Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Compared to George Deficit Custer Bush -Obama is meeting expectations and then so.

The administration is multi-tasking and it is the combination of all these factors that will help the underlying problems of the economy. It is easy to send out soundbites and ride the wave of a headline but not so easy to do the hard work to repair the damage years of poor policy have caused.

Failure to fix the healthcare system, failure to have a rational foreign policy and failure to regulate businesses that sorely needed regulation.... thanks Shrub and all your enablers.

Well they got their first major legislation passed early and they have put together a good senior team. As usual filling in the lower slots is slow, it always is.

So they have Aced the first test and got most of their home work in on time.

Jack

KGC

I'm 100% American, no, I'M 110% AMERICAN.
But you know there are people who don't buy American If we get in a war with China they will bid up the price of underwear rather than do without .

Jack
trying to think up a proper emoticon but having a failure of imagination.

<=l

Here for the above post, the outhouse

In the previous thread, someone noted the price of oil is starting to go back up. I think this is an area that needs to be addressed. Prices especially for food stuffs are starting to drop --but that will end if fuel returns to the $4.00 range.

I've read several articles that say by this summer, oil will be back up there. The Obama administration needs to make sure that does not happen. Jawbone Exxon.

Jack

Gosh..war with China..underware problems....gives new meaning to going commando

underwear yikes

cbob

I like the idea about blue corn, if I can find a location with sun that is not already assigned to something else.
Tomatos , okra and peppers get first chance.

Maybe I should just dig up the back yard of the house next door. It belongs to the bank they will never know.. Plant it in Bulecorn and cow peas.

Jack
Jack

Sunflowers and millet for the birds
And broom corn
Never can tell when you will need a new broom

Jack

"" storm of recrimination to no good end. "

Flatus -
They were in their under wear, we go very close to that " no good end "."

So, Bob, you're saying it's a bum wrap?

"There are always going to be those who want to declare a form of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the early days of an administration they don't like. That's especially true for an opposing party angling toward the next congressional election and needing to boost the negative ratings for a President who remains very popular despite the incoming flak."

That the problem,,,,there is never any rest from Political angling over the next election,,no matter how far that election is at,,,,,,this I believe is one of the things that stops getting the important work done,,,,opposing differences should be voiced,,,but all of this nonsense just makes the 2 part system look foolish,,,Time for a numero 3 party to stop the way finger pointing system that created all of this dirty laundry,,in keeping with the skid marks that Bear mentioned,,,welcome back Bear,,,,,Bear season is over,,,and they are not giving any licenses out to anyone in NY,,,it's safe to come out of hibernation now.

KGC

The reason I posted that gas was creeping up,,$45.10,,,is that we better watch what we are doing here ,,,,if it back up to $4.00,, shit will hit the fan (forgot how someone put it,,so won't try,,it was funny),,and all delivered goods will go up in price,,what that will do to the recovery ?? but That's why I posted it,,,,Obama better watch out for this, imo,,thanks

"underwear yikes"-------another bare commentator heard from :-j

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bear, you must have received my t-mail (t = telepathic) from yesterday. i was just about to send out the troops.
welcome home.

Nothing coming in from Pogo,,,and I have way over posted so, and can't learn anything that way so,,,,,

question about tie colors:

what's with brian w's purple ties....must have a closet full. is this a royal purple statement of some kind?

Jack,,,,,,U have mail,,,,,,Pogo's

Craig,

I completely agree with this post. Both Jack and KC are also right. The do-less commentators at MoJo have certainly upped the criteria for a passing grade haven’t they? Whatever happened to the 100 day mark to give even a first grading period mark? Obama has removed the chocks from the wheels and now we just gotta see which side of the hill the train’s gonna roll down. Summer may be too soon to tell.

Of course there is one thing that is readily apparent, with my new posting buddies as portals into the blog, I’ll never be the first comment on a thread. Nuts.

Pogo (just ghostin’ along)

"MSNBC ran a revealing exposé this morning albeit unintentionally. In so doing, they revealed how our inbred information system has become so self-referential that all credibility is shot "

http://rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/03/09/ge_we_bring_self_serving_market_manipulation_to_life

Didn't Bush's first 50 days include about 30 days of vacation? I remember him taking a month off, I just don't remember when.

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Flatus,

I don't cotton to this kind of fuss.

don

just point to a month

good chance you will hit one he was on vacation.

Jack

Craig your statement - "I'm usually an easy grader in the first quarter of a first term. " is an understatement.

Barack may get a passing grade for effort, being the nice guy, having the cute wife and for throwing everything against the wall - and if you like socialistic programs with Big Government in control then heck give him an A+ and a diploma.

But if you measure on the economic consequences of a continued market crash since his election – a result of poor focus on the key problem – stuffing to many pills at one time and the honest fear by most in the business world of his actions – then he gets a big fat F-

Now that is not saying we do not need to address Healthcare and other issues- but the game he plays he also gets an A+ for pulling the wool.

Funny Dem's now the attack Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan - but listen to the words and this is actually an attack on their own beloved Barack.

You gotta love John Kerry taking the lead - and the back lash on the Obamanation master plan to unleash everything quickly before reasonable people figure it out is now settling in and maybe expect a huge backlash.. as it is already hitting home in the land of the Dems

Just in case anyone missed thois at the end of last thread:

from Pogo:

All,

OK, to put an end to the mystery, it’s not by birthday (mine was just a shade before Christmas) and Renee’s is on 9/11 – my message was sandwiched in between two lines of hers. I’ll try to format with an address and a signature line to avoid that. If today is someone’s birthday, consider it serendipitous.

I was wrong about lunch – no bowl of soup had my name on it today – but a big ol’ plate of beef chilaquiles did, and now I’m stuffed and drowsy. Too bad, I have research to do, and that’s enough of a narcotic on its own without the post lunch drowsies on top of it. I just hope they don’t find me face down snoring on the keyboard. Everyone have a good one.

Pogo

Pogo Said:

OK, ‘mixers,

It’s been a good, interesting day, posting through my good buds to GORP central. My sincerest thanks to all who helped. Now as I have to finish up a couple of things and strike out for an evening of LP’s soccer and basketball extravaganzas, I’ll leave saying it’s great to see some green on the Dow report for a change.

http://markets.on.nytimes.com/research/markets/usmarkets/snapshot.asp?symbol=US%26DJI

Everyone have a great one and I’ll see you all tomorrow, GLWATCDR.

Pogo (or his ghost)

Pogo,.,,, also said this

Don, LOL. First 50 days, last 50 days, and in the immortal words of Billy Gibbons “and all points in between.”

Pat, you owe me an e-mail addy. L

Lack of focus --what does that mean?

That is the big gooper talking point as usual no example of what that means has been offered.

Did you think the problems in the economy were going to be fixed in the first 25 minutes? They took years in the making and hiding and deluding.

China won't mess with us as long as they know we have the "Big One". I'm not talking about a bomb. I'm talking about Yao Ming. He's from China and he plays pro basketball here.

remember every federal dollar spent today will have to be paid back with interest by you ''me '' your children and grandchildren'' how's that for gift that keeps on giving''' just like the stem cell research bill that pres obama signed '' with much fanfare '' those are borrowed dollars''' two trillion a year just to pay
the interest on the national debt

Padt----------- Larry dot chafin at steptoe-johnson dot com

It's a sign of the times I suppose....I equate the rush to GRADE with the rush to ACT.

I think we'll find that both were ill advised.....the cheerleaders and the naysayers will continue to flourish....and the rest....well we'll be busy coping with just another bump in the road...:)

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KCG - Lack of focus !

What does that mean -- Question ? How many items in your house can you keep your eyes on at one time?
Lets go back to the house burning example of a few days ago .. So you see part of your house is on fire - you stay on that and direct the fireman there - and you do not ask them to go water your garden or fill your pool.... Put out the fire..

Then when that is undercontrol do a better job on the garden and pool - or Healthcare and Education

the kitchen's on fire''
time to remodel the bathroom ?

For the history buffs: Engraving confirmed inside Lincoln's watch

http://www.newsweek.com/id/188602

Ping

I understand the idea..what are you talking about in the Obama administration.

