cardie
I've not heard of J Crew, never seen the label here in the shops
Hey {aussie}
You can find their catalog online. It's kind of a preppy look.
740 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:16:11am |
re: #650 Ojoe
Jackaranda trees, though I don't know if I am spelling it correctly.
Yes!
Those!
The "natives" tell me they are messy, but they're beautiful, I think.
741 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:16:14am |
re: #700 J.D.
That's even way worse than Hillary was.
Yep - but very enjoyable, in an odd sort of way.
Not that Mrs Brown herself is a fashion plate, or dresses so that her figure is enhanced, but then, we know all about her ...
I can't begin to say how very much I'm looking forward to the meeting between Michelle and Madame Sarkozy.
It'll be sooo unfair ... teeheehee!
742 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:16:46am |
re: #729 freetoken
Because it was some guy's lawyer shopping a supposed video for money.
And she's a Democrat's daughter.
744 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:18:33am |
re: #735 JimmyTheClaw
compared to the bush twins and underage drinking
///You don't understand.
When Republicans do something wrong, they're being hypocrites, so it's newsworthy. When Democrats break the law, they're only doing what' comes naturally, so it's no big deal.
Do I have to 'splain everything to you?
746 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:19:10am |
re: #721 VioletTiger
Interesting--a program I watched yesterday wondered why the right leaning blogs were not skewering the VP's daughter as the left wing blogs had done to Sarah Palin's daughter.
Easy answer--we've got more class.
Yeah, O'Riely had Amanda Carpenter on last night discussing the issue.
He seemed diasppointed that the Consevative blogs were'nt jumping on the story. He always want's to look like the rational moderate.
To his credit though, he did rip Letterman a new one.
747 | Golem Akbar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:19:26am |
re: #740 J.D.
Yes!
Those!
The "natives" tell me they are messy, but they're beautiful, I think.
They are amazing. But once the leaves fall, they leave a mess on the ground. The leaves are sticky, and don't sweep up easily. Not really a bad price to pay for such beauty.
749 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:19:59am |
re: #745 taxfreekiller
I mailed my teabag directly to the White House. If y'all don't see me around here, you'll know they came and got me.
750 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:20:02am |
re: #734 badger1970
Good morning, great quote. A similar one I like to use when I feel a little low is from Job 11:13-18; but at heart, I tend to be a sanctimonious hypocrite.
Anyway, first story I read was Bawney Fwank shooting his/her mouth off, MO gave a bear hug to the queen, Biden gives credit to a firehouse built under bo's stimulus (when in reality, it was under President Bush's monies that built it) 669k jobs lost but bo's popularity is still sky high.
At least I didn't wake up to "I'm a loser baby..." on Jack FM ;)
Hah! I just finished listening to that song a minute ago.
751 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:20:11am |
re: #705 Killer Tomato
Picture in your head what Laura Bush would've been wearing.
Michelle can't hold a candle to her.
Laura Bush was the First Lady.
Mrs. O is married to the President.
There - you nailed it in one!
Laura Bush always was and always will be a Lady, even when she isn't The First Lady any more.
She had style, poise and humanity. She did not need fashion designers to make her 'look good' - her goodness shone through anyway.
She didn't need to show off toned arms or anything - she just was a class act.
And even standing next to that out-and-out stunner and former fashion model, Carla Bruni, Mrs Laura Bush would never have looked out of place or frumpy - she wasn't that sort of person.
That is something Michelle will never be able to achieve, ever.
752 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:20:41am |
re: #722 soxfan4life
Before she is done Michelle will make Eleanor Roosevelt look like a fashion icon.
She'd rather be wearing olive drab fatigues, and a beret with a red star.
753 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:21:17am |
re: #737 Spare O'Lake
But this is the truly horrifying thing about this, and the countless other attacks against innocent Israeli citizens:
The Palestinian murderers are not insane. Their brutality is culturally normalized behavior.
That's the horror.
754 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:21:26am |
re: #735 JimmyTheClaw
compared to the bush twins and underage drinking
What a shock that was. College kids never drink underage.
755 | newmelleman Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:21:30am |
re: #749 redstateredneck
I mailed my teabag directly to the White House. If y'all don't see me around here, you'll know they came and got me.
They will assume you want "two lumps" to go with your tea.
756 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:21:39am |
re: #749 redstateredneck
I mailed my teabag directly to the White House. If y'all don't see me around here, you'll know they came and got me.
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- An envelope with a suspicious substance in it was sent to U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter's Manchester office on Wednesday.
Shea-Porter's staff notified Manchester police when they received the suspicious envelope. Officials were able to determine that the substance was green tea and had been sent as a protest.
There was a return address on the envelope, and police spoke to the sender. Police said the sender showed a lack of judgment but didn't mean to cause alarm.
757 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:21:49am |
re: #749 redstateredneck
I mailed my teabag directly to the White House. If y'all don't see me around here, you'll know they came and got me.
you are SO done for now...
758 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:21:51am |
re: #714 yma o hyd
Hiya, {aussiemagpie}!
The cream cardi is nice - but not the way she wears it! Its the wrong length - and the skirt is just yuck, no matetr how many $$$$ she shelled out for it.
The other one is just plain awful - even though it might well be cashmere.
Thing is, WAB hasn't got a clue about how to wear a cardi, probably never done so in her life!
Well, its a peculiarly British habit - we know all about how to wear which one when - and ffs, there are such things a shrugs and pashminas!
As for dirndl skirts on women over forty - OMG!
You certainly need those cardies over there :-)
We're heading into winter, so it will be cardie time soon enough!
It will be fun reading all the gushing comments re Michelle's clothes - as in that horrendous outfit she wore at the inaugaration which was praised in the media here by our fashion writers!
759 | Walter L. Newton Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:22:15am |
760 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:22:20am |
re: #752 Ward Cleaver
She'd rather be wearing olive drab fatigues, and a beret with a red star.
That might look better than some of her outfits. We already know she is a Commie Bitch, she just needs to come out of her closet.
761 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:22:26am |
re: #713 tfc3rid
Hey my friend! Uh, there aren't any "libs" or Liberals anymore - only Leftists. The Dem party had one of those smoke filled rooms (like the one they used to strong arm Hillary out of getting the nomination even though she won ALL of the big electoral vote states except Illinois and the popular vote) to cast liberals out of the Democratic Party.
Hope you're doing well today my friend.
762 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:22:35am |
Some (maybe) good news:
UN: Durban II meeting may not happen
Jewish and Muslim groups have taken offense at draft statements being prepared for the meeting, pushing governments to demand changes before the April 20-24 conference in Geneva.
We all know why the Jewish groups don't like the bash Israel conference, but why are the Muslims upset? Because the statements don't bash Israel enough:
Dozens of Arab rights groups called Wednesday for specific references to Israel's treatment of Palestinians to be reinserted. The Arab Lawyer Union, the Arab Commission for Human Rights and others accuse Israel of "daily war crimes" against Palestinians.
I think the best thing is for the UN to stop the waste of time that is the conference.
763 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:22:44am |
re: #731 J.D.
After waiting yesterday to hear something most of the morning, she finally called and said they had delayed it until today. So, good memory (ahem) that I have, I remembered what you said yesterday and decided to change my outlook. I'm on the mend and can't do much, so being here really helps to keep my mind off it.
Thanks for asking.
{J.D.}
Thanks - praying for him, your friend - and for you!
764 | Walter L. Newton Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:23:09am |
re: #749 redstateredneck
I mailed my teabag directly to the White House. If y'all don't see me around here, you'll know they came and got me.
Hah, that's what the Queen should have gave Obama. What kind of message would that send?
766 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:23:55am |
re: #753 Kenneth
But this is the truly horrifying thing about this, and the countless other attacks against innocent Israeli citizens:
The Palestinian murderers are not insane. Their brutality is culturally normalized behavior.
That's the horror.
And yet, we try and portray them as rational...
767 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:24:20am |
re: #752 Ward Cleaver
She'd rather be wearing olive drab fatigues, and a beret with a red star.
Actually American limousine commies don't really like to wear that. They like spouting the party line but still like all the benefits of a capitalistic pig economy and all it's comforts--like nice cloths.
768 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:24:23am |
re: #725 Ward Cleaver
Zac Efron for president!
/thinking ahead
The MSM already acts around Obama the way tween girls act at a Jonas Brothers concert (not my line, but a good one).
769 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:25:04am |
There will be an annoncement from the Grand Jury about Governor Blago in about a half hour. This could be the indictment.
770 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:25:05am |
re: #739 VioletTiger
Hey {aussie}
You can find their catalog online. It's kind of a preppy look.
I'm sure there are lots of lovely things there - its the combination which is important.
Frankly - I can't get over that dirndl skirt, never mind the colour and that cardi (thats her dinner outfit).
771 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:25:13am |
re: #739 VioletTiger
Hey {aussie}
You can find their catalog online. It's kind of a preppy look.
I'll have a look thanks! I'm a fashionista////
772 | Honorary Yooper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:25:43am |
re: #729 freetoken
Because it was some guy's lawyer shopping a supposed video for money.
That's never stopped the MFM before.
773 | turn Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:25:57am |
dang, turns been screwing up his spelling and syntax on LGF comments all this time and all I had to do was have my British office manager do the typing instead. Ha, that mspfacs dude was a study. I'm glad I went back and followed his posts though because I read lawhawk's excellent post (oh, I see it's number one) right on lawhawk!
Morning all.
774 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:26:02am |
re: #679 Lincolntf
If Obama gives Sarkozy a "donation to the Human Fund" in his name, then I'm gonna hurl.
Obama is not very charatiable so I dont see him donating anything in his name. He'll do it on behalf of the American tax payers.
775 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:26:09am |
Well y'all it's been grand as usual but I gotta run now - off to dentist and chores and chores and chores! Glad it's only pouring out, instead of REALLY raining!
Hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!
776 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:26:17am |
re: #769 opnion
There will be an annoncement from the Grand Jury about Governor Blago in about a half hour. This could be the indictment.
Or a dismissal because of prosecutor misconduct?
777 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:27:00am |
re: #761 realwest
Hey my friend! Uh, there aren't any "libs" or Liberals anymore - only Leftists. The Dem party had one of those smoke filled rooms (like the one they used to strong arm Hillary out of getting the nomination even though she won ALL of the big electoral vote states except Illinois and the popular vote) to cast liberals out of the Democratic Party.
Hope you're doing well today my friend.
There are liberals in the Republican party. And some independents.
778 | justabill Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:27:01am |
re: #633 newmelleman
OK. I am the absolute last person with any credentials to make fashion comments but...I recently saw a picture of the first lady. She was pictured along side several other women (the G20 wives club?). It looked really out of place that she was the only one with bare arms.
She is exercising her 2nd Amendment rights as interpreted by liberals...
779 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:27:13am |
Netanyahu has, I believe, started off on the right foot:
- Annapolis not binding because it has expired;
- No endorsement of a two state solution; and,
- Israeli security will be the primary basis for peace.
Now if Obama/Clinton would just keep their meddling mitts out of it, Israel would be a lot better off.
And the peace-loving Palestinians would be better off too - all three of them./
780 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:27:18am |
re: #774 KenJen
Obama is not very charatiable so I dont see him donating anything in his name. He'll do it on behalf of the American tax payers.
Yeah, he'll give them our money.
781 | irongrampa Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:27:41am |
Good morning from the Springtime Adirondacks. Nice day here the lawn is finally navigable, so we'll be on it after a bit.
I had to share this from our local paper, it should send a thrill up anyone's leg reading it.
Re the idiots in Albany, while passing budget legislation--from a Westchester Assemblyman.
"There's a lot of social engineering. There should be. That's what a budget is."
And these people have a majority.
782 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:28:07am |
783 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:28:18am |
re: #774 KenJen
Obama is not very charatiable so I dont see him donating anything in his name. He'll do it on behalf of the American tax payers.
Not in my name!
oh...
784 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:28:19am |
re: #776 Nevergiveup
Or a dismissal because of prosecutor misconduct?
Doubt it , but you never know. I assume that you are referring to Ted Stevens?
785 | llanite Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:28:56am |
re: #764 Walter L. Newton
Do you get the feeling that the Hillary State Dept. people are trying to sabotage the Obamas on purpose? They seem singularly incompetent in the protocol department.
Or are the Obama's picking out their own gifts and are singularly self-absorbed and so don't recognize the gaffes?
I'm really just curious - like wondering how they do a good movie stunt or magic trick.... time for some more popcorn...
786 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:29:24am |
re: #753 Kenneth
But this is the truly horrifying thing about this, and the countless other attacks against innocent Israeli citizens:
The Palestinian murderers are not insane. Their brutality is culturally normalized behavior.
That's the horror.
Just so - and the horror is enhanced by all those 'nice' western nations who regard them as peaceful victims, only trying to defend themselves against the israelis - and who already say that Lieberman's speech about not recognising the Ann Arbour agreement 'was not helpful' and did not 'stabilise' the situation.
787 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:29:30am |
re: #781 irongrampa
NY State is becoming less and less attractive to live in... Part of why we are looking to leave here is because it is getting compeltely out of hand... Cost-benefit is not even close...
Although happy news, I am getting about $2,500 back in taxes... Good, I paid enough...
788 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:29:31am |
re: #730 cvandeve
Hello,
This is my first post here, though I have been a lurker for a long time.
Any comments on "Uncle Ted", the Alaskan senator having all charges dropped against him, now that the elections are over and the Dems control congress.
I havent followed that as closely as I should have. I seem to remember a lot of charges. Did the evidence against him seem strong? If so I dont think they would have dropped all charges.
789 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:29:49am |
re: #784 opnion
Doubt it , but you never know. I assume that you are referring to Ted Stevens?
Yes but just joking, I don't think Blago will be so lucky. But this is Chicago so ya never know?
790 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:29:51am |
re: #753 Kenneth
But this is the truly horrifying thing about this, and the countless other attacks against innocent Israeli citizens:
The Palestinian murderers are not insane. Their brutality is culturally normalized behavior.
That's the horror.
Another way of looking at it is to conclude that their entire culture is insane.
792 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:30:18am |
re: #779 Spare O'Lake
Netanyahu has, I believe, started off on the right foot:
- Annapolis not binding because it has expired;
- No endorsement of a two state solution; and,
- Israeli security will be the primary basis for peace.Now if Obama/Clinton would just keep their meddling mitts out of it, Israel would be a lot better off.
And the peace-loving Palestinians would be better off too - all three of them./
Yes, but both the US and the Eu's are pressuring him to agree to a Palestinian state, without any pressure on the Palis to accept Israel. And the UN, too, but we always expect that from them.
I'm afraid Israel is going to be quite isolated.
793 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:31:08am |
Ha !
795 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:31:53am |
re: #787 tfc3rid
NY State is becoming less and less attractive to live in... Part of why we are looking to leave here is because it is getting compeltely out of hand... Cost-benefit is not even close...
Although happy news, I am getting about $2,500 back in taxes... Good, I paid enough...
Drinks are on you, my friend!
796 | turn Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:32:03am |
re: #791 taxfreekiller
[Link: science.nasa.gov...]
I read that just awhile ago. The plot of the regularity of the sun spot cycle sort of blew me away. I always knew there was a cycle but I never saw the raw data.
797 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:32:13am |
re: #766 tfc3rid
That's my point... in a sense they are rational. The Palestinians are raised to believe that killing Jews, any Jews, is a positive moral act. Those who do so are praised as heroes.
What is irrational is the Western diplomatic assumption that the thugs who masquerade as political leaders really are "partners for peace." Or that by rewarding their pretenses with money, recognition and training, we are encouraging peace. The peace plan is, if you look at it rationally, the terrorism plan.
798 | badger1970 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:32:22am |
re: #785 llanite
At least the the queen can wipe that crap from the ipod and donate to someone in need. I doubt it'll be of any sentimental value. Afterward, she can then get medical treatment for the broken rib that mo gave her.
800 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:32:30am |
re: #722 soxfan4life
Before she is done Michelle will make Eleanor Roosevelt look like a fashion icon.
You do know that is not a universally shared opinion ? I'll admit I don't fully get it, but her approval ratings are sky high and even the British press is fawning. The comparisons to Jackie-O are over the top IMHO.
801 | Digital Display Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:32:31am |
re: #773 turn
dang, turns been screwing up his spelling and syntax on LGF comments all this time and all I had to do was have my British office manager do the typing instead. Ha, that mspfacs dude was a study. I'm glad I went back and followed his posts though because I read lawhawk's excellent post (oh, I see it's number one) right on lawhawk!
Morning all.
Good Morning! The exchange with mspfacs was pretty funny yesterday.
I could almost see him looking over his office managers shoulder typing what ever he says..'No No Tell em I'm really smart..'
802 | itellu3times Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:32:40am |
re: #670 Golem Akbar
Yes, jacaranda trees are also in bloom around here.
Don't park under them when in bloom!
803 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:33:03am |
re: #786 yma o hyd
Annapolis, not Ann Arbor. But yes, you are dead right.
804 | turn Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:33:05am |
805 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:33:18am |
re: #795 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Drinks are on you, my friend!
Nah man, going to pay down my debt... That, or concessions at Citi Field...
806 | irongrampa Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:33:22am |
re: #787 tfc3rid
I'd move too, but for the fact The Committee decreed we move closer to our kids. Last couple years have been devoted to structuring our life so as to keep the gov't out of it as much as possible. I didn't realize how PERVASIVE they are.
