Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

" I claim this new world , in the name of my inbred relatives ."

Advice to President Obama for his next 100 days:
"Walk Loosely"----Dexter Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Msqw94XfKk

That was a very good clip fellows , and a keen observation about those lights. Looked like Obama was talking from "MORDOR" not the White House.

Great timing with the LIE TO ME bit! I flipped over , too, and saw that banner, as I was setting -up to record "...Idol" for my wife.
That woman hates Adam, whoever he is...I heard her yelling as she watched the recorded show a short time ago..."OH NO, ADAM is staying!"

Push the button, Craig.

Very clever & funny clip, Craig!

Ft. Worth schools are now closed until at least 5/11 due to N1H1 Flu. I prefer Swine flu as it's less scientific.

They're doing the right thing, IMHO.

tt

Someone has already registered :

ChuckToddMovesOnToPackistan.Com

Yeah, CBOB & Craig...looked like funeral parlor lighting in an old-time parlor, the kind where they iced-down the deceased in case the smell took over.

Chuck Todd's comment about the move to Pakistan: my neighbor from when I was a little kid 50 years ago is head of The American School in Karachi...she recently took a vacation in Nepal...

"A Date With Your Family"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DAHT2RbqMg&feature=related

That Obama guy is smart.

Hannity is more partisan than patriot.

Hannity is HORRIBLE!!

tt

Karl Rove is flailing on Hannity's panic hour...

I enjoyed at the press conference when President Obama advised that opposing him on "everything" is probably not the best "political strategy."

Looks like there is a new "architect" in town fat boy.

I do think that our administration has taken some steps that have restored confidence in the American people that we're moving in the right direction and that simply opposing our approach on every front is probably not a good political strategy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/obama-100-days-press-conf_n_193283.html

Corey? Next Wings game is when?

Friday night at 7:00.

I FOUND it! This room is what the backdrop for Obama reminded me of, "That Gum You Like Is Going to Come Back in Style..."

That Gum You Like Is Going to Come Back in Style

http://www.economicpopulist.org/files/images/germanTwinPeaksRedRoom2.JPG

thanks corey...BTW, our local JCIM plant is still operating, just a few cars in the lot, just day shift only....

White House 100 Day Photo Gallery...Lynn Sweet Blog, Chicago SunTimes:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/

http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=48358

34 years ago today, April 30, 1975...Vietnam came alive.
A look at the Revolution.

Reported this AM : Germany has slashed its growth predictions after corporations reported that earnings plunged.

The engine of Europe seems to be missing on 2 cylinders : finance and political leadership.

Maybe Merkel's disagreement with Obama's financial rescue policy was a little hasty.

Btw, Dexter, nixon and babybush were both worse than the air head.

babybush has to be the worst president in our history. The catastrophic defeats in Indochina and Iraq dwarf any SNAFU by the old deranger.

nixon's White House tapes of his first months in office reveal that he thought we'd lost in Viet Nam. Yet he slogged on, killing another 32,000 American boys, just so that he "wouldn't be the first president in history to lose a war." Only a monster sacrifices 32,000 people to save his own ego.

In Jan 2001, baby bush said that hardening the cockpits of airliners so that hijackers couldn't take over the planes was too expensive : he said $200 million. That bush decision made 9/11 inevitable. baby bush made up the reasons for his war in Iraq, lying like no president has ever lied before. That might not have been so bad, if he hadn't proceeded to lose the war he chose. On top of that, babybush let bin ladin walk away, and made our soldiers and marines suffer the shame of war crimes. reagan once accidently got one of our spies killed by blabbing about him in front of an open mic, but babybush's team intentionally destroyed all the informers who aided our most important spy, and ended her utility...for a personal vendetta. Finally baby bush and his team completed the deregulation of Wall Street and gave huge subsidies to people who bought gas hogs. Making us vulnerable to financial pirates and Iran.

As stupid as the chucklehead was, reagan never accomplished the evil that either nixon or babybush achieved,

I think Reagan changed the country in EXTREME ways, x. He turned it over to the money crowd.

After I watched the video I was going to say very clever Craig but tt you sold that word before I had a chance. I even had to look up how to spell it in the Wiktionary because I was going to write very cleaver Craig and that would have had an entirely different meaning. I would have hacked up my compliment. Dang you tt.

and xrep, to answer the question you asked after I dozed off, the little owls don't send me a graduation announcement. One day they are just gone. No good byes.

stold that word, not sold, at least I think. There is a little fog on my cheaters.

Carol, you simply have to work with them. When our birds depart, even for a long weekend, they leave thank you notes.

Somehow they know that there'll be no mints on their pillows upon their return if they don't.

Look Flatus, they live very high in an old bald cypress tree. I get a little neck strain just watching them. If you still have any bone density left you could come over and climb up there to do the teaching.

As for me I am nurturing a pile of chalk dust in my back. I try to move like my very existance depends on NO more falls.

You have to rub it in; this morning I go for that once a year osteoporosis infusion that they now have.

It was recently approved for males.

So, if you think I'm dense now, just wait until tomorrow. :)

Flatus that infusion wasn't even good enough for me. I had to go one step further and go for the high dollar
Forteo. A daily injection.

When there was a question as to whether my insurance would pay and the pharmacy quoted me over $1000/month, I said well just order me a Hover Round cuz that would be cheaper.

Well, then there's only one sensible thing for you to do--trade your owls for a mating pair of the variety that nests in ground holes.

God, she don't give you those choices Flatus, you take what you get and you give thanks.

And as for my catfish catch yesterday? None of you menes were just a little jealous?

My healthcare costs are horrendous. The docs are reimbursed at more than $5k a month. Which seems to fall in line with the median cost of taking care of a Chronie running better than $100k a year.

I'll relate my catfish tale when I get back later on. But, now, I have to get ready to go.

It's time for my shower also. Ya'll have a good day.

We do need to watch any healthcare reform going on. They may decide that old and osteoporosis are just partners that we will have to live with. Then we will wait for them to erase our chalk dust and poof, we are history.

congrats to all responsible for the valiant efforts to laud the liberators. suggested battle cry with which to sally forth to vistory:

K.I.C.K.A.S.S.
acronym for kennedy, imus, crawford, kerry against scertain sobs (stupid ornery bureaucrats)

vistory = victory

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/100day-lessons.html#comment-224154

diva, yeah, a lot of people this time of year start to show symptoms much like flu.... i'm particularly worried about those who have incipient lyme disease and will get inappropriate treatment or at least not treated soon enough with antibiotics because their health care providers will be waiting for flu test results.

good video, craig. creative.

wish todd would listen to imus re goatee.... he would look so much better with a beard (well-trimmed one that is). probably emphasize his eyes, the windows of the soul..... that is if there are such things amongst the media.

I love starting the day with one of Craig's videos.

Ct- Do you have a link for an album of all your pics.? I seem to be missing them and would love to see them all

oldsea, do you approve my suggested battle-cry above or is it too crass for this solemn effort?

Yes Sea, here it is. I don't have a lot or haven't done the fancy stuff some have done but here goes:

http://s656.photobucket.com/albums/uu286/cithorn/?firstLogin=true

That bull pic may throw you off. He was just someone I used to date.

STOP.....
Is this the 100th Day???
Remember the error of the Oath !!!

Cambot, Croowww! CNN & ABC, really?

