Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

LIBERATOR CAMPAIGN UPDATE

For those following our campaign for "Liberator Status" for Patton's Boston regiment, see Oldseahag's latest letter to Sen. Kerry's office.. http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/01/meet-up-helen-thomas-and-craig.html#comment-283028

To alert your lawmakers to this cause, see her Soap Box Alert.. http://www.congress.org/soapbox/alert/14326421

It was like a tug-of-war, when you let go a little bit so the other side loses their balance.

Question: What was this "small Republican objective" they achieved? To look like the party of NO? ...no ideas of their own, but no to anyone else's ideas?

For those who appreciate Don Imus' tremendous help for our ShelterBox cause, and would like to help his ranch for kids with cancer.. http://www.imusranchfoods.com/

Our info and donation link for ShelterBox is permanently on the Blogroll under Trail Mix Links, left sidebar.. http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/blogroll.html

Kinky Friedman "...even snagged former Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower as an adviser"...for Ag Commish.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/020110dntexseriouslykinky.403a0ae.html

OK, I've done my civic duty and ordered the Superbowl special. One can never have enough salsa.

A good cozy place in England -

You two now have pride of place next to my 'Logistical Dispositions Map'

I'm sure Craig is right about Obama and the republicans ' problem is after a year of ineffectual leadership by Obama ' and six months of constant battle on health care ' with absolutely no tangible results 'no one with the exception of those in the beltway and political pundits are paying any attention ' most people went politicaly deaf a few months ago'

Thanks Craig!! I have fixed what I could with the letter and spent the last few hours on the phone with Thom. I can't believe how freaking stupid those historians are- claiming that the 94th "always moved into areas other divisions had accupied for a week or more. Unbelievable.

Here is Thom's acct, which is now in my letter and will send you a copy Craig. I think Thom gave those so called historians a fine history lesson.

“We were at the Front and approaching Ludwigshaven, about 5 miles short of it, when the American captured planes lead by a Messerschmitt flew over us, and we abandoned our convoy and headed for the ditches. We were ordered to hold off and go in and take it (Ludwigshaven) in the morning, so we bunked out in some nearby houses, they decided to let the tanks go through, but they found that the tanks had been slaughtered. We then went through Ludwigshaven and the Germans had retreated, and it was outside of Ludwigshaven, where we came across this camp. . After we were there for a couple of hours we were then ordered to leave as the medical people were expected to arrive within a short time to take care of the freed prisoners.
Shortly thereafter we were reassigned to go north to Velbert, in the Dusseldorf Krefeld area. I recall vividly the truck convoy from where we to the Dusseldorf area, a distance of about a hundred miles. At that time the War was over and we were administering the peace, one of the duties was to protect the German farmers during the night from being slaughtered from the wandering freed Russian displaced persons. ”

“ The War ended,in May, this was well before that, because we were the ones going in to take Ludwigshaven and there were no American troops ahead of us then. When the American tanks passed through us, they were halted and crucified at the fringes of Ludwigshaven. There was certainly no one ahead of them and we during the daylight hours went in to Ludwigshaven to find it abandoned. The tanks that passed through us, were completely demolished by being ambushed by the defending enemy troops in Ludwigshaven. Immediately thereafter the Germans abandoned Ludwigshaven and we went through the town which was empty of any human beings and continued on to when we came upon the camp, a few miles outside of Ludwigshaven.“

1953 "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television

Walter Cronkite interviews Attlia the Hun -
"Tell us Mr. Hun, what are your plans for the city Rome "?

God I loved that show.

"Unfortunately, our monetary system – including its domestic and international components — is broken. It has been providing excess money supply and credit growth on a global basis which has promoted one bubble after the other and which has encouraged bankers and everyone else to take excessive risks. A surfeit of liquidity and debt combined with financial deregulation reeking of moral hazard. What a system! When the bankers are right they keep their rewards. The government absorbs the losses when they are wrong. You can’t blame the bankers for picking the ripe fruit from the trees that the politicians have planted."

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/02/privatize-the-gains-socialize-the-losses/

Mqw-man,

At first when I saw the meeting between O, and the Gop's, I was going to turn it off immediately....the remote wasn't near me, ( hate when someone moves it..grrrr) but I had to go alllll the way to the other table by the corner...any way, I started to listen, and ended up liking what I heard; very much.!

