And how is everyone this fine Monday afternoon?

Doing good, watching some of the twitter stuff.
Amazing how much info is flying around. The MSM seems to be having a hard time dealing with it.

re: #1 Wendya

And how is everyone this fine Monday afternoon?

Since Saturday its been one progressive kick in the butt.

It's Monday evening where I am,

And Monday night in Iran.

May God be with them....

Lots of call for a nationwide general strike Tuesday.
Could be interesting in an scary sort of way.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. - JFK

Wonder what BHO will say tomorrow?

re: #5 Shinyhead

Lots of call for a nationwide general strike Tuesday.
Could be interesting in an scary sort of way.

Here? Oh boy a day off.

re: #6 anchors_aweigh

"The recession I inherited ..." is a pretty safe bet.

re: #6 anchors_aweigh

Wonder what BHO will say tomorrow?

He'll be wearing a sweater and telling us to turn the air conditioners off?

re: #6 anchors_aweigh

Wonder what BHO will say tomorrow?

"Present"

Seriously, Brink from Anchorman yelling "I DONT KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!" has more to add to the conversation than Barry.

Actually Tuesday early AM in Iran....

re: #8 Sambo

"The recession I inherited ..." is a pretty safe bet.

Pointing at an effigy of Bush, yelling "HE DID IT!" over and over?

If I were the Mullahs I'd coordinate something big with that nut case over in N Korea.

re: #8 Sambo

"The recession I inherited ..." is a pretty safe bet.

The expiration date on "Blame Bush" is coming, if it hasn't come already.

re: #13 Nevergiveup

If I were the Mullahs I'd coordinate something big with that nut case over in N Korea.

A famine?

re: #1 Wendya

And how is everyone this fine Monday afternoon?

Keeping my fingers off my keyboard, generally.

re: #14 looking closely

The expiration date on "Blame Bush" is coming, if it hasn't come already.

Went out the door Jan 20th

hot summer ahead

re: #16 Dianna

Keeping my fingers off my keyboard, generally.

These last two threads have turned into a real mood-brightener for me.

re: #15 ryannon

A famine?

Nah that they can handle all on their own

Is this the special double top secret thread where we all talk about turning Iran into a sheet of glass?

Hey, we've got another "we armed Saddam!" idiot on the Neda thread, if y'all want some speed-bag punching practice. (The idiot in question is SpaceJesus.)

Ban Hammer impact previous thread

re: #21 Pianobuff

Is this the special double top secret thread where we all talk about turning Iran into a sheet of glass?

Nope. You're fully out in public here. Nothing sekrit going on.

re: #22 Occasional Reader

Hey, we've got another "we armed Saddam!" idiot on the Neda thread, if y'all want some speed-bag punching practice. (The idiot in question is SpaceJesus.)

Space Idiot.

re: #21 Pianobuff

Is this the special double top secret thread where we all talk about turning Iran into a sheet of glass?

No, but I have a feeling that kind of talk would result in the stick, whether the thread is public or private.

re: #19 OldLineTexan

These last two threads have turned into a real mood-brightener for me.

Maybe I should go back and read them. Work is dead again and it drives me insane. I am too much of an andrenalyn junkie to think this "break" is ok.

re: #24 Charles

Nope. You're fully out in public here. Nothing sekrit going on.

Someone tell American Sabra!

re: #23 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Ban Hammer impact previous thread

I figured out what A.W. stands for.. ..Ass Wipe.

The Caine Mutiny is on TCM

re: #22 Occasional Reader

Hey, we've got another "we armed Saddam!" idiot on the Neda thread, if y'all want some speed-bag punching practice. (The idiot in question is SpaceJesus.)

It's his evil twin posting again.

re: #14 looking closely

The expiration date on "Blame Bush" is coming, if it hasn't come already.

It was irradiated and vacuum sealed, good until Nov. 2012.

re: #24 Charles

Nope. You're fully out in public here. Nothing sekrit going on.

HAND CHECK!

///

re: #13 Nevergiveup

If I were the Mullahs I'd coordinate something big with that nut case over in N Korea.

A singing, dancing, Broadway spectacular?

re: #28 Dianna

Someone tell American Sabra!

I have the distinct notion that it would not help.

re: #29 KenJen

I figured out what A.W. stands for.. ..Ass Wipe.

remind me never to drink the root beer again...

re: #30 Nevergiveup

The Caine Mutiny is on TCM

Have you seen my strawberries?

re: #26 doppelganglander

No, but I have a feeling that kind of talk would result in the stick, whether the thread is public or private.

Doesn't matter. Now our own special snowflake will be so horrified she'll have to go hyperventilate, then come and tell us what superficial brutes we are!

re: #22 Occasional Reader

(The idiot in question is SpaceJesus.)

Wow. That's a shocker.

/

I recently made iGoogle my home page, and one of the gadgets I added was the Winston Churchill quote generator. I'm not sure all these quotes are authentic, but I really like the one that's up right now:

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

re: #29 KenJen

I figured out what A.W. standsSTOOD for.. ..Ass Wipe.

re: #29 KenJen

I figured out what A.W. stands for.. ..Ass Wipe.

It's pronounced "oz-WEE-pay; it's Norwegian"

/

re: #34 Occasional Reader

A singing, dancing, Broadway spectacular?

Ever see those little NKs goose steeping in their capital?

re: #38 Dianna

Doesn't matter. Now our own special snowflake will be so horrified she'll have to go hyperventilate, then come and tell us what superficial brutes we are!

That's OK, I was equated to a Holocaust denier a few threads back.

re: #26 doppelganglander

No, but I have a feeling that kind of talk would result in the stick, whether the thread is public or private.

