Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

congrats sheila!

reposting my q and a from last thread:

will daschle's wife and the spice of the other cabinet nominees make the same promises of disclosure and pre-approval of speeches that the dawg has made? you betcha not.

Congratulations, Sheila

PatD,

You're right that the others won't have to make the same promises, but it's an apples and oranges thing, or maybe it's more appropriate to say: a lion vs. house cats. You could de-claw the house cats, but with the lion you'd better pull some teeth.

and he'd better hold on to that list until the ink is dry on the confirmation.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-19/whos-funding-the-pirates/

patsi, now why does that not surprise me.

Patd -- No that news makes sense...and I have to wonder what all else is being funded there....

(RE: numbers -- good call, Sheila)

patd

Remember this is all rumor, based on gossip from people who either have an agenda, or who are so pathetic that they want to prove how close they are to power.
As is there is nothing we can do about it except to ask
"who saddled this tiger and why are we the ones riding it"

So grab a holt, put the spurs to that beast and give us a loud YeeeeeHaw.

Jack

Jack

Patd -- more pirates in LA Times...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-highseas20-2008nov20,0,4580786.story

(I'm obsessed with the pirate story...)

Hail to the Chef.... Cue Presidential music... da ta ta da ....

Patsi

This question from the comment on the money link, is the one that needs to be explored.

I"t would be great to read more about this subject and find out exactly what the pirates are doing with these funds and who they are going to."

Jack

Is it Ironic - Held hostage over oil !

We have come so far.....

Congrats to Sheila. (So, now can you tell if were the Mayans right? Will the world end in Dec of 2012? If so, Newt & Huckabee can quit worrying about Sarah Palin.)

Congrats to Iceland. The Danes, Swedes, Fins and Norwegians just gave them a multi-billion dollar bailout.

Here's my idea for the auto industry: Fire the top 25 people in management in each company. They probably make more than the rest of the combined workforce. T

hen, replace them with more competent people, if a position actually needs to be filled and isn't superfluous, pay them less and make them accountable. If the company does well, maybe they get a nice bonus.

Last, go to the unions and tell 'em sorry, but....your insurance premiums are gonna go up a bit, your co-pays are gonna go up a bit, you're gonna have to pay a bit more for perscriptions, the pension plan isn't going to be so rich, and, no pay raises but merit-based bonuses just like management.

They don't need a bailout, they need some common sense...or just a greed intervention. That would be interesting: The top management of the "big 3" in Dr. Drew's rehab facility. Oh, the DTs they will have giving up their private jets.

I think Whole Foods pays its top person a max of 400% of what an entry level person makes. It sounds like a lot, but do the math starting with ten bucks an hour...it seems reasonable.

Navies May Get Tougher on Piracy After Tanker Seizure

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aAPIFp6jvOOA&refer=home

Here is something to feed the adiction , Patsi

Jack

Sheila...... congrats!
I was screaming and cheering frantically as you crossed the finish line....... :0)

I treat all this stuff about who's getting what job in Obama's cabinet exactly the same way as I played the electoral college count game..... I sit in the stands, enjoy the show, and cheer the winner......
I see no point in getting worked up about who gets what..... it'll either work out or it won't......

More job cuts in the auto industry...but it's never the guys at the top who get cut, is it?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_rolls_royce_jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_france_peugeot_citroen

*PS - It was good to see Fluffy Carlson, again. I miss him. Since MSNBC has a revolving-door policy, I think a non-left person like Carlson probably needs some airtime, again. Maybe a Tucker sorbet to cleanse the tastebuds between the KO and Maddow.

Subject: Useless BS

Jack -- Which Pirate are You Test lol

http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests/the-find-your-pirate-personality-test

"Navies May Get Tougher on Piracy After Tanker Seizure"

Send in the subs...

my name is bond, jamie bond

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/nov/20/terrorism-ethnic-minorities-mi6

Looks like Obama better claim to be Muslim or he will be facing Jihad! I guess they don't care who's in charge of our country. I have changed my mind on the big 3 bailout. I talked to management about it at work last night. They didn't think it was a good idea. The big 3 need to change, giving them money wouldn't force them to change. They also brought up something I hadn't thought about. When gas was over $4 a gallon, people wanted to buy new cars that got better gas mileage. Now, gas prices have dropped. People don't need to buy more fuel efficient cars now. Also, banks aren't lending money to people right now, so nobody is buying cars for that reason as well. Another problem for the big 3. They did announce that we are going to be getting quarterly bonuses again at work. That was a shocking announcement. Also, today marks my 13th anniversary at work. Time flies.

oops, left out quote:

The proportion of women in top jobs in the domestic Security Service, MI5, has been running at about 50%.

So...when is Obama gonna pick some Washington outsiders for his cabinet positions? Bring some change to Washington? Anyone? Bueller?

