Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/cheney-aide-confirms-killer-sq.html#comment-215630

woo?

Be a Ron Paul Republican.

Woo!

Bastard!

What are the Czech and German words for ditto?

Lunch (sorry Solar)

Pogo,
Verizon shareholder revolt.....it's good to see real capitalism still exists....that's the way it's supposed to happen....there were quite a few of these back in the 70's and 80's. I wonder if it's just a recession phenomena.....

Hey, now your lordship, I don't get this honor all that often.

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KGC
And your point?
I'm begining to wonder if you even understand how the world works on this one.

Jack

Verizon shareholder revolt.....
If there's one legislature that should be changed, it's the Delaware legislature. These are the folks that write much of the corporate governance rules. These are the folks that made shareholders mere neutered passengers on the corporate express.

"What are the Czech and German words for ditto?"

pogo, would you believe "dito"... those deuchers are so much more efficient than we are. why waste an extr "t" when one will do.

Ivy and anyone else expecting humming birds. Do yourself a favor. Buy one of these

http://morgenfiles.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-hummzinger-manic-monday-bird.html

Will this help or hurt Walgreen's? Winning the hearts & minds of the public? Bad for stock prices?

"Walgreens said patients who lose their job and health insurance after March 31 will be able to get free treatment at its in-store Take Care clinics for respiratory problems, allergies, infections and skin conditions, among other ailments."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_bi_ge/walgreen_clinics

Lord-Bloggington,

??? "Be a Ron Paul Republican Bastard!" ???

Please reread the guidelines. ( :>D)<

A friend of mine is distraught that we know [sic] that cheney sent out hit squads, and that the President is not allowing [sic2] a prosecution to go forward.

Seymour Hersh is the last of the great investigative reporters. If he got this story right, too, he should get the Nobel Prize.

Rick and I believe in attracting hummingbirds the old fashioned way....
we plant special flowers in a round garden bed that's beside our feeders...
they especially love our red Canna lilies...

Craig.... your first paragraph..... ROFL!

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Thanks, Jamie. Good link. I can never have too many h-feeders (that's what "they" tell me). That model probably has an ant trap too...I think my house was built on a giant ant hill. You can make your own nectar from 4 or 5 parts water + 1 part sugar. Don't need any food coloring either - the birds don't care. (~_^)

Any truth to the rumor that the republican party rules committee is contemplating a motion that recognizes the infallibility of rush?

Jack

You are the one who made baseless allegations
shall we review
you started out claiming there was a greater change of contamination in organic food...because of the manure...

Interesting article re: perceived inequality between bank and auto bailouts:

"The money the government has been giving the automakers has been going not to shore up their capital base, but literally to pay their bills. In the absence of government aid, the automakers would have had to shut down their factories because of their inability to pay suppliers and workers. That’s not true of even the most troubled big banks, which are having no problem meeting their debt payments or paying their bills: the government’s aid has gone instead to replenish their capital and allow them to stay in regulatory compliance. That doesn’t mean the government’s aid was not essential, but it was different: the money the government gave G.M. has already gone out the door, while in the case of the banks it’s still, for the most part, sitting on their balance sheets (which is where it’s supposed to be)."

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/jamessurowiecki/2009/03/the-automakers.html

Craig:

Who says the American conservatives are "desperate" . . . Liberals?

Although the Left loves to ridicule Rush and Palin - the far Right seems quite comfortable whose those extreme and combative figures.

"with those"

The incredibly cute baby animal post for the day:

http://jdurward.blogspot.com/2009/03/stolen.html

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Ivy, I like that it can be cleaned in the dishwasher and foils the ants and bees while attracting the birds.

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Warren,

Their comfortable with them. The only problem is that it is about 25% of the voters in the country. If that is the perceived image of the party as a whole, winning anything above school board is going to be difficult.

They're not their SHEESH!

hey CBob & OSH....
look what I found while reading the Economist with my lunch....

http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13376145

the perfect blend between alternative energy and chocolate....

I don't know. I think that argument makes a lot of sense now - but we are completely out of the election cycle.

I think the GOP's future - at least in terms of electability - depends on the economy. And unfortunately, that means it is in their political, not patriotic, interest to see tough times continue through 2010.

Also, I think Palin will be the 2012 nominee if it looks like Obama will cruise to victory. She will be the GOP's "fall girl"...

This way they can say - look at us - we had a female nominee before the Dems. They also know that even if she can't win - she is crazy and abrasive enough to visciously tear down Obama even if she brings herself down in the process.

If Obama looks beatable - the GOP will look elsewhere.