One would expect so. Where do people come up with this stuff, anyway? I know of no regions so nether....

Business is sooo slow. What in the world is government going to do when we don't have any income for them to tax? Hide your assets...

re: #42 OldLineTexan

It's pronounced "oz-WEE-pay; it's Norwegian"

/

Forgot the double umlaut

Since everybody loves speeches (via HuffPo)....
Sen. John McCain on Iran

re: #38 Dianna

Doesn't matter. Now our own special snowflake will be so horrified she'll have to go hyperventilate, then come and tell us what superficial brutes we are!

I'm not sure who you're referring to, and I know you're too much of a lady to gossip. I suppose the individual will make herself clearly known at some point. Or, you know, you could just tell me. ;)

re: #46 horse

Business is sooo slow. What in the world is government going to do when we don't have any income for them to tax? Hide your assets...

Isn't that what Burka's are for?

re: #34 Occasional Reader

A singing, dancing, Broadway spectacular?

"Hey Spanky, what can we do to help the Iranians?"
"I know, Alfalfa - let's put on a show!"

/

re: #40 doppelganglander

I like it. I also like: "The world isn't interested in the storms you encountered, but whether or not you brought in the ship."

re: #14 looking closely

Hey LC, Can you help me out? I don't have my old stat book here in the office. On a one way anova when the F is less than the Fcrit that means there is no sig diff between groups, right? Dang every five years or so I need to do an anova and I always get confused whether its smaller or larger and friggin excel help on this function sucks.Thanks.

re: #6 anchors_aweigh

Wonder what BHO will say tomorrow?

ask not what you can do for your country, send money

What is Capt. Queeg's rank?

re: #46 horse

Business is sooo slow. What in the world is government going to do when we don't have any income for them to tax? Hide your assets...

It is just like starting over again. I am slowly going batshit crazy. Maybe I should be happy and take a ride on the wagon instead of worrying about pulling it. It is time for me to be unproductive for a spell.

re: #53 turn

my head just exploded

re: #55 Nevergiveup

What is Capt. Queeg's rank?

Yummmmm - strawberries.

re: #46 horse

Business is sooo slow. What in the world is government going to do when we don't have any income for them to tax? Hide your assets...

What assets? Our income is down by half this year. The only good news is that our kid might qualify for more financial next year than she would have otherwise.

re: #21 Pianobuff

Is this the special double top secret thread where we all talk about turning Iran into a sheet of glass?

dont break the code.
the code is all
we are the code

re: #50 Nevergiveup

Isn't that what Burka's are for?

Hmmm, maybe a burka for the house and car so they can't estimate your real income or raise your property taxes.

re: #40 doppelganglander

To which Sean Connery springs to mind.

"Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen."

re: #43 Nevergiveup

Ever see those little NKs goose steeping in their capital?

Quick! Someone call noted director Roger De Bris! This'll be a smash!

Any LGF historians know the down-ding record for a single post?

I'm seeing a -41 go by and now I'm wondering what's the lowest of the lowest?

re: #46 horse

Business is sooo slow. What in the world is government going to do when we don't have any income for them to tax? Hide your assets...

They're going to be unhappy when they get my tax return next year.

re: #49 doppelganglander

I'm not sure who you're referring to, and I know you're too much of a lady to gossip. I suppose the individual will make herself clearly known at some point. Or, you know, you could just tell me. ;)

I am not the snowflake. I am a superficial brute force of nature

re: #6 anchors_aweigh

Wonder what BHO will say tomorrow?

I'll bet you a hundred dollars one word he will say is-uh.

re: #21 Pianobuff

Is this the special double top secret thread where we all talk about turning Iran into a sheet of glass?

Good gravy I shouldn't have engaged on the last thread. I'm actually lecturing someone who insists that most of us here at LGF historically advocated nuking Iran and who refuses to cite examples where this occurred and wasn't shot down by the Lizards and Stinky.

Then I'm naive enough to think they will understand the moral principle behind "give me liberty or give me death."

re: #64 Pianobuff

I've made it over -50 myself. I think the record is over 200.

re: #55 Nevergiveup

What is Capt. Queeg's rank?

Navy or Marines? /

re: #67 KenJen

I'll bet you a hundred dollars one word he will say is-uh.

I've got a hundred on Ummmm.

re: #64 Pianobuff

I've been past that mark myself.

re: #64 Pianobuff

dont know the record by they've got a ways to go before catching annefrance

re: #62 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

To which Sean Connery springs to mind.

"Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen."

That's awesome. What film is that quote from?

re: #69 Killgore Trout

I've made it over -50 myself. I think the record is over 200.

Annefrance-- minus 400 something.

re: #41 Creeping Eruption

Oh, did that A.W. dude get banned? I checked the bottom 10 list this morning and couldn't believe the guy was dissing on Charles for not posting about the situation in Iran when that has been his focus. Oh and Charles, congrats on that WashPo mention. LGF is the place to get up to date information on just about anything in the news.

re: #1 Wendya

And how is everyone this fine Monday afternoon?

Bored. I'm considering stopping by Lafayette Park after work to see if the protesters are still there.

re: #64 Pianobuff

Any LGF historians know the down-ding record for a single post?

I'm seeing a -41 go by and now I'm wondering what's the lowest of the lowest?

I can't remember the total but it was so large there wasn't enough room on my pop up window to list all the names.

re: #74 doppelganglander

That's awesome. What film is that quote from?

The Rock

Sarkozy says burqas "not welcome" in France

re: #64 Pianobuff

Any LGF historians know the down-ding record for a single post?

I'm seeing a -41 go by and now I'm wondering what's the lowest of the lowest?

I remember one in the 200s It got to be quite the contest after a while. I always enjoy a good wade through the top and bottom ten to start my day.

re: #74 doppelganglander

That's awesome. What film is that quote from?

