Overnight Open Thread
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
— H. L. Mencken
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
— H. L. Mencken
6 | Erik The Red Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:12:13pm |
A Londoner parks his brand new Porsche in front of the office to show it off to his colleagues.. As he's getting out of the car, a lorry comes speeding along too close to the kerb and takes off the door before zooming off. More than a little distraught, the Londoner grabs his mobile and calls the police.
Five minutes later, the police arrive. Before the policeman has a chance to ask any questions, the man starts screaming hysterically: 'My Porsche,my beautiful silver Porsche is ruined. No matter how long it's at the panel beaters it'll simply never be the same again!'
After the man finally finishes his rant, the policeman shakes his head in disgust. 'I can't believe how materialistic you bloody Londoners are,' he says. 'You lot are so focused on your possessions that you don't notice anything else in your life.'
'How can you say such a thing at a time like this?' sobs the Porsche owner.
The policeman replies, 'Didn't you realise that your left arm was torn off when the truck hit you.'
The Londoner looks down in horror. 'FUCKING HELL!' he
screams........'Where's my Rolex?... '
7 | wiffersnapper Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:14:10pm |
If a tree falls on a mime in the middle of the forest, does anyone care?
(stolen from The Far Side)
8 | Erik The Red Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:14:26pm |
The Marvels of Modern Medicine!
An Israeli doctor said to a medical conference, "Medicine in my country is
so advanced, we can take a kidney out of one person, put it into another and
have him looking for work in six weeks!"
The German doctor stood up and said, "Well medicine in my county is so
advanced, we can take a lung out of one person, put it into another and have
him looking for work in 4 weeks"
The Russian doctor got up and said "My country is even more advanced, we can
remove half of a heart from one person, put it into another and have them
both looking for work in just 2 weeks!"
Not to be outdone, the American doctor stood up and addressed the
conference, "Well", he said, "my country is so far advanced in medicine, we
can remove an asshole from Chicago, put him in the White House, and have
half the country looking for work in 24 hours!"
9 | Sharmuta Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:15:16pm |
Happiness is fleeting, but you can always buy more chocolate.
11 | gmsc Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:16:37pm |
gmsc's money tips #24:
As I did previously with gmsc's money tips #15 and #16, I'm going to turn over this installement to someone else. In this case, it's the campground business-owning blogger behind Coyote Blog.
My First Ever Investment Advice (Part 1 of 2)
I don’t generally give investment advice, because I am not really qualified to do so and I make enough mistakes with my own investments that it seems silly to give other people advice.
But these are extraordinary times, and I do want to pass on one general piece of advice: Be ready for inflation. If you are under forty, you probably don’t even remember any real inflation, so you may need to seek advice as to how to handle it.
I just do not see how there is going to be any way to avoid a substantial uptick in inflation over the next couple of years. Crazy-large deficit spending, huge inflation of the money supply, absurdly low interest rates, massive government money-printing efforts, and government-mandated tilts in the balance of power between labor and management towards the unions can only add up to inflation,
Now, if we were really in the next Great Depression, as the Obama administration tried to tell us in its early weeks (mainly in order to pass pet legislation in a mood of total panic), then we might not see much immediate inflationary pressure. But I think most of us are realizing that the whole depression thing was over-sold. We are likely already on the first steps towards a recovery (if the Administration does not keep doing stupid stuff to kill it) and this recovery will become obvious by the third quarter (for their budget, the Obama administration is forecasting this now to be a milder-than-average recession). When the recovery starts, inflation is going to slam home hard and fast.
12 | gmsc Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:16:41pm |
gmsc's money tips #24:
As I did previously with gmsc's money tips #15 and #16, I'm going to turn over this installement to someone else. In this case, it's the campground business-owning blogger behind Coyote Blog.
My First Ever Investment Advice (Part 2 of 2)
The smart money already knows this. That is why the government (as is the UK government) is having a hard time finding takers for long-term government bonds fixed at 4 or 5 percent. Such low rates could easily be under water after inflation.
So, find ways to hedge inflation. Here are some general ideas:
• If you need to borrow money, now is a great time if you can borrow long and fixed (as with 30-year mortgages). With high inflation, the amount you owe effectively goes down every year. Borrowers love inflation!
• Avoid buying long-term bonds at fixed rates like the plague. Again, you want to be issuing such bonds, not buying them.
• Consider various US government inflation-adjusted bonds, or shorter maturities on traditional bonds
• Equities tend to be a good inflation hedge. Revenues and earnings go up with inflation, so equity prices and dividends tend to as well. There will be, though, certain industries and companies that will not manage well in this environment.
• Gold is OK, but I have always thought of gold as dead value. Sure, it can hedge inflation, but it gives no real return. Commodity producer stocks (e.g. oil companies) may be a better bet.
• International stocks are really dicey in this kind of environment. Added to the underlying risk of investing in less developed markets is the currency question, which basically boils down to — we know the US is screwing up its currency, but will other countries screw theirs up worse? If you think there is a country out there who is less likely to inflate their currency, by all means consider equities and bonds denominated in that currency. You get the underlying return plus an exchange rate boost (all things being equal, if the US has a lot of inflation and others don’t, the value of the dollar will fall. Thus investment returns in, say, Euros will return more dollars in the future.)
These are just some ideas, and I am not positive they are all good ones. Talk to someone more knowledgeable than me, but whatever you do, I think you need to be planning for inflation.
13 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:17:13pm |
re: #9 Sharmuta
Happiness is fleeting, but you can always buy more chocolate.
only if there is more port to go with it.....
/preferably Zinfandel Port.
14 | Neo Con since 9-11 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:18:23pm |
re: #6 Erik The Red
A Londoner parks his brand new Porsche in front of the office to show it off to his colleagues.. As he's getting out of the car, a lorry comes speeding along too close to the kerb and takes off the door before zooming off. More than a little distraught, the Londoner grabs his mobile and calls the police.
Five minutes later, the police arrive. Before the policeman has a chance to ask any questions, the man starts screaming hysterically: 'My Porsche,my beautiful silver Porsche is ruined. No matter how long it's at the panel beaters it'll simply never be the same again!'
After the man finally finishes his rant, the policeman shakes his head in disgust. 'I can't believe how materialistic you bloody Londoners are,' he says. 'You lot are so focused on your possessions that you don't notice anything else in your life.'
'How can you say such a thing at a time like this?' sobs the Porsche owner.
The policeman replies, 'Didn't you realise that your left arm was torn off when the truck hit you.'
The Londoner looks down in horror. 'FUCKING HELL!' he
screams........'Where's my Rolex?... '
Funny, but it was written by an American. It should have been "your right arm was torn off" as that is the arm that London drivers open their door with.
15 | Syrah Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:19:00pm |
Good fafalel is a bit of paradise.
Good fafalel balls are made fresh and served minutes after they come out of the fryer. Yum.
Just saying.
Seems that there is a falafel seller here in Seattle that does not seem to understand that fafalel should not taste anything at all like cold cardboard. Happiness is not going back.
16 | stevieray Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:19:14pm |
I like H.L. Mencken's stuff... but is he really the right guy to go to for advice on happiness? The puritans were blissed-out trippin' hippies compared to him.
/ unless you count gleeful, merciless cynicism as "happy"
// and sometimes I do!
17 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:19:40pm |
re: #14 Neo Con since 9-11
Funny, but it was written by an American. It should have been "your right arm was torn off" as that is the arm that London drivers open their door with.
yeah, but we all know the English are backwards, so it's probably right anyway......
18 | pat Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:19:42pm |
I find it interesting that Puritans have evolved into the most liberal Christian churches in America: The Unitarians and the Congregationalists. If churches were bat colonies, these would be the Moon Bats.
19 | Taqiyyotomist Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:20:14pm |
gmsc. I rolled pennies this morning. The trick to doing it quickly and accurately is to pick them up in stacks of five, and be sure to count out loud, so you don't lose count. The bank, unlike the gas station or the store, doesn't like it when you put your name and number on every roll, because then they have to black them out with a sharpie. I love this blog!
:)
20 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:20:59pm |
re: #15 Syrah
Good fafalel is a bit of paradise.
Good fafalel balls are made fresh and served minutes after they come out of the fryer. Yum.
Just saying.
Seems that there is a falafel seller here in Seattle that does not seem to understand that fafalel should not taste anything at all like cold cardboard. Happiness is not going back.
fafalel doesn't have any meat in it: why eat it?
/lamb shashlik, now that's some good stuff.
21 | NY Nana Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:22:26pm |
Boo! G'nite, all. I am off to sleep. I can't manage to keep my head up, which must be a message that it is past bedtime, for a change.
Sweet dreams!
22 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:22:45pm |
re: #16 stevieray
I like H.L. Mencken's stuff... but is he really the right guy to go to for advice on happiness? The puritans were blissed-out trippin' hippies compared to him.
/ unless you count gleeful, merciless cynicism as "happy"
// and sometimes I do!
i like Mencken, except that he tends to be to *perky* for me.....
i prefer a more realistic approach to life.
24 | gmsc Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:23:16pm |
re: #19 Taqiyyotomist
gmsc. I rolled pennies this morning. The trick to doing it quickly and accurately is to pick them up in stacks of five, and be sure to count out loud, so you don't lose count. The bank, unlike the gas station or the store, doesn't like it when you put your name and number on every roll, because then they have to black them out with a sharpie. I love this blog!
:)
I roll pennies (and other coins) quite often. I finally broke down and got myself a coin tray like these to help keep track of the coins!
25 | gmsc Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:23:25pm |
re: #21 NY Nana
Boo! G'nite, all. I am off to sleep. I can't manage to keep my head up, which must be a message that it is past bedtime, for a change.
Sweet dreams!
G'Nite NY Nana!
27 | Syrah Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:23:43pm |
re: #20 redc1c4
fafalel doesn't have any meat in it: why eat it?
/lamb shashlik, now that's some good stuff.
There are some non-meat dishes that are actually very tasty. I wouldn't want to have to live off of them, but they can be good all the same.
I will keep an eye out for lamb shashlik. Sounds good.
28 | BatGuano Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:26:38pm |
What's wrong with Puritanism? Somebody must regulate happiness else it will spread.
29 | rawmuse Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:26:47pm |
re: #24 gmsc
I have pennies, nickels and even some quarters in a big bowl on my dresser.
I am undoubtedly personally responsible for the penny shortage.
I recently had to add truss braces to the dresser for structural support.
31 | BlueCanuck Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:28:28pm |
I pre sort all my coins. I have seperate bins/jars for each type. Keeps things simple for when I roll them. I also call this my emergency fund.
32 | gmsc Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:29:05pm |
re: #29 rawmuse
I have pennies, nickels and even some quarters in a big bowl on my dresser.
I am undoubtedly personally responsible for the penny shortage.
I recently had to add truss braces to the dresser for structural support.
If too much money of any kind is causing you trouble of any kind, I'd be glad to take it off your hands!
;)
33 | TheMatrix31 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:30:06pm |
re: #15 Syrah
Good fafalel is a bit of paradise.
Good fafalel balls are made fresh and served minutes after they come out of the fryer. Yum.
Just saying.
Seems that there is a falafel seller here in Seattle that does not seem to understand that fafalel should not taste anything at all like cold cardboard. Happiness is not going back.
Hm, my Dad hasn't made falafel in a while.
34 | gmsc Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:30:09pm |
re: #31 BlueCanuck
I pre sort all my coins. I have seperate bins/jars for each type. Keeps things simple for when I roll them. I also call this my emergency fund.
My emergency fund consists of 5% of every paycheck I receive.
This sure saved my life last year, when I was out of work and needed a root canal!
36 | Taqiyyotomist Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:32:29pm |
Before I go, check this quote from HotAir:
"Hiring this guy was the best decision Pajamas TV ever made."
(Video: ‘Zo on the Special Olympics gaffe and Obama’s spending)
Putting it in the links.
'Night Lizards.
39 | Killian Bundy Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:33:53pm |
re: #31 BlueCanuck
I pre sort all my coins. I have seperate bins/jars for each type. Keeps things simple for when I roll them. I also call this my emergency fund.
/don't banks up there have coin counting machines?
40 | Eclectic Infidel Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:34:16pm |
re: #13 redc1c4
only if there is more port to go with it.....
/preferably Zinfandel Port.
I must concur! Chocolate and red wine are wonderful together. The first time I sampled both was at a winery in the Wine Country town of Sonoma. This particular winery was serving chocolate truffles with their own brand of porto. OMG. OMGWTFBBQLOL. Delicious.
42 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:34:47pm |
re: #3 pbird
Meh, seems accurate to me. One thing Puritans are known for is making your business their business.
43 | Fenway_Nation Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:34:56pm |
I keep a jar of coins at home to deposit whenever the jar gets full. Sometimes, in order to bad the total amount in the jar, I'll ask the clerks at the grocery store if they have any $1 coins....sometimes they'll have a bunch, sometimes they won't have any. Depending how much they have, I'll usually trade my paper $1 bills for the $1 coins and put them in the jar when I get back.
44 | Taqiyyotomist Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:36:01pm |
re: #42 Slumbering Behemoth
Yeah, those Puritans really get to me, too.
//are there any?
47 | Fenway_Nation Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:36:29pm |
48 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:36:33pm |
re: #26 redc1c4
rat sniping time..... BRB!
TAG! and a mother big one at that.......
nice moon in the western sky too.
49 | BlueCanuck Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:37:02pm |
re: #39 Killian Bundy
Yes, but if you want to make a deposit they have to be rolled first. I know a waste of time, but that's banks for you.
50 | Syrah Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:37:12pm |
re: #33 TheMatrix31
Hm, my Dad hasn't made falafel in a while.
If you are ever in San Jose, this place is the best. Frankly, the best ever. Every other place I have been to falls just a bit short.
52 | Sharmuta Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:37:40pm |
re: #15 Syrah
Good fafalel is a bit of paradise.
Good fafalel balls are made fresh and served minutes after they come out of the fryer. Yum.
Just saying.
Seems that there is a falafel seller here in Seattle that does not seem to understand that fafalel should not taste anything at all like cold cardboard. Happiness is not going back.
Really good hummus.....
53 | Killian Bundy Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:38:10pm |
re: #49 BlueCanuck
Yes, but if you want to make a deposit they have to be rolled first. I know a waste of time, but that's banks for you.
/most banks here won't take hand rolled coin
54 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:39:01pm |
re: #44 Taqiyyotomist
Likely not named as such, but their ideological descendants exist today.
55 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:40:16pm |
re: #40 eclectic infidel
I must concur! Chocolate and red wine are wonderful together. The first time I sampled both was at a winery in the Wine Country town of Sonoma. This particular winery was serving chocolate truffles with their own brand of porto. OMG. OMGWTFBBQLOL. Delicious.
you won't be sorry.
56 | Erik The Red Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:40:40pm |
re: #49 BlueCanuck
Yes, but if you want to make a deposit they have to be rolled first. I know a waste of time, but that's banks for you.
I just count the coins and put them into small bank plastic. So much easier than having to roll coins. The teller just weights the bag and presto.
58 | Syrah Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:42:01pm |
re: #52 Sharmuta
Really good hummus.....
I like hummas with corn chips. Its a little odd, but then again, so am I.
60 | BlueCanuck Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:42:59pm |
61 | Sharmuta Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:42:59pm |
re: #58 Syrah
I'll be starting Conflict of Visions tomorrow. I'm pretty excited.
63 | gmsc Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:43:27pm |
re: #49 BlueCanuck
Yes, but if you want to make a deposit they have to be rolled first. I know a waste of time, but that's banks for you.
My local WaMu branch will take any amount of loose coins, unless it's equal to or more than an amount in a complete roll. In that case, it must be rolled.
64 | Eclectic Infidel Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:43:32pm |
re: #52 Sharmuta
Really good hummus.....
I was spoiled when I lived in San Francisco out in the Parkside neighborhood. On 17th @ Taraval there was a produce market with a middle eastern cafe next door, both owned by the same family. Every other day the operator of the cafe, Ernie, would cook up fresh hummus, tabouli, babaganoush, mousaka, and of course falafel. I humbly apologize for butchering the spelling of the foods. Having that cafe within walking distance of our flat was its own kind of happiness.
65 | Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:44:18pm |
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
Please to be groking the Zen Strawberry......
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!
/Wheeee!
66 | Cheechako Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:45:44pm |
I've been tossing my spare change into a 5 gallon water dispensing jug for years. It's now over half full and I don't have to worry about anyone stealing it as it weighs over 150 pounds. I don't have any idea how much is in it. Maybe my kids will have to roll the coins for their inheritance.
67 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:46:17pm |
68 | BatGuano Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:46:22pm |
re: #51 gmsc
I'm kind of schizophrenic. No you're not! Yes, I am kinda. Geeez.. your're a loser.
69 | Fenway_Nation Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:46:38pm |
re: #63 gmsc
What is this WaMu you speak of?
I tried showing up at my credit union with a bunch of quarters in a zliplock baggie.....
/they were not amused
70 | Sharmuta Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:47:00pm |
re: #64 eclectic infidel
I can relate. I worked for a Lebanese Maronite family restaurant for awhile. Got totally spoiled while working there.
71 | Killian Bundy Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:47:51pm |
re: #60 BlueCanuck
Geez, must be nice. All, our banks up here only accept rolled coins, and nothing but rolled coins.
My bank has a machine in the lobby.
/just toss 'em in and it spits out a receipt
72 | Syrah Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:48:05pm |
re: #61 Sharmuta
I'll be starting Conflict of Visions tomorrow. I'm pretty excited.
I have been trying to read it.
We shut down my office this weekend so I have been a little distracted.
Now I am the corporate office and that will take some getting used to. I will have more time to read now. Things work out.
I think you will enjoy it. It is very relevant to what is happening at large, and even in microcosm here at LGF.
73 | BlueCanuck Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:50:01pm |
re: #71 Killian Bundy
We have those in a lot of grocery stores. Costs you about 9 cents on the dollar to use. Only do that when I am lazy and need groceries though.
74 | TheMatrix31 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:50:24pm |
A good hammos is hard to beat. My personal favorite is muhammara, which you won't find most places. Bread crumbs, pomegranate juice, oil, red pepper paste, and crushed walnuts. I love it when my Grandma makes it for me.
75 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:50:48pm |
re: #50 Syrah
If you are ever in San Jose, this place is the best. Frankly, the best ever. Every other place I have been to falls just a bit short.
76 | Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:50:52pm |
re: #16 stevieray
I like H.L. Mencken's stuff... but is he really the right guy to go to for advice on happiness? The puritans were blissed-out trippin' hippies compared to him.
Pessimists are only optimists who are let down.
77 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:51:22pm |
re: #76 Killgore Trout
Pessimists are only optimists who are let down.
Optimism is it's own punishment.
78 | Fenway_Nation Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:51:32pm |
re: #71 Killian Bundy
My bank has a machine in the lobby.
/just toss 'em in and it spits out a receipt
Our local credit union has a bunch of those, but the fee varies from branch to branch. Fortunately I don't have to go too far out of my way to get the one with zero comission...
79 | Dustyvet Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:51:43pm |
80 | Syrah Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:53:32pm |
81 | zombie Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:53:59pm |
I have the feeling Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher are going to have a field day with this:
Cult mom pleads guilty to murder "until her son is resurrected"
Cults: making religion look bad since 1000 B.C.®
83 | Sharmuta Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:54:49pm |
re: #72 Syrah
Well- I've already decided that the two mindsets do not follow political divisions. You can find both in either party.
84 | zombie Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:55:48pm |
re: #76 Killgore Trout
Pessimists are only optimists who are let down.
A pessimist is an optimist who has woken up.
85 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:56:44pm |
re: #16 stevieray
I like H.L. Mencken's stuff... but is he really the right guy to go to for advice on happiness? The puritans were blissed-out trippin' hippies compared to him.
I don't know Menchen's stuff, but...
The Puritans of olde were so wound up and invasively authoritative that they banned the celebration of Christmas. Not exactly a blissful folk.
86 | BatGuano Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:56:52pm |
re: #81 zombie
I admit I could not get past the first to sentences. Cults have hurt religion more than 3000 years.
87 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:57:10pm |
re: #79 Dustyvet
Rat sniping?
for a variety of reasons, there is a constant supply of rats in my AO.
we feed birds, so they come over to raid the feeders. i have applied the 11B solution, and, over time, they have gotten more wily......
therefore, i have too. %-)
Harmony Church Rules!
88 | arielle Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:57:33pm |
re: #75 redc1c4
Word! Falafah sandwich, fries and a banana shake. MMMMMMMMMMM........
89 | Killian Bundy Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:57:37pm |
PuritanismIslam: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
/mush better
90 | redc1c4 Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:58:03pm |
re: #80 Syrah
Looks good. I may have to look that one in Vegas up next time I drive through there.
extra chilli, extra cheese, and you can sop up the extra with your regular fries.....
91 | BlueCanuck Mon, Mar 30, 2009 11:58:13pm |
re: #87 redc1c4
So what you are saying is that the rats in your backyard are evolving due to environmental pressures. :)
92 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:00:14am |
Today in History, March 31st:
1889 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.
1918 - Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
1930 - The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next thirty eight years.
1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson announces he will not run for re-election.
1990 - 200,000 protestors took to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
1994 - Human evolution: The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull.
2007 - In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour.
2008 - Aloha Airlines, a bankrupt airline, permanently ends passenger service
93 | Syrah Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:01:13am |
re: #90 redc1c4
extra chilli, extra cheese, and you can sop up the extra with your regular fries.....
Hold the cheese and throw in a few tamales. (can't eat cheese.) It's kind of tough finding good Mexican food here in the great north wet. I grew up in San Jose so Mexican food was everyday staple. I kind of miss it, but not enough to go back to California.
94 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:01:17am |
re: #69 Fenway_Nation
What is this WaMu you speak of?
I tried showing up at my credit union with a bunch of quarters in a zliplock baggie.....
/they were not amused
Washington Mutual . . . soon to be Chase Bank, thanks to the financial crisis.
95 | redc1c4 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:01:50am |
re: #91 BlueCanuck
So what you are saying is that the rats in your backyard are evolving due to environmental pressures. :)
some of them, anyway..... others are evolutionary dead ends, as it were.
96 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:02:38am |
re: #71 Killian Bundy
My bank has a machine in the lobby.
/just toss 'em in and it spits out a receipt
As long as you're aware that some of that money often gets taken out (8.9% in the machines around here), those can be handy. They often do things like give you the full value on a gift card of your choice, too.
97 | Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:05:06am |
re: #81 zombie
I have the feeling Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher are going to have a field day with this:
Cult mom pleads guilty to murder "until her son is resurrected"
Cults: making religion look bad since 1000 B.C.®
Too bad she can't go to Download City for boxing....
98 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:05:11am |
Matrix- you should submit your grandma's hummus recipe to the LGF cookbook!
99 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:05:20am |
re: #75 redc1c4
re: #80 Syrah
Looks good. I may have to look that one in Vegas up next time I drive through there.
Meh. It's OK. I just went to the one near my house, and tried a burger with all the chili on it. It's not bad, but not great, either. If I was having lunch with someone, and Tommy's was handy, I'd have no problem going there, but it wouldn't stand out among a group of placed to decide between.
100 | Killian Bundy Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:05:24am |
re: #96 gmsc
As long as you're aware that some of that money often gets taken out (8.9% in the machines around here), those can be handy. They often do things like give you the full value on a gift card of your choice, too.
/its free
101 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:05:28am |
re: #92 gmsc
I remember 1968 LBJ live announcement. I was 13 and thought: good riddance.
1994,I thought: Lucy in the sky with diamonds?
102 | redc1c4 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:05:36am |
re: #93 Syrah
Hold the cheese and throw in a few tamales. (can't eat cheese.) It's kind of tough finding good Mexican food here in the great north wet. I grew up in San Jose so Mexican food was everyday staple. I kind of miss it, but not enough to go back to California.
i've been meaning to make tamales myself, using slow smoked Southern style BBQ meat, brisket and pulled pork, and complimentary spicy BBQ sauces to go with them all wrapped up in the masa......
/shit: now i'm hungry.
104 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:06:46am |
re: #84 zombie
A pessimist is an optimist who has woken up.
A pessimist is someone who mistakenly thinks optimism is looking only at the good side of things.
105 | Syrah Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:06:57am |
re: #102 redc1c4
i've been meaning to make tamales myself, using slow smoked Southern style BBQ meat, brisket and pulled pork, and complimentary spicy BBQ sauces to go with them all wrapped up in the masa......
/shit: now i'm hungry.
Sounds like another recipe that should find its way to the Lizard Cookbook.
106 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:07:29am |
re: #100 Killian Bundy
/its free
I've never seen one that gives the full value in cash before. When did this start?
107 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:07:56am |
re: #81 zombie
I have the feeling Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher are going to have a field day with this:
Cult mom pleads guilty to murder "until her son is resurrected"
Cults: making religion look bad since 1000 B.C.®
All I can say is: Sheesh!
108 | Killian Bundy Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:08:34am |
re: #106 gmsc
I've never seen one that gives the full value in cash before. When did this start?
/it's at my bank
109 | Syrah Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:08:40am |
re: #99 gmsc
Meh. It's OK. I just went to the one near my house, and tried a burger with all the chili on it. It's not bad, but not great, either. If I was having lunch with someone, and Tommy's was handy, I'd have no problem going there, but it wouldn't stand out among a group of placed to decide between.
Oh well. That means that I will just have to find an excuse to spend enough time in Vegas to try out a few places instead of just the one. My bank account may hate me for that. So much temptation . . .
110 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:09:09am |
re: #92 gmsc
1930 - The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next thirty eight years.
And boy, did that cause problems for David Selznick nine year later.
Imagine, if you will- "Frankly my Dear, I don't give a darn!"
111 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:09:32am |
re: #101 BatGuano
I remember 1968 LBJ live announcement. I was 13 and thought: good riddance.
1994,I thought: Lucy in the sky with diamonds?
Wait . . . are those the lyrics to the song?
All this time I've been singing "Lucy in disguise, with diamonds..."
/Checking Neil Diamond's "Reverend Blue Jeans"
//And "The Girl with Colitis Goes By"
112 | redc1c4 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:09:51am |
re: #99 gmsc
Meh. It's OK. I just went to the one near my house, and tried a burger with all the chili on it. It's not bad, but not great, either. If I was having lunch with someone, and Tommy's was handy, I'd have no problem going there, but it wouldn't stand out among a group of placed to decide between.
it is what it is.... a cultural icon, and a specific type of foodstuff. dissing Tommy's would be like dissing Philippes, or the Pantry, or In-and-Out.......
too bad Vickman's didn't survive, or Gorky's.
113 | Syrah Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:10:38am |
And with that fellow Lizards, its time for me to hit the sack. Too much talk of food, chocolates, wines, big greasy burgers, falafels and tamales.
I will dream hungry dreams.
Goodnight all.
114 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:10:54am |
re: #93 Syrah
Hold the cheese and throw in a few tamales. (can't eat cheese.) It's kind of tough finding good Mexican food here in the great north wet. I grew up in San Jose so Mexican food was everyday staple. I kind of miss it, but not enough to go back to California.
There is a surprisingly good taco joint right in downtown Bellingham.