What is the problem with what he is doing. Obama's financial team is working full time on the economy issue. Everyone agrees the cost/paying for healthcare is at the root cause of lack of profitability for some companies. Just what do you think Obama's team should be doing that they are not because of lack of focus.

It's easy to throw out a talking point..but I've seen no evidence to back it up except more of the talking point
saying it over and over doesn't make it fact.

Where's the example of lack of focus... I guess you expected the financial crisis to end -presto chango.

mqw,
"hose are borrowed dollars''' two trillion a year just to pay the interest on the national debt "

O yee of little faith guess you didn't get the message, the rich will pay for it. But there is another trillion $$$ deal in the works. The government investment plan that will guarantee you 3%, and if you make less than $65,000 the government will match your contribution. Don't worry about where the $$$ will come from, the rich will pay for it, but by that time the rich will be any family making over $50,000. As Shirley and Lee once said, "Let the good times roll".

Pretty low expectations if the president can only do one thing at a time--must be a Republican problem. Then if Shrub were the leader of my party, my expectations would be pretty low too

Thanks for the link, Jamie -- interesting Lincoln piece. It also reminds me of something I've noticed more and more lately. Magazines are putting the stories on more pages, so you must click through more ad pages...I don't really care, because I know they are struggling to survive....but it's transparent....

By the way, this Franken BS must STOP. The guy won! Coleman needs to just STFU.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003071109

I keep hearing Obama spoke persons keep talking about how to fight a fire. Well if the whole house is ablaze it really doesn't matter, but the whole house isn't on fire just a few rooms and if you concentrate all your efforts on those few rooms of a many room house you will save the house.

" if you like socialistic programs with Big Government in control "

As opposed to " Crony Capitalism where screwing people isn't personal , it's just good business."

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Patsi, They are losing most of their subscriptions. I imagine Newsweek still has fairly good supermarket sales, but they need space for their advertising. Ergo, more pages.

I think the bottom has not been seen. According to various surveys more layoffs are planned and more foreclosures are coming --the percentage of people in default hit an all time high in December.

Let's hear criticism of the programs or the plan not some goofy talking point from Sean Hannity.

Craig -
I saw the DOE director on Charley Rose. Dr. Chu makes me feel much better. For my narrow issue axe, Obama gets 95 for picking Chu.
And judging from what the Nobel Laureate said to Mr. Rose, we can look forward to the Energy Dept. becoming just that. As opposed to just the service dept. of the nuclear industry, and the bomb keepers.

Obama has put together one of the best cabinets and teams, with the strongest people, ever seen. To micromanage every point would be foolhardy. You point and let these people go.

mqw, if you're talking accounting. If you're talking it's where the money used is the most effective in the long run, which right now is correcting course and recovering the economy.

Like the foolish Republican talking point of giving it back to the taxpayers. We've already seen that taxpayers either hoard it, pay bills, or blow it on foreign goods. The most effective way to get money into the economy is public works and food stamps. For right now that must be directed.

Dr. Chu may be Obama's "Dr. Oppenheimer", now we need General Groves.

I hope the days are over when some pol or pundit can trot out a talking point with no facts and it is allowed to become the evidence.

Where is the honest discussion of the issues from the right?
All shallow,glib 145 character snark instead of honest critque

Bush is not the president, Obama is. Talking about Bush does what? We could talk about Bush's higher approval records for the same many days in office, we could talk about the DOW setting records, or the low interest rates, we could talk about the high employment for the first 6 years, but so what, what does that mean today? Nada. When Bill Clinton was president I don't recall the Democrat complaining about the gobs of money they made because of the ghost dot com market, and the recession which followed when that ghost market burst. Right now Obama is president, and no one can argue with his enthusiasm, but if he doesn't start focusing on what is really ailing this country, banks, credit and housing, he will go down as a very ineffective president. All this other stuff may be important, but it is secondary until he get the big 3 under control, in the mean time all he is accomplishing is getting more TV face time.

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If you're talking economics

for

If you're talking it's where the money

Ping -
It was the right side of the aisle gave us a Pandora's Box of phony baloney.
No bid contracts
Oil men who gave us $147 dollar oil
Capitalists addicted to Crack Credit
Lead in kids toys
Bad peanuts

Hey all, just checking. Everybody doing OK with the Typepad sign-in system for comments? So far, I've only heard from blueINdallas and EuroTom with sign-in issues, and we'll get them sorted out. And the relay system to get around Pogo's work filter seems to be getting the job done (he too will soon get back on regularly).

Bottom line: I hope you agree that the threads are now so much more readable and interesting without anonymous "Chain Saw Massacre" posts (altho I liked the movies, would rather not see their handiwork here).

Anyone else having probs just let us know at cqtrailmix@verizon.net

" Bush is not the president, Obama is."

But that pile of manure Bush left behind the White House is still there.

Truth

When I can agree with you I do,,,but when I don' I don't,,,,,I did not vote for Bush,,,but what he did will affect me,,and mine for 50 years,,,his decisions are not off the table ,,,,if they remain the main cause of my suffering,,,,,,

Ping

Same thing,,,usually you have a cpl of good points to think about,,,,Obama has just been in office,,,just long enough ,,,to read,,,and truly understand of all the harm that Bush has done,,,we will never know all of these facts,,,but give him at least 6 months before you start tearing him down,,gotta step back a little and look at it from the middle no?,,,if it were the other way around ,,,,,you would be saying the exact things to the critics??

50 years,,should have been 20

What is the grade of the public in forcing change. A capitalistic society responds to consumer demands. Are you standing up for what is the right thing to do or are you taking the easy way out.

It's not easy being green and sometime more expensive.
It's not easy taking the high road sometimes it is more expensive - I hope everyone here gets an A for doing the right thing.

Hey

Citi bank made a profit last month
Give all credit to Obama
Praise his name.

Jack

Crap!.... we lost power for the past 3 hrs..... our permanent switch for the new generator didn't work.... we had to call in the electrician..... he got every working right..... we're ready for the "big one" now.....

Craig.... I LOVE this new and improved blog.... thanks so much for all the hard work you've put into it..... I was thinking about ETom's rants about hating typepad and figured it was giving him trouble with logging on here...... it'll be good to have everyone back.....

TiR -- there is a very good reason to keep reminding people that this sure as hell IS George W Bush's depression. The reason is to counter the outrageous lie that it is Barack Obama's. He inherited this nightmare. It was handed to him by George with a smirk on his face and snark in his attitude. But Republicans will hammer it in over and over -- It's Obama's fault for: a., b. c. -- pick your reason. He's doing too much, he's not doing enough, he's a pinko commie who hates America.

Enough of the BS!

If we get out of this it will be because of Obama and the Democrats, in SPITE of the reprehensible Republican party.

One day they're talking about their "principles", the next they're getting popped in the Minneapolis Airport.
They tell us to lock up all the sinners, has their maid scores "Hilly Billy Heroin".

Ping,

Bush was president the last 2 years with a Democrat House and Senate. Today we have this $481 billion bill that will pass with all that wasteful spending, and Obama was in the Senate when this budget was written. Obama as candidate and president said, he was going through the budget line by line and cross out the fat. He is going to sign the bill as is. Promises made, promises broken. Obama is your typical politician.

Citi bank made a profit last month
Give all credit to Obama
Praise his name

You can't do that. That profit came from the money given Citi under Bush. Sorry.

Dinner with Bart and Lisa.

Also, this year we are averaging 52,000 individual visitors per week. Hard to tell how many are reading the Comments sections, but many are. So keep your clothes on, folks. People are watching.

"It's not easy taking the high road sometimes it is more expensive -"

Katherine, Not everyone knows what the high road is though. And some of the ones that do, don't know how to get there. So it's absolutely mandatory that our leadership sets the goals (and high ones). At least that way we'll all have the best directions.

"Obama is your typical politician."

So what's new?
Was there ever any doubt. But I will have to say, that in a lot of ways, he's not that typical. You don't win an election being typical.