Lawsuit forces eHarmony to offer gay dating services. Can't wait for those commercials!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081119/us_nm/us_gay_marriage_eharmony

patsi, need another fix?

here's an old discussion on pirate history by bbc:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A9734682

"A 'pirate' was someone who preyed on ships of every nation. He owed allegiance to no country and worked only for his own profit.

'Privateers' were legally sanctioned pirates. They were commissioned by a government to attack the enemies of that nation. They were often given a document called a Letter of Marque, which was official authorisation to attack enemy ships. Technically a privateer could not be prosecuted as a pirate because he was protected by international law...."

so are these new guys pirates or privateers by bbc's definitions?

Corey

Your management is under the belief, a restructured auto industry means more work for them as the big three outsource more of their production. What they forget is once the unions are busted there is no reason to keep the jobs in the US. Send them to China.

Jack

good idea in prior thread re making oil co.s with their obscene profits bail-out auto co.s...
how 'bout also giving them or anyoneelse tax credits/deductions matching any $$ going toward successful fuel efficient or alternative fueled products.

Well, we are picking up more business because other suppliers are going under. But, my company is also involved in other things. Batteries and heating and cooling systems. We are more divirsified, not as dependent as suppliers who only deal with car companies. The big 3 outsource a lot of work to suppliers, but if the suppliers start to struggle, somebody has to take over for them. They said our plant in Mexico was doing the same thing to other companies in Mexico.

Patsi

I tried taking the test. I got up to question 32 before I grabbed me cutlass and looked for the man who created the test , soz I could keelhaul em.

A pirate don't answer no 32 stinkin questions, 8 maybe 10 at the most.

Jack

HA! It did drag on....I hung with it and turned out to be Yellow Beard the Insane....

Patsi....
I took the pirate test....

but for the results they want some personal info and your email address.....
I didn't give it to them.....

"Well, we are picking up more business because other suppliers are going under"

Corey
That sounds good for you. Looks as if your company is well positioned. There is going to be a shakeout in the industry. What ever happens the Auto industry is going to have to reduce production by 20% next from what I've read. So a lot of your competitors won't be there next year.

BTW the reduction will also take place in the dealership end. look for a many empty lots as dealers go out of business.

Jack

Lady to young pirate trick-or-treater at her front door:

If youre a pirate, where's your buccaneers??

They're under my buccan HAT.......

mornin' all.

Corey - there's good and bad in every bailout - I agree that the Big 3 have to change, but I am not sure that denying the backbone, or what used to be the backbone of our manufacturing industry an infusion of cash that they claim is necessary to survive without filing bankruptcy is the right approach, particularly in light of the unfettered discretion they gave Paulson to aid the financial industry (a colossally stupid mistake). I certainly don't believe that giving them the money they ask for in the form of a loan from money already appropriated for them is the right approach. Understand that if they go the bankruptcy route, the one thing that will not happen is that their creditors, such as your employer, will not be paid dollar for dollar on any outstanding debts owed them, and likely will result in a reduction of services tot he automakers, and a consequent reduction in workforce. Might not happen, but if i was a bettin' man, that would be my bet.

Does Detroit need to change? You bet. Do they need relief from the union contracts that fix their labor costs above the market and make their cars noncompetitive with foreign-procuced cars? That's one way to approach the problem - and for you union supporters out there, bet that will happen - it's a sure thing. But what they really need is management that anticipates consumer wants and responds with products that are appealing and with comparable quality at comparable prices.

Oh, and my best to Uncle Ted. hahahahah

sturg, you're just a buccan rotten kid at heart.

"but for the results they want some personal info and your email address..... "

Arrrrgh, them would be pirates of the worst kind.

Keelhaulin would be too good fer the likes a them. Stringem up by their guts and let the crows feed on them, I say.

Jack

Congratulations to Sheila. I read somewhere on the previous thread that she was Craig s first commenter.

Bumpy Road Ahead for a Traveler
"He has been running toward it for years, maybe his whole adult life, and suddenly he has arrived. And what he discovers is that inside his new cocoon of Secret Service protection, the presidency of the United States is a very lonely job.

.....He has always been on his way elsewhere, in a journey of discovery and self-actualization that may be unmatched in American political history. And now he is at the doorstep of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue....Obama plays on a different stage now, and it's less forgiving.

... then there's the incredible shrinking vice president-elect, Joe Biden. Where is he these days? Do they have him in a box? ....

........ you have to believe that a man who can smile while his wife lovingly, genially puts him in his place is a pretty sane guy. In this transition time, when the traveler is finally about to reach his destination, that's reassuring."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR2008111903532.html

" for the results they want some personal info and your email address.....
I didn't give it to them....."

AH! I have an "identity" on that site -- hopefully, my answers are not going to the FBI! I could be in trouble....

