Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Hey all, join me here tomorrow for live blogging the inauguration.

A man of the people and for the people.

Off for the day of service
http://www.usaservice.org/page/content/eventsearch

not too late even for those of you on the east coast

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190801

I don't think self service counts

Taking tomorrow off to watch. Hawaiian pizza watch party! I'm looking forward to the speech. Did I hear correctly, that he wrote this one himself?

I wonder when they will have the stats on how many million(s) attend...and the all-important porta-potty outcome?

Colorado Bob,

Appreciate he heads up on the "worm"

White Phosphorous and Dense Inert Metal Explosives: Is Israel Using Banned and Experimental Munitions in Gaza?
Whitephosphorusweb

Israel is coming under increasing criticism for its possible use of banned and experimental munitions. Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of illegally firing white phosphorous, which causes horrific burns if it comes in contact with the skin, over crowded refugee camps in Gaza. Medics and human rights groups are also reporting that they are seeing injuries distinctive of another controversial weapon, Dense Inert Metal Explosive, known as DIME, that was designed by the US Air Force in 2006. Those struck by the weapon who survive suffer severe mutilations and internal injuries. We go to the Gaza border to speak with Marc Garlasco of Human Rights Watch and to Norway to speak with Dr. Mads Gilbert, who just returned from the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. He says Gaza is “truly a scene from Dante’s Inferno.” [includes rush transcri

AMY GOODMAN: As you look at what’s happening in Gaza from your vantage point, well, many miles away in Britain, can you talk about the kind of trajectory your evaluation has taken, where you started in your thoughts about Israel and where you are now?

AVI SHLAIM: As you mentioned, I did national service in the Israeli army in the mid-1960s. And in those days, Israel was a small state surrounded by enemies, and the nation was united in face of the surrounding Arab states. We all felt total commitment to the state of Israel and to the defense of the state of Israel. The Israeli army is called the Israel Defense Forces, and it was true to its name.

But 1967, the war of June 1967, was a major turning point in the history of Israel and the history of the region. In the course of the war, Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria, the West Bank from Jordan and Sinai from Egypt. After the war, Israel started building civilian territories in the occupied territories in violation of international law. So Israel became a colonial power and an imperial power.

And I, for my part, have never questioned the legitimacy of the Zionist movement. I saw it as the national liberation movement of the Jewish people. Nor did I ever question the legitimacy of the state of Israel within its pre-1967 borders. What I reject, what I reject totally, absolutely and uncompromisingly, is the Zionist colonial project beyond the 1967 borders. So we have to distinguish very clearly between Israel proper, within its pre-1967 borders, and Greater Israel, which began to emerge in the aftermath of the June ‘67 war and has completely derailed the Zionist project.

From Democracy now---the war a peace report

link to the post above

http://www.democracynow.org/

Animal -
Wash those Windows.

"Moscow has little to gain if the U.S. and NATO fail...But Russia is also eager to boost its arms sales, raise its global profile and boost its prestige."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090119/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan;_ylt=AineVfcukeqf5kbGQCuwiubQOrgF

Solar

You might mention that the 1967 war was because all of the countries surrounding Israel attacked them, not the other way around. Since 1967 Israel has given back more than 90% of all the land won in that war except for those areas deemed necessary to act as protective barriers and has been negotiating ever since for the return of those areas despite constant attacks from its neighbors.

Here's a link to go with those claims

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mf7.html

I saw Ashford & Simpson last night singing "Solid As Barack".

1915 Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude

Yep, and the rest is history...

And to think, neon was once a "waste gas" leftover from his oxygen production business. Just goes to show how waste can be turned into gold, with a little ingenuity.

corey - I always get them confused with
Peaches & Herb.

Only 23 more hours of Bush World.

Ashford & Simpson wrote songs at Motown back in the day. Peaches & Herb shook their groove thang and were reunited.

Thanks, Corey. I will try to file that in my brain bank near how to remember the difference between a stalagmite & a stalagtite.

Corey and all other music lovers. Take a look at this link. You might want to submit your seven album choices

http://www.rousefamily.com/AlbumProject.htm

One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch, ET. LOL!

hey yeah...... that's the ticket..... let's have a contest....
let all of us list what we do as volunteers in our communities and give out booby prizes.....

Craig.... I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.... I've chosen to watch the inauguration with my 78 yr old friend.... she's been an Obama supporter from the beginning..... and since I hope he proves to be a very effective president and easily wins a second term, she might be seeing her last president.....

besides..... I want to be with someone positive for the event..... I'm getting sick and tired of all the bickering going on here....

Booby prizes? Count me in!

