Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

I'd like to thank the members of the Academy

Moody Blues - Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yco6eN5KIOY

Saw most of this guy yesterday . I knew we owned a lot to Air Marshal Dowding, but the tab was bigger than I had known before this C-Span show -

With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain

http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=10227&SectionName=History&PlayMedia=No

Michael Korda at the New York Historical Society in New York City.
He gives one hell of a presentation as well.

Gordon Brown's visit: The follow-up.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4953523/Barack-Obama-too-tired-to-give-proper-welcome-to-Gordon-Brown.html

good morning cbob. you're looking especially handsome at this time of the morn... question:
have we saved any day light yet?

xr, hope you don't mind me reposting your opus:

The Syrah is done,
The harem is asleep,
The time is One,
And so, I'll go count sheep.

Happy Daylight Savings Time, everyone !

Posted by: xrepublican | March 8, 2009 1:03 AM

Good morning,

How many of you like daylight savings time? Since many of you seem to be up all day and night, it may not be any big deal. I don't like it and the only benefit I have ever heard is that it sells more golf balls. For me it is just another added stressor and my tank is full right now.

I did hear the other night on the NBC nightly news that for the first three days after it starts there is a 5% increase in heart attacks. If that is true then I think this would be the first place to start on healthcare reform because heart attacks ain't cheap.

Another thing I wanted to mention is, where did Craig get that picture of Rush he put behind bars yesterday? I haven't seen any pictures of him that looked that good lately. Maybe Craig is also a little afraid of him.

Keith, Greg and Carl..... A show that is a mark in time...

Bob, the muck fires in Florida really stink--something like a peat bog smoldering.

Sturg, Tuchman had a great talent. After I read her book centered on Stillwell, I was hooked.

With reference to the picture of Rush Limbaugh leering through the bars, it could be just a matter of perspective.

I’ve got a sinking feeling that if you zoom out you will find that he controls the locking mechanism from his side of the caged enclosure.

Posted by: MadMustard | March 8, 2009 8:52 AM
MadMustard...
Take it a step further...
When you zoom out you find that Rush is actually the one that is outside the cage !! And he is just looking in to see what the zoo in DC is up to...

Good morning everyone. Happy Spring Forward Day!

I really think this day should be a national relaxation holiday. No work, no meetings, no places to be at certain times. Let time just float and let everyone sleep, loaf around and de-stress.

It's going to hit 76 today. I'm breaking out the spring clothes and wearing flip flops.

CT -- Caregivers so very rarely take care of themselves. Please remember to take deep breaths -- at least 4 per hour.

Precisely Ping, I just wish he would stop flicking his cigar vestiges on our side of the cage.

Yes, Alicia, just like people in other professions who don't pay attention at home to the work they do at their jobs everyday.

I have finally been forced to fix my hyperthyroidism. I neglected it and only kept my levels low enough where I stayed off the ceiling. I liked being able to pig out without gaining weight. After years of that neglect I have no bone density. One sneeze and I self destruct.

Now I have to stay off all my antithyroid meds until I can get radioactive iodine to kill the gland. I have to live with what feels like a bee hive inside for a month. I warned everyone to stay clear. Relaxation will not be possible for a while.

Lindsey Graham had a great line on waterdowned PC MTP.... His point -- Stop talking and asking about Rush and start talking and asking about Housing and Finance !!
In other words - Hey MSM... Stop being like the new Government and get a focus on the primary issue - nothing more - nothing less

And with that -- Off to Worship

Because "real" knowledge is power ....

In Pres. Obama’s Weekly Address last Saturday was a declaration of war against the special interests when he stated:

"I realize that passing this budget won’t be easy. Because it represents real and dramatic change, it also represents a threat to the status quo in Washington. I know that the insurance industry won’t like the idea that they’ll have to bid competitively to continue offering Medicare coverage, but that’s how we’ll help preserve and protect Medicare and lower health care costs for American families. I know that banks and big student lenders won’t like the idea that we’re ending their huge taxpayer subsidies, but that’s how we’ll save taxpayers nearly $50 billion and make college more affordable. I know that oil and gas companies won’t like us ending nearly $30 billion in tax breaks, but that’s how we’ll help fund a renewable energy economy that will create new jobs and new industries. In other words, I know these steps won’t sit well with the special interests and lobbyists who are invested in the old way of doing business, and I know they’re gearing up for a fight as we speak. My message to them is this: So am I."

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

Flatus, Autumn Kim is BEAUTIFUl! As well as her mom and dad. Thanks for posting those pictures. And congratulations again to you and Stinky, and the entire family.

The recession is god for the environment?

The Recession’s Green Lining
http://www.newsweek.com/id/188200

good morning gang....

Flatus.... it should be illegal to have a baby that cute..... :0)

KGC..... I made chicken and rice.... I LOVE pinot with chicken..... I don't care about the stupid rules of white wine with chicken and fish.... i LOVE red wine...

Alicia.... flip flops..... I'm jealous!.... still need winter boots around here to get through all the mud....

Mad.... we need you around here....

Carol...... (((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))

CBob..... I LOVE your truck driving stories....

Lardass.... did you see the Celtics game vs the Cavaliers Friday night.....
the Celtics are now the number 1 seed.....

Craig.... thank you for being you.... and thank you for this blog.....

I want to add my thanks to Flatus for the great baby video! What a beautiful little girl!!!! I'm watching Reliable Sources...can't take Graham and Schumer...but may switch when the news panel comes on....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-207964

CBob...I'm reading "Wings" right now. I'm a big Korda fan. Most recently read his "Ike" -- which was a great book too.

RebRen...didn't see Celts-Cavs. I'm still nursing along my Magic. I almost can't bear to watch today's game. And then we have to deal with our nemesis Detroit tomorrow.

By the way, for you expert birders...I saw a huge flock of some kind of gull in the parking lot of K-Mart the other day...I think they may have been this bird, Lesser black backed gull:

http://birdsolutions-southeast.co.uk/images/Lesser_black-backed_gull.jpg

As far as I can find out, these sometimes migrate through Tennessee in March...they were very cool birds...anybody know anything about their patterns? Or is there another kind of gull that looks kind of like this?

"I'm a big Korda fan. "

LL -- One of my good friends in the book business worked for Korda for a long time. He sounds like a fascinating character....

Moody Blues - Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yco6eN5KIOY

Posted by: Colorado Bob Author Profile Page | March 8, 2009 6:21 AM

Excellent + 5

Patsi, That 'black backed gull' is a beautiful bird. I don't think I've ever seen one. It looks quite large. The only 'large' bird I see in our parking lots are pigeons. :) They love junk food., so I guess we have something in common..

The 100-day sprint
Secretary Clinton's safety dance
"Clinton on her second trip was substantive and unspectacular—dispatching envoys to Damascus, carefully navigating the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, announcing President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey and meeting with her counterpart from Moscow.

It was important but safe diplomacy, most of which will only pay off, if it ever does, over the next few months and years, much the way Clinton's early work in the Senate paid off for her there.

..Clinton clearly loves the forums, which allow her to expound on issues like women's rights and the need for universal health care that go well beyond the usual portfolio of a secretary of state."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19744.html

Patsi, This Texas Gull looks similar, but I don't get down to the beach much since we've lived here. The Gulf is just not the same as the Pacific, an so I've never really gotten into it.
http://www.greglasley.net/yfgull.html

Heard an interesting point about DST last night. We drive more after switching, so net-net savings in energy is zip. We have more heart attacks for first three days in Spring (mentioned above) and first day after setting back.

The only good thing about DST (besides daylight after getting off work) is people spend more money.

Chloe -- I'm not really sure what gull it was that I saw....but in trying to find out, I did read that the "black backed" gull migrates through TN in March...so I'm guessing that's what they were. I pulled over and parked and just watched them...I don't often see that kind of bird!

"The only good thing about DST (besides daylight after getting off work) is people spend more money."

Yes indeed -- Carol mentioned golf balls earlier...and that's what I've always heard, that the sports equipment industry got it established. I just want to damned long nights and cold to go away....

I think they meant retail in general does better, because people don't just rush home. They go out to restaurants and stores after work.

