Pink Freud

Freedom

re: #1 pat

Pink Freud

You called, my dear?

That is a beautiful sight-and I'm not being sarcastic.

Looking like the article for the trash heap of history that it deserves to be.

However- I think the Wall should have a section remaining, so that we might reflect on the measures man will take to enforce their authoritarian wills upon others.

The Berlin Wall- a piece of trash worthy of critical remembrance.

Thank God it is gone. Expecting to see some similar pictures soon since our daughter returned from Berlin this week.

There are walls that protect, and there are walls that enslave.

May it be this way everywhere--evil reduced to a small snipped of neglected history, some odd-looking holes in the pavement, and a whole lot of recorded life stories.

A fitting monument to totalitarianism.

re: #4 livefreeor die

That is a beautiful sight-and I'm not being sarcastic.

The beauty of poetic justice.

There's a nice chunk of the wall at the Reagan Library, a few feet where a real president is buried.

He helped take it down.

Clowns like Obama would rather put it back up.

I had a temp job a few years ago with the Freedom Forum. That's the organization that owns and runs the Newseum in DC. I haven't been to the new Newseum yet, but when I was there they had a section of the wall on display. It was nice to see that.

The memorial for victims of communism is about a block from where I work now.

Thanks Dutch!

re: #9 cronus

A fitting monument to totalitarianism.

Sic Semper Tyrannus.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall

re: #11 JammieWearingFool

There's a nice chunk of the wall at the Reagan Library, a few feet where a real president is buried.

He helped take it down.

Clowns like Obama would rather put it back up.

He is right here in the United States, the rich folks on one side, the poor on the other.

My son just got back from 4 weeks in Germany. He claimed there were guys hawking pieces of the Berlin wall as souveniers. Small chunks of concrete with spray paint on one face.

And people were buying them.

It must be easy to have a busted up driveway or patio hauled away for free in the suburbs of Berlin.

re: #11 JammieWearingFool

There's a nice chunk of the wall at the Reagan Library, a few feet where a real president is buried.

He helped take it down.

Clowns like Obama would rather put it back up.

He's going to need to put one up around the U.S. soon to keep every viable business from leaving.

There are assholes all over the world who compare Israel's security wall with the Berlin Wall, not realizing that Israel is trying to keep terrorists out instead of letting citizens leave.

you can still buy chunks on ebay

who knows if they are fakes or not

OT: I had a couple questions about this "surtax" nonsense....

1. It says there's an automatic 5.4% surtax on people making over a million a year. Is it 5.4% PER million? If you're a basketball player making 8 mil a year, it would come out to an automatic tax of 432k?

2. Is this surtax IN ADDITION to the normal % tax rate you would pay?

re: #9 cronus

A fitting monument to totalitarianism.

Indeed.

re: #16 sngnsgt

Congrats on your positive resolution with the bureaucrats!

I am very happy for you, this is wonderful news.

re: #3 pink freud

I wanted you to admire The Wall. Just another brick in the wall.

The wire before the wall, one man knew which side he wanted to be on.

re: #21 TheMatrix31

OT: I had a couple questions about this "surtax" nonsense....

1. It says there's an automatic 5.4% surtax on people making over a million a year. Is it 5.4% PER million? If you're a basketball player making 8 mil a year, it would come out to an automatic tax of 432k?

2. Is this surtax IN ADDITION to the normal % tax rate you would pay?

Change !

"Tear down this wall."

Are those pieces transported from somewhere? I don't think that wall section could keep anyone in or out.

re: #26 Shug

Change !

All that will be left is chump change.

re: #23 pink freud

Congrats on your positive resolution with the bureaucrats!

I am very happy for you, this is wonderful news.

Thanks Pink! ;-)

re: #27 Pvt Bin Jammin

"Tear down this wall."

[Video]

That California actor is a cowboy and a warmonger, if he provokes the Soviets it might cause a nuclear war.

/ Sir Swimmer et. al.

Oh boy, do I miss Reagan.

re: #31 jcm

That California actor is a cowboy and a warmonger, if he provokes the Soviets it might cause a nuclear war.

/ Sir Swimmer et. al.

Oh noes, I'd better build a bomb shelter real quick.

I've got a strong feeling that we are about to find out just how smart the rich really are.

Or, rather, their accountants.

re: #32 livefreeor die

Oh boy, do I miss Reagan.

And Bush. When men were men, not chumps.

Good night Lizards. I have to do my Florida drivers license test tomorrow. Both written and practical. I have not had to do a driving test in 23 years. Wish me luck.

re: #36 Erik The Red

Good night Lizards. I have to do my Florida drivers license test tomorrow. Both written and practical. I have not had to do a driving test in 23 years. Wish me luck.

Good luck, Erik! And welcome home. :-)

re: #36 Erik The Red

Good night Lizards. I have to do my Florida drivers license test tomorrow. Both written and practical. I have not had to do a driving test in 23 years. Wish me luck.

Good luck!

re: #27 Pvt Bin Jammin

Compare this with the orgasm of apologies coming out of the Obama white house.

I saw a similar scene like this one here in the US, nothing but a hodge-podge of concrete and junk; wondered if we were putting it up or taking it down...

re: #36 Erik The Red

Good night Lizards. I have to do my Florida drivers license test tomorrow. Both written and practical. I have not had to do a driving test in 23 years. Wish me luck.

Better there than Massachusetts. The swimming test is HELL.

/

re: #39 Shug

Compare this with the orgasm of apologies coming out of the Obama white house.

At least Clinton left out all the apologies.

re: #36 Erik The Red

Good night Lizards. I have to do my Florida drivers license test tomorrow. Both written and practical. I have not had to do a driving test in 23 years. Wish me luck.

Luck.

The shiny side stays up.
The rubber side stays down.

I drive paranoid, they're all out to get me.
semi /
I've had two accidents. Both times I was sitting still when I got hit.

OT:
0bama Adresses NAACP:

And he said the legacy of the Jim Crow era is still felt, albeit in different ways today.

"Make no mistake: no mistake: the pain of discrimination is still felt in America," Obama said, by African-American women who are paid less for the same work as white men, by Latinos "made to feel unwelcome," by Muslim Americans "viewed with suspicion" and by "our gay brothers and sisters, still taunted, still attacked, still denied their rights."

That's exactly what this unemployed white veteran wants to hear. A used car salesman who made a name for himself as a 'community organizer' talking about how Jim Crow is alive and well in the USA.

Wasn't this supposed to be the 'post-racial' America?

