Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Ah --the link works now...

Toronto Star cartoon RE: Hope and Change

http://www.thestar.com/fplarge/image/612122

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/making-the-g20-more-palatable.html#comment-216548
"and on the tv was mccartney on sullivan doing jude......."

....I have such fond memories of that song Sturge. In my late teens, I was an order typist with the phone co. One of the guys that worked on those machines would whistle that whole song from beginning to end, over and over. And he did it perfectly. So now, whenever I hear Hey Jude (or think about it), I can hear that guys whistling it. I love that song and I really loved the way he whistle it. It was the only music we had in that room.

Perhaps it was his anti-war rhetoric that won their minds during the campaign and are only now hearing the new O.

Reconciliation is a fighting word in Congress
"Only in the partisan food fight that is Congress these days could the term reconciliation mean "I win, and you lose." http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article989601.ece

Go Iowa!
Ruling upholds proud Iowa tradition
"The Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous decision striking down a state law limiting marriage to only a man and a woman continues the Iowa court's tradition of recognizing inherent rights of all persons.

Friday was a day of celebration for the 12 plaintiffs from six Iowa communities who brought this lawsuit to claim the right to marry just as heterosexual couples do. It was a day of celebration, too, for all gays and lesbians, who now see their rights protected under Iowa law the same as the rights of other men and women."

Anti-Obama talk worries some on right
"Conservative author David Horowitz, himself no stranger to controversy or heated accusations, warns that the criticism of Obama among some conservatives has approached “over-the-top hysteria." It’s not just Stalin comparisons, Horowitz wrote this past week on FrontPageMag.com — one contributor likened the president to David Koresh, Charles Manson and Saddam Hussein.

....they expected criticism of Obama out of the gate, but remain “stunned at just how vicious the attacks have been.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20888.html

.. out and about

Craig...
after 8 yrs of a condescending and arrogant Bush, replete with constant smirking... I think the Europeans find Obama refreshing.... I know I do....

NATO is obsolete.... it was formed as protection against an aggressive Soviet Union..... that country no longer exists....

I've read that European economies are in worst shape than ours.... I can see why many wouldn't want to put more money into the rat hole of the Afghan war....

right now it looks like Europe is enjoying meeting the new American president.... but they are not Obots.... thank god.... hero worship is cute when you're young..... but totally unhealthy when you're mature....

Whatever the crowd last night was drinking or smoking I want some. Can I be the bartender when you make that play? I'll be glad to wipe off the tables, just to listen to the stories and music.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/europeans-love-obamas-style-bu.html#comment-216601

Chloe,

I don't understand why Frum is surprised. Maybe he just wasn't listening while Bush was in office. There is a far right, element that is conspiratorial, violent, super religious and deeply racist. Fox and conservative radio is where they go to get that hatred reinforced so they don't feel all alone and out of step .... "See the ratings, there are others out there like me!".

In all honesty, it is the McVeighs of this world that scare me more than any wandering AQ that might make it across the border. The McVeighs are already here in very big numbers, and they aren't happy.

Jamie...
me too.... I want a piece of that action....
I wanna be the saloon girl with the busting bodice and a big feather in my hair...

actually.... I'm leaving in a few minutes to go to the real Our Town....
maybe I'll get over to the diner and have an Our Town burger in CBob's honor...

before I go....

I saw David Frum on Bill Mahar last night..... he played the part of a craptastic loony right winger saying that Obama's presidency so far was a failure....

Mahar also had another conservative on..... associate editor of The Atlantic,
Reihan Salam....... the man was obviously extremely intelligent and a pragmatists.... if more conservatives sounded like Salam.... and less like Frum... they'd be taken much more seriously....

http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/04/01/notre_dame_obama/index.html

"Right-wing Catholics vs. Obama"

"I've tried to ignore the controversy over the University of Notre Dame's invitation to President Obama to give its commencement speech in May. I don't believe the effort to block his visit can succeed. For more than 30 years it's been a tradition for the renowned Catholic university to invite the new U.S. president to give the address and receive a doctorate from the law school. Nobody protested when George W. Bush visited, despite his ardent support for the death penalty, which the Catholic Church opposes.

But the growing movement to stop Obama's visit isn't your ho-hum sort of Catholic League media dust-up, where Bill Donohue harumphs on television and then goes away. It's part of a well-funded lobbying effort by a group of right-wing Catholics to run liberal Catholics, and dissenting doctrine, out of the church, and to recruit the remainder of the faithful for the GOP."

I'll take Obama's place. I'll give the Notre Dame football team a proper smackdown during my speech. LOL!

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25287805-643,00.html

"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pay $294m in bonuses"
Fannie Mae's disclosure last month that it planned to pay almost $US5 million in bonuses to its top four executives riled politicans, who were already furious over $US165 million windfalls for about 400 workers at AIG's troubled financial products business."

"Today's revelations of the payments to be made to ordinary workers are almost certain to cause anger in Congress, which is considering legislation to tax bonuses paid by companies that have received federal bailouts."

I wonder if Automakers could get away with this???

Anyone interested in Green Technologies might want to bookmark this page for the history.

http://greentechhistory.com/

Bridge holding Wilkins Ice Shelf to Antarctic about to break

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20090403/Antarctica.Ice.Shelf/

Salon article on baby steps toward drug legalization - Clinton and Webb

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/04/drugs/index.html?source=newsletter

Craig as usual is spot on. And what is more interesting is that European leaders are getting hip to Barak's formula for generating the appearance of progress without real substance. How so?

Well, NATO gushed with praise and vague promises, but with more than 1.5 million troops at their disposal they offer the "promise" of "up to" 5000 more for Afghanistan. Europeans don't want to be there, Merkel made no promise to move her troops anywhere near the action. And yet, everyone is thrilled with our boy Obama and how much he got done.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/04/europe-troops-afghanistan-nato-obama

On issues as important as AFPAK there was little discussion about the failure to stop illegal arms shipments to Hamas and Hizb"Allah, missile defense, Sudan, Somalia (yes, areas that concern NATO), Russian demands for the West to end military support for Georgia, Russian support for Iran and their declaration to build military bases in the artic to protect their resource claims, help for Iraq in light of AQ rearming as the US pulls out, pressure on Syria to reveal nuclear programs and the reasoning for continued deployment of US troops in Europe. Also, as Obama talks up zero nuclear weapons there is little talk about Russian modernization of their nukes, the idea to spread nuclear technology, the clock on Iran or the production of tactical nuetron bombs by China, India and Pakistan.

So Obama's visit was essential much ado about nothing as EU already welcomed AFPAK last week and addresses none of these issues just mentioned.

Smile for the camera, look like good friends (though Turkey is very pissed at the selection for new Dannish NATO head) and above all keep saying much was accomplished despite the evidence to the contrary.

A bit like "mission accomplished"? Different Presidents, same BS, but at least Iraq is far better now than when Obama declared Iraq is lost.

And of course the NATO results were not unlike the G 20 results which Craig has already mentioned.

Craig

Has there ever been a time when the Europeans didn't drag their feet. It is what they do best.
Your story is a "dog bites man",
With Europe it is just the same old sh*t , different day.

Jack

Yeah Jack, but Obama was going to change all that. Dog bites man, then get a cattle prob and see if the dog bites again.

Max

My comment was about the attitude of the Europeans. There was no change from their historical attitudes.

With Obama the change is night vrs day when compared to the Bush administration.
Obama treated Europe as if he was courting a lover.
Bush treated Europe as if he was bargaining with a prostitute

in the end both may result in sex but there is an important difference in the relationship.

Jack

'Good' allies (not necessarily in order of goodness).

UK
Canada
Australia
ROK
Israel

Be darned if I can think of any others. Israel is on the list because of their willingness to do our dirty work in the Middle East even when they don't necessarily believe it to be in their own best interests.

Oh, I should have pointed out that three of the countries on my list are on the Asian side of the world, one on the European, and, finally, one in the Americas.

what about our so called freinds in the middle east
saudi arabia' jordan' egypt' kuwait '
thay are willing to stand silently by and let us do their dirty work for them ' seems that they would have a
more vested interest in stabilizing the middle east than
anybody'' how about a little payback from kuwait''

Flatus, correct though the Danes try hard as do the Poles.

Jack, now how embarrasing to be caught in public courting a lover who is actually a whore.