807 | Walter L. Newton Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:33:44am |
re: #785 llanite
Do you get the feeling that the Hillary State Dept. people are trying to sabotage the Obamas on purpose? They seem singularly incompetent in the protocol department.
Or are the Obama's picking out their own gifts and are singularly self-absorbed and so don't recognize the gaffes?
I'm really just curious - like wondering how they do a good movie stunt or magic trick.... time for some more popcorn...
Honestly, I just think he is trying to "modernize" the nature of gift giving. It's a "hip" and "cool" thing with him.
Which is probably not a big deal, but it would help if the protocol people would give us a little explanation, even if it's a load of public relations.
(BBIAB, got to put in some laundry)
808 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:33:50am |
re: #781 irongrampa
"There's a lot of social engineering. There should be. That's what a budget is."
And these people have a majority.
Yip. That right there's the problem.
810 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:34:01am |
re: #805 tfc3rid
Nah man, going to pay down my debt... That, or concessions at Citi Field...
I'd still like to see a Phillies-Mets game at Citi this summer.
811 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:34:06am |
President Obama's European visit this week has strained Air Force heavy-airlift capabilities and obliged the military to hire more foreign contractors to help resupply U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, according to military sources.
[Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]
Whoever leaked this is not all that happy with Obama me thinkith?
812 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:35:15am |
Hey, has anyone heard from Afrocity? I don't recall her posting recently.
813 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:35:17am |
I have a hypothetical question. What happens if the economy continues to recover? The Republicans who pretty much unanimously opposed stimulus and TARP are going to get no credit with the public for helping the economy recover. If the economy recovers quickly (a year or two) Republicans are going to look like real assholes.
814 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:35:17am |
re: #800 avanti
You do know that is not a universally shared opinion ? I'll admit I don't fully get it, but her approval ratings are sky high and even the British press is fawning. The comparisons to Jackie-O are over the top IMHO.
True, but that's only because compared to Amy Winehouse, Michelle didn't punch anybody out.
815 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:35:22am |
re: #797 Kenneth
That's my point... in a sense they are rational. The Palestinians are raised to believe that killing Jews, any Jews, is a positive moral act. Those who do so are praised as heroes.
What is irrational is the Western diplomatic assumption that the thugs who masquerade as political leaders really are "partners for peace." Or that by rewarding their pretenses with money, recognition and training, we are encouraging peace. The peace plan is, if you look at it rationally, the terrorism plan.
If I were Netanyahu, I would make public announcements that no further talks will be held until the Palis turn over the ax murderer to Israel.
Any "authorities" that give him any awards will not be allowed in any Pali government or in peace talks. Any buildings named after him will be bombed.
And I would reply to all pressure to accept a Palestinian state with a remark that "We will be glad to make peace with Palestinians who recognize our right to exist, but we will NOT accept an entity which honors those who ax murder children."
816 | Lincolntf Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:35:31am |
re: #800 avanti
"I don't fully get it, but her approval ratings are sky high and even the British press is fawning."
You said it, and you still don't "get it"?
The press (here and overseas) are completely enamored with the O's, and the same people who listened to the MSM during the campaign, and then did exactly what the MSM told them to, will continue to do so. All the while believing that they are actually having an original thought.
817 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:35:32am |
re: #799 Iron Fist
With regard to gun control, has anyone actually read the proposed budget to see if there are any funding for controls/studies?
818 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:35:50am |
re: #800 avanti
You do know that is not a universally shared opinion ? I'll admit I don't fully get it, but her approval ratings are sky high and even the British press is fawning. The comparisons to Jackie-O are over the top IMHO.
So being the only wife out of the group to not dress formally for state dinners as well as break major Rules of Protocol and touch the Queen is cool nowadays. Jackie O had more class, grace and dignity blowing her nose than Michelle could ever hope to have.
819 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:35:58am |
re: #812 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I think she was around last night.
821 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:36:25am |
re: #806 irongrampa
I'd move too, but for the fact The Committee decreed we move closer to our kids. Last couple years have been devoted to structuring our life so as to keep the gov't out of it as much as possible. I didn't realize how PERVASIVE they are.
I think Gov. PAtterson has doomed himself...
822 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:36:32am |
re: #812 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
She was here yesterday. I haven't seen her yet today. My best wishes & prayers for her recovery. She's one heck of a brilliant lizard.
823 | jaunte Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:36:39am |
re: #813 Killgore Trout
I have a hypothetical question. What happens if the economy continues to recover? The Republicans who pretty much unanimously opposed stimulus and TARP are going to get no credit with the public for helping the economy recover. If the economy recovers quickly (a year or two) Republicans are going to look like real assholes.
I think politicians in general are oblivious to looking like assholes.
They will just move on to the next subject.
824 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:36:45am |
825 | turn Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:37:01am |
re: #801 HoosierHoops
Good Morning! The exchange with mspfacs was pretty funny yesterday.
I could almost see him looking over his office managers shoulder typing what ever he says..'No No Tell em I'm really smart..'
Morning hoops, that guy couldn't be for real - no way. Did you upding LH? Man that was a great synopsis of LGF and all the good work Charles is doing. Hey, did you listen to Charles on the radio yesterday? Just curious how it went and what the topic was.
826 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:37:03am |
827 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:37:18am |
re: #815 Kosh's Shadow
"We will be glad to make peace with Palestinians who recognize our right to exist, but we will NOT accept an entity which honors those who ax murder children."
Amen!
828 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:37:23am |
re: #807 Walter L. Newton
How did you like Lost last night. I didn't get to watch the whole thing but it seemed like kind of a weak episode. Looks like they're going to milk the angle about will young Linus die or not.
829 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:37:27am |
re: #810 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I'd still like to see a Phillies-Mets game at Citi this summer.
Let me know when you want tix... I have 2 seats... The place reminds me of CBP but is just even more stunning inside and VERY intimate... Did you see my pics?
831 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:37:39am |
re: #812 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Hey, has anyone heard from Afrocity? I don't recall her posting recently.
Yea, I missed her too, I hope she's well.
832 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:38:09am |
re: #813 Killgore Trout
I have a hypothetical question. What happens if the economy continues to recover? The Republicans who pretty much unanimously opposed stimulus and TARP are going to get no credit with the public for helping the economy recover. If the economy recovers quickly (a year or two) Republicans are going to look like real assholes.
But in your mind, they already are assholes. so, be happy! The Republicans might be out of power for decades.
833 | turn Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:38:44am |
re: #812 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Hey, has anyone heard from Afrocity? I don't recall her posting recently.
She may have been put off with the criticism of her second sight claims.
834 | badger1970 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:38:56am |
re: #800 avanti
Could it be political correctness? Looking inward at some of the articles, the wording and word play are slight skews to the manner at which flotus dresses. Fashion is way beyond my station.
835 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:39:14am |
re: #833 turn
She may have been put off with the criticism of her second sight claims.
Second sights?
836 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:39:24am |
re: #823 jaunte
You're probably right. If you look at LLL blogs like Kos that rabidly opposed the was in Iraq, they've just quietly dropped the subject and nobody seems to mind. I guess it really doesn't make much difference.
837 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:39:36am |
re: #829 tfc3rid
Let me know when you want tix... I have 2 seats... The place reminds me of CBP but is just even more stunning inside and VERY intimate... Did you see my pics?
I wasn't able to open up the link at work.
838 | S'latch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:39:46am |
I don't know what to say about these people except, thanks for the laughs.
I wonder if this is a spoof.
839 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:40:38am |
re: #813 Killgore Trout
I have a hypothetical question. What happens if the economy continues to recover? The Republicans who pretty much unanimously opposed stimulus and TARP are going to get no credit with the public for helping the economy recover. If the economy recovers quickly (a year or two) Republicans are going to look like real assholes.
I think the majority of people are going to vote Dems anyway as they WANT the socialism that is coming... However, the right thing for America would still be no stimulus or TARP.
840 | turn Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:40:46am |
re: #816 Lincolntf
seriously, it truly is a slobbering love affair.
841 | jaunte Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:40:55am |
re: #836 Killgore Trout
As to the economy, I think we'll just keep soldiering on with a bigger deficit and more taxes. I don't know if that would be considered recovery, or just enduring.
842 | Digital Display Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:40:56am |
re: #825 turn
Morning hoops, that guy couldn't be for real - no way. Did you upding LH? Man that was a great synopsis of LGF and all the good work Charles is doing. Hey, did you listen to Charles on the radio yesterday? Just curious how it went and what the topic was.
Hey Turn.. I need to go back and read what LH wrote.. I missed it.
I didn't hear Charles but a couple lizards did and said he did very well.
843 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:41:04am |
re: #832 FrogMarch
But in your mind, they already are assholes. so, be happy! The Republicans might be out of power for decades.
Another good point. Maybe if they can't accept working solutions they don't deserve to get credit for helping the economy.
844 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:41:28am |
re: #811 Nevergiveup
President Obama's European visit this week has strained Air Force heavy-airlift capabilities and obliged the military to hire more foreign contractors to help resupply U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, according to military sources.
[Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]
Whoever leaked this is not all that happy with Obama me thinkith?
That narrows it down considerable.///
845 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:41:36am |
Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander for Iraq and Afghanistan, warned a Senate panel on Wednesday that militant extremists in Pakistan “could literally take down their state” if left unchallenged, as he and two other top officials presented a grim picture of growing dangers in the region.......the troop strength numbers in this theater also operate in two directions. Given that the administration has ruled out using American troops in Pakistan, the bigger the force on the ground the more effective it will be on the Afghan side of Pashtunistan but the more logistically vulnerable it will be to setbacks on the Pakistani side of Pashtunistan. Every man more in Afghanistan is another man that needs to be supplied, largely through Pakistan. Perhaps the DOD is staging its buildup to see how much weight the current logistical arrangements can support before pressing down too hard on the boards. More troops mean more combat power in Afghanistan. It also means more men out on a limb if, as General Petraeus said, militant extremists “literally take down their state”. The administration should now draw breath before plunging into the tunnel. Nobody knows how far down this one goes.
Iraq was the easy war. Afpak is going to be much tougher.
847 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:41:44am |
re: #800 avanti
You do know that is not a universally shared opinion ? I'll admit I don't fully get it, but her approval ratings are sky high and even the British press is fawning. The comparisons to Jackie-O are over the top IMHO.
A brief look at the headlines of the daily British papers would have shown you that the British Press is in no way 'fawning' over Michelle.
But if this particular view makes a NY columnist happy, who am I to whinge ...
848 | Digital Display Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:42:57am |
849 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:42:58am |
re: #803 Kenneth
Annapolis, not Ann Arbor. But yes, you are dead right.
Aww - had a senior moment there, sorry!
850 | Killian Bundy Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:43:11am |
Census Bureau: We’ll Work with ‘Community Organizations’ to Count All Illegal Aliens in 2010
The acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Thomas Mesenbourg, told CNSNews.com that the bureau intends to work with community organizations to make sure every illegal alien in the United States is counted in the 2010 Census.
The Census is used to apportion the seats in the U.S. House of Representative. There are 435 House seats that are divided among the states in proportion to their population, which is determined by the decennial census. States with more people get more seats in the U.S. House.
This means that a state harboring more illegal aliens can gain more House seats as long as the Census Bureau finds the illegal aliens and counts them. This also means that the illegal alien population resident in the United States during a census year has the potential to alter the regional and philosophical balance of power in Congress.
Mesenbourg’s comments were made after a press conference on Wednesday where Commerce Secretary Gary Locke joined several interest groups, including Univision, the National Council of La Raza, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) to talk about efforts to ensure a full count of Latinos in the 2010 Census.
When asked whether he intended to maximize the count of illegal aliens in next year’s census, Mesenburg said: “Our job is to count everyone that resides in the U.S.--count them once. So, certainly that’s our goal to count every individual, every resident whether they’re documented, undocumented, whether they are citizens or non-citizens.”
Oh joy!
/so nice, they'll probably count 'em at least twice!
851 | turn Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:43:24am |
re: #835 Nevergiveup
What did I screw that up, the clairvoyance thing - you know dreams that for-tell the future.
852 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:43:24am |
re: #837 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I wasn't able to open up the link at work.
Ahhhhhh.... Gotcha... Webshots is the only photo site that I can open at the office...
Pictures do the place no justice.... I will be back on Saturday to take pics of the Clubs and other places I missed... The CF area reminds me a lot of Ashburn Alley... It's great.
853 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:43:30am |
re: #845 Kenneth
Iraq was the easy war. Afpak is going to be much tougher.
Have no fear, we have master strategist FCBBHO running the show now.///
854 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:44:08am |
The economy will improve eventually no matter what Obama does. Even the POTUS's power is not all consuming. The economy is still bigger then he is. The current trend toward government control over big business and debilitating taxes on small business's will, however, postpone a healthy recovery. The improvements that are inevitable will be slower and less pronounced due to government interference. IMHO
857 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:44:25am |
Does anyone know whether membership in the Jewish Defence League is legal, or whether the organization itself is legal in the US and/or Canada?
Also, how many members do they have?
858 | VegasRick Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:45:05am |
re: #843 Killgore Trout
Another good point. Maybe if they can't accept working solutions they don't deserve to get credit for helping the economy.
Killgore, you are about to "jump the shark". This admins "solutions" are about as un-American as they come. Please don't buy into the BS.
859 | ilzito guacamolito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:45:25am |
860 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:45:30am |
My economy prediction? The economy will tank solely because of Obama's tax increases. Period.
Take it to the bank. /or not.
862 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:46:48am |
re: #838 Lawrence Schmerel
Dear Mother Earth,
Thanks for the lumber.
-Sas
Now, about how those Hippies leave their campsites, well, they certainly have a way of leaving them worse off than when they showed up.
863 | Digital Display Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:47:20am |
864 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:47:44am |
re: #857 Spare O'Lake
Does anyone know whether membership in the Jewish Defence League is legal, or whether the organization itself is legal in the US and/or Canada?
Also, how many members do they have?
Word of advice: Stay away.
865 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:48:13am |
re: #813 Killgore Trout
re: #834 badger1970
Could it be political correctness? Looking inward at some of the articles, the wording and word play are slight skews to the manner at which flotus dresses. Fashion is way beyond my station.
I get some of that. They agree with most of the posters on here that she's no raving beauty, but then they go on to say how approachable and friendly she dresses.
It might just be spillover for the rock star, hip thing that BHO has going. I think they just like her, thus the fawning. Note the line about her being able to wear a wet suit and get credit for it.
866 | turn Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:48:33am |
re: #861 taxfreekiller
Kos Kid Kult of Kankers ='s Democrats for the next 50 years
progressing to stupid
You see this?
[Link: online.wsj.com...]
They are starting to eat their own
867 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:48:55am |
re: #860 FrogMarch
My economy prediction? The economy will tank solely because of Obama's tax increases. Period.
Take it to the bank. /or not.
Bumper sticker? Obama Read Our Lips: No New Taxes--You Dumb*ss.
868 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:49:00am |
re: #722 soxfan4life
Before she is done Michelle will make Eleanor Roosevelt look like a fashion icon.
It's bound to improve.
Isn't it?
869 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:49:11am |
re: #866 turn
You see this?
[Link: online.wsj.com...]
They are starting to eat their own
So are we sometimes?
870 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:49:40am |
re: #815 Kosh's Shadow
If I were Netanyahu, I would make public announcements that no further talks will be held until the Palis turn over the ax murderer to Israel.
Any "authorities" that give him any awards will not be allowed in any Pali government or in peace talks. Any buildings named after him will be bombed.
And I would reply to all pressure to accept a Palestinian state with a remark that "We will be glad to make peace with Palestinians who recognize our right to exist, but we will NOT accept an entity which honors those who ax murder children."
exactly, it is time for israel to say enough is enough.
my god, how much more evidence do they need to see what kind of mad beasts are circling,
waiting to devour them.
871 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:50:56am |
re: #870 nyc redneck
exactly, it is time for israel to say enough is enough.
my god, how much more evidence do they need to see what kind of mad beasts are circling,
waiting to devour them.
"The Guardian" hasn't reported on the axe murder. When they do, they will probably find a way to blame it on Avigdor Lieberman.
872 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:51:03am |
re: #730 cvandeve
Hello,
This is my first post here, though I have been a lurker for a long time.
Any comments on "Uncle Ted", the Alaskan senator having all charges dropped against him, now that the elections are over and the Dems control congress.
They had better investigate this thing.
873 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:51:17am |
re: #799 Iron Fist
I am seriously hoping that by the next election the bloom will be off the rose and all those "moderates" and "undecideds" who voted Obama will not re-elect him. Plus all of those college aged students will be out in the work force by then and will say "WTF?" when they start getting a paycheck and see what a big chunk of it goes to the government. Here in the south, if he tries to legislate any kind of gun control there'll be a shit storm down here that will be bi-partisan and bi-racial for sure.
875 | turn Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:51:22am |
re: #869 Nevergiveup
So are we sometimes?
I don't think we've stooped so low as to adopt Saul Alinsky tactics ... yet.
876 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:51:41am |
re: #868 J.D.
It's bound to improve.
Isn't it?
Given the slobbering done by the MSM I'd look for her to be attending functions in the summertime in a pair of Daisy Dukes and a Halter top.
877 | irongrampa Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:51:47am |
878 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:52:07am |
re: #870 nyc redneck
exactly, it is time for israel to say enough is enough.
my god, how much more evidence do they need to see what kind of mad beasts are circling,
waiting to devour them.
I wish the rest of the world would stop pressuring Israel to make "peace" with these beasts (apologies to real beasts), instead of saying that Israel turned them into beasts.
