Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Good morning, Jason!
and sending a big ROFL to Jack!

Hi everyone! Rise and shine! It's going to be a beautiful day. We're going to Kings Dominion later on to ride the coasters.

The latest JIBJAB video...hilarious!!

http://sendables.jibjab.com/

Hi LushisL ! I was just about to send that JobJab when my IP conked out. Great minds!

Hi all---Just heard on Morning Joe a great discussion on why there is supposedly nothing funny about Obama according to the Daily Show writers --Did anyone else listen?

How many Obamabots does it take to change a lightbulb?

That's NOT FUNNY!

Craig, here's hoping you don't see this message until your return next Thursday. For the entire period of your absence, I take the 'Good Behavior' pledge.

"I take the 'Good Behavior' pledge."

Teachers pet, teachers pet

niener, niener niener

Jack

Food fight!!!!!!

Enjoy tour vacation, remember the TERRORISTS NEVER TAKE ONE. BTW if you are flying remember to take your shoes off.

VJ Machiavelli
http:/http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com
ps Obama = Neville Chamberlain = Appeasement = Terrorists wins , we DIE

And, what would Judge Judy say? "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" :)

http://voanews.com/english/2008-07-16-voa6.cfm

funny how it's OK when the right changes its mind and decides to do this, while when Obama suggested something similar, he was accused of everything from high treason to puttin' on airs.

"...when Obama suggested something similar, he was accused of everything from high treason to puttin' on airs"

Show me where this was said.

In fact, the "right" has consistently said the proper diplomacy was back-channel communications, proxy advocates, talks in third countries (what this appears to be), all culminating with talks at the secretarial level, and, ultimately, talks between the national leaders.

I think your comment was pejorative to the extreme, besides being in bad taste.

what?!!....
Craig leaves without telling us where he's going....... guess in a way I don't blame him.....

good morning gang....

and with all of us asking Nick to come back last night...... I'd like to say.....
CHLOE COME BACK.... you think Hillary would let some little mouse run her off of a blog..... com'on girl..... get your butt back here....

crap..... forgot to say....

Lushis...... thanks for the jibjab..... those guys are great!

Mary

Sending an American presence to a meeting in Geneva Run by the EU is not on the same level as the president of the US going to Iran and meeting with government leaders there.

It is a good sign that the adults are in charge of our Iranian policy, not the cheney faction.

Jack

Patsi
Just catching up,from last thread "Manson chicks" so funny!!! I don't qualify for a lady in waiting but I bow at your alter........Ha!!

Has MoJo even seen The Daily Show. They do have some conservative guests; Stewart has to tell the audience not to boo when you invite someone to your house. And, they have done a few BO jokes, but the reaction of the studio audience is not strong; a bit of a delayed reaction, confusion as to why someone is picking on their golden child.

Clearly, they didn’t have problems making fun of Hil’ry, Kerrey & other Dems. Nope, just BO. Maybe he doesn’t have a sense of humor & he’s not a funny subject…you know who else that describes? AQ. (And….go.)

(Good name for a BO docu-drama: On Golden Child…he’s a knight in shining armour & don’t you forget it.)

ps – The All-Stars should’ve all taken off their caps. Don’t just touch the bill or point to your head, fellas, take off the cap… it doesn’t take that much energy.

Renee
Yes.I gave a shout out to Chloe a few days ago in a post.Chloe if your out there lurking I miss your thoughts and feelings about politics and your care for others.CHLOE come back soon........Think about it..

Morning All,

Obama said today that the Newsweek cover is an affront
to Muslims. I think it would be best if Obama just let the
whole Cover-gate die away. Aren't there more important
issues?

P.M.,

I've suspended my subscription to Newsweek because their editorial policy was so in-the-tank for Mr Obama at the expense of Mrs Clinton, whom they held-up to ridicule.

If you're talking about the cover, with his photograph, appearing on Newsweek.com, why is it offensive?

Typo:

I meant New Yorker cover. Sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRbeUnn-AUA&feature=related

Thanks, P.M., I should have put two and two together.

I suppose the next step is that Mr Obama encourage a fetwah condemning the New Yorker editorial board.

Salmon Rushdie, slide over.

Flatus,

My mom and I both stopped our subscription to Newsweek, too, for
the same reason as you.

I, know, Flatus, it just seems that Obama should be beyond all this outrage over
a stupid magazine cover if he is indeed such a "transformational" candidate.

Flatus,

My mom and I both stopped our subscription to Newsweek, too, for
the same reason as you.

I, know, Flatus, it just seems that Obama should be beyond all this outrage over
a stupid magazine cover if he is indeed such a "transformational" candidate.

" bow at your alter"

Ha! Tony -- I suppose I should be honored to be considered queen of anything, even the witches! I have, however, sat on the same stage as the REAL queen witch -- Phyllis Schaffley. Now that's freaky....

Oops. One of my comments posted twice. I swear I only sent it once.

comedy for the morning

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1535315320080716

start joking

Patsi! My God girl, run home and take another shower for even talking about such an experience!!

Yes, Marcia -- for a transormational candidate, there sure has been a lot of outrage and divisivness. But we've already seen what one "leader" meant when he called himself a "uniter not a divider."

Morning gang! Some exciting news today!

Sturge is finally in da house at Lardo's Retreat with his long-awaited, G-rated sex story:

http://lardosretreat.wordpress.com/

Patsi,

Good point!

I was just wondering if anyone is reading the daily serial in the Washington
Post about who killed Chandra Levy. I always love a mystery. The series
is bringing out a lot of, up to now, unknown facts about the case like all the
mistakes the police made.

Does anyone have any ideas about who did kill her? I'm just curious.

G-rated sex story?

very weird people

"This is not a shrink's office that deals with negativity."

Posted by: tiptoe Author Profile Page | July 15, 2008 11:26 PM

What would you call it then?

amiss

It is a sad reality of life. Most sexual adventures end up G rated.

Sturge
Good story

Jack

I think the campaign is over in California
Obama has a 24 point lead.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/15/MN2T11PHGD.DTL&tsp=1

Another interesting poll point -the Washington Post poll which showes Obama 8 points ahead even with people thinking McCain has an edge as commander in chief.

Until and unless McCain completely rejects the Shrubs
I think his numbers will continue to drop.....like all of Shrub's numbers.

Obama Releases List of Approved Jokes About Himself

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/obama-releases-list-of-ap_b_112837.html

The REAL Queen -- of everything:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-pCxUmwh3s&feature=related

PS -- the old broad...not the skinny one who comes out and tries to keep up.....:)

SO,
"What would you call it then?"

A rough neck bar where , thankfully, we can't reach each other with our fists.

Jack

"Americans are sharply divided by race"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/us/politics/16poll.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Are PUMAs closet racists?

Prof Marcia -- I have the pages of the Chandra Levey story saved to read for when I have a some time to concentrate. Sari Horwitz is a great investigative reporter who cut her teeth working the police blotter at the Washington Post. Sari has won not just one, but two Pulitzers for her work on DC's horrible foster care system and the DC "Sniper."

Right now I have a houseful of kids -- seven plus my own two -- most of whom are taller than I am -- who have huge appetites and full activity schedules with summer schools, swim teams, karate lessons, band camp, and scouts interspersed with sight-seeing and amusement park trips. These days, if I'm not in the kitchen, I'm either in the car, poolside, or riding a roller coaster. Secretly, I love it all, but I do feel like I go brain dead for 8 weeks of summer.

"A rough neck bar "

no wonder drunks hang out here.

"Until and unless McCain completely rejects the Shrubs
I think his numbers will continue to drop.....like all of Shrub's numbers"

I think you are right, he needs to tell the Republicans if they want any hope of shaping policy in the next 12 years they need to shut up and quietly support him. Then ignore the publicity seeking wingnuts. He has major differences with the Bushies. He should be hammering on them everyday. As it is now I'm begining to wonder if he really wants the job

Jack

"G-rated sex story? "

Of course, they are so much funnier than X rated....with X you always know how it's gonna end.

Lard -- the sturge story is great!

"A rough neck bar "

"no wonder drunks hang out here"

that is why you are here.

Jack

Alicia,

Bravo to you for being such a great summer mom. I doubt I could do it.

Thanks for the info about Sari Horwitz. The writing and research that
went into this murder mystery series is phenomenal. I can't stop reading it.

I hope some night when the children are in bed you can curl up and read
some of the Levy story.

Patsi

We pretty much know how the G rated ones are going to end too. It is the twists and turns of the plot that are interesting

Jack

Wise Jack, very wise

Obama doesn't really want the job.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/16/markets/stockswatch/index.htm?eref=rss_topstories

heads up!

"no wonder drunks hang out here."

Nobody's drunk yet, pal.

And regarding your other comment...if you believe all who don't vote for Obama are racists, then you are the one who is racist. Because you do not see him as a candidate, but simply a black candidate.

"Wise Jack, very wise"

Thankyou, Most people tend to put an a s s on the end of the wise but you are most polite. ;-0

Jack

Katherine,

I continue to see polls shifting every week. According to some sources,
considering the margin of error, Obama and McCain are almost
tied. But, I admit I'm no expert in the area of data gathering. It just
seems that it's a tight race.

Considering it's the Democrats election to lose, I would have thought all polls would show Obama ahead by double digits. But, that hasn't been the case.

Patsi person read the article

when do the drunks arrive?

Knowing how the Republicans operate, I have to believe they have something on McCain...actually, they probably have something on a lot of folks, Democrats as well. Photos -- politicians -- farm animals....

amiss

Some interesting stuff in that link.

"Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL, Fortune 500) beat estimates and overcame high fuel costs to earn 35 cents per share, nearly triple the 10 cents expected by analysts polled by Thomson"

Jack

BTW, I think my wife maybe single handedly responsible for the airlines profit.
God, she and her team travel a lot.
lol

Jack

amiss -- don't know what article you are talking about...

"Are PUMAs closet racists?"

PUMA does not equal "all "

tipping the gin early?

From Amiss' link

"Poll Finds Obama’s Run Isn’t Closing Divide on Race"

No sh*t Sherlock!

And I don't think Obama wanted it to close during the primaries. He needed all of those black votes to win.

