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(Science: zoology) The sailfish.

3 cheers, 5 gold stars, and a bottle of chateauneuf-du-pape for this excellent and timely post.

"Speaking as a white male, I'm tired of nuts representing my kind."

but when you cut out the nuts, you wind up with eunuchs

republican-type axed me yesterday if I thought a latino woman could make better decisions than a white man......I told him that it's time for old white men to sit in the back of the bus for awhile...........rush, newt, buchanan, will, 90% of republican office holders, a fair percentage of democratic office holders, hannity, beck, boortz......egad......the list grows exponentially.....they can all kiss my bew-tox and go bleating at the moon..........

sturge, chateauneuf-du-pape very good taste, but rather do bubbly this time a day.

bubbly........7-up?

not much of a wine-guy, but that old chateau nifty pop is good stuff for what ails ye............

prithee fill up my glass till it laughs in my face
with ale that is potent and mellow
he that whines for a lass is an ignorant ass
for a bumper of wine has not its fellow.......

--wm congreve

SIR WILFULL WITWOUD

To drink is a Christian diversion,
Unknown to the Turk or the Persian.
Let Mahometan fools
Live by heathenish rules,
And be damned over tea-cups and coffee.
But let British lads sing,
Crown a health to the King,
And a fig for your Sultan and Sophy.

--congreve

"The more interesting his program is and the more I want to hear it all, the faster I seem to fall asleep., "

Carol -- that's fascinating to me...because I'm the same way -- I have to listen to something I really like....and that puts me to sleep....very strange.

Craig -- that post is wonderful!

glad you addressed that "anti-hank" thing, patsi.........i look forward to reading that.......I'm going to order it thru my local bookstore, they're working hard to stay alive out here........

i have found that lately whatever I'm doing at around 8 or 9pm......puts me to sleep............lol

http://www.indiebound.org/stores/indigo-books-indigo-books-llc

might be a good place for a cc book signing, by the by.........

sturge, after all those tankards of ale and wine with the congreve guy and his tippling young lads, the bubbly one needs has more fizz than bubbles... alka seltzer

Thanks, Craig, time to cut to the chase.

This is the nomination that will separate the neo-Republicans from the rest of American humanity.

And, Max has it all wrong. The Bill of Rights does not look for ways to proscribe human activity, but ways of guaranteeing that the minority may engage in activities that the majority finds offensive or objectionable.

And, Tony, you never need worry about justifying your existence. Screw them if they can't take a joke.

Bethy, we did feel a personal connection with Roh; he was a true liberal in a part of the world that still has trouble recognizing the desirability of that breed.

Stinky has me on a short leash. It's upstairs to clean my 'office'. Or else. Really.

My grandfather graduated from college in 1901. He was a lifelong Republican, a true humanitarian, an investor, a philanthropist, a conservative, and a liberal.

But, those were the days when we were still growing the country and depended on each other for that growth.

That's our boy Craig. That's why we love him. At least those of us with a little O and a cross. And those of us with a little pigment in our skin.

First read of the day & what a great way to start.

As always, Craig, thanks for your words & for this place.

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Flatus..
I love it here..I'm constantly learning from you all..I tried to express my feelings to Max on why I feel gays deserve the right to marry and you and Warren,Bethy,Carol,Patsi became the wind beneath my wings...THANK YOU All...

It'll happen...eventually. The SC is such a small group, that it's gonna take awhile to get through every group a few times. Once the new wears off of the penny, then it will cease to be about which boxes they tick off on the census form.

Craig, Oh Craig, What popular banter that only adds to the distraction and fails to exam the reality. But that is what pundits do – fuel the argument. So you agree that Sotomayor was picked as a Latin and less on qualification?

Craig you also say..” During the last presidential election I was chatting with a white male friend who was planning to vote for Barack Obama but asked, "How can a black man with such a weird name ever get elected?" I replied, "Because we don't run this country by ourselves anymore."

Now WHY did Barack get elected?

Instead of stating the facts that this country is moving on (we will never reach an idealistic point) – you join those liberal fellow Dems with simplistic response as they need the racist argument to provide a distraction.

I worry when some protest too much – as this type dialogue is not part of the solution

All should feel better about our Country

Craig.... based on your column.... someone might think you were actually reading this here blog....

interesting discussion last night..... Max and Warren.... thanks for keeping your posts a reasonable length.... lots of fodder to contemplate.... I do mostly agree with Warren....

and I see we had a lord blogginton visitation late last night.... or was that just a ghost.....

gotta get my butt over to my parents place.... but before I go....

3 cheers for non-nutty white guys!

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Max
Not to keep on with this issue but i felt you deserved a response.I can't believe as a Jew you don't get it...Jews have been trashed and their rights taken away throughout history.I just feel you need to open up your heart and stop looking for ways to defend discrimination..I want the same rights as you have,no more just the same...I think your a very smart man and have brought much good discussion to TM so for that I thank you...Please,please get out talk to some gay people maybe your mind can be changed..But hey its America.Best Wishes....

no.... no.... one last thing....

if Max is correct and the majority should have the right to make the rules.....
well.... the majority of the population of the world is women....

and as a majority member.... I hereby grant full rights of equality to the Tonys of the world.....

oh yeah.... and I want a law..... punishable by death.... prohibiting any and all toilet seats to be left up......

that socialism scare talk by gopers is ironic since wasn't it a republican administration that, for the public good, spent us into debt to construct the transcontinental railroad (to rail cos incentives of $48,000 and 12,800 acres of land for every mile of track built) and gave away 160-acre plots (270 million acres by time homestead act ended in 1986) to anyone over 21 who would homestead, including aliens. and wasn't it a republican administration that most recently spent us into debt again, bailing out the banks among other things, supposedly for the public good?

I sure don't remember this type evaluation for the
most recent nominees---"identity politics" indeed.

Nothing like giving her critics more ammunitiion, even
if not intended by the NYT

"Sotomayor's Sharp Tongue Raises Issue of Temperament"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/politics/29judge.html?hp

thinking of the homestead act gave me an idea... since we now own the major stock in the companies holding a lot of foreclosed property, why not reinstate a similar program to give those properties away to qualified homesteaders? at least this time we aren't stealing land from native americans.... just from rich greedy financiers.

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Go Renee
Thank you..Women should rule...I supported Hillary and still do...I love Woman....

"the white male crusaders are so fond of "strictly interpreting" the Constitution as it was originally intended"

craig, you've broken the code.

mornin'

Craig, ain't it th' truth? I got a huge laugh yesterday - while at home having the chimney swept, I had MSNBC in the background - they were interviewing a panel including one "Republican strategist" whose name escapse me. Asked about whether the hyperbole about Sotomayor would hurt lhe Repugs, he said that you'll notice that no elected officials who are currently serving are saying these things --- then there was Tom Tancredo on CNN foaming at the mouth over Sotomayor's alleged membership in La Raza (NCLR) which he described as a Latino KKK without the hoods" - btw, it decidedly is not. I wonder why he didn't bring up La Raza or the fact that Gonzales served on the board of one of the NCLR's oldest affiliates when Alberto Gonzales was nominated for AG? Probably because he doesn't know what La Raza is or what which La Raza Gonzales or Sotomayor were members of.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41628

"Alberto Gonzales served with distinction on the board of directors of one of NCLR’s oldest and most respected affiliates, the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans in Houston, Texas," she said. "Moreover, during his tenure as White House counsel, he has been one of the most accessible members of the White House staff to NCLR and other Hispanic organizations."

Oh, and I don't think John McCain will speak ill of Sotomayor's La Raza membership - since he spoke at the 2008 NCLR Annual Conference, as did Obama.
such Racist orgs as Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Citi, Ford, AT&T, GM, Pepsico, Toyota, Mcdonald,s Kraft, Verizon, UPS & the list goes on and on sit on NCLR's corporate board of advisors - just like the KKK. Tancredo - what a f*cking idiot.

"as this type dialogue is not part of the solution"

BS. Ping , this is the same sneering attitude about "dialogue" that white men in charge have been saying ever since they started screwing things up.

Craig,
You are so right. As a white male, I think there are a lot of us -- maybe a silent majority -- for whom Rush, Sean, and Newt do not speak. We are moderate to liberal in our views, even if we believe in a strong national security policy and maybe go hunting once in awhile. We also believe in a woman's right to choose, treating people fairly across the board, even if that requires actions to redress old, historic inequity. And what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their own home is their business and if they want to get married -- well, let em.

"I think your a very smart man and have brought much good discussion to TM so for that I thank you..."

Max says some interesting things, Tony -- but never forget that first and foremost he is a pontificator. He simply CANNOT make a point without taking up miles of space and winding around and around a tortured subject.

"craig, you've broken the code."

LMAO, patd. Ain't it the truth.

" as a majority member.... I hereby grant full rights of equality to the Tonys of the world....."

And more LMAO @ Renee! Love it.

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Great post cajunjoe. Thanks.

Patsi.
I do not understand the Anger?

To throw all in one bucket that is far from desreved is just a shame

Birthday of John F. Kennedy (1917) - 35th President of the U.S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

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"Great post cajunjoe. Thanks."

Yes indeed, Patsi, CJ's comment could well be part of the litany for many of us.

Great post!

"I do not understand the Anger?"

Ping -- that's the sort of thing people in power always say when an ugly truth is exposed. "What is it you WANT????"

What Craig wrote is INDEED important to the dialogue. Just as it was important that in the '70s, I questioned some of the women speaking "for me" as fellow feminists....if I didn't question them and their motives, who would? It is likewise important for Republicans to start standing up to that crowd of ugly white males (and to the blondes the right send out to talk "family values" on cable).

Same with other issues. I know blacks who have been very angry that Al Sharptomn seems to "speak" for allblacks. And gays who cringe when Perez Hilton shrieks on television.

Criticism must start at home, Ping.

Ping,

When you combine white females and all members of ethnicities other than White, just be glad we are easing in the ratios and aren't making white males wait for 300 years before they ever get another job above the grade of typist.

Get in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans.

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cajunjoe, great comment, could be the Reasonable White Male's Mission Statement

and btw, i always thought guns and gay rights could be tied together for Bubba like this: "If you let the government into the bedroom they can also get your guns."

Patsi.. I said I do not understand the anger - I did not say it was not valid.

The good thing is the ugly white males are a small number that the MSM likes to put micrphones in front of as they feed the purpose.

Jamie44.
Can I say I love you?

I have always had an apron

"Get in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans."

LMAO, Jamie!