I knwe that he was getting in their face, and liked it; specially when the Texas creep got to his long winded jab at Obama. He was cool, and waited for the bs to stop, and then he let him have it...now this is what I have been waiting for...someone to give rebuttals to the gop taling points.!!!

He pointed out that he came in with an 1.3 deficit from Bush from the start, and an 8 trill for the next t en...in plain and simple English...this Independent liked him for the very first time...and I see that he fowled up on this this am.

If the D's were smart, they would stick to the points made by Obama at that meeting..and stick to the promises of the 32 bil for small biz; thats all, just get the economy going again, and then see what's they can get done after-wards.....I have talked to some others that feel the same. There is one thing tho.....he had better deliver this time.......

Solar

And it worked, in Max's wall street Journal article they used the 1.3 billion number and atributed it to the previous administration. Just assuming that the truth will out isn't enough you have to get out there and shout it.

Jack

Jack,

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-backfires-in-baltimore.html#comment-283040

It was....Greed....also plain and simple.!!!

I remember when an Apartment owner asked me to give her an estimate on her foundation leaks...very nice building, but it leaked in all 4 walls....she had 7-10 bids' that she showed me...some ridiculously low, and then one was super high. I gave her what I felt was a fair price, and then tacked on 10% for making me go out on a Sat. afternoon, to give her a proposal....

Funny thing, she had a cpl of bibles (three i think ( and a whole bunch of pics of my brother Jesus. (we call him Jessie) I told her that if she did go with us..that it would not be until the following Monday....cos Sunday was a day of family, and church for me...she signed the contract, and I was there digging the very next day, Sunday,...told her that I went to Sat night Mass.....did not want her getting more bs, by anyone else, and getting ripped off.......the Banks and the ins corps....got very greedy is all....Oh and they are very religious aren't they.!!!!!

Great Job on the letter Sea,

Keep me posted as to what you want up on the site.

"They can't possibly build enough rail cars to replace the jobs lost in the auto sector"

jack, yeah, but look on the bright side. maybe they could sell some of that heavy lifting equipment and retooled parts of the assembly lines. bargain basement prices on big old factory buildings and big old factory workers.

Obama might be able to swing public opinion back to his side with his recent rediscovery of the middle class ' but after a year of ignoring the economic plight of working ' and out of work' regular folks it may be to late'
I know it's too late for this congress though' I don't believe they'll ever regain the confidence of the people ' if they ever had it' most peple I know are mad' fustrated just plain pissed off ' and they can't wait till November to take it out on somebody

Funny...
Those that listen and watched on the news reviews I have heard for the most part do not give Obama a high grade. Just that he is in Campaign mode again and little leadership value continues -
That an Obama Nation is still rejected by the American People
But we will find some that will grab anything to try and promote him still.... After all is that about all that has happened?

Buyers Remorse is the key word today

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-backfires-in-baltimore.html#comment-283046

mqw,

You're right. It's too bad that the great middle class has no clue about how close to economic collapse our country and the rest of the world was at the end of the Bush administration and the beginning of Obama's. Having read "Too Big to Fail," and excerpts from Hank Paulson's new book, it is pretty apparent that had Bush (at the end) and then Obama not acted as they did, that very middle class would have been substantially wiped out. Unemployment at 25%, housing far worse than it is now, and investments such as retirement plans worth fifty-cents on the dollar or less.

Yes, the public is pissed. They are also woefully underinformed on the facts.

Well Craig, I suspect you are right as far as Baltimore, but Indies aren't impressed with just a one round fight. I think both sides ought to get sucked into this public debate and you won't bait Republicans if real compromise isn't dangled. Dems won't get nibbles if they just want PR points. They must really engage and carve out a bipartisan consensus. If the Democrats aren't serious, Indies will punish. If they are serious and Obama acknowledges the weak answers he has for some questions while pushing his smart points, Dems win in the end even though the compromise disappoints some Liberals. will also.

That is the strategic question and I say broadside the GOP with a real engagement. Track them down into FOX Studios. I see CQ headlined the hand Brown is opening. If Democrats don't exploit it, they are fools.....