All Ft. Worth ISD closed for at least a week and a half. What are parents going to do with their kids? They're telling them not to send them to daycare. Exposure anywhere, stores, offices, libraries is gonna keep the virus going if it's out there already.

Won't the toughest viruses in people survive the longest, have the slowest incubation periods and be even more virulent?

Aren't they just delaying the inevitable? People will get sick, most won't die. Now the media has back-tracked to say 8 confirmed swine flu cases in Mexico & 170 suspected.

Really Good Video and posted so quckly, even if the press conf was on the 99th day and not the 100th.

But hey - just another illusion of reality of the Obama Presidency

blue... Now they are requiring the lab results before they say it is trademarked N1H1.

I understand that a law suit for use of trade mark is pending - and that some other normal flu and combo allergy / asthma have claimed to be swine when indeed this is a false claim. Nasty Lawyers

Kathleen -- I'm glad you asked about Carol's photos...I was thinking the same...that I must have missed the last ones of the baby owls.

ct, beautiful place.
see you have a hanging tomato plant. any success with it? do they taste good or comparable to traditionally upright ones? sure seem to be a good use of space.

Pictures of Hadrian and his wall and coupla fort remains:

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/architecture/ss/042209HadriansWall.htm?nl=1

mornin'.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224255

LOL

"That bull pic may throw you off. He was just someone I used to date. "

ROFL@Carol!

Strug.
Did they have hair club for men back then?

Today's swine flu update.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/influenza/swine_influenza/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier

Mrs. P has put MX on the no-fly list for this year. Nutz. As they say, stay tuned.

Obsessively wash your hands

Thanks, KC - before and after. :-)

LOL at the disarray Specter's defection is causing among the repugs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/us/politics/30repubs.html?hp

I mean really, when Lindsay Graham sounds like the voice of reason, things have to be in a hell of a mess. Oh, and Toomey better make his say now - I don't think he'll have much of a soapbox after the '10 election.

There is a lot of "specterlation" on what deals were made to drive out any other Democratic participation in the primaries
]my personal favorite is Rendell will support Specter in return for Specters support to name Mrs Fast Eddy Rendell (Marge Rendell is a federal judge) to the Supreme Court.

Hey Pogo

Looks like Mexico is closed anyway so probably wouldn't be much fun eating take out in your hotel room

A note from my mom and dad-

Jamie-The efforts of you and your concerned buddies at Craig Crawford's site to record for history the 94th Infantry Division as Liberators and to place with all the other divisions at the U.S. Holocaust Museum are applauded and greatly appreciated by all of our family, especially Kathleen. Thank you. March on! Bette and Ed Cowley

Patsi- I missed the owls and the outside of her camp a few days back. Saw the river- wow.

Carol..... fresh water fish..... YUM....
and is that your little Maggie in the blue kayak?

Craig.... it seems that you found the press conference as boring as I did....
no new info.... and yes.... Obama appeared to be tired.... with that said....
he's getting more of my respect everyday....

pogo.... you were the first person I thought of when it was mentioned it might not be a wise idea to go to Mexico....

I think it is perfect someplace, as usual I always chuckle when reading your posts. Thank you for that by the way. Jamie is the editorial mastermind, she'll know the appropriate place where it can go.

Ct

The pictures are great...and it looks like we have a flotilla of blue kayaks in this group.

My dog also likes to go and wears a life jacket..in his case a necessity because he cannot swim

KGC...
I kinda made fun of swine flu on this blog a few days ago.... but when you posted that your neighbor had it.... I decided to take it a bit more seriously....

I hope you remain safe....
so far.... no reports in NH.... although it is supposedly in neighboring Massachusetts.....

Ct- Sweet! thanks for posting your album. I didn't see the owls, were they there someplace?
RR- Dang it all, where?

RR

He is recovering and will be fine but I thought it was creepy since he works in a hospital.

I saw Sunshine Cleaning last night -quirky and worth it if you like movies like that.

If you ever run into it Sausal old vine zins --oldest vines in Sonoma County still producing

pong.......yep, looks as if Mr. Hadrian is wearing a hair hat.....

Patd Now that I think of it Imus would probably iike that!

Country Star Vern Gosdin dies at 74.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/music/20090429/US.Obit.Gosdin/

KC, MX City is - I doubt that the Cancun restaurants are - but who knows?

Renee, we're looking at other destinations in the Carribbean - someplace we haven't been. Maybe Aruba - maybe St. Lucia - maybe the USVI. As for me, as long as it's sunny and warm and there is food and either good Rum or Tequila (I know, in the 'bean it's rum) I'm happy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVNLvMJPon4

Vern Gosdin

and Vern delivers an opposing viewpoint:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXplVbI9pgU&feature=related

I would love to see the overnight numbers for the Press Conference. What was the viewership on FOX

I found the press conference very engaging.

The whole point of these things is to keep the American people informed - without making any news.

And I love watching the chess match between the President with that goal in mind - and the press - whose goal is the exact opposite.

Pogo
Some Swiss tourists got sick in Cancun - it may be closed involuntarily because a lot of tours have backed out.

KC, may be. Sorry to hear that , but It won't matter to us - we''ll be somewhere else.

one last if i may......Vern and Emmy Lou..............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViNgaXYi1P4&feature=related

OSH.... I don't know where.... I only know that Patrick announced that there's been several confirmed cases of swine flu in your state....

pogo.... I've never been to the Caribbean..... I've never been further south than Fort Myers Florida.... Rick keeps talking about taking a cruise down there....
I keep saying I want to take one in Alaska..... think I've mentioned this before..... but.... I really HATE heat....

Call earmarks H1N1 instead of pork Craig? ... LOL!
I wish I always had you around to narrate when I was watching these things, what fun! I particularly liked the part about 'subduing" the reporters with those candle lights, and Fox News ' Lie to me'? Good stuff when you're making fun of the news stations Craig. It actually made if bearable to watch that stuff.

... this article lists the states with confirmed cases

Swine flu prompts World Health Organization to raise alert level
"The level hits phase 5, a situation in which the likelihood of a pandemic 'is very high or inevitable,' an official says. A toddler is the first confirmed death in the U.S.

Phase 5 is considered a situation in which the likelihood of a pandemic "is very high or inevitable," said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, an assistant director-general.

Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Maine and Nevada joined the list of states with confirmed cases, bringing the total to 11 states. Texas said its total had climbed to 16 cases; New York has 51; and California has 15."
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-swine-flu30-2009apr30,0,4696825.story

All this trash coming from the GOP is nothing more than poor sportsmanship. Makes you wonder if they really believe what they are putting out. This party should go home & the ball stays here. Any person who wasn't sure about what party they wanted to be apart of has now decided. Its like if I can't have it no one can. Hannity even laughs at himself,its so ridiculous.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/gurley/detail?entry_id=39379&tsp=1

interesting post on the world of scams as a result of the swine flu issues

"I saw Sunshine Cleaning last night -quirky and worth it if you like movies like that."

KGC, Very good movie. So original.

"Makes you wonder if they really believe what they are putting out."

Buford, It's all scripted.... they just have a bad script writer.

.... just curious, Are you in Georgia?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224255

Ping,

That copyright designation could turn out to be important to Smithfield. If the original source is confirmed as pig fluid intrusion into the ground water, then they will want confirmation that anyone who dies can't sue them unless they had that particular virus.

Just a little side note for those claiming the US has "The Best Medical Care In The World" exclamation point ... almost all antiviral medications are made outside of the US.