Craig,,,,great thread

It takes a lot of courage to make this statement,,,out in the open,,sorta speak for you,,,and have a lot of balls,,and glad that I know you,,,at least from here on tm,,,

"Nobody called it identity politics when only white males had the power -- like when they wrote our originally racist and sexist Constitution (which could explain why the white male crusaders are so fond of "strictly interpreting" the Constitution as it was originally intended)."

I haven't wanted to say anything about the dying newspapers,,until now,,,,there has always been the news papers ( I worked for one for 8 years,,advertising) that wanted to do the right thing and inform the public of what is actually happening,Ill go back as far as when the AP first started to report the Invasion of Mexico, by horse back messengers ,,,half of the the newspapers sold the war for Pres,,Polk,,,and half were against it,,,Telling the truth like you do it,,,every time that you appear on tv.of on TM..,

Nothing has changed all that much,,,some papers try,,but most of them are run by the their political leanings,of the owners,,,so Im all for letting them die off,,,,they had a lot to do with the selling of the ideas,,,that the Indians,,were to stupid and did not have any morals,,and ,god did not want them to have the lands that were theirs ,,,the papers pushed the same Ideas,,about the blacks,,,and anyone that had a good tan,they were a huge part in not giving the blacks,,women
,,and other's the voting rights that only the men had,, they helped to promote the bad wars,,that should not have happened,,,VN,,,Iraq,,,etc,etc,, the web is the way of getting the truth out there,,,but the problem is how to get it to the poor,,so they can get the education that it gives??,,,thanks for you courage to do so....

Tony,,,

Don't listen to Max,,,,,,he is kinda of right about evolution,,,,,but he omits quite a bit of scientific information,,,,like,,,why the gene that makes some gay ,,has not died off yet if it was so inferior,,,it never will,they too are strong and,fit,( phyisical,,not the mental bs,,he is selling )that they haven't lost the ability to reproduce,,,just choose not too,,but some do,,and have children,,that contribute to the gene pool,that keeps ,it alive,,, and he chooses not to say that,,we have always had ,,through out time Leaders,,,Politicians,,,and soldiers that were gay, the,,,the romans,,the british armys ,,ours have always had them,,,the politicians made them the taboo that they are ,,,with the help of that good book,,,the Bible,,,,,in the animal world,,,,there has always been that gene also,,,,,,even in the T rex,,,,and you are the tm's T rex,,,don't take any shit from him,,,he does like to use science fact,,and manipulation,of it,,to make his points,,,,,I think that he should get out of my Indepndent party,,and get his but over to the R's where he belongs,,,he has all of the qualifications no?

bew-tox............homage to somebody in "Ensign Pulver" was it Burl Ives? they left the marbles in his gut or something like that.......................

if a big newspaper dies, many small ones will take it's place......as newspapers are almost indispensable there will be newspapers......just maybe not the syndicate or family owned giant ones.......

Sturg,,,,

Thats what we need,,,,small newspapers that make a diff,,,,neighborhood by neighborhood,,,I met a lot of interesting people that worked in small newspapers,,,used to hang with them,,,at a place called nights inn,,,,one of the most enjoyable person there was a guy that always ran against Mayor Daley,,and some of the writer from the other small papers there a lot,,,a few politicians came by from time to time,,,and got harassed in good fun,,,,,as time went by,,this became,,,less and less,,,I think that the family owned small newspapers will always have a way of reaching people in a lot of many way's,,,,,the chamber of commerce,,(community's ) senior citizens programs,,local news,,the personal touch that the big ones don;t have,,and much more,,,

Sorry, but I don't think Max IS right about homosexuality being selected out of the genetic pool because they don't reproduce. First of all, not only can homosexuals reproduce, historically they have reproduced -- yes, the old fashioned way. Culture does come into play here. But also, like many things in nature there is a range of how behavior and genetic predisposition play out. It is quite possible to be genetically predisposed to homosexuality while living the life of a heterosexual. So, it is simply not true that homosexuality is a genetic trait that would die out because homosexuals do not reproduce. It's much more complicated than that.

Sturge,
Ensign Pulver put the marbles in the Captain's overhead (ceiling for you landlubbers).

"in nature there is a range of how behavior and genetic predisposition play out."

Now that is the truest thing I've heard all day Joe. You condensed a whole philosophy in that one sentence.

"maybe not the syndicate or family owned giant ones"

sturge, they brought themselves down. there were good reasons to justify banning communications monopolies. the unintended consequences of lifting that ban: concentrating to a very few the control of the news, eliminating distinct voices and differing ideas, creating a monoculture that, like cancer or a parasite or greed ends up destroying itself.

.... give us at least a little credit for free will.

"I am glad I am not chopped liver because that would give me just one more reason not to like me sometimes.
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I can't, for the life of me Carol, figure out how someone could not like you (even sometimes). You've got to be one of the most likable people I've ever met.

Every human is born with the genes that makes them,,a gay or a lesbian,,,,and heterosexual,,,,the dominate chooses which one,,,this is why you are what you are,,,,not choice,,,,,Tony I do think that it will be a very short time,,,that this will be mostly excepted,,,the more we educate the public about it,,and the more that religion is exposed for the Myth information that it is,,remember who wrote the bible,,,,,,,well no one knows,,really,,,there are over 100 books thats says that they don't know,,but that you have to believe it anyway,,,,all of these writers were men,,,a book for men by men,,the original mens only Golf Club.

XR

I owe you an answer about the Litini River,,in Lebanon,,,Im working on it,in my spare time,,and want to present it to you,,in a way that it is informative,,and clear,,not my usual mumble jumble,,,and will have the sources to back it up,,,,,,,but all of the conflict in that area,,are about two things,,,,it used to be mostly about religion,,,,but always has been about how to get that fresh water,,,,the population growth in Israel,,,demands it,,,if they don't get it ,,,they will have to carry its nuclear arsenal to the next home land,,,what they need to do is figure out a way to share,,,and the way that they are going about it,,is just stealing it imo,,,the Golan Hights,,,is just going to grow more and more to the north,,,and the Litini,,,,,it is only about 2 miles away from the Israel north border,,,but I will give you a lot more,,,,other than that U have that right,,,we are pals,,,,thanks

Thought for the day :
" To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools. "

Justice Dept. asks judges to block abuse photos

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090528/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_abuse_photos

And check out this loaded sentence:

"Congress is also considering stepping in to block the photos' release."

1826 Ebenezer Butterick inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
1903 Bob Hope [Leslie Townes] Kent England, entertainer/comedian (famous profile)

1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing the "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
1922 US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
1945 US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
1953 Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Mount Everest

Ah c'mon, republicans 'sold' the gonzales, thomas, scalia, and o'connor nominations on the basis of their 'minority' status.

reagan touted o'connor as "the first woman", not as the most brilliant jurist.

reagan hyped scalia as "the first Italian-American", and if you spoke against him, meese and buchanan tagged you as anti-Italian.

The White males on the SCOTUS still number 6. Or, only 3, for those republicans who don't count Jews and Italians as Whites, and who worry like pong that their hegemony and privileges are threatened. pong is feeling oppressed because out of 115 Justices ever appointed, there were already 3 who were not white males, and now there will be a 4th !

OH GOD, WHERE WILL IT ALL END ??? ( ;>D)<

This is the typical worry about race and gender that the republicans use to scare redneck bigots into coughing up more cash.

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Ping,

Of course you can say you love me.

I just find the RW arguments against Sotomayor so depressing. It's not so much that the blowhards are making all the "quota" arguments, it's that none of the responsible Republicans are telling them to shut up.

As I wrote yesterday, once you have the intellectual and career qualifications met, then you want the broadest possible life experience on the highest court as a way to make it responsive to all of the citizens.

Edmund Burke is a bit of an Icon for Conservatives and even he recognized that precedent and original intent are important but so is the ability of law to change over time to reflect society. It should move slowly, but it should be able to move or it will cease to exist.

Seems kind of odd that there is such a battle over such a small increment in diversity.
Female - been around forever. Or so I've heard
Hispanic - Family probably here since before the anglo unless she's mixed.
Catholic. 2,000 year old church. What, I think 6 others are too.

While different than the traditional justice who is usually white, male and protestant or jewish it's not a big leap.

How about Indian Hindu or Sikh, Gay Eskimo, Thai Buddhist, Atheist, Navajo, Japanese Shinto, Arab Muslim for some diversity?

Good article:

http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=13740170

"Seems kind of odd that there is such a battle over such a small increment in diversity."

Especially since we're all different, yet equal. And therefore should have equal rights.

I can tell you this,,,,you can't turn on any spanish station ,,without some mention of the Soto,,,,being on the S C,,,,as far as the Hispanic,,,Latin,,,and all of the other ID names that are out there,,,its a done deal,,,,,Obama was shrewd when he did this,,,it is a win ,,win,for him,,,,,,,the R's are just being R's,,whats new,,after the Sunday talk shows play this up,,,,,and, G Will,,gives his 2 cents worth,,,it will all calm down imo??,,,,,hey,,,,,Obie Done 1 kenoby,,,I thought the daylight hrs were harmful to you guys with the long teeth,,,but good to see ya,,,haha

Thanks, SolarCrete. Yes, we're pals, and there's no need to rush.

Anywhat, let me give you a better metaphor than I have that may help you to understand my objection.

Let's say that we all agree that money is highly desireable and that you are a little rowdy and assertive. Then, let us note that there is a vast heap of money lying in a bank vault only a few yards from your house. Are we to conclude from these facts that you intend to rob the bank ? No, because although we have an opinion about you and know that there is a treasure next door to you, the mere conjunction of those facts does not demonstrate your intentions.

In the Israel/Litani River hypothetical, propagandists connect an opinion about the character of Israel with the fact that Israel is near a valuable resource, and want us to jump to the conclusion that Israel is planning to grab that resource.

I am always suspicious when people ascribe thoughts, intentions, motives, etc to other people. In order to practice this art with any accuracy one must become a really expert mind-reader. Besides, most people don't know themselves why they do half of the things they do. That being the case, how can anyone living in an entirely different skin or even political culture know the motivation?

Hello Chlo,,,,just wanted to say hi,

XR,,,,,thanks and point taken,,,so in my,, approach to this,,,im not going to say it is a definite conscience choice,,,and you are right about it being conjecture,,,,but there is convincing motivation. and, after the fact,,,is sometimes too late.

Obama talking about our computers, the internet, and cyber security (maybe everyone's already heard it...I don't watch TV).
http://www.politico.com/largevideobox.html?id=24664375001

(hi back at you Solar)

.... I like that Politico called it.....'Weapons of mass disruption'

Funny line of the day on the subject of Prop 8. Susan Etheridge calling in to Stephanie Miller and all chatting with a gay comedian (Hal something didn't catch the last name).