Well Dobbs will shut up for a while. Bush gives Ramos and Campion clemency

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090119/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_pardons

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190832

Whose boobies are they giving away?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190824

Blue, Getting the spelling right helps

Stala C tite - ceiling
Stala G mite - ground

The FOX sports cameras scanned the crowd at the Cardinals game last night. One sign read: Si Se Puede!

Although I won't be taking the day off tomorrow. I will be tuning in to witness the swearing in. Plus I want to see my Alma Mater in the march.

While I don't share the fawning reverence for any politican that alot of you do. I am incredibly proud of our process and celebrate the peaceful transfer of power.

Despite our disagreements, inadequacies and intolerances tomorrow we prove..... once again.... that we are without question the GREATEST NATION ON THIS PLANET.......

jax

We are one of the few nations on earth that celebrates a peaceful transfer of power. One person leads the way on to the stage to the tune of Hail To The Chief played for them for the last time and another person is sworn in and for the first time hears Hail To The Chief performed for them and following their speech, they lead the way off the stage.

A simple but beautiful way to show something we take for granted and so few other people know.

The Best Part Of My Year So Far: The PITTSBURGH STEELERS Are Going To The SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!

"Booby prizes? Count me in!"

corey, red-footed, blue-footed or masked?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190833

Best news I've read so far today! Thanks for posting that, Jamie!

a video seen on Steve Clemons blog The Washington Note

Ten OTHER Things Martin Luther King Said

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

Jack

Day of Service: Does snow blowing my neighbors driveway count? If not, I guess I'm not servin.

Oh heck, I think I'll go give away an old computer.

According to The Pittsburgh Post Gazette Today: A luncheon was hosted by EMILY'S LIST, to celebrate Democratic Women in Politics. The mostly female audience of 2,000 stomped and cheered loudly for HRC, Pelosi,Solis and Napolitano. EMILY'S LIST, founded in 1985, is one of the largest political action committees in the country. Now, my question is this, if this is a group, who is supposed to help advance women into politics, why then did EMILY'S LIST, support Obama?

Oprah's guests today--- VPElect Biden & his wife---apparently Biden may have been given a choice of 2 jobs--either Secretary of State or VP--according to Jill Biden's comments to Oprah while her husband tried to shush her as she spoke.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090119/ap_on_go_pr_wh/biden_oprah

Hey Lampe, don't ask any questions today, in fact, no critical thinking whatsoever, it's Martin Luther King Day.

It is being reported that Obama's inauguration speech's theme will be for an 'era of responsibility" & will be about 15-20 minutes long.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/President44/story?id=6679480&page=1

It was a Question. Period. I think this is still a free country, and as such I can ask or make a comment on anything.

Lampe,
Emily's list supported Obama because they thought he was the best person for the job.

oldseahag,
Today is not a day to be listening to Rush Limbaugh.

Lampe- I was using sarcasm, of course you can question. Sorry Frank, don't listen to him.

That doesn't sound like a group, that is interested in making an Equal Playing field for women in Politics. When the support a man!

Apparently, Biden was given the choice of being VP or SOS. His wife accidentally announced that on Oprah. Joe's reaction to was his wife said was, "Shhh!!!"

Make that, What his wife said.

Bowmanc

It's a new york thing
your being a neighbor comment just went over the head.

There are places in NYC where they understand helping the neighbor out.

I enjoyed a conversation with my nephew. He is a small town Missouri boy who moved to NYC to break into the Chef trade. He had just moved out of a neigborhood populated with white professionals and move into a building that was in an ethnic area dominated by Dominicans and Puerto Ricans. He is loving it he now feels like he has real neighbors even though he can't speak the common language. It is the atmosphere.

Jack

They were bought off Lampe
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190848

Go Steelers

How's it going, Jack?

Corey

I'm doing well,

I spent a couple of days in the hospital last week, worried about chest pains but they say it wasn't the heart as I passed all the tests. So next week I go to my regular doctor to check out other problems. They haven't come back so I'm not too worried.

Jack

"Now, my question is this, if this is a group, who is supposed to help advance women into politics, why then did EMILY'S LIST, support Obama?"

Lampe -- Emily's List supported Hillary until after the primary. Then they supported the pro-choice candidate. I did hear a lot of anger from various EL people about the sexist terminology used in describing Sarah Palin. But like myself, they could be angry about sexist attitudes whether they supported her politics or not.

That's good to hear. You never know about that stuff. My brother-in-law had to take his Dad to the hospital last week for heart-related issues. Electrical issues, I guess. His doctor finally told him, "You are 80 years-old. You aren't going to be feeling great every day. It comes with the territory."

Damn, Jack. Get that checked out.

Jack- first off, didn't know you were at the hospitsl and I'm glad the heart tests came back fine. Anxiety maybe?