In the end, the sex is still the same, but the whore as lover is far more expensive a deal.

bob......great article on mr stubblefield and his barbeque house.....sounds like the place to have been.....

the whore is no different than the lover......she just wants her money NOW, up front.............

Max, you're right about the Danes. They remember our willingness to jump to their aid if Warsaw Pact forces headed across the North German plain.

The Poles are tremendously bitter about their treatment by the Soviets; they needle the Russians every chance they get. Time will tell if that's in their best interests. They believe we will fulfill our treaty obligations to them. For their sake, I hope they're right.

King Abdullah is dying and I suggest everyone here looks at the dude that will replace him. Several counterintelligence blogs report an effort by the Saudis to arm and support a new extremist group in Gaza to rival Hamas.

Egypt boycotted the celebration at the Arab summit which applauded Bashir of the Sudan. At least Egypt tries. Jordan is very worried about the AQ threat to hit the West Bank and Bibi has reached out to them to provide additional security.

The sad truth is that despite money and strateic logic, Arabs don't back up US strategy. On one hand AQ and Iran threaten them with impunity but on the other, years of pathetic social programming has created a street opposed to leadership.

Kuwait has even given Iran support for all we have done. Turkey is pissed at NATO, Yemen is under attack from AQ, and the gulf states are now making nice with Iran because they suspect Obama will end the Carter Doctrine and pull out.

And just for the record. Oil prices will skyrocket for Russia should fighting start in the Gulf. Also France stands to gain if Arabs see Iran actually get the bomb so French nuclear industry has their motives too.

Merkel has yet to stand up to major German companies selling to Iran, Germany is Iran's biggest trading partner so ask yourself why sanctions haven't worked. China has done squat in Sudan and most Chinese help in patrolling hot spots serves their flow of trade.

That gives you a better picture of the forces at work......

For our sake I hope they are right. If Obama was serious about missile defense he could counter Russian demands and put systems in the Gulf, Israel, the Med and begin a NATO network in Germany, France and England.

The Danes have shown more balls that the Germans.

And we made former Soviet controlled nations renounce their WMD projects and enrichment. We could always reverse that as a threat to Putin as well as taking MEK off our terrorist list like Europe has done.

I do not see Obama playing hardball. Let's hope he is better at that eventually than he was with Bowling.

Horowitz is right though the vocal loonies on the Right do not represent mainstream Republicans. Ironic Horowitz is linked here to defend Obama. Ironic indeed.

The comments here despite what backchannel says are respectful and concern policy issues and direction.

It is sad to see both the Right and Left continue to advocate using personal smears and absurd comparisons. I think Obama is a smart, decent guy. I disagree with many things which are in part positions pushed by other Democratic leaders besides Obama.

Despite what the Left did to destroy Bush's humanity, I reject such behavior by the Right. It amazes me how little advocates understand about voters or the destructiveness of their tactics.

Have a great day people, you're free of me for a while......

Since the Manhattan Project , which was roughly 2 Billion dollars. We have spent, just little ole us, we have spent 10 Trillion dollars on Thermonuclear weapons.

Sturg, if that is true, then the whore is more honest and possibly less expensive.

But then the need for a condom is greater.

How Low Can It Go? Sun Plunges Into The Quietest Solar Minimum In A Century -

The year 2008 was a bear. There were no sunspots observed on 266 of the year's 366 days (73 percent). To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go all the way back to 1913, which had 311 spotless days. Prompted by these numbers, some observers suggested that the solar cycle had hit bottom in 2008.

Maybe not. Sunspot counts for 2009 have dropped even lower. As of March 31st, there were no sunspots on 78 of the year's 90 days (87 percent).
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090402200749.htm

Well, there was no world war 3 Bob and the expenses you mentioned destroyed the Soviet Empire.

Would you have felt more comfortable without the bomb?

Your point? I may have to get back much later to see your response........

P.S. google "Japanese research on sun spot activity and global warming"

You'll be surprised to find out their spin. Some other things go on during sun spot activity and quiessence.

Bob, that really doesn't seem a terribly high price for 60-years of relative peace--relative, at least, to nuclear confrontations.

Strategic Air Command's tag line was "Peace is our Profession". When I was a member of SAC, and other nuclear-equipped commands, we believed that through our competence we could keep the 'big-one' from occurring

Were we wrong?.

Thought for the day :
" Everything bows to success, even grammar. "

It was more of a "factoid" post fellas. No real axe to grind .

"No real axe to grind ."

Oh, phooey. I was in a war-mongering mood. :)

CBob

There is an Orthodox Jewish holiday that only comes around every 28 years. You might like the video here

http://www.chabad.org/holidays/sun/default_cdo/aid/817861/jewish/Birkat-Hachamah.htm

As there is a green twist with solar energy as part of the celebration

From today's this day in history -

1947 Largest group of sunspots on record

Children of the Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgLKkNY9eUA

Max -
I went and looked at the "new " research . We're talking about 3 out of 5 guys who just happen to be employed by ;

Japan Society of Energy and Resources (JSER) who are the academic society representing scientists from the energy and resource fields,

" One of the five contributors compares computer climate modeling to ancient astrology. Others castigate the paucity of the US ground temperature data set used to support the hypothesis, and declare that the unambiguous warming trend from the mid-part of the 20th Century has ceased."

http://www.infiniteunknown.net/tag/sunspot-activity/

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I've been reading this same clap trap for years . If it was new, it's the same old fish heads wrapped in a new blog wrapper.

Mean while back at the ranch -
Feb . 2009 report from the NCDC :
" Global Highlights:

* Based on preliminary data, the globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the ninth warmest on record for February and the eighth warmest for boreal winter (December-February) and the January-February year-to-date period. "

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/feb/global.html

bush/cheney ,,the republicans have done went and messed the sun up too'
good thing the democrats are in washington to let us
know how much it will cost to fix it

So, NATO comes up with 5,000 temporary training troops to Afghanistan -- meaning that once we reach Obama's goal of 68,000 U.S. troops two-thirds of the entire force will be American (up from about half currently)

http://tinyurl.com/d96ul2

Max -
A little climate story -

2 years ago, a statistician in Montreal corrected the data set complied by Dr. Hanson at the Goddard Center. This what science does, you publish your work, and I try to poke holes in it.
The deniers, hailed this a fatal flaw in Hanson's work, and all was suspect from that point forward.
The correction was .003 degrees, which shuffled the warmest year list a bit.

I only wish all of my work was just off by 3/1000's of a degree.

Todd Palin's half-sister arrested for burglary

Todd Palin’s half-sister was arrested Thursday after police say she broke into a Wasilla home for the second time this week to steal money.

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/140107

so pres obama is going to double down in viet....
i mean afganistan,, and is authorizing strikes across
the border into camb.. , i mean pakistan ?
fail or succeed it will be his war from here on out

http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/24359/Warmest_October_Claim_Was_Wrong_NASA_Admits.html

And we know how Gore loves Heartland:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/03/nyt_writer_deceitfully_claims.html

Of course Hansen's level-headed claims, new reports of earth entering a cold period, new reports on sub spots/magnetic cycles, new studies on the migrating magnetic poles on earth all complicate the "science" and throw a wrench into the religious consensus of “Global Warming”. The usefulness of now "global climate change", (and let's get the new Newspeak right), as a driving political force out paces the science behind it. And please don’t put me in the category of anti-intellectual dolts serving a conservative agenda. I am fully aware of data that suggest some human impact on the present levels of C02. As far as I know, all 5 billion humans do breath and shit and require some form of energy beyond direct sun light to survive.

Here are some good ones:

If all the artic icebergs melt, will sea levels rise?

How much snow falls into the oceans each year? Has that pattern changed?

How much new ice is made on Antarctica as old shelf ice tumbles into the sea?

If air traffic stop for a day, would the earth heat up? (hint: see 9/11)

What role does the earth's magnetic field play in cloud formation and what role does the sun play?

What role do plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes play in the absorption rate of CO2 of the sea?

How much C02 will be absorbed by added biomass from higher mean temperatures?

Forgive me my independent thinking, but without a finer grasp of the issue, mitigation might be an awfully expensive mistake. The UN is already protesting an Indian experiment to sequester test amounts of CO2 in the sea as regulations precede common sense.

The funniest thing lately is watching shock ads rip the notion of clean coal. Maybe the same company that recently did the new NY anti-smoking ads made these.....LOL

Then Obama's face appears on another ad offering the lofty campaign promise to support clean coal. This ad of course is from the energy companies.