Of the rantings of Coulter, Rush and Sean Hannity
There's barely an iota of sanity.
While our Nation turns blue
now well south of Missou
They feed off each other's inanity.

Sturgeone, I have your horse.

Craig, did you see that you picked a Orlando Magic horse and the write up in the Orlando Sentinel.

The Real Culture War Is Over Capitalism
"There is a major cultural schism developing in America. But it's not over abortion, same-sex marriage or home schooling, as important as these issues are. The new divide centers on free enterprise -- the principle at the core of American culture.

In March 2009, the Pew Research Center asked people if we are better off "in a free market economy even though there may be severe ups and downs from time to time." Fully 70% agreed, versus 20% who disagreed."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124104689179070747.html

Joe, Love your poems!

For everyone on facebook:

Go to facebook
Scroll to the bottom of your home page
Click "English (US)"
Change language option to "English (Pirate)"

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224298

CJ,

Applause Applause

I've made fun of swine flu here, and probably shouldn't, but I stand by my call to keep this in perspective.

As of 11 AM yesterday, there are 91 cases confirmed in the US in 10 states - 3 states, CA, TX and NY have more than 2 confirmed cases, 3 states have 2 cases and 4 states have one case. One death has occurred - a 22 month old Mexican kid in TX. Those figures are cumulative since the beginning of the outbreak.

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

In Week 14 of the year (Apr. 11) there were 259 confirmed cases of the flu (seasonal flu - that thing we all know and love so well, and many of us get vaccinated against) and 6 deaths from it in the US, with 30 of 102 reporting jurisdictions in the US reporting regional or widespread flu activity. That was just for that week.

Like KC says, wash your hands obsessively. And feel free to order the pork.

Lets give this "flu out break" its real name. It is the spring break flu. All those people went to Mexico for spring break and brought back the flu with them.

Also, stop it with the 1918 swine flu scary panic inducers. An interesting fact I learned on NPR yesterday. The 1918 pandemic was determined to be an avian flu.

A lot of needless panic and false reports going on out there. ex: private school closed in San Diego because the teacher were sick with the springbreak flu turns out they weren't.
And the 1 US death was a child near death brought in from Mexico for treatment.

So far the spring break flu has been mild and followed typical flu patterns. That is dangerous if you immune system is compromised. If I was in that category I would be taking precautions. I'm not so I'm not worried.

Jack

"wash your hands obsessively. And feel free to order the pork."

Pogo, Good advice, and that's all you can do. That hand washing thing needs to become a habit for everyone, whether there's an epidemic or not. Surprising how much less often you get ill, if you do it often. The hands are a perfect breeding ground for bacteria and viruses.

It's been said specifically that it's 'not' a food born virus. So, I can see why the pork industry is annoyed at the loss of business. They said it's also affected other business, one of which I read was grain (corn).

And the 1 US death was a child near death brought in from Mexico for treatment

not quite the truth. The child was in Texas visiting when he got sick and was hospitalized for 13 days before he died not brought to the US for treatment.

KGC

Not what I heard yesterday
But we will give your version and my point remains the same

Jack

As of Wednesday morning, there was one swine-flu death reported in the United States - a 23-month old child who caught the flu in Brownsville, Texas, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Brownsville is right on the US-Mexico border.
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/nick_news/stories_daily.jhtml?pollId=470623447&wstory=0

"The child was in Texas visiting when he got sick and was hospitalized for 13 days before he died not brought to the US for treatment."

Texas is always one of the worst flu states every year. I don't know if it's because people get out and about so much, or because of the heat and humidity (which grows everything out of proportion).

the rest of your report is just as specious

Jack, I did see your post from last night that you're most concerned about your father (and I think you said his wife). The flu is 'always' something to be concerned about. I agree with you, this year may not be much different than other years, but still, the extra precautions can't hurt. The last time I had the flu (which was about seven or eight years ago) I felt like I was going to die. It was miserable. It should never be taken lightly. We don't have to be obsessed, in order to be careful and aware. The best thing your dad can do is stay home more, since you get it from other people, especially in crowds.

I mean your mother Jack.

New technology to detect swine flu - Acsa
http://www.themercury.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20090429103457681C897942

KGC

You are right here is a time line.
BTW your link is wrong too. He came down with the flu in Brownsville where he caught it is a matter of speculation as he traveled from Mexico City a few days prior to symptom onset.

Lot of bad info out there

http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKTRE53S6EY20090429

.... this is probably where that report came from

"The Texas Department of State Health Services said the boy had underlying health problems when he traveled to Texas on April 4 to visit relatives in Brownsville."
http://www.krgv.com/content/news/story/CDC-Toddler-Dies-of-Swine-Flu/SA2i4APFJkml5h9p9DYLkA.cspx

chloe, credit where credit is due - to KGC.

Industrial pig farming is a disgusting business, as is inductrial chicken farming, and contamination and disease associated with both are commonplace. Ground water and surface water are particularly hard hit - in fact, nitrogen laden runoff from chicken farms in the Chesapeake Bay watershed - particularly the South Branch of the Potomac River have been a problem for years impacting both the Potomac and the Chesapeake.

KGC
less than yours

KGC, Did I overstep something??

Remember in the Summer of 2001 there was an 'epidemic' of shark attacks. It seems that every week a new shark attack was reported. I don't think it was actually any more than 'normal' but it caught on in the press and was the story of the summer.

Then 9/11 happened and there were apparently no more shark attacks.

This H1N1 outbreak (and potential pandemic) is something to keep a watch on, and certainly take common sense precautions, but let's not obsess over it yet.

The only problem I have with the flu coverage is that they seem to be burying just how mild it is. Flu is flu. This one at least for now appears to be a mild strain and if you aren't compromised in some way and you catch it, you will be miserable for a few days.

Normal hygiene precautions plus staying out of crowds should be more than enough. All the emergency services seem to be in place in case the situation changes.

If the news channels are this crazed over something like this, what would they do with an outbreak of something truly ugly .... screech, run around in circles, while breaking down into uncontrollable hysterical sobs from a fetal position?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224320

Pogo
As to factory farming and swine flu
The problem is it is all speculation and it is a cynical use of peoples fears to promote a political agenda.
I didn't like it when Bush used terrorism I don't like with this.
We have enough panic and miss information going on out there.

Jack

Pogo, I am the queen of comprehensions. If it weren't so sad, it would be funny. I thought you were saying that I took credit for something KGC said. But then I realized you were responding to the post I made to you.

It's time for me to take a break.
See you all later. :)

"law suit for use of trade mark is pending"

ping, pogo does this mean they want those who come down with h1n1 and those who report same should pay residuals or royalties? is this a per diem charge or one price for each case... maybe a lifetime fee/franchise? no wonder people hate lawyers.

well, here's my solution: change the terminology. since h1n1 is some sort of mutated virus combination of people flu, avian and swine flu, why not call it th "bird-ple-pig flu" and have as the international symbol a sickly-looking brownish-purple pig?

and i hereby and herewith and thereto this 30th day of april, 2009, claim the bird-ple-pig flu copyright under the tm flag.

comprehensions = miscomprehensions

Good idea, patd. In fact, if we got this flu caught up in our intellectual property rights morass, it would never reach the public.

chloe, no, no, no. I just figured you missed KC's comment to me to wash my hands obsessively and I didn't want credit for KC's advice. I was just repeating what she (and the CDC) said.