As for the seventies- it's scary, also reminds me of the period of time after 9/11 when Bush was not to be questioned without being unpatriotic.

Lampe,

After reading your post re: Emily's list, while I have no answer to the question you raised---I found this Salon article about Hillary at the event.

"Hillary is back
At the Emily's List gala, Hillary Clinton is her old feminist self once again---only better" by Rebecca Traister

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/19/emily_list/

This statement (for me) stood out:

"After all of the sniping & anger & hurt that was unleashed during Clinton's campaign against Barack Obama, it felt somehow right to see a ballroom full of people stand up to honor her.

And Clinton knew it. Unlike candidates who crumble after bitter losses, Clinton's sense of herself and her politics and her priorities seems only to have grown stronger since her June concession. She nimbly shifted gears & became an Obama warrior, even when many of her supporters threatened not to follow her down the path.

Now, as evidenced by her great testimony during her confirmation hearings last week, she is entering yet another phase of her political life--rediscovering an older iteration of herself, one we haven't seen in full bloom since the late '90s: the Hillary Rodham Clinton dedicated to fighting for women around the world.

Coreen

Good post. Clinton has obviously moved on. But like any good politician she is still working her power base. I'v noticed she is carefully using her email list.

It will be interesting to see who uses it over the years.

Jack

Back to important things--Scrabble and the weatherf!

Jamie and Sturg, I haven't had a real game of Scrabble in almost 40-years, while my Mom and Uncle Mike were still alive. It was before all the scrabble dictionaries and such came into being. Our rule on allowable words was that we had to be able to define it _and_ that it could be found in the twenty-pound Webster's International that was on a wheeled cart in the living room. Tremendous vocabulary builder.

Uncle Mike lived in the Commodore Hotel in Cleveland. He wouldn't leave his rooms in the morning until after he did the Times crossword puzzle. I don't think he did them in ink, but I don't believe he ever had an eraser wear out before the rest of a pencil. It's guys like him who gave Will Shortz his chance in life.

I have played Scrabble with the grandkids, but as soon as they start being good, their, how should I say it, interests change. Oh well, perhaps I've planted seeds that will be dormant until some spark brings them to life.

Jamie, have you looked at the online version, Lexulous?

And the weather. Renee, don't let Bush the Elder hear about that octogenarian ski club; he would probably be there, artificial hip and all.

Ping, we always have packets of dehydrated milk in the cupboard. But, what you said made me think of Mickey, our milkman in Cleveland. Thanksgiving week 1950 we had a 27-inch snow. The next morning he drove his milk truck, full of milk, along the plowed road closest to our neighborhood. All his regulars trudged down and picked-up their normal allotment.

A few years ago we had a heavy (for here) snow. I went up the street to shovel the driveway of the fellow up the street who lost his legs to a VC landmine. Another neighbor saw what I was doing and came out to help, and then another...
That same storm, I went out first thing in the morning and saw that our driveway had been shoveled. I figured it was probably the Army captain who lived next door to us; it wasn't. My son-in-law drove over before he went to work and did it for us. All these deeds were done without arm-waving or expectations of acknowledgment. Which is what makes mitzvahs meaningful.

So, I hope for a snow that will brighten all our days. And...

Corey

if he needs a pace maker he should get it, after my mother got hers it definitely improved the quality of her life. Before it was installed the medical folks were talking about where she should go to die. It has been 10 months and she is doing well.

Jack

Patsi

I'm talking to the doc tomorrow, while it wasn't the heart, I don't want a gall bladder attack either. I've heard they can be as painful as a kidney stone. Been there , done that and I don't need the new and improved version.

Jack

Jack,

Sorry to hear you were under the weather so to speak---but glad to know that the problem was not a major health event. Take care of yourself.

And yes, Hillary has moved on & whatever endeavor she may pursue, I will remain a supporter.

Patsi,

Thanks for clarifying the Emily List query with regard to their support of Hillary. Your counsel is always clear & to the point.

OSH

Whining and complaining is an American right.

I was amused today that the ones making the comment on whine are some of the worst offenders.

But one thing that makes this country great is the ability to stand up and express your dissent.

It is kinda what this day should be about., basic civil rights, for everyone.

Jack

The point isn't if she moved on. The point is this was a group started to make the playing fields even. What they did was take a women, who has proven herself, then threw her under The Obama Bus. Now, that may sound fair to some, but to me that STINKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack, thanks for checking in here, and an even bigger thanks for checking into the hospital!!