115 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:10:54am |
re: #106 gmsc
Probably something the smaller reigonal banks or credit unions have. I think the Coinstar machines in various grocery stores will waive whatever fee there is if you put the whole balance towards a gift-card from Amazon, Overstock, Bed Bath and Beyond or JC Penney.
116 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:11:31am |
re: #109 Syrah
Oh well. That means that I will just have to find an excuse to spend enough time in Vegas to try out a few places instead of just the one. My bank account may hate me for that. So much temptation . . .
We try . . . We try . . .
:)
118 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:11:58am |
re: #113 Syrah
And with that fellow Lizards, its time for me to hit the sack. Too much talk of food, chocolates, wines, big greasy burgers, falafels and tamales.
I will dream hungry dreams.
Goodnight all.
G'Night, Syrah!
119 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:13:16am |
re: #117 Macker
Or how about 'I Love Seka in the USA'?
Or Jimi Hendrix's "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy!"
120 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:14:19am |
re: #111 gmsc
I'd never heard of colitis at the time so I did her, " The girl with Kaleidoscope eyes".
121 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:15:58am |
My favorite, "There's a bathroom on the right".
122 | Scorch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:16:42am |
re: #113 Syrah
And with that fellow Lizards, its time for me to hit the sack. Too much talk of food, chocolates, wines, big greasy burgers, falafels and tamales.
I will dream hungry dreams.
Goodnight all.
Wow and I was just woke up by a nightmare. Hope your dreams are better.
123 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:21:37am |
re: #121 BatGuano
My favorite, "There's a bathroom on the right".
Here you go – with added Xena goodness!
125 | redc1c4 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:23:16am |
re: #122 Scorch
Wow and I was just woke up by a nightmare. Hope your dreams are better.
stress is when you wake up screaming, and then realize you were never asleep.
127 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:24:31am |
I loved two girls at a time,
Kate and Edith both were mine.
I found out what they say is true,
You can't have your Kate and Edith, too.
128 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:24:36am |
re: #125 redc1c4
So basically every day from Nov. 5th 2008 onward?
129 | Scorch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:24:45am |
130 | Eclectic Infidel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:25:04am |
re: #102 redc1c4
i've been meaning to make tamales myself, using slow smoked Southern style BBQ meat, brisket and pulled pork, and complimentary spicy BBQ sauces to go with them all wrapped up in the masa......
/shit: now i'm hungry.
What exactly is pulled pork? Is it a specific cut of pork?
132 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:27:57am |
re: #131 BatGuano
Funny. I played it twice.
Even funnier, search for the phrase "bathroom on the right" on YouTube – you'll get over 7,000 videos!
133 | Scorch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:29:23am |
re: #126 redc1c4
time to rescan for rats.....
gotta kep up the skeer!
We have a dog problem here. I do not like to shoot them but when they run in packs of 7-10 and start killing my cats, tearing up my dog and nipping at our neighbors horses the thinning process begins.
134 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:31:43am |
When I was a younger man,
every night, I kissed a strange girl.
When I was a younger man,
every night, I kissed a strange girl.
The same girl . . .
but she was strange . . .
She said she really like my eyes,
then one night, she took them home.
I know that I shall never find,
Another girl with eyes like mine.
The moral of the story's clear,
Think twice before your lend an ear.
135 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:32:10am |
Speaking of cults, here's a link to a pretty strange one that flourished in British Columbia in the late 1920s and early '30s.
I think I still have a copy of the John Oliphant book referenced in the link.
136 | redc1c4 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:32:49am |
re: #128 Fenway_Nation
So basically every day from Nov. 5th 2008 onward?
no: i was inflicted born long before then....... but yeah, more so now, these days.
137 | redc1c4 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:38:05am |
re: #130 eclectic infidel
What exactly is pulled pork? Is it a specific cut of pork?
it's usually pork butt or pork shoulder, slow cooked over 12-18 hours, and then shredded or "pulled" prior to eating.
the various differences in seasoning, preparation, cooking, serving and the sauces that go with it could fill books..... and they do.
138 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:39:25am |
Let me get this straight . . . James Randi is prominent enough for Google Talks to speak with him for an hour, but not good enough to have a YouTube account for his foundation?
*rolling eyes*
139 | redc1c4 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:40:38am |
re: #133 Scorch
We have a dog problem here. I do not like to shoot them but when they run in packs of 7-10 and start killing my cats, tearing up my dog and nipping at our neighbors horses the thinning process begins.
i don't have a real issue with that kind of thinking. if they aren't pets..... but, if they are, you need to control your animal.
140 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:42:43am |
Say this three times fast, " I'm not the fig plucker I'm the the fig pucker's son but I'll pluck figs till the fig plucker comes".
141 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:45:24am |
re: #140 BatGuano
Say this three times fast, " I'm not the fig plucker I'm the the fig pucker's son but I'll pluck figs till the fig plucker comes".
I'd always heard it as "the pheasant plucker's mate".
142 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:45:29am |
re: #138 gmsc
Let me get this straight . . . James Randi is prominent enough for Google Talks to speak with him for an hour, but not good enough to have a YouTube account for his foundation?
*rolling eyes*
I posted on a previous thread that I have been a fan of his for 41 years. Go figure.
143 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:55:58am |
re: #142 BatGuano
I posted on a previous thread that I have been a fan of his for 41 years. Go figure.
I'm a regular poster over in the forum at his site, and was shocked to hear about this after I got home from work.
From what I can see, there's a copyright violation that's at the crux of the problem. I'm betting it's some music that was used in the background, or something like that.
144 | Scorch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:59:35am |
re: #139 redc1c4
i don't have a real issue with that kind of thinking. if they aren't pets..... but, if they are, you need to control your animal.
We live in the country, farm actually and the people down here do not care for their dogs and usually just dump them when they tire of them or migrate somewhere else for the season.
146 | BlueCanuck Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:03:51am |
Crap, I am off to bed. Try to get some sleep. Have a good one folks, and say hi to littleoldlady for me.
*poof*
147 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:04:07am |
148 | Scorch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:04:31am |
re: #145 gmsc
Hello? hello? hello?
Echo . . . echo . . . echo . . .
Think everyone fell asleep at their keyboard?
149 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:04:35am |
re: #146 BlueCanuck
Crap, I am off to bed. Try to get some sleep. Have a good one folks, and say hi to littleoldlady for me.
*poof*
Night Blue. Good luck for later :)
150 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:04:39am |
re: #145 gmsc
Hello? hello? hello?
Echo . . . echo . . . echo . . .
Yeppers, it is quiet in here tonight....too quiet.
(Listens intently for the sound of jungle drums.)
151 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:05:39am |
re: #143 gmsc
I have no idea. He's controversial in a non controverisal way.
152 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:06:11am |
re: #146 BlueCanuck
Crap, I am off to bed. Try to get some sleep. Have a good one folks, and say hi to littleoldlady for me.
*poof*
Good night, BlueCanuck!
153 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:07:13am |
re: #147 Erik The Red
Everyone has gone to bed
I'm guessing so.
re: #148 Scorch
Think everyone fell asleep at their keyboard?
Could be. It's quiet . . . too quiet . . .
re: #150 Alberta Oil Peon
Yeppers, it is quiet in here tonight....too quiet.
(Listens intently for the sound of jungle drums.)
See?
;)
154 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:07:52am |
155 | Scorch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:08:51am |
Guess I'll go try another round with the sandman myself. Good night all....or good morning.
156 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:09:29am |
re: #155 Scorch
Guess I'll go try another round with the sandman myself. Good night all....or good morning.
G'Night, Scorch!
157 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:10:35am |
Is Flake picking up momentum on PMA probe?
Excerpt:
Why is Pelosi “dead set” against an Ethics Committee investigation? Murtha had been one of her closest allies in the House. He used his power to help her get to the Speakership, and in turn Pelosi has protected Murtha from trouble. If Murtha goes, it will at the very least reflect badly on Pelosi, especially after her protection of Murtha from internal probes.The PMA investigation may break without Pelosi. The FBI has obviously picked up a strong scent from Magliochetti, and it’s not the aroma of steak from the Alpine Grill. If the feds announce charges against corruptocrats like Murtha after years of obvious pork-barrel practices and years of Pelosi protection, expect this to be the Democratic Abramoff. Some Democrats have already begun to prepare themselves for that possibility by defecting and supporting an internal probe, hoping to avoid getting caught in an anti-incumbent rage when the storm hits.
Murtha survived the Abscam scandal. He won’t survive this one if the FBI begins rounding up Magliochetti and his subordinates. And Pelosi may find herself out of leadership if the implosion leads to the loss of enough seats in the midterm elections to put the Democrats back in the minority.
159 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:16:08am |
re: #154 BatGuano
Great choice in music, BatGuano!
I have the Ken Burns' Jazz series on videocassette, and the footage of the 1938 Benny Goodman concert at Carnegie Hall is one of the high points of that series.
It was the first outing for the Goodman band at such a "highbrow" venue, and they played it safe, by doing technically perfect, but rather bland renditions of a number of tunes, and the crowd basically sat on its hands. Then they, or I guess Benny himself decided to throw caution to the winds, and they embarked upon an extended jam of Sing, Sing, Sing, and the crowd went nuts.
160 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:16:15am |
Missed 'im! :-( What happened with BlueCanuck's job?
162 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:17:20am |
re: #160 littleoldlady
Missed 'im! :-( What happened with BlueCanuck's job?
He has a meeting with HR sometime in the afternoon. Other than that he is clueless.
163 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:17:20am |
re: #160 littleoldlady
From what I gathered earlier HR wants to talk to him. I hope everything's alright.
164 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:17:35am |
re: #160 littleoldlady
Missed 'im! :-( What happened with BlueCanuck's job?
He has a meeting with HR tomorrow afternoon. No further information. Sucks to be him right now, I reckon.
165 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:19:39am |
Well I hope it's good news!
Although it's hard to imagine how it could be...
166 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:20:43am |
re: #165 littleoldlady
Well I hope it's good news!
Although it's hard to imagine how it could be...
Wow! I never knew there was a font called "sotto voce."
167 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:21:48am |
168 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:22:43am |
Littleoldlady! Good to see you!
It was getting down to just a few of us in here!
169 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:22:48am |
re: #159 Alberta Oil Peon
Of course. turn it over to Gene Krupa and get out of the way!
170 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:23:17am |
re: #167 littleoldlady
Alberta Oil Peon! :-)
h/t LeePro!
I know how to get this small But how do you get it as small as you do lol?
171 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:23:56am |
gmsc! :-)
I'm still deciding if I'm here!
Got up WAY too early, and I have some driving to do today.
/NoDoze!
172 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:23:58am |
re: #170 Erik The Red
I know how to get this small But how do you get it as small as you do lol?
Now how did I do that?
174 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:24:48am |
It must be slow all over – as this rates news:
A TOAST TO THE TOASTER..100 YEARS OLD AND STILL GOING STRONG
NO wedding list would be complete without an electric toaster…
The cleverest little kitchen gadget since – well, long before sliced bread surprisingly – celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
When Frank Shailor, a technician with General Electric, dreamed up his D12 toaster in 1909, it was 20 years before there was such a thing as a sliced loaf.
He invented it so people could still eat bread that was going stale and it was an overnight success. Bits of bread were simply wedged inside the exposed “wire fence”.Unfortunately, this would prove quite hazardous because the bread had to be turned by hand to make sure both sides were toasted.
175 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:25:25am |
Erik! :-)
< sub >< sup >< sub > end with either < /sub > or < /sup >
/take the spaces out, of course
176 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:25:57am |
re: #175 littleoldlady
Erik! :-)
< sub >< sup >< sub > end with either < /sub > or < /sup >
/take the spaces out, of course
Like this?
Testing Testing Testing Testing
180 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:28:18am |
for Gene krupa fans (or will be)
Caution: If you do not like great drumming or Barbara Stanwick. do not click on the thingy.
181 | zulubaby Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:28:58am |
Qaddafi Storms Out of Arab Summit
Gadhafi disrupted the opening Arab League summit in Qatar by taking a microphone and criticizing Saudi's King Abdullah, calling him a ''British product and American ally.''
When the Qatari emir tried to quiet him, the Libyan leader and current Africa Union chairman insisted he be allowed to speak.
''I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam (leader) of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level,'' Gadhafi said.
I must say, the meshugener of many spellings is looking particularly fetching, of late. Here he is again in a gorgeous purple get-up!
182 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:29:12am |
re: #177 Sharmuta
Sharmuta! :-)
Yup. Not for the faint of eyes. ;-)
/stronger dollar store magnifiers!
184 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:30:26am |
The Meshugener of Many Spellings ! ROTFL!
zulubaby! :-)
185 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:31:09am |
re: #181 zulubaby
...and how come they never show his shoes?!
187 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:35:21am |
re: #182 littleoldlady
Sharmuta! :-)
Yup. Not for the faint of eyes. ;-)
/stronger dollar store magnifiers!
Wonderful glasses in America!
188 | zulubaby Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:35:28am |
189 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:35:35am |
re: #185 littleoldlady
Good Morning, LittleOldLady.
Any stimulus money fruitcup left ?
190 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:36:08am |
re: #181 zulubaby
Qaddafi Storms Out of Arab Summit
I must say, the meshugener of many spellings is looking particularly fetching, of late. Here he is again in a gorgeous purple get-up!
Anybody notice that he's never seen in the same room as Michael Jackson?
191 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:36:17am |
re: #189 Pass The Moonbaticide
Good Morning, LittleOldLady.Any
stimulus moneyfruitcup left ?
We don't even get the first round for another 20 minutes or so!
192 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:37:33am |
re: #190 Alberta Oil Peon
Anybody notice that he's never seen in the same room as Michael Jackson?
Now that you mention it......
193 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:38:08am |
re: #191 gmsc
LoL may be a while in the kitchen as she rushes us an emergency bailout ahead of time.
194 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:38:27am |
re: #178 littleoldlady
I love brave little toaster! 16 years ago my children and I watched it over and over (wiping tear from manly eye).
195 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:40:01am |
196 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:42:07am |
re: #195 littleoldlady
You still posting ? Get to that kitchen STAT !
We need our Fruitcup !
197 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:43:03am |
Pass The Moonbaticide! :-)
I do try to make the fruitcup stimulating...
/oh wait. that's RED'S fruitcup! ;-)
199 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:46:07am |
re: #197 littleoldlady
That pic reminds me a bit of that Hedonism Bot in Futurama :
Always lying about on cushions being fed grapes.
200 | Clemente Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:47:13am |
From AP -
Expert: NKorea has several nuclear warheads
(Also in spinoffs)
And after they promised not to. I'm stunned. OK, "stunned" may not be the word I want.
201 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:48:08am |
re: #198 littleoldlady
I like to SEE in A-mer-ee-kah!
"In A-mer-ee-kah, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women."
-Homer Simpson
202 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:49:35am |
re: #199 Pass The Moonbaticide
That pic reminds me a bit of that Hedonism Bot in Futurama :
Always lying about on cushions being fed grapes.
I love Hedonismbot!
"Djambi, the chocolate icing!"
203 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:51:41am |
Our PM Gordon Brown was on TV saying we need a 'Global Stimulus Package'. Why do I have the impression he means our taxes will rise to pay our enemies protection money ?
204 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:53:34am |
re: #203 Pass The Moonbaticide
When does the G20 gabfest begin?
/I still want to know if the POTUS is taking TOTUS...
206 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:54:23am |
re: #203 Pass The Moonbaticide
BTW, that Hannon fellow of yours is a huge hit here.
207 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:54:25am |
208 | zulubaby Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:54:39am |
209 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:55:20am |
210 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:55:32am |
re: #204 littleoldlady
I hope the TOTUS won't be playing those mean practical jokes on other heads of state again...
211 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:56:24am |
re: #204 littleoldlady
Yes, I heard your President will be here soon on his first official visit.
Brown is looking out a few retaliatory PAL videos already.
212 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:56:34am |
213 | Fenway_Nation Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:56:50am |
re: #208 zulubaby
Could be better, but at least I have my health....
/and fruitcup in a few minutes.
214 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:57:13am |
216 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:58:08am |
217 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:00:08am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ---------------->
Help yourselves!
218 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:00:28am |
re: #217 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ---------------->
Help yourselves!
Thank you! Yummy fruitcup is here!
220 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:01:05am |
re: #215 gmsc
We're sorry, but currently our videos can only be streamed in the United States
But I know the song ! I've got the entire 5 series of Futurama on DVD.
222 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:01:22am |
For littleoldlady, a very special Julie Andrews video with guest
223 | Clemente Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:01:26am |
re: #204 littleoldlady
When does the G20 gabfest begin?
/I still want to know if the POTUS is taking TOTUS...
I really, really hope they hand the mic to Quotin' Joe. Even after EtR's usual excellence (yer spoilin' us, Erik!) I could still use another laugh, and the VP rarely misses such an opportunity.
224 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:02:12am |
Fruitcup! We are so blessed to have littleoldlady making fruitcup every day.
Thanks for the fruitcup!
225 | freetoken Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:02:29am |
226 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:02:40am |
re: #217 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ---------------->
Help yourselves!
{lol} Thanks :)
227 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:02:44am |
gmsc! :-)
So I'm looking at this computer. (The new ones are about the same price as the refurbished at the Apple store!) How do I find out whether or not it runs the software (CS4) I bought?
228 | Clemente Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:03:05am |
re: #217 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ---------------->
Help yourselves!
Yeesssss! (pumps arm & stamps foot) Thanks, LOL!
230 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:03:39am |
re: #217 littleoldlady
At last ! Sorry for the drooling !
And just in time for my 10AM cuppa.
231 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:04:28am |
How do you bribe Death itself? There's only one way!
littleoldlady, you'll especially appreciate this video!
232 | TheMatrix31 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:04:58am |
re: #217 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ---------------->
Help yourselves!
Good morning!
233 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:05:19am |
Actually- that might be my new favorite Julie Andrews video. I so love Gene Kelly. And I love the red dress.
234 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:05:22am |
Sharmuta! :-) :-) :-)
BatGuano! :-)
Alberta Oil Peon! :-)
freetoken! :-)
/as the commercial says, "I'm in debt up to my eyeballs...somebody help me!"
Erik! :-)
235 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:07:01am |
Here ... I wonder if NTSC Teleprompters work on PAL monitors ?
/Ever seen your President clueless and a quivering wreck?
(Don't answer that)
236 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:07:36am |
re: #227 littleoldlady
gmsc! :-)
So I'm looking at this computer. (The new ones are about the same price as the refurbished at the Apple store!) How do I find out whether or not it runs the software (CS4) I bought?
Look on the CS4 packaging or user manual for the system requirements. It should specify which computers it runs on, and what capabilities are required.
237 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:07:41am |
Clemente! :-)
Not your normal time of day, is it? Bon appetit! :-)
Pass The Moonbaticide! :-)
Matrix! :-)
LGF! :-)
/gotta catch up on the videos up ↑ there...
238 | Clemente Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:07:43am |
re: #227 littleoldlady
gmsc! :-)
So I'm looking at this computer. (The new ones are about the same price as the refurbished at the Apple store!) How do I find out whether or not it runs the software (CS4) I bought?
If you bought the Mac version, no problem.
239 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:08:38am |
re: #236 gmsc
Oy. Major DUH.
Thanks!
/actually, it said it runs on the computer I already have, but it lies... :-(
240 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:09:47am |
re: #235 Pass The Moonbaticide
OH! I like the way you think!
/I bet his entourage of 500 forgets to bring the plug adapter!
241 | freetoken Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:10:05am |
re: #227 littleoldlady
Recommend you get the AppleCare ... I found it of great use traveling with a PowerBook, and have it now for the iMac. Oh, and for something like CS4, I'd recommend adding at least 2GB RAM to the already included 1GB RAM. It will make the performance much smoother.
I use 3GB in my iMac, and it really helps with running the image programs (like Photoshop) when you are also running other software (such as a web browser.)
242 | freetoken Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:12:36am |
BTW, I ordered memory from Crucial. Inexpensive, came quickly, easy to install, and has so far worked flawlessly.
243 | Clemente Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:13:45am |
re: #241 freetoken
...I'd recommend adding at least 2GB RAM to the already included 1GB RAM.
Very good call.
244 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:13:55am |
re: #241 freetoken
Oy. I'm stealing the money to buy the barebones version. :-( How much is more memory? How much is AppleCare? And what is AppleCare anyway?
245 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:14:16am |
I first heard this when I was 10. If you do not like Fiddler on the Roof or Zero Mostel, do not click on it
246 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:15:20am |
248 | Pass The Moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:17:33am |
Did I hear that Obama's next book will be for CHILDREN ?
Your President clearly has plenty of free time.
Can't be a very stressful occupation.
PS If Astrology is true, why aren't I President ? I was born precisely ONE DAY after BHO. IE with the same star sign in the same year.
I couldn't do any worse, after all.
249 | Alberta Oil Peon Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:17:46am |
Well, it's getting late. Ever been so un-busy that you get tired just staying awake long enough to see the workday through? Kind of where I'm at right now.
If I sack out now, I can get in a solid four hours before I have to send in my A.M. report.
Night, all.
250 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:18:21am |
253 | Clemente Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:21:45am |
254 | shiplord kirel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:22:08am |
Getting here late, which is a big improvement over the last few days when I haven't been here at all.
I am wondering which gun-free zone will be the scene of today's mass shooting will be. If this keeps up, we will have to have either a lot more properly armed and trained citizens, and an end to this gun-free non-sense; or a much heavier official presence.
You can guess which way the media lords and their political front, the Obama administration, will go on this question. Since freedom-loving progressives distrust even their own police, they might consider the possibility of assigning these duties to an officially sanctioned and vetted grassroots organization, such as ACORN. This armed ACORN branch would have to be an elite, of course, screened by the finest of progressive leading-edge psychologists and political theorists, and it would have to be readily identifiable as something other than a rabble of vigilantes. Solid black uniforms might be just the ticket, since these are not routinely used by any branch of the detested military-industrial complex; and because they would have a salutary deterrent effect on the kind of angry white male loners who normally perpetrate these outrages. As an organization of the people this protection squad could naturally be trusted with tasks that are problematical for the police and military, such as helping concerned citizens locate illegal guns and racist hate literature in their own homes.
Oh, seems that it has already been done.
255 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:22:36am |
256 | herbieham Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:22:51am |
High -one for the board
Our church has a little old church building surplus to needs here in the western suburbs of Sydney
We want to sell it.
Most offers are low -but 2 are very high -from Muslims
How do I argue against this sale to those blind to what is really going on here?
(I'd like to see us try to buy a mosque in Saudi Arabia!)
257 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:24:16am |
re: #253 Clemente
I could steal that! Opening the computer and putting it in myself is another story though... :-/
258 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:24:46am |
re: #252 littleoldlady
I'M SKEERD! :-(
Don't be skeerd. You can have the guys at Apple do it for you, but they'll probably charge you to do it (although you can ask about the charge at your nearest Apple Store).
Apple has a page on this with some excellent pictures to give you an idea of the process.
{ { { littleoldlady } } }
260 | shiplord kirel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:25:57am |
261 | pass the moonbaticide Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:26:28am |
re: #256 herbieham
A Churchgoer in Sydney who doesn't go to the Hillsongs MegaMinistry ?
What's your opinion of the place ?
263 | Clemente Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:27:41am |
That's a pretty tough spot. I've read (sorry, no link) that Islamic senior clergy consider converting another faith's facility a two-fer. Explains the generous offer.
264 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:28:52am |
re: #262 littleoldlady
Favorited! (AGAIN). :-) Thanks!
You're welcome.
Once you've done it the first time, you're going to wonder what you were so worried about!
265 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:28:53am |
re: #255 littleoldlady
Agreed. He was after Zero Mostel, in the Movie. My first wife and I did see Herschel Bernardi as Tevye in 1982 in San Francisco revival of Fiddler. Topol was the best!
266 | shiplord kirel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:30:14am |
Btw, with antisemites popping up like so many malignant toadstools and an honest-to-God political militia getting government money and preparing to take over various official tasks; Godwin's law has been repealed by the highest of all authorities, objective reality.
267 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:30:36am |
re: #256 herbieham
High -one for the board
Our church has a little old church building surplus to needs here in the western suburbs of Sydney
We want to sell it.
Most offers are low -but 2 are very high -from Muslims
How do I argue against this sale to those blind to what is really going on here?
(I'd like to see us try to buy a mosque in Saudi Arabia!)
Read sura 4:34 aloud to them and ask if Jesus would approve.
268 | Clemente Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:30:53am |
269 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:33:37am |
Good Morning LGF.
I see that a Canadian Judge has refused to overturn an Immigration Canada decision to refuse a visit by the Brit MP George Galloway on grounds that he paid $45,000 to the terrorist organization Hamas.
I was pleasantly surprised that the irrelevant freedom of speech arguments did not prevail over the alleged security threat posed by this craven tool of financial support for terror.
His fundraising speech to Canadian pro-Hamas anti-Israeli supporters was allowed to proceed by video teleconference.
BTW in the National Post article it was most interesting to me to have read quotes from and references to "the Canadian branch of the JDL (Jewish Defence League)" which I thought was itself a US Jewish terrorist organization.
270 | freetoken Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:34:45am |
re: #246 littleoldlady
Please tell me you just plug it in to the back of the computer...
In the last year or so (my model is a late 2008 version iMac) the memory panel is on the bottom, requires a phillips screwdriver. After the panel is off, you lift a retaining flap, press in the memory module, put back the flap, and screw the panel back on.
Not difficult, but if it makes you uncomfortable then I'd order the memory with the computer and instruct that the vendor install the memory (as Apple will do when you order direct from them.)
BTW, I got a refurb unit from Apple... perfectly fine. However, I ordered the memory from Crucial and installed myself, in order to save a few $$$.
AppleCare is the extended warranty. It doesn't have to be bought up front - you can buy it any time during the extent of the original warranty, and gives you full labor and parts coverage for 3 years, and software support for a full year (as opposed to only a 90 day software support that comes with the computer.)
271 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:37:09am |
re: #266 shiplord kirel
Two (and only two) good business opportunities exist nowadays:
1. Sell ammunition
2. Sell copies of Atlas Shrugged
/Welcome to TheOtherWorld.
272 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:39:06am |
re: #270 freetoken
I guess I'll have to be brave, then.
/because there's a limit to how much I can steal at the moment... :-/
273 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:39:11am |
re: #265 BatGuano
Agreed. He was after Zero Mostel, in the Movie. My first wife and I did see Herschel Bernardi as Tevye in 1982 in San Francisco revival of Fiddler. Topol was the best!
My first exposure to Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Joan Rivers when I was a kid:
274 | freetoken Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:40:08am |
re: #271 littleoldlady
Fortunately, one can always become a chocolatier!
275 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:44:40am |
re: #271 littleoldlady
Two (and only two) good business opportunities exist nowadays:
1. Sell ammunition
2. Sell copies of Atlas Shrugged/Welcome to TheOtherWorld.
Number two is going to top out soon. Have to think of the next big book.