Do we adversely affect the eco system? Absolutely. There are many serious bad affects. Climate "change" is one potentially serious issue and it requires more science, more vetted plans of mitigation and engineered efforts not disproportionate to the expense of other environmental remedies.

don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xIulyVsG8&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div

My understanding of scientific method Bob, is you run tests to disprove a theory, not search for data to confirm it. The problem is such tests would be hard to make. By searching for supportive date and marginalizing what we don't want to hear,, we lose sight of the majority of data(known and unknown) that cannot as yet be understood.

Maybe if we take that computer that discovered Newton's Laws after looking at reams of data and had it scan climate, astrophysical and historical data, it might discover a process. As yet, we don't know how the ice ages came about.

Hansen is a zealot and that is the last person you want validating theories. People who worked with him at NASA have rocked his credibility.

Max,

As much as global warming concerns me, I'm more worried about water. The rivers and oceans aren't some huge washing machine and we are dumping tons upon tons of pollutants into both, some of them with long term genetic effects.

Ground water is being depleted at an alarming rate that will become not only a threat to humans but to agriculture and fisheries.

None of this will be repaired until the filthiest species on the planet stops being so reckless and wasteful with the resources.

garbage, garbage, garbage.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmD9IJh1Cr0

Wandering channels on Dish Network. Video Italia is on 727. Nice music with good videos. Doesn't require a special subscription.

Gee a related-to-Palin watch....lol

Okay...

Blago tried to extort Rahm in 2006 in the very district Blago handed over to Rahm as Congress person. Now doesn't this beg a whole host of questions.

Summers has some dirty links to TARP

Perhaps a bit more relevant than was Todd did. He sure made off with less than Summers.

The great Pacific ocean dump ... floating garbage patch twice the size of the United States

http://www.alternet.org/water/76056/

Some how to help tips at the end of the SF article

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/19/SS6JS8RH0.DTL

tom paxton is changing his name to Fannie Mae........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUq7IY_7Mc&feature=related

Jamie you hit it squarely. There are some serious envirnmental problems. First you need economic growth for the capital. Then you need great plans for mitigation and correction. These green fixes must also have some profitablity or they won't catch on. We don't have the money to simply pay the full cost.

Now should be the era of vetting the fixes while stream lining the existing approaches. We have the time and resources to make the switch over less economy crashing.

Water, Soil. reversing the damage done by dams, controlled fishing, control of waste, preservation of wild life and forests. We have a whole range of problems and this fixation with climate change distorts a rational and pragmatic approach.

Boy the G 20 really made climate a big issue. Meanwhile many things are getting worse. Problem is you can say the sky is falling on more than one issue at a time given voter mentality. Climate blots out the rest.

I meant: "can't" say the sky.......

Why do you even care, Jamie? You perceive human beings, the "filthiest species on the planet" to be viruses. I could understand an environmentalist perspective with a goal of making the earth a more habitable place for humans, but if you don't care about humanity, then what's the point? The earth will be fine in the long run, until it's consumed by the sun.

...heard some Chinese dude on the radio once; just caught about 15 seconds of his interview. What I did hear him say:

"The 'greenest' thing a human can do is die."

So...Obama is gonna get all the troops out of Iraq and move troops in Afghanistan? Another day and another act of senseless violence in America. A guy was afraid of Obama banning guns, so he goes and kills 3 police officers. Brilliant. In brighter news, I got some new kicks (tennis shoes) today. "What kind?" you may ask. Since I blog here, I got some new "PUMA"s.

max, re whores vs. lovers

whores usually do not expect engagement rings

and therefore, one avoids the ensuing natural order: inlaws, toilet seat wars, ungrateful children, beer bellies, divorce lawyers etc.

This week's Economist is largely about the new populism. It's leading editorial is worthwhile and sets the stage for a good 14-page special report:
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13405314

I choose Natalie Portman to be me - it is fiction, isn't it?

Birthday party today for five year old Alex. It's at a play room with bouncy rooms and slides and areas filled with plastic balls = maybe thirty kids. Anyone want to join in? I'm just watching and plugging up my ears.

Last year at this thing Alex ran by screaming, "It never ends, it never ends!" He's obviously a philosopher.

Am I the only one whose page is still screwed up? The entire post is on the left side, except for indsiders network and a few other things - and the video is at the bottom - rather vertiginous.

David Paterson made a rather nice speechlet re the shootings at Binghampton yesterday. He deserves credit for some things. It'll probably go un-noticed.

Craig,

We, the American people, have largely viewed NATO as our European allies with us being a related entity. In fact, we are a co-equal member of the alliance, albeit a founding member and the most militarily capable.

Americans should realize that non-US NATO members physically came to the States immediately after 9/11. They flew AWACS missions and provided interceptors in support of NORAD. They we're fulfilling their mutual defense obligations.

Methinks, most of the non-US members considered their obligation fulfilled when the Taliban government that had hosted Osama and company, was ousted following a military campaign in which NATO forces led by the US were clearly dominant.

Everything would have been fine had Bush, at that point, declared "Mission Accomplished" packing our bags for a return to our normal garrisons. The accompanying non-US NATO forces would also have returned to their deserved parades and chest thumpings.

Instead, Mr Bush ignored the reality of that nations history by staying on to democratize the undemoctratizable. That's why were in our current mess, and that's why our European friends have become unallied.

It's time for serious mission-shrink and a return to a clandestine special operations involvement aimed at decapitating what's left of al-Qa'ida.

Padt

So you think that im the Zorba in the back ground dancing, throwing, and breaking the dishes Huh

Patsi,,, Whats so funny?

,a you come along with a LMAO Huh,,,that means that you agree with the Padt,,,,,,well I guess thats right,,,I have never been a conformist,,, I have thrown and broke quite a few things,,,,and even while dancing

So here is what Im going to throw to the both of you,a big,,,,,((((hug))) and a smoooooch,,,,laugh that off,,hahaha,,,I'll take part,,,but only if Sea is my dancing partner,,,,from what I sea of her around here ,,,she can throw things as well as I can!!!

Oooops I forgot to tell you,,,that I just started on my first ice cold Budweiser,(6 pack),,and a bottle of tekill U,,,,and im gonna drink them,,,OBAMA ma self,,

and going to drink them OBAMA self,,,hic,,,that is

I choose Natalie Portman to be me - it is fiction, isn't it?

-bethyboo

if i get pitt......it's DEFINITELY fiction.........on sober re-thought, I might settle for deniro..... or hell, maybe any one of those guys who still sport all their own hair.......lol

of course, since it's a ghost......i could probably play my own se'f.................

Sturg,,,....Light of the Moon.,,,Powerful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epeizDj-_-k&feature=related#

sturg/ bethyb
i'll bring my camera next trip out and try to post
some pics

one good song deserves another? los cubanos :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmfa2XznVic

nice!

love the mississippi.....lived near it for nine months in memphis one upon a time.............have since crossed it a pavillion or so times, give or take an illion or two, always stopped to take a good look......a different deal for someone who grew up with the ocean as his playground........

"someone who grew up with the ocean as his playground..."

... not many people can say that Sturge.

How much does a women cost,,,or a man,,for that matter,,,????

My son Tommy asked me once,,,,He said, Hey Dad,,,how much does it cost to get married ??,,,,I told him,,,son I don't know,,,Im still paying for it,,hahaha

it was nice, as there was a beach here which had absolutely no development and could only be reached by a 2 mile dirt road.....that way and of course from the creek by boat.....it was not developed at all until i was at least 17 yrs old or so....just a wilderness beach, the way it had been for thousands of years.....now it's full of multi-million dollar homes and paved roads......but back then it was paradise.......shark fishing at dawn, crabbing, shrimping.....camping on the beach......nize place.......it's still a nice place though, because multi-million dollar homes need nice cabinetry......

Chloe

Just finished seeing my first full movie in over 5 months,,,,Australia,,,with Nicole Kidman,,Im not a big fan of her's ,but I liked it a lot,,,anything with kids,,and horses i is good for me.

ole yeller cured me of watching dying dog movies......lol

that and the memory of how many of them critters and cats I have had to dig a hole for over the years.....

"Patsi,,, Whats so funny?"

You dancing Russian dances....:)

"..it's still a nice place though, because multi-million dollar homes need nice cabinetry."

Sturge, Would you give up all that work, to have that beach back?