Jack....
sorry to hear about your problems.... I kept experiencing what I thought was heart trouble about a year and a half ago...... after a hospital visit and a battery of tests it turned out to be I was lactose intolerant.... I just use those chewable lactaid tablets now and I'm usually fine...... I hope it's something minor for you as well.....

as for the whine and offenders..... when I saw that post from across the pond, my first thought was.... "goody, the blog will be treated to another temper tantrum that makes the average 12 yr old proud.... again"....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190875

Agreed Jack and it goes both ways...that's also what makes a debate a debate. Meanwhile, I am off again. Too sick to argue and too tired to care.

Happy new era day to whoever feels we are entering a new era -- hopefully a positive one.

I'm outta here...

Salut !

Lampe, I was surprised by the rapidity of their switched allegiance. I've supported the group for years, but...

I think the point I'm trying to make is this: If you are a group, whose main purpose is to help certain people, then, that is what you should do. If. you don't, then you don't have an Event, celebrating Democratic women who have advanced, when you didn't help the one you should have been helping.

I think that would be the same as The NAACP, not backing Obama, when that is the reason the Group was founded to help advance people of color.

whoa...... right on cue..... LOL!

Flatus.... if my father-in-law wasn't so afraid of heights.... I'm sure he'd have jumped out of a plane at 80 also....

Lampe.... I agree...... GO STEELERS!
I really miss "The Bus".... beep, beep....

I suppose I must be different and root for the Cardinals.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190885

Renee, I don't know what you have against me but I don't think I had a temper tantrum. There is a belief that I subscribe to and that is, if you are in the way, it's time to get out of the way. I came back to see if anything has changed and it hasn't. It seems to work for some and not for others. I am one of the others that it doesn't work. It has nothing to do with having a temper tantrum, so I guess I don't follow the point. Anyway... I've never belittled you or your comments and I won't now.

Perhaps agreeing with the whining comment was too strong, but there was a post in the last blog that seemed to fit that description. I should no better than to interject myself in the middle of such debates. Someday I will learn.

Off to bed now, and peace to all.

Lampe,

I may be missing something, but as Patsi explained Emily's List supported Hillary from the beginning of her candidacy & throughout the primary & then only after Hillary conceded & urged her supporters to join her in supporting Obama did they move their support to him.

If you believe they should not have supported any Presidential candidate once no woman was a candidate, ok, but I do not see their support of Obama
after Hillary was no longer running as a betrayal of their goals.

Jack- hear, hear, well put!!
Lampe-Fine point! -http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190883

"Israel Hopes to Complete Gaza Troop Pull-Out by Tuesday"

That would be the second time Israel has invaded then withdrawn with nothing to show for it. As the stated objective was to stop the rocket fire and they never did I imagin that one will join the lebanon invasion as another one in the loss column.

Looks like they need a new stratgey.

They might take a lesson from our election, isolate the religious nuts and let the adults run things.

Jack

Yeah, put the smiley at the end of it- that makes it just a joke right?

Interesting article, but all the Okies I know voted for Obama in the first place.

Jack

Just got back from a doctors check up at the V A,,,and saw your comment about your problems,,,I also hope that they are minor-----first thing I think that you did not do enough---is to work around concrete,,,this would have hardened your heart,,"-)

The second---thing is not too late and will help out along with exercise,,,,,,get a juicer ,and start juicing,,,,this will help recover and put thing back to normal within your system

This whole Israel/Palestine argument is basically useless. There are a LOT of progressives who are on one or the other side of it. You can't brand people just because they see the Palestinian side of things. Same goes for the Israeli side.

There's a reason this goes on and on and on. It's called religious-tinged stupidity on both sides.

"There's a reason this goes on and on and on. It's called religious-tinged stupidity on both sides."

Patsi... I agree 100%.....

Corey.... I actually wouldn't mind if the Cardinals win the SB.... there was a couple that lived down the street from me from Pittsburgh.... they retired here because they had this dream to live in an old New England house.... they bought one of the oldest ones in this town and lovingly restored it..... Jane was a weaver and when she heard from our librarian that I wove too, she called me up and invited me over for lunch.... that was over 20 yrs ago....
Jane died the day the levees broke in NO.... she wasn't around to see the Steelers win the SB in 2006.... Bob died last year.... I will be rooting for their beloved team (they told me it's actually pronounced "stellers").... and if they win... I know they'll both be smiling somewhere in heaven.....

There's nothing wrong with being at the kids table, Jack. Well, except for the lack of proper leg room. I think the hoopla about Mrs. Biden's comment is that it was said on Oprah. Joe played it off as a joke. People thought it was funny.

I've been a big fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers since the year of the Immaculate Reception by Franco Harris, and could never root against them in the Super Bowl.

They came along in the early 70s just as my even-more-beloved KC Chiefs started a long decline. And the Steelers then and ever since have been the same style of team as the old Chiefs -- absolutely smothering defense. Old school football.