880 | jaunte Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:52:40am |
re: #877 irongrampa
I take exception to the term senior moment.
Being a senior, ALL my moments are.
Those are the moments we're all living for.
881 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:52:56am |
re: #741 yma o hyd
I can't begin to say how very much I'm looking forward to the meeting between Michelle and Madame Sarkozy.
It'll be sooo unfair ... teeheehee!
When will that happen?
882 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:53:28am |
re: #875 turn
I don't think we've stooped so low as to adopt Saul Alinsky tactics ... yet.
Maybe, but look what McCain's lackeys and other Republicans have/are doing to Sarah Palin.
883 | opnion Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:53:45am |
re: #818 soxfan4life
So being the only wife out of the group to not dress formally for state dinners as well as break major Rules of Protocol and touch the Queen is cool nowadays. Jackie O had more class, grace and dignity blowing her nose than Michelle could ever hope to have.
IMO Michelle is a vulgarian. The Ivy League did not change that.
I have seen banana spiders with more grace.
884 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:53:45am |
re: #860 FrogMarch
My economy prediction? The economy will tank solely because of Obama's tax increases. Period.
Take it to the bank. /or not.
That's what most of the GOP thinks, but if the tax cut roll back in the top bracket has little effect and the economy turns around, we'll need the GOP to keep them from adding more taxes.
885 | DistantThunder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:54:13am |
re: #878 Kosh's Shadow
I wish the rest of the world would stop pressuring Israel to make "peace" with these beasts (apologies to real beasts), instead of saying that Israel turned them into beasts.
It's what used to happen to women in abusive situations. They would sit there with blackened eyes and the relatives would encourage her to kiss and make-up. It's the lazy relations way to get on with their own lives and lie to themselves that there is real peace.
886 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:54:14am |
887 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:54:20am |
re: #850 Killian Bundy
The acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Thomas Mesenbourg, told CNSNews.com that the bureau intends to work with community organizations to make sure every illegal alien in the United States is counted in the 2010 Census.
This needs to be screamed from the rooftops. This is exactly how they're going to turn us into a permanent serf underclass, and I'll bet the majority of working stiffs haven't a clue about what's underfoot. (they're too busy working, raising families, paying taxes, volunteering their time....)
888 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:54:21am |
889 | Ayatollah Ghilmeini Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:54:37am |
Did You Remember To Kill the Children?
The 911 hijackers were none too concerned there were infants and children on the four hijacked planes. The seven words above, DYRTKTC says it all. Children are innocent. Children usually cannot defend themselves and targeting children is considered, in almost every society and civilization, an act of base evil.
But not all. The Jewish children of 1939 had close to 100% fatality rate under Hitler. Sixty four years after the victory over Hitler, his disciples, modern militant Islamists, leftists and most senior European foreign ministry officials call for, or excuse, the murder of Jewish children.
Six years ago, I sat at my Passover Seder table sick with the realization that 30 Jews were dead and dozens more were horribly injured from a suicide suitcase bomb on a Seder just like mine. The whole point of a Seder is to share the experience with children. The whole point of the people who attacked the Seder was to annihilate the Jewish people.
Now Jews do have a unique history. I accept that some people don't like us; but I don't ask anyone to like us. I demand only the right for my children and I to be able to live. It is not much. But for those who target Jewish children, it is too much. All over the world, everywhere the Jewish people live, Jewish children are kept under guard as no other children on earth are protected. Our kids are special to us, so that is where they aim.
Today's attack on two Jewish children with axes shows that the slightest crack in the defense of our children inspires the DYRTKTC minded scum of this earth- they can ignore a child's cries of pain to kill them. Today's attacker remembered to kill the children.
Does anyone really think smashing an ax into seven year old can be a consecrated act? Better yet, what political or religious goal deserves anything other than a nuclear bomb if DYRTKTC is the core part of their "moral" existence.
It is moral to defend yourself. It is moral to take whatever reasonable steps are necessary to survive; you have a right to do so. This is the bedrock all human morality and law. It is moral to defend yourself by aiming at those who seek you harm. It is not moral to aim at those who are not a threat or cannot defend themselves.
Imagine taking a puppy into the back yard to kill it with a hammer. Imagine doing this a to child. A child. But this is the holy goal of The world never learns. DYRTKTC is our past, present an future.
Yet, it is a 100% certainty that, if the barbarian who committed this axe murder could be put on an al Jazaeera TV show, not only would he be given air time, he would be given the same hero treatment and "warm wishes" as Samir Kuntar , the murderer who killed a child by breaking her skull against a rock. [note to PM Netanyahu, kill Kuntar]
For the Obama administration and others who think that signing a treaty or handing over land to Palestinians will solve anything, I have bad news: the problem is not that Jews live in Hebron, the the problem is DYRTKTC. Until you destroy the Beast, what chance can people live together peacefully? Until you face the fact that the Islamic world and most Palestinian media function under the core "principle" of DYRTKTC. You can force Israel to sign any treaty you like, you will get war instead. Go anywhere in the Islamic blogosphere from the "Islamist Thinkers" (there is an oxymoron!) to the comment pages of al Jazeera and the Arab media of London and everywhere you look, everything you see will have DYRTKTC as its intellectual foundation.
The world can say and do as it pleases, the Jewish people will defend our children. Do not lecture us where to live when they do nothing about DYRTKTC.
The world never learns. DYRTKTC is our past, present an future. We will not lower our guard in the face of mindless genocidal hatred. We all face the beast and must destroy it. We must never forget what they remember or our children will die.
890 | badger1970 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:55:03am |
re: #872 J.D.
The damage has already been done. The dems got want they wanted out of the election. Sure Stevens look, walks and quacks like a crook. No threat, no investigation. But remember "cold cash" is still walking free.
891 | saberry0530 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:55:30am |
Best Obama joke yet!
The Dept Of Defense briefed the president this morning. They told President Obama that 2 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq .
To everyone's surprise, all the color drained from Obama's face. Then he collapsed onto his desk, head in his hands, visibly shaken, almost in tears.
Finally, he composed himself and asked, 'Just how many is a brazilian?'
This is not surprising, since he obviously has no understanding of billion or trillion either
892 | DistantThunder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:55:42am |
re: #886 Nevergiveup
Maybe he dropped an Ipod?
I think he does a lot of this with Michelle. Guys like this with dominating wives almost always cheat....it's just a matter of time.
894 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:56:03am |
Obama really does know his protocol.
895 | Rednek Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:56:06am |
A good project for college freshmen:
Compare and contrast prisoners' nutrition at Gitmo and prisoners' nutrition, more typical of much of human history, evident in Zimbabwe.
896 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:57:13am |
Japan says they will go to the UN this weekend if the Norks launch their missile...
Everyone is chickenshit to shoot it down... And we lose again...
897 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:57:23am |
898 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:57:43am |
re: #858 VegasRick
Killgore, you are about to "jump the shark". This admins "solutions" are about as un-American as they come. Please don't buy into the BS.
Well it's looking like TARP did its job.....
Is the rush to exit TARP a trap?
There's probably no better indication out there that TARP was effective in halting the collapse of the financial system than the recent run of banks looking to exit the program.
Since the middle of March, at least five banks have said they will either not accept TARP funds or they will return the funds received with interest due to Uncle Sam. Four banks that took a combined $338 million actually returned the cash Tuesday.
They are repaying at 5% interest. There aren't many ways to make a reliable 5% in this economy so it's looking like a good deal. Also the fears of pay caps for executives seems to make banks extra eager to get off the government dole as quickly as possible. Same thing goes for the GM bailout.
The stimulus is another matter. That money isn't going to get repaid and it's still too early to know if it's going to work but you have to consider the possibility that it might work. We'll just have to wait and see.
899 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:57:59am |
re: #896 tfc3rid
Japan says they will go to the UN this weekend if the Norks launch their missile...
Everyone is chickenshit to shoot it down... And we lose again...
Do you think Kim Jong Il really gives a shit about the UN
901 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:58:33am |
re: #889 Ayatollah Ghilmeini
I cried while reading your post. I can't imagine such horror.
902 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:58:38am |
re: #879 DistantThunder
Words Fail.
look at that awkward fool.
he is the only one groveling.
curtseying like only a dorky metrosexual can.
903 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:58:48am |
re: #899 soxfan4life
Do you think Kim Jong Il really gives a shit about the UN
Of course not.... He just wants $$ for selling the technology... Problem is, we really need to tell this piece of shit 'no more'...
905 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:59:23am |
re: #811 Nevergiveup
That sounds like a big ol' pile of anonymous nonsense to me.
The biggest air force in history is "strained" by a Presidential field trip? Don't believe it. They may have shuffled some assets, sure. Big deal.
906 | Walter L. Newton Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:59:38am |
re: #828 Killgore Trout
How did you like Lost last night. I didn't get to watch the whole thing but it seemed like kind of a weak episode. Looks like they're going to milk the angle about will young Linus die or not.
If you didn't see the end, then you need to wait till you see it online or Tivo or something. I won't spoil it, but you'll have an answer to Ben life or death condition.
Not weak at all (IMHO). Kate centric, now we find out why she did go back, to find Claire and right her wrong (the lie about the baby).
Remember, as per the producers, and the fans, LOST is a character driven show at the bottom line, and you got a good dose of that last night.
If they milked anything, it was clarification of the time travel rules. Since the episode was titled "What happened, happened," I though we were going to get some final "set in stone" time travel rules, as per the mythos of this show.
We did learn one NEW time travel concept that the writers are using, the possibility of more than one time line. That's been suggested but not confirmed up till now.
907 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:59:42am |
re: #899 soxfan4life
Do you think Kim Jong Il really gives a shit about the UN
walk softly and carry a big carrot.
908 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:59:43am |
re: #898 Killgore Trout
They are repaying at 5% interest. There aren't many ways to make a reliable 5% in this economy so it's looking like a good deal. Also the fears of pay caps for executives seems to make banks extra eager to get off the government dole as quickly as possible. Same thing goes for the GM bailout.
The stimulus is another matter. That money isn't going to get repaid and it's still too early to know if it's going to work but you have to consider the possibility that it might work. We'll just have to wait and see.
Funny how most of the money is going to be released in 2010. So if he buys the midterm elections with it, will it be considered a success?
909 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 7:59:48am |
re: #898 Killgore Trout
Problem is, they aren't returning the $$ because they don't need it, but because they don't want to be controlled by the State...
910 | itellu3times Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:00:02am |
re: #891 saberry0530
It's a good joke, but it was told about Dubya three years ago.
911 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:00:11am |
re: #877 irongrampa
I take exception to the term senior moment.
Being a senior, ALL my moments are.
Aww, sorry - being a senior meself, I use that expression to disguise the fact that sometimes certain cells in my brain aren't working the way they used to, alas.
No disrespect intended - please forgive me!
912 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:01:09am |
re: #906 Walter L. Newton
OK, I'll have to watch online. I'm a little bummed they stopped rerunning the previous week's episode with subtitles. Maybe I can find those online.
913 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:01:20am |
re: #911 yma o hyd
Aww, sorry - being a senior meself, I use that expression to disguise the fact that sometimes certain cells in my brain aren't working the way they used to, alas.
No disrespect intended - please forgive me!
It scares me to think of how bad it will be when I hit 70. I'm mid fifties now and can't remember shit!
914 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:01:34am |
re: #901 redstateredneck
I cried while reading your post. I can't imagine such horror.
me too. my heart aches.
915 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:01:35am |
916 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:01:43am |
re: #800 avanti
A far more pressing question is occupying great British minds: Does Michelle Obama wear Spanx under her pencil skirts?
Such is the obsession with all things Michelle that readers of London's Daily Mail must ponder whether the First Lady's "toned physique is [due] to more than just hours in the gym."
The newspaper speculated on a so-called visible panty line across her right thigh - a tell-tale sign that the invisible support system slimming bottom and thighs has miserably failed in its job. Oh, the shame! But this alleged victim need not worry one bit.
The succession of chic outfits Obama has showcased here has won universal approval in the British press.
For her daytime appearance, she wore a springlike ensemble - a green gingham skirt, white top and cream-colored cardigan - from J. Crew, complemented by classic pearls and elegant bracelets.
For the queen, she wore a black-and-white ensemble and white pearls. Thankfully, she covered her sleeveless top with a black sweater while meeting Her Majesty. Though Obama's toned arms are magnificent, the British press would have howled if she'd gone sleeveless. ...
There's nothing wrong with Spanx and J Crew.
Really.
Depending.
917 | Killer Tomato Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:01:55am |
918 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:02:39am |
re: #917 Killer Tomato
[MASSIVE STRING OF EXPLETIVES DELETED]
Well, at least he has not done a 'sword dance' yet... Now, That one hurt...
919 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:02:41am |
re: #879 DistantThunder
Words Fail.
Bush sword danced with him. Presidents have sucked up to the oil sheiks for years. It is all 0's policies and statements that bother me.
920 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:02:53am |
re: #905 Cognito
That sounds like a big ol' pile of anonymous nonsense to me.
The biggest air force in history is "strained" by a Presidential field trip? Don't believe it. They may have shuffled some assets, sure. Big deal.
They're strained from both the Presidential Trip and the job of replenishing supplies for our soldiers. Of course replenishing the troops is minor compared to taxiing around 0bama's traveling fan base, the Media.
921 | irongrampa Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:02:53am |
re: #911 yma o hyd
Not offended in the slightest. That was my poor attempt at humor.
However, your explanation could easily be used to excuse a lot of the "moments" I've had in my life.
922 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:02:53am |
re: #881 J.D.
When will that happen?
I believe this weekend, or rather, after he leaves Lunnon.
Thats tomorrow/day after ...
Gotta find some Fwench papers ...
923 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:03:01am |
i wonder if he groveled to anyone else,
or was it just the moslem.
924 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:03:05am |
925 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:03:20am |
926 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:03:27am |
re: #897 Spare O'Lake
Is the topic off limits here?
Not sure about that--it may be, since they are a bunch of kooks and do advocate senseless violence. But also, they are a tiny and mostly irrelevant bunch of has beens and never was.
927 | jaunte Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:04:22am |
re: #923 nyc redneck
i wonder if he groveled to anyone else,
or was it just themoslemmoney.
Maybe this is why.
928 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:04:32am |
re: #923 nyc redneck
i wonder if he groveled to anyone else,
or was it just the moslem.
If it was for anyone else it was just for show.
930 | Attaboid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:04:36am |
Anyone know which dignitary is visiting Montreal?
A dozen cop cars surrounding/escorting a black limo and 3 SUVs just headed west on Sherbrooke and Guy.
931 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:04:45am |
re: #889 Ayatollah Ghilmeini
I'm crying. All true and so sad. The world never learns. When these savages finish the Jews off (God forbid) who's children will be next?
932 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:04:57am |
re: #879 DistantThunder
Words Fail.
When you find a link that says or shows that was a bow, be sure and post it. That would be major news.
933 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:05:07am |
re: #905 Cognito
That sounds like a big ol' pile of anonymous nonsense to me.
The biggest air force in history is "strained" by a Presidential field trip? Don't believe it. They may have shuffled some assets, sure. Big deal.
I don't think it is nonsense, but I also don't think it only applies to Obama's trips no matter how many lackeys are joining him this time.
934 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:05:08am |
Y'all reckon he gave the Saudi King a gold plated ipod?
935 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:05:39am |
Mitt is making sense.....
Romney strikes bipartisan tone at GOP fundraiser
"I also think it's important for us to nod to the president when he's right," Romney said, after chiding the president's budget. "He will not always be wrong, and he's done some things I agree with."
Romney, who spoke at a dinner for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he's pleased with the president's plans to "finish the job" in Iraq and Afghanistan -- lines that drew applause from the partisan audience. He also applauded the president for standing up to the auto industry.
"I hope he continues to be tough and shows some backbone because that industry is not going to make it unless we have real backbone and get those guys to fundamentally restructure all of their obligations," he said.
The former businessman even offered faint praise for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, saying that after a series of initial missteps, "I think he's finally getting close to the right answer."
Although this makes him a better potential leader in the eyes of Americans I think this stuff will sink his chances of getting the GOP nomination.
936 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:05:44am |
re: #930 Attaboid
Anyone know which dignitary is visiting Montreal?
A dozen cop cars surrounding/escorting a black limo and 3 SUVs just headed west on Sherbrooke and Guy.
Maybe that's Joe Biden's undisclosed location. Gotta admit, Canada is the last place I'd think to look for him.
938 | danrudy Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:06:28am |
check out this photoshopped pic from AFP....
THis is currently a pic on yahoo.
photoshopped artistic pali flag amid gaza ruins...
Now they are posting artistic pictures of the struggle of the pali's. Check out this black and white pic with the beautiful pali flag in full color.
ANother photoshopped pic from our friends in the media
939 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:06:45am |
re: #891 saberry0530
Best Obama joke yet!
The Dept Of Defense briefed the president this morning. They told President Obama that 2 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq .
To everyone's surprise, all the color drained from Obama's face. Then he collapsed onto his desk, head in his hands, visibly shaken, almost in tears.
Finally, he composed himself and asked, 'Just how many is a brazilian?'
This is not surprising, since he obviously has no understanding of billion or trillion either
That's a recycled Bush joke, and wasn't funny back then.
940 | jaunte Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:06:51am |
re: #937 irongrampa
We must wait for the MSM to tell us what it means.
///
941 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:06:52am |
re: #896 tfc3rid
Japan says they will go to the UN this weekend if the Norks launch their missile...