I thought they should get a bail out, now I'm not sure. We'll see what happens. BTW, they said our sales are down 10-12% so far.

Well Thank You Craig. lol you think you could have gotten that picture a little bigger? Geez...

Thanks everybody. Now lets get this endless SecState drill over with.

The other reason I came over is this;

Today's thread on The BackChannel Blog

President Elect Obama's First Fireside Chat Ala Youtube By Chef Sheila

http://clistersbackchannel.wordpress.com/

See you there ;0)

The Glass Ceiling Holds Strong
"It is time to stop kidding ourselves. This wasn't a breakthrough year for American women in politics. It was a brutal one.

Yet American women are a majority of the population and a majority of the electorate. They earn more than half the bachelor's and master's degrees, a level of educational achievement far exceeding that of women in developing countries. There must be some reason we don't do any better than women in impoverished, rural regions of the world where cultural norms oppress women.

Maybe it is because our culture isn't so different after all."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/the_glass_ceiling_holds_strong.html

Corey, that doesn't seem consistent with picking up more business as other suppliers go under. Probably a reflection of the inverse of a rising tide lifts all ships.. What I see is a rudderless appraoch to the economy by the admin and congress. It's stupid.

For another interesting article on pirates(oops)

I mean lobbyist

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEZoCjCjrYDE&refer=home

"Now, with Obama ready to take office in January, lobbyists aren't quavering with fear. Many view the changed political landscape in Washington as a potential boon for their firms, which will be called upon to help clients navigate Congress and a new administration"

"Daschle has been able to serve as an Obama campaign adviser because he wasn't registered as a lobbyist, though his firm earned $3.5 million this year lobbying for the health industry.........................

.................................The health industry accounted for 60 percent of the firm's lobbying revenue during the first nine months of 2008"

Jack

Ariz. Gov. Napolitano is pick for DHS

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27815921/

great choice

I'm sick of the endless SoS BS as well. The press will never allow it to work. Cable News will continue to try to re-impeach Bill Clinton and question everything Hillary does.

She "could" be one of the most effective heads of State in history, but the press and netroots will hammer away. And in the process of trying to finish her off, they'll damage O's presidency.

I've liked Napolitano since the Anita Hill days....

A New Wind Is Blowing in Chicago

"SO long, Crawford, Tex. Even before President-elect Barack Obama takes office in 61 days, effectively crowning Chicago as the site of the Western White House, the city is basking in a moment of triumph that is spilling well beyond the confines of politics.

Michelle Obama’s mother is moving to Washington. (No, she is not living in the White House.) So Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, aren’t alone, a family that lives near the Obama home in Hyde Park is also moving, so the girls have built-in friends in the new world surrounding them."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/fashion/20chicago.html?_r=1&ref=politics

Time for me to get some work done. :)

Congratulation to Chef Sheila

and tooooooo bad for Missouri no longer the bellwether state

" a family that lives near the Obama home in Hyde Park is also moving, so the girls have built-in friends in the new world surrounding them."

This is odd. Moving now by accident or design?

Congrats to Sheila, although I still stand by my 538-0 prediction. LOL!

Patsi, by design.

I was hoping for an opinion from you on the glass ceiling article - your take on it. I'll catch up with the comments later.

Patsi,

I could be wrong by this, but my gut says Clinton has got SecState. Former President Clinton would not be going to all this trouble to vet his donor list.

could be wrong.

KGC!!! Good to see you and see happy! lol SWAK!

Was a long two years.

Bush's withered heart.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Jobless-Benefits.html

Stupid bastard.

Corey and others re Big 3 bailout (or not): WaPost business columnist Steven Pearstein had an excellent article on this yesterday; he also hosted an online chat and transcript link is embedded within link.

Thought his suggestions made a LOT of sense, especially in the long term.

(Among them -- but plz still read the article, because he puts it so much better: Insisting on restructuring and concessions by all parties affected, including execs, unions, retirees, creditors; if a bankruptcy, a specially expedited type with terms negotiated in advance; GSA ordering a fleet of fuel-efficient replacement vehicles to be designed and delivered in a few years -- with a major deposit/cash infusion to support R&D; government possibly buying up to 50% of companies' stock -- cash infusion in return for chance to sell stock of healthier companies for a profit to taxpayers in the future ...)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/11/18/ST2008111803689.html?sid=ST2008111803689&s_pos=list

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And congrats to Chef Sheila and her very able election prediction. Sliced and diced!

Ping

The original Hail to the Chief was set to music by James Sanderson using words by Sir Walter Scott in "The Lady of the Lake" .

The Marine band first played the song to entertain John Quincy Adams, but was first used to introduce James K. Polk. This was suggested by Julia Tyler wife of Polk's predecessor.