For this group to continue to blame Bush is like signing to the choir. It is meaningless, and the fact that you give the Democrat Congress a bye, is ridiculous. How do you ridicule one and forget the other half of Pennsylvania Ave?

All that wasteful spending. Like the money the Myrtle Beach Convention Center is hoping for to help it finish a major source of jobs and income for the area.

huh?
Just because it's an earmark doesn't mean it's wasteful. Someone has to decide where the money goes and because it's a Congress Critter doesn't automatically mean it's waste, fraud, and abuse.

And being from one the hog farm capitals of the US I'm looking forward to that odor control. Hope it's part of a green energy source.

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Jack, You forgot to use the satire emoticon (whatever that is) :)

I do blame Congress. The Dems though have had very little say in our current policy failures. I do think Speaker Pelosi was wrong to cut off discussion about the war tax and to be afraid of tax increases in general. Under the DEMOCRATIC leadership they began a pay as you go plan...not the wild credit spree of the Shrubbians in the name of terra terra terra.

I heard Janet Napolitano speaking today about finally get down to work in New Orleans and other areas still suffering from Katrina. I guess though it's amistake for the Obama adminstration to do that..might take the focus off of the banks

While Republicans did use a record number of fillibusters, I have no problem blaming Democrats and Republicans for this mess. If Democrats had actually been an opposition party a lot less of this would have happened.

I offered to purchase some spines many times.

I also agree with Harry on Greenspan, and have been saying so for years. He was plainly pumping money into the market, especially around election times.

You don't win an election being typical.
So what's new?

Well Obama is suppose to be the new kind of politican. That is what he told us.

You tell the voters what they want to hear, not what you are really going to do. Have you ever purchased a car and had the dealership tell you the cars under lining problems?

"Well Obama is suppose to be the new kind of politican. That is what he told us."

Come on Truth. Did anyone ever really believe that?
I agree with you, it's silly to put anyone, including the president, on a pedestal. And he will ultimately be held accountable. But, once you watch what others are saying here, a while longer, you'll realize they're not wearing blinders. They're just giving him some time (just like GW got). But you're right, we need to focus on now.

And know, the dealer never mentions the problems to you. You find out AFTER you buy the car.

That last know=no

We now have to wear clothes when we post? This place is suffocating me! LOL!

well, at least a bathrobe, Corey. i always do.

"For this group to continue to blame Bush is like signing to the choir. It is meaningless, and the fact that you give the Democrat Congress a bye, is ridiculous."

Absolute BS. Nobody here is giving congress a bye. Stop spinning.

Corey gets busted on a PWN charge: Posting While Nude.

Will do. LOL!

hmmmm, Patsi -- PWN, that explains a lot about what goes on around here. Definitely calls for a return of Lardo's Retreat!

I used to like Charlie Rangle,Barny Frank,,,Chris Dodd,,,but not anymore,,,since they some of them received special treatment by Country Wide,,they are not better than the R' that they criticize,,,It would have been hell ,,,hearing Daschel speak on the Sunday news shows,,and there are a few others that are not any better,,,,,TERM LIMITS,,,anyone??

Craig I won't have too much to say if it can't contain just a little hint of _____ just cover your ears,,,that way you can't hear it all,,,,,and you can tell the improvement of the blog,,because everyone is posting,,at all hours of the day and night now,,,so let it rip, for a while!

and corey earns yet another spot in Best Comments:

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/best-comments.html

"corey earns yet another spot in Best Comments:"

Perfect!

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Solar, you're doin just fine. Now, I wanna get Champ back. His wasn't a technical issue, but a philosophical aversion to Typepad or something. C'mon Champ, we can't change the world without you.

Corey..... are you hiding your bat and balls again.....

Solar.... I've said many times that we need to overturn the members of Congress in order to have a real change.... but no one listens to me..... :0)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/barenaked-chinese-hassle-us-sh.html#comment-208738

Hi all and thanks to everyone who posted Pogo's comments thus giving us are Pogo fix!!

Solar you so funny.I have enjoyed your post's today. I had 2 and half threads to catch up as I didn't get to read this morning...Ha Tony Baloney funny and nice I haven't been called that since I was a kid,,

Chloe
Thanks for the many wonderful links today! It reminds me of the good old days! Hey my B-day is July 18th so we just give Solar a b-day greeting 2 days before that date and 2 days after,since he won't tell...Agree on the diapers,i wouldn't care where they come from just keep them accessible..HA ,Oh ya President Obama's a typical politician,whats new,we've always known that....Didn't we get in a little trouble for saying that during the Dem.Primary..HA sure is easy to laugh about it now!

Patsi
From a couple of threads ago..
Boy that picture of the Hominy got me remembering,my Mom and Dad loved the stuff and so did us kids.Mom used to fry it in Bacon grease with onions...Oh it was good with corn bread and green beans too!! Love reading you Patsi, you always in some way or another make me think of my Mom and family.Its the food and hillbilly music......Ha

A guys's gotta have some fun, Renee! LOL!

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Craig
Your patience with us has been worth it! I think you have accomplished what you set out to do which was to provide a place for discussion without the constant personal attacks,BRAVO!.I always enjoyed your place regardless, but its so much better these days....

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TIR

Why do you think the voters handed the WH to the Democratic party and substantially increased their margin of votes? The last two years have been on long no no no filibuster and the few times a law could get passed, the Republican president vetoed it.

Sorry about that. This god awful mess is all because of a Republican Fraternity drunken kegger. We are the clean up crew stuck with the vomit.

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Ping, Truth In Fantasy...

I totally agree with your analysis way back upthread that Obama is losing focus and trying to take on too much at once. Our country simply is not built to handle this kind of bold leadership.

Rather, he should go with something closer to the Bush model...

Term One: Walk.
Term Two: Chew Gum

Too bad Bush couldn't get a third term to prove he could do both at once. : )

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thanks tony, i find it fun to be here again, without the Manson family terrorizing the place

Further...

No less a Democrat than Tip O'Neill realized that he couldn't just rant and rave at Reagan from Capitol Hill. He understood the tectonic shift, and went to the White House to deal with the guy and even smoke a few cigars.

As a partisan Democrat, I never forgave Tip for that...but, hey, he was a better politician than me. And he probably turned out to be on the right side of history, even though it pains me to admit that.

Your guys should just man up and deal with your own tectonic shift...sted of just following Rush over the cliff.

PS: Corey, don't even bring up sports tonight. After last night's game, the subject just kills me.

No B-Ball tonight. Watching the Red Wings.

" He understood the tectonic shift, and went to the White House to deal with the guy and even smoke a few cigars.

As a partisan Democrat, I never forgave Tip for that..."

Lard -- I wish Tip had been so considerate to Jimmy Carter....Tip and Byrd were a-holes at that time...

Darn Jimmy Boyd has died

http://www.comcast.net/articles/music/20090310/Obit.Boyd/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2-BchYMSsY

Duet with Frankie Laine, but most people know "I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Clause"

SICK! Orange County suspends Planned Parenthood funding:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/03/oc-suspends-pla.html

I agree with you, LL. Seems the passage of time "erased" his crime. Another "privilege" that the rich has over the poor.

Carol

Science of death,,,,What happens at the time of death,,,on the Ntl Geographic channel,,,,this should have a few answers for you.

Father Joseph Martin passed away yesterday.

http://www.fathermartinsashley.org/

"Best known for his lectures on alcoholism as a disease, delivered to alcoholics and their families with his charismatic style and sense of humor, Father Martin is credited with saving the lives of thousands of alcoholics and addicts. His “Chalk Talk on Alcohol” lecture, which began “I’m Joe Martin, and I’m an alcoholic,” and more than 40 films are legendary...[He]raised funds to buy and renovate Oakington, the estate owned by the widow of U.S. Senator Millard Tydings on the Chesapeake Bay near Havre de Grace. The treatment center, which opened in 1983, has since provided treatment and program services to more than 40,000 people suffering from the disease of addiction, and their families. Two years after Father Martin’s Ashley opened its doors, Forbes magazine ranked it as one of the top ten addiction treatment facilities in the country."