Solar

After I got off the tread mill for the stress test, I realised just how out of shape I was. While framing I never worried but now all I do is little piddly stuff I haven't picked up 10 studs and carried them up 2 flights of stairs for over 2 years.
So I guess I need to listen to the wife and find a place to work out.

Jack

Posted by: Lampe | January 19, 2009 3:03 PM

Emily's List supports pro choice women...almost entirely Democrats
Supported Clinton in the primary

Glad to hear your heart is OK Jack. Now you can work your way down the pecking order or organs.

Hate for anything to happen to you because you are such fun to read. You just crack me up and sometimes with just one word.

Jack...your last comment about hauling studs up flights of stairs made me laugh at a funny memory. A couple decades ago, a bunch of me and my college-boy friends devised an elaborate pulley system to haul bundles of shingles up onto the top of a house we were reroofing in Independence. This burly guy across the street wandered out onto his front lawn to investigate, and when he realized what we were doing, he just shook his head in disgust.

"Why don't you just toss a couple at a time over your shoulder and carry them up the ladder, like real men do," he said. "Damn pencil pushers."

I'm now thinking that guy might have been you.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190902

Patsi

Thanks,,and after being chastised (deservedly so ) by Sturg , for being part of a circular argument )-and giving it a long hard think today,,,that is exactly what I have decided to do ---no more arguments----will show info Historical,,from news sources (short ones) but it is tinged with religion,,,,and after thinking about it today I also found out that I am also against what I think what is happening against the Palestinians is settler colonialism ,,,but that is something all together diff,,,

Ah Lard -- Franco Harris....one of the coolest men on the planet. Gives me a little thrill up the leg....:)

http://www.thefootballcardblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/1981-topps-franco-harris.jpg

"There's a reason this goes on and on and on. It's called religious-tinged stupidity on both sides."

I disagree 100% (not that you care). Once again, It's not about religion at all, it's about the same stuff it has always been: land, money, resources, and power. The "religion" argument makes it easy to dismiss certain perspectives, as it's easy to claim that all matters are unsolvable due to insurmountable religious differences, which is erroneous imo, and the same rationale is used to excuse bad behavior as being due to "religious convictions".

(There you go, Chloe... that's what I meant)

Lamp

Gonna go with the Steelers also cos -- I have always liked them,, Terry Bradshaw,, has kept me entertained all of these years...hard to go against him,,,,he should be fun to watch this super bowel.

Champ

Read my 6:01 last cpl of sentences --- I think that your are right

about land etc etc, but it is tinged with religion,,maybe not to extent that I think it is----but there is too much history for it not to be,,,,,,how are things ?

" It's not about religion at all, it's about the same stuff it has always been: land, money, resources, and power. "

Agree to part of what you said, but I still say that underneath it all is religion. They'd have figured this out years ago if not for the Axis of Evil in the Mid East: Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

And I bow out of the discussion, because I think it'll be going on a thousand years from now.

Nah. Human civilization as we know it has about 100 years left.

"I haven't picked up 10 studs and carried them up 2 flights of stairs for over 2 years.
So I guess I need to listen to the wife and find a place to work out"

Thats what I thought you said---impressed I am!.

Jack- There is a home procedure out there for removing building up gallstones, drinking huge amounts of grapefruit juice for a week, then drink something like 1/2 cup olive oil on the last day etc. and you wouldn't believe the stones that appear. My friends have all done it here, am truly amazed. Personally just haven't had the time to commit to it. They all lose weight and have increased energy for quite a time. Would be happy to get instructions if you or anyone else is interested.

"A Family Debates About, Then Embraces, Obama "

Big yawn.

Just don't drink the grapefruit juice if you take any Statin(cholesterol lowering) drugs.

Back when I was young, I'd just climb the ladder all by myself--screw the other nine studs.

Son bought Y membership for Christmas. Went to water aerobics for the first time today for an hour. Felt fine until I got out of the pool ..... ow,,, ow.... ohh .... ow... eek oh ... ow

Back again on Wednesday and Friday. Repeat until all the ows eeks and oohs go away.

"Based on the executive order issued by President George w. Bush on the 01.16.09., a legal action is being filed in the Federal Court in the Central District of California. The executive order provides for Reciprocity and Reinvestigation of Individuals in positions of public trust. Section 2 (e), provides for investigation of required level of character and conduct. On behalf of Ambassador Dr. Alan Keyes, Wiley S. Drake and Markham Robinson attorney Orly Taitz has filed a legal action for a writ of Mandamus, declaratory Relief and Injunctive Relief on the issue of legitimacy for presidency of Barack Hussein Obama, aka Barry Obama aka Barry Soetoro and directing Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Director of FBI Robert Mueller, and director of Personnel Michael Hager to provide all necessary documentation in regards to Mr. Obama's (Soetoro's) legitimacy for presidency and US citizenship."

http://drorly.blogspot.com/2009/01/for-immediate-release.html

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190932

FUNNY

this was FUNNY

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/above-us-and-among-us-a-presid.html#comment-190931

What a thoughtful gift Jamie, good son!