Jack, that ay well be, but both a re dirty businesses that generate huge amounts of nitrogen rich pollutants. The pig farm may or may not be the source of thise swine flu occurrence - time will tell - maybe. I was just making what I thought was an obvious observation. Not really trying to overstate the obvious and not really trying to damn theose industries - I just wish they were a bit cleaner since I LOVE chicken and pork.

Preview -

may are this those

all residuals, royalties and benefits accruing from the use of the term "bird-ple-pig flu" shall go to good deed causes such as cbob's hopi corn experiment, oldsea's patton's boston liberator project, or any such non-profit corporation deemed worthy by tm's founder craig crawford.

Correcting myself, if H1N1 becomes protected under our intellectual property rights laws, only pirates would have it, thus solving two of Obama's nettlesome issues.

Patd

IU'm sticking with the term Spring Break flue.
It is just another reason for us to dispise our well taned coworkers who left us here with all the work to do while they went playing in Mexico.

"get away from my desk and don't breathe around me"

Jack

Jamie:

"If the news channels are this crazed over something like this, what would they do with an outbreak of something truly ugly .... screech, run around in circles, while breaking down into uncontrollable hysterical sobs from a fetal position?"

If a major outbreak occurred the press would just not do anything differently. Their MO is "defcon 5" and the sky is always falling according to the MSM...

pat, I tried to find something about the lawsuit warren (?) mentioned but couldn't. The Breitbart link I found went to a blank page. It sounds ridiculous to me, but if someone has a link to something that describes the suit, I might have a different opinion after looking at it.

patd:

I like your symbol. Can we put one of those face masks on him... Which btw - do little to protect people.

good idea, warren.

pogo, as chief legal counsel here on the trail, do we need any whereas clauses or towits or by these presents?

now it does occur to me that the reference to an IT lawsuit over H1N1 in the wings could have been tongue in cheek....

pogo, would ping do such a dastardly thing as put his tongue in his cheek?

...Now they are requiring the lab results before they say it is trademarked N1H1.

I understand that a law suit for use of trade mark is pending - and that some other normal flu and combo allergy / asthma have claimed to be swine when indeed this is a false claim. Nasty Lawyers

Posted by: Ping Pong | April 30, 2009 8:01 AM

I think we can all agree lots of misinformation. The best thing we can all do is take to heart the general information about not getting sick --washing your hands and don't eat out of common bowls at bars :))))

"not really trying to damn those industries "

Pogo
I have no problem damning them as they have a lot to answer for in the way they ignore environmental issues and the way they agressively restricted freemarket access to smaller farmers.

Which reminds me of Chloe's WSJ link this morning. I believe that the American people believe in free enterprise but I doubt that the WSJ editorial page or large corporate America does.

Jack

"and don't eat out of common bowls at bars"

kgc, especially those bowls in the little rooms with people symbols on the doors.

pat, no one ever needed those phrases, but feel free to use them copiously and indiscriminantly - they tend to make things with no legal basis sound like they might have one and impress people who don't know any better. A couple of my favorites are "hereinbefore" and "hereinafter", and it is absolutely required that at some point near the end of the document you start a conclusory paragraph of some sort with "Now therefore, in consideration of the foregoing..." Some obvious tie-in to things said earlier in the document is nice, but not necessary.

jack, by re-naming this plague birdplepig flu, we spread the blame to birds and people.... no longer do the hog farms have to bear all the burden.

"--washing your hands and don't eat out of common bowls at bars :))))"

In my neighborhood bars that is always a good idea.

Some days a hazmat suit too.

Jack

Oh, it was Ping. Perhaps he could provide a link. I love to read about nonsensical lawsuits. In fact, I used to get a weekly e-mail notification of stupid lawsuits filed by litigants who obviously never heard of the straight face rule. I think our spam filter has blocked it.

Patd

Where as I just want to blame all those people who got out of town this winter. I think they should pay some price for leaving me behind.

Jack

If you're going to eat from common bowls - especially in bars - best to use rubber gloves. The viruses might not be transmitted throught the food chain, but you don't want to get them on your hands and transfer them to your eyes. Oh, and be ready to defend yourself, 'cuz somebody is gonna get drunk and want to kick your ass.

now... early ... lunch

Craig Ferguson was joking last night about Arlen Spector. He asked, "Do we have a picture of him?" They then showed a picture of Phil Spector. Anyway, is it true that Spector now makes it 59 Democrats in the senate? They would need 1 more Democrat in the senate for the magic number of 60? #60 would be Al Franken?

"Some days a hazmat suit too."

that reminds me I've got a hazmat suit complete with mask.
You can tell its me, I'm the big canary yellow blob

I'm all set.

No, I'm not for sure where the wife got them. No doubt from when she worked on an environmental remediation contract.. they are down there with all the other useless stuff that is to good to through away.

Jack

Apparently honestly is not the best pr policy

Biden tells family to stay off planes, subways

Thursday, April 30, 2009

(04-30) 08:11 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Joe Biden said Thursday he advised his family to stay off airplanes and subways because of the new swine flu, a remark that forced the vice president's office to backtrack and prompted one airline official to complain about "fear-mongering."

"I would tell members of my family — and I have — that I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now," Biden said on NBC's "Today" show.

Biden, who has a reputation for off-the-cuff remarks, went beyond any precautions recommended by the federal government. In discussing his personal advice to his family, he said simply, "That's me."

Within two hours, Biden's office issued a statement backing off the remarks and suggesting he was talking about travel to Mexico.

"On the 'Today Show' this morning, the vice president was asked what he would tell a family member who was considering air travel to Mexico this week," said spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander. "The advice he is giving family members is the same advice the administration is giving to all Americans: that they should avoid unnecessary air travel to and from Mexico. If they are sick, they should avoid airplanes and other confined public spaces, such as subways."

Biden, who has three grown children and five grandchildren, was asked whether he would advise his own family against flying to Mexico on a commercial flight.

"It's not just going to Mexico, if you're in a confined aircraft and one person sneezes it goes all the way through the aircraft," Biden said on NBC. "That's me. I would not be at this point, if they had another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/30/national/w043008D28.DTL&tsp=1

Biden is urging people to panic. LOL!

Whether or not the ponds of pig farm byproducts turns out to be the source of this flu, there is no doubt about the pollution caused by factory farming. People including at least one president used to fish the Potomac. Now you can fish, but you might want to think twice before serving it for dinner

http://www.duckkeyonline.com/duck_key_history/duck_key_images/roosevelt_fishing_1940.jpg

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/themes/drinking.html

The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone gets all of the crud coming down from the north.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080715114149.htm

"Biden is urging people to panic. LOL"

lol

And to think I supported him for president.

Jack

"Craig, did you see that you picked a Orlando Magic horse" -- Posted by: jamie44.myopenid.com

very cool, jamie, i did not know that

Obama already had to tell Joe to shut the hell up.

I realize the subject is changing, but this Australian news mentioned a couple of things I wasn't aware of ..

"Like the baby in the United States, all seven new cases in Europe had recently been in Mexico

France said it would seek on Thursday a European Union ban on flights to Mexico because of the influenza outbreak. Argentina and Cuba have already banned them.

The EU, the United States and Canada have advised against non-essential travel to the popular tourist destination."

.."U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said pork, soybean and corn prices had fallen in the past two days and criticized what he said were illogical trade restrictions on pork.