Solar,
I never went to see Australia. Don't know why. Maybe I should try to catch it on tv. Haven't been able to get myself to turn it on yet. Gave tv up a while back, and now I only see it in passing. But I'm sure I'll get back to watching it eventually.

CQ, Marley and me was such a good movie. The best movie I've seen this year. I didn't think of Old Yeller when I saw it. But yes, much, much better.

"ole yeller cured me of watching dying dog movies"

Sturge, This one was so worth seeing. Funny, very funny. And yes sad, in the end, but sad in a way that most of us have experienced (and would do again). But it was a very happy movie overall.

"that and the memory of how many of them critters and cats I have had to dig a hole for over the years."

... tell me about it. It's awful when that time comes.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/europeans-love-obamas-style-bu.html#comment-216671

Oh Solar, your gonna be funnier than normal tonight.I will pause the DVR often and check on you!!...

"Gave tv up a while back, and now I only see it in passing. But I'm sure I'll get back to watching it eventually."

Hi Chloe
If you get back to tv watching check out Glenn Close in Damages,very good.The season 2 finale was this week,Patti Glenn's character said a very funny line ("I've had a hell of a shitty month and somebodies going to pay") HA HA, I want to use it sometime but I don't want the shitty month......

"("I've had a hell of a shitty month and somebodies going to pay") HA HA, I want to use it sometime but I don't want the shitty month...."

.. now you're the funny one Tony! Maybe we could just go for 'I've had a shitty day and someone's going to pay". Everyone gets those now and then. I'll check out Damages - I like Glenn Close. But I guess I missed the whole season, so guess it'll be reruns.

signed in under our CQ tech account earlier (been trying to sort out eprof2's login probs), so trying again:

Marley and Me was a good movie but tough at the end for anyone who has lost a pet.

And Sturg, i''m liking this for Best Comments: http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/best-comments.html

Mississippi River
http://www.calumetdreams.com/septpics/missis.html

nite

My son asked me once that if something he heard was true,,,he asked my if it was true that in Japan,,,the man did not know his wife until he was married,,,I told him,,,,that happens EVERY where son EVERY where.

sleep well .

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Love that choice!!

Every so often though you gots to make yourself cry.

Just got through watching Winchester '73. Hard to believe I've never watched it before. Neat flick. Had Tony Curtis listed as Anthony Curtis.

Lost amid the hoopla of MSU basketball...

http://www.freep.com/article/20090404/NEWS01/904040508

chloe.....i choose the work.....and since you can't hold back progress, i take my childhood with the beach as a gift I had and now it's just a different gift.............

bob talking about the traffic down on buddy holly blvd and perhaps wanting a time machine remembered me this one......it's a sadder:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3c-WBn5cCg

"Maybe we could just go for 'I've had a shitty day and someone's going to pay"

Chloe
I like the way you think,yes now the line is much better!HA

Creepy, the 1961 version of the Pit and the Pendulum will be on at 2-am on MGMHD. Vincent Price, et al..

Not surprised about NATO. Good pic of Obama.

Why doesn't Madonna just adopt an American child, there are plenty of them, and be done with it?

tt

Something for late night discussion:

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x549593565/Right-to-Life-requests-compromise-with-Tulip-Time

Madonna is doing essentially the same thing that trophy hunters do in Africa.

Why would anyone have a problem with Madonna adopting kids? Those kids from Malawi hit the lottery.

A recent possible missing link to the mystery of whatever happened to Virginia Dare...I don't know if she's currently in the elementary school history books (do they still study American history in elementary school?) but she was in mine.

"The 117 men, women and children who made up what is known as the Lost Colony, the last of the 1584-87 Roanoke Voyages, settled on Roanoke Island, but no one knows precisely where. In addition, no one knows what happened to them after August 1587 - making their fate one of the oldest mysteries of Colonial America."

http://hamptonroads.com/node/504628

With more background at the Wiki:

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

Discovered this item while scouting the other one...thought it might pique someone's interest around here, unless it was posted already and I missed it in which case, sorry.

"Ranking Virginia Republicans dumped Jeff Frederick as chairman of the state GOP on Saturday, less than a year after he was elected leader, and in the process widened a rift between them and the rank-and-file conservatives who support him."

"Those who wanted Frederick gone insist their opposition is about ability, not ideology. 'To me it was about job performance, plain and simple,' said Lee Talley, a Republican activist from Portsmouth who did not have a vote in the process. It's not about political issues at all. It's about the fact that we need effective leadership.' "

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/04/virginia-gop-removes-frederick-state-chairman

Wow. Lord bloggington is typing this from his new mp3 player. Technology is getting crazy.

Far-out, man.

Lord of the Blog,

If the Lost Colonists of Roanoke had access to such wizardry as yours, they could have texted or twittered where they'd gone off too. As it was, can you imagine how terrifying that was for them, lost and abandoned. Like being on the space station today and realizing "I guess they're not coming for us."

Such comforting thoughts will now send me sailing away to the land of Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynken,_Blynken,_and_Nod

As long as they got lost near a wifi hot-spot... Seriously, this is the most amazing thing I've ever held in my hand, and in 2 years, it will be junk. I'm not sure the human psyche is going to be able to handle the exponential development of technology in the near future, although I can only speak for myself.

And back in the real world, Lord Bloggington sees those wacky North Koreans launched a rocket OVER Japan. Yikes.

Reaction to North Korea launch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7984016.stm

M'Lord, I daresay the human psyche will be different. Evidence of what we now call the human psyche is what future archaeologists (forensic psychologists?) will be digging through the rubble for.

(^_~)

Rest ye verdant psyche, merry lass.

Only with your grace and favor, M'Lord. G'Night.

But of course. Lord Bloggington possesses both grace and favor out the butt, and dispenses it liberally.

In that case, M'Lord must take care not to dislocate that specially connected optic nerve Sir Robert warned of yesterday.

Get to sleep! You're making Lord Bloggington feel bad; don't allow his trifling to keep you. Goodnight.

Yes, sir. Sorry, sir. Goodnight, sir.

So far no surprises at all...Obama promised to be a faithful servant to Bush's folly and he's doing it, and looking like a goddam fool for doing so.
US taxpayers are done with believing there's revenge out there in those treacherous mountains of Afghanistan,
After all these years , apparently Osama bin Laden is not ever going to be caught, and what the hell good will it do to get thousands more US troops killed ?
Unless Obama commits at least one million troops to Afghanistan, no good can come of his aggression.
Even with a million foot soldiers, what good could we do there?

"Even with a million foot soldiers, what good could we do there?"

I don't think 'good' is their goal Dex.
What their actual goal is, I have no idea. Politicians just don't seem to value American lives the same way the rest of us do.

"i take my childhood with the beach as a gift I had and now it's just a different gift...."

... Sturge, You don't waste your time with 'what ifs'
and.... You feel gratitude. Two very important character traits, imo.

"I'm not sure the human psyche is going to be able to handle the exponential development of technology in the near future"

It's just information. That ipod is just another computer, a mini one. Technology is going to continue the exponential development, because that's the only way they can get our money.

Solar, Sorry I missed you earlier. Hope you're doing well.

Hey Chloe, what are you still doing up?

Ha Sea. I'm not still up, I just woke up for a while. I'm hoping to go back to sleep very soon. What about you? Don't you sleep much.

Hey Sea, Since you're here, I've been wanting to ask you if you've straightened out your problems. And how things are going for you.

My sleeping is better than it was a few months back but my eldest son just called home for a ride and my youngest is off to get him.. I'll stay up till they get home. Did you read the update on this post?

What update?

Just read it Sea...
Oh great, Obamas going to significantly Americanize the war. I can't believe this is happening.

And yeah, Obamas wins their hearts, but not their minds. He's a nice guy, but they're not real sure about his ideas.

Since I can find no earthly reason why you guys should
be wittier than I, I am forced to accept that you are indulging in witchcraft. I've a good mind to turn you in.

Unfortunately, once in lock-up, you would probably not be allowed to post any more, and what would that gain me?

OldSea - I hope you're still up. I need to know if you got your computer set-up going so I can place my orders.
Have you suspended operations on all of your items?
Am I too late?

"I'll stay up till they get home."

....Your life can't be easy, but you're sure lucky to have those great kids.

Bethy, No one is wittier than you. :) Always look forward to reading your posts.

Up on top. I'ts enough to make you wanna go back to bed for a week. I absolutely adore Craig but sometimes it ain't easy reading real news. He just had to go and be a journalist and report the news instead of write about Michelle's toned arms.

