Comment early and often. It's the Chicago Way!

It's a dog eat dog world out there.

Gravity always works, especially at the most inconvenient times.

The early bird catches the worm, which is why one should sleep in.

re: #4 Sharmuta

The early bird catches the worm, which is why one should sleep in.

The early bird may get the worm, but the SECOND mouse gets the cheese

Somebody told me how frightening it was how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.

-- Jack Handey

Jeff agrees with you.

Human judges can show mercy.

Not where there are "three strikes" laws.

But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

Obviously Arthur never watched the SciFi (SyFy) channel!

re: #7 Dark_Falcon

Jeff agrees with you.

My cat leaves one of those on my doorstep nearly every morning... but she leaves me the head end....I think it's some sort of tribute....or kitty style rent payment....I don't know

Also, when putting the child to bed, it's important to turn the night light on BEFORE you turn the tv off (wooden chairs are not kind to shins)

re: #8 freetoken

Obviously Arthur never watched the SciFi (SyFy) channel!

I find this name change from SciFi to SyFy... disturbing.

COLUMBIA TENURES AN ISRAEL-BASHER: [Link: www.nypost.com...] Knock me over with a feather

re: #5 srb1976

The early bird may get the worm, but the SECOND mouse gets the cheese

Jeff agrees with you.

Correction made. PIMF

re: #11 ArchangelMichael

I find this name change from SciFi to SyFy... disturbing.

It shows they are catering to a new demographics, the moron demographic.

re: #7 Dark_Falcon

Jeff agrees with you.

i just zapped a rat.....

and got a soul chicken earlier today.

%-)

re: #14 FurryOldGuyJeans

It shows they are catering to a new demographics, the moron demographic.

They have been flirting with that demographic for years, I guess it's just official now.

re: #15 redc1c4

i just zapped a rat.....

and got a soul chicken earlier today.

%-)

What's a soul chicken?

re: #16 ArchangelMichael

I love The Moron Demographic. I have all their albums...

re: #16 ArchangelMichael

They have been flirting with that demographic for years, I guess it's just official now.

I remember when there were "mini sci-fi movies" substituting for actual sold ads on SciFi. Now I see more ads than actual content.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

That's just a theory!

China opposed to tariff plan in US climate bill

There's a shock. Unless everyone agrees to do this together, there's no point in imposing this on our economy. We'd be paying for China and India to pollute as much as they want. Hopefully the Senate will kill this.

re: #15 redc1c4

i just zapped a rat.....

and got a soul chicken earlier today.

%-)

Quoth the soul chicken?

Man gets 15th DUI; license suspended 78 times
Jul. 1, 2009 07:15 AM
Associated Press

MORRISTOWN, N.J. - A New Jersey man whose driver's license has been suspended 78 times has pleaded guilty to his 15th drunken-driving offense.

Shaun Campbell of East Rutherford told a judge Tuesday that he had been drinking "quite a bit" of beer when he crashed his SUV head-on into a pickup in April. The truck's occupants, a man and his 4-year-old daughter, were not seriously hurt.

re: #21 Sharmuta

China opposed to tariff plan in US climate bill

There's a shock. Unless everyone agrees to do this together, there's no point in imposing this on our economy. We'd be paying for China and India to pollute as much as they want. Hopefully the Senate will kill this.

The Cap and Trade bill has nothing to do with making an impact on the planet's climate, it is all about impacting negatively the US economy.

re: #24 Iron Fist

I think that is what happened to Battlestar Galactica. The original movie length episode was a masterpiece, and the first two seasons were absolutely killer. Then something changed. I don't know if somebody leaned on them (or who that someone might be), but I quit watching during the third season. I've not seen the closing episodes, but I've gathered I've missed little. It is sad, really.

The same happened to SG-1. Once SciFi got control it went stupid.

re: #11 ArchangelMichael

I find this name change from SciFi to SyFy... disturbing.

I prefer Psi-Fry.

re: #17 Dark_Falcon

What's a soul chicken?

crow.....

re: #21 Sharmuta

Yea, REP Boehner, as unimpressive as he is, had a great speech about this the other day...

Syrah- I was considering reading Conflict a second time.

Need to make more coffee or something (night shift starts tonight)

re: #28 redc1c4

crow.....

Got it and loves it.

re: #19 FurryOldGuyJeans

I remember when there were "mini sci-fi movies" substituting for actual sold ads on SciFi. Now I see more ads than actual content.

And now their original sci-fi movies tend to be only slightly better than Plan 9 from Outer Space.

The King of Pop is to be a butter statue
Jul. 1, 2009 10:26 AM
Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa - It's the King of Pop - in butter.

Iowa State Fair organizers announced Tuesday that they will have a statue of Michael Jackson made of butter. The sculpture will be on display along with the annual butter cow, a popular attraction at the event.

re: #14 FurryOldGuyJeans

It shows they are catering to a new demographics, the moron demographic.

Some scientists have proposed that we humans are losing intelligence (post industrial revolution wealth) of about 1 point of IQ per generation.*

"SyFy" may be evidence that loss is accelerating.

/ * I kid you not.

re: #28 redc1c4

I've got a flock of over 50 across the street in the park. I'd pay a bounty per head......Just saying!

BTW Verizon DSL is a minute more to load than TimeWarner cable. I'll be a lot quieter this summer. Unless I sneak home ;)

re: #8 freetoken

It'll always be Skiffy to me.

re: #34 ArchangelMichael

And now their original sci-fi movies tend to be only slightly better than Plan 9 from Outer Space.

I've seen a few of the SciFi Original movies, I'll take Plan 9 any time.

re: #36 freetoken

Some scientists have proposed that we humans are losing intelligence (post industrial revolution wealth) of about 1 point of IQ per generation.*

"SyFy" may be evidence that loss is accelerating.

/ * I kid you not.

It's television's fault. It really is an idiot box.

I never knew there was a FOX News Lies website

re: #34 ArchangelMichael

And now their original sci-fi movies tend to be only slightly better than Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Quite concur. And with that, I'm off to bed. Goodnight, all.

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

night DF.

TV makes people stupid. Need proof?

re: #44 Sharmuta

TV makes people stupid. Need proof?

404, big time.

re: #32 srb1976

Need to make more coffee or something (night shift starts tonight)

Mine started Mon. night....are you a stationary engineer?