Solar- saw your note the other day - thanks

"...rickshaw..."
Please, Lord, let it have been a native born Caucasian hauler.

I have lived in Pa all my life. MY grandfather helped to run moonshine with Art Rooney. My family has always been season ticket holders. I can think of no better enjoyment to sit in HEINZ FIELD, on a snowy day and watch my beloved STEELERS PLAY.

Flatus,
as for the rickshaw" it's the latest in DC--they are bicycle powered and the nationality/race/gender is eclectic. all you need is two legs to pump.

Too bad McNabb chokes in big games, PA superbowl would have been cool. Doubt the NFL would have liked it, though.

Lampe- My grandfather was up in the hills making it. That is one of the ways he fed his family of 7 during the depression, that and hunting.

OSH

Looks like you've done a lot of work,,,,,hope you get all the results that you're looking for,,,do any dancing over the weekend??,,,and I agree with your earlier comment about asking questions and critical thinking,,,I think Ha

AC, thanks for the amplification. A memory from many years ago tells me that Chinese rickshaw pullers seldom reached their middle 20s. Maybe that was part of the reason that I joined a movement to stop horse drawn hacks from being introduced into Pinellas County in Florida.

Nooners got a ride in a rickshaw...what no magic dolphins available? :))))

No don't go doing that Solar! Thanks though, and no I was lazy sunday night, hard night for me to leave the house!

I would like to tell you all a few stories about my grandfather: He was a man, who loved to sample the product that he was selling. On evening he came home drunk as a skunk. As he was climbing the stairs to the second floor, he left out this yell.", I can't move, I can't move, my legs and my feet are numb." Needless to say my mother, and my aunts and uncles went running. Once there they found out that he was standing on his pant leg. He also loved to bake bread. I was probably no more then 2 years old at the time. He had his loaves of dough in pans on the floor in front of the fireplace waiting for them to rise. My uncles were chasing me around the house. I slipped and fell into the bread pans, my grandfather knew what happened, but his remarks were " I knew that damn Yeast was no Good."

New action filed based on Bush's Executive Order

"31. No evidence of any legal name change from ‘Barry Soetoro’ to ‘Barack Obama’ can be located through ordinary public records searches, and so adequate records must be produced and examined to determine whether or not Obama has violated the 18 USC 1001 by providing a false name or an alias in his bid for President of the United States.

35e. The law in Hawaii in 1961, and for all births prior to 1972, (see Chapter 338-178, Hawaii Statutes) provided that a birth could be recorded in Hawaii even if the birth did not occur in Hawaii; and

35f. Therefore, a long form (“vault”) birth certificate, showing the hospital where the birth took place, the name of a delivering physician, the witnesses attesting to the certificate, and other pertinent verifying information, and not an abstract certificate is required to demonstrate the birth of Obama in Hawaii."

http://drorly.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-action-filed-by-orly-taitz-esq.html

Lampe, your grandfather sounds like he was quite a fun guy.

YEAH! When he was drinking he was a real riot.

Nice stories, Lampe. I think your grandfather and I would have gotten along famously. This afternoon, after I finished all the chores Stinky gave me, I lay down in front of the fireplace and proceeded with my nap. I tried to get her to lie down with me, but she demurred. :(

Lampe- My grandfather was crazy, once he jumped out of a tree and rode a buck down. He was out dancing all night the night before he died at 81. He use to do the old style clog dancing too. Guess they broke a lot of molds in PA!

Lampe - What a great story re your grandfather! I'd love to hear more - what was his name?

I'm beginning to be sorry to see those who went thru the Depression and really remember it dying out. Lampe's and Sea's grandfathers were remarkable men who didn't run or make excuses - like the pilot of the plane that landed on the Hudson, they knew what they had to do and they got it done. It is so wonderful to see someone take the responsibility and do it right.

So keep on with the stories, you guys. I have no stories re my grandfathers and my dad is gone too, with few stories, altho he did say once that he was glad he went thru the Depression so we wouldn't have to. (sigh - his ashes are fluttering in the urn now)

Another example of that was Flatus's story re how he ended back in the military when he found out he needed insurance for one of the kids. Flatus, that was so reassuring to hear about a parent who immediately made the right, but un-wanted, decision for a dependent. It's still happening today, but all we seem to hear is grotesque examples of selfish and immature behaviour on the part of stars, movies and politics.