(Some of the lives he changed are dear to me.)

4 a. m. Wed, morning,,,Carol,,,tivo it if U want it,,,I don't see it coming on for long time again.

Didn't know about Father Martin, Ivy -- thanks for posting this....

http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-source.com/terms/vehicular.html

John Mayer does Frank Sinatra:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVFe-C--dfo

“this is an Obama bear market.”

"First — who is saying this?.......................................
......................Simply put, these are people who have distinguished themselves by being some of the best contrary indicators around"

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/its-the-economy-stupid-thats-tanking-the-market/

"http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-source.com/terms/vehicular.html"

RE: Vehicular manslaughter...

LL -- I have a friend who is now almost 60 -- as a 17 year old she drank too much at a party, and had a car accident on her way home in the wee hours of the morning, She, too, had a rich family and good lawyers. She did no time. But I will say this -- she's done the time ever since. In fact, she just had a near breakdown again. I think this haunts her every minute of every day...that's certainly in no way an excuse...but DAMN...I think if young people had any idea of the long term effect of causing a death, they'd get a designated driver.

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You're welcome, Patsi. Well-known people, including politicians, began recovery with Father Martin. But, of course, their names shall remain "anonymous."

The man who was drunk and ran over my brother eventually killed himself. Not sure what it accomplished, he left 2 kids and my brother was still dead.

OMG Sea. How horrible.
How do you ever get over something like that.
I'm so sorry.

Here's the post it showed up under.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/barenaked-chinese-hassle-us-sh.html#comment-208648

Thank you Jamie -- I've been craving hamentaschen for weeks now. I found a recipe for *chocolate* hamentaschen. Not traditional, but ooohhhhh mmmyyy.....

Happy Purim to all those in TrailMixico!

Posted by: Divalicias Author Profile Page | March 10, 2009 5:51 PM

Lard- the laws were different then.Who knows what happened anyways. I know someone who swears that there were 2 cars,that changes everything. I don't think we'll ever really know what happened that night. Regardless,I believe the man has paid his debt to society since.

"The man who was drunk and ran over my brother eventually killed himself. Not sure what it accomplished, he left 2 kids and my brother was still dead."

That's awful. There are so many deaths caused by drivers who may or may not be drunk....one of my best friends, a doctor, was killed in his forties by a 16 year old girl who leaned over to kiss her boyfriend and ran a red light....my friend's wife never even got a note from the girl.

Chloe- Wide shoulders.

AP, You were on the previous thread.

For you HRC fanatics the Madam Secretary blog is back on FP. mostly just itinerary with a few good pictures.

http://hillary.foreignpolicy.com/

Jack

The thing is Sea, is the domino effect these tragedies have on everyone. The victim or victims, and then all the family and friends on both sides. There aren't words.

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Sea,

I'm so sad for you, and sorry that you are reminded of your loss. There is no way to make sense of such senselessness.

Yeah that domino effect sucks, it does give me a different perspective when I watch "Its a wonderful life" But every family has their troubles. Look at poor Jamie"s tale,I couldn't bear what she has had to bear.

Yes, OSH -- so many of these deaths are just senseless.

chloe...

Thanks, I don't know how I did that.

The read is very good and the video even better. He blasts Republicans over their obstructionist tactics. And he's a Republican.

Jack, Those are excellent pictures!

From that site you linked at 9:09, did you see the Quote of the day?
"The safe way to double your money is to fold it
over once and put it in your pocket"

Solar panels at costco

http://tinyurl.com/cgh6p6

AP, The reason I knew was because I've done that before. More than once. :)

Thanks for linking that. I'll have to read it in the morning though. I'm bookmarking it.

"Solar panels at costco"

amazing! way to go..

I just signed up for typekey or typepad and discovered I was already signed up. This message will test whether it is working..

Chloe

He always has good quotes, thats an old one but good one

Jack

morning comes early this week

See you'ns tomorrow.

Jack

Jack, I just went back and took another look at the pictures, and got to subscribe to a Madame Secretary feed on that same page. I clicked on it and it placed it at the top of my yahoo home page. I love it. Thanks for that great site!

.. nite

One last thing a cartoon

Here are some preferred stocks I would buy.

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/preferred-stocks/

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OSH

I actually consider myself lucky in many ways. So many children who have alcoholism or violence in their lives have no way to get away from it. It made for a lot of turmoil and certainly had long term effects, but I've seen children who had it so much worse and didn't have the resources to handle the problems.

Lardlib... I think you are the only one that caught my point in my offering of grade's....

But lets look further -

http://www.newsweek.com/id/188565
Howard Fineman writes....
"in ways both large and small, what's left of the American establishment is taking his measure and, with surprising swiftness, they are finding him lacking."

Him being President Obama -- And many in the Dem Congress are now questioning this adminstration.

Now stop your spinning as this represents both Dem's and Rep's - and business meeting of good fair people are wondering what is Barack trying to do?

Maybe we are just not bright enough to understand?

http://tinyurl.com/bcmvsa

This link goes to the MSNBC poll to rate Barack Obama first 100 days....

Now what is his prejudiced base 30+%???
Take a look and see which grade has the highest mark ......
What % is D or below?

Now Ping,

You are way to bright to consider any on line poll valid or even vaguely believable. If you wanted a 90% F grade all you would have to do is post the link on a freeper site and it would look as if he should resign tomorrow.

One last item

The wording used by the Obama administration regarding the arguable effectiveness and ethical elements to allow new embryonic stem cell lines will come back at him.

To simply state that the prior ban was strictly political does not sit well with many.

The point that if you truly believe that Human Life begins at conception, then one may not agree but should not this be position be honored and respect. Especially if you are the President of the United States.

Once again he was careless in the approach to handle this and to quickly put a check mark in the box (taken from Howard Fineman) –

But if he said something different then he would have to acknowledge the creditability that Human Life does begin at Conception. A question that I am glad not to have to answer.

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Ping,

Can they even spell F?

Jamie -maybe you give me to much credit :~) for being bright... But I am very good at numbers and stuff -..

The simple point is made....

And by the way - I do have a great deal of respect for your wisdom and comments...

Yes that was a kiss up... !!!

Work is demanding --- got to get some rest..

Best to all

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Ping,

What bothers me about the resistance to using the embryonic stem cells is that no one on that side of the argument says what to do with them. There isn't exactly a line on Conservative wombs winding around the block to adopt them. To be consistent you would have to oppose in vitro fertilization.

Is death by freezer burn preferrable to advancing the knowledge of human disease and injury?

I very much agree with President Obama's announcement regarding stem cell research.

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Well, Craig .. you do have to pull some weeds when you're growing a garden .... !:^)

Viv

ha, Viv, you are so right. in fact i pulled real weeds today, to make room for what looks to be another fine crop of tulips. gotta love spring cleaning. much work, but so refreshing.

and another huge HA, you guys are cracking me up with the proliferating emoticons. i really created a monster bringing that up. whskyjack, for one, has become the Mozart of emoticons

Yes, I can't do yard work anymore, so instead, I can the fruits of Mom & my brothers garden .. Mom's tulips are starting to come up in the front .. some on the side,too but since she tore out the Peonies, loved those, can't remember what flowers she planted there .. but spring cleaning .. from top to bottom, loved the smell of Old English & Murry's Oil Soap, lol

I guess everyone's busy or sleeping now .. I keep missing everyone .. but am hoping after tomorrow, will be able to be on here more often ..

!:^)
Viv

I've always used this one !:^) or this one !:^} on here ever since I joined this Marvelous Garden party .. since everyone talks & shows pictures of their garden here ...

!:^}

Viv

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Whoops! ... Murphy's Oil

Marvelous Garden Party -- I like that, Viv. The world needs more of such

Yes it does!! and It's been wonderful since the weeds are gone .. hehehe sorry, had to say that ... it's good night, so am a little but slap happy ..

!:^}

Viv

"He's a rank weed . . . and we must root him out."

-- William Shakespeare (Henry VIII, 5.1)

here's the newly-discovered painting of The Bard...the ONLY truly authenticated portrait of him.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#29602995

good for you, Dexter!!I know how hard it must be for you .. have several family members who haven't ...