I know what you mean. I avoid news when at all possible too. But I'd rather hear it from Craig than anyone else.

..... well, back to bed for me, but not for a week. I'll try for 3 hours, Night.

Sorry I took so long to post Chloe and to point out the news above, my computer is running real slow so I restarted it.

Hey Bethy, I'm so sorry about that. Not sure what is up with that. I have received other orders on the site though. I'm not making any caramels or fudges right now.What were you interested in?

Goodnight Chloe

(to tune of april showers)

tho april taxes
may come your way
there will be rebates
that come in may

and if you're straining
to pay your debt
and draining lots of beer
trying to forget

you soon will see crowds
there at the mall
they're getting markdowns
big sales and all

so keep looking for the stim check
and thinking of that throng
whenever april taxes
come along

They had the escapism genre of movie during the Great Depression. They're gonna need to come up with some cheap entertainment for this not so great depression.

Patd There's my answer. Guess blogging is this depression's form of escapism.

good morning, oldsea, bethy and all you lovely lurkers.

couldn't decide yesterday about the casting for my role in cbob's play. it boiled down to kate hepburn or whoopi goldberg... (had to give up that delightful fantasy of george clooney)... now, in the cold dark of predawn, i feel more like dame margaret rutherford would do justice to the part.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Rutherford.

but who knows what inspiration the day will bring....

heck, that link didn't show her pix. maybe this will work

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

Patd- I requested Julia Roberts at the end of yesterdays link, don't know if you saw it.

oldsea, yes good choice... also liked renee's vision of the buxom barmaid

Yeah and solars part too was very amusing, looking forward to this play

oldsea, your julia roberts made me think of "pretty woman" and that in turn brought to mind "never on sunday" and melina mecouri... loved the plots and the characters to both movies.

now i'll be haunted all day long by the song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCFXGanTx4A

solar, a joke for you

My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table.
My wife asked, 'Do you know her?'
'Yes,' I sighed, 'She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since.'
'My God!' said my wife, 'who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?'

with no offense meant, some scattered thoughts on casting possibilities:

corey played by young clint eastwood

lb played by peter o'toole (a la lion in winter role)

jack played by lee marvin

flatus played by george scott

patd- My first choice was really a less arthritic Kathleen Turner and now that I see we can go with past versions, am wondering if the casting director mind making a change.

I think your casting suggestions are superb!

Here's a wee bit of news I was unaware of-
Can Obama Shut Down the Internet?

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/04/can-obama-shut-down-the-internet/

patd, just show me to the aid station!

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Ivy,

Back a long time ago they had radio spots advertising Virginia Dare wine. I think the jingle went something like, "say it again with Virginia Dare". I can't help but think that went a long way towards keeping the gentle lady in school children's minds.

seems like i remember a soft-drink called virginia dare.....from the fifties......

Hey Ivy, how goes it? How are those vacation plans coming along?

Lots of feel-good stuff about the Obamas in the Times op-ed pages today. And of Harry Truman, too.

First joke i ever remember hearing:

Why did Truman shoot his dog?

It seems that Truman stepped on the dog's tail and the dog yelped, "IKE".

it seems gov. sanford R-SC is finally going to let himself be browbeaten into accepting the stim money (with stipulations, of course).......when the charleston post and courier starts bad-rapping a republican, you can be sure he's set to lose any furthur elections in SC.....he better HOPE for CHANGE to a National Office.....which is probably what this is all about anyway..........I think that he has probably over played his hand though.....jumped the shark..........stayed a little long at the fair.....

he's just such a Cardboard Hero...............pah

another collision in front of the shop friday.......suv flipped over began to flame..........our bass player was on the scene and pulled the somewhat intoxicated-smelling youth from the suv and ran for an extinguisher to douse the flames.......no deaths, 2 vehicles totalled.......

as i told pogo....i dont have a stand on whether or where or when they build the parkway to the outer islands....but if the newspaper would simply start giving an accurate description of the number of accidents on this formerly rural road, it would go a long way towards giving people out here an accurate view of the situation and perhaps aid them in forming an opinion not based upon trying to hold onto a past that is, uh....gone with the wind.......lol

flip side of the coinage: Whose land will it gobble up? (pro quo malo?) sticky wicket............wonder what they're going to wind up doing......I'd bet they wear down the opponents and finally just start the damn thing over the howls of protest, like they did when the city annexed the famous old oak tree.......

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/0d9c96ac-f7ab-407e-bc9c-3dccbf40d62f.jpg

The Angel Oak

better picture of the old tree and stats.:.

http://www.angeloaktree.org/

Now we are being told we hold unrealistic expectations I disagree we only want what was promised in exchange for our vote. How is that being unrealistic? It wasn't so unrealistic when it was being pitched. The reason everyone is not going all out in support of Obamas war is because they know just like before we will drive this country off a cliff to spend whatever the effort takes. Could it be an effort to gain support troops from other country's so they don;t have to draft here?

"Could it be an effort to gain support troops from other country's so they don;t have to draft here? "

Morning buford, I s that what you think?

Obama in Europe: overtures to ovations
"In these circumstances any American leader would be wise to apologise and declare an end to the era of unilateralism. But Mr Obama goes about the task with a conviction that owes much to the fact that he was campaigning on precisely this basis long before the subprime crisis hit Wall Street. “This trip has confirmed what I sensed about him almost two years ago at our first meeting,” says Zbigniew Brzezinski, a former national security adviser. “He understands that the novelty of the worldwide political awakening requires a redefinition of America’s role.”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/52ad11a0-207b-11de-b930-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/europeans-love-obamas-style-bu.html#comment-216761

second thoughts on above casting:
corey played by russell crowe
cbob played by clint (young or old, choice is yours)

sturge, you still got your heart set on brad? sean connery might be a more sympathetic pick (depending on how you stand about scotland seceding from uk. i think he's picky about his roles nowadays)

Patd, What is the setting for this 'reality' show. Did I read it was a saloon?

Corey seems more like a Kevin Costner than a RussellCrowe. Russell Crowe usually plays a hardass.

Europe melts for Michelle
"He gave speeches. She gave hugs. And while Barack Obama came to Europe as the American president, Michelle Obama came as something entirely different – almost an American tourist, but the kind even jaded Europeans could love, big-hearted, curious, sophisticated yet accessible."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20897.html

Purple Opal Basil

Opal Basil
http://www.specialtyproduce.com/index.php?item=311

Rathbone Basil:

http://entrance-d.org/blogs/sed/files/2007/11/hbalt.jpg

Hello Craig’s World....

OK - Comment to the post...

Why Europe says no...
Same reason some people do not go to work.

If you give them what they need and do not have to do it themselves - then why should they.

The public talk of Bush and American activities is one thing. The Silent reality is the European's love to hide behind mother USA big and broad shoulders as we took the position of Peace Keepers. It is a long and great history of our country and much American blood for the service of others.

Our old leaders enjoyed that position - I am happy to see Barack working to CHANGE the position and my European friends need to step up.

Opal and Rathbone, What a couple!

Let's cross the Alps , shall we ?

BOLERO-RAVEL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw

chloe, you have point there about crowe, but then he has had some tender moments and a "beautiful mind" too (like corey).

btw, would you consider meg ryan to play you?

Sturg -
"Angel Oak", - now I have oak envy.

Padt

Thanks for the joke,I liked it very much,,,,If I can,,,I think of Chloe as a Sally Field,,,,that is if she doesn't mind her.

A beautiful mind, yes, but a little whacko in that movie too. But I agree, he could do the part well. He's a great actor. So if Corey agrees, go with Crowe.

And pat, Meg Ryan? Yes!! I'm flattered you'd consider her to play my part. Thanks!

Unless she does that moaning ,,thing at the restaurant,,scene HA!

sturge, your angel oak makes me think of the hindu goddess kali with all her arms.

Let's see if the thought for the day is any good -

Solar, I like Sally Field too. I used to watch her in The Flying Nun. But I'm not Catholic. Do you think that will matter? I have been called Norma Rae before, when that movie was out. Hmm. (Solar, You do have my size pretty much pinned down there). :)

Patd, Who's playing you. Have you decided for sure. How about Cate Blanchett?

Yep it'll do -
Thought for the day :
" Everyone complains of his memory, no one of his judgment. "

That oak is the most beautiful tree I have ever seen. I've never seen a tree with more character. So glad you posted that link.

