Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

woo hoop de doo

Ce grand malheur, de ne pouvoir être seul.
-La Bruyère

It was well said of a certain German book that "er lasst sich nicht lesen" --it does not permit itself to be read. There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told. Men die nightly in their beds, wringing the hands of ghostly confessors, and looking them piteously in the eyes --die with despair of heart and convulsion of throat, on account of the hideousness of mysteries which will not suffer themselves to be revealed. Now and then, alas, the conscience of man takes up a burthen so heavy in horror that it can be thrown down only into the grave. And thus the essence of all crime is undivulged.

----E. A. Poe

"creepiest ad I've ever seen"

a real wolf in the end shot would have been better than what looked like a sheepskinned drunk slouching toward cucamonga. creepy is right. wonder shat she'll dress boxer in.

The political environment is on its way towards becoming as toxic as it was in '94. The toxicity will peak in September/October. Republicans will take both houses.

Oh, forgot the coda: People deserve the government they get.

Flatus ,,, Agree if the trends continue and if a certain President and Hill Leadership keep doing the same thing and expect a different outcome.

But not the same Republicans that are in place now...

Change is coming

and so it begins

"Brown's addition to the Senate will mark the end of the 60-vote majority Democrats have held for much of the past year and give Republicans enough votes to block legislation as they choose.......

Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick (D) is expected to sign an election certificate for Brown on Thursday morning, and the senator-elect would fly from Boston later in the day to be sworn in.

Senate Democrats say the swearing-in by Vice President Biden probably will happen at 5 p.m. on Thursday.

Congressional Republicans said privately that seating Brown earlier could help them block Democratic nominees opposed by the GOP,..."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020303736.html?hpid=artslot

Bob, should I ever need to replace Rosemary's engine, it should be as simple as undoing four bolts, unplugging a bunch of cables, and lifting up the rest of the car above the sub-frame containing all the mechanicals including the transmission. Even the transmission linkage is by wire.

And I too would like seeing Jax switching out that engine. Every time he talks about his tugs, I think back to the Tugboat Annie stories serialized in the Saturday Evening Post.

I reckon she must have been his wacky Aunt Annie.

I am just a poor boy. Though my story's seldom told, I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises: all lies and jests. Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy, in the company of strangers in the quiet of the railway station running scared; laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go---looking for the places only they would know.

--p simon

...like, totally trippy, man. Dems should not play PR games; they aren't good at it.

...and doesn't it just make them look like snake oil salesmen? If you were a Dem, would you want to be one the shills ("outsiders") or the one selling the cure-all?

I wonder who will be waving Newtie's Books of Mao this time around.

I guess it should really be, "Sayings of Mao."

Here is a bit of overlooked news that will certainly aid such a takeover.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aNSc0oQ0vb4M&pos=10

oooooooh noooooooo....
Ping has become infected with the same fever that hit Democrats while campaigning for Obama.... changeatosis.... but now it's gonna happen with the Republicans. Oh Yes!... here it comes finally.... change we can believe in NOT.

Ping... I love ya... but you can't be serious. We are talking about politicians.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32499.html

"Democrats protect backroom deals"

"But there is no visible movement to erase a Medicaid deal with Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) that she has said is worth $300 million, three times the amount of Nelson’s agreement.

Or to strike a line item that exempts Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan from a 40 percent tax on insurers that provide expensive health plans. Or to remove a provision that sends an extra $500 million in Medicaid funding to Massachusetts and $600 million to Vermont for being leaders in providing health insurance to their residents."

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Flatus,
Your so wise and i agree!

Bob, here's a link from my alma on increased acidity of the Pacific Ocean:

http://usfweb3.usf.edu/absolutenm/templates/?a=1959&z=31

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Tony you so funny!

As for dreams.... I would never tell anyone not to pursue his/her dreams. But if the government is involved, one should realize it's going to take a really really long time.

"They" have wanted to build a regular train from Logan airport in Boston to Manchester airport in NH for over 20 years. "They say it would allow some in Mass. to choose the NH airport which would alleviate some of the crowdedness in Logan (patd... I know you know what I'm talking about). And allow NH residents to get to Logan when making overseas flights. It looks like "they" may finally break ground in a few more years. The history of this project is so convoluted it could make one barf from dizziness.