The Rock? maybe

re: #69 Killgore Trout

I've made it over -50 myself. I think the record is over 200.

Well, a single +1 won't do much, but I updinged ya anyway.

Residents of Polish town try to save 'Hitler's tree'

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

A tree grows in Brooklyn?

re: #68 DaddyG

Good gravy I shouldn't have engaged on the last thread. I'm actually lecturing someone who insists that most of us here at LGF historically advocated nuking Iran and who refuses to cite examples where this occurred and wasn't shot down by the Lizards and Stinky.

Then I'm naive enough to think they will understand the moral principle behind "give me liberty or give me death."

Well, to be fair, Charles deleted a lot of those. There used to be a poster 'bigel' back in the day.........

waaay back.

re: #74 doppelganglander

That's awesome. What film is that quote from?

The Rock. Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage, Ed Harris.

re: #56 Truck Monkey

It is just like starting over again. I am slowly going batshit crazy. Maybe I should be happy and take a ride on the wagon instead of worrying about pulling it. It is time for me to be unproductive for a spell.

Grab some of those Obama bucks. My brother just bought a repo condo from HUD at 50% the prior sell price and got $22k in government incentives! His payments will be crazy low.

re: #66 Eowyn2

I am not the snowflake. I am a superficial brute force of nature

Superficial Brute Honco!

re: #57 wahabicorridor

my head just exploded

Statistics was like the worst grade I got in college, don't blame ya.

re: #70 DaddyG

Navy or Marines? /

Well he is Capt of a one of those thingys that float on water?

re: #82 Eowyn2

The Rock? maybe

(language warning)

re: #90 Nevergiveup

Well he is Capt of a one of those thingys that float on water?

Ducks?

re: #71 Truck Monkey

I've got a hundred on Ummmm.

$20 he gets buzzed by a fly.

re: #87 horse

Grab some of those Obama bucks. My brother just bought a repo condo from HUD at 50% the prior sell price and got $22k in government incentives! His payments will be crazy low.

That's outstanding. It's a great time to be a homebuyer, especially a first time one.

AnneFrance -482

re: #44 OldLineTexan

That's OK, I was equated to a Holocaust denier a few threads back.

My favorite troll moment was the time someone claimed I was an Obama supporter (which is moronic in it's conception) because my nick has the word "change" in it... ArchangelMichael

Where do these people come from? Is there a moron factory somewhere just churning out more units every day?

re: #67 KenJen

I'll bet you a hundred dollars one word he will say is-uh.

ha, I'll put the over-under on 10.

re: #92 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Ducks?

Well that's Duwks

re: #69 Killgore Trout

re: #72 Creeping Eruption

re: #73 Eowyn2

re: #75 Sharmuta

re: #78 Wendya

re: #81
DaddyG

Thanks for the info!

re: #22 Occasional Reader

Hey, we've got another "we armed Saddam!" idiot on the Neda thread, if y'all want some speed-bag punching practice. (The idiot in question is SpaceJesus.)

you are not a very nice person.

come one, come all to the great annual 'spacejesus kicks paleo/neo-con ass fiesta'

re: #74 doppelganglander

That's awesome. What film is that quote from?

Ain't that from "The Untouchables"?

re: #85 wahabicorridor

Well, to be fair, Charles deleted a lot of those. There used to be a poster 'bigel' back in the day.........

waaay back.

We were clear about that. Not that it didn't happen but said poster Spayshul Snowflake was using that as a straw man to portray all Lizards as nuke happy brutes.

I asked for a single citation that stood un-deleted or supported by the Lizards and none was forthcoming.

re: #99 Pianobuff

re: #72 Creeping Eruption

re: #73 Eowyn2

re: #75 Sharmuta

re: #78 Wendya

re: #81
DaddyG

Thanks for the info!

obviously we all watch too many movies.

re: #100 SpaceJesus

you are not a very nice person.

come one, come all to the great annual 'spacejesus kicks paleo/neo-con ass fiesta'

"How to win friends and influence people"?

re: #100 SpaceJesus

you are not a very nice person.

come one, come all to the great annual 'spacejesus kicks paleo/neo-con ass fiesta'

You have a very active fantasy life, don't you?

re: #49 doppelganglander

I'm not sure who you're referring to, and I know you're too much of a lady to gossip. I suppose the individual will make herself clearly known at some point. Or, you know, you could just tell me. ;)

American Sabra.

I am annoyed. It's probably got as much to do with a spread-sheet problem as her attitude. Still, I'm in a mood.

re: #100 SpaceJesus

you are not a very nice person.

come one, come all to the great annual 'spacejesus kicks paleo/neo-con ass fiesta'

Actually, I'm a very nice person. Ask anyone. But you downright ENJOY being the house troll here, so what the fuck are you complaining about?

re: #95 Sharmuta

AnneFrance -482

Wow. Just...wow.

5.4 in Alaska.

re: #96 ArchangelMichael

Is there a moron factory somewhere just churning out more units every day?

Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc.

You get the idea.

re: #77 Mad Al-Jaffee

Bored. I'm considering stopping by Lafayette Park after work to see if the protesters are still there.

At lunchtime, only the weird pro-Tamil Tiger ones were there.

re: #95 Sharmuta

AnneFrance -482

Ah yes Palin bashing at its finest. If only we could have seconds.

re: #101 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ain't that from "The Untouchables"?

No that is
they put one of yours in the hospital
you kill one of theirs
they kill one of yours,
you kill two of theirs

re: #80 Bobblehead

Sarkozy says burqas "not welcome" in France

The irony is, Islamist thugs are welcome in France.

re: #86 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The Rock. Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage, Ed Harris.