276 | BatGuano Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:46:35am |
re: #265 BatGuano
Herschel Bernardi was also the voice of charlie the Tuna in the Starkist commercials.
277 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:47:41am |
re: #274 freetoken
Reminds me of a story...years ago a very distant cousin became a huge hit in upscale retail chocolate stores nationwide. He got a lot of great press every time he opened a new store, and reading the article in the local rag I was surprised to learn that he presented himself as a "3rd generation Hungarian chocolate maker".
I called my cousin who grew up with this guy and asked him about this claim:
"Right. His father was a butcher. But maybe he was misquoted. If you saw his parents you'd know that he was a 3rd generation Hungarian chocolate EATER!"
/Hungarian chocolate eaters - UNITE! ;-)
280 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:49:01am |
re: #278 BatGuano
Good night, all.
Good night, BatGuano!
Good night to the rest of you, as well. I'm off to sleep!
281 | littleoldlady Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:49:38am |
'Night, BatGuano! :-)
I have to go, too. Much to do... :-(
Good day, ALL!™
282 | gmsc Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:51:38am |
re: #281 littleoldlady
'Night, BatGuano! :-)
I have to go, too. Much to do... :-(
Good day, ALL!™
G'NIGHT LOL!
283 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:53:12am |
Every one is leaving. :(
Here's a conversation starter- if you could learn only one word in every language, what word would you pick?
284 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 2:56:29am |
re: #283 Sharmuta
Every one is leaving. :(
Here's a conversation starter- if you could learn only one word in every language, what word would you pick?
I already know it in about 8. It is a word I use far to often and my kids shout at me when they hear me use it.
286 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:08:02am |
Must be a slow news day. I can't even find anything on the net to read or link to :(
288 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:15:43am |
re: #287 Sharmuta
Commenting last week on the Guantanamo review, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said any inmates freed in the United States may need resettlement aid.
"You can't just sort of put them on the street ... but we need some sort of assistance to them to start a new life and not return to some of the conditions that may have inspired them in the first place," he told reporters.
And who do you suppose is going to foot the bill?
289 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:18:11am |
re: #288 Erik The Red
I must refrain from posting my raw feelings on this topic.
290 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:18:30am |
re: #288 Erik The Red
Commenting last week on the Guantanamo review, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said any inmates freed in the United States may need resettlement aid.
"You can't just sort of put them on the street ... but we need some sort of assistance to them to start a new life and not return to some of the conditions that may have inspired them in the first place," he told reporters.And who do you suppose is going to foot the bill?
BULLSHIT!@#$%^&*()
291 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:19:43am |
re: #289 Sharmuta
I must refrain from posting my raw feelings on this topic.
i just did but that is as close as i can with out getting the ban stick for lang etc.
293 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:22:14am |
re: #291 yochanan
Yeah- that was close to what I was thinking, but my opinion would be deletable at the minimum.
295 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:22:45am |
297 | goddessoftheclassroom Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:25:24am |
{Sharmuta}
{Erik the Red}
{yochanan}
300 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:26:16am |
Looks like the day shift is arriving all at once.
301 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:27:03am |
302 | goddessoftheclassroom Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:28:41am |
304 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:33:38am |
[Link: www.thesun.co.uk...]
this is funny well sort of
306 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:41:52am |
Good Morning Lizards!
Just because this song has been stuck in my head since I woke up this morning I give you a little Meatloaf for breakfast.
307 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:42:54am |
re: #306 Ford_Prefect
why too early in the morning for that
308 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:43:36am |
Canadian judge doesn't allow British lawmaker in
Can we revoke his visa/passport and deport the asshole now?
310 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:45:24am |
311 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:45:34am |
i for one don't know why people like galloway are called anti war THEY CLEARLY SUPPORT ONE SIDE IN A WAR
312 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:47:22am |
313 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:47:34am |
The Jewish Defence League was identified in or about 2000 by the FBI as having engaged in terrorist acts. The organization was founded by the terrorist Meir Kahane and he, along with the mass murderer Baruch Goldstein, are even today revered as martyrs on the JDF website.
Does anyone know whether the JDF is today considered a terrorist organization in the US?
Is the Canadian division of the JDF considered a terrorist organization in Canada?
Any info?
314 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:48:06am |
315 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:54:15am |
'Time' reveals details of Sudan strike
*snip*
The attack, the report said, came after the Mossad was tipped off by an informant, who said that Iran was planning a shipment of 120 tons of weapons and explosives, including Fajr 3 rockets and anti-tank missiles. "The Israelis had less than a week to pull this all together," a source was quoted as saying.
Go IAF!
316 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:55:47am |
Hey, I just noticed that I made the top ten comments list. It's funny, when I do manage to get there it always seems to be comments that I never would have expected. Anyway, I would like to thank the Academy and my Mom who has always been there for me, and of course everyone who voted for me. You like me, you really like me.
318 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 3:56:39am |
320 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:00:03am |
re: #316 Ford_Prefect
Hey, I just noticed that I made the top ten comments list. It's funny, when I do manage to get there it always seems to be comments that I never would have expected. Anyway, I would like to thank the Academy and my Mom who has always been there for me, and of course everyone who voted for me. You like me, you really like me.
I have made it a few times and every time it has been a throw away comment.
321 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:00:14am |
Meir Kahane was murdered by AL QUADA now i disagree with him when he was alive now I don't agree with Goldstein's act of terrorism for a lot of reasons besides the commandment thou shall not murder. but i do understand how he got there. GIVEN THE THOUSANDS OF ARAB TERRORIST ATTACKS DIRECTED AT JEWS.
NOW I SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF PERSONAL DEFENCE but it is the job of the STATE to go on offensive not the citizen job.
322 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:06:47am |
Any Lizards planing a trip to Germany anytime soon?
Nudist Hotel Planned in Germany
Guests will be required to remove their clothes at the entrance and must be naked at all times while on the premises, according to the strict house rules that have already been posted on the Internet.
323 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:08:10am |
re: #320 Erik The Red
I have made it a few times and every time it has been a throw away comment.
That is exactly what that one was.
324 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:08:13am |
Married humour
Wife: "What are you doing?"
Husband : Nothing.
Wife : "Nothing...? You've been reading our marriage
certificate for an hour."
Husband : "I was looking for the expiry date."
Wife : "Do you want dinner?"
Husband : "Sure! What are my choices?"
Wife : "Yes or no."
Wife: "You always carry my photo in your wallet. Why?"
Hubby: "When there is a problem, no matter how great, I look at your
picture and the problem disappears."
Wife: "You see how miraculous and powerful I am for you?"
Hubby: "Yes! I see your picture and ask myself what other problem can there be greater than this one?"
Stress Reliever Girl: "When we get married, I want to share all your
worries, troubles and lighten your burden."
Boy: "It's very kind of you, darling, but I don't have any worries or troubles."
Girl: "Well that's because we aren't married yet."
Son: " Mum, when I was on the bus with Dad this morning, he told me to
give up my seat to a lady."
Mom: "Well, you have done the right thing."
Son: "But mum, I was sitting on daddy's lap."
A newly married man asked his wife, "Would you have married me if my father hadn't left me a fortune?"
"Honey," the woman replied sweetly, "I'd have married you, NO MATTER WHO LEFT YOU A FORTUNE!"
Girl to her boyfriend: One kiss and I'll be yours forever
The guy replies: "Thanks for the early warning."
A wife asked her husband: "What do you like most in me, my pretty face or my sexy body?"
He looked at her from head to toe and replied: "I like your sense of humour!"
325 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:11:42am |
From the post:
"Nude hiking is proving increasingly popular in Germany"
So that begs the question, does a bare hiker sh*t in the woods?
326 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:13:15am |
A blonde goes into a coffee shop and notices there's a 'peel and win' sticker on her coffee cup.
So she peels it off and starts screaming, 'I've won a motor home! 'I've won a motor home!
The waitress says, 'That's impossible. The biggest prize is a free Lunch'
But the blonde keeps on screaming, 'I've won a motor home! I've won a motor home!'
Finally, the manager comes over and says, 'Ma'am, I'm sorry, but you're mistaken.
You couldn't have possibly won a motor home because we didn't have that as a prize.
The blonde says, 'No, it's not a mistake. I've won a motor home!'
And she hands the ticket to the manager and HE reads...
'W I N A B A G E L'?
327 | 3 wood Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:14:43am |
Good morning.
Look for the market to open up as the futures are pointing up, at the moment. The reason why I hedged that comment, is that I don't know how close Timmy (the market killer) Geithner is to a microphone.
Yesterday's 3% drop started taking shape early Sunday morning as Tim Geithner started doing the sunday morning talk show circuit, and made statements about how the big banks would need more bailouts. This, after the banks had been saying that they were making money in the 1st quarter so far and Friday apparently had a rosy meeting with Obama. Geithners comment threw the markets into a downward spin that was then complimented by the auto company news.
Chrysler is now toast and will either merge with Fiat or go bankrupt. GM is 60 days away from a planned bankruptcy. Neither of those developments bothers me a whole lot, it is inevitable. But what scares me, and I believe the market as well, is Obama making hire/fire decisions for corporate America.
How long until Pelosi and Reid are doing the same thing?
How long until they decide to fire management of businesses they don't like?
328 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:14:52am |
I love the quote.
Good morning lizards, it's a cold day here along the Lake Michigan shoreline with a bit of rain in the forecast. Hows' everyone this morning?
I have the rest of the week off from work, yay!
329 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:19:25am |
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
— H. L. Mencken
Times like this, I want a humorous sock named "Sam The American Eagle".
(Remember the Muppet Show?)
/*snicker*
331 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:22:04am |
re: #328 Irish Rose
I love the quote.
Good morning lizards, it's a cold day here along the Lake Michigan shoreline with a bit of rain in the forecast. Hows' everyone this morning?
I have the rest of the week off from work, yay!
WHAT THAT?
You love the quote ... and yet you're HAPPY?
*GASP*
333 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:23:28am |
re: #327 3 wood
IBDeditorials had an interesting commentary on that yesterday.
A president of the United States orders the chief executive officer of General Motors to resign. The same president is further ordering Chrysler to merge with Fiat, the Italian firm specializing in flimsy cardboard boxes on wheels.
Frankly this all concerns me greatly. I don't like the government sticking it's nose into our companies business like this. I also don't like our company's willingness to accept taxpayer money which leads to this sort of intrusion. I believe that this could also end up leading to take over of businesses that haven't taken money. All in all a very bad situation, if you ask me.
334 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:23:31am |
re: #322 Bubblehead II
Any Lizards planing a trip to Germany anytime soon?
Nudist Hotel Planned in Germany
Guests will be required to remove their clothes at the entrance and must be naked at all times while on the premises, according to the strict house rules that have already been posted on the Internet.
Nakedness is not a big deal in Europe, where men and women regularly sunbathe in the nude and alternative lifestyles like nudism and swinging are alive and thriving. European doctors regularly prescribe nude sunbathing for good health. European children are exposed to nudity (minus sexuality) from an early age and like their parents, think nothing of it.
Europeans are trained from an early age to differentiate between nudity and sexuality.
It's only a big deal to puritanical, conservative Americans who are not able to differentiate. This is why we're a culture of immature gigglers who obesessively make jokes about boobies.
335 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:24:34am |
re: #332 yochanan
for marine brat
It just opens up an empty video sub-window. Try again.
/*sob* ... assuming it was supposed to be Sam
336 | jim in virginia Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:26:06am |
Morning all. It's a beautiful day here in the northern Va 'burbs.
342 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:28:03am |
For the record, IR sunbathes in the nude on a regular basis.
344 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:28:39am |
345 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:29:13am |
346 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:29:41am |
350 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:31:50am |
re: #342 Irish Rose
For the record, IR sunbathes in the nude on a regular basis.
(0)(0)
Darn, my binoculars are all fogged up.
351 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:33:04am |
re: #349 Sharmuta
Gee- and here I just sleep in the nude.
There you go again. Making it all about yourself. ///
352 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:34:07am |
re: #349 Sharmuta
Gee- and here I just sleep in the nude.
As I'm a redhead, I tend to burn more than I tan.
But at least it's an even burn ;).
354 | jim in virginia Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:35:33am |
re: #349 Sharmuta
I used to sleep in the nude, then we had kids.
355 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:36:11am |
re: #321 yochanan
Meir Kahane was murdered by AL QUADA now i disagree with him when he was alive now I don't agree with Goldstein's act of terrorism for a lot of reasons besides the commandment thou shall not murder. but i do understand how he got there. GIVEN THE THOUSANDS OF ARAB TERRORIST ATTACKS DIRECTED AT JEWS.
NOW I SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF PERSONAL DEFENCE but it is the job of the STATE to go on offensive not the citizen job.
I agree with you. I wanted to know if the JDF was still considered a terrorist group by the US government.
But it's not surprising to see groups like the JDF gaining popularity in response to the increase in anti-semitic incidents and the growing islamofascist threat.
BTW, I couldn't help noticing on the JDF Canada site that under "Authors of Special Interest" they link to a Robert Spencer You-Tube video which is *not available now*.
356 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:37:02am |
re: #354 jim in virginia
I used to sleep in the nude, then we had kids.
Same here. Or maybe it was the wife saying "Oh for crying out loud, will you put some clothes on?"
357 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:37:32am |
Linked this early for littleoldlady, but it' s so nifty, I'll share it again
Julie Andrews and Gene Kelly:
359 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:39:32am |
360 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:39:58am |
re: #356 Ford_Prefect
Same here. Or maybe it was the wife saying "Oh for crying out loud, will you put some clothes on?"
I went back to sleeping in the nude about 4 years ago. My little girls stopped climbing in bed with us in the morning as soon as the oldest one could make tea. Now they wake up, make tea and get ready for school are put the telly on if it is a weekend:) I can't get the wife back into the habit tho :(
361 | Sharmuta Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:40:46am |
re: #359 Spare O'Lake
Is this turning into a blue thread?
When smurfs get a sunburn, we turn purple.
362 | rightside Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:41:40am |
JUDGES should interpret the Constitution according to other nations’ legal “norms.” Sharia law could apply to disputes in US courts. The United States constitutes an “axis of disobedience” along with North Korea and Saddam-era Iraq.
Those are the views of the man on track to become one of the US government’s top lawyers: Harold Koh.
President Obama has nominated Koh — until last week the dean of Yale Law School — to be the State Department’s legal adviser. In that job, Koh would forge a wide range of international agreements on issues from trade to arms control, and help represent our country in such places as the United Nations and the International Court of Justice.
It’s a job where you want a strong defender of America’s sovereignty. But that’s not Koh. He’s a fan of “transnational legal process,” arguing that the distinctions between US and international law should vanish.
Scary stuff.
363 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:42:18am |
re: #357 Sharmuta
Thank you!
Julie ... absolutely lovely
Gene ... the definition of multi-talented
364 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:42:22am |
re: #355 Spare O'Lake
personally i think it is better for jews to put political pressure upon the civil athorities to increase police protection and for jewish org. like shuls and community centers to hire off duty police for protection, when jews try to do it themseleves often they don't know the rules etc and can end up in jail were in some cases they have been murdered.
365 | 3 wood Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:42:25am |
We have spent the entire GDP on this bail out:
Financial Rescue Approaches GDP as U.S. Pledges $12.8 Trillion
March 31 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government and the Federal Reserve have spent, lent or guaranteed $12.8 trillion, an amount that approaches the value of everything produced in the country last year, to stem the longest recession since the 1930s.
New pledges from the Fed, the Treasury Department and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. include $1 trillion for the Public-Private Investment Program, designed to help investors buy distressed loans and other assets from U.S. banks. The money works out to $42,105 for every man, woman and child in the U.S. and 14 times the $899.8 billion of currency in circulation. The nation’s gross domestic product was $14.2 trillion in 2008.
President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with the chief executives of the nation’s 12 biggest banks on March 27 at the White House to enlist their support to thaw a 20-month freeze in bank lending.
“The president and Treasury Secretary Geithner have said they will do what it takes,” Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein said after the meeting. “If it is enough, that will be great. If it is not enough, they will have to do more.”
In addition, Washington has fired and hired CEO's, board members and set bonus policy.
In the meantime, the banking credit system is still not working well.
Hey Washington, wake up and smell the bacon. Stop trying to run everything, and instead get "mark to market" out of the way so the banks can know what their assets are worth and free up capital, put in the uptick rule, and then get out of the way.
My gosh, it is so frustrating watching this group in action.
366 | 3 wood Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:43:44am |
Got to go to work and pay for my neighbors house and Obama's trip to Europe.
368 | apachegunner Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:45:41am |
369 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:47:16am |
re: #361 Sharmuta
When smurfs get a sunburn, we turn purple.
Ah, so now I know what former AL MVP Toronto Blue Jay George Bell meant when he once said to reporters, "Kiss my purple butt".
Thanks for clearing that up.
370 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:47:19am |
re: #367 Sharmuta
My pleasure to share. :)
Now if you could only time-warp me back to Brigadoon ... BEFORE Gene Kelly/Tommy Albright got there!
/Cyd ! ... ... ... ... *swoon*
371 | Mithrax Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:48:44am |
Dear me, and here I was thinking I should have slept in longer.
Nude sunbathing, nude sleeping....sheehs.
Thats it, no more sleeping in, I miss all the good stuff! :P
372 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:49:00am |
re: #316 Ford_Prefect
Hey, I just noticed that I made the top ten comments list. It's funny, when I do manage to get there it always seems to be comments that I never would have expected. Anyway, I would like to thank the Academy and my Mom who has always been there for me, and of course everyone who voted for me. You like me, you really like me.
Hello Ford, great acceptance speech! Those tears had the right effect too...
373 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:50:50am |
re: #372 aussiemagpie
Hello Ford, great acceptance speech! Those tears had the right effect too...
Morning Magpie. Thanks. I was just so overwhelmed.
375 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:52:50am |
376 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:58:01am |
re: #373 Ford_Prefect
Morning Magpie. Thanks. I was just so overwhelmed.
Hi, and I'm having a drink for you right now! Cheers :-)
377 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 4:58:08am |
There are a few nudist facilities in Michigan where I live.
We actually have a nudist camp fairly close to home, right on Lake Michigan. It's a private, gated facility in a secluded and heavily wooded location with a nice private beach, a pool, a dining hall, clean facilities etc. It's been there for over 20 years.
The local prudes are always trying to have it shut down.
378 | Mithrax Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:00:27am |
re: #377 Irish Rose
There are a few nudist facilities in Michigan where I live.
We actually have a nudist camp fairly close to home, right on Lake Michigan. It's a private, gated facility in a secluded and heavily wooded location with a nice private beach, a pool, a dining hall, clean facilities etc. It's been there for over 20 years.
The local prudes are always trying to have it shut down.
The camp should just offer to cut all the trees down so that the prudes can see what impact their fuss is having! :P
379 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:00:47am |
re: #377 Irish Rose
There are a few nudist facilities in Michigan where I live.
We actually have a nudist camp fairly close to home, right on Lake Michigan. It's a private, gated facility in a secluded and heavily wooded location with a nice private beach, a pool, a dining hall, clean facilities etc. It's been there for over 20 years.
The local prudes are always trying to have it shut down.
I have nothing against nudity in general. It is specific nudity I have a problem with.
380 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:01:31am |
Today's obligatory Aussie animal/reptile story....
Fisho interrupts randy romp (snakes having the good time)
NEWSBREAKER Peter Shepherd got the shock of his life when he accidentally parked 3m away from 20 snakes in the middle of a mating frenzy.
His fishing trip on the King River, about 30km west of Katherine, was cut short when he saw the nest of snakes.
"First I rushed to put my three-year-old son back in the car," he told the Northern Territory News.
"By the time I grabbed my camera there were about five left all together and the rest had started slithering away."
381 | jdog29 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:02:37am |
Has anyone in O's cabinet had ANY experience running ANY businesses?
However, I have noticed the positive spin the MSM is putting on even the worst news out there so maybe it will help us that the most vocal of complainers have been told to shut up so it won't make Obama look bad. Imagine if all this crap had happened under a Republican Congress and Whitehouse and the Republicans were trying to lay it all at the feet of the Democrats. I guarantee you the Dems would be holding daily outrage pressers and the unemployed would be bussed in to Washington by ACORN and like organizations.
Meanwhile, what are the producers and providers STILL doing? Oh, yeah, still carrying the load baby.
382 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:03:07am |
re: #379 Ford_Prefect
I have nothing against nudity in general. It is specific nudity I have a problem with.
I agree. When I get out of the shower and look sideways into the bathroom mirror, I always wish the #%@$#& thing was fogged over!
383 | Mithrax Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:03:20am |
re: #380 aussiemagpie
Today's obligatory Aussie animal/reptile story....
Dear me. I'd slither away too if someone interrupted me!
384 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:04:27am |
385 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:04:58am |
re: #383 Mithrax
Dear me. I'd slither away too if someone interrupted me!
Hi, I'd get up and walk/run away :-)
386 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:05:21am |
re: #382 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I agree. When I get out of the shower and look sideways into the bathroom mirror, I always wish the #%@$#& thing was fogged over!
I hear that. And would you please get out of my mirror?
388 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:06:00am |
I don't really consider myself a formal nudist, since I limit it to sleeping and private sunbathing. But I do know that most of the people who are lifelong nudists practice it mainly for their health.
It's rarely about "sex", which btw is never practiced in public at these facilities.... strictly taboo.
389 | Mithrax Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:06:03am |
re: #385 aussiemagpie
Hi, I'd get up and walk/run away :-)
Mind you, it would depend on who they are. Maybe I'd ask them to join me! :P
390 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:06:08am |
re: #385 aussiemagpie
Hi, I'd get up and walk/run away :-)
The poor things were just trying to get an all over tan.
391 | Mithrax Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:06:46am |
re: #388 Irish Rose
It's rarely about "sex", which btw is never practiced in public at these facilities.... strictly taboo.
don't tell that to the prudes! It'll ruin their imagery!
392 | MandyManners Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:07:18am |
393 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:07:38am |
394 | Mithrax Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:08:02am |
395 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:08:12am |
re: #386 Ford_Prefect
I hear that. And would you please get out of my mirror?
Sorry.
*putting on a towel*
396 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:08:20am |
397 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:10:08am |
398 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:10:48am |
re: #396 aussiemagpie
Goodness, that poor snake in shock after seeing a bare bottom descending....
I will studiously ignore the pun-possibilities in that.
399 | Bloodnok Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:11:13am |
re: #392 MandyManners
Sez you.
I'm an optimist. I've only been up for 30 minutes so my take on the morning is not backed up by evidence.
400 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:11:48am |
401 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:14:20am |
re: #389 Mithrax
Mind you, it would depend on who they are. Maybe I'd ask them to join me! :P
LOL! And don't forget the insect repellent :-)
403 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:16:08am |
re: #402 MandyManners
Fucking bloody sinuses.
You too? I woke up with a sinus headache this morning. That is rare for me. I get them this time of year, but usually toward the end of the day.
404 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:16:46am |
re: #398 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I will studiously ignore the pun-possibilities in that.
Any punsters around? I'm pun deficient...
405 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:16:51am |
re: #402 MandyManners
Fucking bloody sinuses.
Start doing sinus rinses (nasal irrigation).
Damned near miraculous results.
407 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:18:14am |
re: #402 MandyManners
Fucking bloody sinuses.
My sympathies.
/know what it's like ... one of the few things which'll get me to pop a pill
408 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:18:45am |
re: #402 MandyManners
Fucking bloody sinuses.
Hello Mandy, hope the day gets better for you! And your sinuses clear....
409 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:19:19am |
re: #404 aussiemagpie
Any punsters around? I'm pun deficient...
It is too early for puns here. Unless they are hot crossed puns.
410 | MandyManners Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:20:58am |
Gotta' drag The Kid to school. Kicking and screaming. The Kid, on the other hand, is behaving well. bbl
411 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:20:58am |
re: #403 Ford_Prefect
Can we blame it on Charles? Ever since the sinus thread, people have been getting sick. I bet he gave his bug to the blog and from there it has spread to the rest of the Lizard Nation.
Yeah, I got it too
412 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:21:22am |
re: #404 aussiemagpie
Any punsters around? I'm pun deficient...
Well ... how about the bare bottom "ascending" ... ?
The first and second times might not be so bad, but how about the t*rd?
/*cackling in fiendish glee*
413 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:21:34am |
Good morning from the airport, where I have once again successfully navigated through TSA security.
President of the United States & General Motors CEO Barack Obama is preparing to attend the G20 Economic Summit.
Apparently Sarkozy & Angela Merkle aren't buying his Stimulus advice.
Very foolish, BHO will remind them that he won the election, fire them & replace them with people who will comply.
415 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:22:45am |
re: #409 Ford_Prefect
It is too early for puns here. Unless they are hot crossed puns.
Sorry again.
You have permission to report my #412.
416 | unreconstructed rebel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:22:46am |
Now we know what happens when we elect a community organizer President.
And I retire at the end of this week. Ugh!
417 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:23:22am |
418 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:24:07am |
Mandy, seriously... do the nasal flush. It will give you almost immediate relief.
419 | unreconstructed rebel Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:24:18am |
Well, I'm off to one of may last two days as a taxpaying contributor. Y'all take care.
420 | tfc3rid Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:24:58am |
I'm glad that our Government feels this way...
The (Obama) administration has stopped using the phrase 9'war on terror') and I think that speaks for itself. Obviously,"
Yes, it speaks for itself... You assholes could care less that we are at war.... You could care less that we need to make sacrifices to support our nation in times of strife...
You just want to put a guide to fighting depressions out there... Did you see that?
Via Drudge:
The U.S. government is set to offer an online emotional rescue kit!
"Getting Through Tough Economic Times" will launch Tuesday with a media push across all platforms.
The site is meant to help people identify health concerns related to financial worries.
The feds will warn of depression, suicidal thinking and other serious mental illnesses. It will raise warning flags for: Persistent sadness/crying; Excessive anxiety; Lack of sleep/constant fatigue; Excessive irritability/anger.
The guide will be available starting at midnight at [Link: www.samhsa.gov...]
421 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:25:08am |
re: #419 unreconstructed rebel
Well, I'm off to one of may last two days as a taxpaying contributor. Y'all take care.
Have a great day!
422 | Bloodnok Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:26:02am |
423 | reine.de.tout Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:30:33am |
re: #411 Bubblehead II
Can we blame it on Charles? Ever since the sinus thread, people have been getting sick. I bet he gave his bug to the blog and from there it has spread to the rest of the Lizard Nation.
Yeah, I got it too
It's even more powerful than that!
My daughter got it.
And she doesn't even read LGF.
424 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:32:45am |
"Free Speech" advocates are outraged that Bill Ayers has had his invitation withdrawn to speak at Naperville North High School, outside of Chicago.
They never seem to work up the same level of indignation when Conservative speakers are barred, shouted down or have things thrown at them.
425 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:32:53am |
re: #411 Bubblehead II
Can we blame it on Charles? Ever since the sinus thread, people have been getting sick. I bet he gave his bug to the blog and from there it has spread to the rest of the Lizard Nation.