We want to make sure that a handful of our trading partners don't take advantage of this legitimate concern over public health and engage in behavior that could also damage the world's economy," said U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk."
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/5532424/texas-flu-death-outside-mexico/

Google is adding a cool new search feature. They are having search able public data bases. They them display it in easy to understand graphs and charts.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/adding-search-power-to-public-data.html

Add more power to your arguments with charts and graph links.
To think of how many times I've searched the census data bases and others then used a calculator and pencil to get my back up facts.

Jack

in addition to warren's face mask, the birdple pig (international symbol thereof) should sport wings of some sort. conotes avian flu relationship as well as when-pigs-fly pejorative.

however, we need a catchy motto.... like woodsy owl's "lend a hand — care for the land!" or smokey bear's "only you can prevent forest fires"

what monetary benefit re trade-ins of old polluting cars when buying new car did obama just mention during the chrysler annoncement? went by too fast to catch.

Craig,

As soon as I saw that "Join The Dance" had been added to the line up he became by long shot bet because of the name. You might like this Orlando Sentinel write up about him. He is owned by Orlando Magic Rashard Lewis and Todd Pletcher.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_magic/2009/04/rashard-lewis-has-a-horse-in-kentucky-derby-field-.html

OMG.... I leave to go grocery shopping at a new store in "Our Town" and you guys get obsessive about this flu thing..... I know I said I was taking it a bit more seriously this morning..... but anyone who knows me.... knows that means not really very much...... :0)

I was in the frozen food section when another woman (we were the only 2 in the aisle) gave a slight cough..... well... you know me.... a big jokester.... I took a chance and said to her " hey.... maybe you got swine flu"..... lucky for me...
she thought it was funny and laughed.... phew.....

this may be answer to my question re tradeins. it's from last month's nyt:

"Enthusiasm Builds for Helping a Shift to Fuel-Efficient Cars
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Published: March 30, 2009
WASHINGTON — Finally, a bailout for truly needy Americans: the owners of gas-guzzling, rust-bucket, heap-of-junk, rattletrap pieces of — well, let’s just say jalopies."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/business/31clunkers.html

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224366

Duck When Pigs Fly

Jamie

I'm going with Chocolate Candy based on the trainer Hollendorfer (Dorf to his friends apparently) a NorCal resident and Akron Ohio boy originally.

Hmmm,
Chrysler Bankruptcy......If only we could have seen this coming......oh wait......WE DID......

What happened to.... "people won't buy cars from a bankrupt company".......but now somehow they will....

GM is next......just wish we used bankruptcy as it was intended before we spent the public's billions.....

Chrysler to file for bankruptcy
Some lenders refuse offer to reduce debt, leading to Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. But Chrysler will remain in business and complete deal with Fiat.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/30/news/companies/chrysler_bankruptcy/index.htm?cnn=yes&iref=werecommend

Got it KGC.

Everyone has two hours and I'll put up the final list of entries. Here is what I have so far:

Advice
Atomic Rain
Chocolate Candy Solar Crete, OSH, KGC
Desert Party Blond Wino, Flatus
Dunkirk Jamie
Flying Private
Friesan Fire Jack, Ivy Green, Dexter
General Quarters Patd
Hold Me Back Bethy, Renee
I Want Revenge Rezdog, Pogo, Corey, CT,
Join The Dance Craig
Mine That Bird
Mr. Hot Stuff xrepublican
Musket Man
Nowhere To Hide
Papa Clem
Pioneer of the Nile
Regal Ransom
Summer Bird
West Side Bernie Sturgeone

Thought for the day :
" To get ahead and stay ahead, use your head. "

"What happened "

Obama is in charge, not Bush.

Jack

I'm wondering what problems the sanitizing of schools, playgrounds, etc., will pose? Local video of a playground being hosed down with some chemical out of a plastic drum. (I once saw a 2-year old lick the wall of a subway station in NY, so you just know they'll be ingesting whatever it is...unless the rain washes it off down into the water supply.) Look at a can of household sanitizer; active ingredient is ethynol.

Posted by: blueINdallas Author Profile Page | April 30, 2009 1:22 PM

That is such a good point. We always react so quickly we rarely take time to think of the unintended consequences

STURG!!! FLATUS!!!

STAY INSIDE!!!

DON'T GET ON AIRPLANES!!!!

STAY AWAY FROM THE SNACK BOWLS IN YOUR FAVORITE BARS!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/30/swine-flu-more-than-100-c_n_193651.html

:-)

1933 Willie Nelson Abbott TX, country singer (On the Road Again)

0311 Emperor Galerius recognizes Christians legally in the Roman Empire
1349 Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated
1492 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet
1562 1st French colonists in US Jean Ribaut & Hugenots at Parris Island NC
1563 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI
1789 George Washington inaugurated as 1st President of US
1803 US doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
1861 President Abraham Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory
1871 Apaches in Arizona surrender to white & Mexican adventurers; 144 die
1885 Boston Pops Orchestra forms
1904 Ice cream cone makes its debut
1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of New York World's Fair
1945 Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks
1945 Red Army occupies Demmin
1945 Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin
1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover
1952 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television
1961 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game
1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al
1974 President Richard Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings
1975 Last US helicopter leaves US embassy grounds in Vietnam, Saigon surrenders
1988 Largest banana split ever, at 4.55 miles long, is made in Selinsgrove PA

The saga of a potential swine flu infection of a group of eleven school kids from Winnsboro (SC) Academy started making the rounds on Thursday. Parents and school administrators were quite concerned--so concerned that they suspended classes on Friday.

But not so concerned that they did not keep the eleven from attending their Saturday night senior prom.

Today, ten of the kids were added to the ranks of those verified as having that strain. How many more do you reckon they'll add in the next week?

Let's hear it for the students, parents, faculty, and administrators of Winnsboro Academy, along with the public health officials, and elected leadership of Winnsboro, South Carolonia!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224383

Dallas, They can just wash it down, once they've killed the virus on that playground. I'm sure they considered the risks before they made the decision to spray.

I notice from Pogo's link, Texas is moving up in cases. Now we just have to catch NY.

And on CNN's "National Report Card" Shales writes, "Graphically speaking, it was a mess, and one sympathized with Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer and other CNN talents caught up in one of those Producers' Brainstorms that didn't work."

And on MSNBC's post-newser coverage:

MSNBC showed its strengths -- at least two of them, anyway -- by going to ravaging Keith Olbermann and ravishing Rachel Maddow. Two smart people are a lot better than an arsenal of computerly contraptions.

The Denver Posts's Joanne Ostrow didn't like CNN's theatrics either: "After CNN's performance Wednesday night, thinking and cable news have never felt farther apart."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/politics/covering_the_coverage_from_cnns_mess_to_ravishing_rachel_maddow_115379.asp

I heard on the noon news that along with Fort Worth ISD, Dallas ISD and 5 others (they were not mentioned by name) have canceled classes this week.

and now for some for of Simon's cat.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rb8aOzy9t4&feature=PlayList&p=BE8907652B37F908&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

Flatus, that has to go into the "Don't do this again - it was stupid the first time" file. I wonder if any of them contracted a prom hangover or prom pregnancy to add to the swine flu?

'Out of an abundance of concern, we decided it was best allowing the eleven Academy students having flu-like symptoms upon their return from Mexico, to attend Saturday night's senior prom.

We believed it was better keeping the disease entirely within the Academy community rather than risk having the students go off on their own to points that we could neither monitor nor control.