That was a suprisingly good movie.

re: #95 Sharmuta

AnneFrance -482

Other trolls may aspire to such a lofty number.

re: #113 Eowyn2

I really can't watch any Sean Connery movies without thinking about those SNL Celebrity Jepoardy sketches.

"I'll take Famous Titties for a thousand."

re: #23 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Ban Hammer Hamster impact previous thread

/furry craters everywhere! Video at 11.

re: #95 Sharmuta

Great work Sharmuta! I missed that one.

If it really is Fwench, it 'splains a lot about the EUnichs.

re: #115 Occasional Reader

That was a suprisingly good movie.

I'd say surprisingly entertaining. "Good" might be pushing it.

re: #106 Dianna

American Sabra.

I am annoyed. It's probably got as much to do with a spread-sheet problem as her attitude. Still, I'm in a mood.

Thanks. I'll do my best not to make it any worse. I was in a mood for the last two weeks and the only reason I'm still married is that Mr. Doppel was out of town for part of it.

re: #22 Occasional Reader

Hey, we've got another "we armed Saddam!" idiot on the Neda thread, if y'all want some speed-bag punching practice. (The idiot in question is SpaceJesus.)

My question for people who say this is, if we armed Saddam, why was:

The Iraqi Air Force made up entirely of Soviet and French aircraft
The Iraqi army used all Soviet tanks and Soviet AK-47s.
All Iraqi ballistic and cruise missiles were Soviet, Chinese, or French.

Where are these "American weapons"?

re: #115 Occasional Reader

That was a suprisingly good movie.

And the prom queen had a nice body also? just saying

re: #108 Pianobuff

Wow. Just...wow.

I keep thinking CJ should open back up the thread and give some newbies a chance to punch AF in the head too. He's just not that into AnneFrance, I guess.

re: #100 SpaceJesus

Oh, quit whining. You create your own trouble, like everyone else.

re: #117 Mad Al-Jaffee

I really can't watch any Sean Connery movies without thinking about those SNL Celebrity Jepoardy sketches.

"I'll take Famous Titties for a thousand."

"I'll take Jap Anus Relations for 600."

BTW, as the father of a prom queen; SHUT YER PIE HOLES!

(*just occurred to me*)

re: #95 Sharmuta

Whoa! Nobody liked that one!

re: #122 ArchangelMichael

My question for people who say this is, if we armed Saddam, why was:

The Iraqi Air Force made up entirely of Soviet and French aircraft
The Iraqi army used all Soviet tanks and Soviet AK-47s.
All Iraqi ballistic and cruise missiles were Soviet, Chinese, or French.

Where are these "American weapons"?

Sekrit MiG faktaries in Missouri!

re: #122 ArchangelMichael

My question for people who say this is, if we armed Saddam, why was:

The Iraqi Air Force made up entirely of Soviet and French aircraft
The Iraqi army used all Soviet tanks and Soviet AK-47s.
All Iraqi ballistic and cruise missiles were Soviet, Chinese, or French.

Where are these "American weapons"?

Spitballs.

re: #55 Nevergiveup

What is Capt. Queeg's rank?

LCDR, Lieutenant Commander.

re: #117 Mad Al-Jaffee

I really can't watch any Sean Connery movies without thinking about those SNL Celebrity Jepoardy sketches.

"I'll take Famous Titties for a thousand."

Those were hilarious, weren't they?

re: #132 jcm

LCDR, Lieutenant Commander.

It took long enough!

re: #117 Mad Al-Jaffee

I really can't watch any Sean Connery movies without thinking about those SNL Celebrity Jepoardy sketches.

"I'll take Famous Titties for a thousand."

"Anal Bum Cover for $500 please Alex"

re: #125 Dianna

Oh, quit whining. You create your own trouble, like everyone else.

I gave birth to mine.

*grin*

So, I went to see The Hangover this afternoon. Only a couple laugh out loud moments, but funny enough that it was well worth sitting through. Only an hour and a half (perfect for a comedy) and consistent throughout. Couple real funny lines.

re: #109 debutaunt

5.4 in Alaska.

Well, it CAN get really cold there!
/Oh, you mean...

Logging on from the Apple Store in South Jersey on the new MacBook Pro. Luv it!

re: #126 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"I'll take Jap Anus Relations for 600."

Catch The Semen for 200, Alex....

re: #107 Occasional Reader

Actually, I'm a very nice person. Ask anyone. But you downright ENJOY being the house troll here, so what the fuck are you complaining about?

Don't listen to OR, jeebus. He pulls the wings off flies. He volunteers at homeless shelters and short-sheets the beds. He goes to the orphanage and holds toys and lollypops just outside the fence. He waters his yard on alternate days instead of every other day. Seven out of ten dentists agree that he cause cavities. And he doesn't believe in jeebus!

/

re: #139 DistantThunder

Logging on from the Apple Store in South Jersey on the new MacBook Pro. Luv it!

Are you homeless?

re: #128 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

BTW, as the father of a prom queen; SHUT YER PIE HOLES!

(*just occurred to me*)

PICTURES!

re: #135 eschew_obfuscation

"Anal Bum Cover for $500 please Alex"

I'll play your game you rogue. I'll take 'the rapists' for 800.

Mark Sanford (Gov. SC) is writing his "Manifesto"

I think.

re: #117 Mad Al-Jaffee

I really can't watch any Sean Connery movies without thinking about those SNL Celebrity Jepoardy sketches.

"I'll take Famous Titties for a thousand."

"I'll take The Rapists for $200, Alex."

re: #139 DistantThunder

Logging on from the Apple Store in South Jersey on the new MacBook Pro. Luv it!

