Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Dismissed until 0600.

0600? argghh. Bad nights I dream I'm back in the Air Force, especially if my hair is touching my ears. Had a really big and mean looking Polynesian section commander. The man was huge.

Scary and simple are the repubs.

Send the 200 to Spain. They can greet Cheney, et.al. when they arrive for their Tribunal which is more that these folks got at Gitmo, no?

tt

I was onto this fear-thing last week here in comments, but I was against how the dems ganged-up on Obama by not supporting a rapid closing of Guantanamo Bay Detention Center.
These damn repuggs are the same bunch that tried to scare us into duct-taping our windows and all that nonsense, as well they are the same ones who tried to make us feel unpatriotic if we ordered FRENCH fries, although I suppose we should have only been suspicious of the people who dipped their fries, freedom or French, into mayonaise instead of ketchup.

Craig's right---we ALREADY HAVE scary people locked up here in the USA, as we all know.
What's a couple hundred "usual suspects, Rick" going to do to upset this country where the prison population is already so high, ranking us way up there in prison bragging rights..".we're #1 !! we're # 1"
The king of the world in prison expertise and torture, the USA, should be able to handle a couple hundred more bad guys, or maybe-bad-guys-maybe-juvenile-taxicab-drivers.

tt: Your turn to swab out the spittoon; I am on armed sentry guard duty tonight just in case Obama let those bad guys out, Sneaky Pete style, and they might wanna break into the Comment Section Coffee Break Lounge and scarf up some of Craig's old cigarettes.

A. Someone tell the Republicans that we run the 2nd largest prison system in the world. Whats 250 more ?

B. We held thousands of people who invented industrial murder.
We elected Eisenhower shortly after that.

The Republican argument only works if the country is a bunch of feckless 6th graders.

I named my contraption tonight, my friend Shere who I'm gardening with, lost her husband to throat cancer this week-end. John was at our first meeting when we started the big garden. I don't even know Shere's married name, she's always just been Shere Forkner to me.

The Forkner Fresnel Focuser ....... My other Solar Project, the one I'm not begging for on the internnet.

http://cbsolaroven.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGnZxcS7VKA

Yes Craig, you are right. There are a lot of scary people in our prisons. What could get more scary than thinking you married a handsome, sweet, wonderful man and several years later you end up at the bottom of San Francisco Bay with cement assessories. I would rather hang with a terrorist. At least you know what your getting.

Cute Sturge. Too bad you weren't first. That would have been a good one if first would have hit about this time.

My dad had a trumpet and had been in the service. Sometimes when he was in his playful mood he would get his old high school trumpet out and blow Reville in the morning to get us up. None of the rest of the family was too amused.

Did everyone else have a little too much celebration yesterday? This place is kind of quiet this morning. Flatus you said until 0600. You must be up at at um or at least up???

or is it Stinky's lucky day?

"The Republican argument only works if the country is a bunch of feckless 6th graders."
cbob, on behalf of all us 6th graders, i take umbrage.... feckless indeed.

"I would rather hang with a terrorist. At least you know what your getting."
ct, but even a terrorist will leave the seat up, never reads the manual and hogs the remote. as red green says in his prayer: "i'm a man, but i can change"

sorry that is up and at um.

Who is red green Pat?

don1one, guess you didn't get the word that the 0600 formation has been canceled. Because I'm going for Remicade today, put the troops on holiday schedule until 0600 tomorrow. Dismissed.

Carol, I expect full manning in the dispensary. Carry-on.

ct, canadian on pbs

http://www.redgreen.com/

Oh no Flatus, that holiday schedule doesn't include me again? Life just ain't fair.

I need to get my flag in. She did her job proud this weekend or was I supposed to take her in at dark last night. If so, I did....

Clean sweepdown fore and aft.....Clean sweepdown fore and aft.......sweepers man your brooms. That is all.

sturge, you familiar with the term "jack mormon"?

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

became fascinated with "rhino" being thrown around by the pundits re colin powell and wondered if the terms are similar or if rhino is more a pejorative.

When I have time I will have to explore that site Pat. Looks cute. Now it is time to get ready for dispensary duty. Drats.

never heard jack mormon......odd, that...........but i do have a friend commonly known as Dr. Rhino..............

i guess a democrat in name only would be a "Dino" ?

first it was twitter, now it's audioboo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/26/audioboo-youtube-twitter

as said before, things can always get worse

and a wife in name only = wino?

bw, no offense intended by that 7:16 post.
how are you doing, wound-wise that is? do we need to send ct to the rescue?

Looks like today is the day for the announcement of nominee for the Supreme Court---10:15 a.m.
according to NBC

more smart bird stories
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8059688.stm

note the photo captioned "meet the brains of the animal world" ... looks familiar.

mornin'

My god, how to survie holiday weekends - 2 grad parties for kids in the neighborhood (read eat and drink waaayyy to much here) THEN comes Memorial day (read eat and drink waaayyy to much here).WELLLLL NOW, time to get serious about that Opus (Milo) diet.

Not sure if the fed pen 60 miles from here is souper max or not, but it houses some big bad criminals from what I'm told, and frankly I've never seen or heard of any wandering around this neck of the woods. How dare the Repugs (amd the CS Dems in the Senate) disrespect the federal corrections officers who do such a good job of keeping the nasty bastards inside the walls?

Carol, if you've never seen Red Green, you have to make it a point to, and soon - he is fricking hilarious.

And the word is that the nominee is to be Sonia Sotomayor

Good video...the repugs are becoming more hateful every day. How can anyone like Newt?

The dems need to bring-up Noriega...the ex-bad guy of G. Bush, Sr... who has been in the US for some time.

http://topics.cnn.com/topics/manuel_noriega

Coreen, I hope you are right. She will get confirmed - and it will be a terrific victory for Obama on the judicial nomination front - and played right by Carville, et al., will be a great "Repugs are just old white bigots" moment.

flatus predicted sotomayor, didn't he? congrats to the our astute seer and sage.

pogo, is the prison that housed martha in your neck of the woods?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/what-does-bush-think.html#comment-229901

Carol, if you think my typing is bad ordinarily, I could dispel any such notion by trying to post comments when I'm buzzed. And about that letting my hair down stuff, it has to be only rhetorical considering how little hair I have left to let down.

what are the numbers ($$$) on closing gitmo prison, dumping or transferring and maintaining the 200 odd detainees vs. just maintaining them and the prison infrastructure and holding requisite trials there? a lot of costs to look at.... food, utilities, guards, lawyers, judges, public relations, et al.

course, sending them all back home stamped "nevermind" on their foreheads would be a one time expense.... at least in this budget year.

coreen, must be so. it's already on wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor

Pogo,

Agreed--Sotomayor will be confirmed, regardless of whatever 'barbs' are thrown at her by those "old white bigots" aka Repugs. Are their senate votes even needed to confirm her?

And though Pres. Obama's left flank may not be overjoyed with his choice--they have little choice but to
accept.

Official announcement at 10:15 a.m---all media now reporting.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/obama-makes-decision-on-supreme-court-nominee/?hp

from above wiki site: "An anonymous senator put a secret hold on her nomination, blocking it for over a year." wonder who that was and if he's still in the senate.

Background on Sotomayor with some of the negatives as well as possitives. Republicans likely to hit hard on the three Reversals from the Supreme Court

http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Sonia_Sotomayor

pat, it is - Camp Cupcake is a minimum security prison down in the southern part of the state - near the Greenbrier Resort.

Hey, closing Gitmo won't be cheap, but neither would maintaining it be cheap either. And since when has money been a sufficient reason to correct a monumentally bad decision of a farmer administration?

Went back to doa little catching up,and ran across this.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/what-does-bush-think.html#comment-229963

A-P that "Keeping America safe is Job one" v. "Protect and Preserve the Constitution" argument is a canard that repugs have dummied up so that they can be on both sides of the argumetn when it's convenient. It's what they rolled out after 9/11 to justify under the (a) side passing the Patriot Act, suspending any semblence of justice for our prisoners, and to decimate any rights prisoners captured by bounty hunters in the ME would otherwise have under the GCs, the guidelines for treatment of prisoners and detainees under the Army Handbook, or, god forbid, the Constitution. Of course when Obama says his "first job" is keeping America safe, the repugs say, "Oh, no. You have sworn to preserve and protect the Constitution" as if the two responsibilities are mutually exclusive. In fairness, both sides use this dichotomy dishonestly. Keeping
America safe is certainly a responsibility of the president, as is preserving and protecting the constitution - and considering the past 7 years, I rather like to think that Obama has a better understanding of that than the Cheney/Bush cabal.