Viv

perfect timing once again, ye ole Nightwatchman -- take the helm Dexter

That's a wonderful discovery ... would love to walk through & see all those old Portraits of History ...

Viv

By the mark, ten!
By the deep, five!
By the mark,twain!

I have the wheel.

"There's only one way to be a pilot, and that is to get this entire river by heart" -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1857).

I actually never really believed that Shakespeare wrote his own works or at least he only partly wrote them. In any case, his histories were sorely full of errors.

As for Obama, I'm wholly delighted with his first day much less his first 50. He's done more actual WORK than Bush did in each 4 years.

Now folks are questioning if this administration is doing TOO much??? Everyone must be complacent and think the Bush admin was the standard?? Think back to what little we knew that Bush ever did.

Someone recently said that Bush was a dictator for all of his 8 years. That's so true. Many of us saw that years ago and were screaming bloody murder.

Now that Obama's trying to actually get stuff done, any stuff, for the people, those nattering, nabobs of negativity are trying to say he's a socialist.

Funding No child Left Behind might make the program work. I suspect it won't. The thing Obama said that does work is pre-school. I remember all the Title programs from the old days. They worked then and should help now.]

The problem with education is the kid's families and life styles.

tt

*L* @ Dex!

Excellent!

tt

Yes!! I love all of that stuff .. the picture, the video of some man who is so excited to tell you what they know .. you actually feel his excitement when you watch them ..

I know ,, but you know, Dex .. sometimes it feels good to say something .. don't have to go into the details, we understand .. it lifts the spirit sometimes, when we share a bit of ourselves with people who we've met &instantly feel connected ..

I think that's why I've kept coming back .. I enjoy reading everyone's post .. I learn so much for ya'll!!

Me, who for some odd reason, has had this thirst for wanting to know since I was 12 or 13 .. doesn't matter what it is, if it catches my eye, I read it .. will go to the comment section to see what others are thinking, then go to the links off from them ..

LOL, my Dad use to yell when he'd come home from work & I had already read HIS paper .. no matter how careful I was .. he always knew ..

!:^}

Viv

KCJack -
Broom corn , here's yer "Atta Boy".
Working on that Blue Corn Experiment tonight -

http://cbhopibluecornexperiment.blogspot.com/

Craig -
Craig Mullaney on TDS tonight -

" No one pays to see a one ball juggler "
Ranger School instructor

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Dex: sorry got off on a rant, lol ...
It's good you had someone like that in your life .. so many don't .. in spirit, yes .. it's the full Moon tonight ...

!:^}
Viv

CBob: Findlay , Ohio is saturated again, downtown flooded by the Blanchard River's spilling over its banks...I live on a street with a storm sewer under my street and the water is just cascading off my house, overwhelming the eave spouts...pounding on my roof...this is the gol-darndest heaviest rain in years, all day long...my Labrador retriever won't go out to pee...my wife just got home from work ...many roads are closed in the country ( this little city is isolated in farm country), just totally under water. Send that straw up here and start sucking!

We're not as bad as Findlay, but we're getting the solid rain and it has let up down there a bit...I'm about an hour and a half NW of there, 50 minutes by car west of Toledo Express Airport.

Viv...me too on the reading...when I was a kid Dad always brought home The New Yorker. I have been reading that mag since 1960 or before...Dad worked in an office in downtown Fort Wayne, IN. On Saturdays he'd go in to finish up the business for the week and my brother and I would go to the Salvation Army Store and buy stacks of National Geographics for a dime apiece, 12 for a buck.
I'd have to bust my butt on my paper route because I spent too much time reading the thing first!

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we're getting the winds right .. except it to rain any moment ...

One more thing, my father's army unit contacted him. Been giving them a little information, to little I'm afraid. But their site has a wealth of information about where my dad went, and a little bit of what he did.

A very nice site as well , nicely built -
300th Combat Engineer Battalion
http://www.300thcombatengineersinwwii.com/index.html

Dex ... LOL ... Dad was Manager of a small company that sold business equipment, which back then, was the first Dictaphone, etc .. he'd bring home the new items & let us use to them .. we had a lot of fun on the tape records, lol ... when I went with him on Sat's, he'd sometime drop me off at the Cinti Library, was so big to me, but I loved it .. would walk all over reading this & that .. then Dad would pick me up when he was done .. usually only worked 4 hours on Sat ..

Dexter -

I got 8 1/2 inches last September, I know exactly what you're talking about. Watching that big southwest tap out of the Pacific tonight, hoping it gets wetter down here.

Dexter -
I did the sign job on the Lowes store in Findlay. Spent 5 days there once, longest month of my life.

CBob: those little Jeeps in the masthead of the page sure seem inadequate. I live near the old New York Central rail line (now CSX)..last week I saw 30 more HumVees or MWraps or whatever they are called , moving east, heading for war.
Here's a good old photo:

http://tinyurl.com/b3mtd4

Jon Stewart was great again tonight. It's just so funny to see a comedy show (which happens to be the best news show around) being taken seriously by the news networks. Cramer was cryin all over The Today Show and Morning Schmo. Could just see the look in Stewart's eyes: "dis means warrr!" - Bugs Bunny.

National Radar loop -

http://tinyurl.com/bo2bp9

my brother from Chicago is a sign man...been in the biz for 35 years...used to do "Big Sig" signs, now he designs and builds them himself...he did the new sign for Chi's Marquette Park but it ain't up on Google for some reason....that one way made with wood and chains.

map don't lie!! You can see we really are getting pounded by rain.

Golden Spike .
The end of one of the greatest swindles in the history of the country.
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Some of the players, walked on the floor of congress with a brief case , passing out stock certificates. It's a hell of a read, and a hell of a story.

Here's one way to do it.

No Child Left Behind? How about ALL the school personnel left behind??

"Pontiac teachers ponder next move
Union leaders question legality of layoff notices being sent to all employees in Pontiac school district.

The school board voted 4-2 Monday to lay off ALL district employees

"I'm still very upset," she said. (union president) "They lied to me because I was told there would be between 100 and 150 layoffs, and when I turned around, they laid off the ENTIRE district."

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090311/SCHOOLS/903110374/1026

tt

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A friends works at BAE, who bought a local company in West Chester .. they make a lot of the bigger stuff going over there now .. he started on the line putting armor on the Hum Vee's ... now he works on the machine that they use .. they're going strong, just got a new contract in Feb ...

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I use to work on different signs ,, made Awnings & put the Graphics into them ... never knew there so many kinds .. enjoy it .. hated when I had to leave ...

Laying off an entire district is probably fraught with all kinds of legal problems, particularly in a collective bargaining state like Michigan.

Good contracts have very detailed Reduction In Force provisions.

Giving everyone layoff notices is not only probably illegal,it is personally destructive to individual employes and the cohesiveness of the district.

Good luck Pontiac school employees..

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Dex .... Weathermen is the #1 job that you can be 99.99% wrong & still keep your job ...

!:^}

Viv

hmmm guess everyone's busy or gone to bed ,,,

night ..

Viv

In case any history buffs are there ...in case you missed it, this is an amazing story about Lincoln's watch...

"Thank God we have a government!"

http://tinyurl.com/b8uyww

lol Dexter,
My father the truck driver used to bring home Sex to Sexty magazines, which might explain a lot.

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Though a lot of my life was influenced by the McGraw Hill encyclopedia of space. It was a reference book and I could only read it at the library, which fortunately was a stop on my way home.

OK...NOW I am off to bed...had a bowl of bran flakes and my brain shut down..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............don, keep reading those encyclopedia volumes...

great book on the history of the New Yorker magazine........The Years With Ross.............by James Thurbur

http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780060959715

it's thurbur's recollections of his years with Harold Ross at the magazine............

The Blue Corn Experiment -

http://cbhopibluecornexperiment.blogspot.com/

it looks good.......Im not a great fan of personal agriculture but I do have a picture of me posing in a cornfield.......the caption reads: "Out standing in his Field".