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £44,636.69 8927%

The pound must have reset, we lost money overnight. Last night , we were a bit over $71,000, today we are $70,811

PM music, excerpt from John Adams's setting of the Walt Whitman poem "The Wound-Dresser."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bW6XEGluvw

Hampson in awfully good voice lately.

Not conversant with what makes a good libretto--but candidly Whitman isn't one I'd have thought of--which is why I'm no John Adams.;)

Patd -
Thanks for that bit of work looking up Craig's comments about Haiti, I failed to save it. I wanted to pass it a long to Mr Leach , his reply -

Noted. I will take this sentiment for you when I fly in on Friday to
take over operations on the ground.

John Leach
Head of Operations
ShelterBox

Im still not convinced that we had to bail out anyone.!! they bluffed us into thinking it was the end of the world; I would have liked to have seen their cards.....

Mqw.

I find that most people are mad at congress also; at both the D's and the R';s. I don't think that the R;s are going to make up many seats tho' for the same reason. Im hoping to see people like Dodd, Rangel, Frank..Fienstien over at the senate; all go, along with any Republican's that are similar in ethics.......Many in both party's need to go.!!!

From the not to recent past....

"The reality is that today Wall Street owns the US Congress lock stock and barrel. Congress will do nothing, even if hell freezes over, unless the American electorate take the time and reclaim their nation that has been sold to the financial industry. Thomas Jefferson must be turning in his grave to see a nation and an electorate that have gone to sleep and are not heeding his warnings about the danger of banks and bankers: "

Our nation should face up to a number of well-constructed myths before inequities and divisions between ordinary taxpayers and Wall Street titans unfolds into a calamity that endangers the future of the nation:

1. Wall Street in its present form is essential for the prosperity of the US economy.
2. The talent on Wall Street is irreplaceable and their pay is deserved.
3. Bailouts along these lines were essential for economic recovery.
4. Wall Street has learned its lesson, supports financial reform and is sure that the fiasco will not be repeated.
5. Congress can do nothing about Wall Street bonuses and pay structures.

"The government and the financial industry frightened the general public with threats of impending economic doom and socialism if bailouts were not handled their way.

One-by-one negotiated bailouts - the method adopted by Treasury - are slow and unfair. Why was Bear Stearns bailed out and Lehman Brothers allowed to collapse? How do we ensure a good deal for the public in negotiated bailouts, especially given the revolving-door culture described above? Bailouts lead to more bailouts because they give an incentive to bankers to take excessive risks in pursuit of extraordinary rewards. Most importantly, after bailing out the big financial firms, we find ourselves saddled with firms that are still too big to fail and with no easy solution. In fact, because of the mergers and takeovers that the government supported, our financial institutions are now even bigger than before. We have done very little to avoid a worse catastrophe in the future.

The rate is showing $1.596 per pound. Their math is hinky. I paid, as did many people, in pounds. Those should be shown at par.

Those that paid in dollars should have their donations tallied, in pounds, at the bank rate immediately after receipt of the cash. At that point, the donations are no longer subject to exchange rate revision, good or bad.

Thousands of people left homeless by the devastating earthquake in Haiti are due to start moving into a camp with 1,000 tents donated by ShelterBox.

The Cornwall-based charity said the camp, situated near the US Embassy in Port au Prince, is the largest tent village to be built since the disaster.

A ShelterBox response team has set up the camp for up to 6,000 refugees.

A further 1,000 boxes will be flown from Stansted Airport later, taking the total in Haiti to 7,000.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8491899.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8492430.stm

A Russian Raptor and now this? Gates now talks about two years of screw ups. Did he mention that to Congress last year? China and Russia as well as India see the utility in Raptor-like air-craft.....

Jefferson accepted Hamilton's concept of national debt as long as Jefferson's back-room deal for the location of DC was his pick. How ironic.

And irony continued is Pelosi arguing State's Rights for universal care in California. I suppose she would prefer the debt of such a program Federal responsibility. Now that isn't what Jefferson had in mind....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-backfires-in-baltimore.html#comment-283042

True enough Jack. Despite the GOP cloud machine, there were very real achievements with some of the money. I can't argue that.....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-backfires-in-baltimore.html#comment-283032

To Indies perhaps, Republicans scored some impressive shots, but so did Obama. Given a draw, Obama brought the fight on and wins the first round. Whatever gains that come will be determined by the follow up. Obama has the advantage, but Republicans are going to look silly running away from more public engagement....