Young singer, band leader and budding film maker trying to make it through the economic downturn. Don't hold it against him that he's a vampire

http://www.creaturefeaturemusic.com/blog/?p=9

hi, patd. I have a lot of time on my hand...dressing is pain. Still wrangling with the insurance and hospital.

Never offended about being a wino.

Here's the Judicial Confirmation Network website

http://judicialnetwork.com/contents/about/

You can keep an eye on it for all the nasty things the Republicans will try to stall the Sotomayor appointment.

Whee they are fast: In blazing red "Vote For The Worst" headlines (Danger Will Robinson) here is the above groups response to the Sotomayor nominations

http://judicialnetwork.com/

Washington Independent

Race, Republicans, and the Supreme Court

http://washingtonindependent.com/43300/race-republicans-and-the-supreme-court

Hope MSNBC corrects the spelling on their crawl. It's "Sotomayor" not "Sotomayer"

Every time I hear the word "Gitmo", I think about those little furry creatures called Gremlins.... their leader was called Gizmo....

methinks Obama will discover many more "promises" he made while campaigning for the job he now holds that he won't be able to keep due to circumstances beyond his control.... what he needs to do is not let these types of things get away from him by letting the GOP once again set what's talked about in the news.... he needs to know and act like his party owns the town and they set the agenda..... otherwise... to quote Mrs Slocum.... he'll look "weak as water"....

pogo..... me too.... after 2 days of partying with friends and one with eating and drinking whatever the hell I wanted because I deserved it.... I need some serious down time....

Great news about,

Saotomayr a Hispanic,,and a women in the S C......is now a good time to let the Puerto Ricans in on the Vote?,,,they are part of America no? Obama should push for this now,,,they can die for their coountry but they can't vote for pouts., and get represented in the congress,,and the senate!,,,more Dem votes for the Dems to boot also?

This Judges and prison talk,,,makes me think of what ever happened,,,,to those judges that were taking bribes,,,to send innocent children to prison,,,in order for them,,the prisons,,,,,,to get the number of prisoners,,,that they needed housed in order to get government money? I posted about them about a month ago.

Sotomayor,,,is the correct spelling,,,,sorry maam.

Jamie, if those 3 reversals are what they hit hard on, she'll have an easy confirmation fight. She was writing the decisions in those cases for the majority of the second circuit - not a hotbed of judicial activism in any event - on 3 fairly arcane and technical aspects of securities law, tax law and copyright law.

Knight affirmed a tax court ruling that made SCOTUS because of a deep division among the Circuit courts - hardly a basis for much of a challenge worthy of dicussion of a SCOTUS nominee.

Dabit applied a narrow reading of SLUSA claims that SCOTUS said should be applied broadly, for among other things, policy considerations. Not much for repugs to get excited about there.

And Tasini was again broadening the application of copyright protection for individual works in a larger collective database beyond what the 2nd circuit had applied. Again, not exactly a sexy subject.

I doubt that many, if any, of the senators who will be questioning her will understand, much less be able to argue her opinions as being cases of judicial activism.

Beware of people with long teeth. Today may be their annual holiday:

The first copies of the classic vampire novel Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker, appear in London bookshops on this day in 1897.

Luckinly, none of the 14 subscribers to the judicial confirmation network won't be questioning her Sotomayor in her confirmation hearings.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230694

Pogo

I agree, but the right wing is going to milk it for all it is worth as a fund raiser. They don't care if she is confirmed or not, they just want to stall as long as possible and use the issue to rake in the bucks.

I like the "Repower America" ad you have to go through to get here now. It isn't one of the aggravating commercials.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/05/26/us/0526-scotus.html

These are likely to be cases that will be looked at more closely than the ones on the Wiki site since they are going to get broader exposure after being in the Times.

won't = will. (grrr)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230696

They won't be doing the questioning, but they will be feeding questions to the committee members doing the questioning. It will be entertaining to watch the hearing.

The members of the Judicial Confirmation group are not among the most luminous in the legal firmament. That's why they are making their money from politics.

jamie, probably so. I know what I would argue if I were the RW - but let's see if they do.

Obam boo boo

"Twenty Centuries Ago" should be "more than two centuries ago".

Of course there is that legal can of worms about "consulting" legal opinion outside of the United States, but twenty centuries would be checking in on Rome and Egypt.

Pres. Obama just mentioned one of the best things about his nominee---She is a Yankee fan!

Note this little gem in TJCN archives. Someone might want to feed this to the Dems on the committee.

http://judicialnetwork.com/cgi-data/filibuster_reform/files/8.shtml

And here's some more on that "august" group.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Judicial_Confirmation_Network

Question - how many "L"s are there in Slimeball?

The courts seem to be the center of attention today. The California Supreme Court is due to hand down its decision of Prop 8 today

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20090526/US.Gay.Marriage/

One more link to info on JCN, and I'll shut up about them.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/judicial-confirmation-network

They will choke on the words of their "counsel".

David Petraeus - Obama's decsion to close gitmo and end EITs will help in the broader war on terror.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/26/petraeus-endorses-obamas_n_207513.html

He better check under his cot for Cheney before he turns in tonight.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230705

We can only hope the cable news channels (other than FOX of course) don't book this crowd just to have another show of rate gettting screamers.

I'm sure there must be some good "conservative" legal minds out there able to disagree with her opinions without foaming at the mouth in desperate need of a rabies injection.

National Organization of Women announces their "Confirm Her" campaign to ensure the swift confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor.

http://www.now.org/press/05-09/05-26.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/24/powell-hits-back-at-chene_n_207158.html

And Colin Powell. So two of the guys who were at the top of the military heap in the Bush Wars think ChickenshitCheney is full of, well, chickenshit. I can't wait for the dark lord to try and refute them, based of course on his lifetime of military service - oh, wait, that would be Petraeus and Powell - and not look like the f*cking nutcase he is.

Claire McCaskill about to go on FOX to discuss nomination

Chris Cillizza on Sotomayor

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/supreme-court/sotomayor-for-scotus-what-it-m.html

Sample of the "sniping" that has begun from National Review:

"Sotomayor "Saved Baseball" [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Empathy for highly paid baseball players?"

Here we go - first cannonade from the right with Huckabee statement

http://www.huckpac.com/?Fuseaction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=2603

Loved that Huckabee got her name wrong calling her "Maria" ... Don't bother with facts they just get in the way of one's prejudices and bank account.

If you want to watch her in action, C-SPAN has an appearance on a "moot court"

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/05/29/HP/R/18603/Pres+Obama+Nominates+Sonia+Sotomayor+to+Supreme+Court.aspx

jamie, I'm certain there are - I expect to start seeing even more of Ben Ginzburg.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/cheney-urges-obama-to-app_b_207206.html

RFLMFAO - Andy Borowitz - what a hoot!

Huckleberry is determined not to it leave to chance or history to show that he was imminently unqualified from the perspective of the abiity to think clealy to be POTUS. He is bound and determined to make that case in no uncertain terms. He may be a humorous, likeable, jocular religious zealot, but god almighty, keep him far away from the seat of government.

Watching Fox so you don't have to ---- Non stop negative effluvia flowing from glib prompter readers.

Such pretty people - Such ugly minds

How does Murdoch live with himself?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/26/how-the-media-will-smear_n_207560.html

Note that the unnamed former clerk to Clarence Thomas noted as having been on Shuster's show (last paragraph) is either Wendy Long or is quoting her verbatim from her statement on the JCN site.

Viva Sotomayor! It's nice to finally pick a "winning horse". I pegged Sotomayor as soon as the initial pool was announced---it was really a no-brainer---and she SHOULD sail through confirmation hearings. I say 'should' cuz we all know the idiots are itching for a fight.
Obama had a personal sit-down with Sotomayor for seven hours in the White House to vet her...I hope he didn't miss anything. Good luck to Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor in her quest to climb the steps at the high court.

This is the whole write up ,,,,about this hero ,,and nothing on cable,,,,we need a 2nd memorial day for people like this one.

Man dies after rescuing 7-year-old boy from pit

sorry ,,off subject,,,but

A 58-year-old man has died after rescuing a 7-year-old boy who fell into a water-filled hole at a Detroit construction site.