One of the NPR people mentioned darkness is perceived as punishment and light as reward, so we feel better about ourselves as the light comes in. So it's more than just more daylight, but we're less pessimistic about things. Unless of course you're Rush.

The Parable of the Prodigal Economy.

In being that it is Sunday and I am at the church on the big river, my camp, I started thinking about our financial crisis and how it reminds me of that story of the parable of the prodigal son. If you forgot or didn't go to Sunday school here is a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Prodigal_Son

The banks, big corp. execs, and the irresponsible home buyers go out and swander the riches while the rest of us stayed at home, worked hard, and were responsible. Now we have to watch as they come crawling home for the government to throw them a big feast.

As a young girl in Sunday school I never cared for or understood that story and now as a much older girl I still don't. Just a thought for your Sunday.

Ben Franklin and the charcoal briquette business are the prime movers of Daylight savings time ..

Rather than post all the links in it, I'll just link to George Stephanapoulis and you can link to the op eds he is recommending today. Everyone is a winner to start the budget conversation.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/03/this-week-round.html

Yes, but in the story the returning son is penitent.

The returning bankers et al seem to think they can blow their inheritance and then come back and demand their brother's inheritance to do it all over again.

and it looks like the bankers are getting a chance to do it all over again...it looks like some of the worst offenders are taking advantage of the foreclosure market.

Good Morning All. I love the change to Daylight Savings Time. Until my circadian clock resets, it is the one time of the year when I can feel as if I'm sleeping in. I stayed up late last night and the clock said an emotionally pleasing 7:30 when I awoke. For about a week I won't get up before 6:00.

Fall back is pure hell. I never quite get back to normal and spend the whole time awake before the sun. Ugh!!!

My treatment for the Daylight Savings Time blues: two breakfasts.

That is one ugly portrait. Looks like the cover of a Mad magazine.

Who pays for congressional and presidential portraits? Please don't tell me, "the taxpayers".

Time-------

The most important thing that there is!,,,,,,but is it just an illusion

There never was a time that the world began,because it goes round and round like a circle,and there is no place on a circle where it begins.

When I look at my watch it tells the time,,it goes round,,and so the world repeats itself again and again.....there was once in England where the gov,,,for a reason,( will look it up,,forgot,,,,business),,,,,had to adjust its day (cut 12 hours of it ) the people flooded the government buildings,,and demanded that the 12 hours of time be given back to them,,,that they had lost 12 hours of their lives, I don't think that anyone looses anything,,,just their common sense,,,,,,just go with the flow,,,about all of this time biz,( OH damn look at what TIME is is ),,,,,gotta go Im LATE,,,,and my time is over hahaha

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-207999

and Ivy Green is today's winner for Best Comments:

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

Champ

If it stopped at the President and First Lady, it probably wouldn't be so bad

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102003627_pf.html

Is it really so terrible to pay for a portrait? A lot of great painters only survived on commissions.

Don1one

I don't have a problem with the President and First Lady. It is a tradition and probably a good one from an historical perspective. At 35-40,000 each, it's probably a bargain.

Now cabinet and sub cabinet heads at the same rate strikes me as a waste of funds. Photographs are good enough. There is something about the $46,000 for the Rumsfeld portrait that just gripes my patootie.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/10/taxpayer-rip-of.html

For me it depends on whether it's going to a variety of artists or just becomes an industry. It could help a lot of struggling artists if used right. Of course, nothing was used right over the last 8 years.

Rumsfeld yes, Gates, no. I like the way he's stood up to the neo-con agenda of was as the solution.

BTW, am I the only one thinking Tom Ricks is just water carrying for the more political generals?

Ah, so taxpayers DO pay for portraits, huh? Isn't California bankrupt, and they're having portraits painted?! They should be rioting in the streets out there. Megalomaniacal bastards!

Nah Champ,
They're creating jobs, one portrait at a time.

Seriously, that makes me sick. Have a stupid $500-a-plate fundraiser with your rich friends to pay for your stupid portraits, government pigs!

Flattery will get you everywhere!

Hello, welcome to the mental health hotline.

If you are delusional, press 1 and your call will be transfered to the mothership.

If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you.

If you have multiple personality syndrome, press 3, 4, 5, and 6.

If you suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, we know who you are and what you want. Stay on the line so we can trace your call.

If you have obsessive compulsive disorder, press 7 repeatedly.

How many hungry kids could you feed for $35 Gs, don? I estimate I could make healthy, nutritious meals for 7000 kids with that money.

...and that's paying retail for the ingredients.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208002

Life Goes On
"You know it's all an illusion
You know it's all pretend
The circle has no beginning; the circle has no end
Our lives went on before us: they stretch after us as well.
There's no such thing as heaven
There's no such thing as hell."
http://macidol.com/jamroom/bands/1547/lyrics_6954.php

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208013

LOL Don.
I think I'll just put my finger on 7, and leave it there. :)

hey Craig....
I vote for keeping the latest example also.... it gives us a true meaning for the term "shit for brains".....

Celtics time!.....

Lardass.... your Magic are doing ok this season..... but they are no match for the Irish!.....

Solar.... I'm with you.... I pay no attention to the time change..... if human beings were so fragile as to actually get screwed up over an hour.... we would have died out as a species a looooong time ago.....

everyone enjoy your Sunday.....

"if human beings were so fragile as to actually get screwed up over an hour.... we would have died out as a species a looooong time ago....."

You're right Renee. But it can still leave you pretty sleepy on Monday morning, when you lose that extra hours sleep. :)

RR

Pinot and arroz con pollo...that's why pinot and pork is so good--the other white meat :)))

In terms of fans who can't catch a break..the Warriors --

If it actually went to a program to feed the kids. I'm not saying that's not a great ideal, but those usually aren't the options. It will go a flak vest company owner that will overcharge for vests that don't work so he can throw a million dollar bat mitzvah for his daughter.

As Jesus said, we will always have the hungry with us. Too many greedy people get in the way of good intentions.

Support for the arts are being eliminated thanks to NCLB and the recession. If we can help support an up and coming artist who can go on to create an inspiring piece that will affect and cause people to think for generations to come, that's not bad either.

Karen Tumulty has a new article up on a false choice. Be nice if we'd hear more about this out of the press.
http://tinyurl.com/cagzec

I think you should collect them in one huge bunch so that the obvious pathology of our stalker can be seen by even the densest of his fans.

Chloe

Hello,,just read those lyrics,I have never paid too much attention to the word of songs,I actually prefer just the music,or used to,so thanks,,,,nice lyrics,, It looks like Emma N is behaving her self a little now,,,you are spending a little more time with us,,,and if you have a little more time on your hands now,,,how about you go and feed my Hoss's,,,he can I say hoss's,,and there are two now,,,remember that you don't even ride America,, she is a little L & L :-j is see,,,a little long legged ??

Delete, block and ignore

Ha Solar.
I didn't say we 'never' ride her. :) Those horses ate this morning before even little Emma did, I'm sure. Her mother took her with her to a friends baby shower today and to another friends all day yesterday. So I miss her right now.

I'm here more, though, because I'm avoiding work (as usual).

"...Tom Ricks is just water carrying for the more political generals..."

don1, be fair now... his beat was covering military for last 25 or so years. surely some of those guys were valuble sources for him. also that long submersed in a certain culture rubs off on one and you start talking the philosophy as well as the language.

his bio:
http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/About_Ricks

is see=is she

Jesus,,,did someone say Jesus,,,,Jamie please tell Don 1 what happens to me when someone say the J word,,,,ok Im all better now,,,that was close,,,,,no long J post Lardo,,,,relax HA! :-j

"Delete, block and ignore"

Katherine, we may have to change the order though
IGNORE, delete, block.

Chloe grandest of grannies

I'm good either way.

Chloe, are you channeling John Lennon today?

Gotta agree with Champ on the portrait thing. real change would be photo's. Pople lossing jobs and others out on the streets while our President of "Hope and Change" parties. Shades of Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette. Let THE ELEGANT ONE REIGN.

I think you're making my argument for me patd.

The timing of him doing the circuit felt a lot like a public spokesman for generals that can't speak out openly.

I wonder if he makes the regular Thursday lunch. Any Washingtonians know?