"Marriage will happen eventurally. We already have our own cable channel."

I'll stick in a commercial here. Even if you don't watch it regularly, check the programming on LOGO. There are some truly good shows and movies that appeal to everyone not just their target niche market.

I don't know about Israel and the Litani River, but California is suspiciously eying Oregon.

Posted by: jamie44.myopenid.com | May 29, 2009 12:23 PM :
"It's not so much that the blowhards are making all the "quota" arguments, it's that none of the responsible Republicans are telling them to shut up."

"responsible republicans" what a concept. It's a good thing I didn't choke to death. I swallowed my gum when I read it.

Hooray for self-loathing white people! When's this race war starting? Should the Dark Lord stock up on Quick Tan?

Today is the 556th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, which changed the world, and gave birth of the Modern Age.

As a result of the fall and the Ottomans' import and export duties, Spain and Portugal began to look for cheaper ways to the Indies. Their searches led to the discovery of the Americas and a tidal wave of crime : murder, rape, pillage, and usurpy that the world has ever seen. For the next 500 years, Europeans would sweep across 5 other continents, using their advanced naval and firearms technology, and their exotic and deadly diseases to astonishingly devastating effect.

On the bright side, as a result of the Ottomans' success, my relatives now speak English, rather than Swedish and Italian.

catching up now that I'm back home....

"thinking of the homestead act gave me an idea... since we now own the major stock in the companies holding a lot of foreclosed property, why not reinstate a similar program to give those properties away to qualified homesteaders? at least this time we aren't stealing land from native americans.... just from rich greedy financiers."

patd.... in all seriousness.... that is one of the best ideas I've ever seen proposed on this blog....
of course the trick would be in detailing what is meant by "qualified homesteader"..... I think someone with an adequate paying job.... who agrees to live in said home for a specified number of years... say 5-10.... agrees to spruce the place up in a certain time frame.... it's amazing what a few coats of paint can do for a place..... and agree to keep the yard clean and free of trash.... these are basics for starters..... it would get neighborhoods looking like neighborhoods again.... and put those homes back on the tax rolls.....

xrep... it's really great to see you posting again....

Lord Snarkington is back.

Thanks, Ms Renee.

Now, it's back to the salt mines for me.

dayum - I go away to send LP away from elementary school and come back to a full blown nature v. nurture argument. No wonder I like wasting my time here instead of working. But trial looms next week, so hi, ho, hi, ho, it's off to work I go.(But lurking in the background, of course).

Dark Lord - there is no escape. We are headed for a race war, a class war all on top of the partisan war that has rages for the last two decades. No matter what you do - you will fall on one side or another.

(And that is not to even mention dealing with Iran and N. Korea!!)

Head for the hills my friend. (My recommendation is Costa Rica.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/white-male-conservatives_n_209000.html

What a load of horse shit. Fred Barnes and Bill Bennet should be ashamed - as should Alberto "Damning her with faint praise while failing to specify what about her judicial philosophy he thinks could be questioned" Gonzales. And Buchannon - click on the link to his article and it is classic Pat - brought to you by the Nixon White House.

For Dark Lord:

"I know the rent is in arrears, the dog has not been fed in years
Its even worse than it appears, but its all right

Cow is giving kerosene, kid cant read at seventeen
The words he knows are all obscene, but its all right
I will get by, I will get by, I will get by, I will survive."

Courtesy: Grateful Dead

"Damning her with faint praise..."

Damn, my words from a couple of days ago. I should keep my mouth shut around here.

Bethy

Do you remember when you and I were discussing History?,leaving them ( the post) late at night ,,and the start of the long post that made them what they are today,,,,,,well,, long :-),,Im looking for my first post that I made,,when I walked in on the scene here at TM,it was a little before that time,thanks

Craig -
Got the package , many thanks. I'm not sure if I should be wearing an "Attack The Messenger " shirt around Lubbock, but I shall sally forth later proudly sporting it never the less.

Hey dark,

Try something other than QT. A friend used some once and she turned orange. But then you should 'pass' alright with name like Dark Lord.

Helter Skelter!

Solar,
Do you know the approximate month of your first post?
If so, do you know how to do a search for just the posts with your name on them. It's quite quick.

Hey, Flatus, I know a good phrase when I read it and know how to steal it - I am, after all, a member of the profession the writing in which has been described as an exercise in creative plagiarism :-)

And Ping, would it have suited you better if Craig had referred to Sotomayor as "qualified who happens to be a Latina?"

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/09/is-palins-debate-showing-mccai.html#comment-152917

Solar, Here's one you posted in September, 2008, so we know it was before that.

Solar, If you use Firefox, Go to edit, find, and type in your user name on the bottom tool bar..... the programs will search an entire thread

Oh, phooey, Pogo. I thought it was in the article you quoted. You and I with the same words? Just two minds thinking alike.

chloe:

is there a way to search for just the posts with your name on them?

Warren, If you use firefox, yes. You can search for any name or word. But I don''t use internet explorer, so I don't know on it.

Warren, I just looked under internet explorer, and it has it too.
Edit, then click find on this page

flatus, truth be told, I love that phrase and use it often (it amazes me how few people have heard it when I say it - their quizzical looks give them away). What's that they say about great minds?

For searching a day's worth of posts in i.e it is the same as Firefox. Go up to Edit, click "find on this page" on the pull down menu and type in your name. It will take you to the first one and then you can just click for all additional postings on the same thread.

Not sure how you would do a global search for all your words of wisdom since the beginning of time as we know it.

I can google all my blog articles with key words in Google, but I don't think that would work for forums unless you were very specific about what you had written.

Well, the weekend (jaysus, another frickin' basketball tournament - will this never end?) beckons. Ever'one have a good un.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer.

Alexander Pope: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.

Found another great Pope quote for the RNC Rush Newt and Cheney .... heck throw in Buchanan with the other "racist" yowling racists as well.

All seems infected that the infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

-Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, 1711

Chlo,,and all thanks,,,will try later on,,I think ,,,about the time that I crased thru the door was around,,,June,,or so of last year,,,I will be one year old soon,,,I told a friend how I first started posting here ,,,and she thinks Im pulling her leg...

It just dawned on me I did try that once,,did not work,,,but will experiment

Alexander Pope, "The Wicked Wasp of Twickenham." My, this is a literary group!

It took about three months for you to start talking to me,,,,you were kinda stuck up huh?

Solar, huh?
What do you mean it didn't work?

Thanks all for the tech tips.

Looks like the word on the street is that Sonia acknowledged that she made a poor choice of words in saying a Latina judge would more often come to a better conclusion that a white guy.

So now the frat boys in the GOP can commence giving themselves high-fives and slapping each other on the back for yet another pyrrhic victory. Way to go boyz!!

Chol

I did edit,,,find ,,,a tool bar appears at the bottom of firefox page,,,I typed in solarcrete,,,Crawford tavern,,,and nothing,,,,it says ,,next,,previous,,hey now it says done,,,where do I go and find it,,don't see it?

sorry Chol= Chlo

The Dark Lord will find your first post for you... give him a sec.

Solar, Are you joking? It does work.
But not to worry, The Dark Lord is on the job.

Solar It only took me a few minutes to find that one in September I remembered you making that post, once I read it. I just don't remember how long you had been here.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231544

CJ

You don't know the half. Catch Sturgeon on a late night rampage and you will leave in the morning with a liberal arts diploma and a major in English and History. :-)

If Eprof should show up at the same time, just curl up and moan about all the all you will never know.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/09/the-race-is-on.html#comment-140537

Bam!

No not joking,,,never do about time consuming things,,just the other fun stuff,,,I better stop tho ,,if that is the results of too much kidding around,,,sorry

now it is reading ,,,transferring data from cs 85. clearspring.com,,,ntohing,,,don't worry about it,,thank you

You talking to me,,,,I used to know some dude named Champ,,,,but that lord B,,,never,,,either one of you ,,sup,,,oops sorry lord ,,no disrespect intended, got a little carried away, with your presence is all.

Sep. 6th... link held for review

http://wonkette.com/408838/when-all-americans-can-gay-marry-we-all-gonna-screw-some-ducks

A different (and funny) perspective.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231547

Warren,

That was sort of my reaction. Neither the WH or Sotomayor should have retracted even a little bit. It was a perfectly understandable remark within the setting where she was speaking.

Why give the clowns even a little bit of respect. They were being ugly and vicious and now the White House has backed down when they should have just spit in their eye.

What did you type in the little search box,,,and what did you click on?

Darn it, Jamie, you've made me look for some of the titles I've given away, like my Oxford English and American volumes. And, of course, I started looking at the OED again.

Dark magic, Solar. It's at the bottom of the 9-6-08 thread.

Solar, You have to do each thread separately. For instance, open the June 1 thread, click edit, find. In the box, type solar or solarcrete and click next. If the box turns red, then you have no posts on that thread.. So move on to the next thread and start over. If you do have a post on the thread, the page will go to that post and highlight your name in green. I tried a few of them for you and you hadn't posted on those first few days of June that I tried. It can be time consuming. But at least you know it's after June and before September 10.

If you only follow one link today, follow the one above to wonkette, or to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPcBI4CJc8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhome.php%3Fref%3Dhome&feature=player_embedded

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/09/gop-in-st-paul-looking-back.html#comment-140553
MG Solar, I think he found it!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/09/the-race-is-on.html#comment-140537

Actually, here. Ed brought the other one over from the day before.

Dark Lord, You're amazing! (and fast too)

Thanks for trying Chlo,,,and LB,,,,that is close enough,,,it was before sept 6th,,,so probably around the middle or the end of July,,,I was going to go into the achieves for it,,,but decided to ask,,,that sept 6th post might have been in the first 10 or so,,,I would not have said that on the first date..It was when I introduced myself at a scene that I made at the Crawford Tavern sign that was on,,

cajunjoe....
OMG..... Garfunkel and Oates..... tooooooo fuuuuuny!..... ROFL!

Go, rubber ducky.... Go!

"So now the frat boys in the GOP can commence giving themselves high-fives and slapping each other on the back for yet another pyrrhic victory. Way to go boyz!!"

Exactly, Warren.

The Republicans seem to demand apologies every time they turn around.

Solar - October 9 was my first response to you. I've been emailing my posts to myself to keep myself honest. I was giving up hope of finding it as I thought it as earlier.

I have to ask - are you going to crucify me with my own words? force me to take those old words back? Gee,
Solar, I thought we were friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would not recommend re-reading one's old posts. Well, it might be okay for you guys, but I was intimidated
by my own posts. I certainly do come on strong

People have told me I write the way I talk - I sound like me, and I have to agree basically. But I seem to just jump off the page, but my god, I'm not like that and don't want to treat you like that.