Doing our best for you and yours!

The Faculty and Administration of Winnsboro Academy'

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The above was a totally fictional rationalization.

chloe - Not sure if you were serious about this: "I'm sure they considered the risks before they made the decision to spray." I kinda doubt that. The superindentent of Ft. Worth schools seemed to think that parents could come up with a childcare solution overnight, mentioning that business would just have to co-operate with parents. What color is the sky in that lady's world?

"The authorities in Fort Worth, Texas announced the temporary closure of all district schools, likely to last until May 12, after ONE student was confirmed to have the flu and THREE other cases were suspected. Some 80,000 students will be affected. Dozens of schools elsewhere in the country have also been temporarily shuttered, news services reported."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/health/01flu.html?hp

Lessee now, that's an 80,000 to one ratio for confirmed cases and a 20,000 to one ratio, if you include suspected cases. I wonder if anyone thinks maybe that is an overreaction? You make the call.

Ft. Worth is going to have a huge shortage of babysitters in case anyone needs work.

And then there's Joe Biden. He was doing so well without having a verbal accident on the job. Even his retractions make things worse. Jeez.

chloe, you have much more faith in school officials than I do.

Pogo, why don't you and Sturg stop by and we'll decide what we want to do. I'll ask Stinky to rustle of some punch and finger food. And, she makes a great cheese dip, too!

heheheh

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/poll-bush-getting-even-mo_n_192861.html

Bush's popularity is FALLING now that he's out of office. If history is going to judge him as well as we were told it would he better hope those numbers do an about face.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224397

ok, I stand corrected - majority rules!
btw, the sky is a beautiful shade of blue here in Houston just the way I prefer it. :)

Don't forget, they have recommended 'alcohol' based sanitizers, the kind you can apply directly to your skin (as in Purell) and have recommended it and said it works well. But you're right, it's probably not a good idea to put it in your mouth.

chloe, LOL at that putting it in your mouth comment. :-)

OK, here's something that all political and such.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/us/politics/01census.html?hp

voting gap between white and black voters disappeared in last election.

solar, something you said yesterday about each of us being bits of this and that reminded me of this song. perhaps it could also be dedicated to our new virus friend who is sailing in some of us right now.

SOMOS EL BARCO
by Lorre Wyatt

Somos el barco, somos el mar,
Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi
We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me

The stream sings it to the river, the river sings it to the sea
The sea sings it to the boat that carries you and me

Somos el barco, somos el mar,
Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi
We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me

The boat we are sailing in was built by many hands
And the sea we are sailing on, it touches every land

Somos el barco, somos el mar,
Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi
We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me

So with our hopes we set the sails
And face the winds once more
And with our hearts we chart the waters never sailed before

Somos el barco, somos el mar,
Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi
We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me

'We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me

So with our hopes we set the sails
And face the winds once more
And with our hearts we chart the waters never sailed before "

Pat, I love that poem!

Pogo, I just meant those kids on that school playground, in case they decide to lick the ground or the playground equipment (or their own hands, for that matter, if they use purell. :))

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224397

Blue,

That is the sort of statement that a person who has never had to live on a small to moderate income as a single parent juggling one or more children.

Bless their hearts they are so blissfully unaware of the problems that it just never crosses their little cotton candy minds.

well, kids will put just about anything in their mouths. One taste of Purell should cure 'em of that.

LOL Pogo!

Overnight Neilsen Ratings

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/30/wednesday-ratings-lie-to-me-vs-president-obama-losts-100th-episode/17730#more-17730

"Bless their hearts they are so blissfully unaware of the problems that it just never crosses their little cotton candy minds."

Just when I think I've heard all you have give, you never fail to shock me.

No swine flu here, just flooding. Lots of that.

No, A little more north. Hard to believe they banned ATVs & motorcycles designed for anyone under 12 because they were afraid some kid would lick the battery or some other part or whatever but allow toxic chemicals to be sprayed were kids are sure to come in contact & given no choice.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224421

Chloe,

Not to mention ear and nose digging and tasting. Then there is always at least one that enjoys a dirt covered snack.....Children are such wonderful suitcases for all the world's infections.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224429

Chloe,

I was talking about the school administrator.

What about all those play areas at malls? Havens for germs!

chloe, those are lovely words.... here's the music, but nnot in english and not sung by peter paul & mary, but also lovely

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

Interesting story from the Detroit Free Press about the Detroit Red Wings players and their adoring fans:

http://www.freep.com/article/20090430/SPORTS05/904300430/1053/SPORTS05/Tales+of+Red+Wings+interacting+with+Wing-nutty+fans

"Can cartoons prevent swine flu? Why sure -- simply print out this page, tie a string to it and wear it as a mask"

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/04/swine_flu_too_soon_to_joke_tel.html

Here is the lineup. No one is on one of the three top favorites; Pioneer of the Nile. I Want Revenge is the major pick with Dunkirk finishing off the top three

Post Horse Trailmixer

1 - West Side Bernie Sturgeone
2 - Musket Man
3 - Mr. Hot Stuff xrepublican
4 - Advice
5 - Hold Me Back Bethy, Renee
6 - Friesan Fire Jack, Ivy Green, Dexter
7 - Papa Clem
8 - Mine That Bird
9 - Join The Dance Craig
10 - Regal Ransom
11 - Chocolate Candy Solar Crete, OSH, KGC
12 - General Quarters Patd
13 - I Want Revenge Rezdog, Pogo, Corey, CT,
14 - Atomic Rain
15 - Dunkirk Jamie
16 - Pioneer of the Nile
17 - Summer Bird
18 - Nowhere To Hide
19 - Desert Party Blond Wino, Flatus
20 - Flying Private

I just sneezed....
maybe I should consider going to the emergency room at the local hospital.....

or better yet.... maybe I should go play at a Chuck E Cheese.....

For all you swine enflusiasts - here is a blurb from a friend of mine who is very knowledgeable about these matters:

"Its too early yet to know what we are in for. The 1918 epidemic started in North America with a wave in the Spring, a reemergence of a second wave in the fall. This situation could parallel that pattern. The US has a team in Mexico trying to determine the natural history properties of the pathogen. Its not clear how different the US, Mexico patterns are since the epidemic is so much more advanced in Mexico."

Received the Langston Hughes books I ordered from Amazon. 'The Langston Hughes Reader'. It is the edition he put together in 1958. Looked in the front of the book I received. It was in its 14th printing:
http://www.amazon.com/Langston-Hughes-Reader/dp/0807600571/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241124229&sr=8-1

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224454

Warren,

This was the conditioned I mentioned yesterday. It is that more virulent "second wave" that was so dangerous with the Spanish flu. Of course they didn't have the anti viral medications, pneumonia preventatives and so on that we have today.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224428

Jamie

It looks like Obama beat out American Idol by 1 million viewers last night.

Jack

Jack

If you go across the networks and add up those 18 - 34, it is a large percentage of the audience. Of course Fox will wave their total number in a one on one measurement and claim they beat everyone. They do love to play with their statistics.

"I was talking about the school administrator."

Jamie, I'm sorry.
I just haven't been able to get any thing right today.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224438

Patd, You weren't kidding. That song is lovely! I'm going to download it for my ipod.

Bay Area doctors and health officials are looking hard for the novel virus - Influenza Type A, subtype H1N1, more commonly known as swine flu - and they are finding it. Confirmed cases have now been reported in San Francisco and Marin counties.