Albert Gamse wrote new lyrics for the song though they are seldom sung. In case you want to practice for a sing along:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSegQ9gGFbc

Hail to the Chief we have chosen for the nation,
Hail to the Chief! We salute him, one and all.
Hail to the Chief, as we pledge cooperation
In proud fulfillment of a great, noble call.

Yours is the aim to make this grand country grander,
This you will do, that's our strong, firm belief.
Hail to the one we selected as commander,
Hail to the President! Hail to the Chief!

dog, all those caveats make sense if significant money is to be made available to the Big 3, but it is beginning to look like all that is academic.

Sheila, good guess. :-)

chloe, thanks for the first family news. is this the article you saw it in?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/fashion/20chicago.html?ref=fashion&pagewanted=print

Congrats, Sheila.........first O supporter and correct predictor of the votes......you're on a roll.......

Pogo

Bring in the Chinese,
If the Auto makers want to get the congress off the pot, they need to enter into negotiations with the Chinese for a ownership stake in the company. GM shold start doing it today. Quit begging play a little hard ball.

Jack

wonder if the chef mentioned in the times article i posted is going to be the new white house chef and if that's the family that's providing the built-in friends for malia and sasha.

"....Rick Bayless, a friend of the Obama family, who owns Frontera Grill and is among the city’s celebrity chefs...."

Also, negotiations with the Chinese would also put the UAW on notice.

Jack

WHy Thank you Sturg, I'm touched. ;0)

I think Sebilious should be EPA.

A toast to the winner -- Chef Sheila

I knew you would have the right recipe!

meet rick

http://www.rickbayless.com/about/meetrick.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/17/ed-hill-leaves-fox-news-c_n_144513.html

E.D. Hill to leave Fox - I hope she ends up doing personal interest pieces at a 100 watt t.v. station in rural Idaho.

Jack, that might be their next move. I'm betting there's more than one Chinese company that would have an interest - and don't leave out Korean and Indonesian investors.

patd

Rick Bayless is probably way to rich and famous to become the White House chef, but he might be acting as an advisor.

http://www.rickbayless.com/

Ah the fresh stench of union breaking fills the blog this morning. How dare the auto worker expect a living wage, health care, and an old age free from poverty. They have their nerve.

Given her good taste in candidates, overall expertise in statistics, and choice of career, I think Chef Sheila should do another tour in the White House as soon as her mother's health permits.

Thanks Jamie,

I woild love to be the Personal Chef of the five who exist there.

Rick Bayless is a great guy! But the White House needs a very versitile Executive Chef who knows Garde Manger as well as a host of world tastes and presentation.

Bayless is fantasitc and my favorite chef and mentor in Mexican cuisine.

But I bet one of our certified Master Chefs get the nod eventually.

I would also (said this before) like to see an African American in the White House. there hasn't been one yet.

Pogo

I had better shut up before I talk myself into this.

A foreign infusion of cash gives GM the freedom to make the changes they need. They are going to have to do some major restructuring in the next year. Plants are going to be closed and congress critters are not going to be happy about it.
One of their major problems of asking congress for help is they can not be honest about their plans for political reasons.

As I read the link dog posted what keep popping into my mind, you can sure tell this is a business reporter and not a political one.

Jack

Sources: Pritzker, Napolitano being vetted
CNN - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for homeland security secretary,....

"I can see Mexico from my front porch" (from the Imus in the Morning Show)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/11/trail-mix-predictorinchief-ann.html#comment-175404

Sheila,

Do you know of one you would suggest, just in case they are looking for names.

I've only met two wonderful black chef's and one was an expert in Louisiana Soul food and the other in French cuisine, but not on the level your talking about.

The soul food guy a hole in the wall kind of building in a huge parking lot in Westwood. It was all take out orders over a counter (You carried your own food as far as the tables set up in the parking lot). Too die for food and and incredible ambience as chaufferued limos parked next to Fords that looked like escapees from destruction derby.

Interesting article Chloe... thanks for posting the link. I personally can't imagine why ANYONE would want that job. Presidents age so quickly in office!

All the Hillary Clinton bashing in the media now is frustrating me. The media attacks the "drama" that surrounds the Clintons, but mostly it is the media that creates it. And I am also a bit frustrated with Hillary, DECIDE ALREADY! It's not helping her image to be "wavering", and I don't think it helps the new administration. She should just say "I accept" or "I respectfully decline" and be done with it.

I was totally for Hillary being SOS, but I am so turned off by the media reporting that I've come to believe she'd do better in the Senate. Working with Ted Kennedy on Universal Health Care would be a wonderful task, and she knows the issue thoroughly. Her past experience would help also, as she will know what pitfalls to avoid...

Just my thoughts.

ET

Hillary has already tentatively accepted. She can't "formally" accept until a "formal" offer is tendered.
The Clinton's wouldn't have subjected to the vetting unless they thought it was a serious offer that she was willing to accept.