Animal

And how do you feel about all the portraits for all the President and Cabinet Heads for the past eight years since they are the creeps that caused this mess.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208021

It's not a "false choice", it's a matter of value. Rationalize government waste all you like, I'm not buying. Sundays make me angry.

AC, Yes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b7qaSxuZUg

Why Sundays Champ?

"...Shades of Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette."

Posted by: Animal Control | March 8, 2009 1:32 PM

...and Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Hussein, Quadaffi, Hitler... I'm noticing a theme of egotistical bastards here.

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This hotline sucks. Enjoy the rest of your weekend all.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208000

champ, that might not be michelangelo worthy, but ms. shirley's great attitude comes shining thru in that portrait. not only was she the 1st black woman elected to congress but also the 1st major-party black candidate for president. she was not one of your run-of-the- mill "Megalomaniacal bastards"

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

Solar?

Afraid I mention him a lot, though I'm of the Ghandi camp on him

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

Are you instigating Jamie?

Chloe

In between diff exercises,catching my breath, and looking in to see if you were here,,,and you work too hard anyway,,now with little Emma to take care of,,,can you get a little more rest if you cook a cpl of those small critters?

Ok I know a bad Joke,,, :-X = duck taped it

Jamie, it's none of your business how I feel about the past. Just because I hold Obama to a higher standard is no reason to question my integrity. Obama said he was different--I want to see it. Until then he must prove it. As a person/citizen I have a duty to criticize our leaders, without having to explain myself—“truth is a complete defense”. Conversing with a fanatic is always a losing proposition.
There isn't enough time for me to get into a diatribe of Bush!

Artists are people too! They have families and need to earn a living. Supporting he arts is just as much a function of government as is anything else. If you cut them off --shouldn;t they be eligible for retraining money?

http://www.portraitartist.com/

Art and Music as well as virtually all courses other than basics have been virtually eradicated from most schools unless a student qualifies for AP and education continues to suffer.

When I was in High School, the electives included but weren't limited to: Musical instruction with an instrument with a full time teacher. Glee Club. Accapella Choir, Music history and appreciation, Art classes from drawing to sculpture, Creative Writing and Poetry, Latin, French, German, and Spanish, Civics and International relations and trade courses from Auto Shop to Woodworking. All of that was offered at every public school in Los Angeles.

Funding of schools now is such that the children are lucky if they have books and a chair to sit in while reading it with a daily two hour commute on polluted freeways.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208003

Why, thanks, Craig! What an honor to be in such fine writing company! And to think I wanted to edit that had I had the chance for a re-do. :)

AC

Where did I question your integrity in any way? I asked a simple question, whether or not you felt the same way about money spent on the office holders of the last eight years as you do about the current office holders.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208041

Solar, I know you're kidding.
And thank goodness for duct tape. :-J

ps I don't work too hard. It's not my nature. :)
(you're the energetic one)

Sorry Jamie, missed the reference.

Looks like it's going to be another day of drama. I have some persimmons that need planting.

"Shades of Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette."

Patd

I would probably have preferred Rep Chisholm's later image for her portrait http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/ware/images/chisholm.jpg but you are right that her feistyness and humor comes through in that painting. Her printed dresses and suits were an iconic style for her.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-dQM-8_ozdE/SMgPygrB9jI/AAAAAAAAADk/OifW4CE0wXk/s320/chisholm_shirley.jpg

Don

Just don't suck on one before coming here ... it could be dangerous. :-)

Done 1

Im with u ,,,,,I was just teasing Jamie,,,and Lardass,,,,,,a little while back,,,I was posting the life of the real Jesus,(Chronological information),,,,and they took about a whole week to do,,and some very long post,,,,,I actually find that I agree with almost all that your posts, but you say so much better than I can,,,I also like that you,,,talk about all the sciences, thanks,,,ps I don't like any religion at all,,,some of the Vedanta Philosophy of Hinduism,,,and the like,,,I very much appreciate,,,, As far as Christan,,they think that they have an original religion,,,they don't know that all of what they believe in,including the Virgin Birth of Jesus ,,,,was----is copied from the Egyptians,,from the book of the Dead,,thanks----I should have put an :-j = joking as Chloe suggested .

'Looks like it's going to be another day of drama"

That's not what I see. Just a 'passionate' discussion. We all have different things that are very important to us all, and of course that's going to show up in our conversations. It's all good.

Patsi said once that this place will never be all 'sweetness and light'. (and who needs that?) I'm paraphrasing, but she pointed out that our founding fathers had many heated arguments.

If we're going to discuss politics (or anything else, for that matter), it's going to get heated. And we're going to have contradictory beliefs to one another. So what. Say what you want to say, and if others don't agree, so be it.

I think things here are just as they should be. Renee is right to thank Craig for this blog. Some place we can come and say what we believe. And enjoy good company while we're here.

jamie, i too would have preferred a more traditional portrait, but the spirit was captured and is captivating....
my taste runs more along classic lines. speaking of which here's one that captures things around here at times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ruebens_massacre.jpg

":-j = joking as Chloe suggested".

Solar, That was just an easy one for me to remember. Because it has the j for joke. But I just did it, because we were talking about emoticons to make our intentions here more clear. I took it off the list I've been using at yahoo.
http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/hiddenemoticons

.. oops.... sorry, that was the wrong list.
http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/emoticons

patd

I would have gone for this one. It captures the ambient disorder

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/Picasso.Guernica2.jpg

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208018

Celtic time? Half to go...!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208034

Jamie.... Come now ! do not cut it short - Add the congress - and the Hill leadership of the last two years

Ree - glad you voted for something and not against which was the swing !

jamie, bingo

Oh and I thought that U were so creative,,never mind,,,,so what is it Huh,,,is it this :-),,,,,or is it this :-j,,,,,It doesn't matter like you say,,it's all good.

Ivy -
A wise policy , a wise policy indeed, but I may try Dexter's method next fall for the time change. A bowl of sugar with some bran flakes on the bottom.

Yum

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208059

Ping them to as well as all the Senior Department Heads such as the Joint Chiefs and the Supreme court. If those portraits are coming out of the public purse, I think it should stop at the top with President and First Lady only.

The rest can be done by a good portrait photographer.

god dang it Lard!

ok.... ok.... your guys probably have this one sewed up...... but just you wait until next time..... we'll beat your butts like a red-headed stepchild!....

Ping.... see above note to Lard.....

KGC.... yeah.... yeah.... you're right.... ignore, delete, block is the correct way to go..... but every now and then I just have to be a bad girl..... :0)

Just got back from church, said a prayer for all. Just stopped by to see if everyone is doing alright. Tighten your belts, say your prayers, I think we are in for a long, and bumpy ride!!!!!!!!!!

Ok Solar, I saw your 'ass' post/joke yesterday, and Sea's 'ass' posts, so now, when I just accidentally ran across this site, I feel I must link it:

Emoticons - Now there's ass-cons??
http://www.jokecrazy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=26&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Here is an essential emoticon when you are currying favor and really need the person to know it.

{:^*

It's snowing in Tacoma. Slushy at first but now coming down hard enough to stick. It has been insane this year.

Ms. Cracker -
Over the weekend, I've come across 2 groups here, forming up community gardens.

The sand storm factory seems to be down for repairs today, maybe I'll go outside.

Just a blustery March day around here. We had an average winter this year a little dry , all the big snow storms went north or south of us so far. But is is March, the season of big snows.

Jack

Chloe

According to the list that makes you a (_o^o_)

":-j

Jamie, I don't deny it. :)

... my personal favorites:

(_zzz_) a tired ass (people tomorrow morning)

(_13_) an unlucky ass

(_$_) Money coming out of his ass (Dick Cheney)

(_?_) Dumb Ass (may come in handy when I'm mad)

One PSA -

Change those smoke alarm batteries boys and girls.

For all those who love Twitter---a quick look at its Boss and how it came to be.