I'll send an e-mail this pm for the sending etc........

i hopi grow right.......

sturgeone crack corn and he don't care.............

Good morning everyone! I just strolled through the comments from yesterday and last night.

Patsi -- The story about the OC BOS pulling the funding from Planned Parenthood was disturbing. PP was not using any of the funds for abortions, although there are some PP clinics that do provide abortions, PP used the BOS funds to pay for an effective sexual health program that not only encouraged abstinence, it realistically gives young people accurate information about sexuality, personal health and safety. The comments after that article were illuminating on the situation. Apparently the BOS changed the agenda at the last minute alerting only the anti-choicers and PP officials of the hearing. PP did not have the chance to get out the word to the pro-choice community to come to the hearing, so the Sups only heard from a roomful of anti-choice people.

pogo, technical difficulties. sorry, friendly troll turned on me. will try again later.

Oregon DEM -- I am sooo with you on the whole POV that that politicians are in control of our school system and not the teachers. If the politicians just backed off and let the teachers do what they are trained for and have the gift to do, I really think our children would be better off. Politicians know that public education is an emotional issue for a significant portion of the population and that drives their involvement to the point of chasing every theory and policy proposal leaving the teachers and the kids whipsawed as a result. Now we're teaching to the test, covering all sorts of trivial pursuits Q&As and calling it education. There is very little in-depth study, drawing interdisciplinary connections, creative and critical thinking. Just Garbage In and Garbage Out rote recitation of factoids that must be memorized for a test.

In Virginia -- ever since the implementation of the Standards of Learning (SOLs) school children have not taken a test that is nationally-normed, other than SATs. Guess what? As our SOL scores have gone up, our SAT scores have gone DOWN.

all the recipes on the tm recipe page look good but sheila's chili recipe is calling me.......lol......."make meeeeee, make meeeee"

cbob, your blue corn pix beautiful. thanks for the info. my only foray into growing corn was bittersweet. was able to harvest four succulent, fresh cobs which i microwaved in the husk and slathered with butter...hmmmm...only to go out the next morning to find a scene which would make the movie animal house seem like a tea party. the raccoons apparently had an orgy. half eaten cobs were strewn about, some with only one bite taken in them. almost every stalk bent or on the ground as tho' they were used in a trapeze frenzy to make soloil de cirque jealous. heartbreaking.

shades of old art linkletter program

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/11/ahmadinejad-toy-monkey

Ha -- yes, pat -- you probably read my earlier post of my son's short lived foray into corn farming....he fought the crows and the crows won....

Dexter -- My Dad was a friend of Father Joe's. Dad was the first successful outpatient who completed treatment through the Long Beach Naval Hospital where Father Joe's first Chalk Talk film was shown on a regular basis. It changed my Dad's life and his Navy career. With support from Father Joe, Capt. Joe Zuska, Dr. Joe Pursch and Dick Jewell, Dad opened a 24 hour outpatient clinic on the docks at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. After he retired from the Navy, he opened an inpatient detox unit at Riverside Memorial Hosp. That led to identifying a need for another clinic closer to Palm Springs, where a lot of my Dad's patients were coming from. So Dad collaborated again with the Joe's, and help from Betty Ford who was also treated at Long Beach Naval Hospital, another clinic was opened at Eisenhower Memorial Hospital in Palm Springs using the Navy treatment model which Fr. Joe had influenced so well. After Dad's second retirement we moved to the East Coast, and Dad spoke a few times at Ashley before he went on to the Big Meeting in Heaven. You can send a note to friends of Fr. Joe here:

Contact@kellyproductions.com
Fr. Joseph C. Martin
c/o Kelly Productions, Inc.
P.O. Box 1846
Bel Air, MD 21014

sturgeone crack corn and he dont care
old masa's gone away......

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Thanks, Div. Very amazing story about your Dad. There is still a very strong recovery culture in Long Beach. Friends took me to their home meetings there and I was bowled over by the strength and spirit. I didn't realize it was part of Father Martin's legacy.

Here is the link to Father Martin's site again. I donate to the "scholarship fund" which pays for those who otherwise would not afford treatment, one of whom 20 years ago was my sister. About a year ago, I was rummaging through a box of books and found her copy of "No Laughing Matter" inscribed to her by Father Joe.

http://www.fathermartinsashley.org/

Bob, I went to your father's wartime unit's site. Looked at each and every picture and read how each of the soldiers described themselves. Only someone who has been to war can fully understand the brevity of their descriptions.

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Here's a little irony to start the day off.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDCOM2mACDYY&refer=home

Apparently tax cuts work in Communist China....whooda thunk it.........:)

Messed up the Father Martin's link somehow...this should work.

http://www.fathermartinsashley.com/interior.php?section=AboutAshley&subsection=WhoWeAre

ok sturge, which one do you want to hear,

seegar?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdKNv0MuMo&feature=related

or eminem?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtqUe7FhiQg

sturge, looked and looked for burl's version but the best i could find is this 9 minutes medley of him with johnny cash.
pay back for putting that song in my head all day.

oops, forgot to link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l903r0RUSg&feature=related

Wow did I go to bed too early. You all wait until I depart to discuss education, alcoholism, and Shakespeare admidst spring cleaning, planting, and plucking.

OD - On Obama's support of charter schools among other things may reflect his experience in Chicago. That is Marva Collins city and her success with a private school for impoverished black children was probably a strong influence.

Dexter - It took a lot of years for my dad's attempts with AA to stick, but he celebrated his 10th birthday shortly before his death

Love the new Shakespeare portrait. I never worry about accuracy with him. He never let a fact interfere with a good story. When you add that he had to please sponsors to make Money, he sometimes blurred issues. He wrote quite a nice description of Elizabeth I in her cradle that would have been performed before her in her much later years. It probably wasn't a good time to mention that daddy lopped off mommy's head.

Jaxtrader

When you lower sales taxes, people like to buy stuff. When you couple that with subsidies to the automaker so that can have a lower sales price, that doesn't hurt either.

http://cbhopibluecornexperiment.blogspot.com/

CBob, I would imagine that blue corn has different nutrients than the yellow corn. I know they often describe foods that fit in certain categories by their color. Judging from that picture you posted, it looks more the color of berries. Thanks for posting that. I've heard you talk about it, but I've never seen blue corn. I guess if I wanted to plant some, I'd have to look online.

Jax, Thanks for that link. It's good to know cars are selling someplace. The dealers sure are offering a lot of incentives right now, and the financing rates can't be beat.

.....
Jack (Whiskey that is) :)
Did you see last night that Craig said you're becoming the Mozart of emoticons? Good work! We really need to make sure people will know where we're coming from. So many different personalities.

Jamie,
It just struck me as ironic that the communists are lowering taxes and increasing incentives...... while we "the supposed capitalists" are doing the exact opposite...wonder who comes out ahead.

I'd bet on us.

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Tony, I imagine you're already gone for the day. reg. your post last night, yes, I remember well. We did get in a lot of trouble not too long ago. Don't know if I'd laugh about it now, but I sure do wonder why I took it all so seriously. Hope you have a great day Tony!

Loved Burl Ives. Only problem, You tube only had his hits not the wonderful folk songs. Found a slightly different version of Lolly Too Dum sung by Pete Seeger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJ2NydeH-o

Chloe,

The eternal optimist in me would bet on us as well.....but it will be despite our Gov'ts efforts.....not because of them

Jax

It depends entirely on which taxes and where the government spends the money. Anything that makes it possible for those at the lower end of the ladder to buy products benefits those at the top of the ladder as the money moves up the chain.

The Republicans problem is that they suffer from the idea of trying to increase the money at the top of the ladder by taking away services to those at the bottom thinking that the funds at the top will seep down so that the lower end will get the money for their needs that way - doesn't work. Result: Less money on both ends as we can see from the current condition.

Fair enough Jax ..... "despite our Gov'ts efforts".

chloe...

Just wondering if you read the link and watched the video.

Here is another link that shows just how sick the Republicans are and proneness to violence. But just a few sentences from the blog post.