Your next purchase?

re: #128 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

There's pie?

re: #147 doppelganglander

"I'll take The Rapists for $200, Alex."

Bill Clinton?

re: #147 doppelganglander

Alex Trebek: Mr. Reynolds has apparently changed his name to Turd Ferguson.

Burt Reynolds: Yeah, that's right. Turd Ferguson. It's a funny name.

re: #124 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I keep thinking CJ should open back up the thread and give some newbies a chance to punch AF in the head too. He's just not that into AnneFrance, I guess.

She sounds like an ...umm... acquired taste?

re: #141 OldLineTexan

He pulls the wings off flies.

Hey, it's my patriotic duty! They dared to bother The One. So they get the full "Joe the Plumber" treatment.

re: #145 ArchangelMichael

I'll play your game you rogue. I'll take 'the rapists' for 800.

"Thats a lovely suit Alex. Very nice. Tell me, do they make them for men? BWHAHAHA!"

re: #137 Lincolntf

So, I went to see The Hangover this afternoon. Only a couple laugh out loud moments, but funny enough that it was well worth sitting through. Only an hour and a half (perfect for a comedy) and consistent throughout. Couple real funny lines.

turnspawn2 saw that movie and said it was the funniest movie he's ever seen. I'll have to see it. btw, he likes office too.

re: #149 OldLineTexan

There's pie?

GIVE ME YOUR PIE!

re: #43 Nevergiveup

Ever see those little NKs goose steeping in their capital?

And I figure that keeping in step is a prerequisite for staying alive to participate in the next parade.

re: #132 jcm

LCDR, Lieutenant Commander.

An O-4 C.O. would have a flat truck on his Gig's flagstaff.
/Naval trivia

re: #64 Pianobuff

Any LGF historians know the down-ding record for a single post?

I'm seeing a -41 go by and now I'm wondering what's the lowest of the lowest?

Annefrance for something like -600

re: #156 eschew_obfuscation

We were to understand there would be punch and pie.

re: #146 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Mark Sanford (Gov. SC) is writing his "Manifesto"

I think.

How very odd, especially the fact that he wasn't with his children on Father's Day. I hope he's okay.

Did the print just get bigger for everyone else - or did I just hit something?

I'm in decision mode, but Mr. DT's hard drive crashed last week, so he's moved ahead of me in the queue.

re: #161 doppelganglander

Read it. Wife is unconcerned. Said he's "writing something".

Think something big's coming.

re: #146 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

At least when Obama went for ice cream he came back.

re: #130 Occasional Reader

Sekrit MiG faktaries in Missouri!

TROOF!

re: #162 DistantThunder

Did the print just get bigger for everyone else - or did I just hit something?

I'm in decision mode, but Mr. DT's hard drive crashed last week, so he's moved ahead of me in the queue.

CTRL-scroll wheel?

re: #134 Nevergiveup

It took long enough!

Was back a thread.....

re: #164 Killgore Trout

At least when Obama went for ice cream he came back.

I wonder if one of these days he'll go out for cigarettes...

Iraqi Scientist Reports on German, Other Help for Iraq Chemical Weapons Program

The scandal that enabled the ousted dictatorship Saddam Husayn to procure means to produce chemical weapons is in fact a scandal that affects Germany first and foremost. As for the other countries -- such as the Italians, the Swedes, the French, the Dutch, the Americans, and others -- they can claim that they were duped by the defunct regime. However, until the whole truth comes out in the future, everyone should shoulder the responsibility and blame for the death of 5,000 victims in Halabjah, the thousands of victims of the Iranian army, and the thousands of victims in the steadfast Al-Ahwar region. All these were the victims of the arsenal of death that was built with German brains and Iraqi money. The Iraqi people have every right to prepare an indictment sheet against the German government and its companies for directly assisting the defunct dictatorial regime in mercilessly killing and annihilating Iraqis. And this government should compensate the victims of the German chemical weapons in Iraq.

re: #163 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Read it. Wife is unconcerned. Said he's "writing something".

Think something big's coming.

Well, either that or she's unconcerned because she had him murdered.

/It's a joke! I watch too many crime shows.

Seriously, he's probably going to run for president in 2012.

re: #161 doppelganglander

How very odd, especially the fact that he wasn't with his children on Father's Day. I hope he's okay.

Very odd. A very good friend of mine is closley related to the governor. I pray he is okay. Will call her now. Later guys.

re: #161 doppelganglander

How very odd, especially the fact that he wasn't with his children on Father's Day. I hope he's okay.

My son lives in Columbia, SC. He's not on line right now. Darn. I'll try later

re: #162 DistantThunder

Did the print just get bigger for everyone else - or did I just hit something?

I'm in decision mode, but Mr. DT's hard drive crashed last week, so he's moved ahead of me in the queue.

Must be on your end, I learned that scrolling with the cntrl key held down changes font size by accident.

re: #166 eschew_obfuscation

CTRL-scroll wheel?

ctrl + (bigger)
ctrl - (smaller)

re: #158 NelsFree

An O-4 C.O. would have a flat truck on his Gig's flagstaff.
/Naval trivia

Explain that one?

re: #168 Mad Al-Jaffee

I wonder if one of these days he'll go out for cigarettes...

My thought exactly!

re: #168 Mad Al-Jaffee

I wonder if one of these days he'll go out for cigarettes...

Something's telling me that you'll soon be walking out the door;
You'll probably say something stupid, like, "I gotta go down to the store
"And buy myself some cigarettes, and do you want a pack?"
And I won't see you anymore,
And that, my friend, is that....

The BoDeans.

re: #170 doppelganglander

I'm thinkin' you're correct.