So, thanks to Lampe, Sea, and Flatus - let's hear more.

I don't think there's been much whining at all later - except the groans I imagine I hear when you see it's another long post from me.

AND, Lampe, since I have bad memories of the Cardinals when they were in St Louis, I had already decided to root for the Steelers. (I did note tho, that the old coot Bill Bidwell has given way to his son. No wonder they're a good team now.) Go Steelers!

By the way, Craig, I think that story re Nixon and his conversations with old presidents is what made up my mind re Woodward and Berstein. They also used quotation marks around totally fictitious comments. I have never liked them or respected them - I don't care what they did about Watergate and think they were just after a story and were not moral about it at all. At least that's how I feel about them.

I seem to remember Ted Kennedy has something to say about their ethics in that book.

Okay, I'll shut up. Gonna go eat some stew.!

My Grandparents names were George and Evelyn; They were married for 58 years, they had 3 daughters and 3 sons. And, my grandfather was the only one bringing in any money until my uncles got old enough to work. My Grandfather said , " We managed because we had to, you lived within your means." I remember stories about how my mother had to wear shoes with holes in the soles, because there wasn't money for new ones. She said, " Grandma, would put cardboard in the bottom, so they could be worn longer. They said , that times were very hard, but you did what you had to. If you didn't have money for things back then, you just did without. I remember being told about mustard , or mashed potato sandwiches. Now, I sit and wonder how they ever managed. I guess I am one of the lucky ones. I have my own business. I don't have to depend on anyone to feed me or mines.

Brain - expect these to be reveresed as Clinton did following Regan..... As it is a return of a Clinton White House

I guess that depends, on if you believe in Abortions or not:

Brain and all..

Do you think Barack is going to slam these changes right away? What will this say about him?

Soon the staging ends and the real Barack will have to vote - what does he have planned?

Interesting times.....

If "Obama" cares about anybody, he'll suspend or work to suspend that Consumer Protection Act of 2008 that Renee brought to my attention.

I wonder how many won't be watching?

A friend of mine is in D.C. right now. She's doing a road trip wit "Shoot The Messenger" She blogged about her experience.

http://gizmonics.blogspot.com/

Late this afternoon Stinky and I watched yesterday's concert at the Lincoln Memorial that we had time shifted.

Lots of the performers we had never heard of--no surprise there because we virtually never hear popular music. But, we were impressed at how well rehearsed everyone was and how seamless the production was.

I thought Tiger Woods remarks were especially moving. I've known so many families just like his. He has never forgotten his roots and what living in a military community did to shape him.

How to win an election:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YOh-rpvjYg&feature=related

An estimated 20 billion people will play hop-scotch tomorrow.

...simultaneously!

*slaps forehead*

"5 Billion people worldwide are expected to watch Obama take the oath tomorrow, outstanding! America is back!"

How about a source?

*SLAPS FOREHEAD*

" heard it on MSNBC earlier, geez you bitterati get upset over the most meaningless things, very weird. You do know stress can lead to cancer don't you? CHILL OUT!"

Verify it!! haha

Yes, and all kind of miracles will happen tomorrow! Men, will get off their Backsides and support their children. Less AA males will go to Jail. And more father's will take care of their kids.

By paying support, is the part I forgot to put down.

I suspect 5 billion may be a typo. There are a lotta people out there without access to a TV or the inclination to watch. After all who is going to herd the goats.

Jack

The Onion, January 21, 2001

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784?Revisit

Why? I want so much to listen to you get all happy and giddy like a little school girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cos ---U enjoy the mistakes of others --so much

Jack

Maybe a lot of kids 12 and under will make up for them---they like watching inaugurations no? he had to correct Champ,,,that made an obvious exaggeration ,,with an exact world population # and than comes up with his own exaggeration,,just like we all do from time to time,,,,he doesn't like it when he gets called for it,,,,what did he say once---what is good for the Goose is good for the Chia pets.

An interesting graphic on TV per capta ownership.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/med_tel_percap-media-televisions-per-capita

#1 Burmuda

The US is number 3, I would have thought we would be number one. The wife has three all for herself so she can watch TV in whatever room she is in. When she is out of town the TV is rarely on. The computer on the other hand...............

Jack

Rez

Another reason not to watch MSNBC.

We will watch it twice, I will watch in real time, the wife will be at the dentist so she set it to record. Then I get to watch it again.
So I get to make up for at least one goat herder who has to work.

Jack

It snowed up on the maountaintop this morning and was pretty cold and crowded in D.C. We got decent tickets but had trouble getting off the train because of the crowds and had to stand outside for an hour waiting to get into the congresional building we needed. I ran into Donna Brazile but held my tongue this time.