Obtaining the land was one thing. The hardest thing was doing an impact study for every town this rail would cross. And that means working with local governments. Small town local governments. Any one who wants to see the best example of over bloated egos needs to go to a small town selectmen's meeting. And show up as an outsider with a big project... and money. It'll give the 3 stooges a run for their money.

Doesn't mean it can't be done. But it won't be tomorrow.

In case you may have missed this.

Remember all the salivating that went on over the thought of getting those Bush DOJ attorneys who were responsible for the famous torture memos? Well I am happy to say, just it ain't going to happen.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/02/01/doj-to-clear-torture-memo-authors-yoo-bybee-of-wrongdoing/

what's wrong with this picture. hc insuro co profits up,
everybody else down.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_humana

aaaargghh

another take on story re swiss court ruling for baby doc

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gH20L9J9SZgJsWux2InrKCA8YBkw

Renee

It is all because of that democracy thing. You have to have the community and stake holder involvement in the process because you have to let the Dons of this word feel like their voice is being heard.
So Don gets up makes long convoluted statements that have little to do with reality and everybody nods like it is important. Why? Because Don and his buddies vote and we can't have real voters mad at you.

I'm sure in your dealings with the public you have met Don before.

Jack

Blanche Lincoln has steadily opposed anything Obama has done and at the same time her Poll numbers have plummeted.
Maybe it is time she came up with a new strategy.
The anti obama shtick ain't working.

Jack

Morning all, Just found this quote from Shirley Jackson- know it has nothing to do with politics, am sick of them all today, and sad that Ted is really gone.

Cocoa? Cocoa! Damn miserable puny stuff, fit for kittens and unwashed boys. Did Shakespeare drink cocoa?

Gonna print it out and hang in the shop.

Salon Magazine, not known as a bastion for R thought, have a great article on the Bush-Cheney approach to terrorism and civil liberties. The title of the article, "What exactly did Bush and Cheney do wrong?"

http://salon.com/news/terrorism/index.html?story=/opinion/greenwald/2010/02/02/bush

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Patd

Maybe some one should send that bit of news to Blanche Lincoln I'm sure there are a few people in Arkansas that would be pissed about it.

Jack

The fight to keep "failing" schools open, or just another way to reward failure.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/teachers-union-and-naacp-sue-to-stop-school-closings/

Thanks for the link to the FCINO commercial...I sure hope none of those farm animals were hurt in the making of the commercial. I agree, Craig, creepy.

I will continue to vote and vote democratic...the republicans are a bunch of jeebers!

TIR

LOL

Did you even efing read the article or did you just love the title and write your own.

I guess its one of those librul things.
You wouldn't understand.

Jack

Morning,

Just some observations:

1. Stewart is getting great reviews for going n FOX. He is pushing the engagement tactic and Indies like that.

2. Public gave great points to Obama for Q and A, but WH now says Q and A is over. Really? That is pretty stupid and Indies don't like that.

3. F-22 decision is coming back to haunt as is the decision to KSM trial in NYC. For the F-22 issue, see three day old post at Slate or read aviation weekly. The scandal is what DOD and Gates knew before they ditched the F-22. New Russian T-50 was a surprise? LOL.....China and India want it. I wonder why if it is so obsolete in it's role to play in future..

4. Iran is Feb sleeper. Don't be surprised. Why do you think Ahmadinejad made a desperate and bogus offer to send uranium out of country? Sure, he wants to send animals into space....

5. China is feeling some Hillary love. You don't negotiate without leverage and Hillary is piling it on. Good for her.

6. Boxer is terrible. I suggest people take a look at Judicial Watch List.

7. If Democrats don't engage, Q and A and split the Republicans wide open, they are even more pathetic strategists than I suspect........

are all indies the same, then?

all the independents came together and spoke with one voice......"We are all individuals!"

lol

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TIR

What gets me is that the Republicans who created this massive job loss and destruction of the middle class are able to get the people they are screwing over to vote against their own self interest thanks to fear and prejudice.

It's getting really dumb out there in conservative land.

Of course greedy Democrats voting their own self interest doesn't help. Make it, "it's getting very very dumb out there in voter land".

I just looked at the "Carly for California" ad.

With that production quality I believe Boxer is safe.
lol
That was a really bad ad

Jack

Sturge

they all look and think like Max.