This really is a complete media, commentator, and staff driven rumor mill, and it is disgusting ... another chance for the Clinton haters to load up and fire. I swear there are members of litter rotten that won't be happy until the whole family is six feet under.

It even bothered Chris Matthews last night and that is going some.

I'm off to work. But before I do.

I know from my readings that the Obama's really watch what they eat. Obama does a lot of Meatless meals, although he's not meatless.

I'd say Daniel Young is the best in this country. Most African American Chefs who are not doing just soul food are just too young.

Look for a certified Master Chef like Walter Shieb's (greenbrier fame and Clinton White House Chef) ilke.

But Private Chef, may I have a snack for midnight type, will be a low fat, very healthy signature cook, I bet.

Thanks Jamie... I didn't realize she had accepted (tentatively). !!!

"I personally can't imagine why ANYONE would want that job."

Tom, I couldn't agree with you more.
...........................................

I'm curious, and was taking a look to see if I could find what family would be moving to Washington with the Obama's - no luck - but ran across this earlier story (which incorrectly said Michelle:s mother would move into the White House). I was only interested in the part that talked about how much Michelle and Barak had depended on her mother, and how important she is to the girls. I'm not surprised, but it's nice to know.

"Robinson's main job during Barack Obama's two-year-long campaign for the presidency was to make sure the Obamas' young daughters, Malia and Sasha, were taken care of while mom and dad were on the campaign trail. According to a Boston Globe article from early this year, duties included upholding family rules (8:30 p.m. bedtime, healthy food) and getting the girls to the appointments on their daily schedules.... "
http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/14/2113006-michelle-obamas-mother-to-move-into-white-house

and written even earlier, this one which talks about other personal family issues:

First family moving to Washington
"a source involved in the transition also says the Obamas plan to send their daughters to a private school in D.C., maybe Georgetown Day School or Maret School.....Michelle Obama has said being “mom-in-chief” will be her top priority in the White House."
http://www.mlive.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2008/11/first_family_moving_to_washing.html

Sheila,

Congrats...at some point i need a tip on how to butterfly a chicken breast in such a way so i can pound it thin and make a proper chicken kiev...

As for the pirates talk...if I were a baseball fan, I would demand that the head pirate be immediate be brought in to run the Pittsburgh Pirates. This way they can sniff a winning record. Otherwise, I would take a couple of cargo ships and load them with radar guided gatling guns that can spray 3K rounds per minute...send them out as bait and just light up every pirate boat that got close.

M Moore's take on the GM debacle, interesting:

"Eventually, the consumer got smart," Moore continued, "so they started to buy other cars. General Motors still wouldn't change. They still kept building the wrong cars, and more and more people stopped buying them."

story/video: Larry King

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/20/lkl.michael.moore/index.html

to the point raised about Sheila as first comenter, that could well be. Sheila was certainly among the first, and such a help in keeping things civil that we dubbed her the Hall Monitor in those days. Wish i could find out for sure. But as longtimers know, i accidentally blasted the archive on our first blog at blogspot, begun in 2005. (This is why we should all be grateful that CQ handles the tech side of this one, instead of me.)

So, like the Bible, we will have to rely on verbal tradition to retell the stories of those fateful early days.

Craig, I would love to have that honor,

But as I have said before, that first day of your blog, a woman named "Jackie" has all really gotten there before me. We had the first few days and then Madmustard and Marisa came on the seen and then Kathy, Colleen, Cbob and so on.

I wonder what happened to Sophia was it? She had a major crush on you.

Bear! Good to see you alive and kicking! I was starting to fear the pirates had carried you off.

Bear....
good to see you.... I was thinking about you yesterday and the fact you hadn't posted in awhile...... I hope all is going well with you....

Craig.... I don't remember if Sheila was actually first.... but she was most definitely one of the first....

my story of the "early days"...... I remember a hurricane that hit several posters here in Florida that first summer.... we lost AJ.... but eventually got back pissed-off-patricia and trial-lawyer-rich.....

....Sophia,,,,,,I bet you disaponted here with your interest in Ann Coulter. If I remember right you said Coulter was a major hottie for a while there. lol

trail mixer copying our venerable history:

http://www.herbsociety.org.uk/schools/factsheets/pictures/monk2.gif

Just saw on MSN- this years car show and GM and Chrysler didn't even show.
Sheila-congrats! on your bragging rights. You beat Chuck Todd.

Congrads Miss Sheila..... Good for U! I didn´t participate, but I surely would have been wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy off..... :-)

On another note, I received a B for defence of the dissertation. I was way too nervous and I stumbled on one important question... But, it´s over and now I am looking forward to just doing NOTHING!