Yeah, I got it too
Just don't any Lizards even think of bringing your bugs here , we're safe Down Here :-)
428 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:37:12am |
re: #427 Nevergiveup
Well Obama is off to London?
Well that seems to hat shit canned the discussion?
429 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:38:17am |
430 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:39:07am |
431 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:39:40am |
re: #424 opnion
"Free Speech" advocates are outraged that Bill Ayers has had his invitation withdrawn to speak at Naperville North High School, outside of Chicago.
They never seem to work up the same level of indignation when Conservative speakers are barred, shouted down or have things thrown at them.
This is the man that these irresponsible assholes want to bring into our high schools, to indoctrinate a whole new generation of angry, sullen and easily manipulated teenagers.
Fuck them.
432 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:40:58am |
Iran, Syria Receive Millions of U.S. 'Peaceful Nuclear' Funds
Countries designated by the U.S. as terrorism sponsors reportedly received $55 million from a U.S.-supported program promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
Yeah, and we are worried about Gov. oversight of GM?
433 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:41:25am |
Good morning everyone! Here'a a link to another fine piece of perspective from Victor Davis Hanson.
In the last three months, we've been reduced to something like the ancient Athenian mob — with opportunistic politicians sometimes inciting, sometimes catering to an already angry public.
Lately we've allowed our government to forget its calmer republican roots. We've gone Athenian whole hog.
But there is a problem in paying for the $3.5 trillion in budgetary expenditures that Obama has called for in the coming fiscal year. Proposed vast additional taxes on the "rich" still won't be enough to avoid tripling the present budget deficit — and putting us on schedule over the next decade to add another $9 trillion to the existing national debt.
In other words, we — through our government — are spending money that we don't have. We're told the rich will pick up the tab, even though there are not enough rich with enough money to squeeze out the necessary amounts. Our new demagogues, though, are arguing that this is the only fair course of action. Meanwhile, these leaders — who have taken so much Wall Street money in the past — are driving us into fury to punish the guilty on Wall Street. This is truly the age of mindless mob rule.
Read the whole thing
434 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:41:29am |
re: #427 Nevergiveup
Well Obama is off to London?
Where the Queen will give him a scale model of the Cutty Sark as a present ?
Which he will decline because ... "It was a slave ship" ... ?
/heh ... isn't fantasizing great ?
435 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:43:02am |
re: #434 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Where the Queen will give him a scale model of the Cutty Sark as a present ?
Which he will decline because ... "It was a slave ship" ... ?
/heh ... isn't fantasizing great ?
Maybe the Queen will give him a few pounds to help to support his half brother in Kenya?
436 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:43:13am |
re: #425 aussiemagpie
To Late. Just by being here you have been exposed to Charles's internet sinus infection.
/ It's all a conspiracy
437 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:44:55am |
re: #436 Bubblehead II
To Late. Just by being here you have been exposed to Charles's internet sinus infection.
/ It's all a conspiracy
Now where did I put my anti-virus software?
438 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:46:25am |
re: #420 tfc3rid
The nanny state is alive and thriving here as well
The Federal Government spends our tax dollars telling us to eat two serves of fruit and five serves of vegies a day in radio and telly commercials!
439 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:46:43am |
re: #435 Nevergiveup
Maybe the Queen will give him a few pounds to help to support his half brother in Kenya?
She should give him a complete collection of Beatles CD's that are the wrong format to play in the US.
440 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:46:56am |
re: #431 Irish Rose
This is the man that these irresponsible assholes want to bring into our high schools, to indoctrinate a whole new generation of angry, sullen and easily manipulated teenagers.
Fuck them.
THis high school administration thinks that having Ayers speak would make them edgy & give them cred with their collegues.
At a party once, a college prof told me just after their football team got selected for a bowl game that"They should tear down the stadium & abolish the football program, so that they could afford a Noble Laurete on staff."
441 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:46:58am |
re: #433 Leonidas Hoplite
From the end:
We need such a Socrates in Washington right now, who would dare tell the American mob the truth of how we are descending into financial serfdom. But in this present mood, the aroused mob would first make him drink the hemlock.
How true. How true.
442 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:48:26am |
re: #435 Nevergiveup
Maybe the Queen will give him a few pounds to help to support his half brother in Kenya?
I'd love it if the old girl lady would give him a few pounds.
443 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:48:35am |
re: #436 Bubblehead II
To Late. Just by being here you have been exposed to Charles's internet sinus infection.
/ It's all a conspiracy
ARRCHOOOO!
444 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:48:41am |
Gotta go slay some dragons.
(boycotting You-Tube until I can't stand it)
445 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:50:28am |
re: #434 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Where the Queen will give him a scale model of the Cutty Sark as a present ?
Which he will decline because ... "It was a slave ship" ... ?
/heh ... isn't fantasizing great ?
What are the odds that Michelle will ask the Queen if she can have a Crown Jewel?
446 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:51:39am |
Back Lizards. Are we still talking about nakid bodies?
447 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:52:07am |
re: #440 opnion
I have no problem with Ayers speaking publicly, except for the fact that he should be behind bars. I do, however, have a big problem with him being invited, and I assume paid, by a publicly funded school to speak to children about justice. That would be like OJ Simspon speaking about justice.
448 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:52:57am |
re: #447 Ford_Prefect
I have no problem with Ayers speaking publicly, except for the fact that he should be behind bars. I do, however, have a big problem with him being invited, and I assume paid, by a publicly funded school to speak to children about justice. That would be like OJ Simspon speaking about justice.
What you said!
449 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:53:18am |
re: #445 opnion
What are the odds that Michelle will ask the Queen if she can have a Crown Jewel?
What makes you think she knows what they are?
450 | Killer Tomato Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:54:00am |
Morning all!
A group of taxi drivers and medallion owners is suing the City of Boston to block the requirement that all 1,825 cabs in the city be hybrids by 2015, saying the measure could put many of them out of business.
The plaintiffs say they do not oppose hybrid cars and generally favor the greening of the fleet. But they bristle at a regulation that they must buy new hybrids instead of less expensive used ones, and want the city to delay the changeover.
Alluding to his background as a resident of the former Soviet Union, Ophir said that city officials pushing for hybrid taxis "want to be more socialist, but they want capitalists to pay for their socialist ideas."
451 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:54:35am |
re: #447 Ford_Prefect
I have no problem with Ayers speaking publicly, except for the fact that he should be behind bars. I do, however, have a big problem with him being invited, and I assume paid, by a publicly funded school to speak to children about justice. That would be like OJ Simspon speaking about justice.
Right, I support his right to free speech, but I don't think that taxpayers should enrich him. He is a heinous individual.
Imagine if an unrepentent abortion clinc bomber were invited to speak at a high school or university.
452 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:54:53am |
re: #446 Erik The Red
Back Lizards. Are we still talking about nakid bodies?
You missed the photos of Irish Rose. Boy, I love redheads. ;-)
453 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:55:31am |
454 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:56:04am |
re: #445 opnion
What are the odds that Michelle will ask the Queen if she can have a Crown Jewel?
heh ... the Queen might graciously reply ...
"Yes, of course ... You poor thing, you're so deprived in your family."
/of course, Phillip might object
455 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:56:24am |
re: #452 Ford_Prefect
You missed the photos of Irish Rose. Boy, I love redheads. ;-)
Damn I hate it when minor things like work and family get in the way of the important things, like reading LGF.
456 | yesandno Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:56:45am |
re: #445 opnion
What are the odds that Michelle will ask the Queen if she can have a Crown Jewel?
Do you think there will be a picture of Michelle (as tall as she is) looking down on the Queen with a condescending look?
Or maybe a picture taken on the couch in the Queen's study with the Queen looking at the camera and only the back of Michelle shows in the photo?
Are the Crown Princes too old for the plastic helicopters?
Will Michelle be sleeveless at the reception so we can see her toned upper arms?
Will she claim part of the jewels in the crown as reparations?
Inquiring minds want to know..........
457 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:57:01am |
re: #454 pre-Boomer Marine brat
heh ... the Queen might graciously reply ...
"Yes, of course ... You poor thing, you're so deprived in your family."/of course, Phillip might object
I think that Michelle might feel that entitled.
458 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:58:21am |
re: #456 yesandno
Do you think there will be a picture of Michelle (as tall as she is) looking down on the Queen with a condescending look?
Or maybe a picture taken on the couch in the Queen's study with the Queen looking at the camera and only the back of Michelle shows in the photo?
Are the Crown Princes too old for the plastic helicopters?
Will Michelle be sleeveless at the reception so we can see her toned upper arms?
Will she claim part of the jewels in the crown as reparations?
Inquiring minds want to know..........
Reparations is not really that far fetched. Well ok maybe.........
459 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:59:03am |
Looks like Bruce Willis got some very bad news while on honeymoon.
Soldier Mountain burns
Lodge, ski shop destroyed; none injured in end-of-season blaze
The lodge, built in 1948, was already a total loss when firefighters responded after a neighbor called in a smoke sighting at about 7:30 a.m. Monday. The resort’s ski shop was also destroyed. The resort is owned by film star Bruce Willis.
460 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:59:12am |
Ugh, if I see the phrase "toned upper arms" one more time I'm going to puke.
461 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 5:59:26am |
Good morning y'all - from a slightly cool (45 degrees, going up to 68 degrees) mostly sunny Charlotte! How is everyone doing this morning?
462 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:00:21am |
re: #461 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a slightly cool (45 degrees, going up to 68 degrees) mostly sunny Charlotte! How is everyone doing this morning?
Just find and dandy, sitting here typing up a storm in the nude.
How are you?
463 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:00:30am |
re: #461 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a slightly cool (45 degrees, going up to 68 degrees) mostly sunny Charlotte! How is everyone doing this morning?
Yo!
464 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:00:39am |
465 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:01:11am |
re: #461 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a slightly cool (45 degrees, going up to 68 degrees) mostly sunny Charlotte! How is everyone doing this morning?
Morning real. We are expecting 60 degrees and sunny today. Of course I would have to spend the day in an office without windows. Oh well. At least I have these pics of Irish Rose to look at!
466 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:01:46am |
re: #461 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a slightly cool (45 degrees, going up to 68 degrees) mostly sunny Charlotte! How is everyone doing this morning?
Morning realwest. I hope you are wearing your jammies this morning. A lot of Lizards seem to be running around nakid. :)
467 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:02:11am |
re: #458 opnion
Reparations is not really that far fetched. Well ok maybe.........
She wants to feel proud ... PROUD ...
468 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:02:16am |
re: #462 Irish Rose
Just find and dandy, sitting here typing up a storm in the nude.
How are you?
Rose, can you just pan the minicam down a little please...Thanks.
469 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:02:23am |
re: #466 Erik The Red
Morning realwest. I hope you are wearing your jammies this morning. A lot of Lizards seem to be running around nakid. :)
And Ford is taking pictures.
470 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:03:02am |
re: #467 pre-Boomer Marine brat
She wants to feel proud ... PROUD ...
Thats right & only a Crown Jewel will make her proud.
472 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:03:41am |
re: #461 realwest
Morning Real, Doing fine over here in Southern Idaho. Just killing time until it's time to head off to the grist mill.
473 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:04:47am |
re: #461 realwest
Good morning y'all - from a slightly cool (45 degrees, going up to 68 degrees) mostly sunny Charlotte! How is everyone doing this morning?
*Smooch* darls, and it's dark here (which is good because it's compulsory to be naked here LGF on right now) :-)
474 | rightside Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:04:47am |
Do you know what happened this week back in 1850, 158 years ago?
California became a state.
The State had no electricity.
The State had no money.
Almost everyone spoke Spanish.
There were gunfights in the streets.
So basically, it was just like California today; except the women had real breasts and the men didn't hold hands.
475 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:05:06am |
Ya know I'm just sitting at a gate waiting to board my flight & I hear BHO speaking on TV in the background.
I don't ever remember a president this overexposed.
476 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:05:56am |
re: #475 opnion
Ya know I'm just sitting at a gate waiting to board my flight & I hear BHO speaking on TV in the background.
I don't ever remember a president this overexposed.
As long as he has some clothes on...
477 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:06:03am |
BTW ATTENTION PLEASE: WILL ALL CANADIAN LIZARDS PLEASE SHOW THEIR PASSPORTS AND VISAS BEFORE CONTINUING ON LGF THIS MORNING!
No Lie - Janet Napolitano, head of DHLS has said that both the Canadian and Mexican Borders should be treated identically because they are both part of the North American Continent and we are acting in a discriminatory fashion towards Mexico by not having enough Border Patrol agents, NG troops, and an even partially built fence with Canada. Moreover, she doesn't understand why we treat each border differently because, after all, they each abut the United States.
Passports please...... Visa's please...? Eh? (sorry, that's the best Canadian I can speak!).
478 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:06:12am |
Good morning all!
What's on the plate?
479 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:06:37am |
re: #475 opnion
Ya know I'm just sitting at a gate waiting to board my flight & I hear BHO speaking on TV in the background.
I don't ever remember a president this overexposed.
I think it is good. Let people get sick and tired of him. They will soon learn that all he does is blow hot air.
480 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:07:58am |
re: #477 realwest
Diversity strikes again... just because the problems are on the southern border its racist to defend against that without applying the same effort against a border that, relatively, isn't a problem at all.
We are fools, eh?
481 | yesandno Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:07:59am |
re: #475 opnion
Ya know I'm just sitting at a gate waiting to board my flight & I hear BHO speaking on TV in the background.
I don't ever remember a president this overexposed.
While that might be true, I think Irish Rose claims to be more exposed at this minute!
482 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:08:18am |
re: #462 Irish Rose
Umm, typing in the Nude eh hey? Geez I wish we had video cam or somesuch! I'm doing ok, Rose, thanks. How are you this morning - I'm betting either cool or you have your thermostat set at higher than 72 degrees! LOL!
483 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:08:22am |
re: #475 opnion
Ya know I'm just sitting at a gate waiting to board my flight & I hear BHO speaking on TV in the background.
I don't ever remember a president this overexposed.
Given the nature of a lot of this mornings posts, I don't think speaking of the President being 'overexposed' is really appropriate. /
484 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:08:50am |
re: #479 Erik The Red
I think it is good. Let people get sick and tired of him. They will soon learn that all he does is blow hot air.
That's the dangerf with all of this exposure. He is lookin less & less like a Messiah & more like a fraud.
485 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:08:52am |
re: #463 opnion
Yo opnion my man! Howz it be going for yo?!
486 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:09:25am |
The joys of Google Street View....
Woman catches cheating hubby on Google street view...
FURIOUS wife has called in divorce lawyers after spotting her husband's car parked outside another womans house on Google.
The Sun said she saw the Range Rover while using the internet giant's new Street View service to snoop on a female friends home.
The hubby had claimed he was away on business, but his missus recognised his motor immediately because of its blinged-up hubcaps.
Street View has triggered a stream of complaints from people caught on camera since its launch in the UK on March 20, the tabloid said.
It said Google had removed some images, including a man sheepishly leaving a sex shop.
Done like a dinner....
487 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:10:19am |
re: #465 Ford_Prefect
Good morning Ford_P.....HEY - WHERE'D you get those photos of Rose? Huh? Bet they got smuggled down from Canada didn't they, hmmm?!
How are you Ford?
488 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:10:40am |
re: #477 realwest
BTW ATTENTION PLEASE: WILL ALL CANADIAN LIZARDS PLEASE SHOW THEIR PASSPORTS AND VISAS BEFORE CONTINUING ON LGF THIS MORNING!
No Lie - Janet Napolitano, head of DHLS has said that both the Canadian and Mexican Borders should be treated identically because they are both part of the North American Continent and we are acting in a discriminatory fashion towards Mexico by not having enough Border Patrol agents, NG troops, and an even partially built fence with Canada. Moreover, she doesn't understand why we treat each border differently because, after all, they each abut the United States.
Passports please...... Visa's please...? Eh? (sorry, that's the best Canadian I can speak!).
I agree completely with Janet. Sure, the Mexicans bring in drugs. But the Canadians bring in beer and hockey. I ask you, which is worse?
/
489 | SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:11:08am |
re: #5 Sharmuta
Happiness is two scoops of ice cream.
There is no greater truth than that right there.
It is one of my greatest weaknesses.
490 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:11:25am |
re: #470 opnion
Thats right & only a Crown Jewel will make her proud.
(succumbing to compulsion)
You're saying Michelle is is full of anger, and she wants the Queen to orb it?
/sorry ... (-:
491 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:11:32am |
re: #466 Erik The Red
Worry not my friend for I have seen my not as young as I used to be body and I am indeed dressed!
How come so many lizards are running around nekkid today?
492 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:12:12am |
re: #491 realwest
Worry not my friend for I have seen my not as young as I used to be body and I am indeed dressed!
How come so many lizards are running around nekkid today?
It's Nekkid Tuesday.
Didn't you get the memo?
493 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:12:22am |
re: #471 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Good morning back atcha! How are you doing today?
494 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:12:48am |
Good morning, crew. Just a short drop in before I am off to an eye examination, then a drive to Richmond! My husband has my laptop in Washington, so I am left to wonder what I shall do for entertainment this evening!
495 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:13:06am |
re: #492 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
It's Nekkid Tuesday.
Didn't you get the memo?
I got the memo but was naked at the time and when I went to stick in my back pocket.....
496 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:13:28am |
re: #478 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Good morning all!
What's on the plate?
Google Earth photos of Irish Rose sunbathing nude on her patio.
497 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:13:33am |
re: #472 Bubblehead II
Grist mill? Uh, y'all mill grist up there in Southern Idaho? Why - I mean other than to get a paycheck?!
498 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:13:48am |
re: #491 realwest
Worry not my friend for I have seen my not as young as I used to be body and I am indeed dressed!
How come so many lizards are running around nekkid today?
IR started it and it just caught on. You should see the look on my customers face's. I was losing to much business so I put mine back on quickly.
499 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:13:56am |
re: #492 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
Can I get a waiver? You see I'm stopping in at my new job, and methinks as I am a top dog HR type that this could be perceived as unseemly.
500 | Killer Tomato Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:13:59am |
re: #492 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
It's Nekkid Tuesday.
Didn't you get the memo?
Thankfully, no one in my office did!
501 | yesandno Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:14:07am |
re: #491 realwest
Worry not my friend for I have seen my not as young as I used to be body and I am indeed dressed!
How come so many lizards are running around nekkid today?
Cause the Pres has left town and he took the clothes off our backs as give-a-ways at the summit?
502 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:14:31am |
re: #487 realwest
Good morning Ford_P.....HEY - WHERE'D you get those photos of Rose? Huh? Bet they got smuggled down from Canada didn't they, hmmm?!
How are you Ford?
I am ok, thanks. I would share the photos of Rose, but I promised her that I wouldn't. I do have some of pre-Marine that I could send if you would like.
503 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:14:57am |
re: #473 aussiemagpie
*smooooch* Good late evening - early morning to you {aussie} - uh, why is it complusory to be nude on LGF now?
I didn't get Charles' Memo on that I swear!
504 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:15:17am |
re: #496 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Google Earth photos of Irish Rose sunbathing nude on her patio.
Whoo-hooo... linky?
505 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:15:54am |
re: #483 Ford_Prefect
Given the nature of a lot of this mornings posts, I don't think speaking of the President being 'overexposed' is really appropriate. /
There has been a lot of flashing.
507 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:16:31am |
re: #501 yesandno
Cause the Pres has left town and he took the clothes off our backs as give-a-ways at the summit?
Our President has no clothes.
508 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:16:56am |
re: #478 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Hey LT! Well apparently if you are from Canada you have to have a passport and a visa and on LGF, you have to be nude.
I don't know why the latter, but blame Janet Napolitano for the former!
509 | opnion Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:17:01am |
510 | aussiemagpie Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:17:29am |
re: #503 realwest
*smooooch* Good late evening - early morning to you {aussie} - uh, why is it complusory to be nude on LGF now?
I didn't get Charles' Memo on that I swear!
Charles is trying out a new automatic LGF webcam..... :-)
511 | Killer Tomato Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:17:30am |
pssst.... buddy.... wanna buy some dishsoap?
SPOKANE, Wash. – The quest for squeaky-clean dishes has turned some law-abiding people in Spokane into dishwater-detergent smugglers. Spokane County became the launch pad last July for the nation's strictest ban on dishwasher detergent made with phosphates, a measure aimed at reducing water pollution. The ban will be expanded statewide in July 2010, the same time similar laws take effect in several other states.
But it's not easy to get sparkling dishes when you go green.
Many people were shocked to find that products like Seventh Generation, Ecover and Trader Joe's left their dishes encrusted with food, smeared with grease and too gross to use without rewashing them by hand.
513 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:17:34am |
I wonder what Charles thinks when he reads these thread when he wakes up? He must ask himself why of why do I do this.
514 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:17:49am |
515 | DistantThunder Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:18:03am |
Culture Pulse - South Jersey
Speaking to my teenage students in our early morning bible study class, I got the scoop on the Senior Trip to Disneyland just concluded. (This high school is one of the top ranked in the state.)
One girl said a bunch of the seniors were busted for shoplifting at the Disney Park Stores, some of whom are in honors classes with my students.
The Class Valedictorian was sent home early from the trip for going to Pleasure Island and drinking, and getting very drunk. He will not be attending graduation.
There are many morals to this story.....
516 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:18:14am |
re: #481 yesandno And Irish Rose is a damn sight better looking than Obama is! Either Obama!
517 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:18:58am |
re: #508 realwest
Hey LT! Well apparently if you are from Canada you have to have a passport and a visa and on LGF, you have to be nude.
I don't know why the latter, but blame Janet Napolitano for the former!
These are important traditions for lizards to keep. They can put the tighty-whiteys over my cold gamey buttocks.
518 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:19:01am |
Try as I might, I simply cannot see how people can laud Michelle Obama as a "beautiful woman".
Her jaw sticks out so far that she looks like this guy.
519 | KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:19:21am |
re: #503 realwest
*smooooch* Good late evening - early morning to you {aussie} - uh, why is it complusory to be nude on LGF now?
I didn't get Charles' Memo on that I swear!
I have heard that people who have lost their jobs are turning to stripping. It never hurts to be prepared. Practice makes perfect.
520 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:19:26am |
re: #477 realwest
Good morning to you,, my friend. I hope you're doing all right this morning.
Actually, I agree with Napolitano on the need for tougher security, but not for the silly reason of "fairness".
If you knew how lax our authorities are about the potential terrorists, extremists & other sympathizers living in Canada, you would be horrified. Tough security at the US border would force Canadian gov't & people to act more responsibly. If there is a terrorist attack on the US, it is as likely to be launched from Canada as from Mexico, perhaps even more so.
521 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:20:21am |
re: #494 ArmyWife
My husband has my laptop in Washington, so I am left to wonder what I shall do for entertainment this evening!
Do you mean without your husband or without your laptop?
522 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:21:26am |
re: #488 Ford_Prefect Well it's not THAT simple - I mean people, listen up, we've got exactly 3 Canadians in this country illegally RIGHT NOW! And only about 20 Million Mexicans so I ask you which poses the greatest danger, eh?!
523 | loppyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:21:56am |
Good Morning Lizard Nation!
My office phone is broken. You know what this means? I get to go to
Staples! Woo-hoo!
524 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:22:00am |
re: #497 realwest
Well someone has to pay for all of obambi's programs and I don't think it's going to be the local community organizers.
525 | DistantThunder Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:22:02am |
526 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:22:26am |
re: #519 KenJen
I have heard that people who have lost their jobs are turning to stripping. It never hurts to be prepared. Practice makes perfect.
I tried that. But instead of giving me more money, they took what money I had away from me. Something about needing to pay for therapy for all the people that had to watch.
527 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:22:59am |
re: #518 Irish Rose
I've never thought her beautiful - more "handsome", in a feminine sense of the word, if that makes any sense at all. Her stature is commanding. She is not, however, a traditional beauty with dainty features. Someone still needs to help her dress, though. Girlfriend is still dressing like someone who thinks they are somebody when, in fact, they are nobody.
528 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:23:26am |
re: #522 realwest
Well it's not THAT simple - I mean people, listen up, we've got exactly 3 Canadians in this country illegally RIGHT NOW! And only about 20 Million Mexicans so I ask you which poses the greatest danger, eh?!
Well, that depends. Are they French-Canadians?
/
529 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:23:52am |
re: #521 Kenneth
Hadn't thought about it that way - sorta sucks I'll be in a hotel room tonight with no husband and/or no laptop!
530 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:24:04am |
re: #492 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) NO LT, if I'd a gotten the darn memo I'd have my video cam going right now! Well I do have my video cam going, but it's trained across what I think is the Canadian Border up by North Dakota - or maybe up by Michigan.
Hey, waitaminute - Rose is from Michigan, lemme see if I can re-orient this camera ;')
531 | SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:24:07am |
re: #496 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Google Earth photos of Irish Rose sunbathing nude on her patio.
Switch over to aerial view, right over Doyle Rd, they caught a plane flying thru the picture. Deale, MD ire house
532 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:24:08am |
re: #526 Ford_Prefect
I tried that. But instead of giving me more money, they took what money I had away from me. Something about needing to pay for therapy for all the people that had to watch.
And now you can't afford to replace that cracked bathroom mirror.
533 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:24:10am |
re: #527 ArmyWife
Bird of Prey Weapons Officers are not there for your amusement, Hooo-mann!
534 | SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:24:40am |
re: #531 SasquatchOnSteroids
Fire house, that is.
535 | justabill Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:25:41am |
re: #19 Taqiyyotomist
gmsc. I rolled pennies this morning. The trick to doing it quickly and accurately is to pick them up in stacks of five, and be sure to count out loud, so you don't lose count. The bank, unlike the gas station or the store, doesn't like it when you put your name and number on every roll, because then they have to black them out with a sharpie. I love this blog!
:)
You need to find a bank/credit union with a coinstar. My last CU had one that members could use for free. Counted a little over a $100 in mixed coin in less than 5 minutes. Just dump it in...
Some grocery stores will have them as well. Usually they will charge you 3-5%. But often will waive this charge if you use the money for purchases in the store.
536 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:26:16am |
re: #528 Ford_Prefect
Well, that depends. Are they French-Canadians?/
Hey, what this French Canadian did with the AC/DC classic should be a crime...
537 | KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:27:42am |
re: #518 Irish Rose
Try as I might, I simply cannot see how people can laud Michelle Obama as a "beautiful woman".
Her jaw sticks out so far that she looks like this guy.
Maybe its dislocated from bitching about her country too much? I'm not a dentist but I would recommend wiring her mouth shut for a few years.
538 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:27:43am |
re: #529 ArmyWife
Call room service... maybe they'll send up a cute bellhop.
539 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:28:14am |
re: #477 realwest
BTW ATTENTION PLEASE: WILL ALL CANADIAN LIZARDS PLEASE SHOW THEIR PASSPORTS AND VISAS BEFORE CONTINUING ON LGF THIS MORNING!
No Lie - Janet Napolitano, head of DHLS has said that both the Canadian and Mexican Borders should be treated identically because they are both part of the North American Continent and we are acting in a discriminatory fashion towards Mexico by not having enough Border Patrol agents, NG troops, and an even partially built fence with Canada. Moreover, she doesn't understand why we treat each border differently because, after all, they each abut the United States.