Jack

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Tony, people called her office and the phones were jammed, or so she said. O'Keefe says he went to see if phones were working and film them ringing with no one answering. He says he has that on tape as well as no evidence he had "bugs". Let the tape play....If this ends up true, she will have egg on her face too and people who tried to make this Watergate will have to eat their own rants including Olberman and Maddow as well as he NYT.

I don't condone O'Keefe's illegal tactics when used, but people are furious with what is going on. O'Keefe tried to exploit that anger and show she didn't want to answer her constituency on the phone....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-senate-takeover-still-unli.html#comment-283526

Things would be a lot better if they did Jack....

They will get the last laugh me thinks....

I keep looking at the country's finances and one thing is becoming all too obvious but really not spoken yet.

We are being set up for a HUGE increase in taxes....
It will make the expiration of the Bush tax cuts look like childs play.

I can feel it coming but I think that everyone is hoping for some miracle to happen so that they don't have to say it.....

92 Shelter Boxes on their way.

All I can say about the Carly commercial is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVC0_CRW9tA

Jack... oh yes.... this small town.... like all small towns... has many many Dons. Depending on one's mood, they can't be very frustrating or very amusing. Back when we had real town meetings, Rick and I would go with a group of friends that thought it was entertaining.... like a real life soap opera. We used to bring big bags of popcorn. But despite all the hulabaloo.... things do get done.

That Carly ad was soooooo baaaaaad.... that it was funny.

oooops.... can't should be "can".....

Unemployment up and tax increases definitely coming...I'm not sure how bad Carly's ad needs to be. Cali is facing some serious meltdown and the Fed doesn't have the money.....

Sure, with what Democrats are doing in Washington, they are the populists. Perhaps Republicans are getting their traction from Democratic mistakes....gee, just like Democrats got from the GOP during the Bush days.

Where is the popcorn....

the objective of a political ad is for it to be seen as often as possible by as many people as possible....it may backfire, but then again it may not..........it may just be a very bad but also a very successful ad, nonetheless

like i think corzine's "fat" ad kinda blew back on him......

jamie, 92 boxes? 920 people?

here's a list of equivalent small towns. captiva, fl and crawford tx

http://www.rateitall.com/t-21496-places-to-live-towns-with-fewer-than-1000-residents.aspx

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No, but there is a clear and strong majority. Look at CQ today. Conservatives outnumber Liberals, but many often vote Democratic. There is a MIddle the Democrats forget at their own peril, you know, the ones that got their majority elected....

i think one half of "the middle" is a sine wave and the other half is the cosine......all with tangents galore........

and then mix in all the secants, cotangents, cosecants, and what-have-you, and there you have it: the middle

but of course, I think "the middle" is where-ever "the media" says it is.

Thank you, thank you...........and next time you must come to my house.

--Heinlein

patd

Somehow it is fitting that our little gang can now "shelter" Crawford, TX

Crawford, Texas.......doesn't need sheltering now.......he moved.

wonder if shelterbox folks have urban planners doing optimal tent town designs with little ideal platting for xx amount of boxes. maybe with cultural flavors like village squares with admin, judicial and religious bldgs in the center or circular with a commons or well.

are these setup haphazardly, first come first choice location? are they decided according to families/friends who want to live together or sorted by sects, class, gender or age? how are security and sanitation factors dealt with, preplanned or by whim?

patd.......seems like the layout for a roman encampment would work pretty well.......

Everybody wants to be in the middle but we all can't stand in the same spot.

I think the term political middle is a lot like the term middle class.

A person with a million dollar house and a person who is trying to come up with an excuse as to why his rent is late, both believe they are just middle class.

Jack

sturge, maybe even a mini colosseum?

The middle ........ dead armadillos , and yellow paint.

and on the sides, the fringes: 1000ft drops with no railings, ditches filled with mud and drunks and rusting detritus, off-ramps to nowhere?

Off to get 200 hand bills made.

The Gibbons Families bought a whole box .

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £46,276.23 - 9255 %

http://www.justgiving.com/Colorado-Bob

and on the sides,

Don't forget Stucky's ..... and those pecan log rolls.

Bob--'Dead or Alive'?

clarification: my 10:37 post was about the middleclass hwy cbob alluded to at 10:32, not the shelterbox town.