Wayne State University police Sgt. Robert Barron said the boy was playing Sunday at a home under construction on Miracle Street when he fell into the foundation pit that was dug for the basement.

The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News reported the man was Garrett Townsend of Detroit. WDIV-TV says he managed to rescue the child, but wasn't able to get himself out of the water.

Emergency responders pulled him out and rushed him to a hospital, where he died.

From comcast.netnews

I pretty well knew it would be Sotomayor as she fit with both qualifications and political appeal. She will be confirmed with the usual right wing yammering to rake in the cash from the usual terrified class.

My interest is who will be the second nomination - Another woman? We are more than 50% of the population and even with Sotomayor still less than 25% of the court and Ginzburg is getting on in years and health.

In light of today's initial topic: Petraeus supports closing Gitmo

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/26/petraeus-endorses-obamas_n_207513.html

I guess he isn't scared of terrorist neighbors.

Speaking of horse races, it looks as if Calvin Borel will ride Mine That Bird in the Belmont. Could he win all three legs of the triple crown on two different horses?

http://www.sportsbookbettingpromotions.com/052609-calvin-borel-may-ride-mine-that-bird-in-belmont-stakes.html

Jamie:

I think the next pick will be Cass Sunstein or an African-American.

Pogo,

,Lunch,,The Seneca way

I do this one once a year,,,take it from an Injun,,,it works great,,,and after words I just watch my salt intake,,all my medical test come back good,,,,,if I can stay off the salt..

http://www.ehow.com/how_12679_summer-cleansing-fast.html

Also considering horse races: This is just interesting because it is

Municipal Bonds issued in 1868 to build a road (still around) to a race track (long gone) starting to mature after paying twic a year interest for more than a 140 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/nyregion/13jerome.html?_r=1

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230727

I have no problem with appointments filling a "slot" as long as they are qualified first. The more variety the better.

Sunstein looks like a good possibility fo the "Jewish" seat considering he currently holds the Franfurter chair at Harvard.. Is there an AA woman with similar skills and experience in the wings? Amalya Kearse is probably too old for consideration.

Love it when politicos goof

RNC "talking points" on Sotomayor sent to media by mistake. Now here they are out in public in their bare nudeness just for you to view.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/rnc-fumbles-sotomayor-talking-points-2009-05-26.html

well.... here's one Red Sox fan who doesn't give a rat's patootie that Ms. Sotomayor is a Yankees fan....

after watching her for those few minutes when Obama officially nominated her...
I'm in LOVE with this pick.... how wonderful to hear a smart highly educated woman talk with feeling....

Go Sonia, Go!

Olga The Traveling Bra's next adventure will be the 26 mile Edinburgh walk to raise funds to fight breast cancer. She goes around the world doing good deeds and just being a famous globe trotter if you want to follow her adventures, or just provide support.

http://olgathetravelingbra.blogspot.com/2009/05/these-boobs-were-made-for-walkin.html

Pogo,
Gitmo's not closing. They may close the detention facility there, which is a small portion of the base. The cost to continue operating is considerably less than most proposals which involve building a new facility somewhere in the U.S. Regardless, Gitmo the military base, will continue to operate as before.

and the GOP has to be very careful in what they say about her pick and how they conduct themselves in her hearing....

they be walking a very fine line with the Hispanic vote....

ooooohhhhh..... this is going to be so much fun to watch....

or as pogo would say..... he he he....

Renee

Chortling gleefully while rubbing your hands together in anticipation becomes you

Oh Jax!

Build a new facility? Please. The whole scaredy cat meme really doesn't fly.

Maybe they can just share space with Noriega or any other number of truly bad bad guys.

Jamie,
Easy...... I was merely talking about costs and that most of the plans involves building a new facility on a base somewhere in the U.S.

Laughs.....I don't know why I bother......:)

Old news dragging on ad nauseum: The Minnesota supreme court has set June 1 to hear arguments in Franken Coleman race.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-briefs25-2009apr25,0,4949837.story

One of them may join the senate in time to run for a second term

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230740

Jax,

Most of whose plans? All of this is just noise thrown up by the right wing with little or no fact content. There are more than adequate places to house thse people by the time you weed it down to the "we don't know what to do with them" group.

Everytime fear is used to campaign for a political point of view it leads to error whether it is confining Japanese in WW II or pointing out "commies" in Federal government. Hysterical jingoism is no way to make a decision.

Jamie,
I don't know what fear you're talking about....... if you want to make a point about something else then make it......

my comment was about the the money. Congress denied Pres Obama money to prepare a facility in a U.S. military base on the mainland.......why do you think they haven't ruled out military tribunals for these guys.....they are going to stay in military custody......

More news of the day:

California supreme court upholds gay marriage ban
but does not invalidate marriages performed already

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/05/26/us/AP-CA-Gay-Marriage.html?_r=1

Smart take:

"I suspect that we’re going to see the video of Judge Sotomayor’s statement at Duke that judges on the court of appeals make policy. And I suspect that conservatives will use her statement to “show” that she won’t “follow the law” as a justice.

Two comments, one narrow, one broader: (1) In context Judge Sotomayor wasn’t making any broad statements about jurisprudence. She was responding to questions about the difference between being a law clerk to a trial judge and a court of appeals judge. Her answer was that trial judges decide individual cases, while court of appeals judges make decisions with a broader scope (“make policy” in the sense that their decisions apply to more than one litigant). A trial judge will use the federal Sentencing Guidelines to assist her in determining the sentence to impose on a specific offender; a court of appeals judge will interpret the Guidelines to determine whether failing to report to prison after conviction (“escape from custody”) is a “violent felony,” for example. (The Supreme Court unanimously said it wasn’t.) Saying that the latter is a policy decision is simply to say that it affects a whole lot of offenders.

(2) But, more broadly, there’s no particular reason other than conservative ideology to distinguish sharply between “interpreting the law at the Supreme Court” and “policy.” Cases don’t get to the Supreme Court when everyone who examines the relevant legal materials would reach the same answer. They get to the Court when an honest examination of the Constitution’s text, the Court’s precedents, and the like leaves judges divided. (I suppose conservatives think that any such disagreement has to result from a failure to examine the materials honestly, but that’s just a sleazy way of saying that the only honest legal analysts are conservatives.) Figuring out what to do then requires judges to exercise, well, judgment.

And judgment – the honest, practical judgment of well-trained lawyers – will sometimes require you to consider the consequences of a decision one way or the other. That’s what people who say that judges make policy usually mean – judges do and ought to worry about the consequences of their decisions. Now, of course you can disagree with the “jurisprudence” I’ve sketched, and conservatives do. But it’s just wrong to suggest that when a judge says that judging sometimes involves “making policy,” he means that it involves acting in just the way a legislator would in deciding how to vote – or that it involves “making things up.”"

http://www.politico.com/arena/

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230743

Jax,

I wasn't talking about you in particular other than the "build a new facilty" piece. There is no particular reason that the majority of the 200 or so should stay in military custody.

There are a minimal number who because of the means used to obtain information from them may make them impossible to try (the really big problem with torturing prisoners), but because of their original acts might be impossible to let go. We managed to hold both Germans and Japanese on American soil until the cessation of hostilities and we could probably do the same with these most difficult cases.

The following is a facetious statement: We could always return them to the field in Iraq and shoot them legally.

Calling the legal beagles. Didn't the California just create a "privileged class" of human beings and grounds for a suit by someone who neglected to "get married" before a certain date?

Jonathan Turley---not particularly thrilled with the
selection of Sonia Sotomayor--on msnbc this a.m.
--he is concerned with "the lack of intellectual depth in her past opinions"

http://jonathanturley.org/2009/05/26/white-house-to-announce-court-pick-at-10-am/#more-11301

McCain's daughter giving right indigestion on Twitter and it's her F word not mine. :-)

McCainBlogette: Seriously California, what the fuck? I can't believe the ban was upheld...we have to keep fighting!!! Gay marriage will be passed!!!

GRRRR!!! You snuck that one in on me, Solar.

jax, when I refer to Gitmo I am referring only to the detention center - I'm just lazy that way. And I don't know what plans you've seen that haven't made, like, the media, but what I've seen has not discussed building a new facility. I have looked back through what the Google brings up, and I don't see a single reference on the first two pages that even mentions building another facility. It was a lack of specificity as to where and how the detainnes would be transferred that torpedoed the request - and $80 million is not enough to build a super duper facility wnad move the detainees to it in a year or so. But then I don't get out much.