/spit

I read somewhere that a part of the Wall had been sold to a bar owner. It's in the bathroom of his establishment in another fitting tribute....

re: #26 Shug

Change !

So should I take that as a "yes" for both questions?

re: #45 Sharmuta

I read somewhere that a part of the Wall had been sold to a bar owner. It's in the bathroom of his establishment in another fitting tribute....

[Link: www.roadsideamerica.com...]

re: #44 Fenway_Nation

OT:
0bama Adresses NAACP:

That's exactly what this unemployed white veteran wants to hear. A used car salesman who made a name for himself as a 'community organizer' talking about how Jim Crow is alive and well in the USA.

Wasn't this supposed to be the 'post-racial' America?

/spit

Just'a hammering away at that racial crap, ain't he?

/not a leadership bone in his body

re: #25 jcm

The wire before the wall, one man knew which side he wanted to be on.

You should check out the whole story of his life!

The picture shows the then 19 year old Conrad Schumann.

re: #44 Fenway_Nation

OT:
0bama Adresses NAACP:

That's exactly what this unemployed white veteran wants to hear. A used car salesman who made a name for himself as a 'community organizer' talking about how Jim Crow is alive and well in the USA.

Wasn't this supposed to be the 'post-racial' America?

/spit

At the end of the day, (after taxes are raised and the government is an even larger part of our lives) all that's left is the perpetuation of the victim.

re: #44 Fenway_Nation

by Latinos "made to feel unwelcome,"

C'mon, Barry, they're treating Sotomayor better than that.

/

Thank you President Reagan.

re: #44 Fenway_Nation

OT:
0bama Adresses NAACP:

That's exactly what this unemployed white veteran wants to hear. A used car salesman who made a name for himself as a 'community organizer' talking about how Jim Crow is alive and well in the USA.

Wasn't this supposed to be the 'post-racial' America?

/spit

Repost from earlier today....

Black Business Leader Charges Sen. Boxer With Racial Condescension

re: #39 Shug

Compare this with the orgasm of apologies coming out of the Obama white house.

Indeed, I did. I truly feel sick.

re: #53 jcm

She's a Dem; it's what they do.

Good evening Lizards!

What are we drinking?

re: #44 Fenway_Nation

OT:
0bama Adresses NAACP:

That's exactly what this unemployed white veteran wants to hear. A used car salesman who made a name for himself as a 'community organizer' talking about how Jim Crow is alive and well in the USA.

Wasn't this supposed to be the 'post-racial' America?

/spit

Have you seen the video of Barbara Boxer getting nailed for racism by the head of the National Black Chamber of Commerce?

On behalf of women, I would like to apologize for Barbara Boxer.

re: #56 Racer X

Good evening Lizards!

What are we drinking?

Anything American.

re: #27 Pvt Bin Jammin

"Tear down this wall."

/"this wall greatly concerns me"

re: #56 Racer X

Good evening Lizards!

What are we drinking?

Pine Belt Pale Ale

re: #58 Sharmuta

Anything American.

When I go inside the living room, I'll pop open a Sam Adams Summer Ale.

re: #53 jcm

Repost from earlier today....

Black Business Leader Charges Sen. Boxer With Racial Condescension

[Video]

re: #57 livefreeor die

Have you seen the video of Barbara Boxer getting nailed for racism by the head of the National Black Chamber of Commerce?

On behalf of women, I would like to apologize for Barbara Boxer.

GMTA!

re: #44 Fenway_Nation

Why do 0bama's comments always start with, "Make no mistake"?

Does he think that all Americans ever did before he came along is make mistakes? The biggest mistake American's have made lately is electing him.

re: #61 TheMatrix31

When I go inside the living room, I'll pop open a Sam Adams Summer Ale.

That's what I'm talking about.

re: #61 TheMatrix31

When I go inside the living room, I'll pop open a Sam Adams Summer Ale.

I have a cold Dogfish 90 Minute IPA waiting for me.

As soon as I run a few errands.

BBL.

re: #56 Racer X

Good evening Lizards!

What are we drinking?

If you're a democrat it's Kool-Ade. /

re: #56 Racer X

Guinness Extra Stout.

Whether he is talking about the economy or the dangers of air travel...no one instills confidence like "Smokin Joe Biden".

Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’

Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money.

re: #57 livefreeor die

Have you seen the video of Barbara Boxer getting nailed for racism by the head of the National Black Chamber of Commerce?

On behalf of women, I would like to apologize for Barbara Boxer.

Your penance is to help get rid of her next year.

re: #63 sngnsgt

Why do 0bama's comments always start with, "Make no mistake"?

Does he think that all Americans ever did before he came along is make mistakes? The biggest mistake American's have made lately is electing him.

It's the most annoying fucking thing EVER.

"Make no mistake about it---"

"The notion that---"

"Let me be perfectly clear---"

re: #68 jorline

Whether he is talking about the economy or the dangers of air travel...no one instills confidence like "Smokin Joe Biden".

Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’

What a Maroon.

Thank you Charles for posting that picture of the wall. I just watched a German film last night called "The Lives of Others" about a playwright who is surveilled by the Stasi beginning in 1984. It's an amazing movie. I highly recommend it! It shows just how much every relationship is effected by the totalitarian regime. Thank God that wall came down!

re: #57 livefreeor die

Have you seen the video of Barbara Boxer getting nailed for racism by the head of the National Black Chamber of Commerce?

On behalf of women, I would like to apologize for Barbara Boxer.

BB is a dolt!

re: #67 Irenicum

Guinness Extra Stout.

Mmmm. One of my favorites!

re: #57 livefreeor die

Have you seen the video of Barbara Boxer getting nailed for racism by the head of the National Black Chamber of Commerce?

On behalf of women, I would like to apologize for Barbara Boxer.

She wasn't the only one who made an off color remark. Look what Dick Durbin said...

Durbin: DC tops in abortion because its residents are black

I just sent this link to a really cute, cool, and who I thought was pretty smart girl that I somewhat like but would never get involved with.

She had no idea what the Berlin Wall was.

I like her less now.

While Der Spiegel did a good job with the Wall Gallery, this other one is pure Pali Propaganda:

Photo Gallery: Retaliation, Refugees and Phosphorus Bombs

Hamas Delenda Est.

The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies

re: #70 TheMatrix31

It's the most annoying fucking thing EVER.