Here's another update from Haiti, not much new but I felt a sense of pride when I read the second last sentence. "The Rotary" now includes us.

http://blog.bioteam.net/2010/02/03/state-of-the-city/

Bruce Barlett conservative economist

I can only conclude from this new poll of 2003 self-identified Republicans nationwide that between 20% and 50% of the party is either insane or mind-numbingly stupid.

http://www.capitalgainsandgames.com/blog/bruce-bartlett/1467/why-i-am-not-republican

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Patd

I don't know about the future, but the initial tents were set up at the airport with emphasis on families with small children or pregnant women in order to provide maximum security.

The logistics involved for all of the homeless must be horrendous.

"People are living in clusters of strangely homogenous tents. Here, a hundred from Coleman. There, 200 from the Rotary."

ed, thanks... good feelings all around.

"between 20% and 50% of the party is either insane or mind-numbingly stupid"

just reflects the general population.

Max,

U R not in the middle, so just come out of the closet (that was for Tony :-) and admit that U R an Republican.. you seem to be just like J. Leiberman...he sides with the R's all of the time now..so he is not an Indie..he is a Republican...Now R. Paul is an Indie....

The independent party will have just as many different shades; as the Dems have, but once they become indies. the won't go back to the hypocrisy that they see on both sides.

Sen Feinstein was pushing the wars again Sunday...she sounded just like a Republican.....she was pushing the terror alert button. she sounded just like Cheney/Bush crowd.

I see that Dodd is a real model for the D's...going out like he came in...a hypocrite...both parties are mirror images of themselves...cept the R;s are not hidding anything from the public...they just say :we are greedy" and don't give a rats ass if you know it...the D's can't hide their Greed anymore...Obama, and Dodd, Frank, and all of the rest have blown their cover.....yep there is hope for those that see the two part's as one.........go Nader...

this dawg can hunt

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/bill-clinton-making-second-trip-to-haiti-after-quake.php

Pat

Did you look at the poll?

Jack

The Toyota boondoggle and consequences to the US Market Auto and Otherwise?

Toyota Silver Lining.

Dear Taliban we have the repair fix for your Toyota – shim this.

http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2010/02/toyota-silver-lining.html

Definitions: Growing up, I figured I and all my friends were "middle-class." It wasn't until I took my first college economics course that I found out the only person in my circle of friends, who qualified for that distinction was the father of the richest kid I knew.

By an amazing coincidence, that rich kid and his younger brother now sit directly behind me at my alma mater's home basketball games. Obviously, we're no longer kids, but they're still rich. Good for them.

Solar

Paul is as bad as the rest of them.
In fact he is one of them and is as much a part of this mess as the next one.

Lets look for real solutions if you want a third party.

Jack

solar, which r paul, ron or rand?

jack, just musing on the mental condition of our countrymen/women in general. imho only, no basis for it.

Craig,

I see a problem with George Pataki as a candidate...when he was governor, he thought it was more important that his friends and political patrons make money off the rebuilding of the WTC than actually rebuilding that site.

I think he would face withering criticism were he to run, especially since Rudy completely eclipsed him in the aftermath of the attacks...

This is something to share with anyone you know who is "tired" of President Obama blaming W. for the current economic conditions. They think one year is more than enough time to fix things, what were they saying at this point in time?

"The problems we inherited were far worse than most inside and out of government had expected; the recession was deeper than most inside and out of government had predicted. Curing those problems has taken more time and a higher toll than any of us wanted."

-Pres. Reagan, State of the Union, 1983

http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/196.html

Obama Makes Birther Joke At Prayer Breakfast (VIDEO)
Ben Frumin | February 4, 2010, 9:31AM

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/obama-makes-birther-joke-at-prayer-breakfast.php?ref=mp

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good catch, bear

almost verbatim to obama's

Sturg -

The paper work & bill from the funeral home when they brought Buddy back home . It's a Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=29292&id=100000679088524&fbid=100956143270355

$1266. 00

Ingrid Holly Kaiter was Buddy's niece .

Ingrid IS Buddy's niece -

Photos from her mothers effects.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=834&id=100000679088524

Thought for the day :
" Put your brain in gear before starting your mouth. "

"Thousands of Port-au-Prince's newly destitute residents aren't waiting for the government or the United Nations. As they have for decades, they're taking matters into their own hands, cobbling shelter together from whatever's at hand. "

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/255/story/83674.html

If we have a divided government now that Obama really missed his chance ( and our's) to pass some of what he promissed....will he be better off, looking like a fighter, than like a pres. that can't even get his own party in line ....