"Well orchestrated accidents"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/jobs/08bosses.html?ref=jobs

Chloe,,,,,,this has all the makings of a new game,,,,,

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208070

I will say this about my ass,,,,,

1- (_X_) leave my ass alone,,,,,and some times I can be a real

2- (_o^o_) a wise ass ,,,,I know what SEA's is like,,,,so what is yours like?? haha,,

do you think any elected official or federal employee
will will give up any benefit or perks ?
just because we are 11trillion dollars in debt
runnining 3trillion dollar yearly deficits
you wouldn't expect them to cut back on anything ?

Anonymous sign-in is temporarily turned off to prevent malicious postings. Anyone with a registered Typepad key should have no problems (and you'll enjoy bypassing the CAPTCHA letter game).

The same as Sea's Solar.

I almost envy jamie's slush. It's been beautiful here but getting hot. Dreading July & August.
"Global warming. We stand behind it."

What fun. There is now a Twitters Anonymous

http://twitter.com/twitsanon

I wonder what the 12 steps are. :-)

Cbob

That's great news about the gardens.

I almost envy jamie's slush. If it's a little too warm here now, I don't wanna think about August.
Global warming, we stand behind it.

Yeah 'Crete, I think there are many paths up the mountain. It's the journey and what we learn along it that matter. I've been trying a prayer of thanks for the bad things and challenges that come along. Those are the times I stretch and grow. And I think God tends to answer prayer right after we give up, so we stretch a little further each time. And we try to limit God too much of the time.

As far as saying it better, as a photographer I've noticed people are highly critical of their own photo, but praise the good things in another person's photo. Your points are great and you help me narrow my points and stay on topic.

Chloe,
I have no problem with a heated debate and intense discussion, but I just roll my eyes at the hand wringing.

To paraphrase " We paid $35,000 for a portrait, the government is going to be guillotined". I'm dramatizing of course.

Thankfully, I've only seen Godwin's law invoked once.
Of course, when it's suddenly 80 degrees out it doesn't take much of an excuse for me to leave the computer.

I almost envy jamie's slush. If it's a little too warm here now, I don't wanna think about August.
Global warming, we stand behind it.

And the AIG story just gets better----the $200 billion firm that wrote $440 billion in debt insurance.

"AIG, Where taxpayers dollars go to die" by Gretchen
Morgenson

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/business/08gret.html?ref=business

Well,,,,Side Saddle Sally,,,,going on a run,,thanks for the fun.,,Im glad that I did not hit the submit,,,,,,I just say your response,,,,,,funny,,,see U a L & L,,,a little later. :-)))

"I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday." - Abraham Lincoln

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CBob --

That was my second breakfast!

You can still have it today, you know -- it's never too late to start your day over.

Cyclone Hamish off the coast of Australia -
Winds at 138 mph gusting to 165 mph.

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/redirect.php?r=81d144be69bb5335f60e07090536de09&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetocph.nmci.navy.mil%2Fjtwc.php

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Solar, Once upon a time Sea and I had a lot in common. Now age may have taken its toll.

U^U

Hmmmm that may apply to both the top and the bottom. :-)

C'mon Jamie,
You look mahvelous!

controversial public art
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_v172/ai_3154497

In SF the bust honoring George Moscone murdered by Dan White upset a lot of people
http://www.comtogether.com/art/miscpix/moscone.htm

Well definitely built for comfort not speed.

In remarks that seemed guaranteed to create controversy, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said today that he was "rooting for the planet Earth to explode" because it would help the GOP retake the White House.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/limbaugh-rooting-for-plan_b_171997.html

KGC

Art of all kinds should rattle cages. Over the long run it will either die a natural death of historic disapproval or it will find a following and in some cases come to be lauded as genius.

The present tense is rarely the time to make those decisions. When it comes to public dollars, the way it is done now with money going to institutions and groups to hand out seems to work well.

If the public disapproves of the decisions made by museum directors or leaders of arts groups, those people will get replaced. In the meantime, their choices get seen.

CBob

It is pretty sad that the story is weirdly plausible until you realize that the tugging on your leg is Andy Borowitz grabbing your shoe.

Best headline today -

Secret Birth Control Method: The Welcome Dance of the Uterus

http://www.livescience.com/health/090308-hn-live-uterus.html

Joke-O-Rama begins here -

of course limbaugh will continue to stir controversy'
thats his meal ticket''' don't the democrats know
when they're being played.
besides it's to far away from the term mid-elections to gain any political advantage by making the de-facto
leader of the gop

I have slipped the surly bonds of Anonymous Proustings and Typed the Pad with my golden blue key......

attercop attercop, can't catch me..........

NOTE TO ANONYMOUS COMMENTERS: Please see the note at the end of today's main post above regarding Typepad-only commenting.

Greetings from the desert:

We in AZ don't change the time when the rest of the nation is busy with their clocks one hour in whatever direction. It's wonderful.

When I was much younger and thought I could change the world one of my dreams was to have everyone in the world change their clocks by one half hour (splitting the difference between standard and daylight time) and then leave them alone forever. Now as a much older man one of my dreams is to have everyone in the world change their clocks by one half hour and then leave them alone forever.

The naysayers were opposed then (many years ago) and the naysayers are opposed now. Not much has changed in my life -- the naysayers always win.

Have a great day everyone! And, oh, Craig, I can still enter the fray as typekey let me in. Ditto what Renee said: Thanks for the website.

RebRen...your boys made a valiant charge, but I'm just thrilled with my Magic winning.

I have to say that the Celts are truly an amazing team to watch -- that they could stage a comeback like that without Garnett or Rondo on the floor. They are an awesome team. The defense is just a pleasure to watch.

Of course I'll be rooting for Orlando in the playoffs -- but if we get knocked out, I'll be happy to pull for the Celts the rest of the way.

Now it's on to Corey's Evil Empire to defeat the Pistons tomorrow night. If we can pull that one out, I'll consider this entire season a success and everything else gravy!

Root for the Celtics? Never! Gimme the 22 years they went without a title. Congrats on the Magic winning today!

eprof2 -
naysayers -
I'd like to know the history of that word. I saw CBS overnight, a few nights back ........ The Post Card from London segment with the guy who looks like he's been smoking since he was 5.

He gave the history of :
Claptrap
From the theater, part of a play designed to win applause.

He was talking about Gordon Brown addressing congress.

New member in the greenhouse today. A handsome little black jumping spider with turquoise eyes and a turquoise spot on his head. Looks like a little black crab in a fur coat, very bold little fellow. Maybe he'll eat the mosquito I saw 2 days ago.

Nothing smells better than moist soil in the spring.

CBob

Nay Say

http://www.allwords.com/word-nay-say.html

Courtesy of Sir Walter Scott

Lard....
boy that was some 4th quarter!..... Congrats on your Magic's win.... they're a hell of a team also....
Rondo is my favorite player..... I always root for the little guy....

Corey..... hope you see my tongue sticking out at you.....

eprof.... I thought about Arizona and not changing it's clock today..... I think that's smart..... I need to go back to the southwest soon.... seeing those red rocks always recharges my creative juices....

slapstick: wooden stick split down the middle to make a loud "whack" when brought down on some actor's head......

Does anybody really know what time it is?

the chicago philosopher songwriter

Hey, how can a website have my e-mail address if I've never given it to them?

Rondo? I have a friend who is a UK fan. I still have her in my corner, though. I got her a Tayshaun Prince Detroit Pistons jersey 3 years ago.

Detroit and the future of America

John Reed writes a long and compassionate piece about Detroit in the Financial Times, suggesting that it has many lessons to learn for America as many other industries fail and the cities built around them have to figure out how to survive. Refreshingly, he puts some effort into puncturing the myth of the greedy auto-worker as the author of Detroit's destruction.

http://boingboing.hexten.net/2009/03/07/detroit-and-the-futu.html

Jamie -
Thanks, but I know the meaning ..... It was more of who were "nays", and why did they feel the need to say something.

Cory -
It's your browser doing that little trick.

I knew that you knew the meaning. I gave it to you for the origin and history which you requested.

All Words, World Wide Words, and the Word Detective are all great sites for sleuthing.

More from the continuing political hari kari that is the Republican Party these days :

Congress Should Stop Giving GM Funds, Republican Lawmakers Say
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aO9XkeRhiFLo&refer=home

They weren't happy losing the northeast of this country , they're on to losing all of the midwest now.