And Renee, it's heheh. (No spaces).

Jorge Ramos,,,of Univision news,,will have a special tonight on the Sotomayor story,,,,say's that Hispanics are very happy about this decision,,,,,,,,nice move Obama,,,2012 your on your way,,,,,,Im happy about it also,,but see it more of a political move more than anything else,,,,,,

"GRRRR!!! You snuck that one in on me, Solar. "

I guess that I got up pretty early this am,,,,,,hehehe,,,,is that right?,,,haha

heheh, that's right, and yes, you must waked teh rooster up. Certainly you got the worm., but enough of this prattle....

heheh. Knuckleheads at the RNC let their Sotomayor talking points leak out, and Michael Steele was dumb enough to use them.

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/05/26/rnc-fumbles-sotomayor-talking-points/

s does Americans United Against Choice.

She is a radical pick that divides America.

Yes, she's so radical that George H.W. Bush appointed her to the bench and fellow radicals Orrin Hatch and Richard Lugar voted to confirm her.

But naturally, Huck takes first prize.

The appointment of Maria Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is the clearest indication yet that President Obama's campaign promises to be a centrist and think in a bipartisan way were mere rhetoric.

In Huck's defense, he probably just assumed that all Puerto Rican chicks are named "Maria."
http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/26/conservatives-already-screwing-up-opposition-to-sotomayor/

Pogo,,

,sorry for rubbing it in,,,,I posted this Rachel Maddow u tube yesterday,,,and ,,commented that In Iran ,that when,they do charge anyone arrested for terrorism ,etc,,,it is done within 48 hrs,,and given a date for court,,,99.9% of the times,,,U can skip the other info on it,,,it was just a report of M day breakfast with my soldier budies,,,

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/craig-on-today-show-the-prehol.html#comment-230521

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6664947&page=1

Bases considered for facility to house detainees.

jamie, re; the CA SupCt. decision - yes, in a sense a new class of folks was created - but they are afforded the rights they sought - as to folks who wanted to get married but didn't have the moxie or whatever to do so before today, they are no different from those who got married before Prop 8 passed, and the CASupCt didn't create them - they merely upheld the creation of the voters in CA. That creation of a new class that receives special treatment is not really unique - in fact it happens all the time. Marriage is particularly prone to create such classes - here's a f'rinstance. WV does not recognize common law marriage - you cannot become legally attached to another person by living with them in WV, and WV does not recognize people who claim to be married via common law in other states UNLESS they have done something to have their CL marriage recognized by the other state. I suspect that people in WV could move to, say PA, which does (I think) allow and recognize CL marriages, have their CL marriage based upon cohabitation recognized in PA, then move back to WV and have it recognized there. Is that stupid enough for you? I think it's fricking nutz.

dex, my apologies for declaring flatus the astute seer and sage in being the first to forecast the sotomayor pick.... you're far more astuter and sagier and you do it in the middle of the night yet.

"Watching Fox so you don't have to"

greater love hath no tmr

"Watching Fox so you don't have to"

jamie, you are a saint.

jax, since those plans - developed before Obama was in office - were apparently not plans submtted with the budget request, I can only assume that the reference to building a new facility at Camp Pendleton was not ultimately part of that plan.

Moving on.

This Times article does a pretty good job a clearly summarizing the CASupCt decision on Prop 8.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/us/27marriage.html?hp

Note the final paragraph. AS they say in TVLand - more to come.

KGC

Have to check what time FDL posted that. My tweet at about 7:30 this morning :-):

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@pwire I guess in Huckabee's world all Hispanic women are named "Maria".
about 4 hours ago from web in reply to pwire

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Tweeting does seem to really move commentary around the web even faster than blogging. Peep peep and the next thing you know you have a sentence on the teleprompter.

can't find reference to judge sotomayor's parents names.... is sotomayor her maiden name and is it a contraction of names of mother and father? anyone know? can't find name of ex-husband either... must be looking in wrong place

Hold the Torturers Accountable

Or else we'll all be held accountable
Rep. Ron Paul,,,,,Comcast.net news

The current administration has reversed its position on releasing evidence of torture by the previous administration, and we must ask why. A great and moral nation would have the courage to face the truth so it could abide by the rule of law. To look the other way necessarily implicates all of us and would of course further radicalize people against our troops on the ground. Instead, we have the chance to limit culpability for torture to those who were truly responsible for these crimes against humanity.

Not everyone who was given illegal orders obeyed them. Many FBI agents understood that an illegal order must be disobeyed, and they did so. The others must be held accountable, so that all of us are not targeted for blowback for the complicity of some.

The government’s own actions and operations in torturing people, and in acting on illegally obtained and unreliable information to kill and capture, are the most radicalizing forces at work today, not any religion, nor the fact that we are rich and free. The fact that our government engages in evil behavior under the auspices of the American people is what poses the greatest threat to the American people, and it must not be allowed to stand.

Pogo,
Not new facilities....just reconfigured existing facilites is my guess. Regardless, it will cost more than leaving them where they are while they await trial or release.

As I've said in the past.....would have been alot better to have had an actual plan before announcing a definitive closing date........

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230762

Pogo,

That is about as weird as it could get. Now will California recognize legal same sex marriages from another state? Then you could have legally married calif same sex, legally married massachusetts ex pats, legally married common law hetero couples, legally married just average hetero couples, unrecognized multiple partner groups with only one marriage but all the kids by one father eligible for welfare with almost common law wives ...

I think we need a chinese menu of relationships from the governments point of view: Single unmarried daughter with unmarried parent living platonically but filing jointly :-)

cbob, if hopi blue seed sells $165 a bshl, you're a friggin philanthropist for giving it away. we appreciate your generosity even more now.

"Meso American Heirloom Corn popular in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. Higher in protein than Common Yellow Corn. Mature Kernel is blue.
Details
Used primarily for human consumption. Can be fed to wildlife. Has higher protein content than Yellow Field Corn. Important to preserve these ancient seed stocks. Price is $165.00 per bushel. High germination and clean seed."

http://www.agriseek.com/market/p/Hopi-Blue-Corn-Kentucky.htm

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230769

Patd, Apparently it is her maiden name:
"Her father, a tool-and-die worker with a third-grade education, died the following year.[6] Her mother, Selena Sotomayor, a nurse, raised Sotomayor and her younger brother, Juan Sotomayor, who is now a doctor.[7] Sotomayor has often stated that her mother is her life inspiration.[8] In 1976, Sotomayor married while a student at Princeton University. She and her husband divorced in 1983; they did not have children.[5]"

Pat, Did you see my post to you on getting your pictures linked when you're ready?

"Higher in protein than Common Yellow Corn."

30% higher in protein. If I have enough, my horses are going to love it.

Forgot the wiki quote link on my 2:50 .....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#Early_life_and_family

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230771

jax, respectfully disagree... maintaining them at gitmo requires special and very expensive staff which would not be needed at supermaxs cause they're already there. plus just being off shore (to say nothing about where that particular offshore happens to be) creates additional security expenses.

pogo, agree, $$$ should not be the issue, but every little argument (especially if it saves dough) helps.

chloe, thanks... guess my speed read of wiki was speedier than should have been. wonder what is the history of the sotomayor name and further info on her lineage must be quite a story.

and thanks too re photos.

jamie, since most states' laws were drawn up before marriage was even contemplated for same sex partners and would refer to marriage generally, in all likelihood, absent a state law specifically to the contrary, most states would recognize a marriage from another state IF their laws were applied as written (shich, like sometimes even happens). It does get very complicated because of FF&C and comity. I suspect, though, that most states are drawing up legislation precluding the recognition of marriages that could not have been entered into in that particular state. In By God WV the legislation will have something like "marriages that are contrary to the public policy of the state."

"the history of the sotomayor name and further info on her lineage must be quite a story."

Oooh, not to worry. We'll be hearing 'every' detail. :)

pat, watch out for bogus arguments about the releative costs of housing and maintaining deteainees in Gitmo versus in the states. You will note that there are NEVER any figures attached because the people making those arguments don't have a frickin' clue what they are talking about. Until they provide some evidence about how much it costs to run the Gitmo facility annually, where the detainees will be housed in the US and for how long (you know, like, plans for transfer that have not been rovided yet) and what the marginal costs for housing them in the US in existing or new facilities are, they are, as the old saying goes, talking out of their asses (in the law we call that speculating - or making a wild ass guess - WAG for short).