Regarding the post on Joe the Plumber:

LGF's a whole different site now.

Not that I sympathize with what Joe said here, but months ago everyone was just bowing down to him for standing up for Israel in operation Cast Lead. And justly so.

Seriously, I understand we wanna show we're not tagging along with the republican party for their sharp turn to the right -- and yeah, I've always admired charles for the work he's put to expose the rise of fascists in Europe and their sympathizers (which took me a while to see the latter are essentially as bad as Palestinian sympathizers), and creationism. But this very post is honestly confusing me. Bush said the same thing and the support for him here wasn't low.

See, why not post Wafa Sultan's latest article about Obama's speech in Cairo towards the "Muslim World"? It's nice that we're disassociating from folks that talk to god, but really, is Joe the Plumber's saying so bad it's worth posting over way scarier shit?

Really, what's going on here?

re: #24 Iron Fist

I think that is what happened to Battlestar Galactica. The original movie length episode was a masterpiece, and the first two seasons were absolutely killer. Then something changed. I don't know if somebody leaned on them (or who that someone might be), but I quit watching during the third season. I've not seen the closing episodes, but I've gathered I've missed little. It is sad, really.

I actually didn't mind BSG until the last few episodes. That is when it started to lose me. The ending was a train-wreck. I kept tuning in hoping against hope that a good ending would materialize. I was not as irate as I was about the ending of The Sopranos, The Matrix Trilogy, or the Harry Potter books, but I was still quite disappointed.

I think if you are planning on writing a series, have the ending in mind right from the start. If you make shit up as you go, its a recipe for disaster. When you make shit up for 4-5 years, it's next to impossible to straighten it all out at the end.

re: #48 ArchangelMichael

smallville, heroes, lost (season 3)...

re: #46 BignJames

Mine started Mon. night....are you a stationary engineer?

Nope, I work in a steel mill...rotating shifts...nights one week days the next

re: #48 ArchangelMichael

I think if you are planning on writing a series, have the ending in mind right from the start. If you make shit up as you go, its a recipe for disaster. When you make shit up for 4-5 years, it's next to impossible to straighten it all out at the end.

The reason I enjoyed Babylon 5 and despise most of what is foisted off as entertainment on the tube.

re: #49 mrshankly01

i will say lost came roaring back after they set their mind to it and cut down the crap shows every season...

re: #47 Age Of Freedom

Really, what's going on here?

Part of the master plan... to take over the world.

/At least, that is what they told me when I signed up.

re: #52 mrshankly01

i will say lost came roaring back after they set their mind to it and cut down the crap shows every season...

I never got into Lost back when it started, and it seems far too complex to jump into the middle of, so I'm waiting until it is completed and then I'll borrow the DVDs from someone. That's assuming the ending isn't a train-wreck on that one too.

re: #39 FurryOldGuyJeans

I've seen a few of the SciFi Original movies, I'll take Plan 9 any time.

And I've got both the original B&W and colorized versions!

Ah, summer. When all the fans are turning. Sounds like a wind tunnel and I think I have enough air pressure to lift a 747-400F.

re: #55 Macker

And I've got both the original B&W and colorized versions!

You frakkin' HERETIC! Colorized? FIE! ;)

re: #48 ArchangelMichael

I'd say Skiffy's beancounters got involved with BSG....

re: #54 ArchangelMichael

i won't spoil it for ya.

that is what I do with 24, except at the end of the season, not the series.

re: #57 FurryOldGuyJeans

You frakkin' HERETIC! Colorized? FIE! ;)

Couldn't avoid the latter. They are on the same disc!

re: #26 FurryOldGuyJeans

The same happened to SG-1. Once SciFi got control it went stupid.

There's at least one night a week when History Channel runs run Monster Quest opposite SciFi's Ghost Hunters - repeatedly, Might as well watch MTV, Lifetime, MSNBC, etc., or just drink leaded marine paint. Keeps me on AMC & TCM, or off the tube entirely.

re: #59 mrshankly01

What I'd like to know is what the hell happened to the nuked city in California....

re: #62 Macker

hahaha, yea, i was very surprised they pulled the trigger on that one.

re: #50 srb1976

Nope, I work in a steel mill...rotating shifts...nights one week days the next

Yeah, I work a rotation too.....someone was on the night shift a month or so ago....a se...like me...but I can't remember who....(imagine that)

re: #62 Macker

it made season 7 interesting, because I thought they were going to kill so many more innocent people

re: #47 Age Of Freedom

Seriously... one thing that may help some here avoid SFS* is to understand that this blog is owned/run by a musician.

Musicians are noted for their lateral thinking:

"Lateral Thinking is for changing concepts and perceptions instead of trying harder with the same concepts and perceptions". [emph added]

Like surfers... ride the wave...

/* SFS = Sudden Flounce Syndrome

re: #31 Iron Fist

I'm going to go to bed now, or at least try to. If I don't fall asleep, I'll be back for fruitcup.

Play nice :-)

where's the fun in that?

re: #61 Clemente

There's at least one night a week when History Channel runs run Monster Quest opposite SciFi's Ghost Hunters - repeatedly, Might as well watch MTV, Lifetime, MSNBC, etc., or just drink leaded marine paint. Keeps me on AMC & TCM, or off the tube entirely.

The latest trend for History Channel to jump on the End Times Doom & Gloom bandwagon just makes me shove a DVD into the new player.

I watch so many DVDs lately.

re: #58 Macker

I'd say Skiffy's beancounters got involved with BSG....

That still shouldnt have resulted in a pull-it-out-of-your-ass deus ex machina ending. You don't need billions of dollars to write a decent ending, but when you left a thousand unresolved threads and you have 4 hours to tie them all up, you get deus ex machina (or a sudden black screen in the Sopranos case).

re: #64 BignJames

Yeah, I work a rotation too.....someone was on the night shift a month or so ago....a se...like me...but I can't remember who....(imagine that)

It may have been me (I also don't remember much sometimes) but our schedule shifts by one day every week....pretty cool actually, works out good for me at least until the kids get into school

Morning/Afternoon/Evening Lizards.