Bob

It sounds as if you are trying to carry on an email conversation with Mr Leach. Under normal cercumstances for old bums like you and me it would be no problem as he would have us set on automatic reply. How ever you have moved into the VIP category with your $70,000 dollor donation so he may feel the need to give you more attention than he wuold us peons. But he is a very busy man .........

Just a thought.

Jack

Flatus -
Mores thanks ........ those are not dollars we lost are they , once the transaction is done it's done. Never thought I would be concerned with the sterling/dollar conversion rate.

Has the legal dept come in this morning ?

More stories of schools buying a box.

Constantine pupils raise money for ShelterBox
Falmouth Penryn Packet - James Toseland - ‎3 hours ago‎
Pupils at Constantine School have been hard at work fundraising as they help towards Helston-based charity ShelterBox's disaster relief ...

Uplands pupils raise more than £500 for Haiti earthquake victims
Stroud News and Journal - David King - ‎6 hours ago‎
HEROIC pupils at Uplands Primary School may not have magical powers or super strength – but they still managed to raise lifesaving funds for ...
http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&cf=all&ncl=ddqaEo6OcrLz9pMIgdl88JOd8ny8M

Jack, the next step is that they ask him to be one of the board members.

Actually Bob, what they are saying is if you bought the boxes today, you would have paid less than what you did. That's because the dollar is stronger.

Tell them to leave the dollar amounts unchanged. Changes are meaningless because the dollars have been spent at the then current exchange rate.

It's perfectly reasonable saying that the donated amount purchased 'X' number of boxes.

Pogo, Coreen!! HELP!

Flatus

What it means is we should all go out and donate some more!
It is an even better bargain!!!

God, I can't resist a deal

Jack

Jack -
No , I'm done for now, just wanted him to know about what Haiti did for Craig. I didn't have it for the 1st of my 2 emails to him.

I'm well aware of that he's working his ass off, and how bozos steal peoples time.

palin endorses paul

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/02/palin-endorses-paul-in-kentuck.html

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/01/meet-up-helen-thomas-and-craig.html#comment-282987

"Gay rights leaders say they expect Mr. Gates to announce in the interim that the Defense Department will not take action to discharge service members whose sexual orientation is revealed by third parties or jilted partners, one of the most onerous aspects of the law."

Flatus,
Thanks ever so much for your comment this morning! I appreciate the info regarding the military and desegregation.I'll be very happy just to see the investigations stop.The investigations have been my main bitch with this administration and DADT..

palindrone = word, phrase, or sentence which reads the same nonsense backward or forward

Jack -
In May of 75' I went to work in one of the front windows at the corner of Elk Horn & Moraine avenues in downtown Estes Park. Thousands of people walking by watching me do leather burnings. I know about people stealing your time.

alabaman jihadist

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/01/al_shabaabs_alabaman_jihadist

Hi guys,
I just started to learn how to play viola, YAY!!! But right now doing homework while blogging. Doing cell stuff tomorrow in class (editable cell) and it’s going to be cool.
My fiend at school is a big Glen Beck fan. And he said that he’s going to run for president and if he gets into office he will get rid of the Bill of rights, the constitution, and the Decrelation of independence. I think that’s not a good Idea at all, what do you guys think?

Bob

Glad to hear it.
If I were in your shoes I'm not sure I could contain my excitement and after all I'm not used to anybody paying much attention to what I have to say ;-)

Jack

Post-quake horrors shock area doctors

Dr. Vishtasb Broumand, a Daytona Beach facial-cranial surgeon, said he wants to go back as soon as possible -- maybe next weekend.

"I miss Haiti -- I feel guilty being here," said Broumand, 41. "(Here) we do a lot of elective procedures . . . it's not like someone desperately needs your help and has nowhere else to go.

"I think I've found a new calling in my life . . . When I see people in pain and peril (as they are in Haiti), I need to go help them."

The cadre of doctors hadn't planned on being drawn in so close to the epicenter.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD03012910.htm

Hey kid

A couple of things
First the Declaration of Independence is an idea so it can't be gotten rid of.
Its basic idea is we have the right to govern ourselves and when that is not happening then we have the obligation to change it. A very powerful and controversial idea even after 250 years.