Jack, Ok, U got me.!! Acutally I only like Ronn Paul for some of the things that he is for...not for some of his stances, like womens right to choose and a cpl of other things, but let's face it....he has been right more than wrong about almost everything....including the wars.!!!

He doesn't stand a chance, either does Nader, of Kucnich, but they are fun to put out there...wait til Max gets back. I was going to say McKinney but that way too much...he really goes nuts about her.!! All that said...I do agree with you, that we need to find some sort of solution about all of this.!

I Don't know who ; or how; but I do think that there is a chance for someone to take advantage of how mad the middle class are....I wish that my guy Prof. John Haglin of the Natural law party was still around...he would tap into all of this discontent. Is too early to run Al Franken for POTUS???? I see him, or someone like him...from either party...to give us that kind of hope for us...he would take from the Rich, and greedy, and get it to where it is fair for everyone....I am all for making a very nice profit...that is what it is all about...but what is going on, and has been going on, we don't stand much of a chance; against the corps that make all of the laws.....we are slaves; but maybe this internet thing can get us free???

This is what a real third party looks like; they had a ground roots organization, with elected officials in almost all of the states; but we did no listen to him, and chose to pick a blued, or red jersy and play the games that got us to this point....bottom, bottom line..it is all our own faults....

http://www.natural-law.org/platform/index.html

"President Barack Obama told a bipartisan group of governors that he was following a "non-ideological approach" to energy that included clean energy and efficiency but also offshore drilling for oil and gas, new nuclear power plants and new technology that would allow for continued use of coal without emissions of heat-trapping gases. "

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/83669.html

The reason that we don't have a third party, a real solution to most of our problems, is that we ignored, and missed the opportunity.!! Now with the new law allowing all corps to even further influence the way we get our officials elected...what are the odds for more people to do what Franken did; or for someone else that the corps don't back-up with all of their $ I just don't know how people thought that Obama would be different.! This organization had to drop off the political arena (they did good for three elections ) b/c of the lack of $ to sustain themselves. He is still around....take a look.!!!!!

http://www.natural-law.org/index.html

Solar

I think what we are seeing is that the American people aren't stupid, They know that the old ideas aren't working , yet both parties are stuck in the past. Obama , for all his mantra about change is just as stuck as the rest of them.

The politician that wins in the next election is the one that can best convince them that they have new workable ideas.
At this moment I don't see anybody on the horizon that can come in and be your knight on a white horse.
All the people you listed as 3rd party alternative are just as stuck in their own version of the past.

Jack

Now that we know what a real third party looks like. How do we get one? Lets start here....already in place, all they have to do, is get the money to compete.!!! and for people to stop voting against their own interest...last 30yrs are proof the both sides have gone to the dogs...scratch that..tot he Wolves-corps...and picking one side against the other...is just making us the Sheep.!!

http://www.uspeacegovernment.org/

Jack,

I posted my last one before I re-freshed..Agreed with you're last post...but don't we need a Knight in shining armor, or in a rusted garbage can...just as long as we-I don't fall into the in group, versus the out groups.....they have us doing this..and I won't play that.!!! but U r right, and I will always be on the look out for the messiah...or messiaher...i would have voted for Hillary.!! XR...U R never around for the Lunch call......it's going to cost U today...so get out you're bucks....heard that you still have the very first one, that u made.....

The little kid in Britain is beating our brains out.

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £200,265.34

http://www.justgiving.com/CharlieSimpson-HAITI

Dow still dropping....I've been sitting on the sidelines since Nov waiting on the double dip.....could this be it????

I sure hope so. Think I'm making less than 1% in money market.....

Stranger in a Strange Land - Leon Russell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV6u97beANs

Today's nice animal story as well as a commentary on the current economic situation

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-saving-spikey4-2010feb04,0,619830.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Flocal+%28L.A.+Times+-+California+%7C+Local+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

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CBob

Back at the beginning of all this I recommended that Craig get a tricycle. He could ride it around Dupont Circle.

Jamie -
Right ....... You can't beat cute , cute works every time.

Someone asked about these camps, how they were set - up , etc.

I found a picture of the first one, getting it posted at the Fish Camp.