"make sure you have the cord to hook your camera up to your computer"

chloe, what cord? my camera is oldfashioned, but very good. no cord, just strap. need to get one of those new-fangled digitals with the cord thingies on them.

Jamie, I'm being lazy and OT too. . do you happen to know how much income you are permitted to earn as a SSA recipient and is it geared to when you elected to start? TIA

Sheesh. I go to the doctor then take a nap and during that period I'm frocked as a seer extraordinaire, and defrocked, all within a matter of hours. I'm shattered. :)

... it doesn't take long, either

Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
"Judge Sonia Sotomayor knew she wanted to go into law from an early age.

As a child, she aspired to be like Nancy Drew, the detective in the popular children's mystery series. But at the age of 8, she was diagnosed with diabetes and told she would not be able to pursue that line of work."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/sotomayor.bio/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor well known in sports
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/05/26/sotomayor/index.html

Sorry Jamie,. . that was in relation to how it affects the SS amount, if any, and/or taxes.

"take a nap and during that period I'm frocked as a seer extraordinaire, and defrocked, all within a matter of hours. I'm shattered. :)"

What a rude awakening Flatus. :)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230785

flatus, Greg Allman did a song once - pay attention now - "Can't Lose What You Never Had". Seer or not? If you was one, you is one, if you were never were one, you still ain't. No need to feel shattered. :-)

Pat, If you don't have a digital that came with the computer cord, then you'd need to scan your picture after you've printed it. Do you have a scanner?

I really would have liked to see that picture with the three different types of birds you saw that day. I went out later that same day, and got closer to a unusually beautiful, large cardinal, than I've ever been. It was up on a nearby branch and didn't budge. Wouldn't you know I didn't have my camera with me. Pat, do you have a cell phone with a camera?

Patd, If you can get one, I think you would 'really' enjoy a digital camera. They are compact, very easy to use, and have gone way down in price. You can store pictures on them, put them on your computer, link them to share with others, or have them printed.... either on a do it yourself machine (at Target, WM or wherever) or have them printed. They come with the cord to attach them to your computer.

Well, there's a break in the downpour, so I must scoot, having left the bumbershoot in the car. Have a good one.

bumberchute (duh)

Birds have their love-and-mating song,
Their warning cry, their hating song;
Some have a night song, some a day song,
A lilt, a tilt, a come-what-may song;
Birds have their careless bough and teeter song
And, of course, their Roger Tory Peter song.

E.B. White, excerpt from "A Listener's Guide to the Birds (After a Binge with Roger Tory Peterson in His Famous Guidebook)"

Rez

With the understanding that the figures can change, you can use $25,000 as a base amount.

If the combination of your SS and your other adjusted income is below that amount, it is probably non taxable. From 25000 to 34000 then half of your SS could be taxable. Over 34,000 then $4500 plus 85% of the amount over 34,000 would be taxable.

All of the above is adjustable depending on deductions.

Here is the info page:

http://www.ssa.gov/planners/taxes.htm

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230795

Very nice excerpt Flatus. I thought I was reading poetry.
Now that I think about it, it's easy to tell the difference in some of their songs. I especially recognize their danger or warning cry. When I hear it, I go investigate, to make sure a predator (namely, one of my cats) isn't tormenting or threatening them.

Pogo

You were right the first time with bumbershoot

http://www.yawiktionary.com/b/1148363993314.html

bumberchute is the rare spelling despite the combination of (umber+chute) ... The word detective as usual had way too much to say on the subject but as always was entertaining saying it:

http://www.word-detective.com/112402.html

What about my bona fides as a seer??

"I think Obama's pick to replace Souter will be Sonya Sotomayor.

His next pick may be the prolific Cass Sunstein:

http://www.esquire.com/features/fun-couple-21st-century-1008?src=rss

Posted by: warren | May 1, 2009 10:20 AM"

But I must admit - I have been watching too much Fox and after all the hub-bub about the "policy" tape, etc. - I began to think Obama was going to go with Kagen or Wood.

(But my initial instincts were right. That guess was based on her back story - poor kid raised by a single mom seemed likely to resonate with Obama - and politics - female Hispanic.)

Thx Jamie, My sister asked me to help her with some planning. She's trying to determine the benefit to continue working and waiting until she's 66 (full) while collecting SS on her deceased husbands benefit, if possible, or some other option. She's 62 this year and in failing health.

I was hoping to get a real world take. The FAQs, pubs and bulletins are difficult to decipher sometimes.

E.B. White wrote everything, Chloe. This was part of his poetry. I have it in his book, 'Poems & Sketches of E.B. White'. Unfortunately it seems to be out of print. The entire poem is too long to print, but someone kindly excerpted this section of it.

i've never understood why Benjamin Cardozo's Portugese heritage didn't qualify him to be first Hispanic justice. What am i missing? Poor Herbert Hoover never gets any credit.

Craig

The Portuguese get very very insulted if you intimate that they have anything to do with Spain. :-)

Rez, I believe that for most, the best option is doing as you described, staying on her husband's benefit for as long as possible--up until she's 70 if her health holds, God willing, then switching to her own, greatly increased benefit..

There was a really good discussion of it in a weekend Journal column within the past month. Sorry to say, I didn't save it.

Herbert and Cardozo often do get slighted.

But in some of the articles I read on this subject - it will get a brief mention - usually towards the end of the article.

Like this:

"Some scholars contend that the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court was actually Justice Benjamin Cardozo, whose served on the court from 1932 to 1938 after being nominated by President Herbert Hoover. Cardozo was of Portuguese descent."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090526/pl_politico/22962

Rez

If her health is failing have her check to see if she can qualify for Social Security disability. The amount is higher than the normal retirement amount.

There is this rather large country down in South America that is Portuguese speaking courtesy of a pope drawing a longitudinal line. They don't think they are Hispanic either.

thanks for the link, Warren, re: hispanic. i always thought the term applied to the entire Iberian peninsula, but must be wrong, i guess. Seems to be an open question

well here's how my AP style book defines Hispanic: "preferred term for those whose ethnic origin is a Spanish-speaking country. ... Refer to people of Brazilian and Portuguese as such, not as Hispanic."

http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_24-2009_05_30.shtml#1243361519
1. Note Justice Cardozo's Hispanic surname, a traditional way of testing Hispanic status; actually, I think the name is Portuguese, but if it's good enough for the U.S. government, it's good enough for me: Title 49, section 26.5 of the Code of Federal Regulations (the definition that's used in the contracting race preference programs administered by the Department of Transportation) defines "Hispanic Americans" as

persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race.

There's no doubt, to my knowledge, that Cardozo was indeed of Spanish or Portuguese origin; in fact, a recent biography describes the shaping experiences of Cardozo;s youth as including participation in a leading Spanish-Portuguese cultural organization. True, his family probably left the Iberian Peninsula over 350 years before his birth, but that's true of many Hispanics as well. And he likely had no American Indian blood, but that's true of many Hispanics, too.

Would Sotomayor be the First Hispanic Justice?

It's possible that the answer to this question is "no." Justice Benjamin Cardozo was a descendant of Spanish or Portuguese Jews who immigrated to America, and took great pride in his Sephardic Jewish identity. For details, see Andrew Kaufman's excellent biography of Cardozo.

That said, ethnic identity is largely a social construct. So I can understand if Hispanics today take special pride in Sotomayor's appointment because she would be the first justice whose parents were recent arrivals from Latin America. Like many racial or ethnic classifications, "Hispanic" is a somewhat arbitrary label. It includes widely divergent groups such as Brazilians and Mexicans, while sometimes being used in a way that excludes Spanish and Portuguese immigrants and their descendants (including Cardozo). That does not mean, however, that the term is completely incoherent. US Hispanics do have a distinct identity of sorts - even if only because American society has historically defined them as such over the last several decades.
http://volokh.com/posts/1243348317.shtml

thanks, KGC, identity politics sure can be confusing sometimes

Thx Flatus and Jamie,

Jamie, I don't believe she'd ever rate SSDI. She's not disabled to the extent of being unable to work. Anyway, she'd be 70 by the time they make that determination. :-) They resist SSDI.

Flatus, I think she needs to ask or see a table to see if it's a big diff to wait until she's 66 to collect on hubby's or apply this year where she turns 62, then collect on hers later at 66 or 70.