I'd like to vote on the Romney/Bolton ticket.

re: #169 Kenneth

Iraqi Scientist Reports on German, Other Help for Iraq Chemical Weapons Program

But, but Space Jesus said IT WAS THE AMERICAN'S FAULT!

re: #94 doppelganglander

That's outstanding. It's a great time to be a homebuyer, especially a first time one.

Indeed, I told him he's buying the drinks for the next year. That's what lucky brothers are for :)

re: #177 Dianna

Something's telling me that you'll soon be walking out the door;
You'll probably say something stupid, like, "I gotta go down to the store
"And buy myself some cigarettes, and do you want a pack?"
And I won't see you anymore,
And that, my friend, is that....

The BoDeans.

Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don't know where it's flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

Bruce Springsteen, Hungry Heart

re: #169 Kenneth

Iraqi Scientist Reports on German, Other Help for Iraq Chemical Weapons Program

Can't teach an old dog new tricks.

re: #179 MacDuff

But, but Space Jesus said IT WAS THE AMERICAN'S FAULT!

You can't believe just any watery tart flinging enchanted cutlery out of a puddle!

/or something like that

re: #154 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"Thats a lovely suit Alex. Very nice. Tell me, do they make them for men? BWHAHAHA!"

Sean Connery: I believe you'd find that in the "R" section.
Alex Trebek: No, not in the "R's".
Sean Connery: Not in the "R's"? That's not what your mother said last night.

re: #177 Dianna

Something's telling me that you'll soon be walking out the door;
You'll probably say something stupid, like, "I gotta go down to the store
"And buy myself some cigarettes, and do you want a pack?"
And I won't see you anymore,
And that, my friend, is that....

The BoDeans.

re: #181 OldLineTexan

Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don't know where it's flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

Bruce Springsteen, Hungry Heart

Get the fuck outta here you stinking drunk!

-Next door neighbor to husband.

re: #179 MacDuff

But, but Space Jesus said IT WAS THE AMERICAN'S FAULT!

Moonbat Jeebus.

Hello Lizards.

re: #185 Creeping Eruption

Sometimes you gotta use tough love, and sometimes you need a baseball bat.

re: #179 MacDuff

The problem is several US companies did sell chemicals or chemical manufacturing equipment to Saddam some of which were used to make chemical weapons. But the US was a minority supplier. Germany, along with several European subsidiaries supplied much of it. The Russians & east Germans provided the military training.

Transformers: Unsolved Mysteries - The Saint Helens Saucer

re: #164 Killgore Trout

At least when Obama went for ice cream he came back.

Yes, lucky us.

re: #183 OldLineTexan

You can't believe just any watery tart flinging enchanted cutlery out of a puddle!

/or something like that

Shoulda put a sarc tag on that one.....:)

re: #183 OldLineTexan

I just got here. Is that the first Monty Python reference? No thread is complete without one.

re: #187 OldLineTexan

Sometimes you gotta use tough love, and sometimes you need a baseball bat.

Actually, some of my neighbors told me after I bought my house that the previous owners had a little rocky patch in their marriage and one day the husband came home to find all of his stuff strewn across the front lawn. Apparently he had been screwing the secretary or something. Long memories in my neighborhood.

re: #192 BatGuano

I just got here. Is that the first Monty Python reference? No thread is complete without one.

Even a mangled monstrosity?

Hitch has a piece in Slate..... Persian Paranoia - Iranian leaders will always believe Anglo-Saxons are plotting against them.

Among other things, he discusses why England has gotten the worst of the worst criticism from Khameini.

He also offers these three observations:

1. There is nothing at all that any Western country can do to avoid the charge of intervening in Iran's foreign affairs. The deep belief that everything—especially anything in English—is already and by definition an intervention is part of the very identity and ideology of the theocracy.
2. It is a mistake to assume that the ayatollahs, cynical and corrupt as they may be, are acting rationally. They are frequently in the grip of archaic beliefs and fears that would make a stupefied medieval European peasant seem mentally sturdy and resourceful by comparison.
3. The tendency of outside media to check the temperature of the clerics, rather than consult the writers and poets of the country, shows our own cultural backwardness in regrettably sharp relief. Anyone who had been reading Pezeshkzad and Nafisi, or talking to their students and readers in Tabriz and Esfahan and Mashad, would have been able to avoid the awful embarrassment by which everything that has occurred on the streets of Iran during recent days has come as one surprise after another to most of our uncultured "experts."

He also offers some advice for POTUS:

That last observation also applies to the Obama administration. Want to take a noninterventionist position? All right, then, take a noninterventionist position. This would mean not referring to Khamenei in fawning tones as the supreme leader and not calling Iran itself by the tyrannical title of "the Islamic republic." But be aware that nothing will stop the theocrats from slandering you for interfering anyway. Also try to bear in mind that one day you will have to face the young Iranian democrats who risked their all in the battle and explain to them just what you were doing when they were being beaten and gassed. (Hint: Don't make your sole reference to Iranian dictatorship an allusion to a British-organized coup in 1953; the mullahs think that it proves their main point, and this generation has more immediate enemies to confront.)

re: #2 Shinyhead

Doing good, watching some of the twitter stuff.
Amazing how much info is flying around. The MSM seems to be having a hard time dealing with it.