"I like that it can be cleaned in the dishwasher and foils the ants and bees while attracting the birds."

yeah but..... if you don't attract the bees how do expect to get pollination of other things that grow in your garden....

the hummers also love the bee balm we plant.... and yes... it attracts bees... but they also pollinate our apples trees... which we don't spray with chemicals.... and luckily weren't damaged in the ice storm....

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What about the Primaries. Are you saying the party will decide who the nominee is, rather than the voters? (That brings back some bad memories that I won't mention or even think about).

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I'm all for attracting the bees and plant for that. It's just that the feeder is on the patio and bees can be an unwelcome addition in that location.

warren, your 1:24 makes a lot of sense, although I'm not sure what saying "lLook at us - we had ..." means in 2016 if they have just another old white guy as their nominee. It's only the independents who they need to attract, and I could be wrong, but I don't think independent voters are as swayed by such a BS argument as that, particularly in light of the treatment Steele has received as the first AA RNC leader. As far as the economy being a huge factor - yeah, in all likelihood.

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Good point, chloe. Let em rephrase warre - what you say makes a lot of sense as a strategy if they can get Rush and Sean to convince the voters to fogo along.

"go" not "fogo" duh.

I think the 2012 Gooper will be the Mittster or Hucksterbee
with some currently not on the radar woman as the vp

LOL Pogo! I kinda like fogo. It rimes with pogo. :)

Halfway point on the Medicine Bag project for Camp Sanguinity: 70 completed, 70 more to go. Any "extras" will go to Cook's Medical Center. So bags and charms still needed.

http://thiseclecticlife.com/

If the Republicans continue on their current path, maybe the vp will be Bachman she's crazy enough

Pogo, I still have to smile at what you said too. So you're saying that Rush and Sean will decide who the nominee is. You're probably right. :)

ah Jamie.... yes... that would make sense... we like attracting the birds, the bees, and planting our gardens as a natural system...

pogo... except I don't think either Rush or Hannity were supporting McCain during the primaries.... can't remember who they did support, but am pretty sure it wasn't John.....

chloe:

I am saying that whoever the big-wigs in the party throw their weight behind in the primaries is likely to win the nomination.

The GOP is much more organized and less chaotic than the Dems. They don't mind falling in line once it seems that a consensus has been reached at the top.

I've been gone this morning for my Remicade. So, I'm posting this as a follow-up to the last thread. For those who are interested, this was our very effective 'elimination' program in Vietnam:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Program

So far as the relative effective distance of .50 caliber rounds fired in Vietnam vs those in Afghanistan, I think there are a couple of really key points that, in my mind, make the shots in Vietnam much more difficult.

They are the thinness of the atmosphere at mountain-levels in Afghanistan as compared to Vietnam. Less density, less drag=greater effective range. And, the quality of the light in the arid Afghan mountains greatly aided the entire process. Despite that, the ranges are awesome.

FWIW, I've never touched a .50 cal rifle, but I have played with the .50 cal machine gun. So long as I didn't have to carry the damned things, it would be my weapon of choice. Fantastically accurate and awesome striking power. But, they were _really_ heavy. I was big so I would have to carry the receiver. Another guy carried two barrels and a few other guys carried ammunition. It really was a team effort. Made me appreciate trucks.

Hannity was a Mitt-fan, I think....

QE II has requested a meeting with the President. It's a shame it won't be a full state visit. She has danced with almost all the Presidents since Truman.

Renee, I'm not sure, either, but I believe Hannity was a pretty big Huckabee supporter. Rush's views - I'm not sure - it would likely be whoever was the most conservative from an economic standpoint. I frankly didn't pay all that much attention to the Repug primaries.

I google "Hannity + primaries".... and look what I came up with....
an article written today over at huffington entitled "How Sean Hannity lost the election for the GOP"...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-c-rose/how-sean-hannity-lost-the_b_140843.html

"I am saying that whoever the big-wigs in the party throw their weight behind in the primaries is likely to win the nomination."

I think you are completely right. I also think that applies to both parties.