Ha! Forgetting something is ok. But misjudgment, never!

chloe, re casting decisions

all this should be determined ultimately by cbob since it's his dream play to tell the tales (like the play "our town") of musician ghosts sitting in a texas bar at tables with red-checkered cloths. except for sturge as a live music man and cbob as the stage manager/narrator, i think of us tmrs just as background... no paying parts, only cameos, probably won't even merit union pay.

The thread for our lost guitar player here, is producing great little stories.
There is a really good one about going to Dallas to play a gig, in a rain storm with the wiper motor on the car broken. They tied shoe laces to the wiper blades, and pulled them back and forth all the way into Dallas.

Good idea pat.
But I did want to ask CBob what he thought of Willie Nelson. Willie is also a good actor.

chloe: am still of same muddled mind as this morning's early post.
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/europeans-love-obamas-style-bu.html#comment-216754

btw, did you see my new april ditty?
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/europeans-love-obamas-style-bu.html#comment-216751

Yep,,,and you told Sturg,,,that you were in your late teens about something or other,,so I have a complete mug shot of ya,,,,now it is just a matter of hanging it on wanted posters, along with the alias of SSS,,,you can't escape!

Oh yeah,,,,1968,,one of my favorites too,at that time,listening to hey Jude,,,so you see,I have all that I need...now to hire the right private detective,,,for the job,,,when I want something,,,I get it,,,got it? Ha

"tell the tales (like the play "our town") of musician ghosts sitting in a texas bar "

CBob, One request. If this comes together, can I be the bouncer?

... Solar, I didn't say how long that song had been out though. I assume you're talking about Hey Jude. :)

Oh, I didn't finish your last paragraph.
One question, how a private eye going to find a ghost?

Zorba,,,is going to throw a lot more than plates around if we don't get Union pay,,,,It's not easy doing a Russian dance while Patsi is in the corner laughing her ass off,,,,and I want my pal Tony playing the part of Rock Hudson,,,or Rock Flinston,,,hahaha,,The Union Rep!!

Any chance my role could could include standing on top of the bar singing the Marseillaise?

"can I be the bouncer?"

well, renee as the buxom barmaid might be the real bouncer... so to speak

"and if you're straining
to pay your debt
and draining lots of beer
trying to forget"

Ah, pat, you've outdone yourself! Good work!

Now that I think of it, I would also like Kathleen Turner to join Zorba in a plate tossing. I use to do regularly, my last house I sold had dents all over the kitchen floor from all the celebrations. I always had a spare stack around for merrymaking.

We'll all be laughing Solar..... with you. :)

"well, renee as the buxom barmaid might be the real bouncer... so to speak"

Pictures please!,,,that part has to be auditioned for,,,,Patsi is the bouncer,,,I can see her taking Lardass by the scruff and throwing him out,,(just because of his size). later,,,,,going to MASS now????

Yes Sea! That would be great to see.
Just so it doesn't turn into War of the Roses. (oh wait, that was Michael Douglas with Kathleen Turner).

patd....
yeah.... I could definitely achieve what you have in mind as bouncer..... just make sure you have the Madeline Kahn from Blazing Saddles play me....

Kevin Costner..... for Corey.... NOOOOOOOOOO
I can't stand Costner..... I LOVE Corey....
Corey is youngish..... I'd love to see him played by Simon Baker.... the guy on the Mentalist.... hope everyone saw him bare chested in the Devil Wears Prada...

everyone have a great Sunday!

Solar, Be good!

How about Craig,,,as the Sloppy town drunk,,,,a little some thing diff for him,,,gotta have a town drunk no?

I thought Corey as a young Clint Eastwoood was perfect casting.

Solar -
town drunk ..... That would be me.

CB

I can see that ,,,,but sorta like a philosophical town drunk,,,that is a giving good advise to us all,,,,and do we listen Hell no,,until its almost too late,,then we all pull together cos we have to,,,

It's great the Obamas our out showing the world a more accurate picture of America. This is definitely a step in the right direction for us all.

1941 Eric Burdon England, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)

2348 -BC- Noah's ark grounded, Mount Ararat (calculated date)
1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe
1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England
1753 British Museum forms (opens in 1759)
1762 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French
1768 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)
1792 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto
1815 Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)
1887 Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of The Copper Beeches"
1902 Soccer match riot between Scotland & England kills 25
1915 Jess Willard defeats Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title
1922 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions
1938 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland
1939 Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory
1941 In San Francisco, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
1951 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right"
1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to an altitude of 54,600 meters
1965 Lava Lamp Day celebrated
1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)

Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic
An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7984054.stm

solar, thanks for reminding me about lard. only actor of such magnificent carriage to do him justice would be john goodman.

oldsea, you're right. corey is young clint. but who will russell crowe be? we've got gary grant, fonda (henry and jane), tom hanks and who knows how many out of work actors to find place.

pres.obama gets an A on presentation' he does fill the
office of president nicely'
but he gets a c on substance' and his decisions on afghanistan' i get the feeling he is relying on advisers
too much without doing his own homework'' he hasn't
had time to study the long term ramifications and other
options'''the problem there all along is we don't know
their culture '' language ' history or religion'' we are
foreigners in a foreign land trying to impose western
democracy on people who probably don't know what we're trying to do'' just like he voted for the first bail-

Just checked my e mail,,,,and this was in it,,,a little late for april fools,,
looked kinda interesting,,until the last part, I don't trust anyone that signs off saying god bless!!

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Michael Anderson, I got your contact on my personal search of the person I want to will my money to.I willed the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds to you, that is the only money left in my account right now.

If you really want to know why I have willed this money to you and you want this money to be transferred to you please contact the bank director whose name and address I will give to you as soon as you reply this mail. He will help you transfer this money that I have willed to you.

Right now I am in the hospital and I will tell you my story.

God bless you.
Michael Anderson.

that old tree used to be a hell of a place....just out in the woods down a dirt road......couples went there to make love, belligerents went there to fight and rumble, school-cutters went there to get drunk, squirrel shooters went there for hunting........etc.........the city foreclosed somehow on it from it's rightful owner and turned it into a park.......and the tree is under threat from a prospective development around it.....that's being fought over right now......whether or not to allow this development, I mean......

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A52165

sorry, that was gary cooper and cary grant.

hey, ping, maybe john cleese for you?

solar
sounds like he wants to transfer some money
but not in your direction''they will need your bank account 'router number 'social security number
maybe a fee to get things started''
good luck

HOw about Pogo as Crowe?

Excuse me,Crowe as Pogo

If you are thinking of someone for Craig,,,,one of my very favorite actors

mild mannered always charming,,,,James Garner,,,CB's wants the town drunk,,,

Chloe,,I was thinking of you Sally Field as in her role in Murphy' Romance,,,the setting of her ranch,,,a little like yours in Huston,,I really like her in that one.

IMHO John Cusack as Craig would be a good match

IMHO John Cusack as Craig would be a good match.

Great call OSH...

Sorry about the repost- computer has been extremely sluggish today.
Sturge- What a marvelous tree! Keep up the good fight.

Mqw

I haven't had a buck on my pocket since I was 12 years old that I haven't worked for,,,My first biz was selling Ice cones,,flavered,,and a shoe shine box,,,,but I if I get a little bored ,,I might nibble at it,,,,but he sent that to solar' mail box,,,maybe a little cat and raton (mouse) game is afoot,,,,I like what you do for a living,,,tell us more about the scenery at night,,,diff states,,,take some pics,,ets,,,thanks ahead of time

KGC now who shall play you?

osh....marvelous tree, but I dont fight.....I dont know enough to advocate for the development or against it.....I remain an observer........

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/europeans-love-obamas-style-bu.html#comment-216833

Solar,

What do you want to bet the hospital is in Nigeria? :-)

'A man's got to know his limitations." - Dirty Harry

I want Shirley MacLaine

OSH

Are we picking from living actors?

Jamie...I hear you,( Shirley Maclaine,is perfect for you ),what is troubling to me is that someone will get ripped off,,,they will fall for it,,and lose their $ if this is illegal,,i hope that he gets cought, there is never a good time for these scams,,but now is even worse no?,,,whom,,,who? would you like to play you ? I can see a little sexy farmers daughter type of thing "-),,,,going for a little run ,,,,later,,,,,KGC=Jane Fonda,,,tough,,and smart,,

Weren't you Shirley Maclaine in a previous life, Jamie? :)

KGC

Everyone is a ghost, so I suppose you could be anyone you want to be. I picked Shirley MacLaine because I loved her in Steel Magnolias as Ouiser Boudreaux and this quote:

"I'm not crazy, I've just been a very bad mood for the last 40 years! "

KGC- Guess we are making upthe rules as we go. JUst came in from the garden to suggest Meryl Streep as KGC. Was going to say I haven't a clue who would play Jamie, so let's ask her-she'll know and she did!