These guys just don't shelter people they tame chaos .

The Congress Camp 400 tents

http://tmfishcamp.blogspot.com/

Jax

From what I've been reading the market dropped through a techical barrier so the technical traders are selling.
There is the issue of China and it's realestate bubble seems a lot of folks were putting a lot mof faith in China being our savior. Kinda shows the intellegence level of those folks in the stock market.

I had a very good december and I have yet to fall 10% but I do need to think about culling a couple of stocks and taking my profit with the next up turn. I may go a little into cash with some of the 401k.

My father in laws house that we put on the market last week has been getting a lot of traffic. no offers yet.
It will give me a good idea of the local market.

Jack

German TV covering the set-up of a camp -

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/961290/Einfache-Katastrophenhilfe-aus-der-Kiste#/beitrag/video/961290/Haiti-Katastrophenhilfe-aus-der-Kiste

The DJIA is still up 25% in the past twelve months, more than that if you look further back. I'd call this a correction, not a double dip. A buying opportunity if you are selective by stock and industry.

(Up about 65% from its bottom).

C-Bob,

Congress Camp looks like the enlisted men and NCO's made efficient use of space and the commissioned officers threw up some tents in a corner that was upwind.

The Fiorina advertisement was good evidence of a low-life campaign.

Let the Republicans tear each other apart in California.

Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer will both win handily.

Also, Democratic Senators at the Obama worshipfest was as sickening as the Fiorina ad.

I think was should be were..

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Craig in short pants peddling Dupont Circle at rush hour would be sure to get someone's attention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WmbbFD_XhQ

As you folks may have noticed, I'm gone a little guitar crazy of late. If you have never hear "Cluster Pluck", perk up your ears. These are the best of the country guitarists playing bits in several studios, engineered into one incredible piece of music. He's not credited (not sure why since it's on my copy), but Keith Urban was in on this as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6BJ2E8eKww

The New QB for the Republicans has been sworn in. They already said that if he wanted to run for potus...he would be tied with obama..a dead heat.....im going to turn off the play-by-play of him getting seated......here come the cheerleaders.!!

Well, as I suspected, I do have pneumonia and am so sick of coughing! My neighbors are going to run in and kill me soon. I've had one z-pak which hasn't seemed to help, but the doc says it takes a while to get rid of pneumonia. I did convince her to give me another antibiotic, tho.

When I was young, I used to say that a good way to feel good was to be sick, and when it was over I would feel like a million bucks. Not anymore. This is perhaps the first really bad thing I've noticed re being old.

I haven't been interested in checking any links and I know I'll be sorry. I have seen fiorina's ad - I really can't stand that woman.

And Meg Whiman's radio spot says we should help those who need help but shouldn't make welfare a way of life - we need to find a way to get people off welfare. WOW. How come nobody ever figured that out? I really don't like her, either.

I don't like stingy mean little hearts.

I also felt the 6.0 quake we had this am - was lying on my side in bed and the bed moved from side to side and for once I had verification. It was hundreds of miles away in the ocean.

Gray Davis wanted to ONE TIME triple car registration
fees here. Wild outcry...and then came Arnie. The rest is history.

I'm gonna go rest.

Bethy...
hope you feel better very soon. Wish I could send you some chicken soup.
And I agree... I don't like stingy mean little hearts either.

Solar....wish I knew who the hell you were talking about .... what new QB for the Repubs? I've been out all day visiting my mother. Haven't seen any news.

Bethy

What is it about California and ocean quakes at the beginning of the year? Went through a big one in Santa Monica a zillion years ago.

Does Meg think people just laze about on subsistance as if they had another choice? Sure a small percentage do, but most people just want a damn job and to tell the bureaucrats to butt out so they can get on with their lives.

Destroy manufacturing and destroy a nation ... we get to watch it happening.

Maxtrue,

I've done a couple of loans for some Lockheed employees and they don't seem too enamored with the F-22...they love the F-16 and they say don't worry about the F-35...

I almost ran off the road last week watching a test flight of the F-35...that sucker can dance like a video game fighter and I don't think you need to worry about it getting into service...

If I can find out when they do another flight like that, I'll try to get some video because it can do maneuvers at such slow speeds it looks like it's defying gravity...