Lunch (just had to say that once) :)

OK, brain fart. Hannity was early on a Giuliani supporter. After his candidacy fizzled, I'm not sure, but when it got down to McCain v. Romney, he indeed was a Romney supporter - even said he was going to vote for himin the NY primary. I seem to recall that Limbaugh was fairly inscrutable, focusing on trying to screw with the democratic primaries that were open to repug voters (Operation Chaos), but I did find one article analyzing his influence that said he seemed to support Romney. I do know that Limbaugh hated McCain. If these are right, I guess their influence ain't as great as they like to think. Tooo bad. :-)

I think Rudee and Judee are out of the running --
maybe Tom Tancredo can make a come back or that foaming at the mouth loon from California

and of course there is always Tommy Thompson...
The Republicans are the whigs

"The Republicans are the whigs"

KC, LOL.

chloe, enjoy ... :-)

rush:
the wind beneath my whigs

bette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDURv8fj9dk

rush:
the wind beneath my whigs

Posted by: patd Author Profile Page | March 31, 2009 2:54 PM

brilliant!

the new honda. a thought control helmet. but how good is its mpg? and does the robot meet emissions standards?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/mar/31/mind-control-helmet-honda-asimo

kgc, thank you. yours is truly a discerning mind especially in matters of taste.

pat, unless that robot has been programmed to eat, I'd like to think it would be the one human like link in the system that doesn't produce emissions. (Pull my finger).

".....Iran gave a guarded welcome to US plans to increase regional co-operation over Afghanistan.

"In the course of the conference today, our special representative for Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, had a brief and cordial exchange with the head of the Iranian delegation," Mrs Clinton told a news conference.

She said the meeting had been unplanned, but Mr Holbrooke and Mr Akhoondzadeh had agreed to "stay in touch".

She added that Iran's presence at Tuesday's meeting was "a promising sign that there will be future co-operation".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7975079.stm

"Pogo, I still have to smile at what you said too. So you're saying that Rush and Sean will decide who the nominee is. You're probably right. :)"

I don't think that philosophy worked in 2008 as both Rush and Sean were opposed to McCain being the nominee.

Chloe,,,,slap,,,wake up,,,if your going to say Lunch,,,it has to be a few minuets before,,,or a few minuets,,after 12,,,not at 2:08 :-)) besides,,,didn't you see the sign,,,,no girls allowed,,,kidding of course,,,,but get with it ~)

Fogo,,Pogo,,,and New Pogo,,,,,,,now wonder you always beat me to the punch,,,you have two helpers wtf ~),,today I had lunch with a client,,water proofed her foundation walls,,some leaking,,,she had some expensive corp...us a high pressure system,,they are good but,,,don't always work the way that it is supposed to,,my way is more labor intense,,but I can guarantee it for years,,,we had Maxwell St Polish sausage,,grilled onions,,hot peppers, ,with fries and a Bud,,,feeling a little guilty but MMMM good.

Bethy,,,,," Solar you were downright silly",,,,,guilty as charged, Bethy,I guess I do sometimes,,,but I refuse to grow up Teacher, :-),I think that it's great,that,(and some others) Champ,gets a little silly,,and talks thru Lord B,he found a way to let his funny side come out,( L B please don't take offense)I hope that he keeps it up,( everyone has gone along with him,,,silly people,),,, when he tires of L B,and besides ,,a lot of these threads,,and comments, just reinforce my position that we need a third party,and how may diff ways can I state that?,,,all of the accusations,,, from the right,,,, and the defense of the left ,,are just finger pointing that both parties are guilty of,,,TiR is right ,,why haven't any heads rolled from the Democrat party,,,Dodd,,, Rangel,,,Frank,,,,they all have voted for laws that has created all of this mess,,along with some others no?,,,its just the Republicans turn to be obstructionist,,and the D's turn to enrich themselves,,,and their special interest groups ,,,Is it too much to have the same party in complete charge of everything?? we will see,,,but we have no way to go but up now that we hit near bottom,,I think,,,but I still believe in divided government,,Clinton did pretty good with it cos the R's stood up to him,,,and made him compromise,,,,,Bush pushed the D's around like they weren't even there,,,all they did was to go along with it all,,,and now they scream that bushed did it all,,,where were they?,,they waited until Obama was in office,,,and now that they are safe and sound,,,they blame everything on someone else,,,Dodd is a disgrace,, and should resign!

About this thread,,,I completely agree with Warren,,,,that is how predictable this whole process has become,,,what a joke,,because of the two party system, and the $ it takes to run,we can predict with great accuracy who will be the people that will run for POTUS

Last thread,,,about hit squads,,,If the targets are war combatants,,,or terrorist,,,that have been chosen by the military,,and approved by others,,I can agree to have them,,,it would be nice to get the top Hamas leaders taken out by them IMO,,,but I have to agree with Don 1,,,,if we took all our $( aid) from them all,,if we did not support them with weapons,,,there would be a good chance for peace in the area,,,,I wonder how much it cost the U S tax payers to build WMD's for the Israeli's,,,,real $ that is besides the $ reported for aid...lets see how transparent Obams will be on this?!!