All I can say is that it's probably from my teaching - the staccato that and that....and that...and that. I want to break that habit - I'm not like that. At least I don't feel like that inside.

I think it's also because I try to keep it as short as possible, even tho I tend to fail. Imagine if I didn't try to keep it short! (groan)

Nice to see darklord here - been awol way too long.

MaX - I think the things you said late last night were
appalling, and I won't take part in any of the discussions that might come up because I don't want to see or hear such words again. One last thought:
the rights of the majority are not really threatehed.

TONY - TONY - please don't read any more of that twaddle. You are delighrful and breezy and kind and gentle and ebullient and happy and solid and generous
and sparkling and funny and warm - every good thing one can be. I've just discovered a new virtue of gay men - I can tell you how wonderful you are without being suspected of flirting!

May I add that I don't agree that nature is conservative?
I think it is passionate and wild and frenzied and obsessed with variety - thunderstorms and earthquakes and two-headed snakes and poisonous flowers that smell divine and hermaphrodites are not conservative. Nature is constantly casting out to try new things, is wildly creative. Its liberality is a model for us all.

May I add that we seem to be forgetting the existence of bi-sexuality, and trans-gender.

May I also add that the Bible was written by men, yes, and old men who've spent too much time alone in the desert.

Oaky, I'm done. I'm going to go now and ponder how to tone down my abrupt entrances with my posts .. I tried already - can you tell?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231465
Cjoe
What an excellent post! I think your 11:24 post was also good and very true.I have friends(gay men) in both Melborne,Australia and LA who have children with Lesbians.The gene pool is alive and well..

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-c.cgi#comment-231468
Patsi
I'm laughing right along with you...

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-c.cgi#comment-231484

Solar
This is one great comment and I'm touched by it...It is so smart just like you.I also think you bring a reality to homosexuality that most folks don't give much thought too..Which I understand also.I'll admit someone smart as Max using science as a weapon to deny any people there rights is offensive to me. I didn't lose a minutes sleep though because I've been dealing with anti-gay sentiment my whole life.I remember in the early 90's Blake a fellow co-worker and myself weren't invited to the assembly line x-mas dinner because we were gay! The 2 people on the line handling the dinner were evangelicals and we were of the devil..It got corrected by management but ultimately being excluded we just stayed away not going where we weren't wanted...I still think of Blake sometimes and what he had to endure at GM.Blake was a small effeminate guy with poofy Madonna hair and lots of ear rings.Oh they were cruel to him putting him on the toughest guy jobs and watching him try and try till he would cry..So I get it and i just keep telling myself time heals all wounds...

Bethy....
BRAVO!!.... don't you dare change....

YES!.... YES!..... nature IS wild and frenzied.....
nature is jubilant.... nature is CHANGE....

nature destroys and then rebirths from the ashes!

nature is everything and anything.... and oh sooooo diverse....

Go, nature..... GO!!!

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Oh Bethy
Priceless advice!! I will take it to heart.I just love you...Oh and flirting is a wonderful thing as it almost always makes us feel good,you made me feel special,thanks...

"May I also add that the Bible was written by men, yes, and old men who've spent too much time alone in the desert."

LMAO! Ain't that the truth???!!!

Tom Tancredo is certifiable.

See what happens when you re-read your old words!

""Palin is getting attention because she is emphatic. She looks straight in the eye and points her finger and pounds her fist, and says, Yes, I want to do such-n-such. What about it? She doesn't mind her opponents thinking she is un-reasonable.""

That is the way I sound - like Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm really not that way - from the inner of my soul, I believe in live and let live, and taking people as they are. Nobody needs to change for me - you could even call me meek (if you really knew me.) I just speak emphatically!

Boy, I hope you guys can read between the lines.

"...and old men who've spent too much time alone in the desert."

Behind every successful man there's a woman--no matter how much time spent alone in the desert.

Bethy -- stop apologizing....let's not start going back and parsing every word we've written! The hell with it.

PS -- Daily Beast has some good stuff today, including a piece on that bizarre NBC interview with Sara Jane Moore, the woman who tried to assassinate President Ford.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

Thanks Chloe, I feel the same about you. My comment last night about "what happened to happy hour" was written because I didn't see you and Solar around and it ain't happy hour without the two of you here also.

And TGIF!

passionate topic today.

So the Texas Reps are likening Kay Bailey Hutchinson's campaign to a whorehouse....so many oinkers -- so many possible smackdowns.

Bethy

"I have to ask - are you going to crucify me with my own words? force me to take those old words back? Gee,
Solar, I thought we were friends!!!!!!!!!"

Beth if I remember correctly,we discussed the invasioin of Mexico,,over two three weeks or so,,you said that no one that you knew would go into it with detail,,,and we never said one hurtful thing to each other,,,,,there would be nothing to crucify you with,,,,you gave me the courage to stay on,,,and we did and are friends,,,even tho you won't get froze and go to Mars with me,,,,I did invite whats his name to go with us member? :-))

Hey Tony ,,,good day?,,,I saw that pic of your new furniture,,,no more coffee table ,,,plenty of room for you on the couches,,,but no shoes dude,,,

Where's Tony's new photos? Don't know if I've seen the latest!

Actually, Patsi, I'm not really apologizing. I'm dismayed.
I have a real phobia of not being understood. god only knows what that means, but I really don't want to be mean or malicious. It's a very strong feeling. Thanks for the comment, tho.

However, I have to get dressed because I've been blessed to have the privilege of picking Alex up from his french school today. It doesn't happen often enough!

Interesting sidenote to Sotomayor's career:

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/05/29/sotomayor_helped_puncture_vince_foster_conspiracy/?ref=fpd

Carol

I was just waiting for you to come thru the door,,so I could say something to tease you a little,,,and then you had to go and say that,,,,

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231586

What is that a preemptive strike? gotta go,,in your words,,,,snif,,,snif.

Patsi

Congrats on your new book. What's the appropriate good luck wish for an author? Break a pencil?

Couldn't agree more about Tancredo...and we have lots of company

"Tom Tancredo has officially lost his marbles. (Video here.)Today, in discussing the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, he said:

TANCREDO: If you belong to an organization called La Raza, in this case, which is, from my point of view anyway, nothing more than a Latino — it’s a counterpart — a Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses. If you belong to something like that in a way that’s going to convince me and a lot of other people that it’s got nothing to do with race. Even though the logo of La Raza is “All for the race. Nothing for the rest.” What does that tell you?"

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/5/28/205925/690

Bethy, have you asked a shrink? Perhaps it's something absurdly simple.

For History buffs, here is a great blog

http://www.ablogabouthistory.com/2009/

He does headlines and pictures for historical discoveries and links to major articles for you to read farther

Also tweets as Historytweeter

http://twitter.com/historytweeter

Solar, I was just kidding! I was envisioning something stupid I might have said and words I might have to eat - that's all. LOL

Was I right about the date and was that the correct post?

And the idea of being frozen and brought back to life years later - nope, I still have to regretfully decline your generous proposal. LOL

Flatus - I been in therapy before but never thought to ask re it. I suspect it's just a personality quirk - some people I know do NOT want to be understood at all and I can't understand that at all.

"What is that a preemptive strike?"

No Solar, I always make sure I unload the gun before I play with it. LOL

I like the White House's move of address Sonia's quote.

They look like grown ups.

I know anytime I discussed the quote - I would acknowledge iit was poorly worded. Any attempt not to simply ruins your credibility.

And now look at the reaction of the 2 parties:

Dems - it was poorly worded, but in the context here is what she was getting at....
And out of her hundreds of opinions - there is nothing to support the ridiculous charges of the Republicans.

GOP - KKK!! She is a racist!! She hates white people!!

All weakness is not weak.

(I get that you should be reluctant to apologize or "walk things back" in politics since it will come back to bite you. But I don't think this is one of those cases.)

I guess Rachel said "NO". She's not running in next week's race. Is Borel gonna ride Mind..?

Bethy,,,close enough thanks,,,now all I have to do is go between the middle of July thru sept 6 th,,to get what I want.,,,and I know U were kidding,,you were right?

That Tancredo quote is going to have legs.

Sonia's getting confirmed - but I don't know many Latinos that will be voting for the GOP in 2010...

High-five Hannity!!

"According to nature" you want to live? O you noble Stoics, what deceptive words these are. Imagine a being like nature, wasteful beyond measure, indifferent beyond measure, without purposes and consideration, without mercy and justice, fertile and desolate and uncertain at the same time; imagine indifference itself as a power---how could you live according to this indifference? Living--is that not precisely wanting to be other than this nature? Is not living---estimating preferring, being unjust, being limited, wanting to be different? And supposing your imperative "live according to nature" meant at bottom as much as "live according to life"---how could you not do that? Why make a principle of what you yourselves are and must be?

---FWN

not directed to anyone.....was just reading the nature bits from earlier and then came across this one from da neech.....

I worked in jobs where we wouldn't dream of seeking therapy because we thought it would disqualify us. I don't recall ever being at an installation where there was a therapist with the appropriate 'tickets' to talk with us. So, we mostly self-medicated and talked with each other.

It looked as if Rachel was fading in the last race. I think the Bird would have flown by her if the race had been much longer.

Okay, I'll try just one more time -- I promise. But if you would like to see the perfect retort to Pat Robertson's comment that gay marriage would lead to beastiality, then click on this link. And it is hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPcBI4CJc8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhome.php%3Fref%3Dhome&feature=player_embedded

I like that Susan Molinari. The grown-up members of the GOP need to put some of those fools in line.

I thought it was interesting on MoJo when they tallked about the GOP losing in terms of "politics" - the area in which they always excelled.

(I mean it used to be the left who wore their heart on their sleeve - but couldn't put the organization in place.)

Guess that shit about the wilderness is true. What used to be a calculating, connected and consistent operation - is now turning into Lord of the Flies or something...

Carol, Last heard Rachel was still to be decided beginning of next week. No news yet about Borel if she is out though Mine that Bird still doesn't have a settled jockey.

The contenders and their jockeys are still listed as follows. Anyone who wants to claim a horse, let me know. The race is a week from tomorrow.

Brave Victory Maragh
Charitable Man Garcia
Chocolate Candy Gomez
Dunkirk Velazquez
Flying Private TBA
Luv Gov Mena
Mine That Bird TBA
Miner's Escape Garcia
Mr. Hot Stuff Prado
Nowhere to Hide Bridgmohan
Rachel Alexandra Borel
Summer Bird Ice Desormeaux

BW!! Are you fit to ride?? Same horse?

Jamie they just announced it on NBC. Rachel is not running.