Farewell Sen. Stevens. If you miss us, we will be right here, conversing and pontificating through a series of tubes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_go_co/senate_stevens

Bear,

Here is video of what you requested. I'm going to put it up on facebook for you too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqjfQP3Mp2k

Enjoy the chicken Kiev and remember, I could explain it, but Moving pictures are better. ;0)

ah.... Sheila answered the question....

Sheila.... remember the elderly lady from the Las Vegas area (Henderson) that posted as BJ..... you said some little innocuous thing and she got so upset that not only did she leave..... she deleted every posting she ever made on the blog.....

I think she showed up here during the primaries as a Hillary supporter..... I asked her if she was "that BJ".... but she never responded to me.....
I mean how many elderly women living in Henderson Nevada posting as BJ can there be...... ;)

Waxman takes over energy...that should be a signal.

Just saw on MSN- this years car show and GM and Chrysler didn't even show.

Maybe, hopefully, NASCAR bites the dusts.

I wonder how many recipes we lost on those old blogs?

Blue,

How long have you been commenting as a Crawford Lister? You, Sheila, Corey, CBob, Marisa, Julia, 9/11 (off the top of my head) were already on when I arrived on the scene almost three years ago.

Also POP was around. I love her blog, but wish she would drop by here every once in a while.

Jason -- Glad you are finished and can head home for Thanksgiving!!

I don't know. What would we do with 3 million drunk and BORED red-necks? At least NASCAR keeps 'em off the streets for a while.

lol@rosie

Renee,

how could I forget BJ. She said some very insulting things to quite a few people. One of them being Colleen and another being Pop! I just asked her to clean it up and stop being rude and basically respect the others on the blog. She gor really mad. She got very upset and DID erase everything.

I even wrote to her a few times and ask her to come back.

Wow! A LOT of Recipes on that old blog!

Especially dnd's desire for recipes that use Chilis

Now all the names are starting to come back. RR, dnd,

Sheila, that video you posted is next to several stuffed chicken recipes. I'm going to have a lot of fun trying them out.

jamie - I don't recall when I started posting. I lurked for quite awhile before I got up the nerve to post. I remember pOp & sheila welcoming me...it's all a little fuzzy now.

I just remember Craig & KO in Herald Sq for the 2004 GOP convention & Craig saying to look for McCain to say something odd/eerie..and pretty soon, Craig had a book & a blog & voila...

Will there be a 2009 to-do after the markets correct themselves and we're back in the black?

Oh well, I guess Junior would look pretty good in a Hyundai or Susuki. rofl.

...and I do believe the Fritz was already posting pretty early on.

Sheila.... yeah.... I remember her as being kinda "gruff" if you didn't have the same opinions as she did.....

Jamie.... include Nash and Bowman on that list....
I made my first posting 3 years ago this month and they were the first people to respond to me.... I started lurking from day one.... but as my big summer fair was only 6 weeks away..... and I knew I'd never STFU once I got going..... I waited until the heaviest of my weaving season was over before popping in....

I posted originally as simply "Renee"..... but I love PoP's alliterate name so much I changed it to "RebelliousRenee" in honor of her.....

The osso Bucco is in the oven.

Now Bear, POunding chicken breast flat for Kiev.

1. Two large pieces of plastic wrap. A good mallet with good weight. one side large and one side small grids.

Place the butterflied breast in inbetween the plastic. Don't seal it.

Starting with the large grid of the mallet and in the middle, just let the mallet drop, don't pound and work your way to the outside. If you need more weight just do it in firmer slaps of the mallet or you could tear the chicken.

open the plastic at intervals and then close again so you can let it out for the size of the breast.

Use the smaller grid when you see ridges forming in the meat. don't want to tear.

Ok. That method is called "Paillard".

"Besides seating a committed environmentalist as head of the energy committee, the vote also removes one of the auto industry’s best friends from a key leadership post — further evidence of how much power the American car-makers, whose executives have been pleading for federal money, have lost in Congress."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/us/politics/21dingell.html?em

It's almost Brunswick stew season, too.

"Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal to Aid U.S. Automakers "

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a6szHA.vC6Uk&refer=home

Jack

D'ya think SMARTcar racing could ever replace NASCAR? The sound of rolling thunder replaced by the annoying mosiquito like 'eeeeeee'.

I will never forget Fritz coming on. It was like all of our heads turned in unison from his twisted logic. I believe he came on within a month of the blog's opening.

Before him the Right Wing reppresentation was a guy named Mark.......wow! Went off like a bottle rocket at the mention of "Choice"

"The sound of rolling thunder replaced by the annoying mosiquito like 'eeeeeee'"

LOL

Point!

Jack

Rosie....
ROFL!

there 's some little town here in NH that has a summer fair where the locals race riding lawn mowers....

Lawnmowers? Do they only turn left like in NASCAR?

That first month, We all went through a refresher course in the 4th amendment by Marisa and Craig.

It was a great conversation especially with what the Bush Administration was trying to do.