Passports please...... Visa's please...? Eh? (sorry, that's the best Canadian I can speak!).
That's not entirely crazy. Not everyone crossing the U.S./Canadian border is Canadian. But yeah, we need a whole lot more security at the southern border than we do at the northern.
540 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:28:27am |
re: #531 SasquatchOnSteroids
Switch over to aerial view, right over Doyle Rd, they caught a plane flying thru the picture. Deale, MD ire house
HA! Finally saw it, over by the "marina"!
Cute!
541 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:28:35am |
re: #536 Kenneth
Hey, what this French Canadian did with the AC/DC classic should be a crime...
Oh man. I am not even going to push play on that one. And I am not an AC/DC fan.
542 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:28:40am |
re: #502 Ford_Prefect Well ok, then let's see those photos of pre-Marine then! C'mon, GIVE!
543 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:29:40am |
re: #506 pre-Boomer Marine brat (thanks a lot Ford) boy I'll say! Er, uh, I'm certainly glad to see hear that!
544 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:31:03am |
re: #541 Ford_Prefect
Celine triggers my gag reflex. The performance was recently voted worse cover song of all time.
545 | rw in san diego Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:31:15am |
Good morning, everybody.
Good morning, realwest. How's your back today? And how is your mother?
546 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:31:42am |
re: #533 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)
But 1SG Army Medics are, right? ;)
547 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:32:17am |
Good morning, rw.
We're all blogging in the nude this morning.... therefore, you must strip.
548 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:32:40am |
re: #515 DistantThunder
Culture Pulse - South Jersey
Speaking to my teenage students in our early morning bible study class, I got the scoop on the Senior Trip to Disneyland just concluded. (This high school is one of the top ranked in the state.)
One girl said a bunch of the seniors were busted for shoplifting at the Disney Park Stores, some of whom are in honors classes with my students.
The Class Valedictorian was sent home early from the trip for going to Pleasure Island and drinking, and getting very drunk. He will not be attending graduation.There are many morals to this story.....
Sounds a little like my senior trip to Quebec, a loooooong time ago. Only Canada's drinking age was 18, and no one bothered checking (I was 17). I wonder what got into the valedictorian that he blew all that hard work over one stupid mistake.
549 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:32:58am |
re: #542 realwest
Well ok, then let's see those photos of pre-Marine then! C'mon, GIVE!
OK, I am sending them to you now... wait... what's that smell?... Sh*t! My modem just threw up all over my bare feet!
550 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:34:14am |
re: #548 doppelganglander
Sounds a little like my senior trip to Quebec, a loooooong time ago. Only Canada's drinking age was 18, and no one bothered checking (I was 17). I wonder what got into the valedictorian that he blew all that hard work over one stupid mistake.
Give him a break. He just got a little Goofy.
551 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:34:31am |
re: #520 Kenneth
Good morning Kenneth!
If you knew how lax our authorities are about the potential terrorists, extremists & other sympathizers living in Canada, you would be horrified. Tough security at the US border would force Canadian gov't & people to act more responsibly. If there is a terrorist attack on the US, it is as likely to be launched from Canada as from Mexico, perhaps even more so.
Passport and visa please?!
And while we're at it MR. - do you know where those 3 illegal immigrants from Canada are living in the U.S., eh?
552 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:35:24am |
re: #549 Ford_Prefect
OK, I am sending them to you now... wait... what's that smell?... Sh*t! My modem just threw up all over my bare feet!
Hope you covered the tender bits.
553 | pingjockey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:35:53am |
Mornin' all. Did you see the obambi plan for GM? 20 vehicle lines are showing a profit, so....we're gonna shit can 11 of them. Why? Because they are eeeevil trucks and SUVs! Progress!
554 | A Man for all Seasons Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:36:14am |
Good Morning Lizards!
How is everyone today and where did springtime go?
555 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:36:21am |
re: #523 loppyd
Hey{Loppyd} how's it going good looking? Make sure to check the box and make sure it's not made in Canada or we may have to come pay you a visit!
556 | KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:36:32am |
Why is it that you never see Hugh Jackman types sunbathing at nude beaches? Its always the James Gandolfini types strewn out everywhere.
557 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:36:42am |
re: #553 pingjockey
Mornin' all. Did you see the obambi plan for GM? 20 vehicle lines are showing a profit, so....we're gonna shit can 11 of them. Why? Because they are eeeevil trucks and SUVs! Progress!
Seriously? Link please.
558 | pingjockey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:37:25am |
re: #557 Ford_Prefect
No linky. Was on FNC at the top of the hour.
559 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:37:26am |
re: #525 DistantThunder
Probably that its hard and sharp! LOL! Good morning DT!
560 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:37:37am |
re: #554 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards!
How is everyone today and where did springtime go?
Take your clothes off and snuggle up to Irish Rose.
561 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:37:43am |
re: #554 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards!
How is everyone today and where did springtime go?
Morning 2H. Get your kit off we are all nekid this morning. Watch Ford tho he is taking pictures.
562 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:38:07am |
Ugh, is this disturbing, troublesome, or just plain scary...
Here's a sketch for a racist play about "moral decline" in black America since the civil rights era.
Act I: Heroic protestors gather at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965 to march in defiance of a segregationist state. Act II: The scene moves to San Francisco in the early 1970s, where the radical politics of the Black Panthers quickly give way to robbery and murder. Act III: A New York City crack house, circa 1985. Act IV: the trial of O.J. Simpson. Act V: The present, in which a black man on a prison furlough goes on a murder spree.
Appalled? I hope so.
Now substitute the word "Jewish" for "black" and change the scene to Europe and Israel and you have, roughly, the plot of celebrated British playwright Caryl Churchill's "Seven Jewish Children," which debuted last month to some controversy and much acclaim at London's Royal Court Theater. It is now in the U.S., playing in small but respectable venues to sophisticated audiences that -- judging from the performance I attended in New York last Thursday -- are overwhelmingly disposed to like it.
But logic is not the issue here, nor, really, are the facts: Try arguing either with someone determined to ignore them. The issue is about taboo -- a word easy to mock until you realize it often upholds what is best in society. Racism has become taboo in American society, and that's a very good thing. Anti-Semitism used to be taboo, but that's been eroded by an obsessive criticism of Israel that seems to borrow freely from the classic anti-Semitic repertoire ("tell her they're filth") while adopting the brilliant trick of treating Jewish victimization as a moral ideal from which modern Israel has sadly deviated.
Readers may wonder why Ms. Churchill's trite agitprop, a cultural blip on the vast American stage, deserves a column. Maybe it doesn't; maybe it's best ignored. But I'm reminded of what a better Churchill -- Winston -- wrote about the German decision in 1917 to put V.I. Lenin on a sealed train to Petersburg, "in the same way you might send a phial containing a culture of typhoid or cholera to be poured into the water supply of a great city." Something foul has now gotten into our water, too.
Read the whole thing
563 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:39:55am |
Good morning all!
I just got an email that the tea party site has been hacked.
564 | A Man for all Seasons Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:40:51am |
re: #561 Erik The Red
Morning 2H. Get your kit off we are all nekid this morning. Watch Ford tho he is taking pictures.
mmmm. I'm at work.. Don't think it would prudent at this time..
LOL
565 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:40:54am |
re: #531 SasquatchOnSteroids Damn, y'all have great eyesight! That's what it is ok!
566 | Golem Akbar Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:40:58am |
Good morning one (Lizard) and all (Lizardim)! Sunrise over Los Angeles!
567 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:41:09am |
re: #556 KenJen
Why is it that you never see Hugh Jackman types sunbathing at nude beaches? Its always the James Gandolfini types strewn out everywhere.
I have a theory about that.
It's my belief that most men who become nudists do so later in life, when they finally ditch the sexual angst/macho bullshit and finally start feeling more accepting towards their imperfect male bodies.
568 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:41:14am |
re: #550 Ford_Prefect
All teenagers are apt to mickey mouse around on occasion!
569 | Irish Rose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:42:02am |
re: #560 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Take your clothes off and snuggle up to Irish Rose.
This is what I get for admitting here on LGF that I sunbathe in the buff :).
570 | A Man for all Seasons Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:42:26am |
re: #567 Irish Rose
I have a theory about that.
It's my belief that most men who become nudists do so later in life, when they finally ditch the sexual angst/macho bullshit and finally start feeling more accepting towards their imperfect male bodies.
Who you calling imperfect?
:)
571 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:43:06am |
572 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:43:09am |
re: #558 pingjockey
No linky. Was on FNC at the top of the hour.
Just perused their site and don't see anything yet. If they are seriously going to start dictating what cars GM sells based on their warped ideas about the environment then GM is thoroughly screwed. I am tempted to say serves them right for coming to Washington with hat in hand, except that it will mean a lot more people out of work. It could also mean the end of the Corvette. That would not make my dad happy.
573 | pingjockey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:43:37am |
re: #557 Ford_Prefect
Ford, just went over to FNC and they had stuff about possible bankruptcy, etc... but no specifics on the PLAN! Sounds like a goddamn USSR 5 year plan, and we know how well those worked out.
574 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:43:46am |
re: #556 KenJen
Why is it that you never see Hugh Jackman types sunbathing at nude beaches? Its always the James Gandolfini types strewn out everywhere.
It's the only way anyone will see them nekkid.
575 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:43:47am |
re: #539 doppelganglander
That's not entirely crazy. Not everyone crossing the U.S./Canadian border is Canadian. But yeah, we need a whole lot more security at the southern border than we do at the northern.
She's right, you know. Canadians are swarming into the U.S. and taking away American jobs. For example, Governor of Michigan.
576 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:43:49am |
re: #553 pingjockey
I just wonder, what the heck is going to pull the farm equipment? I am fairly confident a prius is unable to pull my 4 horse trailer.
577 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:43:49am |
re: #554 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards!
How is everyone today and where did springtime go?
Morning HH.
578 | A Man for all Seasons Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:44:23am |
re: #571 Wishing
Love the new avatar, hh!
Why Thank you..That little boy is cute as a button isn't he? Kids love Jordan..
579 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:44:46am |
re: #569 Irish Rose
This is what I get for admitting here on LGF that I sunbathe in the buff :).
Either that or we male Lizards lead lives of quiet desperation, ...
... relieved only by LGF.
? ... :D
580 | KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:44:53am |
re: #567 Irish Rose
I think you and I should do an indepth study on that. Lets start with the agnst/macho guys first.
581 | pingjockey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:44:54am |
re: #572 Ford_Prefect
I think anyone who took gov't money is screwed. Sorta like taking out a 'loan' from the mob.
582 | rw in san diego Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:45:19am |
re: #562 Leonidas Hoplite
From the link you provided:
Michael Billington of the Guardian grasped Ms. Churchill's point when he wrote that the play captured "the transition that has overtaken Israel, to the point where security has become the pretext for indiscriminate slaughter."
Truly disheartening. Are these people blind, duped by what they hear in the MSM, dumb, or out and out anti-Semites?
583 | Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:45:23am |
584 | A Man for all Seasons Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:45:39am |
585 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:45:40am |
re: #568 ArmyWife
All teenagers are apt to mickey mouse around on occasion!
That is true, though I suppose we shouldn't Minnie-mize the seriousness of the situation.
586 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:46:07am |
re: #581 pingjockey
Which should not be shocking at all if anyone had thought about it (I mean besides us lizards). These are Chicago Gangster Politicians. This is normal.
587 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:46:22am |
re: #563 Wishing
Are you talking about the The Conservative Revolution blog?
If so, then they got damage repaired as it looks ok to me.
588 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:46:25am |
re: #581 pingjockey
I think anyone who took gov't money is screwed. Sorta like taking out a 'loan' from the mob.
My thoughts exactly. But at least the mafia guys might take you to The Bing before you get whacked.
589 | Lincolntf Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:46:42am |
Morning all.
Did Obama fire anyone yet today, or are we all free to continue serving him?
590 | pingjockey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:46:48am |
re: #576 ArmyWife
They(obamabots)don't care. They have this terribly warped world view and are going to take us down the crapper with them while they try to impliment unworkable utopian socialist policies.
591 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:46:51am |
re: #584 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Ford..What's up today?
Don't ask him that he has nekkid pics of Irish Rose. :)
592 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:47:09am |
re: #585 Ford_Prefect
No. But we've all been daffy, especially in our youth.
593 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:47:26am |
re: #539 doppelganglander
Good morning to you! "That's not entirely crazy."
YES IT IS! I read Kenneth's kind warning but I gotta tell ya that pronouncement from Napolitano IS Bat shit crazy! I mean, how many Canadians are here illegally? How many of 'em are taking away jobs that Americans will do? How many have been caught trying to commit genocide against US citizens?
Sweet Lord almighty - WTH is wrong with her? What the hell is wrong with Obama for selecting her as the HEAD of Homeland Security?!?
595 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:47:50am |
re: #585 Ford_Prefect
That is true, though I suppose we shouldn't Minnie-mize the seriousness of the situation.
/you forgot to duck after saying that
596 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:48:06am |
re: #582 rw in san diego
From the link you provided:
Truly disheartening. Are these people blind, duped by what they hear in the MSM, dumb, or out and out anti-Semites?
I don't know. I really don't get it.
597 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:48:16am |
re: #584 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Ford..What's up today?
Ooo. That is a dangerous question today. I am going to plead the fifth.
598 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:48:29am |
re: #590 pingjockey
Further more, have these dingbats considered that it really does take electricity to power these electric cars? Where is that going to come from? What happens when the grid is overcome with all these cars plugged in?
599 | pingjockey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:48:40am |
re: #593 realwest
Rose colored glasses and unicorn farts make a deadly combination.
601 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:48:59am |
re: #587 Bubblehead II
Are you talking about the The Conservative Revolution blog?
If so, then they got damage repaired as it looks ok to me.
It is the TaxDayTeaparty site. My area can't get our location on the site. The TN rep sent me an email saying that the site had been hacked, not allowing others to sign up.
602 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:49:20am |
re: #589 Lincolntf
I haven't checked my messages. I took my bonus this year, I could be on the list.
603 | rw in san diego Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:49:36am |
re: #585 Ford_Prefect
That is true, though I suppose we shouldn't Minnie-mize the seriousness of the situation.
Nor should they be able to 'Duck' the consequences.
604 | pingjockey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:49:59am |
re: #598 ArmyWife
Nope. Also, you can't haul food or other commodities with electric semi trucks. They are not in the real world.
605 | pingjockey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:50:48am |
Later folks. People who are on the gov't dole depend on me going to work.
606 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:51:06am |
If you don't stop with the Disney cartoon puns, I'll hold my breath until i turn Baloo in the face.
607 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:51:43am |
re: #545 rw in san diego
Hi there rw! Mom is doing ok, I'm doing ok, but my back does hurt but I STILL have to do chores today that will involve lots of walking which always causes my back to ache like mad! But we still gotta snake over the Canadian border and ya can't do that in a car or anything ya know?!? LOL! (see my #477). How are you doing today my friend?
608 | Sabnen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:52:19am |
PuritanismModern Liberalism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
There . . . Mencken updated.
609 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:52:25am |
610 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:52:38am |
re: #593 realwest
what the hell is wrong with Americans that they voted this imbecile in office? What the hell is wrong with the RNC that they couldn't pull their heads out of their fourth point of contact and be the Amateur Hour politician who now leads our country?
611 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:52:52am |
613 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:53:31am |
615 | loppyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:54:59am |
re: #555 {realwest}
Hey{Loppyd} how's it going good looking? Make sure to check the box and make sure it's not made in Canada or we may have to come pay you a visit!
Good Morning Handsome!
I can't find the box. But I have the receipt.
616 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:55:10am |
re: #551 realwest
Canadians have to show passports now when visiting the US, not Visas.
You do have a point about the disparity in numbers of illegal aliens in the US from the 2 neighbors. There are probably quite a few "economic migrant" illegal aliens in the US who crossed over from Canada. My point is about the separate issue of terrorism. There have been several cases of terrorists crossing from Canada into the US.
617 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:55:16am |
618 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:55:23am |
Hiya, Lizard Nation!
Hope all is well with you.
I am having slight difficulties with my eyes, thus I've restricted my sessions on the PC, regretfully ...
Still, here is a lovely little feature about how the other half (us) lived in Basra - and what your lot are already doing to change it:
US troops in Iraq forced to rough it on British Basra base
I'm so sorry you don't like our sausages ...
619 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:56:02am |
re: #608 Sabnen
PuritanismModern Liberalism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may behappywealthy.There . . . Mencken updated.
FTFY!
620 | Spider Mensch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:56:03am |
re: #593 realwest
Good morning to you! "That's not entirely crazy."
YES IT IS! I read Kenneth's kind warning but I gotta tell ya that pronouncement from Napolitano IS Bat shit crazy! I mean, how many Canadians are here illegally? How many of 'em are taking away jobs that Americans will do? How many have been caught trying to commit genocide against US citizens?
Sweet Lord almighty - WTH is wrong with her? What the hell is wrong with Obama for selecting her as the HEAD of Homeland Security?!?
heh..illegal Canadians...playing in hockey games that Americans refuse to play in...
621 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:57:01am |
Keep up the good fight, y'all. I'm off to get my eyes checked and new contacts. Now need to decide whether to fire up the 3500 Chevy turbo diesel 4X4 in protest, or take the Jeep Liberty that gets equally bad mileage....somehow my daughter ended up driving the volvo!
622 | Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:57:26am |
623 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:57:32am |
624 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:57:39am |
re: #614 ArmyWife
Wait, you mean food has to GET to the markets somehow?
//
Perhaps they believe that they can grow wheat in their closets as easily as pot.
625 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:58:50am |
re: #601 Wishing
Anybody claiming responsibility for the hack?
626 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:59:00am |
re: #618 yma o hyd
Hiya, Lizard Nation!
Hope all is well with you.
I am having slight difficulties with my eyes, thus I've restricted my sessions on the PC, regretfully ...Still, here is a lovely little feature about how the other half (us) lived in Basra - and what your lot are already doing to change it:
US troops in Iraq forced to rough it on British Basra baseI'm so sorry you don't like our sausages ...
Wait'll they get a look at your Spotted Dick.
627 | Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:59:03am |
re: #623 pre-Boomer Marine brat
That dwarfs all the others!
From the news in brief: "Bear Takes Over Disney World In a Pooh d' Tat."
628 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:59:45am |
re: #625 Bubblehead II
Anybody claiming responsibility for the hack?
Not as far as I know, but our site still is not on there.
629 | ArmyWife Tue, Mar 31, 2009 6:59:50am |
re: #618 yma o hyd
But you will love the pretzel dogs. You can thank us later. ;)
630 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:00:26am |
re: #567 Irish Rose
Hmmmm, well I first started going to nude beaches when I was around 26 or so and in pretty good shape - even if I do say so myself. It didn't have anything to do with looking at nude women, I didn't need to go to a nude beach for that, thankyouverymuch, just the feeling of freedom that I got from doing it and walking along the surf/sand line edge of the beach. That may be an exception to your rule or theory however, as I did notice an unusually large percentage of male and female specimens which were hardly examples of the human body in it's prime.
Then I went to a regular beach and saw the same thing: the percentage of men and women revealing more skin than they ought to(for aesthetic reasons) was about the same as on nude beaches.
631 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:01:15am |
re: #626 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Wait'll they get a look at your Spotted Dick.
Too late - they've already installed Pizza Huts and Pretzel Hot Dogs (first I've ever heard of that sort of food!) and stuff like that.
(I bet your RSMs would have fits if offered said pudding, with its proper name ...!)
632 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:01:49am |
re: #570 HoosierHoops
Hey good morning Hoops! Do y'all have anyone left in the final four?
And may we please see your passport or birth certificate please?!
633 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:02:02am |
re: #627 Dustyvet
From the news in brief: "Bear Takes Over Disney World In a Pooh d' Tat."
This stuff has me grinning like the Cheshire Cat.
634 | Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:02:26am |
Walt Disney didn't die. He's in suspended animation.
635 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:02:51am |
Maybe we can get the zero to STAY in Europe. With his 500 member entourage.
636 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:02:55am |
re: #593 realwest
Ahmed Ressam, the Millennium Bomber
Ressam was born in Algeria. He entered Canada in 1994 with a forged French passport.[2] When immigration officials at the Montreal airport questioned him, he applied for political asylum, claiming persecution in Algeria. After settling in Montreal, he became a small-time criminal. At some point, he was recruited into al-Qaeda. After not attending his hearing for political asylum, his application for refugee status was denied and a warrant issued for his arrest. He evaded deportation by obtaining a passport using a false name, "Benni Noris."
On December 14, 1999, Ressam boarded the M/V Coho at Vancouver Island and crossed the border at the Port Angeles, Washington ferry landing. Canadian agents had been watching him for more than two years in Montreal. When he disappeared, Mounties traced him to a motel room in British Columbia where they discovered materials that could be used in making bombs. The Mounties then tipped off US Customs officials of a potential bomb threat to them.
At the US-Canadian border, upon noticing that he appeared nervous, US Customs officers inspected him more closely and asked for further identification. Ressam panicked and attempted to flee. Customs officials then found a legitimate Canadian passport Ressam had registered under a fake name,[2]nitroglycerin and four timing devices concealed in a spare tire well of his rented car. He was arrested by customs, and investigated by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He had shared a room in Canada with Abdelmajid Dahoumane, a suspected terrorist. A suitcase in the room which they lived in tested positive for chemicals used for making bombs.
This is why Canadian border security is important. The fact that few Canadians are illegal immigrants taking US jobs is a red herring.
637 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:03:23am |
re: #629 ArmyWife
But you will love the pretzel dogs. You can thank us later. ;)
Sounds lovely - but I have the impression it won't be imported into the UK, as the last Royal Marines have just left Basra - its all yours now, our lot is off to A'stan ... no Pizza Huts or Pretzels there, thats for sure!
638 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:03:48am |
re: #593 realwest
Good morning to you! "That's not entirely crazy."
YES IT IS! I read Kenneth's kind warning but I gotta tell ya that pronouncement from Napolitano IS Bat shit crazy! I mean, how many Canadians are here illegally? How many of 'em are taking away jobs that Americans will do? How many have been caught trying to commit genocide against US citizens?
Sweet Lord almighty - WTH is wrong with her? What the hell is wrong with Obama for selecting her as the HEAD of Homeland Security?!?
I agree with you, it is not an equal threat by a long shot. However, there are potentially a number of Islamic radicals in Canada who could take advantage of lax border procedures to come to the States to carry out a terrorist operation. Then there is the possibility of overseas radicals going through Canada to reach the U.S.
Napolitano sounds like an idiot because she is equating the problems at the southern border with the problems at the northern border. They are very different and need to be treated differently, but she's too PC to say so. Actually, she probably doesn't even understand how they are different, which is an even bigger concern.
639 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:05:46am |
re: #634 Dustyvet
Walt Disney didn't die. He's in suspended animation.
It is hard to keep up with these puns. I am still Flounder-ing around trying to find Ariel shots of Irish Rose sunbathing.
640 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:05:50am |
re: #599 pingjockey Hi ya ping! LOL! Yes, I guess rose colored glasses and Unicorn farts DO make a difference! LOL!
How are you today my friend?!
641 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:06:18am |
Good news! It appears James Randi and his videos have been reinstated to Youtube.
642 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:06:32am |
re: #635 Wishing
Maybe we can get the zero to STAY in Europe. With his 500 member entourage.
Doubt it.
Anyway, that G20 summit looks to be set to end in tears (and I don't mean the tear gas sprayed by the police on the vandal protesters outside, either!):
Nicolas Sarkozy’s threat to walk out of global summit
Its all a big let-down anyway, as Madame Sarkozy, a.k.a Carla Bruni the delectable won't be coming.
She only tags along on proper state visits ...
Boo-hoo!
643 | Ward Cleaver Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:06:57am |
re: #641 Wishing
Good news! It appears James Randi and his videos have been reinstated to Youtube.
Great news.
644 | pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:07:02am |
phone call from client
gotta go
bbl
645 | Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:08:15am |
re: #644 pre-Boomer Marine brat
phone call from client
gotta go
bbl
Boomer...Dopey on line one!...:)
646 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:08:19am |
re: #638 doppelganglander
However, there are potentially a number of Islamic radicals in Canada who could take advantage of lax border procedures to come to the States to carry out a terrorist operation. Then there is the possibility of overseas radicals going through Canada to reach the U.S.
The Islamic radicals up here are not a potential or a possibility, they are a fact. Several would be terrorists have been caught at the border trying to enter the US. Which suggests to me several more made it in undetected. The US authorities would be fools to rely upon the Canadian authorities for security. We have a serious problem. It's pointed at you.
647 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:08:45am |
648 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:09:28am |
re: #642 yma o hyd
Doubt it.
Anyway, that G20 summit looks to be set to end in tears (and I don't mean the tear gas sprayed by the police on the vandal protesters outside, either!):
Nicolas Sarkozy’s threat to walk out of global summitIts all a big let-down anyway, as Madame Sarkozy, a.k.a Carla Bruni the delectable won't be coming.
She only tags along on proper state visits ...
Boo-hoo!
Yep, Sarkozy is fearing the Anlo-Saxons stepping out of line.
Mr Sarkozy, who blames the “Anglo-Saxons” for causing the economic crisis, told his ministers last week that he would leave Mr Brown’s summit “if it does not work out”.
649 | Dave the..... Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:09:39am |
So there is a new video out there of Sarah Palins girl doing cocaine, and there is a total media blackout of the story. What? It's not a Palin girl, but Joe Biden's daughter. Oh, nevermind.
650 | Ford_Prefect Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:09:55am |
OK, I really should try to get some work done. I will chat with ya'll later.
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go.
651 | Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:09:56am |
652 | Lincolntf Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:10:17am |
re: #642 yma o hyd
Anyone think that Obama will get some rough treatment at the G20? I know these meetings can sometimes get testy and that often leaders will hold "rival" press conferences after various sessions to criticize each other's plans. I wonder if anyone will have the nads to take a few verbal swipes at Bozo?
653 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:10:51am |
re: #649 Dave the.....
So there is a new video out there of Sarah Palins girl doing cocaine, and there is a total media blackout of the story. What? It's not a Palin girl, but Joe Biden's daughter. Oh, nevermind.
She's just trying to prove that Hilary was right in her assertion that America's desire for cocaine is to blame for Mexico's woes.
654 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:10:53am |
North Korea is apparently in the final stages of preparing its Tapeodong-2 missile for launch.
Commercial imagery from DigitalGlobe, posted by GlobalSecurity.org, shows the the three-stage missile sitting on the launch pad at Musudan-ri. Analysts say the service arms on the tower are located away from the rocket. Fueling operations and final check-out could begin in a matter of days.
...With all due respect to the SecDef, his comments were little more than an exercise in verbal gymnastics. Truth be told, there is a lot we could do to stop the missile launch, from a cruise missile strike against the launch complex, to an in-flight intercept by U.S. and Japanese Aegis destroyers in the Sea of Japan, or land-based interceptor missiles in Alaska and Hawaii.