Flatus, if that race would have been any longer Rachel would have lost. She was losing ground fast. Good she is out.

It takes a family to raise a family.

bethy:

"People have told me I write the way I talk - I sound like me, and I have to agree basically."

I am much more articulate on the page. But I am not so sure that that is a bad thing.

There's no eye contact on the page--I prefer speechifying.

Bethy, I'd invite you to a dinner party.

I'm glad she's not running either. The girls run against the boys in Europe, but the tracks tend to be much wider with longer straight aways so you don't have all that crowding at the rail. It tends to be more of a "race" rather than all the maneuvering for position.

Flatus:

I suspect you are even more intimidating in person.

Warren, I've been told that. Maybe it's because I only accept perfection in following procedures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imb4tYOk8GE&feature=related

revolving beatles.....

http://s634.photobucket.com/albums/uu65/tonyb39/?albumview=slideshow
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231590
Hey Patsi
Here you go.I have added a few new photo's of my new sofa and one of my kitchen creations..

"Hey Tony ,,,good day?,,,I saw that pic of your new furniture,,,no more coffee table ,,,plenty of room for you on the couches,,,but no shoes dude,,,"

Solarman
I have no excuses for using the coffee table for the feet now..Shoes,I try not to wear shoes other than when i exercise..I wear flip flops all year round...I had a very good day.It was busy as we took on a new client to replace one that went back to RI for the summer..Its usually harder the first time you go in a house as you don't have your routine down.It takes time to learn where everything is.Also takes more time going over the client wish list and bringing things back to cleanliness...Base boards,light fixtures,fans etc all have to be done as usually everything is bad..But once you get everything in line its a breeze..I just returned from my hour on the Elliptical and I feel good,went for a swim and now I'm talking to you guys..How was your day?? Did you make Judy laugh today with one of your jokes??HA HA you funny...

Other than land or resources, most wars are fought over intolerance. On both sides.

"When you come to fork in the road, take it."

Yogi Maresh Maharishi Berra

Tony,

Could you do me a favor and take a picture to show how the pool enclosure joins to your house. I'm trying to convince my son that a year round pool is possible in Washington.

" I would acknowledge iit was poorly worded. Any attempt not to simply ruins your credibility"

Amost anything taken out of context can appear poorly worded.

Tony,
Beautiful sofa!
As well as all your other furniture, and your house. Everything you own is beautiful. You are a perfectionist, aren't you?. You must be, your house and pool are immaculate. :)

"most wars are fought over intolerance"

Warren, Intolerance is our real enemy. That is a very good quote.

"Maybe it's because I only accept perfection in following procedures."

Ooh, Flatus. You one too?

Great living room, Tony! And you know how much I love that pool enclosure!

Tony,,,,,Judy doesn't laugh at my jokes any more,,,she just rolls her eye,,,,,,and she is full of it,,,she repeats them to her friends in the choir,,,,,

Last week,,,I left her a note,,,,,,I had to go to office depot for some in for my printer,,,,and left her this

Out of my mind. Back in five minutes. ,,,and for you we were talking about genes right,,and you do have a poo right,,,so here,,,tell this one to Max

The gene pool could use a little chlorine. ,,,

here is one for Renee,,,and the other wine drinkers,,and readers

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

Ok so Im getting a little corny,,,if you want funny ,,,its a little longer,,and a little more

On C-Bob's site,

Nice bird pics BW.

Nice pic of the fly. Flatus. When did you plant?

I just put up a pic of my corn bandit. I caught him thinking about it.

http://cbhopibluecornexperiment.blogspot.com/

Here is one for Don 1,,,little science funny

Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appear brighter before you hear them speak.

Tony is your pool enclosure glass or screen?

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Hi Jamie
I will do that.I hope you win out..Pools are a wonderful thing.I probably because of the enclosure work on it the least of anything in the house..I feel for you Carol and wish I could help you,Id do a better job than those teens..HA HA

On May 13th, Chloe. They told me they were about a foot high when they checked them Monday morning. Adam had the proof in his cellphone, but the pictures went into picture purgatory when he tried emailing them to me. Oh, well.

See, Chloe, I've mellowed over the years. I was hell to work for, but we did good work and my people were well rewarded.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231627

Hey Chloe
Boy you have me figured out..I am a neat freak perfectionist who loves doing the work,i find it therapeutic..I'm also a Mr. Fix it..I had one Grandfather who was a builder plumber/tv repairman and another who was a licensed Electrician.Spent a lot of time around both and picked up much..I love my job as a cleaner because I like cleaning and I like the instant gratification you get when you leave someone's home better cleaner than you found it..The pay is good too...Thanks Chloe for always being so sweet to me...

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Thanks Patsi
Congrats on your book!! Will you be in Florida anywhere for a book signing?I would love to meet you and get an autographed copy of your book...

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231634

Solar
Lucky Judy to have you around all time and get so used to your jokes! I will give that gene pool Chlorine a try on Max,doubt it will work though..

Tony, I still haven't gotten there. I treated the pool again with the mustard algaecide the other day and am brushing the walls everyday.

I could use your help with more than just the pool. The house is also a wreck. Don't even know where to start there. Maybe a match?

Oops, On May 13th, Carol. :)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231639
Hi Carol
Mine is screen.I know a few people who have glass but the weather here is so mild that it doesn't make much sense to go with glass here...

Carol,

I can't stand the thought of you getting hurt doing some heavy work,,,,get another person to help you around the house,,,but this time,,no one that gets a 25 -32k Toyota from their dad as a gift,,and stay away from athletes,,,they mostly work hard at their given sports.

here is one that I have in sight of my workers,,

"Well done is better than well said",,,I like this one a lot,,,HA!

Ha,
Funny Solar. And so true.

Drinks are on me tonight, I just turned 50. I'm still amazed that I've lived so long. To say I'm a risk taker is like saying the Enterprise is a boat.

Flatus, I did my second planting last Saturday. The little corn is up about 3 inches but I won't photograph it for a while. Want to make sure those wascally wabbits don't get it again.

Did you see the guilty critter? Well the alleged guilty critter. Innocent until proven...

Tony, I think Jamie thinks it's glass and would make the pool winter friendly. Even in the summer I don't think I could get in a pool in her area. Every time I visited up her way, I wore a jacket, even in the dead of summer.

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Oh boy Carol.
Your not alone.Most of my clients have a great deal of trouble keeping everything neat and up to par.I think its everyone's busy lives..I wish I could help.How often do you rinse out the pool filter?My pool has 4 filters so I only have to do it twice a year but some with the one filter system need to do it often.I rinse Rose's(my elderly lady client) once a week every Tue.My pool at my previous house i rinsed every day in the summer and I found i had less need for all the chemicals...

Done 1

"Drinks are on me tonight, I just turned 50. I'm still amazed that I've lived so long. To say I'm a risk taker is like saying the Enterprise is a boat."

Happy birthday my friend,,,,,,and I will join you in a drink and a toast,,,,50 good wishes ,,one for each year for you,,,,,you sure have fit a lot in those 50 years,,,,I thought that you would be at least_____or at least 50 plus tax,haha thanks for sharing it

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Carol
I felt the same way in Michigan.I had a few friends that had a pool and it was hard to keep it even in the summer at 80 degrees..I'm even more spoiled since I've been living in Florida,i like it between 80 and 85..I have solar heating so i only have a problem keeping it there Dec through Feb...

Only 50 Don? Well your body is just a baby. Your soul another matter but we won't argue about that again.

Tonight on McLaughlin Group they reported that opinions on abortion have moved more to pro-life over the last year. Interesting. Now 51% report being pro-life.

Tony, does it get in the 90s in late summer? Down here, in August, it is like getting in a hot tube. I have to add water to cool it down.

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Happy Birthday DON 1 !!!!
I hope you have a good one!! Come around more often....

Are you talking about backwashing the filter Tony? I do that almost everyday. I have a sand filter and I think I need to change the sand again because of all the algae I have had.

Bill Moyer's Journal had a program on torture tonight. I really couldn't pay attention because it is too distressing a program for my fun Friday. Bill Moyer's alway has good programs. I really like him.

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Carol
Yes it does.The solar heating has a feature that I turn on to cool it down..It comes on at night.I mostly though just run the pool pump less and put a floater chlorinator in the pool.I save energy and all is good.I have a simple plan and that is 1 bag of shock every Sat and run the pool pump 6 hours.I fill up the in line chlorinator and the floater and test the water.I occasionally have to add an alkalinity plus chemical if we get a lot of rain..

The Spelling Bee champ won with a word that could never be used in here:

Laodicean - Indifferent or lukewarm especially in matters of politics or religion

Truth or Dare Don, Can you tell us the riskiest thing you have ever done? Was it joining this blog?

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Carol
Oh something new for me a sand filter..I have a cartridge filter system.My business partner Grace has the salt filter system.All very different but I think you do yourself a favor by rinsing often..

and remember Don, I have a built in truth-o-meter.

Good thing we can't use that word here Jamie because I could never remember how to spell it. I already have Wiktionary on my favorites and use it often.

Carol, I saw that rabbit--fierce piece of fauna! If he gets near your corn this time, give 'em a hare cut!

Poor Don 1/2 done. Happy Birthday!

"I just put up a pic of my corn bandit. I caught him thinking about it." http://cbhopibluecornexperiment.blogspot.com/

Carol, Nice fat rabbit, you must feed him well. :)
I read somewhere that rabbits especially love plants when they're young and tender. Maybe you should try a little mercy garden, like Flatus recommended to me. Just pop in a few seeds a little way outside the pen that you don't care if they eat (something fast growing and tasty). It may be a good distraction, plus keep your bunnies fed. I imagine at some point, you're going to have to open the top of your chicken wire enlosure when the corn gets too tall.

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Tony, It's me that should be thanking you for being so sweet to me. It's an honor to know you. Such a nice life you've put together there in beautiful Florida Tony. Keep up the good work.

Happy Birthday Don!

Chloe, did you see the length of the grass/weeds in my back yard? Have to cut tomorrow.

I left lots of wines/grapes on the back fence for rabbit habitat. You would think there would be something that those wabbits could eat besides my 14 corn plants. Well hopefully my enclosure will work. I hope C-Bob realizes how important I think his project is with the effort I put into my corn.

If it makes it I will learning to ground corn and make blue corn chips. Now what kind of medicine did he say blue corn was used for?

I wonder if it would cure the hankering I have acquired for cherry turnovers and ice cream?

That was supposed to be vines not wines for the rabbit. That rabbit doesn't need any wine.

LOL Carol, I can't remember what medicine he said. But someone did post a site (I think CBob) for cheap blue corn meal.