In any event I did learn they did away with earnings penalties in 2000. I guess taxes are like death.

btw, isn't SS suppose to be BK by 2025 or so.

Even Spaniards from Spain don't take to kindly to the "hispanic" designation. Latino may be more acceptable. There was a whole discussion on yahoo about the questions

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060913192930AAtKO2K

Still in today's world where you could have an oriental whose family is from Brazil and is married to someone who is a mix of African, Spanish, and Indian ... just check all the boxes you favor as a description.

At the rate things are going, we are all going to end up scrambled eggs anyway.

Is there anything wrong with saying her family is originally from Puerto Rico? I dislike hyphenatiation intensely.

Sotomayor is for sure the first Puerto Rican :))))

Hi.

Hey cajunjoe
Outer Banks --what beautiful place
Are you part of the midgett clan :)))))

KGC -- I wish I were! Midgetts, Etheridges, or even Andy Griffith would work for me, (Andy, for those of you who may not know, lives in Manteo.

cajunjoe

Like many Ohi'ans we spent vacations at the Outer Banks
At first closer to the lighthouse but one to many evacuations and we moved North finally ending up in Duck.

Regretably due to deaths and relocations, having a place there no longer made sense. I haven't been in a while but remember it fondly especially Pigman bbq

KGC, We've always been surprised by how many people from Ohio vacation on the outer banks. You should come back down! It was a wonderful long weekend, but now back to the daily grind.

cajunjoe

Unfortunately for vacationing at the Outer Banks I live in Northern Californian and the other relatives who were close (Virginia) are now in Denver.

KGC, Well, Northern California is not bad as consolation. Where? I lived in SF for awhile, and San Diego years ago.

I'm in Western Sonoma County along the Russian River

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230826

And I want KGC to adopt me ... Pulllleeeeeeeeeeez

Wait your turn, Jamie.

I'm still trying to get Rezdog to adopt me so I can open my fruit stand and casino -- The Cracker Rancheria

Jamie says "Beware of people with long teeth. Today may be their annual holiday:"

Jamie, and I used my last two stakes to hold my corn enclosure together. I'm in trouble now. But I still have plenty of garlic.

Pogo says " if you think my typing is bad ordinarily, I could dispel any such notion by trying to post comments when I'm buzzed..And about that letting my hair down stuff, it has to be only rhetorical considering how little hair I have left to let down."

Pogo, I never complain about anything anyone does here that I can't do either. Well I do complain about Solar's panting only because I stopped doing that a few years back and because it is soooo much fun to pick on Solar. Also I'm sure you do have some hair left somewhere that you can let down. We just might not be able to see it. Go for it boy.

and Flatus Sir! Someone picking on you Sir? I will take care of that right away Sir!

KGC... I am in San Fran .... How far out are you

Russian River.... Is that near Alexander Valley?

Now I need to look up some info on this Ms. Sotomayor. I already know she is half qualified since she is a woman.

I never knew that some folks consider Brazilians & Portuguese "hispanic".
I always assumed hispanic meant people south of the Rio Grande , down to and through Panama.
People from Spain were called Spaniards, and folks from Portugal, Portuguese...different opinions and interpretations make the world go round!

"and Flatus Sir! Someone picking on you Sir? I will take care of that right away Sir!"

Carol, talk about sour grapes. Just because I made you work today, you've got to get tacky.

Ping

The Alexander Valley is a bit north of me.
I'm leaving to go to a meeting but are you coming up this way?

We could have a trailmix meet up...

send me a message Katherinegrahamcracker @ hotmail.com

Tony,
I know you probably won't be around until a little later, but you made me feel a little guilty for not taking more pictures, so I actually took out my camera this morning and took some of Emma (4 mos. old now) after her bath. Her eyes are a beautiful blue, but with my phone camera and poor light, you can't see that. Tony, also you impressed me with your slideshow over the weekend, so I even experimented on photo bucket and used the slide show too. (See, I can change...talking to myself).
http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt216/Chloe-Emma/?action=view¤t=2d0ca8a8.pbw&t=1243375449

Yes ,,,Spaniards,,,and Portuguese,,are Hispanics,,, as are Peruvians,,,,,actually the whole world are hispanics,,,,the whole world are Euorpean,,there are no Races,,,Races are an Illusion that was created to seprate the poor from the Rich,,,the voter from the non voters,,,the whites from the blacks,,,,the Injuns,,,from the palefaces,,,,don't fall into this trap,,,,the nomadic tribes of Russia,( mongolains,),,look very similar to the Mexicans,,,and the Indians,,thats why we see our face,,,in others..The Russian,,,grandsons DNA,,,is more closely related to the dna of the Aborigine,,,as is the Alaskans Grandmother to the Iranians that some want to kill,,,99.9% of shared dna puts us all in the same trick bag,,,and when we go,,what remains of us all ,,,are white bones,,and they they turn to cosmic dust just like the rest of the bodies,,,,but not too many know this,,,,,,,but are starting to learn,,,,

Carol,,,,,,,Muchachita Linda,,,,,,make that 4-5 lbs,,,you starting to look real good,,,,and stop yelling at me,,,Im sensitive!!

You misread my motives Sir!

Ya know I love ya Solar. But I do have to pick on someone.

I'm OK with work Sir! It pays for the toys Sir and Maggie's home cooked meals.

She's beautiful Chlo,,,,and I can see that she is looking more and more like her mom,,,and I shouldn't say this, cos U know who is on patrol again,,,but if she looks like mom,,,,then mom,,,looks like mom,, Yep I do like getting my way :-)))

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230840

Thats what my older sister used to say before she wholopped me a good one,,and made me sit in front of her( I would get lost,,if she took her eye of me for 1 second) and watch one life to live,,,to this day I can't stand,,,,,that goodie two shoes Victoria ( Vicki) she always looked like a nun to me HA! Ok not going to over do it tonight ,,,later

Bad thunderstorm alert but moving fast.

Move over under there Maggie.

Sorry, Ma'am, but because of budgetary limitations, the shelters won't open until 1900.

One cute little babeee Chloe. And looking at her was one way to make me forget that bad old thunderstorm.

Carol,,,,,I thought you had that maggie problem licked,(hiding under the couch,,bed),,,Ive's cookie idea not working?

Whew, most of it is over. No Solar, her entire home cooked meal, to die for, didn't work. I, on the other hand, carried the food I was eating with me. A little fear just boosts my appetite.

Maggie scared me because instead of continuing to hide under the bed, she was trying to follow me around and went thru a hole under these little stairs that connect the high part with the lower part of the camp.

I didn't know exactly where that would lead. I feared she would be stuck between some walls or something and I would have to tear the camp down to find her. She did finally come out from there. After that little fright, the thunder wasn't so scary anymore.

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Oh Chloe she's just BEAUTIFUL!! I really didn't mean to make you feel guilty but if that's what it took to have those photo's of little Emma it was worth it...I love the version of photo bucket slide show you chose..I say again there's nothing I enjoy or that makes me feel better than photo's of babies,,the innocence is a sight to see...Glad you captured it....

Thanks Tony. You've been my inspiration, along with Carol. Her asking about the property is what got me running around my yard the other day taking pictures. Tony, Emma gets her innocence from her gramma, Ha!.

Carol, You're having more thunder. Poor Maggie. You'd think they finally get used to it, but when they're afraid of thunder, nothing helps.

Solar, I know you like getting your way, and I'm sure glad you've finally admitted it. :)

"that goodie two shoes Victoria ( Vicki) she always looked like a nun to me"

Solar, Is it my imagination, or do you have a 'slight' phobia with nuns? (kinda a joke, but not exactly) :)

Clinton to give benefits to same-sex partners
"Secretary Clinton will soon be extending benefits to same-sex partners of Foreign Service members, according to a draft memo first reported about at Advocate.com. The Bush administration had resisted such efforts."
http://hillary.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/05/26/clinton_to_give_benefits_to_same_sex_partners

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What tha! lol

I told you I'm always game for a good biz deal.

btw Solar what's with the Injun stuff; that so unbecoming of you. 8-)

Well, I'm happy re the nomination, but with reservations. I did not like her agreement with repub's
use of foreign aid to control recipients' allowance of abortion.

I have hated that policy since I first heard of it. Clinton and Obama both stopped it. If Sonia thinks it is constitutional, she's dead wrong about one of the most important issues today. That policy is religion controlling our foreign policy.