Everyone is chickenshit to shoot it down... And we lose again...
The Norks are threatening over it:
"If Japan imprudently carries out an act of intercepting our peacefulsatelliteballistic missile, our people’s army will hand a thunderbolt of fire to not only interceptor means already deployed, but also key targets," said a report Thursday by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency that quoted the general staff of its military.
[I did correct the quote]
942 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:06:54am |
re: #934 redstateredneck
Y'all reckon he gave the Saudi King a gold plated ipod?
0bama probably asked him to sign his personal Koran.
943 | aussiemagpie Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:06:56am |
Goodnight {everyone} and have a wonderful yesterday!
Tonight's view of OZ...
Lennox Heads, a gorgeous little town on the far north coast of NSW
944 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:07:07am |
re: #889 Ayatollah Ghilmeini
A trillion updings for that post - truer words were never written.
I wish all those who keep telling us 'its for the children' would remember that in this world, there are children to whom this does not necessarily apply, and those are the Jewish children.
Never forget that.
945 | rightside Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:07:21am |
re: #937 irongrampa
Sure, he might have seen a shiny coin on the carpet, and was bending to pick it up as they shook hands....
/not
946 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:07:49am |
re: #838 Lawrence Schmerel
I don't know what to say about these people except, thanks for the laughs.
I wonder if this is a spoof.
How bizarre!
947 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:08:00am |
re: #938 danrudy
check out this photoshopped pic from AFP....
THis is currently a pic on yahoo.
photoshopped artistic pali flag amid gaza ruins...Now they are posting artistic pictures of the struggle of the pali's. Check out this black and white pic with the beautiful pali flag in full color.
ANother photoshopped pic from our friends in the media
Fucking propaganda.
949 | jaunte Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:08:50am |
re: #935 Killgore Trout
Here's the key word:
"I hope he continues to be tough and shows some backbone because that industry is not going to make it unless we have real backbone and get those guys to fundamentally restructure all of their obligations," he said.
951 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:09:34am |
re: #850 Killian Bundy
Census Bureau: We’ll Work with ‘Community Organizations’ to Count All Illegal Aliens in 2010
Oh joy!
/so nice, they'll probably count 'em at least twice!
LOL!
952 | wiffersnapper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:09:39am |
Actually, this is a good quote. It makes sense!
953 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:10:16am |
re: #884 avanti
That's what most of the GOP thinks, but if the tax cut roll back in the top bracket has little effect and the economy turns around, we'll need the GOP to keep them from adding more taxes.
The tax cut roll back in the top bracket?
That doesn't make sense. obama is planning on adding an even larger tax burden to the highest income earners. (He thinks they don't pay enough now)
Plus the democrats are going to let the Bush tax cuts expire; which were across the board tax cuts to all levels of income. No matter how the DNC media spins it - that IS a tax increase. Tax increases during a recession are a recipe for economic disaster. But Obama must pay for all his new spending and stimulus.
954 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:10:56am |
955 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:11:04am |
re: #913 redstateredneck
It scares me to think of how bad it will be when I hit 70. I'm mid fifties now and can't remember shit!
Thats because you're scared!
Anybody who is scared and/or under a lot of stress tends to forget things.
The more one gets upset about it, the worse it gets.
Actually, doing something like crosswords, or Sudoku really helps!
(I'm a Sudoku addict, sad, I know ...)
956 | Honorary Yooper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:11:38am |
re: #939 avanti
That's a recycled Bush joke, and wasn't funny back then.
No, but if you want to know how many a Brazilian is, just ask our own Occassional Reader.
957 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:11:59am |
re: #954 Ward Cleaver
Wow, our population is 340 million?
And yet after this census we will have at least 350 million registered Democrats.
958 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:11:59am |
re: #915 yma o hyd
Maybe he's just bending over to pick up his dropped pack of American cigarettes.
959 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:12:12am |
re: #937 irongrampa
The PICTURE isn't sufficient?
There's a picture that makes BHO look like he's about to kiss Biden too. He could be looking down at something (look at the guy to his right) he could have tripped, he could have dropped his Blackberry. If a POTUS bowed we'd have read about it, and may yet.
960 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:12:15am |
re: #876 soxfan4life
Given the slobbering done by the MSM I'd look for her to be attending functions in the summertime in a pair of Daisy Dukes and a Halter top.
I wonder if you can get those at J. Crew?
961 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:12:48am |
re: #919 Kosh's Shadow
Bush sword danced with him. Presidents have sucked up to the oil sheiks for years. It is all 0's policies and statements that bother me.
Sucking up to the Saudi King is one thing - bowing down so deeply that it looks as if he's kissing his hand is magnitudes worse than just sucking up!
962 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:12:50am |
re: #956 Honorary Yooper
A Brazilian? About $32 at most beautician's shops.
963 | doppelganglander Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:12:55am |
re: #616 yma o hyd
All you Lizards, look away - now!
Lizardesses - what do you think:
Morning visit to 10 Downing Street
Oh, dear God. I don't even know where to start. In the dinner photo, the sweater is buttoned wrong (misaligned with the holes) and it doesn't match the dress (which might by quite pretty, but is probably sleeveless). The morning photo -- I'm at a loss. How did she think that sweater went with that ugly skirt? Has she ever, even once, considered a nice red business suit?
The other lady is Mrs Brown - and the dinner was for all the G20 spouses.
You go first ...
:-)))
965 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:13:13am |
re: #936 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Brian Adams is going to pick up a pack of cigarettes.
966 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:13:14am |
967 | danrudy Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:13:17am |
link of photoshopped pali propoganda from AFP on yahoo with the link to yahoo news pics
photoshopped pali propoganda pic in yahoo...
968 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:13:31am |
969 | Honorary Yooper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:13:59am |
re: #962 Kenneth
A Brazilian? About $32 at most beautician's shops.
And about to be illegal in New Jersey, IIRC.
970 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:14:09am |
re: #921 irongrampa
Not offended in the slightest. That was my poor attempt at humor.
However, your explanation could easily be used to excuse a lot of the "moments" I've had in my life.
There ye go!
Its an excellent excuse - the young whippersnappers never know where to look or what to say when I come out with that!
Keeps them on their toes, teeheehee!
971 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:14:22am |
972 | Lincolntf Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:14:52am |
re: #969 Honorary Yooper
Illegal Brazilians are great. I wouldn't have a lawn without them.
973 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:15:00am |
Muslim workers receive $1.35 million under a religious discrimination settlement.
The money will go to 128 Somali Muslims who claim that St. Cloud-based Gold'n Plump violated their religious rights by refusing to allow them prayer breaks during work hours
976 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:15:45am |
Howdy.
Dow is back up over the 8,000 mark... that's good, I s'pose.
Currently 8016, up 255 for the day so far.
977 | lawhawk Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:16:07am |
re: #968 soxfan4life
Naw, they gave it up.. I guess the politicos like their folks to be all clean and articulate. /
979 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:16:26am |
re: #976 Occasional Reader
Howdy.
Dow is back up over the 8,000 mark... that's good, I s'pose.
Currently 8016, up 255 for the day so far.
What did they gag Geithner?
980 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:16:41am |
re: #950 taxfreekiller
on the bow photo
the real deal is the others watching and to looks on their faces
France got a big laugh out of it?
Yep - and just think what the other Ayrab leaders will think when they see this photo ...
981 | Honorary Yooper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:16:53am |
re: #976 Occasional Reader
Howdy.
Dow is back up over the 8,000 mark... that's good, I s'pose.
Currently 8016, up 255 for the day so far.
Obama's out of the coutry, and Geithner hasn't opened his mouth yet today.
983 | Mr. In get Mr. Out Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:17:28am |
re: #973 FrogMarch
Muslim workers receive $1.35 million under a religious discrimination settlement.
And my religion says I can only work one hour per day for $20,000 each day.
984 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:17:34am |
985 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:17:40am |
re: #935 Killgore Trout
* * * *
Mitt Romney is right we should encourage Pres. Obama to surge in Afghanistan and do what needs to be done to defend our country.
As John McCain's 97 year old mother said last year and Mandy Manners reminds those who sat on the bench, sometimes you have to hold your nose and do the right thing, for the country.
986 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:17:54am |
re: #958 axegrinder
Maybe he's just bending over to pick up his dropped pack of American cigarettes.
If ye ask me, it looks as if he thought he was supposed to curtsey ...
987 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:17:57am |
re: #966 J.D.
Nah.
He just tripped.
I'm also leery about drawing conclusions based on one still photo. Could well have been a stumble, or whatever.
988 | Gella Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:18:00am |
re: #957 soxfan4life
And yet after this census we will have at least 350 million registered Democrats.
and 500millon loose their job every week
989 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:18:15am |
Paris deputy mayor calls for Shalit's release
[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]
Well now his release has got to be a sure thing?
/
991 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:18:48am |
re: #955 yma o hyd
Thats because you're scared!
Anybody who is scared and/or under a lot of stress tends to forget things.
The more one gets upset about it, the worse it gets.Actually, doing something like crosswords, or Sudoku really helps!
(I'm a Sudoku addict, sad, I know ...)
reine, vxbush and I play online scrabble together. Maybe that will help me?
992 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:18:52am |
re: #983 Mr. In get Mr. Out
And my religion says I can only work one hour per day for $20,000 each day.
Here we go.
993 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:18:54am |
re: #918 tfc3rid
Well, at least he has not done a 'sword dance' yet... Now, That one hurt...
I don't think the sheik would trust the 0 with a sword.
995 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:18:56am |
re: #932 avanti
When you find a link that says or shows that was a bow, be sure and post it. That would be major news.
What does it look like to you? He dropped his Blackberry?
996 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:18:59am |
Pak opposition leader in A Qaeda's pocket?
Nawaz Sharif was reported to have received massive campaign donations from Usama bin Laden in his first runs for Prime Minister in Pakistan, and I have described him as al-Qaeda's useful 'bought and paid for' tool, though not a 'fellow traveler.'
True? Or is this just another party's way of undermining Sharif? This is Pakistan after all, and all political parties are corrupt and ruthless.
997 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:19:29am |
re: #922 yma o hyd
I believe this weekend, or rather, after he leaves Lunnon.
Thats tomorrow/day after ...Gotta find some Fwench papers ...
Ooooo...I can't wait.
Maybe Ms. Sarkozy will frump it up a bit...as a friendly gesture.
998 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:19:35am |
re: #976 Occasional Reader
Howdy.
Dow is back up over the 8,000 mark... that's good, I s'pose.
Currently 8016, up 255 for the day so far.
March saw the largest monthly increase in 7 years, I expect some profit taking, it's moving up too fast. Of course, it could start a snow ball effect, consumer confidence is way up, if they start buying, then we're off to the races.
999 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:19:55am |
1000 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:20:18am |
re: #920 soxfan4life
They're strained from both the Presidential Trip and the job of replenishing supplies for our soldiers. Of course replenishing the troops is minor compared to taxiing around 0bama's traveling fan base, the Media.
Ah, no. The press pays for its seats.
1001 | FrogMarch Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:20:28am |
re: #935 Killgore Trout
From link - Romney says-
"I think the American people are seeing through what's happening," he said. "The Democrats are trying to use this crisis as a way to advance their philosophy of the supremacy of government, and I don't think they're being fooled."
Romney claimed the president "incorrectly believes that the 2008 elections settled the great issues that divide America. I don't believe that's the case. I watched the debates. The great issues were rarely discussed at all."
No kidding.
1002 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:20:29am |
re: #996 Kenneth
Pak opposition leader in A Qaeda's pocket?
True? Or is this just another party's way of undermining Sharif? This is Pakistan after all, and all political parties are corrupt and ruthless.
Except news like that might not undermine Sharif, but actually boast his support!
1003 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:20:44am |
re: #990 buzzsawmonkey
Maybe the President asked the Saudi king to help him practice for when he meets the Pope and kisses the papal ring.
No, my working theory is that it was a botched attempt at "The Electric Slide".
1004 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:20:47am |
re: #938 danrudy
check out this photoshopped pic from AFP....
THis is currently a pic on yahoo.photoshopped artistic pali flag amid gaza ruins...
Now they are posting artistic pictures of the struggle of the pali's. Check out this black and white pic with the beautiful pali flag in full color.
ANother photoshopped pic from our friends in the media
I'd rather see a smoking crater with a Pali flag in it.
1005 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:20:51am |
re: #959 avanti
There's a picture that makes BHO look like he's about to kiss Biden too. He could be looking down at something (look at the guy to his right) he could have tripped, he could have dropped his Blackberry. If a POTUS bowed we'd have read about it, and may yet.
And who exactly would report it? The MSM, HAHAHA!
1006 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:21:12am |
re: #969 Honorary Yooper
WTF? Is it illegal in New Jersey for a shop to give a Brazillian wax or is it illegal to have one? Is it legal to cross state lines with a shaved cooch?
1007 | VegasRick Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:21:27am |
1008 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:21:33am |
re: #987 Occasional Reader
I'm also leery about drawing conclusions based on one still photo. Could well have been a stumble, or whatever.
Thing is - if it was a stumble, the MFM seem to prefer not to mention this, as it makes the PB0 look as clumsy as Pres. Bush.
So, for them, its better to have him look likean obsequious fool, rather than a stumbling prat.
Politically very unwise - if that is indeed what happened.
1009 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:21:39am |
re: #990 buzzsawmonkey
Maybe the President asked the Saudi king to help him practice for when he meets the Pope and kisses the papal ring.
Obama will probably give the Pope a "Footprints" poster or an Ipod loaded with Time-Life's "Monsters of Christian Rock" collection...
1010 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:21:40am |
re: #979 soxfan4life
What did they gag Geithner?
I think it's the G20 going well. Watch for the G 20 statement, if it's positive, the market will keep going.
1011 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:21:47am |
American citizen/ terrorist seeks recruits in somalia--per Catherine Herridge on Fox News.
Fair-skinned dude with a beret, looking like Che's reincarnation, is captured speaking arabic to fellow jihadists, telling them they're suffering without ice and Western things now, for glorious jihad.
Niiiiiiiiice. NOT. He could be any American.
1013 | Macker Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:22:20am |
re: #1004 Ward Cleaver
I'd rather see a smoking crater with
ano Pali flag in it.
There, fixed that for ya! And Good Morning Lizards!
1014 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:22:33am |
re: #972 Lincolntf
Illegal Brazilians are great. I wouldn't have a lawn without them.
That depends on how close your like your grass trimmed doesn't it?
1015 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:22:35am |
re: #1006 Kenneth
WTF? Is it illegal in New Jersey for a shop to give a Brazillian wax or is it illegal to have one? Is it legal to cross state lines with a shaved cooch?
There's many volunteers to become inspectors for NJ...
1016 | DistantThunder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:22:40am |
re: #932 avanti
When you find a link that says or shows that was a bow, be sure and post it. That would be major news.
A Soviet defector in an interview said that in their recruiting and brainwashing and de-moralizing of people they want to turn to be pro-soviet - they would hype the utopia of a communist state. It was so effective, he said, that even when you showed them photos of gulags they wouldn't believe it.
You can see Obama bowing to the Saudi King in the link - whether you want to believe it or not.
1017 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:22:43am |
re: #998 avanti
March saw the largest monthly increase in 7 years, I expect some profit taking, it's moving up too fast. Of course, it could start a snow ball effect, consumer confidence is way up, if they start buying, then we're off to the races.
And then, the inflationary effect of all that money they've been printing in the basement kicks in.
Also, oil most likely skyrockets again, based in part on the Obama Adminstration's promise that we'll be sure not to look for new sources.
Ugh.
1018 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:22:58am |
re: #991 redstateredneck
reine, vxbush and I play online scrabble together. Maybe that will help me?
Absolutely!
Scrabble is excellent!
Hope you win lots of times!
(Forgive me, {reine} and {vxbush}!)
1019 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:23:04am |
re: #1009 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Obama will probably give the Pope a "Footprints" poster or an Ipod loaded with Time-Life's "Monsters of Christian Rock" collection...
Buddy Jesus.
1021 | Macker Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:23:29am |
re: #1009 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Obama will probably give the Pope a "Footprints" poster or an Ipod loaded with Time-Life's "Monsters of Christian Rock" collection...
He could also give the Pope an iPod with Rev. Wright's sermons installed.
/snicker
1022 | irongrampa Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:23:33am |
The Committee has issued the latest directive, so it's the lawn for now.
Have an excellent day, good people.
1023 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:23:34am |
re: #1018 yma o hyd
Absolutely!
Scrabble is excellent!
Hope you win lots of times!
(Forgive me, {reine} and {vxbush}!)
vx is the Scrabble Queen!
1024 | Gella Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:23:45am |
re: #999 redstateredneck
The garden state.
ha ha ha ha no i see correlation, they want their gardens to be intact
1025 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:23:55am |
re: #1003 Occasional Reader
No, my working theory is that it was a botched attempt at "The Electric Slide".
If you want to spin the picture, it looks more like he's getting ready to kiss the King's ring. Everyone else in the picture is looking down to see the lip plant.
1026 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:23:59am |
re: #998 avanti
March saw the largest monthly increase in 7 years, I expect some profit taking, it's moving up too fast. Of course, it could start a snow ball effect, consumer confidence is way up, if they start buying, then we're off to the races.
* * * *
Except for those of us who are unemployed! Last month, over 700,000 joined our ranks.
1027 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:24:42am |
re: #1024 Gella
ha ha ha ha no i see correlation, they want their gardens to be intact
lush and full...