What I read said those wabbits prefer the young plants though, so if you can mature them enough, maybe you'll be ok. So far, so good on my plants. I'm waiting to see too, though.

With all the woods you have Chloe, you must also have wabbits.

"I wonder if it would cure the hankering I have acquired for cherry turnovers and ice cream?"

I love sweets too. And I'll get onto something like that and want it over and over, until I finally go on to the next thing.

Carol, When you have cats, you don't have rabbits. I really hate that cats (as well as dogs) are predators. I had to save a blue jay today from them, and was successful (this time).

With all his Australian connections, Tony should be able to get instruction for building a proper rabbit fence.

Yesterday I had my thyroid level drawn to see what that blasting did to it. I was supposed to call today to get the results but forgot. Now I don't know whether I should stop eating or not. Maybe that is a good thing.

I assume by saying that maybe it's a good thing, that you plan on eating that cherry pie and ice cream.

What if the blasting didn't help? You seem like you've been feeling good.

That's right Flatus! Tony, can you ask your friends for advice?

Yep, I just finished my cherry turnover and ice cream. Second night and I have two more in the freezer and the rest of that little pint of vanilla ice cream. I was on dark chocolate nuggets with almonds. Got tired of them.

Blasting could result in still too high, normal, or too low. I have been off the antithyroid meds for over 2 weeks now and I know I am not really, really high anymore. I am shooting for normal. It would be different to be normal for a while. I'm not sure I would like it though.

I f I s t a r t t y p i n g l i k e t h i s, y o u w i l l

k n o w t h e y w e n t t o o f a r.

I'll watch for the typing thing Carol. You need to call on Monday first thing.

I like to keep my weight own too. I don't have the active thyroid like you, but I don't gain easily either. I still always watch it closely. Well, off to read myself to sleep... see you tomorrow.

weight down, not own (my keys are still sticking, I don't know if they're dirty or what. Probably cookie crumbs.

If ya'll get Austin City Limits on PBS, Dixie Chicks are on now. I'm dancing.

Thank you for the wishes.

Hmmm, most dangerous thing. I started flying when I was 15, climbed down a sheer cliff at night at 16, took a hairpin turn (accidentally, and thank goodness for power steering) going in at 80 mph at 17 , joined the Air Force as a explosive ordnance disposal technician and started playing with C4 at 18, then I started getting stupid. I guess only one or two wild things a year. I've never been an extreme athlete, for one thing I'm not that good a regular athlete.

Now days I know I don't bounce so it's a lot less physically dangerous, more doing things I have a fear of. The fact I have fears I consider a good thing. I like sailing and kayaking because there isn't as far to fall, I drive a four cylinder with four wheels and haven't been off-road in years. Now the most dangerous thing I do is refuse to tip a snooty waiter.

I once wanted to know where all of my limits were, but discovered as I pushed boundaries, the next time I tried to push further I had further to go.

I suspect there are few people on this blog that are the same way. There's a lot of wisdom here and you don't get wise unless you really live life.

One of my favorite quotes from Second Hand Lions.
Sheik's Great Grandson: [speaking of Hub and Garth] So... they lived?
Adult Walter: They lived.

Not dull Don. Not dull at all.

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Hey Flatus,Chloe
Baz and Michael are gay boyz from the city of Melborne.I will ask Kane Baz's partner of 8 yrs he's from Bendigo out in the bush he might know..I was there 3yr's ago x-mas and all they were talking about was what pests those lovely Kangaroos are as they served some up for a holiday dinner..I told them for me it would be like eating Bambi.....

Not dull and darn lucky. I've always said God takes care of fools and children, and I'm getting a bit long in the tooth.

Going back over messages. Carol, I gather the cherry turnovers are for hyperthyroid? I have a birthday cherry pie, I'll be happy to share. I want you to feel gooder.

Been thinking about the intolerance topic earlier. Isn't intolerance really about power? My group, that I control, against your group, that I don't control? So you get people to follow you by creating a group identity and talking about that other group of less worthy people that are causing all the trouble. In extreme cases you blame them for all of your problems and try to kill them off.

While bigotry seems to have been around forever in the US, really we're such a young and fluid country values change pretty quickly. I was watching a news video about rat catchers in India. The untouchables aren't allowed to get desk jobs because of their family, so one group is paid a dollar a day to go smoke out rats for farmers. They have the extreme luck of getting to keep the rats for dinner. A few hazards, breathing the smoke all day the men tend to die early.

The caste system is probably at least centuries old if not millenia. So for all of our bickering about civil rights here in the US, the fact that we're even addressing them makes me proud of the people who live here.

I always think of intolerance as just the companion to ignorance. It makes it easier for me to tolerate Don. Can't really fight it. Living and learning might eventually cure it if not then too bad for them.

I can find something good in just about everyone. In my older age I try to concentrate on that part.

And just about everyone has something he/she can teach me. I have learned a lot from my patients over the years, more than I ever learned in any classroom and I spent a lot of time in classrooms.

So true. I learned so much from the year I spent teaching high school. I had to quit because of my health, but when you're a teenager you question everything and view life a lot more simply and directly. It was a great experience. While I was exhausted I was really sorry to leave.

It seems to me we spend a lot less time day dreaming as we get older. I miss that too.

and we all get depressed from time to time Don and it is those times that make the time we aren't, so much better. Got to have some shit to appreciate the shinola.

Night shift should be coming on any minute. Nuttin too serious to run um off tonight.

I've fought depression since I was a teen. I've come to accept it as just a bodily function and realize I'll have to wait until it's over. Still, the sun doesn't seem as bright those days.

I take the little bumps in life a lot less seriously now though. There are so many great things in life there's no reason to dwell on the challenges.

I was looking over your earlier post where you describe challenging fear. Those were fun and exciting times. Then the years go by and that fear gets a little scarier by the day.

That transition was rushed a little for me because of my nursing career. My first job was in ICU/CCU. Nothing will slap the reality of mortality in your face like working there will. I begin to realize just how vulnerable the human body was. Kind of took some of the fun out of life. From that point on instead of challenging fear I was always looking for a soft place to land.

I'm sure you've seen the worst. Knowing the consequences would certainly take the fun out of a challenge, and of course you only see the failures.

My brother gave me his 750 Gpz motorcycle after he married a nurse. She'd put up with a lot but not that.

I wanted to try lots of things, experience life. My motto, I'll try anything once, twice if I like it and thrice if it's kinky. :^)

But right now I think I'll try to get some sleep. Night and thanks for the conversation.

the whole premise of craig's post doesn't make sense
he feels he is being misrepresented by newt' rush
pat b ' and george will '' when did he join the republican
party

Yeah, Craig, you know the Dark Lord loves you, but this was a pretty dumb post. Smacks of pandering.

implying that pat b is a sexist' rascist nut' craigs fellow
msnbc commentator'' doesn't that break some kind
of professional code or something'

Nevermind Pat Buchanan; Imagine how the Constitution feels right now.

I've always enjoyed Pat Bulchanan since he is a conservative with a sense of humor,,a rare thing..but..
this week he reveals just how much of a right wing nut he is. I have always seen that when he discusses religion and some other issues.

Does anyone know who Robert Novak is doing? I know he was very ill..don't know if he passed away or what his condition is..

i always thought it was a pretty good piece of parchment''

Not much bloggage from The Night Watchman tonight.
I am hitting the hay as I have to go to Howe Military School in a few hours for the graduation of my grandson.
He'll be at Bowling Green State University in the Fall.....

i don't guess anyone likes to be stereotyped'
i'm white'' male'' and from the south' damn thats
three strikes right there ''sure be glad when we are
officially declared a minority then we can blame some
other group for all the injustices ever inflicted upon
mankind

Really good and neat posts tonight. I was at my sister's being waited on and fed filet, baked tater, and salad as a bribe for house sitting for tomorrow night, one night, until her real house sitter can be there. Not bad, huh?

Of course, that sister is off for Cabo fo a week with her granddaughter, baby's parents, and other grandma.

For me intolerance is pure and simple fear - of the inknown, of challenge to security, of many things.

Don, if you have been dealing with depression since your teens, have you also had professional help? When you say you've come to accept it as a bodily function it's hard to tell what that means. If you haven't had professional help, you're making a big mistake.

I've dealt with depression since I was born. Many times people would say 'oh, you're just depressed'
and that was that. Eventually a therapist listened to me and one specific thing I said prompted him to say
immediately, "That's depression." He got me medicine and I've been taking some form of anti-depressant almost full time for almost 25 years.

Whether I was born with it or developed it , and it's
probably both, it's always been there. One of my grade school teachers wrote in my report card that I'd "probably be a happier healthier little girl if I gained some weight."

If you get sad, that's one thing. If you are carrying around a bag over your shoulder that weighs hundreds and hundreds of hard cold pounds, and your back is bent and hurts like hell if you try to stand up, and your eyes are on the ground, and you sleep with that bag, and carry it to bed, and you never put it down. not once - but no one can tell and you can smile at people, then you're depressed. If you try to protect yourself from anyone who tries to add weight to the bag, but can't always do it, then you're depressed..

To this day, even with my meds, I hate carrying grocery bags, and will not argue serious heavy topics with anyone. I will not read heavy books or watch heavy movies. I've carried too much weight, and no more

So, Don, if you really have struggled with depression and have had help, keep it up. As you've noticed, age seems to reduce the unfair demands, and I'm 66.If you've let it slide, don't.

I had no intention of saying any of this. I was going to write my few sentences and go read. It was seeing that one word and your incompletestatement about it that made me have to speak. I'm pretty frank about my depression because I refuse to be emabrrassed about it - like cramps when I was youg: I'm the one with the pain and I will not allow myself to be shamed by it as well.

It's scary and it's painful and it's dangerous, and it' s not the same thing as unhappiness or sadness.

I just watched the Mancow Muller waterboarding video...Mancow lasted SIX seconds and called it torture and drowning. Mancow is a Hannity-type right wing nutcase, too.
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/05/mancow-insists-waterboarding-absolutely-real-says-right-and-left-both-upset-with-him.html

tony.......i went to bendigo oncet......back in 63........

To tell ya the truth - I have a problem expressing myself. I simply don't think I'm done listening.

I hope eternally...

"I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all. "
Alexis de Tocqueville

"Life is to entered upon with courage. "

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alexis_de_tocqueville_2.html

Expand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g

Pura Vida

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io735sjM230

I typed out a whole message - carefully and methodically - but a number of things happened - and all I have left is a bit of a memory.

So I was thinking that Sonia Sotomaypr is going to make some must-see TV this summer. It is time to continue the "race conversation" that Obama began in Philly. As difficult as that may be.