While the technology is capable--and maturing rapidly--the political will is non-existent. The Obama Administration has clearly decided that a successful intercept isn't worth the geopolitical consequences. North Korea has threatened to pull out of the Six Party nuclear talks (and potential military strikes) if allied forces attempt to shoot down the TD-2.
But Mr. Gates and Mr. Obama should ask themselves a more salient question: are we prepared for the fallout for a successful missile test? In a matter of days, Pyongyang will fire a multi-stage missile across the airspace of a key American ally, and in the general direction of Alaska or Hawaii. If the TD-2 doesn't fall apart, it will be a technical triumph for Kim Jong-il, a propaganda victory over the U.S., and a harbinger of things to come.
655 | rw in san diego Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:11:17am |
re: #652 Lincolntf
I don't know about the 'nads' but all of that ilk certainly have the ego.
656 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:11:20am |
re: #650 Ford_Prefect
OK, I really should try to get some work done. I will chat with ya'll later.
Hi ho, hi ho,I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go.
657 | Killer Tomato Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:12:08am |
realwest -
Well don't think you're getting back into the US without a passport!
It is very important to note that all Americans traveling to the U.S. by air, including from Canada, must present a valid U.S. passport to enter or re-enter the U.S. Effective June 1, 2009, a similar requirement goes into effect for entry into the U.S. via land and sea borders. All Americans will need to present a U.S. passport, passport card, NEXUS card, Enhanced Drivers License or other Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)-compliant document in order to enter the U.S. by land or sea. American travelers are urged to obtain WHTI-compliant documents before entering Canada well in advance of their planned travel.
658 | Lincolntf Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:12:31am |
re: #653 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Sure, blame Biden's daughter. Bad Hillary!
659 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:12:37am |
re: #646 Kenneth
The Islamic radicals up here are not a potential or a possibility, they are a fact. Several would be terrorists have been caught at the border trying to enter the US. Which suggests to me several more made it in undetected. The US authorities would be fools to rely upon the Canadian authorities for security. We have a serious problem. It's pointed at you.
I know. I didn't want to sound totally alarmist. Is the Canadian Border Patrol, or whatever you call it, that lame?
660 | Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:12:40am |
re: #642 yma o hyd
Dang. I keep forgetting Monsewer Sarkozy isn't a WASP.
661 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:12:53am |
re: #652 Lincolntf
Obama will be tested.
World leaders will not be impressed.
The US media will ignore it.
663 | NelsFree Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:13:37am |
664 | A Man for all Seasons Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:14:33am |
re: #632 realwest
Hey good morning Hoops! Do y'all have anyone left in the final four?
And may we please see your passport or birth certificate please?!
I got UConn And UNC but I have them losing..So I'm done..
*falls to knees crying out to the Basketball gods*
You can see my passport.. Now my nirth Certificate may be an issue.
665 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:14:49am |
another tricky shooting to sort out....self defense?
[Link: www.dispatch.com...]
666 | FrogMarch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:15:18am |
Public Labor Unions - The gateway to our new redistributionist collectivist socialist nightmare.
Nice - hidden behind Working Families Party.
Those are actual working people now on the outside looking in -- in stark contrast to the unionized public employees hiding behind the class-warfare rhetoric of the Working Families Party.
667 | Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:15:26am |
re: #663 NelsFree
He was drawn to animation.
And he was capable of projection, too. Does that make him a Cylon?
GOOD MORNING LIZARDS!
668 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:16:00am |
re: #649 Dave the.....
So there is a new video out there of Sarah Palins girl doing cocaine, and there is a total media blackout of the story. What? It's not a Palin girl, but Joe Biden's daughter. Oh, nevermind.
story up on Drudge says she was set up...hahaha
669 | A Man for all Seasons Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:17:10am |
re: #667 Macker
And he was capable of projection, too. Does that make him a Cylon?
GOOD MORNING LIZARDS!
Good Morning Macker!
671 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:17:55am |
re: #660 Macker
Dang. I keep forgetting Monsewer Sarkozy isn't a WASP.
He's a WFHC - White Franco-Hungarian Catholic.
672 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:18:18am |
re: #652 Lincolntf
Anyone think that Obama will get some rough treatment at the G20? I know these meetings can sometimes get testy and that often leaders will hold "rival" press conferences after various sessions to criticize each other's plans. I wonder if anyone will have the nads to take a few verbal swipes at Bozo?
Bound to happen - but all behind closed doors.
The 'comference communique' has probably already been worked out, by all the minions, as usual.
If Sakozy doesn't walk out, then it'll be a happy family - until the traders and bankers get to read the nitty-gritty.
I think PB0 is very much aware now that asking the rest of the world to do as he did simply is not economically possible. I doubt very much he'd really want to start cooling relationships with the EU generally and the big guns, i.e. Sarkozy and Merkel, specifically.
But ye never know ... I hope he's got some valerian, and stuff against jet-lag ...
Remeber: these are not Chicago Machine dems, these are hard-nosed politicians who have vastly more experience in world politics than he has.
Interesting times, oh yeah!
673 | Timbre Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:18:27am |
Spy Agencies Believe North Korea Has Nuclear Warheads
Regardless if the current missile is nuclear armed or not (probably not), it needs to be destroyed on the launch pad or in flight. No matter how much humanitarian aid is given the DPRK, they will increase their militarism until they are ready to attack South Korea, or Japan. By slapping them down now, we increase the chances of creating a leadership civil war and a weakening of their terrorist sponsorship. imo
674 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:18:43am |
re: #668 albusteve
story up on Drudge says she was set up...hahaha
Waiting for her "Bitch set me up!" moment...
675 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:20:06am |
re: #610 ArmyWife
Well I reckon
what the hell is wrong with Americans that they voted this imbecile in office? What the hell is wrong with the RNC that they couldn't pull their heads out of their fourth point of contact and be the Amateur Hour politician who now leads our country?
stupidity. At least on the part of the voters - the information was out there on the blogs and even - hushed though it may have been, in some MSM outlets. The RNC was just stuck - BDS - and I mean DERANGEMENT syndrome had taken hold here, thanks to the ceaseless POUNDING about it in the MSM, the far-left (now mainstream) Democratic blogs and of course that bastion of intellectualism, Air America. Seriously, after 8 years of nothing but NEGATIVE REPORTING AND COMMENTARY ON BUSH/CHENEY from the majority of the HUGE Leftists websites and the Chrissy Matthews version of a "journalist", what did you expect? Rationality? White folks afraid to be called a "racist" if they pointed out that Obama had some problems in his early life, was hiding, deliberately, his medical records and college/law school records/his association with Jeremiah Wright and Billy Boy Ayers? And on and on and on and on.
But the most troubling aspect of the 2008 elections to me were the amount of AMERICANS who wanted a Nanny State. NO personal responsibility at all, the "class warfare" that is undoubtedly being waged, as we speak, by the Obama administration is apparently MORE THAN OK (if ya believe the polls) with a majority of Americans.
That's what happened and what is still happening in MY country and YES it pisses me off!
676 | loppyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:20:53am |
re: #657 Killer Tomato
realwest -
Well don't think you're getting back into the US without a passport!
The last time I went to Canada was in 2003 Coming back to the US, I gave the border agent my driver's license as I had dozens of times before. He asked me what city I was born in, my profession and why I had been in Canada. I answered all of his questions and then he said "That's all great - do you know what this driver's license tells me? That you know how to drive. Big deal. Next time bring a passport or be prepared for a much longer stay in Canada."
677 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:21:26am |
re: #659 doppelganglander
It's up to the US authorities to prevent people entering the US illegally, not the Canadians. We have a very large border and a small population. That means border crossings are chronically under-manned. The RCMP (our FBI) and CSIS (our CIA) are good professionals, but they too are seriously underfunded considering the scope of the problem. The Islamic radicals have successfully tapped into the liberal media elite and are using them to undermine our security. Amongst other problems, this opens a back-door into the US.
I suspect that Janet Napolitano, who is not a stupid person, is just being a pc politician when she made the comparison with Mexico. She must be aware of the problem, even if it is not socially acceptable to use the term "Islamic terrorists" in the Obama White House.
678 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:21:44am |
re: #660 Macker
Dang. I keep forgetting Monsewer Sarkozy isn't a WASP.
Def-oh not-oh!
His parents were hungarians, who fled after the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
(I don't think he'll do it - Carla will give him hell if he comes back early, she's looking forward to First-Ladying it over Michelle when the Obamas come to France for that NATO visit, after the G20 summit.)
680 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:22:32am |
re: #666 FrogMarch
Public Labor Unions - The gateway to our new redistributionist collectivist socialist nightmare.
Nice - hidden behind Working Families Party.
Our great country is coming apart in so many areas, there is no way for us to be aware of all of them. We have been overwhelmed with nightmare policies and laws being enacted in so many venues, there is no way to fight them all.
Flummoxed.
681 | Bubblehead II Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:23:13am |
re: #665 albusteve
Another story from the same paper.
Toddler falls 40 feet; two men catch her
And with that I must bid you all a good day. Time to climb into my gas guzzling, carbon spewing pickup truck and head to work.
L8R
(note to self, DO NOT post links to stories about nudist hotels on LNDTs)
682 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:23:20am |
re: #616 Kenneth
"There are probably quite a few "economic migrant" illegal aliens in the US who crossed over from Canada."
What? Do y'all have a link for that?
And yes, I get the idea that there maybe and probably are terrorists coming into the US from Canada. So are you saying that Janet Napolitano is correct (I mean, with her vast experience with Canada)? Why hasnt' illegal Canadian immigration ever been menitoned, iirc, by anyone in the MSM?!
683 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:23:40am |
re: #676 loppyd
Next time bring a passport or be prepared for a much longer stay in Canada."
Your welcome to sleep on my sofa.
684 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:23:50am |
and just think folks...compared to the rest of our lives, these are the good old days...the fun times
685 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:24:02am |
686 | Caboose Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:24:26am |
Great post about the blithering loons that infest Hollyweird. I have zero use for Woody Allen and the likes of him.
687 | loppyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:24:36am |
689 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:25:02am |
re: #659 doppelganglander
I know. I didn't want to sound totally alarmist. Is the Canadian Border Patrol, or whatever you call it, that lame?
Fortunately the Niagara River is deeper, colder, faster-flowing and wider than the Rio Grande, or else we would have a REAL problem.//
690 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:25:34am |
691 | KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:26:13am |
re: #679 SasquatchOnSteroids
Where? Didn't know he was looking.
692 | quickjustice Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:26:49am |
OT: Via Instapundit, N.Y. Times killed a story back in October linking Obama campaign to ACORN: [Link: thebulletin.us...]
693 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:27:21am |
694 | Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:28:06am |
re: #685 yma o hyd
beer beer beer beer beer beer beer beer....
695 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:28:21am |
re: #692 quickjustice
OT: Via Instapundit, N.Y. Times killed a story back in October linking Obama campaign to ACORN: [Link: thebulletin.us...]
snip: Heather Heidelbaugh, who represented the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee in the lawsuit against the group, recounted for the ommittee
Fitting.
696 | SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:28:40am |
re: #684 albusteve
and just think folks...compared to the rest of our lives, these are the good old days...the fun times
We find ways, we're Americans. Our best times are ahead.
I really want to believe that.
Make it happen. Or something like that.
697 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:28:46am |
re: #693 Occasional Reader
Good morning.
Discuss.
(Looks potentially very interesting, IMHO.)
Don't know but I sure do love Skype. It is going to be a lot better for me to change.
698 | KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:29:02am |
699 | Macker Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:29:09am |
re: #682 realwest
"There are probably quite a few "economic migrant" illegal aliens in the US who crossed over from Canada."
What? Do y'all have a link for that?
And yes, I get the idea that there maybe and probably are terrorists coming into the US from Canada. So are you saying thatJanet NapolitanoCrappy Nappy is correct (I mean, with her vast experience with Canada)? Why hasnt' illegal Canadian immigration ever been menitoned, iirc, by anyone in the MSM?!
There, fixed that for ya!
700 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:29:14am |
re: #693 Occasional Reader
Good morning.
Discuss.
(Looks potentially very interesting, IMHO.)
Good morning, OR.
701 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:29:29am |
re: #673 Timbre
Spy Agencies Believe North Korea Has Nuclear Warheads
Regardless if the current missile is nuclear armed or not (probably not), it needs to be destroyed on the launch pad or in flight. No matter how much humanitarian aid is given the DPRK, they will increase their militarism until they are ready to attack South Korea, or Japan. By slapping them down now, we increase the chances of creating a leadership civil war and a weakening of their terrorist sponsorship. imo
Agree with you 100% but the shoot-down isn't going to happen. I believe Gates already said we won't do it (and given who his boss is this isn't a surprise) and I doubt that Japan will do it without an explicit nod from us.
702 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:29:51am |
re: #677 Kenneth
re: #692 quickjustice
OT: Via Instapundit, N.Y. Times killed a story back in October linking Obama campaign to ACORN: [Link: thebulletin.us...]
I smell a smoking gun.
703 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:30:26am |
704 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:31:20am |
re: #698 KenJen
Why do people think he is so great? I have never made it through a movie of his. B-o-r-i-n-g.
I like Woody Allen's movies, I just don't understand why he keeps casting that little weirdo to star in them.
/
705 | quickjustice Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:31:55am |
re: #703 Leonidas Hoplite
Sing along, now! "A million bottles of beer on the wall, a million bottles of beer . . . "
706 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:32:02am |
708 | Ward Cleaver Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:32:20am |
re: #674 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Waiting for her "Bitch set me up!" moment...
So did he hold a gun to her head, and force her to snort the coke? I doubt it.
709 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:32:27am |
re: #631 yma o hyd
Good morning {yma} - I've no wish to upset our great allies from GB, but you need to understand that most of the American troops at that REAR base in Basra are on their second or third tour of duty. And while I do genuinely appreciate British help in Iraq, there can be no doubt that the American's have done most of the heavy lifting over there in terms of actual combat. So if they bitch a little about how poorly GB sets up for it's troops, please forgive them.
710 | A Man for all Seasons Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:32:35am |
711 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:33:04am |
re: #698 KenJen
Why do people think he is so great? I have never made it through a movie of his. B-o-r-i-n-g.
frankly i am offended by the negative male jewish sterotypes in his movies.
712 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:33:13am |
re: #709 realwest
Good morning {yma} - I've no wish to upset our great allies from GB, but you need to understand that most of the American troops at that REAR base in Basra are on their second or third tour of duty. And while I do genuinely appreciate British help in Iraq, there can be no doubt that the American's have done most of the heavy lifting over there in terms of actual combat. So if they bitch a little about how poorly GB sets up for it's troops, please forgive them.
It's every soldier's right to complain.
713 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:33:23am |
re: #635 Wishing
Now that's just Wish-ful thinking! Good morning to you!
714 | Ward Cleaver Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:33:25am |
re: #704 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I like Woody Allen's movies, I just don't understand why he keeps casting that little weirdo to star in them.
/
You mean Woody?
715 | quickjustice Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:33:40am |
re: #704 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
You were bored by "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex"? The opening scene alone, with hundreds of white rabbits hopping around on the set, humping each other, was worth the price of admission!
716 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:33:43am |
re: #701 Leonidas Hoplite
Agree with you 100% but the shoot-down isn't going to happen. I believe Gates already said we won't do it (and given who his boss is this isn't a surprise) and I doubt that Japan will do it without an explicit nod from us.
of course he never outlined why we are taking no action or how he plans to deal with the next inevitable threat....empty words tell us nothing...we sure deserve better
717 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:34:03am |
718 | Lincolntf Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:34:12am |
re: #692 quickjustice
...Ms. Mathis wrote, “In response to your questions to our reporter, Stephanie Strom, we do not discuss our newsgathering and won’t comment except to say that political considerations played no role in our decisions about how to cover this story or any other story about President Obama.”...
Is there a single sentient being on the planet who believes that the above is true?
The NYT long ago ceased to be a newspaper in any real sense. It's an oversized political pamphlet that serves no purpose other than to deceive and manipulate readers on behalf of the Democrat Party.
719 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:34:15am |
re: #682 realwest
I'm not talking about Canadian citizens who sneak into the US to work. We have a very large immigrant population. Many of them ultimately want to get to the US. I'm talking about immigrants, refugees & illegals from other countries.
It's common knowledge in Canada, which has much more lax refugee laws than the US, that many so-called refugees here move on to the US. You've got your head in the sand if you think illegal immigrants are not entering the US through Canada. Chinese stowaways jump ship in Vancouver and then head down to Washington. Lebanese in Montreal cross over into Vermont. Mexicans & Jamaicans come here as migrant farm workers and then try to sneak into the US.
In terms of total numbers, I'll agree many more cross over from Mexico. But that border is much more secure than the US/Canada border. Our border is wide open and very, very big. This is a real problem.
720 | SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:34:46am |
re: #703 Leonidas Hoplite
It's a Bud time we had a beer thread
There's blood Coorsing through my alcohol stream..
AHH !
721 | Timbre Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:34:54am |
re: #701 Leonidas Hoplite
Agree with you 100% but the shoot-down isn't going to happen. I believe Gates already said we won't do it (and given who his boss is this isn't a surprise) and I doubt that Japan will do it without an explicit nod from us.
You may be right. But either way, it will be interesting to see what happens! Do the NKs get a perfect test launch of an "almost" ICBM? Or will something happen to disrupt their plans? Stay tuned....
722 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:34:55am |
re: #711 yochanan
frankly i am offended by the negative male jewish sterotypes in his movies.
LOL. I finally got around to watching Annie Hall - wanted to see how it could have beaten Star Wars for Best Picture (it shouldn't have, IMHO) - & was thinking, "Boy, if I wasn't an anti-Semite before seeing this movie..."
724 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:35:09am |
725 | VegasRick Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:35:25am |
726 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:35:58am |
727 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:36:36am |
re: #698 KenJen
Why do people think he is so great? I have never made it through a movie of his. B-o-r-i-n-g.
I liked Crimes & Misdemeanors very much.
728 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:36:51am |
729 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:36:54am |
re: #715 quickjustice
You were bored by "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex"? The opening scene alone, with hundreds of white rabbits hopping around on the set, humping each other, was worth the price of admission!
I actually really like his early slapstick stuff like Sex, Sleeper, & Bananas
730 | Lincolntf Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:37:12am |
re: #708 Ward Cleaver
When a newspaper/network "sets someone up" it's considered a great journalistic coup and the awards start piling up. When a private citizen does it, it's considered borderline criminal.
731 | FrogMarch Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:37:54am |
re: #680 Wishing
Our great country is coming apart in so many areas, there is no way for us to be aware of all of them. We have been overwhelmed with nightmare policies and laws being enacted in so many venues, there is no way to fight them all.
Flummoxed.
Big Labor's push is a very large part of our slide into financial instability and eventual ruin. The double irony is that Big Labor kills private sector jobs in two ways - by taxing too much to pay for increasingly unsustainable public sector largess, and by stealthily taking over the private sector and killing off profitable business models. Big Labor needs a strong host from which to feed. That private sector host might soon be dead.
Also, If you read the whole article, somehow Big Labor is immune from campaign finance laws. Is anyone looking into it?
The answer is simple: Oppose Big Labor - it's a cancer. The democrat party in cahoots with Big Labor attempt to hide the truth behind these deceptive labels: "Working Family Party" and "Employee Free Choice Act".
The only thing the democrat party is good at these days? Deception.
732 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:37:54am |
Woody Allen has has no effect on my life that I can recall....zero
733 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:38:29am |
re: #713 realwest
Now that's just Wish-ful thinking! Good morning to you!
Good morning, real! I just got an email from Phil Roe (R-TN), part of the letter:
I think many Americans will take it as a positive sign if the President told people frankly that because of our recession he will have to scale back his agenda and focus all our efforts on restoring economic growth. The American people will appreciate hearing this because it’s what they are already doing, and I think they would have more confidence in their government if we acted more like them.
Talk about wishful thinking!
734 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:38:42am |
That Dyson article by the NYT was a good one. I didn't know his stance on gorbal warming before I read that, he makes perfect sense to me. What a croc of shit.
735 | Noam Chumpski Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:38:42am |
re: #723 taxfreekiller
jimmah
needs something to down ding
I'll link to some snow, it works every time.
Here I was just thinking it was me. He's an angry fella.
736 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:39:17am |
re: #636 Kenneth OK, you WIN! I posted Napolitano's stupid fucking comments as satire and expected folks out here to take it as such.
However You've persuaded me. We need a solid wall between us and Canada. Limit Canadian immigration to no more than, say, 10,000 a year and then only if they meet the most stringent security requirements.
I was wrong, Ok? I really thought Canada was an ally, not some government propped up with narco money and in fear of being toppled by narco terrorists which NEEDED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION to the USA as a safety valve for it's continuing failure to take care of it's people. That it wasn't employing Canadians as Coyotes to bring arms and terrorists across the border to the US. Ok, eh?!
737 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:39:28am |
re: #730 Lincolntf
When a newspaper/network "sets someone up" it's considered a great journalistic coup and the awards start piling up. When a private citizen does it, it's considered borderline criminal.
the Sting....too bad...life in prison is too good for coke heads
not really
738 | realwest Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:39:48am |
I'm outta here, chores and all that - hope you have a great day and that I get to see you down the road.
739 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:39:57am |
re: #709 realwest
Good morning {yma} - I've no wish to upset our great allies from GB, but you need to understand that most of the American troops at that REAR base in Basra are on their second or third tour of duty. And while I do genuinely appreciate British help in Iraq, there can be no doubt that the American's have done most of the heavy lifting over there in terms of actual combat. So if they bitch a little about how poorly GB sets up for it's troops, please forgive them.
Hiya, {rw}!
Oh - I do forgive them!
Its just another illustration about how badly our lads were equippped and looked after - no matter what sort of lifting they did.
And they did do some, certainly more than could have been expected from troups whose boots disintegrated in the heat, who had to share bullet-proof vests because there were not enough to go round (and yes, it got some of them killed!), and whose vehicles were simply not well-enough armoured to withstand the IEDs - in spite of years of begging by the commanders, some of whom resigned in protest, and who made this scandal public.
Here - our troup commanders are forbidden to air any grievances in public, thats why they resigned.
Thats what happens under neostalinist NuLab politicians!
Sorry, I'll rein in my rant now ...
740 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:40:17am |
re: #720 SasquatchOnSteroids
There's blood Coorsing through my alcohol stream..
AHH !
I heard somewhere that a female drug addict isn't happy 'til she gets some Pilsener.
741 | Timbre Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:40:47am |
re: #738 realwest
I'm outta here, chores and all that - hope you have a great day and that I get to see you down the road.
Don't go 'round the bend of the road! :)
742 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:40:52am |
re: #733 Wishing
Good morning, real! I just got an email from Phil Roe (R-TN), part of the letter:
I think many Americans will take it as a positive sign if the President told people frankly that because of our recession he will have to scale back his agenda and focus all our efforts on restoring economic growth. The American people will appreciate hearing this because it’s what they are already doing, and I think they would have more confidence in their government if we acted more like them.Talk about wishful thinking!
BO could easily have stimulated the economy months ago...the fact that he didn't is criminal in my view....he's ripped me off bigtime
743 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:40:56am |
re: #740 Spare O'Lake
I heard somewhere that a female drug addict isn't happy 'til she gets some Pilsener.
Or some Dickens Cider.
744 | avanti Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:41:54am |
Morning all, anything exciting going on this A.M. ?
745 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:42:41am |
re: #732 albusteve
Woody Allen has has no effect on my life that I can recall....zero
I always found him to be a perfect role model...until he screwed his daughter, that is.///
746 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:42:47am |
747 | jacksontn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:43:14am |
re: #744 avanti
Morning all, anything exciting going on this A.M. ?
Avanti ... I hate to be the one to tell you but ... Obama resigned ...
/////wishing
748 | Noam Chumpski Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:43:31am |
re: #742 albusteve
BO could easily have stimulated the economy months ago...the fact that he didn't is criminal in my view....he's ripped me off bigtime
Spending the $800+ Bn on cutting payroll taxes would have had an immediate effect on all working Americans, but BO decided to... Some of those programs are 10 years out.
749 | Timbre Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:43:33am |
re: #744 avanti
Nothing exciting, per se. Just perusings and musings.
750 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:43:57am |
re: #744 avanti
Morning all, anything exciting going on this A.M. ?
The NYT spiked a story about O's campaign being linked with ACORN that would have been big trouble for him. Same shit, different day.
751 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:44:45am |
752 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:44:47am |
re: #736 realwest
OK, you WIN! I posted Napolitano's stupid fucking comments as satire and expected folks out here to take it as such.
However You've persuaded me. We need a solid wall between us and Canada. Limit Canadian immigration to no more than, say, 10,000 a year and then only if they meet the most stringent security requirements.
I was wrong, Ok? I really thought Canada was an ally, not some government propped up with narco money and in fear of being toppled by narco terrorists which NEEDED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION to the USA as a safety valve for it's continuing failure to take care of it's people. That it wasn't employing Canadians as Coyotes to bring arms and terrorists across the border to the US. Ok, eh?!
ROTFLMAO.
Glad you finally got the memo on Canada./
753 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:44:49am |
re: #744 avanti
Morning all, anything exciting going on this A.M. ?
Yes, Comrade Obama and his gang is working on controlling the pay of ANY employee of ANY company that accepts ANY government help.
Beyond AIG: A Bill to let Big Government Set Your Salary
"But now, in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee, led by chairman Barney Frank, has approved a measure that would, in some key ways, go beyond the most draconian features of the original AIG bill. The new legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government. It would, like the tax measure, be retroactive, changing the terms of compensation agreements already in place. And it would give Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner extraordinary power to determine the pay of thousands of employees of American companies."
[Link: www.washingtonexaminer.com...]
Does it smell more like socialism to YOU?
754 | KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:46:08am |
re: #728 turn
Of coors you are. Morning all!
Morning Turn. Come on in. Please shut the door behind you. You're letting in a draft.
755 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:46:19am |
re: #748 Noam Chumpski
Spending the $800+ Bn on cutting payroll taxes would have had an immediate effect on all working Americans, but BO decided to... Some of those programs are 10 years out.
you'd think he is intentionally tanking....naw, that's impossible right?
756 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:46:40am |
re: #754 KenJen
Morning Turn. Come on in. Please shut the door behind you. You're letting in a draft.
ok bud
757 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:46:40am |
re: #746 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
It's good for what ales ya.
It's also good to avoid draft-y rooms
758 | debutaunt Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:47:24am |
re: #753 Walter L. Newton
Oh boy - the stench is noticeable.
759 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:47:38am |
re: #750 turn
The NYT spiked a story about O's campaign being linked with ACORN that would have been big trouble for him. Same shit, different day.
fixing is what BO does best....he's a punk way in over his head this time tho
760 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:48:21am |
re: #697 Erik The Red
Don't know but I sure do love Skype. It is going to be a lot better for me to change.