Probable cases, defined as cases that appear to be swine flu but have not been tested against the actual strain, have been reported in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Solano counties.

San Mateo County's two cases are novel because neither victim had been in Mexico nor had any known contact with anybody who had been there, said county Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow. One patient is a 46-year-old woman from the county; the other was a 50-year-old man from another state who left a plane at San Francisco airport because he was feeling ill.

The lack of an obvious connection to Mexico, Morrow said, means that swine flu probably is "widespread ... far beyond what the numbers are indicating."

But like other health officials, Morrow discouraged people from getting a false sense of danger. The perception is that there has been a sudden explosion of cases, he said, but that is based in the fact that until last week, local health officials weren't even testing for H1N1.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/30/MNSB17C80B.DTL&tsp=1

KGC - your neighbor has it for sure?

Carol - you would do us a favor if you kept adding to that album. How beautiful. Do you also have a tree house?

Also, you didn't answer my question re whether you are north of that lake- or is that an obvious answer?

The only part of the press conference I saw was the bit re the questioner who asked Obama's most surprising thing he had found in his 100 days etc. I liked his response to that a lot.

Bethyboo

My neighbor is not a confirmed case. He got sick before the hysteria started and since he is feeling better has not gone in to be tested. He works at either Kaiser or Santa Rosa Memorial as does his wife.

Good afternoon peps. No pig flu here yet. I was discussing our plan for an outbreak at the jail today. We have one employee who went on a Mexican cruise for his honeymoon. He now has another paid vacation for a while just to be safe. No confirmed cases in our State yet.

I tried to tell them that's where I think I went for my 4 day weekend so I could get a little more river time but they didn't fall for it.

Flatus, I am waiting for that catfish story you promised. I ran my three jug lines and one was wrapped up on a stump and the other two were nada. Maybe tomorrow. The grease, and fries are waiting for company.

Are you feeling your bones harden tonight Flatus? Hope so.

I took a pic last night. It does not come out in a pic like it looks at dark out the front door. It's a "river hag". No disrespect to OSH.

Actually it is an old broken off tree stump that is covered with the river debris that came up when it flooded after Gustav last summer.

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu286/cithorn/100_0139.jpg

Bethy, It is a river and my camp is about 20-30 feet west of it. If I run down the stairs real fast, which I don't do anymore, I will fall right in it.

It is not exactly a tree house but since it is on stilts and up in the trees I just call it my treehouse. It is one of the pics in my album.

Maybe it wasn't in your copy of the album.

http://s656.photobucket.com/albums/uu286/cithorn/?firstLogin=true

Craig - I'm delighted to hear your comment on Obama's not buttoning the bottom button on his coat so that the tie sticks out. That is one of my favorite things to complain about.

Jay Leno does that too, and you can tell he wears nice suits. Why bother if you're gonna look like Gomer Pyle? It just looks sloppy.

Of course, before anyone tells me that is superficial, let me say that I know it is, and I know I have minus room to criticize. Certainly I'll never brag about my taste or the way I dress. It's just one of those things I enjoy noticing about people who REALLY should know better. HA!

It's kind of like the fun we always had watching Miss America years ago, and the Oscar s etc, and making fun of what we thought we horrible contestants. I guess it's a girl thing- any other women here who did that? Course it's been no fun at all since they screwed Vanessa Williams. That was my last viewing.

KGC - if you're still here, what about prop 1a?

and whoever couldn't see the owls, just click on the pic and it will enlarge and then you should see two baby owls. One toward the bottom and one upper right.

No, Carol - I saw it the first time you posted it. You must have missed my comment. I think its' spectacular
But You also posted with a map of the river in Louisiana and it showed the river emptying into a lake of the same name. I wanted to know if you were north of the lake - also what is that gulf inland waterway like?

I think some of my other posts have been missed so I'll ask this of Jamie and Sea . I posted that I had forwarded the website to two da's I used to work with - one is a nam vet the other a bosnia, iraq, and afghan vet who is now a judge. After he went to the bench he retired as a brigadier general in the army.

I haven't heard back from them but we were good pals so they might do some good for our cause.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/mystery-science-press-conferen.html#comment-224465

Not a problem. Everyone gets things mixed around here at one time or another. Blue's description of the administrator reminded me of a boss from long ago.

My water pump failed on the freeway and I called saying I wouldn't be in to work as I had to get it replaced. Didn't explain that I had to wait for friends to get me off freeway, find used water pump and get it installed while juggling day care and school schedules.

When I came in to work he asked why I didn't call triple A and just charge it?

There are times when you mouth just gapes at the total lack of reality in the minds of the always comfortable.

Now I'm with you Bethy. I couldn't figure out what you were talking about since I never posted a map of the river. Then I remembered the Wiki site I linked to. My place is north of Lake Charles, the first lake you come to

"Flatus, I am waiting for that catfish story you promised."

Carol, back in '69 we were stationed at Nellis AFB just at the edge of Las Vegas. We lived downtown in a 4-plex in a nice part of town.

One day I decided it was the perfect opportunity to teach our kids how to fish, so I went and bought some fishing stuff and licenses for Stinky and me. Then, after work, we all got into the car and we were off to Lake Meade which was about 40-minutes from where we lived.

We fished for an hour or so. Of the four of us, Stinky was the only one to catch something, a catfish about 14-inches long. The kids were getting bored, so I pulled in the stringer and tossed the fish into the ice chest.

We drove back home and I carried the ice chest upstairs and opened it to take out the fish so I could clean it. Much to my surprise, the angry catfish was flopping around the bottom of the dry chest. I had never seen a fish still alive after more than a few minutes out of water, so I told Stinky, there's no way that I can kill this fish after it's stayed alive all this time.

So, I filled the bathtub with about 8 or 10 inches of water and dumped the poor fish into it.

All night long the damned fish swam laps and practiced racing turns and otherwise demonstrated its athletic prowess. I don't think any of us got any sleep because of all the racket. Fortunately it was Friday night so no big deal.

But, Saturday morning, the fish was just as happy as any catfish could possibly be. So, we had a family council and I told the other three that there was no way that I could kill a fish that had survived the events of the past 18 hours. I offered that the right thing to do was to take it back to the lake.

So I dumped it back into the empty ice chest and we all piled into the car and drove back to the lake. When, we got there, the fish was still flopping around, as live as ever. So we went down to the water's edge and tossed him back in.

Without so much as a wave goodbye, it was gone.

We drove back home, in silence, pondering what we had experienced. And, when I went to work on Monday, I told my fish story. Was I embarrassed when the guys from catfish country told me that the damned things had lungs and could live out of water for ages.

Despite that, I'm glad that we returned the fish to where we found it.

I hope that little critter had some small understanding that he was indeed the luckiest fish in the world on that particular Saturday morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S-7Ap6J_FU

deano lets free his inner bing and rubs on some marinaro......

david souter is retiring

Great Story Flatus.

this souter retirement news will really energize the gop and coleman in coleman's fight to bushily glom onto senate seat won by franken. Like the kid who refuses to lose while playing musical chairs.....

New life into old lost causes.........pah.

I didn't know that about catfish Flatus. Can all catfish do that or just a particular species?

Your story is very similar to an experience I had. One summer, many moons ago, I was out fishing a rice irrigation canal. In the spring, a couple of weeks after my stepfather started up his pumps to flood the rice fields, I went out to look for fish.