And in the backdrop we have a landmark Supreme Court decision on affirmative action which the Justice herself was involved in...

But alas I hope that 2 stengths of America are front and center: Diversity and Equality.

I can't recreate what was there - but that is probably for the best...

"Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer.

Alexander Pope: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot."

jamie, sounds like the mission statement for cable news shows

"....I don't agree that nature is conservative?
I think it is passionate and wild and frenzied and obsessed with variety - thunderstorms and earthquakes and two-headed snakes and poisonous flowers that smell divine and hermaphrodites are not conservative. Nature is constantly casting out to try new things, is wildly creative. Its liberality is a model for us all."

bethy, you wrote that like a gauguin painting.

and,bethy, maybe it's the good teacher in you that makes you obsess about being understood.

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renee, thanks for sharing the vision. so much good could come of revitalizing abandoned neighborhoods. a new homestead act, instead of giving away federal lands, would give away our now federally "owned" foreclosed homes which are going to waste and creating problems for communities in their desolation. one purpose of the old act was to stabilize a new country, surely it needs stabilizing again in these desperate times for homeless families.

Bethy, I think you should quit obsessing about this whole "am I being understood" thing. Just say what you mean and mean what you say.

Patsi, Are you working on a Patsi autobiography? That's a subject I'm looking forward to reading?

More than anyone else you have written about.

No, I don't think I need to write a memoir....ha

Maybe that is where you would get rich Patsi. Do the people you write about get a cut of the profits of your books Patsi? If I am getting too personal, tell me.

Inquiring minds want to know.

oops enquiring, forgot to use the wiktionary.

Here we go sports fans. There will be no universal healthcare. Probably not even many advances.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/29/AR2009052903235.html

Need spell check on this site. Now if I had to use a grammar check I would never get my thoughts across. My thoughts don't come with proper grammar.

If I write a memoir for someone it's just a flat fee. No royalties for me. With the Garth book, he gets nothing. ha.

Patsi, that's not news to me or many people working in health care. There are a few places where we could save money in a hurry. One is to try and teach people how to properly utilize the current system.

I try to do that everyday because I work with people who are the biggest abusers. They love to use the ER for all their little aches, pains, etc. I tell them the ER motto is "treat them and street them". ER's don't care about your chronic illnesses, they aren't supposed to.

Another is to start using more of the old tried and true medications, the ones that have been around for a long time and have a record for working and not killing people. When your practitioner goes to the drug closet, beware. Make the practitioner write a book on why their patient needs the high dollar stuff. That won't happen.

Hope nobody knows who I am or I may be out of a job.

I think those two things can save a bundle.

Somehow I think Patsi's memoirs would read something like 'Auntie Mame'. :)

Carol, and patients should understand who stocks the doc's drug closet with all the latest and greatest non-formulary drugs at no cost to the docs.

You know, I have been to the ER only a few times in my life -- and almost all of those involved broken bones. (Two for me and two for my son in his football playing days.) And although all but one of thise times I had insurance, that one time I had to pay cash. So who is using the ER for free? They sure as hell are able to track me down for the money.

I see much abuse in tests. I cannot tell you how many tests my family and friends seem to have! Jesus! Thousands and thousands of dollars worth. And most of those people are either on Medicare or disability....

Somebody shoot me right now: "Let's hope that the key conferences aren't when she's menstruating or something, or just before she's going to menstruate. That would really be bad. Lord knows what we would get then." -- radio host G. Gordon Liddy on Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Great news!! It's yard cutting Saturday! Now, if I can just manage to keep Stinky inside, I'll be through by eleven. Otherwise... :)

ct, enquirer-ing minds?

Yep, same for me Flatus and since we had a dry front, the dew will dry off the grass sooner and I can cut it before the serious heat sets in.

People with no money don't pay the ER. I once had a lady come in and her complaint was she had worms. I told her we didn't really treat worms(couldn't do the tests and get them back in time) She needed to go to her family Doc or to the Public Health Unit.

She said if she went to a family Doc she would have to pay. I told her just walking into ER cost hundreds of dollars. Truth is she never intended on paying in the first place but her worms didn't get treated either. I guess she could use them to catch dinner. Sorry.

Not a good breakfast topic unless you are on a diet.

I feel a new thread coming. It seems that when I get too gross, Craig always has a new thread waiting in the wings and he leaves me snipe hunting.

Flatus -- my daughter has always threatened to write a memoir called "Mommy Weirdest."

Ha -- Carol...no one who ever had kids is grossed out by "worms." The funny thing with my kids is that my very clean and neat daughter ended up with them once, while my son, who ate mud, never did.

Patsi, there is a term for eating mud. It's called PICA. It's a craving for the nutrients found in mud. Only problem is that it also contains not so good stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)

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OD

Last statement I could find was end of last year. He had had surgery and had lost partial vision. In a statement described his condition as "dire". That was from the end of last year. I couldn't find anything updated since then.

One more comment before I stop wasting ya'lls time and get productive. Jamie with PB, as soon as I think I agree with something he says, he changes his mind as says just the opposite.

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CT

I know there must be an "old wives tales" place on the web somewhere. Never went hunting for one because of having a grandmother who managed to get nine children to adulthood without a doctor and an aunt you would have loved who was a no nonsense RN.

Still I think people today who are used to heading to the doctor for every little thing could use some solid practical every day advice. Maybe you could teach a high school course.

I am teaching that course Jamie. It's just in the jail/prison and my students range from ages 17-90. Can't prove it to anyone but if I can get even one in a hundred to listen, I'm saving some big bucks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/science/earth/30degrees.html?th&emc=th

"Green Promise Seen in Switch to LED Lighting"

"To change the bulbs in the 60-foot-high ceiling lights of Buckingham Palace’s grand stairwell, workers had to erect scaffolding and cover precious portraits of royal forebears.

LED streetlights in Ann Arbor, Mich., are expected to cut maintenance and electricity costs.

So when a lighting designer two years ago proposed installing light emitting diodes or LEDs, an emerging lighting technology, the royal family readily assented. The new lights, the designer said, would last more than 22 years and enormously reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions — a big plus for Prince Charles, an ardent environmentalist. Since then, the palace has installed the lighting in chandeliers and on the exterior, where illuminating the entire facade uses less electricity than running an electric teakettle."

Carol -- don't worry....my son wasn't dining on mud. But he did get dirty, muddy etc....and chances are he swallowed some of it.

"I think people today who are used to heading to the doctor for every little thing could use some solid practical every day advice."

I agree, Jamie. I've got friends who practically live at the doctor's office.

Patsi,

My daughter ate dirt for about a year. I guess barring sharp objects and poisons, most dirt isn't dangerous.

I guess I could write a book, Carol's Cure for What Ails Ya. Then Patsi would have to come down and help. Are you ready to come to the Bed and Breakfast Patsi?

But then having to write would stiffle my creative juices and we would just end up eating, drinking and fishing. What a bitch huh, Patsi?

Patsi,

I've been known to put a bottle of white vinegar in with baby shower gifts. If you have children, you will need it.

The trick is knowing when you need help. I just follow the "crisis or chronic" rule. Sudden, severe event: Use First aid and head for nearest medical help.

Anything that doesn't start to abate or go away after a week should be checked by medical personnel. Other than that, you can handle it at home.

http://www.citizentube.com/2009/05/21st-century-statecraft-secretary.html

"21st Century Statecraft: Secretary Clinton asks Americans to be "Citizen Ambassadors"

"Fresh on the heels of our launch of the U.S. Government Channel on YouTube last week, Secretary Clinton just posted a video to the State Department's YouTube channel on the topic of "21st Century Statecraft." Aimed at Americans, the video lives on State's long-running public affairs YouTube channel. The video not only outlines the department's efforts to use online tools to engage in public diplomacy, but it also serves as a call to action for citizens to "share experiences" and become citizen ambassadors on their own."

And Tony would have to come to keep the house and pool clean. And I think I could find something for the rest of ya'll to do. All get fat, that's one thing.

" we would just end up eating, drinking and fishing. "

Perfect!

RE: Home grown remedies...

When my son was about a year and a half old he got pneumonia and was on antibiotics. Then he got serious diarrhea over the weekend. I was about ready to take him to the ER when my sister the nurse phoned and said, "Feed him yogurt. It will replace the bacteria the antibiotics killed off." Sure enough...no more diarrhea.

Yes -- Carol....some time at your camp would be heaven!

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Patsi

And now it is being sold in stores for four times what yogurt used to cost because they put the word "probiotic" on the container.

Only thing Patsi is that you have to be able to tolerate an occasional large tree cockroach. They won't hurt you, they just come in at night, party and leave. I don't like pesticides. Maggie will sometimes catch one and leave it on my bed. She thinks it's cute. Not!

Patsi, yogurt is great stuff. Now off to be productive. Ya'll don't get too serious while I'm gone. Life is too short.

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Patsi --

Our veterinarian gave the exact same prescription 2 weeks ago for our puppy who came home from her spaying operation with some tummy distress... old-time remedies must still be the best.

(^_~)

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Jamie --

What is that white vinegar with the shower gift for? Would that be for the same purpose I bring out the large bottle of hydrogen peroxide?

Look what I found while checking on all the uses for white vinegar:

Keep rabbits from eating your plants. Put cotton balls soaked in white distilled vinegar in a 35mm film container. Poke a hole in the top and place in the garden.

Carol -- I'm not particularly bugged by bugs....

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Jamie -- I remember buying some "diet" peaches...packed in water....cost about twice what packed in syrup cost. My mom started laughing and said they sold water packed fruit in the '30s for poor folks. VERY cheap.

Carol --

I use this organic stuff on inside and outside bugs - unless I can catch them live, then I feed them to my aquatic turtles (^_~)

http://www.saferbrand.com/

Make "vinegar ice cubes" and grind them down your garbage disposal for a quick and easy clean.

Ivy,

Hydrogen Peroxide is good to have, but white vinegar is like magic in a bottle.

Relieves pain of stings and bug bites

diluted in a spray bottle cools and helps heal sunburns
(carry in a spray bottle in cooler for outings)

antiseptic for cuts and scratches

Safe antiseptic wipe down for kitchen counters

Helps prevent fungus - eliminates foot odor

Natural tooth whitener and eliminates bad breath

Good skin toner in place of commercial products that might cause rash.

Helps draw out blood for smashed fingers (cars, folding chairs etc.) - You should probably still see a doctor but the swelling and bruising will be less.

The household uses go on forever.

http://s634.photobucket.com/albums/uu65/tonyb39/?albumview=slideshow

Hey Jamie
This is the pool enclosure shortly after construction.I have a screen enclosure as the temps here are moderate.I think you might be looking for a version done in Plexiglas to keep out the cold?