"Make no mistake about it---"

"The notion that---"

"Let me be perfectly clear---"

It's just his way of talking down to "the little people". /you & I

Senator Dick Durbin: Sensitivity To Minorities Is �Not In The DNA� Of White Male SCOTUS Nominees

re: #72 Irenicum

A nice one indeed. Earned an Oscar.
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe - the Stasi Captain in this movie died with 54 not much later. Cancer. :-(
He also acts in the 2007 Dani Levys Hitler-satire "Mein Führer".

re: #79 sngnsgt

It's just his way of talking down to "the little people". /you & I

not me...he can talk all he wants...he's a Chicago punk and I'm hardly intimidated...little people is in the liberal mind, along with alot of other garbage

The Wall (and Eastern European Communism) collapsing, to the tune of Pete Townshend's greatest solo song:

re: #79 sngnsgt

It's just his way of talking down to "the little people". /you & I

I don't even know if it's that....I think those things are just annoying catchphrase-type trademark things about him. Those phrases coupled with the "touch the thumb and index finger and point down to the podium" thing are irritating beyond words, and would be irritating even if I LIKED the President.

re: #81 Joshua Cohen

I didn't know that about the actor who played the Stasi captain. So sad. His performance was exceptional.

anti-tax voters in CA are terrorists...opposing the AGW science is a crime against humanity....so it begins

re: #84 TheMatrix31

I don't even know if it's that....I think those things are just annoying catchphrase-type trademark things about him. Those phrases coupled with the "touch the thumb and index finger and point down to the podium" thing are irritating beyond words, and would be irritating even if I LIKED the President.

What gets me is the way he condescendingly speaks to all Americans, left and right.

The gloaming. It is going all purple.
Towercam. San Gabriel Mountains of California. Pacific time zone.

re: #87 sngnsgt

What gets me is the way he condescendingly speaks to all Americans, left and right.

We've seen HELEN THOMAS clown Robert Gibbs. I'd KILL for someone to verbally own Obama in a press conference.

re: #75 njdhockeyfan

She wasn't the only one who made an off color remark. Look what Dick Durbin said...

Durbin: DC tops in abortion because its residents are black

And tonight's winner in the "If-a-Republican-said-that-all-hell-would-break-loose-but-Democrats-get-a-free-pass" contest is Senator Dick Durbin.

A round of applause please.

re: #88 Ojoe

The gloaming. It is going all purple.
Towercam. San Gabriel Mountains of California. Pacific time zone.

My wife saw a green flash at sunset last weekend. I'm jealous.

re: #86 albusteve

anti-tax voters in CA are terrorists...opposing the AGW science is a crime against humanity....so it begins

Where do you get that from?

re: #92 Dark_Falcon

Where do you get that from?

Both of them plucked from the news over the last couple of months.

Time for a cute overload.

re: #83 mikalm

The Wall (and Eastern European Communism) collapsing, to the tune of Pete Townshend's greatest solo song:

Very good song. Pete Townsend was such a good guitar player, but many forget that his voice is also of a high quality.

re: #92 Dark_Falcon

Where do you get that from?

a donk legislator in CA in the first case and our AG in reference to the oil companies in the other

Its strange - remembering the summer and autumn of 1989.
Even if I was not @ Berlin but somewhere else in the GDR as not just the wall came down but also the border between both germanys was opened - the so called death strip (and the name was for real!)

No man's land - we walked for kilometers, (areas near the border where restricted areas, you could not just visit people who live there without permission and the traffic there was restrictet too.
Then there was a border crossing - still with soldiers, who where just watching...on the other side people - greeting us...handing out sweets to the kids...

Strange!

re: #94 njdhockeyfan

Time for a cute overload.

Awww, so wittle.

re: #88 Ojoe

The gloaming. It is going all purple.
Towercam. San Gabriel Mountains of California. Pacific time zone.

Gorgeous. Almost makes me miss the Southland.

re: #94 njdhockeyfan

Time for a cute overload.

Almost entirely cute. The claws remind you of what the cub will grow into.

re: #89 TheMatrix31

We've seen HELEN THOMAS clown Robert Gibbs. I'd KILL for someone to verbally own Obama in a press conference.

whoever lays it on the line and calls out BO will be a national hero to alot of people...nobody has the guts so far

re: #96 albusteve

a donk legislator in CA in the first case and our AG in reference to the oil companies in the other

Thank you. I do remember that first one now that you reminded me.

re: #101 albusteve

whoever lays it on the line and calls out BO will be a national hero to alot of people...nobody has the guts so far

Major Garrett from Fox did pretty well with his "What changed your mind?" comment about the Iran uprising.

re: #89 TheMatrix31

We've seen HELEN THOMAS clown Robert Gibbs. I'd KILL for someone to verbally own Obama in a press conference.

Imagine the stu-stu-stu-stuttering...

Japanese Rice Field Art

re: #97 Joshua Cohen

Have you written anything about your experiences? I'm sure we'd all love to read it! I know I would.

re: #96 albusteve

a donk legislator in CA in the first case and our AG in reference to the oil companies in the other

BTW, what did you think of the Pete Townsend song at #83?

re: #104 sngnsgt

Imagine the stu-stu-stu-stuttering...

Reminds me of the scene in Billy Madison where the kid is struggling to read and Billy Madison speaks up in class and goes "T-t-t-TODAY, Junior!"

Good evening y'all - how is everyone doing tonight and what all are we talking about?

re: #109 realwest

Oh, it's pretty off the wall kinda stuff.

re: #105 Racer X

Japanese Rice Field Art

Great stuff. The picture of Napoleon is dead on for the famous painting it is based on.

re: #103 livefreeor die

Major Garrett from Fox did pretty well with his "What changed your mind?" comment about the Iran uprising.

BO needs to be pinned...C Krauthammer comes to mind

re: #106 Irenicum

Have you written anything about your experiences? I'm sure we'd all love to read it! I know I would.

What do you mean?
And I am no writer, I am an engineer ;)

But what you wan know? There are so many memories, a lot are very emotional.

re: #109 realwest

Good evening y'all - how is everyone doing tonight and what all are we talking about?

Howdy...You would not believe what I'm watching...*wink*

re: #72 Irenicum
Did you see that film on DVD or was it in a movie theater/TV station? I'd sure like to see it! Thanks for the review!
By the way your "Thank God that wall came down!" is certainly true, but I'd add "Thank Ronald Reagan and George H.W.Bush too!"

I am not able to find in my heart one grain of sympathy for the Germans. I cannot forget nor can I forgive what they did to members of my family on all 4 sides in the Holocaust. Hitler HY"D has left generations of new members of the Nazi party who still want to make Germany Judenrein, along with all of Europe.

Even now, in 2009, Neo-Nazis are plotting a 'Fourth Reich' in Germany.