I leave for the airport in 90 minutes. I arrive in Orlando at 14h30 on Friday. Looking forward to being on US soil again. Will miss the smell of Africa tho.
A great song by Johnny Clegg that will be playing on my iPod when I am flying.
Johnny Clegg & Juluka - Scatterlings Of Africa

re: #62 Macker

What I'd like to know is what the hell happened to the nuked city in California....

Anyone who was at Six Flags Magic Mountain that day and wasn't wearing Sunblock 5000 had a really bad day.

re: #68 FurryOldGuyJeans

The latest trend for History Channel to jump on the End Times Doom & Gloom bandwagon just makes me shove a DVD into the new player.

I watch so many DVDs lately.

There's an asteroid out there w/your name on it.

re: #37 Floral Giraffe

I've got a flock of over 50 across the street in the park. I'd pay a bounty per head......Just saying!

BTW Verizon DSL is a minute more to load than TimeWarner cable. I'll be a lot quieter this summer. Unless I sneak home ;)

it's unusual for me to get one.... they usually regard my AO, for good reason, to be a no fly zone, but in the last week or two, they've been brave/dumb.

it may be a new flock, without the institutional memory of the danger in the area..... doesn;t really mater: West Nile will thin them out rather quickly.

re: #73 BignJames

There's an asteroid out there w/your name on it.

Good.

re: #68 FurryOldGuyJeans

The latest trend for History Channel to jump on the End Times Doom & Gloom bandwagon just makes me shove a DVD into the new player.

I watch so many DVDs lately.

Ghosts, goblins, para-psychology and astrology?

re: #75 FurryOldGuyJeans

Good.

No not until I either move to the mountains or I learn to fly and purchase a helicopter. A mile high tsunami isn't that easy to get away from otherwise.

re: #71 Erik The Red

You and your family have a safe trip, Erik. Welcome back!

re: #73 BignJames

how about the show that describes what will happen to world cities when all the humans disappear. they don't say how they will dissapear, just how the world will crumble.
every episode is like this: grass grows a lot, water back ups, dogs have lots of sex, and buildings fall down. over and over.

re: #50 srb1976

Nope, I work in a steel mill...rotating shifts...nights one week days the next

there's still a steel mill somewhere in America?

/who knew?

re: #77 ArchangelMichael

No not until I either move to the mountains or I learn to fly and purchase a helicopter. A mile high tsunami isn't that easy to get away from otherwise.

Like I'm gonna care when I'm flattened by that chunk of space rock? PFFFFFFFFFFT!

re: #77 ArchangelMichael

No not until I either move to the mountains or I learn to fly and purchase a helicopter. A mile high tsunami isn't that easy to get away from otherwise.

Too late! Today is 7/2/09 Day!

7+2=9!

/We're all going to die!

//

re: #80 redc1c4

there was, until cap and trade.

re: #82 Gus 802

Too late! Today is 7/2/09 Day!

7+2=9!

/We're all going to die!

//

OH NOEZ!

Wait, if that's so, who's going to be around to "all die" on 12/21/2012?

re: #82 Gus 802

Too late! Today is 7/2/09 Day!

7+2=9!

/We're all going to die!

//

You forgot to finish that progression:

9 + 9 = 18

1 + 8 = 9!

Ooooh, spooky! ;)

re: #68 FurryOldGuyJeans

The latest trend for History Channel to jump on the End Times Doom & Gloom bandwagon just makes me shove a DVD into the new player.

I watch so many DVDs lately.

now that our TV doesn't w*rk, except for cable, we just leave it off more....

/fine by me. %-)

re: #85 FurryOldGuyJeans

You forgot to finish that progression:

9 + 9 = 18

1 + 8 = 9!

Ooooh, spooky! ;)

Uh oh! And 9 X 9 = 18 backwards or 81!

//Run for the hills!

re: #47 Age Of Freedom

I dunno what it is you think you read here on LGF, in Charles' post or in the comments. I'd summarize it as an appreciation for Joe's accute sense of hearing, poetically expressed. Which is roughly how I think the local reaction to Dubya's similar statements would be.

re: #80 redc1c4

there's still a steel mill somewhere in America?

/who knew?

several actually (if dear leader and his congress don't run them all out of business) = )

re: #85 FurryOldGuyJeans

You forgot to finish that progression:

9 + 9 = 18

1 + 8 = 9!

Ooooh, spooky! ;)

This little number was a real big hit . . .

re: #87 Gus 802

//Run for the hills!

re: #84 ArchangelMichael

OH NOEZ!

Wait, if that's so, who's going to be around to "all die" on 12/21/2012?

2012... that would be one month after the '12 election. Hmmm.

re: #79 mrshankly01

I guess we'll have to start engineering/building our infrastructure so that doesn't happen when we're all gone. How about another Govt. Mandate?

re: #86 redc1c4

now that our TV doesn't w*rk, except for cable, we just leave it off more....

/fine by me. %-)

I just watch old TV shows I get on DVD from either the two by-mail DVD services or my local library. Right now am on a Dark Shadow binge.

Today in History, July 2nd:
Click here for History Channel's July 2nd video.

Highlights of this day in history: Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19. Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. Robert Tools receives the first recipient of a self-contained artifical heart. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.

Other notable July 2nd events include:

1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.

1776 – The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.

1777 – Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.

1850 – The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.

1976 – North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

1979 – The first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar (popularly known as the "Carter Quarter"), is introduced.

2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

re: #87 Gus 802

Uh oh! And 9 X 9 = 18 backwards or 81!

//Run for the hills!

I'll just have to hobble my way to them hills using my walker.

And thanks to all you sci-fi channel folks...I now have Firefly running on the blu ray player (still love that show...and it wasn't on long enough to start to suck)

re: #93 BignJames

once they invent replicators, no one will have to do anything.

re: #93 BignJames

I guess we'll have to start engineering/building our infrastructure so that doesn't happen when we're all gone. How about another Govt. Mandate?

Get Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid on the phone!

We've got Czar posts to fill!

//

re: #98 mrshankly01

once they invent replicators, no one will have to do anything.

Energy is not free though, so the invention of replicators (either Star Trek style or dry nanotech universal assemblers) wont by itself create a post-scarce economy. Land also is not an unlimited resource.

re: #100 ArchangelMichael

true, supply of unimproved land is perfectly inelastic, so we can tax the crap out of it...woohoo...win win

re: #96 FurryOldGuyJeans

I'll just have to hobble my way to them hills using my walker.