If I'm right, I'm agin her, and my earlier doubts re Obama will have been validated. That's it - to me he's not relevant any more. I will be sending my money to pro-choice groups only.

She may be willing to let decided cases stand, but if she is pro-life, all her other stands will be so. She will give much glee to Scalia and his group of scoundrels.
She will upset the balance.

B W - glad to see you posting. I've been wondering how you were doing, considering your wound is so much worse then mine - and I"M bitching about it.

My bitch is how awkard it is, and my doc has me seeing an orthopod tomorrow - the break is in the wrist, she said. Pain? forget it, except if I turn my wrist.
I know - don't turn my wrist.

Anyway, BW, I hope yours heals fast.

"She may be willing to let decided cases stand, but if she is pro-life, all her other stands will be so. She will give much glee to Scalia and his group of scoundrels.
She will upset the balance."

Bethy, I agree with your analysis. I hope we're wrong.

Where's Jax? I'm watching an old (1943) Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey movie about the merchant marine. 'Action in the North Atlantic'

The reward after the storm.....

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu286/cithorn/100_0219.jpg

Chole,,,,Yes I do,,,long story,,,

Rezdog,,,,,you asked a similar question about this time last year,,,or a little later,,,when I posted about Potluck,,,,once a year we talk to each other,,,but never mind,,,,Im 1/4 indian,,,I had a friend in the Marines,,,that was Indian,,,,and we used to say Injun,,,maybe it stuck with me,,,I apologize if it offended you,,,,it won't happen again,,,

Rez,,,what I meant by,,, that we talk to each other once a year,,,is that we should talk,,more often,,,maybe twice a year :-)

Hey guy, No need to apologize. It's really nothing. I'm not offended by much. I was commenting more than questioning anyway. It just confused me a bit. It reminded me of some of those honkies I grew up around in Oklahoma and I know you not one of them, but your right, never mind.

Actually 1/3 Indian,,,and Spaniard,,,and,,,Greek.,,,,that only makes me 2/3 's Latin,,,,never thought about it,,,,don't know how I will fill out any more papers,,,that ask's who I am,,,and what do I tell the Census beuroue.,,,Im so confused....I think I'll do what I have always done,,,Im an American Born in Mexico,,,I like what Flatus said,about this too.

Solar,

I know you're Indian, aren't 90+ % in Mexico? However, the last time I spent any time there, I was around some folks that got offended when I said that. Indians were those that did the chores etc. and they said they were Spaniards or Spanish. :-)

Re,,I spent a long time pissed at the Spainards,,,for what they did to the Indians,,,,,,and of course,,,there was Mexico's greatest President,,,Benito Juarez,,,a 100 % Indian,,,that got himself elected,,much to chagrin of the Spanairds,,,,,I won't apologize for this however,,,,,,,it they are not proud of bieng Indian,,,,piss on em,,,,and they should know better,,than most,,,how the Indians lands,,,,farms,,,whole mountains were ripped off,,,,,they should be ashamed of themselves!!!

RE==Rez

Rez,,,,I don't know about 90%,,,,but maybe 70,,,,there are Jewish,,,,Irish,,,from the war,,that stayed there,,,there are some black,,,some French ,,and others,,,now there are a lot of American,,,and Canadians retirees ,,,so hard to say,,,,what is going to ruin that country,,more than the crooked politicians,,,well,,in partnership with,,,is the F n drug lords,,legalize it,,,and I will smoke the peace pipe with ya,,,haha Oh and Tony Balony.

Solar,
Yeah I got it they weren't too proud of being descendants of Indians, like we do here in the US. The ones I was around down there in the 70s did not have a problem being called Mexican, but Indian was a different, lower caste thing.

I'm guessing that attitude has changed some since then.

What's your quick take about Evo Morales?.

Rez,,,,one last thing,,,so that when you talk to your fleahead friends again in Mexico,,,,,what made B. Juarez a great Pres, was not just cos he was Indian,,,but he increased the level of education,,country wide,,,unemployment down,,country wide,,,and poverty,,,and what ever else goes along with it,,,,See that'l teach you to start talking to me,haha

"See that'l teach you to start talking to me"

And you wonder why I don't more often! ''~)

Did someone feed Solar raw meat again? He always gets feisty when you do that.

Hey Rez, I think I was an Indian in one of my previous incarnations. May have been Mayan though since I felt a real familiarity with some of the ancient Mayan civilization sites. When I first visited them I felt at home.

I wonder if they used canoes since I also felt at one with a canoe from the first time I stepped into one.

Most likely why they couldn't fool me with the snipe hunitng.

How about Jackalopes? Much better than snipe, licenses available at Ted's Place.

You never know Carol.:-) You should try one of those regression hypnosis session some time and see if anything pops up. I think it would be neat to try. Can't be any more wasteful ($) than the casino.

Rez,,,If I can say another thing,,,all over the world,,,,the average person,,,wants to be like the rich ones,,,they like,,,love the singers ,,,actors,,and such,,,,but who they truly admire,,,are the rich,,,they set the trends,,,cloths,,,etc,,,,so all over the world,,you are likley to find people that are not so proud of their humble side,,,,we here in America,,,got into trouble chasing the rich peoples tails,,we wanted to be just like them,( 3 bathroom houses,,for two people to live in),,we won't unless they let us ( the big g 30-50 or however many there are,they will never, let us,,they like the Indians of the world to serve them no?

About Morals,,,let me get an opinion,,,and I will give to you later,,,a quick take,,won't do justice imo...thanks for the talk,,

Do you think that is what was eating my corn Don? A Jackalope? Better get a license. Where's Ted's Place?

Funny

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230876

Just having a talk,,that was overdue,,,:-),,,,and medium well please HA!

Rez, If I would mention any of this down in my neck of the woods here I'd be placed in a mental institution. And since they really don't have any of them anymore, I would be on the opposite side of the bars where I work where people with serious mental disorders end up.

While race may be a meaningless invention, nationality is not. The Iberian Peninsula was called Hispania by the Romans, meaning the land of rabbits. Spain and Portugal developed much later. People who came from Hispania, are all Hispanic, and by extension, their descendants. Some people consider anyone from the countres colonized by Spain or Portutugal to be Hispanic. This classification would necessarily include all the Chinese of Macao, all the Hindus of Goa, and all the Africans of Fernando Po and Mozambique, whether they speak a Hispanic language or not. In Latin America, Spanish is a caste term, indicating the White owner caste. The Indians are the slaves, and are often still treated as such. Mestizos are the middle or slave-managing caste. This caste distinction does not make sense, for one sometimes can find 'Whites' who haven't a single European ancestor to their names. A more sensible extension would be to call people whose primary language is either Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, or Judezmo Hispanics.

Justice Cardozo's family may have spent 1,000 years or more in Portugal, but neither they, nor any of the governments through that entire period would have considered the Cardozos to be Portuguese. Their language at home would have been Judezmo, sometimes called Ladino. The Cardozo family spent 200 or more years in the Netherlands and Britain before moving to America. It is more correct to refer to the Cardozos as AmerIcans descended from Sephardic Jews.

Ever read the book, Many Masters, Many Lives by Brian Weiss? Pretty interesting.

Carol

I don't know if I should give you any more ammo,,to use against me,,,,but I have to admit to snipe hunting more than a cpl of times,,,and you had me lmao,,,cos it did feel like you said,,,like someone left you all alone in a room ...man,,was I barr assed to find out that there was a new thread going,,,,I guess thats the price of admission huh?,,,,Oh loved that pic with the rainbow,,,Hiawatha

"wonder if they used canoes since I also felt at one with a canoe from the first time I stepped into one. "

These coastal natives around here in WA have a big canoe culture. You'd fit right in around here . . better than me. They make and use (dugouts); these huge ocean-going ones and travel throughout the Puget Sound and along the WA -BC coasts. They call themselves pullers(paddling).

When I was making and selling t-shirts with my nephew, we made special ones for local sales with the different canoe crews name on front and "Shut up and Paddle" on the back for everyone behind you to see. :-)

XR,,,,,,thanks,,,,I did know some of that,,,and what I did not know,,,you filled in just fine,,,,going to save that ,,,and do some research on it,,,,,,,where have you been?,,,you called me a name and ran off,,whats up with that,,,but glad that you r back,,,now I can rest a little,,you gave me a lot to think about,,,,even tho I think that even nationality was and invention also,,,not meaningless but for the same reasons,,,once we stopped being nomadic,,and took up farming,,,that was the beginning of it all no??