I was a kid during the war, and was blessed to live here, as a second-generation American Jew. But the newsreels we saw in movie theatres before the coming of television? They are with me still.

re: #112 albusteve

BO needs to be pinned...C Krauthammer comes to mind

I want Victor Davis Hanson to own him.

re: #109 realwest

Good evening y'all - how is everyone doing tonight and what all are we talking about?

Islamists committing mass murder, the Fall of the Berlin Wall and pictures of Samurai made out of rice plants.

re: #109 realwest

Hi RW! Good to see you, you're up late!

You are an inspiration to so many.

We hold you in our hearts.

re: #114 HoosierHoops
Good evening Hoops - uh, lemme see - I know your nearly worn out copy of the Colts Championship season DVD?!
:)

re: #113 Joshua Cohen

Do you blog at all? I remember watching the news when the wall came down from NYC where I lived at the time. It was amazing to realize that I was watching a turning point in history before my eyes. I can only imagine what it must have been like for you being right there.

re: #118 Dark_Falcon
Hey there Dark_Falcon - um, "pictures of Samurai made out of rice plants."? What?!

Pictures From the Skys!

re: #107 Dark_Falcon

BTW, what did you think of the Pete Townsend song at #83?

not a big Townsend fan...but I have Who stories...I've told them here before...as for #83 the song is okay but the video is even better

re: #112 albusteve

BO needs to be pinned...C Krauthammer comes to mind

Matching wits with the unarmed. Not a fair fight, but it would be wonderful to see.

re: #57 livefreeor die

Have you seen the video of Barbara Boxer getting nailed for racism by the head of the National Black Chamber of Commerce?

On behalf of women, I would like to apologize for Barbara Boxer.

I saw that.
I can't tell you how loudly I was cheering for the man for wanting to be treated like a human being and not a statistic. She was condesending and rude to him; she is so stunned, she can hardly finish.

OT.
Today was the 20th consecutive day over 100 degrees here in Lubbock (102). This is a record. There was not a single day over 100 in 2006, btw.
This is a serious problem for lower income people because very few rental houses in Lubbock have adequate air conditioning. Landlords think that supplying a 20 year old swamp cooler is more than enough, so long as they can shrug and point out that average humidity here is 40% higher than it was 50 years ago.
Worse, many of the older rental houses have these idiotic WW2 surplus swing-out windows so renters cannot even buy and install their own window units. These windows were made for temporary barracks during World War 2. When the barracks were demolished, Lubbock slum-lords bought up many thousands of them since this is one of the few cities whose fire codes permit the use of small swing-outs in residential applications.
I own a couple of rental houses in California. I would be arrested there if I tried to pull the crap Lubbock slum-lords take for granted.
My house here has good central heat and air, and real windows, but when libertarians bitch about government regulations I need only point to the disgraceful condition of Lubbock rental housing as an example of the need. If you act like a pig, you'll be treated like one.

(AP) — "A Colorado man used his chainsaw to fight off a starving mountain lion that attacked him while he was camping in the Shoshone National Forest. When the lion pounced, Dustin Britton, an ex-Marine from Windsor, Colo., raised the chainsaw he’d been using to cut brush and inflicted a six- to eight-inch gash on the 100 pound lion’s shoulder." This is what I call situational awareness.

We're thinkin' about ya, Realwest.

re: #119 pink freud
Hi pink freud! Thanks for the kind words, but I'm not exactly feeling inspirational tonight.
And I'm always up this late - it's my medication routine - some drugs need to be taken at certain times and others have to be taken about an hour after those!
How are you doing tonight?

OT (except that it is related in a Kafkaesque way):

Barbara Boxer tries to use "diversity" in "science" against a black business leader and gets burned.

The President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) tore into Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Thursday for what he said were "condescending" and "God awful" racial statements at a hearing.

NBCC head Harry C. Alford took strong exception to Boxer having referenced an NAACP report favoring climate change legislation during a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, of which Boxer is the chairwoman.

"Madam chair, that is condescending to me," Alford said. "I'm the National Black Chamber of Commerce, and you're trying to put up some other black group to pit against me."

Boxer defended including the report, however, saying the report reflects a "diversity" of support behind climate change legislation facing the Senate.

"If this gentleman were here, he would be proud he's being quoted," Boxer said in defense of the NAACP support.

Alford, however, struck back against Boxer, accusing her of "getting racial" in the climate change debate.

I hope every Lizard, regardless of opinion on the firmness of different climate claims, can agree that "diversity" in support of a scientific theory has no impact whatsoever on the validity of that theory. Empiricism demands such.

And the claims made by Democrats about politicization of science under Republicans (which carry some truth) have not motivated Democrats to keep from politicizing it themselves, as this event shows in stark relief.

The Wall preformed live in Berlin in 1990 - Part 1 of 16

re: #130 realwest

Looking forward to the weekend, RW, thanks for asking! :-)

re: #109 realwest

Good evening y'all - how is everyone doing tonight and what all are we talking about?

Same old shit. Hope you are feeling better. My prayers are with you (and I don't pray a whole lot).

the Soviet backed East Germans were some of the most despicable, bloodthirsty killers that ever walked across Europe...they are lucky to have survived their downfall...and now, some of them want to revert back to the past

re: #115 realwest

Friends of mine got it through netflix and lent it to me. I agree on Reagan and HWB. They forced the hand of the Soviets during their tenure. I was one of the critics of Reagan back then, but in retrospect am more than willing to acknowledge that he knew what he was doing. Reagan, John Paul II, and Lech Walensa were foundational to the downfall of communism. And yes, thank God for them all!

re: #126 reine.de.tout

I saw that.
I can't tell you how loudly I was cheering for the man for wanting to be treated like a human being and not a statistic. She was condesending and rude to him; she is so stunned, she can hardly finish.

It looked like she doesn't even get what he was saying and her aide had to explain to her why he was upset. What a rude, arrogant, stupid excuse for a human being! She wouldn't even let him finish a sentence.

I also noticed that he referred to her as "Ma'am" at one point and she didn't launch into her "You will call me Senator" diatribe. Guess she saves that for active military.

re: #131 karmic_inquisitor

OT (except that it is related in a Kafkaesque way):

Barbara Boxer tries to use "diversity" in "science" against a black business leader and gets burned.

I hope every Lizard, regardless of opinion on the firmness of different climate claims, can agree that "diversity" in support of a scientific theory has no impact whatsoever on the validity of that theory. Empiricism demands such.

And the claims made by Democrats about politicization of science under Republicans (which carry some truth) have not motivated Democrats to keep from politicizing it themselves, as this event shows in stark relief.