;-)
1028 | VegasRick Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:24:48am |
re: #1006 Kenneth
WTF? Is it illegal in New Jersey for a shop to give a Brazillian wax or is it illegal to have one? Is it legal to cross state lines with a shaved cooch?
"Shaving off her muff for you!"
1029 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:24:59am |
re: #949 jaunte
From what I understand of the GM plan they are going to split it into 2 companies. The good assets go in one and the crappy stuff goes in the other. The unions are going with the crappy one so they're going to have to renegotiate their contracts. Obama has certainly been very friendly to the unions so there's always the possibily that he might tweak the rules in their favor but I think it's looking pretty good.
1030 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:25:22am |
re: #1000 Cognito
Ah, no. The press pays for its seats.
The Air Mobility Command, part of the U.S. Transportation Command, was ordered to provide airlift for the president's entourage of nearly 500 people, including senior officials, staff, support personnel, news reporters and some 200 Secret Service agents for the European visit, which began Tuesday in London.
Right from the article.
1031 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:25:23am |
re: #987 Occasional Reader
I'm also leery about drawing conclusions based on one still photo. Could well have been a stumble, or whatever.
Stumble, bumble, ...
1033 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:25:42am |
re: #997 J.D.
Ooooo...I can't wait.
Maybe Ms. Sarkozy will frump it up a bit...as a friendly gesture.
No way will Carla Bruni do that!
She'll do 'demure' in such a way that the President and all his men will get weak-kneed, and Michelle won't be able to do a thing about it.
Madame Sarkozy knows precisely what is what in the feminine stakes, she didn't get where she is by being a wide-eyed innocent.
1034 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:25:42am |
1035 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:25:52am |
re: #1030 soxfan4life
The Air Mobility Command, part of the U.S. Transportation Command, was ordered to provide airlift for the president's entourage of nearly 500 people, including senior officials, staff, support personnel, news reporters and some 200 Secret Service agents for the European visit, which began Tuesday in London.
Right from the article.
Sorry, dude. The press pays for its seats.
1036 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:25:55am |
re: #997 J.D.
Ooooo...I can't wait.
Maybe Ms. Sarkozy will frump it up a bit...as a friendly gesture.
I think Mme. Sarkozy is incapable of looking frumpy.
1037 | DistantThunder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:25:57am |
I typed into google: Obama bows to the Saudi king
And it asked me: Did you mean Obama blows to the Saudi King
1038 | Leonidas Hoplite Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:26:01am |
re: #1012 buzzsawmonkey
The Talmud says that if you drop something in front of an idol, you should not bend down to pick it up lest someone see you picking up the item and wrongly draw the conclusion you were bowing to the idol.
Plus, it's bad for your back!
1039 | DistantThunder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:26:27am |
re: #1018 yma o hyd
Absolutely!
Scrabble is excellent!
Hope you win lots of times!
(Forgive me, {reine} and {vxbush}!)
Which website?
1040 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:26:36am |
re: #1026 alegrias
* * * *
Except for those of us who are unemployed! Last month, over 700,000 joined our ranks.
Employment lags the market by about six months. It'll be a few more months before the increase drops off if the market continues to go nuts.
1041 | wahabicorridor Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:26:50am |
1042 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:27:03am |
re: #1009 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Obama will probably give the Pope a "Footprints" poster or an Ipod loaded with Time-Life's "Monsters of Christian Rock" collection...
* * * *
Nahhh, the White House/State Department leftists will pack left over gift paks of Pink Condoms labeled "Protect Yourself from John McCain", which were handed out as favors at Planned Parenthood fundraisers for Obama.
1043 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:27:07am |
re: #1004 Ward Cleaver
I'd rather see a smoking crater with a Pali flag in it.
And a smoking hole in the flag.
With a Pali holding up a white flag, saying "We'll all go back to Jordan and Egypt now. Please."
1044 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:27:30am |
re: #1035 Cognito
Sorry, dude. The press pays for its seats.
It doesn't matter who pays, transport is still supplied that may be needed elsewhere.
1045 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:27:55am |
re: #1039 DistantThunder
Which website?
The Pixie Pit. Just let reine know if you want to play the next time you see her on LGF and she'll hook you up for the next game. It's a lot of fun.
1046 | doppelganglander Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:27:57am |
re: #812 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Hey, has anyone heard from Afrocity? I don't recall her posting recently.
She was on for a short while last night. She's doing fine, as far as I know.
1047 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:28:15am |
re: #1023 redstateredneck
vx is the Scrabble Queen!
Wow - hidden talents - Lizards keep surprising me every day with them!
1048 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:29:08am |
The G 20 just announced they'll kick in a trillion in additional stimulus money, the market should like that.
1049 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:29:09am |
1050 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:29:13am |
You know what Lizards? I don't give a crap about presents/gifts, fashion or lack thereof or even diplomatic faux pas. The Prez. and 1st Lady are presentable enough for me. I just wish they'd stop insulting US and I wish he'd stop trying to turn us into France. Everything else is window dressing and I can stand diplomatic mistakes if he'd just take care of business at home and not let terrorists walk all over us. He can bow and scrape all day long if at the end of the day we show some backbone and don't take all the shit we've been taking from thugs like Iran. If we can get a base, fly over status and some more cheap oil for a double-cheek smooch I say smooch away. I mean face, not ass. Too bad I'm pretty sure O isn't after those things.
1051 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:29:31am |
re: #1033 yma o hyd
No way will Carla Bruni do that!
She'll do 'demure' in such a way that the President and all his men will get weak-kneed, and Michelle won't be able to do a thing about it.Madame Sarkozy knows precisely what is what in the feminine stakes, she didn't get where she is by being a wide-eyed innocent.
I can hardly wait!
1052 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:29:46am |
re: #1035 Cognito
Sorry, dude. The press pays for its seats.
But the extra airlift use, even if reimbursed, could have strained our resources; we haven't been buying the airlift we need.
1053 | nyc redneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:29:58am |
o couldn't wait to meet the saudi king and bow to him.
i wonder if he gushed, "do you know my middle name is hussein?"
1054 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:30:11am |
1055 | Macker Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:30:36am |
re: #1049 SasquatchOnSteroids
I can beat Charles Barkley at golf.
Perhaps he's better at golf than Оба́ма is at bowling!
1056 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:30:41am |
re: #1044 Nevergiveup
It doesn't matter who pays, transport is still supplied that may be needed elsewhere.
No it's not. The Air Force -- again, the largest in the world -- is plenty able to handle a Presidential outing.
It's incorrect -- and worse, lame -- to say otherwise.
1057 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:30:57am |
And I see that FASB has approved a plan to ease the mark-to-market rules. Also a good thing. I wish they had listened to 3wood six months ago.
1058 | doppelganglander Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:31:03am |
re: #982 Ward Cleaver
Quien es mas dowdy?
LOL. Mrs. Brown could use a pair of Spanx, that's for sure, but Michelle is just a train wreck. I don't get it. She's not pretty, but she's tall and fit. She should be able to wear clothes well if she chose the right styles. Sleek, simple, not a lot of fussy details. Separates (besides being wildly inappropriate for the occasion) cut her off at the middle. And she cannot match her colors.
1060 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:31:56am |
1062 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:32:10am |
re: #1036 Occasional Reader
I think Mme. Sarkozy is incapable of looking frumpy.
So what do you think?
J. Crew, or not?
/
1063 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:32:18am |
re: #1009 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Obama will probably give the Pope a "Footprints" poster or an Ipod loaded with Time-Life's "Monsters of Christian Rock" collection...
Styx -Renegade
1064 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:32:20am |
re: #1047 yma o hyd
Wow - hidden talents - Lizards keep surprising me every day with them!
Although I just checked the board and reine made a 99 on her last play.
That's a big one!
1065 | doppelganglander Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:32:24am |
re: #1054 yma o hyd
Hi, yma! The dog is having her eye surgery next Wednesday.
1066 | MikeAlv77 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:32:54am |
re: #532 redstateredneck
On Fox & Friends the other morning they were talking about protocol with the Queen. You briefly touch her hand (if offered) do not grip it or shake it. When eating with the Queen, when she puts her fork down, you do not continue eating, etc.
As a head of state, to show respect, OK I would... but personally, she is a queen, but not my queen. I would keep eating. We fought a revolution to get rid of that crap!
1068 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:33:04am |
re: #1037 DistantThunder
I typed into google: Obama bows to the Saudi king
And it asked me: Did you mean Obama blows to the Saudi King
No.
1069 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:33:41am |
re: #1012 buzzsawmonkey
* * * *
Buzzsaw,
Obama knows the media will protect him from himself.
Remember, photos of Obama stoned in college did not see the light of day.
Video of Obama partying with Rashid Khalidi and saying possibly nasty things about Israel, were withheld by the L.A. Times.
Obama's gaffes will be reported as endearing.
Is the fawning coverage over yet? I think not.
1070 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:34:05am |
re: #1056 Cognito
No it's not. The Air Force -- again, the largest in the world -- is plenty able to handle a Presidential outing.
It's incorrect -- and worse, lame -- to say otherwise.
Look first you make the argument that the press pays it's own way and thus the space they take up doesn't count, then you change arguments and say the Air Force is big enough to do this anyway? Just make up your mind. And if you had bothered to read my comments along the way, maybe you wouldn't say stupid things to me.
1071 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:34:36am |
re: #1052 Kosh's Shadow
But the extra airlift use, even if reimbursed, could have strained our resources; we haven't been buying the airlift we need.
I don't get the point, should the President not have attended ? The size of the airlift is pretty much as done in the past for a major week long conference. If the market even goes up a 100 points because of the G 20, that's billions of dollars, more then enough to pay back the tax payers in additional taxes .
1072 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:34:38am |
re: #1061 buzzsawmonkey
It's my understanding that if the mark-to-market rules had been eased last summer, the entire subsequent meltdown--or most of it--would have been avoided.
I was always a little confused as to why Marky Mark is so important to the global financial system, but 3wood knows a lot more about this stuff than I do.
1073 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:34:40am |
re: #1066 MikeAlv77
As a head of state, to show respect, OK I would... but personally, she is a queen, but not my queen. I would keep eating. We fought a revolution to get rid of that crap!
So you would be fine if a visiting head of state disrespected the US flag? The British Monarchy is a symbol, not a person.
1074 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:34:48am |
re: #1065 doppelganglander
Hi, yma! The dog is having her eye surgery next Wednesday.
Right - what else did the vet say?
Did Nina get any medication to tie her over until then?
1075 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:34:49am |
re: #1066 MikeAlv77
As a head of state, to show respect, OK I would... but personally, she is a queen, but not my queen. I would keep eating. We fought a revolution to get rid of that crap!
It's all about r-e-s-p-e-c-t.
1076 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:34:59am |
1077 | ilzito guacamolito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:35:08am |
1079 | Honorary Yooper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:35:48am |
re: #1017 Occasional Reader
And then, the inflationary effect of all that money they've been printing in the basement kicks in.
Also, oil most likely skyrockets again, based in part on the Obama Adminstration's promise that we'll be sure not to look for new sources.
Ugh.
If oil skyrockets again, there goes any chance of recovery. It was the high oil prices that broke the back of what had going till this point.
1080 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:36:39am |
re: #1075 redstateredneck
It's all about r-e-s-p-e-c-t.
Take out the PCP? (speaking of mis-heard lyrics)
1081 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:37:32am |
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
— Ingrid Bergman
IMHO, a bad memory is a good thing only after you've learned from what you ought to forget.
1082 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:37:40am |
re: #1066 MikeAlv77
As a head of state, to show respect, OK I would... but personally, she is a queen, but not my queen. I would keep eating. We fought a revolution to get rid of that crap!
I heard a story about Princess Diana, had to be taught to eat at these state affairs. She would take a nibble and then put her fork down, and everybody had to stop eating even if they hadn't even been served yet. She had to be taught how to take a nibble and keep nibbling for hours on end, even if she didn't feel like eating or had an urge to rush to the loo to throw up that mouthful of lettuce.
1083 | Honorary Yooper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:37:54am |
re: #1072 Occasional Reader
I was always a little confused as to why Marky Mark is so important to the global financial system, but 3wood knows a lot more about this stuff than I do.
That's just funky, bunch of stuff you've got there.
1084 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:37:56am |
re: #1069 alegrias
* * * *
Buzzsaw,Obama knows the media will protect him from himself.
Remember, photos of Obama stoned in college did not see the light of day.
Video of Obama partying with Rashid Khalidi and saying possibly nasty things about Israel, were withheld by the L.A. Times.Obama's gaffes will be reported as endearing.
Is the fawning coverage over yet? I think not.
You should have heard Dianne Sawyer this morning. Whenever she talks about Obama you'd swear she was describing the cuteist puppy in the world.
1085 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:37:59am |
re: #1079 Honorary Yooper
If oil skyrockets again, there goes any chance of recovery. It was the high oil prices that broke the back of what had going till this point.
That is exactly my worry; that energy prices will jump as soon as it looks like there's the possiblity of a sustained recovery... promptly throttling that recovery.
Plus, of course, all that "kicking in" of a trillion here, a trillion there... pretty soon you're talking real money, as the saying goes... real money with hot air to back it up.
1086 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:38:00am |
re: #1069 alegrias
Is the fawning coverage over yet? I think not.
Right!
They're just getting warmed up.
1087 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:38:22am |
re: #1041 wahabicorridor
Hola alegrias!
You lost your job? WTF? When?
* * * *
Hola, Ms. Corridor~
Si, one week after Obama's inauguration--talk about rude consequences of elections!
How are you?
1088 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:38:25am |
re: #1069 alegrias
The fawning will never stop in my opinion... They media want American Socialism... They think Europe is more refined than our 'Cowboys and Indians' way of Capitalism...
I think the breaking point is coming... I don't know how it will play out but the American people are only going to take so much more of this...
1089 | doppelganglander Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:38:41am |
re: #1074 yma o hyd
Right - what else did the vet say?
Did Nina get any medication to tie her over until then?
She says the surgery is quite routine. She'll go in early in the morning and come home in the late afternoon. She didn't give her any pre-surgery medication, although I think there will be some for afterwards. Of course she'll have that pathetic Elizabethan collar afterwards. They will biopsy the growth, and it could potentially be malignant, but there's no telling until the pathologist looks at it. For the time being, Nina is basically her usual self. She doesn't appear to be in pain, her appetite is good, and she is enjoying her tummy rubs as much as ever. Thanks so much for asking -- I will let you know how the surgery goes and what the vet says next week.
1090 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:38:44am |
re: #1081 pre-Boomer Marine brat
IMHO, a bad memory is a good thing only after you've learned from what you ought to forget.
One advantage of getting older is that I can hind my own Easter eggs.
1092 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:39:58am |
re: #1050 axegrinder
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Bravo, Axegrinder. First things first.
1093 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:40:35am |
re: #1090 avanti
One advantage of getting older is that I can hind my own Easter eggs.
LOL!
I once spend several minutes trying to find my computer glasses in the apartment -- only realize that I was wearing them.
1094 | VegasRick Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:40:36am |
1095 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:40:47am |
Here's another sickening report about the ROPMA, in that den of thieves, a.k.a Pakistan:
Video: radicals beat girl, 17, in Islamic stronghold of Swat, Pakistan
From that link:
'A local Taleban commander in the militant stronghold of Matta, 25 miles from the regional capital, Mingora, ordered the girl to be flogged a week ago after accusing her of adultery, according to local reporters.
But some residents of Matta have accused the commander of ordering the beating to get revenge after the girl refused to accept his proposal of marriage, the reporters told The Times. '
I didn't watch the video - reading this was quite sufficient.
1096 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:40:59am |
re: #1086 J.D.
Right!
They're just getting warmed up.
You should read the European press on BHO's trip, they make our guys look critical of the POTUS.
1097 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:41:02am |
re: #1078 Iron Fist
I can't imagine being Jewish and being for gun control.
"But if only the Nazis hadn't had guns, there would have been no Holocaust!"
Something like that.
1098 | tfc3rid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:41:11am |
The more I think about the way things are going, the American people want an alternative leader to come about to fight this spend like drunken sailors campaign... They are craving leadership...
Problem is, the vacuum in opposition leadership, coupled with the growing anger of the American people, could lead to the rise of a far right wing figure who could be very, very dangerous...
1099 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:41:15am |
A Just War: George W. Bush Saved 600,000 Muslim Lives
An excellent look at the numbers.
1100 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:42:06am |
re: #1090 avanti
One advantage of getting older is that I can hind my own Easter eggs.
Hide or find?
1101 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:42:08am |
re: #1095 yma o hyd
Here's another sickening report about the ROPMA, in that den of thieves, a.k.a Pakistan:
Video: radicals beat girl, 17, in Islamic stronghold of Swat, Pakistan
From that link:
'A local Taleban commander in the militant stronghold of Matta, 25 miles from the regional capital, Mingora, ordered the girl to be flogged a week ago after accusing her of adultery, according to local reporters.
But some residents of Matta have accused the commander of ordering the beating to get revenge after the girl refused to accept his proposal of marriage, the reporters told The Times. 'I didn't watch the video - reading this was quite sufficient.
I wonder if these are some of the moderates we'll be planning to reach out to.
/spit
1103 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:42:58am |
re: #1070 Nevergiveup
Look first you make the argument that the press pays it's own way and thus the space they take up doesn't count, then you change arguments and say the Air Force is big enough to do this anyway? Just make up your mind. And if you had bothered to read my comments along the way, maybe you wouldn't say stupid things to me.