I'd go out on my deck and watch. ;)

re: #71 Erik The Red

Morning/Afternoon/Evening Lizards.

I leave for the airport in 90 minutes. I arrive in Orlando at 14h30 on Friday. Looking forward to being on US soil again. Will miss the smell of Africa tho.
A great song by Johnny Clegg that will be playing on my iPod when I am flying.
Johnny Clegg & Juluka - Scatterlings Of Africa

happy trails and safe flying!

i used to hear that song on KNAC "rock n rhythm" 105.5FM Long Beach

KNAC

re: #99 Gus 802

Get Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid on the phone!

We've got Czar posts to fill!

//

Blood drained for his brain

I guess

re: #100 ArchangelMichael

and I always wondered who made the replicators...other replicators?

i understand the desire to eliminate scarcity...i would love to sit on my ass all day long and still be able to get what I want, but scarcity is pretty pervasive. everything that is useful is scarce.

re: #104 BignJames

from....pimf

re: #105 mrshankly01

and I always wondered who made the replicators...other replicators?

i understand the desire to eliminate scarcity...i would love to sit on my ass all day long and still be able to get what I want, but scarcity is pretty pervasive. everything that is useful is scarce.

Ever read Julian Simon?
;)

re: #104 BignJames

Blood drained for his brain

I guess

Yike. Notice the right up? Landmark... bill. More like another round of pork. And Waxmann. Sheesh. In congress since 1974. 35 forking years and ever since I was 13 years old.

Dracula lives!

//

re: #104 BignJames

I hope he is okay.

I wonder if the doctors he used were hopeandchangey or well paid and competent?

re: #106 BignJames

from....pimf

Thought that's what you meant.

re: #107 gmsc

googling now

re: #71 Erik The Red

Have a safe trip!

When does the Senate vote on this shit?

So, there is a new trailer for a movie that I was thinking about posting in the Spin-Offs... but I am unclear as to which category would be most appropriate: Entertainment, Culture, Related to Post, or Weird.

What do you think?

re: #88 itellu3times

Understood.
Still, I remember coming in everyday and seeing numerous posts/news that would continuously showcase how severely crazy Islamism and leftists are. Nowadays, the focus is really about being independent or whatever, which is cool, but with the cost of panning the spot light away from the barbaric evil that's continuously striving to destroy Israel, the US and the West in general.

Just sayin'.

re: #30 Sharmuta

Syrah- I was considering reading Conflict a second time.

Books of this type require multiple readings.

In the Straussian method, read it once, then again slowly and again then once more.

For most books, all of that would not be necessary. This book has so much information and implication that multiple readings are essential.

re: #114 freetoken

good lord...

re: #111 mrshankly01

googling now

Here is a video interview with him (6 videos in all), where you can learn a lot about his outlook on scarcity.

re: #104 BignJames

Blood drained for his brain

I guess

i'm wondering which hospital he's in...... i can think of a few i'd choose for him, but chances are he's not in one of them......

/mores the pity.

re: #113 TheMatrix31

When does the Senate vote on this shit?

As often and as many times as it will take to get it passed.

re: #114 freetoken

Weird.

re: #113 TheMatrix31

When does the Senate vote on this shit?

Can't find a date. Was just looking.

re: #120 Syrah

As often and as many times as it will take to get it passed.

Argh.

re: #117 mrshankly01

good lord...

Don't think that is a category option...

Oooo! A lady bug has joined me at the computer. I think I'll name her Dot.

Hmmm... maybe their ought to be a Spin-Off category "Good Lord" ?

re: #113 TheMatrix31

When does the Senate vote on this shit?

Not til after their latest break, I think they come back to "work" on the 8th

re: #125 Sharmuta

Oooo! A lady bug has joined me at the computer. I think I'll name her Dot.

Ladybugs eat aphids like Lizards eat trolls.

re: #125 Sharmuta

Oooo! A lady bug has joined me at the computer. I think I'll name her Dot.

...and if another one joins you at the computer, you can call her Matrix.
;)

re: #105 mrshankly01

and I always wondered who made the replicators...other replicators?

i understand the desire to eliminate scarcity...i would love to sit on my ass all day long and still be able to get what I want, but scarcity is pretty pervasive. everything that is useful is scarce.

Well, to get into ubergeek mode and analyze the economy of the United Federation of Planets for a second: They often made comments about "not using money" only be to seeing taking about credits and/or buying things with money in the next episode. My only way of reconciling this (without concluding that the UFP should have been called the USSRP) is that the economy is post-scarce and the "money" is basically credit for replicator time. Energy is free for all practical purposes because of ubiquitous fusion power and room-temp superconductors. Replicators and nanotech can manufacture everything. Land isn't technically scarce because in Star Trek, every damn star and its cousin has an "earth-like" planet or two around it and many of them are uninhabited. Since there is no need to work to survive, and no need to work to keep up with the Joneses, the only real jobs that would exist would be service related or scientific in nature: thus the idea that "everyone works to better themselves and humanity".

Despite Gene Roddenberry's idealism, I think the reality of this would be that we would become fat slobs plugged into VR all day long while robots running replicators would do everything for us. Society would become stagnant.

Logging off. Thanks for all the well wishes. My next post will be from US soil. :)

re: #127 srb1976

Not til after their latest break, I think they come back to "work" on the 8th

Can't wait. I was food shopping once again this afternoon. Everything is getting so expensive. Beef is still pretty cheap around here but this stuff is going to raise prices in the long run. I was whizzing by some cranberry juice drink and they're almost 4 dollars for a large container. This ain't cutting it already.

I put Dot outside where she belongs.

re: #114 freetoken

Until there is a "WTF! How and why are the Japanese stealing my nightmares" I would post it under the "Weird" or "Video" category.

re: #118 gmsc

thanks. looks great. i am in an MBA program right now. we have looked at Oil Scarcity and the fact that we have found more oil over the past 40 years than we have used. i don't think we covered Simon though.

re: #133 Sharmuta

I put Dot outside where she belongs.

Impressive feat when you're only 3 apples high.

re: #119 redc1c4

i'm wondering which hospital he's in...... i can think of a few i'd choose for him, but chances are he's not in one of them......

/mores the pity.