So that's what what that kook Boxer was after. Racializing the "global warming" claims.

re: #116 NY Nana

I am not able to find in my heart one grain of sympathy for the Germans. I cannot forget nor can I forgive what they did to members of my family on all 4 sides in the Holocaust. Hitler HY"D has left generations of new members of the Nazi party who still want to make Germany Judenrein, along with all of Europe.

Even now, in 2009, Neo-Nazis are plotting a 'Fourth Reich' in Germany.

I was a kid during the war, and was blessed to live here, as a second-generation American Jew. But the newsreels we saw in movie theatres before the coming of television? They are with me still.

I can't say I understand, because it is impossible for me to understand. I can say that I support you, because I know that you are a just and decent person. And may Hitler's followers only find their sick dreams turned to failure and pain for them. Then, may they repent of their evil deeds and receive God's mercy. For if they do not repent, then they'll join their master in Hell.

re: #123 Racer X
Hey Racer X - just fabulous photos - do y'all know what 04, 06 and 08 are photos of?!

re: #122 realwest

Hey there Dark_Falcon - um, "pictures of Samurai made out of rice plants."? What?!

re: #105 Racer X

Japanese Rice Field Art

CN-OWNED

re: #129 TheMatrix31
Yeah, but what?! LOL! Thanks for that!

Germany could well cross the abyss if they would take on Hamas and Hez on behalf of Israel....speak out!....silence

re: #138 Gus 802

So that's what what that kook Boxer was after. Racializing the "global warming" claims.

That was truly amazing-her arguing with him by saying that other Black people don't agree with him. But she'll still be in that seat 10 years from now.

Here is the best quote from that article on Babs Boxer getting called out for "getting racial" on Climate Change:

"We've been looking at energy policy since 1996. And we are referring to the experts, regardless of their color. And for someone to tell me, an African-American, college-education veteran of the United States Army, that I must contend with some other "black group" and put aside everything else in here — This has NOTHING to do with the NAACP, and really has nothing to do with the National Black Chamber of Commerce. We're talking about energy. And that — that road the chair went down, I think is God awful."

Some good picture Galleries on that Telegraph page NYNana linked to. I'll link to one that albusteve will love:

Beatlemania on the Reeperbahn: The Beatles return to Hamburg

re: #133 pink freud

Looking forward to the weekend, RW, thanks for asking! :-)

Well shoot, when you're retired - for whatever reason and whether you want to be or not, weekends sorta lose some of their luster, ya know?
But I do hope you have a great weekend - got any special plans?

re: #137 livefreeor die

It looked like she doesn't even get what he was saying and her aide had to explain to her why he was upset. What a rude, arrogant, stupid excuse for a human being! She wouldn't even let him finish a sentence.

I also noticed that he referred to her as "Ma'am" at one point and she didn't launch into her "You will call me Senator" diatribe. Guess she saves that for active military.

I saw the aide whispering into her ear. You're right - she doesn't "get" what he's saying because she's not really listening until he insists that she listen to him while he refuses to be condescended to - and that is probably outside of her experience.

re: #143 realwest

((Real))

I've missed you, ma bruthah.

re: #145 livefreeor die

That was truly amazing-her arguing with him by saying that other Black people don't agree with him. But she'll still be in that seat 10 years from now.

Oh no doubt. All of the typical white liberals in San Francisco eat that stuff up. They probably see Mr. Alford as a Republican.

re: #134 karmic_inquisitor

Same old shit. Hope you are feeling better. My prayers are with you (and I don't pray a whole lot).

Those prayers mean a great deal to me, karmic_inquisitor, thank you very much.

re: #130 realwest

Hey you...I realized I'm not set up to do the LGF safemail (I don't use Outlook, but I'll turn my nick blue if you'd like to email me instead). I wanted to let you know I found out today that my friend is in experimental prostate cancer treatment through the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, and there is an affiliate in South Carolina, I'm told. I believe he is taking some kind of new drug (and as I mentioned last night, this is for returning cancer that they had thought was gone initially).

I'm praying that the best avenue for you will become clear, realwest. Been thinking of you all day.

re: #145 livefreeor die

That was truly amazing-her arguing with him by saying that other Black people don't agree with him. But she'll still be in that seat 10 years from now.

Boxer is the last vestige of old liberal socialism....her state is in shambles and the blame rests squarely on her shoulders among others...look for her and people like her to become more radical and incoherent...they're insanity is catching up with them and the bill is due

re: #131 karmic_inquisitor

OT (except that it is related in a Kafkaesque way):

Barbara Boxer tries to use "diversity" in "science" against a black business leader and gets burned.

I hope every Lizard, regardless of opinion on the firmness of different climate claims, can agree that "diversity" in support of a scientific theory has no impact whatsoever on the validity of that theory. Empiricism demands such.

And the claims made by Democrats about politicization of science under Republicans (which carry some truth) have not motivated Democrats to keep from politicizing it themselves, as this event shows in stark relief.

That bolded part is exactly what Mr. Alford was trying to tell Boxer - and she did not appear to have a clue.

re: #138 Gus 802

Overseer Boxer was dispatched to reign in an escapee from the leftist plantation. It was pathetic to watch really, she seemed flummoxed when he said 'whats the NAACP got to do with this'?

re: #140 realwest

Hey Racer X - just fabulous photos - do y'all know what 04, 06 and 08 are photos of?!

Hi RW!

Not sure - I'm looking them up at the source -
[Link: www.yannarthusbertrand.org...]

re: #157 MrPaulRevere

Overseer Boxer was dispatched to reign in an escapee from the leftist plantation. It was pathetic to watch really, she seemed flummoxed when he said 'whats the NAACP got to do with this'?

Bingo!

Overseer Boxer was dispatched to reign in an escapee from the leftist plantation.

1000s dings for you.

re: #147 buzzsawmonkey

I'm surprised that Wall Drugs--in whatever Dakota they are located--hasn't acquired a chunk of Berlin wall, just for the helluvit.

good LORD!...where have you been?...there is life beyond Newark

[Link: www.roadsideamerica.com...]

re: #157 MrPaulRevere

Overseer Boxer was dispatched to reign in an escapee from the leftist plantation. It was pathetic to watch really, she seemed flummoxed when he said 'whats the NAACP got to do with this'?

I hope she gets called out more often. People need to see what a clueless hag she really is.

re: #157 MrPaulRevere

Overseer Boxer was dispatched to reign in an escapee from the leftist plantation. It was pathetic to watch really, she seemed flummoxed when he said 'whats the NAACP got to do with this'?