Based on a quick read, it seems the advantage is that Google Voice would consolidate all your phone, SMS, etc. into one bundle, that could be accessed from 'puter, cellphone, or landline; plus a whole bunch of other bells and whistles. It's not just another VOIP offer like Skype.
761 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:48:22am |
We're too soft on them:
Al Qaeda jailbreak plot to free nine terrorist inmates in hijacked helicopter is foiled
I blame these ' 'uman roights' lawyers who make it impossible to keep these terrorists in solitary confinement.
No, there is no death penalty in the UK.
762 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:48:57am |
re: #759 albusteve
fixing is what BO does best....he's a punk way in over his head this time tho
Too bad Bernie didn't have that piece of information for his book.
763 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:49:06am |
re: #758 debutaunt
Oh boy - the stench is noticeable.
You got it. Now, I am really interested in Avanti's take on the article.
764 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:49:14am |
re: #736 realwest
You are confusing the two separate issues of illegal economic migrants and terrorists. The first issue involves very large numbers of people crossing from Mexico, and a smaller number from Canada. The second issue is common to both borders. Fortunately, our security services are aware of the problem. Unfortunately, our governments, the media and most of the general public would rather ignore the problem.
768 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:52:58am |
re: #763 Walter L. Newton
You got it. Now, I am really interested in Avanti's take on the article.
one desperate man....searching, searching
769 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:53:54am |
re: #768 albusteve
one desperate man....searching, searching
I think he is calling the office to get the official *spin*.
770 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:54:04am |
re: #753 Walter L. Newton
Yes, Comrade Obama and his gang is working on controlling the pay of ANY employee of ANY company that accepts ANY government help.
And the next step down that slippery slope will of course be; control the pay of ANY employee of ANY company that has ANY CONTRACT with the Federal government.
And so on.
772 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:54:46am |
re: #736 realwest
I really thought Canada was an ally, not some government propped up with narco money and in fear of being toppled by narco terrorists which NEEDED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION to the USA as a safety valve for it's continuing failure to take care of it's people. That it wasn't employing Canadians as Coyotes to bring arms and terrorists across the border to the US. Ok, eh?!
Is this a rant or just sarcasm? Canada is an ally. But even the best of allies don't always agree on policies. The US gov't hasn't exactly be strong and consistent on border security. If the new Director of Homeland Security is arguing for improved border security, people should welcome it, even as you have to laugh at her silly pc justification.
773 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:54:52am |
re: #768 albusteve
one desperate man....searching, searching
I want to start clean on this. I have a simple question for Avanti about this article, and I hope I get a direct answer from him, an answer that deals directly with the article, directly with the topic and an answer that could be a decent foundation for discussion.
Waiting.
774 | avanti Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:55:32am |
re: #753 Walter L. Newton
I happen to think corporations that accept taxpayer help should not be able to use it to line the pockets of the executives. Set the limit at some factor of the workers or POTUS's pay until they are off the dole. i.e. 200 times the average workers pay, 10 times POTUS's. Once it pays back the taxpayers, the board can set pay at what ever level they like. All the government funding and controls is heading toward European socialism concepts, no question. We can only hope it's a temporary fix.
775 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:56:17am |
re: #773 Walter L. Newton
I want to start clean on this. I have a simple question for Avanti about this article, and I hope I get a direct answer from him, an answer that deals directly with the article, directly with the topic and an answer that could be a decent foundation for discussion.
Waiting.
did you bring a snack and a book?
776 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:57:02am |
re: #765 taxfreekiller
1. lies work less now the msm is going broke
2. Obama has force fed so many lies now even loons choke
3. even with the teacher unions killing math, Americans know Obama's budget is pure bull shit
4. Democrats and others of the commie bent, get real defensive when called out on the commie thing, "doth protest to much"
5. [Link:
777 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:57:10am |
779 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:58:02am |
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
780 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:58:06am |
Harry Reid should have warned them. When the Senate Majority Leader took on Rush Limbaugh a couple of years ago, he wound up with egg on his face.
You may recall that Reid and other Democratic Senators wrote a letter of protest to El Rushbo's employer (Clear Channel Radio), after the radio titan used the term "phony soldiers" on his program. Rush was referring to frauds like Jesse McBeath, the basic training dropout-turned-anti-war activist who falsely claimed to be an Army Ranger.
Rush turned the tables on Reid and his cohorts by putting the letter up for bids on E-Bay. A wealthy conservative activist paid $2.1 million, and Mr. Limbaugh matched her bid, raising over $4 million for the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, which provides scholarships for the children of Marines or federal law officers who are killed in the line of duty.
Undaunted, the Obama Administration tried to take on Rush a few weeks ago, with equally predictable results. Their vilification campaign has produced mega-ratings for Limbaugh's daily radio show, as he gleefully reported earlier this week:#1 in New York, Chicago and Houston!
782 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:59:24am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
Excellent news, Alouette.
784 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:59:34am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
Wonderful news!
785 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 7:59:53am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
Wonderful!
786 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:00:16am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
EXCELLENT!
787 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:00:23am |
re: #774 avanti
I happen to think corporations that accept taxpayer help should not be able to use it to line the pockets of the executives. Set the limit at some factor of the workers or POTUS's pay until they are off the dole. i.e. 200 times the average workers pay, 10 times POTUS's. Once it pays back the taxpayers, the board can set pay at what ever level they like. All the government funding and controls is heading toward European socialism concepts, no question. We can only hope it's a temporary fix.
Ok, I don't know where you came up with the metrics to determine "pay," but it's really interesting that you actually admit that it does sound like it's moving toward European socialism concepts.
And as OR said above, he suspects (his opinion) that the next step would be pay controls on ANY company that has any government contracts. I see that as very possible.
So, now, my next question to you is, what if it's not temporary?
788 | Gella Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:00:25am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
:)
789 | SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:00:34am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
Terrific news !
790 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:00:35am |
791 | Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:01:08am |
re: #753 Walter L. Newton
Yes, Comrade Obama and his gang is working on controlling the pay of ANY employee of ANY company that accepts ANY government help.
Beyond AIG: A Bill to let Big Government Set Your Salary
"But now, in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee, led by chairman Barney Frank, has approved a measure that would, in some key ways, go beyond the most draconian features of the original AIG bill. The new legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government. It would, like the tax measure, be retroactive, changing the terms of compensation agreements already in place. And it would give Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner extraordinary power to determine the pay of thousands of employees of American companies."
[Link: www.washingtonexaminer.com...]
Does it smell more like socialism to YOU?
Well, I think voters should get to vote on the pay and benefits of all politicians.
There should be an election within three months that gives ranges of salaries; the range that gets the most votes is what they get. If they already got paid more than that, they don't get any more money.
To take it further, maybe every year voters should approve pay for their politicians. Maybe they can't recall someone, but they can stop paying him.
I predict this would get politicians to listen to voters.
792 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:01:12am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
Excellent!
793 | badger1970 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:01:37am |
re: #780 Kenneth
"A wealthy conservative activist..."
That was funny what Rush did, too bad the lsm can't leave any snark unturned.
794 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:01:41am |
re: #791 Kosh's Shadow
Well, I think voters should get to vote on the pay and benefits of all politicians.
There should be an election within three months that gives ranges of salaries; the range that gets the most votes is what they get. If they already got paid more than that, they don't get any more money.
To take it further, maybe every year voters should approve pay for their politicians. Maybe they can't recall someone, but they can stop paying him.
I predict this would get politicians to listen to voters.
LOL. That was funny.
795 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:02:09am |
I have not heard much talk about bailout money being paid back...do we get a % for our trouble?....are we loan sharks?
796 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:02:13am |
re: #780 Kenneth
I have no doubt Rush knows exactly how to stir up shit to boost his ratings. this wanting O to fail thing was planned before he ever uttered it on air.
797 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:02:17am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
Oh how wonderful!
That is really good news on this last day of March.
{Alouette} , {little granddaughter}, {all your family}!
798 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:02:17am |
re: #765 taxfreekiller
1. lies work less now the msm is going broke
10. Facts grow, lies slow.
WTF will we do with all those damn trees.
799 | Erik The Red Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:02:26am |
Later Lizards. Going home via the pub. See you in a bit.
800 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:02:29am |
re: #774 avanti
By the phrase "line the pockets" you mean pay them free market salaries? You would rather have the good executives who can command top dollar for their skills go elsewhere while these companies are forced to struggle back into financial health under second-rate management?
Behold the stupidity of liberal economics. If Obama had ever held down a full-time job in the public sector he might have a different view of the value of paying top dollar for top quality executives.
801 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:03:16am |
re: #791 Kosh's Shadow
Well, I think voters should get to vote on the pay and benefits of all politicians.
There should be an election within three months that gives ranges of salaries; the range that gets the most votes is what they get. If they already got paid more than that, they don't get any more money.
To take it further, maybe every year voters should approve pay for their politicians. Maybe they can't recall someone, but they can stop paying him.
I predict this would get politicians to listen to voters.
The Founding Fathers thought the idea of high pay for public SERVANTS was NOT good. It was better that they practice a skill (aka had a job) that would keep them in munchies and other necessaries.
802 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:03:41am |
re: #791 Kosh's Shadow
Well, I think voters should get to vote on the pay and benefits of all politicians.
There should be an election within three months that gives ranges of salaries; the range that gets the most votes is what they get. If they already got paid more than that, they don't get any more money.
To take it further, maybe every year voters should approve pay for their politicians. Maybe they can't recall someone, but they can stop paying him.
I predict this would get politicians to listen to voters.
terrific idea!...therefore it will not happen
803 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:04:14am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
I'm happy to hear it. Best wishes for her continued recovery.
804 | Russkilitlover Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:04:23am |
re: #774 avanti
Temporary socialism? Never heard of it.
805 | VegasRick Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:04:24am |
re: #795 albusteve
I have not heard much talk about bailout money being paid back...do we get a % for our trouble?....are we loan sharks?
Can we start breaking legs if we don't get paid back?
806 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:04:29am |
re: #787 Walter L. Newton
And as OR said above, he suspects (his opinion) that the next step would be pay controls on ANY company that has any government contracts.
If the current proposal (your link) flies, I would lay odds that they'd follow up with something like this within a year.
And of course with the bloated Federal nanny state crowding out all sorts of private enterprise, it would be increasingly difficult to run many businesses WITHOUT accepting Federal contracts. Quasi-socialism by stealth.
807 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:04:55am |
re: #796 turn
Rush knows what red meat is. He serves it up to his conservative audience every day. Obama's vanity got the better of him. How dare he insult the Emperor!
808 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:05:11am |
809 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:05:22am |
re: #800 Kenneth
By the phrase "line the pockets" you mean pay them free market salaries? You would rather have the good executives who can command top dollar for their skills go elsewhere while these companies are forced to struggle back into financial health under second-rate management?
Behold the stupidity of liberal economics. If Obama had ever held down a full-time job in the public sector he might have a different view of the value of paying top dollar for top quality executives.
... or if he even held down a job in the private sector - but that might have been a tad difficult for PB0, mightn't it ...!
Business people don't hold with employes who are just 'present' ...
811 | Lincolntf Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:05:46am |
re: #801 Wishing
The Dear Leader can't be expected to "work". That's for the little people.
In fact, all of us are supposed to be grateful that our Lord and Master Obama deigns to accept our meager tax offerings.
812 | Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:06:03am |
U.S. offers olive branch to non-violent Taliban
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
813 | Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:06:05am |
re: #715 quickjustice
You were bored by "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex"? The opening scene alone, with hundreds of white rabbits hopping around on the set, humping each other, was worth the price of admission!
That movie was one of his best, back when he was funny and not an "artist".
The monster breast being captured in a bra cup the size of a parachute.
The bestiality one with Gene Wilder in the gutter swigging Woolite.
The whole last sketch with the sperms.
A masterpiece!
814 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:06:07am |
re: #804 Russkilitlover
Temporary socialism? Never heard of it.
Sure it's temporary. Eventually the regime collapses like the USSR & East Germany.
815 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:06:22am |
816 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:06:49am |
re: #806 Occasional Reader
If the current proposal (your link) flies, I would lay odds that they'd follow up with something like this within a year.
And of course with the bloated Federal nanny state crowding out all sorts of private enterprise, it would be increasingly difficult to run many businesses WITHOUT accepting Federal contracts. Quasi-socialism by stealth.
If executives' salaries are limited, who's going to pay all those taxes Obama imagines he'll collect?
817 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:06:53am |
re: #810 DisturbedEma
heh, all these rags that purposefully wrote against Israel are getting what they deserve. Cheers!
818 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:06:57am |
re: #801 Wishing
The Founding Fathers thought the idea of high pay for public SERVANTS was NOT good. It was better that they practice a skill (aka had a job) that would keep them in munchies and other necessaries.
In general I don't think the pay scale for Federal public servants (trying to use that phrase non-ironically) is out of line. And pushing it too far down would increase the probability of out and out graft.
819 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:07:00am |
re: #800 Kenneth
By the phrase "line the pockets" you mean pay them free market salaries? You would rather have the good executives who can command top dollar for their skills go elsewhere while these companies are forced to struggle back into financial health under second-rate management?
Behold the stupidity of liberal economics. If Obama had ever held down a full-time job in the public sector he might have a different view of the value of paying top dollar for top quality executives.
Reward good performance handsomely.
But if they screw up, then "Off with their heads!"
820 | Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:07:33am |
re: #801 Wishing
The Founding Fathers thought the idea of high pay for public SERVANTS was NOT good. It was better that they practice a skill (aka had a job) that would keep them in munchies and other necessaries.
And that would keep them otherwise occupied. A bored politician has time to come up with new laws; a busy one will do just what is necessary.
821 | Russkilitlover Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:07:51am |
re: #800 Kenneth
Behold the stupidity of liberal economics. If Obama had ever held down a full-time job in the public sector he might have a different view of the value of paying top dollar for top quality executives.
Spot on.
Obama has the attention span of a neurotic gnat. All in one day he prounced his edict about GM, drove off investors for GM and Chrysler, became CEO, and now trounces off for an extended European Vacation.
822 | DisturbedEma Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:07:54am |
re: #817 Wishing
heh, all these rags that purposefully wrote against Israel are getting what they deserve. Cheers!
Could NOT have happened to a more deserving rag!
823 | VegasRick Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:07:55am |
re: #816 doppelganglander
If executives' salaries are limited, who's going to pay all those taxes Obama imagines he'll collect?
You get 1 guess.
824 | nyc redneck Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:08:21am |
re: #807 Kenneth
Rush knows what red meat is. He serves it up to his conservative audience every day. Obama's vanity got the better of him. How dare he insult the Emperor!
i bet o seethes constantly over rush's success at his expense.
o is that vain and petty.
look how he tried to destroy someone like joe the plumber who just
asked a simple question that o himself botched.
825 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:08:24am |
re: #812 Dustyvet
U.S. offers olive branch to non-violent Taliban
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Gah.
First steps to a withdrawal.
*Spit*
826 | avanti Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:08:30am |
re: #773 Walter L. Newton
I want to start clean on this. I have a simple question for Avanti about this article, and I hope I get a direct answer from him, an answer that deals directly with the article, directly with the topic and an answer that could be a decent foundation for discussion.
Waiting.
It's quite simple, the NYT is a liberal newspaper and has a agenda and probably choose to ignore the story. The Washington Times is a conservative paper and has a agenda. The press has become more and more biased to one side or the other to find a choir to sing to. You need to do your homework to find the truth. As far as ACORN goes, there is no question they are partisan toward the DEMS, but there voter registration efforts did not swing enough votes to change the results.
Even the registration fraud did not result in voter fraud. The right can keep looking back and assigning blame for losing, or look forward to find a way to win next time.
827 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:08:31am |
re: #806 Occasional Reader
If the current proposal (your link) flies, I would lay odds that they'd follow up with something like this within a year.
And of course with the bloated Federal nanny state crowding out all sorts of private enterprise, it would be increasingly difficult to run many businesses WITHOUT accepting Federal contracts. Quasi-socialism by stealth.
I'll extend what you just said and take it one step further. The government just sent out BILLIONS of dollars in handouts that will be going to SHOVEL READY projects.
Those projects, a lot of them, will be handled by private contractors. So, Obama will now have a list of the first companies who will be included in the first round of pay controls, as per your theory.
Possible?
828 | Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:08:37am |
re: #812 Dustyvet
U.S. offers olive branch to non-violent Taliban
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Taliban Promise Attacks on Washington, D.C.
[Link: mypetjawa.mu.nu...]
829 | itellu3times Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:08:39am |
re: #753 Walter L. Newton
Yes, Comrade Obama and his gang is working on controlling the pay of ANY employee of ANY company that accepts ANY government help.
Beyond AIG: A Bill to let Big Government Set Your Salary
"But now, in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee, led by chairman Barney Frank, has approved a measure that would, in some key ways, go beyond the most draconian features of the original AIG bill. The new legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government. It would, like the tax measure, be retroactive, changing the terms of compensation agreements already in place. And it would give Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner extraordinary power to determine the pay of thousands of employees of American companies."
[Link: www.washingtonexaminer.com...]
Does it smell more like socialism to YOU?
It stinks. It's horrible. And it's overdue by about twenty years. Maybe it would have suppressed the salaries at Fannie and Freddie over that time, using government money to line their pockets.
I'd still like to jail some unknown but large number of financial execs.
830 | Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:08:59am |
re: #809 yma o hyd
... or if he even held down a job in the private sector - but that might have been a tad difficult for PB0, mightn't it ...!
Business people don't hold with employes who are just 'present' ...
I've been some places that had management about as capable as BHO.
Of course, they no longer are in business.
831 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:09:00am |
re: #807 Kenneth
Rush knows what red meat is. He serves it up to his conservative audience every day. Obama's vanity got the better of him. How dare he insult the Emperor!
832 | phoenixgirl Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:09:47am |
re: #812 Dustyvet
U.S. offers olive branch to non-violent Taliban
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
the unknown, still undiscovered because it doesn't exist non-violent taliban?
833 | itellu3times Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:09:49am |
Is this thing for real? It almost doesn't matter!
(link from Lucianne.com)
834 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:10:04am |
re: #816 doppelganglander
If executives' salaries are limited, who's going to pay all those taxes Obama imagines he'll collect?
Do you have a mirror handy?
835 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:10:23am |
re: #816 doppelganglander
If executives' salaries are limited, who's going to pay all those taxes Obama imagines he'll collect?
Everybody will - you'll be surprised what all can be taxed! Its not just income, you know?
You wait until you have to pay tax on excise duty - like we have to do on our petrol (thats your gas ...)!
836 | avanti Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:10:32am |
re: #787 Walter L. Newton
So, now, my next question to you is, what if it's not temporary?
Then vote the socialism supporting bastards out and get back to capitalism, quite simple actually.
837 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:10:41am |
re: #826 avanti
It's quite simple, the NYT is a liberal newspaper and has a agenda and probably choose to ignore the story. The Washington Times is a conservative paper and has a agenda. The press has become more and more biased to one side or the other to find a choir to sing to. You need to do your homework to find the truth. As far as ACORN goes, there is no question they are partisan toward the DEMS, but there voter registration efforts did not swing enough votes to change the results.
Even the registration fraud did not result in voter fraud. The right can keep looking back and assigning blame for losing, or look forward to find a way to win next time.
You are full of shit, sir.
839 | alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:10:58am |
NEW YORKERS,
Today is election day for your 20th Congressional District. Help Mr. Tedisco (R) win against Mr. Murphy (D).
Send a message TODAY.
840 | itellu3times Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:11:15am |
re: #834 Occasional Reader
Do you have a mirror handy?
He's doppelganglander, maybe he doesn't need a mirror - and maybe he'll pay twice!
841 | Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:11:25am |
re: #812 Dustyvet
U.S. offers olive branch to non-violent Taliban
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
"Non-violent Taliban"? Who are they? Guys who keep their women in line without beating them too hard?
Ones that just close schools instead of burning them down and killing the teachers?
842 | Dustyvet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:11:29am |
843 | VegasRick Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:11:36am |
re: #826 avanti
It's quite simple, the NYT is a liberal newspaper and has a agenda and probably choose to ignore the story. The Washington Times is a conservative paper and has a agenda. The press has become more and more biased to one side or the other to find a choir to sing to. You need to do your homework to find the truth. As far as ACORN goes, there is no question they are partisan toward the DEMS, but there voter registration efforts did not swing enough votes to change the results.
Even the registration fraud did not result in voter fraud. The right can keep looking back and assigning blame for losing, or look forward to find a way to win next time.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life Avanti.
844 | phoenixgirl Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:11:43am |
did you all see shamwow guy punched his hooker?
845 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:12:38am |
re: #828 Dustyvet
Taliban Promise Attacks on Washington, D.C.
[Link: mypetjawa.mu.nu...]
That 'promise' made it into the British papers as well:
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
846 | DisturbedEma Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:12:54am |
847 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:12:54am |
848 | itellu3times Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:12:55am |
re: #838 Kenneth
It's a computer generated animation.
I didn't think they could get real balls to reliably bounce between two strings, but it's still an impressive video!
850 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:13:15am |
re: #805 VegasRick
Can we start breaking legs if we don't get paid back?
In eight years the family will be completely legitimate.
851 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:13:32am |
re: #826 avanti
It's quite simple, the NYT is a liberal newspaper and has a agenda and probably choose to ignore the story. The Washington Times is a conservative paper and has a agenda. The press has become more and more biased to one side or the other to find a choir to sing to. You need to do your homework to find the truth. As far as ACORN goes, there is no question they are partisan toward the DEMS, but there voter registration efforts did not swing enough votes to change the results.
Even the registration fraud did not result in voter fraud. The right can keep looking back and assigning blame for losing, or look forward to find a way to win next time.
There you go. You ALMOST stayed on topic. I asked you about the CONTENT of the article, not which fucking paper or media source carried the information. I was asking you about the article, about Barney Frank bringing a proposal to control the pay of ALL employees that work for companies that accept bailout money.
And how did we get on the ACORN topic. I wasn't asking you ANYTHING about ACORN, I was asking you about the article, about Barney Frank bringing a proposal to control the pay of ALL employees that work for companies that accept bailout money.
I never asked you about REGISTRATION FRAUD, I was asking you about the article, about Barney Frank bringing a proposal to control the pay of ALL employees that work for companies that accept bailout money.
Good try, to swing things off topic, to something else, so we don't have to talk about the evident socialism inherent in the article.
Tool.
852 | DisturbedEma Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:13:47am |
re: #844 phoenixgirl
did you all see shamwow guy punched his hooker?
she bit his livelihood. . .his tongue. . .
853 | alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:13:52am |
Oh, and guess who gets to "warranty" all GM products--YOU & ME, the taxpayers.
854 | reine.de.tout Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:14:01am |
re: #806 Occasional Reader
If the current proposal (your link) flies, I would lay odds that they'd follow up with something like this within a year.
And of course with the bloated Federal nanny state crowding out all sorts of private enterprise, it would be increasingly difficult to run many businesses WITHOUT accepting Federal contracts. Quasi-socialism by stealth.
I am anxiously awaiting the announcement of the restrictions that will be placed on the pay of actors/actresses - so that movies can become affordable again for the masses.
855 | Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:14:06am |
re: #828 Dustyvet
Taliban Promise Attacks on Washington, D.C.
[Link: mypetjawa.mu.nu...]
Why would they attack DC when they have an agent already running the country?
/yes, sarc
856 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:14:14am |
857 | sattv4u2 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:14:23am |
re: #850 Spare O'Lake
In eight years the family will be completely legitimate.
I never knew there was that much money in the Olive Oil Bidness!
858 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:14:32am |
re: #839 alegrias
NEW YORKERS,
Today is election day for your 20th Congressional District. Help Mr. Tedisco (R) win against Mr. Murphy (D).
Send a message TODAY.
I'm not a New Yorker, but that doesn't really matter these days when you're voting, right?
859 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:14:34am |
re: #827 Walter L. Newton
So, Obama will now have a list of the first companies who will be included in the first round of pay controls, as per your theory.
Yep. And of course there's "precedent" of a sort, in having various Federal putative anti-discrimination measures apply to anyone accepting a Federal contract. So setting pay rates is only "fair", you see.
(Pendantik Korner: I believe "as per" is redundant. Should just be "per".)
860 | Fluffy Bunny Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:14:56am |
861 | avanti Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:14:59am |
862 | alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:15:07am |
re: #849 nyc redneck
i'm going to go vote for tedisco now.
* * * *
Thank you & take a friend or relative!
863 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:15:24am |
re: #823 VegasRick
You get 1 guess.
Oh, I know. "Rich" will soon be anyone with a job. But even if they lower the threshold for the top tax rate, and increase the rate itself, they are still not going to be able to collect the amounts the administration projects. I'm sure basic arithmetic will come as a shock to Chairman Obama.
864 | Lincolntf Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:15:30am |
re: #843 VegasRick
So now Avanti uses the classic (though pathetic) "it's all in the past" meme. Surprise, surprise...
I suppose all corruption and crimes ever committed by anyone must be ignored. They were all in the past, after all.
865 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:16:07am |
866 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:16:20am |
re: #829 itellu3times
It stinks. It's horrible. And it's overdue by about twenty years. Maybe it would have suppressed the salaries at Fannie and Freddie over that time, using government money to line their pockets.
I'd still like to jail some unknown but large number of financial execs.
Did you read the article? It's about the government setting the salary of every employee of any company who accepts bailout money.
It's not just about the executives. That's fine with you? So, what happens next, any company that has government contracts, let's set their salaries?
You're ok with all that?
867 | sattv4u2 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:16:21am |
868 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:16:30am |
re: #826 avanti
It's quite simple, the NYT is a liberal newspaper and has a agenda and probably choose to ignore the story. The Washington Times is a conservative paper and has a agenda. The press has become more and more biased to one side or the other to find a choir to sing to. You need to do your homework to find the truth. As far as ACORN goes, there is no question they are partisan toward the DEMS, but there voter registration efforts did not swing enough votes to change the results.
Even the registration fraud did not result in voter fraud. The right can keep looking back and assigning blame for losing, or look forward to find a way to win next time.
I have it....take away the voting privilege of stupid, uninformed droolers that can't pull a lever properly or operate a pencil or even prove who they are...conservatives would win every election
869 | avanti Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:16:37am |
re: #843 VegasRick
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life Avanti.
OK, the was a short discussion before it went into the toilet. I'm off to the garage for a bit.
871 | phoenixgirl Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:16:52am |
re: #847 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
She didn't love his nuts?
lol! "you're gonna love my nuts!" she bit his tongue and wouldn't unclench. he had to punch her in the face to let go.
872 | itellu3times Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:17:09am |
re: #863 doppelganglander
Oh, I know. "Rich" will soon be anyone with a job. But even if they lower the threshold for the top tax rate, and increase the rate itself, they are still not going to be able to collect the amounts the administration projects. I'm sure basic arithmetic will come as a shock to Chairman Obama.
"We can send a man to the moon, we can make 2 plus 2 equal 17". That's about his favorite meme about science.
873 | nyc redneck Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:17:12am |
re: #862 alegrias
* * * *
Thank you & take a friend or relative!
i;m taking my husband.
then i have to buy him lunch
(to get him to vote the way i want.)
lol
874 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:17:19am |
re: #860 Fluffy Bunny
Good morning all!