Is that the one where they really soup 'em up so they go like 50/60 mph? Or do they just jump on their John Deeres and go.

Now, I might tune in for Earnhardt racing on a lawnmower. lol

Time to get back to work.

Craig again Thanks.

Thanks for the conversation everyone.

Cheers

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Renee,

We must have arrived very close together. I didn't put down a date but knew it was over 2 1/2 years and you were on deck when I arrived.

For all the folks here that share my disdain for Christopher Hitchens (I think it was Jamie who called him a drunk) well here is a fun fantasy...

Christopher Hitchens waterboarded !!! too bad there was a safety word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPubUCJv58

LOL

Love the roller coaster.
The$ 2000 in ford and GM stock I bought the other day fell $500 yesterday, today it gained it all back and I'm up $250 and the day is half over.

Wheeeeeere will it go

Whoooooopie

Jack

Jack, sell quick !

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Chloe, I was also interested in reading about Michelle's mother moving into the White House with them. I can't remember, did Miss Lillian live in the White House when Jimmy Carter was President? Anyway, I digress...

Having had one of the most wonderful grandmas in the world (whom I miss every single day) I think it's awesome that the girls' grandma will live with them. My Gram lived with us pretty much all the time and she provided a lot of stability that was needed in our home. I was always her "shadow", preferring to spend all my time with her instead of my own parents... :-) Thing is, no matter how much I screwed up, she just kept on loving me... I hope the girls have that same sort of love from their Grandmother, and if she is anything like mine is, they will be well protected!

One after thought

Jamie, Renee, Craig.....Has anyone heard from NASH? Really really miss him.

Tom

And pay taxes on all that profit?

When it doubles I'll pocket my original bet and keep playing on other peoples money.

I planning on a 6 mounth hold for this one.

Jack

EXCELLENT NEWS - AUTO INDUSTRY HACK John Dingell has been dethroned from his chairmanship of the U.S. House Energy Committee. No more stonewalling on more fuel efficient autos and alternative sources of energy !! Way to go DEMS!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112001778.html?hpid=topnews

Here's a Pumpkin Cornbread recipe for Shelia and others to try out for Thanksgiving.

1 cup (8 ounces) pumpkin -- Libby's offers both pure pumpkin
and pumpkin pie mix in cans, and one-half can of either
will do just fine.
1 cup milk
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup flour
1 egg
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3 tbs. melted butter
black or golden raisins (optional)
cinnamon to taste (optional)

Melt butter.

Mix ingredients in order given.

Grease loaf pan or square pan as you prefer.

Bake 40 minutes at 400 degrees.

Jack... let's hope GM is still around in 6 months!

The GM 5 television commercial... This I love!

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

I would love to have a '58 Cadillac ... and I am a passionate lover of Oldsmobile and Buick... Why these cars are as American as...

As...

As... Anheuser Busch !!!

Tom

they will be, I may be partnered Chinese by then.

Jack

Tom

Can't you them driving a chevy pickup flying a Chinese flag with a 12 pack of budwieser.

Jack

And down we go!!!!

Ah Budweiser !!! We consider it such a treat when it's available here. Have gone to a few American style diners in Belgium and The Netherlands and gladly enjoyed BUD with my meal. You folks should still visit classic Diners. They are such a part of our American heritage !

Here's one I've been two 3 times (funny thing I never visited when I was living in Minnesota). It's called Mickey's Diner... a delightfully true greasy spoon... My Mom told me she even used to go there when she was a little girl. :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey's_Diner

WHEN YOU SAY BUDWEISER... YOU'VE SAID IT ALL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxy27PtvF98

I am thinking that I came on board about three years ago this December. There were definitely some early dustups especially with Fritz in one corner and Colorado Bob & 911 Survivor Sort Of doing a tag team number on his outrageous posts.

Also remember one of Craigs hillbilly book tours with fried bologna sandwiches and bluegrass bands.

Well. for 5 guys it's bye, bye Gitmo.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/us/21guantanamo.html?hp

Jamie, if you''ve been around 2 1/2 years, I musta shown up just after you. I know you, Sheila, and pretty much everyone mentioned above were here, including that "ditzy Fritzy" as (was it C'Bob) he was called.

ET,

We have a Bud brewery just up the road in Merrimack, NH. Also plenty of those diners still left around southern NH. We even have one in Nashua, that has the booths made out of old car parts all shined up.

I read about the lawn mower race in NH Magazine..... I would assume they use regular riding mowers such as John Deere or Cub Cadet.....

Sheila.... Nash surfaced here a few months ago after a long absence..... but he stayed only a few days and then disappeared again..... I LOVE joking around with him....

Jack..... I LOVE roller coasters..... but this stock market stuff is toooooo much for me.....

Wow blue!

That recipe looks like the texure would be devine.