Can we say South Carolina boys and girls?

Jack

BTW

That is all I'm going to say about past history, because we all know there is a major disconnect for the Obama' folk and their candidates true tactics.

Jack

correction:

"For many of the Obama folk"

Jack

Candidates Clash On Impact Of Offshore Drilling

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92570077&ft=1&f=1001

when do the drunks arrive?

Posted by: amiss

you're here

Marcia,

I Agree, by all measures it should be an election the democrats can not lose, but Obama has not yet been able to shake McCain.

Trying to read anything into the polls is like reading that fortuneteller's crystal ball, here's differing perspective of the same poll (CBS/NYT)

CBS News reports "Obama Leads, but race fluid"

Obama 45%; McCain 39%--6 point spread unchagned since June, but more than 1 - 10 now say they are undecided (twice as many as last month)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/15/opinion/polls/main4263422.shtml

While the NYT uses the same poll & accents its findings:

"Poll finds Obama candidacy isn't closing Divide on Race"

Americans are sharply divided by race....with blacks & whites holding vastly different views of Obama

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/us/politics/16poll.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Patsi

From the Democratic vote on fisa, I would say somebody has a lot of pictures.
Remember it is the KGB who control Russia. Spys are dangerous in a decadent society.

Jack

Aren't there more important issues?
Posted by: prof marcia

Prof Marcia, there are no more important issues. Do you know anything about politics? or just how to make ignorant comments?

bitterbimbo

nice to see selfawareness, if you add stupid it would be perfect

My God..

I am laughing here all the way
I like the comments...feels like I am on holidays..

keep on going gang. Am enjoying this

P.S.: KGC don´t talk too ssoon about Cal. Remember HRC was the inevitable and JmC was dead allready and rose form the grave exactly one year ago.....

“Obama said today that the Newsweek cover is an affront to Muslims. I think it would be best if Obama just let the whole Cover-gate die away. Aren't there more important issues?”

Unless there is something else out there, Obama was merely answering a question from Larry King last night, so it is not like he is putting it out there again and again. King asked him what he thought about it. Obama shrugged first, as if to say what to do about it, and then decided to answer.

Patsi.... YES!..... Aretha!..... Aretha!

Lardass..... you must be taking a summer break..... if you are.... enjoy!

I see someone from the back channel has shown up to cause upset.....
ROTFLMAO!

The TheirBarackObama Begging Site

"How fitting that the Obama Campaign is on its way to regretting the decision made by their Arrogant Selected Ass to forgo public financing.

First, they didn’t meet their lofty goals for June. Surprise!

Do you think they have guessed why? Could it be that all those “downscale” Clinton supporters did more for the DNC and its candidates than they care to admit?

... if I were you DNC Stalinists, I would really start to worry that the DNC/RNC comparison chart below is a reflection of what November 4th’s voting tally will look like. You can bet that millions of us will do all we can to make your nightmare your reality."

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/16/the-theirbarackobama-begging-section/

Jason/Prof Marcia
True things could change but a 24% lead in Cal will e tough to overcome.
My point about the Post Poll, is even with the credit to McCain on national security issues, Obama still has an 8% lead.
McCain's problem is Bush. As long as bad news is the center piece of the news, McCain cannot win unless he denounces Shrub.....and apparently not going to happen. I do not understand his loyality to Shrub at all

Here are the internals on the NY Times Poll. One thing to consider: The Times offers a "neutral" choice as well as a favorable/unfavorable. The story did not report this third option which slanted the story.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20080716_POLL.pdf

The REAL Queen -- of everything:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-pCxUmwh3s&feature=related

PS -- the old broad...not the skinny one who comes out and tries to keep up.....:)

Posted by: Patsi | July 16, 2008 9:06 AM

Sorry Patsi,
Aretha is quite good. Have to say that......
But there is only ONE true queen....
The one who said. Thanks, but no thanks to be in Denver in August :))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfUjfioAnKY

I must say , that pic of John Wayne includes my Dad's favorite quote from John Wayne! LOL!

Rene

The fun is their trolling is so pathetic. Talk about can't move on. lol

Jack

How many Obamabots does it take to change a lightbulb?

I might have a story, Lard. Now that I think about it.

do not understand his loyality to Shrub at all

Posted by: Katherine Graham Cracker | July 16, 2008 10:01 AM

I do!
It is something that DNC doesn´t have. Respect for a president....Ecen if it is not in your best interest.
They show prespect for their presidents...All the time. Not only when it is convenient.....

Reason no 2.452.862 why the GOP still is a force to reckoned with... (Can´t believe at 30 years old I would say this as a democrat)

"King asked him what he thought about it. Obama shrugged first, as if to say what to do about it, and then decided to answer."

Karo -- I think that's where a lot of politicians get in trouble. They give an answer -- like when O said it was simply a magazine cover. Then the "interviewer" either just sits there until the politician feels like he/she has to say more, or keeps hammering for more info...and the followup becomes the story.

How many Obamabots does it take to change a lightbulb?

Posted by: stupidbitterbimbo | July 16, 2008 10:05 AM

NONE!
Cause you first have to explain what a light bulb is, and translate that piece of informaton into a change rhetoric theory.....Then wholeheartedly tell them that: YES THEY CAN.

Jason

I understand your point. But look what Shrub (and his minions) did to McCain in 2000. Plus McCain really went to the wall for Shrub in 2004. I think it would show more respect for the office of the president if the Republicans would send Shrub to the woodshed.
He is the worst president ever.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/world/middleeast/16israel.html?hp

Prisoner Deal Reopens an Israeli Wound

bitter bimbo,

Your name says it all.

Alfred E. Obama is Not Funny!!

"Mr. Obama is very easily offended, like Don Quixote, the Man of La Mancha, who is constantly looking for the smallest slights to his egg-shell fragile ego.

The Obama campaign just loves those Nuremberg-style rock rallies. They're in control. They love thousands of worshipful Obama groupies. They're in control. But they just hate one-on-one Townhall debates because they're not in control. That's why Obama is now going to Europe, where his rockstar brand still has the suckers screaming for joy. There are no tough questions for Obama in Europe. He loves that worship, he needs it, he thrives on it."

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/07/alfred_e_obama_is_not_funny.html

Jason

A good point about respect for the President.
The problem for McCain is Bush just can't go over into a corner and shut up. So every time McCain gets a good talking point against the Democrats Bush has to open his mouth and poisons the well. A good example is the off shore drilling, which polls favorably with Americans, McCain had a winner until Bush jumped in and now it is a Bush proposal. Any linkage to Bush is the kiss of death for McCain.

Jack

"A good example is the off shore drilling, which polls favorably with Americans, McCain had a winner until Bush jumped in and now it is a Bush proposal. "

I agree Jack. I was stunned. Damn W....Is he trying to make up for lost ground?
Come on W., you know if ya shut up and let the man be, he can actually rehabilitate you if he is able to pull of the major upset against BO

I've played with you people too long this morning.

Got work to do,

for everybody engaged in the food fight , be sure to clean up after your selves.

Jack

Gordo,

Go offline for awhile. Read the first book of Don Quixote: there are a number of good, recent English translations: the best by reputation is by an American woman whose name I don't recall this morning.

The original Quixote character in book one is quite different from the canard your source described.

The second book was written supposedly to please Queen Elizabeth I who also is credited with requesting Shakespeare revive Falstaff in a new play. There wasn't much worth adding to the original novel: Cervantes saw he a chance to have better control over his title and make a bigger fortune.

He also made a mockery of his own DQ character.

“Karo -- I think that's where a lot of politicians get in trouble. They give an answer -- like when O said it was simply a magazine cover. Then the "interviewer" either just sits there until the politician feels like he/she has to say more, or keeps hammering for more info...and the followup becomes the story.“

I agree with Obama that there are good Muslims in this country. I’ve met them. There is a big population of Middle Easterns in the Central Ohio area, so you come into contact with them regularly. I actually entered a shopping mall that is specifically for Middle Eastern foods. I can say that almost everyone I saw in that mall smiled, nodded, or said hi to me. They know that they have been cast out as all being terrorists so maybe they feel they must go out of their way to be friendly.

So I can see why Obama went into more detail with his answer.

Coreen,

Thanks for the link to the black white divide. It's an important issue and
one Democrats can't afford to ignore.

Oh! I wanted to add my name to the Doris Day fan club. I still love watching
her old movies. I have them all.
Two of my favorites "That Touch of Mink," and "Move Over, Darling." I liked
her in the Hitchcock film with Jimmy Stewart, too, "The Man Who Knew
Too Much.

The fact she saves animals adds to why I respect and admire her so much .

KGC....
I agree.....as far as the presidency..... it would be great to see the Republicans show respect for the office and not just the person occupying the position.....

I mentioned this a couple weeks ago...... I'd also love to see more people vote out long standing members of Congress and the Senate..... on both sides of the aisle....

if the American people really want change..... they should realize that cleaning out the power structure in DC is good start.....

I love this. Obama is ahead of McCain in Arizona 51 to 38.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/mccain-home-state-support_b_112072.html

Good morning, I'm here early, for once.

How many Obamabots does it take to change a lightbulb?

Answer: We are the change we've been waiting for.

Jason

Is there anything out there that GWB hasn't srewed up.
Face it, he has a native born talent for screwups, almost on the genius level.

Jack

"bitter bimbo,

Your name says it all. "

just trying to bond sister

911

There you go again, assigning home work.
What? read a book? That is soooo twentyth century.

Jack

RR

With Congress at 9% -- there is a good chance of a big change. It will be interesting to see what happens to the Steny Hoyer types. I think even if they survive this fall, in two years people are going to go after them.

I have been following various pieces of food safety legislation and the progress is terrible. Industries targeted in the recent salmonella outbreaks would have been better served if the FDA had even completed their own plan, let along passed some of the more progressive pending legislation.

Not too much sympathy for the tomato industry though as they opposed any tracing legislation. Pennywise----pound foolish.

Hey peeps,
Am out also.... The sun is finally shining mighty good here in Amsterdam, so the boys are going out for a cold beer. I will drink wine, can´t stand beer

behave....

Patsi, you have not reacted to my diva link..

Stay good
hasta manana!!!!