I wonder if they took him to ER? If Health Care Reform Destruction passes, look for a big drop in the # of ERs.

re: #120 Syrah

As often and as many times as it will take to get it passed.

You've sold me- I'm reading it a second time. We can have another round of spinoffs, and see what else we pick up from it. When are you going to get another copy?

re: #126 freetoken

Hmmm... maybe their ought to be a Spin-Off category "Good Lord" ?

or maybe "OMG WTF BBQ!" ?

Oops, just in case. When I said "can't wait" I meant that to be sarcastic.

re: #126 freetoken

:)

re: #136 gmsc

I love ladybugs. Always have.

re: #138 Sharmuta

You've sold me- I'm reading it a second time. We can have another round of spinoffs, and see what else we pick up from it. When are you going to get another copy?

The email from Amazon says tomorrow.

I ordered two copies. One that I can destroy with a yellow marker and the other to give to my brother.

re: #142 Sharmuta

I love ladybugs. Always have.

How do you prepare them?

re: #144 BignJames

How do you prepare them?

Twice cooked ladybugs with soy sauce, water chestnuts, and lo mein noodles. Deep flied or steamed!

//

re: #135 mrshankly01

thanks. looks great. i am in an MBA program right now. we have looked at Oil Scarcity and the fact that we have found more oil over the past 40 years than we have used. i don't think we covered Simon though.

The best part of Julian Simon's life story was when he made a bet concerning scarcity with Paul Erlich.

In October of 1980, they both agreed on a specified amount of commodities that, when combined at their prices at the time, cost $10,000. They both agreed to wait for 10 years, at which time they would check the combined prices of those same amounts of commodities.

If the commodities got scarcer, as Erlich believed they would, then the price would go up, and Simon would pay Erlich the difference between the final price and $10,000.

If the commodities got more plentiful, as Simon believed they would, then the price would go down, and Erlich would have to pay Simon the difference between $10,000 and the final price.

In October of 1990, Erlich mailed Simon a check for $576.07.

re: #142 Sharmuta

I love ladybugs. Always have.

Is that why you told her to fly away home?
;)

re: #145 Gus 802

Twice cooked ladybugs with soy sauce, water chestnuts, and lo mein noodles. Deep flied or steamed!

//

This reminds me, I was going to ask if the title of the LGF cookbook was To Serve Lizard.

re: #144 BignJames

How do you prepare them?

By gently telling them, "Ladybug- you need to get on this piece of paper so I can put you back outside where you can eat."

re: #128 Syrah

Ladybugs eat aphids like Lizards eat trolls.

They are good for that.

When I was little, I saved a ladybug from drowning in a pool. I couldn't shake it off for nothing, it clung to my tiny hand like it was it's only life-line to this world. I gave up, and just let it crawl on me until it got bored a flew away.

/silly story, but some weird memories just stick with you

re: #130 ArchangelMichael

thanks. great post. i really enjoy star trek, but the socialist angle always got to me. i have kept this link in my pocket for rereading whenever I have questions:

Volokh

I had always accepted the Replicators as one possible way of removing scarcity. I had never thought about nanotechnology, though. thanks.

re: #148 ArchangelMichael

This reminds me, I was going to ask if the title of the LGF cookbook was To Serve Lizard.

And not "To Serve Man." //

You ever have lizard? Was wondering. Had eel before as in unagi and wondered if it would have a similar taste.

re: #148 ArchangelMichael

This reminds me, I was going to ask if the title of the LGF cookbook was To Serve Lizard.

I've heard iguana tastes just like chicken.

re: #150 Slumbering Behemoth

They are good for that.

When I was little, I saved a ladybug from drowning in a pool. I couldn't shake it off for nothing, it clung to my tiny hand like it was it's only life-line to this world. I gave up, and just let it crawl on me until it got bored a flew away.

/silly story, but some weird memories just stick with you

We are made up of such little memories. With out them, we would be something less than human.

re: #149 Sharmuta

By gently telling them, "Ladybug- you need to get on this piece of paper so I can put you back outside where you can eat."

Ahh.....fattening her up, huh?

re: #155 BignJames

Ahh.....fattening her up, huh?

Lady bug having an aphid snack.

Best quote in the whole firefly series
"looks like we got here just in time, what does that make us"
"Big Damn Heroes, Sir"
"Ain't we just"

Too much fun

re: #150 Slumbering Behemoth

I knew it! You're just a big ol' softie.

re: #124 freetoken

The category game: Which one does this belong in?

/Do we have a "Buckethead" category yet?

re: #146 gmsc

i will definitely look into his life more. economists always fascinate me.: the only people I know who can take every side of an issue with a straight face

re: #156 Gus 802

Lady bug having an aphid snack.

Wow....proportionoly much larger than a Quarter Pounder.

re: #150 Slumbering Behemoth

They are good for that.

When I was little, I saved a ladybug from drowning in a pool. I couldn't shake it off for nothing, it clung to my tiny hand like it was it's only life-line to this world. I gave up, and just let it crawl on me until it got bored a flew away.

/silly story, but some weird memories just stick with you

There's an old trick were you can take a drowned fly and "bring it back to life" if you lay it on some salt.

re: #162 Gus 802

There's an old trick were where you can take a drowned fly and "bring it back to life" if you lay it on some salt.

RIMF

re: #135 mrshankly01

we have looked at Oil Scarcity and the fact that we have found more oil over the past 40 years than we have used.

Normally I'd quiz you on that... but since we were discussing SciFi SyFy I've decided to go watch Amanda Tapping's "Sanctuary" and see if I like it...

Ask yourself this though... why should you believe anybody's reports of how much oil they have "found"?

re: #162 Gus 802

There's an old trick were you can take a drowned fly and "bring it back to life" if you lay it on some salt.

Not a closet Peta member, are you?

re: #157 srb1976

Mel is pretty good in the new show Castle.

re: #166 mrshankly01

Haven't heard of it, what is it?

re: #160 mrshankly01

i will definitely look into his life more. economists always fascinate me.: the only people I know who can take every side of an issue with a straight face

Harry Truman, during his presidency, was once being briefed on the economy. After hearing the economist's analysis, Truman asked, "So, we can expect federal tax reciepts to rise in the coming year?" The economist replied, "It's certainly possible, but on the other hand . . ."