"Came across this brand new blog yesterday while researching the "Restore the Republic" video I wrote about as an update to my post about Glenn Beck and Chuck Norris and their "We Surround Them" coming TV even on Fox News.

Follow me below the fold for a glimpse into the hatred, paranoia and desires for the overthrow of our government that this blogger who hopes to sponsor a "Patriot March" on Washington, DC this July to protest the tyranny of the Federal Government under President Obama.

This is one wingnut's vision of future events which he believes the Obama administration and control of Congress by the Democratic Party will bring about. Read it not because it is an "entertaining" piece of of unintended farce. Read it because of what it reveals about the mindset of far too many people who do not accept Obama's victory, and believe he should be taken down "by any means necessary." In that respect, it is deeply disturbing. This "prophecy" is from someone who listens to Fox News, is a member of the ditto head nation of Rush Limbaugh, and who likely attended one of those hate fests last October otherwise known as Sarah Palin rallies. I think his screed is representative of a new wave of right wing hatred and violence laced fantasies (and some far to real plans for home grown terrorist violence) which have re-emerged over the last year. So read it, please, if only to better know the insanity that is lurking in the shadows waiting for its moment in the sun. "

It's better to be forewarned then to be in the dark. Link below.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/3/11/91926/5563

Have a great day.

Jax, It really is good to see you talking to us more lately. :)
You always have something important to say.

"Just wondering if you read the link and watched the video."

Thanks for reminding me AP. I'm going to right now.

Chloe,
Thanks....I like the non-anonymous format. Gotta run though.....biz calls

From the desk of Pogo:

Mornin’

This being March, the featured bagel this month at Panera Bread is the (fanfare, please) Trailmix bagel. I will proudly order it in honor of our host’s largess.

OK watching MoJo this morning (Forgive me for I have sinned – somehow appropriate in this Lenten season – if only I were Catholic … oh, well) I finally closed the book on Barnicle. I really used to like him when I lived in Renee’s necko’th’woods, but today was kinda the last straw. He was panting and drooling behind Joe’s stupid “wrong color shag carpet” rant about a guy who was held in Gitmo for eons then let go, only to be recaptured on the battlefield fighting “us”. Mika’s stock went up in my book when she called them down for confusing the 2 issues – one -terms of imprisonment without charges – with the other – conditions of imprisonment. Barnicle used to write a pretty good column that usually had good insight into political things. Now he’s become just another stupid anti-muslim talking head spouting silly shallow talking points. Too bad.

And it looks like going from a president who could handle no one thing at a time to one who can address more than one thing at a time (wouldn’t it be nice if the world gave us only one problem to deal with at a time?) is just too much for mqw. Newsflash – we have more than one problem, and there are different folks working on solutions to the different problems. mqw, if Obama took your suggested approach, we might never see anything improve.

And I see the Senate passed the last of the Bushco omnibus budgets to get the gov’t through Sept. McCain and Boner were being their usual disingenuous selves. Yep, McCain is right about it being business as usual in Washington – at least for him and Boner.

And Ping, if you’re still around, I wouldn’t put too much stock in Fineman’s assessment. Gallup shows his approval up and down between 62 & 67% since Jan. 21 – hardly the trend he suggests is occurring.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116479/Barack-Obama-Presidential-Job-Approval.aspx

Now if he’s talking only about Repubs, he is likely wrong.

The new pogo.

Pogo, I love Panera! I like the cinnamon crunch bagel when I'm in the mood for something sweet (then, when am I not) :) That giant cinnamon roll they sell is my favorite though. And their breads, don't even get me started. When we have lunch there, I order a small loaf of sour dough or whole grain and they give me a side of peanut butter (free!). What a meal!

I haven't been there in a while, so have not seen the Trailmix bagel. Let us know how it is.

Chloe -- do you have a pogo message? He asked if I'd seen it....maybe I missed it...always possible...

I am so sorry pogo. I forgot to check my mail
(Thanks Jamie)

Hi, all,

OK, Ping, but that makes a point different than the one I suspect you’re trying to make. Sales taxes are regressive by nature – if you lower taxes that impact the lower wage earners they buy more stuff because the stuff they buy costs less. Plus they are willing to go out on a limb to incur debt to buy the stuff because the see it as a bargain. Isn’t that redistribution indirectly? The Bloomberg article goes lacking in one very important regard - it does not tell what the tax rate that was halved was, so we can’t tell what the effective price reduction on cars with 1.6 l. engines was. The other part of the article that you didn’t mention was that the sales tax reduction on small cars was “Combined with the country’s wider 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) economic stimulus package, the policies have caused General Motors Corp. to roughly double its forecast for China’s nationwide auto market growth this year.” Sorry, but this is not the picture you were painting as ironic. So tell me, if Obama proposed a tax reduction plan that was limited to payroll taxes and federal sales (or consumer product based excise) taxes, would the tax cut drumbeating Repubs support it or oppose it?

The newpogo

I mean, Thanks Patsi

Hi, all, it’s me again.

Chloe, I think I’m a gold star member of the Panera frequent diner club. Cinnamon crunch is LP’s gfavorite – and was mine before I went all savory and settled on the Everything bagel. (Although as I said, this month it’s Trailmix).

Tom Freidman has an excellent column this morning at the NYT.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/opinion/11friedman.html

“Finally, to do all this, the president has to make us realize how dangerous a moment we’re in, without creating a panic that will prompt Americans to put every dime in their mattresses and undermine the economy even more.”

Therein lies the crux of the problem. Yesterday we got a solicitation from one of those late night lawyers seeking plaintiffs for a class action suit against 529 college saving plan administrators. Having seen almost half of the money my father left to me evaporate, all of which was put into a 529 plan 15 months ago (great timing, hunh?) we discussed it. Knowing that the plaintiffs get lip service while the lawyers are the ones who make out in class action suits – after all it is what I do for a living (many would say on the wrong side, but hey, that’s a judgment call) – we probably won’t join in, but it’s tempting.

The new pogo.

The Pogo Express chugs on down the rails:

Hi, all,

OK, Ping, but that makes a point different than the one I suspect you’re trying to make. Sales taxes are regressive by nature – if you lower taxes that impact the lower wage earners they buy more stuff because the stuff they buy costs less. Plus they are willing to go out on a limb to incur debt to buy the stuff because the see it as a bargain. The Bloomberg article goes lacking in one very important regard -0 it does not tell what the tax rate that was halved was, so we can’t tell what the effective price reduction on cars with 1.6 l. engines was. The other part of the article that you didn’t mention was that the sales tax reduction on small cars was “Combined with the country’s wider 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) economic stimulus package, the policies have caused General Motors Corp. to roughly double its forecast for China’s nationwide auto market growth this year.” Sorry, but this is not the picture you were painting as ironic. So tell me, if Obama proposed a tax reduction plan that was limited to payroll taxes and federal sales (or consumer product based excise) taxes, would the tax cut drumbeating Repubs support it or oppose it?

The new pogo

pogo...

My suggestion of using a proxy server was that it might be a way for you to access TypeKey and register for TM.

If you are able to access a proxy server through your companies filters you would enter TM's URL in it which would bring you back here.

Then it might also allow you to do a comment and give you the chance to register with TypeKey without blocking it.

I don't know if that would work, but I thought it might be a way around the filters for you giving you the ability again to leave your own comments without going through emails.

Just a thought.

Have a great day.

About the car situation in China.

With Chinese exports plunging and therefor Chinese workers and entrepreneurs earnings are also plunging, One has to ask "Who the f**k is buying all of these cars?"
Well it turns out that the Chinese have out Obamaed us. They have dedicated almost 600 billion to stimulus spending. IIRC, we only dedicated 450 billion to spending in our bill.

Now being communist they own a number of businesses, in fact they own a whole lot of businesses. They are funneling this almost 600 billion through these Corporations in a big spending spree.
Wonder how many of these corporations are offering as a perk for their many Politburo type managers a brand new Chinese made car.

Jack

chloe...

That's alright.

Since many here consider me a troll and scroll past my comments it surprised me that no one would find what Frank Schaeffer said to be worth discussing since he was one of the original founders of Focus on the Family.