" Well , if she wants to play Lumber Jack, she' going to have to hold up her end of the log." - Dirty Harry

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CBob

You've already been in training as Dutton Peabody

"An April blizzard brought new meaning Tuesday [April 6, 1982] to what poet T.S. Eliot once called 'the cruelest month' as the metropolitan area [New York City metropolitan area] was buried under nearly a foot of swirling spring snow."
Phil Reisman 3rd, "April blizzard was a first," Today, April 7, 1982, p.A1.

Hubs and I are searching our dwindling memory banks, and we think this was the "April blizzard" that left us stranded in 22 inches of snow trying to return from a Vermont ski vacation. Total white-out conditions on the highway, scared-iest I've ever been in adverse weather.

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OldSea:

Now that I think of it, disasters seem to follow us on vacation. You might not want us to be anywhere around. :)

Speaking of weather, see if this makes sense.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/03/30/lindzen-on-negative-climate-feedback/#more-6661

Another scientist (this one from MIT) presents some climate facts GW advocates don't want to hear. Stil, facts are facts.

Obama didn't shoot down the missile NK launched. There will be nothing the UN does. The weakness the West displays is rather counterproductive. At this point, Israel has very little faith America will do anything about Iranian programs and how this helps US foreign policy is beyond my IQ. Already several news organizations are asking what Obama will do when his diplomatic attempts fails and the Press is forced to report the progress adversaries are making in passing red lines.

Credibillity means a lot.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6007

I would have picked Peggy Cass to play me but I'm happy with Streep or Fonda and thank you very to Solar and OSH

The Schofield Kid, consumed with guilt after killing a cowpoke: Well, I guess he had it coming.

Will Munny: We all have it coming, kid......

LOL,,Max,,,just for one day,,,lighten up,,,,who do you want to play you in the play?,,,,You have to be that guy with the sign,over is front and back,,that reads,,,repent,,,repent,,,Obama sinners,,repent or we shall all go to hell.....As a matter of fact,,,with one eye patch,,saying this like a pirate,,,,Patd's Pirate has to have a bit in the play,,,LOL

Sturg, that was one good movie--hard to believe it was made in '92--but, then, all we watch are old movies.

The Times says The Boston Globe will cease to exist unless the unions fold like a cheap card table.

http://tinyurl.com/dkc2ao

well, since george clooney, whoopi goldberg and dame margaret rutherford turned me down (why i'll never know), it's diana rigg as emma peele from the avengers for the role. and, solar, mrs. peele is very capable with regard to pirates. bring em on.

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

KGC,,,I picked Fonda,,,cos ,like her when you have a cause,,,you won't let go,,,I admire your stand on food,,the markets,,organic,,etc,,,,,,but Sea's pick is a good match also,,,two strong women!,,,you and Patsi could have be either one......I just fineshed my run,,,,,does Zorba take showers?? ,,,Ill get Judy to hose my down,,hehe

Dex, that's neat.

The Time's shouldn't say things like that considering the slippery slope they're treading.

Christ...if The Times sinks, we'll all be stuck in the muck.

I can't find a track-back url...are we casting a certain movie, or is something different transpiring here?

flate.....i liked the part where the kid asks munny to explain how this assassination for hire game works.....munny, puzzled as to how it needs explaining says: "Well.......first you kill them.....and then you get your money......"

I wish you. Dex -- I'm confused....but whatever it is, I think I want to be Ruth Gordon's shotgun toting character in Every Which Way But Loose.

Sturg, I thought the kid unraveling was overdone. And, it didn't seem plausible when munny and his kids lived happily ever after.

Dex / Patsi

Last night there was a great deal of reminiscing going on about an old gathering place where musicians used to hang out in Lubbock. This led to the idea of writing a play about the place with all the ghosts telling their stories (sort of like "Our Town". Everyone enjoyed the idea of the play so much that we decided to be extras, just sitting around listening to the musicians' tales.

So pick a character or someone to play you, find a table, and then sit back and hope the narrator shows up with the stories. Patsi and Dexter you could probably tell a few tales.

Patsi wants to be Ruth Gordon? Any ideas on who we could get to play "Clyde"? LOL!

Why do I have a feeling that this--- you have done?,,,and not just play acting...would have loved to see it HA!

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Gonna go before Chloe scolds me again,,:-)

flatus............moral ambiguity?

Sturg, sheesh, I don't know. I'm just an old sergeant.

"Patsi wants to be Ruth Gordon? Any ideas on who we could get to play "Clyde"? LOL!"

Ha -- best scene in that movie -- when the biker gang shows up and Ruth starts shooting up her porch.

Sturg -

dex and patsi, "our town saloon" started with cbob's yesterday wee hours. below are posts from cbob, corey and sturge. they continued for awhile and then the rest of us horned in on the fun:

Stubbs BBQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtVAbydtUtM
I'm going to write a one act play for this place. The play will be staged here. Tom T. Hall and Joe Ely played a game of pool one time in this joint, using onions for pool balls. Stevie Ray played here.
I got my lights punched out here. ........... I had it coming.
Posted by: Colorado Bob | April 4, 2009 4:11 AM

LOL!
Posted by: Corey | April 4, 2009 4:12 AM

what's the nature of the play?
Posted by: sturgeone | April 4, 2009 4:16 AM

I'm going to rip-off "Our Town". Tables with plastic coated red and white checked table cloth . Characters sitting at the tables telling their little parts of a story. They fade in and out like ghosts.
I'm the stage manger as it were. The opening line is :
"I was the unidentified youth".
Posted by: Colorado Bob | April 4, 2009 4:29 AM

sorry about the misplaced sturge above.

meant to say that sturge then asked if there was music and if brad pitt could play him.... it went down hill from there after we took over the playground... bunch of insensitive bullies that we are.

Solar- Fonda is a good choicetoo. I thought of Streep because she is of course quite liberal, but more than that it was the elegance that brought her to mind.

dex, we could use a turturro or a john mikevich (can't spell it) if you can't think of anyone else that you'd rather be you. noone's claimed woody allen either.

course now woody plays a mean clarinet and does dixieland gigs so he might want to be himself and make a little noise.

woody could phone in his part......

Interesting article but not very reassuring.

US watchdog calls for bank executives to be sacked

* James Doran in New York
* The Observer, Sunday 5 April 2009

Elizabeth Warren, chief watchdog of America's $700bn (£472bn) bank bailout plan, will this week call for the removal of top executives from Citigroup, AIG and other institutions that have received government funds in a damning report that will question the administration's approach to saving the financial system from collapse.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/apr/05/useconomy-regulators

Max -
Richard Lindzen, PhD. and his views are well known , if I had a nickle for every time had him presented to me as ,"yet another scientist flocking to the denier camp!" You guys recycle the same handful names , always from some blog. Never I mean never, from a peer reviewed journal.
Usually it's an op-ed, never a straight news story.
Try that guy at James Cook University down in Australia, I haven't seen any of his baloney in awhile. He's just short of proposing that the giant turtle that the earth sits on has just crawled a little closer to the sun. That's why south Australia burst into flames in Feb.

With final collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf this weekend, that makes 9 ice shelves that have collapsed , and disappeared in the past 50 years in Antarctica.

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"1887 Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller"

I guess it's Patty Duke for me since she played the young Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker," and seeing how the pivotal event happened at a place called "Ivy Green," and seeing how today is the anniversary of that miracle. Patty's a good choice for me anyway.

Solar, I wasn't scolding you today.
I was telling you to be good at 'Mass'. (Although, I was pretty sure you weren't going) :)

Chloe - that exchange between between Sea and Lord Bloggington last night was hilarious. I'm just in awe of the quick repartee . I feel more like a by-stander just enjoying it.

I want to change my casting. I had picked Natalie Portman in a fit of regression. Now I have to say that I just have to be Renee Taylor - much more realistic.

A few minutes ago I saw Fareed Zakaria with three guests talking re Obama and Europe.

The Brit said that Europe wants free rides, with us in the lead. He wasn't being snarky, just saying straight out. He then said it would be interesting to see how Obama reacted when he found no support from Europe. He said he hoped Obama would be hard- nosed. I found that interesting.