I need to go to bed since we are getting up at 3:30 to drive to the bus that will take us to the train. We will get off the train a few stops before we would normally and walk. It will be cold! I am glad I am here.

There are people selling t-shirts, etc. on every corner and lining some streets. I was amazed at ther amount of camera flashes at the Lincoln Memorial tonight. I will write more when I get thechance.

"But how about all those 20B Hopscotch players!"

Rez

Hey when your competing with the inauguration you have to hype things a little. Face it tomorrow is going to be one of those days where the first liar is at a disadvantage.
Lets hope that Obama is not like the superbowl where the game rarely lives up to the hype.

Jack

Bush’s Executive Order

"A couple days ago Bush signed a executive order ...

... some Representatives who say this is what they need to go after Obama.

Orly is using this executive order to file a new suit in federal court.

There are crimes in that executive order Obama has committed. The drug use, going behind Bush’s back in Iraq, campaigning for his cousin in Kenya while in the senate. Both felonies.

People are thinking this is Bush’s going away present. Lets hope so…"

http://rovingpatrol.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/bushs-executive-order/

In 12 hours power will change hands in this country. This problem has been the central organizing point of government in history. If you don't. doubt it, consider "Little Boots" , power changed hands when he was murderer by his own protectors.

Down through our history this was the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Who would run things next ?

That this man we have picked , will replace someone picked by a hand full of people, well it takes the last of breath away.

The Jews and the Arabs have declared a cease fire this week. Let us have one here, in our own little elbow of the the net. Just for the next 24 hours, while we watch this wonderful act of the human mind. A device to hand over power, where people don't die.

God, I love this country.

Cbob

It was a lot of small changes and abuses to the Roman republic's constitution that lead from the Republic to Caligula. There were many warnings but always the current crises came first. As we have seen our own constitution subverted will we pull back or will we continue down the same slope?

Jack

Do we try to find out how pervasive torture was, with our own version of a truth a reconciliation?

Or do we just cover for them and hide from the truth?

Jack

Today is not the beginning of a "Post Racial America", it's the end of the Civil War. It's the end of a 144 years of waiting to cash a check that was written in 1862. Today we cash that check. Let us all hope a 144 years of interest are in that bank.

WiskyJ

He was as far back as I could think. Murder is how power changed hands, be one or thousands. Today we will do it with bands and flags.

When I was a little boy, I drank out of a "Whites Only " fountain. I remember seeing the "Colored " one next to it. I remember thinking that there was something certainly wrong , if they had to use another piece of plumbing. That I would "catch" something from "them". My parents never spoke a word about race. It never came up at our house. But that fountain taught me my first lesson in fear 53 years ago.

The ghost of Emmit Till is about.

Remember this dear readers, Emmit Till was foremost in Rosa's mind on that bus. She had seen his body in that open casket, in the black press.
It was the last straw, for her, and everyone else that lived in that world I could never know.

Emmit's mother chose to have an open casket, white America never saw it. But in that strange parallel universe we had built, everybody in black America had seen him. Beaten to death for looking at a white woman. I have since wondered just how many were beaten to death for the same excuse, to never change the world. But Emmit's death did change the world. It changed me, when Bob Dylan sang of him much later, and my young honky ass first heard the story.

Let the day begin, let the ghosts rest. Let us lay some our baggage down, even if it's just some small bundle.

The Call - The Walls Came Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kX8lqXAONg

Let The Day Begin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QJegyu_p2o

" Here's to the teachers in the crowed rooms."

LET THE DAY START

Get Down On Your Knees And Pray - Dale McCoury Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otV_k-K5oN8

My Walkin Shoes - The Del McCoury Band with Vince Gill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BukfY4-io_E

Pearl Jam - Alive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCgFYz7VX74

Cream - I'm So Glad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiMCqTQ4jjc

I'm so glad, I'm so glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad
I'm so glad, I'm so glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do
I'm tired of weeping, I'm tired of moaning, I'm tired of crying for you

I'm so glad, I'm so glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad
I'm so glad, I'm so glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

I'm tired of weeping, I'm tired of moaning, I'm tired of groaning for you
I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do

I'm so glad, I'm so glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad
I'm so glad, I'm so glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

Van Halen-Dance The Night Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGmy6LJ2wZk

Molly Hatchet - Gator Country

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSa8IWWXX5k

RL Burnside - Walkin' Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYqoR8u9aIg

R.L.Burnside - it's bad you know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzC_rGX-XyM

George Baker- Little Green Bag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b1wt3-zpzQ

Harry Nilsson - Coconut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbgv8PkO9eo

Harry Nilsson - Spaceman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j8LDZreZ7M