Each time I watched it, I am stunned by how racist her thought process is.

re: #156 reine.de.tout

That bolded part is exactly what Mr. Alford was trying to tell Boxer - and she did not appear to have a clue.

Isn't it ironic? I mean think about it. "Diversity in science." In light of, ahem, recent events? They're politicizing science before our very eyes. Not only that people like Boxer are pulling the race card on "science."

re: #149 realwest

Nothing special, RW ....how bout you?

re: #141 Dark_Falcon
WOW! Thanks DF and Racer X - those are impressive!

re: #163 Gus 802

Isn't it ironic? I mean think about it. "Diversity in science." In light of, ahem, recent events? They're politicizing science before our very eyes. Not only that people like Boxer are pulling the race card on "science."

On the right . . . we have creationists trying to replace science with their version of theology.

On the left . . . we have politicians trying to replace science with "diversity" opinions.

What a world.

re: #166 reine.de.tout

On the right . . . we have creationists trying to replace science with their version of theology.

On the left . . . we have politicians trying to replace science with "diversity" opinions.

What a world.

Holding the despair at bay can be a real challenge.

re: #166 reine.de.tout

On the right . . . we have creationists trying to replace science with their version of theology.

On the left . . . we have politicians trying to replace science with "diversity" opinions.

What a world.

Correct. In many respects I'm also seeing opposite dogmas.

re: #151 SasquatchOnSteroids Hey there (( My brother)) that's on account of all the work you've been doing!
And boy, have you missed some GREAT comments by me, I tell's ya! Folks was rolling in the aisle at my wickedly sharp sense of humor and my terrific political insights.
Or at least that's how I remember it!
:)

Am I the only one who thinks back to this whenever I see that photograpn in the sidebar?

BBIAM!

There's an inch left?

Of course, the Boxer story is no where to be found on the major news sites.

But hey, Madonna is "devastated" that a stage construction crew member for her concert was killed.

re: #145 livefreeor die

That was truly amazing-her arguing with him by saying that other Black people don't agree with him.

Call her Senator....

*spit*

re: #174 livefreeor die

Of course, the Boxer story is no where to be found on the major news sites.

But hey, Madonna is "devastated" that a stage construction crew member for her concert was killed.

That must be ABC News.

re: #174 livefreeor die

Of course, the Boxer story is no where to be found on the major news sites.

But hey, Madonna is "devastated" that a stage construction crew member for her concert was killed.

Politicians condescending to people isn't really news, unfortunately.

since RW showed up...here's one for the old foggy

re: #177 jaunte

Politicians condescending to people isn't really news, unfortunately.

And the person Boxer was condescending to doesn't "rate."

re: #169 realwest

heh.

Genuine Stasi files turn up at film set

BERLIN (Reuters) - Secret files of Communist East Germany's Stasi security police were sent to a film set for use as props, triggering an investigation into how such sensitive documents were obtained.

The authenticity of the files were revealed when 15 former political prisoners were being filmed for a docu-play called "Staats-Sicherheit" (State Security) by public broadcaster ZDF.

"It's just unbelievable that something like this could happen," CDU politician and former East German civil rights activist Vera Lengsfeld told Reuters. "This must be cleared up right away."

One of the "prop" files was actually the genuine file of one of the actors.

The German government's agency that looks after the Stasi archives said they had began a probe into how the files were obtained without authorization.

re: #177 jaunte

Politicians condescending to people isn't really news, unfortunately.

But real racism should be.
(Not the faux "Michael-Jackson-was-misunderstood-just-because-he-was-black" outrage)

re: #136 Irenicum

Margret Thatcher.

re: #179 Gus 802

They can see voting blocs, but the closer individual humans are just less important people.

I'd buy a piece of that wall if it goes up on ebay.
I'd send it straight to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with a note that said "Ronald Reagan wanted you to have this".

Of course, he'd probably sign it and send it back.

Rock Star.

re: #154 capitalist piglet
Thank you very much capitalist piglet - VERY MUCH. I've spent most of my day fighting discussing with my oncologist why he seems to be willing to throw in the towel while I'm not! I've made quite a bit of progress on that one!
But please, in the future, think of something happier - it'll do you good and make me feel better.

re: #174 livefreeor die

Madonna needs to stop and think about the 'root causes'....

/

re: #121 Irenicum

Do you blog at all? I remember watching the news when the wall came down from NYC where I lived at the time. It was amazing to realize that I was watching a turning point in history before my eyes. I can only imagine what it must have been like for you being right there.

No I have no own blog. And these things happened 20 years ago.

It is difficult to describe. I would need to use and explain so many German esp. East German words and circumstances ...it would end in a book, and I am sure there are books written about it.

Surreal is the word I would use for the situation at all.
First there where all these demonstrations...mostly peaceful...with candles...than these occupations of the West German embassy in Hungary, special trains crossing the territory of the GDR with these occupiers who got granted asylum, than the Berlin wall came down...but that does not mean everything is ok...than thousands of people applied for visa...and then some days later, after a simple question to a minister live on TV if and when the border crossings are open - he just said that as far as he knows this is applied right now.

And than it was just a rush. To the cars...to the restricted area...and then walking to the border...hundreds no thousands of people walking...crossing these death strip...getting greeted on the other side by some West Germans...invading the small towns on the western side near the border...buying some stuff (bananas...chocolate) there and than just walking back home.
Some stayed, fearing the boarders get closed again.

Its was really strange. I have to sleep about it and its time do to this - night shift is over - it's 7 am.

re: #184 jaunte

They can see voting blocs, but the closer individual humans are just less important people.

Yep. Voting blocks, demographics, appearance, "diversity" appeal, and especially a Hollywood version of the mythical disenfranchised. So they would ignore a Jimmy Stewart today. Rosie Perez would be ideal.

Have to keep up appearances you know. /

Night all. Need to get some sleep before getting the two older boys ready for Boy Scout camp tomorrow.

Winwood did the BIG version of 'I'm A Man'...
here is the fine cover by Chicago....classic Terry Kath, for those interested

re: #191 livefreeor die

Night all. Need to get some sleep before getting the two older boys ready for Boy Scout camp tomorrow.

Later.

re: #116 NY Nana

I am not able to find in my heart one grain of sympathy for the Germans. I cannot forget nor can I forgive what they did to members of my family on all 4 sides in the Holocaust. Hitler HY"D has left generations of new members of the Nazi party who still want to make Germany Judenrein, along with all of Europe.

Even now, in 2009, Neo-Nazis are plotting a 'Fourth Reich' in Germany.