As for the constitution(the bill of rights is part of the constitution) and Glenn Beck.
Beck is so dependent on the constitution to protect him as he rants that if it were not there then he and his followers would be among the first to be stood against the wall and shot.
The one thing dictators really hate are mouthy agitators..

Jack

I got Sea's letter to Kerry's office posted on the Liberator web site.

http://94campaign.blogspot.com/

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

Saying this too loudly could get one thrown in jail in some parts of this country in this post 9-11 world

Jack

Naw Jack, especially when this kind of stuff in acceptable in another part of the world.... http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=1624

Time stealing bozos -

My clown suit is in cleaners.

me

Take your pick. Glen Beck is either a carefully crafted, persona guaranteed to make the wacko right drool with excitement or Glen Beck is a complete psycho and Fox keeps him on for the ratings from the wacko right..

Come to think of it, those two descriptions might be synonymous.

The one thing I remember most about that window period in my life. Learning that , people love to watch other people work, my girlfriend nearly spun out of control one day when these tourists watched her eat her sandwich.

Max evidently hasn't been paying much attention to what gets one hung in Iran.

Jack

"people love to watch other people work"

Bob it is one of the biggest problems with my handyman work. Those old people will stand there and watch everything I do. They don't mean anything by it they just like to watch.

Jack

I bet jamie is down stairs watching them work.

Jack

How did Atilla the Hun's wife call him to dinner?

"Dinner's ready, Hun....."

AHH ... The ole' fun , pun about a Hun.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-backfires-in-baltimore.html#comment-283084

Unfortunately for me none of them are worth watching working or not.

Tub in, sink in, insulation above ceiling in, area where door to bedroom will go down to the framework for cutting ... Too much fun

U do know that there is a "cornball jokes-police" around here don't U?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-backfires-in-baltimore.html#comment-283088

Yea, but they aren't too good at their job. They haven't caught you yet ;-)

Jack

if they caught that one it's the big house fer sure........

come and get me, coppers......

Hey.!!!!

I'm havin' a fit of the sillier-than-usuals--

So PM music is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30QnC9L7gic

Nite y'all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odcJ-vS22rI&feature=fvw

the chordettes........ this you tube thing is ca-razy......no telling whatcha might find poking around.......found this thanks to the Homie and Jeffro......

Jack, we watch as the regime in Iran implements their version of 1984. Recently in that country, we see a great example of Newspeak: "Nothing" now means something http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/7724/1/

It would be great if Iranians were able to have any control over what their regime is attempting to accomplish in and outside of the country they hold hostage. Israel may have eliminated the central Arm Merchant for Hamas, but Quds is out in force and no doubt the clock is ticking.

As for the Palestinian side, Clinton has the map. Settlements are relative to the deal we actually struck.

Doublespeak was the point of the link above as Abbas declared he had stopped hate broadcasts on PA controlled media and within their educational programs, but the worst sort of racism exists in full view.

Hamas, if you can imagine it, is far worse than the PA allowed hate speech above. I just placed that obscenity next to the idea that reciting the Declaration of Independence can get you killed in some American localities. I sure know areas where one could get killed just standing on the corner. That, I think is another issues, yes?

Now if your point was that reading aloud the Declaration of Independence in Tehran could get you killed, you are undoubtedly correct. Perhaps I misunderstood you....

"As for the Palestinian side, Clinton has the map. Settlements are relative to the deal we actually struck."

There were some phony-baloney maps made up of the Mexican territories ...just before they said "Go West Young Man"

Those boarder lines keep expanding.!!

By the way, Glenn Beck is an actor. A rather bad one at that. Although Franken is a Senator, I rather doubt that Beck could survive as an actual candidate. Colbert is far more viable, even when he's not serious. Beck certainly won't be able to cry during a debate or use a chalk board..

The real Republican line breaks between hard conservatives and conservative centrists. The ultra conservatives have been successful through Beck And Rush to drive hard conservatives to toward the Tea Baggers and oust moderates, but two things keep that from happening.