Jamie -
It's that bowl of sugar and bran, pay no attention to me. Or it's head injury #3 acting-up.

Rez

Thanks for adding the link about the Countrywide execs now cleaning up in the distressed mortgage business.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208122

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-207965

corey, thanks for the link.

speaking of old words, me thinks there's skulldeggery afoot around state these days.

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CBob

No nevermind. I was smiling when I wrote the response. I would only be upset if I ever hurt your feelings.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208109

The desert denizen's love for the spider. I used to give them a drop of water on their indoor webs.

Jamie- I'm sure you're still a (_10_)!

Patd

Which sent me back to the Word Detective for one of his more entertaining stories ... grave robbing anyone?

http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/skulduggery/

jamie, sorrry about the misspell on skullduggery... i think trickery is also afoot in my computer as well. had a time trying to correct the mistake.
great word, but don't get misled by scottish word skulduddery... with its bawdy background.

Rez -- re: the Countryside outrage....have you noticed the surge in commentators talking about how to make money off other people's misery. That's not how they put it, of course....

Jamie

I agree with Done uno,,,,but I could have said it better :-j,,,not by much but,,,

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C-bob, beware of pretty spiders!

Craig,

Congratulations on finally sweeping all the mines off the beach, flame-frying the ridiculous full-time troll and reducing the enemy pillbox to rubble.

I'll honestly be sorry if Pogo can't figure out a way around the Typepad thing, but if he truly cannot we will simply say he died valiantly in combat and is Trailmix's first honest-to-god war hero. He made the ultimate sacrifice -- his anonymous handle -- so that others might live free.

Let us cross over the river now, dear Pogo, and rest under the shade of the trees.

Hi All... put me in the "loves dst" column... I know in my head that each day has the same number of hours, but in my heart, that added hour of sun makes it seem like the evening goes on and on.

It was 65F in Montreal today, almost unheard of in March, and Mr. Tylenol and I had coffee on a bench in the park (definitely unheard of in March). Soaked up that vitamin D that's deficient here from November till.. ohhh i dunno..july??.. Anyway, was the kind of day that reminds you that outdoor festival season is not far away, and had me going to the Jazz Festival site and booking tickets for this year's 2-week event. I'll get out the welcome mat if anyone's thinking of visiting.

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Lard:

As my boss used to say about car-thieves every time he locked his doors, "You might not be able to stop 'em, but you can sure slow 'em down."

Patd

Those Scottish religious courts could be rough on a happy couple, but Robert Burns made the most of it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/robertburns/works/the_fornicator/

If you prefer a more wistful Depression-themed motif for Pogo over a war-hero's sendoff, here ya go...

"Pogo will be everywhere - wherever you can look. Wherever there's a fight so intelligent people can post, Pogo'll be there. Wherever there's a troll beatin' up an innocent commentor, Pogo'll be there. He'll be in the way Trailmixers yell late at night when they're mad - He'll be in the way the early morning crew laugh when they're bored with the last spent thread and they know a NEW THREAD notice will appear any minute. And when the people are readin' the stuff they write, and livin' in the blog that they helped build - Pogo will be there, too."

Of course Pogo could email comments to one of us for cross prosting. Not as immediate, but at least there to be seen.

I believe Solar? had posted a website that would help him to get past the office firewall. Hope he caught it!

Man walks along the railroad tracks
He's goin' someplace, and there's no turnin' back
The highway patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the New World Order
Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, no peace, no rest
No rest!

The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Pogo

Watching 60 Minutes...they just did an awesome inside tick-tock of an FDIC takeover of a small local bank to show how the process works. Really great stuff. Great people working at the FDIC.

Plus, I've just decided that Sheila Bair is my new Obama Administration heartthrob.

Pogo's not gone yet -- he will find a way.

"I know'd this was a whopper of a lie, as soon as I heard it." --Davy Crocket on his reaction to reports of his death by malaria in Alabama.

The Pogo problem could be easily resolved. The problem is not with anonymous comments but with one anonymous commenter. The anonymous commenter in question is trying to focus attention on himself and persists in insulting the host as his method. The resolution is in the one anonymous insulter finally really going away.

Sheila Bair was ignored by the Shrubbians. She did a great job with the IndyMac failure and spoke out for earlier solutions to the mortgage/foreclosure issues but the old white men of the financial world just tut tuted her and said give me TARP.

I have been thinking that with all of the $ that has been given to the Banks,,,Auto manufacturers,,,aig,,the stimulus,,,,all of the $ in pork,,,etc,,etc,and we are not done yet,,,by a long shot,,,,,,,,Wouldn't it have been better to let,,,ALL,,,of these corps die off ,,,let them go bankrupt, one by one,,,,,,and replace( a new corp) them one by one with the same services that they had provided before, with a totally new team to fuck it up with.

Example,,,,,,GM,,,assign a team of Auto experts,,,( maybe professors) that are not within the GM structure,,,and then give them the cash that they thought that they needed,to get it off the ground,,and still more when they showed where that $ would be needed,,,,in other words provide $ as it is proven that is needed to keep running,,,,you would get a totally new team with new fresh Ideas also,,,,

AIG,,,wtf,,is going on,,,how much $ so far for them ,,to insure their clients, and we can't even see who they are,,,if they had gone bankrupt,,,while the governement had a team ready with our $ to take over,,,the world would even have much more confidence in us? and so would the stock market,,?

Country wide,,,another wtf,,,,replace them greedy pigs ,,,with new greedy pigs,,thats what I say....but at least we could get our $ back ,,,once they started to make prof fits,,,,all along providing safety nets for us,,,and stetting all of the regulation standard that should be in place,,,not so much that,,they would not let biz be biz,,,but a definite return to re-regulation,,,,,and lastly,,,would this not have an effect over the special interest groups,,,they would not be in place,,,,or very little of them would have any influence,,,,,at some future date ,,,these government run corps could be sold at a profit for the gov,,Us...and than the all of this bs could start all over again???? one by one we would have been up and running by now,,,,auto tax credits again,,,,low interest,,,Someone had to think about this,,,,I did not hear anything,,,??

Im willing to say that all of this would have resulted in a lot less $ that is being spent now. Since Bush,,,and Tarp,,,nothing has really changed except $ from one greedy person to another,,,and or the same ones also,,,I don't see it going to get better until we get new people to do what others have screwed up IMO,,,,an this latest thing with country wide proves it.

Oh and start the flat sales and income tax,,,to get rid of the irs,,,just had to throw that in there.

that last post was submitted a little too fast ,,,not finished ,,,oh well.

"You might not be able to stop 'em, but you can sure slow 'em down."

Ivy, That fit's perfectly. It gave me a laugh.
Also the one you just posted by Davy Crocket. Perfect.

Sea, Pogo did say he was going to check out that site Solar told him about. That's not a bad idea that Jamie had either, about him emailing someone with his posts. Also, someone else mentioned his laptop. If he has Sprint wireless, or one of those, he'd be able to get on too. Pogo was given ample warning, and said he understood. I'm sure we can work out something. (plus, he can get on here from his home computer).

............

CBob, I went to this link off the Live Science story you linked earlier:

Is the Internet Warping Our Brains?
"What remains to be seen is whether the changes are good or bad, and whether the brain is, as one neuroscientist believes, undergoing unprecedented evolution.

Texting and instant messaging, social networking sites and the Internet in general can certainly be said to distract people from other tasks. But what researchers are worrying more about are the plastic brains of teens and young adults who are now growing up with all this..."
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090224-internet-brain.html

If anyone decides to check this out, be sure to read the section: "Inevitable brain change" and "Evolution of a new human brain?". Interesting stuff.

"After all, he did nothing to contribute to the negative situation here. Quite the contrary."

I agree.Pogo did nothing wrong.Its sad how one NY offender(no xrep not Max) makes an innocent poster pay the price for his misdeeds........

nannym

Frankly I'm stunned that you are pretending not to understand what is going on

Folks...I agree with Ivy. Pogo will find his way back.

I was just having fun with the idea of him having to be the virgin we threw into the volcano in order to ward off evil spirits on our little island here. It was just a joke!