TiR - that is exactly right - in fact I believe several of us commented on that at the time - the fact that their self importance seemed a bit inflated considering the outcome of both the primaries and the election, that is. I wasn't saying they could do that - I was just saying that IF they could get enough rep voters to go along with that ...

But now I gotta go - it's been real and it's been fun.

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faulty design. pull asimo's finger and it comes off. pulling yours is too predictable.

that last post was for pogo btw

Our least favorite person tried to leave a comment on my blog. Something about Israel. I rejected it without reading it.

i think merkle and topolenek were expressing their
concern that obama's big spending would result
in out of control inflation
does the obama administration think they are exempt from
the law of supply and demand ' the more dollars you print
the less that dollar is worth'
really should pay more attention to what the chinese are
saying'' they are holding 2trillion in U.S. long term debt

Corey

LOL
Mine too
Silly pendejo.

Jack

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I will take the Whigs in a heartbeat. Lincoln was a Whig before he was a Republican. Whigs believed in using federal resources to build economic infrastructure. My home-town paper (established 1841) is still named "The Whig."

http://www.cecilwhig.com/

just in case you're wanting a break from the real world and looking for a little magic in your life. dick cavett mentioned this video with him and the great slydini on imus this morning. both the blog and the video mid-page are worth the time....
http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/conjuring-slydini/

we watch those clips that the pentagon puts out of drone
predator attacks on enemy combatants and think
how neat that is that we can kill somebody from so
far away and not even get our hands dirty'
seems to me a hit squad is the same thing only more
precise with less collateral damage

Does Chris Matthews think we can't understand a news story unless he somehow connects it to a movie? Gawd.

FYI, Chris Matthews is in my Top 10 list of news pundits/hosts!

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Patsi:

Tweety's line between reality and fantasy is blurry.

Corey

He is in my top ten list too.
Which in my book makes him a wiener.

Jack

All together now -- Sar-CO-ZY!

Ivy

Not making fun of the Whigs platform ..more about them being extinct
during the run up to the election last year, Brian Williams kept saying the Democrats were going the way of the Whigs (yes he is a maroon)

Corey
Top Ten List of news/pundit/hosts who should be replaced?

Ivy, I've noticed days when reality and tweety don't even make it in the same room, let alone the same skull.

Jack

Well Jack....it's Chris Matthews, Keith, Rachel...

Solar - being silly is great, and you made a personal record yesterday re the illegal horses. Keep it up.

Corey - do you really like Matthews?

As far as I'm concerned, public money takes public representation with it. If the corps want to fail, they know how to do it - they're half-way home. I don't think they know what they're doing, and expect help to keep on doing it. Forget that.

What I WOULD be worried about is government help with no government involvement.

If a company wants to be private, it should stay that way - no stocks, no citizen involvement, all private - and no governmental help. At all.

Gee, doesn't life suck? Wealth at the top depends on SOME money from the bottom - not fair, perhaps, but pretty close to a law of physics.

Bethy, I get a thrill up my leg each time I see Matthews on tv. Of course, I may just have a circulation problem in my leg. LOL!

it's Chris Matthews, Keith, Rachel

Of the 3, and forgetting for the moment she is a raving Liberal, Rachel by all accounts is the best and the brightest.

So you ARE kidding, right? Remember, I'm not a with it
person and need things spelled out at times.

Okay - now some of the blog posts are over to the left, not centered. The Forbin Project is coming true!

Okay - now some of the blog posts are over to the left, not centered

Some? LOL

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KGC --

"Whig" is a "funny name" in this day and age, like "Sauropod" with whom they have extinction in common.

Whigs were done in by their split on slavery. Maybe they have that straight this time.

(^_~)

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Corey --

There's medication for that. (^_~)

Of course, I'm kidding. I was thinking about the 10 Worst and trying to guess who would be on the 10 Best list. LOL! I could only come up with 3 names.

Ouch...you hit the nail squarely Craig. WTF is going on over at the Right Side of reality? Seems some Republican moderates are getting smacked. Moderates like Brooks deserve some slapping as we well remember his first kool aid drink. I gues some people should stay away from drinking.The conservative failure to organize a coherent message into a united leadership is astounding. Will it be can't get elected AND can't govern, or will they be smart and distill what exactly do Obma critics have in common?

Merkel, Topolanek and others I have quoted here would not be very comfortable chatting with Rush or even Beck. I can't say that many conservative leaders pass the "good centrist" criteria nor unfortunately do many liberals.