Harry Truman stopped him at that point, turned to one of his cabinet members, and said, "What this country needs is a good one-handed economist."

re: #165 BignJames

Not a closet Peta member, are you?

Nope. I've played around with bugs when I was a kid.

re: #164 freetoken

i don't have to, I just have to look at the price of oil and see that, counting inflation, it costs less for a gallon now than is did in the 1970s. it is arough estimate at the supply, but it works.

re: #155 BignJames

Ahh.....fattening her up, huh?

You're too clever- you got me.

re: #159 Slumbering Behemoth

Clearly LGF needs a "Cooking" label as well....

re: #170 mrshankly01

i don't have to, I just have to look at the price of oil and see that, counting inflation, it costs less for a gallon now than is did in the 1970s. it is arough a rough estimate at the supply, but it works.

PIMF

re: #158 Sharmuta

Not always. In my youth, I also did the whole "ants and magnifying glass" thing. And one time, on vacation, I found two ant hills composed of different species of ants close to each other. What I did with that, I am not proud to say.

re: #174 Slumbering Behemoth

Not always. In my youth, I also did the whole "ants and magnifying glass" thing. And one time, on vacation, I found two ant hills composed of different species of ants close to each other. What I did with that, I am not proud to say.

Yeah. Back in the day that was a way to pass the time. These days it's a "symptom."

[shrug]

re: #174 Slumbering Behemoth

I've heard one way to rid your yard of fire ants is to take a shovel full from one mound and place it onto another.

re: #153 BignJames

I've heard iguana tastes just like chicken.

that's the lie they tell you about all weird food.....

if you're smart, all that stuff tastes like Tabasco.

(assuming you're dumb enough to eat it at all..... %-)

re: #176 BignJames

I've heard one way to rid your yard of fire ants is to take a shovel full from one mound and place it onto another.

I didn't know that.....better half always douses them with gasoline and lights them on fire....seems to work...

re: #151 mrshankly01

thanks. great post. i really enjoy star trek, but the socialist angle always got to me. i have kept this link in my pocket for rereading whenever I have questions:

Volokh

I had always accepted the Replicators as one possible way of removing scarcity. I had never thought about nanotechnology, though. thanks.

All that being said, I'm sure the reason that Roddenberry made the UFP as it was, was that he was simply your average American lefty utopian idealist of the "socialism has never been done correctly yet" type. He wasn't a great political or economic thinker.

I know that socialism of the scale that would be required for the UFP with scarcity, would be a nightmare of epic proportions that would make the police states on Cardassia and Romulus look like classical liberal democratic paradises in comparison, so I refused to accept that it was socialism, regardless of whatever Roddenberry was trying to imply. Every time Kirk or Picard said "we don't use money" it was always in time-travel situations, where any "credits" they had would not work as money anyway. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

re: #178 srb1976

I didn't know that.....better half always douses them with gasoline and lights them on fire....seems to work...

I don't have any....yet.

re: #174 Slumbering Behemoth

Not always. In my youth, I also did the whole "ants and magnifying glass" thing. And one time, on vacation, I found two ant hills composed of different species of ants close to each other. What I did with that, I am not proud to say.

There is no appeal for the laws of nature. Or Young Sleepy B.

re: #152 Gus 802

And not "To Serve Man." //

You ever have lizard? Was wondering. Had eel before as in unagi and wondered if it would have a similar taste.

Nope. Not that I know of anyway. There's a lot of "exotic" things people insist taste "just like Chicken" so I'd rather just eat chicken, it's cheaper.

re: #179 ArchangelMichael

"I know that socialism of the scale that would be required for the UFP with scarcity, would be a nightmare of epic proportions that would make the police states on Cardassia and Romulus look like classical liberal democratic paradises in comparison..."

great line.

re: #176 BignJames

I've heard one way to rid your yard of fire ants is to take a shovel full from one mound and place it onto another.

boiling water, in large amounts does a good j*b too....

your way might leave survivors %-)

re: #182 ArchangelMichael

Nope. Not that I know of anyway. There's a lot of "exotic" things people insist taste "just like Chicken" so I'd rather just eat chicken, it's cheaper.

Chicken = barn yard pheasant

re: #180 BignJames

I don't have any....yet.

We live in Alabama....there's always fire ants, and since we have little kids, the fire ants have to go. The wasps Little Man got into last summer were bad enough (and appear to have sparked a real phobia). Don't need a fire ant incident too...

re: #176 BignJames

Another thing, they hate hot-sauce and chalk.

re: #182 ArchangelMichael

Nope. Not that I know of anyway. There's a lot of "exotic" things people insist taste "just like Chicken" so I'd rather just eat chicken, it's cheaper.

When I used to eat out a lot I would always get some chicken dish. Chicken this chicken that. Don't like to get chicken now since it doesn't keep for too long and plus I'm kind of burnt out on the chicken. I only really liked the breast meat anyway. Which reminds me I once had some chicken soup in a Vietnamese restaurant once which had the biggest chicken bone I ever saw. Still, tasted like chicken.

Ahoy, polloi!

Hope everyone is well this evening!

I was just about to post this in spinoffs, and I see fortuitiously that ants are being discussed here too!

Ant Mega-Colony Takes over World

re: #187 Slumbering Behemoth

Another thing, they hate hot-sauce and chalk.

I did not know that.

Channelling Johnny C.

re: #164 freetoken

as for back up on my statement:

In fact, the window of oil availability generally improved over the 20th century. At the end of 1944, "proved reserves" of crude oil were 51 billion barrels worldwide. By 2003, the number had grown to 1.27 trillion barrels of proved reserves. Given the annual rates of consumption in the two years, the world went from a proven supply of under 25 years' worth of oil in 1944 to a supply of about 44 years in 2003. (footnotes and ref at the link)

Robert P. Murphy

*Robert P. Murphy is a Senior Fellow in Business and Economic Studies at Pacific Research Institute. He is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism (Regnery, 2007).

re: #187 Slumbering Behemoth

Another thing, they hate hot-sauce and chalk.

They also hate tobacco water. Take a cigarette, place it in a gallon of water, let it steep, and pour it on their mound.

re: #186 srb1976

I learned that lesson early in life.....wasp nest + kid + stick = not good.

re: #189 iceweasel

IceDub!

re: #193 BignJames

I learned that lesson early in life.....wasp nest + kid + stick = not good.