There's no WAY Pogo won't be back here. I'm sorry I tried to lighten the situation with humor!

There's no WAY Pogo won't be back here. I'm sorry I tried to lighten the situation with humor!

Hey Lard
I enjoyed your humor.Its great especially on Sunday to laugh around here.....

The ability to comment on this blog is not a civil liberty, or a Constitutional Right. It is a privilege -- in every sense of that word.

Sort of like a driver's license.

tonyb...was this a glorious day to be in Central Florida, or what? I did a 30-mile bike ride through heaven today, and no one can bum me out tonight.

75-80 attempts per day is a whole lot of energy exerted to achieve their. Creepy really. I'm sorry Craig has experienced all that. He really has gone above and beyond any reasonable attempt to provide this forum and allow anonymous posters. Certainly this blog can exist without our comments, it's Craig's opinion the world wants to hear. I'd say his actions are a fine testimony of his dedication to his friends here.

oops - their goal.

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Nanny,

I/we absolutely do care that Pogo may not be able to post. A solution will be found - even if it's not immediately evident.

Pogo ,,,,,will figure it out, he is not lost,,,Carol, and some others don't post until they get home from work,,,for the mean time Pogo can do the same,while there is something done about it,,,,he is frikin lawyer,,,he can sue Craigs ass off and let him in :-Joke,,,,,,no on e is throwing him under the bus I for one are am? very proud that Craig took control off his blog,,he made a decision and we live with it

Craig made rules about anonymous posting and one person persisted in breaking them.
Put the blame where it belongs and stop trying to make it about anyone else.

Lard, no apologies necessary, I was glad that you brought him up and when he sees this post I'm sure he'll be touched that we all cared.

"I have been thinking that with all of the $ that has been given to the Banks,,,Auto manufacturers,,,aig,,the stimulus,,,,all of the $ in pork,,,etc,,etc,and we are not done yet,,,by a long shot,"

Solar! Good timing.
I was thinking about that very thing earlier today, after Corey posted a quote (thank you Corey): "I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday." - Abraham Lincoln.

It reminded me of what may have been JFK's most famous quote: " And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country" http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/John_F_Kennedy/5.htm

Very meaningful, at this time, when so many seem to have their hand out. When I say that, I'm talking about what you said in the quote up above. Banks and other lenders, automobile companies, pork, etc. And you're right, we're not done yet, by a long shot.
..........

Tony - If you're around, I hope you saw my post yesterday, about being sorry about not saying hi to you when we were here earlier that day. I got all sidetracked, and by the time I got back, you were gone. I agreed with your post and what you said about that article I linked.

Of course if you only drop in and don't bother to read the thread and don't know what happened then your comments make little or no sense.

KGC...

Craig decided to do some yardwork, and he pulled out all the dickweed from his garden.

Tony, Good! You are here.

Solar-or maybe he could use his law degree to help his friend out and look into harassment.

Did anyone else see the 60 minutes about memory relating to eye witnesses. It was fascinating.

Pogo is not the victim here. Craig Crawford is. This is his blog and the anonymous poster was using it to launch baseless attacks.

Crocodile tears for Pogo...excuse me if I find that laughable.

"very proud that Craig took control off his blog,,he made a decision and we live with it"

... please everyone. Let's not be drawn into another conversation about trolls. There's nothing to discuss here, beyond how to help pogo. This is Craig's decision and no one elses.

Lard

Sending hugs and kisses your way and big ole cocktail of your choice. I'm drinking lemon drops.

OSH
60 minutes hasn't been on here yet but aren't eye witnesses unreliable.

"Did anyone else see the 60 minutes about memory relating to eye witnesses. It was fascinating."

No Sea, But that's the very kind of thing I'm interested in. Do you think there's a write up of it anywhere?

Posted by: chloe Author Profile Page | March 8, 2009 8:21 PM

Excellent advice

""Pogo will be everywhere - wherever you can look. Wherever there's a fight so intelligent people can post, Pogo'll be there. Wherever there's a troll beatin' up an innocent commentor, Pogo'll be there. He'll be in the way Trailmixers yell late at night when they're mad - He'll be in the way the early morning crew laugh when they're bored with the last spent thread and they know a NEW THREAD notice will appear any minute. And when the people are readin' the stuff they write, and livin' in the blog that they helped build - Pogo will be there, too."

Absolutely MUST be a comment of the week!!!!! LL you are too fabulous! Geez -- you'd think you were a writer!

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Lard
Boy was it ever 85 Fabulous degrees and sunny! You did good with the bike! I went to my gym(empty) and then went for a walk on the crowded beach.So many folks from up north in the Atlantic, water's to chilly for me.I then came home and planted some flowers and re mulched everything...Beautiful

Yes they are yet remain vital to solving crimes. The procedures need to be changed. Be sure to see it, also includes a nice tale of friendship.

Chloe- maybe their website?
KGC- been meaning to tell you that your blog is great!!

"Excellent advice"

.. as was yours Katherine. I think we're on the same brain wave today. :)

Why didn't he just write to Craig and offer his apology,,,and promise to argue his ass off with anyone that he did not agree with,,,but not to insult anyone in a personal manner,,,than maybe Craig would have made the reverse decision and we would have to live with that,,he did not,,,but instead he chose to make Craig come to this point,,so once again,,it is his fault,,,and once again we are talking about someone that USED to be here,,,he is no longer relevant IMO,,and that is the last words that I spend on him,,fini.

"Does it matter to anyone here? It just seems to me that pogo has been thrown under the bus without just cause. "

Does every damned post have to be negative? And judgemental? Good God -- why not figure out a tech answer to the problem? Unless, of course, this whole post was just another agenda missive...

"Frankly, I'm stunned. If Pogo can be tossed aside so casually, what does that say about the loyalty of people on this blog? Remember, if pogo can be thrown under the bus without a care, so can anyone else."

I'm sorry, but this is flat BS.

OSH

Thank you. And thanks for the heads up about 60 minutes.

Chloe
as RR would say GMTA

So, I guess we can just agree to disagree.

Nanny
Yes we disagree and that's ok.I feel its a privilege to post on this blog.Craig has done all he can do and his last resort has been instituted.Its his name on this place and its not for me to tell him what to do.If I don't like the policy I can do what any good consumer does and not partake of the product....

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Patsi...I still will always like James Agee better than Steinbeck. Steinbeck was all about sentimentality (see, Tom Joad speech, which was a big lie in the end) and Agee was all about trying to perceive and describe The Truth as best he could.

Steinbeck won the Nobel. Not sure what happened to Agee.

Well, it is for sure Sunday evening here on TM.

KGC...thanks for the lemon drop!

Agee got a Pulitzer and an Oscar

Lard

I made them with meyer lemons I stole from my neighbors tree.

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Hi Chloe
Yes I did see your post.Thank you.I also read you were missing little Emma...How's it going is she home now? I know that unconditional love for a little baby there's nothing like it..

Tony...sometime I'll have to jump on my (motor)cycle and head up your way at New Smyrna to have lunch.

Don't think I'm ready for that trip just yet on the bicycle.

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Jamie. Still not good enough. Everyone remembers Steinbeck. Henry Fonda played his characters.

Agee was superior, in so many ways.

Yes Tony. You're right, there's nothing like it. I just came from sitting with her for a while, and am taking a last peek in here, before I have to get a few things done.

"For those of you who may have forgotten,...etc etc etc"

Stop the madness. More passive aggressive techniques. Some of have taken a few psychology classes....

I think they should go with a Photo for everyone but the Pres. & First Lady ... and then, money should be raised for it .. that's a lot of money for Paintings done with the taxpayers footing the bill ...
It's time we put our foot down on unnecessary spendages!!
==============

Cbob: Thanks for posting the Moody Blue's Question .. love them .. they are fantastic in concert ..
------------------------------
On this day :

On March 8, 1884, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about international trade.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0308.html

!:^}

viv

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/the-show-that-never-ends.html#comment-208202

Maybe Steinbeck's 'Truth' was sentimentality.

I already have the information that Pogo needs!!

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Maybe every time TCM shows "African Queen" they should put - Written by James Agee in really big letters. :-) I doubt many people now know or read "A Death In The Family".