Fun story STurgeone.

Now if everyone will send Lardo their stories too long to post here please...

You know some of his other sock puppets were much more interesting. Must be the good drugs. They do tend to dull the wit.

Jack

“How many Obamabots does it take to change a lightbulb?”

Actually, we don’t change light bulbs all that often. You see we are energy conscious and use those LED’s and lifetime bulbs.

"I love this. Obama is ahead of McCain in Arizona 51 to 38."

I hope that McCain can make it to the GE.
Does anyone know when either might pick their VPs??
I would like to see it happen soon, this summer seems to be flying by.

lol Karo

so true, that's what I gave as Christmas presents last year!

Sweetheart,

Sorry. I'm not your sister. Look elsewhere for bonding.

About that lighbulb.

It is time that Americans come to the realization that they cannot just turn on a lightbulb any time they want. We use more lightbulbs in Times Square (or maybe Las Vegas) than the rest of the world put together. It is time to put the lightbulb behind us and live in the dark. If it was good enough for the 13th century, it is good enough for the new America.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-116021

Sounds like a Barack Obama approved joke to me. Someone should send it to that Andy Borowitz guy.

true Bowmanc - open the curtains let the sun shine in!

we are all sisters, we are all family

I heard that all jokes or presumed satire by any media must be run past the Obama Joke Committee a recently formed adjunct group run out of Camp Obama's Chicago office.

One last thought

when resorting to sarcasm don't forget the ~~~~~~~

I think several of you forgot ;-0

Jack

"I love this. Obama is ahead of McCain in Arizona 51 to 38." (by UB)

Clarification of the Zogby poll out of Arizona, Keeping it real.

Obama leads by 3. Among independents Obama leads 51 to 38.

According to the most recent Zogby poll, Obama now leads by 3 points in McCain's home state of Arizona. Among independent voters in the state (almost one third of all voters here), Obama is ahead by 13 percent, 51 to 38. (HUFFPO)

Jack,

Did I need the LOL directive?

PM

All I'm sayin'

You can't be too careful around true believers. They tend to be literalists. Proceed at your own risk. ;-)

Jack

Top Ten Obama Hubris Moments

#1. When Obama compares himself to Lincoln.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/groundgame/2008/07/top-10-obama-hubris-moments.html

Enjoy tour vacation, remember the TERRORISTS NEVER TAKE ONE. BTW if you are flying remember to take your shoes off.

VJ Machiavelli
http:/http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com
ps Obama = Neville Chamberlain = Appeasement = Terrorists wins , we DIE

Posted by: VJ Machiavelli | July 16, 2008 7:31 AM

Sorry, but who IS this nutcase?

Jack,

Thanks for the warning. I'll be careful. I see land mines, you're right.

Addition to my 10:46 A.M. post:
LOL

Tom
You have the pleasure of living in Europe where you don't have to take off your shoes to get on an airplane. It is one of many sillyness we have to endure because of the chicken little security attitude.

Jack

Regarding light bulbs, ever see these photographs from space? It is amazing how much energy is burned just in lighting. Look at the US.

http://geology.com/articles/satellite-photo-earth-at-night.shtml

wah wah wah

will the crying evah stop?

Marcia, good find:

I like this: #9: "To Know Me Is To Love Me

And If Jack, Sturge or Jamie are somewhere, there was an oldies song/title that says it best.

A bit of brighter economic news: Crude oil is trading at 133.76 now, lets hope it continues down.

Look at Toyko, it rivals NYC

"Elizabeth Dole proposes naming AIDS bill after homophobe Jesse Helms"

LOL
That drives satirists nuts.
You can't make that kind of stuff up, yet you have to stay ahead of the curve.
When the surreal becomes the reality.
lol

Jack

Jason -- I tried to ask about Madonna and Denver, but the post didn't go through....

"I actually entered a shopping mall that is specifically for Middle Eastern foods. I"

Unbelievable! Were you heavily armed?

Patsi

About Madonna and Denver
I think that maybe the only celebrity she is not sleeping with. He is dead. But then again, maybe she is.

Jack

"http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/groundgame/2008/07/top-10-obama-hubris-moments.html"

ROFL, Marcia!

"Elizabeth Dole proposes naming AIDS bill after homophobe Jesse Helms"

Liddy has truly jumped the shark on this one....