Ours went more like wasp nest on the bottom of swing + kid in swing = lots of stings and a kid who is afraid of everything that buzzes

Ugh, I not only redesigned an entire section of my site today, I moved it as well!

Here's the front page of the old version of the site (soon to be little more than a large collection of redirect pages), and here's the front page of the new version of the site.

Besides just adding in the new design, I've done things like taking multi-page lessons and putting them into 1 page with tabs to separate the sections.

Not easy, but it will be rewarding when I finish the redesign!

re: #193 BignJames

I learned that lesson early in life.....wasp nest + kid + stick = not good.

Wasp nest + kid + garden hose + high pressure nozzle = fun!

re: #168 gmsc

they definitely can talk around an issue. they always impress me with their intelligence, though.

re: #189 iceweasel

Ahoy, polloi!

Hope everyone is well this evening!

I was just about to post this in spinoffs, and I see fortuitiously that ants are being discussed here too!

Ant Mega-Colony Takes over World

We need to find the Brain-Bug and take it out before they "take care" of us.

re: #194 Sharmuta

IceDub!

Sham-WOW! What's up? :)

re: #199 ArchangelMichael

We need to find the Brain-Bug and take it out before they "take care" of us.

Either that or call Dr. Harold Medford.

/Them!

re: #199 ArchangelMichael

We need to find the Brain-Bug and take it out before they "take care" of us.

It's kind of creepy.

re: #201 Gus 802

Either that or call Dr. Harold Medford.

/Them!

Ooh, I love that movie. LOVE.

re: #200 iceweasel

Sham-WOW! What's up? :)

dang, Sharm-wow, obv.

re: #203 iceweasel

Ooh, I love that movie. LOVE.

Love those old movie. Of course we know the ants were really the Ruskies.

;)

re: #200 iceweasel

Just hanging. How you been?

re: #205 Gus 802

Love those old movie. Of course we know the ants were really the Ruskies.

;)

Red ants?

re: #197 Gus 802

I'm with James. Not fun at all. I'm still terrified by wasps.

re: #205 Gus 802

Love those old movie. Of course we know the ants were really the Ruskies.

;)

Yep. I love how all those 50's sci-fi movies are really about Cold War paranoia and fear of nukes.

Like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Although neither the author of the novel nor the director intended it that way, it's got all these creepy overtones that suggest it's about the fear of Communists among us.
--------------------------

So, I've been unplugged for a while, so let me get caught up....Joe the Plumber is talking to God, Glenn Beck wants america to be nuked, Sanford is saying he doesn't regret 'spending time with his soulmate', in a desperate bid to-- I guess-- get his wife to divorce him, and ex-McCain staffers are STILL leaking super-unflattering stuff about Palin.

That about it?

re: #207 gmsc

Red ants?

The Red Ants are Coming!

Staring Alan Arkin.

//

re: #206 Sharmuta

Just hanging. How you been?

Offline! I have to email you--

re: #204 iceweasel

dang, Sharm-wow, obv.

Every time someone posts a comment about shamwow, I do a double take.

re: #209 iceweasel

I'd go with, Joe's not running for office, Beck's a nut, Sanford's a cheatin' bastard, and McCain staffers are still flinging poo....but that's just my take

re: #211 iceweasel

Offline! I have to email you--

Cool- I wish Sleepy B would read his email....

What did the pink panther say after he squished the ant?

re: #209 iceweasel

Yep. I love how all those 50's sci-fi movies are really about Cold War paranoia and fear of nukes.

Like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Although neither the author of the novel nor the director intended it that way, it's got all these creepy overtones that suggest it's about the fear of Communists among us.

It's the same situation as modern book-to-movie productions or remakes of older movies insisting on shoehorning in modern political issues regardless of how out of place they are.

re: #209 iceweasel

Yep. I love how all those 50's sci-fi movies are really about Cold War paranoia and fear of nukes.

Like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Although neither the author of the novel nor the director intended it that way, it's got all these creepy overtones that suggest it's about the fear of Communists among us.
--------------------------

So, I've been unplugged for a while, so let me get caught up....Joe the Plumber is talking to God, Glenn Beck wants america to be nuked, Sanford is saying he doesn't regret 'spending time with his soulmate', in a desperate bid to-- I guess-- get his wife to divorce him, and ex-McCain staffers are STILL leaking super-unflattering stuff about Palin.

That about it?

Yep, that's about it. Been laying kind of low myself. Tired and can't sleep but need to sleep.

Karl Malden died and watching a video with him right now.

re: #213 srb1976

I'd go with, Joe's not running for office, Beck's a nut, Sanford's a cheatin' bastard, and McCain staffers are still flinging poo....but that's just my take

In other words, SSDD. :)

re: #212 Sharmuta

Every time someone posts a comment about shamwow, I do a double take.

Better that than slap-chop.

"We are going to make America thin again, one slap at a time!"

re: #218 iceweasel

In other words, SSDD. :)

That's about it....how've you been...haven't see ya around in awhile...

re: #216 ArchangelMichael

It's the same situation as modern book-to-movie productions or remakes of older movies insisting on shoehorning in modern political issues regardless of how out of place they are.

I'm not sure...only because I think a lot of the political overtones in 50's horror/sci-fi are unconscious, not wedged in there on purpose.

That probably started changing in the 60's, i guess.

re: #216 ArchangelMichael

It's the same situation as modern book-to-movie productions or remakes of older movies insisting on shoehorning in modern political issues regardless of how out of place they are.

On the other hand, it did make Harry Potter and the Balance of Earth far more popular than Earth In The Balance.

re: #209 iceweasel

So, I've been unplugged for a while, so let me get caught up....Joe the Plumber is talking to God, Glenn Beck wants america to be nuked, Sanford is saying he doesn't regret 'spending time with his soulmate', in a desperate bid to-- I guess-- get his wife to divorce him, and ex-McCain staffers are STILL leaking super-unflattering stuff about Palin.

That about it?

And Americans think the dems are too liberal and republicans too conservative.