Testy, testy.
I've not said anything stupid. There have been two nonsensical arguments presented so far:
1) The Air Force is "strained" by the President's visit to England. And,
2) It is -- magically -- the media's fault.
Both arguments are easily, thoroughly destroyed with the answers:
1) Ours is the largest air force not only in the world, but in the history of the world, and it's silly to even attempt such an argument. So says Navy Capt. Kevin Aandahl, spokesman for U.S. Transportation Command: "Contractual airlift [IL-76 and AN-124] used to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan is not in any way connected to presidential movement requirements," he said.
2) Blaming the press is equally silly, because not only do they not strain the government's resources, they pay a premium to ride along. It's no good to say the press "takes up space" because by paying a premium, they're fully funding that space.
So think twice before tossing around "stupid."
1104 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:42:59am |
re: #1093 pre-Boomer Marine brat
LOL!
I once spend several minutes trying to find my computer glasses in the apartment -- only realize that I was wearing them.
I notice it when working on my cars. I end up in front of my tool box with no idea of what tool I had come to get.
1105 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:43:18am |
re: #1071 avanti
I don't get the point, should the President not have attended ? The size of the airlift is pretty much as done in the past for a major week long conference. If the market even goes up a 100 points because of the G 20, that's billions of dollars, more then enough to pay back the tax payers in additional taxes .
No, I was responding to the person who was saying that it wasn't a problem because the press was paying.
I do think we need to keep the C-17 line open longer, though.
1106 | ilzito guacamolito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:43:26am |
re: #1095 yma o hyd
Here's another sickening report about the ROPMA, in that den of thieves, a.k.a Pakistan:
Video: radicals beat girl, 17, in Islamic stronghold of Swat, Pakistan
From that link:
'A local Taleban commander in the militant stronghold of Matta, 25 miles from the regional capital, Mingora, ordered the girl to be flogged a week ago after accusing her of adultery, according to local reporters.
But some residents of Matta have accused the commander of ordering the beating to get revenge after the girl refused to accept his proposal of marriage, the reporters told The Times. 'I didn't watch the video - reading this was quite sufficient.
MFing misogynist garbage!
1107 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:43:46am |
re: #1096 avanti
You should read the European press on BHO's trip, they make our guys look critical of the POTUS.
I've been reading links as they've been posted.
Some of them have been pretty darned funny...
1108 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:43:52am |
Scholar: Europe’s Right is embracing its Jews
Bunzl cited numerous instances of this newfound fondness for Jews. Austria’s Freedom Party, founded by former Nazis after the war, has run Jewish candidates, and its website “celebrates Jewish contributions to civilization.”
Filip DeWinter, a Flemish nationalist in Belgium, whose party grew out of Flemish Nazism, has praised Jews as law-abiding citizens.
“Why would a Flemish nationalist need to say nice things about the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Antwerp?” asked Bunzl. “Is it a Belgian fluke? Too much chocolate perhaps?”
One explanation he offers is Islamophobia — antagonism toward Muslim immigrants or Muslims whose families have migrated to European countries in recent generations.
“Even strong support of Israel among the Right is driven by Islamophobia and perception of Israel as a bastion of European civilization,” said Bunzl, author of Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Hatreds Old and New in Europe. For European nationalists, “the Jewish state is trying to preserve its European values against the onslaught of Muslims. It is a European state trying to defend itself and its Western culture and democracy.”
Bunzl finds little solace in this perception.
....
“But this is no cause for celebration,” he cautioned.Bunzl is a self-described rarity, having been born in 1971 into a Jewish family in Vienna. After growing up in the 1980s and hearing anti-Semitic rhetoric from the far Right, he said, makes the recent phenomena particularly fascinating to him.
“In the 1980s I was scared of the far Right,” said Bunzl. “Austria was a scary place.”
Now Jews in Europe have “become infatuated with the far Right” and the number casting votes for them is “growing fast,” although Bunzl acknowledged that most Jews still vote for centrist or left-center candidates.
Still, he wondered, “how high a cost” will Jews pay for supporting nationalist candidates?
“We have to be careful who our friends are,” he said.
1110 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:44:25am |
re: #1089 doppelganglander
She says the surgery is quite routine. She'll go in early in the morning and come home in the late afternoon. She didn't give her any pre-surgery medication, although I think there will be some for afterwards. Of course she'll have that pathetic Elizabethan collar afterwards. They will biopsy the growth, and it could potentially be malignant, but there's no telling until the pathologist looks at it. For the time being, Nina is basically her usual self. She doesn't appear to be in pain, her appetite is good, and she is enjoying her tummy rubs as much as ever. Thanks so much for asking -- I will let you know how the surgery goes and what the vet says next week.
Please do - its always a worrying time, ahving one's pet at the vets!
At least, if Nina is her usual self, likes her food, her tummy tickles and all that, then that is good news indeed!
Those lampshades round the neck are a nuisance, but better that than ner scratching the wound.
Big Dog had to wear one after his cataract oepration - he hated it! And we were soo after him not to shake his head ... gawd, that were a few anxious weeks!
1111 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:44:33am |
re: #1101 Occasional Reader
I wonder if these are some of the moderates we'll be planning to reach out to.
/spit
Of course they're moderates! Non-moderates would have killed the girl.
/extra spitting.
1112 | avanti Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:44:41am |
re: #1100 J.D.
Damn, screwed up a perfectly good line. "Hide"
1113 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:44:41am |
1114 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:44:41am |
re: #1096 avanti
You should read the European press on BHO's trip, they make our guys look critical of the POTUS.
Why wouldn't they, they propped himm up to lead to our demise. Despite our countries continued efforts to save their sorry asses Europe despises us. If I were truly interested in America's downfall I'd support 0bama as he stands for everything America is not.
1115 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:45:39am |
re: #1090 avanti
One advantage of getting older is that I can hind my own Easter eggs.
You put them where? ? ?
1116 | yma o hyd Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:46:41am |
re: #1101 Occasional Reader
I wonder if these are some of the moderates we'll be planning to reach out to.
/spit
I hope some drones will find those evil men.
The Swat valley is said to have been most beautiful, a place where people went for their summer holidays ...
1117 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:46:47am |
BNP to launch advertising campaign featuring Jesus Christ
The advert features a picture of Jesus Christ on the cross and quotes a part of a verse from John's Gospel (John 15:20) in which Jesus says: "If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you". The verse comes in the context of Jesus' teaching about love.
The advert then asks: "What would Jesus do?".
The thinktank Ekklesia has monitored attempts by the BNP since 2003 to present itself as a ‘Christian Party’. It has also warned that misleading stories about ‘Christian persecution’ in the UK, as well as appeals by church leaders to recover the idea of 'Christian Britain', have played into the hands of the far-Right
In recent years the BNP has used religious rhetoric with increasing frequency. In recent local elections, the party's literature included copies of the controversial Mohammed cartoons. It also helped establish a 'Christian Council of Britain'.
The goal is to appeal to those in the population who identify with Christianity, but feel panicked both by 'liberal secularism' and the growth of Islam.
1118 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:46:57am |
re: #1097 Occasional Reader
There's an interesting look at the demographics of the Nazi movement in Nial Ferguson's book, The War of the World.
Catholics were far less likely to join, as were practicing Protestant Christians. Farmers & factory workers were not interested in joining the party either. The largest demographic of people drawn to join the Nazi party were lapsed Protestant university students and graduates. Doctors, lawyers, engineers, journalists, accountants, writers & artists signed up by the thousands. Think about it.
1120 | Attaboid Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:47:24am |
re: #1103 Cognito
"Contractual airlift [IL-76 and AN-124] "
Why are Russian built planes needed?
1121 | newmelleman Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:47:25am |
1122 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:47:26am |
I'm off to make a Wally World run.
BBL
1123 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:47:29am |
re: #1108 Killgore Trout
Hmmm....too long of a quote.
/Oh, well.
1124 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:47:47am |
re: #1103 Cognito
Ours is the largest air force not only in the world, but in the history of the world,
Um... I think you're overstating your case a bit.
(The US Army Air Corps at the end of WWII had more than two million men and 80,000 planes.)
1125 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:48:13am |
1126 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:48:34am |
re: #1124 Occasional Reader
Um... I think you're overstating your case a bit.
(The US Army Air Corps at the end of WWII had more than two million men and 80,000 planes.)
"Our."
1128 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:49:17am |
1129 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:49:44am |
Maybe someone needs to peek in on Charles and make sure he's OK.
1130 | Teacake! Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:50:20am |
Hey there, anyone here live in Sacramento (mid town area)? I want to get far away from New Orleans! Need some apartment leads.
1131 | KenJen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:50:26am |
1132 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:50:27am |
re: #1129 J.D.
Maybe someone needs to peek in on Charles and make sure he's OK.
Hey, it's not even 9:00.
1133 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:50:31am |
re: #1127 Sharmuta
The BNP are not Christians. They are exploiting this issue to build up membership. Their whole ideology is about hatred & vengeance, not love & forgiveness.
1134 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:50:42am |
1135 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:50:47am |
re: #1103 Cognito
1)I never said the press was at fault. But I never made the asinine argument that just because they pay for their seat, that matters.
2) I am the one that posted the original article on this and I said that it seems someone doesn't like Obama, and then in the next post said that I don't think Obama's trip is any different than past President's trips no matter how many lackeys he took.
But your argument that our Air Force can't be strained is wrong. The very area we are short in is Heavy Lift capability. But my basic point that I Started was that someone was out to get Obama. So read who posted what first then respond. Normally I don't take offense to your pandering, but check your facts first.
1137 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:51:03am |
re: #1124 Occasional Reader
Um... I think you're overstating your case a bit.
(The US Army Air Corps at the end of WWII had more than two million men and 80,000 planes.)
Well, technically, that wasn't the Air Force, but a department of The Army at the time. And to be even more nitpicking, it was the U.S. Army Air Force, not Air Corps.
1138 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:51:05am |
1140 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:52:28am |
1142 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:53:02am |
re: #1134 Kosh's Shadow
I recall Swedish fascists were marching along side Islamo-fascists in Malmo protesting against the Israeli tennis team at that recent match.
Fascists are not reliable allies. (eg: Operation Barbarossa)
1143 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:53:07am |
re: #1137 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Well, technically, that wasn't the Air Force, but a department of The Army at the time. And to be even more nitpicking, it was the U.S. Army Air Force, not Air Corps.
It's too bad that so many were scrapped. :-(
1144 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:53:12am |
re: #1135 Nevergiveup
I responded to each of your points in turn. You added to the argument, not me, when you said, following a discussion of press seats on Air Force One: "It doesn't matter who pays, transport is still supplied that may be needed elsewhere."
I've read your comments. I'm quite clear who said what.
1145 | BignJames Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:53:12am |
re: #1070 Nevergiveup
Look first you make the argument that the press pays it's own way and thus the space they take up doesn't count, then you change arguments and say the Air Force is big enough to do this anyway? Just make up your mind. And if you had bothered to read my comments along the way, maybe you wouldn't say stupid things to me.
Are you high?
1146 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:53:22am |
re: #1137 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Well, technically, that wasn't the Air Force,
Cognito used the lower case "air force", which is a generic term.
1147 | Ward Cleaver Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:53:37am |
1148 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:53:59am |
1149 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:54:03am |
1150 | newmelleman Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:54:23am |
1151 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:54:24am |
re: #1144 Cognito
I responded to each of your points in turn. You added to the argument, not me, when you said, following a discussion of press seats on Air Force One: "It doesn't matter who pays, transport is still supplied that may be needed elsewhere."
I've read your comments. I'm quite clear who said what.
So if someone pays for a seat they don't take up space?
1153 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:54:52am |
re: #1133 Kenneth
The BNP are not Christians. They are exploiting this issue to build up membership. Their whole ideology is about hatred & vengeance, not love & forgiveness.
I don't believe them to be good Christians, but this doesn't surprise me:
1154 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:55:12am |
re: #1012 buzzsawmonkey
The Talmud says that if you drop something in front of an idol, you should not bend down to pick it up lest someone see you picking up the item and wrongly draw the conclusion you were bowing to the idol.
Obama is at an event where the eyes of the world are on him. That means he should be even more sensitive than usual to appearances--such as the appearance that the elected leader of the world's sole superpower is bowing to the "royal" brigand chief of an oil-soaked hellhole.
A Mordechai he's not.
1155 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:55:44am |
re: #1150 newmelleman
...but wait, there's more!
Can't wait till Putin tells 0bama to slap chop his nuts.
1156 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:56:32am |
1157 | jorline Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:56:58am |
re: #1128 Ward Cleaver
Instead, old European powers are now making demands of the U.S., with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel uniting to push Obama on international financial regulations. They suggested Obama's substance could end up playing second fiddle to his style by the time the meeting's over.
They're telling Obama to climb into the back seat and get in his car seat.
1158 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:56:59am |
re: #1147 Ward Cleaver
"Socialism? Been there, done that."
Got the decrepit Health Care System to show for it.
1159 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:57:20am |
re: #1143 Ward Cleaver
It's too bad that so many were scrapped. :-(
I would have taken a few Mustangs & B-17s off of their hands for them.
1160 | BignJames Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:57:31am |
1161 | ladycatnip Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:57:36am |
Here's the American Thinker's take on Obama's obsequious bow to the Saudi king.
Doesn't anyone school the prez in protocol? The POTUS NEVER bows to foreign monarchs - ever!
1162 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:57:48am |
1163 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:57:51am |
re: #1138 Occasional Reader
Um... your point being?
Maybe this is a fault in my own thinking, but I tend to think of the American Air Force as a whole, then and now.
But I think the point is moot anyway: Can anyone truly compare the size and strength of the World War-era air force to today's Air Force? (By the same logic, ten guys carried around Cleopatra on their shoulders, while just two guys can fly a modern airliner from coast to coast. So Cleopatra wins.)
1164 | Honorary Yooper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:57:53am |
1165 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:58:37am |
1167 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:58:57am |
re: #1153 Sharmuta
It's important to keep a close eye on these groups. The white supremacist group "Christian Identity" has very little real Christian content in their ideology. It's all about race, race, race & hate, hate, hate. If they pretend to like Jews & Israel today, it is just a tactic. They will turn on them again. Mark my words.
1168 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:59:39am |
re: #1153 Sharmuta
I don't believe them to be good Christians, but this doesn't surprise me:
According to the theory of British Israelism, the British, and other European peoples, are in reality the so-called ‘lost tribes’ of Israel, the Northern Kingdom of Israel, who were expelled during the Assyrian Captivity. It is claimed, meanwhile, that the Kingdom of Judah went on to make up modern day Jewry, although Jews are deemed by many to be ‘ethnically mixed’ and consequently no longer ‘pure’ Israelites.
This pseudo-historical belief system allows white nationalists to claim that the Bible is a book written by Europeans, about Europeans, and for Europeans, for according to this theory, Europeans are the Biblical Israelites. British Israelism, then, is a ‘Christian’ religion that promotes Eurocentricism and opposes ‘race mixing’ as an affront to ‘God’s plan’.
BUT- they think they are good Christians..........
Sick, twisted shit.
1169 | reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:59:40am |
re: #1155 soxfan4life
How long has it been since the U.S. has had a POTUS that was this far out of his element!
Not just out of his league!
Not even the same game!
The world is getting a huge laugh...... AT OUR EXPENCE!
[deleted]
1171 | Texas Heathen Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:00:06am |
Hey all!
Went and saw Race to Witch Mountain this past weekend and got a little kick out of one scene that showed a slide of Globular Clusters. heh heh
The movie was pretty good. A nice family movie. Neither my kids nor my wife remember the original Witch Mountain movies. I guess I'm too old.
1172 | Russkilitlover Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:00:11am |
re: #1114 soxfan4life
Why wouldn't they, they propped himm up to lead to our demise. Despite our countries continued efforts to save their sorry asses Europe despises us. If I were truly interested in America's downfall I'd support 0bama as he stands for everything America is not.
I heard a woman speak on a radio program on my home last night. Can't remember her name - and I THINK the program was Michael Savage, not sure, though.
Anyway she was saying that Obama, although feted and adored on his European Vacation, will likely come home empty handed. Our bank bailouts have already been an enormous help to European banks and have bailed them out of many of their bad investments. So there is no incentive for them to do any more "stimulus." They can just sit back and reap the benefits of our ginormous spending.
Regarding Afghanistan/Pakistan, it is more likely that Germany and France will be pulling troops, not adding troops. So, no go there, either.
She ended by saying that Obama is very good for Europe but she doesn't think he is very good for America.
1173 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:00:15am |
re: #1167 Kenneth
It's important to keep a close eye on these groups. The white supremacist group "Christian Identity" has very little real Christian content in their ideology. It's all about race, race, race & hate, hate, hate. If they pretend to like Jews & Israel today, it is just a tactic. They will turn on them again. Mark my words.
You're preaching to the choir, Hon.
1174 | rawmuse Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:00:45am |
re: #1161 ladycatnip
Here's the American Thinker's take on Obama's obsequious bow to the Saudi king.
Doesn't anyone school the prez in protocol? The POTUS NEVER bows to foreign monarchs - ever!
Did he do the sword dance, too?
1175 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:00:49am |
re: #1166 buzzsawmonkey
If we're looking for Purim parallels, he's a good candidate for Ahasuerus; he's got his own Vashti, a government full of Hamans, and he's decreed a lengthy whine feast.