I was a kid during the war, and was blessed to live here, as a second-generation American Jew. But the newsreels we saw in movie theatres before the coming of television? They are with me still.

somebody (Patton?) said the germans are either at your feet or at your throat.

re: #186 realwest

Thank you very much capitalist piglet - VERY MUCH. I've spent most of my day fighting discussing with my oncologist why he seems to be willing to throw in the towel while I'm not! I've made quite a bit of progress on that one!
But please, in the future, think of something happier - it'll do you good and make me feel better.

straight up bro....

re: #196 buzzsawmonkey

You're not going to start talking about that 'no true scoutsman' thing, are you?

re: #196 buzzsawmonkey

Why do you have to get them ready? A Scout is always prepared.

Excellent point.

re: #183 Tarkus289

Thank you. Agreed.

This is amusing.

Susan Roesgen Out at CNN

I have actually walked along this section of the wall. It is also not the only section that is left. There is a long piece that runs near the Spree River that they allow artists to paint, and there is another restored section that has both the inner and outer wall left.

You can also buy postcards with a plastic container attached to them that has a small fragment of the wall. And at various places you can see wall monuments. Such as a section that was moved to the american military base near the embassy that is now a museum (which I recommend)

re: #201 buzzsawmonkey

Naaaaaaah. I think that was kilt off a long time ago.

I would have plaid to see that.

re: #201 buzzsawmonkey

Naaaaaaah. I think that was kilt off a long time ago.

The sporrans puffed out in a cloud, and new ones keep popping up again in dark corners.

re: #156 reine.de.tout I only wish I had more than one upding to give you!
And ya know, I look at the State of California, with it's truly POWERFUL leaders in the Leftist Party - Pelosi, Feinstein, Waxman and Boxer and wonder - how come they've been singularly unsuccessful in getting their party's President - President Obama - to help California out. I mean, aside from the fact that NO ONE I know of in California politics is talking about, something silly like, ya know, CUTTING THE COST of their government, California has lead the way in the nation in terms of auto and factory emissions for I don't know how long now. I'd have thought with all that political clout and that wonderful AGW record, that they'd have been able to help out California with some of our buckos!
And trust me on this reine, when Moody's give's California State Bonds a barely higher rating than Junk Bonds, you know California is well and truly lost.

re: #200 NJDhockeyfan

This is amusing.

Susan Roesgen Out at CNN

Really. Vely intellesting.

re: #188 Joshua Cohen

Thank you for sharing even this much. That was beautiful! Sleep well.

Wassallam kufr!

Thinking of this wall reminded me of Hitler, peace be upon him! Hitler was right about the evil Jews, assuming what the kufr history books say is correct, which it probably isn't.

And Hitler has given his name to something that is done in accordance with the Shariah, when we remove the hair from the female front private part. Have you heard of the "little Hitler"? It's part of doing a Brazilian wax - you know, when you wax right from the back to the front and then maybe leave a "little Hitler" (peace be upon him) - which is basically like a little moustache.

It is required by the shariah that every bit of hair is gone, it has to be very clean-looking, so we keep on waxing until every hair is gone. It takes about half an hour. It needs to be maintained about once every four weeks, so that the hairs do not grow longer than a grain of rice, as required by Our Beloved Nabi (PBUH). Then we can all look like I did on my wedding night, inshallah.

I think the hardest thing for me to begin with was working out where to put my hands.

To do it you put one leg to the side and we start applying the wax. We pull the under-burkhah up in between the legs and use that if we need to move anything around. You never touch them in between.

For people who need waxing down further, they lie on their back and bring both knees up to their chest. Then that skin is completely stretched out, there's no crease. That way, it eliminates totally the rear private starfish.

Some women have hair on their back private part cheeks. Everyone is just so different. Some are larger down there, some have got more skin tags - it's amazing how many variations there are. Fannies are like faces; everyone's is different. It is all part of the wonders of Allah's creation.

It is the Jews who are disgusting in terms of hygiene. You know that every woman has a certain smell, it's just part of their personal space - but the Jews smell like gefilte fish.

Some waxers get the client to put their leg up over their shoulder and so on - like a pretzel - another wonderful invention of Hitler (PBUH), who was clearly a Muslim. We never lean on a person, we have our hair all tied back so it does not fall on the front private part. It is so important according to Allah Taalla that there's that's just no hair tickling the front private part or the front private part of the husband or the goat when he's down there.

Most of it doesn't hurt at all. Except for the goat.

One of the wonders of the shariah is that It feels so soft, it's touching a part of your body that just feels gorgeous. Once you've got it off, you've got more blood going to that section and it's nice and soft and the girls feel very, very sexy. Clearly these are proofs of the numerous values of the shariah.

Clearly these are all part of the perfections of Allah Tala. These Germans, these atheists, these Jews, these Europeans don’t shave under their arms or in their private parts and their poop and their sweat collects under their hair with a revolting smell and they stink. The Germans stink like bratwurst and the Jews like gefilte fish and the Italians and Spanishes like garlic.

Allah Taala knows best.

re: #127 shiplord kirel

OT.
Today was the 20th consecutive day over 100 degrees here in Lubbock (102). This is a record. There was not a single day over 100 in 2006, btw.
This is a serious problem for lower income people because very few rental houses in Lubbock have adequate air conditioning. Landlords think that supplying a 20 year old swamp cooler is more than enough, so long as they can shrug and point out that average humidity here is 40% higher than it was 50 years ago.
Worse, many of the older rental houses have these idiotic WW2 surplus swing-out windows so renters cannot even buy and install their own window units. These windows were made for temporary barracks during World War 2. When the barracks were demolished, Lubbock slum-lords bought up many thousands of them since this is one of the few cities whose fire codes permit the use of small swing-outs in residential applications.
I own a couple of rental houses in California. I would be arrested there if I tried to pull the crap Lubbock slum-lords take for granted.
My house here has good central heat and air, and real windows, but when libertarians bitch about government regulations I need only point to the disgraceful condition of Lubbock rental housing as an example of the need. If you act like a pig, you'll be treated like one.

Bless your heart for making an excellent point, with example, Kirel.

I know we go around and around here about the good/bad of government, but a society with no regulations on how people treat one another would look a lot more like Lord of the Flies than Pleasantville, USA, I feel sure.