Ever read the book, Many Masters, Many Lives by Brian Weiss? Pretty interesting.

sounds like a book I can get into,,,it's not fiction is it?,

Posted by: ct May 26, 2009 10:57 PM

Nothing about Weiss. My mom was an E. Cayce fan, she had dozens of books and I use to flip through them as a kid.

Every once in a while some news story hits about a person who recalls minute details (and a dead language) from a life from a thousand years ago. It makes you wonder.

SolarCrete,

I agree about Juarez. He also brought justice to poor people, temporarily broke the power of a vicious ruling caste, and defeated the Austrian 'Emperor' and his French Army.

"He also brought justice to poor people"

XR,,,,this seemed to be his initial motivation,,,,,he couldn't stand their suffering,,,and the rest followed,he did however got married to a lady of high class ,as they say,You sure know your world history,,I appreciate it,,,thanks

Ted's Place is just north of Ft. Collins, CO on 287. Used to have a bar there that issued jackalope licenses and even had a stuffed jackalope with antlers on the wall. Many a guy picked up a license there to take his girlfriend hunting.

Just saying hi solar. Hi.

I went to a hypnotherapist when I was 15 to learn meditation and self hypnosis. Starting meditation that young I've had some very interesting experiences, especially when I met the Dalai Lama.

The hypnotist was part of some odd religion that believed in angels and aliens influencing people on earth.

One of my sessions he did try to find out if I had had previous lives. I've never been comfortable with the standard Christian doctrine that is taught these days, but completely denied any past lives in the session.
It was interesting, and I learned what I didn't believe in, just not what I did believe.

Non fiction Solar. Reincarnation makes perfect sense to me. Explains a lot of things that never made sense to me ie why do we take an instant like or dislike of someone, why is it that some people are born into lives that seem like a total waste or hell from beginning to end, etc. And it is also totally compatable with there being a God and I really need for there to be a God.

Don, I can't believe that this would be your first go round. Got to be at least a couple of rungs up the ladder. Your just blocking I suspect.

SolarCrete,

I called you a name ? Must have been 'Sir' or 'friend' - if it wasn't 'SolarCrete'.

The Adventures of Sir Xrepublican the Composter, and his faithful sidekick, Robin Redbreast. (Fanfare off)

I've been working and carrousing with my trusty sidekick Robin Redbreast. Together, we've been slaying bugs, dandelions and burdock, and righting all the injustices in the garden.

Robin takes on the bugs. Meanwhile, I destroy the evil dandelions and burdock with my lance.

Robin got knocked on his ass yesterday by the neighborhood hawk. Fortunately, I intervened before the raider could make off with my little friend. It pleased both of us, but not the hawk. However, it took the stuffing out of poor Robin for an hour or more.

Only the day before, I saw a neighborhood cat abduct a bunny. It's a desperately mean and dangerous world out there. But fortunately for Robin Redbreast, at least, there's also Sir Xrepublican the Composter (Fanfare off)

Gotta go to bed (yawns loudly)

Goodnight all.

Watching the radar, big storms tonight in west Texas. It's rained everywhere , but here the past week.

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=LBB&loop=yes

And definitely XR is several rungs up. I can tell.

Bedtime for Bonzo here also

Craig -
Hoover doesn't get the credit .............. He invented the modern world of relief work. When I learned that, he shown a little brighter.

Back at ya Don,,,did you get the order for that meat,,,I like it medium well,,,,

Don,,,that is just a great post,,,,

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/gop-plays-gitmo-fear-card.html#comment-230894

I have not had too much experience with this,,,but in the last O,,,10 years or so ,,have been interested in it,,,especially,,,after I heard Jim Lynch,,,talking about it,,,and demonstrated ,,how he and the Guy I use to vote for Dr, Haglen used it,,,and how they,,opened up a scholl near NY I believe,,any way,,,I do wish that I had done the same at a young age,,,,I too have never been satisfied with the "normal" teachings about religion,,standard or not,,,,they just don't make sense to me at all,,,,alway's got me in trouble with the Nuns,,,,,,about previous lives,,,Im positive,,about it,,,I think Ha!..

Carol,,,going to see if it is on line. thanks

XR...no,.,,,I got smart with you,,,and you got smart with me,,all in fun,,,good fun,,,I never would throw anything up at you.

Thank you. I've always thought I'd signed up for the "Golden Child" shortcut.

Sometime when you're really, really bored I'll go into my theory of time, eternity, God, and string theory. 60 - 90 days of snowed in cabin fever should do it.

I'd like to take 6 months some time and spend the time meditating around Pearce, AZ. Near Cochise Pass and the Chiricahua Mountains. There's something very restful about that place. Get a chance to explore in the brain cells I still have left.

There always seems to be a lot of static in my thoughts. That's one thing I really liked about attending a presentation with the Dalai Lama. Buddhist monks were placed around the auditorium, and the psychic silence and calmness was wonderful.

I remember Billy Crystal talking about the way he took to horses on the set of one of his movies. Certain activities seem to flow in people. I don't deny some people have had past lives, I just doubt I have.

CB,,,,,lot of rain here today also,,,,hope it doesn't drown my blue corn,,,doing pretty good I think..still have most of them,,,and fenced them in a little better,,,i put rebar around them,,,and build a little dome,,with chicken wire,,in the am's I can see that something has been tugging at it,,,later

Well, I've always thought that I'm an old soul, and my family agrees with me. My light-hearted proof is that I am so damn tired!

I'm going to mleave my corn out all night tonight, It got warm today and so tonight should be around 50 - time for those seeds to grow up.

"Sometime when you're really, really bored I'll go into my theory of time, eternity, God, and string theory. 60 - 90 days of snowed in cabin fever should do it."

Winter just passed and Im happy not to be indoors all of the time,,,or else I would get feisty and insist,,,,but it is all very interesting,,is ,,,are the static in your thoughts,,,that little guy in the brain,,that say's he is the captain of the ship,,and some one tells him that he is the capt. of the ship,,,and,,,and,,,,,,what I have tried to do,,and had some success is think,,about thinking,,,that's what you are talking about no?,,,I read that in a book that I recommended to Chloe here,,read it quite a long time ago,,but it left a very lasting impression,,,eternity,,,is just an off and on switch,,the off is not noticed,,,just the on,,,so we could be ( in time) only a minute,,,,or a few billion years??

Don,,,good that you stopped by,,,between you Xr,,and the rest here,,I sure do learn,,what I thought I knew already,,,and have to rethink what I was positive I knew,,,HUH?,

Bethy,,,you will alway's be a kind soul,weather is was an old soul,,or in the next one,,,the one at our next home,,,somewhere in the universe,,,haha night all

A Clean Shop & the FF Focuser
I helped the " Twisters " clean the shop this weekend.

http://cbsolaroven.blogspot.com/

I'm having trouble staying out of the gardens and getting work done. I love green. We've been having grey days which give plants a good chance to harden and establish before the heat gets here. Guess I missed Bob's blue corn. And to think George said there was no blue food.

Static as in I think I could hear things, but there's so much noise. A fingernails on the chalkboard noise. Not that I'm currently hearing voices. I kind of felt free to let my mind float in the auditorium with the monks, unshackled.

There is no growth without change, and there is no change without time. I think time itself is just an egg giving us opportunity to mature. In the OT God said he/she is the great "I am". No change, time and change not needed. Some eggs turn out good, some end up a bit sulfurous.

And no, I don't believe in hell. Just a concept invented by the Catholic church to scare the superstitious.

There seem to be many old souls on this blog. It's just that I'm just a silly young twit.

You're sweet yourself, Solar - a little wacky, but I like that in a guy.

But no, I really do think I'm an old soul, partly because I feel I have heard it all before - I mean ALL of it. I feel as if I know how it's going to go cuz I've seen it before.

It's 9:30 and I think I'll go to bed since I jst don't feel too good, and my tummy's a little upset. I go to the orthopod tomorrow; he did my acl replacement and my hip replacement, and I think he's quite good-looking. I know I'm not dead because i want to figure out how to get my hair washed and a face put on. Vanity is one of the last things to go, right?

Don,

Listen fellow, anyone who was interested in meditating at 15 when the rest of us were more interested in masterbating, is not a new soul. Get used to it!