He only lived to 46 courtesy of Alcoholism. Steinbeck had an additional 20 years to become a legend., but then I like Steinbeck's non-fiction and short stories more than the famous novels.

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Sea --

I bawled my way through that whole story.

oi vey.

Ivy- it was great, so glad they were able to something good come from their nightmare.

Tony...sometime I'll have to jump on my (motor)cycle and head up your way at New Smyrna to have lunch.

Lard
That would be terrific! I would a treat to meet The One Only Lardo..

California Jamie- Cannery Row isn't one of your favorites?

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Jamie: We live in an old wood house, with a lot for car repairs between us & the railroad tracks .. we use to have so much problems with spiders of all kinds, especially in the winter .. but since we found Chloe, my cat, on our porch 5 years ago .. no problem .. you see, Chloe love spiders & eats them all the time .. I don't even have any cob webs around, lol

!:^}
Viv

2 things... lots of people who've posted here over the years went thru times when it was politically expedient to NOT post here... specially the writers among us. Employers have no sense of humour or satire. Pogo'll be back.

the other thing: Steinbeck.. I still love to read The Winter Of Our Discontent, but other than that, I find his novels so depressing that I just can't get through them. And even when I DO get through them, I usually end up asking myself, "so??" Maybe ya 'had to be there."

Jamie- you 'd sure be a hit with the S&M crowd.:)

Hey Viv, gotta love a bugger .

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Cannery Row is one of the shorter novels and my favorite since it is much more positive and humorous plus centers on the character taken from Ed Ricketts. The frog hunting is a classic of humor writing.

My actual favorite is The Log From The Sea of Cortez also done with Ricketts.

Yes, nanny... in a way.. had to temporarily give up my studies last year because of illness, but I'm still there.. thanks for asking...

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Hey Chloe
I hope your getting some time for you..Have you seen any good movies lately? I hardly ever go to the movie's as this DVR of mine is always so full 92% now..Thanks to Solar man and all the good shows he tells us about..I have the Time shows to watch now and oh The L Word,Nip/Tuck,Lost,24,oh and the list goes on and on.....TM is number 1 though I don't start any shows till I'm caught up...

LL ---- waiiiit just a minute there padre... I for one would LOVE to see Tolstoy on Dancing with the Stars!

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Sea --

-- and how many years it took before justice was done! As MLK, Jr. said, " ...the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

Or as my Mom says, "Everything happens for a reason."

Thanks for mentioning that Jamie, read it so long ago I don't remember, will reread it.

Tony, We've kept up with the movies we want to see, but there haven't been a lot of good ones out either. This weekend we didn't go, but usually still do. It is nice that Solar keeps us up on what's on. At some point, I'd like to have more time to catch up on them.

Lard, Thanks for explaining what you meant to me. Sorry if I was over simplifying.

.. now I must scoot along. Night all.

Ivy- thankfully It's bending more towards justice with dna tests now.

old steinbeck wanted to sell a lot of books so he wrote the way he did..............

sweet thursday and cannery row i can always read over again.......tortilla flats too..........they were a pretty vivid depiction of a particular place and time.......

Gosh darn it. Does that mean if I write Travels with Fin --I'll get no respect.

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Tony

Solar man here,,,,whats up with that??? go in a real good work out today,,and starting to get back to 100%,,,You are going to love those Time tapes,,,,after you watch them let us know what you think,,,I just installed the first Magic Jack here at my home office,,,we 2 others but they have been in Indiana,,,how is yours coming along? Just wanted to say hello.

the travels with charlie concept probably came to flower in the latter career of charles kuralt.................

ie ride around the country in an RV and have someone else foot the bill for it...........

Fin did make an unauthorized entrance into someone's apt yesterday so that is a possibility.

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Hello Solar
Glad your workouts are paying off.Its a great feeling!! I will watch the Time shows soon.I send Baz my friend in Australia US programming so i tend to watch those first and get them on to DVD.Thanks for all the good TV show tips..The Magic Jack is working great.I think I told you I sent Baz a MJ for x-mas and its working great for us.I think we have both saved over a $100 in long distance charges now.I also use it if I'm home instead of my cell which allows me to keep my plan at the lowest amount of minutes..Glad you got the info for Pogo...

"Opps! I meant that last remark for patsi. Sorry KGC."

No expert here, but I did ace a college abnormal psych final when I was twelve years old.

"I still love to read The Winter Of Our Discontent"

YES! Tylenol, what a great novel!

"The problem with Steinbeck is totally summed up in the final "Tom Joad" speech from Grapes of Wrath. It's all bullshit. Tom Joad is actually just going to wither up and die. He's not going to "be there" as described in all of those imagined scenes. He's going to die and rot away underground, just like the rest of us. "

Well, Lard -- that's where you are wrong...and I posted a note on my facebook page that you may find interesting...certainly not a Steinbeck or Agee piece of writing...but another look at a Tom Joad kind of story...I think you'll like it despite the lack of a Pulitzer...:)

No expert here, but I did ace a college abnormal psych final when I was twelve years old.

Posted by: Patsi Author Profile Page

Were you staying at a Holiday Inn Expresss? :))))

Steinbeck = Dancing With The Stars

Talk amungst yuhselves..

And now, I must sign off.

Sturge is now officially in charge of policing any literary allusions predating John Milton (who revered Shakespeare, by the way).

Tony

I forgot to put up an :-) when I asked you,,,whats up with Solar man,,,I like it,,,,you can say whatever you want to me,,,and any way is fine, sorry if my response hit the wrong note.

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They do take pets.

I would say that is a violation, getting a bit personal.
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"Were you staying at a Holiday Inn Expresss? :))))"

ROFL -- KGC -- Damned near....my mother made me attend her grad classes with her because she figured I'd get into trouble running around campus...the prof asked if I thought I could take the final....I did.

In the early 30s, Steinbeck was the leading American proponent of Realism (capital R) which posited that humans are specks afloat on the tide of time, and only in concert can we affect outcomes. Tom died prematurely, as poor people do when they speak up against injustice. To my way of thinking, the Realism school included Gunter Grass, Edna Ferber, and Herman Wouk.

Agee was a proponent of small r realism, which aims at accurately reflecting life in its minute details. I think this school includes Sinclair Lewis, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O'Connor, and John Updike.

The biases of the 30s - 50 favored the 'Big Idea' guys of the Realism school. The small r realism seems to be in the ascendent now, especially with Mr. Liberal.

For my part, I just love a rippin' yarn.

"here you the case study?"

Is this a sentence? I'm not clear about it....

Let's not bring up people's names. Please! Taboo!

Besides, I read Nanny's post about The Back Channel Blog rules. I assumed that was a swipe at everybody here.

Well, looks like you'll have an excuse this summer when your man is here. Don't know that he'll be as accessible as big Dawg- he was out all the time with Chelsea..

"Were you a subject"

Actually, no. In essence, I audited the class. But maybe I related to the abnormals even at age twelve. -- though I'm not sure why a teacher who graded tests with no curve should be fired because a twelve year old aced it.....hmmm...interesting mindset. I attended many more of my mother's classes...didn't much like it. Would have preferred to be running wild on the campus. But no...my mother the academic insisted....

Right.

Right.

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NO LL!! we LOVE your humor .. Pogo will find a way to post, he's a very Intelligent man, he'll figure out some way ... he said something about if he could figure a Law reason to link to CQ, he could get it ... do they have a law Column/Blog on here??

Craig; don't let anyone wear you down .. we're behind you 100% ...

Maybe I shouldn't look for the good in everyone because sometimes ... I just do not understand why Jr high antics at an age that should be more mature ... but then, it's all over the internet .. seems like those Jr high kids found another way to irritate ya & take ya back to those horrible days ...

Viv

Right

CQ frequently covers Healthcare issues that relate to political actions. There is one up there now. That would be an obvious legal link.

Nanny -- here's the thing about my coming along when my mother went back to college...no, I wasn't thrilled about having to sit through a lot of classes. I'd much preferred to run around. I sometimes spent time at the art department, painting or drawing because several of the professors were friends of my mom's.