Huh?

re: #164 pink freud
Well I reckon I'm gonna do some shopping for food and meds and then just lay out under the A/C for the rest of the weekend!
I live SUCH an exciting life! LOL!

re: #194 redc1c4

There is why reason we keep significant military resources in Germany. It's not too hard to figure out.

re: #206 realwest

check this out....CA credit ratings have crashed...coming to a state near you

[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]

re: #209 Aisha

Good to see you again.

re: #209 Aisha

fuck off please

re: #209 Aisha

Did you miss the announcement about the brown acid? Please report to the nearest first aid tent.

re: #211 Gus 802

Huh?

It's AISHA!

re: #175 Fenway_Nation

Call her Senator....

*spit*

silly skank doesn't realize what an insult it is in the military to be called by your bare rank by a subordinate......

re: #11 JammieWearingFool

wow, well said. sorry, i know this is late, just wanted to go on record...

re: #219 MandyManners

It's AISHA!

I guess so.

re: #194 redc1c4

somebody (Patton?) said the germans are either at your feet or at your throat.

It was Winston Churchill who said that.

re: #216 Killgore Trout

re: #217 albusteve

Consumer research indicates Aisha is a polarizing figure....

re: #218 FamHistoryGuy

The Prophet has shown Aisha the glory of a well cared for undercarriage.

re: #219 MandyManners

It's AISHA!

Who is that?

re: #224 buzzsawmonkey

Aisha is--or was--the resident Borat. Take with tongue in cheek, and large grain of salt.

blog theater...sorry, I'm unimpressed

re: #188 Joshua Cohen

No I have no own blog. And these things happened 20 years ago.

It is difficult to describe. I would need to use and explain so many German esp. East German words and circumstances ...it would end in a book, and I am sure there are books written about it.

Surreal is the word I would use for the situation at all.
First there where all these demonstrations...mostly peaceful...with candles...than these occupations of the West German embassy in Hungary, special trains crossing the territory of the GDR with these occupiers who got granted asylum, than the Berlin wall came down...but that does not mean everything is ok...than thousands of people applied for visa...and then some days later, after a simple question to a minister live on TV if and when the border crossings are open - he just said that as far as he knows this is applied right now.

And than it was just a rush. To the cars...to the restricted area...and then walking to the border...hundreds no thousands of people walking...crossing these death strip...getting greeted on the other side by some West Germans...invading the small towns on the western side near the border...buying some stuff (bananas...chocolate) there and than just walking back home.
Some stayed, fearing the boarders get closed again.

Its was really strange. I have to sleep about it and its time do to this - night shift is over - it's 7 am.

who cares how many books have been written? your's still hasn't.

write the damn thing.

please?

re: #227 Dark_Falcon

Who is that?

I always wonder what the newer lizards think of her when she pops in out of the blue like this ......especially like this. LOL

Well, I figured I was either looking at satire, or the heat and the dust and the 8 year-old boys having a shouting war had finally gotten to me.

re: #212 realwest

Sounds like summer of my youth-when I'd go over to a neighbor's house and loiter because they had AC.

The Berlin Wall.....where people voted for freedom with their feet....and their lives.

OTOH I'll mind my betters

re: #217 albusteve

fuck off please

Oh, stop for a moment.

re: #224 buzzsawmonkey

Aisha is--or was--the resident Borat. Take with tongue in cheek, and large grain of salt.

substitute cheap tequila for aisha, and it'll be much more popular......

re: #209 Aisha

What about the unibrows and hair on the upper lips--for the women, I mean.

re: #224 buzzsawmonkey

I decided to reserve a down-ding b/c I wondered about that. It just seemed SO over the top.

re: #237 redc1c4

and no pesky worm--at least not since the last time.

ack

re: #226 Killgore Trout

The first time I saw Aisha post, she called "BatGuano" "excrement from a bat's rear private part". One of the funniest posts I have ever seen!
Hi Aisha!
*waves*

re: #241 MandyManners

hairball?

re: #177 jaunte
Hey juante! I'm afraid that, truth be told, the MSM is feeding the masses what the masses WANT. They don't really care about what a racist (YES SHE IS) US Senator has to say (unless she's a Republican) but they are endlessly fascinated with Madonna. I don't get it, but look at all the coverage given to Michael Jackson's death and Ceremony and compare it to the news stories that only get told on GREAT blogs, like LGF. Sometimes Despair is the right feeling to have. (and btw, I am NOT putting down either Michael Jackson or Maddona; the American TV viewing public, OTOH................).

re: #240 calcajun

and no pesky worm--at least not since the last time.

drink enough tequila, and it'll kill your worms.

Evening Night Lizards! It started beautifully then rained in Near Iowa today.

Why do they always pick on Marriott and The Ritz?

How are you-all and what are we talking about?

re: #228 albusteve

Are you a Jew or just a great-satanist?

re: #242 Floral Giraffe

The name has stuck.

/

re: #230 pink freud

That she's an LGF Treasure?

re: #139 Dark_Falcon

I should have included this, from Yad Vashem, about the Righteous Gentiles who saved Jewish lives, often at the cost of their own. There are no words that are adequate for these wonderful people, no words. They are honored there.

And in Europe, people took their Jewish neighbors in, at the risk of death...the one I remember the most is the story of Anne Frank ZT"L.

I was away at summer camp when the book was published, and my parents sent it to me...a first printing, that I still have and cherish. My kids read it, and it will be passed on to my grandchildren.

re: #228 albusteve

Only because you bit on the bait, mon ami.//

re: #246 buzzsawmonkey

Wake up, maguey, I think I got somethin' to say to you...

oh fer...

re: #236 MandyManners

Oh, stop for a moment.

don;t stop him: he's on a roll............... %-)

re: #242 Floral Giraffe

Hi checkered capybara! You're walkin' in and I'm heading out.

Sweet dreams, all ...

re: #244 realwest

Hey juante! I'm afraid that, truth be told, the MSM is feeding the masses what the masses WANT. They don't really care about what a racist (YES SHE IS) US Senator has to say (unless she's a Republican) but they are endlessly fascinated with Madonna. I don't get it, but look at all the coverage given to Michael Jackson's death and Ceremony and compare it to the news stories that only get told on GREAT blogs, like LGF. Sometimes Despair is the right feeling to have. (and btw, I am NOT putting down either Michael Jackson or Maddona; the American TV viewing public, OTOH................).

Must concur.

re: #248 Aisha

Are you a Jew or just a great-satanist?

yes....don't come any closer

re: #226 Killgore Trout

re: #248 Aisha

he can be both in this country, you know./

re: #257 albusteve

yes....don't come any closer

That's the spirit!

re: #246 buzzsawmonkey

Wake up, maguey, I think I got somethin' to say to you...

that was a rum comeback............. do you want to try a gin?