Colleen

~~~how about this one~~~~
I Don't Know How To Love Him @ Sarah Brightman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89IRGoggjWM

Jack

Q: Why is Obama like commercials?
A: You can't believe a word he says.

Q: Why is Obama like popcorn?
A: He'll satisfy you, but only for a little while.

Q: Why is Obama like a blender?
A: You have one, but you're not quite sure why.

Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCnUsInBQws

To all Trail Mixers --

Cigna NY has been approved to withdraw from the HMO/PPO business in NY State by the NY Insurance Commission.

Providers have not been notified of this. There is a great deal of confusion among subscribers and state representatives: the insurance commission is revealing no information about why it has allowed Cigna to do this in such an economy.

There are no controls in place over what any group or individual policy holders will have to pay with their next carrier... which is particularly troubling for people with pre-existing conditions.

If anyone else is affected by this... I will keep you apprised of what I am learning.

Bowman

"If it was good enough for the 13th century, it is good enough for the new America"

It would be nice to see the stars again.

Q: Why is Obama like a blender?
A: You have one, but you're not quite sure why

Margaritas!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8nH4kHjxk

Jack -- You got it.

You found the oldie I was thinking of--To Know Him is to Love Him--- but the Sarah Brightman--I Don't Know how to love him --really would accomodate any "true believer's" adulation--it even has a Christ-like figure.

I think that song may be from Jesus Chirst Superstar but Jamie or 9/11 would know that.

"In fact, the "right" has consistently said the proper diplomacy was back-channel communications, proxy advocates, talks in third countries (what this appears to be), all culminating with talks at the secretarial level, and, ultimately, talks between the national leaders.

I think your comment was pejorative to the extreme, besides being in bad taste."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/10/bush-obama-would-attack_n_85885.html

marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/parsing_obama_without_precondi.php

I don't think Bush and Co. have any basis for criticizing anyone on Persial Gulf policy.

Well, I have to leave for now; don't want to be late for my monthly vilification training.

Marilu Socher and Paula Abeles of Real Democrats discuss the aims of their group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-XsezEe8AQ

Definition of Obamania:

http://bp0.blogger.com/_t-EfdceTs60/SH2c9imbygI/AAAAAAAAD_U/A1fxVA1lFRs/s1600-h/obamamaniaAllHatNoCattle.jpg

Coreen

Got the name right this time

It is from Jesus Christ Superstar
This one was just a better quality video than the one I tried from the movie.

Jack

Coreen: "I don't know how to love him" is from Jesus Christ Superstar.

Good commentary on the New Yorker cover ... just in case anyone didn't know how to respond.

http://gawker.com/5025508/how-you-were-supposed-to-respond-to-the-new-yorker-cover-in-5-easy-steps

While reading the Marburg list, this is what I heard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B7bVD_DkM4

9/11, I have Cigna and I was notified two months ago in a letter from them. They will stop coverage as of 1/1/09 so you can get another carrier and not have pre-existing conditions a problem. Cigna will continue to have employer insurance in NYS. Oxford, Empire, GHI, Atetna all have similar products at similar rates. The question is why was Cigna allowed to keep employer insurance while cancelling individual coverage (HMO). And they were not the cheapest of similar products. I would go to your doctors and ask them which alternative they accept.

The reason Obama leads despite the poll numbers on critical topics is that they have not gone head to head. Candidates are positioning for September and Obama has already said some things in stone he will regret.

If I were McCain, I would be fashioning a comprehensive economic and energy plan people can digest. He can draw attention to the sweet deal bailout, the no drilling, the extensive Democratic social programs and the fact Middle and Lower income tax cut during Bush reduced Fed revenue far more than the tax cuts for the wealthy.

Foreign policy should be a no brainer, but McCain had better up his marketing and stump deliveries.

ROFL, Jamie & JeeJee!

What does PUMA stand for Jamie?

Jamie....

I really, really LOVED step #5...... ROFL!

wish I had more time to play..... but I don't..... setting up for my grueling 9-day fair 2 weeks from tomorrow.....

jamie

What those groups do is feed the beliefs of Obama camp that there is no problem. It is all just an issue made up by the Republicans. Mean while there is still a real problem amoung 20% of democrats who voted for HRC that the Obama camp seem to be ignoring.

Interesting.

Jack

'Superstar' made me think of Bernstein's Mass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgxF0KmsImY&feature=related

Jamie: I don't think of myself as a Republican, despite my 1976 vote for President Ford. I'm not even a Reagan Democrat as I believe one has to have voted for Reagan to fall into that category.
Of course, I have never claimed (or thought) that Clinton and McCain are alike on all--or most of the issues. I do assert, and believe, that McCain and Clinton are alike in that they are both pragmatists rather than ideologues.

Maggi,

From my perspective, and excellent characterization.
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-116087

Jack: is it sexism to prefer one candidate over another for reasons that have nothing to do with gender, and everything to do with the not supported candidate's measurable polarization factor?

Too broad a brush, my friend.

We can never know it, but I cannot imagine Hillary Clinton's polling numbers would be anywhere approaching Obama's in the state matchups.

National polls tell you little; state by state matchups are more reliable.

I think the Democratic primaries selected the most competitive candidate, and that's painful to some here.

Jack: A word in defense of Sen Obama and his campaign. We must be careful not to confuse the Obama campaign with the Obama surrogates and supporters.
I do not find Sen Obama to be much more sexist than many men I have known ... I am, however, surprised to find such a degree of unconscious sexism in a man of his age. My quarrel with the campaign was always their attempt to diminish Sen Clinton's experience and Pres Clinton.
I do like to think of myself as a loyal Democrat, and I never did understand how it helped the Democratic brand to ignore every Democratic President since JFK and to attempt to diminish Pres Clinton's reputation.

reader: You may be right about Obama being the most competitive candidate. Time will tell. In state by state polls done just before the end of the Democratic primaries, Sen Clinton actually was doing better than Sen Obama in the state by state matchups against McCain. But that is neither here nor there at present.

The real question for many voters is not who can win, but who can govern most effectively? Part of the current scenario is generational ... while there have been younger Presidents than Sen Obama, he has less experience than any successful candidate of the 20th century. That worries some people ... particularly old geezers like me.

Max,

All that is said and done.

The NYS Insurance Commission now says that its agreement with CIgna is for a TOTAL withdrawal from NYS HMO/PPO business.

What is copy on the letter you received two months ago?

The quote from the most recent letter (June 27th) follows:

"We will withdraw from the HMO market and no longer offer HMO and HMO Point-of-Service products in New York, and as a result of this withdrawl from the market, we are discontinuing ALL (my emphasis) existing New York HMO and HMO Point-of-Service coverage."

The supervisors with whom I speak at NYS Department of Health find this deeply confusing and are not getting answers from the Insurance Commission.

Cigna has changed its story in conversations three times. Yesterday it was all accounts. Today it was private ones. Today was with an operator. Yesterday was with a supervisor.

There are two immediate problems: one is that the rates of those with pre-existing conditions will go entirely out of control. I pay a near to overwhelming amount monthly now and have been told it could rise by at least 25%.

Also, any number of those insurers are NOT accepted by many hematologists and oncologists.

So I am working with Patterson's office, State reps and the City Department of Health. My Assemblyman has CP and is incensed over Denalli's opaquity over any issue here.

Bear

PUMA

Is "Party Unity My Ass". The sites started popping up all over indicating Clinton supporters who were now going to go off in a huff and vote for McCain. The media blew this up into some kind of massive movement. I think it is a Republican thing and that there are very few real PUMAs

Almost everyone I know who had supported Clinton are going to vote Democratic anyway but as of now not contributing and not working. Others (and I'm still considering this one) are considering staying home or voting third party. Though now that the Green and Libertarian candidates have been named, this option is probably closed for me. So I just get to be grouchy in November.

Max,

With all this confusion, I expect it is what I first interpreted it to be - just private accounts.

Ain't easy.

Maggisd

The Obama surrogates are the Obama campaign.

Iam not confused and I am not making a broad sweeping accusation. I am talking about things I have posted here sveral times that were statements by spokesmen and people in the campaign. Even including the candidate himself. One of them may have been a misstatement but after a while the pattern developes. At no time , except for a couple of off the cuff apologies when driven to the wall , has the Obama campaign done anything about it. All the people that made the offensive statements are still there and are being trotted out to defend Obama.

Jack

Saw over the weekend that Nader is on the ballot here in South Carolina. Wonder if many of the bitter Dems here will vote for him out of protest.

Finally some good news!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080716/ap_en_ot/people_dick;_ylt=AlrJB4BOlCNeHLfvkOoeZmxxFb8C

That is all I'm going to say about it.
You all can live with if you want
For me it has become a personal choice.

I'm convinced and that is the only person I care to persuade.

Jack

Afternoon all.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-115990

"McCain's problem is Bush. As long as bad news is the center piece of the news, McCain cannot win unless he denounces Shrub.....and apparently not going to happen. I do not understand his loyality to Shrub at all."

KC, that is what I call great political insight. Bad news is becoming the norm for the centerpiece of the news, and largely because of Bush's ridiculous governance. It's that Republican thing - stay true to your principles, no matter how clearly history reveals how erroneous they may be.

"Flatus sees Obama as an idealogue."

Oh, Dog, I wish I did. I see him as an opportunist.

Jack: Our reasons may be different, but I am with you. Voting is always a personal choice and we have to go with the person with whom we are most comfortable.

"I do not understand his loyality to Shrub at all."

Pogo, do you think he might be from stock who believe one can't be a good leader unless first proved oneself to be a good follower?

Max,

Inneresting.

Dinallo is Spitzer's (name body part of choice) buddy.

He has jumped from investigating insurance companies to making big bucks from them...

And went from being Spitzer's right arm on his Morgan investigation to heading their regulator department.

"Obama has spent the bulk of the last few weeks meeting with Clinton supporters and speaking out on women's issues. "

Yes, I saw his "trandformative" views on abortion. Screw those broads' mental health.

dog's - Most important here is that I live in California. If Sen Obama can't win here, he can't win anywhere.

I am more than willing to concede that the Obama primary campaign was masterful. But David Axelrod and David Plouffe are not policy advisers. The policy advisers I have seen and read about do not impress me ... until very recently Prof Goolsbie (sp) was the senior economic adviser, and I continue to find Sen Obama's economic policies sketchy.
While Susan Rice and Samantha Power may be brilliant, I find the one pedantic and the other naive. I have little respect for Brzezenski and nothing but disdain for Tony McPeak.
I would be quite surprised, however, if Sen Obama did not win the election and I only hope that he will display the pragmatism you see in him when he chooses his actual WH team.

Maggisd

At this point I don't have a candidate. mostlikly I will leave the presidential ballot blank. I always view not voting as a legitimate choice in these situations. I don't care who gets in right now and am willing to let others decide.

Jack

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACQuZVAE3s"

Since Brine brings this woman up so much, maybe we should keep bringing up Jesse Jr's snide "wisecrack" about making sure it didn't appear that Obama was "OJ-ing" Hillary. Stupidity abounds.

Jamie,

Thanks for the info...as you can see, my acronym hat doesn't work to well...

I notice that McCain spoke to the NAACP, politically a good move. I do have the following question:

He proposed using school vouchers to let inner city kids attend private schools and I wonder...

1. If good competitive private schools have to turn away the kids of very affluent parents because of the competitive nature of things, why would they admit any kid with a voucher and who would require a scholarship?

2. On the same note, I know the average tuition for a private school in the Northeast is around $10,000. What good will a $2,000 voucher be? If the student can't get a scholarship, then what?