You mean Ahamaninejad
1176 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:01:00am |
re: #1167 Kenneth
It's important to keep a close eye on these groups. The white supremacist group "Christian Identity" has very little real Christian content in their ideology. It's all about race, race, race & hate, hate, hate. If they pretend to like Jews & Israel today, it is just a tactic. They will turn on them again. Mark my words.
They are racial supremacists hiding behind religion, as the islamists are religious supremacists hiding behind race.
1177 | soxfan4life Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:01:00am |
re: #1120 Attaboid
"Contractual airlift [IL-76 and AN-124] "
Why are Russian built planes needed?
My guess with this President is because there are no Iranian or Syrian planes available.
1178 | wahabicorridor Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:01:16am |
re: #1087 alegrias
It's been touch and go here (health stuff) - the last email I had for you was at a job location. shoot me an email.
I will say this. My husband the lobbyist no longer calls me his adorable right wing nut. He's looking to buy ammo in bulk. No joke.
My eyesight is severely impaired and I can't stay on any longer. I'll look for your email in a few hours. I'm so sorry alegrias. But - given what I think I know about your job skills - we may be able to shop a resume for you.
gotta go - love you sweetie.
1179 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:02:02am |
re: #1173 Sharmuta
I know. I was preaching over your head to Pam et al. One day she will wake up with a dreadful hangover.
1180 | gymmom Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:02:03am |
re: #1161 ladycatnip
Here's the American Thinker's take on Obama's obsequious bow to the Saudi king.
Doesn't anyone school the prez in protocol? The POTUS NEVER bows to foreign monarchs - ever!
Watching President Obama has started reminding me of watching Seinfeld. There were some episodes I couldn't watch because George's behavior was so embarrassing. Please someone tell me we can get the negative to that picture and burn it before the whole muslim world sees it.
1181 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:02:19am |
re: #1151 Nevergiveup
So if someone pays for a seat they don't take up space?
Exactly. Might be worth reading up a bit on how the press travel with the President.
Let's say you've got three cars in your driveway. Since you're an important public figure, I show up to cover your day's events. I bring my own car, which I fully fund, and I pay you five grand for a seat in one of your cars, which you'll be using regardless of whether I'm there or not.
Unless you're arguing the world is running out of cars, the case is closed.
1182 | SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:02:21am |
1183 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:03:09am |
re: #1170 Iron Fist
The ones that hurt most are the F-14s. Most of them were destroyed to keep their parts from being sold to Iran. I hope they at least have one in the Smithsonian.
There's one on the U.S.S. Intrepid Museum. Here's a list of other displayed F-14s.
1184 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:03:14am |
re: #1180 gymmom
Watching President Obama has started reminding me o[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...] watching Seinfeld. There were some episodes I couldn't watch because George's behavior was so embarrassing. Please someone tell me we can get the negative to that picture and burn it before the whole muslim world sees it.
Way too late.
Those photos are priceless for them at home.
1185 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:03:28am |
re: #1179 Kenneth
I know. I was preaching over your head to Pam et al. One day she will wake up with a dreadful hangover.
I'd like to agree with you on that point, but I think she's too far gone. She's a raving nut case who has lost all touch with any sense of rationality.
1186 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:04:12am |
re: #1181 Cognito
Exactly. Might be worth reading up a bit on how the press travel with the President.
Let's say you've got three cars in your driveway. Since you're an important public figure, I show up to cover your day's events. I bring my own car, which I fully fund, and I pay you five grand for a seat in one of your cars, which you'll be using regardless of whether I'm there or not.
Unless you're arguing the world is running out of cars, the case is closed.
So the planes the US sends with the President normally have room for 500 press people and their equipment?
1187 | albusteve Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:04:31am |
1188 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:04:31am |
re: #1180 gymmom
Watching President Obama has started reminding me of watching Seinfeld. There were some episodes I couldn't watch because George's behavior was so embarrassing. Please someone tell me we can get the negative to that picture and burn it before the whole muslim world sees it.
The genie is out of the bottle. It's on the internet. Best we can do is spin it. I say he's picking up a pack of cigarettes he dropped. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
1189 | Nevergiveup Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:04:51am |
re: #1181 Cognito
Exactly. Might be worth reading up a bit on how the press travel with the President.
Let's say you've got three cars in your driveway. Since you're an important public figure, I show up to cover your day's events. I bring my own car, which I fully fund, and I pay you five grand for a seat in one of your cars, which you'll be using regardless of whether I'm there or not.
Unless you're arguing the world is running out of cars, the case is closed.
The argument was about space on US Air Force Planes--not the total space on all planes including civilian carriers--keep your arguments straight.
1190 | ladycatnip Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:05:34am |
#1174 rawmuse
Did he do the sword dance, too?
Nope. His handlers are afraid he'll fall on it.
1191 | Lincolntf Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:05:42am |
re: #1188 axegrinder
I think he was just rolling out his prayer rug. No biggie.
1192 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:06:25am |
re: #1189 Nevergiveup
The argument was about space on US Air Force Planes--not the total space on all planes including civilian carriers--keep your arguments straight.
My argument is quite clear. Again, it might be helpful to read up a bit on how, exactly, the press travels alongside the President.
1193 | albusteve Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:06:54am |
re: #1170 Iron Fist
The ones that hurt most are the F-14s. Most of them were destroyed to keep their parts from being sold to Iran. I hope they at least have one in the Smithsonian.
Kalamazoo Air Zoo has one and they fly it regularly....
1196 | badger1970 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:07:42am |
re: #1191 Lincolntf
He looks like he dropped a contact but why is his butt shiny?
1198 | Lincolntf Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:08:19am |
re: #1196 badger1970
All the kisses from his press contingent?
1199 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:09:05am |
re: #1163 Cognito
Maybe this is a fault in my own thinking, but I tend to think of the American Air Force as a whole, then and now.
But I think the point is moot anyway: Can anyone truly compare the size and strength of the World War-era air force to today's Air Force? (By the same logic, ten guys carried around Cleopatra on their shoulders, while just two guys can fly a modern airliner from coast to coast. So Cleopatra wins.)
You're babbling.
You were talking about the lift capacity of our current air force, claiming that it's the "largest in history".
On that point, you were wrong. Wildly so.
End of story.
1201 | Spare O'Lake Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:09:17am |
re: #926 Nevergiveup
Not sure about that--it may be, since they are a bunch of kooks and do advocate senseless violence. But also, they are a tiny and mostly irrelevant bunch of has beens and never was.
I know nothing of their current history. The reason I brought it up was that I saw the head of the Canadian division/chapter of the JDF being liberally quoted in the Canadian press in the last day or two concerning the Galloway story.
It got me thinking that with the increased anti-Semitic incidents lately, the JDF and/or other Jewish organizations could be enjoying a surge in popularity.
1202 | Kragar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:09:47am |
re: #1174 rawmuse
Did he do the sword dance, too?
Standing order is to keep Barry away from sharp or pointy objects.
Hell, they even cork his fork.
1203 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:09:56am |
re: #1199 Occasional Reader
I disagree. Cf that gorgeous dame, Cleopatra.
1205 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:10:32am |
1207 | rawmuse Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:12:12am |
For you iPhone fans, there is a game call "Land Sully's Plane"
I did it, 3 times so far. Woot!
1209 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:13:02am |
re: #1202 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Standing order is to keep Barry away from sharp or pointy objects.
Hell, they even cork his fork.
Reminds me of some comedian with an eyepatch stabbing himself on the eye patch with a corked fork. It may have been Benny Hill but I'm not sure. Anybody remember this skit?
1211 | Kragar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:13:45am |
re: #1209 axegrinder
Reminds me of some comedian with an eyepatch stabbing himself on the eye patch with a corked fork. It may have been Benny Hill but I'm not sure. Anybody remember this skit?
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Steve Martin and Michael Caine
1212 | ConservatismNow! Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:13:54am |
re: #1209 axegrinder
Reminds me of some comedian with an eyepatch stabbing himself on the eye patch with a corked fork. It may have been Benny Hill but I'm not sure. Anybody remember this skit?
Steve Martin in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1214 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:14:24am |
BARACK OBAMA had difficulty pronouncing the name of his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, but people forgave him. In fact, they forgave him for almost everything: his aura seemed to glow ever brighter as he made his first foray into global, crisis-busting diplomacy.A general willingness to give Mr Obama the benefit of the doubt was palpable even among the exuberant anti-capitalist demonstrators jamming the streets of London’s financial district—a minority of whom turned violent and clashed with police as they attacked a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland. “He’s got good morals,” conceded a graffiti artist called Monkey, while helping his friend scale a traffic light and drape a banner: it depicted a grim reaper clutching fistfuls of banknotes.
Nico, a French resident of London who sported a cardboard box over his head (to denounce climate-change denial), said in muffled tones that he was “not sure about Obama—but he can’t be worse than George Bush.” Anyway, he opined, “the problem is the madness of the economic system—growth wrecks the environment.”...
1215 | Digital Display Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:14:26am |
re: #1210 Killgore Trout
+ 267.14
Nice.
Maybe we could get Obama to do a world tour for the next year...
1216 | albusteve Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:15:05am |
re: #1204 Iron Fist
Thanks. The F-14 is such an awesome weapon. I'm not much of a plane guy (I just don't have what it takes to be a transport pilot, let alone a fighter jock, and I tend to like things that it would be possible, in theory at least, make use of), but I love the F-14. What's not to love?
at the Kalamazoo air show they would bring out their Tomcat and the announcer would yell "do you feel the NEED FOR SPEED?" an the plane would drop down and scream by at 600knots right over the tarmac...people went nuts
1219 | J.D. Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:16:33am |
re: #1215 HoosierHoops
Maybe we could get Obama to do a world tour for the next year...
FASB Eases Fair-Value Accounting Rules Amid Lawmaker Pressure
3-wood dropped by earlier, posted this, said to expect this, and left.
He's good!
1221 | Russkilitlover Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:16:48am |
re: #1210 Killgore Trout
+ 267.14
Nice.
Dow is taking stock of all the spending and bailouts and has realized that the companies themselves will not be suffering because the taxpayers are on the hook for all of it.
Dow also likes bad employment data because it shows companies are getting leaner by shedding staff.
On always has to remember that a rising Dow is not necessarily indicative of the health of the economy.
1222 | Kragar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:16:57am |
1223 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:17:07am |
GOP is trying to get your attention with their alternative small is beautiful budget--anything to put breaks on the runaway horses of the Spendalypse. Let's not abandon them while they're outnumbered, outranked, outspent, outsmarted by the Dems.
1224 | Vicious Babushka Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:17:10am |
re: #1174 rawmuse
Did he do the sword dance, too?
A dhimmi like 0bama is not allowed to do the royal sword dance, unless it's to present his neck for decapitation.
1225 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:17:12am |
re: #1171 Texas Heathen
Hey all!
Went and saw Race to Witch Mountain this past weekend and got a little kick out of one scene that showed a slide of Globular Clusters. heh heh
The movie was pretty good. A nice family movie. Neither my kids nor my wife remember the original Witch Mountain movies. I guess I'm too old.
I remember them. Bedknobs and Broomsticks and all.
1226 | Walter L. Newton Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:17:38am |
1227 | reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:18:08am |
#1
Obama feels he has a very strong mandate
to put forth his agenda...I think this is a fact.
#2 to do this he has to "show his hand"this too is a fact!
#3 The world is finding out he's a F*&^&* Socialist.
Sadly..this is also a fact!
#4 could it be that the world is thinking hmmm...This guy might not last his four years,meaning get thrown out of office?
I can dream eh!
1228 | Buck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:19:25am |
re: #1161 ladycatnip
Here's the American Thinker's take on Obama's obsequious bow to the Saudi king.
Doesn't anyone school the prez in protocol? The POTUS NEVER bows to foreign monarchs - ever!
In a word.... CHANGE!
1229 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:20:06am |
re: #1226 Walter L. Newton
Dammit
In my exuberance I forgot that conservatives are hoping for failure. I offer condolences to my conservative friends for a good day on the market.
/
1230 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:20:07am |
re: #1227 reloadingisnotahobby
#1
Obama feels he has a very strong mandate
to put forth his agenda...I think this is a fact.
#2 to do this he has to "show his hand"this too is a fact!
#3 The world is finding out he's a F*&^&* Socialist.
Sadly..this is also a fact!
#4 could it be that the world is thinking hmmm...This guy might not last his four years,meaning get thrown out of office?
I can dream eh!
* * * *
New Yorkers had a wonderful early chance Tuesday to let Obama know his mandate is shrinking!
1231 | aggieann Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:20:07am |
1232 | rawmuse Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:20:11am |
How come no one is talking about how Eric Holder dismissed all charges against Ted Stevens yesterday?
1233 | Cognito Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:20:20am |
re: #1203 Cognito
I disagree. Cf that gorgeous dame, Cleopatra.
But yeah, OR, I misstated the size, historically...
1234 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:20:31am |
re: #1221 Russkilitlover
Dow is taking stock of all the spending and bailouts and has realized that the companies themselves will not be suffering because the taxpayers are on the hook for all of it.
Dow also likes bad employment data because it shows companies are getting leaner by shedding staff.
On always has to remember that a rising Dow is not necessarily indicative of the health of the economy.
Very true. If it goes much higher it might be a good opportunity to sell. I fear the next 5 or 6 years will be mostly trading sideways with wild swings occasionally. Too much uncertainty for sustained growth at the moment
1235 | ConservatismNow! Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:20:47am |
re: #1232 rawmuse
How come no one is talking about how Eric Holder dismissed all charges against Ted Stevens yesterday?
Because we talked about it yesterday after it happened
1237 | rawmuse Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:21:05am |
I for one am not hoping for market failure. I am too close to retirement age for that.
1238 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:21:09am |
re: #1203 Cognito
I disagree. Cf that gorgeous dame, Cleopatra.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."
-Daniel Patrick Moynihan
You're just being obtuse.
1239 | reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:21:33am |
re: #1216 albusteve
Spent a lot of time on Lake Havasu in the 60's and 70's....
The pilots loved to do low passes under the 200 ft high
power lines down near the dam....them max performance
climbs and break the sound barrier............
The coolest thing for a 12 yearold!
1240 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:21:41am |
re: #1195 buzzsawmonkey
Good one--but I meant what I said. Ahasuerus was basically a fool who placed his trust in his malevolent vizier Haman--and when Haman said, "Let me get rid of the Jews, I'll pay for the privilege so it will benefit you," Ahasuerus was only too happy to assent to Haman's scheme, without bothering to check further into what was being proposed.
Obama has plenty of people in his government who are hostile to Israel at a minimum--in the context of thinking that we'd do better to dump Israel and cozy up to the Muslim world--and in some cases out and out antisemites. He's only too happy to rely on their counsel, just as Ahasuerus was only too happy to rely on Haman, if it would save the trouble of thinking something through--and, just like Ahasuerus, he is willing to make decrees that benefit his flattering courtiers, regardless of how destructive such decrees are.
Good points. I think 0bama also does have some dislike for Jews, or he couldn't have sat in the pews at Wright's church for 20 years.
I had been writing Ahaminejad over Purim, but never used the emphasis and I don't think anyone noticed.
1241 | Buck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:21:47am |
re: #1221 Russkilitlover
.......
Dow also likes bad employment data because it shows companies are getting leaner by shedding staff. .......
I know the theory, but who is going to be able to buy the stuff the leaner companies are producing? Not the unemployed.
1242 | rawmuse Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:21:51am |
re: #1235 ConservatismNow!
Oh, busy working for Da Man. I missed it.
1243 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:21:58am |
re: #1229 Killgore Trout
In my exuberance I forgot that conservatives are hoping for failure. I offer condolences to my conservative friends for a good day on the market.
/
* * * *
Don't be an idiot. Irrational exuberance is not necessarily a good thing as former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan advised when the tech bubble was growing wildly.
Not all growth is healthy growth. Sometimes it's a tumour.
1245 | Kragar Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:22:54am |
re: #1243 alegrias
* * * *
Don't be an idiot. Irrational exuberance is not necessarily a good thing as former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan advised when the tech bubble was growing wildly.Not all growth is healthy growth. Sometimes it's a tumour.
ITS NOT A TUMAH!
/sorry, reflex action
1246 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:23:06am |
re: #1234 axegrinder
I think we're going to see a lot of volatility. They're going to finish stress testing the banks here soon. We'll see what happens with that before we can tell which way things are going to go. I'm hoping we stabilize.
1247 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:23:48am |
re: #1224 Alouette
A dhimmi like 0bama is not allowed to do the royal sword dance, unless it's to present his neck for decapitation.
They let Bush do it.
1248 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:23:58am |
These guys should open a chain of coffee shops. Way better than Starbucks. Who wouldn't like being served a cappuccino by a silent contemplative monk?
1249 | albusteve Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:24:37am |
re: #1239 reloadingisnotahobby
Spent a lot of time on Lake Havasu in the 60's and 70's....
The pilots loved to do low passes under the 200 ft high
power lines down near the dam....them max performance
climbs and break the sound barrier............
The coolest thing for a 12 yearold!
the only time I ever heard a sonic boom was back in MI as a kid...my dad explained it to me then...never heard one since, but the roar at the airshow is pretty cool...watching an F16 go vertical like a missle
1250 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:24:53am |
re: #1243 alegrias
Don't be an idiot. Irrational exuberance is not necessarily a good thing as former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan advised when the tech bubble was growing wildly.Not all growth is healthy growth. Sometimes it's a tumour.
Good point. This glimmer of economic recovery should be opposed and stamped out as soon as possible. Tea party!