I could walk down the little canals and just look for the fish in the fresh clear water. I did and found a nice sized bass hanging out. I had my tackle box and rod and reel.

I threw one of everything I had in the box at him. When the lure hit the water, he would come up, look at it, and then return to where he was resting. Sometimes he would actually take a little taste and spit it out.

Finally I just put a hook on the line and eased it over to where he was resting. I directed it right into his mouth and pulled up. I had him.

It was so unsportswoman of me that even though he looked really tasty and I was drooling for him fried up, I had to let him go. It just wasn't fair how I caught him.

Sorry I can't read this thread anymore, ...... not because your words suck. not because your ideas are poor, but because it's just too much work.

Having said that , I reserve the right to still swim in the pool.

" Your " is used as meaning the group. Not the singular.

Carol, I just took a quick look. There are more than 2500 species of them. Evidently many have portions of their anatomy that function as rudimentary lungs when Mother Nature decides to turn off the rain. You probably have heard of walking catfish that 'migrate' from pond to pond as their habitats dry up. They are using this lung-like capability to survive out of water.

When I go fishing, I really don't care if I catch anything or not. I just want a nice quiet isolated place to relax and drink some beer.

The most important friends I have now, are little blades of Buffalo Grass on a small triangle on an alley.

I'm taking this " small things " stuff .... right down to the ground.

Sorry Bob, hope I didn't run you off. I am close to bedtime so I'll be outta here soon.

Yep Flatus, fishing and playing slot machines is about the only time I can mentally get away from it all. With all my mutual funds losses last year, I can't afford the slot machines anymore.

I have a bird story ..........

Last evening as I was watering my mother's garden, an orphan sparrow darted around the "Holly Hock Forest " . A t first I thought it was a giant horny toad , but horny toads have been gone from this country for 30 years.

Then she moved again , and I saw that it was a small female who just tried her wings too soon. I saw her again tonight, and had my camera. I think I got a good shot, but one can never tell . Anyway she made it through her first night on the ground. I was really happy to see her.
The garden is up now and will give her pretty good shelter, she's a sparrow so eating isn't a problem . She just might beat the odds.

I'll post her picture on the Blue Corn page.

Carol -
Not my meaning ............... It was more " If you say something to me, and I miss it , and I don't answer, it's not because I'm rude, it's because I'm old. "

I never thought of you as old Bob. All your renewal efforts Bob ought to keep you young.

Cory -
I sent seeds to Grand Rapids today.

CT -
When you get old you want your life to matter.

I never cured cancer, so this is my best shot.

OK Bob, it is time for some medicine, Native American style. Your life matters to us buddy.

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

Bob, if your buffalo grass is anything like the centipede that grows from every little crack in our driveway, it is indeed indestructible.

Good luck with your sparrow.

Cool, Bob. That was a hell of a game between the Bulls and Celtics tonight! Glad Chicago won it.

Carol, hope the market was good to your fund this month.

Welsh singer Jem covers Coldplay's "Yellow".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E3Bbu9ARrY

Jack -
That ghost house ............ prepare the ground, more seeds are coming.
A double plot in Kansas City is a good thing.

Jack, I was just thinking about your brown spaces wondering if they are suitable for making neighborhood victory gardens?

Took it all out when the market was way down Flatus and cried for a month. Couldn't watch it drop anymore. I think I may be responsible for it coming back some. That was just my savings. I haven't even looked at my little retirement accounts. They are just stacked up in a pile.

I had to try and cure my blues with laughter.

Carol -
You want to make me happy, post your owl pictures on the Blue Corn site. I'm inviting you once again. Check your email.

If everyone would accept tonight the Blue Corn site would have 20 authors. There are 13 now.

Carol, I have custodial funds for each of the grandkids. Although I'd like to keep control of the money forever, I did give one grandson who turned 21 this month his two funds.

The money was intended for his education, which he is doing at a slow pace. I asked him to save what is left for his own kids' education. At this point all I can do is hope for the best and be available if he asks for hints.

Bedtime. Peace.

C-Bob, I finally figured it out. I'm a little computer challenged ya know. I posted. I didn't know what you meant by inviting me. I kept going and looking for how to post.

Bob

I'll miss you if you aren't around, and I hope you will drop a line or two to keep us abreast of developments around that wonderful wall in Texas.

LOve the fish and bird stories!

Well, the Swine flu continues it's march here. I wish they'd interview someone who's had so that we can know what it's like.

tt

I am SO glad that David Souter's retiring from the Supreme Court in June even though he proved to be more moderate than initially thought.

Bill Clinton would be a good appointment!

tt

Good piece in the HP, Craig, and I like...

"I'd rather have a right to do something than a right to stop someone else."

tt

I was watching BBC News on the telly when the news person reported David Souter is expected to retire in June, so I went to Facebook and then huffpo to read Craig's comments...Souter's a good guy, not pretentious, drove his own Volkswagen car to work, and is a voice of reason...but at age 69, he has had enough, and of course Barack Obama can now appoint another like-minded Justice, we can assume.
i have never thought of Supreme Court Justices as people I would "miss"...but Souter will be missed by many, I reckon.

TT, why so happy at Souter's impending departure???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF91oTBt92M

Nat King Cole "Mona Lisa"

Jamie -
I just get up, and come back, and there's gillions of words . It's amazing. I feel like the guy at the cocktail party holding the bowl of peanuts.

souter story, WaPo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043004361.html?hpid=topnews

CT -
Here's yer "Atta Girl" , I left you a comment on your post.
I believe that was your first "Post" on the internet, complete with pictures.
See, old Colorado Bob just made you a blogger and you didn't even feel it.

We delivered our Art Truck tonight. I got 30 more min. to edit in the video diary I've been keeping. So with the nearly 10 mins. I put up last night, we have an hour and a half of shaky internet camera work.

I love my Mac and my Cannon Power Shot 360.

CT -
I recommend this title for your web site :

Owl Camp

I found the owl :
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4514/picture32g.png

And about David Souter -
To all my conservative friends, we won the election, in fact the last 2 elections. So sit down and shut up when Obama makes his pick.

You want to pick judges, try winning some elections.

When the court is not in session, Souter is back home in Weare, a small town west of Concord where he has a modest 200-year-old farmhouse on eight acres.

A friend who ran into him last summer in Concord said he was surprised by just how strongly Souter spoke about wanting to leave Washington. "He said, 'If Obama wins, I'll be the first one to retire,' " said the friend, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because Souter had not yet announced a retirement. ----wapo story

I've been waiting for this for the last few weeks . The satellite images of the final collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf. From the European Space Agency's site :

"The retreat of Wilkins Ice Shelf is the latest and the largest of its kind. "

http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMRAVANJTF_index_0.html

These images are of some of the largest ice bergs man will ever see, being calved and set a drift into the Southern Ocean.

http://drivetrips.net/souter/DSCN0093.JPG

This is Souter's New Hampshire home...see what I mean by non-pretentious?

ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2009) — For the past two years, a team of UCLA Egyptologists, digital modelers, web designers, staff and students has been building a three-dimensional virtual-reality model of the ancient Egyptian religious site known as Karnak, one of the largest temple complexes ever constructed.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429172224.htm

MAY DAY!
The International Working Man’s holiday.

The Anarchists of Chicago:

http://flag.blackened.net/lpp/images/images_haymarket_chicago_lg.jpg

Dexter - it may be un-pretentious, but I'd take it in a heartbeat. It looks very liveable in.