3. Will these affluent people, regardless of race, be comfortable with allowing inner city "thugs" being within their midst? Honestly, how many of you can drive down the MLK Boulevard in your city with the windows down and the doors unlocked?

Perhaps I'm being too much of a cynic but the issue of vouchers seems to me a Republican way to cripple the teachers union while at the same time finding another way to get public money into the hands of religious organizations.

Max,

Well, not quite the last.

He is the one who is trying to cover MBIA's ass endlessly... and a few more beauties, too.

Patsi: Yup ... no abortions for women who are just "blue" ... his recent remarks with regard to so-called partial-birth abortion convince me that he -- like so many other politicians as well as Justice Kennedy -- doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.
Either that or this is sheer opportunism (often mistaken for pragmatism).

Pogo

It astounds me that people are still talking about how brilliant Karl Rove is.

Another two questions...Pogo, if you're lurking, maybe you know...

1. What are the details of the Mexican on death row here in the "chicken fried nation" that has the World Court crying?

2. What makes them think they have sway here to stop an execution in a state where they fry people more frequently than the American people get screwed by some politician somewhere?

Corey, great news about Andy Dick. I can't stand him, never knew why he's supposed to be funny.

But Stephen Page of BNL getting arrested was a shock. I can't believe it. I never thought those guys were into stuff like that.

"I see a pragmatist who is serious about getting past the polarization."

And we've seen with FISA how he plans to get "past the polarization."

Max,

Glory be.

Dinallo's wife now runs SONYMA.

Wow... one couple that controls both insurance and home finance.

Oh, Spitzer. You arrogant little dinglehumper.

Patsi,

just a small formatting note if you put the youtube link in quotes it won't open.

¡yo soy Horsedooty!

"Perhaps I'm being too much of a cynic but the issue of vouchers seems to me a Republican way to cripple the teachers union while at the same time finding another way to get public money into the hands of religious organizations."

Count me another cynic, Bear -- I think this is all about crippling the union, propping up fundie school efforts....and in essense destroying the public school system.

In John McCain's recent campaign ad, he makes a mention that he was brutally tortured in Vietnam.

Since he voted in favor of torture earlier this year, didn't he in effect, diminish a part of his story? After all, couldn't a contrarian argue that if his experience was so horrible, he wouldn't condone that our government use the same tactics, especially after celebrating the fact that he would give up false information.

Bear: I am personally opposed to vouchers because I do think it weakens the public school system.
Most vouchers to urban kids would likely be used at parochial schools, which continue to have relatively modest fees. They would likely be used primarily to assist parents who already find the money to send their children to parochial schools.
IMHO this is just one of those proposals that sounded good to some Republican once upon a time and has become part of the canon. There's about zero chance it would ever get through a Democratic congress.
Personally, education is one of the areas where I part company with the Democratic Party as a whole ... I'd like to see less Federal involvement and far fewer mandates...but that's just me.

jason,

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-116007

read this article,

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/16/conservative-confusion-over-oil-spills-and-hurricanes/

¡yo soy Horsedooty!

"do you honestly believe in abortion on demand, right up until onset of labor?"

dog -- this is a distortion of late term abortion, and you know it. First of all, these are almost never performed. People like you have already poisoned that well of safety for women.

There are cases where a late term abortion is a necessity. I will tell you of one in particular, someone I know very well, who was pregnant for the first time...terrible problems all the way through.

She nearly died twice. Finally, tests toward the end of the sixth month showed that the baby was basically brain dead, but not technically dead.

This woman was nearly suicidal because at first it seemed she would have to just wait and hope the pregnancy didn't kill her before giving birth to a vegetable.

I'm quite sure some pro-lifers would prefer she hadn't gone ahead in that early seventh month and terminated the pregnancy. She desperately wanted children. And ended up adopting.

But oh, yeah -- she's just a selfish bitch who got a little "down" and killed her baby.

These kinds of conversations make me ill.

dog's: I don't view "societal good" as pertinent to the question of abortion.
I support Roe v Wade.
The state has an interest in making certain that late-term abortions (and not all so-called PBOs are late-term) are done in safe and sterile conditions, in a hospital, by a physician.
The belief that a physician would murder a viable near-term fetus (one that could live outside the womb) or that a woman would choose that option suggests either a lack of knowledge on the subject or a contempt for women that is frightening.

Bear ---------------------------------

Meet PUMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9dVfylr5bg

My sister says that her grandson isn't learning a thing at the church school he attends. My nephew just graduated from 8th grade there, & he says the 6-8th grades did the same 6th grade level schoolwork. I think he will be behind when he starts high school this fall. In my opinion, school vouchers are a plot to keep people dumb & religious & voting Republican.

Patsi: Brava!

I remain hopeful that as more young people, and middle aged voters get more involved this election season (supporting Barack Obama), that the bitterness expressed by the Harriet Christain type voters, will become to yesterday's news.

I do not see the economy turning (economist last night said end of next year for real estate) around anytime soon, and if people are hurting in the pocket book, most of them will not support the sitting party. They won't care if people are screaming sexism, they care about getting the bills paid and changing the direction of the country.

JMO

How many Obamabots does it take to change a lightbulb?

one to steady hillary while O stands on her shoulders making his change

dog's: The problem here is that phone companies are quite used to working with law enforcement without person-specific warrants. Traps are placed on phone lines all the time, particularly in stalker cases.

Anybody see this?

http://www.wftv.com/news/16879991/detail.html

Here's the opening:

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A controversial billboard in Orange County has a picture of the burning World Trade Center and the message, "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat." The man who paid for the ad says he's trying to help Republicans, but officials with both political parties are calling the billboard inappropriate.

Having attended both Catholic and public schools I think I am qualified to make the following observations:

1. Catholic school food is better than many restaurants, never mind a public school. Even if you didn't like the meal choice, you could go behind the counter and make PP&J.

2. The Catholic school had much smaller class sizes than my public school. I never had more than 20 students in a class while at the public school, I never had less than 20.

3. My "honors" courses at Catholic school barely kept up with a Level 1 course at my public high school. I made the change mid year and I was lost for the first month at the public school. Thank God I had some great teachers who were able to get me caught up quickly.

4. The biggest difference was that my public school teachers were just better. I took honors course load to make sure I was in a competitive classroom environment. I found that more challenging classes taught by the right teacher were easier to manage than less challenging classes

flatus, LOL. When I was at U of Richmond, they opened the Mumblypeg Leadership School (I can't remember the real name). One of my professors - a Philadelphia lawyer who happened to be funny as hell commented that if they were opening a leadership school they needed to open a followership school for those who weren't so ambitious. McCain could have been its first graduate, which is ironic considering his prior image as a maverick, straight talkin' leader.

I wonder if this dude is registered to vote...

http://www.wftv.com/news/16898821/detail.html

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-115917

Loved it!!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-115923

Jack: LMAO~!!!!!!

Bear: As with everything else, this may have to do with time and place. It used to be accepted as a given that Catholic schools were more rigorous than public schools. Certainly they were more structured and disciplined. But that was when Catholic school rooms were filled with dedicated teaching nuns.
In recent years, however, that has not been the case. Given that salaries at parochial schools are much lower, and that many states do not require private school teachers to be certified, teaching standards may have suffered.

I saw that billboard on television earlier, Mary -- agreed....people on either side of the fence should quit politicizing ground zero.

"I wonder if this dude is registered to vote..."

Too bad he didn't get a real hooker....

Bear said this,

3. My "honors" courses at Catholic school barely kept up with a Level 1 course at my public high school. I made the change mid year and I was lost for the first month at the public school. Thank God I had some great teachers who were able to get me caught up quickly.

is this the case in Tx Bear? I thought you were very critical of Fort Wroth ISD when you first moved here.

¡yo soy Horsedooty!

pogo: You all have not been listening to McCain's recent Town Hall meetings. He never mentions Bush by name...he does point out that the economy is a mess, people are hurting, not enough attention has been paid to global climate change and so on. He has gone about as far as he can without coming out and saying ... 'he's an incompetent cretin and you all should have voted for me 8 years ago."

Bear, lurking in and out - I don't know anything about the Mexican you referred to or the situation, but if Mexico is trying to intervene in a TX state execution, I say to Mexico - good luck. I'd be shopping for the best rates for transporting a body back.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-116151

Mary, of course the idiot fails to understand that the terrorists brought down teh WTC under hsi R president. I do not understand why in god's name any R who wants Rs elected would use the WTC as a campaign image.

lol Pogo,

Was your prof really from Philly or are you using the colloquial term?
Just curious cause an accountant I had to work with a bunch used to accuse me all the time of being so complicated with my biz that I'd need one. Always think of him when I see that expression.

dog -- after your earlier comment, I would probably not be inclined to allow you to beat me over the head with the Supremes and abortion.

dog's: I am aware that Sen McCain is "pro-life" in voting record and public pronouncements. He has, in the past, said that he does not believe the American people are ready to see Roe v Wade overturned ... and although he no longer says that, I imagine he still feels that way.
Supposing that Sen McCain were to actually win (very doubtful), he would still be facing not just a Democratic Senate, but a Senate with a sufficient number of moderate Republicans (of the women, only Elizabeth Dole is actually pro-life) that his chances of appointing another Roberts or Alito would be slim to none.

maggs, you are right. I certainly have NOT been listening to McCain's town hall meetings. I only have so many minutes left in my life to devote to blathering politicians, and I don't plan to waste any of them listening to McCain in campaign stops. I'm pretty sure they are not staged to confront his approach to the issues since his henchment threw out the little old lady with the McCain=Bush t-shirt. He has no clue on the economy but wants to continue Dumya's policies on it, claims Iraq is not part of thewaronterra, is willing to stay in Iraq forever if our boys aren't getting killed (DUH, what is it, a middle eastern spa?), is gonna get OBL and even he can see that voters don't think ignoring climate change is a smart idea. Some differences, granted, but it sounds enough like Bush to me to be a follower.

Rez- he really was a Philadelphia lawyer - came from one of the mega firms there and probably went back to one. If you end up needing that Philly lawyer let me know and I'll hook you up.

OBAMA’S FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATE

"I theorized that the fuzzy outline found in between the letters of the data fields on the Kos image is a dead giveaway that these letters were made by a graphics program.

All one needs to do to prove that Kos image was altered, is to view the space between the double “s” in Obama’s (alleged) middle name, “HUSSEIN,” under increased magnification, such as making the image 300% or larger.

Why is this significant?

Because when you look at any other image that really is a true copy of an original COLB, the space between letters mostly contains green-shaded pixels. These green pixels come from the green part of the pattern that is found on the actual paper document.

Clearly, when comparing Obama’s to the new COLB, there is very little in the way of green shaded pixels between the letters on the Obama image as compared to the newer one.