She needed these summer classes for several years, and since my father was on the tractor most summers, I went with her. I respected her decision to go back to school -- and did what it took to help her do it, as the only "baby" she had left in a family of five girls. My children would have done the same for me.

I learned a hell of a lot in those classes.

Not the kind of baloney most people like around here

Oh -- by the way, as a feminist, I hope you were not criticizing my dead mother for exposing me to higher learning as a young girl.....

My mother was a reading specialist who developed one of the first special reading programs in Kansas. She was a brilliant woman. And a best friend/mentor to me.

Here's one more thing -- I'm not sure 12 year old girls need to be running around alone on college canpuses....

campusus...

"Now is the Winter of our Discontent,
made glorious Summer by this Sun of York."
It sounds like the big news in Washington, D.C. to me.

Milton was an anti-Tory pamphleteer, and dam' lucky that he wasn't disappeared (renditioned) into the Conservative Gulag.

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That's my favorite saying ..

'Let's agree, to be able to disagree"{ w/o insulting words }

that's been our motto on a small group of women I've talked with for going on 10 years now .. we all met on a different list, but the 6 of us are still talking every day .. no one gets personal, no matter how much we disagree on things ... it's been wonderful to getting to know these other 5 women, who live nowhere near me .. 2 in WA, 1 in Oregon, 1 in Salt Lake city & 1 on New Brunswick, Ca ...

AND, I'm enjoying this Blog so much more now .. I don't have to wonder if when I get back, if someone blew a raspberry for something I've said or posted ... so much nicer & love all the humor, music & definitely the knowledge I learn from everybody here .... hope to be here for a long time ... Craig willing, of course .... !:^}

Viv

"My grandson is 12 and he would not be happy with that arrangement."

There is a lifetimes difference between a 12 yr old boy and a 12 yr old girl. The boy is still a child the girl much less so.

Jack

I,studied French in college, never developed a taste for farces though.

I just watched 45 minutes of Geraldo in order to see the five seconds he allowed for a presentation on the legalization of pot in California.

Geraldo is an idiot. The show jumped all over the place. No matter what the subject he didn't allow his guests time to talk and most of the time he was comparing apples to oranges so he could grab the most sensational headlines of the day.

Pathetic.

I would have loved to audit a college course at 12.

It's hanging out with my mother all day I would have had trouble with.

KGC- They dropped prohibition during the Great Depression, I say legalize pot during this (&*%)@#!.

Campi or uses acceptable English
as in
Octopi or uses acceptable in English

nominative campus campī
genitive campī campōrum
dative campō campīs

About that HS in LA that offered Latin. :-)

one shrimp scampus........two shrimps scampi?

I like King Lear. Tonight, I suspect that there is an undisdcovered Edmund somewhere in Castle Trail Mix, pricking the nobles on to slay each other.

Hush, someones comes. I shall shall hide myself behind the arras., and discover what I might.

No broiled Stur Joe Ne

LOL!

OSH

Geraldo stated he doesn't think legalization has a chance. Apparently he hadn't seen the Mother Jones article (thanks Jamie I've sent it to everyone I know) saying legalizing is more popular than Republicans.

For those of who missed when Jamie originally posted it
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/02/legalizing-marijuana-now-more-popular-republican-party

It is a stupid wasteful racist law defended by people who spend too much time worrying about how other people live their lives.

The wife and I went to the Vietnam Cafe last night(her reward for working me so hard yesterday)
On the menu they had "curried shrimps" They were very tasty.

Jack

lol@ xrep

XR

Remember what happened to the guy behind the Arras.

Talk about a waste of money! DEA every summer flies over this island for a week. Wtf?! It's an island, they just find small crops in backyards. As if our growing season is long enough to create any size harvest to warrant that expense. Looks to me like they just found a way to have a paid vacation.

"I studied French in college, never developed a taste for farces though."

HA! GREAT!

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How do you feel about Jerry Lewis? :-)

Res ipsa loquitur. Omnis in Ignis in Natura renovatura est. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Gallia in tres partes divisa est. Semper ubi sub ubi.

That empties my flask of Latin.

Sweet dreams, all.

"you kids get out from behind my arras!"

Patsi

Your comment about being taken to college class is interesting. I think a lot of 12 year olds would have like to go. Your point of being on the farm brings another point to mind. I'm sure your father could have found some task to keep you occupied and with in sight of the tractor. So hanging out with mom isn't near as bad as picking up rocks or chopping thistles.

Jack

Good Night All. Sweet Daylight Savings Dreams.

Xrep

Don't forget

expost facto , carp for a dime

SELMA, Ala. — The nation's first black attorney general and Gov. George C. Wallace's daughter celebrated the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march today — 44 years after state troopers from her father's administration beat marchers as they started the landmark journey.

"It's reconciliation and redemption," Wallace's daughter said.

http://jacksonsun.com/article/20090308/NEWS01/90308005/1002/rss

We Americans almost always embrace the spirituality of reconciliation and redemption. It's our only unifying "religion." As Mustard says, bitterness is a thief.

Ipso Fatso - Archie Bunker

You nailed it, Jack....

As my father once told my mother-in-law..."I raised my daughters to be thoroughbreds, not plow horses."

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Pasti .. I for one, am glad she did!!! not been here long but enjoy you're post immensely!! I can see you turned out to be a very rounded person .. along with Intelligence, you have her good common sense about you .. it's hard to believe, but I do think that is more rare than one might think ... afraid I've met too many of opposite in my 53 years ...

AND .. way to go with acing that exam! .. when my son, Duane was 13, he had a chance to be involved with a program thru Duke U. .. on one test, he scored higher than College age students in Math .. I was soo proud of him!! infornate the High School program to it, was a wash ...

Viv

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The face of he GOP:

http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/flashback-limbaugh-gets-owned-studio-

"when my son, Duane was 13, he had a chance to be involved with a program thru Duke U. .. on one test, he scored higher than College age students in Math .. "

Viv -- good for your son! We underestimate kids....

Oh one more thought -- Jack -- my dad considered making kids work in the fields akin to children working in the coal mines....

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Jamie : YES!! .. When we met, he explained how he works with cases concerning health problems that arise with Companies .. so that would be a way in!!
GOOD Thinking!!

!:^}

Vivian

since the DEA is under the department of justice
could pres obama just choose not to fund
investigation and prosecution of domestic
marijuana use on the federal level anyway
or would this be political suicide 'could be seen
as being soft on drugs' but it would save a lot
of money and cut down on the prison population
saving even more money

Dex,

If you're out there minding the store for Craig tonight, Siena had it pretty easy through the quarters and semis, but tonight - Monday we go up against a good Niagara team.

I think it will be on ESPN2 at 9PM EDT.

*leaves the light on for dex.*

OK Ed, I'll watch for it...thanks.

I dearly love Patsi and LL, but his funny posts parodying Joe Hill themes and Tom Joad lyrical points were just that, funny parody, but to post them as "favorite comments" would then make them plagiarisms.

Jamie, I'm reading Tom Sawyer again, it's been 45 years since I read it all the way through: it's still funny and great.
I have read Cannery Row more times that any other book , probably at least 10 times. It's time to breeze through it again!
Yes, the frog-hunting, backing the old car over the coastal range mountain road, the thoughts that Doc expressed over his "two quarts of beer"---I love that book.

C-Bob , I survived my accidental poisoning-by- table sugar last night, so much that for brunch I made French toast, sprinkled with white confectioners' sugar.
We have more water stockpiled for the Texas water ditch diversion: Ohio to Texas, ---it rained all day, a tornado touched down in Perrysburg, by the Maumee River, no personnel lost, no property damage. It hit in an open field, right beside the I-75 freeway. The image caught on perma-cam was astounding...huge funnel....

Just signing to test my typepad
And to say Thank You to Craig for making this a much calmer place to lurk and/or comment upon occasion.

After learning that Pogo is now missing in action, it is only fitting and proper that we never forget him.

And so...

http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu40/MadMustard/Photoshop/PogoMIA.jpg

...Carry on my wayward son. There'll be peace when you are done.

there's only one thing for pogo to do now.......run for president.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spVV0mSarL4

what happened down in the swamp that time........

In Hoc Signo Vinces--from the logo of my old packs of Pall Malls