One, the larger Indie component of Tea Baggers are not ultra conservative, making Tea Baggers as a group -not much other than publicity. They will crumble as a Third Party, nor can they blackmail the Republican Party. Ironically, Brown could probably excite Tea Baggers more than Beck,

Two, as Indies and moderate Democrats force engagement and compromise (if they can), the Republican centrists are the only weapon Republicans have at the polls outside ultra red country.....

I think Congress will give NASA more money (not that Manned Space Flight needs be confined short term to the moon).......Obama blew his JFK moment....

Or maybe we'll just watch others on the moon soon enough.

that was a nice "thank you note" from lubbock.......what happens to all the things people leave there on buddy's stone?

Max

Who is getting hanged in Iran?
Loud mouth trouble makers.

Focus on the basics.
You get lost in your isms
Jack

Solar

I've noticed when it come to Mexican boarders they are mostly relative.
You know , Jaun has a house and he rents out the basement to his cousin Jose and little brother Poncho.

Jack

Looks like the real Scott Brown has emerged...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/outofline/2010/02/scott_browns_other_truck.html

Not true Solar. Clinton and Israel had extensive meetings in which decades of mutual understanding was formed into an actual map. You seem to indict many administrations and agreements.

There were a few areas on that map where expansion would continue and that any land Israel so annexed would be compensated with Israeli land or monies. These apply to historic Israeli areas such as Gilo. The vast majority of settlements in the West Bank would have been abandoned and all in Gaza were, by Sharon. That merely gave rise to militants. Unfortunately, many Palestinians want the land, but not the peace.

Now this map we are talking about is a decade old. Arafat rejected it although Abbas has said he would consider it. Nowhere has the US position become during the last decade that settlements are permanent. Israel voice what exceptions there were a decade ago. It was Rabin's wish that this land for real peace come to pass. Hillary knows exactly what the division was going to look like, but Arafat launched a bloody response.

No President of Israel will allow simply give back the land while the hate goes on, Iran arms militants, even AQ imports violence. Do those Israeli is asked to negotiate with as a majority, sworn to the destruction of Israel? Hillary knows this basic pot hole while media focuses on settlements.

For now Saudis and Egyptians, Jordanians and others see the real struggle with Iran who now fuels obstructionism in the peace process and radicalism abroad. Arab leaders are so frustrated with the Palestinian position they have moved beyond it to strategic issues. There are prosperous cities in the West Bank born from security. We in the West, rather than vilifying everything Israel, must sadly acknowledge that many Palestinians haven't begun to put down their hatred no matter the crimes or mistakes of Israel. Right now they have their map and it is only Palestine......

Bear

that is a gross exaggeration.
Brown is only a freshman senator. They can buy him with one bag of cash.

Jack

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-backfires-in-baltimore.html#comment-283100

If you could repeat your point? Perhaps a bit clearer for the dense? I am confused about what simlarities you were drawing...

Bear, are you hoping Brown is really as you imagine him to be?

Jack,

Got u. Yes it works that way a lot.....funny there is a big house a few blocks from me....the owner refuses to rent it out to anyone, other that some illegals..say's that they pay on time..and keep the grounds clean...cut the grass, and even shingled (patched) the roof where it was leaking...I don't think that he know that there are 9 people living there, or doesn't care...

Solar
Although I was doing a riff on your typo

I think it is an immigrant thing.
This neighborhood used to be Polish and a lot of these old houses have a little apartment in the basement.
And listening to stories from my father and how he went to California in the 30"s it was much the same.
One cousin writes home and tells another one about a job. the cousin moves out there knowing he has a place to stay until he can get on his feet.

Jack

Jack,

I don't know what Obama is going to do about the immigrant problem...it's a tough one tho.!! I don't think that we can take anymore people. Maybe we should legalize pot.....lots of good things can happen if done...I don't know of anyone that is going to stay at home, if their families are starving ....I don't think for a moment that Canadians would either...just that Fn Mexican pres. keep stealing that country blind...the last one Fox was ok...but the one before him...Salinas....it will take a long, long time for them to recovers from his corrupt admin..and his family...the shits.!!!

Wow--mighty quiet on the Trail tonight--

Anyway, bedtime music--I wanted the Sons of the Pioneers, but this one ain't half-bad. Sort of reminds me of Vaughn Monroe or Rex Allen. Gorgeous voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUIAwiKaaZ8

Nite again.