Some of what our EU buddies don't like stems from their disinterest in threat containment. I don't see what other life raft there is by common defense.

Some of the EU objections stems from the Liberally amplified claim we Americans are the cause of the world's problems and the Originator of recent economic storms. That does fit in nicely to DNC messaging. Unfortunately, our European friends include Obama in that mix. After all, who is Obama's Secretary of Treasury?

Another ground for objections is that EU leaders nuture statism in a tri-polar globally competitive world. They are feeling the heat. They distrust themselves and their CEOs are quite willing to sell to the Iranians despite their government's stated position. They don't rally well to a common cause unless storm troopers are knocking at their doors. They regard internal rivalry more than their own dangerous demographics. The Western half fails to understand the Eastern half. EU leaders not likely to appreciate the adoration of the masses for Obama, nor his call for unity. What's he selling after all?

Conservatives must distinguish between Obama critics and create a intellectual framework to carry their message. Without it, they can't capitalize on global doubts about Obama, nor forge a popular thrust to win back power. Right now the international barbs at Obama fail to be exploited by Republicans in disarray.

Number 2 on Obama's Best Hits List as of 10 am today.

Mehsud has never been directly linked to any attacks outside Pakistan, but attacks blamed on his network of fighters have widened in scope and ambition in recent years. The threat comes days after President Barack Obama warned that al-Qaida is actively planning attacks on the United States from secret havens in Pakistan.

Pakistan's former government and the CIA named Mehsud as the prime suspect behind the December 2007 killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Pakistani officials accuse him of harboring foreign fighters, including Central Asians linked to al-Qaida, and of training suicide bombers.

In his latest comments, Mehsud identified the White House as one of the targets in an interview with local Dewa Radio, a copy of which was obtained by the AP." AP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan;_ylt=AlFDXuAgFtf3451Psbak1aSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJjNWd0MzdnBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMzMxL2FzX3Bha2lzdGFuBGNwb3MDMwRwb3MDOQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNwYWtpc3Rhbml0YWw- Maybe Biden can form is posse...

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Corey & jack

Me too. Must have been making the rounds.

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Ivy

I missed the show today. Is he giving pronunciation lessons again along with the movie analogies and screeching over his guests so no one can be heard?

"In unveiling a new war strategy for Afghanistan last week, Obama urged Pakistanis to fight the "cancer" of extremism gripping their country and pledged more aid for them to do so. Still, his administration has resisted Pakistani pressure to halt the missile strikes, believed to be fired by unmanned CIA drones.

Doubts also remain about whether the powerful Pakistani military is committed to sidelining extremist groups it has used as proxies against India and Afghanistan.

Defense analyst Ayesha Siddiqa said Pakistan must evaluate its own links to some of these groups if it is to survive.

"We have to dig this out of our past," she said. "Unless we do that, unless we have a consensus on our strategy ... we aren't going to go anywhere." from above Yahoo link

This postion going on for months was what Bush arrived at before Obama threatened to bomb Pakistan. Obama called for Musharraf to resign so 1. moderates would finally go after militants and 2. a more liberal society could emerge. Now the cling to life as Omar and Meshud rule a growing Taliban/AQ menance. In fact, Musharraf had a better reign on military with more terrorists captured and even had less troops along the Indian border. Musharraf was isolating elements withing the military and attempts at assassinating him occured annually.

So there you go, now Obama's at least in the top five on Meshud's Best Hits List and we were just roasting Cheney alive.........

Maybe we should dig ourselves out of the past too and form a realistic consensus...

"slap,,,wake up,,,if your going to say Lunch,,,it has to be a few minuets before,,,or a few minuets,,after 12,,,not at 2:08"

Ha, Solar. You know I never do anything on a schedule. As a matter of fact, I go out of my way to break tradition.
(Ouch! A slap is a harsh way to wake up.)

....am I the only one that this scares?

Obama, the nation's CEO
"President Obama, with seven days of unprecedented market intervention capped by Monday’s ultimatum to U.S. automakers, has made one thing emphatically clear: He is the most powerful player in American business today.

...message was unmistakable: In any business-government partnership, Obama himself expects to play the dominant role."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20683.html

Just think of how many hits our blogs now have, Jamie!

"Just think of how many hits our blogs now have, Jamie!"

Corey.... or you could just think of how many hits his bongs now have....

"Just think of how many hits our blogs now have"

Yeah corey that probably gives me a whole........ uh ............ nother hit. Gee I'm probably up to 10 or 12 now.
Gonna be right up there with the big boys before long.
lol
I think he has something he is proud of. I'll probably go over there sometime and look. I tend to check them out about once a week. Like my blog, it doesn't take long.