Morning, so does that mean their fists are still clenched?
/
875 | alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:17:24am |
re: #850 Spare O'Lake
In eight years the family will be completely legitimate.
* * * *
Have you heard who's been stuffing Sen. Chris Dodd's bulging wallet in Connecticut? Completely legitimate Angelo, Luigi, Scarface...
876 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:17:27am |
re: #840 itellu3times
He's doppelganglander, maybe he doesn't need a mirror - and maybe he'll pay twice!
She, thank you, and I pay too goddamn much as it is. This is not the time of year to engage me in discussion of taxes.
877 | DisturbedEma Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:17:36am |
re: #854 reine.de.tout
I am anxiously awaiting the announcement of the restrictions that will be placed on the pay of actors/actresses - so that movies can become affordable again for the masses.
hollywood as a whole will pull a mass BONO and move their assets out of the country if that happens- hollywood's socialism ends where their wallets begin
878 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:17:50am |
re: #833 itellu3times
Is this thing for real? It almost doesn't matter!
(link from Lucianne.com)
I think it's animation...
879 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:18:06am |
re: #868 albusteve
I have it....take away the voting privilege of stupid, uninformed droolers that can't pull a lever properly or operate a pencil or even prove who they are...conservatives would win every election
Steve, his answer had nothing to do with the article, he is trying to run off on another subject to try to keep us from talking about the article.
I really believe he is a paid tool, a shill.
880 | sattv4u2 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:18:11am |
re: #871 phoenixgirl
lol! "you're gonna love my nuts!" she bit his tongue and wouldn't unclench. he had to punch her in the face to let go.
I don't know about the hooker, but someone punches me in the face, reflexivley my jaws are tightening. If someones tongue was in my mouth during the punch ,, welll,,,,,,
881 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:18:14am |
re: #846 DisturbedEma
They're even thinking of taxing pr0n?
They must be desperate!
And don't forget - the state doesn't get all its income just from taxes: all the stamps/ regulations/ permits/ permissions you need from the government will be costing you a lot more.
And then there is always that lovely thing called 'fiscal drag' - where the personal allowances are not raised at all ... with inflation and raised income, you'll soon cough up more than you ever thought possible.
882 | VegasRick Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:18:16am |
re: #864 Lincolntf
So now Avanti uses the classic (though pathetic) "it's all in the past" meme. Surprise, surprise...
I suppose all corruption and crimes ever committed by anyone must be ignored. They were all in the past, after all.
Hairy Red endorses not looking in the past as well. They both suck.
883 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:18:24am |
re: #873 nyc redneck
i;m taking my husband.
then i have to buy him lunch
(to get him to vote the way i want.)lol
Your husband sells out cheap
886 | VegasRick Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:19:22am |
re: #869 avanti
OK, the was a short discussion before it went into the toilet. I'm off to the garage for a
bsplit.
*that would explain a lot!
887 | SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:19:22am |
re: #871 phoenixgirl
lol! "you're gonna love my nuts!" she bit his tongue and wouldn't unclench. he had to punch her in the face to let go.
At least he had something handy to sop the drool up with.
888 | phoenixgirl Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:19:23am |
warranties are hard enough to get honored. now you get to deal with the government! yeah!
889 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:19:32am |
re: #847 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
She didn't love his nuts?
Obviously. They weren't made in Germany, you know the Germans make great stuff.
890 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:19:34am |
re: #878 albusteve
I think it's animation...
Yes, it's all CGI, really well done, I've seen it before.
891 | jcm Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:19:49am |
re: #826 avanti
So registration fraud is okay if it doesn't affect an election?
WA:
Cantwell v. Gorton, US Senate 2000.
Gregoire v. Ross, WA Gov. 2004.
Both races we decided by margins that were less than the number of fraudulent registrations and ballots.
The District AG was one of 8 fired by Bush in part for failing to investigate when provided with enough probable cause to launch an investigation.
892 | alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:19:59am |
re: #858 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I'm not a New Yorker, but that doesn't really matter these days when you're voting, right?
* * * *
Hahaha. Si Se Puede, as ACORN says.
This NY CD20 election is to fill the seat of the woman Gillibrand who was named to Hillary Clinton's Sen. seat.
893 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:20:09am |
re: #829 itellu3times
It stinks. It's horrible. And it's overdue by about twenty years. Maybe it would have suppressed the salaries at Fannie and Freddie over that time, using government money to line their pockets.
I'd still like to jail some unknown but large number of financial execs.
Two points:
1) Fannie and Freddie did not fail because of high executive pay.
2) In a free society, you're allowed to get rich by any legal means, and not be subject to loss of freedom afterwards just because some populist sentiment decides that you're "too rich".
894 | Fluffy Bunny Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:20:25am |
re: #874 turn
Seems odd to me that they would give such a detailed warning. I hope O has already sent a strongly worded letter.
895 | Russkilitlover Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:21:10am |
re: #845 yma o hyd
That 'promise' made it into the British papers as well:
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
Where are that guy's pants? They are on him in the pic of when he is first arrested.
896 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:21:11am |
re: #881 yma o hyd
And then there is always that lovely thing called 'fiscal drag' .
Sounds like a fun activity on Barney Frank's houseboat.
897 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:21:35am |
re: #879 Walter L. Newton
Steve, his answer had nothing to do with the article, he is trying to run off on another subject to try to keep us from talking about the article.
I really believe he is a paid tool, a shill.
if he's paid his handlers are getting gypped
898 | alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:21:56am |
899 | VegasRick Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:22:46am |
re: #895 Russkilitlover
Where are that guy's pants? They are on him in the pic of when he is first arrested.
His goat ate them.
900 | phoenixgirl Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:23:17am |
car warranties backed by the gov't will give us a preview of nationalized health care!
901 | alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:23:26am |
re: #866 Walter L. Newton
Did you read the article? It's about the government setting the salary of every employee of any company who accepts bailout money.
It's not just about the executives. That's fine with you? So, what happens next, any company that has government contracts, let's set their salaries?
You're ok with all that?
* * * *
We'll all be "civil community service" employees. Just like in the USSR.
902 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:23:41am |
re: #896 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Sounds like a fun activity on Barney Frank's houseboat.
Fun? Sounds more like stern.
903 | KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:23:49am |
re: #812 Dustyvet
U.S. offers olive branch to non-violent Taliban
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
All they have to do is renounce violence. That shouldn't be to hard.
/
904 | Russkilitlover Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:23:51am |
re: #854 reine.de.tout
I am anxiously awaiting the announcement of the restrictions that will be placed on the pay of actors/actresses - so that movies can become affordable again for the masses.
Tax of 90% on their receipts? Sounds fair to me.
905 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:24:00am |
re: #890 Walter L. Newton
Yes, it's all CGI, really well done, I've seen it before.
a year or so ago I saw this robotic band playing real intruments...it was so cool I freaked out and sent it all over to people...it was just the most unbelievable contraption ever....alas it was a cartoon
906 | Bobblehead Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:24:30am |
re: #900 phoenixgirl
car warranties backed by the gov't will give us a preview of nationalized health care!
Wonder what the "mileage" limit will be?
907 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:24:40am |
re: #894 Fluffy Bunny
Seems odd to me that they would give such a detailed warning. I hope O has already sent a strongly worded letter.
I don't have a good feeling about our chances for success in Afghanistan. We need more cooperation from Pakistan and we need to gain the trust of the local Afghan people by providing security to too many far flung villages. Petraeus has his work cut out for him.
908 | SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:24:43am |
re: #900 phoenixgirl
car warranties backed by the gov't will give us a preview of nationalized health care!
And when your warranty is about to expire, you'll get 32 pieces of mail from them to exxxteeeennnndddd.
Along with an Acorn flyer.
909 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:25:05am |
re: #900 phoenixgirl
car warranties backed by the gov't will give us a preview of nationalized health care!
We already got a lube job from Obama.
910 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:25:10am |
911 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:25:25am |
re: #895 Russkilitlover
Where are that guy's pants? They are on him in the pic of when he is first arrested.
To full of the brown stuff, so they made him drop them?
//////
912 | Killer Tomato Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:26:02am |
re: #860 Fluffy Bunny
Good morning all!
Look on the bright side, I guess.
We'll get to start over.
/
913 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:26:09am |
re: #891 jcm
So registration fraud is okay if it doesn't affect an election?
"Fake, but accurate."
(And if it isn't even accurate?)
"Shut up, you right-wing zealot!"
914 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:26:52am |
re: #800 Kenneth
By the phrase "line the pockets" you mean pay them free market salaries? You would rather have the good executives who can command top dollar for their skills go elsewhere while these companies are forced to struggle back into financial health under second-rate management?
Behold the stupidity of liberal economics. If Obama had ever held down a full-time job in the public sector he might have a different view of the value of paying top dollar for top quality executives.
There is no such thing as talent in their world, or excellence, or anything else that can lift humankind to still great heights of achievement. There is only goverment. Everything else is a cog in the machine.
916 | sattv4u2 Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:27:03am |
According to a news report, a certain private school in
Washington was recently faced with a unique problem. A number of
12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom.
That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick,
they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip
prints. Every night the maintenance man would remove
them, and the next day the girls would put them back.
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done.
She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man.
She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night
(you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.
He took out a long-handled squeegee,
dipped it in the toilet,
and cleaned the mirror with it.
Since then,
there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
There are teachers ... and then there are educators
917 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:27:12am |
re: #907 turn
I don't have a good feeling about our chances for success in Afghanistan. We need more cooperation from Pakistan and we need to gain the trust of the local Afghan people by providing security to too many far flung villages. Petraeus has his work cut out for him.
like I've said before Afghanistan will be a huge bust for us in the end....there is no indication that it can be otherwise...if there is I've missed it...saying we can tromp the Taliban is probably true but there is just too much more to it
918 | Ward Cleaver Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:27:15am |
re: #779 Alouette
Good news Lizards! My little granddaughter is out of ICU and moved to a regular room. She is doing MUCH BETTER. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
Great news!
919 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:27:29am |
re: #907 turn
I don't have a good feeling about our chances for success in Afghanistan. We need more cooperation from Pakistan and we need to gain the trust of the local Afghan people by providing security to too many far flung villages. Petraeus has his work cut out for him.
Me seeist Patraeus "retiring" in the not distant future? Unlike Gates, I think he has moral base.
920 | Ward Cleaver Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:27:45am |
921 | phoenixgirl Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:27:56am |
re: #906 Bobblehead
Wonder what the "mileage" limit will be?
re: #909 Spare O'Lake
We already got a lube job from Obama.
re: #908 SasquatchOnSteroids
And when your warranty is about to expire, you'll get 32 pieces of mail from them to exxxteeeennnndddd.
do you think they'll cover warranties on any v8's? if it's not green enough, why would they fix it?
Along with an Acorn flyer.
922 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:28:00am |
re: #861 avanti
Beck is a raving lunatic. Rush is bombastic but at least he's sane.
923 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:28:04am |
re: #879 Walter L. Newton
Steve, his answer had nothing to do with the article, he is trying to run off on another subject to try to keep us from talking about the article.
Good point.
Avanti, kindly address the article Walter linked to above regarding Federalized pay rates.
Then, please move on to defend your indefensible statement that vote registration fraud does not result in voter fraud.
Thank you in advance.
925 | itellu3times Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:28:12am |
re: #866 Walter L. Newton
Did you read the article? It's about the government setting the salary of every employee of any company who accepts bailout money.
It's not just about the executives. That's fine with you? So, what happens next, any company that has government contracts, let's set their salaries?
You're ok with all that?
I'll tell you what ... yes, it's OK with me. On about the same scale as having your right arm amputated for good medical reason, or other favorite organs.
I do NOT want government money going to private companies, certainly not in the obscene torrents now happening. I daresay this will make companies think twice about asking for it, or even allowing it.
I do not want my tax dollars paying ANYBODY obscene amounts, even "non-execs" are getting seven figure salaries and compensation packages at some of these companies, and I do not believe they are justified. Why not? Because the money is not being shared with the rest of the employees, and is not being given fairly even to the shareholders, and is slowly strangling American business.
It's all part of a grand cycle - run major US companies in a shameless, exploitive way for twenty+ years, and you get a Barney Frank up your ass. Did it take a financial crisis to make it happen? Yes. And that crisis was GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN for these very reasons, the executive class has been increasingly looting the system.
The market system and capitalism CAN fall back into the evil that Marx saw in it, what I'm saying is that's exactly the hole that these brainless execs have been pushing in for just about long enough. American capitalism and entrepreneurship have worked very well for 250 years, with a couple of corrections, trust-busting Teddy and depression reforms like Glass-Stegall and the FDIC.
Time for another.
926 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:28:19am |
927 | Dianna Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:28:29am |
re: #919 Nevergiveup
Me seeist Patraeus "retiring" in the not distant future? Unlike Gates, I think he has moral base.
I think he might view that as abandoning his troops, so he might stick it out as long as possible.
928 | debutaunt Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:29:06am |
929 | itellu3times Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:29:17am |
re: #876 doppelganglander
double pardons, madame.
and I may do my own taxes, oh, this weekend, perhaps.
930 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:29:51am |
re: #919 Nevergiveup
Hey NGU, are you implying he senses we can't win there?
931 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:29:59am |
re: #927 Dianna
I think he might view that as abandoning his troops, so he might stick it out as long as possible.
Maybe, but going along with a policy you can't support is also abandoning your troops. We will see. We will see. Running a War from the White House never worked out so well for LBJ?
932 | That's Mr. President to you Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:30:09am |
Just thought I would drop you all a note as I make my way over the Atlantic in my flying man cave.
I will be proposing a new global economic agenda at the G20 this week. Rahm and I have worked very hard on coming up with a name that is compelling and accurate.
I think we have found it: The Global War on Wealth.
933 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:30:50am |
re: #930 turn
Hey NGU, are you implying he senses we can't win there?
No not at all, just that I see this "war" being run from the White House and not the Pentagon and that is NOT a good sign.
934 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:30:53am |
re: #922 Kenneth
Beck is a raving lunatic. Rush is bombastic but at least he's sane.
I agree and I can't believe the instant success of his show.
935 | Kenneth Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:31:12am |
re: #865 Occasional Reader
re: #826 avanti
Even the registration fraud did not result in voter fraud.
WHAT?!
/Because the ACORN frauds voted for the right candidate, the One destined to win, it wasn't fraud, it was, as Spike Lee put it so memorably, "pre-ortained"
936 | Russkilitlover Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:31:25am |
re: #911 yma o hyd
To full of the brown stuff, so they made him drop them?
//////
LOL! I think you're right. Those Paki police look pissed. I wouldn't want to be him.
937 | yma o hyd Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:31:35am |
re: #907 turn
I don't have a good feeling about our chances for success in Afghanistan. We need more cooperation from Pakistan and we need to gain the trust of the local Afghan people by providing security to too many far flung villages. Petraeus has his work cut out for him.
He has indeed - especially as that A'Stan PM, Karzai, looks like slowly knuckling under the Taliban pressure.
KArzai is only interested in keeping his title and his life - he couldn't care less about his country.
Last year, he refused to have a pretty clued-up Brit as UN helper.
That was Paddy Ashdown, now Lord something-or other. He did a pretty good job in getting Bosnia back on an even keel. Well, he was in the SBS, the Special Boats Service, so knows a thing or two ...
Karzai didn't want him - so things went further down the drain.
Petraeus will not have much help from PB0, and I get the very uncomfortable feeling that he's being set up to fail.
938 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:31:38am |
re: #923 Occasional Reader
Good point.
Avanti, kindly address the article Walter linked to above regarding Federalized pay rates.
Then, please move on to defend your indefensible statement that vote registration fraud does not result in voter fraud.
Thank you in advance.
I don't think I'd ride with him in his old car for some reason....oh look! a spring----->
940 | Dianna Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:31:42am |
re: #931 Nevergiveup
You have a point, as well. I hope we see something better than my fears indicate.
941 | Bobblehead Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:31:54am |
re: #927 Dianna
I think he might view that as abandoning his troops, so he might stick it out as long as possible.
Petraeus for President? Wishful thinking, I know.
942 | Russkilitlover Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:31:55am |
943 | Ojoe Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:32:11am |
944 | Walter L. Newton Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:32:15am |
re: #925 itellu3times
I'll tell you what ... yes, it's OK with me. On about the same scale as having your right arm amputated for good medical reason, or other favorite organs.
I do NOT want government money going to private companies, certainly not in the obscene torrents now happening. I daresay this will make companies think twice about asking for it, or even allowing it.
I do not want my tax dollars paying ANYBODY obscene amounts, even "non-execs" are getting seven figure salaries and compensation packages at some of these companies, and I do not believe they are justified. Why not? Because the money is not being shared with the rest of the employees, and is not being given fairly even to the shareholders, and is slowly strangling American business.
It's all part of a grand cycle - run major US companies in a shameless, exploitive way for twenty+ years, and you get a Barney Frank up your ass. Did it take a financial crisis to make it happen? Yes. And that crisis was GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN for these very reasons, the executive class has been increasingly looting the system.
The market system and capitalism CAN fall back into the evil that Marx saw in it, what I'm saying is that's exactly the hole that these brainless execs have been pushing in for just about long enough. American capitalism and entrepreneurship have worked very well for 250 years, with a couple of corrections, trust-busting Teddy and depression reforms like Glass-Stegall and the FDIC.
Time for another.
Good answer, great answer. And correct in most ways in my opinion, now get ready for the big BUT...
but, my concern that this correction is meant to be FOR EVER. These folks have been working on this, slowly, for about 50 years, and they are not turning back.
You ask for it, you're going to get it.
945 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:32:21am |
946 | Dianna Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:32:24am |
re: #934 turn
I agree and I can't believe the instant success of his show.
I can - there's a lot of hysteria out there.
947 | SasquatchOnSteroids Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:32:54am |
re: #921 phoenixgirl
do you think they'll cover warranties on any v8's? if it's not green enough, why would they fix it?
For them, but not for you.
They want a classless society, but neglect to mention the subgroups.
a) them
b) fodder.
948 | KenJen Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:33:02am |
re: #932 That's Mr. President to you
Just thought I would drop you all a note as I make my way over the Atlantic in my flying man cave.
I will be proposing a new global economic agenda at the G20 this week. Rahm and I have worked very hard on coming up with a name that is compelling and accurate.
I think we have found it: The Global War on Wealth.
Have fun at the Global Plummet!
949 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:33:50am |
re: #933 Nevergiveup
No not at all, just that I see this "war" being run from the White House and not the Pentagon and that is NOT a good sign.
oh yes, bad idea. Worked wll in Nam, right.
950 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:33:56am |
951 | Bobblehead Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:34:33am |
re: #921 phoenixgirl
The government will never extend the warranty. Once it's up it's up. Older citizens will not be welcome anymore. Too expensive to maintain.
952 | Leonidas Hoplite Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:34:49am |
re: #941 Bobblehead
Petraeus for President? Wishful thinking, I know.
That's probably what a lot of lefties thought about Obama
953 | capitalist piglet Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:35:14am |
re: #900 phoenixgirl
car warranties backed by the gov't will give us a preview of nationalized health care!
I'm reading "Liberty and Tyranny" right now. Mark Levin tells the story of a woman in Oregon on government health care who had recurrent cancer; she needed a drug not covered by the program. Because Oregon also has an assisted suicide law, as an alternative, they offered her the drugs she needed to kill herself. She didn't want to die.
When the manufacturer of the cancer drug found out about this, they gave her the drug she needed free of charge.
Pretty chilling stuff.
954 | Kosh's Shadow Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:35:18am |
re: #944 Walter L. Newton
Good answer, great answer. And correct in most ways in my opinion, now get ready for the big BUT...
but, my concern that this correction is meant to be FOR EVER. These folks have been working on this, slowly, for about 50 years, and they are not turning back.
You ask for it, you're going to get it.
This is why I think it is the stockholders who should be able to control executive compensation, and the government shouldn't be a stockholder.
955 | Wishing Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:35:19am |
re: #917 albusteve
like I've said before Afghanistan will be a huge bust for us in the end....there is no indication that it can be otherwise...if there is I've missed it...saying we can tromp the Taliban is probably true but there is just too much more to it
I( believe that Obama wants us to get sucked into the whole Afghanistan thingy precisely so we can LOSE.
956 | debutaunt Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:35:56am |
957 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:36:00am |
958 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:36:02am |
re: #929 itellu3times
double pardons, madame.
and I may do my own taxes, oh, this weekend, perhaps.
No problem. I may do mine this weekend, too. Unlike Timmy, I can use Turbo Tax.
959 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:37:19am |
re: #946 Dianna
I can - there's a lot of hysteria out there.
I know, it's from the end of the world as we know it crowd.
960 | Killer Tomato Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:38:17am |
re: #959 turn
Thanks.
Now I'm going to have that playing in my head all day.
961 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:38:39am |
re: #960 Killer Tomato
Thanks.
Now I'm going to have that playing in my head all day.
Leonard Bernstein!
962 | Nevergiveup Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:39:45am |
Sun-Times Files For Bankruptcy
Rival Tribune Company Has Been In Chapter 11 Since December 2008
[Link: cbs2chicago.com...]
Chicago Lizards---Liberal rag or conservative?
963 | Dianna Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:40:00am |
re: #959 turn
I know, it's from the end of the world as we know it crowd.
They've always been there, turn. The astonishing thing is that it's been out of the mainstream for so long.
Ooh! New thread!
964 | turn Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:40:09am |
re: #960 Killer Tomato
Thanks.
Now I'm going to have that playing in my head all day.
Completely by accident I assure you, had no idea. Sorry, oh new thread.
965 | albusteve Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:40:09am |
re: #955 Wishing
I( believe that Obama wants us to get sucked into the whole Afghanistan thingy precisely so we can LOSE.
I don't think he knows what he want....but I'm sure Patraeus won't go down with any set up BO has in mind....if BO becomes irrational, which is likely, whatch the general walk away with a scathing parting shot....he won't be pushed around
966 | itellu3times Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:40:55am |
re: #944 Walter L. Newton
Good answer, great answer. And correct in most ways in my opinion, now get ready for the big BUT...
but, my concern that this correction is meant to be FOR EVER. These folks have been working on this, slowly, for about 50 years, and they are not turning back.
You ask for it, you're going to get it.
Well thanks, I wasn't sure how you were going to take that. And I understand your response. But (!) with any luck, when they government money pulls out of these companies, the regulations go, too. And maybe it will shine some more light on excessive compensation packages at even other private firms.
Heck, I've sent a dozen (pointless) emails to WSJ responding to their sycophantic support for unlimited executive compensation, I've argued the point over email with Thomas Sowell. I've worked among some of the obscenely compensated, in this industry and that, and it's just another sausage factory. A little healthy negotation is in order, is all I'm saying. Of course they will scream bloody murder, claim all that money is just compensation for their inner struggles, or something. Yeah, right.
967 | Killer Tomato Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:41:08am |
re: #964 turn
Oh sure! Mess up my day and run!
(see you next door...)
969 | That's Mr. President to you Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:41:59am |
Oh - thought I'd fill you all in on something else -
There is an election being held today in New York's 20th congressional district. This was a Republican stronghold for many years. The media have now come up with the story that this election is a "referendum on my policies".
They are saying that because my hand picked candidate, Patrick Murphy, is just about assured of winning. How is that? Well, it might be the hundreds of thousands of dollars that I funneled to his campaign accounts via PAC accounts managed by Nancy Pelosi, and the many illegal individual contributions from individual donors exceeding federal limits.
So we have managed to saturate the media market there while getting the suckers voters to believe that our candidate is independently wealthy.
We have also deployed a bunch of out of state lawyers to take out of state ACORN "volunteers" to show up at polling places, claim that they were unfairly kept off the voter rolls, and then we call "dial-a-judge" to get a Manhattan Federal judge to Court Order that person to machine vote so that the vote cannot ever be challenged. No more messy entanglements like in Minnesota.
That is the plan, and we are executing it.
Just face it - I am above the law and above scrutiny. And I have absolutely no shame whatsoever.
970 | alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:43:16am |
971 | Occasional Reader Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:43:22am |
re: #958 doppelganglander
No problem. I may do mine this weekend, too. Unlike Timmy, I can use Turbo Tax.
This year, I finally decided to let someone else do it for me. $140. Worth every penny, IMHO.
972 | Spare O'Lake Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:43:42am |
re: #955 Wishing
I( believe that Obama wants us to get sucked into the whole Afghanistan thingy precisely so we can LOSE.
The smack action is probably too good to pass up.
973 | phoenixgirl Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:43:42am |
re: #953 capitalist piglet
I'm reading "Liberty and Tyranny" right now. Mark Levin tells the story of a woman in Oregon on government health care who had recurrent cancer; she needed a drug not covered by the program. Because Oregon also has an assisted suicide law, as an alternative, they offered her the drugs she needed to kill herself. She didn't want to die.
When the manufacturer of the cancer drug found out about this, they gave her the drug she needed free of charge.
Pretty chilling stuff.
wow.
974 | alegrias Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:45:15am |
re: #957 albusteve
Ike did it
* * * *
Petraeus said on tv yesterday or the day before NO WAY to POTUS job.
975 | BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:46:02am |
re: #968 albusteve
my spelling is pathetivk....pay no atension
halp us jon karey - wer stuk in irak!
976 | doppelganglander Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:46:09am |
re: #971 Occasional Reader
This year, I finally decided to let someone else do it for me. $140. Worth every penny, IMHO.
That's only $40 more than Turbo Tax. It's too late for this year, but I will almost certainly hire a pro next year.
978 | Honorary Yooper Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:51:34am |
re: #962 Nevergiveup
Sun-Times Files For Bankruptcy
Rival Tribune Company Has Been In Chapter 11 Since December 2008[Link: cbs2chicago.com...]
Chicago Lizards---Liberal rag or conservative?
The SunTimes has traditionally been the Democrat paper, and the Tribune the Republican paper. However, that has changed in the past couple of decades as the Trib has gotten more liberal. Both papers can be very critical of Daley, and both favored the outster of Blago. The problem with the SunTimes Media Group is that they own several suburban papers that are neither liberal not conservative, but just present the local stuff.
979 | yochanan Tue, Mar 31, 2009 9:41:30am |
working for a small busman can be a total pain in the ass at least with a big company or the gov't they have consistant rules. frankly getting screwed by your boss isn't much fun.
980 | Engnrman Tue, Mar 31, 2009 11:19:37am |
Glen Beck had a faithful radio following long before the success of his TV show. Been listening to him for years. Rush is the MajahRushdi of all time, but Beck is good. Mark Levin is also excellent, though a bit abrasive at times. Wife and I can't wait to read his book. Michael Savage now, he's out there.
Thread from a few days ago had something in it about psuedoephedrine (AKA) Sudafed. Learned the hard way that Sudafed and Alleve (naproxin), taken for about a month will send your blood pressure to heights unachieved by the Navy Blue Angels. 170/110 - nurse practitioner damn near fell out of her chair. Off all meds, finished antibiotics, blood pressure at lunch 125/78. Is it five oclock yet?