To conclude: I just proved that the Kos image is not a true copy of a paper document by demonstrating why the text on the Kos image looks so differently from the text on the new COLB image. I have ruled out ALL other theories as to how the Kos image got to be the way it is.

I have also shown that all of the images on the internet are directly related to the Kos image, so if the Kos image is a fake, then all of them are fake."

http://polarik.blogtownhall.com/2008/07/15/obama’s_fake_birth_certificate_why_i’m_right,_and_they’re_wrong!.thtml

Dog,

I'm glad you understand about loyalty.

In McCain's case I see something even more special than institutional loyalty.

Consider the brutalization he's received over the years--from his captors, from his party, and from his own president. In each and every case he's gotten beyond the hurt and anger going on to take care of business.

To a person, every AF POW I met who stayed in the service exhibited the same absolute dedication to things bigger than themselves.

Does this say anything about the substance or quality of a McCain administration? It says little beyond the dedication he would bring to the job.

So far, we've heard little about his platform beyond characterizations of it by others. I am curious as to what the real thing will look like.

Dooty,

I attended a Catholic Elementary school in Milford, MA...this was run by nuns and I still shudder when I think of Sister Thomas Catherine...your stereotypical, crotchety old nun who loved to paddle more than an overzealous S&M dominatrix.

I attended a Catholic High School that was run by the Xavarian Brothers. They had a nice faculty but I am sure than most of the new teachers there, especially those teaching foreign languages were not certified.

As for Fort Worth, if the school is run by a competent principle, the school will do well. I have encountered some principals who couldn't manage a McDonald's, let alone a school though...

Bear

"He proposed using school vouchers to let inner city kids attend private schools and I wonder..."

I'm going to play devil's advocate on this one since I firmly believe that the first priority for funds should be the public school system, but just to present the type of program I would favor.

A voucher would not necessarily help a student get into any of the known private schools, but it could encourage the opening of private schools within low income areas in churches or the homes of talented teachers. Think of a Marva Collins type teacher getting government funds to open a school in their home or small store front that would truly DEMAND performance from their students.

http://www.marvacollins.com/biography.html

It is a shame that more public schools cannot provide the small class room size and standard of excellence. When you are talking about children born into poverty, living in high crime area, frequently neglected by parents who may have alcohol and drug problems (talking economics here folks, not race), the type of one on one instruction they might get in a one room school house or church basement just might save their lives and give them a future.

Valerie Plame for Veep!

Formidable military, foreign, intelligence, and tech knowledge. Cameras like her. Bonus: she is a walking reminder of the fact that republicans - mccainrovelibbybushcheneynovak - hold their personal snits to be more important than America's security.

Flatus: It my be a function of my age, my family's long history of military service, and the fact that I have always been sentimental, but when I hear Sen McCain talk about his love of America, when I hear him say that he will work with everyone and anyone to get things done, when he talks about our Hispanic citizens and immigration, I actually can get a little weepy. It is not his delivery, his speaking ability, even his persona ... but that there is a real sincerity that just moves me.
Or maybe it's just because I still remember seeing him come down that ramp in 73. Who knows. I just knew from the beginning that, if Hillary didn't get the nomination, I was going to vote for McCain.

Jamie: In the antedeluvian era when I briefly taught school, I had the luxury of never having more than 22 students in my class. Although I had a degree, I had no experience or training in childhood education. The small class size, however, enabled me to be a pretty decent teacher.
My own take on the teaching / nursing profession crises is that brilliant women who once had few career paths other than nursing or teaching are now able to pursue more intellectually and financially rewarding careers--teaching school no longer attracts enough quality people to do the job.

"Abortion On Demand" is one of those Republican naming phrases. They give it a negative name and then slander anyone who doesn't believe the way they do as some sort of baby killer willing to slaughter an infant up to the day before delivery.

As to my own beliefs. I favor anything the woman wants in the first trimester. There is no way this organism could survive outside of the womb. It is her body and her decision. BTW religiously until very very recent times, this was not considered abortion. The concept of "quickening" applied http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quickening

After 20 weeks, I would freely honor the exceptions (rape, incest, life of the mother) and I MIGHT add quality of life for the infant though that one makes me cringe a bit since it is so subjective. This should be a decision made between a woman and her doctor after consultation. For everyone else, I wouldn't throw up barriers, but she should be aware that infants as tiny as 24 weeks of gestation have survived and adoption is always an option.

Third trimester. Stricter bariers and counseling. This is a viable human being. It can live separate from the woman whether she chooses to keep it or not. Almost no abortions are performed during this time period that are not required by medical considerations. It is often a heartbreaking decision by people who have looked forward with joy to having a child. I would bar someone who was just casually dispensing with a burden (how did they get this far before that decision?). It simply isn't that long until delivery. For all others it is strictly between the woman and her doctor.

"My own take on the teaching / nursing profession crises is that brilliant women who once had few career paths other than nursing or teaching are now able to pursue more intellectually and financially rewarding careers--teaching school no longer attracts enough quality people to do the job. "

It upsets some women when I say that women's lib destroyed the educational and medical systems. lol
We won't discuss how expensive social services and charities have become now that all that stay at home free labor no longer has time to volunteer

Jamie: Having worked in hospitals for so many years, I find it difficult to believe that any physician or hospital ethics board would countenance a late-term abortion of a viable infant. So long as state regulations require that third trimester abortions be performed in a certified hospital, I find no basis at all for the fear that viable infants will be destroyed.
In the last Senate debate on the subject, Sen Feinstein solicited input from the Chairman of Obstetrics at USF Hospital (? Moffett). He could find only three cases, all of which involved fetuses that were not only not viable but represented a threat to the long-term physical health of the mother. These mothers did not have clinical conditions that might have caused them to opt for an abortion at an earlier stage of pregnancy; the nondeveloping fetus itself posed a risk to the physical health of the mother. All three procedures were performed on an emergency basis.
The debate has never been about late-term abortions. The debate began when Sen Smith of New Hampshire (I don't remember his first name any more) received information that certain facilities were performing DNX second trimester procedures and then selling the fetus for body parts to various other facilities. This gruesome practice could have been stopped by other means, but the right wing seized on the procedure itself and we now have the disgusting situation where second- and third-trimester abortions must involve either killing the fetus by the use of strong drugs or dismembering it in the womb.

Time to sign off for the day.

Vouchers.

I think they're a lousy idea, a sham to get around the racial aspects of public education.

Here, in my school district in Columbia, all the schools are well integrated, albeit some more-so than others. And, all the schools are well regarded. (I'm talking about the Richland 2 School District). They are good enough that people living in other districts try to sneak in.

Within the district, so long as capacity permits, parents are allowed to enroll their kids in schools in the district other than where they would normally attend based on their address. In doing this, they must accept responsibility for transporting the kids to and from school.

Transportation is the big kicker when it comes to students taking advantage (if there really is an advantage) of the program. Quite simply, being able to attend a distant school depends on how much a family is willing to spend on transportation, and how much inconvenience a family is willing to endure.

The ability to move around in the district has lessened pressure to attend private schools.

Looks like Charlie Wrangle is in the news again. Who says republicans are the only corrupt politicians.

U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) hasn't been having the best week. The House Ways and Means Committee Chairman relinquished his rent-controlled campaign office yesterday, after intense scrutiny in the wake of a New York Times article that exposed his holding of four rent-controlled apartments. And today, the congressman is facing the possibility of a House ethics probe after a Washington Post piece published yesterday, revealed he's been soliciting donations from corporations with business interests in front of his committee for an academic center that bears his name.

Way to go Charlie!

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/rangel_uses_official_letterhea.php

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-115959

Secretly, I love it all, but I do feel like I go brain dead for 8 weeks of summer.
Posted by: Alicia Knight | July 16, 2008 9:09
=========================

Ahhh Alicia .... I can remember those days so well & actually miss them alittle .. we had a 4' X 6' pool that qucikly became the "hang out" for all my son's friends ... we also had 2 of my nephews living with us at the time & all 3 boys had a lot of friends ... it wasn't surprising to have as many as 15 teenager boys & girls here .. and yes, most were a lot taller than me, but am only 5'3" & they all called me Mom ...

Enjoy it while it last .. they grow up way too quickly .. my son is now 34 & has a son of his own, most of those teens do too ...

maggs, you may be gone, but not forgotte - it was Bob Smith, and lest renee, kathy or bowman contradicts me, he was an idiot.

When I was a lad, the neighborhood moms' complaint to the school superintendent about Mrs. Grime's violence, was met by Dr. Forrest E. Conner's reply, "Go home ladies, and mind your own business.

Connor didn't last long, and neither did Mrs. Grimes. Some of the 'busybody' moms got on the school board and worked to upgrade services and beef up curricula. Six years later, Sputnik finally convinced even the last of the republicans to surrender to better public education.

Meanwhile, over at the nearest Catholic High School, some of the Christian Brothers belted heads so hard that kids became deaf. Many students had trouble keeping their minds on lessons, because they lived in terror. School Admin was deaf to complaints - prolly old graduates. City gov would not prosecute, and civil lawsuits got nowhere, because jurors simply wouldn't vote against churchmen in the '50s.

I attended a high quality, small, private, all male, secular, non-ROTC, military prep school where all the violence was carried out by students while the Masters looked the other way. I understand that the prep school curriculum is still outstanding and secular, but that all the other characteristics have changed.

The point: what is the guarantee that private schools will continue to provide superior educations? If we allow republicans to satisfy their lust to destroy public schools, how will we re-invent public schools when the private schools are once again degraded and mediocre?

Bowmanc,

How do you think Rangel's activity to boost education compare to charles keating's $100,000 check to mccain's campaign?

All this talk of schools sent me to check out my high school. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westchester_High_School_(Los_Angeles) Made me realize that The Turtles and "happy Together" were only a few years behind me.

When I graduated from Westchester in 1961 it was one of those unbelievable California schools that you can see in Grease. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyumwOEg9K0

In fact Grease was filmed just down the road a bit at Venice HS. http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/Grease.shtml

I attended my 20th reunion and now will probably attend the 50th in 2011.

I looked in on the modern school. It really isn't that much different: Middle to upper middle class students. It has almost completely transitioned from all white to all AA, but it is still definitely a pretty neat school.

They told Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones to go to rehab and he must have said, "Yes, yes, yes."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080716/ap_en_ce/people_ronnie_wood;_ylt=AoWVSimhv5N94ne8m1nUqbxxFb8C