Jack

Although I am kinda proud of my "all things corn" link list

Jack

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Jaimie --

Yes, we must be properly pronouncing the Prince's Francais. (I didn't previously realize Nicolas is also properly a prince... :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Co-Princes_of_Andorra

Chloe- It scares the shit out of me.
Dear friends here, I've found myself totally entrenched in defending and preserving my Habitat job from some whack job "professional" fundraiser who seems hellbent on her self appointed path. Sorry for any short or nonexistent replies,only have time enough to catch some of the posts. I really don't like maniacal players- (I really don't like it when people intentionally fuck with me and my livlihood). Cbob,haven't been to PO today and was so looking forward to a package! Will be back to enjoy your fine company once I've eliminated this pest.

Old Sea - what is your Habitat job? Get that woman outta there!

Is your computer ready for me to make my order? Have You taken some itmes off the menu?

Chloe

Obama's actions regarding GM and Chrysler don't scare me at all.
It was about time.
Government support always comes with conditions.
They had objectives to reach and both blew it off. They came back whining about how they tried and Obama didn't buy it. This sent a clear signal to all getting government help that we expect results.
lol
The novel concept of holding wall street big boys accountable scared the shit out of wall street yesterday. But I think they will have no problem dealing with the new situation.
And if you don't want to have the government in the middle of your business, go else where for funding.
It is not a free lunch any longer the adults are in charge.

Jack

http://www.rr.com/home/home/article/9009/7313588/Sebelius_admits_errors_pays_7000_in_back_taxes/1

Guess, is this a three month theme or what?

I'm not so sure Europeans find avoiding tax a good role model. You would think after Daschgate, the O-team would get it right.

Hey Texans --

I just heard from first-hand sources the bluebonnets are in full bloom!

State Flower of Texas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebonnet

"Texans never tire of their special rite of spring — spotting the first bluebonnets by the side of the road. But most probably don't know the furious battle that led to the sprightly wildflower being named the state flower more than 100 years ago. It was a duel of the sexes with many male lawmakers favoring the hardy cactus or the business-friendly cotton boll as best representative of the state. But the ladies — specifically the National Society of Colonial Dames of America — wanted Lupinus subcarnosus, or buffalo clover as it was commonly called at the turn of the century.''

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/5640669.html

on saturday.....I will don my red plaid shirt and overalls.....i have dug out my old straw panama (jaguar hat co. bolivia) and I am going to take my hoe and spade and make classic corn hills and commit the blue corn to the earth............news of the results will be forthcoming......

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Ivy,

Penny Ante stuff. I'm a Countess of the Holy Roman Empire courtesy of some ancestor who had the title in perpetuity for all of this discendants both male and female. Now if only I could find the Holy Roman Emporer. He doesn't seem to spend much time at home these days :-)

Tigers cut Gary Sheffield today. Glad I never bought a Chef's hat! Regarding the story about the guy who caught the baby who fell from the 3 story room yesterday: Somebody said the baby was lucky the guy wasn't Terrell Owens because Terrell would have dropped him!

Rachel is smart as a whip but can make me cringe with some of her partisan cheap shots and corny jokes. But other times she cracks me up. She makes the DVR list and I am really hoping she plays the "election night" music tonight!!

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Jamie --

Wanna bet he got outta Dodge just in time to dodge a bullet ... :)

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
- The Bard Man

"...they will be kin to us, or they will fetch it from Japhet."

I've got a much better plan for GM than the O-team, by the way.

This just in --

"You can love a song, but that doesn't mean you gotta sing it."

Randy Jackson

Jack - I couldn't agree more with your last post. Someone has to be in charge right now and at least he is an elected official, not someone who's been pulling strings behind the curtain for years.

If Wall Street thinks it's gonna get off easier, they are showing the same lack of foresight that got us all in trouble in the first place.

What got them their big money wasn't anything but their political pals being in power, and the ones not in power not having a clue. With the speed of communication today and the anger and fear, people are reacting much more vehemently than ever before. They'd all better be much more afraid than in the past. The secret's out , and the person with the power is an action figure.

I didn't vote for him happily and still wish it were Hillary, but I'm behind him and on his side - until the first uber-evangelical/pro-lifer is on scotus. Then I'm done - but I'm not gonna waste time anticipating it.

Gotta git to thuh liberry and git muh book.

My fear is that the drive for regulations will die out a little, especially if things get better fast. I want those damn regs in
place.