Renee,

Our new Sen. Brown. He was just sworn in by the V. P. David Broader who I think is getting a littel to comfortable with Cnn, just said that Brown is in a dead heat with Obama for 2012....noting like selling tickets to the game no?.....hey Im buying the hotdogs, and the beer. want one??

Crap,

I lost the bet...I had $20 that Fox would be the network to pull this stunt...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/04/nbc-serves-fried-chicken_n_449821.html

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-senate-takeover-still-unli.html#comment-283604

What no watermelon?

Solar....
oooooohhhh.... that new QB..... lol

yeah.... I'll take mine with mustard and relish please....
I'll bring the big bags of popcorn..

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-senate-takeover-still-unli.html#comment-283524

"What gets me is that the Republicans who created this massive job loss and destruction of the middle class are able to get the people they are screwing over to vote against their own self interest thanks to fear and prejudice."

Jamie,
Spot on.While working today Grace of course had FOX on,what a bunch of lying twits they have on! Foxes Megan interviewing this Republican strategist who just kept saying over and over that the Dems healthcare bills are a big government takeover of healthcare,LIE! I told Grace she was just lying,she believes it! I told her i wish everyday for a government take over of healthcare, so why then don't i support the Dems current healthcare bills? Grace told me I only read Dem healthcare info so I'm misinformed,my god were fucking doomed..Grace cleans with me for a living and is a staunch Republican,go figure!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/gop-senate-takeover-still-unli.html#comment-283508

"Tony you so funny!"

Ha,i have my moments...

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Hi Max,
Would be interesting if there were a tape? I cant stand M.Landreau! I saw a clip of her on Tweety defending private insurance companies and telling someone they wanted to destroy Insurance companies with a public option,the woman is a troll!!

Solar,

My first buck ? I keep it's head up in the attic. Sweetie hates dead critters laying around. When we first started dating, I had fish on my bedroom wall. She married me anyway. God knows why.

Bad news from the DoJ. But if the DoD will only kidnap and torture yoo, haynes, bybee, gonzales, addington, feith, rumsfeld, cheney, and bush, until they confess that they and the entire republican party are members of alqaeda out to destroy America and all that is good in Creation, I think justice can still be achieved. One look at the barking dogs, and I bet these pussyweasels would beg for the opportunity to confess.

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Oh God Solar,
You so funny! Max will laugh!! I know you meant for him to come out as a Republican, but I made myself laugh because Max is a HOT looking guy and he would make gay men sway with that tradesmen thing he's got going on,ah lucky Sue(Max's beautiful girlfriend).So many good points today! I wish we could have a real Indy choice.I think its becoming more and more of a possibility. I just wish President Obama will start living up to all the Hope And Change! I was talking to a Dem client of mine today and he was saying poor Obama isn't being treated well by Republicans and i agree,but he wanted the job!! I also said the President and Dems have had a wasted year and its their fault not the Republican's,sorry they have the biggest majorities since the 60's,no excuses..

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Bethy,
Sorry your sick.Hope the z-pack kicks in soon...

I want to see a Boxer ad that shows a herd of sheep. Boxer Voiceover : This is how carly fiorino says she sees you.

Fast cuts of people driving truck /cut/ picnicking /cut/ in classroom /cut/ playing softball /cut/ constructing a house /cut/ kids playing tag /cut/ conducting power point / etc.

Boxer in foreground as cuts recede into background : "This is how I see you. And the difference makes all the difference in how we treat people. I'm Barbara Boxer and I'm proud of you and this message. Please give me your support.

A Boxer ad like that would be a little off message, but the carly ad is so dam' offensive that it would be a shame not to use it against her.

Bethy- so sorry you're not feeling well!
Tony- Curious- how do you know that Max is hot?

I know I'm not a lawyer, so obviously ignorant regarding international laws etc. But shouldn't we just get those bloody baptists out of there, never to return? Seems like a lot of wasted focus on prosecuting at this point in Haiti. Don't they have better things to do?

Holy shit bethy, working my way up thread (I do it backwards like a lot of other things in my life) and you were worried a week and a half ago anyways about pneumonia. Don't screw around any longer girl!

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Hey Kathleen,
Oh,maybe back around forth of July, Max sent me some great pics of the Manhattan fireworks outside his apartment window,among those pics were some of him and his girlfriend Sue..

Aha, a picture tells a thousand words!

brown of massachusetts......whom does he owe, and how much........