get ready for gas prices to fall. Crude has dropped $10 in 2 days and oil and petro products inventories have gone way up. Exxon will panic and lower prices at the pump to increase demand, people will begin buying gas like it's cheap again, speculators will raise the price of crude in the commodities market, Exxon will raise the price of gasoline, demand will drop ...

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-markets-oil.html

If you don't believe oil drives the market, the market is up 223 pts today, despite the econ report showing surging consumer and producer prices and a continuing generally crappy economy overall.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/business/17econ.html?hp

Sure, we can drillour way out of it. Putz.

Xrep,

Let each stand or fall on their own corruption. These are not linked as far as I can tell.

Where's his traction? Why can't Obama break ahead of McCain? in the past 4 months, the difference between them has remained with the poll's margin of error with a few days' exception.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/election2008.aspx

Pogo,

I don't think much is going to change between McCain & Obama's polls until after Labor day. Most people are not really paying attention to political races just yet. After Labor Day I think that things are going to start heating up, first a simmer in September, then on to a full boil in October. Much ugliness awaits us. No wonder Craig is taking his vacation now.

I don't know if anyone saw this yet:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/barack_obama_tiger_beat

Pogo,

This is what I used to call, a 'separating' market. It separates many unsophisticated investors from their money.

I don't bother following the market on a daily basis, but usually when you see great big movements, like today's, coming on the heels of a major change in a significant commodity, it indicates short covering.

We're in a bear market. The trend is downward. We still haven't had the major sell-off that indicates we're at the bottom. An upward shift will often be followed by a greater downward movement as a new equilibrium is achieved.

I would see a significant short-term rise like today's as an opportunity to buy puts. Or, to sell short.. I used to sell short against the box, but some of the advantage of doing that is gone.

And, I see nothing wrong with having an out of the money position in calls just in case. I used to do the OEX.

OK, I found the story about the Mexicans on death row in TX. Man, what a clusterf*ck. If I were a skeptic, I'd think Bushco was attempting to intervene in the state cases just to deprive the WC of jurisdiction while putting up an ineffectual plea to TX courts to stop all the killing until it has reviewed the sentences, ensuring that TX can kill 'em all. Wait, I AM a skeptic.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071600511.html?hpid=moreheadlines

flatus, what you said probably makes sense - a catch the drift, but just barely. I plan to invest nothing in the market right now, and to double it tomorrow.

Bowman, you're probably right about that. BTW did you agree with my take on Bob, or did he have a well hidden wisdom?

Could someone contact Dennis Kucinich and ask him to dust off those article of impeachment?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071601786.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Pogo....
not only am I in agreement about Bob Smith being an idiot...... but I know many registered Republicans who'd tell you the same thing......

Bowman, glad to know my take on him was consistent with yours. I always thought that if the political career didn't work out, he could be the token yankee on Hee-Haw. Well, I must go. Everyone have a good one.

Bowmanc,

Fair enough.

" Almost no abortions are performed during this time period that are not required by medical considerations. It is often a heartbreaking decision by people who have looked forward with joy to having a child."

Exactly, Jamie....and the circumstances that I know of truly were heartbreaking.

The anti-choice crowd loves to act as if women view termination with the same emotion as a new hairdo. And while those cases may exist, they are surely not the norm.

Most women take this very seriously.

UPDATE: OBAMA’S FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATE

"First, let me add another nail to the coffin. What's wrong with this picture?

These two date fields were cropped from the original Kos image. If the Kos image was a true copy of an original, then, the entire date fields would be of equal width.

BUT, the date of birth (ABOVE) is a full 10 pixels LARGER than the date below, the date the COLB was filed. The font in both dates are the same. This anomaly does not happen in real life.

Now onto more nails...

It is time to stop the fraud being perpetrated on the American public. It is time to demand that Obama produce a paper record of his birth instead of carrying on this charade."

http://polarik.blogtownhall.com/2008/07/16/obama’s_fake_birth_certificate_why_i’m_right,_and_they’re_wrong!.thtml

Racist can never hide forever, eventually they come out

Pogo,

I didn't comment on Bob Smith, but I will. He was one of those incredible idiots that you just scratch your head and say, "How the hell did he get elected?" I forget how he finally vanished, but it was one of those moments of joy and sadness. Joy because he was gone, sadness because the clown had left the stage.

Bob Smith sells real estate in FL now. NH's loss is Florida's gain.

Racist can never hide forever, eventually they come out

Posted by: racist sighting | July 16, 2008 6:01 PM

Assholes can never hide forever, eventually they come out.

A. Youre a stupid head.

B. No, I'm not.

Repeat until the blood comes out of your eyes. Throbbing veins in the neck area are an added bonus.

emmy and gram.......still true rough cut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPP9cm_wkYw

take two, don and phil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffynuKji3RY&feature=related

Lord Buckley.......doing the Nazz..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHPrNCQQBvY

a precursor of comics to come........

Roy........has his say........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ICnk-gWx8A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ICnk-gWx8A&feature=related

"many of us are thrilled to be a part even in a very small of this historic election. "

ROFL! You played NO role in this campaign despite your pathetic attempts to feel important. Oh, wait....maybe you did....I think you lost Obama a few votes on here.

sweet cher:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRPd7URW2LI&feature=related

great B-3 player behind ma cher.............

Bob and Dave:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSpAWVa4Jak

may you stay forever young..............

I posted this late last night so maybe that's why I got no answers.

Some of you people who work with finances might be able to explain this to me. A friend has a cd in Indymac. It's insured, just. He is not going crazy or trying to get his money out - he just rolled it over several weeks ago.
That makes me kind of nervous, but he says the insurance is good.

How does that strike anyone? Is he being naive?

I wish I knew something about money.

dont get me wrong.......there's folks in SC who know a thing or two bout money and money making......it just turns out that me and sanford aint two of them.....'cept he does ok for himself, and all...................

I mean, don't get me wrong.......you can get me wrong if you want to................

Boop

Here's the info on the insurance for your friend.

http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/information/fdiciorn.html

Boop

Here's some additional info that applies principally to seniors

http://www.todaysseniors.com/pages/FDIC_Insurance.html

orbison at his best imho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5-ulzwYs4&feature=related

julie

they come and dragged roy out for one more fling and roy died.

tough toboggins.......and they may be found in the dark of night somewhere even now saying......."He died doing what he loved to do."

Hell....he mighta died anyway.............

so with that in mind, let me offer roy ......the guy lennon tried to stand like......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFxbIYF6cmw&feature=related

"orbison at his best imho"

You bettcha!

Boob, Sturg, Jamie, et al.,

Here's an excellent resource for those who want to learn more about money and investing:
http://www.aaii.com/

" those flat earthers "

Maybe all Kansans are just bitter old racists who cling to God & Guns. Lord knows they aren't as hip as an aging NY drug dealer who can say "Sup peeps."

Patsi lmao ....... us "kansas flat earthers"
kansas is and probably always will be republican. bho couldn't win here even if his supporters thought he was JC.

julie

Flatus

Thanks for that site. I've added it to my office favorites for reference.

JC..........Jay Charles?

"kansas is and probably always will be republican. '

It sure was when I grew up there. Some good, strong Dems, but the Reps outnumbered them.

The current poll numbers for California came out

Obama 58%
McCain 30%
Undecided 12%

I'm afraid Maggiesd is going to get lost in the stampede.

I went to pandora and picked up a radio station which is playing nothing but brother ray charles.....most incredible........these internet tubes make me feel so at home.......

patsi

Going now to find that Lemon milkshake thought that you imbedded in my small brain yesterday. Driving me crazy. Will one suffice - maybe a peach one to put in the freezer.

julie

I know it's petty but it's probably going to grate on me for the next eight years.

Sen. Obama says "ta" instead of "to" and it is every time whether recording a commercial, making a speech, or just speaking casually.

Oh well. It's better than that nauseating fake Texas drawl.

Julie -- the lemon milk shake I found yesterday was from Baskin Robbins!

"Obama says "ta" instead of "to" and it is every time whether recording a commercial, making a speech, or just speaking casually."

I know -- he's been affecting this new speech style for awhile now....

STurgeone

I love my Pandora. Are you going to design your own radio stations? I have two if you want to give them a listen.

Eclectic R Us
Piano Bar

patsi

yes we have had democrat governors, such as now, but republicans do rule. The DeCoursey family from WIchita, has long been democratic leaders. all those wheat farmers are republican

Sturg: Ray Charles - always one my favorite - W/ Big band sound - I can't stop loving you..

Now I really am out of here to hunt for a lemon milkshake.
julie

The stalker is accusing the victim.

The bizarro world.

Obama's 8 Biggest Flip-Flops (so far)

WHY THE RACE IS TIED

"After almost six weeks of a constant Obama lead, generally in the five to seven-point range, Scott Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll records two consecutive days of a tie race (July 12-13) and a one-point Obama lead on July 14. What happened to the Democrat’s lead?

Obama has carried flip-flopping to new heights.

Obama’s shifts have nothing to do with altered circumstances, just a change in the political calendar.

But McCain can attract liberal votes. He doesn’t need to bleed Obama only from the right. If moderate liberals are disgusted by Obama’s obvious attempts at chicanery and repositioning, they might just cross the aisle."

http://hillbuzz.blogspot.com/2008/07/obamas-8-biggest-flip-flops-so-far.html

Censorship and intimation are the tools of the fascist.

Good evening folks ...

Does anyone have any thoughts on Hillary's new hairdo? Unless it was a hideous mistake, I think that the new "do" signals more than almost anything else that she is resigned to not being on the ticket at all.

Jamie: If you are still here ... I never expected Sen McCain to do well in California. Does anyone?

Well, I swan.......if I didnt know better I'd think you folks was trying to talk politics.....lol

I just reminded myself of that sunday in the fifties when ray charles came on singing "tell me what'd I say"....we were at dinner........we played the radio during dinner on sunday.....but instead of perry como, dean martin, or Jimmie Rogers with "honeycomb" it was Ray.......tell ya ma, tell ya pa......oh sweet jeebus the look on ma mudda's face was worth 10 billion bucks......that's all I know about money.......

Hillary Clinton launches fundraising for 2012 already!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/hillary-clint-3.html

oh....that lardo story as I look back....it was first draft , and the snake show was in 72........september of 72.

when they ran us out we went and camped on the banks of Lake Chargagaugmanchagagaugchabungamumgamaug......then we went to Tiny's bar when we woke up..........

It's very vivid.

Sen Clinton is not begging for money. She is contacting maxed out donors seeking permission to transfer their GE donations to her Senate campaign fund. Not quite the same thing.

Julie

Kansas is not as Republican as it used to be. I think the Obama of last fall could have competed in Kansas.
The Obama that emerged from the primary battle? Way too far to the left. Now all his attempts to look centrist just look like he is pandering.

Jack

gosh......we could have all been a part of yesterday.......

I saw this morning that some interloper here was calling us a bunch of drunks.

The nerve!

I say "gosh" when of course I'm thinking "goddam son of a bitch"............it's sort of a southern shorthand........

Sturge

I'm sure it was witty and intellegent conversation, but I think I'll pass. The excitement would probably be too much for me.

Jack

Lard......what exactly do you think they meant by "bunch"?

Just want to pass on that for those here that are considering contributing to Barack Obama campaign, NOW is a good time....they have a matching program going on so if you donate, say 50 bucks you will be informed as to the person's name that is matching you donation.

I though it was pretty cool, and certainly interesting. My matcher was from Virgina.

oops - Virginia