Oh, yeah - don't nobody drive Lord B away - he's a treat even when he's wrong!

Bethy:

All the talk on the boob-tube is that the Europeans share your desire for regs - so there will certainly be pressure.

I also think the Democratic party will keep pushing the Administration for more regulation.

But - back to your conversation from late last night - I think Obama and his team will say yes we need regulation - and we can start working on them - but we need to wait till the economic "crisis" has been stablized before we can implement them.

(Also - the GOP may resist some regulation - especially if it comes in the form of "global regulation" enforced by any entity that is outside the US.)

cbob.......nize video......pretty good quality, too..........thanks.......

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

got to kick around for awhile in ' 81 just thinking about it.....

Sturg, take the time before you start your planting to read up on the
War of the Pacific. It will add meaning to your Bolivian Panama hat. :)

pacific war.....now there's a real oxymoroney for ya......kinda like civil war........

"We walked out into the raging calm......"

"it was a cool conflagration......"

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Agreed!

Obviously, no one is too interested in my plan for GM. Well, here it is:

Just flip that "M" upside down. General Windmills. Billion-dollar idea, right there.

I like it lord bloggytown!

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Indeedy!

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Your Lordship

It is an ill wind that blows no good.

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Agreed?

The horns are on the moon.

Maxtrue wrote : " I can't say that many conservative leaders pass the "good centrist" criteria nor unfortunately do many liberals."

A centrist is a person who wins a vote. The loser is always an extremist. A good centrist therefore wins a lot of votes.

I bought my dad a Rubber Made walker today, the kind that has the wheels on the front legs. $10 bucks at the DAV, almost new condition ....

He's the "Energizer Bunny" now.
What a hoot.

Sturg -
The moon is right, throw some crab shells & fish heads in the bottom of the hole.

A centrist is someone who agrees with me.
All of you who keep disagreeing with me are obvious extremist, but nice extremist, mostly

Jack

Several weeks ago Colin Powell was addressing the young black men in this country. At least that's what cable news took away from the General's comments. They didn't have the stones to say as much, and it's a tough topic for them to wrap their collective little brains around. But the General said the following :
" Pull your pants up, and get to work."
Funny ...... I thought he was speaking to all of us.

THE SKY IS FALLING THE SKY IS FALLING!!!

APRIL FOOLS!

I found this web site..and it is not an April Fools Day joke

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

Once again I will miss the St Stupid's Day parade in SF
one of these years...

I missed Nova tonight, the new theory about the the death of the mega fauna at the end of the pleistocene.

Anybody get the "Cliff Notes" ?

Ms Cracker -
You need some seeds.

" It also contains about 20% more protein & up to 50% more iron than other varieties of corn."

Shiny side up, rubber side down.

Billy Thorpe - Children Of The Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qSlDZ27BAY

They passed the limits of imagination
Through the door to the world of another time
And on the journey of a thousand lifetimes
With the children of the sun, they started to climb

Children of the sun, children of the sun

No more gravity, nothing holding them down
Floating endlessly, as their ship leaves the ground
Through the walls of time, at the speed of light
Fly the crystal ships on their celestial flight, on their celestial flight

Children of the sun, children of the sun

Breathe deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy is spent

Impassioned lovers wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love and has none
New mother picks up and suckles her son
Senior citizens wish they were young

Cold hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colours from our sight
Red is grey and yellow white
But we decide which is right