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I don't know if others agree, but I think that the 5% sevens is quite safe and is fine around your pets (you can even put it on their fur, which I don't do). It takes a little longer to work, but lasts a long time. Can be a little unsightly unless you hide behind something though.

Had to run back up. We're changing the name of that book to "TMs Cure for What Ails Ya". Then the trip down will be a tax write-off, huh Timmy? Everyone here has something good to contribute. Bye again.

Tony, One thing I remember about Florida is seeing a lot of those really attractive pool enclosures when we were there a couple of times. You couldn't use glass, could you Tony?..... as it would create even more heat. (?)

Can be a little unsightly unless you hide 'IT' behind something though.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090528/od_afp/swedeneducationoffbeatiraq_20090528124335

Iraq-born teen-ager solves 300 year old math problem.

"Been thinking about the intolerance topic earlier. Isn't intolerance really about power? My group, that I control, against your group, that I don't control? So you get people to follow you by creating a group identity and talking about that other group of less worthy people that are causing all the trouble. In extreme cases you blame them for all of your problems and try to kill them off." http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231689

I think you hit it on the head in that paragraph Don. It's as if one group feels 'threatened' by the opposing ideas of the other group. It seems to become 'right vs wrong', in their beliefs (which are merely opinions, but they forget that).

Jamie, I think that vinegar cotton balls in a tube idea is a real find. It would something cheap to try, anyway. Now all I have to do is get a film tube (which I don't use anymore).

Tony,

Thank you. Yes it would have to be plexiglass with a way to heat and cool the enclosure. I found some "orangeries" that are now used as pool enclosures in cold climates, but I wanted to see how yours was attached as it looked like it required less construction.

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I have seen Plexiglas used but only where the whole front opens up as sliding doors.I have a 6ft white vinyl fence around the enclosure now also.It is also at the back of the house so it can't be seen from the street..In my sub-division there are many that also encase a hot tub area and outdoor fire pit and an outdoor living are.If landscaped nicely they really look good...I have created for myself a total outdoor living area with pool,hotub,cooking grill,37LCD TV,IPOD compatible stereo along with all my plants and flowers...I got the idea from one of those HGTV shows and I wouldn't quit till I totally spoiled myself..

Thank Bethy. I've tried medications but they loose their effectiveness pretty quickly. Tried cymbalta and quit cold turkey three months later with no side effects. I kind of box it up and set it aside when it happens. Ignore the feelings of doom. It's still there but I move on.

What seems to work for me best is l-tryptophan at night and kava if it gets bad during the day. I don't seem to build up an immunity since it's a natural part of the serotonin cycle.

I talk about it because it's one of those unmentionables to many people. Men start having trouble with it in later years when testosterone levels drop, but they won't admit it unless you water board them. I've had people tell me I just need to go out for a walk to cure it. I refuse to be a victim but I do things to prevent it. But it's silly to try and ignore it and not talk to a professional about it, whether situational or chronic.

Thank for caring.
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Carol, I wish doctors had to publicly post their prices. I will call and ask when I'm looking for a doctor, but I'm a cash customer. I'll push back when they want a series of tests too, that seems to be a favorite way to boost costs.

Sturgeone,

There was a link to additional info on that math problem: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090528/od_afp/swedeneducationoffbeatreply_20090528174259

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Chloe,

Any plastic pill bottle around? That should be a good substitute.

Today is "Cahaba Lily Day" and I'm off for a possibly once-in-my-lifetime chance to see the bloomin' one-day wonders. This may involve a canoe.

As far as the "Identity Politics" topic, the moderate Republicans can claim they are the victims of Identity Theft.

"Any plastic pill bottle around? "

Lot of those Jamie. Thanks.

What Newt, Rush, or Stewart Taylor have said about Sotomayor, pales in comparison to what the Liberal fringe have said about Clarence Thomas and Miguel Estrada. Men who were just as poor or poorer than Sotomayor, accomplished just as much as Sotomayor, but they weren't Liberal, so the spineless Liberals in Congress and in the newsmedia took them to task at every opportunity. Sotomayor decisions will be overturned by SCOTUS, her words and her writing will come back to haunt her once they become fully vetted. Her judicial record has just been skimmed, much more will be revealed about touchy feely Judge. Touchy feely BS personal life like opinions have no place within the judicial system. This is how rapist, murders, pedophiles get placed on probation, placed on house arrest, or have their sentences dropped. Then they end back on the street committing the same crimes over and over again. BTW call it what you will, but reverse racism is still racism. Try putting a pretty face on that!

"moderate Republicans can claim they are the victims of Identity Theft. "

ROFL, Ivy!

Chloe,
I live in Southern Baptist land and watch their organization. They have the secret password and special handshakes, their own fitness center and do each other business favors. They band and have political power. But ask them any theological questions and you get a blank stare. All they know are the code words they're told to memorize. Like Romans Road.

It's easy to organize and drive a homogeneous group, much harder to do that with a heterogeneous group.
A threatening mutual enemy helps a lot too. Like gays, muslims, jews, blacks, liberals, or what ever you can find.

Wasn't going to post much,,cos I have a cpl of long post for XR a little later on,,,,but

Don1,,,,,,sure that you know this,,,and BETHY,,(depression),,,,the brain needs you to physically exercise,,,it is constantly building( new,,,and recent proof of it,,I posted it for Pogo,) new neurons,,,but only if you do exercise,,,even real lite one,,,like stretching,,,every day,,,do something to help your brain get what it needs to fight off depression,,and do on a daily basis,,,,I know now that this has saved my life,,,I more that once thought about suicide,,,when I was a kid,,,,got into all sports,,,Judo,,,and reading,,,,,with a keen interest in all of them,,,there was not time for depression,,,,had to be at top form,,,to preform,,,Slap,,,,snap out of it. and get with the program.

Patsi,,,I would like to read that Momie wierdest book,,,I bet it would be a $ maker just like Carol said,,,,,,who would not want to read how a sweet little innocent girl was dragged from party,,to,,party,,,by all of those bad musicians HA..,,,,,Your Father ( Like those pics that you send me of him,,and your sisters,) and the life in diff states,,,and your fight for women s rights,,,,come-on,,,I know you have thought about doing it,,,get er done,,,haha

later,,, going to cut my neighbors lawn,,,start taking her dead grass out ,,airing it,,,and fertilizing it,,,Since the husband died,,no one around to take care of it for Mary,,,she is kinda ill herself,,,I sometimes can't understand her Irish brogue but she is a contractors wife,,and talks a good construction..I told her a construction joke once,,,and a few weeks later asked me if I had any more to tell her,,,,what a question huh,,,,she said that she had peed herself when I told her the last one,,,but that she had on a rubber suit and was ready for another good laugh,,,she got it.

P.S. Beth,,,,Don,,,,another way that I have beat depression ,,was to make myself laugh,,,and that included making other people laugh,,,and this cafe,,is another,way for good therapy,I think?,,so sorry for all the lame jokes,,,but if I have a cpl of beers later on tonight ,,,wanna hear a good one?

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TIR

As usual don't let facts interfere with your prejudices. She has ruled on several hundred cases. Fewer than a dozen have been appealed and less than half of those have been reversed, often on a split decision. The judges who share the bench with her both left and right call her a wise and moderate jurist.

Her record in law makes Thomas look as if he barely got out of kindergarten.

.. sorry, but I hadn't caught up back thread yet

"To tell ya the truth - I have a problem expressing myself. I simply don't think I'm done listening." http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231709

Warren, I think you express yourself beautifully. But I will say, I think not being done listening is a very good place to be. I want to do a lot more of that too.

Also, a very nice quote you posted:
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/identity-politics-needs-more-i.html#comment-231710

Fascinating health care piece in the New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande?printable=true

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Right on again Don. I know exactly what you mean (after all, don't forget, I'm in Texas). :)

"a sweet little innocent girl was dragged from party,,to,,party,,,"

ha, Solar...that sweet innocent little girl was one of Capitol Records' best A&R (artists & repertoire) managers through the '90s. She could work with any musician and not be star struck.

Only the serious hillbilly blues aficionados will get this one. But an old time song plugger once played her some Tony Joe White songs...when he started to explain who Tony Joe was, she said, "I know exactly who he is." The guy said he was stunned because most of the younger A&R people had no idea. She said, "Uh, do you know whose kid I am?"

Patsi,,,,thats what I meant,,,,,,,,no one had to drag you anywhere,,,you were a willing victim,,,,,I would love to hear,,,how those bad ass country singers,,,paid attention to the little girl ,,that could turn ugly if and when the wrong buttons were pushes,,,that would be a tell all book,,,about some stars doing some things that are not known to the public.

Found it,,,,,,Ten steps to a better brain,,,,all of you probably only one of these,,,but

http://www.newscientist.com/search?rbauthors=Kate+Douglas%2C+Alison+George%2C+Bob+Holmes%2C+Graham+Lawton%2C+John+McCrone%2C+Alison+Motluk+and+Helen+Phillips+

only need one,,,that is,,,,

"how those bad ass country singers,,,paid attention to the little girl ,,that could turn ugly if and when the wrong buttons were pushes,,"

I can promise you that no country singer ever "paid" that kind of attention to my daughter. They would know better.

On one occasion when she was 16 a Cajun band we handled were kidding around with her, and another artist walked over and said, "Uh, do you know who she is?"

Patsi,,,,,so sorry,,,,no its you that I was talking about,,,the way that you hung around with them,,,and,,the obvious confidence that they had in you,,,your experiances with them I would never talk about you daughter,,,don't know that much about her except the things that you told us about,,and Adam also,,,,,but your life story about all of the places,,,private homes,,,converstations with them,,,and all,,and yes ,,how you kids might have grown up with them,,and how they were treated,,special I bet!!

With Carol alone ,,,she can sell a few thousand,,,,,,at the Joint,,,,she would just simply say,,,buy this book ,,or no nursie,,nursie for you,,and the rest of us would push it,,,I would give it away for presents,,,lots of little tamales around here HA!

Patsi..thanks for the link to the New Yorker article on McAllen, TX/medical mess ahead.

"To make matters worse, Fisher found that patients in high-cost areas were actually less likely to receive low-cost preventive services, such as flu and pneumonia vaccines, faced longer waits at doctor and emergency-room visits, and were less likely to have a primary-care physician. They got more of the stuff that cost more, but not more of what they needed."

NEW THREAD.. http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/this-was-recess.html

Tom Cruise would be proud of you Solar. Thank you for providing an example of men and their attitude towards depression. :p

NEW THREAD

Jamie..Thanks for the Robert Novak update..