Not sure, Sturge...but it certainly activated my deeply embedded "tribal defense" genes.

We may be drunks, but we're certainly not a "bunch".

LL

It's just the way it feels in here most days. A bit like Dave's Stage coach Inn just off of westport. A bunch of rough and rowdies just amusing themselves and every once in a while some poor lost soul from Johnson county wanders in with a look on their face of "oh my God what am I doing here".

Jack

I could be a bunch all by myself if I wannerd to.........da noive of some folkers.........

Shucks, you folks shore is funny sometimes!

Jack...you nailed it. I think the same person actually said he/she thought we were "weird."

Totally Johnson County. Be gone...you and your Izod shirts...be gone from here!

I reckon.

yeah, but.........

You want a bottle of beer and a glass? What for?

Uh-oh...we've got me, Jack, Sturge and Corey here all at the same time. All we need is Philly Joe Jones, and we've got our Trailmix Freeform BeBop Band.

"weird" is not such a bad word if you trace it back to its anglo-saxon origins...................it's kind of ....................sweet.................

Exactly, Sturge. But, we talked about "yeah, but...." last week on this blog.

Bush again asserting executive priviledge -Valerie Plame, & mukasey -- well who would have thought different? Is there anyone that didn't think he was involved as well?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/16/bush-claims-executive-pri_n_113065.html

julie

No man is weird.....an island unto himself.......but a chip off the old clod, in clod thru life traversing.......

I have a friend on-line who goes by the name of "Weird_1". He said it's because his Dad always called him the weird one of the family.

"Weird" is just a word the dumb and pretty kids used to control the smart and ugly kids starting at, oh, about the eighth or ninth grade. Or whenever is the season when tits and pimples sprout.

I've got my 20th year HS reunion this weekend.

And the beauty part...The smart-and-pretties all get fat and go to seed. The dumb-and-uglies get good jobs and join health clubs. Or turn out to be gay, with amazing levels of disposable income.

So who's "weird" now? Huh? Huh?

Uh Oh , just caught up with the posts.

May we have bloody mary's as well, please? Perhaps we could try one with sturg's "secret ingredients".
Was it KGC that was mixing mary's last week? They have to made from scratch - yikes none of that store bought mix.
Oh Lord, and on top of that Lemon milkshake. uhhh
julie

Damn...I screwed that one up. I meant...

The dumb-and-pretties go to seed.
The smart-and-uglies turn out happy and gay.

The rest of us cling to guns and religion.

That's what I meant. Yeah. Yeah.

the first shall be last and the last shall be first..........ad infinitum........not a problem........

the secret ingredients were just that.....they wouldnt tell us how they mixed the bastard....I'm miffed because I know they're out of business now and they might as well have told us.....

Sturge
I want to be first and last. Just depending on what they're passing out.

Jack

Jack...

When they're passing out tits, you want to be first.

When they're passing out pimples...stay near the back of the line.

Paradox solved.

If theyre passing out the divine ms M i just want to gaze upon her exquisite forearms...........

"sunday in the fifties "

Now that gave me a laugh. I was aware of Ray Charles in the 50s on the radio, but it was still pretty white bread even with Elvis up to the early 60s, but the OMG the world has changed moment came when I walked into a friend's apartment in 1961, the albums were strewn across the floor, racially mixed crowd of young people, and everyone was dancing except the guy stretched out on the couch smoking pot. lol

Jesse Jackson used the "N-word" last week during his off-camera remarks. Mystery solved.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_re_us/jackson_n_word;_ylt=Am1VkBHqMEk0oCozMgq5oRWs0NUE

Gun powder, a great secret ingredient

Jack

The N-Word? Didn't we know already that he said "nuts"?

Jamie...tuck this little link away for a lazy day treat. It's Marian McPartland's interview with Ray Charles on Piano Jazz. Absolutely fabulous.

Was recorded back in 1991, but just re-aired last Friday.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15045495

Sturgeone

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-116302

Some people have split personalities. I have Siamese quadruplets.

the "N"word.....damn......i thought that was "Nussbaums" which at one point in time is what we used as a euponism for breastes.........I swear.....the south is schizophrenic......

Don't know if you saw Leno last night. He had this interview skit where he was interviewing Gilbert Gottfried (who was supposed to be Osama Bin Laden's son named Timmy). Gottfriend did a joke that bombed. He responded to the audience's reaction with, "What? It's not like I threatened to cut off somebody's nuts!"

euphomocosmicstanchionism

I like the word "weird" with its "ei" spelling because it used to be pronounced with a long A sound

I before E except after C
or when pronounced A
as in neighbor and weigh

English is such a fun language.

The Jesse Jackson flap was a classic example of how the media blows up a story wherein:

1. Someone says something in terms we all know he must use (or could at least imagine him using) all the time in private.

2. Said sayer was overheard only because the dead mike was a live mike.

3. So what we all thought was true (or at least could imagine was true) simply turns out to be true.

And that, apparently, is called news.

LL

I suspect Jesse was using n****r as part of a common code phrase for elitist.

A just criticism of the speech IMO. I imagine there were a number of people/activist in the AA comunity who were uncomfortable with a fellow AA airing dirty laundry in public.

Jack

weird was originally pronounced VIRED

came from the germoins

fader ure, thu the eart on heofonum
si thin nama yehalgod.....

Sturge...if it is Germanic in origin, it most surely described some ultra-specific type of weirdness, not just general weirdness. Because that's how the German language works:

"VIRED = Tendency to wear Scandinavian headwear and masturbate while plotting conquest of Central Europe for lebensraum purposes."

And, if you're doing exactly the same thing, except you're wearing a toga -- there's a totally different word to describe that.

"V" when it was one of the norns. By the time Shakespeare got ahold of her for a witch in Macbeth things got very weird.

Jack...I agree with your post on Jesse.

I gave up on getting mad at or being surprised at anything Jesse did a long time ago. He's pretty much grandfathered in on everything, as far as I'm concerned.

Obamamania Fades on Capitol Hill

"I see a very different Obama. I see one who threw four people off a ballot so he could run unopposed. I see someone who played the race card over and over again. I see someone who has been nothing but duplicitous.

I have said this before there is no there there in Barack Obama. He has no core convictions other than his own political welfare.

I love that when all else fails, blame the Clintons. That’s another characteristic of Obama, never accept responsibility for anything."

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/16/obamamania-fades-on-capitol-hill/

Chris Matthews says that Shakespeare is the King of Poetry and Machiavelli is the King of Prose.

Really?

tt

Pazzo

chris matthews is pazzo.....and weird.....i know Im being ad homi-gnome....but dammit....that boy jumped the shark so jumpy that he landed on the shore and like to have broke his stupid legs.........

Tiptoe...very funny. If I were the King of Prose, I'd be less concerned about Chris Matthews' opinion of me than I was about getting some action off the Queen of Prose on any given night.

Ditto for King of Poetry.

Chris Matthews swallowed a crate of Cliff Notes and has been faking it ever since.

who you reckon was the queen of prose?

He has a cameo in that new Kevin Costner movie, right?

An old joke....forgive me.

Lost traveler in search of his Inn: "Can you tell me where I might find the Kings Arms?"

Local farmer: "You're looking for the Kings Arms? Why, they're usually around the Queen's Ass."

Sturge...for Queen of Prose...it has to be Jane Austen, with George Eliot in a close second.

Queen of Poetry in my book is Emily D:

AMPLE make this bed.
Make this bed with awe;
In it wait till judgment break
Excellent and fair.

Be its mattress straight,
Be its pillow round;
Let no sunrise’ yellow noise
Interrupt this ground.

Site of the last public hanging in England. Now put to much better uses

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/39/3940/Last_Drop_Inn/York

there was madame de stael, agatha christie, colleen mccollough, of course the ones you named.....Harper Lee just for a one time sentimental favorite, Eudora Welty (my choice) and what's her name.......

Carson McCullers?

The one that Harborwoman looks like she sprung to life from the pages of?

Dorothy Parker's review of the christopher robin books:

Her column was "Constant Reader"

her review was "Tonstant Weader Fwoed Up."

"In Obama World ... There is no room for dissent, no room for individual thinking and no room for steadfast values.

Obama is much more than the typical politician. Unlike the typical politician who at least has some core values, Obama has none. He will say anything, do anything, and throw anyone under the bus so long as it helps quench his thirst for power. He is a man who will tell you what you can do, what questions you can ask, and when you can ask them."

http://politicallydrunk.blogspot.com/2008/07/dean-compares-clinton-supporters-to-his.html

And, of course, we can't be afraid of Virginia Wolfe.

Walked into the sea with stones in her pockets. Now THAT took some balls, not to mention imagination.

As it happens I'm reading Carson McCullers for the first time in ages. I read Member of the Wedding years and years ago, and now I'm in to The Ballad of Sad Cafe.

I'm looking at the clock now and I must go. Great chatting with you all tonite.

(Jamie...definitely go back and snag that Ray Charles link if you haven't already. You'll be thanking me for it later.)

Nite all.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly; it should be thrown with great force!

Another ascerbic Parker review.

Interesting how the board takes a completely different turn.

I was thinking that Matthews stole Machiavelli from Craig. It was easy.

tt

Lardo

I have it filed in my "to be read" favorites.

I saw Jib Jab here. Watched it. And then saw it on Countdown tonight.

tt

Good night all

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

I stuck my head photo into the jib jab and sent it to a buncha peeps...it's easy to do.....takes about 60 seconds

sturgee,
my Pandora has all kind of obscure stations...from John Hiatt to Chuck E. Weiss....

Dex, I tried that and kept getting an error message. I figured their servers were overloaded.

tt

Dex, can ya send a copy of your Jib Jab to me? You know my e-mail addy.

TIA~

tt

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/07/open-thread-week.html#comment-116358

Lard...I think that may be the best compliment anyone has ever paid me, so...thank you! It's certainly the most fun! I'm proud to represent the tomboys of the deep south....

Dex...me, too...what tiptoe said....

You guys are hilarious - keep it up.

Queen of Prose - probably Jane Austen. I am also hooked on an obscure Scottish writer named Dorothy Dunnett i her historical fiction - like nothing else I've ever read.

Queen of Poetry - Emily, probably, but can't forget Sara Teasdale or Edna St Vincent Millay.

King of Prose - Dickens? Twain? LeCarre?

King of Poetry - has to be Will..................

Tweety had a fight with Pat Buchanon today - I didn't hear anything but, "Now, Pat, you're wrong and you know it...." and then I muted it again and changed channels. The thought of that man in the Senate is ludicrous.

I think the mood of the country is shaped to a great deal by the personality of the White House and pres. When Bill was there, he loved the job so much and was generally in such a good optimistic mood, the whole country was more pleasant.

With W, he has been/is so ready to tell the world that he won't let them put anything over on us - he started off accusing the world of trying to hurt our economy and it just wasn't gonna happen - he's so confrontational and ready to be threatened, that I think it shows in the mood of the country and some of the horrific crimes we are seeing.

If Obama doesn't want Hillary around, it had better be stated openly, otherwise he'll say she isn't living up to her promises. Just my opinion, that's all.

Flatus - whuddya call me @ 8:12? lol

Thanks for the advice.

bethy...

I saw flatus' slip in his post to you...funny! I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciated the laugh this morning....

Harborwoman - next thing ya know, he'll try saying it was a typo - sure it was. slol

Q: Why is Obama like a blender?
A: You have one, but you're not quite sure why.

Posted by: GetOverYourself | July 16, 2008 11:32 AM

LMPO.....LMFPO
I am gonna use this on a tshirt...

- Change rhetroric: $ 4
- Yes we can rhetoric $ 25
- ahm-ahm-ahm quotes $ 50
- Flipflop king $ 100
- Playing the race card and then denying $ 500
- Using your heritage by stewing AA´s .................... PRICELESS!

Somethings in life have a price, for everything else there is Hillary!

Again a horrible day in Amsterdam. rain rain rain...I am this close to making reservations for Madrid where the sun is in high gear!

"The idiot speaks yet again"

LOL
Score one for Patsi

Jack

Gadzooks!

At what other blog can one find someone writing the beginning of the Our Fater in Anglo-Saxon?

English only:

Queen of Prose: Barbara Tuchman

Queen of Poetry: Mariane Moore

King of Poetry: St. John Perse

King of Prose: Wm Shaxpere

Thanks, Sturgeone, you made my day.