He clearly calls out the Republican Party for the way they have became. A party of fear and hate mongering willing to drag our country down instead of working with President Obama to repair the damage done over the last eight years.

That's it for me today. Got to get back to work while I still have a job.

Have a great day.

Thanks AP. I have never considered you a troll, and I don't know of anyone else that does either. You have a great day too!

"the Chinese have out Obamaed us."

Still very much enjoy the way you put things. :)

Craig, I've been looking at the image of that A+ report in your blog. You are an easy grader, no matter how you look at it. I really wish you had been my teacher during my first (and last) Chemistry class. I could have used a little understanding. :)

.... sympathy would probably have been a better word to use.
understanding = sympathy

later

Pogo said

Jack, I think we probably have very little understanding of how the Chinese economy really works. There are apparently aspects of communism, socialism and capitalism in their system that mix in a way that would make most of the pundits who wring their hands and decry communism and socialism in all their respective forms look like friggin’ idiots. I’m pretty sure not every factory worker in China is a 12 year old boy chained to a wooden bench and given thin gruel and no paycheck. There probably are some of them, but I’d bet that is the exception rather than the rule. One thing is clear – they don’t have party politics getting in the way of enacting economic reforms that will help their economy weather the downturn in their export markets (read, US & EU).

The newpogo

You all may be in trouble now - I'm back witha new, longer name (gotta love what trolls, bots, and other nasties do to what should be simple.

Thanks for all the indulgence.

" it surprised me that no one would find what Frank Schaeffer said to be worth discussing since he was one of the original founders of Focus on the Family."

I just don't want to waste my time reading Focus on the Family stuff...

"I think we probably have very little understanding of how the Chinese economy really works"

That is true and I suspect even for the Chinese themselves.
I was reading an article yesterday that said the statistics in China are collected from the provinces and are passed up. There is an incentive to lie and exaggerate how good they are doing. This is a fossil from the Mao days. One point the article made is the Chinese then adjust the numbers taking this into account. Which was much better than the Mao government , who would believe the production numbers and believe the had a bumper crop when in fact people were on the edge of starvation.

Jack

Patsi...

He is no longer with them. He left a long time ago like many moderate republicans did.

It was what he said about the current state of the Republican Party that was interesting.

Closed minds never want to see or hear what is happening and find it a waste of time to even bother finding out how the Republican Party is seen by those who have left the Right Wing fold.

Have a good day.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/obamas-first-50-days-report-ca.html#comment-209023

Pogo is back! And as newpogo, how fitting

To get Pogo back in the fold, we added a sign-in alternative called Open ID. It lets you use existing ID and passwords for other services, like AOL, to sign in here. If you already have Typekey and it's working, keep using it. Both Typekey and Open ID will work here now.

here's more about signing in with Open ID: http://openid.net/

for those who can't get Typepad to function for them

and here is the registration page for setting up an account directly with Open ID:

https://www.myopenid.com/signup

Craig, Very Cool!

Pogo, I didn't even know that was you. Ain't that the truth how a few make it so rough for everyone else.

Now if we can get back the few hold outs: Champ, Blue, Animal Control (and others I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention), we'll be whole again.

and EuroTom of course!

"Pogo is back! And as newpogo, how fitting"

I hope this means that he's turned over a new leaf. :))

Craig thanks for the effort.

Pogo

we hardly missed you, seems like you have always been here in spirit. (8^`l

Welcome back

test

To get into the spirit of things, I had to try it too.
Great idea Craig!

Craig, I tried it too, and signed up with open id as tochloe. But the system held the comment. I assume that will just be with the first one?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/obamas-first-50-days-report-ca.html#comment-209037

Trying to sign up and do a little trolling eh!
Under an assumed name, eh!

Weeeeell! we know your kind, yes we do.

Jack
Believing anyone needing an emoticon for that statement, shouldn't run a computer anyway.

Thats it folks I'm getting goofy so it must be time to eat.
Busy this afternoon with bookwork and taxes and painting and shelf building and , and uh (where is that list the wife made for me)

Jack

Ha Jack. No emoticon necessary. I always know when you're kidding. I just had to try it and couldn't get just my name, so I added a couple of letters to the front of it. Besides, if I ever have problems with typekey, I'll have an alternative too.

You know I say whatever I want, whether people know who I am or not. No need to hide it if I'm in the mood to troll. :)

I told you all , smart lawyer , found that loop hole.

I'm in the mood to troll

There is a song in that statement somewhere.

Where's Patd ...

I'm in the mood to troll
Simply because I want to
Whenever the Mixer cow moos
I'm in the mood to troll

LOL Jamie!
You're gettin' good at those.!

And if there's a cloud above
If it should rain, we'll let it
But, for today forget it
'Cause I'm in the mood to troll

Flatus -
RE : The 300th

I've been looking at the pictures, there's a bridge at Carentan. I only heard my dad talk about the war 3 times.
His main concern , driving onto Utah Beach was drowning. He nearly drown as a kid, never learned to swim. Sitting in the truck all the way across the Channel in an LST , must have been a long trip.
Seeing those pictures of Belgium in Dec. 44'. I've often wondered my more armies didn't freeze to death. I mean everybody just turned into blocks of ice.
"Hard Times" is truly a siding scale.

chloe, jamie's always been good. and i'm glad to see you've also caught the ditty bug.

btw, any adventurers out there want to escape the madding crowd and maddening crowers? it's not that island paradise, but it might be a start to a new life if you need one.

CARETAKER PERSON/S required for a 2,000 acre farming/grazing property, located 10 minutes out of Gunnedah. A comfortable two bedroom cottage and power will be supplied. A small salary is available. A rural background is desirable for the caretaker(s). Only honest, decent people with references need apply. Please send your application to Caretaker, PO Box 30, Scone NSW Australia 2337.

"I'm in the mood to troll"

But I need a name you know
It's getting hard to find one
IT has blocked the good ones
!%#$$ you ##@!$ works though

Should, but won't.

http://tinyurl.com/Without-a-Doubt

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/obamas-first-50-days-report-ca.html#comment-209048

lol
The right and the left are getting nervous , as well they should be.

Jack

Hah -

Moving a 4 drawer lateral file cabinet to the 2nd floor at Mrs. P's office during lunch reminded me of one reason I decided to stay in school.

I really can't sufficiently express my appreciation to all of you who have helped me avoid TM withdrawal over the past couple of days. But I've been released from rehab and without the annoyance of anonymous posting and Captcha hell I have backslid with no intention of curing my addiction.

Pogo (newpogo, that is)

Flatus -
My father helped capture the Ludendorff Railroad bridge at Remagen.

http://www.herrlichkeit-erpel.de/EnglischeVersion/Bruecke03_eng.htm

Camille Paglia should stick to writing about the arts. The second part of that column about Daniella Mercury was wonderful. Unfortunately, when she writes about politics, it is almost all snark and talking points with little of the insight, originality and talent she displays with her other writing.

She has found a nice, well paying niche as the token feminist lesbian in the Republican Party so I suppose she and Steele now know enough between them about political issues to catch a bus together.

NEW THREAD

hiya new pogo...you saw the enemy and he is _______.
I am trying to figure out the difference between Typekey and Typepad. They are the same thing, somehow, but different, I guess.
Now I am sounding like the confused rural area person that I am!
What a stroke of fate for us rail buffs and train aficionados to have Joe Biden for a VP...an actual Amtrak customer. Maybe Obama's legacy will be "the President who developed the first high speed train from Las Vegas to SoCal, then across the entire CONUS.

Divialicias: Thanks for the post about your Dad , yours, too, IvyGreen. I learn more about Fr. Joe Martin every hour lately.
I never went to a treatment center because I was turned away when , since I already was convinced I could no longer drink "successfully", I was just told to keep going to AA meetings. However, I am fully aware that Ashley and places like The Betty Ford Center as well as countless hospital rehabs have pointed many thousands to recovery.

Saw Dana Perino on the tube. Why is it whenever I see her I expect to hear either another flat out lie, or something incredibly stupid?