I would actually like to give some props to the MSM, oddly enough. They started slow, and most of them are torn between covering for the President they elected and the honest coverage of facts on the ground, BUT. The resources and frankly speaking clout that the big media organizations are indispensable in something like the situation in Iran. I'm using the weasel-word "situation" because this fact about the media is true from the point of view of either side, and they are at least lining up pretty well on the proper side.
What's more, the people who are still there, and more to the point, those who are traveling into Iran at this stage, are to be commended for their courage and dedication.
The efforts of e-news sourced from all over and of big media usually run counter to each other, but in this case, they are complementary, which is right and good.
I find it difficult to fault those westerners in the media who have left. I agree with your point that the media is largely unable to cope with the tornado of information, but for the media, this is their version of war--there are no clear rules, and nobody is really in charge. Each organization must determine what their response to each cahnge in the situation will be, and in real-time. And with considerable risk to personnel, assets, and future opportunities for which they are responsible.
By and large, I would say that even with their structural inability to deal in an orderly fashion with the cascades of information, they are doing pretty well. I think that most of what is wrong with media coverage of developments in Iran is just a built-in part of the situation. This is, of course, a far brighter assessment than I would have issued a week ago.

re: #186 DEZes

Moonbat Jeebus.

Hello Lizards.

Hi Ya DEZes!

re: #184 ArchangelMichael

Sean Connery: I believe you'd find that in the "R" section.
Alex Trebek: No, not in the "R's".
Sean Connery: Not in the "R's"? That's not what your mother said last night.

My favorite was French Stewart.

Alex: Write down any number and you win.
French (think it was Jimmy Falon): Threve.

re: #194 OldLineTexan

You betcha! Doesn't have to be pretty. You were very close though.

re: #196 haakondahl

Good day, sir. I hope you are safe and well.

Path to freedom

Confirmed news from inside of Iran indicate that there will be widespread and nationwide strikes taking place in the country.

My own assessment is that the anti-regime activities may quiet down for a little while and it will shift to civil disobedience and non-violence mode. The anti-mullahocracy forces will not disappear but they're probably back to their drawing board planning for the path to freedom. Millions of people who came out to the streets of Iran's major cities in the past 8 days were not there to contest a sham election. They came out to reject the entire establishment and they paid a heavy price for their desire.

The Iranian regime dug its grave this past Friday and Saturday and they can't change their fate. They're doomed and the people of Iran will be free soon. Let's give the people of Iran the support and gratitude they deserve.

re: #193 Creeping Eruption

Actually, some of my neighbors told me after I bought my house that the previous owners had a little rocky patch in their marriage and one day the husband came home to find all of his stuff strewn across the front lawn. Apparently he had been screwing the secretary or something. Long memories in my neighborhood.

When I was seven or eight, I saw Mrs. Case next door dancing and singing around Mr. Case's beloved Cadillac with a hammer, smashing all the lights. For about two seconds. Then Mom yanked my arm out of its socket and closed the door.

;)

re: #184 ArchangelMichael

Sean Connery: I believe you'd find that in the "R" section.
Alex Trebek: No, not in the "R's".
Sean Connery: Not in the "R's"? That's not what your mother said last night.

Alex Trebek: What? No. No, no, that is The Pen is Mightier.

Sean Connery: Gussy it up however you want, Trebek. What matters is does it work?

re: #197 MacDuff

Hi Ya DEZes!

Hiya, any meltdowns today?

re: #178 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm thinkin' you're correct.

I'd like to vote on the Romney/Bolton ticket.

Romney for sure. I voted for him in the primary. I don't see Bolton entering electoral politics, but he'd make a kick-ass Secretary of State. I like Sanford and admire his stance on not accepting stimulus funds, but apparently he's beholden to the creationist/fundamentalist voters in his state. Now, if his manifesto (if there is one) declares his independence from the religious right as a voting bloc, I'd be very interested.

re: #204 DEZes

Hiya, any meltdowns today?

Yep. Short one.

re: #206 OldLineTexan

Yep. Short one.

Did you see the flounce yesterday?

Yeah. Bolton is great though.

re: #207 DEZes

I hate missing a good flounce.

re: #198 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My favorite was French Stewart.

Alex: Write down any number and you win.
French (think it was Jimmy Falon): Threve.

Colors that end in "urple"
"Light Urple"

Months that begin with "Feb"
"Febtober"
"Febtruary"

re: #196 haakondahl

I would actually like to give some props to the MSM, oddly enough.

You are deviating from the standard view.

Seize him!

re: #204 DEZes

Hiya, any meltdowns today?

yeah somebody decided to take a crap in the host's living room.

re: #207 DEZes

Did you see the flounce yesterday?

Who?

re: #209 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I hate missing a good flounce.

Ditto. ;)

re: #207 DEZes

Did you see the flounce yesterday?

No, I was busy being punished for my failure to believe 100% in the "A" of "AGW", which I suppose may be better represented as "ACC".

Plus, I was off teh innernets for most of the day! Yay me!

/

re: #196 haakondahl

Your probably correct, as I am finding it difficult too.
Some of the oddball things is you can see that there are a lot of odd things mixed in.
Far too many exactly repeated messages, odd redirects and such.
It's sobering to realize that those twitter feeds could be, and probably are people on both sides of the conflict.

re: #202 OldLineTexan

When I was seven or eight, I saw Mrs. Case next door dancing and singing around Mr. Case's beloved Cadillac with a hammer, smashing all the lights. For about two seconds. Then Mom yanked my arm out of its socket and closed the door.

;)

Camp Lejeune NC, working with the MPs. Police reports came in this order over a week.

Domestic Disturbance: Dependent Wife and Single Marine, her throwing him out of the house.
Domestic Disturbance: Dependent Wife and Husband, Husband came back from overseas early.
Assault and Battery: Husband found Single Marine.

re: #204 DEZes

Hiya, any meltdowns today?

Oh yeah, AW's outahere and Space Jesus is working toward -1K. Stinky's been doing some weeding today.

re: #208 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yeah. Bolton is great though.

I think Bolton's personality is too strong for him to be relegated to VP. I agree Secretary of State..awesome.

Later.

re: #220 Occasional Reader

Later.