1252 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:25:15am |
Wow, Moveon.org haters are targetting moderate Dem. Evan Bayh for not supporting Obama's budget!
Despicable fraggers. Senator Bayh should become a republican, he's too decent for these goose-stepping leftists.
1255 | Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:26:08am |
re: #1251 Russkilitlover
Angelina Jolie owns the rights. There is NO WAY I will give that woman a cent od my money.
1256 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:26:26am |
re: #1239 reloadingisnotahobby
Spent a lot of time on Lake Havasu in the 60's and 70's....
The pilots loved to do low passes under the 200 ft high
power lines down near the dam....them max performance
climbs and break the sound barrier............
The coolest thing for a 12 yearold!
And you can still hear?
I was in the Explorers, and we had a trip to Otis AFB. We were in a car at the end of the runway while the Air National Guard took off in F-106's. They were LOUD, and you really felt it when they kicked in the afterburner.
1257 | Occasional Reader Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:26:26am |
Serious hamsterism here. Thread has crapped out on me four times. Will try later.
1259 | Kenneth Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:27:09am |
re: #1251 Russkilitlover
Charlize Theron want to play in it? She's a raving lefty moonbat. Probably didn't read the book.
1260 | CIA Reject Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:27:38am |
Looks like another bad day for the good guys --->
1263 | reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:28:47am |
re: #1256 Kosh's Shadow
Same here..
Lived under the pattern for Norton AFB in Cali..
The C5 was a nuisance.......
1264 | Leonidas Hoplite Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:28:52am |
re: #1256 Kosh's Shadow
And you can still hear?
I was in the Explorers, and we had a trip to Otis AFB. We were in a car at the end of the runway while the Air National Guard took off in F-106's. They were LOUD, and you really felt it when they kicked in the afterburner.
I remember those jets at Otis. We used to vacation on the Cape, that's where my mom is from, so we'd go for two weeks and see family. The highlight for me was seeing those jets!
1265 | alegrias Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:29:35am |
re: #1250 Killgore Trout
Good point. This glimmer of economic recovery should be opposed and stamped out as soon as possible. Tea party!
* * * *
Off with your head.
I want our economy and nation to return to "full employment", prosperity and sanity.
I worry even if the market blips upward, what Obama has in store for us will take it all and them some, from us and our children.
For starters, wait till Obama and the G-20 pass the Carbon Tax on consumption, and every American gets $3,000 taken away for turning on the lights at home.
1267 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:34:24am |
re: #1255 Sharmuta
Angelina Jolie owns the rights. There is NO WAY I will give that woman a cent od my money.
I always thought Jolie as kind of conservative. I know she didn't like Bush but come on, who did? The war made him very unpopular with just about everyone; it's one the main reason's I respect him for doing what he thought was right in the face of such public disapproval. She's not a loon like Susan Sarandon, Babs, and Sean Penn is she? Nobody can say she doesn't love kids. She is NOT Madonna.
1268 | jorline Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:34:47am |
Our friend just left for their four month yearly trip to St Petersburg, Russia.
Last year they got stuck in Russia due to the invation of Georgia.
I replaced their names...while reading the female part remember the Russian accent.
This is part of a thirteen page word document emailed today...his writing is hilarious and always filled with classic stories from each trip.
May 30, 2009
The Trip to The East
07:00 am Time to rise and finish dozens of unchecked items on my “to-do-list while Irina quietly sleeps a little longer. She won’t enjoy the long trip.
The baggage is the major problem. Every year I think we take more and more clothes and junk than the year before, even after promising that we will keep stuff in both places rather than lugging it back and forth. “OK this is the final weigh in” I scream. “Irina, Irina, what did you sneak into your bags last night while I was not looking? Your bags weigh in at 49 and 52 pounds – unacceptable! Unload and move to my bags. ASAP!”
Typical Russian behavior is to deny that there are rules and even if there might be rules nobody will enforce them, they are there only to be broken. But my practicality and knowledge of this sneaky Russian behavior pattern forces her to dig back into the bags and redo the packing for probably the 15th time. Finally! I think we are in the limits: 48 lbs, 49 lbs, 49.5 lbs and 40 lbs. “But wait! There’s more we have Tolick’s Disney fire truck. We must carry it on” Irina says.
“Yes dear” my reply “Let me go back to the computer and once again see what the allowable dimensions are. OK British Air.com, baggage, here it is – 22inches long, 18 wide, 12 tall. Irina this is the only duffle bag we have that will meet the specs.” As I pull out my old salty Nauticat sea bag, beautiful sea blue and red, good memories of sailing.
“Joe! That bag is too ugly, we cannot use it. I will go buy a new one.”
“Irina, NO! We use this one or everything stays here”. Reluctantly she agrees and we start filling up yet another bag.
So the final count is 4 large bags to check, the duffle bag weighing in around 20lbs, my computer bag another 15-20lbs, Irina’s designer nick-nack bag 10lbs maybe, and her purse. I hope we can keep track of all these bags.
Our ride shows up around noon and we head for the airport. I tell John that he will have to wait just a minute while I make sure that the bags weigh in under 50lbs. Sure enough our scale was light by about 2 lbs. The first bag comes in at 51.5lbs. ”Is this one OK to go” I asked the girl behind the counter.
“Not today.” She said “My supervisor is here and I must be very strict about the weight limits”.
So we had to lay the bags out on the floor of the terminal, open them to the world exposing all of our treasures or dirty laundry and start swapping around things. Looked like the Clampets of Beverly Hillbillies fame heading out on vacation. We got them all in or at 50lbs and
Proceeded with out checkout. Gave her my tickets and told her we were headed to St Petersburg Russia and would like to check our bags through. A blank expression appeared on her face. I could see trouble and we were running out of time. “Let me check with my Supervisor” she said. Returning quickly she said “I don’t have time to do that, it takes too long. I will just check you through to Houston. Oh, and by the way you owe me $80 for all the bags.” Things were just getting better and better.
Cont....
1269 | Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:35:54am |
re: #1262 Iron Fist
My understanding is that inflation risk depends on how they handle things once the recovery begins. I'm not sure if we're recovering yet but I hope they get it right.
1270 | jorline Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:36:14am |
Cont... Russia Trip
I immediately realized this would be a major hassle, hauling 250lbs of luggage in 7 bags across the Houston airport. “In the past you guys always checked the bags through, and if we are making an international flight we should be able to take 2 bags for free. What is going on here?”
“Sir” she said. “Things have changed, I am the only one at the counter and”, pointing at the clock “your time is up, bag checkin just closed! If you want you can come back tomorrow and leave then!” We had to go so there was no point in arguing any longer.
In leaving I muttered “you guys would be better off selling tickets by the poundage of the passenger rather than the bags since ‘weight is weight’. And now ¾ of the frequent flyers seem to be over 300 lbs and I am always squeezed between them when I have the center seat”.
“Oh, no sir we couldn’t do that! Then we would get sued. And for that nasty remark God will punish you”.
With that we headed for the plane. The trip to Houston was normal. But soon as we hit the deck we were on a mission to get out bags checked in with British Air as we were on a short connection.
1271 | realwest Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:39:55am |
re: #1270 jorline
Hey jorline - where's the rest of the story?!
1272 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:41:42am |
re: #1259 Kenneth
Charlize Theron want to play in it? She's a raving lefty moonbat. Probably didn't read the book.
Has she read any books?
1273 | Kosh's Shadow Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:43:27am |
re: #1264 Leonidas Hoplite
I remember those jets at Otis. We used to vacation on the Cape, that's where my mom is from, so we'd go for two weeks and see family. The highlight for me was seeing those jets!
On an earlier trip, before they got the 106's, I sat in an F-84. A real F-84. Well, the front part, anyway; the back half of the fuselage was removed and the engine was out, but it was a real fighter.
And we flew in a C-54.
1274 | jorline Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:47:02am |
re: #1271 realwest
Hey jorline - where's the rest of the story?!
I reading it now...I love his tales...more coming.
Quickly got our bags (thank goodness the #### clerk didn’t accidentally loose them out of spite), loaded them on the little dollies and headed for the train to the International Terminal. Of course the biggest hassle is getting 4 bags into and out of the terminal train. Hauling them two-by-two, they always are just a little too big to squeeze through the door and of course when the train stops you always seem to be standing in front of the one car that is filled with other travelers. So after missing the first train, we manage to lug our luggage into the tiny little train car and head towards the international terminal.
The instructions given to us by a newly arrived immigrant manning the information booth in some kind of Arabic/English dialect were a little hazy, but I knew which terminal we needed and didn’t have time for further deciphering. Unfortunately I didn’t know exactly how to get there. After a few miss-turns we found the BA counter. Of the 5 check-in counters manned 4 were for 1st class with only one person being served, the rest of the agents were doing their nails or some other important duty. So we waited patiently while the only other steerage class customer, an elderly Asian/Indian couple was being served. Looking at my watch, “we are not making any progress here. The elderly Asian/Indian couple seems to be reading every word of the small print and having the legal implications explained in detail. I will have to beg one of the 1st class ladies to break down and help us.” I begged, she agreed and finally we were moving forward again.
“Oh I thought, what if their scales are not the same as the #### scales”
I tell her of our problem in Corpus and she just shrugs and says “there’re OK”.
“Wheeeeu, one more problem eliminated”. And we head to the gate, only to find that the flight has been delayed. “OK, I will just set up my computer and Irina can go shop” that’s our life.
After about 45 minutes Irina shows up and I tell her that I am going to check on our seats since the BA check-in lady was suppose to seat us together and didn’t. I wander over to the gate guy and find a couple of seats together on an exit row. “Great! We’ll take them”. I told the guy. “More leg room” I thought, “plus if we crash and survive at least I am in charge of opening the door and jumping into the freezing North Atlantic where your life expectancy is probably 10 minutes, plus or minus a minute.” Meanwhile as I am standing there this African lady with two little kids pushing a stroller and a luggage dolly runs into me from the back. She apparently thought she could board now and didn’t quite negotiate the corner and slammed into my leg. Little did I know that this was an ominous omen!
Limping a bit back to our seat I told Irina the great news about out seats. She always struggles with these long flights and I knew the extra room would make it just a little easier.
Well we board with the rest of the great unwashed and proceed to our premium coach class seats to settle in for the 8 hr flight. The exit row seats are behind the bulkhead and next to a toilet and it’s waiting area. Not exactly what I had expected, but we won’t have anyone slamming their seat into our face when eating.
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1275 | axegrinder Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:47:16am |
re: #1259 Kenneth
Charlize Theron want to play in it? She's a raving lefty moonbat. Probably didn't read the book.
Probably not. She's also a raving beauty and a very good actress. She could carry the role. She will play the character very unsympathetically but lets face it; that's the way Rand would want it.
1276 | jorline Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:48:16am |
Russian Trip cont...
As we are settling in I spot the African lady coming down the aisle with two small boys. She is turning right into the seats across the aisle from us and Irina tells me how cute the little boys are. I tell her how this lady ran me down with her baggage cart earlier. Then we notice a large, probably 270lb plus man eying the remaining open seat next to Irina. Sure enough he plops down and kinda flows over into Irina’s seat zone. From behind us, or somewhere near by came that ubiquitous Foreigner Flavor, the aroma of 10 day old body odor. “It had the makings of a long trip” I thought.
As the little African clan pitches camp next to us I can see that the natives are a little restless. Our seats were in an open area with only the bulkhead in front; a perfect play ground. They are jumping around on the seats, running around the open area, squealing and having a great little time - boys will be boys. Which is not bad I just would like to be able to get a little sleep during the flight and am not sure if that might also be in their plan.
Sitting right by the toilet, had it’s pluses and minuses. Of course we could always get up and go with out waiting. Then I discovered another plus,whenever the door opened the succulent, sweet smell of the deodorant wafted over to us and temporarily replaced the BO smell.
It wasn’t long before the head stewardess was responding to pleadings from the other passengers about the little African clan. She marched down and began demanding in that very British way that the Mother, or Grandmother, or maybe a man whoever she was, we couldn’t figure it out, take control her kids and put them in their seats. At this point the African Mother/Grandmother, who seemed to understand English before, suddenly developed a comprehension impairment. I could hear the head stewardess screaming “there’re not my kids, there’re yours and you must get them in their seats!” No visible reaction from the Mother/Grandmother. But wait! I see her slowly grabbing those wiggling little bodies and then slamming them into the seats. Opps, a little too rough and one starts crying. Mother/Grandmother consoles the little fellow, he gets strapped in and we are off.
1277 | jorline Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:51:23am |
Russian Trip cont...
I started to think that a little extra legroom might not be worth all the extra excitement and I had noticed that the entire area in front of us, probably business class, was empty. So I decided to ask the head stewardess about the possibility of moving. My suggestion to her was “I notice that the cabin right in front of us has no one in it I wonder if we might be able to move up there and let the little kids have a bigger play area?”
A confused look instantly came over her face. “Sir, that is another Class, absolutely impossible. Perhaps something back here. Ahh you could have this last row in the center, it is empty”.
First, I didn’t think about it at the time, but I am sure my request to move up to the business class caught her totally by surprise. British, after all have always been very class conscious. And my request was akin to asking the Queen if we might just stop by for a spot of tea on the way to the market. So, even though you can occasionally get an upgrade on US carriers I guess it is a foreign concept to the foreign carriers.
“No, I guess we will stay where we are, my wife likes the extra room and hopefully things will quite down”. Back I trundled, resolving myself to what I expect will be an extra long flight. What do I find, but Irina befriending the little boys and offering them a banana. Maybe that will settle them down.
As we get to altitude the Mother/Grandmother throws down blankets on the floor around her seats, gets a big zebra skin bag out the overhead and I am thinking, “Are they going to start a fire and cook something up?” The in-flight meal service should start soon and maybe they had a special order. Nope, the Mother/Grandmother just wrestled the smallest little critter down and began changing his diaper. The perfect thing to get our taste buds activated for British Cooking – the smell of baby poop. “Oh well, the Brits have never been known for their gourmet skills” and after the delivery of the meal I could see that they were living up to their reputation.
Well after a few hours, a full stomach, everyone seems to be settling in around our little cabin zone. Irina is getting started on the movie and I am thinking about trying to get some sleep. The seats are actually the most comfortable I have found in coach. They have these kind of wings that hold your head in place and with a pillow on one side and the wing on the other your head is wedged in so you could actually relax without having your head snap down when you begin snoozing.
I closed my eyes and all the stress of the past couple of days was beginning to wane. I felt like I was actually falling to sleep. Then a loud thud and following vibration snapped me back to ready alert. Is the plane experiencing some kind of problem? Wham there it goes again! As I regain full consciousness the situation becomes perfectly clear - more trouble across the aisle. The older rascal had been quietly strapped into his seat, but now he has found the table. Our seats had the tables that folded up and fit into the armrest between the seats. So junior figured out that he could pull it up and then slam it back down – great fun for him, not for me. Not only was it loud the vibrations could be felt all the way to my chair. I gave the Mother/Grandmother a dirty look and she restrained the little fellow.
Soon thereafter I was once again drifting off in to sweet dreams! “Joe” Irina shouts into my ear. I bolt out of my slumber, jump up, until my seat belt restrains my forward motion and I recoil back into my chair.
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1278 | jorline Thu, Apr 2, 2009 9:53:34am |
Russia Trip cont...
“What, what is it?” I ask in confusion. Irina starts yelling at the top of her voice something that I couldn’t quite understand in my stupor. I put my finger to my lips and go “Shussssss”, the universal signal for “quiet”. Well universal except for Russians I guess. Irina keeps yelling something and then since I could also hear the movie, I realize she has her earphones on and turned up to MAX. I calmly lift the closest earphone off her ear and using an elevated voice level ask “what do you want? You are yelling and waking everyone.”
Irina yells “I am not yelling! I just want to ask you about this movie”.
“Well I beg to differ, but I will try and answer your historical questions about why the Japanese were in China and why there were British there and why was there fighting and……” So after finishing the brief history lesson and Irina returned to her movie I decided hell with it; I was moving up to the next class cabin for some peace. Got my little blanket, went through the curtains, found a seat (that was easy since there were probably 40 empties and only one other person in the entire area) and tried to get back to sleep.
Then I discovered that the seats in the “upper class” were less comfortable than in the cattle car section. But, it was definitely alot quieter. “I will put up with the crappy seats and try to get back to sleep in the morgue-like cabin” I thought. Impossible of course after a couple of hours, give up and return to my regular seat. What the heck, breakfast would be served soon, sleep time was over anyways.
I was right and soon the meal cart arrived delivering our morning juice, yogurt and dry bun with only a cheese slice in between – delicious. The captain’s voice told us to eat fast that we would be landing shortly.
“Whoooa” poking our nose out the ladder I could instantly tell that it was not Houston weather. Cool and damp in England. I wondered what it would be like in Russia. The answer arrived quickly. As we had a quick connection in Heathrow we were settling in on the next flight to Russia, when the captain told us that it was 1 degree celisus (that’s just a hair over freezing) with blowing sleet mixed with snow. A perfect welcome for a boy from south Texas.
1280 | redstateredneck Thu, Apr 2, 2009 10:11:26am |
re: #1171 Texas Heathen
{ { {HEATHEN} } } !
What up, Paw Paw?
1281 | jorline Thu, Apr 2, 2009 10:19:43am |
1282 | Fierce Guppy Thu, Apr 2, 2009 10:52:30am |
Here's someone in the media actually doing their job.
Polar bears were not stranded on the melting remnants of an ice flow.
We already knew about that one, though.
Tony.