And which is an illusion ....
~~~The Moody Blues~~~~

i reckon a feller could say that the last two posts are opposites....

Mystery Train - Elvis Presley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xWjmznpCA0

Scotty Moore & Mark Knopfler - Blue Moon of Kentucky

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

Giant fat guitars in this one.

I watched that movie last month...filmed in Memphis by Jim Jarmusch, starring Masatoshi Nagase ...
Youki Kudoh ... and
Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
And of course I listen a couple hours a day to Elvis Radio, XM 18...

George Klein ( radio host of an Elvis Channel show) is hilarious…the old timers and their previously secret Elvis stories make it a great channel.
Here’s one: Elvis ended a show and he had the women all crazy…they came up on stage and ran Elvis off…Elvis ran into the john and hid in a stall with his feet up on the bowl rim…they found him and stripped him nearly naked…ripped every stitch off his body except his undies. Finally security got Elvis out of there.

Oddly Hot: German chancellor Angela Merkel

Dex -
Roger that ... but balanced opposites.

Dire Straits - Heavy Fuel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wqfzgf2t2E

I don't care if my liver is hanging by a thread
Don't care if my doctor says I ought to be dead
When my ugly big car wont climb this hill
I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill

Julee Cruise: music to doze off to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Ztamg0GnE

I liked Geithner's comment re not letting any company get in the position to do this much damage to the national economy.
Remember in the preamble re protecting the general welfare?

Well, in my book, that means keeping the economy moving for all.

Did I say that once before? Sorry if so.

Angela Merkel -

"Never let your little head , do your big head's thinking."

Dire Straits - Once Upon a Time in The West

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_qtSbls8XM

Nirvana: The Man Who Sold the World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209ArurxVG4&feature=related

Jethro Tull - "Song For Jeffrey"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcIftX0ZLNY

geithner wants the government to have the power to
pre-emptively take over a company and that doesn't
scare the heck out of anybody''
all this government control and nationalizing private
enterprise has been tried before
they call it cuba

The Beat Farmers - Riverside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxs0QKzIR2E

If the road gets wet
It'll freeze tonight
But I got something that'll keep us warm

Kenny Loggins - I'm Alright

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

mqw -

I would remind you that capitalism has just taken one of the most spectacular dumps in the whole wide world of spectacular dumps. And we've done this stuff before, we nationalized the railroads once upon a time. We rationed butter, tires , and candy bars. All at the direction of the government.

big brother government reminds me of a bad ex girlfriend
whisper sweet things in your ear ' all the time spending
all my money and maxing out my credit cards
might get a little something every now and then
but it sure ain't worth the price

cbob
need to update your music library' they have made
music since the 1970's

breaking news ; U.S. missile strike kills twelve militants
inside Pakistan
now how is this any different than what bush/cheney
did with their hit squads ? other than the method of
execution
will there be outrage and indignation around here this
morning . i doubt it

what caused the demise and downfall of the once great
american auto industry ? the answer is sitting right
there in your garage or driveway'
what you got out there ' honda'' nissan ' toyota ?
or maybe for the more affluent , bmw ' mercedes .

those that advocate relinquishing even more power and control to the federal government might want to keep in
mind that the political pendulum swings back and forth
once every eight to twelve years '
do you really want a republican president with that much control
remember a little thing called the Patriot Act ? didn't like that very much ? i know i didn't' and i'm sure Thomas Jefferson
is still flipping over in his grave about that one

they've made a lot of stuff since the seventies
but i ain't sure how much of it you could rightly call music....
that's right the dinosaur bones are sticking out of me all over
and there are certainly exceptions but my skinny reptile claws
punch the buttons on the box and the song comes up "old"
so don't forget the sixties, fifties, forties, thirties and twenties
when you look for sounds to rhyme and to spend time with.
(pay no attention to that preposition behind the curtain.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHqeimI9pW0

a schlep back in time......remember the longest journey begins with the first schlep.......

"Elvis ran into the john and hid in a stall with his feet up on the bowl rim…they found him and stripped him nearly naked…ripped every stitch off his body except his undies. Finally security got Elvis out of there."

And we wonder how Elvis turned reclusive!

mqw -- The Beat Farmers weren't a 70s band....

patsi 'just messing with ole cbob

pats....i told this before, but oncet (between 73 and 75) me and bumpsie were on the way back to the island after getting blitzed up in North Chuck and we stopped in at the last joint on the long ride home which happened to be an old roadhouse out on the savannah highway that was being re-born as a "Hee-Haw" franchise club.....Jr. Samples was the advertised star on the marquee, but Hank, Jr.'s tour bus was in the parking lot.....he had done a show downtown and had come out to the HeeHaw Club to do his bit for the guys.....too late for cover charge so we just walked in and there was young hank on the stage....he took turns on every instrument up there, piano, guitar, drums, steel, and guitar and then finally took a break and went to sit at a table with 3 of his friends or bandmates, whatever.......within half a tick his table was absolutely surrounded with folks yelling "Hank--Hank-- Hank".....he was looking around much like a cornered muskrat and finally stood up and started making his way to the bathroom.....the crowd parted and as he was walking toward the pee-house of august moon the crowd----went with him. All of them.....followed and shuffled sideways and whatnot until they all squeezed into the room with him and stood around yelling "Hank---Hank---Hank" while he stood at the urinal..........(yes, I went too--- there were so many, I figured what the heck.....but i was waaay in the back and didnt yell "Hank" at him) He finished and zipped up and he and the crowd shuffled and lurched back to his table until finally he had to go back on stage.......all i could figure was "holy shit.....that's just too damn famous......"

DEAN THREW

HATED WREN

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