Gee- it's almost as if Americans are longing for some moderation. Kind of like what Charles has been saying and getting beat up for by some of the right-wing blogosphere. I'm sure this point will be lost on them, and they will continue to seethe we need to move right. Oh well. What can you do?

re: #167 srb1976

not sci-fi (or syfy ?) Mel (Nathan Fillion) is a writer who works with a detective "solving crimes." formulaic, but good acting.
Castle

re: #220 srb1976

That's about it....how've you been...haven't see ya around in awhile...

I'm good! Haven't seen you in ages! I think we've been on different LGF shifts.

I do have a semi-interesting story. I got some flowers today, and the card says:

Dearest [iceweasel],
Happy Fourth! I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Love, [joe].

Problem: I have an ex named Joe, and a friend named Joe. I have no idea who sent these, or why.

re: #209 iceweasel

Glenn Beck wants america to be nuked

And some LGF regular(s) really seemed to take offense to me calling Beck a kook because of this.

re: #223 Sharmuta

And Americans think the dems are too liberal and republicans too conservative.

Gee- it's almost as if Americans are longing for some moderation. Kind of like what Charles has been saying and getting beat up for by some of the right-wing blogosphere. I'm sure this point will be lost on them, and they will continue to seethe we need to move right. Oh well. What can you do?

I did see that in glancing at the front page here; I haven't looked at the Gallup poll yet but I had the exact same thoughts.
The big issue is that Americans are pretty sick of both political parties and yet there isn't a real alternative.

The past few weeks haven't been good for famous actors.

The latest one to pass away? Mladen George Sekulovich.

re: #225 iceweasel

Hmm...sounds like an interesting puzzle, but flowers are always nice = )

I would think a card addressed to "Dearest" might give something away if you've ever traded cards with either one.....maybe not though

re: #226 ArchangelMichael

And some LGF regular(s) really seemed to take offense to me calling Beck a kook because of this.

Seriously? WTH? should I go look downstairs for some flouncing?

Beck is such a nut I have a hard time understanding how anyone takes him seriously. I wouldn't expect people here to take him seriously. And saying that what we really need is a nuclear attack....how can anyone defend the guy?

re: #207 gmsc

Red ants?

i've got uncles too!

re: #191 mrshankly01

At the end of 1944, "proved reserves" of crude oil were 51 billion barrels worldwide.

As you may know, "proved reserves" is a contentious concept. Also, I for one wouldn't count tar (as in Alberta) as "oil"... and so on.

re: #230 iceweasel

/it would really help our scarcity problem

re: #227 iceweasel

I did see that in glancing at the front page here; I haven't looked at the Gallup poll yet but I had the exact same thoughts.
The big issue is that Americans are pretty sick of both political parties and yet there isn't a real alternative.

Well- I don't really care what the other party does with itself, I'm concerned with my party pulling it's head out of it's ass and getting back to Goldwater conservatism. It got us Reagan, and I think it's still a winner.

re: #218 iceweasel

In other words, SSDD. :)

SSED..............

re: #232 freetoken

As you may know, "proved reserves" is a contentious concept. Also, I for one wouldn't count tar (as in Alberta) as "oil"... and so on.

What, in a tar nation, would your estimate be?

re: #229 srb1976

Hmm...sounds like an interesting puzzle, but flowers are always nice = )

I would think a card addressed to "Dearest" might give something away if you've ever traded cards with either one.....maybe not though

Not in this case...they're both prone to sentiment. It kind of inclines me to think it's the ex, but it could be either.

The really annoying thing is that the florist refuses to give out information. I asked if they'd just confirm or deny if it was a specific last name, and they won't even do that.

It is nice, whichever of them it was, but kind of out of the blue.

Back to "Sanctuary"... it looks like it was a valiant effort on the part of Amanda Tapping... for whom I have had appreciation as one of the better TV actresses in recent years.

But it is clearly SyFy - type material.

Back to the show...

re: #230 iceweasel

Nobody got booted and I'm glad, I was just totally blindsided by the reaction. I thought I was in bizzaro world for a little while.

re: #232 freetoken

maybe contentious, but the most conservative:

from the notes:

Proved reserves refers to reserves that have been located and can be profitably extracted with 90% confidence, given current technology and prices. It is the most conservative classification of reserves.

re: #236 gmsc

What, in a tar nation, would your estimate be?

the numbers would be, of a necessity, crude.

re: #241 redc1c4

opaque, even?

re: #238 freetoken

I also seem to prefer her not trying to fake an American English accent like she did in SG-1 for 10 years, as for the show I never really got into it.

re: #228 gmsc

The past few weeks haven't been good for famous actors.

The latest one to pass away? Mladen George Sekulovich.

[Video]

Karl Malden in "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Not bad for a guy that was born in 1912.

re: #234 Sharmuta

Well- I don't really care what the other party does with itself, I'm concerned with my party pulling it's head out of it's ass and getting back to Goldwater conservatism. It got us Reagan, and I think it's still a winner.

You and I have talked about this before, I know....it's not just that it would be good for the GOP, in my estimation, but it would be a good thing for the country. You can't have a functioning democracy without at least two viable parties, and a party endorsing Goldwater conservatism would be attractive to a lot of different people-- including people who are currently voting Democrat.

re: #242 mrshankly01

opaque, even?

possibly, but regardless, they will require some refining......

re: #214 Sharmuta

Aw geez, I rarely check that account. I hope you don't think I've been ignoring you. I'll check it.

re: #245 iceweasel

You and I have talked about this before, I know....it's not just that it would be good for the GOP, in my estimation, but it would be a good thing for the country. You can't have a functioning democracy without at least two viable parties, and a party endorsing Goldwater conservatism would be attractive to a lot of different people-- including people who are currently voting Democrat.

It's still a 2 part problem though, Problem 1 involves getting the Party's head out of it's ass, Problem 2 involves the same operation on voters.

Until and unless people wake up and start paying attention, we will continue to get the governent we (as a nation) seem to deserve.

re: #248 srb1976

one thing that made Reagan successful wasn't that he captured the far right, it was that he captured the center left (Reagan Democrats)

hasta, y'all...............

L8r!

re: #247 Slumbering Behemoth

You hate me- admit it! *sob*

re: #250 redc1c4

night red...

re: #249 mrshankly01

one thing that made Reagan successful wasn't that he captured the far right, it was that he captured the center left (Reagan Democrats)

He didn't do it by pandering to them either. He did it by convincing them.