Moon........Como.........Carolina.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs9TfX7q6Qs

Celestial Objects ..... Doris Day ..... Alabama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htz01-kp3tA

Identified Objects .... Mary Chapin Carpenter ... Mississipi

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Eb3FiebTs

Newman...........big water........little fat man with a notebook in his hand

I hope you feel better soon, Bethyboo. I also hope that you are you taking a heavy duty antibiotic.

Cyberhugs.

fatman slippered his mortal farm a while back. Drumming was his game. used cars was his claim to fame......doubt he ever left town to play anywhere, but you could call him up for a casual and he could put in a great bit of memphis fatback....

his passing went largely un-noticed......he left a modest estate, maybe worth 80 thou.....left 3 handwritten copies of his will leaving all he had to 3 of his close moo-jician friends.......(no, not I) ...but his sister went into his house toot sweet and disappeared the copies of the alleged will.........lol............and as next of kin procured for herself the spoils of fatman's having lived.

He was a nice guy.

oh.....they know that because they all saw the will......he died slow.

Little Fat Man singing song that hurts because it is so pretty and real

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rVmV4B9-18

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To show the possum it could be done.

thissa fack: some of the guys i know never left south carolina but once't in their lives......and that was to go to viet nam.......not fatman, of course.....he was 4F for some reason or other.......

Around here, wills have to be filed w/the court to be valid. That fact surprises a lot of disappointed folks.

yep......he left his 3 copies on his desk figuring that everything was jake.....

that was nice the other day about Dobie Gillis and Maynard and Shulman......I guess you got southern writers and you got northern writers.......

i just thought it was kind of funny to trace a line from holden's whine to maynard on the tv..............

Fatman in the Bathtub : http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/little-feat-fat-man-in-the-bathtub-ogwt-1975/E0C74D92685D13CCB5AEE0C74D92685D13CCB5AE

don't seem to be too many writers come from charleston......mickey spillane lived up the road, but he moved there......

well.............rhett butler came from charleston.......didn't he write a book or something?

What did Holden Caulfield do for the rest of his life ?

My guess is that he eventually figured out that pushing papers in the insurance company's claims department wasn't going to get him the kind of luggage stickers he wanted, so he went back to school and got his MBA. Then, he shuffled group insurance portfolios until he got his law degree and passed the bar. The mouthpiece degree got him a Jr VP position at Titanic Indemnity, where he showed how ruthless he could be, changing the terms of contracts with impunity. Headhunters lured him into a Sr VP seat at Collosal Casualty, overseeing Ops where he successfully talked employees out of raises and bonuses, and shareholders out of dividends. After a few yearsof showing how callous and conniving he could be, the BoDs at Megassurance asked him to be their CoB and CEO, and allowed him a free hand to cheat the hell out of every employee, stockholder, and customer. Oh yeah, and along the way he married a few times, and he thinks there may have been a kid somewhere in the picture.

Today, Holden Caulfield is estimated to be worth at least $9B!LL!ON. Still hale and hearty at age 78, Caulfield still whines as loudly as he did in his youth. "Those damn poor people", he saysabout his former customers, employees, and stockholders, "make me want to heave. They and their shitty, unsightly, old luggage."

Mickey Spillane was a pretty good scribbler for a Jehovah's Witness. In my callow youth, I was impressed by the similarities between 'My Gun is Quick' and Euripides' 'Medea'. The scene where the gal puts on Medea's wedding gift :

"The delicate robes
Had fangs to gnaw her delicate tortured flesh...
The gore
Dripped from her head's crown flecked with blended fire.
The flesh flakes melted from her bones."
-Euripides

The finale of 'My Gun is Quick' :

"His hair smoked, puffed up in a ball of flame and he screamed again.....
He was still screaming when I pulled the trigger."
-Spillane

Regarding the topic of this thread, I've begun to think that republicans have had a majority in Senate since Tom Daschle lost his gavel.

Sea, I'm not sure what you're suggesting and I don't have a good answer for the best disposition of this matter, but imho might is not always right.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/report-shelby-blocks-all-obama-nominations-in-the-senate-over-al-earmarks.php

Has everyone seen the story about Sen. Shelby holding up all of the presidents nominees because 2 earmarks that would only benefit Alabama have been stalled?

Isn't he one of the louder "anti earmark" screecher's in the senate?