Kristoff basically agreed. The other guy was middle eastern, most likely Arab but I didn't get his name.
His comment was that this proved that the US is central to everything - a financial; crisis here causes one everywhere - that is the one that got me.

The US is central. He wasn't complaining or criticizing; he just seemed to say that the situation was just that and everyone needed to understand it - it was going to be like that for a long time.

That last paragraph is really my interpretation - those weren't his words. The biggest point is that these men were not complaining - had no axes to grind. they seemed more interested in analyzing the situation than placing blame.

Also, I saw a bit where Zakaria asked James Baker if he had no regrets about whatever part he played in the 2000 election in Florida. Zakaria sounded a little doubting. but Baker just laughed. He thought that the results gave America.......that's where I changed the channel. I didn't want to hear it again.

I agree that I want the wars to stop, but I'm very worried about what will happen in Afghanistan and Pakistan if they're left alone, and I don't mean the domino effect
feared (?) re Viet Nam.

"I'm just in awe of the quick repartee "

Me too Bethy.

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Solar - You do seem to be getting my number- I do like jubilant chaos from time to time. :-)

That clever maid twas Ivy, not I

OSH,

I rode past the old homestead this afternoon. Buds are coming, but there are still clear sight lines through the trees.

The Science and space buffs should like this if it works

RarelySeenShuttleActivities.pps

http://sz0078.ev.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/RarelySeenShuttleActivities.pps?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=29460&part=2

Try the above instead.

I know you weren't, and I didn't ,you know me too well, now I have to find someone else to tease a little.

Bethy,,,I watched F Z also,,,and have been for a while,,,he is pretty good I think,,,and I also left with the same impression that you did,,,although, I did see a little blame laid on us,,,,very nuance, but I thought it was there non the less??

OSH

Streep's family is to the very right side of Republican. I met her nephew once. He delivered a great line with a big smile, "We don't talk about Auntie Meryl!"

I never mind the teasing. I just wanted to make sure you knew I'm not the scolding type. (I was just teasing you too and said that as a way of saying bye, when I thought you were leaving). I always enjoy your sense of humor.

"His comment was that this proved that the US is central to everything - a financial; crisis here causes one everywhere - that is the one that got me."

Bethy,

That is a long standing attitude. The expression is "When America sneezes, the world catches cold."

Sea - I want some of the chocolate-covered cherries and the almond crisp. I'll send yoou an email, ok? Thanks.

I think Obama's overseas popularity stems from being not Bush. And to the extent Obama is push Shrubian type measures- the Europeans will resist.

Ivy

It just stated snowing ,,snow flakes are the size of golf balls,,,in 1992,,,when we had that terrible period of 24 inches of snow,,,I was in the middle of building two houses,,one of the customers understood that the whole city was at a stand still,,,,the other took me to court,,for the delays,,,the judge gave him a harsh dressing down,,and threw the case out,,,but that was a miserable late April,,and May,,,you must have tremendous powers,,be careful where you sneeze,,please,,,:-),,,the Eskimos have about 7-10 words to describe snow,,we only have one.

OSH

I just put in an order for fudge and penuche. I know it's past March, but it is still cold here ... ?

Final Exam:

When and why did the OK Corral move to AZ. Be specific.

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Solar --

"...the other took me to court,,for the delays,,,the judge gave him a harsh dressing down,,and threw the case out..."

Thank goodness for that judge!

"Ambition's debt is paid."
-- Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)

We're in store for a cold snap here too - temps may fall to 20's after tomorrow...frozen kudzu?!?

Lovely animal story that Bethy wanted to pass along

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/jasmine.asp

Thanks, Jamie.

Flatus

The OK Corral was always in Tombstone, AZ That was the name chosen by John Montgomery to describe his “O.K. Corral, Livery and Feed Stable” which he founded in Tombstone, Arizona in February, 1879.

Unless you are referring to how O. K. came to mean approval. That was from the Old Kinderhook political club in New York.

Jamie
I always assumed the original OK corral got from Oklahoma to Arizona by horse drawn wagon.
That and knowing Sir Flatus is an incurable punster.
btw, the neighborhood meeting went well yesterday and I even got a new neighbor volunteer to translate written stuff for me.

Jack

As to why the OK coraral was move to AZ It no doubt has something to do with the Oklahoma tribes taking advantage of their Arizona cousins. Ask Rez, his grandfather was probably in on the scheme. But as usual it was stolen by some no account white type person.

As Jamie said probably someone from NYC.

Jack

The temperature is supposed to get down to 29 degree.
but the internet tubes assureme that pansies can take that temperature and lower. A good thing.

You can read all about my addiction over on my blog.

But buddha is happy

Jack

Pat
XR,,,could be Dennis Weaver,,, Don 1 would be fun as Spok ?,,he is a space cadet,,just like me,,he is the one that is truly parked diagonally in a parallel universe ~) don't forget Carol,,as that gal on wheel of fortune,,what was her name??,,,,pretty big room with a lot of tables,thanks,,,now back to the real world.

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Jack --

The pansies are tough, but not so sure about the 'maters.

Oh my, almost missed today's timely quote in "Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom and Practical Advice" --

"April snow breeds grass."

" the Eskimos have about 7-10 words to describe snow "

But they had no word to describe the first Robin that showed up on the Arctic coastline. They had never seen a Robin.

"Another scientist (this one from MIT) presents some climate facts GW advocates don't want to hear. Stil, facts are facts. "

Max
That is just silly.
That "another scientist" and his clouds have been around for years. Assigning a number to the negative reinforcement that occurs from an increase in clouds and water vapor that will occur as the temperature rises is indeed one of the problem variables in a global warming model.
But something new, lol.
I've been kicking this ball around ever since I got on the Internet about 12 years ago.
Nothing new.
BTW did you know that water vapor is also a powerful positive forcer to global warming too.
It is a complicated subject. An easy target for the bamboozlers on the internet tubes.. That's why the best source is in peer reviewed articles.

Also there is another character (down at Arizona State the last I heard) who is happy to point out the fact that plant growth is faster as CO2 levels rise,(true) and this is a negative reinforcer to global warming.
And just like the cloud guy, he is right. but what neither tell you is those facts are all taken into account by the climate models. The other thing neither like to have brought up is both are employed by the coal lobby.

Jack

Here's a song for you, Julia:

http://tinyurl.com/dn6mxh

CB

The reason that they have so many words describing snow etc,,is cos it is used to live by,,,,and that first Robin (thanks I did not know that) must have been full of wonder for them,,,,but they did not know the meaning of it being there?,,,thanks

ps,,,I want to thank you for the blue corn seeds ,,they arrived in saturday's mail,,,,Judy opened them up and was surprised,,,asked about them,,so I told her about you,,and the Hopi's,,,,will get them in the garden as soon as I can.

Ivy

you better cover them maters up

I'm not even thinking about planting maters, blue corn squash or okra untill the ground warms up a bit more.
Red buds are just starting to bloom here.

But the peas I planted the other day are poking through the dirt. as are the onions. Taters are a bit slower,

Jack

Those on-time hummingbirds will be wishing they'd been delayed. (^_~)

Ivy

You better knit them some little humming bird sweaters. They are gonna be cold.

Jack

Carol,,,as Vanna White,( wheel of fortune),,just remembered her name,,or she can just fly around the room,,,with her owls,,,who ,,,who,,aint that a hoot HA! nite,,,hope that U R feeling better from you thyroid,,,problems,your missed around here!!

checkin' in for my Night Watchman time key punch.
Snowin' like the devil hizzelf...really comin' down wet and piling up quickly---spozed t'get a few inches but we have received an inch in a half hour since the driving rain switched to snow....

Solar -
Check the corn farmers around you for when to plant. Ground temps are important with corn.

Jack -
I got 450 seedlings going , with another 200 or so to go.

Max -
The state of the science was on display just a few weeks ago.

Between 2,000 and 2,500 researchers from around the world, met in Europe and presented 600 papers, and reports, at the University of Copenhagen.
The same week , another group met in a hotel in Times Square , they presented as far as I could learn, zero papers and reports.
This meeting had some 800 people attend.

" The meeting was largely framed around science, but after the luncheon, when an organizer made an announcement asking all of the scientists in the large hall to move to the front for a group picture, 19 men did so. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/science/earth/04climate.htm

Guess which was which .