Meanie.

/

re: #219 Bobblehead

I think Bolton's personality is too strong for him to be relegated to VP. I agree Secretary of State..awesome.

Minor point, but we have to retake the White House first.

re: #207 DEZes

Did you see the flounce yesterday?

A flounce? Dang, missed it.

re: #220 Occasional Reader

Later.

/ Nursing the "wounds" from space jeebus?

re: #213 Creeping Eruption

Who?

The name eludes me, wasnt a regular poster.
He called Charles out....and ate a stick.

re: #199 BatGuano

DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power
just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

re: #222 Nevergiveup

Minor point, but we have to retake the White House first.

We can dream can't we?

re: #227 Bobblehead

We can dream can't we?

Sure but when I dream it's about...well..it ain't about J. Bolton! Not that's there is anything wrong with that?

re: #226 BatGuano

DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power
just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

Bloody Peasant!

re: #226 BatGuano

DENNIS: Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power
derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical
aquatic ceremony.

re: #226 BatGuano

DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power
just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

re: #226 BatGuano

DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power
just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a
mandate from the masses, not from some farcicial aquatic ceremony!

re: #229 ArchangelMichael

Bloody Peasant!

DENNIS: Oh, what a give away. Did you here that, did you here that,
eh? That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing me,
you saw it didn't you?

re: #228 Nevergiveup

Sure but when I dream it's about...well..it ain't about J. Bolton! Not that's there is anything wrong with that?

You got me. LOL

re: #231 DEZes

[Video]

Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bink lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

Oh goodie, a new US battle rule in Afghanistan, no fighting near Afghan homes. Does anyone wonder where the Islamic extremist will be planning all attacks, especially on US forces? Article by Associated Press Writer Jason Straziuso
This will increase the deaths of US forces and by the way, what ever happen to those death counts of US forces you would hear daily on the news some months ago?

re: #236 tveitskog

Oh goodie, a new US battle rule in Afghanistan, no fighting near Afghan homes. Does anyone wonder where the Islamic extremist will be planning all attacks, especially on US forces? Article by Associated Press Writer Jason Straziuso
This will increase the deaths of US forces and by the way, what ever happen to those death counts of US forces you would hear daily on the news some months ago?

link?

re: #236 tveitskog

Oh goodie, a new US battle rule in Afghanistan, no fighting near Afghan homes. Does anyone wonder where the Islamic extremist will be planning all attacks, especially on US forces? Article by Associated Press Writer Jason Straziuso
This will increase the deaths of US forces and by the way, what ever happen to those death counts of US forces you would hear daily on the news some months ago?

Do caves count as homes?

re: #236 tveitskog

Oh goodie, a new US battle rule in Afghanistan, no fighting near Afghan homes. Does anyone wonder where the Islamic extremist will be planning all attacks, especially on US forces? Article by Associated Press Writer Jason Straziuso
This will increase the deaths of US forces and by the way, what ever happen to those death counts of US forces you would hear daily on the news some months ago?

You wage a fight where you find it, not because the fucking guidelines say where you can or can't.

Fucking bureaucrats calling shots on the ground. Cocksuckers every one of them.

From HuffPo: Protesters help a wounded cop....

We've seen a lot of this over the past week. I'm not sure if their restraint and good will is going to serve them well.

re: #122 ArchangelMichael

My question for people who say this is, if we armed Saddam, why was:

The Iraqi Air Force made up entirely of Soviet and French aircraft
The Iraqi army used all Soviet tanks and Soviet AK-47s.
All Iraqi ballistic and cruise missiles were Soviet, Chinese, or French.

Where are these "American weapons"?

you guys are insane. im talking about the iran-iraq war

re: #239 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

You wage a fight where you find it, not because the fucking guidelines say where you can or can't.

Fucking bureaucrats calling shots on the ground. Cocksuckers every one of them.

tell us how you really feel...

re: #231 DEZes

I remember seeing that movie when it was released. Funny thing, the theater was packed but very few people got the humor. Of course my husband and I and our friends were laughing so hard we were nearly chocking.

re: #237 Nevergiveup

Newbie, may not know how to link yet.

re: #236 tveitskog

(*shouting*) Where did you see this, oh fair new Lizard?

Britain evacuating families of staff in Iran

re: #242 JustABill

tell us how you really feel...

I dont want to get banned.

re: #243 Bobblehead

I remember seeing that movie when it was released. Funny thing, the theater was packed but very few people got the humor. Of course my husband and I and our friends were laughing so hard we were nearly chocking.

The whole 'Knights who say nee" is much funnier when you realize that "shrubbery" is British slang for prostitute.

re: #245 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Britain evacuating families of staff in Iran

Surprised they didn't do it earlier.

re: #237 Nevergiveup

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

re: #236 tveitskog

Oh goodie, a new US battle rule in Afghanistan, no fighting near Afghan homes. Does anyone wonder where the Islamic extremist will be planning all attacks, especially on US forces? Article by Associated Press Writer Jason Straziuso
This will increase the deaths of US forces and by the way, what ever happen to those death counts of US forces you would hear daily on the news some months ago?

Alas, no bleed no lead. But Obama swatted a fly! Hooray for O!
/

re: #244 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Newbie, may not know how to link yet.

re: #236 tveitskog

(*shouting*) Where did you see this, oh fair new Lizard?

Well ok maybe, but still I only say "oh fair new lizard" to a broad, and I ain't sure what he/she is? But that's just me.

re: #243 Bobblehead

I remember seeing that movie when it was released. Funny thing, the theater was packed but very few people got the humor. Of course my husband and I and our friends were laughing so hard we were nearly chocking.

Many American's seem to be put off by English humor.

re: #245 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)