Bowman......The famous fried baloney sandwhich. lol

Just before that was "Appletinis and The Tree"

Bowman, that fried balony sammich was in Charleston, WV at the Gold Dome I believe, and was the day before Craig visited my little burg.

And just before that was the "Incident With the Eardrum and the HotTub

hey if any of you guys see NASH again. Please let him know that I miss him. Colleen has been asking after him too.

RR,

I am thinking about putting a lift kit and a spoiler on my Murray mower.

We had a town drunk where I grew up that had lost his drivers license so he drove his lawn tractor to the bar. He was also in charge of making the BBQ sauce for the Annual American Legion Memorial Day Chicken BBQ. Beer was part of his recipe. And the saying went. "One for the sauce & five for Ross"

Nash is probably snowed in in Maine already

Another smart one from the past -
microsurf

Tucker sorbet -

This is good Blue, this is very good.

The Real Great Depression
The depression of 1929 is the wrong model for the current economic crisis

By SCOTT REYNOLDS NELSON

As a historian who works on the 19th century, I have been reading my newspaper with a considerable sense of dread. While many commentators on the recent mortgage and banking crisis have drawn parallels to the Great Depression of 1929, that comparison is not particularly apt. Two years ago, I began research on the Panic of 1873, an event of some interest to my colleagues in American business and labor history but probably unknown to everyone else. But as I turn the crank on the microfilm reader, I have been hearing weird echoes of recent events.

http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=477k3d8mh2wmtpc4b6h07p4hy9z83x18

Wow! Just checked in to see what's happening here, and find Chef Sheila smiling at me! Congratulations to you on your most excellent prognosticating, Sheila!

The other day the I was listening for the rotation of the Firedogs heads when Lieberman didn't lose his. Apparently they've bought an axe -

Sign-up to help re-defeat Joe Lieberman.

The race starts now ... whoever runs against Joe Lieberman.

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/DefeatLieberman

Well ... I've decided to CHER a CHER song per day on the blog...

This is so funny from Letterman... see what Dave does to Cher at the end of the song... LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6tQNch4RwQ

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Bow, lucky you !!! When I travel the states, I really want to visit diners! I am even thinking of a Route 66 road trip someday!

RE; Chef Sheila being the first, to paraphrase Maxwell Scott -

This is the Blog-o-sphere, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

Ted Stevens said he had more years of "service" to give to Alaska, and the country. I hope he's running for that job as mayor of Palookaville.

craig, word for the day. the cabinet picks brought it to mind:

pentimento
wiki:
A pentimento (plural pentimenti) is an alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed his mind as to the composition during the process of painting. The word derives from the Italian pentirsi, meaning to repent.

free dic:
An underlying image in a painting, as an earlier painting, part of a painting, or original draft, that shows through.....

"pentimento" was also the title of a lillian hellman collection of auto-nostalgia that's pretty well worth the read if your interested in that era. that was the first time i came upon the word.... good word.

I used to enjoy Bud and will still drink one on ocassion, but after going to England and Scotland, I have agree that it is making love in a canoe.

If he uses Pentimento then he will have to squeeze in palimpsest as well for pages scraped clean and then written upon again.

Battle of Tarawa remembered on 65th anniversary

TARAWA, Kiribati -- Master Sgt. James M. Fawcett got on his knees and gently mixed his father's ashes with sand on the same Pacific beach where the elder Fawcett fought his way ashore 65 years ago.

Maj. James L. Fawcett died in September at the age of 89. He wanted his ashes taken to the spot where half of his 50-man platoon were killed during the first two hours of the Battle of Tarawa, one of World War II's most brutal battles.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1106ap_battle_anniversary.html

whats the big deal with not giving Detroit 25billion.
congress usually spends that much before brunch
that's like change you find under your sofa cushions
to them. they just spent 350 billion on the financial
bail out and couldn't even tell you where the money went.

Look what I found hiding in the tubes when I went hunting for some old blog entries:

http://www.goodmanspeakersbureau.com/biographies/crawford_craig.htm

Fearless leader bio from about four years ago.

China is expected to reform its oil pricing mechanism within 20 days as part of efforts to reduce consumption and air pollution, state media reported Wednesday.

The China Daily quoted on its website an anonymous source "close to Beijing's top decision-making circles" as saying the new price system would be released within 20 days.

http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/China_to_reform_oil_prices_in_20_days_state_media_999.html

"palimpsest" yes.... good catch jamie.

Eisenhower essentially killed Route 66 - by building the Interstate Highway System

US 66 was officially removed from the United States Highway System on June 27, 1985 after it was decided the route was no longer relevant and had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System.

Get Your kicks on Route 66 - Asleep At The Wheel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtDn5ChHI28

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And winning WW III aside, I still haven't forgiven him.

In case you should ever want to make the drive, a turn by turn ma